In this week: Tyler Walker
Out this week: Brian Leppo
Biggest move up:Doug Esh - Up two spots
Biggest move down:Daryn Pittman - Down four spots
Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Greg Hodnett(1) - 10th @ WG / 2nd @ Port - Last out to time trial at Williams Grove put Greg behind the 8-ball early, salvaged a top 10 after starting last
2. Brian Montieth(2) - 6th @ WG / 12th @ Lincoln - Last two weeks at Lincoln were the worst of the season, but still manages to move to the top of the points
3. Fred Rahmer(3) - 4th @ WG / 1st @ Lincoln - Lincoln winner, also looked strong at WG after time trials put him mid-pack at the start
4. Chad Layton(4) - 1st @ WG / 5th @ Port - Williams Grove winner,2nd in points at Port and tied for 3rd at WG
5. Lance Dewease(6) - 22d @ WG / 4th @ Port - 4th at Lincoln two weeks ago and 4th at Port last week. Not so good at WG, pulled in for 22nd
6. Doug Esh(8) - 5th @ WG / 5th @ Lincoln - Two 5ths last week, first top 5s since opening weekend
7. Alan Krimes(7) - 7th @ WG / 8th @ Lincoln - DNQ at Lincoln two weeks moved him from 1st to 10th in points, solid runs at WG and Lincoln last week
8. Stevie Smith(9) - 2nd @ WG - Another top 3, coming home 2nd at WG, 3 races on tap this weekend
9. Daryn Pittman(5) - DNQ @ WG - 6th at Lincoln two weeks ago, moving to a new ride after a DNQ at WG last week
10. Tyler Walker(NR) - 9th @ WG / 1st @ Port - Port winner moving to Pittman's old ride, 4 straight top 10s
11. Adam Wilt(11) - 12th @ WG / 11th @ Lincoln - 6th in pooints at WG and Lincoln. Consistent runner since 1st week issues
12. Dave Ely(12) - 15th @ WG / 7th @ Port - Another guy who does't drop out. Worst finish is a 16th. Sits 8th at WG and 5th at Port in points
Hard Luck. David Gravel() - DNQ @ WG / 19th @ Port - Out of towner DNQs at WG and flips hard at Port
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
TT&TB's PA Posse Dirty Dozen 4/14/2010
In this week: Lance Dewease, Adam Wilt and Dave Ely
Out this week: Todd Shaffer, Justin Henderson and Rick Lafferty
Biggest move up: Lance Dewease - In at #6
Biggest move down: Brian Leppo - 6 spots
Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Greg Hodnett(1) - 3rd @ WG / 13th @ Port / 3rd @ SSP - Last lap tire problem while leading ruined three top 3 finish weekend
2. Brian Montieth(2) - 6th @ WG / 2nd @ Lincoln - Still hasn't finished worse than 6th, top 3 in points at two tracks
3. Fred Rahmer(3) - 8th @ WG / 16th @ Lincoln / 5th @ SSP - Can't seem to shake bad luck at Lincoln, 2nd in points at WG
4. Chad Layton(5) - 9th @ WG / 3rd @ Port / 21st @ SSP - Up to 2nd in points at Port, had worst finish of the season at SSP
5. Daryn Pittman(8) - 5th @ WG / 8th @ Port / 10th @ SSP - Three top 10s, consistent so far in PA with 12th being the worst finish
6. Lance Dewease(NR) - 1st @ WG / 2nd @ Port / 4th @ SSP - Don't know what happened, but the 30c had a heck of a turn-around weekend
7. Alan Krimes(6) - 15th @ WG / 4th @ Lincoln / 19th @ SSP - Great at Lincoln despite not winning, can't say the same about other tracks, except the not winning part
8. Doug Esh(10) - 7th @ WG / 17th @ Lincoln / 7th @ SSP - Too good be running this inconsistent
9. Stevie Smith(7) - DNR - Hard to rank when he doesn't race but he'll likely run top 5 when he does race
10. Brian Leppo(4) - 20th @ WG / 15th @ Lincoln / 16th @ SSP - Bad weekend a fluke? Or was it a return to last year's form?
