May 18, 2013

KERSHNER GETS FIRST EVER FOUR CYLINDER WIN AT HAGERSTOWN BEFORE RAIN WIPES OUT THE REST 

HAGERSTOWN, MD – Cody Kershner accomplished one thing Saturday night at Hagerstown Speedway. He scored his first ever win in the National Speed Supply/Dave Padula Motorsports Four Cylinders feature and Scott Palmer had led seven laps of the 31-Lap Bill Bowman Special Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman feature before Mother Nature snuck in unannounced and wiped out the remainder of the nights program which was Student Night/ Armed Forces Appreciation Night. The radar screen showed nothing within 50 miles of the track. 

To complete the scheduled events, the following make ups have been added as noted: 1.Hobby stocks are added to next Saturday’s May 25 program with Dave Shatto and Dylan Welsh on the front row; 2.Pure Stocks are added to the Saturday June 1st program with Kenny Dillon and Dave Stouffer Jr. on the front row; 3. The Bowman Special will restart on lap eight in the way scored and complete the remaining 24 laps Saturday, June 8th. 

Kershner started third and surged ahead of pole sitter Kevin Thomas to lead the opening lap while Ed Gageby and previous two race winner Ryan Laye were working from the final row.

Gageby arrived in third by lap four to take the runner up spot from Thomas the next circuit but could not overtake Kershner while Laye got to fourth by lap eight and trailed Thomas the remaining seven laps. Brian Neff finished fifth.  Gageby was the J &S Salvage LLC Hard Charger.

Scott Palmer surged from fourth starting position into the lead over Chad Myers with eighth starting Paul Cursey advancing past Myers on the fourth lap. Wayne Walls Jr. and Frankie Plessinger were running fourth and fifth when the rain arrived to halt the $1,000 to win event.

The latest news, results, photos, schedule or rule changes can be on the speedway’s website:  www.hagerstownspeedway.com. Follow the speedway on Twitter and Facebook. Also check the website for any changes in weather conditions that may delay or cancel the program or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.

Hagerstown Speedway Results:

Bill Bowman 31-Lap Special, Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic Late Model Sportsman – Will complete final 24 laps on June 8 with Scott Palmer leading.

Ernie D’s Pure Stocks – Postponed until June 1 

D & D Auto Recycling Hobby Stocks - Postponed until May 25

National Speed Supply/Dave Padula Motorsports Four Cylinders, 15 Laps, 12 Entries, Lap Leaders: Cody Kershner 1-15) 1.Cody Kershner, 2.Ed Gageby(J &S Salvage LLC Hard Charger), 3.Kevin Thomas, 4.Ryan Laye, 5.Brian Neff, 6.Austin Stover, 7.Kurt Knepper, 8.John Stoll, 9.Barry Hawbaker, 10.Gary Newell, 11.Shawn Patterson, DNS – Scott McCartney

May 4, 2013

FLAHERTY ENDS HAGERSTOWN DRY SPELL WITH LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN VICTORY

HAGERSTOWN, MD – With his dominating triumph at Hagerstown Speedway on Saturday night, Hagerstown’s Terry Flaherty ended a dry spell dating all the way back to April 25, 2009. Coming on Fire/Rescue Appreciation and ARCH Fan Night, it was his career third in the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman division and ended 3.163 seconds ahead of the divisions opening day winner, Paul Cursey. 

Also getting to the checkered flag first were Darrin Younker of Berkley Springs, WV, his season first in the Ernie D’s pure stocks, Gary Proctor, Big Pool, MD, his third in the D & D Recycling Hobby Stocks and Ryan Laye of Ft. Loudon, PA who is two for two in the National Speedway Supply/Dave Padula Motorsports four cylinders.

Chad Myers and Andy Fries occupied the front row for the late model sportsman as Myers quickly jumped out front over third starting Flaherty and Fries as Flaherty sped past Myers to take command on lap four and was nearly two seconds ahead when the caution came out on lap six just as Fries took second. 

Flaherty again asserted himself and pulled away while Scott Palmer grabbed second but could only see Flaherty getting further away and had opened up more than a 2.5 second lead by a 13th lap caution.

Flaherty again distanced himself from Palmer while Paul Cursey and Justin Weaver were furthering their travels from the tenth and 12th respective positions. Cursey took third from Fries with two to go and then disposed of Palmer on the white flag while Weaver got past Fries with two to go. Flaherty was touring his final lap to end 3.163 seconds ahead of Cursey who was the Liberty Auto and Tire Hard Charger.

