This week was tough, with a lot of the top guys having at least one bad result last weekend and a bunch of other guys having solid weekends.
In this week: Alan Krimes and Curt Michael
Out this week: Johnny Mackison, Jr. and Danny Dietrich
Biggest move up: Daryn Pittman - 6 spots
Biggest move down: Doug Esh - 8 spots
Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Fred Rahmer(1) - 3rd @ WG/23rd @ Lincoln - Still the best of the bunch despite a DNF at Lincoln
2. Greg Hodnett(3) - 5th @ WG/18th @ Port - Another good run from mid-pack at the Grove, not so much at Port
3. Brian Montieth(6) - 2nd @ WG/5th @ Lincoln - Couldn't quite get the win at WG, better at Lincoln this time
4. Daryn Pittman(10) - 4th @ WG/2nd @ Port - Best average finish last week, we'll see how things go with the Grove handicapping
5. Brian Leppo(8) - 22nd @ WG/1st @ Lincoln - Hero at Lincoln, zero at the Grove
6. Chad Layton(9) - 10th @ WG/3rd @ Port - Nothing special at WG, 3rd in Port opener
7. Mark Smith(5) - DNQ @ WG/7th @ Lincoln - Motor issues plague Grove effort, solid effort at Lincoln
8. Alan Krimes(NR) - 7th @ WG/4th @ Lincoln - Last three races, 4th, 7th, 4th, Always solid at Lincoln
9. Lance Dewease(7) - 8th @ WG/11th @ Port - Nothing great to report but he didn't have a bad one like many others this week
10. Doug Esh(2) - 14th @ WG/22nd @ Lincoln - A tale of two weeks: Last week's average finish - 2.5. This week - 18
11. Todd Shaffer(4) - 21st @ WG/15th @ Port - Going nowhere at WG, flip at Port
12. Curt Michael(NR) - 6th @ WG/5th @ Port - Some good runs for the 5g so far in 2010
Honorable Mention. Rick Lafferty - 12th @ WG/1st @ Port - Rick has a 12th, and a 10th at WG so far this year and pulled off the big win in the Port opener.
Hard Luck. Stevie Smith - DSQ @ WG / 3rd @ Lincoln - Disqualification at WG ruined what could have been a pretty good opening weekend for the 1z in PA
Hard Luck. Cory Haas - 23rd @ WG / 24th @ Lincoln - Its pretty hard to do worse than the 23rd place finish at WG, but Cory pulled it off with the 24th at Lincoln
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Williams Grove Report 3/26/2010
Cars in attendance: 0-Rick Lafferty, 07-Mark Coldren, 1-Stevie Smith, 3-Bob Bennett, 3h-Pat Cannon, 3w-Kyle Moody, 5g-Curt Michael, 5w-Lucas Wolfe, 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, 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, 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr., 69k-Don Kreitz, Jr., 71-Brian Leppo, 75-Dave Ely, 87-Alan Krimes, 88-Todd Shaffer
Conditions for race number two at Williams Grove honestly, were quite brutal and a far cry from the gorgeous conditions experienced last week. With temps in the 30s, a constant breeze and an overnight period or rain ending late Friday morning the decision to race was still up in the air until late afternoon. 33 410s signed in with eight drivers making their 2010 Grove debuts, including 5-time track champion, Lance Dewease, the hometown Outlaw, Lucas Wolfe, and defending 358 champ, Cory Haas, who picked up a 3rd place finish last Saturday at Lincoln Speedway . The crowd was respectable considering the forecasted near-freezing temps.
The only stoppage in hot laps came during the third session when Wilt blew a motor and stopped in turn one. The groove steadily moved up and by the time the last laps were turned in warm-ups the quick line was about halfway up in three and four. Dietrich and Mark Smith also experienced motor problems. The format for the racing will include four 10-lap heat races, a consolation and a 25-lap feature. Starting spots in heats determined by pill draw and the feature lined up by passing points and an inversion pill.
Heat 1(Starting position in parentheses):
1. 17b-Buckwalter(2), 2. 21-Montieth(6), 3. 3h-Cannon(4), 4. 19m-Marks(3), 5. 27-Walker(8), 6. 8m-Meleason(5), 7. 11c-Haas(7), 8. 14-Dodson(1), DNS. 48-Dietrich
Dietrich scratched from the heat, sliding outside lane starters Cannon and Montieth up a row and putting Walker outside row four. Buckwalter leads on initial start and also on a complete restart following a Haas lap 1 spin in turn one. Cannon and Montieth pass Dodson on lap 1. Dodson spins on lap 3 and pulls in. Cannon attempts a pass on the restart but Buckwalter, who tied for the most heat race wins in 2009, would hold on and lead the rest of the way. Walker grabs the last transfer from Meleason on lap 6 and Montieth would claim the runner-up spot on the final lap.
Heat 2:
1. 35-Henderson(1), 2. 5g-C.Michael(4), 3. 71-Leppo(3), 4. 39-Esh(5), 5. 07-Coldren(7), 6. M.Smith(6), 7. 65-Mackison(8), DQ. S.Smith(2)
Henderson leads early as last week’s winner at Lincoln Speedway, Mark Smith, moves past Esh on lap 1 and then Michael on lap 2 to move into 4th place. Mackison brings out the caution with a blown motor and a brief oil fire. Stevie Smith would take the lead in the Zemco car on lap 4. The 39 and 5g would swap the final transfer spot on laps 4 and 5. Mark Smith blows up on lap 7 bringing out another yellow. Michael gets past Leppo for 3rd on lap 8. At the line it’s the 1 followed by the 35, 5g, 71 and 39. However, the 1 car would pull into his pit stall before scaling and was disqualified from the race and forced to run the consolation. This moved everyone up one position, making Coldren the final transfer.
Heat 3:
1. 5w-Wolfe(2), 2. 87-Krimes(1), 3. 17-Pittman(6), 4. 30c-Dewease(4), 5. 88-Shaffer(3), 6. 75-Ely(7), 7. 25-Ott(5), 8.45-A.J. Michael(8)
Krimes and Wolfe battle for lead with the 5w taking control in turn three of the first lap. Pittman moves up to 3rd by lap 3. Ott brings out the caution on lap 5. Dewease is back up to 4th on lap 8. Not much action is this one.
During the 3rd heat race, word came down via track communications that some physical contact was made with an official and the 1 of Stevie Smith was parked for the remainder of the evening.
