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DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY: Next Era of Racing Ready to Begin in 2016
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Cell Phone: (802) 355-3282 Track Information Line: (802) 265-3112
Next Era of Racing Ready to Begin at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in 2016
New schedule to see Vermont track host full-time asphalt and dirt racing in 50th season
WEST HAVEN, Vt. – Transformation has been almost constant at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in its first 49 seasons, and the Vermont track’s 50th summer in 2016 will continue the trend. Since its opening, the speedway has seen action shift from natural Slate Valley clay to asphalt – and back again – twice. As both a nod to the past and a look toward the future, the facility will host races on both surfaces on a full-time basis this year for the first time.
A brief history: Founder C.J. Richards built Devil’s Bowl Speedway in 1967 as a half-mile dirt track before paving it in 1971. The clay returned in 1975 and remained for the next 35 seasons, and then Richards repaved the track in 2010. Mike and Alayne Bruno began promoting the track in 2012 and have grown the asphalt program as part of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, but also realized that many local fans missed the dirt.
In response, a new 3/10-mile dirt track was constructed inside the asphalt oval, and eight races were run during a trial period in 2014-15. After learning the quirks of the new layout, both the asphalt and dirt tracks got the green light to each hold full seasons of NASCAR-sanctioned racing in 2016 – a “best of both worlds” scenario.
For the 50th season, the biggest change is the schedule itself. Racing has moved to an earlier 6:00 p.m. start so that most events will end around 9:00 p.m. and allow fans and racers to return home earlier. Weekly asphalt events, 14 in all, have been moved to Saturday nights – instead of Friday nights in recent years – to better accommodate fans and racers during the work week. And in keeping with a tradition that was held for most of the “dirt years” at Devil’s Bowl, the 13-race schedule for the dirt track will see Sunday night racing at 6:00 p.m.
“I’ve always felt that if you keep doing the same things over and over every year, the product becomes boring and stale,” Devil’s Bowl promoter Mike Bruno said. “We have exciting racing, but we saw the need to shake things up a little bit. We’re really excited to kick off the 50th season at Devil’s Bowl in a couple weeks.”
The rulebooks for both surfaces are virtually identical in the Sportsman Modified, Renegade, and Mini Stock divisions, and a dual NASCAR sanction means double the post-season money. Several drivers in each class have indicated that they will race full-time on one surface and at least part-time on the other, and Modified veterans Vince Quenneville Jr., Billy Lussier, and Jackie Brown Jr. have each committed to running all 27 events.
The asphalt oval opens on Saturday, May 21 at 6:00 p.m., and the dirt track opens on Sunday, May 22 at 6:00 p.m. Each track will have kids bicycle races, 50-lap Modified features, and lots of other action.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway is located on Route 22A in West Haven, Vt., four miles north of Exit 2 off of U.S. Route 4 and just 20 minutes from Rutland, Vt. For more information, visit www.DevilsBowlSpeedwayVT.com or call (802) 265-3112. Devil’s Bowl Speedway is on Facebook at facebook.com/DevilsBowlSpeedway and on Twitter and Instagram at @DevilsBowlSpeed; follow the action using the #DevilsBowl hashtag.
HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS
Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, PA - Hamlin Speedway Quick Results April 30th On S&S Speedways Night
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
All Star Slingshots: Wes Hearn, Tyler Peet, Charlie Lawrence, Mike McLaughlin, Taylor Mills, Anthony Recchio, Brett Bieber, Alex Yankowski, Dale Kober, Austin Silfee, Josh Marcus, Hunter Metzger, Ashley Kober, Nick Vinciguerra, Steven Pirone, Alan Selemba, Chris Kurtz, Samantha Muller, Amanda Buchel, Jeff Cosgrove, Ryan Davey, Tyler Pirone, Justin Mills
270cc Sprints: Paul Richards Jr, Glenn Macomber, Tyler Galatro, Kyle Ferrucci, Robbie Watson
600cc Wingless Sprints: Eddie Strada, Danny Buccafusca, Robbie Hocker, Chad Sandt, Brandon Azzalina, Grady Johnston, Sam Kravitsky, James Morris, Joel Smith, Colin White, Ryan Quackenbush, Louis Horvath, Pat Bealer, Steve Reynolds, Chris Kurtz, JD Casazza, Nick Corazzi, Johnny Smith, Mike Linderman, Joseph Smith, Duane White, Rick Calvert, Don Colaluce, Zac Azzalina (DNS), Pat Van Varick (DNS)
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Damon Paul, Bill Dianella, Jeff Hineline, Steve Darling, Joel Price, Mike Marold Jr, Chloe Andreas, Michael Burns, Scott Miller, Michael Samony, Mark Henneforth (DNS), Cole Stangle (DNS)
Junior Slingshots: Cole Stangle, JJ Rice, Hunter Lapp, Jared Silfee, Shelby McLaughlin, Michael Corbin, Jake Mason, Nathen Marold, Adam Buchel, Jack Van Varick, Emily Fleming, Ty Kelly, Tommy Stillo, Colton Geary, James Costlow, James Hendricks
Super Slingshots: Wes Hearn, Dale Kober, Jim Conroy, Ryan Lacoe, Tom Van Pelt, Mike Jablonka, Ron Jablonka, Steven Pirone
Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: Mikey Smith, AJ Hobbs, Brett Altemose, Jakson Ring, Aaron Casterlin, Joe Howey, Noah Zielinski, Justin Hartz, Jacob Balliet, Geordan Marrero, Mack Brink, Chad Connor, Carmen Leggio Sr, Ron Bosga, Scott Slater Jr, Tony Parlanti, Jesse James Bartelson, Scott Dean, Kevin Weiand, Tyler Galatro, Kyle Exley
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. The next event on the Hamlin Speedway schedule is set for May 7th when all Divisions will be in action on the 1/5th mile clay cushioned oval highlighted by an appearance by the Briggs & Stratton Mid Atlantic Gold Tour event for the All Star Slingshots. A twin heat format with a 30 lap feature paying $500.00 to the winner based on a 24-car count. 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, logon 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
HOWARD, SHUEY, AND HENN ARE FEATURE WINNERS AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY SATURDAY NIGHT
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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
Coming events:
Note: Saturday night events start at 7:30 p.m. effective May 7th until Freedom 76 weekend.
