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7/18/15
Port Royal
Devin Friese of Chambersburg became the third and final leader in Saturday
nights 35-lap UFO super late model main event at Port Royal Speedway to record
his first career oval victory, worth $3,000.
In the 25-lap 410
sprint car main it was Greg Hodnett inheriting the lead to go on and claim his
fourth Port Royal checkers of the season and in the econo late model feature
Troy Miller took the win.
Dan Stone and Port
Royal point leader Mike Lupfer shared the front row for the start of the UFO
feature event and Lupfer took the lead on the first circuit.
But Stone, who
finished second a week ago, was stout around the top groove and motored by
Lupfer for control on the third circuit.
And shortly after
he got the lead and completed the lap, UFO point leader Mike Altobelli Jr.
stopped on the track, unfurling the yellow flag.
Dylan Yoder had
been on the move prior to the yellow, working up to third and challenging for
second only to see the yellow force him back to fourth.
On the restart,
Trent Brenneman applied considerable pressure to Stone for the lead, racing on
his bumper a lane lower for two laps before Stone pulled away.
In the meantime,
Yoder found Friese slipping by for third only to force him to re-pass him for
the spot, which he did shortly after before running down Brenneman for second on
the 17th tour.
Yoder took second
and began slicing a half-second a lap off of Stones advantage and had him in
the same corner when he suddenly lost power with 13 laps to go, handing second
to Friese.
Friese pounced
when action resumed, drawing to Stones inside as the pair rolled into turn one
and Friese stuck with Stone deep into turn three and as the pair raced through
the fourth corner, Stone slipped up over the cushion and relinquished the top
spot.
Friese then pulled
away to the finish to win by 2.080 seconds.
Jason Schmidt put
together a good run to finish third followed by 11th starter Coleby
Frye and Nick Dickson.
Sixth through
10th went to Matt Parks, Brett Schadel, Lupfer, Tim Smith Jr. and
Justin Kann.
Heats for the
28-car field went to Yoder, Andy Haus and Frye with Dan Angelicchio taking the
consolation race.
Tyler Bear led the
first three laps of the sprint car main before Richfields Trenton Shaeffer took
over.
Shaeffers pace
was slowed moments later when Bear slowed to a stop, putting Brock Zearfoss into
second.
Zearfoss
challenged on the restart and chased Shaeffer for the next five laps before
motoring by for the lead with nine away.
As Zearfoss passed
Shaeffer for the lead, Shaeffer nearly looped the car but salvaged it however
the lapse in timing allowed eighth starter Greg Hodnett to drive by.
At that point,
Zearfoss began working traffic with Hodnett in tow and there was no room for
error by Zearfoss with Hodnett lurking.
Thus Zearfoss went
to the inside of Ed Aikin in an effort to put him a lap down in the first turn
with 10 laps to go but the move resulted in contact between the pair, knocking
Aikin up to the wall and to a stop while giving Zearfoss a right rear flat.
Hodnett inherited
the lead by virtue of the circumstances and then had to hold off Lance Dewease
on the restart.
Dewease stuck his
nose under the new leader when action resumed and tried again in the third turn
but once Hodnett got his momentum going he pulled away to the victory, his
40th at the oval.
Dewease rode home
1.134 seconds behind followed by Lucas Wolfe, Dylan Cisney and Shaeffer.
Sixth through
10th went to Logan Wagner, 20th starter Steve Buckwalter,
Mike Erdley, Dave Ely and Mike Wagner.
Heats went to
Shaeffer, Wolfe and Scott Wilson.
Fourth starter
Shaun Miller of Tower City took the econo late model main over Andrew Yoder.
Yoder got by
Harold Ranck for second at the halfway point of the 20 lap feature but came up
short for the victory.
After starting
11th, Eric Irvin rode home third followed by Dave Leidy and Devin
Hart.
Sixth through
10th went to Harold Ranck, Rod Stroup, Jason Nace, Tim Fedder and
Jason Davis.
Heats went to
Shaun Miller and Dave Leidy.
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Race Results:
Feature
Finishes
7/18/15
410 sprints, 25 laps:
1. Greg
Hodnett, 2. Lance Dewease, 3. Lucas Wolfe, 4. Dylan Cisney, 5. Trenton Shaeffer,
6. Logan Wagner, 7. Steve Buckwalter, 8. Mike Erdley, 9. Dave Ely, 10. Mike
Wagner, 11. Brock Zearfoss, 12. Nate Snyder, 13. Rick Lafferty, 14. Scott
Wilson, 15. Daryl Stimeling, 16. Wayne Dadetto, 17. Joey Hershey, 18. Dave Hahn,
19. Karl Baker, 20. Ed Aikin, 21. Curt Stroup, 22. Tyler
Bear
Late models, 35 laps:
1. Devin
Friese, 2. Dan Stone, 3. Jason Schmidt, 4. Coleby Frye, 5. Nick Dickson, 6. Matt
Parks, 7. Brett Schadel, 8. Mike Lupfer, 9. Tim Smith Jr., 10. Justin Kann, 11.
Trent Brenneman, 12. Tim Wilson, 13. Dan Angelicchio, 14. Bryan Bernheisel, 15.
Glenn Elliott, 16. Patrick Bryner, 17. Mitch Hack, 18. Andy Fries, 19. Mike
Mort, 20. Dylan Yoder, 21. Waylon Wagner, 22. Mike Altobelli, 23. Larry Baer,
24. Andy Haus
DNQ: Scott Flickinger, Eric
Zembower, Tim Murphy, Steve Bailor
355 econo late
models, 20 laps: 1. Troy Miller, 2. Andrew Yoder, 3. Eric Irvin, 4. Dave
Leidy, 5. Devin Hart, 6. Harold Ranck, 7. Rod Stroup, 8. Jason Nace, 9. Tim Fedder, 10. Jason Davis, 11. Jared Fulkroad, 12. Chase
Bowsman, 13. Garrett Gray, 14. Curt Dunn, 15. Shaun Miller
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