
2009 SPEED DAWG CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
SPRINT CAR POINT SERIES
with Associate Sponsors;
Butler Built Seats, Hoseheads.com, J & J Auto Racing and
Maxim Chassis
For Point Series Updates and Photos Please Visit
www.speeddawg.com
listing; Position, Car Number, Driver, Points, Series
Wins
2009 SPEED DAWG POINTS (Final)
1 22 Greg Hodnett 1416 10
2. 51 Fred Rahmer 1049 5
3. 89 Cody Darrah 1037 6
4. 88 Todd Shaffer 1003 8
5. 21 Brian Montieth 1001 8
6. 7m Mark Smith 928 2
7. 17 Daryn Pittman 827 4
8. 30c Lance Dewease 749 5
9. 1 Stevie Smith 674 6
10. 55 Chad Layton 652 2
11. 87 Alan Krimes 634
12. 39 Doug Esh 590 3
13. 11 Mike Erdley 574 1
14. 71 Brian Leppo 512
15. 75 Dave Ely 430 1
16. 27 Keith Kauffman 418 1
17. 59 Jimmy Siegel 376 1
18. 55 Mike Wagner 323 2
19. 39 Brent Marks 320
20. 0 Rick Lafferty 314
21. 25 Aaron Ott 273 1
22. 88 Danny Dietrich 255 2
23. 15 Adam Wilt 237 2
23. 69k Donnie Kreitz Jr 237 1
25. 3 Pat Cannon 228
26. 17e Cris Eash 182
27. 11c Cory Haas 178 1
27. 27 Sean Michael 158
29. 4 Alan Cole 157
30. 17B Steve Buckwalter 154
31. 35 Chad Kemenah 151 2
32. 65 Johnny Mackison Jr 148 1
33. 16 Cliff Brian 133
34. 98 Niki Young 126
35. 30 Daryl Stimeling 116
36 35 Justin Henderson 112
37. 43 Doug Dodson 106 1
38 16 Gerard McIntyre Jr 103 1
39. 3w Scott Geesey 100 1
40. 47J Jeff Busby 95 1
41. 15 Donny Schatz 87
42. 7 Ed Aiken 84
43. 83 Tim Shaffer 83
44. 69 Shawn Weaver 80 1
45. 25 Kevin Nouse 79
46. 3 Bob Bennett 76 1
46. 6w Josh Wells 76
48. 14 Jason Meyers 74
49. 2 Dale Blaney 69
50 39T Tim Glatfelter 64 1
50 44 Joey Hershey 64
52. 2H Dave Hahn 58
53. 8m Chris Meleason 56
54. 3B Randy Baughman 55
55. 9 Joey Saldana 51
56. 25 Brooke Tatnell 50
56. 26 Pat Cooper 50
58. 6k Chris Knopp 48
59. 6 Danny Lasoski 45
60. 1AU Garry Brazier 44
61. 71x Bill Stine 43
62. 16 Craig Robinson 41
62. 19 Cale Grubb 41
64. 6 Trevor Lewis 35
65. 11 Steve Kinser 34
66. 11t T J Winegardner 32
67. 19h Jeff Van Dusen 30
68. 45 A J Michael 25
69. 23 Todd Rittenhouse Jr 24
70. 8H Michael Heckman 22
71. 7c Chad Trout 20
72. 12 Blane Heimbach 18
72. 2L Ed Lynch Jr. 18
72. 5 Adam Lawrence 18
75. X Bobby Weaver 14
75. W20 Greg Wilson 14
75. 89g David Gravel 14
75. 63 Josh Weller 14
79. 22z Von McGee 12
79. 10 Sammy Swindell 12
81. 89 Robbie Stillwaggon 10
82 total events
69 possible
Williams Grove Speedway
LAWRENCE CHEVROLET TO SPONSOR WILLIAMS GROVE SPRINT
DIVISION MECHANICSBSURG, PA -- Lawrence Chevrolet is the new
title sponsor of the sprint car division at Williams Grove
Speedway for 2010. Thanks to Lawrence Chevrolet the
championship team will collect $20,000 at season’s end.
Lawrence Chevrolet, located at 6445 Carlisle Pike,
Mechanicsburg, has been serving the mid-state area for 29
years and has been associated with local dirt track racing
for almost as long. The Lawrence family was involved with
the now defunct Silver Spring Speedway and the sportsman
division in various capacities, but this is their first
foray into sprint car sponsorship at Williams Grove. “I’ve
been attending the races at Williams Grove for many years
and it seems like a good fit for our dealership to be
associated with the area’s top sprint car program, “said
Gary Lawrence. “We’re very pleased to have a local business
like Lawrence Chevrolet backing our sprint car division and
once again making it possible for our championship team to
earn $20,000,” said Justin Loh, the speedway’s general
manager. “We’re looking forward to a long and successful
relationship with Gary Lawrence and his staff.” Sponsorships
for the other divisions that compete regularly at Williams
Grove have also been announced. Tool Shed of America will
sponsor the 358 c.i. sprint division this season following
their initial involvement with the super sportsman class
last year. Blazer’s Body Shop has assumed sponsorship of the
sportsman division, the headline attraction for the Saturday
Night Series. The Saturday night late models will be
sponsored by Tattooed Mom, a restaurant located on South
Street in Philadelphia, owned by Williams Grove’s Kathy
Hughes. L.B. Smith Ford returns as the street stock sponsor
and John Wentzel’s Body Shop will once again back the
4-cylinder division. Williams Grove Speedway will open the
2010 season on Friday evening, March 19, at 7:30, with
sprint cars and 358 c.i. sprints on the card.
Sat., March 6, 2010 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
UPCOMING SHOWS: Sat., March 13th (2 PM) - OPENING DAY -
"ICEBREAKER 30" for 410 Sprints ($3,500 to win) and 358
Sprints (rain date: Sun., March 14th)
Sat., March 20th (6 PM) - 410 Sprints, Thundercar "Spring
Thaw 20" ($500 to win), and 358 Late Models
Sat., March 27th (6 PM) - 410 Sprints, Thundercars, and
Super Sportsman
LINCOLN OPENER POSTPONED ONE MORE WEEK; 410 Sprint Ice
Breaker 30 & 358 Sprints to Open Season next Saturday, March
13th
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 3/6/10 - Lincoln officials had hoped
waiting one more day would melt the snow-covered parking
lots enough to provide racing fans a safe area to come-to
and leave for the anticipated season-opening races at the
Pigeon Hills oval. But after surveying the parking area
around noon on Saturday realized it just would not be safe
for the multitude of fans and teams that would be converging
on the parking area and made the hard decision to cancel
Sunday's March 7th opener until next week, Saturday, March
13th,. to open the gates on the 2010 racing season. The 410
Sprints will run the traditional season-opening Ice Breaker
30 next Saturday and be joined by the originally scheduled
358 Sprints for the 2 PM show. Gates will open at noon. If
needed, the following day, Sunday, March 14th will be used
as a rain date. That will push the season-opening Thundercar
"Spring Thaw 20" until the following week, March 20th, as
they were originally scheduled to appeared. The March 20th
show will also feature the 410 Sprints and the 358 Late
Models and be switching to 6 PM starts. To get all the
latest news, results, schedule changes and rule changes,
visit Lincoln Speedway's website at
http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all the
action or pending weather conditions at Central
Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The
Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
Williams Grove Speedway
February 27, 2010
$3600 STANDARD WINNER'S SHARE AT WILLIAMS GROVE
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- When Williams Grove Speedway opens
its 2010 season on Friday evening, March 19, the sprint car
drivers in the 410 division will be racing for a substantial
increase to win the 25-lap feature. The standard winner's
share this season will be $3600, a $600 increase from 2009.
The second place finisher will earn $2000, up $200 from last
year. Other positions have also been increased. As
competitive as the Grove's sprint car division has been in
recent years, it seems nearly every driver in the field has
a legitimate shot at the $3600 payoff. During the past
decade no less than 60 different drivers have won at least
one feature event in 410 competition at Williams Grove and
in recent years no driver has been able to dominate. No
driver has won more than five features in a single season
since Doug Esh won six times in 2006. Since the turn of the
century the Grove has averaged 16 different winners per
year. In 2005 and again in 2008 twenty different drivers won
sprint car features in the 410 division with 19 different
drivers recording a victory in 2007. None of the past ten
seasons has produced fewer than 13 different winners. If the
competition continues as expected, the increased winner's
share should benefit quite a few race teams this year. The
first two features of the season will be lined up according
to the luck of the draw before the speedway's handicapping
system goes into effect. At that time bonus money and lap
money will again be offered making it possible for feature
winners to earn considerably more. The 358 c.i. sprints will
also be on the opening night card and the first heat is
scheduled to start at 7:30.
Williams Grove Speedway
February 22, 2010
WILLIAMS GROVE A HEAVY FAVORITE TO
BEAT THE WEATHER MARCH 19
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Although Pennsylvania remains under
a thick snow pack, the 2010 racing season at Williams Grove
Speedway is set to open in less than a month and if recent
history can be used as an indicator, then the odds are in
favor of the opener being run on Friday night, March 19, as
scheduled. Over the past ten years the period from March 19
through March 31 has produced weather good enough to allow
the Grove to run 86% of its scheduled sprint car races.
Since the turn of the century, Williams Grove has scheduled
21 races between March 19 and March 31 and only three dates
were lost to the elements. Snow caused cancellation of a
March 30 race in 2003. Rain washed out dates on March 20,
`05 and March 23, `07. The later was rescheduled and
successfully completed on March 25, '07. The eighteen races
run from March 19-31 during the past ten years produced 13
different winners. Defending track champion Todd Shaffer has
been the master of late March, winning four times to top all
drivers. One of those wins gets an asterisk since the
feature was rained out on March 31, `06 and completed as
part of the April 7 program. Other late March repeat winners
included Greg Hodnett and Keith Kauffman with two apiece.
Fred Rahmer, Don Kreitz, Jr., Brook Weibley, Cris Eash, Todd
Hestor, Niki Young, Mike Erdley, Lance Dewease, Craig
Dollansky and Pat Cannon have also won during that time
period. Shaffer won on March 20 and again on March 27 last
year. This season's opener will include the Grove's sprint
cars along with the 358s and is scheduled to start at 7:30.
The late models will share the pit area with the sprint cars
on March 26.
THUNDER SERIES 2010 MOVES CLOSER TO EVENT
100, SEVEN SPECIAL SHOWS JOIN 2010 NAPA AUTO PARTS THUNDER
ON THE HILL RACING SERIES AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY
The NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series has
certainly evolved over the years. In August of 1990, the
Thunder Series presented their first event, a single
division 410 sprint car racing program that was wildly
successful. Although the interest was high, the success
strong, by year three, Grandview Speedway track owner Bruce
Rogers and Racing Publicist Bob Miller knew the Thunder
Series needed a rev-up to keep the spectators coming back
for more. The success was simple, change-up the events by
bringing in a new division or different format or race
night. One thing you can count on with Thunder on the Hill
is "change", for these events, it's rarely just, "more of
the same". The 2010 Thunder Series will offer seven action
packed events, beginning with the ninety-second Thunder
Series event set for Wednesday night, May 26 and will
feature the 410 Sprints in the Keystone Cup Speed Week
Series, a 35 lap $5,000 to win main event. The Sportsman
will be on the card presenting a series of qualifying
events, a consolation and a 20 lap feature. Back by popular
demand is the USAC National Wingless Sprint Tour on Tuesday
night, June 1. USAC will share the card with the ARDC
Wingless Midgets making this event a spectacular wingless
open wheel double-header.
The 12th Annual Super DIRT Series TRAFFIC JAM will make a
return to the "hill" on Tuesday night, June 15. The best in
the world of big block modifieds will go one-hundred laps
with a roster to include Billy Decker, Matt Sheppard, Alan
Johnson and Brett Hearn as they take on local favorites Jeff
Strunk, Duane Howard, Jimmy Horton, Frank Cozze and Rick
Laubach. A twenty lap feature Invitational for Sportsman
will be on the program along with the always popular Garden
State Vintage Stock Cars.
On Tuesday, June 29 the Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week
Series will storm Grandview joined by the 358 NASCAR
Modifieds in a complete show of qualifying, leading up to
the twenty-five lap feature event.
A first time visit by the ROC (Race of Champions)
Modifieds and Sportsman is set for Wednesday night, July 14.
The ROC on the Hill event will showcase the Modifieds in a
60 lap feature as the Sportsman battle the high-banks for 40
laps.
The return of the World of Outlaws Late Models will take
place at Grandview on Wednesday night, August 18. Also on
the program will be a complete show for the 358 NASCAR
Modifieds. This was the must see event of 2009 and is
expected to be a crowd pleaser again in 2010.
The Thunder Series season finale will be the Annual House
of Thunder Halloween Party on Saturday night, October 16.
The feature's only format will include the 358 NASCAR
Modifieds, URC Sprints, ARDC Wingless Midgets, Sportsman and
the Legend Cars. The Garden State Vintage Stocks will be on
the program along with a MONSTER SMASH Demo Derby to close
out the season.
NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series 2010
Schedule
Wednesday, May 26 Keystone Cup Speed Week Series 410
Sprints & Sportsman 7:30 PM
Tuesday, June 1 USAC National Wingless Sprint Tour & ARDC
Wingless Midgets 7:30 PM
Tuesday, June 15 Super DIRT Series TRAFFIC JAM 100 Plus
Sportsman Invitational & Garden State Vintage Stock Cars
7:30 PM
Tuesday, June 29 Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week Series
410 Sprints & 358 Modifieds 7:30 PM
Wednesday, July 14 ROC on the Hill Race of Champions
Modifieds 60 Laps & Sportsman 40 Laps 7:30 PM
Wednesday, August 18 World of Outlaws Late Models & 358
Modifieds 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 16 House of Thunder Halloween Party 6
PM Grandview Thunder 5-25's 358 Modifieds, URC Sprints, ARDC
Midgets, Sportsman, Legends. Monster Smash Demo Derby Garden
State Vintage Stock Cars (Rain Date Sunday 4 PM)
A great season is planned for Thunder on the Hill in 2010
and many of the fan favorite "fun activities" will return
including Joe the Pizza Dude, the Inside-Out Promotion,
Fireworks on the Parade Lap, Meet Ms. Thunder on the Hill
Cassi Pinder, the popular Rhyme Time Competition, the live
singing of the National Anthem and the Beach Ball Bounce.
Don't forget, race fans are invited to come to victory lane
to take part in the always joyous winner's celebrations and
to visit their favorite drivers in the pit area after the
races.
Fans are invited to visit our website and sign up to be
on our mailing list, and be sure to watch the DREAM ON 2010
Video on the home page. Go to
www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com
Grandview Speedway is located on Passmore Road just off
Route 100 in Bechtelsville, PA (19505), just ten mile north
of Pottstown, PA
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY NATIONAL OPEN WILL
HONOR MEMORY OF SPRINT CAR CHAMPION JIM NACE SEPT. 18;
Possible $26,000 payday for one driver!
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The 28th Annual National Open for 410
sprint cars at Selinsgrove Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 18, a
tribute to the late champion Jim Nace, will be one of the
richest-paying sprint car races in the 65-year history of
the Snyder County oval, according to an announcement made by
track officials Saturday evening at the speedway’s annual
motorsports show at the Susquehanna Valley Mall in Hummels
Wharf.
The Jim Nace Memorial National Open will feature a unique
format that will incorporate Nace’s most popular race car
numbers and career statistics into the program. The main
event’s distance of 44 laps, which represents one of Nace’s
race car numbers from his early career, will be divided into
two segments consisting of 22 laps each. Each segment will
offer a complete payoff, with $6,000 to win each segment as
a tribute to the No. 6 sprint car Nace campaigned most
recently as both a driver and a car owner.
Should one driver win both of the 22-lap segments, he
will take home the $12,000 base pay as well as a $14,000
bonus, making it possible to earn a total of $26,000, a
figure that was selected to honor the Camel Express No. 26
sprint car that Nace drove to a majority of his career
championships and victories in central Pennsylvania.
“The Nace family was very receptive to our ideas to honor
Jim’s life and racing career as part of this year’s National
Open,” said speedway communications director Steve Inch.
“Jim was one of the speedway’s most popular drivers during
the past three decades and was one of our sport’s great
ambassadors. This will be a special night of racing in his
honor for both the fans and race teams.”
Tentatively, qualifying for the Jim Nace Memorial
National Open will consist of time trials, heat races,
B-main, and a dash. Additional details for this race will be
announced as they are being finalized during the season.
Nace, who died last November following a seven-year
battle with cancer, is Selinsgrove Speedway’s only five-time
sprint car track champion, clinching titles in 1987, 1988,
1989, 1994, and 1995. With 46 career 410 sprint car
victories and three career 358 sprint car wins, Nace is
currently ranked fourth on the speedway’s all-time career
sprint car win list.
Jim’s wife Crystal and daughter Jamie Nace, who recently
took over operations of the family’s Fast Tees screen
printing business in Thompsontown, announced they will
sponsor the “Fast Tees Fast Time Award in Memory of Jim
Nace” for all of the track’s 410 and 358 sprint car time
trial shows in 2010.
The National Open will be one of three events this season
featuring the 410 sprint cars at Selinsgrove Speedway. The
410 sprint cars will also compete at Selinsgrove in the May
30 Keystone Cup Series race and the July 4 PA Speedweek
finale.
Selinsgrove Speedway will open the 2010 season with a
two-day modified show Friday, March 19 and Saturday, March
20. Friday night’s show at 7:30 p.m. will feature the 358
modifieds in a 25-lap $2,000-to-win event, while Saturday’s
race at 4 p.m. will feature the big block modifieds in a
50-lap $4,000-to-win finale.
For the latest news, results, and race status, visit
selinsgrovespeedway.com or call (570) 374-2999.
Williams Grove Speedway
HODNETT IN FAST COMPANY ON WILLIAMS GROVE WIN LIST
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Following a highly successful 2009
racing season Greg Hodnett has moved into some elite company
on Williams Grove Speedway's list of all-time sprint car
feature winners. The Memphis native, now residing in
Thomasville, scored a division leading five victories at the
Grove last year, which vaulted him from ninth to sixth on
the all-time winners list. Hodnett moved past Steve Kinser,
Kenny Weld and Smokey Snellbaker in 2009. All three of those
drivers are currently enshrined in the National Sprint Car
Hall of Fame. Hodnett will have an opportunity to move into
a fifth-place tie when Williams Grove opens the 2010 racing
season on Friday evening, March 19. Lynn Paxton, also a Hall
of Famer, currently holds fifth place with 43 victories.
Hodnett is right behind him with 42. Hodnett's remarkable
`09 season included three victories in World of Outlaws
competition including the $50,000 top prize in the National
Open. While Hodnett's ascent on the win list has been
impressive, Todd Shaffer isn't far behind him. The defending
track champion from Millerstown won three times last year
and has moved into an 8th place tie with Kinser and Weld.
All three own 38 career victories at the Grove. Fred Rahmer
leads all drivers with 81 wins followed by Lance Dewease -
70, Don Kreitz, Jr. - 53 and Keith Kauffman - 51. The
limited (358 c.i.) sprints will also be on the March 19 card
and four drivers are currently tied for first place on that
division's list of winners. Defending champion Cory Haas and
two-time champ Pat Cannon are tied with current sprint car
star Chad Layton and division pioneer Mike Lehman. All four
drivers own 14 career victories in 358 competition. The
March 19 opener is scheduled to start at 7:30.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS SHOW
BEGINS SUNDAY; DIVISIONAL POINT FUND SPONSORS ANNOUNCED FOR
2010
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – This Sunday’s running of NASCAR’s
Daytona 500 won’t be the only special event kicking off the
2010 auto racing season. Selinsgrove Speedway’s annual dirt
track motorsports show at the Susquehanna Valley Mall in
Hummels Wharf also begins this Sunday, Feb. 14, and will run
through Saturday, Feb. 20.
More than 100 race vehicles representing the track’s
sprint car, late model, pro stock, roadrunner, go kart, and
micro sprint car divisions will be on display throughout the
week. This year the Dauntless Hook & Ladder Fire Co., the
speedway’s official emergency medical services provider on
race nights, will also have a display featuring the fire
company’s emergency equipment utilized at the track.
The sprint cars driven by Blane Heimbach, Phil Walter,
Matt Heimbach, Chuck Paige, Matt Horst, Duane Mausteller,
Tom Wise, Colby Womer, Jessica Anderson, Ryan Kissinger,
Cody Kreamer, Cody Keller, and Marlin Milliken are scheduled
to be on display, along with the late models driven by
defending champion Jeff Rine, Tony Adams, Brett Schadel,
Matt Cochran, Gary Beward, Garret Gray, and Derrick Castner.
Pro stock entries include those driven by Bill Glass,
Matt Johnson, and Jeff Ceballo. The roadrunner division will
be represented by race cars driven by Kyle Miller, Brian
Johnson, John Schreffler, and Jeremy Kline.
Selinsgrove Raceway Park will showcase more than 40 go
karts and 25 micro sprint cars at this year’s motorsports
show, including defending champion Todd Hoover and top 2009
point finishers Ken Duke, Jake Hummel, and Tyler Snook, to
name a few.
Season reserved seat tickets will be available for race
fans to purchase Monday through Friday 6:30 p.m. until
closing and Saturday 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. The speedway’s
season kickoff ceremony will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at
center court in the mall.
Selinsgrove Speedway officials are pleased to announce
the 2010 divisional point fund sponsors for the track’s
weekly divisions. A&A Auto Stores, with a location north of
the speedway in Selinsgrove, is returning for the second
consecutive year as the title sponsor of the 358 sprint car
division. Signing on as a first-time sponsor at the track,
Lyons Auto & Truck Service Center of Mifflinburg is the
official point fund sponsor of the late model division this
season.
Salem RV Center of Selinsgrove is returning as the title
sponsor of the pro stock division, while Collier Paving &
Construction of Shamokin and Byers Built Engines of Milton
are returning as co-sponsors of the roadrunner point fund in
2010.
For the ninth consecutive year, Selinsgrove Ford will be
the official pace truck sponsor and title sponsor of
Selinsgrove Raceway Park’s go kart and micro sprint car
point funds.
Dan Foss of Foss Jewelers in Selinsgrove announced he
will continue his sponsorship of the championship rings that
are presented to each of the divisional track champions at
the speedway’s annual awards banquet in November.
Hoosier Racing Tire, which recently announced an overall
358 sprint car point fund in central Pennsylvania, signed a
three-year contract with Selinsgrove Speedway to be the
official racing tire of the historic Snyder County oval.
The 2010 season will open the weekend of Friday, March 19
and Saturday, March 20. Friday night’s program will feature
the 358 modifieds at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday night’s show
will consist of the third annual Icebreaker 50 for big block
modifieds at 4 p.m.
For a complete schedule and race status, please call
(570) 374-2999 or visit selinsgrovespeedway.com.
CENTRAL PA 358 RACING ANNOUNCES MEGA
PARTNERSHIP
Baltimore, Md. (Friday January 29, 2010) – Hoosier Tire
Mid-Atlantic, Miller’s Racing Parts, Smiley’s Racing
Products, Williams Grove Speedway, Lincoln Speedway,
Trail-ways Speedway and Selinsgrove Speedway are excited to
announce a joint advertising agreement with the Central Pa
358 point series.
In conjunction with this announcement, the top twelve
overall 358 teams will directly receive additional total
point fund contributions of $27,000.00. With this, a top
prize of $6000.00 is awaiting the over all 2010 point
champion. This will push the accumulated point fund and
products to over $30,000 dollars as of today. The year end
awards will be distributed based off the current point
system maintained by Bill McIntyre and the Central Pa 358
point series. Please visit www.centralparacing.com for the
point system breakdown.
Miller’s Racing Parts of Mechanicsburg will be the
official track side service provider for the 358 sprints
with the assistance of Hoosier Mid Atlantic. Please contact
Miller’s Racing Parts (717)766-0181 or visit
www.millersracingparts.com for information.
Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic and all of the area 358
participating tracks announced recently the renewal of their
tire programs to continue for 2010 race season. In 2010
Williams Grove and Lincoln Speedway will maintain the Right
Rear Wheel position program. Selinsgrove and Trail-ways
Speedway will also maintain there four corner Wheel position
programs. The 358 sprints will continue to run the 105/18 SC
compound tires for the 2010 racing season.
"We are extremely pleased to announce this multi
sponsored program and increase the commitment from the area
speedways that support 358 sprint car racing," commented Bob
Wirts, Hoosier Mid-Atlantic general manager. "Being directly
involved with our customers and our tracks is very important
to everyone at Hoosier. This offers the 358 teams the
opportunity to showcase there top brand of racing on a
nightly basis."
If you are interested in advertising and would like to be
a part of the growth with this unique and exciting program
please contact Bill McIntyre at www.centralparacing.com or
Bob Wirts at www.hoosiermidatlantic.com .
The 358 Sprints will run a bountiful schedule of close to
80 events at 6 area tracks with 4 of the tracks running on a
weekly type schedule.
For more information on the 358 tracks and its sponsors
visit www.trail-waysspeedway.com , www.lincolnspeedway.com,
www.selinsgrovespeedway.com , www.williamsgrove.com ,
www.hoosiermidatlantic.com
SSP Releases 2010 Schedule - Stock Car
Saturday Night Season Opener on Saturday, April 10 with an
Open Wheel Doubleheader on Sunday, April 11
Newberrytown, PA (January 14, 2009) – The 2010 season
opener of Stock Car Saturday Night will be on Saturday,
April 10, with the Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock
Cars, XSC Elite and the firs-ever visit of the PA Sprint
Series. Their first-ever race scheduled in 2009 was
cancelled by rain in September. All point championships for
each class starts on April 10. At the end of the season, SSP
will crown twelve-(12) track champions in their respective
classes (Late Models; Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars, XSC
Elite, Legends Cars – 3 classes, PENNMAR Vintage Cars – 2
classes, Classic Cars, Mini Vans and Road Warriors).
The SSP track championship point season schedule features
23 point races for the Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme
Stock Cars, and XSC Elite not including their respective
season ending special events. In 2009, six point races were
wiped out by rain. The Legends Cars have 10 point races. The
full-size Classic Cars will have 7 appearances with the
PENNMAR Vintage Cars on the schedule six times. The ARDC
Wingless Midgets will have three dates at the Newberry
Township oval on April 11 (Twin 20’s), June 13 and October
30. The popular entry level Mini Van and Road Warrior
divisions will compete 14 and 13 times each respectively.
Also making appearances at SSP in 2010 will be the Super
Sprint Cars (Sunday, April 11), Super Late Models (Sunday,
May 23); 358 Sprint Cars (Sunday, June 13), the PA Sprint
Series (Saturday, April 11; Thursday, July 1 and Saturday,
September 11), 358 Small Block Modifieds (Sunday, August 1),
Byers Tires Thundercars (Saturday, October 30), Women on
Wheels Mini Vans (Saturday, May 11 and Saturday, August 7)
and the 600cc Micro Sprints (Thursday, July 1 and Saturday,
October 30).
On Saturday, April 11, the pit gates will open 3:00 p.m.
Grandstand gates will open at 4:00 p.m. Warm-ups begin at
5:30 p.m. with qualifying races at 6:00 p.m. followed by
consolation races and feature events.
On Sunday night, the Super Sprint Cars will return to SSP
after a two-year hiatus for one event on April 11. They 410
cubic inch powered cars will be joined by the wingless ARDC
midgets for two 20-lap feature events. One feature is from
the postponed Candy Bowl event from last October. The pit
gates will open 3:30 p.m. Grandstand gates will open at 4:00
p.m. Warm-ups begin at 5:30 p.m. with qualifying races at
6:00 p.m. followed by consolation races and feature events.
SSP will begin its pre-season with two open practice
sessions for any type of racecar on Saturday, March 27 and
Saturday, April 3. The gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with
practice sessions rotating for each class from 6:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m. During the season, SSP will also host Wednesday
Night Test & Tune Sessions on March 31; April 7; April 21;
May 5; May 19; June 2; June 16; June 30; July 21; August 4;
August 18; September 1; September 15; September 29 and
October 13. All Wednesday night practices will run from 6:00
p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
For the upcoming season, the Susquehanna Speedway Park
will also continue its popularfan program called “Hometown
Heroes.” On selected nights throughout the 2010 season, the
Hometown Heroes Program recognizes drivers from particular
cities and towns throughout Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Before the races begin, the drivers have the opportunity to
display their cars and meet the fans at the front gate of
the speedway. The drivers will also be interviewed during
the night’s racing program. Also, all fans entering the
speedway from that driver’s hometown being honored will be
admitted FREE to the grandstands by showing proper photo
identification at the ticket booth.
The towns to be included in the program so far are York,
Lancaster, Lebanon, Etters, Lewisberry, New Cumberland,
Manchester, Mount Wolf, York Haven, Halifax, Jonestown,
Duncannon, Enola, Marysville, Dover, East Berlin, Annville,
Ephrata, Spring Grove, Thomasville, West York, Felton,
Windsor, Carlisle, Newville, Reinholds, Middletown, Mt.
Penn, Myerstown, Ona, Shermansdale as well as selected
places in Maryland. More details with dates and additional
towns will be released in the near future.
The Susquehanna Speedway Park is located midway between
Harrisburg and York off I-83 to exit 32, then 1.4 miles NW
on SR382 to York Road, then 1.3 miles south. For more
information, contact the speedway offices at (717) 292-1696
or visit online at sspracing.net. On race day, use the track
phone at (717) 938-9170 for up-to-date information at the
“Big Track” and (717) 932-1608 for the “Outback Track.”
Saturday, April 10, 2009
Stock Car Saturday Night Season Opener Time Schedule
(Subject to Change)
3:00 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members - $20.00;
Non members - $25.00
4:00 p.m. Grandstands Gates Open: General admission:
Adults (18 & older) – $15.00; Seniors (60 &
older) & Young Adults (11–17) - $13.00; Children (10 &
under) – Free
5:00 p.m. Driver’s Meeting (Turn 1 Pit Grandstands)
5:30 p.m. - 5:55 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in
the following order)
Rotation: Street Stocks
Late Models
PA Sprint Series
XSC Elite
Xtreme Stock Cars
6:00 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem
Street Stocks Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps)
Late Models Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps)
PA Sprint Series Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps)
XSC Elite Qualifying Heat Races (6 laps)
Xtreme Stock Cars Qualifying Heat Races (6 laps)
Street Stocks Consolation Race (8/10 laps) – if necessary
Late Models Consolation Race (8/10 laps) – if necessary
PA Sprint Series Consolation Race (8/10 laps)
XSC Elite Consolation Race (6/8 laps) – if necessary
Xtreme Stock Cars Consolation Race (6/8 laps) – if
necessary
Street Stocks Feature (20 laps)
Late Models Feature (20 laps)
PA Sprint Series Feature (20 laps)
XSC Elite Feature (20 laps)
Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (20 laps)
· Top Three Finishers are Required to be in Victory Lane
after Every Feature - $200.00 Fine for Failure to Report.
- 2010 SSP Schedule of Events – (Schedule as of January
14, 2010 - Subject to Change)
January 23 (Sat.) SSP Awards Banquet and Night of Honor
(7:00 p.m.) at the Valencia Ballroom in York, PA (Doors open
at
6:00 p.m.; Dinner at 7:00 p.m.) – Tickets on sale now
March 27 (Sat.) Open Test & Tune Day for Any Division
(Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
March 31 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at
Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. -
9:00 p.m.)
April 3 (Sat.) Open Test & Tune Day for Any Division
(Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
April 7 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big
Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.)
April 10 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night Season Opener -
Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars, XSC Elite &
PA Sprint Series (6:00 p.m.); Gates Open at 3:00 p.m.
April 11 (Sun.) Sprint Car Spring Classic - Super (410)
Sprint Cars; ARDC Wingless Midgets Twin 20’s (6:00 p.m.)
April 17 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, PENNMAR Vintage
Cars
plus Mini Vans (6:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Manchester,
Mt. Wolf & York Haven (All residents from these towns
admitted free to grandstands)
April 21 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at
Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. -
9:00 p.m.)
and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
April 24 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, Legends Cars plus
Road
Warriors (6:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Carlisle,
Newville & Elizabethtown (All residents from these towns
admitted free to grandstands)
May 1 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, Classic Cars plus
Mini
Vans (6:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Etters, Lewisberry &
New Cumberland (All residents from
these towns admitted free to grandstands)
May 5 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big
Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.)
and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
May 8 (Sat.) Mother’s Annual Appreciation Night - Late
Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, Women on
Wheels Mini Vans plus Road Warriors (6:00 p.m.)
May 15 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, Legends Cars plus
Mini
Vans (6:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Dover & East Berlin
(All residents from these towns admitted
free to grandstands)
May 19 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big
Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.)
and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
May 22 (Sat.) 56th Anniversary Night / Old-timer’s
Reunion - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, PENNMAR
Vintage Cars plus Road Warriors (7:00 p.m. - note new
start time)
May 23 (Sun.) Late Model Spectacular - Super (410) Late
Models, XSC Elite and Legends Cars (6:00 p.m.)
May 29 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night – Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars, XSC Elite, Classic Cars
plus
Mini Vans (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Lancaster,
Lebanon & Ephrata (All residents from these towns admitted
free to grandstands)
May 30 (Sun.) AMA Flat Track Motorcycle Racing
(Grandstands open @ T.B.A.; Racing @ T.B.A.) - nighttime
racing.
June 2 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big
Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.)
and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
June 5 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, Legends Cars plus
Road
Warriors (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Spring Grove,
Thomasville, Felton & Red Lion (All
residents from these towns admitted free to grandstands)
June 12 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, PENNMAR Vintage
Cars
plus Mini Vans (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – York &
Windsor (All residents from these towns admitted free to
grandstands)
June 13 (Sun.) Sprint Car Summer Classic plus York County
Racing Club Night – 358 Sprint Cars, ARDC Wingless
Midgets & EMMR Vintage Car Exhibition (6:00 p.m.)
June 16 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big
Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.)
and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
June 19 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night plus Auto Racing
Club of Hagerstown Night - Late Models, Street Stocks,
Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, Legends Cars plus Road Warriors
(7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – All
Maryland Drivers (All Maryland residents admitted free to
grandstands)
June 26 (Sat.) Kid’s Box Car Races - Late Models, Street
Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, Classic Cars plus Mini
Vans
(7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Duncannon, Enola,
Marysville & Shermandale (All residents from
these towns admitted free to grandstands)
June 30 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big
Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.)
and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
July 1 (Thur.) Eichelberger’s U-Pull-It Super Show V -
4th Annual PA 600cc Micro Sprint Speedweek, PA Sprint
Series,
Legends Cars (7:00 p.m.)
July 3 (Sat.) 5th Annual Summer Fun Championships – Late
Models (30 laps), Street Stocks (25 laps), Xtreme Stocks,
XSC Elite, PENNMAR Vintage Cars plus Road Warriors (7:00
p.m.)
July 4 (Sun.) - July 15 (Thurs.): Track Closed (Summer
Vacation) – NO RACING
July 17 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, Legends Cars plus
Mini
Vans (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – To Be Announced (All
residents from these towns admitted free to grandstands)
July 21 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big
Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.)
and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
July 24 (Sat.) Christmas in July with Santa Claus visit -
Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite,
Classic
Cars plus Road Warriors (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes –
Halifax, Jonestown, Mt. Penn & Ona (All
residents from these towns admitted free to grandstands)
July 31 (Sat.) Members 1st FCU Kid’s Money Scramble -
Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite,
PENNMAR Vintage Cars plus Mini Vans (7:00 p.m.); Hometown
Heroes – Reinholds & Middletown, Myerstown (All town
residents admitted free to grandstands)
August 1 (Sun.) Small Block Modified Spectacular – 358
Small Block Modifieds, EMMR Vintage Car Exhibition & to be
announced (6:00 p.m.)
August 4 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at
Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. -
9:00 p.m.)
and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
August 7 (Sat.) Annual Picnic in the Pits & Bike/Toy
Giveaway - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC
Elite,
Women on Wheels Mini Vans plus Road Warriors (7:00 p.m.)
August 14 (Sat.) Camera & Autograph Night plus York
County Racing Club Night - Late Models, Street Stocks,
Xtreme
Stocks, XSC Elite & Legends Cars plus Mini Vans (7:00
p.m.)
August 18 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at
Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. -
9:00 p.m.)
and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
August 21 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, PENNMAR Vintage
Cars
plus Road Warriors (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – To Be
Announced
August 28 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, Classic Cars plus
Mini
Vans (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – To Be Announced
September 1 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at
Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. -
9:00
p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.;
Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
September 4 (Sat.) 10th Annual York County Nationals –
Late Models (32 laps), Street Stocks (25 laps), Xtreme Stock
Cars,
XSC Elite, Legends Cars (3rd Annual Four Diamond Benefit
Race) plus Road Warriors (6:00 p.m. - note new start time)
September 11 (Sat.) Patriot Day Special - Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, XSC Elite, PA Sprint Series
plus Mini
Vans (6:00 p.m.)
September 15 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session
at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. -
9:00
p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.;
Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
September 18 (Sat.) SSP Track Championship Night - Late
Models (25 laps), Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars, XSC
Elite,
Classic Cars plus Road Warriors - (6:00 p.m.)
September 29 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session
at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. -
9:00
p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.;
Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
October 1 (Fri.) 5th Annual Susquehanna Showdown
Qualifying Night for Late Models, XSC Elite, Road Warrior &
Mini
Van World Championships (7:00 p.m.) – Rain date:
Saturday, October 2 (Championship Night will move to Sunday,
October 3)
October 2 (Sat.) 5th Annual Susquehanna Showdown for Late
Models (50 laps), Pro Stocks & Super Sportsman (6:00 p.m.)
– Rain date: Sunday, October 3.
October 13 (Wed.) Wed. Night Test & Tune Session at Big
Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.)
October 22 (Fri.) 7th Annual Miller’s Racing Parts Fall
Classic Qualifying Night - Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars
and
Four Cylinder Stock Cars (7:00 p.m.) – Rain date:
Saturday, October 23 (Championship Night will move to Sun.,
October 24)
October 23 (Sat.) 7th Annual Miller’s Racing Parts Fall
Classic Championship Night - Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock
Cars
and Four Cylinder Stock Cars (6:00 p.m.) – Rain date:
Sunday, October 24.
October 30 (Sat.) Candy Bowl VI presented by J&K Salvage
- ARDC Wingless Midgets, HTMA Pro 600cc Micro Sprints
Series, Legends Cars, Byers Tires Thundercars
Championship & Mini Vans (3:00 p.m.) - Rain date:
Sunday, November 1.
November 6 (Sat.) 7th Annual Turkey 200 Enduro – Big Car
Enduro (125 laps) & 4 and 6 Cylinder Small Car Enduro (75
laps) plus Classic Cars & Mini Vans (1:00 p.m.); Rain
date: Sunday, November 7
2009 Wednesday Night Open Test & Tune Sessions
(Any divisions of racing welcome)
Big Track Only: March 27 (Sat.); March 31 (Wed.); April 3
(Sat.); April 7 (Wed.)
April 21
May 5 & May 19
June 2 & June 16 & June 30
July 21
August 4 & August 18
September 1, September 15 & September 29
October 13 (Big Track Only)
Big Track - Gates open 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. –
9:00 p.m.
Outback Track on Wednesdays (Gates open 5:30 p.m.;
Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
- Special Pricing for 2010 Regular Season Pit Pass Cards
– For the third straight year, in order to help weekly
supporters, SSP has announced that 50 season pit pass cards
for all automobile race events at the “Big Track” from April
10 through September 18 (29 events) are on sale for just
$350.00 (a retail value of more than $725). This pass will
also be valid for general grandstand admission for the four
Special Sunday races as well as the AMA Motorcycle event
scheduled for the season. Persons interested in purchasing
this special offer are encouraged to contact the speedway at
(717) 292-1696 or email sspracing@hotmail.com as soon as
possible to be added to the list of those who want the
special pricing that is offered on a limited basis. Payment
is required within 30 days of placing your name on the list
of notifying the speedway for the annual pit passes. The
pass is not valid for events at the “Outback Track” or for
the Test & Tune Sessions held throughout the season. This
offer will end on March 1, 2010 and all passes must be paid
in full by March 1 regardless of the order date.
- SSP Awards Banquet and Night of Honor – The 2009 SSP
Awards Banquet and Night of Honor has been scheduled for
Saturday night, January 23, 2010 at the historic Valencia
Ballroom in downtown York. The doors will open at 6:00 p.m.
with dinner served at 7:00 p.m. Awards presentation will
follow the dinner. There will once again be a “Kid’s
Banquet” at the same time. After dinner, all children will
be permitted to sit with their families during the awards
presentations.
2009 SSP Track Champions:
Late Models: Jake Jones
Street Stocks: Scott Thunberg
Xtreme Stock Cars: Sam Rial
Legends Cars (Pro): Jason Rochelle
Legends Cars (Masters): Randy Kissinger
Legends Cars (Semi-Pro): Lucas Montgomery
Classic Cars: Matt Wallace
Mini Van: Bill Wise Jr.
Road Warriors: Jim Jacobs
PENNMAR (Modified): Fred Krickbaum Jr.
PENNMAR (Sportsman): John McGarvey
Women on Wheels Mini Vans: Vicky Anderson
Clean Technologies Young Guns: Travis Horan
- Track Rental for the “Big Track” and the “Outback
Track” – The “Big track” and the “Outback track” are
available for rent beginning March 1, 2010. The “Big Track”
rental fee is $1,400.00 for 4 hours and may be split between
a maximum of five-(5) drivers/teams. Only one car is
permitted on the track at a time. If an ambulance is
requested, it is an additional $75.00 per hour. For
nighttime rentals at the “Big Track”, an additional $100.00
per hour will be charged for lights.
The rental price for the “Outback Track” is $400.00 for 4
hours during the day /$500.00 at night and may be split
between a maximum of five-(5) drivers/teams. To reserve
either track, please call 717-292-1696. If you reserve the
track with a $400 deposit paid within 14 days of reserving
the track for any date after March 1, we will reduce the
“Big Track” rental price to $1,200 (save $200).
- Free Pit Passes for all Non-Qualifiers in Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars and Legends Cars – Any
non-qualifier who starts the a qualifying heat race and
fails to qualify for the feature in the Late Model, Street
Stock, Xtreme Stock Car, XSC Elite, Legends Cars, Mini Vans
and Road Warriors divisions during the regular season point
events will receive a complimentary pit pass for the driver
for the following week during the regular season from April
10 though September 18. The driver must possess a full
annual SSP license in order to be eligible for the
complimentary pit pass and pass is not transferable to
another driver or to another week beyond the following week.
- 2010 SSP Rules Now Posted on Website – The 2010 SSP
Rules for the Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Car,
XSC Elite, Mini Vans and Road Warriors divisions are now
posted at www.sspracing.net.
-
Repeat Fan Discount Continues for 2010 – The popular
“Repeat Fan Discount” program will continue at SSP in 2010.
There is a $2.00 repeat fan discount for each person with a
ticket stub from races during the previous week’s events
completed only. Returning fans are encouraged to write their
name, address and phone number on the back of the stub to be
entered into special drawings during and at the end of the
season for great prizes. The Repeat Fan Discount is not
valid for pit pass purchases.
AMBITIOUS NAPA AUTO PARTS THUNDER ON THE
HILL SCHEDULE OFFERS IT ALL IN 2010
The 2010 season for the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the
Hill Racing Series could very well be the most diverse and
variety filled campaign in the series history.
Since that initial race in August of 1990, ninety-one
Thunder on the Hill events were presented on the Grandview
Speedway one-third mile oval. The 2010 Thunder Series has
something for everyone from the powerful 410 Sprints to the
Super DIRT Series Big Block Modifieds, the USAC Wingless
Sprints, World of Outlaws Late Models, ROC Modifieds &
Sportsman, URC Sprints, 358 Modifieds, ARDC Midgets and
Legend cars. Add to the hefty roster the Garden State
Vintage Stock Cars, a Monster Smash Demo Derby and the
annual end-of-the season Halloween Party and you pretty much
have it all.
The Thunder Series started when sprint car driver Dave
Kelly brought together Grandview Speedway owner Bruce Rogers
and racing publicist Bob Miller with the idea of presenting
a 410 sprint car race at Grandview. The Thunder Series
started as just a standalone 410 sprint show, drawing big
crowds, top drivers and some real nail biting, edge of your
seat racing. After just a couple seasons, the 410 sprint
shows remained thrillers, but Rogers and Miller knew it was
time to make some tweaks to the Series to keep it new,
exciting and entertaining. Over time, Thunder on the Hill
has certainly evolved into so much more. Nationally
recognized drivers, regional stars and local driving talents
now fill the pit area for every Thunder on the Hill Racing
Series event. It is beyond a race, it's a happening!
In 2010, the opening Thunder Show is set for Wednesday
night, May 26 and will feature the 410 Sprints in the
Keystone Cup Speed Week Series, a 35 lap $5,000 to win main
event. The Sportsman will be on the card presenting a series
of qualifying events, a consolation and a 20 lap feature.
Back by popular demand is the USAC National Wingless Sprint
Tour on Tuesday night, June 1. USAC will share the card with
the ARDC Wingless Midgets making this event a spectacular
wingless open wheel double-header.
The 12th Annual Super DIRT Series TRAFFIC JAM will make a
return to the "hill" on Tuesday night, June 15. The best in
the world of big block modifieds will go one-hundred laps
with a roster to include Billy Decker, Matt Sheppard, Alan
Johnson and Brett Hearn as they take on local favorites Jeff
Strunk, Duane Howard, Jimmy Horton, Frank Cozze and Rick
Laubach. A twenty lap feature Invitational for Sportsman
will be on the program along with the always popular Garden
State Vintage Stock Cars.
On Tuesday, June 29 the Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week
Series will storm Grandview joined by the 358 NASCAR
Modifieds in a complete show of qualifying, leading up to
the twenty-five lap feature event.
A first time visit by the ROC (Race of Champions)
Modifieds and Sportsman is set for Wednesday night, July 14.
The ROC on the Hill event will showcase the Modifieds in a
60 lap feature as the Sportsman battle the high-banks for 40
laps.
The return of the World of Outlaws Late Models will take
place at Grandview on Wednesday night, August 18. Also on
the program will be a complete show for the 358 NASCAR
Modifieds. This was the must see event of 2009 and is
expected to be a crowd pleaser again in 2010.
The Thunder Series season finale will be the Annual House
of Thunder Halloween Party on Saturday night, October 16.
The feature's only format will include the 358 NASCAR
Modifieds, URC Sprints, ARDC Wingless Midgets, Sportsman and
the Legend Cars. The Garden State Vintage Stocks will be on
the program along with a MONSTER SMASH Demo Derby to close
out the season.
NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series 2010
Schedule
Wednesday, May 26 Keystone Cup Speed Week Series 410
Sprints & Sportsman 7:30 PM
Tuesday, June 1 USAC National Wingless Sprint Tour & ARDC
Wingless Midgets 7:30 PM
Tuesday, June 15 Super DIRT Series TRAFFIC JAM 100 Plus
Sportsman Invitational & Garden State Vintage Stock Cars
7:30 PM
Tuesday, June 29 Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week Series
410 Sprints & 358 Modifieds 7:30 PM
Wednesday, July 14 ROC on the Hill Race of Champions
Modifieds 60 Laps & Sportsman 40 Laps 7:30 PM
Wednesday, August 18 World of Outlaws Late Models & 358
Modifieds 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 16 House of Thunder Halloween Party 6
PM Grandview Thunder 5-25's 358 Modifieds, URC Sprints, ARDC
Midgets, Sportsman, Legends. Monster Smash Demo Derby Garden
State Vintage Stock Cars (Rain Date Sunday 4 PM)
A great season is planned for Thunder on the Hill in 2010
and many of the fan favorite "fun activities" will return
including Joe the Pizza Dude, the Inside-Out Promotion,
Fireworks on the Parade Lap, Meet Ms. Thunder on the Hill,
the popular Rhyme Time Competition, the live singing of the
National Anthem and the Beach Ball Bounce. Don't forget,
race fans are invited to come to victory lane to take part
in the always joyous winner's celebrations and to visit
their favorite drivers in the pit area after the races.
Fans are invited to visit our website and sign up to be
on our mailing list, and be sure to watch the DREAM ON 2010
Video on the home page. Go to
www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com<http://www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com>.
Grandview Speedway is located on Passmore Road just off
Route 100 in Bechtelsville, PA (19505), just ten mile north
of Pottstown, PA
Grandview Speedway offers Free Parking, Great Food at
reasonable prices, a Family Seating Section and Free
Camping. Grandview Speedway is in operation every Saturday
night from April to October presenting NASCAR Modified and
Late Model Stock Car Racing. Starting time is 7:30 PM unless
listed otherwise on the schedule.
MORE THAN 40 RACE DATES ON GRANDVIEW
SPEEDWAY SCHEDULE FOR 2010
BECHTELSVILLE, PA January 11, 2010 . . . NASCAR Modifieds
and Late Models will be the featured attraction on most
Saturday nights during the 2010 auto racing season at
Grandview Speedway.
The season will kick off with the annual free-to-the-public
practice session on Saturday, March 27th at 12 noon. The
practice is open to all divisions of competition.
A 40-lap championship event for the NASCAR Modifieds and a
20-lap feature for the NASCAR Late Models will officially
start the point chase on Saturday, April 3 at 7 p.m.
Again in 2010 the NEETS Enduro events will be seen in Sunday
afternoon action starting on April 11th. Eight Enduro shows
will be presented during the season with the SpeedSTRS part
of four of those shows including the April 11th show that
has a 2 p.m. starting time.
The American Racing Drivers Club Midgets, United Racing
Company Sprints, Sidewinders, Sportsman and SpeedSTRS will
make Saturday night appearances.
Bob Miller and Bruce Rogers will, for the 21st year, present
their popular Thunder on the Hill Racing Series with the
first one taking place on Wednesday, May 26th when the
Keystone Cup Speed Week Series 410 Sprints will be the
attraction along with Sportsman stock cars. A total of seven
Thunder Specials will be presented during the 2010 season.
Special promotions for the Saturday night stock car racers
will include the Firecracker 40 for Late Models on July 3rd,
the annual $10,000 to win Forrest Rogers Memorial on
Saturday, August 14th and the BPG Racing Freedom 76 Modified
Classic on September 18th paying at least $20,000 to win.
Schedules will be available at a number of winter events in
which Grandview Speedway will be partipating.
The schedule can also be found at www.grandviewspeedway.com.
Season passes covering a reserved seat for all Saturday
night events presented at Grandview Speedway between April
3rd and Saturday, September 25th are priced at $300.
Telephone 610.754.7688 for more information.
Low cost marketing opportunities information is available by
telephoning Ernie Saxton Communications, Inc. at
215.752.7797. Track magazine advertising, billboard, race
night sponsorships and more are available.
Grandview Speedway is located just off Route 100 on Passmore
Road in Bechtelsville, PA, 10 miles north of Pottstown.
GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY 2010 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (January 11,
2010)
This schedule is subject to change without notice. For
information on events, weather, etc., please call
610-754-7688. Local weather updates will be posted at
www.grandviewspeedway.com. Weather information is carried on
WNPV 1440AM in Lansdale All events are scheduled to start at
7:30 PM unless otherwise indicated.
Saturday, March 27 FREE to the Public Practice Session.
