PENCIL WINS BEDFORD SEASON OPENER
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA - The Bedford Speedway kicked off the 2007 racing season Friday night with a very entertaining four division show. Jack Pencil came from deep in the pack to win the Miller Auto Parts Super Late Model feature, and DJ Troutman, who pulled double duty racing both Super Lates and Limited Lates, won the Bedford Valley Petroleum Limited Late Model Feature. Daniel Cornman won the TC Race Cars Street Stock race, and Derrick Hinish earned his first ever win in the Ritchey Sandblasting Hobby Stocks.
Bedford resident Jack Pencil started 10th the Super Late Model feature line up, and wasted very little time getting to the front. Second starting Greg Fetters took the early lead, but by lap 10, Pencil had already worked his way into second, and was knocking on the door. On lap 12, Pencil zoomed into the lead, and retained a comfortable lead for the distance. Fetters remained in second to the checkered, with Dave Troutman third, Jeff Rine fourth, and fifth DJ Troutman. Rounding out the top ten was Scott Rhodes, Ron Delano (from 20th), Larry Wright, Wayne Johnson, and Andy Martz. The scorekeepers had to pay close attention, as fourth through seventh came across the line neck and neck. The win was Pencil's 18th career Super Late Model win at Bedford. Heat race winners were Dave Troutman, Fetters, and Jeff Miller. Tom Decker took a nasty ride in the first heat race, barrel rolling his brand new Lazer chassis in turn four. Tom was uninjured, but his car was in bad shape.
DJ Troutman, who had a great 5th place finish in the Super Late Model main running the Rick Jones owned # 88, climbed into the Troutman family owned # 7 to start the Limited Late Model feature in the third position. A full field of 25 very competitive cars took the green, and it was Troutman who took the victory, fending off challenges from runner up Justin Kann the entire race. Pole sitter Andy Teno finished third, with Tim Smith, Jr. and Mike Altobelli, Jr. rounding out the top five. Craig Perigo finished sixth, with Shawn Claar, Brian Lowery, and Donnie Farlling, and Randy Burkholder completing the top ten. Altobelli, Shoemaker, and Smith won the qualifying events.
Although the Street Stock car count was poor, each driver that started the race was more than capable of pulling off the victory. Daniel Cornman earned his 12th career Bedford win, and he was followed at the line by Bob Jay, Terry Wyles, Mooch Cornell, and Donald Wyles. Unfortunately, only two other cars started the feature, with a both drivers not finishing: Michael Stiffler in sixth, Brandon Hoover seventh, and Rick Cragan, who didn't start. Cornman and Jay won the heats.
Several first time racers saw their first action ever in the Ritchey Sandblasting Hobby Stocks. A nice field of cars ran their feature event caution free, and Derrick Hinish picked up his first career win in dominating fashion. Hinish held a comfortable lead the entire distance, winning over Chuck Weyant, Devin Weyandt, Reed Stickel, Jr., and Brandon LaSalle. Heat winners were Stickel, Hinish, and Chuck Weyant.
Next Friday, April 27th will be another regular 4 division show featuring the Miller Auto Parts Super Late Models, Bedford Valley Petroleum Limited Late Models, TC Race Cars Street Stocks, and Ritchey Sandblasting Hobby Stocks. Gates open at 5pm, with hot laps at 7pm, and racing at 7:30pm. Coming May 13th, it's the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint cars, along with Street Stocks and Hobby Stocks.
SUPER LATE MODELS
FEATURE: 1) 14 Jack Pencil 2) 39 Greg Fetters 3) 7 Dave Troutman 4) 92 Jeff Rine 5) 88 DJ Troutman 6) 83R Scott Rhodes 7) 0 Ron Delano 8) 31 Larry Wright 9) 17J Wayne Johnson 10) M1 Andy Martz 11) 49 Eric Zembower 12) 57 Jeff Miller 13) 3 Dave Bloss 14) 5 Chuck Clise 15) D1 DJ Myers DNF 16) 84 Rodney Sweitzer DNF 17) 15E Steve Everhart DNF 18) 99 Rick Singleton DNF 19) 55 Shawn McGarvey DNF 20) w1 Chris Harr DNF 21) 32H Brian Hack DNF DNS: Tom Decker
HEAT 1: Dave Troutman, Rine, DJ Troutman
HEAT 2: Fetters, Rhodes, Johnson
HEAT 3: Miller, Wright, Martz
LIMITED LATE MODELS
FEATURE: 1) 7 DJ Troutman 2) 66k Justin Kann 3) 48T Andy Teno 4) 39 Tim Smith, Jr. 5) 79 Mike Altobelli, Jr. 6) 1a Craig Perigo 7) 20 Shawn Claar 8) 13 Brian Lowery 9) 48F Donnie Farlling 10) 77 Randy Burkholder 11) 80e John Hedge 12) 5* Derek Byler 13) 36 Travis Calhoun 14) 01 Robbie Black 15) 8 Mike Shoemaker 16) 58 George Beckett 17) 68 Nathan LaSalle 18) 32 Travis Stickley 19) 38 Chad Walter 20) 46 James Arensdorf 21) 75x Ashley Barrett 22) 74 Tyler Hershey DNF 23) 88 Kevin Weyandt DNF 24) 17 Brad Kling DNF 25) 19 Rance Garlock DNF
DNS: 8 Matt Sponaugle
HEAT 1: Altobelli, Jr., Claar, Teno
HEAT 2: Shoemaker, Kann, Troutman
HEAT 3: Smith, Jr., Farlling, Perigo
STREET STOCKS
FEATURE: 1) 3 Daniel Cornman 2) 4J Bob Jay 3) 98 Terry Wyles 4) 3m Mooch Cornell 5) 10 Donald Wyles 6) 17s Mike Stiffler DNF 7) 45B Brandon Hoover DNF
DNS: 18 Rick Cragan
HEAT 1: Cornman, Cragan, Hoover
HEAT 2: Jay, Stiffler, T. Wyles
HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE: 1) 12 Derrick Hinish 2) 88c Chuck Weyant 3) 88 Devin Weyandt 4) RV85 Reed Stickel, Jr. 5) 37 Brandon LaSalle 6) 1 Tom Warren 7) 21m Mike Moore 8) 007 Mike Siegele 9) 7 Kevin Bilger 10) 88e Eric Weyandt 11) 42 Charles Walter 12) 6 Greg Imler 13) 9 Ray Shepherd 14) 3 Tyler Ritchey 15) 91 Terry Thomas 16) 18 RT Troutman DNF 17) 07 Kevin Beers, Jr. DNF 18) 79 Alicia LeGros DNF 19) 4J Mandy Jay DNF 20) 53 Mark Shope DNF 21) 29 Jason Gilliland DNF
DNS: 58 Ryan Beckett, 48 Shirley Crawley, 88jr Brian Weyandt, Jr.
HEAT 1: Stickel, Jay, Troutman
HEAT 2: Hinish, D. Weyandt, Siegele
HEAT 3: C. Weyant, LaSalle, Bilger
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