December 9, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



HAGERSTOWN SPEEDWAY’S 60th ANNIVERSARY, A WINNER ALL THE WAY



HAGERSTOWN, MD – Ten years past its golden anniversary, Hagerstown Speedway celebrated #60, another milestone for Frank Plessinger’s half mile oval. It was again another exciting season with a variety of regular and special programs that concluded on October 28th.

The season began with the Race-A-Rama car show at the Valley Mall, but Mother Nature intervened the following day for the scheduled opener and resulted in a cancellation. Overall, weather was a factor for five of the first eight programs and then it was full speed ahead for the rest of the season with only qualifications for the Hub City event postponed from Friday night until Saturday.

The new Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late model champion, J. T. Spence II, 24, from Winchester, VA, actually in his first full season competing at the track, wasn’t even running for the title. During his abbreviated 2006 season, Spence won twice, back to back, but those were the only top five runs he’d made so he and his crew chief got together.

“Jimmy (McFarland) and me went to work,” Spence said. “We put our heads together because we were tired of getting beat. We race to win, but we race to have fun but not be too serious about it…at least try not to anyway.”

He was consistent each week and moved to third in the standings when Gary Stuhler had mechanical issues in the Bonebrake Tribute. With Bo Feathers and Kirk Ryan in the top spots, Spence still remained relentless until winning his only feature on July 7th that moved him into the runner up position.

Going into the final 44-lap McBee/Hays point event, Spence trailed Feathers by 100 points. While Feathers changed engines for the race, he had suspension problems on the fifth lap with Spence taking over unknowingly he’d won the title until after the race while finishing second in the event.

“The week before, I told guys at the race shop, ‘It’s all over, there’s no way with a 100 point lead’”, Spence said. “Then the next week, they were saying, “We thought you said there was no way of winning it.’”

Spence, a second generation driver, is happier for his dad, James Thomas Spence I than himself.

“This is his deal,” Spence said. “I don’t ask him for any of this stuff. We do it together, we work together, we play together, he’s probably my best friend. To make him happy, it makes me happy.”

In the nine Cindy Rowe point events, Spence ended with one win, four top fives and nine top tens. Competing in all 22 events held, he had the single win, ten top fives and 18 top tens.

Overall, there were 172 different late model drivers in competition with an average of 38.4 for all 22 events, 35.5 for the nine point events and 48.6 in the nine special events.

There were 11 different winners in the 22 events with Gary Stuhler leading the way with five including the season opener and a 50-lap Hub City qualifier. The tracks leading late model winner ended with 123 career triumphs.

Bo Feathers had four scores including the Bonebrake Tribute and Shootout II. There were four regular drivers who gained two wins; Jeremy Miller, Brent Smith, Andy Anderson and Alan Sagi. Miller won a March event and then defended his Hub City victory for his third win of that prestigious event. Smith, who won his career first last season, had a vibrant season to pick up his second career, the prestigious 50-lap Roberts Memorial plus another event. Anderson won Shootout I and also the McBee/Hays Championship event while Sagi waited since September 2004 to win his career second. Career #3 for him ended as the season ending $10,000 Octoberfest triumph. Spence won a single show while Brian Booze also made the Ernie’s Special his career second victory.

There were three different sanctioning bodies with three different winners in four events. Scott James won the Lucas Oil Schetromph Classic with Shannon Babb and Josh Richards splitting the two World of Outlaw dates, Babb taking the Conococheague event while Richards won the prestigious 60th Anniversary. Richards came back two weeks later aboard Ernie Davis’ car to win the IRS (Independent Race Series) event, the Bowers/Durham Championship.

Defending Hoosier-Mid Atlantic Tire late model sportsman champion, Andy Fries of Mercersburg, PA stuck around and again went to the top of the standings in the team operation with his brother, Toby.

Fries went atop the standings the second week, but Arlin Brougher then took over. Brougher continued to lead as Fries patiently turned in consistent finishes each week. Brougher ended in a crash on July 21st as Fries took over while Kyle Lear also was nipping away at the standings and moved into second on August 11th.

Fries, who scored last seasons title on consistency, was almost headed that way again. He was always in the front runners, but just couldn’t seal the deal until September 1st, one week before the final point event.

Fries’ daughter, Shiann, Little Miss Hagerstown, was also patiently waiting to stand in victory lane.

“I’d been trying to get there to meet my daughter,’ he said. “I told her one of these days, I’m going to be up there. We ran all last year without getting to victory lane. I was just tickled I got there and glad to be there with her.”

Fries’ win also was a close one, over Tyler Armstrong, who he beat in last year’s final title event. He won by .019 seconds.

“I knew I had him by a little bit,” Fries said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a foot or a mile, just as long as you win.”

The following week in the final event, Fries ended with not one but two flat tires and dropped out early. Shiann was devastated and cried as she thought he had lost the championship to Lear. Fries didn’t tell her he had things figured out.

“I knew I had to take the green flag to win the championship,’ he said. “When the green flag dropped and I went by, that was a big relief.”

Fries ended one win, nine top fives and 11 top tens in the 13 point events and had the win, 11 top fives and 13 top tens in the 15 overall events.

There were an overall average of 27.9 cars for the 13 point events and 28.3 for the 15 overall events with 81 different drivers competing. There were 12 different winners with Brougher, Richard Walls and Steve Axtell Jr. winning two apiece. Five different drivers drove to their career firsts including Brougher, who also won the Hoosier Daddy 25 event. Axtell also won his first and later topped the field in the $1,000 Shamrock Inn Nationals event. Brothers Cody Lear and later Kyle Lear were first timers while Ashley Barrett scored number one. Other single winners were Barry Miller, Jerry Bard, Al Shawver Sr., Pete Weaver, Fries and Tyler Armstrong.

Mark Jones of Greencastle, PA drove to his first ever title in the Ernie’s Salvage Yard pure stock division. Picking up four wins, three of them double point events including the Cornett Tribute, assisted in gaining the title. Earlier, he trailed three time champion, Mike Warrenfeltz and 2002 champion Hans Stamberg until taking over the first weekend in June, but defending champion, Dean Holmes took away the top spot the end of the month. The Cornett win propelled Jones to the top again where he continued while Warrenfeltz continued his weekly challenge. The separation was only 12 points going into the final event as Jones ended with a flat tire early on. He restarted on the tail and returned to the third spot, just where he needed to be to get the title by two points.

Jones said, “I came down the front straightaway and realized I had a flat tire. I said, ‘this can’t be happening.’ The last points race and I knew Mike and me were both going to be up front. I thought, ‘we don’t have a shot at this.’ When sitting in the pits and getting another tire, I decided I had two choices. ‘I either just throw in the towel and basically give it to him, or I’m going to try and drive this thing like I want to destroy it every lap.’ Having to come from the back to where we did just showed how much we did want it.”

Jones ended with three wins, 11 top fives and 12 top tens in 14 point events while he ended with another win, 13 top fives and 14 top tens in the overall 16 events.

Seventy four different drivers competed in the pure stocks with 31.34 cars in the 14 point events and 31.44 ink the overall 16 events. There were five winners with Warrenfeltz leading the way with six triumphs. Jones was second with four victories while Darrin Younker also had four wins, including the Shamrock Nationals event. Drew Fitzsimmons and Dale Hollidge each won their career first at the track.

The enduro cars competed each month in their 30-lap non stop events with both Krazy Kenny Thomas and Mark Vegh winning twice while Derek Riley and Bobby Moore each won once. Robin Koogler won for the first time ever when he took honors in the 75-lap finale.

The open wheeled sprint cars were part of the program on four different occasions. The wingless USAC sprints provided the action in June with Tony Stewart’s driver, Levi Jones taking the victory. Lance Dewease was victorious in the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Speedweek event, which also gave him a guaranteed starting spot in the Octoberfest. The URC sprints made their first appearance since the 50th anniversary event, which also coincided with the club’s 50th season as veteran, Kramer Williamson won the event. Fred Rahmer topped off the season with his $10,000 victory in the Octoberfest.

Brett Hearn won the Octoberfest qualifier season opener for the big block modifieds while Rich Laubach arrived two weeks later in a postponed show to clinch the small block Octoberfest starting spot. Tim Fuller was the DIRT sanctioned big block modified winner. Octoberfest wins went to first timers, Wade Hendrickson in the big blocks and Kevin Hirthler in the small blocks.

Opening day is scheduled for Saturday, February 23rd, at 1:00 p.m. with the double header late model and Syracuse Qualifier for big block modifieds program with Sunday the 24th scheduled for a weather make-up date if needed.

This event will be preceded with the Race-A- Rama show at the Valley Mall Wednesday through Friday, February 20th – 22nd.

For a complete rundown of the 2007 season and additional driver information, check out the speedway website at www.hagerstownspeedway.com.
 
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December, 9, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Year End Statistics    Weekly Finish

SPENCE WANTED THE WIN BUT ENDED WITH THE CINDY ROWE LATE MODEL TITLE AT HAGERSTOWN


HAGERSTOWN, MD. – Hagerstown Speedway’s 60th Anniversary season officially ended Saturday evening with the Annual Awards Banquet held at the Clarion Hotel & Convention Center in Hagerstown. The top drivers were rewarded for their efforts as more than 500 drivers, crewmembers, friends, fans and officials were in attendance.

The top fifteen drivers in each of the weekly divisions; Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late models, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic late model sportsman and Ernie’s Auto Enterprises pure stocks received point fund checks while the top ten also received both point fund checks and trophies. 60th Anniversary Die Cast cars also were awarded to the top five drivers in each division.

Track announcer John Krall was the emcee for the evening’s festivities with Sports Plus Video again presenting their magnificent season video highlights prior to the awards presentations.

J. T. Spence, of Winchester, VA, who earned his first Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late model championship, took the title in the final point event and was unaware that he had won until after the race. His weekly efforts kept him in the hunt throughout the season and put him in the right place at the right time when the battle for the title materialized. Spence was fifth in the standings after the second week, moved to third where he stayed until July 7th when he won his only feature of the season and advanced to second, 83 points behind Bo Feathers. Feathers had led the standings all but two earlier weeks but he developed suspension problems on lap five in the 44-lap McBee/Hayes event, dropped out to finish a disappointing 24th while Spence was continuing a torrid pace attempting to win the event. Entering the event 100 points in arrears, anything could have happened, but with good equipment that kept him in the hunt all season, that same equipment and his efforts put him in the runner up spot for the race and 34 points to the good for the title.

“I thought my chances were pretty slim that night,” Spence said. “The only thing I wanted to do was win that race and I ended up running second to Andy (Anderson). Bo is pretty tough and deserved this as much as we did. He won a lot of races this year and had a heck of a year. All he had to do was finish and he had it won. I never watched the scoreboard. I was just concentrating on Andy. I didn’t know Bo fell out until I was on the front straightaway congratulating Andy and somebody come and told me I won the championship.”

