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BRIDGEPORT’S FIRST PACK THE HOUSE NIGHT IS A HUGE SUCCESS
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"If you build it, they will come" - everyone remembers that line from the movie Field of Dreams. The Bridgeport & Spirit Auto Centers Speedways opened the gates and they came! With numbers surpassing anyone's expectations, they came - young and old, entire families - they came to the Logan Township race track, many to see their first ever stock car race!
And they saw nine divisions of race cars with racing action taking place on both the 5/8 mile and quarter mile tracks!
The Stewart Stainless Crate/Sportsman staged their starting line-up behind the grandstands, giving everyone a very up close and personal view of the field of twenty-four stock cars.
Scott Hulmes and Billy Briggs led the field to the green flag with Briggs taking the lead from the start. Last week's feature winner, Matt Stangle made contact with the fourth turn, bringing out the first and only caution of the twenty lap main event.
Briggs led the way on the restart as David Crossman took over second. Jeremy Harrington was on the move, challenging Crossman for second on laps four and five and securing the runner-up spot as Briggs led the way on lap five. Dave Damiano took over third on lap six as he raced Crossman out of turn two. Briggs, Harrington and Damiano ran nose to tail on lap seven before Harrington made his move to take the lead.
At half way, Harrington led Damiano, Briggs, Bobby Lilick and Crossman.
On lap twelve, Steve Davis broke into the top five and then took over fourth on the next lap. Tommy Beamer, driving Jeramy Doerr's No. 3D, took over fifth on lap fourteen.
Harrington led the way to the checkered flag with Damiano, Bobby Lilick, Davis and Beamer trailing the leader.
Harrington gave the fans another thrill as he celebrated his second win of the season in Helio Castroneves style by climbing the fence at the start/finish line just as the Indy car driver is known to do.
Tom Sherby was the winner of the DA's Auto Body Rookie feature as he picked up back to back wins over four time feature winner, Chuck Sayres, Jr. Shannon Marshall and Tom Terry followed the leaders across the finish line.
Felton, DE driver, TJ Henry drove to his fourth win of the 2016 season after taking the lead from Scott Dugan on lap three of the PennCo Tech Outlaw Stock feature.
Henry drove to the checkered flag ahead of Jeramy Doerr, Brian Ludwig, Dugan and Tom Wills, Jr. who raced from the rear of the field after an early race incident.
After leading all but the final two laps of a race earlier in the season, Christopher Allen, Jr. earned a flag to flag victory in the Tanner Brothers Dairy/Thayer Performance Poker Series Tri State Race Savers Sprint Car twenty lap feature. Mark Bitner raced to finish second ahead of Logan Diehl, Rick Stief and Jeff Geiges. Both Allen and Diehl made later appearances in action on the quarter mile track. Allen picked up an "Ace" for his Poker Series hand in the second race of the 2016 series.
Racing moved to the quarter mile speedway as Travis Hill drove to the win in the 600 Wingless Micro Sprint feature. Hill has competed in both the Crate/Sportsman and Modified ranks, has been doing double duty this season, racing in both Friday and Saturday night action.
After starting third on the grid, Hill moved into the lead on the first lap and led all of the way to the checkered. Jim Tippin finished second with Jon Keller, Greg Stevens and Austin Quick rounding out the top five.
Robbie Watson was the winner of the 270 Winged Micro Sprint feature over Ryan Wozunk, Logan Diehl, Tyler Reinhardt and Alex Swift. Ryan Heim led the first lap with Wozunk leading laps two and three before Watson took the lead.
After a heated battle among brothers, Lou Partite picked up the win in the twenty lap Speedway All Star Bagel Slingshot feature. Joe Toth finished second followed by Dave McCullough, Dave Morrell and David Bell.
John Webster was the winner of the Serv Pro Four Cylinder Enduros over Chris Sammons and Justin Dunn. Lee Allen picked up the win and the $1000 prize in the Eight Cylinder Enduros followed by Chris Allen, Jr. and Tom Wolf at the finish.
Friday night action returns this week to the Spirit Auto Center Speedway with the Monster Truck Exhibition. The TSRS Sprint Cars will compete on the 5/8 mile track while the 270 & 600 Micro Sprints and 4 Cylinder Enduros will compete on the quarter mile. Racing gets underway at 8pm.
It's Spirit Auto Center Monster Truck Crush Cancer Night at the Bridgeport Speedway on Saturday night as the Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman, Outlaw Stocks and Rookies compete. It's also graduation night for the DA's Auto Body Rookies! Racing starts at 7pm.
STEWART STAINLESS SUPPLY CRATE SPORTSMAN (20 laps): 1. Jeremy Harrington, 2. Dave Damiano, 3. Bob Lilick, 4. Steve Davis, 5. Tommy Beamer, 6. Kris Lilick, 7. Steve Kemery, 8. Eric Kormann, 9. Brad Roberts, 10. David Crossman, 11. Connor King, 12. Tom Tanner, 13. Nick Nicotra, 14. Ernie Miles, III, 15. Chuck Sayres, Jr., 16. Frank Holmes, 17. Tom Princiotta, 18. J.R. Burritt, 19. Tom Sherby, 20. Tom Holding, 21. Billy Briggs, 22. Matt Stangle, 23. Scott Hulmes, 24. Pete Visconti, 25. Jeff Sargent, DNS – Pete Serra
D.A.’S AUTO BODY & REPAIR ROOKIES (6 laps): 1. Tom Sherby, 2. Chuck Sayres, Jr., 3. Shannon Marshall, 4. Tom Terry
PENNCO TECH OUTLAW STOCKS (15 laps): 1. T.J. Henry, 2. Jeramy Doerr, 3. Brian Ludwig, 4. Scott Dugan, 5. Tom Wills, Jr., 6. Ken Watson, 7. Jeff Dirkes, 8. Joe Meron, 9. Tom Wills, Sr., 10. Terry Griffith, 11. Jack Beaumont, 12. Ryan Freshneck, 13. Billy Wroble, 14. Gary Klimeczak, 15. Fred Tomarchio, 16. Spider Ensinger, 17. Ken Moren, 18. Roy Combs
HILBORN TSRS 305 SPRINTS (20 laps): 1. Chris Allen, 2. Mark Bitner, 3. Logan Diehl, 4. Rick Stief, 5. Jeff Geiges, 6. Kevin Nagy, 7. Brendon Poff, 8. Tim Tanner, Jr., 9. Stef Palmai, 10. Mike Haggenbottom, 11. Eddie Wagner, 12. Dave Brown, 13. Bob DeVault, Jr., 14. Kyle Purks, 15. Bryant Davis, 16. Randy Wilbert, 17. Samantha Lieberman, 18. David Bonner, 19. Zack Byrd, 20. Jason Rochelle, 21. Joe Lord, 22. Ryan Stillwaggon, 23. Mike Kostic
WINGLESS 600CC MICRO SPRINTS (20 laps): 1. Travis Hill, 2. Jim Tippin, 3. Jon Keller, 4. Greg Stevens, 5. Austin Quick, 6. Matt Smith, 7. Luke Thomas, 8. Ernie Miles, Jr., 9. Nick Havens, 10. Ed Barber, III, 11. Mike Fillbrunn, 12. Chad Connor, 13. Charles Coburn, 14. Jermain Godshall, 15. Steve Bacall
270CC MICRO SPRINTS (20 laps): 1. Robbie Watson, 2. Ryan Wozunk, 3. Logan Diehl, 4. Tyler Reinhardt, 5. Alex Swift, 6. Ryan Heim, 7. Sammi Schenick, 8. Billy Murphy, 9. Steve Coslop, 10. Gary Waegel, 11. John Blanda, 12. Billy Gray, 13. Luke Fogg, 14. Scott Hulmes, 15. Brandon Pavel, 16. Kyle Weiss, 17. Colin Bustard, 18. Rich Keller, 19. Tyler Grau, 20. John Wagner, Jr.
SPEEDWAY ALL-STAR BAGELS SLINGSHOTS (20 laps): 1. Lou Partite, 2. Joe Toth, 3. Dave McCullough, 4. Dave Morrell, 5. David Bell, 6. Steve Schenker, 7. Richard Partite
SERVPRO FOUR CYLINDER ENDUROS (20 laps): 1. John Webster, 2. Chris Sammons, 3. Justin Dunn, 4. Keith McKinley, 5. Scott Dunn, 6. Art Knapp, 7. Cody Mount
EIGHT CYLINDER ENDUROS (20 laps): 1. Lee Allen, 2. Chris Allen, Jr., 3. Tom Wolf, 4. Derek Jones, 5. Chris Allen, Sr., 6. Paul Hartwig, 7. Brandon Guyer, 8. Vinny Troia, 9. Travis Guyer, 10. Jerry Ellingsworth, 11. Gary Landis
Upcoming events
Saturday, June 25 - Spirit Auto Center's Monster Truck Crush Cancer Night - Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman, Outlaw Stocks and Rookie Graduation, racing at 7pm
Sunday, July 3 - HIGH STAKES AT THE PORT - 811 DIG SAFELY POKER SERIES HAND #4 - Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman & Outlaw Stocks, racing at 7:15
Saturday, July 9 - Kids Money Scramble - Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman & Tri State Race Saver Sprint Cars, racing at 7pm
Saturday, July 16 - First Responders Night - Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman & Twin 12s for Outlaw Stocks, racing at 7pm
Saturday, July 23 - BIKE NIGHT - Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman, Tri State Race Saver Sprints & GS Vintage Cars, racing at 7pm
Stewart Scores Father’s Day Victory at Brown County
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World of Outlaws
Contact: Jordan Morris
World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series PR
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Stewart Scores Father’s Day Victory
Captures fifth win of the season in series return to Brown County Speedway
ABERDEEN, S.D. - June 19, 2016 - The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series returned to Brown County Speedway for the first time since 1985 on Sunday night, as Shane Stewart started on the pole and led wire-to-wire to claim his fifth checkered flag of the season.
Stewart, whose wife and young daughter joined him in victory lane, captured the Father's Day victory after he built sizeable lead on Joey Saldana and Donny Schatz while navigating through heavy lapped traffic all night.
