Sload Wins Waterford Tidman Tops Season Championship Gorbatuk ACRO Rookie of the Year

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Waterford Ct.  October 21, 2017;  The ATQMRA Points Paying race of the 2017 season at the Waterford Speedbowl was won  by Buddy Sload in the Colin Martin 36 Spitfire.  Flying Ryan Tidman finished third capping the 2017 Championship for himself and car owner's Lenny and Donna Boyd.  Dave Gorbatuk earned enough points to best ACRO Rookie of the Race Cole Mullen for the 2017 ATQMRA ACRO Rookie of the Year Title in Hoosier Tire  Mid Atlantic Competition at the Waterford Speed bowl Powered by VP.   Next up for the ATQMRA is the fall General Membership Meeting on Sunday November 4th from 3 to 5pm followed by the season ending awards dinner.  The final on track racing action for the TQs will be the Annual Turkey Derby at Wall Stadium on Saturday November 25th.

The front Row of Little Wall Quarter Midget racers Cole Mullen and Joey Bailey brought the field to the Green Flag.  The initial lap wasn't completed before NEMA Midget Star Avery Stoehr went careening into the first turn wall on the initial Start in the beautifully prepared Phil DiMario 23 car.  He was uninjured in the incident.  A complete restart would see Joey Bailey launch into the lead with heat race winner Mark Yoder in second.  Seventh starting Buddy Sload would methodically work his way into second position by lap fifteen.  Bailey opened up a substantial lead by this time only to fade in the waning laps from a blistered right rear tire.   

Sload would overtake Bailey to lead the 21st lap and not look back.  The 25-lap race was run from green to checker with a fading Bailey hanging on to second at the finish.  Bailey was looking for a comeback victory after a nasty flip at Wall a few weeks ago.  Bailey's father Russ and the Boyd racing team successfully returned the Zuzzalo 02 to top form for the race on the organization's fastest track at the Waterford Speed Bowl nearly finding his way to Victory on a track where he has consistently led laps but hasn't been able to grab the brass ring.  

Flying Ryan Tidman who secured the Championship in the previous round at Wall for himself and Team Owner's Lenny and Donna Boyd finished third after winning the previous show at Waterford.  Tidman had a five-win season to capture another Championship with the Boyd Racing team.  

Mark Yoder who won his heat in convincing fashion missed out on a podium finish losing the third position to Tidman on the last lap.  Matt Janisch rolled across the line fifth after having a car that was consistently the class of the field in practice.  

ACRO Rookie of the Race Cole Mullen rolled across the line an impressive sixth moving him ahead of his father in the season long Rookie Standings.  Cole fell a few positions short of catching the ATQMRA ACRO Rookie of the Year Dave Gorbatuk who picked up enough points with his 12th place finish in the Metz Racing Driver Development BGF Chassis 2 to earn the 2017 title.  The 2017 ACRO Rookie of the Year Championship chase was one of the tightest in recent memory with Gorbatuk and the father and son team of Ronnie and Cole Mullen all having a realistic shot at the title entering the final round.    

Kot would roll across the line seventh in his Behrent's Peformance Yuhas 88.  Geoffrey Sutton was 8th with Veteran Dave Williams 9th and Joey Payne III rounding out the top ten.  Ronnie Mullen would be scored 11th with Dave Gorbatuk 12th.  Steve Boland made his second start of the season with the ATQMRA in the Fred Delibero 01 after racing his father's 19 car at Riverhead earlier in the season.  Avery Stoehr who is a star in the NEMA Midget organization and races regularly at Waterford in the Midgets made his first start in a TQ midget at the Wateroford SpeedBowl.  His feature was over before it started when he crashed on the initial start of the race.  

