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August 6, 2010 - Delaware Speedway - Ontario, Canada
(1st leg - ISMA 30 -Friday)
Friday night at Delaware Speedway - ISMA 30 top
3 finishers on the podium; Mike Ordway Sr, Dave Shullick Jr, and
Mike Lichty - Photo By Jim Feeney
MIKE ORDWAY WINS DELAWARE ISMA
30 FRIDAY NIGHT THEN CRASHES
Delaware, Ontario –
Mike Ordway Sr.’s victory at Delaware Speedway on Friday night ended
in a rather bizarre fashion, when after crossing under the double
checkers, his Vic Miller-owned supermodified crashed in the first
turn wall. Instead of parking in victory lane, Ordway exited his
mount halfway from the finish line, and watched as it was towed
away. Ordway had been chased throughout the short sprint of a
feature by Dave Shullick Jr., but was able to fend off those
challenges until after the race was over. He described the finish of
his second ISMA feature wins this season.
“I won the race and
got down across the line and into one when the left front brake
rotor broke. That was all it took. It just locked up the front wheel
and it went around. There was nothing I could do about it at that
point. Other than that the car was really good. It’s going to be
good for tomorrow night, but I don’t know about now though. I was
happy to win and to see all the fans that came out. We put on a good
show I think, going 20 laps without a caution. That was good.”
Dave Shullick Jr.
accepted his runner-up spot happily, after a disappointing Hy-Miler
100 two weeks ago. “It was a good run. We’ll take it. I got to
second and the car was really, really good. I thought I’d have
something for Mike. We were both running about the same speed and
that’s what it boiled down to. I could get to his rear bumper and
then do nothing with him because we were so close in speed. I would
have needed traffic. I think I was a hair more drivable then he was,
because when we got into traffic I could move around a little
better, but not when we were by ourselves. After the restart, he
moved away about 3 or 4 car lengths but as the run went on I started
to reel him back in. I think if it had been a 50-lap race we
probably would have got him. So, we’re looking forward to tomorrow.
I think it will be good.”
Current ISMA point
leader Mike Lichty ran third or fourth for most of the quick
30-lapper racing mainly with the 17 of Ben Seitz who he finally got
by in the late laps.
Said Lichty as he
was swamped by well wishers in attendance for the PATCO
Transportation-sponsored night.
“We’ll take third.
Actually it was a cool race between Ben Seitz and I. We probably ran
wheel to wheel for five or six laps. That was definitely interesting
and fun too. I like racing Ben. It was hard to pass on the outside.
I tried to get outside Ben earlier and that’s when DJ got by me. It
looked like the only place I was going to pass anybody was on the
bottom. We learned some things for tomorrow. It’s 50 laps and we’ll
see what happens. I’d like to thank Rockway Building Supply for
giving us a hand this weekend, supporting us and obviously my dad
with PATCO and everybody from there who came here to watch.”
Lichty led off the
night’s racing by taking the first of three qualifying heats but
action was stopped for a lengthy period at the start of the second
heat when Hy-Miler winner Mark Sammut was pushed to the wall just
after the green, got out of shape and caught a wheel causing his 78
and that of Rod Sauder, driving the Morton 70, to do a double flip
down the back straight. Sammut did some aerial acrobatics, landing
finally on all four tires while Sauder ended up on his side. Neither
driver was hurt but Sammut’s car was later determined pretty much
unfixable – at least overnight. Morton thought he’d be able to
return for the next night’s racing. Dave Shullick Jr. claimed the
heat win while last year’s Friday night winner, Jeff Locke, took the
third heat checkered.
Ordway Sr., from
the front row, wasted no time jumping out to the lead of the
remaining 18-car field and with 20 straight green flag laps ahead,
he was able to pull away from second place runner Ben Seitz as Mike
Lichty, Shullick Jr, Russ Wood, Dave Duggan, Rob Summers and Danny
Lane tried the catch the flying 1.
Just prior to
halfway, Shullick Jr. moved by Seitz and the two leaders pulled away
as they passed by Bobby Haynes Jr. and then sandwiched Rich Reid
driving the Lehnert 92 to add some markers between them and the rest
of the field.
The race slowed
with the one and only yellow flying on lap 20 when the Jeff Locke 37
spun.
