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By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
The premier racing facility in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, the Hamlin Speedway, once again showed how to get things done last evening with an exciting show that emphasized the hard work and dedication the Smith Family has placed into the facility. With Mother Nature from the liquid and the heat side playing havoc on the speedway in recent weeks, a big show was planned for this weeekend and cooperation from everyone involved paid huge dividends to the faciity. The tremendous racing season thus far in 2019 and the loyal fan base and talented roster of driving stars who converge at the speedway are appreciative of all of the hard work and determination that goes into preparing an exciting and fun-filled evening of racing. The racing action at the 1/5th mile clay-cushioned facility has been over the top with many outstanding driving personalities carving out their own claim to fame in weekly competition for age groups from 8 to 60 plus. Last night some new winners graced victory circle and the fans were very appreciative if the racing action the drivers put on and the show of shows down on the speedway grounds. The racing was completed by 11:00 in the evening.
The 2019 season is eleven weeks old and many special events have been already been completed but the heart of the racing schedule is right now and the Smith Family worked hard to make it happen. Heading up the headlines for last evening’s show include Aiden Donaldson, who won the Junior Slingshot event in a wire to wire triumph. The Supers returned to action twice and John Gilroy captured the rained out event and Dale Kober blasted to a win in the nitecap. Tony Parlanti and Jacob Eby won the JPA Masonry Rookie Wingless events. "Bad" Chad Sandt won over a very quick field in the JPA Masonry Regular 600 Sprint main event. "Chops" Anthony Chrobak captured the feature in the Stage One division for the Hampton RV & Trailer Sales Stage One Modifieds. "KW Speed" Kevin White captured the NASCAR Crew Challenge event over Ryan Martin at the line in the Stage One Modified shoot-out.
Chad Sandt grabbed the lead at the start of the JPA Masonry event and hustled out to a nice-sized lead over Zack Weisenfluh. Track champion "The Travelin Man" Mick D'Agostino, had problems at the start of the event and dropped back many positions but once he settled he was the fastest car on the speedway. Going topside, he quickly became the pursuer and made some nice quality moves to get himself back up front. Sandt was in command all of the way and won the event with Weisenfluh in the runner-up role and D'Agostino rebounding for third place. Colin White hustled to fourth with Joel Smith rounding out the top five. The second five showed Joseph Smith, Stephen Weirich, Tyler Lindsay,Joey Amantea and Brett Altemose .
In the Super Slinger action, Dale Kober ran away and hid to go on and claim another win at the speedway. Wally Bell would rally late to claim runner-up honors and Mike Bama Williams would finish in the third place. David Guest would finish fourth and solid Paul Ennes would finish in fifth place with Jeremy Hoffman, Doc Lapocki and Derek DeSilva finishing close behind.
In the JPA Masonry Rookie 600 event, Jacob Eby became the holeshot king as with each restart he was able to move back in front of the field. His holeshots proved to be margin of victory in this one. Stephen Weirich was close in second place with Michael Nolf third, Kyle Ferrucci fourth and Richie Maguire hustling to fifth place. Jack Hanna led the second five to the stripe with Brandon Nicholas, Rich Maguire, Cody Powell and Dennis Chamberlain all vying for a portion of the action. Crowd pleaser Carmen Leggio rode out a tough on off of the backstretch wall and walked away from the incident unscathed.
The Amantea Real Estate Junior Slingshot event found Aiden Donaldson keeping the action to the front as he began from the pole and walked aways with the win. Kasey Hufcut took up pursuit and finsihed second while James Hendricks was third, Aidan Elliot fourth and Chase Zimmer rounding out the top five. Birthday girl Charlene Benz hustled up to sixth place at the end with Doug Smith, RJ Sherman, Isabella Van Orden, and Dillon Beadle following.
In the event for the Stage One Modifieds, "Chops" Anthony Chrobak outhustled Joel Price at the start and left the field in his wake as he went on to capture the event, his first win ever at the speedway. Adam Buchel hustled hard to finish second while Michael Samony, Tanner VanDohren and Joel Price completed the top five. Jeff Hineline was sixth with Amanda Buchel, Evan Civick, John Bachetti ninth and James Costlow completing the top ten places.
In the All Star Slingshot 100-lap encounter, pole sitter Jared Silfee blasted into the lead at the start of the event and held off all of the competition for the win. His teammate Dale Kober was the runner-up with Shelby McLaughlin third, Cody Kline fourth and Mike McLaughlin in for fifth place. Wes Hearn continued his steady work for sixth place, with Amber Baccaligni, Wally Bell, Andrew Turpin, rounding out the top ten. Paul Ennes was eleventh with Joey Kalafut, ADam Buchel, Richie VanOrden and Ashley Kober rounding out the top fifteen in the 25-car starting field.
With the All Star Slingshot involved with their own brand of excitement, The NASCAR Crew Challenge had cars of the Stage One design for their time on the track. And what a Show! Ryan Martin led all of the way until the checkered flag and then Kevin White stuck the nose of his race car in front of Martin to grab up the win. Todd Carmichael was third while David Cropps raced to fourth place and Steve Channing was fifth and Blake Harris was sixth.
The Supers in catching up with their season had John Gilroy showing the field what it was all about as he sped to a win in the encounter. Dale Kober was second in this one with Wes Hearn third, Paul Ennes fourth and Wally Bell nailing down fifth place.
The rookies did some catching up as well with Tony Parlanti coming in for the win over Michael Nolf. Leggio was third in this one while Brandon Nicholas was fourth and Cody Powell nailed down fifth place.
Pearl Jams:
The track was racy from start to finish and Track Promoter Randy Smith continued to work on the speedway as necessary for the activity on the speedway was non-stop but very racy throughout. Smith had a great track ready for all of the racing teams
Rich VanOrden, Jared Silfee and Wes Hearn cpatured the heat wins for the All Star Slingshots in the first round while Dale Kober, Ashley Kober and Wally Bell captured the heat wins in the All Star Slingshots last evening in the second round. The Junior Slingshot heats went to Aiden Elliot and Kasey Hufcut. The Stage One Modified heat found Adam Buchel being victorious. JPA Masonry Wingless heats were claimed by Colin White and Joe Smith. Dale Kober captured the heat win for the Supers. The JPA Masonry Rookie 600 Sprints did time and Tony Parlanti was quick man with a 12.483 time besting Jacob Eby who clocked a 12.517.
Announcer Steve Pados was kept busy throughout the evening with the Hungarian Auction taking place at trackside and lots of great prizes to give away. Danny Buccafusca took his turn at the mike during the evening events. Clayton Hughes helped in the tower to spot the cars during the NASCAR portion of the event.
Charlene Benz turned 13 years of age with last night's racing action. Happy Birthday from your crew and the speedway.
The Annual Vet Stock raffle tickets were up for sale with the first place prize of the Custom American/Checkered Flag being won by Barbara Johnston. The second place prize of the Ruger 22 Caliber Rifle was won by Art Branson and a third place prize of $500.00 went to Steve Hufcut who went and donated back $200.00 to the Vet Stock Team in a great humanitarian gesture.
