ATTICA, Ohio (August 30, 2019) - Clute, Texas’ Aaron Reutzel is certainly no stranger to Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory lane, but his trip to the top of the podium on Friday night at Attica Raceway Park was just as dramatic as it was last minute, utilizing a restart with three laps remaining to steal the victory from race-long leader and California hotshot, Buddy Kofoid.
For Reutzel, the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by Racing Optics opening night victory was valuable not only short term, earning $5,000 for his efforts, but it was also valuable long term, as the defending All Star titleholder reclaimed the championship point lead by two markers over Hartford, Ohio’s Dale Blaney. Reutzel’s win bumped his count to a staggering ten on the season, now with two at Attica Raceway Park in 2019.
Also using the late-race restart to his advantage, the ‘Steel City Outlaw’ Tim Shaffer chased Aaron Reutzel to the final checkers, followed by Buddy Kofoid, Brock Zearfoss and Cap Henry.
“It’s nice to get a win. We’ve been having either really good luck, or really bad luck; no in between,” Aaron Reutzel expressed in victory lane, driver of the Baughman-Reutzel Motorsports/Folkens Brothers Trucking/Fischer Body Shop/Nattress Construction/No. 87 sprint car. “It was a great night for all of my guys. It was nice to close back in on the points. Dale (Blaney) and I have been going back and forth a lot this year in the points. I just want to get the lead and set sail. Dale is a seasoned veteran at this stuff and probably takes the stress a little bit better than I do.”
Starting fourth on the evening grid, Reutzel was not a major contender until late in the 40-lapper. Battling early with Republic, Ohio’s Cap Henry, the pair exchanged the runner-up spot nearly five times before Reutzel finally settled into second on lap 28.
While Henry and Reutzel battled in the background, Buddy Kofoid was in control. The Ed Neumeister Racing ace took off from the pole position and maintained a blistering pace on the topside of the speedway. An early reg flag incident on lap eight, followed by a pair of cautions on lap 13 and lap 17, were Kofoid’s only distractions during the first half of the 40-lap program.
A long green flag segment after the lap 17 caution eventually led the front-runners to lapped traffic. Despite Kofoid’s torrid pace on top, getting by the slower cars became a challenge, ultimately allowing Cap Henry and Aaron Reutzel to track down the youngster.
On lap 28, executing a bold slider between turns three and four, Reutzel drove by Henry for second, next setting aim on the No. 11N of Kofoid. As the laps clicked down, so did Kofoid’s command, nearly losing the top spot to Reutzel when the Texan attempted a slide job in turns one and two on lap 37. Although the attempt failed, yellow flags waved shortly thereafter giving Kofoid the breather that he needed, or so he thought.
It turns out that the ensuing restart with three laps to go was just what Reutzel needed, sticking himself between the bottom edge and a blocking Kofoid as the pair battled through turns one and two.
“I was going to try to get a run on the top, but he blocked the top,” Aaron Reutzel said. “I really thought he was going to take off earlier than that and not leave us anything, but he waited a long time to take off. I knew if we had any chance, that’s when it was going to be. I think he knew he made a little bit of a mistake and tried to block it, but he left the door open just enough. We had a great race car. That late caution is what won us the race.”
The final caution also allowed Tim Shaffer the opportunity to drive by Kofoid to claim second. It was the Aliquippa-native’s first night in the Ron Gorby-owned/Howard Johnson of Lima/No. G1.
“We’re still learning the car,” Tim Shaffer said of his new opportunity, who started fifth on the grid. “Early on in that race, I just couldn’t get the wing back enough. The track was so tight on the right rear. It finally slicked up to where I could get the wing back and get a little more leverage getting into the corner. That last restart, I think I had a shot at (Reutzel) but I missed the bottom. It’s a great night and a great job for all of us.”
“My motor didn’t take off there on that last restart,” Buddy Kofoid explained. “I guess I just need to do my job better on restarts. I really wasn’t challenged on the restarts before that one. I’m just glad to finish in a podium spot.”
Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by Racing Optics competition will continue at Attica Raceway Park on Saturday, August 31. Although the scenery will be the same, the stakes will be higher, as the two-day finale will award a $10,000 top prize, officially concluding Attica’s 32nd season of action.
Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio, will open pit gates at 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 31. A mandatory drivers meeting will begin at 5 p.m. with hot laps to follow at 5:45 p.m., sharp. Those seeking additional news and notes should visit Attica Raceway Park on the Web at www.atticaracewaypark.com.
Contingency Awards/Results: Attica Raceway Park - August 30, 2019:
Event: Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by Racing Optics
Entries: 33
C&R Racing All Star Warm-Ups: Justin Peck - 12.705 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Parker Price-Miller - 12.597 seconds
Ford Performance Heat #1 presented by R&R Racewear: Skylar Gee
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2 presented by R&R Racewear: Jac Haudenschild
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3 presented by R&R Racewear: Caleb Griffith
Mobil 1 Heat #4 presented by R&R Racewear: Buddy Kofoid
JE Pistons Dash #1 presented by Callies: Buddy Kofoid
Fatheadz Eyewear Dash #2 presented by Priority Aviation: Cap Henry
Classic Ink USA Screenprinting B-Main presented by JEGS Winner: Travis Philo
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet A-Main Winner: Aaron Reutzel
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Greg Wilson (+15)
Cometic Gasket Most A-Main Laps Led: Buddy Kofoid (1-37)
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Cale Thomas
(Lincoln Electric, MSD Performance, Fatheadz Eyewear, Rayce Rudeen Foundation, Cometic Gasket: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 70-Brock Zearfoss, 12.752; 2. K4-Chad Kemenah, 12.766; 3. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.792; 4. 99-Skylar Gee, 12.841; 5. O7-Gerard McIntyre, 12.857; 6. 16-DJ Foos, 12.958; 7. 28-Danny Mumaw, 13.505; 8. 22B-Ryan Broughton, 13.586; 9. 46-Stuart Williams, NT
Group (B)
1. 71P-Parker Price-Miller, 12.597; 2. 13-Paul McMahan, 12.699; 3. G1-Tim Shaffer, 12.831; 4. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 12.884; 5. 1st-Gary Taylor, 12.909; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.939; 7. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.008; 8. 20i-Kelsey Ivy, 13.719
Group (C)
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 12.609; 2. 25M-Chris Andrews, 12.812; 3. 33W-Caleb Griffith, 12.853; 4. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 13.106; 5. 18J-RJ Jacobs, 13.177; 6. 57X-Andrew Palker, 13.325; 7. 21N-Frankie Nervo, 13.679; 8. 40-George Hobaugh, 13.781
Group (D)
1. 4-Cap Henry, 12.633; 2. 26-Cory Eliason, 12.665; 3. 70X-Justin Peck, 12.775; 4. 11N-Buddy Kofoid, 12.802; 5. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.923; 6. 11-Dale Blaney, 12.947; 7. 91-Cale Thomas, 13.103; 8. 23-Carson Short, 13.383
Heat #1 - Group (A) (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 99-Skylar Gee [1]; 2. K4-Chad Kemenah [3]; 3. 70-Brock Zearfoss [4]; 4. O7-Gerard McIntyre [5]; 5. 5R-Byron Reed [2]; 6. 16-DJ Foos [6]; 7. 28-Danny Mumaw [7]; 8. 22B-Ryan Broughton [8]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 3-Jac Haudenschild [1]; 2. G1-Tim Shaffer [2]; 3. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [4]; 4. 13-Paul McMahan [3]; 5. 1ST-Gary Taylor [5]; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker [6]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [7]; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy [8]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 33W-Caleb Griffith [2]; 2. 22-Brandon Spithaler [1]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 4. 25M-Chris Andrews [3]; 5. 57X-Andrew Palker [6]; 6. 21N-Frankie Nervo [7]; 7. 40-George Hobaugh [8]; 8. 18J-RJ Jacobs [5]
Heat #4 - Group (D) (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 11N-Buddy Kofoid [1]; 2. 4-Cap Henry [4]; 3. 70X-Justin Peck [2]; 4. 26-Cory Eliason [3]; 5. 11-Dale Blaney [6]; 6. 5T-Travis Philo [5]; 7. 91-Cale Thomas [7]; 8. 23-Carson Short [8]
Dash #1 (4 Laps)
1. 11N-Buddy Kofoid [2]; 2. 99-Skylar Gee [3]; 3. G1-Tim Shaffer [1]; 4. K4-Chad Kemenah [4]; 5. 3-Jac Haudenschild [5]
Dash #2 (4 Laps)
1. 4-Cap Henry [1]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel [2]; 3. 22-Brandon Spithaler [4]; 4. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [3]; 5. 33W-Caleb Griffith [5]
B-Main (10 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 5T-Travis Philo [1]; 2. 16-DJ Foos [2]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [4]; 4. 28-Danny Mumaw [6]; 5. 91-Cale Thomas [5]; 6. 40-George Hobaugh [7]; 7. 21N-Frankie Nervo [3]; 8. 23-Carson Short [9]; 9. 22B-Ryan Broughton [10]; 10. 18J-RJ Jacobs [8]
A-Main (40 Laps)
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 2. G1-Tim Shaffer [5]; 3. 11N-Buddy Kofoid [1]; 4. 70-Brock Zearfoss [11]; 5. 4-Cap Henry [2]; 6. 26-Cory Eliason [13]; 7. 13-Paul McMahan [14]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [23]; 9. 99-Skylar Gee [3]; 10. 70X-Justin Peck [12]; 11. 11-Dale Blaney [19]; 12. 5R-Byron Reed [17]; 13. 3-Jac Haudenschild [9]; 14. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [8]; 15. O7-Gerard McIntyre [16]; 16. 22-Brandon Spithaler [6]; 17. 16-DJ Foos [22]; 18. 33W-Caleb Griffith [10]; 19. K4-Chad Kemenah [7]; 20. 25M-Chris Andrews [15]; 21. 1ST-Gary Taylor [18]; 22. 28-Danny Mumaw [24]; 23. 57X-Andrew Palker [20]; 24. 5T-Travis Philo [21]
Lap Leaders: Buddy Kofoid (1-37), Aaron Reutzel (38-40)
2019 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (After 8/30/2019):
1. Aaron Reutzel - 4028
2. Dale Blaney - 4026
3. Cory Eliason - 3932
4. Paul McMahan - 3898
5. Brock Zearfoss - 3796
6. Greg Wilson - 3736
7. Gerard McIntyre - 3622
8. Skylar Gee - 3540
9. George Hobaugh - 3062
10. Justin Peck - 2436
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Saturday, August 31, 2019
Schuchart wins at Skagit Speedway Logan Schuchart dominated the 30-lap event to win his fifth race of the season
ALGER, WA – Aug. 30, 2019 – Logan Schuchart always wanted to match his grandfather Bobby Allen’s win total in a single World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season – five.
For the Pennsylvania-native that number always stopped at four. He's had seven second-place finishes since his fourth win of the year in June. Always close. But never quite enough.
Until Friday night at Skagit Speedway. Schuchart claimed his first victory at the 3/10-mile speedway and the illustrious fifth win of the season.
“Having my grandfather by my side since the beginning, he’s the main part of why this team is where it is, and really everyone together, but he’s the boss, the man in charge,” Schuchart said. “The most Outlaw wins he had in a year was five, so that was my main goal at the beginning of the year to at least get that. It’s pretty cool to do that with him and the rest of our team.”
Schuchart and his Shark Racing team at first looked destined for another runner-up finish as the night progressed. He finished second to Kraig Kinser in his Drydene Heat race and then second to Kinser again in the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash.
While Schuchart was hungry for another win this year, Kinser had his eye on his first victory since 2017.
In the Heat race and the Dash, Kinser got the jump on Schuchart at the start both times, able to clear the Drydene No. 1s down the backstretch and pull away to the win.
When the 30-lap Feature went green, Schuchart was ready. He stayed side by side with Kinser into the first turn. Kinser, on the bottom, edged Schuchart on the exit of turn two, but the Shark Racing driver had the better run on the outside and powered by the Mesilla Valley Transportation No. 11k for the lead.
Both drivers contributed the feat to larger fuel loads for the Feature.
“I got on the gas, got a little high, it really wasn’t that bad down the straightaways, but when I got into one it wouldn’t turn, I had to slow down too much and he ripped the top on me,” Kinser said.
Schuchart pulled away by several car lengths, but a caution two laps into the race brought Kinser back to his tail tank. On the restart the Pennsylvanian picked up where he left off. He rocketed in front of Kinser by almost two car lengths before entering turn one and then ran away with the lead.
Kinser said he couldn’t hang with Schuchart in traffic.
Schuchart caught the back of the field by Lap six, but the slower cars didn’t hinder his performance. He maneuvered around them with ease, never losing his quick pace. However, in the closing laps, Schuchart said he felt like he fell off a little bit.
“For the first half, three-quarters of the race I could run up on any car that is in front of me and run a different line and go right by them,” Schuchart said. “There at the end I caught up to Shane (Stewart), but I wasn’t gaining anymore. It’s hard to tell how close Kraig is. You’re just running your own race at that point.”
At the end of the 28- lap run to the finish, Schuchart crossed the finish line with a 4.6 second lead over Kinser.
“I’ve wanted to win here for a couple of years now, since we’ve been coming here,” Schuchart said.
While Schuchart celebrated breaking his streak of second-place finishes, Kinser was celebrating his runner-up finish. It was his fourth top-five of the year and first podium finish of the year, too.
“Struggled a little bit the last couple of weeks, but this feels pretty good,” Kinser said. “Obviously would’ve liked to have gotten the win, but just the way it goes. I’m happy we had a quick car from the time we unloaded to the checkered flag.”
Rounding out the podium was former full-time World of Outlaws driver and Burlington, Wash.-native Jason Solwold. He was also fast all night, making the Dash and then holding onto the third-place spot throughout the Feature.
“We definitely came out of the box good,” Soldwold said. “Third quick and third in the main event there, not too bad.”
Shane Stewart earned the KSE Hard Charger award by charging from last on the grid – 18th – to 13th. It was a small victory after flipping on the opening lap of his Heat race – that resulted in him throwing a few jabs at Carson Macedo, who had made contact with him.
David Gravel and his Jason Johnson Racing were the best out of the box to start the night by setting a new track record of 10.578 sec. – Gravel’s 14th Quick Time of the year. He broke his streak of consecutive podium finishes since winning the Knoxville Nationals, though, with a sixth-place finish. However, he was still able to gain points on 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz – who finished eighth.
Gravel is still third in points, now 102 points behind Schatz. California-native Brad Sweet, who sits second in points, also gain a little on the reigning champion by finishing fifth – now 24 points behind Schatz.
Schuchart – 298 points behind Schatz – knows it would be hard to get in the mix with the top three in points, but has his eye on fourth-place, currently held by Daryn Pittman. He’s currently 34 points behind him.
“We’re kind of close to Daryn there in points, it would be nice to see if we could get him,” Schuchart said. “My best finish in points is sixth, last year. We’re fifth right now, I’d like to get to fourth and stay consistent. Keep learning as a program.
“We had two new guys with Ron Helmick and Ben Whitman this year and they’ve improved tremendously since they’ve started. I just want to improve the team and keep building this team from what it was five years ago and keep heading in the right direction.”
Tying records with Bobby Allen is a good start.
UP NEXT:
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will return to Skagit Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 31, for the final night of the Series’ doubleheader at Alger, Wash. Track. For tickets call (360) 724-3567.
As always, if you can’t be there in person, you can watch all of the action LIVE on DIRTVision.com.
RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2][$8,000]; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1][$4,000]; 3. 18S-Jason Solwold [4][$2,500]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [3][$2,200]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [6][$2,100]; 6. 41-David Gravel [5][$2,000]; 7. 7S-Tim Kaeding [8][$1,800]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz [7][$1,600]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [12][$1,500]; 10. 83-Daryn Pittman [10][$1,300]; 11. 2-Carson Macedo [9][$1,200]; 12. 19-Brent Marks [11][$1,100]; 13. 5-Shane Stewart [18][$1,000]; 14. 44W-Austen Wheatley [17][$700]; 15. 53-Jessie Attard [14][$600]; 16. 7-Jason Sides [15][$600]; 17. 8R-Devon Borden [16][$600]; 18. 1A-Jacob Allen [13][$600]; 19. 56-Justin Youngquist [19][$600]; Lap Leaders: Logan Schuchart 1-30; KSE Hard Charger Award: 5-Shane Stewart[+5]
Qualifying – 1. 41-David Gravel, 10.578; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 10.607; 3. 18S-Jason Solwold, 10.621; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 10.679; 5. 2-Carson Macedo, 10.69; 6. 19-Brent Marks, 10.695; 7. 5-Shane Stewart, 10.709; 8. 49-Brad Sweet, 10.717; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen, 10.731; 10. 83-Daryn Pittman, 10.737; 11. 7S-Tim Kaeding, 10.764; 12. 15-Donny Schatz, 10.766; 13. 18-Ian Madsen, 10.785; 14. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 10.786; 15. 53-Jessie Attard, 10.938; 16. 8R-Devon Borden, 11.004; 17. 56-Justin Youngquist, 11.131; 18. 7-Jason Sides, 11.158; 19. 44W-Austen Wheatley, 11.172
DRYDENE Heat #1 (10 Laps) – 1. 41-David Gravel [1]; 2. 18S-Jason Solwold [2]; 3. 2-Carson Macedo [3]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [7]; 5. 7S-Tim Kaeding [6]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [5]; 7. 53-Jessie Attard [8]; 8. 56-Justin Youngquist [9]; 9. 5-Shane Stewart [4]; 10. 44W-Austen Wheatley [10]
DRYDENE Heat #2 (10 Laps) – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 5. 83-Daryn Pittman [5]; 6. 19-Brent Marks [3]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]; 8. 7-Jason Sides [9]; 9. 8R-Devon Borden [8]
DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (8 Laps) – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [6]; 4. 18S-Jason Solwold [3]; 5. 41-David Gravel [4]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [5]
Qualifier (10 Laps) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2][-]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [3][-]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4][-]; 4. 7S-Tim Kaeding [5][-]; 5. 2-Carson Macedo [1][-]; 6. 83-Daryn Pittman [6][-]; 7. 19-Brent Marks [8][]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [10][]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [7][]; 10. 53-Jessie Attard [9][]; 11. 7-Jason Sides [12][]; 12. 56-Justin Youngquist [11][]; 13. 8R-Devon Borden [14][]; 14. 44W-Austen Wheatley [15][]; 15. 5-Shane Stewart [13][]
For the Pennsylvania-native that number always stopped at four. He's had seven second-place finishes since his fourth win of the year in June. Always close. But never quite enough.
