Castella Night Presented By Castlla Waste Systems @ Airborne Speedway June 12th 2021

Chris Cayea(18) battles John Scarborough(61) in J&S Steel Sportsman Modifieds A Main
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Kyle Coryea

Blayden Arquette(18) wins Chris Frennier Motorsports Limited Sportsman Modified A Main 1. It would be the seventh week of racing at the Airborne Speedway in the 2021 season on Castella Night Presented By Castella Waste Systems with some double features because of last weeks rain shorten event featuring the Sportsman Modifieds, Renegades, 4 Cylinders, the Limited Sportsman Modified and the DIRT Modified Nostagia Tour. With all the action from the qualifying heat races in the books, it would be onto the a mains for the evening. Chris Cayea(18) wins the J&S Steel Sportsman Modifieds; Tylor Terry(44) wins the Hartson Total Opening Renegades A Main 1 from last week and Joe Daniels(46) wins the regularly scheduled A Main 2. Caleb Tourville(42) wins the Taylor Rental 4-Cyclinders A Main with Blayden Arquette(18) winning the Chris Frennier Motorsports Limited Sportsman Modified A Main 1 from last weeks rain shorten event and Pete Blaney(22B) wins the regularly scheduled A Main 2. The roar of the engines will return to the Airborne Speedway next weekend with their 4 weekly division starting a 7. Gallery

Joe Daniels(46) battles Shawn Duquette(18) in the Hartson Total Opening Renegades A Main 2
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Kyle Coryea

Joe Daniels(46) battles Shawn Duquette(18) in the Hartson Total Opening Renegades A Main 2. Gallery

Dirtcar Racing: Mohawk International Raceway June 11th 2021

Nick Heywood(29) wins the Crossroads Tobacco Sportsman Modifieds A Main
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Kyle Coryea

Nick Heywood(29) wins the Crossroads Tobacco Sportsman Modifieds A Main. It would be race number fourth of the season at the Mohawk International Raceway. Other divisions in attendance for the weekend would be the Crossroads Tobacco Sportsman Modified, Mod Lites, Limited Sportsman Modified, Super Stock and 4 Cylinders division. Nick Heywood(29) would take the Crossroads Tobacco Sportsman Modifieds A Main with Shawn Duquette(18) winning the Super Stocks. Nick Mallette(314) would take the checkered flag in Modified Lites A Main, Curtis Smith(88D) in Bandits A Main and Pryor Stacey(23) with the win in Novice Sportsman Modifieds A Main. The action will be back again next weekend at Mohawk International Raceway on June 18th with a regular racecard. Gallery

Nick Mallette(314) battles Harley Brown(8) in the Modified Lites A Main
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Nick Mallette(314) battles Harley Brown(8) in the Modified Lites A Main Gallery

DIRT Modified Nostalgia Tour @ Airborne Speedway June 5th 2021

Chris Cayea(18) wins J&S Steel Sportman Modifieds A Main
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Kyle Coryea

Chris Cayea(18) wins J&S Steel Sportman Modifieds A Main. It would be the sixth week of racing at the Airborne Speedway in the 2021 season on Riley Ford DIRT Modified Nostalgia Tour night with a rain shorten event featuring the Sportsman Modifieds, Renegades, 4 Cylinders, the Limited Sportsman Modified and the DIRT Modified Nostagia Tour. With all the action from the qualifying heat races in the books, it would be onto the a mains for the evening. The first one up for the night would be the DIRT Modified Nostalgia Tour A Main with Mike Houghtailing(03) taking the checkered flag. Next up would be the Taylor Rental 4-Cylinders A Main with Jacob Fountain(22) taking the checkered flag. Then the rained shortened event of the evening with the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified for their 30 lap main event but only got in 17 laps. Chris Cayea(18) would lead all 17 laps. The roar of the engines will return to the Airborne Speedway next weekend with their 4 weekly division starting a 7 Gallery

Mike Houghtailing(03) wins in the DIRT Modified Nostalgia Tour A Main
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Kyle Coryea