The Gilroy Northeast and CSI Asphalt Bonus awards were captured by Paul Ennes (Hard Charger) (passing 13 cars) $50.00; Hard Luck Award To Ben Whitaker $50.00: Furtherest tow Ashton DeWitt $50.00; Fastest Lap Justin Silfee, 13.996 $50.00; Bonus position drown by fan CJ Fritz; Winner $250.00 Jared Silfee; Second Place Dale Kober $100.00; Third Place $100.00 Shelby McLaughlin
Auction Prize Winners: Carhart/Jacoby THompson: Coffee/Duane White; Smith rAcing/Wendy Guest; Advanced Auto/Duane White; Smith Racing/Michelle Bowman; Ornaments/Sherry Predmore; Smith Racing/Dan Keppers; Johnston College/Sherry Predmore; Amantea Racing/Kathey Bishop; Oil Change/Monica Parlanti; Amazon Card/Jessie Babcock; Bath Basket/Sara Silfee; Wine Basket/Deb Frey; Franzia Box/Monica Parlanti; Miller Time/Midge Wilson; Acrylic Crystal/Carol Eby
The Vet Stock 50/50 netted the winner $226.00
RESULTS:
JPA Masonry Wingless 600 Sprints: Chad Sandt, Zack Weisenfluh, Mick D'Agostino, Colin White, Joel Smith, Joesph Smith, Stephen Weirich, Tyler Lindsay, Joe Amantea, Brett Altemose, Paul Richards, Noah Zielinski, Mike Thompson, Cody Smith, Don Colaluce
All Star Slingshots: Jared Silfee, Dale Kober, Shelby McLaughlin, Cody Kline, Mike McLaughlin, Wes Hearn, Amber Baccaglini, Wally Bell, Andrew Turpin, Brian Smith, Paul Ennes, Joey Kalafut, Adam Buchel, Richie VanOrden, Ashley Kober, Mikey Johannes, CJ Fritz, Alan Kober, Justin Newhard, Scott Neary, Bryce Smith, Ashton DeWitt, James Benz, Mike Lapicki, Ben Whitaker
Amantea Real Estate Junior Slingshots: Aidan Donaldson, Kasey Hufcut, James Hendricks, Aiden Elliot, Chase Zimmer, Charlene Benz, Doug Smith, RJ Sherman, Isabella VanOrden, Dillon Beadle, Kylie Hendricks, Jenna Amantea, Jacoby Thompson
Super Slingers: Dale Kober, Wally Bell, Mike Bama Williams, David Guest, Paul Ennes, Jeremy Hoffman, Doc Lapicki, Derek Desilva
JPA Masonry Rookie 600 Sprints: Jacob Eby, Stephen Weirich, Michael Nolf, Kyle Ferrucci, Richie Maguire,Jack Hanna, BRandon Nicholas, Rich Maguire, Cody Powell, Dennis Chamberlain, Brian Lindsay, Jason Garcia, Tony Parlanti, Carmen Leggio
Hampton RV & Trailer Sales: Anthony Chrobak, Adam Buchel, Michael Samony, Tanner VanDohren, Joel Price, Jeff Hineline, Amanda Buchel, Evan Civick, John Bachetti, James Costlow
7/13/19 Feature Event JPA Masonry Rookie 600 Sprints: Tony Parlanti, Michael Nolf, Carmen Leggio, Brandon Nicholas, Cody Powell, Jacob Eby,
7/13/19 Feature Event Supers: John Gilroy, Dale Kober, Wes Hearn, Paul Ennes, Wally Bell, David Guest, Derek DeSilva
Make sure to always 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. Amantea Real Estate,, Tilcon, Ron Brown Hauling, JPA Masonry, Chad Wheeler Excavating, RLE Towing and Recovery, 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 2019 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.hamlinspeed.com/ or on facebook at:
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The Hamlin Speedway Is The "Pearl" Of The Poconos
Cummins Collects Tri-State Finale; Leary the ISW Champ
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#3R Kyle Cummins goes side-by-side with #61m Stephen Schnapf for the lead during the final laps of Saturday's NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week finale at Tri-State Speedway.
(Ryan Sellers Photo)
CUMMINS COLLECTS TRI-STATE FINALE; LEARY THE ISW CHAMP
By: Richie Murray - USAC Media
Haubstadt, Indiana (July 27, 2019).........In a year's time, Kyle Cummins and crew have come along way. In last year's NOS Energy Sprint Week, the Princeton, Ind. driver qualified for only four of the seven features and finished in the top-ten just once.
In 2019, the storyline was redemption with Cummins qualifying for all eight features, finishing in the top-ten in seven and in contention night-after-night, finishing with a flourish after a victory Thursday at Lincoln Park, a near win Friday at Bloomington and closing out the week-plus series with a triumph in Saturday's ISW finale at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind.
At Tri-State, Cummins trailed for 26 laps, working his way from the fifth starting spot to track down race-long leader Stephen Schnapf in traffic with four laps remaining to snare the win, the fourth of his ISW career and fifth ever in USAC's AMSOIL National Sprint Car division, one which was worth savoring every second.
"Two in one week feels pretty good," Cummins exclaimed. "I don't know if it's really sunk in yet. I took my helmet off and drove around there one time and watched everyone yell and scream. I just tried to take it in a little bit more than just one and done. To keep winning USAC races, that's what means something to me. When you win one or two, okay. If you keep winning them, it proves you can run with them."
Cummins came into the night's event literally unbeatable at the quarter-mile dirt paperclip with three victories in three tries thus far in 2019. He started fifth, but the initial green had was put on hold following multiple opening lap stackups, first between turns three and four involving Kevin Thomas, Jr., Donny Brackett, Carson Short and Kent Schmidt. On the next try, a melee ensued in the first turn involving Short, Schmidt, Tony DiMattia and Critter Malone.
The third try was the charm as Schnapf, making just his ninth career USAC start, shot to the lead from the outside of the front row, occupying the middle line as he passed pole sitter and west coast star Brody Roa into turn one. Meanwhile, Chase Stockon, a 2016 Tri-State USAC winner, slid under Roa for second in turn four on the opening lap.
By the tenth lap, Schnapf was already working in traffic while, in the distance 2.2 seconds behind him, Cummins utilized the low line to sprint past Stockon for second. Schnapf, a one-time MSCS winner at Tri-State in 2018, was seeking his first USAC win, but now had one of the all-time masters of the southwestern Indiana track sizing him up.
As the race crossed the halfway point, the interval between Schnapf and Cummins dropped from 1.4 sec. on lap 18 to 1.0 on lap 19 and to less than nine tenths with ten laps remaining. Once clearing the lapped car of Malone with seven to go, Cummins' runway was cleared for takeoff.
When Schnapf raced underneath the lapped car of Isaac Chapple in turns three and four with seven laps to go, Cummins was a mere single car length behind. Schnapf maintained the advantage for another full lap until, with just five laps remaining, Cummins gained ground off the bottom of turn two, sticking with Schnapf around turns three and four and missing out on the lead at the stripe by less than a wheel.
The two ran side-by-side, just feet apart for three-quarters of the following lap with four to go, with Cummins using his veteran savviness to slide off the bottom in front of Schnapf off the fourth corner to possess the lead at the line by a single car length.
Massive traffic lie ahead, but Cummins navigated through the gridlock with relative ease, sticking the bottom to roll past both Tyler Courtney and C.J. Leary with two laps remaining, lapping up to tenth, as he pulled away from Schnapf, ultimately winning by a 1.604 margin over Schnapf, Justin Grant, Stockon and KSE Racing Products/B & W Auto Mart Hard Charger Brady Bacon, rounding out the top-five after starting 15th.
Cummins and Rock Steady Racing clicked at the right time during Indiana Sprint Week. The team was able to adjust and adapt when any situation arose, such as when they discovered they had a broken shock from the first four races of ISW. They were already tough at that point but took it to another level in the second half of the week, putting themselves into contention to win in each of the last three nights, culminating with a victory that may have just outdone his most recent.
"Winning Putnamville was big," Cummins explained. "I thought it was the biggest until this one tonight, being able to run (Schnapf) down and pass him without a yellow. He's a buddy of mine and I won one already, so I was thinking I'm actually going to be happy for him if he wins. The last ten laps, I just had to take it up a notch and make sure I hit every mark."
Saturday's victory was the fourth of Kyle Cummins' NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week career and his fifth in USAC's AMSOIL National Sprint Car division.
(David Nearpass Photo)
Saturday at Tri-State, the team ran a different set up than they had all year, and the same situation was at hand at Putnamville during Thursday's victory. The team is in sync and their Midas touch has car and driver's cohesiveness working like clockwork.