“The first two nights we were out in it, we had a problem with it, so I didn’t know what was going on,” Flaherty said. “It feels a lot better now. This win is long overdue.”

Palmer, Weaver and Fries completed the top five while Myers, Courtney Shreiner, Frankie Plessinger, Michael Walls and Dominic Defino from 17th, rounded out the top ten.  

Dave Stouffer Jr. took the lead over Rick Stouffer when the pure stocks began as seventh starting Younker charged forward and was past both Stouffer’s before the caution came out on lap three.

Younker led three laps before R. Stouffer got past and Charlie Pensinger joined them at the front. Younker battled back with three to go as some contact was made exiting turn four as Pensinger followed into second place and trailed by .237 seconds at the finish. Stouffer was third with Kevin Boyer and Craig Kline to complete the top five. Younker was the Bill Ecton and Son Hard Charger.  

Justin Hansberger led the hobby stocks for the first seven laps until Proctor battled with Kenny Thomas on the way to the front to lead lap eight. Proctor stayed out front as Thomas got into second with three to go while fending off Michael Hyatt. Thomas closed to three lengths at the checkered. Hansberger and Joe Rodgers completed the top five. Jason Sarver, who finished seventh, was the Kline Auto Body and Towing Lucky Seven winner.

Kevin Thomas went from fourth to the lead on lap two for the four cylinders while Laye was into second by lap three. The two broke away from Jeremy Ott and had their own race swapping positions several times in the closing laps as Laye led the 11th but Thomas battled back. Thomas led the final lap but suddenly was off the pace in the final turns as Laye went on to get the win over Ott and John Stoll as Thomas limped to the line in fourth. Fifth finisher Kurt Knepper was the J&S Salvage Hard Charger. 

The latest news, results, photos, schedule or rule changes can be on the speedway’s website:  www.hagerstownspeedway.com. Follow the speedway on Twitter and Facebook. Also check the website for any changes in weather conditions that may delay or cancel the program or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.

Hagerstown Speedway Results:

Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 23 Entries, (Lap Leaders: Chad Myers 1-3, Terry Flaherty 4-20) 1.Terry Flaherty, 2.Paul Cursey (Liberty Auto and Tire Hard Charger), 3.Scott Palmer, 4.Justin Weaver, 5.Andy Fries, 6.Chad Myers, 7.Coutney Shreiner, 8.Frankie Plessinger, 9.Michael Walls, 10.Domionic Defino,

11.Kyle Lear, 12.Fred Harden, 13.Wayne Walls Jr., 14.Sean Dawson, 15.Richard Walls, 16.Ryan Walls, 17.J.T.McLanigan, 18.Elwood Sord, 19.Travis Wilson, 20.Dave Friedrich, 21.Tyler Horst, 22.John Baker, DSQ-James Lichliter

Heat Winners – Andy Fries, Frankie Plessinger, Paul Cursey

Ernie D’s Pure Stocks, 15 Laps, 15 Entries, (Lap Leaders Dave Stouffer Jr. 1-2, Darrin Younker 3-5, Rick Stouffer 6-12, Younker 13-15) 1.Darrin Younker (Bill Ecton and Son Hard Charger), 2.Charlie Pensinger, 3.Rick Stouffer, 4.Kevin Boyer, 5.Craig Kline, 6.Steve Lowery, 7.Brian Swiger, 8.Nick Dibella, 9.Jason Leibowitz, 10.Dave Stouffer Jr., 11.Tony Catlett DNS – Drew Fitzsimmons, Kenny Dillon, DSQ – Keith Koontz, Brandon Churchey

Heat Winners – Dave Stouffer Jr, Rick Stouffer

D & D Auto Recycling Hobby Stocks, 15 Laps, 13 Entries, (Lap Leaders: Justin Hansberger 1-7, Gary Proctor 8-15) 1.Gary Proctor, 2. Kenny Thomas, 3.Michael Hyatt, 4.Justin Hansberger, 5.Joe Rodgers, 6.Tom Caravello, 7.Jason Sarver (Kline Auto Body and Towing Lucky Seven), 8.Dylan Welsh, 9.Gary Cekovich, 10.Dave Shatto, 11.Joey Daywalt, 12.William Crook, 13.Chad Gracey

