Issue 20 Rolling Thunder E-Mag - PA speedweek 2013

t t e n d o H g e r a i G n a v l y s n n e n P o i p 3 1 m 0 a 2 h C k e e w d e e p S t n i Spr

Rolling Thunder e-Mag. 2013 PA Speedweek Special Edition 20 Editor; Brett “Pirate” Swanson PHOTO’S All photo’s by Brett Swanson & Kieran Swanson for Pirate Media.

Swanson.1@bigpond.com CONTRIBUTORS; Brett Swanson

2013 PA SPEEDWEEK FORMAT TIME TRIALS; Time trials will be single car with order determined by a blind draw. Each track has the option to conduct one or two lap time trials. Any driver missing their assigned spot by more than two positions will get one lap at the end of time trials and will not make the invert for the heat race.

HEATS RACES; Heat race lineups will be set with an invert of four cars in each heat based on time trials, regardless of the number of heat races run. If three heats are held six cars will qualify. If four heats are run five cars will qualify.

B-MAIN; The B-main will be aligned heads up by time. If three heats were run six cars will qualify. If four heats were run four cars will qualify.

FEATURE; The top two finishers from each heat, and the top two time trialers who qualify in their heats but don’t finish in the top two will be placed into the feature inversion.

These drivers will be aligned by time and the fastest qualifier will draw for an invert of 4-6-8 or 46 if inversion pool is less than 8 cars. The remainder of the field will be aligned by time regardless of whether they qualified in their heat or the B-Main.

POINT STRUCTURE; TIME TRIALS; 40-35-30-29-28-27-26-25-24-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-1514-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-54-3-2-1-1-1-1 HEATS; Points awarded only to qualified cars; 20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 B-MAIN; Points awarded only to qualified cars; 8-7-6-5-4-3 FEATURE; 125-100-95-90-85-80-75-70-65-60-55-50-45-40-35-30-25-20-15 -10-5-5-5-5

COPYRIGHT:

Material contained in Rolling Thunder Racing E news is protected under the Commonwealth Copyright Act 1968. No part of this publication may in any form or by any means be reproduced without the prior written permission of the Publisher. The publisher has taken all reasonable precautions to ensure the complete accuracy of material contained in this publication, however, it is a condition of receiving this magazine that the Publisher does not assume any responsibility for any loss or damage which may result from the content of material published in this magazine. Although Rolling Thunder Raceway Promotions Inc uses its best endeavours to ensure the accuracy of everything it publishes, the Fair Trading Act 1985 requires Rolling Thunder Raceway Promotions Inc to disclaim any belief in the truth or falsity of information whish is supplied to it and which is published in other than editorial comment.

Unsolicited editorial contributions are welcome, how ever, no responsibility can be accepted for their safety or return. The options of contribu-

STANDARD PA SPRINT CAR RULES WILL APPLY 410 cubic inch engine displacement.

1400 pounds with driver after any event.

Approved Hoosier right and left rear tires 25 square foot Flat Top Wing with maximum 1 inch wickerbill.

Each track is responsible for its on track racing rules and insurance.

MINIMUM FEATURE PAYOFF: Point Fund – Total dependent on all 9 races completed 1.$5,000 11. 900 1. $2,000 2. 2,000 12. 750 2. 1,500 3. 1,700 13. 600 3. 1,000 4. 1,500 14. 500 4. 900 5. 1,400 15. 450 5. 800 6. 1,300 16. 425 6. 700 7. 1,200 17. – 24. 400 7. 600 8. 1,100 8. 500 9. 1,050 9. 400 10.1,000 10. 300 Tow for non-qualifiers - $50 Minimum

2013 PA SPEEDWEEK POINT STANDINGS. 1. 39 Greg Hodnett* 887+ 2. 20s Fred Rahmer 872+ 3. 19 Stevie Smith* 863+ 4. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr * 860+ 5. 27 Lance Dewease 822+ 6. 19M Brent Marks 807+ 7. 48 Danny Dietrich* 743+ 8. 1/11 Danny Lasoski 735+ 9. 7/5L Chad Layton 540+ 10. 21 Brian Montieth 503 11. 1s Logan Schuchart 502+ 12. 87 Alan Krimes* 483 13. 15 Adam Wilt 394 14. 2W/59 Jim Siegel 369 15. 11c Cory Haas 283 16. 69/92 Ryan Smith 276 17. 12 Blane Heimbach* 275 18. 99 Brady Bacon 270 19. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 262+ 20. 25 Aaron Ott 235+ 21. 55 Mike Wagner 212 22. 69K Donnie Kreitz Jr 206 23. 2T T J Stutts 201 24. 14 Gerard McIntyre Jr 181 25. 2W/5 Glenndon Forsythe 175 26. 10 Dave Blaney* 169 27. 17B Steve Buckwalter 144 27. 20 Ryan Taylor 144 29. 29 Ryan Wilson 139 30. 47 Eric Riggins Jr 138+ 31. 98 Doug Esh 137 31. 11 Mike Erdley 137 33. 27H Mark Smith 132 34. 75 Nicole Bower 130 35. 747 Davey Sammons 124 36. 44 Rodney Westhafer 98 37. 8 Billy Dietrich 97

