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Motordrome Speedway held it's 4th annual Fall Festival featuring the Piney Lasky Memorial, a 100-lap race for the Late Models at the 1/2 mile oval in Smithton, PA. Also on the card was the first-ever appearance of the alcohol-burning, fire-breathing, ground pounding Midwest Supermodified Association, running a 50-lap finale, a 40 lap feature for the Motordrome Modifieds, and a 40-lapper for the track's Street Stocks. Raceway was there for the first-time since the track was dirt and below are photos by Jay Pees.

Drivers get last minute instructions from crew prior to the start of the featured event, the Piney Lasky Memorial 100-lapper. Lasky was a huge force in local racing, heading the promotion of the Jennerstown Speedway for many years.

Stan Lasky wishes a safe and competitive race to pole-sitter Jimmy Carter, who went on to lead all 100 laps under constant pressure from Bobby Henry and late in the race from eventual second-running Nathan Russell, who had started from the ninth berth.

Eventual second place finisher Nathan Russell waiting for his introduction to the crowd.

Mark Poole races to the inside of Scott Wylie.

A lengthy rain delay at lap 7 had street cars on the track for over two hours. After the street cars had the track nearly dry the competitors donned their practice tires and finished the track drying process.  Here Jason Lasky, who eventually was credited with 28th, does his part.

Eventual winner Jimmy Carter leads Bob Henry.  Henry ran a close second most of the race until spinning on lap 97 after contact with another competitor.

Dusty Rhoads (23) wound up 28th while Norm Taylor (5) was 23rd.

Barry Awtey wound up third.  Awtey is the 2011 Motordrome champion.

North Carolina's Michael Pilla (4) was the fastest qualifier, started tenth and rapidly came through the field, here passing Jeff Brown, who finished eighth.  At lap 97, trying for second place, made contact with Bobby Henry with the result being Henry's spinning out, collecting his teammate Garry Wiltrout. Pilla was charged with rough driving and sent to the rear of the field.  In the remaining three lap dash, Pilla worked his way back to 14th, one spot behind Wiltrout.  Henry wound up 17th.

Garry Wiltrout ran third much of the event until the fracas three laps from the end.

Sam Fullone, former Hooter's Cup competitor, made his first trip to Motordrome the week before and won the feature, then ran fifth in the Piney Lasky Memorial.

Stan Lasky places the cowboy hat indicative of this special Victory on winner Jimmy Carter.

Winner Jimmy Carter.

Only 15 MSA Supermodifieds showed up for the event and only 13 started the heats and feature but they did put on an impressive show, with the top qualifying time being 15.332. Here they are pitted before the race.

Charlie Schultz, winner of heat 2.

This is Kyle Edwards' car. Note the extreme offset of the engine and the body.  Edwards finished 2nd in his heat and was 5th in the feature.

The field lines up for heat number 1.

The 2nd heat gets ready for the green flag.

Brandon Fisher (12) takes the lead from Jack Smith (09). Fisher went on to the heat win.

Jon Henes (36) leads Dave Shulick Jr (49) during heat number 2.

The "Ice Man" Tim Ice.  Ice drove to a 4th place finish in the feature, equaling his heat race result.

Coming through the field, eventual winner Trent Stephens (19) puts a lap on Jon Henes (36).

Late in the race Stephens came on strong, here taking the lead from eventual 3rd place finisher Charlie Schultz. (7)

Stan Lasky in Victory Lane with winner Trent Stephens.  Stephens is wearing the cowboy hat symbolic of Piney Lasky's tradition of exchanging hats with the winner.

Bobby Shipp (04) takes to the outside to get by early leader Chris Brink in the Motordrome Modified 40-lapper.

Chris Bailey Jr, the reigning ARCA Truck Series champion, made the trip and finished 5th.

Eventual third place finisher Adam Kastelnik (00) races with 2011 Motordrome champion Bryan Shipp, who finished fourth.

Bobby Shipp takes the checkers at the finish of the 40-lapper.

Bobby Shipp in Victory Lane with track announcer Mike Lysakowski.

Shawn Phillips takes the win in the 40-lap Street Stock portion of the Piney Lasky Memorial.

Phillips led early in the event until Matt Sever (83) took over. Phillips again took over at lap 34.  Shorty after, Sever's right front tire went flat but he held on for fifth at the finish.

Scott Aiello wound up second at the end of the forty laps.

Christopher Knight (76), in only his second start ever, drove an excellent race. Here, he and Bill Ashton (35) race side by side for several laps before Knight was able to seal the deal.

A Victorious Shawn Phillips in Victory Lane after winning the Street Stock portion of the Piney Lasky Memorial.