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ABOLD EMERGES AS
NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS CHAMPION
FOLLOWING OCTOBER SEEKONK CANCELLATION |
Jeff Abold of Pennellville, NY is the
2007 USAC Northeast Ford Focus driving champion and his team, Pat Abold
Motorsports, is the car entrant champion. Abold emerged as the champion
following the cancellation of the originally-scheduled October 6-7 events at
Seekonk (MA) Speedway.
Abold, who was the runner-up to Ryan Smith in the 2006 series standings,
posted five victories, a second and two fourths while notching 11 “top-10s”
in 12 starts and finished 27 points ahead of P.J. Stergios in the final
standings.
Abold’s victories came at Epping, NH, Chemung, N, Williamson, NY, Oswego,
NY, and Belmar, NJ. Abold’s father and car owner Pat is a former participant
in USAC’s Silver Crown Championship Series.
Trailing Abold in the final series standings were Stergios, of Candia, NH,
Steven Intravaia of Saylorsburg, Pa, Ryan Osborne of Milford, NJ, and Jesse
State of New Hyde Park, NY.
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Nick Ribbe's
Ford Focus Midget on display at
Bristol Plymouth Technical High School
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Saturday, August 18th -
Wall Township Speedway
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ABOLD WINS WALL
TOWNSHIP SPEEDWAY FOCUS FEATURE
Belmar, N.J........USAC Northeast Ford Focus Series presented by
Wirtgen America point leader Jeff Abold of Pennellville, N.Y. won
Saturday night's 25-lap feature sponsored by Warren County Collision
at Wall Township Speedway in his Team Abold Racing/A & P Automotive
Hawk. Abold, leading all 25 laps outran Jeremy Tsihlis, Bethleham,
Pa., Shaun Gosselin, Oswgo, N.Y., and brothers P.J. Stergios and
Rookie Jake Stergios, from Candia, N.H. rounding out the "top-five."
Focus Notes….Rookie Jake Stergios
in for his first Top 5 finish….Jeremy Tsihlis” 2nd place finish his
best to date….Waterford winner, Ginny Quinones had a rough night
with a wild almost flip at the start of her heat and an accident in
the feature….Ryan Osborne, spun for the 2nd week in the row,
battling for the lead!….Shaun Gosselin and P.J. Stergios battling
many laps side by side for 3rd, with Gosselin winning out….
RACE RESULTS:
August 18, 2007 - Belmar, New
Jersey - Wall Township Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nick Ribbe (#85
Ribbe), 2. Shaun Gosselin (#26 Gosselin), 3. Jeremy Tsihlis (#48
Tsihlis), 4. Jake Stergios (#7 Stergios), 5. Mike Hoffman (#74
Hoffman), 6. Ginny Quinones (#00 Quinones). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. P.J. Stergios
(#57 Stergios), 2. Ryan Osborne (#38 Osborne), 3. Jeff Abold (#05
Abold), 4. Jesse State (#18 State), 5. Steven Intravaia (#73
Intravaia), 6. Rick Hart (#22 Hart). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jeff Abold, 2.
Jeremy Tsihlis, 3. Shaun Gosselin, 4. P.J. Stergios, 5. Jake
Stergios, 6. Steven Intravaia, 7. Jesse State, 8. Nick Ribbe, 9.
Ginny Quinones, 10. Ryan Osborne, 11. Rick Hart, 12. Mike Hoffman.
NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Abold.
NEW NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS:
1-Abold-728; 2-P.J. Stergios-701; 3-Intravaia-643; 4-Osborne-636;
5-State-571; 6-Gosselin-505; 6-Sean Carman-442; 8-Jon Seaman-427;
9-Hart-418; 10-Quinones-397.
NEXT USAC
NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS RACE presented by Wirtgen America -
September 1- Epping, NH - All Star Speedway |
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Ryan Osborne Spins While Fighting
For Lead at Wall, Finishes Tenth in Focus Action
By Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
The USAC Northeast Ford Focus Midget series returned to the Garden State of
New Jersey over the past weekend and Pennellville, New York campaigner Jeff
Abold, who is leading in the 2007 version of the points chase, led all
25-laps of the feature in an event that showed lots of passing and side by
side action for the great crowd on hand. The event, sponsored by the Warren
County Collision Center, had Milford, New Jersey driving talent Ryan Osborne
racing to the front to do battle with Abold, only to lose the handle on the
Ryano Racing Beast Midget entry and spin around and end his day early a bit
earlier that he would have liked.
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Saturday 8/11
CHEMUNG NE FOCUS to
INTRAVAIA
(Chemung N.Y.) Rookie Steven
Intavaia is the man to beat! Intravaia, from Saylorsburg, Pa. has 3
wins and a 2nd to show for his last 4 races in the USAC Northeast
Ford Focus Series presented by Wirtgen America, adding an exciting
win at the Chemung Speedrome on Saturday night. Intravaia, driving
the Intravaia Racing 2005 Beast Chassis car, took the lead on lap 20
after a hard fought battle with point leader Jeff Abold,
Baldwinsville, NY. who finished 2nd.
Rounding out the top 5, Shaun Gosselin, Oswego, NY, P.J. Stergios,
Candia, NH, and Sean Carman, of Stockton, NJ.