"When you have a bad car, you cannot be aggressive," Cummins pointed out. "When you get a good car and you can actually run with them, it sticks, and you can make moves. It just picks your confidence up. Right now, the confidence is pretty high.
Although he was a lap down at the finish, Leary's tenth place run was solid enough to earn him another crown jewel on his 2019 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car campaign just a little more than a month after capturing the Eastern Storm title and in the midst of a USAC title run in which he currently holds a commanding lead.
Always the competitor, Greenfield, Indiana's Leary was kind of perplexed by their results at Tri-State. A consistent ISW performance that saw a pair of 2nd place finishes, three 3rd's, a 4th and a 6th in eight starts sent him into the finale with a 24-point buffer ahead of Bacon, enough to check out of the Hoosier state tour with all the loot and the hardware.
"I think the first seven nights allowed us to have one bad night here," Leary pointed out. "It really wasn't all too terrible, it just wasn't what we'd hoped for. We wanted to cap off the week with a win, but we have the rocking chair, we have the check and we have the trophy. Everybody's happy!"
Contingency award winners Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway were Justin Grant (Fatheadz Eyewear Fast Qualifier & Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner), Stephen Schnapf (Competition Suspension, Inc. Second Heat Winner), Tyler Courtney (AutoMeter Third Heat Winner), Chayse Hayhurst (Indy Race Parts Fourth Heat Winner), Brady Bacon (KSE Racing Products/B & W Auto Mart Hard Charger), Donny Brackett (ProSource Hard Work Award), Tony DiMattia (Roger & Barb Tapy 13th Fastest Qualifier), Kevin Thomas, Jr. (Saldana Racing Products First Non-Transfer) and Critter Malone (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Finisher).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 27, 2019 - Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Indiana - 32nd NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week
FATHEADZ EYEWEAR QUALIFYING GROUP ONE: 1. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.539; 2. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-13.863; 3. Kendall Ruble, 17, Ruble-13.875; 4. Stephen Schnapf, 61m, Edwards-13.939; 5. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.992; 6. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR/Chapple-14.000; 7. Carson Short, 21, RCM-14.180; 8. Chris Windom, 5G, Goacher-14.218; 9. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-14.331; 10. Terry Richards, 18m, Richards-14.356; 11. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-14.361; 12. Critter Malone, 7, Seven-14.365; 13. Aric Gentry, 10, Gentry-14.383; 14. Collin Ambrose, 36, Ambrose-14.385; 15. Dustin Christie, 75, Christie-14.407; 16. Donny Brackett, 4B, Brackett-14.561; 17. Trey Gropp, 54, Gropp-15.104; 18. Kyle Hathaway, 7H, Hathaway-15.253; 19. Steve Thomas, 20T, Thomas-15.530; 20. Eric Perrott, 45, Perrott-15.824.
FATHEADZ EYEWEAR QUALIFYING GROUP TWO: 1. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Rock Steady-13.561; 2. C.J. Leary, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-13.573; 3. Max Adams, 5m, Adams-13.847; 4. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-13.977; 5. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-13.983; 6. Jason McDougal, 71p, Daigh/Phillips-13.983; 7. Tony DiMattia, 50, TDM-14.018; 8. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.077; 9. Tyler Courtney, 7BC, Clauson/Marshall/Newman-14.139; 10. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 19, Hayward/Thomas-14.139; 11. Sterling Cling, 34, Cling-14.165; 12. Chayse Hayhurst, 20, Hayhurst-14.168; 13. Kent Schmidt, 5K, KO-14.302; 14. Brian VanMeveren, 24, VanMeveren-14.371; 15. Thomas Meseraull, 00, Whitney-14.410; 16. Mario Clouser, 6, MCM-14.483; 17. Dave Darland, 17c, Cunningham-14.491; 18. Scotty Weir, 42, Cheney-14.820; 19. Anthony D'Alessio, 01, D'Alessio-14.939; 20. Ryan Bond, 7R, Bond-15.367.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Justin Grant, 2. Brody Roa, 3. Brandon Mattox, 4. Dustin Christie, 5. Aric Gentry, 6. Jadon Rogers, 7. Carson Short, 8. Trey Gropp, 9. Steve Thomas, 10. Kendall Ruble. 2:21.92
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Stephen Schnapf, 2. Chase Stockon, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Critter Malone, 5. Terry Richards, 6. Isaac Chapple, 7. Donny Brackett, 8. Kyle Hathaway, 9. Eric Perrott, 10. Collin Ambrose. 2:20.56
AUTOMETER THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Tyler Courtney, 2. Kyle Cummins, 3. Tony DiMattia, 4. Jarett Andretti, 5. Kent Schmidt, 6. Anthony D'Alessio, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Sterling Cling, 9. Thomas Meseraull, 10. Max Adams. NT
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Chayse Hayhurst, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. C.J. Leary, 4. Jason McDougal, 5. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 6. Josh Hodges, 7. Mario Clouser, 8. Brian VanMeveren, 9. Scotty Weir, 10. Ryan Bond. NT
C-MAIN: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the semi) 1. Donny Brackett, 2. Mario Clouser, 3. Trey Gropp, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Anthony D'Alessio, 6. Kyle Hathaway, 7. Scotty Weir, 8. Steve Thomas, 9. Eric Perrott, 10. Ryan Bond. NT
SEMI: (12 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature) 1. Josh Hodges, 2. Kendall Ruble, 3. Isaac Chapple, 4. Kent Schmidt, 5. Max Adams, 6. Donny Brackett, 7. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 8. Terry Richards, 9. Thomas Meseraull, 10. Jadon Rogers, 11. Collin Ambrose, 12. Brian VanMeveren, 13. Mario Clouser, 14. Trey Gropp, 15. Sterling Cling, 16. Dave Darland, 17. Aric Gentry, 18. Carson Short. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (5), 2. Stephen Schnapf (2), 3. Justin Grant (6), 4. Chase Stockon (4), 5. Brady Bacon (15), 6. Jarett Andretti (10), 7. Brody Roa (1), 8. Kendall Ruble (7), 9. Jason McDougal (12), 10. C.J. Leary (3), 11. Tyler Courtney (17), 12. Max Adams (8), 13. Critter Malone (18), 14. Isaac Chapple (11), 15. Carson Short (24), 16. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (23), 17. Chayse Hayhurst (19), 18. Donny Brackett (22), 19. Brandon Mattox (16), 20. Josh Hodges (9), 21. Chris Windom (14), 22. Kent Schmidt (20), 23. Tony DiMattia (13), 24. Dustin Christie (21). NT
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**Ryan Bond flipped during heat four.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 Stephen Schnapf, Laps 27-30 Kyle Cummins.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS/B & W AUTO MART HARD CHARGER: Brady Bacon (15th to 5th)
WILWOOD BRAKES 13TH PLACE FINISHER: Critter Malone
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS FIRST NON-TRANSFER: Kevin Thomas, Jr.
ROGER & BARB TAPY 13TH FASTEST QUALIFIER: Tony DiMattia
PROSOURCE HARD WORK AWARD: Donny Brackett
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-C.J. Leary-1,519, 2-Brady Bacon-1,397, 3-Tyler Courtney-1,364, 4-Kevin Thomas, Jr.-1,353, 5-Chris Windom-1,335, 6-Justin Grant-1,318, 7-Chase Stockon-1,314, 8-Carson Short-1,151, 9-Jason McDougal-1,139, 10-Isaac Chapple-883.
FINAL NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-C.J. Leary-564, 2-Brady Bacon-552, 3-Justin Grant-541, 4-Kevin Thomas, Jr.-479, 5-Kyle Cummins-471, 6-Tyler Courtney-466, 7-Chris Windom-461, 8-Chase Stockon-435, 9-Jason McDougal-422, 10-Carson Short-392.