"[Having my daughter and wife out here] makes it that much more special," Stewart, who now sits third in the championship standings, said. "It's my second Father's Day, so it's cool to have them with me - and happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.
"I wish my dad could be here to celebrate with us - but a lot of love is sending back to them. I am very happy we could get the win on Father's Day."
To start the night, Jason Sides scored his second quick-time award of the season, while also establishing a new track record at Brown County with a lap of 10.961 seconds. Sides continued to show speed early in the night, as he joined Saldana and Brad Sweet as the three heat race winners.
Sides had the speed, but the luck was not on his side, as a dash inversion draw of six placed South Dakota native, Dusty Zomer, on the pole for the six-lap race.
Zomer held on to the top spot for just the opening lap, as second-place starter, Stewart, in the American Born Moonshine/Eneos Oil No. 2, muscled his way to the lead. Stewart held on to the lead for the remaining laps of the dash to earn the victory and the pole position for the 35-lap feature.
Once the green flag dropped for the feature, Stewart rocketed out to an early lead as Zomer, who started second, quickly fell off the pace, allowing third-place starter, Pittman, to squeeze into second. Zomer's night went further downhill, as he caused the races second caution when he slipped off the track on lap four and came to a stop. The home state driver never recovered, as he finished in the 16th position.
Up front, Saldana, who started the race in the fifth position, and Schatz, who started seventh, quickly cracked the top three by lap 10. The two drivers, who have combined to win 13 of the 39 races this year, applied pressure on the leader early.
The leaders encountered slower lapped traffic early and often at the tight 1/3-mile, circular-shaped track. Stewart had an easier time slicing his way through the traffic as Saldana, in the Roth Enterprises/HR Livestock No. 83, and Schatz, in the Bad Boy Off Road/Chevrolet Performance No. 15, not only battled lapped cars, but each other as well.
As Stewart continued to pad his lead, Saldana and Schatz swapped the runner-up position back-and-forth. Neither driver could capture the position and pull away from the other as the dense traffic played a role in the battle.
Finally, in the closing laps, Saldana put some space between him and the seven-time series champion, and set his sights on the leader. Unfortunately for Saldana, Stewart had amassed over a five second lead by that point.
In the final 10 laps, Saldana was able to shave a second off of Stewart's lead, but time was not on his side. Stewart was able join Sammy Swindell as the only drivers to win a World of Outlaws race at Brown County, as he dominated all 35 laps to capture the checkered flag.
"Track position was just everything, honestly," Stewart added. "We usually have double-file restarts, and it can create a lot of chaos in our races, but having single-file restarts tonight helped me being out front. My guys gave me a great car all night long, and we finally got a dash draw that benefitted us and we were able to take advantage of it.
"I just can't thank everyone that is involved with this team enough. We have hit on a little streak here and hopefully we can keep it going all summer. It's a pleasure to come drive this thing day-in and day-out, it's really a dream come true."
Saldana was able to score his 10th podium finish of the season and his first since winning at Jacksonville Speedway on May 4.
"Wow - for us to be standing here with these guys on the front straightaway, that's like a win," Saldana said. "I can't thank Teresa and Dennis Roth enough for giving me the opportunity; this is a tough, tough series, so when you get knocked down, it's tough to get back up.
"The longer the race went, it started to clean off a little bit in turn three and four, so you couldn't move around like you could in one and two...Just a very good effort by the whole team, they worked real hard tonight. Hopefully we can build on this and get better at I-80 Speedway in a few days."
Donny Schatz extended his slim point lead on Brad Sweet, as he continued his hot streak in the month of June with his sixth top-three finish in eight races this month.
"These guys did an awesome job, we just didn't get around here as quick as we needed to," Schatz said. "Shane [Stewart] was awful good, and we were trying to race with Joey [Saldana] there, but we just weren't quite good enough.
"That's the way it goes in racing - some day's you're good, and some days you not. A top three is still pretty respectable, like I said my guys do a remarkable job and we will get another crack at it on Wednesday."
Tonight's KSE Hard Charger, David Gravel, advanced eight positions to finish sixth, coming up one spot short of capturing his seventh top-five finish in eight June races.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series continues their trek through the heartland of the United States, as they head to Greenwood, Neb. for the NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Showdown at I-80 Speedway on Wednesday night. For more race information and ticket purchasing options, visit: www.WoOSprint.com/I-80-Speedway.
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Brown County Speedway Notebook
RACE NOTES: Shane Stewart captured his fifth win of the season, which is third most of any driver in 2016...Jason Sides scored his second quick-time award of the season and established a new track record at Brown County Speedway...2016 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Contender, Clyde Knipp, qualified for his fourth A-Main of the season.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Casey Mack; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Jason Sides; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Aaron Reutzel; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Aaron Reutzel; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Jason Johnson; Super Flow ($50 cash): Greg Wilson; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Dusty Zomer; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): David Gravel; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Shane Stewart; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Cory Mack; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Trent Stengl.
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 10 (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); Brad Sweet - 6(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); Shane Stewart - 5(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); Daryn Pittman - 4(Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24); David Gravel - 3(Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6); Joey Saldana - 3(The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4); Kerry Madsen - 2(Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7); Lance Dewease - 1(Williams Grove Speedway on May 20); Chad Kemenah - 1(Fremont Speedway on June 3);Jason Johnson - 1(Placerville Speedway on March 24); Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10);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; Brown County Speedway; Aberdeen, S.D.; June 19, 2016.
A-Main - (35 Laps) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [1][$10,000]; 2. 83-Joey Saldana [5][$5,500]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [7][$3,200]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [3][$2,800]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [6][$2,500]; 6. 5-David Gravel [14][$2,300]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet [4][$2,200]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [11][$2,100]; 9. 7-Paul McMahan [8][$2,050]; 10. 3-Tim Kaeding [12][$2,000]; 11. 55-Aaron Reutzel [13][$1,500]; 12. 41-Jason Johnson [15][$1,200]; 13. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [9][$1,100]; 14. W20-Greg Wilson [10][$1,050]; 15. 1A-Jacob Allen [18][$1,000]; 16. 82-Dusty Zomer [2][$900]; 17. 9N-Wade Nygaard [16][$800]; 18. 5G-Dave Glennon [19][$800]; 19. 25-Cory Mack [17][$800]; 20. 20A-Jordan Adams [21][$800]; 21. 7T-Trent Stengl [23][$800]; 22. 91M-Jackson Moffett [24][$800]; 23. 13-Clyde Knipp [22][$800]; 24. 8-Casey Mack [20][$800]. Lap Leaders: Shane Stewart 1-35. KSE Hard Charger Award: 5-David Gravel [+8]
Qualifying - 1. 7S-Jason Sides, 10.961; 2. 83-Joey Saldana, 11.007; 3. 49-Brad Sweet, 11.013; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman, 11.023; 5. 2-Shane Stewart, 11.119; 6. 82-Dusty Zomer, 11.137; 7. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.154; 8. 7-Paul McMahan, 11.161; 9. 41-Jason Johnson, 11.207; 10. W20-Greg Wilson, 11.240; 11. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 11.259; 12. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier, 11.274; 13. 55-Aaron Reutzel, 11.302; 14. 25-Cory Mack, 11.346; 15. 3-Tim Kaeding, 11.351; 16. 5G-Dave Glennon, 11.364; 17. 5-David Gravel, 11.396; 18. 1A-Jacob Allen, 11.438; 19. 9N-Wade Nygaard, 11.573; 20. 8-Casey Mack, 11.580; 21. 20A-Jordan Adams, 11.647; 22. 7T-Trent Stengl, 11.828; 23. 19L-Rob Caho, 11.886; 24. 13-Clyde Knipp, 11.942; 25. 91M-Jackson Moffett, 12.390; 26. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 12.514; 27. 19-Paige Polyak, nt
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [4]; 5. 55-Aaron Reutzel [5]; 6. 9N-Wade Nygaard [7]; 7. 5G-Dave Glennon [6]; 8. 7T-Trent Stengl [8]; 9. 91M-Jackson Moffett [9]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 83-Joey Saldana [1]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 3. 7-Paul McMahan [3]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 5. 5-David Gravel [6]; 6. 25-Cory Mack [5]; 7. 8-Casey Mack [7]; 8. 2K-Kevin Ingle [9]; 9. 19L-Rob Caho [8]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 82-Dusty Zomer [2]; 3. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier [4]; 4. 3-Tim Kaeding [5]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [3]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [6]; 7. 20A-Jordan Adams [7]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [8]; 9. 19-Paige Polyak [9]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 2. 82-Dusty Zomer [1]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 5. 83-Joey Saldana [5]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [6]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 5G-Dave Glennon [1][-]; 2. 8-Casey Mack [2][-]; 3. 20A-Jordan Adams [3][-]; 4. 13-Clyde Knipp [5][-]; 5. 7T-Trent Stengl [4][-]; 6. 91M-Jackson Moffett [6][-]; 7. 2K-Kevin Ingle [7][$300]; 8. 19L-Rob Caho [8][$250]; 9. 19-Paige Polyak [9][$225].
KLINE, SCHUTZ AND STRUNK NASCAR FEATURE WINNERS AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY
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NEWS FROM NASCAR SANCTIONED GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY, BECHTELSVILLE, PA
Track promoter: Bruce Rogers @ 610.754.7688
MEDIA CONTACT: Ernie Saxton@215.752.7797-Cell:267.934.7286
EMAIL: Esaxton144@aol.com
Race results written by Vicki Gehris with additions from Ernie Saxton
PAUL KLINE WINS 40-LAP SUMMER SPLASH SPORTSMAN FEATURE, SCHUTZ GETS HIS SECOND BRC LATE MODEL WIN OF THE SEASON AND JEFF STRUNK BECOMES A FIRST TIME WINNER THIS SEASON AT GRANDVIEW IN TP TRAILERS NASCAR 358 MODIFIED FEATURE ALL PART OF BASHORE TRUCKING/BFP SPECIALTIES NIGHT
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. June 19, 2016 . . . When Paul “The Dude” Kline finally wins a NASCAR Sportsman feature at Grandview Speedway, he picks a big payday since it was the Summer Splash 40-lap feature sponsored by Bashore Trucking/BFP Specialty that was worth #$1,500 plus $100 from T.P. Trailers, Limerick.
