Friday night was all Gary
Stuhler as "Mr. Smooth" made it look simple
while he opened the Winchester/Hagerstown Shootout I Series
opener at Hagerstown Speedway with his career 124th triumph. The
Greencastle, Pa. veteran lined up third in the heads up start for
the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late models and after
taking the lead from Mike Atherton on the third
lap, was in a league of his own, taking the checkered flag 3.66
seconds ahead of Tommy Armel in the 40-lap event.
"We have to thank Mark Richards and Rocket Chassis and Integra Racing
Shocks for this," Stuhler said. "My whole crew
has been working hard. We struggled a little bit
there. We've been plugging away."
"I have to dedicate this win to my car owner, Glenn Nininger. He had open
heart surgery and he's recuperating. He's the one that puts all the
money up for this deal. He's not with us
tonight, but we're with him so I thank him and
thank all my sponsors and my son for keeping this car nice looking. This
is just a big effort by a bunch of people, I just get all the glory
standing out here."
Also getting to victory lane was Barry Miller of Three Springs, Pa. who
went to the line second in the Hoosier Tire Mid
Atlantic late model sportsman feature but ended
with his first win since last season's opener when Gene
Conlee was disqualified for an engine head infraction.
"I'd have rather crossed under the flag first. I don't know what the
situation was there, but I'll take it," Miller said. "The car has
been really good. We got a new rear end over the
winter and it really helped. We have more
adjustments to fine tune the car."
Picking up his second win of the season in four weeks of racing was Dale
Hollidge of Mechanicsville, Md. Hollidge took over on lap nine and
was 1.8 seconds ahead of Dean Holmes at the
finish.
"The car was pretty much perfect tonight," Hollidge said. "We're still
making some changes on it and making it a little better and better.
We started way back in 11th and were able to
drive up through there. It was just a smooth
night."
With a heads up draw, Mike Atherton led the first two circuits until
Stuhler took charge off the second turn and
began to drive away and by the tenth circuit was
more than six seconds ahead of Atherton and seventh starting
Armel.
Stuhler was into the rear of the field on lap 15 and later had three cars
and five seconds separating him from Atherton when the first
caution waved on lap 21.
While Stuhler took off on the restart, Armel grabbed the runner up spot as
Atherton had Jamie Lathroum and Andy Anderson challenging with
Anderson taking the third spot on lap 25.
Stuhler had stretched his lead to more than four seconds over Armel when
another caution flag waved on the 31st circuit and continued his
dominance in the final circuits by driving away
to 3.66 seconds at the checkered.
Armel and Anderson were next with Atherton and 11th starting Jason Covert
completing the top five. Mike Lupfer was next while Jim Bernheisel
came from 18th for seventh followed by Lathroum,
Alan Sagi (13th) and Jim Yoder (15th). Heats for
the 42 entries were won by Atherton, Tyler Hershey,
Stuhler and Scott LeBarron while J.T. Spence and Brent Smith split
the two consolations.
Gene Conlee led the late model sportsman from the pole over Robby Beall
while Miller moved into third after starting sixth. Miller took on
the ninth lap and trailed Conlee by more than
two seconds when a 16th lap yellow was
displayed. Conlee drove past the flag stand .69 seconds ahead of Miller
but failed a post race inspection of the engine
heads.
Brian Lessley ended second followed by Andy Fries, Terry Flaherty and
Scott Palmer from 13th. Tyler Hershey was sixth
with Cody Lear, Beall, Steve Axtell, the
St.Thomas Towing/Checkered Flag Lube hard charger, and Richard
Walls completing the top ten. Heats for the 30 entries went to
Miller, Lessley and Shawn Jones with Allen
Brannon winning the consolation.
Dave Stouffer took the lead from Dave Mikolajski on the second lap and
held off Danny Beavers while Hollidge moved into
the picture who got by both to take the pure
stock lead on lap nine. Following a ninth lap restart, he
began stretching his lead to 1.8 seconds over Dean Holmes who
grabbed the runner up spot from Stouffer on the
white flag lap. Stouffer ended third with Darrin
Younker coming from the rear after a second lap incident that
also involved two time winner Hans Stamberg who followed Lin
Sutphin to the line in sixth. Bill Ecton Jr.,
Younker and Stamberg won the heats while Bill
Reitober was the consolation winner.
The speedway returns to action Saturday, April 26th for the 27th Annual
Stanley Schetromph Classic, a 50-lap event sanctioned by the Lucas
Oil Series for the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late
Models along with the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic
Late Model Sportsman competing in the first Maryland Clash
event, a combined 30-lap event with The Rock, Allegany County
Speedway, paying $1,000 to win and $100 to start
Pit gates open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5 p.m and warm ups begin at
7 p.m.
