Peru Nighthawks Vs Plattsburgh Hornets August 31st 2022

Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Girl's Soccer
long shot save
Photo By: 
Matt Golden

Peru's goalie with the save on the long distance shot on net. It would be the start of the high school girl's soccer season with the Jan Davis Memorial Tournament at Chazy High School as the Plattsburgh Hornets would take on the Peru Nighthawks. The game would start great for the Nighthawks as they would strike twice in the first with goals from Duprey and Phillips for the 2-0 lead at the intermission. The second half would start off the same way for the Nighthawks as in the 46th minute Duprey would get her second of the game to make it a 3-0 Nighthawks. Then in the 54th minute the Hornets would get on the board with a Amaya Abellard goal to make it 3-1. Then just six minutes later Abellard would strike again and make it 3-2 with 20 minutes left in the game. Then with just just over eight minutes left in the game the Hornets would strike again from Abellard to tie the game at three and finish off her hat trick. Then inside the final minute of the game Bailey Hewson would strike to give the Plattsburgh Hornets the 4-3 victory and advance to the championship against Chazy. Gallery

Kid's Ride Night Presented by Ferris Tractors @ Airborne Speedway August 27th

Dirtcar Racing Airborne Speedway
kid ride night
Photo By: 
Dave Szatkowski

Before the racing would get under way we would have all the young fans come down and get a ride in there favorite cars. It would be the seventeenth race of the season from the Airborne Speedway and it would be the ever popular Kid's Ride Night along with a 1500 to win Sportsman Modified and 750 to win Limited Sportsman Modified on the schedule for the night. Before the racing would get under way all the racers and there cars would come out to the track and give there great young fans a ride around the track in there favorite car. Then we would be onto the racing and first up would be the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified for there three heats on the night and the wins would go to Beau Reeves, Codie Aubin and Blayden Aequett. Then next up would be the Taylor Rental 4 Cylinders for there three heats of action and the wins would go to Nate Smart, Glen Engstrom, and Jake Fountain. Then we would have two heats for the Hartson Total Opening Renegades and the wins would go to Billy Thwaits and Richie Turner. Then to finish off the heat races would be the Northern Blacktopping Limited Sportsman Modified with there two heats with the wins go to Scott Fitzgerlad and Pryor Stacey. Then it would be time for the main events on the night and the first one out would be the Taylor Rental 4 Cylinders and the fifteen lapper would go to Jake Fountain after a few rough weeks he was back in victory lane with win number three on the season after some hard racing with Josh Laporte and Greg Zindler to round out the top three. Also with that third place finish on the night Greg Zindler has clinched the 2022 Taylor Rental 4 Cylinders Track Championship with a race to go. Then we would have the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified 40 lap 1,500 to win event and there would be a few quick cautions but then it would settle down you would see a couple hard chargers going after the win with Codie Aubfin coming from 6th place and Joey Scarbrough coming from the tenth spot and the win would go to Codie Aubin for first of the season and also give him a shot at a track championship next weekend as he is 18 points behind Travis Bruno for the title. Then we would see the Hartson Total Opening coming out for there 25 lap event and it would be a battle up front between Billy Thwaits and Tylor Terry for the last twenty laps and when the dust would settle Billy Thwaits would have his first win of the year and Richie Turner would round out the top three. With those outcomes in Richie Turner will head into the last race of the season looking to clinch a title over Nathaniel Guay and Tylor Terry. Then to finish of the night it would be the $750 to win Northern Blacktopping Limited Sportsman Modified event and with the early favor Pryor Stacey spinning and having to restart title it would leave the race wide open and we would see a first time winner in Cody O'Brien with Scott Fitzgerald and Pryor Stacey. Then there was just one as next weekend is championship weekend at the track where the regular racing divisions will go at it one more time to settle the points title and take the bragging right into the off season of winning the final one. Gallery

Essex County Fair Demolition Derby August 21st 2022

Essex County Fairgrounds

2022 Essex County Fair Demolition Derby

We have a special treat for you we have the whole Demolition Derby from Essex County Fair in Westport, NY that was put on by the Spinning Wheels Production Derby team. We have everything from the Power Wheels all the way up to the Full Size cars and everything in between so sit back watch and enjoy the show. Watch

Back to School Night Presented by Casella Wastemanagement @ Airborne Speedway August 20th 2022

