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- Hawley
Wins Second in Sprints;
- Hall Takes
First in Mercer Mods
by Mike Leone
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- May 1, 1999
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- Mercer (PA)...Highlighting the third night of racing
at Mercer Raceway Park
on Saturday evening were wins by Jimmy Hawley in Waste Management
Sprints Cars and Rick Hall in MercerPros.com DIRT Modifieds.
Other winners were Randy Ferguson in the Miller Lite/Amsoil Six-Cylinder
Modifieds, Gary Smoker in the Quaker Steak & Lube West-Penn
Limited Modifieds, and Brian Miller in the Pure Stocks.
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- Jimmy Hawley picked up win number
two by taking the 20-lap Waste Management Sprint Car Feature.
Hawley’s winning move came on lap 13 taking the lead from
Gary Edwards. The win marked the West Middlesex, Pa. driver’s
third overall win of the season and seventh since Mercer reopened
in 1994.
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his son, Hawley commented on the difference from the last year
to this year. "We’re not hurting for horsepower. The
way we have the car set up this year compared to last year, there’s
no comparison in the way the car feels." This could be trouble
for the rest of the western Pa. considering Hawley had 16 wins
in 1998.
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- Hawley’s run to the front
began from the 11th position. Hawley worked his way into the
top five taking both Ohio drivers, John Nervo and Eric Hysong,
on lap seven. Seconds later, Nervo spun bringing out the caution.
On the restart, six-starter Tommy Burns, Jr., drove by Arnie
Kent for second and began to set his sights on pole-sitter Gary
Edwards. One lap later, Hawley moved into third with a pass of
Kent.
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- Tom Quarterson became the first
Sprint flip victim of 1999. Quarterson toppled the John Sloss
#00, while running in the top ten. He was okay, but through for
the night. When racing resumed, Burns was pressuring Edwards
for the lead when he slipped off the backstretch on lap 11 allowing
Hawley to drive under for runner-up.
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of turn four on lap 13 performing a slide job. The rest was history
as Hawley smoked them for the remaining laps in the Dr. John
Crawford #cIII. Burns finally worked his way by Edwards on the
backstretch on lap 16 for second. Bob Felmlee came from 10th
to take third when he got Edwards on lap 19. Edwards held off
Gary McCann, who recorded a career-best Mercer finish in fifth.
Sixth through tenth were Jamie Smith, Hysong, Jason Jacoby, Mike
Kekich, and Buddy Cochran. Heats went to Hawley and Felmlee.
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- Rick Hall won another wild and
crazy 20-lap MercerPros.com DIRT Modified Feature holding off
defending track champion Tommy Kristyak for the final 19 laps.
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- An eight-car melee occurred
on lap two, then at another part on the race track, leader Dave
Murdick and Steve Young tangled, sending both to the tail for
the restart. This gave the lead to Bill Dorman, but as soon as
action resumed, last week’s feature winner spun giving the
lead to Hall and runner-up to Kristyak.
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- The two went at it for the remainder
of the race at times running side-by-side, but Hall always had
just enough power to fend off the challenges. Laps 16 and 17
saw Kristyak all over Hall. Two restarts with one-lap to go gave
Kristyak every opportunity needed, but the night belonged to
the Grove City, Pa driver who won his first of the year and sixth
since 1994 in the Hall Safety Equipment #B4.
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- Point leader Carl Murdick had
himself positioned for his third straight third place run, but
broke on lap seven giving the spot to Lonny Riggs. Riggs stayed
in the position right to the finish keeping Kristyak and Hall
within striking distance for his best-career big-block finish
in only his fifth start. Rob McClimans was fourth for the second-straight
week, while Jeff Hoffman was fifth in a rare appearance. Sixth
through tenth in the 25-car field were Young, Dorman, Jim Reagle,
Dave Murdick, and Troy Schaffer. Hall and Randy Myers won the
heats.
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- Randy Ferguson became the third
different 20-lap Miller Lite/Amsoil Six-Cylinder Modified winner
in as many nights. The Mercer, Pa. driver started fourth and
gained the lead when Bill Adams, who led the race from laps two
through ten and was looking for a career-first win, slowed on
a lap 11 restart. Ferguson kept the 14 other competitors behind
him and survived seven cautions for his second-career win in
the #02. Kenny Hardy passed Harold Michaels for second on lap
19 dropping Michaels to third Lou Gentile was fourth as the Mercer
Gardner’s Club was the recipient of this week’s money.
