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BEDFORD SPEEDWAY
"The Track Racing Legends Built"
Track Address:
Rte. 30 West
Bedford, PA 15522
Office Address:
108 Short St.
Bedford, PA 15522
814-623-0500
www.bedfordspeedway.com
DATE: SEPTEMBER 02, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DICKSON CAPS BEDFORD SEASON WITH $2,000 WIN
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA – Nick Dickson earned his second win of the season and took home
$2,000 for his efforts Friday night at the Bedford Speedway. Tim Smith, Jr. won
$1,000 by taking the win in a wild Limited Late Model feature, and Bill Henney
won $500 in Street Stock action. Travis Group won the $300 top prize in the
Hobby Stocks, and Robert Pluta pocketed $200 for winning the 4 Cylinder feature
event. The holiday special event was the final point race and the final race of
the season.
Nick Dickson used a front row starting spot on a very fast racing surface to his
advantage in Super Late Model action. Dickson grabbed the lead on the first lap
from pole sitter Greg Fetters, and maintained a blistering pace with Jeremy
Miller hot on his trail. Miller's bid for the win ended early though, as a spin
in turn three put him to the tail of the field. Chuck Clise and Coleby Frye both
started in the fourth row, and they were Dickson's worst threat. Both Clise and
Frye worked their way through the field, but 30 laps wasn't enough to put any
serious heat on Dickson, and Nick took the checkers and his seventh career
Bedford win. Clise and Frye followed, with Derek Byler taking fourth, and Jeff
Miller fifth. Sixth through tenth went to Fetters, Gene Knaub, Jack Pencil,
Dylan Yoder, and Mike Lupfer. Jeremy Miller and Jack Pencil won the heats. Dylan
Yoder was poised to win his first ever Bedford Track Championship coming into
this final event, but mechanical trouble in heat race action put a damper on his
title run. Yoder ran the feature in his father Jim's number 27, but Jack Pencil,
who followed Yoder by ten points at the beginning of the night, won his heat and
finished a spot ahead of Dylan in the feature. Pencil claimed the Championship
by 25 points. It's his sixth points title in the division, and eighth total in
all divisions combined (both track records).
Tim Smith, Jr. won his second Limited Late Model feature of the year Friday
night from his twelfth starting spot. Smith used the little used high side to
pick cars off on his charge to the front and claimed his 27th career victory
ahead of second place Jake Jones, third place Corey Weaver in his best ever
Bedford finish, Donnie Farlling and Rance Garlock, who started 18th. Sixth
through tenth went to Robbie Black, Khi Swanger, Travis Calhoun, Josh Berrier,
and Travis Stickley. Jones, Weaver, and DJ Troutman won the heats. Just like in
the Super Late Model division, a young driver was looking for his first ever
Bedford Points Championship. Grant Adams held a forty point lead over Tim Smith
coming into Friday's events. Adams gave up five points in heat race action, and
only needed to stay within six positions of Smith to claim the title. Adams used
the same high line as Smith in feature action, and was charging to front when
something went seriously wrong. A blown motor sent Adams pitside, and Smith went
on to win his fourth Limited Late Model Track Championship at Bedford.
Bill Henney blasted from his ninth starting spot to take the win in the Street
Stock division. Henney was in typical form, running the top side of the speedway
in a crowd pleasing manner. The win was his fourth of the season, and more
importantly, the win sealed up his second straight Points Championship. Henney
trailed Brian Duffy by five points prior to this last event, and for the third
straight division, the point leader prior to Friday night lost the championship.
Duffy lost the point lead in heat race action, but put in a valiant effort in
the feature finishing second to Henney. It wasn't enough though, and Duffy
settled for both second in the feature and in points. Chris Chamberlain advanced
twelve spots to finish third in the feature, followed by Bob Jay and Daryl
Whetstone. Paul Gambol and Henney won the heats.
Travis Group won his second feature of the year and third of his career in the
Hobby Stocks. Travis won convincingly over Charlie Walter, Bill Replogle, Terry
Norris, and Chad Gambol. Replogle and Group won the heats. Second in points,
Group earned the most points he could in one event by winning both his heat and
feature, but it wasn't enough to overtake Charlie Walter who finished second to
Group in both the heat and feature. Charlie's Points Championship is his third
in the division at Bedford.
Robert Pluta started ninth and worked through the field to earn his third
feature of the season and the Track Championship in 4 Cylinder action. Following
Pluta at the line was Davey Lambert, Dan Jackson, Juan Ryan, and Nick Iski.
Sixth through tenth went to Skip Bryner, Ralph Miller, Troy Imler, Phil Best,
and Jeremy Miller. Jeff Treece, Robert Pluta, and Mike Lauffer won the heats.
The points title was Robert's first of his career at Bedford, edging out his
twin brother Andrew who finished second in points.
The 2011 season is complete. Check
www.bedfordspeedway.com often for information about the banquet, and
next season's schedule.
SUPER LATE MODELS
FEATURE (30 Laps): 1. Nick Dickson 17 2. Chuck Clise 5 (Tri-State Racing Photos
Hard Charger) 3. Coleby Frye F1 4. Derek Byler 5* 5. Jeff Miller 57 6. Greg
Fetters 39 7. Gene Knaub 1K 8. Jack Pencil 14 9. Dylan Yoder 32 10. Mike Lupfer
06 11. Andy Haus 76 (DNF) 12. Tim Wilson 3 (DNF) 13. Jeremy Miller 1m (DNF) 14.
Wayne Johnson 17j (DNF) 15. Jeff Rine 92 (DNF)
DNS: Jim Yoder 27
HEAT 1: Jeremy Miller, Jeff Miller, Fetters
HEAT 2: Pencil, Byler, Frye
LIMITED LATE MODELS
FEATURE (25 Laps): 1. Tim Smith, Jr. 39 2. Jake Jones 43 3. Corey Weaver 10 4.
Donnie Farlling 48 5. Rance Garlock 19 (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 6.
Robbie Black 01 7. Khi Swanger 88 8. Travis Calhoun 36 9. Josh Berrier 15B 10.
Travis Stickley 32 11. Eddie Cornett 81 12. Nathan LaSalle 68 (DNF) 13. Eric
Irvin 87 (DNF) 14. Brian Lowery 13 (DNF) 15. Randy Burkholder 77B (DNF) 16.
Ralph Morgan 44 (DNF) 17. DJ Troutman 7 (DNF) 18. Grant Adams 64 (DNF) 19. Rick
Singleton 99* (DNF) 20. Scott Daniels 10D (DNF) 21. Matt Howsare 5H (DNF)
DNS: Matt Sponaugle 8
HEAT 1: Jones, Farlling, Irvin
HEAT 2: Weaver, Singleton, Black
HEAT 3: Troutman, Stickley, Lowery
STREET STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. Bill Henney 50 2. Brian Duffy 38 3. Chris Chamberlain 31c (Tri-State
Racing Photos Hard Charger) 4. Bob Jay 4J 5. Daryl Whetstone 78 6. Zane Weicht
45 7. Donald Wyles 10 8. Kerry Molovich 63 9. Rick Wright 44 10. Paul Gambol 85
11. Joe Means 0 12. Scott Grubb 55x 13. Jerry Robinson 711 (DNF) 14. Jesse
Snyder 22 (DNF) 15. George Farlling 48 (DNF) 16. Jim Sayler 96 (DNF)
DNS: Elwood Hyre
HEAT 1: Gambol, Farlling, Weicht
HEAT 2: Henney, Sayler, Molovich
HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. Travis Group 7 2. Charlie Walter 42 3. Bill Replogle 65 4. Terry
Norris 73 5. Chad Gambol 13 6. Lou Wannyn 77 7. Jarrod Brown 11 8. RT Troutman
18T 9. Rob Varner 04 10. Jason Haggert 18 11. David Riley 17w (DNF)
DNS: Ed Vogel
HEAT 1: Replogle, Norris, Riley
HEAT 2: Group, Walter, Wannyn
4 CYLINDERS
FEATURE: 1. Robert Pluta 67 2. Dave Lambert 21 3. Dan Jackson 11J 4. Juan Ryan
3J 5. Nick Iski 13i 6. Skip Bryner 68 7. Ralph Miller 86 8. Troy Imler 9T 9.
Phil Best 11 10. Jeremy Miller 93 11. Nathan Kaminsky 7 12. Ronnie Valentine 8R
13. Kevin See 17k 14. Jon Gephart 98 15. Terry Kuny 111 16. Denny Norris 15n 17.
Lonnie Snyder 1s 18. Andrew Pluta 88 (DNF) 19. Mike Lauffer 38 (DNF) 20. Steve
Frederick 12 (DNF) 21. Jeff Treece 56 (DNF) 22. Tyler Beckett 21B (DNF) 23.