In the nine Cindy Rowe point events, Spence ended with one win, four top fives and nine top tens. Competing in all 22 events held, he had the single win, ten top fives and 18 top tens.

Andy Fries of Mercersburg, PA returned for a repeat performance in the Hoosier Tire-Mid Atlantic Tire late model sportsman division. Fries’ season somewhat resembled that of Spence as he took the top spot on the second week, but then trailed Arlin Brougher for two months until Brougher had the misfortune of a sidelining accident on July 21st when Fries took over. Fries then had Kyle Lear nipping away at his lead, having been down as far as 11th in the standings. When Lear won his career first feature on August 11th, he closed to 22 points of Fries. Problems for Lear the following week allowed Fries to escape some in addition to scoring his first win of his two championship seasons. The race went to the finale as Fries’ had not one, but two flat tires still allowed him to score back to back championships by 16 points.

“We got in a tight hole and got the door shoved in and the tire got into it and cut it,” Fries said. “We never got the fender pulled out enough and went back out and cut the tire down again. I was a little disappointed. I knew I had to take the green flag to win the championship. When the green flag dropped and I went by, that was a big relief.”

Fries ended one win, nine top fives and 11 top tens in the 13 point events and had the win, 11 top fives and 13 top tens in the 15 overall events.

Mark Jones of Greencastle, PA earned his first title in the Ernie’s Auto Enterprises pure stock. Holding the top spot during the 2006 season, Jones ended up crashing his car at another speedway and erased his chance at the crown. Not so this season. Jones took the top spot during the first two weeks of June while he battled with three time champion, Mike Warrenfeltz, but ended taking the lead from defending champion, Dean Holmes on July 7th when Jones scored the double point Cornett Tribute event. With Warrenfeltz keeping the pressure on, only 12 points separated the two going into the final event. Jones’ encounter with a spinning car on lap five sent him pitside with a flat, only to return at the rear and mount a charge to the front, passing all but Holmes and Warrenfeltz to claim the championship by a mere two points.

“When we got that flat tire, I didn’t think we had a shot at it as I knew Mike was going to be up front,” Jones said. “I was right on the edge. I knew if I was going to run those guys down, that’s what I had to do. I knew if he won and I ran third, I won by two, if he won and I ran fourth, he won by three, so I knew where I had to be.”

Jones ended with three wins, 11 top fives and 12 top tens in 14 point events while he ended with another win, 13 top fives and 14 top tens in the overall 16 events.

Special awards were presented to various other drivers in each of the three divisions. Receiving awards in the late model division were Billy Wampler (Sportsmanship Award), Roy Deese Jr. (Hard Luck Award), Alan Sagi (Best Appearing Car Award) and Brent Smith (Most Improved Award). Former late model sportsman driver, Terry Lescalleet was awarded Rookie of the Year.

Those in the late model sportsman included Pete Weaver (Sportsmanship Award), Arlin Brougher (Hard Luck Award), Terry Flaherty (Best Appearing Car Award) and both Kyle Lear and Steve Axtell Jr. (Most Improved Awards). Ashley Barrett, from street stocks, received Rookie of the Year.

In the pure stocks, it was Hans Stamberg (Sportsmanship Award), Wayne Hawbaker (Hard Luck Award), Kenny Dayhoff Jr. (Most Improved Award) and Bobby Taylor (Best Appearing Car Award.)

The Crew Chief of the Year Awards went to Jimmy McFarland (Spence), Toby Fries (Fries) and Lester Nichols (Jones).

Photographer, Barry Lenhart, of Milton, PA, who provides photos to Area Auto Racing News and Dirt Late Model, just to name a few publications, received the 2007 Media Award. Lenhart’s attraction is to late models but he also shoots sprint and other race events along with other special photography.

Miss Shiann Fries of Ft. Loudon, PA was recognized for her reign as Little Miss Hagersown Speedway.

Cindy Rowe Auto Glass received the special honor as recipient of the World Clock Award, for expanding their involvement past the open wheel ranks of Pennsylvania facilities as their business interests expanded southward. This is the second season under the Cindy Rowe sponsorship and Hagerstown is proud to carry the Cindy Rowe banner for its premier late model division.

The Always There Award went to the Shamrock Inn for their season long efforts along with the addition of the Shamrock Inn Small Car Nationals to the late season program. The 1st Annual Nationals event gave the lower divisions opportunities to compete for more money and numerous other awards collected for the event.

Appreciation awards were also provided to all of the following business for their individual types of involvement throughout the season: Sign Design Bill Funk, JLG Industries, Premium Distributors of Maryland, Hagerstown Ford, St Thomas Towing, Twigg Cycle, D & D Auto Recycling (Supplier Sunoco Race Fuel), Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic, Advanced Marketing Solutions, County Medical, 21st Century Fireplace Services, BP Lesky, Ernie's Salvage Yard, J & M Sportsworld, Booze Brothers Performance and Valley Rentals.

Sharing the Hagerstown Speedway Hall of Fame Awards were Stanley Dillon, Owings Mills, Md. and Rodney Franklin of White Post, Va., two names heard around late model racing for numerous years.

Dillon was just a boy when his father, who owned a well drilling business, drilled a well for the former Westport Stadium, a race track near Baltimore, which closed in 1963. Payment included some complimentary tickets to the races and Stan’s father began taking him and also to the former Dorsey Speedway. Stan began taking his own kids to Dorsey, once a month but that changed to every weekend and then increased to two or three times over a weekend.

Stan’s first public relations effort was at Dorsey in 1983 and lasted until the track closed in 1985. In 1984, he extended his reach to western Maryland and Hagerstown as the public relations director, a position he retained until 2005. During the same time period, Area Auto Racing News in Trenton, NJ wanted a columnist to cover late model racing. Stan expressed himself every week in AARN for more than 20 years.

When Dorsey closed, Dillon moved to Lincoln Speedway on Saturday nights. In the late 80ies and early 90ies, Dillon’s addiction carried him to Potomac on Friday nights, Lincoln on Saturdays and Hagerstown on Sunday’s. When Hagerstown switched to Saturdays in 1992, Dillon quit Lincoln but then worked at Seacoast Speedway in Georgetown DE on Fridays.

Dillon also worked at West Virginia Motor Speedway that ran special Sunday shows. His son, Kenny, remembered driving home and arriving just in time to go to work on Monday mornings.

Dillon also provided various articles for the former Trackside Magazine and Dirt Late Model. He also wrote columns during the 80ies and 90ies for the Carroll County Sun, a special section in the Baltimore Sun newspaper.

Dillon never learned to type, but over time, his two finger pecking was faster than most that actually did learn. Unlike digital cameras that make life easy today for photographers, Dillon performed all this activity prior to today’s modern equipment and expedient means of data transmission and email. It was long and hard work during those years and his old Tandy laptop had a “lot of miles’ on it.

In 1972, two years after he and Darlene were married, Rodney Franklin began the start of a 30-year career in late models. His dad, Lewis Franklin thought he’d do best on a big track and brought him to Hagerstown where he ended a respectable 13th in his first time behind the wheel.

Franklin, a traveler, not a point chaser, ended with more than 200 wins in his career, racing in every major late model sanctioned series i.e. National Dirt Racing Association, STARS, World of Outlaw Late Models, All Star Circuit of Champions, Hav-A-Tampa. He’s raced on every major late model track on the east coast in eleven states and in the province of Quebec Canada. Along with winning the first ever STARS event, approximately 40 of his triumphs have been in major sanctioned events. He has held one lap records at seven different speedways in six states.

Franklin was named the National Dirt Driver of the Year in both 1984 and 1985, voted on by three national racing papers and track promoters.

His dad’s dream also had Franklin making a NASCAR Busch series start at New Hampshire International Speedway in its 1990 inaugural season.

After winning the 1979 championship at Winchester, he never returned to championship status until 1997 and 1998 while driving for Creed Calton. He won ten times in 1997 and 15 times in 1998, a season win record that tied Nathan Durboraw’s1991 season.

At Hagerstown, he’s laid claim to at least one win in every major event with the exception of the Bonebrake Tribute. He’s won the Roberts Memorial in three different decades, 1979, 1988 and 1997. He continued winning until surpassing Denny Bonebrake’s career 84-win record on April 6, 1997. He increased the number to 114 triumphs, his last one recorded on March 10, 2002.

Franklin hung up his helmet with a fourth place finish in the 2002 Octoberfest but did make one return visit for the 2005 Octoberfest, aboard Devin Friese’s back up car. He crashed while in heavy traffic to finish 28th.

Easily the most prestigious reward from his renowned career was being inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2004.

Dillon and Franklin join Buddy Armel, Denny Bonebrake, Larry Gorman, Sam Nally, Wayne Stouffer, Tom Peck, Jerry Hart, Frank Sagi, Dick Warrenfeltz, Jeff Robinson and brothers, Bill and Al Richards in the Hall of Fame. Bill Richards suffered a heart attack at last year’s banquet and regrettably passed away a week later.

Promoter Frank Plessinger announced the 2008 season will get underway with the Race A Rama car show at Valley Mall Wednesday through Friday, February 20th - 22nd with the first racing event scheduled the following day, Saturday afternoon, February 23rd at 1:00 p.m. with late models and the Syracuse Qualifier for big block modified double-header program. The weather make-up date is Sunday the 24th.

Included with this release is an Excel spreadsheet of the top ten drivers in each division and their statistics for scheduled point races and overall events. Also included are spreadsheets showing the weekly finish of each of the top ten drivers throughout the entire season.

Promoter Frank Plessinger and the speedway staff wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

For a complete rundown of the 2007 season and additional driver information, check out the speedway website at www.hagerstownspeedway.com.

OCTOBER 28, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:



HIRTHLER, HENDRICKSON SPLIT OCTOBERFEST MODIFIED WINS, SAGI TAKES LATE MODEL AND RAHMER REPEATS IN SPRINTS



HAGERSTOWN, MD - - Hagerstown Speedway’s 20th Annual Octoberfest 350 is in the record books, despite Mother Nature threatening all week with more than four inches of rain that finally exited the area Saturday morning.

With sunny skies and autumn temperatures, a large crowd saw Sunday’s $10,000 main events go to three first timers and one repeat winner. Kevin Hirthler of Boyerstown, Pa and Wade Hendrickson of Laurenceville, NJ took the modified victories for their first ever Hagerstown wins while hometown driver Alan Sagi took the late model triumph. Fred Rahmer, the 2004 sprint event winner, took top honors in that event.

Hirthler, a Grandview Speedway regular, after starting 12th, was the third different leader in the small block 100 lapper, but he only led the final three circuits after getting past Pat Ward when they split a lapped car and Hirthler’s inside move won the race.

“That was the most amazing race of my life,” Hirthler said. “This car came on at the end there. I don’t know if I would have got the 42 (Ward) car, but the lapped traffic got a little screwy there and I was able to sneak by him. It seemed like Pat turned the wick up a little bit after that last restart and he was making me work a little bit to reel him in. Once I got him reeled in, the lapped car did mess him up. If that hadn’t happened, I think I would have ended up second.”

