Although it seems like it was just a few Fridays ago that we were all sweating out the work day waiting to pack your racing bags and head to the track, the racing season is just around the corner.

This is the hardest time of the year for race teams.  Everyone at Greg Martin Motorsports is hard at work putting together sponsorship proposals and packages to try and get the #4 machine back on the track for next season.

This year hopes to be more successful year for us.  We hope to bring more wins to you the fans and sponsors then we did last year.  We made it through some bad midyear luck to end up ninth in points.  All in all landing in the ten in points a notching our first career sportsman modified win was fantastic.

I want to make sure and thank you all for the most popular driver award I received in 2007.  That award could have never been possible without all of you.  I was truly honored to win that and thank you all again.  Hope you’re all looking forward to the upcoming racing season as much as we are.  See you in April.

Greg Martin and the Greg Martin Motorsports Team

 

The final results are in for the Ransomville Speedway Sportsman division most popular driver award.  Greg Martin was named the most popular driver in his division with 81 votes from fans and spectators at the "Big R."  Martin and his team would like to thank everyone who voted for the number 4 this year.  The official award will be given to the Martin team on Friday, November 2nd at the annual awards and dinner banquet where Greg will also be recognised for finishing in the top 10 in points for the year.

1) Greg Martin 81 votes 2) Jipp Ortiz 49 votes 3) Tony Purgarich 36 votes 4) Jesse Cotriss 12 votes 5) Mark Potter 10 votes 6) Don Spatorico 9 votes

 

This weekend Greg Martin Heads to Fulton Speedway in Fulton, NY for the Victoria 200 weekend.  Martin will compete in the Gater Racing News / Motorsports Expo 2008 Sportsman Super DIRTcar Series 30-lapper.

Martin Finished 9th in points at Ransomville Speedway.  The team hopes to bring home a great finish from the Victoria event.

 

Joe Williams 19, Don Spatorico 5, Chris Higgins 19H, Tyler MacPherson 777, John Juhl 2P, Danny Weisner 66, Kevin Ridley 20x, Greg Panunte 99P, Scott Just 54JR, Tony Purgarich 5t, Mike Bowman 22, Tony Steiner 13, Todd Henderson 18, Chris Hile 5J, Justin Wright 19W, Loren Lincoln 2, Mark D’llario 08, John Panattoni 67, Greg Martin 4, Steve Miller 99s, Jeff Cosgrove 65, Anthony Rizzardo 99$, Shawn Donath 87, Jipp Ortiz 0, Larry Wight 99u, Steve Schumacher 56, Rob Hile 5R, Tommy Flannigan 7x, Luke Carleton 97c, Jesse Cotriss 55c and James Michael Friesen 7A. Heat Winners – Shawn Donath 87, Rob Pratt, Anthony Rizzardo 99$, Justin Wright 19W, and Don Spatorico 5. Consolation Winners – Scott Just 54JR and Chris Hile 5J.

Greg Martin plans to run at Fulton Speedway on Friday, September 28th in the Sportsman Super DIRTcar race.

 

Ransomville Speedway - Greg Martin finishes off a great season with a 4th place finish in his Jeffery Machine DIRT Sportsman in the final points race of the year. 

Greg started 10th in the feature racing his way up to as far as 5th place during the race.  Greg crossed the finish line in 5th place but was later awarded 4th due to a Ransomville Speedway ruling on Don Spatorico.  Double points were awarded which helped Martin take finish in sole position of 9th.

Martin will be racing this Friday, September 7, 2007 in the Dream Construction Sunoco Super DIRT Sportsman Trail 50 lap race.

Results:  Tommy Flannigan, Steve Schumacher, Scott Just, Greg Martin, Ed Cain, Jipp Ortiz, Steve Miller, John Panattoni, Dennis Giancola, Sandy Pembleton, Tony Purgarich, Mike Short, James Michael Friesen, Nathan Reynolds, Mark Williams, Derek Smith, Peter Gordon, John Smith, Don Spatorico, Bernie Pangrazio, Jessy Cotriss, and Jim Zimmerman. Heat Winners – Jessy Cotriss, John Panattoni, and Don Spatorico.

