By Curtis Berleue (Brewerton, NY) | After a podium finish earlier in the week at Can-Am, Paulie Colagiovanni found himself in victory lane Friday night at the Brewerton Speedway, and at the same time took the lead in the week-long Empire Super Sprints CNY Speedweek point standings with just one race remaining.
Jason Barney and Jacob Dykstra would make up the front row and bring the field to green for the 25-lap A-Main event. Barney jumped out to the initial lead, but before a lap could be completed the caution was thrown for Chase Moran with a flat right rear tire.
When the green flag waved again, it was Dykstra who got to turn one first this time and proceeded to lead the next three laps until a red flag was thrown for the #33c of Lacey Hanson, as she got upside down in turn 3.
Taking advantage of the ensuing restart, Paulie Colagiovanni was able to grab the lead from Dykstra and immediately began to pull away. As the laps ticked away, 6th-starting Chuck Hebing made his way up to 3rd and began hounding Jason Barney for second.
By lap 16, Colagiovanni reached lap traffic, allowing Barney and Hebing to make up some ground on the leader. A close call on lap 20 saw Dalton Rombough spin right in front of the leaders, but he was able to keep it going, avoiding another caution flag.
With one lap remaining, Chuck Hebing was able to slip past Barney for second, bringing Larry Wight along with him. Ultimately, neither driver had anything for Colagiovanni, and he was able to park his #10c on the front stretch for the $2,500 victory.
“We usually don’t run well here, we threw a curve ball at the car tonight though and did some pretty drastic stuff to this racecar and it showed,” said Colagiovanni in victory lane. “I was just trying to get through lap traffic as quick as I could and use those cars as a pick.”
For the second night in a row, Chuck Hebing finished just one spot short in second.
“I actually thought I had a chance tonight,” said Hebing. “We were close, just one lap car made a move that got me. We got lucky to not get crashed out. Our car has a good balance right now, and when your confidence it better that always helps too.”
Rounding out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium was the #99L of Larry Wight.
“I think we made a mistake and put a new tire on the right rear,” said Wight. “It took about 15 laps to come in. When it started working the last 10 laps it felt good, we just needed about 5 more laps to get up to Paulie.”
31 cars lined the pit area at the Brewerton Speedway Friday night, which meant the field was divided into three timed hot lap groups. Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards were presented to Shawn Donath, Jordan Thomas, and Chuck Hebing. E&V Energy heat wins went to Dylan Swiernik, Danny Varin and Paulie Colagiovanni. The Design Shop Signs & Graphics B-Main was won by Shawn Donath, while the Lacaillade Masonry B-Main was won by Logan Crisafulli.
After 3 of 4 nights complete in the ESS CNY Speedweek, Paulie Colagiovanni currently holds the lead in the week-long points tally with 343 over Jordan Poirier (308), Jason Barney (303), Shawn Donath (273) and Matt Tanner (272).
The final CNY Speedweek event for the Empire Super Sprints is tonight, July 1 at the Fulton Speedway in Fulton, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Saturday, July 1 – Fulton Speedway – Fulton, NY ($2,500 to Win CNY Speedweek)
Friday, July 14 – Freedom Motorsports Park – Delevan, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Saturday, July 15 – Woodhull Raceway – Woodhull, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Full Results:
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. #01-Danny Varin[4]; 2. #45-Chuck Hebing[1]; 3. #10-Jeff Cook[2]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier[7]; 5. #10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[9]; 6. #87-Jason Barney[24]; 7. #7C-Dylan Swiernik[8]; 8. #90-Matt Tanner[5]; 9. 56-Billy VanInwegen Jr[16]; 10. #99K-Mike Kiser[6]; 11. #53-Shawn Donath[13]; 12. #28F-Davie Franek[11]; 13. #3-Parker Evans[15]; 14. #79-Jordan Thomas[20]; 15. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[10]; 16. #41-Dalton Rombough[17]; 17. #36-Logan Crisafulli[18]; 18. #13T-Trevor Years[3]; 19. #4P-Chase Moran[25]; 20. 9B-Bobby Breen[22]; 21. #33-Lacey Hanson[23]; 22. #7NY-Matt Farnham[12]; 23. #22-Jonathan Preston[14]; 24. #9-Josh Pieniazek[19]; 25. #23-Tyler Cartier[21]
B-Main (10 Laps): 1. #36-Logan Crisafulli[1]; 2. #9-Josh Pieniazek[3]; 3. #79-Jordan Thomas[8]; 4. #23-Tyler Cartier[2]; 5. 9B-Bobby Breen[6]; 6. #33-Lacey Hanson[7]; 7. #4P-Chase Moran[4]; 8. #13-Keith Granholm[5]; 9. 29-Dalton Herrick[10]; 10. (DNS) #87-Jason Barney; 11. (DNS) 5Z-Zack Burd; 12. (DNS) #10H-Kelly Hebing
Design Shop Signs & Graphics Dash (4 Laps): 1. #53-Shawn Donath[1]; 2. #22-Jonathan Preston[3]; 3. #3-Parker Evans[4]; 4. 56-Billy VanInwegen Jr[6]; 5. #41-Dalton Rombough[5]; 6. (DNS) #88C-Chad Miller
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. #7C-Dylan Swiernik[1]; 2. #7NY-Matt Farnham[3]; 3. #28F-Davie Franek[2]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier[5]; 5. #53-Shawn Donath[6]; 6. #3-Parker Evans[4]; 7. #36-Logan Crisafulli[7]; 8. #4P-Chase Moran[8]; 9. #33-Lacey Hanson[10]; 10. 29-Dalton Herrick[9]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. #01-Danny Varin[4]; 2. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[2]; 3. #13T-Trevor Years[1]; 4. #99K-Mike Kiser[5]; 5. #88C-Chad Miller[7]; 6. #41-Dalton Rombough[3]; 7. #23-Tyler Cartier[8]; 8. #13-Keith Granholm[9]; 9. #79-Jordan Thomas[6]; 10. (DNS) 5Z-Zack Burd
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. #10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[4]; 2. #10-Jeff Cook[1]; 3. #45-Chuck Hebing[6]; 4. #90-Matt Tanner[2]; 5. #22-Jonathan Preston[5]; 6. 56-Billy VanInwegen Jr[8]; 7. #9-Josh Pieniazek[7]; 8. 9B-Bobby Breen[9]; 9. #87-Jason Barney[3]; 10. (DNS) #10H-Kelly Hebing
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #53-Shawn Donath; #79-Jordan Thomas; #45-Chuck Hebing
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #7C-Dylan Swiernik; #01-Danny Varin; #10C-Paulie Colagiovanni
Cobra Coaches / Design Shop Signs & Graphics Dash Winner ($100): #53-Shawn Donath
Lacaillade Masonry B Main Winner ($50): #36-Logan Crisafulli
PJC Spray Foam First Non-Qualifier ($50): #3-Parker Evans
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #87-Jason Barney
PJC Spray Foam Hard Charger Award ($50): #35-Jared Zimbardi (+7)
Reverse Hard Charger Award: #10H (-10)
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($35): #41-Dalton Rombough
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #53-Shawn Donath
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #10C-Paulie Colagiovanni; #45-Chuck Hebing; #99L-Larry Wight
- Barbara Patterson on Jul 05, 2023
- Article Date: 6/30/2023 by Curtis Berleue