Chris Crane Jr Earns Malta Massive Weekend Title Belt With Win At Albany Saratoga Speedway

09/20/24: It’s become a title coveted by drivers and Chris Crane Jr claimed the Malta Massive Weekend Title Belt with an impressive win at the great race place. It was also his 2nd CDRA win of 2024! And like that the ‘Craniacs’ were off to Super Dirt Week. (Don Simpson/DTD Photo)

๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—๐—”๐—  ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐——๐—ฅ๐—” ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด / ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ (๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€): 1. 711-Chris Crane Jr [6]; 2. 711X-Connor Crane [3]; 3. 7M-Cody McPherson [5]; 4. 26-Derrick McGrew Jr [1]; 5. 4-Emmett Waldron [2]; 6. 89-Dylan Madsen [4]; 7. 22-Tim Hartman Jr [7]; 8. 49-Chris Jakubiak [9]; 9. 38-Zach Sobotka [8]; 10. 01-Zach Buff [11]; 11. 5J-Patrick Jones [18]; 12. 410-Mike Fowler [12]; 13. 6-Cody Manitta [17]; 14. 07W-Taylor Wason [15]; 15. 18-Gavin Eisele [19]; 16. 30-Nicholas Root [22]; 17. 88W-Michael Wagner Fitzgerald [10]; 18. 2B-Bryce Breault [13]; 19. 916-Nick Brundige [20]; 20. 98-Craig Wholey [26]; 21. 12-Jon Miller [21]; 22. 34-Dylan Grogan [24]; 23. T32-Taylor LaPlante [25]; 24. 06-Michael Coffey Jr [23]; 25. 52-Jessica Power [27]; 26. 21-Ryan Barrett [29]; 27. 25G-Matt Gebo [16]; 28. 16X-Savannah Laflair [30]; 29. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson [28]; 30. 02-Brendan Gibbons [14].

Heat Race Winners – Emmett Waldron, Chris Crane Jr, Derrick McGrew Jr, Connor Crane, Cody McPherson, and Dylan Madsen

LCS 1 (10 Laps): 1. 5J-Patrick Jones[1]; 2. 12-Jon Miller[2]; 3. 34-Dylan Grogan[3]; 4. 33-Richard Murtaugh[7]; 5. 7-Brady Cordova[11]; 6. 116-Ron Delease Jr[9]; 7. 16X-Savannah Laflair[10]; 8. 3-Ryan Behrent[12]; 9. 2A-Tyler Rapp[4]; 10. 52P-Ron Proctor[13]; 11. 23-Chad Gregory[8]; 12. 88-Fire Swamp[14]; 13. 42-Daryl Nutting[5]; 14. 42D-Daniel Gignon[6]

LCS 2 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Gavin Eisele[2]; 2. 30-Nicholas Root[6]; 3. T32-Taylor LaPlante[3]; 4. 7L-Josh Leclaire[5]; 5. 10X-Cory Castell[7]; 6. 112-David Baranowski[8]; 7. 92-Tanner Coon[1]; 8. 12B-Tyler Bobar[10]; 9. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[11]; 10. 143-Scott Zehnacker[13]; 11. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[12]; 12. (DNS) 27-Michael Ballestero; 13. (DNS) 39-Ryan Larkin; 14. (DNS) 79-Kyle Swart

LCS 3 (10 Laps): 1. 916-Nick Brundige[1]; 2. 06-Michael Coffey Jr[2]; 3. 98-Craig Wholey[3]; 4. 61-Alex Palmer Sawyer[4]; 5. T69-Travis Green[5]; 6. 12L-Elliot Lussier[7]; 7. 52-Jessica Power[8]; 8. 15-Chase Zimmer[9]; 9. 667-Andrew Cormie[11]; 10. 1B-Scott Bennett Jr[12]; 11. 307-Karl Barnes[10]; 12. 00X-Josh Coonradt[13]; 13. 21-Ryan Barrett[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Emmett Waldron[2]; 2. 22-Tim Hartman Jr[1]; 3. 2B-Bryce Breault[5]; 4. 5J-Patrick Jones[3]; 5. 34-Dylan Grogan[6]; 6. 42-Daryl Nutting[4]; 7. 33-Richard Murtaugh[7]; 8. 116-Ron Delease Jr[9]; 9. 7-Brady Cordova[8]; 10. 52P-Ron Proctor[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 711-Chris Crane Jr[1]; 2. 38-Zach Sobotka[2]; 3. 02-Brendan Gibbons[4]; 4. 92-Tanner Coon[3]; 5. T32-Taylor LaPlante[8]; 6. 7L-Josh Leclaire[5]; 7. 10X-Cory Castell[7]; 8. 39-Ryan Larkin[9]; 9. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[6]; 10. 143-Scott Zehnacker[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[1]; 2. 49-Chris Jakubiak[2]; 3. 07W-Taylor Wason[3]; 4. 916-Nick Brundige[4]; 5. 98-Craig Wholey[6]; 6. T69-Travis Green[8]; 7. 12L-Elliot Lussier[7]; 8. 15-Chase Zimmer[9]; 9. 667-Andrew Cormie[10]; 10. 00X-Josh Coonradt[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 711X-Connor Crane[1]; 2. 88W-Michael Wagner Fitzgerald[2]; 3. 25G-Matt Gebo[3]; 4. 12-Jon Miller[4]; 5. 2A-Tyler Rapp[10]; 6. 42D-Daniel Gignon[7]; 7. 23-Chad Gregory[5]; 8. 16X-Savannah Laflair[6]; 9. 3-Ryan Behrent[8]; 10. 88-Fire Swamp[9]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 7M-Cody McPherson[1]; 2. 01-Zach Buff[3]; 3. 6-Cody Manitta[5]; 4. 18-Gavin Eisele[6]; 5. 27-Michael Ballestero[2]; 6. 30-Nicholas Root[4]; 7. 112-David Baranowski[7]; 8. 12B-Tyler Bobar[9]; 9. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[8]; 10. (DNF) 79-Kyle Swart[10]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Dylan Madsen[1]; 2. 410-Mike Fowler[2]; 3. 33B-Michael Benson[4]; 4. 06-Michael Coffey Jr[3]; 5. 61-Alex Palmer Sawyer[9]; 6. 21-Ryan Barrett[5]; 7. 52-Jessica Power[6]; 8. 307-Karl Barnes[8]; 9. 1B-Scott Bennett Jr[7]

