Shelton Scores First Win of 2009

By Ben Deatherage As every year approaches all of the teams in all the classes really look forward to the running of the Mark Howard Memorial at the Cottage Grove Speedway in Oregon. Each year we take one weekend and dedicate to a man that was so passionate about the sport he would help anyone out that would ask for it. That man was Mark Howard who we dearly miss and are glad that the fine people of Cottage Grove Yamaha sponsored the race to remember a man we untimely lost. The night featured the Late Models, Limited Sprints, the Brook’s Cut Rate Auto Parts Modifieds, and of course the class that Mark helped create the All-American Street Stocks. Also last Friday’s Kage Kart results are down below.

In the only sprint car class of the evening Jake Waddell of Roseburg set fast time of the night at 11.728 seconds for the Limited Sprints. Despite only one caution occurring in the trophy dash Zack Spaulding of Springfield was able to finish on top after a devastating wreck the week earlier. Both heat races had something as only one caution occurred in each of them. They yellows didn’t stop the likes of Ozzie Osburn of Springfield winning the first heat and Steven Horner of Cottage Grove winning heat two.

In the twenty six lap feature Heath Shelton of Drain took off and had almost a half of a lap interval between himself and second place. That would go away as Mike Baker of Dorena got upside down on lap fifteen which would bunch the field up. Throughout the night there was a lot of scrambling and passing throughout the field but none of the competitors were able to get up and challenge Shelton. Shelton would go on to win it and picked up his first win of the year finishing behind him was Mike Carrothers of Cottage Grove, Ozzie Osburn, Dan Philpot of Glide, and Brent Hoover of Eugene.

Kage Kart Results

6/26/2009

(Kage Karts do not qualify but run two heat races with the average finishes of each driver lining the main event)

Pee Wee:

Heat One-

Group A Mitchell Jamison, Junction City

Group B Conner Robustelli, Jefferson

Heat Two-

Group A Jamison

Group B Robustelli

Main-

1. Robustelli

2. Jamison

3. Tyler Goss, Eugene

4. Haley Forté, Junction City

5. Tyler Thompson, Harrisburg

5HP Intermediate:

Heat One-

Group A Matt McDowell Roseburg

Group B Bennett Bray, Roseburg

Heat Two-

Group A Tyler Kirkpatrick, Myrtle Point

Group B Jordan Ross, Harrisburg

B Main-

1. McKenzie Thompson, Harrisburg

2. Austin Emmanuel, Junction City

A Main-

1. Bray

2. Kirkpatrick

3. Ryan Baker, Coos Bay

4. Josh Spaulding, Springfield

5. Kyle Fitch, Eugene

125cc:

Heat One-

Group A Spencer Desbiens, Dallas

Group B Travis Thorne, Halsey

Heat Two-

Group A Brady Senger, Roseburg

Group B Tra. Thorne

Main-

1. Tra. Thorne

2. Tanner Morrison, Roseburg

3. Orion Redmond, Roseburg

4. Senger

5. Ricky Perry, Winston

Micros:

Heat One-Jeff Broadwell, Springfield

Heat Two-Broadwell

Main-

1. Jay Chambers, Cottage Grove

2. Broadwell

250cc:

Heat One-

Group A Tra. Thorne

Group B Mike Florence, Roseburg

Heat Two-

Group A Chris Thompson, Roseburg

Group B Florence

B Main- Tyler Thorne, Halsey

A Main-

1. C. Thompson

2. Matt Enos, Silverton

3. Tra. Thorne

4. Florence

5. Jeremy Werner, Creswell

Open Kage:

Heat One-

Group A Jake Claasan, Bend

Group B Kyle Miller, Eugene

Heat Two-

Group A Claasan

Group B Robert Venner, Crabtree

B Main-

1. Marena Starr-Ferguson, Eugene

2. Chris Allmendinger, Pleasant Hill

A Main-

1. Claasan

2. Venner

3. Josh Such, Roseburg

4. Andrew Burzynski, Bend

5. Josh Sim, Albany

 

Boat Sails to Bob Darland Memorial Wins Bowman, Davis also find victory lane

By Derek Fisher Much like Noah, who constructed his watercraft to hold two of everything, Chad Boat likes things in pairs. Thus it was fitting that the second-generation Arizona driver took home not one, but both legs of the Bob Darland Memorial at the Kokomo Speedway on Sunday night. Boat snared a lead he would not relinquish from Kurt Gross near the midway point in the 25-lap sprint car event, and later made a steady charge from the 12th spot on the grid to bag the 20-circuit midget main. The victories were Boat's first triumphs in the Hoosier state, where he is in his third year of competition. The doubleheader sweep was also just the second such occurence in Speedway history. Tony Elliott first notched the feat by securing both ends of a July 9, 1998 twinbill that paired BMARA / NAMARS midgets with a local sprint program. "This is a big win for us," Boat said from the All-Star Performance / Lowe's Racing Engines / Crume-Evans Insurance victory lane following the sprint car main. "This is our first one in Indiana, and we've been working hard towards it." Boat, the son of 1998 Indianapolis 500 polesitter Billy Boat, was rarely challenged in the event after banging wheels with Gross at the flagstand following the lap 11 slide job that garnered him the lead. The only real threat Boat encountered was two-time 2009 winner Billy Puterbaugh, who pressured the 17-year-old shoe briefly during a lap 14 restart. "The names that have won this race in the past are the best in the business," Boat added. "I've got to thank my guys and my dad. This one feels good." Hunter Schuerenberg, Jeff Bland Jr., Jon Stanbrough and Puterbaugh rounded out the top five. Gross faded outside the top 10 by race's end. Boat's midget effort was slightly more taxing. Beginning from the sixth row, Boat reached the top five on lap 10 while front-row mates Brad Kuhn and Tracy Hines swapped the lead in front of a hard-charging Bryan Clauson. After a lap 12 caution period saw Clauson retire from the event, Kuhn tried a sweeping slide job for Hines' lead on the 14th circuit's first turn. No contact ensued, but the duo's collective loss of momentum allowed Boat to enter the fray. Rocketing low and under the leaders off the fourth corner of that lap, the lead was Boat's for good. "We were a little loose early on," Boat said of his Room Store No. 30 machine. "Things kind of came to us at the end. Brad and Tracy got to racing hard and it opened the door for us." Hines, Kuhn, Dakoda Armstrong and Caleb Armstrong completed the top five. Tony Bowman captured his first Rent-A-Center street stock win of the year on Sunday night following a wild 15-lap event. David Hurst was the early leader of the race before nine-time Kokomo champion Glen Gamblin took the point on lap five. Again battling for the lead on the eighth circuit, Hurst and Gamblin made contact in the second corner as Gamblin spun to a stop. Both drivers were sent to the tail of the field as a result, handing the lead to Bowman. The veteran driver was able to lead the remainder of the race despite heavy pressure from Brandon Roundtree and Ryan Hines in the closing laps. "I'm not sure what happened with Glen and David," Bowman said of the leaders' incident. "But whatever it was, it worked for me!" Roundtree finished second while Gamblin recovered to take third. Hines and Hurst were fourth and fifth, respectively. Allen Davis won the UMP thunder car event. The triumph was his fourth win of the year in the division.

25 Lap Bob Darland Memorial Omni Source Sprint Car A Main 1.30 Chad Boat 2.2h Hunter Schuerenberg 3.10b Jeff Bland 4.53 Jon Stanbrough 5.16p Billy Puterbaugh 6.10e Shane Cottle 7.11c Bryan Clauson 8.29w Cole Whitt 9.2b Dave Darland 10.17f Nic Faas 11.10f Blake Fitzpatrick 12.66j Josh Spencer 13.12c Jerry Coons, Jr. 14.73 Mike Spencer 15.17r Kyle Robbins 16.81 Robert Ballou 17.12g Chris Gurley 18.1x Kurt Gross 19.7c Cole Carter 20.57 Thomas Meseraull

10 Lap B Main #1 (Top 2 Transfer to the A Main) 1.12c Coons, Jr. 2.2h Schuerenberg 3.24 Landon Simon 4.9t Kevin Thomas, Jr. 5.16d Randy Donelson 6.39 Matt Goodnight 7.42au Gary Rooke 8.6m Nate Lauderbaugh 9.37 Blair Julian

10 Lap B Main #2 (Top 2 Transfer to the A Main) 1.53 Stanbrough 2.66j Spencer 3.27a Andrew Elson 4.7p Anthony Peterman 5.27b Keith Bloom, Jr. 6.41 Critter Malone 7.5h Patrick Haynes 8.58 Jamie Fredrickson DNS 35 Sammy Imel

20 Lap Bob Darland Memorial Midget A Main 1.30 Chad Boat 2.24 Tracy Hines 3.17 Brad Kuhn 4.7a Dakota Armstrong 5.7c Caleb Armstrong 6.19 Kody Swanson 7.85 Shane Hollingsworth 8.112 Brett Beauchamp 9.10g Justin Grant 10.10k Geoff Kaiser 11.31 Buddy Lowther 12.39 Bryan Clauson 13.35 Travis Berryhill 14.4 Gary Bradley 15.5k Kent Schmidt DNS 76 Kellen Conover

15 Lap Rent-A-Center UMP Street Stock A Main 1.56 Tony Bowman 2.2. 2 Brandon Roundtree 3.9 Glen Gamblin 4.11h Ryan Hines 5.8 David Hurst 6.3n Kaleb Nutter 7.11w Thurman Wines 8.71 Dennis Freeland 9.88 Travis Stepp 10.1t Ervin Turner 11.1n Jimmy Nutter 12.12 Jesse Dixon

15 Lap UMP Thunder Car A Main 1. 11d Allen Davis 2. 95 Jeremy Van Ness 3. 37 Jason Fritz 4. 75 Marvin Uitts 5. 13 Daphnie Paul 6. 17 Josh Martin 7. 44 Dave Fritz 8. 215 Gerald Armfield 9. 14 Kris Workman 10. 12c Steve Clark 11. 6w Junior Williams 12. 2v Jeff Vogel 13. 68 Bill Cox 14. 33 Jeff Shaw 15. 26 Jason Larrison 16. 23 Brad Clark 17. 55 John McMahan DNS 77 Chris Roberts DQ 92z Chanteal Zimmerman DQ 48 Fred Atkins

8 Lap UMP Thunder Car B Main (Top 5 to the A Main) 1. 55 McMahan 2. 14 Workman 3. 92z Perry Shelton 4. 6w Williams 5. 68 Cox 6. 6h Lee Hawkins 7. 00 Bryan Martin DNS 28d David Atkins

 

McCune Wins HOSS @ Plymouth

The Hoosier Outlaw Sprint Series only event at Plymouth Speedway was held Saturday night. Fast qualifier Jimmy McCune of Toledo, Ohio takes the win coming from a six inversion. Jerry Caryer and Troy DeCaire made up the front row to start the feature. DeCaire takes the lead while McCune is working his way to the front. McCune is second by the fourth lap and chasing down DeCaire. He passes him on lap 24 and Tim Cox takes over second on lap 38, Jerry Caryer and Greg Wheeler round out the top five. Heat winners were Chris Neuenschwander, Tim Cox, and Ron Koehler.

Results-6-27-09

Qualifying-1.88 Jimmy McCune, 2. 7 TimCox, 3. 10 Ron Koehler, 4. 37 Hank Lower, 5. 81 Troy DeCaire, 6. 75c Jerry Caryer, 7. 10w Greg Wheeler, 8. 90 Patrick Stewart, 9. 2t Tom Tolbert, 10. 10n Chris Neuenschwander, 11. 1 Jonathan Kettlewell, 12. 7s Joe Swanson, 13. 11 Tom Paterson, 14. 27 Chris Jagger, 15. 43 Sam Davis, 16. 95 Steve Ball, 17. 35 Grant Kenens, 18. 44 Don Johnson

Heat One 1. 10n Neuenschwander, 2. 37 Lower, 3. 10w Wheeler, 4. 88 McCune, 5. 95 Ball, 6. 11 Paterson

Heat Two 1. 7 Cox, 2. 90 Stewart, 3. 81 DeCaire, 4. 1 Kettlewell, 5. 27 Jagger, 6. 35 Kenens

Heat Three1. 10 Koehler, 2. 43 Davis, 3. 2t Tolbert, 4. 7s Swanson, 5. 75c Caryer, 6. 44 Johnson

Feature-1. McCune, 2. 7 Cox, 3. 81 Decaire, 4. 75c Caryer, 5. 10w Wheeler, 6. 10n Neuenschwander, 7. 90 Stewart, 8. 43 Davis, 9. 1 Kettlewell, 10. 7s Swanson, 11. 44 Johnson, 12. 2t Tolbert, 13. 95 Ball, 14. 11 Paterson, 15. 35 Kenens, 16. 37 Lower, 17. 10k Koehler, 18. 27 Jagger

 

Gharst is First Repeat Winner with Sprint Invaders!

(Bill W) June 28, 2009 – Kaley Gharst became the first repeat winner with the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders at the Quad City Raceway in East Moline, Illinois on Sunday. The Decatur, Illinois driver was paid $1,200 for his win, and moved into second on the all-time series’ win list with nine. Russ Hall and Jack Dover followed him to the finish line.

Gharst shot out to an early lead, running on the high side of the banked ¼ mile oval. Russ Hall followed him into second in the early going of the 25-lapper, followed by Jack Dover. The lead trio ran nose to tail, banging the cushion, and at times the wall, even as they began working lapped traffic on lap five.

Hall made two slide-job attempts to take the lead from Gharst before a lap 12 red flag for Dennis Bordeau who got upside down. He was uninjured. “He (Gharst) hit the fence a couple of times in lapped traffic, so we took a shot at him,” said Hall. “I thought we could get him there, but we just couldn’t clear him. Running second really helps with the morale of our team.”

“I didn’t know who it was, but I saw a black nose wing down there twice,” said Gharst of Hall’s advances. “There were a few times I got stuck in lapped traffic there, with a car up top and a car down low. I tried the middle, and he about got me a couple times.”

Gharst led Hall, Dover, Donnie Steward and Ryan Jamison back to green flag racing on the restart. With clear track in front of him, the 2007 series’ champion was never seriously challenged again. The battle was on for second, however.

“I slid by him a couple times,” said Dover of his attempts to pass Hall. “But he would come back down and drive by on the front straight. I like tracks like this that are tight and racy. We found some problems with our tires when we came in, but we’ll take third.”

The only other caution came on lap 15, when CJ Houseman spun. Ben Wagoner, who came into the night as a leading Rookie of the Year contender running second in points suffered mechanical problems and retired early.

Gharst led the last ten laps, many of them with a clear track ahead of him. He won at the facility late in his championship season. ”The track was pretty much identical to the one in 2007, other than that one took rubber towards the end,” he says. “The cushion pretty much became the wall tonight. You can get around here pretty good for as small as it is. It’s a lot of fun.”

Steward finished fourth, ahead of Jamison. Matt Sutton, Bobby Mincer, Matt Rogerson, Jimmy Davies and Lance Gullo rounded out the top ten. Dover, Hall and Jamison won heats, while Gharst took the Kevin Doty Memorial Shake-Up Dash.

Rogerson, who entered the night as the point leader, got upside down in his heat race, but finished it with a mangled wing. He salvaged the night with his eighth place run.