Heat Winners – Gary Proctor, Tom Caravello

National Speed Supply/Dave Padula Motorsports Four Cylinders, 15 Laps, 17 Entries, Lap Leaders: Ed Gageby 1, Kevin Thomas 2-10, 12-14, Ryan Laye 11, 15) 1.Ryan Laye, 2.Jeremy Ott, 3.John Stoll, 4.KevinThomas, 5.Kurt Knepper (J &S Salvage LLC Hard Charger), 6.Ed Gageby, 7.Rodger Whitlock, 8.Austin Stover, 9.Brian Neff, 10.Brian Gordon, 11.Dan Smith, 12.Lyle Barnes, 13.Jeff Kohler, 14.Cody Kershner, 15.Gary Newell DNS – Mike Potts, Bill Kessler   

Heat Winners – Ed Gageby, Ryan Laye

April 27, 2013

ANDERSON TWO FOR TWO AFTER CAPTURING STEEL BLOCK BANDIT OPENER AT HAGERSTOWN

Hagerstown, Md.  – Making only his second career start in the Steel Block Bandits Late Model Series, Andy Anderson was in Hagerstown Speedway’s victory lane Saturday evening after capturing the series fifth season opener and fourth overall event held at the speedway.

Tony Catlett of Hedgesville, WV and Gary Proctor of Big Pool, MD each drove to victory lane for the second time of the season in the respective Ernie D’s pure stocks and D&D Auto Recycling hobby stocks

Anderson, of Bunker Hill, WV, also was two for two, having won the Small Car National qualifier just two weeks previously in the Doug and Dougie Timmons racer.

Anderson started sixth and swept around the outside of both Justin Weaver and Rick Hulson on the 19th lap and scored the leader on the 20th. He later beat Weaver by .804 seconds in the 30-lap feature.   

“I wasn’t sure I was going to get them,” Anderson said. “Hats off to Justin, he could have used me up there on the front stretch and he didn’t. That’s what won the race, that lap right there. I think I went a little harder on left rear tires than they did but it paid off.”

The Steel Block Bandit event got off to a skirmish in the second turn when Hulson and several others got turned around in the second turn, but got their starting spots back for the restart. Hulson pulled to the front over Mike Walls and fifth starter Weaver who quickly advanced into third and then into second on the fourth circuit while Gene Knaub came from seventh to grab third on the sixth.

Following a seventh lap caution for Joey Leavell and one on the ninth when Kris Eaton rolled to a stop, the remaining laps were under green.

Hulson continued to lead with Weaver in tow but Anderson passed Knaub on the last restart. Weaver closed on Hulson and was giving it his all for a few laps as Hulson resisted but then Anderson was on the scene and tried his luck around the outside. His effort paid off when he came away with the lead. Weaver got around Hulson the next lap and chased Anderson into rear traffic two laps later.

With five to go, Anderson continued the charge to the checkered and won by .804 seconds as Weaver finished in the runner up position for the third consecutive time in SBB competition at Hagerstown. Hulson was followed by Knaub and tenth starter Tyler Armstrong.

Anderson said, “I wasn’t sure in the beginning, Hulson went down there and parked and I got in the back of him there and the 86 had to check up. We fell back there and then we got rolling. I have to thank Dougie and Doug for letting me drive this thing. It’s almost a dream come true.”

Kyle Lear was sixth after starting 11th with 18th starter Rick Singleton next followed by Chad Myers from 20th. Brad Ritter (13th) and Bruce Kane (15th) completed the top ten. Scott Palmer, Walter Arthur, Mike Walls and Hulson were the heat winners with Paul Cursey and Singleton winning the consolations. 

Keith Koontz pulled to the pure stock lead from the outside pole to have brother Kevin take second and challenge him as the front pack ran two and three wide. Catlett came from seventh to squeeze past the brothers and take the lead on lap eight. Kevin K. held to second with Kevin Boyer taking the spot with five to go while Darrin Younker got past Koontz for third with two to go. Koontz ended fourth over Mike Warrenfeltz. Catlett and Boyer were the heat winners.

After a spin by the polesitter Devin Welsh on the opening lap of the hobby stock feature, the race remained under green until the finish. Gary Proctor charged from third into the lead over Kenny Thomas. Thomas led the 13th and 14th laps until Proctor got under to retake the lead on the backstretch of the final lap and win by less than a car length over Thomas and Mark Vegh. Joe Rodgers and William Crook were next. Thomas and Proctor were the heat winners.

