Post by JamieWeaknecht on Nov 19, 2009 18:43:41 GMT -5
We'll be collecting big and small block modified driver's plans for the 2010 racing season, and will post them here. Enjoy!
#6x Jackie Brown- Brown enjoyed a solid season in 2009, picking up a win at Accord Speedway and finishing in the top-12 in RoC Dirt Tour points. Brown will be leaving Accord Speedway in 2010, and will be calling Glen Ridge Motorsports Park his new Friday night home. Brown will also run in the big block division at Orange County Fair Speedway on Saturdays. Look for Brown to run some select RoC races as well, and enter some special 358 races.
#4 Duane Howard- The 2009 Big Diamond Raceway track champion won't be back at Big Diamond full-time in 2010. Howard will still run Diamond part-time, but won't be a full-time Friday night driver. Howard will focus on winning the Grandview Speedway track championship, aboard the Chad Sinon owned #4 small block modified. Howard will also run big and small block specials in the area, and will also run select RoC and Super Dirt Series races.
#zero3 Zach Aubertine- After taking 2009 off, and only running very limited shows in 2008, Zach Aubertine will return to the wheel of a modified. Aubertine will also bring back his popular former number, zero3. Aubertine has an updated small block for use at Can Am Motorsports Park, and will also run select 358 Series races, and will enter very local Super Dirt Series races, and will do other traveling all throughout the northeast.
#3 Sam Martz- Martz has scaled back his race shop for 2010, but won't scale back his racing plans. Martz plans on running weekly in the big block modified division at New Egypt Speedway. Martz will only have 1 car in his shop in 2010. Don't expect to see Martz travel at all in 2010, other than possibly hitting up one or two early Tri-Track races at Bridgeport.
#4 Michael Storms- Storms will be back in the Vinnie Salerno owned #4 big block modified car in 2010. Storms will run weekly at Brewerton and Fulton, and will also run most of the Super Dirt Series, but not all of it. Storms will skip the asphalt series shows. Also, the team plans to enter select RoC races and possibly enter some select races at Orange County when weather is an issue at Fulton.
#7/#5/#20/#R1 Rick Laubach- Laubach will be back in his own #20 for weekly competition at New Egypt Speedway. Laubach will also run the Super Dirt Series (at least the start, the rest depends on his performance) in the Herman Motorsports #7 big block modified. Laubach will also enter select big block specials in NJ/PA/DE/MD area with that team. Also, for select races at Orange County, Rolling Wheels, and RoC Dirt Tour races, Laubach will be in the Dieter Schmidt owned #5 modified. Rick Laubach parted ways with the Norm Hansell #357 team, and will run for Johnny Rea Motorsports in the #R1 small block for weekly racing at Big Diamond Raceway, taking over for Ryan Godown. The team will also enter the Thunder on the Hill Series races at Grandview Speedway for Laubach.
#4 Tim McCreadie- McCreadie will be back driving for Vinnie Salerno is part-time action in 2010. McCreadie will run both big and small block races for Salerno in 2010, when his schedule permits. McCreadie will also drive the CME Owned #39 at Super Dirt Week in the Rite-Aid 200 in October.
#50 Jeff Richardson- Richardson will move up to the modified ranks at Accord Speedway in 2010 after winning the spec sportsman class at the track in '09. Richardson takes over for Tom DeMarmels on the Mastrocola Racing team, and will be a teammate to Mike Ricci. Richardson will run weekly at Accord Speedway in 2010. The team won't travel with Richardson, as they will focus their efforts on the road toward Mike Ricci.
#76R Mike Ricci- Ricci returns to the Mastrocola Racing #76R after having a solid season in 2009 with the team. Ricci will run weekly at Accord Speedway on Friday nights. The team has also purchased a brand new car for Ricci to use on the road in 2010. The team plans to enter some weekly shows at Glen Ridge, Five Mile Point, Utica Rome, and hit a few RoC Dirt Tour races in 2010.
#6 Troy Wink- Wink and Wink Motorsports are teaming up with HP Motorsports for 2010. Wink will run weekly 2-nights a week with the team, running Fridays at Big Diamond Raceway, and on Saturdays at Grandview Speedway. Also, the team plans on entering small block specials at Delaware International Speedway and Hagerstown Speedway.
#15x Dan Hineline- Hineline will return to Big Diamond Raceway for weekly competition in 2010. Depending how the season goes, Hineline hopes to hit the end of the season races at Five Mile Point Speedway.
#21 Addison Meitzler- The 2009 rookie of the year at Grandview Speedway, Meitzler has purchased a 2010 Teo for 2010 racing action at Grandview Speedway. Meitzler will also run the Coalcracker 100 at Big Diamond Raceway.
#81 Terry Meitzler- Meitzler returns to Dennis Bailey's team for a weekly assault on Grandview Speedway. The 1999 Grandview Speedway track champion will also run the Coalcracker 100 at Big Diamond Raceway, and may make a few starts at the 3/8 mile early in the season.
#68 Neil Harris- Harris will leave Orange County Fair Speedway and will run weekly at Accord Speedway in 2010. Harris will utilize his small block for weekly competition at the track. Harris will still make an appearance at Orange County every so often.