Harold Crawford 0 (DNF)
HEAT 1: Treece, Lambert, Kaminsky
HEAT 2: R. Pluta, Imler, Bryner
HEAT 3: Lauffer, Jackson, Ryan
BEDFORD SPEEDWAY
"The Track Racing Legends Built"
Track Address:
Rte. 30 West
Bedford, PA 15522
Office Address:
108 Short St.
Bedford, PA 15522
814-623-0500
www.bedfordspeedway.com
DATE: JULY 15, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DONNIE FARLLING SCORES FIRST BEDFORD WIN
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA – Donnie Farlling ran a flawless race Friday night at the Bedford
Speedway, winning his first ever Limited Late Model feature event. The $1,000 to
win 25 lap race was part of the Bedford and Cumberland challenge, dubbed the
Bedrock shootout. In other action, Brian Duffy won his fourth race of the season
in the Street Stock division, Justin Michael made a rare Bedford visit
worthwhile by winning the Hobby Stock feature, and Robert Pluta won his second
race of the season in the 4 Cylinders. Children were given an opportunity to try
their luck on the speedway surface during the kid's bike races at intermission.
The Limited Late Model feature had Scott Daniels and Donnie Farlling on the
front row when they took the green, and Farlling immediately blasted into the
lead like a missile. With division heavy hitters Grant Adams, Matt Sponaugle,
Robbie Black, and Tim Smith, Jr. giving chase, it was Farlling's night to shine.
Adams slipped into the second spot in the later stages of the race, but couldn't
reel in Farlling's number 48. Farlling acknowledged the crowd with a fist pump
as he took the checkered comfortably over Adams by several car lengths. Matt
Sponaugle finished third, Robbie Black fourth, and Tim Smith, Jr. advanced from
his eleventh starting position to post a fifth place finish. Sixth through tenth
went to Travis Stickley, Cory Weaver, Travis Calhoun, Brian Lowery, and Scott
Daniels. Stickley and Adams won the qualifying heats.
Brian Duffy scored his 24th career Street Stock victory and regained the point
lead in the division in a hard fought battle Friday evening. Duffy held off late
race charges from tenth starting Bill Henney to nab the well-earned victory.
Henney settled for second, and was followed to the checkered by Jesse Snyder,
Zane Weicht, and Paul Gambol. Completing the top ten was Kerry Molovich, Bob
Jay, Donald Wyles, Bill Pluta, and George Farlling. Brian Duffy and Bob Jay are
once again tied for the most all-time Street Stock feature wins at the speedway.
Duffy and Jay won the heats.
Justin Michael only runs periodically in the Hobby Stock division at Bedford,
but he is a strong contender every time he enters the historic fairgrounds.
Justin took advantage of a third starting spot to get to the front early and
earn his third career victory at Bedford. Division point leader Charlie Walter
finished second, Travis Group third, Lou Wannyn fourth, and Terry Norris fifth.
Lou Wannyn won the lone heat race.
Robert Pluta charged from his eighth starting spot to score the victory in 4
Cylinder action. Following Pluta was Davey Lambert, Mike Lauffer, Andrew Pluta,
and Nathan Kaminsky. Sixth through tenth went to Ralph Miller, Troy Imler, Steve
Frederick, Juan Ryan, and Jeremy Miller. Lauffer and Imler won the heats.
The speedway is off next Friday, and will return to action Friday July 29th for
the Great Bedford Fair Dick Koontz/Paul Beamer Memorial Fair Race. For more
details, call the speedway office at 814-623-0500, or visit
www.bedfordspeedway.com
LIMITED LATE MODELS
FEATURE (25 Laps): 1. Donnie Farlling 48 2. Grant Adams 64 3. Matt Sponaugle 8
4. Robbie Black 01 5. Tim Smith, Jr. 39 6. Travis Stickley 32 7. Corey Weaver 10
8. Travis Calhoun 36 9. Brian Lowery 13 10. Scott Daniels 10D 11. Eddie Cornett
81 (DNF) 12. Craig Perigo 1a (DNF)
HEAT 1: Stickley, Black, Sponaugle
HEAT 2: Adams, Weaver, Lowery
STREET STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. Brian Duffy 38 2. Bill Henney 50 3. Jesse Snyder 22 4. Zane Weicht
45 5. Paul Gambol 85 6. Kerry Molovich 63 7. Bob Jay 4J 8. Donald Wyles 10 9.
Bill Pluta 73c 10. George Farlling 48 11. Elwood Hyre 6E 12. Daryl Whetstone 78
HEAT 1: Duffy, Henney, Snyder
HEAT 2: Jay, Whetstone, Molovich
HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. Justin Michael 28 2. Charlie Walter 42 3. Travis Group 7 4. Lou
Wannyn 77 5. Terry Norris 73 6. Mike Ott 21m 7. Rick Potter 77xxl (DNF)
HEAT 1: Wannyn, Michael, Potter
4 CYLINDERS
FEATURE: 1. Robert Pluta 67 2. Dave Lambert 21 3. Mike Lauffer 38 4. Andrew
Pluta 88 5. Nathan Kaminsky 7 6. Ralph Miller 86 7. Troy Imler 9T 8. Steve
Frederick 12 9. Juan Ryan 3j 10. Jeremy Miller 93 11. Phil Best 11 12. Ronnie
Valentine 8R 13. Kevin See 17k 14. Denny Morris 15n
HEAT 1: Lauffer, Kaminsky, Ryan
HEAT 2: Imler, A. Pluta, R. Pluta
BEDFORD SPEEDWAY
"The Track Racing Legends Built"
Track Address:
Rte. 30 West
Bedford, PA 15522
Office Address:
108 Short St.
Bedford, PA 15522
814-623-0500
www.bedfordspeedway.com
DATE: July 01, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
JACK PENCIL WINS BEDFORD THREE STATE FLYERS RACE
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA – The Three State Flyers Late Model series visited the Bedford
Speedway Friday night, and Bedford's own Jack Pencil made his hometown proud by
picking up the win in the 35 lap main event. Craig Perigo ended a three year
drought with a win in Limited Late Model action, and Bill Henney picked up the
win in Street Stock action. Charlie Walter charged from the back row to win the
Hobby Stock feature, and Troy Imler earned his first ever Bedford victory in 4
Cylinder action. The Blackburn Russell Company sponsored the evening's racing
action.
Jack Pencil has been building momentum all season at Bedford. Fresh off a win
the last time the Late Models circled Bedford, Pencil's front row starting
position for Friday's Three State Flyer race set him up for a great chance to
make it two in a row. However, Jason Covert, the hottest driver on the series
trail was in town and started just one row behind Jack. Pencil immediately
grabbed the lead at the start of the $3,000 to win event with regional standout
Jamie Lathroum an Covert hot on his heels. Lathroum appeared to have a little
something for the leader until he brought the yellow out in turn two on the
eighth lap. This put Covert right on Pencil's back bumper, with Scott LeBarron
and Dylan Yoder following closely behind on the restart. The fastest way around
on this night was the high side, and Covert matched Pencil's tire tracks for
laps. Yoder got by LeBarron for third on lap fifteen, but was never really able
to pose too much of a threat to the top two. Covert seemed content on mirroring
Pencil for most of the race, but in the final stages he left nothing on the
table. The car on the move was last year's track champ Jeff Rine. Rine started
last, and was able to come all the way up and steal the seventh spot from chuck
Clise on the final lap. Pencil was solid up front and repelled any of Covert's
attempts for the lead, taking the checkered for the 28th time of his career in
Super Late Model action at Bedford. Covert finished a close second, and Yoder
came home third a few car lengths back. LeBarron ended up fourth, and JT Spence
fifth. Rounding out the top ten was Nick Dickson, Rine, Clise, Wayne Johnson,
and Jeff Miller. Pencil won his heat and the dash, and Jamie Lathroum was the
other heat race winner. Former Bedford Regular CS Fitzgerald was on hand for the
first time in over ten years. He crossed the finish line in the eleventh
position.
Craig Perigo earned his fifth career Limited Late Model Bedford victory, holding
off some of the areas best the entire race. Perigo, who arguably has been in a
slump over the past few seasons, has shown steady improvement the past few
weeks. Perigo took the lead on lap one and immediately had to deal with division
hotshoe Matt Sponaugle. Sponaugle's bid for lead ended on lap 11 when slowed on
the track and went pitside. During the caution, the leaderboard showed Robbie
Black now in second, Grant Adams third, Tim Smith, Jr. fourth, and Eric Irvin
fifth. Similar to the Late Model feature, Perigo ran the high groove and Black
followed closely. Perigo was near flawless, and Black never got the opportunity
to take a swipe at the lead. That's the way they would finish, with Perigo on
top and Black second. Tim Smith, Jr. took third away from Grant Adams with five
to go and held on till the end, Adams ended up fourth, and Irvin fifth. Sixth
through tenth went to Daniel Cornman, Donnie Farlling, Travis Stickley, Mike
Duck, and Corey Weaver. Adams and Sponaugle won the heats.
Bill Henney earned his 9th career Bedford Street Stock win and third of the
season in unusual fashion. Race fans are used to seeing Henney's number 50
running and passing cars on the cushion. Henney did use the high side to go from
fifth to second on the first lap, but it was a move on the bottom that put him
ahead of leader Brian Duffy on lap eight. Henney maintained a comfortable lead,
and Duffy, Jesse Snyder, Bob Jay, and Jerry Robinson followed him to the
checkered. Daryl Whetstone and Jesse Snyder won the heat events.
