Stefanski & Carlson Top BNC 25 Pro Stock Championship Qualifiers

Syracuse, NY— October 6, 2007 — By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director

For the second time in the past four years, overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock points leader Pete Stefanski earned the pole position start for the Pro Stock Championship during Super DIRT Week. Only time will tell if it will be enough to score his first victory at the New York State Fairgrounds, where he placed second last autumn in his only previous trip to the podium.

Stefanski collected the $500 Pole Award presented by Terrell’s Potato Chips. Connecticut invader Don Carlson was second quickest to win the $250 prize also posted by Terrell’s in support of DIRTcar racing NorthEast’s top full-fender touring division.

Stefanski bettered 47 cars under the clocks, earning the pole starting position for the 25-Lap BNC Motorsports Pro Stock Championship with a time of 36.852 seconds (97.688 mph) behind the wheel of his San-Ter Sewing-PJ Niagara Falls Travel #2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Carlson’s own Chevy MC is backed by Benzinger Wine and Leary Construction.

Among the first dozen cars to take time in the first of three groupings, Stefanski set fast time early in the afternoon and watched as his nearest challenges fell by the wayside one by one. Carlson came out at the beginning of group two before circling the Syracuse Mile with the second fastest time of the day bettering those of top touring contenders Clayton Benedict, Joey Ladouceur, Allen Peters and defending BNC Champion Louie Jackson.

The top-24 drivers are now locked into the starting grid for Sunday’s BNC Motorspotrs Pro Stock Championship event. Following the fast times posted by Stefanski and Carlson to round out the top six drivers were Capital District chauffeurs Nick Stone and Rick Dempsey, Jackson and inaugural Super DIRT Week (1997) winner Kenny Martin.

Line-ups for a pair of ‘Last Chance Race’ qualifiers have been set with 25 drivers looking to secure a spot on Sunday’s starting grid, with the eventual winner taking home the first-place check of $2,000.

SUPER DIRT WEEK XXXVI PRO STOCK TIME TRIALS:  @ NYS Fairgrounds, Oct. 6                                                          

             FAST             AVE                           

RANK TIME              MPH          CAR#      DRIVER        

1          36.852            97.688            2          Pete Stefanski / Wheatfield,NY

$500 – Terrell’s Potato Chips Pole

2          36.889            97.590            26        Don Carlson / Ridgefield,CT

$250 – Terrell’s Potato Chips Outside Pole

3          37.470            96.077            27        Nick Stone / Schenectady,NY

4          37.671            95.564            35        Rick Dempsey / Nassau,NY

5          37.686            95.526            18        Louie Jackson / Akwesasne,NY

6          37.732            95.410            93        Kenny Martin Jr. / Scotia,NY

7          37.762            95.334            3          Tom Kuck / Mahopac,NY

8          38.155            94.352            214     Eric Marin / Carmel,NY

9          38.266            94.078            28        Don Barnes / Gasport,NY

10        38.384            93.789            4          Roch Aubin / Alexandria,ONT

11        38.391            93.772            73        P.J. Peters / Akwesasne,QUE

12        38.450            93.628            324     Jason Casey / Canaan,CT

13        38.456            93.613            92        Joey Ladouceur / Alexandria,ONT

14        38.494            93.521            00        Kim Duell / Porter Corners,NY

15        38.564            93.351            116S   Chip Smith / Durham,NY

16        38.591            93.286            1          Mike Vigiletti / Stony Point,NY

17        38.686            93.057            88        Allen Peters / Massena,NY

18        38.688            93.052            76        Kevin Arnold / Averill Park,NY

19        38.703            93.016            81        Sean Corr / Goshen,NY

20        38.730            92.951            8          Jay Corbin / Rensselaer,NY

21        38.750            92.903            47        Dave Bissonnette / Apple Hill,ONT

22        38.917            92.505            17        Nick Hilt Jr. / Averill Park,NY

23        38.990            92.331            188     David Papineau / Akwesasne,ONT

24        39.067            92.149            27        Gilles Godard / Cornwall,ONT

25        39.240            91.743            115     Dave Teidman / West Sand Lake,NY

26        39.334            91.524            79        Rocky Warner / Cloverville,NY

27        39.344            91.501            72        Denis Gauvreau / Gatineau,QUE.