#JAISP3 Dale Hartz- Hartz leaves Neil Huber Motorsports, whom he drove for the past 2 season at Big Diamond Raceway, and will instead team up with sportsman-regular Corey Renninger. The team will run under the name Payola Motorsports. Hartz will run weekly at Big Diamond Raceway, with Hartz hoping to make starts here and there on Saturdays at Five Mile Point Speedway and Grandview Speedway, however, that's not 100%, yet.
#14/#00 Doug Manmiller- Manmiller will have only a slight change to his 2010 plans. His 2009 Big Diamond car owner Dick Biever will not field a car for Manmiller on Fridays, instead, his son, former driver Josh Biever, will field Manmiller's Big Diamond small block. Biever will also field a car for small block specials throughout PA, NJ, DE, and MD. Manmiller will continue to drive the Breitenstein Motorsports #14 at Grandview Speedways on Saturday nights. For big block specials, Manmiller will have the Roger Updegrove Racing #00 for between 5-10 big block specials, and Dick Biever will field a car for Manmiller as a teammate to Jimmy Horton in the bigger big block specials.
#16 Lance Willix- Willix will move up to the big block ranks after running small blocks the last few seasons. Willix will run the entire 2010 Super Dirt Series and will challenge for the Rookie of the Year title. He'll run weekly at Can Am, and will run part-time at Cayuga County Fair Speedway. Also, look for Willix to possibly enter some high-paying RoC races.
#17 Richie Tobias- Tobias will run modifieds part-time in 2010. He'll drive a self-owned car and home-built chassis for the first time in quite some time. Tobias will hit up the high-paying modified events throughout the east coast. Look for Tobias to run for Lineman Racing again at Super Dirt Week, unless he finds a lot of speed in his Tobias Chassis.
#25 Mike Kolka- Kolka will return to running Orange County Fair Speedway weekly in the big block division. Kolka will also start the season at Accord Speedway, and depending on how things go early in the season could end up running weekly there on Friday nights. Kolka will also hit select Super Dirt Series shows, beginning at Hagerstown Speedway in March, and will also do more traveling then we've seen of him thus far into his career.
#1/#1WGC/#44 Stewart Friesen- Friesen takes over in the Tom Cullen Motorsports #1WGC small block modified ride for weekly competition at Utica Rome Speedway. The team will also travel to some of the bigger small block shows. Friesen will also drive the Jeff Daley Motorsports #44 in some of the bigger big block shows, and will also once again run the car in the big block portion of Super Dirt Week. Friesen will then have his self-owned #1 for traveling to any shows Daley or Cullen aren't interested in. Friesen will run full-time on the RoC tour once again in 2010.
#88 Kevin Hartnett- Hartnett, who finds himself in a self-owned car for 2010 after the Sitler-Kline Motorsports team shut down, will run weekly at Redline Raceway in 2010. Hartnett will also run Big Diamond Raceway when Redline doesn't run (Redline will have about 15 modified shows), and will run the Freedom 76er and possibly a few other shows at Grandview.
#1x Todd Stone- With Albany and Devils Bowl going asphalt, Stone will leave running weekly on the CVRA. Instead, Stone will run weekly at Mohawk International Raceway, and will also run full-time on the 358 Super Dirt Series. Stone will also hit some Saturday night races at Fonda, Lebanon Valley, and Airborne. He'll also run the opening season races at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park until Mohawk opens on Fridays.
#6 Pat O'Brien- Pat O'Brien will return to full-time competition on the 358 Super Dirt Series. For weekly action, he'll run weekly at Brewerton Speedway on Friday nights with the teams big block, and will also run part-time at Brockville for 358 home track points. O'Brien will also run local big block tour races, and also run some of the Lucas Oil Tour races.
#14 Scott Duell- Duell will run more 358 modified races then he did last season. Duell will run the all the 358 modified races at Lebanon Valley Speedway in 2010. He'll also make an appearance every once in a while at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. He also plans on making a return trip to Super Dirt Week for the Salute to the Troops 150.
#19 Joe Williams- After a disappointing and short season in 2009, Williams will return to full-time competition. Williams will have his 358 modified ready for weekly action at both Albany-Saratoga Speedway and Devils Bowl Speedway. He'll also run part-time at Airborne Speedway, and hopes to make a few starts at Fonda Speedway for some dirt action. He'll also make a return trip to Super Dirt Week with his small block.
#73/#4 Jimmy Davis- Jimmy Davis will kick his season off in the RoC Dirt Tour opener at Selinsgrove Speedway. With his self-owned #73 he'll also run weekly at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park on Fridays. On Saturdays, he'll take over driving duties in the #4 big block modified for Sanford Racing for weekly racing at Fonda Speedway. He'll also make a few appearances at Utica Rome Speedway for their big money shows.
#19/#55 Kenny Brightbill- Brightbill takes over driving duties of the Coulbourne Racing #55 big block modified for weekly action at Delaware International Speedway. Brightbill will also run his own self-owned #19 big and small block modified for special shows throughout the season at tracks like Hagerstown, Grandview, Big Diamond, New Egypt, Georgetown, Syracuse, and others.
#8R Rob Bellinger- The up-and-comer will kick off his season in Florida with an assault on Volusia. The team has upgraded all their equipment for 2010, and will once again run 3 nights a week. Can Am Motorsports Park on Fridays, Canandaigua Speedway on Saturdays, and Cayuga County Fair Speedway on Sundays will be Bellinger's full-time weekend schedule. The team will also run the shows at Rolling Wheels Raceway, and also local Super Dirt Series races.