Speedway regular Alan Sagi started third and became the fourth different leader as he took over when Brian Ruhlman had a right front flat on the 74th lap. Sagi held off the challenges of Roy Deese Jr. the final 26 laps and won by two lengths.

“I was out there today with some really good racers,” Sagi said. “I’m just proud to be a part of this and I can’t tell you how proud I am to win it. I had my buddy Roy Deese behind me. We’re good friends and if I couldn’t win it, I’d like to see him win it or Gary Stuhler too. My father (Frank Sagi) helped put the Octoberfest together, along with Randy Grove back in the mid 80ies. It’s got bigger and bigger. I was driving limited cars at the time and didn’t get to participate in it but I was always here watching this race and thought it was pretty cool. Then I thought it was pretty cool when I moved up into late models and was able to participate in it, but it’s really cool to win it.”

Rahmer, the 2007 Lincoln 410 sprint champion, made two passes after starting third, his second one on lap 16 after several attempts to finally get past Alan Cole and lead the remaining 34 circuits to beat Cole by five lengths.

“We’re glad to win this one… this is always a good way to end the year” Rahmer said. “We had a good starting position like you needed and made the most of it. We were able to roll around Alan there at the beginning. I thought it was going to be tough if I didn’t get it done then. He’s a great guy to race and a real good competitor and I was a little worried that we wouldn’t get it done. I’m just glad to get out of here with a win.”

Hendrickson, a Bridgeport speedway regular, was the fourth different leader in the big block feature after starting fourth and took over on lap 79 when Richie Pratt Jr. dropped off the pace. He continued on to score the victory by three lengths over Willie Decker.

“We didn’t have the fastest car, but Jake and Frank and all my guys, they’re the best team you could have,” Hendrickson said. “At halfway point, the tires were blistered. Jake said I’d be okay so I figured we’ll just keep it going. Richie was better than me, no doubt but I was watching the 126 (Jeff Strunk) and he’d spin the tires off a little bit each time and I thought ‘that’s not going to last.’ I don’t know what happened to Richie but I was glad to see Kevin Hirthler win the first one and now I won, that’s two first timers.”

Ryan Godown led the small blocks from the outside pole until fourth starting Pat Ward took over on lap three. Ward continued to lead Godown and Jimmy Horton throughout the first part of the race as Danny Johnson and Hirthler moved into the runner up spots by lap 32. Hirthler took the runner up spot on lap 45 and stayed with Ward following the halfway fuel stop as they began through lapped traffic on lap 65. A lap 83 yellow gave Ward a clear track but he couldn’t shake Hirthler while Johnson was three seconds behind. With three to go, A.J. Romano slowed with a flat as the leaders caught him exiting turn two. Ward went around while Hirthler tried the inside and that became the right move. He continued on to victory by two lengths over Ward while Johnson trailed some distance ahead of Duane Howard who came all the way from 24th to earn the hard charger award. Rich Laubach, the guaranteed starter, ended fifth.

Jamie Lathroum sped into the late model lead from the outside over 2007 track champion, J.T. Spence but Spence disposed of him following a third lap restart. Spence led as Brian Ruhlman, the 2000 late model event winner, took over second on lap five. Lathroum, then Keith Jackson and then Spence had flat tires by the tenth lap with Ruhlman then taking over with Sagi and Deese trailing.

Following the fuel stop, Ruhlman stretched his lead over Sagi to three seconds by a 58th lap yellow and then appeared to have things going his way until he suddenly slowed and headed pitside with a right front flat on the 74th circuit.

Sagi then was in control over Deese and Stuhler while Rick Eckert and 17th starting Jason Covert joined the procession. Sixth running Devin Friese brought out the final caution on lap 93 as Sagi sped away to take the two length victory over Deese, four time winner, Stuhler, Eckert and Josh Richards who was DQ’s for being light at the scales. Covert moved up to finish fifth.

Alan Cole also grabbed the sprint lead from the outside over Justin Collett with Rahmer patiently waiting in third. Rahmer took over second on lap eight just before the first caution and then chased Cole through two more cautions on laps 11 and 13. Rahmer built up a head of steam on the backstretch of lap 15 as he blew around Cole to exit the fourth turn well ahead. During the second 25 circuits, Rahmer maintained a two second advantage over Cole while Collett, Chad Layton, the 2002 event winner and three time winner, Donnie Kreitz Jr. trailed.

The final caution came out on lap 43 when four time winner, Lance Dewease made contact with the back of Kreitz when Kreitz slowed drastically exiting turn two and Dewease hopped the back of Kreitz’s sprinter. Rahmer easily charged away to victory by five lengths over Cole, Collett, Layton and Kreitz.

In the big blocks, Pat Ward led over Richie Pratt Jr. while Jeff Strunk slid into third over fourth starting Hendrickson. Pratt kept the pressure on Ward until he sped from the second turn and made contact with the rear of Ward and the two bobbled enough for Strunk to slip past on lap 14. Strunk and Pratt distanced themselves while Hendrickson watched from nearly three seconds behind in the second 25 circuits with Pratt keeping the pressure on. Strunk suddenly exited the fourth turn with a right rear flat as the caution came out on lap 62. Pratt then held a comfortable distance on Hendrickson until he suddenly exited the track on lap 79 with Hendrickson finding himself at the head of the field with Willie Decker and Jamie Mills next. Godown took the third spot from Mills on lap 89 while Hendrickson and Decker were far enough ahead that he settled for third over Mills and 17th starting J.R. Heffner.

Trophies for each of the winners were provided by Ernie’s Auto Enterprises of Martinsburg, WV while 21st Century Fireplace Services of Ellicott City, Md awarded $250 to the hard chargers, Duane Howard, 24th to 4th in small blocks, Ray Kable Jr., 26th to 9th in late models, Clark Simonton, 25th to 8th in sprints and Rich Scagliotta, 26th to 13th in big blocks.

Only the Annual Awards Banquet and dance remain on the speedway schedule and is set for Saturday, December 8th.

RESULTS: 20th ANNUAL OCTOBERFEST 350


SMALL BLOCK MODIFEDS: 64 Cars, 100 Laps, (Heat Winners: Jimmy Horton, Ryan Godown, Danny Johnson, Pat Ward, Matt Shepard, Willy Decker.) (Lap Leaders: Ryan Godown 1-3; Pat Ward, 4 – 97; Kevin Hirthler 98-100): 1.Kevin Hirthler; 2.Pat Ward; 3.Danny Johnson; 4.Duane Howard; 5.Rick Laubach; 6.Matt Sheppard; 7.Todd Burley; 8.Craig VonDohren 9.Jeff Strunk; 10.Billy Van Pelt; 11.Steward Friesen; 12.Jimmy Horton; 13.Keith Hoffman; 14.Ryan Godown; 15.Willy Decker; 16.Mike Storms; 17.Ryan Watt; 18.Brian Kressley; 19.Jordan Umberhaver; 20.Ronnie Cartwright; 21.Rick Scagliotta; 22.Bobby Lineman; 23.A.J. Romano; 24.Ray Swinehart; 25.Richie Pratt Jr. ; 26.Billy Pauch; 27.Ryan Grim; 28.Sean Merkel; 29.Wade Hendrickson; 30.Chad James; 31.H.J. Bunting III; DNQ – Gary Smoker, Doug Manmiller, Larry Wright, Paul Kenney, Jr. Heffner, Brian Weaver, Shawn Reimert, Norman Short Jr., Mark Forte Jr., Dave Calaman, Colt Harris, Gary Wagner Jr., Darwin Greene, Mark Frankhouser, Bryant, Brown, Matt Howsare, Derek Rodney, Chris Ostrowsky Jeff Shaffer, Ryan Forte, Brad Brightbill, Kenneth Eckert, Rick Ryder, Ron Hartrum, Roger Hartrum, Amanda Spotts, Tom Miller, Garrett Krummert, Jeff Brown, Keith Brightbill, Tom Hager, Kurt Spotts, Rodney Cordrey Jr.

LATE MODELS: 52 Cars, 100 Laps, (Heat winners J.T. Spence, Jamie Lathroum, Alan Sagi, Brian Ruhlman) (Lap Leaders: Jamie Lathroum 1-3, J. T. Spence 4-9, Brian Ruhlman 10-74, Alan Sagi, 75 -100): 1.Alan Sagi; 2.Roy Deese Jr.; 3.Gary Stuhler; 4.Rick Eckert; 5.Jason Covert; 6.Ronnie DeHaven Jr.; 7.Dan Stone; 8.Brian Ruhlman; 9.Ray Kable Jr.; 10.Darryl Hills; 11.Tommy Armel 12.Scott LeBarron; 13.Steve Gibney; 14.Luke Hoffman; 15.Devin Friese; 16.Mike Lupfer; 17.Lindsay Barton; 18.Jim Yoder; 19.Keith Jackson; 20.Les Hare; 21.Tyler Hershey; 22.J.T. Spence; 23.Jeremy Miller; 24.Jamie Lathroum; 25.Brian Booze; 26.Nathan Durboraw; 27.Allan Brannon; 28.Vic Coffey; 29.Rusty Sites; DQ - Josh Richards; DNQ – Kenny Pettyjohn, Dustin Hoffman, Chuck Schutz, Gerald Davis, Rodney Sweitzer, Frankie Plessinger, Larry Wright, Jered Almarode, Paul Cursey, T.J. Wright, Dave Pettyjohn, Scott Sipe, Chad Hollenbeck, Dave Hetz, Larry Baker II, Mike Mort, Bryan Driver, Tim Gray, Allan Cheney III, Mike Hardy, Ray Davis Jr. , Dan Fielder

410 SPRINTS: 26 Cars, 50 Laps, (Heat Winners: Justin Collett, Alan Cole, Fred Rahmer) (Lap Leaders Alan Cole 1-15; Fred Rahmer 16-50): 1.Fred Rahmer; 2.Alan Cole; 3.Justin Collett; 4.Chad Layton; 5.Donnie Kreitz Jr.; 6.Greg Hodnett; 7.Cody Darrah; 8.Clark Simonton Jr.; 9.Scott Lutz; 10.Kyle Purks; 11.Bobby Howard; 12.Stevie Smith; 13.Robbie Stillwagon; 14.Gary Heckman; 15.Gale Ruth Jr.; 16.Tommy Beavers; 17.Lance Dewease; 18.Todd Hestor; 19.Chris Weiss; 20.Daryl Stimeling; 21.Joey Hershey; 22.J.R. Berry; 23.Joey Biasi; 24.Michael Carber; DQ – Brian Ellenberger, Pat Cooper

BIG BLOCK MODIFIEDS: 46 cars, 100 Laps, (Heat Winners: Pat Ward, Richie Pratt Jr., Jeff Strunk, Wade Hendrickson) (Lap Leaders Pat Ward 1-14; Jeff Strunk 15-60; Richie Pratt Jr. 61-78; Wade Hendrickson 79-100): 1.Wade Hendrickson; 2.Willy Decker; 3.Ryan Godown; 4.Jamie Mills; 5.J.R. Heffner; 6.Brian Kressley; 7.Danny Johnson; 8.Jimmy Horton IV; 9.Chic Cossaboone; 10.Sean Beardsley; 11.Craig VonDohren; 12.Del Rougeux; 13.Rich Scagliotta; 14.Richie Tobias; 15.Mark Forte Jr.; 16.Richie Pratt Jr.; 17.Jeff Strunk; 18.Kevin Hirthler; 19.Duane Howard; 20.Chad James; 21.Skip Moore; 22.Billy Van Pelt; 23.Sean Merkel; 24.Jimmy Horton; 25.Matt Sheppard; 26.Pat Ward; 27.Ronnie Cartwright Jr.; 28.Rick Laubach DNQ- Doug Manmiller, John Marsh, Shawn Reimert, Bruce Kline, Vic Coffey, J.J. Bunting, John Willman, Brian Berger, Bob Kristyak, Kyle Ebersole, Billy Pauch Jr. Darwin Greene, Keith Hoffman, Jeff Brown, Dave Stonebraker, Brian Weaver, Glenn Reed, Michael Storms.

