FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
4/4/15
Port Royal –
Aaron Ott of East Berlin etched his name in the Port Royal Speedway opening
day record books as the sprint car winner on Saturday night, staying in front of
Nate Snyder and Lucas Wolfe for the $3,600 payday.
In the super late
model main it was defending super late model champion Mike Lupfer of
Shermansdale taking a $2,500 victory as sponsored by G N R Excavating and S
& R Towing.
And in the 305
sprint main Lewistown’s Nate Gramley won his first career Port Royal feature.
Three attempts at
a start of the 410 sprint feature were turned back, first for a tangle between
Brad Howard and Blane Heimbach that sent Heimbach backing into the outside
second turn wall.
Next it was second
starter Dave Ely forcing the start back when as he raced with Ott for the lead
in the third corner he lost the handle on the car and spun.
And then Greg
Hodnett forced a restart on the next attempt at green when he connected with
Mike Wagner as they raced onto the backstretch and careened toward the outside
wall.
Ott took control
once the race finally got going and entered the rear of the field on the sixth
lap with Snyder, Wolfe and Logan Wagner in pursuit.
As the race headed
toward the halfway point of the 25 circuit main, the front three cars all drew
within striking distance of one another when Wolfe pulled the trigger on Snyder
for second deep in the first corner.
In a hair-raising
move, Snyder squeezed between the outside turn two wall and the right side of
Wolfe’s car in order to slingshot back into second but the fracas between the
two allowed Ott to open up a little distance.
Just then, as
Snyder and Wolfe began to again reel in Ott, the yellow flag unfurled for a
three car incident involving Wayne Dadetto, Curt Stroup and Steve
Buckwalter.
On the restart,
Ott streaked away from the field and the race that most were expecting for the
win disappeared and Ott took the victory by 1.654 seconds.
Snyder finished a
career-best second followed by Wolfe, Doug Esh and Mike Wagner.
Sixth through
10th went to Logan Wagner, Ryan Taylor, Davey Sammons, Dylan Cisney
and Buckwalter.
Heats went to
Wolfe, Ely and Snyder.
Mike Lupfer drew
the pole for the start of the 22-lap super late model main and outraced Coleby
Frye for the lead as the pair ran down the backstretch to complete the first
circuit.
Frye raced Lupfer
hard back to the line but Lupfer had the lead and it was a control he would not
relinquish for the rest of the distance as he pretty much annihilated the field
in the non-stop affair that saw third starter Dylan Yoder finish second as Frye
faded late in the event.
In fact, Matt
Parks who started eighth got around Frye for third near the finish with Frye
ending up fourth and Tim Wilson rounding out the top five.
Sixth through
10th went to Nick Dickson, Andy Haus, Tim Smith Jr., Patrick Bryner
and Justin Kann.
Heats went to
Yoder and Kann.
A stopped Sean
Kirkpatrick stalled the initial start of the 18-lap 305 sprint feature before
Gramley could start his run at the front.
On the second
circuit Tyler Reaser drove around Gramley in the first corner only to have
Gramley wrestle the lead away down the backchute to lead the field back to the
stripe.
Shortly after,
with four laps recorded, Reaser’s good run came to and end when he stopped on
the track, placing Cory Thornton in second.
Gramley would go
on to win while defending Port Royal 305 champion Jeff Miller worked the field,
taking over second with six laps to go.
A restart with two
laps to go bunched the field but Miller was no match for Gramley to the finish.
Third went to
Thornton followed by Scott Ellerman and Bill Jones Jr..
Sixth through
10th went to Zach Newlin, Jake Waters, Ken Duke, Cale Reigle and
James Pryde.
Heats went to
Ellerman and Gramley.
Race Results:
Feature
Finishes
4/4/15
410 sprints, 25 laps:
1. Aaron
Ott, 2. Nate Snyder, 3. Lucas Wolfe, 4. Doug Esh, 5. Mike Wagner, 6. Logan
Wagner, 7. Ryan Taylor, 8. Davey Sammons, 9. Dylan Cisney, 10. Steve Buckwalter,
11. Joey Hershey, 12. Wayne Dadetto, 13. Curt Stroup, 14. Dave Hahn, 15. Tyler
Bear, 16. Brad Howard, 17. Rick Lafferty, 18. Daryl Stimeling, 19. David
Quackenbush, 20. Blane Heimbach, 21. Greg Hodnett, 22. Dave
Ely
DNS: Brock
Zearfoss
Late models, 22 laps:
1. Mike
Lupfer, 2. Dylan Yoder, 3. Matt Parks, 4. Coleby Frye, 5. Tim Wilson, 6. Nick
Dickson, 7. Andy Haus, 8. Tim Smith Jr., 9. Patrick Bryner, 10. Justin Kann, 11.
Mitch Hack, 12. Trent Brenneman, 13. Jason Schmidt, 14. Waylon Wagner, 15. Eric
Zembower, 16. Scott Flickinger, 17. Cole Amsden, 18. Tony Adams, 19. Mike
Mort
305 sprints, 18 laps,:
1. Nathan
Gramley, 2. Jeff Miller, 3. Cory Thornton, 4. Scott Ellerman, 5. Bill Jones Jr.,
6. Zach Newlin, 7. Jake Waters, 8. Ken Duke, 9. Cale Reigle, 10. James Pryde,
11. Jim Kennedy, 12. Bradley Mellott, 13. Cody Hackenberry, 14. Tyler Reeser,
15. Dave Guss Jr., 16. Sean Kirkpatrick
DNS: Ron Aurand, Mike
Alleman
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