Results

Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders 25-lap A main Finish (started): 1. 14P, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (2) 2. 29x, Russ Hall, Des Moines, IA (4) 3. 53, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (1) 4. 16HD, Donnie Steward, West Burlington, IA (3) 5. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Mediapolis, IA (6) 6. 3, Matt Sutton, Macomb, IL (7) 7. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (13) 8. 29, Matt Rogerson, West Burlington, IA (12) 9. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL (15) 10. 3G, Lance Gullo, Springfield, IL (5) 11. 65, Jordan Goldesberry, Springfield, IL (10) 12. 14, Tony Daniels, Galesburg, IL (14) 13. 80x, CJ Houseman, Norwalk, IA (8) 14. 40, Andy Huston, Roseville, IL (20) 15. 53H, Matt Harms, Morton, IL (21) 16. 1PC, Pete Crall, DeSoto, KS (22) 17. Y2, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (17) 18. 31P, Travis Porter, Rock Island, IL (9) 19. 93, Jamie Needham, Moline, IL (16) 20. 84, Ben Wagoner, Emden, IL (11) 21. 2B, Dennis Bordeau, Davenport, IA (18) 22. 4J, Justin Parrish, Oquawka, IL (19). Lap Leader: Gharst 1-25. Hard Charger: Mincer.

Golden Eagle Distributors/Budweiser Heat Race #1 (started, Top Two to the Shake-Up Dash): 1. Jack Dover (4) 2. Kaley Gharst (1) 3. Matt Sutton (4) 4. Jordan Goldesberry (7) 5. Bobby Mincer (5) 6. Jamie Needham (6) 7. Justin Parrish (3) DNS – Pete Crall

Cole Implement Heat Race #2 (started, Top Two to Shake-Up Dash): 1. Russ Hall (1) 2. Donnie Steward (6) 3. CJ Houseman (5) 4. Ben Wagoner (3) 5. Tony Daniels (4) 6. Mike Houseman Jr. (2) 7. Andy Huston (7)

HustonLand Improvement Heat Race #3 (started, Top Two to Shake-Up Dash): 1. Ryan Jamison (1) 2. Lance Gullo (4) 3. Travis Porter (2) 4. Matt Rogerson (5) 5. Jimmy Davies (3) 6. Dennis Bordeau (6) DNS – Matt Harms

Kevin Doty Memorial Shake-Up Dash presented by Cen-Pe-Co Lubricants: 1. Ryan Jamison (2) 2. Jack Dover (6) 3. Kaley Gharst (1) 4. Donnie Steward (4) 5. Russ Hall (5) 6. Lance Gullo (3)

Contingency Awards

Rod End Supply - Matt Harms

Rod End Supply - Travis Porter

Saldana Racing Products - Ben Wagoner Hepfner Racing Prodcuts - CJ Houseman

Brake Man - Mike Houseman Jr.

 

Huset's Speedway June 28, 2009 Race Results June 28, 2009

Interstate Auto Center Outlaw Sprint Cars

Qualifications: 1. 17G-Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD, 10.929; 2. 16-Jake Peters, Sioux Falls, SD, 11.195; 3. 4-Chad Meyer, Harrisburg, SD, 11.302; 4. 12L-John Lambertz, Sioux Falls, SD, 11.362; 5. 11X-Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD, 11.392; 6. 13-Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND, 11.499; 7. 4W-Matt Wasmund, Jackson, MN, 11.622; 8. 23W-Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN, 11.769; 9. 40-Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 11.778; 10. 6-Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA, 11.797; 11. 33-Dusty Ballenger, Harrisburg, SD, 11.955; 12. 1A-Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD, 11.992; 13. 13JM-Jordan Martens, Harrisburg, SD, 12.032; 14. 15-Joe Riedel, Ramona, SD, 12.078; 15. 9M-Marlon Jones, Harrisburg, SD, 12.118; 16. 101-Chuck Mcgillivray, Madison, SD, 12.435; 17. 1-Troy Meyer, Worthing, SD, 12.466; 18. 56-Johnn Cressman, Hartford, SD, 12.477

Heat #1: 1. 16-Jake Peters, Sioux Falls, SD; 2. 23W-Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN; 3. 17G-Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD; 4. 13-Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND; 5. 12L-John Lambertz, Sioux Falls, SD; 6. 33-Dusty Ballenger, Harrisburg, SD; 7. 1-Troy Meyer, Worthing, SD; 8. 9M-Marlon Jones, Harrisburg, SD; 9. 13JM-Jordan Martens, Harrisburg, SD

Heat #2: 1. 40-Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD; 2. 11X-Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD; 3. 6-Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA; 4. 4-Chad Meyer, Harrisburg, SD; 5. 101-Chuck Mcgillivray, Madison, SD; 6. 4W-Matt Wasmund, Jackson, MN; 7. 1A-Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD; 8. 56-Johnn Cressman, Hartford, SD; 9. 15-Joe Riedel, Ramona, SD

A Feature: 1. 11X-Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD; 2. 13-Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND; 3. 23W-Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN; 4. 16-Jake Peters, Sioux Falls, SD; 5. 4W-Matt Wasmund, Jackson, MN; 6. 12L-John Lambertz, Sioux Falls, SD; 7. 6-Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA; 8. 1A-Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD; 9. 15-Joe Riedel, Ramona, SD; 10. 4-Chad Meyer, Harrisburg, SD; 11. 13JM-Jordan Martens, Harrisburg, SD; 12. 17G-Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD; 13. 33-Dusty Ballenger, Harrisburg, SD; 14. 40-Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD; 15. 101-Chuck Mcgillivray, Madison, SD; 16. 1-Troy Meyer, Worthing, SD; 17. 9M-Marlon Jones, Harrisburg, SD; 18. 56-Johnn Cressman, Hartford, SD

Wheel City Auto Championship Sprints

Heat #1: 1. 5-Eric Lutz, Sioux Falls, SD; 2. 4-Cody Hansen, Nunda, SD; 3. 11-Trisha Underberg, Sioux Falls, SD; 4. 17B-Ryan Bickett, Ramona, SD; 5. 51-Doug Martens, Ward, SD; 6. 63-Terry Chester, Parker, SD; 7. 1A-Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD

Heat #2: 1. 27-Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA; 2. 2D-Dusty Ballenger, Harrisburg, SD; 3. 12-Brock Dump, Lennox, SD; 4. 42-Kevin Flowers, Hartford, SD; 5. 3J-Jeremiah Jordahl, Madison, SD; 6. 23-Cody Hahn, Minneapolis, MN; 7. 29-Justin Zitterich, Sioux Falls, SD

Heat #3: 1. 17V-Casey Abbas, Sioux Falls, SD; 2. 24-Randy Droescher, Larchwood, IA; 3. 8-Lane Brenden, Mitchell, SD; 4. 5X-Dave Glennon, Casselton, ND; 5. 1-Justin Glaser, Sioux Falls, SD; 6. 77-Troy Vink, Tea, SD

A Feature: 1. 5-Eric Lutz, Sioux Falls, SD; 2. 27-Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA; 3. 2D-Dusty Ballenger, Harrisburg, SD; 4. 17V-Casey Abbas, Sioux Falls, SD; 5. 17B-Ryan Bickett, Ramona, SD; 6. 8-Lane Brenden, Mitchell, SD; 7. 4-Cody Hansen, Nunda, SD; 8. 12-Brock Dump, Lennox, SD; 9. 42-Kevin Flowers, Hartford, SD; 10. 24-Randy Droescher, Larchwood, IA; 11. 5X-Dave Glennon, Casselton, ND; 12. 3J-Jeremiah Jordahl, Madison, SD; 13. 51-Doug Martens, Ward, SD; 14. 1A-Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD; 15. 1-Justin Glaser, Sioux Falls, SD; 16. 77-Troy Vink, Tea, SD; 17. 11-Trisha Underberg, Sioux Falls, SD; 18. 63-Terry Chester, Parker, SD; 19. 23-Cody Hahn, Minneapolis, MN; 20. 29-Justin Zitterich, Sioux Falls, SD

Next Generation Sprint Cars

Heat #1: 1. 2X-Gerod Olivier, Valley Springs, SD; 2. 1-Dean Brown, Sanborn, MN; 3. 12-Troy Schreurs, Baltic, SD; 4. 75-Tommy Barber, Brandon, SD

A Feature: 1. 12-Troy Schreurs, Baltic, SD; 2. 1-Dean Brown, Sanborn, MN; 3. 2X-Gerod Olivier, Valley Springs, SD; 4. 75-Tommy Barber, Brandon, SD

 

BEDFORD SPEEDWAY "The Track Racing Legends Built"

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DATE: June 28, 2009

Stevie Smith Wins PA Posse Show

By Laura Cornman

BEDFORD, PA –

A high-speed evening of racing was on hand Sunday as the Pennsylvania Posse 410 sprint cars invaded the speedway for the first time in over twenty years. The super late model division and the cruiser hobby stock division were also on the schedule. A sum of 56 cars filled the pit area; twenty eight 410sprints, eighteen super late models, and ten cruiser hobby stocks.

Sunday was another record-breaking night. Stevie Smith shattered the Bedford Speedway 410sprint car record of 16.647. The new record to beat is 15.597. Spectators witnessed speeds well over 130 miles per hour. Winners of the 410sprint heat races were Adam Wilt, Keith Kauffman, and Justin Henderson. The Bedford Valley Petroleum super late models ran two heats; Jeff Rhine and DJ Troutman were victorious.

Ed Lynch Jr. led the field of twenty three sprints to the cone. Chad Kemenah quickly took command going into turn one and began distancing himself from the rest of the field. Chad Layton moved into the second place, lynch trailed him. Within six laps Kemenah was faced with lap traffic. Karl Baker rolled and landed on his wheels between turns one and two, bringing out a closed red flag. Kemenah brought the field back to full power and blasted off the restart. Layton followed his lead while Greg Hodnett tagged behind. Stevie Smith made his way into the third position and looked to make a move on Layton. Smith and Layton battled frivolously for the second place spot. Layton began closing ground on Lynch. The rest of the field battled for their positions. Again, Lynch was faced with lap traffic. Despite the lap traffic, a battle for the lead began. Stevie Smith pulled off a pass against Lynch coming off of turn four with eleven laps to go. Smith took full command as he began separating himself from the rest of the field. Kemenah occupied the second position while Layton followed. Smith’s position was solidified as he drove his black and white number one into victory lane.

Scott Rhodes escorted the pack of super late models to the start of green flag racing. Rhodes began to stretch his lead. DJ Troutman followed closely behind with Jack Pencil trailing him. Troutman began to feel pressure as Pencil looked to make his move for the second position. Jeff Rhine and Scott Haus ran side by side for the fifth place spot, Rhine was successful. With fifteen laps to go Pencil pulled off a pass against Troutman. He didn’t stop there; within a lap he obtained the lead from Rhodes. The rest of the field continued to drive hard for their positions. Even in the face of lap traffic, Pencil secured ground between he and Troutman. With sixteen laps in the book, Eric Zembower landed his blue number forty nine on the inside wall of the front stretch. Pencil brought the field up to speed and back to green flag racing. Pencil expanded his lead as he began driving away from Rhine. Mike Altobelli resided in the third position while Troutman followed. Rhine couldn’t manage to close the gap between himself and Pencil. Pencil was first to drive under the waving checkered flags, earning his fifth win of the season.

Terry Norris led the cruiser hobby stock division to the drop of the green flag. Without haste Charlie Walter took command and quickly began to extend his lead. Behind him the rest of the field battled for their positions. Carl Snare Jr. followed Walter’s lead. Tyler Ritchey and Kevin Hinish fought for the fourth position. Ritchey was successful until he lost control in turn four. Walter showed the way to the restart and began to lengthen his lead. Terry Norris, running third, began to feel the pressure of Troy Aikey. Norris managed to distance himself from Aikey. Tyler Ritchey came from the rear and swiftly made his way into the fourth place position. Walter made his way off of turn four for the final time with a full front stretch lead between him and the rest of the field. Walter drove into victory lane for the fifth time this season.

Come and celebrate Independence Day weekend at the Bedford Speedway on July 5. An exciting five division show is scheduled which includes the super late models, 358 limited late models, street stocks, hobby stocks, and the 4-cylinders. This race will be dedicated as a memorial night for racing families. There will also be a fireworks show after the races.

RESULTS:

DNS (did not start)

DNF (did not finish)

DNQ (did not qualify)

DQ (disqualified)

410 Sprints:

Heat #1

1. #15 Adam Wilt 2. #22 Greg Hodnett 3. #1 Stevie Smith 4. #89 Cody Darrah 5. #51 Fred Rahmer 6. #11 Mike Erdley 7. #3 Bob Bennett 8. #44 Joey Hershey 9. #19M Brent Marks

Heat #2

1. #27 Keith Kauffman 2. #7M Mark Smith 3. #25ott Aaron Ott 4. #17 Daryn Pittman 5. #35 Chad Kemenah 6. #7 Chad Layton 7. #19 Cale Grubb 8. #51B Karl Baker 9. #11T TJ Winegardner

Heat #3

1. #25 Justin Henderson 2. #2L Ed Lynch Jr. 3. #39 Doug Esh 4. #65 Johnny Mackinson Jr. 5. #V92 Matthew Reed 6. #56 Ralph Spithaler 7. #33 Brian Ehrenzeller 8. #55 Mike Wagner 9. #7K Dan Shetler 10. #75 Dave Ely

B- Main

1. #3 Bob Bennett

2. #19 Cole Grubb

3. #51 Fred Rahmer

4. #44 Joey Hershey

5. #33 Brian Ehrezeller

Feature

1. #1 Stevie Smith 2. #35 Chad Kemenah 3. #7 Chad Layton 4. #22 Greg Hodnett 5. #89 Cody Darrah 6. #2L Ed Lynch Jr. 7. #7M Mark Smith 8. #17 Daryn Pittman 9. #25 Justin Henderson 10. #27 Keith Kauffman 11. #11 Mike Erdley 12. #39 Doug Esh 13. #15 Adam Wilt 14. #65 Johnny Mackinson Jr. 15. #19 Cale Grubb 16. #V92 Matthew Reed 17. #56 Ralph Spithaler 18. #33 Brian Ehrenzller 19. #51 Fred Rahmer 20. #25ott Aaron Ott 21. #44 Joey Hershey 22. #51B Karl Baker 23. #3 Bob Bennett

Super Late Models:

Heat #1

1. #92 Jeff Rhine 2. #83R Scott Rhodes 3. #79 Mike Altobelli Jr. 4. #0 Ron Delano Jr. 5. #8A Alan Sagi 6. #43 Tom Decker Jr. 7. #8L Scott Lebaron 8. #0 Larry Bare 9. #57 Jeff Miller 10. #20 Shawn Claar

Heat #2

1. # 50E DJ Troutman 2. #15E Steve Everhart 3. #14 Jack Pencil 4. #76 Scott Haus 5. #74 Tyler Hershey 6. #17J Wayne Johnson (DNF) 7. #49 Eric Zembower (DNF) 8. #77 Randy Burkholder (DNF)

Feature

1. #14 Jack Pencil 2. #92 Jeff Rhine 3. #79 Mike Altobelli Jr. 4. #50E DJ Troutman 5. #57 Jeff Miller 6. #83R Scott Rhodes 7. #8A Alan Sagi 8. #77 Randy Burkholder 9. #76 Scott Haus 10. #5 Chuck Clise 11. #8L Scott Lebaron 12. #43 Tom Decker Jr. 13. #0 Ron Delano Jr. 14. #74 Tyler Hershey 15. #20 Shawn Claar 16. #0 Larry Bare (DNF) 17. #15E Steve Everhart (DNF) 18. #49 Eric Zembower (DNF) 19. #17J Wayne Johnson (DNF)

Cruiser Hobby Stocks:

Feature:

1. #42 Charlie Walter Jr. 2. #66 Carl Snare Jr. 3. #73 Terry Norris 4. #3 Tyler Ritchey 5. #29 Troy Aikey 6. #0 Rick Potter 7. #4J Mandy Jay 8. #7 Travis Group 9. #15 Kevin Hinish 10. #9 Ray Shepherd

KING, HULL, THOMPSON, AND BLAIR ENJOY FIEWORKS WINS AT SFCR.