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OCTOBER 27, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:



WARD, HORTON, SPENCE AND COLLETT EARN POLE POSITIONS FOR HAGERSTOWN’S OCTOBERFEST



HAGERSTOWN, MD - - With more than four inches of rain during the week and the weather front not scheduled to leave the area until Saturday morning, Hagerstown Speedway gambled and won. Sun and blue skies began to show by mid morning as qualifying for the 20th Annual Octoberfest 350 was delayed some, but it’s all in the record books now.

This was the second consecutive year that Mother Nature nearly interfered with the multi- division program. Last year, nearly three inches of water fell over Friday night as that program also required a delayed start.

With nearly 190 total entries, 23 separate qualifying events were spun off in a little more than four hours and completed the line ups for Sunday’s (10/28) afternoon program.

Pat Ward began third in the first big block modified heat and later took the win to place him on the pole for the 100 lap feature. He will be flanked by Richie Pratt Jr. who also started third in the second heat. The next rows will be made up of heat winners, Jeff Strunk and Wade Hendrickson, with Willy Decker and Matt Sheppard in row three.

The sprints were next as Justin Collett and Alan Cole won from the pole in their heats while Fred Rahmer, the 2004 winner, grabbed the top spot on the start after beginning from fourth.

J.T.Spence led the way for late models with his lucky pull to place him on the pole for the first heat. Jamie Lathroum will start alongside with Alan Sagi and 2000 event winner, Brian Ruhlman in the second row.

The small block rounded out the program with Jimmy Horton coming from ninth to score the first heat win while Ryan Godown won from the pole in heat two. Danny Johnson came from seventh to post the third heat win while Pat Ward will start fourth following his win from fifth. Matt Shepard and Willy Decker will occupy the third row.

Pit gates will open at 8 A.M. on Sunday with spectator gates at 9:30. Racing will begin at 12 noon the schedule rain in opposite order. Small blocks are scheduled first followed by sprints, late models and big blocks.

Big and small block modifieds along with late models will run 100 lap features while super sprints will turn 50-laps with each feature paying $10,000.

OCTOBERFEST LINE UPS

SMALL BLOCK MODIFIEDS --1.Jimmy Horton,2.Ryan Godown, 3.Danny Johnson, 4.Pat Ward, 5.Matt Sheppard, 6.Willy Decker, 7.Rick Laubach (Guaranteed Starter), 8.Ryan Watt, 9.Billy Pauch, 10.Ryan Swinehart, 11.A.J. Romano, 12.Kevin Hirthler, 13.Richie Pratt Jr., 14.Todd Burley, 15.Mike Storms, 16.H.J. Bunting, 17.Ryan Grim, 18.Sean Merkel, 19.Jeff Strunk, 20.Craig VonDoren, 21.Stewart Friesen, 22.Bobby Lineman, 23.Ronnie Cartwright, 24. Duane Howard, 25.Billy Van Pelt, 26.Chad James, 27.Keith Hoffman, 28,Rick Scagliolla, 29.Wade Hendrickson, 30.Brian Kressley, 31. Jordan Unberhaver

LATE MODELS -- 1.J.T.Spence, 2.Jamie Lathroum, 3.Alan Sagi, 4.Brian Ruhlman, 5.Devin Friese, 6.Keith Jackson, 7.Gary Stuhler, 8.Roy Deese Jr., 9.Rick Eckert, 10.Rusty Sites, 11.Brian Booze, 12.Les Hare, 13.Luke Hoffman, 14.Lindsay Barton, 15.Jeremy Miller, 16.Ronnie DeHaven Jr.. 17.Jason Covert, 18.Tyler Hershey, 19.Darryl Hills, 20.Jim Yoder, 21.Vic Coffey, 22.Dan Stone, 23.Mike Lupfer, 24.Steve Gibney, 25.Allan Chaney III, 26.Ray Kable Jr., 27.Scott LeBarron, 28.Tommy Armel, 29.Josh Richards, 30.Nathan Durboraw

SUPER SPRINTS – 1.Justin Collett, 2.Alan Cole, 3.Fred Rahmer, 4.Chad Layton, 5.Donnie Kreitz Jr., 6.Brian Ellenberger, 7.Lance Dewease (Guaranteed Starter) 8.Greg Hodnett, 9.Joey Biasi, 10.Micharl Carber, 11.Cody Darrah, 12.Joey Hershey, 13.Daryl Stimeling, 14.Stevie Smith, 15.Gale Ruth Jr., 16.Scott Lutz, 17.Bobby Howard, 18.Tommy Beavers, 19.J.R. Berry, 20.Todd Hestor, 21.Gary Heckman, 22.Chris Weiss, 23. Kyle Purks, 24.Robbie Stillwagon, 25.Clark Simonton, 26.Pat Cooper

BIG BLOCK MODIFIEDS – 1.Pat Ward, 2.Richie Pratt Jr., 3.Jeff Strunk, 4.Wade Hendrickson, 5.Willy Decker, 6.Matt Sheppard, 7.Duane Howard, 8.Billy VanPelt, 9.Jamie Mills, 10.Jimmy Horton, 11.Ryan Godown, 12.Richie Tobias, 13.Sean Beardsley, 14.Kevin Hirthler, 15.Brian Kressley, 16.Jimmy Horton IV, 17.J.R. Heffner, 18.Rick Laubach, 19.Skip Moore, 20.Chic Cossaboone, 21.Danny Johnson, 22.Del Rougeux, 23.Craig Von Dohren, 24.Ronnie Cartwright Jr, 25.Sean Merkel, 26.Rich Scagliota, 27.Chad Jones, 28.Mark Forte

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Octoberfest 350 live audio webcast
Live flag-to-flag coverage on Saturday and Sunday

 

For Immediate Release
Contact: Shawn T. Wood
crash@thedirttrackchannel.com



October 26, 2007



SELINSGROVE, PA—The Dirt Track Channel, www.thedirttrackchannel.com  is providing a free, live flag-to-flag audio webcast of the Octoberfest 350 from Hagerstown Speedway (Md.) this weekend.

However, fans will need to take a moment and download a free codec to listen to the broadcast. This is a one-time download and the codec link can be found on The Dirt Track Channel’s home page.

The weekend’s broadcast will start at 12:25 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday.

Qualifying and consolation events for the big block modifieds, small block modifieds, late models and sprint cars is held on Saturday. While 100-lap features for the big block and small block modifieds and late models along with a 50-lap feature for the sprint cars are held on Sunday.

This year’s race marks the 20th anniversary of the event which began in 1988. Billy Pauch (big block modifieds), Steve Smith (sprints) and Gary Stuhler (late models) were the inaugural winners.

Pauch has gone on to record eight victories in the Octoberfest 350, the most by any driver. He has four wins in the big block modifieds, three in the sprint cars and one in the small block modifieds divisions.

This is the third straight year that The Dirt Track Channel is providing a free, live audio webcast of the event.

News regarding the broadcast line-up for the 2008 season will be posted on the website in the coming weeks.

The Dirt Track Channel website will bring fans in the US off-season video highlight action of sprint cars, midgets and Northeast-style modifieds from Australia and New Zealand.

The 2008 season will mark the sixth season that The Dirt Track Channel is broadcasting live audio webcast free of charge to a world wide audience.

Website Links:

The Dirt Track Channel: http://www.thedirttrackchannel.com

Hagerstown Speedway: http://www.hagerstownspeedway.com 

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE





SHAMROCK SMALL CAR NATIONALS COULDN’T HAVE BEEN ANY BETTER



HAGERSTOWN, MD – Everyone was a winner at Hagerstown Speedway Saturday night in the 1st Annual Shamrock Inn Small Car Nationals but only Steve Axtell Jr, Darrin Younker and Delmas Moreland left with the bigger paychecks.

Located just a quarter mile from the speedway, Shamrock’s Maureen Taylor was complimented throughout the night for her undying efforts to make the event a success, finally spending the evening wrapping up loose ends before settling down to watch the events. Besides trophies, there were various monetary rewards and other items too numerous to mention provided by dozens of sponsors.

“I want to thank my staff (at the Shamrock), they’ve been working night and day to help me,” Taylor said. “And all the personnel here at the speedway, all my sponsors that helped me with this…without them, we wouldn’t have had a race, and of course, the drivers.”

Axtell of Glen Burnie, Md. picked up $1,000 plus another $200 in lap money after earlier setting quick time and then leading all 40 laps of the late model sportsman event. He held off defending two time champion, Andy Fries by two lengths to get his second career win.

Darrin Younker, Berkley Springs, who broke an axle on the start of the previous week, was third quick time and passed 2007 champion, Mark Jones on lap six of the 20 lap event to lead the remaining circuits and also collect $1,000 plus $95 lap money for his one length triumph, his fourth of the season.

Moreland, a Winchester Speedway regular, was surprised after following Mark Digges from the fourth lap to get by him on a final one lap restart when Digges didn’t come up to speed.

Axtell bolted into the lead over outside pole sitter Tyler Armstrong and Tyler Hershey to show the way and was into the rear of the field by lap 11. He never slowed until the first caution waved on lap 25 for Scott Palmer. Cory Houck retired on a lap 27 yellow.

Following the restart, Fries, who started seventh, continued his challenges on Hershey and cleared him on lap 29 and then got around Armstrong two laps later.

Fries tried but young Axtell drove like a veteran the final ten circuits to capture the win. Armstrong held to third over Hershey and Bobby Beard.

“It felt good in time trials but then I lost it (spun) in hot laps,” Axtell said “I had a little too much rear brake in it and we adjusted that. I didn’t know if it was going to be all right or not. It turned out to be pretty good though. We led every lap… I can’t believe it.”

