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Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, PA - Seven Drivers Share Victory Circle In Exciting Hamlin Speedway Racing Action
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
The "once again rain before it begins" theme has seemingly provided the backdrop for an evening of speed presented by Hamlin Speedway Promoters Randy and Denise Smith on Saturday nights in 2017. Nevertheless, when there is a will, there is a way and the extra work on the facility had the speedway primed and ready for the stars of the speedway to ignite the large crowd on hand. The evening ran off very well until a frightening crash during the 600 Sprint feature slowed the action for more than an hour. More than one hundred and ten talented race car drivers came to Hamlin on Saturday to ply their trade and when the final curtain came down it would be two newcomers plus some familiar names at the speedway rising to the top of the heap in the coveted Victory Circle.
"The Nickel Man" Joel Smith captured his fourth Hampton RV And Trailer Sales Stage One Modified win in 2017. Mike Taylor scored his second win of the season in the Super Slinger finale topping a very strong and returning John Gilroy. "The Sandman" Troy Langendoerfer romped to his second win of the season in the All Star Slingshot main event. JD Casazza scored his first ever Hamlin Speedway win with a baseline run in the 600 Sprint main. "The Fearless One" Kyle Ferrucci scored his second win of the season in the Wingless 270 Sprint main. Paul Richards Jr earned his second win of the season in the JPA Masonry Rookie 600 Sprint main. "Junior Excitement" JJ Rice muscled his way to his first ever Hamlin win in the Junior Slingshot finale.
Trackside driver introductions spotlighted the JPA Masonry Rookie 600 Sprint main event before the start of the event. Local talent Noah Zielinski blasted into the lead at the start of the event and he showed his tailpipes to everyone for the first five laps. Paul Richards Jr stayed close and moved around Zielinski on lap six. Once in front, Richards went on cruise control as he stepped away from the field. Clicking off lap times in the 12.4 second range, Richards raced to his second win of the season with Zielinski a solid second, Tony Parlanti third, Zack Weisenfluh fourth and Dakota Barlet rebounding back to nail down fifth. Heading up the second five were Carmen Leggio Sr, Joe Nemeth, Macy Litchauer, Joey Amantea and Ryan Lacoe.
The Hampton RV & Trailer Sales Stage One Modified feature began with Cody Motto grabbing up the lead at the drop of the green flag. Motto would lead through the first eight laps when Joel Smith found the open seam on the raceway and would drive past Motto to assume command of the event. Cole Stangle would move past Motto into second place and reel off some quick laps to narrow the the gap but this was a night for Joel Smith as he claimed his fourth win of the season. Stangle was second with Motto third in a great run. Anthony Recchio and Michael Samony would complete the top five. The second five was headed up by Pat VanVarick, Joel Price, Jeff Hineline, Bill Dianella and Josh Marcus in the second Motto Motorsports car.
Dale Kober left nothing to chance as he jumped out front at the start of the Super Slinger feature. Kober would hold the field at bay through the first eleven laps until his muffler fell onto the track. Mike Taylor inherited the lead and would drive to his second win of the season despite the very stiff challenge from the returning John Gilroy. Wes Hearn was third followed by the returning Greg Zellman, Jeff Haduck, Dale Kober and Roger Collins.The wingless warriors of the 270 Sprint division moved onto the speedway for their feature attraction. The resurgent Alex Reinsmith took off at the drop of the green flag and would through eight laps. On the restart Reinsmith bobbled and Kyle Ferrucci became the new leader. Glenn Macomber tried to track down Ferrucci but Ferrucci prevailed in punching his ticket for his second win of the season. Glenn Macomber enjoyed a solid run to earn runner-up honors with the returning Prince girls, Sydney and Mallory finishing third and fourth with the returning Paul Richards Sr fifth and Reinsmith sixth.
The "stars of tomorrow" in the Junior Slingshot division continued to put on another great show as New Yorker Tyler Banks would lead through the early laps of the event. John Kendall and Adam Buchel stayed close but the pair got together and both would be forced to restart from the back of the pack. On the restart, Banks would lead but he couldn't shake JJ Rice who was beginning to put some pressure on Banks. Lap thirteen provided the winning pass as Rice utilized a combination of hustle and muscle to pull up alongside of Banks and maneuver his car into the lead. Rice would lead the final laps to claim his first ever win at the speedway. Tanner VanDoren raced hard to claim runner-up honors and Banks finished third. Shelby McLaughlin was fourth and Tommy Stillo rounded out the top five. The second five was headed up by Abby Yates, with Jake Mason, John Kendall, Adam Buchel and Joey Kalafut following.
The headliner for the All Star Slingshots found a great field of Slingshot drivers duking it out on the Hamlin Speedway real estate. The early going found Troy Langendoerfer blasting out of the starting blocks to lead the event but a few skirmishes along the way would slow the pace a bit. Each restart found Langendoerfer establishing himself at the point with a tremendous dogfight behind him working to break loose. The first to do so was Amanda Buchel who ran her best event since joining the ranks at Hamlin. This night, however belonged to Langendoerfer as his 13.08 times kept him out front and he cruised to his second win of the season. Buchel was the runner-up with Mike Taylor, Mike McLaughlin and Tanner VanDoren completing the top five. The second five found Dale Kober, Jared Silfee, Josh Marcus, Cody Kline and Tyler Peet following.
JD Casazza seized command at the start of the 600 Sprint main headliner and zipped off some 12.396 second laps to lead the way as he baselined his way around the oval. Duane White was following and behind a solid group of drivers were trying to make their mark in the evening. On lap seven all hell broke loose as Justin Mills was hit and a series of high flying flips occurred with Mills then being hit by Jacob Balliet who had no place to go. A long silence prevailed over the speedway as the ERT and Ambulance crews did their job to keep Mills stable. He was taken to the Scranton Hospital and I am very happy to report as I write this Press Release as I have been in contact with the Mills Family and Justin has a broken clavicle and many bumps and bruises from the scary ordeal. Jacob Balliet is suffering from a swollen knee but otherwise will be fine.
On the restart, Casazza resumed his lead and he just kept hitting his marks with ease while Mick D'Agostino drove into the runner-up role. D'Agostino mounted the challenge and while he did pull close, Casazza had enough gas pedal to hold him off and go on for his first ever win at the speedway. D'Agostino enjoyed another excellent run at the speedway in second while Damon Paul, Colin White and Chad Sandt would complete the top five. Brandon Azzalina, Joel Smith, Joseph Smith, Geordan Marrero and Zac Azzalina would complete the top ten.
PEARL JAMS:
Randy Smith and crew worked overtime again to keep the speedway in great shape and the work they do provides for all of the feature events being classic stuff in racing channels. A short rain shower halted the racing action for a few minutes.
Heat race action found Tess Horvath, Mike Taylor and Troy Langendoerfer nailing down wins in the All Star Slingshots. JD Casazza, Damon Paul and Mick D'Agostino were victorious in the 600 Sprint heats. Joel Smith and Anthony Recchio claimed victories in the Stage One Modifieds. The Super Slinger heat was won by Mike Taylor. Alex Reinsmith emerged victorious in the 270 Sprint heat event.
Some new names were added to the Hamlin roster list last evening with the Prince girls, Sydney and Mallory returning to the speedway to do battle in the 270 Sprints. Josh Bewley from Reading, Pennsylvania made his first ever start in the Rookie 600 Sprint ranks while returning to action included Chloe Andreas, Dakota Bartlet, Aidan Borden and Billy Koch. New faces for the Stage One Modifieds included Kevin Truszkowski John Bachetti, Josh Marcus and the returning Evan Civick. Greg Zellman and John Gilroy returned to action in the Super slingers. Dylan Martin and Tim Bauer were back in the 600 Sprints.
When the opportunity arises, it is great to go trackside and introduce the drivers to the fans. Announcer Steve Pados introduced the drivers and the crowd joined in to give the 19 starters a great send off.
Giselle Perrotta won the 50/50 on Saturday.
The hard charger in last week's Firecracker 100 was Mike McLaughlin and he earned the prize posted by Vogel Designs.
The totals for the VetStock event found the speedway raising in excess of $2,700.00. Thanks once again to all of those who participated.
RESULTS:
All Star Slingshots: Troy Langendoerfer, Amanda Buchel, Mike Taylor, Mike McLaughlin, Tanner VanDoren, Dale Kober, Jared Silfee, Josh Marcus, Cody Kline, Tyler Peet, Taylor Mills, Austin Silfee, Wes Hearn, Nick Vinciguerra, Tanner Jones, Samantha Muller, Tess Horvath, Ashley Kober, John Gilroy, Alan Kober, Cole Stangle
Wingless 270cc Sprints: Kyle Ferrucci, Glenn Macomber, Sydney Prince, Mallory Prince, Paul Richards Sr, Alex Reinsmith
Wingless 600cc Sprints: JD Casazza, Mick D'Agostino, Damon Paul, Colin White, Chad Sandt, Brandon Azzalina, Joel Smith, Joseph Smith, Geordan Marrero, Zac Azzalina, Danny Buccafusca, Cody Smith, Ryan Neil, Tyler Galatro, Mack Brink, Dylan Martin, Tim Bauer, Billy Koch, Duane White, Jared Lilly, Justin Grosz, Jacob Balliet, Justin Mills
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Joel Smith, Cole Stangle, Cody Motto, Anthony Recchio, Michael Samony, Pat VanVarick, Joel Price, Jeff Hineline, Bill Dianella, Josh Marcus, Evan Civick, Kevin Truszkowski, John Bachetti, Janell Geary, Mark Corna
Junior Slingshots: JJ Rice, Tanner VanDoren, Tyler Banks, Shelby McLaughlin, Tommy Stillo Abby Yates, Jake Mason, John Kendall, Adam Buchel, Joey Kalafut, James Costlow, Colton Geary, Rachel Dickinson, Brian Smith, James Benz, Mikey Johannes, James Hendricks
Super Slingshots: Mike Taylor, John Gilroy, Wes Hearn, Greg Zellman, Jeff Haduck, Dale Kober, Roger Collins
JPA Masonry Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: Paul Richards Jr, Noah Zielinski, Tony Parlanti, Zack Weisenfluh, Dakota Bartlet, Carmen Leggio Sr, Joe Nemeth, Macy Litchauer, Joey Amantea, Ryan Lacoe, Cody Powell, Aidan Borden, Chloe Andreas, Josh Bewley, Hunter Metzgar, Billy Koch, Tyler Lindsey, Jake Roberts, Jakson Ring
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. The next event on the Hamlin Speedway schedule is set for July 15th when all Divisions will be in action and the return of the Briggs & Stratton MA Gold Tour for the All Star Slingshots.
