Congratulations to ATQMRA Brice's NAPA Turkey Derby 2007 Winner Don Adams and Car Owner Jeff Kot

Don Adams wearing the laurels and holding the beautiful plaque presented by track promoter Jim Morton during his  Victory Lane interview with long time ATQMRA announcer and the official voice of the Boardwalk Hall Indoor series Bob Marlow (Chris Gore Photo).

Turkey Derby Champion Don Adams Received the Laurels from Wall Promoter Jim Morton and is Presented with the Chattham and Main Racing With Jesus Ministries Trophy and the Beautiful Plaque from Wall township Speedway.  From left to right are Flagman Glenn McGowan, Don Adams and car Owner Jeff Kot winning his first feature event as a car owner.

Don Adams Returns to His Old Car to Win the Brice’s NAPA Turkey Derby for New Owner Jeff Kot

 Jeff Kot approached Don Adams prior to the 34th Annual Turkey Derby at Wall Township Speedway and asked Adams to shake down the renumbered 95 car he purchased from Adams prior to the 2007 Gambler’s Classic in Atlantic City.  Adams certainly shook the car down and returned the car to its winning ways in convincing fashion leading 15 laps and had a winning margin of 1.272 seconds over Ryan Tidman. 

 The first Brice’s NAPA heat was won by Bob Watkins Jr. in the car he drove to the 2007 Keenan Motors ATQMRA driving title and is readying for the Gambler’s Classic.  Watkins won from the pole to notch his second heat win of the season followed by Chris deRitis, Adams, followed by the Payne Brothers Joey Jr. and Johnny.

 The second Brice’s NAPA heat was taken by the Hard Charging Tim Buckwalter in the Colin Martin Spitfire development 36.  He charged from his third starting position to take the lead from pole sitter Matt Janisch and win by 1.034 seconds over Ryan Tidman with Matt Janisch, Neil Blatt, and Frank Fischer rounding out the top five.

 The Brice’s NAPA Feature event was brought to Glenn McGowan’s Green flag by the front row of pole sitter Rudy Boetticher and Frank Fischer.  Fischer anticipated the wave of the green to jump out to the lead.  Don Adams moved from his fifth starting position to challenge for the lead by lap 2.  Adams and Fischer waged a side by side battle for the lead with Adams on the outside able to take the preferred line from Fischer on lap 6 taking the lead and never looking back.  He led 15 laps en route to his second victory of the season in as many different cars. 

 Ryan Tidman made a last lap move to take second position from Fischer advancing 9 positions from a start of tenth on the grid.  Tim Buckwalter led a charge from  11th on the grid to finish fourth with Bob Watkins Jr.  rounding out the top five. 

 Paul Lotier Jr. made his first start in a TQ midget advancing from his 15th starting position to score a top ten in preparation for Atlantic City.

 The day saw the return of Lenny and Donna Boyd to the ATQMRA family with their driver Paul Lotier Jr. at the wheel of the newly acquired Spitfire that won last years Turkey Derby with Steve Buckwalter at the wheel.  They are planning their assault on Boardwalk Hall in January.  Phil DiMario debuted his beautiful Dart Chassis car lettered and painted reminiscent of the midgets he won with driving for Ray MaCabe.  Mike Osite made a return to the ranks of the ATQMRA for the first time since the closing of Pinebrook Speedway in 1989 in the Blu Metz 46.  The day saw Billy Pauch Jr. take the wheel of the Joe Csernak 8x only to have fuel system gremlins prevent a good finish. 

 The day was another “Pinebrook Reunion” of sorts with Pinebrook veterans Lenny Boyd, Mike Osite, Bob Watkins Sr. Rudy Boetticher, Joe Payne Sr., Joey Payne Jr., Johnny Payne, Don Adams, Phil DiMario, Johnny Coy Jr., Alan Mollot, Bob Marlow, and Earl Krause and others who spent Friday nights at the fabled north Jersey oval. 

Brice’s NAPA Heat 1            1.91Bob Watkins Jr.2.35Chris DeRitis3.95Don Adams4.26Joey Payne5.66pJohnny Payne6.04Rudy Boetticher7.23Phil DiMario8.94Bruce Leote9.8XBilly Pauch Jr.

Brice’s NAPA Heat 1            1.36Tim Buckwalter2.51Ryan Tibman3.48Mike Janisch4.09Neil Blatt5.33Frank Fischer6.1Paul Lotier Jr.7.46Matt Osite8.69Tim Behmer9.14Robin Johnston

Brice’s NAPA Turkey Derby            1.95Don Adams2.51Ryan Tibman3.33Frank Fischer4.36Tim Buckwalter5.91Bob Watkins Jr.6.48Matt Janisch7.35Chris DeRitis8.09Neil Blatt9.04Rudy Boetticher10.1Paul Lotier Jr.11.46Mike Osite12.66pJohnny Payne13.94Bruce Leote14.23Phil DeMario15.8XBilly Pauch Jr.16.26Joey Payne17.14Robin Johnston18.69Tim Behmer

Brice's NAPA ATQMRA Turkey Derby   195Don Adams251Ryan Tibman333Frank Fischer436Tim Buckwalter591Bob Watkins Jr.648Mike Janisch735Chris DeRitis809Neil Blatt904Rudy Boetticher101Paul Lotier Jr.1146Matt Osite1266pJohnny Payne1394Bruce Leote1423Phil DeMario158XBilly Pauch Jr.1626Joey Payne1714Robin Johnston1869Tim Behmer

Brice's Napa Heat 1  191Bob Watkins Jr.235Chris DeRitis395Don Adams426Joey Payne566pJohnny Payne604Rudy Boetticher723Phil DeMario894Bruce Leote98XBilly Pauch Jr.

Brice's Napa Heat 2  136Tim Buckwalter251Ryan Tibman348Mike Janisch409Neil Blatt533Frank Fischer61Paul Lotier Jr.746Matt Osite869Tim Behmer914Robin Johnston

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