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass
Late Models, 40 laps, 42 entries, (Lap Leaders - Mike
Atherton 1-2, Gary Stuhler 3-40) 1.Gary Stuhler; 2.Tommy Armel;
3.Andy Anderson; 4.Mike Atherton; 5.Jason
Covert; 6.Mike Lupfer; 7.Jim Bernheisel; 8.Jamie
Lathroum; 9.Alan Sagi; 10.Jim Yoder; 11.D.J. Troutman; 12.Allen
Brannon; 13.Scott LeBarron; 14.Tyler Hershey; 15.Brent Smith;
16.Darryl Hills; 17.Ronnie DeHaven; 18.Bo
Feathers; 19.Roland Mann; 20.Brian Booze;
21.D.J. Myers; 22.Les Hare; 23.J.T. Spence; 24.Paul Crowl; 25.Billy
Wampler; 26.Frankie Plessinger; DNQ: Larry Baer,
Marvin Winters, Tony Crim, Scott Cross, Matt
Hardy, Roy Deese Jr., Moe Hardin, Jonathan DeHaven, Brian
Tavenner, Brad Omps, Ray Kable Jr., Matt Quade, Scott Lupfer, DNS -
Steve Gibney, Al Shawver Sr., Gerald Davis
Hoosier/Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 30
entries (Lap Leaders - Gene Conlee 1-20):
1.Barry Miller; 2.Brian Lessley; 3.Andy Fries;
4.Terry Flaherty; 5.Scott Palmer; 6.Tyler Hershey; 7.Cody Lear;
8.Robby Beall; 9.Steve Axtell Jr. (Hard Charger); 10.Richard Walls;
11.Jerry Bard; 12.Shawn Jones; 13.Kyle Lear;
14.Tyler Armstrong; 15.Dylan Yoder; 16.Wayne
Walls Jr.; 17.James Myers; 18.Rick Stouffer; 19.Mike Walls; 20.Jeff
Friese; 21.Jimmy Richards; 22.Allen Brannon; 23.Pete Weaver; DSQ -
Eugene Conlee; DNQ - Nick Pappas, Chad Myers,
Rob Gergel, Dallas Wenrich, DNS - Ashley
Barrett, Justin Hart
Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 15 laps, 30 entries (Lap Leaders -
Dave Mikolajski - 1, Dave Stouffer 2-8, Dale Hollidge 9-15) 1.Dale
Hollidge; 2.Dean Holmes; 3.Dave Stouffer Jr.;
4.Darrin Younker; 5.Lin Sutphin; 6.Hans
Stamberg; 7.Dave Mikolajski; 8.Bobby Taylor; 9.Drew Fitzsimmons; 10.Kevin
Boyer; 11.Steve Lowery; 12.Frank DiBella; 13.Paul Quattro; 14.Kevin
Koontz; 15.Bill Reitober; 16.Justin Snodderly;
17.Kenny Day; 18.Billy Ecton Jr.; 19.Charlie
Pensinger; 20.Danny Beavers, 21, Tony Catlett; 22.Kenny Dillon;
23.Jason Murray, DNS - Kevin Keefer, DNQ - Brian Swiger, Wayne
Hawbaker, Tim Monn, Mike Sanders, William Kerns,
Bill Ecton, DNS - Eddie Gatrell
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April 12 2008
DEESE CONTINUES STRONG WITH BACK TO BACK TRIUMPHS; WEAVER, STAMBERG ALSO
SCORE
Roy Deese Jr. stormed
through the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late model
field from the 12th position on Saturday evening to later
celebrate in Hagerstown Speedway victory lane for the second
consecutive week. It was just a week ago that
the Laurel, Md veteran landed his first victory
since May 2005 and the five time champion is already atop the Cindy
Rowe points standings.
"I'll tell what you what makes this thing go, Rocket chassis and Russell
Baker race engine," Deese said. "I've never had an engine run so
good. I tried to be patient. The car got a
little loose but it came to me as the race went
on. I'm real excited to be in victory lane again."
As the race progressed from two initial restarts the rest of the way under
the green, Deese powered into fifth by the second lap and took
runner up honors behind eight time champion,
Nathan Durboraw on lap 18. Deese finally exited
turn four on lap 22 with the lead and sped away to a 1.78 second
triumph over Durboraw.
"Nathan's a great competitor," Deese said. "Any time you can run wheel to
wheel with Nathan.he's a good guy, he races good, hard, clean, you
beat Nathan, you had to earn it."
In other racing, Pete Weaver, of nearby Williamsport, Md. began on the
point with a three car inversion and took the
opportunity to post his first Hoosier Tire Mid
Atlantic late model sportsman victory since August 2006. He
scored the win by 2.78 seconds over fifth starter, Scott Palmer.
"It's a lot easier starting from the pole," Weaver said. "It was a little
cooler tonight so we ran a little bit harder stuff. We had to
really try to keep some heat in the tires. But
it all worked out well."
Hans Stamberg of Hedgesville, WV was victorious for the second time of the
season in the Ernie Auto Salvage pure stocks and inherited the lead
when Darrin Younker broke with two laps
remaining. Stamberg won by .31 seconds over
Bobby Taylor.
"It took me a while working on Bobby to get around him and then I found
some good brown dirt down next to the rail,"
Stamberg said. "Even I had caught Darrin, I
don't think that would have worked. He knows what he's doing."
Mark Vegh of Frederick, Md started off the Enduro Dash season with his
more than eight second win over Matt Smith
following a side by side race through traffic
with Krazy Kenny Thomas until Thomas spun on lap 25.
Following two attempts to get the six car inverted late models under way,
Kirk Ryan jumped to the front as third starter, Durboraw quickly
occupied the second spot with pole setter Billy
Wampler next and Les Hare having to deal with
Deese by the second lap. Deese was past Wampler for third by lap
six but Wampler didn't give up easy. Deese came back to secure the
spot on lap ten and then chase down Durboraw and
Ryan.