Farmington, MO (June 27) -- On this pre July 4th weekend the POWRi National Micro Sprints were in town for their annual visit. Thirty-eight of the Micros were in the pit area for this Soaring Eagle Distributing event.

The “King” held court and came away with the race win. Defending POWRi Micro Sprint Champion, Dereck King, Vienna, IL made the pass for the lead and the win on Lap 17 of the scheduled 20 lap event.

King had his work cut out for him as he started third. Local and regular driver at St Francois County Raceway, Kyle Amerson of Wildwood, MO, started the event on the pole position along side Brunson Behning, of Calamus, IA.

The first attempt at a start failed. On the second attempt Amerson jumped into the lead and closely contested by Behning. King, JoeB Miller, Millersville, MO and Ryan Kempin, Catawissa, MO in hot pursuit and fighting for their own track position.

Amerson and Behning stayed in front of the field for the most of the event. On Lap 12 Behning lost control of his car, while running second, brought out the only yellow of the event. Behning restarted and finished 19th.

On the restart Amerson picked up where he left off. Only difference was King in the second position. Slow traffic came into play and help decide the outcome. Brian Keen, Desloge, MO was in the middle of the exchange for the lead.

Amerson, Miller and King were three wide for the lead heading down the back stretch. Miller had his chance to take the lead, but King out gunned him into turn three.

King stretched out his track position for the win followed by Miller, Amerson, Ryan Kempin, and a nice fifth place finish for Garrett Worley, Doe Run, MO.

Sprint Car action found a familiar face returning to the winners circle. Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO came home the winner, but made it exciting at the end of the event for the win.

The event started with Tommy Worley, Jr on the front row with opening night winner Casey Barnhouse, Farmington, MO. Also joining in the early chase were Hull, and Ros Crabdree. These four made some hay in the early going. Worley returned to the track following last weeks terrible accident and score wins in his heat and the dash. He had the feature covered until a spinning Joey Boyd, Farmington, MO blocked the groove he was running. Tommy locked up the brakes on his machine to avoid, but could not. Worley restarted at the end of the field and Worley worked his way back to a fifth place finish.

After the caution for the Boyd incident, Rod Crabdree was in a position to win his first feature in a while. In his Quentin Campbell owned machine, Crabdree raced out to a fiur car length lead over Hull, Joey Montgomery and Steve Short. Hull was closing lap by lap. Crabdree fought him off, but a lap 16 caution for Tom Dickerman closed up the field. Hull made his pass for the lead coming of turn four and finished in fine shape for his third win of the season. Crabdree hung on for second as a hard charging Joey Montgomery finished third. Steve Short and Tommy Worley completed the top five.

During intermission several drivers went into the stands to pass the helmet for our departed friend Dennis Frank. The fans found it in their hearts to give. The last count we were given was $800 with more continuing to come in. Thanks to the fans, crews, drivers, and workers for their support. Parade lap before the feature was the traditional four wide formation in his honor.

Intermission also included a great fireworks display. Fireworks from ACA Fireworks three locations lit up the night sky. ACA is located at the St Francois County Raceway grounds, nest to Hardee’s in Potosi, and P & L’s Store on 8 west by AA Highway.

Modified action was great as always. This division is so close any of the these competitors are capable of a win. After last weeks “robbery” by Outlaw Rusty Griffaw, our regulars were all looking for the winners circle.

Brent Thompson, Park Hills, MO, has been absent from their since opening night. However, on this night he found his way back. Without the aid of a map. Thompson would have to battle Shannon Blair, Point Leader David Shepard, Matt Eaton and Cody Conner. Close racing ensued for the duration of the event. However caution periods did not allow for any extended runs. The final caution came out on lap 10 of the 15 lap event. Thompson and Shepard were literally door to door on more than one occasion. Paint exchange was very possible between the two, but it appeared none was exchanged. Thompson said in his post race interview, he enjoyed racing with Dave, Matt and Billy. He also thanked Dave for running him clean.

After the races we spoke to Shepard and he told us Thompson and he were in a chess type match. Taking each others lines of entry at opposite ends of the track. Shepard did take the lead for a brief moment, only to have a caution wave. He also thanked Brent for the clean run.

Thompson claimed his second win of the season with Shepard finishing second, Matt Eaton third, Jeremy Greenwalt fourth and Billy Smith in fifth.

Pure Street action saw point Leader Brian Blair pick up win number five on the season. Mike Savage, Shane Blair, Chris Boyd and Robby Wells finished the top five.

With the Fourth of July upon us, racing at St Francois County Raceway will take the weekend off. We will return to our regular racing program on Saturday, July 11th. When racing resumes it will be our $5.00 night in the grandstand for the month of July. Checkout the track website at www.sfcr-online.com.

Summary

POWRi NATIONAL MICRO SPRINTS

Heat 1: 1. Brunson Behning 2. Dereck King 3. Brandon Grayneal 4. Garrett Worley

Heat 2: 1. JoeB Miller 2. Chris Meyer 3. Kara King 4. John Paynter

Heat 3: 1. Ryan Kempin 2. Braylon Fitzpatrick 3. Jacob Patton 4. Tony Roney

Heat 4: 1. Kyle Amerson 2. Michael Bustamonte 3. Derek LeMaster 4. Brian Keen

B-Main: 1. Nathan Benson 2. Andrew Felker 3. Ryan Ruf, 4.

Feature: 1. D King 2. Miller 3. Amerson 4. Kempin 5. Worley 6. Fitzpatrick 7. Patton 8. Felker 9. Paynter 10. Roney

Sprint Division

Heat 1: 1. Joey Montgomery 2. Jerrod Hull 3. Tom Dickerman 4. Steve Short

Heat 2: 1. Tommy Worley, Jr 2. Rod Crabdree 3. Keith Burch 4. Miranda Throckmorton

Heat 3: 1. Kody Kinser 2. Casey Barnhouse 3. Joey Boyd 4. Matt Dotson

Dash: 1.Worley 2. Barnhouse 3. Crabdree 4. Hull

Feature: 1. Hull 2. Crabdree 3. Montgomery 4. Short 5. Worley 6. Barnhouse 7. A J Bruns 8. Jimmy Bridgeman 9. Kinser 10. Burch

Modified Division

Heat 1: 1. Matt Eaton 2. Jim Black 3. John Leahy, Jr 4. Tommy Worley, Sr

Heat 2: 1. Brent Thompson 2. Cody Conner 3. Kenny Kennedy 4. Billy Smith

Heat 3: 1. David Shepard 2. Billy Joe Beard 3. Jeff Asher 4. John Bohn

Heat 4: 1. Shannon Blair 2. Mike Francis 3. Jeremy Greenwalt 4. Kasy Nations

Dash: 1. Thompson 2. Blair 3. Shepard 4. Eaton

B-Main: 1. Leonard Betsch 2. Alan Conner 3. Jonathan Self 4. Tom Vogt

Feature: 1. Thompson 2. Shepard 3. Eaton 4. Greenwalt 5. Smith 6. Worley 7. Nations 8. Kennedy 9. C Conner 10. Asher

Pure Street Division

Heat 1: 1. Mike Savage 2. Chris Boyd 3. Jimmy Farris 4. Steve DePriest

Heat 2: 1. Brian Blair 2. Robby Wells 3. Eric Sarakas 4. Shane Blair

Feature: 1. B Blair 2. Savage 3. S Blair 4. Boyd 5. Wells 6. Farris 7. Sarakas 8. Dean Stephens 9. C J Wright 10. DePriest

 

GRIFFITH,LONAS,HENSEL AND MENSCHING ALL GET NUMBER TWO AT LAKEVILLE SPEEDWAY

Lakeville,Ohio 06/26/09

It was a night of two's at Lakeville Speedway on Dzugan Safety/Kids night as 100 race cars jammed the pits and the fans packed the grandstand.The two's were four of the five feature winners recorded thier second feature win of the year,Caleb Griffith (Sprints) Mike Lonas (Late Models) Travis Mensching (Pure Stocks) and Brad Hensel (4Cylinder Bombers).David Radcliff went to the podium for his first time in the Classic Cruisers. Duane Zablocki and Jamie Miller brought the field down to the green in the Loudenville Tire Sprints with current points leader Jason Dolick and Aaron Middaugh in row two.Dolick went to the high side off turn two on the first lap and bounced outfront with the lead.Zablocki battled back to challenge for the point,however when entering turn three his ride scooted out from under him and he spun collecting Chad Levingston and Shawn Hubler and all three were towed from the track.On the restart,Dolick wasted no time in maintaining his front spot and Miller had moved into second with Duffy Smith moving from a fifth place start to gather in third.On the fourth lap,Miller actually spun in turn two and the crowd thought he was finished,however he stood on the gas,performed a 360 move and continued with only loosing two positions.By lap seven,Dolick was the class of the field with Kirk Jeffries making some great moves from his seventh starting spot to the second place.Griffith was biding his time as the spots opened up,he made some great moves to positon himself in third place and Miller running fourth on lap fifteen.After a caution flag flew for Shawn Velenta,Griffith moved to second on the high side of Jeffries and set his sights on the leader.While entering turn three on lap nineteen,Griffith went to the bottom of the multi grooved track and Dolick and Griffith went wheel to wheel until the next lap when Griffith took the lead and went on to win his second feature in his Barnes Nursery machine.Following Griffith to the finish line was Dolick,Jeffries,Miller and Smith.Heat wins went to Griffith and Zablocki. Mike Lonas took his second checker this year in his Smittley Towing,Fultz Fabrication Late Model A Main.Lonas and Matt Irey was in the front row with Ryan Eddleblute and Michael Stiltner in row two.Lonas went to the point right away with Irey second and Eddleblute in third until a flat tire on lap nine sent Eddleblute to the pits.That moved Charlie Duncan up to the rear bumper of Irey and Jason Flory moving from sixth starting place in fourth.Those front four battled for the low side of the track as the 2008 track champ,J.R.Gentry came from seventh to run in the fifth place.After several yellow flags,Lonas was able to get excellent restarts and stayed outfront the balance of the feature event.Duncan made a late race charge and moved around Irey for second with Flory taking fourth and Gentry finishing fifth.Jason Flory and Eddleblute scored heat wins. Travis Mensching followed suite in the Americas Best Siding Pure Stock feature as he also got his second win of the early season in his D&C Construction sponsored entry.He started back in the third spot and tucked in behind pole setter Jeremy Dickerson.Only a couple of laps were scored when Dave Haven Sr. and Dave Haven Jr.moved from the third row to battle with seventh place starter Jason Hinton.Mensching took the lead on lap five as he ducked under Dickerson entering turn two.They raced that way until a lap twelve caution flag bunched the field.On the drop of the green,Dickerson dove underneath Mensching and took the lead,however it was all for not as another yellow negated his effort.When they were turned loose again,Dickerson gave it all he had but fell a little short at the finish.Hinton took third with Haven Sr.holding off the effort of his son Haven Jr.Haven Sr and Dickerson took the two heat wins. The next to record his second win this year was point leader Brad Hensel in his Bargain Shed sponsored 4 Cylinder Bomber.As the Atoms Pest Control Bomber A Main was green flagged,several drivers who were forced to start toward the rear of the field joined up to come to the front in a hurry.Chase Alexander and the 2008 track champ,Jordan James provided some great entertainment along with Brian Dawson and Kevin Stamper.Alexander started in tenth place and by lap eight was shown in fourth.On the next circuit,Alexander moved around dawson for the third spot.No one could reel in Hensel with Alexander holding off James for second with Kevin Stamper taking fourth and Dawson gathering in fifth.Hensel,James and Bobby Stamper took the three heat wins and Rod Daugherty winning the B main. Now all the Radcliff's have won features this year in the Tom's Salvage sponsored Classic Cruisers as David raced hard against Steve Hinton Jr and Mark Pogue and took the win.He was followed to the finish by Pogue,Charlie Dawson,Hinton Jr.,and Bryan Baker Jr.Mason Radcliff took the heat win. Action will continue next Friday July 3rd for the second annual Sparklebration with all five racing divisions and a fireworks display to following the racing sponsored by Eddies Sunoco and The Mansfield Ambulance Co. Stay up to speed on the web at www.lakevillespeedway.com or call 419-512-2203

SUMMARY Late Models Heat 1-Jason Flory,Mike Lonas,Matt Irey,J.R.Gentry,Coby Bartram Heat 2-Ryan Eddleblute,Charlie Duncan,Michael Stiltner,Eric Eicholtz,Mike Bores Feature-Lonas,Duncan,Irey,J.Flory,Gentry,Bartram,Eicholtz,Blaine Aber,Bores,Jay McDougal,K.Flory,Michael Stiltner,Eddleblute Gary Hensel Sr,Mike Stiltner,Chad Hamilton,Travis Leyda,Kyle Cline,Bill Clapp Jr,Tery McIntire

Sprints Heat 1-Caleb Griffith,Jamie Miller,Duffy Smith,Kirk Jeffries,J.R.Felver Heat 2-Duane Zablocki,Jason Dolick,Aaron Middaugh,Broc Martin,Mike Burkin Feature-Griffith,Dolick,Jeffries,Miller,Smith,Danny Mumaw,Middaugh,Burkin,Shawn Valenta,Felver,Nick Patterson,Zach Ames,Martin,Chad Levingston Shawn Hubler,Zablocki

Pure Stocks Heat 1-Dave Haven Sr,Travis Mensching,Dave Haven Jr,Jason Hinton,Brock Burcher Heat 2-Jeremy Dickerson,John Stream,Chris Albright,Paul McVicker,Aaron Harris Feature-Mensching,Dickerson,Hinton,Haven Sr,Haven Jr,Don Baney,Burcher,Bob Daugherty,Larry Loney,Harris,Albright,Donna Canode,Stream, McVicker,Paul Harriger,Bill Miller,Mark Bee,Les Workman

4 Cylinder Bombers Heat 1-Brad Hensel,Kyle Moore,Casey Butler,Chase Alexander,Rod Daugherty Heat 2-Jordan James,Kevin Stamper,Brian Dawson,Jeremy Madison,Brad Lawhorn Heat 3-Bobby Stamper,Roger Rush Sr,Steve Miller,Lenny Quinn,Dale Beckett B Main-Daugherty,Beckett,Doug Hensel,Robin House,Trevor Quicksall,Josh Gentry Feature-B.Hensel,Alexander,James,K.Stamper,Dawson,Miller,Daugherty,B.Stamper,Beckett,Moore,D.Hensel,Butler,Quicksall,House, Quinn,Gentry,Madison,Rush Sr.