Mike Houghtailing(03) wins in the DIRT Modified Nostalgia Tour A Main. Gallery

Dirtcar Racing: Mohawk International Raceway June 4th 2021

battle for 2nd
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Kyle Coryea

Dale Gonyo (04) battles Thomas Cook(35) for 2nd in the Crossroads Tobacco Sportsman Modified A Main. It would be race number three of the season at the Mohawk International Raceway. Other divisions in attendance for the weekend would be the Crossroads Tobacco Sportsman Modified, Mod Lites, Limited Sportsman Modified, and 4 Cylinders division. When the heat races were done the first main event up would be the 4-Cylinder (Bandits) division with a 12 lap race and Francis White(100) would take the win. Then we would have the Super Stocks division and Zack Daniels (19) would get the win with the third straight win for him. After an intermission, next up would be the Mod-Lites and Nick Mallette(314) would take the checkered flag Then it would be the Limited Sportsman Modifieds for the rookie drivers in the division with Prior Stacey(23) and last weeks winner Blayden Arquiett(18) starting the race. Prior Stacey would take a lead and would lead every lap of the race with Arquiett finishing strong in 2nd place Then there was just one race left for the night and it would be the Crossroads Tobacco Sportsman Modified 25 lap event. Thomas Cook(35) would come into the A Main with a domination of his heat race and many though he would do the same in the A Main. Cory Castell(10X) who was coming fresh off his first ever win the prior week a favorite in the A Main as well. Cook right from the get go would open up a commanding lead and then find himself in some heavy lap traffic. The first 15 laps were all Cook but Castell was right within striking distance. On lap 18, Castell would take the lead after Cook went high side coming off of turn 4. After a green white checkered restart, Castell got a great restart as well as DJ Gonyo(04G). They would go neck and neck on the back straightaway and on turns 3 and 4, Gonyo went high side and Castell would end up taking the checkered flag. The action will be back again next weekend at Mohawk International Raceway on June 11th with a regular racecard. Gallery

Francis White wins the Bandits A Main
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Francis White(100) wins the Bandits A Main. Gallery

Dirtcar Racing: VP Racing Fuels Night @ Airborne Speedway May 29th 2021

diving under
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Nathanel Lepage

Jason McClatchie (70) dives under Nathaniel Guay to take the lead during the Hartson Total Opening Renegades Main event. It would be the fifth week of racing at the Airborne Speedway in the 2021 season on VP Fuels Night and there would be the standard four classes in action with the Sportsman Modifieds, Renegades, 4 Cylinders, and the Limited Sportsman Modified. With all the action from the qualifying heat races in the books, it would be onto the mains for the even. The first one up for the night would be the Hartson Total Opening Renegades after the carnage from the main last week everyone would have their cars back together and have a field of 14 cars. Coming from mid-pack and making a charge in the caution-free 25 lap event Jason McClatchie would get the win in his return to the Renegades after being in the Sportsman Modifieds the last few seasons. He would make the pass on Nathaniel Guay as Guay would start on the pole and the later the race went the loser the car would get and finishing out the top three would be Tylor Terry and Zack Daniels. Next up would be the main event of the evening with the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified for their 30 lap main event. There would be a surprise first-time winner on the night as Cory Castell would start on the pole and get the win for the first-ever Sportsman Modified victory leading wire to wire. Although it would be a wire-to-wire win he would have to hold off Nick Heywood on multiple restarts along with a charging Lonnie Rivers. It definitely would be interesting down the stretch as a late-race multi-car accident would make him have to hold off Nick Heywood for the win. Then it would be the Taylor Rentals 4 Cylinders with a field of 13 cars on track it is one of their bigger shows on the season. There was a 50 dollar bonus put up by Chris Frennier Motorsports to the winner if the 15 lap event went caution-free and for the first 10 laps it looked like it might happen but then in the last five laps they would have four cautions and when the dust settled getting the win making his return to the track after a few years away would be Michael Whalen. Then the last event of the season would be the Chris Frennier Motorsports Limited Sportsman Modified and once again blowing away the field would be the youngster Blayden Arquiett as he continues to amaze the people with his talent at 13 years old. The roar of the engines will return to the Airborne Speedway next weekend with their 4 weekly division plus the return of the Nostalgia Tour. Gallery

three wide
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Kyle Coryea

Michael Whalen (11), Nathan Smart (13) and Josh Laporte take it into the corner three wide off a late race restart in the Taylor Rentals 4 Cylinders main. Gallery

Dirtcar Racing: Frenchies Chevy and Ford Night at Mohawk International Raceway May 28th 2021

