Monday, May 24, 2010

TT&TB's PA Posse Dirty Dozen 5/24/2010

In this week: Mark Smith & Aaron Ott
Out this week: Daryn Pittman & Adam Wilt

Biggest move up: Alan Krimes - Up two spots
Biggest move down: Daryn Pittman - Out from #7

Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Fred Rahmer(1) - 2nd @ Williams Grove - One spot short of going back-to-back at Williams Grove, from 16th this week.
2. Greg Hodnett(2) - 5th @ Williams Grove - Quietly recorded another top-5.
3. Chad Layton(3) - 4th @ Williams Grove - Looked like he might have had a winning car, but restarts hurt and he didn't have much left at the end.
4. Brian Montieth(5) - 11th @ Williams Grove - Not much noise from The Edge last week at the Grove.
5. Lance Dewease(6) - 9th @ Williams Grove - Solid rebound from nasty wreck the previous week.
6. Stevie Smith(4) - Did not race - Gearing up to defend Keystone Cup Championship.
7. Alan Krimes(10) - 8th @ Williams Grove - A solid top-10 at the Grove.
8. Justin Henderson(9) - 12th @ Williams Grove - Sitting 2nd in points at Port Royal
9. Brian Leppo(8) - 15th @ Williams Grove - A down week following a strong Outlaw showing for Brian.
10. Doug Esh(11) - 16th @ Williams Grove - Still sitting 5th in points at Williams Grove
11. Mark Smith(NR) - 1st @ Williams Grove - Picked up his 2nd PA win and first at Williams Grove this season
12. Aaron Ott(NR) - 7th @ Williams Grove - Aaron rebounds from a bad couple of weeks with a nice run.

Honorable Mention. Don Kreitz, Jr.() - 3rd @ Williams Grove - King Donald records best grove finish of 2010
Hard Luck. Daryn Pittman() - DNQ @ Williams Grove - DNQ and just didn't look that good. Defending Grandview KC winner.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

TT&TB's PA Posse Dirty Dozen 5/18/2010

In this week: Brian Leppo and Justin Henderson
Out this week: Mark Smith and Aaron Ott

Biggest move up: Brian Leppo un at #8
Biggest move down: Alan Krimes - Down three spots

1. Fred Rahmer(4) - 17th @ WG / 1st @ WG / 13th @ Lincoln - He has to be a fan of double-file restarts. 24th to 1st is amazing and even 14th to 1st is impressive given the competition.
2. Greg Hodnett(1) - 19th @ WG / 23rd @ WG / 2nd @ Port - Wasn't a factor for the Outlaw shows, still leads points Williams Grove.
3. Chad Layton(6) - 1st @ WG / 27th @ WG / 3rd @ Port - Mastered the Outlaws on Thursday, caught up in an incident on Friday and a "work-area" violation cost them a chance to come back.
4. Stevie Smith(2) - 14th @ WG / 11th @ WG - Ran up front but a bent wing on Thursday and a spin Friday took Stevie out of contention.
5. Brian Montieth(3) - 22nd @ WG / 18th @ WG / 2nd @ Lincoln - 1st lap incidents on Thursday and Friday, rebounded for fourth 2nd of 2010 and regained the Lincoln points lead
6. Lance Dewease(5) - 9th @ WG / 25th @ WG - Good weekened ruined after being collected in lap one pile-up.
7. Daryn Pittman(8) - 24th @ WG / 3rd @ WG - Was a slide job away from picking up the win on Friday.
8. Brian Leppo(NR) - 6th @ WG / 15th @ WG / 6th @ Lincoln - Should read 6th, 1st, 6th. 2 gallons of fuel cost the Swope team $10,000 on Friday.
9. Justin Henderson(NR) - 5th @ WG / 6th @ WG / 4th @ Port - Rebounds from bad week on the road with two top-6 Outlaw runs and a 4th at Port. Best average vs. the Outlaws.
10. Alan Krimes(7) - 13th @ WG / DNQ @ WG / 4th @ Lincoln - Timed 8th and 3rd, but had to run the B both nights, breaking on Friday. Collected 7th top 5 at Lincoln
11. Doug Esh(9) - 26th @ WG / 9th @ WG / 3rd @ Lincoln - First-lap crash on Thursday, survived Friday and had a good run Saturday.
12. Adam Wilt(12) - 28th @ WG / 26th @ WG / 8th @ Lincoln - Stays on the list because he made both Outlaw shows and was better at Lincoln.

