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NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY NEWS – JUNE 10, 2018
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New Egypt Speedway
Route 539, New Egypt, NJ
Track Phone: 609-758-1900
Website: www.newegyptspeedway.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/newegyptspeedwayofficial
Twitter: www.twitter.com/nesspeedway
Contact: Mike Wisniewski - Wiz Motorsports Communications, 856-982-5137
COMING EVENTS:
Saturday, June 16, 2018 - Graduation Night and the Final Round of the JTee's
Screen Printing May Modified Madness Series - Modifieds, Larry's Hot Rods &
Harley's Northeast Wingless Sprint Cars, Hammer Sportsman, Crate Modifieds &
Lyons Construction/Metal Fab Rookie Sportsman
4:00 p.m. - Pit gates open
5:00 p.m. - Grandstand gates open
6:00 p.m. - Hot laps start
7:00 p.m. - Racing starts
Saturday, June 23, 2018 - Monster Truck Racing League Presents the School's
Out Monster Truck Summer Smash
5:30 p.m. - Grandstand gates open
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Pit Party
7:30 p.m. - Show starts
Sunday, June 24, 2018 - Monster Truck Racing League Presents the School's
Out Monster Truck Summer Smash
1:30 p.m. - Grandstand gates open
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Pit Party
3:30 p.m. - Show starts
BACK-TO-BACK FOR BUFFALINO AT NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY
New Egypt, NJ (June 10, 2018) - On Bike Night at New Egypt Speedway,
Dominick Buffalino pedaled to his second consecutive win by topping the
Modified field. Bob Lineman, Jr. scored the checkered flag in the main event
for the Hammer Sportsman. The Street Stock feature was taken by Jon Meyer.
Ryan Heim visited victory lane twice as he won both features for the Lyons
Construction/Metal Fab Rookie Sportsman. Joe Garey, Sr. claimed the
4-Cylinder race.
As the 30-lap Modified feature began, polesitter Steve Davis grabbed the
lead with Chad Barney, Bryan Kuhl and Rich Rutski next in line. A slowing
Matt Stangle brought out the first caution of the event with three circuits
recorded. On the ensuing restart, Davis and Barney remained in the top two
spots with PJ Oliver moving into third and Dominick Buffalino climbing into
fourth. After two additional appearances of the yellow flag on laps five and
six, Davis was still in control with Oliver in second and Buffalino
advancing to third. On the tenth circuit, Buffalino motored by Oliver to
gain the runner-up position. Quickly, Buffalino began to track down Davis.
On lap twelve, Buffalino used an inside move going into turn one to gain the
lead. As the top two of Buffalino and Davis were in the second corner,
Davis's left front wheel collided with the rear of Buffalino's ride. The
incident allowed Oliver to regain second with John McClelland, Billy Pauch,
Jr. and Danny Bouc racing past Davis as well. Once on top, Buffalino began
to pull away from the field. With ten laps to go, Buffalino had a
comfortable advantage and was catching the rear of the field with Oliver
still in second and McClelland holding off Pauch, Jr. in a tight race for
third. By lap twenty-five, Buffalino had passed several slower competitors
and his lead was continuing to grow. After encountering another batch of lap
traffic in the final two laps, Buffalino crossed the finish line with a
notable edge to gain his second consecutive win. Oliver's strong run netted
him second place. With McClelland finishing in third, Pauch, Jr. came home
in fourth and Bouc was fifth. The winners in the Modified heats were Ryan
Godown, Ryan Krachun and Billy Pauch, Jr.
Bob Lineman, Jr. fended off Cale Ross in the closing moments to win his
first 20-lap Hammer Sportsman feature of the year. Jimmy Amato set the pace
for the first four circuits before the tenth place starting Lineman, Jr.
seized the lead. In the final four tours, Ross closed in and began to
pressure Lineman, Jr. for the top running spot. At the end, Lineman, Jr.
edged Ross by less than a car length for his seventeenth career victory.
Third place was taken by Billy Osmun. Art Liedl was fourth and Will Dupree
finished in fifth. Billy Osmun and Will Dupree were victorious in the Hammer
Sportsman qualifying races.
Jon Meyer held off Bill Liedtka to win the very competitive 15-lap Street
Stock race. Billy Wroble led the opening tour before Liedtka took over.
Meyer became the leader on the eighth circuit after a tough battle with
Liedtka. Two revolutions later, Liedtka returned to the front following a
restart. On the white flag circuit, Meyer stormed past Liedtka and survived
a last lap charge by Liedtka to win his second race of the year. Jim Avery,
Wroble and Jerry Stanzione rounded out the top five.
In the Lyons Construction/Metal Fab Rookie Sportsman division, Ryan Heim
took the checkered flag in both 8-lap features. In the first event, Heim
took the lead from Matt Miller on the fifth circuit and paced the field the
rest of the way. Bobby Holzwarth finished in second. Kevin Borden, Jr.
completed the race in third. Miller was fourth and Paige Brown finished
fifth. In the second feature for the Lyons Construction/Metal Fab Rookie
Sportsman, Heim passed Miller on the third tour and led the remaining
distance for his sixth feature victory of the year. Second place was taken
by Brown. Holzwarth was third, Borden, Jr. finished in fourth and fifth
place was claimed by Miller.
For the third time in four events, Joe Garey, Sr. took top honors in the
15-lap 4-Cylinder feature. Joe Garey, Jr., who exchanged the lead with his
father several times during the contest, came home in second place. Newcomer
Kyle Pagano was third with Jim Backowski finishing fourth.
On Saturday, June 16, Graduation Night takes place at New Egypt Speedway.
The final races in the JTee's Screen Printing May Modified Madness Series
and Lyons Construction/Metal Fab Rookie Sportsman Series highlight the
schedule. The Larry's Hot Rods & Harley's Northeast Wingless Sprint Cars,
Hammer Sportsman, and Crate Modifieds will be on the agenda as well. All
2018 graduates will receive free grandstand admission. The pit gates unlock
at 4:00 p.m. and the spectator ticket windows open at 5:00 p.m. Hot laps
crank up at 6:00 p.m. with racing getting underway at 7:00 p.m. Admission to
the grandstand is $20 for adults, $18 for seniors 65 and older, $10 for
teens 12-15, $10 for military personal and their spouses with ID, and Kids
11 & under are FREE. Pit admission is $30 with a New Egypt Speedway license
and $40 with no license.
New Egypt Speedway is located on Route 539 just minutes from Six Flags Great
Adventure and the New Jersey Turnpike. A racy 7/16-mile D-shaped dirt oval,
New Egypt Speedway serves Garden State race fans with some of the best
competition in the country. New Egypt's state-of-the-art facilities feature
daylight-quality lighting and excellent sightlines from any seat in the
house. The grandstands are fully wheelchair accessible with wide, clear,
and well-groomed walkways. Concession facilities serve up everything from
Jersey Burgers to ice cream treats at family-friendly prices.
