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May 10, 2008 – A beautiful spring day and cool evening brought some tough competition to Hamlin!
The 27-car field of Regular Slingshots put on a fantastic show of competition, side-by-side racing, and the never say die attitude! The “Bushkill Bullet” #1R Kyle Rohner, coming off a tough prior week of competition, drove a perfect race on Saturday night to earn his 1st Hamlin Speedway feature win in 2008! After winning his heat, with the handicap in place, Rohner started in the 7th position in the Big Dance! On the pole was the #12D of Dana Smith with #91 Daniel West on the outside. As the green flag dropped - the #12D of Dana Smith jumped into the lead until turn 3 where a spin collected several cars. With a total restart the #91 of Daniel West jumped into the lead. By lap 8 the #1R of the “Bushkill Bullet” was coming to the front and captured the lead from West to never retreat. Hot competition behind Rohner included the battle between the #327 Zach O’Connell, #59 of Cody Kline, and #23 of Shannon Smith. The #55r of Ryan Wood earned a 5th place finish with #14t of Jeff Cosgrove in 6th, #5s of Dale Kober in 7th, #91 of Daniel West in 8th, #12 of Adam Brown in 9th, and #97 of Jilly Long in 10th. The Hard Charger award goes to #13x Ben “Flip” Whitaker running the #51 car of Carl Bittenbender coming from the 24th starting spot to finish 12th!
Heat Winners: #12 Adam Brown, #327 Zach O’Connell, #1R Kyle Rohner
Hard Charger: #13x/51 Ben (Flip) Whitaker
Total Cars = 27
The 270cc Micro Sprints saw the #88 of Nick Skias inherit the lead from the #7 of Rick Casario, after a spin, to go on to victory lane for his 1st win of 2008 at Hamlin! Coming home a strong 2nd was the #8s of Pete Skias, the #28 of Eric Bodine in 3rd, the #83 of Nunzi Allegrucci in 4th, and #92 of Joe Smith in 5th. Earning a solid 6th was the #12 of Rich O’Neill with the Hard Charger award going to the #94 of Matt Mountz coming from the 14th starting spot to finish 7th after an engine burn in his heat race. Eighth goes to the #22b of Darin Bartholomew, 9th to the #98b of Blaine Schosser, and 10th to #7 of Rick Casario, the pole sitter.
Heat Winners: #8s Pete Skias and #88 of Nick Skias
Hard Charger: #94 Matt Mountz
Total Cars = 16
The Junior Slingshots, with a strong 11-car field, saw the #12 of Mikey Horton dominate the feature event leading from the drop of the green flag to the checkered! Coming from the 4th starting spot to finish 2nd was the #27 of Jacob Hendershot with the #97j of Justin Brewster in 3rd. Coming home 4th was the #2 of Brittany Tresch and 5th went to #93 of Jason West earning the Hard Charger coming from the 10th starting spot. The top novice driver for the last week of novice juniors was the #33 of Troy Langendoerfer! Troy suffered mechanical problems in the previous 2 weeks of competition only to come out ahead on week #3!
Heat Winner: #97j Justin Brewster and #12 of Mikey Horton
Hard Charger: #93 Jason West
Total Cars = 11
The Super! Slingers saw the #5s of Dale Kober return to victory circle for his first 2008 win! Coming home a very strong 2nd was the #33 of John Wesp with the #23c of Marc Daniels in 3rd. Finishing a solid 4th was the #780 of Rich Sanford with the #112 of Randy Leuthe in 5th. Rounding out the top 10 was the #21 of Todd Chambers, #87 of Bob Clark, #12D of Henry Anderson, #96 of Dale Reed, and #49 Floyd Aumick in 10th. Next week is the SUPER 40! For the Super! Slingers twin heats, non-handicap $500 to win with 24 or more entries!
Heat Winner: #96 Dale Reed
Total Cars = 12
REGULAR SLINGSHOTS
1. #1R KYLE ROHNER
2. #327 Zach O'Connell
3. #59 Cody Kline
4. #23 Shannon Smith
5. #55r Ryan Wood
6. #14t Jeff Cosgrove
7. #5s Dale Kober
8. #91 Daniel West
9. #12 Adam Brown
10. #97 Jill Long
11. #780 Rich Sanford
12. #13x/51 Ben Whitaker
13. #23c Bill Clark
14. #19 Emily VanInwegen
15. #o5 John Pantis
16. #89 Peter Patchoski
17. #57 Mark Berkenstock
18. #38 Mike Dougherty
19. #5 Paul Ennes
20. #26 Mackenzie Brink
21. #920 Chad Winowich
22. #12d Dana Smith
23. #21 Bobby Kuiken
24. #37 Tony Frable
25. #4 Mike Butler
26. #29r Kyle Rode
27. #31 Nathan West
270cc MICRO SPRINTS
1. #88 NICK SKIAS
2. #8s Pete Skias
3. #28 Eric Bodine
4. #83 Nunzi Allegrucci
5. #92 Joe Smith
6. #12 Rich O’Neill
7. #94 Matt Mountz
8. #22b Darin Bartholomew
9. #98b Blain Schosser
10. #7 Rick Casario
11. #5x Bobby Butler
12. #7c Jamie Czekai
13. #22j Angela Caruso
14. #14 CJ Caputo
15. #22g James Lambert
16. #99a Jay Horvath
JUNIOR SLINGSHOTS
1. #12 MIKEY HORTON
2. #27 Jacob Hendershot
3. #97j Justin Brewster
4. #2 Brittany Tresch
5. #93 Jason West
6. #15 Cait Chambers
7. #33 Troy Langendoerfer, novice
8. #551 AJ Tonkin
9. #01 Shelby Ogozaly, novice
10. #6 Colin White, novice
11. #51b Molly Chambers
SUPER! SLINGERS
1. #5s DALE KOBER
2. #33 John Wesp
3. #23c Marc Daniels
4. #780 Rich Sanford
5. #112 Randy Leuthe
6. #21 Todd Chambers
7. #87 Bob Clark
8. #12d Henry Anderson
9. #96 Dale Reed
10. #49 Floyd Aumick
11. #5 Paul Ennes
12. #51 Carl Bittenbender
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