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FORCE BECOMES 9th DIFFERENT FASTRAK WINNER AT DOG HOLLOW
STRONGSTOWN, PA - Thunderstorms were forecast for all areas around Dog Hollow Speedway and it rained in those areas, but it never rained a drop at the speedway as Chris Force of Indiana became the ninth different winner in the Zero Wrap Fastrak Late Models. Adam Pletcher of Tire Hill was a new winner in the Modified Four Cylinders.
Repeat winners on Nanty Glo Auto Parts night included: Clate Copeman of Greensburg in the Townsend Gas and Oil Super Late Models, Chris Schneider of Springdale in the Stoystown Auto Wreckers Street Stocks, Justin Queen of Irvona in the Brush Valley Tire Pure Stocks and Mike Phillipson of Ebensburg in the Four Cylinders.
Jerry Redden and Clate Copeman held the field at bay to start the Super Late Model feature. It was Copeman taking the lead at the start and setting the pace with third place starter John Britsky moving to second. The leaders were quickly joined by Sammy Stile from fourth as they began to pull away from the field.
As they were running away Denton Boyer was trying to maneuver around Billy Eash, but Eash wasn’t having any of that, as he held Boyer off until lap five. Boyer then set his sights on Stile, but the lead duo was having a battle of their own, with Britsky trying to get past Copeman, but Copeman was determined to get his fourth win of the season.
Meanwhile Boyer was still trying to get past Stile for most of the race, as he was working on the inside, then with just one lap to go, Boyer went to the outside of Stile and just drove by him, then he started to reel in Britsky but he ran out of time.
At the line it was Copeman getting his fourth win over Britsky, Boyer, Stile, and Ron Delano Jr.
Britsky, Eash and Dan Swartzlander won the preliminaries.
“The track was just awesome,” Copeman said in victory lane. “The car was awesome, it was just a fun night all around.”
Shawn Shaltenbrand and Mike Laughard sat on the front row of the Fastrak Late Model feature with Laughard taking the lead with Chris Force a close second and Tim Snare in third. The field was tight as Bryan Force moved into fourth and set up a four car battle for the lead.
Force then went under Laughard off the fourth turn to take the lead, with Laughard now in the sights of Snare, as Snare took second on lap 9. The first caution flew on lap 11. The race resumed with Force still leading with Snare second and Laughard now third, ahead of Bryan Force and Joey Valenti, who started 11th. As the race drew to a close C. Force was still leading and took his first win of the season. Snare, B. Force, Ken Herman and Ron Smithley rounded out the top five. Snare and B. Force won the heats.
“The car was set up just awesome,” Chris Force said in victory lane. “It’s about time I win one of these things, I think it’s been about a year since I won…up here.”
Chris Schneider and Alex Kirsch brought the Street Stocks to the start with Schneider taking the lead with Mike Valasek second and Kirsch third. Jim Boyer moved past Kirsch for third on lap two and brought Josh Jacoby along for fourth. Jacoby moved around Boyer on lap four and set his sights on Valasek. He took second on lap five and chased Schneider for the next three laps before Nick Goss came from 17th to second by lap nine. Once he was second he pursued Schneider the rest of the way and only finished second by half a car at the line.
Upon crossing the scales the first time, Schneider was light, he reweighed and was ok. The top five were: Schneider, Goss, Jacoby, Boyer and Ray Hickok. Heat wins went to Schneider and Goss.
“I guess they thought I was a little light,” Schneider said in victory lane. “I got a second chance to weight and we were a little heavier the second time through though. A wins a win and here I am.”
Justin Queen beat John Mazey off the line at the start of the Pure Stock feature and led the event from start to finish but not without a fight. First it was Mazey challenging the leader, then on lap five it was Tim Laughard who took second and tried to dethrone Queen, but Queen wasn’t about to get bumped from the lead just yet, then Tom Wagner worked into second on lap 13 then a lap later it was Jeremy Shaffer who was second but all efforts failed and Queen took his second win of the season at the Hollow. Shafher, Laughard, Mazey and Joey Petyak completed the top five. Heat wins went to Shaffer and Mazey.