 

Don Spatorico, Steve Schumacher, Ed Cain, Steve Miller, Tony Purgarich, Scott Just, Mike Short, Jipp Ortiz, Rick Ballante, Sandy Pembleton, Nate Reynolds, Dennis Giancola, John Smith, Jim Zimmerman, Derek Smith, Bernie Pangrazio, Mark Williams, John Panattoni, Peter Gordon, Jessy Cotriss, Greg Martin, and Tommy Flannigan.

Heat Winners – John Panattoni, Steve Schumacher, and Jessie Cotriss.

 

Jipp Ortiz, Don Spatorico, Scott Just, Dennis Giancola, Ed Cain, Steve Miller, Tommy Flannigan, Tony Purgarich, Sandy Pembleton, Jesse Cotriss, Mike Short, Steve Schumacher, John Smith, Luke Carleton, Jim Zimmerman, Derek Smith, Rick Ballente, John Panattoni, Jeff Cosgrove, Greg Martin, and Mark Williams. Heat Winners – Jipp Ortiz, Dennis Giancola, and Tony Purgarich.

 

Ransomville Speedway - Greg Martin raced his Jeffery Machine DIRT Sportsman around the high line to his second best finish of the year in a makeup race for the Ransomville Speedway Summer Nationals.

Martin started the Tuesday night race off by finishing 2nd to the 0 car of Jipp Ortiz in the heat race.

He qualified 3rd for a feature race that started a total of twenty-four cars.  The feature had many cautions helping some of the drivers move from the back of the pack up to the front.  Greg decided to run the top line for the first time all year.  The decision to run that line really paid off. 

Martin spent the first ten laps of the feature passing the 11 of Bob Broomfield and 28w of Sandy Pembleton.  Laps eleven thru twenty (of twenty-five) were spent in a hard fought battle battling the 777 of Tyler McPherson with Greg leading most of the ten laps.  With five laps to go Martin had one bad corner allowing McPherson and the eventual winner 5 of Don Spatorico to pass him.  Martin finished the race strong racing with the 23 of Ed Cain and prevailing to a 3rd place finish.

Overall Martin ran a great race and he and the Greg Martin Motorsports team look forward to the upcoming race this Friday.  Martin would like to thank his sponsors, crewmen, and family for their continued support in the 2007 race season.

Results:  Don Spatorico, Tyler MacPherson, Greg Martin, Ed Cain, Larry Wight, Scott Just, Luke Carelton, Justin Wright, John Smith, Tony Purgarich, John Panattoni, Rick Ballente, Jessy Cotriss, Jeff Cosgrove, Bob Broomfield, Jim Zimmerman, Zach Zempe, Mark Williams, Dennis Ginacola, Sandy Pembleton, Steve Miller, Tommy Flannigan, Peter Gordon, and Steve Schumacher. Heat Winners – Bob Broomfield, Sandy Pembleton, and Jipp Ortiz.

 

Martin started 8th out of ten (via a draw) cars in the heat race, with four cars qualifying for the feature.  With the track still being worked in cars that started past the third row found it very hard to qualify by way of the heat.  Martin raced the wheels of the Jeffery Machine DIRTcar Sportsman to finish 6th in the heat.

Martin started 3rd of ten cars in the consolation race, with four cars qualifying qualifying for the feature.  Martin drove his car into third place within the first few laps.  Half way through the race still in 3rd, Martin's Sportsman suffered a right front flat from contact with the 42 car taking Martin out of the consolation race and into the stands for the rest of the night.

The Greg Martin Motorsports team will be racing Tuesday, August 14th in the makeup race for the Ransomville Speedway Summer Nationals.

