MEISNER IS MONEY AT NEW EGYPT; WINS ON SEVEN CYLINDERS
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The # 1 of Phil Meisner Jr, on 7 cylinders, held off a late race charge by # 175 of Jeff Geiges to win his first TSRS Sprint Car feature.
MEISNER IS MONEY AT NEW EGYPT; WINS ON SEVEN CYLINDERS
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MEISNER IS MONEY AT NEW EGYPT; WINS ON SEVEN CYLINDERS
New Egypt, NJ - June 4, 2011 - Second generation driver Phil Meisner Jr. from Bordentown, NJ held off a hard charging Jeff Geiges to win his first career Tri-State RaceSaver Series feature Saturday night at the New Egypt Speedway. By winning Meisner becomes the sixth different winner in as many races in 2011.
"I dropped a cylinder there with about five or six to go, I saw him (Geiges) try to get underneath me but I knew if i kept my momentum up top he would have a hard time getting around me" said Meisner.
Feature Winner Chris Allen Jr. and TSRS Rookie Mike Esposito lead the 20 car field to the wire on Saturday as it would be Allen getting ahead early. Allen would lead laps one through eight until a hard charging third place starter Phil Meisner would go top-shelf and around Allen coming down to complete lap nine. Meisner would just start to set sail as the yellow would wave for Pat U'Sellis and new comer Frank Lieto who came together in turns one and two. Once green replaced yellow Meisner continued to lead but the man on the move would be defending TSRS Champion Jeff Geiges who started to move forward getting up to the number two spot. Geiges would chase Meisner lap after lap up until lap fifteen when rookie contender Kyle Reinhardt spun in turn two. The restart put Geiges right on Meisner's tail tank. Meisner jumped back out to the lead but Geiges would start to stalk him harder and harder as Geiges would throw a unsuccesful slide job at Meisner with four to go. The final caution would wave on lap seventeen for Bobby Devault who broke on the back stretch ending his night setting up a three lap dsah for the checkered. Meisner would lead the final three laps and and cruise to his first career TSRS win. Geiges would have his best run of the season coming home second, current point leader John Wyers came home third with rookies Jeff Schall and Stephanie Stevens rounding out the top five.
The Tri-State RaceSaver Series is off this Saturday and will return to action Saturday night June 18 back at the New Egypt Speedway.
The Tri-State Sprint Car series is a quick and economical way to go Sprint Car racing in the Mid Atlantic region. Racers are encouraged to call series director Joe Grandinetti at 215-355-0510 or e-mail racinjoe23@yahoo.com or you can visit them on the web at http://www.tsrs1.com
Tri-State RaceSaver Series Results 6/4/11
Heat 1: 1. Bobby DeVault 2. Bill Case Jr. 3. Mike Esposito 4. Jeff
Geiges 5. Jimmy Carpenter 6. Stephanie Stevens
Heat 2: 1. Stephanie Palmai 2. Phil Meisner Jr. 3. Chris Allen Jr. 4.
Kyle Reinhardt 5. John Wyers 6. Ian Borden
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Phil Meisner Jr. 2. Jeff Geiges 3. John Wyers
4. Jeff Schall 5. Stephanie Stevens 6. Chris Allen Jr. 7. Stefanie
Palmai 8. Sean Campbell 9. Jimmy Carpenter 10. Gabe Fox 11. Mike
Esposito 12. Brittany Tresch 13. John Leombruno 14. Frank Lieto 15.
Ian Borden 16. Bobby Sandt 17. Bobby DeVault 18. Kyle Reinhardt 19.
Pat U'Sellis 20. Bill Case Jr.