12 Noon Open for all Divisions
Saturday, April 3 Modifieds (40 Laps) & Late Models Starting
at 7 PM
Saturday, April 10 Modifieds & Late Models Starting at 7 PM
Sunday, April 11 NEETS Enduro & SpeedSTRS 2 PM
Saturday, April 17 Modifieds & Late Models - - Starting at 7
PM
Saturday, April 24 Modifieds & Late Models - - Starting at 7
PM
Saturday, May 1 Modifieds & Late Models Plus Sidewinders - -
Starting at 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 8 Modifieds & Late Models
Sunday, May 9 NEETS Enduro & SpeedSTRS 2 PM
Saturday, May 15 Modifieds & Late Models Plus ARDC Midgets &
SpeedSTRS
Saturday, May 22 Modifieds & Late Models
Wednesday, May 26 THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES
Keystone Cup Speed Week Series 410 Sprints & Sportsman
Saturday, May 29 Modifieds & Late Models
Tuesday, June 1 THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES
USAC National Wingless Sprint Tour & ARDC Wingless Midgets
Saturday, June 5 Modifieds & Late Models
Sunday, June 6 NEETS Enduro 2 PM
Saturday, June 12 Modifieds & URC Sprints
Tuesday, June 15 THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES
Super DIRT Series TRAFFIC JAM 100 Plus Sportsman
Invitational
Saturday, June 19 Modifieds & Late Models
Saturday, June 26 Modifieds & Late Models
Tuesday, June 29 THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES
Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week Series 410 Sprints & 358
Modifieds
Saturday, July 3 Modifieds & Firecracker 40 for Late Models
Sunday, July 4 NEETS Enduro & SpeedSTRS 2 PM
Saturday, July 10 Modifieds & Late Models
Wednesday, July 14 THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES
ROC on the Hill Race of Champions Modifieds 60 Laps &
Sportsman 40 Laps
Saturday, July 17 Modifieds & Late Models
Saturday, July 24 Modifieds & Late Models
Saturday, July 31 Sportsman & Late Models
Sunday, August 1 NEETS Enduro & SpeedSTRS 2PM
Saturday, August 7 Modifieds & Late Models
Saturday, August 14 $10,000 to win for Forrest Rogers
Memorial for Modifieds Plus Late Models
Wednesday, August 18 THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES
World of Outlaws Late Models & 358 Modifieds
Saturday, August 21 Modifieds & Late Models (Forrest Rogers
Rain Date)
Saturday, August 28 Modifieds & Late Models
Saturday, September 4 Modifieds & Late Models Plus
Sidewinders
Sunday, September 5 NEETS Enduro 2 PM
Saturday, September 11 Modifieds & Late Models
Thursday, September 16 BPG Racing Annual Freedom 76 Golf
Tournament
Saturday, September 18 39th Annual BPG Racing Freedom 76
Modified Classic.
$20,000 to win + Cash Dash 7 PM starting time
Saturday, September 25 Modifieds & Late Models 7 PM Freedom
76 Rain Date
Saturday, October 2 NEETS Enduro 1 PM
Saturday, October 16 THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES
Halloween Party 6 PM
Grandview Thunder 5-25's 358 Modifieds, URC Sprints, ARDC
Midgets, Sportsman,
Legends. Monster Smash Demo Derby Garden State Old Timers
(Rain Date Sunday 4 PM)
Saturday, October 23 NEETS Enduro 1 PM
Sunday , November 14 Fall Racer's Flea Market Starting at 7
AM
Saturday, November 20 Annual Awards Dinner Gilbertsville
Fire Company Gilbertsville, PA
Thunder on the Hill Racing Series is a Bruce Rogers/Bob
Miller Promotion - -21st Anniversary Season! Visit our web
sites: www.grandviewspeedway.com and
www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY USHERS IN NEW DECADE
WITH 31 RACE DATES IN 2010
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Selinsgrove Speedway will usher in the
new decade with an aggressive 31-date race schedule in 2010.
The historic Snyder County oval’s 65th year will open with a
two-day modified event Friday, March 19 and Saturday, March
20.
Friday’s event will feature the 358 modifieds in a 25-lap
feature paying $2,200 to win, with the Race of Champions big
block modifieds being showcased in the third annual
Icebreaker 50 paying $4,000 to win on Saturday.
A weekly four-division show this season will consist of
the A&A Auto Stores 358 sprint cars, Lyons Trucking late
models, Salem RV Center pro stocks, and Byers Built
Engines/Collier Paving & Construction roadrunners.
This year will mark the 10th anniversary season for the
358 sprint cars as the track’s headline open wheel division.
The 358 sprint cars will make their season debut on
Saturday, March 27 at 6 p.m. along with the pro stocks.
The 358 sprint car National Open that was rained out last
fall will be run on Saturday, April 3, paying $3,000 to win
the 30-lap feature. The roadrunners will make their first
start of the season as part of the April 3 racing program.
The 358 sprint cars will also be featured in the Jack
Gunn Memorial URC/358 Challenge Race May 15, Joe Whitcomb
Memorial June 19, Firecracker 30 July 3, and 10th Annual
National Open for 358/360 sprint cars Sept. 4.
With Lyons Trucking as the new title sponsor this season,
the late models will make their season debut at 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 10. The late model division will also have
several special events in 2010, including a spring
championship May 8, the second annual Appalachian Mountain
Speedweek June 6, a summer championship July 24, and the
Late Model Open Aug. 7.
The annual Roadrunner 20 and Pro Stock 20 championship
races will be held April 17 and May 1, respectively. Jeff’s
Auto Body & Recycling Center will host the second annual
Driver & Fan Appreciation Night July 17.
The 410 sprint cars will compete at Selinsgrove on May 30
(Keystone Cup), July 4 (Opperman Memorial/PA Speedweek), and
September 18 (28th Annual National Open). This year’s
National Open for 410 sprint cars will also be a tribute
race to honor the memory of the speedway’s only five-time
sprint car champion Jim Nace, who succumbed to cancer last
November. Details on the Nace Memorial National Open will be
forthcoming.
Following several year’s absence, the super sportsman
tour will be making a return to Selinsgrove Speedway as part
of the May 30 open wheel doubleheader. In addition to the
May 15 Gunn Memorial, the United Racing Company sprint cars
will compete at Selinsgrove in another dual open cockpit
show June 5.
The Selinsgrove Speedway Motorsports Show at the
Susquehanna Valley Mall, Hummels Wharf, is scheduled for
Sunday, Feb. 14 through Saturday, Feb. 20. Teams interested
in placing their race cars on display must register by
contacting Steve and Jennifer Inch at (570) 523-8420 or
publicrelations@selinsgrovespeedway.com.
Race fans can purchase or renew their season reserved
seats at the motorsports show Mon.-Fri., 6:30-9 p.m., and
Sat. 1–7:30 p.m. The season kickoff ceremony will be held in
the mall’s center court Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Selinsgrove Raceway Park, the one-fifth mile oval located
inside of Selinsgrove Speedway’s half-mile track, will
celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2010. The go kart season
opener is slated for 12 p.m. Sunday, March 28. The
Selinsgrove Ford micro sprint cars will make their season
start at 7 p.m. Friday, April 2.
The Pennsylvania Dirt Karters Series will make a single
stop at the track this season on Sunday, April 18. Go kart
racing will be the featured attraction as part of the
Firecracker Special July 2 and Speed Weekend Oct. 2.
The micro sprint cars will take the spotlight in the
fourth annual All Star Championship race Sept. 19. The
Briggs & Stratton slingshots will make stops at Selinsgrove
Raceway Park May 14 and Aug. 6.
DH&L Fire Co. will coordinate the second annual
motorsports flea market on the speedway grounds Oct. 30. The
season will conclude with the 10th annual Selinsgrove
Speedway & Raceway Parks awards banquet Nov. 20 at the
Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel.
For a complete 2010 schedule, please visit
selinsgrovespeedway.com.
PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY 2010 SCHEDULE
MARCH
14 Season Opener- Sprint Cars - 2: 00 p.m. (Sunday)
20 Bug Day Practice Session - Open to all type cars. 1:00
to 5:00 p.m.
27 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks, 305 Sprint Cars
- 6 p.m.
APRIL
3 Kids Easter Egg Hunt - Sprint Cars, Late Models, Super
Sportsman - 6 p.m.
10 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks, Enduro - 6 p.m.
17 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks, Ladies Powder
Puff Racing - 6 p.m.
24 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks, 305 Sprint Cars,
- 6 p.m.
MAY
1 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks, Super Sportsman -
7 p.m.
8 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Enduro Cars, Side Winders, $
500. to win courtesy of
Henchcraft Chassis
15 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks, Super Sportsman
22 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks, Enduro Cars
29 358 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks,305 Sprint
Cars, Ladies
Powder Puff Racing
31 4th Annual Keystone Cup Sprint Cars Series, Sprint
Cars, Limited Late Models, 5 p.m.
JUNE
5 Williams Grove Old Timers/Penn Central Racing
Association Reunion. Sprint Cars, Pro
Stocks, 305 Sprint Cars, Ladies Powder Puff Racing
10 2nd Annual Appalachian Mountains Late Model Speedweek
- Late Models, Limited
Late Models
12 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks, Super Sportsman
19 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks, Enduro Cars
26 358 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks, 305 Sprint
Cars
JULY
3 PA Sprint Car Speedweek, Sprint Cars ( 5,000 to win ),
305 Sprint Cars
10 Kids Niight 14 - York County Racing Club Night-Sprint
Cars, Late Models, Ladies
Powder Puff Racing
17 Sprint Cars, Late Models, 305 Sprint Cars, Side
Winders, $ 500 to win courtesy of
Henchcraft Chassis,
24 Late Models, Pro Stocks, Super Sportsman, Enduro Cars
31 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks
AUGUST
7 4th Annual Jim Nace Memorial Dream Race Extreme- Sprint
Cars,
Limited Late Models
14 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Pro Stocks,
21 Late Models, 305 Sprint Cars, Ladies Powder Puff
Racing* - Final
Points Race
28 7th Annual Butch Renninger Memorial - ARCH Fan Club
Night, Kids Bicycle
Giveaway- Late Models, Sprint Cars, Pro Stocks, Enduro
Cars* - Final points race
SEPTEMBER
4 156th Annual Juniata County Fair Opener- Sprint Cars,
Late Model, Pro Stocks
Final Points Race of Season
6 60th Annual Labor Day Classic-Sprint Cars, Late Models,
Pro Stocks - 1 p.m.
10 The Night Before the 50- Sprint Cars, Late Models
11 The 43rd Annual Tuscarora 50- Sprint Cars, Pro Stocks
12 Rain Date Tuscarora 50
NOVEMBER
20 RACERS FLEA MARKET- 7 AM UNTIL ?
JANUARY
8 ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET, PORT ROYAL COMMUNITY BUILDING-
DOORS OPEN
AT 6 P.M.
410 SPRINT CARS WILL RACE WITH GOODYEAR
REAR TIRES IN 2010
December 30, 2009
Port Royal, PA
Port Royal Speedway has reached agreement with Akron,
Ohio based Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for the use of
rear tires on 410 sprint cars in 2010. The deal ended
several months of negotiations between area speedways and
tire manufactures. " Once Williams Grove and Lincoln
Speedways indicated to us that they intended to use Goodyear
tires, it made our decision easy. We felt it was in the best
interest of the sport to have all three 410 tracks and race
teams on the same rubber so they didn't have to purchase
different tires just to compete at our track.", said
President Tom Little. "We have no negative issues with our
former tire supplier as they have treated us well. We will
continue to work with them in our pro stock class.", Little
continued.
Teams will begin racing on Goodyear rubber during the
winter swing through Florida which begins in January. A
large contingent of local drivers plan to race there, giving
them some exposure to the new tires before racing starts in
central PA.
Port Royal will open the season Sunday afternoon March
14, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. Aumiller & Associate sprint cars will
be the only class in action.
PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY HONORS TRACK CHAMPIONS
January 10, 2010
Port Royal, PA
The Port Royal Speedway honored 2009 race champions at
their annual banquet Saturday night January 9 in Port Royal,
PA. A Turkey dinner with trimmings was served by the
Friendship Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary. The Community
Building again served as the host site. WJUN Radio
personality Mel Thomas provided music for the crowd and
Masters of Ceremonies were Juniata County Agricultural
Society President Tom Little and speedway announcer Craig
Rutherford. Race Committee member Steve Arnold and speedway
queen Katrina Dolan joined Little and Rutherford on stage to
present trophies and point fund money earned during the 2009
season. Several special awards were handed out during the
night. Sue Pontius, Board member, eulogized former car owner
Roy Morral and Jim Nace who passed away during the off
season.
Little recognized several individuals for their off
season work improving the race track surface and facilities.
Ed and Steve Swartz, Brian Casner, Francis Cooper, Dave
Cisney, Seth Koser and Fred Foose all earned appreciation
awards. Elmer Brackbill was presented with a retirement
clock for his 19 years of service to the organization.
Special driver awards went to Mike Erdley and Eric Zembower
for sportsmanship. Sprint car rookie of the year awards were
shared by T. J. Winegardner, Michael Heckman and Brian
Ehrenzeller. Late model roookies honored were Garrett Gray
and Jeff Johnson. Little also announced that Zembower and
Mitch Hack will represent the speedway at next weeks Auto
Racing Club of Hagerstown, MD as sportsman drivers.
Todd Shaffer was crowned Aumiller & Associate sprint car
champion and received $ 5,000 dollars for his efforts. Dick
Aumiller joined speedway officials in presenting sprint car
drivers with their awards. Shaffer's wife, Allison and car
co owner, Patty Beam were presented Hoosier Racing Tire
jackets and joined Gary Beam and Shaffer on stage. The team
indicated they plan to scale back their activities in 2010
and may skip the season opener to avoid being lured into the
points chase. Mike Erdley received second place money and
will start his season in Florida in several weeks. Greg
Hodnett finished third but was absent from the banquet due
to commitments at the York County Racing Club banquet. Dave
Ely received fourth place money and plans to continue to
race at the Juniata County oval. Fifth place driver Mike
Wagner indicated his plans would remain the same. The
remainder of the top ten included Rick Lafferty, Joey
Hershey, T,J, Winegardner, Dave Hahn and Keith Kauffman. All
plan on continuing to race regularly this year. Kauffman
surprised fans when he stated his plans are still not
complete as his race team has not set down to finalize
plans. Earlier reports indicated Kauffman would be a regular
in the Heffner Racing no. 27.
Scotty Haus was crowned AB Auto Glass/Mike Cleck Paving
Late Model Champion. Haus became emotional while speaking
about his nine year relationship with the Mapes Racing/Beech
Creek Racing gang which has retired from competition. "We
won 105 races together out of over 300 starts. The car could
have won them all." Haus added he went from a well funded
team to becoming a two car owner/ team manager this off
season and knows it will be an adjustment. Haus purchased
his favorite car from the Mapes to run himself. He will also
be providing a car for his son to drive. Tim Fedder was paid
for second place with Waylon Wagner third. Jason Miller and
Eric Zembower completed the top five. Bryan Sipe, Mitch
Hack, Gary Beward, and Mike Hess rounded out the top ten.
All plan on racing regularly at Port Royal this season.
The Miller Auto Parts Pro Stock Championship was
presented to Terry Naugle and long time car owner Spunk
Wilson. The team will continue to compete in 2010. Derick
Garman finished second with Devin Frey and Herm Renninger
tying for third. Tim Krape was fifth. Sixth thru tenth were
Harold Ranck, Todd Benny, Josh Angle, Doug Albeck and John
Wert. Miller Auto parts representative Lisa Stong presented
hats to all top ten drivers in attendance.
Jason Zook accepted his Gray's Towing & Licensing Service
Enduro Title while announcing he will return to pro stock
racing this year. The remainder of the top five included
Bill Powell, Craig Imes, Alan Noss and Steve Harlan.
The Zimmerman Truck Lines Powder Puff Championship was
presented to Teresa Kepner. It was Kepner's first title.
Kepner thanked her husband and family for her success and
indicated she will attempt to defend her title. Holly
Renninger finished second with Julie Colyer third. Amanda
Bassler finished fourth with Carmen Palm fifth. Sixth thru
ninth were Heidi Kauffman, Tammy Speece, Jan Powell and
Sharon Auker.
Goshorn Racing Supplies owner John Goshorn presented
champions with jackets. Foss Jewelers gave sprint car, late
model and pro stock winners a championship ring. Speedway
photographer Ed Funk presented each title holder with a
photo of their car. Funk also gave the speedway a composite
photo of all title holders to be displayed in the track
office. Funk received an appreciation plaque from President
Little who also announced racing will begin Sunday March 14
with sprint cars starting at 2:00 p.m. Little also stated
165 loads of clay have been added to the speedway along with
guardrail improvements in turns one and two.
Following awards presentations, Thomas provided music for
dancing.
Thursday, December 31, 2009 LINCOLN
SPEEDWAY Abbottstown, PA
UPCOMING SHOWS: Sat., February 27 (2 PM) - OPENING
DAY-"ICEBREAKER 30" for 410 Sprints ($3,500 to win) (Rain
date: Sunday, February 28th) Sat., March 6 (2 PM) - 410
Sprints & Thundercar "Spring Thaw 20" ($500 to win season
opener)(Rain date: Sunday, March 7th) Sat., March 13 (2 PM)
- 410 Sprints and 358 Sprints (Rain date: Sunday, March
14th)
AFTER POLLING RACE TEAMS, LINCOLN SELECTS GOODYEAR FOR
2010; 250 Goodyear Certificates to be Awarded During Season;
Payout Increased for 4th through 24th Weekly
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA, 12/31/09 -After polling the owners of
its weekly 410 sprint car teams, Lincoln Speedway has
designated Goodyear as the official tire supplier to the 410
Sprint Cars for the 2010 racing season.
The Goodyear brand will be required for both the right
rear and left rear tires.
New for the 2010 season will be a tire certificate
program which will enable 410 Sprint Car competitors at
Lincoln Speedway to earn points toward Goodyear tire
certificates. There will be 250 certificates available
throughout the 2010 season redeemable for free Goodyear
tires. The certificate program will be available to all
Lincoln Speedway 410 sprint car competitors. At a minimum,
competitors will receive one tire certificate for every five
events entered.
There will also be an increase in the 410 sprint car
feature payoff for 2010. The standard feature payout will be
increased for every position from fourth through
twenty-fourth. In addition to the posted $3,000 to win a
25-lap feature event, the race winner will receive a tire
certificate for a free Goodyear tire.
The 2009 tire rules for the 358 sprint cars and
thundercars will not change.
The 2010 racing season will begin at Lincoln Speedway on
Saturday afternoon February 27 with the traditional
"Icebreaker 30" for 410 Sprint Cars paying $3,500 to win.
Opening day action begins at 2:00 p.m. and will be a 410
sprint car only program.
To get all the latest news, results, schedule changes and
rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's website at
http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all the
action or pending weather conditions at Central
Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The
Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
2010 SCHEDULE
Sat, Feb 27 2:00 p.m. OPENING DAY—“ICEBREAKER 30” for 410
Sprints ($3,500 to win) [rain date: Sun, Feb 28]
Sat, Mar 6 2:00 p.m. 410 Sprints & “Spring Thaw 20” ($500 to
win season opener) for Thundercars [rain date: Sun, Mar 7]
Sat, Mar 13 2:00 p.m. 410 Sprints and 358 Sprints [rain
date: Sun, Mar 14]
Sat, Mar 20 6:00 p.m. 410 Sprints, Thundercars, and 358 Late
Models
Sat, Mar 27 6:00 p.m. 410 Sprints, Thundercars, and Super
Sportsman
Sat, Apr 3 6:00 p.m. 410 Sprints, 358 Sprints, and 358 Late
Models
Sat, Apr 10 6:00 p.m. 410 Sprints, Thundercars, and 358
Sprints
Sat, Apr 17 7:00 p.m. 410 Sprints, Thundercars, and 358
Sprints
Sat, Apr 24 7:00 p.m. 410 Sprints, Thundercars, and 358
Sprints
Sat, May 1 7:00 p.m. (TT) ALL-STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS for
410 Sprints plus Central PA Legends
Sat, May 8 7:00 p.m. 410 Sprints, Thundercars, and 358
Sprints (York County Racing Club Night)
Sat, May 15 7:00 p.m. 410 Sprints, Thundercars, and 358 Late
Models
Sat, May 22 7:00 p.m. 410 Sprints, 358 Sprints, and Central
PA Legends (Dover Elementary School Night)
Sat, May 29 7:00 p.m. (TT) KLINE’S SERVICES NIGHT: FOURTH
ANNUAL KEYSTONE CUP SERIES event for 410 Sprints
plus Thundercars, 1000cc “Sidewinder” Micro-Sprints, &
FIREWORKS
Wed, June 2 7:00 p.m. (TT) USAC Sprints and ARDC Midgets
Sat, June 5 7:00 p.m. 7TH ANNUAL WELDON STERNER MEMORIAL for
410 Sprints, plus Thundercars & 358 Sprints
Wed, June 9 7:00 p.m. (TT) APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN DIRT LATE
MODEL SPEEDWEEK event
[Third Annual Charlie Grinestaff Memorial] plus 358 Late
Models
Sat, June 12 7:00 p.m. PREMIER AUTO WORKS/AUTO LOCATOR
NIGHT: 410 Sprints, Thundercars, 358 Sprints,
& KIDS BIG WHEEL RACES
Sat, June 19 7:00 p.m. DARYL GOHN/GLENN GOHN, SR. MEMORIAL
for 410 Sprints, Thundercars, 358 Sprints,
Sat, June 26 7:00 p.m. (TT) PA SPEEDWEEK Opener [11TH ANNUAL
KEVIN GOBRECHT MEMORIAL] for 410 sprints + Thundercars
Sun, June 27 7:00 p.m. PA 600cc Micro-Sprint Speedweek
event, plus1000cc “Sidewinder” Micro-Sprints
Thurs, July 1 7:00 p.m. (TT) PA SPEEDWEEK event for 410
Sprints plus Thundercars
Sat, July 3 7:00 p.m. 358 Sprints, Super Sportsman, & 358
Late Models
[Part of Williams Grove (6/26)/ Lincoln/Trail-Way (7/9)
“Shoot-Out” for 358 Late Models]
Sat, July 10 7:00 p.m. KIDS NIGHT: 410 Sprints, Thundercars,
and 358 Sprints
Sat, July 17 7:00 p.m. PEPSI NIGHT: 410 Sprints and URC
Sprints
Sat, July 24 --- (No racing)
Sun, July 25 7:00 p.m. 410 Sprints and Thundercars
Sat, July 31 7:00 p.m. 410 Sprints, Thundercars, and 358
Sprints
Sat, Aug 7 7:00 p.m. (TT) 358 SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP,
Thundercars, and 305 Sprints
[Trail-Way/Lincoln “Shoot-Out” weekend for 358 sprints]
Sat, Aug 14 7:00 p.m. 410 Sprints (non points race [100
appearance pts only]), URC Sprints, & KIDS BIG WHEEL RACES
Sat, Aug 21 7:00 p.m. (TT) 58TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW [JOHN GLEIM
JR. EXCAVATING NIGHT]: 410 Sprints plus 358 Sprints
(also York County Racing Club Night)
Sat, Aug 28 7:00 p.m. “Twin 20’s” for 410 Sprints plus
Thundercars (Williams Grove Old Timers Night)
Sat, Sept 4 7:00 p.m. 410 Sprints, Super Sportsman, 358 Late
Models, and FIREWORKS
[***Final points race for 410 Sprints***]
Sat, Sept 11 7:00 p.m. 358 Sprints, Thundercars, and
All-American Outlaws [***Final points race for 358
Sprints***]
Sat, Sept 18 7:00 p.m. “LAWRENCE CHEVROLET SPORTSMAN 100”
for Super Sportsman plus 358 Late Models
Sat, Sept 25 7:00 p.m. (TT) 14TH ANNUAL KENNY WELD MEMORIAL
for 410 Sprints (40 laps), Thundercars [rain date: Sat,
10/9]
Sat, Oct 2 -- (No racing)
Sat, Oct 9 6:00 p.m. (TT) HANK GENTZLER MEMORIAL
MANUFACTURERS APPRECIATION RACE for 410 Sprints, 305 Sprints
Sat, Oct 16 6:00 p.m. 410 Sprints and Thundercars (Rain date
for Gentzler Memorial ) [FINAL RACE OF SEASON]
[***Final points race for Thundercars***] [This show carries
a rain date of Sunday, 10/17]
Sat, Nov 13 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Lincoln Race Car Flea Market
Sat, Nov 20 6 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Lincoln Speedway Awards
Banquet at Holiday Inn, York, PA
Williams Grove Speedway
December 15, 2009
55-DATE SCHEDULE AT WILLIAMS GROVE IN 2010
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- An ambitious 55-date schedule for
the 2010 racing season at Williams Grove Speedway has been
released with sprint car racing listed as the featured
attraction on 35 of those dates. Opening Night is set for
Friday, March 19, at 7:30 with sprint cars and 358 sprints
on the card. The 358s will once again be the primary support
division and have been slated for 20 appearances. The
Saturday Night Series will also return in 2010 with the
super sportsman class making the majority of its 21
appearances on Saturday nights. Limited (358 c.i.) late
models, street stocks and 4-cylinder stock cars will be part
of the Saturday Night Series. The World of Outlaws will
bring its touring professionals to Williams Grove for six
sprint car events 2010. The WoO dates will be May 13-14,
July 23-24, and National Open weekend on October 1-2. In
addition to the World of Outlaws, the All Star Circuit of
Champions sprint car division will make two stops at the
Grove. The first will be on April 30 and the second on June
11. URC’s 360-sprints will be at Williams Grove three times
in 2010. The first will be to sanction the 360 Nationals on
June 4. Other dates include August 6 and August 27. The
schedule will also include three Outlaw Tune-up nights with
each listed for the Friday before the World of Outlaws
events. Each Outlaw Tune-up race will have an increased
purse and will use the World of Outlaws format. The Outlaw
Tune-up races will be part of an expanded Diamond Series.
The Diamond Series, sponsored by Goodyear, will include ten
time trial races and will carry a separate point fund which
has been increased for 2010. Further information about
Williams Grove Speedway is available at
www.williamsgrove.com or by calling 717.697.5000.
Williams Grove Speedway 2010 Schedule
DATE EVENT TIME
Mar 19 Opening Day!!!
410 Sprints & 358 Sprints + Fireworks 7:30 PM
Mar 26 410 Sprints & Super Late Models 7:30 PM
Apr 2 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints 7:30 PM
Apr 9 410 Sprints & Super Late Models 3 State Flyers 7:30 PM
Apr 10 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & 4 Cylinders + Fireworks 6:30 PM
Apr 16 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints 7:30 PM
Apr 17 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models & 305's 6:30 PM
Apr 23 Spring Classic For Sprints
Goodyear Diamond Series + Hinnershitz Memorial EMMR 7:30 PM
Apr 24 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & 4 Cylinders 6:30 PM
Apr 30 All Stars & ARDC Goodyear Diamond Series 7:30 PM
May 7 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints
Goodyear Diamond Series 7:30 PM
May 8 Super Sportsman, 305's & ARDC Midgets 6:30 PM
May 13 World of Outlaw Sprint Cars 7:45 PM
May 14 World of Outlaw Sprint Cars 7:45 PM
May 21 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints 8:00 PM
May 22 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & 4 Cylinders 6:30 PM
May 28 4th Annual Keystone Cup For 410 Sprint Cars
Goodyear Diamond Series 7:45 PM
May 29 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & 4 Cylinders 6:30 PM
June 4 410 Sprints & URC 360 Nationals Time Trials 7:30 PM
June 5 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & 4 Cylinders 6:30 PM
June 8 Super Late Models Speedweek & 358 Sprints 7:00 PM
June 11 All Stars Goodyear Diamond Series 7:45 PM
June 18 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints - YCRC Night 8:00 PM
June 19 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models & 305's 6:30 PM
June 25 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints 8:00 PM
June 26 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models Shoot Out,
Street Stock & 4 Cylinders 6:30 PM
July 2 410 Sprints Speedweek - Mitch Smith Memorial
+ Fireworks
Goodyear Diamond Series 7:45 PM
July 9 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints 8:00 PM
July 10 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models/ARDC
Topless Night 6:30 PM
July 16 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints
Goodyear Diamond Series 7:30 PM
July 23 World of Outlaw Sprint Cars Summer Nationals
+ Fireworks 7:45 PM
July 24 World of Outlaw Sprint Cars Summer Nationals
+ Fireworks 7:45 PM
July 30 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints 8:00 PM
July 31 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & 4 Cylinders -YCRC Night 6:30 PM
Aug 6 410 Sprints & URC 360 Sprints 8:00 PM
Aug 7 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & 4 Cylinders
Kids Night + Fireworks 6:30 PM
Aug 13 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints Championship +
EMMR Display 8:00 PM
Aug 14 Super Sportsman Twin 20's, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & 4 Cylinders 6:30 PM
Aug 20 Twin 20's For Sprint Cars & Sidewinder Sprints
+ Fireworks Goodyear Diamond Series 7:45 PM
Aug 21 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & 4 Cylinders 6:30 PM
Aug 27 410 Sprints, URC 360's & 358 Sprints
Kids Night + Fireworks 7:30 PM
Aug 28 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & 4 Cylinders 6:30 PM
Sept 3 Jack Gunn Memorial
Triple 20's For Sprints, Penn Mar Vintage Cars,
EMMR (raindate Sun. Sept 5) + Fireworks
Goodyear Diamond Series 7:45 PM
Sept 5 Billy Kimmel Memorial for 410 Sprints,
358 Sprints & Super Sportsman 7:00 PM
Sept 10 358 Sprints, Super Sportsman & 358 Late Models 7:30
PM
Sept 17 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints 8:00 PM
Sept 24 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints
Goodyear Diamond Series 7:30 PM
Sept 25 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & 4 Cylinders 6:30 PM
Oct 1 World of Outlaw Sprint Cars National Open
+ Fireworks 7:45 PM
Oct 2 World of Outlaw Sprint Cars National Open
+ Fireworks 7:45 PM
Oct 8 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints 7:30 PM
Oct 9 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & All American Outlaws 6:30 PM
Oct 15 410 Sprints & 358 Sprints
Championship Night 7:30 PM
Oct 16 Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models,
Street Stocks & 4 Cylinders + Fireworks
Championship Night 6:30 PM
Oct 23 Fall Fest
410 Sprints, 358 Sprints, Super Sportsman,
358 Late Models (Features Only) + Fireworks 7:00 PM
Schedule is Subject To Change
Williams Grove Speedway, 1 Speedway Drive, Mechanicsburg,
PA 17055 717-697-5000
© 2009 Williams Grove Speedway
Williams Grove Speedway
December 1, 2009
WILLIAMS GROVE AND GOODYEAR ENTER
AGREEMENT FOR 2010
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Goodyear tires will be required on
both the right and left rear wheels of all sprint cars
competing in the 410 division at Williams Grove Speedway in
2010. The mandatory track tires proved by Goodyear will
include a right rear 105/17-15 size with a G-25 tread
pattern. For the left rear 93, 95 and 97/15-15 size with a
G-25 tread pattern may be used. Available compounds for the
right rear will be 100, 200, 300 and 400 while 100, 200, and
300 will be available for the left rear. Goodyear officials
and Williams Grove Speedway owner Cathy Hughes have reached
an agreement which will make Goodyear the official tire in
the 410 division and will also lead to increases in the 2010
point fund and weekly purses. Goodyear will also offer
certificates that winning drivers can use for Goodyear
tires. With this announcement Williams Grove will join the
World of Outlaws, the All Star Circuit of Champions and
Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway as some of the sanctioning bodies
and weekly sprint car racing venues that will partner with
Goodyear in 2010. World of Outlaws teams conducted tire
tests in conjunction with Goodyear representatives at
Williams Grove Speedway in October and were pleased with the
results of those tests. “That’s one of the reasons we
decided to go with Goodyear at Williams Grove, “ said
Hughes. “Also, our association with Goodyear will help make
it possible for us to raise our purses and increase the
point fund.” Hughes also expressed a desire to see her
sprint car regulars remain competitive at the speedway’s
richest races, which are sanctioned by the World of Outlaws.
In 2009 weekly Grove competitors won all four WoO-sanctioned
events at the Mechanicsburg half-mile including the $50,000
National Open. “To allow our drivers to use other tires
throughout the season would put them at a disadvantage in
the biggest races of the year,” said Hughes. Goodyear tires
will be mandated for the 410 division only. The Grove’s
Hoosier tire rule will remain in place for the 358 c.i.
sprint division in 2010.
JUNIATA COUNTY AG SOCIETY & PORT ROYAL
SPEEDWAY REORGANIZES
November 23, 2009
Port Royal, PA
The Juniata County Agricultural Society recently
completed reorganization for the 2010 fair and racing
season. The society is the owner and sanctioning body
operating Port Royal Speedway. Several personnel changes
took place on the board and in its officers.
Long time President Tom Little retained his position and
will continue to preside over speedway racing activities.
Bill Ritzman is 1ST Vice President. Don Clark became 2ND
Vice President. Beth Ann Alleman is Secretary and will be
assisted by Marian Mark. Tim Foltz was again named Treasurer
and is assisted by Larry Neimond. Scott Arnold is the new
Concession Secretary, assisted by Perry Shellenberger. Fair
Delegate is Joanne Heckert. V.P., Ritzman is the alternate.
Horse Racing will be under the direction of Dave Forry who
will be assisted by Francis Cooper.
The board welcomed two new members, Brian Casner and
Steve Arnold. Out going members were Paul Boyer and Craig
Rutherford.
Little announced the opening day of racing is March 12
with a sprint car only program. The track will again offer a
variety of racing classes which will include seven visits by
the 305 sprint cars and a number of super sportsman events.
The sprint cars, late models, pro stocks, enduro cars and
powder puff racers will also be in action. The Keystone Cup
and PA Sprint Car Speedweek have been confirmed along with
the Appalachian Mountain Late Model Series. Other special
events are still in the planning stage. A schedule will be
released shortly.
Banquet tickets go on sale December 1 at the speedway
office. Cost of the tickets is $ 30.00 each. The Port Royal
Community Building will again host the event on January 9,
2010. Purchases may be charged using Master card or Visa.
Persons seeking information may contact the web-site at
www.portroyalspeedway.com. Further information will be
released shortly.
Trail-Way Speedway November 14, 2009
Coming Events:
Sat. Feb. 20, 2010 32nd Annual Motorama Races and Shows
Sun. Feb. 21, 2010 at the PA Farm Show Complex in
Harrisburg
Sat. Mar. 20, 2010 Season Opener - divisions and times
TBA
Fri. Apr. 2, 2010 Friday Night Opener - divisions and
times TBA
For Immediate Release November 14, 2009
TRAIL-WAY SPEEDWAY 37TH ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
Hanover, PA (11/14/09) – Although Mother Nature won 18 of
the more than 50 scheduled events in the 2009 season, her
persistent drizzle Saturday night did not dampen the
festivities of the 2009 Trail-Way season ending banquet.
Over 400 members of the racing family and 78 of 85 award
winners were in attendance for the first banquet to be held
at the newly built S.A.V.E.S. Social Hall on Route 116.
During the banquet, Brad Hostetter shared plans for next
season which include the return of all the divisions that
raced in the 2009 season. The track has been graded and the
parts of the track were banked 10 more
degrees. The Hostetters’ are ready for another great season
of racing, hopefully with fewer rain outs.
The 2010 schedule is being finalized and will be posted
at www.trail-wayspeedway.com in December. The first
scheduled Saturday race of the 2010 season will be March 20,
2010 and the Friday night opener will be April 2, 2010. All
divisions that raced last season will be returning for the
2010 season. The rules are also being finalized and will be
posted on the website. The rules for the Friday night
Thundercars will mirror the Lincoln Speedway rules.
Trail-Way and Lincoln have planned a meeting to discuss the
rules.
Motorama will be held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show
Complex in Harrisburg on February 20 and 21, 2010.
Information about tickets and registration will be available
on the website, www.motoramaevents.com soon.
The 2009 track champions and top point finishers were
awarded trophies, plaques, jackets, and checks during the
37th Annual Awards Banquet. Billy Dietrich reclaimed the 358
Sprint Car championship title from 3-time defending champ,
Jeff Rohrbaugh. Dietrich accomplished this without winning a
single race this season. Of his thirteen starts, Dietrich
finished in the top 5 eleven times and outside the top 10
one time.
RMP Thundercar champion Sam Gallagher completed a
modified schedule with six top 5s in as many starts and four
trips to victory lane. The 358 Late Models made four stops
at Trail-Way. Mike Walls picked up the championship never
finishing worse than tenth.
The Extreme Stock champion Gary Calimer, Jr. finished the
five race season with three wins and five top 10s. Chad
Weaver accumulated five wins and finished outside the top 10
once in his sixteen starts to claim the Limited Stock
championship title.
As the season was winding down, Brian Racine was battling
Tim Dietz for the 600cc Micro Sprint title. Dietz had a
night of bad luck forcing him to borrow a fellow racer’s car
which allowed Racine to pass Dietz for the points lead. Some
late season rainouts helped Racine secure the 600cc Micro
Sprint championship by 9 points over Dietz. Racine ended the
season with two wins and both Racine and Dietz finished in
the top 10 eleven times of fourteen starts.
Brian Racine was also leading the 1000cc Sidewinder
Sprint points. Racine finished the season with seven top 5s
and three wins in the Sidewinders. Nik Gower claimed the
270cc Micro Sprint title with thirteen top 5s and three wins
in fifteen starts.
The 4 & 6 cyl. Scramble Car championship was won by Rob
Lyon. Lyon clinched the title with thirteen top 10s in
fourteen starts and no trips to victory lane. Wes Kellison
claimed the Starlite 6 cyl. Oval title by never finishing
outside the top 10 and capturing three victories. Joe
Flanary won the Starlite 4 cyl. Oval championship with five
wins and nine top 10s in twelve starts.
The 32nd Annual Motorama will be Feb. 20 and 21, 2010.
Information regarding Motorama will be posted at
www.motoramaevents.com. The first Saturday race is scheduled
for March 20, 2010 and the first Friday night race is
scheduled for April 2, 2010. Divisions and times will be
announced in December following the completion of the 2010
schedule.
For all the latest news and related information from
Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway
website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and
agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final
checkered falls.
Sat., November 21, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY AWARDS BANQUET
UPCOMING SHOWS: Sat., Feb. 27, 2010 (2 PM) - 2010
NORTHEAST SEASON OPENER\ICE BREAKER 30 - 410 Sprints ONLY
(30 Laps/$3,000-to-win)
MONTIETH CLAIMS SECOND STRAIGHT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP; Dale
Hammaker Claims First Career Lincoln 358 Sprint Title; Duane
Watson earns Second Thundercar Title in Three Years; Gene
Knaub Claims Second Straight 358 Late Model Championship
YORK, PA, 11/21/09 - Lincoln Speedway track champions and
special year-end awards were handed out at the Holiday Inn
in York Saturday night, November 21st. Close to 400 people
were in attendance to watch the crowning of the 410 sprint,
358 sprint, thundercar, and 358 late model champions for
2009. The top ten finishers in the season -long point series
for all four divisions were honored as well as special
awards.
MONTIETH CLAIMS SECOND STRAIGHT LAWRENCE CHEVROLET TRACK
CHAMPIONSHIP A year after winning his first career Lincoln
track championship without registering a win, Phoenixville's
Brian Montieth came back with vengeance in 2009 by winning
seven races en route to his second straight Lawrence
Chevrolet 410 Sprint Track Championship. It all began for
the driver known as "the Edge" in the 2009 season-opening
Ice Breaker 30 on February 28th by registering the win. And
when the proverbial dust had settled at years' end, Montieth
had driven his Jerry Parrish-owned Premiere Auto Works\Auto
Locator No. 21 sprinter to a career-high seven wins and
another Pigeon Hills track title. In 26 events, Montieth
proved he was more than deserving of the title "Track
Champion" as he amassed 19 top-10 and 12 top-five finishes
to go along with his seven wins. It was also car owner Jerry
Parrish's second track championship as well as sponsors
Premiere Auto Works and Auto Locator. Montieth's title also
secured chief wrench Scott Zellers his second Mechanic of
the Year award too. Denver's Alan Krimes improved on his
2008 fifth place finish in the final championship point
standings with a well-deserved second place. Krimes led all
racers in top-10 finishes with 21 out of 26 events along
with 11 top-five finishes. Though winless at Lincoln in
2009, Krimes actually led the point standings at one point
and was in the hunt for the coveted track title all year
long and earned the Sportsmanship Award winner for his
on-and-off track efforts. 10-time track champion Fred Rahmer
of Salfordville made some noise too in 2009 as he won three
races to up his all-time win leader total to 164 wins. After
earning his first win of the season in the second race,
Rahmer went on to notch two huge milestone wins. On April
4th Rahmer recorded his 400th career sprint car win and then
on May 2nd recorded his 500th career overall win against the
O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions. Following his
milestone wins, Rahmer capped off his history-making season
by being inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame
in Knoxville, Iowa on May 30th. In all, Rahmer recorded 19
top-10 finishes along with 10 top-fives en route to his
third place finish in the final point standings. After
finishing out of the top-10 in points in 2008, York's Brian
Leppo rebounded with a fourth-place effort in 2009 on the
heels of five top-fives and 11 top-10 finishes. Leppo proved
he had one of the fastest sprint cars during the year as he
was the fastest in time trials three times during the year
against the best (May 2nd - All Stars, May 23rd Keystone
Cup, and Aug. 8th Sterner Memorial). New Oxford's Jimmy
Siegel picked up his sixth career win during the 2009 season
and improved on his 2008 performance finishing fifth in the
final standings by added six top-five and 11 top-10
finishes. The third generation diver showed a lot of
determination on his lone July 18th win after crashing out
and finishing last the week before, knowing he had the car
to beat that night. At the end of that night, Siegel held
the potential fourth generation Siegel, his son Jude, in
victory lane. Completing the top ten in season points were
Niki Young, first-time winner and Most Improved Driver
award-winner Cory Haas, veteran Cris Eash, two-time winner
and Outlaw-bound teenage sensation Cody Darrah, and 2006
track champ Doug Esh. Other Lincoln wins in 2009 were
recorded by Darrah (2 wins), Jeff Busby, Lance Dewease, Esh,
and Johnny Mackison Jr., along with six first time winners
Danny Dietrich (2 wins), Doug Dodson, Scott Geesey, Tim
Glatfelter, Haas, and Gerard McIntyre Jr. All told, there
were 16 different winners in 2009 over 26 events. Big race
winners were Rahmer (All stars), Darrah (Keystone Cup),
Montieth (All Stars, Kevin Gobrecht Memorial & Weldon
Sterner Memorial), Haas (Hank Gentzler
Memorial/Manufacturers Night), and Stevie Smith (Kenny Weld
Memorial). Adam Wilt picked up Rookie of the Year honors
after finishing only 15 points out of 10th place in the
final standings.
SPECIAL AWARDS WINNERS (410 Sprints) Super Sprint
Champion - Brian Montieth Mechanic of the Year - Scott
Zellers Rookie of the Year - Adam Wilt Sportsmanship Award -
Alan Krimes Most Improved Driver - Cory Haas
DALE HAMMER CLAIMS FIRST KEIZER LINCOLN SPEEDWAY ALUMINUM
WHEELS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
Grantville's Dale Hammaker competed in the most
competitive Keizer Aluminum Wheels 358 Sprints season in
recent memory at Lincoln Speedway in 2009 and earned a
well-deserved track title for his efforts. Hammaker picked
up his lone win of the season on May 30th and jumped from
fourth to first in the tight points race that night.
Hammaker's win at the time marked the fourth different
winner in four events. That streak would continue through
July as the highly competitive 358 sprint division produced
nine different winner in as many events. Through it all
Hammaker continued his trademark consistency and produced
six top-five finishes along with an astounding 10-top-10
finishes out of 11 events run during the season. His only
finish out of the top 10 was a 13th place finish in early
June. The lone blemish on the 358 sprint season for Hammaker
may have been the last race of the season - the rained-out
358 Sprint Championship. Without it, Hammaker was crowned
the champion without the glory of being track side when he
clinched the coveted track title. The final race may have
been a mere formality for Hammaker as he enjoyed a 165 point
advantage heading into what would have been the final points
race of the season. After finishing ninth the past two
seasons, Aspers' Glenndon Forsythe finished second in the
final championship standings. Forsythe proved he was a
contender after becoming one of nine different winners this
season with his third career win in July. His seven top-10
and two top-five finishes gave him a narrow margin of 15
points in securing the runner-up spot. Defending champ Jeff
Rohrbaugh looked good out of the gate in defending his 2008
track championship by winning the division's season-opening
race back in March. But after a missed race in April,
Rohrbaugh had to dig out of a big hole the rest of the year
and steadily moved up the standings until ending up with a
solid third-place finish in the end. That season-opening win
was Rohrbaugh's fourth career win and was followed by a
division-leading nine top-five finishes along with 10 top-10
finishes - a record that at first glance would be good
enough for a track title if it were not for that one missed
event. East Brunswick New Jersey driver Kevin Nagy may have
traveled a good distance to compete at Lincoln this season,
but it was worth it as took home fourth place honors in
2009. Though not picking up a win, Nagy proved his 150 mile
drive was worth the effort as he qualified for every event
and only failed to finish one race. His five top-10 and lone
top-five finish, not to mention his endurance, earned him a
well-deserved fourth place in the final championship
standings. 2005 track champ Billy Dietrich of Gettysburg
continued his racing family's tradition by turning in
another solid performance in 2009 to finish fifth in the
year-end standings. Dietrich's lone win of the year in July,
his eighth career Lincoln win, moved him into a three-way
tie for seventh place on the all time win list. Being one of
nine different winners, along with his five top-five and
seven top-10 finishes once again put the Dietrich name in
Lincoln's record books. Completing the top-10 in points was
a rare 2009 two-time winner in Brad McClelland, Tim
Berkheimer, Most Improved Driver award winner Tim Wagaman,
Eric Tomecek, and the other two-time winner and 2009 Rookie
of the Year Kyle Moody. Other winners in 2009 included first
time winners Matt Boland and Gerard McIntyre Jr. (2 wins),
along with Adrian Shaffer who picked up his sixth career
Lincoln win along the way. Also worthy of mentioning was
female racer Nicole Bower who actually had a share of the
point lead early in the season and came very close to
recording a win one night. Her efforts earned her the
Sportsmanship Award.
SPECIAL AWARDS WINNERS (358 Sprints) 358 Sprint Champion
- Dale Hammaker Rookie of the Year - Kyle Moody
Sportsmanship Award - Nicole Bower Most Improved Driver -
Tim Wagaman
DUANE WATSON CLAIMS SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP IN THREE YEARS IN
THUNDERCARS Abbottstown's Duane Watson returned to
Thundercar competition in 2009 after testing the late model
waters last year following his 2007 thundercar championship
to pick up his second track title in three years. And as has
become traditional in the most competitive support division
in the country, it came down to the final race of the year
as he trailed defending track champion Sam Gallagher by five
points. Much like how he trailed defending track champ Neil
Smith in the final race of 2007, it took a good car and good
fortune in the 2009 thundercar finale to jump past Gallagher
in final standings to earn the track championship. Like
Montieth did in the 410 sprints, Watson won the season
opening Spring Thaw 20 back in March and won another six
events along the way to lead all thundercars with seven wins
and moved into a tie for fifth on Lincoln Speedway's all
time thundercar winners list with 27 career wins. But
defending champ Gallagher bounced back to win the second
race of the year and from that point on the battle was on.
Along the way Watson won one of three thundercar non-stop
features, recorded back-to-back wins on May 23rd and June
6th and at one point mid-season had won four of eight races.
His seven features wins, coupled with a division-leading 13
top-five finishes and 14 top-10 finishes in 17 events gave
him the 2009 track championship when the dust settled in
their finale. Defending thundercar champ Sam Gallagher of
Hanover gave it everything he could to defend his crown by
winning two races in 2009 and had the point lead heading
into the finale. Gallagher's consistency almost got him the
championship as he added a total of 12 top-five and a
division-leading 15 top-10 finishes along with his wins. One
of those wins was a lucrative Championship event on August
8th as the battle for the top spot was heating up.
Landisville's Larry Niederer finally picked up his first
career Pigeon Hills win, finish twice in the top-five and 10
times in the top-10 en route to a third place finish in the
final standings. Fan favorite Gino Comi of Pylesville
Maryland had to settle for his second consecutive fourth
place finish in the final standings. Though not winning in
2009, Comi overcame mechanical problems mid-season and was
once again a contender to win every night over the final
races. Comi's seven top-five and 12 top-10 finishes were a
testament to his determination all year long in the
competitive thundercar division. Hanover's Danny Beard was
another thundercar regular who also had a shot to win on any
given night and settled for a career-best fifth in the final
point standings. Beard picked up a single win along with 11
top-five and 13 top-10 finishes and was closing on the point
leaders heading into the final month of the season. His win
was also one of the three non-stop thundercar features in
2009. Completing the top-10 in points were Rick Weaver, Most
Improved Driver award winner Jimmy Combs, Brad Shank,
Sportsmanship award winner Mike Slaybaugh, and Justin Mong.
Mt. Airy Maryland's Todd Miller Todd Miller impressed many
in the thundercar division and earned Rookie of the Year
honors on the heels of his one top-five and five top-10
finishes en route to finishing 13th in the season-long
points chase. Other winners over their 17-race season were
second generation racer Slaybaugh, first-time winner Jamie
Zentmyer, Niederer, and Will Walls. Not only did Walls pick
up his first career thundercar win on May 2nd, he set a new
20-lap track record in the non-stop feature. He then went on
to win three more races in his break-out season for a total
of four and finished just out of the top-10 in the final
point standings. In all there were three non-stop feature
runs in 2009 for the thundercars. They also had several
nights where all their heats were run in non-stop fashion,
earning the respect of their fans and peers as well.
SPECIAL AWARDS WINNERS (Thundercars) Thundercar Champion
- Duane Watson Rookie of the Year - Todd Miller
Sportsmanship Award -Mike Slaybaugh Most Improved Driver -
Jimmy Combs
GENE KNAUB CHAMPION FOR SECOND YEAR IN-A-ROW IN 358 LATE
MODELS Two-time 2009 winner Gene Knaub of Dover once again
proved he is the man to beat in 358 Late Model competition
at Lincoln in 2009 by winning his second championship
in-a-row. Not only did Knaub finish in the top-10 in all six
races run in 2009, he finished in the top-five five of those
times. In the three years the late models have run for
points at the Pigeon Hills oval Knaub has recorded seven
wins, and finished 14 times in the top-five and 18 times in
the top-10 out of 19 events. Knaub edged out a trio of
former Lincoln thundercar drivers for the title. 21-time
former thundercar driver Mike Walls of Gettysburg finished
second in points with four top-five and five top-10
finishes. Three-time thundercar champion and one time 2009
winner Bobby Beard finished third, 27-time thundercar winner
Craig Wagaman recorded two wins en route to finishing fourth
followed by McConnellsburg's Cory Houck in fifth. Completing
the top-10 were Jake Lettick, Bernie Beard, Chaz Walls, Mike
Spangler and John Baker.
Don't forget to check-out Lincoln Speedway On-line at
http://www.lincolnspeedway.com for all the final results of
the 2009 season along with statistics and point standings.
The 2010 Lincoln Speedway schedule is still being finalized
and is planned for release in the near future. This we do
know, Lincoln will host its traditional Northeast Season
Opener featuring the 410 sprints in the Ice Breaker 30 on
Saturday afternoon, February 27, 2010. Gates will open at
noon, with the first official green flag waving at 2 PM.
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY 2009 FINAL POINT STANDINGS
LAWRENCE CHEVROLET 410 SPRINTS 1. Brian Montieth 7185 2.
Alan Krimes 7160 3. Fred Rahmer 6420 4. Brian Leppo 6360 5.