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
Visit us often for a great night of racing action as.........................
The Hamlin Speedway Is The "Pearl" Of The Poconos
Official Statement regarding Incident on 7/8/17: Wingless 600 Sprint Accident:
The incident occurred in the Wingless 600 Sprint division when Justin Mills flipped his wingless 600 and was hit by another competitor while in the air with nowhere to go. Justin has been checked out at hospital and has a broken collar bone, concussion, and a lot of bruising but will recover 100%. This incident-caused injuries were minimized due to the Halo Bar installed in Justin’s car. If he did not have this safety bar in place - his head would have been hit directly. And because of this incident and what we have learned – Hamlin Speedway will now REQUIRE all wingless cars to have a “Halo Bar” installed to compete at Hamlin Speedway. This could have been a severe life changing accident for Justin. But it isn’t and he will recover, thank goodness ❤.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY – FOR JULY 15 EVENT:
Mandatory Safety IMPROVEMENT for all WINGLESS cars effective immediately. You must have in place for 7/15/17 event to race!
All WINGLESS cars are now REQUIRED TO HAVE A “HALO BAR” INSTALLED IN YOUR RACE CAR to compete. Call your car’s manufacturer for information. We continue to pray for Justin’s recovery and have learned a safety feature in Halo Bars.
This safety requirement adds to the already in place requirements of the 600 wingless division:
Safety: All 600 Wingless Sprints must have EITHER:
Head & neck restraint or HANS device OR A full containment seat
** Hamlin recommends that you have both items in place!
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Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, PA - "The Captain" Cody Kline Steers His Ship To Victory In VetStock Firecracker 100 At Hamlin Speedway
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
The Fourth of July holiday span found the Hamlin Speedway swinging back into racing action after being dark and silent for a week of rest and relaxation. The hard working promotional team of Denise and Randy Smith was prepped and ready for the onslaught of race cars and the standing room only crowd that arrived at the speedway. The management and staff at the Hamlin Speedway put forth a superlative effort and produced another great evening of racing in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania despite all attempts from Mother Nature to halt the schedule. The seven feature card was sponsored by Honesdale National Bank, Hollywood Towing from Middletown, New York, JPA Masonry from Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania and the S&S Speedways located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The results were spectacular and the fans and drivers put forth a great effort to raise money for the VetStock Veterans Group in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The standing room only crowd witnessed a seven feature event card with the VetStock Firecracker 100 lap feature for the All Star Slingshots being the showcased event of the evening. Bangor, Pennsylvania resident "The Captain" Cody Kline was at the top of his game as he dominated the event by leading nearly every lap to capture the more than $1,200.00 in prize money plus contingencies plus winning his first ever feature event at the Hamlin Speedway. "Bad" Chad Sandt was flawless in performance as he worked the speedway cushion to perfection in recording his second win of the 2017 season in the Wingless 600 Sprint finale and becoming the first driver to capture two wins in the division. Abby Yates made a profound statement as she wired the field to capture her first ever win in the Junior Slingshot feature attraction. "The Oxford Express" Dale Kober was in top form as he wired the field on his way to his fifth win in the Super Slinger feature. Zach Weisenfluh captured his first ever win in the JPA Masonry Rookie 600 Sprints and wired the field in doing so. Joel Price was on rails as he captured the Hampton RV and Trailer Sales Stage One Modified feature. "Deuce" Glenn Macomber scored his third win of the season in the Wingless 270 Sprint main event. When the racing action was completed, the highs and lows of victory and defeat came to light but for all of the competitors, each and everyone of them should be applauded for their fine efforts on an evening where giving back meant as much as the thrill of victory. The VetStock event headed up by Honesdale National Bank, Hollywood Towing & Auto, JPA Masonry and S&S and Hamlin Speedway , put forth a solid effort that saw a good sum of dollars raised for the locally based charitable organization
"Chargin" Charlie Lawrence and Cody Kline brought the 27-car starting field down for the start of the VetStock Firecracker 100 event. Kline had the hot ticket and was quick and showed it early on by racing out front with Lawrence staying glued to his tailpipe. The first 34-laps went without incident but a couple skirmishes slowed the pace a bit but once the racers found their grooves, the results were more than worth the price of an admission ticket as the racing throughout the field was incredible.
After the halfway point young New Jersey racer Cole Stangle put in a bid to unseat Kline from the top spot. Stangle did so on laps 53 and 54 but Kline came roaring back and assumed command of the lead with Stangle and now Brett Bieber applying the pressure. The three leaders broke away from the field and ran under a blanket as they matched moves like they were on a chess board. The end for Bieber came on lap-89 as he was making his bid to win the event and limped into the infield.
The jockeying for position behind the leaders was truly incredible as some racers and contenders would suffer from one or the other to place them on the sidelines. Kline would drive to victory with Stangle in for runner-up honors. Last year's winner Justin Mills was third with Austin Silfee putting together a great ride to come from 15th place to finish fourth and Dale Kober was fifth after starting 14th. Dylan Hoch headed up the second five with Taylor Mills, Samantha Muller (her best finish of the season), Mike McLaughlin from 27th, and Tyler Peet from 26th. From 10th to 15th finishers were Tess Horvath, Josh Marcus, Jordan Lawrence, Charlie Lawrence and Jared LaBagh. Fifteen drivers finished all 100 laps.
In Wingless 270 Sprint action, Glenn Macomber and Kyle Ferrucci waged a wicked battle for the point with Macomber able to keep in front of the fearless one. The race settled in with Macomber leading all of the way to claim his third win of the season. Ferrucci was second with Alex Reinsmith third and Stephen Weirich fourth. .
Chad Sandt powered into the lead at the start of the 600 Sprint main with a drive it where they ain't move to easily take command of the event. Meanwhile, Colin White and Mick D'Agostino were locked into a battle behind Sandt and it allowed Sandt to slip away into a big lead. Sandt would race away to his second win of the season with White, D'Agostino, Cody Smith and Joel Smith completing the top five. Damon Paul, Danny Buccafusca, Joseph Smith, Jacob Balliet, and Geordan Marrero completed the top ten.
Abby Yates won the drag race over JJ Rice at the start of the Junior Slingshot finale to hustle into the lead. Yates, who has improved with each outing in her rookie year, kept hitting her marks with Rice and Shelby McLaughlin applying lots of pressure. A bobble by Rice when he clipped a tire allowed Yates some breathing room but Rice and McLaughlin inched closer as the event continued. Yates ran a perfect race to capture her first ever Hamlin win with Rice, McLaughlin, Adam Buchel and John Kendall completing the top five. Tyler Banks headed up the second five with Tyler Ulsh, Kasey Hufcut, Rachel Dickinson and newcomer Jack VanVarick next in line.
The Super Slingers racing action found Dale Kober hustling out to a comfortable lead early in the event with early pressure coming from Mike
Taylor. After the midway point of the event, Taylor began to cut Kober's lead and would do so until the end of the race with Kober winning, Taylor in second and Jimmy Conroy in third.
Zack Weisenfluh has had a rookie season in which he has landed upside down and suffered engine maladies while leading but this night all of the pieces finally came together and he took the lead on the first lap of the JPA Masonry Rookie Wingless 600 Sprint main event and led all of the way but had to hold off a determined effort by Paul Richards Jr to secure his first ever win at the speedway in his new division. Richards was second with doing great work in third place, Noah Zielinski fourth and Joey Amantea rounding out the top five. Carmen Leggio Sr was sixth with Ryan Lacoe, newcomer Dylan Licklider, Brett Altemose, Tyler Lindsey and Macy Litchauer following.
Joel Price hasn't been in competition much in 2017 but he returned to Hamlin on Saturday night and showed he still has the touch as he held off one of the best in the business in Joel Smith to capture the Hampton RV & Trailer Sales Stage One Modified feature. Price showed he had not skipped a beat as he raced out to an early lead. Joel Smith chased him around the speedway and as the laps wore down the leader got into some slower traffic and Smith made contact with one and the turn of events allowed Price to capture the win. Smith was second with Cole Stangle, Michael Samony and newcomer Pat VanVarick completing the top five. The returning Bill Dianella, John Comandini, Jeff Hineline, Janell Geary and Anthony Recchio completed the top ten.
Pearl Jams:
Despite the crazy thunderstorm that rolled through the area at 4:30, Randy Smith had the speedway in impeccable condition as the multi-channeled facility was very racy throughout the evening and the Smith Crew can be proud of their efforts in keeping the speedway in top form and producing a great show for the fans and the drivers..
The rain caused a change in the format for the evening as it reverted to time trials only to set the starting fields. Time trials for the 33 All Star Slingshots on hand found Brett Bieber stopping the clocks at 14.753 seconds to lead all racers in the All Star Slingshots as he nipped Dylan Hoch who timed at 14.770 seconds and Justin Mills who timed at 14.810 seconds. Kyle Ferrucci was top timer for the 270 Sprints with a 12.808 second time over Glenn Macomber's 12.828 time. Pat VanVarick had the top time in the Stage One Modifieds with a 13.520 clocking. Dale kober recorded the top time for the Super Slingers at 15.253 seconds. Colin White was top time for the 600 Sprints at 12.437 seconds juast a tick quicker than Chad Sandt's 12.454 and Mick D'Agostino's 12.458 time.
