Saturday March 20th,
2010 at
6:00 PM the ATQMRA will host
its first Celebrity Roast to honor one of the all time most successful
TQ midget car owners Alan Mollet. The roast will take place at Lenny
and Donna Boyd’s Ocean Aire near Tom’s
RiverNJ. Dinner will be served and
Tickets will be available at the ATQMRA and Dimension Design booths at
the three day Motorsports 2010 for $20.00.
Earl Krause will emcee the event with roasters representing Mollet’s
entire career as an ATQMRA owner back to the 1960s. Fans, car owners,
and members of the media are encouraged to attend to get a behind
the scenes look at one of the greatest ATQMRA car owners of all time.
Stefanik Gives Home State Fans Reason To Cheer With Coffee Cup Victory
PROVIDENCE, RI December 5, 2009 . . . Mike Stefanik gave Rhode Island race
fans bragging rights on Saturday night as the 51-year-old from Coventry, R.I.,
claimed the 40-lap TQ-Midget Coffee Cup main event at the Dunkin’ Donuts
Center.
Stefanik, 51, a seven-time NASCAR Modified Tour champion and two-time Camping
World East champion, was the only Ocean State entry in the field of more than
40 cars that tackled the indoor concrete oval.
“This is incredible,” Stefanik said. “This win is so sweet. When I looked
over the entry list and saw guys like Billy Pauch, Lou Cicconi Jr., Davey
Hamilton, Ted Christopher, Frank Fischer entered to race, it got me all pumped
up.”
Stefanik never raced a TQ-Midget indoors until last March, when the indoor
series debuted at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.
“Seeing those fans cheer for me over the final laps meant a lot,” Stefanik
said. “They were my home state fans, and it means a lot to me keep this
Dunkin’ Donuts trophy in Rhode Island.”
Mike Lichty of Innerkip, Ont, who won Friday night’s 30-lap main event,
finished second, while Frank Fischer of Flemington, N.J., was third, Matt
Janisch of Nazareth, Pa. was fourth and Paul Lotier Jr. of Lebanon, Pa. was
fifth.
It appeared early in the main event that Stefanik wouldn’t be around at the
end of the 40-lap race. He started eighth but was involved in a multi-car
crash on lap seven.
Stefanik returned from the incident and was up to ninth when a second incident
on lap 20 sent him to the rear of the field.
Then, Stefanik found the outside groove to his liking.
Over the next few circuits, Stefanik used the outside line, a groove used by
no other driver, and stayed out of trouble as he inched his way forward and
took the lead on lap 27 from Lichty.
“I was hoping to go 2-for-2,” Lichty said. “However, I popped a brake line
and couldn’t keep the car locked on the bottom.”
Jeff Kot was sixth, followed by Mike Tidaback, Glenn Heverin, Steve Craig and
Ryan Smith. Indy 500 veteran Davey Hamilton finished 12th in the rundown.
Heat races went to Billy Pauch, Lou Cicconi Jr., Ian Cumens and Tim Buckwalter.
Paul Lotier Jr. and Davey Hamilton won the consolation races.
Ryan Kendall of East Greenbush, N.Y., passed Justin Bonsignore with a lap left
in the 25-lap Champ Kart main to score the victory.
Bonsignore, who ran out of gas, finished second, while Bryan Shields, Eric Zeh
and Chris Daley completed the top five positions.
Bonsignore, Daley and Nick Hadden won the heats, while Tammy Smith and Michael
Pares Jr. won the consolation races.
TQ Midget Feature
Finish, Friday; 30 Laps: 1. Mike Lichty; 2. Lou Cicconi Jr; 3. Matt
Janisch; 4. Ted Christopher; 5. Paul Lotier Jr; 6. Mike Osite; 7. Mike
Tidabach; 8. Christopher Allen; 9. Billy Pauch; 10. James Michael
Friesen; 11. Ian Cumens; 12. Tim Buckwalter; 13. Danny Shirey; 14.
Frank Fischer; 15. Russ Bailey; 16. Tim Proctor; 17. Jimmy Carpenter; 18.