Results:

Feature:  Don Spatorico, Chad Chevalier, Scott Just, Tyler MacPherson, Greg Panunte, Luke Carleton, Dave Dykstra, Mat Williamson, Tony Purgarich, Justin Sharpe, John Smith, BJ Willard, Bob Broomfield, Ed Cain, Rob Knapp, Ricky Newton, Tommy Flannigan, Steve Schumacher, Mark D’Lario, Mike Short, Jipp Ortiz, Sandy Pembleton, Travis Braun, Zeke Zumpe, Steve Miller, and Rick Ballante. 

Heat Winners:  Greg Bellante, Steve Schumacher, Scott Just, and Tyler MacPherson.

Consolation Winners:  Tommy Flannigan and Ed Cain.

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The races at Ransomville Speedway were rained out this Tuesday. 

Greg Martin Motorsports is very excited to announce the addition of Towner Orchards as a 2007 sponsor.

The BuffaloAtHome.com #4 of Greg Martin was hooked up this last Friday.

Martin started his heat in 3rd position, and he did not have a great start dropping back into 4th by turn number one. Martin passed the Dennis Giancola 13 and John Panattoni 67 cars to cruse to a 2nd place finish behind Bob Broomfield 11 in the heat.

Martin started the DIRT Sportsman feature in 7th position, and in the first lap, he passed the John Smith 18. A caution came out and Martin restarted in 6th position. He passed the Mike Sport 5s car on the restart and within the next few laps Martin battled with Bob Broomfield 11 for the 4th position nearly being collected in the wreck of Dennis Giancola 13. On lap five Martin restarted in 3rd and Greg also restarted in 3rd place on lap six after another caution. Lap seven of the feature was a very expensive lap. Coming out of turn four the 28w of Sandy Pembleton spun out collecting Martin (who was currently in 4th place) and at least seven other drivers. This turned out to be the last lap of the night for the Greg Martin Motorsports team and many of the other teams that were involved in the wreck. After the race Martin commented “I think we had a car to run with Don (Spatarico) Friday night, but we were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was just one of those racing deals. Hopefully we can get the car back to the same caliber for Tuesday.”

Martin extends his many thanks to his pit crew and the help of others for helping the team get the front end of the car back together after the race in the pits.

Greg Martin and his team look forward to this Tuesday (August 7, 2007) for the Modified Summer Nationals where the Sportsman division will be racing a regular race at Ransomville Speedway. Friday (August 10, 2007), Greg will be racing in the Lucas Oil Sportsman Nationals 50 lap race at Ransomville Speedway.

Results: Don Spatorico, Steve Miller, Scott Just, Steve Schumacher, John Panattoni, Jessy Cotriss, Tony Purgarich, Jeff Cosgrove, Bob Broomfield, Derek Smith, Sandy Pembleton, Jipp Ortiz, Peter Gordon, Nick Joy, John Smith, Jim Zimmerman, Greg Martin, Tommy Flannigan, Ed Cain, Mark Potter, Mark Williams, Dennis Giancola, and Mike Short. Heat Winners – John Smith, Jipp Ortiz, and Bob Broomfield.

Check out our Racing Videos Page to view the crash. The video should be up sometime this week.

Greg Martin Motorsports would like to welcome Tower Orchards on board as a 2007 sponsor.

 

Don Spatorico, Mark Potter, John Panattoni, Ed Cain, Dave Flannigan, Jipp Ortiz, Greg Martin, Steve Schumacher, Mike Short, John Smith, Steve Miller, Tony Purgarich, Dennis Giancola, Sandy Pembleton, Rick Ballante, Jeff Cosgrove, Jessy Cotriss, Bob Broomfield, Derek Smith, and Jim Zimmerman.  Disqualified -  Scott Just 
Heat Winners – Sandy Pembleton, John Smith, and John Panattoni.

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Ransomville Speedway -  Greg Martin's Jeffery Machine DIRT Sportsman was in the top 3 on Friday working his way to what could have been another great finish when he was accidentally hit in turn number 4.  Martin's experience and skills helped him save the car from bombarding into the turn 4 rail.  Martin's pit crew men John Jacobs and Eric did a great job replacing a broken shock to get the car back on the track mid race allowing the Greg Martin Motorsports team to still pick up points despite the accident. These points kept the team in 9th place of 43 total cars in Ransomville Speedway's Original Pizza Logs Sportsman Division.  Greg Martin Motorsports and fans look forward to a fresh week in this coming Friday's race.

