Lawrenceburg Speedway is offering an amazing 2012 Season Ticket Package, available through November 24th!!! You will receive a set of tickets that will get you into each event for the 2012 Racing Season.(20 total) (excludes 4-H race and World of Outlaws) Tickets will be dated for each event. Not only do you receive a discount on admission with banked rain outs, you will receive: ~Lawrenceburg Speedway Tote Bag ~1-“Golden Ticket” that will allow you a FREE pit pass at an event during the 2012 Season (so you could give your dated ticket to a friend!) ~V.I.P. Status to Certain Events: When Lawrenceburg Speedway promotes a V.I.P. ticket to certain events, you are automatically a V.I.P. and can redeem your season ticket at the V.I.P. redemption center for those particular events. ~Season Ticket Holder drawings at select events for prizes, such as gift cards, ride in the pace truck, t-shirts, etc. ~Discounts on other promotions throughout the season offered exclusively to Season Ticket Holders. The Season ticket package will include tickets to all events with the exception of the Dearborn County 4-H race and the World of Outlaws (pending, reserved seating event) There are 3-“rain outs” built into the price of your tickets. If we experience more than that, a credit will roll over into the next season for season ticket holders. The season tickets are general admission, but you will have the option to upgrade to a pit pass at each event. Credits will not be given for lost, stolen, or deemed unrecognizable tickets, nor for non-attendance of the event(s). Package Price: $249 (GET YOUR SEASON TICKETS NOW, CLICK HERE) ***Your entire package will be shipped out on January 5th, 2012 pending the official media release of the schedule. However, with in 48 hours of your purchase we will send you an official “gift note” confirming your purchase. *** Check out our Season Ticket Frequently Asked Questions, Click Here $5 FREE from Lawrenceburg Speedway-Gift Card Promotion Right now you can get a $25 Lawrenceburg Speedway Gift Card for just $20!! CLICK HERE to check it out! Official Lawrenceburg Speedway Gear on Clearance! SHOP NOW!

June 22, 2011

ACCORD SPEEDWAY NEWS

Accord, NY - Accord Speedway Falls Victim To the Weather
By: Steve Pados, Accord Speedway Media

The poor weather forecast predicted for Wednesday evening has caused Accord Speedway promoters Gary and Donna Palmer to throw in the sponge and cancel the scheduled Midweek Madness program of events slated for this evening at the speedway. The rain has been on and off again all day long and rather than bring the race fans and race teams out to the speedway, the Palmer Family has decided to cancel the show and allow everyone to make alternative plans to spend the rest of their evening.

The Accord Speedway will swing back into action this coming Friday evening on June 24th with the regularly scheduled program on KB'S Racing Photos evening at the speedway. KB's has reached out to the local racing community for support for this evening as many of the driversand teams in the Northeast have donated race car body parts and memorabilia the fans can purchase throughout the course of the evening with all proceeds being donated to the American Cancer Society.

Midweek Madness will continue from June 29th until August 31st every Wednesday evening. Gates open at the speedway at 5 PM with Hot Laps scheduled for 6:45. Racing is to start at 7:15 PM. Admission for the Wednesday shows is just $5.00 and the great concession stand is open throughout the racing card.

Friday night racing at Accord runs from April through September with six great divisions going to war on the Accord high banks. This week KB'S Racing Photos will serve as the headline sponsor for the evening's event and will feature the five regular divisions at the speedway plus the return of the Legneds division and a qualifying event for the Five Mile Point Southern Tier 100 event to be held later in the season. Admission for the great racing action remains the same from a season ago as Adults (12+) will be $12.00; Children (11 and under) will be $3.00. The Family Value Pack that was met with much success last season is once again offered and is: 2 Adults, 2 Children, and $20.00 in food vouchers for $40.00, a savings of $10.00 to the consumer. Pit Gates open at the speedway at 4:30 and Spectator Gates open at 5. Hot laps kick off at 6:30 and the racing is slated to start at 7 PM.

Big offerings are in store for the racing fans in the upcoming weeks at the speedway. July 1st will find the fireworks expert "Wild Bill" back in the house to unleash his special brand of magic to the skies over the Accord facility with his one of a kind light show and fireworks extravaganza. The event will mark the eleventh time that Wild Bill will be making his dynamite appearance at the speedway. The now famous Chicken BBQ will compliment the speedway's salute to Independence Day. Come early and enjoy the always spectacular racing and the great food the speedway is noted for.

For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Accord Speedway, log-on to their well documented website at: http://www.accordspeedway.com  or call the speedway hotline at: 845 626 3478. For video work or questions regarding the purchase of videos from the exciting on-track action at the Accord Speedway, contact Jason at: http://www.tristatestudios.com  For the purchase of action or victory lane track photos, contact Kevin at: http://kbsracingphotos.com 
At the Accord Speedway............................................



We Measure Excitement A Quarter Mile At A Time

 

For Immediate Release
Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)

June 21st, 2011



Rome Provides Second Straight Win for Tony Knowles



Tyrone, Georgia (06/21/11) – Just a week after claiming his first win of the year Tony Knowles won his second straight event to the tune of $2,000 as he powered his #26 RSD Enterprises/SAE Parts/Rocket/Custom Racing Engine Super Late Model to the feature win in the season opener at Rome Speedway.

Tony made the last minute decision to enter the $2,000 to win, season opener at Rome Speedway (Rome, Georgia), and it would prove to be a great decision as he claimed his second win in as many races, and his second win of the year. With 19 cars entered into the event, Knowles would start on the second row for the feature, as he ran third during the opening circuits to Aaron Ridley and Casey Roberts. However, on a lap 8 restart, Knowles would use the high line to race his way past Ridley and Roberts to take over the top spot. He would never look back as he led the final twenty-two laps to claim the win, which came over Ridley, Ronnie Johnson, Robert Gant, and Frank Ingram. Full results are available at www.DixieSpeedway.com/Rome/ .

After seeing the event nixed last Saturday by rain and rescheduled for this Saturday Tony will be in action with the Southern All Stars Dirt Series this weekend with a $5,000 to win/$300 to start event at Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, Tennessee) on Saturday night, June 25th. Knowles is currently tied for 6th in the latest series' standings, and will be looking to make up ground this Saturday. For more information on the event, please visit www.SouthernAllStarsRacingSeries.com  and www.SmokyMountainSpeedway.com .

Tony Knowles Racing would like to thank all of their sponsors including RSD Enterprises, SAE Parts, Hoosier Race Tires, VP Racing Fuel, Coleman Auto Salvage, All Star Performance, CJ Trucking, Wiles Drive Shafts, Simpson Race Products MSRMafia.com, Rocket Chassis, Hunter Electric, Aquatic Solutions, Ohlins Racing Suspension, and All Star Graphix.

Tony Knowles Racing is always looking for new sponsors and marketing sponsors. If you or your company is interested on becoming a member of TKR please visit www.TonyKnowles26.com .

For more information on TKR Motorsports, please visit www.TonyKnowles26.com .



 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
June 21st, 2011



Howard Moore Launches New Website; Illinois Bound This Weekend



Memphis, Tennessee (06/21/11) – 14-year-old, Howard Moore from Memphis, Tennessee is the latest addition to the MSRMafia.com team and has launched a brand new website at www.HowardMooreRacing.com .

Howard Moore has been racing in various types of motorsports since he was eight years old and has earned several wins and championships along the way. He is currently in the middle of his third season of piloting his #23 Moore Motorsports/RaceDaySponsor.com/ Stallard/FTZ Racing Engine Micro Sprint, and he already has two wins on the year.

The team was last slated to be in action on Saturday, June 11th as the team set out to enter a Weekly Racing Series Event at Riverside International Speedway (West Memphis, Arkansas), however, heavy rains set in shortly before race time resulting in the cancellation of the program.

The next scheduled event for the team is the 66 Mike Phillips Memorial at Southern Illinois Raceway (Marion, Illinois) on June 23rd-25th. The POWRi-sanctioned event has posted a $10,000 winner's prize. For more information on the race, please visit www.SouthernIllinoisRaceway.com  and www.POWRi.com. 

Howard would like to thank all of his sponsors including RaceDaySponsor.com, Senter Farms, LawnJox.com, Ronnie's Hot Rods, Dynamic Electric, Butlerbuilt, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, FTZ Racing, Star Auto Sales, MotorStands.com, Hernando Dental Group, Stinson Industrial, Xtreme Race Graphics, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

Howard Moore is always looking for new sponsors and marketing partners. For more information, please visit www.HowardMooreRacing.com .

For the latest news, updates, and other information regarding Howard Moore, please point your browsers to www.HowardMooreRacing.com .

 

For Immediate Release: Denton Boyer Racing JNJ Motorsports Media contactus@jnjmotorsportsmedia.com

Denton Boyer Captures First Win of 2011 Season at Marion Center   Punxsutawney, PA (June 21, 2011) Denton Boyer and the Denton Boyer Racing team captured their first win of the 2011 season this past Saturday, June 18 at Marion Center Speedway in Marion Center, PA after a strong sixth place finish at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, PA the day before.   Boyer took the lead at the start of Marion Center's 25-lap feature event and held off a hard charging Gregg Satterlee and the previous week's winner, Dane Laraway, to snag his first win of the 2011 season. 'Starting up front definitely helped,' Boyer said, 'It's always a battle out there with those guys, they race hard so winning at Marion Center is never easy.'   'I need to thank our sponsors,' an appreciative Denton said, 'Pinned Designs, Coyer Enterprises, Martin Farms, Laz Fab, JNJ Motorsports Media and everyone else who helps us out. We all know that if it wasn't for them, none of us could go racing. It's nice to get a win for them and everyone that helps out at the shop and at the track.'   Denton Boyer and the Denton Boyer Racing Team are pre-registered for this upcoming weekend's 5th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA. The three day event will start Thursday, June 23 with a full World of Outlaws late Model Series program paying $6,000 to the winner. Friday, June 24 will feature the same World of Outlaws Late Model Series format with Saturday, June 25 being highlighted by the big $30,000 to-win Firecracker 100.   For more information on these events please visit www.lernerville.com, and www.woolms.com   For more information on Denton Boyer and Denton Boyer Racing please visit his website at www.dentonboyer.com.    Denton Boyer and Denton Boyer Racing would like to thank all of their sponsors and supporters: Pinned Designs, Coyer Enterprises, Martin Farms, Laz Fab, JNJ Motorsports Media, Stivason Photos, Pifer's Used Cars, Rocket Chassis, Simpson Race Products, Simon Racing Supply, Sunoco Race Fuels, and Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic.   Written and Distributed by: JNJ Motorsports Media www.jnjmotorsportsmedia.com

For Immediate Release: JM2 Motorsports JNJ Motorsports Media contactus@jnjmotorsportsmedia.com

Joe Martin Continues Winning Ways at Tri-City and Dog Hollow   Ringgold, PA (June 21, 2011) JM2 Motorsports and third year driver Joe Martin of Ringgold, PA captured his fourth and fifth wins of the 2011 season on Friday, June 10 at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, PA and on Friday, June 17 at Strongstown, PA's Dog Hollow Speedway.   June has been a busy month for Martin as he's competed in three different states and five different tracks while chasing weekly Fastrak points and Fastrak Northeast Touring Series points. Joe currently sits third in Fastrak Northeast points behind Fastrak standouts Max Blair and Mike Pegher Jr. after a seventh place finish at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, WV on Saturday, June 11 and a 15th place finish at McKean County Speedway in Smethport, PA on Saturday, June 18.   'It's been a really good season for us so far,' Martin said from his race shop. 'If someone would have told me that we'd have five wins through June, I wouldn't believe them.' 'Business' is about to pick up for the JM2 Motorsports team as the 'Cross the Borders Speedweek' is just around the corner for the Fastrak Northeast Touring Series.   'We're looking forward to the Speedweek after we go to Sharon this Saturday (June 25), we've been pretty good at Sharon this year (three wins at Sharon Speedway in 2011) and we feel confident that we can contend for another win there.' Joe continued, 'Then we'll get into the Speedweek and it seems the more we race, the better we get. Hopefully we can come out of that with a few good runs, maybe a win or two, and contend for the Northeast championship. Max (Blair) and Mike (Pegher Jr.) are really good and will be tough to beat, but if we can gain some momentum during the speedweek, we'll have a shot at it.'   Up next for Joe and the JM2 Motorsports team is Dog Hollow on Friday, June 24 and the Fastrak Northeast event at Sharon Speedway on Saturday, June 25. After that the team will hit the road for the 'Cross the Borders Speedweek' sanctioned by the Fastrak Northeast Touring Series.   Fastrak Northeast Touring Series 'Cross the Border Speedweek' Schedule Wednesday, June 29 - Expo Speedway, Cortland, OH $2,000 Thursday, June 30 - McKean County Speedway, Smethport, PA $1,200 Friday, July 1 - Raceway 7, Conneaut, OH $1,200 Saturday, July 2 - Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway, Imperial, PA $1,200 Sunday, July 3 - Eriez Speedway, Hammett, PA $2,000   For more information on these events please visit www.dog-hollow.net, www.sharonspeedway.com, and www.fastraknortheast.com   For more information on Joe Martin and the JM2 Motorsports team please visit www.joemartin55.com.   JM2 Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors and supporters: Specialty Rental Tools & Supply, Martin Farms, Juart Exploration Inc., Allegheny Crane Rental, Juart Bros. Excavating, Neese Trucking, JNJ Motorsports Media, Primitive Peddler, Ringgold Tire, S&S Communications, Zero Wraps, Cornerstone Chiropractic Center, B&C Meter Inc., Freedline Auto Repair, LazFab, Ingram Racing Engines, Faster Chassis, Jeff Martin Lumber, Brocious Lumber, AM/PM Personal Care Home, and Mike Blose Racing.   Written and Distributed by: JNJ Motorsports Media www.jnjmotorsportsmedia.com

June 21, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE---THANK YOU
CONTACT: BOB MILLE R 443 513 4456
THE BATTLE AT LINCOLN


NAPA Auto Parts. . . . .ADMISSION JUST $20 FOR ADULTS, SPRINT & ROC MODIFIED DOUBLE-HEADER. . . . . . . .
LANCE DEWEASE AND WADE HENDRICKSON LATEST ENTRIES FOR "THE BATTLE AT LINCOLN" TUESDAY NIGHT, JULY 12

"The Battle at Lincoln" is quickly approaching and the roster of competitors just continues to grow.

The Pioneer Pole Buildings sponsored event will bring a battle to Central Pennsylvania like nothing since the Battle at Gettysburg, which took place just twelve mile from the Lincoln Speedway located in Abbottstown, PA The Tuesday night, July 12 Double-Header will present a first time appearance by the ROC Modifieds along with the MACH 1 358/360 Sprint Challenge and all the generals will be on the battle field in both classes. This event is being presented by NAPA Auto Parts.

Lance Dewease is the latest sprint entry and he'll be driving the Scott McClaren #21. In the modified ranks, "The Flying Farmer" Wade Hendrickson just recently gave the nod that he'll have his modified in "The Battle At Lincoln". The ROC Modifieds will battle in a 60 lap feature paying $5,000 to win with the MACH 1 Chassis 358/360 Sprints chasing a $3,000 to win payday. In the event of rain, Wednesday, July 13 will be the rain date. General admission for this event is $20 for adults, $15 to students, $5 for children and the pit fee is $25.

The modified expected entry list includes Steward Friesen, Duane Howard, Craig VonDohren, Wade Hendrickson, Billy Decker, Matt Sheppard, Danny Johnson, Doug Manmiller, Rick Laubach, Billy Pauch, Kevin Hirthler, Jeff Strunk, Pat Ward, Larry Wight, Ryan Watt, Billy Pauch Jr. , Mike Iles and Jon Willman just to name a few. This will be the first time the modifieds are at Lincoln Speedway in twenty-five years. Barry Burkhart of Reading, PA won that event.

In the MACH 1 Chassis 358/360 Sprints, expect Lance Dewease, Mark Smith, Daryn Pittman, Brian Montieth, Aaron Ott, Pat Cannon, Blane Heimbach, Billy Dietrich, Cory Haas, Billy Pauch Jr., Keith Prutzman, Dave Ely, Dale Hanmaker, Kramer Williamson, Niki Young, Adrian Shaffer, Kevin Nagy and Kyle Moody.

Event Facts:
Where: Lincoln Speedway 800 Racetrack Road Abbottstown, PA 17301
Track Phone: 717-624-2755
What: ROC Big Block Modifieds & 358/360 Sprints
Date: Tuesday, July 12
Rain Date: Wednesday, July 13
Gates Open: 5 PM
Race Time: 7:30 PM
Admission: Adults $20, Students $15 (12-17), Children $5 (6-11) Under 6 will be FREE.
Pit Fee: $25 no license required
Additional Information: Contact Bob Miller 443 513 4456
Parade lap fireworks salute presented by: LAWRENCE CHEVROLET in Mechanicsburg, PA
Lap Sponsorship for this event, Contact Ben Moyer 717-679-4816 or by e-mail at squadchauffer8@gmail.com.
EVENT Sponsors: Pioneer Pole Buildings (PPB), MACH 1 Chassis, NAPA Auto Parts, Lawrence Chevrolet, BFP Specialty's

Lincoln Speedway is a very popular and "fan friendly" track in the tri-state area, offering great unobstructed viewing from every seat in the grandstands. The infield is open for watching the races by entering through the fourth turn tunnel. The pits are asphalt, with a slight elevation and great lighting a so fans can watch all the pit action as well. The three-eighth mile Lincoln Speedway offers it all, the high speeds that you would see at the "big tracks" with the flair and excitement of the short track "bull rings". At Lincoln Speedway, you'll have it all.

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June 21, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE---THANK YOU
CONTACT: BOB MILLER 443 513 4456
NAPA AUTO PARTS HISTORIC 100TH THUNDER ON THE HILL EVENT

Adult Admission $20, Kids Just $5, Pit Fee $25. . . . . . .
410 SPRINT & 358 MODIFIEDS HEADLING HISTORIC 100TH NAPA AUTO PARTS THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES EVENT TUESDAY, JUNE 28 AT GRANDVIEW

The historic 100th event of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series will unfold at the Grandview Speedway next Tuesday night. The featured divisions will be the wildly popular 410 sprints joined by the weekly crowd pleasing 358 Modifieds. It's only fitting that these two divisions make-up the anticipated 100th event in Thunder on the Hill history. It was the 410 sprints that were first showcased in August of 1990 during the first running of Thunder on the Hill. As years went on, the popular 358 Modifieds made their share of visits in this popular mid-week racing series at the Bechtelsville, PA one-third mile oval. Thunder on the Hill is a co-promotion between Grandview Speedway track owner Bruce Rogers and long time racing publicist Bob Miller. Including the June 28th event, the series will pay out a total of $3,345,000 to the competitors who took part in the one-hindered race series.

In celebration of the one-hundredth event, the admission price for this high profile event will be just $20 for adults, $5 for children 6-11 and children under the age of six will be admitted for free. The pit fee will be $25 and a license is not required.

Only at Grandview Speedway will fans have a chance to see the 410 sprints and modifieds on a double header program. Brian Leppo of Spring City, PA score his first Thunder will at Grandview in May, beating out Fast Freddie Rahmer in a wheel-banging move off of turn four. Leppo earned $5,000 for the win. The Tuesday night, June 28 event will be part of the Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week Series with the 35 lap feature event again paying $5,000 to the winner. The Leppo and Rahmer battle is expected to continue will challenges from Lance Dewease, Tyler Walker, Greg Hodnett, Steve Smith, Brian Montieth, Mark Smith and Daryn Pittman to name a few.

In the 358 Modifieds, look for the red battle to continue between Jeff Strunk and Mike Gular. Strunk won the Thunder Modified feature in May, his first Thunder win in five years. Mike Gular offer a battle to the wire and he has a strong history of outstanding runs in the Thunder on the Hill events. Billy Pauch, Ryan Godown, Doug Manmiller, Duane Howard, Billy Pauch Jr and Rick Laubach are among the expected 358 modified entries.

Coming Events:

Event #100
When: Tuesday, June 28 7:30 PM Gates Open at 5 PM
What: 410 Sprints Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week & 358 Modifieds.
Where: Grandview Speedway 43 Passmore Road, Route 100 Bechtelsville, PA 19505, ten mile north of Pottstown, PA
Admission: Adults $20, Children 6-11 $5 Under 6 Free
Pit Fee: $25
Track #: 610-754-7688
Website: www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com  or www.grandviewspeedway.com
 
Meet Ms. Thunder on the Hill Stephanie Reid, See JOE the Pizza Dude, The Round Table Girls. Fan Giveaways. Try the popular Inside/Out Promotion where you can watch warm-ups from the inside turn four! Get your Grandview Thunder Program Book, your 22nd Anniversary Thunder on the Hill Racing Series t-shirts, Fireworks on feature parade lap, Fans invited to take part in the joyous victory lane ceremonies and meet the drivers in the pit area following the races.


2011 NAPA AUTO PARTS THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES 22nd Season
presented by: VERTICAL Telephone Systems and Lee Myles Transmissions
Grandview Speedway Bechtelsville, PA


Tuesday, June 28 THUNDER EVENT #100
THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES 7:30 PM
Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week Series 410 Sprints & 358 Modifieds

Wednesday, August 3 THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES 7:30 PM
ROC on the Hill TRAFFIC JAM 60 lap Modifieds & 40 laps Sportsman

Saturday, October 15 THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES Halloween Party 6 PM
358 Modifieds, URC Sprints, ARDC Midgets,
Sportsman, Legends. Monster Smash Demo Derby Garden State Vintage Stock Cars
Plus the Vince's Towing Legend Owners Race
(Rain Date Sunday Oct 16 4 PM)


Thunder Road Shows:
Tuesday, July 12 Lincoln Speedway 7:30 PM Gates Open 5 PM
ROC Big Block Modifieds 60 laps & 358/360 Sprint Challenge 25 laps
Rain Date: Wednesday, July 13 7:30 PM
Abbottstown, PA www.lincolnspeedway.com
Thunder Sponsors:
* NAPA Auto Parts- - - Long time Thunder on the Hill Racing Series sponsor will again have their banners and flag waving high above the Grandview Speedway podium.
* Lee Myles Transmissions at three locations in Berks County. Fern Street Reading, Perkiomen Ave 422 Birdsboro and North 5th Street Highway Reading. Other locations in Allentown, Easton, Mt. Pocono and York, PA
* VERTICAL Telephone Systems will return once again to add some fan fun for all the Thunder fans.
*R.M. Palmer Candy Company, Reading, PA
* BPG Racing/Chad Sinon Motorsports- - Making Thunder bigger for all
* Vince's Towing- - Reading, PA

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For Immediate Release: Tim Fuller Racing Inc. JNJ Motorsports Media contactus@jnjmotorsportsmedia.com

Back on Outlaws Trail, Tim Fuller Looks Forward to Firecracker Weekend at Lernerville   Watertown, NY (June 20, 2011) Tim Fuller and his Tim Fuller Racing Inc., team were back in action with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series this past weekend at Winchester Speedway in Winchester, VA for the $10,000 to-win 'Gunter's Honey Spring 50' before making their way to Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA for the much anticipated, 5th Annual 'Firecracker 100' presented by GottaRace.com that will feature two full World of Outlaws Late Model Series events each paying $6,000 to the winner before Saturday's 100-lap, $30,000 mega event.   'We got caught up in a mess in our heat at Winchester and that put us towards the back for the feature,' Tim said about his trip to Virginia. 'We had a good car, we were able to hang on to Chub (Frank) for a lot of laps and pass some cars, the longer the race went, the better we got. Maybe if it would have been a 100 lapper, we would have had a better finish.' Fuller finished 13th at Winchester keeping him ninth in World of Outlaws Late Model Series points heading into Firecracker weekend.   'I really enjoy going to Lernerville, we've had some success there in the past with the modified and I'm comfortable there in the Late Model but don't really have the finishes there to prove it.' Tim continued, 'It's a fun weekend and a great event that the people at Lernerville put on.'   The break in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series schedule has been a blessing for Fuller, who, after teaming up with Chad Sinon and North Wales, PA based BPG Inc., was able to take the time to get his racing operation situated before a hectic July schedule will keep him on the road for pretty much the entire month. 'Now that we were able to take a few weeks and get all of our duck's in a row, I'm looking forward to kicking things off at Lernerville and getting the next few weeks of Outlaws racing underway.'   Tim Fuller and Tim Fuller Racing Inc., will be in action this Tuesday, June 21 at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, NY for 'The Big Show III' sanctioned by the Super DIRTcar Series. Then it's off to Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, June 23, 24, and 25 for the 5th Annual 'Firecracker 100' presented by GottaRace.com.   For more information on these events please visit www.superdirtcarseries.com, www.lernerville.com, www.woolms.com.   For more information on Tim Fuller and Tim Fuller Racing Inc., please visit www.timfullerracinginc.com.   Tim Fuller and Tim Fuller Racing Inc., would like to thank their sponsors for the 2011 season: BPG Racing, Rocket Chassis, Integra Racing Shocks, JNJ Motorsports Media, Atomic Sign Works, G and R Auto Parts, ASI Racewear, Bicknell Racing Calipers, VP Racing Fuel, ATL Fuel Cells, Real Racing Wheels, Performance Friction Brakes, NGK Spark Plugs, Bert Transmissions, Beyea Custom Headers, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic, Schaeffer's Racing Oil, and Trick Race Parts.   Written and Distributed by: JNJ Motorsports Media www.jnjmotorsportsmedia.com

June 20, 2011

CARQUEST GASOLINE ALLEY NEWS

Allentown, PA: CARQUEST Gasoline Alley Welcomes Darren Hagen, Coleman Gulick, Shane Stewart, Bobby East And Brent Marks To Tonight's Show
By:Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media

The extremely popular and nationally acclaimed CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Internet Show cranks up the airwaves on Monday evening with another fabulous edition of their show on June 20th as show hosts Ed and Steve Pados welcome in another blockbuster lineup of talented racing stars and personalities who join the Gang for the fastest, funniest, and most informative racing show in the country today. The show airs from 6 to 8 PM every Monday evening on channels 103 and 137 and worldwide on the Internet. The Gang has been serving the racing world for the past nine years on the airwaves and is well noted for their well noted "theme" show format and will host the 528th edition of their show since they hit the airwaves and their 316th show since joining forces with the party channel at WALN Digital Cable and "Happy Jack" Burns on Channels 103 and 137. The Gasoline Alley Team of Ed and Steve Pados is looking forward to more of the same great format they have been following since the inception of their hit show back in 2002 as they highlight the past, present and future of auto racing with their great show.

With this edition of the show the Gang will chat with some outstanding driving talent who all made their way into victory lane over the past weekend of racing. The Gang will start out with California drivng talent Darren Hagen who is coming off a big win at the USAC Milwaukee Mile Midget event over the weekend. "The Hawk" has enjoyed fantastic success this season with recent wins at Gas City during Indiana Midget Week and the big Night before the 500 event at Indianapolis where he earned $20,000.00. "The Iceman" Coleman Gulick rejoins the Gang to talk about his Friday night win at Gas City and the recent great showing while competing at the USAC Eastern Storm racing series. Shane Stewart pays the Gang a visit to talk about his two preliminary wins at the Dirt Cup in Skagit, Washington over the weeknd and his overall great performance on the ASCS racing tour. Bobby East will rejoin the Gang to talk about his big win in USAC Silver Crown competition at the Milwaukee Mile over the weekend and will review the big win he enjoyed at the recent Eastern Storm event at the Grandview Speedway. Brent Marks, the young and talented 410 Sprint Car star missed the show last week but will join in tonight to talk about he upcoming PA Speedweeks 600 Racing Series and how his success in 2008 in capturing the title prepared him for his bright and successful career in racing.

The popular award winning TV/Internet show offers a live internet video feed to all of the Internet subscribers to view the wide assortment of the many racing videos that are played while the show is in progress and to enjoy the chat sessions with the many great personalities from within the racing community who pay the Gang a visit to discuss racing. As always, a surprise or two will be expected as the Gasoline Alley Gang continues to bring the racing community the fastest, funniest and most informed racing show on the airwaves today. All shows produced by GA Motorsports Media are carefully researched, authenticated and fully scripted to produce for our loyal sponsors, guests and racing fans the best show on the airwaves today.

CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Radio/Internet Show continues with its outstanding line-up of talented guests with this week's edition of the show. The Show's programming is available on WALN Digital Cable Radio, Internet www.walncableradio.com  for the Audio portion and: livestream.com/walncableradio/old  for the video portion. The Show is available on Service Electric Digital Cable TV, Channels 103, and 137 and is live from 6 to 8 PM and later tape delayed on Channel 50 at 11 PM.

Join the Gasoline Alley broadcasting team of Ed and Steve Pados on Monday evening June 20th as they take you on a two-hour circular journey with their well documented, very informative and extremely funny show.