Feature Race 25 laps 1.  36 Buddy Sload 2.  02 Joey Bailey  3.  1B RyanTidman  4.  75 Mark Yoder  5.  51 Matt Janisch 73c  Cole Mullen 7.  88 Jeff Kot  8.  461 Geoffrey Sutton  9.  11 Dave Williams  10.  67 Joey Payne III  11.  39 Ron Mullen  12.  2 Dave Gorbatuk  13.  01 Steve Boland  14.  23 Avery Stoehr

Heat 1  1.  36 Buddy Sload  2.  02 Joey Bailey  3.  88 Jeff Kot  4.  461 Geoffrey Sutton 5.  39 Ron Mullen  6.  67 Joey Payne

Heat 2  1.  75 Mark Yoder  2.  51  Matt Janisch 3.  1B Ryan Tidman   4.  73 Cole Mullen 5.  11 Dave Williams  6.  2 Dave Gorbatuk  7.  01 Steve Boland

ATQMRA Double Features at Wall Go To Janisch

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Matt Janisch of Nazareth Pa parked the Alan Mollot 51 Lindblad Badger in victory lane at Wall Stadium not once but twice, winning both the rained out feature from July as well as the second feature of the night.  Ryan Tidman and Jeff Kot rounded out the Podium in the first feature with Tidman and Brett Michalski on the podium in the second feature.  Cole Mullen had a career best fourth in the first race with Kyle Taraska posting a fifth-place finish in the second feature Making them the ACRO Rookies of the Race. Flying Ryan Tidman sits atop the standings with Dave Gorbatuk at the top of the 2017 Rookie Class.  Up next for the ATQMRA is a return trip to Mahoning Valley on Saturday September 16.  

The first feature saw a front row of Cole Mullen and Mark Yoder bring the field to the green flag with Matt Janisch making the move from his third position to take the lead.  Matt Roselli would work his way into the lead but his time in front would be short lived when he would do a slow spin exiting the fourth turn bringing out the caution.  

This would put Janisch on the point.  Janisch earning his first win in the Mollot 51 was no easy task when Joey Bailey would make a hard charge on the inside entering the third turn.  They made contact mid turn with Bailey getting the worst of it as Bailey made a slow roll onto his side.  Janisch was able to keep his mount moving when the red flag flew.  Janisch took off on the restart and held off a hard charging Ryan Tidman to park the historic 51 Lindblad Badger in Victory lane adding his name to a long list of many of the top drivers in the history of the ATQRMA that have won races in the historic 51 owned by Mollot, including Lenny Boyd, Johnny Coy Sr.  and Jr.  as well as Donnie Adams who won numerous Championships in this car that made its first start in 1981 with a Crossley engine.  

Jeff Kot would storm across the line third with Cole Mullen in fourth posting his career best TQ finish and taking ACRO Rookie of the Race honors. The fifth finisher was a resurgent Matt Roselli who charged from the back after spinning from the lead.  

The second feature had a front row of Kyle Taraska and Joey Payne III bring the field to the green.  Sixth starting Buddy Sload would lead lap 1.  The second lap saw a multi car tangle bring out the red flag when Ronnie the Rocket and Cole the Hammer Mullen came together.  Tim Proctor came away on the short end of the stick in the incident when his car turned over.  Joey Payne III had his day end as a result of the incident.  When racing resumed Sload would again launch into the lead opening a solid lead on second place Kot, who started 8th, when a brake bracket would fail taking him out from the lead, Kot also would drop out on the same lap with wheel center failure.  Janisch who started 13th would find himself in the lead.  

A hard charging Matt Roselli who went tothe rear earlier in the race after tangling with Ryan Tidman, who was also sent to the rear for his involvement in the incident, charged back to third position in the waning laps.  Roselli made an aggressive move entering the third turn on the last lap driving deep into the corner in an attempt to overtake Bailey.  It didn't work out for either driver as Roselli made contact with Bailey sending both spinning to the exit of the turn with Roselli rolling onto his lid then back onto his wheels.  The red flag flew for the incident on the final lap and the race was declared complete and Janisch once again parked the red badger in victory lane making it three wins in a row dating back to Janisch's win in the Tricky Challenge at Pocono International Raceway and his fourth win on the season.  

Flying Ryan Tidmanwould rebound to finish second with Brett Michalski making the Podium.  Geoffrey Sutton would finish fourth in his BGF Chassis mount with Kyle Taraska in the Fred Delibero 01 BGF earned ACRO Rookie of the Race honors with his first top five finish.  Fellow Rookie Dave Gorbatuk was sixth with another Rookie Jon Keller finding his groove in 7th.  

