Jamaica, VA – May 3, 2007 – Danny Johnson from Rochester, N.Y. held off a late race charge from Matt Sheppard to score a convincing victory in the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series debut Thursday night at Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway. Johnson pocketed $6,000 for his 62nd career Series win in the 60-lap Paul Sawyer Memorial presented by Thurston Spring Service, Inc. that was slowed by just four caution periods.
Dale Planck paced the 32-car field before fifth-place starter Johnson forged the final lead change on lap 14. Sheppard began 13th on the grid yet moved in to pressure Johnson with a third of the race scored. ‘Super’ Matt pulled alongside the ‘Doctor’ on lap 30 but the order remained the same throughout the second half of the race. Planck settled for third followed by current Advance Auto Parts SDS points leader Tim Fuller and Jimmy Phelps.
In three more weeks the ground-pounding Advance Auto Parts Big-Block Modifieds are back in action at DIRTcar Racing charter member Cayuga County Fair Speedway on Sunday, May 27 to conclude Hall of Fame Classic Weekend. Highlighted by special appearances from Cup drivers Carl Edwards and David Reutimann, along with Edwards’ car owner Jack Roush, the Memorial Day holiday is extended another four days as Orange County Fair Speedway hosts the AAP tour on Thursday, May 31 with a 75-lap title event paying $6,000 to win and offering points towards the overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Championship.
Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Race #2 – Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway, May 3, 2007 'Thursday Thunder' Paul Sawyer Memorial presented by Thurston Spring Service, Inc. Big-Block Modified Event Summary
FIN STR CAR# DRIVER
1 5 27j Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY ($6,000)
2 13 44s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY
3 2 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY
4 9 19 Tim Fuller/Edwards, NY
5 8 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY
6 3 3 Justin Haers/Phelps,NY
7 22 14j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY
8 7 44 Frank Cozze/Wind Gap,PA
9 14 84 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY
10 6 1a Brian Weaver/Windsor,NY
11 15 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY
12 11 83 Brian Swartzlander/Leechburg,PA
13 10 48too Dave Rauscher/Waterloo,NY
14 18 60 Kenny Stafford/Homer,NY
15 17 98 Kenny Wallace/St.Louis,MO
16 23 91d John Willman/Birdsboro,PA
17 16 32c Vic Coffey/Leicester,NY
18 19 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY
19 21 Z Butch Tittle/Saylorsburg,PA
20 28 39w Chuck Tucker/Georgetown,DE
21 26 m40 Mark Forte,Jr./Blue Anchor,NJ
22 30 r2 Rusty Smith/Bethlehem,PA
23 29 1 Darwin Greene/Susquehanna,PA
24 4 55 Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY
25 31 t21 Roger Chrysler/Lewiston,NY
26 25 15 Brett Tonkin/Carbondale,PA
27 33 37x Tom Scheetz/Boyertown,PA
28 24 66w Wallace Stacey/Kahnawake,QUE
29 20 45 Wayne Jelley/Pittsfield,MA
30 1 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY
31 12 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ
32 27 93 Ryan Bartlett/Adams,NY
DNS 32 14 Rick Laubach/Quakertown,PA
LAP LEADERS: Planck (1-13), D.Johnson (14-60).
CAUTIONS: 4 (lap 11, lap 16, lap 24, lap 51).
ECKERD 200 QUALIFIER: Danny Johnson(G).
By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director. Photo by Boris Rudzinski
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