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SATURDAY,
JULY 31, 2011
Port Royal – Chad Layton of
Harrisburg claimed his first sprint car win of the season
anywhere Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway, holding off
Mark Smith and Lance Dewease for his fifth career victory at
the oval, worth $3,000.
In the 25-lap late model championship event, it was
Selinsgrove sensation Dylan Yoder picking up the $1,500 win
while Tim Krape recorded his second pro stock main of the
season. Mike Goodwin won the enduro dash event.
Both Layton and Todd Shaffer shared the front row for the
start of the 25-lap Aumiller’s Insurance sprint feature but
the race was red flagged on the initial start when TJ Stutts
went flipping in the first turn, collecting the cars of Greg
Hodnett, Doug Esh, Keith Kauffman, Kenny Jacobs and Brian
Ehrenzeller.
There were no injuries and the cars of Hodnett and Esh were
able to rejoin for the restart.
Layton beat Shaffer into the first turn and into the lead when
action resumed with Shaffer soon falling victim to early
season point leader Ryan Taylor.
Taylor started third in the race and bolted by Shaffer with
three laps down before a caution regrouped the field a lap
later.
Taylor threw his No. 20 inside Layton on the restart in both
sets of turns but Layton was able to beat him back to the
stripe before sneaking away with control.
Meanwhile, seventh starter Mark Smith began showing muscle and
motored into fourth behind Shaffer with six away.
With nine down Smith was up to third and he soon moved past
Taylor for the runner-up position while eighth starter Lance
Dewease followed into third shortly thereafter.
The second and third place cars of Smith and Dewease were
reeling in leader Layton in traffic with seven laps to go when
the races final caution flag unfurled, clearing the track in
front of the leaders.
Stopped on the frontstretch, bringing out the caution flag was
point leader Mike Wagner.
On open track, defending champion Layton was cool and calm out
front over the final stages after getting away from Smith on
the backstretch following the restart.
Smith was second with Dewease third. Hodnett blistered through
the field to finish fourth and 13th starter Daryn Pittman was
fifth.
Sixth through 10th went to Justin Henderson, Taylor, Esh,
Shaffer and Mike Erdley.
Heats for the 32-car field went to Layton, Dewease, Henderson
and Davey Sammons. Esh won the consolation race.
SATURDAY,
JULY 16, 2011
MCINTRYE AND MICHAEL PICK UP WINS AT LINCOLN SPEEDWAY USING OTT
POWER
Gerard McIntrye, Jr. tried out a
new driving technique in claiming the 25-lap "410" sprint car
feature at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night.
Starter Galen Koller called it "spin and win." It doesn’t work
all the time. But it did for McIntyre in the "Pepsi Night"
feature.
McIntyre was running second to Kevin Nouse when he looped it
completely around in turns one and two of lap 13. And although
he nearly collected third-place Brent Marks, both drivers
recovered and lost only one spot as Alan Krimes advanced from
fourth to second.
"I’m pretty sure I had the car to beat," said McIntyre upon
exiting his Rick Weaver Meadowbrook Auto Sales/Meadowbrook
Storage Rentals #85 in victory lane, "I don’t know...Kevin
kinda’ chopped me a little bit down there. That’s racing. I
spun out and thought ‘That’s it.’ But somehow I came out of it
still in third. I guess it kinda’ screwed up Brent there. The
car basically won the race, I was just sitting in the seat.
The car was perfect."
As Krimes battled with Nouse for the lead, McIntyre closed
again and caught Krimes for second on lap 21. McIntyre made
the race-winning pass with a low-side move on turn four as the
leaders were coming down to take the white flag. His final
margin of victory was 1.03 seconds over Nouse, who led laps
five through 23. Danny Dietrich, who started 12th after
winning the previous Lincoln race, came on strong at the end
to finish third, with Krimes settling for fourth and Marks
(driving his first race as the new driver of the Dietz
Builders #14) fifth.
Sixth through tenth were Jim Siegel, Tim Glatfelter, Cory
Haas, Adam Wilt, and Doug Esh.
Heats for the 28 "410" sprinters were won by Nouse, Marks, and
Frank Cozze, who started on the pole of the feature and led
the first four laps. Cozze crossed 14th in the feature. John
Barnett won the consolation.
"Thank God for Lincoln!"
They were the first words out of the mouth of seven-time URC
champ Curt Michael, who scored his first win of the year in
the 25-lap Rislone URC sprint car feature. Although he is
second in points to J.J. Grasso and scored his 45th career URC
win, bad luck while leading and several second-place finishes
had marked Michael’s 2011 season.
A four-car inversion by the fastest time trialers who
qualified in their heats put Michael on the outside of row one
for the start. He grabbed the lead from polesitter Rory Janney
on the opening lap and led the rest of the way in a non-stop
25-lap time of 7:08.557, establishing a track record for that
distance.
