Gary Butler Charges to Second New Egypt Win

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Gary Butler Charges to Second New Egypt Win

New Egypt, NJ (June 8, 2013) – Gary Butler of Phillipsburg, NJ won his second feature of 2013 on Saturday evening as he took top honors in the 30-lap 358 Modified main event. Butler took advantage of a restart on lap 19, charging from 4th to the lead and then went on to beat Billy Pauch by five car lengths at the finish.

Chris Grbac grabbed the lead at the start as Willie Osmun quickly moved to second and shadowed every move that Grbac made. Grbac was not rattled however, as he ran flawlessly our in front thru the opening laps. Butler, who started 10th, quickly moved up to challenge for the fifth spot only to watch 5-time Modified champion Billy Pauch fly by as he advanced to the front. Pauch seemed to be on a mission as he moved into third behind Osmun on lap 12 and began to close in on the two leaders. The yellow slowed the torrid pace with 19 laps in the books setting up a double file restart under the new 2013 fan friendly rule of not going single file until 5 laps remaining. At this point Gary Butler seemed to have leveled out in 6th position and is early race burst was now a memory for most fans. The first attempt to restart found Butler charging around everyone only to have Neal Williams stop on the frontstretch. The second attempt never got past turn two as John McClelland and John Stangle, who were running 4th and fifth tangled. This moved Butler up to fourth, and on the next try he drove around the top three racing side-by-side with Osmun for the lead. Butler then grabbed the lead and pulled away as Pauch battled with Osmun for second. Pauch completed the move in second with five laps remaining but Butler had too much on this night as he took the victory. Pauch settled for second with Osmun crossing the line third. Jimmy Blewett came from deep in the pack to finish fourth and Bob Drayton posted his best finish of the year so far in fifth.

Bob Lineman Jr. of Doylestown, PA also scored his first win since opening night in the 20 lap Sportsman feature event, but in much more dramatic fashion. Lineman got under Ebby Ridge on the final lap and with sparks flying was able to hold on for the win by a mere five feet! Ridge settled for second with Clay Butler, Kevin Vaclavicek, who came back from and early race tangle, and Mike Lyons rounding out the top five. Vaclavicek had an eventful evening as he captured his fourth career win early in the night winning the 20 lap make-up feature from May 18th. John Cornell and Mike Howardson were a very close second and third, followed by Lyons and Lineman.

The TSRS 305 Sprints were on hand with 35 cars in the pit area and Mario Page took a spectacular win in the 20 lapper. Page lead the entire event over Chuck Palmucci, and Palmucci mounted a late race charge over the final 6 laps. Palmucci pulled alongside of Page to lead lap 19 by a wheel and then went in front in turn one. But Page drove back under him with an incredible power move in turn three and four, incredibly getting the car to stick as they exited the final turn. Palmucci was not done however as he pulled back even with him in the final drag race down the front straightaway with the two cars touching about 10 yards from the finish line and Palmucci spinning wildly across the finish line backwards just 1/100 of a second behind Page!! Palmucci fortunately spun thru an opening between victory lane and the first turn guard rail in a cloud of dust unscathed in what certainly will be remembered as one of the most memorable finishes ever at NES.

Bill Liedtka captured his second win of the season in the Street Stock 20 lap feature and has taken the lead in the points as well. Jarrod Burdge was second followed by Dan Collamer, Gary Klimeczak and Billy Wroble.

Next Saturday, June 15, New Egypt Speedway will give the FASTRAK Crate Sportsman and TSRS 305 Sprints a chance to headline as the 358 Mods will be off for Father’s Day to prepare for the big Tuesday 6/18 DIRTcar tour event. The Street Stocks and FASTRAK Late Models will compete as well with the Street Stocks making up their rained-out feature from May 18th. It will also be Country Western night, with prizes being awarded to the best Cowboy and Cowgirl! In addition to all of this, the Dad’s of the drivers will race in special races at the end of the evening in their son’s cars! 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, “Like” us on Facebook /newegyptspeedwayofficial, or follow us on Twitter @nesspeedway.

NES RESULTS 6/08/13

358 MODIFIED RESULTS
1st Heat(10 laps): 1. John Stangle 2. John Pakenham 3. Bob Drayton 4.
Jimmy Blewett 5. Rick Holsten 6. Chris Grbac
2nd Heat(10 laps): 1. Billy Pauch 2. Willie Osmun 3. Sammy Piazza 4.
Ron John Koczon 5. David Van Horn 6. Rocco Infante

Feature (30 Laps): 1. Gary Butler 2. Billy Pauch 3. Willie Osmun 4.
Jimmy Blewett 5. Bob Drayton 6. Sammy Piazza 7. David Van Horn 8. Ryan
Godown 9. Rocco Infante 10. Neal Williams 11. Johnny Guarino 12. Chris
Grbac 13. Rick Holsten 14. Ron John Koczon 15. Tommy Farrell 16. Tim
Apgar 17. DJ Ruppert 18. John Pakenham 19. Tad Cox 20. John McClelland
21. John Stangle 22. PJ Oliver 23. Doug Ostwald