Adams was fifth. Taking heats were Frank Guidace and Michaels.
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the DIRT Modifieds in Ted Hull’s #41 this year, Gary Smoker
has easily become the driver to beat in the Quaker Steak &
Lube West-Penn Limited Modifieds. Smoker again proved it winning
his second 15-lap feature at Mercer and third overall of the
season. The Mercer, Pa. resident started 11th in the 24-car field
and methodically raced to the front assuming the head spot on
lap 11 passing race-long leader Jeremiah Shingledecker. Once
in front, Smoker was not to be denied as the all-time Mercer
Limited Modified winner cruised to his 14th career Mercer win
driving the Kristyak’s Service Plaza #401. John Buchanan
took second from Shingledecker on the next-to-last lap. On the
final lap, Scott Kay and Skinny Hall both passed Shingledecker
for third and fourth dropping
Shingledecker to fifth at the finish. Heat victors were Don McKnight
and Hall.
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seat for a number of years, Brian Miller won his first Butterfield’s
Pub Pure Stock Feature. Miller survived a wild 15-lap affair
that featured five different leaders. Andy Buckley and Jim Davis
battled for the lead in the first 10 laps. Bill Hanna, who started
10th, came up through and passed everyone including Davis for
the lead on lap 12. Eleventh-starter, Gary Robinson, took second
from Hanna, but on lap 14, Robinson and Davis tangled with both
spinning and receiving flat tires. Hanna gained the lead back
for the final restart, but again on lap 14 the leaders tangled;
this time it was Hanna going around as Miller of New Wilmington
came out on top for the win in the Terry Hoover #99B. Jim Brunson
was a career-best second after starting 19th. Buckley was third
ahead of Rick Anthony and Chuck Kerr. Dan Lewis, John Reiser,
Buckley, and Leigh Wheeler were all victorious in the heats.
Tim Mailliard and Brian Booher scored wins in the two B mains.
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- Results
for May 1, 1999
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- Waste Management Sprint Car Feature Finish:
- 1. JIMMY
HAWLEY
- 2. Tommy Burns, Jr. 3. Bob Felmlee
4. Gary Edwards 5. Gary McCann 6. Jamie Smith 7. Eric Hysong
8. Jason Jacoby 9. Mike Kekich 10. Buddy Cochran 11. Dave Penezich,Jr.
12. Rick Anderson 13. Arnie Kent 14. Troy Cochran 15. Brian Staph
16.Dan Leech 17. C.W. Harshman 18. John Nervo 19. Randy Kriegisch
20. Tom Quarterson 21. Gary McCollum.
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- Mercer Pros.com DIRT Modified Feature Finish:
- 1. RICK HALL
- 2. Tommy Kristyak 3. Lonny Riggs
4. Rob McClimans 5. Jeff Hoffman 6. Steve Young 7. Bill Dorman
8. Jim Reagle 9. Dave Murdick 10. Troy Schaffer 11. Jerry Bickel
12.Scott Rodgers 13. Don Whitney 14. Rich Ferguson 15. Todd Schaffer
16. Mark Sevin 17. Carl Murdick 18. Howard Duff 19. Bob Dorman
20. Randy Myers 21.Rodney Beltz 22. Lou Blaney 23. Tom Armstrong
24. Don Blaney-DNS 25. GuyGriffin-DNS.
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- Miller Lite/AMSOIL
Six-Cylinder Modified
Feature Finish:
- 1. RANDY
FERGUSON
2. Kenny Hardy 3. Harold Michaels 4. Lou Gentile 5. Bill Adams
6. Mark Welsh 7. Conny Allen 8. Joe Kane 9. Dana Gearhart 10.
Steve Barr 11. Frank Guidace 12. Carl Weatherby 13. Rick Kress
14. Jim Bickel 15. Gregg McCandless.
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- Quaker Steak & Lube West-Penn Limited Modified Feature Finish:
- 1. GARY SMOKER
- 2. John Buchanan 3. Scott Kay
4. Skinny Hall 5. Jeremiah Shingledecker 6. Rick Hall 7. Ron
Eperthener, Jr. 8. Don McKnight 9. Marty Kristyak 10. Gary Bollinger
11. Rob Kristyak 12. Rick Ryder 13. Denny Mathieson 14. Buck
Buchanan 15. Bob Young 16. Jeff Miller 17. Steve Walsh 18. Dave
Norcross 19. Mike Kelley 20. Bill Thompson 21. Boyd Johnson,
Jr. 22. Andy Sasse 23. Randy Rodemoyer-DNS 24. Tom Mattocks,
Jr.-DNS.
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- Butterfield’s Pub Pure Stock Feature Finish:
- 1. BRIAN
MILLER
- 2. Jim Brunson 3. Andy Buckley
4. Rick Anthony 5. Chuck Kerr 6. Leigh Wheeler 7. Buck Sevin
8. Todd Titus 9. John Reiser 10. Jim Davis 11. Ed Hays 12. Charlie
Baptiste 13. Bill Hanna 14. Willie Aley 15. Gary Robinson 16.
Lisa Whitehouse 17.Bill Banick, Jr. 18. Tim Mailliard 19. Ray
Bailey 20. Brian Booher 21. Tony Hyde 22. Dan Lewis 23. Larry
Boumans 24. Bill Wheeling DNQ-Jeff Kravec, George Kafantaris,
Terry Kroner, Dan Fedorchak, Mike Aley, Jim Riffenberrick, Tim
Zushlag, George Davis, Pat Hile, Ricky Rabiroads, Jim White,
Jr., Mike Harmon, David Beatty, Steve Reed, Brian Mathieson.
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- Rain wipes
out action at
Mercer during the heats
by Mike Leone
May 8, 1999
Mercer (PA)...The remainder of the races had to be cancelled
Saturday evening at Mercer Raceway Park after steady light rain
put a halt to action. Seven heat races were run in light drizzle
until the intensity of the rain picked up. There were a season-high
130 cars in the pit area. Rain checks will be good for the next
two weeks. The Twin-State Auto Racing Club Night has been rescheduled
for Saturday, May 22. Earlier in the week, 27 tri-axel loads
of clay were put onto the track and the result Saturday was a
smooth and tacky surface.
Car counts were 37 Butterfield’s Pub Pure Stocks, 27 Waste
Management Sprint Cars, 26 MercerPros.com DIRT Modifieds, 25
Quaker Steak & Lube West-Penn Limited Modifieds, and 15 Miller
Lite/Amsoil Six-Cylinder Modifieds. Randy Ferguson and Lou Gentile
won the two Six-Cylinder heats. DIRT Modified heats went to Tommy
Kristyak, Rick Hall, and Lou Blaney. Sprint heats were won by
Gary McCann, Eric Hysong, and the third heat was rained out.
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First wins
for Smith
and Young at Mercer
by Mike Leone
- May 15, 1999
Mercer(PA)...Highlighting
wins on Saturday evening at Mercer Raceway Park were Jamie Smith
(Waste Management Sprint Cars) and Steve Young (MercerPros.com
DIRT Modifieds). Other winners were Gregg McCandless (Miller
Lite/Amsoil Six-Cylinder Modifieds), Rick Hall (Quaker Steak
& Lube West-Penn Limited Modifieds), and Gary Robinson (Butterfield’s
Pub Pure Stocks). A season-high 138 cars were on hand to do battle.
 Jamie
Smith looked like the “Jamie Smith” from years past
as the Sewickley, Pa. driver won his first 20-lap Waste Management
Sprint Car Feature since August 26 of last season. Referring
to the switch to Maxim chassis, Smith related, “It’s
the best night we have had so far. We really hit on something
pretty good tonight. I learned it takes a little different driving
technique to drive these.”
Smith’s run to the front began from the fifth spot. On lap
four, Smith cracked the top three with a pass of Gary Edwards.
Two laps later, Smith disposed of Gary McCann for runner-up.