Until Friday night at Skagit Speedway. Schuchart claimed his first victory at the 3/10-mile speedway and the illustrious fifth win of the season.
“Having my grandfather by my side since the beginning, he’s the main part of why this team is where it is, and really everyone together, but he’s the boss, the man in charge,” Schuchart said. “The most Outlaw wins he had in a year was five, so that was my main goal at the beginning of the year to at least get that. It’s pretty cool to do that with him and the rest of our team.”
Schuchart and his Shark Racing team at first looked destined for another runner-up finish as the night progressed. He finished second to Kraig Kinser in his Drydene Heat race and then second to Kinser again in the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash.
While Schuchart was hungry for another win this year, Kinser had his eye on his first victory since 2017.
In the Heat race and the Dash, Kinser got the jump on Schuchart at the start both times, able to clear the Drydene No. 1s down the backstretch and pull away to the win.
When the 30-lap Feature went green, Schuchart was ready. He stayed side by side with Kinser into the first turn. Kinser, on the bottom, edged Schuchart on the exit of turn two, but the Shark Racing driver had the better run on the outside and powered by the Mesilla Valley Transportation No. 11k for the lead.
Both drivers contributed the feat to larger fuel loads for the Feature.
“I got on the gas, got a little high, it really wasn’t that bad down the straightaways, but when I got into one it wouldn’t turn, I had to slow down too much and he ripped the top on me,” Kinser said.
Schuchart pulled away by several car lengths, but a caution two laps into the race brought Kinser back to his tail tank. On the restart the Pennsylvanian picked up where he left off. He rocketed in front of Kinser by almost two car lengths before entering turn one and then ran away with the lead.
Kinser said he couldn’t hang with Schuchart in traffic.
Schuchart caught the back of the field by Lap six, but the slower cars didn’t hinder his performance. He maneuvered around them with ease, never losing his quick pace. However, in the closing laps, Schuchart said he felt like he fell off a little bit.
“For the first half, three-quarters of the race I could run up on any car that is in front of me and run a different line and go right by them,” Schuchart said. “There at the end I caught up to Shane (Stewart), but I wasn’t gaining anymore. It’s hard to tell how close Kraig is. You’re just running your own race at that point.”
At the end of the 28- lap run to the finish, Schuchart crossed the finish line with a 4.6 second lead over Kinser.
“I’ve wanted to win here for a couple of years now, since we’ve been coming here,” Schuchart said.
While Schuchart celebrated breaking his streak of second-place finishes, Kinser was celebrating his runner-up finish. It was his fourth top-five of the year and first podium finish of the year, too.
“Struggled a little bit the last couple of weeks, but this feels pretty good,” Kinser said. “Obviously would’ve liked to have gotten the win, but just the way it goes. I’m happy we had a quick car from the time we unloaded to the checkered flag.”
Rounding out the podium was former full-time World of Outlaws driver and Burlington, Wash.-native Jason Solwold. He was also fast all night, making the Dash and then holding onto the third-place spot throughout the Feature.
“We definitely came out of the box good,” Soldwold said. “Third quick and third in the main event there, not too bad.”
Shane Stewart earned the KSE Hard Charger award by charging from last on the grid – 18th – to 13th. It was a small victory after flipping on the opening lap of his Heat race – that resulted in him throwing a few jabs at Carson Macedo, who had made contact with him.
David Gravel and his Jason Johnson Racing were the best out of the box to start the night by setting a new track record of 10.578 sec. – Gravel’s 14th Quick Time of the year. He broke his streak of consecutive podium finishes since winning the Knoxville Nationals, though, with a sixth-place finish. However, he was still able to gain points on 10-time Series champion Donny Schatz – who finished eighth.
Gravel is still third in points, now 102 points behind Schatz. California-native Brad Sweet, who sits second in points, also gain a little on the reigning champion by finishing fifth – now 24 points behind Schatz.
Schuchart – 298 points behind Schatz – knows it would be hard to get in the mix with the top three in points, but has his eye on fourth-place, currently held by Daryn Pittman. He’s currently 34 points behind him.
“We’re kind of close to Daryn there in points, it would be nice to see if we could get him,” Schuchart said. “My best finish in points is sixth, last year. We’re fifth right now, I’d like to get to fourth and stay consistent. Keep learning as a program.
“We had two new guys with Ron Helmick and Ben Whitman this year and they’ve improved tremendously since they’ve started. I just want to improve the team and keep building this team from what it was five years ago and keep heading in the right direction.”
Tying records with Bobby Allen is a good start.
UP NEXT:
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will return to Skagit Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 31, for the final night of the Series’ doubleheader at Alger, Wash. Track. For tickets call (360) 724-3567.
As always, if you can’t be there in person, you can watch all of the action LIVE on DIRTVision.com.
RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2][$8,000]; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1][$4,000]; 3. 18S-Jason Solwold [4][$2,500]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [3][$2,200]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [6][$2,100]; 6. 41-David Gravel [5][$2,000]; 7. 7S-Tim Kaeding [8][$1,800]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz [7][$1,600]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [12][$1,500]; 10. 83-Daryn Pittman [10][$1,300]; 11. 2-Carson Macedo [9][$1,200]; 12. 19-Brent Marks [11][$1,100]; 13. 5-Shane Stewart [18][$1,000]; 14. 44W-Austen Wheatley [17][$700]; 15. 53-Jessie Attard [14][$600]; 16. 7-Jason Sides [15][$600]; 17. 8R-Devon Borden [16][$600]; 18. 1A-Jacob Allen [13][$600]; 19. 56-Justin Youngquist [19][$600]; Lap Leaders: Logan Schuchart 1-30; KSE Hard Charger Award: 5-Shane Stewart[+5]
Qualifying – 1. 41-David Gravel, 10.578; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 10.607; 3. 18S-Jason Solwold, 10.621; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 10.679; 5. 2-Carson Macedo, 10.69; 6. 19-Brent Marks, 10.695; 7. 5-Shane Stewart, 10.709; 8. 49-Brad Sweet, 10.717; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen, 10.731; 10. 83-Daryn Pittman, 10.737; 11. 7S-Tim Kaeding, 10.764; 12. 15-Donny Schatz, 10.766; 13. 18-Ian Madsen, 10.785; 14. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 10.786; 15. 53-Jessie Attard, 10.938; 16. 8R-Devon Borden, 11.004; 17. 56-Justin Youngquist, 11.131; 18. 7-Jason Sides, 11.158; 19. 44W-Austen Wheatley, 11.172
DRYDENE Heat #1 (10 Laps) – 1. 41-David Gravel [1]; 2. 18S-Jason Solwold [2]; 3. 2-Carson Macedo [3]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [7]; 5. 7S-Tim Kaeding [6]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [5]; 7. 53-Jessie Attard [8]; 8. 56-Justin Youngquist [9]; 9. 5-Shane Stewart [4]; 10. 44W-Austen Wheatley [10]
DRYDENE Heat #2 (10 Laps) – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 5. 83-Daryn Pittman [5]; 6. 19-Brent Marks [3]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]; 8. 7-Jason Sides [9]; 9. 8R-Devon Borden [8]
DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (8 Laps) – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [6]; 4. 18S-Jason Solwold [3]; 5. 41-David Gravel [4]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet [5]
Qualifier (10 Laps) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2][-]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [3][-]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4][-]; 4. 7S-Tim Kaeding [5][-]; 5. 2-Carson Macedo [1][-]; 6. 83-Daryn Pittman [6][-]; 7. 19-Brent Marks [8][]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [10][]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [7][]; 10. 53-Jessie Attard [9][]; 11. 7-Jason Sides [12][]; 12. 56-Justin Youngquist [11][]; 13. 8R-Devon Borden [14][]; 14. 44W-Austen Wheatley [15][]; 15. 5-Shane Stewart [13][]
Dietrich Claims Williams Grove Kauffman Tribute For Sprints, Buckwalter Gets URC Main
8/30/19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mechanicsburg – Danny Dietrich led flag to flag to pick up the Keith Kauffman Tribute race for sprint cars at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night.
Dietrich’s fifth win of the season at the track, as the point leader, was worth $4,777.
In the URC Sprint feature, Royersford driver Steve Buckwalter drove to his first 360 sprint car win ever at the oval.
Dietrich drew the pole for the 25-lap Kauffman Tribute event and took the lead from Chad Trout on the opening lap as Trout went low in the first corner.
Dietrich zipped to his outside on the cushion and drove into a comman that he would never relinquish.
Event fast qualifier Brian Montieth started third in the race and got by Trout as well and would dog leader Dietrich for the entire non-stop distance.
Dietrich hit traffic with 15 laps to go with Montieth hot on his heels.
Montieth gained dramatically at times using the same cushion that Dietrich was riding with the lead bu the opportunity never presented itself for Montieth to take control.
Montieth’s closest chance at stealing the win came on lap 13 when Dietrich tried to go low on Dylan Cisney to put him a lap down.
But as soon as Dietrich settled back into his groove, he again was firmly in command.
Montieth would cross the line .447 seconds behind at the finish with third going to Ryan Smith.
Chad Trout finished in fourth with Freddie Rahmer finishing in the fifth spot.
Sixth through 10th went to Brian Brown who started fourth in the race, Kyle Moody, Cory Haas, TJ Stutts and Steve Buckwalter.
The win extended Dietrich’s point lead over Rahmer in a quest for his first Williams Grove track title. It was Dietrich’s 24th career victory at the track.
Heats went to Montieth and Trout. Montieth’s fast time was 17.180 seconds.
Defending URC series champion Josh Weller led the first three laps of the URC Sprints main before second starter Steve Buckwalter took over.
Buckwalter was then chased by Weller and Chad Layton before the first caution flag of the race unfurled with five laps completed.
Mark Smith motored into third on the restart and was racing with Weller for second when the final caution of the race came out with 15 laps to go.
Smith finally put Weller behind him with 12 laps to go and then closed on the leader.
But Buckwalter was able to keep Smith at bay to pick up the $2,000 win by .491 seconds.
Weller finished third followed by Kyle Reinhardt and Jason Shultz.
Sixth through 10th went to Curt Michael, Layton, Tyler Ross, Jimmy Stitzel and Derek Locke.
URC heats went to Michael, Buckwalter and Layton.
Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval’s official website located at www.williamsgrove.com or by following the track on Twitter and Facebook.
Feature finishes:
8/30/19
410 sprints, 25 laps: 1. Danny Dietrich, 2. Brian Montieth, 3. Ryan Smith, 4. Chad Trout, 5. Freddie Rahmer, 6. Brian Brown, 7. Kyle Moody, 8. Cory Haas, 9. TJ Stutts, 10. Steve Buckwalter, 11. Dylan Cisney, 12. Eric Riggins, 13. Troy Fraker, 14. Greg Plank, 15. Anthony Macri, 16. Chase Dietz, 17. Kyle Reinhardt, 18. Todd Zinn
DNS: Mark Smith, Rodney Westhafer,
URC sprints, 25 laps: 1. Steve Buckwalter, 2. Mark Smith, 3. Josh Weller, 4. Kyle Reinhardt, 5. Jason Shultz, 6. Curt Michael, 7. Chad Layton, 8. Tyler Ross, 9. Jimmy Stitzel, 10. Derek Locke, 11. Tyler Breahm, 12. Austin Bishop, 13. Ryan Quackenbush, 14. Chris Frank, 15. Colby Womer, 16. Steve Downs, 17. Kyle Smith, 18. Jason Cherry, 19. Ryan Stillwaggon
DNS: Freddie Rahmer, Tyler Templin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mechanicsburg – Danny Dietrich led flag to flag to pick up the Keith Kauffman Tribute race for sprint cars at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night.
Dietrich’s fifth win of the season at the track, as the point leader, was worth $4,777.
In the URC Sprint feature, Royersford driver Steve Buckwalter drove to his first 360 sprint car win ever at the oval.
Dietrich drew the pole for the 25-lap Kauffman Tribute event and took the lead from Chad Trout on the opening lap as Trout went low in the first corner.
Dietrich zipped to his outside on the cushion and drove into a comman that he would never relinquish.
Event fast qualifier Brian Montieth started third in the race and got by Trout as well and would dog leader Dietrich for the entire non-stop distance.
Dietrich hit traffic with 15 laps to go with Montieth hot on his heels.
Montieth gained dramatically at times using the same cushion that Dietrich was riding with the lead bu the opportunity never presented itself for Montieth to take control.
Montieth’s closest chance at stealing the win came on lap 13 when Dietrich tried to go low on Dylan Cisney to put him a lap down.
But as soon as Dietrich settled back into his groove, he again was firmly in command.
Montieth would cross the line .447 seconds behind at the finish with third going to Ryan Smith.
Chad Trout finished in fourth with Freddie Rahmer finishing in the fifth spot.
Sixth through 10th went to Brian Brown who started fourth in the race, Kyle Moody, Cory Haas, TJ Stutts and Steve Buckwalter.
The win extended Dietrich’s point lead over Rahmer in a quest for his first Williams Grove track title. It was Dietrich’s 24th career victory at the track.
Heats went to Montieth and Trout. Montieth’s fast time was 17.180 seconds.
Defending URC series champion Josh Weller led the first three laps of the URC Sprints main before second starter Steve Buckwalter took over.
Buckwalter was then chased by Weller and Chad Layton before the first caution flag of the race unfurled with five laps completed.
Mark Smith motored into third on the restart and was racing with Weller for second when the final caution of the race came out with 15 laps to go.
Smith finally put Weller behind him with 12 laps to go and then closed on the leader.
But Buckwalter was able to keep Smith at bay to pick up the $2,000 win by .491 seconds.
Weller finished third followed by Kyle Reinhardt and Jason Shultz.
Sixth through 10th went to Curt Michael, Layton, Tyler Ross, Jimmy Stitzel and Derek Locke.
URC heats went to Michael, Buckwalter and Layton.
Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval’s official website located at www.williamsgrove.com or by following the track on Twitter and Facebook.
Feature finishes:
8/30/19
410 sprints, 25 laps: 1. Danny Dietrich, 2. Brian Montieth, 3. Ryan Smith, 4. Chad Trout, 5. Freddie Rahmer, 6. Brian Brown, 7. Kyle Moody, 8. Cory Haas, 9. TJ Stutts, 10. Steve Buckwalter, 11. Dylan Cisney, 12. Eric Riggins, 13. Troy Fraker, 14. Greg Plank, 15. Anthony Macri, 16. Chase Dietz, 17. Kyle Reinhardt, 18. Todd Zinn
DNS: Mark Smith, Rodney Westhafer,
URC sprints, 25 laps: 1. Steve Buckwalter, 2. Mark Smith, 3. Josh Weller, 4. Kyle Reinhardt, 5. Jason Shultz, 6. Curt Michael, 7. Chad Layton, 8. Tyler Ross, 9. Jimmy Stitzel, 10. Derek Locke, 11. Tyler Breahm, 12. Austin Bishop, 13. Ryan Quackenbush, 14. Chris Frank, 15. Colby Womer, 16. Steve Downs, 17. Kyle Smith, 18. Jason Cherry, 19. Ryan Stillwaggon
DNS: Freddie Rahmer, Tyler Templin
Monday, August 26, 2019
Gerard McIntyre earns first All Star victory of 2019 during Justin Snyder ‘Salute to the Troops’ program at BAPS Motor Speedway
Bill McIntyre photo |
The win, a second-ever during All Star competition for the pilot of the Northeast Foundation and Concrete/Water Treatment By Design/No. 07 sprint car, did not come without a challenge, forced with withstand nearly 20 laps of constant pressure from six-time Series champion and all-time Series win leader, Dale Blaney.
On an even bigger note for All Star enthusiasts, the BAPS Motor Speedway triumph bumped the weekend score to 4-1 in favor of Tony Stewart’s All Star Circuit of Champions; Grandview Speedway, the first Williams Grove Speedway ‘Jack Gunn Memorial’ feature, Lincoln Speedway, and BAPS Motor Speedway all accomplished by full-time All Stars.
“The guys did a great job tonight. I just did what I needed to do to get this thing to victory lane,” said Gerard McIntrye in BAPS Motor Speedway victory lane. “A big thanks to all of those guys for running me clean. I could hear Dale (Blaney) on the outside of me a couple of times. I tried to change my line up a few times so those guys didn’t know where I was going. It all worked out and I’m glad to be here.”
A red flag incident involving pole-sitter, Justin Peck, on the opening circuit, followed by multiple rule infractions resulting in the disqualification of Danny Dietrich, Anthony Macri, Lance Dewease, Ryan Smith and Skylar Gee, allowed McIntyre the opportunity to restart on the front row. The opportunity played into McIntyre’s favor, jumping to an early lead with Cory Eliason, Dale Blaney, Aaron Reutzel and Tony Stewart in tow.
With G-Mac in command, it was Blaney who was making the early moves. The Hartford, Ohio-native slipped into second by lap five, next setting aim on the familiar No. 07 of McIntyre. Lap after lap, Blaney attempted to drive by G-Mac, only to be denied at the exit of each corner. A trio of cautions, including a second red flag incident for Series point leader, Aaron Reutzel, on lap 19, halted the feature pace, and although Blaney restarted well, G-Mac survived and continued to lead the way.
