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Earl Paules Snags Modified Event at
Sundance Vacations Speedway
By: Gene Ostrowski
April 11, 2010
As the old saying goes, ‘the fastest
car doesn’t always win the race’. That
was definitely the case Sunday at
Sundance Vacations Speedway when Earl
Paules of Palmerton walked away as the
winner in the Modified feature event
after the fastest car, Kyle Ebersole
crashed out of the event. Always a
nail biter to the finish, Joe Barbush
of Drums edged out Richie DiMarco to
take the Street Stock verdict and Bill
Verwys, Jr. of Stroudsburg overtook
his brother Pete to notch the 4-cyl.
FWD victory. Matt Janisch took no
mercy on the Wingless Micro Sprint
field and drove away in a dominating
performance.
Kyle Ebersole ran the quickest lap
during time trials on Saturday and had
to roll the dice, which decided the
invert for the feature lineup.
Ebersole rolled a nine, which put
Jimmy Zacharias on the pole for the
40-lap main event.
Zacharias led the opening lap over
Brian DeFebo, Andy Walko, Earl Paules
and Rusty Smith before the yellow flag
waved for a pair of lap four cautions.
Green flag racing resumed and Walko
overtook Zacharias for the race lead.
Another pair of yellows came next when
Pete Brittain encountered problems and
slowed on the speedway and another
followed when Dave Schneider spun in
turn three.
The lap seven restart gave DeFebo the
opportunity that he needed, and he
overtook Walko for the lead on lap
eight.
Larry Fisher started the race in
seventh and quickly cracked the top
five, as he ran behind DeFebo as the
runner up on lap 11, with Walko,
Ebersole and Paules in tow.
It was evident that DeFebo didn’t have
the quickest car mid race, yet the
three time Modified champion continued
to hold off his competition. That
changed when Ebersole and Paules
overtook Walko for second and third
with ten laps remaining.
Both Ebersole and Fisher appeared to
be driving rockets and began to
challenge for the lead. Paules was
right in the mix as well, sitting in
fourth. With only five laps remaining
and while trying to block the two
behind him off of turn 2, the three
cars tangled. When it was all said and
done, both Fisher and DeFebo were
forced to restart from the rear off
the field, while Ebersole’s car was
delivered back to the pit area by two
tow trucks.
Paules inherited the race lead and
never looked back as he took the
opening day victory over Walko. Todd
Baer pitted earlier in the event and
drove toward the front to finish
third, followed by Darren Scherer and
Nick Pecko.
Pete Brittain won the consi.
Modified (40-Laps) 1. EARL
PAULES 2. Andy Walko 3. Todd Baer 4.
Daren Scherer 5. Nick Pecko 6.
Larry Fisher 7. Jimmy Zacharias 8.
Tommy Wanick III 9. Brian DeFebo 10.
Mike Speeney 11. Marissa Niederauer
12. David Schneider 13. Barry
Callavini 14. Kyle Ebersole 15. Harry
Buchman 16. Lew Hallock 17.Rich Parker
18. Rusty Smith 19. Pete Brittain 20.
Bobby Jones DNQ: Jim Bojohnny, Allan
Creveling
Street Stock (25-Laps) 1. JOE BARBUSH
2. Rich DiMarco 3. Chip Wanamaker 4.
Scott Meckes 5. Steve Shultz 6. Robert
Fink 7. Mitch Hawk 8. Kevin Higgins 9.
Jim Yamelski 10. Jeff McGrath 11. Mike
Garris Sr 12. Darryl Schwarz 13. Josh
Oswald 14. Brian Brown 15. Robert
Haueisen
4 Cyl FWD (20-Laps) 1. BILL VERWYS, JR
2. Peter Verwys 3. Eric Banashefski 4.
Harry O'Neill 5. Robert Fink 6. Mike
Kline 7. Justin Hughes 8. Nikki Sager
9. Jay Skupski 10. John Smith 11.
Curtis McCormick 12. Joe Katona 13.
Dave Freundt
Wingless Micro Sprints (20-Laps) 1.
MATT JANISCH 2. Edward Wilberg 3. Mark
Janisch
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