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The Northeast Organized Racers Association (NORA) is heading into the 2007 seeason armed with a five-race schedule, an increased car count and a new leadership that’s determined to achieve the goals that NORA’s founders first established back in …

As the unofficial drop of the checkered flag for Oswego Speedway’s 2006 racing season took place during the awards banquet at Turning Stone Casino last Fall, it was announced that when the limited supermodified division took its first …

Ray Hedger’s chassis may have had a stronghold on victory lane in 2006 but it’s the FFB chassis shop that’s been burning the midnight oil during the off-season.

Russ Brown took top honors Classic Weekend just one week …

Larry Muroski took top honors for the first time on opening day at the Oswego Speedway Sunday afternoon, putting his No. 38 small block supermodified out ahead of co-front row starter Jack Patrick and never looking back. The sophomore …

Josh LaRochelle had just enough time to make one final bid for the lead Saturday night at the Oswego Speedway. LaRochelle dropped several lengths behind race leader Brian Sobus after failing to make a late race pass stick, but …

The Big Dog Chassis Report, By Margaret LeVea

First, I would like to start out explaining some of the history of the Big Dog Chassis. Lou (LeVea) started racing at Oswego Speedway …

With the departure of Michael Barnes into the supermodified ranks last season, Terry Solazzo was left to find a suitable replacement to fill the seat of the familiar, potent No. 25 car. The removal of the super stock …

Dave Gruel put the Crow Motorsports No. 18 back on track again Saturday night at the Oswego Speedway, following up two sub-par performances with an impressive first-place showing in the Tony White Memorial 35. The Auburn native fought hard to …

Alan Barker busted out of an early season slump Monday afternoon, taking the checkered flag in dramatic fashion in NORA’s season opener at Adirondack Speedway. It was the sophomore driver’s first small block supermodified win and it came at …

The Big Dog Chassis Report, By Margaret LeVea

The adrenaline was definitely on high this weekend. On Saturday, at Oswego, a number of wrecks occurred due to drivers feeling the need to win a …

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Kevin Knopp took over the points lead this week with another impressive run in his new FFB chassis. Knopp has said the car is improving with each passing week and that once he could catch up to the car …

The Big Dog Chassis Report, By Margaret LeVea

This weekend definitely had its highs and its lows. I could not get over the fact that all of the features were wreck fests. …

Jason Simmons, Lou LeVea, Dave Gruel, Russ Brown, Rob Pullen, Guard Nearbin, Mike Bond and Rick Zeigler …

Alan Barker backed up his first SBS win he had picked up in a NORA tour race at Adirondack Speedway two weeks ago by besting the small block supermodified field at Oswego Speedway Saturday night. It was the first …

Alan Barker made it five races and five different winners in the SBS division this week. No repeat winners shouldn’t be too much of …

The Big Dog Chassis Report, By Margaret LeVea

This weekend had its ups on downs for the Big Dogs. At Spencer on Friday, we had two out of the eight cars …

Lou LeVea put his Big Dog No. 96 into victory lane Friday night in NORA’s Small Block Super Touring Series race at Spencer Speedway. LeVea’s win marks the third different chassis to find the checkered flag in SBS feature …

Larry Muroski became the first repeat …

Josh LaRochelle retained his hold on the points chase with his sixth top-10 finish in as many races. LaRochelle is the only driver to score a top 10 every race this season. He had what he would consider an …

The Big Dog Chassis Report, by Margaret LeVea

This weekend was a pretty good for the Big Dogs.

Friday night at Spencer was a great night for both Jason and Lou. Jason was able to hold off Shawn Walker and Tim Barbeau …

SBS division representative Ed Horne is confident that an agreement has been made between car owners and Oswego Speedway management to satisfy both parties regarding rulebook issues and avert a potential “demonstration” of some sort by FFB car owners.

“I …

 By: Luke Eggleston/Sports Editor, OswegoDailyNews.com

How do drivers arrive at the numbers that mark their cars? Is it accident? Is it inspiration?

Apparently, it’s both. For some drivers, it’s simply a matter of what number is available …

The FFB Racing Report, by Debbie White

I wasn’t going to write this, but I was asked more than once so here we go. I would like to start by saying that when Wayne & Tony …

Dave Gruel piloted the Crow Motorsports No. 18 to his second win on the 2007 season Saturday night at the Oswego Speedway. Gruel used a slingshot move on race leader Dave Cliff, Jr. to take the lead away on …

We have a new points leader this week. Russ Brown moved atop the standings after Josh LaRochelle and Mike Bond lost battles with Lady Luck. LaRochelle found the outside retaining wall on the front straightaway early on in the …

The Big Dog Chassis Report, by Margaret LeVea

I was not going to write a column anymore due to all of the controversies going on at the track but I guess that would mean I …

The FFB Racing Report, by Debbie White

It was a pretty good night for the FFB boys this week. We had six cars in the top 10. I must say that is a pretty solid finish …

Mannsville’s Russ Brown followed up last weekend’s points chase takeover with his first feature win on the season Saturday night at the Oswego Speedway. Brown took over the lead from Oswego’s Kevin Knopp at the halfway mark and then …