Janney faded to third and then recovered to pass Dave Ely for
second on lap seven and ran there the rest of the way. Ely
crossed third, followed by Kevin Nagy and Ed Aikin. Rounding
out the top ten were Glenndon Forsythe, Kramer Williamson,
Robbie Stillwaggon, JJ Grasso, and Josh Weller.
URC Heat races were won by Grasso, Michael, and Weller. Ed
Aikin set fast time in time trails over the 25-car field with
a one lap time of 14.837 seconds (90.989 MPH).
SATURDAY,
JULY 2, 2011
JOSH WELLER THRILLS LARGE CROWD PICKING UP THE RISLONE URC
SPRINT SERIES WIN
Josh Weller of Mertztown, PA led
all twenty-five laps of the Saturday night Rislone URC Sprint
Series event, but he certainly had his hands full as seven
time URC Champion Curt Michael was all over the leader in the
final laps. For Weller, it was his first URC win of the season
and fourth career victory. Weller is URC's ninth different
feature winner in ten races so far this year. A caution flag
on lap twenty-three and again on lap twenty-four made for an
exciting finish as Michael took several shots at the leader.
Dave Ely of West Lawn, PA was running third and staged
repeated battles with Michael for the runner-up spot. Weller
took the win and earned $2,000 for the win.
Heat race events were won by Josh Weller, Mark Bitner and Art
Liedl. A field of twenty-four URC sprint cars took the green
flag in the twenty-five lap feature.
Josh Weller started outside pole and quickly established
himself as the man to beat. Mark Bitner, returning after a
violent URC sprint car flip the night before at the
Georgetown, was running a strong second with JJ Grasso third.
Curt Michael began to reel in the leaders racing in fourth on
lap thirteen. One circuit later, Curt Michael and his Valley
Forge INC sprint car were third.
The first caution of the race came on lap sixteen with a
tangle between Dave Martin and Jimmy Stitzel.
On the restart, Curt Michael moved into second and chased down
Weller, in the mean time, Dave Ely was in third with Davey
Sammons charging in grand style on his way to the front. With
five laps remaining the top five included Weller, Michael,
Ely, Bitner and Grasso.
As the field completed lap twenty-four, the caution was
displayed for Rory Janney. This allowed Curt Michael and Dave
Ely a better look at the Weller sprint car as they set-up for
a two lap dash to victory lane. On lap twenty-four, the
caution was displayed again, this time for Jeff Fithian who
spun.
With just one lap remaining, the green flag fell and Weller
took the high line into turn one with Michael now trying to
hold off a determine Dave Ely. Michael took a last ditch run
at the lead but Weller was up to all the challenges to earn
the win. Curt Michael was second followed by Dave Ely, Mark
Bitner and Davey Sammons.
FEATURE FINISH: Josh Weller, Curt Michael, Dave Ely, Mark
Bitner, Davey Sammons, JJ Grasso, Robbie Stillwaggon, Becca
Anderson, Randy West, Andy Best, Jason Clauss, Kramer
Williamson, Tim Hogue, Jonathan Swanson, Art Liedl, Jimmy
Stitzel, Scott Pursell, Joe Zuczek, Troy Betts, Rorry Janney,
Chris Weiss, Dave Martin, Jeff Fithian, Bryn Gohn
MONDAY,
JUNE 27, 2011
Don Ott Racing Engines power Cory Haas and Logan Schuchart to victorious at
Lincoln Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway respectively.
SATURDAY,
JUNE 25, 2011
HAAS CLAIMS BIGGEST CAREER WIN IN GOBRECHT MEMORIAL PA
SPEEDWEEK OPENER
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA, 6/25/2011 - Dallastown's Cory Haas capped off
a wild night of racing by scoring his biggest career win in
the PA Speedweek opener at Lincoln Speedway Saturday.
And he did it in grand style, passing both Brian Leppo and
Fred Rahmer at the same time to go from third to first with a
low move in turns three and four following an 11th-lap
restart.
"Brian and Fred were goin' at it, and I kinda' just ran into
there as hard as I could and the thing stuck, and I drove by
both of them. I kinda' surprised myself actually," said Haas
upon exiting his Embee & Son/York PB Truss/Tailgaters #11c in
victory lane.
After that, Haas remained in control over the final 20 laps to
claim the $7,000 Gobrecht Memorial top prize.
Ten-time track champ Fred Rahmer set fast time and started on
the pole following the redraw. He led until Haas caught him.
One lap earlier, Lance Dewease and Alan Krimes got together in
turns three and four while battling for third. That advanced
Haas from fifth to third. Haas disposed of both leaders on the
restart.