The following laps saw the 1996 and 1997 track champion close
on leader Arnie Kent. By lap eight, Smith was all over Kent as
the two raced traffic. On lap nine, Kent had trouble with a slower
car and Smith raced by coming off the inside portion of turn
two for the lead.
Two-time winner, Jimmy Hawley, who started ninth, made his way
up to third taking McCann on ap 15. McCann’s fine run came
to an end as he slowed on lap 16 moving Troy Preston into fourth.
As the laps began to wind down, Kent and Hawley closed on Smith
in heavy traffic as the top three distanced themselves from the
field. On the final lap, Smith made the right moves through traffic
for his 17th win since 1994 in his GBG/Butterfield’s Pub
#5. Kent held off Hawley tying a career-best Sprint Car finish.
Preston was fourth over Mike Kekich. Sixth through tenth were
Bob Felmlee, Jack Sodeman, Jr., Tommy Burns, Jr., Randy Johnson,
and Gary Kriess, Jr. Heats for the 24-car field went to Smith
and Joe McEwen. Tom Quarterson
and Jason Jacoby both flipped in separate incidents during hot
laps. Both cars were done for the night, but both drivers were
okay.
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“I can’t believe I held off (Tommy) Kristyak! That’s
a real thrill!” Those were the words out of Steve Young’s
mouth crawling out of his #67 DIRT Modified in victory lane.
Young held off a excellent field of 27 cars for his second career
DIRT Modified win.
Young started from the outside pole in the 20-lap MercerPros.com
feature  and assumed the lead on lap one
when he and Randy Myers made contact sending Myers spinning.
Meanwhile, eighth-starter, Tommy Kristyak picked his way to the
front and passed Carl Murdick for the third position on lap two.
Rich Ferguson looked good early on holding off all of the top
cars in second for six laps, but the on seventh circuit lost
the spot to Kristyak.
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Following the restart for a Rodney Beltz spin with eight laps
completed, Carl Murdick got an excellent start passing the lap
car of Ed Alcorn as well as Ferguson and Kristyak to take runner-up.
But on the 11th go-around, Kristyak reestablished second dropping
Murdick back to third. Young stretched out his lead to a straightaway
with five laps to go. Two cautions bunched up the field for a
two-lap shoot-out, but on this night the Grove City, Pa. driver
had them all covered racing to victory by about a five car-length
margin over Kristyak, the defending track champion. Young became
the fourth winner in four races this season.
Carl Murdick was third for the third time out of four races this
season. Andy Priest was fourth after starting 11th in his first
start of the season. Tim Doran was fifth also making his first
start of the season. Sixth through tenth were Lou Blaney, Bill
Dorman, Randy Myers, Jerry Bickel, and Skip Deane.
Heat winners were Blaney, Kristyak, and Doran.
Gregg McCandless ended a long streak of bad luck scoring the
20-lap Miller Lite/Amsoil Six-Cylinder Modified win. The Mercer,
Pa. driver started on the outside pole and quickly assumed the
lead from Steve Barr. McCandless quickly distanced himself from
the field and never looked back driving the McCandless Ford #20
to his first win since June 28, 1997 when he won back-to-back
weeks. Jim Bickel, who started 5th, had his best run in years,
but had a tire go down while running second on lap 10. This moved
Randy Ferguson, who started ninth, into second and he kept the
spot over Frank Guidace. Lou Gentile and Harold Michaels completed
the top five. The race went non-stop in six minutes and 14 seconds.
Winning the heats were Gentile and Guidace.
Rick Hall won his second race of the season, but first in the
15-lap Quaker Steak & Lube West-Penn Limited Modified Feature.
Jeremiah Shingledecker jumped into the lead from the outside
pole. Hall, who started sixth, was on the move taking third away
from Ron Eperthener, Jr. on lap five. Three laps later, the Grove
City, Pa. resident, did away with Scott Kay for second. On lap
12, Hall a winner in the DIRT Modified division this year, went
to the inside of Shingledecker in turns three and four and slid
on by for the lead and the win in his father’s Hall’s
Safety Equipment #2. Shingledecker, Eperthener, and Gary Bollinger
recorded season-best finishes in the second through fourth positions.
John Buchanan was fifth. Marty Kristyak, Gary Smoker, and Scott
Kay won the heat events over the season-high 28-car field.