The latest news, results, photos, schedule or rule changes can be on the speedway’s website:  www.hagerstownspeedway.com. Follow the speedway on Twitter and Facebook. Also check the website for any changes in weather conditions that may delay or cancel the program or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.

Hagerstown Speedway Results:

Steel Block Bandits Late Model Sportsman, 30 Laps,

34 Entries, (Lap Leaders Rick Hulson 1-19, Andy Anderson 20-30)  1.Andy Anderson, 2.Justin Weaver, 3.Rick Hulson, 4.Gene Knaub, 5.Tyler Armstrong, 6.Kyle Lear, 7.Rick Singleton, 8.Chad Myers, 9.Brad Ritter, 10.Bruce Kane, 11.Michael Walls, 12.Joe Leavell, 13.Andy Fries, 14.Walter Arthur, 15.Paul Cursey, 16.Scott Palmer, 17.Brent Smith, 18.Wes Bonebrake, 19.Will Rowe, 20.Chaz Walls, 21.Billy Beacher, 22.Frankie Plessinger, 23.Kris Eaton, 24.Doninic Defino, DNQ – Courtney Shreiner, Fred Harden, Duane Harbaugh Wayne Walls Jr., Kyle Lee, Devin Frey, James Lichliter, Ryan Walls, Chad Julius, Gerald Davis 

Ernie D’s Pure Stocks, 15 Laps, 17 Entries, (Lap Leaders Keith Koontz 1-7, Tony Catlett 8-18) 1.Tony Catlett, 2.Kevin Boyer, 3.Darrin Younker, 4.Kevin Koontz, 5.Drew Fitzsimmons, 6.Mike Warrenfeltz, 7.Charlie Pensinger (Ecton and Son Hard Charger), 8.Brandon Churchey, 9.Brian Swiger, 10.Frank Dibella, 11.Nick Dibella, 12.Dave Hessong, 13.Jason Leibowitz, 14.Keith Koontz, 15.Rick Stouffer, 16.Dave Stouffer Jr., 17.Kenny Dillon

D & D Auto Recycling Hobby Stocks, 15 Laps, 15 Entries, (Lap Leaders Gary Proctor 1-12, 15, Kenny Thomas 13, 14, 1.Gary Proctor, 2. Kenny Thomas, 3.Mark Vegh, 4.Joe Rodgers, 5.William Crook, 6.Gary Cekovich, 7.Dave Shatto (Kline Auto Body and Towing Lucky Seven), 8.Jason Sarver, 9.Rick Turner, 10.Ralph Hansberger, 11.Rodney Miner, 12.Gary Breeden, 13.Dylan Welsh, DNS – Kyle Durboraw, Tom Caravello

April 20, 2013

JIMMY OWENS FINALLY CLAIMS HAGERSTOWN TRIUMPH IN SCHETROMPH CLASSIC , SINGLETON IS THE RUSH WINNER  

Hagerstown, Md. – No more can Jimmy Owens say that Hagerstown Speedway has eluded him.

The defending Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion from Newport TN made a sweeping pass around turn two on a fourth lap restart to overtake both Steve Francis and Jamie Lathroum and then dominated the next 45 circuits to  become the eighth different winner in eight Lucas Oil events at Hagerstown with the $10,000 32nd Annual Schetromph Classic.  Earl Pearson Jr. came from seventh to finish 1.914 seconds behind. 

“This is kind of a relief,” Owens said. “This track has been eluding me a little bit. We’ve ran good and ran good and never brought home the win. It’s good to get this win here tonight.”

Twenty six year veteran Rick Singleton of Huntingdon, PA was victorious to the tune of $2,500 in the first ever RUSH Dirt Late Model Series event held at the speedway that went all the way under green.

“I love this crate racing,” Singleton said. “This is great racing for the poor guys. This place is awesome. I won a B main for the Hub City about 15 years ago. That’s the only race I ever won here.”

Jamie Lathroum and Steve Francis occupied the front row for the Schetromph Classic as Francis pulled to the front and led the first four laps as third starter Owens went to the outside on a fourth lap restart to get  past Lathroum and kept going to sweep off the second turn ahead of Francis. He pulled ahead more than four seconds in the next five laps.  

Owens had a six second lead and was into lapped traffic by the 15th lap as Pearson Jr. advanced to third and was making his presence known to Francis.