Jim Siegel 6290 6. Niki Young 6280 7. Cory Haas 6205 8. Cris
Eash 6010 9. Cody Darrah 5885 10. Doug Esh 5845 11. Adam
Wilt 5830 12. Danny Dietrich 5745 13. Brent Marks 5670 14.
Johnny Mackison, Jr. 5490 15. Jeff Busby 4410 16. Aaron Ott
4400 17. Tim Glatfelter 4335 18. Justin Henderson 4240 19.
Chris Knopp 4180 20. Gerard McIntyre, Jr. 4125 21. Josh
Wells 4040 22. Chad Trout 3985 23. Daryn Pittman 3775 24.
John Rudisill 3765 25. Mark Smith 3680 26. Pat Cooper 3540
27. Doug Dodson 3505 28. Ed Aikin 3165 29. Lance Dewease
2710 30. Todd Rittenhouse, Jr. 2645 31. Chad Layton 2345 32.
Adam Lawrence 2260 33. Greg Hodnett 2060 34. Scott Geesey
1805 35. Bill Stine 1805 36. Randy Baughman 1715 37. Bobby
Weaver 1475 38. Keith Kauffman 1275 39. Pat Cannon 1265 40.
Stevie Smith 1135 41. Shawn Weaver 1045 42. Sean Michael 940
43. Nick Schlauch, Jr. 935 44. Rick Lafferty 930 45. Tim
Shaffer 700 46. Dale Blaney 575 47. Brooke Tatnell 550 48.
Steve Buckwalter 525 49. Greg Wilson 525 50. Daron Clayton
395
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEEL 358 SPRINTS 1. Dale Hammaker 3515
2. Glenndon Forsythe 3350 3. Jeff Rohrbaugh 3335 4. Kevin
Nagy 3250 5. Billy Dietrich 3080 6. Brad McClelland 2985 7.
Tim Berkheimer 2855 8. Tim Wagaman 2855 9. Eric Tomecek 2835
10. Kyle Moody 2640 11. Joe Trone, Jr. 2605 12. Austin Reed
2540 13. Keith Prutzman 2465 14. Nicole Bower 2395 15. Jay
Galloway 2350 16. Doug Hammaker 2280 17. Adrian Shaffer 2200
18. Logan Schuchart 2160 19. Gerard McIntyre, Jr. 2120 20.
Matt Boland 2110 21. Nate Hammaker 2060 22. Derek Sell 2025
23. Jason Clauss 1990 24. Brie Hershey 1970 25. Scott Geesey
1780 26. Cale Griffin 1740 27. John Barnett 1645 28. Amy Ott
1555 29. Mike Ressler 1510 30. Todd Spangler 1455 31. Ricky
Stonebraker 1140 32. Bill Sherman 1100 33. Nick Palmerino
1045 34. Jim Bewley 1010 35. Jason Cherry 875 36. Randy
Rhoads 820 37. Bob Anderson 725 38. Nathan Berwager 725 39.
Steve Storrie 700 40. Chris Shuttlesworth 640 41. Chad
Criswell 620 42. Mike Bittinger 600 43. Pancho Lawler 585
44. Todd Rittenhouse, Jr. 550 45. Brian Garland 530 46.
Johnny Hagen 500 47. Billy Heltzel, III 500 48. Jessie
Morrison 465 49. Ted Thomas 400 50. Shane Smith 360
THUNDERCARS 1. Duane Watson 5585 2. Sam Gallagher 5530 3.
Larry Niederer 5185 4. Gino Comi 5150 5. Danny Beard 5115 6.
Rick Weaver 5065 7. Jimmy Combs 5010 8. Brad Shank 4935 9.
Mike Slaybaugh 4900 10. Justin Mong 4890 11. Will Walls 4830
12. Al Crammer 4660 13. Todd Miller 4530 14. Mikey Guise
4450 15. Brian Walls 4440 16. Josh Ulrich 4275 17. Kyle
Martin 3375 18. Duane McMillion 3125 19. Jeff Wilson 2575
20. Scott Yount 2220 21. Don Zechman 1560 22. Jamie Zentmyer
1315 23. Tom Walls 1275 24. Bernie Beard 1270 25. Justin
Bittle 1205 26. Art Schwarz 1185 27. Bob Johnson 1075 28.
David Prunkl 955 29. Marshall McMullen 625 30. Brian Diehl
625 31. Dave Mantegna 605 32. Dan Zechman 580 33. Matt
Conley 580 34. Ricky Bender 575 35. Bob Stough 565 36. Greg
Emlet, Sr. 530 37. Tim Fake 505 38. Jeff Racine 390 39. Mike
Walls 340 40. Nate Topper 340 41. Dave Reever, Jr. 340 42.
Doug Bennett 290 43. Troy Miller 280 44. Andrew Frye 255 45.
Randy Davis 245 46. Pat McClane 245 47. Joe Flynn 240 48.
Chase Eckert 100 49. Bobby Beard 100 50. Ronald Myers 100
Williams Grove Speedway
WILLIAMS GROVE CHAMPIONS CROWNED -- 2010 OPENER SET
CAMP HILL, PA -- Todd Shaffer was officially crowned as
Williams Grove Speedway’s 2009 Sutliff Auto Group sprint car
champion Saturday night, November 14, at the Radisson Penn
Harris Convention Center. Shaffer won the season opener on
March 20 and never relinquished the point lead throughout
the long season, which ended in October. It was the third
track title for the 48-year old Millerstown resident. His
other championships came in 1995 and 2007. Shaffer drove the
Gary and Patti Beam #88 to to three victories en route to
the title. Jim and Sandy Kline, who fielded the car driven
to five victories by Greg Hodnett, earned the car owner’s
championship. It was the second crown for the Klines, having
previously won with Fred Rahmer in the seat. Shaffer and the
Klines each earned checks for $10,000. Shaffer’s crew chief,
Jim Russell, was named Mechanic of the Year. Mark Smith, who
finished tied with Hodnett for second place in the point
standings, earned the Most Improved Driver award. Adam Wilt,
who won two features in his first full year of sprint car
competition, was Rookie of the Year. Brian Montieth won the
Sportsmanship award. Cory Haas scored an unprecedented
fourth 358 c.i. sprint car championship. The top 24 owners
and drivers in the sprint car point standings received
checks. The top ten drivers in the Coliseum-sponsored 358
division also received checks. With more than 700 in
attendance the room was divided so that the Saturday Night
Series awards could be presented separately. Carmen Perigo
was the Tool Shed of America champion in the super sportsman
division. Gene Knaub earned the title in the A. J.’s Truck
and Trailer 358 c.i. late model division. Kory Sites
regained his L. B. Smith Ford street stock crown and Brian
Wentzel won the Wentzel’s Body Shop 4-cylinder championship.
Opening Night for the 2010 racing season at Williams Grove
Speedway has been set for Friday, March 19, featuring sprint
cars and 358 c.i. sprints.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY
14 November 2009 Steve Inch
SNYDER, RINE, SMITH, DUNHAM & HOOVER TAKE TOP HONORS AT
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY & RACEWAY PARK AWARDS BANQUET Season
Opening Dates & Facility Upgrades Announced
HERSHEY, Pa. – Selinsgrove Speedway & Raceway Park
concluded the 2009 season with the Ninth Annual Awards
Banquet Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Sheraton
Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel. More than $30,000 in point fund
monies, trophies, and jackets were awarded to the year’s top
performing teams in the track’s go kart, micro sprint car,
roadrunner, pro stock, late model, and 358 sprint car
divisions.
Track champions Nate Snyder of Halifax (358 sprint cars),
Jeff Rine of Danville (late models), Jason Smith of
Williamsport (pro stocks), Marlin Dunham of Selinsgrove
(roadrunners), and Todd Hoover of Mt. Pleasant Mills (micro
sprint cars) were also the recipients of custom championship
rings from Foss Jewelers of Selinsgrove.
During Saturday’s ceremonies, all those in attendance
paused to pay tribute to the life and racing career of
former five-time Selinsgrove Speedway sprint car champion
Jim Nace of Thompsontown, who died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009,
following a seven-year strife with cancer.
Snyder, driving the Art Lindsay Construction/Pro
Lawn/Expert Settlement Services No. 56, won his first career
A&A Auto Stores 358 sprint car track title at Selinsgrove
Speedway without a single victory this season. Snyder drove
to 16 top ten finishes in the division’s 19 events. He was
crowned as the division’s sixth different champion since the
358 sprint cars became the track’s weekly open wheel
attraction in 2001.
Rine was successful in his “drive for five” in 2009,
clinching his fifth career MAPCO Machine Shop late model
track title at Selinsgrove with 17 top five finishes,
including nine feature wins, in the division’s 18 events. He
celebrated his 50th career win at the track on May 9, and is
ranked third on the speedway’s all-time leading late model
win list with 55 career victories.
Rine is one of only three drivers who has won five or
more late model championships at the track since 1963.
Nescopeck drivers Bobby Croop and Richie Jensen are the
other two drivers with eight and seven titles, respectively.
Only Jensen and Rine have been able to win three or more
late model championships consecutively in the track’s
history.
A second generation race car driver, Jason Smith of
Williamsport was another first-time champion at the speedway
in the Salem RV Center pro stock division. Smith finished in
the top 10 in every one of the division’s 20 races this
season and won six features. Smith’s father, C.W. Smith, was
the track’s 1987 limited late model champion.
Completing his first full season of racing in 2009,
Marlin Dunham of Selinsgrove was crowned as the Collier
Paving & Construction/Byers Built Engines roadrunner
champion. Dunham, a second generation driver whose father,
Scott Dunham Sr., was the 1997 daredevil champion, drove to
nine top five finishes in 18 races. He won his first career
race on Aug. 1.
Special recognition awards were also presented in the
following categories: Most Improved Driver awards went to
Matt Heimbach (sprints), Dave Graber (late models), Cody
McFadden (pro stocks), and Mike Kiehl (roadrunners).
Sportsman Of The Year plaques were awarded to Matt Horst
(sprints, in memory of Joe Whitcomb), Jeff Smith (late
models), Jeff Ceballo (pro stocks), and Bob Bussey
(roadrunners). Rookie Of The Year honors went to Jessica
Anderson (sprints), Dylan Yoder (late models), Kurt Wray
(pro stocks), and Marlin Dunham (roadrunners).
Paula Long-Schick presented Hard Charger awards in memory
of her father, former late model champion Paul Long, to Nate
Snyder (sprints), Jeff Rine (late models), Jason Smith (pro
stocks), and Keith Bissinger (roadrunners).
Raceway Park champions also shared the spotlight Saturday
evening. A former champion in 2007, Todd Hoover’s second
Selinsgrove Ford micro sprint car title season was
highlighted by top five finishes in all of the division’s 19
races, including four feature wins.
Kody Kreamer clinched the jr. micro sprint car
championship with 12 feature wins; Matthew Campbell won the
125 micro sprint car title with seven feature wins; and
Cliff Loss clinched the title in the mini micro sprint cars
with 11 wins.
Go kart champions were recognized as follows: Blaise
Tanner (kid karts), Lohr Jackson (rookie cage 5-8), Ashlin
Zook (rookie cage 9-12), Ethan Spotts (rookies 1), Dylan
Feltman ( rookies II), Tyler Brown (jr. restricted lites),
Tyler Fawver (jr. cage), Tyler Campbell (lites), Brett
Dreese (heavies), Cameron Englehart (extra heavies), Kenton
Pyle (adult cage flathead), Vinny Williamson (adult cage
animal), Tyson Mowery (flat 330), and Richie Good (370).
Selinsgrove Speedway is tentatively scheduled to host the
2009 Motorsports Show at the Susquehanna Valley Mall from
Sunday, Feb. 14 through Saturday, Feb. 20.
Opening weekend 2010 will feature two complete modified
shows, with the 358 modifieds slated to compete at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 19, and the Race of Champions Dart Dirt
Modified Tour slated to return at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 20.
The 358 sprint car season opener is scheduled for 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 27. The following weekend, Saturday, April
3, Selinsgrove Speedway will present the rescheduled 358
Sprint Car Open that was cancelled due to rain this fall.
The 30-lap A-main will pay $3,000 to win.
The speedway’s first four division show of the 2010
season featuring 358 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks,
and roadrunners will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 10.
The 2009 go kart season opener at Selinsgrove Raceway
Park is scheduled for 12 p.m. Sunday, March 28. The micro
sprint cars will make their season debut at 7 p.m. Friday,
April 2.
Selinsgrove Speedway & Raceway Park facility improvements
are continuing during the off-season. Both of the half-mile
and one-fifth mile tracks have been resurfaced with sifted
clay.
The frontstretch and backstretch guardrails have been
replaced on the half-mile track. In addition, the speedway’s
maintenance crew has been working cooperatively with members
of the Selinsgrove Fair Board in making renovations to the
track’s historic covered grandstand, including new cement
steps, handrails, and a designated handicap seating area.
For information during the off-season, visit
selinsgrovespeedway.com, or call 570.374.2999.
Central PA Tire Rule Meeting
THE RESULTS OF LAST NIGHTS MEETING WAS GOOD, WITH EIGHT
410 AND TWENTY-SIX 358 TEAMS ON HAND. THERE WAS A LOT OF
GOOD QUESTIONS ASKED, WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED. TIRE
REPS FROM ALL THREE MANUFACTURERS WERE ON HAND (HOOSIER,
AMERICAN RACER, AND GOODYEAR), BUT THERE WERE NO TRACK
PROMOTERS THAT ATTENDED THE “OPEN” MEETING WITH SOME
PERSONALLY INVITED.
GOODYEAR NOTES:
~REPRESENTATIVES ON HAND WERE PAT AND BRENT FROM
COMPETITION TIRE EAST.
~COST ON TIRES WILL BE $198 FOR A RR AND $185 FOR A LR.
~RIGHT REAR WILL COME IN 3 COMPOUNDS A 100(BEING THE
SOFTEST), 200, AND 300(BEING THE HARDEST)
~LEFT REARS WILL COME IN 2 COMPOUNDS A 100 AND 200 AND
WILL HAVE SIZES OF 91”, 93”, 95”, AND 97”.
~IF THERE IS AN OPEN TIRE RULE, GOODYEAR DOES NOT HAVE AN
OPEN COMPETITION TIRE READY.
~THE SPEC RIGHT REAR TIRE IS DESIGNED TO UNHOOK THE RACE
CAR.
~THE REPS DID NOT KNOW WHETHER THERE WAS AN OPEN
COMPETITION PROPOSAL REQUESTED.
HOOSIER NOTES:
~REPRESENTATIVE WAS RANDY FROM HOOSIER TIRE MID-ATLANTIC.
~IF THERE WAS AN OPEN COMPETITION TIRE RULE YOU WOULD SEE
THE OPEN COMPETITION RIGHT REAR TIRES ROUGHLY $20.00 MORE
THEN THE CURRENT PRICE. CURRENT “SC” RIGHT REARS ARE $196
AND LEFT REARS ARE $184
~HOOSIER WAS ASKED FOR SEPARATE PROPOSALS FOR THE 358’S
AND THE 410’S FROM LINCOLN AND WILLIAMS GROVE.
~SELINSGROVE AND PORT ROYAL ALREADY SIGNED HOOSIER “SC”
TIRE RULE. TRAIL-WAY, LINCOLN, AND WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAYS
HAVE NOT SIGNED ANY TIRE AGREEMENTSM YET.
AMERICAN RACER NOTES:
~REPRESENTATIVES AT THE MEETING WERE MARK AND FRED FROM
LIAS TIRE.
~REGARDLESS IF THERE WAS AN AMERICAN RACER TIRE RULE
(LIKE URC), OR AN OPEN COMPETITION TIRE, PRICES WOULD BE
$165.00 FOR A RIGHT REAR AND $155.00 FOR A LEFT REAR.
~THEY WERE ASKED FOR A TIRE RULE PROPOSAL FROM LINCOLN
AND WILLIAMS GROVE AND RESPONDED WITH ONE. THEY WERE NOT
ASKED FOR AN OPEN COMPETITION PROPOSAL, BUT SUPPLIED A
PROPOSAL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
TOPICS GENERALLY AGREED ON:
~THE POINT FUND HAS NOT INCREASED SINCE THE TIRE RULE
CAME INTO EFFECT YEARS AGO.
~SPEC TIRES ARE MAKING RACING WORST DUE TO THE TIRES
UNHOOKING THE CAR. THAT DOESN’T MAKE RACING BETTER. IT MAKES
IT MORE FOLLOW THE LEADER.
~WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THE SAME AS THE OUTLAWS EVERY TIME
THEY CHANGE A RULE?
~THE RACE TRACK ITSELF NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE TIRE
BUSINESS. THE MONEY THAT’S COLLECTED FROM THE TIRE
MANUFACTURER TO MANDATE THESE SPEC TIRES, IS SUPPOSED TO GO
TOWARDS A POINT FUND, BUT NEVER SHOWS UP THERE! AGAIN, IT
WAS AGREED UPON THAT OPENING UP THE TIRE RULE, WOULD CREATE
GOOD COMPETITION BETWEEN ALL THREE TIRE MANUFACTURES. THEN
TIRE DEALS WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES BETWEEN THE
SUPPLIER AND THE RACER.
~WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT TRACK OWNERS AND PROMOTERS
DO HAVE TO MAKE MONEY, WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH, WHEN IT COMES
TO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CERTAIN SITUATIONS?
~BIGGEST CONCERN OF ALL RACERS IS TO GET THE TRACK OWNERS
AND PROMOTERS OUT OF THE TIRE BUSINESS. AND ALLOW THE RACERS
TO MAKE THEIR OWN TIRE DEAL
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 8:50 AND A VOTE ON A BALLOT
WAS TAKEN. THE RESULTS OF THE 26 358 TEAMS WERE AS FOLLOWS:
22 TEAMS WANT OPEN COMPETITION 2 WOULD LIKE A HOOSIER TIRE
RULE 1 WOULD LIKE OPEN COMPETITION TIRES BUT A COMPOUND RULE
1 WOULD LIKE AN AMERICAN RACER TIRE RULE.
AS FOR THE 8 410 TEAMS: 7 WOULD LIKE IT TO BE OPEN
COMPETITION 1 WOULD LIKE IT TO BE OPEN COMPETITION WITH A 1
TIRE A NIGHT RULE ON THE RIGHT REAR
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL LET PROMOTERS KNOW WHAT DIRECTION THE
RACERS ARE IN FAVOR OF.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE IT TO THE MEETING. A
POSSIBILITY OF A SECOND MEETING WAS DISCUSSED.
Frankie Herr and Carmen Perigo Jr. Claim
Williams Grove Speedway Super Sportsman Features
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Frankie Herr and Carmen Perigo Jr. had mirror-image
seasons. The duo were in the battle for the Williams Grove
Speedway Tool Shed of America Super Sportsman point title.
Both drivers were lacking one item in their 2009 racing
portfolio - neither driver had secured a 2009 Super
Sportsman victory at Williams Grove. Friday night, the final
evening of racing for 2009, both drivers claimed a win in
the twin 20-lap Super Sportsman features.
LeRoy Martin and Frankie Herr were in the front row as
the first 20-lap affair began. Martin led the field into
turn one followed by Herr, Jason Fry, Ryan Rupp and Scott
Dellinger. By the fifth-lap the gap between the leader and
second place was two lengths.
Herr's winning move came on lap eight. Martin slid up the
track in turns one and two. Herr used the very bottom of the
turns to make his pass for the lead.
Once in front Frankie Herr left the field behind. He
encountered lapped traffic on lap 15 but that did not slow
down the Carlisle driver.
The only caution of the race came out with two-laps
remaining. The yellow flag gave LeRoy Martin one final
chance to score the win. On the restart Herr drove away from
Martin. At the finish it was Frankie Herr winning his 11th
career Williams Grove Super Sportsman feature by five
lengths over Martin, Fry, Russ Mitten and Rupp.
The second feature found Ryan Rupp using his front row
starting position to take over the lead. Rupp was trailed by
Jason Fry, Scott Dellinger and Frankie Herr.
Carmen Perigo Jr., the 2009 Williams Grove Speedway Super
Sportsman point champion, started the feature in eighth. By
the end of the second circuit Stoystown's Perigo was in
fifth. Three laps later Perigo advanced to third.
The race for the lead became a three-car fight by lap 13.
Ryan Rupp, Jason Fry and Carmen Perigo Jr. were in a close
battle for the lead. On lap 17 Perigo passed Fry for second
position.
The win would be decided on the final lap. In turns one
and two Perigo slid across the track. Perigo and Rupp were
even as they exited turn two. Side-by-side they raced into
the final set of turns. They were still even off turn four.
Perigo had the momentum off the turn and he edged out Rupp
for the feature win. The win is the fourth of his career at
Williams Grove. Fry, Scott Dellinger and Russ Mitten
completed the top five.
Heat wins for the 35-car Super Sportsman field went to
Frankie Herr, Russ Mitten and Jason Fry. Steve Wilbur, in
his final race, won the consolation event.
The A.J.'s Truck and Trailer Center 358 Late Models raced
with a different look. For the first time this year the roof
came off the cars. Despite the different look and handling
characteristics, it did not slow down Gene Knaub. Knaub led
every lap and easily won his 11th career feature at Williams
Grove Speedway.
By the luck of the draw, the two top drivers in the 358
Late Models started on the front row. Gene Knaub, from
Dover, started on the pole with Bobby Beard on the outside.
Knaub shot into the lead followed by Bobby Beard, Ron Little
Sr., Travis Mease and D.J. Mease.
While Knaub drove away from the field, the battle was for
second between Beard and Little. This fight would continue
for the remainder of the event.
Gene Knaub encountered lapped traffic at the midway point
of the race. The slower traffic did not hamper Knaub. At one
point Knaub had a full straightaway lead over Beard.
Beard and Little needed a caution to have any chance of
winning the race. The only caution of the race came with
two-laps remaining. When the race was restarted Gene Knaub
again drove away for the pack. At the finish line it was
Knaub winning by eight-lengths over Bobby Beard, Ron Little
Sr., Bernie Beard and Mike Walls.
Shaun Jones, Gene Knaub and Andy Fries won the heat races
for the 30-car 358 Late Model field. The consolation race
went to Roy Miller.
Kory Sites, the 2009 Williams Grove Speedway Street Stock
point champion, topped off an outstanding year by winning
the 15-lap L.B. Smith Ford Street Stock feature.
While Craig Morgan led the first lap of the Street Stock
main, deep in the pack Todd Bowersox had problems. His car
went sideways forcing Kory Sites and Jim Palm Jr. to take
evasive actions. By the time they were back to speed, Sites
and Palm had dropped to the rear of the field.
Craig Morgan led the first two laps. On the third pass of
the half-mile it was Joey Hoffer becoming the new leader.
Doug Hoffman moved into second and applied pressure on
leader Hoffer.
The only caution of the race came on lap six. As a light
rain began, Hoffer continued to lead trailed by Hoffman,
Morgan, Jim Gross and Pat McNeal.
Mechanicsburg's Kory Sites, following his first-lap
incident, was rapidly advancing through the field. He took
over fifth place on lap eight. Two laps later Sites moved
into third place. While Sites joined Hoffer and Hoffman in
the race for the lead, Pat McNeal broke free of traffic and
quickly caught the lead trio.
The final three-laps found Hoffer, Hoffman, Sites and
McNeal racing in a tight pack. Sites passed Hoffman for
second. As the white flag came out Hoffer and Sites were
even. They raced door to door into the final turns. Off the
final turn there was contact between Hoffer and Sites. Sites
held on to claim the win by a very slim margin over Hoffer,
Hoffman, NcNeal and Craig Morgan.
The John Wentzel's Auto Body Four-Cylinders took part in
two 15-lap features. It was a perfect night for Kevin Thomas
as he swept both feature events.
Henry Lesher led the opening lap of the first
Four-Cylinder feature. Kevin Thomas began the race in
eighth-place and he was fifth by the end of lap two. Two
laps later Thomas charged into second spot.
On the seventh-lap Thomas passed leader Lesher in turn
four. Once in front Thomas left the field behind. The
feature went caution-free and Kevin Thomas won by 12-lengths
over Brian Wentzel. The second place by Wentzel gave him
enough points to secure the 2009 Williams Grove Speedway
Four-Cylinder point title. Ed Hollenbach, Lesher and Dennis
Christ completed the top five finishers.
The second feature found Kevin Thomas starting in third.
By the completion of lap one Thomas was in front. His main
competition in this race would come from Brian Wentzel. The
pill draw gave Wentzel a 13th starting spot for the feature.
Brian Wentzel entered the top five on lap four. Following
a sixth-lap restart Wentzel advanced to third. Two laps
later Wentzel took second position from Ed Hollenbach.
Kevin Thomas had a secure lead although Wentzel was
narrowing the gap. Wentzel's big break came with a lap 13
caution flag. Thomas was able to hold off Wentzel. Thomas
completed his sweep with a five-length victory over Wentzel.
Ed Hollenbach, Ronnie Buck and Nick Ruhl completed the top
five.
This show completes the 2009 Saturday Night Series at
Williams Grove Speedway. The banquet will be held November
14 at the Radisson Penn Harris in Camp Hill. All banquet
tickets must be purchased this week.
First Super Sportsman feature results: 1. Frankie Herr,
2. LeRoy Martin, 3. Jason Fry, 4. Russ Mitten, 5. Ryan Rupp,
6. Scott Dellinger, 7. Gregg Foster, 8. Carmen Perigo Jr.,
9. Chad Criswell, 10. Bobby Hockenberry, 11. Paul Miller.
12. Rich Eichelberger, 13. Doug Hendricks, 14. Joey Biasi,
15. Eric Eckert, 16. Dave Socks III, 17. Dave Berkheimer,
18. Aaron Eichelberger, 19. Duaine Smith, 20. Lanny Hake,
21. Steve Wilbur, 22. Rick Barr, 23. Stan Wanner, 24.
Raymond Myers
Second Super Sportsman feature results: 1. Carmen Perigo
Jr., 2. Ryan Rupp, 3. Jason Fry, 4. Scott Dellinger, 5. Russ
Mitten, 6. Frankie Herr, 7. LeRoy Martin, 8. Gregg Foster,
9. Rich Eichelberger, 10. Paul Miller, 11. Doug Hendricks,
12. Chad Criswell, 13. Duaine Smith, 14. Eric Eckert, 15.
Dave Socks III, 16. Joey Biasi, 17. Raymond Myers, 18. Steve
Wilbur, 19. Dave Berkheimer, 20. Vance Yinger, 21. Lanny
Hake, 22. Bobby Hockenberry, 23. Aaron Eichelberger, 24.Stan
Wanner DNQ: Nate Snyder, Jared Miller, Eric Walker, John
Snook, Smokey Snellbaker, Joe Orsulak, Adam Gutshall, Jim
Shuttleswoth, Tom Tomasko, Jay Fannasy
358 Late Model results: 1. Gene Knaub, 2. Bobby Beard, 3.
Ron Little Sr., 4. Bernie Beard, 5. Mike Walls, 6. Travis
Mease, 7. Shaun Jones, 8. Derrike Zirkle, 9. D,J, Mease, 10.
Kyle Lear, 11. Wes Alleman, 12. Jake Lettich, 13. Dave
Sokoloski, 14. Steve Clabaugh, 15. Bruce Kane, 16. John
Ebersole, 17. Roy Miller, 18. Grant Adams, 19. Todd Leonard,
20. Terry Flaharty, 21. Andy Fries, 22. Travis McClelland,
23. Jake Jones, 24. Matt Nailor DNQ: D.J. Groft, Matt Henry,
Cody Fairchok, Randy Schaeffer, Joshua Kimmel, Steve Weikel
Street Stock results: 1. Kory Sites, 2. Joey Hoffer, 3.
Doug Hoffman, 4. Pat McNeal, 5. Craig Morgan, 6. Jim Gross,
7. Devin Frey, 8. Donnie Smith, 9. Jim Palm Jr., 10. Carmen
Caltabiano, 11. George Danner, 12. Dave Radabaugh, 13. Lori
Croop, 14. Jeremy Swank, 15. Walt Lemmon, 16. Kevin Wirt,
17. Zack Reid, 18. Todd Bowersox
First Four-Cylinder feature results: 1. Kevin Thomas, 2.
Brian Wentzel, 3. Ed Hollenbach, 4. Henry Lescher, 5. Dennis
Christ Jr., 6. Mike Potts, 7. Dave Motter, 8. Joe Meron, 9.
Mike Buckley, 10. John Stoll Jr., 11. Ronnie Buck, 12. Eric
Hollenbach, 13. Angie Groft
Second Four-Cylinder feature results: 1. Kevin Thomas, 2.
Brian Wentzel, 3. Ed Hollenbach, 4. Ronnie Buck, 5. Nick
Ruhl, 6. Gary DeHart, 7. Dennis Christ, 8. Mike Potts, 9.
Shawn Connelly, 10. Joe Meron, 11. Angela Groft, 12. Jason
Geesman, 13. Eric Hollenbach, 14. Dan Geesman, 15. Leroy
Long, 16. Henry Lesher, 17. Dave Motter DNS: John Stoll Jr.,
Mike Buckley
Williams Grove Speedway
TWIN 20s FOR SPORTSMAN IN OCTOBER 30 WILLIAMS GROVE
FINALE
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- The final racing event on the 2009
schedule at Williams Grove Speedway is set for Friday
evening, October 30. The super sportsman division will be in
the spotlight with twin 20-lap features on tap. The topless
358 c.i. late models, street stocks and 4-cylinder stock
cars will be on the card. A makeup feature for the
4-cylinders will also be presented. The first heat is
scheduled to start at 7:00. Only the 4-cylinder drivers will
be racing for points on October 30. The makeup feature will
be the lone point race of the night. Brian Wentzel has a
50-point lead over Kevin Thomas in the John Wentzel’s Body
Shop 4-cylinder standings with John Stoll, Ed Hollenbach and
Eric Hollenbach still in the hunt. Carmen Perigo has wrapped
up the Tool Shed of America title in the super sportsman
division dethroning perennial champion Frankie Herr by 220
points. Rich Eichelberger, Bobby Hockenberry and Chad
Criswell completed the top five in the sportsman point
standings. Gene Knaub edged Bobby Beard 1690-1660 in a tight
race for the A. J.’s Truck and Trailer 358 c.i. late model
crown. Kory Sites won four of the eight features run in the
street stock division this season as he rolled to another L.
B. Smith Ford championship. Although October 30 was not on
the speedway’s original 2009 schedule, the date was added to
give the Saturday Night Series competitors another race
after losing seven of sixteen dates to inclement weather.
The Saturday Night Series will return to Williams Grove
Speedway in 2010.
Delayed, but Octoberfest Qualifying is
Completed
Hagerstown, Md: It was a long day with Mother Nature
delivering the last of the precipitation forecast well in
advance, but delayed qualifying for the 22nd Annual
Octoberfest 350 was completed Saturday evening in just over
3 ½ hours.
In the big block modified division, Chick Cossaboone, Pat
Ward and Ryan Godown were the heat winners in the 32 entries
as Wade Hendrickson had no problem taking the consolation
win.
Chad Layton and Lance Dewease were heat winners in the 23
sprint entries.
In the 44 late model entries, Rick Eckert, D. J. Myers,
Jason Covert and Al Shawver Jr. were heat winners while Tim
Fuller and defending race winner, Tim McCreadie took the
consolation events.
For the 42 small block modifieds, heats went to Brett
Hearn, Frank Cozze, Richie Pratt Jr. and Jess Hill while the
consolations went to Larry Wright and Wade Hendrickson.
Feature lines up as follow are set for Sunday’s
Octoberfest $10,000 to win program features:
Big Block Modifieds: 1.Chic Cassaboone, 2.Pat Ward,
3.Ryan Godown, 4.Billy Decker, 5.Brett Hearn, 6.Danny
Johnson, 7.Richie Pratt, 8.Dale Plank, 9.Ryan Watt, 10.Jimmy
Horton, 11,Rich Laubach, 12.Jamie Mills, 13. Matt Sheppard,
14.Jeff Strunk, 15.Doug Manmiller, 16.Rich Scagliotta, 17.J.
R. Heffner, 18.Billy Pauch Jr., 19.Wade Hendrickson,
20.Kevin Hirthler, 21.Larry Wright, 22.Robert Dutton,
23.Willie Osmun, 24.Brian Berger
Sprints: 1.Chad Layton, 2.Lance Dewease, 3.Michael
Carber, 4.Mark Smith, 5.Cliff Brian, 6.Greg Hodnett,
7.Gerald McIntryre, 8.Donnie Kreitz Jr., 9.Daryl Stimeling,
10.Justin Henderson, 11.Scott Lutz, 12.Keith Kauffman,
13.Robbie Stillwagon, 14.Joey Hershey, 15.French Grimes,
16.Chuck Brian, 17.George Streaker, 18.Stan Campbell,
19.Josh Weller, 20.Vern Wasson, 17.Daryn Pitman, 18.Troy
Fraker, 19.Pat Cooper
Late Models: 1.Rick Eckert, 2.D.J. Myers, 3.Jason Covert,
4.Al Shawver Jr., 5.Roy Deese Jr., 6.Gary Stuhler, 7.Josh
Richards, 8.Billy Wampler Jr., 9.Scott Cross, 10.Vic Coffey,
11.Jeremy Miller, 12.Jamie Lathroum, 13.Dylan Yoder,
14.Frankie Plessinger, 15.Devin Friese, 16.Mike Lupfer,
17.Billy Decker, 18.Marvin Winters, 19.Mike Hardy, 20.Jim
Yoder, 21.Tim Fuller, 22.Tim McCreadie, 23.Austin Hubbard,
24.Kenny Pettyjohn, 25.Dan Stone, 26.Alan Sagi
Small Block Modifieds: 1.Brett Hearn, 2.Frank Cozze,
3.Richie Pratt Jr., 4.Jesse Hill, 5.H.J. Bunting, 6.Tim
McCreadie, 7.Matt Sheppard, 8.Billy Pauch Jr., 9.Ryan Watt,
10.Meme Desantis, 11.Pat Ward, 12.Jeff Strunk, 13.Randy
Chrysler, 14.Doug Manmiller, 15.Sean Merkel, 16.Billy
Decker, 17.Dave Dubois, 18.Kevin Hirthler, 19.Dave Plank,
20.Jimmy Horton, 21.Larry Wright, 22.Wade Hendrickson,
23.Brad Brightbill, 24.Rick Laubach, 25.Ryan Godown, 26.Gary
Hager
Hagerstown Speedway would like to thank the drivers,
crewmen and car owners for their cooperation that greatly
assisted with the progress of the qualifying efforts as well
as the aforementioned and fans for their understanding while
Mother Nature hindered all efforts to have started the
program any earlier.
Gates open at 8:00 a.m. for the pits while grandstand
entrance is at 9:30 a.m. Drivers meeting is at 11:45 with
the first feature getting underway at 12:00 noon.
RACE CAR FLEA MARKET & AWARDS BANQUET WILL
WRAP UP SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SEASON
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – A motorsports flea market for any type
of racing division will be held at Selinsgrove Speedway from
7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. The event is being
coordinated by the D.H.&L. Fire Company through the
Selinsgrove Fair Association, Inc., with all of the proceeds
benefiting the fire company.
The speedway will open at 5 a.m. for vendors to setup
inside the track. There will be a $15 fee per vendor space.
General admission will be free. In the event of inclement
weather, the flea market may be relocated to the speedway’s
parking lot. For information regarding the flea market,
please call (570) 898-7974.
Selinsgrove Speedway & Raceway Park will present the
ninth annual Awards Banquet at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at
the Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel. Banquet tickets can
be purchased by calling (570) 374-6270.
The top five point finishers in Raceway Park’s weekly go
kart divisions and the top 10 point finishers in the
Selinsgrove Ford micro sprint cars will be recognized. For
the Selinsgrove Speedway portion of the banquet, drivers in
the top 15 positions in the A&A Auto Stores 358 sprint cars
and MAPCO Machine Shop late models and top 10 spots in the
Salem RV Center pro stocks and Byers Built Engines/Collier
Paving & Construction roadrunners will be recognized.
During the off-season, a number of improvements are in
progress for the start of the 2010 season in March at
Selinsgrove Speedway & Raceway Park. Both the one-fifth mile
and half-mile ovals are being resurfaced with 16 tri-axle
and 60 tri-axle dump truck loads of sifted clay,
respectively. Additionally, more than 2,400 feet of steel
guardrails have been replaced to date on the half-mile
track’s frontstretch and backstretch.
Speedway officials and Selinsgrove Fair Association
members are working cooperatively to install new steps and
handrails as well as establish a handicap-accessible section
in the historic covered grandstand.
Williams Grove Speedway
FALL FEST CANCELLED -- SPORTSMAN TWIN 20s FRIDAY
OCTOBER 30
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Rain forced cancellation of the Fall
Fest at Williams Grove Speedway on Saturday, October 24.
With the speedway grounds saturated by rain, which began on
Friday evening then continued through Friday night and
Saturday morning, the decision to cancel the program was
made shortly after noon with the forecast of more wet
weather to continue into the evening hours. At this late
date the Fall Fest can not be rescheduled, which brings the
season to a soggy conclusion for the sprint car and 358 c.I.
sprint teams. The last three sprint car dates all fell
victim to rain. Saturday night’s cancellation was the 20th
race date lost to inclement weather during the 2009 season.
That number represents a new track record for cancellations
in a single season. The previous record was eighteen set one
year ago. One more race date remains on the Williams Grove
Speedway schedule. On Friday evening, October 30, twin
20-lap features for super sportsman cars will highlight the
4-division program. The 358 c.i. late models will be racing
topless for this season-ending event. The street stocks and
4-cylinder stock cars will also be on the card. In addition
to their regularly scheduled program, the 4-cylinders will
compete in a makeup feature postponed on October 10. Friday
night’s season finale is set to start at 7:00.
Williams Grove Speedway
FALL FEST SATURDAY OCTOBER 24 AT WILLIAMS GROVE
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- The Williams Grove sprint cars will
make their final appearance of the 2009 racing season at the
speedway’s annual Fall Fest on Saturday evening, October 24.
Racing is scheduled to begin at 7:00. The Fall Fest will
include feature races for the top four divisions which
compete regularly at Williams Grove Speedway. There will be
no time trials, heats, consolation races or B-Mains for any
of the divisions at this invitational event. The top 24
drivers in the point standings for sprint cars, 358 c.i.
sprints, super sportsman cars and 358 c.i. late models will
be invited to compete. A draw for inversion will set the
lineups for each feature. The sprint car feature will be 25
laps in distance. Each of the other three features will be
20 laps. If any of the top 24 drivers in any of the four
divisions are unable to compete, alternates will be added to
the field. The Fall Fest began in 2001 and Todd Shaffer was
the winner in the sprint car division. Since that time Greg
Hodnett became the man to beat, winning four consecutive
races in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 before Lucas Wolfe
stopped his streak in 2007. The Fall Fest was cancelled in
2005 and 2008. Only the sprint car division has been a part
of all previous Fall Fests, which have included various
other racing divisions since 2001. The Williams Grove racing
season does not end with the Fall Fest. On Friday, October
30, twin 20-lap features for the super sportsman division
will highlight a program which will also include 358 c.i.
late models, street stocks and 4-cylinder stock cars.
Williams Grove Speedway
TODD SHAFFER IS WILLIAMS GROVE CHAMPION JIM AND SANDY
KLINE TOP OWNERS
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Todd Shaffer is the 2009
Sutliff Auto Group sprint car champion at Williams Grove
Speedway. Shaffer won the opening night feature on March 20
and never relinquished the point lead. It was the third
title for the Millerstown veteran, who also earned track
championships in 1995 and again in 2007. Shaffer won three
of the first five features at Williams Grove this year, then
used consistent performances throughout the season to clinch
the championship. Although Shaffer won the driving
championship, Jim and Sandy Kline, who fielded the car
driven by Greg Hodnett, were car owner champions. While
Hodnett was in Knoxville, Iowa, for the sprint car Nationals
Dale Hammaker drove a Kline car at Williams Grove. Hammaker
finished 16th in the feature that night, but scored enough
points to allow the Klines to win the championship. Hodnett
settled for a second place tie with Mark Smith, 90 points
behind Shaffer. The Klines finished a mere 40 points ahead
of Shaffer’s car owners, Gary and Patti Beam. It was the
second owner’s title for the Klines, having won with Fred
Rahmer in their car in 2006. In the Coliseum-sponsored 358
division, Cory Haas won an unprecedented fourth
championship. He scored three victories along the way which
pushed his career total to 14 and moved him into a 4-way tie
for the division’s career win lead. Haas is tied with Pat
Cannon, Chad Layton and Mike Lehman. Although no more point
races remain on the 2009 Grove schedule, both the sprint
cars and 358s will join the super sportsman and 358 c.i.
late models in the non-point Fall Fest on Saturday, October
24. Racing is scheduled to begin at 7:00.
Final Sutliff Auto Group Sprint Car Point Standings: 1.
Todd Shaffer 5160, 2.(tie) Greg Hodnett, Mark Smith 5070,
4.Brian Montieth 5020, 5. Fred Rahmer 4770, 6. Cody Darrah
4320, 7. Brian Leppo 4165, 8. Chad Layton 3860, 9. Mike
Erdley 3835, 10. Daryn Pittman 3765.
Sat., October 17, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA 2009 SEASON FINALE
UPCOMING SHOWS: Friday., Oct. 23, 2009 (7 PM) - Final
Race of 2009 - 410 Sprints & 358 Sprint Championship
(non-points make-up of 9/12 Show)
Sat., Nov. 14, 2009 (7 AM - 2 PM) - Lincoln Race Car Flea
Market
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009 (6 PM) - Lincoln Speedway Awards
Banquet at Holiday Inn, York, PA
LINCOLN FINALE POSTPONED UNTIL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23RD; 410
Sprint & 358 Sprint Championship Finale slated for 7 PM
start
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 10/17/09 - A deluge of rain, and a
forecast of more rain, forced Lincoln Speedway officials to
postpone the Saturday October 17th Lincoln Speedway Finale
until next Friday night, October 23rd at 7 PM. With the
forecast of more rain on Sunday, speedway officials opted to
scrap not only the scheduled October 17th date, but it's
planned rain date on Sunday October 18th. The 410 Sprints
and the originally scheduled September 12th 358 Sprint
Championship event are now scheduled for next Friday night,
October 23rd at 7 PM. Gates will open at 5 PM, with warm-ups
getting underway at 6:30 PM. Time trials for the 2009 Season
finale will commence at 7 PM. To get all the latest news,
results, schedule changes and rule changes, visit Lincoln
Speedway's website at http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay
up-to-date on all the action or pending weather conditions
at Central Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race
track - The Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
Williams Grove Speedway
INCLEMENT WEATHER CANCELS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
RACING
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Inclement weather has forced
cancellation of the entire weekend of racing on Friday,
October 16, and Saturday, October 17, at Williams Grove
Speedway. An all-day rain on Friday forced officials to
cancel the sprint car and 358 c.i. sprint racing program
scheduled for October 16. With more wet weather and
unseasonably cold temperatures forecast for Saturday, the
October 17 card of super sportsman, 358 c.I. late model,
street stock and 4-cylinder racing was also cancelled. The
next racing event scheduled at Williams Grove Speedway will
be the Fall Fest on Saturday evening, October 24, beginning
at 7:00. The Fall Fest is a features only invitational event
involving the top four divisions which compete regularly at
Williams Grove. Those divisions include sprint cars, 358
c.i. sprints, super sportsman cars and 358 c.i. late models.
There will be no time trials or qualifying races or any
kind. The top 24 drivers in the point standings for each
division will be invited to compete. The sprint car feature
will be 25 laps. The other three features will be 20 laps
apiece. This weekend’s cancellation ended the point races in
five of the Grove’s six divisions. The 4-cylinder class has
a makeup feature which will be the final point race in that
division and has been added to the October 30 event
featuring twin 20s for super sportsman cars plus complete
programs for 358 c.i. late models, street stocks and
4-cylinder stock cars.
Williams Grove Speedway
SATURDAY NIGHT SERIES CHAMPIONS NIGHT OCTOBER 17
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- October 17 will be Champions Night
for all four divisions in the Saturday Night Series at
Williams Grove Speedway. At the conclusion of Saturday
night’s program, the 2009 champions will be named for the
super sportsman class along with the 358 c.I. late models,
street stocks and 4-cylinder stock cars. All four divisions
will be in competition on October 17 and racing is scheduled
to begin at 7:00. Carmen Perigo is in position to dethrone
Frankie Herr as the Tool Shed of America super sportsman
champion. Ironically both Perigo and Herr are still seeking
their first victories of the season in sportsman competition
at Williams Grove, but are running 1-2 in the standings
heading into the final points race. In the 358 c.I. late
model division, two drivers have dominated victory lane this
year and are first and second in the A. J.’s Truck and
Trailer standings. Gene Knaub is the current point leader
and is a 5-time feature winner at the Grove this year, while
runnerup Bobby Beard has won three times. Kory Sites will
carry an insurmountable lead into Champions Night in the L.
B. Smith Ford street stock standings. Sites has won four of
eight features this season en route to another championship.
The 4-cylinder stock car championship will also be decided
this week and with two features on the card for this
division at least five drivers could emerge with the John
Wentzel’s Body Shop title. The sportsman cars and SNS late
models will be part of the annual Fall Fest coming up on
October 24. The Grove’s sprint cars and 358 c.I. sprints
will also be in competition at this “features only”
invitational event. The Saturday Night Series participants
will close the racing season at Williams Grove on Friday
evening, October 30, with twin 20-lap features for the super
sportsman cars. The 358 c.I. late models, street stocks and
4-cylinders will also be on the card.
Williams Grove Speedway
CHAMPIONS NIGHT AT THE GROVE OCTOBER 16
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Champions Night is set for Williams
Grove Speedway on Friday evening, October 16. Both the
sprint cars and 358 c.i. sprints will be on the card and the
champions in each division will be announced following the
feature events. The first heat is scheduled to start at
7:30. The sprint car division will have four drivers
mathematically in contention for the Sutliff Auto Group
track championship. Todd Shaffer, who has led the point race
since opening night, has Greg Hodnett, Mark Smith and Brian
Montieth chasing him right down to the wire. The Sutliff
title will be worth $20,000 to the championship team.
Shaffer is seeking a third crown, having won in 1995 and
again in 2007. Hodnett, Smith and Montieth have never won a
championship at Williams Grove. Shaffer holds a 90 point
advantage over Hodnett and Smith who are tied for second
place. Montieth is 140 points behind Shaffer in fourth
place. In the Coliseum-sponsored 358 division Cory Haas is
in position to wrap up his fourth title in this decade,
having won in 2003, `05 and `06. Scott Geesey is the current
358 runner-up. While Friday night will end the points races,
the top drivers from both divisions will have one more race
date at Williams Grove in 2009. On Saturday evening, October
24, the Fall Fest will be presented. The Fall Fest will be a
features only invitational event for sprint cars, 358 c.i.
sprints, super sportsman cars and 358 c.i. late models. The
Fall Fest is scheduled to begin at 7:00.
Doug Hendricks, Gene Knaub and Kory Sites
Win Williams Grove Speedway Features
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
"I'd run them every week," said a jubilant Doug Hendricks
following his victory in the Williams Grove Speedway
Saturday night 20-lap Tool Sheds of America Super Sportsman
feature. Super Sportsman without the wing on top - that is
the "them" referred to by Hendricks. For the only time this
season the Super Sportsman teams removed the aero device
from their machines.
While some of the teams and drivers struggled to find a
comfortable line around the Williams Grove half-mile of
clay, Hendricks was fast from the very start. Car owner
Harry Nunmacher provided Hendricks with a machine that ran
perfect all night. It was perfect to the point that
Hendricks, the 2008 Super Sportsman Tour Rookie of the Year,
led every lap of the feature.
Doug Hendricks, by luck of the draw, started on the pole
for the 20-lap main event. Hendricks sprinted into the lead
followed by Ryan Rupp and Jay Fannasy. While Hendricks and
Rupp drove away from the field a stellar battle began for
third featuring Jason Fry, Joey Biasi and Rick Barr and
Carmen Perigo Jr. Through the first 11-laps of the feature
Fry, Biasi, Barr and Perigo continued their battle for
third.
The complexion of the race took a big turn on lap-12 when
Ryan Rupp had a hard turn three crash. The race was stopped
while track officials checked on Rupp. Rupp, the 2008 winner
of the Williams Grove wingless race, walked away from his
incident.
The restart saw Doug Hendricks continue his fast pace.
While Hendricks maintained his lead, Carmen Perigo Jr.
charged into second followed by Joey Biasi, Scott Dellinger
and Bobby Hockenberry. Hendricks, from Cressona, held an
eight-length edge over Perigo until a lap-16 yellow slowed
the field.
The final four-laps found Perigo giving chase, trying to
catch the silver No. 80 of Hendricks. While Perigo was in
pursuit of the lead, Joey Biasi, Scott Dellinger and Bobby
Hockenberry were having a spirited fight for third.
Doug Hendricks ended his perfect night by winning his
first 2009 Williams Grove Speedway feature four-lengths in
front of Perigo, Biasi, Dellinger and Hockenberry.
"The guys behind me (his pit crew) they do all the work.
I am just the guy that gets behind the wheel and drives it.
Tonight it was real easy to drive," said Hendricks.
The heat wins for the 30 wingless Super Sportsman went to
Biasi, Hendricks and Dellinger. The consolation race was won
by David Socks III.
If Doug Hendricks had a perfect night then 358 Late Model
driver Gene Knaub found Eden. Knaub, from Dover, won both
ends of the A.J.'s Truck and Trailer Center 358 Late Model
double header.
The first 358 Late Model 20-lap feature was a make-up
event from the rained-out Tri-Track championship race. In
the first feature it was Craig Wagaman jumping into the lead
trailed by Bernie Beard and Brian Lessley. Gene Knaub
started the first race in ninth and was fourth at the end of
lap one. On lap two Knaub passed Lessley for third.
The top four cars driven by Wagaman, Bernie Beard, Knaub
and Bobby Beard were racing in tight formation around the
half-mile. With seven-laps remaining Gene Knaub made his
move to the front. He first passed Bernie Beard for second.
Two laps later Knaub executed a perfect slide job at the
exit of turn four to take the lead from Wagaman.
Once in front Gene Knaub drove away from the pack. Knaub
won his career ninth at Williams Grove ten-lengths in front
of Wagaman, Mike Walls, Bernie Beard and Shaun Jones. Knaub
gained enough points to win the Tri-Track Series and he
picked up an extra $500 for the victory.
Roy Miller led the opening lap of the second 20-lap
feature, with Travis Mease and Mike Walls giving chase. This
was a case of déjà vu to the tenth degree. Just like the
first feature Gene Knaub started in ninth position. And,
just like the first feature, Knaub was fourth by the end of
the opening circuit.
Following a fifth-lap restart Mike Walls took the lead
from Roy Miller. Travis Mease then advanced to second and
Gene Knaub into third. Walls drove away from the field and
had an enormous lead. While Walls was way out in front,
Knaub took second from Mease.
With eight-laps remaining the engine developed a miss in
the Walls No. 1W. Over the next several laps the engine
began to lose power and Gene Knaub was rapidly closing. With
five-laps remaining Knaub caught the struggling leader. On
lap 17 Knaub used the outside line in turn four to pass
Walls for the lead. Walls then retired his ailing machine to
the pits.
The race was brought under red flag conditions on the
final lap due to a large pile-up on the back stretch. The
restart found Knaub in front with Bobby Beard racing in
second. Knaub closed out his perfect night winning by
four-lengths over Beard, Mike Collins, Mease and Miller.
"I thought Mikey (Mike Walls) got us," said winner Gene
Knaub. "Hats off to him he drove a pretty good race there. I
think he had mechanical problems. He was running well, I
don't know if I had anything for him or not."