Classic Cruisers Heat 1-Mason Radcliff,Steve Hinton Jr,David Radcliff,Mark Pogue,Charlie Dawson, Feature-D.Radcliff,Pogue,Dawson,Hinton Jr,Bryan baker Jr,M.Radcliff,William Higdon,Cody Radcliff,Royle Mast

 

Marysville Raceway Park

 By Bob Burbach

Wiesz and Shank rock in MRP Sprint Cars. Johnson, Maclaughlin and Stinson also win. Promoter Hawes challenges Shank. EXTREME BOMBERS return on July 11.

Marysville- The MRP Winged Sprint Cars, the Browns Valley RV Wingless Sprint Cars headlined the 5-division program at Marysville Raceway Park Saturday night. The “Colfax Comet” Colby Wiesz topped a stellar MRP Winged Sprint Car field and infrequent visitor Terry Shank beat a full field of Browns Valley RV Wingless Sprint Cars. 104-degree temperatures battered the facility all day long. Track personnel were able to keep mother nature in check as both high and low grooves provided bite for both classes of the mighty sprinters all night long.

Lady Luck was looking after both sprint car winners as the pill draw placed Wiesz and Santa Rosa’s Shank on the outside pole in both feature races. Both took immediate advantage at the green flag and both drivers went wire to wire in their victory drives. Oregon star Brian Johnson picked up the SUDS 4 trophy from 7th position, Tim Maclaughlin parlayed 3rd row start into victory in the Pro 4 Sprint main. Former Marysville High School coach Neil Stinson made a sweet mid race, 2-car pass to grab the Nor Cal Dwarf Car honors for the 2nd consecutive time.

In primary division championship competition, the Brown’s Valley RV Wingless Warrior Sprint Car feature was up first. Shank bolted to the lead he would not relinquish as the green banner flew. Fellow front row starter Tony Richards dropped into 2nd and was under immediate, relentless pressure from youngster Tyler Wolf who, like Shank, stayed on the cushion and powered forward. The race was slowed only twice for incidental spins.

The mid pack slugfest continued throughout the event and Wolf finally passed Richards on the high side and got into 2nd. 8th starting Billy Wallace started to turn some of the quickest laps of the race late. Wallace made a daring 2 car pass as he battled his way past Jay Youngman and point leader Cort Dozier to a fine 4th place finish at the end. Dozier wound up in 5th, with Youngman 6th. Richards won his heat and stayed a close 3rd in the feature and picked up some ground on point leader Cort Dozier.

After the event promoter Hawes told this observer that he would invite Shank (who races all over the west, with no particular home track) to return on July 11th. If Shank shows, he will pay him an additional $100 if he wins the main event…but he has to elect to start LAST in the feature to secure the bonus. Shank who was in the top 5 in points in the 1995 MRP Winged Sprint Car standings found a home when the sideways style of wingless sprint cars became popular in California. Shank has driven for several different owners and has been one of the most potent, daring and successful drivers in the class. His association with Roger Gleeson’s Joe Hunt Magneto Special this year seems to be a near perfect fit. An Internet hunt of owner Gleeson’s achievements shows that he was the 1983 Sprint Car driving champion at Templeton Christ Church in New Zealand. The transplanted Kiwi is now a resident of Yuba City.

When the MRP Winged Sprint Cars feature was presented, Wiesz was gone at the drop of the green flag from veteran starter Robin Davies. Behind Wiesz some of the most frantic winged sprint car racing of the season was going on. Point leader Brent Dothage quickly got to 2nd and Herman Klein fell into 3rd as quick time qualifier Andy Forsberg started a forward march from 8th. Luckless Jeremy Burt was on the button, too, as this youngster was determined to change his long run of bad luck. He started 7th. Forsberg and Burt became the show early on as both 4th row starters picked and clawed their way to the front.

Pole sitter Brandon Dozier dropped like a rock in water and faded to 7th after the green flag. Then, he gathered himself up and was brilliant as he diced with all of the top runners and flew forward back as high as 3rd until mechanical woes sidelined the young charger. Speaking of mechanical woes, 2004 MRP Winged Sprint Car champion Mike Monahan was in a rocket fast racecar and in 3rd place closing on Dothage when some ugly sounds, and a lot of liquid came from the beautiful #49. Monahan was on the sidelines once again.

Incidental yellow flags kept Wiesz out of lapped traffic for the most part and a scary red flag crash stopped the action near ½ way. Rising star Sean Martin sailed into turn 1 as 3rd place runner Klein spun out of contention at the same time. Martin’s car simply did not slow down on the entry to turn 1. Martin fought for control but slammed right side into the concrete at very high speed. Martin popped out right away and said he didn’t know why it didn’t slow as he entered the turn. An obvious mechanical failure seemed to be confirmed as infield announcer Andy Foster found pieces of a brake rotor near the accident scene. The crash got this observer’s attention, as the white 55 just didn’t slow down for the turn. The car nearly stopped on impact, then lazily flopped over on it’s left side after the vicious hit. Martin continues to be one of the pleasant surprises of the 2009 season.

After the red flag Wiesz sailed into the distance as the war behind him was finally settled with Dothage staying 2nd, Forsberg got to a fine 3rd with Burt shadowing him. Cort Dozier collected 5th.

Speaking of pleasant surprises, Nicole Miller crossed the line to a fine 6th place finish. Ms. Miller is not only going fast, but her “pitch in and help” attitude in the pits is impressive. This observer noticed Miller working hard, changing wheels and concentrating hard in pre race preparations for Saturday’s race. Local hotshot Garry Burdick had a great night as well. He finished behind Miller, but was fast and competitive all night long.

A tip of the straw hat goes to veteran MRP Winged Sprint Car campaigner Troy Degaton. Degaton made his first 2009 appearance Saturday in his fine looking #39. By his own admission, “I could finally afford to put it all together.” As luck would have it, on lap #1 in his 1st heat of his 1st race of the season, Degaton caught a wheel and rode out a wicked barrel roll in turn 4. His brand new car was turned into a ball. Degaton then went to work and spent the next 2 hours wrenching on his wrecked hot rod in 104-degree heat. Amazingly enough, Degaton presented his car for the feature and started last in the 20-car field. Degaton went to the top and whipped past cars with abandon. He got as high as 9th when he spun out near the end while trying to get by Korey Lovell for 8th. Degaton is a relentless hard charger. He restarted and still finished 12th.

Richards, in the Browns Valley wingless sprint car main and Dothage’s run in the MRP Winged Sprint Car main got them the Contingency Connection bonus. They are members of the association. The bonus winner can receive up to $1250 in award certificates good for products from Contingency Connection sponsors. In addition to our cash purse prize money, MRP gets contingency vouchers and certificates for our winged and wingless sprint cars. The way it works is that Contingency Connection has signed up over 200 sponsors nationwide who contribute merchandise vouchers each race to the winner. The only catch is that drivers must be sporting the decal of that sponsor to earn the bonus. The vouchers can be saved and traded in for larger ticket items. The bonus is a healthy addition to the weekly $1000 cash prize promoter Hawes already pays to the winner of MRP winged sprint car main events and the $1000 he pays to the Browns Valley wingless sprint car feature winners. You must be a member of the association to be eligible, but you can become a member at any event throughout the year for a nominal fee.

Tim Maclaughlin used patience and a late race charge to get another checkered flag in the Pro 4 Sprint Car finale. Attrition played a big role in this event as early race leader Greg Hansen pulled off after keeping Nick McColloch at bay for ½ the race. McColloch also wasn’t around at the finish. A spirited duel with Denmark Juan highlighted Maclaughlin’s run to victory. Juan was 2nd with Garry Eckman 3rd across the line.

The SUDS 4 feature was all Bryan Johnson’s after he got by a tenacious, aggressive Misty Castleberry. Out gunned, and out horse powered, Castleberry made the race interesting as she gave Oregon’s Dave Duste and Johnson fits as they tried to get by her into the lead. In the end they got her, but Castleberry was the show in this one and came in 3rd.

Stinson used a miscue by leader Ryan Winter in turn 2 that also bottled up 2nd running Pat Weger to win the Nor Cal Dwarf Car closer. Winter was leading handily when, near ½ way, he twisted sideways coming out of 2. Weger blipped the throttle to avoid the errant Winter. Stinson who was turning soap-on-a-rope laps on the high side blasted by them both and was never headed.

MRP will be dark on the 4th of July to allow the MRP family some time with loved ones or to race somewhere else. We’ll turn the lights on again on July 11th. The mighty MRP Winged Sprint Cars will be back to headline the program with the Brown’s Valley RV Wingless Sprints. The Pro 4 Sprints will return. The MRP Mini Stocks and the return of the awesome Prime Time Pizza EXTREME BOMBERS will round out the ambitious 5-division card. Yep, the BOMBERS WILL BE BACK!

The spectator gates open at 5PM with hot laps at 6 and qualifying at 6:30. The races will start promptly after qualifying. The pit gate opens at 3PM.

 

Puterbaugh wins No. 3 at Lincoln Park Speedway • Shoulders, Griffin and Bryan also win features

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor

PUTNAMVILLE — A steamy Lincoln Park Speedway played host to thirty-three sprint cars and a total of 89 race cars in four classes. The fans in the stands were treated to a full slate of thrills and spills during the evening’s card. Keith Bloom Jr. and Kent Christian made up the front row of the sprint car feature with Russ Harper and Billy Puterbaugh Jr. lining up behind them. The first several laps of feature action had its share of mishaps as Mark Perry III and Mike Spencer got locked up coming out of turn two on the first lap. Spencer’s right front tire got entangled with Perry’s left side nerf bar and the two came to a halt. On the restart, Jason Holt and Joss Moffatt got tangled up out of turn two ending both drivers’ evenings. The next attempt at a start didn’t fare any better as it was James Bradshaw that brought out a red flag with a tumble heading down the frontstretch. Bradshaw was uninjured in the crash, but his night was also over. With just six laps into the books, the field took the green once again with Kent Christian holding the early advantage ahead of Puterbaugh and Bloom, Beauchamp and Harper. Puterbaugh dove to the bottom and gassed the Green’s Truck and Auto, Church Bros., Zore’s, Creative Design Embroidery sprinter deep into turn two and came out ahead of Christian. As the laps ticked off, Casey Shuman settled into sixth-place behind Harper and just ahead of Thomas Meseraull. Puterbaugh began to inch away from Christian before Todd Kimmell took a tumble while riding the rim of turn three. Kimmell was unhurt in the accident, but escaped a brief fire that was put out with fire extinguishers as the car laid on its side. When the green flew once again, Puterbaugh jumped out to a growing lead with Christian holding down second ahead of Bloom, who had Shuman all over his tail tank. Shuman would eventually get past Bloom and Brent Beauchamp for third. Puterbaugh wasn’t about to let his lead dissipate, cruising to his third feature win at LPS this season followed by Christian, Shuman and Bloom and Meseraull. Beauchamp held down sixth ahead of Chase Stockon, Shane Hollingsworth came forward from 14th to take eighth followed by Kenny Carmichael Sr. and Kenny Carmichael Jr. Critter Malone won the B-main with Spencer, Meseraull, Beauchamp and Perry winning heat races. Dickie Gaines was suited up and took hot laps, but broke his thumb while working in the pits and wasn’t able to return to racing that evening. In the UMP Modified feature, Paul Bumgardner’s stranglehold on the top spot was finally broken after a three-race win streak. However, the winner was pretty familiar with victory lane himself. Travis Shoulders masterfully worked through traffic and held off a very fast Marty O’Neal throughout the feature. Clint DeMoss and Paul Bumgardner re-visited their battle from the week before, this time for the third spot in the feature. Kenny Carmichael Sr. and Richie Lex were close behind in the chase. Shoulders held on to claim his third win of the season in the Cardinal Contracting, Durabuilt Racing, Eubank & Sons, Ottawa Instant Homes and Still Here Liquors sponsored modified. Second-place went to O’Neal followed by DeMoss, Bumgardner, Carmichael and Lex. Phil VanSant took seventh ahead of Harold Grayless, C.J. Bryan and Doug Bryant Jr. The second heat race of the night was marred by an accident that saw Scott Ricketts get upside down in turn three. He was also able to climb from the car without injury. Slick Griffin has been knocking on the door for his first feature win of the year in the super stock class and on Saturday he broke through. Griffin, sponsored by Griffin Auto Salvage, GT Collision and Hoosier Towing, held off Doug McCullough and Greg Amick to take the victory. Michael Conner and Mark Dickerson rounded out the top-five. Travis Heramb, Dennis Morgan, Kris Starks, Jamie Adams and Jerry Brunner wrapped the top-10. In the bomber feature, C.J. Bryan battled through an early challenge from Ron Smith and then fought to the wire with Ryan Freeland, Dustin Shoulders and Ron Wallen Sr. down the stretch. Shoulders and Freeland raced side-by-side with Bryan in a three-wide struggle to the checkers, but Bryan won this round for his second win of the year. Freeland claimed second ahead of Shoulders, Wallen Sr. and Josh Fagg. Ron Wallen Jr. took sixth ahead of Marlin Burns, Chuck Walden, Dale Lewis and Art Heminger, who came back from an accident that saw him get upside down in his heat race. This Saturday there will be a regular racing card with sprints, modifieds, super stocks and bombers along with the LPS Annual Fireworks Extravaganza.

Lincoln Park Speedway Sprint car feature 1. Billy Puterbaugh, 2. Kent Christian, 3. Casey Shuman, 4. Keith Bloom Jr., 5. Thomas Meseraull, 6. Brent Beauchamp, 7. Chase Stockon, 8. Shane Hollingsworth, 9. Kenny Carmichael Sr., 10. Kenny Carmichael Jr., 11. Russ Harper, 12. Critter Malone, 13. Mike Spencer, 14. JJ Hughes, 15. Mark Perry III, 16. Todd Kimmell, 17. James Bradshaw, 18. Jason Holt, 19. Joss Moffatt, 20. Mike Hagemier B-main winner: Critter Malone Heat winners: Mike Spencer, Brent Beauchamp, Thomas Meseraull, Mark Perry III

Modified feature 1. Travis Shoulders, 2. Marty O’Neal, 3. Clint DeMoss, 4. Paul Bumgardner, 5. Kenny Carmichael Sr., 6. Richie Lex, 7. Phil VanSant, 8. Harold Grayless, 9. C.J. Bryan, 10. Doug Bryant Jr., 11. Jared Hix, 12. Dan Lewellen, 13. Gary Hall, 14. Albert Gardner, 15. Chris Kerl, 16. Josh Fagg, 17. Paul Wright, 18. Mark Auler, 19. Scott Ricketts, 20. Steve Carpenter Heat winners: Marty O’Neal, Travis Shoulders

Super stock feature 1. Slick Griffin, 2. Doug McCullough, 3. Greg Amick, 4. Michael Conner, 5. Mark Dickerson, 6. Travis Heramb, 7. Dennis Morgan, 8. Kris Starks, Kris Starks, 9. Jamie Adams, 10. Jerry Brunner, 11. Matt Jordan, 12. Jacob Wright, 13. Joe Starks, 14. Kenny Carmichael Jr., 15. Tami Lawson, 16. Cullen Goodman Heat winners: Slick Griffin, Kenny Carmichael Jr.

Bomber feature 1. C.J. Bryan, 2. Ryan Freeland, 3. Dustin Shoulders, 4. Ron Wallen Sr., 5. Josh Fagg, 6. Ron Wallen Jr., 7. Marlin Burns, 8. Chuck Walden, 9. Dale Lewis, 10. Art Heminger, 11. David Wallen, 12. Cory Williamson, 13. Sean Yakel, 14. Cullen Sandusky, 15. Ron Smith, 16. Jack Campbell, 17. Josh Settles, 18. Steven Dayhuff Heat winners: C.J. Bryan, Ron Wallen Sr.