"At the beginning of the race there, Mike (Barshinger) said
'get up top there.' I was running up top, but I wasn't real
comfortable, it was piled up pretty good up there, so I kinda'
moved around, and when Alan and Lance got together, I got into
the wall pretty good and thought I might of bent something, so
I didn't want to run the top," said Haas after scoring his
second win of the year and fourth of his Lincoln career, "I
moved down and the thing stuck pretty good. There was about a
one-foot strip down there on the bottom, and Mike had the car
so good that I could get right on that. I didn't think anybody
could get us once we got in front."
They didn't. As Haas took control, Rahmer and Leppo staged a
torrid battle for the runner-up spot for the next 12 laps,
with both cars making contact on the front stretch with six
laps to go. Both cars spun, with Rahmer tipping onto his side
against the guardrail on the inside of turn one, bringing out
the red flag. Both cars were able to return to the track for
the restart, but Leppo spun in turn two three laps later, and
went to the pits, ending his night.
The Rahmer-Leppo crash put eighth-starting Daryn Pittman and
14th starting Brian Montieth into second and third for the
restart, but neither driver was able to mount a serious
challenge, with Haas crossing .91 seconds ahead of Pittman.
Montieth settled for third, with Tyler Walker and Steve
Buckwalter completing the top five. Rounding out the top ten
were Doug Esh, 24th-starting Justin Henderson, 17th-starting
Jim Siegel, 15th-starting Mark Smith, and Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
(in the Pancho Lawler 93).
Sprint heats were won by Sam Schlosberg, Chad Layton, Esh, and
Brent Marks, with Hafertepe winning the B-Main. Hafertepe ran
the B-Main after being disqualified for failing to report to
the scales after his heat.
MONDAY,
JUNE 13, 2011
Don Ott Racing Engines power 3 drivers to wins this weekend.
Mark Dobmeier picked up the win at River Cities Speedway,
Logan Schuchart was victorious at Susquehanna Speedway Park
and Terry McCarl wins at Huset's Speedway.
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE 08, 2011
Pat Cannon picked up the mid week 358 sprint show at Williams
Grove Speedway using Don Ott Racing Engines power.
MONDAY,
MAY 23, 2011
Don Ott Racing Engines power Logan Schuchart and Andy Gregg to
victories over the weekend. Logan Schuchart picked up a 358
sprint win at Williams Grove Speedway, PA and Andy Gregg
picked up a King of the West 410 win at Santa Maria
Speedway, CA.
FRIDAY,
MAY 20, 2011
In 358 sprint action, upstart Logan Schuchart of Hanover
powered to his first ever Williams Grove victory after working
through the field from his ninth starting position.
Schuchart worked from ninth starting position up to fifth by
the second circuit before Chad Trout hit the third turn wall
and turned over, bringing out the red flag with three laps
completed in the 20-lap 358 sprint main.
On the restart, Schuchart zipped by Ted Thomas and Amy Ott up
to third, following leaders Rich Eichelberger and second
runner Michael Ruttkamp.
And by lap seven, Schuchart took the lead away from pacesetter
Ruttkamp with an outside move off of the fourth corner.
Once in front, the grandson of 36-time Williams Grove 410
sprint winner Bobby Allen was not to be denied his first Grove
victory as Schuchart drove unchallenged to the checkers
despite restarts on laps nine and 13.
Allen joined his grandson in victory lane.
Ruttkamp settled for second followed by Pat Cannon,
Eichelberger and Scott Geesey.
Sixth through 10th went to Ott, Nate Hammaker, Adrian Shaffer,
Eric Tomecek and Davie Franek.
Heats for the 25-car field went to Trout, Eichelberger and
Tomecek.
MONDAY,
MAY 16, 2011
Stewart Invades Selinsgrove And Takes Home Top Prize
Shane Stewart of Indianapolis, Ind., held off
Selinsgrove’s Blane Heimbach to win the 31st annual NRG
Controls North Jack Gunn Memorial for sprint cars. For the
sixth year, the Gunn Memorial was a 30-lap challenge race
between the traveling United Racing Company (URC) sprint car
contingent and Selinsgrove’s weekly 358 sprint car drivers.
Stewart, who had the weekend off from competing on the
national American Sprint Car Series tour in which he currently
leads the point standings, collected $3,780 for the victory,
including a $280 bonus as the leader of lap 28 sponsored by
Dave Franek Auto Sales of New Jersey. Stewart was the guest
driver of Scott McClaren’s No. 21 URC entry.
For McClaren, the victory marked his third consecutive in
Selinsgrove’s Gunn Memorial as a car owner, having also won
the race in 2009 and 2010 with Trevor Lewis of Upper Black
Eddy turning the wheel.
Pat Cannon of Etters set a new track record for 360 sprint
cars in a time of 17.238 seconds, eclipsing his own track
record that was set last year for the Gunn Memorial. The race
drew 42 358 and 360 sprint car teams.