Collins, Roy Miller, Knaub and Gene Wrightstone won the
heat races for the 39 358 Late Models. Shaun Jones and Josh
Kimmel claimed the twin consolation races.
Kory Sites, from Mechanicsburg, won the 15-lap Street
Stock feature. In a very uncharacteristic rough race for the
class, Kory Sites won the feature after a wild final-lap
battle with Doug Hoffman.
It took four restarts to begin the Street Stock feature.
Jim Gross held the lead on the first lap. On lap two it was
Doug Hoffman gaining the lead with Gross, Kevin Wirt, Kory
Sites and Todd Bowersox giving chase.
With Hoffman's blue No. 27 in the lead, he had several
contenders close behind. Kevin Wirt and Kory Sites were
fighting for second. On the fifth-lap Sites moved into
second.
Hoffman and Sites pulled away from the field until the
No. 7P of Jim Palm broke free of traffic. Palm, in his first
start of the year, caught the leaders.
A lap-13 caution set up the final confrontation. Hoffman,
Sites and Palm were nose-to-tail on the final lap. In turn
one Hoffman suddenly slowed sending Sites and Palm into
evasive routes. Sites was able to pull even with Hoffman on
the back stretch. Two-thirds of the way down the back
stretch there was contact between the two lead cars. Sites
raced into the lead in turn three. Kory Sites raced back to
the finish line to just edge out Hoffman and Palm. Kevin
Wirt finished in fourth and Chad Smith took fifth position.
David Walsh, Sites and Bob Gutshall captured the heat
wins for the 26 Street Stocks.
Due to the curfew, the Four-Cylinder feature was
postponed to this coming Saturday night. This race will be
the first event on the Saturday night card. Brian Wentzel
and Kevin Thomas won the qualifying races for the 18 Four
Cylinders.
This Saturday night at Williams Grove Speedway, along
with the make-up Four Cylinder feature, there will be the
Super Sportsman, 358 late Models, Street Stocks and Four
Cylinders in action. This will be the final point race of
the season. Racing begins at seven.
Super Sportsman results: 1. Doug Hendricks, 2. Carmen
Perigo Jr., 3. Joey Biasi, 4. Scott Dellinger, 5. Bobby
Hockenberry, 6. LeRoy Martin, 7. Rich Eichelberger, 8. Jay
Fannasy, 9. Rick Barr, 10. Dave Socks, 11. Mike Enders, 12.
Chad Criswell, 13. Steve Wilbur, 14. Stan Wanner, 15. Jared
Miller, 16 Dave Berkheimer, 17. Tom Tomasko, 18. Gregg
Foster, 19. Duaine Smith, 20. Eric Eckert, 21. Ryan Rupp,
22. Jason Fry, 23. Jim Shuttlesworth, 24. Bob Gutshall DNQ:
John Wolfe, Tom Wyckoff, Paul Miller, Jeff Haag, Phil
Griffith, Jeff Geiges
Make Up 358 Late Model results: 1. Gene Knaub, 2. Craig
Wagaman, 3. Mike Walls, 4. Bernie Beard, 5. Shaun Jones, 6.
Brian Lessley, 7. Roy Miller, 8. Grant Adams, 9. Bobby
Beard, 10. Derrike Zirkle, 11. Craig Perigo, 12. John
Ebersole, 13. Zach Kauffman, 14. Joshua Kimmel, 15. Jared
Miller, 16. Dave Sokoloski, 17. Wes Alleman, 18. Travis
Mease, 19. DJ Mease DNS: Gene Wrightstone, Mike Spangler,
Chaz Walls, Scott Ellerman, Dave Shulski
358 Late Model results: 1. Gene Knaub, 2. Bobby Beard, 3.
Michael Collins, 4. Travis Mease, 5. Roy Miller, 6. DJ
Mease, 7. Larry Baer, 8. Dave Sokoloski, 9. Wes Alleman, 10.
Chase Billet, 11. Jared Miller, 12. Jake Lettich, 13. Gene
Wrightstone, 14. Terry Flaherty, 15. Joshua Kimmel, 16. Mike
Walls. 17. Shaun Jones, 18. Randy Scheaffer, 19. Steve
Weikel, 20. Zach Kauffman, 21. Todd Leonard, 22. Ron Little
Sr., 23. Bruce Kane, 24. Craig Wagaman DNQ: Randy Christine,
John Ebersole, Cody Fairchok, DJ Groft, Marcus Groft, Bernie
Beard, Grant Adams, Matt Henry, Robbie Garlock, Craig
Perigo, Jerry Bard, Derrike Zirkle, Brian Lessley, Matt
Nailor, Chaz Walls
Street Stock results: 1. Kory Sites, 2, Doug Hoffman, 3.
Jim Palm, 4. Kevin Wirt, 5. Chad Smith, 6. Todd Bowersox, 7.
Pat McNeal, 8. Jim Gross, 9. David Walsh Jr., 10. Walt
Lemmon, 11. Dave Radabaugh, 12. Lori Croop, 13. Scott
Thunberg, 14. Ed Salisbury, 15. Craig Morgan, 16. Lance
Grove, 17. Jeremy Becker, 18. Mike Kiehl, 19. Joey Hoffer,
20. Bob Gutshall, 21. Dustin Hollinger DNS: Joe Whiteley,
Jeff Racine Sr., Steve Dove, Jerry Keyes, Carmen Caltabiano
Sat., October 10, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA 13TH ANNUAL KENNY WELD MEMORIAL
UPCOMING SHOWS: Sat., Oct. 17, 2009 (6 PM) - Final Race
of 2009 - 410 Sprints (Rain date for Weld Memorial) & 358
Sprint Championship (non-points make-up of 9/12 Show) Rain
date Sunday, Oct. 18 @ 6 PM
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009 (6 PM) - Lincoln Speedway Awards
Banquet at Holiday Inn, York, PA
STEVIE SMITH SCORES SECOND CAREER KENNY WELD MEMORIAL
WIN; Watson reclaims thundercar track title from Sam
Gallagher with seventh victory of 2009
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 10/10/09 - Stevie Smith capped off a
sensational season by dominating the 13th Annual Kenny Weld
Memorial at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night. The New Oxford
native now residing in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma grabbed the
lead from his outside front row starting spot and led every
lap of the non-stop 40-lap event, crossing 6.5 seconds ahead
of the rest of the field. Lincoln had been about the only
place Smith had run but not won in 2009. Adding lap money
and prize money from qualifying events, Smith's 23rd career
win in the Pigeon Hills was worth $6,925. "This is what I
wanted to end up the year with," said Smith upon exiting the
Zemitis/Zemco Headers #1 in victory lane, "I thought it was
a really good year, I was really proud of these guys, and I
wanted to end up with a win. This is our last race for the
year and it's good to go into the winter with." Although
Smith entered lapped traffic on lap nine and drove away from
the rest of the field, there was thrilling wheel-to-wheel
action in behind. Once fifth-starting Brian Leppo got around
fourth-starting Greg Hodnett for third on lap 14, Leppo and
polesitter Jim Siegel battled for the runner-up spot the
rest of the way. The two passed each other several times for
second in heavy lapped traffic through the middle stages of
the race. Siegel was scored second through lap 21, Leppo was
the runner-up from laps 22 through 31, Siegel reclaimed
second for laps 33 through 39, and Leppo edged Siegel for
second at the wire. Hodnett and eighth-starting Cory Haas
raced for position over the second half of the race and
crossed fourth and fifth, respectively. Fred Rahmer won the
D&D Septic hard-charger award for coming from 18th starting
spot to finish sixth, with fast timer Mark Smith, Lance
Dewease, Alan Krimes, and Chad Layton completing the top
ten. Johnny Mackison, Jr., the only car which dropped out of
the feature, received the $100 hard luck award from D&D
Septic. Josh Wells, who finished 12th, received a $500 bonus
for being the first car across the finish line using Weld
Tech cylinder heads. For the first time in recent memory, it
was a caution-less night, with all 410 sprint car events
(time trials, heats, B-Main, and Weld Memorial event) all
going non-stop. Sprint heats were won by Brian Montieth,
Fred Rahmer, Steve Buckwalter, and Danny Dietrich, with Tim
Glatfelter winning the B-Main. Fast time in time trials over
the 32-car field was set by Mark Smith with a one-lap time
of 13.126-seconds (102.849 MPH).
Abbottstown's Duane Watson came from tenth starting spot
to win the 20-lap thundercar feature, and in doing so,
claimed his second Lincoln title in three years. Coming into
the final evening, Watson trailed the defending champion Sam
Gallagher by a mere five points. And the only position that
could guarantee him the championship was the top spot. And
that's exactly what Watson did. Watson charged from his 10th
starting spot into the top-five by the second lap. Moved
into third by the third lap, and into second behind
race-long leader Mikey Guise on the fourth lap. Watson got
around Guise for the lead on the ninth lap as Gallagher was
clawing his way to the front in fifth. As the laps wound
down Gallagher began to close on the leaders. But contact
between Gallagher and Will Walls battling for second place
on the 18th lap sent Walls spinning and Gallagher to the
rear. With that, Watson ran out in front the final laps to
pick up his seventh win of 2009 and the 2009 Lincoln
Speedway Thundercar Track Championship. The win was Watson's
27th career Thundercar victory moving him into a third place
tie with Steve Clabaugh and Craig Wagaman on the all-time
win list. Guise finished 1.23 seconds behind in second for
his best run of the year with Jimmy Combs coming from 14th
to finish third. Danny Beard finished fourth and Gino Comi
fifth. Completing the top-10 were Justin Mong, Mike
Slaybaugh, Josh Ulrich, Larry Niederer, and Will Walls.
Heats for the 21 thundercars were won by Tom Walls, Mikey
Guise, and Sam Gallagher. Sam Gallagher led all five laps of
the Dash for Cash at the end of the night to pick up an
additional $350 and he set a new five lap track record in
the process of one minute 40.45-seconds.
Next Saturday night, October 17th at 6 PM, Lincoln
Speedway will hold it's final race of 2009 featuring the
Lawrence Chevrolet 410 Sprints and the 358 Sprints who will
be competing in their rained-out 358 Sprint Championship on
September 12th. A rain date for the 2009 finale will be the
following day, Sunday, October 18th at 6 PM. To get all the
latest news, results, schedule changes and rule changes,
visit Lincoln Speedway's website at
http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all the
action or pending weather conditions at Central
Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The
Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
RACE RESULTS Sat., October 10, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA 13TH ANNUAL KENNY WELD MEMORIAL LAWRENCE
CHEVROLET 410 SPRINTS Feature (40 Laps) - 1. 1-Stevie Smith
($6,925); 2. 71-Brian Leppo; 3. 59-Jimmy Siegel; 4. 22-Greg
Hodnett; 5. 11C-Cory Haas; 6. 51-Fred Rahmer; 7. 7M-Mark
Smith; 8. 30C-Lance Dewease; 9. 87-Alan Krimes; 10. 7-Chad
Layton; 11. 25-Aaron Ott; 12. 6W-Josh Wells; 13. 21-Brian
Montieth; 14. 27-Keith Kauffman; 15. 39-Brent Marks; 16.
17B-Steve Buckwalter; 17. 17E-Cris Eash; 18. 88-Danny
Dietrich; 19. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 20. 39T-Tim
Glatfelter; 21. 47J-Jeff Busby; 22. 3B-Randy Baughman; 23.
43-Doug Dodson; 24. 65-Johnny Mackison Jr. (DNF). Time -
10:46.397
Lap Leaders - Stevie Smith (1-40)
1st Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 21-Brian Montieth;
2. 43-Doug Dodson; 3. 1-Stevie Smith; 4. 7M-Mark Smith; 5.
7-Chad Layton; 6. 39T-Tim Glatfelter; 7. X-Bobby Weaver; 8.
4-John Rudisill. Time - 2:18.642
2nd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 51-Fred Rahmer; 2.
87-Alan Krimes; 3. 30C-Lance Dewease; 4. 71-Brian Leppo; 5.
59-Jim Siegel; 6. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 7. 17E-Cris Eash;
8. 23-Todd Rittenhouse Jr.. Time - 2:22.529
3rd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 17B-Steve
Buckwalter; 2. 25-Aaron Ott; 3. 27-Keith Kauffman; 4.
6W-Josh Wells; 5. 38-Brant Marks; 6. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 7.
3B-Randy Baughman; 8. 22Z-Von McGee. Time - 2:23.199
4th Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 88-Danny Dietrich;
2. 65-Johnny Mackison Jr.; 3. 11C-Cory Haas; 4. 22-Greg
Hodnett; 5. 47J-Jeff Busby; 6. 15-Adam Wilt; 7. 26-Pat
Cooper; 8. 49-Bob Howard. Time - 2:25.084
B-Main (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 39T-Tim Glatfelter; 2.
16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 3. 3B-Randy Baughman; 4. 17E-Cris
Eash; 5. 26-Pat Cooper; 6. 15-Adam Wilt; 7. X-Bobby Weaver;
8. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 9. 4-John Rudisill; 10. 22Z-Von McGee;
11. 49-Bobby Howard. Time - 2:29.398
Time Trials - 1. 7M-Mark Smith, 13.126 seconds (102.849
MPH); 2. 71-Brian Leppo, 13.225; 3. 25O-Aaron Ott, 13.260;
4. 22-Greg Hodnett, 13.262; 5. 1-Stevie Smith, 13.279; 6.
59-Jim Siegel, 13.317; 7. 6W-Josh Wells, 13.342; 8. 11C-Cory
Haas, 13.355; 9. 7-Chad Layton, 13.363; 10. 30C-Lance
Dewease, 13.422; 11. 39-Brent Marks, 13.440; 12. 65-Johnny
Mackison, Jr., 13.442; 13. 21-Brian Montieth, 13.443; 14.
87-Alan Krimes, 13.474; 15. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 13.502;
16. 88-Danny Dietrich, 13.520; 17. 43-Doug Dodson, 13.528;
18. 51-Fred Rahmer, 13.541; 19. 27-Keith Kauffman, 13.545;
20. 47J-Jeff Busby, 13.561; 21. 39T-Tim Glatfelter, 13.569;
22. 16-Gerard McIntyre, 13.639; 23. 3B-Randy Baughman,
13.651; 24. 26-Pat Cooper, 13.790; 25. X-Bobby Weaver,
13.806; 26. 17E-Cris Eash, 13.922; 27. 8D-Billy Dietrich,
14.017; 28. 15-Adam Wilt, 14.041; 29. 4-John Rudisill,
14.094; 30. 23-Todd Rittenhouse, Jr., 14.149; 31. 22Z-Von
McGee, 14.368; 32. 49-Bobby Howard, 14.551.
THUNDERCARS: Feature (20 Laps) - 1. Duane Watson; 2.
93-Mikey Guise; 3. 54J-Jimmy Combs; 4. 60-Danny Beard; 5.
33-Gino Comi; 6. 77-Justin Mong; 7. 61-Mike Slaybaugh; 8.
53J-Josh Ulrich; 9. 21N-Larry Neiderer; 10. 21W-Will Walls;
11. 3-Todd Miller; 12. 25-Sam Gallagher; 13. 9C-Matt Conley;
14. 9-Al Crammer (DNF); 15. 51J-Bob Stough (DNF); 16.
15-Greg Emlet, Sr.(DNF); 17. 54-Kyle Martin (DNF); 18.
44-Tom Walls (DNF); 19. 57-Brad Shank (DNF); 20. 2W-Brian
Walls (DNF); 21. 70-Rick Weaver (DNF). No time.
Lap Leaders - Mikey Guise (1-8); Duane Watson (9-20)
1st Heat (8 Laps) - 1. 44-Tom Walls; 2. 21W-Will Walls;
3. 60-Danny Beard; 4. 77-Justin Mong; 5. 9-Al Crammer; 6.
53J-Josh Ulrich; 7. 9C-Matt Conley. Time - 2:41.43
2nd Heat (8 Laps) - 1. 93-Mikey Guise; 2. 33-Gino Comi;
3. 2W-Brian Walls; 4. 3W-Duane Watson; 5. 54J-Jimmy Combs;
6. 61-Mike Slaybaugh; 7. 54-Kyle Martin (DNF). Time -
2:40.20
3rd Heat (8 Laps) - 1. 25-Sam Gallagher; 2. 3-Todd
Miller; 3. 51J-Bob Stough; 4. 21N-Larry Niederer; 5. 15-Greg
Emlet Sr.; 6. 70-Rick Weaver; 7. 57-Brad Shank (DNF). Time -
2:39.84
Dash for Cash (5 Laps) - 1. 25-Sam Gallagher ($350); 2.
21N-Larry Neiderer ($125); 3. 60-Danny Beard ($100); 4.
3W-Duane Watson ($75); 5. 33-Gino Comi ($50). Time - 1:40.45
(New Track Record, breaking 1:43.64 set by Steve Clabaugh on
5/15/02)
Williams Grove Speedway
JAMIE LATHROUM BEATS THE RAIN TO WIN LATE MODEL MAKEUP
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Rain struck Williams Grove Speedway
again on Friday night, but not before the makeup 25-lap late
model feature was completed. That race was originally
postponed because of rain on March 27, and Friday night was
the first time the late models were scheduled with the
sprint cars since that time. Jamie Lathroum won the late
model feature and just as his victory lane interview was
completed, the first drops began to fall. After a 45-minute
wait the rain began to fall harder and the remainder of the
program was cancelled. It was the 17th date lost to the
weather at Williams Grove this season. The final point races
in the sprint car and 358 c.i. sprint divisions will be
presented on October 16 beginning at 7:30. D. J. Myers took
the lead at the start of Friday’s late model feature with
Lathroum, who started alongside him on the front row,
running in second place. Lathroum found the outside cushion
to his liking and drove by Myers exiting the second corner
on lap seven. Once in front he began to pull away. Lathroum
was masterful in lapped traffic, but Myers stayed within
striking distance. A caution with three laps left gave Myers
one more chance, but Lathroum would not be denied his first
career victory at Williams Grove. Myers settled for second,
1.23 seconds off the pace. Jason Covert charged from the
13th starting position to finish third. Gary Stuhler came
from 12th to finish fourth and Alan Sagi completed the top
five. Bryan Bernheisel. Mike Lupfer, Tyler Armstrong, Randy
Burkholder and Billy Wampler finished in positions six
through ten respectively. Williams Grove Speedway Feature
Finish - October 9, 2009
Makeup Late Model Feature - 25 laps - 1. Jamie Lathroum,
2. D. J. Myers, 3. Jason Covert, 4. Gary Stuhler, 5. Alan
Sagi, 6. Bryan Bernheisel, 7. Mike Lupfer, 8. Tyler
Armstrong, 9. Randy Berkholder, 10. Billy Wampler, 11. Scott
LeBarron, 12. Tim Murphy, 13. Todd Snook, 14. Bobby Beard,
15. Staci Warrington, 16. Roy Deese, Jr., 17. Frankie
Plessinger, 18. Mike Hess, 19. Scott Cross, 20. Jeff Rine,
21. Jim Yoder, 22. Devin Friese, 23. Tyler Hershey
Williams Grove Speedway
TOPLESS SPORTSMAN CARS PLUS TWO LATE MODEL FEATURES
OCT. 10
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- The Saturday Night Series returns to
Williams Grove Speedway on October 10 with special
attractions in both the sportsman and 358 c.I. late model
divisions. The sportsman cars will race without wings for
the first and only time this season. Removing the aluminum
air foils should provide plenty of excitement as the
sportsman teams search for the proper setup, which will
undoubtedly be quite different from that which is used
throughout the season when wings are permitted. A non-wing
race was scheduled for the sportsman cars earlier this
season, but it fell victim to rain on July 11. Rain has also
set up a big night for the SNS late model division this
week. With the field filled on August 1, rain prevented the
running of the late model feature. Several attempts to
reschedule that race have also been foiled by rain, so
speedway officials will try again this week to make up that
long awaited feature event. Following the make up feature a
complete program of qualifying races and another feature
will be on the card for the late model drivers, who are
overdue for some racing at Williams Grove. The late models
have only completed one program since June 26, because of
those rainy Saturday nights. The Saturday Night Series has
been rained out of five of its last seven scheduled dates
and six of its last nine. Hopefully the sun will shine on
October 10 when the street stocks and 4-cylinder stock cars
will also be on the card. Racing is scheduled to begin at
7:00. October 17 will be the final point race for the
Saturday Night Series competitors. A non-point date, which
will feature twin 20-lap features for the sportsman
division, has been added for Friday, October 30, and will
also include 358 c.I. late models, street stocks and
4-cylinder stock cars.
Williams Grove Speedway
SPRINTS AND LATE MODELS PLUS LATE MODEL MAKEUP OCT. 9
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- The powerful super late model stock
cars return to Williams Grove Speedway on Friday evening,
October 9, with two feature payoffs awaiting some of the top
stock car drivers in the East. The Williams Grove sprint
cars will co-star in this special event which is scheduled
to start at 7:30. The bonus feature for the late model fans
is due to a rain shortened event on March 27. With the
sprint car feature concluded and the late model feature
field filled, rain forced postponement of the final race.
October 9 was the only other night that the late models were
scheduled with the sprint cars, so after 6 ½ months the long
awaited feature can finally be run. Weather permitting, of
course. Some of the top late model drivers who are qualified
for the makeup feature include Gary Stuhler, Jason Covert,
Jamie Lathroum, D. J. Myers, Jeff Rine, Roy Deese, Scotty
Haas, Tyler Armstrong, Tyler Hershey, Nick Dickson, Scott
LeBarron and Les Hare. Only one Sutliff Auto Group point
race remains for the Grove sprint car competitors following
this week’s event. With $20,000 going to the championship
team and substantial money at stake for other top finishers
in the point race, this Friday night will be of major
importance to the speedway’s sprint car regulars.
Championship Night is set for Friday, October 16, when the
sprint car and Coliseum 358 c.I. sprint champions will be
crowned at the conclusion of their respective feature
events. The only other race featuring sprint cars on the
Grove’s 2009 calendar will be the Fall Fest on Saturday
evening, October 24. This will be a “ features only“
invitational event for sprint cars, 358 c.I., sprints, super
sportsman cars and 358 c.I. late models.
Williams Grove Speedway
October 3, 2009
NATIONAL OPEN TO GREG HODNETT -- SUMMER NATIONALS
TO CODY DARRAH
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Greg Hodnett has made a
practice of winning big races this season, but Saturday
night at Williams Grove Speedway the Memphis transplant won
the biggest race of his career. Hodnett led all 40 laps to
win the Morgan Hughes National Open presented by Cleveland
Brothers and earned $50,000 for his performance. It was the
third consecutive time that Hodnett has defeated the stars
of the World of Outlaws at Williams Grove Speedway this
season. Hodnett started on the pole and drove away from
Brian Montieth during the early stages of the race. WoO
point leader Donny Schatz moved into the runnerup spot on
lap ten after starting fourth and began to chase Hodnett.
Schatz, who was seeking an unprecedented fifth National Open
victory, tried the inside and the outside to get by Hodnett,
but the 40-year old Thomasville resident was up to the
challenge. Hodnett continued to change his lines nearly
every lap in an effort to keep Schatz guessing. Some drama
occurred on the last lap when a three car crash caused a red
flag and gave Schatz new life. Hodnett was not to be denied
on this night, however, as he rolled to the richest and most
prestigious of his 42 career victories at Williams Grove.
Schatz settled for second with Jason Meyers third and Fred
Rahmer, who started 18th, finishing fourth. Danny Lasoski,
Pat Cannon, Joey Saldana, Steve Kinser, Mark Smith and Alan
Krimes completed the top ten. Cannon set fast time in
qualifications with a lap of 16.368, which was the fastest
recorded lap of the season at Williams Grove. Heats for the
60 cars in competition were won by Meyers, Lasoski, :Paul
McMahan and Jac Haudenschild. A. J. Michael won the D-Main,
Rick Lafferty the C and Brian Leppo the B. The Crane Cams
Dash was claimed by Hodnett. The Cleveland Brothers Summer
Nationals finale, rained out on July 25 and again on Friday
night, was also completed on Saturday and Cody Darrah led
all 30 laps to score a $20,000 victory. It was the third
victory of the season for Darrah, 20, of Red Lion and the
richest of his promising career. Darrah also completed a 4-0
season sweep by the Williams Grove regulars, known as the
Pennsylvania Posse, in defense of their home turf in
competition with the World of Outlaws touring professionals.
Joey Saldana settled for second with Lance Dewease third,
Danny Lasoski fourth and Steve Kinser fifth. Donny Schatz
drove from the 22nd starting position to a sixth place
finish. Keith Kauffman, Jason Meyers, Sammy Swindell and
Fred Rahmer finished in positions six through ten
respectively. Darrah won the Crane Cams Dash which was also
rained out on July 25.
Williams Grove Speedway Feature Finishes - October 3,
2009
National Open Sprint Car Feature - 40 laps - 1. Greg
Hodnett, 2. Donny Schatz, 3. Jason Meyers, 4. Fred Rahmer,
5. Danny Lasoski, 6. Pat Cannon, 7. Joey Saldana, 8. Steve
Kinser, 9. Mark Smith, 10. Alan Krimes, 11. Jim Siegel, 12.
Kraig Kinser, 13. Brad Sweet, 14. Brooke Tatnell, 15. Todd
Shaffer, 16. Craig Dollansky, 17. Tim Shaffer, 18. Brian
Leppo, 19. Jason Sides, 20. Aaron Ott, 21. Paul McMahan, 22.
Ed Lynch, 23. Brian Montieth, 24. Sam Hafertepe, 25. Don
Kreitz, Jr., 26. Dave Ely, 27. Jac Haudenschild, 28. Chad
Layton
Summer Nationals Feature - 30 laps - 1. Cody Darrah, 2.
Saldana, 3. Lance Dewease, 4. Lasoski, 5.. S. Kinser, 6.
Schatz, 7. Keith Kauffman, 8. Meyers, 9. Sammy Swindell, 10.
Rahmer, 11. Hodnett, 12. Haudenschild, 13. Montieth, 14.
Lucas Wolfe, 15. Sides, 16. Stevie Smith, 17. Todd Shaffer,
18. Ott, 19. Sweet, 20. Layton, 21. K. Kinser, 22. Leppo,
23. Chad Kemenah, 24. Brent Marks
Williams Grove Speedway
October 2, 2009
FRIDAY: RAIN EXTENDS NATIONAL OPEN WEEKEND
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Rain forced Friday night’s racing
program at Williams Grove Speedway to be postponed. The new
schedule shows qualifying for the Morgan Hughes National
Open presented by Cleveland Brothers set to begin at 7:15 on
Saturday evening, October 3. Time trials will be followed by
a D-Main, heats, a C-main, a dash, a B-main and the 40-lap
National Open sanctioned by the World of Outlaws. The main
event will pay $50,000 to win. Following the National Open,
the dash and the Summer Nationals 30-lap main event will
also be run on Saturday night. The Summer Nationals feature,
which was rained out in July, will pay $20,000 to win. The
rain date for Saturday night is Sunday at 7:15. If Saturday
night’s program is run as planned, then the World of Outlaws
event, which was rained out on Friday night, will be run on
the scheduled Sunday night rain date beginning at 7:15. In
the event that weather should cause the National Open to be
run on Sunday, then Friday night’s program will be cancelled
and refunds will be made to the ticket holders. With 54 cars
in the pit area, rain began to fall just as slow warmups
were being completed. Track crews attempted to dry the
speedway after the rain stopped, but another shower arrived
at 9:50 causing the program to be postponed.
Williams Grove Speedway
CLEVELAND BROTHERS NATIONAL OPEN AT WILLIAMS GROVE OCT.
2-3
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- One of sprint car racing’s richest
and most prestigious events, the Cleveland Brothers National
Open, is set for October 2-3 at Williams Grove Speedway.
Steeped in tradition the 37th annual National Open will
bring the top sprint car drivers in America to the historic
Mechanicsburg half-mile, lured by the $50,000 payoff, which
goes to the winner of Saturday night’s main event. The
entire weekend purse is a record $225,350. While a victory
in the National Open may not be a guaranteed ticket to the
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, it certainly won’t hurt a
driver’s chances. No less than eleven former winners are
currently enshrined with several recent winners sure to be
inducted as soon as they become eligible. Steve Kinser of
Bloomington, Indiana, and Donny Schatz of Fargo, North
Dakota, are the only 4-time winners and either driver is
capable of an unprecedented fifth victory on October 3.
Kenny Weld, Steve Smith, Doug Wolfgang and Lance Dewease
have each won the race three times and Dewease should also
be a contender again this year. In addition to Kinser,
Schatz and Dewease, other former winners who are expected to
enter the National Open include Stevie Smith, Don Kreitz,
Jr., Sammy Swindell and defending champion Cody Darrah. The
National Open has been the biggest sprint car event in
Pennsylvania since Gordon Johncock won the inaugural event
in 1963 before going on to twice win the Indianapolis 500.
But several of Pennsylvania’s most successful drivers have
been shut out of the National Open’s victory lane. Legendary
names such as Mitch Smith and Jan Opperman are among that
group. More recent stars such as Keith Kauffman, Fred
Rahmer, Greg Hodnett and Todd Shaffer will be seeking their
first National Open trophy this week. Qualifying for
Friday’s program, which will include the rained out
$20,000-to-win Summer Nationals finale, begins at 7:15. Time
trials are scheduled for 7:30 on Saturday. There will be a
fireworks display each night.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY & HOOSIER RACING TIRE
EXTEND AGREEMENT THROUGH 2012 SEASON
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Selinsgrove Speedway and Hoosier
Racing Tire of Lakeville, Ind., entered into an agreement
that will name Hoosier as the exclusive racing tire for the
speedway’s 358 sprint car, late model, pro stock, and
roadrunner divisions through the 2012 season.
“Our long-standing relationship with Hoosier has played
an integral role in the revitalization and success of
Selinsgrove Speedway over the past decade,” said Selinsgrove
Speedway promoter Charlie Paige. “Hoosier has provided our
race teams with high-performance racing tires that have, in
turn, provided our race fans with exciting, competitive
racing on a weekly basis.”
Hoosier has been the official tire of choice at
Selinsgrove Speedway since 1999. According to Paige, pricing
for the racing tires has been established for the 2010
season, with a lower MSRP negotiated for the 358 sprint car
division. Details of the exact tire packages for the
speedway’s four weekly divisions will be announced when the
track’s 2010 specification rules are released this winter.
For more information on Selinsgrove Speedway and Hoosier
Racing Tire, please visit selinsgrovespeedway.com and
hoosiertire.com, respectively.
Sun., September 27, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA 21ST ANNUAL HANK GENTZLER MEMORIAL
MANUFACTURERS APPRECIATION NIGHT
UPCOMING SHOWS: Sat., Oct. 3, 2009 - No racing
Sat., Oct. 10, 2009 (6 PM) - 13th Annual Kenny Weld
Memorial - 410 Sprints (40 laps) & Thundercars (Final Point
Race)
Sat., Oct. 17, 2009 (6 PM) - Final Race of 2009 - 410
Sprints (Rain date for Weld Memorial) & 358 Sprint
Championship (non-points make-up of 9/12 Show)
CORY HAAS WINS 410 CAREER FIRST IN LINCOLN SPEEDWAY HANK
GENTZLER MEMORIAL; Will Walls wins Thundercar Thriller
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 9/27/09 - Cory Haas had led his fair
share of laps over the past season and a half at Lincoln
Speedway. But the Dallastown driver could never bring home
that elusive career first 410 Sprint car win. Sunday night,
Haas was right on the money as he captured that first career
win in the 25-lap Hank Gentzler Memorial on Manufacturer's
Night at the Pigeon Hills oval. The race was rescheduled
after being rained out Saturday night. "This sure makes
getting up at 5:30 AM tomorrow morning feel pretty good,"
said Haas, who held off a final lap challenge from Daryn
Pittman to score the win by a mere .0257 seconds. "I saw his
nose under me on the white flag lap and there was a lapped
car there and I thought he was going to have to make one
heck of a move to get between me and the lapped car...it all
worked out." Haas started fourth in the feature and moved
into second at the start behind race leader Danny Dietrich,
who beat fellow front row starter Cody Darrah into turn one.
Darrah nearly spun out and fell back to the 10th position.
Mark Smith's car slowed on lap three as Dietrich continued
to set the pace as Adam Wilt took the runner-up spot from
Haas on six laps complete. Wilt was all over Dietrich for
the lead and briefly took the spot with a pass in turn two
on lap 10 but Dietrich led at the line only to have Wilt try
to steal the lead in turn one and spinning out. Haas pulled
a slider on Dietrich on the restart to grab the lead as
Dietrich's great run came to an end when he stopped to bring
out a yellow flag. Haas assumed command with Daryn Pittman
and Darrah following on the restart. Pittman stayed with
Haas for a few laps but Haas eventually started to pull
away. With slower cars coming into play over the final few
laps, Pittman was able to gain on Haas but fell short at the
checkered flag. "I almost didn't win it because I got my
wing back too far at the end and it started pushing in the
corner," he said. "I know Daryn was there and you know what
kind of driver he is...he's one of the best around and I
just didn't want to make any mistakes." Haas became the 15th
different winner this season aboard the Embee & Sons, Inc,
York P B Truss, Tailgaters, Michael Barshinger Builder No.
11C. "The cautions really helped us tonight," Haas said. "We
let a couple slip away here over the last year and a half
and I didn't want to let this one get away. I'm very happy
to win the Hank's race, it's really something special and I
appreciate everything Denise does with this race." Pittman
was second over Darrah, Brian Leppo, Lance Dewease, 21st
starting Fred Rahmer, Aaron Ott, 2009 track champion Brian
Montieth, Jim Siegel and Greg Hodnett. Heats for the 33
"410" Sprints were won by Wilt, Lance Dewease, Aaron Ott and
Dietrich, with Fred Rahmer winning the consolation. Heat
races were sponsored by David Cassel, Brown & Miller Racing
Solutions and York Excavating Co. Brian Leppo paced the time
trial session with a lap of 14.410 seconds. Cody Darrah
earned $400 for his win in the Wings Unlimited 6-lap Dash.
All 24 drivers who qualified for the feature event were
presented with packages for the Manufacturer's Night
festivities. All packages were worth at least $2,000. Denise
Gentzler of Hank's Performance Products was instrumental in
obtaining the product sponsorship for the drivers.
Will Walls came out on top of a thrilling 20 lap
thundercar feature after a three-wide battle over the final
few laps. Walls, who started 9th, took the lead from his
brother Brian on lap 18 and held off track points leader Sam
Gallagher for his fourth win of the season. Gallagher, Brian
Walls, Al Crammer and Gino Comi were the top five finishers.
Heats for the 23 Thundercars were won by Danny Beard, Brad
Shank and Brian Walls.
Next Saturday Lincoln Speedway will have the night off as
Williams Grove hosts its Annual National Open. The following
Saturday night, October 10th at 6 PM, Lincoln Speedway will
host the 13th Annual Kenny Weld Memorial for the Lawrence
Chevrolet 410 Sprints. The Thundercars will round out the
night's racing action with their final event of 2009 which
will determine their 2009 champion. Gates will open at 4 PM,
with warm-ups at 5:30 PM, and Time trials getting underway
at 7 PM. To get all the latest news, results, schedule
changes and rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's website
at http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all
the action or pending weather conditions at Central
Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The
Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
RACE RESULTS Sun., September 27, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA HANK GENTZLER MEMORIAL/LAWRENCE CHEVROLET
410 SPRINTS Feature (25 Laps) - 1. 11C-Cory Haas ($4,000),
2. 17-Daryn Pittman, 3. 89-Cody Darrah, 4. 71-Brian Leppo,
5. 30C-Lance Dewease, 6. 51-Fred Rahmer, 7. 25-Aaron Ott, 8.
21-Brian Montieth, 9. 59-Jim Siegel, 10. 22-Greg Hodnett,
11. 87-Alan Krimes, 12. 39-Brent Marks, 13. 27-Keith
Kauffman, 14. 43-Doug Dodson, 15. 17E-Cris Eash, 16. 39T-Tim
Glatfelter, 17. 15-Adam Wilt, 18. 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr.,
19. 47J-Jeff Busby, 20. 26-Pat Cooper (DNF), 21. 88-Danny
Dietrich (DNF), 22. 7C-Chad Trout (DNF), 23. 0-Rick Lafferty
(DNF), 24. 7M-Mark Smith (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders - Dietrich (1-10); Haas (11-25)
David Cassel sponsored Heat #1 (10 Laps/5 to qualify) -
1. 15-Adam Wilt, 2. 59-Jim Siegel, 3. 7M-Mark Smith, 4.
26-Pat Cooper, 5. 39T-Tim Glatfelter, 6. 47J-Jeff Busby, 7.
7A-Ed Aiken, 8. 7-Chad Layton (DNF) 9. 7K-Dan Shetler (DNS).
No Time
Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Heat #2 (10 Laps/5 to
qualify) - 1. 30C-Lance Dewease, 2. 11C-Cory Haas, 3.
71-Brian Leppo, 4. 21-Brian Montieth, 22-Greg Hodnett, 6.
51-Fred Rahmer, 7. 0-Rick Lafferty, 8. 6W-Josh Wells. Time -
2:28.678
York Excavating Co Heat #3 (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1.
25-Aaron Ott, 2. 89-Cody Darrah, 3. 17E-Cris Eash, 4.
43-Doug Dodson, 5. 7C-Chad Trout, 6. 4-John Rudisill, 7.
19-Kyle Pruitt, 8. 5S-Ricky Stonebraker. Time - 2:31.406
York Excavating Co Heat #4 (10 laps/5 to qualify) - 1.
88-Danny Dietrich, 2. 17-Daryn Pittman, 3. 87-Alan Krimes,
4. 27-Keith Kauffman, 5. 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr., 6.
39-Brent Marks, 7. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr., 8. 5-Adam
Lawrence. Time - 2:31.455
Wings Unlimited Dash (6 laps) - 1. 89-Cody Darrah ($400),
2. 88-Danny Dietrich, 3. 15-Adam Wilt, 4. 11C-Cory Haas, 5.
25-Aaron Ott, 6. 17-Daryn Pittman, 7. 30C-Lance Dewease, 8.
59-Jim Siegel. Time - 1:29.574
Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 51-Fred Rahmer,
2. 47J-Jeff Busby, 3. 39-Brent Marks, 4. 0-Rick Lafferty, 5.
7A-Ed Aiken, 6. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr., 7. 7-Chad Layton,
8. 4-John Rudisill, 9. 6W-Josh Wells, 10. 5-Adam Lawrence.
11. 19-Kyle Pruitt, 12. 5S-Ricky Stonebraker, 13. 7K-Dan
Shetler (DNS). Time - 2.33.539
Time Trials (by heat race lineup only) Heat 1: Smith
14.512, Layton 14.627, Wilt 14.865, Siegel 14.939, Cooper
14.972, Busby 15,130, Glatfelter 14.416, Aiken 14.627,
Shetler NT. Heat 2: Leppo 14.410, Montieth 14.768, Dewease
14.896, Haas 14.924, Hodnett 14.935, Rahmer 15.050, Wells
15.095, Lafferty 15.166 Heat 3: Dodson 14.848, Darrah
14.861, Eash 15.025, Ott, 15.053, Trout 15.200, Pruitt
15.795, Rudisill 15.924, Stonebraker 15.984 Heat 4: Krimes
14.588, Mackison 14.699, Dietrich 14.892, Pittman 14.902,
Kauffman 15.004, McIntyre 15.075, Marks 15.151, Lawrence
15.568.
THUNDERCARS Feature (20 Laps) - 1. 21W-Will Walls, 2.
25-Sam Gallagher, 3. 2W-Brian Walls, 4. 9-Al Crammer, 5.
33-Gino Comi, 6. 60-Danny Beard, 7. 3W-Duane Watson, 8.
93-Mikey Guise, 9. 54J-Jimmy Combs, 10. 3-Todd Miller, 11.
77-Justin Mong, 12. 77B-Doug Bennett, 13. 70-Rick Weaver,
14. 21N-Larry Niederer, 15. 61-Mike Slaybaugh, 16. 1M-Duane
McMillion, 17. 44-Tom Walls, 18. 15-Greg Emlet, Sr., 19.
1-Andrew Frye, 20. 57-Brad Shank (DNF), 21. 01-Tim Fake
(DNF), 22. 53J-Josh Ulrich (DNS), 23. 33J-Jeff Wilson (DNS).
No Time
Lap Leaders - Mikey Guise (1-3); Brian Walls (4-17): Will
Walls (18-20)
1st Heat (8 Laps) - 1. 60-Danny Beard, 2. 44-Tom Walls,
3. 21-Will Walls, 4. 53J-Josh Ulrich, 5. 1M-Duane McMillan
(DNF), 6. 01-Tim Fake (DNF), 7. 21N-Larry Niederer (DNF), 8.
54J-Jimmy Combs (DNF). No Time
2nd Heat (8 Laps) - 1. 57-Brad Shank, 2. 25-Sam
Gallagher, 3. 3-Todd Miller, 4. 93-Mikey Guise, 5. 33-Gino
Comi, 6. 61-Mike Slaybaugh, 7. 77B-Doug Bennett, 8. 1-Andrew
Frye. Time 2:38.34
3rd Heat (8 Laps) - 1. 2W-Brian Walls, 2. 3W-Duane
Watson, 3. 77-Justin Mong, 4. 9-Al Crammer, 5. 70-Rick
Weaver, 6. 15-Greg Emlet, Sr., 7. 33J-Jeff Wilson (DNF). No
Time
RICHEST WEEKEND EVER AT WILLIAMS GROVE
OCTOBER 2-3
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Cleveland Brothers National Open
weekend for sprint cars is set for Williams Grove Speedway
on Friday and Saturday evenings, October 2-3. Qualifying is
scheduled to begin at 7:15 on October 2 and at 7:30 on
October 3. A weekend sweep could earn one driver more than
$78,000 from a total purse of $225,350, which makes this the
richest weekend in the 70-year history of Williams Grove
Speedway. Friday night’s program will begin with time
trials, which will line up the race for the regularly
scheduled World of Outlaws program. Following time trials
the dash, which was rained out on July 25, will be run. The
30-lap Summer Nationals finale will then be presented with
$20,000 going to the winner. The following drivers are
already qualified for the makeup feature: Joey Saldana, Cody
Darrah, Keith Kauffman, Lance Dewease, Steve Kinser, Fred
Rahmer, Craig Dollansky, Aaron Ott, Chad Kemenah, Brian
Leppo, Lucas Wolfe, Danny Lasoski, Jason Meyers, Jason
Sides, Greg Hodnett, Doug Esh, Todd Shaffer, Jac
Haudenschild, Stevie Smith, Chad Layton, Kraig Kinser, Brian
Montieth, Sammy Swindell and Donny Schatz. After the Summer
Nationals feature has been completed, heats, a C-main, a
dash, a B-main and another World of Outlaws feature will be
run. Then on Saturday evening, time trials, heats, a C-main,
a dash and a B-main will fill the field for the 47th annual
National Open presented by Cleveland Brothers. The winner of
Saturday’s night’s 40-lap main event will earn $50,000. In
addition to this week’s record purse, point races for the
Sutliff Auto Group Williams Grove championship and the World
of Outlaws championship can be greatly altered by these two
nights of racing. Todd Shaffer, Mark Smith and Brian
Montieth are still in contention for the Grove title while
Donny Schatz, Jason Meyers and Joey Saldana are involved in
a tight race for the World of Outlaws championship.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY
27 September 2009 Steve Inch
RAIN WASHES OUT 358 SPRINT CAR OPEN WEEKEND
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Persistent rain and extremely wet
track conditions forced Selinsgrove Speedway officials to
cancel the Ninth Annual Open for 358 sprint cars Sunday at
12 p.m. Following a second attempt to complete the season
finale this weekend, the speedway’s 2009 racing season has
been officially concluded.
Selinsgrove Speedway will host the annual awards banquet
Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Sheraton-Harrisburg Hershey Hotel.
Banquet tickets are available by calling (570) 374-2999 or
(570) 374-6270.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY
26 September 2009 Steve Inch
RAIN POSTPONES 358 OPEN UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Heavy rain arrived mid-afternoon today
and forced the postponement of the Ninth Annual Paul Stine
Chevrolet Open for 358 sprint cars until tomorrow night,
Sunday, Sept. 27, at 6:30 p.m.
Joining the 358 sprint cars for the season finale will be
the roadrunners and Tobias SpeedStrs. Track gates will open
at 4 p.m., with practice laps slated for 6 p.m. Time trials
for the 358 sprint cars will start at 6:30 p.m.
The winner of the 30-lap Open will earn $3,000 out of a
purse totaling nearly $14,000. The format for qualifying
will also include heat races and a B-main. The Open, which
will pay $235 to qualify, will start 25 sprint cars,
including one provisional for the highest Selinsgrove
Speedway points driver who does not qualify through a heat
race or the B-main.
The roadrunner division will compete in a 12-lap main
event paying $200 to win.
Earlier today, Selinsgrove Speedway was represented at
the 31st Annual Market Street Festival in downtown
Selinsgrove. A large crowd was on hand to enjoy the
festivities and view the track’s race car display. Speedway
management would like to extend a special thank you to
drivers Phil Walter, Nate Snyder, Chuck Paige, Jessica
Anderson, Donnie Schick, Dylan Yoder, and Kody Lyter for
being at the show to greet fairgoers.
Sat., September 26, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA 21ST ANNUAL HANK GENTZLER MEMORIAL
MANUFACTURERS APPRECIATION NIGHT
UPCOMING SHOWS: Sun., Sept. 27, 2009 (6 PM) - 21st Annual
Hank Gentzler Memorial Manufacturers Appreciation Night -
410 Sprints & Thundercars
Sat., Oct. 3, 2009 - No racing
Sat., Oct. 10, 2009 (6 PM) - 13th Annual Kenny Weld
Memorial - 410 Sprints (40 laps) & Thundercars (Final Point
Race)
Sat., Oct. 17, 2009 (6 PM) - Final Race of 2009 - 410
Sprints (Rain date for Weld Memorial) & 358 Sprint
Championship (non-points make-up of 9/12 Show)
MANUFACTURERS NIGHT POSTPONED UNTIL
SUNDAY, SEPT. 27TH; Rain forces Sunday night 6 PM show
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 9/26/09 - Rain moved into the Central
Pennsylvania area around noon and with the threat of heavy
rain forecast into the evening, Lincoln Speedway officials
were forced to postpone Saturday evening's 21st Annual Hank
Gentzler Memorial Manufacturers Appreciation Night until
tomorrow night, Sunday, September 27th at 6 PM. Promoters
Don and Bob Leiby, and Alan Kreitzer, pulled the plug early
(1:30 PM) in consideration of the many fans and race teams
who travel great distances for this special yearly show.
Race time for the rescheduled Sunday evening show has been
moved up to 6 PM, with gates opening at 4 PM, and hot laps
getting underway at 5:30 PM. Time trials will start promptly
at 6 PM. To get all the latest news, results, schedule
changes and rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's website
at http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all
the action or pending weather conditions at Central
Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The
Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
Williams Grove Speedway - September 25,
2009
FREDDIE IS STILL FAST AT THE GROVE -- 358s TO CORY HAAS
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Fred Rahmer used a bold last turn
pass to score an impressive victory in the 25-lap sprint car
feature Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway and served
notice that he must be considered a threat for the upcoming
National Open. Steve Buckwalter took the lead at the start
and worked the outside cushion to perfection as he opened a
substantial lead over the field. Rahmer started seventh and
was third at the end of the first lap. He drove by Doug
Dodson on lap four and began his pursuit of the leader.
Buckwalter was able to maintain a lead of more than a half
straightaway until Rahmer found some speed during the final
three laps. Entering turn three on the last lap Rahmer shot
to the inside and drove by Buckwalter exiting the final turn
to score his second victory of the season. Rahmer earned
$3510 including a $500 bonus for winning the race from the
seventh starting position. It was the 81st career victory
for the speedway's all-time win leader. Buckwalter, who fell
just a car length short of his first Grove victory, earned
$2040 for his second place finish in his best effort of the
year. Dodson was third, a career best for him. Alan Krimes
and Aaron Ott completed the top five, followed by Brent
Marks, Daryn Pittman, Brian Montieth, Greg Hodnett and Mark
Smith. Heats for the 32 sprint cars in competition were won
by Buckwalter, Marks, Montieth and Krimes. Chad Layton won
the consolation race.
In 358 c.i. competition Cory Haas started 12th, took the
lead on lap 14 and rolled to his third win of the season.
The victory, the 14th for Haas, moved him into a 4-way tie
for first place on the all-time 358 division win list, and
gave him a substantial lead in the Coliseum point race with
one event remaining. Nicole Bower, Billy Johns, Scott Geesey
and Danny Massey rounded out the top five. Kyle Moody,
Massey, Logan Schuchart, and Nate Hammaker won 358 c.i.
sprint car heats. Matt Heimbach and Eric Tomecek claimed the
consolation races. Williams Grove Spedway Feature Finishes -
September 25, 2009
Sprint Car Feature - 25 laps - 1. Fred Rahmer, 2. Steve
Buckwalter, 3. Doug Dodson, 4. Alan Krimes, 5. Aaron Ott, 6.
Brent Marks, 7. Daryn Pittman, 8. Brian Montieth, 9. Greg
Hodnett, 10. Mark Smith, 11. Lance Dewease, 12. Jim Siegel,
13. Brian Leppo, 14. Todd Shaffer, 15. Chad Layton, 16. Mike
Erdley, 17. Pat Cannon, 18. Chris Meleason, 19. Tim
Glatfelter, 20. Dave Ely, 21. Adam Wilt, 22. Mark Coldren,
23. Rick Lafferty, 24. Don Kreitz, Jr.
Limited (358 c.i.) Sprint Car Feature - 20 laps - 1. Cory
Haas, 2. Nicole Bower, 3. Billy Johns, 4. Scott Geesey, 5.
Danny Massey, 6. Blane Heimbach, 8. Mark Freeland, 9. Rich
Eichelberger, 10. Glenndon Forsythe, 11. John Barnett, 12.
Eric Tomecek, 13. Matt Heimbach, 14. Brie Hershey, 15. Kyle
Moody, 16. Steve Fannasy, 17. Tony Smolenyak, 18. Brad
McClelland, 19. Austin Reed, 20. Todd Reed, 21. Moon Mullen,
22. Nate Hammaker, 23. Josh Beard, 24. Frankie Herr
Williams Grove Speedway
SNS RETURNS SEPT. 26: 358-LATE MODEL MAKEUP OCTOBER 10
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- The Saturday Night Series returns to
Saturday night on September 26 at Williams Grove Speedway
and the racers along with their fans are hoping for fair
weather. Even the switch to a Friday night date on September
11 couldn’t beat the elements as a Series event was rained
out again. Five of the 13 scheduled dates havee been lost to
rain thus far in 2009. Once again the super sportsman cars
will be the headline attraction on September 26. Carmen
Perigo is the current points leader in the race for the Tool
Shed of America championship. Also on Saturday night’s card
will be the street stocks and 4-cylinder stock cars. In
addition, the All American Outlaws will make their only
Williams Grove appearance of 2009. The first heat is
scheduled to start at 7:00. The 358 c.i. late models are not
on the September 26 card, but they will return on October
10, the next scheduled Saturday Night Series date at
Williams Grove In addition to the usual format of qualifying
races and a feature event, the the late model competitors
will make up the feature which was rained out on August 1.
Previous attempts to complete that race have been thwarted
by rain. Wingless sportsman cars, street stocks and
4-cylinder stock cars will also be on the October 10
program. One final date has been added for all four SNS
classes, and it will include Twin 20s for the Sportsman
division on Friday evening, October 30.