#78/#6n Grant Hilfiger- Grant Hilfiger moves up from the sportsman ranks in a big way. Hilfiger will take over driving duties in the Nick Noll Racing #6n big block for weekly action at Orange County Fair Speedway. He'll also have the Nick Noll car for select Super Dirt Series races. Hilfiger's self-owned #78 team will have two new small blocks for 2010. With that, he'll run full-time on the 2010 RoC Dirt Tour. Also, Hilfiger will hit some weekly 358 shows at Penn Can Speedway and Accord Speedway.
#39 Danny Nicholas- The young-gun from Pennsylvania returns to run his second full-time season in a 358 modified, after he only ran part-time schedules his first few years racing. Nicholas will run weekly at Big Diamond Raceway with his '09 Teo. He also plans on taking the car to Grandview Speedway on a couple of Saturday nights.
#3 Mike Nicholas- After missing most of 2009 to focus on his son, Danny Nicholas's racing efforts, Mike returns in hopes of racing a lot more in 2010. Mike will run a specials-only schedule in 2010 with his brand new 2010 Teo, making appearances with his small block at Big Diamond Raceway, Grandview Speedway, and Susquehanna Speedway Park. He'll also have a big block engine at his disposal for specials at Hagerstown, along with Big Diamond at Grandview.
#19/#43 Jimmy Horton IV- The young hotshoe will run a much more exciting schedule in 2010. Horton will run the Joel Boinske owned #19 big block modified weekly at Bridgeport Speedway in 2010. He'll also pilot the Harvey Gray Racing #43 big block modified at New Egypt Speedway in special shows and when Bridgeport has off. He'll also have a family-owned #43 new Teo-chassis big block for Super Dirt Series and RoC Dirt Tour races throughout the east coast.
#00/#10/#97 Bobby Varin- Bobby Varin will return to Fonda Speedway with the Dover Brakes Race Team he won the championship with in 2009. Varin will also pilot that car for weekly action at Utica Rome Speedway on Sunday nights. His other weekly home with by at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park, where he'll take over driving duties of the Mike Romano owned #97 big block modified. Varin also plans on hitting a few RoC Dirt Tour shows with that team. For main traveling, he'll return to the seat of the Commercial Roofing Racing #10 big block modified for hitting big shows throughout the east coast, including quite a few Super Dirt Series races.
#18 Danny Varin- Danny Varin also returns to the Dover Brake race team to run as a teammate to his father. He'll run weekly at both Fonda Speedway on Saturday nights, and Utica Rome Speedway on Sundays nights in the big block division.
#9 Johnny Guarino- Guarino will return for full-time action at New Egypt Speedway in 2010 with a new big block modified car. Guarino plans on starting the season off at Selinsgrove. Other than that, the only other traveling the team will do is probably run Eastern States Weekend.
#2 Billy Van Pelt- Billy Van Pelt returns to Chilson Racing for 2010. The team will run weekly at Woodhull Raceway in the small block division. His other team, Ted White Racing, will run full-time on the RoC Dirt Tour, with a couple of other special shows at tracks like Little Valley Speedway and Five Mile Point Speedway mixed in near the end of the year.
#2B Dom Buffalino- Dom Buffalino will return to New Egypt Speedway once again with updated big block equipment. Buffalino hopes to hit some late-season races at Delaware and Georgetown, but the team won't make a final decision on that until much closer to those races.
#1x/#10 Willy Decker- Willy Decker will have a new ride for weekly action in 2010. He'll take over the Commercial Roofing Racing #10 big block modified for weekly action at Brewerton Speedway. Also for weekly action, he'll run his own car at Utica Rome Speedway and will also run weekly at Fulton Speedway, either with the 1x or the 10. He'll also run his own 1x in big and small block specials throughout the northeast, including select RoC Dirt Tour and Super Dirt Series races. He'll kick off the season with his own 1x at Volusia in February.
#7K Kirk Horton- Despite the Orange County Fair Speedway dropping 358s in 2010, Kirk Horton will return to his old home track to run his popular big block modified. Horton also plans on hitting a few shows at Accord Speedway on Friday nights. With Orange County dropping the 358s, Horton will run a few of the RoC Dirt Tour races, starting with running both days at Selinsgrove Speedway in March.
#5H Chris Hile- After running a handful of big block modified races in 2009, the former sportsman star will move up to the big block division for weekly action in 2010. Hile will run weekly at Fulton Speedway on Saturday nights, and will also run select Super Dirt Series races. Like the end of 2009, he'll share the car with his brother, Rob.
#5H Rob Hile- After running a handful of big block modified races late in 2009, the former sportsman star will move up to the big block division for weekly action in 2010. He'll do the opposite of brother Chris, as the two will be sharing a car. Rob will run weekly at Brewerton Speedway on Friday nights, and will also run select local Super Dirt Series races.
#11/#88c/#T102 Billy Pauch Jr- After the PPB Racing team shut down at the conclusion on 2009, Pauch has had no problem finding new rides. He'll have 3 teams he'll be racing for in the modified division. He'll run weekly at Big Diamond Raceway in the Fitzpatrick Racing #T102 small block modified, will take over for Mike Gular in the Eastern Rigging Race #11 small block modified on Friday nights, and will also have the Rick Clay Racing #88c big block modified team to run select big block specials throughout the northeast, starting with Hagerstown Speedway in February.