 

Brent Kaeding wins 11th Pombo/Sargent Classic Saturday night at Tulare Thunderbowl- Bobby Hogge IV takes WSM championship

By Gary Thomas

Tulare, CA – June 27, 2009…In front of a solid crowd at the Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway Saturday night fans witnessed 13-time King of California Brent Kaeding continue his mastery of the Pombo/Sargent Classic and score his fourth consecutive win in the event at the helm of his familiar Al's Roofing Supply No. 69. Also sharing victory lane at the event were Richard Vanderweerd with the Bandit 360 Sprints and Bobby Hogge IV with the Western States Modifieds, who also took home his first WSM title.

The victory not only marked Kaeding's 11th win at the Pombo/Sargent Classic, but also his second consecutive with the Golden State Challenge 410 Sprint Car Series and third overall this season with the tour. "I have to thank my guys because we had this car great tonight and it feels awesome to get another Pombo/Sargent win," Kaeding said. "We had a lot of wins over at Hanford in this race and have been pretty successful ever since it moved to Tulare. I know Bud's won the Pombo/Sargent a couple times before and Tim has won it too so I don't know how many times a Kaeding has won this deal, but it's been a good one for us over the years."

The 30 lap Golden State Challenge Series main event started off with pole sitter Tyler Walker of Los Angeles getting the jump heading into turn one, however third starting Tommy Tarlton got a huge push off the bottom through turns three and four and took command as the field completed the opening circuit. Two-time King of California Jonathan Allard showed his strength early on as he charged up from the third row to take over second from Walker going into turn one on lap three, although got into the corner a little hot on the slick surface and looped the car to a stop, forcing him to the rear of the field.

On the restart the battle for second heated up as Kaeding went to the high side and charged around Walker for the runner-up spot. At the same time Grass Valley's Jason Statler then got a major run off turn two to rocket under Walker as well and make a bid at Kaeding heading into the third and fourth corners. Just as soon as they were about to battle it out for second though disaster struck in turn one as contact occurred between Walker and youngster Kyle Larson as they raced for fourth, which resulted in the Vertullo Racing No. 83v being sent high into the air in turn one making heavy contact with the top of the catch fence. Larson's machine suffered heavy damage but thankfully he was able to get out of the car and appeared to be okay after one of the scariest accidents we could recall in recent memory.

After the contact Walker also suffered a flat right rear tire and was forced to pit to get it changed, resulting in an amazing turn of events as the top two Golden State Challenge Series championship contenders sat nose to tail at the rear of the field with three laps completed. When the green lights came back on Kaeding would step up his challenge as he rode the rim of the slick and treacherous 1/3 mile clay oval and moved his BK Motorsports, High Five Pizza No. 69 to the top spot with a huge run off turn four on lap six. Statler also found his groove and was able to get a great run on Tarlton to take over second just before a caution appeared on lap nine.

On the restart young and talented GSC rookie Brandon Carey of Ripon made an impressive move to charge to the high side of the raceway and take over third from Tarlton aboard his Carey Racing, Vernon Transportation Company No. 55. A yellow flag occurred shortly thereafter however, and Tarlton was able to find new life making a tremendous rebound just when it looked like he was sliding backwards. When the green flag waved again the Easton competitor slid right back underneath Carey in turn one and then went to work on Statler the same lap to retake second behind the wheel of his Tarlton & Son Inc, Tachi Palace No. 21.

Tarlton then closed in quickly on Kaeding and made it a battle for the lead as lapped traffic had boxed "BK" in just passed the midway point of the feature. With the track taking rubber quickly it made things interesting as tire wear became an issue with the laps winding down. A caution then appeared on lap 22 giving Kaeding an open track for some breathing room and after this the Campbell veteran was untouchable. With eight laps remaining GSC point leader Allard had made a tremendous charge from the rear of the field to get back up to sixth and he appeared to not be done yet.

The final handful of laps then saw Visalia's Danny Faria Jr. lose a tire running fifth and Statler's great run come to a halt with him blowing a tire in turn one while sitting in third with just three to go. The event marked "The Big Guy's" first race back in a month and although the night ended with tough luck yet again, it was great to have the DF Rios Construction No. 00 back in action running strong. For Faria Jr. it was a rough way to end a top five run as he was making his very first Golden State Challenge Series start of the season and was doing a great job in the feature at the time of the tire issue.

When the green lights came on for the final time it was all "BK" up front as he pulled away from the field to score his 82nd career Golden State Challenge King of California Sprint Car Series victory. "We're really hitting our stride at the right time and I have to thank all the fans for coming out and supporting us tonight," Kaeding said. "I gotta thank Tommy Tarlton for a great race and also that 0 car cause it looks like he did a great job to get back up here after that spin earlier."

Tarlton crossed under the Willie Williams checkered flag in second to score his second straight runner-up finish with the Golden State Challenge Series at the Thunderbowl. "We had a great car tonight, but Brent just seemed to find the rubber a little earlier and was able to get by me there," Tarlton commented. "We're having a lot of fun this year though and Paul Baines has this car hooked up and I'm just looking forward to the rest of the season. I want to thank all our sponsors and supporters because we have a lot of them down in this area."

Following the early race spin Allard made a great recovery to carve his way through the pack and score yet another podium finish in third aboard his Williams Motorsports, Sharp Insurance No. 0. "To be able to come through the field like that really shows just how fast this car is right now," Allard said. "It's been a great season and this championship battle has been tremendous because they don't come much better than Tyler Walker and Brent Kaeding and we'll just look forward to Chico next week."

Crossing the line fourth in the main event and scoring his best ever Golden State Challenge Series finish was Carey, who has been a great addition to the traveling roster this season. Carey looked very comfortable on the challenging Thunderbowl Raceway clay and with Larson's accident early in the feature he has closed in on the top five in points for the first time in his GSC career. Rounding out the top five was Clovis racer Peter Murphy, who charged from the 15th starting position at the helm of the locally based Roth Motorsports No. 83jr. sprinter. Completing the top 10 in the feature was 18th place starter Craig Stidham, 23rd place starter Trevor Green, Andy Gregg, Tyler Walker and Danny Faria Jr.

The Bandit Wingless 360 Sprint Car Series main event saw a good battle up front between youngster Richard Vanderweerd and veteran Rusty Carlile with Vanderweerd coming out on top after 30 laps of racing. Vanderweerd was able to get the jump on the field and lead the first eight laps, until Carlile used a strong restart to take command off turn two. Bandit ace Peter Murphy then moved to second on lap 12, but Vanderweerd would fight his way back just a couple laps later and then close back in on the leader.

With most of the drivers using the high line of the Thunderbowl Raceway Vanderweerd got a great push on lap 18 and slid around Carlile to take the over the top spot that he would never relinquish. The driver of the No. 10 sprinter would race away from the field over the final laps and pick up his first career victory at the 1/3 mile clay oval. Carlile would finish in second with Murphy in third and Jace Vanderweerd making a great recovery following an opening lap spin to finish fourth at the line. Completing the top five was youngster Michael Faccinto.

In the modified ranks out west few are better than Salinas, CA's Bobby Hogge IV and Oakley's Kellen Chadwick and the Thunderbowl Raceway crowd was treated to a great battle up front between the talented duo on Saturday night. At the waving of the green flag Chadwick powered into the lead and Hogge made his way into second after just a handful of circuits. On lap nine Hogge then got side-by-side with the leader and the pair went wheel-to-wheel over the next couple of laps with the Salinas racer coming out with the lead on lap 11.

Chadwick wasn't done yet however, and was able to get back alongside Hogge on the 12th lap and push his way back into the top spot on lap 13. The hot and heavy action continued a couple laps later though as Hogge continued to be relentless in the fight for the lead and retook the spot on lap 15. After this Hogge checked out from the field to pick up his second straight win at the Thunderbowl and it was good enough to give him his first Western States Modifieds title. Chadwick finished second with Alex Stanford, Ryan Porter and Bryan Burns completing the top five.

The Thunderbowl Raceway will now go dark for the rest of the summer before resuming action with the 15th annual Trophy Cup on October 22, 23 and 24. Don't forget tickets are on sale for the Trophy Cup as well as the USAC National Sprint Car Series sanctioned Pacific Coast Nationals to be held November 14th and 15th. For tickets contact the Thunderbowl Raceway office at (559) 688-0909. For more info log onto http://www.thunderbowlraceway.com

 

MIDWEST SPRINT CAR ASSOCIATION

CLEAN SWEEP FOR WALKER IN HIS MSCA DEBUT AT VALLEY SPEEDWAY

Grain Valley, MO (June 27, 2009) Chris Walker, a third generation driver out of Oak driver win this season. Grove braved the summertime heat to notch a clean sweep in his first MSCA event and becomes the eighth dififferent winner this season. Walker, a student at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, is no stranger to victory lane in a winged 305 sprint car. Walker is a former track champion at the Butler Motor Speedway. Subbing for MSCA veteran driver Rob Hockett , Walker made the best of his chance behind the wheel of the white 19 owned by Steve Neale. Walker made a few appearances in the 19 last season.

Starting the 20 lap feature event along side hometown hero J.D. Black on the front row, Walker used the high side of the racing surface to leap out to the lead. As Walker paced the field, he had three 2009 winners in Black, Lee’s Summit’s Brandon Gray and Harrisonville’s Kenny Potter and Higginsville’s Austin Alumbaugh, who notched two victories last season all racing together in a pack like a squadron of Blue Angels.

Keeping a car length between him and the pack, Walker maneuvered through the traffic as if he were on a Sunday drive. Alumbaugh passed Black for the second place spot diving underneath on the exit of turn two, on lap 12.

With Walker setting the pace, leading every lap in the caution free 20 lap feature, became the second driver of the season to win the race on his first appearance. Higginsville, Brad Ryun was the first to do this back on June 5th. Alumbaugh held of late race threats from the MSCA point’s leader, Gray who finished second and third respectively. Potter, the only driver to record repeat victories of the season takes the fourth place finish from Black who finished fifth.

MSCA sprint cars return to the Valley next Friday July 3rd, for Valley Speedway’s Friday night program featuring all open wheel race cars will open the pit gates for competitors at 5:00PM. Spectator gates open at 6:00PM. There is a drivers meeting in the pit area (Restricted access, by pit pass only) at 7:00PM. Hot laps which allow drivers to warm the engines and test their cars for the evening’s events start at 7:30 with racing to follow. Adult admission is $10.00, Children 6-12 $5.00, Children 5 and under is admitted free.

Call 816-229-2222 for weather cancellations

Box Score:

MSCA Sprint Cars Valley Speedway, Grain Valley, MO Friday June 26, 2009

14 Cars

1st Heat Race 8 Laps (finish, start, car #, driver, hometown)

1. (2) 82 Austin Alumbaugh Higginsville, MO

2. (5) 7jr J.D. Black Grain Valley, MO

3. (6) 32 Brandon Gray Lee’s Summit, MO

4. (4) 12s Simon Helm Independence, MO

5. (7) 4 Chad Shields Grain Valley, MO

6. (1) 51 Mitchell Moore Edgerton, KS

7. (3) 1x Brad Ryun Higginsville, MO

2ndHeat Race 8 Laps (finish, start, car #, driver, hometown)

1. (2) 19 Chris Walker Oak Grove, MO

2. (1) 38 Cody Baker Lone Jack, MO

3. (5) 55 Kenny Potter Harrisonville, MO

4. (4) 9 Casey Baker Lone Jack, MO

5. (7) 37 Brian Beebe Oak Grove, MO

6. (3) 5r Ryan Olah Independence, MO

7. (6) 1 Jack Potter Pleasant Hill, MO

“A” Feature 25 Laps (finish, start, car #, driver, points earned)

1. (2) 19 Chris Walker Oak Grove, MO 110

2. (3) 82 Austin Alumbaugh Higginsville, MO 107

3. (4) 32 Brandon Gray Lee’s Summit, MO 104

4. (6) 55 Kenny Potter Harrisonville, MO 101

5. (1) 7jr J.D. Black Grain Valley, MO 98

6. (10) 51 Mitchell Moore Edgerton, KS 95

7. (5) 38 Cody Baker Lone Jack, MO 92

8. (7) 12s Simon Helm Independence, MO 89

9. (8) 9 Casey Baker Lone Jack, MO 86

10. (9) 37 Brian Beebe Oak Grove, MO 83

11. (11) 5r Ryan Olah Independence, MO 10 DNS

12. (12) 1 Jack Potter Pleasant Hill, MO 10 DNS

13. (13) 1x Brad Ryun Higginsville, MO 10 DNS

14. (14) 4 Chad Shields Grain Valley, MO 10 DNS

 

Top Gun Sprints

North Florida Speedway, June 26, 2009

Heat #1

1) 17D Bruce Durden (Jacksonville, FL)

2) 8 Rich Alexander (Tampa, FL)

3) 50 Rick Byerly (Wesley Chapel, FL)

4) 6 Mike Schroder (Southwest Ranches, FL)

5) 21A Amanda Ferguson (Montverde, FL)

6) 83 Mark Ruel Jr. (Jacksonville, FL)

7) 30 D.J. Peeples (Wesley Chapel, FL)

The 83B of Bob Auld from Largo, FL finished in third place but was disqualified for not going to the scales after the heat

Heat #2

1) 92 Matt Kurtz (Jacksonville, FL)

2) 14 Ryan Partin (Orlando, FL)

3) 56 Allen Kaluzniak (Jacksonville Beach, FL)

4) 47 Scott Anderson (Callahan, FL)

5) 04 T.W. Parkinson (Lake City, FL)

6) 38 Tony Agin (Fort Myers, FL)

The 77 of Larry Pickett from Callahan, FL did not start the heat race and the 43 of Gene Machuga from St. Mary’s, GA broke the rear end and did not start the heat race.

Heat #3

1) 3 Otto Scrape (Jacksonville, FL)

2) 99 Danny Jones (Land O’Lakes, FL)

3) 27 Troy Knowles (Gibsonton, FL)

4) 19 Keith Butler (Riverview, FL)

5) 9 Tim Grubaugh (Silver Springs, FL)

6) 11D Ashlynn Durden (Jacksonville, FL)

7) 02 Gene Lasker (Tampa, FL)

Feature

1) 92 Matt Kurtz; 2) 17D Bruce Durden; 3) 14 Ryan Partin; 4) 3 Otto Scrape; 5) 8 Rich Alexander; 6) 6 Mike Schroder; 7) 99 Danny Jones; 8) 27 Troy Knowles; 9) 56 Allen Kaluzniak; 10) 21A Amanda Ferguson; 11) 9 Tim Grubaugh; 12) 50 Rick Byerly; 13) 30 D.J. Peeples; 14) 11D Ashlynn Durden; 15) 47 Scott Anderson; 16) 19 Keith Butler; 17) 83 Mark Ruel Jr.; 18) 04 T.W. Parkinson; 19) 77 Larry Pickett

The 83B of Bob Auld, 02 of Gene Lasker, 43 of Gene Machuga and 38 of Tony Agin did not take the start of the feature race.

Commentary

The Top Gun Sprints made their first visit of 2009 to the North Florida Speedway in Lake City on Saturday June 26, 2009. There were 23 cars at the track to give fans three heat races and a 25 lap feature race.