John Kendall posted the top time for the Junior Slingshots at 12.350 seconds just under the time posted by JJ Rice at 15.390. Paul Richards Jr had the fast time for the Rookie 600 Sprints with a 12.708 over Joey Amantea's 12.759.
A B-Main was needed for the All Star Slingshot to complete the starting field and was captured by former track champion and the returning "The 38 Special" Jared LaBagh. CJ Fritz, Tanner Jones, Nick Vinciguerra, Russell Benke, Dillon Emmons, Ashley Kober, Mike McLaughlin and Tyler Peet also made the transfer.
Newcomers and returning drivers to the speedway included Dylan Hoch, Charlie Lawrence, Jordan Lawrence, Brett Bieber, Chloe Andreas and "Kid Wicked" Tyler Pirone in the All Star Slingshots. Dylan Licklider was a new addition in the 600 Sprints. Joel Price, Jeff Hineline, Pat VanVarick and Aaron Goodin were new additions to the Stage One Modifieds. Cody Motto was aboard the former Steve Darling Stage One Modified his team just purchased. Jack VanVarick was a new addition to the Junior Slingshots.
Once again the generous support from the racers and fans created the wonderful family atmosphere that exists at the Hamlin Speedway and this event proved to be another solid promotional effort for the VetStock Organization. A tip of the fedora goes out to Honesdale National Bank, Hollywood Towing & Auto, JPA Masonry, Hamlin Speedway and S&S Speedways to market this great event and the racers and fan support was overwhelming and a huge thank you to everyone for their gracious support of the event.
Danny Buccafusca tried his hand at announcing at Hamlin and did a great job with the Super Slinger Feature event.
Clock Drawing Raffle winners included: David Raven ($100.00), Ann Beil($100.00), Susan Hoffman ($200.00), Lisa Werkheiser ($100.00), R. Boddenhazen ($300.00), Scott Helm ($100.00), Wes Hearn ($400.00), Don Pratt ($100.00), Tim Krysiuk ($500.00), Ken Brown ($100.00), and Missy Nemec ($1,000.00).
Some great prizes were offered up in the Chinese Auction and many happy fans walked home with some great gifts. A 50/50 auction from VetStock found Zack McGee walking out of the speedway with $222.00.
Lap Sponsors included Upstate Auto, Macomber Racing, Mystik Phoenix, Tyler Peet Racing, Russ & Mary Furry, Strictly Dirt Photography, Parlanti Family, McLaughlin Racing, Brink Racing, Pink Elephant Wine & Paint Parties, Cody Motto Racing, JPA Masonry, Emmons Motorsports, Litchauer Motorspots, Archibald Automotive and Benke Racing. Thank you all so very much.
Special thanks go out to a group of people who worked behind the scenes to create the event and make it successful including the tireless efforts of Allesson Rodes, Troy Langendoerfer, Steve Pados and the Smith Family.
RESULTS:
All Star Slingshots: (100 Laps) Cody Kline, Cole Stangle, Justin Mills, Austin Silfee, Dale Kober, Dylan Hoch, Taylor Mills, Samantha Muller, Mike McLaughlin, Tyler Peet, Tess Horvath, Josh Marcus, Jordan Lawrence, Charlie Lawrence, Jared LaBagh, Dillon Emmons, Ashley Kober, Tanner Jones, Brett Bieber, Jared Silfee, Ryan Neiger, CJ Fritz, Tanner VanDoren, Tyler Pirone, Nick Vinciguerra, Troy Langendoerfer, Russell Benke
Wingless 270cc Sprints: Glenn Macomber, Kyle Ferrucci, Alex Reinsmith, Stephen Weirich, Don Schmidt
Wingless 600cc Sprints: Chad Sandt, Colin White, Mick D'Agostino, Cody Smith, Joel Smith, Damon Paul, Danny Buccafusca, Joseph Smith, Jacob Balliet, Geordan Marrero, Ryan Neil, Duane White, JD Casazza, Mack Brink, Justin Mills, Tyler Galatro, Dylan Licklider
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Joel Price, Joel Smith, Cole Stangle, Michael Samony, Pat VanVarick, Bill Dianella, John Comandini, Jeff Hineline, Janell Geary, Anthony Recchio, Cody Motto, John Mirabelli, Mark Corna, Aaron Goodin
Junior Slingshots: Abby Yates, JJ Rice, Shelby McLaughlin, Adam Buchel, John Kendall, Tyler Banks, Tyler Ulsh, Kasey Hufcut, Rachel Dickinson, Jack VanVarick, James Benz, James Costlow, Tommy Stillo, Kyle Swart, Joey Kalafut, Brian Smith, Austin Homan, James Hendricks, Colton Geary, Jake Mason
Super Slingshots: Dale Kober, Mike Taylor, Jim Conroy
JPA Masonry Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: Zack Weisenfluh, Paul Richards Jr, Tony Parlanti, Noah Zielinski, Joey Amantea, Carmen Leggio Sr, Ryan Lacoe, Dylan Licklider, Brett Altemose, Tyler Lindsey, Macy Litchauer
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. The next event on the Hamlin Speedway schedule is set for July 8th when all Divisions will be in action and driver introductions will be in order for the JPA Masonry sponsored Rookie Wingless 600 Sprint Division.
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
Visit us often for a great night of racing action as.........................
The Hamlin Speedway Is The "Pearl" Of The Poconos
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Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, PA - Hamlin Speedway's Sensational Two Day Sizzler Highlights New Winners In Victory Circle
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
The "Pearl of the Poconos" Hamlin Speedway ushered in their annual two-day "Spring Into Summer Sizzler" spectacular over the weekend and beautiful warm summer weather benchmarked the Eleventh Annual two day affair. Both days of competition were filled with exceptional runs by the talented roster of individuals and the large crowds on both days thoroughly enjoyed the close wheel to wheel driving exploits from a great roster of driving talent that ranges from the ages of 7 to 70. The Hamlin Speedway was in top form under the watchful eye of the Smith Family as the two day spectacular produced the great racing memories that will be talked about for some time to come. The two day event sponsored by S&S Speedways Indoor Go Karts located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania,
The Friday night action saw some new winners take center stage and a special event for the "Stars of Tomorrow" as the National Tour was part of the evening's festivities and found "Lil Miss" Shelby McLaughlin turning back a stellar field of young driving talent for her fourth win of the season and a National Tour win. "The Bloomingburg Bullet" Taylor Mills captured his first win of the season in a wire to wire run in the All Star Slingshots. Damon Paul captured the Wingless 600 sprint win after a torrid battle with "The Travelin Man" Mick D'Agostino. "The Nickel Man" Joel Smith captured his third win of the season in the Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modified excursion. Paul Richards Jr captured his first win in the JPA Masonry Rookie Wingless 600 Sprint main event. Alex Reinsmith captured his first ever win in the Wingless 270 Sprint main.
Paul Richards Jr put all of the pieces together on Friday as he earned his first ever win in the JPA Masonry Rookie Wingless 600 Sprint main event. Cranking out some 12.5 second lap times, Richards held the field at bay with Jakson Ring, Tony Parlanti, Ryan Lacoe and Hunter Metzger completing the top five. Tyler Lindsey headed up the second five with Joe Nemeth, the returning Chloe Andreas, Joey Amantea and Cody Powell following.
It was business as usual for Joel Smith as he wired the field in his Wentz Car Care sponsored hot rod for win number three in 2017. Cole Stangle raced from fourth starting place to take up the chase and finished in the runner-up role. John Mirabelli, Anthony Recchio, Michael Samony, Jasper Ziegafuse, Cody Motto and newcomer Meredith Howell completed the field.
Shelby McLaughlin had the hot hand as the best of the best Junior Slingshot driving stars converged at Hamlin for the National Tour event. With an elite 15-car starting field, the action was fast and furious from start to finish as the "Stars of Tomorrow" put on a great show for the fans and can be quite proud of their accomplishments in their budding racing careers. McLaughlin led all of the way to secure the win but tons of pressure came her way as Tanner VanDoren, Nicho Flammer, Tyler Banks and John Kendall nailed down to five finishes. Tyler Ulsh, Adam Buchel, JJ Rice, Jake Mason and Abby Yates completed the top ten. Thirteen cars completed the event on the same lap showing just how tough the competition is for the youngsters in racing.
The Wingless 600 Sprint finale was a barnburner from the drop of the green flag. Mick D'Agostino, who is having a great year at the speedway, won the race into turn one and it set up a cat and mouse game throughout the entire distance as Damon Paul took up the chase and the pair put on a whale of a show as each driver tried to out-power and out-wit his rival. Paul would make the winning pass on lap fifteen and with that captured his first regular 600 Sprint win at the speedway. D'Agostino was the runner-up with Brandon Azzalina, Zac Azzalina and track champion Chad Sandt completing the top five. Colin White, Eddie Strada, Joel Smith, Joseph Smith and the returning Ryan Quackenbush finished out the top ten.
Taylor Mills was on rails as he led all of the way to claim his first All Star Slingshot win at the speedway in 2017. It wasn't an easy victory by any means as Cody Kline, Tyler Peet, Austin Silfee and Jared Silfee provided plenty of competition throughout the twenty lap event. The returning Brett Bieber, Cole Stangle, Samantha Muller Josh Marcus and Troy Langendoerfer completed the top ten.
Alex Reinsmith led all of the way to claim the win in the Wingless 270 Sprint main with Glenn Macomber Jr and Sr following Reinsmith to the finish.
DAY 2:
The Saturday night racing action was fast and furious as Promoters Denise and Randy Smith moved the show along quickly and precisely as the track was in tip-top condition for the racing ahead. With seven features on tap, the evening of speed was checkered flagged with the final event at 10:22 PM.