For more information, visit online: www.newegyptspeedway.net, "Like" us on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/newegyptspeedwayofficial, or follow us on
Twitter @nesspeedway.
NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY RESULTS - SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2018
Modifieds
Heat 1 - 1. Ryan Godown 2. David VanHorn 3. Brandon Grosso 4. PJ Oliver 5.
Steve Davis 6. JR Fulper
Heat 2 - 1. Ryan Krachun 2. Danny Bouc 3. John McClelland 4. Bryan Kuhl 5.
Davey Sammons 6. Rich Rutski
Heat 3 - 1. Billy Pauch, Jr. 2. Dominick Buffalino 3. Chad Barney 4. Matt
Stangle 5. John Pakenham 6. TJ Lilly
MODIFIEDS - 30 LAPS FEATURE
1. DOMINICK BUFFALINO 2. PJ Oliver 3. John McClelland 4. Billy Pauch, Jr. 5.
Danny Bouc 6. Brandon Grosso 7. Ryan Krachun 8. Rich Rutski 9. Chad Barney
10. JR Fulper 11. Ryan Godown 12. David VanHorn 13. Davey Sammons 14. Kevin
Vaclavicek 15. Bryan Kuhl 16. Dakota Kessler 17. Jim Bobbitt 18. Tim Apgar
19. Blaine Bracelin 20. Steve Davis 21. Derek Krum 22. Matt Stangle 23. John
Pakenham
DNS- TJ Lilly
Hammer Sportsman
Heat 1 - 1. Billy Osmun 2. Cale Ross 3. Shaun Ratchford 4. Art Liedl 5.
Jimmy Amato 6. Marty Resnick
Heat 2 - 1. Will Dupree 2. Joseph Brown 3. David Burns 4. Bill Liedtka 5.
Bob Lineman, Jr. 6. Pat Wall
HAMMER SPORTSMAN - 20 LAPS FEATURE
1. BOB LINEMAN, JR. 2. Cale Ross 3. Billy Osmun 4. Art Liedl 5. Will Dupree
6. Bill Liedtka 7. David Burns 8. Pat Wall 9. Shaun Ratchford 10. Ryan
Simmons 11. Ryan Heim 12. Jimmy Amato 13. Marty Resnick 14. Joe Nappi 15.
Bob Rambone 16. Joseph Brown 17. Jason Kosch 18. Erich Conk 19. Jim Hawkes
20. Kevin Borden, Jr. 21. Bobby Holzwarth 22. Paige Brown
DNS: Matt Miller
STREET STOCKS - 15 LAPS FEATURE
1. JON MEYER 2. Bill Liedtka 3. Jim Avery 4. Billy Wroble 5. Jerry Stanzione
6. Marty Derr 7. Ryan Freshneck 8. Spider Ensinger, Sr.
LYONS CONSTRUCTION/METAL FAB ROOKIE SPORTSMAN - 8 LAPS - FEATURE #1
1. RYAN HEIM 2. Bobby Holzwarth 3. Kevin Borden, Jr. 4. Matt Miller 5. Paige
Brown 6. Erich Conk
LYONS CONSTRUCTION/METAL FAB ROOKIE SPORTSMAN - 8 LAPS - FEATURE #2
1. RYAN HEIM 2. Paige Brown 3. Bobby Holzwarth 4. Kevin Borden, Jr. 5. Matt
Miller 6. Erich Conk
4-CYLINDERS - 15 LAPS FEATURE
1. JOE GAREY, SR. 2. Joe Garey, Jr. 3. Kyle Pagano 4. Jim Backowski
Podium Finish At Bridgeport
Posted by: | CommentsDonny Schatz Pockets $40,000 with AGCO Jackson Nationals Win
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World of Outlaws
Contact: Anthony Corini
World of Outlaws PR
408-825-3360 | acorini@dirtcar.com
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Donny Schatz Pockets $40,000 with AGCO Jackson Nationals Win
JACKSON, MN – June 9, 2018 – When big money is on the line, Donny Schatz and the Tony Stewart Racing No.15 team find an extra gear and that was the case on the final night of the AGCO Jackson Nationals at Jackson Motorplex. Schatz came from seventh and prevented a Jason Johnson sweep of the weekend, overtaking the Eunice, LA native on Lap 18 to capture the $40,000 prize. Johnson was resilient but settled for second with Brian Brown completing the podium.
After winning the first two nights of the AGCO Jackson Nationals, Jason Johnson won the Sears Craftsman Dash, earning the pole for the 40-lap Feature.
The Feature got off to a bumpy start with Ian Madsen bicycling in turn one and coming to a stop with rear end damage. Jason Johnson got the jump on the start and led the opening two laps before the lone Red Flag on the evening flew after Daryn Pittman received contact while running in the top five and slowed significantly into turn one leaving Cory Eliason nowhere to go, ending both of their evenings.
On the ensuing restart, Donny Schatz charged up to second only to be negated by a caution for Brad Sweet, who came to a stop backwards in turn two while running third. Sweet was able to make repairs and return to the rear of the field.
When action resumed, Johnson continued to lead as Schatz disposed of Brian Brown for second and set his eyes on Johnson.
Johnson continued to set a torrid pace on the cushion and reached lapped traffic by Lap 8. The majority of the slower cars were on the cushion, slowing Johnson’s pace and allowing the Nine-Time Series Champion to close in. Schatz began reeling in Johnson and made his move underneath for the lead on Lap 18. Once he took command, it was clear Schatz was the class of the field.
The final caution of the night flew on Lap 24, bunching the field together, putting Johnson on Schatz bumper. Schatz motored away on the restart and was proficient in traffic.
Johnson stayed with Schatz as the duo navigated traffic as rubber became more prominent on the racing surface. Johnson took a brief look underneath Schatz entering turn one with less than 5 laps to go and continued to close back in, crossing the line .637 seconds behind the Fargo, ND driver.
Schatz, who described himself as non-existent during the first two nights, came into the evening 11th in Jackson Nationals points and started the Feature from 7th.
“This race team is what the difference is,” Schatz said in Victory Lane when prompted about the improvement throughout the weekend. “We changed up a lot of little things and I felt as good as I have all weekend during Hot Laps tonight and it showed then and now,” Schatz added.
“This is awesome. The improvements here to the facility, grandstands and racing surface are amazing,” Schatz said after the race.
Jason Johnson finished second in the big one but established a new level of speed for his team during the AGCO Jackson Nationals. “When it comes to big races, Donny isn’t going to make any mistakes. Hats off to the track crew all weekend dealing with all the rain and thanks to everyone in the stands for sticking it out,” Johnson said.
Brian Brown completed the podium and echoed both Schatz and Johnson’s statements about the job Jackson Motorplex did this weekend. “This is an awesome event, they gave us a great track all weekend. We were pretty good,” Brown said before thanking the large Jackson crowd.