Saturday, May 7, 7:30 p.m. T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman stock cars.
Saturday, May 14, 7:30 p.m. Whelen Engineering Night: T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, Late Models and Sportsman stock cars.
Sunday, May 15, 1 p.m. Enduro and Blast from the Past Vintage Car racing. This event postponed from May 1.
Saturday, May 21, 7:30 p.m. T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models, Sportsman and Blast from the Past Vintage racers.
Saturday, May 28, 7:30 p.m. T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman stock cars.
NASCAR STOCK CAR RACING FEATURES AT GRANDVIEW GO TO HOWARD, SHUEY AND HENN ON SATURDAY NIGHT
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. May 1, 2016 . . . Racing action was fan pleasing wild and furious at the “fast” 1/3-mile high banks of Grandview Speedway on Saturday night.
Duane Howard survived the numerous skirmishes to become the first repeat winner in the T.P. Trailers NASCAR 358 Modified All-American Racing Series 30-Lap feature. “We were driving like a bunch of animals and there wasn’t one car that wasn’t bent,” commented Howard in victory lane. He also garnered $250 from T.P. Trailers.
Late Model action also had a two-time season winner as Brian Shuey scored his second BRC 25-Lap feature victory in the Scott and Sue Lee-owned No. 177. He also received $100 from T.P. Trailers and the Dan’s Deli ½-way hoagie award.
Jordan Henn, who has been close on numerous occasions to winning a 25-Lap NASCAR Sportsman feature, finally was able to put the “Moose” Eisenhard No. 77 in the winner’s circle by a narrow margin over runner-up and last week’s feature winner Mike Lisowski to claim a well-deserved first career win. He also was awarded the T.P. Trailers $100 bonus and the Dan’s Deli ½-way Hoagie award.
VP Racing Fuels product awards went to the top finishing racers in each division that used their racing gasoline and carried the proper decals and patches.
NASCAR stock car racing action returns to Grandview Speedway on Saturday, May 7th at 7:30 p.m. when the T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman stock cars are in action. Spectator gates open at 5:30 p.m. The weekly Meet and Greet featuring three different drivers and their race cars each Saturday takes place at the main gate at 5:30 p.m. Adult admission is just $15 while youngsters under 12 are admitted FREE.
The Modified feature took three tries to complete one lap in which seven cars were eliminated in the multiple incidents.
When the first lap was recorded Ron Haring Jr. was the early pacesetter followed by Chris Gambler, Ray Swinehart, Tim Buckwalter and Jared Umbenhauer.
Swinehart, who almost rolled his car on one of the many early cautions never losing a position, charged past Haring Jr. on the second lap multi-car caution to become the new leader.
Buckwalter overtook second on the third lap to challenge the veteran leader. He made several bids to pass him, but to no avail as the door was shut on him as Swinehart protected his lead. Advancing to third from his 16th starting spot was 10-time point champion and the point leader going into the feature, Jeff Strunk who was gaining ground on the pair.
Lapped traffic moved into the picture by the half-way mark and by now Strunk was second challenging Swinehart for first.
The lead changed for the third time on the 1th lap when Strunk put the Glenn Hyneman-owned No. 126 into first.
Strunk’s lead was short-lived as mechanical issues sidelined him on the 20th lap which also caused him to drop in the standings giving the lead back to Swinehart.
While Swinehart and Buckwalter diced for first, this allowed Howard, behind the wheel of the Petruska-owned Atlas Paving No. 66 to gain ground on them.
It wasn’t long before a five-car battle brewed between Swinehart, Buckwalter, Howard, Umbenhauer and Craig VonDohren as they all built momentum coming out of the fourth turn.
