Taneyhill,
Boyer, Reinhart, Bainey and Peters Grab Victory in Mid Season Championships at
Central PA
7/16/04
With double points up for
grabs, Dwayne Taneyhill in the Budweiser Late Models and Jason Bainey in the
Lias Tire Pure Street Stocks took advantage and padded their point leads while
Brent Boyer in the Stocker Chevrolet Small Block Modifieds, Emory Reinhart in
the Shortway Services Inc. Pro Street Stocks and Jason Peters in the Pepsi
Chargers were able to gain considerable ground with their victories.
Sixteen Shortway Services Inc.
Pro Street Stocks were first to roll onto the racing surface with Ron Mitchel
and Skip Lindermuth showing the way. At the dropping of the green flag, Reinhart
made the strong move from his fourth place starting position to lead lap number
one. Lindermuth took up the chase with Doug Tibbens and while working lap four,
Tibbens was able to slip by for the position. Reinhart would continue to grow
his lead throughout the event as Tibbens, Denny Fenton, Dom Sura and Dan Smeal
battled side by side for several laps swapping positions repeatedly. A late race
caution would bunch the field up for a last opportunity to catch Reinhart but on
the restart he again jumped out to a lead and never looked back gaining his
first victory of 2004. Following Reinhart at the line were Sura, Tibbens, Fenton
and Trent Ogden.
Ed Connor and Bob McMillen sat
on the front row for the Budweiser Late Model main event looking for their
initial wins of 2004. With Alan Luzier’s green flag waving, current point
leader Dwayne Taneyhill wasted no time moving around the front row duo to lead
lap number one. Connor held second trying to run down the leader as Shawn
McGarvey, currently second in points started making his way through the field.
Using the high line, sixth place starter Jason Witherite looked like a man on a
mission, he and Chuck Kennedy battled for several laps side by side until
Witherite was able to get a good run and move by for good. Next in the sights
would be Connor who was still giving chase from the second position. Once again
using the high line Witherite powered by for second. Back in the pack McGarvey
and T.J. Fleck had a tough going as they just couldn’t find the fast way
around. Still out front Taneyhill showed the way with Witherite closing the gap
hoping for a caution. The caution would not come however as Taneyhill went on to
victory. Witherite, Connor, Kennedy and Bernie Whiteford in his best run of 2004
rounded out the top five.
In the Stocker Chevrolet Small
Block Modified main event Brent Boyer must have won the lucky dog award as for
the second week in a row sat on the pole. Boyer jumped to the point on the
initial start trying to leave the rest of the field behind to battle for second.
Mark Frankhouser would try to keep the leader in sight but was soon receiving
challenges for his position from Bill Krause. Kevin Hoffman would make a move by
Krause and begin to work Frankhouser’s mount. While working lap nine Hoffman
began to experience troubles that eventually forced him to the pits for the
evening. A fast moving Lyle Sherwood was making his way through the field when
the caution flew and he found himself a part of it placing him at the rear of
the field to start over again. In the end it was Boyer grabbing the victory
followed by Frankhouser, Krause, Mike Stine and Matt Baker.
Rob Bailey and Jeff Mease would
lead the Lias Tire Pure Street Stocks onto the racing surface for their main
event and with green in the air Mease showed he knew how to get around the three
eights mile speed plant to lead lap one. Point leader Jason Bainey would follow
and by lap number two was showing the way. Chad Bender would make the move to
get by Mease a lap later and quickly began to run down the leader but while
working lap nine, Bender would loose the handle going into turn one and bring
out the caution. Aaron Walker would be next to challenge the leader over the
final four laps but Bainey was just too strong and garnered the victory.
Following the winner Bainey were Walker, Bender, Mease and Kevin Clark.
The final show if the evening
would truly be a show as the Pepsi Chargers took to the speedway. Jim Woomer and
Rob Williams would sit on the front row at the dropping of the green flag.
Almost immediately the entire file was racing side by side and trading paint but
racing rookie Brandon Connor showed the way and led lap number one. The King of
the Chargers Denny Weisgarber was making his move from the rear of the field but
tangled with another machine and Jason Peters made the move around Connor to
lead lap number two. Peters was able to build a big lead while everyone behind
him battled for position. Weisgarber was able to rebound and move his car into
the second position and began to give chase. With the white flag waving
Weisgarber was able to close the gap but Peters held him off for the victory.
Crossing behind Peters were Weisgarber, Connor, Woomer and Mark Vail.
Next weeks racing will feature
a regular show for the Budweiser Late Models, Stocker Chevrolet Small Block
Modifieds, Shortway Services Inc. Pro Street Stocks, Lias Tire Pure Street
Stocks and Pepsi Chargers.
See you all next week at the
BIG BEAR where you can feed your hunger for excitement!
Summary:
Shortway
Services Inc. of
1.Emory Reinhart Jr.
2.Dom Sura 3.Doug Tibbens 4.Denny Fenton 5.Trent Ogden 6.Denny Curry 7.Ron
Mitchel 8.Jamie Price 9.Dayton Nixon 10.Jamie Barber 11.Pat Carfley 12.Skip
Lindermuth 13.Todd Mathews 14.J.R. Emig 15.Dan Smeal 16.Tom Williams
Budweiser
Late Models:
1.Dwayne Taneyhill
2.Jason Witherite 3.Ed Connor 4.Chuck Kennedy 5.Bernie Whiteford 6.Keith
Witherite 7.Eric
Stocker
Chevrolet Subaru Small Block Modifieds:
1.Brent Boyer 2.Mark
Frankhouser 3.Bill Krause 4.Mike Stine 5.Matt Baker 6.Bob Garvey 7.Lyle Sherwood
8.Marvin Williams 9.Rich Luzier 10.Greg Luzier 11.Ron Butterworth 12.Kevin
Hoffman 13.Emory Reinhart Sr. 14.Brad Rapp 15.Jimmer Luzier
Lias
Tier Pure Street Stocks:
1.Jason Bainey 2.Aaron
Pepsi
Chargers:
1.Jason Peters 2.Denny
Weisgarber 3.Brandon Connor 4.Jim Woomer 5.Mark Vail 6.Rob Williams