Williams Grove Speedway
SPRINTS AND 358s SEPT. 25 -- 7:15 STARTING TIME ON
OCT. 2, 7:30 OCT. 3
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- On Friday evening, September 25, the
sprint car racers at Williams Grove Speedway will have a
final opportunity to dial-in their cars for National Open
weekend coming up October 2-3. The 358 c.i. sprints will
also be on the September 25 card and the first heat is
scheduled to start at 8:00. The races will be lined up
according to the speedway’s handicapping system. Lap money
will be paid and bonuses will be offered based on the
feature winner’s starting position. New starting times will
be in effect for National Open weekend, Friday, October 2,
and Saturday, October 3. Although the speedway’s schedule
listed the starting time as 7:45 on October 2, it has been
moved up 30 minutes and qualifying is now slated to begin at
7:15. The earlier starting time is due to the rescheduling
of the rain-delayed Cleveland Brothers Summer Nationals.
Following time trials for the October 2 World of Outlaws
event, the dash, which was rained out July 25, will be run
followed by the 30-lap Summer Nationals main event. That
race will pay $20,000 to win. Qualifying heats will then
begin for the October 2 WoO event, which will also include a
dash along with a C-Main, a B-Main and another feataure
event. “That’s a lot of sprint car racing for one night with
a great deal of money at stake for the racers,” said Justin
Loh, the speedway’s general manager. “ An earlier starting
time will allow the fans to be on their way home at a
reasonable hour.” A fireworks display will also be part of
the October 2 event. The Cleveland Brothers National Open
will be presented on October 3 with $50,000 going to the
winner. Qualifying has been moved to 7:30 on October 3,
fifteen minutes earlier than the originally scheduled
starting time . Some reserved seats remain for both nights
and credit card orders are accepted during business hours at
717.697.5000.
SELINSGROVE’S 2009 SEASON WILL CONCLUDE
WITH THIS SATURDAY’S 358 SPRINT CAR OPEN
Race Car Display & Autograph Session Scheduled As Part Of
Selinsgrove Market Street Festival
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Selinsgrove Speedway will close out
the 2009 season with the running of the Ninth Annual Paul
Stine Chevrolet National Open for 358 sprint cars at 7 p.m.
this Saturday, Sept. 26. The 30-lap A-main will pay $3,000
to win out of a $13,605 purse.
Qualifying for the main event will include time trials,
heat races, and a B-main. The race, which will pay $235 to
qualify, will start 25 sprint cars, including one
provisional for the highest Selinsgrove Speedway points
driver who does not qualify through a heat race or the
B-main. Selinsgrove Speedway 2009 rules will be in effect.
The roadrunner division will compete in a 12-lap main
event paying $200 to win. Rounding out Saturday night’s
racing card will be the Tobias SpeedStrs in the division’s
second-ever appearance at the track. Gates will open at 5
p.m. No rain date has been set.
Pat Cannon of Etters, this year’s leading feature winner
with seven victories, is the two-time defending champion of
the 358 sprint car Open. TJ Stutts of Liverpool won the
inaugural 358 Open at the speedway in 2001 and took the
checkers again in 2003. Adrian Shaffer of York was the 358
Open champion in 2002. The 2004 race was won by Nate Snyder
of Halifax. Blane Heimbach of Selinsgrove won the event in
2005, with Phil Walter of McClure taking home the trophy in
2006.
Snyder, who clinched his first career track title in the
2009 A&A Auto Stores standings, will be seeking his first
win of the season behind the wheel of his trademark black
No. 56. He became the sixth different track champion since
the 358 sprint car division became the weekly open wheel
attraction at Selinsgrove Speedway in 2001.
Prior to Saturday’s race, Snyder is tentatively scheduled
to make an appearance along with several other drivers,
including Blane Heimbach, Donnie Schick, Phil Walter, Chuck
Paige, and Charlie Anderson, as part of a race car display
at the 31st Annual Market Street Festival in downtown
Selinsgrove. Regarded as one of the region’s most popular
street fairs, the Market Street Festival will run from 8
a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday.
Title sponsor Paul Stine Chevrolet, Routes 11 & 15,
Selinsgrove, has been serving the Susquehanna Valley with
outstanding automobile sales and service since 1971. Mark
Monaghan manages the region’s leading Chevrolet dealership.
The Middleburg IGA will be sponsoring the championship
trophy for this Saturday’s race.
2009 358 Sprint Car Open Purse: 1) $3,000 2) $1,500 3)
$1,200 4) $900 5) $800 6) $650 7) $550 8) $455 9) $435 10)
$415 11) $315 12) $280 13) $260 14) $250 15) $245 16-24)
$235
September 26 Admissions: Adults: $14 Students (12-17) $12
Kids 11 & Under: Free Pit Passes: $25
Sat., September 19, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA Lawrence Chevrolet Sportsman 100
UPCOMING SHOWS: Sat., Sept. 26, 2009 (7 PM) - Hank
Gentzler Memorial Manufacturers Appreciation Race - 410
Sprints & Thundercars
Sat., Oct. 3, 2009 - No racing
Sat., Oct. 10, 2009 (6 PM) - 13th Annual Kenny Weld
Memorial - 410 Sprints (40 laps) & Thundercars (Final Point
Race)
Sat., Oct. 17, 2009 (6 PM) - Final Race of 2009 - 410
Sprints (Rain date for Weld Memorial) & 358 Sprint
Championship (non-points make-up of 9/12 Show)
DELLINGER CLAIMS FIRST LAWRENCE CHEVROLET SPORTSMAN 100
WIN; Watson edges Gallagher in thundercar main; Korey Sites
takes street stock feature
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 9/19/09 -Those who attended the 35th
running of the "Lawrence Chevrolet Sportsman 100" at Lincoln
Speedway Saturday night will remember it for a long time to
come. So will Scott Dellinger, who finally found victory
lane for the first time this year and claimed the $4,000 top
prize in super sportsman racing's most prestigious event.
Dellinger started ninth and raced wheel-to-wheel with fellow
competitors before moving into the top five on lap 18.
Dellinger caught Mike Enders for fourth a lap later, and was
still running there when third-starting Frankie Herr took
the lead from second-starting and race-long leader Rich
Eichelberger in turns three and four of lap 24. Four laps
later, Eichelberger clipped a lapped car while still running
second and spun in turns three and four, bringing out the
caution. He tagged the rear of the field for the restart.
Herr drove away from the field until losing a wheel in turns
three and four of lap 34, striking the outside wall and
ending his bid to become the first driver to win five
"Sportsman 100s". That handed the lead over to polesitter
Leroy Martin, who found himself in front for the first time
on the night. Martin paced the field until lap 61, when
21st-starting Carmen Perigo, Jr. completed his run through
the field to grab the lead exiting turn four. Four laps
later, disaster struck for Perigo, as he broke a front axle
on the front stretch, bringing out the mandatory red flag on
lap 66. Perigo was able to make repairs during the 10-minute
break, but the lead again belonged to Martin when the race
resumed. Martin led the next 22 laps before Dellinger made
the race-winning pass entering turn one of lap 88. Russ
Mitten came from 11th-starting spot to catch Martin for
second on lap 94, and Carmen Perigo completed an amazing run
by passing Mitten for second on lap 97. Perigo, who set fast
time, bicycled while leading and failed to qualify in his
heat, won the consi, and came from the back twice to finish
second in the "Sportsman 100" for the fourth time in his
career. Mitten settled for third, with Martin fourth and
Rich Eichelberger fifth. Completing the top ten were Mike
Enders, 14th-starting Danny Hager, 16th-starting Rick Barr,
24th-starting Eric Eckert, and 18th-starting Raymond Myers.
Fast time in time trials over the 36-car super sportsman
field was set by Perigo, with a one-lap time of
15.698-seconds (85.998 MPH). Sportsman heats were won by
Rich Eichelberger, Gregg Foster, Doug Hendricks, and Frankie
Herr, with Perigo winning the consolation.
Abbottstown's Duane Watson came from his 11th starting
position to win his sixth race of 2009 in the 20-lap
thundercar feature. Watson passed Will Walls for the lead on
the 11th lap, but had to hold off his rival and defending
track champion Sam Gallagher in a in one-lap shoot-out to
increase his point lead over Gallagher to 20 points with
only two races remaining. Will Walls, who took the lead from
race-long leader Mikey Guise on the seventh lap, held on for
third, with Gino Comi and Rick Weaver finishing fourth and
fifth respectively. Completing the top-10 were Al Crammer,
Justin Mong, Jamie Zentmyer, Tom Walls, and Jeff Wilson.
Heats for the 22 Thundercars were won by Zentmyer,
Gallagher, and Duane Watson.
Mechanicsbubrg's Korey Sites came from his 11th starting
spot to take the lead under the crossed-flags from Bob
Gutshall and drove away to his second win of the year in the
20-lap street stock feature. Gutshall settled for second
with Dustin Hollinger, Steve Dove and Craig Morgan
completing the top-five.
Next Saturday night, September 26th at 7 PM, Lincoln
Speedway will once again host the Hank Gentzler Memorial
Manufacturers Appreciation Race featuring the Lawrence
Chevrolet 410 Sprints & Thundercars. Gates will open at 5
PM, with warm-ups at 6:30 PM, and Time trials getting
underway at 7 PM. To get all the latest news, results,
schedule changes and rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's
website at http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date
on all the action or pending weather conditions at Central
Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The
Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
RACE RESULTS Sat., September 19, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA 35TH ANNUAL LAWRENCE CHEVROLET SPORTSMAN 100
Feature (100 Laps) - 1. 30-Scott Dellinger ($4,000); 2.
93-Carmen Perigo, Jr.; 3. 77-Russ Mitten; 4. 66-Leroy
Martin; 5. 8-Rich Eichelberger; 6. 3B-Mike Enders; 7.
55H-Danny Hager; 8. 00-Rick Barr; 9. 20-Eric Eckert; 10.
9K-Raymond Myers; 11. 88-Aaron Eichelberger; 12. 222-Jay
Fannasy (-1); 13. 33-Ryan Rupp (-2); 14. 45-Dave Socks (-2);
15. 88W-Eric Walker (-2); 16. 59-Steve Wilbur (-3); 17.
41-Jim Shuttlesworth (DNF); 18. 10-Jason Fry (DNF); 19.
20-Bobby Hockenberry (DNF); 20. 99-Frankie Herr (DNF); 21.
32-Gregg Foster (DNF); 22. 55-Chad Criswell (DNF); 23.
80-Doug Hendricks (DNF); 24. 9G-Scott Grace (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders - Rich Eichelberger (1-23), Frankie Herr
(24-33), Leroy Martin (34-60); Carmen Perigo, Jr. (61-65);
Leroy Martin (66-87), Scott Dellinger (88-100)
1st Heat (8 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 8-Rich Eichelberger;
2. 3B-Mike Enders; 3. 30-Scott Dellinger; 4. 55-Chad
Criswell; 5. 88W-Eric Walker; 6. 6-Phil Griffin; 7.
93-Carmen Perigo Jr.; 8. 1ST-Tom Tomasko; 9. 71K-Adrian
Shaffer (DNF). No Time
2nd Heat (8 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 32-Gregg Foster; 2.
66-Leroy Martin; 3. 33-Ryan Rupp; 4. 55H-Danny Hager; 5.
9K-Raymond Myers; 6. 41-Jim Shuttlesworth; 7. 20-Eric
Eckert; 8. 340-Stan Wanner; 9. 17-Joe Bryson (DNF). Time -
2:06.35 (New 8-Lap Track Record, old record was 2:09.45 set
by Bobby Weaver on 7/22/2006)
3rd Heat (8 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 80-Doug Hendricks; 2.
222-Jay Fannasy; 3. 77-Russ Mitten; 4. 25-Bobby Hockenberry;
5. 59-Steve Wilbur; 6. 91-Lanny Hake; 7. 35-Gary Johnston;
8. 20Y-Vance Yinger; 9. 17D-Jim Davis. Time - 2:06.66
4th Heat (8 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 99-Frankie Herr; 2.
45-Dave Socks; 3. 88-Aaron Eichelberger; 4. 00-Rick Barr; 5.
99G-Scott Grace; 6. 5-Dave Berkheimer; 7. 30R-Duaine Smith;
8. 10-Jason Fry; 9. 147-Lee Taylor, Jr. (DNF). Time -
2:07.64
Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 93-Carmen Perigo
Jr.; 2. 10-Jason Fry; 3. 41-Jim Shuttlesworth; 4. 20-Eric
Eckert; 5. 30R-Duaine Smith; 6. 5-Dave Berkheimer; 7. 6-Phil
Griffin; 8. 35-Gary Johnston; 9. 1ST-Tom Tomasko; 10.
147-Lee Taylor Jr.; 11. 17D-Jim Davis; 12. 71K-Adrian
Shaffer (DNF); 13. 91-Lanny Hake (DNF); 14. 340-Stan Wanner
(DNF); 15. 17-Joe Bryson (DNF); 16. 20Y-Vance Yinger (DNF).
No Time
Time Trials - 1. 93-Carmen Perigo Jr., 15.698 seconds
(85.998 MPH); 2. 32-Gregg Foster, 15.734; 3. 80-Doug
Hendricks, 15.898; 4. 99-Frankie Herr, 15.917; 5. 8-Rich
Eichelberger, 15.922; 6. 66-Leroy Martin, 15.975; 7. 222-Jay
Fannasy, 16.090; 8. 45-Dave Socks, 16.126; 9. 88W-Eric
Walker, 16.139; 10. 33-Ryan Rupp, 16.158; 11. 59-Steve
Wilbur, 16.160; 12. 88-Aaron Eichelberger, 16.170; 13.
3B-Mike Enders, 16.209; 14. 55H-Danny Hager, 16.233; 15.
77-Russ Mitten, 16.271; 16. 00-Rick Barr, 16.282; 17.
30-Scott Dellinger, 16.303; 18. 340-Stan Wanner, 16.333; 19.
25-Bobby Hockenberry, 16.354; 20. 99G-Scott Grace, 16.367;
21. 55-Chad Criswell, 16.368; 22. 9K-Raymond Myers, 16.402;
23. 91-Lanny Hake, 16.466; 24. 5-Dave Berkheimer, 16.482;
25. 6-Phil Griffin, 16.562; 26. 41-Jim Shuttlesworth,
16.594; 27. 35-Gary Johnston III, 16.610; 28. 147-Lee Taylor
Jr., 16.629; 29. 71K-Adrian Shaffer, 16.819; 30. 20-Eric
Eckert, 16.844; 31. 20Y-Vance Yinger, 16.960; 32. 30R-Duaine
Smith, 16.962; 33. 1ST-Tom Tomasko, 17.079; 34. 17-Joe
Bryson, 17.117; 35. 17D-Jim Davis, 17.811; 36. 10-Jason Fry,
18.519. THUNDERCARS Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 3W-Duane Watson;
2. 25-Sam Gallagher; 3. 21W-Will Walls; 4. 33-Gino Comi; 5.
70-Rick Weaver; 6. 9-Al Crammer; 7. 77-Justin Mong; 8.
81J-Jamie Zentmyer; 9. 44-Tom Walls; 10. 33J-Jeff Wilson;
11. 9C-Matt Conley; 12. 51-Bob Stough (DNF); 13. 1M-Duane
McMillion (DNF); 14. 93-Mikey Guise (DNF); 15. 21N-Larry
Neiderer (DNF); 16. 2W-Brian Walls (DNF); 17. 53J-Josh
Ulrich (DNF); 18. 61-Mike Slaybaugh (DNF); 19. 3-Todd Miller
(DNF); DNS: 54J-Jimmy Combs; 57-Brad Shank; 54-Kyle Martin.
No time.
Lap Leaders - Mikey Guise (1-6); Will Walls (7-10); Duane
Watson (11-20)
1st Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 81J-Jamie Zentmyer;
2. 21N-Larry Neiderer; 3. 44-Tom Walls; 4. 54J-Jimmy Combs;
5. 1M-Duane McMillion; 6. 53J-Josh Ulrich; 7. 2W-Brian Walls
(DNF); 8. 54-Joe Flynn (DNS). Time - 2:42.34
2nd Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 25-Sam Gallagher; 2.
9-Al Crammer; 3. 21W-Will Walls; 4. 93-Mikey Guise; 5.
9C-Matt Conley; 6. 3-Todd Miller (DNF); 7. 57-Brad Shank
(DNF). No Time
3rd Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 3W-Duane Watson; 2.
33-Gino Comi; 3. 33J-Jeff Wilson; 4. 61-Mike Slaybaugh; 5.
51-Bob Stough; 6. 33J-Jeff Wilson; 7. 77-Justin Mong. Time -
2:35.08
STREET STOCKS Feature (20 laps) - 1. 21K-Kory Sites; 2.
69-Bob Gutshall; 3. 5-Dustin Hollinger; 4. 22-Steve Dove; 5.
11-Craig Morgan; 6. 33-Joe Whitely; 7. 00-Pat McNeal; 8.
97-Devin Fry; 9. 71-Adrian Barnhart; 10. 11R-Jim Rost; 11.
16-Walt Lemmon; 12. 1-Paul Morgan; DNS - 26-MR Teal. No Time
Lap Leaders - Bob Gutshall (1-10), Kory Sites (11-20)
DEWEASE WINS 410 SPRINT CAR OPEN AT
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY
SELINSGROVE, Pa. -- Lance Dewease of Fayetteville led
flag-to-flag for his $5,000 victory in Saturday night's
30-lap 27th Annual National Open for 410 sprint cars at
Selinsgrove Speedway. The win was the 11th of his career at
the half-mile oval, including a previous Open victory in
2002. Driving the Catoctin Motorsports/Advanced Development
Services No. 30C, Dewease celebrated his fifth win overall
in 2009.
Todd Shaffer of Millerstown, who shared the front row
with Dewease for the start of the main event, was the
night's fast qualifier with a lap time of 16.368 seconds.
Shaffer was seeking his fifth career win in the Open, which
would have tied him with Fred Rahmer of Salfordville as the
only two drivers to win the track's marquee event five
times, but his No. 88 erupted into flames from a blown
engine on the backstretch with two laps remaining.
Jason Smith of Williamsport ended his championship season
by capturing his sixth win of the season in the 15-lap pro
stock feature.
Selinsgrove Speedway will conclude the 2009 racing season
with the Ninth Annual Paul Stine Chevrolet Open for 358
sprint cars plus roadrunners and Tobias SpeedStrs at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 26. Track gates will open at 5 p.m.
At the drop of the green flag, fourth-place starter Mark
Smith made an exciting pass to take the lead at the
start/finish line. By the time the field reached the first
turn, however, second-place starter Lance Dewease throttled
into the front spot with an inside pass by Smith. The
caution flag unfurled on lap two when TJ Winegardner stopped
his sprinter on the track.
On the ensuing restart, Dewease continued to set the pace
with Smith, third-place starter Brian Leppo, polesitter Todd
Shaffer, and fifth-place starter Pat Cannon in pursuit. By
lap seven the field began to encounter slower traffic. At
the midway point of the race, Leppo advanced to second and
set his sites on Dewease in traffic. Two laps later, Cannon
rocketed into third as a high-speed chase unfolded for the
top five positions.
Sixth-place starter Greg Hodnett and 12th-place starter
Cody Darrah began to show speed during the last 10 ten laps
of the race as they entered into the top five. The suspense
intensified as Leppo and Cannon began to reel in Dewease in
lapped traffic in the final laps. At the finish, Dewease was
victorious by a mere 1.3 seconds over Leppo, Cannon,
Hodnett, and Darrah.
Cannon, a seven-time 358 sprint car winner at the track
this season, turned in the fastest lap of the race on lap
six with a time of 17.130 seconds.
Racing off of turn four to complete the first lap of the
pro stock feature, third-place starter Jason Smith made an
inside pass by polesitter John Heane to take the lead in the
division's final race of the season.
Sixth-placed starter AJ Hoffman powered into the second
position on the third circuit and reeled in Smith, while
second-place starter Tim Krape raced in the third position.
On the ninth lap, Hoffman's car developed a flat tire,
allowing Krape to inherit the second position.
For the final six laps, Krape made every effort to find a
way around Smith for the lead and win. At the finish,
however, Smith persevered a posted a one-second margin of
victory over Krape, Cody McFadden, Heane, and Matt Johnson.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY: 19 September 2009 410
Sprint Cars - 26 Entries 30-Lap A-Main: 1) 30C Lance Dewease
$5,000 2) 71 Brian Leppo 3) 3 Pat Cannon 4) 22 Greg Hodnett
5) 89 Cody Darrah 6) 12 Blane Heimbach 7) 7M Mark Smith 8)
39 Brent Marks 9) 17B Steve Buckwalter 10) 11 Mike Erdley
11) 0 Rick Lafferty 12) 27 Sean Michael 13) 15 Adam Wilt 14)
5B Josh Beard 15) 21F Jared Fink 16) 11T TJ Winegardner 17)
88 Todd Shaffer 18) 51 Fred Rahmer 19) 66 Ryan Kissinger 20)
3 Bob Bennett 21) 35 Justin Henderson 22) 37 Scott Flammer
23) 14 Matt Heimbach 24) 38 Buzz Wilson
Time Trials: 1) Todd Shaffer 16.368 2) Lance Dewease
16.378 3) Brian Leppo 16.468 4) Mark Smith 16.478 5) Chad
Layton 16.554 6) Pat Cannon 16.636 7) Greg Hodnett 16.715 8)
Justin Henderson 16.721 9) Blane Heimbach 16.733 10)Sean
Michael 16.739 11) Rick Lafferty 16.768 12) Steve Buckwalter
16.791 13) Cody Darrah 16.793 14) Mike Erdley 16.885 15)
Fred Rahmer 16.896 16)Scott Flammer 16.995 17) Adam Wilt
16.996 18) Brent Marks 17.114 19) TJ Winegardner 17.214 20)
Bob Bennett 17.435 21) Buzz Wilson 17.857 22) Josh Beard
18.066 23) 18.093 24) Jared Fink 18.560 25) Ryan Kissinger
18.873 26) Josh Wells No Time Heat Winners: Scott Flammer,
Mike Erdley, Fred Rahmer
Pro Stocks - 23 Entries 15-Lap A-Main: 1) 28 Jason Smith
2) 07 Tim Krape 3) 64 Cody McFadden 4) 17 John Heane 5) 44
Matt Johnson 6) 00 Harold Ranck 7) 12 Doug Minium 8) 19H
Larry Hare 9) 70 Kyle Bachman 10) 99H Peanut Heintzelman 11)
21K Mike Kiehl 12) 28X John Bouse 13) 19 AJ Hoffman 14) 71
Kurt Wray 15) 10 Gerald Kratzer 16) 28P AJ Stroup 17) 115
Sean Miller 18) 06 Frank Reisser 19) 76 Brad Trump 20) 3
Kyle Parsons 21) 85 Terry Lauver DNS 22) 1 Rick Bixlier 23)
99S Ken Stitt Jr. DNS Heat Winners: Matt Johnson, AJ
Hoffman, Tim Krape
Williams Grove Speedway
ADAM WILT GETS SECOND SPRINT WIN -- 1ST 358 VICTORY FOR
GEESEY
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Adam Wilt won the 25-lap sprint car
feature Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway and Scott
Geesey won the 20-lap 358 c.i. sprint main. It was the
second victory of the season for Wilt and he earned this
one. Wilt took the lead from his front row starting spot and
set the pace until Aaron Ott took over on lap eleven. At
this point Fred Rahmer, who started eighth, was third. Ott
lost power exiting turn two on lap 13. At that point Wilt
moved back in front briefly, but Rahmer drove by with an
inside move through three and four. Rahmer's move was
negated, however, when Mark Smith and Alan Krimes crashed,
which brought out a red flag and gave the lead back to Wilt.
Wilt held off Rahmer on the restart and kept the 8-time
track champion at bay until a lap 15 restart gave Rahmer a
second chance. Wilt was seeking his second career win and
Rahmer an unprecedented 81st. The 22-year old racer from
York in his first full season of sprint car competition
never faltered through the final eleven laps and went on to
score the victory, which was worth $3230. Rahmer settled for
second. Greg Hodnett, who started tenth, was third. Cody
Darrah came from 11th to fourth and Brent Marks, filling in
for the injured Doug Esh, completed the top five. Mike
Erdley, Lance Dewease, Todd Shaffer, Chad Layton and Dave
Ely finished in positions six through ten respectively.
Heats for the 23 sprint cars in competition were won by
Marks, Steve Buckwalter and Wilt. Geesey started 13th, took
the lead from Pat Cannon with an inside move through turn
two and went on to score his first career in 358 c.i. sprint
car competition at Williams Grove. Cory Haas , who made the
field as an alternate, came from 24th starting position to
finish second. Nate Hammaker, Kyle Moody and Blane Heimbach
completed the top five.
Williams Grove Speedway Feature Finishes - September 18,
2009
Sprint Car Feature - 25 laps - 1. Adam Wilt, 2. Fred
Rahmer, 3. Greg Hodnett, 4. Cody Darrah, 5. Brent Marks, 6.
Mike Erdley, 7. Lance Dewease, 8. Todd Shaffer, 9. Chad
Layton, 10. Dave Ely, 11. Steve Buckwalter, 12.Brian
Montieth, 13. Brian Leppo, 14. Don Kreitz, Jr., 15. Doug
Dodson, 16. Mark Smith, 17. Randy Baughman, 18. Tim
Glatfelter, 19. Aaron Ott, 20. Alan Krimes, 21. Chris
Meleason, 22. Rick Lafferty, 23. Bob Bennett 358 c.i. Sprint
Car Feature - 20 laps - 1. Scott Geesey, 2. Cory Haas, 3.
Nate Hammaker, 4. Kyle Moody, 5. Blane Heimbach, 6. Amy Ott,
7. Danny Massey, 8. Brie Hershey, 9. Frankie Herr, 10. Rich
Eichelberger, 11. Mark Freeland, 12. Glenndon Forsythe, 13.
Ricky Stonebraker, 14. Jay Galloway, 15. Ryan Kissinger, 16.
Nicole Bower, 17. Pat Cannon, 18. Chris Shuttlesworth, 19.
Tim Berkheimer, 20. Moon Mullen, 21. Kyle Pruitt, 22. Chad
Criswell, 23. Jason Clauss, 24. Matt Boland
ROHRBAUGH CLAIMS TRONE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT;
DIETRICH 2009 TRAIL-WAY “358” SPRINT CAR CHAMP;
GALLAGHER WINS THUNDERCAR FEATURE; HANSON LIMITED STOCK
VICTOR
Hanover, PA (9/18/09) –Jeff Rohrbaugh and Billy Dietrich
were both happy after Friday night’s 30-lap Trone Outdoor
Advertising “358” sprint car championship event at Trail-Way
Speedway.
Rohrbaugh returned to victory lane and the Roy Vincent
Racing #7V took home the $2,000 winner’s share. In doing so,
Rohrbaugh also returned to the top of the all-time win list
with his 21st career win at the McSherrystown oval.
And Billy Dietrich reclaimed the track championship after
earning the title in 2005 and watching Rohrbaugh win three
straight championships from 2006 through 2008.
“I don’t get 30% unless I win,” quipped Rohrbaugh in
victory lane, “So I had to step it up!”
Rohrbaugh drew pill #9 to start the championship event.
He was already into fifth by the end of the first lap, but
was passed by eighth-starting Dale Hammaker on lap six and
was running sixth when the red flag came out for a flipping
Jessie Morrison in turn one of lap 12. Morrison, who was
running fourth at the time, collected fifth-place Nick
Palmerino, who struck the outside wall in turns one and two.
Both drivers were uninjured in the only caution of the race.
On the restart, Rohrbaugh drove back around Dale Hammaker
to move into third. At the same time, Brad McClelland won a
drag race down the back stretch to pass polesitter Phil
Walter for the race lead. Rohrbaugh then caught Phil Walter
for second in heavy lapped traffic on lap 22, and made his
race-winning pass under Brad McClelland on lap 26.
“I hate to brag, but there is nobody better in lapped
traffic,” said Rohrbaugh, “Trail-Way’s a great place to
race. I really like it here. The competition here on Friday
night…bar none…is the best.”
Hammaker caught McClelland with three to go, but was
unable to catch Rohrbaugh. McClelland settled for third,
with 12th-starting Billy Dietrich fourth and Walter fifth.
Completing the top ten were Tim Wagaman, Austin Reed,
Randy Davis, Jr., 19th-starting Rick Horn, and 21st-starting
Keith Prutzman.
Dietrich’s fourth-place finish was good enough to take
the 2009 track title by 21 points over McClelland.
“We had a good year,” said Dietrich, “That was a heckuva
race there. We weren’t close enough to catch Jeff, but we’re
very happy. Our crew and sponsors did a great job this
year.”
Heats for the 27 “358” sprint cars on hand were won by
Wagaman, Steve Storrie, and Walter.
Sam Gallagher came from seventh starting spot to claim
his third win in five Trail-Way starts this year in the
20-lap thundercar feature. Gallagher advanced to fourth by
the end of the third lap, caught polesitter Todd Miller for
third on lap five, passed Rick Weaver for second on a
seventh-lap restart, and took the lead from Brad Shank on
lap eight.
Shank pulled into the infield during a 12th-lap caution,
handing second place over to Jamie Zentmyer, so chased
Gallagher the rest of the way.
Third through fifth were Bobby Stough, Marshall McMullen,
and David Prunkl.
Heats for the 20 thundercars were won by Zentmyer and
Weaver.
The event was the final tune-up before next Friday’s
“Thunder on the Farm” 50-lap season finale for the
thundercars.
Daryl Hanson passed polesitter and race-long leader Wayne
Blevins on lap nine to score his third win of the year in
the 12-lap limited stock feature.
Blevins crossed second, with Shannon Weaver, Chad Weaver,
and Ricky Weaver, Jr. completing the top five.
Heats for the 20 limited stocks were won by Blevins and
Robbie Carroll.
Tomorrow (9/19), Trail-Way will hold an AMA Motorcycle
Short Track race. Racing begins at 6:00 p.m. with gates
opening at 3:00 p.m. The raindate will be Sunday (9/20).
Racing will begin at 1:00 p.m. with gates opening at 9:00
a.m.
Next Friday (9/25), Trail-Way will host the 11th Annual
Hoosier Tire “Thunder on the Farm” for 358 late models,
Thundercars, All American Outlaws, and Limited stocks.
Racing begins at 7:30 p.m. and the gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Next Saturday (9/26), Trail-Way will host the 20th Kevin
Gobrecht Memorial for the 600cc and 270cc Micro Sprints, and
1000cc Sidewinder Sprints. Racing begins at 6:00 p.m. with
gates opening at 3:00 p.m. The raindate will be Sunday
September 27th.
For all the latest news and related information from
Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway
website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and
agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final
checkered falls.
Trail-Way Speedway September 18, 2009
RACE RESULTS
358 Sprint Cars
Feature (30 Laps)
1. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 2. 66-Dale Hammaker; 3. 6-Brad
McClelland; 4. 8-Bill Dietrich; 5. 5-Phil Walter; 6. 1-Tim
Wagaman; 7. 34-Austin Reed; 8. 98-Randy Davis, Jr.; 9.
01-Rick Horn; 10. 28-Keith Prutzman; 11. 64-Randy Whisler;
12. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 13. 10W-Brian Bruckner; 14. 65-Cale
Griffin; 15. 0-Steve Storrie; 16. 23-Chris Arnold(DNF); 17.
18J-Jessie Morrison(DNF); 18. 51-Nick Palmerino(DNF); 19.
59T-Tim Stallings(DNF); 20. 93-Mike Bittinger(DNF); 21.
99-Joe Trone, Jr.(DNS); 22. 00-Shane Smith(DNS); 23.
20S-Derek Sell(DNS); 24. 35-Steve Owings(DNS). No Time.
Lap Leaders- Phil Walter (1-10), Brad McClelland (11-25),
Jeff Rohrbaugh (26-30).
Heat 1 (10 Laps/7 to Qualify)
1. 1-Tim Wagaman; 2. 18J-Jessie Morrison; 3. 98-Randy
Davis, Jr.; 4. 51-Nick Palmerino; 5. 99-Joe Trone, Jr.; 6.
65-Cale Griffin; 7. 01-Rick Horn; 8. 35-Steve Owings(DNF);
9. 4U-Nathan Berwager(DNF). Time 2:22.81.
Heat 2 (10 Laps/7 to Qualify)
1. 0-Steve Storrie; 2. 8-Bill Dietrich; 3. 10W-Brian
Bruckner; 4. 6-Brad McClelland; 5. 93-Mike Bittinger; 6.
00-Shane Smith(DNF); 7. 20S-Derek Sell(DNF); 8. 27-Brian
Suchy(DNF); 9. 50-James Strausbaugh(DNF). No Time.
Heat 3 (10 Laps/7 to Qualify)
1. 5-Phil Walter; 2. 64-Randy Whisler; 3. 7V-Jeff
Rohrbaugh; 4. 66-Dale Hammaker; 5. 34-Austin Reed; 6.
59T-Tim Stallings; 7. 28-Keith Prutzman; 8. 23-Chris Arnold;
9. 10-Zach Shive Euculano(DNF). Time 2:20.64.
Consi 1 (8 Laps/5 to Qualify)
1. 23-Chris Arnold; 2. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 3. 35-Steve
Owings(DNS); 4. 27-Brian Suchy(DNS); 5. 50-James
Strausbaugh(DNS); 6. 10-Zach Shive Euculano(DNS). No Time.
Thundercars
Feature (20 Laps)
1. 25-Sam Gallagher; 2. 81J-Jamie Zentmyer; 3. 51J-Bob
Stough; 4. 4C-Marshall McMullen; 5. 8MD-David Prunkl; 6.
70-Rick Weaver; 7. 22-David Prunkl; 8. 71-Dan Furman; 9.
21R-Daivd Reever, Jr.; 10. 57-Brad Shank(DNF); 11. 7-Tony
Rose(DNF); 12. 39-Mike Herman (DNF); 13. 2W-Brian
Walls(DNF); 14. D9-Brian Diehl(DNF); 15. 3-Todd Miller(DNF);
16. 8J-Justin Bittle(DNF); 17. 54-Kyle Martin(DNF); 18.
15-Will Walls(DNS); 19. 94-Randy May(DNS); 20. 60-Danny
Beard(DNS). No Time.
Lap Leaders- Todd Miller (1-2), Brad Shank (3-7), Sam
Gallagher (8-20).
Heat 1 (8 Laps/All to Qualify)
1. 81J-Jamie Zentmyer; 2. 25-Sam Gallagher; 3. 3-Todd
Miller; 4. 4C-Marshall McMullen; 5. 8J-Justin Bittle; 6.
22-David Haught; 7. 71-Dan Furman; 8. D9-Brian Diehl(DNF);
9. 54-Kyle Martin(DNF); 10. 60-Danny Beard(DNS). No Time.
Heat 2 (8 Laps/All to Qualify)
1. 70-Rick Weaver; 2. 8MD-David Prunkl; 3. 57-Brad Shank;
4. 2W-Brian Walls; 5. 39-Mike Herman; 6. 51J-Robert Stough;
7. 21R-David Reever, Jr.; 8. 7-Tony Rose; 9. 15-Will
Walls(DNF); 10. 94-Randy May(DNF). Time 2:30.61.
Limited Stocks
Feature (12 Laps)
1. 5-Daryl Hanson; 2. 85-Wayne Blevins; 3. 6-Shannon
Weaver; 4. 2-Chad Weaver; 5. 21-Ricky Weaver, Jr.; 6.
96-Sarah Redmond; 7. 91-Brian Walls; 8. 3-Rod Weaver; 9.
69-Robbie Carroll; 10. 95-Kevin Hartlaub, Jr.; 11. 72-Rick
Hopkins; 12. 45-Anthony Nine; 13. 98-Jason Ragland; 14.
42-Robert Nicklow; 15. 07-James Myers, Jr.; 16. 56-Brad
Kress(DNF); 17. 25-Tim Aldridge(DNF); 18. 1-Ryan
Hanson(DNF); 19. 11-Michael Kolodiej(DNF); 20. 92-Terry
Hartlaub(DNS). No Time.
Lap Leaders- Wayne Blevins (1-8), Daryl Hanson (9-12).
Heat 1 (6 Laps/All to Qualify)
1. 85-Wayne Blevins; 2. 11-Michael Kolodiej, Jr.; 3.
5-Daryl Hanson; 4. 21-Ricky Weaver, Jr.; 5. 6-Shannon
Weaver; 6. 07-James Myers, Jr.; 7. 3-Rod Weaver; 8. 72-Rick
Hopkins; 9. 42-Robert Nicklow; 10. 98-Jason Ragland. No
Time.
Heat 2 (6 Laps/All to Qualify)
1. 69-Robbie Carroll; 2. 96-Sarah Redmond; 3. 56-Brad
Kress; 4. 95-Kevin Hartlaub, Jr.; 5. 45-Anthony Nine; 6.
2-Chad Weaver; 7. 91-Brian Walls(DNF); 8. 1-Ryan
Hansen(DNF); 9. 92-Terry Hartlaub(DNS); 10. 25-Tim
Aldridge(DNS). Time 2:04.81.
Williams Grove Speedway
MARK SMITH CLOSING ON TODD SHAFFER'S SUTLIFF POINT
LEAD
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Todd Shaffer has already wrapped up
one championship this season, and he will have an
opportunity to move a little closer to the one he really
wants on Friday evening, September 18, at Williams Grove
Speedway. Shaffer has clinched the Diamond Series
championship edging Mark Smith by 80 points, 1690-1610. The
Diamond Series carries a separate point fund and includes a
bevy of special races run throughout the season. While any
title at Williams Grove represents quite an accomplishment,
the one Shaffer wants the most is the Sutliff Auto Group
track championship, which pays $20,000 to win. As was the
case with the Diamond Series, it looks as if Mark Smith will
be Shaffer's most serious competition. Shaffer is seeking a
third track championship while Smith is in search of his
first. Shaffer, who has led the title chase since opening
day, holds a slim 40-point lead. Following the September 18
program, which begins at 8:00 and will also include the 358
c.i. sprints, only five point races remain on the 2009
schedule. An identical program is planned for September 25,
before the two-day Cleveland Brothers National Open weekend
unfolds on October 2-3. Sprints and late models are on the
October 9 card with a makeup feature scheduled for the late
models as well. The Sutliff Auto Group point race and the
Coliseum-sponsored 358 point race will both end on
Champion's Night, October 16. The sprint cars will be back
along with the 358s, super sportsman cars and limited late
models for the Fall Fest, a non-point, features-only event
on October 24.
GREG HODNETT WINS 3RD TUSCARORA 50/HAUS
ENDS BEECH CREEK RAVING CAREER ON HIGH NOTE
September 13, 2009
Port Royal, PA
Greg Hodnett of Thomasville, PA was perfect during
Saturday night's Tuscarora 50 racing program at Port Royal
Speedway. Hodnett notched his third career AB Auto
Glass/Ramsey's Car Wash/Cleveland Brothers Caterpillar
Dealerships Tuscaroa 50 win to close out the racing season
and 155TH annual Juniata County Fair at the historic
raceway. Hodnett won his Aumiller & Associate Insurance heat
race, B & B Mulch, Jake's Golf Carts, Professional Building
Systems, Dusty's Machine Shop, Port Royal Speedway dash and
led all 50 laps while earning over $ 12,500 dollars for the
win. Only Stevie Smith looked like a serious challenger
during the race after exchanging slider moves during laps 35
& 36 with eventual third place finished Daryn Pittman. Chad
Layton started 17TH and finished fourth. Fred Rahmer came
from 18TH starting spot to finish fifth. Sixth through tenth
were Mark Smith, Todd Shaffer, Brian Montieth, Donnie
Kreitz, Jr., and Lance Dewease. Heat races for the 42 car
field were won by Keith Kauffman, Pittman, Hodnett and
Shaffer. B-Main winners were Kerry Madsen, driving Jim
Nace's no. 6 and Dave Ely. Montieth won the Comfort
Suites/Sleep Inn of State College, PA hard charger award
advancing 16 spots in the feature.
Hodnett placed an exclamation mark on his win when he
arrived on the stage for post race activities. Hodnett power
slid the car sideways as his crew and fans cheered their
approval. No sooner did Hodnett begin post race interviews,
than he and onlookers were drenched in a champagne bath by
his crew. Hodnett spoke about his third Tuscarora win and
fifth Port Royal victory of the season. " I had great
starting positions all night long. The guys did a great job
on the car. It was flawless, you couldn't ask for anything
better. They did a great job on the tire choices. The track
preparation was awesome. Usually, It's rubber on the bottom,
but it's pretty much wide open all the way and you could
give it all you got." Hodnett also talked about his success
since moving from Memphis, Tenn. to PA. " I've been in great
cars with great owners. Jim and Sandy (Kline, car owners)
give us the best equipment they can and put together a great
team. I moved up here about four or five years ago and made
my residence here. I'm proud to be a member of the PA posse
and really want to run well a couple weeks from now down at
Williams Grove."
Car owner Jim Kline praised his drivers performance. "
Greg did a great job. Pittman, Smith, all those guys did a
great job and every body's (arms) up on the steering wheel
all night. He (Hodnett) got a heckuva restart with about 10
laps left. I really thought Stevie (Smith) was gonna run us
down, but Greg got a good restart and kept working it. Lee
(Stauffer) hit the car right on. We've still got some work
to do on our motor program. We've got to look at that real
hard. Greg, did a flawless, magnificent job."
The first half of the race proved troublesome to
complete. The first 15 laps went non stop Cody Darrah
brought out the yellow on lap 15 when mechanical problems
struck his racer. Darrah was out of action for the night.
During the same yellow, Josh Weller stopped his race car on
the inside of turn four. Weller was also eliminated from
competition. While under yellow, Chad, Kemenah suffered a
flat left rear tire. His crew added air and Kemenah rejoined
action at the rear of the field. A two car flip halted
action during lap 16. Kerry Madsen and Kevin Nouse both
flipped in turn four. Neither driver was seriously injured
although Nouse complained of a sore knee. Nouse walked to
his pit area under his own power. Von McGee's racer was also
involved in the crash. All three drivers were finished for
the night. A rash of lat tires struck several race cars.
Officials stopped the race for the mid race refueling seven
laps early. The final yellow came during lap 40 when Keith
Kauffman's racer suffered mechanical problems. Todd Shaffer
also stopped in turn four. Shaffer resumed action. Kauffman,
who had held a top five position, dropped out. Stevie Smith
and Daryn Pittman exchanged slider moves in turns one and
two during laps 35 and 35. Smith ended up winning that
battle before finsihing second.
The Beech Creek Racing Team has fielded cars for Scotty
Haus for the last nine years. The team ran its final AB Auto
Glass/Mike Cleck Paving late model race Saturday night.
Haus, the 2009 track champ, took the team out in style by
winning the 20 lap feature event. Haus earned additional
money as his team posted extra cash to the top five
finishers in the feature as a way of saying thank you to the
teams they've competed with.
" This is a good hot rod tonight. Nine years with that
Beech Creek gang. This is the last race. We won the first
race with them and the last race. It's been a nine year
marriage, it's been unbelievable, I'm gonna miss them. It
makes me sick to think they are gonna quit but what are you
gonna do." Haus also spoke of this 2010 plans which include
seeking a Saturday night ride for Port Royal. " My sons
going to take over my ride and I'm going to help him. We'll
find something." Haus also spoke of the car he drove to
victory. " This is a 2004 Rocket. I'm sure it won 35 races.
It's just been good. It jelled."
Jeff Rine finished second after arriving from canceled
Selinsgrove Speedway. Mike Hess led the first seven laps
before giving way to Haus. Hess came home third with Tim
Wilson fourth. Mitch Hack was fifth. Rounding out the top
ten was Waylon Wagner, Andy Haus, Gary Beward, Tim Gray and
Scott Flickinger. Heats races for the 25 car field were won
by Beward, Flickinger and Haus. Rine and Wagner shared hard
charger awards advancing 6 positions.
Prior to the start of the sprint car feature, Daryl
Stimeling was honored with Will Gamble Memorial
Determination Award, presented to the first Port Royal
regular not starting the feature event. Long time driver and
car owner, Jim Nace received an appreciation plaque from Del
Shank, on behalf of the non profit Tuscarora 50 Foundation,
for his years of service to the sport of auto racing.
The 2009 season has concluded at Port Royal Speedway. Up
next is a racers flea market November 7 in the pit area
starting at 7:00 a.m. The annual awards banquet will be held
at the Port Royal Community Building, Saturday January 9,
2010 at 6:00 p.m.
AUMILLER & ASSOCIATE INSURANCE 42ND ANNUAL TUSCARORA 50
FOR SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY AB AUTO GLASS/RAMSEY'S CAR WASH
& CLEVELAND BROTHERS CATERPILLAR DEALERSHIPS-42 ENTRIES
1. Greg Hodnett, 2. Stevie Smith, 3. Daryn Pittman, 4.
Chad Layton, 5. Fred Rahmer, 6. Mark Smith, 7. Todd Shaffer,
8. Brian Montieth, 9. Donnie Kreitz, Jr., 10. Lance Dewease,
11. Mike Wagner, 12. Rick Lafferty, 13. Michael Carber, 14.
Ed Aitkin, 15. Keith Kauffman, 16. Mike Erdley, 17. Chad
Kemenah, 18. Clark Simonton, Jr., 19. Kerry Madesn, 20. Von
McGee, 21. Kevin Nouse, 22. Cody Darrah, 23. Josh Weller,
24. Dave Ely. DNS- Joey Hershey, T.J. Winegardenr, Adam
Wilt, Brent mrks, Mark Coldren, Cliff Brian, Danny Dietrich,
Robbie Stillwagon, Dave Hahn, Steve Buckwalter, Brian Leppo,
Daryl Stimeling, Cody Haas, Josh Dressler, Craig Robinson,
Tim Gladfelter, Dan Shetler, Bob Bennett.
Heat Race Winners, Kauffman, Pittman, Hodnett, Shaffer.
B-Main Winners, Madsen, Ely. B & B Mulch/Jake's Golf Carts,
Professional Building Systems/Dusty's Machine Shop/Port
Royal Speedway Dash Winner, Hodnett. Lap Leader, Hodnett,
1-50. Comfort Suites/Sleep Inn of State College, PA Hard
Charger of the race, Montieth, + 16 positions.
AB AUTO GLASS/MIKE CLECK PAVING 20 LAP LATE MODEL
FEATURE-25 ENTRIES
1. Scotty Haus, 2. Jeff Rine, 3. Mike Hess, 4. Tim
Wilson, 5. Mitch Hack, 6. Waylon Wagner, 7. Andy Haus, 8.
Gary Beward, 9. Tim Gray, 10. Scott Flickinger, 11. Jere
Wierman, 12. Bryan Sipe, 13. Eric Zembower, 14. James
Cornell, 15. Lindsay Barton, 16. Tim Burkholder, 17. Mike
Mort, 18. Chad Hollenbeck, 19. Mike Romig, 20. Tim Fedder,
21. Dylan Yoder, 22. Robbie Smith. DNS-Jack Thornton, Todd
Snook, Jason Miller.
Heat Race Winners, Beward, Flickinger, Haus. Lap Leaders,
Hess, 1-7, Haus, 8-20.
Comfort Suites/Sleep Inn of State College, PA Hard
Chargers of the race, Rine, & Wagner, + 6 positions each.
Upcoming Event, Racers Flea Market, Saturday November 7 @
7:00 a.m., speedway pit area.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY TO PRESENT 27th
ANNUAL NATIONAL OPEN FOR 410 SPRINT CARS SEPTEMBER 19
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Selinsgrove Speedway will present the
27th Annual National Open for 410 sprint cars at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 19. The 2009 edition of the 410 sprint car
Open will pay $5,000 to win and $350 to start the main
event.
The format for qualifying for the Open will include time
trials, heat races, and a B-main. The pro stock division
will compete in a 15-lap main event paying $500 to win.
Track gates will open at 5 p.m. No rain date has been set.
The Open will mark only the second appearance of the
season by the 410 sprint cars at the track. Chad Kemenah of
Findlay, Ohio, was the winner of the PA Speedweek finale on
July 5.
In last year’s race, Todd Shaffer of Millerstown set fast
time and went on to win his fourth career Open at
Selinsgrove Speedway. Shaffer has 29 career wins at the
Snyder County half-mile oval, including previous Open
victories in 1993, 1994, and 2001. Entering this weekend’s
race, Shaffer is one of central Pennsylvania’s leading
sprint car winners this season with eight feature wins.
Other past winners of the National Open include Maynard
Yingst of Linglestown (1983, 84, 85); Don Kreitz Jr. of
Sinking Spring (1986, 1992); Dave Blaney of Cortland, Ohio
(1987); Keith Kauffman of Mifflintown (1988); Doug Wolfgang
of Sioux Falls, SD (1989); Sammy Swindell of Bartlett, Tenn.
(1990); Johnny Mackison Jr. of York (1991); Fred Rahmer of
Salfordville (1995, 96, 97, 99, 2000); Greg Hodnett of York
(1998, 2004, 2007); Lance Dewease of Fayetteville (2002);
Stevie Smith of Broken Arrow, Okla. (2003); Lucas Wolfe of
Mechanicsburg (2005); and Chad Layton of Harrisburg (2006).
2009 410 Sprint Car Open Purse: 1) $5,000 2) $2,000 3)
$1,700 4) $1,500 5) $1,400 6) $1,300 7) $1,200 8) $1,100 9)
$1,050 10) $1,000 11) $900 12) $750 13) $600 14) $500 15)
$450 16) $425 17) $400 18) $375 19-24) $350
2009 410 Sprint Car Open Admissions: Adult General
Admission $20; Students (12-17) $15; Kids 11 & Under Free;
Pit Passes $25
SSP’s Sprint Car Invasion Stopped By Rain
on Saturday Night
Newberrytown, PA (September 12, 2009) – The PA Sprint
Series (PASS) invasion of Stock Car Saturday Night at the
Susquehanna Speedway Park on September 12 was cancelled due
to rain. The track was ready for action until a heavy mist
began around 3:00 p.m. After one hour, SSP management
decided that the “track was lost” and all efforts would be
futile to try and get the show in. A 2-hour power failure in
the area around 4:15 p.m. would have also created a lengthy
delay had it not been for the rain.
Racing action returns to SSP on Saturday night, September
19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Big Track for the final track points
race of the season for the Late Models, Street Stocks and
Xtreme Stocks. The 25-lap Late Model feature will pay $1,000
to the winner. The Legends Cars will also be on the card,
however their points season ends on November 1, 2009. All
SSP Outback Track participants with a license will also be
honored at during the night for their accomplishments in the
Summer Shoot-Out Series. Due to the amount of rainouts for
the Road Warrior class this season, SSP has rescheduled the
class for a non-points event on Saturday, September 19.
Once again, SSP will try to have a Hometown Heroes Night
for the fourth try this season. The previous three scheduled
nights were cancelled due to rain. The September 19 race
event will be the “Hometown Heroes” night featuring the
towns from the state of Maryland in which all fans entering
the speedway from Maryland will be admitted FREE to the
grandstands by showing proper photo identification and
filling out an information card at the ticket booth. Before
the races begin, the drivers from Maryland will have the
bring their cars to the frontstretch to meet the fans just
before the National Anthem at 6:00 p.m.
General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for Saturday
night are Adults (ages 18-59) $12.00; Young Adults (ages
11-17) & Senior Adults (60 & Older) $11.00; Children (10 &
under) are free. Pit pass prices are $22.00 with a reduced
price of $20.00 for all pit competitor license holders. The
minimum age requirement to purchase a pit pass is 12 years
of age with a copy of a birth certificate is required for
all ages 12 to 17.
Racing action returns to the SSP Outback Track on
Saturday night, September 26 at 6:00 p.m. featuring quarter
midget, kart and Speedcar racing action.
