MAY 29,
2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
JEFF RINE POCKETS $ 2,000 IN 35 LAP MEMORIAL DAY SPRING
CHAMPIONSHIP
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA - The racing was fast and the action was wild Sunday night at Bedford
Speedway, as Jeff Rine topped veteran superstar Scott Haus to win the big Memorial
Day 35 lap Super Late Model race. Heat race action in all divisions was
all out warfare, with four red flags before the lights even came on. Mike
Altobelli, Jr. won his fourth career Bedford Limited late Model feature win,
and Jim Sayler charged to the front with bent front suspension to win the Street
Stock main. Victory lane regular Mike Duck took the Cruiser-Hobby Stock
win.
The pits were packed with Super Late Models, and all drivers knew they'd have
to be on top of their game to qualify for the feature event. Forty-two
cars battled it out in 4 heat races, and two of the heats were red flagged due
to severe accidents. In heat # 2, Coleby Frye and Jonathan DeHaven tangled
on the first lap in turn one, with Frye landing upside down on top of the DeHaven
ride. In heat # 3, Rodney Sweitzer was enjoying a huge lead when something
broke in his steering coming out of two. The car veered sharply and plowed
the outside wall head-on. Luckily, there were no injuries in either mishap.
Nick Dickson and Jeff Rine sat on the front row for the start of the NAPA Super
Late Model feature, and Jeff Rine knew he'd have to get out front early with
all the stiff competition behind him. Rine grabbed the lead immediately,
and soon after Scotty Haus was on his tail. With both cars being equally
fast, Haus could nothing but follow for most of the race. The best racing
was back in the pack. Bedford's own Jack Pencil and Stoystown's Ron Delano,
Jr. were coming to the front in a hurry. Pencil started 14th, and
made his way to 3rd by the end of the race. Delano started 21st and found
himself in sixth at the checkered. Both cars seem to get faster each lap,
and who knows what would've happened if the race was 50 laps instead of 35. Travis
Dillman had a good top 5 run going until a flat tire sent him to the back of
the pack late in the race, and Lynn Geisler had a steady top 10 run until a late
race spin put him to the tail of the pack. At the finish line it was Rine,
Haus, Pencil, Dickson, and Chuck Clise. Sixth through tenth went to Delano,
Eric Zembower, Andy Martz, Jim Yoder, and Scott Rhodes (who started 20th). The
win was Rine's first ever at the Speedway.
Heat race winners were Zembower, Rine, Dickson, and Dillman. Bedford Speedway
and regional legend Larry Wright won the Consi.
Outside row one was a good place to start Sunday night. Mike Altobelli,
Jr. started 2nd and ran in a bottle neck of racecars for the first couple laps. Mike
found himself in the lead, but it wasn't long until fifth starting Matt Parks
was fast approaching. Parks took several glances to the inside, but Altobelli,
Jr. hung on for the win. Parks settled for second, followed by Al Sharver,
Sr., Rance Garlock, and 2004 Champ Mike Shoemaker. Kevin Weyandt, Craig
Perigo, Robbie Black, Brian Duffy, and Derek Byler rounded out the top ten. Scotty
Grubb brought out a red flag in heat race action after he got turned sideways
on the backstretch and plowed the inside wall. After shaking it off, Scotty
walked away. There were 29 Limiteds in the pits, and at feature time there
were 27 able cars ready to go. Management decided to nix the consi and
start all 27 cars.
Garlock, Shoemaker, and Black won the qualifying events.
Last year's Street Stock Champion Jim Sayler won the feature event the hard way,
charging to the front with bent right front suspension. Travis Calhoun
grabbed the lead early, but hard contact with the turn one wall ended his night. Sayler
was followed at the line by Bob Jay, Rick Cragan, Jr., Michael Stiffler, and
Donald Wyles. Dave Brown, Patrick McDonough, Greg Hainsey, Terry Wyles,
and Ashley Barrett completed the top ten.
Heats went to Sayler and Barrett.
Mike Duck won the Cruiser-Hobby Stock feature with second place Brian Weyandt,
Jr. glued to his bumper. The pair ran nose to tail, actually touching,
almost the entire race. Weyandt, Jr. made several attempts for the lead,
but third place finishing Lincoln Ritchey was right there to remind Weyandt that
he was there to take the spot if Weyandt made a mistake. They finished
just like that, with Barry Weyandt coming home fourth, and Chuck Weyant fifth. Sixth
through tenth went to Shawn Wyles, Terry Norris, AJ Foor, Reed Stickel, and Derrick
Hinish.
Weyandt, Jr., Duck, and Jesse Snyder won the heats.