Durboraw took the lead from Ryan on lap 14 while Deese patiently kept
trying his options until getting by Ryan on the
18th and figuring a plan to get past Durboraw.
Deese used turns three and four to make the pass stick as he sped into the
lead on lap 22 as Mike Lupfer had closed the gap and running right
with Durboraw and Ryan but Deese was fleet
footing to the checkered. Alan Sagi took fifth
spot on the final lap after coming from 11th while Wampler was
next. Jim Yoder came from 15th to finish seventh with Marvin
Winters (13th), Hare and Paul Crowl completing
the top ten.
Heats were won by Brent Smith, Deese Jr., and Darryl Hills while the
consolation went to Brian Booze.
Weaver grabbed the late model sportsman lead from the point over Terry
Flaherty while Kyle Lear and Scott Palmer took up the next
positions. Palmer passed Lear on lap 7 and he
and Flaherty could see Weaver pulling away and
was more than three seconds ahead by a lap15 caution. Palmer powered
around the high side of Flaherty following the
restart but Weaver was saying "catch me if you
can" as he stormed towards the finish to arrive 2.78 seconds ahead
while Palmer, Flaherty and Lear ran nip and tuck to the finish with
Palmer ending second with Lear winning third
with two to go while Barry Miller joined in to
take fourth from Flaherty on the final circuit. Derek Byler
came from 13th to end sixth and earn the Checkered Flag Lube/St
Thomas Towing hard charger award. Andy Fries,
Jerry Bard, Dylan Yoder and Mike Walls completed
the top ten. Lear, Flaherty and Weaver won the heats.
Darrin Younker stormed into the lead from the fourth spot over pole sitter
Bobby Taylor while fifth starting Stamberg arrived to begin
challenging Taylor as Younker had things under
control. Stamberg finally got past Taylor on the
tenth circuit and was ready to settle for second until Younker
suddenly slowed to a stop. Stamberg went on to post the win over
Taylor by .31 seconds as Dean Holmes and
previous weeks winner Dean Hollidge was a close
fourth. Kevin Dayhoff ended fifth. Stamberg, Danny Beavers and Younker
won heats as Lin Sutphin won the consy.
Danny Holmes and William Crook were early enduro leaders as Krazy Kenny
Thomas took over on lap nine. Vegh began challenging him the next
lap as they began a race through traffic,
splitting cars, weaving in and out as Vegh took
over on lap 19. Six laps later Thomas spun, leaving Vegh's closest
competitor, Matt Smith, more than eight seconds behind.
The speedway returns to action Friday April 19 for the first of three
events of the Winchester/Hagerstown Shootout
series, a 40 lap $3000 to win, $300 to start
event for the Late Models along with the Late Model Sportsman and Pure
Stocks.
Pit gates open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5 p.m and warm ups begin at
7:30 p.m.
Hagerstown Speedway Results
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, 25 laps, 30 entries, (Lap Leaders -
Kirk Ryan 1-13, Nathan Durboraw 14-21, Roy Deese
Jr. 22-25 ) 1.Roy Deese Jr. (Hard Charger);
2.Nathan Durboraw; 3.Kirk Ryan; 4.Mike Lupfer; 5.Alan Sagi;
6.Billy Wampler; 7.Jim Yoder; 8.MarvinWinters; 9.Les Hare; 10.Paul
Crowl; 11.Jamie Lathroum; 12.Brian Booze;
13.David Williams; 14.Wayne Johnson; 15.Brent
Smith; 16.Larry Baer; 17.Steve Gibney; 18.Roland Mann; 19.Matt
Quade; 20.Doug Stine; 21.Ray Kable Jr.; 22.Frankie Plessinger;
23.Jeff Johnson; 24.Scott LeBarron; DNS - D.J.
Troutman, Darryl Hills; DNQ -Rick Hulson, DNS -
Scott Lupfer, Larry Baker II, Mike Atherton
Hoosier/Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 24
entries (Lap Leaders - Pete Weaver 1-20): 1.Pete
Weaver; 2.Scott Palmer; 3.Kyle Lear; 4.Barry
Miller; 5.Terry Flaherty; 6.Derek Byler (Hard Charger); 7.Andy
Fries; 8.Jerry Bard; 9.Dylan Yoder; 10.Mike Walls; 11.Steve Axtell
Jr.; 12.Wayne Walls Jr.; 13.Rick
Stouffer; 14.Brian Lessley; 15.Curt Shreiner;
16.Robbie Beall; 17.Shawn Jones; 18.Paul Cursey; 19.Chad Myers;
20.Richard Walls; 21.Nick Pappas; 22.Cody Lear;
23.Ashley Barrett; DNS - Eugene Conlee
Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 15 laps 30 entries (Lap Leaders -
Darrin Younker 1-12, Hans Stamberg 13-15) 1.Hans Stamberg; 2.Bobby
Taylor; 3.Dean Holmes; 4.Dale Hollidge; 5.Kevin
Dayhoff; 6.Frank Dibella; 7.Drew Fitzsimmons;
8.Kenny Dillon; 9.Billy Ecton Jr.; 10.Lin Sutphin; 11.Kevin
Keefer; 12.Dave Mikolajski; 13.Mike Sanders; 14.Kevin Boyer;
15.Justin Snodderly; 16.Tim Monn; 17.Tony
Catlett; 18.Darrin Younker; 19.Bill Reitober;
20.Steve Lowery; 21.Wayne Hawbaker; 22.Brian Swiger; 23.Danny
Beavers; 24.Jason Murray; DNQ- Billy Ecton Sr., Dave Stouffer,
Kenny Day, Charlie Pensinger, Eddie Gatrell, DNS
- Danny Main
Enduro Dash, 30 Laps, 29 entries (Lap Leaders Danny Holmes 1-4, William
Crook 5-8, Krazy Kenny Thomas 9-18, Mark Vegh 19-30): 1.Mark Vegh; 2.Matt
Smith; 3.Derek Riley; 4.Bobby Moore; 5.Kenny Thomas; 6.William Crook;
7.Larry Hurley Jr.; 8.Krazy Kenny Thomas; 9.Richard Tracey; 10.Robin
Koogler; 11.John Poole; 12.Duston Proctor; 13.Joe Rodgers; 14.Dave Shatto;
