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Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, PA - The Cream Rises To The Top In Sensational Hamlin Speedway Racing Action
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
Hamlin Speedway got back on track last night and in traditional fashion Promoters Randy and Denise Smith hosted another sensational event on Saturday evening as a standing room only crowd on hand witnessed a seven feature event show that was completed at 10:39 PM. All cylinders were clicking to perfection as the fifth week of the 2016 produced another well executed spectacle of speed in the Pocono Mountains. With superb weather acting as the backdrop, the top stars at Hamlin duked it out on the superbly conditioned 1/5 mile clay cushioned raceway. The show proved to be a blessing as all of the preliminary events and the seven features were run off quickly and once again the cream rose to the top for the 122 racers who converged at the speedway to battle in their quest to find their way into the coveted Hamlin Victory Circle. The event was sponsored by S&S Speedways Indoor Go Karts located in Snydersville, Pennsylvania.
Capturing wins during the exciting evening of speed were "The Ambassador" Wes Hearn who continues to flourish at Hamlin as he scored his fifth win of the season in the Super Slinger finale while securing runner-up honors in the All Star Slingshot main event. "Magic Shoes" Mike McLaughlin had the hot ticket in the All Star Slingshot main as he captured his first win of the season. Empire State driving star Damon Paul was scary fast as he racked up his second win of the season in the exciting Hampton RV and Trailer Sales Stage One Modified main event. The G-Man" Grady Johnston showed his competitors the short way around Hamlin as he baselined his way to his third win of the season in the Wingless 600 Sprint finale. Paul Richards Jr was spectacular in racing to his third win of the season in the 270 Sprint headliner. Former Slingshot star Joe Howey was spot on as he gassed his way to his first career win at Hamlin in the Rookie 600 Sprint twenty lapper. The Junior Slingshot feature was captured by "The Hurricane" Hunter Lapp as he earned his first career win at Hamlin with a stellar performance over a tough field of competition and marking his eighth win of the season out on the Junior Slingshot circuit.
The "Stars of Tomorrow" from the Junior Slingshot division have been sensational all season long and Saturday was no exception as Hunter Lapp, fresh off of a Friday night win at Accord, wasted no time in seizing the lead at the start with Jared Silfee immediately applying the pressure. A few skirmishes along the way slowed the event down at times but when the racing was go Lapp was able to clock off some 13.903 times and Silfee chasing with 14.006 times. Yes, they were that close! Lapp was able to get through lapped traffic a bit quicker than Silfee but a caution on lap-18 for a disabled Adam Buchel, brought out the caution and ending Buchel's great night as he was running fourth at the time. A two lap shoot-out followed and Lapp was able to hit his marks and go on to capture his first career win at Hamlin. the early laps. Jared Silfee followed closely for runner-up status. Cole Stangle continued his fine season with a solid third place showing while Jake Mason and Ty Kelly completed the top five. "Lil Miss" Shelby McLaughlin headed up the second five after starting eleventh while Emily Fleming, the returning Evan Van Valkenburg, Nathen Marold and Colton Geary completed the top ten. A solid field of 18-cars took the initial green flag.
The stars of the over-35 Super Slinger division found crowd favorites Wes Hearn and Dale Kober at their best as the veteran wheel twisters put on a great show as they duked it out over twenty laps. Kober turned a fast time of 13.903 seconds to remain close and Hearn was consistent with some 13.860 times. Hearn would go on to capture his fifth consecutive win of the season while Kober nursed his smoking machine to a close runner-up finish. Steve Pirone ran an excellent race to secure third place and his best finish to date in the division. The returning Greg Zellman ran a great race to finish fourth while steady Jim Conroy completed the top five.
The Rookie Wingless 600 Sprint main found 23-cars going to the post for the start of the twenty lap main event. Joe Howey quickly grabbed the lead and found the baseline of the speedway much to his liking as he was followed by a hot running AJ Hobbs. Before a lap could be completed, a spin by Jacob Balliet netted a "tommy-tip-over" for Tony Parlanti. Once the drivers settled in, it became the Howey-Hobbs show as for a few laps before the smooth as silk "Wild Child" Geordan Marrero came into the picture. Marrero found his mark from the catbird seat as he watched the action in front of him for a few laps before trading second place with Hobbs for a few laps. A four car skirmish on lap-16 ended Hobbs bid and placed Marrero nose to tail with Howey for the remaining four laps. Howey would repel the bid by Marrero and go on to capture his first career win at Hamlin with Marrero a close second. 14th starting "The Mack Attack" Mack Brink would hustle through the field to nail down third with Noah Zielinski fourth and Scott Rupp completing the top five. The second five found 65 year-old Carmen Leggio Sr, Jakson Ring, JR Williams, Jacob Balliet and Tyler Galatro finishing up the top ten.
The Hampton RV and Trailer Sales Stage One Modified action was thrills a plenty from the word go as "The Beast" Chloe Andreas grabbed the lead at the start of the event and paced the field through nine laps while holding off a hard charging Damon Paul. Paul found the space he was looking for on lap ten and made the winning move and a quick running Steve Darling was able to slip past Andreas for the runner-up slot. Paul and Darling ran nose to tail and side by side for the remainder of the event with Paul capturing his second win of the season. Darling was the runner-up followed by Bill Dianella, Joel Smith and Chloe Andreas.
The 270 Sprint main for the winged warriors got off to a slow start as the returning Brittany Erlsten broke before the event went green. Paul Richards Jr was was fast and furious as he blasted out of the starting gate to lead the entire way with "Deuce" Glenn Macomber taking up the chase and finishing second. Kyle Ferrucci and Tyler Galatro finished behind Macomber.
Mike McLaughlin and Taylor Mills brought the star studded All Star Slingshot field to the starting line for the start of their 20-lap headliner. McLaughlin won the drag race at the start of the event and kept the momentum going as he tried to step away from the field. From third starting position came Wes Hearn and he began to pressure McLaughlin with moves from the top and the bottom of the raceway. A caution flag for a disabled Colin White on lap eight negated a Hearn pass for the lead and kept McLaughlin at the point. On the restart, Hearn would try time and time again but McLaughlin kept his line and raced to his first win of the season at Hamlin. Hearn would finish a strong second with "The Oley Jet" Brett Bieber racing to third place. Taylor Mills would finish fourth while Chris Kurtz completed the top five. The second five found Russell Benke III, Tyler Peet, Justin Mills from 16th, Tyler Pirone from 23rd, and Austin Silfee from 17th completing the top ten finishers. Twenty starters finished all of the twenty laps as the racing was just that close.
Grady Johnston blasted out front at the drop of the green flag in the 600 Sprint main and was quickly hounded by "The A-Team" Brandon Azzalina. The pair began a chess match of who is going where with birthday boy "Radioactive" Robbie Hocker joining the battle and a lap later "The Nickel Man" Joel Smith would move into the picture. As the laps clicked off, Johnston remained at the point and the battle for real estate escalated as the great talent showed their best stuff to one another as they jockeyed for position. Johnston would not be denied as he drove to a close win over Azzalina to secure his third win of the season at Hamlin. Hocker was third with Smith fourth and "The Rockaway Rocket" Danny Buccafusca completing the top five. "Bad" Chad Sandt headed up the talented second five with Johnny Smith, Sam Kravitsky from 17th, Zac Azzalina from 22nd and Mick D'Agostino completing the top ten.
PEARL JAMS:
A tip of the fedora to Denise and Randy Smith and crew for their hard work and dedication as Accuweather was calling for a major thunderstorm at 5 PM but they stood their ground and ran a sensational show and having everyone heading home before 11 PM.
Heat winners included the returning Kyle Exley, Joe Howey and AJ Hobbs in the Rookie 600 Sprints. Dale Kober captured the heat win in the Super Slingers. Three heats were run for the All Star Slingshots with Tyler Peet, Wes Hearn and Taylor Mills emerging victorious. Adam Buchel, Hunter Lapp and Jared Silfee captured the heat wins in the Junior Slingshots. Brandon Azzalina, Grady Johnston and Colin White were the winners of the three Wingless 600 Sprint heats.
Time trials were run for the 270 Sprints and Paul Richards Jr stopped the clocks at 11.587 seconds to nip Brittany Erlsten. Joel Smith was the top timer in the Stage One Modifieds with a 12.968 second time to nip Damon Paul who timed at 13.065 seconds.