Pearson moved into second on the 21st lap as Owens was still out of sight and nearly six seconds ahead when a lap 26 yellow regrouped the field.

Nothing happened with Pearson following the restart but fourth starter Vic Coffey who had slipped to sixth, charged past Francis into third.

Owens continued to dominate and was more than two seconds ahead while close to five seconds behind Pearson, Coffey, Francis, Gregg Satterlee, Lathroum, Dan Stone and Steve Shaver were in a battle for the next positions.

Owens began through the rear of the field again on the 42nd lap but had no problem working traffic while Pearson was trying to close but Owens found his way to the checkered flag 1.914 seconds and a lapped car ahead of Pearson.

“This is a new car,” Owens said. ”This is about the fourth or fifth h race on it. I was a little worried about it at first, but we were able to get the kinks worked out of it and it seems to be rolling pretty good right now. I hope we can keep it going.”

“Jimmy was dominant here tonight,” Pearson said. “We really didn't have anything for him. To come here and get second and show that we have a good car feels good and that will help us in the points.”

Coffey held to third over the final five circuits with Francis and 18th starter, Satterlee completing the top five. Stone ended sixth with Shaver, Billy Moyer Jr, John Blankenship and Eddie Carrier Jr. rounding out the top ten. 

Marvin Winter timed in at 19.402 seconds in Group A while Francis had a time of 19.551 in Group B. Lathroum, Owens, Francis and Coffey were the heat winners with D.J.Myers and Satterlee winning the B mains.

Owens win put him atop the point standings by 15 over Don O’Neal heading to West Virginia.

Chad McClellan and Andrew Satterlee were on the front row for the RUSH event following the dash as McClellan went to the front while third starting Singleton overtook Satterlee on the sixth lap and began to close on McClellan to make the pass and come out ahead on the 13th lap.

Singleton got into lapped traffic on the 17th lap but had no problems while Glenn Elliott was into third the next circuit and took until the 24th until he was in position to challenge for second.

Elliott took second two laps later but Singleton had stretched his lead and was 2.28 seconds ahead at the finish. 

“I didn’t know if anyone was behind me or not, “Singleton said. “I was starting to get a little nervous. As long as the lapped traffic holds their line, it’s okay to race with them. It’s just so much fun to show up at a place like Hagerstown Speedway for once in my life and I’ve got the same equipment that everyone else does.”

“I kept looking on the scoreboard,” Elliott said “We gotta be getting close. It seemed like we passed 100 cars. There towards the end, I think the tire, track and car all came together. “

Mike Pegher Jr. came from 12th for third over McClellan and tenth starting Joe Martin.

D.J. Troutman, Elliott, Chad Ruhlman and McClellan were the heat winners while Transton Stoner and Josh Holtgraver won the consolation events.

The Lucas Oil series will return Saturday July 27 for the running of the $10,000 to win 32nd Annual Conococheague 50-lap program while the RUSH Series returns Friday June 21 on Law Enforcement Appreciation Night

The latest news, results, photos, schedule or rule changes can be on the speedway’s website:  www.hagerstownspeedway.com. Follow the speedway on Twitter and Facebook. Also check the website for any changes in weather conditions that may delay or cancel the program or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.

Hagerstown Speedway Results:

32nd Annual Stanley Schetromph Classic, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, 50 Laps, 34 Entries, Lap Leaders Steve Francis 1-4, Jimmy Owens, 5-50) 1.Jimmy Owens, 2.Earl Pearson Jr., 3.Vic Coffey, 4.Steve Francis, 5.Gregg Satterlee, 6.Dan Stone, 7.Steve Shaver, 8.Billy Moyer Jr., 9.John Blankenship, 10.Eddie Carrier Jr., 11.Jamie Lathroum, 12.Marvin Winters, 13.Scott Bloomquist, 14.Nick Dickson, 15.D.J. Myers, 16.Dennis Erb Jr., 17.J.T. Spence, 18.Bobby Pierce, 19.Kenny Pettyjohn, 20.Jared Landers, 21.Don O’Neal, 22.Austin Hubbard, 23.Brian Birkhofer, 24. Gary Stuhler, 25.Jerry Lierly, 26. Brian Tavenner, DNQ – Tyler Hershey, Jerry Bard, Devin Friese, Steve Axtell, Jason McBride, Kenny Moreland, Pancho Lawler, Frankie Plessinger   