28        39.409            91.350            322     Jay Casey / Canaan,CT

29        39.453            91.248            37W    Ricky Thompson / Hogansburg,NY

30        39.468            91.213            49        Bill Woodward Jr. / Norwood,NY

31        39.549            91.026            18W    Bob Waters Jr. / Stony Point,NY

32        39.558            91.006            01        Vincent Santoro / Cohoes,NY

33        39.678            90.730            6x        Travis Back / Hogansburg,NY

34        39.768            90.525            11        Ed Bishop / Pine Plains,NY

35        39.791            90.473            12        Clayton Benedict / Akwesasne,ONT

36        39.879            90.273            48        Dion Oakes / Akwesasne,NY

37        39.968            90.072            315     Jonathan Routhier / Canaan,CT

38        40.115            89.742            14        Mitchell Jock / Akwesasne,NY

39        40.129            89.711            73J      Joey Arnold / Middletown,NY

40        40.166            89.628            55        George Renaud / Glenroy,ONT

41        40.206            89.539            98T     Jack Terrell / Jamesville,NY

42        40.262            89.414            98        Justin Herron / Millerton,NY

43        40.329            89.266            69        Jody Swamp / Akwesasne,NY

44        41.032            87.736            10        Brett Martin / Burt,NY

45        41.116            87.557            71        Scott Gribben / Royalton,NY

46        41.180            87.421            77        Paul Rogers / Averill Park,NY

47        41.499            86.749            05        Jocelyn Roy / St-Helene,QUE

48        41.812            86.100            BA98  Steve Johnston / Ingelside,ONT

49         -NT-                -----               0          Mike Vaughn / Jordan,NY

50         -NT-                -----               7          Rob Yetman / Castleton,NY

51         -NT-                -----               20        Joe Allen / Dingman Ferry,PA

52         -NT-                -----               99        Mike Martin / Lockport,NY

*Top-24 advance to BNC Motorsports Championship starting grid.  

*REVISED*

SUPER DIRT WEEK XXXVI EVENTS SCHEDULE:   Oct. 3 - Oct. 7, 2007          

*All times and events subject to change.                                   

DAY-DATE TIME    EVENT

Sun-10/7                 8am                         Pit Gates Open

                                9:15am                    BNC Motorsports Pro Stock Driver's Meeting (in pit building)

9:30am                    AAP Rite Aid 200 Modified Driver and Crew Chief Meeting (in pit building)

10am                       Grandstands Open, Track Open For BNC Motorsports Pro Stock Final Practice

                                10:20am                  AAP Rite Aid 200 Final practice

                                10:45am                  BNC Motorsports Pro Stock Last Chance Qualifier

                                11:15am                  Dig Safely NY Modified Last Chance Qualifier

                                11:30am                 Town Mechanical, Inc. Sportsman Championship (30 laps, 30 cars to start) 

11:45am                  Advance Auto Parts Modified Top-30 Autograph Signing under grandstand

(Top 30 in Thu. Time Trials)

                                12:00pm                  BNC Motorsports Pro Stock Championship (25 laps, 30 cars to start)                          

12:45-1:45pm         Rite-Aid Cold Pit Tour of Pit Row

1:30pm                    SDW Parade of Champions

1:45pm                    Rite Aid 200 Modified Championship Pre-race ceremonies 

                                2:15pm                    Rite Aid 200 Modified Championship (200 laps, 44 cars to start) 

Mon-10/8                -TBA-                     Rain Date For Saturday or Sunday events

The Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series for Big-Block Modifieds is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Advance Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire and Sunoco Race Fuels. Promotional partners include AMB i.t., F.X. Caprara Car Companies, Rite Aid Corporation and the University of Northwestern Ohio and the contingency sponsors are Bert Transmission, Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Integra Shocks, MSD Ignitions, Miller Electric Manufacturing Company, Motorsports Safety Systems, Penske Shocks and Wrisco Industries.