Howard got a strong run coming off the turns and stormed past Buckwalter and then Swinehart to take charge of the top spot on the 24th circuit.
Jeremy Banos stopped in the second turn with a flat tire unable to pull into the infield bringing out the caution on the 26th lap. Howard held his ground on the restart while Swinehart and VonDohren battled for second with Buckwalter and Umbenhauer waiting in the wings for something to happen.
Something did occur when Swinehart and VonDohren headed into the first turn. Contact was made, Swinehart went around and VonDohren continued with the yellow out on the 28th lap. Umbenhauer barely squeezed by as he made contact and the innocent victim was Ryan Grim being through for the night along with Swinehart. It was still Howard first when action resumed with VonDohren trying to unseat him.
Despite a one-lap shoot-out set up when Danny Erb and Mike Kellner tangled in the fourth turn, Howard went on to chalk up his 70th career win trailed by defending point champion Von Dohren. Finishing third and fourth for their season best outings were Buckwalter and Umbenhauer with Mike Gular, fifth. Sixth through tenth were Doug Manmiller, John Willman, Billy Pauch Jr., Don Norris Jr. and Brian Houseknecht.
Ray Swinehart, Brett Kressley and Steve Swinehart won the heats. The consi went to Chris Esposito.
Drew Weisser was the early leader of the Late Model feature and he held onto that spot until Shuey dove underneath him coming out of the fourth turn on the eighth lap. Weisser didn’t surrender easily as he made several attempts to regain first.
In a matter of time Shuey had a comfortable lead built up and was running up on lap traffic.
The yellow was thrown for Ron Kline when he was stopped in the second turn with a flat tire on the 21st lap. At the same time Weisser relinquished second and pulled into the infield out of competition. Shuey pulled away quickly with Cory Merkel now second giving him a run for the money.
Shuey managed to keep C. Merkel behind him, “not knowing he was there,” and went on to score another win. Following them across were Lou Egrie Jr., Dan Green and Bill Henning. Rounding out the top ten were Lou Egrie, Randy Stoudt, making a rare appearance; Wayne Pfeil, Dave Ogin and Sean Merkel. Chuck Schutz, last week’s winner and defending point champion dropped out early in the event finishing a disappointing 17th.
Bryon Sipe and Weisser were the heat winners.
Rookie Andrew Kreis was the early pacesetter on the Sportsman feature.
The red was thrown on the fourth lap when cars went three-wide in the second turn and found themselves out of racing room. As a result Jim Housworth, who scored his first career victory recently, hit the wall, got turned into traffic and flipped along the backstretch with others involved as they all scattered. All drivers involved were uninjured, with Housworth’s car sustaining heavy damage.
On the restart Mark Kemmerer grabbed the lead trailed by Kreis, another rookie Ryan Higgs along with Henn and Jack Butler, another rookie.
Ken Eckert Jr. brought out the yellow on lap seven as he stopped in the turn one infield at a dangerous spot. The restart was void for a multi-car first turn tangle. On this restart Henn powered into first as Kemmerer seemed to be experiencing problems since he started to fall off the pace loosing several positions.
Challenges for Henn came in the form of Higgs, Kreis, Dean Bachman and Butler with Lisowski, last week’s winner, soon joining the thick of the battle.
Lisowski advanced to second on the 19th lap and set his sights on Henn who had a slight edge built up.
With two laps to go Higgs, who was running a solid third, hit the fourth turn infield marker tire putting him out of contention with the yellow out. Henn was still the leader on the restart with Lisowski giving him no room to error.
It was a drag race to the checkered between Henn and Lisowski, but Henn hung on for the win. Third went to Brett Gilmore followed by Brad Brightbill and Bachman. Completing the top ten were Joe Funk III, Kreis, Butler, Brad Grim and Brian Papiez.
Higgs, Ryan Lilick, Butler and Lisowski were the heat winners. Consies went to Ken Eckert Jr. and Brad Brightbill.
RACE RESULTS
T.P. Trailers Modified Feature (30 Laps): 1. Duane Howard, 2. Craig VonDohren, 3. Tim Buckwalter, 4. Jared Umbenhauer, 5. Mike Gular, 6. Doug Manmiller, 7. John Willman, 8. Billy Pauch Jr., 9. Don Norris Jr., 10. Brian Houseknecht, 11. Kyle Weiss, 12. Chris Gambler, 13. Bobby Gunther-Walsh and 14. Carroll Hine III. DNF: 15. Mike Kellner, 16. Danny Erb, 17. Ray Swinehart, 18. Ryan Grim, 19. Ron Haring Jr., 20. Jeremy Banos, 21. Jeff Strunk, 22. Kenny Gilmore, 23. Chris Esposito, 24. Ron Seltmann Jr., 26. Steve Swinehart, 26. Kevin Hirthler, 27. Eric Biehn, 28. Brett Kressley. DNQ: Justin Grim, Meme DeSantis, Kyle Borror and Kory Fleming.
