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Barry Callavini Notches First Career
Sport Modified Event at Sundance
By: Gene Ostrowski
April 18, 2010
Despite the threat of rain showers in
the area, drivers and fans made the
trip to Sundance Vacations Speedway on
Sunday to witnessed history in the
making when Barry Callavini of
Harwood, Pa notched his first career
Sport Modified feature victory. Long
Island’s Mike Coll took the Late Model
lead on the final circuit to take his
first victory at the track in five
years and Mountaintop’s Paul Morgan,
Jr. grabbed the Factory Stock victory.
Matt Janisch took home the Wingless
Micro Sprint laurels.
Scott Brannick ran the quickest lap
during time trials on Saturday and had
to roll the dice, which decided the
invert for the feature lineup.
Brannick rolled a nine, which put Nick
Pecko on the pole for the 40-lap main.
Paul Frantz shot by Joe Wielgosz and
Pecko and into the race lead at the
drop of the green flag. Pecko held
second with one lap complete, followed
by Jason Hearne, Jimmy Zacharias and
Brian Sones. Frantz pulled out to a
sizeable advantage before Hearn got by
Pecko for second on lap four.
Several cautions plagued the event
early on and following a lap six
restart, Ricky Ross, Jr. overtook
Zacharias for third. The twelfth place
starter, Barry Callavini, overtook
Ross for the spot two laps later.
The yellow flag waved on lap 11 when
Sones spun to the infield. Hearne gave
up his second place position to head
pit side and Callavini suddenly found
himself behind the leader.
Green flag racing resumed and
Callavini tried high and low to get
around Frantz until the caution flag
waved on lap 19 when Will Schneider
made contact with Sones entering turn
three. The contact caused a brake line
to come disconnected on Sones’ car,
which prevented him from stopping. His
car slammed into, and then climbed the
turn three fence. He was not injured
and his car was sidelined with
substantial damage.
Green flag racing resumed and with
only four laps remaining, Callavini
finally got Frantz out of shape enough
to drive into the lead. Crossing the
stripe, he earned his first career
Sport Modified victory. Frantz settled
for second, which is his best career
finish in the division and Ross,
Zacharias and Pecko completed the top
five.
Barry Callavini, Joe Burns and Eric
Wink each won $50 apiece when their
finishing position was pulled in
victory lane for the Sundance
Vacations contingency program.
Sundance Vacations is a national
wholesale travel company that
specializes in providing wholesale
travel and discount vacations to
travelers who appreciate
budget-friendly travel. Founded in
1991 by John and Tina Dowd, Sundance
Vacations’ mission is to provide
quality discount vacations at a
fraction of the retail rate. A
destination-based discount travel
program, Sundance Vacations enables
customers to enjoy discount vacations
in many popular resort areas across
the United States.
Sundance Vacations Speedway is just
minutes from Hazleton, Pa, located on
St. John’s Road, between Routes 93 and
309. Grandstand admission for all
regular events is just $10 for ages 11
and older. Children 10 years of age
and younger are admitted for free.
Please visit
www.sundancevacationsspeedway.com
for the entire 2010 schedule, point
standings and up to date news and
information.
Sport Modified (40-Laps) 1.
BARRY CALLAVINI 2. Paul Frantz 3.
Ricky Ross Jr 4. Jim Zacharias 5.
Nick Pecko 6. Jason Hearne 7.
William Schneider 8. Todd Baer 9. Joe
Wielgosz 10. Scott Brannick 11. CJ
Lacatvia 12. Gordan Buchman 13. Frank
Scimeca 14. Brian Sones
Late Model (30-Laps) 1. MIKE COLL 2.
Todd Stehle 3. Travis Fisher 4. Justin
Onderko 5. Austin Kochenash 6. Jerry
Hilderbrant 7. Joe Burns 8. Mike
Sweeney 9. Geno Steigerwalt 10. Adam
Cox 11. Dave Macomber 12. Lorin
Arthofer 13. Craig Lutz 14. Kyle
Harvell DNS: Troy Bollinger
Factory Stock (20-Laps) 1. PAUL
MORGAN, JR 2. Jeff Searfoss 3. Matt
Schlenker 4. Brandon Oltra 5. Eric
Wink 6. Joe Barbush III 7. Keith
Frankenfield 8. Kendall Foulk 9. Mike
O'Byrne 10. Ken Kleppinger 11. Wayne
Lowe 12. Kermit Jacoby
Wingless Micro Sprints (15-Laps) 1.
MATT JANISCH 2. Mark Janisch
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