38. 5 Dylan Cisney 96 39. 18 Ryan Bohlke 81 40. 1a Jacob Allen 75+ 41. 8H Keith Kauffman 68 42. 56 Nate Snyder 66 43. 45 Kevin Nagy 65 44. 44 Joey Hershey 61 45. 55K Robbie Kendall 60 46. 69 Tim Glatfelter 53 47. 25 J J Grasso 49 48. I07 Cliff Brian 31 49. 7JR Jimmy Reppert 27 50. 2H Dave Hahn 26 51. 99M Kyle Moody 25 52. 38 Scott Wilson 21 53. 25 Jimmy Seager 18 54. 1080 Jordan Mackison 13 55. 0 Steve Storrie 6 56. 21 Kyle Reinhardt 5 56. 21A Will Rose 5 56. 12W Troy Fraker 5 59. 18 Bob Bennett 4 60. 51 Karl Baker 3 60. 29T Robin Dawkins 3 62. 95 Hunter Mackison 2 63 33 Curt Stroup 1 63. 8s Trenton Sheaffer 1 63. 21 Rod Stroup 1 63. 30 Daryl Stimeling 1 63. 24B Dustin Baney 1 63. 22T Matt Boland 1 63. 23 Todd Rittenhouse Jr 1 63. 21T Scott Fisher 1 63. 12 Mike Bittinger 1 63. 4 John Rudisill 1 * indicates win + indicates has attended all shows

Hodnett saves Posse pride.

Greg Hodnett narrowly averted a disaster when he won the 2013 rendition of the Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek (his fourth PA Speedweek crown).

The pending disaster was the thought of a non Pennsylvania (PA) Posse driver winning the championship for the first time ever, and to make matters worse it was Texan Sam Hafertepe Jnr who, if not for one bad night, looked likely to break the trend.

Hodnett himself knows what it feels like to come in and beat the posse as the former Memphis native was only a relatively newly deputised member of the posse when he won his first speedweek back in 2002.

Hafertepe though displayed blistering speed, especially during time trials but was unlucky with a couple of mechanical issues however. Iin reality it was always going to be a huge ask for the driver of the Lone Star Speedway, Plumbfast 15H team to beat the notorious posse on their home tracks, and so Hafertepe is justifiably proud of the fact that he was able to score a feature win along the

Greg Hodnett (39) sets up for the winn way. “I couldn’t possibly be more proud,” exclaimed Sam on his sam15.com website. “Central Pennsylvania is such a tough area of the country to come in and race at so to walk out of here with a victory is such an honor and a boost for our whole team.”

Admittedly Hodnett’s challenge was not as strong technically as in past years due to the absence of his ace crew chief Lee Stauffer for half of the tour due to a family wedding in Hawaii, and so it is

ning pass on erstwhile leader Danny Dietrich (48) @ Williams Grove therefore ironic that the Trone Outdoor #39 team took their only win, and a somewhat lucky win at that, on opening night without Stauffer.

The 2013 tournament was schedule to be fought out over 9 events, at 7 different tracks over a 10 day period. Unfortunately the Selinsgrove finale was rained out just as teams were setting up pitside and the mid-tour Grandview event was also cancelled, possibly prematurely, due to the threat of inclement weather.

The 2013 tour however, was nothing if not ultra competitive with seven different winners and as an Antipodean added extra, both Victorian star Darren Mollenoyux and Tasmanian veteran Robin Dawkins, were in action at all or some of the rounds.

Sam Hafertepe Jr. (above) stunned the locals with a new track record while Danny Dietrich (right) was in the spot light, literally, after winning heat 1 and then leading all but the last lap of the main event.

Kick-off date was June 28 at the hallowed grounds of Williams Grove where 34 cars were on hand including Aussie Molly.

Hafertepe telegraphed his intensions after a 25 hour drive north from the pan handle state with a new track record cutting the only lap in the 16 second bracket during time trials.

Heat wins were shared amongst Danny Dietrich, Lance Dewease, Rodney Westhaffer and Gerard McIntyre Jr. Adam Wilt led home the B-Main challengers which included Aussie Molly.

The main event turned out to be a cracker when for the second week in a row a last lap pass netted the sprint car feature win at Williams Grove Speedway.

And who was the unlucky driver that almost led from go to whoa? It was double D Danny Dietrich.

The win was Hodnett’s first of the season at Williams Grove and was worth $5,000.

Dietrich and Chad Layton shared the front row for the start of the main event and two-time 2013 winner Dietrich took the lead at the start.

Hodnett couldn’t match the speed of Dietrich but was able to close with heavy lapped traffic even drawing alongside at one point.

With eight laps to go a final caution occurred and from here Hodnett was able to keep pace as Dietrich became a little erratic.

Hodnett ran down the leader and was leaving no room for error with just over a lap to go when Dietrich jumped the cushion in the third and fourth turns and hit the wall while heading towards the white flag and that was all Hodnett

needed to make a run for the win.

He drove to Dietrich’s inside as the pair headed out of the second turn and onto the backstretch with the lead.

Dietrich tried to reclaim control with a run that saw him slap the outside backstretch wall as he shot his car into the third corner but to no avail as Hodnett went on to take his 52nd career win at Williams Grove, ranking himself fourth on the oval’s all time win list. .

“Danny was having a little problem getting off of four,” Hodnett said of Dietrich.

“He hit the wall a couple laps before that.”

The win was also the 23rd of Hodnett’s career in speedweek action.

Jim Siegel’s #2 (left), John Kovach IV (46) and Rejean Plante (79) in their Spee

SpeedSTRs The quirky looking SpeedSTR’s (Speed - Short Track Racers), a four cylinder Mopar engined machine that race on both dirt and asphalt, offered up some support to the main event and

there were many famous names among the entries including Brian “The Edge” Montieth, and second generation progeny Freddie and Branden Rahmer and Brad Brightbill.

In the end it was John Kovatch IV who took the win in these strange looking cars.

edSTRs (middle) & Aussie Darren Mollenoyux in the Adrian Parr 77AU (right).