Glenn Heverin; 19. Davey Hamilton; 20. Christopher Haskell; 21. Matt
Roselli; 22. Mike Iles; 23. Anthony Sesely; 24. Mike Stefanik; 25. Jeff
Kot; 26. David Reutimann.
TQ Midget Feature Finish, Saturday; 40 Laps: 1. Mike Stefanik; 2. Mike
Lichty; 3. Frank Fischer; 4. Matt Janisch; 5. Paul Lotier Jr; 6. Jeff Kot;
7. Mike Tidaback; 8. Glenn Heverin; 9. Steve Craig; 10. Ryan Smith;
11. Dan Dunigan Jr; 12. Davey Hamilton; 13. Joey Payne; 14. Billy Pauch;
15. Mike Iles; 16. Timex Morgan; 17. Tim Buckwalter; 18.
Christopher Allen; 19. Chris DeRitis; 20. Ian Cumens; 21. Frank
Polimeda; 22. Lou Cicconi Jr.; 23. Ted Christopher; 24. James Michael
Friesen.
Names in bold are
ATQMRA cars
Dramatic Turkey Derby
Lotier Jr. Wins the Race
Alison Cumens 2009 ATQMRA
Champion
Robin Johnston's Lucky
13 tops owner standings
Team Boyd
Joins Lotier in Victory Lane to celebrate their second consecutive Turkey
Derby triumph.
The Cumens family join 2009 ATQMRA Champion Alison in
victory lane to celebrate the surprise victory in the season long war.
Robin Johnston took top honors in the car owner standings
with his Duchak Engines CRJ Construction 13 with himself, "Liquid" Lou
Cicconi and Ian Cumens taking their turns behind the wheel throughout the
season.
Delaware Valley Dave attended the Pre Turkey Derby
Practice and was in good spirits.
Dave climbed behind the wheel of the Mark Pell 01 Black
Betty car to take a few laps.
ATQMRA
Election of Officers
Friday, November 13, 2009, Bethlehem, Pa. The
ATQMRA had its annual membership meeting for the election of officers.
At the conclusion of a productive meeting the ATQMRA elected Mike Roselli
as President. Returning to their posts was Peter Duchak as VP,
Andrea Cumens as Secretary, Don Adams as Treasurer, and Frank Fischer as
Driver Rep. Blu Metz continued his involvement as Marketing/Public
Relations Director, and Lenny Boyd filled the car owner's rep position
taking over for Dan Deritis. Lou Cicconi came on board as assistant
Tech Director and will be working in conjunction with Colin Martin to
revamp the organization's rule book to be brought before the membership
for approval.
The ATQMRA Banquet will be
held at Williamson's Restaurant at 500 Blair Mill Road Horsham PA 19044
http://williamsonrestaurant.com
on Saturday December 12th from 6 pm to 10 pm. The menu will be a
holiday buffet of sirloin beef, chicken marsala, and tilapia fish with a
cash bar.
President
Mike Roselli
Vice President/Tech Director
Peter Duchak
Secretary
Andrea Cumens
Treasurer
Don Adams
Car Owner Representative
Lenny Boyd
Driver's Representative
Frank Fischer
Marketing/Public Relations Director
Blu Metz
Assistant Tech Director
Lou Cicconi
ATQMRA
Turkey Derby Saturday Schedule
On Saturday, November 28, pit
gates will again open at 7:00 a.m., with pre purchased ticket holders’
grandstand gates opening at 9:30 a.m. and grandstand seating opening at 10:00
a.m. On the track, Street Stock, TQ Midget, Calabreeze Pools Sportsman, RBSS
Modified and tour type Modified practice will start at 8:30 a.m., while a
mandatory drivers’ meeting is set for 9:10 a.m. Qualifying, which will consist
of tour type Modified time trials and a “B” main and TQ Midget heat races will
be next up at 11:00 a.m.