In an attempt to execute a perfect last-ditch effort, Blaney chased McIntyre beyond the flagstand and drove into turn one as hard as he could, nearly pulling even as the pair reached the apex of the corner. A drag race down the backstretch ensued, followed by McIntrye diving into turn three and Blaney returning to the topside. Despite the bold attempt, Blaney did not have enough, losing by a margin of victory equalling .0183 seconds.
“Gerard ran a really great race,” Dale Blaney said, driver of the McGhee Motorsports No. 11 who is now back in charge of the Series' championship standings. “The guys gave me a great car. A second the last two nights in Central PA isn’t bad. I would have liked to get one of these out here though.”
Freddie Rahmer, who won the evening’s B-main, blasted ahead 16 positions to secure a third place finish at the final checkers, followed by Brock Zearfoss and Paul McMahan.
Tony Stewart’s All Stars will now turn their attention back to the Buckeye State, ready to headline four events in four days at two different facilities. Action will launch with two nights at Attica Raceway Park in Attica on Friday and Saturday, August 30 & 31, followed by back-to-back appearances at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville on Sunday and Monday, September 1 & 2.
Competition will be high, but so will the paydays, as Attica Raceway Park will award a total winner’s share equalling $15,000 over the course of the two-day visit; $5,000 on Friday, followed by the $10,000-to-win Brad Doty Classic on Saturday.
Wayne County Speedway will also award hefty top prizes over Labor Day weekend beginning with the $12,000-to-win Pete Jacobs Memorial on Sunday, followed by the Rick Susong Memorial worth $5,000 on Monday.
Additional news and notes will be posted in the near future. For the time being, fans are encouraged to visit Attica Raceway Park and Wayne County Speedway online at www.atticaracewaypark.com and www.waynecountyspeedway.com, respectively.
Contingency Awards/Results: BAPS Motor Speedway - August 25, 2019:
Event: Justin Snyder’s Salute to the Troops
Entries: 28
C&R Racing All Star Warm-Ups: Danny Dietrich - 15.924 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Lance Dewease - 15.853 seconds
Ford Performance Heat #1: Ryan Smith
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Gerard McIntyre
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Anthony Macri
JE Pistons presented by Fatheadz Eyewear Dash: Justin Peck
Classic Ink USA Screenprinting B-Main Winner: Freddie Rahmer
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet A-Main Winner: Gerard McIntyre
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Freddie Rahmer (+16)
Cometic Gasket Most A-Main Laps Led: Gerard McIntyre (1-30)
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Jay Galloway
(Lincoln Electric, MSD Performance, Fatheadz Eyewear, Rayce Rudeen Foundation, Cometic Gasket: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 69K-Lance Dewease, 15.853; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich, 15.943; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 16.198; 4. 72-Ryan Smith, 16.268; 5. 99-Skylar Gee, 16.417; 6. W20-Greg Wilson, 16.551; 7. 40-George Hobaugh, 16.570; 8. 73B-Brett Michalski, 16.682; 9. 91F-Anthony Fiore, 17.053; 10. 67-Justin Whittall, 17.178
Group (B)
1. 26-Cory Eliason, 16.161; 2. 11-Dale Blaney, 16.280; 3. 21-Brian Montieth, 16.539; 4. O7-Gerard McIntyre, 16.555; 5. 7k-Dan Shetler, 16.786; 6. 8-Billy Dietrich, 16.859; 7. 5-Jeff Halligan, 17.146; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody, 17.217; 9. 90-Jordan Givler, 17.278
Group (C)
1. 14-Tony Stewart, 16.244; 2. 70-Brock Zearfoss, 16.246; 3. 70X-Justin Peck, 16.446; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri, 16.540; 5. 13-Paul McMahan, 16.547; 6. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 16.562; 7. 44-Dylan Norris, 16.815; 8. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 16.946; 9. 27G-Jay Galloway, 17.568
Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer
1. 72-Ryan Smith [1]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich [3]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel [2]; 4. 69K-Lance Dewease [4]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee [5]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 7. 73B-Brett Michalski [8]; 8. 67-Justin Whittall [10]; 9. 91F-Anthony Fiore [9]; 10. 40-George Hobaugh [7]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer
1. O7-Gerard McIntyre [1]; 2. 11-Dale Blaney [3]; 3. 26-Cory Eliason [4]; 4. 21-Brian Montieth [2]; 5. 99M-Kyle Moody [8]; 6. 90-Jordan Givler [9]; 7. 5-Jeff Halligan [7]; 8. 7K-Dan Shetler [5]; 9. 8-Billy Dietrich [6]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer
1. 39M-Anthony Macri [1]; 2. 70X-Justin Peck [2]; 3. 70-Brock Zearfoss [3]; 4. 14-Tony Stewart [4]; 5. 13-Paul McMahan [5]; 6. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [6]; 7. 51-Freddie Rahmer [8]; 8. 44-Dylan Norris [7]; 9. 27G-Jay Galloway [9]
Dash #1 (6 Laps)
1. 70X-Justin Peck [2]; 2. 26-Cory Eliason [3]; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich [6]; 4. O7-Gerard McIntyre [1]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri [4]; 6. 11-Dale Blaney [5]; 7. 69K-Lance Dewease [7]; 8. 72-Ryan Smith [8]
B-Main (10 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer
1. 51-Freddie Rahmer [3]; 2. 5-Jeff Halligan [4]; 3. 73B-Brett Michalski [2]; 4. 44-Dylan Norris [6]; 5. 7K-Dan Shetler [5]; 6. 40-George Hobaugh [1]; 7. 27G-Jay Galloway [10]; 8. 67-Justin Whittall [7]; 9. 8-Billy Dietrich [8]; 10. 91F-Anthony Fiore [9]
A-Main (30 Laps)
1. O7-Gerard McIntyre [4]; 2. 11-Dale Blaney [6]; 3. 51-Freddie Rahmer [19]; 4. 70-Brock Zearfoss [10]; 5. 13-Paul McMahan [14]; 6. 99M-Kyle Moody [15]; 7. 26-Cory Eliason [2]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [16]; 9. 21-Brian Montieth [12]; 10. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [17]; 11. 14-Tony Stewart [11]; 12. 5-Jeff Halligan [20]; 13. 73B-Brett Michalski [21]; 14. 44-Dylan Norris [22]; 15. 90-Jordan Givler [18]; 16. 87-Aaron Reutzel [9]; 17. 7K-Dan Shetler [23]; 18. 40-George Hobaugh [24]; 19. 70X-Justin Peck [1]; 20. 39M-Anthony Macri [5]; 21. 69K-Lance Dewease [7]; 22. 72-Ryan Smith [8]; 23. 99-Skylar Gee [13]; 24. 48-Danny Dietrich [3] Lap Leaders: Gerard McIntyre (1-30)
2019 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (After 8/25/2019):
1. Dale Blaney - 3898
2. Aaron Reutzel - 3878
3. Cory Eliason - 3794
4. Paul McMahan - 3762
5. Brock Zearfoss - 3654
6. Greg Wilson - 3602
7. Gerard McIntyre - 3502
8. Skylar Gee - 3408
9. George Hobaugh - 2972
10. Justin Peck - 2306
Dietrich And Layton Battles For Career First Titles Continue Friday At Williams Grove
Bill McIntyre photo |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELESE
8/25/19
Mechanicsburg - Two different sprint car point battles will continue at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night and both have something in common.
Both drivers trying to win titles in the 410 sprints and URC Sprints are looking for the first crowns of their careers.
In the 2019 Williams Grove Speedway 410 sprint car point battle for the track title, Gettysburg’s Danny Dietrich leads the standings over one-time champion Freddie Rahmer.
If he is able to hold on through the final six shows of the season at the track, the oval title will be the first ever for the Adams County pilot.
But Rahmer is close enough to keep the pressure on, some 340 points back, so that one bad feature run for Dietrich could dramatically close the gap for Rahmer.
Both Dietrich and Rahmer have four Williams Grove wins to their credit to date this season.
And in the URC Sprint season point battle, Harrisburg’s Chad Layton is trying to record his first ever series title.
Layton has two wins on the season and nine top five finishes while his pursuer Josh Weller holds a single victory and 11 top five finishes.
Weller is the defending series titlist and is looking to make it two in a row, now 71 markers out of the lead.
Gates for this Friday’s 410 sprint, URC Sprint open wheel doubleheader open at 5:30 pm with racing action slated for 7:30 pm.
The URC Sprints will race in a 25 lap main paying $2,000 to win while the 410 sprints compete in the 25-lap Keith Kauffman Tribute feature paying $4,777 to the winner.
Adult general admission for the big sprint car show is set at $18 with youth ages 13 – 20 admitted for just $10. Kids ages 12 and under are always FREE at Williams Grove Speedway.
Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval’s official website located at www.williamsgrove.com or by following the track on Twitter and Facebook.
Keith Kauffman Tribute Night This Week At Williams Grove Track to honor one of its greats with $4,777 to win main and pre-race show URC Sprints Race For $2,000 To Win
8/25/19
For Immediate Release
Mechanicsburg - Williams Grove Speedway will celebrate the career of one of the track and regions all-time sprint car greats this Friday, August 30 when it hosts Keith Kauffman Tribute Night, sponsored by VP Racing Fuels as part of the 2019 Hoosier Diamond Series.
The URC 360 sprints will also be in action for the second time this season at the track, racing for $2,000 to win in a 25-lap main.
Kauffman and his career will be celebrated in the infield from 6 – 7 pm with a joint reunion and autograph session featuring the driver himself and several of his former car owners including Bob Stewart, Al Hamilton, Rick and Joe Woelfling, Gary Heckman and John Trone.
A live Facebook broadcast on BeerHill Gang TV will also take place during the hour and two Kauffman racecars will be on display as well.
The Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars will compete for $4,777 to win the 25-lap feature event, honoring two of his most famed rides, the Hamilton No. 77 and the Middleswarth No. 7.
Time trials will set the heat starting grids.
Fireworks will also help kickoff the Labor Day holiday weekend.
Racing action begins at 7:30 pm.
Now age 69, Kauffman retired from the sport in 2013 after recording a total of 51 career sprint car wins at Williams Grove alone to go along with a total of 309 overall career victories.
Kauffman was the 1984 and 1985 track champion while wheeling the Hamilton Contracting No. 77. He also recorded the 2001 Diamond Series title at the track aboard the Middleswarth Potato Chips No. 7.
The Juniata County native scored for the first time in his career at Williams Grove on August 11, 1978 and took his last oval victory on May 2, 2008.
Along the way, the popular Mifflintown driver won the Williams Grove season opener on four occasions, the Jack Gunn Memorial in 2001 and the Mitch Smith Memorial in 1993 and 1996.
“The Man From Mifflintown” upended the World of Outlaws stars at the track three times during his career and scored the National Open Preliminary event twice.
Across his entire racing career around the world, Kauffman scored a total of 21 oval and series titles.
In his best overall season, aboard the Hamilton No. 77, Kauffman whipped up a total of 34 wins.
He was inducted in to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2004.
Other notable car owners across his career included: Dave Middleswarth, Bob Hampshire, Jasper Pettite, Bob Weikert, Roy Morral, Warren Johnson, Leon Wintermyer, Jim Wahlie, Sal Scarpitta, Mike Heffner and Craig Eshenaur among others.
Adult general admission for the big sprint car show honoring veteran Keith Kauffman is set at $18 with youth ages 13 – 20 admitted for just $10. Kids ages 12 and under are always FREE at Williams Grove Speedway.
Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval’s official website located at www.williamsgrove.com or by following the track on Twitter and Facebook.
For Immediate Release
Mechanicsburg - Williams Grove Speedway will celebrate the career of one of the track and regions all-time sprint car greats this Friday, August 30 when it hosts Keith Kauffman Tribute Night, sponsored by VP Racing Fuels as part of the 2019 Hoosier Diamond Series.
The URC 360 sprints will also be in action for the second time this season at the track, racing for $2,000 to win in a 25-lap main.
Kauffman and his career will be celebrated in the infield from 6 – 7 pm with a joint reunion and autograph session featuring the driver himself and several of his former car owners including Bob Stewart, Al Hamilton, Rick and Joe Woelfling, Gary Heckman and John Trone.
A live Facebook broadcast on BeerHill Gang TV will also take place during the hour and two Kauffman racecars will be on display as well.
The Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars will compete for $4,777 to win the 25-lap feature event, honoring two of his most famed rides, the Hamilton No. 77 and the Middleswarth No. 7.
Time trials will set the heat starting grids.
Fireworks will also help kickoff the Labor Day holiday weekend.
Racing action begins at 7:30 pm.
Now age 69, Kauffman retired from the sport in 2013 after recording a total of 51 career sprint car wins at Williams Grove alone to go along with a total of 309 overall career victories.
Kauffman was the 1984 and 1985 track champion while wheeling the Hamilton Contracting No. 77. He also recorded the 2001 Diamond Series title at the track aboard the Middleswarth Potato Chips No. 7.
The Juniata County native scored for the first time in his career at Williams Grove on August 11, 1978 and took his last oval victory on May 2, 2008.
Along the way, the popular Mifflintown driver won the Williams Grove season opener on four occasions, the Jack Gunn Memorial in 2001 and the Mitch Smith Memorial in 1993 and 1996.
“The Man From Mifflintown” upended the World of Outlaws stars at the track three times during his career and scored the National Open Preliminary event twice.
Across his entire racing career around the world, Kauffman scored a total of 21 oval and series titles.
In his best overall season, aboard the Hamilton No. 77, Kauffman whipped up a total of 34 wins.
He was inducted in to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2004.
Other notable car owners across his career included: Dave Middleswarth, Bob Hampshire, Jasper Pettite, Bob Weikert, Roy Morral, Warren Johnson, Leon Wintermyer, Jim Wahlie, Sal Scarpitta, Mike Heffner and Craig Eshenaur among others.
Adult general admission for the big sprint car show honoring veteran Keith Kauffman is set at $18 with youth ages 13 – 20 admitted for just $10. Kids ages 12 and under are always FREE at Williams Grove Speedway.
Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval’s official website located at www.williamsgrove.com or by following the track on Twitter and Facebook.
Miller Edges Macri at Line for Third Victory of Season, Hammaker and Price Pick Up First Career Victories
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Josie McIntyre Photo |
PORT ROYAL, Pa- Jeff Miller added to what has already been a fairytale season as he picked up his third Weikert's Livestock 410 Sprint Car victory of the season when he bested Anthony Macri by mere inches (.010) at the start/finish line in the closest margin of victory known since the inception of electronic timing and scoring in the history of the Port Royal Speedway.
"They said earlier in the night that I had won two races in my rookie season and even then it didn’t seem real," said Miller. "To be up here again is pretty special and this season has just been amazing."
Open Wheel Madness 2 surely lived up to it’s namesake as 101 sprint cars across three divisions packed the Speedway pits to begin the night.
In the feature, Daryl Stimeling and Tyler Bear led the field to the green flag with Bear jumping out to the early lead. However, it would be short lived as Miller blasted past Bear on the outside of the track exiting turn 2 from his fourth starting spot to claim the lead and lead the opening circuit.
As Miller began to stretch his lead, it was former NASCAR champion and surprise attendee Tony Stewart making early moves. Starting from the seventh starting position, Stewart was up to fourth at the completion of the opening circuit.
Macri was also on the move. Rolling off from the eighth starting spot, Macri moved into sixth on lap six, just as Miller began to enter lap traffic on the backstretch with a nearly 3.0 second lead at his expense.
One lap later Stewart moved into third using the top of the speedway coming to the line and on lap eight he overtook Bear for second in turn's one and two on the outside.
With Miller having issues clearing the lap cars, Stewart was chipping away at the lead. Meanwhile Justin Whittall had moved into third and Macri had worked himself up to fourth, passing Bear with 11 to go.
Stewart, running a Ford powered engine, was having a hard time clearing the lap car of Nicole Bower, but on lap 18 he finally cleared her and he closed to the tail tank of Miller, who was struggling to get around Anthony Fiore's lap machine.
Stewart tried the bottom of the speedway, but couldn't quite clear Miller as Miller rocketed around the top and momentum kept him in the lead. With three laps to go, Stewart maneuvered the middle of turn's 3 and four to overtake the rookie to take the lead. However, just as he passed the flag-stand to lead the lap, Stewart banged wheels with Fiore, causing his left rear tire to go flat, handing the lead back to Miller
"I was having a terrible time getting around those lap cars and I knew those guys were coming," said Miller. "Tony kind of threaded the needle and I wasn't really sure what happened to him, but he had a quick car."
As Stewart pulled off the speedway, Miller continued to rail the cushion. Still struggling to pass the lap cars of Fiore and Stimeling, Whittall and Macri were in hot pursuit and it wouldn't be his last challenge for the lead.
On the white flag lap, Macri slid under Whittall to take the second position in turn's one and two and used a head of steam down the backstretch to slide under Miller entering turn 3. He pulled ahead of Miller and cleared him exiting turn four, but Miller crossed under him and the two cars briefly banged wheels coming to the checkered flag with Miller being deemed the winner by the closest of margins.
Macri, Whittall, Jared Esh, who was the night's hard charger coming from the 18th starting position and Logan Wagner rounded out the top five. Wagner also overcame extreme adversity as he wrecked his Zemco Headers #1 in warm-ups and was forced to pilot his father's car for the rest of the night to help protect his points lead.
Passing was rampant throughout the field with eight cars advancing at least four positions. AJ Flick, who won the B-Main, also came form 21st to finish seventh, all in nonstop action.
"We rubbed wheels and I pinched him or whatever, but he didn’t really seem real happy with me," said Miller of the dash to the checkered flag. "It was a racing deal. I'm not giving up for nothing, but I'm not going to destroy my car or his over it."
For Macri, he was happy with the second and is hoping to use the momentum and recent surge of speed for the big races upcoming on the schedule. He also struggled with an ignition switch problem that halted momentum early in the night.
"This car is nothing shirt of a rocket ship," said Macri. "If it wasn’t for me hitting the ignition switch twice during that feature I think the outcome might have been different. I'm feeling pretty good about the Tuscarora 50 right now to be honest with you."
