EVERHART AND TROUTMAN SPLIT BEDFORD TWIN 20'S
By Dave Harclerode
BEDFORD, PA - Six feature races highlighted the evening at the Bedford Speedway Friday. The Miller Auto Parts Super Late Models ran twin 20 lap features, with Steve Everhart taking the first race, and Dave Troutman the second. The Bedford Valley Petroleum Limited Late Models ran twin 15 lap features. Mike Shoemaker won the first event, and Tim Smith, Jr. took the second. The TC Race Cars Street Stocks saw Bob Jay pocket four hundred dollars for his win, and Reed Stickel, Jr. won the Hobby stock feature. Uncharacteristic of Bedford, the evening was full of accidents.
The First Super Late Model 20 lap feature started off on the wrong foot, with 6 cars crashing in turn two. On the restart, Steve Everhart took command and won over Jeff Rine, Scott Haus, Jack Pencil, and Scott Rhodes. Everhart pulled the # 10 pill for invert, which put racing legend Larry Wright on the pole for the second 20 lap feature. Again, the first lap saw carnage as nearly the entire field piled up coming out of turn four to complete lap one. Several top competitors were eliminated. When the racing resumed, Dave Troutman took the top spot from Larry Wright, but tenth starting Everhart was on the move, with Pencil and 18th starting Chris Harr in tow. The trio got past Wright, and Everhart took a few laps to run down leader Troutman. The pair battled for several laps, with Everhart looking to earn a $500 bonus to win both 20 lappers. On the last lap, Everhart gave his final bid, but his move in turn proved to be costly. Troutman remained the leader, and Chris Harr was able to slip by Everhart for second. Harr made an attempt to take the win coming to the checkered, but Troutman held on for his second win of the season. Following Troutman and Harr was Everhart, Jack Pencil, and Scott Rhodes. Larry Wright was sixth, and Matt Parks, Brian Booze, Wayne Johnson, and Andy Martz completed the top ten. Heat winners for the evening were Pencil, Rhodes, and Harr.
The first 15 lap Limited Late Model feature was won by Mike Shoemaker. Shoemaker started fourth, took the lead, and fended off advances from DJ Troutman to win his second feature of the season. Andy Fries came from 10th to finish 3rd, and Donnie Farlling and Tyler Hershey completed the top ten. Ten cars were inverted for the second feature, which put Tim Smith, Jr. on the pole. Smith took command, and Andy Fries again charged from midpack. This time from eighth, Fries caught second place running Rick Singleton, and the battle was on. Unfortunately for both drivers, the battled ended with Fries' car resting on top of Singleton's car in turn three. Singleton retired from the race, but Fries remarkably was able to continue after changing a tire. Fries ultimately did retire from the race though, as a collision in turn three with Nathan LaSalle ended both driver's night. Brian Lowery assumed the second spot after the Singleton/Fries incident, and held on, following Smith to the checkered. John Hedge was third, Tyler Hershey fourth, and Donnie Farlling fifth. Sixth through tenth went to DJ Troutman, Travis Calhoun, Craig Perigo, George Beckett, and Mike Shoemaker. Heat winners were Hedge, Troutman, and Perigo. A scary accident in the first heat involving Shawn Claar caused a very long red flag period. Claar managed to walk away after his car hit the outside backstretch wall head on at full throttle. The car appeared to be destroyed.
Bob Jay earned his seventh Street Stock win of the season the hard way, from the back. Jay and Rick Cragan crashed on the first lap, sending Cragan pitside, and Jay to the tail. Within a few laps, the dominating Jay was in the lead, and eventually taking the checkered. Brandon Hoover, Tim Wyles, Donald Wyles, and Jason Douglas completed the top five. Jay was the lone heat race winner. With only one race remaining for the Street Stocks, Bob Jay only needs one more win to tie Kevin Weyandt, who is the division's all-time feature winner at the speedway.
In Hobby Stock action, Reed Stickel started third, and took the lead by the 5th lap. Pressured hard from 5 time winner Derrick Hinish and 4 time winner Chuck Weyant, Stickel remained cool and earned his second victory of the season. Following Stickel, Hinish, and Weyant was Brandon LaSalle and Jason Gilliland. Mandy Jay finished sixth, with Ray Shepherd, Justin Milburn, Ryan Beckett, and Terry Thomas completing the top ten. Stickel and Charlie Walter won the heat events.