Should you have questions on how to be a part of the show through advertising, appearances or remotes, please contact Steve Pados at: 610 573 9706; Ed Pados at: 610 739 0391; or the WALN Studios at: 610 791 1818. You may also email: steveswp@ptd.net 


RACING NEWS THE WAY IT IS MEANT TO BE

 

Hamlin Repeat Winner at Michigan Denny Hamlin made it back-to-back trips to Victory Lane in the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday and scored his first win of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Full Story Michigan Rear View Mirror News, notes and observations from a weekend of racing at Michigan International Speedway. Full Story Franchitti Ties Power with Milwaukee Win Dario Franchitti won Sunday's Milwaukee 225 at the Milwaukee Mile and in the process moved into a tie with Will Power for the IndyCar Series championship points lead. Full Story Edwards Outruns Stenhouse at Michigan Carl Edwards held off teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to win Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Speedway. Full Story Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Results Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Loop Data eBook Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Video Recap Hight Sets National Speed Record Robert Hight raced to his fourth Funny Car victory of the season Sunday and in the process set the national speed record at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Full Story Dollansky Sweeps Duel in the Dakotas Craig Dollansky completed a sweep of the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Duel in the Dakotas in thrilling fashion on Saturday night at River Cities Speedway. Full Story Dillon Wins at Michigan Ty Dillon held off Max Gresham to win Friday's ARCA Racing Series RainEater Wiper Blades 200 at Michigan International Speedway. Full Story Program Calendar   Date: 06/20/11 12:30 PM ET Booth Team: Marty Hough and Woody Cain   Date: 06/21/11 12:30PM ET Booth Team: Steve Post and Kendra Jacobs   Date: 06/21/11 7:00PM ET

For Immediate Release: Boom Briggs Racing (BBR) JNJ Motorsports Media contactus@jnjmotorsportsmedia.com

Boom Briggs Wins Guaranteed Starting Spot for this Weekend's 'Firecracker 100' at Lernerville   Bear Lake, PA (June 20, 2011) Rick 'Boom' Briggs and the Boom Briggs Racing team have captured one of the most coveted prizes in the western Pennsylvania region this past Friday, June 17 after winning the Mid-Season Championship at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA which comes with a guaranteed starting spot for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series (WoO) sanctioned, 5th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com.   'Having the guaranteed spot for the Firecracker is a huge relief for us,' Boom said, 'It takes a ton of pressure off during the first two days of the event and lets us go out and race. Last year we ran well during the whole Firecracker weekend and won a heat on the first night, but now, we at least have something to fall back on if something were to happen, it's just a big relief.' Briggs, in his Meridien Hardwoods, Sorbera Family Chiropractic, Horton Equipment, Asel Enterprises, Briggs Transport, Tony Stec Lumber, Chub Frank Racing, CJ's Auto Transport sponsored 99B Rocket Chassis took the lead from Ken Schaltenbrand on a lap nine restart and held off a late charge from former WoO Champion Darrell Lanigan for the win.   Boom's season has been hampered by rain but has still been able to compete 19 times throughout the 2011 season while racking up six top five finishes, most recently this past Sunday, June 19 at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, PA where he finished 5th, and seven total top ten finishes. 'It doesn't seem like we've raced as much as we have with all the rain that we've had this year,' Briggs mentioned, 'and the plan is to race as much as we can, we just need the weather and work to cooperate. We're extremely excited about the Firecracker, we've been getting better and better at Lernerville this season and I feel we have a shot to have a strong run. It's always tough to race against the guys that come in for the Firecracker but we've run up front with them before and I'm more than confident that we can do run with them this weekend.'   Briggs and the BBR team would also like to announce that their new 2011 Tee Shirts will be available this weekend at Lernerville for $20.00. Fans can purchase 2011 Boom Briggs apparel at Boom's hauler starting this weekend and at other vendor's in vendor's row at 'The Action Track'.   Boom Briggs and the Boom Briggs Racing Team will be in action at this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday June 23, 24, and 25 for the 5th Annual 'Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA. The three day extravaganza features two full World of Outlaws Late Model Series events on Thursday and Friday, each paying $6,000 to the winner and a huge $30,000 to-win, 100 lap main event on Saturday. Another busy weekend will be in store as next Thursday, June 30 Briggs will be at McKean County Speedway in Smethport, PA for the ULMS sanctioned 'Ned Gleason Memorial'. On Friday, July 1 Boom will return to Lernerville Speedway for a regular show and then head to Little Valley Speedway in Little Valley, NY on Saturday, July 2 for a $4,000 to win ULMS sanctioned event before visiting Hesston Speedway on Sunday, July 3 for the $4,000 to win UFo/Three State Flyers co-sanctioned event.   For more information on these events please visit www.lernerville.com, www.woolms.com, www.unitedlatemodelseries.com, www.uforacechampionship.com, and www.threestateflyers.com.   For more information on Boom Briggs visit his website at www.boombriggs.com.   Boom Briggs and Boom Briggs Racing would like to thank their sponsors for the 2011 season: Meridien Hardwoods, Sorbera Family Chiropractic, Horton Equipment, Asel Enterprises, Briggs Transport, Tony Stec Lumber, Chub Frank Racing, CJ's Auto Transport, Custom Race Engines, Rocket Chassis, Hoosier Racing Tires, JNJ Motorsports Media, Buccola's, Sunset Dairy, Bodies by Lacki, GW Performance, Ohlins Shocks, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts and Decals, VP Racing Fuel, All Star Performance, Outerwears, Safety Solutions, Rush Performance, Hypercoils, K-B Carburetors, Argo Pit Equipment, Brinn Transmissions, Mason Racin, Wrisco Aluminum, Performance Friction Brakes, Speed Bear Fasteners, Ringers Gloves, Schuyler's, Frankland, Motul Lubricants, Aurora Rod Ends, Kirkey, Tarpco Inc., Performance Bodies, Jones Racing Products, Wiles Driveshafts, Cruise with the Champions, Weld Racing, KRC Power Steering, Race Pumps, and Simpson Race Products.   Written and Distributed by: JNJ Motorsports Media www.jnjmotorsportsmedia.com

For immediate release 6/19/2011



PENNSYLVANIA SPRINT SPEED WEEK TO OPEN SATURDAY, JUNE 25 WITH KEVIN GOBRECHT MEMORIAL AT LINCOLN



York Haven, Pa.....Eight exciting nights of Sprint Car racing in nine days. The 21st annual Pennsylvania Sprint Car Speedweek is just around the corner. Sprint Car racing, exciting support classes, and Free Camping are all a big part of this spectacular week of racing excitement.

The Pennsylvania Sprint Car Speedweek begins this Saturday evening June 25, and continues through Sunday July 3. The first night of racing is at the Lincoln Speedway near Hanover.

The Sprint Cars kick off their Speedweek with the Kevin Gobrecht Memorial Race, a 30 lap affair with $7000 on the line for the winner. The Legends cars will also be part of the program on the 3/8th mile banked Lincoln Speedway clay oval.

After Lincoln it's off to the west, as speedweek visits the full half mile Bedford Fairgrounds oval on Sunday June 26. The racing action at Bedford will conclude with a 30 lap feature paying $5000 to the winner. Bedford's own Super Late Models will also be on the racing card. With Monday being the only off day in Speedweek, the Bedford show has a raindate for Monday June 27.

On Tuesday the series moves east to the tight confines of the high banked quarter mile Grandview Speedway for thunder on the Hill. For the Sprint cars, Grandview offers up a 35 lap feature with $5000 to the winner. Grandview's own popular 358 Modifieds will join the sprint Cars on this show. This event will mark the 100th Thunder on the Hill Racing Series event since 1the first race in 1990.

On Wednesday June 29, the show moves "South of the Border" for action on the lightning fast half mile Hagerstown, Md Speedway. Another 30 lap feature with $5000 on tap for the winner. The vintage race cars of the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing will be part of Hagerstown's show.

The fairgrounds oval in Port Royal will offer the first of two 2011 Speedweek shows on Thursday evening. This one at the Port concludes with a 30 lap feature paying $5000 to the winner. The Prostocks will be part of the program.

The biggest event of Speedweek is Friday's Mitch Smith Memorial Race at the historic half mile Williams Grove speedway near Mechanicsburg. Honoring one of the area's most exciting and successful drivers, the Smith memorial offers $10,000 to the winner of the 30 lap feature event. The show at "The Grove" will also feature the SpeedSTRS and Fireworks.

It's back to Port Royal on Saturday July 2 for another 30 lap feature with $5000 again on the line for the winner. The Super Late Models are part of this program.

Speedweek concludes on Sunday July 3 at the massive Selinsgrove Speedway. The Jan Opperman Memorial Race is another 30 lapper with $5000 on the line for the winner. The ever popular Super Sportsman racers are also on the slate. Since the July 4 holiday falls on Monday, that date will be used as a raindate for the Selinsgrove show.

Fans should note that this Speedweek series will use a different format than the recently complete Keystone Cup series, and there will be an inversion in the qualifying heat races. With the top driver drawing for starting spots at the front of the feature field.

Jake's Karts will again provide a "Fast Time" of $100 to the top time trialer on each night.

Greg Hodnett is the defending Speedweek champion, while Fred Rahmer leads all drivers with 11 Speedweek titles. Hodnett and Lance Dewease each have three Speedweek titles.

Rahmer also leads all drivers with 30 career Speedweek wins, Again, Hodnett and Dewease are tied for second with 18 Speedweek wins each.
 

June 19, 2011

3rd Annual Greg Schilling Memorial/I-77 Road Warrior Weekend Big Bucks for the AMRA Modifieds

MT. ALTO, WV-The sign above the AMRA Schilling/I-77 Enterprises door reads, "Invaders Welcome-Enter at Your Own Risk." In theory yes, but in reality neither the office, nor the sign exist. What is coming on the horizon, however, is one of the biggest dirt, open wheel weekends of the year. The American Motor Racing Association will host the 3rd Annual Greg Schilling Memorial, this Friday, June 25 at Billy Jarrell's Skyline Speedway in Stewart, Ohio; then the AMRA Road Warriors meet up at I-77 Raceway Park in Fairplain, WV for another lucrative pay-off.

With its lavish purse and $1699-to-win price tag, the 3rd annual Greg Schilling Memorial Race asserts the AMRA as America's "number one" sanctioning body of open-wheeled modifieds. Known as America's Most Competitive Open-wheeled Modified Series, the AMRA sanctions weekly racing series in three states; playing host to one of the most prestigious touring series in its "Road Warrior Challenge" tour. The Malta AMRA Series is also known for its healthy point fund and contingencies program.

"Once again we are honored to be hosting this event for the AMRA," said AMRA President Larry Keefer. "Greg Schilling was a great racer. We miss him and his competitive nature and warm personality. He meant a lot to his fans and racing in general."

Greg Schilling was one of the early young-guns in the Ohio Valley area when IMCA E-Mods migrated to the Ohio Valley from the Midwest. Greg was a hard-charger and won many races in the Ohio Valley area. Additionally, he later extended his fine talents to the AMRA circuit. Whenever the #99 was in the line-up, it was one car that fans could count on to be a front-runner. Not only was Greg a great racer, but he was a friend to many on the local racing scene. These friends, racers, and sponsors have all come together in a big way to honor Greg's legacy.

The purse for the event parallels a full-blown late model pay-off, featuring nearly $7500 for the first five positions, The payoff is still the same with 19 cars starting according to one of the organizers: Payoff 1-$1699, 2-$1599, 3-$1499, 4-$1399, 5-$1299, 6-$1199, 7-$1099, 8-$999, 9-$899, 10-$799, 11-$699, 12-$599, 13-$499, 14-$399, 15-$299, 16-$199, 17-$199, 18-$199 & 19-$199. The "99" at the end of each pay-off position is in honor of Schilling's number 99.

The inaugural winner was Chris Stotts, Shade, Ohio and last year's winner was Late Model Hall of Famer, Rick Aukland of Zanesville, Ohio.

The AMRA would like to remind everyone that the M-100 tires are now legal in all AMRA events. Friday's event will not be a Road Warrior race, but will be a gem of an event in the cornerstone of the AMRA. Saturday, I-77 Raceway Park will host the Road Warriors and many outside invaders in town for this huge racing event.
At I-77 Raceway Park, Gates Open - 3 pm; Concessions Open - 3 pm; Drivers Meetings - 5:45 pm; and

Hot Laps Begin at 6:00 pm. For More information please contact Kenney Newhouse - 304-552-8804; Craig Givens - 304-989-3305; or Shon Parsons - 304 531 3718 or visit << www.racei77.com  >> The track entrance is just off the Fairplain, WV exit of I-77. Google maps address is 63 Cedar Lakes Dr., Ripley, WV 25271.

Skyline and I-77 Raceway are just a little over 60 miles apart and approximately an hour and 15 minutes of driving time.

Also on the racing card June 25 at Skyline is a regular show for AMRA Late Models and Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association 410 Sprints, Mod Lites and Mini-Wedges. For further information about Skyline Speedway visit << www.skylinespeedway.net  >> or call 304-539-4410 or the track phone at 740-662-4111.

 

June 19, 2011

K-C to Host $10 Car Load Night Saturday, June 25 Pack'em In Night

CHILLICOTHE, OHIO-Jeff and Vicki Schrader's K-C Raceway will be hosting a bargain night, not even the best shopper can pass up. This Saturday, June 25 K-C hosts Carload Night! Saturday, admission is free, but each carload of fans that enters the parking lot will be charged just $10. That's right! Admission is just $10 per carload all night until 7:00 p.m. So come early!

K-C owner Jeff Schrader said, “We can get approximately 2,000 cars in this place and I would love to see it full. You can have one person or 15 in a car; whatever way they can fit for just $10. Admission is FREE from 3 to 7 p.m. but it costs $10 to park. That’s all! It’s that simple!”

Fans will not only get in at a bargain basement price, but will get to see the powerful AMRA Late Models, AMRA Advanced Services Modifieds, and the Dan Reno Hobby Stocks all on the same racing card.

Despite the downturn in the economy, K-C has had consistently good crowds all season long and good fields of cars. "We hope that getting the show started on time and finished on time will make racing more appealing to the fans," said Schrader. "It's tough for families, especially kids if the show drags out. Fans like to be entertained and be on there way. This week will be a great week for everyone to test out the New K-C Raceway."

Added Schrader, "Our drivers are dedicated and loyal; and they have been putting on a great show. They are our best promoters and provide the best way for racing to grow--so that we can increase payoffs. To do that we have to put more people in the stands. I hope everyone invites someone to the races."

Also coming to K-C July 1 in a rare Friday night appearance is the historical "Night the Stars Come Out!" featuring the O'Reilly All-Star Sprint cars and All-Star Late Models, plus Hobby Stocks all on the same racing card. The BOSS non-wing sprints come to town July 9.

For more information, please visit www.kc-raceway.com  or call 740-663-4141. K-C Raceway is located south of Chillicothe on Blain Highway off SR 23 at Alma.

 

June 19, 2011

Blaney takes ASCOC Speedweek $$$$
NASCAR Champ Stewart Charges from 24th to 7th
Berwanger and Adams take Support Features
By Brian Liskai/Scott Wolfe

CHILLICOTHE, OHO-Experiencing little mechanical issues over the past few O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champion events, George Fisher went to work on his Ti22 Performance sprint car. The result? A dominating performance by his driver Dale Blaney on the second night of the 29th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek at KC Raceway.

Blaney led all 30 laps Saturday to take his 79th career All Star win as he continues to work toward his fourth All Star championship and a possible fifth Ohio Sprint Speedweek title.

Jeremy Berwanger claimed the AMRA Advanced Services Modified main, while Jamey Adams won the Dan Reno Hobby Stock main. Highlights of the evening were the appearances of NASCAR Sprint Cup stars Kasey Kahne and Tony Stewart, who both raced their way into the A-main event.

"I love this place”, said Blaney. “George likes it...I mean it's kind of his home track. We always run pretty good here. The way the track was tonight you could race all over it," said Blaney. "We've been qualifying really well but we haven't been finishing off things. Tonight the car was really, really good from qualifying on and I tried to limit my mistakes to a few tonight. If we can continue to do that we will be in good shape."

"The traffic went pretty good for us. I tried to be aggressive because that 83 car (Tim Shaffer) is awful, awful fast, especially the last half of the race he gets really fast and you know he'll be there at the end. I was just trying to put as many lapped cars between us and it worked out pretty good," added Blaney.

Shaffer, who opened speedweek with a win on Friday, would race into second on lap nine, but caution flags and lapped cars would prevent him from getting to Blaney.

"It wasn't meant to be tonight. Dale and George and those guys did a great job. We couldn't get the breaks tonight. It's been a tough year already and hopefully during speedweek we can make up some ground," said Shaffer beside his Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook owned machine sponsored by Kistler Engines.

Cole Duncan would take third on the third lap and that's where he would finish, as the cautions prevented him from challenging the top two.

"We had motor trouble yesterday and Charlie Fisher helped us out today and we got that thing running pretty good. We were pretty good on the long runs...we were good early but there were too many lapped cars there at the end," said Duncan beside his Bobby Labonte Racing, Wolfden Carbon Fiber Products, Motorcity Auto Transport backed #22. "We put this car together last week...we crashed here last Saturday so we put a new car together and it seems to be pretty good."

Blaney and Kyle Sauder would lead the field to the green with David Gravel, Shaffer, Duncan and Cap Henry in tow. Duncan would move into third on lap three and immediately challenged Sauder for the runner-up spot as Blaney pulled away. "The Low Rider" would hit lapped traffic by lap 7 as Sauder continued to battle Duncan and now Shaffer. Shaffer would drive by both Duncan and Sauder into second on lap 9. Meanwhile there was a great battle for third between Sauder, Duncan, Henry, Gravel and Randy Hannagan.

The caution would fly on lap 13 for a Sheldon Haudenschild/Rob Chaney tangle on the back stretch. Blaney would have four lapped cars between himself and Shaffer who had a lapped machine separating him and Duncan. With a clear track, Blaney would pull away as Shaffer struggled with the lapped cars. Duncan, Sauder, Hannagan and Henry would continue to wage a tremendous battle for third that would last until lap 28 when Travis Philo flipped hard in turn three with fifth place running Cap Henry spinning to avoid the crash.

With a green-white-checkered to finish the race - coupled with a clear track - Blaney would power away to the win over Shaffer, Duncah, Hannagan and Gravel. While the race for third was a dandy, the fans were also treated to NASCAR star Tony Stewart charging from 24th - last - to a seventh place finish.

In the AMRA Advanced Services modified main, former AMRA national champion Jeremy Berwanger fended off the defending AMRA champ Kenny Johnson. Bob Crace, Jr. gave Berwanger a run early, but as the race progressed Berwanger began to check out.

Crace and Kenny Johnson sparred early, and then continued their attack in reverse order once Johnson edged by following a restart. Father-son team of Jeremy and Tim Rayburn battled Fireball Pinkerton and defending K-C champion Brian Whiteman. Racing was once again close and racy throughout the pack, as the sizzling modifieds set the stage for the ensuing ASCOC Speedweek feature.

After a spin Whiteman went to the rear and started a charge the left a great impression on the open wheel crowd. Whiteman came from 17th to 8th in the run. Only Kevin Delaney was able to close the door on his charge to the front.

As Johnson gave it his all to catch the “Murray City Bandit” Berwanger, Crace, Rayburn, Pinkerton, and another contender Chris Wilson fought for position. Crace slowed momentarily, shuffling the top five, allowing Pinkerton to bag Rayburn for third and fourth. Veteran Crace recovered for a strong fifth.

John Arthurs was the co-hard-charger of the race in a 16th to tenth place run, while newcomer Shawn Donahue had a great run in his first appearance at K-C blasting from the tail to 11th. K-C racing Icon Bud Frazier blitzed from 14th to 9th.

Defending Road Warrior champion Matt Holcomb suffered mechanical woes as did Late Model transplant Greggie Oliver.

Rounding out the top ten were Berwanger, Johnson, Pinkerton, J. Rayburn, Crace, Jr., Wilson, Delaney, Whiteman, Frazier, and Arthurs.

Who says ‘nice guys finish last’? No matter where he starts, he puts on a show, and he wins against a whole group of talented, hard-charging Saturday night warriors. Yes, Jamey Adams did it again.

In the night’s finale--Dan Reno Hobby Stocks-- Brandon Mather grabbed the early lead and led 13 laps, despite climbing the front stretch wall on the second lap, then powering back down into turn one in resuming his charge. Mather at one point built up a ten-car length lead, but his tires appeared to fade as the race wore on.

Mather survived several cautions that eliminated several contenders including Roger Mossbarger, Tim Cutler, Keith Dubois, Mike Brust, Jack Martin and Gary Park. On each restart former champion Tommy Mossbarger and Richard Trego challenged for second as another former Champ Bruce Gray, Jr. and Jamey Adams battled for the next position.

As Trego’s mount lost traction, Gray leap-frogged into a fight for second with Mossbarger. Adams, Trego, Jim Hildebrand and Brandon Thompson dove into the fray, as cars scrambled two, sometimes three-wide for position. Great racing back in the pack pleased the remaining throng of spectators who stayed to watch the talented K-C Hobby Stockers.

Defending multi-time champion Jamey Adams started picking them off one at a time as everyone else dueled for position. When all was said and done, it was Adams, Mather, Gray, Jr., Mossbarger, Hildebrand, Trego, Thompson, Butch Eblin, Tracey Ross, and Roger Mossbarger. Butch Eblin was hard charger of the race in a 13th to eighth run.

“Again I’d like to thank everyone who helps me—sponsors, family, and friends. Without them it wouldn’t be possible and to win in front of the speedweek crowd is nice.”

K-C Hosts Carload Night Saturday, June 25 when admission is free, but each carload of fans enters the parking lot for just $10. That's right! Just $10 per carload all night long. On the agenda are AMRA Super Late Models, Advanced Services Modifieds, and Dan Reno Hobby Stocks.

Also coming to K-C July 1 in a rare Friday night appearance is the historical "Night the Stars Come Out!" featuring the O'Reilly All-Star Sprint cars and All-Star Late Models, plus Hobby Stocks all on the same racing card.

The Summary: June 18, 2011

ASCOC 410 Sprint Cars (47 cars) 2nd Leg of Speedweek KC Raceway - 6/18/2011

Fast Time: David Gravel 11:713
Kistler Engines Qualifying top ten:
1. 89G-David Gravel, 11.713; 2. 7K-Kyle Sauder, 11.803; 3. 22-Cole Duncan, 11.835; 4. 4X-Kasey Kahne, 11.877; 5. 2-Dale Blaney, 11.907; 6. 5R-Byron Reed, 11.908; 7. 83-Tim Shaffer, 11.909; 8. O4-Cap Henry, 11.915; 9. 22H-Randy Hannagan, 11.924; 10. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 11.932
Hard Charger: Tony Stewart 24th to 7th

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 45-Rob Chaney; 2. 5T-Travis Philo; 3. 22H-Randy Hannagan; 4. 2-Dale Blaney; 5. 89G-David Gravel; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 7. 22J-Jimmy Stinson; 8. 3J-Kevin Lee; 9. 1Z-Jessica Zemken; 10. 51-Brad Bowman; 11. 96AU-Bruce White; 12. A79-John Shewbrooks

Heat 2 - All Pro Heads (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 49-Brad Sweet; 2. 7K-Kyle Sauder; 3. 41J-Jason Johnson; 4. 51X-Aaron Higgins; 5. D4-Danny Holtgraver; 6. 5R-Byron Reed; 7. 11D-Bryce Dickson; 8. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 9. O6-Brandy Bower; 10. 3-Pete Miller III; 11. 9J-Jesse McCreary; 12. 22D-Josh Davis

Heat 3 - MSD Ignition (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. OO-Jim Nier; 2. 1-Stevie Smith; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer; 4. 35R-Ronnie Blair; 5. 22-Cole Duncan; 6. 4K-Kody Kinser; 7. 53-Phil Gressman; 8. O-Chris Andres; 9. 80-Spud Gustin; 10. 6Z-Zach Ames; 11. 35-Wes McGlumphy; 12. 3F-Rick Fraley

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. W20-Greg Wilson; 2. 97-Dean Jacobs; 3. 27-Daryn Pittman; 4. 4-Danny Smith; 5. O4-Cap Henry; 6. 14-Tony Stewart; 7. 4X-Kasey Kahne; 8. 40-Mark Imler; 9. 60C-Kory Crabtree; 10. 41-Randy Fink; 11. X-Jeb Lowder

C-Main - C Sponsor (10 Laps - Top 2 Transfer to B Main)
1. 35-Wes McGlumphy; 2. 6Z-Zach Ames; 3. 96AU-Bruce White; 4. 41-Randy Fink; 5. 9J-Jesse McCreary; 6. 3F-Rick Fraley; 7. X-Jeb Lowder; 8. A79-John Shewbrooks

B-Main -
University of Northwestern Ohio (12 Laps - Top 4 Transfer to A Main)
1. 5R-Byron Reed; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 3. 4X-Kasey Kahne; 4. 14-Tony Stewart; 5. 4K-Kody Kinser; 6. 1Z-Jessica Zemken; 7. 53-Phil Gressman; 8. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 9. 3J-Kevin Lee; 10. 80-Spud Gustin; 11. 51-Brad Bowman; 12. 11D-Bryce Dickson; 13. 35-Wes McGlumphy; 14. O6-Brandy Bower; 15. 22J-Jimmy Stinson; 16. O-Chris Andres; 17. 40-Mark Imler; 18. 3-Pete Miller III; 19. 6Z-Zach Ames; 20. 60C-Kory Crabtree

Dash- Outerwear's Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature)
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 7K-Kyle Sauder 3. 89G-David Gravel; 4. 83- Tim Shaffer; 5. 22 Cole Duncan; 6. 04-Cap Henry

A-Main - O'Reilly Auto Parts (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 2-Dale Blaney[1]; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[4]; 3. 22-Cole Duncan[5]; 4. 22H-Randy Hannagan[7]; 5. 89G-David Gravel[3]; 6. 7K-Kyle Sauder[2]; 7. 14-Tony Stewart[24]; 8. 4-Danny Smith[16]; 9. 5R-Byron Reed[12]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson[20]; 11. 1-Stevie Smith[9]; 12. 27-Daryn Pittman[10]; 13. O4-Cap Henry[6]; 14. OO-Jim Nier[19]; 15. D4-Danny Holtgraver[8]; 16. 41J-Jason Johnson[14]; 17. 49-Brad Sweet[22]; 18. 51X-Aaron Higgins[18]; 19. 4X-Kasey Kahne[11]; 20. 35R-Ronnie Blair[15]; 21. 5T-Travis Philo[21]; 22. 97-Dean Jacobs[23]; 23. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[13]; 24. 45-Rob Chaney[17]

AMRA Advanced Services Modifieds: (18)
Heat One: Jeremy Berwanger, Kenny Johnson, Jeremy Rayburn, Matt Holcomb, Mark Bailey, Kyle Payne, Greg Oliver, Brian Moore
Heat Two: Bob Crace, Jr., Brian Whiteman, Tim Rayburn, David Pinkerton, Chris Wilson, Kevin Delaney, Bud Frazier, John Arthurs, Shawn Donahue, Billy Thorla
Speeweek Feature: Berwanger, Johnson, Pinkerton, J. Rayburn, Crace, Jr., Wilson, Delaney, Whiteman, Frazier, Arthurs, Shawn Donahue, Tim Rayburn, Kyle Payne, Brian Moore, Matt Holcomb, Greg Oliver, Mark Bailey, Billy Thorla

Dan Reno Hobby Stocks (17)
Heat One: Richard Trego, Jamey Adams, Bruce Gray, Jr., Jim Hildebrand, Keith Dubois, Tracey Ross, Butch Eblin, Jeff Sheets, Gary Park
Heat Two: Brandon Mather, Tommy Mossbarger, Brandon Thompson, Roger Mossbarger, Mike Brust, Jack Martin, Tim Cutler, Matt Yates
Speedweek Feature: Adams, Mather, Gray, Jr., Mossbarger, Hildebrand, Trego, Thompson, Butch Eblin, Tracey Ross, and Roger Mossbarger
 

June 19, 2011

HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS

Hamlin, PA - Nine Feature Events With Charlie Shaver Winning Two Highlight Successful Evening At Hamlin Speedway
by: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media

The Pocono Mountains have suffered through a wet summer thus far this season and while Mother Nature has hindered the number of races hosted at the Hamlin Speedway in 2011 it hasn't diminished the ultimate need for speed for the 120 talented racers that converged into the speedway pit area on Saturday evening as the heavy rain from Thursday and Friday gave way to a perfect Saturday. After a week off due to inclement weather, the Smith Family was able to get back on track and present another banner night of racing activity for the packed house of eager racing fans who came out to enjoy their racing heroes performing on the well groomed 1/5 mile speedway. Playing catch-up with two postponed races from way back on May 21st when the racing was halted due to heavy fog, the well-trained speedway staff was able to present the entire hotly contested regular show of seven feature events plus the two make-up events and complete the exciting show by 10:30 PM.

The Super Slingers kicked off the main events and it was Greentown hot shoe Wes Hearn racing to the upper reaches of the speedway from his fourth starting spot to grab the lead coming off of turn two on the opening lap. Hearn threatened to make it a runaway in the early laps but as the racing hit the midway point Charlie Shaver was back to task as he sized up a fast lane to slip by Hearn. The winning moment came on lap fifteen as Shaver used a full head of steam to pull even with Hearn and then knife by with the skill of a surgeon. Once in front it was the Shaver show as he whisked through the remaining laps with 14.5 second clockings per lap to capture the checkered flag and a trip to the Hamlin Speedway Victory Circle. Wes Hearn was in for the runner-up slot in a great run with hard-driving Henry Anderson capturing third place, PJ Dempsey fourth in a uniform finish and Paul Ennes completing the top five.