Cole Stangle captured his first Stage One Modified main event of the season. Former Go karter at the speedway, Scott Neary, punched his winning ticket for the first time in 2017 as he captured his first ever win at Hamlin in All Star Slingshot competition in the S&S Speedways Rental car. "The Fearless One" Kyle Ferrucci captured his first ever Hamlin win in the Wingless 270 Sprint main. Adam Buchel took advantage of the prime real estate offered to him and he drove to his first ever win at Hamlin in the Junior Slingshot main event. "The Ambassador" Wes Hearn notched his second win of the season in the Super Slinger headliner. "The Rockaway Rocket" Danny Buccafusca made a dramatic last lap pass to claim his first ever win at the speedway in the Wingless 600 Sprint main. "The Big Show" Joey Amantea led all of the way to claim his third win of the season in the JPA Masonry Rookie 600 Sprint main.
Glenn Macomber blasted out front at the start of the Wingless 270 Sprint main and raced out to an early lead. On lap twelve Kyle Ferrucci made the winning pass and would go on to capture his very first win at Hamlin with Glenn Macomber in the runner-up role.
Wes Hearn started from the pole in the Super Slinger finale and would go uncontested throughout the twenty lap main. Mike Taylor continues to do great work and was the runner-up with Dale Kober rallying form a first lap spin to claim third place. Jimmy Conroy, newcomers Dan Malley, Mike Lapicki and Derek DeSilva completed the field.
Scott Neary out-gunned Jared Silfee at the start of the All Star Slingshot thirty lap feature and quickly attempted to run to daylight. While Neary did get away from the field, cautions would bring the field close together for the restarts. The competition would prove to be tough as nails and gaining real estate was hard fought for every inch of clay. Neary was cool and fast as he kept a top-flight field of racers behind him. Neary was not to be denied on this night as he clicked off the fastest times of the night averaging 13.6 seconds around the speedway to gain his first ever win in Slingshot competition. Jared Silfee, Brett Bieber, Austin Silfee and Tyler Peet completed the top five. Friday night winner Taylor Mills headed up the second five with Mike Taylor, Cody Kline, Ryan Neiger and Josh Marcus following.
Joey Amantea was a rocket at the start of the JPA Masonry Rookie 600 Sprint main as he grabbed the lead at the start and sped away from the field. A couple of restarts closed in the ranks as now Paul Richards Jr and Jakson Ring began applying pressure to Amantea. A war between Richards and Ring allowed Amantea some breathing room and Amantea just kept hitting his marks on the track and had some 12.4 second laps to go on and claim his third win of the season. Richards, Ring, Hunter Metzger and Ryan Lacoe rounded out the top five. Tyler Lindsey, newcomer Mike Thompson, Tony Parlanti, Noah Zielinski and Cody Powell completed the top ten.
Abby Yates led the first lap of the Junior Slingshot main but gave way to the slick running Adam Buchel on lap two. Buchel was alone in the zone as he had no trouble stepping away from the field as the laps clicked off. . A caution slowed the field down on lap-13 but before the green could be displayed first timer RJ Sherman wound up on his lid. He was unhurt in the incident. The restart brought the field close and Shelby McLaughlin and 20th starting John Kendall made the most of it as McLaughlin put the pressure on Buchel and Kendall was clicking off some quick times to become a player. On the final restart, Buchel took off and would go on to capture his first ever win at the speedway. McLaughlin was second with JJ Rice third and Kendall fourth in a tremendous drive to the front. Abby Yates completed the top five. The second five were headed up by Jake Mason, Joey Kalafut, Austin Homan, Tyler Banks and James Benz.
Cole Stangle seized command of the Hampton RV and Trailer Stage One Modified feature at the drop of the green flag and led all of the way to win his first feature event at Hamlin in 2017. Mike Samony was second with Anthony Recchio third, John Mirabelli fourth, and Cody Motto fifth.
The Wingless 600 Sprint main found Justin Mills with a fast hot rod as he led the field around the race track for the first five laps. Mack Brink took over the point on lap six and a couple of laps later Danny Buccafusca was able to climb into the runner-up slot. Brink and Buccafusca matched wits for many laps with Buccafusca pulling even and then being able to slip past Brink after the white flag. Buccafusca would end weeks of frustration as he was able to drive to his first ever win in 600 Sprint competition at Hamlin. For Brink it was heartbreaker but a solid runner-up finish will make up for the non-win. Mills was third with Joel Smith fourth and Jacob Balliet a solid fifth. The second five was headed up by Brandon Azzalina with Colin White, Zac Azzalina, Chad Sandt and Jakson Ring completing the top ten.
PEARL JAMS:
Promoters Denise and Randy Smith had the grounds in pristine condition for the two-day weekend and many of the drivers stayed over for both days of the fabulous racing action. Randy Smith continues to work his magic on the race track and it was a fast 1/5th raceway all weekend long with lots of passing throughout both nights of competition. Another tip of the hat goes out to the Smith Family for another great weekend of racing.
Many thanks to my good friend Justin Beltrame for filling in for me on Friday night. As always, he did a great job in keeping the crowd informed.
The traveling band of young racers was in full force on Friday evening with the Junior Slingshot National Tour event. The contingent included Nicho Flammer and Tyler Ulsh. A tough break for CJ Fritz in the All Star Slingshots as he had a great run going Friday night until sidelined with mechanical woes.
Heat wins went to Chad Sandt, Joel Smith and Mick D'Agostino in the 600 Sprints. All Star Slingshot ran the dual heat format and heats were claimed by Wes Hearn, Jordan Lawrence and Tyler Peet in round one and Troy Langendoerfer, Scott Neary and Brett Bieber in round two. Junior Slingshot heats were won by Shelby McLaughlin, James Benz and Adam Buchel. Glenn Macomber was victorious in the 270 Sprint heat while Cole Stangle won the Stage One Modified heat. Rookie 600 Sprint heats were won by Hunter Metzger and Jakson Ring. The Super Slinger heat was won by Wes Hearn.
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The Hamlin Speedway will be dark next week to give the racers and their families a much needed vacation break from the rigors of racing and allow everyone to re-charge their batteries for the start of the second half of the Hamlin season that will kick-off with the running of the VetStock Firecracker 100 event that will roll out at the speedway on July 2nd. A whopping $1,500.00 plus contingencies will greet the winner in victory lane should the 35-car entry list be met for the event. Thirty cars will start the main event and will showcase the best Slingshot drivers in the country with the running of this premier event. Lap Sponsorships are still available and needed and speedway management assures all sponsors that all lap sponsors will be announced prior to the running of the grueling century long spectacular.
The VetStock Firecracker 100 (Hamlin Hundred) event on July 1st is just two weeks away and anyone who would like to get involved with this great promotion for this event should contact the S&S Speedways at: 570 420 5500. Everyone can gain additional information by checking out the VetStock website at: www.VetStockUSA.com
Whether it be a prize or cash donation for this event, all donations are accepted graciously and all will be announced leading up to the event as well as at the speedway and tickets are being distributed for an over the top Raffle which will offer money prizes each half hour of the scheduled show ranging from $100.00 to $1,000.00. The tickets are $10.00 each with a limit of one thousand tickets to be sold.
Our good friends at Honesdale National Bank, through racer Troy Langendoerfer, will be running a series of Ads for two weeks to help promote this great event.
Lap Sponsorship is also being sold at $10.00 per lap and offers an opportune time to pump up your sponsors for this great cause and all lap sponsors will be announced prior to the running of the 100-lap event.
Rick Buddehagen captured the 50/50.
Speedway Entertainment officials Rich Tobias and Jim Strouse were on hand for the events.
RESULTS:
June 16th.............
All Star Slingshots: Taylor Mills, Cody Kline, Tyler Peet, Austin Silfee, Brett Bieber, Cole Stangle, Samantha Muller, Josh Marcus, Troy Langendoerfer, Ashley Kober, Scott Neary, Wes Hearn, Mike McLaughlin, Tess Horvath, Dale Kober, Alan Kober, Ryan Neiger, Clayton Davey, Tanner Jones, Amanda Buchel, CJ Fritz
Wingless 270cc Sprints: Alex Reinsmith, Glenn Macomber, Glenn Macomber Sr
Wingless 600cc Sprints: Damon Paul, Mick D'Agostino, Brandon Azzalina, Zac Azzalina, Chad Sandt, Colin White, Eddie Strada, Joel Smith, Joseph Smith, Ryan Quackenbush, Jakson Ring, Cody Smith, Mack Brink, JD Casazza, Jacob Balliet, Justin Mills, Danny Buccafusca
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Joel Smith, Cole Stangle, John Mirabelli, Anthony Recchio, Michael Samony, Jasper Ziegafuse, Cody Motto, Meredith Howell
Junior Slingshots: (Tour Event) Shelby McLaughlin, Tanner VanDoren, Nicho Flammer, Tyler Banks, John Kendall, Tyler Ulsh, Adam Buchel, JJ Rice, Jake Mason, Abby Yates, James Benz, Evan VanValkenburg, Joey Kalafut, Kyle Swart, James Hendricks
JPA Masonry Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: Paul Richards Jr, Jakson Ring, Tony Parlanti, Ryan Lacoe, Hunter Metzger, Tyler Lindsey, Joe Nemeth, Chloe Andreas, Joey Amantea, Cody Powell
June 17th...........
