by John Zimich, publicity director, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs

Wilkes-Barre, PA — The 2010 harness racing season at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs will go down as the greatest in the history of the racetrack.

George Napolitano, Jr., North America’s leading driver in wins, finished the 136-day meet with 340 wins to outdistance his nearest rival, Jim Morrill, Jr., who had 248 victories. Morrill was the top percentage driver with a .381 mark while Napolitano concluded his year here at .378.

Napolitano and Morrill each earned more than $3 million in purses while Matt Kakaley (201 wins) and Joe Pavia, Jr. (200 wins) finished with more than $2 million in purses. Mike Simons (113 wins) and Andrew McCarthy (108 wins) had more than $1 million in purses as did Larry Stalbaum, who finished with 97 victories.

On the trainer side, Carmine Fusco won that crown with 93 wins to 87 for Ron Burke. Burke had more than $2 million in purses on 505 starts to Fusco’s $772,508 with 523 starts. Lou Pena was top percentage trainer with a UTR of .471. His nearest rival was Ray Schnittker at .352. Pena had 64 wins on 180 starts along with 26 second-place and 19 third-place finishes.

The on-track handle for the live 136-day harness meet that concluded Nov. 13 was $4,390,904 while the overall figure wagered was $42,014,958.06 during the meet.