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5/19/2012

Speacial THANK YOU to the Doug Jones crew for helping at the track. They spent a couple picking rocks with Jim, myself, and then kept going when we got pulled away. Really appreciate the help and great to see others giving up thier valuable free time to improve the track.

5/15/2012

The victory lane photos can be viewed on the Multimedia tab.

5/13/2012

Stephens and Mogavero still know how to win at Raceay5
The first show of 2012 is in the books, and although there were 82 race cars at the track, there were some familiar names in Victory Lane. Val Stephens and Racin Ron Mogavero were both back in Victory lane. At the same time we had some fresh faces in Victory Lane at Raceway5. Ricky Newton in the sportsman, Adam Tiffany in Sprints, and Jason Kansley in the bandits. Dave Dubious started outside pole but was able to hold off all challengers to notch a win.

Adam Tiffany was able to hold off last year’s Pizza Logs Sprint 600 track champion Tyler Walker to notch his first feature win at Raceway5. Adam was able to pass Keith Heater on lap 4 and never looked back. Adam was excited and wanted to thank his sponsors Blue Dog Saloon, Roach Wings and Darien Center Bulldogs.

Val Stephens was able to make a late race pass for the lead to win the first Rivers Performance Mini Stock feature of the year. With a healthy 16 car field, this like the other classes had some great side by side racing. The leader 12x had nearly a 1/3 track lead at one point in the race. Val’s big break came when they both started to encounter lap traffic in the second half of the caution free event. Val was able to catch up and make the pass with only a couple laps remaining. From there she was able to bring the Lakeland Equipment, Triftshuaer & Salmon Orthodonticcar home first.

Next up was arguably the best race of the night when the Yasses Trucking and Construction Street Stocks took to the track. John Gagner started outside pole in the 3j and was able to lead for the first 17 laps. During that time he and the 87 of Doug Jones were putting on a great show. Right behind them also getting side by side and were Ron Mogavero and Mark Loveland.

On lap 17 Doug contacted the 3j in the middle of turns 1 and 2 and both cars spun towards the infield and brought out the caution. Jones and Gagner both had to go to the pits and this gave the lead to Racin Ron in the 75 car. Ron just needed to hold of the charge of Mike Jackson in the 54 car to win. Job done! When I spoke to Ron after the race he said “sometimes it pays better to be lucky instead of good”. A special thanks to sponsors CPT and also GG&H motorsports. We think the newest addition to the Mogavero Motor Sports family, 6 month old Kendal had something to do with it. She appropriately wore a shirt that said “My uncle’s faster than your uncle”.

Now came time for the A-1 Seld Storage Bandit class and the 12 car starting field. An impressive growth of this class is a welcome sight. Parents are seeing the advantage to getting their kids a safe and fun head start to their possible racing career.

Jason Kansley had a good race and a lot of fun out there. Jason started outside pole and dropped back during the race. However patience was the key as we worked his way back up through the field. Jason’s Melius Welding and Diesel & Auto Electric #2 car ran great and the youngster shows some great potential for the future.

The Johnny’s Restaurant 360 Late models feature was slowed for a red flag when Bob Babbitt rolled after contacting the back stretch wall. Bob was OK but the car, not so much. Once the race got back underway, there were only a couple more cautions during another great race. Tommy Kemp in the 28 started at the back but fought his way into the top 5. JJ Mazur and Brian Knowles also put on a good show at times side by side for a lap or two. Jon Rivers could get the 85 up to Dave in the lead, but just couldn’t get by.

Dave in the 012 would not be denied and brought the L&L Transmission, Batavia Starter car home first. Dave mentioned that they made several changes to the car to get it hooked up. Looks like whatever set up they settled on, they definitely have a winner.

It was a wild night for the Grease Lightning Sportsman class. Lap two had the 2 car roll over on the track on the opening lap. Some drivers getting a little too low and contacting the infield tires slowed the race a few times. This cause a few attempts at getting the race under way at lap 5. However once the cars did get back under way, there were some good racing throughout the pack.