David Gravel finished fourth with Logan Schuchart completing the top five. Dominic Scelzi scored KSE Hard Charger honors coming from the Last Chance Showdown to finish 14th, although it was Brad Sweet putting on the passing clinic, charging back to seventh after going to the rear on Lap 2.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series continues its 40th Anniversary Season with a doubleheader in North Dakota starting Friday at River Cities Speedway and concluding Sunday at Nodak Speedway in Minot, ND. If you can’t make it to the track, be sure to watch every lap LIVE on DIRTVision.com!
Qualifying: 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 697; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 678; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman, 677; 4. 21-Brian Brown, 633; 5. 3-Tim Kaeding, 624; 6. 5-David Gravel, 620; 7. 12-Lynton Jeffrey, 616; 8. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 612; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 605; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen, 605; 11. 15-Donny Schatz, 603; 12. 7S-Jason Sides, 595; 13. 2-Shane Stewart, 584; 14. 18-Ian Madsen, 580; 15. 83-Cory Eliason, 578; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 562; 17. 83H-Justin Henderson, 556; 18. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 538; 19. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 529; 20. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg, 528; 21. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier, 525; 22. 2KS-Austin McCarl, 524; 23. 24-Terry McCarl, 521; 24. 19-Brent Marks, 499; 25. O9-Matt Juhl, 490; 26. 64-Scotty Thiel, 461; 27. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 433; 28. W20-Greg Wilson, 426; 29. 7-Carson McCarl, 420; 30. 16-Travis Whitney, 420; 31. 7W-Tasker Phillips, 414; 32. 13-Clyde Knipp, 406; 33. 17B-Bill Balog, 394; 34. 14-Jody Rosenboom, 367; 35. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 342; 36. 20-Brant O'Banion, 340; 37. 4X-Eric Schulz, 326; 38. O5-Colin Smith, 317; 39. 14K-Tori Knutson, 311; 40. 23W-Scott Winters, 222; 41. 19L-R.J. Johnson, 201; 42. 19P-Paige Polyak, 190
Heat #1 (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer: 1. 3-Tim Kaeding [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 4. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [5]; 5. 83H-Justin Henderson [4]; 6. O9-Matt Juhl [6]; 7. 7-Carson McCarl [7]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog [8]; 9. 4X-Eric Schulz [9]
Heat #2 (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer: 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [4]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 5. 2KS-Austin McCarl [5]; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel [6]; 7. 16-Travis Whitney [7]; 8. 14-Jody Rosenboom [8]; 9. O5-Colin Smith [9]
Heat #3 (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer: 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [1]; 3. 55-Brooke Tatnell [6]; 4. 83-Cory Eliason [3]; 5. 24-Terry McCarl [5]; 6. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [4]; 7. 7W-Tasker Phillips [7]; 8. 14K-Tori Knutson [9]
Heat #4 (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer: 1. 7S-Jason Sides [2]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 3. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [4]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3]; 5. 19-Brent Marks [5]; 6. 20-Brant O'Banion [8]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [7]
Sears Craftsman Dash (6 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 4. 5-David Gravel [6]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 6. 3-Tim Kaeding [5]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz [7]; 8. 7S-Jason Sides [8]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer: 1. 83H-Justin Henderson [1][-]; 2. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [2][-]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [5][-]; 4. 2KS-Austin McCarl [3][-]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog [13][$2,900]; 6. 24-Terry McCarl [4][$2,200]; 7. O9-Matt Juhl [6][$1,850]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [8][$1,800]; 9. 16-Travis Whitney [10][$1,750]; 10. 13-Clyde Knipp [12][$1,700]; 11. 7W-Tasker Phillips [11][$1,650]; 12. 7-Carson McCarl [9][$1,600]; 13. 20-Brant O'Banion [15][$1,550]; 14. 14-Jody Rosenboom [14][$1,500]; 15. O5-Colin Smith [17][$1,450]; 16. 4X-Eric Schulz [16][$1,400]; 17. 14K-Tori Knutson [18][$1,350]; 18. 64-Scotty Thiel [7][$1,300]; 19. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [19][$1,250]
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz [7][$40,000]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson [1][$20,000]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [2][$12,000]; 4. 5-David Gravel [4][$9,000]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [9][$8,000]; 6. 3-Tim Kaeding [6][$7,000]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet [3][$6,500]; 8. 2-Shane Stewart [13][$6,000]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [8][$5,500]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [10][$5,000]; 11. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [11][$4,000]; 12. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [17][$3,700]; 13. 11K-Kraig Kinser [20][$3,600]; 14. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [22][$3,500]; 15. 19-Brent Marks [23][$3,400]; 16. 2M-Kerry Madsen [12][$3,300]; 17. 55-Brooke Tatnell [15][$3,200]; 18. 83H-Justin Henderson [21][$3,100]; 19. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [16][$3,000]; 20. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [14][$3,000]; 21. 2KS-Austin McCarl [24][$3,000]; 22. 9-Daryn Pittman [5][$3,000]; 23. 83-Cory Eliason [19][$3,000]; 24. 18-Ian Madsen [18][$3,000];
Lap Leaders: Jason Johnson 1-17, Donny Schatz 18-40;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 41S-Dominic Scelzi[+8]
HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS
Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, PA - Damon Paul Captures Hamlin Speedway 600's; Eight Feature Race
Card Showcases The Action
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
The successful Hamlin Speedway promotional team of Randy and Denise Smith
presented their fifth event of the 2018 season on Saturday evening and another spectacular racing card entertained the loyal fans with seven divisions of racing talent that filled the Hamlin Speedway speed arena last evening. The exciting racing action produced a great crowd and eight features later some traditional winners and some new faces came away with victories and a chance to shine in the RLE Towing and Recovery winners circle.
The eight feature event card found the second special event of the season as the Chad Wheeler Excavating Wingless 600 Sprint division 30-lap feature attraction found "The Ginger Bread Man" Damon Paul cooking up a strom and walking away with his first win of the season. Rookie All Star Slingshot star Tyler Banks earned his first ever win in his new division with a resounding run for the roses. Circleville, New York's Kasey Hufcut earned his fourth consecutive win at Hamlin in the Junior Slingshot final. "The Ambassador" Wes Hearn put on a whale of a show in the Super Slingers feature capturing his third win of the season. "Deuce" Glenn Macomber became the first dual event winner in the Winged 270 Sprint feature as he wired the field for his second win of the season. Adam Buchel has been knocking on the door to get a win and finally broke through all obstacles as he raced to his first ever in the Hampton RV and Trailer Stage One Modified finale. Two features were run for the JPA Masonry sponsored Rookie 600 Sprints and Noah Zielinski continued his winning ways with his second straight win and Brian Zyck, making his second start came away with his first feature event win at Hamlin.
The Junior Slingshots toured the Hamlin oval quickly in their 20-lap feature excursion. Kasey Hufcut was quick at the start and took control of the lead at the drop of the green and immediately opened a huge advantage on the field. JJ Rice, who dropped back on the initial start, quickly pedaled his way back and moved into second by the halfway point. By that time Hufcut had checked out on the field and he led all laps on his way to his fourth win of the season. Rice was second with steady James Benz third. Shelby McLaughlin raced hard from tenth starting position to finish fourth and Brian Smith completed the top five. Aidan Donaldson drove to a sixth place finish with James Hendricks seventh, Austin Homan eighth, Charlene Benz ninth and Joey Kalafut completing the top ten.