Bear, Flick, Dan Shetler, Steve Buckwalter and TJ Stutts rounded out the top 10.
Sprint Car Results- 1.Jeff Miller 2.Anthony Macro 3.Justin Whittall 4.Jared Esh 5.Logan Wagner 6.Tyler Bear 7. AJ Flick 8.Dan Shetler 9.Steve Buckwalter 10.TJ Stutts 11.Blane Heimbach 12.Tyler Reeser 13.Dylan Cisney 14.Kyle Smith 15.Trenton Sheaffer 16.Tony Fiore 17.Daryl Stimeling 18.Nicole Bower 19.Tyler Walton 20.Rick Lafferty 21.Chris Arnold 22.Dwayne Gutshall 23.Tony Stewart 24.Dave Blaney
305 Sprint Cars
Landon Price passed Doug Dodsen on a lap eight restart and never looked back to claim his first career Penns Valley Meat Market PASS/IMCA 305 Sprint Car victory at the Port Royal Speedway.
Dodsen and Kenny Heffner led the field to the green flag with Dodsen jumping out to the early lead. Dodsen would stretch out a half a straightaway lead over the opening eight laps with Price and Nick Sweigart in tow.
A caution for Jimmy White getting into the outside guardrail in turn three would slow the field on lap eight and set up Price to make his move.
On the restart, Price dove to the bottom of turns 1 and 2 and cleared Dodsen exiting the turn to lead for the first time. Over the remaining 12 laps, Price would go unchallenged. He would ultimately take the checkered flag by a 2.085 second over Dodsen and a hard charging Garrett Bard, who started eighth.
Nick Sweigart and Devin Adams rounded out the top five with Drew Ritchey, Ken Duke, Kassidy Kreitz, Zach Newlin and Heffner filling out the top 10.
Dave Grube, Jonathon Jones and Robert Garvey all wrecked coming to the finish line, with Grube slamming hard into the inside guard rail. It was a rough night for Jones, who entered the night as the series points leader. After blowing a tire in his heat race and charging forward to advance through the B-Main, he would be credited with a 21st place finish. Duke now holds a 40 point lead in the standings over Jones as a result.
"Honestly, it was so slick out there and I was waiting to see him come back around me," said the 17 year old Price of his race winning pass of Dodsen. "I don’t know what to say here, I feel like I'm dreaming."
Dodsen, who picked up a victory with the series last week at Path Valley, was happy with a second place finish.
"I was rolling really good early in the feature," said Dodsen. "I didn't want to see that caution, but ultimately that's how it goes in racing. We'll take the second and move on."
305 Results- 1.Landon Price 2.Doud Dodsen 3.Garrett Bard 4.Nick Sweigart 5.Devin Adams 6.Drew Ritchey 7.Ken Duke 8.Kassidy Kreitz 9.Zach Newlin 10.Kenny Heffner 11.Erin Statler 12.Cale Reigle 13.Dylan Proctor 14.Nathan Gramley 15.Cruz Kepner 16.Scott Ellerman 17.Domenic Melair 18.Jake Waters 19.Josh Spicer 20. Dave Grube 21.Jonathon Jones 22.Robert Garvey 23.Dave Wickman 24.Jake Frye 25. Jimmy White DNF- Colton Hoover
358 Summer Series
Doug Hammaker passed Brett Wanner with five laps to go and held off a hard charging Kevin Nouse to pick up his first career Port Royal Speedway victory in the 358 Summer Series only visit to the track in 2019.
"This is pretty dang cool to be here in victory lane," said Hammaker. "It's just really awesome and I don't know what else to say."
Dwight Leppo and Greg Foster led the field to the green flag, but it was Wanner rocketing to the early lead from his fourth starting position. He would enter lap traffic on lap six. Meanwhile Nouse was on the move early. After lining up in the eleventh position, he was already into the top five by lap seven.
One lap later, Hammaker moved into second using the top of the speedway in turn's one and two and Nouse followed suit into fourth the following circuit in turn's three and four.
The caution would come out on lap 10 for a spinning car in turn four. On the restart, Hammaker tried to pull a slidejob on Wanner in turn's one and two, but Wanner had momentum and exited turn two with the lead again. One lap later, Nouse entered the top three as he passed Foster using the bottom of turn three.
As Wanner entered lap traffic on lap 16, Hammaker began to set up his next move. He hit his marks over the next four laps and remained patient, before diving to the bottom of Wanner is traffic in turn's three and four and taking the lead for good with five to go.
"I was able to reel him in there in lap traffic and I was just biding my time," said Hammaker of the winning pass. "He's going to win many of races, but that was just experience paying dividends there."
Nouse would pass Wanner for second the following lap, but would never have anything for Hammaker as he would take the $1500 payday by a margin of 2.364 seconds.
Wanner, Foster and Leppo would round oiut the top five with Steve Owings, Todd Rittenhouse Jr., CJ Tracy, Cody Fletcher and Troy Wagaman filling out the top 10.
Nouse was happy with second, but ultimately felt he let one get away earlier in the race,
"I'm really pleased with the run considering we started 11th and I love Port Royal Speedway," said Knouse. "But I'm a little mad at myself because I had an opportunity to get by Hammaker earlier in the night and I didn't pass him when I could've. But we'll take a second."
358 Results- 1.Doug Hammaker 2.Kevin Knouse 3.Brett Wanner 4.Greg Foster 5.Dwight Leppo 6.Steve Owings 7.Todd Rittenhouse Jr. 8.CJ Tracy 9.Cody Fletcher 10.Troy Wagaman 11.Dylan Norris 12.Steven Drevicki 13.Tyler Brehm 14.Tyler Ross 15.Dave Brown 16.Curt Stroup 17.Kyle Denmyer 18.Matt Findley 19.John Stewart 20.Scott Fisher 21.Chris Frank 22.Mark Van Vorst 23.Tyler Templin DNF-Wyatt Hinkle
CANADIAN SKYLAR GEE INKS HIS NAME IN THE RECORD BOOKS WITH FIRST CAREER ALL-STAR WIN; Jeremy Ott Ends Dominating Season with Victory
UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
Saturday, August 31 (7:30pm) Bob Leiby Memorial | 410 Sprints* + 358 Sprints + Extreme Stocks + FIREWORKS (*Final points race for 410 Sprints)
Saturday, September 14 (7:30pm) 358 Sprint Summer Series | 358 Sprints* + Super Late Models + Extreme Stocks | EMMR Night | ARCH Night (*Final points race for 358 Sprints) *Final points race for 358 Sprints
Saturday, September 21 (7:30pm) All-Star Circuit of Champions Dirt Classic 6 | $20,000 to win
Abbottstown, PA (August 24, 2019) – After setting quick time over the 30-car field and winning the dash, Skylar Gee started on the pole of Saturday night’s 30-lap feature. Matt Campbell, who missed last week after issues getting to the track, started second.
Officials got the field lined up after docking Brandon Rahmer a row for being late to staging are.
Gee got the advantage when the green flag dropped but Brock Zearfoss came to a stop in the bottom of turn 1 bringing out the caution.
The field lined side-by-side again for a complete restart after Zearfoss rejoined the.
Gee took the lead again on the start. The caution came out again before a lap was in the books. Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz and Tim Glatfelter got tangled up in turn 4 with Glatfelter nearly ending up on his side.
All-Star regular, Gerard McIntyre, had a flat right front tire under caution. His team changed the flat and McIntyre was able to tag the rear.
Dietrich and Glatfelter walked back to the pits from the crash and were penalized by All-Star officials for a rule violation. Both cars were parked in the infield until the conclusion of the feature.
The field lined up once again for a complete restart and the saying “the third times a charm” rang true. The start was clean with Gee to the lead and both Dale Blaney and Jeff Halligan getting around Campbell.
As Gee was pulling away and Ryan Smith was starting to work on Campbell for fourth the caution flag flew yet again. Brian Montieth slowed as he had a flat right rear lap 2. Montieth utilized the two-minute work time and rejoined the field.
This time the field lined up for a single file restart with Gee leading Blaney, Halligan, Campbell and Smith to the cone.
Gee went high on the restart going into turn 1 with Blaney diving low.
Halligan made a move on Blaney for second and nearly bicycled after hitting the cushion but and saved it and continued on. In the meantime, both Smith and Campbell got by him shuffling him back to fifth.
The field saw the yellow again on lap 4 for McIntyre and Cory Haas who got together in turn 4.
With all of the laps run under caution early in the race the All-Stars 32-minute marker was hit, and the yellow went to an open red for teams to add fuel.
After the cars were fueled and lined up Gee led Blaney, Campbell, Smith and Halligan to the cone.
Smith worked on Campbell for third and tried a slide job in turns 3 and 4 but Campbell held the spot.
Adam Wilt went to the bottom in turn 3 to get by Cory Eliason for sixth. Eliason took the spot back on the next lap.
Gee had nearly a 2.5 second lead as he approached lap traffic on lap 10 when the caution out again in turn 2 for Montieth. Montieth was running 13th and spun out. He rejoined the field again.
Smith got under Campbell going down the back stretch for third taking the position. Campbell didn’t go away quietly and stuck around to try and get the spot back from Smith.
Wilt and Eliason continued to battle for position.
Gee had a 2.78 second lead on lap 15, halfway through the main event.
The caution came out yet again on lap16. Eliason got spun around while running 5thcoming out of turn 2. He rejoined the field.
Smith was getting a great run out of turn 2 while trying to reel in Blaney for second.
Halligan raced his way back up to fifth after falling back to seventh earlier in the race.
Gee continued to pull away but tagged the wall coming out of turn 4 lap 21 losing a second of his advantage over Blaney. Despite the mishap Gee had created enough distance between Blaney to maintain his lead as he approached lapped traffic to cross the finish line first for his first career All-Star victory.
Smith completed the podium with a third-place finish. Wilt finished fourth and Halligan crossed the line fifth.
Dale Blaney, Jeff Halligan and Ryan Smith were the heat race winners. Brandon Rahmer won the B-main.
Jeremy Ott Ends Dominating Season with Victory
Jeremy Ott has been a dominating force at Lincoln Speedway in 2019 racing with the Central PA Legends. In the series’ last race of the year at the track, Ott continued to impress.
Jeremy Hahn stared on the pole of the 20-lap feature with Travis Perry lined up to his outside. Alex Schmeidel and Ott made up the second row.
The outside line was fast with Perry taking the lead at the start and Ott sliding into second.
Ott and Perry drag raced to the flag stand to complete lap 1 with Ott getting the edge. Perry stuck around and got the lead from Ott on lap 2.
Ott got his nose under Perry coming out of turn 2 on lap 3 but couldn’t make the pass.
While Perry and Ott battled for the lead, Mason Chaney was working his way through the field from his tenth starting spot. Chaney was up to fifth by lap 4.
The yellow flag few on lap 5 for Chris McKinney when he came to a stop in the top of turn 3.
Perry led Ott, Schmeidel, Hahn and Chaney on the restart.
Chaney got by Hahn for fourth.
Perry and Ott drove wheel to wheel lap coming to the flagstand on lap 8 with Perry holding on to the lead.
Bill Diehl and Chaney got together on the front stretch bringing out the caution. Hahn was also involved but was able to keep running so he kept his spot. The cars involved were running fourth, fifth and sixth at the time.
Perry held off Ott on the restart, but Ott stayed within striking distance. Ott got his nose under Perry on lap 12 but Perry once again beat him to the flagstand.
The caution flag came out on lap 13 for Brent Marquis, DJ Elzey and Chaney in turns 3 and 4.
Lap 16 saw a three-wide battle for the lead down the front stretch between Perry, Ott and Travis McClelland. Despite the heavy pressure, Perry held on to the top spot.
Ott got his nose under Perry coming out of turn 2 on the last lap and this time it stuck with Ott beating Perry to the checkered flag. McClelland finished third. Schmeidel crossed the line fourth and Hahn completed the top five.
Jeremy Ott, Bill Diehl, Travis Perry and Travis McClelland were the heat race winners. Brent Marquis won the consi.
Also, of note, was driver Harlon Leppo who raced his last race on Saturday night. Leppo is hanging up the suit at the end of the season after a successful career in the Central PA Legends division.
This Saturday, August 31, Lincoln Speedway is back in action with the Bob Leiby Memorial featuring 410 Sprints, 358 Sprints, Extreme Stocks and fireworks. It is the final points race for the 410 Sprints. Racing starts at 7:30PM with pit gates opening at 5:00PM and grandstand gates opening at 5:30PM.
To get all the latest news, results, schedule changes and rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's website at http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all the action or pending weather conditions at Central Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
RACE RESULTS
Saturday, August 17, 2019
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
Gene Latta Ford 410 Sprints:
410 Sprint Feature Finish (30 Laps) 1. 99-Skylar Gee ($5,000); 2. 11-Dale Blaney; 3. 72-Ryan Smith; 4. 15-Adam Wilt; 5. 58-Jefg Halligan; 6. 87-Alan Krimes; 7. 16-Matt Campbell; 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel; 9. W20-Greg Wilson; 10. 51-Freddie Rahmer; 11. 70X-Justin Peck; 12. 13-Paul McMahan; 13. 59-Jim Siegel; 14. 1X-Chad Trout; 15. 07-Gerard McIntyre; 16. 21-Brian Montieth; 17. 70-Brock Zearfoss; 18. 26-Cory Eliason; 19. 73B-Brett Michalski; 20. 39-Cory Haas (DNF); 21. 88-Brandon Rahmer (DNF); 22. 75-Chase Dietz (DNF); 23. 48-Danny Dietrich (DNF); 24. 69-Tim Galtfelter (DNF); 25. 99M-Kyle Moody (DNF); 26. 8-Billy Dietrich (DNF)
Lap Leader – Skylar Gee (1-30)
410 Sprint Heat One Finish (8 laps) - 1. 72-Ryan Smith; 2. 16-Matt Campbell; 3. 1X-Chad Trout; 4. 70-Brock Zearfoss; 5. 99-Skylar Gee; 6. 75-Chase Dietz; 7. 59-Jim Siegel; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich; 9. 69-Tim Glatfelter; 10. 40-George Hobaugh
410 Sprint Heat Two Finish (8 laps) - 1. 58-Jeff Halligan; 2. 15-Adam Wilt; 3. W20-Greg Wilson; 4. 13-Paul McMahan; 5. 70X-Justin Peck; 6. 87K-Alan Krimes; 7. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody; 9. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe; 10. 7-Trey Hiver (DNF)
410 Sprint Heat Three Finish (8 laps) - 1. 11-Daley Blaney; 2. 26-Cory Eliason; 3. 21-Brian Montieth; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel; 5. 39-Cory Haas; 6. 51-Freddie Rahmer; 7. 1*-Tim Wagaman; 8. 8-Billy Dietrich; 9. 73B-Brett Michalski; 10. 07-Gerard McIntyre
410 Sprint Dash Finish (6 laps) – 1. 99-Skylar Gee; 2. 16-Matt Campbell; 3. 11-Dale Blaney; 4. 72-Ryan Smith; 5. 58-Jeff Halligan; 6. 26-Cory Eliason; 7. 1X-Chad Trout; 8. 15-Adam Wilt
410 Sprint Consi Finish (10 laps) – 1. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 2. 59-Jim Siegel; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich; 4. 69-Tim Glatfelter; 5. 8-Billy Dietrich; 6. 07-Gerard McIntyre; 7. 1*-Tim Wagaman; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody; 9. 73B-Brett Michalski; 10. 7-Trey Hivner; (DNF); 11. 40-George Hobaugh (DNF); 12. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe (DNF)
410 Sprint Time Trial Results 1. 99-Skylar Gee 13.258; 2. 1X-Chad Trout 13.381; 3. 72-Ryan Smith 13.395; 4. 16-Matt Campbell 13.469; 5. 88-Brandon Rahmer 13.514; 6. W20-Greg Wilson 13.517; 7. 70-Brock Zearfoss 13.522; 8. 69-Tim Glatfelter 13.528; 9. 15-Adam Wilt 13.530; 10. 21-Brian Montieth 13.543; 11. 87-Aaron Reutzel 13.561; 12. 59-Jim Siegel 13.569; 13. 26-Cory Eliason 13.571; 14. 58-Jeff Halligan 13.582; 15. 11-Dale Blaney 13,584; 16. 51-Freddie Rahmer 13.587; 17. 70X-Justin Peck 13.610; 18. 75-Chase Dietz 13.617; 19. 07-Gerard McIntyre 13.649; 20. 13-Paul McMahan 13.673; 21. 48-Danny Dietrich 13.709; 22. 39-Cory Haas 13.737; 23. 87K-Alan Krimes 13.744; 24. 8-Billy Dietrich 13.755; 25. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe 13.770; 26. 99M0-Kyle Moody 13.786; 27. 40-George Hobaugh 14.019; 28. 1*-Tim Wagaman 14.126; 29. 7-Trey Hivner 14.130; 30. 73B-Brett Michalski 14.215
Pizza Shop of Etters Central PA Legends:
Central PA Legends Feature Finish (20 laps) - 1. 10-Jeremy Ott ($300); 2. 19-Travis Perry; 3. 51-Travis McClelland; 4. 95-Alex Schmeidel; 5. 18H-Jeremy Hahn; 6. 75-Chandler Pagnotta; 7. 77A-Aaron Updegraff; 8. 30-Alex Robinson; 9. 58Z-Zachary Settle; 10. 5C-Josh Schrum; 11. 14W-Stephen Wurtzer; 12. 17-Brah Weber; 13. 91-Ben Goldsmith; 14. 93-Brent Marquis; 15. 99H-Eric Hurst; 16. 66-Joe Adam; 17. 15H-Harlon Leppo (DNF); 18. 00-DJ Elzey (DNF); 19. 8CR-Mason Chaney (DNF); 20. 8-Austin Bellemare (DNF); 21. 9C-Justin Cunningham (DNF); 22. 41-Chuck Dell (DNF); 23. 53-Bill Diehl (DNF); 24. 3M-Chris McKinney (DNF)
Lap Leaders: Jeremy Ott (1 & 20), Travis Perry (2-19)
Central PA Legends Heat One Finish (8 laps) - 1. 10-Jeremy Ott; 2. 8-Austin Bellemare; 3. 14W-Stephen Wurtzer; 4. 58Z-Zachary Settle; 5. 30-Alex Robinson; 6. 93-Brent Marquis; 7. 26-Shaun Abney; 8. 66-Joe Adam1. 1A-Craig Perigo; 2. 64-Levi Peck; 3. 47T-Ryan Wilson; 4. 2J-Jason Failor; 5. 14B-Rohan Beasley; 6. 2-Austin Lorah; 7. 15-Gary Johnston; 8. 8-Larry Drake
Central PA Legends Heat Two Finish (8 laps) - 1. 53-Bill Diehl; 2. 15H-Harlon Leppo; 3. 18H-Jeremy Hahn; 4. 77A-Aaron Updegraff; 5. 9C-Justin Cunningham; 6. 91-Ben Goldsmith; 7. 19L-Jonathon Robinson; 8. 75A-Daniel Adam (DNF)
Central PA Legends Heat Three Finish (8 laps) - 1. 51-Travis McClelland; 2. 95-Alex Schmeidel; 3. 75-Chandler Pagnotta; 4. 00-DJ Elzey; 5. 5C-Josh Schrum; 6. 61-Shaun Miller; 7. 85-Michael Goldsmith; 8. 9-Rick Hartwig
Central PA Legends Heat Four Finish (8 laps) - heat 4: 1. 19-Travis Perry; 2. 3M-Chris McKinney; 3. 8CR-Mason Chaney; 4. 41-Chuck Dell; 5. 17-Brad Weber; 6. 99H-Eric Hurst; 7. 7-Ronnie Long; 8. 43-Brandon Reiblich
Central PA Legends Consi Finish (8 laps) - 1. 93-Brent Marquis; 2. 66-Joe Adam; 3. 99H-Eric Hurst; 4. 91-Ben Goldsmith; 5. 26-Shaun Abney; 6. 9-Rick Hartwig; 7. 61-Shaun Miller; 8. 43-Brandon Reiblich; 9. 85-Michael Goldsmith; 10. 7-Ronnie Long; 11. 19L-Jonathon Robinson; 12. 75A-Daniel Adam (DNF)
Saturday, August 31 (7:30pm) Bob Leiby Memorial | 410 Sprints* + 358 Sprints + Extreme Stocks + FIREWORKS (*Final points race for 410 Sprints)
Saturday, September 14 (7:30pm) 358 Sprint Summer Series | 358 Sprints* + Super Late Models + Extreme Stocks | EMMR Night | ARCH Night (*Final points race for 358 Sprints) *Final points race for 358 Sprints
Saturday, September 21 (7:30pm) All-Star Circuit of Champions Dirt Classic 6 | $20,000 to win
Bill McIntyre photo |
Officials got the field lined up after docking Brandon Rahmer a row for being late to staging are.
