This year's Jay Butler racing weekend started with 77 drivers at the ready to get behind the wheel of the 148 cars in the pit area.  Saturday dawned with blue cloudless skies and temperatures headed to the high 70's, not quite the warm weather that saw several track records broken during the States races on Memorial Day weekend.  Kiel Cochran would make the most of his opportunity in the Light World Formula qualifiers, however, by breaking the track record with a 6.702 on the 1/20th mile oval track.

In the afternoon, the D-mains and then C-mains would take to the track before racing was stopped for the day so that the drivers and their families could enjoy racing at Big Wall for the night.  Ronnie Mullen, father of Cole Mullen who has just returned to race at GSQMRC after a bit away, would thrill the crowd of youngsters with his win in the first Factory Stock race of the weekend.

Returning to the track on Sunday morning with much the same weather, B-mains began just after 10 AM.  In each main for the Junior divisions, 4 drivers would move up to the higher main with one hopeful waiting in the hot chute in case someone ahead of him or her could not make the green flag; for the Senior divisions, 5 drivers would move up with one waiting and keeping their fingers crossed.

The highlight of any Jay Butler weekend is the time spent with the Butler family.  They were on hand to help open the A-main events for the weekend with Brett Butler waving the green for the Junior Animal race, after presentations to the Butler family and the National Anthem sung by the lady racers from visiting Silver City Quarter Midget Racing Club.

Brandon Grosso would take two A-main checkers for the day; becoming Jay Butler Champion in both Heavy 160 and Heavy World Formula.  He would also make a power move on the last lap of the Heavy Honda A-main to come in second to winner Joey Bailey.  Anthony Payne would hang on for the win in the Senior Honda after the leaders, Glen Gargiulo and Jimmy Potts tangled just before the checkers on lap 39 of the 40 lap race.  Gargiulo would come back to finish 4th in that race and hold off a hard charging Potts in the Light 160 race to come in 3rd behind winner Jake Nelke and runner up Kiel Cochran.  Others taking wins for the Jay Butler Memorial weekend were Ava Cochran in Junior Animal, Joshua Patterson in Senior Animal, Brandon Shipley in Junior Honda and Shawna Winters in the Mod division.

The weekend was also the last leg of 4 for the Tri-State series between the 4 Quarter Midgets of America tracks in New Jersey, Connecticutt and Pennsylvania.  While the Wall club came into the show with a 4000 point deficit to the club from Connecticutt, the racers were able to whittle that down to a mere 20 points after the final race of the day.  Congratulations to the Silver City club on winning the first annual Tri-State series overall cup.  GSQMRC members who took individual divisional titles in the series were Cole Stangle, Patrick Gallagher, Justin Keraitis, Louie Keraitis, Jake Nelke and Brandon Grosso.

Racing will resume at the track this Sunday, September 23rd.  Sign-ins start at 8:30 and racing begins at 10 AM.  As always, admission is free and refreshments are available at the track.

There will be a special race on Friday, September 28th.  All proceeds from the Racing Fun Night will benefit GSQMRC members Mark Pesavage and Lisa Wilson to help in their fights against cancer.  Admission will be free; donations will be accepted.

For more information please see the club website at www.gardenstateqmrc.com

Jay Butler Results:

Senior Honda D-main:  Nico Totaro, Sean Vuksanic, Anthony Autunno, Loren
Poppe, Adam Giovanetti, Sierra Wilson, Cole Mullen, Gary Weisgerber

Heavy 160 D-main:  Nicole Chambrello, Robert Bloxsom, Zack Haspel, PJ
Spernal, Travis Schwarz, Joey Bailey

Junior Honda C-main:  Cade LaGrassa, Peter Hegel, Ryan Kuhlthau, Richie
Reeves, Cameron Cloutier, AJ Schroeder, Cole Ianello

Senior Honda C-main:  Cole Jackson, Loren Poppe, Kevin Gudrain, Ashley
Walter, Adam Giovanetti, Nico Totaro, Drew Gerber, Sean Vuksanic, Josh Troupe,
Anthony Autunno, Sierra Wilson

Heavy Honda C-main:  Taylor Gerber, Madison Pesavage, Kyle Scisco, Zack
Haspel, Liz Spernal, Scott Lizo, Cameron Michales, John Vuksanic, Travis
Schwarz

Light 160 C-main:  Zack Novak, Loren Poppe, Nico Totaro, Craig DellaRocca,
Ashley Walter, Drew Gerber, Matt Tobey, Ryan Quinn, Adam Giovanetti, Cole
Jackson