Ricky Newton led the early laps and seemed to be the class of the field. Once Rob Pratt was able to catch up though, Rob made the most of the opportunity and made the pass on lap 10. Rick tried to get by a couple times, even late in the race. Rob would not be denied, and gave Ma Pratt a nice birthday present and brought home the win. If Rob keeps running this well, look for the H & S Motors, Priced Right Remodeling car to be in Victory lane again this year.

Well back at it we go for next week. Work out a few things to make everything run a little smoother, and put on another great show. The new grandstands coming out of turn 4 are bigger and it looks like that paid off. Peopled filled that section along with the others and it made for and awesome night.

“Raceway 5 Draws out of State Crowd” Missy, Donna Betancourt are just a few of the people who come from out of state to Raceway5. So what if they’re family, they still came from out of state… and it counts. Since Donna is expecting, so I could even say people came in crowds from out of state! Special thanks go out to Missy Marchese and boyfriend Andy for taking Victory Lane photos. We appreciate the visit and stepping up at the last minutes to help out.

This is expected to be a great season and looking forward to many more articles chronicling the events. People respecting car and driver goes a long ways during a race. It’s nice to see that returning to the track that so many of us grew up going to on Friday or Saturday nights. Big Thank you from the Mazurs and track personnel for coming out, and we only see it getting better from here on out.

Till next week…
Giddy Up!!

Sprint 600 finishes;
Heat winner – Tyler Walker
Feature – Adam Tiffany, Tyler Walker, Keith Heater, Val Stephens, Cory Grenzy

Mini Stock finishes;
Heat winners – 88, 12x
Feature – Val Stephens, 12x, x82, Rich Zellner, Chad Dickinson, Tom Urban, 88, 7, 24, 27, 49, Samantha Burch, Brett Rowles, 38, Eric Tupper

Street Stock finishes;
Heat winners – 97, John Gagner
Feature – Ron Mogavero, Donald Newton jr, Byron Dewitt, Rick Crego, Julio Padilla, Butch Zimmerman, Mike Jackson, 97, John Gagner, 10T, Dave Bohm, Nate Arnold, Bobby Dickinson, 92, Jason Babbitt, Doug Jones BF

Bandit Finishes;
Heat winners – Carl Stephens, Jason Kansley
Feature – Jason Kanslley, Michael Oakes, Cameron Vargo, Ray Bliss jr., 36, Mikaela Rivers, Austin Susice, 10, Carl Stephens, 012, Riley McPherson, 63 BF

360 Late Model finishes;
Heat winners – Jimmy Johnson, Dave Dubious
Feature – Dave Dubious, Jon Rivers, Brian Knowles, JJ Mazur, Tommy Kemp, Rich Hale, 0, Jimmy Johnson jr, Brian Kotarski, Jimmy Johnson, Brian Farnsworth, Jason Bridges, Carl Shettler, Bob Babbitt

Sportsman finishes;
Heat winners – Rob Pratt, Ricky Newton
Feature – Rob Pratt, Ricky Newton, 27z, Ross Vleck, Ray Smith, Rob Richmond, Chris Brown, 22z, Matt Richmond, Gordon Hermanson jr, Phil Vigneri, 14, 59, Dick Park, Tim Downs, 2, Gary Donnelly

4/3/2012 **Press Release**
Raceway5 is proud to announce that Rivers Performance will be Sponsoring the Mini Stock series. They are located at 4 Liberty Street in Batavia, NY. We are excited to have them on board this year. Remember that patronizing our sponsors is the best way to help them, help Raceway5.

3/15/12

Raceway5 is looking for a track photographer for the 2012 season. If you or someone you know is interested, call Jim or Annette Mazur. You can call them at 585-344-1656 or email Jim at jim@raceway5.com or Annette at Annette@raceway5.com

1/18/12

New Update - Coming soon Quad and Motorcycle at Raceway5!!
More information to come as I get it. I avoid Mazur at all costs so may be a while...

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