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Laudy Hoyenga of Sloansville owner of Hoyenga Racing No. 4 Modified celebrates with driver Cody Clark after their win on Saturday at Fonda. Track photo

First time wins are always special, and Camron Hotaling of Schoharie celebrated his on Saturday at Fonda in the Limited Sportsman. Track photo

By Ed & Betty Biittig

Finally, this weekend local tracks got racing in the books.

At Fonda Speedway on Saturday, many of the drivers participated in a Meet & Greet prior to racing on the historic oval. The annual Meet & Greet is always a popular night with the fans and drivers alike.

The Modified main event was won by Cody Clark of Little Falls, driving the Hoyenga Racing No. 4. Clark also won the special M2 Metals RUSH Late Model main event of the night. The win for Clark in Modified was his second at Fonda and the Late Model win was his first.

Other winners at Fonda were Tyler Peet (Sportsman), Nick Stone (Pro Stock), Carmon Hotaling (Limited Sportsman), Jay Ingersoll (dual cam, Four Cylinder), Wayne Russell, Jr. (single cam). The win for Hotaling of Schoharie was his first win after only his fourth time in the car.

Montgomery County Dairy Ambassador Adelena Countermine and her court consisting of Aurora Graff, Mari Zemken, and Bella Smith were all on hand assisting in victory lane ceremonies for the feature winners.

On Friday night at Albany-Saratoga Speedway the Sprint Cars of New England (SCoNE) were added to the program and Justin Stone of Vermont picked up his first Modified win. Stone a third-generation driver whose father Todd and Grandfather Gardner are also in the record books at the Malta oval, grabbed the lead from Brian Calabrese on a restart on lap 28 of the 35-lap event and held on to take his first checker in the division.

Other winners on Friday at the “Great Race Place” were Nick Brundige (Sportsman), Jimmy Duncan (Pro Stocks), Alex Smith, (Limited Sportsman), Chris Murray (Street Stock), and Gordon Poirier (SCoNE)

At Glen Ridge on Sunday winners were Lance Willix (Modifieds), Zach Buff (Sportsman), Bodie Marks, first win, (Limited Sportsman), Slater Baker (Pro Stocks), Jason Samrov (Street Stocks), Adam Montville (dual cam Four Cylinder) Chris Hemstreet (single cam Four Cylinder), Justin House (All Star Slingshots), Alex Cosselman (Junior Slingshots).

Local Noteables:

Jamie Warner of Gilboa won the single cam portion of the Four Cylinder event at Brookfield Speedway last Wednesday in the rescheduled event from Memorial Day.

Jim Becker of Middleburgh won his heat at Glen Ridge on Sunday and finished eighth in the Modified main event.

Looking Ahead (due to rained out and rescheduled events, please check all dates on the track social media pages or websites)

Friday, June 20, Albany-Saratoga has scheduled 358 Shoot Out plus $1060 to win Sportsman and Pro Stocks and all other divisions.

Thursday, June 19, Lebanon Valley will run the Super DIRTcar Series event rescheduled from rained out event last year. On Saturday, June 21, The Valley has scheduled the 20th Annual Bubba Tanner Pro Stock event plus all division.

Fonda has two Thunder on the Thruway Series event scheduled for this week, a rescheduled event on Wednesday, June 18 and Saturday, June, 21 is a Thunder on the Thruway event also plus the Mohawk Vintage Dirt Modified Series.

Until next week please send all news and/or comments to biittig@yahoo.com