“Axtell had that bottom pretty well covered,” Fries said. “I could get my nose along side of him but that was about all the further I could get tonight.”

Fast times in the late model sportsman were Axtell, 20.853, Armstrong, 20.951, Hershey, 20.994 and Bobby Beard, 21.121. The front four were locked in as Mike Walls (1W), Richard Walls and Fries won the heats with Kyle Lear copping the B main and also earning the hard charger award for his 22nd to 7th charge.

Jones took the lead over Dale Hollidge on the pure stock start as Younker was into second by lap two and knocking on the door as Hans Stamberg moved to third.

Younker took the long way around the track and took control from Jones on lap seven as the front three pulled away from Hollidge and then Todd Snook. Younker ran high, Jones, low and pulling alongside with Stamberg looking for a way past both.

Following a 19th lap yellow, the front runners continued the formation with Younker pulling off a one length victory. Snook and Hollidge completed the top five.

“Mark Jones is a true champion, he could have moved me out of the way, but didn’t,” Younker said. “Thursday, we weren’t coming. We broke an axle last week and we were downhearted from all the other things this year, but here we are.”

“I knew once Darrin got around me it was going to be tough,” Jones said. “I told him I don’t know how he made the outside work. He was up in the black and I was in the moisture. He’s good on the slick and he won.”

Fast times went to Jones, 23.994, Hollidge, 24.448, Younker 24.086 and Jamie Swank, 24.143. Heat wins went to Stamberg, Mike Bennett, Drew Fitzsimmons and Snook while the B mains were won by Rodney Clouser and Eric Johnson. Steve Lowery came from 26th to 16th to earn the hard charger award.

Mark Digges grabbed the four cylinder lead on the opening lap after starting third over Ed Williamson as sixth starting Moreland was into second by lap four. Digges and Moreland opened some distance as Williamson and Kevin Thomas began battling for third. Two cautions, lap 17 and 19 kept the cars tight in the final circuits, but Digges didn’t come up to speed on the final green as Moreland saw and took the opportunity to get by and command the final checkered flag lap. Digges regained the momentum and held second over Williamson, Thomas and Brian Wentzel.

“I was willing to settle for second,” Moreland said after the $400 win. “Digges had a little better car than I had but he messed up and I’ll take it any I can get it.”

Heat winners were Williamson, Wentzel, Digges and Shawn Stuetz while Shawn Moore won the B main.

The speedway will remain idle for the next several weeks and return to action the weekend of October 27-28 for the season’s final event, the 20th Annual Octoberfest 350 for late models, sprints, big and small block modifieds. Keep abreast of information relating to this event by checking the speedway website at: www.hagerstownspeedway.com  or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.


Hagerstown Speedway Results

1st Annual Shamrock Inn Small Car Nationals

Late Model Sportsman – 39 Entries, 40 laps, (Lap Leader Steve Axtell Jr. 1-40): 1.Steve Axtell Jr; 2.Andy Fries; 3.Tyler Armstrong; 4.Tyler Hershey; 5.Bobby Beard; 6.Barry Miller; 7.Kyle Lear (Hard Charger from 22nd) 8.Mike Walls; 9.Pete Weaver; 10.Michael Collins; 11.Ashley Barrett; 12.Derek Byler; 13.Mike Walls (1W); 14.Dale Smith; 15.Jerry Bard; 16.Scott Palmer; 17.Richard Walls; 18.Terry Flaherty; 19.Cody Lear; 20.Derick Quad; 21.Barry Lear Sr.; 22.Jeff Sweeney; 23.Rick Stouffer; 24.James Myers; 25.Cory Houck; 26.Brad Houck; DNS - Nick Pappas, DNQ – Kevin Feathers; Jake Griffith; Chaz Walls, Cuyler Upperman; Rob Gergel, Justin Hart, Brent Hottle, Kris Holiday, Leon Lloyd, DNS - Billy Stivers, Rick Singleton, Troy Erickson

Pure Stocks – 40 Entries, 25 laps (Lap Leaders Mark Jones 1-6, Darrin Younker 7-25): 1.Darrin Younker; 2.Mark Jones; 3.Hans Stamberg; 4.Todd Snook; 5.Dale Hollidge; 6.Michael Rose; 7.Mike Bennett; 8.Frank Dibella; 9.Drew Fitzsimmons; 10.Eddie McClellan; 11.Bobby Taylor; 12.Brian Duffy; 13.Dave Stouffer; 14.Kevin Dayhoff; 15.Jamie Swank; 16.Steve Lowery (Hard Charger from 24th); 17.Kevin Koontz; 18.Kevin Keefer; 19.Brain Swiger; 20.Eric Johnson; 21.Kevin Boyer; 22.Jim Snyder; 23.Rodney Clouser; 24.Wayne Hawbaker; 25.KennyDayhoff Jr.; 26.Danny Beavers; DNQ – Bob Gutshall, Ray Priest, Gary Welsh, Tony Catlett, Paul Quattro, Buddy Wilson III, Justin Snodderly, Donnie Smith, Charlie Pensinger, DNS – Mike Sanders, Ronnie Doss, Weston Alleman, Craig Morgan, Billy Eckton Jr.

Four Cylinders --- 45 Entries, 20 laps, (Lap Leaders Mark Diggs 1-19, Delmas Moreland 20): 1.Delmas Moreland; 2.Mark Digges; 3.Ed Williamson; 4.Kevin Thomas; 5.Brian Wentzel; 6.John Henry Jr; 7.Leroy Digges (Hard Charger from 26th) 8.Tim Burkholder; 9.Shawn Stuetz; 10.Gregary Gunter; 11.Gary Newell; 12.Mike Potts; 13.Shawn Moore; 14.Cody Kershner; 15.Larry Dwall; 16.Ed Gageby; 17.Grant Adams; 18.Mike Hawbaker; 19.Kyle Wiser; 20.Rich Newcomer; 21.Ronnie Garlock; 22.Mike Kershner; 23.Robbie Holmes; 24.Ed Halter; 25.Butch Mayo; 26.Dickie Tharp; DNQ – Steve Senechia, Dave Edwards, Jeff Ripeon, David Ricker, Jacob Carbaugh, R.T. Bulger, Keith Walls, Gary Hendershot, Larry Fuchs, Dave Fredrich, Richard Gwizdale, Darryl Sensenbaugh, Mike Crate, Roger Witlock, Troy Eckenrode, DNS – Wes Hurd Jr, John Stoll, Jeremy Truax, Keith Bass

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



JEREMY MILLER DEFENDS HUB CITY NATIONAL VICTORY



HAGERSTOWN, MD – Setting quick time Saturday night in Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late model qualifying for the 33rd Annual Sunoco Race Fuels Hub City National 150 at Hagerstown Speedway, Jeremy Miller stood in victory Sunday evening, winner of the prestigious late season event for the second consecutive and third overall time. Miller finished third in the first 50-lap feature and started fifth in the 50-lapper finale. He took the lead from Ronnie DeHaven on the 21st lap and later won $7,500 by 4.66 seconds over Alan Sagi.

“It was pretty surprising to me,” Miller said. “We weren’t bad in the first one, but we weren’t as good as we needed to be. We really didn’t change a lot, just tires and it all worked out. I think the track came to us. Gary was out there. It seemed like Ronnie was catching him and seemed pretty strong but the longer we ran, I felt like we got a little bit better.”

Charles Buckler, owner of Miller’s late model declared Saturday night, “We didn’t come here to run second, we came here to win.”

A night late due to Friday’s rain postponement, Miller, of Littlestown, Pa., turned the quickest lap of 18.626 seconds around the half mile picking up the fast time trophy from Ernie’s Auto Enterprises and $250 from 21st Century Fireplace Services.

Winchester, Va’s Bo Feathers won the first 50 lap feature, his overall 14th of the season after snatching the lead from Miller on the second lap and edging Ronnie DeHaven by a length at the end. Three time event winner, Gary Stuhler of Greencastle, Pa, capped the second victory in Miller’s back up car when he developed motor problems right at the end of his time trial run. He hopped in Miller’s car and turned in an impressive second quick time effort. Stuhler led all the way and beat Sagi by .44 seconds.

“I kind of get in the corners a little too hard and my guys always get on me, but it paid off in three and four so that makes it pretty nice,” Feathers said. “When you race Jeremy and JT (Spence)…Little Ronnie (DeHaven) snuck up there at the end. I was just trying to see who was there. All I saw was a yellow car.”

“I have to thank Charles and Jenny (Buckler),” Stuhler said. “I got a good break on the time trial. Charles said to drive it like I owned it. I was getting loose there at the end and I knew someone was on me. I couldn’t get going any better. I tried to use the lapped cars to trap who ever was there.”

Richard Walls of St. Thomas, Pa and Mark Jones of Greencastle, Pa. also won the open competition events held both evenings. Walls won Sunday’s Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman feature for his second of the season while Jones picked up his fourth win in the Ernie’s Auto Enterprises pure stocks on Saturday night.

Stuhler beat Feathers into the first turn in the finale as DeHaven and Miller followed. DeHaven took second on lap three and following a lap seven yellow, began putting the pressure on Stuhler until his efforts worked and he went ahead on lap 13.

Miller got by Stuhler on lap 16 and following a lap 20 restart, disposed of DeHaven by charging around the top. Alan Sagi was on the move and took third from Stuhler on the 20th.

Stuhler slowed and drove to the pits when the breather came off on lap 24 while another top five car, Nathan Durboraw coasted to a stop the next circuit.

With the final 25 laps all green flag, Miller began stretching his lead as he entered rear traffic on lap 38 and was four seconds ahead of DeHaven and Feathers. Working through traffic, he never missed a beat and continued to hold a four second plus advantage until getting to the checkered with 4.66 seconds and six lapped cars between he and Feathers. Sagi was next with DeHaven and Dan Stone completing the top five. .Jim Bernheisel ended sixth over J.T.Spence, Booper Bare, Darryl Hills and Travis Dillman.

In the first 50 lap event, Feathers charged around Miller after one lap in the books with Spence, Chad McClellan and Jason Covert next.

Feathers was in traffic by the ninth lap and coming up on four rear markers when the yellow came out on lap 16. Miller continued to hold second until DeHaven came on strong and his challenge worked out on lap 40. He closed on Feathers and had pulled alongside when fifth running Covert went into the turn one fence for a yellow on lap 49. Feathers held off DeHaven in the final lap dash with Miller, Spence and Brian Booze completing the top five.

In the second, Stuhler pulled ahead of David Williams and was at the rear by lap eight. Stuhler’s 2.5 second lead evaporated when he got held up by a back marker as Williams closed in and took the lead momentarily on lap 31, but Stuhler powered back ahead. Following the first caution on lap 33, Stuhler led while Dan Stone took over second as Stuhler reentered traffic again on lap 42 and was 2.5 seconds ahead. Sagi challenged Stone and took second on lap 43 and was closing the gap but ran out of time as he finished .44 seconds back. Stone was third with Williams and Booper Bare to round out the top five.