Heat 4:
1. 51-Rahmer(2), 2. 69k-Kreitz(1), 3. Layton(3), 4. 22-Hodnett(6), 5. 0-Lafferty(5), 6. 15-Wilt(8), 7. 3w-Moody(4), 8. 3-Bennett(7)
Wilt stops in turn two on initial start. After the restart, Kreitz leads lap 1 with Rahmer moving to the top spot on lap 2. Wilt moves up to 6th on lap 2. Bennett pulls in on lap 4. No passing after this point and Rahmer takes a heat win for the second consecutive week. Kreitz stayed close throughout.
Montieth is determined to be high points man and draws a 6 tonight, putting the Keen Motorsports car and driver Daryn Pittman on the pole for the feature event.
Consolation:
1. 15-Wilt(1), 2. 75-Ely(2), 3.11c-Haas(4), 4. 48-Dietrich(8), 5. 8m-Meleason(3), 6. 3w-Moody(7), 7. 45-A.J. Michael(6) 8. 25-Ott(5), DNS. 1-S.Smith, 3-Bennett, 7m-M.Smith, 14-Dodson, 65-Mackison
Wilt leads the distance. Caution for Dietrich stopping on lap 2. Ott passes Hass for last transfer on lap 6. 45 pulls into pits on lap 7, meanwhile Ott spins in turn two on lap 8 and lays the car on its side. Ott is uninjured, but concedes the final transfer back to Haas. On the restart, Haas passes Meleason for 3rd and Dietrich starts working the 8m for 4th. The 48 gets past the 8m on lap 9 but Meleason regains the spot a half lap later. In the final turn Dietrich again passes Meleason to take the last transfer into tonight’s feature event.
Feature:
1. 5w-Wolfe(3), 2. 21-Montieth(6), 3. 51-Rahmer(5), 4. 17-Pittman(1), 5. 22-Hodnett(10), 6. 5g-C.Michael(2), 7. 87-Krimes(12) 8. 30c-Dewease(17), 9. 17b-Buckwalter(4), 10. 7-Layton(14) 11. 27-Walker(9), 12. 0-Lafferty(18), 13. 69k-Kreitz(11), 14. 39-Esh(15), 15. 15-Wilt(21), 16. 75-Ely(22), 17. 48-Dietrich(24) 18. 19m-Marks(19), 19. 35-Henderson(8), 20. 3h-Cannon(7), 21. 88-Shaffer(20) 22. 71-Leppo(13), 23. 11c-Haas(23),24. 07-Coldren(16)
17 leads early with 5g and 5w close behind. 21 up to 4th after 4 laps. 5w passes 5g for 2nd on lap 5 and the 21 moves past 5g on lap 6. Montieth begins gaining on the leaders as they have lap traffic just in front of them. On lap 9, Wolfe dives under Pittman in three to take the lead. In turns one and two Montieth goes high with Pittman on the bottom giving the 5w the opportunity to pull away a little bit. On lap 11 for the leaders, Dietrich spins and completes a full 360 just as they are approaching. 5w loses all momentum avoiding the spinning car and the top 4 are now bunched up with the running order 5w, 17, 21, 51, 5g. Pittman gets under Wolfe in 3 and Wolfe crosses over in 4 to retain the lead. Going through turn two on lap 12, the top 3 are so close you could throw a blanket over them. Rahmer is not far behind. 21 passes the 17 down the backstretch and then gets low under the 5w in turn three. Wolfe holds-on down the front stretch but both drift high in one and two allowing Pittman to jump to the bottom to move past Montieth and race side-by-side with Wolfe down the back chute on lap 13. Montieth goes back around Pittman as Rahmer moves into the battle. 51 passes 17 for 3rd on lap 14 and moves even with the 21 on the backstretch. 5w, 21, 51, 17 all in laped traffic and Rahmer takes 2nd on lap 15 allowing Wolfe to pull out to a 15 car-lengths lead. Running order with 17 down: 5w, 51, 21, 17, 5g, 22, 87, 30c, 27, 39, 17b. Hodnett moves into the top 5 passing Michael on lap 19. Wolfe is now ahead by 20 car-lengths. Montieth regains the runner-up position on lap 20. Buckwalter and Layton are fighting it out for 11th. Cannon brings out the first caution on lap 22. RO: 5w, 21, 51, 17, 22, 5g, 87, 30c, 27, 39, 17b, 7, 0, 69k, 35 are all lead lap cars with 15, 75, 48, 19m still on the track but not on the lead lap. On the initial restart, Wolfe went high in turn one, with Montieth in the middle and Rahmer trying low. However, this start was waved off since the lapped car of Wilt was supposed to be in front of Rahmer. With the cars ordered correctly, the second restart saw Wolfe get a better jump, pulling out to a 10 car-lengths lead. Henderson’s motor went south on the restart but he was able to get back to the pits and Wolfe led the final 3 lap unchallenged.
The win was Wolfe’s 9th career at the Speedway, moving him even with Paul Pitzer, Jeff Shepard, Steve Siegel, Mark Smith and Bobby Weaver on the all-time list. The win also broke a winless drought going back to the season finale of 2007, just prior to joining the WoO tour full-time.
Notes:
Jason Covert won the Late Model feature
Lots of motor problems but I can’t say I am surprised considering the bitter cold temperatures at race time.
410/358 doube-dip at The Grove next week
Handicapping starts next week for 410s
Conditions for race number two at Williams Grove honestly, were quite brutal and a far cry from the gorgeous conditions experienced last week. With temps in the 30s, a constant breeze and an overnight period or rain ending late Friday morning the decision to race was still up in the air until late afternoon. 33 410s signed in with eight drivers making their 2010 Grove debuts, including 5-time track champion, Lance Dewease, the hometown Outlaw, Lucas Wolfe, and defending 358 champ, Cory Haas, who picked up a 3rd place finish last Saturday at Lincoln Speedway . The crowd was respectable considering the forecasted near-freezing temps.
The only stoppage in hot laps came during the third session when Wilt blew a motor and stopped in turn one. The groove steadily moved up and by the time the last laps were turned in warm-ups the quick line was about halfway up in three and four. Dietrich and Mark Smith also experienced motor problems. The format for the racing will include four 10-lap heat races, a consolation and a 25-lap feature. Starting spots in heats determined by pill draw and the feature lined up by passing points and an inversion pill.