15.Mike Hoffman; 16.Chris Loy; 17.John Conrad; 18.James Clark; 19.Rodney
Miner; 20.Larry McGowan; 21.Nathaniel Younker; 22.Chris Ebersole; 23.Danny
Holmes; 24.Michael Brenneman; 25.William Smith; 26.Butch Whipp; 27.Jamie
Mills; 28.Jim Speelman; 29.Bill Silkworth
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April 5, 2008
ROY DEESE JR, RICHARD WALLS, DALE HOLLIDGE, PICK UP WINS IN THE FIRST
POINTS RACE OF THE SEASON AT HAGERSTOWN
The question was not if,
but when it would happen. Five time Hagerstown
Speedway late model champion Roy Deese Jr. stood proudly in
victory lane Saturday night after winning his first Cindy Rowe Auto
Glass feature in nearly three seasons. His last
triumph was May 7, 2005. What a way to make a
bid towards a sixth title but to win the season opening points
event.
The Laurel, Md. veteran started outside pole in the four car inverted
start and beat pole setter Gary Stuhler into
turn one. Stuhler hung close but never enough to
mount a serious challenge as Deese took the win by .47
seconds.
"By golly, it feels good to be back.it's been a long time since I've won a
race here," Deese said. "The fans have been great, the track has
been great. We've had a great surface to race on
every night this year. We got way behind on
technology after I got a little sick and we're finally starting to
catch up. Gary is a good racer and he raced me clean. We've been
having some problems with the brake system and
the pedals on the floor. Thank goodness this one
is over."
Another winner starting off atop the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic points
standings was St. Thomas, Pa.'s Richard Walls who began from the
pole in the six car inversion and battled the
entire distance with 16-year-old Dylan Yoder,
whose dad, Jim Yoder, had claimed his first Hagerstown win the
previous week. Walls eventually beat Yoder by one length for his
career 25th victory while celebrating his 25th
Anniversary season.
"He could get up beside me, but I could pull him down the straightaway,"
Walls said. "That's the cleanest race that people like to see. Any
time you can run a clean race like that.if I'd
finished second, I'd just been as happy. I knew
he was there, I gave him all the space he wanted and we just
got lucky."
Dale Hollidge also starts out with the Ernie's Salvage Yard pure stock
points lead with a .25 second victory over previous weeks winner,
Hans Stamberg. Hollidge led all the way from the
outside in a three car inversion.
"The car started to get a little tight up there the last three or four
laps and picking up a little push," said
Hollidge of Mechanicsville, Md. "I saw him
sneaking to the inside but it was enough to hold him back."
Deese grabbed the lead over Stuhler as the two veterans took off with
Billy Wampler closing in and joining them with a
comfortable distance back to J.T. Spence.
Lap ten spelled disaster for a number of drivers when tenth running Greg
Fetters and a few others getting together coming off turn two with
Fetters ending sideway nearing turn three as
cars scattered. Brent Smith ended up side down
with Steve Axtell Jr. atop him while eight others were involved.
The race resumed with Deese, Stuhler and Wampler still showing the way
with just over three seconds back to Spence by
lap 18 when Deese caught rear cars. Keith
Jackson spun on lap 21 as Spence blasted around Wampler on the
restart and 12th starting Jim Yoder following along but they came
to the line in that order while Scott LeBarron
held the fifth spot.
"I have to thank Russell Baker Racing Engines," Deese said. "I'll tell
you, when I come off the corners, I better have
a plan as this thing is going down the
straightaway in a hurry."
Wampler ended sixth with Darryl Hills, Ray Kable Jr, Kirk Ryan from 24th
to pick up the Ernie's Salvage hard charger
award and Paul Crowl coming from 18th to finish
tenth.
Heats for the 38 entries were Wampler, Kable Jr., Deese Jr. and Stuhler
while Brent Smith was the consy winner.
It took a third attempt to get the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model
sportsman feature underway, the second attempt resulting in nine
cars involved in a turn two incident with
several returning.
Walls took over but soon had fifth starting Yoder close in by lap two.
After a fourth lap restart, Yoder began giving
Walls a workout as he led the fifth lap but
Walls again pulled ahead to hold a slight advantage. Yoder
repeatedly tried to make the low side work and pulled alongside
every lap until the finish as he ended one
length back. Pete Weaver had a front view the
entire race while Nick Pappas and Cody Lear, from 16th completed the top
five. Jerry Bard came from the initial start incident to finish
sixth with
Scott Palmer, Rick Stouffer (18th), defending two time champion and
previous weeks winner, Andy Fries who returned
from a first lap incident which broke his
steering to finish ninth. Kyle Lear came from 23rd to end tenth and pick
up the Checkered Flag Lube./St. Thomas Towing hard charger award
aboard the Chuck Cox racer. Fries, Yoder and
Tyler Armstrong were heat winners.