Kline, the eighth different winner in the division, started his season late and it wasn’t easy since he experienced carburetor problems and other issues and since the crew just consists of himself and his wife Jenifer, that makes it even more challenging. He inherited the lead when race leader Kenny Bock spun between turns and four which brought out the red for a blocked track since several other cars tangled behind him on lap four.
Since numerous restarts were needed in the early stages, after six laps all restarts went single-file. Kline held off numerous challenges with current point leader Jordan Henn all over him with five laps remaining. Kline hung on to capture the victory.
Jeff Strunk, a ten-time Modified point champion, who reunited with former owner Glenn Hyneman and the No. 126 team, finished second two weeks in a row and he decided it was time to change the status. After a seven lap battle with Mike Kellner he finally got even enough and was able to move underneath Kellner off four with five laps to go and made the move stick as he was now first. Strunk continued the momentum and went on to score his first win of the season in the T.P. Trailers NASCAR 358 Modified All-American Racing Series 30-Lap
Defending Late Model point champion Chuck Schutz has had his share of ups and downs since the season began and he finally got a break and pulled the Ty Zeigler-owned/PPB No. ONE into victory lane for the second time in the 25-lap BRC NASCAR Late Model feature.
The TSRS 305 Sprint cars will headline the racing action on Saturday, June 25th, when Bechtelsville Car Wash presents a tripleheader show of racing action that will also include the TP Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds and Sportsman stock cars. Admission for this special event is just $18 for adults. Spectator gates open at 5:30 p.m. with racing getting underway at 7:30 p.m.
Sportsman action saw rookie Bock take the early lead for four laps before he spun and the red was thrown. After things cleared Kline was first trailed by Derrick Smith, another rookie; Brad Arnold, Craig Whitmoyer and Henn.
Whitmoyer overtook second on the 11th lap and set his sights on Kline who encountered lap traffic. He reeled Kline in by the 17th lap and made several attempts to dive underneath him, but to no avail.
It wasn’t long before a four-car dual emerged for first between Kline, Whitmoyer, Arnold and Henn.
Henn moved into second on the 34th lap and he was all over Kline putting his bids in for first.
Kline kept everyone behind him to pull the Precision Landscaping/Searock Fabrication No. 1 into victory lane. Finishing a close second was Henn followed by Whitmoyer, Arnold and Brian Hirthler, who had their best finishes for a change of luck. Last year’s winner Mike Lisowski was sixth. Rookies Smith, Dylan Swinehart and last week’s winner Brian Papiez were seventh through ninth with Ryan Lilick tenth.
Kline, Bock and Dean Bachman won the heats. The consi went to Kyle Lilick.
Mike Kellner put the Power Washers No. 57 into the lead at the onset of the Modified with pressure from Eric Biehn, Steve Swinehart, John Willman and Ray Swinehart.
It didn’t take long for the Lansdale leadfoot to increase the distance between himself and now Steve and Ray Swinehart, Biehn and Willman.
The first caution was when Ryan Grim spun along the homestretch on the 17th lap when last week’s feature winner Brett Kressley was clipped, did a 360 and continued, but later pulled in before action resumed. The restart was void since Frank Cozze failed to get away. Kellner continued his pace when action resumed, but by this time Strunk was second giving him a run for the top spot. Kellner held his outside line while Strunk tried feverishly to get underneath and advance.
Kellner held off Strunk’s moves until coming off four on lap 25. The bid held and Strunk was now ahead.
Strunk never surrendered first and pulled into the winner’s circle for the first time this year with Kellner a disappointing second trailed by R. Swinehart, Craig Von Dohren, Kyle Weiss, Duane Howard, S. Swinehart, Tim Buckwalter, Danny Erb and Jared Umbenhauer.
Heat winners were Strunk, Howard and R. Swinehart. Kressley won the consi.
Once again Joe “Geezer” Fanelli led the way in the Late Model feature until Schutz passed him on the fourth lap.
While Schutz showed the way and built up a healthy margin, Bill Henning, Lou Egrie, Brian Shuey and Bryon Sipe diced for positions.
By the Dan’s Deli half-way hoagie marker the order behind Schutz was now comprised of Bill Henning, Egrie, Wayne Pfeil and Cory Merkel.
Despite more caution periods needed once Schutz took control, he never looked back and went on to score another win. Chasing him across the line for his season best run was Henning followed by Pfeil, Egrie and Merkel. Rounding out the top ten were Randy Stoudt, Dave Ogin, Shuey, Dan Green and Drew Weisser.
Sipe and Fanelli were the heat winners.
RACE RESULTS
Bashore Trucking/BFP Specialties Summer Splash Sportsman Feature (40 Laps): 1. Paul Kline, 2. Jordan Henn, 3. Craig Whitmoyer, 4. Brad Arnold, 5. Brian Hirthler, 6. Mike Lisowski, 7. Derrick Smith, 8. Dylan Swinehart, 9. Brian Papiez, 10. Ryan Lilick, 11. Chad Kohler, 12. Nathan Mohr, 13. Ryan Shupp, 14. Jack Butler, 15. Rich Jones, 16. Steve Searock, 17. Kenny Bock, 18. Chris Jenkins, 19. Brett Gilmore, 20. Mike Stringer, 21. Kenny Gilmore, 22. Jim Housworth, 23. Dean Bachman, 24. Jesse Landis, 25. Kyle Lilick, 26. Tommy Scheetz III. DNQ: Mike Koffel, Jeff Sechrist, Andrew Kreis, B.J. Joly, John McGovern, Mark Kemmerer, Ken Eckert Jr.
T.P. Trailers Modified Feature (30 Laps): 1. Jeff Strunk, 2. Mike Kellner, 3. Ray Swinehart, 4. Craig Von Dohren, 56. Kyle Weiss, 6. Duane Howard, 7. Steve Swinehart, 8. Tim Buckwalter, 9. Danny Erb, 10. Jared Umbenhauer, 11. John Willman, 12. Ryan Watt, 13. Doug Manmiller, 14. Mike Gular, 15. Kyle Borror, 16. Don Norris Jr., 17. Brian Houseknecht, 18. Ryan Grim, 19. Eric Biehn, 20. Brett Kressley, 21, Ron Haring Jr., 22. Justin Grim, 23. Carroll Hine III, 24. Bobby Gunther-Walsh, 25. Frank Cozze, 26. Kory Fleming, 27. Ron Seltmann Jr., 28. Kevin Hirthler. DNQ: Blaine Bracelin Jr. and Chris Gambler.
BRC Late Model Feature (25 Laps): 1. Chuck Schutz, 2. Bill Henning, 3. Wayne Pfeil, 4. Lou Egrie, 5. Cory Merkel, 6. Randy Stoudt, 7. Dave Ogin, 8. Brian Shuey, 9. Dan Green, 10. Drew Weisser, 11. Joe Fanelli, 12. Chris Wojnar, 13. Shawn Horning, 14. Dirk Rimrott, 15. Steve Todorow, 16. Eric Hoch, 17. Bryon Sipe, 18. Devin Frey, 19. George Irwin. DNS: Ron Kline
Grandview Speedway, a one-third-mile, banked clay track, is located on Passmore Road just off Route 100 in Bechtelsville, PA, 10 miles north of Pottstown. A full assortment of great concessions and novelty items are available. Free parking on the grounds. Fans are invited to the competition area after the events are completed to meet the racers. For information telephone 610.754.7688 or check in at www.grandviewspeedway.com, Twitter@GrandviewSpeedway and www.facebook.com/grandviewspeedway along with Rainedout.com (for rainout information).
COMING EVENTS:
Saturday, June 25, 7:30 p.m. Bechtelsville Car Wash Night featuring T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, Sportsman and TSRS Sprint cars.
Tuesday, June 28, 7:30 p.m. Thunder on the Hill Series featuring PA Sprint Speed Week 410 Sprint cars and 358 Modifieds.
Saturday, July 2, 7:30 p.m. Whelen Engineering Night featuring T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman stock cars.
Saturday, July 9, 7:30 p.m. Chapman Ford Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, Horsham, PA Night featuring the BRC Late Models in Firecracker 40, T.P.Trailers 358 Modifieds and Sportsman along with GREAT FIREWORKS SHOW
Thursday, July 14, 7:30 p.m. Super DIRTCAR Series Modifieds 19th Annual Traffic Jam Big Block 60-lap feature along with racing for the Sportsman stock cars.
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CLAUSON CONQUERS “40 FOR SHORTY” AT THE DITCH
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West Memphis, AR. June 18, 2016 ........Up to this point in the 2016 season, Bryan Clauson's journey had been mostly rosy and smooth as he's picked up win-after-win (22 to be exact) from coast-to-coast and everywhere in between. But, after losing an engine on Friday night and forced to go to the the backup powerplant, Clauson and the Dooling/Hayward team had to work feverishly with uncertainty lingering in their minds, unsure if they would even be able to make the call at all for Saturday night's event.
When all was said and done, Clauson overcame, once again finding himself in familiar territory, victory lane, after taking advantage of a late-race tire issue on the car of leader Tanner Thorson to nail down his first USAC National Midget win of the season in Saturday night's "40 for Shorty" at Riverside International Speedway in his Dooling-Hayward/Cancer Treatment Centers of America - B & H Contractors/Spike/Stanton SR-11.
"Tonight was one of those nights where we'll look back on it after we finish all 200 (races) this year and just smile about," Clauson acknowledged. "We were at the point of just wanting to scrap it tonight because of our motor issues, but these guys kept busting their butts. Big Rick Stenhouse patched this motor back together and put the super tune on it; it was spectacular all night. My guys' effort and passion for the sport is unbelievable and it makes me want to win for them. Having dad on the wrenches is fun. As we've gotten older, we've learned how to deal with each other, but it's been fun this year to win with him again. We did a lot of that in the midget in 2009 and 2010 and it was a lot of fun again tonight."
On the initial start, things went awry for Oklahoma's Matt Sherrell as he tumbled down the back straightaway on the opening lap, bringing out the red flag. He would walk away uninjured, but unable to restart.
