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358 Modifeds Racing Series
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WILKINS RV OF BATH SET TO GO AS THE OFFICIAL RV DEALER OF THE T3 ALL STAR SERIES FOR 358 MODIFIEDS PRESENTED BY TROYER RACE CARS. (Woodhull, NY) One of the largest retail travel trailer and motor home dealers has re-signed with the T3 All Star Series for 358 Modifieds presented by Troyer Race Cars. Wilkins RV of Bath, NY will rejoin the fourth year touring group as a major marketing partner and like last season the Wilkins RV logo will be proudly displayed on the entire series feature winning trophies along with the season ending hardware and plaques. “According to Brian Wilkins, President of Wilkins RV of Bath, “We look at our involvement with the T3 All Star group as another way of marketing our company. Many of the fans and race teams rely on campers or motor homes for their lodging needs when traveling. Camping is huge in this country and like Motorsports it is considered a form of family entertainment.” With the series events stretching from Binghamton to the far western edge of Pennsylvania, the coverage area will allow for better marketability of our products.” Better known as the Official RV Dealer of the T3 All Star Series, when traveling the management of the series uses a 2001 Road Trek Van which was purchased from the Wilkins lot in 2006. “It works great as an office while out on the road and it is fully equipped with all the necessities for travel and sleep, stated T3 promoter Kenny Shupp. It has also drawn a bunch of attention at every track that we have visited with several curious on lookers taking note of the Wilkins RV logo on the side. Wilkins RV is now celebrating 72 years of business with a massive new, state of the art facility strategically located right off I 86 near Bath just a mile form the I-86, Rt. 390 split. For more information you can call toll free at 1-800-724-2105 or for a complete listing of all current inventory simply log on at www.wilkinsrv.com. Wilkins RV of Bath joins a growing list of marketing partners who are involved with the T3 All Star Series for 358 Modifieds for the 2008 season including Troyer Race Cars, Morollo Racing Engines, Swarthout Recycling, Dewert Speed, Lias Tire, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, Leaf Racewear, Insinger Performance, Suzuki Motorcycles and ATV’s, L.J. Kennedy Trucking, Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards, Genesis Shocks, ISC Racers Tape, Calaman’s Radiator, VP Racing Fuels, Gater Racing News, Signs Plus along with S&W Awards, Photos and Printing.
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THE L.J. KENNEDY TRUCKING COMPANY IS BACK WITH THE T3 ALL STAR SERIES FOR 358 MODIFIEDS PRESENTED BY TROYER RACE CARS. (Woodhull, NY) One of the largest over the road flat bed trucking companies has rejoined the T3 All Star Series as a point fund contributor. The L.J. Kennedy Trucking Company, with home offices in Kearny, NJ. recently announced that they would return as a major player with the fourth year touring group. As part of the arrangement, Kennedy will contribute actual cash dollars into the 2008 T3 All Star Series point fund joining Swarthout Recycling and Wilkins RV as point fund contributors. Each feature that is run during the 2008 T3 All Star Series campaign will be known as the L.J. Kennedy Trucking Feature event, similar to last season. According to sources at Kennedy, “We’re thrilled to be back supporting the T3 All Star Series for 358 Modifieds presented by Troyer Race Cars. Between our involvement with the Woodhull Raceway and the T3 Series we have received a tremendous amount of exposure in the areas that we have been targeting for the past several years. With Woodhull’s immense popularity and the large coverage area that encumbers the T3 Series the Kennedy Trucking name is well known from Binghamton to the far western region of Pennsylvania. Our recent growth spurt in that area in many instances is attributed to the added amount of media coverage that we have received. The L.J. Kennedy Trucking Companies deal with theT3 All Star Series is tied directly to the Woodhull Raceway agreement and Kennedy will receive multiple ads in an upcoming major marketing campaign at Woodhull, Clinton County as well as all T3 events. “There is certainly power in numbers and with the deal that Vern Wasson (Woodhull Raceway and Clinton County promoter) and I have secured the Kennedy name will be heard and seen all year long, not just during race season.” That according to T3 promoter, Kenny Shupp Jr. The L.J. Kennedy Trucking Company joins a very long list of marketing partners supporting ht eT3 All Star Series for 358 Modifieds presented by Troyer Race Cars including Swarthout Recycling, Morollo Racing Engines, Lias Tire, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, Leaf Racewear, S&W Swards and Photos, Insinger Performance, Dewert Speed, Calaman’s Radiator, VP Racing Fuels, Wilkins RV, Genesis Shocks, Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards, ISC Racers Tape and Signs Plus of Kanona.