Heat 1(Starting position in parentheses):
1. 17b-Buckwalter(2), 2. 21-Montieth(6), 3. 3h-Cannon(4), 4. 19m-Marks(3), 5. 27-Walker(8), 6. 8m-Meleason(5), 7. 11c-Haas(7), 8. 14-Dodson(1), DNS. 48-Dietrich
Dietrich scratched from the heat, sliding outside lane starters Cannon and Montieth up a row and putting Walker outside row four. Buckwalter leads on initial start and also on a complete restart following a Haas lap 1 spin in turn one. Cannon and Montieth pass Dodson on lap 1. Dodson spins on lap 3 and pulls in. Cannon attempts a pass on the restart but Buckwalter, who tied for the most heat race wins in 2009, would hold on and lead the rest of the way. Walker grabs the last transfer from Meleason on lap 6 and Montieth would claim the runner-up spot on the final lap.
Heat 2:
1. 35-Henderson(1), 2. 5g-C.Michael(4), 3. 71-Leppo(3), 4. 39-Esh(5), 5. 07-Coldren(7), 6. M.Smith(6), 7. 65-Mackison(8), DQ. S.Smith(2)
Henderson leads early as last week’s winner at Lincoln Speedway, Mark Smith, moves past Esh on lap 1 and then Michael on lap 2 to move into 4th place. Mackison brings out the caution with a blown motor and a brief oil fire. Stevie Smith would take the lead in the Zemco car on lap 4. The 39 and 5g would swap the final transfer spot on laps 4 and 5. Mark Smith blows up on lap 7 bringing out another yellow. Michael gets past Leppo for 3rd on lap 8. At the line it’s the 1 followed by the 35, 5g, 71 and 39. However, the 1 car would pull into his pit stall before scaling and was disqualified from the race and forced to run the consolation. This moved everyone up one position, making Coldren the final transfer.
Heat 3:
1. 5w-Wolfe(2), 2. 87-Krimes(1), 3. 17-Pittman(6), 4. 30c-Dewease(4), 5. 88-Shaffer(3), 6. 75-Ely(7), 7. 25-Ott(5), 8.45-A.J. Michael(8)
Krimes and Wolfe battle for lead with the 5w taking control in turn three of the first lap. Pittman moves up to 3rd by lap 3. Ott brings out the caution on lap 5. Dewease is back up to 4th on lap 8. Not much action is this one.
During the 3rd heat race, word came down via track communications that some physical contact was made with an official and the 1 of Stevie Smith was parked for the remainder of the evening.
Heat 4:
1. 51-Rahmer(2), 2. 69k-Kreitz(1), 3. Layton(3), 4. 22-Hodnett(6), 5. 0-Lafferty(5), 6. 15-Wilt(8), 7. 3w-Moody(4), 8. 3-Bennett(7)
Wilt stops in turn two on initial start. After the restart, Kreitz leads lap 1 with Rahmer moving to the top spot on lap 2. Wilt moves up to 6th on lap 2. Bennett pulls in on lap 4. No passing after this point and Rahmer takes a heat win for the second consecutive week. Kreitz stayed close throughout.
Montieth is determined to be high points man and draws a 6 tonight, putting the Keen Motorsports car and driver Daryn Pittman on the pole for the feature event.
Consolation:
1. 15-Wilt(1), 2. 75-Ely(2), 3.11c-Haas(4), 4. 48-Dietrich(8), 5. 8m-Meleason(3), 6. 3w-Moody(7), 7. 45-A.J. Michael(6) 8. 25-Ott(5), DNS. 1-S.Smith, 3-Bennett, 7m-M.Smith, 14-Dodson, 65-Mackison
Wilt leads the distance. Caution for Dietrich stopping on lap 2. Ott passes Hass for last transfer on lap 6. 45 pulls into pits on lap 7, meanwhile Ott spins in turn two on lap 8 and lays the car on its side. Ott is uninjured, but concedes the final transfer back to Haas. On the restart, Haas passes Meleason for 3rd and Dietrich starts working the 8m for 4th. The 48 gets past the 8m on lap 9 but Meleason regains the spot a half lap later. In the final turn Dietrich again passes Meleason to take the last transfer into tonight’s feature event.
Feature:
1. 5w-Wolfe(3), 2. 21-Montieth(6), 3. 51-Rahmer(5), 4. 17-Pittman(1), 5. 22-Hodnett(10), 6. 5g-C.Michael(2), 7. 87-Krimes(12) 8. 30c-Dewease(17), 9. 17b-Buckwalter(4), 10. 7-Layton(14) 11. 27-Walker(9), 12. 0-Lafferty(18), 13. 69k-Kreitz(11), 14. 39-Esh(15), 15. 15-Wilt(21), 16. 75-Ely(22), 17. 48-Dietrich(24) 18. 19m-Marks(19), 19. 35-Henderson(8), 20. 3h-Cannon(7), 21. 88-Shaffer(20) 22. 71-Leppo(13), 23. 11c-Haas(23),24. 07-Coldren(16)
17 leads early with 5g and 5w close behind. 21 up to 4th after 4 laps. 5w passes 5g for 2nd on lap 5 and the 21 moves past 5g on lap 6. Montieth begins gaining on the leaders as they have lap traffic just in front of them. On lap 9, Wolfe dives under Pittman in three to take the lead. In turns one and two Montieth goes high with Pittman on the bottom giving the 5w the opportunity to pull away a little bit. On lap 11 for the leaders, Dietrich spins and completes a full 360 just as they are approaching. 5w loses all momentum avoiding the spinning car and the top 4 are now bunched up with the running order 5w, 17, 21, 51, 5g. Pittman gets under Wolfe in 3 and Wolfe crosses over in 4 to retain the lead. Going through turn two on lap 12, the top 3 are so close you could throw a blanket over them. Rahmer is not far behind. 21 passes the 17 down the backstretch and then gets low under the 5w in turn three. Wolfe holds-on down the front stretch but both drift high in one and two allowing Pittman to jump to the bottom to move past Montieth and race side-by-side with Wolfe down the back chute on lap 13. Montieth goes back around Pittman as Rahmer moves into the battle. 51 passes 17 for 3rd on lap 14 and moves even with the 21 on the backstretch. 5w, 21, 51, 17 all in laped traffic and Rahmer takes 2nd on lap 15 allowing Wolfe to pull out to a 15 car-lengths lead. Running order with 17 down: 5w, 51, 21, 17, 5g, 22, 87, 30c, 27, 39, 17b. Hodnett moves into the top 5 passing Michael on lap 19. Wolfe is now ahead by 20 car-lengths. Montieth regains the runner-up position on lap 20. Buckwalter and Layton are fighting it out for 11th. Cannon brings out the first caution on lap 22. RO: 5w, 21, 51, 17, 22, 5g, 87, 30c, 27, 39, 17b, 7, 0, 69k, 35 are all lead lap cars with 15, 75, 48, 19m still on the track but not on the lead lap. On the initial restart, Wolfe went high in turn one, with Montieth in the middle and Rahmer trying low. However, this start was waved off since the lapped car of Wilt was supposed to be in front of Rahmer. With the cars ordered correctly, the second restart saw Wolfe get a better jump, pulling out to a 10 car-lengths lead. Henderson’s motor went south on the restart but he was able to get back to the pits and Wolfe led the final 3 lap unchallenged.
