For Immediate Release
August 5, 2014
United States Auto Club
Debi Supan
Oswego Hosts USAC Honda .25 Double Header Weekend
(Indianapolis) – The USAC Honda “Generation Next” National Tour has been crossing the country since April, stopping in Fulton, NY this weekend at the Oswego Club track. With just 2 National Pavement races left for the year, teams are working hard to make these events count toward their year end points totals. Eastern Regional Series and Northeast Regional Points were also awarded.
Although rain delays slowed the program on Saturday, 48 races were scheduled and 15 mains finished off the weekend on Sunday with a total car count at 190. Frankie Nervo of Tallmadge, OH and Carson Hocevar of Portage, MI doubled up with Nervo taking wins in Briggs Hvy World Formula and Hvy ‘AA while Hocevar took gold in Hvy Honda and Briggs Sr Animal.
Ben Mikitarian following in the footsteps of 2 older brothers got his first National win in the Honda Hvy 160 class as well as Zack Sobotka taking his first win in the Briggs Lt World Formula division. Other winners for the weekend were Tyler Reif of Henderson, NV (Jr Honda), Christopher Oplinger of Mt Holly, NC (Sr Honda), Michael Clancy of Ortonville, Mi (Honda Lt 160), Briggs Un-restricted Animal – Sam Rameau of Westboro, MA (Briggs Un-restricted Animal), Connor Gross of Middleton, MA (Lt ‘AA), Chase Burda of Columbiaville, MI (Mod), Brady Johnson of Mooresville, NC (Briggs Jr Animal), Dustin Sehn of Deansboro, NY and Andrew Fusco of Grantham, MA crossed the line first in their Rookie events.
Mikitarian, began his accent finishing 2nd in the B Main, and starting the feature in the 8th spot. He went to the back twice but as fellow racer Carson Hocevar pulled away from the pack with 6 laps to go, Mikitarian found speed and passed Hocever in turn 2 on the white flag lap to take the checkered. “That was an awesome race,” said dad , John. Ben is on the bigger size in comparison to most of the other drivers in the class. On the long runs the car was super fast! It feels good to get the win.” Zach Sobotka races weekly just down the road at the Syracuse track, but today they started the Lt World Formula at Oswego in 2nd place. “We don’t get to travel much, so we really like it when USAC brings the races to us,” said Zach’s dad. My parents live in NC so it’s our tradition to make the trek down for the Thanksgiving race in Salisbury. We’ll be there this year again.”
Gold, silver and bronze medallions were awarded to podium finishers respectively, while all Rookie Drivers received participation medals.
Next race up for the USAC Honda .25 series is the August 15-17 event in Kalamazoo for the pavement drivers and the Dirt Series will continue at Hagerstown, August 22-24.
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Photo attached
Top row - Carson Hocevar, Chase Burda, Tyler Reif, Zach Sobotka,
Middle row - Brady Johnson, Andrew Fusco, Ben Mikitarian
Front row - Christopher Oplinger, Connor Gross, Sam Rameau, Michael Clancy
Not pictured – Dustin Sehn and Frankie Nervo
Complete Results
Red Rookie - Feature #1
1. Dustin Sehn
2. Jadyn Prinz
Blue Rookie - Feature #1
1. Andrew Fusco
2. Teddy Welch
3. Hunter Elston
Jr. Honda – A Main
1. Tyler Reif
2. R.J. Marcotte
3. Cole Stangle
4. Talon Prinz
5. Jacob Burns
6. Charlie Auld
7. Preston Auld
8. Katelyn Hettinger
9. Tanner Reif
10. Brady Johnson
Jr. Honda – B Main
1. Katelyn Hettinger
2. Charlie Auld
3. Jacob Burns
4. Preston Auld
5. Paul Owens
6. Freddy Nolan
7. Colsen Cochran
8. Andrew Mitchell
9. Xavier Doney
10. Preston Lattomus
Jr. Honda – C Main
1. Xavier Doney
2. Freddy Nolan
3. Jacob Burns
4. Andrew Mitchell
5. Douglas Earley
6. Riley Caron
7. Emmett Waldron
Sr. Honda – A Main
1. Christopher Oplinger
2. Justin Oplinger
3. Andrew Molleur
4. Conner Dutting-Morrell
5. Chase Burda
6. David Hackett
7. Nick Loden
8. Zachary Anderson
9. Hunter Mccullough
10. Wyatt Harrar
Sr Honda - B Main
1. Justin Oplinger
2. Chase Burda
3. Wyatt Harrar
4. David Hackett
5. Holt Halder
6. Coleby Felber
7. Johnny Kraft III
8. Connor Holderbach
