June 7,
2005
HAUS EXTENDS STREAK TO 11 YEARS WITH BEDFORD WIN
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA - Bedford Speedway takes great pride in it's rich history, and fans
got to see a reminder of Bedford's past on Friday night. The Williams Grove
Old Timers Association was on hand, with several vintage racecars on display
for fans to enjoy. Highlighting the Old Timers event was a 15 minute set
of fast laps, with Bedford's own Jim Nave parading around the speedway in the
very same Ford Mustang # 32 that he drove to a championship at the Speedway in
1975. The famous blue and white late model is owned and was restored by
Somerset's Bud Garvey, owner of several restored vintage racecars.
Scott Haus picked up his 31st career Super Late Model win Friday evening, and
most fans are aware that he is the all-time leader in late model feature wins. However,
many are unaware of another record Scott holds. Eleven straight years with
atleast one win, an incredible feat considering the tough competition at the
famed 5/8 mile oval.
Haus took the lead early, with pole sitter Chris Harr and second generation driver
Andy Martz trailing behind. Ron Delano, Jr., who was impressively fast
all evening, worked his way past Martz and Harr and drove the wheels off his
car trying to reel Haus in. Meanwhile, Scotty Rhodes was moving to the
front from his tenth starting spot. Looking like the Rhodes of 2003 when
he won 7 Bedford Feature events, Scott picked them off one by one until he ran
out of time, settling for 4th spot. Back at the front, Delano closed the
gap on Haus to four or five car lengths, but lapped traffic was in Haus' favor. Every
time Delano was set to mount a serious challenge, Haus would clear a lapped car,
handing the task to Delano. Haus maintained that five car length lead all
the way to the finish line, with Delano, Harr, Rhodes, and Jeff Rine finishing
the top five. Devin Friese, DJ Troutman, Wayne Johnson, Eric Zembower and
Nick Dickson completed the top ten. Haus drove a smooth, fast race, but
almost gave it all away with 10 laps to go. After clearing a lapped car
on the backstretch, he drove into turn three with a massive amount of speed. Haus
backed it up the track, throttle mashed to the floor. He avoided the outside
wall by mere inches, saving the car and the win.
Heat winners were Haus, Harr, and Friese.
Mike Shoemaker used some late racing passing to move from the fifth spot to finish
second in the Limited Late Model feature. However, race winner Brian Duffy
refused a post race tech inspection, therefore handing the win to Shoemaker. Shoemaker
was more than happy to let tech inspector Todd Bechtel take a peak inside his
# 8 racer, and picked up his first win of the season. George Beckett finished
second, Rance Garlock third, Mike Altobelli, Jr. fourth, and Shawn Claar fifth. Robbie
Black, Andy Teno, John Bookwalter, Shawn Bilger, and Matt Parks rounded out the
top ten.
Heats went to Tim Smith, Jr. and Beckett.
Jim Sayler picked up his second win in a row in the Street Stock division. Sayler
started second in the feature event, but immediately dropped back to fifth on
the start. Pole sitter Terry Wyles looked to be a sure bet for the win
until he broke half way through the race. Ashley Barrett inherited the
lead, but Sayler was knocking at the door. Sayler passed Barrett and secured
the win. Bob Jay, Travis Calhoun, and Matt Sala finished the top five. Sixth
through tenth went to Willie Ling, Rick Cragan, Jr., Shane Molovich, Donald Wyles,
and John Pahulick.
Sayler and Calhoun won the heat events.
Mike Duck continued his dominance in the Cruiser-Hobby Stocks, taking his third
win of the season. Duck won easily over Chuck Weyant, Lincoln Ritchey,
Terry Norris, and Barry Weyandt. Sixth through tenth went to Shawn Wyles,
Brian Weyandt, Jr., Brandon LaSalle, AJ Foor, and Robert Weist.
Chuck Weyant and Shawn Wyles won the heats.