21st Century Fireplace Services rewarded 13th place finishers Jason Covert and Brent Smith for their efforts in the first two features while also giving Jim Yoder an additional $250 for being the hard charger in the finale, coming from 23rd to 12th. All feature winners received trophies compliments of Ernie’s Auto Enterprises.

The HTMA late model sportsman event lined up with a six car inversion as Mike Walls took the lead from the outside pole as (Uncle) Richard Walls came from sixth into third on the fourth lap. M.Walls was 1.3 seconds ahead when the caution came out on lap nine. R.Walls was then challenged by 2007 track champion Andy Fries as the trio ran three different lines through the corners and R.Walls pulled ahead on lap 14. M. Walls looped his car the next lap as Fries took over second and had R.Walls cleared on the backstretch with two to go but the caution flag waved to negate the effort. Walls led the final two circuits to win by a length over Fries, Pete Weaver, Kyle Lear and Dale Smith.

“I was racing Mikey there and he was doing a good job if the yellow hadn’t come out,” Walls said. “I think he might have won…then Andy snuck up on me. The yellow came out at the right time.”

“Hopefully we can come back and get another one next week (in the Shamrock Small Car Nationals),” Jones said following his pure stock victory.

Jones started fifth as Eric Johnson led the six car inverted field with 2007 Thunder Valley champion Jamie Swank taking the lead on lap four when Johnson dropped out. Jones powered past Swank on a fourth lap restart while Drew Fitzsimmons took second on lap nine but Swank retook the spot on the final lap when Fitzsimmons’ run ended one lap short. Jones powered through the final one lap dash to beat Swank and Steve Lowery with Andy Holmes and Bobby Taylor completing the top five.

Next program on the schedule is the 1st Annual Shamrock Small Car Nationals set for Saturday September 22nd. The late models sportsman and pure stocks will be going for $1,000 to win with time trials and heats to set the line ups. Four Cylinders will be racing for $400 to win. The pits will open at 3 p.m., grandstands at 4 p.m. with racing at approximately 6 p.m. Check the speedway website for any further information at: www.hagerstownspeedway.com  or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.


Hagerstown Speedway Results

33rd Annual Sunoco Racing Fuels Hub City National 150: Feature #1 -- 50 laps, (Lap leaders Jeremy Miller 1, Bo Feathers 2-50): 1.Bo Feathers; 2.Ronnie DeHaven; 3.Jeremy Miller; 4.J.T. Spence; 5.Brian Booze; 6.Barry Miller; 7.Jim Bernheisel; 8.Darryl Hills; 9.Scott LeBarron; 10.Eric Hons; 11.Chad McClellan; 12.Jim Yoder; 13.Jason Covert; 14.Dale Smith Jr; 15.Steve Axtell Jr.; 16.Tyler Hershey; 17.Steve Gibney; 18.Bryan Bernheisel; 19.Terry Lescalleet; 20.Ryan Hackett; 21.Waylon Wagner; 22.Lindsay Barton; 23.D.J.Myers; 24.Tim Wilson

Feature #2 – 50 laps ( Lap Leaders (Gary Stuhler 1-30, 32-50, David Williams 31): 1.Gary Stuhler; 2.Alan Sagi; 3.Dan Stone; 4.David Williams; 5.Booper Bare; 6.Nathan Durboraw; 7.Travis Dillman; 8.Marvin Winters; 9.Greg Fetters; 10.Jamie Lathroum; 11.Al Shawver Jr.; 12.Tommy Armel; 13.Brent Smith; 14.Larry Baer; 15.Rusty Sites; 16.Bill Palmer; 17.Mike Lupfer; 18.Dave Shutski; 19.Mike Steck; 20.Bobby Dryden; 21.Mike Atherton; 22.Roy Deese Jr.; 23.Chruck Shultz; DNS – Brian Hack

Feature #3 Hub City: 50 Laps, (Lap Leaders Gary Stuhler 1-12, Ronnie DeHaven 13-21, Jeremy Miller 22-50): 1.Jeremy Miller; 2.Bo Feathers; 3.Alan Sagi; 4.Ronnie DeHaven; 5.Dan Stone; 6.Jim Bernheisel; 7.J.T.Spence; 8.Booper Bare; 9.Darryl Hills; 10.Travis Dillman; 11.Brian Booze; 12.Jim Yoder (Hard Charger); 13.Chad McClellan; 14.Jamie Lathroum; 15..Scott LeBarron; 16.Bill Palmer; 17.Barry Miller; 18.Eric Hons; 19.Al Shawver Jr.; 20.Nathan Durboraw; 21.Gary Stuhler; 22.Tommy Armel; 23.Marvin Winters; 24.David Williams DNQ- Ray Kable Jr., Donnie Schick, Billy Wampler, Andy Anderson

Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic Late Model Sportsman Open Competition, 20 Laps, 23 entries, (Lap Leaders Mike Walls 1-13, Richard Walls 14-20): 1.Richard Walls; 2.Andy Fries; 3.Pete Weaver; 4.Kyle Lear; 5.Dale Smith Jr. 6.Tim Fetter, 7.Michael Collins; 8.Mike Walls; 9.Cody Lear; 10.Scott Palmer; 11.Nick Pappas, 12.Jerry Bard; 13.Bruce Kane; 14.Randy Smith; 15.Barry Lear Jr. 16.Cuyler Upperman; 17.Mike Walls(Gettysburg); 18.Paul Crowl; 19.Barry Miller; 20.Steve Kent; 21.Mike Mort; 22.Mike Williams; DSQ- Steve Axtell

Ernie’s Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks Open Competition, 15 Laps 24 entries (Lap Leaders – Eric Johnson 1-3, Jamey Swank 4, Mark Jones 5-15): 1.Mark Jones; 2.Jamey Swank; 3.Steve Lowery; 4.Andy Holmes; 5.Bobby Taylor; 6.Rick Stouffer; 7.Brian Swiger; 8.Kevin Koontz; 9.Wayne Hawbaker; 10.Kim Ramer; 11.Paul Quattro; 12.Dave Mikolajski; 13.Kevin Keefer; 14.Justin Snodderly; 15.Donnie Smith; 16.Drew Fitzsimmons; 17.Ronnie Doss; 18.Scott Sipes; 19.Jason Sarver; 20.Bill Eckton Jr.; 21.Eric Johnson; 22.Tim Monn; 23.Tony Catlett, DNS Darrin Younker

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



MILLER & STUHLER LEAD HAGERSTOWN’S HUB CITY NATIONAL QUALIFYING



HAGERSTOWN, MD – The show went on a night late due to rain as defending and two time Hub City winner Jeremy Miller was quickest around the track in Saturday’s qualifying for the 33rd Annual Sunoco Race Fuels Hub City National 150 at Hagerstown Speedway scheduled for tonight (Sunday).

Miller, of Littlestown, Pa., turned the quickest lap of 18.626 seconds around the half mile, just .529 seconds off the one lap record set by Billy Moyer in July 2005.

”It’s been a long time since I’ve been standing out here,” Miller said after earning the fast time trophy from Ernie’s Auto Enterprises. “We’ve went through a lot of bad times. We actually have better equipment than I had last year but we just had some issues, and last week I think we found a lot of them. We won races last year and haven’t been able to back it up this year. We’ve made some changes and I feel we’re headed in the right direction.”

The story of the night was when three time event winner Gary Stuhler turned a second respectable lap but shut the car off at the finish. He later crawled in Miller’s back up car and without hesitation, turned the second quick time of the night at 18.913 seconds.

“Gary’s a super guy and wanted to run and just had mechanical problems.” said Charles Buckler, car owner of the #24’s. “I talked to Jeremy because he‘s the guy that works on them. I said ‘What do you want to do, Jeremy?’ Jeremy said ‘Give Stuhler the car.’”

With Miller and Stuhler locked in, heat wins went to Bo Feathers, J.T.Spence, Chad McClellan, Marvin Winters, Booper Bare and David Williams. Steve Axtell won the B-Main.

Starting line ups for the two 50-lap feature qualifying events are:

Feature #1 – 1.Jeremy Miller, 2.Bo Feathers, 3.J.T. Spence, 4.Chad McClellan, 5.D.J. Myers, 6.Jason Covert, 7.Darryl Hills, 8.Eric Hons, 9.Jim Yoder, 10.Ronnie DeHaven, 11.Tim Wilson, 12.Brian Booze, 13.WaylonWagner, 14.Bryan Bernheisel, 15.Jim Bernheisel, 16.Ryan Hackett, 17.Tyler Hershey, 18.Barry Miller, 19.Scott LeBarron, 20.Steve Axtell Jr. 21.Dale Smith Jr. 22.Steve Gibney, 23.Terry Lescalleet, 24.Lindsay Barton

Feature #2 – 1.Gary Stuhler, 2.Maravin Winters, 3.Booper Bare, 4.David Williams, 5.Greg Fetters, 6.Dan Stone, 7.Alan Sagi, 8.Rusty Sites, 9.Jamie Lathroum, 10.Roy Deese Jr., 11.Al Shawver Jr. 12.Mike Lupfer, 13.Brent Smith, 14.Mike Atherton; 15.Tommy Armel, 16.Travis Dillman, 17.Nathan Durboraw, 18.Dave Shutski, 19.Bobby Dryden, 20.Bill Palmer, 21.Larry Baer, 22. Chuck Shultz, 23.Brian Hack, 24.Mike Steck

The top twelve from each feature will advance into the final 50 lap Hub City event paying $7,500 to the winner.

In other race action, Mark Jones, of Greencastle, Pa., who just won the Ernie’s Auto Enterprises pure stock championship the previous week, won the open competition event for his fourth triumph of the season.

“Hopefully we can come back and get another one next week (in the Shamrock Small Car Nationals),” Jones said. “There are a lot of big guys here week in and week out. I’m sure there s a lot of bug guys coming. We’ll definitely have to work for that.”

Jones started fifth as Eric Johnson led the six car inverted field with Jamie Swank taking the lead on lap four when Johnson dropped out. Jones powered past Swank on the fourth lap restart while Drew Fitzsimmons took the runner up spot on the ninth lap. Swank took over second on the final lap when Fitzsimmons’ run ended one lap short. Jones powered through the final one lap dash to beat Swank and Steve Lowery with Andy Holmes and Bobby Taylor completing the top five. Swank, Jones and Taylor won the heats.

On Sunday, the three 50-lap features will highlight the program with the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman also competing in an open competition event.

NOTE: Pit gates open earlier at 3 p.m., grandstands open at 4 p.m. and warm ups begin at approximately 6 p.m.

Check the speedway website for any further information at: www.hagerstownspeedway.com  or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.