Hollidge led from the outside pole while Stamberg quickly grabbed second
as Darin Younker claimed third. Stamberg drafted
Hollidge the entire distance and made several
attempts to get to the inside but both cars were so equal
and the top side being a little quicker around, Stamberg had to
settle for second. Younker retained third with
Dave Stouffer and Bobby Taylor completing the
front five. Stamberg, Hollidge and Kevin Keefer were the heat
winners with Dean Holmes winning the consolation and coming from
19th to finish sixth.
The speedway returns to action Saturday April 12 for a regular three
division program to also include the first 30-lap Enduro Dash of
the season.
Pit gates open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5 p.m and warm ups begin at
7 p.m.
Hagerstown Speedway Results
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, 25 laps, 38 entries, (Lap Leaders - Roy
Deese Jr. 1-25) 1.Roy Deese Jr.; 2.Gary Stuhler; 3.J.T. Spence;
4.Jim Yoder; 5.Scott LeBarron; 6.Billy Wampler;
7.Darryl Hills; 8.Ray Kable Jr.; 9.Kirk Ryan
(Hard Charger); 10.Paul Crowl; 11.David Williams; 12.Devin Friese;
13.Jamie Lathroum; 14.Keith Jackson; 15.Jason Dupont; 16.Roland
Mann; 17.Wayne Johnson; 18.Rusty Sites; 19.Greg
Fetters; 20.Les Hare; 21.Alan Sagi; 22.Nathan
Durboraw; 23.Brent Smith; 24.Steve Axtell Jr.; 25.D. J.
Troutman; 26.Marvin Winters; DNQ: Frankie Plessinger, Larry Baer,
Bill Palmer, Scott Richwine, Jeff Johnson, Steve
Gibney, Matthew Quade, Larry Baker II, Tyler
Hershey, Al Shawver Sr., Mike Lupfer, Doug Stine
Hoosier/Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 25
entries (Lap Leaders - Richard Walls 1-4, 6-20,
Dylan Yoder, 4): 1.Richard Walls; 2.Dylan Yoder;
3.Pete Weaver; 4.Nick Pappas; 5.Cody Lear; 6.Jerry Bard;
7.Scott Palmer; 8.Rick Stouffer; 9.Andy Fries; 10.Kyle Lear (Hard
Charger); 11.Mike Walls; 12.Eugene Conlee;
13.Brian Lessley; 14.Anthony Lupini; 15.Robby
Beal; 16.Shawn Jones; 17.Wayne Walls Jr.; 18.James Myers; 19.Ashley
Barrett; 20.Terry Flaherty; 21.Cory Houck; 22.Barry Miller;
23.Tyler Armstrong; DNS Derek Byler, Chuck Cox
Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 15 laps 30 entries (Lap Leaders -
Dale Hollidge 1-10, 12-15, Hans Stamberg 11)
1.Dale Hollidge; 2.Hans Stamberg; 3.Darrin
Younker; 4.Dave Stouffer; 5.Bobby Taylor; 6.Dean Holmes; 7.Jason
Murray; 8.Kevin Keefer; 9.Danny Beavers; 10.Lin Sutphin; 11.Kevin
Boyer; 12.Mike Sanders; 13.Frank Dibella;
14.Bill Reitober; 15.Justin Snodderly; 16.Tim
Monn; 17.Eddie Gatrell; 18.Drew Fitzsimmons; 19.Jeff Callahan;
20.Kevin Dayhoff; 21.Charlie Pensinger; 22.Tony Catlett; 23.Kenny
Dillon; 24.Wayne Hawbaker; DNQ- Dave Mikolajski,
Brian Swiger, Kenny Day, Billy Ecton Jr., DNS -
Steve Lowery
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March
29 2008
YODER CLAIMS FIRST HAGERSTOWN WITH THE OLDEST CAR IN THE STABLE
"This is so cool. I
always wanted to win here and I'm so glad I
finally did it," said a very happy Jim Yoder as he celebrated his
career first Hagerstown Speedway victory on Saturday night. "This
thing flew down the straight-aways. This is the
oldest car we have. It's a 2000 and should be
worn out, but it's the fastest thing we got."
Yoder, of Selinsgrove, Pa. started from the pole in the eight car inverted
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late model feature to lead all the way and
claim the win by less than a length over
defending champion J. T. Spence.
Other features on Grand Opening night were just as fast and exciting as
two time defending champion Andy Fries of
Mercersburg, Pa claimed the Hoosier Tire-Mid
Atlantic late model sportsman win while Hans Stamberg of
Hedgesville, WV blistered the track in the Ernie's Salvage Yard
pure stocks with a new track record of 6 minutes
14 seconds to finish eight seconds ahead of Dean
Holmes.
Yoder and Marvin Winters brought the late model field to green but by the
third lap, Yoder already was showing he was in a different time
zone and two seconds ahead. Winters held to
second until fifth starting David Williams took
the runner up spot on lap six but Spence, who started alongside, blew
by two laps later. By then, Yoder was just over four seconds ahead
and was two cars into the rear of the field when
Winters coasted to a stop on lap 12.
