The WV Rim Rider, Fairmont WV’s Steve Baker picked up his first win of the season in the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic DIRTcar Super Late Models feature. Baker, who for the first part of the season struggled with an experimental chassis, made the switch to an updated older chassis and dominated the 25 lap main. Baker took the lead at the start and held off an early challenge from veteran Lynn Geisler, who was looking for his second win of the weekend, and weathered a couple restarts to win going away. Geisler was a solid second, while John Flinner charged from 10th to third followed by point leader Michael Norris, Ben Miley, Kyle Lukon (who recovered from an early tangle), John Mollick, Daryl Charlier, Brandon Burgoon and Alex Ferree. Lukon picked up the Awesome Designs Hard Chargers by improving his 14th starting spot to finish sixth. John Mollick was the K&N Performer of the race. The heats fell to Michael Norris and Mike Johnson.
The ARDC Midget special saw Alex Bright Collegeville, PA win a hard fought battle. Trevor Kobylarz grabbed the lead at the start of the race, and led Parker Evans and P.J. Gargiulo. Bright who started 11th had worked his way to third by lap 7 of the non-stop event. Gargiulo moved into second on lap 3, fell back to third on lap 9, and moved out to the lead on lap 10. Bright put the pressure on during the second half of the race, and made his winning move on lap 17. At the checker it was Bright, Gargiulo, Brendon Bright, Kobylarz, Nick Wean, Brett Arndt, Tim Buckwalter, Bruce Buckwalter Jr., Mark Gilmore, and Parker Evans. The heats had Alex Bright and Nick Wean grab wins.
In the Brougher’s Machine Shop Fastrak Crate Late Models, defending champ and current point leader Colton Flinner, Allison Park PA used a borrowed car to pick up his first win of the season. Flinner, whose own car suffered mechanical problems last weekend, borrowed Ron Hall’s machine (which went thru a major rebuild this week after Ron’s wreck last week) dominated the 20 lap main. Flinner grabbed the lead at the start, and led all the way in the non-stop event to win by a straightaway. Last weekend’s winner Kyle Lukon worked his way into second and chased Flinner most of the way, but could not find the speed to keep pace. Lukon ended up second followed by Josh Holtgraver, Tommy Schirnhofer Jr., Nico Dabecco, Beau Glemba, Justin Lamb (the K&N Performer of the race), Mark Moats Jr., Chuck Medved and Brian Goebel. Justin Lamb and Colton Flinner grabbed the heats.
The 20 Lap Sunoco Race Fuels DIRTcar Sportsman Cadets topless special had defending champ and point leader Jake Simmons grab his 8th win of the season. The McKees Rocks PA’s driver started on the pole and ran away with the event. Nick Kocuba ended up second followed by Bobby Heim, Pat Weldon, Wayne Carbo, Brian Huchko, Mike Harris, Jarrod Westover, Jenn Barker, and Craig Koteles. The K&N Performer of the race went to Mike Harris. The heats fell to Craig Koteles and Pat Weldon.
West Mifflin PA’s Gary Smith picked up his third feature of the season in the Miley BP Car Wash DIRTcar Hobby Stocks. Smith took the lead at the out-set and held off a persistent point leader Joe Podolinsky for the win. Chase Evans was third followed by Christian Schneider, J.J. O’Patchen, Steve Pyeritz, Don Black and Hannah Ramsey. Black was tagged with the K&N Performer of the race award. Joe Podolinsky won the heat.
In the Imperial Heights Garage DIRTcar Young Guns , Carnegie PA’s Logan Crewl grabbed the lead on lap one from 6th and held off Todd Weldon to pick up his third win of the season. The win puts Crewl just ahead of Weldon in the point race, as they went into the night’s action tied for first. Roman O’Neill was third followed by newcomers David Ostrander (also picking up the K&N Performer of the race), Dylan Bolind and Jonathan Miller.