BRC Late Model Feature (25 Laps): 1. Brian Shuey, 2. Cory Merkel, 3. Lou Egrie Jr., 4. Dan Green, 5. Bill Henning, 6. Lou Egrie, 7. Randy Stoudt, 89. Wayne Pfeil, 9. Dave Ogin, 10. Sean Merkel and 11. Joe Fanelli. DNF: 12. Drew Weisser, 13. Ron Kline, 14. Dirk Rimrott, 15. Shawn Horning, 16. Devin Frey, 17. Chuck Schutz, 18. Eric Hoch and 19. Bryon Sipe.
Sportsman Feature (25 Laps): 1. Jordan Henn, 2. Mike Lisowski, 3. Brett Gilmore, 4. Brad Brightbill, 5. Dean Bachman, 6. Jo Funk III, 7. Andrew Kreis, 8. Jack Butler, 9. Brad Grim, 10. Brian Papiez (alternate), 11. Mark Kemmerer, 12. Brian Hirthler, 13. Kyle Lilick, 14. Mike Stringer, 15. Craig Whitmoyer, and 16. Ken Eckert Jr., DNF: 17. Dylan Swinehart, 18. Ryan Higgs, 19. Skylar Sheriff, 20. Jesse Landis, 21. Kurt Bettler, 22. Ryan Beltz, 23. Lex Shive, 24. Ryan Lilick, 25. Jim Housworth, and 26. Ryan Shupp. DNQ: Derrick Smith, Nathan Mohr, B.J. Joly, Mike Koffel, Paul Houseknecht, Brandon Whitmoyer, Chad Kohler, Josh Adams, Kenny Bock and Pat Conrad.
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).
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Sides Scores Home Track Win at I-30 Speedway
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Sides Scores Home Track Victory at I-30 Speedway
Captures first victory of the season in front of hometown crowd
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - April 26, 2016 - With friends and family standing next to him in victory lane, Jason Sides exited his car after scoring the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series win on Tuesday night at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark.
The victory, his first since night one of the Boothill Showdown at Dodge City Raceway Park in July 2015, was especially memorable for Sides, who is just over a two hour drive from his hometown of Bartlett, Tenn.
"I am glad everyone made it over from the Memphis, Tenn. area," Sides said. "I guess Pevely (Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55) is the next closest to home, but this is our home track now and I just appreciate everybody coming out on a Tuesday night."
In the closing laps of the 40-lap feature, Sides had to hold off a late race charge from the Big Game Tree Stands/Nyce Crete & Landis No. 5 of David Gravel, who had overcame a deficit of over a second to get to Sides' back bumper. Gravel, who tried a last lap dive bomb for the lead, came up just short and settled for a second-place finish.
"I thought we had something for him," Gravel said. "A couple more laps with those lapped cars and we maybe could've gotten him. But we will take a second, it was a good run for us and we will see what happens in the future.
"We were just trying to do some things different. Sometimes people get too tentative and just run around the bottom, so you just got to keep your momentum up and keep your wing speed up."
Added third place finisher Daryn Pittman on Sides' home track victory:
"I was probably Jason's biggest fan there the last four laps cheering him on. I knew this would be a pretty big win for him, obviously being from close to here, and one of his home tracks. Pretty cool to see him win in front of all the people he has here - his friends and family."
To start the night, Gravel's CJB Motorsports teammate and World of Outlaws champion, Sammy Swindell, set quick-time at the track he has won at three times in series action: twice in 1981 and again in 1992.
Swindell continued his early-night dominance as he led every lap of his heat race and easily earned a spot in the dash.
The invert draw proved to be unlucky for Swindell, as he had to start at the rear of the six-car field following an invert of six. To make matters worse, Swindell eventually lost a motor on the opening laps of the eight-lap dash, and had to take his car to the pits where his team hastily started replacing the motor for the feature.
Oklahoma driver, Brady Bacon, won the dash, which gave him the best view of the green flag for the feature. Unfortunately for Bacon, he lost the lead to the King Racing Products/East Coast Logistics No. 7S of Sides on the opening lap, as the second-place starter easily rocketed to the top spot.
Sides dominated the feature as he led all 40 laps, the victory did not come easy for the 43-year-old driver. Multiple cautions early in the feature never allowed the leader to build up a lead, but also kept Sides from encountering heavy lapped traffic at the 1/4-mile track.
Sides held off challenges from Bacon on the early restarts, then had to fight off challenges from Pittman in the No. 9 Great Clips/Sage Fruit car, who had started third and stayed glued to the front of the field all race long.
Pittman eventually lost the runner-up position to Gravel on a late-race restart, as Gravel jumped from fifth to second in one lap.
"The caution flags hurt and helped, I hated the restarts but it kept us out of lapped traffic," Sides said. "I didn't know [David Gravel] was out there in the closing laps. I saw Daryn [Pittman] on the restarts but I never knew that [David] Gravel got by him on the restart.
"That's good for him, but I am just happy we got the win here. It's as close as we get to home, and I love this place!"