Following the restart, it was one real battle for second just over a
length back as Spence, Williams and Roy Deese
Jr. were putting on a driving show until Greg
Fetters came to a stop on lap 15.
The restart saw the same as there was no let up behind Yoder as Alan Sagi
had closed in from his 12th starting spot but he watched Deese
challenge Williams while Williams was giving it
his all to get around Spence and Spence gave it
is all the final circuit and came up just short at the
finish.
"I knew those guys were there and I was just keeping my line, trying to
keep it going slow in," Yoder said. "That's the
biggest thing you have to learn here. I guess we
always went too fast in over the years since I've been
coming here and I finally got it straight and figured out."
In order, Spence, William, Deese Jr., and Sagi while 10th starter, Devin
Friese ended sixth, followed by Jamie Lathroum, from 18th, Gary
Stuhler, from the consy win and 21st, Ronnie
DeHaven and D.J. Myers.
Heats went to David Hills, Deese Jr., Spence and Williams, while Stuhler
won the consolation after becoming involved in a
third heat race incident.
Barry Miller led the late model sportsman from the outside pole in the six
car inverted start but Fries, from sixth, was ready to challenge by
the first lap completion as he went to the high
side and took over. Jerry Bard took third with
Terry Flaherty next but both dropped out with mechanical
problems on laps nine and ten with Yoder's son, Dylan taking over
third with Kyle Lear into fourth.
The final ten laps remained under green as Fries and Miller held a two
second lead on Yoder but after taking the white flag, Yoder slowed
in the first turns, the victim of a right front
flat, possibly from contact with Bard when he
slowed unexpectedly on lap ten.
"It's great to start the year out like this," Fries said. "I remember last
year, first night out, Barry Miller, he beat me and I ran second. I
thought, 'Man, I don't know if I can get him if
he stays on the top', but he drove to the bottom
and left the top open, I said 'It's my race' because I like that
high side."
Lear continued on to finish third over Fred Harden and Richard Walls, who
corrected some problems in his heat and came all the way from 20th
spot. Paul Cursey was sixth with Mike Walls,
Robby Beal, Corey Houck and Yoder, who nursed
his car around to complete the top ten. Heat winners were Fries,
Pete Weaver and Bard.
The pure stocks pulled a three car invert as Stamberg began on the pole
and simply drove off, pulling way from Dave
Stouffer who started alongside. Dean Holmes
started sixth and took the runner up spot on lap five but Stamberg
was three seconds ahead and still driving away. Stamberg caught
rear cars on lap 11 but still didn't slow him as
Holmes could only see the 50 on the scoreboard.
Stouffer held to third with Dale Hollidge and Andy Holmes
completing the top five.
"I didn't get any wins last year so I finally got one now," Stamberg said.
"Actually last season was one of the best I ever had.
I just didn't get a win, but had a lot of
seconds and thirds.
The speedway returns to action Saturday April 5 for Fan Appreciation Day
with all grandstand admissions only $7.00 for regular three
division program and the first point races. Pit
gates open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5 p.m
and warm-ups begin at 7 p.m.
Hagerstown Speedway Results
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, 25 laps, 33 entries, (Lap Leaders - Jim
Yoder 1-25) 1.Jim Yoder; 2.J.T. Spence;
3.David Williams; 4.Roy Deese Jr.; 5.Alan Sagi;
6.Devin Fries; 7.Jamie Lathroum; 8.Gary Stuhler; 9.Ronnie
DeHaven; 10.D.J.Myers; 11.Billy Wampler; 12.Ray Kable Jr.; 13.Paul
Crowl; 14.Steve Axtell Jr.; 15.Scott LeBarron;
16.Jeff Johnson; 17.Wayne Johnson; 18.Larry
Baer; 19.Mike Lupfer; 20.Jayson Dupont; 21.Greg
Fetters; 22.Marvin Winters; 23.David Hills;
24.D.J. Troutman; DNQ - Larry Baker, Steve Gibney, Matt
Sala, Al Shawver Jr., DNS - Al Shawver Sr., Mathew Quade, Donnie
Lingo
Hoosier/Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 22
entries (Lap Leaders - Barry Miller 1, Andy
Fries 2-20): 1.Andy Fries; 2.Barry Miller;
3.Kyle Lear; 4.Fred Harden; 5.Richard Walls; 6.Paul Cursey; 7.Mike
Walls; 8.Robby Beal; 9.Corey Houck; 10.Dylan Yoder; 11.Brian
Lessley; 12.Nick Pappas; 13.Rob Gergel; 14.Scott
Palmer; 15.Jerry Bard; 16.Terry Flaherty;
17.Mike Duck; 18.Pete Weaver; 19.Chuck Cox; DNS - Anthony Lupini,
Ashley Barrett, Rick Stouffer
Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 15 laps, 25 entries (Lap Leader -
Hans Stamberg 1-15) 1.Hans Stamberg; 2.Dean
Holmes; 3.Dave Stouffer; 4.Dale Hollidge; 5.Andy
Holmes; 6.Steve Lowery; 7.Wayne Hawbaker; 8.Danny Beavers;
9.Kenny Dillon; 10.Kevin Keefer; 11.Kevin Dayhoff; 12.Rob Wells;
13.Jason Murray; 14.Billy Ecton; 15.Bill
Reitober; 16.Justin Snodderly; 17.Charlie
Pensinger; 18.Brian Swiger; DNS- Drew Fitzsimmons, Billy Ecton Jr.,
William Kerns, Tim Monn, Tony Catlett, Kenny
Day, Darrin Younker
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March 15 2008
PHELPS GETS FIRST, ECKERT IS TWO FOR TWO AT HAGERSTOWN
Winners of Saturday
afternoon's 30-lap features at Hagerstown
Speedway were Jimmy Phelps and Rick Eckert. Both picked up $2,000
for their efforts.