On the next attempt, pole-sitter Brady Bacon would run side-by-side with outside front row starter Zach Daum, but would hold court, fending off Daum to take the lead at the conclusion of lap one.
In a repeat performance of Friday night's opener at Riverside, Tanner Thorson was lightning quick during the early stages of the feature, picking his way to the front in no-time-flat from his fourth starting position.
On lap three, Thorson slid past Daum in turn three to seize the second spot and, three laps later, he had reeled in race-leader Bacon. On the seventh lap, Thorson would head to the bottom, setting up a turn three slider on Bacon for the lead. As Thorson drifted his right rear tread up to the guardrail, Bacon crossed over, pulling alongside Thorson as the two drag-raced to the line with the advantage going to Thorson by a mere .033 seconds.
Shortly thereafter, tenth-running Kyle Jones was unharmed after barrel-rolling his machine through turns one and two to bring out the feature's second red.
After the restart, Thorson was on a rail, appearing to put the field to bed as he continuously stretched his lead throughout the middle portion of the race.
Meanwhile, Clauson was hanging tough, running consistent, fast laps, but not able to significantly chop into Thorson's lead, but on lap 29, what looked like a foregone conclusion had vanished into the thick West Memphis atmosphere. Thorson's right rear tire had come apart, shredding pieces down the back straightaway as he crawled to a stop.
With the stage reset, Clauson was now in control at the front of the pack while Thorson, with fresh rubber, restarted at the tail, which was only 11th at that point in the race due to attrition. Thorson could not be counted out as a contender. For, it was just one season ago during the "Gold Crown Midget Nationals" at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois that Thorson pitted to change a flat right rear tire just after the midway point, and then proceeded to slice his way through the pack to take the lead and secure the victory in the final two laps.
Thorson charged hard up against the outer edge during the final circuits, but was only able to manage a seventh at the finish.
But, up front, nobody had anything for Clauson who took his third 40-lap USAC National Midget feature win in his last four tries, completing a memorable performance with his 13th USAC-sanctioned victory of 2016 and 23rd overall triumph of the season.
Clauson collected his 37th career USAC National Midget win ahead of Bacon, Carson Macedo, Chad Boat, Shane Golobic, Ryan Robinson, Thorson, Spencer Bayston, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Holly Shelton.
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's Bacon took home second in his FMR Racing/Beast/Toyota for his third straight top-five finish, placing himself in the thick of the championship race as the series takes a break before hitting the heartland hard during a four-race stretch in early August.
"Bryan found the bottom first and we were a little too tight to run as far down as he was," Bacon explained. "We just didn't have the grunt to race with them and we had to be more defensive than we should have. The car was really good and hooked up and it was cool to watch the track change as the line moved around. Second is our best run of the year, so we're knocking on the door and, hopefully, we can just keep picking up steam."
Macedo, the series rookie out of Lemoore, California, followed up Friday night's career-best second place performance with yet another strong run, taking third in his Keith Kunz - Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/TRD - Tarlton & Son/Bullet/Speedway Toyota.
"The track was really fast through the middle which made it a little hard to pass, but it was a great weekend for us," Macedo said. "I guess I jumped the start, which is too bad, obviously, but that's the way it goes sometimes. But we're running up front, so I think we can get one of these sometime soon. All in all, though, we're happy with how things went and we'll come out next time and just try to keep getting better."
Contingency award winners at Riverside International Speedway included Spencer Bayston (ProSource Fast Qualifier), Bryan Clauson (Simpson Race Products/Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI) First Heat Race Winner/KSE Racing Products Hard Charger), Chad Boat (Benic Enterprises/Indy Race Parts Second Heat Race Winner), and Cody Brewer (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Finisher).
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USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 18, 2016 - West Memphis, Arkansas - Riverside International Speedway - "40 for Shorty"
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Spencer Bayston, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.373 (New Track Record); 2. Carson Macedo, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.389; 3. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.416; 4. Ryan Robinson, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.501; 5. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-13.572; 6. Brady Bacon, 76m, FMR-13.610; 7. Shane Golobic, 17w, Wood-13.675; 8. Ryan Greth, 4, Lesher-13.785; 9. Bryan Clauson, 63, Dooling/Hayward-13.807; 10. Chad Boat, 84, Tucker/Boat-13.832; 11. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-13.897; 12. Kyle Jones, 54, Hefler-13.962; 13. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 17, Clauson-14.020; 14. Holly Shelton, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.033; 15. Cody Brewer, 96, Central-14.092; 16. Matt Sherrell, 35, Sherrell-14.179; 17. Nick Bailey, 89, Bailey-16.200.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS/COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Daum, 3. Thorson, 4. Bayston, 5. Golobic, 6. Stenhouse, 7. Walker, 8. Brewer, 9. Bailey. 2:15.41
BENIC ENTERPRISES/INDY RACE PARTS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Bacon, 3. Macedo, 4. Jones, 5. Greth, 6. Robinson, 7. Sherrell, 8. Shelton. 2:15.25 (NTR)
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Carson Macedo, 4. Chad Boat, 5. Shane Golobic, 6. Ryan Robinson, 7. Tanner Thorson, 8. Spencer Bayston, 9. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 10. Holly Shelton, 11. Gage Walker, 12. Zach Daum, 13. Cody Brewer, 14. Ryan Greth, 15. Kyle Jones, 16. Matt Sherrell, 17. Nick Bailey. NT
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**Sherrell flipped on the opening lap of the feature. Jones flipped on lap 8 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Bacon, Laps 7-28 Thorson, Laps 29-40 Clauson.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Bryan Clauson (9th to 1st)
NEW USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Bayston-515, 2-Clauson-505, 3-Bacon-492, 4-Thorson-455, 5-Boat-451, 6-Golobic-407, 7-Macedo-387, 8-Daum-349, 9-Robinson-327, 10-Walker-286.
NEXT USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: August 2 - Fairbury, Nebraska - Jefferson County Speedway - "Tuesday Night Thunder"
HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS
Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, PA - Hamlin Speedway's Sensational Two Day Sizzler Showcases New Winners and New Records
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
The "Pearl in the Poconos" Hamlin Speedway ushered in their annual two-day "Spring Into Summer Sizzler" spectacular over the weekend and beautiful warm summer weather benchmarked the Tenth Annual two day affair. Both days of competition were filled with exceptional runs by the talented roster of individuals and the standing room only crowds on both days thoroughly enjoyed the close wheel to wheel driving exploits from a great roster of driving talent that ranges from the ages of 7 to 69. The Hamlin Speedway was in top form under the watchful eye of the Smith Family as the two day spectacular produced the great racing memories that will be talked about for some time to come. 222 entries took part in the two day event sponsored by S&S Speedways Indoor Go Karts located in Snydersville, Pennsylvania,
The Friday night action saw some new winners take center stage and a special event for the "Stars of Tomorrow" as the National Tour was part of the evening's festivities and found outside invader Kyle Smith from Kutztown, Pennsylvania upsetting a stellar field of young driving talent. The win was Smith's first career win at Hamlin. Austin Silfee captured his second win of the season in overcoming a strong run by Dale Kober to notch the victory in the All Star Slingshots. "The A-Team" Brandon Azzalina captured the Wingless 600 sprint win after a torrid battle with Joel Smith, Eddie Strada, Danny Buccafusca and Robbie Hocker. "The Sandman" Troy Langendoerfer returned to action with the borrowed car of Mike Marold and had the hot hand as he raced to the feature win in the Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modified excursion. "The Ambassador" Wes Hearn is on a roll at the speedway and added another win in the Super Slinger finale. "The Wild Child" Geordan Marrero captured his first win in the Rookie Wingless 600 Sprint main event. "The Aviator" Robbie Watson returned to action and captured his first win in the 270 Sprint main.
Geordan Marrero put all of the pieces together and his Friday win had him at the top of his game as won the Rookie Wingless 600 Sprint main event. Scott Slater Jr, Brett Altemose, Mikey Smith and Mack Brink completed the top five. Noah Zielinski from nearby Mount Cobb headed up the second five the returning JR Segar, Scott Slater Sr, Joe Howey and Jakson Ring completing the top ten.
It was business as usual for Troy Langendoerfer as he jumped back into a race car after sitting on the sidelines for some time while attending college. Langendoerfer drove the Mike Marold Stage One Modified to a win and it was far from easy as he had Joel Smith nipping away at him throughout the event. Smith was second with Damon Paul third, Stephen Darling fourth and Chloe Andreas rounding out the top five. Caitlin Henneforth, Bill Dianella, Michael Samony, Tyler Peet and Cole Stangle completed the top ten.
Super Slinger action had Wes Hearn rocketing into the lead at the start of the event and he would lead all twenty laps to capture his sixth win of the season. Dale Kober kept the pressure on and would finish in the runner-up slot. John Mirabelli had his best finish of the season with a third place run with Jeff Haduck, Ryan Lacoe, Steve Pirone and Tom Van Pelt completing the field.
Kyle Smith had the hot hand as the best of the best Junior Slingshot driving stars converged at Hamlin for the National Tour event. With an elite 18-car starting field, the action was fast and furious from start to finish as the "Stars of Tomorrow" put on a great show for the fans and can be quite proud of their accomplishments in their budding racing careers. Smith, who is the grandson to racing legend Charley Gilmore, led all of the way to secure the win but tons of pressure came his way as Cole Stangle, Jared Silfee, Hunter Lapp and Michael Corbin were nose to tail for most of the event. Gavin Santee, headed up the second five with Tanner Jones, TY Kelly, JJ Rice and Emily Fleming completing the top ten. Fourteen cars completed the event on the same lap showing just how tough the competition is for the youngsters in racing.
The Wingless 600 Sprint finale was a barnburner from the drop of the green flag. Brandon Azzalina won the race into turn one and it set up a cat and mouse game throughout the entire distance as Eddie Strada, Joel Smith, Danny Buccafusca and Robbie Hocker put on a whale of a show trading slide-jobs and each driver trying to out-power and out-wit his competition. Brandon Azzalina prevailed with his second win of the season while Strada, Smith, Buccafusca and Hocker would complete the top five. Chad Sandt, Colin White, Zac Azzalina, JD Casazza and Joseph Smith finished out the top ten.
