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Lance Dewease earns record fifth Tuscarora 50 win at Port Royal Speedway in dominating fashion
PORT ROYAL, PA. (September 10, 2016) - For an unprecedented fifth time, Lance Dewease is a Tuscarora 50 champion at the Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pennsylvania. The Central Pennsylvania veteran, who now owns 100 career victories at the Port Royal “Speed Palace,” as well as 31 career victories against the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions, earned more than $12,000 for his record setting main event win, crossing under the final checkers nearly eight seconds ahead of Stevie Smith and Dale Blaney. Dewease took command officially on lap 12 and never looked back, utilizing the bottom groove of the Port Royal Speedway half-mile for the majority of his laps led.
“This feels great. It’s an honor to do it for these guys,” Dewease said on the Port Royal Speedway victory lane stage. “I think I may have won this race with five different car owners, too, so that makes it pretty special. I wanted this one so bad all year for these guys. We’ve been really good everywhere we’ve went. We had a really good race car last night, but had some mechanical problems that were nobody’s fault. I’m having a lot of fun driving for this race team. We are all really enjoying this limited schedule. We savor every one of these things.”
With a redraw setting the first five starting rows of the 50-lap, Tuscarora 50 feature finale, it was Greg Hodnett and T.J. Stutts setting the tone on the initial start. Hodnett jumped to the early advantage, leading Dale Blaney, T.J. Stutts, and Sheldon Haudenschild at the completion of lap one. Hodnett quickly opened up at the front of the field, extending his lead to a near-two second advantage by lap 10.
In the meantime, Lance Dewease, pilot of the Don Kreitz-owned/Sharman Builders/No. 69K, started to pick his way through the field. The Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, native drove forward from eighth on the grid, securing the third position by lap 10, second position by lap 11, and the top spot by lap 12, but not without help from Greg Hodnett. Hodnett, who was still controlling the point position during Dewease’s charge, slowed to a stop on lap 12, the result of mechanical woes. Dewease took advantage of Hodnett’s misfortune and quickly extended himself from his fellow front runners, chased to the lap 25 break by Stevie Smith, Dale Blaney, and Sheldon Haudenschild.
“That first 25 laps, I didn’t run that hard,” Dewease explained. “I knew we could go pretty soft on tires because I’m not that hard on tires. We came in during that red and my guys said my tires were still really good. So, I knew I could get going then. I just wanted to get inside the top-four before the break. I just found a line and was able to reel those guys in. You have to be there in the end in this deal. That’s what it’s all about. ”
The second segment of the Tuscarora 50 main event ignited with Lance Dewease returning to his place at the front of the field, followed by Stevie Smith and Dale Blaney. It would not take long for Dewease to once again open up his advantage, stretching to nearly four seconds by lap 30.
While Dewease dominated, a battle for second, third, and fourth would ensue involving Stevie Smith, Dale Blaney, and Cap Henry. Smith soon established himself in the runner-up position, followed by a lap-by-lap battle between Dale Blaney and Cap Henry. Despite all of their attempts to catch the familiar No.69K of Lance Dewease, nothing proved to be beneficial. Dewease ultimately scored the five-digit payday, followed by Stevie Smith and Dale Blaney to complete the podium.
“There are probably only a few of us here that have experience racing on the same set of tires for all 50 laps,” Lance Dewease said. “There is a little bit of a nact to it and a little bit of a patience to it. I’m happy to get it done for these guys.”
The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions will close out the month of September with a visit to the World’s Greatest Dirt Track. The Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, will showcase Arctic Cat All Star competition on Saturday evening, September 24, during night two of the 35th Annual Four Crown Nationals. “America’s Series” will join all three national divisions of the United States Auto Club (USAC), Midget, Sprint, and Champ, during their visit to Eldora Speedway, the first time Eldora Speedway has hosted four divisions during the Saturday night portion of the Four Crown Nationals since 2007.
Those seeking additional information regarding the 35th Annual Four Crown Nationals program at The Big E should visit Eldora Speedway live on the Web at http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/event/35th-annual-four-crown-nationals/
Contingency Awards/Results: Port Royal Speedway - Saturday, September 10, 2016:
Event: 49th Annual Tuscarora 50
EMi Driver’s Meeting: 41 Entries
State Water Heaters Warm-Ups: Lance Dewease - 16.421 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Danny Dietrich - 16.479 seconds
Kistler Racing Products Heat #1: Blane Heimbach
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Dale Blaney
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Sheldon Haudenschild
EMi Heat #4: T.J. Stutts
JE Pistons Dash: N/A
Daido Engine Bearings Main Event Winner: Dale Blaney (3rd)
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Chad Kemenah (+10)
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 5th Place Finisher: Danny Dietrich
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 10th Place Finisher: Chad Kemenah
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 15th Place Finisher: Logan Wagner
(Lincoln Electric, Daido Engine Bearings, MSD Performance, Outback Steakhouse: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
1.48-Danny Dietrich, 16.479; 2.51S-Stevie Smith, 16.522; 3.1Z-Lucas Wolfe, 16.537; 4.21M-Brian Montieth, 16.547; 5.69K-Lance Dewease, 16.563; 6.70-Danny Holtgraver, 16.586; 7.21-Cap Henry, 16.615; 8.57X-Andrew Palker, 16.657; 9.12-Blane Heimbach, 16.666; 10.1-Dale Blaney, 16.690; 11.5-Dylan Cisney, 16.696; 12.27-Greg Hodnett, 16.732; 13.13-Tim Shaffer, 16.772; 14.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 16.788; 15.71m-Dave Blaney, 16.805; 16.55-Mike Wagner, 16.865; 17.81-Lee Jacobs, 16.872; 18.25-Aaron Ott, 16.903; 19.19m-Brent Marks, 16.929; 20.O7-Doug Esh, 16.929; 21.11K-Kraig Kinser, 16.930; 22.25B-Tyler Bear, 16.935; 23.88-TJ Stutts, 17.023; 24.33-Curt Stroup, 17.026; 25.10H-Chad Kemenah, 17.071; 26.94-Ryan Smith, 17.097; 27.49H-Bradley Howard, 17.130; 28.3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 17.134; 29.7W-Logan Wagner, 17.210; 30.29-Jason Shultz, 17.248; 31.8M-TJ Michael, 17.338; 32.19G-Cale Grubb, 17.376; 33.40-Caleb Helms, 17.393; 34.1*-Tim Wagaman, 17.413; 35.75L-Kody Lehman, 17.433; 36.55W-Michael Wagner II, 17.507; 37.44-Joey Hershey, 17.656; 38.60-Kory Crabtree, 17.731; 39.24B-Dustin Baney, 17.918; 40.27D-Vincent Doughtery, 18.019; 41.91-Anthony Fiore, 18.060;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 12-Blane Heimbach[1] ; 2. 21-Cap Henry[2] ; 3. 21M-Brian Montieth[3] ; 4. 51S-Stevie Smith[4] ; 5. 19m-Brent Marks[7] ; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs[6] ; 7. 5-Dylan Cisney[5] ; 8. 7W-Logan Wagner[9] ; 9. 25B-Tyler Bear[8] ; 10. 19G-Cale Grubb[10] ; 11. 24B-Dustin Baney[11]
Heat 2, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 1-Dale Blaney[1] ; 2. 69K-Lance Dewease[3] ; 3. 1Z-Lucas Wolfe[4] ; 4. 25-Aaron Ott[6] ; 5. 57X-Andrew Palker[2] ; 6. 55-Mike Wagner[5] ; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser[7] ; 8. 29-Jason Shultz[9] ; 9. 49H-Bradley Howard[8] ; 10. 60-Kory Crabtree[10]
Heat 3, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2] ; 2. 27-Greg Hodnett[3] ; 3. O7-Doug Esh[1] ; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich[4] ; 5. 94-Ryan Smith[6] ; 6. 33-Curt Stroup[5] ; 7. 1*-Tim Wagaman[8] ; 8. 8M-TJ Michael[7] ; 9. 55W-Michael Wagner II[9] ; 10. 27D-Vincent Doughtery[10]
Heat 4, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 88-TJ Stutts[1] ; 2. 13-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 3. 71m-Dave Blaney[2] ; 4. 70-Danny Holtgraver[4] ; 5. 10H-Chad Kemenah[5] ; 6. 44-Joey Hershey[9] ; 7. 91-Anthony Fiore[10] ; 8. 75L-Kody Lehman[8] ; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[6] ; 10. 40-Caleb Helms[7]
B-Main 1 - (12 Laps)
1. 55-Mike Wagner[5] ; 2. 5-Dylan Cisney[1] ; 3. 7W-Logan Wagner[9] ; 4. 33-Curt Stroup[2] ; 5. 44-Joey Hershey[4] ; 6. 29-Jason Shultz[11] ; 7. 81-Lee Jacobs[3] ; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser[7] ; 9. 91-Anthony Fiore[8] ; 10. 1*-Tim Wagaman[6] ; 11. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[16] ; 12. 19G-Cale Grubb[17] ; 13. 8M-TJ Michael[10] ; 14. 24B-Dustin Baney[21] ; 15. 55W-Michael Wagner II[14] ; 16. 27D-Vincent Doughtery[18] ; 17. 25B-Tyler Bear[13] ; 18. 75L-Kody Lehman[12] ; 19. 49H-Bradley Howard[15] ; 20. 60-Kory Crabtree[19] ; 21. 40-Caleb Helms[20]
A-Main 1 - (50 Laps)
1. 69K-Lance Dewease[8] ; 2. 51S-Stevie Smith[10] ; 3. 1-Dale Blaney[3] ; 4. 21-Cap Henry[6] ; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich[9] ; 6. 1Z-Lucas Wolfe[13] ; 7. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[5] ; 8. 19m-Brent Marks[17] ; 9. 12-Blane Heimbach[7] ; 10. 10H-Chad Kemenah[20] ; 11. 71m-Dave Blaney[14] ; 12. 94-Ryan Smith[18] ; 13. 5-Dylan Cisney[22] ; 14. O7-Doug Esh[12] ; 15. 7W-Logan Wagner[23] ; 16. 55-Mike Wagner[21] ; 17. 88-TJ Stutts[2] ; 18. 21M-Brian Montieth[11] ; 19. 70-Danny Holtgraver[16] ; 20. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[25] ; 21. 57X-Andrew Palker[19] ; 22. 33-Curt Stroup[24] ; 23. 13-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 24. 25-Aaron Ott[15] ; 25. 27-Greg Hodnett[1]
Current Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions Standings (September 10, 2016):
1. Dale Blaney - 4836
2. Chad Kemenah - 4814
3. Sheldon Haudenschild - 4780
4. Cap Henry - 4510
5. Danny Holtgraver - 4452
6. Kraig Kinser - 4444
7. T.J. Michael - 4262
8. Caleb Helms - 4076
9. Lee Jacobs - 3936
10. Andrew Palker - 3864
Additional Arctic Cat All Star Series Info:
Those seeking additional information regarding the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions 📿should visit their official online home at www.allstarsprint.com. Series updates and breaking news will be posted regularly on the official Twitter account of the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions: https://twitter.com/ASCoC. Find full text results from each and every event, as well as an up-to-date schedule, online at www.allstarsprint.com/schedule/.