All Star Slingshots: (MA Gold Tour) Scott Neary, Jared Silfee, Brett Bieber, Austin Silfee, Tyler Peet, Taylor Mills, Mike Taylor, Cody Kline, Ryan Neiger, Josh Marcus, Russell Benke, Ashley Kober, Mike Lapicki, Emily Fleming, Mike McLaughlin, Clayton Davey, Dale Kober, Wes Hearn, Tess Horvath, Cole Stangle, Troy Langendoerfer, Jordan Lawrence, Amanda Buchel, Dillon Emmons, Alan Kober, Samantha Muller
Wingless 270cc Sprints: Kyle Ferrucci, Glenn Macomber, Alex Reinsmith
Wingless 600cc Sprints: Danny Buccafusca, Mack Brink, Justin Mills, Joel Smith, Jacob Balliet, Brandon Azzalina, Colin White, Zac Azzalina, Chad Sandt, Jakson Ring, Duane White, Ryan Quackenbush, Damon Paul, Joseph Smith, Mike Thompson, JD Casazza, Joey Amantea, Eddie Strada, Mick D'Agostino, Cody Smith, Adam Huff, Matt Roselli
Hampton RV & Trailer Sales Stage One Modifieds: Cole Stangle, Michael Samony, Anthony Recchio, Jon Mirabelli, Cody Motto, Meredith Howell, Joel Smith, Jasper Ziegafuse (DNS)
Junior Slingshots: Adam Buchel, Shelby McLaughlin, JJ Rice, John Kendall, Abby Yates, Jake Mason, Joey Kalafut, Austin Homan, Tyler Banks, James Benz, Tommy Stillo, Mikey Johannes, Kyle Swart, Rachel Dickinson, Gavin McClure, Kasey Hufcut, Matthew Backus, James Hendricks, RJ Sherman, Evan VanValkenburg
JPA Masonry Rookie 600cc Sprints: Joey Amantea, Paul Richards Jr, Jakson Ring, Hunter Metzger, Ryan Lacoe, Tyler Lindsey, Mike Thompson, Tony Parlanti, Noah Zielinski, Cody Powell, Macy Litchauer, Zack Weisenfluh, Aiden Borden
Super Slingers: Wes Hearn, Mike Taylor, Dale Kober, Jimmy Conroy, Dan Malley, Mike Lapicki, Derek DeSilva, Doc Lapicki (DNS)
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. Hamlin Speedway will be dark on June 24th to allow families to enjoy quality family time. The next scheduled race day event will be July 1st when when all Divisions will be in action on the 1/5th mile clay cushioned oval as the eleventh edition of the Hamlin Firecracker 100 comes roaring into town. The event will assist VetStock of the Northeast to assist military families who are in need of assistance. The clock drawing, Chinese auction, and an overall fun day at the speedway highlight this annual 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
Visit us often for a great night of racing action as.........................
The Hamlin Speedway Is The "Pearl" Of The Poconos
HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS
Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, PA - Eight Features Highlight Superb Racing Action At Hamlin Speedway
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
Finally! The warm summer weather took an extra long time in getting here and it was a welcome addition to the Pocono Mountains for the nice crowd who came out to the Hamlin Speedway as the Smith Family and Staff presented a superb eight feature race card on Saturday evening. Hamlin Speedway Promoter Randy Smith had the 1/5th mile clay cushioned oval "fit as a fiddle" and the 114 entries signed in for the evening used every inch of the raceway to carve out a wonderful night of entertainment for the appreciative crowd. The Smith Family orchestrated the eight feature event program by 10:20 PM in the evening as some of the top stars at the speedway strutted their stuff while some new faces also found out it feels very good to be sitting at the top of the racing podium.
The first edition of the NASCAR Crew Challenge was on tap for the evening and the guys from the traveling race series take great pride into mastering the short track. Bragging rights in the NASCAR garage area always exemplifies which crew member was at the top of his game on the speedway.
The All Star Slingshot feature headliner was captured by "The Sandman" Troy Langendoerfer, who showed the 26-car field the quick way around the Hamlin clay. "The Big Show" Joey Amantea captured his second win of the season in the JPA Masonry sponsored Wingless Rookie 600 main event. Jenna Schostkewitz took command of the lead after the halfway mark to score her fourth win of the season in Wingless 270 Sprint action. Mike Taylor found the speedway much to his liking as he carved out his first win of the season in the Super Slinger encounter. Tyler Banks had the best weekend of his young lifetime as he won the National Tour event at Accord on Friday night and towed to Hamlin for the Saturday action and came away with his first ever win at Hamlin in a wire to wire run in the Junior Slingshot finale. "The Jersey Force" Anthony Recchio led all of the way to claim his win of the season in the Hampton RV and Trailer Sales Stage One Modifieds. "The Electric Man" Colin White, even though a track champion in the past, captured his first ever win at Hamlin with a last lap pass of JD Casazza as they drove for the finish line in the Wingless 600 Sprint finale. captured win number in his sponsored speed wagon. Lowell, North Carolina resident Jason "Spanky" Edison found his car choice to be a sound one as he raced the Gilroy Motorsports hot rod to a solid win over Kevin White in the NASCAR Crew Challenge.
Troy Langendoerfer grabbed the lead at the start of the All Star Slingshot feature event. Tess Horvath and Josh Marcus fell in behind him with Cody Kline quickly hustling into fourth place. The field remained tightly bunched as the two and three wide and sometimes four wide racing action was spectacular with drivers pulling out the stops to gain a position or two. Langendoerfer was in the zone and separated himself from the rest of the field while the rest of the field continuously waged a war for position. Langendoerfer proved to be the man of the hour as he captured his first All Star win of the season after beginning the season with a series of misfortunes. Tess Horvath, Josh Marcus, Cody Kline and Tyler Peet completing the top five. The second five were Jared Silfee, Mike McLaughlin, Austin Silfee, Nick Delcampo and Cole Stangle. Twenty one cars finished on the lead lap.
The Super Slingers main event found Mike Taylor with the hot hand as he blasted out of the starting gate at the drop of the green flag and led all of the way to capture his first win of the season in a tough battle over Dale Kober, Jason Edison, Jeff Haduck, Roger Collins and Kevin White.
Kyle Ferrucci led through the first twelve laps of the Wingless 270 Sprint main but Jenna Schostkewitz put on a whale of a show as she overcame Ferrucci's lead and slipped past him on lap thirteen. Once in front, Schostkewitz raced away to a comfortable win, her fourth of the season. Ferrucci was second in an outstanding drive with Glenn Macomber, Paul Richards Jr, the returning Tony Iudicello, Don Schmidt, Alex Reinsmith and Randy Gombert.
The starting car field for the Junior Slingshots has displayed some amazing talent thus far in 2017 and "the stars of tomorrow" have been great show after show this season. Colton Geary was turned around on the initial start, allowing Tyler Banks to start alongside of James Benz on the restart. Banks grabbed the lead in turn one with Benz in tow. Seventh starting Jake Mason began to make moves as did sixth starting Austin Homan. Homan got into the runner-up slot and put pressure on Banks but Banks fought off the advances lap after lap. Homan would eventually get into turn three too hot and spun around causing a restart. When racing resumed it would be Banks now be fighting off advances from Jake Mason but it would Tyler Banks racing to victory for his second win in two nights. Mason had a great run in second with Shelby McLaughlin, Adam Buchel and James Benz completing the top five. Colton Geary recovered from his first lap spin and came back strong for sixth place with invader Nicho Flammer, Abby Yates, Austin Homan and Tommy Stillo completing the top ten.
The start of the Rookie 600 Wingless Sprint event found Joey Amantea charging out front at the start and he would quickly separate himself from the rest of the field. A Tyler Lindsey spin after the halfway point brought the field together with track champion Jakson Ring now on Amantea's tailpipe. Ring would try high and low to unseat Amantea but the first year driver kept his cool and raced to his second victory of the season. Ring was second in his return to action after a few weeks away. Tony Parlanti was third with Carmen Leggio Sr and Joe Nemeth completing the top five.
JD Casazza led the way in the Wingless 600 Sprint feature. A tremendous amount of passing took place in the early laps as the drivers worked hard to find their fast spot on the speedway. Damon Paul, Joel Smith, Colin White and Mick D'Agostino all found the channel they liked but it was Casazza out front and looking stronger as the event wore on. Paul and Smith would get together, sending both to the rear of the field. Colin White was now in the runner-up slot. White would make overtures for the lead but Casazza was a tough customer and kept the lead. Casazza led on the white flag lap but gave ground between turns three and four and White took a run high and dove back down to the bottom to nip Casazza at the line to claim his first ever 600 Sprint win at the speedway. Casazza was a disappointed second with D'Agostino, Pat Bealer and Ryan Neil completing the top five. Danny Buccafusca headed up the second five with the returning Steven Gully, Chad Sandt, Jacob Balliet and Geordan Marrero completing the top ten.
The Hampton RV and Trailer Sales Stage One Modified event found Anthony Recchio grabbing the lead at the start and just as quickly had Taylor Mills and Joel Smith racing with him for the lead. Recchio was cool and collected as he stayed in the 13.1 second time bracket and slowly pulled away from the field with contenders Zach Marquardt and Joel Smith falling to the wayside with problems. Recchio would race to his third win with his teammate Taylor Mills in the runner-up slot making it a 1-2 finish for the Hampton RV & Trailer Sales Race Team. Cole Stangle was third in a great run with Michael Samony and John Mirabelli completing the top five. Cody Motto, Janell Geary and newcomer Mark Corna completed the field.
The NASCAR Crew Challenge is always competitive as each driver yearns for the opportunity to head back to the NASCAR Garage to boast about how he whipped the rest of the field on his way to victory. Jason Edison led all of the way to claim the win with Kevin White, Garrett Peterson, Hayden Reeves, Brad Tunny and Jason Sopczak finishing in that order. "The Minute Man" Eric Penza executed a rollover during the feature but was unhurt in the incident.
PEARL JAMS:
The hotly contested evening of racing entertainment began on time and the staff kept moving the program along swiftly with a couple of breaks taken to put the moisture machine on the track surface and to keep the race track racy throughout the evening. Promoter Randy Smith returned to the speedway after ligament surgery to his hand and it was great to have him back on board.
Newcomers to the speedway included Adam Minzer and Tony Iudicello in the Wingless 270 Sprints. Nicho Flammer, Mikey Johannes and Evan VanValkenburg made their first appearances in the Junior Slingshots, although all have raced at Hamlin in the past. Steven Gully returned to action for the first time in 2017 and did a great job in his return to the speedway.