This Friday, August 24th is Legends of Bedford Speedway night. The Super Late Models, Limited Late Models, and Hobby Stocks will be on hand plus several legends of racing from the past. The Street Stocks will take the night off. Just around the corner on August 31st is the annual season ending Labor Day 55, the final point race for all four divisions, with the Super Lates running 55 laps for $,5,500.
SUPER LATE MODELS
FEATURE # 1: 1. Steve Everhart 2. Jeff Rine 3. Scott Haus 4. Jack Pencil 5. Scott Rhodes 6. Wayne Johnson 7. Brian Booze 8. Matt Parks 9. Dave Troutman 10. Larry Wright 11. TJ Wright 12. Rodney Sweitzer 13. Eric Zembower 14. Jonathan DeHaven 15. Shane Beegle 16. Rick Stouffer 17. Addison Rogers 18. Andy Martz (DNF) 19. Keith Killander (DNF) 20. Chris Harr (DNF) 21. Ron Delano
DNS: Nick Dickson
FEATURE # 2: 1. Dave Troutman 2. Chris Harr 3. Steve Everhart 4. Jack Pencil 5. Scott Rhodes 6. Larry Wright 7. Matt Parks 8. Brian Booze 9. Wayne Johnson 10. Andy Martz 11. TJ Wright 12. Addison Rogers 13. Keith Killander (DNF) 14. Eric Zembower (DNF) 15. Scott Haus (DNF) 16. Rodney Sweitzer (DNF) 17. Jonathan DeHaven (DNF) 18. Shane Beegle (DNF) 19. Rick Stouffer (DNF) 20. Jeff Rine (DNF)
DNS: Nick Dickson, Ron Delano
HEAT 1: Pencil, Delano, Martz
HEAT 2: Rhodes, Haus, Rine
HEAT 3: Harr, Everhart, TJ Wright
LIMITED LATE MODELS
FEATURE # 1: 1. Mike Shoemaker 2. DJ Troutman 3. Andy Fries 4. Donnie Farlling 5. Tyler Hershey 6. Craig Perigo 7. Rick Singleton 8. Brian Lowery 9. John Hedge 10. Tim Smith, Jr. 11. George Beckett 12. Travis Calhoun 13. Robbie Black 14. Andy Teno 15. Mitchell Miller 16. CJ Brown 17. Eddie Cornett (DNF) 18. Nathan LaSalle (DNF) 19. Travis Kennel (DNF) 20. Travis Stickley (DNF)
DNS: Lincoln Ritchey, Shawn Claar
FEATURE # 2: 1. Tim Smith, Jr. 2. Brian Lowery 3. John Hedge 4. Tyler Hershey 5. Donnie Farlling 6. DJ Troutman 7. Travis Calhoun 8. Craig Perigo 9. George Beckett 10. Mike Shoemaker 11. Robbie Black 12. Travis Calhoun 13. Andy Teno 14. Mitchell Miller 15. CJ Brown 16. Nathan LaSalle (DNF) 17. Andy Fries (DNF) 18. Rick Singleton (DNF) 19. Travis Kennell (DNF)
DNS: Lincoln Ritchey, Shawn Claar, Eddie Cornett
HEAT 1: Hedge, Beckett, Shoemaker
HEAT 2: Troutman, Hershey, Lowery
HEAT 3: Perigo, Farlling, Black
STREET STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. Bob Jay 2. Brandon Hoover 3. Tim Wyles 4. Donald Wyles 5. Jason Douglas 6. Michael Stiffler (DNF) 7. Kerry Molovich (DNF) 8. Brian Duffy (DNF) 9. Chris Chamberlain (DNF) 10. Rick Cragan (DNF)
HEAT 1: Jay, Stiffler, Molovich
HOBBY STOCKS
FEATURE: 1. Reed Stickel 2. Derrick Hinish 3. Chuck Weyant 4. Brandon LaSalle 5. Jason Gilliland 6. Mandy Jay 7. Ray Shepherd 8. Justin Milburn 9. Ryan Beckett 10. Terry Thomas 11. Shawn Dunmyer (DNF) 12. Eric Weyant (DNF) 13. Charlie Walter (DNF) 14. Donn Imler (DNF) 15. Mike Siegele (DNF) 16. David Puckett
HEAT 1: Stickel, Hinish,
HEAT 2: Walter, Beckett, C. Weyant
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