The Susquehanna Speedway Park is located off I-83 to exit
32, then 1.4 miles NW on SR382 to York Road, then 1.3 miles
south. For more information, contact the speedway offices at
(717) 292-1696 or visit online at sspracing.net. On raceday,
use the track phone at (717) 938-9170 for up-to-date
information at the “Big Track” and (717) 932-1608 for the
“Outback Track.”
The Next Wednesday Night Test & Tune is on September 16
The next Wednesday Night Test & Tune session will be on
September 16, 2009. It is open to any type of racecars
capable of competing on the 4/10 mile oval. The cost is
$12.00 per person for pit passes and a $20.00 fee for each
racecar entering the pit area ($32.00 per car & driver
combination). Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with open track
time from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. by class. Each session will
be 6 – 8 laps per session. The grandstands are open free to
the public. Each class will receive 4 to 5 rounds of 6/8
laps each or more if time permits. The fuel pumps from
Miller’s Racing Parts will not be open. Anyone needing fuel
should contact Miller’s Racing Parts directly. The main
concession stand will also be open throughout the night.
Also on Wednesday night, there will an open practice
session for quarter midgets and karts at the Outback Track
from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. under the lights. The gates will
open at 5:30 p.m. with open practice from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00
p.m. The cost will be $20.00 per driver with no charge for
anyone else entering the grandstand and “cold pit” areas.
All Outback Track participants should enter the pits from
the Kise Mill Road entrance behind turn 2 of the “Big
Track.”
Sat., September 12, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
UPCOMING SHOWS: Sat., Sept. 19, 2009 (Time Trials @ 7 PM)
- Lawrence Chevrolet Sportsman 100 - Super Sportsman, Street
Stocks & Thundercars
Sat., Sept. 26, 2009 (7 PM) - Hank Gentzler Memorial
Manufacturers Appreciation Race - 410 Sprints & Thundercars
Sat., Oct. 3, 2009 - No racing
Sat., Oct. 10, 2009 (6 PM) - 13th Annual Kenny Weld
Memorial - 410 Sprints (40 laps) & Thundercars
LINCOLN BATTLES, BUT LOSES THIRD SHOW OF THE YEAR TO THE
RAIN; Rain-out gives Hammaker first Lincoln 358 sprint point
title; 358 Championship event to be rescheduled; date to be
announced
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 9/12/09 - After running in the track
three times, Lincoln gave up and threw in the towel Saturday
night, postponing its annual 358 Sprint Car Championship
event to a date to be determined. Track master Fred Putney
had the track just about ready to go when the first of three
rainfalls struck the track shortly before 5:30 p.m. Putney
and his crew went back to work, running in the track a
second time, and then did it again after a second rainfall
arrived at about 6:45 p.m. Officials were about ready to
tell the sprint cars drivers to buckle up for heat in the
motors when rain again drenched the track at 8:15, forcing
promoters Bob and Don Leiby and Alan Kreitzer to cancel the
evening's racing program. Forty-seven "358" sprint cars, 32
Central PA Legends cars, and 20 thundercars were in the
pits. Officials had already reduced time trials to a single
lap before the program was cancelled. Though the "358"
Championship will be rescheduled at a date to be announced,
the rain gave Grantville's Dale Hammaker his first-ever
Lincoln track title by 165 points over Glenndon Forsythe,
with defending track champ Jeff Rohrbaugh finishing third in
points, 180 behind Hammaker. With all big shows remaining,
promoters were unsure whether the Legends could be
rescheduled. An announcement regarding the date of the 358
championship event will be made later this week. Next
Saturday night, September 12th, Lincoln Speedway will host
the 35th running of the prestigious "Lawrence Chevrolet
Sportsman 100." Street Stocks and Thundercars will round out
the evening's racing action which will get underway with
sportsman time trials at 7 PM. Gates will open at 5 PM, with
hot laps getting underway around 6:30 PM. To get all the
latest news, results, schedule changes and rule changes,
visit Lincoln Speedway's website at
http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all the
action or pending weather conditions at Central
Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The
Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
SELINSGROVE CANCELS SEPTEMBER 12
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Selinsgrove Speedway officials
canceled tonight’s four division program of 358 sprint cars,
late models, pro stocks, and roadrunners at 4 p.m. when
persistent rain and wet pit area and track conditions
prevailed.
The sixth cancellation of the season also brought to an
end the point chases for this year’s track titles. Nate
Snyder of Halifax (358 sprint cars), Jeff Rine of Danville
(late models), Jason Smith of Williamsport (pro stocks), and
Marlin Dunham of Selinsgrove (roadrunners) will be honored
as Selinsgrove Speedway’s 2009 track champions at the annual
awards banquet at the Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel on
Nov. 14.
Selinsgrove Speedway will present the 27th Annual
National Open for 410 sprint cars at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
19. The 30-lap main event will pay $5,000 to win. Joining
the 410 sprint cars will be the pro stocks in a 15-lap main
event paying $500 to win.
The 2009 season will conclude Saturday, Sept. 26, with
the Ninth Annual Paul Stine Chevrolet Open for 358 sprint
cars at 7 p.m. The 30-lap 358 sprint car Open will pay
$3,000 to win. A scheduling change will have the roadrunners
competing in a 12-lap main event paying $200 to win in place
of the pro stocks. The Tobias Speedstrs will round out the
three-division racing card. Note that there will no pro
stock race on Sept. 26.
Williams Grove Speedway
THREE CLASSES OF RACE CARS ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 AT THE
GROVE
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- For one week only, the Saturday
Night Series will move to Friday night, September 11, at
Williams Grove Speedway. Saturday Night's top divisions, the
super sportsman cars and the 358 c.i. late models will be
joined by the speedway's premier support class, the 358 c.i.
sprints. The late model feature rained out on Saturday,
August 1, will be added to the September 11 card, which will
make this an attractive night of racing for the stock car
fans. The first heat is scheduled to start at 7:30.
September 11 will mark the second time this season that
these three highly competitive classes of race cars will
have appeared together at Williams Grove Speedway. The first
was on May 23 when the pit log was comprised of 36 sportsman
cars, 30 late models, and 28 limited sprints for a total of
94 race cars The total could easily top 100 on September 11.
In Friday competition this season the 358 c.i. sprints have
been averaging 33 cars per show and the most recent Saturday
night late model car count was 33 on August 29. Sprint car
racing will return to Williams Grove on Friday evening,
September 18. The 358s will also be on the card. An
identical program is set for September 25. The next Saturday
Night Series event is scheduled for September 26 when the
super sportsman cars will be joined by the street stocks,
4-cylinder stock cars and All American Outlaws. The
Cleveland Brothers National Open weekend for sprint cars
sanctioned by the World of Outlaws is coming up on October
2-3, and some reserved seats are still available. Credit
card orders are accepted during business hours at
717.697.5000.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY
9 September 2009
FINAL POINTS RACE OF 2009 THIS SATURDAY; SPRINT CAR &
ROADRUNNER TITLES TO BE DECIDED
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Selinsgrove Speedway will present the
final points race of the 2009 season at 7 p.m. this
Saturday, Sept. 12, featuring the 358 sprint cars, late
models, pro stocks, and roadrunners. Track gates will open
at 5 p.m.
Although Jeff Rine of Danville and Jason Smith of
Williamsport have already clinched the MAPCO Machine Shop
late model and Salem RV Center pro stock titles,
respectively, the A&A Auto Stores 358 sprint car and Byers
Built Engines/Collier Paving & Construction roadrunner
championships are anybody’s guess entering this weekend’s
racing action.
Nate Snyder of Halifax leads the 358 sprint car standings
by just 80 points over Blane Heimbach of Selinsgrove. Snyder
is one race away from clinching his first career sprint car
title, while Heimbach will be gunning for his third career
title at Selinsgrove Speedway.
TJ Stutts of Liverpool, who won his first race of the
season last Saturday and became the division’s ninth
different winner, also has a shot at his first career title
mathematically, with 320 points separating him from Snyder
in the third position.
In the roadrunner division, Marlin Dunham of Selinsgrove
leads the standings by 60 points over Mike Kiehl of Ashland.
Just 75 points behind the leader, Bob Bussey of
Northumberland and Ricky Bender of Jolliet are tied for the
third position. In all, the top eight drivers in the
standings are in contention for the roadrunner track title
this Saturday.
Rine, who wrapped up his fifth career late model title
this season, scored his ninth win of the year in last
Saturday’s Late Model Open. Entering this weekend’s race,
Rine holds a 775-point lead over two-time winner Tony Adams
of Sunbury.
Smith clinched his first career track title in the pro
stock division and holds a 480-point lead over AJ Hoffman of
Richfield going into this weekend. Both Smith and Hoffman
are tied with five features wins to date. The pro stock
division will continue racing in non-points events at the
track through Sept. 26.
In the event of a complete cancellation this Saturday due
to inclement weather, the point standings for all four
divisions will be final as of Sept. 5.
The Sept. 12 show will mark the final appearances of the
season for the late model and roadrunner divisions at the
track. Selinsgrove Speedway will present the 27th Annual
National Open for 410 sprint cars plus pro stocks on
Saturday, Sept. 19. The 2009 season will conclude with the
Ninth Annual Paul Stine Chevrolet National Open for 358
sprint cars plus pro stocks on Saturday, Sept. 26.
The Selinsgrove Speedway & Raceway Park Awards Banquet is
scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Sheraton
Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel. Banquet tickets are on sale on
race nights in the track office.
Port Royal Speedway
September 7, 2009
Port Royal, PA
Mike Wagner was perfect Monday afternoon during the Foss
Jewelers Labor Day Classic for sprint cars at Port Royal
Speedway. After 22 years of trying the Harrisonville, PA
driver added his name to the holiday win list. Wagner was
joined in post race festivities by his ailing wife who was
suffering from a touch of the flu.
" We were really good here in the feature.", began
Wagner, " I never dreamed we would win it because we haven't
been real good. The car had a lot of tilt in it (chassis set
up) but it still went."
Wagner led all 25 laps after starting on the pole. Fred
Rahmer started second and chased
Wagner the entire race. Rahmer and the rest of the field
had their opportunities, but couldn't capitalize on them.
The race was under yellow during lap three when Lance
Dewease suffered a flat tire. Dewease rejoined action and
raced from the rear of the field to finish eighth. Following
the restart, Wagner opened a huge lead over the rest of the
field. Near the mid point, Rahmer closed the gap in lapped
traffic but coulld not mount a serious challenge. Wagner's
lead was wiped out during lap 19 when Mark Smith stopped on
the speedway with engine problems. Smith was finished for
the day. Rahmer tried to slip under Wagner entering turn one
during the restart. It didn't work and Wagner maintained
control. The race was stopped during lap 22 when Cody Darrah
flipped coming out of turn four. Darrah's racer was out of
action for the day. The Red Lion, PA youngster was not
injured. Upon restarting, Rahmer again tried to slid under
Wagner entering turn one. Wagner was better off the corner
and gained track advantage over Rahmer. The move clinched
the win for Wagner. Rahmer settled for second with 2008
Labor Day champ, Todd Shaffer, third. Daryn Pittman and
Keith Kauffman completed the top five. Sixth through tenth
were Brian Leppo, Greg Hodnett, Lance Dewease, Kevin Nouse,
and Mike Erdley. Heat races for the 23 car field were won by
Rahmer and Hodnett.
The win was the second of the season for Wagner. His son,
Mike Wagner III, also scored two wins in the 305 sprint car
class this season. Wagner spoke about his families race
season. " It's been a great year, but I was getting low on
money so this ($3,000 dollar prize) will sure help out. It
always helps to start on the front row, but we were pretty
decent today."
Wagner was presented his winning trophy by Howard Foss of
Lewistown, PA.
Start Scotty Haus on the pole of a daylight race at Port
Royal Speedway and most people would have the check already
made out to the Hamburg, PA star. For 17 laps it looked as
though Haus was on his way to win no. 7 of the season. Young
Dylan Yoder of Selinsgrove, PA ended those plans by
upsetting Haus to earn his first career AB Auto Glass/Mike
Cleck Paving late model win. Yoder is the son of late model
star, Jim Yoder. The elder driver took the day off and was
helping his son in the pit area. The youngster made his
parents proud while driving the Krenn Racing no. 32 to the
winners circle. Haus finished second with Devin Friese
third. Tim Fedder and Tim Wilson rounded out the top five.
The remainder of the top ten included Jere Wierman, Jason
Miller, Waylon Wagner, Mitch Hack, and Todd Snook. Heat
races were won by Andy Haus, Friese, and Wagner. There were
27 cars.
Yoder commented following the race, " I never thought I'd
be able to get back by him (Haus) after he got the lead. His
car is so tough off the top.
Tim Krape of Bellefonte scored his second Miller Auto
Parts win of the season during pro stock competition. Krape
started on the pole and led every lap. John Heane chased
Krape the entire way. Derick Garman was third with Terry
Naugle fourth. Jim Palm was fifth. Sixth through tenth were
Devin Frey, Matt Johnson, Jess Trometter, Charles Rowe and
Darren Lucas. Naugle and Derrick Garman won qualifiers.
There were 17 cars.
Action continues Friday September 11 when the night
before the 50 for sprint cars will be presented. The top
four finishers in Friday nights race will be locked into the
Tuscarora 50.
The pro stocks are also on the card which starts at 7:00
p.m. AB Auto Glass, Ramsey's Car Wash and Cleveland Brothers
Caterpillar Dealerships are week end race sponsors. The Ab
Auto Glass/Mike Cleck Paving late models are part of
Saturday nights Tuscarora 50 program.
AUMILLER & ASSOCIATE 25 LAP LABOR DAY CLASSIC FOR SPRINT
CARS-PRESENTED BY FOSS JEWELERS, RAMSEY'S CAR WASH, &
CLEVELAND BROTHERS CATERPILLAR DEALERSHIPS-23 ENTRIES
1. Mike Wagner, 2. Fred Rahmer, 3. Todd Shaffer, 4. Daryn
Pittman, 5. Keith Kauffman, 6. Brian Leppo, 7. Greg Hodnett,
8. Lance Dewease, 9. Kevin Nouse, 10. Mike erdley, 11. daryl
Stimeling, 12. Cliff Brian, 13. T.J. Winegardner, 14. Joey
Hershey, 15. Troy Fraker, 16. Cody Darrah, 17. Mark Smith,
18. Clark Simonton, Jr., 19. Craig Robinson, 20. Bob Howard,
21. Bob Bennett. DNS-Josh Wells, Rick Lafferty.
Heat Race Winners, Rahmer, Hodnett. Lap Leader, Wagner
1-25.
AB AUTO GLASS/MIKE CLECK PAVING 20 LAP LATE MODEL
FEATURE-27 ENTRIES
1. Dylan Yoder, 2. Scotty Haus, 3. Devin Friese, 4. Tim
Fedder, 5. Tim Wilson, 6. Jere Wierman, 7. Jason Miller, 8.
Waylon Wagner, 9. Mitch Hack, 10. Todd Snook, 11. Andy Haus,
12. Tim Murphy, 13. Lindsay Barton, 14. Bryan Sipe, 15. Tim
Gray, 16. Matt Murphy, 17. Mike Romig, 18. Leo Bomboy, 19.
Kyle Rhoades, 20. Gary Beward, 21. Jack Thornton, 22. Mike
Mort, 23. Scott Flickinger. DNS-Bud Barton, Mike Lupfer,
Derick Garman, Mike Hess.
Heat Race Winners, Andy Haus, Friese, Wagner. Lap
Leaders, Scotty Haus, 1-17, Yoder, 18-20
MILLER AUTO PARTS 15 LAP PRO STOCK FEATURE-17 ENTRIES
1. Tim Krape, 2. John Heane, 3. Derick Garman, 4. Terry
Naugle, 5. Jim Palm, 6. Devin Frey, 7. Matt Johnson, 8. Jess
Trometter, 9. Charles Rowe, 10. Darren Lucas, 11. Ken Stitt,
Jr., 12. Harold Ranck Jr., 13. Dan Allbeck, 14. Shane
Garman, 15. Brad Trump. DNS-Galen Palm, Mike Palm.
Heat Race Winners, Naugle, Derick Garman. Lap Leader,
Krape, 1-15.
Up coming events, Friday & Saturday September 11 & 12,
Two day Tuscarora 50 sprint car program. (pro stocks,
Friday), (late models, Saturday)
Williams Grove Speedway
September 6, 2009
SUNDAY: FIRST FOR FAST FREDDIE IN BILLY KIMMEL MEMORIAL
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Fred Rahmer finally scored his first
victory of the season in sprint car competition at Williams
Grove Speedway by winning the 25-lap Billy Kimmel Memorial
Sunday night. Rick Barr became the first repeat winner in
super sportsman competition and Cory Haas won the 20-lap 358
c.i. sprint feature. Rahmer's victory didn't come easily. He
started eighth in the 24-car field and didn't crack the top
five until lap nine. Steve Buckwalter took the early lead
and set a blistering pace until mechanical problems sent him
to the pits on lap ten giving the lead to Alan Krimes.
Rahmer came from fourth to second on a tenth lap restart and
began to chase the leader. The winning move came when Rahmer
drove through the middle of turns one and two and took the
lead on the backstretch. He earned $3570 including lap and
bonus money for his 80th career win at Williams Grove
Speedway. Rahmer also extended a remarkable skein to 20
consecutive winning years at the Grove, a streak that
started in 1990. Krimes settled for second in his best
effort of the year. Mike Erdley, Greg Hodnett, who started
10th, and Adam Wilt completed the top ten ahead of Brian
Leppo, Cody Darrah, Mark Smith, Don Kreitz, Jr. and Rick
Lafferty Heats for the 26 sprint cars in competition were
won by Lafferty, Steve Buckwalter and Krimes. Keith Kauffman
won the consolation race. Barr led every inch of the way in
the sportsman feature after starting on the outside of row
one. Frankie Herr came from the 11th starting position to
challenge Scott Dellinger for the runnerup spot at the
finish. There was contact between the two and Herr hit the
fence hard, but slid across the line in third place ahead of
Dylan Cisney and Dave Socks. Sportsman heats went to Barr
and Dellinger. There were 36 sportsman entries. Haas started
8th in the 358 c.i. feature and took the lead from Blane
Heimbach on lap 14. It was the 13th career win and second of
the season for the division point leader. Mark Freeland,
Chad Criswell and Billy Johns completed the top five. Kyle
Moody and Pat Cannon won the 358 c.i. sprint heats. There
were 36 limited sprints in the pit area.
Williams Grove Speedway Feature Finishes - September 6,
2009
Sprint Car Feature - 25 laps - 1. Fred Rahmer, 2. Alan
Krimes, 3. Mike Erdley, 4. Greg Hodnett, 5. Adam Wilt, 6.
Brian Leppo, 7. Cody Darrah, 8. Mark Smith, 9. Don Kreitz,
Jr., 10. Rick Lafferty, 11, Lance Dewease, 12. Dave Ely, 13.
Brent Marks, 14. Brian Montieth, 15. Keith Kauffman, 16.
Bill Stine, 17. Randy Baughman, 18. Troy Fraker, 19. Daryn
Pittman, 20. Chad Layton, 21. Steve Buckwalter, 22. Todd
Shaffer, 23. Doug Dodson, 24. Bob Bennett
Super Sportsman Feature - 20 laps - 1. Rick Barr, 2.
Scott Dellinger, 3. Frankie Herr, 4. Dylan Cisney, 5. Dave
Socks, 6. Mike Enders, 7. Russ Mitten, 8. Chad Criswell, 9.
Jay Fannasy, 10. Leroy Martin, 11. Duaine Smith, 12. Rich
Eichelberger, 13. Joey Biasi, 14. Raymond Myers, 15. Stan
Wanner, 16. Ryan Rupp, 17. Paul Miller, 18. Carmen Perigo,
19. Steve Wilbur, 20. Lanny Hake, 21. Jason Fry, 22. Gregg
Foster, 23. Aaron Eichelberger, 24. Bobby Hockenberry
358 c.i. Sprint Car Feature - 20 laps - 1. Cory Haas, 2.
Blane Heimbach, 3. Mark Freeland, 4. Chad Criswell, 5. Billy
Johns, 6. Frankie Herr, 7. Scott Geesey, 8. Nicole Bower, 9.
Eric Tomecek, 10. Pat Cannon, 11. Rich Eichelberger, 12.
Glenndon Forsythe, 13. Todd Reed, 14. Kyle Moody, 15. Steve
Fannasy, 16. Chris Shuttlesworth, 17. Tim Berkheimer, 18.
Billy Schoffstall, 19. Jay Galloway, 20. Ricky Stonebraker,
21. Nate Hammaker, 22. Ryan Kissinger, 23. Matt Boland, 24.
Jason Clauss
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY
5 September 2009 Steve Inch
STUTTS STOPS CANNON’S WINNING STREAK IN SPRINTS; RINE
DOMINATES FOR FOURTH CAREER LATE MODEL OPEN WIN
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – TJ Stutts of Liverpool returned to
Victory Lane Saturday night at Selinsgrove Speedway for the
first time since 2006, when he won two 410 sprint car races,
for his 11th career 358 sprint car win in the division’s
25-lap main event.
Stutts, driving the Mountain View Travel No. 2T, became
the ninth different 358 sprint car winner this season.
Currently in the third position in the A&A Auto Stores
standings, Stutts is a title contender in the third position
behind Nate Snyder of Halifax and Blane Heimbach of
Selinsgrove entering the final points race of the season
next Saturday.
Jeff Rine of Danville was the night’s fast qualifier for
the 11th Annual Late Model Open with a lap time of 20.257
seconds (94 mph). Rine then turned in a dominating
performance for his ninth win of the season in the 30-lap,
$3,000-to-win contest. It marked the fourth time that Rine
had won the Open.
Kyle Bachman of Selinsgrove scored his 30th career pro
stock win in the division’s 15-lap feature, while Ricky
Bender of Jolliett was awarded his eighth win of the season
in the 12-lap roadrunner race when Kyle Miller’s race car
failed a post-race technical inspection.
Selinsgrove Speedway will present a four division show of
358 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks, and roadrunners at
7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.
A two-car collision involving Shannon Mausteller and Nyle
Berkes occurred in turn two on the start of the sprint car
feature. When the race restarted, polesitter Charlie
Anderson powered into the early lead with second-place
starter Josh Beard and ninth-place starter Davie Franek in
pursuit.
On a lap four restart, eighth-place starter Matt Heimbach
advanced to fourth, while seven-time winner and 12th-place
starter Pat Cannon moved into fifth. On a lap eight restart,
Cannon horsepowered his way into the third position while a
close battle for the lead unfolded between Anderson and
Franek.
TJ Stutts, who started 10th, rocketed into the top five
and passed Cannon for third at the halfway point. Showing a
lot of speed, Stutts drove by Anderson and Franek for the
lead using the outside lane entering turn one on the 14th
circuit.
With seven laps remaining, Cannon moved into the second
position and began to reel in Stutts in traffic to no avail.
At the finish, Stutts was victorious by 1.6 seconds over
Cannon, Franek, 19th-place starter Phil Walter, and
11th-place starter Blane Heimbach.
Second-place starter Gary Beward led the first lap of the
late model feature. On a lap two restart, fourth-place
starter Jeff Rine wheeled his championship car into the lead
with an inside pass off of turn four. Once in front of the
field, Rine quickly stretched his lead, and by lap 15 had
lapped the field up to the 10th position.
While Rine was storming around the half-mile oval at
break-neck speeds, a duel for second unfolded Beward,
polesitter Donnie Schick, and third-place starter Tony
Adams. On the 21st circuit, Adams moved into second and
attempted to reel in Rine in heavy lapped traffic, only to
make contact with the third turn wall on lap 23.
When the race resumed, Rine distanced himself from the
field and posted a three-second margin of victor over
Beward, 12th-place starter Tim Wilson, sixth-place starter
Dylan Yoder, and Adams, who rebounded into the top five.
The pro stock feature turned out to be one of the most
exciting of the season. Polesitter Kyle Parsons drove into
the lead at the drop of the green flag. On the fourth
circuit, eighth-place starter Dan Jensen took command of the
field with fourth-place starter Gerald Kratzer and
third-place starter Kyle Bachman in pursuit.
The second half of the event was a war on wheels between
Jensen and Kratzer. On the 11th circuit, Kratzer was scored
as the leader, but Jensen quickly reclaimed the front spot.
On the final lap, Kratzer attempted to make the winning
using the inside lane exiting turn two. When the two lead
cars hooked together, they both made an impact with the
backstretch wall, causing Jensen’s to flip over. Both
drivers escaped injury.
Bachman inherited the lead and went on to win the race
over Shaun Miller, AJ Hoffman, track champion Jason Smith,
and Matt Johnson.
Second-place starter Kyle Miller powered into the lead at
the start of the roadrunner feature. Miller was chased by
fifth-place starter Eric Pinkerton until the fifth circuit
when ninth-place starter and leading feature winner Ricky
Bender moved into the second position.
The final laps saw Bender reel in Miller, while
Pinkerton, eighth-place starter and point leader Marlin
Dunham, and seventh-place starter Mike Kiehl raced in the
top five. At the finish, Miller took the checkered flag 1.68
seconds ahead of Bender. Miller’s car, however, failed a
post-race technical inspection and the win was awarded to
Bender.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY – 5 September 2009 358
Sprint Cars – 31 Entries 25-Lap A-Main: 1) 2T TJ Stutts 2) 3
Pat Cannon 3) 4R Davie Franek 4) 5 Phil Walter 5) 12 Blane
Heimbach 6) 14 Matt Heimbach 7) 71C Charlie Anderson 8) 19
Colby Womer 9) 5B Josh Beard 10) 63 Mike Walter 11) 56 Nate
Snyder 12) 37 Scott Flammer 13) 34 Austin Reed 14) 16H Matt
Horst 15) 66 Ryan Kissinger 16) 71 Jessica Anderson 17) 28
Chuck Paige 18) 42 Alan Spriggle 19) 81 Bob Beidleman 20)
17M Mark Manieri Jr. 21) 2 Chris Borich 22) 77 Derek Locke
23) 21 Shannon Mausteller 24) 99B Nyle Berkes Heat Winners:
Charlie Anderson, Josh Beard, Matt Heimbach Consolation
Winner: Phil Walter Late Models – 23 Entries 30-Lap Open: 1)
2J Jeff Rine $3,000 2) 19 Gary Beward 3) 3 Tim Wilson 4) 32
Dylan Yoder 5) 88 Tony Adams 6) 77 Randy Burkholder 7) 0
Brett Schadel 8) 6 Donnie Schick 9) 99 Jeff Smith 10) 27
Bobby Stokes 11) 45 Eric Hons 12) 99Z Dave Zona 13) 98 Bobby
Croop 14) 90 Kyle Rhoads 15) 51 Dave Graber 16) 7M Meade
Hahn 17) M1 Mike Mort 18) 23B Donnie Murphy 19) 12C Steve
Campbell 20) 115 Troy Miller 21) 3 Robbie Smith 22) 0 Ryan
Nearhood 23) F1 Coleby Frye DNS Heat Winners: Jeff Rine,
Tony Adams, Gary Beward Time Trials: 1) Jeff Rine 20.257 2)
Tony Adams 20.345 3) Gary Beward 21.003 4) Donnie Schick
21.009 5) Brett Schadel 21.053 6) Dylan Yoder 21.178 7)
Bobby Croop 21.278 8) Steve Campbell 21.314 9) Randy
Burkholder 21.329 10) Bobby Stokes 21.359 11) Jeff Smith
21.472 12) Tim Wilson 21.505 13) Eric Hons 21.532 14) Dave
Zona 21.845 15) Robbie Smith 21.859 16) Dave Graber 22.049
17) Meade Hahn 22.099 18) Troy Miller 22.182 19) Donnie
Murphy 23.184 20) Ryan Nearhood 23.369 21) Mike Mort 23.636
22) Kyle Rhoads 22.280 (DQ) 23) Coleby Frye No Time Pro
Stocks – 18 Entries 15-Lap A-Main: 1) 70G Kyle Bachman 2)
115 Shaun Miller 3) 19 AJ Hoffman 4) 28 Jason Smith 5) 44
Matt Johnson 6) 12 Doug Minium 7) 19H Larry Hare 8) 99H
Peanut Heintzelman 9) 34 Hank Steffen 10) 64 Cody McFadden
11) 6 Dan Jensen 12) 10 Gerald Kratzer 13) 28J Jeff Ceballo
14) 28P Kyle Parsons 15) 71 Kurt Wray 16) 85 Terry Lauver
17) 99S Ken Stitt Jr. 18) 06 Frank Reisser Heat Winners:
Kyle Bachman, Gerald Kratzer Roadrunners – 18 Entries 12-Lap
A-Main: 1) 29B Ricky Bender (awarded win) 2) 37 Erick
Pinkerton 3) 69 Marlin Dunham 4) 21K Mike Kiehl 5) 76 Bob
Bussey 6) 11B Keith Bissinger 7) 201 Brian Johnson 8) 00
Cory Long 9) 70J John Schreffler 10) 7 Butch Shaffer 11) 77J
Jeff Swanger 12) 77 Scott Dunham Jr. 13) 69 Marlin Dunham
14) 32 Ken Schreffler 15) 41 Dennis Conrad 16) 12JR Doug
Minium Jr. 17) 5 Dave Adams 18) 1 Kyle Miller DQ Heat
Winners: Brian Johnson, Kyle Miller
Sat., September 5, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA Fisher Auto Parts Night
UPCOMING SHOWS: Sat., Sept. 12, 2009 (Time Trials @ 7 PM)
- 358 Sprint Championship, Thundercars & Central PA Legends
(Final points race for 358 Sprints)
Sat., Sept. 19, 2009 (Time Trials @ 7 PM) - Lawrence
Chevrolet Sportsman 100 - Super Sportsman, Street Stocks &
Thundercars
Sat., Sept. 26, 2009 (7 PM) - Hank Gentzler Memorial
Manufacturers Appreciation Race - 410 Sprints & Thundercars
"BIG BLOCK" WEAVER WINS CAREER FIRST, MONTIETH CLAIMS
SECOND STRAIGHT LINCOLN TITLE; Paul Miller takes second tour
win in super sportsman; Wagaman wins second of year in late
model finale; Knaub wins second straight title
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 9/5/09 - In a racing career that began
as a gopher in the shop of Van May, Shawn "Big Block" Weaver
achieved a life-long goal in winning his first sprint car
feature at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night. "That was my
goal to win," said a jubilant Weaver in victory lane, "I
don't need to win a hundred of 'em. One is probably good
enough and this'll probably be my last race this year. I
figured I'd go home on a high note and we'll see what we do
next year." After a red flag for a flipping Josh Wells on
the front stretch of the initial start, Weaver grabbed the
lead at the drop of the green on the restart and led every
lap, crossing .75 seconds ahead of eighth-starting and
fast-closing Adam Wilt in a non-stop feature that took six
minutes, 46.602 seconds. Wilt took second from polesitter
Randy Baughman in turns three and four of lap 12, and at the
time was more than three seconds behind the Meadowbrook Auto
Sales/Neil Smith Auto Repair/Quick Fix #69. He fell to
almost five seconds behind Weaver over the next four laps
before beginning his late-race charge. But Weaver held his
line as he and Wilt drove away from the field over the final
five laps. "We started up front, and the Vinny told me to
make smooth laps and you're gonna' drive away from them, and
he was right," said Weaver in the middle of one of the
largest victory lane crowds in recent years, "This is very
special to have Van (May) here. I learned everything I know
from him. I never got my picture taken with him in victory
lane when he won, but tonight he can get his picture taken
with me, and I appreciate it." There was plenty of action in
behind. Two-time winner Danny Dietrich came from 16th
starting spot to catch Baughman for third on the final lap,
with Baughman settling for fourth and Chad Trout fifth.
Completing the top ten were 12th-starting Brian Montieth,
24th-starting Cody Darrah, 14th-starting Fred Rahmer, Alan
Krimes, and Mark Smith. Montieth's sixth-place finish
combined with Krimes' ninth-place finish gave Montieth his
second straight Lincoln Speedway track title by 25 points on
a season long scale of 7-thousand points. Heats for the 31
"410" Sprints were won by Baughman, Shawn Weaver, and Aaron
Ott, with Josh Wells winning the consolation.
Fawn Grove's Paul Miller drove by polesitter and
race-long leader Lanny Hake on the 12th lap and drove away
to his first Lincoln Speedway win of 2009 in the 25-lap
Super Sportsman feature. Hake led from the outset as
fifth-starting Miller drove past Scott Dellinger and Steve
Wilbur on the fifth lap to move into third behind Hake and
outside frontrow starter Dave Berkheimer. Miller continued
his charge to the front by getting by Berkheimer for second
on seventh lap. Miller made his race-winning move around
Hake following a 12th lap restart and pulled away over the
final half of the race to earn his second Sportsman Tour
race of the season. Carmen Perigo Jr. came from 12th to
finish third, with Bobby Hockenberry coming from 10th to
finish fourth, and Gregg Foster came from 13th to finish
fifth. Completing the top-10 were Rich Eichelberger (started
21st), Hake, Frankie Herr (started 23rd), Ryan Rupp, Scott
Dellinger, and Doug Hendricks. Heats for the 42 Super
Sportsman were won by Hake, Wilbur, Berkheimer, and Rupp.
Twin consolations were won by Rick Barr and Jason Fry.
Gettysburg's Craig Wagaman came from his ninth starting
spot to pass race-long leader Travis Beaver for the lead on
the fifth lap and then held off a furious charge by Gene
Knaub in great side-by-side battle over the final five laps
to pick up his second win of the year in the 20-lap 358 Late
Model feature. Knaub, by finishing second in their final
event of 2009 at the Pigeon Hills oval, picked-up his second
consecutive track championship. Jake Lettick, Bobby Beard,
and Bernie Beard finished third through fifth respectively.
Completing the top-10 were Mike Walls, Travis Beaver, Matt
Nailor, Ron Little Sr., Bob Stough. Heats for the 24 "358"
Late Models were won by Mike Walls, Bernie Beard, and Jake
Lettich.
Next Saturday night, September 12th, the battle for
Keizer Aluminum Wheels 358 Sprint Lincoln Speedway track
championship will come down to the final race of the year
for the 358 Sprints. The final event of the 2009 season for
the 358 Sprints at Lincoln Speedway will be special
championship event with time trials determining starting
positions starting at 7 PM. The Thundercars will also
continue their battle for the track championship as they
continue to jockey for valuable points which will
undoubtedly go down to their final event of the season. The
Central PA Legends will round out the evening's racing
action with their final appearance of 2009 at the Pigeon
Hills oval. Gates will open at 5 PM, with hot laps getting
underway around 6:30 PM, and 358 Sprint time trials
commencing at 7 PM. To get all the latest news, results,
schedule changes and rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's
website at http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date
on all the action or pending weather conditions at Central
Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The
Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
RACE RESULTS Sat., September 5, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA Fisher Auto Parts Night 410 SPRINT S Feature
(25 laps) - 1. 69-Shawn "Big Block" Weaver ($3,000); 2.
15-Adam Wilt; 3. 88-Danny Dietrich; 4. 3B-Randy Baughman; 5.
7C-Chad Trout; 6. 21-Brian Montieth; 7. 89-Cody Darrah; 8.
51-Fred Rahmer; 9. 87-Alan Krimes; 10. 7M-Mark Smith; 11.
65-Johnny Mackison Jr.; 12. 59-Jimmy Siegel; 13. 30C-Lance
Dewease; 14. 17-Daryn Pittman; 15. 17E-Cris Eash; 16.
39-Brent Marks; 17. 7-Ed Aikin; 18. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.;
19. 71-Brian Leppo (DNF); 20. 39T-Tim Glatfelter (DNF); 21.
23-Todd Rittenhouse Jr. (DNF); 22. 25-Aaron Ott (DNF); 23.
X-Bobby Weaver (DNF); 24. 6W-Josh Wells (DNF). Time -
6:46.602
Lap Leaders - Shawn Weaver (1-25)
1st Heat (10 laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 3B-Randy Baughman;
2. 7-Ed Aikin; 3. 65-Johnny Mackison Jr,; 4. 21-Brian
Montieth; 5. X-Bobby Weaver; 6. 88-Danny Dietrich; 7.
6W-Josh Wells; 8. 17-Daryn Pittman; 9. 11C-Cory Haas; 10.
26-Pat Cooper; 11. 55Z-Mark Zimmerman. Time - 2:25.963
2nd Heat (10 laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 69-Shawn Weaver; 2.
7C-Chad Trout; 3. 17E-Cris Eash; 4. 7M-Mark Smith; 5.
51-Fred Rahmer; 6. 23-Todd Rittenhouse Jr.; 7. 39-Brent
Marks; 8. 98-Niki Young; 9. 43-Doug Dodson; 10. 89-Cody
Darrah (DNF). Time - 2:27.602
3rd Heat (10 laps/6 to qualify) -1. 25-Aaron Ott; 2.
15-Adam Wilt; 3. 71-Brian Leppo; 4. 87-Alan Krimes; 5.
16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 6. 39T-Tim Glatfelter; 7. 59-Jim
Siegel; 8. 30C-Lance Dewease; 9. 47J-Jeff Busby; 10. 4-John
Rudisill (DNF). No Time
Consolation (10 laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 6W-Josh Wells; 2.
17-Daryn Pittman; 3. 39-Brent Marks; 4. 30C-Lance Dewease;
5. 59-Jimmy Siegel; 6. 89-Cody Darrah; 7. 11C-Cory Haas; 8.
98-Niki Young; 9. 43-Doug Dodson; 10. 47J-Jeff Busby; 11.
26-Pat Cooper; 12. 4-John Rudisill; 13. 55Z-Mark Zimmerman.
Time - 2:34.180
358 LATE MODELS Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 30-Craig Wagaman;
2. 1-Gene Knaub; 3. 17-Jake Lettick; 4. 81S-Bobby Beard; 5.
24-Bernie Beard; 6. 1W-Mike Walls; 7. 21B-Travis Beaver; 8.
19-Matt nailor; 9. 87-Ron Little Sr.; 10. 07-Bob Stough; 11.
11-Dave Sokoloski; 12. 78-John Ebersole; 13. 99W-Chaz Walls;
14. 21J-John Baker; 15. 15-Jared Miller; 16. M1-Roy Miller;
17. 08-Zack Kauffman; 18. 7-Todd Leonard; 19. 83-Cody
Fairchok; 20. 12J-Nat Tuckey (DNF); 21. 6X-DJ Groft (DNF);
22. 96-Cory Hauck (DNF); 23. 28-Mike Spangler (DNF); 24.
5H-Matt Henry (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders - Travis Beaver (1-4), Craig Wagaman (5-20)
1st Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 1W-Mike Walls; 2.
19-Matt Nailor; 3. 6X-D.J. Groft; 4. 30-Craig Wagaman; 5.
99W-Chaz Walls; 6. 07-Bob Stough; 7. 83-Cody Fairchok; 8.
15-Jared Miller. Time - 2:24.93
2nd Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 24-Bernie Beard; 2.
1-Gene Knaub; 3. 21B-Travis Beaver; 4. 28-Mike Spangler; 5.
96-Cory Hauck; 6. 11-Dave Sokoloski; 7. 08-Zack Kauffman; 8.
7-Todd Leonard. No Time
3rd Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 17-Jake Lettich; 2.
81S-Bobby Beard; 3. 5H-Matt Henry; 4. 78-John Ebersole; 5.
21J-John Baker; 6. 87-Ron Little Sr.; 7. M1-Roy Miller; 8.
12J-Nat Tuckey. No Time
SUPER SPORTSMAN Feature (25-Laps) - 1. 58-Paul Miller; 2.
93-Carmen Perigo Jr.; 3. 25-Bobby Hockenberry; 4. 32-Gregg
Foster; 5. 8-Rich Eichelberger; 6. 91-Lanny Hake; 7.
99-Frankie Herr; 8. 33-Ryan Rupp; 9. 30-Scott Dellinger; 10.
80-Doug Hendricks; 11. 55H-Danny Hager; 12. 3B-Mike Enders;
13. 00-Rick Barr; 14. 55-Chad Criswell; 15. 9K-Raymond
Myers; 16. 59-Steve Wilbur; 17. 5B-Dave Berkheimer; 18.
5C-Dylan Cisney; 19. 30R-Duaine Smith (DNF); 20. 340-Smokey
Snellbaker (DNF); 21. 6-Phil Griffith (DNF); 22. 77W-Tom
Wyckoff (DNF); 23. 20-Eric Eckert (DNF); 24. 10-Jason Fry
(DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders - Lanny Hake (1-11), Paul Miller (12-25)
1st Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 91-Lanny Hake; 2.
93-Carmen Perigo Jr.; 3. 58-Paul Miller; 4. 32-Gregg Foster;
5. 64-Stan Wanner; 6. 00-Rick Barr; 7. 99-Frankie Herr; 8.
222-Jay Fannasy; 9. 71K-Adrian Shaffer; 10. 35-Gary
Johnston; 11. 77-Russ Mitten. No Time
2nd Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 59-Steve Wilbur; 2.
3B-Mike Enders; 3. 80-Doug Hendricks; 4. 340-Smokey
Snellbaker; 5. 8-Rich Eichelberger; 6. 4-John Stoner; 7.
66-Leroy Martin; 8. 55-Chad Criswell; 9. 1st-Tom Tomasko;
10. 85-Jared Miller. No Time
3rd Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 5B-Dave Berkheimer;
2. 25-Bobby Hockenberry; 3. 25-Eric Eckert; 4. 77W-Tom
Wyckoff; 5. 9G-Dave Martin; 6. 88-Aaron Eichelberger; 7.
55H-Danny Hager; 8. 9K-Raymond Myers; 9. 03-John Snook; 10.
17B-Joe Bryson; 11. 45-Dave Socks. No Time
4th Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 33-Ryan Rupp; 2.
30R-Duaine Smith; 3. 30-Scott Dellinger; 4. 6-Phil Griffith;
5. 10-Jason Fry; 6. 5C-Dylan Cisney; 7. 88W-Eric Walker; 8.
147-Lee Taylor; 9. 17D-Jim Davis; 10. 888-John Wolfe. No
Time
1st Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 00-Rick Barr;
2. 55-Chad Criswell; 3. 8-Rich Eichelberger; 4. 99-Frankie
Herr; 5. 4-John Stoner; 6. 64-Stan Wanner; 7. 77-Russ
Mitten; 8. 66-Leroy Martin; 9. 71K-Adrian Shaffer; 10.
1st-Tom Tomasko; 11. 35-Gary Johnston; 12. 85-Jared Miller;
13. 222-Jay Fannasy. No Time
2nd Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 10-Jason Fry;
2. 55H-Danny Hager; 3. 9K-Raymond Myers; 4. 5C-Dylan Cisney;
5. 88-Aaron Eichelberger; 6. 45-Dave Socks; 7. 88W-Eric
Walker; 8. 147-Lee Taylor; 9. 17B-Joe Bryson; 10. 9G-Dave
Martin; 11. 17D-Jim Davis; 12. 03-John Snook; 13. 888-John
Wolfe. No Time
Williams Grove Speedway
SUNDAY NIGHT: SPRINTS, 358s,
SPORTSMAN FOR BILLY KIMMEL MEMORIAL
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- The
Billy Kimmel Memorial will be presented on Sunday evening,
September 6, at Williams Grove Speedway. This event is named
to honor the memory of the late Mechanicsburg resident, who
was fatally injured in a racing accident at Williams Grove
two years ago on the eve of Labor Day. Sprint car racing
will be the featured attraction on Sunday night with 358
c.i. sprints and super sportsman cars also on the card,
giving fans a rare opportunity to see all three of the
Grove's top open wheel divisions on the same program. While
the usual handicapping procedure will be in effect for the
sprint cars, two unique formats will be used for the other
two divisions. The top ten drivers in the super sportsman
point standings will be locked into their feature and will
be comprise rows two through six in the starting lineup.
They will be inverted with the point leader starting twelfth
and the tenth-ranked driver starting third. The remainder of
the field will be divided into two qualifying races. The
qualifying races will be lined up with the high point
drivers starting at the front of each race. The winners of
the qualifying races will earn front row starting positions
for the feature. The remaining qualifiers will fill rows
seven through twelve in the feature lineup. The 358s will
have the top 12 drivers locked into the feature. A draw for
inversion will set the first six rows of the starting
lineup. The remainder of the entrants willl be split for two
qualifying races. The top six in each will complete the
feature lineup. Some friends of Billy Kimmel are organizing
a white-out in his honor and are requesting fans to wear
white shirts if possible on Sunday night. White racing
T-shirts would be very appropriate. The first heat is
scheduled to start at 7:00.
Williams Grove Speedway
September 4, 2009
FRIDAY NIGHT: DARYN PITTMAN WINS TWO, GREG HODNETT ONE
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Greg Hodnett won the first, but
Daryn Pittman got the next two to take the Jack Gunn
Memorial title in the Triple 20s for sprint cars Friday
night at Williams Grove Speedway. In the first feature
Hodnett was on the pole for the original start, but was
moved back a row for taking off early. Brian Leppo then came
off the pole to take the early lead before Donnie Kreitz
took over with an inside move through turn four on lap
three. Hodnett got by Leppo on lap 12 and one lap later
drove by Kreitz on the inside exiting turn four. Once in
front Hodnett rolled to his fourth win of the season making
him the speedway's leading feature winner in 2009. It was
the 41st of his career at the Grove. Kreitz settled for
second with Leppo third. Todd Shaffer was fourth and Mark
Smith completed the top five ahead of Lance Dewease, Brian
Montieth, Alan Krimes, Aaron Ott and Daryn Pittman, The top
ten finishers were inverted for feature number two with
Pittman on the pole. The ex-Outlaw from Owasso, OK, took the
lead at the start with Ott second and Montieth third.
Montieth moved into the runnerup spot on lap four and began
to chase the leader. Montieth closed rapidly during the last
two laps. He made two bids for the lead including a last
ditch effort on the final corner which fell a scant 0.147
short. Dewease, Smith, Ott, Fred Rahmer, Krimes, Hodnett,
Kreitz and Cody Darrah completed the top ten. Pittman
started fifth in the nightcap and was up to third on the
first lap. He took second place when Kreitz headed pitside
on lap six, then grabbed the lead from Smith on a seventh
lap restart by sliding across the track between turns one
and two. Once in front Pttman managed to hold off Smith and
third-place Montieth to score his fifth career win at
Williams Grove and pushed his earnings for the night to
$7800. Hodnett was fourth. Fred Rahmer came from the tenth
starting spot to complete the top five. Darrah came from
12th to finish sixth just inches behind Rahmer. Dewease,
Shaffer, Kevin Nouse and Leppo completed the top ten. Fast
time in qualifications for the 30 cars in competion was set
by Kreitz with a lap of 16.759. Heats were won by Rahmer and
Mike Erdley.
Williams Grove Speedway Feature Finishes - September 4,
2009
First 20-lap Sprint Car Feature - 1. Greg Hodnett, 2. Don
Kreitz, Jr., 3. Brian Leppo, 4. Todd Shaffer, 5. Mark Smith,
6. Lance Dewease, 7. Brian Montieth, 8. Alan Krimes, 9.
Aaron Ott, 10. Daryn Pittman, 11. Chad Layton, 12. Fred
Rahmer, 13. Mike Erdley, 14. Kevin Nouse, 15. Cody Darrah,
16. Cory Haas, 17. Steve Buckwalter, 18. Brent Marks, 19.
Rick Lafferty, 20. Josh Weller, 21. A. J. Michael, 22. Chris
Meleason, 23. Doug Dodson, 24. Adam Wilt
Second 20-lap Sprint Car Feature - 1. Pittman, 2.
Montieth, 3. Dewease, 4. Smith, 5. Ott, 6. Rahmer, 7.
Krimes, 8. Hodnett, 9. Kreitz, 10. Darrah, 11. Shaffer, 12.
Leppo, 13. Nouse, 14. Layton, 15. Weller, 16. Haas, 17.
Wilt, 18. Meleason, 19. Michael, 20. Dodson, 21. Marks, 22.
Buckwalter, 23. Erdley, 24. Lafferty
Third 20-lap Sprint Car Feature - 1. Pittman, 2. Smith,
3. Montieth, 4. Hodnett, 5. Rahmer, 6. Darrah, 7. Deweae, 8.
Shaffer, 9. Nouse, 10. Leppo, 11. Haas, 12. Erdley, 13.
Michael, 14. Buckwalter, 15. Ott, 16. Wilt, 17. Dodson, 18.
Kreitz, 19. Laffferty, 20. Layton, 21. Meleason, 22. Johnny
Mackison, 23. Weller, 24. Bob Bennett
BITTINGER CLAIMS FOURTH WIN OF ’09 IN
TRAIL-WAY 358 SPRINTS;
BRIAN WALLS WINS FIRST OF THE YEAR IN THUNDERCARS;
GARY CALIMER, JR. EXTREME STOCK VICTOR; BRAD KRESS TAKE
LIMITED STOCKS
Hanover, PA (9/4/09) –How wild was the racing under the
full moon at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night?
Wild enough that winner Mike Bittinger pulled into
victory lane without a front bumper. And wild enough that
Brad McClelland and Billy Dietrich tied for third at the
finish.
Bittinger kept control after contact with a spinning car
to hold onto the lead and pilot the Pancho’s Racing Products
#93 to his fourth win of the year at Trail-Way.
“I was messin’ around there at the beginning. I don’t
know what I was doing,” said a happy Bittinger after scoring
his tenth career win at the TW, “But then Brad (McClelland)
to up with me...and I’ve been told that when Brad’s there,
you drive harder.”
Bittinger started eighth and was still seventh when a red
flag came out for a flipping Doug Hammaker in turns three
and four of lap six. Hammaker was uninjured in the crash,
which also involved Cale Griffin, Brian Bruckner, Nathan
Berwager, Tim Wagaman, and Tim Stallings.
“When I went into the turns on the restart, it stuck, and
I said ‘Let’s go!’,” said Bittinger, “I kept running the top
line and then all went well until I hit lapped traffic and
started making mistakes. It’s good we had that caution later
in the race.”
Bittinger advanced from seventh on the seventh-lap
restart to third by the end of lap eight. Two laps later, he
drove around second-place Derek Sell on the back stretch and
around race-long leader Rick Horn for the lead exiting turn
four.
He led the rest of the way, despite heavy late pressure
from ninth-starting Jeff Rohrbaugh. Billy Dietrich and Brad
McClelland joined the battle late in the event and crossed
wheel-to-wheel at the finish. Officials declared the battle
for third a tie, with Austin Reed crossing fifth.
Sixth through tenth were Jessie Morrison, Logan
Schuchart, DS Diversified Services hard charger Dale
Hammaker (who started 22nd), Kyle Moody, and John Barnett.
Heats for the 34 “358” sprint cars were won by Sell,
McClelland, Reed, and Schuchart.
Keith Prutzman won the consolation event.
Brian Walls held off Sam Gallagher to claim his first
Trail-Way win of the year in the 20-lap thundercar feature.
Walls took the lead from outside front row starter Rick
Weaver on lap four and led the rest of the way. Gallagher,
who started eighth, got by Weaver for second on lap nine and
closed on Walls during some late-race cautions, but could
not make the pass.
David Prunkl crossed third, with Weaver and Justin Bittle
completing the top five.
Qualifying events for the 17 thundercars were won by
Prunkl and Brian Walls.
Gary Calimer, Jr. grabbed the lead from his second
starting spot and paced the field the whole way in the
20-lap Extreme Stock feature. Tommy Slanker came from eighth
to cross second, with Zach Myers, Jed Latshaw, and Adam
Smith completing the top five.
Heats for the 18 Extreme Stocks were won by Slanker and
Jeremy Stremmel.