#37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker- After a breakout 2009 that saw Shingledecker claim championships at Tri City and Lernerville Speedway, Shingledecker bought a brand new car to try to duplicate 2009. He'll stick to a similar schedule in 2010. He'll run weekly at Lernerville Speedway and Tri City Speedway, and will follow the BRP Modified Tour. He'll kick off his season on March 6th at Hagerstown Speedway. Shingledecker will for sure run the All-Star Super Dirt Series race at Cayuga County Fair Speedway, and hopes to hit some more Super Dirt Series races in 2010.
#37x Tommy Scheetz Jr.- After running much less than he has over the past few seasons in 2009, Tommy Scheetz will return to a more vigorous schedule in 2010. Scheetz will not run weekly anywhere, but will run more races at Grandview Speedway than anywhere else. He'll have 2 small block modifieds at his disposal, and a big block. Scheetz will hit select shows at Big Diamond with the small block as well. For big block action, Scheetz will run a bulk of the Super Dirt Series shows, along with PA and NJ big block specials.
#35 Matt Harrell- Harrell will hit the road more in 2010 after being a weekend warrior the first couple years of his big block career. The rising star will run weekly at Bridgeport in 2010, and will also follow the entire NJ/DE Tri-Track Series. As for other traveling plans, he plans to hit select Super Dirt Series shows later in the year at Rolling Wheels, Fulton, Brewerton, and Syracuse.
#73GT Glenn Owens- After missing a good portion of the 2009 season, Glenn Owens will return to running on a regular basis in 2010. Owens will solely run weekly at Grandview Speedway in 2010 with upgraded small block equipment.
#99 Charlie Donk- Donk will hit the road for the first time in a couple years in 2010. While he'll continue to focus on weekly racing action at Canandaigua Speedway, he'll also hit some big block specials at Rolling Wheels. He also plans on making at least one appearance in Western Pennsylvania to take run with the BRP Modified Tour.
#R10/#99/#51m/#2w Wade Hendrickson- Wade will run 4 different car numbers in 2010. He'll run weekly at Bridgeport Speedway weekly in hopes of defending his big block track championship. He'll run there with the Rio Brothers Racing #R10, and the Johnny Leach Motorsports #99 big block modifieds, alternating between the 2 rides. He'll also follow the Tri-Track Series with those cars. He'll travel with the Michaels Brothers Racing #51m, hitting big block specials at Hagerstown Speedway, Big Diamond Raceway, Delaware International Speedway, Grandview Speedway, Penn Can Speedway, Lowes Motor Speedway, and Five Mile Point Speedway. Those dates will include a couple of Super Dirt Series races and RoC Dirt Tour races. He'll have the Atlantic Racing #2w for open small block specials as well. He's also finalizing a deal to at least run part-time at Big Diamond Raceway on Fridays. Also, Wade will enter the NJ Motorsports Park dirt modified race in June.
#19H Chris Higgins- After moving to North Carolina, Higgins will not run weekly at any track in 2010 after running his first 2 seasons in a big block at Can Am weekly. Higgins will continue to focus on racing modifieds, and is working on having a couple of test sessions at some North Carolina speedways. After running Volusia, Higgins will run the Hagerstown Super Dirt Series show, and will run a handful of other Dirt Series races, but that will be it. He'll end his season by running the Rite-Aid 200 and the World Finals at Lowe's.
#27J Danny Johnson- Johnson returns to Mike Payne Racing after taking a few years off for a full-assault on 2010. The Doctor will run weekly at Ransomville on Friday nights with the small block, and will run a big block on Saturdays at Canandaigua and Sundays at Cayuga County. Johnson will also hit some RoC Dirt Tour races with the team, and will follow the entire Super Dirt Series.
#23 Billy VanInwegen- The Speedstr champion looks to have a busy schedule in 2010. VanInwegen will run weekly at Orange County Fair Speedway in the big block division. He also plans on running the Super Dirt Series schedule in 2010 competing for Rookie of the Year honors, but that could depend on sponsorship. His next race following Volusia will be the RoC Dirt Tour race at Selinsgrove. He also hopes to follow the RoC Dirt Tour.
#8 Rich Scagliotta- Scagliotta will return to running the 358 and big block Super Dirt Series schedules as he did in 2009. He'll also enter select big and small block specials in NJ, PA, and DE.
#2G/#00B Mitch Gibbs- Gibbs and Tuit Racing parted ways after a strong season running weekly at Orange County Fair Speedway. Ken Brewer Racing stepped up and will supply Mitch Gibbs with the racing equipment he needs for 2010. Gibbs will run weekly solely at Utica Rome Speedway, but expect him to make a few shows at Five Mile Point Speedway. He'll also return to following the RoC Dirt Tour full time.
#118 Sean Merkel- Merkel returns to weekly competition at Grandview Speedway, but will change his Friday night plans. Merkel will focus on running the RoC Dirt Tour instead of running at Big Diamond weekly. He will still make the occasional trip to Diamond, and will also run select races at Hagerstown and Delaware.
#3A Kevin Albert- The youngster will continue to run weekly in Pennsylvania. For the third straight year, he'll run weekly at Big Diamond Raceway in the small block division, but for the first time in his career will also call Grandview Speedway home on Saturday nights.
#119 Beau Wilkins- After 4 years away from modified racing, Wilkins returns to the seat of a modified. Wilkins will run weekly at Delaware International Speedway in the big block division, and will also run all the modified shows at Georgetown Speedway, which has a specials-only schedule as opposed to running weekly.
