HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS
ByHamlin, PA - Sensational Hamlin Speedway Racing Finds Familiar Faces In Victory Lane
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
Hamlin Speedway and the Smith Family kept on track Saturday evening with a spectacular racing show that saw seven tremendous feature events presented as the speedway ends the month of May on the highest of notes. A few of the features went to the wire with the outcome decided in the final moments of the heated racing action. Promoter Randy Smith presented a meticulously groomed race track in place for the more than the one hundred entries that would do battle during the evening. After all was said and done, the seven feature race card was completed at 10:20 PM in the evening and the great crowd on hand enjoyed another monumental night of short-track racing excitement, Hamlin style! S&S Speedways was the sponsor for the evening of speed.
"The Nickel Man" Joel Smith scored a wire to wire triumph in the Hampton RV & Trailer Sales Stage One Modified feature, his first win this season. Nine year old "TVD" Tanner VanDoren found himself in the winners circle with his first win of his career in the hard fought All Star Slingshot main event over a stellar roster of driving talent. The high flying "Bad" Chad Sandt captured his win of the season in the exciting 600 Sprint finale. "Deuce" Glenn Macomber jumped into the lead and put his hot rod on cruise control to capture the twenty lap spectacular for the Wingless 270 Sprints. "Lil Miss" Shelby McLaughlin outlasted a fine group of young chargers to nail down her third victory in the Junior Slingshot finale. "The High Side Hustler" Justin Mills was magical in grabbing up his first win of the season and in the division in the Rookie 600 Sprint main event. "The Oxford Express" Dale Kober was on point as he captured the Super Slinger headliner for his third feature win in the division.
The Hampton RV and Trailer Sales Stage One Modified feature saw Joel Smith take the lead at the drop of the green flag. His Wentz Auto Body Auto Care sponsored hot rod was fast and opened up quite a bit of distance on the field early in the event. Taylor Mills, driving a Stage One Modified for the first time, got comfortable with the car quickly and moved into the runner-up slot after the midway point of the race. Smith had the hot ticket in this evening as he drove to his first win this season. Mills had a spectacular drive for runner-up honors. John Comandini was aboard the Smith Fabrication Rental machine for the evening and in his first ride in over a year came away with a third place finish. John Mirabelli and Mike Samony completed the top five with Janell Geary, Cody Motto, Anthony Recchio and Evan Civick following.
The All Star Slingshot main found Tanner VanDoren grabbing the lead at the drop of the green flag. Van Doren found Nick Vinciguerra a tough customer as the pair battled for a few laps before Vinciguerra found Cody Kline alongside of him and the pair duked it out with Kline now in the number two slot. VanDoren had a four car lead at this point and Kline began to reel off some better lap times than VanDoren to cut into the margin. VanDoren kept his cool and was very poised to be racing with some of the best in the business. Kline would get close but VanDoren would score his first All Star Slingshot win. Kline enjoyed a great run in second with Vinciguerra third, Dale Kober fourth and Chris Kurtz fifth. Mike McLaughlin headed up the second five with Austin Silfee, Jared Silfee, Taylor Mills and Samantha Muller completing the top ten.
Danny Buccafusca grabbed the lead in the Wingless 600 Sprint feature attraction and led for one lap as Chad Sandt found the line he was seeking and drove by Buccafusca for the lead. Once in front, Sandt was able to breakaway for a few laps and the event moved quickly with all of the drivers in the twelve second bracket time wise. Sandt got slowed up in slower traffic and Buccafusca was able to close but it would be Sandt earning his first win of the season. Buccafusca was second in a great run with Brandon Azzalina third, Colin White fourth and Geordan Marrero completing the top five. The second five found Joseph Smith, Zac Azzalina, Pat Bealer, Mick D'Agostino and Justin Mills trailing.