Gravel tried everything he could to rattle Sides for the lead, but Sides held firm at the front of the field, as Gravel settled for second, his first podium finish since Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway on April 15.
"You can't complain with second," Gravel said. "We had a really good car there early, it got tight and scared me a little bit, but I got a few more laps under me and got more confident.
"We got a little free in one and two on those last three laps. We had something there but came up just a little bit short. It really would've been good to get a win there. My buddy Tyler back home got in a real bad car accident and he's still in a coma, so we were trying to get a win here for him but we will get one soon."
Pittman continued his recent podium domination, as he picked up his fourth top-three finish in the last four races.
"It was a good race, we kept making gains on our car all night," Pittman said. "This is a track I have never had a lot of success at, so we were able to run up front and contend for the win.
"That last restart we kind of got pinched on the bottom and just didn't get a good start and got beat, and then [David] Gravel got by us. The car just went away on us a little bit at the end, but all-in-all a great night for our Great Clips team. We will take third and go on to Friday. [Salina Highbanks Speedway] is a really cool track and one that I look forward to going to and hopefully we will be able to improve a few spots there."
The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series make their annual return to north eastern Oklahoma, as they travel to Salina Highbanks Speedway on Friday, April 29. For ticket purchasing options and event information visit www.WoOSprint.com/Salina-Highbanks-Speedway.
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I-30 Speedway Speedway Notebook
RACE NOTES: Jason Sides, leading his first laps of the season, became the eighth different winner in 20 races in 2016...Daryn Pittman tied teammate Brad Sweet with most podium finishes at 11 on the season...David Gravel ties Jason Johnson with third most heat wins on the season at seven.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Jacob Allen; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Greg Wilson; Super Flow ($50 cash): Greg Wilson; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Brady Bacon;KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): N/A; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Jason Sides; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Aaron Reutzel; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jason Johnson.
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 5 (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); Brad Sweet - 5 (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); Daryn Pittman - 3 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18); Joey Saldana - 2 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22); Shane Stewart - 2 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23); David Gravel - 1 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26).
World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; I-30 Speedway; Little Rock, Ark.; April 26, 2016.
A-Main - (40 Laps) - 1. 7S-Jason Sides [2][$10,000]; 2. 5-David Gravel [4][$5,500]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [3][$3,200]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [7][$2,800]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [5][$2,500]; 6. 99-Brady Bacon [1][$2,300]; 7. 29-Kerry Madsen [14][$2,200]; 8. 83-Joey Saldana [9][$2,100]; 9. 18-Ian Madsen [8][$2,050]; 10. 2-Shane Stewart [16][$2,000]; 11. 7-Paul McMahan [11][$1,500]; 12. 17W-Bryan Clauson [19][$1,200]; 13. 31B-Carson Macedo [22][$1,100]; 14. W20-Greg Wilson [13][$1,050]; 15. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [12][$1,000]; 16. 1-Sammy Swindell [6][$900]; 17. 4-Danny Smith [17][$800]; 18. 84-Brandon Hanks [20][$800]; 19. 87-Aaron Reutzel [10][$800]; 20. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [21][$800]; 21. 41-Jason Johnson [24][$800]; 22. 2C-Wayne Johnson [18][$800]; 23. 51B-Joe B Miller [15][$800]; 24. 1A-Jacob Allen [23][$800]. Lap Leaders: Jason Sides 1-40. KSE Hard Charger Award: 31B-Carson Macedo [+9].
Qualifying - 1. 1-Sammy Swindell, 11.835; 2. 5-David Gravel, 11.881; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman, 11.903; 4. 49-Brad Sweet, 11.911; 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 11.918; 6. 7S-Jason Sides, 11.975; 7. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.060; 8. 18-Ian Madsen, 12.067; 9. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 12.082; 10. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 12.096; 11. 7-Paul McMahan, 12.101; 12. 83-Joey Saldana, 12.121; 13. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.131; 14. 84-Brandon Hanks, 12.156; 15. 51B-Joe B Miller, 12.165; 16. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.166; 17. 29-Kerry Madsen, 12.185; 18. 31B-Carson Macedo, 12.190; 19. 1A-Jacob Allen, 12.197; 20. 4-Danny Smith, 12.268; 21. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 12.274; 22. 41-Jason Johnson, 12.289; 23. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 12.297; 24. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 12.308; 25. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.406; 26. 45X-Johnny Herrera, 12.412; 27. 13-Clyde Knipp, 12.978
Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1-Sammy Swindell [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [6]; 7. 41-Jason Johnson [8]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [9]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [7]
Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 99-Brady Bacon [2]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 4. 7-Paul McMahan [4]; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen [6]; 6. 4-Danny Smith [7]; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [8]; 8. 84-Brandon Hanks [5]; 9. 45X-Johnny Herrera [9]
Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides [2]; 3. 83-Joey Saldana [4]; 4. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [3]; 5. 51B-Joe B Miller [5]; 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson [8]; 7. 17W-Bryan Clauson [7]; 8. 31B-Carson Macedo [6]; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp [9]
Dash - (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 99-Brady Bacon [2]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 4. 5-David Gravel [5]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 6. 1-Sammy Swindell [6]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 17W-Bryan Clauson [4][-]; 2. 84-Brandon Hanks [1][-]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [6][-]; 4. 31B-Carson Macedo [2][-]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen [3][-]; 6. 41-Jason Johnson [5][-]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart [7][$200]; 8. 45X-Johnny Herrera [8][$200]; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp [9][$200].
