RYAN CONIAM TAKES FIRST ISMA WIN AT DELAWARE SPEEDWAY FRIDAY
By John Houghton and Stephanie Pelkman, Delaware Speedway PR
Delaware, Ontario (Aug. 3, 2012) – The World’s Most Powerful Short Track Cars lived up to their name Friday evening. Ryan Coniam (#46) of Laguna Beach, CA won the 35-lap ISMA Supermodified feature after leading the entire race, passing polesitter Johnny Benson on the opening lap. Johnny Benson (#74) of Cornelius, NC placed second and Rob Summers (#11) of Vernon, CT placed third.
A large audience attended the race to see the winged cars tear up the track and they were not disappointed. On the fourth lap, the plastic screen covering the Coca-Cola scoreboard was shaken onto the race track by the power of the engines resulting in a caution.
On the seventh lap there were a trio of cautions, before the remainder of the race ran caution free. The win is the first for Coniam in ISMA Supermodified competition.
“This is a really big to win in Canada, to win an ISMA show,” said Coniam in victory lane. “The race car is solid, a good car and good engine can make a driver look awful good.”
Notes… Mike Ordway pulled in lap 7 out for the night with mechanicals….Dave McKnight crashed the 70 earlier in the day and did not make feature. They are trying to fix the car for Saturday…Tim Ice has flat tire bringing out the caution, pits, returns, finishes 11th…Duggan and Rayvals bring out one of multiple yellows on lap 7…Sondi Eden, Crawfordsville, IN, drove Lehnert 92 at Delaware Friday. Gillingham 5 should be her ride Saturday and Rich Reid should be in the 92.
DELAWARE SPEEDWAY FRIDAY AUG 2, 2012 Summary
Heat 1: Bob Dawson, Bob Magner, Timmy Jedrzejek, Dan Bowes, Moe Lilje, Mike Lichty, Sondi Eden, Mike Hooper
Heat 2: Tim Ice, Johnny Benson, Dave Duggan, Ryan Coniam, Ben Seitz, Eddie Witkum Jr., Terry Simpson
Heat 3: Jeff Locke, Rob Summers, Lou Cicconi, Mike Ordway, Mark Sammut, Craig Rayvals, Aj Lesiecki
Feature (35): 1. Ryan Coniam (46), 2. Johnny Benson (74), 3. Rob Summers (11), 4. Lou Cicconi (75), 5. Mike Lichty (84), 6. Dan Bowes (18), 7. Jeff Locke (37), 8. Ben Seitz (17), 9. Timmy Jedrzejek (32), 10. Mark Sammut (78), 11. Tim Ice (65), 12. Bob Magner (40), 13. AJ Lesiecki (14), 14. Bob Dawson (28), 15. Dave Duggan (51), 16. Mike Ordway Sr. (61), 17. Eddie Witkum Jr. (97), 18. Craig Rayvals (94), 19. Sondi Eden (92), 20. Moe Lilje (8), 21.Mike Hooper (17x), 22. Terry Simpson (48).
Photos by http://www.maudsleymotorsports.com/
SHULLICK PASSES JON MCKENNEDY FOR STAR CLASSIC WIN; RUSS WOOD RETURNS, CHARGES TO SIXTH IN FRONT OF HOMETOWN CROWD IN EXCITING RACE
By Carol D Haynes, ISMA PR; photos by Jim Feeney
Epping, NH (September 9, 2017) – Dave Shullick Jr., coming off his first Oswego Speedway Classic win on Sunday, September 3, strapped the wing back on his Bodnar 95 and proceeded to run a calculated race to win the 52nd running of the Star Classic on September 9, chasing down and passing Jon McKennedy who had led much of the 150 lap distance. It was Shoe II's second win of the prestigious event as he continued to show his prowess in both winged and non-winged racing.
By Carol D. Haynes, ISMA PR; photos by Jim Feeney
Oswego, NY (September 2, 2017) – Two of the winningest drivers in Oswego Speedway winged racing, Mike Lichty and Chris Perley, put on the proverbial classic battle for the 24th annual Super Nationals win on Saturday night. By virtue of qualifying and handicapping, Perley and Lichty sat on the front row and it was Lichty who won the war for the lead as the pair went side by side on the green flag lap. It was Lichty's sixth Oswego winged win and the second in the ISMA Super Nationals.
By Carol D Haynes, ISMA PR; photos by Jim Feeney
Delaware, Ont., Canada (Aug. 19, 2017) - They say good things come to those who wait and for London, Ontario's Mark Sammut that wait for a feature win at Delaware was 21 years in the making. Sammut, who calls Delaware Speedway his home track, had raced many times at the half-mile oval over his long career, but had never won a supermodified feature there. He'd come close, but Saturday night he nailed it, picking up his 6th career ISMA win but first victory at Delaware, which was also a very lucrative one that carried a $10,000 first place prize, sponsored by Corr/Pak Merchandising, Arctic Snowplows, Murray's Transmission and PATCO Transportation.