11. Adam Wilt(NR) - 11th @ WG / 3rd @ Lincoln/ 17th @ SSP - Sitting 6th and 5th in points at WG and Lincoln, respectively.
12. Dave Ely(NR) - 10th @ WG / 9th @ Port - Another consistent runner, only 3 other's sit 7th or better in points at two tracks
Honorable Mention. Rick Lafferty(12) - DNQ @ WG / 1st @ Port - Points leader and winner at Port, but a DNQ at Williams Grove keeps Rick out
Honorable Mention. Aaron Ott() - 21st @ WG /1st @ Lincoln / 6th @ SSP - Winner at Lincoln had a good run going early at WG before dropping out. Followed up with a sloid SSP run
Honorable Mention. Don Kreitz, Jr.() - 13th @ WG / 1st @ SSP - Picked up the big win at SSP, maybe this will be a springboard to some better runs at WG
Honorable Mention. Tyler Walker() - 23rd @ WG / 4th @ Port / 2nd @ SSP - Turned things around with a 4th and 2nd after weeks of struggles and mechanical issues
Hard Luck. Steve Buckwalter() - DNS @ WG - Broken drive line after the consi finish force Steve to scratch, also had problems on last lap after dominating midget run at SSP
Hard Luck. Derek Sell() - 24th @ WG - Alternate at WG, took Buckwalter's position on the grid and promptly flipped in turn 1 of the first lap
Out this week: Todd Shaffer, Justin Henderson and Rick Lafferty
Biggest move up: Lance Dewease - In at #6
Biggest move down: Brian Leppo - 6 spots
Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Greg Hodnett(1) - 3rd @ WG / 13th @ Port / 3rd @ SSP - Last lap tire problem while leading ruined three top 3 finish weekend
2. Brian Montieth(2) - 6th @ WG / 2nd @ Lincoln - Still hasn't finished worse than 6th, top 3 in points at two tracks
3. Fred Rahmer(3) - 8th @ WG / 16th @ Lincoln / 5th @ SSP - Can't seem to shake bad luck at Lincoln, 2nd in points at WG
4. Chad Layton(5) - 9th @ WG / 3rd @ Port / 21st @ SSP - Up to 2nd in points at Port, had worst finish of the season at SSP
5. Daryn Pittman(8) - 5th @ WG / 8th @ Port / 10th @ SSP - Three top 10s, consistent so far in PA with 12th being the worst finish
6. Lance Dewease(NR) - 1st @ WG / 2nd @ Port / 4th @ SSP - Don't know what happened, but the 30c had a heck of a turn-around weekend
7. Alan Krimes(6) - 15th @ WG / 4th @ Lincoln / 19th @ SSP - Great at Lincoln despite not winning, can't say the same about other tracks, except the not winning part
8. Doug Esh(10) - 7th @ WG / 17th @ Lincoln / 7th @ SSP - Too good be running this inconsistent
9. Stevie Smith(7) - DNR - Hard to rank when he doesn't race but he'll likely run top 5 when he does race
10. Brian Leppo(4) - 20th @ WG / 15th @ Lincoln / 16th @ SSP - Bad weekend a fluke? Or was it a return to last year's form?
11. Adam Wilt(NR) - 11th @ WG / 3rd @ Lincoln/ 17th @ SSP - Sitting 6th and 5th in points at WG and Lincoln, respectively.
