Indy veteran Gosek Enters Classic at Lee
By Carol
Haynes
9/2/10 Lee,
N.H. –
Indianapolis
500
veteran and
multi-time
supermodified
champ Joe
Gosek is the
latest entry
for the 45th
Annual
“Classic”
Championship
100,
Saturday
night, Sept.
11,
here at Lee
USA
Speedway.
Gosek joins
a long list
of drivers
who will be
competing in
New
England’s
longest
running
traditional
oval-track
racing
event.
Making his
only
appearance
in
New England
this season,
Gosek is
driving a
sleek
low-slung
supermod
which he
recently
wheeled to
victory in a
feature
event at
Oswego, N.Y.
A two-time
“Classic”
champion
(1995, 2001)
Gosek also
is a
two-time
season point
champion of
the
International
Supermodified
Association
(ISMA),
which is
sanctioning
the 100-lap
main event
at Lee,
spilt into
two 50-lap
feature
races.
Gosek’s
30-season
career also
includes
three
“Oswego’s
International
Classic 200”
wins, two
Sandusky Hy-Miler
Nationals
wins, two
starts as an
Indy 500
qualifier,
wins from
Florida to
Canada and
two season
track
championships
at
Oswego
(N.Y.)
Speedway. He
is one of
only four
drivers to
win all
three of
supermodified’s
prestigious
extra
distance
races
(Oswego,
Star and
Sandusky)
over the
many years
those events
have been
run
Gosek, 51,
brings with
him a
reputation
as a clever
competitor
who is
always among
the top
challengers
wherever he
races,
particularly
on short
ovals like
Lee’s 3/8th
- mile
track.
This
“Classic”
marks the
first time
since 1967
that the
race has
been run in
Lee, N.H.
Other top
drivers in
the field
include
four-time
“Classic”
champion
Chris Perley,
five-time
winner Russ
Wood,
current
NASCAR
national
modified
point leader
Bobby Santos
III,
Canadian
stars Mike
Lichty
(current
ISMA point
leader) and
Mark Sammut.
The pit area
will be open
at noon
while
practice
starts at
4 p.m.
on Classic
Saturday.
Qualifying
heats begin
at
6 p.m.
and the
“Classic”
gets the
green flag
at
7:30 p.m.
In the case
of a
rainout, the
“Classic”
will be held
Sunday,
Sept. 12, at
1 p.m.
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JOHNNY BENSON AT SEEKONK FOR RACING AGAINST BREAST CANCER
8/30/10 Seekonk,MA.- Kraze Korlacki Speed Equipment, Inc. and Seekonk Speedway, jointly announce an early entry for” Racing Against Breast Cancer” on October 2nd, at the famous 1/3 mile Bay State oval. 2008 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion, Johnny Benson Jr, will join the cars and stars of ISMA in a 100 lap Super Modified Race. Johnny will be piloting the # 74 Brad Lichty of Ayr Ontario, Canada owned, Patco Transportation, sponsored Super Modified. “I have never seen Seekonk Speedway, but I am aware of its rich racing history. Many of the ISMA teams tell me it is one of their favorite tracks. I am exited about competing at the famed “Cement Palace”, which should be a lot of fun while supporting a great cause in the fight against Breast Cancer”, said Benson from his race shop in Charlotte, North Carolina. Labor Day weekend brings ISMA to the Oswego Speedway in Oswego, New York to compete in the 17th Budlight ISMA Super National 50, as part of the 2010 International Classic Weekend. This event is the 3rd of three pre-qualifier races for the “Racing Against Breast Cancer” Race, with the winner receiving a guaranteed starting position. Chris Perley #11, and Joey Scanlon #88, are guaranteed starters as a result of the races at Lee USA Speedway, and the Waterford Speedbowl.
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2010 CLASSIC RACE ROLLS AT LEE ON SEPT. 11
* 8/29/10 - PLEASE NOTE THESE CHANGES THAT APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING RELEASE:
A change has been made to the recent press release regarding the upcoming ISMA Lee USA Classic 100 Sept. 11;
- There will be two 50-lap events as was originally announced on August 13 at Lee. EACH feature will have a separate purse with the winner of EACH paid $3,000.
- The first 50-lap race will be handicapped using the usual ISMA money won system for the top four runners from each qualifying heat. But, the second feature 50 will see a redraw of the top 8 finishers from the first race using marked Pepsi cans. Again $3,000 will go to the winner of the second 50 lapper with a completely separate purse being paid out as in the first race.
- There will be point system in place for both races and the overall best finisher in points in the twin races for the 100-lap distance will win the 2010 “Classic” championship. Bonus prize money will be paid first, second and third finishers. In case of a tie in points, the tie-breaker will be determined by the best finish in 12-lap qualifying heats, giving each heat race extra incentive for drivers.
August 27,
2010 Lee,
N.H. – New
England’s
longest
running
traditional
oval-track
racing
event, the
“Classic”
for
Supermodifieds,
is now
officially
sanctioned
and
scheduled
for the
green flag
on Saturday
night, Sept.