Honorable Mention. Brad McClelland() - 7th @ Lincoln - Consistent results including six top-10s have Brad 5th in points at Lincoln.
Hard Luck. Mark Smith() - DNQ @ WG / 19th @ WG / 22nd @ Lincoln - Mark's best finish in the last two weeks is a 16th.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

TT&TB's PA Posse Dirty Dozen 5/11/2010

In this week: Adam Wilt
Out this week: Justin Henderson

Biggest move up:Stevie Smith - Up two spots
Biggest move down:Aaron Ott - Down two spots

Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Greg Hodnett(1) - 1st @ WG - Greg picks up his first Grove win of 2010 as well as the points lead
2. Stevie Smith(4) - 2nd @ WG - These guys don't seem to miss a beat in PA time trial races
3. Brian Montieth(3) - 5th @ WG / 6th @ Lincoln - A solid week after a couple weeks of okay results
4. Fred Rahmer(2) - 23rd @ WG / 4th @ Lincoln - Running well before contact ended Rahmer's night at WG
5. Lance Dewease(5) - 4th @ WG - Charged through the field at WG
6. Chad Layton(7) - 3rd @ WG - Was in position to pick up second Grove win, had to settle for 3rd
7. Alan Krimes(6) - 22nd @ WG / 5th @ Lincoln - Had a great run going at WG before a malfunction, and picked up another top 5 at Lincoln
8. Daryn Pittman(8) - 20th @ Eldora / 6th @ Eldora - A strong 6th against the Outlaws in his 3rd car in last 3 weeks
9. Doug Esh(11) - 9th @ WG / 8th @ Lincoln - And the rollercoaster heads back up the hill with 2 top-10 finishes
10. Mark Smith(10) - 16th @ WG / 22nd @ Lincoln - Just didn't have it last week
11. Aaron Ott(9) - 17th @ WG / 23rd @ Lincoln - Took a step back after a really good previous week
12. Adam Wilt(NR) - 15th @ WG / 1st @ Lincoln - Picked up first career win at Lincoln

Honorable Mention. Brent Marks() - 14th @ WG / 2nd @ Lincoln - Has been solid at Lincoln and a runner-up finish moves the young gun to the runner-up points position
Hard Luck. Justin Henderson() - DNQ @ Eldora / DNQ @ Eldora - Justin and the #35 travelled to Ohio and came home with 2 DNQs

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

TT&TB's PA Posse Dirty Dozen 5/5/2010

In this week: Aaron Ott, Mark Smith and Justin Henderson
Out this week:Tyler Walker, Adam Wilt and Dave Ely

Biggest move up:Stevie Smith - Up four spots
Biggest move down:Doug Esh - Down five spots

Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Greg Hodnett(1) - 12th @ WG / 1st @ Port - Port Royal Winner has finished top-3 in over half of his 13 races
2. Fred Rahmer(3) - 16th @ WG / 1st @ Lincoln - Big points day at Lincoln with many early season top guns faltering
3. Brian Montieth(2) - 2nd @ WG / 21st @ Lincoln - New Points leader at Williams Grove, but dropped top spot at Lincoln with 22nd place run
4. Stevie Smith(8) - 4th @ WG / 3rd @ Lincoln - Streak of top-3s snapped at four, now on a six-race top-4 streak
5. Lance Dewease(5) - 1st @ WG / 24th @ Lincoln - Dominated at Williams Grove, DNF at Lincoln. Not quite "Checkers or wreckers" but he's had seven top-5s and three DNF in the last 10
6. Alan Krimes(7) - 5th @ WG / 4th @ Lincoln - Pencil him in for 4th at Lincoln, four times he's come across fourth in the Oigeon Hills
7. Chad Layton(4) - DNQ @ WG / 11th @ Port - DNQ at WG costs him his big cushion in the top-4 in points. Also dropped a spot at Lincoln
8. Daryn Pittman(9) - 11th @ WG / 12th @Lincoln - Decent runs in his 1st weekend in the Heffner car
9. Aaron Ott(NR) - 8th @ WG / 2nd @ Lincoln - six top-10s in last seven races as the young gun moves to the top of the Lincoln standings
10. Mark Smith(NR) - 6th @ WG / 5th @ Lincoln - Appears that the Mach 1 is back to running near the front again
11. Doug Esh(6) - 15th @ WG / 20th @ Lincoln - Follows up a solid week with a mediocre week. Been on a roller coaster all year
12. Justin Henderson(NR) - 18th @ WG / 4th @ Port - Having some solid runs, not having the bad runs like some of the others who dropped out

Honorable Mention. Rick Lafferty() - 9th @ WG / 6th @ Port - Still leading points at Port although its tightening up, could use more solid runs at WG
Honorable Mention. Mike Erdley() - 5th @ Port - Moving up the Port standings with solid finishes after opening with a last place
Hard Luck. Tyler Walker() - DNQ @ WG / 7th @ Port - The hard luck recipients are intertwined, Tyler had the final transfer in the Grove B before being passed on the last lap by…
Hard Luck. Brent Marks() - DNQ @ WG / 11th @ Lincoln - Brent made a great last lap pass of Walker only to hit the turn 4 wall causing him to lose momentum and the final transfer to…
Hard Luck. Adam Wilt() - 21st @ WG / DNQ @ Lincoln - Adam had the final transfer at WG gift wrapped when Marks and Walter got into the wall on the last lap, he then DNQd at Lincoln. Not a good weekend