Second-place starter Shane Stewart stormed into the lead at
the drop of the green flag in the sprint car feature. Stewart
was trailed by polesitter Becca Anderson for the first four
laps until fourth-place starter Pat Cannon advanced to second.
Teammates Dave Calaman and Josh Beard were both sidelined on
the 10th lap when Calaman initially brought out the caution
flag for a flat tire in turn four, then Beard rolled over in
his sprinter in turn three resulting in a red flag. Both
drivers escaped injury.
When the race resumed, Stewart continued to set a torrid pace,
with Cannon, third-place starter Blane Heimbach, fifth-place
starter JJ Grasso, and ninth-place starter Davie Franek racing
in the top five.
At the halfway point, Stewart held a half-straightaway lead
over Cannon. On the 19th lap, Heimbach drove by Cannon for
second and quickly began to reel in Stewart. The race was
stopped again on lap 23 for a crash in turn one involving
Jason Clauss and Duane Mausteller. No driver injuries were
reported.
The final seven laps were a war on wheels for the lead and win
between Stewart and Heimbach. Racing in Stewart’s shadow,
Heimbach tried both the inside and outside lanes to get around
Stewart to no avail. At the checkered flag, Stewart was
victorious by just .45 of a second over Heimbach, Cannon,
Grasso, and 11th-place starter TJ Stutts, who was the first
driver to cross the finish line in a 358 sprint car.
MONDAY,
MAY 09, 2011
Pat Cannon picked up his second win of the season at Williams
Grove Speedway using Don Ott
Racing Engines power.
MONDAY,
MAY 02, 2011
Steve Buckwalter and Cory Haas pick up Don Ott
Racing Engines powered wins this weekend. Steve Buckwalter
picked up both a 410 win and a ARDC Midget win at Williams
Grove Speedway and Cory Haas picked up a 410 win at Lincoln
Speedway.
SATURDAY,
APRIL 30, 2011
Alain Bergeron take the WIN at Can-Am...
Saint-Pie, QC ...Alain Bergeron and his team 8b will be, were
this weekend, at Can Am Motorsport at Lafargeville, NY to
compete in the first race of the season of the 2011 Empire
Super Sprints (ESS) series.
The Canadian driver delighted his supporters and fans by
winning the A-MAIN event.
The evening began very well with a win in his heat race and a
second place in the DASH race. During the A-MAIN, Bergeron
took advantage of the lap cars on the 11th lap to take the
lead and never lose it.
Bergeron was particularly proud for his team and for its
partners who have supported him and allowed him to be behind
the wheel of the famous 8B car.
SATURDAY,
APRIL 30, 2011
HAAS HOLDS OFF WILT FOR FIRST 2011 WIN IN LINCOLN “410" SPRINT
MAIN
You could see the big sigh of relief on the face of
Dallastown’s Cory Haas after winning the 25-lap "410" sprint
car feature at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night.
"We got off to a great start this year, but then all of sudden
we were racing for tenth," said Haas after exiting his Michael
Barshinger-owned Embee & Son/York PB Truss/Tailgaters #11c in
victory lane, "I want to thank Mike and the crew for all their
hard work. The car was perfect tonight."
Haas started fourth after outside front row starter Pat Cooper
spun in turn four on the original start. Adam Wilt moved up to
the outside of the front row for the restart, and Haas
followed polesitter and leader Bill Stine and Wilt for the
first six laps before Wilt slid under Stine for the race lead
on lap number seven.
Haas finally caught Stine for the runner-up spot on lap 14. At
the time, Wilt’s lead was 1.17 seconds. But Haas closed as the
leaders raced through lapped traffic, and Haas made the race
winning pass on lap 19.
"Adam drove a great race, but the driver in second always has
the advantage in lapped traffic," said Haas.
Haas held off the final challenges of Wilt after a 22nd-lap
caution for Dave Wilson, who came to a stop in turn four. His
final margin of victory was .56 seconds. It was his first win
of the year and the third 410 sprint win of his Lincoln
career.
Wilt settled for second, with Danny Dietrich coming from
eighth starting spot (on the second attempt to start the race)
to finish third. Stine and Alan Krimes completed the top five.
Sixth through tenth were Brent Marks, Brian Montieth, Brian
Leppo, Doug Dodson, and Justin Collett.
Heats for the 24 "410" Sprints were won by Wilt, Cooper, and
Haas.
MONDAY,
APRIL 11, 2011
Brian Montieth, Steve Buckwalter and Aaron Ott pick up Don Ott
Racing Engines powered wins this weekend. Steve Buckwalter
picked up a 410 win at Port Royal Speedway and a Midget win at
Susquehanna Speedway Park.
FRIDAY,
MARCH 18, 2011
Pat Cannon picked up the opening night win at Williams Grove
Speedway in the 358 sprint division using Don Ott Racing
Engines Power.
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