New and returning faces were abundant in the pit area as Brittany Erlsten made her first appearance since the start of the season in the 270 Sprints. Greg Zellman and Ron Jablonka were new faces in the Super Slingers. Quarter Midget star Evan Civick tried a Stage One Modified for size and Dylan Martin secured the Smith Fabrications rental ride for the evening. Evan Van Valkenburg and Cooper Schoenly made their first Hamlin starts while Gavin McClure, Tommy Stillo and Jack Clancy were back in action in the Junior Slingshots. Joe Nemeth Steve Van Valkenburg, Kevin Weiand and Cody Powell returned to action in the Rookie 600 Sprints. Reigning 600 Sprint Champion Colin White secured a Slingshot ride for the evening in the John Mirabelli racer. Hunter Metzger was back in action in the Slingshots. Robbie Hocker, Mike Van Pelt, Jermain Godshall, Matt Roselli and Louie Horvath were back in action in the 600 Sprints. some time.
Jeff Haduck had the misfortune of getting upside down in the Super Slingers. he was unhurt in the incident and the crew went to work and had Tess Horvath ready to go when the All Star Slingshot heats went to the grid. A great job by the crew. Jack Clancy was forced to the sidelines in the Junior Slingshot main when his brake caliper froze and started a fire in his racer. JJ Rice, John Velde, Brittany Erlsten and Louie Horvath encountered mechanical issues and were forced out early in their respective features.
Fans, mark the dates on the calendar so you don't forget next week as there will be two nights of racing at Hamlin next week on June 17th and 18th as we spring into summer with a great weekend card of racing enjoyment; two great shows and two great payouts.
The VetStock Firecracker 100 (Hamlin Hundred) event on July 2nd is just three weeks away and anyone who would like to get involved with this great promotion for this event should contact the S&S Speedways at: 570 420 5500. Whether it be a prize or cash donation for this event, all donations are accepted graciously and all will be announced leading up to the event as well as at the speedway. Check out the VetStock website at: www.VetStockUSA.com for additional information.
Lap Sponsorship is also being sold at $10.00 per lap so it is a good time to pump up your sponsors for this great cause.
The two-day extravaganza event on June 17th and 18th as the speedway hosts the "Spring Into Summer" spectacular. The Friday night portion of the event will also host a Junior Slingshot National Tour event.
RESULTS:
All Star Slingshots: Mike McLaughlin, Wes Hearn, Brett Bieber, Taylor Mills, Chris Kurtz, Russell Benke III, Tyler Peet, Justin Mills, Tyler Pirone, Austin Silfee, Greg Zellman, Damon Paul, Steven Pirone, Alan Selemba, Ashley Kober, Tess Horvath, Josh Marcus, Dale Kober, Matt Henneforth, Amanda Buchel, Colin White, Hunter Metzger, Anthony Recchio
270cc Sprints: Paul Richards Jr, Glenn Macomber, Kyle Ferrucci, Tyler Galatro, Brittany Erlsten
600cc Wingless Sprints: Grady Johnston, Brandon Azzalina, Robbie Hocker, Joel Smith, Danny Buccafusca, Chad Sandt, Johnny Smith, Sam Kravitsky, Zac Azzalina, Mick D'Agostino, James Morris, Colin White, Chris Kurtz, Joseph Smith, Matt Roselli, Mike Van Pelt, Dylan Martin, Rick Calvert, Germain Godshall, JD Casazza, Ryan Quackenbush, Paul Richards Sr, Louie Horvath
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Damon Paul, Stephen Darling, Bill Dianella, Joel Smith, Chloe Andreas
Junior Slingshots: Hunter Lapp, Jared Silfee, Cole Stangle, Jake Mason, Ty Kelly, Shelby McLaughlin, Emily Fleming, Evan Van Valkenburg, Nathen Marold, Colton Geary, James Costlow, Adam Buchel, Cooper Schoenly, Tommy Stillo, Gavin McClure, JJ Rice, Jack Clancy, John Velde
Super Slingshots: Wes Hearn, Dale Kober, Steven Pirone, Greg Zellman, Jim Conroy, Ryan Lacoe, Jeff Haduck, Ron Jablonka, John Mirabelli
Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: Joe Howey, Geordan Marrero, Mack Brink, Noah Zielinski, Scott Rupp, Carmen Leggio Sr, Jakson Ring, JR Williams, Jacob Balliet, Tyler Galatro, Kyle Exley, Mikey Smith, Chad Connor, Joe Nemeth, Kevin Weiand, AJ Hobbs, Justin Hartz, Brett Altemose, Scott Slater, Steve Van Valkenburg, Cody Powell, Ron Bosga, Tony Parlanti
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. The next event on the Hamlin Speedway schedule is set for June 17th when all Divisions will be in action on the 1/5th mile clay cushioned oval for the Tenth Annual "Spring Into Summer Sizzler" two day spectacular on June 17th and 18th highlighted at the speedway along with the Saturday picnic. The Friday night portion will have the Junior Slingshot National Tour in place and the Saturday night show will be highlighted by the 270 Sprints going wingless. Make sure to check the Hamlin Speedway website or Facebook page for any additional information. Pit Gates open at the speedway at 3 PM; Drivers Meeting at 5:45; Hot Laps are at 6:00 and the racing begins at 7 PM sharp. Admission Prices for regular shows are: Adults $10.00; Senior Citizens $5.00 Children under 6 are Free
Please support the many great sponsors who assist in working and sponsoring the season long events at the speedway. Tilcon, 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, log on to their well documented website at: http://hamlinspeed.com or call the speedway hotline at: 570 420 5500. Visit us often for a great night of racing action as............................................
The Hamlin Speedway Is The "Pearl" In The Poconos
BLEWETT WINS TWO MODIFIED RACES AT WALL SATURDAY
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WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. .. Jimmy Blewett of Howell had a Saturday night to remember at Wall Stadium Speedway as he not only topped the Downs Ford Modified 40-lap main event but also won a special 25-lapper for the visiting Dirt Modifieds. Both wins were both hard fought and well earned.
With the starting front rows of the 40-lapper occupied by the faster cars in the field the race was intense from start to finish. Howell’s Ken Woolley led the early laps of the test while Eric Mauriello and Justin Gumley, both of Howell, Jackson’s Steven Reed and Blewett fought for position on his bumper. All five drivers wrestled for position as Woolley fought to hold on to the lead.
Gumley was the first to leave the battle when he spun on lap six and soon after Blewett and Reed advanced to second and third spots. Blewett then picked the outside lane to charge past Woolley and into the lead on lap 15 and then raced on to the win.
Reed crossed the finish line second while Matawan’s Anthony Sesely came from deep in the pack to finish third. Mauriello and Brick’s Shawna Ingraham completed the top five.
“With a lot of the faster cars starting in the front rows this was a fun race,” Blewett said. “Everyone was fast and everyone was doing a good job. The car was just about perfect thanks to Rob Ormsbee. Troyer Race Cars give us a real good car.”
Mike Traver led most of the Dirt Modified 25-lapper as Blewett worked to challenge. Blewett tried several paths into the lead before finally taking the top spot with four laps remaining with an inside lane pass on the backstretch. Rick Coons, Traver, Mark Levy and John Cook rounded out the field.
Shanon Mongeau of Manchester avoided accidents and made critical passes to win the 30-lapper for the Snap On Sportsman cars. Jarret DeGiantomasso was the impressive runner-up, with Matt Langbein of Laurence Harbor, Ricky Collins of Willow Grove, Pa. and Brick’s Dom Fattarusso completing the top five.
Jerry Stanzione of Keansburg crossed the finish line first in the accident filled 25-lapper for the O’Shea’s Auto Repair Factory Stocks, but when his car was found to have non-approved suspension parts in post-race tech defending champ Joe Mongeau of Brick was awarded the win. Manchester’s Scott Riggleman, Gerry Koenig of Seaford, N.Y, Mike Montano and Marco Flores were second through fifth.
Mitchell Dowd of Pottstown, Pa. made his high school graduation weekend complete by winning the 25-lapper for the Green Flag Driving Experience Legend Cars. Howell’s Robert French was the runner-up while Browns Mills’ Vinny Troia, who spun in the final turn while trying to steal the lead, recovered quickly to finish third. Ron Merlino of Pine Beach and Malcolm Campbell of Eatontown were fourth and fifth.
Dedicating his win to crewmember “Tommy Boy” who passed away during the off-season, Mike Tillett of Bayville grabbed his first Elite Maintenance Limited Late Model 25-lap win of the year. Brian Doyle of Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Jackson’s Glen Conk, and Michelle Moorman and Bill Vanderveen, both of Beachwood, completed the top five.
The stock cars get the night off on June 18 when the Formula Drift touring series invades Wall Stadium for the annual “Gauntlet” event. Stock car racing then returns on Saturday evening June 25 with the annual running of the “Garden State Classic” for the Modified stock cars. The Factory Stocks, 4 Cylinder Stocks and the TQ Midgets will also be on the schedule.