Wes Hearn took command of the Super Slinger feature at the drop of the
green flag and led all of the way despite the persistence of Dale Kober who
dogged him all of the way through the twenty lap event. The returning Paul Ennes was third with Roger Collins returning to action for fourth and Mark Exeter completing the top five.
The Chad Wheeler Excavating Wingless 600 Sprint feature was the remedy for extremity
from the word go. Joseph Smith enjoyed a pole start and made the most of it as he would lead the first two laps but a skirmish in turn two found Smith involved and he would go to the back of the bus for the restart. Damon Paul found the speedway's sweet spot and bolted out front . Numerous restarts were needed during the event but in
the green flag conditions Butler, Damon Paul, Kyle Lick, Paul Richards,
Joseph Smith and Chad Sandt kept knocking on the "butler's door." The
attrition was high but the racing was my oh my as the leaders matched moves
like Jagger. Some top challengers began to fall with Alex Bright out early,
followed by Joseph and Joel Smith and Richards.
Reigning track champion Mick D'Agostino became a player and a late
challenge came from Jacob Balliet. With 23-laps in the books, Butler began
having problems with his racer. He gave way to Kyle Lick who would go on to
capture the win in a great return to the speedway. "The Gingerbread Man"
Damon Paul gave it all he had with a gutsy, hard fought runner-up finish.
Colin White finished third with D'Agostino coming in fourth and Jacob
Balliet completing the top five. Chad Sandt headed up the next five with
the disappointed Butler, Tyler Lindsay, Mack Brink and Zack Bealer rounding
out the top ten.
Joe Nemeth had the hot hand and a very fast racer as he grabbed the lead
at the start of the JPA Masonry sponsored Rookie 600 Sprint main and
though he withstood a few restarts he dominated the event to capture his
first win of the season at Hamlin. Nemeth turned some of the fastest times
of the night as he consistently ran 12.2 second laps. Noah Zielinski raced
hard to finish and during the event did turn a 12.161 second lap for the
fastest time of the evening. Ryan Lacoe was steady with a third place run
while Zack Weisenfluh and Earl Rice completed the top five.
John Comandini was a firecracker at the start of the Hampton RV and
Trailer sponsored Stage One Modified finale as he took control of the lead
from his front row start and quickly ran to daylight. By the midway point,
all eyes were on Joel Smith as he began to get faster with each passing
lap. Lap-14 proved to be the Achilles Heel for Comandini as Smith got
around him and assumed control of the event. Smith would drive on for his
second straight win in 2018 with Comandini finishing in the runner-up role.
was third in the Motto Motorsports rental car. Amanda Buchel
raced hard to nail down fourth place and Joel Price completed the top five.
Tanner VanDoren headed up the second five with Jeff Hineline, Evan Civick,
and John Bachetti Jr and Sr completing the top ten.
Jared Silfee took the lead at the start of the headliner for the All Star
Slingshot race cars and maintained a small advantage early on despite
constant pressure from Troy Langendoerfer, Austin Silfee and Tyler Banks. A
seventh lap restart allowed Langendoerfer to restart alongside of Jared
Silfee and when the green flag dropped it would be Langendoerfer winning
the drag race on the front stretch to claim the lead. School was out at
that point for the rest of the field as Langendoerfer put on a clinic
running consistent 13.5's and 13.6's for the remainder of the laps to claim
the win. Jared Silfee, Austin Silfee, Dale Kober and Wes Hearn would
complete the top five. Scott Neary headed up the second five with Ashley
Kober, Tanner VanDoren, John Kendall and Mike Fogler closing out the top
ten.
Kyle Ferrucci jumped into the lead at the start of the headliner for the
Winged 270 Sprints and quickly distanced himself from the rest of the field
as he led all twenty laps to lay claim to his first win of the season.
Reigning track champion Glenn Macomber would finish second after battling
with Don Schmidt for most the event. Schmidt finished third with JJ Uliana
and Anthony Chrobak nailing down top five finishes.
Pearl Jams:
Once again Promoter Randy Smith and crew had the speedplant in top form
and the racers responded well as they tried out the multi-channeled
speedway throughout the night's events. The effort produced some
excellent side by side and more wide racing action.
Heat races were claimed by Aiden Donaldson and Shelby McLaughlin in the
Junior Slingshots. Kyle Ferrucci captured the 270 Sprint heat. Stage One
Modified heats were won by Joel Smith and Jeff Hineline. Rookie 600 Heats
were claimed by Ryan Lacoe, Jack Hanna and Dennis Stawinsky. The two All
Star Slingshot heats went to Mike Fogler and Troy Langendoerfer.
Top timers for the evening were Dale Kober in the Super Slingers with a
14.331 as opposed to Wes Hearn's time at 14.366. Damon Paul was fast timer
in the 600 Sprints with a 12.234 second time over Joseph Smith's 12.374 and
Butler with a 12.377.
RESULTS:
All Star Slingshots: Tyler Banks, Scott Neary, Jasper Ziegafuse, Dale Kober, Tanner VanDoren, Wes Hearn, Austin Silfee, Nick Vinciguerra, Ashley Kober, Jared Silfee, Adam Buchel, Paul Ennes, John Kendall, Tanner Jones, Mike Fogler, CJ Fritz, Rachel Dickinson
Winged 270cc Sprints: Glenn Macomber, Kyle Ferrucci, Robbie Watson, Anthony Chrobak, Don Schmidt, Alex Reinsmith, Zack Bealer
Chad Wheeler Excavating Wingless 600cc Sprints: (30-Laps) Damon Paul, Colin White, Mike Butler, Mick D'Agostino, JoelSmith, Duane White, Chad Sandt, Geordan Marrero, Joey Amantea, Joseph Smith, Jacob Balliet, Joseph Smith, Bobby Butler, Macy Litchauer, Jason Rochelle, Joe Nemeth, Cody Smith
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Adam Buchel, Anthony Recchio, Joel Smith, Tanner VanDoren, Amanda Buchel, Jeff Hineline, Cody Motto, Michael Samony, Mike Jablonka, John Bachetti Jr, Joel Price
Junior Slingshots: Kasey Hufcut, JJ Rice, James Benz, Shelby McLaughlin, Brian Smith, Aidan Donaldson, James Hendricks, Austin Homan, Charlene Benz, Joey Kalafut, Mikey Johannes, Matthew Backus
Super Slingshots: Wes Hearn, Dale Kober, Paul Ennes, Roger Collins, Mark Exeter,
JPA Masonry Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: (1) Brian Zyck, Aidan Borden, Zack Weisenfluh, Dennis Chamberlain, Earl Rice, Rich Maguire Richie Maguire, Macy Litchauer, Ryan Stangle, Zach Farleigh
JPA Masonry Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: (2) Noah Zielinski, Ryan Lacoe, Dennis Stawinsky, Brandon Nicholas, Tony Parlanti, Carmen Leggio Sr, Jack Hanna, Cody Powell, DJ Shuman, Annie Rudy
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. The next event on the Hamlin Speedway schedule is set for June 16th when all Divisions will be in action on the 1/5th mile clay cushioned oval and the speedway will host the annual "Spring Into Summer Sizzler."