Focus Notes.....Quinones
Team putting an extra effort to make Chemung after bending a rear
axle at Spencer the night before…Invader Fedrizzi hard into the 4th
turn barrier bending the tail and bumper…The “Stockton Stalker” Sean
Carman with 2 fine top 5’s this weekend…hard luck for the night was
last nights winner, Ryan Osborne who spun while leading…Ginny
Quinones missed a top 5 with a racing incident with 2 to go…Shaun
Gosselin, with 2 impressive 3rd place finishes this weekend…Abold
gained on his point lead over P.J. Stergios, leads by 20 points….
RACE RESULTS:
August 11, 2007 - Chemung, New
York - Chemung Speedrome
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. P.J. Stergios
(#57 Stergios), 2. Steven Intravaia (#73 Intravaia), 3. Rick
Fedrizzi (#45 Fedrizzi), 4. Ginny Quinones (#00 Quinones), 5. Sean
Carman (#47 Carman), 6. Jesse State (#18 State), 7. Jake Stergios
(#7 Stergios). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jeff Abold
(#05 Abold), 2. Ryan Osborne (#38 Osborne), 3. Shane MacMillan (#43
Fedrizzi), 4. Shaun Gosselin (#26 Gosselin), 5. Chris Lamb (#19L
Lamb), 6. Rick Hart (#22 Hart). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Steven Intravaia,
2. Jeff Abold, 3. Shaun Gosselin, 4. P.J. Stergios, 5. Sean Carman,
6. Shane MacMillan, 7. Ryan Osborne, 8. Rick Hart, 9. Chris Lamb,
10. Ginny Quinones, 11. Jesse State, 12. Rick Fedrizzi. NT
----------------------- FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Gosselin,
Laps 15-18 Osborne, Lap 19 Abold, Laps 20-25 Intravaia.
NEW NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS:
1-Abold-662; 2-P.J. Stergios-642; 3-Osborne-596; 4-Intravaia-594;
5-State-524; 6-Gosselin-444; 7-Carman-442; 8-Jon Seaman-427;
9-Hart-384; 10-Quinones-358. |
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Friday 8/10
Osborne Wins
NE Focus 1st at Spencer NY
(Williamson N.Y.) Ryan Osborne of Milford, NJ, won his 1st ever USAC
Northeast Ford Focus Series presented by Wirtgen America feature
Friday night at the Spencer Speedway in Williamson NY. Osborne,
driving the Castle Inspections, Team Ryano Racing 2006 Beast Chassis
led all 20 laps of the curfew shortened feature.
He was followed at the finish by Steven Intavaia, Saylorsburg, PA,
Shaun Gosselin, Oswego, NY, Sean Carman, Stockton, NJ and P.J.
Stergios, of Candia, N.H.
Focus Notes….Osborne
won his 1st feature, while his owners, (parents) were missing their
1st race ever… Rookie Jake Stergios still fighting mechanical
problems…Stergios” Eight Ball Racing Team traveled to Plymouth,
Indiana Wednesday, with P.J. finishing 5th and Jake 10th!....
Carolina Region racers, Rick Fedrizzi, Shane MacMillen, and Chris
Lamb traveled North for the 2 race weekend…Dan Moore had an oil
fitting break and seized the motor…Point leader Abold had a battery
problem, finished last, took a hit in the point race…April,
Waterford CT winner Ginny Quinones bent a rear axle…Scary moment
when Fedrizzi had throttle stick during feature, able to safely
bring car to a stop…Abold still leading the point race by 14 points
over P.J. Stergios.
RACE RESULTS:
August 10, 2007 - Willliamson, New York - Spencer Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steven
Intravaia (#73 Intravaia), 2. Shaun Gosselin (#26 Gosselin), 3. Rick
Hart (#22 Hart), 4. Ryan Osborne (#38 Osborne), 5. Chris Lamb (#19L
Lamb), 6. Ginny Quinones (#00 Quinones). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. P.J. Stergios
(#57 Stergios), 2. Jeff Abold (#05 Abold), 3. Jesse State (#18
State), 4. Rick Fedrizzi (#43 Fedrizzi), 5. Shane MacMillam (#45
Fedrizzi), 6. Sean Carman (#47 Carman), 7. Dan Moore (#04 Moore). NT
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Jake Stergios (#7 Stergios).
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Ryan Osborne, 2.
Steven Intravaia, 3. Shaun Gosselin, 4. Sean Carman, 5. P.J.
Stergios, 6. Jesse State, 7. Shane MacMillan, 8. Rick Hart, 9. Ginny
Quinones, 10. Rick Fedrizzi, 11. Chris Lamb, 12. Dan Moore, 13. Jeff
Abold. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Osborne.
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Ryan
Osborne Scores First Career Focus Win at Spencer Speedway
By Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
The USAC Northeast Ford Focus Midget series enjoyed it's second full weekend
of racing in the New York State last weekend and without question nobody
enjoyed it more than Milford, New Jersey's "Flyin" Ryan Osborne. The Garden
Stater won his first career feature event in the Northeast Ford Focus Series
on Friday evening at the Spencer Speedway located in Williamson, New York.
Osborne, racing in the Focus series for the third year, showed his dominance
over the field from the start as he jumped into the lead from his outside
starting position and proceeded to wire the field in the 20-lap feature
event. Red Hot Rookie Steve Intravaia was second with Shaun Gosselin racing
to third, fellow Garden Stater Sean Carman finishing fourth, and PJ Stergios
completing the top five.