RUSH Dirt Late Model Series, “Battle Down the National Pike”, 30 Laps, 36 Entries, Lap Leaders Chad McClellan, 1-12, Rick Singleton 13-30) 1.Rick Singleton, 2.Glenn Elliott, 3.Mike Pegher Jr., 4.Chad McClellan, 5.Joe Martin, 6.D.J. Troutman, 7.Andrew Satterlee, 8.Ryan Montgomery, 9.Darren Peters, 10.Chad Ruhlman, 11.Robbie Black, 12.Bryce Davis, 13.Josh Double, 14.John Over, 15.Josh Holtgraver, 16.Michael Price, 17.John Imler, 18.Justin Tatlow, 19.Butch Lambert, 20.Matt Glanden, 21.Joe Warren, 22.Transtan Stoner. 23.Cody Dawson, 24.Darin Henderson, DNQ – Mike Wharton, Scott Tessman, Kelly Putz, Ben Poliez, Jennae Piper, Eric Wilson, Shane Weaver, Jorden Peters,  

RUSH Non Qualifiers Feature – 1.Randy Wible, 2.Jamie Brown, 3.Trasis Wilson, 4.D. J. Macri

April 13, 2013

FOUR DRIVERS LOCK IN SMALL CAR GUARANTEED STARTING POSITIONS 

Hagerstown, Md. – In case of troubles, four drivers already locked in a guaranteed starting position for Hagerstown Speedway’s Small Car Nationals in September and included Andy Anderson, Steve Kent, Dustin Proctor and Ryan Laye.

Anderson of Winchester, Va. was successful in holding down the top spot in the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman feature, his first to victory lane since a late model triumph in June 2009.

“Of all the years I’ve been coming over to this track, 30 some years and last year was the first I never came over to this track at all,” Anderson said. “JT (Spence) was driving this thing and he was winning races with it. He got a late model ride and they called me. I’m just glad I got to drive it and come over and race again.”

Frederick, Md’s Kent led all the way in the Ernie D’s Pure stock feature for his first ever victory at the speedway. Proctor, of Martinsburg, WV secured the hobby stock win and Ryan Laye of Ft. Loudon, Pa led from start to finish for the National Speed Supply/Padula Motorsports four cylinder victory.   

In the late model sportsman feature, the field was inverted nine spots and Andy Fries jumped out to the early lead but Anderson was charging around the outside of Rick Hulson  and Dominic Defino into second on the opening lap and continued past Fries to lead the second circuit with Charlie Schaffer next.

Following a third lap restart, Frankie Plessinger advanced from fifth to third while tenth starting Justin Weaver was up to fifth.

Weaver got past Plessinger and Schaffer after a seventh lap restart and continued to chase Fries while Anderson was cruising out front, but an opportunity presented itself on the 13th lap when the yellow waved.

Weaver quickly took advantage and sped around Fries and tried his luck on Anderson to no avail as he began pulling away and stretched his lead to 1.9789 seconds over Weaver at the checkered.

“Actually I never saw anyone,” Anderson said. “I looked at the score board and knew who was second. Nathan (Durboraw) was giving me signals but I run the first lap as hard as I do the last lap.”

Following Weaver was Fries, seventh starting Mike Walls who passed Plessinger on the final lap for fourth with Plessinger ending fifth. Schaffer was next in sixth with Defino, Hulson, Robbie Black and Liberty Auto and Tire Hard charger Kyle Lear who came from 22nd 

Heats for the 29 entries were won by Courtney Shreiner, Paul Cursey and Scott Palmer while Wayne Walls Jr. was the consolation winner.

Kent started from the pole in the pure stock six car inversion and quickly took charge wile Jerry Fifield took up the chase from the first five laps before a mechanical issue sent him to the pits on the fifth lap.

Kent then had Kevin Boyer on his bumper while Brian Duffy was on the way from 22nd and up to third by the eighth lap and then snatching the runner up spot from Boyer on the 12th. Kent had an over 1.5 second lead and kept it wound up as Duffy chopped it down to .865 seconds at the checkered. Boyer was next with Jamie Swank and Kevin Koontz completing the top five.

Kevin and Keith Koontz were heat winners for the 24 entries as was Fifield.