Heavy 160 C-main:  Caterina LaBella, Cayton Hornberger, Nicole Chambrello,
Robert Bloxsom, Madison Boyd, Travis Schwarz, Ralphie, Mackin, Brenden Koehler,
Zack Haspel, PJ Spernal

Junior Animal B-main:  Cole Stangle, Scotty MacConnell, Cade LaGrassa,
Peter Hegel, Thomas Reeves, Ryan Boyd, Ryan Kuhlthau, Richie Reeves

Senior Honda B-main:  Glen Gargiulo, Brooklyn Gable, Ian Gillespie, JJ
Sekelsky, Ryan Quinn, Loren Poppe, Cole Jackson, Ashley Walter, Kevin Gudrain,
Adam Giovanetti

Heavy Honda B-main:  Brandon Grosso, Brian Osborn, Zack Haspel, Taylor
Gerber, Ryan Gerber, Madison Boyd, Ralphie Mackin, Kyle Scisco, Madison
Pesavage, Liz Spernal

Light 160 B-main:  Glen Gargiulo, Brooklyn Gable, Jake Nelke, Ian
Gillespie, Zack Novak, Nico Totaro, JJ Sekelsky, Ashley Walter, Craig
DellaRocca, Loren Poppe

Heavy 160 B-main:  Brandon Traino, Shawna Winters, Caterina LaBella, Cayton
Hornberger, Nicole Chambrello, Madison Boyd, Ryan Gerber, Robert Bloxsom, Jack
Ely, Brice Corbett

Light World Formula B-main:  Jimmy Potts, Ryan MacConnell, Joshua
Patterson, Cayton Hornmberger, Matt Tobey, Ian Gillespie, Craig DellaRocca, Cole
Jackson, Adam Giovanetti

Heavy World Formula B-main:  Matthew Guertin, Caterina LaBella, Shawna
Winters, Brenden Koehler, Nicole Chambrello, Robert Bloxsom, Zack Haspel, Trevor
Schwarz

Junior Animal A-main:  Ava Horvath, Peter Hegel, Cole Stangle, Justin
Grosso, Brandon Shipley, Shawn Erm, Chase Stangle, Thomas Reeves

Senior Animal A-main:  Joshua Patterson, Brooklyn Gable, Justin Keraitis,
Josh Troupe

Junior Honda A-main:  Brandon Shipley, Chase Stangle, Justin Grosso, Shawn
Erm, Scotty MacConnell, Cade LaGrassa, Peter Hegel, Cole Stangle

Senior Honda A-main:  Anthony Payne, JJ Sekelsky, Ryan Quinn, Glen
Gargiulo, Ian Gillespie, Brooklyn Gable, Ryan MacConnell, Patrick Gallagher,
Jimmy Potts, Justin Emmons

Heavy Honda A-main:  Joey Bailey, Brandon Grosso, Ashley O'Toole, Louie
Keraitis, Brenden Koehler, Jack Ely, Brian Osborn, Taylor Gerber, Madison Boyd,
Ryan Gerber

Senior Stock A-main:  Craig DellaRocca

Mod A-main:  Shawna Winters, Ryan Quinn, Chase Stangle, Craig
DellaRocca

Light 160 A-main:  Jake Nelke, Kiel Cochran, Glen Gargiulo, Jimmy Potts,
Brooklyn Gable, Zack Novak, Ian Gillespie, Joshua Patterson, Patrick Gallagher,
Anthony Payne

Heavy 160 A-main:  Brandon Grosso, Caterina LaBella, Brandon Traino, Shawna
Winters, Cayton Hornberger, Brian Osborn, Louie Keraitis, Nicole Chambrello,
Dylan McCrone, Ashley O'Toole

Light World Formula A-main:  Jimmy Potts, Jake Nelke, Kiel Cochran, Dylan
McCrone, Cayton Hornberger, David McCrone, Anthony Payne, Ryan MacConnell,
Joshua Patterson, Matt Tobey  (New Track Record: Keil Cochran - 6.702)

Heavy World Formula A-main:  Brandon Grosso, Jack Ely, Shawna Winters,
Caterina LaBella, Matthew Guertin, Brenden Koehler, Ralphie Mackin, Brice
Corbett, Nicole Chambrello, Louie Keraitis

Junior Honda Consi:  Thomas Reeves, Cameron Courtlier, Ritchie Reeves

Honda 120 Consi:  Madison Pesavage, Drew Gerber, Kyle Scisco, Nico Totaro,
Sierra Wilson

160 Consi:  Loren Poppe, Nico Totaro, Rob Bloxsom, Drew Gerber, Craig
DellaRocca