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Adams wins Mountain in Spitfire

Alison Cumins won both of her heats on the weekend. Winning one in Pennsylvania at Mountain Speedway and then at Flamboro Ontario Canada in an open race with the Can Am Midgets in an open race.

Don Adams in the Spitfire House Car charged from eighth starting position to assume command on lap 15 when Matt Janisch crashed hard into the third turn fence.

Janisch assumed command from his outside pole position on the initial start. Adams worked his way to second position by lap 3 to challenge for the lead. As a result of a lap three caution brought out by a spinning between Robin Johnston and Scott Campbell, Adams and Janisch had the front row for a drag race into the first turn with Janisch maintaining his advantage.

A red flag came out on lap five for a multi car tangle that took out top points contenders Chris "Tyro" Deritis and Ryan Tidman, Jeff Kot, and Tim Proctor that was keyed by a spinning Jeff Kot.

On the ensuing restart Adams made a hard charge on Janisch only to have Janisch move back into the lead. Janisch stayed in command until lap 14 when a suspension failure caused hard contact with the turn three wall.

Adams took the point for the restart and went on to record the win over Frank Fischer and Zack Martini in third with Austin Fehr in fourth and Paul Lotier Jr. recorded a top five finish.

The first heat race was won by Alison Cumins. She took advantage of her pole starting position to record her first ATQMRA heat race victory.

Mike Tidaback won the second heat race while Matt Janisch ran the fastest lap of the day and won the third heat.

ATQMRA News and Notes: The ATQMRA had 22 cars signed into the pits for the event. The next race for the ATQMRA is at Chemung Speedrome on Saturday August 30th. Art Lawshe made his ATQMRA 2008 debut. Hard charging Zack Martini moved from his fifteenth starting position to record consecutive third place finishes behind fischer and Adams. The ATQMRA will have the Joe Payne III car on display at the Hinchliffe Stadium Racing Expo during this upcoming weekend's Falls Festival in Paterson , NJ. Chris Economaki is planning to attend the Expo returning to the track where he went to see midget races in his youth.

Don Adams win at ATQMRA/Can Am/Casey's Challenge at Flamboro Speedway in Ontario, Canada. Zack Martini in the Blu Metz Valley Extrusion special finished a close second . Martini made up a full straight away advantage to come within a few feet at the finish of the 25 lap caution free race. Don Adams won the first heat and Allison Cumins won the second heat in dominant fashion.

TQ Midgets (20-laps) 1. DON ADAMS 2. Frank Fischer 3. Zack Martini 4. Austin Fehr 5. Paul Lotier Jr 6. Robin Johnston 7. Ian Cumens 8. Mike Tidaback 9. Alison Cumens 10. Scott Campbell 11. Rudy Botticher 12. Matthew Roselli 13. Matt Janisch 14. Art Lowshe 15. Jeff Kot 16. Ryan Tidman 17.Chris Deritis 18. Tim Procter 19. Tim Behmer 20. Richie Coy DNS: Ken Wismer Jr, Joey Payne III

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4423711734210844931&hl=en

Click above to see video of the multi-car racing accident that took out several top contenders.

Click the picture below to view the handicap sheet for this Saturday's Race.

The following was copied from the Can Am Midget Site

DON ADAMS WINS TQ 'OPEN' RACE

The Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets hosted an "Open Invitational' race Sunday night at Flamboro Speedway (Ont, Canada) and the winner was Don Adams from Robbinsville, New Jersey. Driving the Spitfire Racing TQ #26, owned by Colin Martin, Adams took the lead on lap 2, lapping half the field before the green to checkered finish.
Zack Martini, driving for ATQMRA President Blu Metz finished second and Rookie Mackie DeMan driving for Lucas Oil Can-Am Midget owner Craig Mackereth finished third.

This "Open Invitational" was an attempt to bring together different TQ Midget groups for a fun event, no points, "let's work together" attitude. Along with the host Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets and the ATQMRA club there were a number of cars from the Lancaster/Casey's series from Western New York.

Can-Am President Ken Lorenz said "I am very pleased with the turnout, it went better than expected. We are already having talks with the other groups to make this an annual event. Green to checkered with a varity of different midgets was exciting for the fans to watch. The top ten finishers were an even mix of Can-Am cars and the visitors. You couldn't ask for anything better than that."

Heat #1 was won by Adams and Heat #2 was taken by Rookie, 17 year old, Alison Cumens from Doylestown, PA, with the ATQMRA. The "B" Feature was won by David Balych of the Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets.

Heat #1

Don Adams

Heat #2

Alison Cumens

Rookie Mike Westwood took the lead from the pole position after a draw was done for the starting line-up. Adams, starting sixth, took over the top spot on lap 2 followed by Craig Mackereth. DeMan moved into the third spot and had a close battle with Martini for six laps. Lap nine had Mackereth still in second, Martini in third followed by DeMan and Rob Neely, driving for Lorenz, in 5th. Next lap Martini and DeMan passed Mackereth and Neely began to make a hard charge for the 4th spot. By half way, Adams had a sizable lead on the field and Martini was now in second. DeMan held third and Neely battled with Craig Mackereth for a number of laps. Neely got around Mackereth on lap 18 and moved behind DeMan for the fourth spot. The checkered flag went to Adams on lap 25 followed by Martini, DeMan, Neely and Mackereth.

"A" Feature

Zack Martini 2nd, Don Adams 1st, Mack Demann 3rd

Final finish was...ADAMS, Martini, DeMan, Neely, Mackereth, Wayne Turnbull, Alison Cumens, Ian Cumens, Jody Bound, Lucas Smith, David Balych, Mike Westwood, Mike Blair, Jonathan Treadwell, Jim Fleishman, Dennis Bois, Richie Coy, Larry Westwood, Jonathan Reid. DNS, Collin Turnbull.

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