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Friday, July
27th - Toth Trucking Night
INTRAVIA
SCORES SECOND WIN IN A ROW
(Lowville N.Y.) Steven Intravaia didn’t mind a little rain
delay. A late afternoon shower, hard work by the A.I.S. Staff
and Management, and the Toth Trucking Night of racing at the
Adirondack Speedway, which included The USAC Northeast Ford
Focus Series presented by Wirtgen America thankfully got their
night of racing in.
Steven Intravaia, the 19 year old rookie from Saylorsburg, Pa.,
driving the Intravaia Racing, S & S Speedways sponsored Beast
Chassis entry, liked winning so much last week at the Waterford
Ct. Speed Bowl, that he made it 2 in row, winning at the
Adirondack International Speedway.
The always exciting Jesse State, New Hyde Park, N.Y., and
Intravaia brought the field to the start, with State leading the
1st lap, and Intravaia taking over on the next lap to lead the
feature the next 24 laps, of another exciting fast paced non
stop feature.
Following Intravaia to the checker, P. J. Stergios, Candia, N.H.,
Jesse State, Shaun Gosselin, Oswego, N.Y. and point leader Jeff
Abold, from Pennellville, N.Y.
Focus Notes - Quinones Racing,
burning the midnight oil this week to get the Ginny Quinones
entry fixed after crashing hard at Waterford …..Shaun Gosselin
missed last weeks to race his Central N.Y. Mini Sprint, finished
2nd at the Thunder Mtn. N.Y. Speedway!.....P.J. Stergios
chipping away at the Jeff Abold point lead, gaining 11 pts the
last 2 races…..Part time NEMA racer, Aaron Wall having
overheating issues…..Jake Stergios still searching for a
suspected fuel problem…..Rookie Nick Ribbe, running as fast as
anyone, looking to change his luck and to get a better ‘pill
draw’ so he can get a better starting spot in a heat…..Fastest
Speed at Adironack was by Intravaia @ 104.816 mph!…..Average
speed for the 25 lap non stop feature 102.697!.....Northeast
Focus has a week off, to prepare for the N.Y. Spencer and
Chemung weekend, and the anticipated Carolina Series invasion.
RACE RESULTS:
July 27, 2007 – Lowville, New York – Adirondack International
Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steven
Intravaia (#73 Intravaia), 2. P.J. Stergios (#57 Stergios), 3.
Shaun Gosselin (#26 Gosselin), 4. Ginny Quinones (#00 Quinones),
5. Nick Ribbe (#85 Ribbe), 6. Aaron Wall (#8 Wall). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jeff Abold
(#05 Abold), 2. Jesse State (#18 State), 3. Ryan Osborne (#38
Osborne), 4. Rick Hart (#22 Hart), 5. Dan Moore (#04 Moore), 6.
Jake Stergios (#7 Stergios). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Steven
Intravaia, 2. P.J. Stergios, 3. Jesse State, 4. Shaun Gosselin,
5. Jeff Abold, 6. Ryan Osborne, 7. Nick Ribbe, 8. Dan Moore, 9.
Ginny Quinones, 10. Rick Hart, 11. Aaron Wall, 12. Jake Stergios.
Time of Feature: 7min 3sec
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 State,
Laps 2-25 Intravaia.
NEW NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS:
1-Abold-563; 2-P.J. Stergios-525; 3-Osborne-482;
4-Intravaia-462; 5-State-439; 6-Jon Seaman-427; 7-Sean
Carman-336; 8-Gosselin-324; 9-Ribbe-315; 10-Hart-297.
NEXT NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS RACES -
August 10 – Williamson, N.Y. – Spencer Speedway….. August 11 –
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ROOKIE INTRAVIA WINS
WATERFORD SPEEDBOWL FOCUS
(Waterford, Ct. July 21, 2007) It only took 8 races for 19 year old Rookie
Steven Intravia, from Saylorsburg, Pa. to win his 1st USAC Northeast Ford
Focus feature at the Waterford Speedbowl in Connecticut.
Intravia was driving the S & S Speedways sponsored 2005 Beast chassis Focus
Midget that the team purchased from the 2006 USAC Northeast Ford Focus
Series champion Ryan Smith.
Steven took the lead on the 3rd lap of the 20 lap feature and withstood the
challenges of 2nd place finisher Ryan Osborne, Milford, N.J. and 3rd place
P. J. Stergios, from Candia, N.H.
Rounding out the top 5, were Jon Seaman Jr., Southbury Ct., and Series point
leader Jeff Abold, Pennelville, N.Y.
Waterford Notes…..Front row starters, this
years previous Waterford winner Ginny Quinones and last weeks Wall Township
N.J. winner Jesse State got together during the feature when something broke
on Quinones front end. Ginny went into the 2nd turn wall hard, and State
spun and ended up on his side. Quinones had heavy front end damage, but was
okay. State had his car put back on its wheels, went to the pits, put some
oil in the car, and finished the race……Hard racing among several racers, on
the original start, had Jeremy Tsihlis spin into the 1st turn wall, and
sustaining rear end damage….Tad Uzzle, made his 1st start of the year. Tad
brings a lot of racing credentials from other racing divisions…..Matt
Bettencourt made his return to the series and had a fine top 10 finish……The
Eight Ball Properties Team of Jake and P.J. Stergios had a good and bad
night. P.J. had the good night with a 3rd place finish, but Rookie Jake
seems to be having a fuel problem, and the team is searching for the
problem………Competition yellow during the race had officials looking for a
fluid leak on a car that wasn’t found……..Next race Friday July 27th at the
Adirondack, N.Y. Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jeff Abold, 05,
Abold-14.761; 2. P.J. Stergios, 57, Stergios-14.777; 3. Ryan Osborne, 38,
Osborne-13.814; 4. Steven Intravaia, 73, Intravaia-14.846; 5. Jesse State,
18, State-14.903; 6. Ginny Quinones, 00, Quinones-14.967; 7. Sean Carman,
47, Carman-14.974; 8. Nick Ribbe, 85, Ribbe-15.052; 9. Jon Seaman, 63,
Seaman-15.055; 10. Aaron Wall, 8, Wall-15.057; 11. Jeremy Tsihlis, 48,
Tsihlis-15.123; 12. Rick Hart, 22, Hart-15.219; 13. Jake Stergios, 7,
Stergios-15.400; 14. Matt Bettencourt, 10, Bettencourt-15.598; 15. Mike
Hoffman, 74, Hoffman-15.643; 16. Tad Uzzle, 69, Uzzle-15.930; 17. Dan Moore,
04, Moore-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abold, 2. Osborne, 3.