Next up for the ATQMRA I a trip to Mahoning Valley Speedway on Saturday September 16th.  With only 3 more points paying races on the schedule Flying Ryan Tidman appears poised to earn another Championship with more than a race's advantage over second running Geoffrey Sutton in the standings his points lead will be difficult to overcome.  The margin back to third from Sutton is considerable but the battle for the third spot in the standings has a 3 way dead heat between Jeff Kot in his Behrents Performance Badger, Joey Bailey in his Bruce's Pro car 02 and Mark Yoder in his Hyper Hugger TQMidget.   

Dave Gorbatuk leads the Acro Rookie Standings by 32 over Cole Mullen and Cole's Father Ronnie the Rocket Mullen.  

Feature #1 (25 Laps)   1.  51 Matt Janisch 2. 1B Ryan Tidman 3.  95 Jeff Kot   4. 73c Cole Mullen5. 98 Matt Roselli6. 75 Mark Yoder 7.  73b Brett Michalski 8.  98 Tim Proctor   9. 461 Geoffrey Sutton 10.  32 Dave Gorbatuk11.  Kyle Taraska 12. F8 Kerry Irwin13.  02 Joey Bailey 14. 39 Ronnie Mullen15. 36 Buddy Sload 16. 9 Brett Conklin 17. 20 John Keller 18. 6 Bill Force

Feature #2 (25 Laps)   1.  51 Matt Janisch 2. 1B Ryan Tidman 3. 73b Brett Michalski4.461 Geoffrey Sutton 5.   Kyle Taraska 6. 32 Dave Gorbatuk7. 20 John Keller 8. 02 Joey Bailey 9. 98 Matt Roselli 10.  75 Mark Yoder 11. 36 Buddy Sload 12. 73 Ausin Fehr 13.  95 Jeff Kot   14.  9 Brett Conklin 15. 39 Ronnie Mullen16. 73c Cole Mullen17. 67 Joey Payne III 18. 98 Tim Proctor   

2017 POINT STANDINGS
 

DRIVER POINTS

Ryan Tidman 1140
Geoffrey Sutton 1008
Jeff Kot 940
Joey Bailey 940
Mark Yoder 940
Matt Janisch 912
Buddy Sload 884
Matt Roselli 820
Dave Golbatuk [R] 816
Cole Mullen [R] 784
Ronnie Mullen [R] 760
Joey Payne III 612
Tim Proctor 428
Eric Corum [R] 380
John Keller [R] 356
Austin Fehr 320
Kerry Irwin 312
Kyle Taraska [R] 296
Dave Williams 196
Kris Graver 196
Rob Vivona 184
Brett Michalski [R] 168
Chad Parks 152
Bill Force Jr. 100
Lou Cicconi 100
Jesse Mauer 100
Chris deRitis 100
Brandon Azzalina 100
Dan Lane 100
Steve Boland [R] 100
Chris Hirt 100
Brett Conklin 88
Mike Tidaback 88
Nick Ladyga 84
Rob Neely 72
Shilo Boyce 48
JT Davis [R] 48
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Sload Wins Waterford, Tidman Tops Season Championship, Gorbatuk ACRO Rookie of the Year

Waterford Ct.  October 21, 2017;  The ATQMRA Points Paying race of the 2017 season at the Waterford Speedbowl was wonby Buddy Sload in the Colin Martin 36 Spitfire.  Flying Ryan Tidman finished third capping the 2017 Championship for himself and car owner’s Lenny and Donna Boyd.  Dave Gorbatuk earned enough points to best ACRO Rookie of the Race Cole Mullen for the 2017 ATQMRA ACRO Rookie of the Year Title in Hoosier TireMid Atlantic Competition at the Waterford Speed bowl Powered by VP.   Next up for the ATQMRA is the fall General Membership Meeting on Sunday November 4th from 3 to 5pm followed by the season ending awards dinner.  The final on track racing action for the TQs will be the Annual Turkey Derby at Wall Stadium on Saturday November 25th.