Charlie Walter had to work hard to earn his 20th career victory in Hobby Stock
action. A first lap crash sent him pitside for repairs, forcing him to restart
last. Travis Group held the early lead until Rick Potter got by on lap six.
Potter's bid for the lead was short lived though, as Walter had already came
through the pack. Potter managed to hold the point for two laps until Walter
shot by on lap eight. With Walter out front, Potter maintained the second
position until a spin on the final lap ended his good run. Dave Riley took him
second place honors when they crossed the finish line, with Chad Gambol, Lou
Wannyn, and Jarrod Brown completing the top five. Potter and Group won the
heats.
Troy Imler's season started off as bad as one could in the 4 Cylinder division.
In heat race action during week one of the season, Imler flipped multiple times
in a violent crash on the backstretch. In only his second race since then, he
battled hard and made a dramatic last lap pass to take his first ever win at
Bedford. Robert Pluta led the first eight laps until his hood flew off on the
frontstretch. The caution was thrown for debris, and Bedford rules state when a
caution is thrown for identifiable debris, that car goes to the rear. Davey
Lambert assumed the top spot, but it was Imler making the bold move on the final
lap to take the win. Lambert settled for second, Steve Frederick third, Robert
Pluta battled back to take home fourth, and Juan Ryan finished fifth. Frederick
and Mike Lauffer won the heats.
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for upcoming racing action.
THREE STATE FLYERS SUPER LATE MODELS
FEATURE (35 Laps): 1. 14 Jack Pencil 2. 43a Jason Covert 3. 32 Dylan Yoder 4. 8L
Scott LeBarron 5. 91 JT Spence 6. 17D Nick Dickson 7. 92 Jeff Rine (Tri-State
Racing Photos Hard Charger) 8. 5 Chuck Clise 9. 17J Wayne Johnson 10. 57 Jeff
Miller 11. 100 CS Fitzgerald 12. 39 Greg Fetters 13. 26 Jerry Bard 14. 21 Scott
Haus (DNF) 15. 20 Shawn Claar (DNF) 16. 5* Derek Byler (DNF) 17. 76 Andy Haus
(DNF) 18. 6 Jamie Lathroum (DNF) 19. B2 Brian Booze (DNF)
HEAT 1: Pencil, LeBarron, Johnson
HEAT 2: Lathroum, Covert, Yoder
DASH: Pencil
LIMITED LATE MODELS
FEATURE: 1. 1a Craig Perigo 2. 01 Robbie Black 3. 39 Tim Smith, Jr. (Tri-State
Racing Photos Hard Charger) 4. 64 Grant Adams 5. 87 Eric Irvin 6. 3 Daniel
Cornman 7. 48 Donnie Farlling 8. 32 Travis Stickley 9. 73 Mike Duck 10. 10 Corey
Weaver 11. 13 Brian Lowery 12. 36 Travis Calhoun 13. 10d Scott Daniels 14. 44
Ralph Morgan (DNF) 15. 8 Matt Sponaugle (DNF) 16. 81 Eddie Cornett (DNF)
HEAT 1: Adams, Stickley, Cornman
HEAT 2: Sponaugle, Morgan, Smith
STREET STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. 50 Bill Henney (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 2. 38 Brian
Duffy 3. 22 Jesse Snyder 4. 4 Bob Jay 5. 711 Jerry Robinson 6. 48 George
Farlling 7. 78 Daryl Whetstone 8. 10 Donald Wyles (DNF) 9. 63 Kerry Molovich
(DNF) 10. 45 Zane Weicht (DNF) DNS: 55x Scott Grubb
HEAT 1: Whetstone, Jay, Duffy
HEAT 2: Snyder, Henney, Robinson
HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. 42 Charlie Walter (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 2. 17w Dave
Riley 3. 13 Chad Gambol 4. 77 Lou Wannyn 5. 11 Jarrod Brown 6. 7 Travis Group 7.
77xxl Rick Potter 8. 17 Brad Feight 9. 73 Terry Norris (DNF) DNS: 04
HEAT 1: Potter, Gambol, Riley
HEAT 2: Group, Wannyn, Brown
4 CYLINDERS
FEATURE: 1. 9T Troy Imler 2. 21 Davey Lambert (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard
Charger) 3. 12 Steve Frederick 4. 67 Robert Pluta 5. 3j Juan Ryan 6. 88 Andrew
Pluta 7. 8r Ronnie Valentine 8. 17k Kevin See 9. 86 Ralph Miller 10. 11 Phil
Best 11. 93 Jeremy Miller (DNF) 12. 38 Mike Lauffer (DNF) 13. 7 Nathan Kaminsky
DNS: 5w Garrett Watkins
HEAT 1: Frederick, R. Miller, Lambert
HEAT 2: Lauffer, A. Pluta, J. Miller
BEDFORD SPEEDWAY
"The Track Racing Legends Built"
Track Address:
Rte. 30 West
Bedford, PA 15522
Office Address:
108 Short St.
Bedford, PA 15522
814-623-0500
www.bedfordspeedway.com
DATE: June 26, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DARYN PITTMAN WINS BEDFORD SPEEDWEEK RACE
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA – The Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek Series made it's second stop of
the week at Bedford Sunday night and Daryn Pittman took his first ever win at
the historic oval. The evening didn't start off the best for Daryn. After
posting the third quickest time of the night on his first lap of time trials,
his right front wheel came off in turn three of his second lap, sending his
racer into the outside wall before laying over on it's side. The redraw put
Pittman on the pole for the feature, and his crew made all the necessary repairs
to get him out for race time. Fred Rahmer set fast time and a new one lap track
record during time trials for the 29 car field, as many cars were measured at
135 mph on the backstretch with a hand held radar gun. Lance Dewease, Curt
Stroup, and Keith Kauffman won the qualifying heats, with Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
winning the b-main.
In the feature, it was all Pittman. Daryn pulled out to a comfortable lead
immediately ahead of Rahmer and Stevie Smith. Smith blew a tire and retired for
the evening on lap 14, putting Jason Johnson in the third slot. Johnson overtook
Rahmer for second with six to go, and Greg Hodnett took fourth from Rahmer on
the following lap. With just four laps to go, Johnson's racer slowed bringing
out the caution for only the second time of the event. On the restart, Pittman
resumed command with Hodnett on his heels and Rahmer and Brian Leppo battling
for the third spot. At the checkered it was Pittman, Hodnett, Leppo, Rahmer, and
Justin Henderson. Sixth through tenth went to Tyler Walker, Brian Montieth,
Davey Sammons, Lance Dewease, and Danny Dietrich.
In 4 Cylinder action, Andrew Pluta and Mike Lauffer battled side by side for
much of the race with Pluta leading each lap until the final one. Mechanical
issues slowed Pluta coming out of turn two for the final time and Lauffer took
advantage and the win. Following Lauffer at the line was Phil Best, Pluta,
Ronnie Valentine, and Cindy Rhodes. Pluta and Louis Orris won the heats.
410 SPRINTS
FEATURE (30 laps): 1. 27 Daryn Pittman 2. 39 Greg Hodnett 3. 71 Brian Leppo 4.
51 Fred Rahmer 5. 35 Justin Henderson 6. 17 Tyler Walker 7. 21 Brian Montieth 8.
747 Davey Sammons 9. 30c Lance Dewease 10. 48 Danny Dietrich 11. 7 Chad Layton
12. 7m Mark Smith 13. 19m Brent Marks 14. 87 Alan Krimes 15. 93 Sam Hafertepe,
Jr. 16. 55 Mike Wagner 17. 16 Cliff Brian 18. 44 Frank Cozze 19. 41 Jason
Johnson (DNF) 20. 26 Curt Stroup (DNF) 21. 8h Keith Kauffman (DNF) 22. 1 Stevie
Smith (DNF) 23. 77 Aaron Ott (DNF) 24. 6 Brad McClelland (DNF)
DNS: 26c Pat Cooper, 55z Mark Zimmerman, 12w Troy Fraker, 30 Daryl Stimeling, 33
Scott Lutz
HEAT 1: Dewease, Montieth, Hodnett
HEAT 2: Stroup, Sammons, Layton
HEAT 3: Kauffman, Dietrich, Walker
CONSI: Hafertepe, Wagner, Krimes
4 CYLINDERS
FEATURE: 1 38 Mike Lauffer 2. 11 Phil Best 3. 88 Andrew Pluta 4. 8R Ronnie
Valentine 5. 75 Cindy Rhodes 6. 12 Steve Frederick 7. 68 Louis Orris 8. 9T Troy
Imler 9. 5w Garrett Watkins 10. 1 Lonnie Snyder (DNF) 11. 21 Davey Lambert (DNF)
12. 98 Jon Gephart (DNF)
HEAT 1: Pluta, Gephart, Valentine
HEAT 2: Orris, Lambert, Lauffer
BEDFORD SPEEDWAY
"The Track Racing Legends Built"
Track Address:
Rte. 30 West
Bedford, PA 15522
Office Address:
108 Short St.
Bedford, PA 15522
814-623-0500
www.bedfordspeedway.com
DATE: June 17, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
PENCIL & SMITH RETURN TO WINNING WAYS
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA – Hometown hero Jack Pencil returned to Super Late Model victory
lane for the first time in nearly a year at the Bedford Speedway Friday night.