Starting ninth, Phelps, of Baldwinsville, NY, was the third different
leader in the big block modified feature and
scored a nearly two second victory over Ryan
Godown as a tune up for next Saturday's Advance Auto Parts DIRT
Series modified 100-lap event.
"We've been good at times in the races here, but never had what it took to
finish long," Phelps said. "It was just a heck of a lot of fun
today. These guys gave me an awesome race car.
We didn't know what to expect. We brought a
brand new car and trying to shake it down for next week. It was pretty
flawless."
When it rained in Tennessee, York, PA's Rick Eckert headed north and came
away with his second consecutive late model win, but didn't start
from the point. Eckert began eighth in the
inverted feature and stole the lead from fellow
World of Outlaw competitor Josh Richard at the halfway mark. Again,
Roy Deese Jr. was the runner up after coming from 13th.
"Our car was really good again today, the race track was excellent again,"
Eckert said. "They had to work hard and long to get it to where we
could get started, but it stayed really good and
was two lanes. I caught Josh there and he
changed his line there after that restart and I just got in there and
got stuck enough to roll by him. I guess Roy was coming there at
the end. I was out there in the middle of the
race track messing around and they told me he
was getting closer."
With a six car inversion in the modified event, Bob Drayton led the first
lap before spinning in turn four as Danny Johnson took over but his
lead time was short as he slowed and drove off
the track with problems after Phelps drove by to
lead lap five.
Phelps had a seven second built up over 12th starting Godown and at the
rear of the field when the caution came out on
lap ten.
Phelps continued to hold the advantage over Godown while Kevin Hirthler
had came from 19th and was another distance
back. Phelps entered the rear cars by lap18 and
had three separating between him and Godown during a lap 26
restart.
Hirthler ended spinning during the restart while attempting to get around
the lapped traffic as Godown got by all three cars in one lap on
the second restart, but Phelps was charging
towards victory lane.
Ray Swinehart came from 16th to end third when Hirthler was disqualified
following the event for unsportsmanlike conduct. Chris Knopp and
Del Rougevx completed the top five while Drayton
returned from the spin to claim sixth.
Ryan Swartzlander, Chic Cossaboone (13th), Shawn Beardsley (14th) and Sean
Merkel rounded the top ten.
Heat winners for the 30 modifieds were Knopp, Shawn Reimert and
Swartzlander while Hirthler won the consolation.
Richards started on the pole and took of while third starter, Alan Sagi
took second, but Eckert was already to fourth by
lap two when Paul Crowl coasted to a stop. After
the restart, Eckert quickly grabbed second from Sagi and
focused on Richards while Sagi and J.T. Spence battled for third
with Spence winning out on lap eight.
When Joe Isabell spun on lap ten, Richards and Eckert showed their
strength while Deese was on the radar screen and
moved into third on lap 13.
The race remained green as Eckert focused on Richards moves until the
opportunity that was successful. As Eckert forged ahead and got
into lapped traffic by lap 20, Richards had his
hands full with Deese until Deese came out on
top on lap 24.
Deese closed to about three lengths, but Eckert got the signals to get low
where he found some moisture and pulled out to a nearly two second
win over the five time Hagerstown champion.
Richards ended third with Spence and Dan Stone
completing the top five. Sagi, Darryl Hills, Jared Miley, Jim Yoder
(17th) and Gerald Davis (23rd) finished the top ten
With 34 cars on hand, Eckert, D.J. Myers, Steve Axtell Jr, and Hills were
heat winners as Jamie Lathroum came from 13th to claim the
consolation win.
Racing moves to Saturday nights this week, March 22nd as the Advanced Auto
Parts Super DIRT Series big block modifieds arrive for their 100-
lap event. The Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late models
are also on the schedule for a 25-lap feature.
Pit gates open at 3 p.m., grandstands at 4 p.m with hot laps beginning at
5:30 p.m. followed by Integra Shock time trials and feature racing.
Check the speedway website for any changes in
the weather or contact
the speedway office at 301-582-0640.
Hagerstown Speedway Results
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, 30 laps , 34 Entries, (Lap Leaders -
Josh Richards 1-15, Rick Eckert 16-30): 1.Rick
Eckert; 2.Roy Deese Jr. 3.Josh Richards; 4.J.T.