Heat race wins went to Tyler Banks and Austin Homan in the Junior Slingshots while Justin Mills and Duane White won heats in the 600 Sprints. Kyle Ferrucci captured the heat race win for the Wingless 270 Sprints. Anthony Recchio was victorious in the Stage One Modified heat.
Rookie 6600 Sprint heats went to Carmen Leggio Sr and Joey Amantea.
Super Slingers did time trials with Jeff Haduck the top dog with a 14.346 second clocking. Mike McLaughlin was fast timer for the All Star Slingshots with a 14.285 time.
The speedway held a moment of silence for NASCAR Crewman JR Weller, who lost his battle with cancer on June 5th. JR was 51 years old and from the Pottstown area and was good friends with the Rode's Family.
Announcer Steve Pados interviewed with Jennifer Amantea from JPA Masonry at intermission. Jennifer spoke about her son being involved with racing and how much they love the atmosphere at Hamlin with the many families they have met or have made the transition to Hamlin with them from the Quarter Midget ranks. Jennifer also informed the crowd of the many different offerings from JPA Masonry and she will soon be opening a Real Estate Office on Route 611.
RESULTS:
All Star Slingshots: Troy Langendoerfer, Tess Horvath, Josh Marcus, Cody Kline, Tyler Peet, Jared Silfee, Mike McLaughlin, Austin Silfee, Nick Delcampo, Cole Stangle, Mike Taylor, Ashley Kober, CJ Fritz, Dale Kober, Amanda Buchel, Tanner VanDoren, Matt Miller, Russell Benke, Samantha Muller, Jason Edison, Corey Zielinski, Nick Vinciguerra, Taylor Mills, Clayton Davey, Emily Fleming
Wingless 270cc Sprints: Jenna Schostkewitz, Kyle Ferrucci, Glenn Macomber, Paul Richards Jr, Tony Iudicello, Don Schmidt, Alex Reinsmith, Randy Gombert, Adam Minzer
Wingless 600cc Sprints: Colin White, JD Casazza, Mick D'Agostino, Pat Bealer, Ryan Neil, Danny Buccafusca, Steven Gully, Chad Sandt, Jacob Balliet, Geordan Marrero, Cody Smith, Adam Huff, Joseph Smith, Damon Paul, Joel Smith, Jared Lilly, Tyler Kehs, Mack Brink, Duane White, Justin Mills
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Anthony Recchio, Taylor Mills, Cole Stangle, Michael Samony, John Mirabelli, Cody Motto, Janell Geary, Mark Corna, Joel Smith, Zach Marquardt
Junior Slingshots: Tyler Banks, Jake Mason, Shelby McLaughlin, Adam Buchel, James Benz, Colton Geary, Nicho Flammer, Abby Yates, Austin Homan, Tommy Stillo, James Hendricks, Mikey Johannes, Evan VanValkenburg, Rachel Dickinson, Joey Kalafut, John Kendall, JJ Rice, Tanner VanDoren
Super Slingshots: Mike Taylor, Dale Kober, Jason Edison, Jeff Haduck, Roger Collins, Kevin White
JPA Masonry Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: Joey Amantea, Jakson Ring, Tony Parlanti, Carmen Leggio Sr, Joe Nemeth, Paul Richards Jr, Ryan Lacoe, Jake Roberts, Tyler Lindsey, Tyler Kehs, Zack Weisenfluh
NASCAR Crew Challenge 1st Edition: Jason Edison, Kevin White, Garrett Peterson, Hayden Reeves, Brad Tunny, Jason Sopczak, Josh Heidkamp, Bama Williams, Eric Penza
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. The next events on the Hamlin Speedway schedule are set for June 16th and 17th when all Divisions will be in action for two days on the 1/5th mile clay cushioned oval as the tenth edition of the "Spring Into Summer Sizzler" comes to the speedway featuring the National Tour event for the Junior Slingshot drivers on the Friday evening portion of the event and the Picnic and an MA Gold Tour event for the All Star Slingshots on Saturday night.
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
Visit us often for a great night of racing action as.........................
The Hamlin Speedway Is The "Pearl" Of The Poconos
HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS
Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, PA - The Bealer Family Runs First And Second In Sensational 600 Sprint Feature At Hamlin Speedway
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
Hamlin Speedway keeps the Pocono Mountains humming and on Saturday night and in traditional fashion Promoters Randy and Denise Smith hosted a packed with excitement event on Saturday evening as a standing room only crowd on hand witnessed a spectacular seven feature race card. All cylinders were clicking to perfection as the fifth week of the 2017 racing season produced a well executed spectacle of speed in the Pocono Mountains. With superb weather acting as the backdrop early on that dipped quickly when the sun went down, the top stars at Hamlin duked it out on the well conditioned 1/5 mile clay cushioned raceway. The show proved to be a blessing as all of the preliminary events and the seven features were completed in orderly fashion although there were some bumps and brusies along the way. More than one hundred racers converged at the speedway to battle in their quest to find their way into the coveted Hamlin Victory Circle. The event was sponsored by S&S Speedways Indoor Go Karts located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
Capturing wins during the evening were "The Oxford Express" Dale Kober as he continues to flourish at Hamlin with his fourth win of the season in the Super Slinger finale. New Yorker Nick Delcampo hopped aboard one of the Muller Family hot rods and it was the hot ticket in the All Star Slingshot main as he captured his first ever win at Hamlin. "The Nickel Man" Joel Smith was scary fast as he racked up his second win of the season in the exciting Hampton RV and Trailer Sales Stage One Modified main event. Zach and Pat Bealer showed the competition the short way around Hamlin as the father/son duo baselined their way to a very popular win and second place finish in the headline 30 lap feature for the Wingless 600 Sprints.. Jenna Schostkewitz had the field covered as she raced to her third win of the season in the Wingless 270 Sprint headliner. Hunter Metzger was spot on as he gassed his way to his first career win at Hamlin in the Rookie 600 Sprint twenty lapper. The Junior Slingshot feature was captured by "TVD" Tanner VanDoren as he earned his second win of the season over a tough field of competition.
The "Stars of Tomorrow" from the Junior Slingshot division have been sensational all season long and Saturday was no exception as Tanner VanDoren wasted no time in seizing the lead at the start of the event with pressure coming from Tyler Banks and Jake Mason. Jumping into the picture a couple of laps later was sixth place starting Austin Homan and with one move after another found himself in the runner-up position. The top seven cars were close together in speed and action and a few skirmishes along the way slowed the event down at times. VanDoren would prevail with a stellar performance to capture his second win of the season. Austin Homan enjoyed his best run to date with a great finish in second place while Jake Mason, Tyler Banks and Shelby McLaughlin completed the top five. Not far behind was the second five with John Kendall, Adam Buchel, Joey Kalafut, James Benz and Rachel Dickinson following.
The stars of the over-35 Super Slinger division found Dale Kober at his best as he sailed around the speedway getting faster as the event wore on. Kober turned a fast time of 13.496 seconds to lead every lap but Mike Taylor remained close with some 13.609 second times. Kober would go on to capture his fourth win of the season while Taylor was second, the returning Greg Zellman third, Roger Collins fourth and Wes Hearn, who borrowed Tyler Peet's entry to keep up his points in the division. It was great to have Roger Collins back at the speedway in his first appearance of the season.
The Rookie Wingless 600 Sprint main found Hunter Metzger going to the top of the raceway to grab the lead at the start of the twenty lap main event. That would prove to be the winning move as Metzger strutted his stuff for twenty laps to capture his first ever win at the speedway. Dakota Bartlet has been steady all season long and had another great drive for runner-up honors. Paul Richards Jr had a fast hot rod and raced to third place while turning the fastest lap of the event at 12.360 seconds. Steady Ryan Lacoe was fourth and first time racer in a 600 Sprint Dylan Hoch rounded out the top five. Jake Roberts, Joey Amantea, Joe Nemeth, Carmen Leggio Sr and Tyler Kehs completed the top ten.
The Hampton RV and Trailer Sales Stage One Modified found Joel Smith grabbing the lead at the start of the event and went clear sailing through twenty laps to claim his second win of the season. Anthony Recchio provided plenty of opposition and settled for second place while Jasper Ziegafuse, Michael Samony, Taylor Mills, John Mirabelli, Cody Motto and Janell Geary completed the field.
The Wingless 270 Sprint main found Glenn Macomber leading the first three laps before yielding to Jenna Schostkewitz. Once in front, Jenna reeled off some 12.422 second laps to drive away to a big advantage. got off to a slow start as broke before the event went green. The field slowed on lap-17 as "The Fearless One" Kyle Ferrucci hopped a wheel and got upside down on turn two. Ferrucci was unhurt in the incident. As the field went to green, Schostkewitz would lead the final three laps to claim her third win of the season. Glenn Macomber finished second with Paul Richards Jr, Mike Kalman and Alex Reinsmith following.
Ashley Kober and Nick Delcampo brought the star studded All Star Slingshot field to the starting line for the start of their 20-lap headliner. Delcampo won the drag race into turn one and kept the momentum going as he quickly tried to step away from the field. Ashley Kober had a solid run going and was the runner-up for many laps but this was a night when some behavioral issues had some tempers boiling over. Austin Silfee moved through the field from ninth position and at the midway point was working on slipping past Kober, Josh Marcus and Mike McLaughlin. At that point, more hits than misses kept the racing interesting.
The event was checkered at nineteen laps as the time for the event had passed with Delcampo a clear winner, Silfee second, Josh Marcus third in a great effort, Mike Mclaughlin and Wes Hearn (from 13th position) completing the top five. The second five found Tanner VanDoren, Ashley Kober, Alan Kober, Tyler Peet and Amanda Buchel following.