6/28/13 WILLIAMS GROVE 25 LAPS 34 CARS 6 INVERT 1. 39 Greg Hodnett 2. 48 Danny Dietrich 3. 1 Danny Lasoski 4. 19M Brent Marks 5. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. 6. 7 Chad Layton 7. 27 Lance Dewease 8. 20s Fred Rahmer 9. 87 Alan Krimes 10. 21 Brian Montieth 11. 2 Jim Siegel

Heat 4 winner Gerard McIntyre Jr. (above) and Heat 3 winner Rodney Westhafer (below).

Heat 2 winner and local legend Lance Dewease (below).

12. 19 Stevie Smith 13. 14 Gerard McIntyre Jr. 14. 15 Adam Wilt 15. 20 Ryan Taylor 16. 747 Davey Sammons 17. 11c Cory Haas 18. 29 Ryan Wilson 19. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 20. 75 Nicole Bower 21. 44 Rodney Westhafer 22. 1s Logan Schuchart 23. 47 Eric Riggins Jr. 24. 2T T J Stutts

2013 PA SPEEDWEEK POINT STANDINGS

Hodnett 25 Fast Time; Hafertepe 16.892 Heat Winners; Dietrich, Dewease, Westhafer, 14 McIntyre Jr. B-Main Winner; 15 Wilt DNQ; Aaron Ott, Mike Erdley, Glenndon Forsythe, Mike Wagner, Troy Fraker, Karl Baker, Steve Buckwalter, Donnie Kreitz Jr., Jacob Allen, Ryan Smith

Lap Leaders; Dietrich 1-24,

B-Main winner Adam Wilt (left)

1. 39 Greg Hodnett* 173 2. 48 Danny Dietrich 144 3. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr 143 4. 1 Danny Lasoski 142 5. 19M Brent Marks 131 6. 20s Fred Rahmer 121 7. 7 Chad Layton 119 8. 27 Lance Dewease 114 9. 87 Alan Krimes 103 10. 21 Brian Montieth 85 11. 2 Jim Siegel 83 12. 14 Gerard McIntyre Jr 82 13. 19 Stevie Smith 80 14. 15 Adam Wilt 76 15. 20 Ryan Taylor 60 16. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 54 16. 29 Ryan Wilson 54 18. 747 Davey Sammons 50 19. 44 Rodney Westhafer 47 20. 75 Nicole Bower 46 20. 11c Cory Haas 46 22 2T T J Stutts 26 23. 47 Eric Riggins Jr 24 24. 69k Donnie Kreitz Jr. 21 25. 1s Logan Schuchart 18 26. 25 Aaron Ott 10 27. 5 Glenndon Forsythe 9 28. 55 Mike Wagner 6 29. 17B Steve Buckwalter 4 30. 11 Mike Erdley 3 31. 1A Jacob Allen 2 32. 69 Ryan Smith 1 32. 12w Troy Fraker 1 32. 51 Karl Baker 1

R.I.P Jason Leffler, 18 year old Eric Riggins Jr. from Charlotte NC wings down into turn 3, and the B-Main field ready’s for a start.

Veteran Alan Krimes still knows the way to L

Lincoln’s victory lane after leading all 30 laps.

23 year old Nicole Bower (left) was the BMain winner, while Brian Montieth (bottom left), Jim Siegel (bottom centre) and Adam Wilt (bottom right) won three of the four heats.

timed lap at the end of the session which basically culled his chances of a solid result.

Heading into night two, redemption from Deitrich was expected as after all, he is the reigning Lincoln track champion.

However, the night belonged to veteran Alan Krimes who led all 30 laps to take the $5,000 and the speedweek points lead along with it.

Stevie Smith set fast time at 13.251 seconds just beating Hafertepe on 13.253.

Sadly Molly had a magneto problem which meant he only got one

“It was a brand new maggie (Magneto), it doesn’t make any sense.” Stated car owner Adrian Parr afterwards.

Montieth, Wilt, Dietrich and Jim Siegel (in a different car to the one he runs at the Grove) won the heats, while 23 year old former Rookie of the year at both Williams Grove and Port Royal Nicole Bower took out the B-Main in her pretty orange #75.

As hard as he tried Molly couldn’t overcome his early set backs and failed to progress out of the B-Main.

Sometimes though, it’s just your night, and Speedweek feature number two belonged to veteran Alan Krimes who should now consider changing his number from 87 to 4.

Krimes timed fourthquick time and finished fourth in his heat. Both Smith and Fred Rahmer finished in to top two of their heats, putting Krimes into the inversion for the feature. When Smith picked pill number four for the inversion, Krimes found himself on the pole for the “A” Main.

And he didn’t waste the opportunity, outrunning 168-time Lincoln winner and 13-time Speedweek champion Rahmer to the first turn and leading every lap of the 30-lap, $5,000-to-win event for

Track champ Double D, Danny Dietrich kept the large crowd (both above) happy with a heat win while Stevie Smith (centre) set quick time.

All American Outlaws.

Continuing the theme of weird looking support categories was the All American Outlaws, a V8 engined 1930 3 or 5 window Coupe or Tudor style fiberglass body based on a 1978 to 1988 General Motors intermediate frame, Randy Doty dropped three spots from his outside front row starting spot, then worked his way back to the lead to win the rained-shortened 17-lap feature.

The race was flagged off during a lap 18 red flag for a seven-car melee in turns three and four.

his third Lincoln win of the year.

Lapped traffic also played into his favor in the feature.

“I was pretty good on the top early,” said Krimes, “And then that yellow came out and I wasn’t as good on the top. I kinda stayed up there, but once I got around lapped cars that were running the bottom I moved down, and I felt a little bit better down there.”

Krimes’ final margin of victory in his 13th career Lincoln win was 3.28 seconds.