State, 4. Seaman, 5. Carman, 6. Tsihlis, 7. Hoffman, 8. J.Stergios. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. P.J. Stergios, 2.
Intravaia, 3. Quinones, 4. Ribbe, 5. Wall, 6. Hall, 7. Bettencourt, 8. Uzzle.
NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Steven Intravaia, 2. Ryan
Osborne, 3. P.J. Stergios, 4. Jon Seaman, 5. Jeff Abold, 6. Sean Carman, 7.
Aaron Wall, 8. Nick Ribbe, 9. Rick Hart, 10. Matt Bettencourt, 11. Jesse
State, 12. Mike Hoffman, 13. Tad Uzzle, 14. Jake Stergios, 15. Ginny
Quinones, 16. Jeremy Tsihlis. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Quinones, Laps
3-20 Intravaia.
NEW NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS:
1-Abold-507; 2-P.J. Stergios-467; 3-Osborne, 431; 4-Seaman-427;
5-Intravaia-394; 6-State-378; 7-Carman-336; 8-Ribbe-269; 9-Shaun
Gosselin-267; 10-Hart-259.
NEXT NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS RACE: July 27 –
Lowville, N.Y. – Adirondack International Speedway
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Ryan Osborne Drives to Another
Second Place Finish in Focus Action at Waterford; Adirondak on Schedule For
Friday
By Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
The USAC Northeast Ford Focus Midget series made it's return trip to the
Waterford Speedbowl in Connecticut over the weekend. The return to the
Connecticut paved bullring proved to be another successful outing for Ryan
Osborne and his Ryano Racing Team, as Osborne raced to his third consecutive
second place finish at the Speedbowl in the past two years. Steve Intravaia,
the 19-year old convert from the Slingshot ranks, drove to his first win in
the series in the former championship car campaigned last year by Ryan
Smith.
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Saturday, July 14th -
Wall Township Speedway
Wall winner Jesse State
STATE BEATS ABOLD,
LOCALS IN WALL USAC FORD MIDGETS
By Walter Elliott
WALL TWP., N.J. -- Jesse State, of Hyde Park, NY, held off New
Jersey natives Sean Carman and Ryan Osborne to snap Pat Abold's
Wirtgen America USAC Northeast Ford Focus Series Midget winning
streak at Wall Township Speedway Saturday night.
State, who won his career first N.E. Focus race at Seekonk,
Mass. June 6, first ran in Carman's draft as they passed
polesitter Osborne on the opening lap. The No. 18 Bay Auto
Center Hawk-Ford Focus
series rookie then took the lead from Carman on lap three and
pulled to a 3.670-sec. victory margin on Carman after 25 laps.
The victory ends Jeff Abold's three-race winning streak. Abold,
who has won four of the series' seven races so far, finished
sixth on Wall's banked, paved one-third-mile oval. The
Pennellsville, N.Y., pilot still retains the series points lead.
State, 18, has previously run on the adjacent Garden State
Quarter Midget Racing Club's one-20th-mile "Little Wall" oval.
He considers "Big Wall" his home track despite the two-hour
drive. "Getting my first win at Seekonk was special," said State
to series announcer Glenn Todd. "I never thought I'd get my
second so soon."
Carman, of Stockton, and Osborne, of Milford, who rounded out
the podium, also considered WTS as their home track. All 13
starters finished the 25-lap all-green-flag feature in five
min., 29 sec. with an 91.045 mph average lap speed. Jon Seaman,
Jr., of Southbury, CT finished
fourth. The New Jersey State Police minimum age and accidents
from the July 7 round at Oswego, N.Y., put six drivers on the
sidelines.
Shaun Gosselin, who won the Ford Focus N.E. Series' WTS debut
last year, finished 10th.
Osborne and Michael Mohleski, of Frederick, Md., split the two
eight-lap heats. Mohleski, in his second start of the year, was
making his WTS debut despite having run at "Little Wall."
The N.E. series is to head for the Waterford (Conn.) Speedbowl
Saturday before returning to Wall Aug. 18. USAC has been fostering national and
regional Ford Focus series since 2004. The cars are full-size
midget cars powered by common inline 124 cu. in. four-cylinder
engines similar to ones in the Ford Focus.
RESULTS
Heat Winners (8 laps): Michael
Mohelski, Ryan Osborne.
FEATURE (25 laps): JESSE STATE,
HYDE PARK, N.Y.; Sean Carman, Ryan Osborne, Je Seaman, Jr.,
Steven Intravaia, Jeff Abold, Michael Mohelski, P.J. Stergios,
Shaun Gosselin, Dan Moore, Mike Hoffman, Rick Hart.