Tim Smith, Jr. also won his first of the season in the Limited Late Models. Bob
Jay picked up his second win of the year in Street Stock action, and Charlie
Walter earned his third of the season in the Hobby Stocks. Mike Lauffer won the
special $100 to win 4 Cylinder event.
Jack Pencil has been on top of his game each week in Bedford Super Late Model
action, but finding victory lane proved to be a tough task until now. Pencil
started on the pole for the 25 lap main event and led every lap. The racing
surface was blistering fast, and although second place running Dylan Yoder could
match Pencil's speed, he couldn't find enough to mount any serious challenges.
Yoder, the division's point leader, holds a slim margin over Pencil and Jeff
Rine in the point standings. It was no surprise that with five to go the running
order for the top three was Pencil, Yoder, and Jeff Rine. Rine started 10th on
the grid, and worked hard to get to the front. Shawn Claar held down the third
position for most of the race until Rine made his move with five to go.
Unfortunately for Rine, a blown tire with two to go would send him pitside. At
the end Pencil won his 27th career Bedford feature in the division, followed by
Yoder, Claar, Jeff Miller, and Wayne Johnson. Heats went to Miller and Johnson.
Tim Smith, Jr. won his 26th career Limited Late Model feature from the fourth
starting spot. The win was no surprise, as Smith and Pencil share similar
driving styles and often run well on the same nights. In fact, Friday night was
the fifth time that Tim won the Limited Late feature on the same night Jack
Pencil won the Super Late event. Pole sitter Donnie Farlling paced the field for
the first five laps before Smith used the high side to power into the lead.
Farlling was able to maintain second place comfortably, leaving Rick Singleton
and Matt Sponaugle to battle for the third spot. Smith won the event with ease,
and Farlling settled for second. Singleton and Sponaugle each enjoyed the third
position several times throughout the race, and it was Singleton who owned the
spot for the final four circuits. Sponaugle came home fourth, and DJ Troutman
fifth. Travis Calhoun and Troutman won the heat events.
Bob Jay took home is 24th career Bedford Street Stock trophy, and it wasn't
easy. Last week's feature winner Bill Henney took the lead on lap one and took
off using the high side of the track ahead of Jesse Snyder and Zane Weicht. Jay
slipped by Weicht with five to go, and on the same lap Bill Henney's engine
soured. Henney faded through the pack until miraculously the problem went away.
By lap 8 Henney was back up to third and the race was on at the front. Snyder
held the top spot as Bob Jay blanketed the rear of his racer from every angle.
Snyder gave up the top spot on lap 13, and on the same lap he lost second to
Henney. Jay managed to keep Bill Henney at bay to hang on for the win. Henney
accepted second, and Brian Duffy slipped by Snyder on the last lap for third.
Donald Wyles completed the top five. Heats went to Jay and Henney.
Charlie Walter started sixth in the Hobby Stock feature event, was in third by
lap one, and was in the lead by the third lap. Team cars Rick Potter and Lou
Wannyn held the top two positions from the drop of the green until the duo
became entangled in turn two during the third lap. Both drivers were able to
continue, although the caution was a lengthy one as track crews attempted to
unhook the cars from each other. Charlie Walter assumed the lead when racing
resumed and never looked back, earning his 18th career victory, and third of the
season. Chad Gambol finished second, and Wannyn, Terry Norris, and Travis Group
completed the top five. Rick Potter won the lone heat event.
Mike Lauffer took the lead on lap two on his way to earning his 14th career
victory in 4 Cylinder action. Dacron Powell finished second, Robert Pluta third,
Jeremy Miller fourth, and Louis Orris fifth. Lauffer and Juan Ryan won the
heats.
The speedway is off next Friday, and will return to action Sunday night, June
26th when the Pennsylvania Posse 410 Sprintcars invade Bedford Speedway. It's
the best of both worlds, as the Super Late Models will also be on hand for the
yearly event. The raindate is Monday, June 27th. Call the speedway office at
814-623-0500, or visit
www.bedfordspeedway.com for more details.
SUPER LATE MODELS
FEATURE: 1. 14 Jack Pencil 2. 32 Dylan Yoder 3. 20 Shawn Claar 4. 57 Jeff Miller
5. 17j Wayne Johnson 6. 5* Derek Byler 7. 5 Chuck Clise (Tri-State Racing Photos
Hard Charger) 8. 49 Eric Zembower 9. 92 Jeff Rine 10. 8 Tim Fedder 11. M1 Mike
Mort 12. 79 Mike Altobelli, Jr. (DNF)
DNS: w1 Chris Harr
HEAT 1: Miller, Rine, Pencil
HEAT 2: Johnson, Yoder, Byler
LIMITED LATE MODELS
FEATURE: 1. 39 Tim Smith, Jr. 2. 48 Donnie Farlling 3. 99* Rick Singleton 4. 8
Matt Sponaugle 5. 7 DJ Troutman 6. 64 Grant Adams 7. 36 Travis Calhoun 8. 01
Robbie Black 9. 1a Craig Perigo 10. 32 Travis Stickley 11. 73 Mike Duck 12. 13
Brian Lowery 13. 88 Khi Swanger (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 14. 87
Eric Irvin 15. 77 George Dixon, Jr. 16. 81 Eddie Cornett 17. 19 Rance Garlock
(DNF) 18. 5h Matt Howsare (DNF) 19. 10 Corey Weaver (DNF)
HEAT 1: Calhoun, Adams, Smith
HEAT 2: Troutman, Sponaugle, Stickley
STREET STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. 4J Bob Jay 2. 50 Bill Henney 3. 38 Brian Duffy (Tri-State Racing
Photos Hard Charger) 4. 22 Jesse Snyder 5. 10 Donald Wyles 6. 711 Jerry Robinson
7. 73c Bill Pluta, Jr. 8. 45 Zane Weicht 9. 78 Daryl Whetstone 10. 85 Paul
Gambol 11. 55x Scott Grubb
DNS: 63 Kerry Molovich
HEAT 1: Jay, Duffy, Wyles
HEAT 2: Henney, Snyder, Whetstone
HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. 42 Charlie Walter (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 2. 13 Chad
Gambol 3. 77 Lou Wannyn 4. 73 Terry Norris 5. 7 Travis Group 6. 77xxl Rick
Potter 7. 22 Tim Brown
HEAT 1: Potter, Gambol, Norris
4 CYLINDERS
FEATURE: 1. 38 Mike Lauffer 2. 8 Dacron Powell 3. 67 Robert Pluta 4. 93 Jeremy
Miller 5. 68 Louis Orris 6. 3J Juan Ryan 7. 88 Andrew Pluta 8. 8R Ronnie
Valentine 9. 11 Phil Best 10. 7 Nathan Kaminsky 11. 12 Steve Frederick 12. 86
Ralph Miller 13. 17k Kevin See 14. 14 Mike Hall 15. 5w Garrett Watkins 16. 9T
Troy Imler 17. 15n Denny Norris
HEAT 1: Lauffer, J. Miller, R. Pluta
HEAT 2: Ryan, Valentine, Powell
BEDFORD SPEEDWAY
"The Track Racing Legends Built"
Track Address:
Rte. 30 West
Bedford, PA 15522
Office Address:
108 Short St.
Bedford, PA 15522
814-623-0500
www.bedfordspeedway.com
DATE: June 10, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DAN STONE WINS SPEEDWEEK FINALE
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA – Dan Stone took the lead on lap 18 of the 40 lap Appalachian
Mountain Speedweek's final show at Bedford to earn $5,000 and his first ever
victory at the historic fairgrounds. Robbie Black went three wide to take the
win in the Limited Late Model $1,000 to win special, and Bill Henney won the
Street Stock feature event.
In Super Late Model action, Jamie Lathroum set fast time in time trials and
started on the pole in the feature. Lathroum blasted into the lead and kept up a
furious pace using the top groove as Dan Stone, Austin Hubbard, and Gary Stuhler
battled for the runner up spot. Lathroum had the field under his thumb until lap
18. Running on the cushion in turn two, Lathroum's mount slid sideways in front
of the entire pack. Second running Dan Stone made contact as he flew by, but the
damage sustained wasn't enough to force him pitside. On the restart it was
Stone, Hubbard, Jason Covert, Dylan Yoder and Jack Pencil. Pencil, who started
15th, had been picking off cars on a steady pace as he charged to the front. Vic
Coffey also was on the move. Coffey had to resort to a back up car for the
feature, relinquishing his 6th starting spot to start last per track rules. By
lap 18, Coffey had moved from last to sixth. Austin Hubbard had already won at
Bedford this season, and he was going to be a handful for leader Dan Stone. But
on lap 28, faint blue smoke rolled out of the 19 and the caution came out as he
drifted to a stop in turn 4. The stage was set for 12 laps of mayhem, and Jason
Covert, who assumed second place when Hubbard dropped out, was up for the
challenge. Dan Stone was fast on the bottom, and Covert was left with the high
groove to make his move. Lap after lap Covert would pull even with Stone
entering turn three, but Stone was fast and steady. On the final lap, Covert
entered turn three as hard as anyone could. Even with chunks of the cushion
flying through the air, Covert couldn't make the pass and Stone took the
checkers. Following Covert was Dylan Yoder, Vic Coffey, and Ricky Elliott. Sixth
through tenth went to Jack Pencil, Gary Stuhler, Matt Parks, JT Spence, and Nick
Dickson. Qualifying events went to Hubbard, Stuhler, and Covert.