12. Dave Ely(NR) - 10th @ WG / 9th @ Port - Another consistent runner, only 3 other's sit 7th or better in points at two tracks
Honorable Mention. Rick Lafferty(12) - DNQ @ WG / 1st @ Port - Points leader and winner at Port, but a DNQ at Williams Grove keeps Rick out
Honorable Mention. Aaron Ott() - 21st @ WG /1st @ Lincoln / 6th @ SSP - Winner at Lincoln had a good run going early at WG before dropping out. Followed up with a sloid SSP run
Honorable Mention. Don Kreitz, Jr.() - 13th @ WG / 1st @ SSP - Picked up the big win at SSP, maybe this will be a springboard to some better runs at WG
Honorable Mention. Tyler Walker() - 23rd @ WG / 4th @ Port / 2nd @ SSP - Turned things around with a 4th and 2nd after weeks of struggles and mechanical issues
Hard Luck. Steve Buckwalter() - DNS @ WG - Broken drive line after the consi finish force Steve to scratch, also had problems on last lap after dominating midget run at SSP
Hard Luck. Derek Sell() - 24th @ WG - Alternate at WG, took Buckwalter's position on the grid and promptly flipped in turn 1 of the first lap
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Williams Grove Report 4/9/2010
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
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
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
TT&TB's PA Posse Dirty Dozen 4/7/2010
In this week: Stevie Smith, Justin Henderson and Rick Lafferty
Out this week: Mark Smith, Lance Dewease, Curt Michael
Biggest move up: Stevie Smith - In at #7
Biggest move down: Mark Smith - Out from #7
Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Greg Hodnett(2) - 2nd @ WG/1st @ Port - Four top 5 finishes in six PA races for Williams Grove points leader. Charging hard at WG.
2. Brian Montieth(3) - 5th @ WG/1st @ Lincoln - Lincoln winner, 4 straight top 5 finishes, top 3 in points at two tracks
3. Fred Rahmer(1) - 10th @ WG/5th @ Lincoln - Decent weekend just not enough to keep on top early in the season
4. Brian Leppo(5) - 8th @ WG/7th @ Lincoln - Consistent top 10 finishes have him sitting 3rd at Lincoln and 6th in Grove points
5. Chad Layton(6) - 7th @ WG/11th @ Port - 4th in points at Grove and Port, worst PA finish so far? 12th.
6. Alan Krimes(8) - 16th @ WG/2nd @ Lincoln - Lincoln points leader, still looking for first win in a long time
7. Stevie Smith(NR) - 1st @ WG / 3rd @ Lincoln - Probably should be higher but DSQ in first Grove start skews stats
8. Daryn Pittman(4) - 11th @ WG/12th @ Port - Follows up stellar weekend with a mediocre weekend
9. Todd Shaffer(11) - 2nd @ Port - Comes back strong at Port after disappointing opener. Chose to skip the Grove for the first time in quite a few years
10. Doug Esh(10) - 13th @ WG/13th @ Lincoln - Hasn't really shown much since great opening weekend.
11. Justin Henderson(NR) - 3rd @ WG/4th @ Port - Fantastic weekend, came up just a few laps short of first career Williams Grove checkers
12. Rick Lafferty(NR) - 21st @ WG/9th @ Port - Points leader at Port, also some nice runs at Williams Grove
Honorable Mention. Dave Ely() - 15th @ WG / 3rd @ Port - Call this 12a, always steady, has not finished worse than 16th, 8th in points at WG
Honorable Mention. Adam Wilt() - 4th @ WG / 12th @ Lincoln - And 12b, having some decent runs since lackluster opening weekend
Honorable Mention. Doug Dodson() - 6th @ WG / 11th @ Lincoln - After two DNQs, a 16th and a 17th in the first two weeks, this past weekend had to be a nice change
Hard Luck. Mark Smith(7) - DNQ @ WG/24th @ Lincoln - Since winning at Lincoln, has scratched after heat race twice at WG and recorded 7th and 24th place finishes at Lincoln
Out this week: Mark Smith, Lance Dewease, Curt Michael
Biggest move up: Stevie Smith - In at #7
Biggest move down: Mark Smith - Out from #7
Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Greg Hodnett(2) - 2nd @ WG/1st @ Port - Four top 5 finishes in six PA races for Williams Grove points leader. Charging hard at WG.
2. Brian Montieth(3) - 5th @ WG/1st @ Lincoln - Lincoln winner, 4 straight top 5 finishes, top 3 in points at two tracks
3. Fred Rahmer(1) - 10th @ WG/5th @ Lincoln - Decent weekend just not enough to keep on top early in the season
4. Brian Leppo(5) - 8th @ WG/7th @ Lincoln - Consistent top 10 finishes have him sitting 3rd at Lincoln and 6th in Grove points
