GSQMRC Holds Annual Garden State Classic Season Opener

The Garden State Quarter Midget Racing Club held its Annual Garden State Classic race weekend on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7.  Blue skies and a good breeze greeted the drivers and their handlers when racing opened Saturday morning at 10 AM.  First up for the day would be qualifying for 11 divisions on the weekend:  Junior Novice, Senior Novice, Junior Animal, Senior Animal, Junior Honda, Senior Honda, Heavy Honda, Junior Stocks, LIght 160, Heavy 160, Light World Formula and Heavy World Formula.

When qualifying was completed, lower mains began for several divisions.  Drivers were looking to transfer to the A-mains for Sunday races.  The novice classes were completed on Saturday with Ryan Stangle taking his first A-main win in Junior Novice and Chris Silvestri taking the Senior Novice checkers.

Sunday dawned bright with less breeze and warmer temperatures.  A-mains started at 10:30 with the Junior Animal division and moved through the remainder of the classes.  Cole Stangle would take the first event of the day and later would win the Junior Stock class as well.  Kiel Cochran took his lone win of the day by inches over Aaron Bollinger in the Senior Animal division.  Chase Stangle, brother of Cole and cousin of Ryan, took the checkered flag on the last lap of the Junior Honda A-main, beating Cole to the line for the win.  Taking two wins on the day would be Brandon Grosso in both the Heavy Honda and Heavy 160 divisions.  The other heavy division was won by Louie Keraitis in his world formula.  Birthday presents in the form of wins came for two drivers in the Classic.  GSQMRC's own Anthony Payne took the win in the Senior Honda A-main with outsider Aaron Bollinger taking two wins for his birthday in the Light 160 and Light World Formula classes.

Racing resumes next week on Sunday, April 14.  Gates open at 8:30 with racing set to begin at 10.  As always, admission is free.  For more information, check out the club website at www.gardenstateqmrc.com

RESULTS:

Junior Novice A-main:  Ryan Stangle, Daniel Braman, Nick Billelo, Adrianna Hnyda 

Senior Novice:  Chris Silvestri 

Junior Animal A-main:  Cole Stangle, Christian Bruno, Steven Snyder, Wyatt Harrar, Alexander French, Thomas Prychka, Cade LaGrassa, Justin Grosso, Adrianna Delliponti 

Senior Animal A-main:  Kiel Cochran, Aaron Bolinger, Brandon Shipley, DJ Hunt, Andrew Molleur, Shane Emmons, Peter Hegel, Shawn Erm, Joshua Patterson 

Junior Honda A-main:  Chase Stangle, Cole Stangle, Justin Grosso, Alexander French, Steven Snyder, Cade LaGrassa, Wyatt Harrar, Thomas Prychka, Christian Bruno 

Senior Honda A-main:  Anthony Payne, Shane Emmons, Sarah Napora, Glen Gargiulo, DJ Hunt, Justin Emmons, Drew Gerber, Cole Mullen, Nathan Griffith, Shawn Erm 

Heavy Honda A-main:  Brandon Grosso, Kyle Sisco, Jake Nelke, Taylor Gerber, Louie Keraitis, Colin Bustard, Brian Osborn, Madison Boyd, Patrick Gallagher, Madison Pesavage 

Junior Stock A-main:  Cole Stangle, Ryan Boyd 

Light 160 A-main:  Aaron Bollinger, Branden Pavel, Anthony Payne, DJ Hunt, Kiel Cochran, Ryan MacConnell, Joshua Patterson, Glen Gargiulo, Andrew Molleur, Drew Gerber 

Heavy 160 A-main:  Brandon Grosso, Brian Osborn, Louie Keraitis, Patrick Gallagher, Shawna Winters, Jake Nelke, Madison Boyd, Ian Gillespie, Colin Bustard, Taylor Gerber 

Light World Formula A-main:  Aaron Bollinger, Kiel Cochran, Jake Nelke, Andrew Molleur, Joshua Patterson, Ryan MacConnell, Colin Bustard, Brandon Shipley, Anthony Payne, Mason Magee 

Heavy World Formula A-main:  Louie Keraitis, Brandon Grosso, Shawna Winters, David McCrone, Ian Gillespie, Nicole Chambrello, Travis Schwarz, Dylan McCrone