Aussie “Molly” was hampered by magneto trouble (below) while Randy Doty won the All American Outlaws rain shortened support feature (bottom).

Saturday June 29 6/29/13 LINCOLN 30 LAPS 36 CARS 4 INVERT 1. 87 Alan Krimes 2. 20s Fred Rahmer 3. 19 Stevie Smith 4. 21 Brian Montieth 5. 27 Lance Dewease 6. 15 Adam Wilt 7. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr 8. 19m Brent Marks 9. 11c Cory Haas 10. 59 Jim Siegel

11. 92 Ryan Smith 12. 39 Greg Hodnett 13. 1 Danny Lasoski 14. 1s Logan Schuchart 15. 25 Aaron Ott 16. 48 Danny Dietrich 17. 2W Glenndon Forsythe 18. 5L Chad Layton 19. 45 Kevin Nagy 20. 75 Nicole Bower 21. 69 Tim Glatfelter 22. 14 Gerard McIntyre Jr 23. 18 Ryan Bohlke 24. 47 Eric Riggins Jr

Local residents have some of the best viewing platforms around (left) while another is the office of ultra professional announcer Wayne Harper (bottom)

Lap Leaders; Krimes 1-30 Fast Time; S. Smith 13.251 Heat Winners; Montieth, Wilt, D. Dietrich, Siegel B-Main Winner; Bower DNQ; Jacob Allen, Steve Buckwalter, Matt Boland, Kyle Moody, Darren Mollenyoux, Steve Storrie, Robbie Kendall, Ryan Wilson, J J Grasso, Jordan Mackison, Hunter Mackison, Billy Dietrich

2013 PA SPEEDWEEK POINT STANDINGS 1. 87 Alan Krimes* 271+ 2. 20s Fred Rahmer 269+ 3. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr 269+ 4. 39 Greg Hodnett* 264+ 5. 19M Brent Marks 243+ 6. 19 Stevie Smith 233+ 7. 27 Lance Dewease 231+ 8. 1 Danny Lasoski 226+ 9. 48 Danny Dietrich 216+ 10. 21 Brian Montieth 215+ 11. 15 Adam Wilt 203+ 12. 2/59 Jim Siegel 180+ 13. 7/5L Chad Layton 161+ 14. 11c Cory Haas 135+ 15. 14 Gerard McIntyre Jr 112+ 16. 69/92 Ryan Smith 98+ 17. 75 Nicole Bower 88+ 18. 1s Logan Schuchart 83+ 19. 29 Ryan Wilson 72+ 20. 5/2w Glenndon Forsythe 69+ 21. 25 Aaron Ott 65+ 22. 20 Ryan Taylor 60 23. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 55+ 23. 47 Eric Riggins Jr 55+ 25. 747 Davey Sammons 50 26. 44 Rodney Westhafer 47 27. 69 Tim Gklatfelter 42 28. 45 Kevin Nagy 28 29 2T T J Stutts 26 30. 69k Donnie Kreitz Jr. 21

31. 18 Ryan Bohlke 19 32. 1080 Jordan Mackison 12 33. 1A Jacob Allen 8+ 34. 55 Mike Wagner 6 35. 17B Steve Buckwalter 5+ 35. 25 J J Grasso 5 37. 99M Kyle Moody 4 38. 0 Steve Storrie 3 38. 11 Mike Erdley 3 40. 8 Billy Dietrich 2 41. 22T Matt Boland 1 41. 55K Robbie Kendall 1 41. 95 Hunter Mackison 1

41. 12w Troy Fraker 1 41. 51 Karl Baker 1 * indicates win + indicates has attended all shows

This one got away from Ryan Wilson (above) & How close do you want to stand? (below left)

Big Diamond – night 3.

The final event of the opening stanza was set for Big Diamond Raceway but the dodgy weather from the night before almost killed the event before it began.

New promoter Jake Smulley made the hard decision to push on regardless and with an infield that resembled a swamp proceeded with night 3 which turned out to be a historic event when Hafertepe (pictured) scored his first ever PA Sprint Speed Week victory and first ever Big Diamond Speedway win in the 30 lap main event.

Starting from the pole position, Hafertepe bolted into the lead at the drop of the green and immediately opened up a large lead over second place running Smith.

On a late race restart, Smith made a daring move into turn 2 to try and wrestle the lead from Hafertepe, but to no avail, and

the Sunnyvale steerer was able to cruise to the $5,000 victory.

With a smaller field of only 24 cars it was all in for the final where Molly garnered his best result with a 9th place finish ahead of many central PA feature winners.

Heats were won by Brent Marks, blow-in Brady Bacon, and Chad Layton.

Fast time for the night was set by Dewease at 13.501 seconds.

With the win, Hafertepe was also able to take over the points lead for the series.

Roadrunners In the sedan based Roadrunners support class Marc Berzowski picked up win #7 of the season in the 20 lap main event Berzowski took the lead from Shon Elk on a lap 13 restart needed after race long leader Kyle Killian tangled with a lapped car while completing lap 12.

Elk was never far behind, and took a shot at the lead several times over the last seven laps, but was never able to overtake Berzowski.

Highlights of this class included a heat where Elk and Chris Holland raced almost the entire duration side by side.

Roadrunners victo (66K) in the thick Ti Fitzpatrick Jr. (17R (181) (belo

PA legend Lance D right) set

or Marc Berzowski of the action with m R) & Devon Trexler ow middle).

Dewease (bottom fast time.

Chad Layton (above) scored a heat win

as did Brady Bacon (above) and Brent Marks (below).

