HAMMETT- Race time arrived with temperatures in the upper 70s for the invasion of the ASCS Patriot Sprints to Eriez Speedway on Sunday.
Connecticut's Bubba Broderick came away from his 8 -hour tow with the win. Ben Burgess Jr won his third feature of the season while Mike Knight, Wade Slaney, and Jamie Hebner got their second wins of the season. The wildest finish of the season was the Street Stock finale with Chris Withers coming away with the win in a three abreast photo-finish. And Scott Gurdak make his first visit to Victory Lane.
Broderick jumped out to the early lead in the ASCS Patriot Sprint race with Kyle Moffit second. Heat winner Judi Bates spun in turn four at lap six for the first caution of the event. At that point local driver Scott Bonnell was third, but Jared Zimbardi got by for third on the first lap under gree and Zimbardi was second at the end of eight.
At halfway, Broderick had a substantial lead over Zimbardi and was in lapped traffic. Bryan Howland got third from Moffit at lap 17, but caution was again over the speedway with six laps to go for a two-car tangle on the main straight, evaporating Broderick's huge lead.
For the restart the lapped car was the only thing between Zimbardi and the leader. Running the extreme high line, Broderick had the field covered over the remaining distance with Zimbardi settling for second with Bryan Howland, Tim Kelly, and pole sitter Kyle Moffit filling out the top five.
Bump Hedman and Randy Lobb were on the front row for the start of the Jay's Auto Wrecking Super Late Model feature which had 23 starters. Hedman got the early lead with opening-night winner Knight coming by on the high side to lead at the end of two laps. Dave Hess Jr, fresh off a win at Stateline Speedway the night before, was second at lap three and pressuring Knight for several laps and at lap six was alongside the leader as they entered turn one. Unable to complete the pass at that time, Hess tried both high and low, but caution interrupted when Doug Eck slammed the wall at the flagstand on lap 10.
After the cleanup Knight was able to distance himself from the rest of the field until caution again bunched the field on lap 18 when Wendell Pinckney slowed to a stop on the back straight. Over the final laps Knight steadily pulled away from Hess with Chris Hackett winding up third, week-two winner Scott Johnson fourth and Randi Lobb fifth.
Twenty-two Jay's Auto Wrecking E-Mods started their feature with Joel Watson, winner of Stateline's Quincy Turner Memorial, off to a big lead over the first three laps until Jason Illig's spin in turn four slowed the field. By lap five, after two yellow periods, Scott Gurdak was battling Watson for the front spot. At lap nine, Gurdak was leading, but Watson would not give up on the low side. It took Gurdak three laps to fully establish himself as the leader
After one final caution, Gurdak led the remaining laps while Watson tried valiantly at every turn to gain the advantage. Following Gurdak and Watson to the line were Hess Jr, Mike Knight, and Justin Carlson in the top five.
Wade Slaney led the Boardwalk Bar and Grill Limited Late Model feature from the drop of the green flag and had a straight-a-way lead over Bob Vogt Jr when the first yellow flag slowed the action at lap five. By lap six last week's winner, Steve Kania, was challenging for second and had the spot a lap later. At halfway, Slaney had a lengthy lead again, but caution again erased his lead at lap 11 for a spin.
Slaney won the event with a comfortable lead over Kania. Ryan Scott was third with Bob Vogt fourth and Mike Lozowski fifth.
John Boardman grabbed the early lead in the Hunter Trucking Super Sportsman feature, but was supplanted at the front on lap two by Ben Burgess Jr, looking for his third win of the season. Caution flew at halfway when Eric Ester spun in turn four and was the only thing slowing Burgess's romp to the winner's circle. Boardman was second, half a straight back, followed by Joe Buccola, Pete Volpe, and Wade Watson.
John Coughlin and Gary Fisher led the 22 Mill Run Collision Street Stocks to the green with Coughlin setting the early pace. By the end of two laps, Greg Fenno was leading the way with Tommy Fox coming to second a lap later. Using the high side Fox was challenging for the lead at halfway and was ahead by a fender at lap 10. Cautions at lap 11 and 12 set up the final run to the checkers.
Fenno came back on strong along with Withers. At the white flag the leaders were three abreast with Withers gaining the lead on the back straight. The top three came across the line three wide with Withers winning by a nose over Fenno, who was less than a foot ahead of Fox. Joe Rohrer was fourth with Gary Fisher fifth.
Richie Langer led the start of the Summit Auto Auction Challenger feature, but was slowed at the end of lap one for a wreck in turn three. Brad Cole then led a lap before Jamie Hebner took over. Hebner then led the remaining distance to score his second win of the season with Josh Hebner, last week's winner, second, Langer third, jack Hall fourth, and Mike brown fifth.