Gee got the advantage when the green flag dropped but Brock Zearfoss came to a stop in the bottom of turn 1 bringing out the caution.
The field lined side-by-side again for a complete restart after Zearfoss rejoined the.
Gee took the lead again on the start. The caution came out again before a lap was in the books. Danny Dietrich, Chase Dietz and Tim Glatfelter got tangled up in turn 4 with Glatfelter nearly ending up on his side.
All-Star regular, Gerard McIntyre, had a flat right front tire under caution. His team changed the flat and McIntyre was able to tag the rear.
Dietrich and Glatfelter walked back to the pits from the crash and were penalized by All-Star officials for a rule violation. Both cars were parked in the infield until the conclusion of the feature.
The field lined up once again for a complete restart and the saying “the third times a charm” rang true. The start was clean with Gee to the lead and both Dale Blaney and Jeff Halligan getting around Campbell.
As Gee was pulling away and Ryan Smith was starting to work on Campbell for fourth the caution flag flew yet again. Brian Montieth slowed as he had a flat right rear lap 2. Montieth utilized the two-minute work time and rejoined the field.
This time the field lined up for a single file restart with Gee leading Blaney, Halligan, Campbell and Smith to the cone.
Gee went high on the restart going into turn 1 with Blaney diving low.
Halligan made a move on Blaney for second and nearly bicycled after hitting the cushion but and saved it and continued on. In the meantime, both Smith and Campbell got by him shuffling him back to fifth.
The field saw the yellow again on lap 4 for McIntyre and Cory Haas who got together in turn 4.
With all of the laps run under caution early in the race the All-Stars 32-minute marker was hit, and the yellow went to an open red for teams to add fuel.
After the cars were fueled and lined up Gee led Blaney, Campbell, Smith and Halligan to the cone.
Smith worked on Campbell for third and tried a slide job in turns 3 and 4 but Campbell held the spot.
Adam Wilt went to the bottom in turn 3 to get by Cory Eliason for sixth. Eliason took the spot back on the next lap.
Gee had nearly a 2.5 second lead as he approached lap traffic on lap 10 when the caution out again in turn 2 for Montieth. Montieth was running 13th and spun out. He rejoined the field again.
Smith got under Campbell going down the back stretch for third taking the position. Campbell didn’t go away quietly and stuck around to try and get the spot back from Smith.
Wilt and Eliason continued to battle for position.
Gee had a 2.78 second lead on lap 15, halfway through the main event.
The caution came out yet again on lap16. Eliason got spun around while running 5thcoming out of turn 2. He rejoined the field.
Smith was getting a great run out of turn 2 while trying to reel in Blaney for second.
Halligan raced his way back up to fifth after falling back to seventh earlier in the race.
Gee continued to pull away but tagged the wall coming out of turn 4 lap 21 losing a second of his advantage over Blaney. Despite the mishap Gee had created enough distance between Blaney to maintain his lead as he approached lapped traffic to cross the finish line first for his first career All-Star victory.
Smith completed the podium with a third-place finish. Wilt finished fourth and Halligan crossed the line fifth.
Dale Blaney, Jeff Halligan and Ryan Smith were the heat race winners. Brandon Rahmer won the B-main.
Jeremy Ott Ends Dominating Season with Victory
Jeremy Ott has been a dominating force at Lincoln Speedway in 2019 racing with the Central PA Legends. In the series’ last race of the year at the track, Ott continued to impress.
Jeremy Hahn stared on the pole of the 20-lap feature with Travis Perry lined up to his outside. Alex Schmeidel and Ott made up the second row.
The outside line was fast with Perry taking the lead at the start and Ott sliding into second.
Ott and Perry drag raced to the flag stand to complete lap 1 with Ott getting the edge. Perry stuck around and got the lead from Ott on lap 2.
Ott got his nose under Perry coming out of turn 2 on lap 3 but couldn’t make the pass.
While Perry and Ott battled for the lead, Mason Chaney was working his way through the field from his tenth starting spot. Chaney was up to fifth by lap 4.
The yellow flag few on lap 5 for Chris McKinney when he came to a stop in the top of turn 3.
Perry led Ott, Schmeidel, Hahn and Chaney on the restart.
Chaney got by Hahn for fourth.
Perry and Ott drove wheel to wheel lap coming to the flagstand on lap 8 with Perry holding on to the lead.
Bill Diehl and Chaney got together on the front stretch bringing out the caution. Hahn was also involved but was able to keep running so he kept his spot. The cars involved were running fourth, fifth and sixth at the time.
Perry held off Ott on the restart, but Ott stayed within striking distance. Ott got his nose under Perry on lap 12 but Perry once again beat him to the flagstand.
The caution flag came out on lap 13 for Brent Marquis, DJ Elzey and Chaney in turns 3 and 4.
Lap 16 saw a three-wide battle for the lead down the front stretch between Perry, Ott and Travis McClelland. Despite the heavy pressure, Perry held on to the top spot.
Ott got his nose under Perry coming out of turn 2 on the last lap and this time it stuck with Ott beating Perry to the checkered flag. McClelland finished third. Schmeidel crossed the line fourth and Hahn completed the top five.
Jeremy Ott, Bill Diehl, Travis Perry and Travis McClelland were the heat race winners. Brent Marquis won the consi.
Also, of note, was driver Harlon Leppo who raced his last race on Saturday night. Leppo is hanging up the suit at the end of the season after a successful career in the Central PA Legends division.
This Saturday, August 31, Lincoln Speedway is back in action with the Bob Leiby Memorial featuring 410 Sprints, 358 Sprints, Extreme Stocks and fireworks. It is the final points race for the 410 Sprints. Racing starts at 7:30PM with pit gates opening at 5:00PM and grandstand gates opening at 5:30PM.
To get all the latest news, results, schedule changes and rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's website at http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all the action or pending weather conditions at Central Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
RACE RESULTS
Saturday, August 17, 2019
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
Gene Latta Ford 410 Sprints:
410 Sprint Feature Finish (30 Laps) 1. 99-Skylar Gee ($5,000); 2. 11-Dale Blaney; 3. 72-Ryan Smith; 4. 15-Adam Wilt; 5. 58-Jefg Halligan; 6. 87-Alan Krimes; 7. 16-Matt Campbell; 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel; 9. W20-Greg Wilson; 10. 51-Freddie Rahmer; 11. 70X-Justin Peck; 12. 13-Paul McMahan; 13. 59-Jim Siegel; 14. 1X-Chad Trout; 15. 07-Gerard McIntyre; 16. 21-Brian Montieth; 17. 70-Brock Zearfoss; 18. 26-Cory Eliason; 19. 73B-Brett Michalski; 20. 39-Cory Haas (DNF); 21. 88-Brandon Rahmer (DNF); 22. 75-Chase Dietz (DNF); 23. 48-Danny Dietrich (DNF); 24. 69-Tim Galtfelter (DNF); 25. 99M-Kyle Moody (DNF); 26. 8-Billy Dietrich (DNF)
Lap Leader – Skylar Gee (1-30)
410 Sprint Heat One Finish (8 laps) - 1. 72-Ryan Smith; 2. 16-Matt Campbell; 3. 1X-Chad Trout; 4. 70-Brock Zearfoss; 5. 99-Skylar Gee; 6. 75-Chase Dietz; 7. 59-Jim Siegel; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich; 9. 69-Tim Glatfelter; 10. 40-George Hobaugh
410 Sprint Heat Two Finish (8 laps) - 1. 58-Jeff Halligan; 2. 15-Adam Wilt; 3. W20-Greg Wilson; 4. 13-Paul McMahan; 5. 70X-Justin Peck; 6. 87K-Alan Krimes; 7. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody; 9. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe; 10. 7-Trey Hiver (DNF)
410 Sprint Heat Three Finish (8 laps) - 1. 11-Daley Blaney; 2. 26-Cory Eliason; 3. 21-Brian Montieth; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel; 5. 39-Cory Haas; 6. 51-Freddie Rahmer; 7. 1*-Tim Wagaman; 8. 8-Billy Dietrich; 9. 73B-Brett Michalski; 10. 07-Gerard McIntyre
410 Sprint Dash Finish (6 laps) – 1. 99-Skylar Gee; 2. 16-Matt Campbell; 3. 11-Dale Blaney; 4. 72-Ryan Smith; 5. 58-Jeff Halligan; 6. 26-Cory Eliason; 7. 1X-Chad Trout; 8. 15-Adam Wilt
410 Sprint Consi Finish (10 laps) – 1. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 2. 59-Jim Siegel; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich; 4. 69-Tim Glatfelter; 5. 8-Billy Dietrich; 6. 07-Gerard McIntyre; 7. 1*-Tim Wagaman; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody; 9. 73B-Brett Michalski; 10. 7-Trey Hivner; (DNF); 11. 40-George Hobaugh (DNF); 12. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe (DNF)
410 Sprint Time Trial Results 1. 99-Skylar Gee 13.258; 2. 1X-Chad Trout 13.381; 3. 72-Ryan Smith 13.395; 4. 16-Matt Campbell 13.469; 5. 88-Brandon Rahmer 13.514; 6. W20-Greg Wilson 13.517; 7. 70-Brock Zearfoss 13.522; 8. 69-Tim Glatfelter 13.528; 9. 15-Adam Wilt 13.530; 10. 21-Brian Montieth 13.543; 11. 87-Aaron Reutzel 13.561; 12. 59-Jim Siegel 13.569; 13. 26-Cory Eliason 13.571; 14. 58-Jeff Halligan 13.582; 15. 11-Dale Blaney 13,584; 16. 51-Freddie Rahmer 13.587; 17. 70X-Justin Peck 13.610; 18. 75-Chase Dietz 13.617; 19. 07-Gerard McIntyre 13.649; 20. 13-Paul McMahan 13.673; 21. 48-Danny Dietrich 13.709; 22. 39-Cory Haas 13.737; 23. 87K-Alan Krimes 13.744; 24. 8-Billy Dietrich 13.755; 25. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe 13.770; 26. 99M0-Kyle Moody 13.786; 27. 40-George Hobaugh 14.019; 28. 1*-Tim Wagaman 14.126; 29. 7-Trey Hivner 14.130; 30. 73B-Brett Michalski 14.215
Pizza Shop of Etters Central PA Legends:
Central PA Legends Feature Finish (20 laps) - 1. 10-Jeremy Ott ($300); 2. 19-Travis Perry; 3. 51-Travis McClelland; 4. 95-Alex Schmeidel; 5. 18H-Jeremy Hahn; 6. 75-Chandler Pagnotta; 7. 77A-Aaron Updegraff; 8. 30-Alex Robinson; 9. 58Z-Zachary Settle; 10. 5C-Josh Schrum; 11. 14W-Stephen Wurtzer; 12. 17-Brah Weber; 13. 91-Ben Goldsmith; 14. 93-Brent Marquis; 15. 99H-Eric Hurst; 16. 66-Joe Adam; 17. 15H-Harlon Leppo (DNF); 18. 00-DJ Elzey (DNF); 19. 8CR-Mason Chaney (DNF); 20. 8-Austin Bellemare (DNF); 21. 9C-Justin Cunningham (DNF); 22. 41-Chuck Dell (DNF); 23. 53-Bill Diehl (DNF); 24. 3M-Chris McKinney (DNF)
Lap Leaders: Jeremy Ott (1 & 20), Travis Perry (2-19)
Central PA Legends Heat One Finish (8 laps) - 1. 10-Jeremy Ott; 2. 8-Austin Bellemare; 3. 14W-Stephen Wurtzer; 4. 58Z-Zachary Settle; 5. 30-Alex Robinson; 6. 93-Brent Marquis; 7. 26-Shaun Abney; 8. 66-Joe Adam1. 1A-Craig Perigo; 2. 64-Levi Peck; 3. 47T-Ryan Wilson; 4. 2J-Jason Failor; 5. 14B-Rohan Beasley; 6. 2-Austin Lorah; 7. 15-Gary Johnston; 8. 8-Larry Drake
Central PA Legends Heat Two Finish (8 laps) - 1. 53-Bill Diehl; 2. 15H-Harlon Leppo; 3. 18H-Jeremy Hahn; 4. 77A-Aaron Updegraff; 5. 9C-Justin Cunningham; 6. 91-Ben Goldsmith; 7. 19L-Jonathon Robinson; 8. 75A-Daniel Adam (DNF)
Central PA Legends Heat Three Finish (8 laps) - 1. 51-Travis McClelland; 2. 95-Alex Schmeidel; 3. 75-Chandler Pagnotta; 4. 00-DJ Elzey; 5. 5C-Josh Schrum; 6. 61-Shaun Miller; 7. 85-Michael Goldsmith; 8. 9-Rick Hartwig
Central PA Legends Heat Four Finish (8 laps) - heat 4: 1. 19-Travis Perry; 2. 3M-Chris McKinney; 3. 8CR-Mason Chaney; 4. 41-Chuck Dell; 5. 17-Brad Weber; 6. 99H-Eric Hurst; 7. 7-Ronnie Long; 8. 43-Brandon Reiblich
Central PA Legends Consi Finish (8 laps) - 1. 93-Brent Marquis; 2. 66-Joe Adam; 3. 99H-Eric Hurst; 4. 91-Ben Goldsmith; 5. 26-Shaun Abney; 6. 9-Rick Hartwig; 7. 61-Shaun Miller; 8. 43-Brandon Reiblich; 9. 85-Michael Goldsmith; 10. 7-Ronnie Long; 11. 19L-Jonathon Robinson; 12. 75A-Daniel Adam (DNF)
Sunday, August 25, 2019
WOMER, FRYE, MOSER & BUSSEY WIN RACES SATURDAY NIGHT; REINHARDT, FRYE, LAWTON & JONES BECOME FIRST-TIME CHAMPIONS
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Photo courtesy of Selinsgrove Speedway |
Coleby Frye of Dover not only became a three-time winner at the track this season in the super late models but also clinched his first career track championship in the process. The $2,500 win in the 25-lap feature was also a Grit House Route 35 Challenge Race for the super late models that drew a 26-car field.
Colby Womer of Mt. Pleasant Mills won his first 360 sprint car race of the season while Kyle Reinhardt of Neptune City, N.J., scored his first track championship in the division with his seventh-place finish in the 25-lap feature.
Bob Bussey of Northumberland won his first roadrunner feature of the year with Jake Jones of Hunlock Creek crowned as the track champion.
Brandon Moser of Middleburg remained undefeated in August by winning his fourth in a row and his seventh overall in the 15-lap pro stock race. Shaun Lawton of Bloomsburg won his first track championship like his grandfather John Crawford did at the speedway in 1970.
Selinsgrove Speedway will be back in action next Sunday, Sept. 1st with the Selinsgrove Ford Summer Spectacular Ray Tilley Classic for 410 Sprint Cars plus the United Late Model Series, pro stocks, and roadrunners at 7 p.m. Gates will open at 4 p.m. There will be no racing on Saturday, Aug. 31..