FINAL PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Tyler Courtney-41, 2-Shane Cottle-30, 3-Brady Bacon-24, 4-Justin Grant-21, 5-Dave Darland-21, 6-Max Adams-17, 7-Kyle Cummins-16, 8-Jarett Andretti-16, 9-Chris Windom-14, 10-Jason McDougal-13.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: August 21, 2019 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana - #GYATK Night (Non-Points Special Event)
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Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1
Winner Gio Scelzi (Ken's Racing Pix Photo)
Contact: Tyler Altmeyer
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Gio Scelzi dominates All Star visit to Knoxville Raceway and becomes youngest 410 winner in track history
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 27, 2019) - Fresno, California’s Gio Scelzi put on a head-turning performance Saturday night at the famed Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, ending his visit not only as an Ollie's Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 main event winner, the first of his career, but also permanently etching his name in Knoxville Raceway history books as the youngest 410c.i. sprint car winner in the track’s 118-year history; Gio Scelzi is 17-years-old.
Scelzi, who started second on the feature grid as the result of his respective dash victory, did not take command for the first time until lap 10, utilizing a slider through turns one and two to work underneath the ‘Madman’ Kerry Madsen. Despite periods of intense traffic during the later stages of the main event, all potential roadblocks proved to be no match against Scelzi’s abilities, actually increasing his command to well over four seconds by halfway, eventually capping the 25-lap program by a margin of victory nearing eight seconds.
Kerry Madsen chased Scelzi to the final checkers, followed by Brian Brown, Cory Eliason, and Aaron Reutzel.
“I couldn't pick a better time to do this than right before the Knoxville Nationals,” Gio Scelzi said in Knoxville Raceway victory lane, driver of the Indy Race Parts/No. 71. “This is a dream come true to win here during an All Star race, and we put it to some damn good guys. I owe it all to this team. They work so hard and I wouldn’t be able to do it without them.”
A pair of cautions before the field could register a lap were the only disturbances during Saturday’s feature program.
Although Scelzi started from the outside-pole position, it was actually Kerry Madsen who earned the initial jump, leading Scelzi and Brian Brown by the flagstand for the first time with Terry McCarl and Cory Eliason also in tow.
Brown made a move on lap two to take the second position away from Gio Scelzi, next setting aim on the top spot occupied by Kerry Madsen.
Unfortunately for Brown, the five-time Knoxville Raceway winner in 2019 would never get the opportunity to challenge Madsen for the top spot, as Scelzi beat him to the punch by taking over the second position on lap nine, next stealing the top spot from Madsen the following circuit.
From that point forward, it was no contest for Gio Scelzi, extending his advantage lap by lap until crossing under the final checkers with a lead pushing eight seconds.
“I think we’ve been getting better and better every time we’ve been here,” Gio Scelzi continued, whose performance will air on MAVTV Motorsports Network later this fall. “Tonight was a good night. Lapped traffic certainly went my way and I was able to push, push, push. I looked up at the scoreboard and saw that ‘21’ up there and it made me think a slider was coming. This is all just unbelievable.”
Tony Stewart’s All Stars will conclude their four-race trek through the heart of the Midwest with a visit to 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, on Sunday evening, July 28, taking part in the highly anticipated, as well as inaugural, Rayce Rudeen Foundation Race awarding a $26,000 top prize. The Sunday night showstopper boasts a total purse nearing $75,000; $26,000-to-win, $2,000 for tenth and $800-to-start.
Those seeking additional news and notes pertaining to the events at 34 Raceway should visit the facility live on the Web at www.34raceway.com.
Contingency Awards/Results:
Knoxville Raceway - July 27, 2019:
Event: Weiler Night at Knoxville Raceway featuring Tony Stewart’s All Stars
Entries: 48
C&R Racing All Star Warm-Ups: Kerry Madsen - 15.459
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Brian Brown - 15.441
Ford Performance Heat #1: Gio Scelzi
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Davey Heskin
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Terry McCarl
Mobil 1 Heat #4: Parker Price-Miller
Kistler Racing Products Heat #5: James McFadden
Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts C-Main Winner: Gerard McIntyre
JE Pistons Dash #1: Kerry Madsen
Fatheadz Eyewear Dash #2: Gio Scelzi
Classic Ink USA Screenprinting B-Main Winner: Wayne Johnson
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet A-Main Winner: Gio Scelzi
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Brooke Tatnell (+8)
Cometic Gasket Most A-Main Laps Led: Gio Scelzi (10-25)
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Brock Zearfoss
(Lincoln Electric, MSD Performance, Fatheadz Eyewear, Rayce Rudeen Foundation, Cometic Gasket: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 71-Gio Scelzi, 15.531; 2. 70-Brock Zearfoss, 15.567; 3. 13-Paul McMahan, 15.589; 4. 7-Craig Dollansky, 15.817; 5. 44-Chris Martin, 15.830; 6. 99-Skylar Gee, 15.854; 7. 5H-Spencer Bayston, 15.912; 8. 33M-Mason Daniel, 15.992; 9. 14M-Marcus Dumesny, 16.063; 10. 75-Glen Saville, 16.139
Group (B)
1. 20-AJ Moeller, 15.650; 2. 17-Josh Baughman, 15.748; 3. 56N-Davey Heskin, 15.800; 4. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 15.827; 5. 21K-Thomas Kennedy, 15.861; 6. 70X-Justin Peck, 15.972; 7. W20-Greg Wilson, 16.246; 8. 15-Bobby Mincer, 16.398; 9. 40-George Hobaugh, 16.771; 10. 1AJ-Tevor Mell, 17.627
Group (C)
1. 4-Terry McCarl, 15.598; 2. 26-Cory Eliason, 15.724; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 15.758; 4. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 15.911; 5. O7-Gerard McIntyre, 15.914; 6. 14-Tony Stewart, 15.962; 7. 17W-Shane Golobic, 16.019; 8. 7T-Tasker Phillips, 16.148; 9. 56-Joe Simbro, 16.762; 10. 19-Bobby Weuve, 16.780
Group (D)
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 15.498; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 15.614; 3. 11-Dale Blaney, 15.618; 4. 71P-Parker Price-Miller, 15.653; 5. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 15.811; 6. 44S-Trey Starks, 16.051; 7. 7s-Jeff Swindell, 16.081; 8. 1-Travis Rilat, 16.204; 9. 85-Chase Wanner, 16.855
Group (E)
1. 21-Brian Brown, 15.441; 2. 24-Rico Abreu, 15.746; 3. 2KS-Austin McCarl, 15.873; 4. 9-James McFadden, 15.917; 5. 7X-Justin Henderson, 15.922; 6. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, 15.986; 7. 3p-Sawyer Phillips, 16.143; 8. O9-Matt Juhl, 16.165; 9. 2AU-Andrew Scheuerle, 16.506
Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 71-Gio Scelzi [4]; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky [1]; 3. 13-Paul McMahan [2]; 4. 44-Chris Martin [5]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee [6]; 6. 14M-Marcus Dumesny [9]; 7. 75-Glen Saville [10]; 8. 70-Brock Zearfoss [3]; 9. 33M-Mason Daniel [8]; 10. 5H-Spencer Bayston [7]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 56N-Davey Heskin [2]; 2. 49-Josh Schneiderman [1]; 3. 17-Josh Baughman [3]; 4. 21K-Thomas Kennedy [5]; 5. 20-AJ Moeller [4]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson [7]; 7. 70X-Justin Peck [6]; 8. 15-Bobby Mincer [8]; 9. 40-George Hobaugh [9]; 10. 1AJ-Tevor Mell [10]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 4-Terry McCarl [4]; 2. 26-Cory Eliason [3]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [2]; 4. 55-Brooke Tatnell [1]; 5. 17W-Shane Golobic [7]; 6. 7T-Tasker Phillips [8]; 7. 14-Tony Stewart [6]; 8. O7-Gerard McIntyre [5]; 9. 56-Joe Simbro [9]; 10. 19-Bobby Weuve [10]
Heat #4 - Group (D) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [1]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen [3]; 3. 11-Dale Blaney [2]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 5. 2C-Wayne Johnson [5]; 6. 7S-Jeff Swindell [7]; 7. 44S-Trey Starks [6]; 8. 1-Travis Rilat [8]; 9. 85-Chase Wanner [9]
Heat #5 - Group (E) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 9-James McFadden [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 3. 2KS-Austin McCarl [2]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu [3]; 5. O9-Matt Juhl [8]; 6. 3P-Sawyer Phillips [7]; 7. 83-Lynton Jeffrey [6]; 8. 7X-Justin Henderson [5]; 9. 2AU-Andrew Scheuerle [9]
Dash #1 (4 Laps)
1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 26-Cory Eliason [2]; 3. 4-Terry McCarl [3]; 4. 49-Josh Schneiderman [4]; 5. 7-Craig Dollansky [6]; 6. 56N-Davey Heskin [5]
Dash #2 (4 Laps)
1. 71-Gio Scelzi [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [3]; 3. 9-James McFadden [2]; 4. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [4]; 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel [5]; 6. 13-Paul McMahan [6]
C-Main (10 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer
1. O7-Gerard McIntyre [1]; 2. 1-Travis Rilat [3]; 3. 33M-Mason Daniel [5]; 4. 15-Bobby Mincer [4]; 5. 19-Bobby Weuve [11]; 6. 2AU-Andrew Scheuerle [6]; 7. 56-Joe Simbro [7]; 8. 85-Chase Wanner [9]; 9. 40-George Hobaugh [8]; 10. 1AJ-Tevor Mell [12]; 11. 7X-Justin Henderson [2]; 12. 5H-Spencer Bayston [10]
B-Main (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 2C-Wayne Johnson [3]; 2. 17W-Shane Golobic [5]; 3. 7S-Jeff Swindell [8]; 4. O9-Matt Juhl [6]; 5. 70-Brock Zearfoss [1]; 6. 44S-Trey Starks [15]; 7. 14-Tony Stewart [12]; 8. 83-Lynton Jeffrey [14]; 9. 99-Skylar Gee [4]; 10. 70X-Justin Peck [13]; 11. 1-Travis Rilat [18]; 12. 3P-Sawyer Phillips [9]; 13. 75-Glen Saville [16]; 14. O7-Gerard McIntyre [17]; 15. 20-AJ Moeller [2]; 16. W20-Greg Wilson [11]; 17. 14M-Marcus Dumesny [7]; 18. 7T-Tasker Phillips [10]
A-Main (25 Laps)
1. 71-Gio Scelzi [2]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 4. 26-Cory Eliason [3]; 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel [10]; 6. 4-Terry McCarl [5]; 7. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [8]; 8. 9-James McFadden [6]; 9. 2KS-Austin McCarl [16]; 10. 24-Rico Abreu [17]; 11. 49-Josh Schneiderman [7]; 12. 55-Brooke Tatnell [20]; 13. 13-Paul McMahan [12]; 14. 11-Dale Blaney [13]; 15. 2C-Wayne Johnson [21]; 16. 17W-Shane Golobic [22]; 17. 7-Craig Dollansky [9]; 18. O7-Gerard McIntyre [26]; 19. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [15]; 20. 44-Chris Martin [18]; 21. 17-Josh Baughman [14]; 22. 56N-Davey Heskin [11]; 23. 7S-Jeff Swindell [23]; 24. 70-Brock Zearfoss [25]; 25. 21K-Thomas Kennedy [19]; 26. O9-Matt Juhl [24]
Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen (1-9), Gio Scelzi (10-25)
2019 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (After 7/27/2019):
1. Aaron Reutzel - 2922
2. Dale Blaney - 2920
3. Cory Eliason - 2864
4. Paul McMahan - 2818
5. Brock Zearfoss - 2748
6. Greg Wilson - 2712
7. Gerard McIntyre - 2638
8. Skylar Gee - 2528
9. George Hobaugh - 2282
10. Tony Stewart - 1526
2019 All Star Circuit of Champions Winners:
Bubba Raceway Park, Fla. (1/31/2019): Tim Shaffer
Bubba Raceway Park, Fla. (2/1/2019): Tim Shaffer (2)
Bubba Raceway Park, Fla. (2/2/2019): Tony Stewart
Volusia Speedway Park, Fla. (2/6/2019): Shane Stewart
Volusia Speedway Park, Fla. (2/7/2019): Brad Sweet
Virginia Motor Speedway, Va. (4/11/2019): Cory Eliason
Port Royal Speedway, Pa. (4/13/2019): Lance Dewease
Attica Raceway Park, Ohio (5/24/2019): Aaron Reutzel
Fremont Speedway, Ohio (5/26/2019): Aaron Reutzel (2)
Outlaw Speedway, N.Y. (6/7/2019): Brock Zearfoss
Stateline Speedway, N.Y. (6/8/2019): Dale Blaney
Weedsport Speedway, N.Y. (6/9/2019): Danny Dietrich
Attica Raceway Park, Ohio (6/14/2019): Kyle Larson
Muskingum County Speedway, Ohio (6/16/2019): Dale Blaney (2)
Wayne County Speedway, Ohio (6/19/2019): Aaron Reutzel (3)
Wayne County Speedway, Ohio (6/22/2019): Buddy Kofoid
Dirt Oval at Route 66, Ill. (6/29/2019): Aaron Reutzel (4)
Lernerville Speedway, Pa. (7/5/2019): Aaron Reutzel (5)
Sharon Speedway, Ohio (7/6/2019): Dale Blaney (3)
Utica-Rome Speedway, N.Y. (7/12/2019): Aaron Reutzel (6)
Orange County Fair Speedway N.Y. (7/13/2019): Danny Dietrich (2)
Lebanon Valley Speedway N.Y. (7/14/2019): Brock Zearfoss (2)
Plymouth Dirt Track, Wis. (7/25/2019): James McFadden
Jackson Motorplex, Minn. (7/26/2019): James McFadden (2)
Knoxville Raceway, Iowa (7/27/2019): Gio Scelzi
About MAVTV Motorsports Network:
MAVTV Motorsports Network is a television network with its roots deep in the automotive world. MAVTV offers an unparalleled line-up of exclusive motorsports that includes prestigious events such as the Chili Bowl, the AMA Pro Motocross series, and the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). MAVTV also covers a multitude of grassroot racing from the US and across the globe including drag boats, sprint boats, drag racing, pro pulling, rally racing, drifting, dirt racing, ice racing and everything in between plus a package of automotive reality and custom build shows. If it has a motor, it's on MAVTV. For more information, visit www.mavtv.com
About the All Star Circuit of Champions:
All Star Enterprises, LLC, wholly owned by Tony Stewart, d/b/a the All Star Circuit of Champions, is a winged sprint car series. The All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is one of the oldest traveling 410 sprint car organizations and is a staple of grassroots, open-wheel racing. Formed in 1970 by Bud Miller, the series has largely been considered the first 'outlaw' Sprint Car organization of the modern era. Motorsports entrepreneur Tony Stewart agreed to terms with Guy Webb to become the sole owner of the original winged sprint car tour in January of 2015. In 2019, MAVTV Motorsports Network will continue to be the official television home of the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 and will broadcast ten high-profile events.
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WALL STADIUM 7-27 RACING RESULTS
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DATE OF EVENT: July 27, 2019
DATE OF RELEASE: July 27, 2019
CONTACT: Jeff Gravatt
BLEWETT TAKES $5,000 SUMMER SCORCHER PRIZE AT WALL
WALL, N.J. ~ In front of a large grandstand crowd that included over 50 of the speedway's past driving champions Jimmy Blewett of Howell won the “Summer Scorcher 125” for All American Auto Group Modified stock cars at Wall Stadium Speedway Saturday night. The victory earned Blewett $5,000 and a watch from sponsor Mertens Jewelers.