The Limited Late Model feature was about as exciting as racing gets. Brian
Lessley and Craig Perigo led the field to the green with Lessley assuming the
point position on the first lap. Robbie Black started seventh, and by lap 6 he
was in second. Starting on lap 7, racing action at the front was intense.
Lessley, Black, and third running Jake Jones ran two wide, three wide, and
everything in between for laps. On lap 15, Jones officially took the lead just
as point leader Grant Adams made hard head on contact with the wall in turn
four. On the restart, Lessley faded through the pack quickly as Jones led Black
and Rick Singleton. The trio battled hard, but Black made a courageous move
using the top groove and snatched the lead from Jones. Jones, who had never
raced at Bedford before, maintained the runner up spot and followed Black to the
finish line. Tim Smith, who started 16th, drove an incredible race to finish
third, Singleton fourth, and Matt Sponaugle recovered from a lap one spin to
finish fifth. The win was Black's second of the season. Singleton and Rance
Garlock won the heats.
Bill Henney returned to victory lane for the second time this season in Street
Stock action. Henney and Jesse Snyder battled for the lead for most of the race.
On lap 10, Henney made a high side pass to take the lead, but a caution
relegated him back to second. Two laps later, Henney used the same move to take
the lead again, and once again a caution came out before the lap was completed.
With four to go, Henney once again took the lead in turn three, and this time
Snyder was the one to bring out the caution. Henney was unstoppable once out
front and took the win ahead of Brian Duffy, Donald Wyles, Kerry Molovich, and
Paul Gambol. Snyder won the lone heat event.
Next week at the Speedway will be a five division show consisting of Super Late
Models, Limited Late Models, Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks, and 4 Cylinders. It's
Williams Grove Old Timers Night, and the 4 Cylinders will be racing for $100 to
win. For more information call the speedway office at 814-623-0500, or visit
www.bedfordspeedway.com
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN SPEEDWEEKS SUPER LATE MODELS
FEATURE (40 Laps): 1. 2 Dan Stone 2. 43a Jason Covert 3. 32 Dylan Yoder 4. 32c
Vic Coffey 5. 88 Ricky Elliott 6. 14 Jack Pencil (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard
Charger) 7. 17s Gary Stuhler 8. 15p Matt Parks 9. 91 JT Spence 10. 17d Nick
Dickson 11. 5 Chuck Clise 12. 3 Tim Wilson 13. 25z Mason Zeigler (DNF) 14. 06
Mike Lupfer (DNF) 15. 19 Austin Hubbard (DNF) 16. 5* Derek Byler (DNF) 17. 6L
Jamie Lathroum (DNF) 18. 92 Jeff Rine (DNF) 19. 79 Mike Altobelli, Jr. (DNF) 20.
F1 Coleby Frye (DNF) 21. 26 Jerry Bard (DNF) 22. 1k Gene Knaub (DNF)
HEAT 1: Hubbard, Lathroum, Parks
HEAT 2: Stuhler, Coffey, Yoder
HEAT 3: Covert, Stone, Elliott
LIMITED LATE MODELS
FEATURE (25 Laps): 1. 01 Robbie Black 2. 43 Jake Jones 3. 39 Tim Smith, Jr.
(Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 4. 99* Rick Singleton 5. 8 Matt Sponaugle
6. 21 Dave Leidy 7. 13 Brian Lowery 8. 1a Craig Perigo 9. 116 Travis Mease 10.
5h Matt Howsare 11. 5z Brian Lessley 12. 15b Josh Berrier 13. 32 Travis Stickley
(DNF) 14. 64 Grant Adams (DNF) 15. 19 Rance Garlock (DNF) 16. M14 Transtan
Stoner (DNF) 17. 66 Justin Kann (DNF) 18. 36 Travis Calhoun (DNF)
DNS: 48 Donnie Farlling
HEAT 1: Singleton, Jones, Mease
HEAT 2: Garlock, Black, Calhoun
STREET STOCKS:
FEATURE (18 Laps): 1. 50 Bill Henney 2. 38 Brian Duffy 3. 10 Donald Wyles (Tri
State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 4. 63 Kerry Molovich 5. 85 Paul Gambol 6. 73c
Bill Pluta 7. 22 Jesse Snyder 8. 44 Rick Wright 9. 55x Scott Grubb
HEAT 1: Snyder, Wyles, Gambol
TIME TRIALS: Fast time - Jamie Lathroum 19.855 seconds
BEDFORD SPEEDWAY
"The Track Racing Legends Built"
Track Address:
Rte. 30 West
Bedford, PA 15522
Office Address:
108 Short St.
Bedford, PA 15522
814-623-0500
www.bedfordspeedway.com
DATE: June 03, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
RINE SUPERIOR AT BEDFORD, ADAMS GETS FIRST WIN
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA – It was ARCH Fan club night at the Bedford Speedway Friday, and
Jeff Rine got his Bob Elbin owned #92 working good just in time for next week's
late model speedweeks. Rine battled hard in what was arguably one of the best
races of the year in the division to take his first of the season. Similarly,
the Limited Late model feature event was action packed with Grant Adams earning
his first ever Bedford Speedway win. Brian Duffy won his third of the year in a
Street Stock feature that rivaled a demolition derby on the first lap, and
Charlie Walter wins back to back in the Hobby Stocks. Juan Ryan earned the win
in the 4 Cylinder division, his first of the year.
Shawn Claar and Greg Fetters, a pair of drivers thirsting for a return to
Bedford's victory lane, started on the front row of the Super Late Model main
event. Both drivers took a turn at the lead, with Claar leading the first two
circuits before Fetters snagged the top spot on lap 3. Fetters looked rock solid
out front but it was Jeff Rine who captured the most attention. Rine, who
started 8th, was in third by lap three, and took second from Claar on lap four.
Rine showed patience as he dogged and matched Fetters around the big oval in the
bottom groove. It appeared that Fetters might have the advantage as Rine made no
serious attempts at the lead, but that would all change when Jack Pencil, who
slid into third on lap 6, powered by Rine on the high side on lap 16. It was if
Rine was awoken from a trance. The following lap he blasted to the top and took
the position back from Pencil, and again using the high side he flew by Fetters
for first. The top three made a show of it, and Pencil got by Fetters for second
with five to go. Rine held on for his tenth career win, Pencil finished a close
second, and Dylan Yoder stole third from Fetters with 2 to go. Following Fetters
was Matt Parks in fifth, Scott Haus sixth, and Andy Haus, Chuck Clise, Shawn
Claar, and Wayne Johnson completed the top ten. Rine and Fetters won the heats.
In similar fashion, the starting front row of the Limited Late Model main event
featured Travis Calhoun and George Dixon, Jr., two drivers searching for the
their first ever Bedford win in the division. Calhoun managed to lead the first
two laps convincingly, but the second row starting duo of Grant Adams and Matt
Sponaugle wanted the top spot sooner than later. Adams took the lead on lap
three, and Sponaugle took second on lap four. From that point, the race was on.
Adams and Sponaugle ran side by side for laps, with Adams leading slightly for
three laps, then Sponaugle claiming a slight edge for six. Adams, who had never
won a feature event at Bedford, has shown steady improvement all season.
Sponaugle, one of Bedford's most proven drivers, rarely relinquishes a lead. But
on this night, the stars were shining on Adams as he had enough of the side by
side racing and took the lead for good with 8 laps to go. Sponaugle settled for
second, Robbie Black came from his tenth starting spot to claim third, Travis
Stickley was fourth, and Donnie Farlling fifth. Sixth through tenth went to Tim
Smith, Jr., Travis Calhoun, Monday night's winner Brian Lowery, Craig Perigo,
and George Dixon, Jr. Tim Smith, Jr. and Sponaugle won the heat events.