Krazy Kenny Thomas sat on the pole of the hobby stock event and a six car invert to take the lead over D. Proctor and Gary Proctor. Following a sixth lap restart, D. Proctor took his challenge to the outside of Thomas while G. Proctor tried his luck but settled into third. Proctor continued to lead the rest of the way and led Thomas to the line by two lengths while G. Proctor was another two lengths back. Danny Holmes and Kenny Thomas were next. Thomas, G. Proctor and Gary Calimer were the heat winners.

Laye, the winner of last years four cylinder Nationals Qualifier was up to the challenge again and sat on the outside pole in the heads up start. Following a challenge with Kevin Thomas for the first three laps before Thomas pulled to the pits, Scott McCartney moved in to second but Laye continued to lead the remaining laps under green and grabbed the checkered by 2.34 seconds over McCartney and Justin Stover. John Stoll and Gary Newell were next. Newell was the J&S Salvage hard charger and came from tenth. 

The latest news, results, photos, schedule or rule changes can be found on the speedway’s website:  www.hagerstownspeedway.com. Follow the speedway on Twitter and Facebook. Also check the website for any changes in weather conditions that may delay or cancel the program or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.

HAGERSTOWN SPEEDWAY RESULTS

SMALL CAR NATIONAL QUALIFIERS (Home Track Rules)

Hoosier Tire-Mid Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 29   Entries (Lap Leaders Andy Fries 1, Andy Anderson 2-20) 1.Andy Anderson, 2.Justin Weaver, 3.Andy Fries, 4.Mike Walls, 5.Frankie Plessinger, 6.Charlie Schaffer, 7.Dominic Defino, 8.Rick Hulson, 9.Robbie Black, 10.Kyle Lear (Liberty Auto and Tire Hard Charger), 11.Wayne Walls Jr., 12.Ryan Walls, 13.Courtney Shreiner, 14.Will Rowe, 15.Chris Eaton, 16.George Dickson Jr., 17.Paul Cursey, 18.Kyle Lee, 19.Khi Swagger, 20.Fred Harden, 21.Scott Palmer, 22.Troy Swindell, 23.Terry Flaherty, 24.Sean Dawson DNQ – Dave Friedrich, Elwood Sord, Bruce Kane, Chad Myers DNS – Billy Farmer

Ernie D’s Pure Stocks, 15 Laps, 24 Entries, (Lap Leaders – Steve Kent 1-15) 1.Steve Kent, 2.Brian Duffy (Ecton and Son Hard Charger), 3.Kevin Boyer, 4.Jamie Swank, 5.Kevin Koontz, 6.Drew Fitzsimmons, 7.Kenny Dillon, 8.Tony Catlett, 9.Charlie Pensinger, 10.Keith Koontz, 11.Ken Drawbaugh, 12.Frank Dibella, 13.DarrinYounker, 14.Barry Williams, 15.Nick Dibella, 16.Kenny Day, 17.Brian Swiger, 18.Bruce Leibowitz, 19.Jerry Fifield, 20.Danny Beavers, 21.Dave Stouffer, 22.Brian Kerns, DNS-James Mongan, Michael Warrenfeltz

D&D Auto Recycling Hobby Stocks - 15 laps, 20 Entries, (Lap Leaders – Krazy Kenny Thomas 1-6. Dustin Proctor 7-15) 1.Dustin Proctor, 2.Krazy Kenny Thomas, 3.Gary Proctor, 4..Danny Holmes, (Kline Auto Body & Towing Lucky Seven), 5.Kenny Thomas, 6.Craig Imes, 7.Michael Hyatt, 8.Gary Calimer, 9.Jamie Mills, 10.William Crook, 11.Joe Rodgers, 12.Gary Cekovich, 13.Gary Moreland, 14.Rick Turner, 15.Gary Moreland, 16.Ralph Hansberger, 17.Tom Caravello, 18.Dylan Welsh DNS – Dan Furman, Dave Shatto

National Speed Supply/Padula Motorsports Four Cylinders--15 Laps, 13 Entries, (Lap Leaders Ryan Laye 1-15) 1.Ryan Laye, 2.Scott McCartney, 3.Austin Stover, 4.John Stoll, 5.Gary Newell (J&S Salvage Inc, Hard Charger), 6.Bryan Neff, 7.Rich Newcomer, 8.Ryan Gordon, 9.Matt Williamson, 10.Kevin Thomas, 11.Jeff Rippeon, 12.Kurt Knepper, DNS – Cody Kershner

April 6, 2013

March 30, 2013