Tommy Kunsman Jr and Robbie Watson led the winged warriors of the 270 Micros to the line for the start if their makeup feature event and Watson was quick to go topside as the pair of wingers dove into turn one and came out of turn two with the lead with Kunsman in tow. Watson was able to runaway and hide for the first twenty laps of the event but came upon lapped traffic as the five to go sign was displayed. Watson was cautious as he attempted to move by the traffic and possibly two cautious as now second place man Jarid Kunkle was eating up big chunks of the Hamlin clay as he reeled in the leader. As the white flag fell Watson's lead was down to two car lengths and Kunkle was sizing up his options to go for broke. As the leaders hit turn three, a wisp of daylight on the bottom of the speedway allowed Watson to make the run for the flag and capture the win over the too close for comfort Kunkle. It was a great race and "The Aviator" Robbie Watson gained his first win of the season over the smooth running Kunkle. Tommy Kunsman Jr, "The Hurricane" Harlee Schaffer and Trevor Dunn completed the top five.

The seventeen car starting car field for the Junior Slingshots kicked off the regular feature events and the field was bolstered by many of the young racers who have been poundeing the Accord Speedway clay this season. "Scoot" Taylor Eccles seized the lead at the drop of the green flag and Mohnton's Jacob Dunn was quick to try and weasle his way by the Garden State racer. Dunn came close to getting it done on numerous occasions but Eccles held his ground and remained the leader. Coming off of turn two just before the halfway mark of the event, Dunn gave it all he had and lost the handle of the race car and spun to the infield. On the restart, a six-car posse of young hot rodders took up the chase after Eccles and it was "The Midget" Chris Kurtz who found the magic to race from his twelfth starting spot to race into the top five. Kurtz was finding extreme bite off of the bottom of the raceway and soon was the runner-up and chasing Eccles but it was Eccles prevailing with a win and a trip to victory circle in what is believed to be his first ever win at Hamlin. Kurtz was the runner-up with the much improved Thomas Strupp in third, "Thrillin" Dylan Martin in fourth and "The Little Tornado" Zack Weisenfluh recovering from an early spin to race his way back through the field and finish fifth. Kevin Predmore, Tyler Johnston, Allison Kaminski in her first appearance in the recently purchased former Dale Reed racer, Jacob Dunn and "Kid Ice" Cole Hentschel completing the top ten.

"Lightning" Larry Mekic took the lead at the start of the Rookie 600 Wingless Micro event but it was "The Jet" Justin Brewster who was soon challenging for the top spot. Mekic was getting a lot of mileage from his racer as the pair duked it out for the lead and on lap nine it was Brewster driving by to seize the point. "J-Shot" Jacob Hendershot, who came into the event fresh off a Wednesday night win at Accord, took up the chase and was able to execute the pass of Brewster as the pair got into lapped traffic. Hendershot led the remaining laps to claim the win with Brewster continuing his great work to claim the runner-up spot. Stony Point, New York wheelman Steve Reynolds showed a ton of moxie in a great run to third place and Danielle Dickinson performing well with a fourth place finish, Timmy Howell completing the top five and "Rimac" Riley Moczulski enhoying a great run in sixth.

The Rookie 270 Micro feature had Cheyanne Schaffer guiding her race car to the point at the opening bell and dominating the action as she captured the win in a wire to wire triumph at the speedway. Hayden Miller continued his great work with a solid runner-up run and Makenzie Harper was third with Craig Fedoryk in fourth and Scott Avery completing the top five.

Jarid Kunkle took the lead at the start of the 270 Micro feature event and led the first twelve laps while being dogged by "Flyin" Ryan Smith, who began his run for the roses from eighth starting position. Kunkle was quick but fell to a hard charging Smith off of turn two on the thirteenth lap of the 25-lap main event. Once in front, Smith peddled away from the field to record the win over a hard driving Tommy Kunsman Jr with Kunkle in third, Robbie Watson in fourth and Trevor Dunn completing the top five.

"Double J" Jimmy Johnston took advantage of a rare row row starting spot to take the lead at the start of the regularly scheduled Super Slinger feature and had things going his way for the first twelve laps of the event until Charlie Shaver charged through from his fifth starting spot to pull up alongside of Johnson off of turn two to gain the the advantage and never looked back as Shaver gained win number two for the evening's events. Johnston had a great outing in a runner-up role with Aaron Henneforth driving from ninth place to finish third, PJ Dempsey was fourth and Henry Anderson completing the top five.

Brett Michalski took off at the start of the 600 Wingless feature and was able to drive off in his own zone early in the event and ripped off vast hunks of real estate to carve out a big lead. Some cautions slowed the pace a bit and allowed "The Incredible" Jonathan Hull to drive into the runner-up slot with some great driving off of the top of the raceway. The action behind the frontmen was fabulous as multi-grooves and daredevil moves proved to be a big hit with the great crowd on hand. There was no stopping Michalski as he captured the win with Hull close behind. Billy Clark continued his great work at the speedway with a third place finish in his four-coil Hyper and "The Minuteman" Alex Curley enjoyed a great drive with a fourth place finish. Kyle "The Hot" Lick completed the top five in his Terry's Drive Train sponsored racer. "The Bushkill Bullet" Kyle Rohner was sixth in his first ever 600 event in the Ronda and Gary Phillips owned hot rod and the returning to action Joe Kata was seventh in his first event after flipping hard a couple of weeks ago at the speedway. ARDC Midget ace Erik Heydenreich was eighth in his Hamlin debut, "The Rocketman" Ryan Wood was ninth and rounding out the top ten was Tony Iudicello.

Defending track champion Dale Kober took the lead at the start of the Allstar Slingshot headliner. A couple of restarts slowed the pace but Kober was up to the task at hand and held his ground as he fought off the advances of the quick Charlie Shaver who was bound and determined to go for the Hamlin hat trick of claiming three events in one evening. Kober held on lap after lap as Shaver was electric in his attempts to slip by the champ. Kober held on and scored the win with Shaver in the runner-up role, John Pantis silently rolling into thrid place, Billy Clark in fourth and Henry Anderson settling for fifth place. Shannon Smith, Charlie Lawrence, Don Schmidt, Jeff Cosgrove and Mack Brink completed the to ten finishers that saw 22 of the 24 starters complete the event in a closely matched competitive feature run.


POCO-NOTES:

The hotly contested racing began on time and the staff kept moving the program along swiftly with a couple of breaks taken to add mositure to the track surface and keep the race track racy throughout the evening.

Heat race wins were claimed by Taylor Eccles and Caitlin Henneforth in the Juniors. Jacob Hendershot and Justin Brewster prevailed in the 600 Rookie Wingless heat events. The 270 Micros featured two heats with Jarid Kunkle and Trevor Dunn claiming wins. Super Slinger heats went to PJ Dempsey and Charlie Shaver. Joe Kata and Brett Michalski claimed the 600 Wingless Micro heats. The Rookie 270 Micro heat was won by Cheyanne Schaffer. Charlie Shaver, John Pantis and Dale Kober captured the Slingshot heats with Russell Benke capturing the B-Main

New cars continue to arrive at the speedway and one in particular has made the successful transition into the 600 ranks in only his second season of racing. Eddie Strada made his debut in 600 racing on Wednesday night at the Accord Speedway with a sixth place finish and followed on Saturday with his first Hamlin racing in the rookie 600's and scored a ninth place finish in the former Brian Davis owned Micro. Kyle Rohner, who is the defending Spec Sportsman Champion at the Accord Speedway, enjoyed his first outing in the 600's as he was able to race among the leaders throughout in the close-competition event. The Rohner machine was a former Luke Thomas Hyper machine that was purchased by the Phillips Family in the spring. Marc Daniels was able to borrow one of the S&S Speedway cars for Super Slinger action. Duane White was back in action in his 270 Micro. Bill Darcy returned to racing action for the first time in a year and had the misfortune of getting upside down in hte main event and suffred enough damage to sit out the remainder of the event. Ellington, Connecticut's Kendall Segar continues to make sporadic visits to the speedway and improves with each outing. Mike Caropolo took his first laps at Hamlin is some time and it was great to see in action in his Hyper mount. Erik Heydenreich made his Hamlin debut and did well despite having some handling problems with the race car, but Heydenreich is a veteran of ARDC competition and manhandled the racer to a good finish in his first outing. Former Go Kart racer at the speedway Ryan Lacoe had his sharp slinger on hand but didn't make the final transfer into the main event. New drivers in the Junior Slingshot ranks continue to roll into the raceway. Carly Dippel, Leo Fotopolous, Cole Hentschel and Tyler Johnston, all Accord regulars made the Junior event one of the highlights of the evening racing as all of the stars of tomorrow handled themselves well on the race track. Allison Kaminski, who competed once before at Hamlin in Shannon Smith' machine, did well in her first appearance in the former Dale Reed slinger. Reed, who had expressed a desire to step away from racing and did so at the end of May, will be missed by his many fans at the speedway.

Charlie Shaver came within one spot of claiming three wins in one evening at the speedway. Shaver had a fast hot rod all evening long and did some amazing work in what has to be his best performance in his racing career.

The speedway will be dark next week with some time off for vacation and will swing back into action for the July 2nd running of the fourth annual Firecracker 100 at the speedway with a whopping $2,000.00 on the line for the winner should the speedway have 45 entries at race time. Thirty cars will start the main event and the week off from competition will give all of the teams the proper amount of time to spend in getting the equipment up to snuff for the grueling run for the roses at the speedway


RESULTS:

All Star Slingshots: Dale Kober, Charlie Shaver, John Pantis, Billy Clark, Henry Anderson, Shannon Smith, Charlie Lawrence, Don Schmidt, Jeff Cosgrove, Mack Brink, Kyle Rode, Cody Kline, Danny Buccafusca, John Bockhorn, Jimmy Johnston, Colin White, AJ Tonkin, Russell Benke, Troy Langendoerfer, Robbie Hocker, Mike Fogler, Tyler Dippel, Simon Egan, John Rooks Jr

600 Wingless Micros: Brett Michalski, Jonathan Hull, Billy Clark, Alex Curley, Kyle Lick, Kyle Rohner, Joe Kata, Erik Heydenreich, Ryan Wood, Tony Iudicello, Shannon Smith, Mike Caropolo, Shelby Harper, Rick Perone, Brian Gilmore, Jeffrey Anderson

270 Micros: Ryan Smith, Tommy Kunsman Jr, Jarid Kunkle, Robbie Watson, Trevor Dunn, Kurt Bettler, Harlee Schaffer, Rich O'Neill, Kendall Segar, Duane White, CJ Heinig, Bill Darcy, Kyle Rutledge, Larry Mekic, Larry Hoagland, (DNS) Rick Casario

270 Micros: (Makeup from 5/21) Robbie Watson, Jarid Kunkle, Tommy Kunsman Jr, Harlee Schaffer, Trevor Dunn, Kurt Bettler, Rick Casario, Kyle Rutledge, Rich O'Neill, Larry Mekic, Larry Hoagland, Duane White, CJ Heinig

Junior Slingshots: Taylor Eccles, Chris Kurtz, Thomas Strupp, Dylan Martin, Zack Weisenfluh, Kevin Predmore Jr, Tyler Johnston, Allison Kaminski, Jacob Dunn, Cole Hentschel, Caitlin Henneforth, Kyle Gruber, Leo Fotopolous, Carly Dippel, Bobby Flood, Collin Dubois, Tyler Peet

Super Slingshots: Charlie Shaver, Jim Johnston, Aaron Henneforth, PJ Dempsey, Henry Anderson, Dale Kober, Marc Daniels, Wes Hearn, Paul Ennes, Tom Arntz, Roger Collins, Herb Finger, John Rooks Sr, Kevin Olver, Bob Clark, Mike Wolfe

Super Slingers: (Makeup from 5/21) Charlie Shaver, Wes Hearn, Henry Anderson, PJ Dempsey, Paul Ennes, Tom Arntz, Dale Kober, Aaron Henneforth, Jim Johnston, Bob Clark, Kevin Olver, John Rooks Sr, Herb Finger, Marc Daniels

270 Rookie Micros: Cheyanne Schaffer, Hayden Miller, Makenzie Harper, Craig Fedoryk, Scott Avery, Grady Johnston

600 Wingless Rookie Micros: Jacob Hendershot, Justin Brewster, Stephen Reynolds, Danielle Dickinson, Tim Howell, Riley Moczulski, Steve Van Valkenburg, Larry Mekic, Eddie Strada, Carol Shire, Shelby Ogazaly, Jamie Czekai, Bill McLane

Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. Pit Gates open at the speedway at 1 PM; Drivers Meeting at 4:45; Hot Laps are at 5:00 and the racing begins at 6 PM sharp. Admission Prices are: Adults $8.00; Senior Citizens $4.00 Children under 6 are Free; Pit Pass: $20.00 The "new" General Admission Bonus Pack is available for families: It consists of 4 General Admission Tickets + $20.00 in Food Vouchers for $40.00 (a savings of $12.00)

June 25th will find the speedway dark for one week to give family and friends some valued vacation time. July 2nd will feature the "Firecracker 100 IV" with $2,000.00 to win based on a 45 car entry. Round Robin Time Trials with lineup based on time. 100-lap feature with 30 cars to start main event. B and C Mains if needed

For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Hamlin Speedway, logon to their well documented website at: http://www.hamlinspeedway.com  or call the speedway hotline at: 570 420 5500. For video work or questions regarding the purchase of videos from the exciting on-track action at the Hamlin Speedway, contact videographer Barry Boyd at: http://www.boydracingvideos.com  For photos of all of the Great racing action contact Rick Schwindenhammer Racing Photos at: http://www.ricksracingphotos.zenfolio.com
Visit us often for a great night of racing action as............................................



The Hamlin Speedway Is The Gateway To The Poconos
 

June 19, 2011

HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS

Hamlin, PA - Hamlin Speedway Quick Results June 18th On S&S Speedways Night
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media

All Star Slingshots: Dale Kober, Charlie Shaver, John Pantis, Billy Clark, Henry Anderson, Shannon Smith, Charlie Lawrence, Don Schmidt, Jeff Cosgrove, Mack Brink, Kyle Rode, Cody Kline, Danny Buccafusca, John Bockhorn, Jimmy Johnston, Colin White, AJ Tonkin, Russell Benke, Troy Langendoerfer, Robbie Hocker, Mike Fogler, Tyler Dippel, Simon Egan, John Rooks Jr

600 Wingless Micros: Brett Michalski, Jonathan Hull, Billy Clark, Alex Curley, Kyle Lick, Kyle Rohner, Joe Kata, Erik Heydenreich, Ryan Wood, Tony Iudicello, Shannon Smith, Mike Caropolo, Shelby Harper, Rick Perone, Brian Gilmore, Jeffrey Anderson

270 Micros: Ryan Smith, Tommy Kunsman Jr, Jarid Kunkle, Robbie Watson, Trevor Dunn, Kurt Bettler, Harlee Schaffer, Rich O'Neill, Kendall Segar, Duane White, CJ Heinig, Bill Darcy, Kyle Rutledge, Larry Mekic, Larry Hoagland, (DNS) Rick Casario

270 Micros: (Makeup from 5/21) Robbie Watson, Jarid Kunkle, Tommy Kunsman Jr, Harlee Schaffer, Trevor Dunn, Kurt Bettler, Rick Casario, Kyle Rutledge, Rich O'Neill, Larry Mekic, Larry Hoagland, Duane White, CJ Heinig

Junior Slingshots: Taylor Eccles, Chris Kurtz, Thomas Strupp, Dylan Martin, Zack Weisenfluh, Kevin Predmore Jr, Tyler Johnston, Allison Kaminski, Jacob Dunn, Cole Hentschel, Caitlin Henneforth, Kyle Gruber, Leo Fotopolous, Carly Dippel, Bobby Flood, Collin Dubois, Tyler Peet

Super Slingshots: Charlie Shaver, Jim Johnston, Aaron Henneforth, PJ Dempsey, Henry Anderson, Dale Kober, Marc Daniels, Wes Hearn, Paul Ennes, Tom Arntz, Roger Collins, Herb Finger, John Rooks Sr, Kevin Olver, Bob Clark, Mike Wolfe

Super Slingers: (Makeup from 5/21) Charlie Shaver, Wes Hearn, Henry Anderson, PJ Dempsey, Paul Ennes, Tom Arntz, Dale Kober, Aaron Henneforth, Jim Johnston, Bob Clark, Kevin Olver, John Rooks Sr, Herb Finger, Marc Daniels

270 Rookie Micros: Cheyanne Schaffer, Hayden Miller, Makenzie Harper, Craig Fedoryk, Scott Avery, Grady Johnston

600 Wingless Rookie Micros: Jacob Hendershot, Justin Brewster, Stephen Reynolds, Danielle Dickinson, Tim Howell, Riley Moczulski, Steve Van Valkenburg, Larry Mekic, Eddie Strada, Carol Shire, Shelby Ogazaly, Jamie Czekai, Bill McLane

Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. Pit Gates open at the speedway at 1 PM; Drivers Meeting at 4:45; Hot Laps are at 5:00 and the racing begins at 6 PM sharp. Admission Prices are: Adults $8.00; Senior Citizens $4.00 Children under 6 are Free; Pit Pass: $20.00 The "new" General Admission Bonus Pack is available for families: It consists of 4 General Admission Tickets + $20.00 in Food Vouchers for $40.00 (a savings of $12.00)

June 25th will find the speedway dark for one week to give family and friends some valued vacation time. July 2nd will feature the "Firecracker 100 IV" with $2,000.00 to win based on a 45 car entry. Round Robin Time Trials with lineup based on time. 100-lap feature with 30 cars to start main event. B and C Mains if needed

For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Hamlin Speedway, logon to their well documented website at: http://www.hamlinspeedway.com  or call the speedway hotline at: 570 420 5500. For video work or questions regarding the purchase of videos from the exciting on-track action at the Hamlin Speedway, contact videographer Barry Boyd at: http://www.boydracingvideos.com  For photos of all of the Great racing action contact Rick Schwindenhammer Racing Photos at: http://www.ricksracingphotos.zenfolio.com
Visit us often for a great night of racing action as............................................

The Hamlin Speedway Is The Gateway To The Poconos

 

For immediate release…thank you
Mountain Speedway media contact:
Gene Ostrowski gjtost@verizon.net  (570) 231-1272
Promoter: Joe Callavini (570) 788-7544



Upcoming events:

Saturday, June 25 - Sport Modifieds, Late Models and Factory Stocks (Autograph and Camera Night)

Saturday, July 2- SUMMER RACEFEST Modifieds, Street Stocks and FWDs (30-Laps, Double Points)




Bobby Jones Stellar in Mountain Speedway Modified Performance


By: Gene Ostrowski

June 18, 2011



St. Johns, PA- While behind the wheel of a rocket on Saturday at Mountain Speedway, Bobby Jones of Palmerton, PA took the race lead on lap ten and then held off Rusty Smith to score his second Modified feature event win of the season. Following a crash that took out the leaders with four laps remaining, Dale Santee of Lehighton, PA held off his competition to score his first Street Stock victory at the speedway. Also from Lehighton, PA, Dan Freundt grabbed his first Mountain victory by dominating the FWD feature.

Ken Vogel, Jr. started from the pole position and led the opening circuit of the 40-lap Modified main event over Todd Baer, David Schneider, Allen Creveling and Barry Callavini in the early going.

From the ninth starting spot, Bobby Jones wasted no time and began to advance positions, as he cracked the top five on lap three. Meanwhile, Baer hounded Vogel for the race lead and finally took the top spot on lap four.

Following a quick yellow on lap seven, Jones shot by the drivers in front of him before overtaking the second spot on lap nine.

The caution flag flew on lap 10 when Andy Walko, Vogel and Mike Speeney had tandem spins in turns three and four. That set Jones up for a shot at the lead.

With the green flag back out, Jones overtook Baer for the lead and then began to power away from the field. Schneider held third at that point in time, with Rusty Smith and Callavini in tow.

Schneider grabbed the runner-up spot from Baer on lap 19 and shortly after the caution flew when Baer spun in turn two.

Green flag racing resumed and several positions juggled and Kyle Ebersole joined the top five, along with Walko.

Following a caution with five laps to go, Smith climbed to second but couldn’t beat Jones to the checkered flag. The victory marks the second of the season for Jones, who also sits atop the division’s points standings. Ebersole, Walko and Callavini completed the top five.

Heat race victories went to Ken Vogel, Jr. and David Schneider.

Mitch Hawk led the Street Stock field to the initial green flag in the 25-lap feature and led the first circuit over Dale Santee, Chris Burge, Bernie Uphold and Kyle Curtis.

Following a quick lap two yellow, Chip Wanamaker moved into the fifth position. Steve Shultz followed through for sixth. With Hawk still leading the duo worked through traffic and Wanamaker climbed to third. Shorty after, Shultz overtook Burge for fourth on lap seven.

Wanamaker overtook Santee to move to second on lap nine and Shultz followed to third. It appeared that Hawk was well on his way to his first feature victory at the speedway but that all changed on lap 21 when Pat Mahoney got out of shape in turn four. He attempted to correct the car but with sever impact; it shot head on into the front stretch wall right in front of the leaders. With nowhere to go, Hawk t-boned Mahoney and both Wanamaker and Shultz piled into the mix.

With the red flag out, Mahoney gingerly climbed from his car and did not appear to be severely injured. Wanamaker headed to the pits for repairs and Shultz continued on while Hawk’s great run came to an end. The exchange put Santee back into the lead with Burge, Jeff McGrath, Curtis and Shultz in tow.

Green flag racing resumed and Santee watched the laps wind down. It didn’t take long for Wanamaker to battle back into the second spot, but in the end it was Santee, who visited victory lane for the first time at the speedway. Wanamaker crossed the stripe in second, followed by Burge, McGrath and Sam Grow.

Jeff McGrath and Chip Wanamaker were heat race winners.

Justin Hughes led the FWD drivers to the drop of the green flag in the 20-lap feature. He led the opening circuit over Dan Freundt, Harry O’Neill, Trevor Ahouse and Cody Roth.

The leader pushed up the track in turn four and Freundt took the inside lane to moved into the lead on lap two. He then began to put some distance on his competition before the caution flag waved when O’Neill and Hughes got tangled up on the backstretch when the battled for the second spot.

Eric Banashefski climbed to second, followed by Ahouse, Roth and John Smith.

With the green back out and Freundt still in command over Banashefski, Dylan Hoffman overtook fifth from Smith with seven laps remaining.

Untouchable over the final circuits, Freundt went on to take the checkered for his first win at the speedway. Ironically, it was only his second start of the season following a near four-year absence from driving. A solid second place effort will keep Banashefski atop the points standings and Ahouse scored a career-best third place finish. Roth and Hoffman completed the top five.

Heat race wins went to Trevor Ahouse and Cody Roth.

A handful of drivers from the Garden State Vintage Stock Car Club were on hand to run an exhibition event for the race fans during intermission.

Mountain Speedway is just minutes from Hazleton, Pa, located on St. John’s Road, between Routes 93 and 309. Grandstand admission for all regular events is just $10 for ages 11 and older. Children 10 years of age and younger are admitted for free.

Please like Mountain Speedway on Facebook or visit www.mountainspeedway.com  for the entire 2011 schedule, point standings and up to date news and information.

Modified (40-laps) 1. BOBBY JONES 2. Rusty Smith 3. Kyle Ebersole 4. Andy Walko 5. Barry Callavini 6. Todd Baer 7. Mike Speeney 8. Nick Pecko 9. David Schneider 10. Ken Vogel Jr 11. Tommy Wanick III 12. Allen Creveling 13. Steve Shultz 14. Jim Bojonny 15. Brian DeFebo 16. Tom Casagrande

Street Stock (25-laps) 1. DALE SANTEE 2. Chip Wanamaker 3. Chris Burge 4. Jeff McGrath 5. Sam Grow 6. Steve Shultz 7. Bernie Uphold 8. Sam Danaher 9. Kyle Curtis 10. Patrick Mahoney 11. Mitch Hawk 12. Mike Garris Sr DNS: Bill Verwys

FWD (20-laps) 1. DAN FREUNDT 2. Eric Banashefski 3. Trevor Ahouse 4. Cody Roth 5. Dylan Hoffman 6. Jay Skupski 7. Peter Verwys Jr 8. John Smith 9. Alex Doyle 10. Harry O'Neill 11. Justin Hughes

May 30, 2011

For immediate release…thank you
Mountain Speedway media contact:
Gene Ostrowski gjtost@verizon.net  (570) 231-1272
Promoter: Joe Callavini (570) 788-7544



Upcoming events:

Saturday, June 4 –4th Annual Evergreen Raceway Reunion with Modifieds, Street Stocks and FWDs

Sunday, June 5 –Mountain Madness Enduros (Round #3) for 4-cyl. And 6/8-cyl. Divisions, PLUS INEX Legends



Mountain Speedway to Bring in Summer with 4th Annual Evergreen Reunion

St. Johns, PA- The unofficial start of summer is here and Saturday night racing is back at Mountain Speedway. Showcasing the first Saturday night show of the season is the 4th annual Evergreen Raceway Reunion with $5 grandstand admission. Some of the past Evergreen stars will be in attendance to revisit the old Evergreen days and they will be able to see the stars of Mountain Speedway, as the will compete in the Modified, Street Stock and FWD divisions.

All past Evergreen champions and competitors are urged to take the opportunity to attend the reunion for interviews and stories. As long as they aren't in competition that day, past Evergreen champions will be admitted into the pit area for free.

The turnout for the first three reunions was a success and there's a good chance that this one will be even more special. Any driver(s) who are interested in attending are asked to email Gene Ostrowski at geno@tylerjett.com  for more details.

Mountain Speedway is just minutes from Hazleton, Pa, located on St. John’s Road, between Routes 93 and 309. Grandstand admission for all regular events is just $10 for ages 11 and older. Children 10 years of age and younger are admitted for free.

Please like Mountain Speedway on Facebook or visit www.mountainspeedway.com  for the entire 2011 schedule, point standings and up to date news and information.

May 29, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT LOU LONG, PRES. AND PR DIRECTOR

RAIN INTERRUPTS KODIAK MEMORIAL AT TRI-CITY

Just two laps shy of the halfway mark, a sudden downpour halted the Kodiak Memorial presented by Atkinson Fire Safety Equipment. The event will be completed when the BRP/Hoosier Tire Modified Tour returns to Tri-City Speedway on Sunday, July 3.

The evening's action kicked off with one-lap time trials for the 23 car field. Brian Swatrzlander, a three-time Modified Tour champion, circled the track faster than the rest, earning $250. His time of 18.906 was only .008 better than that of Dave Murdick, another former champion. Also advancing to the fast car heat were Kevin Bolland, Rex King, Sr., Jeremiah Shingledecker and Mark Flick. These drivers were locked into the top six positions for the 35 lap feature, but their heat race finish would set the starting line-up for the feature..

The remainder of the cars made up a pair of heat races that would set the rest of the starting line-up. Taking home those wins were Kevin Hoffman and New Yorker Shannon Whaley.

The fast car heat was captured by Rex King, Sr. He received $200 for that accomplishment.

King Sr. and Bolland were on the front row for the start of the feature. King fired first and led his arch rival into the first turn. Bolland challenged, but King opened up a slight advantage as they completed the first lap. With King riding the cushion, Bolland used the low line to close in again. Bolland pulled alongside the four-time champion as the duo raced through turns three amd four on lap three, but he could not make the pass. Realizing that Bolland was quicker on the bottom of the big half-mile, King switched lanes on the next circuit and thwarted the challenge. King pulled out to a lead of 3.319 seconds before the rains came.

Tri-City and Modified Tour officials debated their options while the rains fell. Eventually, the decision was reached to suspend the race and to complet it on July 3.

The line-up for July 3 will be as follows: 1. Rex King, Sr.; 2. Kevin Bolland; 3. Jermiah Shingledecker; 4. Dave Murdick; 5. Brian Swartzlander; 6. Kevin Hoffman; 7. Shannon Whaley; 8. Eric Gabany; 9. Mark Flick; 10. Jeff Schaffer; 11. Chris Haines; 12. Mike Turner; 13. Rex King, Jr.; 14. Mark Frankhouser; 15. Brian Weaver; 16. Steve Feder; 17. Carl Murdick (-1 lap); 18. Randly Chronister (-1 lap); 19. Shawn Fleeger (-1 lap); 20. Billy Myers (-1 lap); 21. Don Brown (-2 laps); 22. Tommy Mattocks (-16 laps).

Chad Homan blew his engine during time trials and was scratched for the night.

The next scheduled race for the BRP/Hoosier Tire Modified Tour will be Saturday, June 25, at Mercer Raceway Park.

The roster of 2011 sponsors for The Modified Tour, Inc. includes: Bicknell Racing Products; Hoosier Racing Tire Corp.; World Racing Group - DIRTcar; Sunoco Race Fuels - Bazell Oil Co.; Approved Toilet Rentals, Inc.; Bert Transmission; Big Daddy's Speed Center Inc.; Bulldog Rear Ends - Diversified Machine, Inc.; Engles Trucking Services, Inc.; Bilstein Shocks – Fastline Performance; ISC Racers Tape; Hall's Safety Equipment Corp.; King Brothers; Kirkey Racing Fabrication Inc.; Landrum Spring; McCool's Signs and Graphics; Motorsports World; Oyler Photos & More; Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP; Preist Enterprises, Inc.; Pro Shocks; R2C Performance Products; RaceQuip; Ray's Racing Collectibles; Rock Concrete; Slippery Rock Sportswear; T & D Machine; Ultra-Shield Race Products; Valken Wheels; Winters Performance Products Inc.; and Wrisco Industries Inc. Watch for further addThe itions to the list of 2011 sponsors.