5. Chad Layton(6) - 7th @ WG/11th @ Port - 4th in points at Grove and Port, worst PA finish so far? 12th.
6. Alan Krimes(8) - 16th @ WG/2nd @ Lincoln - Lincoln points leader, still looking for first win in a long time
7. Stevie Smith(NR) - 1st @ WG / 3rd @ Lincoln - Probably should be higher but DSQ in first Grove start skews stats
8. Daryn Pittman(4) - 11th @ WG/12th @ Port - Follows up stellar weekend with a mediocre weekend
9. Todd Shaffer(11) - 2nd @ Port - Comes back strong at Port after disappointing opener. Chose to skip the Grove for the first time in quite a few years
10. Doug Esh(10) - 13th @ WG/13th @ Lincoln - Hasn't really shown much since great opening weekend.
11. Justin Henderson(NR) - 3rd @ WG/4th @ Port - Fantastic weekend, came up just a few laps short of first career Williams Grove checkers
12. Rick Lafferty(NR) - 21st @ WG/9th @ Port - Points leader at Port, also some nice runs at Williams Grove
Honorable Mention. Dave Ely() - 15th @ WG / 3rd @ Port - Call this 12a, always steady, has not finished worse than 16th, 8th in points at WG
Honorable Mention. Adam Wilt() - 4th @ WG / 12th @ Lincoln - And 12b, having some decent runs since lackluster opening weekend
Honorable Mention. Doug Dodson() - 6th @ WG / 11th @ Lincoln - After two DNQs, a 16th and a 17th in the first two weeks, this past weekend had to be a nice change
Hard Luck. Mark Smith(7) - DNQ @ WG/24th @ Lincoln - Since winning at Lincoln, has scratched after heat race twice at WG and recorded 7th and 24th place finishes at Lincoln
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Williams Grove Report 4/2/2010
Cars in attendance: 0-Rick Lafferty, 07-Mark Coldren, 1-Stevie Smith, 3w-Kyle Moody, 4-Kasey Kahne, 5w-Lucas Wolfe, 7-Chad Layton, 7m-Mark Smith, 8m-Chris Meleason, 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, 49-Brad Sweet, 51-Fred Rahmer, 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr., 69k-Don Kreitz, Jr., 71-Brian Leppo, 75-Dave Ely, 87-Alan Krimes, 89g-David Gravel
Temps in the 70s and a sky full of sun greeted teams and spectators for the 3rd race at Williams Grove. Tonight marks the first race of the season to use the PA handicapping system. In attendance tonight is NASCAR Cup star Kasey Kahne as well as KKR team driver Brad Sweet. 32 410s signed in, with three drivers making their 2010 Grove debuts including David Gravel in addition to the KKR duo.
Hot laps went off without a hitch tonight. The 27 of Walker did encounter some problems however and would retire for the night. The format for the racing will include four 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 5 in each heat transfer, with the top 3 being handicapped in the top 12 based on average, again with the low average up front.
Heat 1(Starting position in parentheses):
1. 14-Dodson(1), 2. 15-Wilt(4), 3. 17-Pittman(7), 4. 5w-Wolfe(8), 5. 65-Mackison(3), 6. 45-Michael(2), 7. 30c-Dewease(6), 8. 0-Lafferty(5)
Dodson leads the distance. Pittman up to 3rd and Wolfe up to 5th on lap 2. Dodson out front by half straight-away by lap 5. 5w passes 45 and begins chasing the 17 for the inversion. 5w is unable to get by 17 and settles for 4th. Mackison takes final transfer at the end by less than .02 seconds.
Heat 2:
1. 3w-Moody(1), 2.35-Henderson(2), 3. 7-Layton(6), 4. 21-Montieth(7), 5.75-Ely(5), 6. 4-Kahne(8), 7. 69k-Kreitz(4), 8.7m-M.Smith(3)
Moody gets out to early lead. On first lap, Smith contacts the guardrail in turn 3 and is done for the night. Layton up to 3rd for the restart with 1 lap in the books. On lap 3, Kahne moves by 69k for 6th and begins tracking down Ely for the last transfer spot. Cars get strung out by lap 7 and no positions change hands during the last half of the race.
