Saturday August 17th, 2013
It was a beautiful night for racing on Kids Night at Berlin Raceway. The crowd saw Don Deyman battle it out with Tom Boorsma and Samantha Jansen to claim victory in the Napa Filters Racing VROA.
The Napa Filters Racing VROA Modifieds were up first; #30 Todd Cowan and #4x Arnie Snyder started out front for the 25-lap feature. Cowan was leading and being chased by #31 Larry Mollohan and #21 Tom Boorsma. While battling for position, Boorsma tapped Cowan, Cowan spun, as did Mollohan, bringing out the first caution of the race on lap 2. Boorsma took the lead on the restart and pulled away from the field and behind him, there was a 4-car battle for second. The pace of the race was slowed again on lap 4 when #84 Andrew Bartoszek spun in turn 1. Just as the field took the green flag, the yellow was back out for an incident involving #83 Loren Peterson, #55 Jeff Barsen and #3 Lou Caposey. Boorsma took off again after the restart and #59 John Evans, #16 Samantha Jansen, #20 Don Deyman and #82 Rob Parker were stacked side by side for second. Evans made it out first, but he would soon be challenged by Jansen and Deyman. Jansen got around him on lap 9 and took off after Boorsma with Deyman following her. Jansen was reeling Boorsma in with each passing lap, even with Deyman battling her for second. He pulled even with her on lap 13 and made the pass on the backstretch. With 5 laps to go, Deyman was in striking distance and he did just that, taking the lead with 3 laps to go. There was a quick yellow on that lap as well when #4x Arnie Snyder spun in turn 1. Deyman hung on to the lead to get another in the win column and the rest of the top ten were Boorsma, Jensen, Evans, #86 Bob Martin, #2 Randy Pierson, Mollohan, Parker, Peterson and Bartoszek.
The Napa Filters Racing VROA Modifieds were up first; #30 Todd Cowan and #4x Arnie Snyder started out front for the 25-lap feature. Cowan was leading and being chased by #31 Larry Mollohan and #21 Tom Boorsma. While battling for position, Boorsma tapped Cowan, Cowan spun, as did Mollohan, bringing out the first caution of the race on lap 2. Boorsma took the lead on the restart and pulled away from the field and behind him, there was a 4-car battle for second. The pace of the race was slowed again on lap 4 when #84 Andrew Bartoszek spun in turn 1. Just as the field took the green flag, the yellow was back out for an incident involving #83 Loren Peterson, #55 Jeff Barsen and #3 Lou Caposey. Boorsma took off again after the restart and #59 John Evans, #16 Samantha Jansen, #20 Don Deyman and #82 Rob Parker were stacked side by side for second. Evans made it out first, but he would soon be challenged by Jansen and Deyman. Jansen got around him on lap 9 and took off after Boorsma with Deyman following her. Jansen was reeling Boorsma in with each passing lap, even with Deyman battling her for second. He pulled even with her on lap 13 and made the pass on the backstretch. With 5 laps to go, Deyman was in striking distance and he did just that, taking the lead with 3 laps to go. There was a quick yellow on that lap as well when #4x Arnie Snyder spun in turn 1. Deyman hung on to the lead to get another in the win column and the rest of the top ten were Boorsma, Jensen, Evans, #86 Bob Martin, #2 Randy Pierson, Mollohan, Parker, Peterson and Bartoszek.
Saturday July 13th, 2013
The VROA hosted a 42-lap memorial race in honor of Mike Becker of Rockford, who passed away earlier this year. Becker, a long-time Berlin racer, and he competed in VROA during the latter years of his life.
The feature was divided into a pair of 21-lap races. Caposey was the leader at the midway point, and he came back to capture the race’s final leg, outdueling Don Deyman by 0.206 seconds.
“I’m just happy it’s me,” Caposey said. “We really struggled all day. I don’t even get it. We just took a big swing at it, and it came around.”VROA (42 LAPS) – 1. Lou Caposey, 2. Don Deyman, 3. Tom Boorsma, 4. Billy Eppink, 5. John Evans, 6. Terry Byrne, 7. Randy Pierson, 8. Rob Parker, 9. Loren Peterson, 10. Todd Cowan, 11. Steve Fuller, 12. Don Smith, 13. Jeff Barsen, 14. Arnie Snyder, 15. Andrew Bartoszek, 16. Ginger Nelson, 17. Brad Perry, 18. Tony Davis
The feature was divided into a pair of 21-lap races. Caposey was the leader at the midway point, and he came back to capture the race’s final leg, outdueling Don Deyman by 0.206 seconds.
“I’m just happy it’s me,” Caposey said. “We really struggled all day. I don’t even get it. We just took a big swing at it, and it came around.”VROA (42 LAPS) – 1. Lou Caposey, 2. Don Deyman, 3. Tom Boorsma, 4. Billy Eppink, 5. John Evans, 6. Terry Byrne, 7. Randy Pierson, 8. Rob Parker, 9. Loren Peterson, 10. Todd Cowan, 11. Steve Fuller, 12. Don Smith, 13. Jeff Barsen, 14. Arnie Snyder, 15. Andrew Bartoszek, 16. Ginger Nelson, 17. Brad Perry, 18. Tony Davis