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ADDISON FARM SUPPLY TO SPONSOR THE T3 ALL STAR SERIES HARD CHARGER AWARD FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR (Woodhull, NY) Addison, New York natives and business people, Terry and Julie Terwilliger are well known in the Twin Tiers as not only owners of one of the largest Cub Cadet lawn and garden tractor dealerships , but also as huge participants in Motorsports. In addition to owning and operating the Addison Farm Supply, they are also proud sponsors of a front line Crate Sportsman Modified piloted by Casey Pavlick. Entering his second full season as weekly competitors on the tough high banked one-third of a mile clay oval at the Woodhull Raceway, Pavlick has his sights set on the 2008 Woodhull Track title. Tentative plans also call for Pavlick to run in a few select T3 All Star Series for the 358 Modifieds. At each stop on the T3 All Star Series schedule of events, the Addison Farm Supply will sponsor the Hard Charger Award. A special prize will be presented to the driver who improves his or her positions the most during the feature event. According to the Terwilliger’s, “This is a great way for us to help as an associate sponsor of the tour. We’ve provided sponsorship for the Hard Charger Award the past three years and the response that we received was overwhelming. We are really excited about the concept of an organized traveling series within this region which will enable us to market our business as well.” In addition to a complete line of Cub Cadet Equipment, the Addison Farm Supply is also a dealer of Troy Built garden tillers, push mowers and edger’s. . A full staff of trained mechanics is onboard in the repair shop to service any type of mower, lawn and garden tractor, snow blower or ATV. In addition, the Addison Farm Supply is an authorized dealer of Dixie Chopper, the fastest lawn mower in the world. The Addison Farm Supply also is an authorized Jonsered Chain Saw Dealer with a full time Jonsered Mechanic on duty at all times. For any additional information on the Addison Farm Supply simply call (607) 359-2234 or stop by their showroom and repair shop on Rt. 417 just one-mile west of Addison, New York. The Addison Farm Supply, open Monday thru Friday from 8:00 to 5:00, Saturday’s from 8:00 until 12:00 noon. Other marketing partners of the T3 All Star Series for 358 Modifieds include Troyer Race Cars, Morollo Racing Engines, Swarthout Recycling, L.J. Kennedy Trucking, Lias tire, Wilkins RV, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards, S&W Awards, Photos and Printing, Dewert Speed, VP Racing Fuel, Leaf Racewear, Genesis Shocks, Insinger Performance, Suzuki Motorcycles and ATV’s, Calaman’s Radiator, Signs Plus, ISC Racers Tape and the Gater Racing News.
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RED’S SPEED SHOP OF SCOTTSVILLE, NY OFFERS DEEP DISCOUNTS TO ALL RACERS OF THE T3 ALL STAR SERIES FOR 358 MODIFIEDS PRESENTED BY TROYER RACE CARS. (Woodhull, NY) For the past three seasons, Red’s Speed Shop has been a loyal sponsor of the T3 All Star Series for 358 Modifieds presented by Troyer Race Cars. He has given away hundreds of dollars in fuel, tires, rims and other accessories to competitors of the Twin Tiers traveling group. In 2008 Red Kosinski will still be onboard with the T3 Series, but in a much different capacity as he will be offering unheard of discounts on bead lock wheels to any racer that competes in the series. “With the high cost of aluminum at this time it is very difficult to keep the prices down on bead lock rims, stated Kosinski form his home in Scottsville. However, the T3 All Star Series has a very loyal following and I want to help make it more affordable for them to race and with that I will be offering to any driver that competes in the fourth year touring group a deal they can’t refuse. “ Red’s will roll back prices on any new bead lock wheel to the 2002 price index. Drivers will save hundreds of dollars on new wheels at Red’s and just by simply mentioning that they are a part of ht eT3 group they will cash in on some huge savings. According to T3 officials, that is like putting money into the pockets of the race teams. Whenever a sponsor like Red’s can cut deals like that it is as good as or maybe even better than any other type of a contingency product endorsement. In addition one of the top finishing drivers in the final 2008 T3 All Star Series Point Championship will also receive a Grand Prize compliments of Red’s Speed Shop and the T3 Series. Even though Red has gone into semi-retirement, he can still be found at his familiar Scottsville Road facility near Mumford doing what he enjoys most and that is constructing aluminum wheels for both dirt as well as drag strip racing. For more information including T3 All Star Series racer discount pricing simply call Red Kosinski at 1-585-889-2250 or by going to the web at www.redsbeadlocks.com. Red’s Speed Shop joins an impressive list of sponsorship marketing partners including Troyer Race Cars, Morollo Racing Engines, Swarthout Recycling, L.J. Kennedy Trucking, Lias Tire, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, VP Racing fuel, Dewert Speed, Calaman’a Radiator, Addison Farm Supply, Insinger Performance, Suzuki Motorcycles and ATV’s, Signs Plus, S&W Awards, Photos and Printing, Genesis Shocks, Leaf Racewear, Wilkins RV, ISC Racers Tape, as well as the Gater Racing News. For any additional information about the series, scheduling, driver registration forms, rules, apparel, sponsors or procedures simply log on at www.t3allstarseries.com.