Now entering its fourteeth year of success, The Modified Tour, Inc. racing series is a non-profit organization established to give the V-8 Modifieds in the Western Pennsylvania area the opportunity to compete for higher purses and for a seasonal point fund. It expands the profile for this exciting brand of motorsports throught the the tri-state area.

For immediate release…thank you
Mountain Speedway media contact:
Gene Ostrowski gjtost@verizon.net  (570) 231-1272
Promoter: Joe Callavini (570) 788-7544



Upcoming events:
Saturday, June 4 –4th Annual Evergreen Raceway Reunion with Modifieds, Street Stocks and FWDs
Sunday, June 5 –Mountain Madness Enduros (Round #3) for 4-cyl. And 6/8-cyl. Divisions, PLUS INEX Legends



Zane Zeiner Cleans House at Mountain Speedway
Dave Brigati Wins Sport Modified Make Up


By: Gene Ostrowski

May 29, 2011



St. Johns, PA- He’ll admit that it wasn’t easy and has definitely proved that it could be done. Zane Zeiner of Bath, PA not only drove to the regular Sport Modified feature win, but also to the Late Model victory Sunday at Mountain Speedway. Dave Brigati of Long Island notched his first win at the speedway in the make-up Sport Modified feature from two weeks ago and Joey Helburg took his first Factory Stock win at the track. Following post race tech inspection, Chris Young backed into the INEX Legends victory.

Rain came following a crash involving race leaders Todd Baer and Dean Ficarro two weeks ago in the 40-lap Sport Modified feature. The race, which was six laps old, was first on the grid for the Sunday afternoon show. Barry Callavini restarted with the race lead and led over Nick Pecko, Chip Wanamaker, Mike Skarbowski and Dave Brigati.

Wanamaker overtook Peck for second on lap 15 and then set his sights on the race leader. Another driver on a mission was Brigati, who overtook Pecko for third on lap 16.

With Callavini still in command, Wanamaker attempted to take the lead. Callavini slammed the door on several occasions until Wanamaker took the top spot on lap 18. His lead however was short-lived, as Callavini retook command a lap later.

The two battled fiercely and Wanamaker made contact with the leader on lap 24. Both drivers were forced to restart from the tail of the field and Brigati inherited the lead.

Green flag racing resumed and Brigati held on to the top spot to notch his first Sport Modified victory at the speedway. With a strong showing, Skarbowski finished second. Will Schneider finished a career-best third, followed by Baer and Pecko.

The heat race wins two weeks earlier went to Chip Wanamaker and Zane Zeiner.

Dean Ficarro Started from the pole and then lost the lead to Will Schneider before a lap was scored in the regular 40-lap Sport Modified feature. Ficarro held second in the early going, followed by Barry Callavini, Zane Zeiner and Chip Wanamaker.

It didn’t take long and Zeiner took the third position. He then overtook Callavini for the runner-up spot on lap number one before he started to reel in Schneider.

The caution flag waved on lap eight when CJ Lacatvia and Mike Kline tangled on the front stretch. Both drivers climbed from their cars, which were towed back to the pit area.

Green flag racing resumed and Zeiner shot by Schneider and into the lead. Meanwhile, Wanamaker cracked the top five and then took fourth from Pecko on lap 9. Dave Brigati, who started back in tenth followed through to take fifth.

With Schneider, Wanamaker, Brigati and Todd Baer in tow, Zeiner continued to lead past halfway before the yellow flag waved when Callavini turned Dan Kurzejewski. Green flag racing resumed for three laps before another quick yellow flew.

Schneider had problems getting up to speed on the restart and the field got jammed up behind him. Several cars tangled, the worst being Dan Speeney, who retired to the pit area.

Green flag racing resumed and after being flawless on the restart, Zeiner took his first Sport Modified victory of the season over Brigati, Wanamaker, Baer and Mike Skarbowski.

Heat race victories went to Dave Brigati and Zane Zeiner.

Rick Smith led the Late Model field to the drop of the green flag in the 30-lap Late Model feature before second place starter, Mike Sweeney, took the lead. Smith settled into the second spot with Kyle Harvell, Craig Lutz and Austin Kochenash in tow.

Harvell got by Smith and then set said for the leader. Meanwhile, Lutz moved into third and Zane Zeiner got around Kochenash and Smith to take fourth.

A Quick yellow flag flew on lap 10 for Glenn Slocum when his car stopped on the apron of the track. With the green flag back out, Sweeney continued to lead but Zeiner was on a mission. He battled with Lutz for third and eventually climbed to second before the yellow flew for an incident with Smith and Geno Steigerwalt on lap 19.

To no avail, Sweeney tried to hold off Zeiner on the restart. With eight laps remaining, Zeiner distanced himself from the tight pack behind him, which included Sweeney, Lutz, Harvell and Kochenash.

Things got a little hairy from second on back over the closing laps, but the leader didn’t mind. En route to his third straight victory in the division, Zeiner went on to take the checkers over Harvell, Sweeney, Kochenash and Francis Gross III.

Heat race victories went to Kyle Harvell and Mike Sweeney.

Brandon Oltra started on the pole and it didn’t take long for the drivers to go three wide on the start of the 20-lap Factory Stock feature. Chris Parry came out with the top spot and Joe Helburg and Oltra battled before Helburg took command of the event on lap one.

Parry settled into second, followed by Oltra, Matt Schlenker and Paul Morgan, Jr.

With Helburg still out front, Morgan got by Schlenker and then battled with Oltra for third. The duo swapped paint multiple times before Morgan washed up the track in turns one and two and overtook Oltra. Oltra however did not give up, as he ran down Morgan. The first and only yellow flag of the race took place on lap eight when Oltra tangled with Morgan in turn three.

Green flag racing resumed and Helburg led over Parry, Schlenker, Rich Paciotti and Eric Banashefski.

Although he was severely pressured by Parry for the top spot, Helburg went on to take his first win at the speedway over Parry, Schlenker, Oltra and Paciotti.

Heat race victories went to Brandon Oltra and Chris Parry.

Dave Chapman started from the pole position and led his fellow 20 INEX Legends competitors to the drop of the green flag in the 25-lap feature. Scott Hubler pressured the leader for the lead with Raven Schrantz, Steve Hershey and Brandon DeBrakeleer in hot pursuit.

Hubler took the race lead on lap one before the red flag flew on the second circuit when Chapman spun in turn two. More than half of the field did a great job avoiding Chapman’s car until Steve Gual, who had nowhere to go, pounded the side of Chapman’s ride. Luckily, both drivers appear to be uninjured.

Green flag racing resumed and the battles around the track ensued, as some of the field was racing three-wide, including the race for second. When it was all said and done and with eight laps in, Hubler held the top spot over DeBrakeleer, Kevin Nowak, Hershey and Todd McCollum.

Nowak climbed to second behind Hubler by lap 10, and DeBrakeleer held third with Chris Young and Matt Pappa in his mirror.

Pappa worked up to the leader and eventually completed the pass for the lead. However, Young, who crossed the strip in the second position, was awarded the victory after the winner failed post race tech inspection. Nowak finished in the third spot, followed by Van Michael and Andrew Stotler.

Heat race victories went to Kevin Nowak and Chris Young.

Mountain Speedway is just minutes from Hazleton, Pa, located on St. John’s Road, between Routes 93 and 309. Grandstand admission for all regular events is just $10 for ages 11 and older. Children 10 years of age and younger are admitted for free.

Please like Mountain Speedway on Facebook or visit www.mountainspeedway.com  for the entire 2011 schedule, point standings and up to date news and information.

Make up Sport Modified feature from 5/15 (40-laps) 1. DAVE BRIGATI 2. Mike Skarbowski 3. William Schneider 4. Todd Baer 5. Nick Pecko 6. Chip Wanamaker 7. Barry Callavini 8. Dean Ficarro 9. Todd Geist 10. Jimmy Blewett 11. CJ Lacatvia 12. Zane Zeiner

Sport Modified (40-laps) 1. ZANE ZEINER 2. Dave Brigati 3. Chip Wanamaker 4. Todd Baer 5. Mike Skarbowski 6. Nick Pecko 7. Barry Callavini 8. William Schneider 9. Paul Frantz 10. Shawn Speeney 11. Dean Ficarro 12. Dan Speeney 13. Dan Kurzejewski 14. Scott Adams 15. Todd Geist 16. CJ Lacatvia 17.Mike Kline

Late Model (30-laps) 1. ZANE ZEINER 2. Kyle Harvell 3. Mike Sweeney 4. Austin Kochenash 5. Francis Gross III 6. Craig Lutz 7. Adam Cox 8. Rick Smith 9. Geno Steigerwalt 10. Paul Monkoski 11. Glenn Slocum 12. Jerry Tunney

Factory Stock (20-laps) 1. JOE HELBERG 2. Chris Parry 3. Matt Schlenker 4. Brandon Oltra 5. Richard Paciotti 6. Eric Banashefski 7. Sam Ryan 8. Keith Frankenfield 9. Paul Morgan

INEX Legends (25-laps) 1. CHRIS YOUNG 2. Scott Hubler 3. Kevin Nowak 4. Van Michael 5. Andrew Stotler 6. Brandon Michael 7. Raven Schrantz 8. Kyle Soper 9. Brandon DeBrakilmer 10. Todd McCollum 11. Stephan Hershey 12. Richie Coy 13. Carl Jones 14. John Bacon 15. Barry Schrantz 16. Robert Silver 17.David Dempsey 18. Bing Metz 19. David Chapman 20. Stephen Gaul DNS: Alex Bowen DNS: Matt Marring DQ: Matt Pappa

May 29, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

K-C May 28 Results/K-C to Host Test and Tune May 31, 2011

By Scott Wolfe

CHILLICOTHE, OHIO-Sunny skies, a large crowd, and 111 of the best cars in the Midwest filed into K-C Raceway Saturday night to help honor those who served in the military as part of the Veteran's Appreciation Night. Sprint car victor Danny Smith, of Chillicothe, said it best in victory lane, "Special thanks to the Veterans who are here tonight. Without them, this (racing) wouldn't be possible." Joining Smith in victory lane was Richmond, Indiana's Duane Chamberlain (Late Models) and local fan favorite Dave "Fireball" Pinkerton. Earning a hard-fought win in the Dan Reno Memorial Hobby Stock feature was defending champion Jamie Adams of Laurelville.

So many cars and fans rushed the K-C parking lot that racing had to be delayed at least 20 minutes to allow entry into the pit area. "That's a good thing," smiled owner Jeff Schrader. "It is one of those problems you like to have. First, I would like to thank all Veterans for coming out tonight, and thank all the many fans and drivers who chose to race at K-C Raceway. I appreciate you all very much."

Two unplanned highlights of the night were having Hall of Famer Charlie Swartz charge from 8th to a 4th place transfer spot in his heat. This was only the second time he has been in a race car in the past ten years; subbing for son Audie who was helping a customer sort out a car in Missouri. The other highlight of the unfortunate nature was a wicked end-for-end hot lap flip by Wes McGlumphy. The driver was ok but his car very badly damaged.

In the Goodyear 410 Sprint Car main, outside pole sitter Todd Kane took the early lead over Danny Smith. Action slowed early when Josh Moffett in the Charlie Brown Special spun in turn two. When lap five rolled around Danny Smith was able to put a slide job on Kane for the lead, but Kane came back at the new leader for a lead swap that didn't stick.

Veteran John Shewbrooks clipped a spinning Moffett on lap six, nearly flipping to bring out the second caution. From that point on the race went green. Smith built up a pad, while Kane and Nier battled hard for second. Kane began a slow fade as the race progressed as Jimmy Stinson passed both Kane and Nier for second. Cole Duncan and Aaron Higgins, two K-C young guns battled nip-and-tuck for 4th as Stinson and Nier closed the gap on Smith, who had to get up on the wheel in heavy lapped traffic.

Josh Davis worked on Kane in an effort to break into a top five after race-long battles with hard chargers Zach Ames, Nathan Skaggs, and hot-footed lady driver Brandy Bower.
Although Stinson, Nier, and Higgins--a trio of Billy Jarrell cars--ate up huge chunks of valuable turf, Smith was able to pull of his second K-C win of the year. Rounding out the top ten were Smith, Stinson, Nier, Higgins, Duncan, Kane, Davis, Ames, Skaggs, and Brandy Bower. Nier was the hard charger of the race in picking four positions.

Said Smith in victory lane, "The car was pretty darn fast. The guys did a good job on the set-up, and the track was once again fast. You could run anywhere on it."

Smith then thanked our veterans and announced, "Shirley Kear has helped me out a bunch. Tonight I am making this Shirley Kear night at K-C Raceway. Also, thanks to everyone who helped get me here and for the fans who come out and support their local track."

Much drama centered around the Dan Reno Memorial Feature, a race run in honor of a great driver and man, Mr. Dan Reno. Brother Darrell Reno paced the field in Dan's #22 as a memoriam to K-C's fallen hero. Ironically, the race paid $1022 to win for driver Jamie Adams and $122 to start. The #22 all the way through the payout was a symbol of Reno's car number.

In the feature event it took three restarts to get the race underway, but when the pack was turned loose Jamie Adams and Bruce Gray, Jr. unleashed a dog-fight. Adams barked the loudest in the early going, but Gray was always within a few car lengths. As the track laid some rubber, the top three moved with feet of each other in a wild fight from number one.
Joining the pack was Kentucky driver Colby Taylor in his first visit to the K-C high-banks. Taylor pressed Gray for second, finally making the pass on lap 11. The trio continued two-wide until Taylor and Adams stretched it out for a fierce five-lap shoot out. Taylor edged by several times and tried Adams, side by side, through three and four coming to the checkered.
Taylor waivered just a little as he spun to the finish line with Gray picking up second. The Dan Reno Memorial Feature top ten: Jamie Adams, Bruce Gray, Jr., Colby Taylor, Brandon Mather, Brandon Thompson, Adam Jordan, Tim Cutler, Phil Rice, Travis Pertuset, and Roger Mossbarger. The Hobby Stock hard charger was Adam Jordan, who came from 15th to 6th.
Adams said in victory lane, "I've never raced against that boy before, but he is a helluva good racer. We raced hard and I don't think either of us have a mark on the car."
"We did a lot of changing on the car tonight, but I think we made the right call. We have a lot of good drivers in this division and they are all getting faster. Once again thanks to everyone who helps me with the car. This win is for you."

Insane Duane Chamberlain had won just about everywhere he has raced. Saturday night, he added historic K-C Raceway to the long list. Soft spoken and polite off the track, Chamberlain is a "terror" on the track. Saturday was no exception.

Hall of Famer Delmas Conley and Racin' Jason Montgomery brought the field to the green flag for the super fast AMRA Late Model A-main. Conley got the jump with Montgomery close in tow. The field got strung out early, but by lap six things started to heat up for the point. Chamberlain moved into second, while Josh McGuire reeled in Montgomery in a fight for third.
Chamberlain pressured Conley low in a side-by-side dual, while McGuire pulled under Montgomery. Exiting turn four of the ninth lap the four cars raced double-file, nose to tail.

 Something had to give as the close-quarters made for some anxious, high-speed moments. McGuire drifted high and the contact cocked his mount side ways as he and Montgomery came to a grinding halt on the front chute wall. This was the second early exit for Montgomery while running either second or third over the past two weeks.

When the race resumed Conley grabbed the lead, but Chamberlain's Patrick Sheltra Racing #23/Rocket Chassis made a Kamakazee dive and made it stick for the lead. Meanwhile, Rod Conley again came on late in the race, picking off several cars for a top three. A lot of impressive work was displayed by the top-ten drivers, who diced two-wide for much of the event. The Late Model hard charger was Billy Gullion who was the most impressive of the group in a 16th to 6th run.

Rounding out the top ten were Duane Chamberlain, Delmas Conley, Rod Conley, Mark Frazier, Nick Bocook, Billy Gullion, Ralph Withem, Jeff Houser, Josh Tidwell, and Dylan Huron.
Said victor Chamberlain, "Finally! I thank you all. This has been a couple years in coming. I love this track, but I've had bad luck and I have finished second too many times. I'm glad to finally get it done here at K-C."

Win or lose, Dave "Fireball" Pinkerton is always exciting. After bad luck last week, Pinkerton turned the tables for a more favorable conclusion.

Pinkerton outran a host of defenders, but had his hands full of Brian Whiteman and Jeremy Berwanger most of the race. About midway, Pinkerton stretched out his lead in his "Powered by HORIZON #8 Dirt Modified", but in the closing laps he was up on the chip as Berwanger and Whiteman closed the gap.

Dave McWilliams, Miles Cook, Jeremy Rayburn, and Shaun Scott all had great runs toward a top five, but it was Cook who had it high against the wall to win the Hard Charger award. Cook advanced from 16th to 5th in a tremendous run after experiencing bad luck in his heat race.

Pinkerton was smooth over the last couple laps to hold off Berwanger, who had jumped ahead of Whiteman. Rounding out the top ten were Pinkerton, Berwanger, Whiteman, McWilliams, Cook, Jeremy Rayburn, Shaun Scott, Kevin Delany, Greg Anderson, and Mark Bailey.

Pinkerton said, "It's been a while. We were out there just having fun. Thanks to all the fans who came out tonight. I hope we put on a great race. Jeremy and Brian ran me clean and hard most of the race. Hats off to them, and thanks to everyone who made this win possible."

K-C will host AMRA Late Models, AMRA Advanced Services Modifieds and Hobby Stocks Saturday, June 4. K-C will also host a practice session/Test-n-tune Tuesday, May 31 from 6 - 10 p.m. Cost of Admission is free, however, all cars will have a $25 entry fee. Concessions will be available. For more information please visit www.kc-raceway.com

K-C Raceway, the home of the Lucas Oil Dirt Track World Championship - DTWC, October 13-14-15.


The Modified hard charger was
The summary: May 28, 2011
410 Sprint Cars (18)
Fast Time: Danny Smith 11.890
Heat One: Danny Smith, Jimmy Stinson, Aaron Higgins, Zach Ames, Josh Davis, Nathan Skaggs, Brandy Bower, Lance Webb, Jeb Lowder
Heat Two: Todd Kane, Cole Duncan, Jimmy Nier, Joss Moffett, Jesse McCreary, Eddie Slone, Randy Fink, John Shewbrooks, Wes McGlumphy
Feature: Danny Smith, Jimmy Stinson, Jimmy Nier, Aaron Higgins, Cole Duncan, Todd Kane, Josh Davis, Zach Ames, Nathan Skaggs, Brandy Bower, Eddie Slone, Lance Webb, Randy Fink, Jesse McCreary, Jeb Lowder, John Shewbroooks, Joss Moffett, Wes McGlumphy.

Late Models (31)
Fast Time: Jason Montgomery 13.998
Heat One: Jason Montgomery, Mike Wilson, Jeff Houser, Josh Bocook, Nick Bocook, Brian Eaton, Matthew Jobe, Gary Wilson, Brandon Conkel, Chris Shannon
Heat Two: Delmas Conley, Josh McGuire, Ralph Withem, Josh Tidwell, Tony Roush, Dylan Huron, Mick Sansom, Ken Howell, Ricky Neace, Shannon Roese
Heat Three: Duane Chamberlain, Rod Conley, Mark Frazier, Charlie Swartz, Paul Davis, Billy Gullion, Dean Boyd, Pete Brunton, Richie Edwards, Greggie Oliver

B-Main: Billy Guillion, Dylan Huron, Mick Sansom, Brian Eaton, Richie Edwards, Shannon Roese, Ricky Neace, Dean Boyd, Ken Howell, Pete Brunton, Matthew Jobe, Gary Wilson, Chris Shannon, Brandon Conkel, Greggie Oliver.
Feature: Duane Chamberlain, Delmas Conley, Rod Conley, Mark Frazier, Nick Bocook, Billy Gullion, Ralph Withem, Jeff Houser, Josh Tidwell, Dylan Huron, Charlie Swartz, Mick Sansom, Josh Bocook, Richie Edwards, Mike Wilson, Tony Roush, Jason Montgomery, Josh McGuire, Brian Eaton, Paul Davis


MALTA AMRA MODIFIEDS
Advanced Services Modifieds (39)

Heat One: Jeremy Berwanger, Kevin Delany, Steve Clemmons, Adam Colley, Derrick Shadwick, Matthew Edminston, Chris Moore, Bob Crace, Jr., Brian Moore, John Brady, Jr.
Heat Two: Brian Whiteman, Luke Jordan, Jeremy Rayburn, Shaun Scott, Greg Anderson, Tom Belcher, Tim Rayburn, Mike Long, Billy Gullion
Heat Three: Dave Pinkerton, David McWilliams, Phillip Bapst, Dave Jamison, Mark Bailey, Jim Adams, Doug Betts, Mike Arthurs, Alan Kiser, Adam Jordan
Heat Four: Donnie Stewart, Bud Frazier, Danny Ferguson, Miles Cook, Jimmy Lennox, Kyle Payne, Sean Settles, Lonnie Kidd, T.J. Harper

B-Main One: Greg Anderson, Derrick Shadwick, Tom Belcher, Tim Rayburn, Bob Crace, Jr., Mike Long, Billy Gullion, Matthew Edminston, Chris Moore, Brian Moore, Bob Hurst, Jr., John Brady.

B-Main Two: Mark Bailey, Jimmy Lennex, Jim Adams, Sean Settles, Kyle Payne, T. J. Harper, Doug Betts, Mike Arthurs, Lonnie Kidd, Alan Kiser, Adam Jordan
Feature: Dave Pinkerton, Jeremy Berwanger, Brian Whiteman, David McWilliams, Miles Cook, Jeremy Rayburn, Shaun Scott, Kevin Delany, Greg Anderson, Mark Bailey, Dave Jamison, Jimmy Lennex, Phillip Bapst, Danny Ferguson, Derrick Shadwick, Adam Colley, Donnie Stewart, Steve Clemmons, Luke Jordan, Bud Frazier.

Dan Reno Hobby Stocks
Fast Time: Richard Trego 16.283 New Track Record
Heat One: Bruce Gray, Jr., Richard Trego, Colby Taylor, Roger Mossbarger, Brandon Thompson, Travis Pertuset, Danny Salzgabor, Gary Park
Heat Two: Jamie Adams, Tommy Mossbarger, Tim Cutler, Jeff Mather, Jeff Sheets, Phil Rice, Dana Ross, Keith Dubois
Heat Three: Jim Hildebrand, Mike Brust, Brandon Mather, Butch Eblin, Adam Jordan, Chad Barr, Rob Miller
Dan Reno Memorial Feature: Jamie Adams, Bruce Gray, Jr., Colby Taylor, Brandon Mather, Brandon Thompson, Adam Jordan, Tim Cutler, Phil Rice, Travis Pertuset, Roger Mossbarger, Jim Hildebrand, Tommy Mossbarger, Dana Ross, Danny Salzgabor, Jeff Matheny, Mike Brust, Butch Elbin, Jeff Sheets, Chad Barr, Rob miller, Richard Trego, Gary Park, Keith Dubois

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K-C to Host Test and Tune May 31, 2011
Test and Tune
Tuesday, May 31
6-10 p.m.
$25 Entry per car
Gen. Admission Free
Concessions Available

May 29, 2011

ACCORD SPEEDWAY NEWS

Accord, NY- Jeff Heotzler Finds The Magic With Convincing Accord Speedway Triumph
By: Steve Pados, Accord Speedway Media

Accord Speedway Promoters Gary and Donna Palmer rolled the dice and came up big winners on Friday evening as they ushered in Memorial Day weekend at their superb quarter mile speedplant located in the Catskill Mountains. With the weather picture looking bleak, the powers above held off the expected showers as the hard working promotional team had their speedway in tip-top racing form and presented a great holiday show that found "The Jeffer" Jeff Heotzler completely dominate the Modified feature as he took over the lead from "The Legend" Richie Eurich on lap thirteen and drove away from the top field of talent to record his 45th career win at the Ulster County facility. After a slow start early on in the 2011 racing season, Heotzler in his pairing with the Joe Grasso Racing Team, began to put all of the correct pieces to the racing puzzle a couple of weeks ago with a strong fifth place outing and continued that form on Friday evening as he powered away from a stellar field of Modified race cars and drove to a convincing win at the Accord Speedway on headline sponsor Camper's Barn of the Hudson Valley night at Accord. With another large crowd on hand to celebrate the holiday weekend, the event allowed the Palmer Family to hopefully run off another string of consecutive shows as another new winner emerged in the Modified ranks. Greg McCloskey and Kyle Van Duser were first time winners in 2011 while Ray Tarantino, Pat Zimmer and Richie Van Orden continued to add to their laurels with wins in their respective divisions.

"Primetime" Scott Ferrier and "The Accordian" program's feature driver "Little" Richard Smith brought the 22 car field of VP Fuels/Rhinebeck Ford Modified division down for the start of the 30-lap main event. Ferrier was quick to the point and began to open up some distance on the field in the early laps of the event until Michael Storms pulled up lame on lap three. When the racing resumed it was Ferrier leading one more lap until Richie Eurich found the fast seam on top of the raceway to power by and take control of the event. The veteran Eurich showed lots of muscle as he hustled his Country Chevrolet sponsored racer away from the field but Heotzler, after working the bottom of the raceway early in the event, switched to the top-shelf and began to close the distance on Eurich. The thirteenth lap saw the lead change for good as Heotzler powered by Eurich for good and began to open up some room between he and Eurich. Behind the veteran pair of driving greats the competition was hot and heavy as three and four wide racing action kept the fans on the edge of their seats.

"The Statesman" Jerry Higbie came a calling from his twelfth starting position and Andy Bachetti was challenging the confines of the real estate with each passing lap as they fought to gain the edge on each other. "Showtime" Danny Tyler, Danny Creeden, "The Monster" Clinton Mills from 19th starting position and Craig" Hollywood" Mitchell made the racing action interesting and exciting as they diced it out lap after lap on the race to the walls facility. Heotzler was on a breakaway until Higbie slipped by Eurich for second and took off after Heotzler like a runaway freight train as he went topside in his Big Block powered Hutchings Insurance/Shaver Construction/HigFab/Mr K's Carpet Service sponsored hot rod to close the distance on the high flying Heotzler. "The Jeffer" wouldn't be denied on this night as earned some well deserved glory in the Lucas Oil Products Winners Circle with his first win of the season at Accord. Higbie was the runner-up and hard driving "DC" Danny Creeden continued his great work at the speedway with a third place run. Richie Eurich was fourth and Andy Bachetti fifth to complete the top five. The second five in line were Danny Tyler, Clinton Mills, Craig Mitchell, the returning Kevin Duryea and Mike Ricci.

The Camper's Barn Sportsman event was a barnburner from the word go even though "The Kingston Kruiser" Greg McCloskey led from start to finish. McCloskey showed the hot hand early as he grabbed the lead at the start of the event. Darrel Ford kept relentless pressure on McCloskey as he found the bottom of the raceway much to his liking and was able to apply plenty of pressure lap after lap. A disabled Brad Szulewski halted the event on lap- 20 and it set up a five lap shoot-out to glory for McCloskey and Ford. McCloskey was up to the challenge as he raced to his first victory of the 2011 racing season. Darrell Ford captured the runner-up slot with Vinny DeCicco in for third, Kevin Ward in fourth and Jesse Marks rounding out the top five. Mike Barrett, Shane Jablonka, David Coene, Jeff Hulseapple and Joe Giachinta completed the top ten.

"Tommy Gun" Tommy Johnson led the the first seven laps of the Healey Brothers Group Spec Sportsman encounter. A restart caused by the disabled racer of Kyle Rohner saw the handling of the Johnson racer go away as "The Concrete Kid" Kyle Van Duser was quick to take advantage of the Johnson problems to race into the lead off of turn two and lead the final laps to score his first win of the season at Accord. Whitey Slavin raced from twelfth to the runner-up spot in a splendid drive with Matt Hitchcock, John Sundlof, and the tough luck Tommy Johnson completing the top five. Patrick Murphy, Mike DuBois, Lem Atkins, Phil Johnson and Tyler Dippel completed the top ten finishers.

The DC Landscaping Pro Stock event proved once again to be the Pat Zimmer show as the veteran campaigner from Saugerties, New York took over the lead on lap seven from hard driving Jimmy Sykes and drove away from the field to claim his third win of the 2011 racing season at the speedway. Sykes, in a great drive, was the runner-up with Al Christiana, Tom Vasta and John Rood completing the top five finishers.

Veteran campaigner "Smokin" Joe Narok grabbed the lead from Jerry Craig in the third turn of the first lap of the Arkel Motors Pure Stock main event and appeared to be headed to his third victory of the season. As the race developed Narok seemed to encounter some handling issues and withstood the mighty advances of Ray Tarantino until the final two turns of the feature when he slid up the raceway, and Tarantino, who was right behind him, swung his race car to the next racing channel lower and the two competitors made contact but it was Tarantino prevailing for his third win of the season. Jerry Craig was third with Tim Brown in fourth and Ryan Johnson completing the top five.

The Legends main event was captured by Richie Van Orden as the "Flying Dutchman" found the quick line early on and withstood some early pressure from Jimmy Black to drive to a wire to wire triumph as the speedway, his second of the season. Black was the runner-up and the improved Matthew Gaughan was third with newcomer Rich Wheeler finishing up in fourth place.

