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The Racing Insider - 18
602 Sportsman Race Report
Above: Chris Schaffer
celebrates in Victory Lane
after winning the 602
sportsman feature June 8
at Fonda Speedway.
At right: Drew Fallis (T31)
races with Chip Constantino
(63) during sportsman action
June 8.
Photos by
James A. Ellis
Schaffer picks up first career win
By RON SZCZERBA
Fonda Speedway
FONDA — Drew Fallis took the lead from
Kurtis Hohensheldt on a lap two restart in the
602 sportsman feature event and by lap four was
a straightaway ahead of second-place
runner Chris Schaffer
with both trying to negotiate
lap traffic at that point.
Schaffer was up to the rear
bumper of the race leader Fallis by lap nine and
at the halfway point in the 20-lap event the top
five consisted of Fallis, Schaffer, Mark
Mortensen, Adam McAuliffe and Dave Constantino.
Constantino started the event in the 11th position
and on lap 12 was the new fourth-place car
with the yellow coming out on lap 16 for last
week's winner Ricky Quick who came to a stop
in turn two. On the restart the red flag was out for
Shea Montgomery who was on his roof in turn
two. He wasn't injured but was done for the night
at that point.
On this restart Schaffer took over the lead and
held on the rest of the way for his first career win
in the division over Fallis, Constantino, McAuliffe
and Rocky Warner who started the event in
the 19th position. With the win, Schaffer was the
seventh different winner in the division in seven
events.
“I am so excited I really don't know what to
say,” Schaffer said in victory lane. “A few weeks
ago, I was leading and had carburetor failure
which was very disappointing but tonight Drew
(Fallis) kept leaving me a hole on the bottom of
turn four and I said if he leaves me that again I am
going to take it. On the restart, he did that and I
was able to get by him for the lead and the win.”
Complete heat race qualifying results can be
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602 SPORTSMAN
FEATURE - 20-LAPS - CHRIS SCHAFFER,
Drew Fallis, Dave Constantino, Adam McAuliffe,
Rocky Warner, Mark Mortensen, Ray
Zemken, Cody Bleau, Tony Farone, Ricky
Quick, Robert Bublak, Scot Straight, John
McAuliffe, Freddy Muhlberger, Cody Clark,
Daryl Nutting, Kurtis Hohensheldt, Connor
Cleveland, Larry Niemiec, Shea Montgomery,
Harry Shaffer, Greg Havlichek, Frank Greco,
Jason Greco, Jon Miller, John Constantino,
Chip Constantino, John Palmer, Tim Hartman
Jr. (DNS), Brian Pessolano (DNS)