The Hedger Chassis Racing Report, by Wendy Brown

Let me start things off by introducing myself. My name is Wendy Brown and my husband is Russ Brown, driver of the No.13 SBS car. We have two daughters, Taylor & Kennedie, …

The Big Dog Chassis Report, by Margaret LeVea 

This past weekend was a particularly miserable weekend for our family. We lost our best Great Dane, Lily, saddening everyone in our pits. This was really …

The FFB Racing Report, by Debbie White

The FFB cars had a good showing again this week. We had four cars in the top 10. Kevin Knopp made a great challenge for …

As the SBS Racing Series at the Oswego Speedway works through its second decade of existence, the competition has become closer and closer as teams continue to push the limits to what they can do inside the box the …

How many teams realize that there are only four point races left this season. With that said, Brown heads into this weekend with a 20-point advantage on Brian Sobus and a 21-point lead on Kevin Knopp. Josh LaRochelle lurks …

The Hedger Chassis Racing Report, by Wendy Brown

Since Mother Nature decided to make her own race rules Saturday night I thought I’d let you all in on some exciting race news. Russ Brown will be doing …

Mexico’s Mike Bond began the racing season at the Oswego Speedway on a high note, racking up consistent top-five finishes that propelled him into the points lead in the small block supermodified division. However, a stretch of bad luck …

The Hedger Chassis Racing Report, by Wendy Brown

What a great night of racing (again) for the SBS class at the Oswego Speedway. The weather was perfect and the racing was outstanding. The Hedger cars made quite a showing …

The FFB Racing Report, by Debbie WhiteThe FFB Racing Chassis collected another win with driver Mike Bond on Saturday night. Bond had a car good enough to pick up …

Only three races remain in the 2007 points chase, but that doesn’t seem to be the hot topic of conversation heading into this weekend’s racing action. “Mr. / Miss SBS” will be crowned on Saturday night - the first …

Oswego’s Mark Regan took home a popular win Saturday night …

What Mike Bond said needed to happen to open the door for him to win the title happened on Saturday night. Russ Brown ran into trouble in the feature … twice. Unfortunately, for Bond, he had trouble …

The Hedger Racing Chassis Report, by Wendy Brown

First and foremost - The Hedger/Brown racing team wishes to send sincere condolences to the Pike family. Ray has told me personally that Charlie Pike was a fighter and a great …

The FFB Racing Chassis Report, by Debbie White

First and foremost, before getting into the action this past Saturday, our condolences go out to the family and friends of Charlie Pike …

By Luke Eggleston, OswegoDailyNews.com 

Fortune has been fickle this season for small block supermodified driver Josh LaRochelle. After wrecking one week ago, LaRochelle returned to Oswego Speedway Saturday night to win his second feature of the season….

The FFB Racing Report What a difference a week makes! After a disastrous week last week, this week’s racing showed what our class is capable of. The heats went off with no cautions and only a few jingles in …

Small block supermodified driver Dave Gruel captured his third checkered flag of the 2007 season Saturday night at the Oswego Speedway, winning the track’s regular season finale. Mannsville’s Russ Brown didn’t land a top-five finish on Saturday, but he …

Oswego’s Kevin Knopp held off recently crowned 2007 Oswego Speedway Track Champion …

The FFB Racing Report

This week we’ll take a look at Saturday’s Oswego action, the final points race of the 2007 season and Wednesday’s NORA show run with the DIRT mods. Kevin Knopp …

Kreig Heroth may be a new name for fans of big and small block supermodifieds, but he’s no stranger to the Oswego Speedway. Heroth brings a both a wealth of prior racing experience …

Question: Ok Lou, why did you miss the last two regular season races at Oswego?

Answer: Well, we were thrown out by the track for an extra week after we’d been …

The Hedger Chassis Racing Report, by Wendy Brown WOW! The Hedger teams definitely dominated the August 18th racing at the Oswego Speedway. Heat wins went to Russ Brown, Alan Barker and David Gruel. Also driving a Hedger-built chassis, Roy …

For the final “Statistically Speaking” of the regular season, we look towards Classic Weekend and who has the best shot at coming home with the win.

The first thing people look at when trying to decide who has a …

Four of the top six supermodified drivers in the final 2007 championship points standings were former small block super drivers. Since its inception in 1992, the SBS division has continued to breed eventual big block stars. On the eve …

A little more than half of the expected field for this weekend’s SBS Classic took advantage of Friday’s practice …

Alan Barker’s time of 19.186 seconds was best overall and earned him a bye in the SBS Classic Time Trials Saturday afternoon. Russ Brown filed in just behind Barker with a 19.190. Tim Barbeau was the lone FFB representative …

Dave Cliff, Jr. took the lead away from Shawn Walker on the 17th lap of the 100-lap Small Block Supermodified (SBS) Classic at the Oswego Speedway and never looked back en …

Oswego’s Rob Pullen won what could very well be considered the most competitive small block supermodified race of the season Friday night at the Oswego Speedway. Pullen took the checkered flag to capture NORA’s 35-lap …