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TROYER RACE CARS BACK IN 2008 AS THE HEADLINE SPONSOR OF THE T3 ALL STAR SERIES FOR 358 MODIFIEDS. The Rochester based company joins Marollo Racing Engines and Swarthout Recycling as a key player in the fourth year touring group’s success. (Woodhull, NY) After a very successful joint relationship in 2006 and 2007, Troyer Race Cars owner, Billy Colton and T3 All Star Series owners, Kenny and Mary Shupp recently announced that Troyer would once again be the headline sponsor of the fourth year touring group. It was just two year’s ago that both parties vowed to make the T3 All Star’s a “Grow together tour” as Colton was rebuilding his Troyer Race Cars business from the ruins of a devastating fire and the T3 All Star Series was continuing to build a respectable organization. “I think our relationship has worked out very well, noted Billy Colton in a recent interview. It’s hard to judge weather or not we sold cars because of our involvement with the T3 Series, but we received a ton of positive ink and exposure by teaming up with the series.” Like wise the Shupp’s firmly believe that having the name Troyer mentioned in the same breath with the T3 All Star Series gives the T3 organization some real creditability. At the 2006 T3 All Star Series for 358 Modifieds banquet, Bryan Terwilliger was drawn as the lucky recipient of a new 2007 Troyer Chassis. In 2007 it was three time Series Champion, Billy Van Pelt who was the lucky recipient of a brand new 2008 Troyer Race Cars Chassis. Troyer loyalist, Ray Bliss Jr. of Warsaw finished in the runner-up spot to VanPelt in the final 2007 T3 All Star Series Point Championship and the veteran competitor plans an all out assault on the 2008 T3 All Star Series for 358 Modifieds presented by Troyer Race Cars championship. Mark Frankhouser of Phillipsburg, Pa. who also piloted a Troyer was credited with a well deserved seventh place finish in the final 2008 T3 standings Terms of Troyer Race Cars involvement with the T3 Series in 2008 will be disclosed at a later date. With 2007 season wins by such standout drivers as Danny Johnson, Jimmy Phelps, Ray Bliss Jr., Gil Tegg Jr., Rich Ricci, Dave Dubois, Mark Frankhouser and Duane Howard it once again has the name Troyer moving back to the top of the dirt Modified chassis business and like Troyer Race Cars, as the T3 All Star Series continues to grow so will Troyer Race Cars of Rochester, NY. It should also be noted that Woodhull Raceway owner, Vern Wasson has a brand new Troyer Race Car that will see action in 2008 in T3 All Star Series action. The Gary’s Motor Mart sponsored Wasson machine will be the center of attention at the Woodhull Raceway/T3 All Star Series display booth at the upcoming Olean Center Mall Car Show on Feb. 29, Mar. 1 and 2. As part of the agreement between Colton and the Shupp’s the name Troyer Race Cars and their company logo will be on the 2008 schedule of events cards and each driver that competes in the series will be required to have a Troyer Race Cars decal on the side of the vehicle. For more information on either the T3 All Star Series or Troyer Race Cars simply go to the web at www.t3allstarseries.com. Troyer Race Cars is linked directly to the T3 web site.