Results - 1) Don Spatorico, Scott Just, Jipp Ortiz, Steve Schumacher, 5) Tony Purgarich, Ricky Newton, Steve Miller, Mike Short, John Panattoni, 10) Sandy Pembleton, Bob Broomfield,
Dennis Giancola, Rick Ballente, Tim Downs, 15) Mark Williams, Jess Cotriss, John Smith, Jim Zimmerman, 19) Greg Martin, Tommy Flannigan, Ed Cain, Dave Flannigan, and Mark Potter. Heat Winners - Jesse Cotriss, Mike Short, and John Smith.

 

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Ransomville, NY – Greg Martin had another great week of dirt track racing when he finished 6th in the Ransomville Speedway’s Original Pizza Logs Sportsman feature.  Martin’s Garlow Road Trading Post #4 finished 3rd in the heat race which qualified him for a 5th place start in the feature race.  In the first 20 laps Greg battled to eventually take the lead of the 23 car field.  On lap 22 of the 25 lap race something seemed to go wrong with the Greg Martin Motorsports sportsman sending him into survival mode for the last 2 laps of the race to finish in 6th place.  Greg dropped from 1st to 6th in the final laps of the race.  Despite the car problems Martin still finished with a top 10 to help the team sustain 9th place in the points race and slightly close the gap between 8th and 9th in the points.  The Greg Martin Motorsports team will be investigating the late race problems for next week’s race.  Martin fans please fill out the Ransomville Speedway 2007 Most Popular Driver ballot within the weekly Ransomville Laps official program.

Results - 1) Don Spatorico, 2) Tommy Flannigan, 3) Scott Just, 4) Steve Schumacher, 5) Jipp Ortiz, 6) Greg Martin, 7) Tony Purgarich, 8) Steve Miller, 9) Bob Broomfield, 10) Luke Carleton, 11) Mark Potter, 12) John Smith, 13) Jesse Cotriss, 14) Sandy Pembleton, 15) Dennis Giancola, 16) Kevin Drake, 17)Mike Short, 18) Ed Cain, 19) John Venuto, 20) Rick Ballente, 21) Jim Zimmerman, 22) John Panattoni, 23) Derek Smith. Heat Winners – Don Spatorico, John Smith, and Bob Broomfield.

 

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Ransomville, NY - The Jeffery Machine DIRT Sportsman of Greg Martin finishes 4th caputuring his second top 5 of the 2007 season in Ransomville Speedway's Origonal Pizza Logs Sportsman divison.  The race was a apprearce points only race because of the Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series event at Brewerton Speedway.

Martin finished 3th in his heat race which allowed him to draw for a 3rd place start of 26 total cars in the feature race.

Results - 1.Justin Wright, 2.Tony Purgarich, 3.Ed Cain, 4.Greg Martin, 5.Don Spatorico, 6.Steve Schumacher, 7.Dennis Giancola, 8.Tommy Flannigan, 9.Anthony Rizzardo, 10.Mike Short, 11.Bob Broomfield, 12.Derek Smith, 13.Luke Carleton, 14.John Smith, 15.John Venuto, 16.Steve Miller, 17.Sandy Pembleton, 18.Scott Just, 19.Jesse Cotriss, 20.Rick Ballante, 21.Jeff Cosgrove, 22.Jim Zimmerman, 23.Mark Potter, 24.John Panattoni, 25.Kevin Drake, and 26.James Henry. Heat Winners – Steve Schumacher, Don Spatorico, and Steve Miller. 

At six-years-old, Youngstown’s Greg Martin wasn’t just learning how to read and write. He was learning how to drive. “My dad and I had gone to the races all of my life,” says Martin, now 25. “We just decided to get into it.”