Tyler Truex of Mayetta was the first leader of the contest as Holmdel's Andrew Krause quickly moved in to challenge. Krause was finally able to charge into the top spot on a lap 26 restart. Blewett then wrestled Truex for second before taking over the spot on lap 42. Another caution slowed the race a few laps later and Krause became one of the first to duck into the pit area for a pair of new tires.
Blewett stayed on the track, took command on the restart and led through the middle stages of the race before changing two tires near lap 70. Krause then had climbed back through the field before taking the lead near lap 80. Blewett then had his turn to climb through the pack and landed in second spot just past lap 90. Blewett then shadowed Krause for several laps before racing into the lead in the outside lane on lap 97.
From that point on Blewett held his ground as Krause fought back while running second. The top two were in tight formation at the finish with Blewett taking the checker flag. Ricky Collins of Willow Grove, Pa. Was impressive in finishing third, while Danny Bohn of Mooresville, N.C. and Kenny Van Wickle of Manasquan completed the top five.
“Great to be in Victory Lane tonight at Wall Stadium,” Blewett said after the win. “Thanks to Rob Ormsbee, Tom Martino, Rob Fuller, Woody's, my crew, my spotter Tim Riggleman, Wall Stadium management and the fans who packed the place tonight.”
Beachwood's Elliott Wohl caught early leader Scott Riggleman of Manchester in the first half of the race and challenged him for the top spot before taking the lead near the halfway point. Wohl then dedicated his win to his mother Ruth who was celebrating a birthday. Riggleman, the returning Mike Montano of Freeport, N.Y., Wall's Bryan O'Shea and Jackson's Shanon Mongeau completed the top 5 in the 25-lap race.
Point leader Neil Rutt III of Edison continued his winning ways in the 25-lapper for the Surfside Collision 4 Cylinder stocks topping the 25-lapper after a side-by-side battle with runner-up Alonzo Morales of Mt. Ephraim that lasted for the final five laps. Ryan Maher of Neptune City, Edison's Darianne McLaren and Brick's Randy Hart were third through fifth.
Mike Alcaro of West Milford won the 25-lap race for the Green Flag Driving Experience Legend Cars. Invader Mason Magee crossed the finish line second but failed the post race inspection. Howell's Rob Silver, Sean Verwys, Joe McGrath of Brick and Joe Przybylinski were second through fifth.
Auto racing continues at Wall Stadium Speedway this Saturday (August 3) night. Action is slated for the Modifieds, Sportsman, Limited Late Models and 4 Cylinder Stocks. Grandstand gates open at 5:00 p.m., qualifying begins at 5:45 p.m. and features start at 7:00 p.m.
Wall Stadium is located on Route 34 in Wall Township, N.J., just one mile north of Garden State Parkway exit 98 and Interstate 195 exit 35B. The speedway hotline number is 732-681-6400 and email address is ckmotorsports@aol.com.
MODIFIED FEATURE – 125 Laps – 1. JIMMY BLEWETT, HOWELL, 2. Andrew Krause, 3. Ricky Collins, 4. Danny Bohn, 5. Kenny Van Wickle, 6. Steven Reed, 7. Dom Fattaruso, 8. Jason Treat, 9. Eddie McCarthy, 10. Blake Barney, 11. Joey Jarowicz, 12. Tyler Truex, 13. Chris Andretta, 14. Marc Rogers, 15. Tom Catanzaro, 16. Derek Hopkinson, 17. Shaun Carrig, 18. Adam LaCicero, 19. Robert French, 20. Kevin Davison
FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. ELLIOTT WOHL, BEACHWOOD, 2. Scott Riggleman, 3. Mike Montano, 4. Bryan O'Shea, 5. Shanon Mongeau, 6. Joey Helberg, 7. Tim Majek, 8. Tom Rajkowski, 9. Joe Mongeau, 10. John Bowers, 11. Kevin Flores, 12. Tony Bartone, 13. Billy Both, 14. Theresa Collins, 15. Sal Liguori, 16. Gerry Koenig, 17. Robert Stack, 18. Nancy Riggleman, 19. Nick Kilmer, 20. Mike Baldwin, 21. Ashley Tyler, 22. Ryan Flores, 23. Robert Ptaszynski, 24. Matt Malachaka, 25 John Carpenter
4 CYLINDER STOCK FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. NEIL RUTT III, EDISON, 2. Alonzo Morales, 3. Ryan Maher, 4. Darianne McLaren, 5. Randy Hart, 6. Doug Ashford, 7. Marko Vulsanic, 8. Cody Critelli, 9. Jeffrey Loesch, 10. Ricky Williams, 11. Brian Osborn, 12. Deanna McLaren, 13. Nicole Razzano
LEGEND CARS FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. MIKE ALCARO, WEST MILFORD, 2. Rob Silver, 3. Sean Verwys, 4. Joe McGrath, 5. Joe Przybylinski, 6. Jim Downy, 7. Peter Bruno, 8. Quinn Trimmer, 9. Kevin Pritchard, 10. Joe Fresco, 11. Roger Nickerson, 12. Eddie Idec, DQ Mason Magee
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NEWS FROM ROGERS FAMILY GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY, BECHTELSVILLE, PA—THE 57TH CONSECUTIVE SEASON OF RACING
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HOWARD WINS NASCAR 358 MODIFIED FEATURE AT GRANDVIEW SATURDAY AND TAKES POINT LEAD, WEISS TOPS IN SPORTSMAN WHILE McCLELLAND IS CENTRAL PA LEGENDS WINNER
BECHTELSVILLE, PA JULY 28, 2019 . . . Five time Grandview NASCAR Modified point champion Duane Howard dueled back and forth with Dylan Swinehart beginning on the 18th lap of the 30-lap TP Trailers NASCAR 358 Modified feature on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.
Swinehart, the rookie, kept Howard behind him until the 28th lap. At that point Howard finally “wore him down and got Swinehart to change the preferred line he ran basically throughout the entire race.” Coming out of the fourth turn with the two-lap to go signal in sight, Howard shot to the outside and proceeded to put the Norm Hansell-owned No. 357 Norm’s Save Station entry at the head of the pack and park it in victory lane for the third time this season at the 1/3-mile oval. Howard credited Swinehart for the great run he gave him in the very aggressive-driving activities broadcast live by RCN-TV, Allentown. In picking up the victory Howard now sits at the top of the point standings as Craig Von Dohren, the point leader going into the feature, finished 25th after being caught up in some of the multi-car mishaps that eventually sidelined him from competition.
Sean Weiss has not set foot in the Sportsman winner’s circle since August 8, 2015. He changed the standings of that status when he led all but two laps to win the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman 25-lap feature to become the eleventh different winner this season in the division.
The Central Pa. Legends returned to the track for the second time this year and Travis McClelland managed to win the 20-lap feature event by a narrow margin over runner-up Bill Diehl.
Providing the Modified and Sportsman feature winners met the necessary requirements, they received monetary awards from T.P. Trailers and a certificate from VP Fuels for product awards. The Dan’s Deli ½-way hoagie award recipients were Dylan Swinehart and Sean Weiss. Derrick Smith, who placed 18th in the Sportsman feature received an extra $100 from the track for being the first crate engine.
Richie Hitzler was the early leader at the onset of the Modified feature. He held until Dylan Swinehart dove underneath him coming out of the fourth turn at the conclusion of the seventh lap.
With Swinehart now in command, Hitzler, Joe Funk III, Kenny Gilmore and Howard jockeyed for the remaining positions.
The red was thrown on the ninth lap when Clay Butler flipped in the fourth turn with several others being involved, fortunately no one was injured.
Swinehart was still the pacesetter when action resumed followed by Funk III, Steve Swinehart, Hitzler and K. Gilmore.
A multi-car homestretch incident that eliminated Von Dohren and Eric Biehn brought out the second red with ten laps completed.