About the Arctic Cat 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. After a 10 year stint as owner of the All Stars, Miller passed control of the series to Bert Emick in 1980; a reign that would continue through 2002. Guy Webb then purchased the series from Emick in the summer of 2002 and served as the series President for the next 12 years. 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.
About Arctic Cat:
The Arctic Cat brand is among the most widely recognized and respected in the recreational vehicle industry. The company designs, engineers, manufactures and markets all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), side-by-sides and snowmobiles, in addition to related parts, garments and accessories under the Arctic Cat® and Motorfist® brand names. Arctic Cat Inc.’s world headquarters is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “ACAT.” More information about Arctic Cat and its products is available at www.ArcticCat.com.
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HANFORD AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS
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BACON WINS AT HANFORD; GARDNER FLIPS, COMES BACK TO TAKE CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK TITLE!
Hanford, CA. September 10, 2016 – Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Okla. won Saturday’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds, but the fireworks were erupting long before the checkered flag! In one of the more spectacular battles in All Coast Construction California Sprint Week history, Damion Gardner outpointed Thomas Meseraull by 23 to win the title, but the script was straight out of Hollywood! Gardner started deep in the field and flipped on the fourth lap of the race. Able to fix the car, he rejoined the fray, pitted again later, and eventually finished 12th. Fortunately that was enough to keep Meseraull at bay, though, as Thomas was involved in a spin on lap 23 while running fourth, was unable to resume, and finished 14th. Bacon led all 30 laps in the Keith Ford Sun Valley AG Transport/Walker Filtration Systems Triple X/Claxton Mopar. Ryan Bernal took second ahead of Richard Vander Weerd, Brody Roa and Jace Vander Weerd.
USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 10, 2016 – Hanford, California – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds - All-Coast Construction California Sprint Week
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-15.548; 2. Chad Boespflug, 69. Kaiser-15.642; 3. Ryan Bernal. 56, Phulps-15.734; 4. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.787; 5. Thomas Meseraull, 42X, Bates-15.793; 6. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.833; 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.851; 8. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.854; 9. Kyler Shaw, 92BC, Shaw-15.861; 10. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-15.869; 11. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-15.950; 12. Stevie Sussex, 21AZ, Burkhart-15.954; 13. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.967; 14. Kevin Thomas Jr., 42, Cheney-16.041; 15, Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.098; 16. Max Adams, 5M, Adams-16.114; 17. Mike Spencer, 4S, Gansen-16.132; 18. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-16.141; 19. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.176; 20. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.183; 21. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.431; 22. Koen Shaw, 88BC, Shaw-16.459; 23. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-16.622; 24. Ryan Stolz, 56X, Stolz-16.851; 25. Matt Stewart, 84, Stewart-16.939; 26. Steven Garris, 58, Garris-24.767.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Bacon, 4. Swanson, 5. Ensign, 6. Adams, 7. Ko.Shaw, 8. J.Vander Weerd, 9. Stewart. NT
DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Faria, 3. Boespflug, 4. Thomas, 5. A.Wiliams, 6. Gardner, 7. Meseraull, 8. Ellertson. NT
CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE / KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gansen, 2. Liggett, 3. Bernal, 4. L.Williams, 5. Ky.Shaw, 6. Sussex, 7. C.Williams, 8. Stolz. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Ensign, 3. Gardner, 4. A.Williams, 5. Adams, 6. Sussex, 7. J.Vander Weerd, 8. Ky.Shaw, 9. Ellertson, 10. Ko.Shaw, 11. C.Williams, 12. Stewart, 13. Stolz. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Brody Roa, 5. Jace Vander Weeerd, 6. Danny Faria Jr., 7. Geoff, Ensign, 8. Max Adams, 9. Kyler Shaw, 10. Jeremy Ellertson, 11. Koen Shaw, 12. Damion Gardner, 13. Stevie Sussex, 14. Thomas Meseraull, 15. Chris Gansen, 16. Austin Liggett, 17. Chad Boespflug, 18. Logan Williams, 19. Austin Williams, 20. Kevin Thomas Jr., 21. Mike Spencer, 22. Jake Swanson. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Bacon
BR MOTORSPORTS/KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Jace Vander Weerd (19th to 5th)
FINAL ALL COAST CONSTRUCTION CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Gardner-406, 2-Meseraull-383, 3-Bernal-362, 4-Ensign-342, 5-Boespflug-325, 6-R.Vander Weerd-316, 7-Thomas-304, 8-Swanson-299, 9-Bacon-284, 10-Roa-281.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Gardner-1,008, 2-R.Vander Weerd-902, 3-Swanson-893, 4-Roa-847, 5-A.Williams-806, 6-Spencer-721, 7-Adams-659, 8-J.Vander Weerd-560, 9-Ellertson-542, 10-L.Williams-541.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 24 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Glenn Howard Classic”
Rico Abreu Adds His Name to List of Gold Cup Champions
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California Native Rico Abreu Wins a Wild Gold Cup Race of Champions Finale at Silver Dollar Speedway
CHICO, Calif. - Sept. 10, 2016 - For the sixth time in seven years the Gold Cup Race of Champions trophy is staying in the Golden State after Rutherford, California's Rico Abreu dominated much of the feature on Saturday, before holding off a late charge from Daryn Pittman to score his first career win in the 63rd running of the prestigious event.
A wild and intense 40-lap Gold Cup finale was presented to fans on Saturday night in Chico. The victory marked Abreu's fifth career World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series triumph aboard the Abreu Vineyards No. 24 machine. It was his second win of the season to go along with his victory at the Ironman 55 in Pevely during the month of August.
"This is pretty awesome and a special feeling to win the Gold Cup," Abreu commented with a big smile after the race. "Hats off to my guys for all their hard work and for giving me a great car tonight. The track changed a lot over the course of the race and the cautions definitely fell our way. Daryn [Pittman] was fast and gave me a good run there at the end. Moving up top on those later restarts helped us win this race. I'm glad to be back home racing in California and excited we could park it tonight in Chico."
The main event started out with pole sitter and dash winner Paul McMahan of Nashville, Tennessee jumping into the lead of the race. Abreu showed his muscle early on however, by moving into second on lap-two and then claimed the top-spot on a lap five restart. Pittman battled his way forward at the same time to overtake McMahan for the runner up position on lap 12, before setting his sights on the leader. The track had widened out nicely for the main event and featured multi-groove racing throughout the field.
Pittman would challenge Abreu for the lead on lap 17, prior to a caution waving, which took the leaders out of traffic.
A number of stoppages plagued the flow of the feature, but through it all Abreu kept his composure out front. Towards the end of the race Pittman did find new life though and made a few bids at the lead, only to have the yellow flag wave on three separate occasions. Abreu wisely moved up to run the high-line on the final two restarts, giving him the chance to pull out to a large enough lead, ultimately coming out on top by just under half a second for the victory.
Dating back to 2010, he becomes the fourth different driver from California to win the Gold Cup Race of Champions.
Pittman crossed the stripe in second to cap a solid night for the Kasey Kahne Racing No. 9 team. The 2006 Gold Cup winner came close to adding a second victory at the event. The finish also moved him to third in the World of Outlaws standings and he now sits just three-points out of second.
"We kept making gains on those restarts, but the cautions just didn't fall my way tonight. Rico [Abreu] did a great job on the restarts though throughout the race so I have to congratulate him on the win. My guys gave me a great car tonight ,and I gave it my all in the feature, but just came up a little short. We've been working hard all year, and I'm just trying to keep up with these kids out here. Huge thanks to everyone with KKR for allowing me to drive this car."
Auburn, California's Andy Forsberg had a tremendous run in the main event to round out the podium at the helm of the A&A Stepping Stone No. 92 mount. The former Silver Dollar Speedway track champ pressured Pittman at one point for second, before claiming third at the finish. It marked his second career podium result at the Gold Cup.
"This is almost unreal to be up here on the podium again at the Gold Cup Race of Champions," Forsberg said. "To do this with the World of Outlaws is a big deal. I can't thank my car owners enough for letting me come out and have fun with these guys. Thanks also to the fans that came out and supported this event."