Greenville, Pa.’s Gary Robinson won his second 15-lap Butterfield’s
Pub Pure Stock Feature of the season. Bill Wheeling got the lead
from a spinning Andy Buckley in the opening laps. Robinson, who
started 11th, made his way to the front joining Mailliard as
the two tracked down Wheeling for a three-car fight to the finish.
Robinson got around Mailliard for second on lap 13 and was all
over Wheeling, a former Sprint Car champion. On the final lap,
Robinson got a run coming out of turns one and two and made the
pass. Robinson held off Wheeling to the checkers in his Cresswell’s
Auto Align/Speir Homes #44R. Mailliard was third. Brian Booher
and Lynn Hostetler completed the top five with season-best finishes.
Taking heat wins were John Reiser, Booher, Robinson, and Buckley
in the 44-car field. Winning the two B mains were Albert Hays
and Bill Banick, Jr.
- Waste Management Sprint
Car Feature Finish:
- 1. JAMIE SMITH
- 2. Arnie Kent 3. Jimmy Hawley
4. Troy Preston 5. Mike Kekich 6. Bob Felmlee 7. Jack Sodeman,
Jr. 8. Tommy Burns, Jr. 9. Randy Johnson 10. Gary Kriess, Jr.
11. Gary Edwards 12. Brian Staph 13. Joe McEwen 14. Dave Penezich,
Jr. 15. Gary McCollum 16. Mike Marano II 17. Gary McCann 18.
Eric Hysong 19. Terry Young 20.Rick Anderson 21. Dave Wagner
22. Tom Quarterson-DNS 23. Jason Jacoby-DNS 24. Buddy
Cochran-DNS.
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- MercerPros.com DIRT
Modified Feature Finish:
- 1. STEVE YOUNG
- 2. Tommy Kristyak 3. Carl Murdick
4. Andy Priest 5. Tim Doran 6. Lou Blaney 7. Bill Dorman 8. Randy
Myers 9. Jerry Bickel 10. Skip Deane 11. Rob McClimans 12. Bob
Dorman 13. Randy Snider 14. Rich Ferguson 15. Mike Gordon 16.
Mark Sevin 17. Ed Alcorn 18. Rick Hall 19. Guy Griffin 20. Jim
Reagle 21. Scott Rodgers 22. Rodney Beltz 23. Howard Duff 24.
Todd Schaffer 25. Randy Ferguson-DNS 26. Troy Schaffer-DNS 27.
Skip Moore-DNS.
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Six-Cylinder
Modified Feature Finish:
- 1. GREGG MCCANDLESS
- 2. Randy Ferguson 3. Frank Guidace
4. Lou Gentile 5. Harold Michaels 6. Carl Weatherby 7. Conny
Allen 8.Bill Adams 9. Mark Welsh 10. Dana Gearhart 11. Joe Kane
12. Steve Barr 13. Jim Bickel 14. Rick Kress 15. Stan Bell-DNS.
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& Lube West-Penn Limited Modified Feature Finish:
- 1. RICK HALL
- 2. Jeremiah Shingledecker 3.
Ron Eperthener, Jr. 4. Gary Bollinger 5. John Buchanan 6. Marty
Kristyak 7. Rob Kristyak 8. Rick Ryder 9. Randy Rodemoyer 10.
Gary Smoker 11. Buck Buchanan 12. Shon Derr 13.Steve Walsh 14.
Mike Kelley 15. Doug Upton 16. John Larkin 17. Bob Young 18.
Don McKnight 19. Scott Kay 20. Boyd Johnston, Jr. 21. Joe Walsh
22. Jeff Miller 23. Mike Gardner 24. Bill Thompson-DNS 25. Tom
Mattocks-DNS 26. Kevin Nagy-DNS 27. Fred Sasse-DNS 28. Dave Norcross-DNS.
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- Butterfield’s Pub Pure Stock Feature Finish:
- 1. GARY ROBINSON
- 2. Bill Wheeling 3. Tim Mailliard
4. Brian Booher 5. Lynn Hostetler 6. Bill Hanna 7. Brian Miller
8. Jim Davis 9. John Reiser 10. Chuck Kerr 11. Albert Hays 12.
Charlie Baptiste 13. Bill Banick, Jr. 14. Lisa Whitehouse 15.