It's a regular four division show next Friday, and it's also the ARCH Fan Club
night. The 410 Super Sprints will be coming to town on Tuesday, June 7th
for the PA Posse Invitational. The 25 lap race will pay $ 3,000 to win,
and $ 300 to start. There will be payout for the heats and dash, plus tow
money for non-qualifiers. Also racing that night will be the Cruiser-Hobby
Stocks and the PA Modified Lites. Gates open at 5pm, with hot laps at 7pm. The
rain date for this event is Wednesday, June 8th.
SUPER LATE MODELS - 42 cars
FEATURE (35 laps): Jeff Rine 92, Scott Haus 33, Jack Pencil 14, Nick Dickson
17d, Chuck Clise 5, Ron Delano, Jr. 0, Eric Zembower 49, Andy Martz M1, Jim Yoder
27, Scott Rhodes 83R, Chuck Clise 37, Larry Wright 31, Lynn Geisler 1c, Travis
Dillman 22D, Wayne Johnson 17, Greg Fetters 39, Bob Gordon 31G, Donnie Farling
48, Jason Covert M15 (DNF), Devin Friese 12 (DNF), DJ Troutman 2* (DNF), Chad
McClellan 119 (DNF), Scott Flickinger 15 (DNF), Alan Sagi 7ny (DNF), Chris Harr
w1 (DNF), TJ Wright 31j (DNF), Dave Hoover 45 (DNF).
Did not qualify: Brent Smith, Coleby Frye, Jonathan DeHaven, Gene Kain,
Shane Beegle, Rick Singleton, Jeff Miller, Bud Witmer, Paul Carnell, Greg Gellner,
Sam Gindlesperger, Doug Ishler, John Harr, Dave Troutman, Rodney Sweitzer
HEAT 1: Zembower, Covert, Geisler
HEAT 2: Rine, Haus, Yoder
HEAT 3: Dickson, Martz, Gordon
HEAT 4: Dillman, Clise, DJ Troutman
CONSI: Larry Wright, Hoover, LaSalle
LIMITED LATE MODELS - 29 cars
FEATURE: Mike Altobelli, Jr. 79, Matt Parks 15p, Al Sharver, Sr. 66, Rance
Garlock 19, Mike Shoemaker 8, Kevin Weyandt 88, Craig Perigo 1a, Robbie Black
01, Brian Duffy 38, Derek Byler 5*, George Beckett 58, Howie Bussard 15b, John
Hedge 80e, John Bookwalter 1, Andy Teno 48, Shane Bilger 10, Ray Dallape 95,
Jerry Bard 26, John Over K2, Dan Lee 16, Nick Loffredo 9N (DNF), Carl Billet
2m (DNF), Shawn Claar 20 (DNF), Jim Leidy 11 (DNF), Zach Loffredo 3z (DNF), Tim
Smith, Jr. 39 (DNF), Bill Booher 18 (DNF), Scott Grubb 55x (DNS), Adam Chamberlain
31a (DNS)
HEAT 1: Garlock, Parks, Duffy
HEAT 2: Shoemaker, Weyandt, Sharver
HEAT 3: Black, Altobelli, Jr., Claar
STREET STOCKS - 19 cars
FEATURE: Jim Sayler 96, Bob Jay 4j, Rick Cragan, Jr. 18, Michael Stiffler
17s, Donald Wyles 10, Dave Brown 110, Patrick McDonough 96h, Greg Hainsey 31,
Terry Wyles 98, Ashley Barrett 75x, Travis Brown 29, Bill McClellan 98x, Khi
Swanger 88, Travis Calhoun 36 (DNF), Shane Molovich 63x (DNF), Willie Ling 31L
(DNF), Josh Gustaf 84 (DNF), Steve Lowery 48 (DNS), Matt Sala 46 (DNS)
HEAT 1: Sayler, Calhoun, Brown
HEAT 2: Barrett, Jay, Stiffler
CRUISER-HOBBY STOCKS - 28 cars
FEATURE: Mike Duck, Brian Weyandt, Jr., Lincoln Ritchey, Barry Weyandt,
Chuck Weyant, Shawn Wyles, Terry Norris, AJ Foor, Reed Stickel, Derrick Hinish,
Rodney Mock, Devin Weyandt, Robert Weist, Ray Shephard, Chad Walter, Chris Chamberlain,
Matt Mellott, Brian Shaffer, Jesse Snyder, Travis Stickley, Kevin Johnson, Kevin
Hinish, Mike Hershberger, Brandon Hoover, Mark Shope, Brandon LaSalle, Mike Seigele,
Curtis Heath
HEAT 1: Weyandt, Jr., Ritchey, Stickel
HEAT 2: Duck, Wyles, Weyant
HEAT 3: Snyder, Norris, Barry Weyandt
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