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BRIAN WEAVER OPENS TROYER RACE CARS T3 ALL STAR SERIES WITH A DOMINATING FIVE MILE POINT WIN BY JR KENNERUP Kirkwood, NY … 2006 Five Mile Point Speedway Modified track champion Brian Weaver of Windsor, NY showed on Sunday night that he still knows the quick way around the historic quarter mile oval. Starting 14th in the field of 26 Weaver used the low line to work his way into the top five by lap 14. Then Weaver switched grooves and used the “ Weaver High Line “ to grab the lead from James Cornell at the halfway point of the 40 lap feature. Weaver’s march to the $1,500 win wasn’t easy by any means as he had to hold off 12th place starter Joey Grammes over the final ten laps to secure the win by four car lengths. Glenn Knapp, Jr. rim rode his way to a solid third place finish while Cornell who led laps three to 19 slipped back to fourth at the checkers. Chris Ostrowsky who started 22nd earned the Hard Charger Award of the race as he finished fifth. The opening race of the Troyer Race Cars T3 All Star Series presented by L. J. Kennedy Trucking was slated to be raced on Saturday night at the Five Mile Point Speedway. With one qualifying event left on Saturday rain moved into the area postponing the show until Sunday evening. The entire racing program was sponsored by Ostrowsky Construction and Tracey Road Equipment. “ This car was real fast tonight as Randy ( car owner Decker ) has a phenomenal setup for here that is really working here right now “ said the smiling feature winner. “ It’s just the matter of getting up through the pack and having those extra laps tonight helped getting up through the field. Andy ( track promoter Harpell ) has a nice surface on the track right now and it’s not eating tires. I thought the track was really fast tonight. We came off the trailer fast today and we were fast in warm-ups and starting 14th I thought we would have had a tougher time coming up through the field. Fortunately the guys left a lane at the bottom and we were able to work our way up through. “ Weaver driving the Randy Decker Motorsports owned Bicknell chassis with sponsorship help from Decker Logging and Whiplash RC Racing took 14 laps to reach fifth position. Brian still working the bottom groove took fourth on lap 16 and one lap later snuck under Glenn Knapp, Jr. for fifth. Then following the second restart on lap 17 Weaver jumped up to his customary high groove that he uses with success at Five Mile Point to get by laps one and two race leader JR Hurlburt for second. Running even a higher line than he did the lap before to take second Weaver motored around Cornell to get the lead just as the halfway signal was given. Brian spoke about his switch to the outside line. “ I try and watch to see and pick the right time to move to the top. But when the bottom lane is open and working well like it was tonight you have to take that lane if you’re gaining on the leaders. Then we got into a situation where we had two fast cars in front of me and I got to thinking about my options and being the 17th lap I didn’t want to wait too long. So I tried to sweep around the outside of them and it took a few laps to get the momentum up and it worked out really well. “ Running the outside was a tough proposition on this night according to Brian. “ Running on the outside in turn one was nice but in turn three you had to hit it right or you would catch a rut. You had to swing out and around them in turn three and I missed them a couple of times and that cost me and those mistakes allowed Joey to get close to me at the end, too close for my own personal comfort. “ Many thought the key point of the race occurred on lap 31 as Grammes pulled alongside Weaver to battle for the lead just as the final yellow appeared. After the yellow Weaver switched from the bottom back to the top as his spotter told him via hand signals that someone was coming to challenge him. “ Being honest with you I didn’t see Joey up there “ said Brian. “ Fortunately for me I have a great crew and they pay attention during the race to all of the little strategic games going on out there. Craig ( Decker ) is my man as he gives me the directions and he helped me out a ton tonight. He got us pointed in the right direction and there at the end Joey showed his nose under me and I got a good run off the corner the one time that I was able to get back on the bottom. Because I knew if I stayed on the top I was toast. “ “ It wasn’t a tough decision at all to come here and race today and miss the race at Weedsport “ said Brian. “ Randy and I talked about that earlier in the week as the weather didn’t look too promising. The situation with me at Weedsport is a low buck learning kind of thing and I’m not use to that black and slick race track up there. I’m fortunate that Randy stepped it up and went ahead to race here at Five Mile Point on Saturday nights this year. “ Brian just like tonight will be running a Terry Brown sponsored Wally Fiehl