Brad Kress finally got the monkey off his back and
claimed his first win since April in the 12-lap limited
stock feature. Kress started sixth and wrestled the lead
from Chad Weaver on the final lap.
Weaver settled for second, with James Myers, Jr., Robert
Nicklow, and Terry Hartlaub crossing third through fifth.
Heats for the 15 limited stocks were won by Rod Weaver
and Sarah Redmond.
Tomorrow (9/5), Trail-Way will hold a special Labor Day
show with a Junk Car Demolition race. Also on the schedule
are the Figure 8’s, Powder Puff, and Scramble Cars. Racing
begins at 6:00 p.m. with gates opening at 4:00 p.m.
Next Friday (9/11), Trail-Way will host the 358 Sprint
Cars, Thundercars, Extreme Stocks, and Limited Stocks.
Racing begins at 7:30 p.m. and the gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Next Saturday (9/12), Trail-Way will host the 600cc and
270cc Micros, Classic Cars, Scramble Cars and 4 and 6cyl.
Starlite Ovals. Racing begins at 6:30 p.m. with gates
opening at 4:30 p.m.
For all the latest news and related information from
Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway
website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and
agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final
checkered falls.
Trail-Way Speedway September 4, 2009
RACE RESULTS
358 Sprint Cars
Feature (25 Laps)
1.93-Mike Bittinger; 2.7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 3.(Tie)8-Billy
Dietrich and 6-Brad McClelland; 5.34-Austin Reed;
6.18J-Jessie Morrison; 7.1S-Logan Schuchart; 8.66-Dale
Hammaker; 9.99M-Kyle Moody; 10.15B-John Barnett; 11.28-Keith
Prutzman; 12.1-Tim Wagaman; 13.10W-Brian Bruckner;
14.65-Cale Griffin; 15.4U-Nathan Berwager; 16.99-Joe Trone,
Jr.(DNF); 17.00-Shane Smith(DNF); 18.64-Randy Whisler(DNF);
19.20S-Derek Sell(DNF); 20.59T-Tim Stallings(DNF);
21.01-Rick Horn(DNF); 22.66H-Doug Hammaker(DNF);
23.17-George Streaker, Jr.(DNF); 24.0-Steve Storrie(DNF). No
Time.
Lap Leaders- Rick Horn (1-9), Mike Bittinger (10-25).
Heat 1 (10 Laps/5 to Qualify)
1.20S-Derek Sell; 2.64-Randy Whisler; 3.1-Tim Wagaman;
4.66H-Doug Hammaker; 5.99M-Kyle Moody; 6.28-Keith Prutzman;
7.5A-Brian Allman; 8.27-Brian Suchy; 9.9-Ryan Hansen(DNF).
No Time.
Heat 2 (10 Laps/5 to Qualify)
1.6-Brad McClelland; 2.01-Rick Horn; 3.93-Mike Bittinger;
4.0-Steve Storrie; 5.10W-Brian Bruckner; 6.51-Nick
Palmerino(DNF); 7.9H-Johnny Hagen(DNF); 8.98-Randy Davis,
Jr.(DNS); 9.22-Bob Anderson(DNS). No Time.
Heat 3 (10 Laps/5 to Qualify)
1.34-Austin Reed; 2.00-Shane Smith; 3.8-Billy Dietrich;
4.;99-Joe Trone, Jr. 5.4U-Nathan Berwager; 6.17-George
Streaker, Jr.; 7.50-James Strausbaugh; 8.28H-Billy Heltzel,
Jr.. No Time.
Heat 4 (10 Laps/5 to Qualify)
1.1S-Logan Schuchart; 2.7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 3.18J-Jessie
Morrison; 4.15B-John Barnett; 5.65-Cale Griffin; 6.59T-Tim
Stallings(DNF); 7.10-Zach Shive Euculano(DNF); 8.66-Dale
Hammaker(DNF). No Time.
Consi (12 Laps/4 to Qualify)
1.28-Keith Prutzman; 2.66-Dale Hammaker; 3.17-George
Streaker, Jr.; 4.59T-Tim Stallings; 5.5A-Brian Allman;
6.28H-Billy Heltzel, Jr.; 7.50-James Strausbaugh;
8.9H-Johnny Hagen; 9.27-Brian Suchy; 10.51-Nick
Palmerino(DNF); 11.10-Zach Shive Euculano(DNS); 12.9-Ryan
Hansen(DNS); 13.98-Randy Davis, Jr.(DNS); 14.22-Bob
Anderson(DNS). No Time.
Trail-Way Speedway September 4, 2009
RACE RESULTS
Thundercars
Feature (20 Laps)
1.2W-Brian Walls; 2.25-Sam Gallagher; 3.8MD-David Prunkl;
4.70-Rick Weaver; 5.8J-Justin Bittle; 6.81J-Jamie Zentmyer;
7.53J-Josh Ulrich; 8.71-Dan Furman; 9.3-Todd Miller;
10.22-David Haught; 11.48-Allen Cullum(DNF); 12.15-Will
Walls(DNF); 13.21R-David Reever, Jr.(DNF); 14.39-Mike
Herman(DNF); 15.D9-Brian Diehl(DNF); 16.57-Brad Shank(DNF);
17.54-Kyle Martin(DNF). No Time.
Lap Leaders- Rick Weaver (1-3), Brian Walls (4-20).
Heat 1 (8 Laps/All to Qualify)
1.8MD-David Prunkl; 2.70-Rick Weaver; 3.25-Sam Gallagher;
4.81J-Jamie Zentmyer; 5.15-Will Walls; 6.22-David Haught;
7.53J-Josh Ulrich; 8.D9-Brian Diehl(DNF); 9.8J-Justin
Bittle(DNF). Time 2:33.17.
Heat 2 (8 Laps/All to Qualify)
1.2W-Brian Walls; 2.57-Brad Shank; 3.21R-David Reever,
Jr.; 4.48-Allen Cullum; 5.3-Todd Miller; 6.71-Dan
Furman(DNF); 7.54-Kyle Martin(DNF); 8.39-Mike Herman(DNF).
Time 2:31.59.
Extreme Stocks
Feature (20 Laps)
1.5M-Gary Calimer, Jr.; 2.54-Tommy Slanker; 3.94-Zach
Myers; 4.25-Jed Latshaw; 5.42-Adam Smith; 6.9-Matt Adams;
7.659H-Timothy Hahn; 8.19-Brent Hake; 9.657-Rich Day;
10.7X-Gary DeHart, Sr.; 11.7-Gerald Barnes; 12.1-Andrew
Frye(DNF); 13.99X-Jeremy Stremmel9DNF); 14.99T-Terry
Smith(DNF); 15.39-Travis Loren(DNF); 16.73-Nolan
Barshinger(DNF); 17.28M-Greg Miller(DNS); 18.5M2-Michael
Racine(DNS). No Time.
Lap Leaders- Gary Calimer, Jr. (1-20).
Heat 1 (8 Laps/All to Qualify)
1.54-Tommy Slanker; 2.5M-Gary Calimer, Jr.; 3.7X-Gary
DeHart, Sr.; 4.9-Matt Adams; 5.42-Adam Smith; 6.73-Nolan
Barshinger; 7.19-Brent Hake; 8.657-Rich Day(DNF);
9.659H-Timothy Hahn(DNF). Time 2:46.53.
Heat 2 (8 Laps/All to Qualify)
1.99X-Jeremy Stremmel; 2.1-Andrew Frye; 3.39-Travis
Loran; 4.94-Zach Myers; 5.99T-Terry Myers; 6.7-Gerald
Barnes; 7.25-Jed Latshaw(DNF); 8.28M-Greg Miller;
9.5M2-Michael Racine(DNF). No Time.
Trail-Way Speedway September 4, 2009
RACE RESULTS
Limited Stocks
Feature (12 Laps)
1.56-Brad Kress; 2.2-Chad Weaver; 3.07-James Myers, Jr.;
4.42-Robert Nicklow; 5.92-Terry Hartlaub; 6.3-Rod Weaver;
7.95-Kevin Hartlaub, Jr.; 8.6-Shannon Weaver; 9.1-Jason
Ragland; 10.19-Roy Denike; 11.25-Tim Aldridge; 12.96-Sarah
Redmond(DNF); 13.85-Wayne Blevins(DNF); 14.21-Ricky Weaver,
Jr.(DNF); 15.69-Robbie Carroll(DNF). No Time.
Lap Leaders- James Myers, Jr. (1-7), Chad Weaver (8-11),
Brad Kress (12).
Heat 1 (6 Laps/All to Qualify)
1.3-Rod Weaver; 2.2-Chad Weaver; 3.07-James Myers, Jr.;
4.95-Kevin Hartlaub, Jr.; 5.19-Roy Denike; 6.1-Jason
Ragland; 7.69-Robbie Carroll(DNF). Time 2:09.25.
Heat 2 (6 Laps/All to Qualify)
1.96-Sarah Redmond; 2.42-Robert Nicklow; 3.85-Wayne
Blevins; 4.56-Brad Kress; 5.92-Terry Hartlaub; 6.25-Tim
Aldridge; 7.21-Ricky Weaver, Jr.; 8.6-Shannon Weaver(DNF).
Time 2:09.62.
Williams Grove Speedway
FRIDAY AND SUNDAY SPRINTS ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Williams Grove Speedway will
present sprint car racing as the featured attraction on
Friday, September 4, and Sunday, September 6. One of the
season's most popular events, the Jack Gunn Memorial Triple
20s, is scheduled for September 4. A fireworks display will
also be presented. Qualifying is slated to begin at 7:45.
With nearly $40,000 on the line, the Triple 20s is one of
the major events at Williams Grove Speedway and is the
richest unsanctioned night of the season. Time trials will
lock the twelve fastest cars into the first feature. The
fastest qualifier will draw for lineup inversion. The
remainder of the field will be split into two ten-lap
qualifying races and the top five in each will transfer to
the first feature. The final two spots will go to the
highest ranking drivers in the Sutliff Auto Group point
standings who attempted to qualify but did not transfer to
the feature. The second feature will be lined up according
to the first feature finish. The winning driver will draw
for inversion. Feature number three will be lined up
according to the total dollars earned in the first two
races. The top six money winners will be inverted. The first
two 20-lap features will each pay $2500 to win. The third
feature will pay $5000, so a sweep of the Triple 20s will be
worth $10,000. No driver has ever swept a Triple 20s
program. In 2001 Todd Shaffer won the first two features,
but Fred Rahmer won the third. In 2002 Rahmer won the first
two, but Lance Dewease prevented a sweep by winning the
third. Since the format was instituted in 1999, the Triple
20s has produced three different winners eight times
including last year when Rahmer, Doug Esh and Brian Leppo
visited victory lane. Sunday, September 6, will serve as a
rain date for the Jack Gunn Memorial. If that event is run
as scheduled, the Billy Kimmel Memorial will be presented on
Sunday featuring three open wheel divisions, including
sprint cars, 358 c.i. sprints and super sportsman cars
starting at 7:00.
Williams Grove Speedway
September 1, 2009
SUMMER NATIONALS FINALE PLUS COMPLETE WoO SHOW OCTOBER 2
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- The richest weekend in the 70-year
history of Williams Grove Speedway is set for Friday and
Saturday evenings, October 2-3, when it will be possible for
a sprint car driver to win more than $78,000. Saturday
night's Cleveland Brothers National Open sanctioned by the
World of Outlaws will pay $50,000 to win, but much attention
is being focused on Friday night's program which will
include the dash and the 30-lap Summer Nationals finale
rained out on July 25. Because the Summer Nationals feature
field has been filled, the race will be run on October 2 in
addition to the scheduled World of Outlaws event. The entire
Summer Nationals purse will be paid, therefore no rain
checks from July 25 can be honored. The makeup feature will
be worth $20,000 to win. The dash finish will determine the
first ten starting positions for the Summer Nationals
feature. A complete World of Outlaws program including time
trials, heats, a C-Main, a dash, a B-main and a 25-lap
feature paying $8,000 to win will also be part of the
October 2 card. Time trials for the October 2 event will
open the night's activities followed by the Summer Nationals
dash and feature. The remainder of the scheduled October 2
WoO event will then be run. The Summer Nationals dash lineup
will find World of Outlaws star Joey Saldana on the pole
with Grove regular Cody Darrah starting alongside him on the
front row. The second row will be comprised of former
Williams Grove champions Keith Kauffman and Lance Dewease.
World of Outlaws career win winner Steve Kinser and Williams
Grove career win leader Fred Rahmer will comprise row three.
The remainder of the dash field will be filled by Craig
Dollansky, Aaron Ott, Chad Kemenah and Brian Leppo,
Positions eleven through 24 will go to Lucas Wolfe, Danny
Lasoski, Jason Meyers, Jason Sides, Greg Hodnett, Doug Esh,
Todd Shaffer, Jac Haudenschild, Stevie Smith, Chad Layton,
Kraig Kinser, Brian Montieth, Sammy Swindell and Donny
Schatz. Some reserved remain for both nights and credit card
orders are accepted during business hours at 717.697.5000.
TIM WILSON WINS THE BUTCH RENNINGER
MEMORIAL
August 30, 2009
Port Royal, PA
Tim Wilson of McClure won the 25 lap $ 2,000 dollar to
win Butch Renninger Memorial AB Auto Glass/Mike Cleck Paving
late model feature Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway.
Wilson started tenth and survived numerous caution periods
during the lengthy event. Mike Romig started on the pole and
led the first four laps before giving way to Todd Snook on
lap five. Snook seemed to have the race under his control.
Wilson moved into the runner up spot on lap six and followed
Snook around the half mile oval. Snook appeared to be on his
way to the winners circle. Circumstances changed around lap
20 when Snook's car started to become loose in the corners.
Wilson closed in during lap 22. The pair made contact
exiting turn four and both drivers retained control of their
cars. Wilson made his winning move under Snook entering turn
one during lap 23. Scotty Haus also passed Snook on the same
lap. Wilson went on to score the win with Haus second. Snook
settled for third with Tim Fedder fourth. Jason Miller was
fifth. Sixth through tenth were Andy Haus, Jere Wierman,
Eric Zembower, Tim Gray and Mike Mort. Heat races for the 21
car field were won by Gray and Bud Barton.
Wilson was noticeably tired while enjoying the victory
after the race. He spoke of his friendship with Renninger
and how it felt to win the event. " I loved Butch too. This
is just awesome to win this race.I know he (Renninger) is
smiling now. Wilson wasn't positive he would be the race
winner. " Todd (Snook) raced a good race. He had a heckuva
car.I didn't think I was gonna get him. I just stuck with it
and tried every where I could on that race track. You guys
(track crew) are doing a good job on the race track. It's
fast. I like it that way." Wilson continued speaking about
his season accomplishments and his race team. " We busted up
our Port Royal car. It was faster here than this one. We did
our homework. I'm proud of these guys. (pit crew) I'd love
to win every week if I could but one is (win) good enough
for me this year. Wilson received a checkered flag from the
Auto racing Club of Hagerstown, MD for winning the event.
Carol Renninger and family, presented Wilson with the trophy
and check following the race. Scotty Haus won the late model
championship.
Todd Shaffer is the 2009 Aumiller & Associate Insurance
sprint car track champion. He added the title leading
feature winner of the year to his accomplishments Saturday
night. Greg Hodnett did everything possible to beat out
Shaffer with out success. The pair ran one/two the second
half of the race. Karl Baker of York started on the pole and
led the first five laps before T. J. Winegardner went into
the lead on lap five while Von McGee, Baker and Shaffer
followed. The race was stopped for a turn one flip by Brian
Ehrenzeller during lap eight. Ehrenzeller was done for the
night and not injured. Shaffer got the lead on lap nine and
Hodnett passed Winegardner during lap ten. The caution light
came on during lap 14 when Baker's night ended just off turn
2. When action resumed, Hodnett got close in traffic but
could not catch Shaffer. Mike Erdley finished third with
Dave Ely fourth. Mike Wagner was fifth. The remained of the
top ten included Chad Layton, who came from deep in the
pack, to finish sixth. Daryl Stimeling, Cliff Brian, Von
McGee and Dave Hahn filled out the top ten. Lance Dewease,
Winegardner and Joey Hershey won heat races. 26 cars were
pit side.
Todd Shaffer talked about winning the race and track
title following the race. " It's been a great year.To start
out the way we did and start at the back all year. We went
for a stretch with out some wins. Jimmy Russell and the rest
of the guys went to work and made some changes on the car
about three weeks ago and I don't think we've been out of
the top five since. It's just a pleasure to drive right
now."
The Miller Auto Parts pro stock feature was won by Derick
Garman who out dueled Tim Krape to record the win. Krape led
the first three laps. Pro stock champion Terry Naugle was
third with John Heane fourth. Harold Ranck was fifth. Herm
Renninger, Devin Frey, John Wert, Tracker and Todd Benny
filled out the top ten. Terry Naugle is won the title.
Jason Zook won the Gray's Towing & Licensing Servicce
enduro race and championship. It was Zook's fifth win of the
season. Brian Henry finished second with Adam Yetter third.
Steve Harlan and Alan Noss completed the top five. Sixth
through tenth were Ryan Renninger, Craig Imes, Paul Dalton,
Craig Dodson and Ed Auker.
Action continues Saturday September 5 when the enduro
cars open the 155TH annual Juniata County Fair with a 100
lap feature. Racing starts at 5:00 p.m. The sprint cars,
late models and pro stocks race again during the 59TH annual
Labor Day Classic Monday September 7 at 1:00 p.m.
AB AUTO GLASS/MIKE CLECK PAVING/AB AUTO GLASS 25 LAP
BUTCH RENNINGER MEMORIAL LATE MODEL FEATURE-21 ENTRIES
1. Tim Wilson, 2. Scotty Haus, 3. Todd Snook, 4. Tim
Fedder, 5. Jason Miller, 6. Andy Haus, 7. Jere Wierman, 8.
Eric Zembower, 9. Tim Gray, 10. Mike Mort, 11. Mike Romig,
12. Matt Murphy, 13. Leo Bomboy, 14. Bud Barton, 15. Mike
Hess, 16. Scott Flickinger, 17. Bryon Sipe, 18. Waylon
Wagner, 19. Gary Beward, 20. Mitch Hack. DNS-Jeff Johnson.
Heat Race Winners, Gray, Barton. Lap Leaders, Romig, 1-4,
Snook, 5-22, Wilson, 23-25.
AUMILLER & ASSOCIATE INSURANCE 25 LAP SPRINT CAR
FEATURE-26 ENTRIES
1. Todd Shaffer, 2. Greg Hodnett, 3. Mike Erdley, 4. Dave
Ely, 5. Mike Wagner, 6. Chad Laytyon, 7. Daryl Stimeling, 8.
Cliff Brian, 9. Von McGee, 10. Dave Hahn, 11. Bob Howard,
12. Joey Hershey, 13. Robbie Stillwagon, 14. Criag Robinson,
15. Troy Fraker, 16. John BrennFleck, 17. T.J.Winegardner,
18. Lance Dewease, 19. Clark Simonton, Jr., 20. Josh
Dressler, 21. Rod Stroup, 22. Michael Heckman, 23. Sean
Michael, 24. Karl Baker, 25. Brian Ehrenzeller, 26. Bob
Bennett,
Heat Race Winners, Dewease, Winegardner, Hershey. Lap
Leaders, Baker, 1-5, Winegardner, 6-9, Shaffer, 10-25.
MILLER AUTO PARTS 15 LAP PRO STOCK FEATURE- 13 ENTRIES
1.Derick Garman, 2. Tim Krape, 3. Terry Naugle, 4. John
Heane, 5. Harold Ranck Jr., 6. Herm Renninger, 7. Devin
Frey, 8. John Wert, 9. Tracker, 10. Todd Benny, 11. Josh
Angle, Tony Stoner. Dns- Keith Garman.
Lap Leaders, Krape,1-3, Garman, 4-15.
GRAY'S TOWING & LICENSING SERVICE 30 LAP ENDURO
FEATURE.18 ENTRIES
1. Jason Zook, 2. Brian Henry, 3. Adam Wilt, 4. Steve
Harlan, 5. Alan Noss, 6. Ryan Renninger, 7. Craig Imes, 8.
Paul Dalton, 9. Craig Dodson, 10. Ed Auker, 11. Scott
Hopple, 12. Seth Leister, 13. Brady Cauffman, 14. Bill
Powell, 15. Rich Adair, 16. Brian Sanders, 17. Jan Powell.
DNS, Trent Brenneman.
Lap Leaders, Ryan Renninger, 1, Harlan, 2-19, Zook,
20=30.
Upcoming Events Saturday September 5 @ 7:00 P.M., Enduro
100 lap feature
Monday September 7, @ 1:00 p.m., sprint cars, late
models, pro stocks. Gates open @ 11:00 a.m.
Rick Barr, Gene Wrightstone, Bob Gutshall
and Brian Wentzel Win Williams Grove Speedway Features
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
"Good things come to those that wait," is a saying that
applies to Super Sportsman driver Rick Barr. After flipping
in his two previous Williams Grove Speedway Saturday Night
Series races, Barr came back with a vengeance. The Camp Hill
driver brought out a new machine and won the Williams Grove
Speedway Tool Shed of America 20-lap Super Sportsman main.
"It was really hooked up," said Barr, "and that made it
real easy to drive."
Lanny Hake, with his new Super Sportsman, started on the
pole and jumped into the lead. Rick Barr started fourth and
held that position through the first lap. On lap two Barr
gained second with a pass of Gregg Foster and Stan Wanner.
The third-lap found Rick Barr's black No. 00 passing
leader Lanny Hake at the exit of turn four. Once in front
Barr, driving a new Mach 1 chassis built by Sprint Car
driver Mark Smith, quickly pulled away from the field. By
lap seven Barr had opened a full straightaway lead.
The car on the move was the bright blue No. 93 driven by
Carmen Perigo Jr. Perigo began the feature in 11th and was
third by lap eight. One lap later Perigo worked his way past
Lanny Hake to gain second position.
Perigo was rapidly closing the gap between himself and
the leader Barr. With five-laps left Perigo had noticeably
sliced the lead. Although Rick Barr encountered lapped
traffic Perigo could not catch the leader. Barr captured his
first Williams Grove Speedway win of 2009, his career second
at the track, ten-lengths in front of Carmen Perigo Jr.
Lanny Hake had his best finish of the year taking third.
Stan Wanner finished in fourth and Paul Miller was in fifth.
“She basically drove herself out of the corner,” said
winner Barr. “The car was just so drivable, so hooked-up,
definitely so glad that Mark (Smith) built this car for me.
Both him and Smitty (Ree Smith) came down, working at the
shop helping to get this deal together. They spent plenty of
hours helping out trying to get it to the track.”
The heat wins for the 34 Super Sportsman went to Stan
Wanner, LeRoy Martin and Rick Barr. Jay Fannasy won the
consolation race.
Gene Wrightstone had something to prove in the 358 Late
Model feature. Like Rick Barr, Wrightstone was trying to
shake a bad luck streak. His luck was so bad Wrightstone was
mired 32nd in the point standings. Wrightstone was
successful as the Mechanicsburg driver won the 20-lap A.J.'s
Truck and Trailer Center 358 Late Model feature.
Rookie 358 Late Model driver Wes Alleman captured the
lead on the first lap followed by Jared Miller and Cody
Fairchok. Gene Wrightstone started in third and held the
fourth position. The lead four remained the same through the
first six-laps.
Gene Wrightstone's assault at the lead began on lap
seven. Wrightstone's blue No. 10 passed Cody Fairchok for
third. The following circuit Wrightstone shot by Jared
Miller for second.
At the end of the eighth-lap the caution flag came out.
When the race was restarted Wrightstone drove by Wes Alleman
to capture the lead position. While Wrightstone stretched
out his lead, the battle was for second. Wes Alleman held
the position until he was passed by Bernie Beard. Beard soon
had the Gene Knaub machine on his back bumper. Knaub had
advanced from his 18th starting spot. Beard and Knaub staged
a four-lap fight for second. With two-laps remaining Knaub
gained the second place.
Gene Wrightstone was in total control of the feature and
won by a wide margin over Knaub, Beard, Alleman and Tyler
Armstrong.
“That was amazing,” stated a very happy Wrightstone. “We
have this monkey on our back. We lost two or three motors
this year. Every week something breaks on the car. We
wouldn’t be 32nd in the points if we didn’t have this
monkey. We got some of our problems worked out. The year
isn’t over so I am sure there are still some more to be
worked out.”
Mike Spangler, Bobby Beard and Jake Lettich won the
qualifying for the 31-car field. Derrike Zirkle took the
consolation win.
It was a night where tough-luck drivers would win their
feature. After being in a devastating crash at the last
race, Street Stock driver Bob Gutshall rebuilt his No. 69
Camaro. Gutshall responded by leading all the way in the
15-lap L.B. Smith Ford Street Stock feature. It is his first
of the year for the Mechanicsburg driver and the second of
his career at Williams Grove.
Bob Gutshall started on the pole and immediately gained
the lead. Walt Lemmon, Lori Croop, Kevin Wirt and Pat McNeal
gave chase. While Gutshall and Lemmon remained in the first
two positions, McNeal advanced to third.
Craig Morgan started in 13th and by the end of lap four
he was in fourth place. Two laps later Morgan passed McNeal
for third. On the eighth-lap Morgan wrestled second place
away from Lemmon.
Bob Gutshall held a 15-length advantage but Morgan was
rapidly closing the gap. While Gutshall held the middle
lane, Morgan was working the bottom. With two laps remaining
Morgan pulled even with the leader Gutshall. On the final
lap Gutshall used a lapped car to his advantage. With the
slower car in Morgan's lane, Gutshall held a length lead
into the final turns. They were even off the final corner
and Bob Gutshall just edged out Craig Morgan at the finish
line. Kory Sites, Walt Lemmon and Steven Dove completed the
top five finishers.
“Our luck sure hasn’t been with us this year. I knew them
guys would be coming. I seen Craig there with three or four
to go,” said winner Gutshall.
Sites and Gutshall won the two heat races for the 17-car
Street Stock field.
The Four-Cylinder class staged two 15-lap features. This
night can be summed up in one name: Brian Wentzel. The
second-generation driver swept both features for the
Wentzel's Body Shop Four-Cylinders.
In the first feature, a make-up from August 1, Troy
Hostetter led the opening lap trailed by Mike Potts and
Brian Wentzel. The top three stayed the same until Wentzel
moved into second on lap four. Two laps later Wentzel, from
Fredericksburg, pulled beside leader Hostetter. They raced
into turn three side by side. Off of turn four Wentzel used
the low lane to take the lead from Hostetter.
A caution with five-laps remaining set up a great finish.
Following the restart Wentzel, Hostetter, Potts and Ronnie
Buck had a heated fight for the lead. The battle went to the
finish where Wentzel won by a length over Hostetter. Buck
took a close third followed by Potts and Dave Edwards.
In the second feature it was Leroy Long in the early lead
with Mike Potts and Ed Hollenbach contesting the second
spot.
Brian Wentzel started the feature in ninth and was fifth
by the end of lap four. One lap later he advanced into
third.
During a lap-six caution leader Leroy Long retired to the
pits. When the race went green it was Mike Potts in the lead
followed by Brian Wentzel. One-lap later Wentzel made his
winning move at the exit of turn four. Once in front
Wentzel's blue No. 888 Mustang pulled away from Potts.
Wentzel had no trouble winning his second of the evening by
a wide margin over Potts, Brian Michael, Ronnie Buck and
Dave Edwards.
The two heat races for the 21 Wentzel’s Body Shop
Four-Cylinders went to Brian Wentzel and Ronnie Buck.
The Super Sportsman will return to Williams Grove
Speedway this Sunday night as part of the Billy Kimmel
Memorial show. They will join the 410 Sprints and the 358
Sprints. On Friday, September 11, the Super Sportsman and
358 Late Models will join the 358 Sprints for a night of
racing. The next Saturday Night Series show will be
September 26 with the Super Sportsman, Street Stocks,
Four-Cylinder and the All American Outlaws.
Super Sportsman results: 1. Rick Barr, 2. Carmen Perigo
Jr., 3. Lanny Hake, 4. Stan Wanner, 5. Paul Miller, 6.
Frankie Herr, 7. Scott Dellinger, 8. Doug Hendricks, 9.
Gregg Foster, 10. Rich Eichelberger, 11. Duaine Smith, 12.
Bobby Hockenberry, 13. Jason Fry, 14. Jay Fannasy, 15. David
Socks III, 16. Mike Enders, 17. Aaron Eichelberger, 18.
Dylan Cisney, 19. Smokey Snellbaker, 20. John Wolfe, 21.
Steve Wilbur, 22. Ryan Rupp, 23. LeRoy Martin, 24. Chad
Criswell, DNQ: Phil Griffith, Jim Shuttlesworth, Gary
Johnston, Tom Wyckoff, Eric Walker, Jared Miller, Jim Davis,
Dave Berkheimer, Russ Mitten
358 Late Model results: 1. Gene Wrightstone, 2. Gene
Wrightstone, 3. Bernie Beard, 4. Wes Alleman, 5. Tyler
Armstrong, 6. Travis Mease, 7. Craig Wagaman, 8. Jared
Miller, 9. Jake Lettich, 10. Roy Miller, 11. Bobbie Beard,
12. Mike Spangler, 13. Robbie Garlock, 14. Ron Little Sr.,
15. D.J. Mease, 16. Mike Goodwin, 17. Zach Kauffman, 18.
Dave Sokoloski, 19. Derrike Zirkle, 20. Matt Nailor, 21.
Cody Fairchok, 22. Joshua Kimmel, 23. Craig Perigo, 24.
Shaun Jones. DNQ: Grant Adams, Pat Beard, Dave Shulski, Todd
Leonard, Matt Henry, John Ebersole, Steve Weikel, D.J.
Groft, Dallas Wenrich
Street Stock results: 1. Bob Gutshall, , 2. Craig Morgan,
3. Kory Sites, 4. Walt Lemmon, 5. Steven Dove, 6. Pat
McNeal, 7. Chad Smith, 8. Doug Hoffman, 9. Todd Bowersox,
10. Joey Hoffer, 11. Kevin Wirt, 12. Carmen Caltabiano, 13.
Jim Gross, 14. Lori Croop, 15. Jim Rost 16. Dave Radabaugh.
DNS: Lance Grove
Four-Cylinder feature one results: 1. Brian Wentzel 2.
Troy Hostetter 3. Ronnie Buck 4. Mike Potts 5. Dave Edwards
6. Dave Motter 7. Mike Buckley 8. Ed Hollenbach 9. Leroy
Long 10. Henry Lesher 11. John Stoll Jr. 12. Joe Jakubic 13.
Gary DeHart 14. Kevin Thomas 15. Jodie Varner 16. Dennis
Christ Jr. 17. Eric Hollenbach DNS:Troy Eckenrode
Four Cylinder feature two results: 1. Brian Wentzel 2.
Mike Potts 3. Bryan Michaels 4. Ronnie Buck 5. Dave Edwards
6. Jodie Varner 7. Mike Buckley 8. Eric Hollenbach 9, Gary
DeHart 10. Dave Motter 11. Steve Hastings 12. Kevin Thomas
13. John Stoll Jr. 14. Leroy Long 15. Ed Hollenbach DNS:
Henry Lescher, Terry Smith, Troy Hostetter, Dennis Christ
Jr., Joe Jakubic, Keith Walls
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY
29 August 2009 Steve Inch
CANNON WIRES FIELD FOR WHITCOMB MEMORIAL WIN; ADAMS,
HOFFMAN & MILLER SCORE STOCK CAR WINS
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Pat Cannon of Etters led flag-to-flag
for his dominating victory in Saturday night’s 25-lap Joe
Whitcomb Memorial for 358 sprint cars at Selinsgrove
Speedway. For Cannon, driving the Highlands’ Tire Service
No. 3, the $1,771 win was his seventh in nine starts at the
track and the 17th of his career at the Snyder County oval.
Nicole Bower of Camp Hill was the night’s fast qualifier
with a one-lap time of 18.038 (106 mph). Bower made history
at the track by becoming the first female driver to set fast
time in qualifying for a sprint car race. She bested a
strong field of 43 drivers who competed to honor the memory
of the late Joe Whitcomb, who succumbed to injuries he
sustained in a sprint car racing accident at the speedway in
2003.
Tony Adams of Sunbury won his second race in a row in the
25-lap late model feature. The win was the 14th of Adams’
career at Selinsgrove Speedway. AJ Hoffman of Richfield
powered to his fifth win of the season in the 15-lap pro
stock feature, while Kyle Miller of Milton wired the field
for his first win of the season in the 12-lap roadrunner
race.
Selinsgrove Speedway will present the Late Model Open
plus a complete program of 358 sprint cars, pro stocks, and
roadrunners at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5. The 30-lap Late
Model Open will pay $3,000 to win. Track gates will open at
5 p.m.
Polesitter Pat Cannon powered into the lead at the start
of the sprint car feature and streaked away from the field,
while second-place starter Matt Boland held down the
runner-up position. On the second circuit, sixth-place
starter TJ Stutts drove by fourth-place starter Colby Womer
for the third position.
By lap seven, Cannon began to lap cars in the field as he
rocketed around the lightning-fast half-mile oval. Stutts
advanced to second on the ninth lap and attempted to catch
Cannon in heavy lapped traffic.
The race was stopped on lap 15 when 16-year-old Logan
Schuchart flipped out over the speedway’s third-turn
guardrail. Schuchart escaped injury. During the stoppage,
Stutts went to the pit area, attempted to rejoin the field,
then withdrew from the race on lap 16 with mechanical
problems.
With five laps remaining, current point leader and
15th-place starter Nate Snyder stormed into the third
position. At the checkered flag, Cannon won by a convincing
11-second margin of victory over Boland, Snyder,
seventh-place starter Matt Heimbach, and Womer.
In the late model feature, second-place starter Kyle
Rhoads led the first two laps of the race until fourth-place
starter Brett Schadel secured the lead with an inside pass
in turn three. On the third circuit, 10th-place starter Jim
Bernheisel made a hard impact with the fourth-turn wall and
collected original polesitter Chad Davis. Both drivers
escaped injury.
When the race resumed, Schadel continued to set the pace
in front of third-place starter Dylan Yoder and 12th-place
starter Tony Adams. On lap seven, ninth-place starter Jeff
Rine moved into third and reeled in the leaders. Following a
wheel-to-wheel battle for several laps, Adams made the
winning pass by Schadel on lap 13 using the outside lane in
turn two.
At the finish, Adams was victorious by 2.3 seconds over
Schadel, Rine, seventh-place starter Donnie Schick, and
sixth-place starter Jeff Smith.
Polesitter Kyle Parsons led the first lap of the pro
stock feature. Second-place starter Kurt Wray drove by
Parsons for the lead on the second circuit. By lap six,
10th-place starter AJ Hoffman advanced to second and began
to reel in Wray.
On the seventh circuit, Hoffman streaked around the
outside of Wray through turns one and two to take command of
the field. At the same time, ninth-place starter Dan Jensen
moved into the runner-up position, with eighth-place starter
Matt Johnson racing in third.
Hoffman went on to win the race by a mere one-second
margin of victory over Jensen, Johnson, current point leader
Jason Smith, and Peanut Heintzelman.
Second-place starter Kyle Miller powered into the lead in
the roadrunner feature and never looked back. Miller went
the distance at the front of the field while fifth-place
starter Brian Johnson and sixth-place starter Mike Kiehl
dueled for the runner up position during the first half of
the race.
Miller posted a two-second margin of the victory over
Johnson, Eric Pinkerton, Marlin Dunham, and Kiehl.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY – 29 August 2009 358 Sprint
Cars – 43 Entries 25-Lap Joe Whitcomb Memorial: 1) 3 Pat
Cannon 2) 22T Matt Boland 3) 56 Nate Snyder 4) 14 Matt
Heimbach 5) 19 Colby Womer 6) 77 Derek Locke 7) 16H Matt
Horst 8) 37 Scott Flammer 9) 63 Mike Walter 10) 1W Scott
Geesey 11) 4R Davie Franek 12) 23M Tom Wise 13) 8 Bill
Dietrich 14) 28 Chuck Paige 15) 12 Blane Heimbach 16) 7 Joey
Borich 17) 71 Jessica Anderson 18) 2 Chris Borich 19) 66
Ryan Kissinger 20) 2T TJ Stutts 21) 21 Shannon Mausteller
22) 10 Jeff Furlong 23) 11W Logan Schuchart 24) 21T Kevin
Nouse 25) 97 Brie Hershey Heat Winners: Scott Flammer, Mike
Walter, Nate Snyder, Chris Borich Consolation Winners: Logan
Schuchart, Davie Franek Time Trials: 1) Nicole Bower 18.038
2) Colby Womer 18.039 3) Scott Geesey 18.124 4) Matt Boland
18.126 5) Pat Cannon 18.144 6) Matt Horst 18.236 7) Josh
Beard 18.249 8) TJ Stutts 18.277 9) Matt Heimbach 18.291 10)
Tom Wise 18.315 11) Phil Walter 18.366 12) Derek Locke
18.380 13) Scott Flammer 18.394 14) Mike Walter 18.416 15)
Shannon Mausteller 18.435 16) Blane Heimbach 18.448 17)
Jessica Anderson 18.491 18) Bill Dietrich 18.524 19) Nate
Snyder 18.559 20) Chris Borich 18.564 21) Chuck Paige 18.567
22) Nyle Berkes 18.568 23) Kevin Nouse 18.617 24) Brie
Hershey 18.635 25) Logan Schuchart 18.639 26) Ryan Kissinger
18.672 27) Alan Spriggle 18.695 28) Jeff Furlong 18.698 29)
Charlie Anderson 18.714 30) Mark Manieri Jr. 18.714 31) Mike
Ressler 18.801 32) Ricky Stonebraker 18.816 33) Jordan
Frontz 19.002 34) John Troxell 19.029 35) Kyle Pruitt 19.078
36) Austin Reed 19.105 37) Bob Anderson 19.506 38) Joey
Borich 20.084 39) Johnny Hagen 20.155 40) George Streaker
Jr. 20.288 41) Davie Franek 18.567 (Penalized) 42) Ryan
Hanson No Time 43) Elvin Diller No Time Late Models – 20
Entries 25-Lap A-Main: 1) 88 Tony Adams 2) 0 Brett Schadel
3) 2J Jeff Rine 4) 6 Donnie Schick 5) 99 Jeff Smith 6) 32
Dylan Yoder 7) 12C Steve Campbell 8) 119B Bryan Bernheisel
9) 45 Eric Hons 10) 98 Bobby Croop 11) 115 Troy Miller 12)
51 Dave Graber 13) 3 Robbie Smith 14) 0 Ryan Nearhood 15) 90
Kyle Rhoads 16) 77 Randy Burkholder 17) 91 Chad Davis 18)
119 Jim Bernheisel 19) 7M Meade Hahn 20) 7 Dustin Hoffman
(DNS) Heat Winners: Jeff Smith, Tony Adams, Donnie Schick
Pro Stocks – 16 Entries 15-Lap A-Main: 1) 19 AJ Hoffman 2) 6
Dan Jensen 3) 44 Matt Johnson 4) 28 Jason Smith 5) 99H
Peanut Heintzelman 6) 71 Kurt Wray 7) 06 Frank Reisser 8) 12
Doug Minium 9) 34 Hank Steffen 10) 28J Jeff Ceballa 11) 115
Shaun Miller 12) 19H Larry Hare 13) 28 Kyle Parson 14) 70
Kyle Bachman 15) 64 Cody McFadden 16) 26 AJ Stroup (DNS)
Heat Winners: Kyle Parsons, AJ Hoffman Roadrunners – 17
Entries 12-Lap A-Main: 1) 1 Kyle Miller 2) 201 Brian Johnson
3) 37 Eric Pinkerton 4) 69 Marlin Dunham 5) 21K Mike Kiehl
6) 76 Bob Bussey 7) 12JR Doug Minium Jr. 8) 5 Dave Adams 9)
77J Jeff Swanger 10) 70 John Schreffler 11) 31 Brandon
Shultz 12) 29 Ricky Bender 13) 77 Scott Dunham Jr. 14) 7
Butch Shaffer 15) 11B Keith Bissinger 16) 32 Ken Schreffler
(DNS) 17) 41 Dennis Conrad (DNS) Heat Winners: Scott Dunham,
Keith Bissinger
Sat., August 29, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
UPCOMING SHOWS: Sat., Sept. 5, 2009 (7 PM) - Fisher Auto
Parts Night - 410 Sprints, Super Sportsman & 358 Late
Models, plus Fireworks (Final points race for 410 Sprints )
Sat., Sept. 12, 2009 (Time Trials @ 7 PM) - 358 Sprint
Championship, Thundercars & Central PA Legends (Final points
race for 358 Sprints)
Sat., Sept. 19, 2009 (Time Trials @ 7 PM) - Lawrence
Chevrolet Sportsman 100 - Super Sportsman, Street Stocks &
Thundercars
McINTYRE CLAIMS FIRST CAREER 410 SPRINT CAR WIN; MONTIETH
TAKES SECOND OF TWIN 20'S TO HOLD ONTO POINTS LEAD; Zentmyer
holds off Watson to claim first career Lincoln thundercar
win
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 8/29/09 - It was a tale of two races at
Lincoln Speedway Saturday night. And the more things
changed, the more they stayed the same. Defending track
champ Brian Montieth didn't take kindly to being edged by
23rd-starting Fred Rahmer for sixth at the line of the first
of Twin 20's for the 410 sprint cars and losing the points
lead to second-place finisher Alan Krimes. So he went out
and won the second feature. The irony was that Montieth's
seventh-place finish (eight-thousandths of-a-second behind
Rahmer) put Montieth up one row to sixth starting spot for
the second feature event. Montieth passed polesitter Bobby
Weaver for third by the end of the fourth lap, then caught
Cory Haas for second on a 10th-lap restart. He pulled onto
the back bumper of race-long leader Johnny Mackison, Jr.
during a 13th-lap caution for a spinning Brian Leppo in turn
four, and chased the B&B Metal Refinishing #65 for the next
two lap before making the race-winning pass under Mackison
coming off turn four of lap 14. Montieth pulled away to a
two and-a-half second lead on lap 17 before entering lapped
traffic on the final lap and crossing .81 seconds ahead of
Rahmer, who caught Mackison for second on lap 17.
Ninth-starting Cody Darrah got by Mackison for third at the
finish line, with Krimes coming from 11th to finish fifth.
The win put Montieth and Krimes back where they started in
points at the beginning of the night, with Montieth holding
a narrow 10-point lead heading into the final points race of
the season next Saturday night.
18-year-old Gerard McIntyre, Jr. scored his first career
win in the crash-marred opener. The crashes started early,
with Jim Siegel flipping in turns three and four of the
first lap. Siegel collected Rahmer, who tipped onto his
side. The crash also took out the Racers Used Part Warehouse
#88 of Danny Dietrich, who needed brief medical attention
before walking to the pits. Rahmer was able to return to the
starting grid, and came through the field to edge Montieth
for sixth at the line. That gave Krimes a brief 15-point
lead entering the second feature of the night. McIntyre, who
started sixth, grabbed the lead from polesitter and
race-long leader Todd Rittenhouse, Jr. coming off turn two
of an 11th-lap restart. That pass came just before a
spectacular crash which saw third-place Doug Esh vault
higher than the catch fence in turn two, bringing out the
red. Though he was conscious and talking to emergency crews,
Esh was taken to York Hospital with an unspecified back
injury. Ott assumed third after the crash. But on the
restart, second-place Rittenhouse did a wheelie coming off
turn four and came down on Ott, sending the Miller
Automotive/Don Ott Racing Engines #25 into a series of flips
on the frontstretch, bringing out the red again. Ott was
uninjured in the crash. That put 11th-starting Krimes in the
runner-up spot for the restart, but McIntyre was up to the
challenge, driving flawlessly over the remaining eight
non-stop laps to cross .63 seconds ahead Krimes. Mark Smith,
Darrah, and 18th-starting Daryn Pittman completed the top
five. Sixth through tenth were Rahmer, Montieth; Rittenhouse
, Brent Marks and Haas. Heats for the 28 "410" Sprints were
won by Esh, McIntyre Jr., and Pat Cooper, with Cris Eash
winning the consolation.
Waynesboro's Jamie Zentmyer started on the pole and led
all 20-laps en route to his first career Lincoln Speedway
thundercar win. Although points leader Duane Watson closed
on the leader during a pair of restarts late in the event,
Zentmyer was able to pull away each time to cross .38
seconds in front of the 2007 point champ. Defending track
champ came from his distant 21st starting spot to finish
third and stay within striking distance of Watson in the
battle for the '09 Lincoln point title. Larry Neiderer and
Al Crammer completed the top five. Mikey Guise was unable to
start after a spectacular barrel roll along the front
stretch catch fence in his heat. Though the crash knocked
the roof off the car and the Ministry Motorsports #93 caught
fire, Guise was uninjured. Heats for the 21 Thundercars were
won by Zentmyer, Kyle Martin, and Jeff Wilson.
Next Saturday night, September 5th, it will be Fisher
Auto Parts Night at Lincoln Speedway featuring the 410
Sprints, Super Sportsman and 358 Late Models. The special
Labor Day Holiday Weekend show will give the Super Sportsman
one last chance to tune up for the Annual Lawrence Chevrolet
Sportsman 100 to be held on September 19th. In addition, the
night will be capped off with a spectacular fireworks
display. Gates will open at 5 PM, with hot laps at 6:30 PM
and racing action getting underway at 7 PM. To get all the
latest news, results, schedule changes and rule changes,
visit Lincoln Speedway's website at
http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all the
action or pending weather conditions at Central
Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The
Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
RACE RESULTS Sat., August 29, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA TWIN 20'S 410 SPRINT S 1st Feature (20 laps)
- 1. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr. ($2,500); 2. 87-Alan Krimes; 3.
7M-mark Smith; 4. 89-Cody Darrah; 5. 17-Daryn Pittman; 6.
51-Fred Rahmer; 7. 21-Brian Montieth; 8. 23-Todd Rittenhouse
Jr.; 9. 19M-Brent Marks; 10. 11C-Cory Haas; 11. 65-Johnny
Mackison Jr.; 12. X-Bobby Weaver; 13. 98-Niki Young; 14.
4-John Rudisill; 15. 71-Brian Leppo (DNF); 16. 25-Aaron Ott
(DNF); 17. 6W-Josh Wells (DNF); 18. 39-Doug Esh (DNF); 19.
39T-Tim Glatfelter (DNF); 20. 17E-Cris Eash (DNF); 21.
7C-Chad Trout (DNF); 22. 59-Jimmy Siegel (DNF); 23. 88-Danny
Dietrich (DNF); 24. 26-Pat Cooper (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders - Todd Rittenhouse Jr. (1-10), Gerard
McIntyre Jr. (11-20)
2nd Feature (20 laps) - 1. 21-Brian Montieth ($2,500); 2.
51-Fred Rahmer; 3. 89-Cody Darrah; 4. 65-Johnny Mackison
Jr.; 5. 87-Alan Krimes; 6. 11C-Cory Haas; 7. 17-Daryn
Pittman; 8. 7M-Mark Smith; 9. 17E-Cris Eash; 10. 19M-Brent
Marks; 11. 6W-Josh Wells; 12. X-Bobby Weaver; 13. 16-Gerard
McIntyre Jr.; 14. 98-Niki Young; 15. 7C-Chad Trout; 16.
88-Danny Dietrich; 17. 15-Adam Wilt; 18. 4-John Rudisill;
19. 43-Doug Dodson; 20. 71-Brian Leppo; 21. 39T-Time
Glatfelter; 22. 7-Ed Aikin; 23. 23-Todd Rittenhouse Jr.
(DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders - Johnny Mackison Jr. (1-13), Brian Montieth
(14-20)
1st Heat (10 laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 39-Doug Esh;
2.X-Bobby Weaver; 3. 7C-Chad Trout; 4. 25-Aaron Ott; 5.
39T-Tim Gladfelter; 6. 21-Brian Montieth; 7. 17E-Cris Eash;
8. 47J-Jeff Busby; 9. 51-Fred Rahmer; 10. 98-Niki Young. No
Time
2nd Heat (10 laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 16-Gerard McIntyre
Jr.; 2. 89-Cody Darrah; 3. 4-John Rudisill; 4. 7M-Mark
Smith; 5. 59-Jimmy Siegel; 6. 11C-Cory Haas; 7. 65-Johnny
Mackison Jr.; 8. 15-Adam Wilt (DNF); 9. 7-Ed Aikin (DNF). No
Time
3rd Heat (10 laps/6 to qualify) -1. 26-Pat Cooper; 2.
23-Todd Rittenhouse, Jr.; 3. 19M-Brent Marks; 4. 87-Alan
Krimes; 5. 88-Danny Dietrich; 6. 17-Daryn Pittman; 7.
6W-Josh Wells; 8. 71-Brian Leppo; 9. 43-Doug Dodson. Time -
2:21.552
Consolation (10 laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 17E-Cris Eash; 2.
6W-Josh Wells; 3. 71-Brian Leppo; 4. 65-Johnny Mackison Jr.;
5. 51-Fred Rahmer; 6. 98-Niki Young; 7. 7-Ed Aikin; 8.
43-Doug Dodson; 9. 15-Adam Wilt (DNF); DNS - 47J-Jeff Busby.
Time - 2:22.355
THUNDERCARS Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 81J-Jamie Zentmyer; 2.
3W-Duane Watson; 3. 25-Sam Gallagher; 4. 21N-Larry Neiderer;
5. 9-Al Crammer; 6. 33-Gino Comi; 7. 1M-Duane McMillion; 8.
61-Mike Slaybaugh; 9. 3-Todd Miller; 10. 53J-Josh Ulrich;
11. 8J-Justin Bittle; 12. 33J-Jeff Wilson (DNF); 13. 15-Will
Walls (DNF); 14. 60-Danny Beard (DNF); 15. 54J-Jimmy Combs
(DNF); 16. 77-Justin Mong (DNF); 17. 54-Kyle Martin (DNF);
18. 57-Brad Shank (DNF); 19. 70-Rick Weaver (DNF); 20.
92-Scott Yount (DNF); DNS: 93-Mikey Guise. No Time
Lap Leaders - Jamie Zentmyer (1-20)
1st Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 81J-Jamie Zentmyer;
2. 3W-Duane Watson; 3. 9-Al Crammer; 4. 21N-Larry Neiderer;
5. 15-Will Walls; 6. 61-Mike Slaybaugh; 7. 53J-Josh Ulrich.
Time - 2:36.19
2nd Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 54-Kyle Martin; 2.
92-Scott Yount; 3. 60-Danny Beard; 4. 54J-Jimmy Combs; 5.
77-Justin Mong; 6. 8J-Justin Bittle; 7. 57-Brad Shank (DNF).
Time - 2:35.33
3rd Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 33J-Jeff Wilson; 2.
70-Rick Weaver; 3. 1M-Duane McMillion; 4. 3-Todd Miller; 5.
33-Gino Comi; 6. 93-Mikey Guise (DNF); 7. 25-Sam Gallagher
(DNF). No Time
Williams Grove Speedway
FRIDAY: WILLIAMS GROVE RAINED OUT -- FRIDAY, SUNDAY
SPRINTS SEPT. 4, 6
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Friday night's racing program at
Williams Grove Speedway was rained out. A thunderstorm
struck the speedway at approximately 3:45 drenching the
grounds and forcing the sprint car and 358 c.i. sprint races
to be canceled. Friday's rainout marked the 13th time this
season that Williams Grove Speedway has lost a date to
inclement weather. Williams Grove will be in action twice
during the Labor Day weekend. On Friday evening, September
4, the Jack Gunn Memorial Triple 20s for sprint cars will be
presented. Qualifying is set to begin at 7:45. A sweep of
the three 20-lap features by one driver will be worth
$10,000. A fireworks display will also be presented on
September 4. Sunday evening, September 6, will serve as a
rain date for the Triple 20s. If the rain date is not
needed, then the Billy Kimmel Memorial will be run. The
Billy Kimmel Memorial will feature sprint cars, 358 c.i.
sprints and super sportsman cars, the three open wheel
divisions which compete regularly at Williams Grove.