Coming into the final points races of the season, Shaun Lawton in the pro stocks and Jake Jones in the roadrunners only had to take the green flag for each to claim his first track championship.
The 360 sprint cars and super late model point chases were a different story. In the 360 sprint cars, Kyle Reinhardt held a 90 point advantage over former track champion Jason Shultz. Coleby Frye’s super late model edge was even closer, leading last year’s champ Bryan Bernheisel by just 40 points. To make things even tougher the late model race was part of the Grit House Route 35 Challenge Series with a full field of cars on hand.
Austin Bishop used the outside pole to grab the early sprint car lead followed by Colby Womer who blasted up the inside. Jake Hummel, Jason Shultz and Cody Keller followed.
Jason Wagner spun in turn four bring out the caution on lap five.
Womer dogged Bishop low but the high side was faster and Bishop held him off for several laps.
Womer finally grabbed the track off turn two on lap 15 to take the lead and immediately took off. Two laps later, Ryan Kissinger passed for second and started to close on Womer.
Kissinger could not catch Womer who took his first win of the season. Kissinger, Shultz, Chad Layton and Bishop rounded out the top five.
“It’s been a long, long, long, long time,” Womer said of his first win in several years. “With two seconds, a sixth, and now a win, our team knew we were getting better but unless you’re standing here no one notices.”
Sprint car heats were won by Shultz and Layton.
Hayes Mattern shot into the late model feature race lead from the outside pole position and was followed by Dylan Yoder, Jeff Rine, Coleby Frye, and Brett Schadel. Dick Houtz spun on lap one bringing out the caution flag. While the cars paced under caution the car of Dan Green erupted in flames bringing out the red flag. Quickly on the scene, the track crew extinguished the flames and Green escaped injury.
Using the Delaware restart, Mattern maintained the lead from the outside lane while Yoder and Rine fought for second. Houtz spun again slowing the field. Under caution, Rine pulled off of the speedway.
Frye blasted by Yoder for the runner up spot and a lap later passed Mattern off of turn four for the lead. Following Frye into second was Bernheisel as the pair fought for the race win and track crown.
In clean air Frye was adding .1 seconds to his lead each lap. At the midway point of the race his lead was 3.46 seconds.
As Bernheisel was trying to catch Frye, Yoder mounted a challenge until he was running second by lap 16. Yoder immediately started to make up ground and was soon right behind Frye.
Lapped traffic came into play for the duo When the yellow flew again on the final lap for Cody Lyter who stopped on the track, setting up a one lap shootout.
Frye led the last lap winning the race and the championship.
“I lost brakes during the race and just about hit a lapped car so I didn’t want to see the caution come out on the last lap,” Frye said. “Our truck broke down twice on the way up tonight so i was already upset when we got here.”
Bryan Bernheisel, Yoder, Jim Bernheisel, and Mike Lupfer rounded out the top five.
Yoder, Mattern, and Schadel won the late model heats. Bryan Bernheisel set fast time in group time trials at 19.983 seconds.
Scott Dunham used the outside groove to take the roadrunner lead followed by Bob Bussey, Will Brunson Curtis Lawton and Terry Kramer.
Bussey passed Dunham for the lead on the following lap. A lap later Lawton was in second and Brunson followed into third.
Kramer soon joined the party and the four cars ran under a blanket.
Bussey held on for his first win of the season followed by Lawton, Brunson, Kramer and Jake Jones were in the top five.
Bussey and Tom Brunson won the Roadrunner heats.
Brandon Moser wrestled the lead from Kyle Bachman in the pro stock feature with Shaun Lawton, Corey Long, and John Schoch following. Moser wired the field for his fourth win in a row. Bachman, Lawton, Long, and Schoch rounded out the top five.
Moser won the pro stock heat.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY – 24 August 2019
360 Sprint Car Entries – 14 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 19 Colby Womer 2) 66 Ryan Kissinger 3) 29 Jason Shultz 4) 35 Chad Layton 5) 11 Austin Bishop 6) 77 Derek Locke 7) 1W Kyle Reinhardt 8) 99K Cody Keller 9) 6 Tyler Denochick 10) 1 Jake Hummel 11) 67 Jason Cherry 12) 17 Jason Wagner 13) 511 John Sharpe 14) 47 Adam Carberry
Heat Winners: Jason Shultz, Chad Layton
Late Models – 26 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) F1 Coleby Frye 2) 119 Bryan Bernheisel 3) 24 Dylan Yoder 4) 31 Jim Bernheisel 5) 06 Mike Lupfer 6) 6 Donnie Schick 7) 22 Brett Schadel 8) 27 Jim Yoder 9) 14Z Dave Brouse Jr. 10) 26 Jerry Bard 11) 3 Tim Wilson 12) 21M Matt Murphy 13) 63 Nathan Long 14) 11 Jason Schmidt 15) 000 Paul Cursey 16) 7M Meade Hahn 17) 121 Larry Neiderer 18) 0 Shaun gingrich 19) 14 Bill Conrad 20) 25 Kody Lyter 21) 9 Hayes Mattern 22) 7 Dick Houtz 23) 2J Jeff Rine 24) 46 Dan Green 25) 6N Brandon Libby 26) 11B Jake Buck
Heat Winners: Dylan Yoder, Hayes Mattern, Brett Schadel
Pro Stocks – 5 Entries
10-Lap A-Main: 1) 8M Brandon Moser 2) 99 Kyle Bachman 3) 92 Shaun Lawton 4) 00 Cory Long 5) 89 John Schoch
Heat Winner: Brandon Moser
Roadrunners – 17 Entries
12-Lap A-Main: 1) 76 Bob Bussey 2) 33 Curtis Lawton 3) 8 Will Brunson 4) 992 Terry Kramer 5) 7 Jake Jones 6) 1 Smith Cope 7) 12 Tom Underwood 8) 28 Miranda Minium 9) 11 Keith Bissinger 10) 32 Ken Schreffler 11) 60 Jimmy Kessler 12) 77 Scott Dunham 13) 63 Willy Holmes 14) 15 Dustin Snook 15) 3 Tom Brunson 16) 14 Cory Lindermuth 17) 2B Brian Mabus
Heat Winners: Bob Bussey, Tom Brunson
Gio Scelzi Wins $5,000 at Knoxville; Brian Brown Takes Championship! Carson McCarl Takes 360 Feature and Championship; Jamie Ball Wins 360 Make-up Russ Hall Wins in Pro Sprints; Matthew Stelzer Claims Title
by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 24, 2019) – Gio Scelzi impressed by winning his second feature of the year at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The Xtream Powered by Mediacom Season Championship saw four different winners. Scelzi’s win in the 410 feature was worth $5,000 aboard the Indy Race Parts #71. Brian Brown, who garnered five season wins won his third 410 season title here (he also won in 2007 and 2010).
Carson McCarl finished the season strong, winning the regularly scheduled 360 main event, finishing third in the June 22 make-up feature, and claiming his first career 360 Knoxville Championship Cup. Jamie Ball won the make-up event, the fifth in his career here. Russ Hall claimed his second Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance win, while Matthew Stelzer garnered his second championship with the series (his first came in 2012).
A pileup greeted the 410 competitors when the green fell in their feature. When contact from another car struck Lynton Jeffrey, he helicoptered, collecting Chad Boespflug and Glen Saville who both got upside down. Everyone walked away, but was done.
Wayne Johnson paced the field early in a race that was shortened to 20 laps with rain in the area. Scelzi jumped into second and then took the point on lap three. He was in lapped traffic and pulling away by the eighth circuit. Behind him, Kerry Madsen was moving forward, grabbing fourth from Terry McCarl on lap 13, and taking third from Brooke Tatnell on lap 15.
RJ Johnson brought out the yellow flag when he stopped in turn three with two to go. The two lap Dash saw Scelzi leading Johnson, Madsen, Tatnell and McCarl back to green. Scelzi pulled away for his win, ahead of Johnson, Madsen, McCarl and a late closing Parker Price-Miller. Tatnell, Brown, Matt Juhl, Trey Starks and Austin McCarl rounded out the top ten. Starks cinched Rookie of the Year honors. Brown set quick time over the 27-car field, while Tatnell, Justin Henderson and Josh Schneiderman won heats.
“We were pretty good,” said Scelzi in Victory Lane. “This is so cool to win Doug Clark’s last race. I’m having so much fun racing this car right now with Bernie (Stuebgen) and Betsy. We’re just kind of taking it week by week. Racing has become a lot of fun again, and I’m just enjoying doing it.”
It was a busy night for the 360’s, and much was undecided heading in. Carson McCarl’s lead over Ryan Giles was tenuous, and Giles closed the gap after setting quick time and running third in his heat, with McCarl behind him.
In the regular feature, disaster struck a few competitors before a lap was completed. Giles had issues in turn four in an incident that saw Jon Agan get upside down, and Ryan Leavitt, Matt Moro and Austin McCarl collected. In the end, only Agan and Moro would retire, but Giles and McCarl had to restart at the tail. No one was injured.
The next start saw Terry McCarl contact Clint Garner heading into turn one, while Carson McCarl took the early lead over McKenna Haase, Lee Grosz, Calvin Landis and Wayne Johnson. Haase would power by McCarl on the fourth lap, while a limping Garner went pitside.
Seventh running Terry McCarl’s right rear would go down on lap six as B main transfer Kelby Watt spun on the top of three while running ninth. Haase led Carson McCarl, Grosz, Landis and Johnson back to green. Johnson’s night ended on lap 13 in a puff of smoke, while Austin McCarl had climbed the ladder from the tail to fifth. He would grab fourth from Landis with two to go.
Up front, Haase was under pressure from Carson McCarl. On the last lap, she missed the bottom a bit and was behind the lapped car of Terry McCarl in turn two. Carson McCarl pounced on the opportunity and shot into the lead on the backstretch. The win was his second of the year and in his career in the 360 class. Haase, Grosz, Austin McCarl and Landis followed him. Jamie Ball, Giles, Sawyer Phillips, Nate Mills and Robbie Price completed the top ten. Ayrton Gennetten, Ball, Mills and Austin McCarl were heat winners. Josh Higday won the B.
“Our car was good all night,” said Carson McCarl in Victory Lane. “I just didn’t know where to be. I felt like I was catching (Haase) on the bottom and the top. She changed her lines on the straightaway and messed me up quite a bit, but that’s racing. She did a really nice job. The bottom started going away getting into one there a little. She was leading and probably didn’t know that. I was able to rip the top and get a run on that last lap. I saw her miss it, and I never lifted and off we went.”
McCarl’s lead over Giles was 70 points heading into the make-up event. Jamie Ball shot from outside row one to lead early over Garner, Landis, Carson McCarl and Haase. McCarl and Haase both worked their way by Landis into third and fourth, respectively. Ball entered lapped traffic on the seventh circuit.
On lap 10, Ryan Leavitt flipped in turn two. He walked away. Ball led Garner and McCarl back to green. Giles worked his way into the top five late before Nate Mills was a flip victim with three to go. He walked away, and as the rains came, the event was checkered.
Ball got the win, ahead of Garner, Carson McCarl, Haase and Giles. Moro, Landis, Josh Higday, Tasker Phillips and Agan rounded out the top ten. McCarl’s finish nailed down his title.
“On that restart, Garner was behind us, and he’s tough to beat,” said Ball. “We were able to cover him up, and I found what I call the ‘Shane Stewart line’ down in three and four where I felt good. It’s been a year since we won, and it feels good. I’m just happy we got this one in. We’ve been waiting since June 22.”
A crash marred the beginning of the Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance 18-lap feature. Chase Young was flipping and struck by the car of Tanner Barrick. Young was transported for observation, but was visiting with the emergency crew upon departure.
The feature was all Russ Hall early, as he led Jeff Wilke and Evan Epperson. Epperson quickly used the cushion to gain second, while Brandon Worthington shot from seventh to third by lap four. Matt Johnston followed him into fourth on lap seven.
Epperson appeared to be running down Hall when the caution flew with two to go for a spun Worthington, who was running third at the time. Hall used the low side to pull away and win ahead of Epperson, Johnston, Mike Mayberry and Chris Walraven. Worthington, champion Matthew Stelzer, Wilke, Devin Wignall and Scotty Johnson rounded out the top ten. Hall posted quick time, while Stelzer and Wignall won heats.
“This race was longer than we usually go!” said Hall in Victory Lane after asking what his thoughts were on the last caution. “I was having a good time. The track crew did a great job. I’m a sewer rat, and they had the bottom juiced up good tonight. I’m having a blast and I’m glad to be back up here.”
The 16th Annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals commence September 12-14! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (26), 15.251; 2. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (15), 15.3; 3. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (22), 15.409; 4. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (25), 15.524; 5. 83, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (5), 15.528; 6. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (27), 15.551; 7. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (1), 15.637; 8. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (11), 15.640; 9. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (4), 15.656; 10. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (8), 15.683; 11. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (16), 15.710; 12. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (19), 15.720; 13. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (10), 15.727; 14. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (2), 15.742; 15. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (9), 15.792; 16. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (3), 15.844; 17. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (13), 15.858; 18. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (12), 15.878; 19. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (17), 15.890; 20. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (18), 15.929; 21. 98, Chad Boespflug, Hanford, CA (14), 15.941; 22. 7S, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (24), 15.941; 23. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (6), 16.126; 24. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (7), 16.331; 25. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (20), 16.511; 26. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (23), 16.653; 27. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (21), NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:09.9: 1. Brooke Tatnell (3); 2. Matt Juhl (2); 3. Wayne Johnson (4); 4. Brian Brown (6); 5. Davey Heskin (5); 6. Bobby Mincer (1); 7. RJ Johnson (8); 8. Dustin Selvage (7); 9. Bob Weuve (9)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:08.1: 1. Justin Henderson (2); 2. Gio Scelzi (4); 3. Kerry Madsen (6); 4. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 5. Tasker Phillips (3); 6. Chris Martin (7); 7. Glen Saville (8); 8. Chase Wanner (1); 9. Joe Simbro (9)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:10.1: 1. Josh Schneiderman (1); 2. Trey Starks (3); 3. Austin McCarl (4); 4. Terry McCarl (6); 5. Parker Price-Miller (5); 6. Mason Daniel (2); 7. Travis Rilat (8); 8. Chad Boespflug (7) DNS – Sawyer Phillips
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Gio Scelzi (4); 2. Wayne Johnson (2); 3. Kerry Madsen (8); 4. Terry McCarl (6); 5. Parker Price-Miller (9); 6. Brooke Tatnell (1); 7. Brian Brown (7); 8. Matt Juhl (13); 9. Trey Starks (11); 10. Austin McCarl (10); 11. Tasker Phillips (15); 12. Justin Henderson (12); 13. Mason Daniel (16); 14. Travis Rilat (24); 15. Davey Heskin (3); 16. Chris Martin (18); 17. RJ Johnson (21); 18. Dustin Selvage (20); 19. Bobby Mincer (17); 20. Bob Weuve (25); 21. Josh Schneiderman (14); 22. Chase Wanner (19); 23. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 24. Glen Saville (22); 25. Chad Boespflug (23) DNS – Joe Simbro, Sawyer Phillips. Lap Leaders: W. Johnson 1-2, G. Scelzi 3-20. Hard-charger: Rilat.
360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (5), 16.333; 2. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (10), 16.333; 3. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (6), 16.434; 4. 4X, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (3), 16.449; 5. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (23), 16.462; 6. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (19), 16.596; 7. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (37), 16.606; 8. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (9), 16.632; 9. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (1), 16.664; 10. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (15), 16.669; 11. 66, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (38), 16.671; 12. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (25), 16.730; 13. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (14), 16.765; 14. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (36), 16.783; 15. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (13), 16.801; 16. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (18), 16.806; 17. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (30), 16.821; 18. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (12), 16.841; 19. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (27), 16.871; 20. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (4), 16.892; 21. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (22), 16.895; 22. 21P, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can (8), 16.902; 23. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (21), 16.941; 24. 99, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (17), 16.965; 25. 1, Michelle Decker, Guthrie, OK (34), 16.970; 26. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (20), 16.983; 27. 40C, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (29), 17.003; 28. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (11), 17.007; 29. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (28), 17.023; 30. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (26), 17.025; 31. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (16), 17.184; 32. 19, Rob Weuve, Newton, IA (7), 17.276; 33. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (2), 17.442; 34. 26, Anthony Foster, Clyde, VIC, Aust. (33), 17.566; 35. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (35), 17.576; 36. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (31), 17.623; 37. 33J, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (32), 17.635; 38. 41D, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA (24), 17.913.
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 1:59.2: 1. Ayrton Gennetten (1); 2. Sawyer Phillips (2); 3. Ryan Giles (6); 4. Carson McCarl (5); 5. Rob Kubli (3); 6. Ryan Leavitt (4); 7. Eric Bridger (8); 8. Michelle Decker (7); 9. Jon Hughes (9); 10. Jayce Jenkins (10)
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, NT: 1. Jamie Ball (3); 2. Robbie Price (1); 3. Jon Agan (4); 4. Clint Garner (5); 5. Lee Grosz (6); 6. Tasker Phillips (8); 7. Brad Comegys (7); 8. Dan Henning (10); 9. Anthony Foster (9); 10. Alan Zoutte (2)
Heat three (started), 7 Laps, 1:58.9: 1. Nathan Mills (2); 2. Josh Higday (1); 3. McKenna Haase (5); 4. Calvin Landis (6); 5. Ricky Montgomery (4); 6. Christian Bowman (3); 7. Cody Wehrle (7); 8. Mitchell Alexander (8); 9. John Anderson (9)
Heat four (started), 7 Laps, 1:59.9: 1. Austin McCarl (1); 2. Tom Lenz (2); 3. Matt Moro (3); 4. Terry McCarl (6); 5. Wayne Johnson (5); 6. Kelby Watt (4); 7. Ben Woods (7); 8. Casey Greubel (9); 9. Rob Weuve (8)
B main (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Josh Higday (4); 2. Kelby Watt (1); 3. Tasker Phillips (10); 4. Michelle Decker (3) / 5. Cody Wehrle (5); 6. Eric Bridger (7); 7. Brad Comegys (6); 8. Rob Weuve (12); 9. Ben Woods (8); 10. Casey Greubel (14); 11. John Anderson (11); 12. Jon Hughes (9); 13. Dan Henning (15); 14. Anthony Foster (13); 15. Christian Bowman (2) DNS – Alan Zoutte, Mitchell Alexander, Jayce Jenkins
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Carson McCarl (2); 2. McKenna Haase (1); 3. Lee Grosz (4); 4. Austin McCarl (18); 5. Calvin Landis (5); 6. Jamie Ball (9); 7. Ryan Giles (6); 8. Sawyer Phillips (13); 9. Nathan Mills (11); 10. Robbie Price (20); 11. Ayrton Gennetten (15); 12. Josh Higday (21); 13. Ryan Leavitt (12); 14. Terry McCarl (3); 15. Rob Kubli (19); 16. Tom Lenz (17); 17. Michelle Decker (24); 18. Ricky Montgomery (14); 19. Wayne Johnson (10); 20. Tasker Phillips (23); 21. Kelby Watt (22); 22. Clint Garner (7); 23. Jon Agan (8); 24. Matt Moro (16). Lap Leaders: C. McCarl 1-3, Haase 4-19, C. McCarl 20. Hard-charger: A. McCarl.