The win was Wolfe’s 9th career at the Speedway, moving him even with Paul Pitzer, Jeff Shepard, Steve Siegel, Mark Smith and Bobby Weaver on the all-time list. The win also broke a winless drought going back to the season finale of 2007, just prior to joining the WoO tour full-time.
Notes:
Jason Covert won the Late Model feature
Lots of motor problems but I can’t say I am surprised considering the bitter cold temperatures at race time.
410/358 doube-dip at The Grove next week
Handicapping starts next week for 410s
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
TT&TB's PA Posse Dirty Dozen 3/23/2010
Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Fred Rahmer(4) - 1st @ WG/7th @ Lincoln - Williams Grove winner has had strong runs in WoO shows leading up to the Pennsylvania openers.
2. Doug Esh(5) - 3rd @ WG/2nd @ Lincoln - Looked like he had the WG opener, led first 23 laps. Also ran strong second at Lincoln. Highest average finish last week
3. Greg Hodnett(1) - 2nd @ WG/16th @ Lincoln - Preseason #1 made last lap run at the WG win, came up short; victim of a wreck at Lincoln
4. Todd Shaffer(2) - 5th @ WG - Ran top 5 nearly entire race at Williams Grove, nothing great, nothing bad
5. Mark Smith(9) - 9th @ WG/1st @ Lincoln - Lincoln winner battled back from early wreck at WG to salvage a top 10
6. Brian Montieth(3) - 12th @ WG/8th @ Lincoln - In contention early at WG before wreck
7. Lance Dewease(8) - DNQ @ WoO/2nd @ WoO - A DNQ sandwiched by top 10 runs against Outlaws including 2nd at Bulls Gap last week, back home this week
8. Brian Leppo(13) - 4th @ WG/6th @ Lincoln - Two top 6 runs to open season, a good start
9. Chad Layton(10) - 6th @WG/12th @ Lincoln - Good run at WG, flat tire ruined day at Lincoln
10. Daryn Pittman(7) - 8th @ WoO/16th @ WoO - Qualified for all 7 races on WoO tour since leaving Florida, top 12 five times
11. Johnny Mackison , Jr.(NR) - 13th @ WG/5th @ Lincoln - Rare visit to WG nets a 13th place finish and then placed 5th the following night at Lincoln
12. Danny Dietrich(NR) - 7th @ WG/13th @ Lincoln - New team collects 7th and 13th place runs despite numerous setbacks including a oil fire at Lincoln resulting in burns to the driver's neck
Honorable Mention. Cory Haas - 3rd @ Lincoln - Solid 3rd place run at Lincoln to open season
Honorable Mention. Alan Krimes - 18th @ WG/4th @ Lincoln - Came back from lackluster Grove run to finish 4th at Lincoln
Hard Luck. Ryan Taylor - 24th @ WG - Won heat started 2nd only to flip end over end on first lap of the feature at WG
Hard Luck. Tyler Walker - 21st @ WG/DNQ @ Lincoln - Tough opening weekend for the California Kid, 21st at WG
Hard Luck. Williams Grove Pace Truck - DNS - Gauges not working, check engine light on…Feature event DNS
1. Fred Rahmer(4) - 1st @ WG/7th @ Lincoln - Williams Grove winner has had strong runs in WoO shows leading up to the Pennsylvania openers.
2. Doug Esh(5) - 3rd @ WG/2nd @ Lincoln - Looked like he had the WG opener, led first 23 laps. Also ran strong second at Lincoln. Highest average finish last week
3. Greg Hodnett(1) - 2nd @ WG/16th @ Lincoln - Preseason #1 made last lap run at the WG win, came up short; victim of a wreck at Lincoln
4. Todd Shaffer(2) - 5th @ WG - Ran top 5 nearly entire race at Williams Grove, nothing great, nothing bad
5. Mark Smith(9) - 9th @ WG/1st @ Lincoln - Lincoln winner battled back from early wreck at WG to salvage a top 10
6. Brian Montieth(3) - 12th @ WG/8th @ Lincoln - In contention early at WG before wreck
7. Lance Dewease(8) - DNQ @ WoO/2nd @ WoO - A DNQ sandwiched by top 10 runs against Outlaws including 2nd at Bulls Gap last week, back home this week
8. Brian Leppo(13) - 4th @ WG/6th @ Lincoln - Two top 6 runs to open season, a good start
9. Chad Layton(10) - 6th @WG/12th @ Lincoln - Good run at WG, flat tire ruined day at Lincoln
10. Daryn Pittman(7) - 8th @ WoO/16th @ WoO - Qualified for all 7 races on WoO tour since leaving Florida, top 12 five times
11. Johnny Mackison , Jr.(NR) - 13th @ WG/5th @ Lincoln - Rare visit to WG nets a 13th place finish and then placed 5th the following night at Lincoln
12. Danny Dietrich(NR) - 7th @ WG/13th @ Lincoln - New team collects 7th and 13th place runs despite numerous setbacks including a oil fire at Lincoln resulting in burns to the driver's neck
Honorable Mention. Cory Haas - 3rd @ Lincoln - Solid 3rd place run at Lincoln to open season
Honorable Mention. Alan Krimes - 18th @ WG/4th @ Lincoln - Came back from lackluster Grove run to finish 4th at Lincoln
Hard Luck. Ryan Taylor - 24th @ WG - Won heat started 2nd only to flip end over end on first lap of the feature at WG
Hard Luck. Tyler Walker - 21st @ WG/DNQ @ Lincoln - Tough opening weekend for the California Kid, 21st at WG
Hard Luck. Williams Grove Pace Truck - DNS - Gauges not working, check engine light on…Feature event DNS
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Williams Grove Report 3/19/2010
Williams Grove Speedway – 2010 Northeast Sprint Car opener – March 19th, 2010
Cars in attendance: 0-Rick Lafferty, 3w-Kyle Moody, 5g-Curt Michael, 7-Chad Layton, 7m-Mark Smith, 8m-Chris Meleason, 14-Doug Dodson, 15-Adam Wilt, 17b-Steve Buckwalter 19m-Brent Marks, 20-Ryan Taylor, 20s-Derek Sell, 21-Brian Montieth, 22-Greg Hodnett, 25-Aaron Ott, 27-Tyler Walker, 35-Justin Henderson, 39-Doug Esh, 45-A.J. Michael, 48-Danny Dietrich, 49-Bob Howard, 51-Fred Rahmer, 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr., 69k-Don Kreitz, Jr., 71-Brian Leppo, 75-Dave Ely, 79-Davey Sammons, 87-Alan Krimes, 88-Todd Shaffer
For the opening race at Williams Grove, we couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful March Friday evening. Temps were in the 60s and there wasn’t a rain cloud anywhere close to Central Pennsylvania. 29 410s were in attendance for their double-header with the 358 sprinters. The crowd was phenomenal as there was a line of spectators at least 100 yards long to get in through the backstretch gate. I’d estimate that it wasn’t quite a Speedweek size crowd, it was pretty darn close.