The heat races are lined up using a pill pull system, and Amanda Ferguson in the 21A had the pole for the start of the first heat race, but the 17D of Bruce Durden came through from his fourth place starting position to take the race lead at the start and held on to take the race win. Local man T.W. Parkinson had the pole for the start of the second heat race in the 04 car, and took the initial race lead. The 56 car of Allen Kaluzniak spun at turn two on lap 4 bringing out the caution flag, The race quickly got back to green but just one lap later the red flag was brought out when Tony Agin in his 38 car got sucked up into the wall coming out of turn four and rolled his car half way down the front straightaway, coming to a stop just under the flag stand. Tony was OK, but the car was not so lucky, ending his night of racing. Once the car had been cleared off the track and the remaining cars were pushed back off, the race got back to green, The 04 held the lead until lap 7 when he was passed by Matt Kurtz in the 92 car who went on to take the heat win. The third heat saw the 3 of Otto Scrape on the pole. On the first turn of the first lap, the27 of Troy Knowles and the 02 of Gene Lasker came together bringing out the caution flag and making for a full restart. On the restart, the 02 of Gene Lasker came from seventh position to take the lead on the first lap. The 9 car of Tim Grubaugh spun on lap 2 bringing out another caution, followed by the 19 of Keith Butler who spun out between turns one and two on lap 5 bringing out the third and final caution of this 8 lap heat race. While the caution flag was still out for the 19 car with just 4 laps complete, the race leader, Gene Lasker in the 02, pulled off the track and out of the race, handing the lead to Otto Scrape in the 3 car who held on to it to take the heat win.

Using a passing points system to line up the feature race and a four car inversion, Rich Alexander in the 8 car had the pole for the start of the feature race, with Bruce Durden in the 17D car on the outside. After the hot laps, the 02 of Gene Lasker pulled off the track and out of the event while the rest of the field got lined up and performed a four wide parade lap for the fans. The race got underway and Bruce Durden took the race lead from his outside pole position. Larry Pickett in the 77 car was the first retirement from the race on lap 2, while the leaders started to catch up to the back marker traffic as early as lap 4. T.W. Parkinson retired the 04 from the race on lap 5. Keith Butler in the 19 car brought out the caution flag on lap 9 when he spun between turns three and four, and the 83 driven by Mark Ruel Jr. ran into the stranded car. The 83 was not able to rejoin the race. The 19 was able to restart the race, but only ran another 3 laps before pulling out of the race. With lots of lapped traffic in the mix, Bruce Durden was still in the lead with Matt Kurtz in the 92 car running at his rear in second position and looking for that gap to take the lead. On the last lap, the 92 took the lead coming out of two, only to lose it back to the 17D on the back straightaway and then take it again between three and four, taking the win on the last turn of the race. Bruce Durden in the 17D finished in second place, followed by Ryan Partin in the 14, Otto Scrape in the 3, with Rich Alexander in the 8 car finishing out the top 5.

 

Fifth victory gives Jerry Bartlett Late Model point lead at Placerville

Margeson, Sneep, Land and Simas score wins in wingless divisions

Official Press Release from Handy Racing Promotions Inc.

PLACERVILLE (6-28-09) – Throughout the season Yuba City’s Jerry Bartlett has been closing in on the Late Model-Pro Stock point lead at Placerville Speedway. Entering Saturday’s ninth Red Hawk Casino Championship point race, Bartlett was tied for the position with his arch rival Dan Brown Jr. of Nevada City, the defending track champion. After driving to his fifth win of the season, Bartlett has now taken over the lead of the division that has been getting much attention from fans and media throughout the year.

Bartlett started Saturday’s feature event in the third position of Saturday’s 20-lap event, behind the front row of Placerville’s John Krehbiel and his daughter, Heather Bartlett of Yuba City who joined the late model field Saturday night aboard her Pure Stock on a night the division was absent.

For the first 14 laps, it was daughter holding off father as Heather Bartlett drove past Krehbiel to assume the lead and Jerry Bartlett moved into second place early in the race. Brown started the event in the sixth position and was in the hunt for the top three until lap four when he suffered a motor loss and parked on the infield for the remainder of the race.

After several looks, Bartlett slid below his daughter for the lead in turn four of the 15th lap. Krehbiel passed Heather Bartlett for second in the late laps of the race, the 22 year old lady racer rallied back into the bridesmaid position prior to the checkered flag where she finished second ahead of Jay Norton of Shingle Springs who started ninth and was the McDonald’s Hardcharger of the night. Dennis Armstrong of El Dorado finished fourth followed by Krehbiel.

“I didn’t even realize Dan Brown was out of the race,” said Bartlett. “Early on I had someone beating on me from behind and I just figured that was him. He had a tough break tonight and we had a good night that put us ahead in the points. For a long time I thought it was going to be a daughter-father finish rather then a daughter father. I had to be careful getting past her, had I pushed her or anything I’d be sleeping on the couch tonight.”

The Pro Stock-Late Models were Placerville’s only division competing in the Red Hawk Casino Championship Saturday night. In the Midget division, both the competitors from the Bay Cities Racing Association and the Capitol City Midget group competed together.

In the BCRA class, Evan Margeson of Tacoma, Washington started fifth and took the lead on lap five of the event aboard Esslinger powered Beast chassis.. Margeson would lead the remaining 25-laps of the race. He was chased to the line by Scott Pierovich of Alamo and veteran driver Jimmy Sills of Placerville who returned to the seat about Dave Thurston’s owned Midget.

Matt Land of Elk Grove was the winner in the CCM ranks. Land started the event in the 14th position overall and drove his Motorwear –Spike chassis past class leader Rick Young of Shingle Springs on the 12th lap. Land claimed the victory of his class, finishing 11th overall. Young drove to second place over Bill Lyons.

In the Midget Lites class, Jason Sneep of Fremont drove from 7th to the lead on the fourth lap to maintain the lead for the remainder of the race. Brian Corso of Ripon finished in second followed by Scott Kinney of Citrus Heights.

The wingless feature was won on Saturday night by Taylor Simas of Chico. Simas started in the sixth position and took the lead on the opening lap to maintain it for its entirety. He was chased across the line by McDonalds Hardcharger Marc Mackay of Shingle Springs, Zack Lynskey and Matt Streeter.

Racing returns to Placerville Speedway in a big fashion this Saturday night with the annual July Fourth Spectacular. Winged Sprint Cars will return along with the competition Late Model Pro Stocks and Pure Stocks. The evening will conclude with a giant fireworks display presented by Handy Racing Promotions and the El Dorado County Fair Board. For further information visit www.placervillespeedway.com

 

Rauch Continues to Dominate with Third Win of the Season

By Don Holbrook

Cheyenne, WY. (June 27, 2009) - Keith Rauch driving the IMM, H&H Resurfacing, Peterson Fluid System Spike/Mopar Petauro Racing entry continues to dominate the season by winning his third “A” Feature at Big Country Speedway in Cheyenne, WY. Saturday night.

After setting fast time during the afternoon practice, and with a total inverted field, Rauch lined up third row outside of the 6 car 20 Lap “A” Feature with rookie driver Brian Postle on the pole. On the start, Postle jumped out to the lead after lap one. On lap two, last week winner Tony Rossi passed Postle for the led with Rauch following. Then on lap three, Rauch passed Rossi for the lead and never looked back. While Rauch and Rossi were leading the field, a hard battle for position was brewing between rookie drivers Justin Mallo, Brian Postle and Mike Boesel. But at the finish, it was Rauch with a half straightway win over Rossi, followed by Boesel for third.

Heat race winner was Keith Rauch.

The Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association (RMMRA) will celebrate Independence Day next weekend at I-25 Speedway in Pueblo, CO.

Results:

Qualification: Keith Rauch - 12.445, Tony Rossi - 12.582, Brian Postle - 12.965, Mike Boesel - 12.992, Justin Mallo - 13.088, Don Johnson - 13.630.

Heat One (10 Laps): Keith Rauch, Tony Rossi, Mike Boesel, Justin Mallo, Don Johnson, Brian Postle.

“A” Feature (20 Laps): Keith Rauch, Tony Rossi, Mike Boesel, Justin Mallo, Brian Postle, Don Johnson.

 

Stanbrough wins Legends of Danville

BY MARVIN HOLMAN

OAKWOOD, IL — Jon Stanbrough is not from Danville, but the Brownsburg, Ind. racer did something that the local sprint legends that were honored Saturday night at Vermilion County Speedway would have enjoyed.

Sticking with the pack at the bottom of the track in the middle of the race, Stanbrough was able to go up on the track just enough to pass then-leader Ricky Williams and was able to win the $2,000-to-win Midwest Sprint Car Series feature.

“I had no choice really,” Stanbrough said. “I just couldn’t sit around any longer and stay back. I tried to make a move a few times, but I knew I had to try something. I didn’t care if I ended up last in the race, I knew I had to try to move.”

With the move up, Stanbrough took the lead midway through the race and did not look back. Brady Short was second, A.J. Anderson took third and Williams ended up fourth.

With VCS honoring legends like the late Larry Cannon, Steve Cannon and Bubby Jones, Stanbrough was happy to win the race and hope other racers can realize what they have done to pave the way.

“I do remember them racing and it is great to win,” Stanbrough said. “Earlier in the day, I was talking about how these young racers did not even know much about the older racers and that is a shame. I hope that they can learn more about them in the future.”

While a local racer did not win the main event in sprints, there was plenty of local representation for the night.

In the modified race, Danville’s B.J. McCammon was able to hang on after a problem with his car to get his first win ever at the track.

“I have raced late models for years but I have dabbled in modifieds as of late,” McCammon said. “Gordon Curtis owns this car, but he has his own business to look after and he asked me to race for him.

“It took some weeks to get things together, but everything is starting to work out.”

Brian Hayden ended up second, last week’s winner, Tim Reynolds, took third, Don Kiger was fourth and Roger Cary finished fifth.

The most heated finish of the evening was in the street stock class with Danville racers Ed Lahey and Jesse Simmons.

Simmons was pushed into the infield by Lahey with a few laps left, but Simmons regrouped to get second, but Lahey was dropped two spots because of the push.

“He’s mad, but I didn’t do anything to him,” Simmons said. “I was more than willing to take second and was ready to take the second place money before they stopped me at the track to tell me that I won.”

Lahey said he was pushed first by Simmons during the race and was only retaliating.

“He pushed me to one of the tires (around the infield) and when I tried to retaliate, I get penalized,” Lahey said. “I am trying to win the points title and I am trying to race everyone clean and if someone is trying to mess it up, I will not stand for it.”

Lahey was pushed behind Simmons and Patrick Bruns, who usually races sprints, but was able to take second in his first ever race in a street stock. Jacob Johnson was fourth and Jordan Smith took fifth.

Another close finish was in the pure stock race, where James Buyno won his second straight feature after holding off the late charge of Walter Parsons.

Buyno was stuck behind the lapped car of Jerrie Yost, giving Parsons a late chance to catch up.

“I felt some love taps from someone near the end,” Buyno said. “But I knew if I tried to go up to pass her, he would get his chance to go under and take the lead. So I stayed behind her and she kinda guided me to the win.”

For Buyno, to get on the track was tough after his engine broke down.

“I have to thank my brother Jonah because he had a motor that he wasn’t using and he helped me in putting it in,” Buyno said. “It was good because I didn’t want to be behind in the points race.

“I also have to thank Route 1 Auto Repair for sponsoring me and also this series because this series would not be here if it wasn’t for them.”

After Buyno and Parsons, Tony Mitchell was third, Tim Miller was fourth and Robert Dieu ended up fifth.

Next weekend will be full of action at VCS. On Saturday, the first Spiker 100 will be raced with 50-lap features for sprints and modifieds. There will also be action from the Crate late models, street stocks and pure stocks.

Also, there will be a car show and a Rock Band video game contest on Saturday. The car show begins at noon and will have eight categories including Best in Show, Best Import, Best Domestic and Best Bike. The Rock Band contest will start at 1 p.m. with awards for both events being handed out by 5 p.m.

On Sunday, the UMP Summer Nationals series for late models will make its annual stop at VCS and will include the modifieds and street stock classes. There will also be fireworks during the show.

Additional information is available at vermilioncountyspeedway.com

 

MCKISSON DOMINATES SPRINTS FOR 1ST WIN OF 2009; GABANY BECOMES TOP MOD WINNER AT MERCER; D’APOLITO WINS 2nd IN STOCKS; #4 FOR MARCUCCI IN MOD LITES; CAREER 1ST FOR CALLAHAN IN MINI STOCKS

By Mike Leone

June 27, 2009

Mercer, PA…A picture perfect night greeted competitors and a huge crowd for “American Patriot Night” Saturday night at Mercer Raceway Park. Celebrating in the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic victory lane were Andy McKisson-Luxaire Heating & Cooling Sprint Cars, Eric Gabany-Approved Toilet Rentals Modifieds, Steve D’Apolito-GM 602 Stock Cars, Mark Marcucci-Big Daddy’s Speed Center Mod Lites, and Tim Callahan-M&D Paving Mini Stocks. An amazing four of the five features went non-stop on the fast, tacky, and dust-free surface!

Cartwright Fireworks put on their first ever show at The Park and received rave reviews with a wide array of displays. It was Free Butler County Night presented by McClymonds Supply & Transit and Armstrong. All veterans and scouts were admitted free and were recognized.

In just his second Mercer start of the year and only sixth race overall of 2009, Andy McKisson put on a dominating performance taking the checkered flag first by over one-half lap ahead of Arnie Kent in the non-stop 20-lap Luxaire Heating & Cooling Sprint Car feature.

“This is the same motor from last year,” explained the Strattanville, Pa. driver, who won his first career Mercer feature last August 9 in just his third Mercer start of 2008. “We didn’t do anything to it other than winterize it and parked it in the corner. This is the 20th race on it. We are under financed this year and doing it out of our own pocket that’s why we’re late coming out this year. We pour concrete for a living and the weather wasn’t good for that this year.”

Rookie Sprint Car driver Chris Best blasted into the lead at the start with pole-sitter Charlie Holben trailing and fourth starting McKisson to third after one lap. McKisson hounded Holben for three laps before driving under and past him in turn one on lap four. Best, who was coming off a career best third on Friday night at Thunder Mountain Speedway, looked strong as he had a half-straightaway lead on lap five. McKisson though began to reel in Best on lap seven and got alongside the leader on lap eight before making the winning move in turns three and four with an inside pass.

Eighth starting Kent was having one of his best runs of the year as he made a great move diving under Nate Stein for fourth on lap seven and Holben for third on lap 10. Kent then took runner-up from Best on lap 12. Meanwhile, all eyes were on point leader and four-time winner Rod George, who started 16th after problems in hot laps. George was flying on the outside running above the cushion up on the fence in turns one and two as he made his way forward. He cracked the top five on lap 11, moved to fourth on lap 14 driving by Holben, then charged under Best for third on lap 15.

Back up front, McKisson was in a league of his own as the big yellow smiley on his car was as big as the smile on his face when he exited his McKisson & Son Construction/B&W Smith Excavating-sponsored #0 after the non-stop effort timed in 5:02.64. “Craig Rankin was my mentor and would have been proud tonight,” expressed McKisson after his ninth career win overall. “When I was growing up, he was someone I knew personally and taught me a lot. All you kids here tonight need to keep in mind if this is something you want to do, keep your mind to it, and you can make it happen.”

