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On a cool, crisp night, 360 OTC World of Outlaws Driver Shannon Babb #18 continued his recent hot streak winning the “Showdown in Sarvertown”, leading the A-main wire-to-wire. A full report of the “Showdown in Sarvertown” will be sent separately by 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Models PR Director Kevin Kovac.
Meanwhile, Lernerville Speedway Friedman’s Supermarkets Late Model regular “Slow Ride” David Scott #3S avoided the attrition of a long, cold 50 lap A-main feature to finish 12th in a field that started 26 cars, including six local drivers. Scott of Garland, PA was the only local to finish all 50 laps, and was the last car on the lead lap by the time the checkers fell. He secured his spot in the feature event by holding off a hard-charging Chub Frank for the third and final qualifying position in the second B-main. Scott finished sixth in a stacked heat race and was the 20th fastest qualifier of the 50-car field with a time on 16.904 seconds.
Reigning Track Champion Lynn Geisler #1C of Cranberry started the night in his typical, strong fashion, qualifying 14th fastest with a time of 16.699. Starting fourth in the second heat race, Geisler qualified directly into the A-main feature event by also finishing in fourth place. But it all went down hill from there as he brought out the caution by spinning out in turns three & four on the fourth lap. Though he returned to the track, he never fully recovered from the incident and only completed 11 of 50 laps for a 21st place finish.
Occasional Lernerville visitor Dick Barton #28B of Ashville , NY had the most successful night of the non-Outlaw drivers by finishing an impressive fifth place. Barton started the feature 19th and methodically picked his way through the stacked field of elite 360 OTC World of Outlaw Late Model drivers to bring home a top five finish. Barton, like David Scott, took the long road to the A-main. He qualified 30th fastest with a time of 17.304 seconds, started eighth in his heat race, finished in sixh. He started fourth in the first B-main, and made a quick move into second place on the first lap and held on to finish there, securing his spot in the A-Main feature event.
Track regulars Mike Blose #5B, Matt Lux #21L, and Sam Stile #2S all made the A-main feature event, finishing 20th, 24th, and 26th respectively. Mike Blose of New Bethlehem made the “Showdown” by virtue of a hard fought third place finish in the first B-main. Local drivers Alex Ferree #4 and Nick Jones #66 had a spirited battle going on for third place, but the two made contact, and Blose wasted no time passing both drivers to take the third spot away. Blose held off Mike Balzano #E1 to finish in the final A-main qualifying position. Stile and Lux both made the A-main feature by virtue of track provisionals, Track provisionals were based on final 2006 Budweiser Point Standings, as there has not yet been a 2007 Budweiser Points race.
Local Driver Tony Burke #23 of Sarver , PA took a nasty flip in between turns three & four during his heat race and was taken by ambulance to an area hospital for evaluation.
The busiest local driver of the night was Dave Hess, Jr #44H of Waterford , PA. Hess earned the nickname of “Double Duty Dave” at the “Showdown in Sarvertown” by piloting two cars, one each in the Late Model and UMP Modified divisions. Hess was on the move forward all night long in both cars. He started the evening by qualifying 31st fastest with a time of 17.388 seconds. He started eight in his heat, and finished in fourth, which qualified him directly into the A-main. In the feature he started 19th and seemed poised to move forward but pulled off into the pits on the ninth lap and did not return to the track. That is to say that he did not return to the track in his late model.
Hess did return, however, in his UMP Modified, an identically painted and decaled #44H. In similar fashion to what he did in his late model, Hess started the feature in eighth place. By lap one he had advanced to third, and was in the lead by lap three. Hess was never seriously challenged and took the checkered flag on lap 15, in a time-shortened feature. The original distance was 20 laps, but a local ordinance requires racing to conclude by midnight on weekdays, thus the shortened 15-lap event. Mike Davis #65, Carl McKinney #6M, Jeff Taylor #3, and Larry Walters #04 rounded out the top 5 in the UMP Modified A-main feature, the first of 5 scheduled events at the Lernerville Speedway. Hess also dominated his heat race despite starting ninth in an 11-car field. By lap two of the second heat race Hess was in second, and took the lead for good on lap three. Jeff Taylor, #04J won the first UMP Modified heat race.
Reigning Advance Auto Parts Pure Stock Champion Butch Lambert climbed behind the wheel of his familiar #27, but in the form of a UMP Modified, and finished ninth after starting 19th in a 20 car field.
All the Lernerville regulars will be right back onto the Action Track this Friday April 20 for the first Budweiser Points race of the 2007 season for all Fab Four racing divisions. Friday Night is also Volunteer Fire, EMS, and Police Appreciation Night at the Speedway , as we tribute to the men and women who risk their lives to serve and protect all of ours.
Again, a complete report of the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Models “Showdown in Sarvertown” sponsored by Y108 and Pepsi will be released by World of Outlaws officials.