6/30/13 BIG DIAMOND 30 LAPS 24 CARS 6 INVERT 1. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. 2. 19 Stevie Smith 3. 19M Brent Marks 4. 27 Lance Dewease 5. 39 Greg Hodnett 6. 1 Danny Lasoski 7. 99 Brady Bacon 8. 20s Fred Rahmer 9. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 10. 27H Mark Smith 11. 7 Chad Layton 12. 48 Danny Dietrich 13. 25 Aaron Ott 14. 1s Logan Schuchart 15. 8 Billy Dietrich 16. 29 Ryan Wilson 17. 47 Eric Riggins Jr 18. 21 Brian Montieth 19. 69 Ryan Smith 20. 7JR Jimmy Reppert 21. 1A Jacob Allen 22. 38 Scott Wilson DNS 87 Alan Krimes 25 Jimmy Seager Lap Leaders; Hafertepe 1-30 Fast Time; Dewease 13.501 Heat Winners; Marks, Bacon, Layton

2013 PA SPEEDWEEK POINT STANDINGS 1. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr * 436+ 2. 39 Greg Hodnett* 394+ 3. 20s Fred Rahmer 390+ 4. 19m Brent Marks 384+ 5. 27 Lance Dewease 379+ 6. 19 Stevie Smith 377+ 7. 1 Danny Lasoski 349+ 8. 87 Alan Krimes* 311+ 9. 48 Danny Dietrich 295+ 10. 21 Brian Montieth 264+ 11. 7/5L Chad Layton 257+ 12. 15 Adam Wilt 203 13. 2/59 Jim Siegel 180 14. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 160+ 15. 1s Logan Schuchart 149+ 16. 69/92 Ryan Smith 146+ 17. 25 Aaron Ott 137+ 18. 11c Cory Haas 135 19. 29 Ryan Wilson 123+ 20. 99 Brady Bacon 120 21. 14 Gerard McIntyre Jr 112 22. 47 Eric Riggins Jr 102+ 23. 27H Mark Smith 94 24. 75 Nicole Bower 88 25. 5/2w Glenndon Forsythe 69 26. 20 Ryan Taylor 60 27. 8 Billy Dietrich 59 28. 747 Davey Sammons 50 29. 44 Rodney Westhafer 47 30. 69 Tim Gklatfelter 42 31. 1A Jacob Allen 34+ 32. 45 Kevin Nagy 28 33. 7JR Jimmy Reppert 27 34 2T T J Stutts 26 35. 69k Donnie Kreitz Jr. 21 35. 38 Scott Wilson 21 37. 18 Ryan Bohlke 19 38. 25 Jimmy Seager 18 39. 1080 Jordan Mackison 12 40. 55 Mike Wagner 6 41. 17B Steve Buckwalter 5 41. 25 J J Grasso 5 43. 99M Kyle Moody 4 44. 0 Steve Storrie 3 44. 11 Mike Erdley 3 46. 22T Matt Boland 1 46. 55K Robbie Kendall 1 46. 95 Hunter Mackison 1 46. 12w Troy Fraker 1 46. 51 Karl Baker 1 * indicates win + indicates has attended all shows

In the blow in Lasosk the stun

A drenched speedway, occasional rain showers in the morning and a forecast of afternoon and evening thunderstorms through until mid-night forced the decision to cancel the Tuesday night, July 2 event at Grandview Speedway.

The 410 sprints and 358 modified double-header is always a popular event but due to weather, it was not going to happen.

Sadly, as is often the case, the afternoon remained slightly overcast, and the event could possibly have been run.

Who wants to be a promoter? Not me.

end there was nothing between NASCAR n Dave Blaney (#10) and challenger Danny ki (obscured) when the teams converged on nning Hagerstown Speedway for night 5.

Hagerstown – night 5.

Despite it being called the PA Speedweek, night number 5 was held at the impressive Hagerstown speedway in the state of Maryland.

Equally impressive was the performance of 1995 World of Outlaws Champion Dave Blaney who flew from Charlotte, NC to race at Hagerstown on the Wednesday evening.

I’m proud of it (winning),” Blaney said.

“This is cool, to come and beat these guys, they’re so good in this area. The track is so nice all the time and it’s good to race on and we thought we could learn a lot and have fun.”

He showed little signs of any rust with his performance and ended by taking the $5,000 victory after a late race dog fight with Dover’s Danny Lasoski “I’m proud of it (winning),” Blaney said. “This is cool, to come and beat these guys, they’re so good in this area. We had the money spot to start (pole) and the car was good enough to hang on. We looked really bad in Ohio Speedweek and we took it home and made some changes and wanted to come over here. The track is so nice all the time and it’s good to race on and we thought we could learn a lot and have fun. “ Blaney timed fifth quick of the 30 entries but after Logan Schuchart didn’t qualify, Blaney had the pole position in the four car invert with Danny Lasoski sitting alongside while Hafertepe and quick timer Mike Wagner were in row two.

Blaney opened a lead early running the long way around the topside of the track before eventually moving back to the pole line.

A rare spin by Donnie Kreitz Jr closed things up for a short sprint to the flag where Blaney wasn’t able to shake off Lasoski over the final laps leading to an exciting conclusion to the event.

Finally Blaney stormed off the final turn just a length ahead of Lasoski and Dewease.

Blaney said, “I could hear their motors running back there so I didn’t know where to run, whether to block a little bit, so I went with where I thought was best and hung on and it worked out.”

Th wo des Hage

Wide

& Fa

hree ords scribe erstown

& ast

Long

Hodnett, Dewease (pictured dicing at right) and Hafertepe (15H speed shot previous page) were the heat winners.

Bobby Allen’s grandson Logan Schuchart (bottom right) won the B main.

Wagner rounded the track with fast time of 16.174 seconds.

For Molly, Hagerstown produced another A-Main result after coming through the B-Main.