Saturday’s opening ceremonies
will be presented at 12:35 p.m., before the Saturday main events of Turkey Derby
XXXVI take the green flag at 1:00 p.m. The Sportsman 30-lapper will be first up,
followed by the tour type Modified 100-lapper, Street Stock 30-lapper, RBSS
Modified 100-lapper and the TQ Midget 25-lap main event.
PRACTICE FOR TURKEY DERBY
AT WALL STADIUM IS SET FOR NOVEMBER 14 AND NOVEMBER 21
WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J.
~ Wall Stadium promoter Jim Morton has announced that his third mile paved high
banked oval will be open for paid practice sessions on Saturdays November 14 and
21. The paid practice sessions, which are being offered in preparation for the
36th annual Turkey Derby, will begin at 11:00 a.m. and run until 4:00
p.m. both days.
ATQMRA
Meeting Rescheduled
The Annual
General membership Meeting for Election of officers has been rescheduled
for Friday November 13th at 7:00 Pm at the Comfort Inn 191
Bethlehem, Pa.
Blu Metz
ATQMRA President
TQ midgets are the next logical step for any racer looking to take the next step in their driving career.
TQ midgets are the best kept secret in racing.
The only affordable Winged Open Wheel Pavement Division in the Northeast
Safe open wheel cars that race on paved ovals in the Northeast
Speeds over 100 MPH
Thoroughbred purpose built racing machines.
The cars turn laps faster than modifieds, late models
Purpose built high speed race cars at an entry level price
Rules that allow everyone to be competitive at a reasonable cost
Races are sanctioned in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey
Competitive purses
Season ending point fund
Contingency Sponsorship program
Race with an organization with over 50 years of developing championship winning drivers who move on to success in other divisions
Many top drivers began their racing careers in TQ midgets
Mario Andretti
CART, Formula 1, and Daytona 500 Champion claims 4 ATQMRA wins on his resume.
Tony Stewartand Kasey Kahne, Nascar
Nextel Cup stars began
their careers in TQ midgets
39 ARDC/NEMA Midget championships won by competitors moving up from the ATQMRA
Lou Cicconi and Phil DiMario both ARDC champions will return to their ATQMRA roots in 2007
Nokie Fornoro and Joe Payne have won numerous ISMA Supermodified races.
Michael Carber 2004 ATQMRA rookie of the year is winning 410 sprint races in central Pa and Australia
Dave McKnightJr. won numerous TQ championships before moving on to win his first ISMA championship
Midget championship winning car owners won first with the ATQMRA, Matt Voulo, Jack Kirshner ,Bud Piersig, Billy Hughes, Spike Gillespi, Mike Sheehan,
Jim Reider
Matt
Janisch and Chris Deritis moved up from quarter midgets to earn ATQMRA rookie of the year honors
The ATQMRA has sanctioned races over the years at Mountain Speedway,
Pinebrook, NJ, White Lake Speedway, Bethel Motorsports Park, Oswego Speedway, Atlantic City (Indoors, Stockinger Era), Wall Township Speedway, Mahoning Valley, Seekonk, Riverside Park, Waterford Speed Bowl, New London ( Indoors), Allentown Fairgrounds
Agricultural Hall (Indoors), Dorney Park, Pine Brook, Linda's Speedway, Hickory Motor Speedway, New Egypt, Grandview, Freeport Municipal Stadium, Hershey Park, Moc A Tec, Riverhead, Islip Speedway, Five Mile Point, Old Bridge Stadium,
Madison Square Gardens, Teaneck Armory, Flemington Speedway (Dirt and Asphalt) in addition to many other tracks in the northeast.
Help me add to this
far from complete list of racers who helped make the ATQMRA
great over the years.
I know So many more
drivers and owners have competed with the ATQMRA over the years.
If I missed someone drop an email to
blu4a@rcn.com and I will
happily add their name to our honor roll. Any pictures or
articles that anyone has available can be added as well.
Click the picture above for links to the past.
Counter added Feb 9, 2007
Paterson NJ Great Falls Festival August 31st
Hinchliffe Stadium Race Car Show Current and Vintage race cars
on display. Interrested in entering the show? Email
Blu4a@rcn.com for info.
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