Hot laps were uneventful as the preferred line was mostly around the bottom lane and there were no incidents on track. The format for the racing will include 3 heat races, a consolation and a feature. Starting spots in heats determined by pill draw and the feature lined up by passing points and an inversion pill.
Heat 1(Starting position in parentheses):
1. 20-Taylor(2), 2. 48-Dietrich(1), 3. 71-Leppo(4), 4. Layton(7), 5. 45-A.J. Michael(3), 6. 87-Krimes(5), 7. 17b-Buckwalter(9) 8. 5g-C. Michael(8), 9. 19m-Marks(10), 10. 3w-Moody(6)
Not much from this heat. After lap one it got strung out and only Buckwalter and Marks made a pass. Taylor and Dietrich looked strong for having little experience at The Grove.
Heat 2
1. 21-Montieth(2), 2. 69k-Kreitz(3), 3. 7m-Smith(6), 4. 79-Sammons(1), 5. 27-Walker(9), 6. 0-Lafferty(8), 7. 8m-Meleason(7) 8. 49-Howard(5), 9. 14-Dodson(4), 10. 20s-Sell(10)
Montieth jumps out to the early lead as Lafferty and Walker pick up a few positions. Dodson slpas turn four wall on lap 4. Dodson having mechanical issues and Sell spins on lap 5. Walker up to 5th at caution. Dodson is crop dusting throughout the heat. Walker challenges Smith for 4th on lap 7. Montieth pulls out to a three-quarters straightaway lead on his way to winning. Better action than heat one.
Heat 3
1. 51-Rahmer(2), 2. 39-Esh(4), 3. 22-Hodnett(3), 4. 88-Shaffer(6), 5. 65-Mackison(8), 6. 75-Ely(5), 7. 25-Ott(9) 8. 35-Henderson(1), 9. 15-Wilt(7)
This heat was stacked up compared to the first two. 2009 National Rookie of the Year Adam Wilt spins in turn four before getting the green and drops out. Rahmer leads lap 1 before Henderson breaks on the frontstretch and also drops out. Esh tries the lowside on the restart but Rahmer secures the lead in 3 and 4. Ott then spins on lap 4 to bring out yellow once again. Ott would spin again a couple of laps later but would do a full 360 and stay green but way out of contention. The field would be strung out by this point and run the final 4 laps without a pass for position.
Montieth is determined to be high points man and draws a 4 for inversion. This puts Doug Esh on the pole for the feature event.
Consolation:
1. 17b-Buckwalter(1), 2. 5g-C.Michael(4), 3.25-Ott(2), 4. 19m-Marks(5), 5. 15-Wilt(8), 6. 8m-Meleason(3), 7. 35-Henderson(10) 8. 20s-Sell(6), 9. 3w-Moody(9), 10. 49-Howard(7)
Buckwalter leads early from the top. Wilt recovers from heat race to move into a transfer in the consi. Henderson tries to get past Meleason late but is unable to grab the last transfer.
Feature:
1. 51-Rahmer(3), 2. 22-Hodnett(13), 3.39-Esh(1), 4. 71-Leppo(9), 5. 88-Shaffer(11), 6. 7-Layton(8), 7. 48-Dietrich(12) 8. 75-Ely(17), 9. 7m-Smith(5), 10. 0-Lafferty(14) 11. 5g-C.Michael(20), 12. 21-Montieth(4), 13.65-Mackison(10), 14. 25-Ott(21),1 5. 19m-Marks(22), 16. 8m-Meleason(24), 17. 69k-Kreitz(6) 18. 87-Krimes(16), 19. 45-A.J. Michael(18), 20. 79-Sammons(15), 21. 27-Walker(7) 22. 15-Wilt(23), 23. 17b-Buckwalter(19),24. 20-Taylor(2)
Esh leads on the strart, but caution flies for Wilt who spins in turn two. Taylor then flips in three and Smith gets into the wall. Taylor is unhurt but done for the night. Wilt and Smith tag the rear and Montieth is now outside front row. Esh again takes the lead and begins pulling out when Buckwalter clips inside rail in four and spins to the outside guardrail. Single-file restart sees Esh lead again. Rahmer challenges Montieth for 2nd. Leppo passes Layton for 5th and Shaffer is up to 7th on lap 5. Smith has already advanced to 12th after restarting at the rear. Lap 6, A.J. Michael spins in front of the leaders, Esh narrowly avoids hitting him in turn three. Montieth must spin to avoid contact as does Kreitz. A 4th car also spun but did a 360 and kept going. 45, 21 and 69k go to the rear. On the restart Rahmer pressures Esh but can’t make a pass. Leppo closes on the 51 and makes a move to the high side in 1, but Rahmer slams the door shut. Hodnett is beginning to move. 39, 51, 71, 88 7 running order after 9. Hodnett passes Layton for 5th and Smith cracks the top 10 on lap 10. Leader in traffic on lap 14. A.J. Michael and Sammons go a lap down. Rahmer nearly gets the wall while passing the 45. Smith to 8th on lap 16. Dietrich closes on Layton and Smith is catching both of them. After 17 the 21 is back up to 11th. Wilt brings out another yellow on lap 18. Rahmer tries to get by Esh on the restart and tries a slider in turn three but Esh comes back around. Rahmer tries again in turn one with Esh crossing over and taking the inside line into three to secure the lead. Leppo closing on the leaders. Esh starts pulling away gaining 15 car-lengths. R.O. lap 19 – 39, 51, 71, 88 ,22. Krimes brings out the yellow on lap 20. Walker pulls into the pits and is done. Battle for 3rd on the restart between Leppo, Shaffer and Hodnett. The 22 takes 4th on lap 21. Esh out to a 10 car-length lead. With 2 to go it looks like Esh has this one, but Rahmer get a big run down the backchute. Esh may have problems and Rahmer takes the lead out of four. Esh puts last ditch effort into a topside pass in turn one to no avail. Hodnett passes Esh to move into the runner-up spot and gets close to Rahmer but not close enough as Fast Freddy takes his first checkered flag of 2010.