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SUNSHINE SWEEPS HIS WAY TO KNOXVILLE REDEMPTION
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Tyler Courtney is ecstatic following his victory in Saturday's USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature at Iowa's Knoxville Raceway. (Rich Forman Photo)
SUNSHINE SWEEPS HIS WAY TO KNOXVILLE REDEMPTION
By: Richie Murray - USAC Media
Knoxville, Iowa.....June 9, 2018 - One year ago, Tyler Courtney rode out one of the wildest flips of the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car season when the series visited Knoxville Raceway.
Three-hundred-seventy-one days later, the next chapter of Courtney's Knoxville story played out like a fairy-tale as he swept each and every challenge he confronted: fast qualifying time. Check. Heat race win. Check. Winning the 30-lap main event. Check. Victory lane. Another check, but one he was able to hoist high over his head after collecting his series-leading fourth feature win of the year Saturday night on the famed half-mile.
However, Courtney acknowledges that what happened last year actually did weigh on his mind, but it became a factor he was able to turn into a motivator rather than an obstacle to overcome.
"Obviously, it's in the back of your mind every time you get up close to that cushion," Courtney admitted. "When it gets a little tight, you have flashbacks to last year, but you can't let it affect you too much. You've got a job to do and we did that tonight. I was able to redeem myself because I didn't put myself in as bad of a position as last year and it worked out. I think we definitely had a winning car last year, but I know we had a winning car tonight. I wanted to make sure it happened, and I did everything in my power to keep all four wheels on the ground."
Starting sixth in a stacked lineup, though, made things challenging for the Indianapolis, Indiana native as 2011 Knoxville USAC Sprint Car winner Brady Bacon checked out on the 24-car field from his pole starting position, quickly constructing a half-straightaway lead in the opening laps.
Meanwhile, Courtney was slicing through the field with the precision of a Ron Popeil Ginsu knife, splitting between Chase Stockon and Chad Boespflug in one swing entering the third turn on lap four to move from fifth to third.
Already meeting up with heavy lapped traffic in the first third of the race, the top-three ripped the top in synch as they separated themselves from the competition. Courtney attempted a big slider on Leary between turns one and two that didn't quite have enough mustard to achieve, sending Courtney a tad over the cushion, costing him ground as he wiped his brow and regathered himself and his Clauson Marshall Newman Racing/Priority Aviation - Competition Suspension, Inc./Spike/Rider Chevy.
'I've gotten to win at Terre Haute and Knoxville this year, which is something I thought I'd probably never do. Winning at Knoxville is not easy to do. To get to do this with the team I'm with, this family and this crew and to get to do the things were doing this year, it's pretty special. To do this in front of a big crowd like we had tonight is even cooler. This one goes up there with the 'Hulman' and the 'Smackdown.'' - Tyler Courtney
On the 18th lap, Courtney reloaded and tried the same maneuver again in turn one to no avail. Mired in traffic heading into turn three, Leary got stuck in the meat grinder of gridlock briefly, then pointed his ride to the bottom at the exit of four as he fought to hold off the hard-charging Courtney. Courtney then aimed for the bottom of turn one and slid up to the berm in front of Leary to snag the second position.
A lap later, Courtney hunted down Bacon, squared him up in turn one and slid by to take the lead, said 'sayonara' and immediately pulled away down the stretch for a 2.5-plus second victory over Leary, Bacon, Justin Grant and Brody Roa.
"I got myself in trouble last year by being impatient," Courtney recalled. "I knew this year that it's a longer race than you anticipate. I just rode, rode, rode a little bit behind those guys, got to lapped traffic and I knew I was going to have to do something drastically different than what they were doing because of how hard it was to pass. I was able to stick the bottom there in one and two and get by C.J., then slid up in front of Brady in one and two."
Courtney became the tenth different driver to win in ten appearances by the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars since the series' debut in 1968. It's an honor he doesn't take lightly and considers it one of the highlights of his burgeoning career resume.
"This is one of most historical tracks we go to," Courtney said. "I've gotten to win at Terre Haute and Knoxville this year, which is something I thought I'd probably never do. Winning at Knoxville is not easy to do. To get to do this with the team I'm with, this family and this crew and to get to do the things were doing this year, it's pretty special. To do this in front of a big crowd like we had tonight is even cooler. This one goes up there with the 'Hulman' and the 'Smackdown.'"
In the process, Courtney surpassed what had seemed like an untouchable record of sorts over the past five decades: Gary Bettenhausen's 30-lap USAC Sprint Car track record at Knoxville, which Courtney defeated in 10 minutes and 45 seconds, nearly 19 seconds faster than the mark set by the 1969 and 1971 series champ.
"That's pretty cool stat right there," Courtney exclaimed. "Gary was one of the greatest to ever do this. To be able to break that is pretty dang special. That might be as cool as winning the feature!"
