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Sunday, August 26, 2018

SHULTZ, HAUS, MOSER & ZOOK SCORE FEATURE WINS SATURDAY AT SELINSGROVE; FRANEK, BERNHEISEL, BACHMAN & BISSINGER CLINCH TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS; HAUS BECOMES THIRD DIFFERENT MOON SHINE CAMO ROUTE 35 LATE MODEL SERIES CHAMP

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Jason Shultz of Carlisle powered to his third win of the season in Saturday night’s 25-lap 360 sprint car main event at Selinsgrove Speedway on Foss Jewelers Championship Night.

The $2,000 victory was Shultz’s 18th career at Selinsgrove in 358-360 sprint car competition at the wheel of the Horstcraft Millworks No. 29.

Davie Franek of Wantage, N.J., clinched his second straight Mach 1 Chassis 360 sprint car track championship.

In the super late model 25-lap feature, Andy Haus of Hamburg stormed to his first career win worth $2,200 at the Snyder County oval and in doing so also won the Moon Shine Camo Route 35 Super Late Model Challenge Series by just four points.

Bryan Bernheisel of Lebanon wrapped up his first career super late model track championship.

Brandon Moser of Middleburg drove to his second win of the year in the 15-lap pro stock feature, while Kyle Bachman of Selinsgrove won his second career pro stock track title.

In the roadrunner 12-lap race, Ryan Zook of Mifflintown collected $650 for his fifth win of the year. Keith Bissinger of Orangeville recorded his sixth track championship in the division.

Selinsgrove Speedway is back in action with a big holiday weekend racing program at 7 p.m. SUNDAY, Sept. 2, with the Jeff’s Auto Body & Recycling Center Summer Spectacular featuring twin 30-lap features for 360 sprints, sanctioned by the Patriot Sprint Tour, and super late models paying $3,000 to win and $300 to start. The pro stocks and roadrunners will also be on the racing card. Pit gates will open at 4 p.m. with grandstand gates at 5 p.m. There will be no racing Saturday night.

Polesitter Colby Womer powered into the lead at the start of the 360 sprint car feature with third-place starter Adam Carberry getting by second-place starter Mallie Shuster for the runner up position.

A hard crash by Jim Shuster in turn three on lap four brought out the red flag. J. Shuster was not injured.

When the race resumed, Womer continued to lead the way. At the completion of lap five, Womer was setting a torrid pace in front of Carberry, fourth-place starter Ryan Taylor, eighth-place starter Chad Layton, and seventh-place starter Jason Shultz.

On the eighth lap, however, Layton’s car blew a tire and he was able to rejoin. Shultz passed Taylor for third on the restart and before the lap was completed got by Carberry for second.

Shultz reeled in Womer in a wheel to wheel race for the lead with Shultz making the winning pass using the inside lane in turns one and two. On the 18th circuit, ninth-place starter Mark Smith passed Womer for the runner up spot.

Smith attempted to catch Shultz for the lead and win to no avail. Shultz was victorious by 3.5 seconds over Smith, Taylor, Womer, and Carberry.

Front row starters Bryan Bernheisel and Andy Haus dueled for the early lead in the super late model race. Haus came away with the lead as fourth-place starter Jeff Rine quickly advanced to second. An early race caution on lap three for Rance Garlock’s disabled race car in turn four regrouped the field.

Haus continued to set the pace when the green flag waved again. At the halfway point, Haus navigated his way through slower traffic with Rine, Bernheisel, fifth-place starter Randy Christine, and 10th-place starter Jim Bernheisel in tow.

On lap 19, Rine’s car dropped off the pace entering turn three and was struck by Coleby Frye’s car. Rine was able to rejoin the race with the Moon Shine Camo series title in jeopardy now. The restart saw several cars get involved in a tangle in turn four.

In the final laps, Haus held the field at bay and posted a 4.2 second margin of victory over Christine, B. Bernheisel, J. Bernheisel, and 14th-place starter Dylan Yoder.

Second-place starter AJ Hoffman pulled into the lead at the start of the pro stock feature but was passed by fourth-place starter Brandon Moser in turns three and four of the first lap.