Heat 3:
1. 1-S.Smith(1), 2. 8m-Meleason(2), 3. 71-Leppo(3), 4. 49-Sweet(8), 5.22-Hodnett(7), 6. 87-Krimes(5), 7. 07-Coldren(3), 8.27-Walker(4)
Walker DNS for heat three and scratched for the night. Outside lane slides up a row. On initial start, Sweet gets into turn 1 guardrail and also involved is Coldren who is forced to drop out with a flat rear tire. Sweet tags the rear of the field. Only 6 cars left. Sweet passes Krimes on lap 2 to move up to 4th. Smith by half of a straight. Hodnett not looking too good and sits in 6th place. Hodnett passes Krimes for last transfer on lap 8. Smith leads the distance, winning by almost a half-lap.
Heat 4:
1. 19m-Marks(3), 2. 51-Rahmer(7), 3.17b- Buckwalter(4), 4. 25-Ott(2), 5. 39-Esh(6), 6. 48-Dietrich(5), 7. 89g-Gravel(8), 8. 20s-Sell(1)
Initial start waved off for a false start. Front two rows change, Marks now on the pole. Gravel spins in turn 1. Marks leads over Buckwalter. Esh up to 4th and Rahmer to 5th after one lap. Rahmer then moves by Esh on lap 2. Rahmer to 3rd on lap 3. Dietrich gets by Esh for last transfer on lap 7. Marks lead is a half straight. Dietrich appears to be having problems. 51 to 2nd on lap 8. Dietrich breaks on last lap going down backstretch. Esh reclaims 5th and Dietrich comes across 6th with a plug wire off.
Consolation:
1. 4-Kahne(2), 2. 87-Krimes(3), 3.0-Lafferty(9), 4. 30c-Dewease(5), 5. 69k-Kreitz(4), 6. 45-Michael(1), 7. 89g-Gravel(7) 8. 07-Coldren(8), 9. 20s-Sell(8), 10. 48-Dietrich(10) DNS, 7m-M.Smith, 27-Walker
Lafferty passes Dietrich on lap 1. Dewease and Kreitz move by Michael on lap 2. Gravel brings out yellow, spinning in turn 1 on lap 4. Dietrich is moved back 2 spots for jumping the start, moving Coldren and Sell up one spot each. 89g rejoins field. Lafferty begins to move up after restart. After passing the 45, Lafferty passes Kreitz for the last transfer spot. Dietrich also passes Kreitz and is now one spot out of transferring. Dietrich gets right up to the 30 in turn two of the final lap and appears to make contact, but cannot pull off the pass. The 48 breaks then and fails to cross the line.
Feature:
1. 1-S.Smith(3), 2. 22-Hodnett(19), 3. 35-Henderson(4), 4. 15-Wilt(7), 5. 21-Montieth(14), 6. 14-Dodson(1), 7. 7-Layton(9) 8. Leppo(10), 9. 5w-Wolfe(13), 10. Rahmer(12) 11. 17-Pittman(11), 12. 49-Sweet(15), 13. 39-Esh(20), 14. 25-Ott(16), 15. 75-Ely(18), 16. 87-Krimes(22), 17. 17b-Buckwalter(8) 18. 65-Mackison(17), 19. 3w-Moody(2), 20. 19m-Marks(6), 21. 0-Lafferty(23) 22. 8m-Meleason(5), 23. 30c-Dewease(24), 24. 4-Kahne(21)
Dodson leads early on with Henderson moving into the runner-up spot on the first tour of the speedway. Wilt also moves up from 7th to 4th as Stevie Smith drops back. Leppo moves to 6th on lap 3 and passes Smith for 5th on the next go-around as the leaders start to spread out. Last week’s winner, Wolfe falls to around 17th. On lap 9, Kahne makes hard contact with the turn 3 guardrail, gets airborne and spins twice while up in the air, yet somehow manages to keep the car moving. Dewease is also involved and brings out the yellow. Kahne would retire with front end damage, including a collapsed front wing. Lap 8 RO: 14, 35, 3w, 15, 71, 1, 7, 19m, 51, 17, 22, 25, 8m, 17b, 21, 5w, 39, 49, 65, 75, 0, 87, 30c, 4. Henderson goes to the lead following the restart and Smith moves back into 4th while Leppo drops back. 35 extends his lead to over 25 car-lengths. Hodnett passes Moody for 6th and Dewease pulls off. Moody, Rahmer and Leppo battle for 7th on lap 14. Dodson starts tracking down Henderson and on lap 16, the lead is back to about 10 car-lengths. Hodnett cracks the top 5 after a pass on Layton and begins reeling in the 1 and 15. The top 5 really gets tight on lap 20. On lap 20, Smith passes Wilt for 3rd and then Dodson for 2nd on the next lap. Wilt passes Dodson on lap 22. Smith blasted past Henderson in turn 4 of lap 23 for the lead. Hodnett also passes Henderson but doesn’t have enough time to run down Smith. Smith wins and Hodnett records his 2nd runner-up finish of the season.
