July 14,
2006
HAUS WINS MACS RACE AT BEDFORD
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA - The MACS Super Late Models made their first appearance at
Bedford Speedway Friday night since 2001, and afterwards everyone wondered what
took so long. The track was in top notch condition, and some of the best
racers in the Northeast were on hand to battle for the $5,000 to win 50 lap special. New
York's Tim McCreadie's first ever visit to the speedway was impressive, to say
the least. Attacking the track like he's been racing there for years, McCreadie
set a new one lap track record, blowing away the old lap record by over 3 tenths
of a second. McCreadie also won his heat, the Dash, but did not win the
race that counted the most. That honor went to Bedford Speedway superstar
Scott Haus. Haus, who was fast all night, won his 33rd Bedford Super Late
Model feature. In other action, Ashley Barrett padded his point lead in
the Street Stock division by winning the feature event, and newcomer Reed Stickel,
Jr. won the Cruiser Hobby Stock main event.
Anytime a traveling series comes to Bedford, most fans know there a couple local
drivers who are capable of beating the "big boys". Without a doubt, Scott
Haus is one of these drivers. Haus' resume is stellar, a career that most
drivers in the country would dream of having. But when national hero Tim
McCreadie dominated the qualifying events and started the feature on the pole,
many fans thought the race was over before it started. But the real surprise
started on the first lap, and it wasn't Haus. Weekly Bedford driver Jeff
Rine, who ran very well in qualifying, started on the outside pole and rocketed
past McCreadie into the lead. Sometimes leading by several car lengths,
Rine led well over 3/4 of the race before succumbing to 2nd place McCreadie with
about 10 to go. Haus, who was amidst a tough battle with Jeremy Miller,
Jeff Rine, Rick Eckert and Jason Covert, made a move with 7 laps to go that would
seal his chance to take the 5 grand winner's paycheck. McCreadie, who had
just taken the lead from Rine, took off from the pack in dominating fashion. But
with 7 laps to go, McCreadie suffered a flat tire on the frontstretch. In
a split second, the front four cars bottled up behind McCreadie, and Haus shot
to the inside to snag the lead just before the caution flew. The first
5 cars had already crossed the start/finish line when the caution came out for
McCreadie's ride, solidifying Haus' first place position. From then on,
Haus held off Jeremy Miller to take the coveted MACS 50 lap feature. Following
Haus and Miller was Rine, Davey Johnson, and former four time Bedford Champion
Rick Eckert. Sixth through tenth went to Jason Covert, Jim Bernheisel (from
the 16th starting spot), Scott Rhodes, Mike Balzano, and Steve Shaver. Fan favorite
Gary Stuhler pulled pitside on the last lap while running well into the top ten.
Heat winners for the event were McCreadie, Stuhler, Rine, and Denny Chamberlain. McCreadie
won the Dash, and the two B-Main races were won by Nick Dickson and Jack Pencil.
In Street Stock action, Ashley Barrett came from his 8th starting position to
win the double purse event. Michael Stiffler earned his career best finish
taking 2nd, Rick Cragan third, Brandon Hoover 4th, and Jamey Swank 5th. Swank
and Stiffler won the heats.
Reed Stickel, Jr. earned his first career Bedford victory Friday in the Cruiser
Hobby Stock division. Stickel picked a good night to do it, as the race
was a double purse event. Stickel held off hot shoes Travis Stickley and
Shawn Wyles for the win. Lincoln Ritchey was fourth, followed by Brian
Weyandt, Jr. Stickel and Lincoln Ritchey won the heat events.
The speedway is off next week for fair preparation, and coming Friday, July 28th
is the Great Bedford Fair 4 division show, featuring Super Late Models, Limited
Late Models, Street Stocks, and Cruiser Hobby Stocks.