Chris Yoder and Lee Fitzpartick led the Four Cylinder Sidewinders to the start and Yoder took the lead. He led the 12 lap event from the start with Wes McKeel in second then Mike Phillipson took second on lap eight. Phillipson hounded Yoder through lap 11, then he made a last ditch effort for the lead and took the win by half a car length at the line. The top five were: Phillipson, Yoder, McKeel, Brent Sholtis and Ricky Myers. Heat wins went to Yoder, Rick Lamer and Donny Lechak.
The Modified Four Cylinders presented enough cars for two heats this week with Adam Pletcher leading the race from green to checkered for his first win in the class since being forced to move up two weeks ago. He never received a challenge and won easily over Mark Maglet, Jon Lee, Tom Pavelko and Paul Little. Heat wins went to Pletcher and Chris Hickok.
DOG TRAX:
105 teams filled the pits, including 22 Super Late Models, 14 Fastrak Late Models, 17 Street Stocks, 19 Pure Stocks, 22 Four Cylinder Sidewinders and 11 Modified Four Cylinders…Mike Laughard won the Pure Stock Shoot-out over Joey Petyak…Coming up this weekend is the Frank Mayak Memorial Trophy night. It’s a Top Dog Shootout for the Fastrak Late Models paying $444 to the winner and $100 to second. There is also a regular show for the Townsend Gas and Oil Super Late Models, Zero Wrap FASTRAK Late Models, Stoystown Auto Wreckers Street Stocks, Brush Valley Tire Pure Stocks, 4 Cylinders and Modified 4 Cylinders….Coming up on Aug. 6 Fastrak Northeast Racing Series paying $1,200 to win and $150 to start…For more information check out the website at www.dog-hollow.net.
Summary:
Townsend Gas & Oil Super Late Models: 1. Clate Copeman, Greensburg;
2. John Britsky, 3. Denton Boyer, 4. Sammy Stile, 5. Ron Delano, Jr., 6. Rick Davis, 7. Shawn Claar, 8. Greg Fetters, 9. Billy Eash, 10. Dan Swartzlander, 11. Dan Lee, 12. John Myers, 13. Dane Laraway, 14. Dwayne Taneyhill, 15. Chad Helman, 16. Jerry Redden, 17. Chris Harr, 18. Paul Dominick, 19. Sam Gindlesperger, 20. Jeff Weakland, 21. Todd Sallack, 22. Louie Jacoby.
Zero Wrap FASTRAK Late Models: 1. Chris Force, Indiana;
2. Tim Snare, 3. Bryan Force, 4. Ken Herman, 5. Ron Smithley, 6. Joe Moyher, 7. Mike Laughard, 8. Mylan Markovich, 9. Michael Hughes, 10. Mike Yeckley, 11. Shane Weaver, 12. Joe Valenti, 13. Joe Zulisky, 14. Shawn Schaltenbrand.
Stoystown Auto Wreckers Street Stocks: 1. Chris Schneider, Springdale;
2. Nick Goss, 3. Josh Jacoby, 4. Jim Boyer, 5. Ray Hickok, 6. Mike Valasek, 7. Andy Klingensmith, 8. Corey Neal, 9. Denny Keener, 10. Scott Bowman.
Brush Valley Tire Pure Stocks: 1. Justin Queen, Irvona,
2. Jeremy Shaffer, 3. Tim Laughard, 4. John Mazey, 5. Joey Petyak, 6. Marshall Detwiler, 7. Matt Summers, 8. Matt Krause, 9. Derek Stiffler, 10. Gary Shaffer.
Four Cylinders: 1. Mike Phillipson, Ebensburg;
2. Chris Yoder, 3. Wes McKeel, 4. Brent Sholtis, 5. Ricky Myers, 6. David Day Jr., 7. Lee Fitzpatrick, 8. John Lamer, 9. Eugene Charles, 10. Josh Valenti.
Modified Four Cylinders: 1. Adam Pletcher, Tire Hill,
2. Mark Maglett, 3. Jon Lee, 4. Tom Pavelko, 5. Paul Little, 6. Jesse Short, 7. Robert Lydic, 8. Kyle Jobe, 9. Chris Hickok, 10. Ashley Britsky.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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