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10/4/15
Port Royal – Some 120 race cars packed
the Port Royal Speedway pit area Saturday night to contest the 4th
annual Blue Collar Classic including the Keystone RaceSaver Challenge for 305
sprint cars.
Huntingdon’s Jeff Miller put
an exclamation mark on his 2015 season at the track by claiming the 25-lap
Keystone RaceSaver Challenge while also taking the season point title at the
oval for the 305 sprint cars.
DJ Myers scored the 20-lap
limited late model main over a stellar field of limiteds while Andrew Shoop
scored the xtreme stock feature event and Wayne Brenize won the four cylinder
feature.
The Founder’s Cup
non-qualifiers race for the 305 sprints was taken by Jordan Thomas.
The 2013 event champion,
Mifflintown’s Jake Waters led the first four laps of the Keystone RaceSaver
Challenge for the 305 sprints before Orwigsburg’s Tyler Reeser took over in an
effort to record his second win of the season at the track.
Point leader Jeff Miller
started third in the field and took second from Waters on the eighth tour to
begin driving down the distance Reeser had opened up.
The leaders entered the rear
of the field with 15 laps to go and Miller then made his first bid for
control.
He drove around Reeser for
the lead in the first corner but Reeser used the outside to reclaim the spot as
the pair raced down the backchute.
And just after the pair
completed the 11th loop, a caution flag bunched the field and slowed
the pace.
Another caution regrouped
the field just a lap later and again with 11 laps to go but on all the restarts
Reeser was able to get away from Miller.
While Miller’s advances
seemed to stabilized during those mid-stage laps, they picked back up again
during the last seven laps as he began cutting into Reeser’s lead.
And then with four laps to
go Miller motored around Reeser for the lead and win, which was the sixth of his
career at the track.
It was his first win in the
marquee event for the division held at the oval and in Pennsylvania each year
since beginning in 2012.
Reeser settled for second
followed by 11th starter Dave Brown Jr. of Aston, Waters and Tim
Tanner of Doylestown.
Sixth through
10th went to Scott Frack, Erin Statler, Nathan Gramley, Derrick
Bowersox and Colby Dice.
Six heats for the 49 cars in
action went to Brown Jr., Waters, Joe Kay, Miller, Statler and Reeser,
Twin consolation races went
to Gramley and Scott Ellerman.
Overall fast time was set by
Karl Freyer with a lap of 18.393 seconds.
Ryan Stillwaggon led the
first six laps of the 15-lap Founder’s Cup non-qualifiers race for the 305
sprints before Harding’s Jordan Thomas took over for the win, earning himself a
guaranteed starting spot in next year’s main event.
John Martin rode home second
followed by Stillwaggon, Dalton Hetrick and George Riden.
Travis Stickley led only the
first three laps of the limited late model main before fourth starter DJ Myers
took over to begin driving away from the field.
After starting eighth, Rick
Singleton worked his way through the field to pull into second with nine laps
left in the 20-lapper.
Singleton did run down the
better part of Myer’s advantage before the finish but Myers still took the
victory by 1.992 seconds.
Kyle Lee was third followed
by Rance Garlock and Stickley.
Heats for the 34-car field
went to Singleton, Randy Christine Jr., Troy Miller and Lee with the consolation
going to Jake Jones.
Multiple caution flags
hampered the pace in the 20-lap xtreme stock feature but at the helm the entire
way was Andrew Shoop who started fourth.
Shoop was chased nearly the
entire way by 2015 Port Royal champion Jason Zook but although Zook was able to
pull alongside at one point for control, he was never able to fully get command.
Shoop was followed across
the line by Zook, Bob Bussey, Walt Peters and Keith Bissinger.
Twin heats went to Jason
Davis and Corey Kepner.
Wayne Brenize won the 15-lap
four cylinder main event over Lee Zook, Eric Boozel, Jeff Foster and Tim
Osheehan.
Twin heats went to Ryan Peer
and Jeff Foster.
Feature
finishes:
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305 sprints,
25 laps: 1. Jeff
Miller, 2. Tyler Reeser, 3. Dave Brown Jr., 4. Jake Waters, 5. Tim Tanner, 6.
Scott Frack, 7. Erin Statler, 8. Nathan Gramley, 9. Derrick Bowersox, 10. Colby
Dice, 11. Joe Kay, 12. Karl Freyer, 13. Ken Duke Jr., 14. Zach Newlin, 15.
Darren Miller, 16. Drew Ritchie, 17. Scott Ellerman, 18. Samantha Lieberman, 19.
Steve Kennawell, 20. Zack Burd, 21. Jeff Geiges, 22. Mike Esposito, 23. Mike
Schuckers, 24. Jon Haegele
DNQ: Jordan
Thomas, Dalton Hetrick, Stephanie Dodson, George Riden, Alan Kumpf, Daren Bolac,
John Barnett, Randy Sterling, Dave Guss Jr., Justin Zap, Vince Snyder, John
Bordlemay, Cale Reigle, Ryan Stillwaggon, John Martin, Tom Worrick, Jason
Bergstresser, Ryan Lynn, Cody Hackenberry, Tyler Lebo, Nicole Walker, Mike
Alleman, Tyler Bear, Eddie Strada, Adam Carberry
Limited late
models 20 laps: 1. DJ Myers, 2. Rick Singleton, 3. Kyle Lee, 4. Rance
Garlock, 5. Travis Stickley, 6. Troy Swindell, 7. Todd Snook, 8. Andrew Yoder,
9. Randy Christine Jr., 10. Chad Julius, 11. Eric Irvin, 12. Dan Zechman, 13.
Nathan Lasalle, 14. Rodney Walls, 15. Jake Jones, 16. Travis Mease, 17. Mike
Smith, 18. Larry Neiderer, 19. Kevin Palmer, 20. Garrett Gray, 21. Chase
Bowsman, 22. Bernie Beard, 23. Gene Knaub, 24. Troy Miller, 24. Kenny
Yoder
DNQ: Jed
Latshaw, Dillan Stake, Bruce Kane, John Myers, Brad Myers, Cody Buterbaugh,
Brent Adams, Lincoln Ritchey, Sanny Sollers
Xtreme stocks,
20 laps: 1. Andrew Shoop, 2. Jason Zook, 3. Bob Bussey, 4. Walt Peters, 5.
Keith Bissinger, 6. Deron Henry, 7. Greg Deihl, 8. Pete Leister, 9. Jared
Fulkroad, 10. Pat McClane, 11. Kris Ney, 12. Justin Palm, 13. Johnny Palm, 14.
Craig Dodson, 15. Charlie Bryner, 16. Corey Kepner, 17. Joe Hower, 18. Chris
Heller, 19. Rob Trego, 20. Jason Davis, 21. Daren Rice, 22. Curtis
Lawton
Four cylinders,
15 laps: 1. Wayne Brenize, 2. Lee Zook, 3. Eric Boozel, 4. Jeff Foster, 5.
Tim Osheehan, 6. Zach Moist, 7. Andrew Moist, 8. Nick Myers, 9. Sam Creveling,
10. Adam Morgan, 11. Noah Myers, 12. Larry Beachel, 13. Mike Hepler, 14. Ryan
Peer, 15. Tyler Gastley
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