Kent held off George for his second runner-up in the past four races. Holben matched his best finish of the season on the circuit in fourth after getting by Best on lap 18. Best dropped to fifth, but it was a great two nights with two top 5s in just his eighth and ninth races of his “410” career. Completing the top 10 were Gale Ruth, Jr., Stein, Carl Bowser, Eric Williams who won his first career “410” race Friday night at Thunder Mountain, and Dan Kuriger. Heat winners were Kuriger and Ruth.

Eric Gabany’s career year just keeps getting better as he nailed down his third win of 2009 more than doubling his two career wins prior to the season. Gabany held off hard-charging Jimmy Holden to win the non-stop 20-lap Approved Toilet Rentals Modified feature timed in 5:53.44 to become the division’s top winner of the season.

“That was a great run,” said the happy Mercer, Pa. driver. “I’m a little warm! Oh man I thought Jr. Baker was going to get me. He got a little sideways and I just had enough time to get away. I knew he (Holden) was going to be there from the beginning. I had to stay on the bottom because I knew he likes it down there.”

Gabany drew the pole position, but Holden wasn’t far behind as he lined up third and overtook Eric Martin for second on the first lap. Ninth starting Frank Guidace quickly moved forward as he was up to fourth after the opening lap and took third from Rodney Beltz on lap three. Guidace caught Holden on lap eight. Traffic came into play on laps 10 and 11 as it became a three-car race for the lead.

Gabany cleared traffic and opened up some ground before Holden caught back up on lap 13. Gabany again got away until Jr. Baker got sideways coming off turn two on lap 16. Gabany had to get off the gas and take evasive action going around Baker. Holden tried to seize the moment, but Gabany moved up just in time to protect the lead. On lap 17, Holden drove hard to the inside of Gabany in turns one and two getting alongside the leader. Gabany though maintained the lead by running Holden’s preferred line.

That was as close as Holden would get as Gabany held on for his fifth career win in his Atlantic Timberframes/Shaver’s Barber Shop/Gabany Automotive-sponsored #3E. Ironically two of Gabany’s three wins this year have been in non-stop races as his April 18 win was just a tick over one second slower than Saturday night’s run to the checkered. Holden was second for the third time this season. Guidace was third as he continued the point lead still in search of his first win of 2009. Garrett Krummert was fourth over a season-best effort by John Buchanan. Completing the top 10 were Rick Hall, Matt Reeher, Dave Cogswell, Beltz, and Baker. Holden and Gabany won the heats.

Steve D’Apolito won his second of the season leading all 12 laps of the non-stop GM 602 Stock Car feature timed in 3:58.40. “I have to thank my dad, brother, and cousin,” stated the Boardman, Ohio Stock Car standout. “They’ve been changing tires and doing all kinds of stuff today.”

D’Apolito started second and drove around Russ Coyne on the start. D’Apolito checked out, while the battle was on for second. Five-time winner and point leader Andy Buckley slipped high on lap seven trying to pass Coyne and lost third to Shaun Hooks. D’Apolito would take the checkered by a one-half lap margin of victory in the Buzz Utsinger-owned, Utsinger’s Towing/Race 1-sponsored #84. Coyne edged Hooks and Buckley for second for his second runner-up of the season. Coyne also won his second straight heat race.

Like Gabany, Mark Marcucci is also having a career best season. He like Gabany entered 2009 with two prior wins, but on Saturday night won his division-leading fourth of the year after his victory in the 15-lap Big Daddy’s Speed Center feature. “I liked the track- it was awesome tonight,” said the West Middlesex, Pa. racer. “We got the car setup darn near perfect…fireworks, a win- you can’t beat it!”

Starting 11th, Marcucci darted through the pack and was all the way up third after one lap as he trailed leader Mylan Markovich, Jr. and Kotie Kirkbride. Marcucci and Rick Ament passed Kirkbride for second and third respectively on lap two before Terry Young spun to bring out the night’s first caution in the last race of the evening.

When racing resumed, Marcucci and Ament overtook Markovich for the top two spots. Shane Pfeuffer worked his way from his 10th starting up to third on lap five when he disposed of Markovich. Lynn Knepper, who was subbing for his son Alan, started ninth and joined the battle when he grabbed third from Pfeuffer on lap nine following the event’s second restart.

The last seven laps went green-to-checkered as Marcucci extended his point lead with his second straight win and sixth of his career in his father’s D&M Excavating & Construction/Harper & Houston Masonry/Broadway Ernie’s Transmission-sponsored #8M. Ament was second as he’s now finished in the top two in three of his four appearances this year. Knepper edged Pfeuffer for third. Kirkbride was fifth for the fifth time in her six starts this season. Heat wins went to Marcucci and Knepper.

Car 54 where are you!? In victory lane at Mercer Raceway Park for the first time as Pennsylvania State Trooper Tim Callahan captured his career first victory in the non-stop 12-lap M&D Paving Mini Stock feature timed in 5:39.46! “It’s been a long time coming,” said the happy Grove City, Pa. driver.

Dave Heberling led lap one, while Callahan, who started sixth, made it halfway to the front. On lap two, John Shannon and Callahan both passed Heberling for first and second respectively. Callahan got alongside Shannon on lap four and the two raced side-by-side with Callahan nosing ahead to lead the lap. Callahan would lead the rest of the way driving a great race through lapped traffic for the popular win in his Pizza Joe’s/Ithen Printing/Essroc/Turner Insurance/Custom Lawn Care-sponsored #54 Honda Prelude.

Rookie Lee Lehnerd continued his strong season to stay in the championship hunt with his fourth runner-up of the season. Lehnerd started from the seventh hole and passed Shannon on the final lap to take the second position. After a terrible start to the season with only a ninth to show in the first six races, Shannon recorded his third straight top five effort and best of the season in third. Dan McEwen was fourth over point leader Jamey Lee. Heat winners were Lee and Mike McConnell.

Luxaire Heating & Cooling Sprint Cars (20 laps): 1. ANDY MCKISSON (0) 2. Arnie Kent (18) 3. Rod George (4) 4. Charlie Holben (42G) 5. Chris Best (66) 6. Gale Ruth, Jr. (5x) 7. Nate Stein (93) 8. Carl Bowser (10) 9. Eric Williams (7) 10. Dan Kuriger (08) 11. Tony Beaber (3T) 12. Bob Howard (49) 13. Jeff Taylor (17T) 14. Jack Helget (Taylor 71c) 15. Gale Ruth, Sr. (1R) 16. Johnny Beaber (Taylor 7B) 17. John McCracken, Jr. (79)-DNS.

Approved Toilet Rentals 358 Modifieds (20 laps): 1. ERIC GABANY (3E) 2. Jimmy Holden (28H) 3. Frank Guidace (1G) 4. John Buchanan (93) 5. Garrett Krummert (29) 6. Rick Hall (B2) 7. Matt Reeher (711) 8. Dave Cogswell (8) 9. Rodney Beltz (Emig 1) 10. Jr. Baker (359) 11. Dustin Martin (29D) 12. Rick Kress (222).

GM 602 Crate Stock Cars (12 laps): 1. STEVE D’POLITO (84) 2. Russ Coyne (8c) 3. Shaun Hooks (Janovick 65) 4. Andy Buckley (965).

Big Daddy’s Speed Center Mod Lites (15 laps): 1. MARK MARCUCCI (8M) 2. Rick Ament (27) 3. Lynn Knepper (10) 4. Shane Pfeuffer (Lawson 40L) 5. Kotie Kirkbride (97N) 6. Kevin Spencer (3K) 7. David Innes (18) 8. Kenny Hall (19) 9. Andy Feil (08) 10. Mylan Markovich, Jr. (2M) 11. Chad Yeager (7) 12. Richard Lawson (70x7) 13. Terry Young (98) 14. Kevin Savacko (76).

M&D Paving Mini Stocks (12 laps): 1. TIM CALLAHAN (54) 2. Lee Lehnerd (71) 3. John Shannon (14) 4. Dan McEwen (44) 5. Jamey Lee (44J) 6. Wally Stearns, Jr. (33) 7. Mike McConnell (31) 8. Steve Walker (McEwen 4M) 9. E.J. Rarer (3J) 10. Josh Verrill (13) 11. Bill Fuchs (10) 12. Rudolph Troples III (28) 13. Ed Haylett (8-ball) 14. Matt Cwynar (21JR) 15. Michael Thompson (82T) 16. Travis Walsh (1w) 17. Byron Kress (62) 18. Jerry Batcher (Blazczak 7) 19. Dave Heberling (1H) 20. Pete Blazczak (77)-DNS 21. Jordan Preston (1P)-DNS.

Upcoming Events:

7/04 Sprints, Modifieds, FASTRAK Late Models, Open Stock Cars ($400), Mod Lites, Mini Stocks, and the “KABOOM 100” Enduro ($1,000). Gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 6:15 and racing at 7.

7/08 Open Practice 5 PM until dark

7/11 TBA

 

Naugle and Moore get first ever win

By Rob Keller

On the eve of Micro Sprint Speed Week many new faces were in attendance to get tuned up for the weeklong event. And with a rain shower hitting the speedway just as warm-ups began, the night was very similar to last years Speed Week event. Fortunately, this shower didnt bring quite as much rain as last year, and the show was delayed just less than two hours.

Brian Marriott started third in the 270cc Micro Sprint feature and slipped underneath pole-sitter Ryan McAndrew on the start to take the lead. That proved to be the winning pass, as Marriott kept McAndrew two-to-four car lengths back to win his first this season at Path Valley. McAndrew finished second, followed by Tim Mertz, Jason Houtz, and Bill Logeman. Ryan McAndrew and Sean McAndrew won the heat races.

Scott Sawyer made his trip from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma pay-off when he started on the pole and led flag-to-flag to win the 600cc Micro Sprint feature. With no cautions until lap eighteen the front running cars were slicing through lapped cars on either side. After the only restart, Jesse Fitz fell two positions from second to fourth, when Jim Brookens and Mike Dicely got by. Brookens finished second, Dicely third, Fitz in fourth and Travis Saner in fifth. Saner and Brad Cox won the heat races.

Greg Moore started on the pole of the Mini Stock feature and beat Kenny Hill to turn one for the lead. With Moore in the lead, Hill, Dave Friedrich, and Kevin Thomas battled for second. Contact between those three just after halfway sent Friedrich and Thomas to the pits with flat tires. Moore held off Hill the rest of the way to get his first ever feature win. Ricky Harper slipped coming off the final corner, but was just able to hold off Leroy Long for third. Gary Dehart finished fifth in his first race in 2009. Hill and Moore also won the heat races.

After a botched attempt at the initial start sent the front row to the back of the field Ben Naugle inherited the pole position. Naugle beat Tim Damiani on the start to take the lead. Naugle continued to pull away from Damiani, leading by nearly half a lap until he caught the back of the pack. Naugle showed patience, carefully putting cars a lap down as the opportunity presented. The big lead was completely negated by the only caution of the event with two laps to go. On the restart Naugle pulled away to earn his first ever career win in the 305 Sprint cars. Damiani struggled the finally two laps, dropping from second to fifth at the finish. Todd Spangler finished second, ahead of Mark Watkins and Logan Wagner. Heat race wins went to Tyler Bear and Damiani.

Chris Anderson was making his second start in the 4-Cylinder Thunder Car feature and everything was looking good as he led the race the first twelve laps. But when he came up on the back of the field he was held up for just a moment and Jeremy Ott pounced on the opportunity to take the lead. Anderson stayed within a car length of Ott the rest of the way, but could not mount any serious challenges. It was Otts second win this year at Path Valley. Bob Starr finished a solid third, just ahead of Justin Rasp and John Rasp. Anderson and Justin Good claimed heat race victories.

Jason Rochelle is always a threat to win in the Glick Fire Equipment/Central PA Legend Cars events. Put him on the pole and it is almost a given he will win. Rochelle started on the pole and led every lap for his second win this season. But, it was no cakewalk. For the first eight laps Randy Kissinger stayed right on his back bumper. After a restart on lap nine, Lucas Montgomery passed Kissinger for second. Montgomery kept pace with Rochelle, but just could not find enough speed to make the pass. With Montgomery finishing second, Scott Houdeshell came home third, ahead of Greg Burd and Kissinger. Heat races were won by T.J. Wilson, Rochelle, and Kissinger.

Next Friday night, July 3rd, It is Celebrate America at Path Valley Speedway. Along with the regular four divisions of 270cc and 600cc Micro Sprints, Mini Stocks, and 4-Cylinder Thunder Cars, will be the Limited Late Models and the Glick Fire Equipment/Central PA Legend Cars. There will also be bicycle races for the kids.

Path Valley results 6/26

270cc Micro Sprint: Brian Marriott, Ryan McAndrew, Tim Mertz, Jason Houtz, Bill Logeman, Steve Whary, Zach Fouse, Adam Warner, Levi Peck, Kameron Morral, Austin Treuchet, Brad Brown, Taylor Myers, Kevin Garman, Tom Shearer, Don Roush, Sean McAndrew, Jim Still, Jerry Palm Heats: Ryan McAndrew, Sean McAndrew

600cc Micro Sprint: Scott Sawyer, Jim Brookens, Mike Dicely, Jesse Fitz, Travis Saner, Brad Cox, Rodney Glass, Liam Williams, Timmie Barrick, Keith Woodson, Andy Farley, Autstin Farley, Shelby Rowles, Gary Funck, Brian Sherrill, Brittany Brown, Lance Yeager, Ethan Diffenderfer, Adam Gutshall, John Baker, Jake Murphy Heats: Saner, Cox

Mini Stock: Greg Moore, Kenny Hill, Ricky Harper, Leroy Long, Gary Dehart, Phil Boden, Gary Newell, Bryan Neff, David Showalter, Frank Barthalow, Keith Armolt, Abe Edwards, Kevin Thomas, Terry Smith, Jodie Varner, Dave Friedrich, Steve Hanes, Sr., Ronnie Garlock, Troy Eckenrode Heats: Hill, Moore

305 Sprint: Ben Naugle, Todd Spangler, Mark Watkins, Logan Wagner, Tim Damiani, Steve Whary, Rodney Westhafer, Jason Brandt, Mike Alleman, Tyler Bear, Gary Zimmerman, Dave Wilson, Ryan Lynn Heats: Bear, Damiani

4-Cylinder Thunder Car: Jeremy Ott, Chris Anderson, Bob Starr, Justin Rasp, John Rasp, Mike Brindle, Jeff Koser, Sam Rock, Bill Kennedy, Justin Good, Tom Crum, Andy Stouffer, Shaun Linn, Randy Stull, Mike Fuller Heats: Anderson, Good

Legend: Jason Rochelle, Lucas Montgomery, Scott Houdeshell, Greg Burd, Randy Kissinger, Brian Weitzel, Pat McDermitt, Harlan Leppo, Nate Fisher, Blaine Leppo, Andy Lupfer, Bill Diehl, Scott Gobrecht, Ferris Fraine, Ed Wentz, Lawrence Garrison, Rick Miller, Scott Spidle, T.J. Wilson, Vern Houseman, Ed Trump, Denny Willey, Jason Ewing Heats: Wilson, Rochelle, Kissinger

 

Jared Zimbardi Maplevale Farms Patriot Sprint Winner

Scott Gurdak Wins Super Late Model and E-Mod Feature at Stateline Speedway By Glenn Slocum

Busti, NY: Scott Gurdak won his first of the season in the Super Late Models and Chad Ruhlman thrilled the crowd with a run from nineteenth to second. Gurdak came back later in the evening to win the E-Mod feature also his first of the season.