Bixby, Oklahoma's Shane Stewart earned the KSE Hard Charger Award with a fine run from 16th to fourth in the feature, while Washington driver Austen Wheatley recorded his best career World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series finish in fifth. The top-10 was rounded out by Watertown, Connecticut's David Gravel; Wooster, Ohio's Jac Haudenschild; St. Mary's NSW, Australia's Kerry Madsen; Hanover, Pennsylvania's Logan Schuchart and Hanford, California's DJ Netto.
The most serious incident during the feature occurred on lap 35 when McMahan got upside down in turn one after contact from another competitor. He emerged from the car alert, but complaining of neck pain. McMahan was then transported to a local hospital for evaluation.
Paradise, California's Kyle Hirst won the night's Last chance Showdown, with British Columbia driver Robbie Price bringing home the win in the C-main. Four 10-lap heat races were held during the night and claimed by Rico Abreu, Brad Sweet, Paul McMahan and Austen Wheatley. Sweet's night would come to a premature end when he lost a motor while battling in the top-five during the feature. Abreu started out the night by setting fast time with a blistering lap of 11.150 around the quarter-mile.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series will return to action this coming Wednesday night at the El Paso County Raceway in Calhan, Colorado.
Silver Dollar Speedway Notebook - Gold Cup Race of Champions, Night Two
RACE NOTES:
California native Rico Abreu added his name to the list of Gold Cup Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway Saturday night after a long, collision-filled race. Daryn Pittman, all over Abreu for much of the 40-lap feature, finished second, bringing him back up to third in points standings. Local driver Andy Forsberg finished third.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Bud Kaeding; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Kalib Henry; Super Flow ($50 cash): Jason Sides, Justyn Cox; Craftsman Club Fast Five ($100 cash): Paul McMahan, Daryn Pittman, Brad Sweet, Jacob Allen; Craftsman/Sears: Austen Wheatley; KSE Hard Charger: Shane Stewart; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Daryn Pittman; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Paul McMahan; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Brad Sweet.
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 21 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8, Knoxville Raceway on June 11, River Cities Speedway on June 17, Rockford Speedway on June 29, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 3, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9, Attica Raceway Park on July 12, Eldora Speedway on July 16, Ohsweken Speedway on July 26, Junction Motor Speedway on August 16, Angell Park Speedway on August 21, River Cities Speedway on August 26, Nodak Speedway on August 28, Willamette Speedway on September 7); David Gravel - 9 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6, Eldora Speedway on July 14, Lernerville Speedway on July 19, Wilmot Raceway on July 30, Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Aug. 5, Skagit Speedway on Sept 2 and 3); Daryn Pittman - 7 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, Jackson Motorplex on June 24, Eldora Speedway on July 15, Williams Grove Speedway on July 22); Brad Sweet - 7 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 2); Shane Stewart - 6 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30, Granite City Speedway on June 15, Brown County Speedway on June 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on September 9); Joey Saldana - 4 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4, I-80 Speedway on June 22); Lance Dewease - 2 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20, Williams Grove Speedway on July 23); Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7); Rico Abreu - 2 (Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Aug. 6, Silver Dollar Speedway on September 10); Bill Balog - 1 (Beaver Dam Raceway on June 25); Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3); Jason Johnson - 2 (Placerville Speedway on March 24, Knoxville Nationals on August 13);Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10); Logan Schuchart - 1 (Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27).
World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Silver Dollar Speedway, Calif.; Sept 10, 2016
Feature - (40 Laps) - 1. 24-Rico Abreu [4] [$12,000]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [3] [$5,700]; 3. 92-Andy Forsberg [6] [$3,500]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [16] [$3,000]; 5. 44W-Austen Wheatley [2] [$2,600]; 6. 5-David Gravel [10] [$2,400]; 7. 57-Jac Haudenschild [9] [$2,300]; 8. 83JR-Kerry Madsen [15] [$2,200]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [11] [$2,150]; 10. 3C-DJ Netto [20] [$2,100]; 11. 83-Joey Saldana [19] [$1,600]; 12. M21-Kalib Henry [22] [$1,350]; 13. 29-Willie Croft [7] [$1,300]; 14. 31BC-Justyn Cox [12] [$1,200]; 15. 7S-Jason Sides [13] [$1,100]; 16. OO-Cory Eliason [24] [$1,000]; 17. 77-Kyle Hirst [21] [$900]; 18. 15-Donny Schatz [17] [$850]; 19. 7-Paul McMahan [1] [$800]; 20. 49-Brad Sweet [5] [$800]; 21. 41-Jason Johnson [14] [$800]; 22. OOX-Jason Statler [18] [$800]; 23. 1A-Jacob Allen [8] [$800]; 24. O-Bud Kaeding [23] [$800];
Lap Leaders: Paul McMahan 1-5, Rico Abreu 6-40;
KSE Hard Charger Award: 2-Shane Stewart [+12]
Qualifying - 1. 24-Rico Abreu, 11.150; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 11.393; 3. 77-Kyle Hirst, 11.467; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman, 11.477; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen, 11.486; 6. 92-Andy Forsberg, 11.487; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 11.495; 8. 44W-Austen Wheatley, 11.504; 9. 57-Jac Haudenschild, 11.578; 10. 5-David Gravel, 11.579; 11. 7-Paul McMahan, 11.635; 12. 3C-DJ Netto, 11.648; 13. M21-Kalib Henry, 11.676; 14. OO-Cory Eliason, 11.683; 15. 83JR-Kerry Madsen, 11.688; 16. O-Bud Kaeding, 11.689; 17. 7S-Jason Sides, 11.729; 18. 41-Jason Johnson, 11.741; 19. 29-Willie Croft, 11.749; 20. 2-Shane Stewart, 11.780; 21. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.822; 22. 13-Clyde Knipp, 11.842; 23. 83-Joey Saldana, 11.853; 24. 31BC-Justyn Cox, 11.880; 25. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 11.893; 26. 11AU-Toby Bell Bowen, 11.952; 27. 12C-Brian Mcgahan, 11.998; 28. 75-Sean Becker, 12.001; 29. 22-Shane Golobic, 12.016; 30. OOX-Jason Statler, 12.025; 31. 19-Chase Majdic, 12.034; 32. 21-Robbie Price, 12.140; 33. 12-Jarrett Soares, 12.152; 34. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.188; 35. 1H-Billy Wallace, 12.348; 36. 98-Sean Watts, 12.569; 37. 22A-Cori Andrews, 13.444
Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 24-Rico Abreu [1]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 3. 57-Jac Haudenschild [3]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 6. M21-Kalib Henry [4]; 7. 22-Shane Golobic [8]; 8. 12-Jarrett Soares [9]; 9. 22A-Cori Andrews [10]; 10. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [7]
Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg [2]; 3. 5-David Gravel [3]; 4. 41-Jason Johnson [5]; 5. OOX-Jason Statler [8]; 6. 13-Clyde Knipp [6]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [9]; 8. OO-Cory Eliason [4]; 9. 11AU-Toby Bell Bowen [7]
Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 7-Paul McMahan [3]; 2. 29-Willie Croft [5]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 4. 83JR-Kerry Madsen [4]; 5. 83-Joey Saldana [6]; 6. 77-Kyle Hirst [1]; 7. 19-Chase Majdic [8]; 8. 1H-Billy Wallace [9]; 9. 12C-Brian Mcgahan [7]
Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 44W-Austen Wheatley [2]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 3. 31BC-Justyn Cox [6]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 5. 3C-DJ Netto [3]; 6. 21-Robbie Price [8]; 7. 75-Sean Becker [7]; 8. O-Bud Kaeding [4]; 9. 98-Sean Watts [9]
Craftsman Club Dash - (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 7-Paul McMahan [2]; 2. 44W-Austen Wheatley [1]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [8]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 6. 92-Andy Forsberg [6]; 7. 29-Willie Croft [7]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [5]
C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the Last Chance Showdown) - 1. 21-Robbie Price [1] [-]; 2. 12-Jarrett Soares [2] [-]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [3] [$150]; 4. 1H-Billy Wallace [4] [$150]; 5. 22A-Cori Andrews [6] [$150]; 6. 98-Sean Watts [5] [$125]; 7. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [7] [$125]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 77-Kyle Hirst [1] [-]; 2. M21-Kalib Henry [2] [-]; 3. O-Bud Kaeding [4] [-]; 4. OO-Cory Eliason [3] [-]; 5. 22-Shane Golobic [9] [$300]; 6. 13-Clyde Knipp [5] [$250]; 7. 75-Sean Becker [8] [$225]; 8. 21-Robbie Price [11] [$200]; 9. 19-Chase Majdic [10] [$200]; 10. 12C-Brian Mcgahan [7] [$200]; 11. 11AU-Toby Bell Bowen [6] [$200]; 12. 12-Jarrett Soares [12] [$200]
JEFF STRUNK WINS FREEDOM 76 MODIFIED CLASSIC AT GRANDVIEW FOR SIXTH TIME
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NEWS FROM NASCAR SANCTIONED GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY, BECHTELSVILLE, PA
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JEFF STRUNK EARNS IN EXCESS OF $25,000 FOR HIS SIXTH FREEDOM 76 VICTORY AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. September 11, 2016 . . . Jeff Strunk, “the Bechtelsville Bullet,” had been having a rather mediocre season, at least by his usually high standards, at Grandview Speedway behind the wheel of the Glenn Hyneman owned No. 126 Modified. Saturday night the ten-time NASCAR track point champion rectified the 2016 campaign by pulling off his biggest win of the year the Freedom 76-Lap Modified Classic event for a hefty payday of $25,000 plus. He racked up a sizeable amount in lap money, the $100 half-way leader money from Area Auto Racing News and the Dan’s Deli ½-way hoagie award.
