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Topic: Williams Grove Report 4/9/2010
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April 11, 2010 at
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Cars in attendance: 0-Rick Lafferty, 07-Mark Coldren, 1w-T.J. Stutts, 3-Bob Bennett, 3w-Kyle Moody, 7-Chad Layton, 7m-Mark Smith, 8m-Chris Meleason, 11c-Cory Haas, 14-Doug Dodson, 15-Adam Wilt, 17-Daryn Pittman, 17b-Steve Buckwalter 19m-Brent Marks, 20s-Derek Sell, 21-Brian Montieth, 22-Greg Hodnett, 25-Aaron Ott, 27-Tyler Walker, 30c-Lance Dewease, 35-Justin Henderson, 39-Doug Esh, 45-A.J. Michael, 48-Danny Dietrich, 51-Fred Rahmer, 69k-Don Kreitz, Jr., 71-Brian Leppo, 75-Dave Ely, 87-Alan Krimes
In what has been a yo-yo season as far as temperatures are concerned, the mercury again dipped low into the 40s with a steady wind all night that made it feel like it was in the low to mid 30s. Track conditions for tonight look good and the low temps should help keep the moisture in for the sprint cars. 29 410s signed in, with T.J. Stutts making his 2010 410 debut in the John Westbrook owned 1w.
Cory Haas appeared to have some sort of motor problem in the first set of hot laps, however he was able to push off to fire the motor just after session #2. Possibly something small that the crew was able to fix quickly. The format for tonight’s program will include three 10-lap heat races, a consolation and a 25-lap feature. Starting spots in heats were determined by money average with low averages starting up front and drivers making their first starts tagging the rear of the field. The top 6 in each heat transfer, with the top 4 being handicapped in the top 12 based on average, again with the low average up front.
Heat 1(Starting position in parentheses):
1. 30c-Dewease (7), 2. 8m-Meleason(3), 3. 51-Rahmer(10), 4. 27-Walker(4), 5. 17-Pittman(9), 6. 39-Esh(8), 7. 45-Michael(2), 8. 14-Dodson(5), 9. 0-Lafferty(6), 10. 20s-Sell(1)
On the first lap, pole-sitter Sell spins in turn 3 and also involved is Dodson. Sell has a flat LF as well as other damage and is forced to retire. Dodson rejoins field. On the restart, Meleason leads and Dewease gets up to 2nd early on. Rahmer moves up to 4th by passing Esh and Walker. Esh also gets by T-Dub. On lap 6, Walker slides by Esh. Esh nearly into the turn 2 wall and Pittman is able to get by. Michael gets passed by Rahmer and Pittman on lap 7, while Meleason continues to lead. Walker gets by Pittman for the last invert position. Esh slides past Michael for the last transfer. Dewease takes the lead going into 3 with two to go and would hold on from there.
Heat 2:
1. 25-Ott(3), 2. 48-Dietrich(5), 3. 21-Montieth(9), 4. 11c-Haas(4), 5.75-Ely(6), 6. 1w-Stutts(10), 7.71-Leppo(8), 8. 35-Henderson(7), 9. 3-Bennett(1), 10. 07-Coldren(2)
As the cars are pushing off, word comes down that there is moisture accumulating on the windshield of the pace vehicle. A very fine snow is coming down and you have to look into the lights to see it. Bennett leads on the start. Ott gets by Coldren going into 3 on lap 1 and takes the lead on lap 2. Yellow comes out on lap 3 for Stutts, who looped it in Turn 4. Montieth up to 6th on lap 5. Coldren and Dietrich move by Bennett on lap 6 and then the yellow flies as the precipitation has turned to a steadier rain/snow mix. After a few laps under caution the red is displayed and the cars return to the pits. Lap 6 RO – 25, 07, 48, 3, 11c, 21, 75, 1w, 35, 71. After a short 15 minute delay the cars are given 3 laps by the pace truck to lineup. Coldren is late and moved to the rear of the field. On lap 7, Haas moves by Bennett and Montieth would do the same on lap 8. Ely also gets by Bennett going down the backstretch as Montieth moves by Hass in turn 4 coming to the white flag. Stutts then moves by Bennett for the final transfer. Ott wins the heat race.
Heat 3:
1. 7m-Smith(2), 2. 3w-Moody(1), 3. 22-Hodnett(9), 4. 87-Krimes(6), 5.69k-Kreitz(3), 6. 7-Layton(8), 7. 15-Wilt(7), 8. 19m-Marks(4), 9. 17b-Buckwalter(5)
Smith leads on the start. Krimes up to 3rd early and Hodnett is up to 4th on lap 3. Kreitz looks to be leaking oil and has a brief flare up coming across the line on lap 4. Yellow out, Buckwalter spins and pulls into the pits on lap 5. Layton takes final transfer from Marks on lap 6. Hodnett moves around Krimes on lap 6. Kreitz up to 4th after passing Krimes on lap 7. Smith leads the distance to win. Krimes gets back around Kreitz on the last lap to make the top 12 inversion for the feature.