#6x Jackie Brown- Brown enjoyed a solid season in 2009, picking up a win at Accord Speedway and finishing in the top-12 in RoC Dirt Tour points. Brown will be leaving Accord Speedway in 2010, and will be calling Glen Ridge Motorsports Park his new Friday night home. Brown will also run in the big block division at Orange County Fair Speedway on Saturdays. Look for Brown to run some select RoC races as well, and enter some special 358 races.
#4 Duane Howard- The 2009 Big Diamond Raceway track champion won't be back at Big Diamond full-time in 2010. Howard will still run Diamond part-time, but won't be a full-time Friday night driver. Howard will focus on winning the Grandview Speedway track championship, aboard the Chad Sinon owned #4 small block modified. Howard will also run big and small block specials in the area, and will also run select RoC and Super Dirt Series races.
#zero3 Zach Aubertine- After taking 2009 off, and only running very limited shows in 2008, Zach Aubertine will return to the wheel of a modified. Aubertine will also bring back his popular former number, zero3. Aubertine has an updated small block for use at Can Am Motorsports Park, and will also run select 358 Series races, and will enter very local Super Dirt Series races, and will do other traveling all throughout the northeast.
#3 Sam Martz- Martz has scaled back his race shop for 2010, but won't scale back his racing plans. Martz plans on running weekly in the big block modified division at New Egypt Speedway. Martz will only have 1 car in his shop in 2010. Don't expect to see Martz travel at all in 2010, other than possibly hitting up one or two early Tri-Track races at Bridgeport.
#4 Michael Storms- Storms will be back in the Vinnie Salerno owned #4 big block modified car in 2010. Storms will run weekly at Brewerton and Fulton, and will also run most of the Super Dirt Series, but not all of it. Storms will skip the asphalt series shows. Also, the team plans to enter select RoC races and possibly enter some select races at Orange County when weather is an issue at Fulton.
#7/#5/#20/#R1 Rick Laubach- Laubach will be back in his own #20 for weekly competition at New Egypt Speedway. Laubach will also run the Super Dirt Series (at least the start, the rest depends on his performance) in the Herman Motorsports #7 big block modified. Laubach will also enter select big block specials in NJ/PA/DE/MD area with that team. Also, for select races at Orange County, Rolling Wheels, and RoC Dirt Tour races, Laubach will be in the Dieter Schmidt owned #5 modified. Rick Laubach parted ways with the Norm Hansell #357 team, and will run for Johnny Rea Motorsports in the #R1 small block for weekly racing at Big Diamond Raceway, taking over for Ryan Godown. The team will also enter the Thunder on the Hill Series races at Grandview Speedway for Laubach.
#4 Tim McCreadie- McCreadie will be back driving for Vinnie Salerno is part-time action in 2010. McCreadie will run both big and small block races for Salerno in 2010, when his schedule permits. McCreadie will also drive the CME Owned #39 at Super Dirt Week in the Rite-Aid 200 in October.
#50 Jeff Richardson- Richardson will move up to the modified ranks at Accord Speedway in 2010 after winning the spec sportsman class at the track in '09. Richardson takes over for Tom DeMarmels on the Mastrocola Racing team, and will be a teammate to Mike Ricci. Richardson will run weekly at Accord Speedway in 2010. The team won't travel with Richardson, as they will focus their efforts on the road toward Mike Ricci.
#76R Mike Ricci- Ricci returns to the Mastrocola Racing #76R after having a solid season in 2009 with the team. Ricci will run weekly at Accord Speedway on Friday nights. The team has also purchased a brand new car for Ricci to use on the road in 2010. The team plans to enter some weekly shows at Glen Ridge, Five Mile Point, Utica Rome, and hit a few RoC Dirt Tour races in 2010.
#6 Troy Wink- Wink and Wink Motorsports are teaming up with HP Motorsports for 2010. Wink will run weekly 2-nights a week with the team, running Fridays at Big Diamond Raceway, and on Saturdays at Grandview Speedway. Also, the team plans on entering small block specials at Delaware International Speedway and Hagerstown Speedway.
#15x Dan Hineline- Hineline will return to Big Diamond Raceway for weekly competition in 2010. Depending how the season goes, Hineline hopes to hit the end of the season races at Five Mile Point Speedway.
#21 Addison Meitzler- The 2009 rookie of the year at Grandview Speedway, Meitzler has purchased a 2010 Teo for 2010 racing action at Grandview Speedway. Meitzler will also run the Coalcracker 100 at Big Diamond Raceway.
#81 Terry Meitzler- Meitzler returns to Dennis Bailey's team for a weekly assault on Grandview Speedway. The 1999 Grandview Speedway track champion will also run the Coalcracker 100 at Big Diamond Raceway, and may make a few starts at the 3/8 mile early in the season.
#68 Neil Harris- Harris will leave Orange County Fair Speedway and will run weekly at Accord Speedway in 2010. Harris will utilize his small block for weekly competition at the track. Harris will still make an appearance at Orange County every so often.
#JAISP3 Dale Hartz- Hartz leaves Neil Huber Motorsports, whom he drove for the past 2 season at Big Diamond Raceway, and will instead team up with sportsman-regular Corey Renninger. The team will run under the name Payola Motorsports. Hartz will run weekly at Big Diamond Raceway, with Hartz hoping to make starts here and there on Saturdays at Five Mile Point Speedway and Grandview Speedway, however, that's not 100%, yet.