Vintage The support category was a mix of beautifully restored vintage and veteran open wheel and sedan speedway vehicles, some of which were driven with great gusto.

A couple of highlights included the fiercely driven “Lance Dewease” – Dyer Masonry – Brickmobile #461 and the superb Al Hamilton Special #78.

7/3/13 HAGERSTOWN 30 LAPS 30 CARS 4 INVERT 1. 10 Dave Blaney 2. 1 Danny Lasoski 3. 27 Lance Dewease 4. 39 Greg Hodnett 5. 20s Fred Rahmer 6. 1s Logan Schuchart 7. 55 Mike Wagner 8. 12 Blane Heimbach 9. 2T T J Stutts 10. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. 11. 19M Brent Marks

12. 48 Danny Dietrich 13. 19 Stevie Smith 14. 11c Cory Haas 15. 8H Keith Kauffman 16. 25 Aaron Ott 17. 1a Jacob Allen 18. 44 Rodney Westhafer 19. 69K Donnie Kreitz Jr. 20. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 21. 47 Eric Riggins Jr. 22. 44 Joey Hershey 23. 55K Robbie Kendall 24. 99 Brady Bacon Lap Leaders; Blaney 1-30 Fast Time; Wagner 16.174 Heats Winners; Hodnett, Dewease, Hafertepe B-Main Winner; Schuchart DNQ; Chad Layton, Ryan Wilson, Nicole Bower, Troy Fraker, Alan Krimes, Will Rose

Mike Wagner (top left) on his way to fast time as Robert “Jacob”Allen (middle left) and Chad Layton (bottom left) wing down hard trying to match Wagners’ time.

A touch of nostalgia as the ex Lance Dewease—Dyer Masonry “Brickmobile”is put through its paces (middle top).

The beautiful Lingle’s fiberglass “Cageless” Sprintcar (top right) awaits some more “spirited demonstration laps”.

2013 PA SPEEDWEEK POINT STANDINGS 1. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr * 546+ 2. 39 Greg Hodnett* 527+ 3. 27 Lance Dewease 516+ 4. 20s Fred Rahmer 512+ 5. 1 Danny Lasoski 496+ 6. 19m Brent Marks 463+ 7. 19 Stevie Smith 445+ 8. 48 Danny Dietrich 382+ 9. 87 Alan Krimes* 337+ 10. 1s Logan Schuchart 272+ 11. 21 Brian Montieth 264 12. 7/5L Chad Layton 263+ 13. 11c Cory Haas 208 14. 15 Adam Wilt 203 15. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 194+ 16. 25 Aaron Ott 185+ 17. 2/59 Jim Siegel 180 18. 10 Dave Blaney* 169 19. 69/92 Ryan Smith 146 20. 99 Brady Bacon 155 21. 55 Mike Wagner 135 22. 29 Ryan Wilson 130+ 23. 47 Eric Riggins Jr 125+ 24. 2T T J Stutts 116 25. 14 Gerard McIntyre Jr 112 26. 12 Blane Heimbach 109 27. 75 Nicole Bower 97 28. 27H Mark Smith 94 29. 44 Rodney Westhafer 88 30. 5/2w Glenndon Forsythe 69 31. 8H Keith Kauffman 67 32. 1a Jacob Allen 66+

32. 69K Donnie Kreitz Jr 66 34. 20 Ryan Taylor 60 35. 8 Billy Dietrich 59 36. 747 Davey Sammons 50 37. 55K Robbie Kendall 43 38. 69 Tim Gklatfelter 42 39. 44 Joey Hershey 31 40. 45 Kevin Nagy 28 41. 7JR Jimmy Reppert 27 42. 38 Scott Wilson 21 43. 18 Ryan Bohlke 19 44. 25 Jimmy Seager 18 45. 1080 Jordan Mackison 12 46. 17B Steve Buckwalter 5 46. 25 J J Grasso 5 46. 21A Will Rose 5 49. 12W Troy Fraker 4 49. 99M Kyle Moody 4 51. 0 Steve Storrie 3 51. 11 Mike Erdley 3 53. 22T Matt Boland 1 53. 95 Hunter Mackison 1 53. 51 Karl Baker 1

* indicates win + indicates has attended all shows

“Obviously it’s seven grand, but that’s far from the purpose. It was the Kevin Grobrecht Memorial. I don’t think there’s a driver that can stand out here that had more of a relationship with him than me.”- Stevie Smith in Victory Lane at the Kevin Gobrecht Memorial at Lincoln.

While at nearby Gettysburg they were packing up and relaxing from the 150 th anniversary July 4 re-enactment, at Lincoln there was no acting as the teams battled it out for the prestigious Kevin Gobrecht Memorial.

It was fitting and appropriate therefore that Stevie Smith took his first 2013 PA Speedweek win when in victory lane he explained, “Obviously it’s seven grand, but that’s far from the purpose. It was the Kevin Grobrecht Memorial. I don’t think there’s a driver that can stand out here that had more of a relationship with him than me. We all grew up together…we beat on each other…and this is a great night to win.”

“At one point in time, the Gobrechts and I were worried about football. We weren’t really

into racing,” said Smith, “I think we got tired of running up and down the field, so we all started looking at race cars. I actually sold Kevin his first go cart and that’s where he started. We dragged him to the races with us…. His death was a sad time, but I think it’s amazing the power he still has behind him from the fans here all these years later.”

For the second straight Lincoln Speedweek show, Smith set fast time. But then he pulled the #8 pill for the inversion, putting himself on the outside of row four for the start beside Saturday night Speedweek winner Alan Krimes.

Points leader Hafertepe, led the first three laps from outside the first row before thirdstarting Brent Marks rim-rode to the lead on lap four. From there, Marks pulled away to a 2.66-second lead by the time he hit lapped traffic on lap 11.