11th,
here at Lee
USA
Speedway.
The 45th
annual
“Classic”
already has
drawn a long
entry list
as the
grand-daddy
event of New
England
motorsports
returns to
Lee for the
first time
since 1967,
sanctioned
by
International
Supermodified
Association
(ISMA).
This year’s
championship
program has
a new site
and a
special new
format
making up
the 100-lap
“Classic”
with two
50-lap
segments
events. At
the end of
the first 50
laps, the
race will
stop. A tire
change and
fueling will
be allowed
while the
small block
supers run
their
40-lapper.
During this
time, the
top 8
drivers in
position
from the
first 50
will redraw
from marked
Pepsi cans
to e for the
second 50.
The first
driver to
finish the
100 lap
total will
be the ISMA
Classic
winner.
Then to add
to the
excitement,
there will
be an
overall
point
champion.
Points will
be awarded
in each
50-lap
portion. The
overall best
finisher in
the twin
races for
the 100-lap
distance
will win the
2010
“Classic”
overall
point
championship
which
features
bonus prize
money
for the
first three
point
getters. In
case of a
tie in
points, the
tie-breaker
will be
determined
by the best
finish in
12-lap
qualifying
heats,
giving each
heat race
extra
incentive
for drivers.
Fans will be
treated to
green-flag
racing only,
meaning
caution-flag
laps will
not count in
this special
all-out
“Classic”
championship
clash.
Six-time
ISMA
Champion
Chris Perley,
of Rowley,
MA, is among
the top
entries.
Perley is a
four-time
Classic
champion
(1996, 2005,
2008, 2009)
and is
attempting
to become
only the
third driver
ever to win
three
consecutive
Classics.
Legendary
Ollie Silva
won three
straight
between 1969
and 1971 and
Russ Wood
scored a
Classic hat
trick
(2002-2004).
Wood, of
Pelham, N.H.,
is a
five-time
Classic
champion and
will be
driving the
sleek Brian
Allegresso-prepared
winged No.
29 equipped
with a
900-horsepower
motor.
Bobby Santos
III,
the current
2010
NASCAR
Modified
Division
National
Championship
point
leader, will
be making a
rare
supermodified
start in
this “Classic”
race.
Santos is a
late entry
driving
Clyde
Booth’s
low-slung
special
design No.
61 from
Mooresville,
N.C.
Santos is no
stranger to
the Lee
Oval, having
the 2006
Ollie Silva
Memorial
Championship.
In 2007,
Santos
finished
second after
starting
22nd in the
Silva 75-lap
Supermodified
event at
Lee.
The winner
of numerous
United
States Auto
Club (USAC)
events from
California
to the
Mid-west and
Northeast,
Santos is
looking to
add the
“Classic”
championship
to his list
of career
achievements.
Justin
Belfiore,
the 2007
“Classic”
champ from
Ipswich, MA,
has a
beautiful
winged
supermod
ready to
roll which
he has
driven to
top finishes
in
California,
Nevada and
Vermont.
Canada also
is
represented
with some
top cars
headed to
the Classic
from north
of the
border.
Mark Sammut,
of London,
Ontario, won
this July’s
100-Lap “Hy-Miler
Championship”
at Sandusky,
Ohio. Sammut
is no
stranger to
the Lee
3/8-mile
banked oval.
Sammut won
the 2009
Ollie Silva
Memorial
75-lap
supermod
event with a
spectacular
late race
charge.
Mike Lichty,
of Innerkip,
Ontario,
finished
fourth after
leading some
of the 2009
Classic and
will return
for another
try. Craig
Rayvals, of
Brockville,
Ontario,
took a nasty
flip at Lee
in 2009, but
will return
for a bid at
the 2010
Classic
title.
Ray Graham,
of Ankeny,
Iowa, won
this year’s
“Mr.
Supermodified”
Championship
at
Oswego,
N.Y., and is
entered for
the Classic
at Lee.
So is the
four-time
Northeast
Midget
Racing
Association
Champion Ben
Seitz,
driving a
new highly
sophisticated
winged
supermodified.
Also
scheduled on
the Classic
night
program is a
special
40-lap small
block
supermod
feature
event plus a
full card of
stock car
racing.
The pit area
on Classic
Saturday
will open at
noon with
the
grandstand
box office
opening at
4:00, for
practice
warm-up
sessions.
Stock car
heats start
at 6:00.
Supermodified
Classic
qualifying
heats begin
at 6:30, the
100-lap
“Classic”
starts at
7:30, with
the first
50-lap main
event.
Back in
1966, the
old Lee
Raceway
tri-oval
hosted the
first
Classic
which was
the only
other time
the
championship
was decided
by points
earned in
race
segments.
Racing
Hall-of-Famers,
Eddie West,
Don MacLaren
and Bob
Cloutier
shared the
inaugural
Classic
title. Bud
Crotty won
the 1967
Classic at
Lee before
the race
venue
shifted
to
Star
Speedway,
in Epping,
N.H.
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