Teammates Chad Valone, far right, and John Volpe, far left, finished first and second, respectively, in the 25-lap super late model feature Saturday night at Eriez Speedway. Valone is the owner of both cars. The win was Valone’s first career victory at Eriez. Both Valone and Volpe live in the Jamestown area. Pictured in between Valone and Volpe are Cooper and Joe Shelters. Submitted photo

HAMMETT, Pa. — Yet another beautiful summer afternoon greeted Eriez Speedway fans entering the gates for the $1,500-to-win special for the Nic Dit Trucking RUSH Late Models.

When the featured event was complete it was Jeremy Wonderling claiming the winner’s purse for his first victory of the season.

In other divisions Chad Valone picked up his first Mill Run Collision Super Late Model win at Eriez; Mike McGee got to Victory Lane in the Waterford Hotel E-Mod finale; Bob Vogt captured his first Johnson’s Car Care and Collision Economod win; and Mark Lawrence won the L&D Tree Service Challenger night-capper. Lawrence’s win was the sixth in a row at various area speedways.

The Curtze Food Service Street Stocks had the night off. During intermission a lucky child was awarded a miniature ATV in a random drawing made possible by E-Mod driver Mike Eschrich, who purchased it with winnings from a recent victory at a local speedway. He noted it was his way of “giving back to racing.”

The Johnson’s Car Care & Collision Economod feature was the first of the evening, brought to Mark Matthews’ green flag by Nate Young and Zack Lenart. Young led the first time by the line with Lenart, Vogt, Dustin Demattia and Mitch Wright following. On the front straight as the cars completed lap two Brad Boyd spun, peeling the tire off the left rear wheel. Before the race was again green, Brian Toto stalled his car on the back straight, delaying the restart, then, at green, Pat Drennan spun on the front straight. After the next green, 2018 champion Matt Alexander got sideways in turn one with eventually the cars of Andrew Pisarchick, Steve Simon, Tyler Davis, Cody Stronghart, and Jason Brightman piling into the current points leader.

At green Young led Lenart, Vogt, Wright, and Demattia through lap five when Boyd and Toto spun in turn two. Vogt was second at lap six with Gary Olson up to fifth. Young’s time at the front came to an end in turn four on lap seven when he appeared to lose power, slowing to a stop. Vogt then grabbed the lead at green over Lenart, Demattia, Wright, and Kyle Layton. Demattia got to second at eight and Layton to fourth at nine laps complete as Dominic DePonceau spun in turn two. At lap 10, Jarrett Young came into the top five. The front four remained static through the end of the race with Vogt winning over Demattia, Lenart, Layton and Jarrett Young. For Vogt, it was a very emotional win since it was his first win since his young son, Trent, tragically passed away early in the 2019 season.

At lap one of the Mill Run Collision Super Late Model feature Wonderling, John Lobb and Chad Valone ran the backstretch three-wide with Valone leading at the completion of the lap over Lobb and Wonderling with former class champion Chris Hackett fourth and John Volpe fifth. Hackett was third at lap two. The order remained the same until lap seven when Volpe breezed into second. Valone, meanwhile, was pulling away every lap, leading by a quarter-lap at eight with Volpe, Darrell Bossard, Lobb and 2018 champion Dave Hess Jr. filling out the top five. Andy Boozel came into the top five at lap 10, then to fourth at lap 12. The halfway order was Valone, Volpe, Bossard, Boozel and Hess. At 14, in turns three and four, Hackett slowed dramatically, putting the race under yellow and erasing Valone’s lead. That didn’t bother Valone as he simply pulled back out to the lead, winning in his first appearance of 2020 at Eriez. Volpe wound up second with Hess third, Bossard fourth and Boozel fifth.

The Nic Dit Trucking RUSH Late Models had Gary Troyer and Josh Ferry on row one. Ferry led the way through lap one with Troyer, Matt Sipes, Wonderling and Brian Larson following. At two laps Jon Rivers spun on the front straight. After green, yellow was again necessary before another lap was in the books when DJ Krug, Ward Schell, Kyle Zimmerman, David Parker, and Joe Long got together in turn four. After another green, Jeremy Wonderling took over up front with Ferry now second over Sipes, Troyer, and Bud Watson. Parker and Alex Haight spun at lap four, then racing went well, with Wonderling building a solid lead of half a straight by lap seven. At halfway it was Wonderling, Ferry, Sipes, Watson and Billy Henry as the top five. Yellow again appeared at lap 11 when Scott Dellahoy spun in turn two. After green Ferry challenged for the lead through turns three and four but Wonderling prevailed. The order remained Wonderling, Ferry, Sipes, Henry and now Darrell Bossard through to lap 20 of the scheduled 25 when Bossard got by Henry for fourth. Matt Latta was next to Sipes for fifth at 21 laps. At the checkers it was Wonderling picking up the $1,500 with Ferry second, Henry third, Bossard fourth and Latta fifth.