The complete regular season schedule, which runs on Saturday nights through the end of September, is available at wallspeedwayracing.com as are the rules and regulations for all divisions. Post-season events, the “Spooky Spectacular” in October and the Thanksgiving weekend “Turkey Derby,” are also being planned.
Wall Stadium is located on Route 34 in Wall Township, N.J., just one mile north of Garden State Parkway exit 98 and Interstate 195 exit 35B. The speedway hotline number is 732-681-6400, the website is wallspeedwayracing.com and email address is CKMotorsports@aol.com.
MODIFIED FEATURE 40 Laps – 1. JIMMY BLEWETT, HOWELL, 2. Steven Reed, 3. Anthony Sesely, 4. Eric Mauriello, 5. Shawna Ingraham, 6. Ken Woolley, 7. Derek Hopkinson, 8. Ron Frees, 9. Shaun Carrig, 10. Justin Gumley, 11. Ken Matlach, 12. Andrew Krause, 13. Jason Treat, 14. Chris Reynolds, 15. Ed Delage, 16. Rob Schwartz, 17. Chas Okerson
DIRT MODIFIED – 25 Laps – 1. JIMMY BLEWETT, HOWELL, 2. Rich Coons, 3. Mike Traver, 4. Mark Levy, 5. John Cook
SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 30 Laps – 1. SHANON MONGEAU, MANCHESTER, 2. Jarret DeGiantomasso, 3. Matt Langbein, 4. Ricky Collins, 5. Don Fattarusso, 6. Eric Lane, 7. Jason Caruso, 8. Blake Barney, 9. Dan Roslin, 10. Dave Bailey, 11. Joe Cocca, 12. Roland DeMartino, 13. Tyler Truex, 14. Kenny Van Wickle, 15. Chris Owsik, 16. Kevin Davison, 17. Larry Thompson, 18. Jonathan Laureigh, 19. Brian Doyle, 20. Jimmy Wolcott, 21. Robert Sutphin
FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. JOE MONGEAU, BRICK, 2. Scott Riggleman, 3. Gerry Koenig, 4. Mike Montano, 5. Marco Flores, 6. Marty Van Druten, 7. Bill Stockert, 8. Tom Rajkowski, 9. Tim O’Shea, 10. Scott Maher, 11. Eric Bodenschatz, 12. Ron Booth, 13. Steve West, 14. Dave Green, 15. Ronnie Mullen, 16. Rob Haberstick, 17. Kenny Green, 18. John Bowers, 19. Whitey Miller, 20. Tony Bartone, 21. Rich Byrne, DQ Jerry Stanzione
LEGEND CARS FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. MICHELL DOWD, POTTSTOWN, PA., 2. Robert French, 3. Vinny Troia, 4. Ron Merlino, 5. Malcolm Campbell, 6. Louie Keraitis, 7. Nick Van Wickle, 8. Joe McGrath, 9. Chris Gall, 10. Peter Bruno, 11. Brian Russell, 12. James Van Wickle
LIMITED LATE MODEL FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. MIKE TILLETT, BAYVILLE, 2. Brian Doyle, 3. Glen Conk, 4. Michelle Moorman, 5. Bill Vanderveen, 6. Greg Gastelu, 7. Howie Conk, 8. James Myers
KRESSLEY, PAPIEZ, WEISSER NEW WINNERS AT GRANDVIEW SATURDAY NIGHT
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NEWS FROM NASCAR SANCTIONED GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY, BECHTELSVILLE, PA
Track promoter: Bruce Rogers @ 610.754.7688
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Race results written by Vicki Gehris with additions from Ernie Saxton
KRESSLEY, PAPIEZ AND WEISSER FIRST TIME WINNERS AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY ON SATURDAY
PECK AND SMITH WIN VINTAGE RACER FEATURES
BECHTELSVILLE, PA June 12, 1016 . . . Three new names were added to the winner’s list on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway and all three feature winners captured their first career NASCAR divisonal triumphs at the 1/3-mile clay oval in the racing action sponsored by T.P. Trailers, Limerick and broadcast by RCN-TV, Allentown.
Brett “The Threat” Kressley, a rookie this season after graduating from being the Sportsman point champion, who was shut out of victory lane a few weeks ago, put the Norm Hansell-owned Norm’s Save Station No. 357 into the lead on the ninth lap and went on to score the win in the T.P. Trailers NASCAR 358 Modified All-American Racing Series 30-Lap feature with Jeff Strunk chasing him across the line. Kressley commented that his first win in the division at Grandview was special adding a notch in his belt and gave a “hats off” to Norm and crew for an awesome car. He said he made some rookie mistakes early in the season and is getting adjusted to things.
In the 25-lap BRC NASCAR Late Model feature Drew Weisser, who has been close on occasions to winning only to be defeated in the later stages, scored his first career win.
There have now been five different winners in seven Modified races this season. In Late Models four drivers have visited victory lane and in the Sportsman seven different winners. Seven nights of racing have been completed for the NASCAR sanctioned divisions.
Brian Papiez, a graduate from the crate division at New Eqypt Speedway, who didn’t run the early part of the year, led from start to finish in the 25-lap NASCAR Sportsman event. He dedicated the win to his grandmother who recently passed away and especially thanked Ray Carroll and driver Jeff Strunk for helping him set up the car.
All three drivers received monetary awards from T.P. Trailers. $250, Modified and $100 for both the Late Model and Sportsman and the Dan’s Deli ½-way Hoagie award.
Racing will return to the Bechtelsville, PA racing facility on Saturday, June 18th at 7:30 p.m. when the NASCAR Sportsman stock cars will be featured in a 40-lap feature race. In addition there will be racing for the T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds along with the BRC Late Models. The night will be sponsored by BFP Specialties and Bashore Trucking.
Ron Haring Jr. set the pace for eight laps of the Modified feature before Kressley, who started fifth, and chasing him since the green motored into the lead.
Behind Kressley dicing for positions were Mike Kellner, Haring Jr., Ray Swinehart and John Willman.
The half of straightaway lead Kressley built up was erased when Kellner, running a solid second, had a left rear tire go flat causing him to spin in turn four and the caution to come out on lap 17. Kressley held his ground when action resumed, but now the competition was from Willman, Kenny Gilmore, Swinehart and Kevin Hirthler.
On the 20th lap Tim Buckwalter and Craig Von Dohren made contact with Buckwalter spinning. Frank Cozze had nowhere to go and was involved in the mishap. It was still Kressley first.
The caution was out again on lap 21 after Don Norris Jr. and Von Dohren collided with Norris Jr. spinning in turn two. Defending champion Von Dohren was put to the rear for a rule infraction. The leader continued to be Kressley being chased by Willman, Strunk, Gilmore and Danny Erb with Mike Gular soon in the mix.
Strunk advanced to second with five to go to see if he had anything for Kressley.
This time Kressley was determined to grab the win and did just that followed by Strunk, for the second week in a row, Willman, for his season best finish; Gular and Gilmore. Rounding out the top ten were Erb, Buckwalter, Kyle Borror, last week’s feature winner; Hirthler and Ryan Grim.
Willman, Chris Gambler and Haring Jr. won the heats.
For the second consecutive week, Joe “Geezer” Fanelli was the early race leader in the Late Model feature, a position he held for five laps before Lou Egrie became the new pacesetter.
Weisser overtook Fanelli for second on the seventh lap and five laps later he was in control of the race.
The action for the spots behind Weisser developed between Egrie, Dave Ogin, Brian Shuey, last week’s feature winner and Cory Merkel and it didn’t take Chuck Schutz long to get into the shuffle.
Positions changed behind Weisser, but he never surrendered the top spot and claimed a well-deserved victory trailed by Egrie, Shuey, Merkel and Schutz. Ogin, Dan Green, Bryon Sipe, Wayne Pfeil and Dean Stoudt were sixth through tenth.
Heats were won by Sipe and Shuey.
Papiez was off and running at the onset of the Sportsman feature being challenged by Kyle Lilick, Ryan Beltz, Mark Kemmerer and Jack Butler. Joe Funk III moved into second on the third lap to put his bids in for first.
The field regrouped on lap 11 after Craig Whitmoyer slowed his pace in turn two when he glanced off the homestretch wall. Papiez remained in front but now Beltz, who recently captured his first win and was in the hunt for another, was in the runner-up spot.
Papiez never looked back once he was ahead and went on to score the win chassed across by Beltz. Funk III, Kemmerer and Brad Brightbill were third through fifth for their season best finishes. Sixth through tenth were Brian Hirthler, Paul Kline, Jordan Henn, Brett Gilmore and Kyle Lilick.
Dean Bachman, Ryan Lilick, Papiez and Hirthler won the heats. Consies went to Derrick Smith and Craig Whitmoyer.
