May 5,
2006
STUHLER PUTS ON A SHOW, EARNS BEDFORD
WIN NUMBER 25
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA - NAPA of Bedford and Breezewood presented a great evening
of racing Friday at the Bedford Speedway. Super Late Model wizard Gary
Stuhler earned his 25th career Bedford win, and Shawn Claar earned his first
ever Bedford victory in the Limited Late Model division. Ashley Barrett
won the TC Race Cars Street Stock feature event, and Travis Stickley fought hard
for the Cruiser Hobby Stock win.
History has proven that any time Gary Stuhler pulls into the Bedford Speedway
pits, there's a real good chance he's going to win. Friday night, he proved
that theory right as he won the NAPA Super Late Model main event. It was't
a walk in the park for Stuhler, who started eighth. He had to overcome
drivers like last week's winner DJ Troutman, a super fast Chris Harr, four time
Bedford champ Scott Haus, and others to find the point. Stuhler's run was
impressive, and almost equally impressive was Jeremy Miller's run from his 27th
starting position. Miller picked his way through traffic, making it all
the way to 9th before getting spun out in turn 4. Unfortunately, Miller
and Rick Singleton both went pitside after the incident. Nick Dickson had
taken the lead at the drop of the green, and paced the field with a two to three
car length lead until Stuhler arrived on his tail with less than 10 laps remaining. With
5 to go, Stuhler made his move coming off turn two, and put the Nininger # 90
in the lead. Stuhler held on for the remaining 4 laps, and took the checkered. Chris
Harr managed to get by Dickson and take the 2nd spot, and Dickson finished 3rd. Scott
Rhodes came from tenth to nab 4th, and Scott Haus finished 5th. Bo Feathers
came all the way from thirteenth to earn the sixth spot, with Dave Troutman,
Jack Pencil, Jason Covert, and Jeff Rine completing the top ten.
Rodney Sweitzer, Wayne Johnson, and Nick Dickson won the heat events.
Shawn Claar started on the pole and led flag to flag to earn his first Bedford
Limited Late Model win. Claar held off last year's champion Matt Parks,
who was followed by Mike Shoemaker, last week's winner Matt Sponaugle, and Tim
Smith, Jr. Sixth through tenth went to George Beckett, Craig Perigo, Rance
Garlock, Al Shawver, and Daryl Burkholder.
Heat wins went to Garlock and Parks.
The TC Race Cars Street Stock race was somewhat of a marathon, with something
going wrong nearly every other lap. Ashley Barrett put his bid in for a
track championship, winning a tight one over Daniel Cornman. Willie Ling
finished third, young Brandon Hoover fourth, and Donald Wyles fifth.
Barrett and last week's winner Patrick McDonough won the heat events.
Travis Stickley was victorious in the Cruiser Hobby Stock division. Stickely
took the lead twice from Chuck Weyant, only to have his pass negated by a caution. Finally,
the third time was the charm and Stickley earned his 2nd career Bedford win. Weyant
held off Shawn Wyles for second, with Brandon LaSalle and Greg Imler rounding
out the top five.
Weyant and Wyles won the heats.
This Friday is the Bob Sweitzer Memorial race for the Super Late Models. Also
appearing will be the Limited Late Models, Street Stocks, and Cruiser Hobby Stocks. More
information about the Sweitzer Memorial race will be released on Monday. Please
call DKM Racing or check the website at www.bedfordspeedway.com to
answer any questions.
SUPER LATE MODELS
FEATURE: 1. Gary Stuhler 90 2. Chris Harr w1 3. Nick Dickson 17d
4. Scott Rhodes 83R 5. Scott Haus 33 6. Bo Feathers 00 7. Dave
Troutman 7 8. Jack Pencil 14 9. Jason Covert 43a 10. Jeff Rine
92
11. Rodney Sweitzer 84 12. Chuck Clise 13. Waylon Wagner 5w 14.
Steve
Campbell 15. Andy Martz M1 16. Bob Salathe RG3 17. Chuck LaSalle
37
18. Ron Delano, Jr. 0 19. Jeremy Miller 24 (DNF) 20. Rick Singleton
99* (DNF) 21. Eric Zembower 49 (DNF) 22. Shane Beegle 15 (DNF)
23.
Tim Murphy 21m (DNF) 24. Wayne Johnson 17j (DNF) 25. DJ Troutman
7j
(DNF) 26. TJ Wright 31j (DNF) 27. Larry Wright 31 (DNF)
HEAT 1: Sweitzer, Dave Troutman, Stuhler
HEAT 2: Johnson, Beegle, DJ Troutman
HEAT 3: Dickson, Haus, Harr
LIMITED LATE MODELS
FEATURE: 1. Shawn Claar 20 2. Matt Parks 15p 3. Mike Shoemaker
8 4.
Matt Sponaugle 8 5. Tim Smith, Jr. 39 6. George Beckett 58 7. Craig
Perigo 1a 8. Rance Garlock 19 9. Al Shawver 66 10. Darryl Burkholder
2 11. Kevin Weyandt 88 12. Andy Teno 48 13. Justin Kann 66k 14.
Tyler Hershey 74 15. Donnie Farlling 48 16. Travis Calhoun 36 17.
Jim Sayler 96 (DNF) 18. Mike Altobelli, Jr. (DNF)
HEAT 1: Garlock, Shoemaker, Perigo
HEAT 2: Parks, Smith, Claar
STREET STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. Ashley Barrett 75x 2. Daniel Cornman 3 3. Willie Ling
31 4. Brandon Hoover 45 5. Donald Wyles 10 (DNF) 6. Michael Stiffler
17s (DNF) 7. Patrick McDonough 96H (DNF) 8. Dave Korlewitz 24k
(DNF)
9. Jeff Detwiler 9 (DNF) 10. Jerry Merritts 8 (DNF) 11. Steve Lowery
48 (DNF) 12. Travis Brown 29 (DNS)
HEAT 1: Barrett, Cornman, Wyles
HEAT 2: McDonough, Korlewitz, Detwiler
CRUISER HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. Travis Stickley 32 2. Chuck Weyant 88c 3. Shawn Wyles
21 4. Brandon LaSalle 37 5. Greg Imler 6 6. Todd Price 7p 7. Derrick
Hinish 12 (DNF) 8. Ray Shepherd 9 (DNF) 9. James Best 17 (DNF)
10.
David Reaugh 9R (DNF) 11. Kevin Bilger 7 (DNF) 12. Mike Seigele
007 (DNS)
HEAT 1: Weyant, LaSalle, Best
HEAT 2: Wyles, Stickley, Reaugh
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