SELINSGROVE, Pa. – A huge crowd was on hand Saturday evening at
Selinsgrove Speedway to watch an exciting four division racing
program on
Driver & Fan Appreciation Night sponsored by Jeff’s Auto Body & Recycling
Center.
Eric Tomecek of Abottstown drove to his second win of the season in the
25-lap 360 sprint car feature at the wheel of the Central Builders Supply
Co. No. 1-W. The $2,500 victory was Tomecek’s third career at the track.
Steve Campbell of Danville powered to his third win of the year in the
$2,500-to-win, 25-lap super late model main event. The win marked the 48th
of Campbell’s career at the track in super late model competition.
AJ Stroup of Evandale wired the field for his first career win in the A&A
Auto Stores 14th Annual Pro Stock 20. Stroup collected $1,000 for his 17th
overall career victory in the division’s biggest race of the year. Kyle
Bachman of Selinsgrove was the night’s pro stock fast qualifier with a lap
time of 24.323.
Dustin Snook of McClure closed out the night with his second career win
in the 12-lap roadrunner race.
Selinsgrove Speedway will present the 2nd Annual Kramer Cup for 360
sprint cars sanctioned by the United Racing Club at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
1. The 25-lap tribute race to honor the memory of the late sprint car
champion will pay $2,573 to win and $200 to
start. Joining the sprint cars
on the racing program will be the super late models and pro stocks. Track
gates will open at 5 p.m.
Selinsgrove Ford will hold a race car display on the dealership lot
Saturday afternoon prior to the Market Street Race Car Parade through
downtown Selinsgrove at 4 p.m.
At the start of the sprint car feature, polesitter Kevin Albert brought
out the red flag when his car turned over in turn three. On the restart,
original third-place starter Jim Shuster led the first lap of the race. On
the second circuit, fifth-place starter Eric Tomecek took command of the
field with an outside pass in turn two and never looked back.
Fourth-place starter Eric Parker held down the runner-up position while
sixth-place starter Ryan Kissinger worked his way into the third spot. On
lap nine, Kissinger drove by Parker for the second position and set his
sights on Tomecek. With 10 laps remaining, 10th-place starer Mark Smith
advanced to third.
Down to seven laps to race, Kissinger started to reel in Tomecek at the
front of the pack. His efforts were aided by a caution flag on lap 19 when
Brian Nornhold stopped his car on the track. On the ensuing restart, Tomecek
continued to set a torrid pace as Smith began to challenge Kissinger for the
runner-up position.
On the final lap, Smith pulled a slider on Kissinger in turn four to take
the second position while Tomecek streaked under the checkered flag to take
the win by 2.7 seconds. Kissinger settled for third, while TJ Stutts and
Colby Womer rounded out the top five.
Polesitter Danny Snyder pulled into the early lead at the start of the
late model feature. Snyder was chased by fourth-place starter Donnie
Schick.
On a lap two restart, fifth-place starter Tony Adams moved into third while
10th-place starter Steve Campbell advanced to fourth. Two laps later Adams
drove by Schick for the second spot.
On the eighth circuit, Campbell made the winning pass using the inside
lane in turn four. Jeff Rine, who started 12th, followed Campbell into the
runner-up position as Adams raced third. In the final laps of the race,
Campbell began to stretch his lead over Rine and 11th-place starter Matt
Cochran, who took over third on a lap 19 restart.
At the finish, Campbell was victorious by 2.3 seconds over Rine, Cochran,
Adams, and second-place starter Hayes Mattern.
In the Pro Stock 20, polesitter AJ Stroup drove into the lead at the drop
of the green flag. Stroup was closely chased by second-place starter Nathan
Long, fifth-place starter Brad Mitch, and fourth-place starter Andrew Shoop.
By lap six, the top four runners broke away from the field in a
close
bumper-to-bumper duel for the race lead. Seventh-place starter Dave Brouse
Jr. made it a five-car breakaway by the midway point of the race. On lap 11,
however, Brouse was caught up in a tangle with Adam Campbell.
When the race resumed, Stroup set the pace in front of Long, Mitch, and
Shoop. On the 15th circuit, Long briefly pulled in front of Stroup in turn
three only to lose the lead when his car drifted high racing out of turn
four. Then, with two laps remaining, Shoop’s chances of a victory went away
after getting caught up in a multi-car melee.
Back under the green flag, Long and Mitch raced for the second position,
which allowed Stroup to stretch his lead by the slimmest of margins. On the
final lap, contact caused Long to brush the frontstretch guardrail and go
into a wild spin. Stroup crossed the finish line and posted a one-second
margin of victory over Mitch, Jake Buck, Brouse, and Brandon Moser. Long
nursed his car across the finish line in the sixth position.