While Moser set the pace at the front of the pack, Hoffman held down second and multi-car race for third took place between polesitter Cory Long, fifth-place starter Shaun Lawton, and sixth-place starter Kyle Bachman.

By lap five, Bachman secured the third spot and closed in on Hoffman for second. On lap nine restart, Bachman slipped by Hoffman for the second position and chased Moser to the checkered flag.

Moser was victorious by just .90 of a second over Bachman, Hoffman, Lawton, and AJ Stroup.

Fourth-place starter Will Brunson led the first lap of the roadrunner race with a lot close competition behind him. For the first couple of laps, Brunson held off sixth-place starter Bob Bussey for the lead. On lap four, Bussey took the lead while Brunson held on to second and eighth-place starter Ryan Zook raced third.

Zook took over the runner up position on lap nine and quickly closed in on Bussey. The final two laps were the most suspenseful of the night as Zook raced in Bussey’s shadow. Racing off turn four for the checkered flag, Zook won the race by a half car-length over Bussey. Brunson, Jake Jones, and Smith Cope rounded out the top five. 


SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY – 25 August 2018
360 Sprint Cars – 19 Entries
25-Lap A-Main:  1) 29 Jason Shultz  2) M1 Mark Smith  3) 3Z Ryan Taylor  4) 19 Colby Womer  5) 47 Adam Carberry  6) 77 Derek Locke  7)25 Chad Layton  8) 49 Mallie Shuster  9) 28F Davie Franek   10) 1W Kyle Reinhardt  11) 66 Ryan Kissinger  12) 99K Cody Keller 13) 9 Ryan Linder  14) 67 Ken Duke  15) 669 Brandon McGough  16) 71 Charlie Anderson   17) 33W Michael Walter   18) 511 John Sharpe  19) 11 Jim Shuster

Heat Winners:  Adam Carberry, Mallie Shuster

Late Models – 24 Entries
25-Lap A-Main:  1) 76 Andy Haus  2) 74 Randy Christine  3) 119 Bryan Bernheisel  4) 171 Jim Bernheisel  5) 24 Dylan Yoder  6) 27 Jim Yoder  7) 9 Hayes Mattern  8) 06 Mike Lupfer  9) 22 Brett Schadel  10) 2J Jeff Rine  11) 61 Ken Trevitz  12) 14Z Dave Brouse Jr.  13) 215 Al Shawver Jr.  14) 63 Nathan Long  15) 14B Dave Brouse Sr.  16) 46 Dan Green  17) 7M Meade Hahn  18) 7 Dick Houtz  19) 0 Coleby Frye  20) 10 Dave Stamm  21) 26 Jerry Bard  22) 72 Rance Garlock  23) 1 Gene Knaub  24) 98 Randy Croop

Heat Winners:  Rance Garlock, Randy Christine, Mike Lupfer

Pro Stocks – 12 Entries
15-Lap A-Main:  1) 8M Brandon Moser  2) 99B Kyle Bachman  3) 6C AJ Hoffman  4) 92 Shaun Lawton  5) 26 AJ Stroup  6) 00 Cory Long  7) 9 Noah Jensen  8) 14C Bill Conrad  9) 55 Lori Croop  10) 11B Jake Buck  11) 86 Wayne Shaffer  12) 55T John Troxell
Heat Winners:  Cory Long, AJ Hoffman

Roadrunners -17 Entries
12-Lap A-Main:  1) 28Z Ryan Zook  2) 76 Bob Bussey  3) 8 Will Brunson  4) 7 Jake Jones  5) 1 Smith Cope  6) 11 Keith Bissinger  7) 2B Brian Mabus  8) 32 Ken Schreffler  9) 88 Toby Chase  10) 3 Zach Brunson  11) 28M Miranda Minium  12) 02 Darren Rice  13) 60 Jim Kessler  14) 17 Donnie Murphy  15) 28 Nick Decker  16) 992 Terry Kramer  17) 12 Tom Underwood 

Heat Winners:  Jimmy Kessler, Jake Jones

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