By Dean Reynolds
ELBRIDGE, NY – After a complete wash out on Friday night, the first annual Fast Track 360 Summer Shoot Out at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park was looking to get the finale in on Saturday night. The Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) had the largest contingent of the stout and talented 49 car field that saw the very best from the United Racing Company (URC) and the ASCS Patriots looking for the $3,000 top prize.
However, Mother Nature again shows her power and strength when the third heat was on the track which saw the eight lap qualifying event shortened by one lap. After a 30 minute wait and very heavy rains it was decided to cancel the rest of the event.
Mertztown, Pa’s and URC regular Josh Weller timed the fastest (17.795) just edging two-time ESS champion Steve Poirier (17.817). Winning the three heats were many-time ESS competitor Blake Breen, defending ESS champion Justin Barger and two-time URC feature winner in 2010 Trevor Lewis winning the final heat before the rain forced the event to be checkered one lap early.
With the full schedule from all three groups, it was decided not to make up the event this year. Competitors will be returning on Oct. 8th at the Cayuga County Fairgrounds with the very same $3,000 to win, $250 to start event. Wristbands from the Rolling Wheels rain out will be honored for that event.
The next event on the Lucas Oil Tour will be on Friday night, August 6th at the Mohawk International Raceway. It’s “Mohawk Madness” presented by Mohawk Racing Parts, the 25 lap A-Main will pay $2,500 to win, $1,500 for second and $1,000 for third. Also, to add to the importance of the event it will award points for the overall Lucas Oil title, the Northwood 2 Construction/LaSalle Motorsports Canadian Sprint Car Series and the SUNY Canton Series.
Time Trial Results:
1 63 Josh Weller 17.795
2 28F Steve Poirier 17.817
3 21L Trevor Lewis 17.878
4 51 Bryan Howland 18.078
5 87 Jason Barney 18.115
6 14 Jessica Zemken 18.146
7 9b Bobby Breen 18.172
8 22 Becca Anderson 18.181
9 10 Jeff Cook 18.22
10 35 Jared Zimbardi 18.267
11 56 Randy West 18.306
12 89 Robbie Stillwaggon 18.307
13 92 Justin Collett 18.33
14 0 Kevin Nouse 18.33
15 7 Kyle Moffit 18.332
16 2L Art Liedl 18.362
17 32 Justin Barger 18.369
18 21 Don Adamczyk 18.372
19 33 Shawn Donath 18.383
20 5g Curt Michael 18.393
21 8 Blake Breen 18.413
22 45 Chuck Hebing 18.425
23 8b Alain Bergeron 18.447
24 99 J.J. Grasso 18.468
25 61 Doug Emery 18.497
26 20 Dan Kaszubinski 18.52
27 24k Devin Caron 18.579
28 17J Lance Yonge 18.605
29 47m Bill Unglert 18.609
30 25 Michael Parent 18.679
31 1K Ryan Smith 18.716
32 7c Dylan Swiernik 18.728
33 13 Kevin Ward Jr. 18.734
34 79 Davey Sammons 18.758
35 17JS Jonathan Swanson 18.795
36 75 Tommy Wickham 18.848
37 36 Mike Stelter 18.851
38 1 Scott Purcell 18.855
39 9d Kevin Darling 18.887
40 39 Tim Hogue 19.01
41 22d Bruce DeWick 19.084
42 64k Kyle Purks 19.096
43 8 Midge Miller 19.132
44 12 Tim Kelly 19.15
45 20z Zach Weigand 19.182
46 90E Shayne Ely 19.207
47 5 Bubba Broderick 19.218
48 12T Tyler Rice 19.28
49 90x Austin Ely 20.018
The Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints are brought to you by: Lucas Oil, Northwood 2 Construction/LaSalle Motorsports, SUNY Canton, 730 Truck Stop, Hoosier Racing Tires, Les Constructions Ultra, Cooks Contracting Services, Fondations 4 Saisons, Car Mate Trailers, The National Parts Peddler Newspaper, WestFront Construction, Cobra Coaches, The Ohsweken Speedway, Mohawk Racing Parts, Engine Research, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Total Race Supply, Riverside Bar and Grill, Coffrage Daniel Lampron, Mohawk Valley Community College, FX Chevy and many, many associate sponsors.