#14/#00 Doug Manmiller- Manmiller will have only a slight change to his 2010 plans. His 2009 Big Diamond car owner Dick Biever will not field a car for Manmiller on Fridays, instead, his son, former driver Josh Biever, will field Manmiller's Big Diamond small block. Biever will also field a car for small block specials throughout PA, NJ, DE, and MD. Manmiller will continue to drive the Breitenstein Motorsports #14 at Grandview Speedways on Saturday nights. For big block specials, Manmiller will have the Roger Updegrove Racing #00 for between 5-10 big block specials, and Dick Biever will field a car for Manmiller as a teammate to Jimmy Horton in the bigger big block specials.
#16 Lance Willix- Willix will move up to the big block ranks after running small blocks the last few seasons. Willix will run the entire 2010 Super Dirt Series and will challenge for the Rookie of the Year title. He'll run weekly at Can Am, and will run part-time at Cayuga County Fair Speedway. Also, look for Willix to possibly enter some high-paying RoC races.
#17 Richie Tobias- Tobias will run modifieds part-time in 2010. He'll drive a self-owned car and home-built chassis for the first time in quite some time. Tobias will hit up the high-paying modified events throughout the east coast. Look for Tobias to run for Lineman Racing again at Super Dirt Week, unless he finds a lot of speed in his Tobias Chassis.
#25 Mike Kolka- Kolka will return to running Orange County Fair Speedway weekly in the big block division. Kolka will also start the season at Accord Speedway, and depending on how things go early in the season could end up running weekly there on Friday nights. Kolka will also hit select Super Dirt Series shows, beginning at Hagerstown Speedway in March, and will also do more traveling then we've seen of him thus far into his career.
#1/#1WGC/#44 Stewart Friesen- Friesen takes over in the Tom Cullen Motorsports #1WGC small block modified ride for weekly competition at Utica Rome Speedway. The team will also travel to some of the bigger small block shows. Friesen will also drive the Jeff Daley Motorsports #44 in some of the bigger big block shows, and will also once again run the car in the big block portion of Super Dirt Week. Friesen will then have his self-owned #1 for traveling to any shows Daley or Cullen aren't interested in. Friesen will run full-time on the RoC tour once again in 2010.
#88 Kevin Hartnett- Hartnett, who finds himself in a self-owned car for 2010 after the Sitler-Kline Motorsports team shut down, will run weekly at Redline Raceway in 2010. Hartnett will also run Big Diamond Raceway when Redline doesn't run (Redline will have about 15 modified shows), and will run the Freedom 76er and possibly a few other shows at Grandview.
#1x Todd Stone- With Albany and Devils Bowl going asphalt, Stone will leave running weekly on the CVRA. Instead, Stone will run weekly at Mohawk International Raceway, and will also run full-time on the 358 Super Dirt Series. Stone will also hit some Saturday night races at Fonda, Lebanon Valley, and Airborne. He'll also run the opening season races at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park until Mohawk opens on Fridays.
#6 Pat O'Brien- Pat O'Brien will return to full-time competition on the 358 Super Dirt Series. For weekly action, he'll run weekly at Brewerton Speedway on Friday nights with the teams big block, and will also run part-time at Brockville for 358 home track points. O'Brien will also run local big block tour races, and also run some of the Lucas Oil Tour races.
#14 Scott Duell- Duell will run more 358 modified races then he did last season. Duell will run the all the 358 modified races at Lebanon Valley Speedway in 2010. He'll also make an appearance every once in a while at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. He also plans on making a return trip to Super Dirt Week for the Salute to the Troops 150.
#19 Joe Williams- After a disappointing and short season in 2009, Williams will return to full-time competition. Williams will have his 358 modified ready for weekly action at both Albany-Saratoga Speedway and Devils Bowl Speedway. He'll also run part-time at Airborne Speedway, and hopes to make a few starts at Fonda Speedway for some dirt action. He'll also make a return trip to Super Dirt Week with his small block.
#73/#4 Jimmy Davis- Jimmy Davis will kick his season off in the RoC Dirt Tour opener at Selinsgrove Speedway. With his self-owned #73 he'll also run weekly at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park on Fridays. On Saturdays, he'll take over driving duties in the #4 big block modified for Sanford Racing for weekly racing at Fonda Speedway. He'll also make a few appearances at Utica Rome Speedway for their big money shows.
#19/#55 Kenny Brightbill- Brightbill takes over driving duties of the Coulbourne Racing #55 big block modified for weekly action at Delaware International Speedway. Brightbill will also run his own self-owned #19 big and small block modified for special shows throughout the season at tracks like Hagerstown, Grandview, Big Diamond, New Egypt, Georgetown, Syracuse, and others.
#8R Rob Bellinger- The up-and-comer will kick off his season in Florida with an assault on Volusia. The team has upgraded all their equipment for 2010, and will once again run 3 nights a week. Can Am Motorsports Park on Fridays, Canandaigua Speedway on Saturdays, and Cayuga County Fair Speedway on Sundays will be Bellinger's full-time weekend schedule. The team will also run the shows at Rolling Wheels Raceway, and also local Super Dirt Series races.