Strunk didn’t have an easy time in claiming his sixth win in the event, his last being in 2013, as he first dueled with Ryan Watt, who he lost the lead to earlier and then had to thwart off the challenges of second-place finisher and defending race winner Craig VonDohren.
Following the five qualifying heats won by Dan Bouc, Jared Umbenhauer, Bobby Varin, Rick Laubach, also the winner of the $1,000 Cash Dash, and David VanHorn plus the Schaeffer Motorsports Minuteman 20 captured by Kyle Borror the 32-car starting field was set for the main event – the 46th Annual Freedom 76.
Through the luck of the draw Jeff Strunk pulled the number one seed and he wasted no time maintaining the lead on the initial green from starter Ray Kemp. Thrashing for positions behind him were Watt, Ray Swinehart, Brian Krummel and Mike Kellner.
Duane Howard, the race winner in 2011, brought out the first caution on the fifth lap when he slowed on the homestretch. After a quick pit stop he rejoined the action. Strunk maintained first on the restart and within a matter of laps he had a comfortable margin built up over the rest of the competition.
Lapped traffic allowed Watt to reel Strunk in and gain some ground.
Finally on lap 20, Billy Pauch slowed in turn one after contact with the homestretch wall while running eighth bringing him to an abrupt halt and the yellow was out. This time Watt, who started third, outgunned Strunk to become the new leader.
By this time the order behind Watt consisted of Strunk, 12th-place starter Von Dohren, Swinehart and last week’s feature winner Doug Manmiller, who started eighth.
The field regrouped when Kellner, in the top ten, brought out the 34th lap caution when he slowed his pace in turn four.
When action went green again with Watt on the high lane and Strunk hugging the inside, the pair battled side-by-side for several laps with neither one lifting.
Strunk was back in front at the conclusion of the 37th lap.
Don Norris Jr. slowed in the second turn for the yellow shortly after Strunk regained control and that brought out a mandatory fuel stop.
After the seven-minute stop, Strunk was still first, but now Manmiller and VonDohren were second and third as Watt got shuffled to fourth and Rick Laubach fifth.
VonDohren was back in the runner-up spot on the 43rd lap and set his sights on Strunk.
Ryan Godown brought out the final caution on the 49th lap after contact with the homestretch wall brought him to a stop in turn two. Once again the restart saw Strunk stick with the inside path and VonDohren running his familiar high lane. The two swapped paint on occasion, but not enough to change the status. Waiting in the wings for a miscue in hopes of advancement were Laubach, Manmiller and Watt.
Lapped cars came into the picture again on the 66th lap and Laubach began gaining ground on the front two.
Strunk kept everyone behind him and went on to claim his third win of the season at the 1/3-mile oval followed by VonDohren, Laubach, Manmiller and Watt. Rounding out the top ten were Swinehart, Krummel, Umbenhauer, Kyle Weiss and Varin.
The $500 Hard Charger award sponsored by Guntherracing.com and all his sponsors topped by Square One Markets went to Howard as he started 32nd and finished 11th. Krummel, the seventh place finisher received the T.P.Trailers rookie of the race award while tenth place finisher Bobby Varin received the T.P.Trailers non-regular competitor award.
In the 20-lap Schaeffer Motorsports Minuteman 20, the last chance to qualify, Borror and Dom Buffalino battled back and forth for the lead lap after lap, but it was Borror that emerged the victor trailed by Buffalino, Godown, Kevin Hirthler and Howard putting them in the final starting spots for the Freedom 76.
RACE RESULTS
46th Annual Freedom 76 Modified Feature (76 Laps): 1. Jeff Strunk, 2. Craig Von Dohren, 3. Rick Laubach, 4. Doug Manmiller, 5. Ryan Watt, 6. Ray Swinehart, 7. Brian Krummel, 8. Jared Umbenhauer, 9. Kyle Weiss, 10. Bobby Varin, 11. Duane Howard, 12. Tommy Scheetz, 13. David VanHorn, 14. Mike Gular, 15. Kevin Hirthler, 16. Kenny Gilmore, 17. Keith Hoffman, 18. Dom Buffalino, 19. Brett Gilmore and 20. John McClelland. DNF: 21. Tyler Dippel, 22. Kyle Borror, 23. Ryan Godown, 24. Billy Pauch Jr., 25. Tim Buckwalter, 26. Ryan Grim, 27. Don Norris Jr., 28. Danny Bouc, 29. Mike Kellner, 30. Glenn Strunk, 31. Billy Pauch, 32. Mike Lisowski. DNQ: Bobby Gunther-Walsh, Bobby Trapper Jr., P.J. Oliver, Gary Hager, Steve Swinehart, Brett Kressley, Danny Erb, Ron Seltmann Jr., Mike Weinert, Colt Harris, Bobby Trapper, Nate Christman, Brian Hirthler, Craig Whitmoyer, John Willman, Brian Kuhl, Brian Houseknecht, Dan Waisempacher, Justin Grim, Billy VanIwegen, Dale Hartz, Eric Biehn, Kory Fleming.
Cash Dash: 1. Rick Laubach, 2. Craig Von Dohren, 3 Mike Gular, 4. Bobby Varin, 5. Jared Umbenhauer, 6. Danny Bouc, 7. David VanHorn.
Schaeffer Motorsports Minute Man (20 Laps). 1. Kyle Borror, 2. Dom Buffalino, 3. Ryan Godown, 4. Kevin Hirthler, 5. Duane Howard.
COMING EVENTS:
Sunday, September 25, 12 noon- Outlaw Enduro and Blast from the Past Vintage racing.
Saturday, October 15, 6 p.m. Thunder on the Hill Series Halloween Party featuring Modifieds, Sportsman, TSRS Sprints and Blast from the Past Vintage Racing.
Sunday, October 16, 12 noon- Outlaw Enduro and Blast from the Past Vintage racing
Sunday, November 6, 7 a.m. Fall Racer’s Flea Market
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HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS
Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, PA - McLaughlin & LaBagh Score Slingshot Wins; Joel Smith Doubles In Hamlin Speedway's Nine Feature Race Spectacular
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
Warm and humid weather in the Poconos greeted a standing room only crowd on Saturday evening as Hamlin Speedway put another successful event into the history books. A stellar field of talented race car drivers with 129 entrants signed in for battle topped by an outstanding 39 All Star Slingshots as Hamlin Speedway Promoters Denise and Randy Smith hosted the National Tour event for the All Star Slingshot division with them vying for the $1,000.00 prize posted for the event. S&S Speedways, located in Snydersville, Pennsylvania, sponsored the great night of entertainment. One more event remains on the 2106 Hamlin Speedway schedule and is slated for Saturday night, September 17th. The spectacular spectacle of speed was completed at 11 PM.
When the final checkered flag fell on the evening of racing it was "The Nickel Man" Joel Smith doubling down as he posted solid wins in the 600 Sprints and the Stage One Modified events. "The 38 Special" Jared LaBagh returned to the speedway where he began his racing career and showed he has the right stuff walking away with the win and the gold in a stout wire to wire performance in the 50-Lap Slingshot Tour headliner. "Magic Shoes" Mike McLaughlin opened the evening of features by capturing the postponed Speed Weeks event from August 13th. In other racing action, Jared Silfee captured his sixth win of the season in the Junior Slingshot feature with a last lap pass of Cole Stangle at the start/finish line. "The Ambassador" Wes Hearn captured the Super Slinger headliner for his eleventh win of the season. Paul Richards Jr continued his winning ways as he took over the lead with a mid-race pass in the 270 Sprints to record his ninth win of the season. The winners of the two Rookie 600 Sprint main events were Jakson Ring who drove to his second win of the season and "The Wild Child" Geordan Marrero who garnered on his fifth win of the 2016 racing season.
Joel Smith was lightning quick as he jumped out in front of the field at the start of the Hampton RV and Trailer Sales Stage One Modified feature and led all laps to record his fourth win of the season. A great battle behind Smith had Chloe Andreas and Damon Paul side by side and then nose to tail throughout the twenty lapper with Paul prevailing in the runner-up slot and Andreas in third. "The Baron" Aaron Henneforth got back into his mount on Saturday and finished fourth in his return to racing. Newcomer Jasper Ziegafuse had the Smith Fabrications Rental humming and finished fifth with with John Lakatos completing the field.
The Super Slinger feature found Wes Hearn and Dale Kober continuing their epic battles and Hearn wasted no time in grabbing the lead and fought off Kober for much of the race before clicking off some laps in the 13.5 second range to slowly walk away with his eleventh feature event win of the season. Kober was second with Mike Taylor third, Tom Van Pelt fourth and Steve Pirone completing the top five.
The "stars of tomorrow" in the Junior Slingshot division put on another great show. JJ Rice took off at the start of the twenty lapper and quickly opened up some daylight on the rest of the field. A skirmish involving multiple cars slowed the action but on the restart again it would be Rice leading with Cole Stangle now chasing him around the arena. As Rice got into slower traffic he went wide to get around the car but would get into the Jersey Barriers and would take a wild ride down the backstretch. The action stopped immediately for the ERT's to assist Rice and he climbed out of the car after catching his breath. On the restart, Stangle would lead the way with Jared Silfee moving in behind him and mirroring his moves around the raceway. Just when it appeared Stangle would hold on for the win, Silfee moved under Stangle and as the pair raced across the finish line it would Silfee nipping Stangle for the win, "The Hurricane" Hunter Lapp raced from 17th starting position to finish third in one of the great drives if the evening. Jake Mason enjoyed a great run in fourth and Adam Buchel continues to impress with another top five finish. Tanner Van Doren, Shelby McLaughlin, Austin Homan, Emily Fleming and Ty Kelly completed the top ten.
