by John Manzi, publicity director, Monticello Raceway

MONTICELLO, NY– February 23—Larry Stalbaum reined five more winners on the afternoon card of February 23 at Monticello Raceway and his 53 driving victories are tops on the local leaderboard.

He began the day with a 2:03.3 victory behind Robert Reidel and Dorothy Hudak’s, Dorothys Gift ($7.60) in the first race and waited until the fourth race to visit the winners circle again, this time with Lewis Miller’s trotter Northmedo Don ($2.80) in a 2:05.4 clocking

Stalbaum then won the fifth race behind Gary Chubb’s, Beware Red Eagle ($10.80) in a time of 2:01.3 and copped the seventh with Eric Prevost’s, Zakman ($5.30) in a 1:59.3 clocking.

He capped his afternoon barrage with a 2:01.1 victory behind Frank Yanoti and John Loprestos’s, Georgie’s Orgy ($3.40).