RESULTS

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4/26/2008  RAIN WASHES OUT HAGERTOWN'S SCHETROMPF CLASSIC LUCAS OIL EVENT

4/18/2008  HAGERSTOWN / WINCHESTER SHOOTOUT

4/12/2008  DEESE CONTINUES STRONG WITH BACK TO BACK TRIUMPHS; WEAVER, STAMBERG ALSO SCORE

4/5/2008  ROY DEESE JR, RICHARD WALLS, DALE HOLLIDGE, PICK UP WINS IN THE FIRST POINTS RACE OF THE SEASON AT HAGERSTOWN

3/29/2008  YODER CLAIMS FIRST HAGERSTOWN WITH THE OLDEST CAR IN THE STABLE

3/15/2008  PHELPS GETS FIRST, ECKERT IS TWO FOR TWO AT HAGERSTOWN

3/2/2008  Hearn and Eckert Best in Hagerstown Opener


April 26 2008
RAIN WASHES OUT HAGERTOWN'S SCHETROMPF CLASSIC LUCAS OIL EVENT

For the second night in a row the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series was washed out with a late arriving downpour.

Hagerstown Speedway's 27th Annual Schetrompf Classic 50-lap event was the Saturday night victim after one group of hot laps were run for the 59 late models on hand.

After a brief assessment of the situation and checking weather radar showing no let up for some period of time, Hagerstown and Lucas officials mutually agreed to postpone the event until Saturday August 2nd.

The Lucas Oil series was scheduled to return on that date for the combined Shootout III Winchester/Hagerstown finale events at both tracks, therefore, the event will now be a combined Schetromph/ Shootout III event, still remaining at 50 laps with $10,000 to win.

The Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman were also on hand for their Rock/Hagerstown Maryland Clash event which will also be postponed until that same evening.

Arm bands and rain checks will remain good up to 18 months.

The speedway returns to action Saturday, May 3rd for ARCH Night (Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown) with a regular program to include the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic Late Model Sportsman and Ernie's Salvage Yard Pure Stocks plus the second 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.

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April 18 2008
STUHLER OPENS THE WINCHESTER/HAGERSTOWN SHOOTOUT I SERIES WITH #124

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

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