Marks, Hafertepe, and Smith ran first through third the next six laps, as a surging Krimes entered the picture when he caught Brian Montieth for fourth on lap 18.

Things got interesting with six laps to go, as Smith finally caught Hafertepe for second, and Krimes caught Hafertepe for third a lap later.

Adam Wilt (left) took anoher heat win as did points leader Sam Hafertepe (below)

The race quickly became a three-car battle for the win with three laps to go.

Smith grabbed the lead from Marks as the three leaders drove nearly side-by-side under the white flag. Smith was scored the leader of the lap, and held off both Marks and Krimes in another three-wide run under the chequered flag.

Smith’s win was the 24th in his Lincoln career, and he became the 10th different winner in 19 races at Lincoln this year.

Heats were won by Hafertepe, J J Grasso, Wilt, and Rahmer.

JJ Grasso (left) made a one-off appearance and won a heat and pole for the final

Aaron Ott (right) charged out of he B -Main into the feature

Aaron Ott won the B-Main.

Fast time in time trials over the 39-car field was set by Smith with a one-lap time of 13.506-seconds (99.956 MPH).

Aussie Molly was joined pit side by compatriot Tasmanian Dawkins who’d run a couple of Ohio Speedweek shows before heading further east.

As expected Molly was the better performer again coming out of the B-Main into the feature. Dawkins was still finding his feet and failed to finish the B-Main while all the while gaining pace.

The King of Central PA Sprintcar racing Fast Fred Rahmer (right) had to settle for only a heat win

Central PA Legends Support act Scott Haudeshell raced to his first Lincoln career win in the Central PA Legends. Haudeshell led every lap despite heavy pressure.

7/4/13 LINCOLN 30 LAPS 39 CARS 8 INVERT 1. 19 Stevie Smith 2. 19M Brent Marks 3. 87 Alan Krimes 4. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr 5. 48 Danny Dietrich 6. 21 Brian Montieth 7. 20s Fred Rahmer 8. 59 Jim Siegel 9. 2W Glenndon Forsythe 10. 27 Lance Dewease 11. 92 Ryan Smith 12. 15 Adam Wilt 13. 39 Greg Hodnett 14. 11 Danny Lasoski 15. 5L Chad Layton 16. 11c Cory Haas 17. 1s Logan Schuchart 18. 18 Ryan Bohlke 19. 45 Kevin Nagy 20. 25 Aaron Ott 21. 77Au Darren Mollenoyux 22. 55K Robbie Kendall 23. 25 J J Grasso 24. 8 Billy Dietrich Lap Leaders; Hafertepe 1-3, Marks 4-28, S. Smith 29-30 Fast Time; S. Smith 13.506 Heat Winners; Hafertepe, Grasso, Wilt, Rahmer B-Main Winner; Ott DNQ; Jacob Allen, Gerard McIntyre Jr, Ryan Wilson, Scott Fisher, Eric Riggins Jr., Nicole Bower, Mike Bittinger, Kyle Moody, Tim Glatfelter, Jordan Mackison, Hunter Mackison, Robin Dawkins, John Rudisill, Steve Storrie, Todd Rittenhouse Jr

2013 PA SPEEDWEEK POINT STANDINGS 1. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr * 676+ 2. 20s Fred Rahmer 632+ 3. 19 Stevie Smith* 626+ 4. 27 Lance Dewease 618+ 5. 19M Brent Marks 603+ 6. 39 Greg Hodnett* 600+ 7. 1/11 Danny Lasoski 565+ 8. 48 Danny Dietrich 512+ 9. 87 Alan Krimes* 483+ 10. 21 Brian Montieth 386 11. 5L Chad Layton 342+ 12. 1s Logan Schuchart 312+ 13. 15 Adam Wilt 291 14. 2W/59 Jim Siegel 285 15. 11c Cory Haas 261 16. 69/92 Ryan Smith 240 17. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 218+ 18. 25 Aaron Ott 217+ 19. 2W/5 Glenndon Forsythe 175 20. 10 Dave Blaney* 169 21. 99 Brady Bacon 155 22. 55 Mike Wagner 135 23. 29 Ryan Wilson 136+ 24. 47 Eric Riggins Jr 127+ 25. 2T T J Stutts 116 26. 14 Gerard McIntyre Jr 117 27. 12 Blane Heimbach 109 28. 75 Nicole Bower 98 29. 8 Billy Dietrich 97 30. 27H Mark Smith 94 31. 44 Rodney Westhafer 88 32. 18 Ryan Bohlke 81 33. 1a Jacob Allen 70+ 34. 8H Keith Kauffman 67 35. 69K Donnie Kreitz Jr

66

36. 45 Kevin Nagy 65 37. 55K Robbie Kendall 60 37. 20 Ryan Taylor 60 39. 69 Tim Glatfelter 53 40. 747 Davey Sammons 50 41. 25 J J Grasso 49 42. 44 Joey Hershey 31 43. 7JR Jimmy Reppert 27 44. 38 Scott Wilson 21 45. 25 Jimmy Seager 18 46. 99M Kyle Moody 16 47. 1080 Jordan Mackison 13 48. 0 Steve Storrie 6 49. 17B Steve Buckwalter 5 49. 21A Will Rose 5 51. 12W Troy Fraker 4 52. 11 Mike Erdley 3 53. 95 Hunter Mackison 2 54. 22T Matt Boland 1 54. 51 Karl Baker 1 54. 23 Todd Rittenhouse Jr 1 54. 29T Robin Dawkins 1 54. 21T Scott Fisher 1 54. 12 Mike Bittinger 1 54. 4 John Rudisill 1 * indicates win + indicates has attended all shows

Williams Grove – night 7.