Pat Hile 16. Willie Aley 17. Terry Kroner 18. George Davis 19.
Rick Anthony 20. Jeff Kravec 21. Jim White, Jr. 22. Sean Shook
23. Jim Brunson 24. Andy Buckley 25. Sammy Wheat-DNS
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Caszatt, Sr., Steve Reed, Dan Fedorchak, Buck Sevin, Ed Hays,
Byron Brannon, Jr., Ray Bailey, Leigh Wheeler, Jim Riffenberrick,
Tony Bruno, Dan Lewis, Brian Mathieson, Todd Titus, Tim Zushlag,
Andy Thompson, Brian Couselman, George Kafantaris.
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Rain cancels
racing at Mercer
by Mike Leone
May 22, 1999
Mercer (PA)...Rain showers washed out action for
Saturday evening at Mercer Raceway Park. It was the third time
out of seven tries in 1999 that mother nature has won out. This
Saturday evening, May 29, will feature the Waste Management Sprint
Cars, MercerPros.com DIRT Modifieds, Miller Lite/Amsoil Six-Cylinder
Modifieds, Quaker Steak & Lube West-Penn Limited Modifieds,
and the Butterfield’s Pub Pure Stocks. It will also be Little
League, Butterfield’s Pub, and Pure Stock Autograph Night.
Gates open at 4 p.m. with racing at 6 p.m.
Jimmy Hawley of West Middlesex,
Pa. holds a 22 point lead over Jamie Smith in the Sprint Car
points. Tommy Kristyak of Stoneboro, Pa. is up 13 points on Carl
Murdick in the DIRT Modified points. Lou Gentile of Youngstown,
Ohio has a two point advantage on Randy Ferguson in the Six-Cylinder
Modified points. In the West-Penn Limited Modifieds points, Gary
Smoker of Mercer, Pa. leads Ron Eperthener, Jr. by 17 markers.
Gary Robinson of Greenville, Pa. is up 14 points on Brian Miller
in the Pure Stocks points.
- Felmlee
and Beltz Celebrate
- Mercer
Sprint and Mod Wins
- by Mike Leone
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- May 29, 1999
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- Mercer (PA)...Highlighting
wins on the fifth night of action were Bob Felmlee
(Waste Management Sprint Cars) and Rodney Beltz (Mercer.Pros.com
DIRT
Modifieds). Other victors were Carl Weatherby (Miller Lite/Amsoil
Six-Cylinder Modifieds), Rob Kristyak (Quaker Steak & Lube
West-Penn Limited Modifieds), and John Reiser (Butterfield’s
Pub Pure Stocks). Bob Felmlee came out on top of the 20-lap Waste
Management Sprint Car Feature. The Franklin, Pa. driver came
from eighth to pass Mike Kekich on lap five for the lead. The
driver of the World of Wheels/Lutz Auto Body Maxim #6 said in
victory lane, "We were still a little too tight, but JamesWray
(Sprint Car driver) was my one man crew and did a job."
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down
- Mercer's frontstretch Saturday.
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- The race got off to a scary
start when Randy Johnson flipped violently down the frontstretch.
He was okay. Buddy Cochran also got caught up in the melee. He
was knocked unconscious and his throttle stuck sending him into
a wild series of doughnuts which started in the infield and continued
for a long period of time until the car finally came to rest
on the backstretch. Luckily the car never hit anything. Cochran
was taken to the hospital with a possible arm injury.
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Kekich stormed into the lead with Jason Jacoby trailing. On lap
three, Felmlee was already making his move toward the front passing
both Terry Young and Arnie Kent to move into third. One lap later,
Felmlee edged Jacoby at the flagstand for runner-up. Then on
lap five, Felmlee used the outside of turn four to make the winning
move from Kekich. Point leader, Jimmy Hawley, who started 11th,
was quickly making his presence known. Hawley got around Kent
for third on lap eight and passed Kekich for second with a turn
two pass on the outside. Hawley then began to run down Felmlee
as the two worked traffic. But on lap 15, another scary incident
took place. Hawley was within a couple car-lengths of Felmlee,
but as Hawley entered turn two something came off the track striking
him in the arm. Hawley was also taken to the hospital with a
possible arm injury.