Dave Smith and former Grandview standout Ronnie Peck were the winners in the two 15-lap Blast from the Past features.
RACE RESULTS
T.P. Trailers Modified Feature (30 Laps): 1. Brett Kressley, 2. Jeff Strunk, 3 John Willman, 4 Mike Gular, 5. Kenny Gilmore, 6. Danny Erb, 7. Tim Buckwalter, 8. Kyle Borror, 9. Kevin Hirthler, 10. Ryan Grim, 11. Don Norris Jr., 12. Craig Von Dohren, 13. Frank Cozze, 14. Kyle Weiss, 15. Ron Haring Jr., 16. Kory Fleming, 17. Brian Houseknecht, 18. Carroll Hine III, 19. Bobby Gunther-Walsh, 20. Ray Swinehart, 21. Doug Manmiller, 22. Mike Kellner, 23. Blaine Bracelin, 24. Chris Gambler, 25. Eric Biehn, 26. Ron Seltmann Jr., 27. Justin Grim.
BRC Late Model Feature (25 Laps): 1. Drew Weisser, 2. Lou Egrie, 3. Brian Shuey, 4. Cory Merkel, 5. Chuck chutz, 6. Dave Ogin, 7. Dan Green, 8. Bryon Sipe, 9. Wayne Pfeil, 10. Dean Stoudt, 11. Steve Todorow, 12. Joe Fanelli, 13. Eric Hoch, 14. Chris Wojnar, 15. Shawn Horning, 16. Ron Kline.
Sportsman Feature (25 Laps): 1. Brian Papiez, 2. Ryan Beltz, 3. Joe Funk III, 4. Mark Kemmerer, 5. Brad Brightbill, 6. Brian Hirthler, 7. Paul Kline, 8. Jordan Henn, 9 Brett Gilmore, 10. Kyle Lilick, 11. Brad Arnold, 12. Jim Housworth, 13. Mike Lisowski, 14. Jack Butler, 15. Ken Eckert Jr., 16. Derrick Smith, 17. Steve Searock, 18. Ryan Shupp, 19. Josh Adams, 20. Mike Koffel, 21. Dean Ficarro, 22. Dean Bachman, 23. Kenny Bock, 24. Craig Whitmoyer, 25. Brandon Whitmoyer, 26. Ryan Lilick. DNQ: Jesse Landis, B.J. Joly. Dylan Swinehart, Ryan Higgs, Rich Jones, Pat Conrad, Nathan Mohr, Mike Stringer and Lex Shive.
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 18, 7:30 p.m. BFP Specialties/Bashore Trucking Night featuring T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman stock cars. 40-lap feature for Sportsman
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 FIREWORKS SHOW.
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Schatz Wins Wild One at Knoxville
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Donny Schatz Wins Wild One for #TeamOutlaws
Claims ninth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season
KNOXVILLE, Iowa - June 11, 2016 - Wrecked cars and flared tempers could not hold back reigning World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz on Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway as he barely avoided an early multi-car crash and battled past Jamie Veal to score his ninth series win of the season during the Xtream Shootout powered by Mediacom.
Schatz, who started fifth, battled Shane Stewart early for fourth. After a crash on lap five caught up several of the front runners, Schatz restarted in third and then fought his way around second place Ian Madsen. As Veal worked his way through traffic, Schatz closed the distance, then commenced to battle Veal, side-by-side, lap-after-lap for the lead. Veal held tough but Schatz got around off of turn four with just three laps remaining to take the top spot.
"This place has been very, very good to me," Schatz said. "I've been very blessed to not get hurt here and have the success I've had. This team is incredible. We can always go back to the same old setup but it's kind of fun to try new things and try to get better. We keep playing around and we make a lot of gains and we make a lot of steps backwards but the racecar just kept getting better and better as the race went on."
The win is Schatz's 24th career 410 win at Knoxville. The reigning and nine-time Knoxville Nationals champion is 11th on the all-time wins list at the track.
Brad Sweet kicked off the night, scoring his fifth quick time award of the season. Sweet, Schatz, Danny Lasoski and Shane Stewart all picked up Heat race wins, while Veal battled past Ian Madsen to take the Dash win and the pole for the night's feature.
On the green flag, Veal, a native of Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, who has just come off a red-hot sprint car season in Australia including a World Series Sprintcar championship, jumped out to an early and commanding lead over Ian Maden and Brian Brown. Schatz battled Stewart in fourth. The first caution flew on lap five as the top wing sideboard on Tasker Phillips came off in turn three.
On the restart, Madsen, in third moved down the track going into turn one, caught the right front tire of Stewart which sent Stewart into Brown and set off a multi-car crash that collected as many as 10 cars. Schatz barely made it through. Among the most heavily damaged were Brown, Stewart, Greg Wilson, Joey Saldana, Daryn Pittman, Craig Dollansky, Scott Bogucki and Davey Heskin. After a long red flag, racing resumed with four fewer cars on track.
Veal again jumped out to a strong lead as Schatz worked to get around Madsen for second. Madsen held the position after a two lap battle. Schatz though wasn't done as he got side-by-side with Madsen on lap 15 and eventually took over the position as the two drivers dove into turn three.
Schatz quickly caught Veal as he worked his way through traffic. With seven laps remaining, Schatz nearly got around Veal but Veal held the top spot and shifted his line to the bottom of the track. The position was short-lived though as Schatz's relentless pursuit paid off. As the two worked to complete lap 22, Schatz got the better of Veal off of turn four and took over the lead.
Veal, meanwhile, slipped back, giving second to Lasoski, who was charging forward and third to David Gravel.
As the Knoxville crowd booed, Schatz climbed from his No. 15 Bad Boy Off-Road J&J victorious.
"At the end of the race things changed a lot," Schatz said. "The track started moving around. The top of three and four was really good but you could even get through the middle. (The track) threw some crumbs up from time-to-time, so you just had to be cautious and not hit it too hard. I did it a few times.
"I'm pretty fortunate to be standing up here next to the Hall of Fame flagman (Doug Clark). I wanted to stand next to him last night but tonight's the night."
For Lasoski, the 2001 World of Outlaws champion and all-time wins leader at Knoxville, the second place finish was part good luck, part experience.
"I want to thank (crew chief) Guy Forbrook for this thing," Lasoski said. "We've been struggling the last month, month and a half and he's definitely got it better and better. I hate to see what happened on that crash, it took a couple of good competitors out. I don't know how we would have stacked up then."
With three wins so far on the season, David Gravel and his No. 5 Big Game Treestands, CJB Motorsports team continue to build on momentum as the series heads into the crucial summer months.
"We didn't qualify like we wanted to but got through the heat race and got really lucky to get through that crash," Gravel said. "Obviously, a lot of guys wrecked. A little luck. We were sixth after the crash and we had a really good restart and got up to third but then fell back a little bit. We actually had a really good car. Took a couple of corners a little different and maybe we could have been second or maybe win the race. I'm really happy, we made improvements over last night, we finished fifth, and we're looking forward to coming back here (for the Knoxville Nationals)."
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Knoxville Raceway Notebook
RACE NOTES: Donny Schatz claimed his ninth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season. His last win came at Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8… Tonight's win was the 24th career win for Schatz at Knoxville. He is the reigning and nine-time Knoxville Nationals Champion… Paul McMahan became the second driver of the season to take a provisional. He was also the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 14 positions to finish in 11th.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Greg Wilson; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Jason Johnson; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Jacob Allen; Super Flow ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Jamie Veal; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Paul McMahan; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Joey Saldana; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Greg Wilson.
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 9 (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); 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); 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); Shane Stewart - 3 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30); 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; Knoxville Raceway; Knoxville, Iowa; June 11, 2016.
A-Main - (25 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [5] [$10,000]; 2. 2L-Danny Lasoski [8] [$5,000]; 3. 5-David Gravel [12] [$3,000]; 4. 71-Jamie Veal [1] [$2,700]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [6] [$2,500]; 6. 29-Kerry Madsen [16] [$2,200]; 7. 2-Shane Stewart [4] [$2,000]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [14] [$1,800]; 9. 41-Jason Johnson [15] [$1,600]; 10. 55-Brooke Tatnell [22] [$1,450]; 11. 7-Paul McMahan [25] [$600]; 12. 56N-David Heskin [11] [$1,200]; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen [21] [$1,100]; 14. 9-Daryn Pittman [20] [$1,000]; 15. 82-Dusty Zomer [10] [$950]; 16. 7W-Tasker Phillips [17] [$900]; 17. 18-Ian Madsen [2] [$850]; 18. 7S-Jason Sides [7] [$750]; 19. 1-Sammy Swindell [19] [$725]; 20. 20-A.J. Moeller [13] [$700]; 21. 21-Brian Brown [3] [$700]; 22. 83-Joey Saldana [9] [$700]; 23. 2KS-Craig Dollansky [18] [$700]; 24. W20-Greg Wilson [24] [$700]; 25. 84-Scott Bogucki [23] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Jamie Veal 1-21, Donny Schatz 22-25. KSE Hard Charger Award: 7-Paul McMahan [+14].