MIDGET SANCTIONS AGREE ON 3-YEAR RPM LIMIT RULES
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APRIL 25, 2016..... Officials of the United States Auto Club (USAC), POWRi and ARDC Midget Series today jointly announced a rule which will unify engine platform-specific RPM limits in all sanctioned races, effective May 29, 2016. This commitment to RPM limits constitutes a three-year commitment and any uniform limit modifications will be determined through on-going data analysis obtained through actual on-track racing.
RPM limits are used in midget racing as a “throttle” to limit the expense of further development of current midget racing engine platforms, save money for car owners with increased time between engine maintenance cycles, and as a means to enable midget racing to welcome lower cost alternatives to current engine platforms in the future.
The initial RPM limits will be adopted from a USAC sponsored study conducted by ILMOR Engineering and in use for the last four race seasons. These RPM limits can be found posted in the individual series rule books for USAC, POWRi and ARDC. Throughout 2016, additional race data will be collected to further study equivalency power curves among the varying midget engine platforms, including pushrod and overhead cam configurations. This data will be used to determine if RPM limit modifications will be required.
Additionally, all entrants using an EFI branded ignition must use the new EFI “R1” (Red) Ignition Box for all sanctioned races with USAC , POWRi and ARDC. The EFI R1 unit was designed specifically for midget racing and has a limited range of user interface which assures race officials adherence to RPM limit rules and eliminates traction control capabilities through the EFI module.
Sutton Wins Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic ATQMRA Wall Opener
Earns First ATQMRA Feature Victory
Wall Stadium, Wall Township,NJ Saturday April 23, 2016
2014 ATQMRA Rookie of the year Geoffrey Sutton parked the Metz Driver Development BGF Engine 461 in Victory lane at the season opening race at Wall Stadium earning his first career ATQMRA victory. Heat races were won by Pat VanVarick and Flying Ryan Tidman. The Brice's NAPA Auto Parts Clean Start products were handed out to teams at Wall. The Bob Emmons MNO season long Hard Charger program will be back in place for the 2016 season. Next up for the ATQMRA is a trip Mahoning Valley to blister the circular oval in winged competition on Saturday April 30th. Rookie Eligible Pat VanVarick was the highest finishing rookie giving him the Rookie Points lead.
The first heat race was won by Pat VanVarick in his Hyper Hugger Micro Sprint. He charged from his fourth starting position to the lead and fended off the Challenges of Geoffrey Sutton on several restarts. The first heat was slowed by a series of flips by 2015 ATQMRA Rookie of the Year Mike Glaser who went for a high side tumble coming out of the fourth turn. Somehow the car was unharmed in the incident and Glaser returned to finish the heat. Matt Roselli was third followed by 2015 Champion Buddy Sload, 2014 Champion Matt Janisch and 1998 club Champ Jon Gambutti rounded out the drivers eligible for the feature redraw.
The second heat was never seriously in doubt as Ryan Tidman started from the pole by the luck of the draw and outpaced Jeff Kot and Joey Bailey. Brett Conklin, Ron Mullen and Anthony Payne rounded out the qualifiers to be in the Feature redraw.
The feature saw a front row of Anthony Payne and Matt Roselli bring the field down to the green with Roselli using the outside lane to gain the lead through one and two. Geoffrey Sutton followed Roselli into second and turned under Roselli coming out of turn four to lead the first lap and was scored in the lead the remainder of the race.
It wasn't quite that easy however. A lap three caution bunched the field but Sutton was able to maintain the lead and open a gap on second running Roselli. As Sutton started negotiating lap traffic Roselli and a hard charging Ryan Tidman closed to within striking distance of. The three would dice their way though traffic until lap 22 when Roselli would end up turned around coming out of the fourth turn. Sutton would have a pair of tigers on his tail on the ensuing restart with perennial ATQMRA Championship contenders Tidman and Janisch hot on his heels. Sutton was able to fend off Tidman's Challenges and win by a tight .163 seconds. Janisch was third followed by Jeff Kot and VanVarick. Joey Bailey rolled across the line sixth with rookie Mark Yoder seventh. Matt Roselli would recover from his spin to finish eighth Followed by Wall Stadium's Fan Voted Most popular driver and rookie of the year eligible Ronnie the Rocket Mullen with Mike Glaser posting a top ten.