The headliner of the evening with $750.00 on the line found Zack Bealer grabbing up the initial lead with his Dad, Pat Bealer falling in behind him. Despite being father and son, they traded a bit of paint early on with Zack continuing to lead. The racing became a game of chess moves as the field stayed close and the battle for the baseline became more apparent with each passing lap. Former two time track champion Eddie Strada tried to move topside for a few laps but eventually moved back down to the bottom as Mick D'Agostino had thoughts of his own as he pulled close to Strada on occasion. Youngster Jacob Balliet was as cool as a kid could be as he duked it out with some of the best in the business.
As the event hit the two thirds mark, a check-up in turn three found Balliet turning around and his great run quickly went down the drain. On the restart, Colin White was able to duck underneath D'Agostino and the race would end with Zack Bealer in for the win with Pat Bealer second, Eddie Strada third, Colin White fourth and Mick D'Agostino fifth. The second five found Joel Smith, Damon Paul, Justin Mills, the returning Shelby Harper and steady Ryan Neil completing the top ten.
PEARL JAMS:
Get well wishes go out to Promoter Randy Smith as he suffered torn ligaments in his hand during the week and is in the Saint Likes Hospital. In his absence, the track crew headed up by Modified star Kevin Bates, did their due diligence and offered a very racy track to the drivers. A tip of the fedora to Denise and the entire crew for their hard work and dedication in going on with the show.
The Wingless 600 Sprints ran in a dual heat format with heat race wins going to Zack Bealer, Bobby Butler and Pat Bealer in the first set and Damon Paul, Eddie Strada and Jacob Balliet in the second set. Mike Taylor captured the heat win in the Super Slingers. Three heats were run for the All Star Slingshots with Ashley Kober, Josh Marcus and Nick Delcampo emerging victorious. Tyler Banks and Austin Homan captured the heat wins in the Junior Slingshots. Mike Kalman won the lone heat for the Wingless 270 Sprints.
Time trials were run for the Rookie Wingless 600 Sprints and Dylan Hoch stopped the clocks at 12.678 seconds to nip Ryan Lacoe who turned 12.800. Joel Smith was the top timer in the Stage One Modifieds with a 13.006 second time.
New and returning faces were abundant in the pit area as Roger Collins made his first start of the season in the Super Slingers. Dylan Hoch did a great job in the Rookie 600 Sprint class as he stepped aboard the Amber Oraschin racer and was impressive in the ride. Tyler Lindsey returned to action in the Rookie 600 Sprints. Zack Weisenfluh, who had the misfortune of getting upside down a week ago, was back in action. Jasper Ziegafuse returned to Smith Fabrications Rental car and was solid in the ride and AJ Hobbs returned to action in the division as well. Dillon Emmons made his first appearance at the speedway in some time. Returning to action included CJ Fritz and Matt Miller in the All Star Slingshots. Zack Bealer, Eddie Strada, Bobby Butler, Shelby Harper, Justin Grosz, Larry Hoagland and Mike Linderman were some of the returning faces for the 600 Sprints.
Fans, mark the dates on the calendar so you don't forget as in two weeks there will be two nights of racing at Hamlin next week on June 16th and 17th as Hamlin Speedways hosts the tenth annual "spring into summer sizzler" with a great weekend card of racing enjoyment; two great shows and two great payouts. The Friday evening event will headline the Junior Slingshot National Tour. The Saturday portion will include the Picnic and the rained out MA Gold Tour event for the All Star Slingshots.
The VetStock Firecracker 100 (Hamlin Hundred) event on July 1st is just a few weeks away and anyone who would like to get involved with this great promotion for this event should contact the S&S Speedways at: 570 420 5500. Whether it be a prize or cash donation for this event, all donations are accepted graciously and all will be announced leading up to the event as well as at the speedway. Check out the VetStock website at: www.VetStockUSA.com for additional information.
Lap Sponsorship is also being sold at $10.00 per lap so it is a good time to pump up your sponsors for this great cause. All lap sponsors will be named before the event goes green.
RESULTS:
All Star Slingshots: Nick Delcampo, Austin Silfee, JosAll All All Star Slingshots: Nick Delcampo, Austin Silfee, Josh Marcus, Mike McLaughlin, Wes Hearn, Tanner VanDoren, Ashley Kober, Alan Kober, Tyler Peet, Amanda Buchel, Tess Horvath, Jared Silfee, RJ Smykla, Mike Taylor, Samantha Muller, Dale Kober, Dillon Emmons, Emily Fleming, CJ Fritz, Cody Kline, Clayton Davey, Greg Zellman, Taylor Mills, Matt Miller, Troy Langendoerfer
Wingless 270cc Sprints: Jenna Schostkewitz Glenn Macomber, Paul Richards Jr, Mike Kalman, Alex Reinsmith, Kyle Ferrucci
Wingless 600cc Sprints: Zack Bealer, Pat Bealer, Eddie Strada, Colin White, Mick D'Agostino, Joel Smith, Damon Paul, Justin Mills, Shelby Harper, Ryan Neil, Bobby Butler, Duane White, Justin Grosz, Geordan Marrero, Jacob Balliet, Sam Kravitsky, Cody Smith, Larry Hoagland, Tyler Kehs, Brett Altemose, Zac Azzalina, Joseph Smith, Jared Lilly, Mike Linderman, JD Casazza, Mack Brink, Tyler Ulrich
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Joel Smith, Anthony Recchio, Jasper Ziegafuse, Michael Samony, Taylor Mills, John Mirabelli, Cody Motto, Janell Geary, AJ Hobbs
Junior Slingshots: Tanner VanDoren, Austin Homan, Jake Mason, Tyler Banks, Shelby McLaughlin, John Kendall, Adam Buchel, Joey Kalafut, James Benz, Rachel Dickinson, Tommy Stillo, Colton Geary, Kyle Swart, James Hendricks, Aiden Donaldson, Abby Yates
Super Slingshots: Dale Kober, Mike Taylor, Greg Zellman, Roger Collins, Wes Hearn
JPA Masonry Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: Hunter Metzger, Dakota Bartlet, Paul Richards Jr, Ryan Lacoe, Dylan Hoch, Jake Roberts, Joey Amantea, Joe Nemeth, Carmen Leggio Sr, Tyler Kehs, Tyler Lindsey, Cody Powell, Zack Weisenfluh, Mikey Smith (DQ)
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. The next event on the Hamlin Speedway schedule is set for June 10th when all Divisions will be in action on the 1/5th mile clay cushioned oval and the first edition of the popular NASCAR Crew Challenge.
Hamlin Speedway has many special events scheduled throughout the season and 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 and the Picnic and an MA Gold Tour event for the All Star Slingshots on Saturday.
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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The Hamlin Speedway Is The "Pearl" Of The Poconos
HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS
Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, 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
Visit us often for a great night of racing action as.........................
The Hamlin Speedway Is The "Pearl" Of The Poconos
HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS
Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, PA - Eight Great Features Highlight The Action Packed Racing At Hamlin Speedway
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
The 2017 racing season at the Hamlin Speedway continues to rock on into the new season even though the weather has been less than perfect for most of the early season events. Coming back after a scheduled week off and a rain out on the prior Saturday, the Smith Family offered a fabulous racing show in the Poconos Mountains as they welcomed in 128 entries for an exciting night of racing activity. Promoter Randy Smith had the 1/5th mile clay cushioned facility in impeccable condition and all divisions put on a great show for the great crowd on hand to witness the exciting side by side and nose to tail racing action. The sizzling racing action went of without a hitch and was completed at 11 PM. The evening of speed was sponsored by S&S Speedways indoor go karts located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
When the eight feature events with heart stopping racing action was completed, it would be "The Jersey Force" Anthony Recchio holding his competition at bay to capture the exciting victory in the Hampton RV & Trailer Stage One Modified Tour event as he captured the 20-lap finale. "TVD" Tanner VanDoren raced to victory with a dominating performance in the Junior Slingshots feature attraction. "The Tornado" Tyler Peet wired the field to win the All Star Slingshot feature event. Zac Azzalina never looked better as he drove to a solid victory in the Wingless 600 Sprint headliner. Jenna Schostkewitz raced to victory in the Wingless 270 Sprint main event. "The Oxford Express" Dale Kober had the hot hand as he captured the Super Slingers headliner. Damon Paul captured the first of two Hamlin features in the JPA Masonry Rookie Wingless 600 Sprint headliner. In the nightcap, "The Big Show" Joey Amantea raced his JPA Masonry hot rod to victory for his first ever Hamlin win in the shortened event that was halted after one competitor dropped a bunch of oil down on the race track. The Smith Family continues to provide an unparalleled promotion for small car division racing and the 2017 racing season has been chock filled with over the top racing excitement.
The Junior Slingshots rolled out onto the raceway for their scheduled 20-lap feature excursion with Tanner Van Doren making an excellent charge at the start from his third starting position to take the lead. Van Doren clicked off some steady 14.3 second laps to drive away from the field. JJ Rice was holding down the runner-up position with lots of pressure coming from Jake Mason. Mason worked his way around Rice and set off for VanDoren. This was the night for VanDoren as he captured the win with Mason is second, two-time winner Shelby McLaughlin was third with John Kendall hustling to fourth and Adam Buchel driving hard to claim a top five finish. The second five found JJ Rice, Tyler Banks, Austin Homan, Abby Yates finishing in line.
The Wingless 270 Sprint main event found Jenna Schostkewitz chasing "The Deuce" Glenn Macomber for the first six laps. Schostkewitz found the line she was seeking on lap seven to slip by Macomber and gain control of the point. Schostkewitz would lead the remaining laps to claim her second win of the young season. Macomber would finish in second with Josh Schaffer third, Mike Kalman fourth and Jason Muldeowney completing the top five.
The first JPA Masonry Rookie Wingless 600 Sprint main saw Tony Parlanti lead the first four laps of the feature. Parlanti gave way to Mikey Smith who led the next two laps. Storming to the front from sixth starting position, Damon Paul would seize the lead on lap-8 and drive away from the field for the win. Joe Nemeth enjoyed a great run in second place with Paul Richards Jr, Mikey Smith and Tony Parlanti completing the top five. Jake Roberts, Dakota Bartlet, Tyler Lindsey, Chloe Andreas and Hunter Metzger completed the top ten.