In the roadrunner feature, Snook started in the third position and led
flag to flag for the victory. He held off fifth-place starter Bob Bussey for
most of the race until sixth-place starter John Fowler Jr. made a late-race
charge into the second spot to put in a bid for the lead and win. At the
checkered flag, Snook was victorious by just .47 of a second over Fowler,
Bussey, Keith Bissinger, and Brandon Shultz.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY RACE
SUMMARY – 25 July 2015 360 Sprint Cars – 23
Entries 25-Lap A-Main: 1) 1W Eric Tomecek 2) 1 Mark Smith 3) Ryan Kissinger
4) 23 TJ Stutts 5) 19 Colby Womer 6) 39 Eric Parker 7) 28F Davie Franek 8)
49 Mike Walter 9) 29 Jason Shultz 10) 77 Derek Locke 11) 33W Michael Walter
II 12) 79 Jordan Thomas 13) C4 Jim Shuster 14) 29S Derek Steward 15) 49S
Mallie Shuster 16) 67 Jason Cherry 17) 71C Charlie Anderson 18) 5 Brian
Nornhold 19) 3 Dave Ely 20) 66K Noah Kissinger 21) 3A Kevin Albert 22) 99K
Cody Keller 23) 44 John Braim Heat Winners: TJ Stutts, Jordan Thomas, Jason
Shultz
Late Models – 21 Entries 25-Lap A-Main: 1) 2 Steve Campbell 2) 2J
Jeff Rine 3) 16 Matt Cochran 4) 88 Tony Adams 5) 9 Hayes Mattern 6) 99Z Dave
Zona 7) 27 Jim Yoder 8) 33C Chris Casner 9) 61 Ken Trevitz 10) 4S Danny
Snyder 11) 6 Donnie Schick 12) 7M Meade Hahn 13) 99 Steve Stitt 14) Z14 Dave
Brouse Sr. 15) 10 Dave Stamm 16) 45 Eric Hons 17) 88T Erinie Millon 18) 98
Randy Croop 19) 15 Shaun Miller 20) 3 Robbie Smith 21) 11 Jason Schmidt Heat
Winners: Hayes Mattern, Matt Cochran, Jeff Rine
Pro Stocks – 26 Entries
20-Lap A-Main: 1)26 AJ Stroup ($1,000) 2) 10M Brad Mitch 3) 6C Jake Buck 4)
14 Dave Brouse Jr. 5) 8M Brandon Moser 6) 63 Nathan Long 7) 20 Randy Croop
8) 55 John Troxell 9) 99H
Peanut Heintzelman 10) 8S Andrew Shoop 11) 33
Curtis Lawton 12) 14C Bill Conrad 13) 4 Jim Payne 14) 22 Ricky Buss 15) G3
Jim Gearhart 16) 99 Kyle Bachman 17) 28 Dan Condo 18) 2C Adam Campbell 19)
70J John Schreffler 20) 83 Matt Wilson 21) 88 Matt Hornberger 22) 11 Derrick
Garman 23) 40 Tommy Slanker 24) 26S Nate Stroup 25) 1 Rick Bixler Heat
Winners: AJ Stroup, Nathan Long, Brandon Moser
Time Trials: 1) 99 Kyle
Bachman 24.323 2) 14 Dave Brouse Jr. 24.376 3) 2C Adam Capmbell 24.514 4) 8S
Andrew Shoop 24.557 5) 10M Brad Mitch 24.715 6) 26 AJ Stroup 24.739 7) 1
Rick Bixler 24.759 8) 83 Matt Wilson 24.791 9) 55 John Troxell 24.816 10) 63
Nathan Long 24.822 11) 6C Jake Buck 24.881 12) 11 Derrick Garman 24.891 13)
33 Curtis Lawton 25.059 14) 70J John Schreffler 25.150 15) 88 Matt
Hornberger 25.202 16) 8M Brandon Moser 25.202 17) 26S Nate Stroup 25.250 18)
99H Peanut Heintzelman 25.403 19) 28 Dan Condo 25.406 20) 40 Tommy Slanker
25.428 21) G3 Jim Gearhart 25.568 22) 28J Jeff Ceballo Jr. 25.685 23) 20
Randy Croop 25.742 24) 14C Bill Conrad 26.021 25) 22 Ricky Buss 26.038 26) 4
Jim Payne 26.090 Roadrunners – 12 Entries 12-Lap A-Main: 1) 15 Dustin Snook
2) 02 John Fowler 3) 76 Bob Bussey 4) 11 Keith Bissinger 5) 31B Brandon
Shultz 6) 8K Jeremy Kline 7) 7 Butch Shaffer 8) F14 Ed Capper 9) 32 Ken
Schreffler 10) 41D Dennis Conrad 11) 12 Tom Underwood 12) 3B Jason Brosius