Qualifying - 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 15.218; 2. 2L-Danny Lasoski, 15.220; 3. 2-Shane Stewart, 15.335; 4. 15-Donny Schatz, 15.372; 5. 21-Brian Brown, 15.415; 6. 7S-Jason Sides, 15.422; 7. 56N-David Heskin, 15.429; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman, 15.446; 9. 83-Joey Saldana, 15.510; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen, 15.533; 11. 71-Jamie Veal, 15.540; 12. 18-Ian Madsen, 15.584; 13. 20-A.J. Moeller, 15.594; 14. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 15.631; 15. 41-Jason Johnson, 15.638; 16. 5-David Gravel, 15.650; 17. 84-Scott Bogucki, 15.656; 18. 2KS-Craig Dollansky, 15.669; 19. 1-Sammy Swindell, 15.725; 20. 29-Kerry Madsen, 15.731; 21. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 15.738; 22. 82-Dusty Zomer, 15.742; 23. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 15.751; 24. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 15.777; 25. W20-Greg Wilson, 15.795; 26. 7D-Dustin Selvage, 15.834; 27. 44-Chris Martin, 15.868; 28. 7-Paul McMahan, 15.922; 29. 7W-Tasker Phillips, 16.020; 30. 1B-Jake Bubak, 16.032; 31. 19-Bobby Weuve, 16.189; 32. 10-Dakota Hendrickson, 16.192; 33. 35-Kevin Hetrick, 16.551; 34. 13-Clyde Knipp, 16.566
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [2]; 3. 83-Joey Saldana [3]; 4. 20-A.J. Moeller [4]; 5. 7W-Tasker Phillips [8]; 6. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [6]; 7. 84-Scott Bogucki [5]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [7]; 9. 35-Kevin Hetrick [9]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 2L-Danny Lasoski [1]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides [2]; 3. 82-Dusty Zomer [6]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 5. 2KS-Craig Dollansky [5]; 6. 7D-Dustin Selvage [7]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 8. 1B-Jake Bubak [8]; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp [9]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 71-Jamie Veal [3]; 3. 56N-David Heskin [2]; 4. 41-Jason Johnson [4]; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell [5]; 6. 55-Brooke Tatnell [6]; 7. 44-Chris Martin [7]; 8. 19-Bobby Weuve [8]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 3. 5-David Gravel [4]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [5]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 6. 7-Paul McMahan [7]; 7. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [6]; 8. 10-Dakota Hendrickson [8]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 71-Jamie Veal [2]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [1]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [6]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [8]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 8. 2L-Danny Lasoski [7]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1A-Jacob Allen [1]; 2. 55-Brooke Tatnell [4]; 3. 84-Scott Bogucki [2]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 5. 44-Chris Martin [8]; 6. 7D-Dustin Selvage [7]; 7. 1B-Jake Bubak [10]; 8. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [3]; 9. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [5]; 10. 7-Paul McMahan [9]; 11. 10-Dakota Hendrickson [12]; 12. 35-Kevin Hetrick [13]; 13. 19-Bobby Weuve [11]; 14. 13-Clyde Knipp [14]
CLAUSON TIES BETTENHAUSEN WITH 40TH USAC SPRINT WIN AT PORT ROYAL
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Port Royal, Pennsylvania - June 11, 2016 - Sometimes good fortune falls your way. Sometimes the dominoes fall where they may. Not that the red-hot Bryan Clauson needed any luck with how successful he's been throughout the 2016 season, but any little bit helps.
After falling to 15th on the opening lap, and mired back in 10th at the halfway point, Clauson steadily worked his way through the field, using timely cautions and the misfortune of several frontrunners that played into his favor and put him in position to make the winning move on Brady Bacon on lap 24 and put the finishing touches on his 40th career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car victory, tying USAC Hall of Famer Gary Bettenhausen for seventh on the all-time series win list.
Clauson would start on the inside of row six at the start, but it was the winningest USAC Sprint Car driver of all-time, pole sitter Dave Darland, who bolted out to the early lead.
On lap three, Chase Stockon was able to take the third spot from Thomas Meseraull, but the side-by-side battle continued one lap later when the two banged wheels at the start/finish line, narrowly avoiding catastrophe.
On the sixth circuit, Meseraull pressed Stockon for the spot, but got the car completely sideways on the high side at the exit of turn four, slamming the right rear tire and right side of the tail tank against the guardrail with enormous force, sending Meseraull into a series of mid-air spirals before landing cage-first into the clay. Meseraull gingerly got out of the car under his own power, but was otherwise okay.
Brady Bacon entered the fray up front, battling with Darland for the lead on lap seven and eventually securing the spot one lap later.
Robert Ballou became the next driver to throw his helmet into the ring of frontrunners on lap 11, overtaking Chase Stockon for third on the outside of the second turn, and then running down Darland between turns three and four, speeding past the USAC Triple Crown champion at the exit of four for the second position.
Ballou made quick work erasing Bacon's ever-decreasing gap, as the defending USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car champion squared up the 2014 champion he dethroned one year ago, in a run for his money at the halfway mark.
Lap 15, with Bacon down low and Ballou up high, Bacon drifted up in front of Ballou at the exit of two, slamming the door on him to slow his momentum, allowing Bacon to remain out front.
Two laps after a lap 16 yellow stopped the action, Ballou threw his number one deep into turn three in front of Bacon for the lead, but Bacon countered the move, slicing down to the inside guardrail at the exit of turn four, but to no avail. Ballou, last year's Port Royal winner and defending "Eastern Storm" champion, staked his claim at the top and appeared to be the one that everyone would be chasing.
Attrition started to wear on several of the top contenders down the stretch. Thursday's New Egypt winner Chad Boespflug was the first to fall by the wayside, slowing with mechanical trouble on lap 19. After a contentious, see-saw battle between Stockon and Bacon for second, the expensive sounds of a misfiring engine began to emanate from underneath the hood of Stockon's machine, sending him to the infield with seven laps to go.
Simultaneously, fourth-running Aaron Farney jumped the cushion and banged the guardrail between turns one and two before coming to a rest backwards against the Armco.
Under the yellow, race leader Ballou pulled into the work area in the infield with an apparent loose power steering line. He would restart, but was relegated to the tail of the field with just a handful of laps remaining.
The reshuffled starting order left Bacon out front with new neighbors Clauson and Max McGhee in his shadow running second and third.
Immediately, Clauson went to work on Bacon and, on lap 24, dove low at the entrance of turn three, throwing a massive slider on Bacon to pull ahead and put the race to bed. As Clauson peeled off lap-after-lap of perfection, evidenced by posting his fastest lap of the race just four laps from the end, he began to distance himself from Bacon in the remaining laps and drive into the history books with his milestone 40th USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car victory, something only seven other men have been able to accomplish. Clauson was followed to the checkered flag by Bacon, McGhee, Darland, C.J. Leary, Jerry Coons, Jr., KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Shane Golobic, Ballou, Carmen Perigo and Isaac Chapple.
After winning his third USAC National Sprint Car race this week, Clauson extended his commanding point lead in the "Eastern Storm" standings to 52 over Chris Windom heading into Sunday night's finale at Susquehanna Speedway in York Haven, Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Clauson continues to add more accolades to his world-class racing profile, earning his 40th series win at the age of 26 years, 11 months. The man he tied, Gary Bettenhausen, was just shy of his 39 birthday when he won his 40th and final at Winchester (Ind.) Speedway in 1980.
"I struggle to run in the top-five every time we come to this place, but we kind of sold out on this thing knowing we were starting 11th," Clauson said. "Watching the first 10 laps of the race, nobody would've guessed we'd be in victory lane. We decided to leave it alone under that open red and let the car come to us. We caught some breaks with some yellows and those guys falling out. When I restarted behind Brady, I was committed to doing whatever he didn't. I got my momentum up through turns one and two and pulled the trigger. This thing was flawless."
In Clauson's three "Eastern Storm" wins this week in his Dooling-Hayward/B & H Contractors - Cancer Treatment Centers of America/Spike/Stanton Mopar, the Noblesville, Indiana driver has taken the lead for good on lap 24 (Grandview & Port Royal) and lap 25 (Lincoln), exemplifying that Clauson knows when it's "go-time."