Jenna Schostkewitz and Paul Richards Jr made up the front row and it would be Schostkewitz grabbing the lead took at the drop of the green flag in the run for the 270 Sprint main event win. Schostkewitz had her race car humming with the lead for the first twelve laps until Richards found the needed room to make a clean pass. Richards opened up a substantial lead and would race to his ninth win of the season with Schostkewitz in second, Glenn Macomber third, Kyle Ferrucci fourth and Stephen Weirich fifth.
The first Rookie 600 Sprint main event saw Scott Slater Sr lead the first three laps until Aaron Casterlin would get by him. Casterlin had a fast hot rod and would open up a bit of daylight on the field but each time Jacob Balliet and Mack Brink would close back in. As the race drew to a close Balliet made a move to grab the lead only to find Brink the johnny on the spot as an inside move by Brink would be successful and he moved past Balliet into the runner-up role. Casterlin would get the win with Brink and Balliet following. Newcomer Sheldon Smith was fourth and Tyler Kehs enjoyed his best finish with a fifth place outing. Joe Nemeth, Noah Zielinski, Jared Lilly, Brett Altemose and Scott Slater completed the top ten.
The second Rookie 600 Sprint feature found Jakson Ring in command right from the start but quickly moving into contention was Geordan Marrero. The two drivers separated from the field with Marrero matching each one of Ring's moves. With the laps clicking down, Marrero mounted a final challenge as he got underneath Ring heading towards the checkered flag and would win the event by the narrowest of margins. Ring, Paul Richards Jr, Mikey Smith and Tony Parlanti completed the top five. Scott Meyers, the returning Kevin Weiand, Cody Powell and JR Williams completed the running order of the event.
The make-up Speed Weeks All Star Slingshot event found Mike McLaughlin having the hot ticket as the veteran campaigner utilized his front row to his advantage as he jumped into the lead at the start of the event and would hold off all challengers lap after lap to go and capture his third feature triumph of the season. Alan Selemba kept pace throughout and would finish second with Brett Bieber a close third, Dale Kober fourth and Austin Silfee rounding out the top five. The second five included Wes Hearn, Chris Kurtz, Alex Yankowski, Justin Mills and Henry Anderson.
The headliner for the All Star Slingshots saw a field of 39 Slingshots sign in for battle. The fastest 27 Slingshot drivers in the country would duke it out on the Hamlin Speedway real estate. The early going found Jared LaBagh winning the drag race into turn one to establish the pace of the event. Tyler Peet and Chris Kurtz would stay close but Kurtz was nursing a badly smoking hot rod and would give up the ghost on lap seven. Brett Bieber filled in the gap along with Austin Silfee and Mike McLaughlin. Dylan Hoch began to make his presence known and would peck away at those in front of him. LaBagh was in the zone and would clock off some of the fastest laps of season as he was consistently in the 13.2/13.3 second range with his fastest lap at 13.136.
Hot pockets of action took place throughout the field as real estate purchases were definitely at a premium. LaBagh continued his assault at clean air but in front of him slower cars loomed ahead of him. Knowing the field was breathing down his neck, LaBagh played it cool and made the passes at the safest places on the speedway. The drivers behind did not falter either as they negotiated through the traffic just as cleanly, although a few bumps and bops were seen. LaBagh would race back into daylight and could smell victory and the large pay day that went with it and the young hotshoe raced under Flagger Russ Furry's checkered flag to claim the winning prize of $1,000.00. Tyler Peet was the runner-up with Dylan Hoch, Austin Silfee and Brett Bieber completing the top five. The second five were Mike McLaughlin, Seth Spayd, Wes Hearn, Joe Toth, and Henry Anderson. Eleventh through fifteenth included Anthony Recchio, Cody Kline, Tyler Pirone, Nick Vinciguerra and Dale Kober. Nineteen cars completed all fifty laps of the hotly contested feature main.
The Wingless 600 Sprint 20-lap main event proved to be another over the top showstopper. The hard driving veteran talent Joel Smith seized command at the start of the event by out dueling Joseph Smith into turn one. The go for the gold event quickly turned into a high speed chess match as the entire field was matching moves with each turn of the wheel. Smith was able to fight off all advances but Brandon Azzalina threw everything he had at Smith and would get close but just could not complete his drive past Smith. Joel Smith was able to hold all of the competition at bay to capture his first win of the season in the 600 Sprints. Brandon Azzalina was second and Zac Azzalina raced hard for a great third place finish. The returning Shelby Harper and Pat Bealer completed the top five. The second five were Chad Sandt, Colin White, Zack Bealer, Joseph Smith and Eddie Strada.
PEARL JAMS:
The speedway was in great condition and held up well through a long night of preliminary and feature events. A tip of the Fedora goes out to Randy Smith and Crew.
Time trials found Wes Hearn just nipping Dale Kober in the Super Slingers with a 13.937 time for Hearn and a 13.938 time for Kober. The Stage One Modifieds also timed and Joel Smith was the quick timer with a 12.923 time over Chloe Andreas who posted a 13.102 time.
The Tour dual heat format was used to set the field for the All Star Slingshots. Capturing heat wins were Seth Spayd, Jared LaBagh, Wes Hearn and Tyler Peet in Round One while Mike Taylor, Brett Bieber, Mike McLaughlin and Henry Anderson prevailed in Round Two. Rookie 600 Sprint heats were claimed by Paul Richards Jr, Mack Brink and Geordan Marrero. Junior Slingshot heat winners were Tanner Van Doren and Jake Mason. The lone 270 Sprint heat was captured by Jenna Schostkewitz. Three heats were run for the Wingless 600 Sprints and capturing the wins were Eddie Strada, Zac Azzalina and Brandon Azzalina. In the first heat, Adam Huff, in his second appearance at the speedway, got upside down on the backstretch and did a series of snap rolls. He was unhurt in the incident. Huff recently purchased the race car from car owner Gary Phillips and the car is the current track record holder for 600 Sprints when Kyle Rohner was steering the car and stopped the clocks at 11.4 seconds on May 18th, 2013.
With 39 All Star Slingshots on hand, making the final cut would prove to be difficult. The Hamlin Speedway management thanks all drivers who made the effort to try qualify for the event. Those not making the cut included, Alan Selemba, Ryan Neiger, Taylor Mills, Alan Kober, Samantha Muller, Alex Van Pelt, Ryan Davey, Dakota Kohler, Sarah Bohlin, Steve Pirone, Ashley Kober and Russell Benke.
New faces at the speedway included Jasper Ziegafuse in the Stage One Modifieds. Mikey Johannes made his first appearance in the Junior Slingshots. Kevin Weiand returned to action in the Rookie 600 Sprints and Ryan Raidline and Sheldon Smith made their first 2016 starts at the speedway. The Slingshot Tour event brought out Tour regulars Dylan Hoch, Joe Toth, Seth Spayd, Anthony Raisner, Henry Anderson, Cody Kline, Bill Weaver, Matt Massone and Alex Yankowski. Jared LaBagh was a surprise entry but has dabbled in the Slingshots this year and is coming off a win last week at a New York facility. Shelby Harper and Doug Snyder were returnees to Hamlin in the 600 Sprints.
The Hamlin Speedway would also like to thank everyone who helped out on the "Iceman" Lottery to assist longtime Slingshot racer Marc Daniels who recently had major surgery. Winning lottery ticket holders included: DDD racing Dan Morgiewicz ($100.00), Mark BVC ($100.00), Alex Yankowski ($200.00), Billy Van Inwegen ($100.00), Dean Carter ($300.00), Jane Peet ($100.00), M.Fuar ($400.00), Ryan Buskirk ($100.00), Julie Skrapits ($500.00), Darlene Halloran ($100.00), Keith Lacoe ($1,000.00). Congratulations to all of the winners.
Happy Birthday wishes go out to Stacy McLaughlin.
Speedway Videographer Barry Boyd made his first appearance of the season last evening and many well wishers stopped by to spend some time with him. Barry has had some ongoing health issues recently but it was great to see him back at Hamlin.