The Rookie 600 Sprint event found Carmen Leggio leading the first three laps before giving way Justin Mills, who found a line at the top of the raceway that suited him just fine. Once in front Mills stayed glued at the top. As the race wore on, Paul Richards Jr began to make a statement as the tenth place starter moved into second place late in the race. He got close to Mills but Mills would capture the feature win with Richards second, Dakota Bartlet third, Mikey Smith fourth and Ryan Lacoe fifth. The second five were Joe Nemeth, Tyler Kehs, Cody Powell, Carmen Leggio and Jake Roberts.
Glenn Macomber seized the lead at the start of the Wingless 270 Sprint main and would go on to run a flawless event to capture his second win of the season. Mike Kalman was second with Kyle Ferrucci third, the returning Robbie Watson fourth, Randy Gombert fifth, Steven Weirich sixth and Alex Reinsmith seventh.
Mike Taylor grabbed the lead at the start of the Super Slinger feature and fended off the early challenges of Jeff Haduck early on in the event and then Dale Kober. Kober came on strong and grabbed the lead from Taylor on lap ten. Kober would go on and take his third win of the season with Taylor in second, Haduck third, Alan Kober fourth, John Gilroy fifth and Jim Conroy sixth.
The Junior Slingshot event took center stage as Speedway Announcer Steve Pados went trackside to introduce the "stars of tomorrow" to the standing room only crowd on hand for the event. After a resounding send-off, James Costlow led for the first nine laps lap but went wide out of turn four and gave way to the high flying Shelby McLaughlin. McLaughlin would go on to capture the win with Jake Mason, James Costlow, Austin Homan and John Kendall. The second five found Tanner VanDoren, Tyler banks, Brian Smith, Abby Yates and Kyle Swart following.
PEARL JAMS:
Despite all of the rain that has been hitting the area of late, the speedway was in excellent condition for the evening of speed and Randy Smith gave the great roster of driving talent a superb track to compete on.
The time trialed sessions found Troy Langendoerfer lay down the fast time for the All Star Slingshots at 13.941 seconds just nipping Dale Kober who clocked a 14.114 time. Time trials for the Wingless 270 Sprints found Kyle Ferrucci with the top time of 12.547 seconds.
Dale Kober nailed down a heat win the Super Slingers. Chad Sandt, Pat Bealer and Geordan Marrero claimed heat wins in the Wingless 600 Sprints. Junior Slingshot heats were claimed by Tanner VanDoren and Shelby McLaughlin. Rookie 600 heats went to Jake Roberts and Joe Nemeth. The Stage One Modified heat went to Joel Smith.
With this being the fourth entry into the record books for the 2017 season, many of the speedway newcomers are becoming familiar with finding the fast way around the speedway. Impressive showings from the veteran talent had them finding at least three grooves to work their magic from.
Making their first starts of the season on Saturday night included Taylor Mills and John Comandini in the Stage One Modifieds. RJ Smykla, Amanda Conroy and Tanner Jones made starts in the All Star Slingshots. Nathan Smith and Louie Horvath in the 600 Sprints were new entries. It was good to see Robbie Watson return in the 270 Sprints along with Steven Weirich. John Gilroy was back in action in the Super Slingers. Brian Smith, Kyle Swart and Aiden Donaldson were new Junior Slingshot drivers.
The Hamlin Hundred scheduled for July 1st will be raising money for Vet Stock for the next few weeks and the group is headed up by Tom Ryan. VetStock coordinates and promotes fundraising efforts for Veteran organizations in Pike and Monroe Counties in the Northeast region of the state. All race teams, fans and sponsors are encouraged to assist in this fund raising annual event. Allesson Rode will be spearheading the collections at the speedway.
JJ Rice missed the Saturday night racing as he suffered a broken wrist while playing Lacrosse. Veteran campaigner Everett Haubrich was spotted taking in the races. Emily Fleming also missed the event as she is having some motors troubles with her racer.