In his first competition, he sat behind the wheel of a go-kart at Ransomville Speedway, winning both the qualifying heats and the feature. He went on to win two national championships in Syracuse and later graduated to his current car at Ransomville Speedway, the #4 DIRT Sportsman.

Presently he races weekly at the Speedway and is accompanied by his dad and sister, who assist him in the pits. “My mom is supportive, but she’s too nervous to go,” he says.

His friend Jon Jacobs attends every race in his position as crew chief, while David Hockenberry serves as webmaster of Martin’s official website, www.gregmartinmotorsports.com, and helps to keep the Sportsman in top shape.

They work on the car for an average of 45 hours per week, not including race night. “We have to go through the car and make sure everything is straight. We have to grease everything. We spend a lot of time on the geometry of the car.”

On May 25, 2007, Martin won his first feature in the Original Pizza Logs Sportsman division, after finishing in 1st place in the preceding heat and earning a 4th place start in the feature.

While Martin says that his superior engine program, built by K.S. Machine Shop in Tonawanda, gives him an advantage, Hockenberry points out that Martin has also grown as a driver. “Greg has really come along with his patience this year. He has learned when to turn on the afterburners and when to wait.”

Martin’s sponsors play an equally crucial role, providing some of the funds needed to buy new parts and keep the Sportsman at its fastest. In return, each sponsor receives their name on the car, is mentioned at interviews, and has premium placement on Martin’s website, which averages over 1,200 users per month.
BuffaloAtHome.com, produced by VertaSource, LLC, is one of Martin’s newest sponsors. “Greg Martin was an easy choice for sponsorship by BuffaloAtHome.com,” says Chief Technology Officer Jason Isla. “He embodies the true spirit of Western New Yorkers. He’s passionate about his hometown, his friends and family, and he constantly challenges himself.”

Hockenberry agrees. “He’s so competitive and he wants to win so badly. He’s willing to sacrifice a lot for racing.”

When Martin isn’t on the track, he is a full-time student who plans to transfer to the University at Buffalo to study pre-law. He also works as a machinist at Jeffrey Machine and as a bartender at Race Tavern. His employers, season sponsors, give him flexible hours so that he can continue to race.

In the near future, Martin hopes to win a track championship. He ranks 10th (out of 36) and has a total of 218 points as of June 22, 2007.

He says, “We’re just putting everything out there and trying to stay consistent. I think we have a car that’s capable of getting in the top five every week.”
 

Ransomville, NY - The Garlow Road Trading Post DIRT Sportsman of Greg Martin continues to have a consistent season in 2007 bringing home a 12th place finish out of 26 cars in the Original Pizza Logs Sportsman Division on Friday night.

Martin finished 4th in his heat race which placed him in 15th to start the feature.  The Greg Martin Motorsports team moved up one position in the points race to 9th.


Results - 1.JIPP ORTIZ 2.Steve Miller 3.Ed Cain 4.Tommy Flannigan 5.Steve Schumacher 6.Don Spatorico 7.Sandy Pembleton 8.Luke Carleton 9.Dennis Giancola 10.Scott Just 11.Tony Purgarich 12.Greg Martin 13.Mike Short 14.John Smith 15.Rick Ballente 16.Derek Smith 17.Jesse Cotriss 18.Kevin Drake 19.Tim Downs 20.Dave Charczuk 21.Jeff Cosgrove 22.Mark Williams 23.Bob Broomfield 24.Jim Zimmerman, Mark Potter 25.John Panattoni.  Heat Winners – Mike Short, Jessy Cotriss, Ed Cain.
 

Origonal Pizza Logs DIRT Sportsman division takes night off due to BRP CanAm Late Model cars coming into town. 