A rash of three individual caution periods before the 12th lap could get in the books prompted a single file restart. By this time the order behind Swinehart when racing went green consisted of Funk III, K. Gilmore, Ryan Grim and Alex Yankowski with Howard attempting to join the top five mix in which he did on the 13th lap.
Yankowski and Howard advanced to second and third respectively on the 16th lap and two laps later positions were reversed with the pair putting on quite a battle to see who would possibly go on to challenge Swinehart.
The final yellow was on the 24th lap when Kory Fleming stopped between the first and second turn and Timmy Buckwalter slowed in turn four. Swinehart, in search of another win, wasted no time motoring away on the restart since he knew Howard was in the hunt for the same thing.
Despite all of Howard’s valiant efforts to become the new leader, Swinehart managed to keep him behind until the 28th lap, two laps shy of another triumph. It was at this point that after so many laps of following Swinehart on the low trek, Howard switched it up and went to the high trek and proceeded to take over first.
Howard continued to show the way until he chalked up his 75th Grandview career win with Swinehart a close second trailed by Yankowski, Funk III and Doug Manmiller, last week’s feature winner.
Heats were won by Brett Kressley, Howard, Steve Swinehart and Dylan Swinehart. Yankowski and Frank Cozze won the consies.
Before the first lap could be scored in the Sportsman feature Nichol Flammer flipped in turn one with several others involved. The restart saw B.J. Joly take the lead and hold that position for two laps before Weiss assumed command.
With Weiss now at the head of the pack action behind him was brewing between Joly, Jesse Landis, Kenny Bock and Jack Butler.
Positions behind Weiss were constantly changing and at the half-way marker Landis, Brad Brightbill, Bock and Jack Butler comprised second through fifth with last week’s feature winner Kyle Lilick knocking on the door and four laps later he was fourth.
Weiss continued his momentum the rest of the way to tally up his second career victory. Brightbill took over second with one lap remaining but it was too late. Third went to Landis followed by Lilick and Bock.
Weiss, Brad Grim and Brightbill were the heat winners. The consi winner was Mike Mammana.
Bill Diehl led the Legends feature for five laps before McClelland over took him for the lead.
Diehl didn’t surrender the lead easily as he stayed right with McClelland trying to regain control.
In the closing laps the front runners encountered lap traffic, but that didn’t deter McClelland and he went on to win the race followed by Diehl, Austin Beltemare, Chris Transeau and Chuck Dell.
Diehl and McClelland won the heats.
On Tuesday, July 30th, the United States Auto Club NOS Energy Drink Midgets will headline the Ken Brenn Midget Masters Night at Grandview Speedway. Also seeing action will be the always popular NASCAR 358 Modifieds. NASCAR Cup Series standout Kyle Larson will headline the Midget action that gets the green flag at 7:30 p.m. Spectator gates open at 5 p.m. Adult admission is $28, youngsters 6 thru 11 pay $10 and kids under 6 are admitted free. Pit passes are $35 with no license required.
Next Saturday, August 3, the T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds and T.P.Truck Equipment Sportsman are in action in an excitement filled doubleheader as racers continue the battle for the lucrative NASCAR track titles. Modified racers will be using the event as a tune-up for the Forrest Rogers Memorial scheduled for August 10. Spectator gates open at 5:30 p.m. with racing action scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Adult admission is just $15 with youngsters under 12 admitted free.
Coming up on Saturday, August 10th is the annual Forrest Rogers Memorial for NASCAR 358 Modifieds, a 50-lapper, paying $10,000 to win. The Sportsman will also be part of the doubleheader. Adult admission is $25, youngsters 6 through 11 pay $5 and kids under 6 are admitted free. Pit admission is $30 with no NASCAR license required.
RACE RESULTS
T.P. Trailers Modified Feature (30-laps): 1. Duane Howard, 2. Dylan Swinehart, 3. Alex Yankowski, 4. Joe Funk III, 5. Doug Manmiller, 6. Kenny Gilmore, 7. Frank Cozze, 8. Jared Umbenhauer, 9. Ryan Grim, 10. Rick Laubach, 11. Jeff Strunk, 12. Craig Whitmoyer, 13. Ron Kline, 14. Brett Kressley, 15. Kevin Hirthler, 16. Richie Hitzler, 17. Dave Dissinger, 18. Ryan Lilick, 19. Tim Buckwalter, 20. Kory Fleming, 21. Brett Gilmore, 22. Steve Swinehart, 23. Colt Harris, 24. Eric Biehn, 25. Craig Von Dohren, 26. Clay Butler, 27. Louden Reimert, 28. Ray Swinehart. DNQ: Briggs Danner, Jesse Leiby, Glenn Owens, Ron Myers, Mike Lisowski, Mark Kratz. Kyle Kania, Justin Grim, Glenn Strunk, Bobby Gunther Walsh and Mark Levy.
T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman Feature (25-laps): 1. Sean Weiss, 2. Brad Brightbill, 3. Jesse Landis, 4. Kyle Lilick, 5. Kenny Bock, 6. Brian Hirthler, 7. Jack Butler, 8. Brad Grim, 9. Lex Shive, 10. Kyle Smith, 11. Mark Kemmerer, 12. Mike Mammana, 13. Jimmy Leiby, 14. Nathan Mohr, 15. B.J. Joly, 16. Brad Arnold, 17. Scott Kohler, 18. Derrick Smith, 19. Andrew Kreis, 20. Dean Bachman, 21. Shawn Light, 22. Ryan Beltz, 23. Steve Young, 24. Nicho Flammer. DNQ: Steve Desmelyk, Jimmy Leiby and Nate Brinker.
Central PA Legends Feature (20-laps): 1. Travis McClelland, 2. Bill Diehl, 8. Austin Beltemare, 4. Chris Transeau, 5. Chuck Dell, 6. Alex Schmiedel, 7. Zach Smith, 8. Mike Rabold, 9. Brandon Reiblich, 10. Eric Hurst, 11. Ben Goldsmith, 12. Cory Phillips, 13. Robert Shaw, 14. Michael Goldsmith, 15. Bryan Green.
Pennsylvania’s Tim Shaffer wins World of Outlaws race at Williams Grove
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Winner Tim Shaffer (Christina Signor Photo)
NEW GROOVE: Tim Shaffer wins at Williams Grove Speedway
Pennsylvania-native Shaffer holds off late race attack by David Gravel to claim second World of Outlaws win this year
Crew members from the Roth Motorsports team jumped into Tim Shaffer’s trailer and scurried to the sweat drenched driver.
With his arms out and a smile just as wide, Shaffer embraced the two crew members and thanked them for helping him get back on track.
The Aliquippa, Pa.-native had just left Victory Lane at Williams Grove Speedway for the second time in his World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series career – first time since 2001. The win was also his second Series victory of the year – the first was at Las Vegas in February.
“They’re hard to get,” Shaffer said about winning in general. “This place is really special. I hadn’t realized how long it had been since I won here. It goes back to a great car, great engine, great team. It’s funny, we struggled this year. We started good, struggled mid-season and it seems like we’re coming back to life.”
What the Roth Motorsports crew did to help Shaffer had nothing to do with car set up, the engine or tires. They simply helped him have fun again.
“Basically, they’ve been hanging out at my house and having fun,” Shaffer said. “Running go-karts and just having fun again. It’s neat to have friends like that. They enjoy racing and love it as much as you do and get to have fun with other things instead of being around racing all of the time, and we had a blast.
“You kind of loosen up. We came here already in a good mood, having fun, and it’s carrying on.”
That showed in Shaffer’s performance throughout the night. He finished second to Brad Sweet in his Drydene Heat race but tested Sweet for the lead in the early stage of the eight-lap race. Shaffer then went on the win the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash from the pole and the Feature, leading all 25 laps.
However, Watertown, Conn.-native David Gravel – who was coming off a win at Lernerville Speedway and eight top-five finishes in a row, with seven of them being podium finishes – did not let Shaffer cruise to the victory.
