6/30/2019
Race of Champions
ANDY JANKOWIAK RUNS TO OL’ BOY CUP V VICTORY AT NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY PARK, HOME TO LANCASTER NATIONAL SPEEDWAY THIS PAST THURSDAY NIGHT
Andy Jankowiak of Tonawanda, N.Y., made a quick move to save his night, which put him on point to score his 8th career Race of Champions Asphalt Modified Series victory, his 4th at New York International Raceway Park, home to Lancaster National Speedway, which breaks a tie he had with his car owner, Tom McGrath for 5th on the all-time win list.
Jankowiak slipped into the lead when contact was made between race leader Scott Wylie of Blasdell, N.Y., and Patrick Emerling of Orchard Park, N.Y., on lap 35 of the 60-lap Ol’ Boy Cup V, run in honor of the late Bill Colton, one of Lancaster Speedway’s biggest supporters.
“This is a great night for all of us,” stated Jankowiak in victory lane. “This is home and we want to race home. Thank you to everyone for saving this track. This is win I won’t forget any time soon. We had a great car and things just went our way. It is fun racing with Patrick (Emerling), we ran each other hard at the end, but we were able to get here. Thank you to everyone for coming out to see this. This was just awesome.”
Timmy Catalano of Ontario, N.Y., and Daryl Lewis, Jr., of Ontario, N.Y., led the field to the green until Lewis had problems, forcing a complete restart. On the start Catalano managed to lead the first lap until Scott Wylie took over the top spot. Wylie survived several restarts until the lap 35 incident which ended his night.
Jankowiak then took over and survived pressure from Emerling, who came home second.
Chuck Hossfeld finished third, while Tommy Catalano came home fourth and Eric Beers of Northampton, Pa., rounded out the top-five.
Mike Leaty of Williamson, N.Y., posted the Speed51.com “Top of the Board” overall fast time in group time trials with a lap of 17.232 seconds with an average speed of 104.457 mph.
Beers, Hossfeld and Tommy Catalano won the qualifying races.
Tim Welshans of West Falls, N.Y., (Lancaster Street Stock); Josh Schosek of Hamburg, N.Y., (Lancaster Four Cylinder) and Kyle Hutchinson of East Aurora, N.Y., (NYPA TQ Midgets) won the support division races.
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Feature Finish
Ol’ Boy Cup V (60-laps)
Spencer Speedway, Williamson, N.Y.
Finishing Position, Car Number, Driver, Laps Completed, Reason Out (If Any)
Finish
1
Starting Position
10
No.
12x
Name
Andy Jankowiak
Laps
60
2
7
07
Patrick Emerling
3
5
22
Chuck Hossfeld
4
3
54c
Tommy Catalano
5
6
45b
Eric Beers
6
17
64
Amy Catalano
7
23
7
Daren Scherer
8
2
10
Daryl Lewis, Jr.
9
16
48
Owen Bednasz
10
15
01
John Barber
11
20
1
Chris Risdale
12
21
14
Dan Majchrzak
13
9
25
Mike Leaty
14
18
19b
Austin Beers
59
15
24
40
Jake Rought
58
16
22
11
Bob Weber
57
17
1
45
Timmy Catalano
48 Brakes
18
8
40
Alan Bookmiller
48 Accident
19
14
8
Chris Finnachario
48 Accident
20
4
88
Scott Wylie
34 Accident
21
11
54
Jack Ely
34 Accident
22
19
59
Karl Hehr
34 Accident
23
13
2
Kevin Miller
4 Over Heating
24
12
65
George Skora, III
4 Mechanical
25
25
17
Danny Knoll, Jr.
0 Mechanical
Time of Race: 41 minutes & 17 seconds Average Speed: 44.104 mph Margin of Victory: .187 seconds Lead Changes: 1 among 2 drivers. [12, Andy Jankowiak 1-41, [07, Patrick Emerling] 41-62,
Speed51.com “Top of the Board” Award; Mike Leaty (17.232 seconds @ 104.457 mph)
Dirt Track Qualifying Race Winners; Eric Beers (1); Tommy Catalano (2); Chuck Hossfeld (3)
US Army Top Performer Award; Andy Jankowiak (17.410 seconds @ 103.389 mph)
Wilwood Engineering Certificate Award (5th Place) – Eric Beers
MyRacePass “Free Pass” Award – Jake Rought
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