The Street Stock feature started just like it did Monday night - a devastating
crash with a race car flipping wildly at the flag stand. This week it was
division powerhouse Chris Chamberlain. Chamberlain flipped multiple times
amongst the entire field of cars, and came to a rest in turn one. Chamberlain
exited the car under his power, but it took two wreckers to haul his badly
damaged racer off the speedway. Several other cars were damaged in the accident,
but all were able to continue racing. When things settled down, Bill Henney had
claimed the first position on lap 2 and appeared to have things in hand. In
typical Bill Henney fashion, he threw his # 50 into the corners high on the
cushion and started to distance himself from the pack. But on lap 9, a
mechanical problem sent Henney from first to last in just one circuit. Tenth
starting Brian Duffy was more than eager to accept the top spot, and Jerry
Robinson assumed the second position. Henney's trouble was apparently temporary
because his car seemed to wake up again on lap 11 and Henney immediately went
back to the cushion. As Duffy led with several car lengths over Robinson, Henney
was on a mission. Picking cars off lap after lap, Henney worked his way into
third with four to go. The lead pair had distanced themselves from the field but
a caution with three to go gave hint that things might just get a little
interesting. However, it was Duffy who proved to be most impressive as he
powered to a good lead and left Robinson and Henney to battle on their own for
second. Robinson prevailed, and followed Duffy to the checkered. Henney, Paul
Gambol, and Jesse Snyder completed the top five. The win was Duffy's 23rd of his
career, and he is once again tied with Bob Jay for most all-time wins in the
division. Henney and Chamberlain won the heats.
Charlie Walter took advantage of his second starting spot to earn his 18th
career victory in the Hobby Stock division. No driver has ever won more in this
division, and Walter took the win with ease. Division veteran Terry Norris had
his hands full for most of the race with Lou Wannyn and came home with a second
place finish. Wannyn, teammate Rick Potter, and Chad Gambol finished second
through fifth. The heats went to Potter and Justin Michael.
The 4 Cylinders were a little on the wild side Friday night as it took several
attempts to get the race under way. Casey Fleegle was looking for his first
career win at Bedford and appeared to do so. He led the first two laps, lost the
lead to Juan Ryan for the next 8, then regained the lead with two to go to take
the checkers. However, a post race tech inspection soured the evening for
Fleegle, and second place finishing Juan Ryan was declared the winner. The win
was Ryan's second of his career, and was followed at the finish line by Andrew
Pluta, Robert Pluta, Phil Best, and Nathan Kaminsky. Ryan and Fleegle won the
heats.
The Appalachian Mountain Late Model Speedweek will have their grand finale
Friday, June 10th at Bedford Speedway. The $5,000 to win event shows promise of
attracting several top name drivers and a large field of competitors to the
historic speedway. Also appearing will be the Limited Late Models, racing for
$1,000 to win. For more information, call the speedway office at 814-623-0500,
or visit www.bedfordspeedway.com
SUPER LATE MODELS
FEATURE: 1) 92 Jeff Rine (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 2) 14 Jack
Pencil 3) 32 Dylan Yoder 4) 39 Greg Fetters 5) 15p Matt Parks 6) 21 Scott Haus
7) 76 Andy Haus 8) 5 Chuck Clise 9) 20 Shawn Claar 10) 17j Wayne Johnson 11) 49
Eric Zembower 12) 8 Tim Fedder (DNF) 13) 119b Bryan Bernheisel (DNF) 14) 57 Jeff
Miller (DNF) 15) 5* Derek Byler (DNF)
HEAT 1: Rine, Pencil, Bernheisel
HEAT 2: Fetters, S. Haus, Yoder
LIMITED LATE MODELS
FEATURE: 1) 64 Grant Adams 2) 8 Matt Sponaugle 3) 01 Robbie Black (Tri-State
Racing Photos Hard Charger) 4) 32 Travis Stickley 5) 48 Donnie Farlling 6) 39
Tim Smith, Jr. 7) 36 Travis Calhoun 8) 13 Brian Lowery 9) 1a Craig Perigo 10) 77
George Dixon, Jr. 11) 73 Mike Duck 12) 81 Eddie Cornett 13) 10 Corey Weaver
(DNF) 14) 66 Justin Kann (DNF)
HEAT 1: Smith, Adams, Dixon
HEAT 2: Sponaugle, Calhoun, Duck
STREET STOCKS
FEATURE: 1) 38 Brian Duffy (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 2) 711 Jerry
Robinson 3) 50 Bill Henney 4) 85 Paul Gambol 5) 22 Jesse Snyder 6) 73c Bill
Pluta 7) 44 Rick Wright 8) 1 Tom Warren (DNF) 9) 63 Kerry Molovich (DNF) 10) 4J
Bob Jay (DNF) 11) 31c Chris Chamberlain (DNF)
DNS: 55x Scott Grubb
HEAT 1: Henney, Jay, Robinson
HEAT 2: Chamberlain, Duffy, Molovich
HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE: 1) 42 Charlie Walter 2) 73 Terry Norris 3) 77 Lou Wannyn 4) 77xxl Rick
Potter 5) 13 Chad Gambol (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 6) 7T Travis
Group 7) 7c Curtis Guyer 8) 60 Bill Replogle 9) 28 Justin Michael 10) 22 Tim
Brown
HEAT 1: Potter, Walter, Gambol
HEAT 2: Michael, Group, Replogle
4 CYLINDERS
FEATURE: 1) 3j Juan Ryan 2) 88 Andrew Pluta (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard
Charger) 3) 67 Robert Pluta 4) 11 Phil Best 5) 7 Nathan Kaminsky 6) 68 Ray
Wright 7) 17k Kevin See 8) 93 Jeremy Miller (DNF) 9) 8R Ronnie Valentine (DNF)
10) 86 Ralph Miller (DNF) 11) 34 Brad Hoffman (DNF) 12) 5w Garrett Watkins (DNF)
13) 12 Steve Frederick (DNF) 14) 38 Mike Lauffer (DNF)
DQ: 113 Casey Fleegle
HEAT 1: Ryan, Kaminsky, Frederick
HEAT 2: Fleegle, J. Miller, R. Pluta
BEDFORD SPEEDWAY
"The Track Racing Legends Built"
Track Address:
Rte. 30 West
Bedford, PA 15522
Office Address:
108 Short St.
Bedford, PA 15522
814-623-0500
www.bedfordspeedway.com
DATE: May 30, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
AUSTIN HUBBARD EARNS FIRST CAREER BEDFORD VICTORY
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA – Bedford Speedway's annual Memorial Day Special was slated for
Friday night, but heavy rains postponed the event until Monday evening. The
schedule change brought with it a few invaders, and Austin Hubbard made the most
of his rare visit by winning the $2,000 to win Super Late Model main event.
Brian Lowery made his pole starting position pay off by winning the $1,000 to
win Limited Late Model feature, and Bob Jay returned to victory lane for the
first time since 2008 in Street Stock action. Charlie Walter picked up his first
win of the season in the Hobby Stocks, and Mike Lauffer earned his first win of
the season in the 4 Cylinders.
Austin Hubbard came from the 10th starting spot and made a late race pass for
the lead to earn his first ever Bedford Speedway Super Late Model win. Walker
Arthur and Jack Pencil brought the field to the green for the 30 lap event, with
Arthur out-gunning Pencil for the top spot. Arthur ran the top groove and pulled
out to a comfortable lead until a lap five caution for Brian Booze, Dylan Yoder,
and Jeff Miller bunched the field again. Hubbard had already advanced 5 spots by
the time this caution came out, and on the restart he blitzed by Derek Byler and
Chuck Clise to slide into the third position. The trio ran close for most of the
race until Hubbard dove under Pencil on lap 18. Hubbard hounded Arthur for the
lead for several laps, and on lap 24 the pair made contact. Hubbard took the
lead and Arthur rode the turn 3 wall for several feet before regaining
composure, but Hubbard had to relinquish his lead because a caution came out for
a slowing Shawn Claar before the lap was completed. On the restart, Hubbard
powered by Arthur and left everyone in his wake. Rick Eckert, who slowly worked
his way through the field and ran most of the race in 5th powered past Chuck
Clise and third running Jack Pencil on the restart, and overtook Arthur for
second on lap 26. Hubbard though, was too far ahead for Eckert to make any kind
of challenge. At the checkered it was Austin Hubbard by a straightaway, Eckert,
Jack Pencil passed Arthur for third with three to go and hung on to finish
there, Aurthur fourth, and Derek Byler fifth. Sixth through tenth went to Mason
Zeigler, Jeff Miller, Steve Campbell, Brian Booze, and Chuck Clise. Heats went
to Arthur and Hubbard.
Brian Lowery led flag to flag to earn his third career Limited Late Model
victory. Lowery easily outran last year's track champ Rick Singleton and heavy
hitters Matt Sponaugle and DJ Troutman. The only caution of the race came with 2
laps to go, and it appeared that Lowery may get a challenge from second running
Sponaugle. But it was all Lowery for the final two circuits, with Sponaugle,
Singleton, Grant Adams, and Mike Duck coming across the finish line 2nd through
5th. Heat winners were Tim Smith, Jr. and Sponaugle.
Bob Jay reclaimed the all-time Street Stock feature winner top spot by winning
his 23rd career feature Monday night. Jay, who was tied with Brian Duffy for
most division career wins prior to the event, started fifth and endured a wild
first lap. Second starting Zane Weicht made hard contact with the outside wall
on the frontstretch just before completing lap one. Zane's car careened into the
fence and went into a series of end over end flips. Several other cars were
damaged in the accident, but only Weicht's car was retired for the night. On the
restart Jesse Snyder took the lead for the first four laps before Jay was able
to work by him on the outside. Jay wasn't able to totally shake Snyder, but
Snyder had his hands full with Chris Chamberlain. Chamberlain pulled off a turn
one pass with five to go and set his sights on Jay, but Jay's Ford held strong
until the end. Following Jay and Chamberlain was Snyder, Bill Henney, and Donald
Wyles. Heats went to Chamberlain and Henney.