"I got by Farney for fourth and hadn't really had an opportunity to size myself up to those guys up front. We'd driven up to them, but they were so far out that I couldn't gauge how good we were compared to them. Robert and Brady get going really well on these big, sweeping tracks so we were happy to just run with them, but when you get that close, you don't want to let them slip away and you want to close them out. Last night, I didn't get it done, but we stole one tonight."
Brady Bacon's second place finish, coupled with Meseraull's misfortune, allowed Bacon, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, to re-emerge as the series point leader by 21 points in his Dynamics, Inc./Mean Green - Lykins Oil/Triple X/Williams Mopar.
"I hadn't realized Chase pulled off and you race according to who you're racing with," Bacon described. Chase isn't normally somebody who is going to rip the top, so I went to the bottom to protect and it turned out that Bryan was actually behind me. He got a good enough start to slide me into three and then I just couldn't get back by him. Then, I was trying stuff to catch him and ended up having to race back into second and, by then, Bryan was already gone."
"We got back to square one tonight," a relieved Bacon said. "We changed some things on the car and got it back to normal and had a really good points night. Wish we could've gotten the win though; this is one of my favorite tracks."
Camby, Indiana's Max McGhee earned a career best third-place result in his Sam McGhee Motorsports/Brown & Miller Racing Solutions - Mike McGhee & Associates/Maxim/Foxco.
"We've been working really hard this week and haven't gotten the finishes we wanted to," McGhee lamented. "The car has been really good; it's just been on me to step up a little bit. Racing with Bryan and Brady is a big confidence booster. Just to be able to hang with them is great. We worked on some stuff tonight and got better, so from here on out, I think we'll be in good shape."
Contingency award winners at Port Royal Speedway included Chase Stockon (ProSource Fast Qualifier), Robert Ballou (Simpson Race Products First Heat Race Winner), C.J. Leary (Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI) Second Heat Race Winner Max McGhee (Benic Enterprises Third Heat Race Winner) Aaron Farney (Indy Race Parts Semi Winner), Shane Golobic (KSE Racing Products Hard Charger) and Dustin Smith (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 11, 2016 - Port Royal, Pennsylvania - Port Royal Speedway - "Eastern Storm"
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-19.148; 2. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-19.385; 3. Thomas Meseraull, 66, Amati-19.428; 4. Robert Ballou, 1, Ballou-19.434; 5. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-19.503; 6. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-19.521; 7. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-19.627; 8. Jerry Coons, Jr., 39, TWH-19.635; 9. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-19.776; 10. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-19.876; 11. Bryan Clauson, 63, Dooling/Hayward-19.972; 12. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-19.973; 13. Landon Simon, 24, LSR-20.008; 14. C.J. Leary, 17GP, Dutcher-20.073; 15. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-20.074; 16. Shane Cottle, 65, Franckowiak-20.076; 17. Dustin Smith, 77, Smith-20.110; 18. Tony DiMattia, 50, DiMattia-20.199; 19. Mark Smith, 3R, Rock Steady-20.360; 20. Kyle Moody, 99m, Moody-20.383; 21. Tom Harris, 5E, East-20.385; 22. Carmen Perigo, 21, Stehman-20.387; 23. Shane Golobic, 60, Ely-20.761; 24. J.R. Berry, 74, Berry-20.951; 25. Dick Mahoney, 79, Mahoney-21.176; 26. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 4J, 4J Motorsports-21.540.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Stockon, 3. Simon, 4. Darland, 5. Chapple, 6. M.Smith, 7. Perigo, 8. Cottle, 9. Mahoney. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Clauson, 3. Coons, 4. D.Smith, 5. Boespflug, 6. Golobic, 7. Farney, 8. Moody, 9. Thomas. 2:40.92
BENIC ENTERPRISES THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McGhee, 2. Bacon, 3. Windom, 4. Meseraull, 5. DiMattia, 6. Mellenberndt, 7. Harris, 8. Berry. 2:43.28
INDY RACE PARTS SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Farney, 2. M.Smith, 3. Mellenberndt, 4. Golobic,
5. Moody, 6. Thomas, 7. Perigo, 8. -Harris, 9. Berry, 10. Mahoney. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Max McGhee, 4. Dave Darland, 5. C.J. Leary, 6. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7. Shane Golobic, 8. Robert Ballou, 9. Carmen Perigo, 10. Isaac Chapple, 11. Kyle Moody, 12. Chris Windom, 13. Dustin Smith, 14. Bret Mellenberndt, 15. Tony DiMattia, 16. Chase Stockon, 17. Aaron Farney, 18. Chad Boespflug, 19. Landon Simon, 20. Mark Smith, 21. Thomas Meseraull, 22. Kevin Thomas, Jr. NT
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**Cottle flipped over the guardrail during the first heat. Meseraull flipped on lap 6 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Darland, Laps 8-17 Bacon, Laps 18-23 Ballou, Laps 24-30 Clauson.
KSE HARD CHARGER: Shane Golobic (21st to 7th)
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bacon-1,028, 2-Meseraull-1,007, 3-Stockon-938, 4-Ballou-914, 5-Darland-900, 6-Leary-891, 7-Boespflug-830, 8-McGhee-781, 9-Clauson-739, 10-Kyle Cummins-658.
NEW EASTERN STORM POINTS: 1-Clauson-311, 2-Ballou-259, 3-Windom-255, 4-Stockon-236, 5-Bacon-224, 6-McGhee-222, 7-Meseraull-220, 8-Leary-218, 8-Darland-216, 10-Boespflug-212.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: June 12 - York Haven, PA - Susquehanna Speedway - "Eastern Storm"
WINDOM WITHSTANDS CLAUSON’S CHARGE IN HORN/SCHINDLER MEMORIAL AT THE GROVE
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Mechanicsburg, PA. June 10, 2016 -.......Chris Windom was able to fend off a furious late-race rally by Bryan Clauson to win in the return of champ car racing to Williams Grove Speedway after a 35-year hiatus in Friday night's "Horn/Schindler Memorial" 100-lap USAC Silver Crown race.
C.J. Leary was the first car to hit the track for ProSource Qualifying and the first to break Steve Kinser's long-standing one-lap track record from 1981 by three and a half seconds. None of the remaining drivers were able to reach the bar that the Greenfield, Indiana driver set, which placed him on the pole for the main event.
Leary and outside front row starter Justin Grant engaged in a side-by-side battle for the top spot on the opening lap with Leary assuming and maintaining control throughout the early stages. However, turn four proved to be a Bermuda Triangle of sorts in the first quarter of the race, plaguing a bevy of drivers that halted the action on four separate instances involving three different drivers.
Race leader Leary had seen nothing but daylight in front of him during the first several laps, but on the lap 29 restart, all Leary had was smoke in his eyes as a continuous plume billowed from the headers of the number 30. Leary began to slow dramatically, eventually coming to a stop in the first turn one lap later before being towed off to the pit area. The night for April's "Sumar Classic" winner at the Terre Haute Action Track was finished after such a strong performance in his first visit to the Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania track.
Justin Grant inherited the lead for the lap 35 restart, but, by lap 37, Windom had sliced into Grant's lead, setting Windom up for an outside turn four pass to take the top spot.
Meanwhile, Clauson was picking cars off at a rapid pace from his 16th starting position, crossing over from the topside to the inside of Mark Smith for fourth out of turn 4 on lap 39.
Windom sailed away on a comfort cruise after the race's final caution flew for the stopped car of Austin Nemire on lap 40. The Canton, llinois driver built his lead to a full-straightaway advantage with 35 laps to go.
Yet, Clauson was determined not to give in yet, taking third from Grant on lap 65 and sliding up in front of Brady Bacon for second on lap 69. However, Clauson still had a long row ahead of him to catch Windom who was on cruise control up front.
With 10 laps to go, some fans were seen leaving the grandstands with the feeling that the conclusion would be inevitable with Windom rolling to an easy victory. It appeared that Clauson would need a caution to close the gap on Windom's seemingly insurmountable lead, but with the pedigree that Clauson has attained over the last decade plus in the United States Auto Club, nothing was outside the realm of possibility.
Shot out of a cannon, Clauson continued to chop and slash the interval between him and leader Windom little-by-little, driving on the edge, appearing as if he was on a single-car qualifying run in the final laps.
With two laps to go, Windom jumped the skyscraper-high turn three cushion, allowing Clauson to close in right behind the tail tank of Windom's machine as the two exited turn four.
As the two sprinted down the front straightaway, Clauson got the bite off the bottom and was able to pull ahead by a car length inside of Windom at the exit of two on lap 99. Yet, Windom was able to find each and every morsel of horsepower to muscle his car back in front into turn three.