#78/#6n Grant Hilfiger- Grant Hilfiger moves up from the sportsman ranks in a big way. Hilfiger will take over driving duties in the Nick Noll Racing #6n big block for weekly action at Orange County Fair Speedway. He'll also have the Nick Noll car for select Super Dirt Series races. Hilfiger's self-owned #78 team will have two new small blocks for 2010. With that, he'll run full-time on the 2010 RoC Dirt Tour. Also, Hilfiger will hit some weekly 358 shows at Penn Can Speedway and Accord Speedway.
#39 Danny Nicholas- The young-gun from Pennsylvania returns to run his second full-time season in a 358 modified, after he only ran part-time schedules his first few years racing. Nicholas will run weekly at Big Diamond Raceway with his '09 Teo. He also plans on taking the car to Grandview Speedway on a couple of Saturday nights.
#3 Mike Nicholas- After missing most of 2009 to focus on his son, Danny Nicholas's racing efforts, Mike returns in hopes of racing a lot more in 2010. Mike will run a specials-only schedule in 2010 with his brand new 2010 Teo, making appearances with his small block at Big Diamond Raceway, Grandview Speedway, and Susquehanna Speedway Park. He'll also have a big block engine at his disposal for specials at Hagerstown, along with Big Diamond at Grandview.
#19/#43 Jimmy Horton IV- The young hotshoe will run a much more exciting schedule in 2010. Horton will run the Joel Boinske owned #19 big block modified weekly at Bridgeport Speedway in 2010. He'll also pilot the Harvey Gray Racing #43 big block modified at New Egypt Speedway in special shows and when Bridgeport has off. He'll also have a family-owned #43 new Teo-chassis big block for Super Dirt Series and RoC Dirt Tour races throughout the east coast.
#00/#10/#97 Bobby Varin- Bobby Varin will return to Fonda Speedway with the Dover Brakes Race Team he won the championship with in 2009. Varin will also pilot that car for weekly action at Utica Rome Speedway on Sunday nights. His other weekly home with by at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park, where he'll take over driving duties of the Mike Romano owned #97 big block modified. Varin also plans on hitting a few RoC Dirt Tour shows with that team. For main traveling, he'll return to the seat of the Commercial Roofing Racing #10 big block modified for hitting big shows throughout the east coast, including quite a few Super Dirt Series races.
#18 Danny Varin- Danny Varin also returns to the Dover Brake race team to run as a teammate to his father. He'll run weekly at both Fonda Speedway on Saturday nights, and Utica Rome Speedway on Sundays nights in the big block division.
#9 Johnny Guarino- Guarino will return for full-time action at New Egypt Speedway in 2010 with a new big block modified car. Guarino plans on starting the season off at Selinsgrove. Other than that, the only other traveling the team will do is probably run Eastern States Weekend.
#2 Billy Van Pelt- Billy Van Pelt returns to Chilson Racing for 2010. The team will run weekly at Woodhull Raceway in the small block division. His other team, Ted White Racing, will run full-time on the RoC Dirt Tour, with a couple of other special shows at tracks like Little Valley Speedway and Five Mile Point Speedway mixed in near the end of the year.
#2B Dom Buffalino- Dom Buffalino will return to New Egypt Speedway once again with updated big block equipment. Buffalino hopes to hit some late-season races at Delaware and Georgetown, but the team won't make a final decision on that until much closer to those races.
#1x/#10 Willy Decker- Willy Decker will have a new ride for weekly action in 2010. He'll take over the Commercial Roofing Racing #10 big block modified for weekly action at Brewerton Speedway. Also for weekly action, he'll run his own car at Utica Rome Speedway and will also run weekly at Fulton Speedway, either with the 1x or the 10. He'll also run his own 1x in big and small block specials throughout the northeast, including select RoC Dirt Tour and Super Dirt Series races. He'll kick off the season with his own 1x at Volusia in February.
#7K Kirk Horton- Despite the Orange County Fair Speedway dropping 358s in 2010, Kirk Horton will return to his old home track to run his popular big block modified. Horton also plans on hitting a few shows at Accord Speedway on Friday nights. With Orange County dropping the 358s, Horton will run a few of the RoC Dirt Tour races, starting with running both days at Selinsgrove Speedway in March.
#5H Chris Hile- After running a handful of big block modified races in 2009, the former sportsman star will move up to the big block division for weekly action in 2010. Hile will run weekly at Fulton Speedway on Saturday nights, and will also run select Super Dirt Series races. Like the end of 2009, he'll share the car with his brother, Rob.
#5H Rob Hile- After running a handful of big block modified races late in 2009, the former sportsman star will move up to the big block division for weekly action in 2010. He'll do the opposite of brother Chris, as the two will be sharing a car. Rob will run weekly at Brewerton Speedway on Friday nights, and will also run select local Super Dirt Series races.
#11/#88c/#T102 Billy Pauch Jr- After the PPB Racing team shut down at the conclusion on 2009, Pauch has had no problem finding new rides. He'll have 3 teams he'll be racing for in the modified division. He'll run weekly at Big Diamond Raceway in the Fitzpatrick Racing #T102 small block modified, will take over for Mike Gular in the Eastern Rigging Race #11 small block modified on Friday nights, and will also have the Rick Clay Racing #88c big block modified team to run select big block specials throughout the northeast, starting with Hagerstown Speedway in February.