The win was Stevie Smith’s 22nd career at the Speedway.
Notes:
Pat Cannon won the 358 feature
The track was very dusty for the 410 feature race
Defending track champion Todd Shaffer was not in attendance, the team announced earlier this year that they would be scaling back their schedule to about 30 races
Late models make their return next week with the sprint cars
Temps in the 70s and a sky full of sun greeted teams and spectators for the 3rd race at Williams Grove. Tonight marks the first race of the season to use the PA handicapping system. In attendance tonight is NASCAR Cup star Kasey Kahne as well as KKR team driver Brad Sweet. 32 410s signed in, with three drivers making their 2010 Grove debuts including David Gravel in addition to the KKR duo.
Hot laps went off without a hitch tonight. The 27 of Walker did encounter some problems however and would retire for the night. The format for the racing will include four 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 5 in each heat transfer, with the top 3 being handicapped in the top 12 based on average, again with the low average up front.
Heat 1(Starting position in parentheses):
1. 14-Dodson(1), 2. 15-Wilt(4), 3. 17-Pittman(7), 4. 5w-Wolfe(8), 5. 65-Mackison(3), 6. 45-Michael(2), 7. 30c-Dewease(6), 8. 0-Lafferty(5)
Dodson leads the distance. Pittman up to 3rd and Wolfe up to 5th on lap 2. Dodson out front by half straight-away by lap 5. 5w passes 45 and begins chasing the 17 for the inversion. 5w is unable to get by 17 and settles for 4th. Mackison takes final transfer at the end by less than .02 seconds.
Heat 2:
1. 3w-Moody(1), 2.35-Henderson(2), 3. 7-Layton(6), 4. 21-Montieth(7), 5.75-Ely(5), 6. 4-Kahne(8), 7. 69k-Kreitz(4), 8.7m-M.Smith(3)
Moody gets out to early lead. On first lap, Smith contacts the guardrail in turn 3 and is done for the night. Layton up to 3rd for the restart with 1 lap in the books. On lap 3, Kahne moves by 69k for 6th and begins tracking down Ely for the last transfer spot. Cars get strung out by lap 7 and no positions change hands during the last half of the race.
Heat 3:
1. 1-S.Smith(1), 2. 8m-Meleason(2), 3. 71-Leppo(3), 4. 49-Sweet(8), 5.22-Hodnett(7), 6. 87-Krimes(5), 7. 07-Coldren(3), 8.27-Walker(4)
Walker DNS for heat three and scratched for the night. Outside lane slides up a row. On initial start, Sweet gets into turn 1 guardrail and also involved is Coldren who is forced to drop out with a flat rear tire. Sweet tags the rear of the field. Only 6 cars left. Sweet passes Krimes on lap 2 to move up to 4th. Smith by half of a straight. Hodnett not looking too good and sits in 6th place. Hodnett passes Krimes for last transfer on lap 8. Smith leads the distance, winning by almost a half-lap.
Heat 4:
1. 19m-Marks(3), 2. 51-Rahmer(7), 3.17b- Buckwalter(4), 4. 25-Ott(2), 5. 39-Esh(6), 6. 48-Dietrich(5), 7. 89g-Gravel(8), 8. 20s-Sell(1)
Initial start waved off for a false start. Front two rows change, Marks now on the pole. Gravel spins in turn 1. Marks leads over Buckwalter. Esh up to 4th and Rahmer to 5th after one lap. Rahmer then moves by Esh on lap 2. Rahmer to 3rd on lap 3. Dietrich gets by Esh for last transfer on lap 7. Marks lead is a half straight. Dietrich appears to be having problems. 51 to 2nd on lap 8. Dietrich breaks on last lap going down backstretch. Esh reclaims 5th and Dietrich comes across 6th with a plug wire off.