Upcoming on August 11 will be Colussy Chevy Collectables night, and a complete regular show, and the Wacky Wheel’s Figure 8’s. Following on August 18, the Red Miley Memorial 53 Lap UFO Super Late Model Special, and the Black Jack 21 410 Sprint Car Special, plus a complete regular show. Regular shows consist of Super Late Models, Fastrak Pro Late Models, Late Model Sportsman, Hobby Stocks, and Young Guns. Effective for the remainder of the season, in the event of any Saturday rainout the management will utilize a Sunday evening raindate. Times for the Sunday evening will start 1 hour earlier, with Gates opening at 4:00PM, Hot Laps at 5:00PM, and Racing at 6:00PM. For more info on PPMS Schedule see the website http://www.ppms.com/
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SUMMARY – August 4, 2012
Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic DirtCar Super Late Models
Heats – 72 Michael Norris and 2J Mike Johnson
Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 0 Steve Baker, 2. 1C Lynn Geisler, 3. 48C John Flinner, 4. 72 Michael Norris, 5. 99 Ben Miley, 6. 1 Kyle Lukon, 7. 4J John Mollick, 8. 12 Daryl Charlier, 9. 17 Brandon Burgoon, 10. 10 Alex Ferree, 11. 69 Jon Hodgkiss, 12. 0K Kari Gasser, 13. 21 Tony Musolino, 14. J4 John Garvin, 15. 2J Mike Johnson, 16. 94 Tim Gould
Awesome Hard Charger – 1 Kyle Lukon
K&N Performer – 4J John Mollick
ARDC Midgets
Heats – 77 Alex Bright and 78 Nick Wean
Feature – 1. 77 Alex Bright, 2. 5 P J Gargiulo, 3. 88 Brenden Bright, 4. 49 Trevor Kobylarz, 5. 78 Nick Wean, 6. 46 Brett Arndt, 7. 52 Tim Buckwalter, 8. 83 Bruce Buckwalter Jr., 9. 10 Mark Gilmore, 10. 61 Parker Evans, 11. 13 Brian Gilmore, 12. 55 Steve Craig, 13. 3 Joe Butera, 14. 26 Brett Guzik, 15. 44 Brett Wanner, 16. 19 Steven Drevicki
Brougher’s Machine Shop ProLate Models
Heats – 93X Justin Lamb and Colton Flinner
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 75 Colton Flinner, 2. 1 Kyle Lukon, 3. 00 Josh Holtgraver, 4. 8 Tommy Schirnhofer, 5. 1F Nico Dabecco, 6. 99G Beau Glemba, 7. 93X Justin Lamb, 8. 15 Mark Moats, 9. 2M Chuck Medved, 10. 12 Brian Goebel, 11. 3 Paul Jablonski, 12. 18 Chris Lander, 13. 39 Pat Willar, 14. 8 Dusty Curry, 15. 15H Bryan Hoffman, 16. B8 Tom Bateman
K&N Performer – 93X Justin Lamb
Sunoco Race Fuels DirtCar Sportsman
Heats – 64K Craig Koteles and 45 Pat Weldon
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 68X Jake Simmons, 2. 10 Nick Kocuba, 3. 92 Bobby Heim, 4. 45 Pat Weldon, 5. 54 Wayne Carbo, 6. 60 Brian Huchko, 7. 18X Mike Harris, 8. W1 Jarrod Westover, 9. 33 Jenn Barker, 10. 64K Craig Koteles, 11. 25 Mark Lee, 12. 33K Joey Koteles, DNS – 69X Joe Anthony
K&N Performer – 18 Mike Harris
Miley BP Car Wash DirtCar Hobby Stocks Factory Stocks
Heat – 56 Joe Podolinsky
Feature (12 Laps) – 1. 1 Gary Smith, 2. 56 Joe Podolinsky, 3. 7 Chase Evans, 4. M5 Christian Schneider, 5. 51 J J O’Patchen, 6. 56 Steve Pyeritz, 7. 21D Don Black, 8. 14H Hannah Ramsey
K&N Performer – 21D Don Black
Imperial Heights Garage DirtCar Young Guns Sport Compacts
Feature (8 Laps) – 1. 0 Logan Crewl, 2. 45 Todd Weldon, 3. 47 Roman O’Neill, 4. D15 David Ostrander, 5. B4 Dylan Bolind, 6. 21 Jonathan Miller
K&N Performer – D15 David Ostrander