As Clauson and Windom ran Hoosier-to-Hoosier between turns three and four, the duo had to contend with the lapped car of David Byrne immediately after passing under the white flag indicating one more lap to go. The two split Byrne with Windom aiming for the topside and Clauson cutting to the low side. Clauson attempted to slide job Windom at the entrance to one by drifting up to the top line in front of Windom, but came up just shy, getting his car too far sideways and killing his momentum between turns one and two.
But, like Michael Myers in the "Halloween" movie series, Clauson would not go away, re-emerging yet again to make one last run at Windom into the final two turns. However, it was simply not enough as Windom led the final 63 laps to claim his third career USAC Silver Crown Series victory over Clauson, Kody Swanson, Bacon, Grant, Smith, Casey Shuman, Jerry Coons, Jr., Steve Buckwalter and Shane Cottle.
Like Kody Swanson's stranglehold on the dirt miles over the past few seasons, Windom appears to have taken a shine to the half-mile dirt tracks, previously taking victories at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg Ohio in 2013 and the Belleville (Kans.) High Banks in 2015. In those two races, Windom led a combined 97 of 100 laps. Friday night at Williams Grove, Windom led the final 63 laps of the contest, but putting his RPM-Fred Gormly/RPM Auto Enterprise/Maxim/J & D was no cinch as he had to hold off the hottest open-wheel driver in the nation, Bryan Clauson, in the closing laps.
"Holy cow," Windom exclaimed. "My guys came on the radio with about 10 (laps) to go and screamed at me to go. I saw that (number) 6 car down there and I knew Clauson was coming. What a hell of a race for these fans at the end!"
"I don't think it's really sunk in yet," Windom stated. "With all the history here, I can't believe we're here! This track was awesome. These guys did a great job of prepping it. It was superfast early on in practice and qualifying. It's probably my new favorite Silver Crown track. In the feature, it slicked off there. You just had to be very easy on the top because it built a big curb and it was very easy to jump over. I did it a few times and thought I was going to lose the lead there. At the end, it was just the lap cars that were running side-by-side in front of me and I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to completely come off the top and go to the bottom and have someone drive around me, so I just tried to use them as a pick, and then I saw the 6 car down there, so I had to start sliding, going as quickly as I could."
Noblesville, Indiana's Bryan Clauson hoped to become the first driver since Rodger Ward in 1959 to lead a lap at the Indianapolis 500 and win in a champ car at Williams Grove Speedway in the same season. Clauson came up just short despite a valiant effort after his car experienced mechanical problems during qualifying, finishing second while earning KSE Racing Products/Martens Machine Shop Hard Charger honors in his Klatt Enterprises/Cancer Treatment Centers of America - Jonathan Byrd's Hospitality & Restaurant Group/Beast/Ford.
"We had a tough night all the way around until the feature," Clauson reflected. "But these guys worked hard to get this car good for the feature. We were really strong, especially late. I got to him there and really wanted to run the bottom in (turns) one and two, but I kind of had a lapper pinning me down. I just decided to try and clear him and get up in front of him, but didn't get it done. We made up a lot of ground there late by just driving my butt off to try and get there; I just needed 105 (laps) or so. We dug out of a big hole there and it was a spectacular run there for sure."
Kody Swanson, of Kingsburg, California came home third in his DePalma Motorsports/Radio Hospital - Champion Oil/Maxim/Hampshire Chevy while maintaining his series point lead by 15 over Windom heading into the June 25 "St. Louis Silver Crown Showdown" at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois.
"What an honor it is to be here at Williams Grove and it's great to drive this DePalma family 63," Swanson said. "They're a great family to race for and a great group of people to work on it. They put a great racecar on the track for us every time. I always hate it when I can't win for them, but we gave it everything we had tonight. We struggled a little early, but as the track got a little wider and a little trickier, we were able to find something there late and battle our way up to third."
Contingency award winners at Williams Grove Speedway included C.J. Leary (ProSource Fast Qualifier), Bryan Clauson (KSE Racing Products/Martens Machine Shop Hard Charger) and David Byrne (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher).
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USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 10, 2016 - Williams Grove, Pennsylvania - Williams Grove Speedway - "Horn-Schindler Memorial"
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary/6R-20.379; 2. Justin Grant, 8, Carli-20.459; 3. Chris Windom, 98, RPM/Gormly-20.602; 4. Brady Bacon, 48, Martens-20.757; 5. Kody Swanson, 63, DePalma-20.776; 6. Mark Smith, 99, RPM/Gormly-20.933; 7. Austin Nemire, 91, Hemelgarn-20.999; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 20, Nolen-21.202; 9. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 27, Phillips-21.254; 10. Joe Liguori, 58, Liguori-21.305; 11. Shane Cottle, 81, Williams-21.400; 12. David Byrne, 40, Byrne-21.451; 13. Steve Buckwalter, 53, SET-21.526; 14. Casey Shuman, 55, Bateman-21.759; 15. Billy Pauch, Jr., 52, Lesko-21.830; 16. Bryan Clauson, 6, Klatt-22.844; 17. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-23.472; 18. Chris Fetter, 89, Fetter-27.303; 19. Dave Darland, 17, Dutcher-37.954; 20. John Heydenreich, 90, BBH-NT; 21. Neil Shepherd, 107, Shepherd-NT; 22. Shane Cockrum, 71, Hardy-NT.
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Kody Swanson, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Justin Grant, 6. Mark Smith, 7. Casey Shuman, 8. Jerry Coons, Jr., 9. Steve Buckwalter, 10. Shane Cottle, 11. Austin Nemire, 12. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 13. David Byrne, 14. Dave Darland, 15. Shane Cockrum, 16. Chris Fetter, 17. Dave Berkheimer, 18. John Heydenreich, 19. Joe Liguori, 20. C.J. Leary, 21. Billy Pauch, Jr. 49:29.81
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**Shepherd flipped during qualifying.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-29 Leary, Laps 30-37 Grant, Laps 38-100 Windom.
NEW USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Swanson-268, 2-Windom-253, 3-Grant-217, 4-Cottle-192, 5-Coons-190, 6-Byrne-178, 7-Clauson-177, 8-Shuman-169, 9-Cockrum-154, 10-Bacon-152.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS/MARTENS MACHINE SHOP HARD CHARGER: Bryan Clauson (16th to 2nd)
NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 25 - Madison, IL - Gateway Motorsports Park
Terry McCarl Dominates at Knoxville
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Terry McCarl Dominates for Knoxville Win
Donny Schatz claims the points lead from Brad Sweet who has led all season
KNOXVILLE, Iowa - June 10, 2016 - Terry McCarl dominated the Outlaws and Knoxville regulars in Friday night's Budweiser Night with the World of Outlaws at Knoxville Raceway as he scored his first World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the season.
McCarl was the class of the field throughout much of the night in his No. 24 SnowPlow.com/Country Builders Maxim, claiming a spot in the Dash and the feature pole. McCarl held off reigning Knoxville Nationals champion Donny Schatz throughout the 25-lap feature.
"You know, it's David vs. Goliath," McCarl said. "We just beat the best team and driver in the world. For us to beat him one night is pretty amazing and we're pretty proud of it… This means a lot if you can win this thing. It makes you feel like you can be decent for the Nationals."
McCarl, a native of nearby Altoona, Iowa, tied Steve Kinser for third on the all-time Knoxville wins list. It was his first series win since March 5, 2015 when he won night two at the Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Justin Henderson kicked off the night for the Knoxville regulars as he picked up the quick time over 41 other cars. A full inversion of the Dash field put McCarl on the Dash pole, and he held off Schatz to take the top spot in the night's feature.
McCarl and Schatz led the field to the green flag. Kerry Madsen battled past Schatz on the start but Schatz fought back on the opening lap, reclaiming his starting position. McCarl widened his lead through the early laps, running the high line against the cushion, as Schatz looked low. As McCarl caught traffic, Schatz closed the gap.
By lap 10, Schatz had issues of his own as Madsen closed the gap on his second place No. 15 Bad Boy Off-Road J&J. The move however was short-lived as Madsen found trouble in traffic and flipped, bringing out a red flag short of the halfway point.
On the restart, Schatz took his shot. On lap 15, he slid McCarl off of two and briefly took over the lead, but McCarl, battled back, retaking the position before a lap could be completed.
As the battle up front unfolded, Dusty Zomer took over the third position on the restart and briefly challenged Schatz for second. It was current Knoxville 410 points leader Brian Brown though who was on the move. From a ninth place starting position he battled forward in his No 21 FVP/Casey's General Store Maxim and, with two to go, passed Zomer coming off of turn two.
When the checkered flag flew, it was McCarl, Schatz and Brown on the podium.
"I just kept telling myself, keep the tires underneath it," McCarl said. "I know Donny is really good at keeping the tires underneath it until traffic. When I got to traffic, I was happy because I moved down and felt really, really good. I knew (Schatz) was running the bottom there in (turns) one and two but it's hard to change your line when you're leading. To beat Donny Schatz at Knoxville is something we dream about. Pretty special for this team."