SPORTSMAN RESULTS
Make-up Feature (From 5/18/13)(20 laps): 1. Kevin Vaclavicek 2. John
Cornell III 3. Mike Howardson 4. Mike Lyons 5. Bob Lineman Jr. 6.
Brian Roemer 7. Rich Rutski 8. Clay Butler 9. Mike Hendershot 10. Chad
Barney 11. Steve Davis 12. Alan Bleacher 13. Jason Dunn 14. Marty
Saxton 15. Wayne Bechtel 16. JR Fulper 17. Jim Housworth 18. John
Scarpati 19. Ebby Ridge 20. J.T Trstensky 21. Mike Butler

1st Heat(8 laps): 1. Steve Davis 2. Mike Howardson 3. Alan Bleacher 4.
Mike Hendershot 5. Ebby Ridge 6. Mick Search
2nd Heat(8 laps): 1. Kevin Vaclavicek 2. JR Fulper 3. Jason Dunn 4.
Marty Saxton 5. John Scarpati 6. Mike Butler
3rd Heat(8 laps): 1. Jim Housworth 2. Clay Butler 3. Rich Rutski 4.
John Cornell III 5. Mike Lyons 6. Bob Lineman Jr.

Feature (20 Laps): 1. Bob Lineman Jr. 2. Ebby Ridge 3. Clay Butler 4.
Kevin vaclavicek 5. Mike Lyons 6. Rich Rutski 7. Mike Butler 8. Mike
Howardson 9. Jason Dunn 10. Mick Search 11. John Scarpati 12. Jim
Housworth 13. JR Fulper 14. Steve Davis 15. Mike Hendershot 16. Marty
Saxton 17. Alan Bleacher 18. John Cornell III 19. Brian Roemer 20.
Wayne Bechtel DNS: JT Trestensky,

TSRS 305 SPRINT CAR RESULTS
1st Heat(8 laps): 1. Chuck Palmucci 2. Karl Freyer 3. Anthony Sesley
4. Harris Kohen 5. Erica Palmai 6. Cody Jordan
2nd Heat(8 laps): 1. Tim Tanner 2. Adam Carberry 3. Phil Meisner Jr.
4. Steve Wilson 5. David Martin 6. Justin Hoffman
3rd Heat(8 laps): 1. Bobby DeVault 2. Jimmy Carpenter 3. Mario Page
4. Stephanie Palmai 5. Jon Haegele 6. Chris Allen Jr.
4th Heat(8 laps):1. David Brown Jr. 2. Mike Haggenbottom 3. Rick Stief
4. Rory Janney 5. Keith McIntyre 6. Kyle Purks
B Main (10 laps): 1. Chris Allen Jr. 2. Joe Lord 3. Justin Hoffman 4.
Kyle Purks

Feature (20 Laps): 1. Mario Page 2. Chuck Palmucci 3. Mike
Haggenbottom 4. Rick Stief 5. Adam Carberry 6. David Brown Jr. 7. Phil
Meisner Jr. 8. Tim Tanner 9. Stephanie Palmai 10. Joe Lord 11. Karl
Freyer 12. David Martin 13. Bobby DeVault 14. Jimmy Carpenter 15.
Keith McIntyre 16. Steve Wilson 17. Justin Hoffman 18. Anthony Sesely
19. Jon Haegele 20. Harris Kohen 21. Chris Allen Jr. 22. Erica Palmai
23. Rory Janney 24. Kyle Purks
DNQ: Gabe Fox, Cody Jourdan, John Snook, Kyle Smith, Pat Uselis, Dave
Garber, Bryant Davis, Tommy Carberry, George Loux, Pat Freiberger,
Jamie Kostic.

STREET STOCK RESULTS
1st heat(8 laps): 1. Jason Seredy 2. Scott Dugan 3. Jason Prater 4.
Spider Ensinger Jr. 5. Art Fariello 6. Dennis Seeley
2nd heat(8 laps): 1. Jarrod Burdge 2. Tom Priciotta 3. Everett Taylor
4. Todd Woodruff 5. Joe Ried 6. Earl Willetts
3rd heat(8 laps): 1. Dan Kollamer 2. Gary Klimeczak 3. John Carpenter
4. Rich Mongeau 5. Billy Wroble 6. Bill Liedkta

Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1.Bill Liedka 2. Jarrod Burdge 3. Dan COllamer 4.
Gary Klimeczak 5. Billy Wroble 6. Scott Dugan 7. Rich Mongeau 8.
Spider Ensinger Jr. 9. Tom Princiotta 10. Jason Prater 11. Jason
Saredy 12. Dennis Seeley 13. Art Fariello 14. Earl Willetts 15.
Everett Taylor 16. Joe Reid 17. Herb Stout 18. Todd Woodruff 19. John
Carpenter

HCI/SPIKE N GO ROOKIE SPORTSMAN RESULTS
Feature (10 Laps): 1. Chuckles Stone 2. Patrick Gold 3. Ryan Cox 4.
Jesse Rozycki 5. Andrew Bohn 6. George Gareis Jr. 7. Robbie Dunn 8.
Dean Conk Jr. 9. Jimmy Amato 10. Justin Dunn 11. Aaron Weaver 12.
George Kohrman