The front Row of Little Wall Quarter Midget racers Cole Mullen and Joey Bailey brought the field to the Green Flag.  The initial lap wasn’t completed before NEMA Midget Star Avery Stoehr went careening into the first turn wall on the initial Start in the beautifully prepared Phil DiMario 23 car.  He was uninjured in the incident.  A complete restart would see Joey Bailey launch into the lead with heat race winner Mark Yoder in second.  Seventh starting Buddy Sload would methodically work his way into second position by lap fifteen.  Bailey opened up a substantial lead by this time only to fade in the waning laps from a blistered right rear tire.   

Sload would overtake Bailey to lead the 21st lap and not look back.  The 25-lap race was run from green to checker with a fading Bailey hanging on to second at the finish.  Bailey was looking for a comeback victory after a nasty flip at Wall a few weeks ago.  Bailey’s father Russ and the Boyd racing team successfully returned the Zuzzalo 02 to top form for the race on the organization’s fastest track at the Waterford Speed Bowl nearly finding his way to Victory on a track where he has consistently led laps but hasn’t been able to grab the brass ring.  

Flying Ryan Tidman who secured the Championship in the previous round at Wall for himself and Team Owner’s Lenny and Donna Boyd finished third after winning the previous show at Waterford.  Tidman had a five-win season to capture another Championship with the Boyd Racing team.  

Mark Yoder who won his heat in convincing fashion missed out on a podium finish losing the third position to Tidman on the last lap.  Matt Janisch rolled across the line fifth after having a car that was consistently the class of the field in practice.  

ACRO Rookie of the Race Cole Mullen rolled across the line an impressive sixth moving him ahead of his father in the season long Rookie Standings.  Cole fell a few positions short of catching the ATQMRA ACRO Rookie of the Year Dave Gorbatuk who picked up enough points with his 12th place finish in the Metz Racing Driver Development BGF Chassis 2 to earn the 2017 title.  The 2017 ACRO Rookie of the Year Championship chase was one of the tightest in recent memory with Gorbatuk and the father and son team of Ronnie and Cole Mullen all having a realistic shot at the title entering the final round.    

Kot would roll across the line seventh in his Behrent’s Peformance Yuhas 88.  Geoffrey Sutton was 8th with Veteran Dave Williams 9th and Joey Payne III rounding out the top ten.  Ronnie Mullen would be scored 11th with Dave Gorbatuk 12th.  Steve Boland made his second start of the season with the ATQMRA in the Fred Delibero 01 after racing his father’s 19 car at Riverhead earlier in the season.  Avery Stoehr who is a star in the NEMA Midget organization and races regularly at Waterford in the Midgets made his first start in a TQ midget at the Wateroford SpeedBowl.  His feature was over before it started when he crashed on the initial start of the race.  

Next up for the ATQMRA is the Fall Meeting on November 4th where officer elections will take place and rule proposals will be discussed for the upcoming season.  The meeting will take place in the Magnolia Room at the Valley Forge Casino from 3pm to 5pm.  The meeting will be followed by the annual awards banquet to celebrate the 2017 season from 6pm to 10 pm.  The Banquet will take place in the Parkview Ballroom.  All attendees are encouraged to bring an item to be raffled off at the banquet.  Please contact Karen Sload at karensload@yahoo.com to RSVP for the Banquet as well as to let her know what items you will be donating. 

Feature Race 25 laps 1.  36 Buddy Sload 2.  02 Joey Bailey3.  1B RyanTidman4.  75 Mark Yoder5.  51 Matt Janisch 73cCole Mullen 7.  88 Jeff Kot8.  461 Geoffrey Sutton9.  11 Dave Williams10.  67 Joey Payne III11.  39 Ron Mullen12.  2 Dave Gorbatuk13.  01 Steve Boland14.  23 Avery Stoehr

Heat 11.  36 Buddy Sload2.  02 Joey Bailey3.  88 Jeff Kot4.  461 Geoffrey Sutton 5.  39 Ron Mullen6.  67 Joey Payne

Heat 21.  75 Mark Yoder2.  51Matt Janisch 3.  1B Ryan Tidman   4.  73 Cole Mullen 5.  11 Dave Williams6.  2 Dave Gorbatuk7.  01 Steve Boland

Sload Leads Every Lap to Win Wall

Wall, NJ September 30, 2017

Buddy Sload picked up his third win of the season in the penultimate round of competition solidifying Colin Martin's hold on the runner up position in the car owner points standings.  4-time winner Matt Janisch finished second with Flying Ryan Tidman rounded out the Podium all but clinching the 2017 Championship heading into the ATQRMA Points season Finale at the Waterford Speed Bowl on Saturday October 21st.  Ronnie the Rocket Mullen tightened the gap in the ACRO Rookie of the Year Standings with his sixth-place finish.  Joey Bailey, who went for a nasty tumble in the first turn on lap 18 that ended the race, reported that he was treated and released from the hospital.  