#37MD Jeremiah Shingledecker- After a breakout 2009 that saw Shingledecker claim championships at Tri City and Lernerville Speedway, Shingledecker bought a brand new car to try to duplicate 2009. He'll stick to a similar schedule in 2010. He'll run weekly at Lernerville Speedway and Tri City Speedway, and will follow the BRP Modified Tour. He'll kick off his season on March 6th at Hagerstown Speedway. Shingledecker will for sure run the All-Star Super Dirt Series race at Cayuga County Fair Speedway, and hopes to hit some more Super Dirt Series races in 2010.
#37x Tommy Scheetz Jr.- After running much less than he has over the past few seasons in 2009, Tommy Scheetz will return to a more vigorous schedule in 2010. Scheetz will not run weekly anywhere, but will run more races at Grandview Speedway than anywhere else. He'll have 2 small block modifieds at his disposal, and a big block. Scheetz will hit select shows at Big Diamond with the small block as well. For big block action, Scheetz will run a bulk of the Super Dirt Series shows, along with PA and NJ big block specials.
#35 Matt Harrell- Harrell will hit the road more in 2010 after being a weekend warrior the first couple years of his big block career. The rising star will run weekly at Bridgeport in 2010, and will also follow the entire NJ/DE Tri-Track Series. As for other traveling plans, he plans to hit select Super Dirt Series shows later in the year at Rolling Wheels, Fulton, Brewerton, and Syracuse.
#73GT Glenn Owens- After missing a good portion of the 2009 season, Glenn Owens will return to running on a regular basis in 2010. Owens will solely run weekly at Grandview Speedway in 2010 with upgraded small block equipment.
#99 Charlie Donk- Donk will hit the road for the first time in a couple years in 2010. While he'll continue to focus on weekly racing action at Canandaigua Speedway, he'll also hit some big block specials at Rolling Wheels. He also plans on making at least one appearance in Western Pennsylvania to take run with the BRP Modified Tour.
#R10/#99/#51m/#2w Wade Hendrickson- Wade will run 4 different car numbers in 2010. He'll run weekly at Bridgeport Speedway weekly in hopes of defending his big block track championship. He'll run there with the Rio Brothers Racing #R10, and the Johnny Leach Motorsports #99 big block modifieds, alternating between the 2 rides. He'll also follow the Tri-Track Series with those cars. He'll travel with the Michaels Brothers Racing #51m, hitting big block specials at Hagerstown Speedway, Big Diamond Raceway, Delaware International Speedway, Grandview Speedway, Penn Can Speedway, Lowes Motor Speedway, and Five Mile Point Speedway. Those dates will include a couple of Super Dirt Series races and RoC Dirt Tour races. He'll have the Atlantic Racing #2w for open small block specials as well. He's also finalizing a deal to at least run part-time at Big Diamond Raceway on Fridays. Also, Wade will enter the NJ Motorsports Park dirt modified race in June.
#19H Chris Higgins- After moving to North Carolina, Higgins will not run weekly at any track in 2010 after running his first 2 seasons in a big block at Can Am weekly. Higgins will continue to focus on racing modifieds, and is working on having a couple of test sessions at some North Carolina speedways. After running Volusia, Higgins will run the Hagerstown Super Dirt Series show, and will run a handful of other Dirt Series races, but that will be it. He'll end his season by running the Rite-Aid 200 and the World Finals at Lowe's.
#27J Danny Johnson- Johnson returns to Mike Payne Racing after taking a few years off for a full-assault on 2010. The Doctor will run weekly at Ransomville on Friday nights with the small block, and will run a big block on Saturdays at Canandaigua and Sundays at Cayuga County. Johnson will also hit some RoC Dirt Tour races with the team, and will follow the entire Super Dirt Series.
#23 Billy VanInwegen- The Speedstr champion looks to have a busy schedule in 2010. VanInwegen will run weekly at Orange County Fair Speedway in the big block division. He also plans on running the Super Dirt Series schedule in 2010 competing for Rookie of the Year honors, but that could depend on sponsorship. His next race following Volusia will be the RoC Dirt Tour race at Selinsgrove. He also hopes to follow the RoC Dirt Tour.
#8 Rich Scagliotta- Scagliotta will return to running the 358 and big block Super Dirt Series schedules as he did in 2009. He'll also enter select big and small block specials in NJ, PA, and DE.
#2G/#00B Mitch Gibbs- Gibbs and Tuit Racing parted ways after a strong season running weekly at Orange County Fair Speedway. Ken Brewer Racing stepped up and will supply Mitch Gibbs with the racing equipment he needs for 2010. Gibbs will run weekly solely at Utica Rome Speedway, but expect him to make a few shows at Five Mile Point Speedway. He'll also return to following the RoC Dirt Tour full time.
#118 Sean Merkel- Merkel returns to weekly competition at Grandview Speedway, but will change his Friday night plans. Merkel will focus on running the RoC Dirt Tour instead of running at Big Diamond weekly. He will still make the occasional trip to Diamond, and will also run select races at Hagerstown and Delaware.
#3A Kevin Albert- The youngster will continue to run weekly in Pennsylvania. For the third straight year, he'll run weekly at Big Diamond Raceway in the small block division, but for the first time in his career will also call Grandview Speedway home on Saturday nights.
#119 Beau Wilkins- After 4 years away from modified racing, Wilkins returns to the seat of a modified. Wilkins will run weekly at Delaware International Speedway in the big block division, and will also run all the modified shows at Georgetown Speedway, which has a specials-only schedule as opposed to running weekly.