Back to Back Bailey at Mountain Speedway
April 29th 2007
Russ Bailey backed up his winning effort
in the Spring Fling Thunder at Mountain by winning his second TQ race of
the season in the Alan Mollot/BJ MacDonald Lindblad Badger 51 at
Mountain Speedway in ST. John's Pa. Robin Johnston finished second
followed by Rookie sensation Tim Buckwalter.
Bailey took the early lead but had to earn
the win after several cautions bunched the field. following an early
caution Bailey was challenged by Buckwalter but staved off the
challenge. After a late race caution bailey held the point over then
second place Robing Johnston.
Joe Payne advancedfrom his 12th starting
position to fourth place in the feature in the Lew Ingalls
8 Spitfire. Payne took over the ride in this car after the engine
in the Colin Martin 26 expired.
Bailey turned in the fastest lap of the day
at 91.609 MPH followed by Robin Johnston at
91.094 MPH followed by Tim
Buckwalter at 91.240 MPH.
Heat races were won by Russ Bailey and Tim
Buckwalter.
"Liquid" Lou Cicconi driving the Jim Peruto
Keenan Motors 35 Dart looked to be a sure winner in the first heat when
a flat tire sent him to the pits. Team Risqué and Competition Classics
put forth a Herculean effort to have all four team cars at the track
for this week's races. The 35 Peruto car suffered substantial damage in
the lap one crash a week ago but was returned to service one week
later.
The next ATQMRA race will be at Wall
Township Speedway on Sunday May 6th for the Thunder at the Shore weekend
running in conjunction with the Whelen Modified tour event.
Contingency award winners were Russ Bailey
and Dave Williams (Design 500), Jeff Werner (Brices NAPA), Bob
Watkins (M&R), Neal Blatt (AutoTrim
Design).
Heat race winners from left to right Tim Buckwalter,
Russ Bailey and Russ Bailey in the feature