Contingency award winners Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway included Tyler Courtney (Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner & Saldana Racing Products Clean Sweep), Justin Grant (Competition Suspension, Inc. Second Heat Winner), Chris Windom (Chalk Stix/Indy Race Parts Third Heat Winner), Dave Darland (KSE Racing Products Hard Charger), Josh Hodges (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Finisher), Dave Darland (Roger & Barb Tapy 13th Fastest Qualifier).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 9, 2018 - Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, Iowa - "Hy-Vee Night"
QUALIFYING: 1. Tyler Courtney, 7BC, Clauson/Marshall/Newman-18.948; 2. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-18.961; 3. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-18.976; 4. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-19.028; 5. Chad Boespflug, 98, NineEight-19.098; 6. Brady Bacon, 99, Bacon-19.100; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 69, Dynamics-19.129; 8. Nick Bilbee, 17, Bilbee-19.226; 9. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-19.280; 10. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-19.381; 11. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-19.384; 12. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-19.437; 13. Dave Darland, 36D, Goodnight/Curb-Agajanian-19.487; 14. Brandon Stevenson, 0x, Stevenson-19.641; 15. Tom Harris, 5E, Harris-19.697; 16. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-19.719; 17. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR/Chapple-19.805; 18. Katlynn Leer, 77K, Leer-19.881; 19. Rob Caho, Jr., 78, Caho-19.908; 20. Wyatt Burks, 11w, Rumsey-20.080; 21. Glen Saville, 75, Saville-20.091; 22. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-20.943; 23. Frank Rodgers, 11, Rodgers-21.196; 24. Kelly Graham, 12G, Graham-21.572.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer) 1. Courtney, 2. Leary, 3. Thomas, 4. Hodges, 5. Ballou, 6. Caho, 7. Bell, 8. Darland. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer) 1. Grant, 2. Bilbee, 3. Chapple, 4. Boespflug, 5. Andretti, 6. Burks, 7. Stevenson, 8. Rodgers. 2:45.80
CHALK STIX/INDY RACE PARTS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer) 1. Windom, 2. Bacon, 3. Stockon, 4. Roa, 5. Harris, 6. Saville, 7. Leer, 8. Graham. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps - starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tyler Courtney (6), 2. C.J. Leary (3), 3. Brady Bacon (1), 4. Justin Grant (5), 5. Brody Roa (9), 6. Chase Stockon (4), 7. Robert Ballou (10), 8. Dave Darland (17), 9. Chris Windom (12), 10. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (7), 11. Jarett Andretti (11), 12. Chad Boespflug (2), 13. Josh Hodges (15), 14. Tom Harris (14), 15. Nick Bilbee (8), 16. Glen Saville (21), 17. Wyatt Burks (20), 18. Brandon Stevenson (13), 19. Robert Bell (22), 20. Rob Caho, Jr. (19), 21. Frank Rodgers (23), 22. Kelly Graham (24), 23. Isaac Chapple (16), 24. Katlynn Leer (18). 10:45.63 (New Track Record)
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Bacon, Laps 20-30 Courtney.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Dave Darland (17th to 8th)
WILWOOD BRAKES 13TH PLACE FINISHER: Josh Hodges
ROGER & BARB TAPY 13TH FASTEST QUALIFIER: Dave Darland
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS CLEAN SWEEP: Tyler Courtney
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Thomas-784, 2-Courtney-760, 3-Windom-727, 4-Stockon-688, 5-Leary-678, 6-Ballou-653, 7-Bacon-648, 8-Darland-628, 9-Grant-616, 10-Boespflug-535.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 14 - Grandview Speedway - Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania - "Eastern Storm"
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NEWS FROM THE ROGERS FAMILY OPERATED GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY, BECHTELSVILLE, PA
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Race results story created by Vicki Gehris
STRUNK, SCHUTZ AND HIRTHLER COP FIRST NASCAR FEATURE WINS OF THE SEASON AT GRANDVIEW ON K&N FILTERS NIGHT
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. JUNE 10, 2018. . . Jeff Strunk, ten-time NASCAR T.P. Trailers Modified point champion, defending NASCAR Late Model point champion Chuck Schutz and NASCAR Sportsman defending champion Brian Hirthler were in victory lane for the first time this season on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway when they each won their respective feature. The activities were sponsored by K&N Filters and broadcast by RCN-TV, Allentown.
Strunk, the fourth different Modified winner of the season, held off the late stage challenges of Mike Gular, currently second in the point standings, for his 68th career win in the 30-lap event. Strunk dedicated the win to former promoter Bruce Rogers, who passed away last year, and to Ben Moyer, a longtime supporter of racing that recently lost his battle to cancer plus Strunk also thanked all the supportive fans.
Schutz got by leader Kyle Merkel for the lead with five laps to go in the 25-lap Late Model feature to become the fourth different winner thus far.
Brian Hirthler became the season’s fifth different NASCAR Sportsman 25-lap feature winner by holding off the challenges of runner-up Ryan Beltz.
Providing all winners met the necessary requirements, they received monetary awards from T.P. Trailers, products from VP Gas. Strunk, Kyle Merkel and Hirthler were the recipients of the Dan’s Deli ½-way hoagie award.
The onset of the Modified feature saw Jared Umbenhauer outgun pole sitter Chris Esposito to take the early lead and immediately outdistanced himself from the remaining 27-car starting grid.
Steve Swinehart’s seventh lap spin between the third and fourth turn regrouped the pack, but that didn’t hamper Umbenhauer leaving Eric Biehn, Esposito, Justin Grim and Strunk, who started third, first, seventh and 13th in pursuit.
Strunk advanced to second on the 10th lap restart caused when Mike Kellner and Kevin Hirthler tangled along the backstretch.
On the 14th lap yellow brought out when Chris Gambler spun in the fourth turn, Strunk got the edge on Umbenhauer to become the new leader.
Within no time Strunk opened daylight leaving Umbenhauer, Gular, Biehn and Duane Howard to give chase.
The red had to be thrown on the 24th lap for a fiery crash that involved Umbenhauer. Strunk had just squeezed by the spinning cars of Bobby Trapper Jr. and Ron Kline in the third turn. Umbenhauer wasn’t as fortunate as he hit the two. Flipped and the car erupted into a huge fireball. He quickly exited the inferno in which firefighters had a tough time extinguishing, but they finally got it under control. Umbenhauer was uninjured, but the car was heavily damaged. On the restart Strunk chose the inside lane leaving Gular to take the outside path to challenge. Strunk wasted no time keeping the Glenn and Bonita Hyneman-owned No. 126 at the head of the others. Behind the pair Howard, current point leader Brett Kressley and Biehn jockeyed for the remaining top five positions.
Strunk never surrendered the lead and went on to return to the winner’s circle – a place he was shut out of since September 2017 when he won the Freedom 76. Finishing second for the second race in a row was Gular followed by Kressley, Howard and defending point champion Craig Von Dohren.
Umbenhauer, Kevin Hirthler, Kyle Weiss and Strunk won the heats. The consolations went to Brett Gilmore and Dan Waisempacher.
After several incidents to get the first lap of the Late Model feature in the books, pole sitter Drew Weisser set the early pace for five laps before he spun in the fourth turn relinquishing first to Kyle Merkel. The battle behind Merkel on the restart for second through fifth was comprised of Chuck Schutz, Brian Shuey, Lou Egrie and brother Sean Merkel.
K. Merkel and Schutz put on a fierce side-by-side dual for the lead as the race progressed. With Merkel sticking to the high side and Schutz down low.
Lap cars came in to play in the closing stages and with five laps to go Schutz used them to his advantage and took the lead from Merkel.
Shut out of the winner’s circle since August 5, 2017, Schutz kept this fellow competitors behind him as he went on to claim his 49th career win. Following him across the line were K. Merkel, Shuey, S. Merkel and Egrie.
Andrew Kreis and K. Hirthler diced for the lead for three laps before Hirthler took to the high side and proceeded to take control of the Sportsman feature.
While Hirthler showed the way, the action behind him was hot and heavy between Kreis, Beltz, Louden Reimert and Dylan Swinehart with Brad Arnold trying to get into the thick of the mix.
Beltz took over the second spot on the 14th lap and set sail after Hirthler, who had a sizeable lead built up.
A one-lap shoot-out was set up when B.J. Joly spun into the homestretch infield and was at a very dangerous spot. This regrouped the field.
Hirthler, absent from the winner’s circle since April 8, 2017 kept everyone behind and went on to capture his second career triumph. Chasing him across the line were Beltz, Reimert, Kreis and Arnold.
Heats were won by Kreis, Beltz and Hirthler. Kyle Lilick won the consolation race.
