DELEVAN, N.Y. – Freedom Motorsports Park returned to its regular racing program Friday night with Yorkshire Battery, Sahlen’s and Pepsi presenting the rescheduled Pete Loretto Memorial for the super late models, along with the regular racing divisions.
The Pete Loretto Memorial began with Dutch Davies grabbing the lead from Bryce Davis. Max Blair moved up to second and dodged a spinning Davies on lap 10 take the top spot with Chub Frank moving into second.
Dave Scott had been charging through the field and found himself in third at the halfway point. On a lap 14 restart, Scott passed Frank for second and set sail after leader Blair.
Frank and Scott traded second back and forth as Blair continued to lead, holding off repeated challenges to take the win and the $2,500 payday. Following Blair, Frank and Scott across the line were Mike Wonderling and Davis.
In the DIRTcar Sportsman Modified feature, Ray Bliss Jr. jumped into the lead at the start with Brad Rouse slotting into the second spot. The duo battled until Rouse took the top spot on lap nine.
Bliss fell into a battle with Josh Wicox in the second half of the race as Rouse pulled away. At the checkers, Rouse scored another win, with Wicox making a pass on turn three of lap 18 to take second from Bliss. Sam Hoxie and Dennis Cummings completed the top five.
The Street Stocks saw Ted Mascho take the early lead until a yellow for Jesse Qutermos bunched the field for a restart. A near pileup on lap seven took Tom Kemp out of contention and put Kurt Stebbins into the lead with Bill Taylor behind him.
Stebbins held off Taylor over a number of restarts, the last coming on lap 18. Stebbins held off Taylor’s last lap charge to take the win by a wheel. Mascho, Randy Taylor and Bill Demick rounded out the top five.
In the Mini Stock feature, a wild battle up front between Duane Powers, Brad Whiteside, and Matt Mowrey started things off, with Whiteisde able to take the lead a few laps in.
Powers and Whiteside battled hard over the final laps, with Powers getting to the inside of Whiteside coming off the final corner and taking the win by less than half a car length. Andy Shumaker, Matt Mowrey and D.J. Williams rounded out the top five.