Friday, June 24th will be a regular 4 division show consisting of Super Late
Models, Limited Late Models, Street Stocks, and Cruiser-Hobby Stocks. The
raindate for this show will be Sunday, June 26th.
Coming up on Sunday, July 3rd is the Firecracker 35 PA State Invitational for
Super Late Models. The 35 lap race will pay $2,500 to win, and $200 to
start. Tow money will paid to non-qualifiers. The purse is over $4,000
more than last year's July holiday show. Gates open at 4pm, with hot laps
at 7pm, and racing at 7:30. The raindate for this event in Monday, July
4th. All gate and race times will start one hour earlier on the raindate. The
Limited Late Models, Street Stocks, and Cruiser-Hobby Stocks will also be on
hand.
SUPER LATE MODELS (20 cars)
FEATURE: Scott Haus 33, Ron Delano, Jr. 0, Chris Harr w1, Scott Rhodes
83R, Jeff Rine 92, Devin Friese 12, DJ Troutman 151, Wayne Johnson 17j, Eric
Zembower 49, Nick Dickson 17d, Larry Wright 31, Rodney Sweitzer 84, Andy Martz
M1, Greg Fetters 39, Donnie Farlling 48, Rick Singleton 99 (DNF), Doug Ishler
03 (DNF), Shane Beegle 15 (DNF), Jack Pencil 14 (DNF), Chuck Clise 5 (DNF)
HEAT 1: Haus, Rine, Troutman
HEAT 2: Harr, Zembower, Delano, Jr.
HEAT 3: Friese, Fetters, Martz
LIMITED LATE MODELS (20 cars)
FEATURE: Mike Shoemaker 8, George Beckett 58, Rance Garlock 19, Mike Altobelli,
Jr. 79, Shawn Claar 20, Robbie Black 01, Andy Teno 48, John Bookwalter 1, Shawn
Bilger 10, Matt Parks 15p, John Hedge 80, Craig Perigo 1a, Chris Rhodes CR9,
Kevin Weyandt 88 (DNF), Jim Leidy 11 (DNF), Howie Bussard 15 (DNF), Derek Byler
5* (DNF), Tim Smith, Jr. 39 (DNF), Bill Booher 18 (DNF), Brian Duffy 38 (DQ)
HEAT 1: Smith, Jr., Perigo, Claar
HEAT 2: Beckett, Shoemaker, Garlock
STREET STOCKS (16 cars)
FEATURE: Jim Sayler 96, Ashley Barrett 75x, Bob Jay 4j, Travis Calhoun
36, Matt Sala 46, Willie Ling 31, Rick Cragan, Jr. 18, Shane Molovich 63x, Donald
Wyles 10, John Pahulick 13 (DNF), Terry Wyles 98 (DNF), Buddy Jones 94 (DNF),
Patrick McDonough 96H (DNF), Michael Stiffler 17s (DNF), Bill McClellan 98x (DNF),
Dave Brown 110 (DQ)
HEAT 1: Sayler, Barrett, Terry Wyles
HEAT 2: Calhoun, Brown, Cragan, Jr.
CRUISER-HOBBY STOCKS (20 cars)
FEATURE: Mike Duck 73x, Chuck Weyant 88c, Lincoln Ritchey 3, Terry Norris
73, Barry Weyandt 65, Shawn Wyles 21, Brian Weyandt, Jr. 88jr, Brandon LaSalle
37, AJ Foor a4, Robert Weist 8, Greg Imler 6, Ray Shephard 9, Chad Walter 38,
Kevin Johnson 97, Mike Hershberger 32, Brandon Hoover 45b (DNF), Mark Shope 53
(DNF), Kevin Hinish 6r (DNF), Devin Weyandt 88 (DNF), Steve Fadley 77 (DNF)
HEAT 1: Weyant, Ritchey, Duck
HEAT 2: Wyles, Norris, Weyandt, Jr.
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