On Thursday, June 14th, 7:30 p.m. the traveling United States Auto Club non-wing Sprint cars will be in action in the annual Jesse Hockett Memorial featuring several top name racers from across the nation. In addition the always popular 358 Modifieds will be in action with a number of visiting talents expected to take part. The Modified race will be a NASCAR point race.
Adult admission for the USAC/358 Modified doubleheader is $30 while youngsters 6-11 pay $10. Kids under 6 are admitted free. Pit admission is $35. Spectator gates open at 5 p.m.
Longtime supporter T.P.Trailers and Truck Equipment of Limerick will be sponsoring the Saturday, June 16th tripleheader featuring the NASCAR 358 Modifieds, Late Models and Sportsman stock cars. This would be a great opportunity to take dad out to celebrate Father’s Day and enjoy a great night of action packed stock car racing.
Adult admission is just $15 while youngsters under 12 are admitted free.
RACE RESULTS
K&N Filters Night Modified Feature (30 Laps): 1. Jeff Strunk, 2. Mike Gular, 3. Brett Kressley, 4. Duane Howard, 5. Craig Von Dohren, 6. Eric Biehn, 7. Tim Buckwalter, 8. Kevin Hirthler, 9. Kenny Gilmore, 10. Justin Grim, 11. Ryan Brim, 12. Ryan Lilick, 13. Steve Swinehart, 14. Ron Kline, (provisional), 15. Skylar Sheriff, 16. Kyle Weiss, 17. Chris Esposito, 18. Brett Gilmore, 19. Chris Butler, 20. Chris Gambler, 21. Joe Fanelli, 22. Dan Waisempacher, 23. Jared Umbenhauer, 24. Bobby Trapper Jr., 25. Ron Seltmann Jr., 26. Doug Manmiller, 27. Mike Kellner, 28. John Willman. DNQ: Bobby Gunther, Steve Young, Carroll Hine III, Jordan Henn, Briggs Danner, Bobby Trapper, Mark Kratz and Ron Myers.
K&N Filters Night Late Model Feature (25 Laps): 1. Chuck Schutz, 2. Kyle Merkel, 3. Brian Shuey, 4. Sean Merkel, 5. Lou Egrie, 6. Draw Weisser, 7. Steve Wilson, 8. Steve Todorow, 9. Danny Snyder, 10. Dirk Rimrott, 11. Patrick Robinson, 12. Shawn Horning, 13. Dustin Fitzcharles, 14. Bryon Sipe, 15. Todd Ravel, 16. Dallas Breidenbach.
K&N Filters Night Sportsman Feature (25 Laps): 1. Brian Hirthler, 2. Ryan Beltz, 3. Louden Reimert, 4. Andrew Kreis, 5. Brad Arnold, 6. Dylan Swinehart, 7. Brad Grim, 8. Jack Butler, 9. Mike Lisowski, 10. Brad Brightbill, 11. Kenny Bock, 12. Jesse Landis, 13. Kyle Lilick, 14. Mike Mammana, 15. Derrick Smith, 16. Jim Housworth, 17. Gary Wagner, 18. Andy Clemmer, 19. Josh Adams, 20. B.J. Joly, 21. Craig Whitmoyer, 22. Nico Flammer, 23. Kurt Bettler, 24. Mark Kemmerer (provisional), 25. Nathan Mohr. DNQ: Lex Shive, Mike Koffel, Mike Florito and Ryan Higgs.
COMING EVENTS:
Thursday, June 14: Thunder on the Hill Racing Series 7:30 PM USAC Non-Wing Sprints Jesse Hockett Classic Plus 358 Modifieds (NASCAR points)
Saturday, June 16: TP Trailers & Truck Equipment Night Modifieds, Sportsman, Late Models--7:30 PM
Saturday, June 23: SAFETY NET SANCTUARY RAFFLE FUNDRAISER featuring 40-Lapper for Sportsman plus racing for 358 Modifieds and Late Models –Adult admission is $18 kids under 12 free
Saturday, June 30: Bechtelsville Car Wash Night –Modifieds, Sportsman, Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series and Vintage Racers – no Late Model racing
Tuesday, July 3: 410 Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week Series plus 358 Modifieds (NASCAR points) part of Thunder on the Hill Series – Gates open at 5 p.m. Racing at 7:30 p.m.
Swindell Kicks At Route 66 With The Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series
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Winner Sammy Swindell (Bobby Thomas Photo)
Swindell Kicks At Route 66 With The Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series
Bryan Hulbert - AMARILLO, Texas (June 9, 2018) Fighting through a rain delay that kept track crews busy all night, Route 66 Motor Speedway was lightning fast with Tennessee's Sammy Swindell wrestling the A.G. Rains owned No. 3 to victory with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com in round-two of the ASCS Sizzlin' Summer Speedweek.
"I feel really blessed to be here. There's not too many people my age who get to come out here and do this or be this competitive, so I'm grateful to the Lord for that. Looking forward to a lot more wins and it's great that everyone stayed, they did the best they could with this track and made it pretty fast at the end," stated Swindell who at 62 years old picked up his 16th career win with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com.
Nearly seeing his A-Feature end as it started, the first attempt at green saw Swindell and Colt Treharn make contact going into the first turn; ending the night for Colt with his front axle in two pieces. Able to continue, the contact left Sammy with his hands full the remainder of the 30-lap event as the right rear shock was ripped from the lower arm along with a damaged Jacobs Ladder.
"The incident we had on the start, I didn't know the guy was still there, but we broke the shock and bent the ladder up. The car was good, just a little bit tight, but when I got into traffic it was real tight," commented Swindell. "Even being broke, the car still rolled good."
Keeping any challenge at bay through several restarts, traffic, and dirty air played havoc on Swindell, but it was not enough to allow anyone a chance to advance. Winning by 2.841 seconds, the runner-up position went to Matt Covington who came to the line with Travis Rilat in tow. Rolling from the 12th starting spot, restarts were pivotal for the BDS Motorsports No. 1. Opening his entry into turn one, Rilat would diamond to the bottom and rocket down the backstretch, clearing three and four drivers at a time before finally settling into third, despite several holes in the right sideboard from Colt Treharn's front axle.
Coming from eighth, Blake Hahn crossed fourth with Harli White posting her best finish of the 2018 season in fifth. Ripping through the field from 18th, series point's leader Sam Hafertepe, Jr. was the night's CP-Carrillo Hard Charger with a run to sixth. Tony Bruce, Jr. in seventh was trailed by Scott Bogucki from 14th. Skylar Gee was ninth with Jamie Ball moving up six spots to tenth.
The Lucas Oil ASCS Sizzlin' Summer Speedweek heads for the Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas for action on Tuesday, June 12. Track information, ticket prices, and directions can be found at http://www.devilsbowl.com.
For other news, notes, and information on the American Sprint Car Series, from the National Tour to any of the Regional Tours that make up the over 150 across the ASCS Nation in 2018, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com, follow on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Twitter (@LucasOilASCS).