A main - Make-up (started), 17 Laps (rain shortened), NT: 1. Jamie Ball (2); 2. Clint Garner (3); 3. Carson McCarl (4); 4. McKenna Haase (6); 5. Ryan Giles (5); 6. Matt Moro (8); 7. Calvin Landis (1); 8. Josh Higday (10); 9. 3P, Tasker Phillips (12); 10. Jon Agan (18); 11. Austin McCarl (16); 12. Nathan Mills (15); 13. Tom Lenz (7); 14. Brad Comegys (14); 15. Rob Kubli (13); 16. Eric Bridger (20); 17. Jon Hughes (22); 18. Mitchell Alexander (17); 19. Cody Wehrle (11); 20. Ryan Leavitt (9); 21. Rob Weuve (19); 22. Casey Greubel (21) DNS - 23. Ricky Montgomery 24. Kelby Watt 25. Alan Zoutte; 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA; 23s, Stu Snyder, Waverly, NE. Lap Leader: Ball 1-18. Hard-charger: Agan.
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (4), 17.406; 2. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA (10), 17.416; 3. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (5), 17.426; 4. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (8), 17.468; 5. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (12), 17.503; 6. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (2), 17.545; 7. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (6), 17.630; 8. 50, Scotty Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (3), 17.656; 9. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (1), 17.673; 10. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (7), 17.747; 11. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (9), 18.012; 12. 11, Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (11), 18.367; 13. 43J, Jaslyn Jones, Monroe, IA (13), 24.445
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:47.8: 1. Matthew Stelzer (2); 2. Mike Johnston (1); 3. Russ Hall (6); 4. Brandon Worthington (4); 5. Chris Walraven (5); 6. Mike Mayberry (3); 7. Jaslyn Jones (7)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:48.3: 1. Devin Wignall (4); 2. Jeff Wilke (5); 3. Tyler Barrick (1); 4. Chase Young (2); 5. Evan Epperson (6); 6. Scotty Johnson (3)
A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Russ Hall (1); 2. Evan Epperson (4); 3. Mike Johnston (8); 4. Mike Mayberry (9); 5. Chris Walraven (5); 6. Brandon Worthington (7); 7. Matthew Stelzer (6); 8. Jeff Wilke (2); 9. Devin Wignall (3); 10. Scotty Johnson (12); 11. Jaslyn Jones (13); 12. Chase Young (10); 13. Tyler Barrick (11). Lap Leader: Hall 1-18. Hard-charger: Johnston.
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 24, 2019) – Gio Scelzi impressed by winning his second feature of the year at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The Xtream Powered by Mediacom Season Championship saw four different winners. Scelzi’s win in the 410 feature was worth $5,000 aboard the Indy Race Parts #71. Brian Brown, who garnered five season wins won his third 410 season title here (he also won in 2007 and 2010).
Carson McCarl finished the season strong, winning the regularly scheduled 360 main event, finishing third in the June 22 make-up feature, and claiming his first career 360 Knoxville Championship Cup. Jamie Ball won the make-up event, the fifth in his career here. Russ Hall claimed his second Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance win, while Matthew Stelzer garnered his second championship with the series (his first came in 2012).
A pileup greeted the 410 competitors when the green fell in their feature. When contact from another car struck Lynton Jeffrey, he helicoptered, collecting Chad Boespflug and Glen Saville who both got upside down. Everyone walked away, but was done.
Wayne Johnson paced the field early in a race that was shortened to 20 laps with rain in the area. Scelzi jumped into second and then took the point on lap three. He was in lapped traffic and pulling away by the eighth circuit. Behind him, Kerry Madsen was moving forward, grabbing fourth from Terry McCarl on lap 13, and taking third from Brooke Tatnell on lap 15.
RJ Johnson brought out the yellow flag when he stopped in turn three with two to go. The two lap Dash saw Scelzi leading Johnson, Madsen, Tatnell and McCarl back to green. Scelzi pulled away for his win, ahead of Johnson, Madsen, McCarl and a late closing Parker Price-Miller. Tatnell, Brown, Matt Juhl, Trey Starks and Austin McCarl rounded out the top ten. Starks cinched Rookie of the Year honors. Brown set quick time over the 27-car field, while Tatnell, Justin Henderson and Josh Schneiderman won heats.
“We were pretty good,” said Scelzi in Victory Lane. “This is so cool to win Doug Clark’s last race. I’m having so much fun racing this car right now with Bernie (Stuebgen) and Betsy. We’re just kind of taking it week by week. Racing has become a lot of fun again, and I’m just enjoying doing it.”
It was a busy night for the 360’s, and much was undecided heading in. Carson McCarl’s lead over Ryan Giles was tenuous, and Giles closed the gap after setting quick time and running third in his heat, with McCarl behind him.
In the regular feature, disaster struck a few competitors before a lap was completed. Giles had issues in turn four in an incident that saw Jon Agan get upside down, and Ryan Leavitt, Matt Moro and Austin McCarl collected. In the end, only Agan and Moro would retire, but Giles and McCarl had to restart at the tail. No one was injured.
The next start saw Terry McCarl contact Clint Garner heading into turn one, while Carson McCarl took the early lead over McKenna Haase, Lee Grosz, Calvin Landis and Wayne Johnson. Haase would power by McCarl on the fourth lap, while a limping Garner went pitside.
Seventh running Terry McCarl’s right rear would go down on lap six as B main transfer Kelby Watt spun on the top of three while running ninth. Haase led Carson McCarl, Grosz, Landis and Johnson back to green. Johnson’s night ended on lap 13 in a puff of smoke, while Austin McCarl had climbed the ladder from the tail to fifth. He would grab fourth from Landis with two to go.
Up front, Haase was under pressure from Carson McCarl. On the last lap, she missed the bottom a bit and was behind the lapped car of Terry McCarl in turn two. Carson McCarl pounced on the opportunity and shot into the lead on the backstretch. The win was his second of the year and in his career in the 360 class. Haase, Grosz, Austin McCarl and Landis followed him. Jamie Ball, Giles, Sawyer Phillips, Nate Mills and Robbie Price completed the top ten. Ayrton Gennetten, Ball, Mills and Austin McCarl were heat winners. Josh Higday won the B.
“Our car was good all night,” said Carson McCarl in Victory Lane. “I just didn’t know where to be. I felt like I was catching (Haase) on the bottom and the top. She changed her lines on the straightaway and messed me up quite a bit, but that’s racing. She did a really nice job. The bottom started going away getting into one there a little. She was leading and probably didn’t know that. I was able to rip the top and get a run on that last lap. I saw her miss it, and I never lifted and off we went.”
McCarl’s lead over Giles was 70 points heading into the make-up event. Jamie Ball shot from outside row one to lead early over Garner, Landis, Carson McCarl and Haase. McCarl and Haase both worked their way by Landis into third and fourth, respectively. Ball entered lapped traffic on the seventh circuit.
On lap 10, Ryan Leavitt flipped in turn two. He walked away. Ball led Garner and McCarl back to green. Giles worked his way into the top five late before Nate Mills was a flip victim with three to go. He walked away, and as the rains came, the event was checkered.
Ball got the win, ahead of Garner, Carson McCarl, Haase and Giles. Moro, Landis, Josh Higday, Tasker Phillips and Agan rounded out the top ten. McCarl’s finish nailed down his title.
“On that restart, Garner was behind us, and he’s tough to beat,” said Ball. “We were able to cover him up, and I found what I call the ‘Shane Stewart line’ down in three and four where I felt good. It’s been a year since we won, and it feels good. I’m just happy we got this one in. We’ve been waiting since June 22.”
A crash marred the beginning of the Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance 18-lap feature. Chase Young was flipping and struck by the car of Tanner Barrick. Young was transported for observation, but was visiting with the emergency crew upon departure.
The feature was all Russ Hall early, as he led Jeff Wilke and Evan Epperson. Epperson quickly used the cushion to gain second, while Brandon Worthington shot from seventh to third by lap four. Matt Johnston followed him into fourth on lap seven.
Epperson appeared to be running down Hall when the caution flew with two to go for a spun Worthington, who was running third at the time. Hall used the low side to pull away and win ahead of Epperson, Johnston, Mike Mayberry and Chris Walraven. Worthington, champion Matthew Stelzer, Wilke, Devin Wignall and Scotty Johnson rounded out the top ten. Hall posted quick time, while Stelzer and Wignall won heats.
“This race was longer than we usually go!” said Hall in Victory Lane after asking what his thoughts were on the last caution. “I was having a good time. The track crew did a great job. I’m a sewer rat, and they had the bottom juiced up good tonight. I’m having a blast and I’m glad to be back up here.”
The 16th Annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals commence September 12-14! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (26), 15.251; 2. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (15), 15.3; 3. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (22), 15.409; 4. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (25), 15.524; 5. 83, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (5), 15.528; 6. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (27), 15.551; 7. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (1), 15.637; 8. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (11), 15.640; 9. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (4), 15.656; 10. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (8), 15.683; 11. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (16), 15.710; 12. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (19), 15.720; 13. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (10), 15.727; 14. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (2), 15.742; 15. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (9), 15.792; 16. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (3), 15.844; 17. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (13), 15.858; 18. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (12), 15.878; 19. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (17), 15.890; 20. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (18), 15.929; 21. 98, Chad Boespflug, Hanford, CA (14), 15.941; 22. 7S, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (24), 15.941; 23. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (6), 16.126; 24. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (7), 16.331; 25. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (20), 16.511; 26. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (23), 16.653; 27. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (21), NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:09.9: 1. Brooke Tatnell (3); 2. Matt Juhl (2); 3. Wayne Johnson (4); 4. Brian Brown (6); 5. Davey Heskin (5); 6. Bobby Mincer (1); 7. RJ Johnson (8); 8. Dustin Selvage (7); 9. Bob Weuve (9)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:08.1: 1. Justin Henderson (2); 2. Gio Scelzi (4); 3. Kerry Madsen (6); 4. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 5. Tasker Phillips (3); 6. Chris Martin (7); 7. Glen Saville (8); 8. Chase Wanner (1); 9. Joe Simbro (9)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:10.1: 1. Josh Schneiderman (1); 2. Trey Starks (3); 3. Austin McCarl (4); 4. Terry McCarl (6); 5. Parker Price-Miller (5); 6. Mason Daniel (2); 7. Travis Rilat (8); 8. Chad Boespflug (7) DNS – Sawyer Phillips
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Gio Scelzi (4); 2. Wayne Johnson (2); 3. Kerry Madsen (8); 4. Terry McCarl (6); 5. Parker Price-Miller (9); 6. Brooke Tatnell (1); 7. Brian Brown (7); 8. Matt Juhl (13); 9. Trey Starks (11); 10. Austin McCarl (10); 11. Tasker Phillips (15); 12. Justin Henderson (12); 13. Mason Daniel (16); 14. Travis Rilat (24); 15. Davey Heskin (3); 16. Chris Martin (18); 17. RJ Johnson (21); 18. Dustin Selvage (20); 19. Bobby Mincer (17); 20. Bob Weuve (25); 21. Josh Schneiderman (14); 22. Chase Wanner (19); 23. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 24. Glen Saville (22); 25. Chad Boespflug (23) DNS – Joe Simbro, Sawyer Phillips. Lap Leaders: W. Johnson 1-2, G. Scelzi 3-20. Hard-charger: Rilat.
360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (5), 16.333; 2. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (10), 16.333; 3. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (6), 16.434; 4. 4X, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (3), 16.449; 5. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (23), 16.462; 6. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (19), 16.596; 7. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (37), 16.606; 8. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (9), 16.632; 9. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (1), 16.664; 10. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (15), 16.669; 11. 66, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (38), 16.671; 12. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (25), 16.730; 13. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (14), 16.765; 14. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (36), 16.783; 15. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (13), 16.801; 16. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (18), 16.806; 17. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (30), 16.821; 18. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (12), 16.841; 19. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (27), 16.871; 20. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (4), 16.892; 21. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (22), 16.895; 22. 21P, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can (8), 16.902; 23. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (21), 16.941; 24. 99, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (17), 16.965; 25. 1, Michelle Decker, Guthrie, OK (34), 16.970; 26. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (20), 16.983; 27. 40C, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (29), 17.003; 28. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (11), 17.007; 29. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (28), 17.023; 30. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (26), 17.025; 31. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (16), 17.184; 32. 19, Rob Weuve, Newton, IA (7), 17.276; 33. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (2), 17.442; 34. 26, Anthony Foster, Clyde, VIC, Aust. (33), 17.566; 35. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (35), 17.576; 36. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (31), 17.623; 37. 33J, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (32), 17.635; 38. 41D, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA (24), 17.913.
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 1:59.2: 1. Ayrton Gennetten (1); 2. Sawyer Phillips (2); 3. Ryan Giles (6); 4. Carson McCarl (5); 5. Rob Kubli (3); 6. Ryan Leavitt (4); 7. Eric Bridger (8); 8. Michelle Decker (7); 9. Jon Hughes (9); 10. Jayce Jenkins (10)
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, NT: 1. Jamie Ball (3); 2. Robbie Price (1); 3. Jon Agan (4); 4. Clint Garner (5); 5. Lee Grosz (6); 6. Tasker Phillips (8); 7. Brad Comegys (7); 8. Dan Henning (10); 9. Anthony Foster (9); 10. Alan Zoutte (2)
Heat three (started), 7 Laps, 1:58.9: 1. Nathan Mills (2); 2. Josh Higday (1); 3. McKenna Haase (5); 4. Calvin Landis (6); 5. Ricky Montgomery (4); 6. Christian Bowman (3); 7. Cody Wehrle (7); 8. Mitchell Alexander (8); 9. John Anderson (9)
Heat four (started), 7 Laps, 1:59.9: 1. Austin McCarl (1); 2. Tom Lenz (2); 3. Matt Moro (3); 4. Terry McCarl (6); 5. Wayne Johnson (5); 6. Kelby Watt (4); 7. Ben Woods (7); 8. Casey Greubel (9); 9. Rob Weuve (8)
B main (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Josh Higday (4); 2. Kelby Watt (1); 3. Tasker Phillips (10); 4. Michelle Decker (3) / 5. Cody Wehrle (5); 6. Eric Bridger (7); 7. Brad Comegys (6); 8. Rob Weuve (12); 9. Ben Woods (8); 10. Casey Greubel (14); 11. John Anderson (11); 12. Jon Hughes (9); 13. Dan Henning (15); 14. Anthony Foster (13); 15. Christian Bowman (2) DNS – Alan Zoutte, Mitchell Alexander, Jayce Jenkins
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Carson McCarl (2); 2. McKenna Haase (1); 3. Lee Grosz (4); 4. Austin McCarl (18); 5. Calvin Landis (5); 6. Jamie Ball (9); 7. Ryan Giles (6); 8. Sawyer Phillips (13); 9. Nathan Mills (11); 10. Robbie Price (20); 11. Ayrton Gennetten (15); 12. Josh Higday (21); 13. Ryan Leavitt (12); 14. Terry McCarl (3); 15. Rob Kubli (19); 16. Tom Lenz (17); 17. Michelle Decker (24); 18. Ricky Montgomery (14); 19. Wayne Johnson (10); 20. Tasker Phillips (23); 21. Kelby Watt (22); 22. Clint Garner (7); 23. Jon Agan (8); 24. Matt Moro (16). Lap Leaders: C. McCarl 1-3, Haase 4-19, C. McCarl 20. Hard-charger: A. McCarl.
A main - Make-up (started), 17 Laps (rain shortened), NT: 1. Jamie Ball (2); 2. Clint Garner (3); 3. Carson McCarl (4); 4. McKenna Haase (6); 5. Ryan Giles (5); 6. Matt Moro (8); 7. Calvin Landis (1); 8. Josh Higday (10); 9. 3P, Tasker Phillips (12); 10. Jon Agan (18); 11. Austin McCarl (16); 12. Nathan Mills (15); 13. Tom Lenz (7); 14. Brad Comegys (14); 15. Rob Kubli (13); 16. Eric Bridger (20); 17. Jon Hughes (22); 18. Mitchell Alexander (17); 19. Cody Wehrle (11); 20. Ryan Leavitt (9); 21. Rob Weuve (19); 22. Casey Greubel (21) DNS - 23. Ricky Montgomery 24. Kelby Watt 25. Alan Zoutte; 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA; 23s, Stu Snyder, Waverly, NE. Lap Leader: Ball 1-18. Hard-charger: Agan.