ASCS Patriot Sprints
Heat 1: Judi Bates, Scott Bonnell, Kyle Moffit, Vern Wasson, Bubba Broderick, Gary Troutman, Bob Reis
Heat 2: Don Adamczyk, Gary Kriess, Jared Zimbardi, Bryan Howland, T J Newton, Tim Kelly, Jeremy Barnard
Dash: Vern Wasson, Tim Kelly, T J Newton, Jeremy Barnard, Bob Reis, Gary Troutman
Feature: Bubba Broderick, Jared Zimbardi, Bryan Howland, Tim Kelly, Kyle Moffit, Judi Bates, Vern Wasson, Scott Bonnell, Don Adamczyk, Gary Troutman, Jeremy Barnard, Gary Kriess, T J Newton, Bob Reis
Jay's Auto Wrecking Super Late Models
Heat 1: Dave Hess Jr, Scott Johnson, Bump Hedman, Andy Boozel, Chris Hackett, Scott Gurdak, Mike Biehler, Chuck Parker
Heat 2: Mike Knight, Dave Lyon, Doug Eck, George LaBarbera, Wendell Pinckney, Bill Dorman, Jason Morell, Dennis Lunger
Heat 3: Randy Lobb, John Lobb, John Volpe, Ryan Scott, Bob Vogt, Ron Bem, Darrell Bossard
Burger King of the Hill: Mike Knight, Scott Gurdak
Feature: Mike Knight, Dave Hess Jr, Chris Hackett, Scott Johnson, Randy Lobb, John Volpe, John Lobb, Bump Hedman, Ryan Scott, Darrell Bossard, Scott Gurdak, Dennis Lunger, Bill Dorman, Jason Morell, Chuck Parker, Bob Vogt, Wendell Pinckney, George LaBarbera, Andy Boozel, Mike Biehler, Ron Bem, Doug Eck (DQ) Dave Lyon (DQ
Plyler Overhead Door E-Mods
Heat 1: Justin Carlson, Joel Watson, Jordan Eck, Joe Weber, Howard Fraley, Steve Sornberger, Bill Taylor, Ron Boardman, Dave Lyon
Heat 2: Greg Johnson, Rich Gardner, Gary Eicher, Steve Simon, Ron Seeley, Chris Peterson, Mike Knight
Heat 3: Dave Hess Jr, John Boyd, Scott Gurdak, Troy Carr, Tom Norland, Mike McGee, Dustin Eckman, Jason Illig
Feature: Scott Gurdak, Joel Watson, Dave Hess Jr, Mike Knight, Justin Carlson, John Boyd, Jordan Eck, Troy Carr, Rich Gardner, Greg Johnson, Mike McGee, Ron Seeley, Howard Fraley, Gary Eicher, Dustin Eckman, Steve Sornberger, Tom Norland, Ron Boardman, Chris Peterson, Jason Illig, Bill Taylor, Steve Simon, Joe Weber (DNS), Dave Lyon (DNS)
Boardwalk Bar and Grill Limited Late Models
Heat 1: Brian Crandall, Tyler Green, Chris Ottaway, Bobby Rohrer, Chris McGuire, Steve Kania, Stan Davis
Heat 2: Wade Slaney, Ryan Scott, Paul Norman, Mike Lozowski, Bob Vogt, John Cline, Chad Schauers, Paul Himes, Bobby Rouche
Feature: Wade Slaney, Steve Kania, Ryan Scott, Bob Vogt, Mike Lozowski, Scott Ottaway, Chris McGuire, Chad Schauers, Paul Norman, Stan Davis, John Cline, Bobby Rohrer, Paul Himes, Tyler Green, Bobby Rouche, Brian Crandall
Hunter's Peterbilt Sportsmen
Heat 1: Wade Watson, John Boardman, Mike Burnham, Eric Ester, Brent Crandall, John Bailey
Heat 2: Don McGuire, Joe Buccola Jr, Pete Volpe, Ben Burgess Jr, Jake Eller, Mike Murray
Feature: Ben Burgess Jr, John Boardman, Joey Buccola, Pete Volpe, Wade Watson, Eric Ester, Mike Murray, Brent Crandall, Jake Eller, Mike Burnham, Don McGuire
Mill Run Collision Street Stocks
Heat 1: Dave Tolon, Mike Moon, Gary Fisher, Kevin Hill, Aron Dascomb, John Phelps Jr, Justin Skinner
Heat 2: Greg Fenno, Rush Firestone, Tommy Fox, John Coughlin, Matt Lozowski, Tony Bates, Nate Arp, Brad Marzka
Heat 3: Chris Withers, Brian Bush, Joe Rohrer, Matt Sampson, Howard Keener, Brian Wilson, Tim Thompson
Feature: Chris Withers, Greg Fenno, Tommy Fox, Joe Rohrer, Gary Fisher, Brian Bush, Matt Lozowski, John Phelps Jr, Rush Firestone, ohn Coughlin, Tim Thompson, Tony Bates, Justin Skinner, Mike moon, Nate Arp, Brian Wilson, Dave Tolon, Brad Marzka, Kevin Hill, Aron Dascomb, Matt Sampson, Howard Keener
Summit Auto Challenger
Heat 1: Mark Hayes, Josh Hebner, Alex Hais, Geoff Maloney, Rob Brooks, Bob Leonard, Charles White, Tyler Lyngarkos, , Jon Larner, Don Hebner, Travis Clabbatz
Heat 2: Richie Langer, Jeff Nunemaker, Wes Stull, Richard Weed, Paul Nelson II, Jason Martin, Cory Clabbatz, Andrew Faulhaber, Cassi Dunn, Josh Beckstrom, Eric Winkels
Heat 3: Greg Rockwell, Jamie Hebner, Kole Wanzer, Brad Cole, Mike Brown, Chris McQuiston, Kevin Scalise, Jack Hall, Carl White Sr, 34H
Feature: Jamie Hebner, Josh Hebner, Richie Langer, Jack Hall, Mike Brown Carl White Sr, Eric Winkers, Kole Wanzer, Wes Stull, Kevin Scalise, Rob Brooks, Travis Clabbatz, Cory Clabbatz, Mark Hayes, Jason Martin, Josh Hebner, Brad Cole, Jeff Nunemaker, Geoff Maloney, Chris McQuiston, Bob Leonard, Greg Rockwell, Alex Hais, Richard Weed, Paul Nelson II, 34H, Andrew Faulhaber, Tyler Lyngarkos, Cassi Dunn, Charles White, Jon Larner, Josh Beckstrom