TT Hot Lap G1 (3 Laps): 1. 22-Tim Hartman Jr, 00:16.474[3]; 2. 4-Emmett Waldron, 00:16.558[1]; 3. 5J-Patrick Jones, 00:16.583[2]; 4. 42-Daryl Nutting, 00:16.599[10]; 5. 2B-Bryce Breault, 00:16.610[9]; 6. 34-Dylan Grogan, 00:16.648[4]; 7. 33-Richard Murtaugh, 00:16.817[6]; 8. 7-Brady Cordova, 00:16.932[5]; 9. 116-Ron Delease Jr, 00:17.144[8]; 10. 52P-Ron Proctor, 00:17.237[7]

TT Hot Lap G2 (3 Laps): 1. 711-Chris Crane Jr, 00:16.518[9]; 2. 38-Zach Sobotka, 00:16.586[4]; 3. 92-Tanner Coon, 00:16.652[7]; 4. 02-Brendan Gibbons, 00:16.723[10]; 5. 7L-Josh Leclaire, 00:16.800[8]; 6. 1D-Paul DeRuyter, 00:16.808[1]; 7. 10X-Cory Castell, 00:16.855[3]; 8. T32-Taylor LaPlante, 00:16.862[2]; 9. 39-Ryan Larkin, 00:16.940[5]; 10. (DQ) 143-Scott Zehnacker, 00:16.940[6]

TT Hot Lap G3 (3 Laps): 1. 26-Derrick Mcgrew Jr, 00:16.471[3]; 2. 49-Chris Jakubiak, 00:16.472[7]; 3. 07W-Taylor Wason, 00:16.680[4]; 4. 916-Nick Brundige, 00:16.729[5]; 5. 00X-Josh Coonradt, 00:16.765[8]; 6. 98-Craig Wholey, 00:16.821[1]; 7. 12L-Elliot Lussier, 00:16.862[6]; 8. T69-Travis Green, 00:16.936[2]; 9. 15-Chase Zimmer, 00:16.958[9]; 10. 667-Andrew Cormie, 00:17.014[10]

TT Hot Lap G4 (3 Laps): 1. 711X-Connor Crane, 00:16.550[9]; 2. 88W-Michael Wagner Fitzgerald, 00:16.711[8]; 3. 25G-Matt Gebo, 00:16.763[1]; 4. 12-Jon Miller, 00:16.844[2]; 5. 23-Chad Gregory, 00:16.845[10]; 6. 16X-Savannah Laflair, 00:16.849[4]; 7. 42D-Daniel Gignon, 00:16.855[7]; 8. 3-Ryan Behrent, 00:16.945[6]; 9. 88-Fire Swamp, 00:16.955[3]; 10. (DQ) 2A-Tyler Rapp, 00:16.619[5]

TT Hot Lap G5 (3 Laps): 1. 7M-Cody McPherson, 00:16.613[8]; 2. 27-Michael Ballestero, 00:16.644[3]; 3. 01-Zach Buff, 00:16.654[6]; 4. 30-Nicholas Root, 00:16.702[4]; 5. 6-Cody Manitta, 00:16.702[9]; 6. 18-Gavin Eisele, 00:16.713[7]; 7. 112-David Baranowski, 00:17.111[5]; 8. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson, 00:17.180[2]; 9. 12B-Tyler Bobar, 00:17.250[1]; 10. 79-Kyle Swart, 00:17.305[10]

TT Hot Lap G6 (3 Laps): 1. 89-Dylan Madsen, 00:16.569[6]; 2. 410-Mike Fowler, 00:16.658[7]; 3. 06-Michael Coffey Jr, 00:16.732[9]; 4. 33B-Michael Benson, 00:16.732[8]; 5. 21-Ryan Barrett, 00:16.901[3]; 6. 52-Jessica Power, 00:17.145[2]; 7. 1B-Scott Bennett Jr, 00:17.219[1]; 8. 307-Karl Barnes, 00:17.733[5]; 9. (DQ) 61-Alex Palmer Sawyer, 00:17.043[4]


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