The day at Wall started out as most do with a round of practice for the TQ Midgets on the inner flat oval that was followed quickly by rain.  With all seven of Wall's regular divisions on hand competing for in the track's points finale the pits were crowded and time was short to get in all of the racing.  Wall's management made the deft decision to run the event Features only for all divisions.  The lineup for the TQs was set by handicap because no heats were run.  After the Wall track crew and the 4-cylinder Stocks dried the lower flat track for the TQs it was feature time for the wingless TQ Midgets.

A front row of the Father and son team of Ronnie and Cole Mullen took the green flag with fourth starting Buddy Sload sliding into the lead.  The initial start was aborted twice for cars spinning but the result remained the same with Sload taking the lead and opening a gap on second.  Matt Janisch who won both features on the double feature night at Wall on September 9th made quick work of the competition quickly moving from his 10th starting position to second.  

As the leaders were negotiating lapped traffic third running Joey Bailey tangled with the Eric Corum Driven F8 sending Bailey into a series of flips in the middle of the first and second turn.  Bailey was shaken up in the incident and transported to the hospital for evaluation.  With the lateness of the event due to the earlier rain the feature was checkered at the conclusion of lap 18 and Buddy Sload earned his third win of the season in the Colin Martin 36 Spitfire.  

Second finishing Janisch was joined on the podium by the presumptive ATQRMA Champion Flying Ryan Tidman.  Jeff Kot was strong in his Behrents Performance Warehouse 95 and Geoffrey Sutton rounded out the top five.  Mark Yoder crossed the line ahead of the 75z of Don Zrinski making his first start of the season charging from his 14th starting position to finish a solid 8th.  Bailey was credited with 9th and Rookie Cole Mullen tenth

Ronnie the Rocket Mullen who has a victory in every division at Wall with the exception of the TQs was again the ACRO Rookie of the race finishing sixth and is making his BGF Chassis mount quicker every week.  Son Cole was the second highest finishing Rookie in tenth followed by Kyle Taraska with the ACRO Rookie of the Year Points leader Dave Gorbatuk 12th.  The Rookie Championship will come down to the season finale at Waterford SpeedBowl on Saturday October 21stwhere point leader Gorbatuk and the are in contention for the Coveted Rookie Championship.  Unofficially Ron is 8 positions on track behind Gorbatuk with Son Cole trailing by 9 positions heading into the season finale.  

ATQMRA News and Notes: The Advance Shock award went to Dave Gorbatuk for racing on 4 Advance Shocks.  The Metz Racing Blu Deuce brand new BGF Chassis made its debut at Wall Saturday.  A total of four BGF Chassis mounts were on hand Saturday at Wall.  Bill Force Jr was back in competition and ran a competitive race.  Steve Kemery made his debut with the ATQMRA in his number 69 600 Micro sprint and worked to be ready for the indoor season.  

Feature (25 laps)

1             36           Buddy Sload       

2             51           Matt Janisch       

3             1b           Ryan Tidman      

4             95           Jeff Kot                

5             461         Geo Sutton         

6             39           Ronnie Mullen   

7             75           Mark Yoder         

8             75           Don Zrinski          

9             02           Joey Bailey          

10           73           Cole Mullen        

11           01           Kyle Taraska       

12           32           Dave Golbatuk   

13           6             Bill Force Jr.        

