5/25/08

BOBBY HOLMES CAPTURES CASEY'S T.Q. MIDGET SERIES RALPH WISSING MEMORIAL EVENT AT HOLLAND

 
Holland, NY: The Casey's T.Q. Midget Series returned to the Holland NASCAR Motorsports Complex on Saturday, May 24 with a strong sixteen-car field with fourteen of them taking the green. Bobby Holmes started sixth in his Original Pizza Logs T.Q. Midget and worked his way through the field with patience. On lap nine of the twenty-lap feature Mike Blair’s car went up in flames from an oil leak. After the restart on lap eleven, Jim Fleischman’s car came unglued and he went up in flames; he quickly remove his safety equipment and escaped the burning car. Jim was done for the night.

With five laps to go, Bobby Holmes took the lead after a great battle up front with the top three cars for the last six laps of the race with second place Vinnie Christiano Jr. #2 and third place Cam Barber #01. The win gives Holmes his second feature victory in a row after winning Wyoming County International Speedway's opener on Sunday, May 11. Bobby was hoping for a second win in the NASCAR SST Pro Modified, but the team lost a cylinder in the heat race and did not run the feature. The Casey's TQ Midget Series returns to Dunn Tire Raceway Park (Lancaster) on Saturday, June 7 for high-speed on the edge of your seat excitement.

Ralph Wissing Memorial finishing order (20 laps):
1) #0 Bobby Holmes
2) #2 Vinnie Christiano, Jr.
3) #01 Cam Barber
4) #39 Charlie DiRosa
5) #72 Justin Mapes
6) #7 Dan Lawrence
7) #X Mark Schulz
8) #99 Dean McConnaughey
9) #3 Jamie Collard
10) #93 Drew Spurback
11) #11 A.J. Hessler
12) #42 Jim Fleischman
13) #41 Wayne Turnbull
14) #8 Mike Blair
DNS #43 Travis Novotny
DNS # 88 Paul Faleski.

Source: Rob Micoli and Paul Faleski/Casey's T.Q. Midget Series PR
Additions: Mark Southcott/NYRaceZone.com
Posted: May 27, 2008