Marcuccilli Makes Time
Records fastest lap in Sportsman time trials
by Brendon Capria
OSWEGO, N.Y. – Oct. 7, 2016 – David Marcuccilli was surprised Friday when he recorded the fast time in time trials during the 45th running of the NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week at Oswego Speedway. The last time the Cayuga, N.Y. driver raced at the 5/8-mile, it was paved. But for him, the dirt racing experience is unparalleled.
“The [Sportsman cars] weren’t any fun on asphalt,” Marcuccilli said. “The dirt will be fun. The [track] did a very good job for the time they had. It was a little tricky but we had a good car.”
Marcuccilli was the first driver to enter the track for time trials. With 75 Sportsman cars on deck, Marcuccilli was one of three to record a lap time under 24 seconds. Setting the bar too high for the rest of the field, Marcuccilli’s No. M1 Page Trucking Bicknell car passed the checkers at 23.451.
The next closest was Ballston Spa, N.Y. driver Tyler Meeks, who trailed Marcuccilli by a 0.455 split. Meeks thanked the track for their hard work and said the conditions are getting better.
“We usually run on a slicker track here at Canandaigua [Speedway], so we ran that setup and everything worked out pretty good,” Meeks said. “I started spinning my tires coming off, so I screwed up my first lap. But we calmed down on the second lap. This is a track where you don’t need horsepower. It’s all handling and driving. Feather throttled it and it turned out well.”
The Sportsman class will conclude Friday’s program with a series 15-lap qualifiers. Where each driver finishes will determine who advances to Sunday’s Sportsman Chevy Performance Championship.
Time Trial Results: 1. m1- David Marcuccilli, 23.451; 2. 28- Tyler Meeks, 23.906; 3. 1J- Rocky Warner, 23.949; 4. 34- Kevin Root, 24.005; 5. 32- Ron Davis III, 24.124; 6. 33- Ale LaJoie, 24.142; 7. 15b- Brianna Ladouceur, 24.167; 8. 7- Cody McPherson, 24. 182; 9. 27- Jeremy Pitts, 24.187; 10. 20k- Kyle Inman, 24.258; 11. 92p- Mark Pelletier, 24.306; 12. 4- Greg Martin, 24.319; 13. 9- Tyler Trump, 24.340; 14. 15p- Adam Pierson, 24.358; 15. 0- Shane Pecore, 24.384; 16. 7F- Matt Farnham, 24.405; 17. 27b- Robert Bublak, 24.410; 18. 43- Martin Hebert, 24.442; 19. 9- Connor Cleveland, 24.467; 20. 14. Jeremy Pitcher, 24.484; 21. 75- A.J. Custodi, 24.530; 22. 94- Chris Burek, 24.537; 23. 711- John Sowle, 24.548; 24.18J- Louie Jackson Jr., 24.601; 25. 7s- Mike Sabia, 24.604; 26. 10%- Tim Hartman Jr., 24.607; 27. 18r- Brad Rouse, 24.622; 28. 6- Matt Strangle, 24.632; 29. 52- Jessica Power, 24.635; 30. 60- Jackson Gill, 24.679; 31. 73- Kevin Chaffee, 24.699; 32. 713- Tom Collins, 24.706; 33. 180- Aaron Pugh, 24.730; 34. 80- Steve Barber, 24.734; 35. 20d- Greg Doust, 24.737; 36. 22J- Stacey Jackson, 24.737; 37. 85- Steve Abt, 24.738; 38. 33J- Jason Occhino, 24.759; 39. 19- Jaime Begor, 24.764; 40. 2L- Jack Lehner, 24.786; 41. 11- Taylor Caprara, 24.801; 42. 234- Adam McAulliffe, 24.814; 43. 2T- Mike Taylor, 24.906; 44.9r- Tom Richau, 24.909; 45. 74- Dave Flannigan Jr., 24.955; 46. 7r- Ryan Stortini, 24.970; 47. 21g- Adam Gage, 24.971; 48. 22- Jeff Watson, 24.973; 49. 88H- Mike Jackson, 24.986; 50. 98- Tyler Thompson, 25.002; 51. 21- James Henry, 25.025; 52. 28w- Sandy Pembleton, 25.050; 53. 88c- Connor Dawdy, 25.051; 54. 29k- Chris Cunningham, 25.151; 55. 98- Andrew Buff, 25.156; 56. 352- Fred Proctor, 25.171; 57. 48d- Aaron Backus, 25.193; 58. 17T- Tristan Draper, 25.203; 59. 14E- Chad Edwards, 25.216; 60. 16s- Mike Schultz, 25.236; 61. 99- Billy Clark Jr., 25.242; 62. 19L- Joe Williams, 25.266; 63. 11s- Steve Lewis Jr., 25.288; 64. 44c- John Carner, 25.292; 65. F16- Earl Rudy, 25.366; 66. 34s- Kelly Smith, 25.352; 67. 56- Garrson Krentz, 25.498; 68. 91F- Bobby Flood, 25.507; 69. 81- Luke Klob, 25.517; 70. 92NY- Brandon Carvey, 25.524; 71. 14x- Kim Duell, 25.555; 72. 22m- Brett Martin, 25.579; 73. 34L- Pat LePage, 25.790; 74. 1R- Ricky Thompson,25.797; 75. 8- Chris Hilz, 26.495; 76. 16L- Jean-Pierre LaBelle, 26.264; 77. 16a- Aaron Jacobs, 26.325; 78. 32h- Brian Hilz, 26.495; 79. 37- Darryl Mitchell, 27.158; 80. 1R- Adam Hilton, DQ; 81. 6d- Dillon Steur, DQ; 82. 79- Dave Constantino, No Times; 83. 68- David Dipietro II, No Times, 84. 77F- Brandon Williams, No Times; 85. 73d- Dylan Davidson, No Times; 86. 86- Matt Steffenhagen, No Times; 87. 20- Jay Mallory, No Times
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