Godown Awarded Win After Pauch Penalized at New Egypt Speedway

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Godown Awarded Win After Pauch Penalized at New Egypt Speedway

New Egypt, NJ (April 26, 2014) – Defending champion Billy Pauch of Frenchtown, NJ appeared to have won for the fourth time in as many attempts Saturday in the 30 lap Modified main event at New Egypt Speedway. However Pauch’s car failed the post-race tech inspection for a body infraction when it was discovered that his Sail Panels were 2” too high. The penalty for this was Pauch being placed in last position for the event. This promoted 2012 champ Ryan Godown of Ringoes, NJ to victory lane. For Godown it is his 2nd win of the season at NES, his first since winning the opening ROC tour event.

Tim Apgar lead the field at the drop of the green, with John Stangle quickly taking up the chase from his second row starting spot. Stangle quickly drove to the lead before the first lap was completed and opened up a comfortable margin over Apgar, Gary Butler and Tad Cox. Butler and Cox each moved up a spot as the first 9 laps clicked off with Stangle in control when the first caution of the event came out. On the restart, Stangle slid up the track coming off turn four making contact with runner up Butler and slamming the wall. The resulting melee caused a chain reaction which saw Neal Williams receiving heavy damage. Butler was the new leader as Pauch was up to fourth already from 16th starting spot. Butler took command and led the next 7 laps as Pauch moved up to second. Following a lap 18 tangle between Rocco Infante and Jimmy Blewett, which resulted in black flags for both, Pauch charged by the outside into the lead. Over the final 12 laps, Pauch cruised out in front winning the event by ¾ of a straightaway over Godown for what looked like his fourth straight win. After the dust cleared in the post-race tech inspection, Godown was declared the event winner, followed by Willie Osmun second. Sammy Piazza bounced back from a spin on lap 10 to get third, followed by Butler and Darren McCaughey.

Bobby Devault won his first race of the year in the New Egypt RaceSavers 305 Sprint Car 20 lap feature. Devault started on row four and worked his way up methodically, taking the lead from leader Steph Palmai on lap 15 in lapped traffic. Palmai, who along with her sister Erika, swept the two Heat races held on for second. Mike Haggenbottom finished a close third, followed by Erika Palmai and Justin Hoffman.

The Crate Modified feature event was red flagged due to rain just before the halfway point, and will be finished at a future show. The top five when this happened was Jarrett Rozycki, Ebby Ridge, Jordan Cox, Matt Carman and Mike Carman.

The HCI/SpikeNGo Rookie Series saw another new winner as Brandon Clauss took top honors. Derek Krum finished second and Kevin Dale was third.

Next Saturday, May 3rd, it is Banner Night at New Egypt Speedway. It is also the start of Modified May Madness, where the top 24 in Modified points will be bracketed and compete against each other, with the better finish winning and moving onto the following week. $1000 in prize money along with product gift certificates will be up for grabs for the drivers at the end of May. All fans can print out the bracket off of the speedway’s website and turn it in for a chance at some great prizes as well! In action next week will be the 358 Modifieds, Crate Modifieds, Street Stocks, Rookies and the Vintage cars will be on hand as well. Gates will 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 4/26/14

358 MODIFIED RESULTS
1st Heat: 1. Danny Bouc 2. Tad Cox 3. Ryan Godown 4. John Stangle 5. Sammy Piazza 6. Willie Osmun
2nd Heat: 1. Billy Pauch 2. Tim Apgar 3. Neal Williams 4. Rocco Infante 5. Gary Butler 6. David Van Horn
Feature (30 Laps): 1. Ryan Godown 2. Willie Osmun 3. Sammy Piazza 4. Gary Butler 5. Darren McCaughey 6. Danny Bouc 7. DJ Ruppert 8. John Stangle 9. Tim Apgar 10. Rick Holsten 11. Eric Engstrom 12. Doug Ostwald 13. David Van Horn 14. Tad Cox 15. PJ Oliver 16. Jimmy Blewett 17. Rocco Infante 18. Neal Williams 19. Pat Wall 20. Billy Pauch

CRATE MODIFIED RESULTS
1st Heat: 1. Jason Bittner 2. Jeremy Martino 3. Eric Palmer 4. Matt Carmen 5. Mike Carman 6. Mike Butler
2nd Heat: 1. Jordan Cox 2. Aaron Weaver 3. Jarrett Rozycki 4. Chuckles Stone 5. Ryan Simmons 6. Andrew Bohn
3rd Heat: 1. Ebby Ridge 2. Steve Hicks 3. Chuck Steuer 4. Bryan Kuhl 5. Brian Papiez 6. Jeff Kuhl
B-Main: 1. John Aumick 2. Frank Dorry 3. Patrick Gold 4. Paul Hartwig 5. JD Cranstoun 6. Clyde Cox
Pts. Prov: John Micek
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Postponed on lap 9 due to Rain, to be finished in future.

NERS 305 SPRINT CAR RESULTS
1st Heat: 1. Erika Palmai 2. Anthony Sesely 3. Mark Bitner 4. Bobby DeVault 5. Mike Haggenbottom 6. Ryan Stillwagon
2nd Heat: 1. Stephanie Palmai 2. Tim Tanner Jr. 3. Justin Hoffman 4. Phil Meisner Jr. 5. Jeff Geiges 6. Eddie Wagner
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Bobby DeVault 2. Stephanie Palmai 3. Mike Haggenbottom 4. Erika Palmai 5. Justin Hoffman 6. Anthony Sesely 7. Jeff Geiges 8. Phil Meisner Jr. 9. Ryan Stillwaggon 10. Neal Williams 11. Kyle Reinhardt 12. Jimmy Carpenter 13. Dave Brown Jr. 14. Tim Tanner Jr. 15. Eddie Wagner 16. Adam Carberry 17. Mark Bitner 18. Joe Lord 19. Shane Smith 20. John Snook 21. Brad Franks 22. Tommy Carberry Jr.
23. Jamie Kostick

HCI/SPIKENGO ROOKIE SPORTSMAN RESULTS
Feature (12 Laps): 1. Brandon Clauss 2. Derek Krum 3. Kevin Dale 4. Mike Frank