RESULTS:
All Star Slingshots: Tanner VanDoren, Cody Kline, Nick Vinciguerra, Dale Kober, Chris Kurtz, Mike McLaughlin, Austin Silfee, Jared Silfee, Taylor Mills, Samantha Muller, Amanda Buchel, Mike Taylor, Troy Langendoerfer, Tyler Peet, RJ Smykla, Tanner Jones, Ashley Kober, Tess Horvath, Clayton Davey, Josh Marcus, Nick Delcampo. Amanda Conroy
Wingless 270cc Sprints: Glenn Macomber, Mike Kalman, Kyle Ferrucci, Robbie Watson, Randy Gombert, Steven Weirich, Alex Reinsmith
Wingless 600cc Sprints: Chad Sandt, Danny Buccafusca, Brandon Azzalina, Colin White, Geordan Marrero, Joseph Smith, Zac Azzalina, Pat Bealer, Mick D'Agostino, Justin Mills, Joel Smith, Damon Paul, Cody Smith, JD Casazza, Ryan Neil, Jacob Balliet, Adam Huff, Taylor Troxel, Sam Kravitsky, Tyler Galatro, Mack Brink, Louie Horvath, Duane White, Jared Lilly, Nathan Smith
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Joel Smith, Taylor Mills, John Comandini, John Mirabelli, Michael Samony, Janell Geary, Cody Motto, Anthony Recchio, Evan Civick
Junior Slingshots: Shelby McLaughlin, Jake Mason, James Costlow, Austin Homan, John Kendall, Tanner VanDoren, Tyler Banks, Brian Smith, Abby Yates, Kyle Swart, Joey Kalafut, Adam Buchel, Rachel Dickinson, Aiden Donaldson, Colton Geary, James Benz, James Hendricks
Super Slingshots: Dale Kober, Mike Taylor, Jeff Haduck, Alan Kober, John Gilroy, Jim Conroy
JPA Masonry Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: Justin Mills, Paul Richards Jr, Dakota Bartlet, Mikey Smith, Ryan Lacoe, Joe Nemeth, Tyler Kehs, Cody Powell, Carmen Leggio Sr, Jake Roberts, Tony Parlanti, Macy Litchauer, JR Williams, Brett Altemose, Richard Rickle, Noah Zielinski, Mark Berkenstock, Joey Amantea
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. The next event on the Hamlin Speedway schedule is set for June 3rd when all Divisions will be in action on the 1/5th mile clay cushioned oval as the second special event of the season for the Wingless 600 Sprints with the winner earning $750.00 based on a thirty car entry field and dual heat format.
Hamlin Speedway has many special events scheduled throughout the season and the date of June 10th will bring in the first of two scheduled NASCAR Crew Challenges. The following week on June 16th and 17th will be the tenth edition of the two day "Spring Into Summer Sizzler" at the speedway that will feature the National Tour event for the Junior Slingshot drivers on the Friday evening portion of the event.
Make sure to check the Hamlin Speedway website or Facebook page for any additional information. Pit Gates open at the speedway at 3 PM; Drivers Meeting at 5:45; Hot Laps are at 6:00 and the racing begins at 7 PM sharp. Admission Prices for regular shows are: Adults $10.00; Senior Citizens $5.00 Children under 6 are Free
Please support the many great sponsors who assist in working and sponsoring the season long events at the speedway. Tilcon, Ron Brown Hauling, JPA Masonry, RockAuto.com, S&S Speedways and Yankowski Enterprises are all part of the advertising family at the speedway and we graciously thank them for their support.
Hamlin Speedway is seeking additional marketing sponsors to join the speedway team for the 2017 racing season. For more information, contact Steve Pados at: 484-784-7756 or through email at: steveswp@ptd.net or Denise Smith at S&S Speedways at: 570-420-5500 or at: www.SSSpeedways.com or on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/SSSpeedways/ or www.HamlinSpeed.com or facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/HamlinSpeed
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