Speedway. The September 6 program is scheduled to begin at
7:00. The current top ten in the Sutliff Auto Group sprint
car point standings is as follows:1. Todd Shaffer - 3950, 2.
Mark Smith - 3680, 3. Brian Montieth - 3640, 4. Doug Esh -
3285, 5. Greg Hodnett - 3280, 6. Cody Darrah - 3085, 7. Fred
Rahmer - 2970, 8. Brian Leppo - 2935, 9. Chad Layton - 2925,
10. Mike Erdley - 2825.
Williams Grove Speedway
SATURDAY NIGHT RACING AUGUST 29 -- SPORTSMAN TWIN 20s
RESCHEDULED MECHANICSBURG, PA -- The Saturday Night Series
returns to Williams Grove Speedway on August 29 with a
4-division program featuring super sportsman cars, 358 c.i.
late models, street stocks and 4-cylinder stock cars. More
than 100 cars are expected to be in competition and as a
bonus attraction, a makeup feature for the 4-cylinders is
also scheduled. For this full night of racing, the admission
price is just five dollars. The first heat is scheduled to
start at 7:00. The season has officially been extended for
the Saturday night racers and their fans with the addition
of a date on Friday evening, October 30. Because so many
Saturday nights have been plagued by rain, speedway
management has decided to extend the season. The sportsman
and street stock drivers have only completed one feature
since June 27 and the late model and 4-cylinder drivers have
not completed any features since June 27. The 4-cylinder
feature, which was rained out on August 1, will be made up
this week. The late model feature was also rained out on
August 1 and is tentatively set to be made up on Friday,
September 11. Four of the last six Saturday Night Series
programs have been rained out entirely. The October 30 event
will be highlighted by twin 20-lap features for the super
sportsman division. The Twin 20s is one of the most popular
programs on the Saturday night schedule and it fell victim
to inclement weather on August 8. Limited late models,
street stocks and 4-cylinders will also be on the October 30
card.
Williams Grove Speedway
SPRINTS AND 358s AUGUST 28 -- BUSY SEPTEMBER PLANNED
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Williams Grove Speedway will
close out its Friday night schedule for the month of August
on the 28th with a double header program featuring sprint
cars and 358 c.i. sprints. The first heat is scheduled to
start at 8:00. Although the summer is rapidly coming to an
end, the racing season at Williams Grove is far from over
and a busy month of September is planned. Williams Grove
will host two nights of racing featuring sprint cars over
the Labor Day weekend. On Friday, September 4, the Jack Gunn
Memorial Triple 20s will be presented. This event is named
to honor the memory of the late Hall of Fame promoter at
Williams Grove and several other area speedways. With each
of the 20-lap features offering points toward the Sutliff
Auto Group championship, this date could be the determining
factor in the point race. A fireworks display will also be
presented during the September 4 program. Sunday evening,
September 6, will serve as a rain date for the Triple 20s.
If the rain date is not needed, the Billy Kimmel Memorial
will be run. Kimmel was a Mechanicsburg sprint car driver
who was fatally injured in a racing accident two years ago.
The September 6 program will include sprint cars, 358 c.i.
sprints and super sportsman cars. On September 11 a program
of 358 c.i. sprints, super sportsman cars and limited late
models is scheduled. The final two Friday nights in
September will include sprint cars and 358s. The Cleveland
Brothers National Open sanctioned by the World of Outlaws is
set for Friday and Saturday, October 2-3. Reserved seats are
still available and credit card orders are accepted at
717.697.5000 during business hours.
Williams Grove Speedway
SATURDAY NIGHT RACING AUGUST 29 -- SPORTSMAN TWIN
20s RESCHEDULED MECHANICSBURG, PA -- The Saturday Night
Series returns to Williams Grove Speedway on August 29 with
a 4-division program featuring super sportsman cars, 358
c.i. late models, street stocks and 4-cylinder stock cars.
More than 100 cars are expected to be in competition and as
a bonus attraction, a makeup feature for the 4-cylinders is
also scheduled. For this full night of racing, the admission
price is just five dollars. The first heat is scheduled to
start at 7:00. The season has officially been extended for
the Saturday night racers and their fans with the addition
of a date on Friday evening, October 30. Because so many
Saturday nights have been plagued by rain, speedway
management has decided to extend the season. The sportsman
and street stock drivers have only completed one feature
since June 27 and the late model and 4-cylinder drivers have
not completed any features since June 27. The 4-cylinder
feature, which was rained out on August 1, will be made up
this week. The late model feature was also rained out on
August 1 and is tentatively set to be made up on Friday,
September 11. Four of the last six Saturday Night Series
programs have been rained out entirely. The October 30 event
will be highlighted by twin 20-lap features for the super
sportsman division. The Twin 20s is one of the most popular
programs on the Saturday night schedule and it fell victim
to inclement weather on August 8. Limited late models,
street stocks and 4-cylinders will also be on the October 30
card.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY
25 August 2009
WHITCOMB MEMORIAL FOR 358 SPRINT CARS RESCHEDULED FOR
THIS SATURDAY
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Selinsgrove Speedway officials
rescheduled the Sixth Annual Joe Whitcomb Memorial for 358
sprint cars for this Saturday, Aug. 29, at 7:30 p.m. The
25-lap tribute race, which was rained out on June 20, will
honor the memory of the late open wheel racer from
Millersburg who succumbed to injuries sustained in a sprint
car racing accident at the track on June 21, 2003.
The format for the Whitcomb Memorial will include time
trials, heat races, and a B-main to determine the starting
lineup for the $1,771-to-win main event. Qualifying will
begin at 7:30 p.m. Track gates will open at 5 p.m.
Joining the 358 sprint cars will be the late models, pro
stocks, and roadrunners in a four division racing program
sponsored by Expert Settlement Services (ESS) of
Selinsgrove. ESS offers a full array of real estate
settlement services, assisting buyers, sellers, and owners
who are refinancing with cost effective settlement services.
Previous winners of the Whitcomb Memorial include Nate
Snyder of Halifax (2004); Kevin Nagy of East Brunswick, NJ
(2005); and three-time defending winner Blane Heimbach of
Selinsgrove.
Snyder took over the point lead after last Saturday’s
main event in the chase for the A&A Auto Stores 358 sprint
car track championship. He holds a 35-point advantage over
Heimbach entering this weekend’s special event, which is one
of three point races remaining in the 2009 season.
Whitcomb, who was a dedicated racer most of his life,
began his career in go karts at the age of seven. He won
hundreds of races in karting and was a three-time national
karting champion. A highlight during his karting career was
an appearance on ESPN.
Whitcomb became a regular competitor in 358 sprint car
racing at Selinsgrove Speedway in 2001 driving his trademark
blue and yellow No. 71 racer. That year Whitcomb was named
Selinsgrove Speedway’s Sportsman of the Year.
He won his first sprint car race at Selinsgrove on June
8, 2002, ending the five-race win streak of champion Chad
Layton. Whitcomb followed up that victory with another one
on June 22, 2002 at Selinsgrove. He also won sprint car
races at Williams Grove and Bridgeport Speedways during his
career.
GREG HODNETT WINS THRILLER AT PORT ROYAL
SPEEDWAY
August 23, 2009
Port Royal, Pa
It was the best Aumiller & Associate Insurance sprint car
race of the season Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway.
Greg Hodnett of Thomasville, PA won his fourth race of the
year at the Juniata County oval. Hodnett felt he was too
conservative during the final laps. It didn't look that way
to the excited fans who watched the race run non stop
following a lap one flip by T.J. Winegardener in turns one
and two. Winegardener was not injured in the mishap. His car
was heavily damaged.
Craig Robinson started on the pole and led the first four
laps before giving way to Harrisburg driver Chad Layton on
lap five. Hodnett started tenth and was already in third
place on lap four. Layton gave up the lead to Hodnett on lap
seven. With the event running non stop, heavy lapped traffic
became an issue. Only 11 of the 26 car field completed all
25 laps. As Hodnett became trapped in traffic during lap 23,
Layton dove under Hodnett in turn one to regain the lead.
Layton appeared to open enough advantage to win the race,
until the same situation presented itself again. As the pair
entered turn three, en route to the checkered flag, Hodnett
was able to catch and Layton. Hodnett exited turn four on
the high side of the speedway and won the sprint to the
checkered flag. Layton settled for second with Dave Ely
third. Robinson finished fourth with Mike Erdley fifth. Todd
Shaffer started ninth and came home sixth. Shaffer clinched
the 2009 track championship with the finish. It was
Shaffer's fifth title at the track. Mike Wagner, Lance
Dewease, Daryn Pittman and Joey Hershey rounded out the top
ten. Hodnett commented during post race interviews. ' We
were pretty decent. I got a little conservative in traffic
and got under a guy in turn four and he just stopped. I lost
my momentum and then Chad (Layton) got a huge run and got by
and I screwed up. Fortunate for us, he (Layton) was
presented with the same problem there the last lap and we
got a good run on the top and capped it off." Hodnett
acknowledged lapped traffic was brutal. " That's the least
you could say.", continued Hodnett. " That is exactly
correct. Hodnett spoke about track conditions There's plenty
of clay on this track right now. There's so much clay that
it builds up a cushion and I tried to stay away from it. I
could hardly run on it."
Car owner Jim Kline added his thoughts on his teams
success after the event. " Tonight it (car) stayed on eight
cylinders. The last time we were up here we broke a spark
plug and ran most of the race on seven cylinders. That was
an exciting one.(race) We've been real fast. We've been
having a lot of motor problems. It's not any body's real
fault, I don't think, it's just bad luck. The guys are doing
a good job on the wrenches and he (Hodnett) pretty much put
a clinic on tonight,"
Heat races were won by Wagner, Michael Heckman and
Winegardner.
Gary Beward of Mifflintown won the 20 lapAB Auto
Glass/Mike Cleck Paving late model feature for the second
straight week. Matt Murphy grabbed the early lead from the
outside pole before giving way to Tim Fedder on lap six.
Fedder stayed out front until Beward took control on lap
eleven. Beward had some anxious moments en route to the
checkered flag. " Me and Tim went at it and he was really
quick. I didn't know if I was going to get around him and I
got around him and then during the caution the throttle
stuck wide open and I thought this can't be happening.I
thought I'm not giving it up now. ( the lead) I should of
maybe pulled it in but I thought I'm outside. If I'd of been
in traffic I of had to pull in. I thought I'm gonna run it
to the end. I couldn't get the car out of gear to go to the
scales. It worked out but it was a little risky." Beward
continued discussing his back to back wins by saying, " I
let my mechanics make most of the calls. We keep an eye on
the track and (car owner) Ed Powell gives me real good
equipment and I should be getting the job done."
Waylon Wagner came from tenth starting spot to finish
second. Fedder finished third with Andy Haus fourth. Scotty
Haus finished fifth, behind his son. Sixth through tenth
were Jason Miller, Jere Wierman, Bryan Sipe, Mike Hess and
Scott Flickinger. Eric Zembower earned the hard charger of
the race award after starting in 20TH position and finishing
11TH.. Heat races for the 25 car field were won by Wierman,
Flickinger and Beward.
Mitch Hack flipped during the second heat race severly
damaging his car. Hack was not injured in the mishap.
The PA 305 sprint car series visited the track with 31
cars present. Mike Wagner II visited victory lane for the
second time this season and was joined by his parents.
Wagner got the lead during lap 17 after catching leader
Randy Kaylor in lapped traffic. Reed Thompson finished third
with Joey Hershey fourth. Nate Gramley was fifth. Joe Zapp,
Erin Statler, Tyler Bear, Brent Comp and Roger Irvine filled
out the top ten. Heat races were won by Zapp, Alan Kumps,
and Bear. Mark Watkins won the consie.
" It really feels good to win two in a row here.", began
Wagner. " I have to go back to school. We have to start
making some real money. I go to school in Freemont Ohio. I
have 25 credits this semester so it's a lot of work." Wagner
is majoring in nuclear medicine technology. Wagner's father,
Mike , added his thoughts. " It's nice to see him win. He
did better than I did tonight.We went with a little
different set up on his car and I was hoping it would work
and it did."
Teresa Kepner won theZimmerman Truck Lines powder puff
feature and clinched the track championship. Kepner was
joined in the winners circle by her husband and son. " I
almost had a track championship before and I lost it. I
didn't know if I could pull it off or not. I was psyching
myself out. Then I decided to just have fun. I just went for
it."
Heidi Kauffman led the first three laps and finished
second.. Julie Colyer came home third with Holly Renninger
fourth. Amanda Bassler was fifth. Carmen Palm and Tammy
Speece completed the field.
Action resumes August 29 when the 6TH annual Butch
Renninger Memorial race will be run. The late models will
race for a minimum $ 2,000 dollar to win top prize. Also on
the program are the sprint cars, Miller Auto Parts pro
stocks and Gray's Towing & Licensing Service enduro cars.
The Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown, MD visit the track for
their annual fan club night. ARCH members save two dollars
when purchasing a general admission ticket by presenting a
valid ARCH membership card. The night is the final points
race for all classes this season.
AUMILLER & ASSOCIATES 25 LAP SPRINT CAR FEATURE-26
ENTRIES
1. Greg Hodnett, 2. Chad Layton, 3. Dave Ely, 4. Craig
Robinson, 5. Mike Erdley, 6. Todd Shaffer, 7. Mike Wagner,
8. Lance Dewease, 9. Daryn Pittman, 10. Joey Hershey, 11.
Steve Buckwalter, 12. Rick Lafferty, 13. Sean Michael, 14.
Michael Heckman, 15. Cliff Brian, 16. Robbie Stillwagon, 17.
Von McGee, 18. Bob Howard, 19. Clark Simonton, Jr., 20. Dave
Hahn, 21. Karl Baker, 22. Josh Dressler, 23. John
Brenn-Fleck, 24. Chris Weiss, 25. Brian Ehrenzeller, 26.
T.J. Winegardner.
Heat Race Winners, Wagner, Heckman, Winegardner.Lap
Leaders, Robinson, 1-4, Layton, 5-7, 24, Hodnett, 8-23, 25.
AB AUTO GLASS/MIKE CLECK PAVING 20 LAP LATE MODEL
FEATURE-25 ENTRIES
1. Gary Beward, 2. Waylon Wagner, 3. Tim Fedder, 4. Andy
Haus, 5. Scotty Haus, 6. Jason Miller, 7. Jere Wierman, 8.
Bryan Sipe, 9. Mike Hess, 10. Scott Flickinger, 11. Eric
Zembower, 12. James Cornell, 13. Tim Wilson, 14. Leo Bombay,
15. Mike Mort, 16. Jack Thornton, 17. Jeff Johnson, 18. Matt
Murphy, 19. Mike Romig, 20. Tim Murphy, 21. Chris Casner.
DNS-Bud Barton, Tim Gray, Mitch Hack, Corey Kepner.
Heat Race Winners, Wierman, Flickinger, Beward. Lap
Leaders, Matt Murphy, 1-5, Fedder, 6-10, Beward, 11-20.
TB Autobody Hard Charger, Zembower, + 9 positions.
PA 305 SPRINT CAR 20 LAP FEATURE- 31 ENTRIES
1. Mike Wagner II, 2. Randy Kaylor, 3. Reed Thompson, 4.
Joey Hershey, 5. Nate Gramley, 6. Joe Zapp, 7. Erin Statler,
8. Tyler Bear, 9.. Brent Comp. 10. Roger Irvine, 11. Mark
Watkins, 12. Wes Zimmerman, 13. Rodney Westhafer, 14. Tom
Worrick, 15. Jason Brandt, 16. Ryan Linn, 17. Nicole Bitner,
18. Brian Walker, 19. Mike Freet, 20. Cowboy Jim Kennedy,
21. Jim Marquette, 22. George Riden, 23.Dave Youtzy, 24.
Alan Kumps. DNS- Josh Byers, Ron Farrer, Mike Alleman,
Rodney Peters, Rod Ort, Don Sotosky, Ben Naugle.
Heat Race Winners, Zapp, Kumps, Bear. Consie, Watkins.
Lap Leaders, Kaylor, 1-17, Wagner II, 18-20.
ZIMMERMAN TRUCK LINES 10 LAP POWDER PUFF FEATURE-7
ENTRIES
1. Teresa Kepner, 2. Heidi Kauffman, 3. Julie Colyer, 4.
Holly Renninger, 5. Amanda Bassler, 6. Carman Palm, 7. Tammy
Speece.
Lap Leaders, Kauffman, 1-3, Kepner, 4-10.
Up coming event, August 29 @ 7:00 p.m., ARCH Fan Club
Night, 6TH Annual Butch Renninger Memorial Race, Late
Models, Increased purse, sprint cars, pro stocks & enduro
cars. (final point race of the season)
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY
22 August 2009 Steve Inch
CANNON POWERS TO SIXTH 358 SPRINT CAR WIN; ADAMS SCORES
FIRST OF YEAR IN LATE MODELS
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Pat Cannon of Etters matched his 2008
win total at Selinsgrove Speedway with his sixth win of the
2009 season in Saturday night’s 25-lap 358 sprint car
feature. The $1,500 victory marked Cannon’s 16th career at
the track behind the wheel of the Highlands’ Tire Service
No. 3.
Nate Snyder of Halifax, following his fourth-place
finish, has taken the point lead from Blane Heimbach of
Selinsgrove in the A&A Auto Stores 358 sprint car standings.
Heimbach was sidelined with motor troubles in Saturday
night’s main event.
Tony Adams of Sunbury powered to his first win of the
season and the 13th of his career in the 25-lap late model
feature. Adams became the division’s ninth different winner
this season.
Jason Smith of Williamsport won his fifth race of the
season in the 15-lap pro stock feature, while Brad Mitch of
McClure won his first race in nearly three years in the
12-lap roadrunner race.
Selinsgrove Speedway will present the Joe Whitcomb
Memorial for 358 sprint cars plus a complete program of late
models, pro stocks, and roadrunners at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 29, sponsored by Expert Settlement Services. Track
gates will open at 5 p.m.
The Whitcomb Memorial, which was rained out on June 20,
will pay $1,771 to win and $225 to start the 25-lap A-main.
Time trials, heat races, and a B-main will be the format for
qualifying.
Track officials also announced the Late Model Open on
Saturday, Sept. 5, will pay $3,000 to win and $235 to start.
Second-place starter Ryan Kissinger raced into the lead
at the start of the sprint car feature. Kissinger was chased
by polesitter Josh Beard, while fifth-place starter Colby
Womer and ninth-place starter Davie Franek battled for the
third position.
At the end of the fifth lap, Kissinger and Beard began to
pull away from the field, while Womer, Franek, and
fourth-place starter Chuck Paige raced in the top five. On
the eighth circuit, 12th-place starter Pat Cannon moved by
Paige for fifth and at the halfway point advanced to fourth
in traffic.
The race’s first stoppage was on lap 16, when Shannon
Mausteller flipped in his No. 21 in turns one and two.
Mausteller escaped injury in the crash. On the lap 17
restart, Cannon drove by Womer for third in the second turn,
then passed Beard for second in the fourth turn.
On the 18th circuit, Cannon made the winning pass by
Kissinger racing off of the second turn. On the 23rd lap,
the caution flag unfurled for Blane Heimbach, who stopped
his sprint car on the backstretch with a reported blown
engine.
The sprint to the finish saw Cannon pull away and
15th-place starter Nate Snyder advance to the fourth spot
after a battle with Womer. For the finish, Cannon was
victorious by 1.8 seconds over Kissinger, Beard, Snyder, and
Womer.
Third-place starter Brett Schadel took the lead at the
start of the late model feature. Schadel was chased by
second-place starter Dylan Yoder for the first lap until
fourth-place starter Jeff Smith advanced to second.
The event’s first caution flag unfurled on lap four for a
seven-car melee in turns one and two; there were no driver
injuries reported. When the race resumed, Schadel continued
to set the pace while eighth-place starter Tony Adams moved
into the third position.
On the eighth circuit, Smith took the lead from Schadel
with an inside pass racing off of turn four. Schadel
withdrew from the race two laps later with a reported broken
shock on his race car.
On the ensuing restart, teammates Smith and Adams dueled
for the lead position. Lap after lap, Adams would pull even
with Smith and challenge for the lead. It was on a lap 13
restart when Adams secured the lead with an inside pass
entering turn one. Meanwhile, 12th-place starter Jeff Rine
moved within striking distance of the leaders.
With six laps remaining, Rine passed Smith for second and
closed in on Adams. At the checkered flag, however, Adams
was victorious by half of a second over Rine and fifth-place
starter Donnie Schick, who passed Smith for third with two
laps remaining. Smith and 15th-place starter Steve Campbell
rounded out the top five.
In the pro stock feature, polesitter Gerald Kratzer drove
his race car into the lead position while third-place
starter AJ Stroup trailed in second. On the third circuit,
Stroup secured the lead with inside pass by Kratzer while
racing off of turn four.
Through most of the event, Kratzer, sixth-place starter
AJ Hoffman, and seventh-place starter Jason Smith battled
for the lead position. On the eighth circuit, Smith
horsepowered his way into second and set his sites on
Stroup.
Racing out of turn four, Smith passed Stroup for the lead
using the inside lane. Smith held the field at bay for the
duration of the race and posted a .98 of a second victory
over Hoffman, Stroup, fifth-place starter Shaun Miller, and
Kratzer.
On the first lap of the roadrunner feature, ninth-place
starter and point leader Bob Bussey was involved in a
backstretch incident that forced him to withdraw from the
race. On the restart, polesitter Kyle Miller drove into the
early lead.
Miller kept his roadrunner in front of the pack for the
first two laps until second-place starter Jason Sherman made
a pass for the lead. Fifth-place starter Brad Mitch began to
show his speed in the first half of the race and reeled in
Sherman. On the seventh lap, Mitch made the winning pass
using the inside lane racing off turn four.
Mitch then had to contend with 10th-place starter Ricky
Bender and eighth-place starter Keith Bissinger. Following a
close three-car battle for the lead, it was Mitch who came
away with the victory by a mere .89 of a second over Bender,
Bissinger, Sherman, and Marlin Dunham.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY – 22 August 2009 358 Sprint
Cars – 27 Entries 25-Lap A-Main: 1) 3 Pat Cannon 2) 66 Ryan
Kissinger 3) 5 Josh Beard 4) 56 Nate Snyder 5) 19 Colby
Womer 6) 21T Kevin Nouse 7) 2T TJ Stutts 8) 37 Scott Flammer
9) 28 Chuck Paige 10) 16H Matt Horst 11) 5 Phil Walter 12)
10 Jeff Furlong 13) 99B Nyle Berkes 14) 63 Mike Walter 15)
22T Matt Boland 16) 71 Jessica Anderson 17) 77 Derek Locke
18) 14 Matt Heimbach 19) 21D Elvin Diller 20) 71C Charlie
Anderson 21) 81 Bob Beidleman 22) 12 Blane Heimbach 23) 4R
Davie Franek 24) 21 Shannon Mausteller Heat Winners: Josh
Beard, Pat Cannon, Ryan Kissinger Consolation Winner: Matt
Heimbach Late Models – 24 Entries 25-Lap A-Main: 1) 88 Tony
Adams 2) 2J Jeff Rine 3) 6 Donnie Schick 4) 99 Jeff Smith 5)
12C Steve Campbell 6) 119 Jim Bernheisel 7) 0 Brett Schadel
8) 45 Eric Hons 9) 90 Kyle Rhoads 10) 51 Dave Graber 11) 4S
Dave Shulski 12) 23B Donnie Murphy 13) 16 Matt Cochran 14)
99Z Dave Zona 15) 7M Meade Hahn 16) 119B Bryan Bernheisel
17) F1 Coleby Frye 18) 32 Dylan Yoder 19) 7 Dustin Hoffman
20) 4D Chad Hollenbeck 21) 91 Chad Davis 22) 115 Troy Miller
23) 3 Robbie Smith 24) 0 Ryan Nearhood Heat Winners: Tony
Adams, Jeff Smith, Dylan Yoder Pro Stocks – 12 Entries
15-Lap A-Main: 1) 28 Jason Smith 2) 19 AJ Hoffman 3) 26 AJ
Stroup 4) 115 Shaun Miller 5) 10 Gerald Kratzer 6) 12 Doug
Minium 7) 19H Larry Hare 8) 06 Frank Reisser 9) 64 Cody
McFadden 10) 28J Jeff Ceballa 11) 28X John Bouse 12) 28P
Jeff Ceballo Heat Winners: AJ Hoffman, Gerald Kratzer
Roadrunners – 17 Entries 12-Lap A-Main: 1) 39 Brad Mitch 2)
29B Ricky Bender 3) 11B Keith Bissinger 4) 721 Jason Sherman
5) 69 Marlin Dunham 6) 37 Eric Pinkerton 7) 21K Mike Kiehl
8) 10 Scott Dunham Jr. 9) 201 Brian Johnson 10) 77J Jeff
Swanger 11) 5 Dave Adams 12) 12JR Doug Minium Jr. 13) 41D
Dennis Conrad 14) 31 Brandon Shultz 15) 1 Kyle Miller 16) 76
Bob Bussey Heat Winners: Brad Mitch, Kyle Miller
Sat., August 21, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
UPCOMING SHOWS: Sat., August 29, 2009 (7 PM) - KIDS
NIGHT: Twin 20's for 410 Sprints & Thundercars
Sat., Sept. 5, 2009 (7 PM) - Fisher Auto Parts Night -
410 Sprints, Super Sportsman & 358 Late Models, plus
Fireworks (Final points race for 410 Sprints )
Sat., Sept. 12, 2009 (Time Trials @ 7 PM) - 358 Sprint
Championship, Thundercars & Central PA Legends (Final points
race for 358 Sprints)
LINCOLN FORCED TO CANCEL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH;
Kids Night rescheduled to next Saturday; Points titles going
down to the final shows
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 8/21/09 - After reeling off 22 straight
racing programs, Lincoln Speedway was forced to bow to the
weather Saturday night, August 22nd. With the threat of rain
all around the Central Pennsylvania area, Lincoln Speedway
promoters Bob and Don Leiby, along with Alan Kreitzer, were
hopeful as the a light drizzle began to fall just 15 minutes
before the gates were scheduled to open. With no significant
change in the radar after two hours of watching and waiting,
the promoters were forced to cancel the racing program.
"Kids Night" has been rescheduled for next Saturday, August
29th. It was also the second of two York County Racing Club
Nights on the season, and promoters will check with the club
before rescheduling the next club night before season's end.
The cancellation now reduces the number of 410 sprint car
point races remaining in '09 to three, two of which will be
the "Twin 20's" next Saturday night. That points chase will
likely go down the final laps of the last points race on
Fisher Auto Parts Night September 5th. Defending champ Brian
Montieth holds a ten-point lead over Alan Krimes entering
next Saturday's Twin 20's. The 358 sprint cars now have just
one event remaining on the season, the 358 Sprint Car
Championship to be held on Saturday, September 12th. That
puts Dale Hammaker in the driver's seat for the 2009 "358"
sprint point championship. He has a 165 point lead on
Glenndon Forsythe heading into the final event. The only
other driver who has a mathematical shot at the point title
is defending champ Jeff Rohrbaugh, who is 180 points behind
Hammaker.
Next Saturday night, August 29th, Lincoln Speedway will
hold Twin 20's for the 410 Sprints in the next to last point
event in the season-long battle for the Lawrence Chevrolet
410 Sprint Championship. Rounding out the evening's racing
program will be the always thrilling thundercars. It'll also
be Kids Night, with prizes for the kids one-week later than
planned. Racing action will get underway at 7 PM, with gates
opening at 5 PM and hot laps taking to the track at 6:30 PM.
To get all the latest news, results, schedule changes and
rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's website at
http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all the
action or pending weather conditions at Central
Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The
Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
Williams Grove Speedway
ADAM WILT AND MARK SMITH SPLIT TWIN 20s
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Adam Wilt and Mark Smith won the
rain-delayed twin 20-lap features for sprint cars Friday
night at Williams Grove Speedway. On the initial start
Gerard McIntyre beat Wilt into the first turn and led the
first lap until a red flag for a fourth turn crash involving
Cody Darrah and Doug Esh caused the race to be restarted. On
the restart Wilt drove off the front row and shot past
McIntyre exiting the second corner, then immediately began
to drive away from the field. The 22-year old rookie led the
feature for 22 laps two weeks ago before a crash ruined his
night, but this time he was not to be denied. A ninth lap
caution had no effect on Wilt, who again pulled away to a
substantial lead and went on to win by 3.69 seconds over
McIntyre. It was Wilt's first career victory at Williams
Grove while McIntyre, who is also a rookie, scored his best
finish. Jim Siegel claimed third ahead of Aaron Ott and
Brent Marks. Alan Krimes, Mark Smith, Chris Meleason, Todd
Shaffer and Chad Layton completed the top ten. With a
ten-car inversion for the second feature Layton and Shaffer
started on the front row. Shaffer set the pace with Mark
Smith, who started fourth, moving into contention after
taking the runnerup spot from Layton on lap four. Smith used
a bold inside move in traffic through turns three and four
on lap 16 to take the lead from Shaffer, then rolled to his
first win of the season. Shaffer,Layton, Marks and Darrah
completed the top five ahead of Siegel, Krimes, Brian Leppo,
Meleason and Ott. Montieth and Leppo earned $250 Hard
Charger awards from Beam Carpet of Carlisle. Smith set a new
20-lap track record of 6:08.588 eclipsing Lance Dewease's
7-year old mark of 6:08.77. Heats for the 31 sprint cars in
competition went to Wilt, Krimes and Dave Ely. The
consolation race was won by Cody Darrah. Jesse Snyder won
the 15-lap sidewinder feature. A shower caused a two-hour
delay prior to the start of the first sprint car feature.
Williams Grove Speedway Feature Finishes - August 21, 2009
First Sprint Car Feature - 20 laps - 1. Adam Wilt, 2.
Gerard McIntyre, Jr., 3. Jim Siegel, 4. Aaron Ott, 5. Brent
Marks, 6. Alan Krimes, 7. Mark Smith, 8. Chris Meleason, 9.
Todd Shaffer, 10. Chad Layton, 11. Cody Darrah, 12. Dave
Ely, 13. Brian Montieth, 14. Daryn Pittman, 15. Fred Rahmer,
16. Lance Dewease, 17. Pat Cannon, 18. Sean Michael, 19.
Mike Erdley, 20. Steve Buckwalter, 21. Brian Leppo, 22. Greg
Hodnett, 23. Don Kreitz, Jr., 23. Doug Esh
Second Sprint Car Feature - 20 laps - 1. Mark Smith, 2.
Todd Shaffer, 3. Chad Layton, 4. Brent Marks, 5. Cody
Darrah, 6. Jim Siegel, 7. Alan Krimes, 8. Brian Leppo, 9.
Chris Meleason, 10. Aaron Ott, 11. Dave Ely, 12. Lance
Dewease, 13. Adam Wilt, 14. Daryn Pittman, 15. Fred Rahmer,
16. Mike Erdley, 17. Steve Buckwalter, 18. Don Kreitz, Jr.,
19. A. J. Michael, 20. Doug Esh, 21. Gerald McIntyre, Jr.,
22. Pat Cannon, 23. Sean Michael, 24. Brian Montieth
TWIN 20s FOR SPRINT CARS ON AUGUST 21
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Fred Rahmer already holds the two
most important records in the storied history of Williams
Grove Speedway, but on August 21 he will have a golden
opportunity to extend an amazing winning streak when Twin
20-lap features will be presented Rahmer's milestones
include eight track championships and a career total of 79
sprint car victories at Williams Grove, but one of his other
records involves a winning streak which began 19 years ago.
Since 1990 Rahmer has won at least one feature at Williams
Grove every year through 2008. However, that streak is in
jeopardy because he is winless thus far in 2009 with the
season heading into the homestretch. And Lance Dewease who
has already won this year, is right behind Rahmer with 18
consecutive winning seasons. Rahmer's first win of 2009
could certainly come on August 21, since he has excelled in
races of a 20-lap distance throughout his Hall of Fame
career. Fifteen of his 79 victories including two of his
three URC wins came in 20-lap features. Rahmer, 51, of
Salfordville, Pa., and Van May are the only drivers ever to
sweep a Twin 20s program at Williams Grove. This year's
version of the Twin 20s will begin at 7:45. In addition to
sprint car racing, the Sidewinders will also be on the card
and a fireworks display will be presented. There will be no
time trials for the Twin 20s. The first feature will be
lined up according to the speedway's handicapping system.
The winner will draw for inversion of the second feature.
Reserved seats are still available for the Cleveland
Brothers National Open weekend on October 2-3. The finale of
the rain-plagued Summer Nationals will be run along with a
complete World of Outlaws program on October 2, and the
following night the National Open will be presented. Some
reserved seats remain for National Open weekend and credit
card orders are accepted at 717.697.5000 during business
hours.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY
18 August 2009
REINHART FOOD SERVICE FOUR DIVISION SHOW THIS SATURDAY AT
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY
SELINSGROVE, Pa. -- Selinsgrove Speedway will present a
four division show of 358 sprint cars, late models, pro
stocks, and roadrunners at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 22,
sponsored by Reinhart Food Service of Coal Township. Track
gates will open at 5 p.m.
With only four point races remaining in the 2009 season,
Blane Heimbach of Selinsgrove gained a slight edge in the
chase for the A&A Auto Stores 358 sprint car championship
after last weekend’s race. Heimbach holds a 105-point lead
over Nate Snyder of Halifax entering this Saturday’s race.
While Heimbach and Snyder race to rack up points to claim
the honors of track champion, Pat Cannon of Etters will
undoubtedly end the season as the division’s top winner,
with five victories already recorded in the books since
returning to Selinsgrove in late May.
After driving to his eighth win of the season last
Saturday, Jeff Rine of Danville is destined to clinch his
fifth career MAPCO Machine Shop late model track title this
year. Rine holds a commanding 785-point lead over Tony Adams
of Sunbury in the standings.
Jason Smith of Williamsport leads the Salem RV Center pro
stock standings by 520 points over AJ Hoffman of Richfield.
Smith and Hoffman top the list of winners with four
victories each this season; however, both drivers will be
seeking their first win at the track in nearly two months.
In last Saturday’s feature, sophomore driver Cody McFadden
of Montoursville became the division’s second first-time
winner this year.
Bob Bussey of Northumberland continues to lead the Byers
Built Engines/Collier Paving & Construction roadrunner
standings by just 25 points over Scott Dunham of
Selinsgrove. Dunham’s brother, Marlin Dunham, is also in
title contention, just 65 points behind the leader in third.
Reinhart is the third-largest, privately-held food
service distributor in the United States. For more than 30
years, Reinhart has provided restaurants and venues such as
Selinsgrove Speedway with 14,000-plus items ranging from
fresh poultry to beverages to food service equipment.
Selinsgrove Raceway Park will present a program of go
kart and micro sprint car racing at 7 p.m. this Friday, Aug.
21. Todd Hoover of Mt. Pleasant Mills leads the Selinsgrove
Ford micro sprint car standings by 120 points over defending
champion Ken Duke of Selinsgrove. Last Friday night, Tyler
Snook of Beavertown tied Hoover with three feature wins at
the track this season.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY
15 August 2009 Steve Inch
CANNON, RINE & BENDER ADD TO THEIR IMPRESSIVE WIN TOTALS;
MCFADDEN SCORES FIRST CAREER VICTORY IN PRO STOCKS;
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Pat Cannon of Etters drove to his
fifth win of the season and the 15th of his career in
Saturday night’s 25-lap main event for 358 sprint cars at
Selinsgrove Speedway. It was Cannon’s first win at the track
since his Firecracker 30 victory July 4 behind the wheel of
the Highlands’ Tire Service No. 3.
Jeff Rine of Danville continued his domination of the
late model division with his eighth victory of the season
and the 54th of his career at the track.
Cody McFadden of Montoursville drove to his first career
win in the 15-lap pro stock feature, while Ricky Bender of
Jolliett won his seventh race of the season in the
roadrunner division.
Selinsgrove Speedway will present a four division program
of 358 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks, and roadrunners
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, sponsored by Reinhardt Food
Service.
Second-place starter Ryan Kissinger powered into the lead
at the start of the sprint car feature. Kissinger was
trailed by polesitter Tom Wise for the first four laps until
sixth-place starter Colby Womer advanced to second.
The event’s first caution flag unfurled on lap five when
Alan Spriggle made contact with the inside third turn
guardrail. On the ensuing restart, Kissinger and Womer raced
in a torrid battle for the lead position while 12th-place
starter Pat Cannon rocketed into the third position.
On the 11th lap, Womer was scored as the leader before
Matt Heimbach rolled to a stop on the frontstretch, bringing
out the caution flag. For the next several laps an intense
battle unfolded between Womer, Kissinger, and Cannon for the
lead.
Cannon secured the lead with an inside pass by Womer in
the second turn on the 15th lap. Once in front, Cannon began
to pull away from the field. Womer, however, turned in a
solid second-place run, while ninth-place starter Davie
Franek, Kissinger, and 19th-place starter Blane Heimbach
raced in the top five.
At the finish, Cannon was victorious by 3.9 seconds over
Womer, Franek, B. Heimbach, and 10th-place starter TJ
Stutts.
Front row starters Matt Cochran and Troy Miller pulled
away from the field at the start of the late model feature
and raced side-by-side for the lead for several laps.
Fourth-place starter Donnie Schick and fifth-place starter
Dylan Yoder joined in the battle at the front of the pack by
lap five.
On lap seven, Robbie Smith brought out the event’s first
caution flag when he spun in turns three and four. When the
race restarted, the five cars of Cochran, Miller, Schick,
Yoder, and 12th-place starter Jeff Rine dueled for
positions.
On the ninth lap, Rine stormed around the outside and
pulled into the lead in turn two. At the midway point of the
race, Rine was leading Schick, Cochran, 11th-place starter
Coleby Frye, and Yoder.
Frye advanced to second with 10 laps remaining and began
to reel in Rine. Yoder, who was challenging Schick for
third, brushed the third turn wall on lap 22, ending his
night. The final restart saw Frye attempt to pass Rine in
turn one with each passing lap to no avail. At the checkered
flag, Rine was victorious by two seconds over Schick, Frye,
Tony Adams, and Steve Campbell.
Fifth-place starter Cody McFadden led the first three
laps of the pro stock feature until ninth-place starter AJ
Hoffman made a pass for the lead racing off turn four on the
fourth lap. Hoffman, a four-time winner this year, led
through lap seven, when McFadden horsepowered his way back
into the front spot.
The second half of the race saw sixth-place starter Shaun
Miller show some speed. Miller raced a close third behind
McFadden and Hoffman. The last couple of laps McFadden was
able to distance himself from the rest of the field and post
a 1.7-second margin of victory over third-place starter Kyle
Bachman, Dan Jensen, Miller, and Doug Minium. Hoffman’s race
car developed mechanical problems on the final lap.
Third-place starter Brad Mitch raced into the lead at the
drop of the green flag in the thrilling roadrunner feature.
Mitch was chased by sixth-place starter Mike Kiehl. On the
third lap, ninth-place starter Ricky Bender advanced to
second and challenged Mitch for the lead.
On the eighth circuit, Bender was scored as the leader,
only to have Mitch reclaim the front spot a lap later.
During the final laps, seventh-place starter Marlin Dunham
made it a three-car battle at the front of the pack.
Racing off turn four for the checkered flag, Bender moved
to the bottom of the race track and scored the win by inches
in a dramatic finish. Mitch, M. Dunham, Kiehl, and Scott
Dunham Jr. completed the top five.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY – 15 August 2009 358 Sprint
Cars – 27 Entries 25-Lap A-Main: 1) 3 Pat Cannon 2) 19 Colby
Womer 3) 4R Davie Franek 4) 12 Blane Heimbach 5) 2T TJ
Stutts 6) 56 Nate Snyder 7) 23M Tom Wise 8) 10 Jeff Furlong
9) 5 Phil Walter 10) 77 Derek Locke 11) 28 Chuck Paige 12)
66 Ryan Kissinger 13) 99B Nyle Berkes 14) 14 Matt Heimbach
15) 16H Matt Horst 16) 17M Mark Manieri Jr. 17) 71 Jessica
Anderson 18) 71C Charlie Anderson 19) 81 Bob Beidleman 20)
63 Mike Walter 21) 21T Kevin Nouse 22) 94 Ted Thomas 23) 21D
Elvin Diller 24) 42 Alan Spriggle Heat Winners: Tom Wise,
Colby Womer, Ryan Kissinger Consolation Winner: Blane
Heimbach Late Models – 21 Entries 25-Lap A-Main: 1) 2J Jeff
Rine 2) 6 Donnie Schick 3) F1 Coleby Frye 4) 88 Tony Adams
5) 12C Steve Campbell 6) 16 Matt Cochran 7) 119B Bryan
Bernheisel 8) 45 Eric Hons 9) 51 Dave Graber 10) 90 Kyle
Rhoads 11) 115 Troy Miller 12) 0 Ryan Nearhood 13) 32 Dylan
Yoder 14) 23 Mike Bingaman 15) 3 Robbie Smith 16) 7M Meade
Hahn 17) 99 Jeff Smith 18) 4D Chad Hollenbeck 19) 7 Dustin
Hoffman 20) 91 Chad Davis 21) 0 Brett Schadel Heat Winners:
Coleby Frye, Dylan Yoder, Jeff Smith Pro Stocks – 17 Entries
15-Lap A-Main: 1) 64 Cody McFadden 2) 70G Kyle Bachman 3) 6
Dan Jensen 4) 115 Shaun Miller 5) 12 Doug Minium 6) 19H
Larry Hare 7) 26 AJ Stroup 8) 34 Hank Steffen 9) 28 Jason
Smith 10) 06 Frank Reisser 11) 28J Jeff Ceballa 12) 19 AJ
Hoffman 13) 85 Terry Lauver 14) 28P Kyle Parsons 15) 99
Peanut Heintzelman 16) 44 Matt Johnson 17) 71 Kurt Wray Heat
Winners: AJ Hoffman, Kyle Bachman Roadrunners – 24 Entries
12-Lap A-Main: 1) 29B Ricky Bender 2) 39 Brad Mitch 3) 69
Marlin Dunham 4) 21K Mike Kiehl 5) 77 Scott Dunham Jr. 6) 37
Eric Pinkerton 7) 76 Bob Bussey 8) 721 Jason Sherman 9) 201
Brian Johnson 10) 12JR Doug Minium Jr. 11) 31 Brandon Shultz
12) 41 Kevin Dunkleberger 13) 7 Butch Shaffer 14) 69 Robert
Mentzer 15) 00 Brandon Rice 16) 18 Tim Mitch 17) 77J Jeff
Swanger 18) 307 Bo Lynch 19) 11B Keith Bissinger 20) 32 Ken
Schreffler 21) 70 John Schreffler 22) 10 Gary Kerstetter 23)
5 Dave Adams 24) 1 Kyle Miller Heat Winners: Keith
Bissinger, Brad Mitch
Sat., August 15, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
UPCOMING SHOWS: Sat., August 22, 2009 (7 PM) - KIDS
NIGHT/York County Racing Club Night - 410 Sprints,
Thundercars & 358 Sprints
Sat., August 29, 2009 (7 PM) - Twin 20's for 410 Sprints
& Thundercars
Sat., Sept. 5, 2009 (7 PM) - Fisher Auto Parts Night -
410 Sprints, Super Sportsman & 358 Late Models, plus
Fireworks (Final points race for 410 Sprints )
DIETRICH COMES FROM MID-PACK TO CLAIM SECOND '09 LINCOLN
410 SPRINT WIN; Curt Michael scores third career Lincoln URC
victory
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 8/15/09 - He might have not know where
he was, but the fans did. And Danny Dietrich took advantage
of a late caution to win a three-car battle for the lead and
claim his second win of the year in the 25-lap "410" sprint
car feature at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night. " I don't
even know where I came from," said Dietrich jokingly in
victory lane. "At the beginning I thought we were going to
be in trouble. We went back and Cory (Haas) and Cris (Eash)
passed up like we were sitting still and the next thing you
know here comes Alan (Krimes) and the caution comes out. I'm
sitting in 10th and thinking we'll just salvage something
out of this. I didn't feel good at all." "We went back green
and it seems like I was racing with Cris and Alan the whole
time and the next thing you know the caution comes out and
I'm sitting in third," said Dietrich, "I couldn't believe
it! I didn't realize where I was." Actually, Dietrich was in
third by the time the final caution of the race came out for
a stopped Doug Esh on the backstretch of lap 20. The caution
was a bad break for tenth-starting Cory Haas, who had chased
down Big Block Weaver and took the lead exiting turn two as
the caution flag waved, forcing Haas back to second for the
restart. One lap later, Weaver, Haas, and Dietrich raced
three-wide into turn one, with Haas doing a '360' and
continuing but losing several spots. At the same time,
Dietrich took to the cushion to drive around Weaver for the
race lead. From there, he drove away to a 2.58-second win
over Cris Eash, who passed Weaver for the runner-up spot on
the last lap. Weaver settled for third, with 12th-starting
Alan Krimes fourth and 14th-starting Jim Siegel fifth.
Completing the top ten were 22nd-starting Brian Montieth,
polesitter Ed Aiken (who led the first 10 laps before
yielding to Weaver), Haas, Brian Leppo, and Brent Marks.
Heats for the 26 "410" Sprints were won by Todd Rittenhouse
Jr., Aikin, and Big Block Weaver, with Esh winning the
Consolation.
Curt Michael scored his second win of the season in the
25-lap United Racing Company feature, catching race-long
leader Justin Collett for the lead as the two entered heavy
lapped traffic on lap 18. Michael claimed his 41st career
URC victory by 2.27 seconds over Collett, with point leader
JJ Grasso (who started tenth) crossing third, Brent Schoenly
fourth, and Davey Sammons fifth. Sixth through tenth were
Art Leidl, Nick Schlauch, Jr., Becca Anderson, Chris Coyle,
and Josh Weller. Jimmy Stitzel picked up a $300 hard charger
bonus from the family and friends of 1978 URC Lincoln winner
John Drauker for coming from 23rd-starting spot to finish
15th. Heats for the 23 URC Sprints were won by Ed Wagner,
Tim Hogue, and Collett. Hogue was uninjured in a turn three
flip on lap two that was the only caution of the feature.
Next Saturday night, August 22nd, it will be KIDS NIGHT
and York County Racing Club Night, with hundreds of prizes
given away to children in attendance and $2 off admission
for all card-carrying members of the club. All three regular
point divisions will be on hand as they vie for precious
points in the battle for their respective track
championships - Miller Brothers Chevrolet 410 Sprints,
Keizer Aluminum Wheels 358 Sprints and Thundercars. Racing
action gets underway at 7 PM with gates opening at 5 PM, and
hot laps taking to the track around 6:30 PM.
To get all the latest news, results, schedule changes and
rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's website at
http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all the
action or pending weather conditions at Central
Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The
Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
RACE RESULTS Sat., August 15, 2009 LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA LAWRENCE CHEVROLET 410 SPRINTS Feature
(25-Laps) - 1. 88-Danny Dietrich ($3,000); 2. 17E-Cris Eash;
3. 69-Shawn Weaver; 4. 87-Alan Krimes; 5. 59-Jim Siegel; 6.
21-Brian Montieth; 7. 7-Ed Aikin; 8. 11C-Cory Haas; 9.
71-Brian Leppo; 10. 19M-Brent Marks; 11. X-Bobby Weaver; 12.
98-Niki Young; 13. 23-Todd Rittenhouse Jr.; 14. 15-Adam
Wilt; 15. 7M-Mark Smith; 16. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 17.
6W-Josh Wells; 18. 26-Pat Cooper; 19. 4R-John Rudisill; 20.
39T-Tim Glatfelter; 21. 7C-Chad Trout (DNF); 22. 39-Doug Esh
(DNF); 23. 47J-Jeff Busby (DNF); 24. 65-Johnny Mackison Jr.
(DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders - Ed Aikin (1-10), Shawn Weaver (11-19),
Danny Dietrich (20-25)
1st Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 23-Todd Rittenhouse,
Jr.; 2. 88-Danny Dietrich; 3. 98-Niki Young; 4. 11C-Cory
Haas; 5. 39T-Tim Glatfelter; 6. 47J-Jeff Busby; 7. 65-Johnny
Mackison, Jr.; 8. 26-Pat Cooper; 9. 21-Brian Montieth (DNF).
No Time
2nd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 7-Ed Aiken; 2.
4-John Rudisill; 3. 19M-Brent Marks; 4. 17E-Cris Eash; 5.
59-Jim Siegel; 6. 7M-Mark Smith; 7. 39-Doug Esh; 8. 43-Doug
Dodson; 9. 7C-Chad Trout. Time - 2:27.955
3rd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 69-Shawn Weaver; 2.
15-Adam Wilt; 3. X-Bobby Weaver; 4. 87-Alan Krimes; 5.
71-Brian Leppo; 6. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 7. 6W-Josh Wells;
8. 3B-randy Baughman. No Time
Consolation (10 Laps/6 to qualify)- 1. 39-Doug Esh; 2.
65-Johnny Mackison Jr.; 3. 6W-Josh Wells; 4. 21-Brian
Montieth; 5. 26-Pat Cooper; 6. 7C-Chad Trout; 7. 43-Doug
Dodson; 8. 3B-Randy Baughman. Time 2:28.852
UNITED RACING COMPANY SPRINTS Rislone URC Sprint Feature
(25-Laps) - 1. 5G-Curt Michael; 2. 92-Justin Collett; 3.
99-JJ Grasso; 4. 16-Brett Schoenly; 5. 79-Davey Sammons; 6.
2-Art Leidl; 7. 36N-Nick Schlauch Jr.; 8. 17-Becca Anderson;
9. 22-Chris Coyle; 10. 63-Josh Weller; 11. 00-Ed Aikin; 12.
3-Dave Gable; 13. 89-Robbie Stillwagon; 14. 4-Kenny Meisner;
15. 12-Jimmy Stitzel; 16. 4B-Bryn Gohn; 17. 73-Kramer
Williamson; 18. 88B-Andy Best; 19. 70-Ed Wagner; 20. 47-Tim
Higgins; 21. 17J-Jonathon Swanson (DNF); 22. 36W-Jim Walters
(DNF); 23. 39-Tim Hogue (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders - Justin Collett (1-17), Curt Michael (18-25)
Engler Machine & Tool Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1.
70-Ed Wagner; 2. 2-Art Leidl; 3. 17-Becca Anderson; 4.
30N-Nick Schlauch Jr.; 5. 3-Dave Gable; 6. 89-Robbie
Stillwagon; 7. 17J-Jonathon Swanson; 8. 47-Tim Higgins. Time
- 2:33.534
Brad Penn-Penn Grade 1 Oil Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) -
1. 39-Tim Hogue; 2. 5G-Curt Michael; 3. 79-Davey Sammons; 4.
22-Chris Coyle; 5. 4-Kenny Meisner; 6. 4B-Bryn Gohn; 7.
36N-Jim Walters. Time - 2:32.605
Gutter Pro Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 92-Justin
Collett; 2. 16-Brett Schoenly; 3. 63-Josh Weller; 4. 99-JJ
Grasso; 5. 73-Kramer Williamson; 6. 00-Ed Aiken; 7. 88B-Andy
Best; 8. 12-Jimmy Stitzel (DNF). No Time