Schatz, the reigning and seven-time series champion, said McCarl just had the edge tonight.
"Terry was awful good," Schatz said. "This place is tough to be out front leading. Sometimes you're in the catbird seat in second. I thought I had the catbird seat but I didn't. Terry did a great job. He made all the right moves at the right times and I learned something from that."
For Schatz, the night was a season milestone as he became just the second driver to lead the points in 35 races. After tying Brad Sweet at Putnamville, Schatz took the lead outright tonight by a 32 point margin.
For Brown, the finish was a lesson in perseverance after trouble during qualifying early in the night.
"We had a little bit of a rough night but that's just this team - they worked hard and we were able to overcome," Brown said. "I really felt like we had something for these guys on that last red and I just made a mistake as a driver and spun the tires. I had to get back by Dusty Zomer and (David Gravel). To be on the podium with these two guys is nothing to be ashamed about. We'll come back tomorrow and try to get up front."
Shane Stewart was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 15 positions to finish in ninth after a wreck in his heat race forced his team to a backup.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series return to action tomorrow night for the second race in the Knoxville double-header. The Outlaws again battle it out with the Knoxville regulars in the Xtream Shootout powered by Mediacom. For more information and to learn how to purchase tickets, visit http://woosprint.com/knoxville-raceway.
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Knoxville Raceway Notebook
RACE NOTES: Terry McCarl scored his first World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season and first series win since March 5, 2015… McCarl is the 13th different feature winner of the season and claimed in his 12th career series win… Shane Stewart was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 15 positions to finish in ninth… Brian Brown, who leads the Knoxville track 410 points, battled from ninth for his podium finish… Donny Schatz took the points lead outright following his second place finish Friday night. He now leads Brad Sweet by 32 points.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Kerry Madsen; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Terry McCarl; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): David Gravel; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Danny Lasoski; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Justin Henderson; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Ian Madsen; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Sammy Swindell; Super Flow ($50 cash): Jamie Veal; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Terry McCarl; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Shane Stewart; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Terry McCarl; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Lynton Jeffrey; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jason Sides.
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 8 (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); 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); 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); Shane Stewart - 3 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30); 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; Knoxville Raceway; Knoxville, Iowa; June 10, 2016.
A-Main - (25 Laps) - 1. 24-Terry McCarl [1] [$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2] [$5,000]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [9] [$3,000]; 4. 82-Dusty Zomer [4] [$2,700]; 5. 5-David Gravel [5] [$2,500]; 6. 2KS-Craig Dollansky [14] [$2,200]; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman [13] [$2,000]; 8. 2L-Danny Lasoski [11] [$1,800]; 9. 2-Shane Stewart [24] [$1,600]; 10. 1D-Justin Henderson [8] [$1,450]; 11. 18-Ian Madsen [21] [$1,300]; 12. 1-Sammy Swindell [10] [$1,200]; 13. 41-Jason Johnson [19] [$1,100]; 14. 71-Jamie Veal [18] [$1,000]; 15. 3-Tim Kaeding [15] [$950]; 16. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [7] [$900]; 17. 83-Joey Saldana [17] [$850]; 18. 49-Brad Sweet [6] [$750]; 19. 17A-Austin McCarl [20] [$725]; 20. 7S-Jason Sides [23] [$700]; 21. 55-Brooke Tatnell [16] [$700]; 22. 7W-Tasker Phillips [22] [$700]; 23. 29-Kerry Madsen [3] [$700]; 24. 96-Bronson Maeschen [12] [$700]. KSE Hard Charger Award: 2-Shane Stewart [+15]. Lap Leaders: Terry McCarl 1-25
Qualifying Flight #1 - 1. 1D-Justin Henderson, 15.438; 2. 5-David Gravel, 15.455; 3. 15-Donny Schatz, 15.498; 4. 2L-Danny Lasoski, 15.503; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman, 15.581; 6. 29-Kerry Madsen, 15.648; 7. 18-Ian Madsen, 15.655; 8. 3-Tim Kaeding, 15.714; 9. 83-Joey Saldana, 15.725; 10. 41-Jason Johnson, 15.783; 11. 21-Brian Brown, 15.700; 12. 7W-Tasker Phillips, 15.833; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 15.909; 14. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 15.923; 15. 7-Paul McMahan, 15.954; 16. 7D-Dustin Selvage, 15.961; 17. 71A-R.J. Johnson, 16.033; 18. 44-Chris Martin, 16.156; 19. 35-Kevin Hetrick, 16.674; 20. 19-Bobby Weuve, 16.990; 21. 13-Clyde Knipp, 17.108;
Qualifying Flight #2 - 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 15.818; 2. 12-Lynton Jeffrey, 15.827; 3. 82-Dusty Zomer, 15.874; 4. 96-Bronson Maeschen, 15.953; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen, 16.054; 6. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 16.076; 7. 1-Sammy Swindell, 16.090; 8. 2-Shane Stewart, 16.093; 9. 71-Jamie Veal, 16.093; 10. 17A-Austin McCarl, 16.099; 11. 2KS-Craig Dollansky, 16.126; 12. 24-Terry McCarl, 16.172; 13. 7S-Jason Sides, 16.239; 14. 84-Scott Bogucki, 16.331; 15. 19P-Paige Polyak, 16.338; 16. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 16.430; 17. 1B-Jake Bubak, 16.453; 18. 56N-David Heskin, 16.459; 19. W20-Greg Wilson, 16.533; 20. 20-A.J. Moeller, 16.622; 21. 10-Dakota Hendrickson, 17.029
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1D-Justin Henderson [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [6]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 5. 83-Joey Saldana [5]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 7. 7-Paul McMahan [8]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [7]; 9. 71A-R.J. Johnson [9]; 10. 13-Clyde Knipp [11]; 11. 35-Kevin Hetrick [10]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen [3]; 3. 2L-Danny Lasoski [2]; 4. 3-Tim Kaeding [4]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [5]; 6. 7W-Tasker Phillips [6]; 7. 7D-Dustin Selvage [8]; 8. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [7]; 9. 19-Bobby Weuve [10]; 10. 44-Chris Martin [9]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 82-Dusty Zomer [2]; 3. 1-Sammy Swindell [4]; 4. 2KS-Craig Dollansky [6]; 5. 71-Jamie Veal [5]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [7]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 8. 1B-Jake Bubak [9]; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak [8]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson [10]; 11. 10-Dakota Hendrickson [11]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [1]; 2. 24-Terry McCarl [6]; 3. 96-Bronson Maeschen [2]; 4. 55-Brooke Tatnell [3]; 5. 17A-Austin McCarl [5]; 6. 56N-David Heskin [9]; 7. 84-Scott Bogucki [7]; 8. 20-A.J. Moeller [10]; 9. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [8]; 10. 2-Shane Stewart [4]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 24-Terry McCarl [8]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 3. 29-Kerry Madsen [7]; 4. 82-Dusty Zomer [6]; 5. 5-David Gravel [3]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 7. 12-Lynton Jeffrey [4]; 8. 1D-Justin Henderson [1]
C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature) - 1. 71A-R.J. Johnson [1] [-]; 2. 44-Chris Martin [3] [-]; 3. 56N-David Heskin [4] [$150]; 4. 1B-Jake Bubak [2] [$150]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [6] [$150]; 6. 20-A.J. Moeller [8] [$125]; 7. 10-Dakota Hendrickson [10] [$125]; 8. 35-Kevin Hetrick [5] [$125]; 9. 19-Bobby Weuve [7] [$125]; 10. 13-Clyde Knipp [9] [$125]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 18-Ian Madsen [1] [-]; 2. 7W-Tasker Phillips [3] [-]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [6] [-]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [4] [-]; 5. 19P-Paige Polyak [10] [$300]; 6. 49J-Josh Schneiderman [7] [$250]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [2] [$225]; 8. 84-Scott Bogucki [8] [$200]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5] [$200]; 10. 44-Chris Martin [14] [$200]; 11. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [12] [$200]; 12. 7-Paul McMahan [9] [$200]; 13. 7D-Dustin Selvage [11] [$200]; 14. 71A-R.J. Johnson [13] [$200]
The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Bad Boy Buggies (Official Side-by-Side Vehicle), Craftsman (Official Tool), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), Morton Buildings (Official Building), Sears (Official Home Store), The Kenny Wallace Dirt Racing Experience (Official Racing Experience) and VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Edelbrock, JE Pistons, KSE Racing Products, MSD, Penske Shocks, and Superflow Dynos; along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Impact Racing Products, Intercomp, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo and TNT Rescue.