built small block weekly at Five Mile Point. “ This little Wally Fiehl motor is an awesome motor and once again Terry Brown has really stepped up the last two years. Terry has some fantastic motors that he’s paying for and we’ve never had the opportunity to have this kind of engine before. “ “ Kenny Shupp’s T3 Series is a fantastic thing; he works so hard at getting contingencies and sponsors. We got a beautiful eagle trophy tonight and I’m glad that we were able to come back here tonight and prove ourselves by winning one of his T3 races “ summarized Brian. “ We’re all psyched to be racing here on Saturday nights once again this year “ said Brian. “ To start 14th and come up through the pack to win, it’s a confidence builder for the team. I feel really good about it. “ “ I don’t think the caution cost us on lap 31 “ said second place finisher Joey Grammes. “ I had my opportunities after that and I cleared him coming out of turn two on lap 37. I could have slid up the groove and took his line away but I’m not going to race him like that. It might have been different if it’s a five or ten thousand to win show but it’s early in the year and you don’t want to make enemies this early in the year. I’m just happy to see both of us run good. “ Qualifying events on Saturday for the 37 Modifieds on hand saw Swarthout Recycling heat wins go to Frank Yankowski, Bryan Terwilliger, JR Crouse, Brent Wilcox, and Mitch Gibbs. Tim Sebring Suzuki sponsored consolation races saw those captured by Dylan Dewert on Saturday evening and Dale Welty on Sunday evening. RAIN WAS A BLESSING The rain that hit the speedway and caused the postponement on Saturday was a blessing in disguise for Bryan Terwilliger. Bryan impressively won his heat race in his first race this year. However at the end of the heat race Bryan pulled off the track immediately due to a crack in the motor. Bryan lined himself up a ride in the backup Ray Bliss, Jr. machine for the feature and if it was raced on Saturday night Bryan would have had to start last due to a change of cars used. However with the rainout Bryan was able to save his ninth place starting spot in the feature on Sunday due to cars not being impounded. This meant that any driver already qualified could have used a different car come Sunday. WHERE WAS BILLY ? The only champion that the Troyer Race Cars T3 All Star Series has ever had is Billy Van Pelt and he was missing on Saturday night. Billy was doing a rain dance for Saturday as he couldn’t make it due to a surprise party for his brother Curt. This party was planned well in advance of any racing schedules coming out and it was just one of those things that you have to do once in a while. Although it did rain out on Saturday Billy was unable to race on Sunday due to no new cars being allowed to race that weren’t in attendance on Saturday night. WHAT POWER Two drivers used Sportsman legal mounts to qualify for the 358 Modified Troyer Race Cars T3 All Star Series feature. Joey Colsten raced his legal Sportsman car as is and qualified it with ease through the heat race. Joey was running the same exact car in the companion Sportsman feature. Meanwhile Greg Doust qualified his normal Sportsman ride that he races at the Skyline Raceway with. The only difference was that the car had a four barrel carburetor on it instead of the normal two barrel Sportsman carburetor that is used. DECISIONS, DECISIONS The rain also made a few drivers make a hard decision on what their plans were going to be for Sunday. Mitch Gibbs impressively won a heat race in the Gary Mann owned 358 Modified on Saturday night. Come Sunday Mitch was missing due to the fact that he was racing at the Utica – Rome Speedway as it was their opening night and Mitch is considered one of the favorites to win the $8,000 track championship. Brian Weaver has slated Sunday racing at the Cayuga County Fair Speedway in his own car that carries sponsorship help from Ron Diffenbach. Brian made the decision to forgo the Sunday trip and stick close to home to run the Randy Decker Motorsports car. Greg Doust who is heavily involved in youth hockey programs that his children play in. On Sunday it was a tough day as the season ending party was taking place which saw Greg leave early to come and race. Mike Colsten had a prior commitment already set for Sunday and he was forced to miss the show. FINISH; Brian Weaver, Joey Grammes, Glenn Knapp, Jr., James Cornell, Chris Ostrowsky, Brent Wilcox, Michael Schane, JR Hurlburt, Joel Batzel, JR Crouse, Joey Colsten, Brad Rapp, Grant Hilfinger, Dale Welty, Carl Nagel, Mark Frankhouser, Frank Yankowski, Kenny Titus, Kenny Peoples, Jr., Ron White, Bryan Terwilliger, Ray Bliss, Jr., Dennis Dietrich, Greg Doust, Dylan Dewert, Barry White. Provisionals; Frankhouser, Peoples. DNS; Mitch Gibbs, Mike Colsten. DNQ’S; Josh Pursell, Chris Grbac, Chris Clark, Ron Mawson, Jr., Jim Mahaney, Darrin Schuler, Josh Holden, Chris Weaver, Jamie Sowle.
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