The Waterford Hotel E-Mod feature started with Chad Carlson and Steve Simon up front. Carlson led Simon, Troy Johnson, McGee and Ken Zimmer through lap one then, on lap two, Mike Eschrich, Nick Mohawk, Cale Crocker and Brian Mohawk all wrecked coming out of turn two. Tim Peterson was also apparently involved, but tried to drive back to the pit but came to a stop until in turn four, with heavy front-end damage. Nick Mohawk went to the pit but returned in time to rejoin the event. Eschrich needed towed from the scene, done for the night. At the green flag Dave Lamphere and Zach Johnson got together on the front straight, negating the start. When the race again was green Carlson was still leading with Troy Johnson now second, Simon third, McGee fourth and Zimmer fifth. At four laps Troy Johnson bounced off the front wall, losing two spots. At five laps, Adam Ashcroft, last week’s winner, was fifth. McGee took second at seven laps and came by Carlson for the lead at nine when yellow slowed the race for Kevin Smith, spun on the backstretch. The halfway order was McGee, Carlson, Simon, Zimmer and Troy Johnson. Ashcroft was back in fifth at 11 laps with Zimmer and Carlson side by side for second at lap 12. McGee was speeding away to a quarter-lap lead at lap 13. At 14 it was McGee, Zimmer, Carlson, Ashcroft and Simon. Ashcroft and Carlson were even at lap 15 for third. The final yellow was at lap 17 when Troy Johnson and Steve Rex spun in turn four. At the finish McGee was the winner, followed by Zimmer, Ashcroft, Simon and John Boyd. Carlson slipped all the way back to seventh at the finish.

The L&D Challenger Division had 40 entries for their regular-length card of events. After four heats and two “B” mains, the field was narrowed to 24-starters with Zack Eller, a former champion, and Jeff Nunemaker on the front row. Eller led lap one with Chris Horton, the current points leader, second, Nunemaker third, Andrew Smith fourth, and last week’s winner, Lawrence fifth. Lawrence got to fourth at lap two, then at lap three was even with Horton for second at the line when two pieces of debris were spotted in turn one, making caution necessary. The order for the restart was Eller, Lawrence, Horton, Holden Heineman and Andrew Smith. Tenth-starting Tommy LaBarbera broke into the top five at lap six. Yellow was again shown at lap seven, this time for a wheel rolling up the back straight from the Rod Brit car. Over the final laps, Lawrence came to the front and was unchallenged, cruising to his sixth consecutive win at area tracks. Behind Lawrence at the checkers were Horton, Heineman, Eller and LaBarbera.

Mill Run Collision Super Late Models

Heat 1: John Volpe, Jeremy Wonderling, Darrell Bossard, Breyton Santee, Dutch Davies, Matt Urban, Khole Wanzer

Heat 2: Dave Hess Jr, Chad Valone, Steve Kania, Andy Boozel, Nate Hill, Anthony Marotto

Heat 3: Chris Hackett, John Lobb, Wendell Pinckney, Bob Dorman, Dave Lyon, Bump Hedman

Feature: Chad Valone, John Volpe, Dave Hess Jr, Darrell Bossard, Andy Boozel, John Lobb, Dave Lyon, Breyton Santee, Dutch Davies, Steve Kania, Anthony Marotto, Nate Hill, Khole Wanzer, Wendall Pinckney, Bump Hedman, Bob Dorman, Chris Hackett, Matt Urban, Jeremy Wonderling

Nit Dit Trucking RUSH Late Models

Heat 1: Bud Watson, Brian Larson, Billy Henry, Alex Haight, Steve Houser, Breyton Santee, John John, Scott Dellahoy

Heat 2: David Parker, Matthew Sipes, Matt Latta, Ward Schell, Jon Rivers, Kohler Wanzer, Darrin Waldron

Heat 3: Jeremy Wonderling, Josh Ferry, Darrell Bossard, Scott Gurdak, Jared Kane, Paul Norman, Jason Genco

Heat 4: Joe Long, Gary Troyer, D J Krug, Kyle Zimmerman, Chad Clement, Brad Stoeger, Gary Young’s (DNS)

B-Main: Khole Wanzer, Scott Dellahoy, Jason Genco, Breyton Santee, Paul Norman, Brad Stoeger, Gary Youngs