RESULTS:
All Star Slingshots: (Speed Weeks Event From August 13th) Mike McLaughlin, Alan Selemba, Brett Bieber, Dale Kober, Austin Silfee, Wes Hearn, Chris Kurtz, Alex Yankowski, Justin Mills, Henry Anderson, Anthony Raisner, Tyler Peet, Nick Vinciguerra, Mike Taylor, Anthony Recchio, Taylor Mills, Samantha Muller, Russell Benke, Tess Horvath, Josh Marcus, Steve Pirone, Ashley Kober, Joe Toth, Tyler Pirone, Sarah Bohlin, Dylan Hoch
All Star Slingshots: (National Tour) Jared LaBagh, Tyler Peet, Dylan Hoch, Austin Silfee, Brett Bieber, Mike McLaughlin, Seth Spayd, Wes Hearn, Joe Toth, Henry Anderson, Anthony Recchio, Cody Kline, Tyler Pirone, Nick Vinciguerra, Dale Kober, Anthony Raisner, Mike Taylor, Bill Weaver, Josh Marcus, Amanda Buchel, Alex Yankowski, Tess Horvath, Matt Henneforth, Justin Mills, Damon Paul, Matt Massone, Chris Kurtz
270cc Sprints: Paul Richards Jr, Jenna Schostkewitz, Glenn Macomber, Kyle Ferrucci, Stephen Weirich
600cc Wingless Sprints: Joel Smith, Brandon Azzalina, Zac Azzalina, Shelby Harper, Pat Bealer, Chad Sandt, Colin White, Zack Bealer, Joseph Smith, Eddie Strada, Johnny Smith, Ryan Quackenbush, Mick D'Agostino, Sam Kravitsky, Tim Bauer, JD Casazza, Steven Gully, Scott Slater Jr, Ryan Neil, Mike Myers, Jason Van Doren, Mike Van Pelt, Doug Snyder, Carmen Leggio Jr, Adam Huff (DNS)
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Joel Smith, Damon Paul, Chloe Andreas, Aaron Henneforth, Jasper Ziegafuse, John Lakatos, Bill Dianella, Cole Stangle, Janell Geary
Junior Slingshots: Jared Silfee, Cole Stangle, Jared Silfee, Hunter Lapp, Jake Mason, Adam Buchel, Tanner Van Doren, Shelby McLaughlin, Austin Homan, Emily Fleming, Ty Kelly, Tommy Stillo, James Costlow, CJ Fritz, Mikey Johannes, JJ Rice, James Hendricks, Colton Geary
Super Slingshots: Wes Hearn, Dale Kober, Mike Taylor, Tom Van Pelt, Steve Pirone, Ryan Lacoe
Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: (1) Geordan Marrero, Jakson Ring, Paul Richards Jr, Mikey Smith, Tony Parlanti, Scott Meyers, Kevin Weiand, Cody Powell, JR Williams, Scott Rupp, Ryan Raidline, Scott Slater Jr
Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: (2) Aaron Casterlin, Mack Brink, Jacob Balliet, Sheldon Smith, Tyler Kehs, Joe Nemeth, Noah Zielinski, Jared Lilly, Brett Altemose, Scott Slater Sr, Tyler Galatro, Carmen Leggio Sr, Savannah Leggio, David Trego
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. The next event on the Hamlin Speedway schedule is set for September 17th when all Divisions will be in action on the 1/5th mile clay cushioned oval for the final event of the 2016 racing season. Make sure to check the Hamlin Speedway website for 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
Upcoming events for the speedway will be the Hamlin Speedway Awards Party to be held on November 19th at the S&S Speedway Indoor Go Karts located on Business Route 209 in Snydersville, Pennsylvania.
Please support the many great sponsors who assist in working and sponsoring the season long events at the speedway. Tilcon, Yankowski Enterprises, Triple Cities Mack, Dickie Keiper Speed Supplies, Ron Brown Hauling, Classic Cycles, Kim's Kreations, RockAuto.com, Howe's Comfort Inn and Santarelli And Sons Oil Company are all part of the advertising family at the speedway and we graciously thank them for their support.
For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Hamlin Speedway, logon to their well documented website at: http://www.hamlinspeed.com or call the speedway hotline at: 570 420 5500.
The Hamlin Speedway Is The "Pearl" In The Poconos
ACCORD SPEEDWAY NEWS
Posted by: | CommentsAccord, NY- Accord Speedway Names 2016 Champions To Highlight Spectacular First Responders Night
By: Steve Pados, Accord Speedway Media
The unseasonal hot and humid weather in the Catskills Mountains of New York State provided the backdrop for a great Friday evening as the Accord Speedway presented it's "Night of Champions" to a large enthusiastic crowd on hand for the event. Most track champions were crowned in the final evening of points at the speedway for the 2016 racing season. The co-sponsored event by Taylor Rental and Handsome Devil BBQ brought out a nice field of drivers and racing equipment as the event served a dual purpose for those drivers who will be entering the spectacular "King of the Catskills" events scheduled for Friday, September 16th. With four titles left to be decided coming into the evening of events, when the final checkered flag fell from starter Steve Otten, new champions were crowned for the 2016 racing season. C&J Self Storage was the Checkered flag bonus sponsor.
Heading up the list of champions is "The Montgomery Missile" Anthony Perrego who enjoyed a great 2016 season and finished with a late season charge in the United Pump and Tank Modified division to claim the title in a tight battle against "Iron" Mike Ricci, who was a close second in the final standings. "Jammin" Jimmy Wells captured ten wins during the season on his way to his Accord title in the Healey Brothers Group Sportsmen division. "The Young Outlaw" Jesse James Bartleson put his stamp onto the speedway title in the Ruge's Performance Center NEWS Sprint Car division. Bob Sleight raced hard all season in the hotly contested Arkel Motors Pure Stock division to earn his first driving title at Accord. "The Hurricane" Hunter Lapp enjoyed a break-out season with nine wins to capture the WRWD Radio Junior Slingshot title. Samantha Muller captured eight feature wins during the season to capture the Want AD Digest All Star Slingshot title at the speedway. The Rookie Sportsman title race and final points are under review as of this writing.
The racing action during the evening was hot and heavy on the speedway with some of the track titles on the line. Anthony Perrego was fast and furious in his pursuit of the driving title at Accord and put all of the pieces together to dominate the racing action and claim his third feature win at Accord in the Modified division and insure himself of the championship. Joey Bruning had a fast set of wheels under him as he claimed his first win of the season in the Sportsman finale. Bob Sleight knew what he had to do coming into the final event and went out and did it as he won his fourth feature at Accord in the Pure Stock headliner. Heidi Hedin made her long trip worthwhile as she dominated the action to win her third feature of the season in Sprint Car action. "The Bloomingburg Bullet" Taylor Mills used a late charge to capture his first career win of the season in the All Star Slingshot division National Tour event. Hunter Lapp left no doubt in his run for the title as he captured Junior Slingshot National Tour title feature event with a wire to wire triumph.
The United Pump and Tank Modified division title was on the line as the 30-lap event unfolded. "The Ice Man" Dom Roselli took advantage of a front row starting spot to blast out front at the drop of the green flag and led through the first fourteen laps of the event. Anthony Perrego started from eleventh position, found some early seams on the raceway to slip past those in front of him and began reeling in Roselli using the upper reaches of the speedway. Perrego took over command of the race on lap fifteen and led the remaining laps to claim the track title and the win. Danny Creeden finished a solid second with Mike Ricci third, Donnie Elliott fourth and Brad Rothaupt completing the top five. Heading up the second five were Jesse Marks, Ed Dachenhausen, the returning Bobby Hentschel, Mark Pullen and New Jersey's "Iron" Mike Butler.
The Ruge's Performance Center NEWS Sprint Car feature found Heidi Hedin grabbing the lead at the start of event. Hedin was all business as she opened up a sizeable lead through the first half of the race. Jesse James Bartleson found a faster line around the speedway and began to reel in the field, first slipping past Eric Jennings for the runner-up slot and then setting sail for the leader Hedin. As the checkered flag waved the leaders were running nose to tail with Hedin capturing her third win of the season and Bartleson in second and claiming the track title. Zach Mead was third with Jennings fourth and Andrew Davis completing the field.
The Arkel Motors Pure Stock finale proved to be an entertaining event as Gary Ronk led the first three laps before yielding to Steve Williams. Williams would lead for two laps before Bob Sleight found the needed room to slip past him and drive away to victory and the track title. Williams was second and was also second in the final points. Ray Tarantino was third with Livy Johnson and Travis Brockner completing the top five. Chris Kanuk, Austin Smith, Harry Bachman and newcomer Gary White completed the field.
Nick Plumstead raced into the lead at the start of the Sportsman feature and led two laps before giving way to Joey Bruning. Bruning, who just recently returned to competition at the speedway, was quick as he ripped off some 13.6 second laps to step away from the field. A couple of restarts would bring the field back together and on each restart Bruning would re-establish himself in front of the field. Jimmy Wells broke through late in the race to take up the chase but the evening belonged to Bruning as he raced across the line to capture the victory. Wells would finish second with Brandon McGill third, Connor Otten fourth after starting fifteenth and Milton Mann completed the top five. The second five was headed up by the returning Tyler Johnston, Phil Goetchius, Ralph Ronk, newcomer Jim Introne and the returning Mike Senecal.
Tyler Peet grabbed the lead at the start of the All Star Slingshot feature and led the first lap before yielding to Dylan Hoch. Hoch, the reigning national champion, would lead through lap four until a scramble would send some cars to the sideline including Hoch. Anthony Raisner seized the lead on the restart and would lead through lap sixteen. Taylor Mills started fourteenth in the feature and soon found himself searching for the move that would maneuver him around Raisner. Mills found the hot spot on lap seventeen and would grab up the lead for the remaining three laps to claim his first career win at Accord and his first National Tour victory. Raisner was second with Alex Yankowski hustling hard to finish third while Joe Toth and Seth Spayd would complete the top five, Marty Kelly, Samantha Muller, Bryce Cherko and Brett Putnam completed the field.
Hunter Lapp used his outside pole position start to grab the lead at the start of the Junior Slingshot Tour feature with Jared Silfee close behind. Lapp would fight off the advances of Silfee through the early portion of the event to hold the rest of the field at bay. Silfee remained close to Lapp and as the leaders got into slower traffic, the leaders were once again nose to tail. Hunter Lapp made the most of the so-called home track advantage and would run a perfect race to capture the tour event with Silfee second in an outstanding performance by both drivers. Jake Mason finished third with Michael Corbin fourth and John Kendall completing the top five, making four out of the top five Accord Speedway regulars. Heading up the second five were Cole Stangle, Kyle Smith, Tanner Jones, Gavin Santee and Nico Flammer.
GEMSTONES:
Under the tutelage of Promoter Gary Palmer, the talented roster of drivers tested the many racing channels of the speedway throughout the evening in preparation for the blockbuster "King of the Catskills" spectacular coming up this week and sponsored by Insinger Fuels. The speedway was in good form with a tip of the fedora is in order going out to the hard working Accord Speedway Promoters Gary and Donna Palmer.