Austin Silfee was on rails as he led all of the way to claim second All Star Slingshot win at the speedway in 2016. It wasn't easy by any means as Dale Kober, Wes Hearn Brett Bieber and Mike McLaughlin followed Silfee to the line. Anthony Recchio, Alan Selemba, Taylor Mills, Russell Benke and Tyler Peet completed the top ten.
Robbie Watson led all of the way to claim the win in the 270 Sprint main with Paul Richards Jr, Glenn Macomber and Kyle Ferrucci following Watson to the finish. Watson later asked his girlfriend for her hand in marriage in victory lane, a fitting end for a great night for "The Aviator." By the way, she said YES!
DAY 2:
The Saturday night racing action was fast and furious as Promoters Denise and Randy Smith moved the show along quickly and precisely as the track was in tip-top condition for the racing ahead. With eight features on tap, the evening of speed was checkered flagged with the final event at 10:57 PM.
Stephen Darling captured his first Stage One Modified main event at the speedway and in doing so had to defeat a solid band of marauders who pursued him. from the previous evening. Russell Benke punched his winning ticket for the first time in 2016 as he captured his first win at Hamlin in All Star Slingshot competition. Paul Richards Jr captured the Wingless 270 Sprint main. "The Hurricane" Hunter Lapp took advantage of the prime real estate offered to him and he drove to his second win of the season in the Junior Slingshot main event. "The Ambassador" Wes Hearn is seemingly unstoppable as he notched his seven consecutive win of the season in the Super Slinger headliner and in doing so broke his own one lap track record by stopping the clocks at 13.156 seconds, breaking his old mark of 13.311 seconds he set in 2015. "Radioactive" Robbie Hocker returned to the speedway in recent weeks and drove a flawless race to score his first win at the speedway in some time in the Wingless 600 Sprint main. With an influx of 24 Rookie 600 Sprint entries, the field was split into two features and "The Young Rustler" Jacob Balliet scored his first career win at the speedway with a nifty display of smooth driving. The second Rookie 600 Sprint main was captured by a former All Star Slingshot champion at the speedway, "The Mack Attack" Mack Brink as the Jefferson Township star secured his first career win in his new division.
Paul Richards Jr blasted out front at the start of the Wingless 270 Sprint main and raced out to an early lead while Louden Reimert, a former track regular, came through the field twice to challenge. Richards captured the win with Reimert in second, Jacob Hendershot third, Glenn Macomber fourth and Kyle Ferrucci rounding out the top five.
Wes Hearn started from the pole in the Super Slinger finale but would receive a stiff challenge from Dale Kober throughout the event. Hearn turned up the wick and broke the track record on lap four and in the twenty lap event broke the existing track record at least fifteen times to score his seventh win of the season. Kober was solid in second place with the returning Joe Bodenschatz third, Jeff Cosgrove fourth and Steve Pirone fifth just nipping Ryan Lacoe.
Mike McLaughlin out-gunned Russell Benke at the start of the All Star Slingshot feature and quickly attempted to run to daylight away from the field. The competition would not allow that to happen and Russell Benke in particular as he stayed glued to McLaughlin's bumper for five laps until he baselined his racer off of turn two to pull even and then ahead of McLaughlin in turn three. Benke was able to stay ahead of the crowd vying for his spot and in doing so cranked off some 13.291 second laps to remain at the head of the pack. Benke would go on to win the event with Kober grabbing up runner-up honors. Brett Bieber was third with McLaughlin fourth and Wes Hearn fifth. The entire field remained in close quarters throughout the event and the second five were Alan Selemba, Chris Kurtz, Anthony Recchio, and Justin and Taylor Mills.
Justin Hartz was a rocket at the start of the Rookie 600 Sprint main as grabbed the lead and led the way for the first six laps until recent winner Joe Howey slipped past him. Just as quickly a skirmish occurred and Howey got caught up in it. Jacob Balliet, who had a quick racer all night long, found himself at the head of the pack for the restart and the youngster made the most of it by leading the remaining laps to secure his first ever win at the Hamlin Speedway. JR Segar was second with Joe Howey recovering nicely to race to third, Scott Slater Sr was fourth and Tyler Galatro rounded out the top five. Newcomer Tyler Kehs was sixth and recent addition to the speedway Cody Powell was seventh.
The second Rookie 600 Sprint main found Brett Altemose with the hot hand early on as he led the first 14-laps of the event. Altemose bobbled off of turn two and Mack Brink seized the opportunity to pull event and then take command of the event in turn three. Brink would go on to win his first ever 600 Sprint feature at Hamlin while the hard riding Nate Brinker was the runner-up. Geordan Marrero was third with Altemose recovering for fourth and Aaron Casterlin recovering from an early spin to race back to fifth place. Jesse James Bartleson, Noah Zielinski and Kyle Exley completed the field.
Cole Stangle led the first two laps of the Junior Slingshot main but gave way to the slick running Jared Silfee. Silfee would lead until lap nine when Cole Stangle forged ahead but as the racers came upon slower traffic Stangle found himself off course in the mad scramble that occurred. On the restart, Silfee bobbled a bit and Hunter Lapp took command of the event. Lapp would lead the remainder of the event to secure his second win of the season at Hamlin. "Junior Excitement" JJ Rice would hustle in for second place with Silfee third, "TVD" Tanner Van Doren fourth and Ty Kelly rounding out the top five. The second five were headed up Emily Fleming, John Kendall, Tyler Banks, Jack Clancy and Evan Van Valkenburg.
Stephen Darling seized command of the Hampton RV and Trailer Stage One Modified feature at the drop of the green flag and led all of the way to win his first career feature win at Hamlin. It would be no cakewalk for Darling as Joel Smith dogged him every inch of the way and pulled even on occasion but Darling had enough in the tank to go for the win. Smith was second with Damon Paul, Bill Dianella and Cole Stangle completing the top five. Troy Langendoerfer was sixth while Michael Samony, Janell Geary, Will Casazza and newcomer Jim Hartz completed the field of racers.
The Wingless 600 Sprint main found Robbie Hocker with a fast hot rod as he led the field around the race track. Throughout the course of the event, Hocker was able to be the only racer to dip into the 13 second bracket for a lap. Sam Kravitsky put up a formidable challenge in the Thornton owned racer to finish second with Chad Sandt, Joel Smith and Chris Kurtz completing the top five. The second five found Louie Horvath shaking off his early season bad luck to nail down sixth place and JD Casazza, Danny Buccafusca, Ryan Quackenbush and Grady Johnston completing the top ten.
PEARL JAMS:
Promoters Denise and Randy Smith had the grounds in pristine condition for the two-day weekend and many of the crowd stayed over for both days of the fabulous racing action. Randy Smith continues to work his magic on the race track and it was a fast 1/5th raceway all weekend long with lots of passing throughout both nights of competition. Another tip of the hat goes out to the Smith Family for another great weekend of racing.
The traveling band of young racers was in full force on Friday evening with the Junior Slingshot National Tour event. The contingent included Kyle Smith, Nicholas Flammer, Gavin Santee, Tyler Banks and Tanner Jones. New drivers on hand included Vern McLaughlin, Amanda Conroy, Carl Bittenbender, Joe Bodenschatz, Blaire Schoenly and Alex Van Pelt in the All Star Slingshots. Austin Homan was a new Junior Slingshot entry on Saturday night. Jim Hartz was in control of the Smith Fabrications Rental car for the evening. Tyler Kehs, Savannah Leggio and Carmen Leggio Jr were new 600 Sprint entries. Kevin Pritchard returned to action in the 270 Sprints.
Time trials on Saturday evening were for the Junior Slingshot division and Hunter Lapp clocked off the fast time with a 13.925 second lap. Dale Kober was quick timer in the Super Slingers with a 13.741 time.
Heat wins went to Joel Smith, Jacob Severn and Louie Horvath in the 600 Sprints while All Star Slingshot heats were claimed by Dale Kober, Anthony Recchio, Russell Benke III and Mike McLaughlin. Paul Richards Jr was victorious in the 270 Sprint heat while Cole Stangle and Joel Smith win the Stage One Modified heats. Rookie 600 Sprint heats were won by Brett Altemose, Jacob Balliet and Justin Hartz. A B-Main was needed for the All Star Slingshots and Alex Van Pelt captured the 12-lap event
Special thanks to Rick Ryder, the announcer at Bethel Speedway, who filled in for regular announcer Steve Pados, who had another engagement to announce at.
The Matriarch of the Smith Family, Evelyn Smith has been on hand at the races for the past two weeks and still very much enjoys the great racing action Hamlin provides.
Something I forgot to add in last week's Press Release was that Jason Marold was married to his new wife Lexi two Fridays ago and they spent their first day of wedded bliss at the Hamlin Speedway. What troopers they are! They followed up on Sunday by going on their honeymoon in Atlantic City.
Dan Galatro is selling his 2009 RTS 270 Sprint. He is asking $8,000.00 for everything he has for a 270 and that includes two motors and a shopful of related parts. Reach him at: 609-743-3451 by phone or: dgalatro@gmail.com through email.
The Hamlin Speedway will be dark next week to give the racers and their families a much needed vacation break from the rigors of racing and allow everyone to re-charge their batteries for the start of the second half of the Hamlin season that will kick-off with the running of the VetStock Firecracker 100 event that will roll out at the speedway on July 2nd. A whopping $1,500.00 plus contingencies will greet the winner in victory lane should the 35-car entry list be met for the event. Thirty cars will start the main event and will showcase the best Slingshot drivers in the country with the running of this premier event. Lap Sponsorships are still available and needed and speedway management assures all sponsors that all lap sponsors will be announced prior to the running of the grueling century long spectacular.
The VetStock Firecracker 100 (Hamlin Hundred) event on July 2nd is just two weeks away and anyone who would like to get involved with this great promotion for this event should contact the S&S Speedways at: 570 420 5500. Everyone can also check out the VetStock website at: www.VetStockUSA.com
Whether it be a prize or cash donation for this event, all donations are accepted graciously and all will be announced leading up to the event as well as at the speedway and tickets are being distributed for an over the top Raffle which will offer money prizes each half hour of the scheduled show ranging from $100.00 to $1,000.00. The tickets are $10.00 each with a limit of one thousand tickets to be sold.