Results:

Ernie’s Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks Open Competition, 15 Laps 24 entries (Lap Leaders – Eric Johnson 1-3, Jamey Swank 4, Mark Jones 5-15): 1.Mark Jones; 2.Jamey Swank; 3.Steve Lowery; 4.Andy Holmes; 5.Bobby Taylor; 6.Rick Stouffer; 7.Brian Swiger; 8.Kevin Koontz; 9.Wayne Hawbaker; 10.Kim Ramer; 11.Paul Quattro; 12.Dave Mikolajski; 13.Kevin Keefer; 14.Justin Snodderly; 15.Donnie Smith; 16.Drew Fitzsimmons; 17.Ronnie Doss; 18.Scott Sipes; 19.Jason Sarver; 20.Bill Eckton Jr.; 21.Eric Johnson; 22.Tim Monn; 23.Tony Catlett, DNS Darrin Younker

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


HAGERSTOWN’S HUB CITY NATIONAL 150 DELAYED



HAGERSTOWN, MD – With no weather related issues at Hagerstown Speedway since April 28th, effects of Hurricane Humberto charged northeast from Texas and Louisiana to arrive at the speedway late Friday afternoon, just as race cars were arriving for qualifying night of the 33rd Annual Sunoco Race Fuels Hub City National 150.

The result is that the prestigious event has been set back a day with the scheduled Sunday rain date placed into use. Forecasts are excellent for both days.

Saturday evening will now become qualification night for the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late models with time trials and qualifiers. The fastest two times will occupy the pole position of the 1st and 2nd features. The Ernie’s Auto Enterprises will also compete in an open competition event with $200 to win.

Pit gates open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5 p.m. and warm ups begin at approximately 7 p.m.

On Sunday, three 50-lap features will highlight the program with the heats and B-mains determining the 2nd to 24th positions in the first two events, with the top twelve from each advancing into the final segment to determine the $7,500 Hub City winner. The Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman will also compete in an open competition event.

NOTE: Pit gates open earlier at 2 p.m., grandstands open at 3 p.m. and warm ups begin at approximately 5 p.m.

Check the speedway website for any further information at: www.hagerstownspeedway.com  or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.

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September 9, 2007 For Immediate Release





ARMSTRONG & WARRENFELTZ WIN THE BATTLES, FRIES & JONES WIN THE WARS



HAGERSTOWN, MD – A very close second the previous week, Tyler Armstrong of St. Thomas, Pa. returned to Hagerstown Speedway on Saturday night in the final points event for the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman and destroyed the field by holding more than a six second lead over Kyle Lear, who came all the way from 15th and ended second in the points chase.

“We raced last week and ran second and knew we had a strong car so we came back this week and won the heat and went from there,” Armstrong said. “Last night (at Williams Grove) was our third second in a row…we were ready for a win.”

Following the previous weeks final point event to determine the late model champion, both the weekly support divisions were also not decided until the final point events this week.

Andy Fries, Mercersburg, Pa, who beat Armstrong by about six inches last week, ended with not one but two flat tires and won his second consecutive title by 16 points over Lear.

“We got in a tight hole and got the door shoved in and the tire got into it and cut down,” Fries said. “We never got the fender pulled out enough and we back out and cut the tire down again. I knew I had to take the green to win the championship. When the green flag dropped and I went by, that was a big relief. It’s been an amazing year. I’m just tickled to be back here a second year.”

Hagerstown’s Mike Warrenfeltz sped to his sixth triumph of the season in the Ernie’s Auto Enterprises pure stocks after taking the lead on lap five of the 15 lap event and holding a nearly three second advantage on defending champion, Dean Holmes. Warrenfeltz trailed by twelve points going into the final event.

“That thing was dialed in tonight,” Warrenfeltz said. “I knew I had to win it. Mark (Jones) wasn’t on the scoreboard and then I saw him coming. I have to congratulate him on winning his first championship. It was good racing all year long with him.”

Getting the job done after having a flat in an opening lap skirmish was Greencastle’s Mark Jones. Jones restarted on the tail of the field and picked his way to the front, ending at the third spot a distance behind Holmes. Jones won the championship by just two points over Warrenfeltz.

“When we got that flat tire, I didn’t think we had a shot at it as I knew Mike was going to be up front,” Jones said. “I was right on the edge. I almost overshot the runway down there a couple times. I knew if he won and I ran third, I won by two…if he won and I ran fourth, he won by three, so I knew where I had to be.”

Terry Flaherty took the lead on the opening lap of the HTMA late model sportsman feature with Cody Lear into second. Armstrong started eighth and was into second by lap three and on the sixth, had the lead and began pulling away until a lap 11 caution when Lear stopped in turn four.

Armstrong pulled ahead on the restart while Kyle Lear took second on the 14th lap but Armstrong was already three seconds ahead and still stretching his distance and into the rear of the field by the 17th lap and on the white flag and checkered, had three lapped cars separating himself from Lear. Steve Axtell Jr. came from 10th to take third from James Myers on the 19th lap as Myers and Flaherty completed the top five.

Cody Lear, Myers, and Armstrong were heat winners while Pete Weaver won the consolation. Kyle Lear was the Checkered Flag Lube/St. Thomas Trucking hard charger.

It took two tries to the Ernie’s pure stock event going as Danny Beavers then took over from the outside pole while Warrenfeltz charged from tenth and took the spot from him on the fifth circuit. Warrenfeltz was on cruise while Holmes arrived in second after starting 18th while Jones was picking off cars each lap on his way to the front. He slipped into third on lap 12 and ended there. Hans Stamberg, who ended third in the points was next with Lin Sutphin finishing fifth.

Heat winners for the 31 entries were Beavers, Dave Stouffer Jr and Warrenfeltz while Holmes won the consolation and also the 21st Century Fireplace Services hard charger award.

Robin Koogler of Thurmont, Md. was the 75-lap Enduro Championship winner for his first ever victory. He started eighth, took the lead from Danny Holmes on lap eight, lost it to Krazy Kenny Thomas on the 34th and reassumed it when Thomas retired on the 39th. Holmes closed to within two lengths in the final five laps while season two time winner Mark Vegh was a half lap back.

Mike Clinger of Huntingdon, Pa was the 21st Annual Tommy Thompson Demo Derby winner.

The next event is the two day 33rd Annual Sunoco Race Fuels Hub City National 150.

Friday evening (September 14th) will feature late model time trials and qualifying plus an open competition pure stock event. Three 50-lap features will highlight Saturday’s action with the top twelve from each of the first two advancing into the final segment to determine the Hub City winner. The late model sportsman will also compete in an open competition event. Pit gates open both nights at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5 p.m. and warm ups begin at approximately 7 p.m. Check the speedway website for any changes in weather at: www.hagerstownspeedway.com or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.

Hagerstown Speedway Results

Hoosier/Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 27 entries (Lap Leaders – Brent Hottle 1, Terry Flaherty 2-5, Tyler Armstrong 6-20): 1.Tyler Armstrong; 2.Kyle Lear (Hard Charger); 3.Steve Axtell; 4.James Myers; 5.Terry Flaherty; 6.Richard Walls; 7.Brian Lessley; 8.Scott Palmer; 9.Cory Houck; 10.Eugene Conlee; 11.Pete Weaver; 12.Steve Kent Jr.; 13.Ashley Barrett; 14.Donnie Farlling; 15.Cody Lear; 16.Barry Lear Sr.; 17.Brent Hottle; 18.Rick Stouffer; 19.Anthony Lupini; 20.Nick Pappas; 21.Scotty Nelson; 22.Mike Walls; 23.Rob George; 24.Andy Fries; DNQ – Troy Erickson, Arlin Brougher, Barry Miller

Ernie’s Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 15 Laps 31 entries (Lap Leaders – Danny Beavers 1-4, Mike Warrenfeltz 5-15); 1.Mike Warrenfeltz; 2.Dean Holmes (Hard Charger); 3.Mark Jones; 4.Hans Stamberg; 5.Lin Sutphin; 6.Danny Beavers; 7.Dave Stouffer; 8.Wayne Hawbaker; 9.Jim Snyder; 10.Kenny Dayhoff; 11.Bobby Taylor; 12.Frank Dibella; 13.Dres Fitzsimmons; 14.Kevin Koontz; 15.Kevin Dayhoff; 16.Brian Swiger; 17.Rob Boyer; 18.JasonSarver; 19.Paul Quattro; 20.Billy Ecton Jr.; 21.Tony Catlett; 22.Steve Lowery; 23.Tim Monn; 24.Dave Mikolajski; DNS – Dale Hollidge, DNQ – Kevin Keefer, Donnie Smith, Jason Murray; Rick Durbin Jr., DNS – Justin Snodderly, Jesse Coleman

Enduro Championship – 75 laps, 37 entries (Lap leaders Mike Hoffman 1-4, Danny Holmes 5- 6, Robin Koogler 7-34, 40-75, Krazy Kenny Thomas 35-39): 1.Robin Koogler;2.DannyHolmes; 3.Mark Vegh; 4.Larry Hurley; 5.Matt Smith; 6.Justin Sporer; 7.Richard Tracey; 8.Joe Rodgers; 9.Robert Weist;10.Rodney Minor; 11.Derek Riley; 12.Mike Hoffman; 13.Roy Stevens; 14.Chris Loy; 15.Charlie Pensinger; 16.Jim Speelman; 17.Krazy Kenny Thomas; 18.Davey Gross Jr.; 19.Daniel Main; 20.John Poole; 21.Kenny Proctor; 22.James Mongan; 23.Steve Thompson; 24.Bobby Moore; 25.R.C.Horn; 26.William Crook; 27.Dustin Proctor; 28.Jamie Mills; 29.Bill Silkworth; 30.Donnie Keefer; 31.Alan Virtz; 32.Mike Baker; 33.John Conrad; 34.KevinThomas; 35.Jim Smith; 36.Dave Shatto;37.George Rodgers

21st Annual Tommy Thompson Demo Derby: 1.Mike Clinger; 2.John Pittman; 3.Tracy Abbott; 4.Steve Thompson; 5.Bily Kline

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September 2, 2007 For Immediate Release





ANDERSON WINS THE BATTLE, SPENCE WINS THE WAR



HAGERSTOWN, MD: While Andy Anderson took top honors over a stellar late model field in Saturday nights 44-lap McBee/Hays Championship event at Hagerstown Speedway, the final point event for the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late models, it was J.T. Spence who finished 1.36 seconds back in the double point event and became the 2007 Cindy Rowe champion.

Anderson of Martinsburg, WV charged from the 10th position and was in second by lap four and challenging two time and defending event winner, Nathan Durboraw. The next circuit he was pulling away to later post his first win of the prestigious event honoring the former driver and car owner.

“I could have won this race about five years ago but lost it on the last lap, D.J. (Myers) beat me. I haven’t come close since,” Anderson said. “I was just glad to finish tonight. We’ve had some bad luck. All those yellows, (three in the last ten laps) my guys were motioning the 91 (Spence) was behind me. I could see the scoreboard that he was behind me… I just wanted to know where he was.”