MUDPLUGS:

The hotly contested racing action was completed before 11 PM. Once again Promoter Gary Palmer had the speedway meticulously groomed to perfection as he continues to put many overtime hours into making his racetrack live up to the reputation of being able to race from wall to wall. The three and four wide racing action in every division is a profound testament to the tremendous amount of work that the Palmer Family puts into their facility. With the speedway beginning two nights of racing starting on June 8th, the ability to keep the racetrack consistent is always a work in progress and Palmer has been up to the task in making it happen which are exemplified by the similar speeds each week the drivers have been turning at the speedway. A few of the combatants for the Mid Week Madness programs were on hand for the evening to gain a sneak peek of what to expect once the Wednesday programs kick off for the season.

The competition remains fierce at the speedway as each heat event resembles a mini feature and getting qualified into the main event becomes an intense battle on the speedway.

Jeff Heotzler was the Accord Speedway champion for four consecutive seasons from 1983 through 1986 with the famed "Hazel" race car and scored 44 wins prior to his win on Friday evening at Accord.

Heat wins went to Scott Ferrier, Anthony Perrego and Richie Eurich in the Modified division while Clinton Mills was victorious in the Consolation event. Heat races for the Sportsman were claimed by Darrell Ford and Greg McCloskey. Spec Sportsman heats were captured by Matt Hitchcock and Tommy Johnson. Pure Stock heats were won by Jerry Craig and Ryan Johnson and the Pro Stock heats went to Tom Vasta and Pat Zimmer. The Legends heat went Richie Van Orden.

New drivers on hand for the evening had the Modified ranks swelling with Craig Mitchell in his Freedom Plains racer, Mike Ruggiero in his beautiful new RW Construction sponsored hot rod, Kevin Duryea in his beautiful K&W Powerwash sponsored racer and Tony Kowalchuk in the TK Motorsports entry. Rich Wheeler was a new entry for the Legends car division. Former Pro Stocker Lenny Helmich was aboard the Don Smith racer for the evening and was scored in 15th in the final feature rundown. Mike Ricci had a brand new body on his racer after the hair raising incident with Danny Johnson from two weeks ago at the speedway. Ricci also stated he was using small block power in the Mastrocola mount for the evening. Brett Hearn, the point leader at the speedway, was an early drop out on Friday night due to rear end problems with the race car. Neil "The Wheel" Harris returned to action only to encounter problems early on and departed from the feature with an 18th place finish. "The Razor" Mike Ruggiero had problems before the start of the Modified main and didn't start the main event. Steve Meilleur encountered some problems and didn't start the Sportsman main.

24-time Grammy winner Polka legend Jimmy Sturr was on hand for the evening's racing and the Florida, New York resident was impressed with the great racing at the speedway. Sturr has been a longtime fixture in the world of entertainment and has performed with such stars at Willie Nelson, Oak Ridge Boys, Mel Tillis, Brenda Lee, Charlie Daniels, Duane Eddy, Bobby Vinton and Delbert McClinton. Sturr interviewed in the tower with track Announcer Steve Pados throughout the racing show and talked of some of the great legends in racing he remembered seeing in competition such as legendary drivers Ray Brown, Bud Marl, Sonny Strupp, Carl Van Horn and Otto Harwi. The award winning Sturr and his band will be performing at the Polish Festival in Syracuse, New York on June 11th before embarking on a Midwest swing that takes them through Wisconsin and Minnesota. Performing at 160 plus events a year the multi-award winning group will be showcasing a cruise from January 28th until February 4th aboard the luxury line MSC Poseia. On board with the Sturr Group will be Philadelphia singing legend Bobby Rydell and country western singer Tommy Cash along with Polka stars Eddie Biegaj and Keith Stras. For more information regarding the Sturr tour dates, one can go to: www.jimmysturr.com Gus Zygmunt, the owner of the famous Crystal Inn in Warwick, New York, accompanied Sturr to Accord as Gus is a tremendous fan of the great racing action at Accord. The Inn is celebrating their 46th year in the restaurant business and is now headed up by Sygmunt's son Ryan. Award winning Top Chef James Haurey has been turning out the Inn's great dishes since 2004 with their field to table food movement that has created a culinary renaissance in the Hudson Valley area. The Crystal Inn is located at 12 Amity Road in Warwick, New York and the dining hours are 5 to 9 from Tuesday through Friday with hours of 5 through 10 on Saturday evening.
For reservations to the restaurant call: 845 258 4232 or checkout their website at: www.crystalinn.biz


RESULTS:

VP Fuels/Rhinebeck Ford Modifieds: Jeff Heotzler, Jerry Higbie, Danny Creeden, Richie Eurich, Andy Bachetti, Danny Tyler, Clinton Mills, Craig Mitchell, Kevin Duryea, Mike Ricci, Richard Smith, Dom Roselli, Scott Ferrier, Justin Holland, Mel Schrufer, Anthony Perrego, Brett Hearn, Neil Harris, Bobby Hentschel, Tony Kowalchuk, Michael Storms, (DNS) Mike Ruggiero
Camper's Barn Sportsman: Greg McCloskey, Darrell Ford, Vinny DeCicco, Kevin Ward, Jesse Marks, Mike Barrett, Shane Jablonka, David Coene, Jeff Hulseapple, Joe Giachinta, Will Dietz, Chris Stevens, RJ Smith, Kenny Ferrier, Lenny Helmich, Dave Werber, Brad Szulewski, Randy Green, (DNS) Steve Meilleur

Healey Brothers Group Spec Sportsman: Kyle Van Duser, Whitey Slavin, Matt Hitchcock, John Sundlof, Tommy Johnson, Patrick Murphy, Mike DuBois, Lem Atkins, Phil Johnson, Tyler Dippel, Tyler Boniface, Danny Cross, Bryanna Hurban, Kenny Hinsch, Phil Recchio, Pete Booth, Nick Plumstead, Kyle Rohner, Wayne Devantoy

DC Landscaping Pro Stocks: Pat Zimmer, Jimmy Sykes, Al Christiana, Tom Vasta, John Rood, Joe Mennite, John Roese, Paul Aragon, Gary Ronk, Dave Demorest, (DNS) Bill Rion, Clarence Smith

Arkel Motors Pure Stocks: Ray Tarantino, Joe Narok, Jerry Craig, Tim Brown, Ryan Johnson, Kyle Wright, Joel Murns, Gary Predmore, Taylor May, Jason Krom, (DNS)
John Woinoski, Gene Helms

Legends: Richie Van Orden, Jim Black, Matthew Gaughan, Richie Wheeler

Racing every Friday night from April through September. June 3rd finds A-Plus Service Night headlining the racing activity at the speedway with the winged warriors of the Lightning Sprints division returning to action. Pit Gates open at 4:30; Spectator Gates open at 5:00; Hot Laps are at 6:30 and the racing begins at 7 PM. Regular show admission is Adults $12.00 (12+) Children $3.00 (11+ under) Indoor Seating $20.00; Family four pack special: 2 Adults + 2 Children and $20.00 in Food Vouchers for $40.00 ( a savings of $10.00)

Don't forget to pencil in plans on your racing calendar to come out to the speedway on July 1st as Wild Bill returns to the speedway to usher in Independence Day with his one of kind light-show extravaganza and fills up the Catskill Mountain skies on Cordova Plumbing & Heating And Barrett Plumbing & Heating night at the speedway.

Midweek Madness begins on Wednesday evening June 8th and runs through August 31st. For more information regarding the great racing action found at the Accord Speedway, call the speedway hotline at: 845 626 3478 or log-on to their newly designed and well documented website at: http://www.accordspeedway.com 
We are easy to find at 299 Whitfield Road, two miles off Route 209. At the Accord Speedway..................................

A Trail Of Dirt Leads Right To Our Door

May 28, 2011

ACCORD SPEEDWAY NEWS

Accord, NY- Accord Speedway Quick Results On Camper's Barn Night
By: Steve Pados, Accord Speedway Media

VP Fuels/Rhinebeck Ford Modifieds: Jeff Heotzler, Jerry Higbie, Danny Creeden, Richie Eurich, Andy Bachetti, Danny Tyler, Clinton Mills, Craig Mitchell, Kevin Duryea, Mike Ricci, Richard Smith, Dom Roselli, Scott Ferrier, Justin Holland, Mel Schrufer, Anthony Perrego, Brett Hearn, Neil Harris, Bobby Hentschel, Tony Kowalchuk, Michael Storms, (DNS) Mike Ruggiero

Camper's Barn Sportsman: Greg McCloskey, Darrell Ford, Vinny DeCicco, Kevin Ward, Jesse Marks, Mike Barrett, Shane Jablonka, David Coene, Jeff Hulseapple, Joe Giachinta, Will Dietz, Chris Stevens, RJ Smith, Kenny Ferrier, Lenny Helmich, Dave Werber, Brad Szulewski, Randy Green, (DNS) Steve Meilleur

Healey Brothers Group Spec Sportsman: Kyle Van Duser, Whitey Slavin, Matt Hitchcock, John Sundlof, Tommy Johnson, Patrick Murphy, Mike DuBois, Lem Atkins, Phil Johnson, Tyler Dippel, Tyler Boniface, Danny Cross, Bryanna Hurban, Kenny Hinsch, Phil Recchio, Pete Booth, Nick Plumstead, Kyle Rohner, Wayne Devantoy

DC Landscaping Pro Stocks: Pat Zimmer, Jimmy Sykes, Al Christiana, Tom Vasta, John Rood, Joe Mennite, John Roese, Paul Aragon, Gary Ronk, Dave Demorest, (DNS) Bill Rion, Clarence Smith

Arkel Motors Pure Stocks: Ray Tarantino, Joe Narok, Jerry Craig, Tim Brown, Ryan Johnson, Kyle Wright, Joel Murns, Gary Predmore, Taylor May, Jason Krom, (DNS)
John Woinoski, Gene Helms

Legends: Richie Van Orden, Jim Black, Matthew Gaughan, Richie Wheeler


Racing every Friday night from April through September. June 3rd finds A-Plus Service Night headlining the racing activity at the speedway with the winged warriors of the Lightning Sprints division returning to action. Pit Gates open at 4:30; Spectator Gates open at 5:00; Hot Laps are at 6:30 and the racing begins at 7 PM. Regular show admission is Adults $12.00 (12+) Children $3.00 (11+ under) Indoor Seating $20.00; Family four pack special: 2 Adults + 2 Children and $20.00 in Food Vouchers for $40.00 ( a savings of $10.00)

Don't forget to pencil in plans on your racing calendar to come out to the speedway on July 1st as Wild Bill returns to the speedway to usher in Independence Day with his one of kind light-show extravaganza and fills up the Catskill Mountain skies on Cordova Plumbing & Heating And Barrett Plumbing & Heating night at the speedway.

Midweek Madness begins on Wednesday evening June 8th and runs through August 31st. For more information regarding the great racing action found at the Accord Speedway, call the speedway hotline at: 845 626 3478 or log-on to their newly designed and well documented website at: http://www.accordspeedway.com 
We are easy to find at 299 Whitfield Road, two miles off Route 209. At the Accord Speedway..................................

A Trail Of Dirt Leads Right To Our Door

May 27, 2011

Veteran's Appreciation Night at K-C Raceway Tune-up for All-Star Weekend Night the Stars Come Out set for Friday, July 1

CHILLICOTHE, OHIO-The O'Reilly All-Star Circuit of Champions Late Models and K-C Raceway are getting set for a busy season. K-C Raceway will open its gates Saturday, May 28 for the Veterans Appreciation Night which features 410 Sprint Cars, AMRA Late Models, AMRA Advanced Services Modifieds, and Dan Reno Hobby Stocks. This night is slated as a tune-up for the prestigious Night the Stars Come Out on Friday, July 1.

Both the All-Star Sprint Cars and All-Star Late Models will be on the race card July 1.

Saturday, May 28 the Dan Reno Memorial pays $1022 to win and $122 to start for Hobby Stocks, while other classes will run for the standard purse.

All classes must run raceceivers at K-C Raceway. No raceceiver--No Race!

Pennsylvania's John Flinner scored the season opener for the All Stars at Lernerville Speedway with "The Salt Rock Express" Eddie Carrier Jr. taking the win in "The Classic" at KC Raceway.

Carrier currently leads the All Star series points over Jared Miley, former champion Boom Briggs, Greg Oakes, Rod Conley, Donnie Moran, Devin Moran, Bryan Casey, Greg Satterlee and Russ King.

Expect to see three-time ALMS champion Brian Ruhlman, who won at Millstream last year. Also likely to show up for the $4,000 top prize will be Curtis Roberts, 2010 National UMP champion Rusty Schlenk, Dusty Moore, Jerry Bowersock, Jon Henry (who has 4 wins at Attica in 2011 and is a former ALMS champion), two-time Attica champion Ryan Missler, Jeff Babock, Casey Noonan and more.

Pit gates will open Sunday at 3 p.m. with grandstand seating opening at 3 p.m. Racing is slated to get underway at 6:30 p.m.

The All Star Late Model Series then heads to West Virginia Motor Speedway near Parkersburg, W. Va., for the Mark Balzano Memorial, a $5,000-to-win event, on Thursday, June 30. The All Stars follow the next night at KC Raceway near Chillicothe, Ohio for the 18th Annual The Night the Stars Come Out for another $5,000-to-win affair, which will also feature the O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champion Sprint Cars.

Last year at the Mark Balzano Memorial, Vienna, West Virginias Steve Shaver claimed the prize with a last lap pass over World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champion Josh Richards.
At the Night the Stars Come Out event at KC Raceway in 2010, Carrier would make a late-race pass of Matt Miller to pull off the exciting 50-lap victory.

In cooperation with Millstream Speedway, the rained out May 15 event for the O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Late Model Series has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 26. The $4,000-to-win event is co-sanctioned by the Sunoco UMP American Late Model Series.

For more information please visit www.kc-raceway.com  or http://ascoc.allstarsprint.com/index.php

Below is the race format for Saturday, May 28


AGENDA – May 28, 2011 K-C Raceway Veteran’s Appreciation Night
410 Sprint Cars/ AMRA Late Models / Advanced Services Modifieds / Dan Reno Hobby Stocks

3:00 Pit gates open
4:00 Pill draw opens
5:15 Last call for pill draw (Pill draw stops at 5:30)
5:15 Call for driver’s meeting
5:20 Driver’s meeting (start sharply at 5:20)
At Conclusion of Driver’s Meeting Call Sprints to fire
5:30 Sprints Fire 5:40 Hobby Stocks call for Hot Laps
5:45 Hobby Stock Hot Laps
Sprint Hot Laps
Late Model Hot Laps
Modified Hot Laps
Qualifications:
6:30 or at conclusion of Modified Hot Laps
All Time Trials one lap Be in line according to pill draw
Sprint Time Trials
Late Model Time Trials
Hobby Stock Time Trials
7:30 National Anthem/Invocation
7:35 Goodyear Sprint Heats 10 laps
Late Models 10 laps
Hobby Stocks 8 laps
Modifieds 8 laps
Sprint B- 12 laps
Late Model B 12 laps
Hobby Stock B 10 laps or Hobby A if no B (Dan Reno Memorial) 20 laps
Modified B 10 laps
Sprint Feature 25 laps
Late Model Feature 25 laps
Dan Reno Memorial Hobby Stocks 20 laps
Modified A 20 laps

The MSCS Sprints are HERE! This Saturday, May 28th The MSCS Sprints are making an appearance at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Saturday, May 28th is also "Service Men & Women Night" Any Fire, Police, EMS, Armed Forces, or Veterans who present a valid service I.D. or discharge papers, along with a photo I.D. will receive FREE General Admission! Racing will also feature the Budweiser UMP Modifieds and the Impact Sports Pure Stocks. Admission Prices: Adult: $17 Kids Ages 7-12: $7 Under 6: FREE Pit Pass: $30 (all ages) </ span> Grandstands Open at 5:00pm Hot Laps begin at 6:00pm Physical Address: 351 E. Eads Parkway Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 812-539-4700 www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com Lawrenceburg Speedway Gift Cards: A Lawrenceburg Speedway Gift Card will make a great gift for Father's Day! Click HERE to Shop Now! Save the Date for these upcoming events: June 4th: Beach Party Night June 11th: USAC Midget Week Stay in the race with a FREE Text Message from Lawrenceburg Speedway! Text: Racing (this is the message part) to... 95495 (this is the "send to" phone number) < /span> It's free to sign up for our service, but your normal carrier rates apply. Support the sponsors who support the sport you love!!! Here are a few to check out! The official hotel of Lawrenceburg Speedway! Make your reservations by calling 812-537-4441

For immediate release…thank you
Mountain Speedway media contact:
Gene Ostrowski gjtost@verizon.net  (570) 231-1272
Promoter: Joe Callavini (570) 788-7544



Upcoming events:

Sunday, May 29 –Sport Modified make up feature from 5/15, PLUS Sport Modifieds, Late Models, Factory Stocks and INEX Legends

Saturday, June 4 –4th Annual Evergreen Raceway Reunion with Modifieds, Street Stocks and FWDs

Sunday, June 5 –Mountain Madness Enduros (Round #3) for 4-cyl. And 6/8-cyl. Divisions, PLUS INEX Legends



By: Gene Ostrowski
May 24, 2011


Mountain Speedway Adds Three More INEX Legends Shows to Schedule

St. Johns, PA- Due to the popularity of the INEX Legends division so far this season, the management at Mountain Speedway has decided to add three more dates to the schedule for those drives.

After talking to the INEX Legends drivers at the track last Sunday, additional Sunday shows have been added for June 5, August 21 and August 28.

The shows on June 5 and August 21 will run in conjunction with the previously scheduled Mountain Madness Enduro Series events and the August 28 show will be held with the Northeast Modified Series show at the speedway.

Mountain Speedway is just minutes from Hazleton, Pa, located on St. John’s Road, between Routes 93 and 309. Grandstand admission for all regular events is just $10 for ages 11 and older. Children 10 years of age and younger are admitted for free.

Please like Mountain Speedway on Facebook or visit www.mountainspeedway.com  for the entire 2011 schedule, point standings and up to date news and information.

For immediate release…thank you

Mountain Speedway media contact:
Gene Ostrowski gjtost@verizon.net  (570) 231-1272
Promoter: Joe Callavini (570) 788-7544



Upcoming events:

Sunday, May 29 –Sport Modified make up feature from 5/15, PLUS Sport Modifieds, Late Models, Factory Stocks and INEX Legends
Saturday, June 4 –4th Annual Evergreen Raceway Reunion with Modifieds, Street Stocks and FWDs
Sunday, June 5 –Mountain Madness Enduros (Round #3) for 4-cyl. And 6/8-cyl. Divisions, PLUS INEX Legends



Earl Paules Fends Off Rusty Smith in Modified Thriller at Mountain

By: Gene Ostrowski

May 22, 2011


St. Johns, PA- Even with a quick rain delay during the Modified main event, Earl Paules of Palmerton, PA held off Rusty Smith of Oxford, NY to claim his first win of the season at Mountain Speedway on Sunday. For the second straight time this season, Steve Shultz of Drums, PA went on to claim victory in the Street Stock division and Harry O’Neill of Mountaintop, PA scored his second career FWD victory in only his second start of the season. Kevin Nowak of Long Island, NY drove to a division leading third INEX Legends victory of the year and Bruce Carman of Shaftsbury, VT drove to the Atlantic Coast Old Timers win in his 1948 Midget racecar.

David Schneider started from the pole position and led the opening circuit of the 40-lap Modified feature over Todd Baer, CJ Jones, Allen Creveling and Rusty Smith.

Baer grabbed the race lead on the third lap and CJ Jones moved into the second spot until several yellow flags slowed the even on lap eight. The worst of the lap eight yellows came when Nick Pecko spun in turn three. Several other were involved in the incident, including Kyle Ebersole, Ken Vogel, Jr., John Markovic, Jarrod Nace, Darren Scherer and Barry Callavini. Callavini needed assistance back to the pit area and was unable to continue.

The track was cleaned up but green flag racing was delayed because of rain.

Baer encountered mechanical problems under the rain delay and was not able to rejoin the field for the restart. Green flag racing resumed with CJ Jones in command. Rusty Smith, who had moved into third prior to the restart, held second, followed by Earl Paules and Schneider.

Following a quick lap 15 yellow flag, Paules took the race lead and two circuits later Smith Disposed of CJ Jones for second. Meanwhile, Brian DeFebo and Jimmy Zacharias battled side by side for fourth.

Jones fell from the top five when he was sup on lap 25 and with Paules still in command the yellow waved six laps later with DeFebo encountered mechanical problems and slowed on the backstretch.

With the green back out, Paules held off several charges by Smith and went on to take the victory. Ebersole worked his way back to the front to finish third, followed by Bobby Jones and Zacharias.

Earl Paules and David Schneider were heat race winners.

Jeff McGrath led his fellow Street Stock competitors to the green flag in the 25-lap Street Stock feature. He led the opening lap over Brian Brown, Kyle Curtis, Chris Burge and Dale Santee.

Chip Wanamaker clawed his way into the top five by lap five and Steve Shultz began to climb toward the front as well.

With McGrath still in command in the early going, Wanamaker worked his way to third and Shultz moved into fifth.

Brown, who eventually competed the pass for the lead on lap 10, pressured McGrath for the lead. Wanamaker held third, followed by Curtis and Shultz.

With four laps remaining, McGrath retook the lead when Brown suddenly slowed on the front stretch. However, Shultz and Wanamaker overtook the leader on the following circuit.

Shultz went on to take the checkers for his second straight win of the season over Wanamaker. McGrath finished a career-best third, followed by Steve Clark and Curtis.

Heat race victories went to Jeff McGrath and Chip Wanamaker.

The caution flag flew on the start of the 20-lap FWD feature when Alex Doyle tangled with Dylan Hoffman on the front stretch. In a separate incident, Cody Roth and Pete Verwys got together in turn two.

Green flag racing resumed and Justin Hughes, who had started from the pole, led the opening laps over Harry O’Neill, Jay Skupski, Eric Banashefski and Trevor Ahouse.

O’Neill took the race lead when Hughes drifted up the track on lap three and then Banashefski overtook Skupski for the third spot on the following lap.

Just past halfway O’Neill continued out front, pursued by Banashefski, Hughes, Skupski and Ahouse.

The yellow flag waved on lap 14when Doyle tangled with Ahouse in turn 2. Green flag racing resumed and with a good restart, Banashefski took command. His lead however was short-lived, as O’Neill fought back and retook the top spot.

Despite pressure from Banashefski, O’Neill went on to take the checkers for his second win in as may starts this season over Banashefski. Roth rebounded to finish a career-best third, followed by Jeff Biegley and Hoffman.

Eric Banashefski and Cody Roth were victorious in heat race action.

Carl Jones started from the pole position in the 20-lap INEX Legends feature and was overtaken by Darren Scherer for the lead before a single lap was scored. Kevin Nowak worked to the front and took command on lap two before the caution flew on the third circuit.

Green flag racing resumed and Nowak led over Scherer, Brandon DeBrakeleer, Scott Hubler and Stephen Hershey, but contact with Hubler and Raven Schrantz sent Hubler to the pit area.

Nowak continued to lead at halfway over Scherer, DeBrakeleer, Hershey and Todd McCollum. Shortly after, Brandon Michael cracked the top five.

The final yellow of the event can with one lap remaining when Hubler, who had lost several laps following the lap three yellow, got into Schrantz in turn one.

Despite the late race restart, Nowak held off McCollum to score his third win of the season. Scherer finished in the third spot, followed by Matt Marring and DeBrakeleer.

Heat race victories went to Todd McCollum and Scott Hubler.

The Atlantic Coast Old Timers took to the speedway for a 12-lap exhibition feature. Bruce Carman held off heat race winner, Bill Goodfellow to score the victory.

Mountain Speedway is just minutes from Hazleton, Pa, located on St. John’s Road, between Routes 93 and 309. Grandstand admission for all regular events is just $10 for ages 11 and older. Children 10 years of age and younger are admitted for free.

Please like Mountain Speedway on Facebook or visit www.mountainspeedway.com  for the entire 2011 schedule, point standings and up to date news and information.

Modified (40-laps) 1. EARL PAULES 2. Rusty Smith 3. Kyle Ebersole 4. Bobby Jones 5. Jimmy Zacharias 6. Matt Hirschman 7. Daren Scherer 8. John Markovic 9. Allen Creveling 10. Nick Pecko 11. CJ Jones 12. Mike Speeney 13. Ken Vogel Jr 14. Jarred Nace 15. Brian DeFebo 16. David Schneider 17.Todd Baer 18. Barry Callavini 19. Matt Clemens

Street Stock (25-laps) 1. STEVE SHULTZ 2. Chip Wanamaker 3. Jeff McGrath 4. Steve Clark 5. Kyle Curtis 6. Chris Burge 7. Robert Fink 8. Mike Garris Sr 9. Mitch Hawk 10. Sam Danaher 11. Bernie Uphold 12. Sam Grow 13. Brian Brown 14. Dale Santee 15. Bill Verwys

FWD (20-laps) 1. HARRY O’NEILL 2. Eric Banashefski 3. Cody Roth 4. Jeff Biegley 5. Dylan Hoffman 6. Justin Hughes 7. Jay Skupski 8. Trevor Ahouse 9. Peter Verwys Jr 10. John Smith 11. Brandon Oltra 12. Alex Doyle

INEX Legends (20-laps) 1. KEVIN NOWAK 2. Todd McCollum 3. Darren Scherer 4. Matt Marring 5. Brandon DeBrakeleer 6. Brandon Michael 7. Andrew Stotler 8. Stephan Hershey 9. Carl Jones 10. Raven Schrantz 11. Beth Scherer 12. Brandon Bock 13. Stephen Gual 14. Barry Schrantz 15. David Dempsey 16. Scott Hubler 17.Bing Metz 18. David Chapman

May 23, 2011

Conley, Stotts, Adams Grab K-C Raceway wins

Adkins Eclipses Track Record at 13:377



May 21, 2011 K-C Raceway Results



CHILLICOTHE, OHIO-Defending Champions Delmas Conley of Wheelersburg, OH(Late Models) and Jamie Adams of Laurelville, OH(Hobby Stocks) joined Advanced Services AMRA Modified invader Chris Stotts in K-C Raceway’s victory lane during Hall of Fame Night at the historic Ohio oval Saturday night. Great racing and some unfortunate high-speed accidents highlighted the evening.

Prior to the racing festivities K-C Raceway Hall of Fame inductees were honored. The 2011 class includes the versatile Bobby Morgan, sprint ace George Harbour, the multitalented father-son team of Bob Crace, Sr. and Bob Crace, Jr.; Stock Car ace George Branscom, notable car owner Bob Lemaster, and extraordinary photographer Stan Jeffrey. (A script and biography of each inductee follows this release below)

Sometimes you just have to be good or have a little luck. Veteran National LM Hall of Famer Delmas Conley was both Saturday night as he wheeled into victory lane for the 541st time.

"Most of the night I thought I had a third place car then Ben(Adkins) and Jason (Montgomery) dropped out, and there I was in the lead," said Conley. "I might have made a good race out of it anyway, who knows (grinned Conley). The car was pretty darn good." The Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club, DARF, and Hoot Gibson--representing the club--presented a free DARF membership and T-Shirt to all winners.

Cloudy skies and a tacky track made for some fantastic high-speed racing. Just how fast was K-C Raceway Saturday? Fast timer Ben Adkins, West Portsmouth, OH eclipsed Jackie Boggs’ nine-year old track record of 13:614 with a blistering 13:377 run. Adkins was working on a clean sweep after claiming the first heat win over charging Mike Wilson.

Adkins and first heat winner Jason Montgomery began to walk away from the rest of the pack with Audie Swartz a solid third. Adkins and Montgomery then got caught up in a 7-car melee that eliminated four cars including the two top runners.

Swartz inherited the lead, but a lap later Conley leaned on Swartz in turn won to craftily take the lead. Mike Wilson followed in suit to take second. Shannon Roese was well on his way to hard-charger honors when he went pit side with cooling problems. At the same time, racing Chiropractor Brian Eaton tumbled hard into the third turn wall and was out for the night.

As Wilson closed the gap on Conley, Rod Conley, Mark Frazier, Rod Evans, Tony Roush, KY’s Paul Davis and hard charger Randy Wynett (18th to 9th) battled hard for a top five.

When all was said and done, Conley in the Conley Trucking #71 held off Mike Wilson for the win. Rounding out the top ten were Swartz, Conley, Frazier, Evans, Roush, Davis, Wynett, and Russ Frohnapfel.

In the modified main veteran Tim Rayburn and Chris Stotts paced the field to Daryl Owens’ green flag. It took three restarts to get underway, including a violent end-over-end, wall-grinding flip by Eric Arledge. Arledge was shaken, but his car was destroyed in the bone-shaking tumble.

Rayburn led the single-file parade until Stotts dove low for the pass. Rayburn sustained the lead through lap six when an unfortunate spin collected son Jeremy, sending both to the tail. Stotts never looked back despite a late charge by second place Jeremy Berwanger. Much of the race following Rayburn’s demise, Rob Stambaugh and Jeremy Berwanger fought it out with Bob Crace, Jr. and Todd Robinson for position.

Stotts’ Swartz Extreme Chassis/Carthage Auto Parts/Stoneridge Apts. car in its debut run pulled off the popular win ahead of Berwanger, Stambaugh, Robinson, Shawn Holiday, Jeremy Rayburn up from the tail to sixth in a great run, Lonnie Kidd, hard-charger Kevin Delaney (19th to 8th), Tim Rayburn (also up from the tail to a top ten), and T.J. Harper.