Congrats to Fred Rahmer on the win!
I’ll be posting photos soon.
Notes:
Blane Heimbach won the 358 feature.
Goodyear had more than plenty of tires on hand.
Mike Erdley was NOT in attendance. Rumor has it that the team will not be running Williams Grove on Fridays. Nothing has been confirmed as of yet.
29 cars on opening night is a scary number if you ask me. Are less than full fields to be expected this year if more teams are going to be travelling?
Lance Dewease and Darryn Pittman are racing in Tennessee with the WoO this weekend.
Cars in attendance: 0-Rick Lafferty, 3w-Kyle Moody, 5g-Curt Michael, 7-Chad Layton, 7m-Mark Smith, 8m-Chris Meleason, 14-Doug Dodson, 15-Adam Wilt, 17b-Steve Buckwalter 19m-Brent Marks, 20-Ryan Taylor, 20s-Derek Sell, 21-Brian Montieth, 22-Greg Hodnett, 25-Aaron Ott, 27-Tyler Walker, 35-Justin Henderson, 39-Doug Esh, 45-A.J. Michael, 48-Danny Dietrich, 49-Bob Howard, 51-Fred Rahmer, 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr., 69k-Don Kreitz, Jr., 71-Brian Leppo, 75-Dave Ely, 79-Davey Sammons, 87-Alan Krimes, 88-Todd Shaffer
For the opening race at Williams Grove, we couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful March Friday evening. Temps were in the 60s and there wasn’t a rain cloud anywhere close to Central Pennsylvania. 29 410s were in attendance for their double-header with the 358 sprinters. The crowd was phenomenal as there was a line of spectators at least 100 yards long to get in through the backstretch gate. I’d estimate that it wasn’t quite a Speedweek size crowd, it was pretty darn close.
Hot laps were uneventful as the preferred line was mostly around the bottom lane and there were no incidents on track. The format for the racing will include 3 heat races, a consolation and a feature. Starting spots in heats determined by pill draw and the feature lined up by passing points and an inversion pill.
Heat 1(Starting position in parentheses):
1. 20-Taylor(2), 2. 48-Dietrich(1), 3. 71-Leppo(4), 4. Layton(7), 5. 45-A.J. Michael(3), 6. 87-Krimes(5), 7. 17b-Buckwalter(9) 8. 5g-C. Michael(8), 9. 19m-Marks(10), 10. 3w-Moody(6)
Not much from this heat. After lap one it got strung out and only Buckwalter and Marks made a pass. Taylor and Dietrich looked strong for having little experience at The Grove.
Heat 2
1. 21-Montieth(2), 2. 69k-Kreitz(3), 3. 7m-Smith(6), 4. 79-Sammons(1), 5. 27-Walker(9), 6. 0-Lafferty(8), 7. 8m-Meleason(7) 8. 49-Howard(5), 9. 14-Dodson(4), 10. 20s-Sell(10)
Montieth jumps out to the early lead as Lafferty and Walker pick up a few positions. Dodson slpas turn four wall on lap 4. Dodson having mechanical issues and Sell spins on lap 5. Walker up to 5th at caution. Dodson is crop dusting throughout the heat. Walker challenges Smith for 4th on lap 7. Montieth pulls out to a three-quarters straightaway lead on his way to winning. Better action than heat one.
Heat 3
1. 51-Rahmer(2), 2. 39-Esh(4), 3. 22-Hodnett(3), 4. 88-Shaffer(6), 5. 65-Mackison(8), 6. 75-Ely(5), 7. 25-Ott(9) 8. 35-Henderson(1), 9. 15-Wilt(7)
This heat was stacked up compared to the first two. 2009 National Rookie of the Year Adam Wilt spins in turn four before getting the green and drops out. Rahmer leads lap 1 before Henderson breaks on the frontstretch and also drops out. Esh tries the lowside on the restart but Rahmer secures the lead in 3 and 4. Ott then spins on lap 4 to bring out yellow once again. Ott would spin again a couple of laps later but would do a full 360 and stay green but way out of contention. The field would be strung out by this point and run the final 4 laps without a pass for position.
Montieth is determined to be high points man and draws a 4 for inversion. This puts Doug Esh on the pole for the feature event.
Consolation:
1. 17b-Buckwalter(1), 2. 5g-C.Michael(4), 3.25-Ott(2), 4. 19m-Marks(5), 5. 15-Wilt(8), 6. 8m-Meleason(3), 7. 35-Henderson(10) 8. 20s-Sell(6), 9. 3w-Moody(9), 10. 49-Howard(7)
Buckwalter leads early from the top. Wilt recovers from heat race to move into a transfer in the consi. Henderson tries to get past Meleason late but is unable to grab the last transfer.
