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It has been quite a week in New York for Covington Twp.’s Alex Yankowski.
On Saturday at Fonda Speedway, he became the youngest Modified champion in track history. Then Wednesday, he claimed the Super DIRTcar Series third annual SummerFAST Speedweek title with a victory at Fulton Speedway.
At Fonda, Yankowski entered Championship Night with a 14-point lead in the division standings over Jack Lehner of Saratoga Springs, New York. In the 30-lap feature, Lehner finished third but Yankowski placed seventh to win the title by six points, 651-645.
The 20-year old did it without winning a feature. He had eight top-five and 10 top-10 finishes in 11 races to become only the sixth driver in track history to win the Modified title without a victory.
SummerFAST Speedweek was a scheduled to be a three-race event at three New York tracks. However, the opener at Brewerton Speedway on Monday was rained out.
At Land of Legends Raceway in Canandaigua, New York, on Tuesday, Yankowski started second, led early for 31 laps, and finished second in the 75-lap feature behind Mat Williamson of St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada.
Then at Fulton Speedway on Wednesday, Yankowski started seventh in the 75-lap feature. He took the lead on a lap-61 restart, then held off the last-lap challenge of Adam Pierson from Fairlee, Vermont, to take the checkered flag.
It was his second career Super DIRTcar Series win. With his second-place finish at Land of Legends, he won the SummerFAST championship by 15 points over Matt Sheppard of Savannah, New York.
Fast tracks
Penn Can Speedway was rained out for a second week in a row last week. The Susquehanna track will try again Friday at 7 p.m. In addition to all regular divisions, the Factory Stock vs. Four-Cylinder Shootout is on the program, as well as a visit from the NY6A Hooiser 600 Sprint Tour. … Hamlin Speedway is in action Saturday at 6 p.m. … Evergreen Raceway outside Drums has a program set for Sunday at 2 p.m. Highlighting the card is a 50-lap, $2,000 to win feature for the Tour Type Modifieds. Four-Cylinders, Rotten-and-Forgotten and Novices are also scheduled. … At Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Eddie Strada of South Canaan finished seventh in the 50-lap Forrest Rogers Memorial Modified race. … In the weekly 35-lap Modified feature at Thunder Mountain Speedway in Center Lisle, New York, Carbondale’s Brett Tonkin was 14th, Lake Ariel’s Brian Malcolm 15th and Thompson’s Alan Komar 18th.
LOCAL TRACKS Aug. 10 results
HAMLIN SPEEDWAY
Aug. 10 results
JUNIOR SLINGSHOTS (20 Laps) — Preston Trautschold; EJ Hatch; Jakoby Thompson; Landon McNichol; Carter Mullins; Aubrey Romig; Ryan Neiger; Colton Henry; Colten Berndt; Jonathan Severn; Harlan Heroth; David Morrison
ALL-STAR SLINGSHOTS (20 Laps) — Garrett Chillot; Brian Smith; Griffin Hendershot; Hunter Handelong; Patrick Weiss; Darian Danyluk; Lydia Novarro; Sophia Spear; Shawn Dengler; Ethan Miller; Derrick Brown; DNS: Lucas Pittenger
XCEL 600s (20 Laps) — Geoffrey Sutton; Dillon Beadle; Tyler Fronina; Jordan Tittle; Douglas Newbigging; Tim Bauer; Olivia Schmeltzer; Brayden Plunkert; John Martinsky; Eric Bonham; Dave Fry; Mike Mondak; Lynn Highhouse; George Aston; David Fry Jr.
ROOKIE 600 SPRINTS (20 Laps) — Logan Mears; Christofer Tittle; Kyle Kaina; Brad Gumble; Tucker Jones; RJ Deighton; Jim Severn; Dale Homnick; Thomas Granville; Richard Ptaszynski; Colton Colaluce; DNS: Kyle Freeman
WINGLESS 600 SPRINTS (20 Laps) — Jordan Tittle; Jacob Homnick; Kate Mattern; Richard Deck; Prestyn Brown; Tony Parlanti; Jacob Severn; DNS: Ryan Rochelle; Brad Getz; 10; Joseph J Smith
STAGE ONE MODIFIEDS (20 Laps) — Lydia Novarro; Stephen Ennes; Bodie Marks; Joel Price; Jake Moyer; Paul Ennes; Leroy Sorenson; Mark Corna; Samantha Maguire; Troy Maurizzio; Carter Mullins
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