The speedway took a long intermission session to pay tribute to all of the First Responders who work so diligently to keep our home security safe. Headed up by Jim Zelinski and the Ulster County Sherriff's Department, close to forty pieces of equipment came out onto the speedway in darkness and hoisted a 70 foot US Flag through the use of ladder trucks and at the designated moment all lights came on and put up an amazing display that covered the speedway and the entire infield area. Many thanks are in order to all of those who played a part in putting the spectacular event together. DVD Copies of the entire salute to the First Responders are available through Videographer Tom Czaban and can be ordered by phone at: 518-250-0001.
"Uncle Mike" Hansen from WRWD Radio was back on board last evening with the WRWD Radio show truck and once again joined announcers Steve Pados and Tim Adams in the tower. Mike thanked promoters Gary and Donna Palmer for their hospitality as he thoroughly enjoys the hot racing action taking place on the speedway.
Donna Kessler, who pens the "My Ride" column in the Times Herald Record and the Pocono Record, enjoyed a visit to the speedway last evening and interviewed with Steve Pados regarding the great racing action taking place on the speedway.
Heat race action in the Modifieds found Mike Ricci, Dom Roselli and Ed Dachenhausen capturing victories. Nick Johnson and Joey Bruning scored heat wins in the Sportsman action. The Pure Stock heats went to Steve Williams and Travis Brockner. Eric Jennings captured the Sprint Car heat win. A dual heat format was utilized for the Slingshot Touring events and claiming wins were Jared Silfee and Hunter Lapp in Round one and Jared Silfee and Jake Mason in Round Two of the Junior Slingshot heats. All Star Slingshot heats were captured by Anthony Raisner, Dylan Hoch and Cody Kline in Round One and Tyler Peet, Alex Yankowski and Chris Kurtz in Round Two.
Newcomers and new cars continue to arrive at the speedway as the Friday show acted as a prelude to the mighty "King of the Catskills" weekend coming up this week. Bobby Hentschel, Ed Burgess, Mark Bishop and Ira Landrum added to the growing roster of Modified combatants at Accord. Mike Butler made the trip up from New Jersey and found his way into the top ten in the Modified main. Gary White, in a second Bachman ride, was a new addition to the Pure Stock ranks. Jim Introne, who is a regular at the Devils Bowl Speedway visited the speedway and a new racer car for Tyler Johnston headed up the new cars in Sportsman ranks that also included former regulars Mike Senecal and Brad Cicio.
The invading stars from the Slingshot ranks were well represented with Cole Stangle and Tanner Jones representing New Jersey and Jared Silfee, Kyle Smith, Gavin Santee, Nico Flammer representing the Keystone State and Tyler Banks from New York in the Junior ranks. The All Star Slingshots found newcomers Taylor Mills, Joe Toth, Seth Spayd, Dylan Hoch, Cody Kline, Chris Kurtz, Austin Silfee, Tyler Peet, Henry Anderson and Brayden Schoch making appearances at the speedway. Past winners in years past at Accord, Anthony Raisner and Alex Yankowski were also part of the mix of Slingshots. The Dunkin Donuts contingent of Brian Tobey, Jim Pollard and Bryce Cherko were on board with Cherko leading the Empire Region Points by a slim margin over Vermont's Marty Kelly. Kelly joined Steve Pados in the booth to announce the Modified feature and did his always good job. Jordan Lawrence and Dan Malley were part of the New York drivers in attendance with Malley suffering problems early on in the evening.
Former two time track champion "The Bushkill Bullet" Kyle Rohner was in the pit area last night assisting Anthony Perrego and will be competing in the upcoming King of the Catskills events this coming week. Rohner recently added a Five Mile track title to his racing resume.
RESULTS:
United Pump & Tank Modifieds: Anthony Perrego, Danny Creeden, Mike Ricci, Donnie Elliott, Brad Rothaupt, Jesse Marks, Ed Dachenhausen, Bobby Hentschel, Mark Pullen, Mike Butler, Scott Ferrier, Dom Roselli, Ed Burgess, Joe Judge, Mark Bishop, Ira Landrum, Brett Graham, Corey Lowitt, Danny Tyler, Richie Eurich, Ray See Jr, Ken Ferrier (Anthony Perrego Track Champion)
Healey Brothers Group Sportsman: Joey Bruning, Jimmy Wells, Brandon McGill, Connor Otten, Milton Mann, Tyler Johnston, Phil Goetchius, Ralph Ronk, Jim Introne, Mike Senecal, Brad Cicio, Nick Johnson, Nick Plumstead, Dave Demorest, Winter Mead (DNS) (Jimmy Wells Track Champion)
Ruge's Performance Center NEWS Sprint Cars: Heidi Hedin, Jesse James Bartleson, Zach Mead, Eric Jennings, Andrew Davis (Jesse James Bartleson Track Champion)
Arkel Motors Pure Stocks: Bob Sleight, Steve Williams, Ray Tarantino, Livy Johnson, Travis Brockner, Chris Kanuk, Austin Smith, Harry Bachman, Gary White, Austin Smith, Gary Ronk, Scott McCarthy (Bob Sleight Track Champion)
Ruges Parts Center Rookie Crate Sportsman: Race is Under Review
Want Ad Digest All Star Slingshots: (National Tour) Taylor Mills, Anthony Raisner, Alex Yankowski, Joe Toth, Seth Spayd, Marty Kelly, Samantha Muller, Bryce Cherko, Brett Putnam, Alan Kober, Jordan Lawrence, Dylan Hoch, Cody Kline, Henry Anderson, Brian Tobey, Tyler Peet, Austin Silfee, Jim Pollard, Chris Kurtz (Samantha Muller Track Champion)
WRWD Radio Junior Slingshots: (National Tour) Hunter Lapp, Jared Silfee, Jake Mason, Michael Corbin, John Kendall, Cole Stangle, Kyle Smith, Tanner Jones, Gavin Santee, Nico Flammer, Jaden Sleight, Tyler Banks, Ashton DeWitt (Hunter Lapp Track Champion)
Racing is on tap every Friday night at Accord Speedway from April through September. Make note of a new starting time beginning with next week's show. Pit Gates open at 5:00; Spectator Gates open at 5:30; Hot Laps are at 7:00 and the racing begins at 7:30 PM. Admission for Adults $14.00; Seniors (65+) $12.00; Children $3.00 (11+ under) Indoor Seating $20.00; Family four pack special: 2 Adults + 2 Children and $20.00 in Accord Bucks for $44.00 (a savings of $10.00)
Special event shows do have an increase in admission.
Make plans now for September 16th as it is the biggest event of the year at the Accord Speedway with the running of the annual "King of the Catskills" event sponsored by Insinger Fuels. $5,000.00 on the line for the Modifieds for 60-laps. The Joe Giachinta Memorial for the Sportsman division will pay $1,500.00. The Emmanuel's Markeplace Fireball 4-Cylinder Enduro will pay out $2,000.00 to the winner with more than 50 entries. Additional information will follow this coming week for the King of the Catskills events.
For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Accord Speedway, log on to their well documented website at: http://www.accordspeedway.com or call the speedway hotline at: 845 626 3478.
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A TRAIL OF DIRT LEADS RIGHT TO OUR DOOR
Stevie Smith takes $5,000 from Port Royal Speedway during Night Before The Tuscarora 50
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Stevie Smith takes $5,000 from Port Royal Speedway during Night Before The Tuscarora 50,
Tuscarora weekend continues Saturday with Tuscarora 50 finale
PORT ROYAL, PA. (September 9, 2016) - For the first time in 2016 and for the fourth time in his career, the “Black Bandit” Stevie Smith is a main event winner against the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions at Port Royal Speedway, this time scoring the Night Before The Tuscarora 50 victory to officially kick-off Tuscarora weekend at the “Speed Palace.” Smith, who started third on the feature grid, took command for the first time on lap 12, eventually holding back Greg Hodnett and Lucas Wolfe by nearly 2.5 seconds to score the $5,000 top prize. It was Smith’s 17th career victory with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions, equaling his father’s total on the all-time Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions win list.
“I am really happy to be out here tonight,” Stevie Smith said in victory lane. “I’ve always really enjoyed racing at Port Royal and I like winning at Port Royal. Although, I have to be truthful, I like winning at any track. It seems like it gets harder and harder to win every year. This track is putting on a great show for us here this weekend. I can’t thank everyone enough. They are the real reason why we are out here.”
Pole sitter Greg Hodnett took command during the initial Night Before The Tuscarora 50 main event start, leading Brock Zearfoss and Stevie Smith by the flag stand for the first time. Despite Hodnett’s ability to quickly extend his advantage at the front of the field, reaching a near-two second lead by lap 5, it was Lance Dewease who was creating the most noise.
Within two circuits, sixth starting Lance Dewease was already putting pressure on Stevie Smith, Brock Zearfoss, and Greg Hodnett, ultimately stealing third from Smith at the completion of lap two, and second from Zearfoss on lap three. The Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, native locked himself down on the bottom of the speedway, erasing Hodnett’s near-two second lead by lap eight, eventually driving under the familiar No. 27 on lap nine during a battle in traffic.
Unfortunately for the pilot of the Don Kreitz-owned/No. 69K, the dominance would soon come to an end, unexpectedly pulling to a stop on the backstretch on lap 11. This would allow Greg Hodnett to inherit the lead once again, followed by Stevie Smith and now Dale Blaney.