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pull away for his second win. A good battle ensued for second
with Kent, Kekich, Jacoby, and Tommy Burns, Jr. all battling.
Jacoby took Kekich for third on the restart, then passed Kent
at the flagstand on lap 19 to finish a career-best second. Kent
fell to third. Burns came from 19th to finish fourth after passing
Kekich for the spot on lap 17. Jamie Smith was fifth. Sixth through
tenth were Kekich, Young, Joe McEwen, Rick Anderson, and Mike
Marano II. Heat winners were Young and Hawley.
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- Rodney Beltz of Ellwood City,
Pa. won a wild 20-lap MercerPros.com DIRT Modified Feature for
his first win of 1999. Beltz, who arrived late and missed his
heat, started at the tail of the feature. "We just ended
putting the motor in. We picked up the motor at 10:30 and were
up all night and worked all day."
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got out in front of the field at the start. Following a lap nine
restart, Tommy Kristyak and Beltz passed Scott Rodgers for third
and fourth. The following lap saw Kristyak pass Bickel for second.
Beltz followed suit moving into third on the 11th circuit. Griffin,
Kristyak, and Beltz began to pull away from the field by the
half-way point. It was lap 13 when Kristyak took the lead from
Griffin. Then following a restart with 15 laps completed, Griffin
and Kristyak tangled. This gave the lead to Beltz and he was
able to hang on for his first win of 1999 in his McElwain Chevrolet/KD
Machine #6. Bickel passed Steve Young for second on lap 17 for
a season-best finish. Griffin came all the way back to get third
at the finish dropping Young to fourth. Carl Murdick was fifth.
Completing the top ten were Rodgers, Howard Duff, Michigan’s
Don Whitney, Todd Schaffer, and Bill Dorman. Winning the heats
were Kristyak and Murdick.
- Mercer Modified Action with Bill
Dorman-19, Rob McClimans-5m, and Steve Young-67.
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Carl Weatherby, won his second 20-lap Miller Lite/Amsoil Six-Cylinder
Modified Feature of the season. Jim Bickel assumed the early
lead with a pass of Steve Barr on lap two. Lou Gentile and Weatherby
drove by Barr for second and third on lap three. Bickel, Gentile,
and Weatherby quickly began to distance themselves from the field.
Weatherby used an outside move to pass Gentile on lap eight for
second. Then on the ninth lap passed Bickel for the lead. On
lap 10, Gentile disposed of Bickel for runner-up. Gentile re-passed
Weatherby for the top spot on lap 12. But following a restart
with 13 laps completed, Weatherby of Volant, Pa.reassumed the
lead and never looked back for his 30th career Six-Cylinder win.
Gentile was second. Frank Guidace was third after passing Bickel
for the spot on lap 14. Randy Ferguson was fourth and dropped
Bickel to fifth at the finish. Gentile and Weatherby were heat
winners.
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- Very close six cylinder action
at Mercer with
- Lou Gentile -1, Jim Rowe-6,
Carl Weatherby-919 and Rich Kress-222. ©BRP
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- Rob Kristyak of Bristolville,
Ohio won his first career race winning the 15-lap Quaker Steak
& Lube West-Penn Limited Modified Feature.
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- Jeremiah Shingledecker led the
first four laps before slowing with mechanical problems on lap
five giving the top spot to Don McKnight. McKnight’s lead
lasted until lap eight when Kristyak made the winning move. Point
leader Gary Smoker got by McKnight for the second spot on lap
nine, but didn’t have anything for the Kristyak in his Klaben
Crown Ford/Cook’s IGA #00. McKnight held onto third with
Scott Kay and Shon Derr completing the top five. Heats for the
season-high 29-car field were won by Shingledecker, Mike Kristyak,
and Derr. Randy Rodemoyer won the B main.
