Horton Beats All Obstacles to Win New Egypt RoC Cabin Fever 60

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Horton Beats All Obstacles to Win New Egypt RoC Cabin Fever 60

New Egypt, NJ (March 23, 2013) – Jimmy Horton of Neshanic, NJ defeated everything at New Egypt Speedway Saturday evening including the track as he captured the 60 lap RoC Tour Modified feature event. The “Cabin Fever 60” season opener had fierce competition throughout the event on a less than perfect early Spring track surface. “The track was the same for all of us,” stated the winner in victory lane, “We all got beat up but it was a lot of fun racing back and forth for the lead the way we did with Ryan (Godown) and Billy (Pauch). I am sure the fans loved it!”

Matt Sheppard and Billy Decker brought the 27 car star studded field to the green flag with Sheppard grabbing the early lead. Sheppard led the field for the first 10 laps as 3rd starting Sammy Piazza challenged for the lead. By lap 15 Horton, who had started 6th was challenging for the lead with ninth starting Billy Pauch right with him. The duo passed Sheppard on either side simultaneously with Horton taking command. This was short lived as Pauch worked hard on him to get by as defending NES champ Ryan Godown beared down on the two. These three perennial NES stars traded the lead numerous times for over the middle portion of the race while the fans wildly cheered them on as each got to collect lap money. Just after halfway Sheppard dropped out with mechanical issues and shortly after that Pauch retired pit side as well. With 20 laps remaining Godown got a flat and after getting new rubber rejoined at the rear of the field. Piazza and 16th starting Craig Von Dohren now took up the chase and began to pressure Horton, with Piazza leading again momentarily. Horton again was up to the challenge as he took the lead back. The final 10 laps saw numerous yellows for cars breaking, but saw more action than this article could do justice as this event will surely be one of the favorites to buy at the video stand. With 6 laps remaining David Van Horn charged into third only to roll over the cushion and flip in turn one, and with 3 laps remaining Piazza broke while running third. This final caution set up a wild restart with Rick Laubach making a move that many described as one of the best they have ever seen, going from seventh in turn one to second in by turn two driving right down the middle between 5 cars! Laubach quickly chased after Horton, but Horton drove away for his 20th career victory at the speedway. Laubach ran second until he lost the handle in the final turn, causing a collision and then a mad scramble the final 100 yards to the finish line. Jimmy Blewett finished second with Godown completing an impressive comeback in third. Laubach crossed the line fourth with Von Dohren taking fifth. Completing the top ten were Bobby Varin, defending RoC champ Danny Johnson, Pat Ward, Neal Williams and Sammy Martz.

Ken Hammond of Berkshire, NY captured his first win at NES in the 30 lap RoC Sportsman tour race. Hammond raced in or near the top five the whole race before finding grooves that worked in each turn and charging up to challenge the leader. He passed early race leader & teammate Eddie White for second with five laps remaining and then got by NES regular DJ Ruppert with less than 2 laps remaining to post his second career RoC tour win. Ruppert had to settle for second for the second straight year in this race, while White crossed the line third. Jim Housworth and 2012 NES champion Clay Butler rounded out the top five.

Next Saturday, March 30, New Egypt Speedway will host its annual practice day from 12noon-5pm. All divisions will be practicing and fans are invited to come and watch free of charge. Then on April 6th NES will kickoff the 2013 regular season with a full card of 358 Modifieds, Sportsman, and Street Stocks. Gates open at 4:00 p.m. with the first race starting at 6:00 pm. For more information call the speedway office at (609) 758-1900 or log on to www.newegyptspeedway.net. You can also follow New Egypt Speedway this season on Facebook and Twitter.

NES RESULTS 3/23/13
ROC DIRT SERIES

MODIFIEDS
Heat 1: 1. Rick Laubach 2. Frank Cozze 3. Billy Decker 4. Bobby Varin 5. Sam Martz
Heat 2: 1. Billy Pauch 2. Matt Sheppard 3. David Van Horn 4. Eric Kormann 5. Andrew Krause
Heat 3: 1. Stewart Friesen 2. Jimmy Horton 3. Sammy Piazza 4. Larry Wight 5. Ron John Koczon
Heat 4: 1. Jimmy Blewett 2. Dan Creeden 3. Ryan Godown 4. Craig Von Dohren 5. John Stangle
Consi: 1. Danny Johnson 2. Neal Williams 3. Mike Mahaney 4. Rocco Infante
Provisionals: Jimmy Phelps, Pat Ward, Mel Schrufer.
DNQ: Dave Hunt, Duane Howard, Richie Pratt Jr., John Packenham, Dominick Buffalino, Kevin Hirthler.

Feature (60 Laps): 1. Jimmy Horton 2. Jimmy Blewett 3. Ryan Godown 4. Rick Laubach 5. Craig Von Dohren 6. Bobby Varin 7. Danny Johnson 8. Pat Ward 9. Neal Williams 10. Sam Martz 11. Stewart Friesen 12. Sammy Piazza 13. Andrew Krause 14. David Van Horn 15. Mel Schrufer 16. Frank Cozze 17. Mike Mahaney 18. Billy Pauch 19. Matt Sheppard 20. Rocco Infante 21. Billy Decker 22. Danny Creeden 23. Larry Wight 24. Jimmy Phelps 25. John Stangle 26. Eric Kormann 27. Ron John Koczon.

SPORTSMAN
Heat 1: 1. Brian Roemer 2. Jim Housworth 3. Johnny Cornell III 4. Mike Butler 5. Kevin Jordan
Heat 2: 1. Bob Lineman Jr. 2. Kevin Beach 3. Danny Tyler 4.Anthony Perrego 5. Alan Barker
Heat 3: 1. Eddie White 2. Jared Umbenhauer 3. Joe Funk 4. Chuck Steuer 5. Ryan Simmons
Heat 4: 1. DJ Ruppert 2. Ken Hammond 3. Kevin Vaclavicek 4. Mike Lyon 5. Brian White
consi 1: 1. Rusty Smith 2. Clay Butler
Consi 2: 1. Kyle Borror 2. Mike Howardson
Provisionals: Randy Green, Jerry Tonti, Claude Hutchings, Butch Green, Marc Herman, Rich Rutski.
DNQ: Charlie Hendrickson, Bill Liedtka, Kevin Belmont, John Aumick, Dion Naples.

Feature (30 Laps): 1. Ken Hammond 2. DJ Ruppert 3. Eddie White 4. Jim Housworth 5. Clay Butler 6. Alan Barker 7. Kyle Borror 8. Claude Hutchings 9. Mike Howardson 10. Rich Rutski 11. Joe Funk 12. Brian White 13. Rusty Smith 14. Kevin Jordan 15. Chuck Steuer 16. Anthony Perrego 17. Bob Lineman Jr. 18. Jared Umbenhauer 19. Kevin Beach 20. Mike Lyons 21. Brian Roemer 22. Randy Green 23. Mike Butler 24. Ryan Simmons 25. Johnny Cornell III 26. Danny Tyler 27. Kevin Vaclavicek 28. Marc Herman DNS: Jerry Tonti, Butch Green