MACS SUPER LATE MODELS
TIME TRIALS:
20.098 - Tim McCreadie - Watertown, NY ( NEW Track
Record - old record set by Davey Johnson in 2001 - 20.344)
20.305 - Rick Eckert - York, PA
20.423 - Steve Shaver - Parkersburg, WV
20.424 - Jeremy Miller - Littlestown, PA
20.488 - Davey Johnson - Greensburg, PA
20.523 - Jack Pencil - Bedford, PA
20.617 - Scott Haus - Hamburg, PA
20.754 - Jeff Rine - Danville, PA
20.761 - Jason Covert - York Haven, PA
20.794 - Gary Stuhler - Greencastle, PA
20.834 - Denny Chamberlain - Lost Creek, WV
20.924 - Lance Elson - Wellsburg, WV
20.929 - Mike Balzano - Parkersburg, WV
20.937 - Scott Rhodes - Somerset, PA
21.120 - Jim Bernheisel - Lebanon, PA
21.188 - Ron Delano - Stoystown, PA
21.191 - Nick Dickson - Lewistown, PA
21.194 - Devin Friese - St. Thomas, PA
21.277 - Wayne Johnson - Hancock, MD
21.330 - Eric Zembower - Bedford, PA
21.333 - Kirk Ryan, Jr. - Lewisberry, PA
21.394 - Dave Troutman - Hyndman, PA
21.445 - TJ Wright - Imler, PA
21.454 - Chuck LaSalle - Breezewood, PA
21.483 - Matt Parks - Three Springs, PA
21.483 - Keith Jackson - Odenton, MD
21.542 - Chuck Clise - Frostburg, MD
21.619 - Andy Martz - Bedford, PA
21.858 - Steve Campbell - Sunbury, PA
21.948 - Chris Harr - Imler, PA
22.169 - George Beckett - New Paris, PA
22.184 - Jonathan DeHaven - Winchester, VA
22.360 - Jeff Miller - Bedford, PA
22.611 - Jim Leidy - New Enterprise, PA
No time - Bob Salathe - Bedford, PA
HEAT 1: McCreadie, Covert, Balzano, D. Johnson, Dickson, Jackson, Ryan,
Campbell, Jeff Miller
HEAT 2: Stuhler, Rhodes, Friese, Eckert, Troutman, Pencil, Leidy, Parks,
Harr
HEAT 3: Chamberlain, Haus, Shaver, Bernheisel, W. Johnson, Clise, Wright,
Beckett, Salathe (DNS)
HEAT 4: Rine, Delano, Elson, Jeremy Miller, Zembower, Martz, DeHaven, LaSalle
DASH: Tim McCreadie, Jeff Rine, Jeremy Miller, Scott Haus, Rick Eckert,
Davey Johnson, Steve Shaver, Jason Covert
B-Main 1: Dickson, W. Johnson, J. Miller, Beckett, Wright, Campbell, Jackson,
Ryan, Clise, Salathe (DNS)
B-Main 2: Pencil, Troutman, Zembower, Parks, Martz, LaSalle, Leidy, DeHaven
(DNS), Harr (DNS)
FEATURE (50 laps - $5,000 to win): 1. 33 Scott Haus 2. 24m Jeremy
Miller 3. 92 Jeff Rine 4. 19j Davey Johnson 5. 24 Rick Eckert 6.
43a Jason Covert 7. 119 Jim Bernheisel 8. 83R Scott Rhodes 9.
E1 Mike Balzano 10. 30 Steve Shaver 11. 12 Devin Friese 12.
14 Jack Pencil 13. 17D Nick Dickson 14. 0 Ron Delano 15. 49
Eric Zembower 16. 31 Denny Chamberlain 17. 17L Lance Elson 18.
11J Keith Jackson 19. 90 Gary Stuhler (DNF) 20. 39 Tim McCreadie
(DNF) 21. 15 Jeff Miller (DNF) 22. 17J Wayne Johnson (DNF) 23.
1(37) Chris Harr (DNF) 24. 7 Dave Troutman (DNF)
STREET STOCKS
FEATURE (Double Purse): 1. 75x Ashley Barrett 2. 17s Michael
Stiffler 3. 18 Rick Cragan 4. 45B Brandon Hoover 5. 96H
Jamey Swank 6. 31H Greg Hainsey 7. 4J Bob Jay 8. 57 Jim Sayler 9.
29 Travis Brown 10. 3 Daniel Cornman (DQ)
HEAT 1: Swank, Barrett, Cragan
HEAT 2: Stiffler, Jay, Cornman
CRUISER HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE (Double Purse): 1. RV85 Reed Stickel, Jr. 2. 32 Travis
Stickley 3. 21 Shawn Wyles 4. 3 Lincoln Ritchey 5. 88jr Brian
Weyandt, Jr. 6. 37 Brandon LaSalle 7. 88c Chuck Weyant 8. 6
Greg Imler 9. 53 Mark Shope 10. 7 Kevin Bilger 11. 9 Ray Shepherd 12.
4j Mandy Jay 13. 88s Steve Weyant 14. 6R David Reaugh 15. 12
Derrick Hinish (DNF) 16. 9R David Reaugh (DNF) 17. 88e Eric Weyant (DNS)
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