Charlie Walter took home the first place trophy for the 17th time of his career
in Bedford's Hobby Stock action. Charlie started fourth but found himself in the
lead by the time the first lap was completed. Justin Michael made a rare
appearance at the Bedford Speedway, and he ran a close second until a flat tire
sent him pitside on lap ten. With Walter out front, Terry Norris and Bill
Replogle were left dueling for the second spot. Norris won the battle for
second, and Replogle settled for third. Last week's feature winner Chad Gambol
finished fourth, and Lou Wannyn fifth. Heat winners were Travis Group and Justin
Michael.
Mike Lauffer made a mid-race pass stick to take the win in 4 Cylinder action.
Lauffer, who had passed pole sitter Juan Ryan several times for the lead only to
be sent back to second due to cautions, finally made a pass for the lead that
counted on lap seven. Ryan held on for second, with Casey Fleegle, Ralph Miller,
and Phil Best rounding out the top five. Lauffer, Andrew Pluta, and Jeremy
Miller won the preliminary events.
This Friday at the speedway will be a regular 5 division show consisting of
Super Late Models, Limited Late Models, Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks, and 4
Cylinders. It will be a ARCH night at the track, and the Hobby Stocks will be
racing for $200. Coming Friday June 10th will be the Appalachian Mountain
Speedweek Finale. The Limited Late Models will also be on hand that night racing
for $1,000 to win. For more information, call the speedway office at
814-623-0500 or visit
www.bedfordspeedway.com
SUPER LATE MODELS
Feature (30 laps): 1. 19 Austin Hubbard 2. 24 Rick Eckert 3. 14 Jack Pencil 4.
87 Walker Arthur 5. 5* Derek Byler 6. 25z Mason Zeigler 7. 57 Jeff Miller 8. 2
Steve Campbell 9. B2 Brian Booze 10. 5 Chuck Clise (DNF) 11. 88 Scott Rhodes
(DNF) 12. 20 Shawn Claar (DNF) 13. 39 Greg Fetters (DNF) 14. 17j Wayne Johnson
(DNF) 15. 32 Dylan Yoder (DNF)
DNS: 1m Jeremy Miller
HEAT 1: Arthur, Booze, Eckert
HEAT 2: Hubbard, Clise, Zeigler
LIMITED LATE MODELS
FEATURE (25 laps): 1. 13 Brian Lowery 2. 8 Matt Sponaugle 3. 99* Rick Singleton
4. 64 Grant Adams 5. 73 Mike Duck 6. 66 Justin Kann 7. 36 Travis Calhoun 8. 87
Eric Irvin 9. 39 Tim Smith, Jr. (DNF) 10. 7 DJ Troutman (DNF) 11. 1a Craig
Perigo (DNF) 12. 10 Corey Weaver (DNF)
HEAT 1: Smith, Duck, Lowery
HEAT 2: Sponaugle, Troutman, Kann
STREET STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. 4J Bob Jay 2. 31c Chris Chamberlain 3. 22 Jesse Snyder 4. 50 Bill
Henney 5. 10 Donald Wyles 6. 38 Brian Duffy 7. 78 Daryl Whetstone 8. 63 Kerry
Molovich (DNF) 9. 55x Scott Grubb (DNF) 10. 45 Zane Weicht (DNF)
DNS: 44 Rick Wright
HEAT 1: Chamberlain, Weicht, Wyles
HEAT 2: Henney, Molovich, Grubb
HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. 42 Charlie Walter 2. 73 Terry Norris 3. 60 Bill Replogle 4. 13 Chad
Gambol 5. 77 Lou Wannyn 6. 77xxl Rick Potter 7. 7 Travis Group 8. 58 Ryan
Beckett 9. 83e Ed Vogel 10. 28 Justin Michael (DNF) 11. 11 Jarrod Brown 12. 17w
David Riley (DNF)
DNS: 17 Brad Feight
HEAT 1: Group, Walter, Potter
HEAT 2: Michael, Replogle, Gambol
4 CYLINDERS
FEATURE: 1. 38 Mike Lauffer 2. 3j Juan Ryan 3. 113 Casey Fleegle 4. 86 Ralph
Miller 5. 11 Phil Best 6. 93 Jeremy Miller 7. 8R Ronnie Valentine 8. 88 Andrew
Pluta 9. 5 Bill Hassenplug 10. 4 Eric Cramer 11. 98 Jon Gephart 12. 21 Dave
Lambert (DNF) 13. 1 Lonnie Snyder (DNF) 14. 17k Kevin See (DNF) 15. 67 Robert
Pluta (DNF) 16. 12 Steve Frederick (DNF) 17. 11j Dan Jackson (DNF) 18. 7 Nathan
Kaminsky (DNF) 19. 726 Sean Fitpatrick (DNF) 20. 414 Rick Lamer (DNF) 21. 75
Cindy Rhodes (DNF)
HEAT 1: Lauffer, P. Best, Kaminsky
HEAT 2: A. Pluta, Fleegle, Ryan
HEAT 3: J. Miller, R. Pluta, R. Miller
BEDFORD SPEEDWAY
"The Track Racing Legends Built"
Track Address:
Rte. 30 West
Bedford, PA 15522
Office Address:
108 Short St.
Bedford, PA 15522
814-623-0500
www.bedfordspeedway.com
DATE: May 20, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DICKSON QUALIFIES FOR SPEEDWEEKS, BLACK WINS LIMITED SPECIAL
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA – For the first time in three weeks, Mother Nature let up just
enough to allow the Bedford Speedway to slip in an evening of racing Friday
night. Nick Dickson won the Super Late Model main event, guaranteeing him a
starting spot in Bedford's final leg of the Appalachian Mountain Speedweeks for
Late Models in June. Robbie Black dominated the Limited Late model special
$1,000 to win, which was also the first leg of the Bedford/Rock speedway
shootout dubbed the BedRock shootout. Brian Duffy became the first repeat winner
of 2011 with his Street Stock feature win, and Chad Gambol picked up his first
career Bedford victory in the Hobby Stocks. Robert Pluta took top honors in the
4 Cylinders.
Nick Dickson, who hasn't visited Bedford's victory lane for three years, earned
his 6th career victory at the big oval in convincing fashion. Dickson was
overcome with emotion in victory lane as he dedicated the win to young Tyler
Ritchey, a former Bedford Hobby Stock driver who was seriously injured recently
in an accident. He also dedicated the win to his uncle and crew member Rick, who
has been very ill the past several months. Nick started the 25 lap event on the
pole, but his win wasn't a walk in the park. Fourth starting Jack Pencil charged
his way to second, and started reeling in Dickson, who had a healthy lead. With
seven laps to go, the pair encountered lapped traffic and Pencil was able to
duck underneath Dickson several times until a lap 21 caution bunched the field.
Dickson distanced himself from the pack and took the checkered with ease. Pencil
finished the race in second, but was relegated to last place when he failed to
make weight at the scales following the race. This put second generation driver
Andy Haus in the second position, followed by Jeff Rine, Chuck Clise, and Jeff
Miller. Sixth through tenth was Brian Booze, Dylan Yoder, Scott Haus, Derek
Byler, and Matt Parks. Yoder and Rine won the heats.
Robbie Black put his York Racing Engines powered Limited Late Model in Bedford's
victory lane for the fifth time of his career. Much like Dickson in the Super
Lates, Robbie started on the pole but winning was no easy task. Rick Singleton,
from his fifth starting spot, never let Black get out of sight. Singleton never
seriously challenged for the lead, but hung close enough to keep the leader
thinking. Grant Adams posted his career best Bedford finish with a third, and
Justin Kann and DJ Troutman completed the top five. Tim Smith, Jr. finished
sixth after re-starting last, a result of a first lap incident that brought out
the yellow. Daniel Cornman, Mike Duck, Randy Wible, and Brian Lowery finished
the top ten. Cornman and Adams won the qualifying events.
Brian Duffy tied Bob Jay Friday for the most all-time Street Stock wins at
Bedford when he took the checkers for the 22nd time of his career. It took three
attempts to the start the feature event. Seven cars tangled on the first
attempt, with all seven cars including Duffy suffering damage. Cody Buterbaugh
suffered the most, as he was unable to finish the event. On the next attempt,
the yellows were thrown again and this time Jesse Snyder's evening was cut
short. Finally, success was found on the third attempt at starting the race, and
veteran division driver Kerry Molovich assumed the top position. Molovich held
the lead for eight laps as Bob Jay, Zane Weicht, Bill Henney, and Brian Duffy
swapped positions and paint directly behind him. Duffy worked into the second
spot on lap eight, and was the race leader by the ninth circuit. Duffy won the
race convincingly over Bob Jay, Chris Chamberlain, Zane Weicht, and Bill Henney.
Jay and Henney won the heats.
