MALTA, NY – Since 1972, 185 drivers won Super DIRTcar Series Features out of thousands entered. On Saturday, Sept. 25, Mike Mahaney, from King Ferry, NY, became the 186th.
Mike Mahaney, in the #35 Adirondack Auto Big Block Modified, held off two of the absolute best drivers in the world for the $13,000 Massive Malta payday: Stewart Friesen and Matt Sheppard.
Feature (100 Laps)
1. 35M-Mike Mahaney [2][]; 2. 44F-Stewart Friesen [21][]; 3. 9S-Matt Sheppard [9][]; 4. 2RJ-Ronnie Johnson [3][]; 5. 21A-Peter Britten [13][]; 6. 88W-Mat Williamson [11][]; 7. 111D-Demetrios Drellos [14][]; 8. 99L-Larry Wight [10][]; 9. 91D-Billy Decker [5][]; 10. 5H-Chris Hile [8][]; 11. 2L-Jack Lehner [20][]; 12. 83X-Tim Sears [1][]; 13. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [16][]; 14. 32CC-Max McLaughlin [12][]; 15. 215p-Adam Pierson [6][]; 16. M1-Dave Marcuccilli [4][]; 17. 25R-Erick Rudolph [25][]; 18. 42P-Pat Ward [15][]; 19. 28M-Jordan McCreadie [19][]; 20. 19M-Jessey Mueller [17][]; 21. 7D-Donald Ronca [22][]; 22. 44P-Anthony Perrego [7][]; 23. 34R-Kevin Root [26][]; 24. 97B-Bobby Hackel [23][]; 25. 9X-Tyler Trump [24][]; 26. 32CM-James Meehan [18][]
Hard Charger Award: 44F-Stewart Friesen[+19]
Qualifying Flight-A
1. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 15.397; 2. 215p-Adam Pierson, 15.475; 3. 88W-Mat Williamson, 15.494; 4. 25R-Erick Rudolph, 15.571; 5. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 15.579; 6. 26M-Derrick McGrew, 15.638; 7. 34R-Kevin Root, 15.752; 8. 51H-Scott Huber, 15.952; 9. 69B-Tyler Boniface, 16.002; 10. 42A-Kenny Aanonsen, 17.159
Qualifying Flight-B
1. 32CC-Max McLaughlin, 15.595; 2. M1-Dave Marcuccilli, 15.676; 3. 99L-Larry Wight, 15.685; 4. 19M-Jessey Mueller, 15.729; 5. 9X-Tyler Trump, 15.804; 6. 17D-Marcus Dinkins, 16.01; 7. 91M-Josh Marcus, 16.267; 8. 22W-Brandon Walters, 16.397; 9. 8S-Rich Scagliotta, 16.64
Qualifying Flight-C
1. 35M-Mike Mahaney, 15.595; 2. 91D-Billy Decker, 15.656; 3. 21A-Peter Britten, 15.744; 4. 115T-Kenny Tremont, 15.785; 5. 44F-Stewart Friesen, 15.854; 6. 32CM-James Meehan, 15.865; 7. 32R-Ronnie Davis, 15.916; 8. 3J-Marc Johnson, 15.928; 9. 14M-CG Morey, 16.259
Qualifying Flight-D
1. 2RJ-Ronnie Johnson, 15.494; 2. 111D-Demetrios Drellos, 15.588; 3. 44P-Anthony Perrego, 15.6; 4. 28M-Jordan McCreadie, 15.663; 5. 97B-Bobby Hackel, 15.728; 6. 48T-Dave Rauscher, 15.995; 7. 88Jr-Olden Dwyer, 16.03; 8. 27P-Jeremy Pitts, 16.115; 9. 4BB-Derek Bornt, 16.131
Qualifying Flight-E
1. 83X-Tim Sears, 15.502; 2. 5H-Chris Hile, 15.603; 3. 42P-Pat Ward, 15.647; 4. 2L-Jack Lehner, 15.753; 5. 7D-Donald Ronca, 15.891; 6. 99S-Kolby Schroeder, 15.907; 7. 1R-Richard Ronca, 16.013; 8. 43F-Keith Flach, 16.066; 9. 98W-Rocky Warner, 16.1
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. 9S-Matt Sheppard [1]; 2. 215p-Adam Pierson [2]; 3. 88W-Mat Williamson [3]; 4. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [5]; 5. 25R-Erick Rudolph [4]; 6. 34R-Kevin Root [7]; 7. 26M-Derrick McGrew [6]; 8. 51H-Scott Huber [8]; 9. 42A-Kenny Aanonsen [10]; 10. 69B-Tyler Boniface [9]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. M1-Dave Marcuccilli [2]; 2. 99L-Larry Wight [3]; 3. 32CC-Max McLaughlin [1]; 4. 19M-Jessey Mueller [4]; 5. 9X-Tyler Trump [5]; 6. 17D-Marcus Dinkins [6]; 7. 22W-Brandon Walters [8]; 8. 8S-Rich Scagliotta [9]; 9. 91M-Josh Marcus [7]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. 35M-Mike Mahaney [1]; 2. 91D-Billy Decker [2]; 3. 21A-Peter Britten [3]; 4. 32CM-James Meehan [6]; 5. 44F-Stewart Friesen [5]; 6. 3J-Marc Johnson [8]; 7. 32R-Ronnie Davis [7]; 8. 14M-CG Morey [9]; 9. 115T-Kenny Tremont [4]
Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. 2RJ-Ronnie Johnson [1]; 2. 44P-Anthony Perrego [3]; 3. 111D-Demetrios Drellos [2]; 4. 28M-Jordan McCreadie [4]; 5. 88Jr-Olden Dwyer [7]; 6. 97B-Bobby Hackel [5]; 7. 27P-Jeremy Pitts [8]; 8. 4BB-Derek Bornt [9]; 9. 48T-Dave Rauscher [6]
Heat #5 – Flight (E) (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. 5H-Chris Hile [2]; 2. 83X-Tim Sears [1]; 3. 42P-Pat Ward [3]; 4. 2L-Jack Lehner [4]; 5. 43F-Keith Flach [8]; 6. 7D-Donald Ronca [5]; 7. 99S-Kolby Schroeder [6]; 8. 1R-Richard Ronca [7]; 9. 98W-Rocky Warner [9]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer
1. 44F-Stewart Friesen [2][]; 2. 97B-Bobby Hackel [5][]; 3. 25R-Erick Rudolph [1][]; 4. 43F-Keith Flach [3][]; 5. 99S-Kolby Schroeder [8][]; 6. 32R-Ronnie Davis [7][]; 7. 98W-Rocky Warner [13][]; 8. 115T-Kenny Tremont [12][]; 9. 4BB-Derek Bornt [10][]; 10. 8S-Rich Scagliotta [9][]; 11. 17D-Marcus Dinkins [4][]; 12. 42A-Kenny Aanonsen [11][]; 13. 26M-Derrick McGrew [6][]
Last Chance Showdown 2 ( Laps)
1. 7D-Donald Ronca [5][]; 2. 9X-Tyler Trump [1][]; 3. 27P-Jeremy Pitts [7][]; 4. 3J-Marc Johnson [4][]; 5. 88Jr-Olden Dwyer [2][]; 6. 22W-Brandon Walters [6][]; 7. 51H-Scott Huber [8][]; 8. 14M-CG Morey [9][]; 9. 34R-Kevin Root [3][]; 10. 1R-Richard Ronca [10][]; 11. 48T-Dave Rauscher [12][]; 12. 91M-Josh Marcus [11][]; 13. 69B-Tyler Boniface [13][]