1.Steve Schumacher 2.Don Spatorico 3.Steve Miller 4.Scott Just 5.Tommy Flannigan 6.Tony Purgarich 7.Ed Cain 8.Jipp Ortiz 9.Greg Martin 10.Bob Broomfield, John Panattoni 11.Derek Smith 12.Sandy Pembleton 13.Mike Short 14.Jessy Cotriss 15.Mark Potter 16.John Smith 17.Dennis Giancola 18.Jeff Cosgrove 19.Kevin Drake 20.Jim Zimmerman 21.Simon Bissell. Heat Winners – Don Spatorico, Ed Cain, Steve Miller 

The races at Ransomville Speedway were rained out this Friday.

 

Greg Martin’s BuffaloAtHome.com DIRT Sportsman had another great run of dirt track racing this week.  Finessing his way to the front, martin drove to a second place finish in his heat.  The Original Pizza Logs Sportsman Division showed to be very competitive this week, with all of the cars showing fast lap times.  Martin started 9th in the feature, but fell back four positions on a bad restart.  Martin drove hard and smart to regain the positions.  Although his tires were running hot, Martin managed to work his way through the field.  The #4 finished in 8th place and picked up his second top ten of the season.  Martin fans are so excited to see Greg driving through the fog of bad luck and into the top ten in points.  Stop By Greg’s pit this week to pick up an Autographed post card. Results - Tony Purgarich, Scott Just, Jipp Ortiz, Don Spatorico, Ed Cain, Steve Miller, Tommy Flannigan, Greg Martin, Jesse Cotriss, Mark Potter, Sandy Pembleton, Dennis Giancola, Mike Short, Derek Smith, John Panattoni, Bob Broomfield, Mark Williams, John Smith, Jim Zimmerman, Jeff Cosgrove, Justin Sharpe, and Steve Schumacher - Heat Winners – Scott Just, Derek Smith, and Tony Purgarich

 

Greg Martin drove his heart out in his Jeffery Machine DIRT Sportsman to take the checkered flag for his first Ransomville Speedway Original Pizza Logs Sportsman Division win of 2007!  It was an eventful night in the DIRT Sportsman Division and Martin preserved through it all.  The Greg Martin Motorsports team showed their skills when they rebuilt the #4 car after an unfortunate break last week.  Long hours and dedication payed off when the #4 was the fastest car on the track.  Martin finished 1st in the heat which qualified him for a 4th place start in the feature.  Caution flags waved almost every other lap throughout this week’s feature, which displayed Martins ability to master the restart.  Martin made exciting passes for both the third and first place spots.  Greg Martin fans were on their feet for an awesome first place finish!  For all of you fans who were waiting to celebrate in victory lane with Martin and crew, Ransomville Speedway personally apologizes.  Due to time constraints Martin will be in victory lane next week before the races begin.  Congratulations Greg! A special thanks to the sponsors:  Jeffery Machine, Ray's Tavern, Garlow Road Trading Post, and K-S Auto Sales - Machine Shop GREG MARTIN, Jipp Ortiz, Don Spatorico, Mark Potter, John Smith, Dennis Giancola, Scott Just, Steve Schumacher, John Panattoni, Mike Short, Jesse Cotriss, Derek Smith, Mark Williams, Jim Zimmerman, Ed Cain, Steve Miller, Tony Purgarich, Tommy Flannigan, Sandy Pembleton, Simon Bissell, Rick Ballente, Bob Broomfield, and Tyler MacPherson. Heat Winners – Greg Martin, John Smith, and Rick Bellante.

 

 

For the third week in a row bad luck seemed to loom over the Greg Martin Motorsports team.  The Ray’s Tavern #4 of Greg Martin displayed his driving talents and a great setup when he took the checkered flag in the third heat of the Origonal Pizza Logs Sportsman Division.  Taking the momentum from the heat, Martin started fifth in the feature.  He began to pull away from the pack to make the pass for the fourth position. While working for third, Martin was taken out when the car in front of him slid up the track and started to spin.  This collision sent Greg to the back of the pack and caused the #4 car to break.  This break ultimately caused his to slide into the wall.  This unfortunate race caused Martin to a second DNF (did not finish) of the season.  Martin fans are still holding on and believing in the talent that they know his possesses looking forward to next week’s race at Ransomville Speedway (The big "R").