Results of WoO Late Model Series (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):
1. (1) Shannon Babb/50 $10,000
2. (8) Jimmy Mars/50 $5,000
3. (10) Rick Eckert/50 $3,000
4. (5) Clint Smith/50 $2,500
5. (19) Dick Barton/50 $2,000
6. (9) Darrell Lanigan/50 $1,700
7. (12) Donnie Moran/50 $1,900
8. (13) Doug Horton/50 $1,300
9. (7) Chris Madden/50 $1,200
10. (20) Brian Shirley/50 $1,100
11. (17) Tim Fuller/50 $1,300
12. (22) David Scott/50 $1,000
13. (18) Shane Clanton/48 $950
14. (3) Josh Richards/37 $900
15. (23) Chub Frank/37 $850
16. (6) Steve Francis/27 $800
17. (11) Eddie Carrier Jr./24 $770
18. (2) Brian Birkhofer/21 $750
19. (24) Vic Coffey/19 $730
20. (21) Mike Blose/19 $700
21. (14) Lynn Geisler/11 $700
22. (4) Rob Blair/8 $700
23. (15) Dave Hess Jr./8 $700
24. (25) Sam Stile/8 $700
25. (16) Rick Aukland/4 $700
26. (26) Matt Lux/4 $700
Time of Race: 37 Mins., 3.587 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.734 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 7 (Laps 0, 2, 3, 9, 15, 18, 27)
Lap Leaders: Babb (1-50)
Rookie of the Race: Tim Fuller ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Donnie Moran ($500)
Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):
1. 18-Shannon Babb/ Moweaqua , IL 15.922
2. 44M-Chris Madden/Gray Court , SC 15.937
3. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/ Muscatine , IA 15.962
4. 15-Steve Francis/ Ashland , KY 16.070
5. W11-Robbie Blair/ Titusville , PA 16.244
6. 44-Clint Smith/ Senoia , GA 16.263
7. 28M-Jimmy Mars/Menominee, WI 16.282
8. 99M-Donnie Moran/Dresden, OH 16.293
9. 46-Doug Horton/ Bruceton Mills , WV 16.363
10. 24-Rick Eckert/ York , PA 16.372
11. 25-Shane Clanton/ Locust Grove , GA 16.420
12. 12-Rick Aukland/ Zanesville , OH 16.429
13. 29-Darrell Lanigan/ Union , KY 16.558
14. 1c-Lynn Geisler/Cranberry Twp., PA 16.699
15. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 16.733
16. 1-Josh Richards/ Shinnston , WV 16.734
17. H1-Jared Miley/South Park, PA 16.768
18. 19-Tim Fuller/ Watertown , NY 16.856
19. 3s-Brian Shirley/ Chatham , IL 16.890
20. 361-David Scott/ Garland , PA 16.904
21. 62-Kenny Johnson/ Parkersburg , WV 16.907
22. 22H-Bump Hedman/Sugar Grove, PA 16.926
23. 40-Dutch Davies/Warren, PA 16.947
24. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake , PA 17.019
25. 33H-Chris Hackett/Erie, PA 17.032
26. 4-Alex Ferree/ Saxonburg , PA 17.076
27. 23-Tony Burke/ Sarver , PA 17.084
28. 19c-Steve Casebolt/ Richmond , IN 17.222
29. E1-Mike Balzano/ Parkersburg , WV 17.292
30. 28b-Dick Barton/ Ashville , NY 17.304
31. 44H-Dave Hess Jr./ Waterford , PA 17.388
32. 2J-Mike Johnson/Imperial, PA 17.418
33. 1L-Dane Laraway/Irwin, PA 17.440
34. 5b-Mike Blose/New Bethlehem , PA 17.454
35. 5R-Jerry Redden/ Mahaffey , PA 17.458
36. 3-Dan Swartzlander/ Sarver , PA 17.539
37. 0K-Drew Koteles/Canonsburg, PA 17.640
38. 21L-Matt Lux/Franklin, PA 17.654
39. 5M-Ryan Markham/Ashland, OH 17.818
40. 10-Gary Lyle/ Hyde Park , PA 17.916
41. 66-Nick Jones/ North Hills , PA 17.937
42. 03-Doug Eck/ Corry , PA 18.006
43. 75-Bart Hartman/ Zanesville , OH 18.335
44. 32c-Vic Coffey/ Leicester , NY 18.516
45. 2s-Sam Stile/ Charleroi , PA 18.751
46. 9k-Mike Knight/ Ripley , NY 19.811
47. 22-Greg Satterlee/ Rochester Mills, PA 19.924
48. 22Jr.-Gary Beck Jr./ Alexandria , PA 19.944
49. 6-Eric Midkiff/ Boyertown , PA 20.530
50. 97-Ben Satterlee/ Rochester Mills, PA N/T
Heat No. 1 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Babb, Blair, Lanigan, Horton, Miley, Hackett, Jones, Koteles, Midkiff, Balzano, Stile, Laraway, K. Johnson
Heat No. 2 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): C. Smith, Madden, Eckert, Geisler, Fuller, Barton, Ferree, Lux, Blose, Eck, Hedman, Knight, B. Satterlee
Heat No. 3 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Mars, Birkhofer, Carrier, Hess, Clanton, Shirley, Hartman, G. Satterlee, Burke, Redden, Markham , Davies
Heat No. 4 (10 laps - Top 4 Transfer): Francis, Richards, Moran, Aukland, Frank, Scott, Casebolt, Coffey, Lyle, Beck, Swartzlander, M. Johnson
B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Fuller, Barton, Blose, Balzano, Jones, Ferree, Hedman, Koteles, Midkiff, Miley, Eck, Laraway, Hackett, Stile, B. Satterlee, Lux (DNS) K. Johnson, Knight
B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Clanton, Shirley, Scott, Frank, Coffey, Lyle, Markham, Redden, G. Satterlee, Beck (DNS) Hartman, Casebolt, Burke, Swartzlander, Davies, M. Johnson
UMP Modified A-Main Feature Results
44H-Dave Hess, Jr.
65-Mike Davis
6M-Carl McKinney
3-Jeff Taylor
04-Larry Walters
17X-Richard Michael, Jr.
22-Bill Thomas
44-Mike Hess
27-Butch Lambert
2B-Russ Dempsey
17JE-J.E. Stadler
O4J-Jeff Walters
47-Russ Dunn
117-Jim Turley
7W-Bobby Whitling
B1D-Bobby Powell
76-Dana Wellington
54S-Shawn Shingledecker
17D-Darryl Charlier
68-Tim Engles
221-Vince Cranti(DNS) |
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