LIFE IS A DRAG by Dave Mance   

Saturday seemed to be the day of the week for nice weather. With five Saturday’s under our belt we are now going for six in a row. The only thing bad about Saturday, June 2nd, was that it was hotter than Hell! The Town of Walworth was assembling new playground equipment and seeing that my lovely wife, Suzi, is on the Town Board, she volunteered me to help, so at 8 A.M. Saturday morning we were out in that nice hot sun (with no shade) assembling a new playground.

Woo-hoo!! By 11:30 A.M. everybody was fried, thirsty and hungry, so after some lunch I packed it up and headed for the race track. Then I proceeded to set up the whole track in the hot afternoon sun (with no shade) on BLACKTOP. Let’s talk about getting enough sun for the day!!!! This was one day I was really in anticipation of the sun setting. Then, to top it off, Bob Mohr, came up to the line before we even started racing and aimed his temperature gun at the starting line (that’s where I stand) and it registered a whopping 118 degrees! Woo-hoo!! With the line being so hot it really made it tricky for the driver’s to get good traction. Once the sun went down, the line came around and the cars started hooking, but by that time we had already gone a round or two of eliminations which didn’t help the drivers that had lost.

Anyway, here are the results from Saturday, June 2nd:

Super Pro - 1st place – Jack Minardo, East Rochester

2nd place – Joe Ragusa, Rochester

3rd place – Ian “Makin” Bacon, Rochester

4th place – Vinnie Giordano, Webster

Modified - 1st place – Fred O’Neil, Ontario

2nd place – Mike Galle, Ontario

3rd place – Steve Marshall Jr., Rochester

4th place – Tim Vassallo, Webster

Street - 1st place – John Cira Jr., Rochester

2nd place – Gary French, Seneca Falls

3rd place – TJ Parks, Ontario

4th place – Adam Azzano, Macedon

Gamblers - 1st place – Sam Capizzi Sr., Rochester

2nd place – John Cira Jr., Rochester

This week I would like to add something to my article and will try to include it every week. It’s a “hard-luck driver” and a “lucky driver” of the week. I have to give this week’s “hard-luck driver” award to Ian “Makin” Bacon. He’s been having some problems with his car since opening day and Saturday night he was on a good roll and made it to the final three cars. When he came up for his burn-out in the semi’s, a $2.00 relay switch for his fuel pump took a dump so he ended up third instead of in the finals. The “lucky driver” award this week has to go to Mike Galle. He lost in an early round against Joe Fiano Jr., but Joe neglected to turn his taillights on and was disqualified. Hence, Mike was put back into eliminations and ended up taking second place in the Modified class.

Enjoy the week and hope to see you at the races!