Young, Lacki, Lewis and Jones pick up second wins at Raceway 7, Huge gets number three.

by Jay Pees

 

Conneaut, OH, (August 1, 2008): John Lacki backed up his Freedom Classic win with his second triumph of the year in the Precision Weld Fab FASTRAK Late Model finale.  Jack Young solidified his bid for his first-ever tack championship at Raceway 7 with his second feature win of the season in the Applebee Motorsports E-Mods.  Dan Lewis won the Joslin-Landis Street Stock feature in a wild last lap scramble for the win.  Rod Jones again led the Modified Lites to the checkers and Ed Huge won another Mini-Stock feature..

Bob Dorman and Scott Jones were at the front of the field when the Precision Weld Fab FASTRAK Late Models took the green flag with Dorman leading from the start, looking for his second win of the season.  John Lacki got by Jones for second on lap four and began chasing down the leader.  One lap later Jones slammed the front straight wall bringing caution over the raceway.  Jones was able to continue.  Dorman led the field to the restart with eleventh starting Dick Barton now up to fourth behind second running Lacki and third running Dennis Lunger.  At the start Lacki shot by Dorman and began distancing himself from the rest of the field. Lunger got by Dorman at lap seven along with Barton.  At halfway, Lacki had a straight-a-way lead over Lunger.  Lacki cruised the rest of the way, methodically picking his way through the lapped traffic with Lunger having his hands full of Barton but holding on for second.  Fourth at the line was Dorman with Bobby Powell fifth.

Points co-leader Jack Young led from the pole in the Applebee Motorsports E-Mod feature with the fourth place points car of Rich Michael Jr in hot pursuit.  Michael was never able to close during the event as Young went on to his second win of the season with Percy McDonald third at the stripe,  Dave Willoughby was fourth with Jeff Sharp fifth.  Young now has sole possession of the point lead with only one race left to decide the point champion.  Ron Roncaglione will head into the final week of points racing second in the rundown with Michael moving to third ahead of early season leader Gary Eicher.

Former track champion Dave Ferringer took of with the lead at the drop of the green outside front row sitter Jason Stanke falling to fourth behind Dan Lewis and Jason Reagle by the time of the first caution at lap two when Charlie Beck and Shaun Fawcett got together in turn two.  By the end of lap five Reagle was using the inside to make an attempt on the lead but Ferringer was able to hang on until lap 12 when Reagle was able to slip by in lapped traffic, just as yellow flew over the raceway, negating the pass and putting Ferringer back in the lead for the restart.  After green Reagle was again all over Ferringer’s rear bumper but another yellow interrupted the action with two laps left.  On the lap 13 green Reagle got shuffled to the high side, losing several spots in the process.  One more yellow would interrupt the action in turn one of the final lap.  The final one-lap dash for the cash had Dan Lewis get alongside Ferringer in turn one and get by headed down the back chute the final time.  Then Ferringer slipped high in the final set of turns, falling back to sixth at the checkers.  Wheeler wound up second with Steve D’Apolito third.   

John Cross led the opening lap of the Mini-Stock feature with Ed Huge taking over at the point on lap two.  He went on to the win over Vince Simms and Joe Plesniak.   

Rod Jones led the Modified Lites flag to flag through several cautions to win his second of two features this summer.  Mikey Hay was second with Bud Watson third.

 

 

Precision Weld Fab FASTRAK Late Models:

Heat 1: Jay Watson, John Lacki, Bob Dorman, Dave Osterberg, Dave Airgood Jr, Bob Vogt Jr, Bobby Powell

Heat 2: Dick Barton, Dennis Lunger, Roger French, Scott Jones, Kevin Meadows, Tony Hyde

Feature: John Lacki, Dennis Dick Barton, Bob Dorman, Kevin Meadows, Jay Watson, Roger French, Dave Airgood Jr, Bob Vogt Jr, Tony Hyde, Scott Jones

 

Applebee Motorsports E-Mods

Heat 1: Percy McDonald, Dwayne Clay, Mike Potosky, Dan McDonald, Bill Taylor, Joe Gabrielson, Chuck Steinle, Andy Sweetland, Ron Armstrong

Heat 2: Todd Roncaglione, Jack Young, Rich Michael Jr, Dave Willoughby, Jeff Sharp, Hugo Litwiler, Ron Roncaglione, Gary Eicher, Gerry Kielar

Feature: Jack Young, Rich Michael Jr, Percy McDonald, Dave Willoughby, Jeff Sharp, Todd Roncaglione, Hugo Litwiler, Ron Roncaglione, Bill Taylor, Dan McDonald, Andy Sweetland, Gary Eicher, Chuck Steinle, Gerry Kielar, Dwayne Clay, Mike Potosky, Joe Gabrielson, Ron Armstrong (DNS)

 

Joslin-Landis Insurance Agency Street Stocks

Heat 1: Dave Ferringer, Dan Lewis, Rusty Wheeler, Jason Reagle, Shaun Fawcett, Charlie Beck, Dave McLaughlin, Mike Cross, Art Gilchrist

Heat 2: Ken Zimmer, Chad Stevenson, Tony Spaghetti, Jason Stanke, Carlos Aponte, Chuck Fultz, Jamie Brown, Ed Snyder,

Heat 3: Steve D’Apolito, Bryan Wagner, Randy Wyant, Russell Byler, Ed Bolyard, Jim Flaherty, David Brown, R Virgile

Feature: Dan Lewis, Rusty Wheeler, Steve D’Apolito, Jason Reagle, Ken Zimmer, Dave Ferringer, Dave McLaughlin, Tony Spaghetti, Bryan Wagner, R Virgile, Jason Stanke, Jim Flaherty, Ed Bolyard, Randy Wyant, Russell Byler, Chuck Fultz, Ed Snyder, Art Gilchrist, Jamie Brown, David Brown, Mike Cross, Charlie Beck, Shaun Fawcett, Carlos Aponte, Chad Stevenson (DNS), Shaun Fawcett

 

Challenger Mini Stocks:

Heat 1: Joe Plesniak, Ricky Tackett, Chuck Simms Jr, Kyle Dickenson, John Cross, John Boyd, Phil Dickenson, Charlie Green

Heat 2: Ed Huge, Darren Hart, Bud Sergeff, Vince Simms, Chris Pildner, Shawn Seekings, Dan Nagy, Ron Armstrong, Ed Haylett, Gary Linger Jr

Feature: Ed Huge, Vince Simms, Joe Plesniak, Chuck Simms, Kyle Jackson, Dan Nagy, John Cross, Jon Boyd, Bud Sergeff, Chris Pildner, 19, Shawn Seekings, Ron Armstrong, Darren Hart, Phil Dickenson, Ed Haylett, Charlie Green, Gary Linger Jr, Ricky Tackett

 

Modified Lites:

Heat 1: Kenny Meadows, Mikey Hay, Rod Jones, George Englert, Doug Stanley, Jamie Gilbert, JJ Metheney, Lynn Knepper, David Innes

Heat 2: Todd Canter, Shawn Sliter, Bud Watson, Alan Knepper, Terry Young, Mark Marcucci, Josh Sliter, Kotie Kirkbride,

Feature: Rod Jones, Mikey Hay, Bud Watson, Shawn Sliter, Todd Canter, Alan Knepper, George Englert, Lynn Knepper, Doug Stanley, Josh Sliter, David Innes, JJ Metheney, Terry Young, Jamie Gilbert, Mark Marcucci, Kotie Kirkbride