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Saturday July, 7th
- Oswego Speedway
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OSWEGO FOCUS
FEATURE WIN GIVES ABOLD NEW YORK “SWEEP”
Oswego, N.Y……..Jeff Abold of Pennellville, NY, driving the A & P
Automotive, Team Abold Racing Hawk Chassis midget, backed up Friday
night’s USAC Northeast Ford Focus Series Presented be Wirtgen
America, victory at Williamson, NY with a repeat performance
Saturday night at Oswego Speedway. He passed P.J. Stergios, Candia,
NH, on lap 14 and led to the checkered flag at lap 35 to beat Jesse
State, New Hyde Park, NY, Steven Intravaia, Saylorsburg, PA,
Stergios and the Carolina Series’ Shane MacMillan from Rochester,
NY.
FIRST HEAT:
(8 laps) 1. Rick Fedrizzi (#43 Fedrizzi), 2. Steven Intravaia
(#73 Intravaia), 3. Dan Moore (#04 Moore), 4. Rick Hart (#22 Hart),
5. Ginny Quinones (#00 Quinones), 6. Ryan Osborne (#38 Osborne), 7.
Jake Stergios (#7 Stergios), 8. Chris Lamb (#19L Lamb). NT
SECOND HEAT:
(8 laps) 1. Jesse State (#18 State), 2. Jeff Abold (#05 Abold),
3. Shane MacMillan (#45 Fedrizzi), 4. P.J. Stergios (#57 Stergios),
5. Nick Ribbe (#85 Ribbe), 6. Shaun Gosselin (#26 Gosselin), 7. Mark
Daily (#14 Fedrizzi). NT
FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Jeff Abold, 2.
Jesse State, 3. Steven Intravaia, 4. P.J. Stergios,
5. Shane MacMillan, 6. Rick Fedrizzi, 7. Rick Hart, 8. Shaun
Gosselin, 9. Ryan Osborne,
10. Ginny Quinones, 11. Nick Ribbe, 12. Jake Stergios, 13. Dan
Moore, 14. Mark Daily,
15. Chris Lamb. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS:
Laps 1-13 P.J. Stergios, Laps 14-35 Abold.
NEW NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS:
1-Abold-396; 2-P.J. Stergios-355; 3-Jon Seaman-315; 4-Osborne-301;
5-State-272; 6-Intravaia-270; 7-Ribbe-242; 8-Gosselin-230; 9-Sean
Carman-223; 10-Quinones-210.
NEXT NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS RACE: July 14
– Belmar, NJ – Wall Township Speedway
NFFS Notes – Four drivers made the tow
North from the Carolina Series…Rick Fredrizzi, Shane McMillen, and
Marc Daily from the Richard Petty Driving Experience Team, and
newcomer Chris Lamb from the Chris Lamb Motorsports Team in only his
2nd and 3rd race…..Jon Seaman Jr. and Team Seaman Racing had a prior
commitment, and had to miss the Oswego race….Sean Carman, struggling
with an ill handling car at Spencer, missing Oswego also, went home
to prepare last years car for Wall Township Speedway in N.J. this
week….Rookie Nick Ribbe and his team had to put in an extra effort
to make it Oswego, after crashing at Spencer the night before….Rick
Hart and the John Givens Team purchased the former Nick Wean 78 and
had a 7th and 9th place finishes in their 1st races with the
car….Jake Stergios, 16 year old brother of P.J. Stergios, made his
debut at Spencer and got his 1st Top 10 in his 1st race!!...Special
Thanks to Mike Silliman, to generate over $1000 in extra awards for
the Oswego Race!
Oswego
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Friday July 6th -
Spencer Speedway
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ABOLD #1 IN SPENCER SPEEDWAY
FOCUS RACE |
Williamson, NY…….Jeff Abold of
Pennellville, NY, driving the A & P Automotive, Team Abold Racing,
Hawk Chassis car, won Friday night’s 30-lap USAC Northeast Ford
Focus Midget Series presented by Wirtgen America feature at Spencer
Speedway. Jeff led 17 of the 30 laps, including the final eight
after passing Jon Seaman, Southbury, CT, on the 23rd lap. He was
followed at the checkered flag by Seaman, Ryan Osborne, Milford, NJ,
P.J. Stergios, Candia, NH, and the Carolina Series’ Rick Fedrizzi,
from Syracuse, NY. Jesse State led the first five laps, Abold led
the next nine and Seaman led eight before Abold took the point for
good.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jeff Abold (#05
Abold), 2. Jon Seaman (#63 Seaman), 3. Sean Carman (#47 Carman), 4.
Mark Daily (#14 Fedrizzi), 5. Rick Hart (#22 Hart), 6. Jake Stergios
(#7 Stergios), 7. Ginny Quinones (#00 Quinones), 8. Steven Intravaia
(#73 Intravaia), 9. Chris Lamb (#19L Lamb). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ryan Osborne
(#38 Osborne), 2. Rick Fedrizzi (#43 Fedrizzi), 3. Jesse State (#18
State), 4. P.J. Stergios (#57 Stergios), 5. Shaun Gosselin (#26
Gosselin), 6.Shane McMillen (#45 Fedrizzi) 7. Dan Moore (#04 Moore)
8.Nick Ribbe (#85 Ribbe) NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jeff Abold,
2. Jon Seaman, 3. Ryan Osborne, 4. P.J. Stergios, 5. Rick Fedrizzi,
6. Shaun Gosselin, 7. Jesse State, 8. Ginny Quinones, 9. Rick Hart,
10. Jake Stergios, 11. Mark Daily, 12. Shane MacMillan, 13. Chris
Lamb, 14. Dan Moore, 15. Steven Intravaia, 16. Sean Carman, 17. Nick
Ribbe. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 State, laps 6-14 Abold, laps
15-22 Seaman, Laps 23-30 Abold.