Consolation:
1. 71-Leppo(1), 2. 35-Henderson(4), 3.15-Wilt(2), 4. 19m-Marks(6), 5. 14-Dodson(4), 6. 17b-Buckwalter(8), 7. 20s-Sell(10) 8. 3-Bennett(8), 9. 45-Michael(1), DQ. 0-Lafferty(7), DNS. 07-Coldren(11)
Coldren scratched. Leppo leads on the start. Wilt moves to 2nd out of turn 4 on the first lap. Henderson and Dodson move by Michael on lap 2. Buckwalter passes Bennett on lap 3 but the pass is negated when Michael brings out the caution after a spin in turn 3. Lafferty is also involved and his wing would fold up on the restart. 45 done for the night. Marks gets by Lafferty for 4th and Buckwalter again passes Bennett. On lap 4, Buckwalter gets by Lafferty for 6th. Bennett drops out late and the last half of the race sees no passing except a last lap pass by Henderson to take 2nd.
Following the last chance race, the 17b stopped on the backstretch just out of turn 2. Buckwalter emerged from the car on his own but in obvious pain. The red was brought out and the ambulance was called to assist. The official call was a broken drive shaft. Buckwalter called off the ambulance crew and seemed to be okay after walking it out a little. To add to this, Rick Lafferty did not go to the scales after finishing 7th which makes Derek Sell the first alternate in the event that Buckwalter is unable to go in the feature event.
Feature:
1. 30c-Dewease(9), 2. 7m-Smith(2), 3. 22-Hodnett(11), 4. 48-Dietrich(7), 5. 17-Pittman(13), 6. 21-Montieth(10), 7. 39-Esh(16) 8. 51-Rahmer(12), 9. 7-Layton(18), 10. 75-Ely(14) 11. 15-Wilt(21), 12. 1w-Stutts(17), 13. 69k-Kreitz(15), 14. 19m-Marks(22), 15. 87-Krimes(8), 16. 35-Henderson(20), 17. 11c-Haas(6) 18. 14-Dodson(23), 19. 3w-Moody(1), 20. 71-Leppo(19), 21. 25-Ott(4) 22. 8m-Meleason(3), 23. 27-Walker(5), 24. 20s-Sell(24)
17b scratches and the 20s will start 24th. 3w leads initial start. Sell gets into turn 1 wall and flips bringing out the red flag. While lining up for the complete restart, Walker stops on the back stretch and needs to be towed in. Broken torque tube on the 27. 3w again leads on the start but Smith takes control out of turn 4 to complete lap 1. 7m, 3w, 25, 48, 30c – top 5. Hodnett passes Haas in turn 2 on lap 3 and Rahmer follows suit in turn 3 with Montieth sending Haas back another spot in turn 4. On the next circuit, the 21 battles the 51 and takes 7th, meanwhile, Dewease moves into 3rd. Hodnett and Montieth both move by Moody on lap 6 and Dewease passes Ott for to move into the runner-up spot. Esh now into the top 10. Pittman makes a move around Moody and Rahmer in turn 2 on lap 7 and is now 7th. Smith has now pulled out to about a half straight lead. Esh passes Rahmer on lap 9. Leader catching lapped traffic on lap 11. Ott starts falling back getting passed by Hodnett and Montieth. Leaders in heavy traffic on lap 14 and Dewease is catching the leader. Lap 16, Dewease is right behind Smith. Dewease takes the lead on lap 17 in turn 4. Montieth begins to pressure Hodnett on lap 19 as Dewease start pulling away from Smith. Yellow out for Ott who has come to a stop on the back stretch with 22 laps in the books. RO – 30c, 7m, 48, 22, 21, 17, 39, 51, 7, 75, 15, 1w, 19m, 87, 69k lead lap cars with 35, 3w, 11c, 14, 71 all down a lap. On the restart, Pittman gets by Montieth for 5th and Rahmer gets by Esh. Hodnett passes Dietrich for 3rd in turn four coming to the white flag. Dewease leads the final 8 laps to win his first race of 2010.
Notes:
The win was Lance Dewease’s 71st career at the Speedway which is second only to Rahmer
Dewease continued the trend of winning a heat race before winning the main event
Dewease was the first driver to not win the third heat race and also the first to not start 3rd in the feature. Rahmer, Lucas Wolfe and Stevie Smith all won the third heat and started 3rd the night they won the feature
Jamie Lathroun won the Three State Flyers Series Late Model feature
Steve Buckwalter was okay after being hit in the leg with a broken drive shaft and will be running his midget Sunday at Susquehanna Speedway Park
358s are back on the card next week
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April 11, 2010 at
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In a moment of clarity, I decided to delete my previous response..... ;~/
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