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (4), 17.406; 2. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA (10), 17.416; 3. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (5), 17.426; 4. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (8), 17.468; 5. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (12), 17.503; 6. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (2), 17.545; 7. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (6), 17.630; 8. 50, Scotty Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (3), 17.656; 9. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (1), 17.673; 10. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (7), 17.747; 11. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (9), 18.012; 12. 11, Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (11), 18.367; 13. 43J, Jaslyn Jones, Monroe, IA (13), 24.445
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:47.8: 1. Matthew Stelzer (2); 2. Mike Johnston (1); 3. Russ Hall (6); 4. Brandon Worthington (4); 5. Chris Walraven (5); 6. Mike Mayberry (3); 7. Jaslyn Jones (7)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:48.3: 1. Devin Wignall (4); 2. Jeff Wilke (5); 3. Tyler Barrick (1); 4. Chase Young (2); 5. Evan Epperson (6); 6. Scotty Johnson (3)
A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Russ Hall (1); 2. Evan Epperson (4); 3. Mike Johnston (8); 4. Mike Mayberry (9); 5. Chris Walraven (5); 6. Brandon Worthington (7); 7. Matthew Stelzer (6); 8. Jeff Wilke (2); 9. Devin Wignall (3); 10. Scotty Johnson (12); 11. Jaslyn Jones (13); 12. Chase Young (10); 13. Tyler Barrick (11). Lap Leader: Hall 1-18. Hard-charger: Johnston.
Skylar Gee dominates Lincoln Speedway for first-ever All Star victory; Series up 3-1 over Posse with one event remaining
ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. (August 24, 2019) - Earning a first-ever Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory is certainly special, but to attain that feat in the heart of Pennsylvania Posse Country is on an entirely different level, especially with MAVTV Motorsports Network cameras on the prowl.
Leduc, Alberta, Canada’s Skylar Gee reached that level on Saturday night in the Pigeon Hills, eventually dominating All Star Circuit of Champions feature competition at the ‘Fabulous’ Lincoln Speedway by leading all 30 circuits, doing so from the pole position.
Not only did Gee lead every lap, but the All Star Rookie of the Year contender did it in incredible fashion, ultimately crossing under the final checkers by a margin of victory surpassing two seconds. Impressive enough, Gee’s lead reached nearly three seconds by the midpoint of the program, but a caution on lap 17 knocked his wicked pace back to idle.
Six-time All Star champion and all-time Series win leader, Dale Blaney, chased Gee to the finish, followed by Ryan Smith, Adam Wilt and Jeff Halligan.
“Hats off to my team. They gave me one hell of a race car tonight,” said Skylar Gee in victory lane, who nearly swept the program by setting fast time, winning the dash, and finally, winning the $5,000 main event. “This was a fun race track. I can’t wait to come back here.”
With six cautions, including an unforeseen fuel stop on lap four, cutting-up the 30-lapper, the only real challenges for Gee were the multiple restarts. In fact, the third generation ace was forced to survive two complete restarts before getting underway, officially.
A tap against the turn four, outside retaining wall gave Gee a stir on lap 22, ultimately trimming his near-three second command over Blaney to a single second. Despite the fact, Blaney was unable to capitalize. Even when a lapped car blocked Gee’s preferred top lane in the final corner, nobody was present to potentially overtake. The ASCS graduate did not falter, however, and simply dived through the corner to set-up a straight shot at the flagstand.
“I’m looking at the board and I’m seeing Dale Blaney and the 72 [Ryan Smith] and I think ‘I better get going here,’” Gee continued, pilot of the Moto Gator/Raw Machinery/Carlan Services/No. 99 sprint car. “I just kept trying to change it up and plan my starts right; I think I did a pretty good job of that. It really hasn’t sunk in yet. I really don’t know what to say.”
Fans should note they can relive the action from Lincoln Speedway via MAVTV Motorsports Network on Sunday, October 27.
Justin Snyder’s Salute to the Troops event at BAPS Motor Speedway will conclude the All Star weekend road trip on Sunday evening, August 25. Like the events at Grandview Speedway and Lincoln Speedway, the Sunday night showstopper will award a $5,000 payday.
BAPS Motor Speedway near York Haven, Pennsylvania, will open pit gates at 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 25. A mandatory All Star Circuit of Champions drivers meeting will be conducted at 5:45 p.m., followed by hot laps at 6:15 p.m., sharp. Those seeking additional information should visit BAPS Motor Speedway live on the Web at www.bapsmotorspeedway.com.
Contingency Awards/Results: Lincoln Speedway - August 24, 2019:
Entries: 30
C&R Racing All Star Warm-Ups: Cory Eliason - 13.365 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Skylar Gee - 13.258 seconds
Ford Performance Heat #1: Ryan Smith
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Jeff Halligan
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Dale Blaney
JE Pistons presented by Fatheadz Eyewear Dash: Skylar Gee
Classic Ink USA Screenprinting B-Main Winner: Brandon Rahmer
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet A-Main Winner: Skylar Gee
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Alan Krimes (+12)
Cometic Gasket Most A-Main Laps Led: Skylar Gee
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Tim Wagaman
(Lincoln Electric, MSD Performance, Fatheadz Eyewear, Rayce Rudeen Foundation, Cometic Gasket: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 99-Skylar Gee, 13.258; 2. 1X-Chad Trout, 13.381; 3. 72-Ryan Smith, 13.395; 4. 16-Matt Campbell, 13.469; 5. 70-Brock Zearfoss, 13.522; 6. 69-Tim Glatfelter, 13.528; 7. 59-Jim Siegel, 13.569; 8. 75-Chase Dietz, 13.617; 9. 48-Danny Dietrich, 13.709; 10. 40-George Hobaugh, 14.019
Group (B)
1. 88-Brandon Rahmer, 13.514; 2. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.517; 3. 15-Adam Wilt, 13.530; 4. 58-Jeff Halligan, 13.582; 5. 70X-Justin Peck, 13.610; 6. 13-Paul McMahan, 13.673; 7. 87K-Alan Krimes, 13.744; 8. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe, 13.770; 9. 99M-Kyle Moody, 13.786; 10. 7-Trey Hivner, 14.130
Group (C)
1. 21-Brian Montieth, 13.543; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 13.561; 3. 26-Cory Eliason, 13.571; 4. 11-Dale Blaney, 13.584; 5. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 13.587; 6. O7-Gerard McIntyre, 13.649; 7. 39-Cory Haas, 13.737; 8. 8-Billy Dietrich, 13.755; 9. 1s-Tim Wagaman, 13.846; 10. 73B-Brett Michalski, 14.215
Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer
1. 72-Ryan Smith [2]; 2. 16-Matt Campbell [1]; 3. 1X-Chad Trout [3]; 4. 70-Brock Zearfoss [5]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee [4]; 6. 75-Chase Dietz [8]; 7. 59-Jim Siegel [7]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich [9]; 9. 69-Tim Glatfelter [6]; 10. 40-George Hobaugh [10]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer
1. 58-Jeff Halligan [1]; 2. 15-Adam Wilt [2]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [3]; 4. 13-Paul McMahan [6]; 5. 70X-Justin Peck [5]; 6. 87K-Alan Krimes [7]; 7. 88-Brandon Rahmer [4]; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody [9]; 9. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe [8]; 10. 7-Trey Hivner [10]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer
1. 11-Dale Blaney [1]; 2. 26-Cory Eliason [2]; 3. 21-Brian Montieth [4]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel [3]; 5. 39-Cory Haas [7]; 6. 51-Freddie Rahmer [5]; 7. 1S-Tim Wagaman [9]; 8. 8-Billy Dietrich [8]; 9. 73B-Brett Michalski [10]; 10. O7-Gerard McIntyre [6]
Dash #1 (6 Laps)
1. 99-Skylar Gee [1]; 2. 16-Matt Campbell [3]; 3. 11-Dale Blaney [2]; 4. 72-Ryan Smith [4]; 5. 58-Jeff Halligan [6]; 6. 26-Cory Eliason [8]; 7. 1X-Chad Trout [7]; 8. 15-Adam Wilt [5]
B-Main (12 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer
1. 88-Brandon Rahmer [1]; 2. 59-Jim Siegel [3]; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich [5]; 4. 69-Tim Glatfelter [2]; 5. 8-Billy Dietrich [6]; 6. O7-Gerard McIntyre [10]; 7. 1S-Tim Wagaman [4]; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody [7]; 9. 73B-Brett Michalski [9]; 10. 7-Trey Hivner [12]; 11. 40-George Hobaugh [11]; 12. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe [8]
A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 99-Skylar Gee [1]; 2. 11-Dale Blaney [3]; 3. 72-Ryan Smith [4]; 4. 15-Adam Wilt [8]; 5. 58-Jeff Halligan [5]; 6. 87K-Alan Krimes [18]; 7. 16-Matt Campbell [2]; 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel [12]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [9]; 10. 51-Freddie Rahmer [16]; 11. 70X-Justin Peck [14]; 12. 13-Paul McMahan [13]; 13. 59-Jim Siegel [19]; 14. 1X-Chad Trout [7]; 15. O7-Gerard McIntyre [24]; 16. 21-Brian Montieth [10]; 17. 70-Brock Zearfoss [11]; 18. 26-Cory Eliason [6]; 19. 73B-Brett Michalski [26]; 20. 39-Cory Haas [15]; 21. 88-Brandon Rahmer [21]; 22. 75-Chase Dietz [17]; 23. 48-Danny Dietrich [20]; 24. 69-Tim Glatfelter [22]; 25. 99M-Kyle Moody [25]; 26. 8-Billy Dietrich [23] Lap Leaders: Skylar Gee (1-30)
2019 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (After 8/24/2019):
1. Aaron Reutzel -3760
2. Dale Blaney - 3752
3. Cory Eliason - 3658
4. Paul McMahan - 3622
5. Brock Zearfoss - 3512
6. Greg Wilson - 3468
7. Gerard McIntyre - 3352
8. Skylar Gee - 3304
9. George Hobaugh - 2858
10. Justin Peck - 2194
Leduc, Alberta, Canada’s Skylar Gee reached that level on Saturday night in the Pigeon Hills, eventually dominating All Star Circuit of Champions feature competition at the ‘Fabulous’ Lincoln Speedway by leading all 30 circuits, doing so from the pole position.
Not only did Gee lead every lap, but the All Star Rookie of the Year contender did it in incredible fashion, ultimately crossing under the final checkers by a margin of victory surpassing two seconds. Impressive enough, Gee’s lead reached nearly three seconds by the midpoint of the program, but a caution on lap 17 knocked his wicked pace back to idle.
Six-time All Star champion and all-time Series win leader, Dale Blaney, chased Gee to the finish, followed by Ryan Smith, Adam Wilt and Jeff Halligan.
“Hats off to my team. They gave me one hell of a race car tonight,” said Skylar Gee in victory lane, who nearly swept the program by setting fast time, winning the dash, and finally, winning the $5,000 main event. “This was a fun race track. I can’t wait to come back here.”
With six cautions, including an unforeseen fuel stop on lap four, cutting-up the 30-lapper, the only real challenges for Gee were the multiple restarts. In fact, the third generation ace was forced to survive two complete restarts before getting underway, officially.
A tap against the turn four, outside retaining wall gave Gee a stir on lap 22, ultimately trimming his near-three second command over Blaney to a single second. Despite the fact, Blaney was unable to capitalize. Even when a lapped car blocked Gee’s preferred top lane in the final corner, nobody was present to potentially overtake. The ASCS graduate did not falter, however, and simply dived through the corner to set-up a straight shot at the flagstand.
“I’m looking at the board and I’m seeing Dale Blaney and the 72 [Ryan Smith] and I think ‘I better get going here,’” Gee continued, pilot of the Moto Gator/Raw Machinery/Carlan Services/No. 99 sprint car. “I just kept trying to change it up and plan my starts right; I think I did a pretty good job of that. It really hasn’t sunk in yet. I really don’t know what to say.”
Fans should note they can relive the action from Lincoln Speedway via MAVTV Motorsports Network on Sunday, October 27.
Justin Snyder’s Salute to the Troops event at BAPS Motor Speedway will conclude the All Star weekend road trip on Sunday evening, August 25. Like the events at Grandview Speedway and Lincoln Speedway, the Sunday night showstopper will award a $5,000 payday.
BAPS Motor Speedway near York Haven, Pennsylvania, will open pit gates at 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 25. A mandatory All Star Circuit of Champions drivers meeting will be conducted at 5:45 p.m., followed by hot laps at 6:15 p.m., sharp. Those seeking additional information should visit BAPS Motor Speedway live on the Web at www.bapsmotorspeedway.com.
Contingency Awards/Results: Lincoln Speedway - August 24, 2019:
Entries: 30
C&R Racing All Star Warm-Ups: Cory Eliason - 13.365 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Skylar Gee - 13.258 seconds
Ford Performance Heat #1: Ryan Smith
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Jeff Halligan
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Dale Blaney
JE Pistons presented by Fatheadz Eyewear Dash: Skylar Gee
Classic Ink USA Screenprinting B-Main Winner: Brandon Rahmer
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet A-Main Winner: Skylar Gee
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Alan Krimes (+12)
Cometic Gasket Most A-Main Laps Led: Skylar Gee
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Tim Wagaman
(Lincoln Electric, MSD Performance, Fatheadz Eyewear, Rayce Rudeen Foundation, Cometic Gasket: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 99-Skylar Gee, 13.258; 2. 1X-Chad Trout, 13.381; 3. 72-Ryan Smith, 13.395; 4. 16-Matt Campbell, 13.469; 5. 70-Brock Zearfoss, 13.522; 6. 69-Tim Glatfelter, 13.528; 7. 59-Jim Siegel, 13.569; 8. 75-Chase Dietz, 13.617; 9. 48-Danny Dietrich, 13.709; 10. 40-George Hobaugh, 14.019
Group (B)
1. 88-Brandon Rahmer, 13.514; 2. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.517; 3. 15-Adam Wilt, 13.530; 4. 58-Jeff Halligan, 13.582; 5. 70X-Justin Peck, 13.610; 6. 13-Paul McMahan, 13.673; 7. 87K-Alan Krimes, 13.744; 8. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe, 13.770; 9. 99M-Kyle Moody, 13.786; 10. 7-Trey Hivner, 14.130
Group (C)
1. 21-Brian Montieth, 13.543; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 13.561; 3. 26-Cory Eliason, 13.571; 4. 11-Dale Blaney, 13.584; 5. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 13.587; 6. O7-Gerard McIntyre, 13.649; 7. 39-Cory Haas, 13.737; 8. 8-Billy Dietrich, 13.755; 9. 1s-Tim Wagaman, 13.846; 10. 73B-Brett Michalski, 14.215
Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer
1. 72-Ryan Smith [2]; 2. 16-Matt Campbell [1]; 3. 1X-Chad Trout [3]; 4. 70-Brock Zearfoss [5]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee [4]; 6. 75-Chase Dietz [8]; 7. 59-Jim Siegel [7]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich [9]; 9. 69-Tim Glatfelter [6]; 10. 40-George Hobaugh [10]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer
1. 58-Jeff Halligan [1]; 2. 15-Adam Wilt [2]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [3]; 4. 13-Paul McMahan [6]; 5. 70X-Justin Peck [5]; 6. 87K-Alan Krimes [7]; 7. 88-Brandon Rahmer [4]; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody [9]; 9. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe [8]; 10. 7-Trey Hivner [10]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer
1. 11-Dale Blaney [1]; 2. 26-Cory Eliason [2]; 3. 21-Brian Montieth [4]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel [3]; 5. 39-Cory Haas [7]; 6. 51-Freddie Rahmer [5]; 7. 1S-Tim Wagaman [9]; 8. 8-Billy Dietrich [8]; 9. 73B-Brett Michalski [10]; 10. O7-Gerard McIntyre [6]
Dash #1 (6 Laps)
1. 99-Skylar Gee [1]; 2. 16-Matt Campbell [3]; 3. 11-Dale Blaney [2]; 4. 72-Ryan Smith [4]; 5. 58-Jeff Halligan [6]; 6. 26-Cory Eliason [8]; 7. 1X-Chad Trout [7]; 8. 15-Adam Wilt [5]
B-Main (12 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer
1. 88-Brandon Rahmer [1]; 2. 59-Jim Siegel [3]; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich [5]; 4. 69-Tim Glatfelter [2]; 5. 8-Billy Dietrich [6]; 6. O7-Gerard McIntyre [10]; 7. 1S-Tim Wagaman [4]; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody [7]; 9. 73B-Brett Michalski [9]; 10. 7-Trey Hivner [12]; 11. 40-George Hobaugh [11]; 12. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe [8]
A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 99-Skylar Gee [1]; 2. 11-Dale Blaney [3]; 3. 72-Ryan Smith [4]; 4. 15-Adam Wilt [8]; 5. 58-Jeff Halligan [5]; 6. 87K-Alan Krimes [18]; 7. 16-Matt Campbell [2]; 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel [12]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [9]; 10. 51-Freddie Rahmer [16]; 11. 70X-Justin Peck [14]; 12. 13-Paul McMahan [13]; 13. 59-Jim Siegel [19]; 14. 1X-Chad Trout [7]; 15. O7-Gerard McIntyre [24]; 16. 21-Brian Montieth [10]; 17. 70-Brock Zearfoss [11]; 18. 26-Cory Eliason [6]; 19. 73B-Brett Michalski [26]; 20. 39-Cory Haas [15]; 21. 88-Brandon Rahmer [21]; 22. 75-Chase Dietz [17]; 23. 48-Danny Dietrich [20]; 24. 69-Tim Glatfelter [22]; 25. 99M-Kyle Moody [25]; 26. 8-Billy Dietrich [23] Lap Leaders: Skylar Gee (1-30)
2019 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (After 8/24/2019):
1. Aaron Reutzel -3760
2. Dale Blaney - 3752
3. Cory Eliason - 3658
4. Paul McMahan - 3622
5. Brock Zearfoss - 3512
6. Greg Wilson - 3468
7. Gerard McIntyre - 3352
8. Skylar Gee - 3304
9. George Hobaugh - 2858
10. Justin Peck - 2194
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