The second JPA Masonry Rookie Wingless 600 Sprint feature found Joey Amantea getting a great start and blasting into the lead by turn one. Zack Weisenfluh kept pace along with Jacob Balliet. Amantea was enjoying consistent 12.258 lap times and was in command at the halfway point. As the field completed lap eleven, newcomer Richard Rickle's machine dropped a ton of oil down on the speedway and rather than risk the drivers health and curfew approaching, it was decided to checker flag the event. Amantea earned his first career win at Hamlin and the crew was a happy bunch in victory lane. Weisenfluh was second with Balliet in third, newcomer Logan Snyder fourth and Tyler Kehs fifth. Jenna Schostkewitz headed up the second five with Carmen Leggio, Justin Mills, Scott Slater and Ryan Lacoe completing the top ten.
The Super Slinger feature found Dale Kober hustle into the lead at the start, drive out to a comfortable lead and then fight off a strong bid by Wes Hearn late in the event to earn the victory. Wes Hearn was second with Alan Kober third, the returning Mike Taylor fourth, Jim Conroy fifth, Jeff Haduck sixth and the returning John Rooks Sr seventh.
The Wingless 600 Sprint main got off to a rock start as newcomer Billy Koch got up over a wheel and climbed atop the car and came to a peculiar perch in turn three. On the restart it would be Ryan Quackenbush getting hit and the car went into a crazy set of flips while standing on it's tail. Koch nor Quackenbush were injured in the incidents. On the next restart, "The Rockaway Rocket" Danny Buccafusca found the bottom of the raceway much to his liking and he blasted out in front of the highly competitive field. From fifth starting position came "The Travelin Man" Mick D'Agostino and the defending track champion "Bad" Chad Sandt. Buccafusca, who had been having trouble getting his new mount to co-operate early in the season, had the fans buzzing as he zipped around the track in 12.180 second laps. Two cars got together in between turns one and two on lap thirteen and Buccafusca couldn't avoid the mix-up and it would end his night in heart-breaking fashion. On the restart, Zac Azzalina would inherit the lead and that and a big right foot would be all Azzalina would need to lead the remaining laps and claim the victory. D'Agostino would earn his second consecutive runner-up spot with Chad Sandt, Damon Paul and Joel Smith completing the top five. Brandon Azzalina, Pat Bealer, Colin White, Joseph Smith and Ryan Neil would complete the top ten.
The Hampton RV and Trailer Sales Stage One Modified Tour event found Anthony Recchio blasting out front at the start of the feature and the move later proved to be the winning one as he held off a very strong Joel Smith for twenty laps and in doing so picked up his second win of the season. Recchio and Smith were the only drivers to break the 13-second barrier during the feature and Smith settled for second place honors this time around. Michael Samony was a strong third with Cody Motto finishing fourth in his best performance to date and John Mirabelli completing the top five. The second five included Bill Dianella, Jasper Ziegafuse, Janell Geary, newcomers Mark Corna and John Peer.
Twenty eight cars and drivers started the All Star Slingshot main attraction. Tyler Peet had a front row starting spot and used it to his advantage as he blasted out front at the drop of the green flag and soon had 27 other drivers seeking a way around him. This night would prove to be the hot ticket for Peet as he led every lap, never faltered and came away with a great win for his hometown fans. Easton's Tess Horvath matched wits with Peet to the final turn and drove to an excellent runner-up finish. Dale Kober raced from sixth to third, with Wes Hearn fourth and Cody Kline finishing fifth. Russell Benke came from 12th to head up the second five with Jared Silfee, Cole Stangle, Austin Silfee from 17th and Josh Marcus following.
Pearl Jams:
Kudos go out to Randy Smith and his staff for preparing an excellent racing surface for the night of racing battles. With all of the rain that fell during the past week it was nothing short of a miracle the racing could take place at all. The show was able to move along swiftly even with Smith and company taking some breaks to constantly manicure the racing surface and give all of the competitors an equal facility to race on.
Dale Kober was fast timer for the Super Slingers with a 13.895 clocking and ahead of the 14.130 second time of Wes Hearn. The Junior Slingshot time trials found Shelby McLaughlin stopping the clocks at 14.374 seconds to lead all drivers while Tanner VanDoren was second with a 14.469 time.
Heat race wins were captured by Alan Selemba, Tanner VanDoren and Tyler Peet in the All Star Slingshots. Four heats were needed for the influx of 600 Sprints and capturing the heat race wins were Chad Sandt, Zac Azzalina, Brandon Azzalina and Damon Paul. A B-Main for the 600 Sprints found Johnny Smith grabbing up the win. Jenna Schostkewitz nailed down a win in the Wingless 270 Sprint heats. any touring event and winning the Stage One Modified heats were Anthony Recchio and Joel Smith in the first round and Anthony Recchio and Cole Stangle in the second round. Geordan Marrero, Tony Parlanti and Jacob Balliet captured heat race wins for the Rookie 600 Sprints.
New faces continue to emerge at Hamlin as new competitors included Rachel Dickinson in the Junior Slingshot racers. Mike Taylor, Alan Kober and John Rooks Sr were new Super Slinger competitors. Dakota Bartlet, Macy Litchauer, Logan Snyder, Mark Sensenig and Richard Rickle were new Rookie 600 Sprint racers. Billy Koch and Johnny Smith were new 600 Sprint entries. Mark Corna, John Peer and Joel Price were new Stage One entries.
Anthony Recchio has four wins in the new season and they have come in bunches with a pair of wins at Accord and Hamlin on opening night at both tracks and then this past weekend when Recchio scored again at both Accord and Hamlin. Jake Mason enjoyed a great run with a second place finish at Hamlin and at Accord, Jake has been the meal ticket winning all three events there thus far. Jake interviewed at Accord with Steve Pados on Friday night and said he hoped to find pay dirt at Hamlin this year.
Mike McLaughlin won the 50/50 at the speedway. Happy Birthday wishes go out to Josh Marcus who turned 15.
Many graduates of racing at Hamlin have ventured into other forms of racing and are having success on dirt or pavement and the Speedway Staff is very proud they began their racing careers at Hamlin. One such driver is the current Modified champion at Accord, Anthony Perrego. Perrego broke through for his first win of the season on Friday night. The list goes on and on and each week this writer will pick another name from past racing at Hamlin and give the readers an update on their racing activities.
The speedway will be busy with many special events taking place in the month of June. The July 1st date of the Hamlin "Firecracker 100" is one of those events with the speedway raising money for VetStock of the Northeast. Any parties wishing to become involved in this promotion should contact Allesson Rode or Steve Pados or contact the speedway offices. There will be much more information shortly regarding the event.
Results:
All Star Slingshots: Tyler Peet, Tess Horvath, Dale Kober, Wes Hearn, Cody Kline, Russell Benke, Jared Silfee, Cole Stangle, Austin Silfee, Josh Marcus, Nick Delcampo, Samantha Muller, Taylor Mills, Troy Langendoerfer, Amanda Buchel, Clayton Davey, Alan Selemba, Emily Fleming, Mike Taylor, John Rooks Jr, CJ Fritz, Ashley Kober, Mike McLaughlin, Matt Miller, Tanner VanDoren, Nick Vinciguerra, Mike Fogler
Wingless 270cc Sprints: Jenna Schostkewitz, Glenn Macomber, Josh Schaffer, Mike Kalman, Jason Muldeowney
Wingless 600cc Sprints: Zac Azzalina, Mick D'Agostino, Chad Sandt, Damon Paul, Joel Smith, Brandon Azzalina, Pat Bealer, Colin White, Joseph Smith, Ryan Neil, Chris Kurtz, JD Casazza, Jacob Balliet, Geordan Marrero, Duane White, Justin Mills, Justin Grosz, Logan Snyder, Tyler Galatro, Joey Amantea, Danny Buccafusca, Johnny Smith, Tyler Ulrich, Scott Slater Jr, Ryan Quackenbush, Billy Koch
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: (Tour Event)Anthony Recchio, Joel Smith, Michael Samony, Cody Motto, John Mirabelli, Bill Dianella, Jasper Zeigafuse, Janell Geary, Mark Corna, John Peer, Joel Price, Cole Stangle
Junior Slingshots: Tanner VanDoren, Jake Mason, Shelby McLaughlin, John Kendall, Adam Buchel, JJ Rice, Tyler Banks, Austin Homan, Abby Yates, James Benz, Tommy Stillo, James Costlow, Joey Kalafut, Colton Geary, Rachel Dickinson, Matthew Backus
Super Slingshots: Dale Kober, Wes Hearn, Alan Kober, Mike Taylor, Jim Conroy, Jeff Haduck, John Rooks Sr, Greg Zellman
JPA Masonry Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: (1) Damon Paul, Joe Nemeth, Paul Richards Jr, Mikey Smith, Tony Parlanti, Jake Roberts, Dakota Bartlet, Tyler Lindsey, Chloe Andreas, Hunter Metzger, Macy Litchauer
JPA Masonry Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: (2) Joey Amantea, Zack Weisenfluh, Jacob Balliet, Logan Snyder, Tyler Kehs, Jenna Schostkewitz, Carmen Leggio Sr, Justin Mills, Scott Slater, Ryan Lacoe, Noah Zielinski, Mark Sensenig, Richard Rickle, Geordan Marrero, Cody Powell
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. The next event on the Hamlin Speedway schedule is set for May 27th when all Divisions will be in action on the 1/5th mile clay cushioned oval as well as Driver Introductions for the "Stars of Tomorrow" Junior Slingshot Division.
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
Visit us often for a great night of racing action as.........................
The Hamlin Speedway Is The "Pearl" Of The Poconos