NEW NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Abold-329;
2-Seaman-315; 3-P.J. Stergios-299;
4-Seaman-262; 5-Osborne-223; 6-Intravaia-209; 7-State-207;
8-Ribbe-190; 9-Gosselin-188;
10-Aaron Wall-180.
Spencer Video available from Half Fast
Video 585 - 748 - 9909
dirtx@rochester.rr.com |
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FIVE
RACES IN FOUR STATES IN JULY
(Milford, N.J.) The USAC Northeast Ford
Focus Midget Series presented by Wirtgen America
is ready for the challenge. Five races in four states in July. The Series
July tour will start at a new venue for them on Friday
July 6th, the
Spencer Speedway in
Williamson, NY. They will join the Race of Champions
Modifieds for a very special evening of racing.
The next evening, Saturday July 7th,
the midgets will be at the always exciting, “Home of the
Supermodifieds”, Oswego
Speedway in Oswego, NY. Lots of extra money being generated
for the midgets this evening. Lap money and special awards for the
competitors will be available.
Making the July 6th – 7th weekend even more exciting,
is that there is will be invaders from USAC’s
Ford Focus Southeast Region, the Carolina Series, trying to take the
Northeast’s money home with them!
Wall Township Speedway, in
Belmar N.J. on Saturday July 14th,
Waterford
Speedbowl, in Waterford, Ct. on
Saturday July 21st and the always
special Busch North Weekend at the
Adirondack Speedway, in New
Bremen, N.Y., on Friday July 27th,
will keep the teams busy this month!.
The month of July will also be very interesting for the point battle that is
shaping up. The top 3, Jeff
Abold,
Pennelville, NY, Jon
Seaman Jr., Southbury, Ct., and
P. J. Stergios,
Candia NH, are separated by only 18 points. A good month of racing could
see any one of these young drivers take charge. New Jersey racers
Ryan Osborne, Sean Carman,
Massachusetts Aaron Wall,
and impressive rookies PA’s
Steven Intravia,. and
Nick Ribbe,
from Ma. are all in position to make a run at the leaders for the 2007 USAC
Northeast Ford Focus Series presented by Wirtgen
America Championship. |
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CHEMUNG SPEEDROME - 6-16
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ABOLD TOPS CHEMUNG
FOCUS FIELD |
Chemung N.Y…..Jeff Abold is
looking like the man to beat in 2007. The young second generation
driver from Pennellville N.Y. won the 25 lap USAC Northeast Ford
Focus Series presented by Wirtgen America at the always exciting
Chemung Speedrome on Saturday night, for his 2nd win of the year.
Aaron Wall, Shrewsbury Ma., lead the race for the first 16 circuits.
The racing was intense behind him, as Abold, Jon Seaman Jr., Rookie
Steven Intravia, and P. J. Stergios, were all dueling to get to Wall
and give him a run for the money. It all came to and end for Wall
after lap 16, as hard racing had him spinning out of the lead, and
out of contention.
Abold, son of Supermodified driver Pat Abold, was driving the Team
Abold Racing, A & P Automotive sponsored, Hawk chassis, Ford Focus
Midget. Jeff started 4th in the feature, and lead the final 9 laps.
Finishing behind Abold were Jon Seaman Jr., Southbury Ct., P.J.
Stergios, Candia, N.H., Ryan Osborne, Milford, N.J., and Sean
Carman, Stockton, N.J.
USAC NORTHEAST FORD
FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 16, 2007 Chemung, New York – Chemung
Speedrome
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jeff Abold (#05
Abold), 2. Aaron Wall (#8 Wall), 3. Jon Seaman (#63 Seaman), 4. Ryan
Osborne (#38 Osborne), 5. Ginny Quinones (#00 Quinones), 6. Rick
Hart (#22 Hart), 7. Shaun Gosselin (#26 Gosselin). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steven
Intravaia (#73 Intravaia), 2. P.J. Stergios (#57 Stergios), 3. Jesse
State (#18 State), 4. Sean Carman (#47 Carman), 5. Dan Moore (#04
Moore), 6. Nick Ribbe (#85 Ribbe). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jeff Abold, 2.
Jon Seaman, 3. P.J. Stergios, 4. Ryan Osborne, 5. Sean Carman, 6.
Dan Moore, 6. Shaun Gosselin, 8. Nick Ribbe, 9. Steven Intravaia,
10. Rick Hart, 11. Aaron Wall, 12. Ginny Quinones, 13. Jesse State.
NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Wall,
Laps 17-25 Abold.
