5/21/2023
Bethel Motor Speedway
Cote Holds Off Dachenhausen For Sunday Show Rain Date
After a dreary day on Saturday, which forced the postponement of the Saturday show, Mother Nature provided a beautiful day for racing on Sunday. Tracks all over the Northeast have been struggling with the weather this season, and many have been forced to cancel, or move their shows to Sundays.
Nascar Asphalt Modifieds have been providing great racing action this year, and this Sunday was no exception.
Mac Crawson and John Cote made up the front row for the twenty lap event, with Ed Dachenhausen and Mike Dutka. Cote would gain the advantage over Crawson on the initial circuit. Cote and Crawson would remain unchanged for eleven laps, as Dachenhausen and an advancing Skip LaPolt bided their time, waiting to make their move, while side by side for third. Dutka would gradually fall back to fifth, as the high lane was not the preferred line today. A quick caution for a spin would rerack the field for the lap twelve restart.
Cote and Crawson would bring the field back to green, but the field slowed again as Ross’ ride was retired to the pit area, for the final caution of the event. No laps scored, no change in lineup.
The result of the final restart would set up for a nailbiter of a finish. Cote and Crawson once again, but this time, Dachenhausen made his move to second. Dutka was now back in the mix shooting to third. Meanwhile Cote was holding off multiple challenges from Dachenhausen.
The final position change would see LaPolt overtake Dutka for third on the seventeenth circuit, while Cote would hold off Dachenhausen to the checkers. Cote, Dachenhausen, LaPolt, Dutka, and Crawson would be the top five.
In four-cylinder advance action, Scott Young would finally get that ever-eluding win, taking his first feature checkered flag at the speedway. Tisha Curry would get her first Modified 4cyl feature win of the season.
Kevin and Glenn Cargain put on a show up front in four-cylinder truck action, running side by side to the checkers, with Kevin getting the win.
Will Spala took the checkers in INEX Bandoleros, while James Bauernfeind would get his third win in a row in Beginner Bandoleros. Colten Welsch made his ChampKart debut in Rookie Champs for the win.
Jerry Kingeter took the “W” in the Open Comp Enduro.
This coming weekend we honor our Military, and those who have paid the ultimate price for our country, with our Annual Armed Forces Night. Gates will open at Noon for a Chicken BBQ, Hot Laps at 4pm, racing at 6pm, with all divisions in action, as the Mighty Dirt Sportsman return for the annual “Dick Crumley Memorial” race.
5/21/23 RESULTS:
NASCAR ASPHALT MODIFIEDS: 1) JOHN COTE 2) ED DACHENHAUSEN 3) SKIP LAPOLT 4) MIKE DUTKA 5) MAC CRAWSON 6) FRED NEES 7) BILL DEAK 8) KYAL ROSS
4CYL ADVANCE: 1) SCOTT YOUNG 2) WILLIE DEGRAW 3) FAWN CARD 4) AIDEN FABIEN 5) NICOLE NELSON
6) JEFF DEGROAT
MODIFIED 4CYLS: 1) TISHA CURRY 2) JERRY KINGETER 3) JW GANNON 4) JEFFREY TUBBS
5) SCOTT YOUNG
4CYL TRUCKS: 1) KEVIN CARGAIN 2) GLENN CARGAIN 3) ED BUTLER
INEX BANDOLEROS: 1) WILL SIPALA 2) JORDAN SMITH 3) CILLIAN TENNANT
BEGINNER BANDOLEROS: 1) JAMES BAUERNFEIND 2) ALYSON SMITH 3) AMIYAH TRAVIS 4) ARIA LIGON
5)TAYLOR MILLER
ROOKIE CHAMPKARTS: 1) COLTEN WELSCH
Submitted By: George Van Arsdall