Said Stotts, “For the first time out, this car started 'gettin good’. I have to give a big thanks to the crew and Dave Norton for all of their hard work and to Audie (Swartz) for all the extra time he puts in on this car. We hope to just pick and choose our races again this year, but it is good to get the win tonight."

The Dan Reno hobby stock main was a barn-burner between defending champion and master-car builder Jamie Adams and former champion Bruce Gray, Jr. Jim Hildebrand was within striking distance much of the race, lying in wait for a mistake from either Adams or Gray.

With two laps to go, the caution waved and Adams started to get a flat, but the tire held enough to get the job done for the win (as the tire deflated in victory lane).

"Wow, I knew I had the flat with three laps to go, but said, I'm going for it. Bruce showed me his line early and I knew where he was at and where I need to be. He gave me a good run and is a heck of a driver. He will be here in victory lane soon. I'd like to thank all of my sponsors, my family, and friends. They make this all possible."

The hard-charging top ten were Adams, Gray, Hildebrand, Jeremy Bretz, Tim Cutler, Mike Brust, Tommy Mossbarger—the race hard-charger up from 18th to 7th in a whirlwind run; Patrick Parks, Steve Karr, and Roger Mossbarger.

K-C Raceway hosts the Miller Highlife Veteran’s Appreciation Night Saturday, May 28 with a full card of Goodyear 410 Sprint Cars, AMRA Late Models, AMRA Advanced Services Modifieds and the Dan Reno Memorial Hobby Stock Invitational. For more information visit www.kc-raceway.com  or call the track at 740-663-4141 or call for other info and tickets at 740-978-6575.

The Summary: K-C Raceway May 21, 2011

AMRA Late Models (21)

Fast Time: Ben Adkins 13:377

Heat One: Ben Adkins, Mike Wilson, Rod Evans, Russ Frohnapfel, Rod Conley, Paul Davis, Shannon Roese, Kenny Spencer, Chris Maynard, Clint Keenan

Heat Two: Jason Montgomery, Delmas Conley, Audie Swartz, Mark Frazier, Brian Eaton, Tony Roush, Ken Howell, Billy Gullion, Randy Wynett, Jacob Curnutte

Feature: Delmas Conley, Wilson, Swartz, Rod Conley, Frazier, Evans, Roush, Davis, Wynett, Russ Frohnapfel, Roese, Eaton, Maynard, Adkins, Montgomery, Gullion, Keenan, Spencer, Howell


AMRA Advanced Services Modifieds (33)

Heat One: Tim Rayburn, Todd Robinson, Donnie Stewart, Eric Arledge, Kevin Delaney, Brian Moore, Aaron Fry, Kyle Payne, Billy Gullion

Heat Two: Chris Stotts, Jeremy Rayburn, Bob Crace, Jr., Lonnie Kidd, Luke Jordon, Roger Wireman, Jamie Lawson, John Arthurs, Scott Linville

Heat Three: Rob Stambaugh, T.J. Harper, Adam Jordan, Shawn Holiday, David Pinkerton, Bud Frazier, Adam Colley, Phillip Bapst, Eric Hatfield

Heat Four: Brian Whiteman, Jeremy Berwanger, Tim Tribby, Mark Bailey, Jimmy Adams, Bob Hurst, Brad Butler

B-Main: Luke Jordan, David Fireball Pinkerton, Kevin Delany, Billy Gullion, Jimmy Adams, Shawn Settles, Kyle Payne, Phillip Bapst, Bob Hurst, Jr., Bud Frazier, Brad Butler, Jamie Lawson, Brian Moore, Adam Colley, Roger Wireman, Aaron Fry, John Arthurs, Scott Linville, Eric Hatfield

Feature: Stotts, Berwanger, Stambaugh, Robinson, Shawn Holiday, Jeremy Rayburn, Lonnie Kidd, Kevin Delaney, Tim Rayburn, Harper, Crace, Jr., Stewart, Luke Jordan, Gullion, Whiteman, Tribby, Arledge, Jordan, Pinkerton, Bailey


Dan Reno Hobby Stocks (18)

Heat One: Jamie Adams, Tim Cutler, Mike Brust, Butch Eblin, Steve Karr, Danny Salzgbor, Jeremy Bretz, Brandon Thompson, Aaron Forcum, Keith Hornickle

Heat Two: Bruce Gray, Jr., Jim Hildebrand, Roger Mossbarger, Jeff Sheets, Shane Pendleton, Richard Trego, Patrick Parks, Phil Rice, Tommy Mossbarger, Travis Pertuset

Feature: Adams, Gray, Hildebrand, Jeremy Bretz, Tim Cutler, Mike Brust, Tommy Mossbarger, Patrick Parks, Steve Karr, Roger Mossbarger, Phil Rice, Trego, Eblin, Sheets, Salzabor, Pendelton, Pertuset, Thompson, Forcum, Hornickle

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Hall of Fame Biographies

Following is a brief script of driver biographies:

Bobby Morgan

Bobby Morgan, Chillicothe, Ohio was one of the early pioneers of sprint car racing. Starting his career in 1953, Morgan was a man on a mission. "Schoolin em" on a regular basis is what the veteran racer was noted for, along with his friendly demeanor. Even though some of the early records were destroyed by fire, records show that Bobby won at least 7 features between 1963-1965 and five of those were championship races. Those wins came in addition to many other recorded victories at what was then known as Atomic Speedway.

Morgan, however, was not a one-track racer. He won both on asphalt and dirt at such venues as Columbus, Torch, Skyline, Southern Ohio, Eldora, Lawrenceburg, Huntington WV Speedway, and Heidelberg, Pa. The only race he ran on the high banks of Dayton Motor Speedway he won. Building close alliances with people like Charlie Alfater and The Smith Speed Shop at Eaton, Ohio, Bobby always seemed to be in top notch equipment. Morgan started in a homemade supermodified before being one of the first to have a full blown sprint car built by Alfater.

After an accident broke his leg in six places, the tall in stature Morgan retired in 1971 to spend more time with his daughters Tracy and Lisa. His daughters still share fond racing memories of their father, who in 2003 at the young age of 72 went to Richard Petty's Driving Experience at Indianapolis and the historic brickyard. The trip was compliments of his daughters, who saw a renewed enthusiasm in their father after he turned a lot of heads with his lap times. His times even impressed noted driving instructor Shane Carson.

George Harbour

The Late George Harbour began racing at the Ohio Valley Speedway as a skinny teenager in the sportsman division. Moving up to Supermodifieds, the Apple Grove, West Virginia native quickly became a champion at Ohio Valley and nearby Huntington Speedway. In the late 1960's Harbour began expanding his racing and became a full-time sprint car pilot. Known widely for his victories in the Charlie Brown #99, Harbour was featured in several racing books as one of the original outlaws, claiming wins at Eldora, Wayne County, Millstream, Skyline and Lawrenceburg, IN in addition to over 40 victories at Atomic Speedway.

Harbour, later moving to Huntington, WW, also saw much success in the Ed Reno/Jack Bennington Construction #1, running Opperman-like Heintzelman Chassis’s and then the more sleek versions of the chassis. Harbour was one of a handful of drivers that saw equal success in both winged and non-winged sprint cars, claiming four Atomic Championships along the way. Harbour ran both asphalt and dirt, often venturing to the Anderson Speedway in Indiana.

Proudly, before his passing, he was crew chief on his son Wes' sprint car.

Bob Crace, Sr. and Bob Crace, Jr.

The father-son team of Bob Crace, Sr. and Bob Crace, Jr. shows one of the perfect examples that racing is indeed in the genes. No one looked meaner behind the wheel than Bob Crace, Sr. with his open faced helmet and bandana waving in the wind. Bob, Sr. a veteran of the Supermodifieds was about as versatile as they come. After much success in the open wheelers, Crace, Sr. became one of the first stock car champions at Atomic Speedway. He was the Late Model Champion in 1971 and has driven everything from open wheelers to stock cars to four cylinders, all equally well. Numerous feature wins and many friendships were forged along the way.

His famous #23 is still well known around area racing circles as the family tradition is carried on by son Bob Crace, Jr. Crace, Jr. started in the early 1970's in a Buick semi-late model and saw instant success in all types of full bodied cars. The Open Wheel modifieds came on the scene and Bob, Jr.'s driving style and the sleek open wheelers were a perfect marriage. No one has equaled his success in the Tri-State; if not even nationwide.

Bob, Jr. won the Modified crown the first four years that the class moved to K-C Raceway and he has nine championships at K-C overall. Along the way he also picked up an UMP Nationals Crown in 1991 and won the first Dirt Track World Championship modified race in 1990. He has wins at numerous tracks in Ohio and West Virginia including many wins at Eldora Speedway. He is the all-time modified win leader at K-C Raceway.

One of the family's biggest accomplishments has been the tradition of establishing C&M racing as parts supplier for K-C and other tracks, while still doing work for other drivers as time allows. With son-in-law Jason Cottrill now active in the Modified division, the family tradition should continue for a long time to come.

George Branscom

George Branscom of Chillicothe is one of the first full-fledged stock car pioneers at Atomic Speedway. From a career that started in 1969, George quickly found the fast way around just about every race track he ever visited. Just two years later, he finished third in the first-ever World 100 at Eldora. He had been running in the second spot until lap 98 when NASCAR great Joe Ruttman passed him for second.

While winning at places like Skyline, Zanesville, Southern Ohio and numerous other bullrings, Branscom claimed two consecutive Atomic Speedway Late Model Championships. One of those seasons he won 9 of 13 features at Atomic Speedway. Much of Branscom's success came in Bob Lemaster's 23 Auto Parts car.

Bob Lemaster

Bob Lemaster has been an icon of Atomic Speedway/K-C Raceway for over 40 years. With at least seven Atomic and K-C Championships, using five different drivers, this car owner has seen a lot of changes in stock car racing. From homebuilt "Stock" cars to elaborate racing chassis's known as Late Model Stock Cars, Lemaster has perfected them all. One of his first chamionships came with Super Stock driver Don Stump, then two championships came with George Branscom in what was one of the first tube chassis cars in the area.

As noted earlier, his car finished 3rd at the first World 100. Not only has Lemaster had success with his own cars, but he has also been known to offer advice and lend a hand to competitors. He is recognized as one of the best set-up men in the business. A few tweaks from Lemaster's hand has been found to turn an ill-handling car into a contender. Until health problems recently arose, Lemaster was active in helping area racers find success.

Lemaster also found success himself as a motorcycle racer. This experience helped him push his cars and his drivers to the edge and often on to victory lane. Whether it's at the annual Branscom 'Fish Fry' or at the local track, fans are lucky for the opportunity to hear a great racing story from the veteran racer and wife Norma.

Stan Jeffrey

Some 40-plus years later, Stan Jeffrey photos are considered to be a standard of the industry in capturing auto racing history. Always with a joke and at least one camera around his neck, Stan Jeffrey was always looking for his next shot. With wife Leta selling photos from the table and at least one of his four blonde haired daughters selling Mid-American Auto Racing News and other racing papers of the day, fans knew Stan in the house. His prolific personality and knack for a sale helped make even the poorest racer feel like a star.

Tirelessly traveling from his home in Franklin, Ohio, it was the norm on Friday night to travel to Indiana for a race, and then come straight home to develop his own black and white photos. Then Stan loaded right back up and headed to Atomic Speedway in Alma, Ohio and repeated the process all over again. If there was a Sunday race, he was there ready to go. Always working to get the results and photos in the mail so the tracks had the news before the printing deadline, Stan really supported tracks and racers that he loved so much. Racing lost Stan to a heart attack in the mid 80’s.

Said K-C Announcer Bruce Hines, "One night shortly before Stan's passing, a youngster went sailing over turn three at K-C and came to rest against the parking lot fence. Stan looked at me and said 'he is going to be a good one, if he lives, but he has to live long enough first'." That good one turned into a great one--Four-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Jeff Gordon.

HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS

Hamlin, PA - Rain Then Fog Halts Hamlin Speedway Racing Action
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media

The fourth week of the 2011 racing season at the Hamlin Speedway had all of the makings of being another pinnacle event in the Pocono Mountains as a great field of racers and a nice sized crowd filled the facility to witness the top dogs duke it out on the 1/5 mile clay cushioned raceway. Things turned sour quickly as the bright sunshine in the afternoon gave way to dark clouds, followed by a slow moving thunderstorm that resulted in a two hour rain delay. Undaunted, Randy Smith and staff attacked the raceway with the help of the 600 Micros and Slingshot race cars to squeeze the moisture out of the raceway to continue the night's racing program. With a revised racing format in place, the racing action carried on with time trials and exciting competition until a heavy fog cloud rolled into the area and made visibility too difficult for the drivers on the race track to feel comfortable in racing with each other. Promoters Denise and Randy Smith reluctantly threw in the towel in the elements of safety for the drivers and halted the show with six feature events left to complete.

Just as quickly as the racing was halted a new revised schedule for the make-up features was issued. This coming week on May 28th, the All-Star Slingshots, Rookie 270's and Rookie 600's will complete their main events. On Friday, June 3rd the Wingless 600's will complete their feature event in conjunction with the "Spring into Summer V" spectacular at the speedway in which the speedway will have shows on both June 3rd and 4th and the latter date is highlighted by the first appearance of the season of the HTMA 600 Micro Pro Series. The 270 Micros and Super Slingers will make up their feature events on June 18th.

One feature was completed and the lone event was for the "Stars of Tomorrow" of the Junior Slingshot division. The feature run quickly became the Dylan Martin show as the young speedster found the hot line at the top of the raceway and gunned into the lead at the drop of the green flag with Mohnton's Jacob Dunn in pursuit. Dunn challenged Martin early on but lost the handle on the race car on turn four on lap five to bring out a caution. On the restart, the new second place runner Thomas Strupp gave chase to Martin until he slid up the race course two laps later and found Harmony, New Jersey hot-shoe Taylor Eccles ready to attack and Eccles became the the new runner-up. Martin was in the zone as he moved out out to huge advantage lap after lap as he moved through the lapped traffic. "Thrillin" Dylan Martin was the man of the moment as he captured his third Hamlin checkered flag in four weeks of competition and with it laying claim to be the man to beat when the Junior Slingers roll into the Pocono Mountains. Eccles did a superb job to claim the runner-up honors with last week's feature event winner "The Little Tornado" Zack Weisenfluh claiming third place money after an eighth place start. Thomas Strupp, who improves with each race event. was fourth and the hard riding Jacob Dunn recovered from his early spin to race back and weasel his way in for a top five finish. The returning Jenna Schostkewitz, Chris Kurtz, Kyle Gruber, Caitlin Henneforth and "The Flash" Bobby Flood completed the running order.

While the heavy race track slowed the speeds of the drivers, the time trials proved to be exciting. Meriden, Connecticut's CJ Heinig stopped the clocks at 12.434 to claim the fast time for the 270 Micros. Robbie Watson, the returning Jarid Kunkle, Larry Hoagland and Tommy Kunsman Jr completed the top five in time trials.

Cheyanne Schaffer was the fast timer for the rookie 270's with a time of 12.762 seconds. Last week's feature winner for the rookies Makenzie Harper was second quick time with Hayden Miller, Scott Avery and Grady Johnston completing the top five.

Hard riding Robbie Hocker out of Warwick, New York was the quick timer for the thirty Slingshots on hand. Hocker clicked off a time of 15.803 seconds to lead the action with Kyle "Hot Rod" Rode in the runner-up slot. Charlie Shaver, Billy Clark, John Pantis, Cody Kline, Simon Egan, Danny Buccafusca, Paul Ennes and Jeff Cosgrove completed the top tem qualifiers.

Tommy Vroom Jr led the way in the Super Slingers with a time of 15.984 seconds per lap with Tom Arntz, Henry Anderson, Charlie Shaver and the returning Marc Daniels filling out the top five.

Taunton, Massachusetts wheelman Mick D'Agostino showed the fast lane to everyone in the Wingless 600 Micro qualifying with a time of 12.337 seconds around the Hamlin oval. Garden Staters and brothers Jeff and Hay Hartman were second and third with two time feature winner in 2011 Jonathan "The Incredible" Hull in fourth place and Michael Carber taking over the Barry Greth owned 600 and drive it a top five in qualifications. Ryan Greth, Molly Chambers, Bobby Butler, Brett Michalski and Shelby Harper completed the top ten qualifiers and D'Agostino claimed a $25.00 prize from J. Michalski and Sons Plumbing and Heating for being the fast timer.

The Dash for Cash had Michael Carber grabbing the lead of the six lap event on turn two of the first lap and held off the heavy footed Hartman brothers to claim the Dash victory. Jeff Hartman, Jay Hartman, Jonathan Hull, Mick D'Agsotino and Ryan Greth completed the finishers of the event. Carber captured the $50.00 posted by the HTMA 600 Pro Series for the win.

POCO-NOTES:

Despite the fact the forces of nature won out on this evening, a tip of the hat is in order for the hard working track staff who stayed in the trenches to assist Randy Smith in massaging the speedway back into shape after the storm hit. Credit also goes out to the drivers of the Slingshot and 600 Micro divisions for their efforts in establishing the track back to racing conditions. With the revised schedule now in place the speedway management encourages all racing fans to come out and have a look for themselves at one of the most exciting small division race tracks in the country and see why it is the "Premier Racing Facility In the Poconos".

Jacob Dunn and Dylan Martin captured the heat races for the Junior Slingers. Former Slingshot star Steve Van Valkenburg is doing well with his transition into the 600 Micros and captured a heat event and Jacob Hendershot continues to how the quick way around the speedway in his new Triple X Micro to capture the second heat. One B-Main was run off for the Wingless 600's and Billy Clark led all of the way to claim the victory. "The Sideways Slant" Grant Hilfiger raced from seventh place to claim the runner-up honors and the returning Luke Schostkewitz raced to third place with Rhett Long in fourth place, Tony Iudicello in fifth and Joey Kata claiming the final transfer spot.

Wayne Lesher from the HTMA 600 Pro Series was on hand for the evening with driver Ryan Greth. Greth captured the lone Pro Series event last season at the speedway in a great drive.

Former Slingshot star turned Spec Sportsman star at the Accord Speedway "The Concrete Kid" Kyle VanDuser was seen taking in the action. New Egypt Speedway Modified driver Vern McLaughlin was in competition driving Mike McLaughlin's hot rod in the Super Slinger action. Johnny Drake was also on hand for the second time this season and seemed to get a better handle on the speedway in his latest appearance. Ron Pierson returned to action in the rookie 270's and newcomers Jenna and Zack Weidner made their first Hamlin appearances.

Racing every Saturday evening. May 28th will find all divisions in action with the Super Slingers waging an all-out war in a 25-lap shoot-out headlining the racing activity paying $350.00 to win based on a 24-car starting field. Pit Gates open at the speedway at 1 PM; Drivers Meeting at 4:45; Hot Laps are at 5:00 and the racing begins at 6 PM sharp. Admission Prices are: Adults $8.00; Senior Citizens $4.00 Children under 6 are Free; Pit Pass: $20.00 The "new" General Admission Bonus Pack is available for families: It consists of 4 General Admission Tickets + $20.00 in Food Vouchers for $40.00 (a savings of $12.00)

Exciting upcoming events at the speedway include the "Spring Into Summer Sizzler V" on June 3rd and 4th sponsored by Dickie Keiper Racing Supplies featuring Time Trials and Features with the event locking in the Saturday night starting field. Regular entry both days, 2-day pit-pass $40.00 includes the picnic. The following day finds the Wingless 600 Pro Series making their first of two appearances of the season when they take on the Hamlin Regulars in a wall to wall driving exhibition of the best wingless 600 Micro drivers in the Northeast.

For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Hamlin Speedway, logon to their well documented website at: http://www.hamlinspeedway.com  or call the speedway hotline at: 570 420 5500. For video work or questions regarding the purchase of videos from the exciting on-track action at the Hamlin Speedway, contact videographer Barry Boyd at: http://www.boydracingvideos.com  For photos of all of the Great racing action contact Rick Schwindenhammer Racing Photos at: http://www.ricksracingphotos.zenfolio.com
Visit us often for a great night of racing action as............................................

The Hamlin Speedway Is The Gateway To The Poconos

May20, 2011

ACCORD SPEEDWAY NEWS

Accord, NY - Mother Nature Rains On Accord Speedway's Parade
By: Steve Pados, Accord Speedway Media

After rolling through two pre-season practice sessions and five straight weeks of racing excitement, Mother Nature was quick to demonstrate her supreme authority by surrounding the entire East Coast with huge storm fronts that seemingly attack the landscape from all directions. The unfortunate turn of events has halted any chance of racing activity happening at the Accord Speedway on Friday evening. The storm patterns have created the domino effect in the Northeast as just about every race track in the tri-state area will remain dark for the evening. In announcing the cancellation Accord Promoter Gary Palmer stated, "While we had a glimmer of hope we could go racing tonight, the unpredictable weather picture in the area has forced us to reconsider taking the gamble and with the economy in constant turmoil, we don't want our loyal drivers, owners and fans to make the trip to the speedway and be forced to return home due to the weather. Getting the word out early will enable everyone to make alternate plans for the evening and look forward to the great racing we will present next week".

The focus will now shift to May 27th when the headline sponsor for the evening is Camper's Barn RV Store and the six division racing card is highlighted by the VP Fuels/Rhinebeck Ford Modified division that will pay $2,000.00 to the winner who steers his race car into the Lucas Oil Products winners circle. The airwaves are always buzzing with excitement as to what one might expect to happen at the "Gem in the Catskills" speedplant and the one week delay will only increase the hype and will allow for a few of the racers that have not yet had their race cars out to the speedway to gain an extra week to button down the equipment for a run at the Accord roses. The Palmer Family has been in control of the Accord facility since late 2000 and this the eleventh season of successful operations since they took over the ownership of the speedway.

All feature events for the Modifieds will offer $2,000.00 to the winner.The Friday night racing will culminate with the running of the King of the Catskills weekend set for September 23rd and 24th. The yet to be determined format of the ROC Modified portion of the event will once again see $7,000.00 awaiting the winner of the feature event in the Lucas Oil Products winners circle. A series of qualifiers are in place in conjunction with other area speedways in an effort to have all of the speedways working together in a cohesive manner. The American Racer East Coast Modified Cup program is in place at Accord and will provide additional opportunities for the drivers and teams in 2011. The Accord Speedway management is appreciative of all of the assistance they have received from track sponsors Lucas Oil Products, VP Fuels and American Racer, all divisions sponsors Rhinebeck Ford, Camper's Barn, DC Landscaping, Healey Brothers Group, Arkel Motors and Ruge's Part Centers as well as all of the many speedway billboard sponsors and the great fan base for their continuous support of the great racing found at the Accord Speedway.

Midweek Madness will kick-off on June 8th and the speedway will once again have a diverse group of racing divisions entertaining the fans with the quick-hitting show. Quads up to 100cc, Go-Karts, three divisions of Slingshots, 270 winged Micros, 600 Micros, Legends, Bandoleros, 4-Cylinder Juniors and 4-Cylinder Seniors will all be going to war on the Accord high banks and the addition of all of the exciting new divisions will produce some excellent side by side racing on the ultra-wide channeled speedway.

Admission for the great racing action remains the same from a season ago as Adults (12+) will be $12.00; Children (11 and under) will be $3.00. Indoor Seating is $20.00. The Family Value Pack that was met with much success last season is once again offered and is: 2 Adults, 2 Children, and $20.00 in food vouchers for $40.00, a savings of $10.00 to the consumer. Pit Gates open at the speedway at 4:30 and Spectator Gates open at 5. Hot laps kick off at 6:30 and the racing is slated to start at 7 PM.

Racing every Friday night from April through September. May 27th finds Camper's Barn Night headlining the action at the speedway with the Legends division returning to action.

For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Accord Speedway, log-on to their well documented website at: http://www.accordspeedway.com  or call the speedway hotline at: 845 626 3478. For video work or questions regarding the purchase of videos from the exciting on-track action at the Accord Speedway, contact Jason at: http://www.tristatestudios.com  For the purchase of the banquet, action or victory lane track photos, contact Kevin at: http://kbsracingphotos.com 
We are easy to find at 299 Whitfield Road in Accord, New York..............At the Accord Speedway............................................

A Trail Of Dirt Leads Right To Our Door

May 18, 2011

K-C Tries Again for 2nd 2011 Run

CHILLICOTHE, OHIO- Jeff and Vicki Schrader's K-C Raceway have seen five rainouts already this young racing season and hope to finally get race number two in the books this Saturday night, May 21 with a line-up of AMRA Late Models, AMRA Advanced Services Modifieds, and Hobby Stocks. The evening will also kick off "Kid's Night" where Pepsi will give-away two bicycles among the many other activities for the kids.

Hall of Fame Day will also be on the slate, a sacred ceremony that honors K-C's highly touted drivers and their families from the past.The 2011 class includes the versatile Bobby Morgan, sprint ace George Harbour, the multitalented father-son team of Bob Crace, Sr. and Bob Crace, Jr.; Stock Car ace George Branscom, notable car owner Bob Lemaster, and extraordinary photographer Stan Jeffrey.

As announced earlier this month K-C Raceway will be requiring Raceivers in every division for the 2011 racing season.

Drivers are asked to fill out registration forms and AMRA forms prior to the first race. AMRA dues are $75 now or drivers can race once with a temporary $15 AMRA license in the Late Model and Modified divisions only. Sprint cars will run under the Goodyear tire rule. AMRA Modifieds must run Hoosier Tires and Late Models are under the open tire rule.

For all of the latest news and action about KC Raceway be sure to visit the website at www.kc-raceway.com

May 21 AMRA Late Models,Advanced Services Modifieds, Hobby Stocks

Kids Night -12 and under Free plus

Pepsi Bike Give-away (Two Bicycles)

Hall of Fame Day! Now May 21

May 18, 2011

Skyline to Open Gates Friday, May 20

STEWART, OHIO-Try, Try, Try again! As one of the worst Springs in documented weather history delayed the 46th opening day for Skyline Speedway, the Mid-Ohio Valley's Premier Dirt race track will finally try to open this Friday, May 20. Skyline will open for the 2011 season with four exciting classes of cars, AMRA Late Models, OVSCA 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars, AMRA Modifieds, and Front Wheel Drive (FWD) Four Cylinders. Skyline will not be running Pure Stocks in 2011. The Mini-Wedges open their season next Friday, May 27.

Leading the charge into the 2011 season will be 2010 Season Champions Christ Garnes, Late Models; Jimmy Stinson, OVSCA Sprints; Kenny Johnson, AMRA Modifieds; Tommy Adkins, Four Cylinders; and Ryan Wilson, Pure Stocks. Will Holland was the Mini-Wedge Champ.

A week of early rain shouldn't damper the spirit this week as a few decent days last week allowed the track crew to get the track near racing shape. "Thursday and Friday look promising," says owner Billy Jarrell. "We are all excited to get started in 2011."

Skyline averaged 35 late models last season and is looking for no less in 2011.

Once again fans are urged to support their local dirt tracks in a big way this season as three Ohio Tracks (Wayne Co., Rocky Top, and Midway) were lost to the economy last season alone. "No matter what your favorite track is, we ask that you--the fans-- support it in a big way," said Publicist Scott Wolfe. "Once you lose a track, it is hard to bring it back."
"We have to get new fans into the sport we all love, and the only way to do that is to bring someone new to the races and hopefully get them hooked."

Skyline will once again offer promotions throughout the season, starting with Bicycle Races next weekend May 27 for the kids. Admission for Adults is $15, Senior Citizens $12, and Children under 12 are free.

For More information visit the Skyline Website at www.skylinespeedway.net 

May 16, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE---THANK YOU
CONTACT: BOB MILLER 443-513-4456
LINCOLN ROC MODIFIED & MACH 1 CHASSIS SPRINT DOUBLE HEADER

PPB Sponsored Mid-Week Show Gets Bigger Every Week. . . . . . . . . .
LAWRENCE CHEVROLET TO ADD SOME BANG TO THE LINCOLN SPEEDWAY ROC MODIFIED & MACH 1 CHASSIS SPRINT DOUBLE HEADER TUESDAY, JULY 12

A long time friend to the Lincoln Speedway, Gary Lawrence of Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg, PA will add a bang (or two) to the show, when the ROC Modifieds and the MACH 1 Chassis Sprint Double Header invades the three-eighth mile oval in the Pigeon Hills.

On Tuesday night, July 12 Lawrence Chevrolet will sponsor the parade lap fireworks when the green flag falls to start the sixty lap ROC Modified feature as well as the 25 lap MACH 1 Chassis 358/360 sprint feature event. This blockbuster event is sponsored by Pioneer Pole Buildings, INC (PPB) and the local NAPA Auto Parts stores. "I watched the Lincoln speedway be built and saw most of the races that have taken place there", said Gary Lawrence. "I look forward to seeing the modifieds return to Lincoln, it's been a long, long time and it should be a great show". For more information on Lawrence Chevrolet please visit: www.lawrencechevy.com.

A banner field of cars in expected for both divisions. Thirty-seven drivers have already pre-entered the 358/360 MACH 1 Chassis sprint car feature that will pay $3,000 o win the twenty-five lap feature event. Billy Pauch Jr. of Frenchtown, NJ is the latest entry to join the list that includes Mark Smith, Daryn Pittman, Pat Cannon, Blane Heimbach, Chad Trout, Brian Montieth, Keith Prutzman, Dave Ely, Niki Young, Kramer Williamson, Justin Collett, Aaron Ott and Adrian Shaffer just to name a few. The feature will pay $2,000 to the winner, but if the driver is pre-entered, the payoff will be $3,000. There is no entry fee. To pre-enter, please call event organizer Bob Miller at 443-513-4456.