Results - Tommy Flannigan, Don Spatorico, Bob Broomfield, Steve Schumacher, John Panattoni, Jipp Ortiz, Steve Miller, John Smith, Scott Just, Ed Cain, Jesse Cotriss, Mark Potter, Dennis Giancola, Rick Bellante, Mike Short, John Venuto, Jeff Cosgrove, Mark Williams, Greg Martin, Derek Smith, Kevin Drake, Tyler MacPherson, Tony Purgarich, and Sandy Pembleton. Heat winners – Bob Broomfield, Mike Short, and Greg Martin. 

Ed Cain, Steve Miller, Steve Schumacher, Don Spatorico, Jipp Ortiz, Sandy Pembleton, Scott Just, Jesse Pontello, Ricky Newton, Tyler MacPherson, Rick Bellante, Tony Purgarich, Derek Smith, John Panattoni, Jesse Cotriss, Dennis Giancola, John Smith, Bob Broomfield, Mark Dixon, Tim Downs, BJ Willard, Mike Short, Greg Martin, and Kevin Drake.Heat Winners-Jessie Pontello, Sandy Pembleton, and Ed Cain. Consolation Winner-Mike Short. 

Q.  What in the 2007 season are you excited about?
A.  I am really excited about the engine and chassis upgrades we made over the off season.  We really feel that we can challenge for the win each and every week with the new combination.
 
Q.  What current drivers on the dirt track to you most look up to most?
A.  I don’t have to think much on that question.  I really look up to Jeff McGinnis and Don Spatorico, both for their ability and their off track racing programs.

Q.  What do you think makes a good driver at Ransomville speedway?
A.  I think that knowing how to read the track and how to use the straightaway speed to get through the corners smooth will definitely give you an edge at Ransomville.

Q.  If you had a message to your fans what would it be?
A.  Stop by and say hello, fans are why we do this and who we do this for.

 

Martin started strong on Friday night.  After a great qualifying run last week Martin was able to finish second in his heat because of his great setup.  When the exciting sportsman feature began, the dirt started flying.  Martin started strong but the field was yielded to a caution after a lap of racing.  On lap 2, Martin was involved in a collision on the restart.  Sudden breaking from cars in the front of the pack caused a chain reaction.  Luck was not on Martin’s side when #23 accidentally drove his car in the back of Martin entangling their tires.  This frustrating accident sent Martin to the pits and brought out the 2nd caution flag.  Martin was sent to the back of the pack for being involved in an accident that brought out a caution flag.  Martin displayed his professional driving skills by throwing it in every corner and finishing in 12th place out of a 25-car field.  Martin fans are looking forward to next week and some better luck on the dirt track for Martin's #4 DIRT Sportsman.

Results - Don Spatorico, Rob Pratt, Steve Schumacher, Jipp Ortiz, Tyler MacPherson, Tony Purgarich, Tommy Flanagan, Steve Miller, Scott Just, John Panattoni, Jesse Cotriss Andy Joy, Greg Martin, Doug Coons, BJ Willard, Ricky Newton, Bob Broomfield, Ed Cain, Mike Short, Rick Gallente, Derek Smith, Derek Smith, Sandy Pembleton, Kevin Drake, Jeff Cosgrove, and Dave Charczuk. Heat Winners-Don Spatorico, Jipp Ortiz, and Sandy Pembleton. 

Greg Martin - Sportsman Class at Ransomville Speedway

Welcome Greg Martin fans!  This season is looking very promising for Martin.  Friday night’s season opener at Ransomville Speedway was qualifying and hot laps where Martin qualified fifth place.  This is a great accomplishment and something to be proud of since there are 18 cars in the Sportsman division.  Martin beat out big names in his division such as Don Spatorico and Tony Purgarich.  Opening night, May 4th will be very exciting as Martin will be displaying his crew chief and amazing racing ability.  Boogity, Boogity, Boogity!  Let’s go racing!