Special thanks goes out to Bill Brice of Brice's NAPA Auto Parts of nearby Freehold, NJ. They are back supporting the ATQMRA with their Clean Start program once again in 2016. They provided each team in attendance with a NAPA 5 gallon bucket containing carb and brake cleaner a roll of shop rags hand cleaner and Mother's Spray wax to help keep the competition clean and looking good.
Bob Emmons has also returned to help support the ATQMRA with the MNO $500.00 Hard Charger award that was presented in 2015 to ATQMRA Champion Buddy Sload. Racers earn passing points by advancing from their feature starting position.
ATQMRA News and Notes:The ATQMRA was eighteen strong for the season opener. Tim Proctor had his beautifully prepared 98T on hand but had his day end early with an uncharacteristic engine failure. 2008 ATQMRA Rookie of the Year and multi race winner as well as past Borger's Speedway Champion Austin Fehr returned to competition with the ATQMRA. Fehr worked though the day adjusting to Wall's challenging flat track. The day saw a Payne owned 67 return to competition for the first time in many years with Joey Payne III at the controls. Payne won 11 out of 17 open Kart races on Wall's inner oval in 2015 and is trying his hand in a Drinan TQ Midget. Payne finished a respectable thirteenth in the main. Payne's Little brother Anthony picked up a ride in the potent Sload Racing 53 but was out early in the feature. Joey Jr. hopes to have Anthony Payne's Laffler TQ ready for next week's show at Mahoning Valley. Absent on the day was Steve Craig who has designs returning to competition with the organization starting with Mahoning Valley. Following his win Sutton was thankful to Jim Fleishman and Chad Haywood of BGF Engine and Chassis for providing the difference making horsepower to earn the win.
Heat 1: 1. 17 Pat VanVarick 2. Geoffrey Sutton 3. 43/98 Matt Roselli 4. 16 Buddy Sload 5. 48 Matt Janisch 6. 51 Jon Gambutti 7. 73 Austin Fehr 8. f8 Mike Glaser 9. 75 Mark Yoder
Heat 2: 1. 1B Ryan Tidman 2. 95 Jeff Kot 3. 02 Joey Bailey 4. 64 Brett Conklin 5. 39 Ronnie Mullen 6. 53 Anthony Payne 7. 46 Kerry Irwin 8. DNS 98T Tim Proctor
Feature (25 Laps)1. 461 Geoffrey Sutton 2. 1B Ryan Tidman 3. 48 Matt Janisch 4. 95 Jeff Kot 5. 17 Pat VanVarick 6. 02 Joey Bailey 7. 75 Mark Yoder 8. 43/98 Matt Roselli 9. Ronnie Mullen 10. f8 Mike Glaser 11. 46 Kerry Irwin 12. 64 Brett Conklin 13. 67 Joey Payne III 14. 16 Buddy Sload 15. 53 Anthony Payne 16. 51 Jon Gambutti 17. 73 Austin Fehr
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MILLS, ROBERTS, FREES & SAYRE PICK UP WINS IN FINAL BRIDGEPORT PRE-SEASON EVENTS
Godown, Grosso & Frees Win Pre-Season Titles
Swedesboro, NJ Sunday April 24 ....2015 Bridgeport Champion, Jamie Mills raced to his first win of the new season with a pass by Duane Howard just four laps before the checkered flag to become the fourth different winner in Spirit Auto Center Big Block Modified action this season. Brad Roberts earned his first win since 2013 in the Stewart Stainless Crate/Sportsman twenty lap main event - also the fourth different winner in this division. Ron Frees won his third race of the pre-season as he was chased to the checkered flag by TJ Henry in PennCo Tech Outlaw Stock action and Chuck Sayres earned his first win in the DA's Auto Body Rookie competition.
It was the final race of the four event pre-season that saw three drivers in each division earn a share of $1,000 in the special point fund offered by Oliver Construction Enterprises and Oliver Communication Group, Inc. With four top five finishes, the Ringos Rocket, Ryan Godown picked up the $500 check in the Big Block Modifieds for earning the most points during the four race pre-season. Mills finished second for $300 - the only driver in the top three to pick up a win during the pre-season. Rick Laubach earned $200 for his third place finish.
With one pre-season win to his credit at Bridgeport, Brandon Grosso picked up the $500 check in the Crate/Sportsman. Roberts earned $300 for his runner-up finish while Steve Davis finished third and collected $200. All three drivers had one pre-season win.
With three wins to his credit, Ron Frees earned the $500 check for the Outlaw Stocks. TJ Henry - with one win, two seconds and a third - finished second while 2014 Outlaw Champion, Jim Avery finished third.
In the Spirit Auto Center Big Block Modified action, Brett Kressley and Jeff Strunk started side by side to lead the field to the green flag with Kressley jumping out to an early lead. The early laps were interrupted by several caution flags but each time, Kressley maintained control and led the talented field of competition. By lap five, Kressley was starting to feel some pressure from Duane Howard. Howard raced the outside line to first take over second and then to challenge the leader. Kressley led through the crossed flags, pulling away from Howard by several car lengths while Jamie Mills, Ryan Watt and Dominick Buffalino trailed the leaders.