Feature:
1. 51-Rahmer(3), 2. 22-Hodnett(13), 3.39-Esh(1), 4. 71-Leppo(9), 5. 88-Shaffer(11), 6. 7-Layton(8), 7. 48-Dietrich(12) 8. 75-Ely(17), 9. 7m-Smith(5), 10. 0-Lafferty(14) 11. 5g-C.Michael(20), 12. 21-Montieth(4), 13.65-Mackison(10), 14. 25-Ott(21),1 5. 19m-Marks(22), 16. 8m-Meleason(24), 17. 69k-Kreitz(6) 18. 87-Krimes(16), 19. 45-A.J. Michael(18), 20. 79-Sammons(15), 21. 27-Walker(7) 22. 15-Wilt(23), 23. 17b-Buckwalter(19),24. 20-Taylor(2)
Esh leads on the strart, but caution flies for Wilt who spins in turn two. Taylor then flips in three and Smith gets into the wall. Taylor is unhurt but done for the night. Wilt and Smith tag the rear and Montieth is now outside front row. Esh again takes the lead and begins pulling out when Buckwalter clips inside rail in four and spins to the outside guardrail. Single-file restart sees Esh lead again. Rahmer challenges Montieth for 2nd. Leppo passes Layton for 5th and Shaffer is up to 7th on lap 5. Smith has already advanced to 12th after restarting at the rear. Lap 6, A.J. Michael spins in front of the leaders, Esh narrowly avoids hitting him in turn three. Montieth must spin to avoid contact as does Kreitz. A 4th car also spun but did a 360 and kept going. 45, 21 and 69k go to the rear. On the restart Rahmer pressures Esh but can’t make a pass. Leppo closes on the 51 and makes a move to the high side in 1, but Rahmer slams the door shut. Hodnett is beginning to move. 39, 51, 71, 88 7 running order after 9. Hodnett passes Layton for 5th and Smith cracks the top 10 on lap 10. Leader in traffic on lap 14. A.J. Michael and Sammons go a lap down. Rahmer nearly gets the wall while passing the 45. Smith to 8th on lap 16. Dietrich closes on Layton and Smith is catching both of them. After 17 the 21 is back up to 11th. Wilt brings out another yellow on lap 18. Rahmer tries to get by Esh on the restart and tries a slider in turn three but Esh comes back around. Rahmer tries again in turn one with Esh crossing over and taking the inside line into three to secure the lead. Leppo closing on the leaders. Esh starts pulling away gaining 15 car-lengths. R.O. lap 19 – 39, 51, 71, 88 ,22. Krimes brings out the yellow on lap 20. Walker pulls into the pits and is done. Battle for 3rd on the restart between Leppo, Shaffer and Hodnett. The 22 takes 4th on lap 21. Esh out to a 10 car-length lead. With 2 to go it looks like Esh has this one, but Rahmer get a big run down the backchute. Esh may have problems and Rahmer takes the lead out of four. Esh puts last ditch effort into a topside pass in turn one to no avail. Hodnett passes Esh to move into the runner-up spot and gets close to Rahmer but not close enough as Fast Freddy takes his first checkered flag of 2010.
Congrats to Fred Rahmer on the win!
I’ll be posting photos soon.
Notes:
Blane Heimbach won the 358 feature.
Goodyear had more than plenty of tires on hand.
Mike Erdley was NOT in attendance. Rumor has it that the team will not be running Williams Grove on Fridays. Nothing has been confirmed as of yet.
29 cars on opening night is a scary number if you ask me. Are less than full fields to be expected this year if more teams are going to be travelling?
Lance Dewease and Darryn Pittman are racing in Tennessee with the WoO this weekend.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
2010 Preseason Rankings
With Lincoln Speedway set to possibly open this weekend, I’ve decided to unveil my pre-season rankings of Central PA 410 sprint cars. The rankings will focus on the teams who primarily race at Williams Grove, Lincoln and Port Royal Speedways but will take into consideration all of the racing these guys do, whether it be right here at home, Knoxville or Chico for that matter. I’m going to start the poll off with a top 20 list, but after that, expect to see a top 10 and maybe a few honorable mentions. There could also be a few extra awards throughout the season depending on the circumstances. So without further adieu, here is the first installment of the Tail Tanks and Torsion Bars' 410 Sprint Car Rankings.
1. Greg Hodnett – The J&S Fabrication team won 10 times in 2009 including three WoO victories at Williams Grove, most notably the $50,000 to win Morgan Hughes National Open in October. They were also triumphant in the Tuscarora 50 at Port Royal. So far in 2010, the results have not been great for the 2009 PA Speedweek champs, but the Jim & Sandy Kline owned #22 did qualify for all but one race against some very stout competition in Florida. I like Greg to contend for Championships at both Williams Grove and Port Royal. However, travel will probably hamper those efforts. 12 wins is the total.
2. Todd Shaffer – The Beam team started 2009 on fire having won 4 out of 5 and notched 6 wins by the second week in May including an All-Star win at Williams Grove. The Gary & Patty Beam owned #88 would go on to win 2 more times throughout the season and would once again claim the points championships at both Williams Grove and Port Royal. If they decide to run the full complement of races Todd should again be a favorite for both titles. Total wins for the 88 should be somewhere around 7 again.
3. Brian Montieth – If 2009 wasn’t a statement year from the Premier team, then I don’t know what it was. Brian started off the season with a surprise win at the Icebreaker after the first and second place cars were involved in a wreck with 2 to go and from there things just started to click. Brian would win a season high 7 races at Lincoln en route to a second consecutive championship. The Jerry Parish owned car was also in contention at Williams Grove until late in the season and notched 2 wins there as well. Brian will be a contender at both tracks again in 2010. 7 wins is my prediction.
4. Fred Rahmer – The Hall of Famer is probably looking to carry over some of his 2009 late season success into 2010. Though 2010 has not started out great, it hasn’t been bad considering Fred has started slow in past seasons and usually seems to be among the top of the class in PA when its all said and done. The #51 is going to be running as often as they can and will be doing some travelling this year. They are currently in the midst of a Western swing with stops in Vegas, Tulare and two more races in the Lone Star State with the WoO. If they travel often, Rahmer will obviously not be in the hunt for any titles, but he will be strong when he runs locally. I’m going with 9 wins on the season.
5. Doug Esh – The Hammer is my pick to really stir things up in PA this year. Doug only won 3 races last year but I have a feeling that 2010 is going to be a break-out year for the Trone Special. Doug made all of the Florida races and I am confident that they are going to be strong right out of the box when the PA season gets underway. I like Doug to be in the thick of things in the Lincoln points battle, however I think that missing to go to Knoxville may be too much to overcome. Doug will park the #39 in victory lane 9 times this year.
6. Stevie Smith – Stevie ran a limited schedule in 2009 yet managed 12 wins between Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida along with the Ohio Speedweek title. It looks like the Zemco car will be running a similar schedule this season, therefore a similar number of wins is likely.
