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CLEARFIELD, PA – With two races completed and the street stocks lined up for the 50 lap test, the nights racing action came to a grinding halt Sunday at Gamblers Raceway Park.
The Hyde Vol. Fire Co. had advised track manager Richard A. Delisle that unless they were paid for the evenings work, they were leaving.
The evening’s activities saw Mr. Delisle ram the Hyde fire truck four times before he fled the track surface and was eventually stopped in his tracks when a member of the Hyde fire police rammed the Delisle vehicle nearly head-on.
Police from Lawrence Township, Clearfield Borough, Curwensville Borough and the Clearfield State Police, Clearfield Emergency Medical Services, Lawrence Township Fire Co. Station 5 and DuSan/AmServe Ambulance Service responded to the scene.
Five firefighters were transported to Clearfield Hospital for injuries.
At this time the future of Gamblers Raceway Park is unknown, however a new owner is close to finalizing the deal to own the facility.
The races that were held saw Jason Bainey (Pure Stocks) and Kirby Tucker (Four cylinder Wild Cards) take feature wins.
John Eckenrod led the pure stock feature for the first nine laps, hold boack Jason Bainey, Justin Queen and Frank Little. On lap ten, Bainey took the lead from Eckenrod after he went high and Queen spun, bringing out the races final caution. On the restart the lead was in Bainey’s hands and Eckenrod was trying to get the lead back, but Bainey held off the attempts and took the win.
The top five were: Bainey, Eckenrod, Little, Martin Hubler and Queen. Bainey won the heat.
Kirby Tucker the led the four cylinder wild card feature from flag to flag as he was nearly half a lap ahead of second place when the double checkered flags waved. Joe Petyak, Jerry Walls, Kevin Clark and Darren Lucas. The heats were won by Jerry Walls and Kirby Tucker.
Street stock qualifying races were won by: Jamie Price, Rusty Wheeler and Dan Smeal The two consolation races were won by Denny Curry and Dom Surra.
There were 30 street stocks, 10 pure stocks and 16 four cylinder wild cards.
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