The ROC Modified roster is equally impressive with the talents of Duane Howard, Stewart Friesen, Craig VonDohren, Jeff Strunk, Doug Manmiller, Kevin Hirthler, Rick Laubach, Kevin Albert and of course, expect Billy Pauch Jr to do double duty. As an added incentive for the modifieds, lap money will be offered. Laps are being sold at a minimum of $10 per lap by contacting Ben Moyer at 717-679-4816 or by e-mail at squadchauffer8@gmail.com.  Look for more exciting news to be announced shortly for the modified portion of this event.

Pre-race entertainment will also take place as some of the top names from Lincoln Speedway take part in a special autograph session. Smokey Snellbaker, Bobby Allan, Dizzy Dean, Bobby Allan and Van May will do a meet and greet with YOU the race fan, prior to the start of program.

Both divisions will compete in a series of qualifying events leading up to the 60 lap $5,000 to win Race of Champions Modified feature and the 25 lap $3,000 to win MACH 1 Chassis 358/360 Sprint feature. In the event of rain, Wednesday night, July 13 will be the rain date. Gates will open at 5 PM with the show getting underway at 7:30 PM.

Lincoln Speedway is a very popular and "fan friendly" track in the tri-state area, offering great unobstructed viewing from every seat in the grandstands. The infield is open for watching the races by entering through the fourth turn tunnel. The pits are asphalt, with a slight elevation and great lighting a so fans can watch all the pit action as well.

The three-eighth mile Lincoln Speedway offers it all, the high speeds that you would see at the "big tracks" with the flair and excitement of the short track "bull rings". At Lincoln Speedway, you'll have it all.

Thanks to the strong sponsorship support from NAPA Auto Parts, Pioneer Pole Buildings and MACH 1 Chassis, this star filled event will offer a very reasonable admission price of $20 for adults $15 Students 12 -17, $5 for children 6-11 and children under the age of 6 will be admitted free. The pit fee will be $25 and a pit license will not be required.

Lincoln Speedway is one of the premier weekly racing facilities with superb track conditions and it's just a downright comfortable place to enjoy a race. Mark your calendar for Tuesday night, July 12 when the Stars Race Under The Stars at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, PA. This event is a Bob Miller/Speedway Promotions LLC presentation.

For more information about this event and Lincoln Speedway, please visit www.lincolnspeedway.com .  For race day information call the speedway at 717-624-2755. For GPS users, the Lincoln Speedway is located at 800 Racetrack Road Abbottstown, PA 17301. For drivers of both divisions, wishing to pre-enter and be eligible for the posted bonus money, contact Bob Miller at 443-513-4456. Please leave your name, car number and contact phone number.

Event Facts:
Where: Lincoln Speedway 800 Racetrack Road Abbottstown, PA 17301
Track Phone: 717-624-2755
What: ROC Big Block Modifieds & 358/360 Sprints
Date: Tuesday, July 12
Rain Date: Wednesday, July 13
Gates Open: 5 PM
Race Time: 7:30 PM
Admission: Adults $20, Students $15 (12-17), Children $5 (6-11) Under 6 will be FREE.
PIt Fee: $25 no license required
Additional Information: Contact Bob Miller 443 513 4456

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May 15, 2011

HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS

Hamlin, PA - Hamlin Speedway Turns Back Mother Nature To Ignite A Great Evening of Racing Excitement
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media

With Mother Nature trying her best to deflate the hearts of those of us who live for the excitement that the world of motorsports brings to them, the Smith Family refused to yield and overcame a quick hitting shower during the first hot lap session at the speedway to produce another quality seven division racing program that had the fans on their way home at 10:35 PM. The immediate area surrounding the Hamlin Speedway, located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, were totally awash to the south of the speedway but the Smith Family and staff forged on and after the storm subsided the call for racers to assist in running in the track was met without hesitation and with just a short delay the racing kicked-off quickly and through the total co-operation of everyone involved the exciting racing action gave everyone in attendance another exceptional night of entertainment. Buoyed by a field of 130 plus racers that was fueled by cancellations elsewhere, the seven feature program and the dual heat format for the Mid Atlantic Gold Tour Slingshots, the racing was signed, sealed and delivered with seven more winners gracing victory lane and Simon Egan earning the $500.00 prize for his winning efforts after a heated dual with 2009 National Slingshot Champion Cody Kline who finished as the runner-up.

The Mid Atlantic Gold Tour event for the Slingshots was the last event on the schedule but the headline attraction for the great evening of racing entertainment. Keystone Stater Cody Kline and New Jersey invader Matt Dealaman brought the 24-car starting field down for the green flag and it was Kline flexing his muscles early on with a drive into turn one to grab the lead with Dealaman following. Egan, who captured a win earlier in the week at Kutztown, was on the move early from his 10th place start as was speedway newcomer Robbie Hocker and within a few laps Hocker was able to slip by Dealaman and set sail for Kline who was on a roll himself in his Weaver Home Improvements sponsored racing chariot. Kline was able to drive away from the field at each restart but Egan's advances were from from over as he slipped by Hocker and began to give chase the Kline. In clean air it was Kline adding to his lead until a caution flag brought the field together on lap-21. When racing resumed, it was Egan on the attack and the two driving stars waged a war for the gold on all corners. Egan went for broke with a high side drive into turn one and kept up the momentum up and then bolted to the inside of turn two to pull even with Kline as they raced down the backstretch. In turn three Egan completed the pass but Kline was back at the left door of Egan coming out of turn four. The pair left it all on the racetrack as Egan assumed complete control of the event in turn one. Egan led the remaining laps to claim the win in his S&S Speedway car with Kline in for the runner-up role. Robbie Hocker was third in a great drive and Bill Clark from 13th and Matt Dealaman completed the top five. JR Fulper, Mack Brink, Jeff Cosgrove, Kyle Rutledge and Charlie Lawrence completed the top ten. 32 Slingshot racers signed in to do battle and lending further credence to the fact the Hamlin Speedway is the number one Slingshot speedway in the country today.

Billy Clark and Brett Arndt made up the front row for the Wingless 600 Micro feature attraction. Clark grabbed the lead at the start and was getting some great drives off of the corners as behind him Arndt and Jonathan Hull were locked up in their own dual. Hull broke away from Arndt with a nifty pass and set sail for Clark. The battle behind the leaders was intense as racing could get for as many as six drivers were all making their own kind of magic with their great drives to the front. Kyle Lick became a player from the top of the raceway and seventh place starting Ryan Smith would do likewise as the multi-grooved facility stood up well to the onslaught of the three wide racing activities. Meanwhile as the race was close to midway, "The Incredible" Hull found the needed room to go topside, quickly change lanes and drove underneath Clark to grab the lead in what would be the winning move for the event. Hull was the winner with Kyle Lick in the runner-up role in a tremendous drive and Clark in third. Smith used a borrowed ride to snag fourth place and Jay Hartman used some great moves from tenth starting place to compete the top five. Brett Arndt, Brett Michalski, Grant Hilfiger, Joseph J Smith and Shannon Smith completed the top ten.

The Rookie 600 event found pole sitter Justin Brewster grabbing the lead at the start of the event and leading all of the way in a caution marred event that saw only eight of the twenty laps completed before the time limit ran out on the event. Austin Burke was the runner-up with Jeffrey Anderson, James "Philip" Morris and the "Storm Trooper" Carl Mease finishing up the top five.

The Rookie 270 Micro action found Milford, New Jersey's Makenzie Harper grab the lead at the drop of the green flag and blister the field in a wire to wire triumph. Scott Avery was the runner-up with Connecticut's Grady Johnston in third, and TJ Lilly finishing up fourth for the cars running at the end of the event.

Easton resident Tim Manieri Jr shook off a long lapse from racing to return to the driver's seat after Mark Manieri suffered a broken leg in the spring and led the first eleven laps of the 270 Micro Sprint main before yielding to Darin Bartholomew in one of the Widdos racing entries. Bartholomew jumped the restart and would later be penalized two positions for the infraction. CJ Heinig would assume command of the lead and the race was stopped with 22-laps in due to time restraints. Heinig was the winner with Kurt Bettler in the runner-up role and Bartholomew in third place. Last week's winner, Gene Burd recovered from an early spin to race his way back to fourth place and the high flying Robbie Watson completed the top five.

In Super Slinger action, the "Pride of Pen Argyl" Dale Reed took full advantage of a front row starting spot and quickly established himself as the man to beat as he raced away from the field early on in the event. Mount Cobb gunslinger Henry Anderson moved in to challenge and closely followed Reed as the laps clicked off. On lap eleven as the leader came up on slower traffic, the Herb Finger car was in the middle of the racetrack and leader Reed went to the top and second place man Anderson went to the bottom of the race way. Finger connected with Reed and Anderson casually slipped way with the lead and led the remaining laps to earn his second consecutive win at the speedway. Wes Hearn continued his great early season work to claim second place with Jimmy Johnston in third place and the tough with luck Dale Reed ending up in fourth place. Bob Clark completed the top five.

The Junior Slingshot event was the day of the tornado as the "Little Tornado" Zack Weisenfluh grabbed the lead at the start of the twenty lap excursion around the Hamlin clay and wired the field despite a late charge from Chris Kurtz. who ended up in second place. Dylan Martin used a late rally to claim third place money and Kyle Gruber and Accord regular Tommy Zwart completed the top five.

POCO-NOTES:

The cloudy weather after the rain went away made for a cool evening of witnessing the racing action but another great crowd was on hand to cheer for the great driving stars who converge on Hamlin for some great racing excitement. Thanks to the tidings of Mother Nature, Randy Smith did not have to utilize the moisture machine at the speedway and the track remained extremely racy throughout the course of the evening.

The largest fields of Slingshot race cars in the country continue to make their way into the Pocono Mountains to try their hand at mastering the 1/5 mile playground of the Hamlin facility. With 32 stout competitors vying for 25 positions, the competition was over the top and lends credence to the fact it is tough to defeat the Hamlin regulars on their home turf and just as tough to beat them when they travel out to try other speedways. Good competition makes for better drivers and the talented roster of Hamlin driving stars can be proud of their achievements at home and on the road.

The crazy weather pattern brought some visitors to the speedway as Burgers jack of all trades Announcer/Flagger Bobby Stull made a visit to Hamlin. Bobby enjoyed his evening at the speedway and spent time on the grounds, in the stands and in the tower talking with longtime friend and Hamlin Announcer Steve Pados. Bobby joins the Pados Brothers at many of the off-season functions in doing interviews and assisting in making each event a showcase presentation including his great work in the four year old ARCO sponsored Dirt Track Heroes show held at the Phillipsburg Mall in New Jersey.

John Bockhorn, who captured the Slingshot main event one week ago, joined the Pados Brothers on their highly successful CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Internet Show last Monday evening and did a fabulous interview on the show as throughout the season the show will attract as many as 60 Slingshot drivers to the show to talk about their careers in racing or their latest win on the circuit and then funnel in to the off season shows where the Pados Brothers appear.

Alex Curley, a regular last season at the speedway, made his first visit to the speedway and "The Minuteman" encountered some problems but it was great to see him back in action at the speedway. ARC Midget rookie Brendan Bright hopped a ride in one of the Chamber Racing chariots but a mishap in front of him left him no where to go and he was on the business end of the tow truck during the feature. Geordan Farry made her first stop to the speedway and raced to a fourteenth place run in her first Hamlin outing in her new race car. Nicole Quinter, Tony Scerbo and JJ Uliana were among the Borger regulars who gave Hamlin a whirl on Saturday evening. Bobby Flood also made his first Hamlin appearance in his sharp looking All Seasons Fuel hot rod. The "Flash" is a former Rookie champion at the Accord Speedway.

RESULTS:

Regular Slingshots: Simon Egan, Cody Kline, Robby Hocker, Bill Clark, Matt Dealaman, JR Fulper, Mack Brink, Jeff Cosgrove, Kyle Rutledge, Charlie Lawrence, Danny Buccafusca, Kyle Rode, Shannon Smith, Henry Anderson, Russell Benke, Paul Ennes, Eddie Strada, Dale Kober, Jimmy Johnston, Colin White, Gary Dennis, Don Schmidt, Mike Fogler, John Bockhorn, Bill Weaver

270 Micros: CJ Heinig, Kurt Bettler, Darin Bartholomew, Gene Burd, Robbie Watson, Harlee Schaffer, Tim Manieri Jr, Tony Scerbo, Larry Hoagland, Nicole Quinter, JJ Uliana, Nunzi Allegrucci, Matt Mountz, Rich O'Neill, Trevor Dunn, Larry Mekic, Rick Casario

600 Wingless Micros: Jonathan Hull, Kyle Lick, Bill Clark, Ryan Smith, Jay Hartman, Brett Michalski, Grant Hilfiger, Joseph Smith, Shannon Smith, Shelby Harper, Matt Mountz, Bobby Butler, Geordan Farry, Chad Sandt, Brian Gilmore, Rick Calvert, Ryan Wood, Molly Chambers, Brendan Bright, Alex Curley, Rhett Long, Joe Kata

Junior Slingshots: Zack Weisenfluh, Chris Kurtz, Dylan Martin, Kyle Gruber, Tommy Zwart, Collin DuBois, Caitlin Henneforth, Thomas Strupp, Jacob Dunn, Bobby Flood, Tyler Peet, Evan Van Valkenburg

Super Slingshots: Henry Anderson, Wes Hearn, Jimmy Johnston, Dale Reed, Bob Clark, Paul Ennes, Jerry Hughes, Aaron Henneforth, Dale Kober, Duane White, Tom Arntz, Johnny Bush, Herb Finger, Ziggy Thomashunis

270 Rookie Micros: Makenzie Harper, Scott Avery, Grady Johnston, TJ Lilly, Hayden Miller, Craig Fedoryk, John Welp

600 Rookie Wingless Micros: Justin Brewster, Austin Burke, Jeffrey Anderson, Philip Morris, Carl Mease, Riley Moczulski, Stephen Reynolds, Steve Van Valkenburg, Carol Shire, Jamie Czekai, Heidi Hedin, Sheldon Iudicello, Jacob Hendershot, Danielle Dickinson, Larry Mekic, Rick Casario

Racing every Saturday evening. May 21st will find all divisions in action with the 600 Wingless Micros going to war in a 30-lap shoot-out headlining the racing activity paying $750.00 to win based on a 24-car starting field. Pit Gates open at the speedway at 1 PM; Drivers Meeting at 4:45; Hot Laps are at 5:00 and the racing begins at 6 PM sharp. Admission Prices are: Adults $8.00; Senior Citizens $4.00 Children under 6 are Free; Pit Pass: $20.00 The "new" General Admission Bonus Pack is available for families: It consists of 4 General Admission Tickets + $20.00 in Food Vouchers for $40.00 (a savings of $12.00)

For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Hamlin Speedway, logon to their well documented website at: http://www.hamlinspeedway.com  or call the speedway hotline at: 570 420 5500. For video work or questions regarding the purchase of videos from the exciting on-track action at the Hamlin Speedway, contact videographer Barry Boyd at: http://www.boydracingvideos.com  For photos of all of the Great racing action contact Rick Schwindenhammer Racing Photos at: http://www.ricksracingphotos.zenfolio.com
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Gene Ostrowski gjtost@verizon.net  (570) 231-1272
Promoter: Joe Callavini (570) 788-7544



Upcoming events:

Sunday, May 22 -Modifieds, Street Stocks, FWDs, INEX Legends and Atlantic Coast Old Timers

Sunday, May 29 –Sport Modified make up feature from 5/15, PLUS Sport Modifieds, Late Models, Factory Stocks and INEX Legends


Zane Zeiner Dominates in Mountain Late Model Feature Before Rains Files In


By: Gene Ostrowski

May 15, 2011



St. Johns, PA- Hoping to fight off threatening rain showers, the staff at Mountain Speedway was determined to get Sunday’s show in without a glitch. It almost worked perfectly, as three of four features were completed before the rains came six laps into the Sport Modified feature. Zane Zeiner of Bath, PA dominated the Late Model feature and secured his second win of the season. Scott Hubler of Coplay, PA notched his second INEX Legends victory of the season and Rich Paciotti of Kunkletown, PA held off several strong Factory Stock competitors to notch his first career victory.

Rick Smith started from the pole position in the 30-lap Late Model feature and was challenged by Mike Sweeney with a bold three wide move on the opening lap. Sweeney tired to get underneath Smith and Adam Cox but the door closed in turn one and Smith went around.

Green flag racing resumed and Kyle Harvell took command over Zane Zeiner, Cox, Craig Lutz and Sweeney.

Zeiner hounded the leader and made the inside pass for the lead stick in lap one on lap seven. Harvell settled back into second as Zeiner began to drive away from the rest of the field.

The yellow flag was displayed when Harvell spun on lap 17. Following a handful of quick green flag laps the caution was displayed once more when without contact, Cox and Harvell both spun on the backstretch.

Zeiner was flawless on the restarts and went on to claim his second straight Late Model victory over Lutz, Sweeney, Harvell and Cox.

Rich Paciotti started from the pole position and led the opening circuit of the 20-lap Factory Stock feature over Chris Parry, Brandon Oltra, Paul Morgan, Jr. and Joey Barbush.

A quick yellow flag waved on lap three when Joe D’Angelo and Kenny Kleppinger tangled in turn two. Green flag racing resumed and Matt Schlenker cracked the top five.

Lap after lap, Parry stuck to Paciotti’s rear bumper until a yellow flag waved when Oltra and Morgan tangled in turn three on lap 14. With six laps remaining it was clear that the leader would have his hands full with Parry and third place runner, Schlenker.

Green flag racing resumed and Parry took the race lead on lap 15. Paciotti led the following circuit before Parry retook the lead on lap 17. The duo swapped positions once more and in the end it was Paciotti who took the checkers for his first career victory. Running side-by-side at the line, Schlenker edged Parry for second. Oltra and Barbush completed the top five.

Stephen Gual led the INEX Legends to the drop of the green flag in the 20-lap event before David Chapman overtook him for the race lead. Brandon DeBrakilmer held second in the early going, followed by Brandon Michael and Scott Hubler.

Hubler scooted by the cars in front of him and found himself in second. He challenged for the race lead and took the position on lap three.

Despite heavy pressure from DeBrakilmer in the early going, Hubler went on to notch his second victory of the season. DeBrakilmer finished second, followed by Michael and Raven Schrantz. Chapman completed the top five.

Rain halted the 40-lap Sport Modified feature during a yellow flag six laps in. The remaining 34 laps will be made up on Sunday, 5/15.

Mountain Speedway is just minutes from Hazleton, Pa, located on St. John’s Road, between Routes 93 and 309. Grandstand admission for all regular events is just $10 for ages 11 and older. Children 10 years of age and younger are admitted for free.

Please like Mountain Speedway on Facebook or visit www.mountainspeedway.com  for the entire 2011 schedule, point standings and up to date news and information.

Late Models (30-laps) 1. ZANE ZEINER 2. Craig Lutz 3. Mike Sweeney 4. Kyle Harvell 5. Adam Cox 6. Glenn Slocum 7. Rick Smith 8. Jerry Tunney

Factory Stock (20-laps) 1. RICH PACIOTTI 2. Matt Schlenker 3. Chris Parry 4. Brandon Oltra 5. Joe Barbush 6. Paul Morgan 7. Ken Kleppinger 8. Joe D'Angelo

INEX Legends (20-laps) 1. SCOTT HUBLER 2. Brandon DeBrakilmer 3. Brandon Michael 4. Raven Schrantz 5. David Chapman 6. Carl Jones 7. Stephen Gual 8. Barry Schrantz 9. Cole Fuatesi

May 15, 2011

ACCORD SPEEDWAY NEWS

Accord, NY- Robbie Green Finds Silver Lining To Pocket Accord Speedway Gold On Powers NAPA Night
By: Steve Pados, Accord Speedway Media

After a beautiful week of great weather in the Catskills Mountains, the clouds rolled in to Ulster County on Friday morning. Throwing caution to the wind, Accord Speedway Promoters Gary and Donna Palmer challenged the weather and showcased a six division quick hitting show that placed some new winners into the Lucas Oil Products Winners Circle for the ultimate taste of the thrill of victory. The constant changing weather forecast brought in a late arriving crowd to the speedway but when all was said and done all were in agreement when leaving the facility they witnessed a great evening of racing excitement. The great weather during the week allowed Gary Palmer and his staff to apply all of their attention to the track surface and the racers were treated to a dust-free, multi-seamed raceway that saw four and five wide racing racing action taking place throughout the evenings' events that were completed at 10:49 PM as new race director John Wiacek continues to keep the six division show moving along with precision ease . The speedway offered more bite than a pack of wild coyotes and while slowing the speeds just a bit, the tight competition throughout the evening was textbook Accord style. Veteran Wallkill, New York racing hot shoe Robbie Green earned his place in the winners circle with a solid drive to capture the Modified win, the first win for any Modified driver at the speedway other than a Hearn or a Johnson in the tough Modified ranks. The evening of events were sponsored by Powers NAPA and the four store chain had representatives on hand all night long to greet the fans and offered up NAPA hats and mini-basketballs throughout the evening at the "Gem in the Catskills" facility.

2010 Modified rookie of the Year Geoff Quackenbush and hard riding Bobby Hentschel brought the 24-car VP Fuel-Rhinebeck Ford Modified division starting field to the line and it was Hentschel from the outside line grabbing the early lead as he sizzled the clay from the top of the raceway. Modified rookie stars Anthony Perrego and Michael Sabia joined in the mix and Green was finding available real estate on the bottom of the raceway. Sabia pulled up lame on lap-6 and the restart brought Michael Storms into the picture. Storms, who captured a win last week at OCFS, has been a pleasant addition to the speedway and now raced with the leaders as Hentschel continued to dominate the early racing action. Mel Schrufer and Richard Smith got together to bring out the caution and on the restart, Green began to assert himself as he disposed of Storms and would follow suit to slip by the hard driving Perrego. The action behind the front runners was absolutely breathtaking as one by one the heavy hitters began to adjust their race cars to make their moves forward. Green would grab the lead from Hentschel on a 13th lap restart and then hell broke loose one lap later. Mel Schrufer, Danny Johnson and Mike Ricci were racing for position down the backstretch on lap-14 when Schrufer slid into Ricci who was forced into Danny Johnson. "The Doctor" vaulted over the rear wheel of Ricci and went for a wild ride on the boiler plate much like an amusement park ride as he four-wheeled the boiler plate, crossed the backstretch exit gate and mounted the Redi-Rock International third turn fence where the race car turned around and landed back on the racetrack facing traffic. Johnson was uninjured in the scary mishap but was through for the evening in one of the most spectacular racing incidents ever witnessed at the speedway.

When racing continued, Green chose the bottom lane where he was enjoying success and quickly showed the hot hand with a great restart to lead the event. Perrego, who would later lose two spots for jumping the restart, was challenging and the racing took on a give and take flair as the drivers jockeyed for an opening to the front. Andy Bachetti, who has endured a share of early season woes, was the "Wild Child" as he found the top and the bottom seams to his liking and wheel-twisted the car to the front. Jeff Hoetzler, who too has had a few early season problems, was textbook on the bottom of the raceway as he raced into contention. The final laps were clicking off and it was Green feeling the pressure from Perrego and Bachetti. In the end it was the "Rocket" Robbie Green cashing in at the payoff window in a great run for the Accord gold. Andy Bachetti was the runner-up with Michael Storms in third and Perrego fourth after the penalty assessment. Jeff Heotzler completed the top five finishers. Point leader Brett Hearn was sixth with Bobby Hentschel, Jerry Higbie, Danny Tyler and Justin Holland filling out the top ten.

The Camper's Barn Sportsman main event featured Kevin Ward seeking his fourth consecutive win of the 2011 racing season. Darrell Ford grabbed the early lead and was quickly challenged by Jeff Hulseapple and David Coene. Ford held on for eight laps before yielding to ninth place starting "The Hurri-shane" Shane Jablonka who raced through the quality field with relative ease in his march to the front. Once in front Jablonka was able to lead the way despite a couple of cautions that brought the sizzling Ward to the front. On the final restart it was now Jablonka and Ward duking it out for the win and Ward threw all he had at Jablonka but this was the night for Jablonka as he drove to his first win of the season. Kevin Ward was the runner-up with Darrell Ford, Steve Meilleur, from 13th starting place and Jesse Marks completing the top five.

The Healey Brother Group Spec Sportsman event had Whitey Slavin earning a front row starting spot alongside of Danny Cross and the early laps proved to a great Slavin-Cross dual as the pair raced together for the lead with Slavin in front. With as many as six drivers putting themselves in a position to challenge for the win, Slavin was up to the task as Danny Cross, Mike DuBois, Phil Recchio, Kenny Hinsch, Matt Hitchcock and Kyle Rohner were all advancing through the field. Rohner worked the bottom of the racetrack to perfection as he slipped by the great field of drivers to move into the runner-up role. On the fourteenth lap Danny Cross saw his valiant drive go out the window as he threw a left rear wheel from the race car and brought out the caution. This turn of events brought about a six lap shootout between Slavin and Rohner. Back to green flag racing, Slavin stayed on the shelf while Rohner kept pace from the bottom. Rohner was able to get close but it was Whitey Slavin grabbing his first win of the new Accord racing season. Rohner was the runner-up in a great drive from the back and Mike DuBois, Kenny Hinsch and Phil Recchio completed the top five finishers.

In the DC Landscaping Pro Stock division, Joe Mennite led the first lap before yielding to Tom Vasta. Vasta looked strong as he was able to build up a fair advantage over the rest of the field. An incident on lap-12 slowed the field and when racing resumed it was John Roese and his Ford powered hot rod knocking on Vasta's door. Four laps later it was Roese finding room to make a run at Vasta and coming off of turn four lowered the boom to take over the point and drive to his second consecutive win of the season. Vasta was second in a great drive and Al Christiana continued his great work in his return to racing with another top three finish. Jimmy Sykes and John Rood completed the top five.

The Arkel Motors Pure Stock event saw hard luck racer Jerry Craig grab the lead at the start and lead until bad luck struck him again with a right rear sneaker losing oxygen after five laps in the lead. Ray Tarantino became the new leader and appeared to be on his way to victory. "The Rebel" Tim Brown had ideas of a victory of his own as he remained in contention throughout the event, made his advances at Tarantino and waited until he found a head of steam off of turn two on the fourteenth lap to surge alongside of Tarantino and wrangle away the lead when the pair of racers got to the third turn. Brown was in command and took the white flag and the lead the final lap to claim his first win of the season at Accord. Ray Tarantino was the runner-up with defending champion Kyle Wright in third, Joe Narok in fourth and Joel Murns rounding out the top five.

The Legends race cars squared off a in great battle between Richie Van Orden and newcomer Jim Black from the Keystone State. Van Orden was the early race leader but
Black was dogging him from lap two as the pair raced closely together. Black saw daylight off of turn two on lap five to size control of the point and go on to capture the win in his first appearance of the season. Van Orden was the runner-up in a close dual and Matthew Gaughan continues to learn the craft of his new division of racing to claim a third place finish. Former ARDC Midget racer Bing Metz recently came out of retirement and purchased a Legend car to pick up where he left off. Metz, whose son Blu is the PR Director of the ATQMRA, raced last year in a guest stint in the pavement series and decided then to return as a competitor. Metz came with a sharp looking couple bodied mount but unfortunately encountered motor problems in hot laps to hinder his return to racing. The Metz name in racing is a legacy as Bing's father Junie was a flagger at many speedways in the Northeast including Nazareth, OCFS and Dorney Park and is a Hall of Fame inductee because of his notoriety as a top flagger in his era.


MUDPLUGS:

For racing fans who may have missed an issue of the exciting editions of the speedway publication "The Accordian", may purchase a back issue on a first come, first serve basis by contacting Sara Fredericks at the speedway box-office. Drivers already featured in the 2011 programs include Jerry Higbie, Kyle Rohner, Anthony Perrego, Danny Tyler and Richie Eurich. Sponsorship opportunities exist in the weekly publication and local businesses should contact Sara Fredericks at the speedway office for further details.

Gary Palmer and his speedway staff continue to work their weekly magic on the race to the walls facility. After hot lap action created a heavier than usual berm, Palmer and Charlie Rose took to the speedway with the water trucks and quickly smoothed out the surface for the heat racing action and repeated the process a couple of times throughout the evening to provide the drivers a wall to wall racing facility. The extra effort with attention to detail created a smooth racing surface for the feature events the drivers could really grab a hold of during the night of competition. The tacky surface provided an extra amount of race-bite and while it slowed the track a bit from the previous week, the three, four and sometimes five channels of racing were all utilized to create a great night of racing entertainment. Robbie Green ignited the clocks in hot laps as he flirted with the 13 second barrier and the top fifteen cars were all within three tenths of a second of each other and from one season ago at the same time the track was two tenths of a second faster... definitely a tip of the Fedora to Gary Palmer and staff.

Three heats were needed to set the feature event VP Fuels/Rhinebeck Ford Modified division. Jeff Heotzler, Richard Smith and Mel Schrufer captured the Modified heat wins. Jeff Hulseapple, Vinny DeCicco and David Coene captured the Sportsman heats while Kyle Rohner, Phil Recchio and Kyle Van Duser were the winners of the Spec Sportsman heat events. Al Christiana and Tom Vasta secured win the Pro Stock heats while Joe Narok and Jerry Craig were the victors of the Pure Stock heats. Jim Black made it a clean sweep in the Legends as he captured the lone heat event for the motorcycle powered creations.