7. Daryn Pittman – Daryn won 6 races in 2009 including the Mitch Smith and Jack Gunn Memorial races at Williams Grove while driving for two different owners. The Keen Motorsports team has planned an aggressive schedule that will see them run close to 100 events. I am looking at about a dozen wins in 2010.
8. Lance Dewease – The Catoctin Motorsports #30 is sporting a special paint scheme in honor of Lance’s 25th year in sprint cars. While it’s unlikely that Lance will match the win totals of his heyday of the 1990s, a half dozen wins on the super competitive PA circuit is completely possible following last year’s total of five that included a Selinsgrove Open victory.
9. Mark Smith – The pilot of the Mach 1 Chassis flagship will be looking to have a breakout in his self built car. 2009 saw Mark notch two wins, but he was in the title hunt at Williams Grove up until the very end and the team switched from Port Royal to Lincoln late in the summer. Mark could easily see his win total triple over last year and another run for the title isn’t out of the question.
10. Chad Layton – 2009 saw Chad move from the family owned #55 to the Dave Middleswarth #7 at the end of May. “Bad” Chad won one race prior to the move and then two more after, including The Octoberfest 50 at Hagerstown. With a full season to work with, the Middleswarth team could contend for a title at Port Royal in 2010.
11. Tyler Walker - 2009 King of Cali comes back to PA
12. Alan Krimes - Lincoln points runner-up
13. Brian Leppo - Coming off of a disappointing season
14. Mike Erdley - Former Port Royal champ will contest the title again in '10
15. Jim Siegel - Could surprise and contend at Lincoln.
16. Dave Ely - 2009 return to 410s was impressive
17. Don Kreitz - King Donald can still get it done, but often struggles too
18. Aaron Ott - Looking for more good things from AO
19. Adam Wilt - Last year's National Rookie of the Year
20. Steve Buckwalter - Can this team break through and get a win already
1. Greg Hodnett – The J&S Fabrication team won 10 times in 2009 including three WoO victories at Williams Grove, most notably the $50,000 to win Morgan Hughes National Open in October. They were also triumphant in the Tuscarora 50 at Port Royal. So far in 2010, the results have not been great for the 2009 PA Speedweek champs, but the Jim & Sandy Kline owned #22 did qualify for all but one race against some very stout competition in Florida. I like Greg to contend for Championships at both Williams Grove and Port Royal. However, travel will probably hamper those efforts. 12 wins is the total.
2. Todd Shaffer – The Beam team started 2009 on fire having won 4 out of 5 and notched 6 wins by the second week in May including an All-Star win at Williams Grove. The Gary & Patty Beam owned #88 would go on to win 2 more times throughout the season and would once again claim the points championships at both Williams Grove and Port Royal. If they decide to run the full complement of races Todd should again be a favorite for both titles. Total wins for the 88 should be somewhere around 7 again.
3. Brian Montieth – If 2009 wasn’t a statement year from the Premier team, then I don’t know what it was. Brian started off the season with a surprise win at the Icebreaker after the first and second place cars were involved in a wreck with 2 to go and from there things just started to click. Brian would win a season high 7 races at Lincoln en route to a second consecutive championship. The Jerry Parish owned car was also in contention at Williams Grove until late in the season and notched 2 wins there as well. Brian will be a contender at both tracks again in 2010. 7 wins is my prediction.
4. Fred Rahmer – The Hall of Famer is probably looking to carry over some of his 2009 late season success into 2010. Though 2010 has not started out great, it hasn’t been bad considering Fred has started slow in past seasons and usually seems to be among the top of the class in PA when its all said and done. The #51 is going to be running as often as they can and will be doing some travelling this year. They are currently in the midst of a Western swing with stops in Vegas, Tulare and two more races in the Lone Star State with the WoO. If they travel often, Rahmer will obviously not be in the hunt for any titles, but he will be strong when he runs locally. I’m going with 9 wins on the season.
5. Doug Esh – The Hammer is my pick to really stir things up in PA this year. Doug only won 3 races last year but I have a feeling that 2010 is going to be a break-out year for the Trone Special. Doug made all of the Florida races and I am confident that they are going to be strong right out of the box when the PA season gets underway. I like Doug to be in the thick of things in the Lincoln points battle, however I think that missing to go to Knoxville may be too much to overcome. Doug will park the #39 in victory lane 9 times this year.
6. Stevie Smith – Stevie ran a limited schedule in 2009 yet managed 12 wins between Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida along with the Ohio Speedweek title. It looks like the Zemco car will be running a similar schedule this season, therefore a similar number of wins is likely.
7. Daryn Pittman – Daryn won 6 races in 2009 including the Mitch Smith and Jack Gunn Memorial races at Williams Grove while driving for two different owners. The Keen Motorsports team has planned an aggressive schedule that will see them run close to 100 events. I am looking at about a dozen wins in 2010.
8. Lance Dewease – The Catoctin Motorsports #30 is sporting a special paint scheme in honor of Lance’s 25th year in sprint cars. While it’s unlikely that Lance will match the win totals of his heyday of the 1990s, a half dozen wins on the super competitive PA circuit is completely possible following last year’s total of five that included a Selinsgrove Open victory.
9. Mark Smith – The pilot of the Mach 1 Chassis flagship will be looking to have a breakout in his self built car. 2009 saw Mark notch two wins, but he was in the title hunt at Williams Grove up until the very end and the team switched from Port Royal to Lincoln late in the summer. Mark could easily see his win total triple over last year and another run for the title isn’t out of the question.
10. Chad Layton – 2009 saw Chad move from the family owned #55 to the Dave Middleswarth #7 at the end of May. “Bad” Chad won one race prior to the move and then two more after, including The Octoberfest 50 at Hagerstown. With a full season to work with, the Middleswarth team could contend for a title at Port Royal in 2010.
11. Tyler Walker - 2009 King of Cali comes back to PA
12. Alan Krimes - Lincoln points runner-up
13. Brian Leppo - Coming off of a disappointing season
14. Mike Erdley - Former Port Royal champ will contest the title again in '10
15. Jim Siegel - Could surprise and contend at Lincoln.
16. Dave Ely - 2009 return to 410s was impressive
17. Don Kreitz - King Donald can still get it done, but often struggles too
18. Aaron Ott - Looking for more good things from AO
19. Adam Wilt - Last year's National Rookie of the Year
20. Steve Buckwalter - Can this team break through and get a win already
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