SATURDAY JULY 13TH IS
THE MIKE BECKER MEMORIAL RACE
THE NAPA FILTERS VROA MODIFIEDS WILL BE RACING A
42 LAP FEATURE!!!
Saturday July 6th, 2013
The Napa Filters Racing VROA Modifieds were first up with a 25-lap feature; #74 Steve Fuller and #55 Jeff Barsen led the field to the green flag. Fuller led the first few laps before being over taken by Barsen and just behind them was the #1 of Tony Davis. The rest of the field was stacked up behind them two and sometimes three wide. This tight racing caused the first caution of the race on lap 7 when the #2 of Randy Pierson spun between turns 1 and two, the #7 of Jimmy Lawson and #4 of Don Smith were also involved. As the field was coming around to complete the lap, the caution was back out when the #4x of Arnie Snyder spun between turns 3 and 4. The field got would back up and Barsen and Fuller continued to show the way. Just 3 laps later, the caution was back out, this time for Bartoszek who spun on the frontstretch. On the restart, it was Parker who took off with the lead, behind him Barsen was trying to hold off #20 Don Deyman for second. Deyman made the pass and began to reel in Parker; on lap 16 Deyman was the new leader. With 5 to go, #59 John Evans was in second and giving it his all to catch up with Deyman, but there wasn’t enough time to get side by side with him. Deyman took the win and the rest of the top ten were Evans, Bartoszek, Parker, Barsen, #3 Lou Caposey, Fuller, Pierson, #80 Billy Eppink and #83 Loren Peterson.
Saturday June 22nd, 2013
“Summer at the City” entertained the crowd an Hot Summer Night- Saturday, June 22nd at Auto City. The VROA Modifieds took center stage, but the smallest division provided the most thrills.
Veteran Lou Caposey set fast time for the Vintage Mods with a 17.84. Randy Pierson and Jim Lawson took heat race wins. Glenn Parker jumped ahead to start the 30-lap feature and led the first 5 laps. John Evans took the lead, but one lap later Lawson took over and pulled away and took the win by more than half a lap. The real battle happened for the runner-up spot, with 6 cars fighting it out until the final lap. In the end second place belonged Terry Byrne followed closely by Evans, Tom Boorsma and Caposey.
Veteran Lou Caposey set fast time for the Vintage Mods with a 17.84. Randy Pierson and Jim Lawson took heat race wins. Glenn Parker jumped ahead to start the 30-lap feature and led the first 5 laps. John Evans took the lead, but one lap later Lawson took over and pulled away and took the win by more than half a lap. The real battle happened for the runner-up spot, with 6 cars fighting it out until the final lap. In the end second place belonged Terry Byrne followed closely by Evans, Tom Boorsma and Caposey.
Saturday June 8th, 2013
It was a beautiful night for racing, the card was stacked and crowd on hand was treated to an exciting night of racing on Napa Filters Racing VROA Modified night.
Up next were the Napa Filters Racing VROA Modifieds, #30 Todd Cowan and #83 Loren Peterson led the field to the green flag, but it was #74 Steve Fuller who grabbed the lead early and the field jockeyed for position behind him. With the field racing close, the first caution came out on lap 4 when Peterson spun and that collected #7 Jimmy Lawson, #59 John Evans and #82 Rob Parker. As the field was restarted, the caution was quickly out again when the #2 of Randy Pierson spun on the backstretch. The field got a clean restart and the #80 of Billy Eppink was quick to get side by side with Fuller, Eppink took the lead on lap 8 and brought #84 Andrew Bartoszek with him. Lurking in fourth was #20 Don Deyman who had been steadily working his way to the front since the drop of the green flag. On lap 12, he was battle with #21 Tom Boorsma who was trying to take second away from Bartoszek and this let Eppink slip away. Deyman took second with 10 laps to go, but he had to make up 2 seconds to catch up to Eppink. While he was able to chip away at the lead, it was just too much to make up in the amount of laps that remained. Eppink scored the trophy and the rest of the top ten were Deyman, Bartoszek, Boorsma, Parker, Lawson, Fuller, #4 Don Smith, #42 Terry Byrne and #55 Jeff Barsen.
Up next were the Napa Filters Racing VROA Modifieds, #30 Todd Cowan and #83 Loren Peterson led the field to the green flag, but it was #74 Steve Fuller who grabbed the lead early and the field jockeyed for position behind him. With the field racing close, the first caution came out on lap 4 when Peterson spun and that collected #7 Jimmy Lawson, #59 John Evans and #82 Rob Parker. As the field was restarted, the caution was quickly out again when the #2 of Randy Pierson spun on the backstretch. The field got a clean restart and the #80 of Billy Eppink was quick to get side by side with Fuller, Eppink took the lead on lap 8 and brought #84 Andrew Bartoszek with him. Lurking in fourth was #20 Don Deyman who had been steadily working his way to the front since the drop of the green flag. On lap 12, he was battle with #21 Tom Boorsma who was trying to take second away from Bartoszek and this let Eppink slip away. Deyman took second with 10 laps to go, but he had to make up 2 seconds to catch up to Eppink. While he was able to chip away at the lead, it was just too much to make up in the amount of laps that remained. Eppink scored the trophy and the rest of the top ten were Deyman, Bartoszek, Boorsma, Parker, Lawson, Fuller, #4 Don Smith, #42 Terry Byrne and #55 Jeff Barsen.
Saturday May 4th, 2013
Saturday May 4th was the first race of the season and while it was a beautiful night and the PMI team experienced some highs there were also some lows. Randy Pierson qualified second, Tom Boorsma qualified in the 5th spot and Terry Byrne qualifed 7th. This put all of the PMI drivers in the fast heat. While we did not win the fast heat Terry Byrne did come in a close second. Tom Boorsma finished 4th and Randy Pierson came in 8th. The feature race brought on some challenges for some of the PMI drivers. While Terry Bryne came in second and Randy Pierson came in 8th it was not a good night for Tom Boorsma. Tom Boorsma was knocked out of the race by another driver that had spun. He ended up finishing in the 15th position. Below are some pictures of the #21 car getting repaired and readied for the next race on May 18th along with some pictures of other goings on in the PMI race shop. Good Luck to all of the PMI drivers on the 18th!