Chad Gambol made his first visit of the season a good one as he won both his
heat and the feature event in the Hobby Stock division. Gambol's win was his
first of his career at Bedford, and he did it convincingly. Terry Norris ran
second for much of the race, but with two to go Rick Potter, Charlie Walter, and
Travis Group all decided to gang up on Norris and the four cars in a phone booth
for half a lap until the inevitable happened. Rick Potter left the speedway on a
wrecker and Travis Group went to the tail after making contact with the wall. On
the restart it was all Gambol, with Walter, Norris, Lou Wannyn, and Group
completing the top five. Group and Gambol won the heat events.
The start of the 4 Cylinder feature was rain delayed for several minutes, and
when the green flag dropped it was all Pluta. Robert and Andrew Pluta ran bumper
to bumper, with Robert taking home the victory and Andrew claiming second. Casey
Fleegle, Mike Lauffer (from the tail after re-starting last), and Jeremy Miller
completed the top five. Phil Best, Lauffer, and Robert Pluta won the heats.
Next Friday at the speedway is the Memorial Day Special. The Super Late Models
will be racing for $2,000 to win, and the Limited Late Models will have another
$1,000 to win show. The Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks, and 4 Cylinders will also
be on hand with increased pay for the winner. The rain date for this event will
be Monday, May 30th. For more information, call the speedway office at
814-623-0500 or visit
www.bedfordspeedway.com
SUPER LATE MODELS
FEATURE: 1. Nick Dickson 17D 2. Andy Haus 76 3. Jeff Rine 92 4. Chuck Clise 5 5.
Jeff Miller 57 (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 6. Brian Booze B2 7. Dylan
Yoder 8. Scott Haus 21 9. Derek Byler 5* 10. Matt Parks 15p 11. Eric Zembower 49
12. Mason Zeigler 25z 13. Tyler Hershey 74 (DNF) 14. Wayne Johnson 17j (DNF) 15.
Jack Pencil 14 (DQ)
HEAT 1: Yoder, Pencil, Johnson
HEAT 2: Rine, Booze, S. Haus
LIMITED LATE MODELS
FEATURE: 1. Robbie Black 01 2. Rick Singleton 99 3. Grant Adams 64 4. Justin
Kann 66 5. DJ Troutman 7 6. Tim Smith, Jr. 39 7. Daniel Cornman 3 8. Mike Duck
73 (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 9. Randy Wible 35 10. Brian Lowery 13
11. Rance Garlock 19 12. Craig Perigo 1a 13. Donnie Farlling 48 14. Brian
Lessley 5z 15. Corey Weaver 10 16. Eric Irvin 87 (DNF) 17. Matt Sponaugle 8
(DNF)
HEAT 1: Cornman, Troutman, Singleton
HEAT 2: Adams, Kann, Black
STREET STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. Brian Duffy (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 38 2. Bob Jay 4J
3. Chris Chamberlain 31c 4. Zane Weicht 45 5. Bill Henney 50 6. Kerry Molovich
63 7. Daryl Whetstone 78 8. Bill Pluta, Jr. 73c 9. Scott Grubb 55x 10. Paul
Gambol 85 11. Cody Buterbaugh B1 (DNF) 12. Jesse Snyder 22 (DNF)
HEAT 1: Henney, Snyder, Weicht
HEAT 2: Jay, Duffy, Chamberlain
HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. Chad Gambol 13 2. Charlie Walter 42 3. Terry Norris 73 4. Lou Wannyn
77 5. Travis Group 7 (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 6. Tim Brown 22 7.
Mike Ott 21m (DNF) 8. Rick Potter 77xxl (DNF) 9. Chuck Weyant 88c (DNF) 10. Bill
Replogle 60 (DNF) 11. George Beckett 58 (DNF)
HEAT 1: Group, Walter, Replogle
HEAT 2: Gambol, Norris, Weyant
4 CYLINDERS
FEATURE: 1. Robert Pluta 67 2. Andrew Pluta 88 3. Casey Fleegle 113 4. Mike
Lauffer 38 5. Jeremy Miller 93 6. John Lamer 46 7. Ronnie Valentine 8r
(Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger) 8. Phil Best 11 9. Juan Ryan 3j 10. Kevin
See 17k 11. Dan Jackson 11j 12. Dave Lambert 21 13. Ralph Miller 86 14. Steve
Frederick 12 15. David Reaugh 34 16. Nathan Kaminsky 7 17. Ray Wright 68 (DNF)
18. Sean Fitzpatrick 726 (DNF) 19. Tim Lamer 903 (DNF)
DNS: Rick Lamer 414, Irvin Fleegle 2
HEAT 1: Best, J. Lamer, Jackson
HEAT 2: Lauffer, Miller, Ryan
HEAT 3: R. Pluta, C. Fleegle, A. Pluta
BEDFORD SPEEDWAY
"The Track Racing Legends Built"
Track Address:
Rte. 30 West
Bedford, PA 15522
Office Address:
108 Short St.
Bedford, PA 15522
814-623-0500
www.bedfordspeedway.com
DATE: May 06, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
RAIN WASHES OUT BEDFORD FOR SECOND TIME THIS SEASON
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA – Severely wet weather this week and a soggy pit area forced the
cancellation of racing action at the Bedford Speedway Friday night. Coming
Friday, May 13th is a five division show. The Super Late Model feature will be
an Appalachian Mountain Late Model Speedweeks Qualifier, the Limited Late Models
will be racing the first leg of the Bedford/Rock Speedway shootout for $1,000 to
win, and the Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks, and 4 Cylinders will also be on hand
for a regular show. Kids will get the opportunity to take a lap around the
speedway in a race car at 6:15pm. For more information, visit
www.bedfordspeedway.com, or
call the speedway office at 814-623-0500.
BEDFORD
"The Track Racing Legends Built"
Track Address:
Rte. 30 West
Bedford, PA 15522
Office Address:
Bedford, PA 15522
814-623-0500
www.bedfordspeedway.com
DATE: APRIL 29, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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FINISH
|
START
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CAR #
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DRIVER NAME
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HOMETOWN
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1
|
1
|
0
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Scott
Bloomquist
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Mooresburg, TN
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|
2
|
2
|
6
|
Steve Shaver
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Vienna, WV
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|
3
|
4
|
20
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Jimmy Owens
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Newport, TN
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|
4
|
5
|
71
|
Don O'Neal
|
Martinsville,
IN
|
|
5
|
8
|
53
|
Ray Cook
|
Brasstown, NC
|
|
6
|
10
|
1m
|
Jeremy Miller
|
Littlestown,
PA
|
|
7
|
7
|
15
|
Steve Francis
|
Ashland, KY
|
|
8
|
11
|
43a
|
Jason Covert
|
York Haven, PA
|
|
9
|
13
|
777
|
Jared Landers
|
Batesville, AR
|
|
10
|
15
|
17m
|
Dale McDowell
|
Chickamauga,
GA
|
|
11
|
6
|
57J
|
Bub McCool
|
Vicksburg, MS
|
|
12
|
3
|
F1
|
Coleby Frye
|
Dover, PA
|
|
13
|
9
|
18e
|
Eric Wells
|
Hazard, KY
|
|
14
|
18
|
11t
|
Tyler Reddick
|
Corning, CA
|
|
15
|
17
|
23
|
John
Blankenship
|
Williamson, WV
|
|
16
|
14
|
6L
|
Jamie Lathroum
|
Mechanicsville, MD
|
|
17
|
23
|
44
|
Earl Pearson,
Jr.
|
Jacksonville,
FL
|
|
18
|
19
|
99jr
|
Frank
Heckenast, Jr.
|
Frankfort, IL
|
|
19
|
26
|
41n
|
Brad Neat
|
Dunnville, KY
|
|
20
|
20
|
5e
|
Chuck Clise
|
Frostburg, MD
|
|
21
|
24
|
28e
|
Dennis Erb,
Jr.
|
Carpentersville, IL
|
|
22
|
22
|
26
|
Jerry Bard
|
Shippensburg,
PA
|
|
23
|
16
|
91
|
J.T. Spence
|
Winchester, VA
|
|
24
|
21
|
21d
|
Daniel Stone
|
Thompson, PA
|
|
25
|
12
|
71w
|
Chris Wall
|
Springfield,
LA
|
|
26
|
25
|
36
|
Mike Marlar
|
Winfield, TN
|
BEDFORD SPEEDWAY
"The Track Racing Legends Built"
Track Address:
Rte. 30 West
Bedford, PA 15522
Office Address:
108 Short St.
Bedford, PA 15522
814-623-0500
www.bedfordspeedway.com
DATE: April 22, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
RAIN WASHES OUT BEDFORD
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA – A week of miserable weather and heavy rains Friday forced the
management of Bedford Speedway to cancel Friday nights show. Coming Friday April
29th is the annual Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series $10,000 to win race
sponsored by Bedford Valley Petroleum. The Street Stocks will also be on hand
for $500 to win, and the event will have Sunday, May 1st as the rain date. For
more information, visit
www.bedfordspeedway.com, or call the speedway office at 814-623-0500.
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