9. Jordan Empie
10. Joshua Shlatz
Sr Honda - C Main
1. Justin Oplinger
2. Coleby Felber
3. Joshua Shlatz
4. David Hackett
5. Derrick Mosher
6. Meghan Fuller
7. Jacob Matzel
8. Jake Trainor
9. Payton Gorman
10. Gavin Danner
Sr Honda - D Main
1. David Hackett
2. Jake Trainor
3. Meghan Fuller
4. Gavin Danner
5. Isabella Macchia
6. Hayley Lederer
7. Scotty Straig
8. A.J. Mitchell
Hvy. Honda - A Main
1. Carson Hocevar
2. Jagger Parker
3. Ben Mikitarian
4. Hudson Halder
5. Kyle Perry
6. Sam Rameau
7. Ethan Serow
8. Brooklyn Gable
9. Jacob Borst
10. Canon Cochran
Hvy. Honda - B Main
1. Jacob Borst
2. Kyle Perry
3. Canon Cochran
4. Brooklyn Gable
5. Ryan Hatherill
6. Carden Cochran
7. Richard Elston
8. Harrison Harder
9. Kyle Midkiff
Lt. 160 – A Main
1. Michael Clancy
2. Zach Sobotka
3. Conner Holderbach
4. Aaron Bollinger
5. Andrew Molleur
6. Nick Loden
7. Jake Trainor
8. Joshua Shlatz
9. Neal Allison
10. Chase Burda
Lt. 160 – B Main
1. Zach Sobotka
2. Andrew Molleur
3. Aaron Bollinger
4. Connor Holderbach
5. Jack Wehmeyer
6. Connor Gross
7. David Hackett
8. Justin Oplinger
9. Holt Halder
10. Meghan Fuller
Lt. 160 – C Main
1. Connor Holderbach
2. David Hackett
3. Justin Oplinger
4. Jack Wehmeyer
5. R.J. Marcotte
6. Jordan Empie
7. Derrick Mosher
8. Jake Garcia
9. Johnny Kraft III
10. Gage Painter
Lt. 160 – D Main
1. R.J. Marcotte
2. David Hackett
3. Jordan Empie
4. Johnny Kraft III
5. Jacob Matzel
6. Zachary Anderson
7. Scotty Strait
8. Gavin Danner
9. Hunter McCullough
10. Matthew Vallerand
11. Wyatt Harrar
Hvy. 160 – A Main
1. Ben Mikitarian
2. Hudson Halder
3. Carson Hocevar
4. Danny Sams III
5. Brooklyn Gable
6. Dylan Mccrone
7. Harrison Halder
8. Berklee Jimenez
9. Sam Rameau
10. Kyle Perry
Hvy. 160 – B Main
1. Sam Rameau
2. Ben Mikiterian
3. Harrison Halder
4. Brooklyn Gable
5. Jagger Parker
6. Jacob Borst
7. Canon Cochran
8. Briggs Danner
9. Ethan Serow
10. Kyle Midkiff
Jr. Animal - A Main
1. Brady Johnson
2. Jacob Burns
3. Xavier Doney
4. Talon Prinz
5. R.J. Marcotte
6. Charlie Auld
7. Paul Owens
8. Colsen Cochran
9. Preston Auld
10. Tanner Reif
Jr. Animal - B Main
1. Jacob Burns
2. Talon Prinz
3. Paul Owens
4. Preston Auld
5. Katelyn Hettinger
6. Riley Caron
7. Freddy Nolan
8. Douglas Earley
9. Preston Lattomus
10. Cole Stangle
11. Tyler Reif
Sr. Animal - A Main
1. Carson Hocevar
2. Zach Sobotka
3. Michael Clancy
4. Aaron Bollinger
5. Connor Gross
6. Joshua Sokolic
7. Chase Burda
8. Zeb Wise
9. Jordan Empie
10. Jake Trainor
Sr. Animal - B Main
1. Carson Hocevar
2. Zach Sobotka
3. Jordan Empie
4. Chase Burda
5. Gage Painter
6. Briggs Danner
7. Andrew Molleur
8. Jake Garcia
9. David Hackett
10. Zachary Anderson
Sr. Animal - C Main
1. Gage Painter
2. Zachary Anderson
3. Chase Burda
4. Briggs Danner
5. Hudson Halder
6. Coleby Ferber
7. Christopher Oplinger
8. Harrison Halder
9. Joshua Shlatz
10. Haley Lederer
Sr. Animal - D Main
1. Briggs Danner
2. Chase Burda
3. Coleby Felber
4. Harrison Halder
5. Holt Halder
6. Johnny Kraft III
7. Conner Dutting-Morrell
Ur. Animal - A Main
1. Sam Rrameau
2. Brooklyn Gable
3. Danny Sams Iii
4. Jerry Macchia
5. Ryan Hatherill
Lt. World Formula - A Main
1. Zach Sobotka
2. Conner Gross
3. Briggs Danner
4. Andrew Molleur
5. Michael Clancy
6. Aaron Bollinger
7. Joshua Sokolic
8. Jake Garcia
9. Meghan Fuller
10. Zeb Wise
Lt. World Formula - B Main
1. Joshua Sokolic
2. Andrew Molleur
3. Jake Garcia
4. Meghan Fuller
5. Johnny Kraft Iii
6. Conner Dutting-Morrell
7. Wyatt Harrar
8. Conner Holderbach
9. Jack Wehmeyer
10. Gage Painter
11. Holt Halder
Hvy. World Formula - A Main
1. Frankie Nervo
2. Ben Mikitarian
3. Berklee Jimenez
4. Harrison Halder
5. Dylan Mccrone
6. Carson Hocevar
7. Danny Sams III
8. Jerry Macchia
9. Carden Cochran
10. Hudson Halder
11. Sam Rameau
Lt. Mod - A Main
1. Chase Burda
2. Brady Johnson
3. Xavier Doney
4. Paul Owens
5. Cole Stangle
Lt. AA - A Main
1. Connor Gross
2. Aaron Bollinger
3. Jack Wehmeyer
4. Zeb Wise
5. Joshua Sokolic
6. Michael Clancy
7. Andrew Molleur
Hvy. AA - A Main
1. Frankie Nervo
2. Carson Hocevar
3. Sam Rameau
4. Berklee Jimenez