Race Results:
Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour
Route 66 Motor Speedway - Amarillo, Texas
Speedweek Round 2
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Car Count: 22
BMRS Heat Races (All transfer to the A-Feature. Top 8 Redraw)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Skylar Gee, [2]; 2. 12H-Tony Bruce Jr, [1]; 3. 17W-Harli White, [4]; 4. 1-Travis Rilat, [3]; 5. J2-John Carney II, [5]; 6. 5J-Jamie Ball, [6]; 7. M1-Mark Smith, [7]; 8. 24-Ben Silliker, [8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman, [1]; 2. 3-Sammy Swindell, [3]; 3. 95-Matt Covington, [4]; 4. 45X-Johnny Herrera, [5]; 5. 44-Chris Martin, [7]; 6. 6-Kaden Taylor, [6]; 7. (DNF) 2C-Wayne Johnson, [2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn, [2]; 2. 7X-Colt Treharn, [1]; 3. 74B-Jake Bubak, [4]; 4. 11-Roger Crockett, [3]; 5. 28-Scott Bogucki, [6]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [5]; 7. 77X-Alex Hill, [7]
Protect the Harvest A-Feature:
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 3-Sammy Swindell, [1]; 2. 95-Matt Covington, [5]; 3. 1-Travis Rilat, [12]; 4. 52-Blake Hahn, [8]; 5. 17W-Harli White, [7]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [18]; 7. 12H-Tony Bruce Jr, [3]; 8. 28-Scott Bogucki, [14]; 9. 99-Skylar Gee, [6]; 10. 5J-Jamie Ball, [16]; 11. 44-Chris Martin, [11]; 12. 2C-Wayne Johnson, [22]; 13. J2-John Carney II, [15]; 14. 45X-Johnny Herrera, [10]; 15. 77X-Alex Hill, [20]; 16. (DNF) 74B-Jake Bubak, [9]; 17. (DNF) 11-Roger Crockett, [13]; 18. (DNF) 24-Ben Silliker, [21]; 19. (DNF) 6-Kaden Taylor, [17]; 20. (DNF) M1-Mark Smith, [19]; 21. (DNF) 7X-Colt Treharn, [4]; 22. (DNF) 23-Seth Bergman, [2]
Lap Leader(s): Sammy Swindell 1-30
CP-Carrillo Hard Charger: Sam Hafertepe, Jr. +12
FSR High Point Driver: Skylar Gee
Provisional(s): N/A
2018 ASCS National Driver Points (Top 15): 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr, 1,336; 2. Seth Bergman 1,294; 3. Blake Hahn 1,257; 4. Wayne Johnson 1,250; 5. Johnny Herrera 1,247; 6. Matt Covington 1,177; 7. Skylar Gee 1,099; 8. Scott Bogucki 1,096; 9. Roger Crockett 1,047; 10. Jamie Ball 1,047; 11. Harli White 1,034; 12. Chris Martin 960; 13. Alex Hill 899; 14. Robbie Price899; 15. Travis Rilat 848;
2018 ASCS Speedweek Points (Top 15): 1. Sammy Swindell 285; 2. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 272; 3. Matt Covington 252; 4. Scott Bogucki 238; 5. Blake Hahn 238; 6. Harli White 238; 7. John Carney II 234; 8. Seth Bergman 230; 9. Travis Rilat 224; 10. Jake Bubak 223; 11. Johnny Herrera 218; 12. Tony Bruce, Jr. 217; 13. Chris Martin 214; 14. Skylar Gee 213; 15. Mark Smith 209;
2018 ASCS National Tour Wins: Seth Bergman - 2 (4/6 - Texas Motor Speedway; 5/10 - Lakeside Speedway); Sam Hafertepe, Jr. - 2 (5/12 - I-30 Speedway; 6/8 - West Texas Raceway); Roger Crockett - 1 (3/16 - Devil's Bowl Speedway); Brady Bacon - 1 (4/7 - Texas Motor Speedway); Matt Covington - 1 (4/27 - Paducah International Raceway); Greg Hodnett - 1 (5/4 - Williams Grove Speedway) ; Blake Heimbach - 1 (5/5 - Selinsgrove Speedway); Wayne Johnson - 1 (5/9 - Humboldt Speedway); Sammy Swindell - 1 (6/9 - Route 66 Motor Speedway);
ASCS Online:
American Sprint Car Series: http://www.ascsracing.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lucasoilascs
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lucasoilascs (@lucasoilascs)
Instagram: LucasOilASCS
Audio Broadcast: http://www.racinboys.com
Live Scoring (Where Applicable): Race Monitor and MRP Live
ASCS National Tour Drivers Online:
Jamie Ball (Knoxville, IA): http://www.jamieball.com/default.aspx?i=false
Seth Bergman (Snohomish, WA.): http://www.sethbergmanracing.com
Scott Bogucki (McLaren Vale, S. Aust.): https://www.facebook.com/ScottBogucki89
Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK): http://www.mattcovingtonracing.com
Roger Crockett (Medford, OR): http://www.rocketdesignsllc.com
Skylar Gee (Leduc, Alberta, Can.): https://twitter.com/SkylarGee99
Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sunnyvale, TX): http://www.sam15.com
Alex Hill (Six Nations, Ontario, Can.): https://twitter.com/alexhill77x
Blake Hahn (Sapulpa, OK): http://www.blakehahnracing.com
Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, N.M.): http://www.johnnyherreraracing.com
Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK): https://www.facebook.com/WayneJohnsonRacing?fref=ts
Chris Martin (Ankeny, IA): https://twitter.com/cmr_44?lang=en
Robbie Price (Cobble Hill, BC, Can.): http://www.bdsmotorsportsllc.com
Travis Rilat (Forney, TX): http://www.bdsmotorsportsllc.com
Harli White (Lindsay, OK): http://www.harliwhiteracing.net
ASCS Sponsors:
Lucas Oil Products is the title sponsor of the American Sprint Car Series. More information can be found on Lucas Oil Products at www.lucasoil.com. Sawblade.com is the presenting sponsor of the American Sprint Car Series. Log onto http://www.sawblade.com for more information and follow them on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sawblade.com_
Associate sponsors for the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented Sawblade.com include Hoosier Racing Tire, CP-Carrillo Pistons, EMI, and Brodix. All Heat Races are brought to you by ButlerBuilt Professional Seating Systems. All B-Features are presented by BMRS.
Team Lucas Sponsors for the American Sprint Car Series consist of Protect the Harvest, Geico, Sawblade.com, MAVTV Motorsports Network, LucasOilRacing.tv, and General Tire.
Communications for the American Sprint Car Series is provided by Racing Electronics. All events are broadcast online at http://www.racinboys.com.
Product and Contingency Sponsorship provided by K&N Filters, BMRS, SpeedMart, Engler Machine and Tool, FSR Radiator and Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, MyRacePass.com, Weld Wheels, Maxwell Industries, Simpson, Wesmar Racing Engines, Hinchman Indy Racewear, Rod End Supply, Smiley's Racing Products, and Speedway Motors.