side by side
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Kyle Coryea

Mike Mereseca (5) goes side by side with Thomas Mackey (13) as they come off turn 4 and charge down the frontstretch. It would be race number two of the season at the Mohawk International Raceway and it would be the first of the tracks Sportsman Modified Series mini championship. Other divisions in attendance for the weekend would be the Mod Lites, Limited Sportsman Modified, 4 Cylinders, and the new Super Stocks, division. When the heat races were done the first main event up would be the Super Stock division with a 12 lap race and for the second week in a row, the win would be Zack Daniels. Then we would have the 4 Cylinder (Bandits) division and after last weekend coming in second to Matt Zira, Francis White would get the win on a caution-free ten-laps race not without a late-race charge from Kaleb Shepard. Then next up would be the Mod-Lites and making a guest appearance in the division would be Mike Mereseca and in only 2 races in the cars, he would come from the middle of the pack and get the win. Then it would be the Limited Sportsman Modifieds for the rookie drivers in the division early race leader Blayden Arquiett would be pulling away from the field as he was going for the second win in a row but as he was trying to get under a lap car he would catch one of the yoke tires and collapse the who front right end of the racecar. With that taking advantage of the mishap would be Pryor Stacey and get his first win. Then there was just one race left for the night and it would be the Mohawk Sportsman Modified Series 40 lap event. Taking the lead off the start would be Nick Heywood and would be leading the first 24 laps and lapping up 12th place until there was a caution. Off the restart, he would keep the lead but there would another caution from a wreck. That restart would see Nick Heywood and Jamy Begor and Heywood would switch and take the top giving the bottom to Jamy and Begor would get the lead off the start and hold on for the last ten laps get the victory his first of the season. The action will be back again next weekend at Mohawk International Raceway on June 4th with a regular racecard plus an Enduro Qualifier. Gallery

late race charge
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Kaleb Sharlow (1k) on the high side trying to make a late-race charge on Francis White (100) for the win in the 4 cylinder division. Gallery

Dirtcar Racing: Seacomm Renegades Triple 15s @ Airborne Speedway May 29th 2021

battle for the win
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Kyle Coryea

Nick Heywood (29) and Jamy Begor (19) dive down into turn 1 as they battle for the lead in the late stages of the 30 lap J+S Steel Sportsman Modified A-Main. It would be the fourth weekend of racing at the Airborne Speedway and it would be Triple 15s for the Renegades presented by Seacomm and also in attendance would be the Sportsman Modifieds, and 4 Cylinders. There would be no heat races for the Renegades with the triple 15 setups and the winner on the night would be the driver with the lowest score. The Renegades would get the night started off before the other two classes even had their heat races with segment 1 and getting the win would be Shawn Duquette over the 16 car field although there would be a few that would drop out including Kaleb Shepard with a huge flip on the front stretch and rounding out the top three would be Billy Fountain and Zack Daniels. Then next for the mains would be the 4 Cylinders and after a few issues earlier in the season including a flip on the opening night of the season the win would go to Jake Fountain. Then we would have the second segment of the Renegades triple and getting the win would be Zack Daniels with Shawn Duquette finishing second a keeping a 1 point lead over Daniels. Then we would have the 30 laps J+S Steel Sportsman Modified event and start out front would be a huge help for Nick Heywood as he would lead the earn race and get his first win of the season at Airborne Speedway and his second win on the weekend as he had won at Mohawk the night before. Then to finish off the night it would be the third and final segment for the Renegades and as Jared Blake and Jim Mckerrian would battle up front for the segment win everyone would be watching the battle for third between Shawn Duquette and Zack Daniels as overall would comedown between them to with the eventual win going to Shawn Duquette by 2 points over Zack Daniels. They will be back in action next Saturday night at the Airborne Speedway for a regular show as part of VP Racing Fuels night. Gallery

restart
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Jake Fountain (22) leads the 4 cylinders into turn 1 off the restart Nate Smart (13) and Caleb Tourville (42) look to chase him down. Gallery

Dirtcar Racing: Season Openner at Mohawk International Raceway May 21st 2021

alone at the front
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Kyle Coryea

Nick Heywood (29) out on cruise control as he takes the Sportsman Modified main with the wire to wire win. For the first time since the Mohawk Nationals in September 2019, there would be competitive racing at the Mohawk International Raceway and there would be a couple of changes as they would welcome a new division the Super Stock along with the 358 Modifieds being put on hiatus for a year as a lot of the racers are still not able to cross the broader. After the heat racing would be done they would have the mains and the first one up for the season would be the Dirtcar 4 Cylinders (Bandits) and it would be the classic battle up front between Matt Zira and Francis White and this time it would be Zira getting the best of him. Then it would be the brand new Super Stock division on track taking to the track even though the car count would be small what they had would put on a great show and the win would go to Zack Daniels. Then we would have the screamers in the Mod-Lites as there 12 cars would take to the track for the 15 laps main and when the dust would settle the win would go to Scott Sharpe. Then we would have the Novice Sportsman Modified and it would be the young man of Blayden Arquiett blowing the field away. Then to finish off the night it would be the Crossroads Tobacco Sportsman Modified for there 25 lap event and Nick Heywood would start on the pole and that would be pretty much all she wrote as he would take the lead and go out and hide as they ran the 25 laps caution-free Dan Reif would be second and Jamy Begor rounding out the top 3. They will all be back in action next weekend as it would be round 1 of the Mohawk Sportsman Modified Series. Gallery

restart zone
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Scott Sharp (16s) and Jeremy Premo (5) lead the field down for the start of the Mod-Lites main event. Gallery