Feature: Jeremy Wonderling, Josh Ferry, Billy Henry, Darrell Bossard, Matt Latta, Jason Genco, Matthew Sipes, Bud Watson, Breyton Santee, Khole Wanzer, Jared Kane, Kyle Zimmerman, Jon Rivers, Gary Troyer, Chad Clement, Scott Dellahoy, Brian Larson, Scott Gurdak, Steve Houser, David Parker, D J Krug, Alex Haight, Joe Long, Ward Schell

Waterford Hotel E-Mods

Heat 1: Eric Reinwald, Adam Ashcroft, John Boyd, Butch Southwell, Zach Johnson, Nick Mohawk, Mark Titus

Heat 2: Dennis Lunger, Troy Johnson, Steve Sornberger, Tim Rockwell, Chris Peterson, David Warrior, Cale Rockwell

Heat 3: Ken Zimmer, Steve Simon, Tim Peterson, Kevin Smith, Brian Mohawk, Dave Lamphere, Randy Hall

Heat 4: Mike McGee, Chad Carlson, Mike Eschrich, Steve Rex, Joel Watson, Brady Westfall, Jarred Silvis

B-Main: Nick Mohawk, Mark Titus, Cale Crocker, Dave Lamphere, Randy Hall, Brady Westfall, Jarred Silvis, David Warrior

Feature: Mike McGee, Ken Zimmer, Adam Ashcroft, Steve Simon, John Boyd, Joel Watson, Chad Carlson, Dennis Lunger, Butch Southwell, Eric Reinwald, Nick Mohawk, Tim Rockwell, Steve Sornberger, Chris Peterson, Steve Rex, Troy Johnson Kevin Smith, Mark Titus, Cale Crocker, Tim Peterson, Mike Eschrich, Zach Johnson, Brian Mohawk, Dave Lamphere

Johnson’s Car Care & Collision Economod

Heat 1: Mitchell Wright, Dustin Demattia, Gary Olson, Brad Boyd, Jason Brightman, Cody Stronghart, Pat Drennan, Dennis Dellinger, Gary Sullivan

Heat 2: Bob Vogt, Zack Lenart, Kyle Layton, Jarett Young, Brian Toto, Steve Simon, Andrew Pisarchick, Brody Hill

Heat 3: Matt Alexander, Nate Young, Jeremy Double, Garrett Calvert, Justin Chaddock, Tyler Davis, Dominic DePonceau, Dennis Asel

Feature: Bob Vogt, Dustin Demattia, Zack Lenart, Kyle Layton, Jarett Young, Mitchell Wright, Matt Alexander, Jeremy Double, Gary Olson, Brad Boyd, Jason Brightman, Brian Toto, Dominic DePonceau, Pat Drennan, Nate Young, Justin Chaddock, Garrett Calvert, Cody Stronghart, Steve Simon, Tyler Davis, Dennis Asel, Brody Hill, Chad Carlson (DNS), Andrew Pisarchick (DNS), Gary Sullivan (DNS)

L&D Tree Service Challengers

Heat 1: Holden Heineman, Andrew Smith, Joe Mason, Body McClintock, Brandon Huffman, Brandon Maratto, Ricky Hauser, David Moller, Rachel Moller, Emily Garrett

Heat 2: Chris Horton, Todd Hanlon, Tommy LaBarbera, Nicholas Reed, James Weigle, Nick Eck, Austyn Richards, Bob Leonard, Randy Vrooman, James Glover

Heat 3: Mark Lawrence, Jeff Nunemaker, Wes Stull, Andy Proper, Tyler Walters, Dalton Eggleston, Mitchell Rex, Jonathan Seekings, Charles McClintock, Jack Warrior

Heat 4: Kevin Covell, Zack Eller, Rod Brit, Jordan Melice, Joe Lindberg, Phillip Birt, Gary Youngs, Kasey Markham, Amy Lewis, Jasmine Markham

B-Main 1: Austyn Richards, Bob Leonard, Nick Eck, Ricky Hauser, Randy Vrooman

B-Main 2: Mitchell Rex, Charles McClintock, Jack Warrior, Jonathan Seekings, Phillip Brit, Kasey Markham, Jasmine Markham, Amy Lewis, Dalton Eggleston

Feature: Mark Lawrence, Chris Horton, Holden Heineman, Zack Eller, Tommy LaBarbera, Andrew Smith, Tyler Walters, Wes Stull, Toss Hanlon, Joe Mason, Nicholas Reed, Jordan Melice, Austyn Richards, Charles McClintock, Brandon Huffman, James Weigle, Kevin Covell, Mitchell Rex, Bob Leonard, Andy Proper, Joe Lindberg, Jeff Nunemaker, Body McClintock, Rod Birt