New drivers continue to make their way to the speedway battles. Sportsman drivers on hand for the first time in 2011 included Mike Traver and Brian Coulter. New Spec Sportsman drivers included AJ Williams, Bryanna Hurban and Tyler Dippel. New Pure Stock racers included Jerry Harten and John Woinosk. While the owners and drivers continue to struggle for the needed finances to compete on a weekly basis, the tight competition remains at a fever pitch as the drivers always do a great job of entertaining the great Accord fan base. Mike Skelly took his second ride in the back-up Darrell Ford mount and continues to find his comfort zone in racing on the dirt surfaces.

The Readout Valley Rod & Gun Club will host their 1st Annual Outdoor Youth Expo on June 4th at the Elders Farm on Route 209 in Accord, New York. Events include BB Gun Shooting, Archery, Trapping Demos, Trout Fishing pond, Fly Tying and Casting Demo and many additional Demonstrations and Hands on event. The event is free to all children up to 16 years of age. Free Hot Dogs, Soda and Chips for all children who attend. Additional prizes will be given away. The Elders Farm Petting Zoo will also be open. The first fifty children will receive a Bird House. For additional information, contact Natalie Burley at: 845 594 4471.

To all Pure Stock competitors. An apology is in order for the storyline to print out wrong as a computer glitch erased the last part of the story and showed the former story in the Press Release.

RESULTS:

VP Fuels/Rhinebeck Ford Modifieds: Robbie Green, Andy Bachetti, Mike Storms, Anthony Perrego, Jeff Heotzler, Brett Hearn, Bobby Hentschel, Jerry Higbie, Danny Tyler, Justin Holland, Richie Eurich, Dom Roselli, Mike Ricci, Jeremy Quick, Richard Smith, Jimmy Wells, Geoff Quackenbush, Danny Johnson, Scott Ferrier, Danny Creeden, Mike Sabia, Brad Rothaupt, Carl Pittenger, (DQ) Mel Schrufer

Camper's Barn Sportsman: Shane Jablonka, Kevin Ward, Darrell Ford, Steve Meilleur, Jesse Marks, Ryan Stortini, Jeff Hulseapple, David Coene, RJ Smith, Kenny Ferrier, Joe Giachinta, John Lodini, Michael Traver, Brian Coulter, Will Dietz, Randy Green, Greg McCloskey, Mike Skelly, Vinny DeCicco, Mike Barrett,

Healey Brothers Group Spec Sportsman: Whitey Slavin, Kyle Rohner, Mike DuBois, Kenny Hinsch, Phil Recchio, Tyler Boniface, John Sundlof, Ken Boniface, Kyle Van Duser, Patrick Murphy, Matt Hitchcock, Lem Atkins, Wayne Devantoy, Tommy Johnson, AJ Williams, Bryanna Hurban, Guy Harby, Danny Cross, Tyler Dippel, Nick Plumstead, (DNS) Pete Booth

DC Landscaping Pro Stocks: John Roese, Tom Vasta, Al Christiana, Jimmy Sykes, John Rood, Joe Mennite, Paul Aragon, Dave Demorest, Gary Ronk, Hank Morin, Pat Zimmer, Bill Rion

Arkel Motors Pure Stocks: Tim Brown, Ray Tarantino, Kyle Wright, Joe Narok, Joel Murns, Gene Helms, Jerry Harten, Gary Predmore, Jerry Craig, John Woinosk, Steve Cooper

Legends: Jim Black, Richie Van Orden, Matthew Gaughan, (DNS) Bing Metz

Racing every Friday night from April through September. May 20th finds Hig Fabrications Night at the speedway with the winged warriors of the exciting Lightning Sprints returning to action. Pit Gates open at 4:30; Spectator Gates open at 5:00; Hot Laps are at 6:30 and the racing begins at 7 PM. Regular show admission is Adults $12.00 (12+) Children $3.00 (11+ under) Indoor Seating $20.00; Family four pack special: 2 Adults + 2 Children and $20.00 in Food Vouchers for $40.00 ( a savings of $10.00)

Midweek Madness begins on Wednesday evening June 8th and runs through August 31st. For more information regarding the great racing action found at the Accord Speedway, call the speedway hotline at: 845 626 3478 or log-on to their newly designed and well documented website at: http://www.accordspeedway.com
We are easy to find at 299 Whitfield Road, two miles off Route 209. At the Accord Speedway..................................

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May 15, 2011

HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS

Hamlin, PA - Hamlin Speedway Quick Results May 14th On S&S Speedway Night
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media

Regular Slingshots: Simon Egan, Cody Kline, Robby Hocker, Bill Clark, Matt Dealaman, JR Fulper, Mack Brink, Jeff Cosgrove, Kyle Rutledge, Charlie Lawrence, Danny Buccafusca, Kyle Rode, Shannon Smith, Henry Anderson, Russell Benke, Paul Ennes, Eddie Strada, Dale Kober, Jimmy Johnston, Colin White, Gary Dennis, Don Schmidt, Mike Fogler, John Bockhorn, Bill Weaver

270 Micros: CJ Heinig, Kurt Bettler, Darin Bartholomew, Gene Burd, Robbie Watson, Harlee Schaffer, Tim Manieri Jr, Tony Scerbo, Larry Hoagland, Nicole Quinter, JJ Uliana, Nunzi Allegrucci, Matt Mountz, Rich O'Neill, Trevor Dunn, Larry Mekic, Rick Casario

600 Wingless Micros: Jonathan Hull, Kyle Lick, Bill Clark, Ryan Smith, Jay Hartman, Brett Michalski, Grant Hilfiger, Joseph Smith, Shannon Smith, Shelby Harper, Matt Mountz, Bobby Butler, Geordan Farry, Chad Sandt, Brian Gilmore, Rick Calvert, Ryan Wood, Molly Chambers, Brendan Bright, Alex Curley, Rhett Long, Joe Kata

Junior Slingshots: Zack Weisenfluh, Chris Kurtz, Dylan Martin, Kyle Gruber, Tommy Zwart, Collin DuBois, Caitlin Henneforth, Thomas Strupp, Jacob Dunn, Bobby Flood, Tyler Peet, Evan Van Valkenburg

Super Slingshots: Henry Anderson, Wes Hearn, Jimmy Johnston, Dale Reed, Bob Clark, Paul Ennes, Jerry Hughes, Aaron Henneforth, Dale Kober, Duane White, Tom Arntz, Johnny Bush, Herb Finger, Ziggy Thomashunis

270 Rookie Micros: Makenzie Harper, Scott Avery, Grady Johnston, TJ Lilly, Hayden Miller, Craig Fedoryk, John Welp

600 Rookie Wingless Micros: Justin Brewster, Austin Burke, Jeffrey Anderson, Philip Morris, Carl Mease, Riley Moczulski, Stephen Reynolds, Steve Van Valkenburg, Carol Shire, Jamie Czekai, Heidi Hedin, Sheldon Iudicello, Jacob Hendershot, Danielle Dickinson, Larry Mekic, Rick Casario

Racing every Saturday evening. May 21st will find all divisions in action with the 600 Wingless Micros going to war in a 30-lap shoot-out headlining the racing activity paying $750.00 to win based on a 24-car starting field. Pit Gates open at the speedway at 1 PM; Drivers Meeting at 4:45; Hot Laps are at 5:00 and the racing begins at 6 PM sharp. Admission Prices are: Adults $8.00; Senior Citizens $4.00 Children under 6 are Free; Pit Pass: $20.00 The "new" General Admission Bonus Pack is available for families: It consists of 4 General Admission Tickets + $20.00 in Food Vouchers for $40.00 (a savings of $12.00)

For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Hamlin Speedway, logon to their well documented website at: http://www.hamlinspeedway.com  or call the speedway hotline at: 570 420 5500. For video work or questions regarding the purchase of videos from the exciting on-track action at the Hamlin Speedway, contact videographer Barry Boyd at: http://www.boydracingvideos.com  For photos of all of the Great racing action contact Rick Schwindenhammer Racing Photos at: http://www.ricksracingphotos.zenfolio.com
Visit us often for a great night of racing action as............................................

The Hamlin Speedway Is The Gateway To The Poconos

May 14, 211

K-C Raceway
Racing -Tonight , Saturday, May 14 Cancelled

May 21 Late Models,Advanced Services Modifieds, Hobby Stocks

Kids Night -12 and under Free plus

Pepsi Bike Give-away (Two Bicycles)

Hall of Fame Day! Now May 21


Test and Tune Wednesday, May 18 6-10 pm, All Classes

$25 per car. Gen. Admission Free/Concessions Available
 

May 14, 2011

ACCORD SPEEDWAY NEWS

Accord, NY- Accord Speedway Quick Results On Powers NAPA Stores Night
By: Steve Pados, Accord Speedway Media

VP Fuels/Rhinebeck Ford Modifieds: Robbie Green, Andy Bachetti, Mike Storms, Anthony Perrego, Jeff Heotzler, Brett Hearn, Bobby Hentschel, Jerry Higbie, Danny Tyler, Justin Holland, Richie Eurich, Dom Roselli, Mike Ricci, Jeremy Quick, Richard Smith, Jimmy Wells, Geoff Quackenbush, Danny Johnson, Scott Ferrier, Danny Creeden, Mike Sabia, Brad Rothaupt, Carl Pittenger, (DQ) Mel Schrufer

Camper's Barn Sportsman: Shane Jablonka, Kevin Ward, Darrrell Ford, Steve Meilleur, Jesse Marks, Ryan Stortini, Jeff Hulseapple, David Coene, RJ Smith, Kenny Ferrier, Joe Giachinta, John Lodini, Michael Traver, Brian Coulter, Will Dietz, Randy Green, Greg McCloskey, Mike Skelly, Vinny DeCicco, Mike Barrett,

Healey Brothers Group Spec Sportsman: Whitey Slavin, Kyle Rohner, Mike DuBois, Kenny Hinsch, Phil Recchio, Tyler Boniface, John Sundlof, Ken Boniface, Kyle Van Duser, Patrick Murphy, Matt Hitchcock, Lem Atkins, Wayne Devantoy, Tommy Johnson, AJ Williams, Bryanna Hurban, Guy Harby, Danny Cross, TYler Dippel, Nick Plumstead

DC Landscaping Pro Stocks: John Roese, Tom Vasta, Al Christiana, Jimmy Sykes, John Rood, Joe Mennite, Paul Aragon, Dave Demorest, Gary Ronk, Hank Morin, Pat Zimmer, Bill Rion

Arkel Motors Pure Stocks: Tim Brown, Ray Tarantino, Kyle Wright, Joe Narok, Joel Murns, Gene Helms, Jerry Harten, Gary Predmore, Jerry Craig, John Woinosk, Steve Cooper

Legends: Jim Black, Richie Van Orden, Matthew Gaughan, (DNS) Bing Metz


Racing every Friday night from April through September. May 20th finds Hig Fabrications Night at the speedway with the exciting Lightning Sprints returning to action. Pit Gates open at 4:30; Spectator Gates open at 5:00; Hot Laps are at 6:30 and the racing begins at 7 PM. Regular show admission is Adults $12.00 (12+) Children $3.00 (11+ under) Indoor Seating $20.00; Family four pack special: 2 Adults + 2 Children and $20.00 in Food Vouchers for $40.00 ( a savings of $10.00)

Midweek Madness begins on Wednesday evening June 8th and runs through August 31st. For more information regarding the great racing action found at the Accord Speedway, call the speedway hotline at: 845 626 3478 or log-on to their newly designed and well documented website at: http://www.accordspeedway.com 
We are easy to find at 299 Whitfield Road, two miles off Route 209. At the Accord Speedway..................................

A Trail Of Dirt Leads Right To Our Door

The MSCS Sprints are HERE! This Saturday, May 14th The MSCS Sprints are set to to host their season opener at Lawrenceburg Speedway. The race will feature 25 laps and $2000 to win! Racing will also feature the Budweiser UMP Modifieds and the Impact Sports Pure Stocks. Admission Prices: Adult: $17 Kids Ages 7-12: $7 Under 6: FREE Pit Pass: $30 (all ages) </ span> Grandstands Open at 5:00pm Hot Laps begin at 6:00pm Physical Address: 351 E. Eads Parkway Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 812-539-4700 www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com Save the Date for these upcoming events: May 21st: Youth Sports Night at the Races: All youth sports members ages 12 and under who enter the gate in uniform get FREE General Admission May 28th: Service Men & Women Night @ the Races June 4th: Beach Party Night June 11th: USAC Midget Week Stay in the race with a FREE Text Message from Lawrenceburg Speedway! Text: Racing (this is the message part) to... 95495 (this is the "send to" phone number) < /span> It's free to sign up for our service, but your normal carrier rates apply. Support the sponsors who support the sport you love!!! Here are a few to check out! The official soft drink of Lawrenceburg Speedway! The official hotel of Lawrenceburg Speedway! Make your reservations by calling 812-537-4441 513-367-2502 The Official Adult Beverage of Lawrenceburg Speedway!!

Contact: Lillian Bell
(717) 292-1696
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Free Admission for All Residents of Dover and East Berlin at SSP on Saturday, May 14

Friday Night Racing at SSP Outback Track on May 13



Newberrytown, PA (April 27, 2011) – This Saturday night, May 14 will be the next "Hometown Heroes" Night at the Susquehanna Speedway Park. Racing action next Saturday night will include the Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars, Road Warriors and Legends Cars.

The Hometown Heroes program on Saturday, May 14 will recognize all SSP drivers from Dover and East Berlin. Before the racing action begins, the drivers from these towns will have the opportunity to display their cars and meet the fans at the front gate of the speedway. The drivers will also be interviewed during the night's racing program. Also, all fans entering the speedway from that driver's hometown being honored will be admitted FREE to the grandstands by showing proper photo identification and filling out an information card at the ticket booth.

Bob Bolles, the Senior Tech Editor of Circle Track Magazine, will be visiting the speedway as a part of the 2011 AMSOIL Great American Circle Track Tour. . Last year Circle Track embarked on a 25 racetrack tour of the southeastern United States. This year’s tour focuses on tracks in the northeast. Bolles will bring the Circle Track Magazine motorhome to tracks to talk with racers and fans and learn about the track's history.

Also, Street Stock driver Scott Thunberg, will attempt to start his 100th consecutive Street Stock feature at the Susquehanna Speedway Park under the current ownership of Todd and Rhonda Fisher. From July 20, 1996 through May 7, 2011 Scott Thunberg has competed in 160 consecutive regular season Street Stock races at Susquehanna Speedway under various promoters. Throughout his racing career, Thunberg has competed in 216 out of 222 regular season Street Stock events at Susky since 1993. Since 1993 when Thunberg began racing at Susquehanna Speedway there have been 14 years with seven or more regular season races. During those years, he has won 2 track championships (1998 & 2009), finished runner-up 3 times (1997, 1999, and 2010), had 8 top five seasons, and 14 top ten seasons. Among Thunberg's 24 career feature wins, 12 of them have been at SSP.

On Saturday night, racing action begins at 6:00 p.m. Pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m. and the grandstand gates will open at 4:00 p.m. Warmups begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by qualifying heat races, consolation races and feature events.

General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for Saturday night are Adults (ages 18-59) $12.00; Young Adults (ages 11-17) & Senior Adults (60 & Older) $10.00; Children (10 & under) are free.

Pit pass prices are $25.00 with a reduced price of $20.00 for all pit competitor license holders. The minimum age requirement to purchase a pit pass is 12 years of age with a copy of a birth certificate is required for all ages 12 to 14.

The popular "Repeat Fan Discount" program will continue at SSP in 2011 for the eighth straight season. This is a $2.00 repeat fan discount for each person with a ticket stub from races during the previous week's events completed only. Returning fans are encouraged to write their name, address and phone number on the back of the stub to be entered into special drawings during and at the end of the season for great prizes. The Repeat Fan Discount is not valid for pit pass purchases.

The SSP Outback Track will be back in action on Friday night, May 13. Racing on the 1/9 mile track includes Quarter Midgets, Karts, Adult Speedcars and lawnmowers. Gates open at 5:45 p.m. with racing action beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Last Saturday night, Fawn Grove’s Chris Knopp won the 25-lap Late Model feature at the Susquehanna Speedway Park. Doug Bennett of Chambersburg claimed his second Street Stock feature event of the season. Thomasville’s Mike Zeigler Jr. claimed his second straight Xtreme Stock Car main event. Jeff Svendsen of Etters won the Road Warrior feature. In only his sixth career start in Legends Car, East Berlin’s Bob Stough picked up the victory. Sherry Kitner of York Haven won the special Women on Wheel Mini Van Feature.

The Susquehanna Speedway Park is located midway between Harrisburg and York off I-83 to exit 32, then 1.4 miles NW on SR382 to York Road, then 1.3 miles south. For more information, contact the speedway offices at (717) 292-1696 or visit online at sspracing.net. On race day, use the track phone at (717) 938-9170 for up-to-date information at the "Big Track" and (717) 932-1608 for the "Outback Track."

Hometown Hero Drivers for Saturday, April 30, 2011 (List may not include all drivers)

Justin Ehrhart Dover, PA (Late Models #69)

John Moser Jr. East Berlin, PA (Late Models #2m)

Jake Lettich Dover, PA (Late Models #17)

Coleby Frye Dover, PA (Late Models #U-10)

Gene Knaub Dover, PA (Late Models #1)

Mark Billet Dover, PA (Late Models #22)

Chase Billet Dover, PA (Late Models #22)

Mark Grey Dover, PA (Late Models #78G)

Zac Beck Dover, PA (Street Stocks #31)

J.R. Rodriguez Dover, PA (Xtreme Stock Car #17)

Matt Wampler Dover, PA (Street Stock and Xtreme Stock Cars #100)

David Goode Sr. Dover, PA (Xtreme Stock Cars #101)

Tom Hartman Dover, PA (Xtreme Stock Cars #32)





Saturday, May 14, 2011

Hometown Heroes Night (Dover and East Berlin) Time Schedule

(Subject to Change)

3:30 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members - $20.00; Non members - $25.00

4:00 p.m. Grandstands Gates Open: General admission: Adults (18 & older) – $12.00; Seniors (60 &

older) & Young Adults (11–17) - $10.00; Children (10 & under) – Free

5:15 p.m. Driver’s Meeting (Turn 1 Pit Grandstands)

5:40 p.m. - 5:55 p.m. Track Prep Laps Begin

Rotation: Late Models

Street Stocks

6:00 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem

Late Models Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps)

Street Stocks Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps)

Legends Cars Qualifying Heat Races (6 laps)

Xtreme Stock Cars Qualifying Heat Races (6 laps)

Road Warriors Qualifying Heat Races (4 laps)

Late Models Consolation Race (8/10 laps) – if necessary

Street Stocks Consolation Race (8/10 laps) – if necessary

Legends Cars Consolation Race (6/8 laps) – if necessary

Xtreme Stock Cars Consolation Race (6/8 laps) – if necessary

Late Models Feature (25 laps)

Street Stocks Feature (20 laps)

Legends Cars Feature (15 laps)

Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (20 laps)

Road Warriors Feature (15 laps)

· Top Three Finishers are Required to be in Victory Lane after Every Feature - $200.00 Fine for Failure to Report.

- 2011 SSP Schedule of Events –

(Schedule as of May 5, 2011 - Subject to Change)

May 14 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors and Legends Cars (6:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Dover & East Berlin (All residents from these towns admitted free to grandstands)

May 18 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

May 21 (Sat.) 57th Anniversary Night / Oldtimer’s Reunion - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors and PENNMAR Vintage Cars (7:00 p.m. - note new start time)

May 28 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night – Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars, Mini Vans and Classic Cars (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Lancaster, Lebanon & Ephrata (All residents from these towns admitted free to grandstands)

June 1 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

June 4 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors and Legends Cars (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – York, Windsor, Spring Grove, Thomasville, Felton & Red Lion (All residents from these towns admitted free to grandstands)

June 11 (Sat.) Silver Springs Speedway Racer Reunion - Late Models, Street Stocks, Road Warriors, PENNMAR Vintage
Cars plus Super Sportsman Tour (7:00 p.m.)

June 12 (Sun.) Sprint Car “King of the Hill” Summer Classic plus York County Racing Club Night – 358 Sprint Cars, ARDC Wingless Midgets & EMMR Vintage Car Exhibition (6:00 p.m.)

June 15 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

June 18 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night plus Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown Night - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors and Legends Cars (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – All Maryland Drivers (All Maryland residents admitted free to grandstands)

June 25 (Sat.) Kid’s Box Car Races - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Mini Vans and Classic Cars (7:00 p.m.);

Hometown Heroes – Duncannon, Enola, Marysville & Shermandale (All residents from these towns admitted free to grandstands)

June 29 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

June 30 (Thur.) Eichelberger’s U-Pull-It Super Show VI - 5th Annual PA 600cc Micro Sprint Speedweek, PA Sprint Series,

Classic Cars (7:00 p.m.)

July 2 (Sat.) 6th Annual Summer Fun Championships – Late Models (30 laps), Street Stocks (25 laps), Xtreme Stocks (Twin 15’s), Road Warriors and PENNMAR Vintage Cars (7:00 p.m.)

July 3 (Sun.) - July 14 (Thurs.): Track Closed (Summer Pit Stop / Vacation Break) – NO RACING

July 16 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors and Legends Cars plus SSP Outback Track Spring Season Awards Presentation (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Hanover, Littlestown, McSherrystown, New Oxford & Orrtanna (All residents from these towns admitted free to grandstands)

July 20 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

July 23 (Sat.) Christmas in July with Santa Claus Visit - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors and Classic Cars (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Halifax, Jonestown, Mt. Penn (All residents from these towns admitted free to grandstands)

July 30 (Sat.) Members 1st FCU Kid’s Money Scramble - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Mini Vans and PENNMAR Vintage Cars (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Reinholds & Middletown, Myerstown (All town residents admitted free to grandstands)

August 3 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

August 6 (Sat.) Annual Picnic in the Pits & Bike/Toy Giveaway - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors and Women on Wheels Mini Vans (7:00 p.m.)

August 13 (Sat.) Camera & Autograph Night - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors and Legends Cars (7:00 p.m.)

August 17 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

August 20 (Sat.) Xcel 600 Modified “Heritage Cup” - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Mini Vans, PENNMAR Vintage Cars plus Xcel 600 Modifieds (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Mechanicsburg, Camp Hill & Dillsburg (All town residents admitted free to grandstands)

August 27 (Sat.) York County Racing Club Night - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors and Classic Cars (7:00 p.m.); Hometown Heroes – Pottsville, Schnecksville, East Earl & Coatesville (All town residents admitted free to grandstands)

August 31 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

September 3 (Sat.) 11th Annual York County Nationals – Late Models (32 laps), Street Stocks (25 laps), Xtreme Stock Cars, Road Warriors and Legends Cars - (6:00 p.m. - note new start time)

September 10 (Sat.) Stock Car Saturday Night - Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Mini Vans and PA Sprint Series (6:00 p.m.)

September 14 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

September 17 (Sat.) SSP Track Championship Night - Late Models (25 laps), Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars, Road Warriors, Classic Cars & EMMR Vintage Car Exhibition plus SSP Outback Track Summer Season Awards Presentation (6:00 p.m.)

September 21 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

September 23 (Fri.) 6th Annual Susquehanna Showdown Qualifying Night for Late Models and Four Cylinder Stock Cars (7:00 p.m.) – Rain date: Saturday, September 24 (Championship Night will move to Sunday, September 25).

September 24 (Sat.) 6th Annual Susquehanna Showdown for Late Models (50 laps), Road Warrior World Championship & Super Sportsman tour (6:00 p.m.) – Rain date: Sunday, September 25.

October 19 (Wed.) Wed. Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

October 21 (Fri.) 8th Annual Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Classic Qualifying Night - Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars and Four Cylinder Stock Cars (7:00 p.m.) – Rain date: Saturday, October 22 (Championship Night will move to Sun., October 23)

October 22 (Sat.) 8th Annual Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Classic Championship Night - Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars and Four Cylinder Stock Cars (6:00 p.m.) – Rain date: Sunday, October 23.

October 26 (Wed.) Wed. Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

October 29 (Sat.) Candy Bowl VII presented by J&K Salvage - ARDC Wingless Midgets, 600cc Micro Sprints, Sportsman Modifieds, Legends Cars, Byers Tires Thundercars Championship & Mini Vans (3:00 p.m.) - Rain date: Sunday, October 30.

November 5 (Sat.) 8th Annual Turkey 200 Enduro – Big Car Enduro (125 laps) & 4/6 Cylinder Small Car Enduro (75 laps) plus Classic Cars & Mini Vans (1:00 p.m.); Rain date: Sunday, November 6.

November 12 (Sat.) The Final Showdown – Super 410 Sprint Car Finale & 358 Sprint Cars (2:00 p.m.)


The Next Wednesday Night Test & Tune is on May 18


The next Wednesday Night Test & Tune session will be held on Wednesday, May 18 at the Susquehanna Speedway Park. It is open to any type of racecars capable of competing on the 4/10 mile oval. The cost is $12.00 per person for pit passes and a $20.00 fee for each racecar entering the pit area ($32.00 per car & driver combination). Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with open track time from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. by class. Each session will be 6 – 8 laps per session. The grandstands are open free to the public. Each class will receive 4 to 5 rounds of 6/8 laps each or more if time permits. The fuel pumps from Miller’s Racing Parts will not be open. Anyone needing fuel should contact Miller’s Racing Parts directly at 717-766-0181. The main concession stand will be open throughout the night.

Also on Wednesday night, there will an open practice session for quarter midgets and karts at the Outback Track from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. under the lights. The gates will open at 5:30 p.m. with open practice from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The cost will be $20.00 per driver with no charge for anyone else entering the grandstand and “cold pit” areas. All Outback Track participants should enter the pits from the Kise Mill Road entrance behind turn 2 of the “Big Track.”

2011 Wednesday Night Open Test & Tune Sessions

(Any divisions of racing welcome)

May 18

June 1 & June 15 & June 29

July 20

August 3 & August 17 & August 31

September 14 & September 21

Big Track Only: October 19 & October 26

Big Track - Gates open 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Outback Track on Wednesdays (Gates open 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)


“The Outback Track at SSP” 2011 Schedule of Events

Spring Shoot-Out Season Championship:

May 13 (Fri.) Spring Shoot-Out Race #5 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

May 18 (Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

May 20 (Fri.) Spring Shoot-Out Race #6 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

May 27 (Fri.) Spring Shoot-Out Race #7 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

June 1 (Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

June 3 (Fri.) Spring Shoot-Out Race #8 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

June 10 (Fri.) Spring Shoot-Out Race #9 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

June 15 (Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

June 17 (Fri.) Spring Shoot-Out Championship Night (Gates open 6:00 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)


SSP Outback Track Spring Shoot-Out Season Awards Presentation at the Big track on Saturday night, July 16, 2011


Summer Shoot-Out Season Championship:

June 24 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #1 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

June 29 (Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

July 1 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #2 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

July 3 - July 14: Track Closed (Summer Pit Stop / Vacation Break)

July 15 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #3 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

July 20 (Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

July 22 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #4 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

July 29 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #5 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

Aug. 3 (Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

Aug. 5 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #6 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

Aug. 12 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #7 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

Aug. 17 (Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

Aug. 19 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #8 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

Aug. 26 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #9 (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

Aug. 30 (Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

Sept. 2 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Championship Night (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)

Sept. 14 (Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

Sept. 21 (Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

SSP Outback Track Summer Shoot-Out Season Awards Presentation at the Big track on Saturday night, September 17, 2011


Friday Night – Outback Track Time Schedule

(Subject to Change)

5:45 p.m. Pit Gates Open (no general admission)

6:45 p.m. – 7:10 p.m. Practice Begins

7:00 p.m. Driver’s Draw for Position Ends (all entries after 7 p.m. will start at rear

of qualifying event).

7:15 p.m. Driver’s Meeting (Parents welcome to attend as well).

7:30.m. Racing Begins (Heats & Features)

Class Rotation: To Be Announced at the Driver’s Meeting


- RainedOut.com Provides SSP Fans and Competitors with Timely Information - By providing a cell phone number, or e-mail address if just as active on-line, messages will be transmitted immediately to wherever you are. No more calling the cancellation line or guessing on track conditions from miles away, you will be automatically alerted with the status of weather whenever the forecast is questionable.

For first time users, just log into www.rainedout.com.  Once on the homepage type "Susquehanna Speedway Park" or "SSP Outback Track" (each track requires a separate signup although the same user name/password can be designated) in the box provided at the top. When redirected, select the link below to the chosen track then click "Sign Up Now" to begin.

A registration form will appear, fill out the appropriate information and hit enter to submit. A cell phone text message will be received momentarily, offering a validation code that needs to be typed in to complete the registration.

- Track Rental for the "Big Track" and the "Outback Track" - The "Big track" and the "Outback track" are available for rent. The "Big Track" rental fee is $1,400.00 for 4 hours and may be split between a maximum of five-(5) drivers/teams. Only one car is permitted on the track at a time. If an ambulance is requested, it is an additional $75.00 per hour. For nighttime rentals at the "Big Track", an additional $100.00 per hour will be charged for lights.

The rental price for the "Outback Track" is $400.00 for 4 hours during the day /$500.00 at night and may be split between a maximum of five-(5) drivers/teams. To reserve either track, please call 717-292-1696.

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