Dirtcar Racing: Week #2 @ Airborne Speedway May 8th 2021

winning pass
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Nathanel Lepage

Joe Daniels (46) and Tylor Terry (44) go side by side through turn 1 as they were battling for a third at the time but at end of the night it would be a winning battle as the top two would be dqed. It would be the second week of racing for Airborne Speedway and the four weekly divisions would all be in action as around 60 cars would grace the pits. With that being said everyone would make their respected main events as there would be no need for an lcq on the night. After the heat racing would be done it would be main time and the first one up would be the Renegades division and it would be a great battle up front between Shawn Duquette, Zack and Joe Daniels, and the Terry brothers Tylor and Josh as they would switch the lead many times over the 25 laps A main. When the dust settled we thought that the winner would be Shawn Duquette but that win would be taken away as he was disqualified along with second place Zack Daniels so the win would end up in the hand of Joe Daniels. Next up would be the 30 laps main for the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified and it would be a tight battle up front all night between Nick Heywood, DJ Gonyo, Bucko Branham, and David Boisclair. Nick Heywood would lead the opening would lead the first 20 laps but would have to retire after an apparent electrical issue. So over the last ten laps, the other three would battle it out. There would be a restart with 2 laps to go with Branham and Boisclair when they raced down to the stretch Boisclair would get the win for his first at the track. Next up would be the Limited Sportsman Modified and would battle up front between Al Lajoice and Mark Fewster and after three years chasing Mark Fewster would get first win behind a Sportsman Modified after a pass in the closing laps. Then the last race of the night would be the 4 cylinder class that would see 13 cars take the green flag but after a few crashes on the night only half would see the checkered flag with the win going to Nate Smart after a great battle with Caleb Tourville. The track will be alive again next Saturday night as it will be Law Enforcement night at the track with all four divisions back in action the only change on the schedule is we will head back to our traditional start time of 7 pm. Gallery

off the corner
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Kyle Coryea

Mark Fewster (411) and Blayden Arquiett (18) go side by side off of turn 2 down the back as Fewater would get his first win of his career. Gallery

Hoosiers Mama Mothers Day Special May 7th 2021

off the start
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Kyle Coryea

Matt Depew (667) and Keith Flach (43) battling for the early race lead during the Modified main event and Flach would hang onto to get the win and third of his career at Albany Saratoga. It would be the fourth week of racing at the Albany Saratoga Speedway better know as the great race place. After all the qualifying was done for the night the only thing that would be left for the night would be the mains and the first one up would be the 4 cylinders for 15 laps and charging from the back to take the lead would be the Jaxson Ryan as the first caution would come out on lap 6 for a spin by Matt Galusha. They would only get one lap in and the caution would be back out for caution for a wreck in turn. On issuing restart the 4 of Jaxson Ryan would just cut clean and Damian Ward would inherit the lead and get the eventual winner on the night. Then next up would be the Street Stock main event with all the action coming in the first five laps as there would be 3 cautions in that time with the big one being when leaders Jimmy Duncan and Paul Braymer would get hooked together and slide to the inside wall. Once the early race wrecking was taken care it would be a great dash to the finish as Josh Bussino would get the win over John Filarecki and Jason Samrov. Then the third main of the night would be the ground-pounding earthshaking Modifieds and it would be a feat just to make the field of 30 for the main as over 40 racers showed up for the night. The race would take a bit to get us there would be three cautions in the first nine laps including a rollover by a newcomer to the 358 ranks Jack Speshock as he hit a hole headed into turn 1. The action would be in the middle of the pack as Andrew Pergero and Larry Wight would charge up to second and third behind Keith Flach. There would be a caution just over the halfway mark with 14 laps to go and Flach Pergero and Wight at the front although they wouldn't have an answer as Flach would just pull away and take the victory. Then we would have the Sportsman Modified race and it would be a career night from Jim Nagle as he would come up from his top ten starting position and take the lead and outlast Cody Ochos and Andrew Buff for the first Sportsman Modified event win. After that, it would be the Limited Sportsman Modified turn to take to the track, and once again it would be the Dylan Madsen show as he would get his second win in four races on the season and now be just one win away from being called up to the big show at Albany Saratoga Speedway. Then to finish off the night of racing from Albany Saratoga would be the crowd-pleasing Pro Stocks Chuck Dumblewski would bottom feed on the track all night and get a win on the night over Jason Casey. They will be back racing next weekend at the great race place on May 14th as it will be Law Enforcement night and thousand to win for the Sportsman Modified and Pro Stock divisions. Gallery

side by side
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Kyle Coryea

Jared Casey (332) and Nick Stone (27) dive into turn three during the Pro Stock heat race as they battle for position early on. Gallery

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