Dirtcar Racing Airborne Speedway
checkers are out
Photo By: 
Dave Szatkowski

Jamy Begor (19) takes the checkered to win the main in the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified as we are in the month of august to contuine is Mr. August name. It would be the sixteenth race of the season from the Airborne Speedway and it would be Backpack Give Away Night presented by the Casella Waste management group. The racing would start off with the one heat for the Northern Blacktopping Limited Sportsman Modified and the win would go to Pryor Stacey. Then next up would be the Taylor Rental 4 Cylinders with there three heats and the wins would go to Kenny Tourville, Glen Engstrom, and John Bradley. Then next up would be the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified for there three heats and the wins would go to Codie Aubin, Chris Cayea and Jake Scarbrough. Then to finish off the heat racing action would be thew Hartson Total Opening Renegades for there two with the wins going to Jason McClatchie and Billy Thwaits. Then it would be time for the backpack away during the intermission where they would give out around 250 bacpacks to the kids in the stands in time to head back to school in just under thirty minutes. Then it was onto the main events on the night with the Northern Blacktopping Limited Sportsman Modified and Pryor Stacey would get the wire to wire win. Then next would be the Taylor Rental 4 Cylinders for there fifteen lapper and the win would go to Steven Bressette for the second time in the past month and Kenny Tourville and Bill Doner to finish out the top three. Then we would have the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified and would see a great battle up front between Jake Scarbrough and Bucko Branham for the first three quarters of the race until they tangled headed into turn one. On the issuing restart Jamy Begor would take the high side and just be gone for the win. The we would finish with the Hartson Total Opening Renegades to finish of the night and would see a great battle up front between Tylor Terry and Jason Bogett and Boggett would get the win down the stretch for his first career win. Next weekend will be a big night at Airborne Speedway as it will be Kid Ride's Night presented by Ferris Tractors along with $1,500 to win Sportsman Modified and $750 to Limited Sportsman Modified. Gallery

Military and First Responder Night @ Airborne Speedway August 13th 2022

Dirtcar Racing Airborne Speedway
off the restart
Photo By: 
Matt Golden

Tylor Terry (44) leads brother Josh Terry (43) and Jason McClatchie (70) into turn 1 off the restart as he would go onto win the Hartson Total Opening Renegades main. It would be the fifteenth race of the season at the Airborne Speedway and it would be the First Responder and Military Night as they would also honor the veterans from the area as the North Country Honor Flight would be honored before the race. Once the opening ceremony got over with the racing would take to the track and first up would be the heat races for the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified for there three heats and the winners were Jake Scarbrough, Tanner Forbes, and Mike Wright. Then next up would be the Hartson Total Opening Renegades with there two heats and the wins would be Richie Turner and Tyler Irwin. Next up would be the Northern Blacktopping Limited Sportsman Modified and the heat would be won by Scott Fitzgerald. Then to finish off the heats would be Taylor Rental 4 Cylinders with there three heats and the winners would be Glenn Engstrom, Nick Harden and Jake Fountain. First up for the main events would be the Limited Sportsman Modified for there fifteen lap affair and when the dust would settle Scott Fitzgerald would come across with his first win at the Airborne Speedway. Then next up the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified with there 25 lap event and it would go green to checker caution free and the winner would be Jake Scarbrough over a hard charging Michael Wright for the win. Then next up would be the Taylor Rental 4 Cylinders for there fidteen lap event and the winner would be Nick Harden over Bill Doner and Greg Zindler. Then to finish off the event it would be the Hartson Total Opening Renegades in there 25 lap event and the win would go Tylor Terry over hard chargers Richie Turner and Tyler Irwin to finish out the top three on the night. Next week at the Airborne Speedway it will be a special night as it is the annual back to school backpack give away night for all the local school kids. Gallery

Big Block/Small Block Challenge presented by Moore Trucking @ Airborne Speedway August 6th 2022

Dirtcar Racing Airborne Speedway
battle for the lead
Photo By: 
Kyle Coryea

It would be round fourteenth of the Airborne Speedway and it would be the return of the 358 Modifieds with the big block/small block challenge presented by Moore Trucking with $4,000 going to the winner. First up in the heat races would be the Modifieds in there three heats with wins going to Adam Pierson, Jessey Mueller, and Jeremy Roy. Then next up would be the Taylor Rentals 4 Cylinders with three heats and winners would be Steven Bressette, JJ Laporte, and Caleb Tourville. Then we would have the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified for three heats with wins going to Travis Bruno, Mike Wright and Jake Scarbrough. Then next up would be the Northern Blacktopping Limited Sportsman Modified with there one heat and getting the win would be Scott Fitzgerald. Then to finish off the heats would be the Hartson Total Opening Renegades with there two heats and winners would be Nathaniel Guay and Chris Murray. Then it would be onto the main events for the night and first up would be Taylor Rental 4 Cylinders for there 15 lap event and the winner would be Steven Bressette over the Laportes (JJ and Josh). Then next up would be the main event of the night with the Big Block/Small Block Challenge and there 40 lap event and $4,000 to win and when the dust would settle the winner would be Erick Rudolph over Jessey Mueller and Mike Mahanney to finish off the top three. Then we would have the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified 25 lap event and we would have a first time winner on the night as Fire Swamp would capture the flag over Travis Bruno and Dave Rodgers. Then it would be the Northern Blacktopping Limited Sportsman Modified and when the dust settled we would have a first time winner on the night with Bubba McPhee. Then to finish off the night would be the Hartson Total Opening Renegades with a 25 lap event would be Nathaniel Guay with his fourth win of the season this time over both of the Terry Brothers as Tylor and Josh round out the top three. Racing will be back in action next week as it will be First Responder/Military Night as we honor the North Country Honor Flight. Gallery

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