14           f8            Eric Corum          

15           69           Steve Kemery     

16           2             Blu Metz           

Graver 2 for 2 at Mahoning

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Lehighton, Pa.  9/16/2017Mahoning Valley Speedway Modified Division Point leader Kris Graver backed up his June TQ feature win with a second victory in the Matt Janisch Yuhas Chassis 48 after starting shotgun on the field in the caution free 25 lap barn burner of a feature.  Buddy Sload would finish second followed by Jeff Kot.  Heat Races were won by Graver and Sload.  Graver was also the ACRO Rookie of the Race.   Next up for the ATQMRA is a trip to Wall Stadium for the penultimate round on September 30th with the season finale taking place at the Waterford Speedbowl the weekend of October 21st.

The front row of Buddy Sload and Cole Mullen took the Bobby Stull Green Flag with Sload shooting into the lead.  Sload would set sail and open a substantial lead on the pack as they diced for position.  Janisch starting sixth methodically picked his way into second by lap five and set sail to run down Sload.  As the laps wound down Janisch was able to close on Sload when he was negotiating lap traffic.  Janisch in the Alan Mollot Lindblad Badger would take advantage of Sload’s tight condition and take the lead on lap 21.  As has been the case many times in 2017 for the Janisch Mollot Combination his time in front was short lived as a right rear wheel failure sent Janisch to the infield a lap later.  

When Janisch dropped from the lead his car driven by Kris Graver took over after riding the high side around the competition to sweep into the lead from his last starting position.  Graver turned the fastest lap of the race at 9.200 seconds and won by over 2 ½ seconds over a fading Sload.  Jeff Kot, 3rd in points, in the Behrent’s Performance Warehouse Badger would score another podium finish in third. Kot and Graver had a wild 5 lap battle for position that had fans on the edge of their seat.  Point leader Ryan Tidman finished fourth with Mark Yoder fifth.  Second in points Geoffrey Sutton was sixth followed across the line by Briggs Danner who was making his first TQ start in the Jansich 48x ten-inch car after spending the season racing the Ricky Harring Ironton Telephone SpeedSTR after moving up from Quarter Midget Competition.  2017 ACRO Rookie contenders Ronnie Mullen was followed across the line by Dave Gorbatuk who earned the Advance Suspension award with Rookie Jon Keller rounding out the top ten.  

Graver’s second win of the season gives Janisch his sixth combined win in 2017 with the ATQMRA as both a car owner and driver.  This is the fourth win for Janisch 48 two wins for Graver at Mahoning.  Janisch won the pair of open races at Riverhead and Pocono International Raceway as well as a pair fo wins in the Mollot Badger at Wall.  

Heat Races were won by Kris Graver and Buddy Sload.  The first and second heat were separated by a considerable amount of time since light rain started to fall as the first heat finished.  Mahoning Valley Management did a great job battling the light rain that was falling on and off all night.  

Saturday night at Mahoning Valley word reached the teams of the untimely passing of Ted Christopher of Plainville, CT in a plane crash while on his way to a tour race at Riverhead Raceway.  TC is familiar to everyone in the Three Quarter Midget world after racing with him during the Sammons Indoor series of races in the winter.  Ted made a pair of starts with the ATQMRA in recent years once at Chemung Speedrome and last fall at Stafford Speedway.  The ATQMRA wishes to extend their most sincere condolences to the family and friends of Ted Christopher on his untimely passing.  ATQMRA Racer Kyle Taraska will have TC Commemorative Decals available at Wall on the 30th for $5.00 a piece with all proceeds going to the Christopher family.  

Feature (25 Laps)  1.  48 Kris Graver  2. 36 Buddy Sload  3. 95 Jeff Kot4. 1B Ryan Tidman 5. 75 Mark Yoder 6. 461 Geoffey Sutton 7. 48X Briggs Danner 8. 39 Ronnie Mullen    9. 32 Dave Gorbatuk  10. 20 John Keller11.  51 Matt Janisch12. 73c Cole Mullen13. (DNS) 11 Dave Williams  

Heat Race 1 (8Laps) 1. 48 Kris Graver2.  73c Cole Mullen3. 461 Geoffrey Sutton 4.  51 Matt Janisch 5. 75Mark Yoder 6. 20 John Keller 7.  39   Ron Mullen8.  11 Dave Williams

Heat Race 2(8Laps)  1. 36 Buddy Sload2. 95 Jeff Kot3.  48X Briggs Danner4. Ryan Tidman 5. Ronnie Mullen 6. Dave Gorbatuk