Syracuse, NY — Matt Sheppard drives to his first $50,000 victory in the Rite Aid 200 Presented By Ferris & Snapper Mowers.
DIVISION: Super DIRTcar Series: Race #20
TRACK: New York State Fairgrounds – Syracuse, New York “Super DIRT Week XXXVIII”
DATE: Sunday – October 11, 2009
38th Rite Aid 200 Presented By Ferris & Snapper Mowers
FIN STR CAR# DRIVER
1 7 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY
2 28 39 Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY
3 1 74 Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY
4 36 44 Frank Cozze/Wind Gap,PA
5 42 usa1 Richie Tobias Jr./Anneville,PA
6 35 84 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY
7 5 66 Jerry Higbie/Newburgh,NY
8 32 2rj Ronnie Johnson/Duanesburg,NY
9 9 1th Tim Hindley/Monticello,NY
10 46 93x Craig Mitchell/Wappingers Falls,NY®
11 34 99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY
12 29 19 Kenny Brightbill/Sinking Springs,PA
13 25 56 Vince Vitale/Phoenix,NY
14 16 111 Shawn Donath/South Onondaga.NY®
15 26 26 Ryan Godown/Ringoes,NJ
16 6 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY
17 21 3 Justin Haers/Phelps,NY
18 2 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY
19 3 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY
20 8 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ
21 14 90 Martin Roy/Napierville,QUE
22 30 43 Keith Flach/Ravena,NY
23 38 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY
24 11 88 J.R. Heffner/Stephentown,NY
25 23 19h Chris Higgins/Syracuse,NY
26 18 02 Roy Bresnahan/Palermo,NY
27 15 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY
28 43 62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY
29 13 98 Eddie Marshall/Ridgefield,CT
30 39 14j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY
31 10 7 Rich Laubach/Quakertown,PA
32 37 28p Eldon Payne,Jr./Hopewell,NY®
33 19 44f Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT
34 24 24 Chris Shultz/Pawling,NY
35 33 1h David Hebert/St. Damase,QUE
36 45 115 Kenny Tremont/West Sand Lake,NY
37 22 14 Jimmy Horton/Neshanic Station,NJ
38 4 10 Randy Sherlock/Milford,PA
39 27 29 Jeff Brownell Jr./Geneva,NY
40 17 42p Pat Ward/Genoa,NY
41 31 32c Vic Coffey/Leicester,NY
42 40 99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY
43 44 14m Doug Manmiller/Shoemakersville,PA
44 *41 4* Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ®
45 12 57 Donnie Corellis/Averill Park,NY
46 20 8 Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ®
47 47 3 Chad Brachmann/Sanborn,NY
*Michael Storms drove #21x car not qualified by Bob McGannon and started last.
EVENT SUMMARY:
LAP LEADERS: Fuller (1-72), Tomkins (73-121), J.Phelps (122-190), Sheppard (191-200).
TOTAL LAPS LED: 72-Fuller, 69-J.Phelps, 49-Tomkins, 10-Sheppard.
LEAD CHANGES: 3 among 4 drivers.
CAUTIONS: 15 for 72laps.
ELAPSED TIME: 2 hrs. 35 mins. 37 secs.
AVERAGE SPEED: 77.115 mph.
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.682 sec.
FREIHOFER’S ROOKIE OF THE RACE $2,000 AWARD: Craig Mitchell.
BERT HARD CHARGER: Richie Tobias Jr.
A-1 RACE PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Richie Tobias Jr.
XTREME LUBRICANTS SLICK MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Matt Sheppard.
PENSKE POWER POSITION AWARD (13th): Vince Vitale.
TROYER RACE CARS LAP 100 LEADER 2010 MAX-FLEX CHASSIS AWARD: Gary Tomkins.
SHARON’S TOY RITE AID 200 CHAMPION $3,000 BONUS: Matt Sheppard.
SHARON’S TOY RITE AID 200 5TH-PLACE $1,000 BONUS: Richie Tobias Jr.
SHARON’S TOY MOST IMPROVED: Frank Cozze.
GATER RACING NEWS BEST APPEARING CAR & CREW: #34 – Andy Bachetti.
AREA AUTO RACING NEWS HARD LUCK AWARD: Jeff Strunk.
NYSSCA ‘TOP MEMBER’ AWARD: Ronnie Johnson.
AMERICAN TRADITIONS MOTORSPORTS POLE WINNER: Tim Fuller (30.300 sec/118.812 mph).
TEO PRO CAR OUTSIDE POLE WINNER: Dale Planck (30.402 sec/118.413 mph).
MAURI HOLBROOK MEMORIAL FAST TIME OF WEEK AWARD: Tim Fuller (30.300 sec/118.812 mph).
HOOSIER TIRE-VP RACING FUELS TRIPLE-20s RACE WINNERS: -rain-
DIG SAFELY NEW YORK SHOOTOUT RACE WINNER: Richie Tobias Jr.
CARS ENTERED: 78.
RACE ROOKIES®: 5.