Lap Sponsorship is also being sold at $10.00 per lap and offers an opportune time to pump up your sponsors for this great cause and all lap sponsors will be announced prior to the running of the 100-lap event.
RESULTS:
June 17th Results:
All Star Slingshots: Austin Silfee, Dale Kober, Wes Hearn, Brett Bieber, Mike McLaughlin, Anthony Recchio, Alan Selemba, Taylor Mills, Russell Benke III, Tyler Peet, Carl Bittenbender, Damon Paul, Justin Mills, Matt Henneforth, Steve Pirone, Ryan Neiger, Ashley Kober, Tyler Pirone, Josh Marcus, Alex Van Pelt, Vern McLaughlin, Chris Kurtz, Tess Horvath
270cc Sprints: Robbie Watson, Paul Richards Jr, Glenn Macomber, Kyle Ferrucci
600cc Wingless Sprints: Brandon Azzalina, Eddie Strada, Joel Smith, Danny Buccafusca, Robbie Hocker, Chad Sandt, Colin White, Zac Azzalina, JD Casazza, Joseph Smith, Chris Kurtz, Sam Kravitsky, Mick D'Agostino, Paul Richards Sr, Johnny Smith, Dylan Martin, Ryan Quackenbush, Rick Calvert, Mike Van Pelt
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Troy Langendoerfer, Joel Smith, Damon Paul, Stephen Darling, Chloe Andreas, Caitlin Henneforth, Bill Dianella, Michael Samony, Tyler Peet, Cole Stangle, Janell Geary, Evan Civick
Junior Slingshots: (National Tour) Kyle Smith, Cole Stangle, Jared Silfee, Hunter Lapp, Michael Corbin, Gavin Santee, Tanner Jones, Ty Kelly, JJ Rice, Emily Fleming, Tanner VanDoren, Shelby McLaughlin, Tyler Banks, Evan Van Valkenburg, Adam Buchel, Nathen Marold, Nicholas Flammer, Colton Geary
Super Slingshots: Wes Hearn, Dale Kober, John Mirabelli, Jeff Haduck, Ryan Lacoe, Steve Pirone, Tom Van Pelt
Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: Geordan Marrero, Scott Slater Jr, Brett Altemose, Mikey Smith, Mack Brink, Noah Zielinski, Jr Segar, Scott Slater Sr, Joe Howey, Jakson Ring, Justin Hartz, Tyler Galatro, Cody Powell, Jacob Balliet
June 18th Results:
All Star Slingshots: Russell Benke, Dale Kober, Brett Bieber, Mike McLaughlin, Wes Hearn, Alan Selemba, Chris Kurtz, Anthony Recchio, Justin Mills, Taylor Mills, Austin Silfee, Tyler Pirone, Amanda Conroy, Josh Marcus, Ryan Neiger, Tyler Peet, Alex Van Pelt, Damon Paul, Nick Vinciquerra, Vern McLaughlin, Jeff Cosgrove, Blaire Schoenly, Matt Henneforth, Joe Bodenschatz
Wingless 270cc Sprints: Paul Richards Jr, Louden Reimert, Jacob Hendershot, Glenn Macomber, Kyle Ferrucci, Kevin Pritchard
600cc Wingless Sprints: Robbie Hocker, Sam Kravitsky, Chad Sandt, Joel Smith, Chris Kurtz, Louie Horvath, JD Casazza, Danny Buccafusca, Ryan Quackenbush, Grady Johnston, Nate Brinker, Mick D'Agostino, Jesse James Bartleson, Rick Calvert, Jacob Severn, Colin White, Carmen Leggio Jr, Joseph Smith, Paul Richards Sr, Dylan Martin, Ryan Neil
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Stephen Darling, Joel Smith, Damon Paul, Bill Dianella, Cole Stangle, Troy Langendoerfer, Michael Samony, Janell Geary, Will Casazza, Jim Hartz, Chloe Andreas, Caitlin Henneforth
Junior Slingshots: Hunter Lapp, JJ Rice, Jared Silfee, Tanner Van Doren, Ty Kelly, Emily Fleming, John Kendall, Tyler Banks, Jack Clancy, Evan Van Valkenburg, Austin Homan, Adam Buchel, Tommy Stillo, Michael Corbin, James Hendricks, Colton Geary, James Costlow, Gavin McClure, Shelby McLaughlin, Cole Stangle, Nathen Marold (DNS)
Super Slingshots: Wes Hearn, Dale Kober, Joe Bodenschatz, Jeff Cosgrove, Steven Pirone, Ryan Lacoe, Jim Conroy, Mike Jablonka, Ryan Neiger
Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: (1) Jacob Balliet, JR Segar, Joe Howey, Scott Slater Sr, Tyler Galatro, Tyler Kehs, Cody Powell, Justin Hartz, Steve Van Valkenburg, Jakson Ring, Scott Slater Jr, Carmen Leggio Sr
Rookie Wingless 600 Sprints: (2) Mack Brink, Nate Brinker, Geordan Marrero, Brett Altemose, Aaron Casterlin, Jesse James Bartleson, Noah Zielinski, Kyle Exley, Ron Bosga, Tony Parlanti, Scott Rupp, Savannah Leggio
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. Hamlin Speedway will be dark on June 25th to allow racing families time off to enjoy some quality summer vacation time. The next event on the Hamlin Speedway schedule is set for July 2nd when all Divisions will be in action on the 1/5th mile clay cushioned oval and the special VetStock Firecracker 100 for the All Star Slingshot division will highlight the racing action. $1,500.00 will greet the winner of the event should 35 or more cars be entered into this premier event. Raffle tickets are being sold to raise money for VetStock, a Not for Profit 501c3 organization. A Chinese Auction and many additional fun things are on tap for this very special evening at the Hamlin Speedway. To learn more about VetStock, go to their website at: www.VetStockUSA.com
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Kyle Larson opens Ohio Speedweek with Attica win
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ATTICA, Ohio .. Friday, June 17, 2016– NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Larson doesn’t get many opportunities to wheel a sprint car, but when he does he is usually very successful. That was the case Friday as Larson drovethe Paul Silva machine in his first ever appearance at Attica Raceway Park to a victory on Kistler Engines/Ohio CAT Night. Larson, from Elk Grove, California, took the $5,000 payday to open the 34th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions.
In a field that included NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kasey Kahne with fellow NASCAR competitor Tony Stewart in attendance overseeing his All Star organization, Larson would take the lead on a lap five restart and had a few close calls in lapped traffic before earning his third career All Star win.
“That was a fun race. This is a great race track…really racey. I know the racing was good throughout the pack because the lappers were racing hard in front of me. It was just fun. I’ve always wanted to race here and haven’t had the chance to,” said Larson beside his Finley Farms, XYZ Machining, Probuilt Construction, Lucas Oil backed #57.
“Paul Silva did a really good job. I’ve never been here before and he’s only been here a couple of times and for us to put it in victory lane is pretty special,” Larson added to the approval of the standing-room-only crowd.
Reed, who won at Attica the previous week, drove his Crown Battery, Ken Gill Construction backed machine to a second place finish.
“I didn’t get a really good restart…spun my tires bad coming off of two and that was it. I told Kyle we were really rooting for him down in NASCAR land but I don’t know why we had to root for him tonight,” joked Reed.
Chad Kemenah closed on Reed several times but settled for third.
“If we stay up here long enough the wins will start coming. Me and my brother always took pride with the UUI #15 car that we consistently stayed up front to start consistently winning,” said Kemenah beside his Hunter Racing, Seneca Energy, Knight Hawk Holdings, Brilex LLC, JRC Transport, Bonnell’s Rod Shop backed #10H
The Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models ran two features – the regular show on the make-up feature from a May 20 rain out. The results were the same – Wooster’s Doug Drown in victory lane. Drown has five wins at Attica in 2016 and his career total is now at 18 as he sits second on the all-time win list.
In both features Drown would lead all 25 laps and in both Chub Frank would apply pressure but would finish second.
“When I saw Chub I knew he was better than me on the bottom. I just can’t slow down enough to run the bottom. It just isn’t me. Chub is one of the first guys to help me get started so it’s kind of fun to be able to race with him. I knew I had to search around on the track if I was going to stay in front of him. This whole family, Leroy, Tim, my family, my wife….it’s just a great thing,” said Drown beside his Halls Auto Sales, Malcuit Racing Engines, Wooster Glass, Kar Konnections, Hoosier Tire, Swartz Race cars backed #240.
Drown also dedicated the wins to sprint car driver Brad Haudenschild who is fighting health issues.
“I hope people keep Brad in their prayers and help his family out financially. They aren’t rich but the family is diehard racers and hopefully we can come together as a racing family and help them get through this,” Drown said.
In the 40-lap All Star feature Caleb Helms and Reed brought the field to green with Helms gaining the advantage. Reed would still the lead on lap two with Larson driving around Helms a lap later. The caution flew on lap four for a TJ Michael spin. On the ensuing restart Larson would execute a classic slider in turns three and four to take the lead.
Larson pulled away slightly from Reed with Kemenah staying close. Helms, Cale Thomas, Lee Jacobs and Dean Jacobs waged a terrific battle for fourth. Michael would spin again on lap eight, keeping Larson out of heavy lapped traffic.
By lap 10 Larson had pulled away as Reed and Kemenah gave chase and the battle continued for fourth with Lee Jacobs, Thomas and Dean Jacobs. The leaders would encounter very heavy lapped traffic by lap 16 but a caution for a Danny Holtgraver spin would give them a clear track on lap 17.
When the green flew so did Larson, building his lead to 1.17 second by lap 22. Meanwhile Reed and Kemenah began battling for second with Thomas, Lee Jacobs, and now Stuart Brubaker in pursuit. Larson would again hit heavy lapped traffic with 15 laps to go but Reed and Kemenah couldn’t close.
Larson got a scare on lap 28 when he made contact with a lapped machine, which allowed Reed to close to within .5 seconds. Larson then got more aggressive in traffic and pulled away for the win over Reed and Kemenah.