“It was a great race tonight, even the heats were unbelievable,” said Patty Roberts McBee. “It’s nice to keep his memory alive, he and Speedy. They were good people on and off the track.”

Anderson recalled one memory of McBee, “Years ago when I was just a kid up in the grandstand, Ronnie was driving Speedy’s car and he won the first twin 20 and then started in the back in the second and he won that one, When Frank (Sagi) interviewed him, he said ‘Ronnie I don’t know what to tell you, you won the first one, they made you start in the back in the second one and you won that, Just tell me how did this thing feel?’ and Ronnie said, ‘It feels so good, I might drive it home.’”

Spence came into the event 100 points in arrears of 13 time overall season winner Bo Feathers but Feathers was finished on lap seven, when the suspension under his car broke. Remaining without troubles, Spence ended with his first late model championship by 34 points.

“Coming here tonight, I thought my chances were pretty slim,” Spence, of Winchester, VA said of winning the title. “Bo is pretty tough and deserves this as much as we do. He’s won a lot of races this year and had a heck of a year. All he had to was finish and he had it won. I didn’t know he fell out until I got in the pits. I wanted to win this race and I’ve had good finishes in this race all three years we’ve raced here. If I had to run second to anybody I’d like it to be Andy, he’s a good friend of mine.”

In two other events contested right down to the checkered, defending champion and point leader in the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman, Andy Fries of Mercersburg, Pa. won his first in many years by a scant .019 seconds or about six inches over Tyler Armstrong while Dale Hollidge of Mechanicsville, Md. crossed the line in the Ernie’s Auto Enterprises pure stocks ahead of Mike Warrenfeltz and Mark Jones, 2nd and 1st respectively in points, so close a blanket could be thrown over the trio.

From third, Durboraw charged around the high side to snatch the lead on the opening lap but Anderson was quick from 10th and stuck his nose under on the fourth lap to come away with the lead. Setting a blistering pace, Anderson was to the rear by lap ten with Durboraw slowing to bring out the first caution on the next circuit.

On the restart, Spence charged from fourth to second and also past two lapped cars while Anderson was nearly four seconds ahead by a lap 17 yellow.

Again, he easily stretched his lead over Spence while Alan Sagi and David Williams were next until a car spun directly in front of Anderson on lap 26.

Anderson remained in control while Jamie Lathroum took over third after the restart and swapped second with Spence several times until another yellow on lap 34. With two more on laps 37 and 42, Anderson remained focused while Spence broke loose of Lathroum who spun high following the final restart as Sagi and Billy Wampler got by with Lathroum holding to fifth at the checkered.

Williams was sixth with Devin Friese coming from 19th to seventh to pick up the Ernie’s Auto Enterprises hard charger award while Brent Smith, from 18th, Mike Lupfer, 13th, and Travis Dillman completed the top ten.

Heats went to Spence, Williams, Bill Palmer and Ray Kable Jr. for the 39 entries while Scott LeBarron and Brian Booze won the two consolations.

Fred Harden led the first two laps of the HTMA late model sportsman event until Cody Lear took over just before Harden spun in turn two with everyone getting by.

Fries and Armstrong were charging from the sixth row with Fries to the front first and took the lead from Lear on lap nine. Armstrong passed Lear on lap 14 and began to cut into Fries’ two second lead.

Two cautions on the 17th and 19th laps kept the field close while Armstrong was still challenging and gave it his all from the final turn only to come up inches short.

Lear ended third with Barry Miller and Kyle Lear, who came from 17th to earn the St. Thomas Towing/Checkered Flag Lube hard charger award, completing the top five.

Brent Hottle, Armstrong and Harden won the heats with Ashley Barrett taking the consolation for the 31 entries.

Dale Hollidge, who started sixth in the Ernie’s pure stock event, took the lead on lap three after Kevin Koontz and Danny Beavers were early leaders. Hollidge had Mike Warrenfeltz and Mark Jones on his bumper by the ninth lap and both looking for a way past. Hollidge never swayed in his effort to get the win and held the two veterans off in the final laps. Hans Stamberg and Dave Mikolajski completed the top five.

Frank Dibella, Warrenfeltz and Hollidge were heat winners with Dave Stouffer winning the consolation for the 31 entries while Warrenfeltz was the 21st Century Fireplace Services hard charger.

The late models get a break in the action this Saturday, September 8th as the HTMA late model sportsman and Ernie’s pure stocks highlight the action in their final point events. The enduro dash drivers will compete in their final championship event while the 21st Annual Tommy Thompson Demo Derby event will close out the evening. Pit gates open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5 p.m. and warm ups begin approximately 7 p.m. Check the speedway website for any changes in weather at: www.hagerstownspeedway.com  or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.


HAGERSTOWN SPEEDWAY RESULTS

22nd Annual McBee Hays Championship

Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, 44 laps, 39 entries, (Lap Leaders – Nathan Durboraw 1-4, Andy Anderson 5-44): 1.Andy Anderson; 2. J.T. Spence; 3.Alans Sagi; 4.Billy Wampler; 5.Jamie Lathroum; 6.David Williams; 7.Devin Friese (Hard Charger); 8.Brent Smith; 9.Mike Lupfer; 10.Travis Dillman; 11.Brian Booze; 12.Rusty Sites; 13.Bill Palmer; 14.Ryan Hack; 15.Scott LeBarron; 16.Gary Stuhler; 17.Al Shawver Jr.; 18.Larry Baker II; 19.Darryl Hills; 20.Terry Lescalleet; 21.Ray Kable Jr; 22.Marvin Winters; 23.Nathan Durboraw; 24.Bo Feathers; 25.Jeff Shearer; 26.D.J.Myers; DNS – Roy Deese Jr. DNQ – Ernie Davis, Mike Atherton, Matt Murphy, Steve Gibney, Robby Beall, Rick Stouffer, DNS – Frankie Plessinger, Tyler Hershey, Tim Murphy, Paul Crowl, Brian Hack, Kirk Ryan

Hoosier/Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 31 entries (Lap Leaders – Fred Harden 1-2, Cody Lear 3-8, Andy Fries 9-20); 1.Andy Fries; 2.Tyler Armstrong; 3.Cody Lear; 4.Barry Miller; 5.Kyle Lear (Hard Charger); 6.Pete Weaver; 7.Scott Palmer; 8.Arlin Brougher; 9.Steve Axtell; 10.Cory Houck; 11.Richard Walls; 12.Jerry Bard; 13.James Myers; 14.Eugene Conlee; 15.Ashely Barrett; 16.Brent Hottle; 17.Michael Collins; 18.Anthony Lupini; 19.Mike Walls; 20.Terry Flaherty; 21.Brian Lessley; 22.Rinnie Dennis; 23.Fred Harden; 24.Barry Lear Sr.; DNQ- Curt Shreiner, Randy Schaffer, Chad Myers, Rob Gergel, DNS - Nick Pappas, Justin Hart, Dale Smith Jr.

Ernie’s Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 15 Laps, 31 entries (Lap Leaders – Kevin Koontz 1, Danny Beavers 2, Dale Hollidge 3-15); 1.Dale Hollidge; 2.Mike Warrenfeltz (Hard Charger); 3.Mark Jones; 4.Hans Stamberg; 5.Dave Mikolajski; 6.Dean Holmes; 7.Kenny Dayhoff; 8.Danny Beavers; 9.Wayne Hawbaker; 10.Steve Lowery; 11.Dave Stouffer; 12.Drew Fitzsimmons; 13.Kevin Dayhoff; 14.Tony Catlett; 15.Jason Sarver; 16.Brian Swigger; 17.Billy Ecton; 18.Justin Snodderly; 19.Paul Quattro; 20.Jim Snyder; 21.Kevin Koontz; 22.Frank Dibella; 23.Lin Sutphin; 24.Bobby Taylor; DNQ – Jason Murray, Rick Durbin Jr., John Stamberg, Jeremy Mowen, Kevin Keefer, DSN- Kim Ramer, Jesse Coleman

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August 25, 2007 For Immediate Release




A CAREER FIRST FOR BARRETT IN LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN, WARRENFELTZ LANDS PURE STOCK FIFTH



HAGERSTOWN, MD – It was an emotional moment for Ashley Barrett following his career first win in the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman Saturday at Hagerstown Speedway on Small Fry Night while Mike Warrenfeltz returned for the fifth time in the Ernie’s Auto Enterprises pure stocks and scored the double point victory in the Ernie’s Special. Mark Vegh scored his season second Enduro Dash.

Barrett, of Chambersburg, Pa, a former street stock winner and champion, grabbed the lead on the opening lap after starting fourth and had several lengthy leads erased, but in the final five lap sprint, distanced himself 2.56 seconds over Richard Walls.

“It was funny, Dustin, my crew guy said ‘Go by him on the outside’ and I said ‘It’d be nice if he’d move down and let me go by him on the outside’ and that’s what he did,” Barrett said, explaining his opening lap move. “I just rolled it in there and it worked, I screwed up so many times but he (Dustin) kept showing me I was stretching it out, so I guess I was lucky.”

Cody Lear and Terry Flaherty sat on the front row for the start of the late model sportsman feature but Barrett quickly charged around the outside and snatched the lead from Lear exiting the fourth turn and immediately started to show his strength. Sixth starter Mike Walls moved into the third until his uncle, Richard Walls took over the spot after starting eighth.

Barrett was out front by two seconds on lap six as Lear got out of shape in turn four but gathered it back in before Walls got by as Barrett was then more than three seconds ahead by a lap nine caution when Barry Miller coasted to a stop.

Barrett again took over but slipped high in turn two on lap 11 as Lear got by. Barrett was hard on the gas and rounded turns three and four to retake the lead and begin to distance himself again and was nearly two seconds ahead when the yellow waved on lap 16.

Barrett sped away on the restart as Walls sped past Lear on the next circuit while points leader Andy Fries moved into third on the white flag lap but Barrett was out of distance and on the way to number one. Lear and Pete Weaver completed the top five.

“All the success we had in the street stocks it was tough moving up and run round the back for awhile…this is only the second top ten we’ve had all season,” Barrett said. “I never got this emotional from winning before, but I wanted to drive one of these cars since I was a wee little kid.”

Arlin Brougher, Steve Axtell and Flaherty were the heat winners while Dale Smith Jr. was the consolation winner for the 28 entries. Michael Collins was the Checkered Flag/S. Thomas Towing hard charger.

In the double point Ernie’s Special, Dave Stouffer charged from the sixth position to grab the lead on the first lap over outside pole sitter Wayne Hawbaker but Hagerstown’s Warrenfeltz was touring the outside line after starting tenth and moved into second by the next circuit. Following a third lap restart, Warrenfeltz ducked under Stouffer for the lead and showed the way as Bobby Taylor took second on lap nine while Mark Jones and Ha