In the early stage of the Feature, Shaffer powered around the high side of the track with a blistering pace that left about a straightaway distance between he and second-place Freddie Rahmer. His pace also put him in lap traffic by Lap five on the half-mile speedway.
Rahmer held on to second-place for the first 11 laps before 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz dove underneath the PA Posse member in turn three and powered by him off turn four. The next corner, Gravel charged around the outside of Rahmer and stole third-place.
Gravel worked on Schatz’s bumper for the next few laps until the caution came out for Daryn Pittman having a flat right front tire.
The group of 25 cars lined back up two-by-two for the restart. Shaffer crept the field around turns three and four before mashing the throttle and launching back to the lead down the front stretch. Behind him Schatz and Gravel raced side-by-side through turns one and two – Gravel low, Schatz high. The high side had been the fastest way around all night, but Gravel made the bottom work and darted to second off the corner.
The track widened as the race progressed. Shaffer stayed high, testing the limits of the cushion. Gravel, however, was perfecting the bottom line. The Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 car worked its way to within striking distance of Shaffer and waited for an opportunity to pounce.
There were no mistakes, though. Shaffer was smooth around the top and aggressive with laps cars. If there was an opening, he threw his Rudzik Excavating No. 49x into the gap without hesitation. There was no time to be cautious. Gravel was coming, and he knew it.
“I seen the board that the 41 got by [Schatz] on that yellow,” Shaffer said. “I said ‘Oh, he’s hunting me down.’ I was just trying to make good laps and I knew we’d be hard to beat.”
With Shaffer not making any mistakes, Gravel knew he had to do something drastic if he wanted another Williams Grove victory.
Coming to the white flag, Gravel rocketed his car underneath Shaffer into turn three – closing about a four-car length gap. The momentum slid his car up the track and he went side-by-side with Shaffer, about a foot a part, through turn four. Shaffer held his line – and his eyes closed, he said jokingly. That hindered Gravel’s charge and forced him to fall in line behind the orange and black No. 49x.
“I was close, I didn’t see him there for a second,” Gravel said. “I obviously just gave him a little bit of room to get back by me. If it was twenty or fifty grand (to win) I probably would have slid up here. But it was a good night. We were fast all night long. I feel like we were the only car to run on the bottom of the race track.”
Shaffer pulled away with the lead and the $8,000 win at the opening night of the Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals doubleheader – his 27th career Series victory.
With Schatz – second in points – finishing third and Series points leader Brad Sweet finishing seventh, Gravel bested the top two in points for the second straight night and continues to inch his way into the championship battle. He is now 102 points behind Sweet and 88 points behind Schatz.
The reigning champion has also closed the gap to Sweet, now 14 points behind him.
Shaffer isn’t running for points. He’s racing to have fun. He’ll have even more fun if he can get back-to-back wins at Williams Grove Speedway and collect Saturday’s $20,000 winnings. But for now, with the support of fellow racers and friends, he’s just relishing in what he does.
“It’s just about enjoying it,” Shaffer said. “I’ve been doing this for 36 years. That’s why I don’t run a grueling schedule. I run my own grueling schedule. If I want to take a weekend off and go boating, I’m going to do it. But this is what I’ve done my whole life and I’m really enjoying it.”
UP NEXT:
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series on Saturday, July 27, will return to Williams Grove Speedway for the final night of the Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals. Get tickets and more information.
As always, you can catch all World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series action on www.DIRTVision.com.
Race Results: 7/26/19 – Williams Grove Speedway
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1][$8,000]; 2. 41-David Gravel [4][$4,000]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [3][$2,500]; 4. 51-Freddie Rahmer [2][$2,200]; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich [7][$2,100]; 6. 69K-Lance Dewease [12][$2,000]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet [6][$1,800]; 8. 21-Brian Montieth [5][$1,600]; 9. 19-Brent Marks [10][$1,500]; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart [11][$1,300]; 11. 39-Cory Haas [13][$1,200]; 12. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [18][$1,100]; 13. 2-Carson Macedo [14][$1,000]; 14. 39M-Anthony Macri [20][$700]; 15. 1X-Chad Trout [8][$600]; 16. 83-Daryn Pittman [9][$600]; 17. 11-T.J. Stutts [15][$600]; 18. 5-Shane Stewart [21][$600]; 19. 1A-Jacob Allen [17][$600]; 20. 18-Ian Madsen [16][$600]; 21. 11K-Kraig Kinser [22][$600]; 22. 99M-Kyle Moody [24][$600]; 23. 5H-Jeff Halligan [23][$600]; 24. 19M-Landon Myers [19][$600]; 25. 12W-Troy Fraker [25][$600];
Lap Leaders: Tim Shaffer 1-25;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 69K-Lance Dewease[+6]
Qualifying – 1. 41-David Gravel, 16.784; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 16.797; 3. 21-Brian Montieth, 16.901; 4. 49-Brad Sweet, 17.033; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich, 17.036; 6. 1X-Chad Trout, 17.042; 7. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 17.045; 8. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 17.098; 9. 83-Daryn Pittman, 17.121; 10. 2-Carson Macedo, 17.129; 11. 11-T.J. Stutts, 17.148; 12. 69K-Lance Dewease, 17.157; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen, 17.186; 14. 19-Brent Marks, 17.235; 15. 19M-Landon Myers, 17.262; 16. 18-Ian Madsen, 17.279; 17. 39-Cory Haas, 17.28; 18. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 17.296; 19. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 17.342; 20. 39M-Anthony Macri, 17.356; 21. 5-Shane Stewart, 17.374; 22. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 17.415; 23. 5H-Jeff Halligan, 17.454; 24. 7S-Jason Sides, 17.457; 25. 99M-Kyle Moody, 17.501; 26. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 17.572; 27. 53-Jesse Attard, 17.637; 28. 27S-Adrian Shaffer, 17.694; 29. 23-Chris Arnold, 17.768; 30. 47K-Kody Lehman, 17.884; 31. 12W-Troy Fraker, 18.956; 32. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, NT
DRYDENE Heat #1 (8 Laps) – 1. 41-David Gravel [1]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich [2]; 3. 83-Daryn Pittman [3]; 4. 39-Cory Haas [5]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 6. 5-Shane Stewart [6]; 7. 99M-Kyle Moody [7]; 8. 23-Chris Arnold [8]
DRYDENE Heat #2 (8 Laps) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 1X-Chad Trout [2]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [4]; 4. 2-Carson Macedo [3]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [5]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 7. 47K-Kody Lehman [8]; 8. 5C-Dylan Cisney [7]
DRYDENE Heat #3 (8 Laps) – 1. 21-Brian Montieth [1]; 2. 51-Freddie Rahmer [2]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 4. 11-T.J. Stutts [3]; 5. 19M-Landon Myers [4]; 6. 5H-Jeff Halligan [6]; 7. 53-Jesse Attard [7]; 8. 12W-Troy Fraker [8]
DRYDENE Heat #4 (8 Laps) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 3. 69K-Lance Dewease [3]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri [5]; 6. 27S-Adrian Shaffer [7]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 8. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [8]
DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (6 Laps) – 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 2. 51-Freddie Rahmer [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 41-David Gravel [5]; 5. 21-Brian Montieth [3]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [8]; 7. 48-Danny Dietrich [6]; 8. 1X-Chad Trout [7]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – 1. 5-Shane Stewart [1][-]; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2][-]; 3. 5H-Jeff Halligan [3][-]; 4. 99M-Kyle Moody [5][-]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [4][-]; 6. 53-Jesse Attard [7][-]; 7. 27S-Adrian Shaffer [8][$300]; 8. 5C-Dylan Cisney [6][$250]; 9. 23-Chris Arnold [9][$225]; 10. 47K-Kody Lehman [10][$200]; 11. 12W-Troy Fraker [11][$200]; 12. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [12][$200]