NEW NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS:
1-Abold-261; 2-Seaman-251; 3-Stergios-243; 4-Osborne-200;
5-Carman-196; 6-Intravaia-186; 7-Wall-180; 8-Ribbe-171; 9-State-159;
10-Gosselin-139. |
NEXT
NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS RACES
July 6 – Williamson, NY – Spencer Speedway
July 7 – Oswego, N.Y. |
| Special thanks
to Connecticut Trailer Sales, the “Official” Trailer of the NE Focus
Series! |
A video of the
6-16 Chemung race will be available for $15 from the videographer at
the 7-6
Spencer Speedway event. The Spencer race video will be available for
mail delivery for $20. |
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Saturday - June 2nd
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“STATE” MENT WITH SEEKONK FOCUS TRIUMPH! |
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In the 25-lap feature for the USAC Ford Focus Midget Series,
18-year old Jesse State of Hyde Park, NY went pole to checker to capture his
first career win in the open-wheel touring class. Steven
Intravaia took second from Jon Seaman inside the final three laps to earn
the runner-up spot with four-time Seekonk winner Jeff Abold and P. J.
Stergios rounding out the top five. |
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jeff Abold, 05, Abold-12.505; 2. Steven
Intravaia, 73, Intravaia-12.614; 3. Jon Seaman, 63, Seaman-12.652;
4. Jesse State, 18, State-12.652; 5. Sean Carman, 47, Carman-12.711;
6. Nick Ribbe, 85, Ribbe-12.810; 7. Aaron Wall, 8, Wall-12.816; 8.
P.J. Stergios, 57, Stergios-12.839; 9. Ryan Osborne, 38,
Osborne-12.893; 10. Matt Bettencourt, 10, Bettencourt-13.018; 11.
Shaun Gosselin, 26, Gosselin-13.086; 12. Rick Hart, 22, Hart-13.362.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abold, 2.
Seaman, 3. Carman, 4. Wall, 5. Osborne. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Intravaia, 2.
State, 3. Stergios, 4. Bettencourt, 5. Ribbe, 6. Hart. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jesse State, 2.
Steven Intravaia, 3. Jon Seaman, 4. Jeff Abold, 5. P.J. Stergios, 6.
Aaron Wall, 7. Nick Ribbe, 8. Sean Carman, 9. Matt Bettencourt, 10.
Rick Hart, 11. Ryan Osborne. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 State.
NEW NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS:
1-Abold-193; 2-Seaman-188; 3-Stergios-182; 4-Osborne-144;
5-Carman-143; 6-Intravaia-142; 7-Wall-142; 8-Ribbe-129; 9-State-126;
10-Ginny Quinones-101. |
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NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS RACE: June 16 – Chemung (NY) Speedrome |
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The 6-2-07
race at Seekonk was video taped. If interested please contact:
Frank and Helen's Videos - (508) 994 2798 |
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Saturday - 5/26
Route 27 - Epping, NH |
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ABOLD TOPS STAR
FOCUS FEATURE |
Epping, N.H……..Jeff Abold of
Pennellville, N.Y. is the new point leader in the USAC Northeast
Ford Focus Series after his victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap
feature at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H.
Abold started 5th and passed local favorite P.J. Stergios from
Candia, N.H., on lap 26 and led the final five laps to beat Stergios,
Jon Seaman, Southbury, Ct, (hard charging from his 7th starting
position, Jesse State, New Hyde Park, N.Y., (returning for his 1st
race of the season), and Sean Carman, Stockton, N.J. (started on the
pole).
State led the first nine laps and Stergios led the next 16.
It was the series first visit to New Hampshire and the fast ¼ mile
All Star Speedway, and new promotion team, headed by Bob MacArthur.
After Jeff’s big win in the Focus car, He jumped into the Wirtgen
America sponsored NEMA midget owned by Bob Seymour. Jeff was the
victim of an early yellow, went to the rear, and had himself in
place for a top 5 finish before ‘fuel problems’ eliminated him from
the finish.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jeremy Tsihlis
(#48 Tsihlis), 2. Jon Seaman (#63 Seaman),
3. P.J. Stergios (#57 Stergios), 4. Jesse State (#18 State), 5.
Shaun Gosselin (#26 Gosselin),
6. Aaron Wall (#8 Wall), 7. Dan Moore (#04 Moore). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ginny Quinones
(#00 Quinones), 2. Jeff Abold (#05 Abold),
3. Steven Intraraia (#73 Intraraia), 4. Sean Carman (#47 Carman), 5.
Ryan Osborne (#38 Osborne), 6. Matt Bettencourt (#10 Bettencourt),
7. Nick Ribbe (#85 Ribbe). NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jeff Abold, 2.
P.J. Stergios, 3. Jon Seaman, 4. Jesse State, 5. Sean Carman,
6. Shaun Gosselin, 7. Ryan Osborne, 8. Nick Ribbe, 9. Matt
Bettencourt, 10. Steven Intraraia,
11. Aaron Wall, 12. Dan Moore, 13. Ginny Quinones, 14. Jeremy
Tsihlis. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 State,
Laps 10-25 Stergios, Laps 26-30 Abold.
NEW NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS:
1-Abold-128; 2-Stergios-128; 3-Seaman-123;
4-Osborne-109; 5-Quinones-101; 6-Gosselin-97; 7-Carman-96;
8-Wall-92; 9-Ribbe-82;
10-Intraraia-72.
NEXT NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS RACE: June 2
– Seekonk (MA) Speedway |
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Season Opener -
Waterford Speedbowl - Saturday April 28, 2007
Quinones Wins Waterford Speedbowl Focus
Presented by Mohegan Sun
by T. Sassaman
(Waterford, CT) April 28, 2007…Good things do happen to those that keep
working and trying hard.
19 yr. old Ginny Quinones of Pen Argyl Pa., in her 4th year of USAC Ford
Focus competition, became the 16th female driver to win a USAC feature race
Saturday night, leading all 20 laps of the Northeast Ford Focus Series
opener at the Waterford Speedbowl.