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- FOUR-WIDE PURE STOCK ACTION
at Mercer with Brian Miller-99, Biran Booher-2B,
- Lynn Hostetler-33, and Willie
Aley-99.© BRP
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- John Reiser of Stoneboro, Pa.
was the victor in the 15-lap Butterfield’s Pub
Pure Stock Feature. Reiser started fifth on the grid, but took
over second
from Leigh Wheeler on the first lap. On lap two, Reiser drove
his #26II past
Brian Booher for the lead. Reiser never looked back for his first
win since
May 17, 1997. Booher was a season-best second. Bill Hanna came
back from an early spin to finish third. Wheeler and Gary Robinson
completed the top five. Scoring heat wins were Robinson, Booher,
Wheeler, and Andy Buckley. Byron Brannon, Jr. and Tim Mailliard
won the two B mains.
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- Waste Management Sprint
Car Feature Finish:
- 1. BOB FELMLEE
- 2. Jason Jacoby 3. Arnie Kent
4. Tommy Burns, Jr. 5. Jamie Smith 6. Mike Kekich 7. Terry Young
8. Joe McEwen 9. Rick Anderson 10. Mike Marano II 11. Gary Edwards
12. Bob Lime 13. Dave Wagner 14. Gary McCollum 15. Troy Cochran
16. Mike Latsch 17. Jimmy Hawley 18. Randy Johnson 19. Buddy
Cochran.
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- MercerPros.com DIRT
Modified Feature Finish:
- 1. RODNEY
BELTZ
- 2. Jerry Bickel 3. Guy Griffin
4. Steve Young 5. Carl Murdick 6. Scott Rodgers 7. Howard Duff
8. Don Whitney 9. Todd Schaffer 10. Bill Dorman 11. Tommy Kristyak
12.Rick Hall 13. Mark Sevin 14. Rob McClimans 15. Skip Moore
16. Troy Schaffer 17. Tom Armstrong-DNS 18. Lonny Riggs-DNS.
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- Miller Lite/AMSOIL
Six-Cylinder
Modified Feature Finish:
- 1. CARL WEATHERBY
2. Lou Gentile 3. Frank Guidace 4. Randy Ferguson 5. Jim Bickel
6. Conny
Allen 7. Bill Adams 8. Mark Welsh 9. Steve Barr 10. Kenny Adams
11. Mark McEwen 12. Harold Michaels 13. Gregg McCandless 14.
Joe Kane 15. Jerry Schaffer 16. Dana Gearhart 17. Nicole Kress
18. Rick Kress.
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- Quaker Steak
& Lube West-Penn Limited Modified
Feature Finish:
- 1. ROB KRISTYAK
- 2. Gary Smoker 3. Don McKnight
4. Scott Kay 5. Shon Derr 6. Gary
Bollinger 7. John Buchanan 8. Rick Ryder 9. Randy Rodemoyer 10.
Joe Walsh, Jr. 11. Jeff Miller 12. Doug Upton 13. Ron Eperthener,
Jr. 14. Jeremiah Shingledecker 15. Fred Sasse 16. Dave Norcross
17. Zack Moran 18. Rick Hall 19. Kevin Thompson 20. Mike Kristyak
21. Mike Kelley 22. Mike Gardner 23. Skinny Hall 24. Tom Mattocks
DNQ-Boyd Johnston, Jr., Bill Thompson, Buck Buchanan, Bob Young,
Steve Walsh.
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- Butterfield’s
Pub Pure Stock Feature
Finish:
- 1. JOHN REISER
- 2. Brian Booher 3. Bill Hanna
4. Leigh Wheeler 5. Gary Robinson 6. Rick Anthony 7. Andy Buckley
8. Chuck Kerr 9. Bill Wheeling 10. Brian Miller 11. Todd Titus
12.Buck Sevin 13. Pat Hile 14. Mike Aley 15. Bill Banick, Jr.
16. Jim Brunson17. David Beatty 18. Byron Brannon, Jr. 19. Ed
Hays 20. Albert Hays 21. Lisa Whitehouse 22. Terry Kroner 23.
Charlie Baptiste 24. Tim Mailliard DNQ-Tony Spaghetti, Andy Thompson,
Ray Bailey, George Davis, Tim Zushlag, Bill Marsh, Willie Aley,
Steve Reed, Lynn Hostetler, Jerry Ryder, Brian Mathieson.
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