Spence; 5.Dan Stone; 6.Alan Sagi; 7.Darryl Hills; 8.Jared
Miley; 9.Jim Yoder; 10.Gerald Davis; 11.D.J. Myers; 12.Frankie
Plessinger; 13.Marvin Winters; 14.Tyler
Armstrong; 15.Jamie Lathroum; 16.Jared Powell;
17.Billy Wampler; 18.Donnie Lingo; 19.Joe Isabell; 20.Roland Mann ;
21.Austin Hubbard; 22.Kirk Ryan; 23.Steve Axtell Jr.; 24.Paul Crowl;
DNQ - Mike Lupfer, Kerry King, Bob Minnich,
Danny Johnson, Waylon Wagner, Brian Bernheisel,
Richard Walls, Scott LeBarron, DNS - Tyler Hershey, Darryl
Arnold
Big Block Modifieds, 30 laps - 30 Entries (Lap Leaders - Bob Drayton, 1;
Danny Johnson 2-4; Jimmy Phelps 5-30): 1.Jimmy Phelps; 2.Ryan
Godown; 3.Ray Swinehart; 4.Chris Knopp; 5.Del
Rougevx; 6.Bob Drayton; 7.Ryan Swartzlander;
8.Chic Cossaboone; 9.Shawn Beardsley; 10.Sean Merkel; 11.Mark Frankhouser;
12.Shawn Reimert; 13.Kyle Ebersole; 14.Bryant Brown; 15.Dean
Pearson; 16.Ryan Watt; 17.Steve Downs; 18.Dan
Vaulter; 19.Brad Brightbill; 20.Kevin Bates;
21.DannyJohnson; 22.Colt Harris; 23.Jeff Brown; DQ - Kevin Hirthler,
DNQ Matt Housare, Joel Batzel, DNS -Allen Fink, Rich Scagliotta,
Tom Hager, Randy Chronister
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March 2 2008
Hearn and Eckert Best in Hagerstown Opener
Sussex New Jersey's
Brett Hearn (Big Block Modified) and York Pennsylvania's
Rick Eckert (Late Model) were each victorious as Hagerstown Speedway
kicked off its 61st season of racing last Sunday afternoon.
In the 30-lap modified headliner Brett Hearn left little doubt who had the
fastest car in the opening day field, as he blasted from his second
starting spot to snare the race lead from Ryan Godown on the second lap,
and romped home to a relatively easy $2000 payday, his 24th career
Hagerstown modified feature win. Heavy lapped traffic mid-way through the
event was the only serious challenge Hearn faced throughout the event, as
he would easily take the checkered flag by nearly a full straightaway over
runner-up Godown. "It took us longer to get here
than it did to run this show." Hearn's
tow rig experienced mechanical problems enroute to the speedway.
"I have to thank all the guy's
on the crew. They gave me a great car, and with the track as good as it
was, it just made my job that much easier." Rick
Laubach started, and finished, third, Joey Grammes came all the way from
twenty-fourth to collect fourth and eighteenth starting Jeremiah
Shingledecker completed the top-five. Heats for the twenty-four cars on
hand went to Rick Laubach, Brett Hearn and Ryan Godown. With his win,
Hearn earned himself a guaranteed starting spot in the Octoberfest event
at Hagerstown and the Rite Aid 200 in Syracuse, New York.
Outside front row starter Daryl Hills took the early race lead at the
start of the thirty-lap late model event. Hills lead would be short lived
as pole-sitter, and Defending Hagerstown Late Model Champion, JT Spence
took over the top-spot at the completion of the second circuit.
Spence seemed to have the event well under
control despite the repeated challenges from fourth starting Rick Eckert,
who had climbed to second by lap number two. As the duo entered heavy
lapped traffic by lap twenty-seven, things got interesting. As the pair
came up on a lapped car entering the third turn, Spence and Eckert made
contact with Spence spinning and Eckert inheriting the lead. With Spence
now in the pits, Eckert controlled the final two laps to pick-up the win,
his 19th career Hagerstown late model feature win. "There
wasn't enough room for all of us."
Eckert stated in reference to the contact with Spence.
" JT had the opportunity to brake or stay
in the gas and get crashed. I didn't see him."
Eckert bottom lined. "This
was the best surface I've ever raced on here for
a daytime show, it was awesome." Former
track champion Roy Deese Jr. came from eighth to finish second, Josh
Richards took third, Dan Stone was fourth and tenth starting Jim Yoder
completed the top-five. Heats for the twenty-six car field went to Josh
Richards, Rick Eckert and Frankie Plessinger. Eckert's
win earned himself a guaranteed starting spot in the season ending
Octoberfest event for the late models.
BIG-BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE
1. Brett Hearn 2. Ryan Godown 3. Rick Laubach 4. Joey Grammes 5. Jeremiah
Shingledecker 6. Billy Pauch 7. Mike Colsten 8. Bob Drayton 9. Shawn
Reimert 10. Kevin Hirthler 11. Wade Hendrickson 12. Chris Whitehead 13.
Kyle Strickler 14. Jeremy Paup 15. Steve Downs 16. Chic Cossaboone 17.
Brian Kressley 18. Darwen Green 19. Kyle Ebersole 20. Ray Bliss 21. Jeff
Brown 22. Matt Howsare 23. Sean Merkel 24. Billy Warren
LATE MODEL FEATURE
1. Rick Eckert 2. Roy Deese Jr. 3. Josh Richards 4. Dan Stone 5. Jim Yoder
6. Frankie Plessinger 7. Mike Knight 8. Jared Miley 9. Scott LeBarron 10.
Greg Satterlee 11. Jamie Lathroum 12. Tyler Hershey 13. Gerald Davis 14.
Mike Lupfer 15. Roland Mann 16. Paul Crowl 17. Dave Tackett 18. Jared
Powell 19. Jared Almarode 20. JT Spence 21. Daryl Hills 22. Kerry King 23.
Donnie Lingo Jr. 24. Steve Axtell Jr. DNS- Alan Sagi, Pat Beard