Greg Hodnett’s campaign at the front of the field would only last a single circuit, eventually overtaken by Stevie Smith with a textbook slide job between turns three and four on lap 12. That move would prove to be the winning move with Stevie Smith surviving the remaining 18 circuits of the 30 lap main event to earn his place on the coveted Port Royal Speedway victory lane stage, crossing under the final checkers nearly 2.5 seconds ahead of Greg Hodnett and Lucas Wolfe, who worked his way back to a podium finish by lap 13.
“We were just so tight at the beginning. It took us half of the race to really get going,” Stevie Smith explained. “Lance (Dewease) was really good tonight. I’m not sure how we would have ended up if he wouldn’t have broke. I just had to go where the car told me to go and where I thought the car was right. It hasn’t been right a lot this year, but it paid off tonight.”
The 49th running of the Tuscarora 50 will cap off a full weekend of competition for the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions at Port Royal Speedway, awarding a minimum of $12,000 after 50 laps of green flag competition on Saturday night, September 10. The Tuscarora 50 finale, a show-up points event for the Arctic Cat All Stars during their third and final Port Royal Speedway appearance of 2016, will also award lap money on top of the five-digit payday, which will be accumulated during the entire main event.
Port Royal Speedway will open Tuscarora 50 pit gates and main gates at 4:00 pm on Saturday, September 10. A mandatory drivers meeting will be held at 5:45 pm, followed by hot laps at 6:30. For more information, please visit Port Royal Speedway live on the Web at www.portroyalspeedway.com.
Contingency Awards/Results: Port Royal Speedway - Friday, September 9, 2016:
Event: Night Before The Tuscarora 50
EMi Driver’s Meeting: 41 Entries
State Water Heaters Warm-Ups: Lucas Wolfe - 15.972 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Danny Holtgraver (2nd Quick) - 16.291 seconds
Kistler Racing Products Heat #1: Sheldon Haudenschild
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Lucas Wolfe
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Brock Zearfoss
EMi Heat #4: Dave Blaney
JE Pistons Dash: Greg Hodnett
Daido Engine Bearings Main Event Winner: Greg Hodnett (2nd)
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Ryan Smith (+9)
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 5th Place Finisher: Danny Dietrich
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 10th Place Finisher: Doug Esh
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 15th Place Finisher: Ryan Smith
(Lincoln Electric, Daido Engine Bearings, MSD Performance, Outback Steakhouse: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
1.1Z-Lucas Wolfe, 16.202; 2.70-Danny Holtgraver, 16.291; 3.69K-Lance Dewease, 16.365; 4.25-Aaron Ott, 16.407; 5.51S-Stevie Smith, 16.411; 6.21-Cap Henry, 16.474; 7.27-Greg Hodnett, 16.521; 8.19m-Brent Marks, 16.545; 9.1-Dale Blaney, 16.556; 10.13-Tim Shaffer, 16.575; 11.12-Blane Heimbach, 16.577; 12.3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 16.578; 13.75-Nicole Bower, 16.599; 14.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 16.615; 15.88-TJ Stutts, 16.630; 16.71m-Dave Blaney, 16.650; 17.O7-Doug Esh, 16.654; 18.5-Dylan Cisney, 16.668; 19.48-Danny Dietrich, 16.688; 20.17B-Steve Buckwalter, 16.729; 21.10H-Chad Kemenah, 16.733; 22.29-Jason Shultz, 16.736; 23.55-Mike Wagner, 16.758; 24.57X-Andrew Palker, 16.767; 25.25B-Tyler Bear, 16.773; 26.94-Ryan Smith, 16.783; 27.7W-Logan Wagner, 16.797; 28.40-Caleb Helms, 16.860; 29.44-Joey Hershey, 16.877; 30.81-Lee Jacobs, 16.883; 31.8M-TJ Michael, 16.904; 32.91-Anthony Fiore, 16.969; 33.49H-Bradley Howard, 17.000; 34.60-Kory Crabtree, 17.035; 35.33-Curt Stroup, 17.139; 36.19G-Cale Grubb, 17.169; 37.24B-Dustin Baney, 17.200; 38.11K-Kraig Kinser, 17.253; 39.75L-Kody Lehman, 17.333; 40.55W-Michael Wagner II, 17.397; 41.15-Vince Snyder, 99.008;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2] ; 2. 70-Danny Holtgraver[4] ; 3. 88-TJ Stutts[1] ; 4. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[5] ; 5. 75-Nicole Bower[3] ; 6. 55-Mike Wagner[6] ; 7. 57X-Andrew Palker[7] ; 8. 44-Joey Hershey[9] ; 9. 8M-TJ Michael[10] ; 10. 25B-Tyler Bear[8]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 1Z-Lucas Wolfe[4] ; 2. 1-Dale Blaney[1] ; 3. 19m-Brent Marks[2] ; 4. O7-Doug Esh[5] ; 5. 21-Cap Henry[3] ; 6. 7W-Logan Wagner[7] ; 7. 94-Ryan Smith[6] ; 8. 19G-Cale Grubb[10] ; 9. 49H-Bradley Howard[9] ; 10. 91-Anthony Fiore[8]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[1] ; 2. 51S-Stevie Smith[2] ; 3. 69K-Lance Dewease[4] ; 4. 25-Aaron Ott[3] ; 5. 10H-Chad Kemenah[5] ; 6. 29-Jason Shultz[6] ; 7. 40-Caleb Helms[7] ; 8. 81-Lee Jacobs[8] ; 9. 24B-Dustin Baney[10]
Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps)
1. 71m-Dave Blaney[1] ; 2. 27-Greg Hodnett[4] ; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich[6] ; 4. 12-Blane Heimbach[2] ; 5. 5-Dylan Cisney[5] ; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser[8] ; 7. 13-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 8. 75L-Kody Lehman[9] ; 9. 33-Curt Stroup[7] ; 10. 55W-Michael Wagner II[10]
Dash 1 - (6 Laps)
1. 27-Greg Hodnett[2] ; 2. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[1] ; 3. 51S-Stevie Smith[3] ; 4. 1-Dale Blaney[5] ; 5. 25-Aaron Ott[4] ; 6. 69K-Lance Dewease[6] ; 7. 1Z-Lucas Wolfe[8] ; 8. 70-Danny Holtgraver[7]
B-Main 1 - (12 Laps)
1. 55-Mike Wagner[3] ; 2. 7W-Logan Wagner[7] ; 3. 29-Jason Shultz[2] ; 4. 94-Ryan Smith[6] ; 5. 57X-Andrew Palker[4] ; 6. 40-Caleb Helms[8] ; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser[16] ; 8. 8M-TJ Michael[11] ; 9. 81-Lee Jacobs[10] ; 10. 91-Anthony Fiore[12] ; 11. 75L-Kody Lehman[17] ; 12. 19G-Cale Grubb[14] ; 13. 24B-Dustin Baney[15] ; 14. 33-Curt Stroup[13] ; 15. 55W-Michael Wagner II[18] ; 16. 44-Joey Hershey[9] ; 17. 13-Tim Shaffer[1] ; 18. 25B-Tyler Bear[5] ; 19. 49H-Bradley Howard[19] ; 20. 60-Kory Crabtree[20]
A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 51S-Stevie Smith[3] ; 2. 27-Greg Hodnett[1] ; 3. 1Z-Lucas Wolfe[7] ; 4. 1-Dale Blaney[4] ; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich[13] ; 6. 71m-Dave Blaney[10] ; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[2] ; 8. 25-Aaron Ott[5] ; 9. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[9] ; 10. O7-Doug Esh[15] ; 11. 10H-Chad Kemenah[19] ; 12. 21-Cap Henry[18] ; 13. 12-Blane Heimbach[16] ; 14. 5-Dylan Cisney[20] ; 15. 94-Ryan Smith[24] ; 16. 55-Mike Wagner[21] ; 17. 88-TJ Stutts[11] ; 18. 11K-Kraig Kinser[25] ; 19. 29-Jason Shultz[23] ; 20. 75-Nicole Bower[17] ; 21. 70-Danny Holtgraver[8] ; 22. 19m-Brent Marks[12] ; 23. 7W-Logan Wagner[22] ; 24. 69K-Lance Dewease[6] ; 25. 75L-Kody Lehman[26] ; 26. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[14]
Current Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions Standings (September 9, 2016):
1. Dale Blaney - 4756
2. Chad Kemenah - 4734
3. Sheldon Haudenschild - 4700
4. Cap Henry - 4430
5. Danny Holtgraver - 4372
6. Kraig Kinser - 4364
7. T.J. Michael - 4182
8. Caleb Helms - 3996
9. Lee Jacobs - 3856
10. Andrew Palker - 3784
Additional Arctic Cat All Star Series Info:
Those seeking additional information regarding the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions 📿should visit their official online home at www.allstarsprint.com. Series updates and breaking news will be posted regularly on the official Twitter account of the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions: https://twitter.com/ASCoC. Find full text results from each and every event, as well as an up-to-date schedule, online at www.allstarsprint.com/schedule/.
About the Arctic Cat 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. After a 10 year stint as owner of the All Stars, Miller passed control of the series to Bert Emick in 1980; a reign that would continue through 2002. Guy Webb then purchased the series from Emick in the summer of 2002 and served as the series President for the next 12 years. 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.
About Arctic Cat:
The Arctic Cat brand is among the most widely recognized and respected in the recreational vehicle industry. The company designs, engineers, manufactures and markets all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), side-by-sides and snowmobiles, in addition to related parts, garments and accessories under the Arctic Cat® and Motorfist® brand names. Arctic Cat Inc.’s world headquarters is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “ACAT.” More information about Arctic Cat and its products is available at www.ArcticCat.com.
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