Quinones, driving her family owned, Advanced Products & Services Inc.,
sponsored midget withstood the persistent challenges of Milford, N.J.’s,
Ryan Osborne to win her first ever Ford Focus midget feature.
Quinones’ victory is the 28th for a female in USAC competition but the first
for a female in the Northeast Focus series.
Trailing her to the checkered flag were Osborne, P.J. Stergios, Candia, N.H.,
Jeff Abold, Pennellville, N.Y. and fast qualifier Jon Seaman from Southbury,
Ct..
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jon Seaman, 63,
Seaman-14.904; 2. Aaron Wall, 8, Wall-14.923; 3. P.J. Stergios, 57,
Stergios-14.932; 4. Jeff Abold, 05, Abold-14.946; 5. Nick Ribbe, 85,
Ribbe-15.111; 6. Steven Gosselin, 26, Gosselin-15.153; 7. Ryan Osborne, 38,
Osborne-15.192; 8. Ginny Quinones, 00, Quinones-15.319; 9. Dan Moore, 04,
moore-15.334; 10. Matt Bettencourt, 10, Bettencourt-15.385; 11. Sean Carman,
47, Carman-15.425; 12. Jeremy Tsihlis, 48, Tsihlis-15.447; 13. Rick Hart,
22, Hart-15.559; 14. Steven Intraraia, 73, Intraraia-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Seaman, 2. Stergios, 3.
Osborne, 4. Ribbe, 5. Carman, 6. Moore, 7. Hart. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wall, 2. Abold, 3.
Quinones, 4. Gosselin, 5. Tsihlis, 6. Bettencourt. NT
**Bettencourt flipped during the second heat.
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Ginny Quinones, 2. Ryan
Osborne, 3. P.J. Stergios, 4. Jeff Abold,
5. Jon Seaman, 6. Aaron Wall, 7. Steven Gosselin, 8. Sean Carman, 9. Nick
Ribbe,
10. Steven Intraraia, 11. Rick Hart, 12. Dan Moore. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Quinones.
NEW NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS:
1-Quinones-66; 2-Stergios-65; 2-Osborne-63; 4-Seaman-62; 5-Abold-61;
6-Wall-58; 7-Gosselin-48; 8-Carman-43; 9-Ribbe-43; 10-Intraraia-33;
NEXT NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS RACE: May 26 – Epping, NH –
Star Speedway
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of the Waterford Speedbowl features ONLY:
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Productions
(860) 884-6015
Chris Baker - 27 Dogmeadow
Rd. - Norwich, Ct. 06360
$20 + $4
shipping and handling
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USAC Ford Focus Midget
Car Series - “2007 Specified Hoosier Tires”
Effective Immediately -
Revised Version posted 4/26
All competitors must use approved Hoosier “USAC Focus” tires on both drive
positions
Either the "USAC Focus" or the "USAC Focus B" tire may be used on the right
rear.
PAVEMENT TIRES
LF
7/20.5 – MG5, MG6 |
RF
7/20.5 – MG6, MG7 |
LR
10/22.0 USAC Focus
10/22.5 USAC Focus |
RR
10/23.5 USAC Focus
10/23.5 USAC Focus B |
Note: This list may be amended or
modified through Bulletins and/or entry blanks if track conditions warrant.
At certain tracks, only one compound may be specified for each position. |
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DATE |
TRACK |
WINNER |
| Sat. 4/28 |
Waterford Speedbowl -
Waterford, CT
www.speedbowl.com |
Ginny Quinones
#00 |
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Sat. 5/26 |
All-Star Speedway - Epping, NH
www.all-starspeedway.com |
Jeff Abold
#05 |
| Sat. 6/2 |
Seekonk Speedway - Seekonk, MA
www.seekonkspeedway.com |
Jesse State
#18 |
| Sat. 6/16 |
Chemung Speedrome - Chemung, NY
www.chemungspeedrome.net |
Jeff Abold
#05 |
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Fri. 7/6 |
Spencer Speedway, Williamson, NY
www.spencerspeedway.org |
Jeff Abold
#05 |
| Sat. 7/7 |
Oswego Speedway - Oswego, NY
www.oswegospeedway.com |
Jeff Abold
#05 |
| Sat. 7/14 |
Wall Township Speedway
- Belmar, NJ
www.wallspeedway.com |
Jesse State
#18 |
| Sat. 7/21 |
Waterford Speedbowl -
Waterford, CT
www.speedbowl.com |
Steven Intravaia
#73 |
| Fri.
7/27 |
Adirondack Speedway - Lowville, NY
www.adirondackspeedway.com |
Steven Intravaia
#73 |
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Fri. 8/10 |
Spencer Speedway, Williamson, NY
www.spencerspeedway.org |
Steven Intravaia
#73 |
| Sat. 8/11 |
Chemung Speedrome - Chemung, NY
www.chemungspeedrome.net |
Ryan Osborne
#38 |
| Sat. 8/18 |
Wall Township Speedway
- Belmar, NJ
www.wallspeedway.com |
Jeff Abold
#05 |
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Sat. 9/1 |
All-Star Speedway, Epping, NH
www.all-starspeedway.com |
Cancelled |
Sat./Sun.
10/6-7 |
Seekonk Speedway - Seekonk, MA
www.seekonkspeedway.com
"D.A.V. Memorial" |
Cancelled |
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