Jared Zimbardi led the final three laps of the Maplevale Farms ASCS Patriot Sprint A-Main notching his first win at Stateline.

William Pinkney won the first Super Challenger feature his third for the year and Richard Langer won his fourth in the second feature. Tabetha Howard won the Lady Challenger feature her second win of the season.

John Boardman continued to dominate the Super Sportsman division winning his sixth of the season. Paul Norman Jr. won his second of the season in the Outlaw Cadet division. Gary Fisher won his second Spectator feature of the year surviving several cautions for the win.

John Volpe and Pete Alspaugh made up row one of the Super Late Model feature. Row two included Chris Hackett and Dick Barton with Scott Gurdak and Chad Valone in row three. Volpe won the race to turn one on the start and led by three car lengths to ten the first circuit. Doug Ricotta tangled with a tractor tire pushing it onto the speedway bringing out the first caution with two laps complete. Volpe, Gurdak, Hackett, Barton and Doug Eck, up from his eight starting spot, were the top five for the restart. Volpe held on to the lead with Gurdak and Hackett fighting over second. Dennis Lunger was up to fifth as Barton slipped back through the field. Gurdak led the ninth circuit as the high side seemed to be the place to be. Hackett was third with Eck fourth and Lunger fifth. The second yellow appeared for Wendell Pinckney and George LaBarbera with eleven of the twenty-five laps complete. Rod Maloy and Chad Ruhlman passed Lunger on the restart for fifth and sixth. Hackett and Eck put Volpe back to fourth then Ruhlman continued to advance moving into third with six laps remaining. Gurdak caught the rear of the field with five remaining and Ruhlman moved into second. The race remained green for the remaining laps giving Gurdak his first win of the season in heavy lap traffic as Ruhlman’s charge from nineteenth came up one spot short.

Bobby Breen and Bubba Broderick led the ASCS Patriot Sprints onto the speedway for their main event. Bobby Breen led lap one with Broderick a close second. Broderick moved to the high side and led lap two. Broderick quickly built a 15 car length lead as the field was single file around the speedway. The yellow appeared with five laps complete for a slowing car. Broderick, Breen, Bryan Howland, Don Adamczyk and Jared Zimbardi were the restart leaders. Broderick stayed high to retain the lead. The yellow reappeared for a stopped Chris Muhleisen. The field lined up nose to tail for the lap thirteen restart. Zimbardi tested Howland on the restart but could not make the pass. The green only stayed out for one lap as Blake Breen spun to a stop in the exit of turn two. One lap later the point leader Bryan Howland spun for the third yellow losing his third spot and forced to restart at the tail of the field. Bobby Breen was the restart leader passing Broderick on the last restart for the top spot. Zimbardi put Broderick back to third on the restart and began to chase Bobby Breen for the top spot. Adamczyk was fourth wind Gary Kreiss fifth. Blake Breen did a flip with four laps remaining stopping the racing action. Blake Breen was okay but had to retire from the event. Zimbardi was determined to make it a race and beat Breen to the line with two to go and led the next lap. The yellow flew for early leader Broderick on the final lap. Zimbardi was out front with Bobby Breen second and Adamczyk third and that was how it ended giving Zimbardi his first win at Stateline.

Lap one of the Super Sportsman feature ended in yellow with Justin Devereaux and Tom Kosinski tangled up in the exit of turn four. Ron Burgun led. Wade Watson took control after the restart with Burgun second and Dan Nocero third. A smoking Bob Hazzard brought out the second caution with four laps complete. Watson, Burgun and Nocero were the restart leaders. Nocero led lap five with point leader John Boardman up to second from his thirteenth starting spot. Joe Buccola made and appearance in the top five then quickly moved to third putting Watson back to fourth. Boardman chased Nocero until coming for the white when he made the lead taking pass on the back stretch. It was Boardman’s sixth win of the season.

Tyler Green and Darwin Peters tangled in turn two before the completion of the first Outlaw Cadet lap. David Marrs and Bryan Johnson were in row one. A track tire brought out the second caution on the restart. Paul Himes led lap one then Rodney Thoms led lap two just before the yellow flew for Marrs stopped on the edge of the speedway between turns one and two. Himes regained the lead on the restart then fell victim to Paul Norman Jr. on lap four. Chad Carlson and point leader Mike Moore took over second and third as Himes fell to fourth. A lap ten yellow for Leonard Enos allowed the field to close with Norman. Adam Hilyer caused the fifth yellow with eleven laps complete. Norman survived the final four laps winning his second of the year.

Darren Tarabori led the first lap of the E-Mod feature but before the second lap could be complete the yellow flew for John Woodward Jr. and Vic Vena. Dave Lyon was second with Scott Gurdak third and Justin Tatlow fourth. A four car wreck after the restart collected Chad Silleman, Troy Carr and Woodward. Gurdak became the new leader beating Tarabori into turn one on the restart. Lyon was third and Tatlow fourth. Lap three was completed just before the third caution this time for Greg Johnson. Starter Mark Matthews waived off the restart. The second restart of lap four was okay and just as the leaders began lap six several cars were collected in a turn three incident. Bill Peterson and Ron Seeley were among those involved. Gurdak, Lyon, Tarabori, Justin Tatlow and Justin Carlson were the leaders. The restart was marred by another yellow with Chris Couchenour and Seeley involved. Rich Michael grabbed fifth from Tatlow on lap six then began pressing Carlson for fourth. Gurdak led by several car lengths at the half way point. A lap sixteen spin by Anthony Marotto ended the longest green stint of the race with sixteen of the twenty laps complete. Gurdak ran the final four laps unchallenged for his first E-Mod win of the season.

John Mease led lap one of the Spectator feature with Stan Davis Jr. second. A spin by Kyle Bradigan brought out the yellow with three complete. Gary Fisher was second after the restart and Mease retained the lead. Davis was third with Clarence Dickerson Sr. fourth. Matt Bove spun on lap five for the second caution. Fisher took the top spot from Mease after the restart then the third caution occurred this time for Matt Harvey and Shane Erhard. Two laps later another multicar incident for yellow four. Fisher, Davis and Chad Schauers were the restart leaders. With five laps remaining Schauers passed Davis for second. With two laps to go Brian Wilson had troubles in turn four for caution five. Schauers spun trying to pass Fisher on the final lap. It was Fishers second win in 2009.

Super Late Model

Heat 1: Chad Valone Warren PA, Chris Hackett Corry PA, Dennis Lunger Jr. Albion PA, John Lobb Frewsburg NY, Wally Fox Cooperstown PA

Heat 2: Scott Gurdak Spring Creek PA, Pete Alspaugh Russell PA, Doug Eck Corry PA, Ryan Scott Garland PA, Darrell Bossard Centerville PA

Heat 3: Dick Barton Ashville NY, John Volpe Lakewood NY, Rod Maloy Panama NY, Scott Johnson Wattsburg PA, Randy Lobb Jamestown NY

Feature: Scott Gurdak Spring Creek PA, Chad Ruhlman Bemus Point NY, Doug Eck Corry PA, Chris Hackett Corry PA, John Volpe Lakewood NY, Rod Maloy Panama NY, Scott Johnson Wattsburg PA, Dennis Lunger Jr. Albion PA, John Lobb Frewsburg NY, Randy Lobb Jamestown NY, Dick Barton Ashville NY, Dutch Davies Warren PA, Rich Gardner Waterford PA, Wally Fox Cooperstown PA, Darrell Bossard Centerville PA, Andy Boozel Clymer NY, Andy Kania Waterford PA, Ted Kosinski Lakewood NY, Nathan Short Niobe NY, Doug Ricotta Warsaw NY, Pete Alspaugh Russell PA, George LaBarbera Sugar Grove PA, Wendell Pinckney Albion PA, Ryan Scott Garland PA

ASCS Patriot Sprints

Heat 1: Bubba Broderick, Brookfield CT, Don Adamczyk Williamsville NY, Scott Bonnell Fairview PA, Bobby Breen Savannah NY, Kyle Moffit South Dayton NY

Heat 2: Bobby Kerrick Stanley NY, Jared Zimbardi Little Valley NY, Gary Kreiss, Chris Muhleisen Arkport NY, Ray Preston Romulus NY

Heat 3: Bryan Howland Auburn NY, T.J. Newton Batavia NY, Gary Troutman Andover NY, Bruce Dewick Batavia NY, Chris Shuttleworth Wellsville NY

Dash: Scott Bonnell Fairview PA, Chris Muhleisen Arkport NY, Gary Kreiss, Bruce Dewick Batavia NY, Brad Knab Delevan NY, Kyle Drum Wayland NY

A-Main: Jared Zimbardi Little Valley NY, Bobby Breen Savannah NY, Don Adamczyk Williamsville NY, Gary Kreiss, Scott Bonnell Fairview PA, Gary Troutman Andover NY, TJ Newton Batavia NY, Bryan Howland Auburn NY, Bobby Kerrick Stanley NY, Kyle Moffit South Dayton NY, Kyle Drum Wayland NY, Chris Muhleisen Arkport NY, Brad Knab Delevan NY, Bubby Broderick Brookfield CT, Ray Preston Romulus NY, Bruce Dewick Batavia NY, Blake Breen Savannah NY, Jeff Frasier Montour Falls NY, Derek Jonathan Lewistown NY, Chris Shuttleworth Wellsville NY

E-Mod

Heat 1: David Shagla Sugar Grove PA, Justin Tatlow Franklinville NY, Greg Johnson Busti NY, Chad Silleman South Dayton NY, Steve Huling Kennedy NY

Heat 2: Scott Gurdak Bear Lake PA, Brian Fardink Sherman NY, Richard Michael Jr. Ischua NY, Ron Seeley Youngsville PA, Cale Crocker Pittsfield PA

Heat 3: Dave Lyon Corry PA, Justin Carlson Sherman NY, Mike Munsee Corry PA, Vic Vena Shinglehouse PA, Tim Rockwell Salamanca NY

Heat 4: Darren Tarabori Galeton PA, Chris Couchenour Jamestown NY, John Kelsey Sherman NY, Jason Genco Jamestown NY, Kevin Decker Erie PA

Feature: Scott Gurdak Bear Lake PA, Dave Lyon Corry PA, Darren Tarabori Galeton PA, Justin Carlson Sherman NY, Richard Michael Jr. Ischua NY, Justin Tatlow Franklinville NY, Mike Munsee Corry PA, Brian Fardink Sherman NY, Tim Rockwell Salamanca NY, Mike Eschrich Mt. Jewett PA

Outlaw Cadet

Heat 1: Leonard Enos Russell PA, Mike Moore Russell PA, Steve Moynihan Jamestown NY, Chad Carlson Lakewood NY, Brian Crandall Stockton NY

Super Sportsman

Heat 1: Bob Hazzard Frewsburg NY, Tom Kosinski Lakewood NY, Ron Burgun Brocton NY, Justin Devereaux Lakewood NY, Mike Genco Jamestown NY

Heat 2: Jake Eller McKean PA, John Boardman Jamestown NY, Dan Nocero Jr. Jamestown NY, Joe Buccola Jr. Jamestown NY, Wade Watson Ashville NY

Feature: John Boardman Jamestown NY, Dan Nocero Jr. Jamestown NY, Joe Buccola Jr. Jamestown NY, Wade Watson Ashville NY, Steve Kania Waterford PA, Jake Eller McKean PA, Ben Burgess Jr. Sherman NY, Mike Genco Jamestown NY, Ron Burgun Brocton NY, Justin Devereaux Lakewood NY

Spectator

Heat 1: Aron Dascomb Clymer NY, Mike Moon Brocton NY, Gary Fisher North East PA, Clarence Dickerson Sr. Kennedy NY, Kevin Golden Frewsburg NY

Heat 2: Brandon Pierce Sinclairville NY, Jason Seekings Jamestown NY, Stanley Davis Jr. Jamestown NY, Damon Lewis Salamanca NY, Brian Wilson Jamestown NY

Heat 3: Chad Schauers Frewsburg NY, Kevin Hill Gowanda NY, Nathan Earle Garland PA, Ken Lamp Jr. Erie PA, Brad Beckstrom Frewsburg NY

Feature: Gary Fisher North East PA, Kyle Bradigan South Dayton NY, Stanley Davis Jr. Jamestown NY, Brandon Pierce Sinclairville NY, Kevin Hill Gowanda NY, Damian Bidwell Eldred PA, Wade Mohawk Gowanda NY, Dave Tackett, Jr. Ripley NY, Kevin Golden Frewsburg NY, Ken Lamp Jr. Erie PA

Super Challenger

First Feature: William Pinkney Ashville NY, Bobby Rouche Garland PA, Chris Knisley Jamestown NY, Ben Preston Youngsville PA, Fred McClenahan Union City PA, Joshua Crull Garland PA, Matt Gruber Sugar Grove PA, Allen Haskins, Joshua Warner Jamestown NY, Bobby Ormsby

Second Feature: Richard Langer Sherman NY, Rick Karash Jamestown NY, Joe Karash Jamestown NY, Travis Darling Jamestown NY, Luke Rutsky Warren PA, Jonathan Hagg Youngsville PA, Aaron Liberati Jamestown NY, Lance Ferrand Tiona PA, Joshua Beckstrom Frewsburg NY, Larry Campbell Frewsburg NY

Lady Challenger

Feature: Tabetha Houser North East PA, Elaine Best Jamestown NY, Cassi Dunn Garland PA, Stephanie Hilyer Jamestown NY, Annemarie Reed Erie PA, Tiffany Best Jamestown NY, Tawny Crocker Pittsfield PA, Mary Hammond Bemus Point NY, Natalie Hilyer Erie PA, Kasey Hammond Bemus Point NY

 

Plymouth Dirt Track Racing

Saturday, June 27, 2009 By George Baumann

Plymouth, WI: With rain falling in much of the area it avoided Plymouth until most of the scheduled program was completed. The rain stopped track action with ten laps remaining in the Bumper-to-Bumper IRA Sprint car A-main, and the Late Model A-main waiting in the staging area.

Donny Goeden won the Sprint A-main and Brad Lubach won the Grand National A-main. Goeden who started in the fifth row, assumed the lead when Mike Kertcher spun in turn two on the twenty-first lap.

While getting ready to resume, the rain start falling and the race was stopped. Later race- officials made the decision to end the race and the program.

Scott Uttech and Todd Hephner traded the lead a number of times in the early laps. Kertcher after a lap six caution used the outside line to pass Uttech and Scott Biertzer to get to second place.

After a restart on lap fourteen, Kertcher passed Hephner for the lead again using the outside. Goeden who was sixth after the restart started his run to the front and was in the lead after Kertcher's car stopped.

Hephner was second, Biertzer third, Steve Meyer fourth and Billy Warren fifth.

B-mains were won Meyer and John Haeni. Heat winners were Joe Symoens, Biertzer, Billy Balog and Scott Uttech. Meyer set fast time in qualifying.

Lubach's Grand National win was his second of the season. After starting on the pole he never looked back and if he had, he would have seen Tim Thompson who chased him every lap.

Loren Lubach, the series points leader, stayed with the leaders early on, but later dropped out with mechanical problems. Mark Fieber ran strong and fini