“I knew with 40 laps it would clean off and we would get some grip. I got a better start than I thought I would and we had that restart and Byron (Reed) slipped up off the bottom just a little bit and spun his tires and I was able to get a big run down the back stretch and slide him. >From there I just had to hit my marks every time. The bottom was getting narrower and narrower. Especially on exit there in turn two. The last seven laps or so I thought I could see him once or twice running lower than me in three and four. I wasn’t closing on lappers out of turn two any more. It was tough running in their dirty air and the dirty track and I started to lose grip. I stayed cautious and we were able to get the lead early enough and I was able to run my own pace,” Larson said.
In the first 25 lap late model feature pole-sitter Drown would grab the lead at the drop of the green and only a couple of cautions would keep him from a huge win. Drown was never seriously challenged as he took the win over Frank, Ryan Markham, Doug Eck and Rick Bond.
In the night’s regular feature, Drown again drew the pole starting spot and battled Matt Irey at the drop of the green. Frank would take second on lap four and closed on Drown. Drown would then make the move of the race, going from the middle lane to the cushion and he began to pull away from Frank.
Lapped traffic at the half-way mark would cause Drown to move to the bottom groove and that allowed Frank to close. Meanwhile a tremendous battle ensued for third involving Irey, Cody Scott, Larry Kingseed, JR Gentry, Bond and Ryan Markham. Scott took third on lap 15 and began to close on Drown and Frank.
Once clear of the traffic Drown would move back to the cushion and drove to the win over Frank, Kingseed who got around Scott at the checkers and Irey.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, July 1 on Baumann Auto Group Night. General admission is just $10. There will be a complete program of 410 and 305 sprints, late models and dirt trucks. The 410 sprints will also run their make-up feature from the May 20th rained out affair.
For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com
Attica Raceway Park
Friday, June 17, 2016
Kistler Engines/Ohio CAT Night
Starting position [*]
410 Sprints - Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions
Qualifying
1.49-Tim Shaffer, 12.525; 2.40-Caleb Helms, 12.532; 3.81-Lee Jacobs, 12.569; 4.57-Kyle Larson, 12.687; 5.4-Kasey Kahne, 12.746; 6.22-Cole Duncan, 12.753; 7.73-Chris Andrews, 12.774; 8.60K-Jody Keegan, 12.798; 9.9-Jordan Ryan, 12.927; 10.10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.932; 11.33M-Caleb Griffith, 12.960; 12.71-Jamie Veal, 12.988; 13.91-Cale Thomas, 13.011; 14.21-Cap Henry, 13.028; 15.16-Stuart Brubaker, 13.028; 16.41X-Dominic Scelzi, 13.069; 17.5-Byron Reed, 13.076; 18.1-Dale Blaney, 13.100; 19.3J-Trey Jacobs, 13.127; 20.97-Dean Jacobs, 13.130; 21.45L-Brian Lay, 13.137; 22.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.143; 23.8M-TJ Michael, 13.240; 24.O7-Jacob Wilson, 13.250; 25.8-Bryan Sebetto, 13.257; 26.7C-Taylor Ferns, 13.272; 27.38-DJ Foos, 13.342; 28.16M-Danny Mumaw, 13.355; 29.12-Daniel Harding, 13.399; 30.46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.489; 31.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.602; 32.5T-Travis Philo, 13.607; 33.70-Danny Holtgraver, 13.620; 34.22S-Brandon Spithaler, 13.639; 35.60-Kory Crabtree, 13.645; 36.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.744; 37.57X-Andrew Palker, 13.952; 38.8J-Jess Stiger, 14.186; 39.11K-Kraig Kinser, 14.188; 40.51-Roger Campbell, 14.420; 41.7-Joe Swanson, 14.512; 42.59N-Bryan Nuckles, 14.707; 43.59-Jac Haudenschild, 14.912; 44.49H-Bradley Howard, 14.935; 45.AUS96-Andy Caruana, 15.099; 46.96AU-Bruce White, 15.402; 47.27Z-Sean Zemunik, 99.420;
Heat 1, Group A - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 81-Lee Jacobs[2] ; 2. 49-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 3. 22-Cole Duncan[1] ; 4. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 5. 71-Jamie Veal[7] ; 6. 8M-TJ Michael[8] ; 7. 38-DJ Foos[11] ; 8. O7-Jacob Wilson[9] ; 9. 7C-Taylor Ferns[10] ; 10. 16M-Danny Mumaw[12] ; 11. 60K-Jody Keegan[5]
Heat 2, Group B - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah[3] ; 2. 91-Cale Thomas[2] ; 3. 21-Cap Henry[1] ; 4. 4-Kasey Kahne[4] ; 5. 8-Bryan Sebetto[9] ; 6. 3J-Trey Jacobs[6] ; 7. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[8] ; 8. 45L-Brian Lay[7] ; 9. 41X-Dominic Scelzi[5] ; 10. 46AU-Stuart Williams[10] ; 11. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[11] ; 12. 96AU-Bruce White[12]
Heat 3, Group C - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 16-Stuart Brubaker[1] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[5] ; 3. 33M-Caleb Griffith[2] ; 4. 57-Kyle Larson[4] ; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[7] ; 6. 12-Daniel Harding[6] ; 7. 59-Jac Haudenschild[10] ; 8. 8J-Jess Stiger[8] ; 9. 51-Roger Campbell[9] ; 10. AUS96-Andy Caruana[11] ; 11. 27Z-Sean Zemunik[12] ; 12. 73-Chris Andrews[3]
Heat 4, Group D - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 70-Danny Holtgraver[1] ; 2. 97-Dean Jacobs[3] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 4. 1-Dale Blaney[4] ; 5. 60-Kory Crabtree[5] ; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser[8] ; 7. 68G-Tyler Gunn[6] ; 8. 59N-Bryan Nuckles[10] ; 9. 49H-Bradley Howard[11] ; 10. 57X-Andrew Palker[7] ; 11. 7-Joe Swanson[9]
Dash 1 - (8 Laps, determines A-main line-up)
1. 40-Caleb Helms[2] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[1] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 4. 57-Kyle Larson[3] ; 5. 16-Stuart Brubaker[6] ; 6. 91-Cale Thomas[8] ; 7. 81-Lee Jacobs[5] ; 8. 49-Tim Shaffer[7]
C-Main 1 (10 Laps, top 2 to B)
1. 57X-Andrew Palker[2] ; 2. 68G-Tyler Gunn[1] ; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser[4] ; 4. 59-Jac Haudenschild[8] ; 5. 7-Joe Swanson[6] ; 6. 8J-Jess Stiger[3] ; 7. 51-Roger Campbell[5] ; 8. 59N-Bryan Nuckles[7] ; 9. 49H-Bradley Howard[9] ; 10. 27Z-Sean Zemunik[12] ; 11. AUS96-Andy Caruana[10] ; 12. 96AU-Bruce White[11] ; 13. 9-Jordan Ryan[13]
B-Main 1 - (12 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 73-Chris Andrews[1] ; 2. 3J-Trey Jacobs[4] ; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[6] ; 4. 8M-TJ Michael[7] ; 5. 60K-Jody Keegan[2] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[13] ; 7. 41X-Dominic Scelzi[3] ; 8. 16M-Danny Mumaw[11] ; 9. O7-Jacob Wilson[8] ; 10. 68G-Tyler Gunn[16] ; 11. 12-Daniel Harding[12] ; 12. 7C-Taylor Ferns[9] ; 13. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[14] ; 14. 45L-Brian Lay[5] ; 15. 38-DJ Foos[10] ; 16. 57X-Andrew Palker[15]
A-Main 1 - (40 Laps)
1. 57-Kyle Larson[4] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[2] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[3] ; 4. 91-Cale Thomas[6] ; 5. 22-Cole Duncan[11] ; 6. 16-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 7. 1-Dale Blaney[16] ; 8. 33M-Caleb Griffith[13] ; 9. 81-Lee Jacobs[7] ; 10. 21-Cap Henry[12] ; 11. 97-Dean Jacobs[9] ; 12. 40-Caleb Helms[1] ; 13. 3J-Trey Jacobs[22] ; 14. 71-Jamie Veal[19] ; 15. 5T-Travis Philo[14] ; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser[25] ; 17. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[23] ; 18. 8M-TJ Michael[24] ; 19. 60-Kory Crabtree[20] ; 20. 4-Kasey Kahne[17] ; 21. 70-Danny Holtgraver[10] ; 22. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[15] ; 23. 73-Chris Andrews[21] ; 24. 8-Bryan Sebetto[18] ; 25. 49-Tim Shaffer[8] ; 26. 57X-Andrew Palker[26]
Hard Charger: 1-Dale Blaney +9
Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models
Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 240-Doug Drown[6] ; 2. 59-Larry Bellman[3] ; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed[2] ; 4. 27-Ken Hahn[5] ; 5. 1DJ-DJ Miller[1] ; 6. 30-Nate Potts[7] ; 7. 2*-Kyle Moore[4]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1*-Chub Frank[4] ; 2. 92-Cody Scott[6] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[2] ; 4. 12M-Bobby Michaels[7] ; 5. 15B-Mike Bores[5] ; 6. 43K-Louis Allan[1]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 51-Devin Shiels[3] ; 2. 03-Jim Gingery[1] ; 3. 14-JR Gentry[6] ; 4. 42*-Bob Mayer[7] ; 5. 12-Kent Brewer[2] ; 6. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[5] ; 7. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[4]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 36-Matt Irey[3] ; 2. 007-Rick Bond[1] ; 3. RH21-Gregg Haskell[4] ; 4. 99-Doug Eck[6] ; 5. 00-Mathew Chapman[7] ; 6. 01-Justin Chance[2] ; 7. 69R-Doug Baird[5]
B-Main 1 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 00-Mathew Chapman[4] ; 2. 1DJ-DJ Miller[1] ; 3. 12-Kent Brewer[3] ; 4. 01-Justin Chance[8] ; 5. 75-Dusty Moore[12] ; 6. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[7] ; 7. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[10] ; 8. 69R-Doug Baird[11] ; 9. 43K-Louis Allan[6] ; 10. 15B-Mike Bores[2]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 240-Doug Drown[1] ; 2. 1*-Chub Frank[5] ; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed[3] ; 4. 92-Cody Scott[6] ; 5. 36-Matt Irey[2] ; 6. 14-JR Gentry[4] ; 7. 51-Devin Shiels[11] ; 8. 00-Mathew Chapman[17] ; 9. 007-Rick Bond[7] ; 10. 01-Justin Chance[20] ; 11. 5M-Ryan Markham[10] ; 12. 99-Doug Eck[16] ; 13. RH21-Gregg Haskell[9] ; 14. 03-Jim Gingery[8] ; 15. 42*-Bob Mayer[15] ; 16. 12-Kent Brewer[19] ; 17. 27-Ken Hahn[13] ; 18. 59-Larry Bellman[12] ; 19. 1DJ-DJ Miller[18] ; 20. 12M-Bobby Michaels[14]