Consolation:
1. 4-Kahne(2), 2. 87-Krimes(3), 3.0-Lafferty(9), 4. 30c-Dewease(5), 5. 69k-Kreitz(4), 6. 45-Michael(1), 7. 89g-Gravel(7) 8. 07-Coldren(8), 9. 20s-Sell(8), 10. 48-Dietrich(10) DNS, 7m-M.Smith, 27-Walker
Lafferty passes Dietrich on lap 1. Dewease and Kreitz move by Michael on lap 2. Gravel brings out yellow, spinning in turn 1 on lap 4. Dietrich is moved back 2 spots for jumping the start, moving Coldren and Sell up one spot each. 89g rejoins field. Lafferty begins to move up after restart. After passing the 45, Lafferty passes Kreitz for the last transfer spot. Dietrich also passes Kreitz and is now one spot out of transferring. Dietrich gets right up to the 30 in turn two of the final lap and appears to make contact, but cannot pull off the pass. The 48 breaks then and fails to cross the line.
Feature:
1. 1-S.Smith(3), 2. 22-Hodnett(19), 3. 35-Henderson(4), 4. 15-Wilt(7), 5. 21-Montieth(14), 6. 14-Dodson(1), 7. 7-Layton(9) 8. Leppo(10), 9. 5w-Wolfe(13), 10. Rahmer(12) 11. 17-Pittman(11), 12. 49-Sweet(15), 13. 39-Esh(20), 14. 25-Ott(16), 15. 75-Ely(18), 16. 87-Krimes(22), 17. 17b-Buckwalter(8) 18. 65-Mackison(17), 19. 3w-Moody(2), 20. 19m-Marks(6), 21. 0-Lafferty(23) 22. 8m-Meleason(5), 23. 30c-Dewease(24), 24. 4-Kahne(21)
Dodson leads early on with Henderson moving into the runner-up spot on the first tour of the speedway. Wilt also moves up from 7th to 4th as Stevie Smith drops back. Leppo moves to 6th on lap 3 and passes Smith for 5th on the next go-around as the leaders start to spread out. Last week’s winner, Wolfe falls to around 17th. On lap 9, Kahne makes hard contact with the turn 3 guardrail, gets airborne and spins twice while up in the air, yet somehow manages to keep the car moving. Dewease is also involved and brings out the yellow. Kahne would retire with front end damage, including a collapsed front wing. Lap 8 RO: 14, 35, 3w, 15, 71, 1, 7, 19m, 51, 17, 22, 25, 8m, 17b, 21, 5w, 39, 49, 65, 75, 0, 87, 30c, 4. Henderson goes to the lead following the restart and Smith moves back into 4th while Leppo drops back. 35 extends his lead to over 25 car-lengths. Hodnett passes Moody for 6th and Dewease pulls off. Moody, Rahmer and Leppo battle for 7th on lap 14. Dodson starts tracking down Henderson and on lap 16, the lead is back to about 10 car-lengths. Hodnett cracks the top 5 after a pass on Layton and begins reeling in the 1 and 15. The top 5 really gets tight on lap 20. On lap 20, Smith passes Wilt for 3rd and then Dodson for 2nd on the next lap. Wilt passes Dodson on lap 22. Smith blasted past Henderson in turn 4 of lap 23 for the lead. Hodnett also passes Henderson but doesn’t have enough time to run down Smith. Smith wins and Hodnett records his 2nd runner-up finish of the season.
The win was Stevie Smith’s 22nd career at the Speedway.
Notes:
Pat Cannon won the 358 feature
The track was very dusty for the 410 feature race
Defending track champion Todd Shaffer was not in attendance, the team announced earlier this year that they would be scaling back their schedule to about 30 races
Late models make their return next week with the sprint cars
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