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DOG HOLLOW TO TRY AGAIN FRIDAY TO COMPLETE THEIR 2nd FASTRAK
NORTHEAST TOURING SERIES EVENT
By Mike Leone
September 3, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Strongstown, PA
After last Friday's rain out, the FASTRAK Northeast
Late Model Touring Series will try again this Friday night, September
5 to complete their second event of the season at Jim and Sharon
Michny's Dog Hollow Speedway.
Dog Hollow will play host to their final visit of the season by the
Northeast Touring Series featuring a 25-lap featuring paying $1,200
to-win, $150 to-start. Last year's event was won by Bobby Powell and
earlier this year defending Series champion, Alan Dellinger, topped a
32-car field for his first win at the track.
"Hopefully the weather will cooperate this Friday night," stated
Northeast Co-Director Vicki Emig. "We expect a good turnout of cars
as this is the only FASTRAK-sanctioned event all weekend as Raceway 7
and Tri-City Speedways have completed their seasons and the division
is off at Mercer and McKean County. It's good to see Dog Hollow's
weekly car count has been on the rise and we've averaged over 30 cars
per event."
Carl McKinney became the Touring Series' eighth different winner in
nine races when he won $2,100 in last Sunday's non-stop feature at
Tri-City. Thus far Max Blair is the only repeat winner. The
Centerville, Pa. 18-year-old opened the 2008 Touring Series with a
victory on May 24 at McKean County Raceway and backed that up with
his second $1,200 victory on August 24 at Eriez Speedway after
getting by Tom Snyder, Jr. on lap 21. The following drivers have also
been victorious: Frank Guidace (Mercer), Alan Dellinger (Dog Hollow),
John Lacki (Raceway 7), Kyle Drum (McKean), Bobby Powell (Expo), and
Mike Pegher, Jr. (Raceway 7).
Blair has a 39-point lead over Powell heading into Friday and also
leads the National Weekly Series points by five over Powell.
Following Friday's event, Mercer Raceway Park will hold their second
and final event on Saturday, September 13 followed by the finale at
McKean County on Friday, September 26. Both events will pay $1,200 to-
win, $150 to-start.
"The amount of different winners is a testament of the
competitiveness of the Series," said Northeast Co-Director Mike
Leone. "Then you factor in standout racers like Dick Barton, Tommy
Snyder, Dennis Lunger, Jay Watson, Rusty Moore, Jim Frank, and Steve
Hollabaugh, who are always competitive, haven't even won a race.
There has been a total of one caution in the last two events combined
with just one stoppage at Eriez and none in last Sunday's 30 lapper
at Tri-City. At Tri-City, 16 cars were on the lead and all 24 cars
finished the event!"
Current Touring Series Points (only Touring Series members are
eligible to receive points): 1. Max Blair 279 2. Bobby Powell 240 3.
Dick Barton 239 4. Tom Snyder, Jr. 238 5. John Lacki 228 6. Dennis
Lunger, Jr. 210 7. Jay Watson 200 8. Rusty Moore 198 9. Jim Frank 183
10. Andy Buckley 177 11. Justin Kann 175 12. Roger French 168 13.
Steve Hollabaugh 138 14. Jon Law 136 15. Bob Kish 133 16. Chad Myers
125 17. Bob Diver 120 18. Kevin Meadows 112 19. Mike Pegher, Jr. 111
20. Dereck Frank 97 21. Carl McKinney 93 22. Bert Cleer 89 23. Bobby
Whitling 67 24. Kyle Drum 63 25. Brian Booher 62 26. Bob Dorman 38
27. Steve D'Apolito 37 28. Todd Sweet 36 29. Tommy Schirnhofer, Jr.,
Bryan Salisbury, & Dave Airgood, Jr. 10 32. Frank Guidace, Dan
Karalagas, Gary Miller, Jr., Tim Schram, Mike Wonderling, Sr., Tommy
Kronenwetter, Mike Lesky, John Eckenrod, Rocky Kugel, Alan Dellinger,
Aaron Ridley, Tyler Dietz, Jeff Enos, Tony Hyde, Ron Smithley, Dan
Angelicchio, Dave Lyon, Kyle Zimmerman, Bump Hedman, Greg Oakes, Alex
Anderson, Dave Norton, Jr., Butch Lambert, Ben Black, Bryant Hank,
Bob Vogt, Jr., Chris Haines, Dan Stives, Dave Osterberg, Gary Stahl,
Scott Jones, Jason Stanke, John Haggerty, Kirby Tucker, Roger
Laughlin, Chris Angelicchio, Wayne Mohawk, Mike Anderson (Jr.),
Garrett Stephen, Bert Blackson, Tom Copeland. 0.
Feature payoffs for Dog Hollow: 1. $1,200 2. $650 3. $450 4. $350 5.
$325 6. $300 7. $275 8. $260 9. $255 10. $250 11. $225 12. $210 13.
$200 14. $175 15. $165 16. $160 17. $155 18-24. $150.
Pits open at 5:30 p.m. on Friday with racing at 7:30 p.m. There is a
$50 entry fee. The Goodyear G45 or G50 tires are mandatory. They will
be available at the track for $128 each or by calling BWR Performance
at 330-509-1999.
Dog Hollow Speedway is a 4/10-mile dirt track located at in
Strongstown, Pa. three miles north of US 422 on SR 403 then 0.1 miles
east on Hamill. For more information on Dog Hollow, check out their
website at www.dog-hollow. com or call 814-948-4252. The track number
on race day is 814-948-6812.
2008 FASTRAK Northeast Touring Series associate sponsors thus far are
Race 1, Fame RV Center, Yoder's Performance Specialty & PRC, Bullitt
Chassis, and Fred Beans Parts.
To join our mailing list, simply send an e-mail to fastrakpr-
subscribe@yahoogrou ps.com. Mike Leone and Vicki Emig can be reached
at 724-964-9300. E-mail to info@fastraknorthea st.com and snail mail
to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. For more information, check out
www.fastraknortheas t.com.
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