On that restart,
Shullick knocked on the door of the 1 but as he said, could do
nothing after that. Mike Lichty finally moved into third around
Seitz on lap 22 as Summers, Wood and Dave McKnight in the Lichty 74,
battled for fifth.
Time ran out for
any further challenges and Ordway appeared to be headed for victory.
He was, and then landed in the first turn wall, not doing much
damage, but bringing his victory to a somewhat unglorious
conclusion. Shullick Jr and Lichty shared the podium with Ordway
while Summers grabbed fourth in the waning two laps from Seitz.
Summers enjoyed his
race to a fourth place. “We had a good car. The JWJ team did a great
job again. We started kind of deep in the field and I think we had
one of the best cars out there. With only 30 laps I’m happy with the
way we finished. This place is a fun place to run at night. It’s a
real racy track. I think tomorrow’s 50 lapper will be fun.”
Ben Seitz was more
than happy with fifth. “We had a good race for most of the way and
then got loose after that. We set it up aggressive because we knew
it was a short race. I need to thank my sponsors Sammy Larusso of
Larusso Heavy Equipment, Cape Cod Aggregates and S.M. Larusso and
Sons. Without them we wouldn’t be here. I’d also like to thank the
car owner Dickie Bien because he’s been working his butt off. We’ve
had a rough season so it’s nice to finally bring home a nice finish
for everybody. We’re looking forward to tomorrow. We should be all
right. I’m optimistic.”
McKnight, Wood,
Duggan, Bob Dawson and Bob Bond completed the top ten.
Note… A scary
incident took place in the Haynes 44 hauler after practice when a
faulty electric fuel pump ignited methanol while it was being
transferred to a fuel jug. The quick work by the Delaware safety
crew averted what could have been a truly explosive situation. Peg
Haynes, mother of driver Bob, was treated for burns on her arms.
Summary ISMA Event #7
Delaware (Ont) Speedway, Aug. 6,
2010
Heat 1: Mike Lichty, Danny Lane,
Dave Shullick Sr., Russ Wood, Bobby Haynes, Denny Fisher, Rich Reid
Heat 2: Dave Shullick Jr., Ben
Seitz, Dave Duggan, Joey Scanlon, Terry Simpson, Rod Sauder, Mark
Sammut
Heat 3: Jeff Locke, Mike Ordway,
Dave McKnight, Rob Summers, Bob Dawson, Bob Bond.
ISMA 30: 1. Mike Ordway (1), 2.
Dave Shullick Jr. (61), 3. Mike Lichty (84), 4. Rob Summers (35), 5.
Ben Seitz (17), 6. Dave McKnight Jr. (74), 7. Russ Wood (29), 8.
Dave Duggan (51), 9. Bobby Dawson (28), 10. Bob Bond (25), 11. Joey
Scanlon (88), 12. Danny Lane (97), 13. Denny Fisher (81), 14. Jeff
Locke (37), 15. Dave Shullick Sr. (8), 16. Bobby Haynes Jr. (44),
17. Rich Reid (92), 18. Terry Simpson (3)
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From Friday's Race At Delaware:
Rob Summers 35 fights his way passed Joey Scanlon 88
with Dave McKnight 74 trying to follow through. Summers was able to
move up to fourth. - Photo By Jim Feeney
Dave Shullick Jr 61 puts a low move on Mike Lichty 84
to move into the top three, near the half way point of the feature.
- Photo By Jim Feeney
Mike Ordway Sr 1 is challenged for the lead by Dave
Shullick Jr, as they close in to lap Bob Haynes Jr 44. Shullick was
able to stay close to
Ordway, but wasn’t able to take the lead away. - Photo By Jim
Feeney
Ben Seitz 17 and Mike Lichty 84 battled for several
laps trying to stay in the top three. Lichty finished third.
Seitz dropped
to fifth in the waning laps. Photo By Jim Feeney
Ben Seitz 88 fight off the challenges of Mike Lichty
84 and Russ Wood 29 around the half way mark of the feature. Photo
By Jim Feeney
Instead of pulling up in Victory Lane, the 1 of Mike
Ordway goes off the track on the hook, after a front brake rotor
broke as he crossed under the checkers. Photo By Jim Feeney
Mike Ordway Sr stands in Friday’s
Delaware Victory Lane, as his car is being hooked and towed
to the pits. Photo By Jim Feeney
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