The weekend of Saturday, October 19, 2024 and Sunday, October 20, 2024 was a busy weekend at Lebanon Valley Dragway in West Lebanon, NY with Junior Dragster races Halloween Havoc and Break the Bank, Albany Street races, gamblers races and the final weekend of bracket racing with the Accurate Transmission's sponsored end of the year Wally race.
In Saturday's no box gamblers Chris Lofgren of Schuylerville, NY defeated TJ Gennett of Portland, CT in the final. Geno Picozzi of Warwick, RI finished his day in the semi-finals.
In the box gamblers, Wil Beach of Patterson, NY defeated Deanna Brockett. Dominick Demicco and RJ Deveau finished in the semi-finals.
The Junior Dragsters had a great day with the Halloween Havoc race. Thanks to BJ Masiello for sponsoring and helping out with special prizes. In the 6-12 year old category, David Scranton of Sandown, NH was the winner over Makenna Mason of Northboro, MA. JOey Foster of Cortlandt Manor, NY finished his day in the semi-finals.
In the Halloween Havoc 13-16 year old category, Mason Spinelli of Latham, NY took the win over Ava Eckert of Wallingford, CT. Sofia Cabral of Manchester, NH finished in the semi-finals.
According to Doc Z, this was his report on the Albany Street Shootout Race.
"Another race in the books…the 12th Albany Street Shootout was a success. We changed things up and had a Run Whatcha Brung Outlaw class which drew some heavy hitters that didn’t have to cruise and there were no rules…well…the small tire cars still prevailed and the entire event was won by a legit Streetcar…Stephen Hall’s badass 67 Nova. He missed a turn on the cruise and ended up going 40 miles…no problem. It was a nice scenic ride. He outran a few heavy hitters including Kyle Beswick wheeling Clubber Lang for an upset and met Pat Terminello in the finals. Pat had a cracked exhaust tube but gave it all he had. Paul McDermott ran through the Outlaw Class taking out a few serious racecars including Alfredo Porfilio’s Balboa and Robert Sarchioto to meet Don Curtis in the finals. Unfortunately Don’s Goldmember Fairmont broke so he couldn’t make the run. The final runoff between Hall and McDermott was one hell of a race. He treed Hall by 0.008 but Hall made up the real estate and won by 0.012. It was a door to door race. Thanks to Lebanon Valley Dragway and Wayne Delmonte for awesome track conditions and great prep…and thanks to all who supported the race…..especially Dan Quinn for organizing and executing the cruise. Till next year."
Sunday, October 20, 2024 was busy day with lots of cars to finish the final day of bracket racing for the 2024 season with a Wally on the line for all the Summit ET classes.
In Super Pro, Stephen Pray of Berlin, CT defeated Eric Cabral of Manchester, NH for top honors. Grant Nichols Sr of Marlborough, CT and Tom Flemke, Jr of East Hampden, CT finished in the semi-finals.
In Pro Eliminator, Bob Deyoung of Ellington, CT defeated Geno Picozzi of Warwich, RI. Joe Coss finished his day in the semi-finals.
In the Motorcycle/Sled ET Louie Supczak of Ware, MA defeated Francis Supczak of Ware, MA keeping the Wally in the family. Ken Rafferty of Altamont, NY and Joe DePietro of East Hartford, CT finished in the semis.
Bill Sirago of Cairo, NY took top honors in Open Trophy when he defeated Keith Varin of Coventry, RI. Tim Penn finished his day in the semi-finals.
Now to the junior dragsters. The junior were broken into two classes. Each class winner won a Wally in the final round. Then there was a run off between the two winners for the Break the Bank prize which was sponsored by RRT Motorsports.
In the 6-12 year old junior category, Riley Coles of Methuen, MA defeated Aubrey Biron of Ware, MA. Mason Varin of Coventry, RI finished in the semi-finals.
In the 13-16 year old category, Giuseppe Porfilio of East Longmeadow, MA defeated Emelia Stodulski of Leominster, MA. Zach Grignon of Troy, NY lost in the semi-finals.
In the run-off for the Break the Bank, Giuseppe Porfilio took home the case of money, defeating Riley Coles.