Hard Charger: 01-Justin Chance +10
May 20 Late Models
Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 1X-Chub Frank[1] ; 2. 1N-Casey Noonan[2] ; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed[9] ; 4. 5M-Ryan Markham[7] ; 5. 75-Dusty Moore[5] ; 6. 7-Dave Hornikel[8] ; 7. 79-Brad Malcuit[6] ; 8. RH21-Gregg Haskell[3] ; 9. 12M-Bobby Michaels[4]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 36-Matt Irey[1] ; 2. 14-JR Gentry[2] ; 3. 2*-Kyle Moore[4] ; 4. 00-Mathew Chapman[3] ; 5. 59-Larry Bellman[7] ; 6. 51-Devin Shiels[8] ; 7. 15B-Mike Bores[9] ; 8. 42*-Bob Mayer[6] ; 9. 12-Kent Brewer[5]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 240-Doug Drown[8] ; 2. 007-Rick Bond[1] ; 3. B4U-Brad Eitniear[4] ; 4. 99-Doug Eck[7] ; 5. 03-Jim Gingery[3] ; 6. 2D-Curtis Deisenrott[2] ; 7. 30-Nate Potts[5] ; 8. 69R-Doug Baird[6]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 240-Doug Drown[1] ; 2. 1X-Chub Frank[7] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[3] ; 4. 99-Doug Eck[2] ; 5. 007-Rick Bond[8] ; 6. 59-Larry Bellman[12] ; 7. 21-Larry Kingseed[9] ; 8. 00-Mathew Chapman[6] ; 9. 51-Devin Shiels[14] ; 10. 12M-Bobby Michaels[21] ; 11. 36-Matt Irey[5] ; 12. 12-Kent Brewer[22] ; 13. 14-JR Gentry[4] ; 14. 03-Jim Gingery[13] ; 15. 42*-Bob Mayer[19] ; 16. 2D-Curtis Deisenrott[15] ; 17. 69R-Doug Baird[20] ; 18. RH21-Gregg Haskell[18] ; 19. 75-Dusty Moore[11] ; 20. 15B-Mike Bores[16]
Hard Charger: 12M-Bobby Michaels +11
THORSON TURNS UP THE HEAT IN VICTORY AT THE DITCH
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THORSON TURNS UP THE HEAT IN VICTORY AT THE DITCH
West Memphis, AR. June 17, 2016 -........On a hot muggy night in West Memphis, Tanner Thorson became the first repeat winner of the 2016 USAC Midget National Championship season, using a sensational turn three slide job on lap 11 to scoot past Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports teammate Carson Macedo, which proved to be the winning move, taking the win in the series' first ever visit to the state of Arkansas Friday night at Riverside International Speedway.
At the start of the 30-lap main event, outside front row starter Chad Boat took the first step forward, sliding across the nose of pole-sitter Carson Macedo to the lead at the entry of turn one.
Series rookie Macedo would fight back, inciting a barrage of sliders with Boat throughout the first couple of circuits that each culminated with Macedo leading at the stripe.
On the third lap, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., running fourth, got an enormous run off the turn two banking. As he attempted to split the gap between the cars of Boat and Macedo, the gap quickly closed. Stenhouse ramped over the left rear tire of Boat, sending himself into a mid-air 180-degree spin, launching him off the gumbo surface like an over-inflated basketball before smacking the back of the rollcage against the track, bouncing completely over once, and then slapping the sidewalls of his right side tires off the ground which propped him up on all fours as he stayed on the gas and drove away.
The amazing, spectacular, highlight-reel save by Stenhouse resulted in a red flag. Despite Stenhouse's ability to initially drive the car away from the scene, Stenhouse's Bryan Clauson Racing mount received a myriad of mechanical issues that came about due to the incident including a broken shock, radius rod, and a bent axle. Stenhouse was unable to continue, ending his return to his home track located just 30 miles northwest across the Mississippi River from his native Olive Branch, Mississippi.
Fifth-running Bryan Clauson's trying night came to an abrupt end, pulling into the infield on the eighth lap and having to settle for a disappointing 15th place result. This came after Clauson's RKR/Dooling team thrashed to replace the rear-end of the number 63 just prior to the feature.
By the 11th lap, ProSource Fast Qualifier and fifth-place starter Thorson had reeled in race leader Macedo. With Macedo set up high at the entrance to turn three, Thorson throttled to the bottom in a daring move that allowed him to slide up in front of his teammate as Macedo got squirrelly and lost substantial ground to the flying Thorson.
Thorson was on a rail, on a one-way track and never looking back as he posted the fastest lap of the race one circuit later on the 12th lap. With less than ten to go, Thorson had extended his advantage to a full-straightaway over second-place Macedo.
At the checkered, Thorson had delivered a proverbial spanking to the rest of the field, winning by nearly five seconds and lapping all but the top-eight finishers: Macedo, Boat, Bayston, Brady Bacon, Ryan Greth, KSE Hard Charger Shane Golobic and Ryan Robinson.
It was Minden, Nevada native Thorson's sixth career USAC National Midget victory and his second in the series' first seven races of the 2016 season in his Keith Kunz - Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/TRD - JBL Audio/Bullet/Speedway Toyota.
"These guys work their butts off," Thorson praised. "That was breathtaking. The track was awesome. It was racy and you could move around. The slide jobs were a lot of fun and you could run the bottom down in turns one and two to sneak by some guys. I could put my car anywhere I wanted all night and it's just a testament to Keith, Pete (Willoughby), Big Al (Scroggins) and the rest of these guys for all their hard work."
Lemoore, California's Carson Macedo led the first 10 laps of his USAC National Midget career on his way to earning a series' career-best second place finish in his Keith Kunz - Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/TRD - Tarlton & Son/Bullet/Speedway Toyota
"This team puts great cars underneath all of us," Macedo said. "I felt like I was good enough to win; I just spent too much time up top. I didn't know Tanner was so good down on the bottom and then he got by me, so then I could see where he was running. Being a rookie in the midget, everywhere we go is new to me, so it's nice to come back and use what we learned tonight. We'll try to do that tomorrow. I know I'll have a good car under me, so it's up to me."
Chad Boat, of Phoenix, Arizona, had yet another solid run in his Tucker-Boat Motorsports/PristineAuction.com - K & C Drywall/Spike/Speedway Toyota, finishing in the third spot for the second straight series race.
"We'll take a third tonight," Boat contented. "Tanner was just a little better than us tonight, but it's two thirds in a row, so we're building momentum. It was a decent night for us; it just kind of felt like we were missing something all night. But we'll work on it and come back tomorrow and go for the dub."
Contingency award winners at Riverside International Speedway included Tanner Thorson (ProSource Fast Qualifier), Ryan Robinson (Simpson Race Products/Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI) First Heat Race Winner), Carson Macedo (Benic Enterprises/Indy Race Parts Second Heat Race Winner), Shane Golobic (KSE Racing Products Hard Charger) and Cody Brewer (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Finisher).
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USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 17, 2016 - West Memphis, Arkansas - Riverside International Speedway
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.508; 2. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 17, Clauson-13.767; 3. Spencer Bayston, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.767; 4. Bryan Clauson, 63, RKR/Dooling-13.794; 5. Chad Boat, 84, Tucker/Boat-13.807; 6. Carson Macedo, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.831; 7. Brady Bacon, 76m, FMR-13.884; 8. Ryan Greth, 4, Lesher-13.893; 9. Ryan Robinson, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.914; 10. Holly Shelton, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.914; 11. Matt Sherrell, 35, Sherrell-14.110; 12. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.127; 13. Cody Brewer, 96, Central-14.195; 14. Kyle Jones, 54, Hefler-14.285; 15. Nick Bailey, 89, Bailey; 14.300; 16. Shane Golobic, 17w, Wood-14.319; 17. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-14.497.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS/COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) FIRST HEAT: (10
laps) 1. Robinson, 2. Thorson, 3. Sherrell, 4. Boat, 5. Bayston, 6. Bacon, 7. Brewer, 8. Walker, 9. Bailey. NT
BENIC ENTERPRISES/INDY RACE PARTS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Macedo, 2. Daum, 3. Clauson, 4. Shelton, 5. Greth, 6. Stenhouse, 7. Golobic, 8. Jones. 2:23.15
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tanner Thorson, 2. Carson Macedo, 3. Chad Boat, 4. Spencer Bayston, 5. Brady Bacon, 6. Ryan Greth, 7. Shane Golobic, 8. Ryan Robinson, 9. Zach Daum, 10. Gage Walker, 11. Holly Shelton, 12. Matt Sherrell, 13. Cody Brewer, 14. Kyle Jones, 15. Bryan Clauson, 16. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 17. Nick Bailey. NT
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**Stenhouse flipped on lap 3 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Macedo, Laps 11-30 Thorson.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Shane Golobic (16th to 7th)
NEW USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Bayston-455, 2-Clauson-427, 3-Bacon-417, 4-Thorson-393, 5-Boat-382, 6-Golobic-343, 7-Macedo-312, 8-Daum-301, 9-Tyler Thomas-275, 10-Robinson-266.
NEXT USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 18 - West Memphis, Arkansas - Riverside International Speedway - "40 for Shorty"