Howard got the jump on Kressley on a lap fifteen double file restart that saw Mills take over second. Howard elected the outside line on a lap eighteen restart, leaving Mills his preferred line on the inside. Howard and Mills raced side by side before Howard was able to edge ahead as the completed the next lap. But on lap twenty-one, Mills put his Blue Hen No. 30 on the inside and drove by Howard to take the lead.
Mills led the way to the checkered flag followed by Howard, Godown, Buffalino and Rick Laubach.
Justin Lilick made his first start of the 2016 season and led the Stewart Stainless Crate/Sportsman Feature for fifteen laps before Brad Roberts took the lead on lap sixteen and headed to the checkered flag at the end of twenty laps for his first win of the season. Lilick finished second while Steve Davis drove across the line in third. Brandon Grosso and opening night winner, Jeremy Harrington rounded out the top five at the finish line.
Billy Wroble led the first five laps of the PennCo Tech Outlaw Stock main event with Ron Frees racing by on the inside to complete lap number six. Frees had it all his way for the rest of the race until TJ Henry came to life late in the race. Henry raced Frees hard on the final lap with the two drivers crossing the line together. Frees took the win by about a half of car length. Wroble finished third with Spider Ensinger and Brian Ludwig picking up top five finishes.
Bob Hartman took the lead from Shannon Marshall at the start of the eight lap DA's Auto Body Rookie Feature and led the first circuit before Chuck Sayre got by on lap two to take the lead. It was all Sayre to the checkered with Tom Terry taking second from Hartman just before the checkered.
The Bridgeport Speedway switches to Saturday night racing this Saturday with the start of the 2016 Championship season. The Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman and Rookies will be joined by the TSRS Sprint Cars for a four division show that gets underway at 6pm.
SPIRIT AUTO CENTER MODIFIEDS (25 laps) – 1. Jamie Mills, 2. Duane Howard, 3. Ryan Godown, 4. Dominick Buffalino, 5. Rick Laubach, 6. Brett Kressley, 7. Jimmy Horton, 8. David Hunt, 9. Jeff Strunk, 10. Ryan Watt, 11. Wade Hendrickson, 12. Kyle Borror, 13. Jack Swain, 14. Travis Hill, 15. Ron Roberts, 16. Richie Pratt, Jr., 17. Ryan Kratchun, 18. Dave Shirk, 19. C.J. Jones, 20. Mike Franz, 21. Billy VanInwegen, 22. Jim Britt, 23. Bob Sarkisian, 24. Scott Ambruster, 25. Rusty Smith, DNQ – Anthony Moran, Ricky DiEva, Tommy Beamer, Jesse Hill, Jordan Watson, Sam Martz.
STEWART STAINLESS SUPPLY CRATE/SPORTSMAN (20 laps) – 1. Brad Roberts, 2. Justin Lilick, 3. Steve Davis, 4. Brandon Grosso, 5. Jeremy Harrington, 6. Eric Kormann, 7. Ernie Miles, III, 8. Matthew Peck, 9. Scott Hitchens, 10. Dean Conk, Jr., 11. Dave Damiano, 12. Scott Hulmes, 13. Jeramy Doerr, 14. Clyde Cox, 15. Pete Serra, 16. Tom Holding, 17. Chuck Sayres, 18. Steve Kemery, 19. Kevin Belmont, 20. David Crossman, 21. Freddy Massey, 22. Matt Stangle, 23. Tyler Hulmes, DNS – Billy Briggs, Brett Ballard, Kris Lilick, DNQ – Melissa Scarpati, Pete Visconti, Shannon Marshall
PENNCO TECH OUTLAW STOCKS (15 laps) – 1. Ron Frees, 2. T.J. Henry, 3. Billy Wroble, 4. Spider Ensinger, 5. Brian Ludwig, 6. Jimmy Avery, 7. Terry Griffin, 8. Fred Tomarchio, 9. Tom Wills, Sr., 10. Scott Dugan, 11. Art Avery, 12. Joe Meron, 13. Everett Taylor, DNS – Tom Wills, Jr., Jeramy Doerr, David Kramer, Jeff Dirkes
D.A.’S AUTO BODY & REPAIR ROOKIES (8 laps) – 1. Chuck Sayres, 2. Tom Terry, 3. Bob Hartman, 4. Shannon Marshall
Upcoming events
Saturday, April 30, 2016 - start of 2016 Points - Spirit Auto Center Big Blocks, Stewart Stainless Crate/Sportsman, TSRS Sprints & DA's Auto Body Rookies. Racing at 6pm.
Saturday, May 7, 2016 - PACK THE HOUSE NIGHT - Crate/Sportsman, Outlaw Stocks & Rookies on 5/8th mile track with 270cc & 600cc Micros, 4 & 8 Cylinder Enduros on the 1/4 mile - FREE ADMISSION - Racing at 6pm
Saturday, May14, 2016 - BIKE Night - Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman, Outlaw Stocks & Rookies