Extra money and extra prestige saw Dietrich get some redemption at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night in the Mitch Smith Memorial before a large and vocal crowd.

He grabbed the lead from Kreitz on lap 18 and went on to score the Mitch Smith Memorial win and $10,000 in his third Grove win of 2013.

“We were pretty good from the get-go,” said Dietrich. “Donnie was good too and had a lot of corner speed. It was making it hard to slide him in three and four. I saw Fred (Rahmer) stick his nose in there and I knew I had to get by Donnie before I got racing with Fred. This is one of the biggest local shows of the year and it feels good to put it on the frontstretch. I should have had one last week, but there was driver error on the last lap.”

Kreitz started on the pole with Oklahoma invader Bacon and grabbed the early lead. Bacon would flip in the first turn with one lap completed bringing out the red flag. He was okay.

Dietrich started third and was in second for the restart.

He started to hound Kreitz for the lead, but couldn’t make the slide-job work in turns three and four. For a while, the top five drivers were all racing only a few car lengths apart.

Dietrich was next to Kreitz in turn three on lap 16 but couldn’t clear the pass and fell back into second. The next time around, he tried it again and made the move work and was the new leader with 18 laps completed.

Dietrich would go unchallenged over the final 12 laps for the win. After successfully meeting t he weight limit Dietrich re-fired the Gary Kauffman owned #48 where he drove to the Beer Hill Gang in turn 3 and stopped to salute them, much to their vocal delight.

7/5/13 WILLIAMS GROVE 30 LAPS 34 CARS 8 INVERT

Hodnett set fast time over the 34-car field with a lap of 16.980.

1. 48 Danny Dietrich 2. 69K Donnie Kreitz Jr 3. 39 Greg Hodnett 4. 19M Brent Marks 5. 1s Logan Schuchart 6. 20s Fred Rahmer 7. 19 Stevie Smith 8. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. 9. 7 Chad Layton 10. 15 Adam Wilt 11. 27 Lance Dewease 12. 21 Brian Montieth 13. 2T T J Stutts 14. 2 Jim Siegel

Kreitz, Rahmer, Bacon and Layton won the 10-lap heat races.

McIntyre Jr. won the consolation.

Aussies Molly and Dawkins were again in action with the latter slightly nervous about running the fast track. Molly parlayed his night into another A-Main finish while Dawkins was there for the experience.

All American Outlaws.

For the second straight time Doty pushed the #6 to victory lane.

Surprisingly, there was no big firewroks display on July 4 at Lincoln and instead it was held at the Grove and it turned out to be a very extensive showing held prior to the main event.

15. 14 Gerard McIntyre Jr 16. 20 Ryan Taylor 17. 69 Ryan Smith 18. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 19. 75 Nicole Bower 20. 27H Mark Smith 21. 17B Steve Buckwalter 22. 11c Cory Haas 23. 1 Danny Lasoski 24. 99 Brady Bacon

(Top left) Dietrich slides inside Kreitz for the lead, (left) Randy Doty wins another All American Outlaws feature, & (right) Greg Hodnett scored only a heat win this night.

Lap Leaders; Kreitz 1-17, Dietrich 18-30 Fast Time; Hodnett 16.980 Heat Winners; Kreitz, Rahmer, Bacon, Layton B-Main Winner; McIntyre DNQ; Mike Wagner, Jacob Allen,

Eric Riggins Jr, Robin Dawkins, Troy Fraker, Karl Baker, Ryan Wilson, Davey Sammons, Aaron Ott, Alan Krimes

(Top right) Hunter Nester #1 dices inside Bryan Green.

2013 PA SPEEDWEEK POINT STANDINGS 1. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr * 799+ 2. 20s Fred Rahmer 759+ 3. 39 Greg Hodnett* 747+ 4. 19M Brent Marks 739+ 5. 19 Stevie Smith* 728+ 6. 27 Lance Dewease 706+ 7. 48 Danny Dietrich* 680+ 8. 1/11 Danny Lasoski 609+ 9. 87 Alan Krimes* 483+ 10. 21 Brian Montieth 478 11. 5L Chad Layton 444+ 12. 1s Logan Schuchart 433+ 13. 15 Adam Wilt 394 14. 2W/59 Jim Siegel 369 15. 11c Cory Haas 283 16. 69/92 Ryan Smith 276 17. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 261+ 18. 25 Aaron Ott 224+ 19. 69K Donnie Kreitz Jr 206 20. 99 Brady Bacon 202 21. 2T T J Stutts 201 22. 14 Gerard McIntyre Jr 181 23. 2W/5 Glenndon Forsythe 175 24. 10 Dave Blaney* 169 25. 55 Mike Wagner 145 26. 29 Ryan Wilson 139+ 27. 47 Eric Riggins Jr 135+ 28. 75 Nicole Bower 130 28. 27H Mark Smith 130 30. 20 Ryan Taylor 116 31. 12 Blane Heimbach 109 32. 8 Billy Dietrich 97 33. 44 Rodney Westhafer 88 34. 18 Ryan Bohlke 81 35. 1a Jacob Allen 74+ 36. 8H Keith Kauffman 67 37. 45 Kevin Nagy 65 38. 55K Robbie Kendall 60 39. 747 Davey Sammons 59 40. 69 Tim Glatfelter 53 41. 25 J J Grasso 49 42. 17B Steve Buckwalter 39 43. 44 Joey Hershey 31

44. 7JR Jimmy Reppert 27 45. 38 Scott Wilson 21 46. 25 Jimmy Seager 18 47. 99M Kyle Moody 16 48. 1080 Jordan Mackison 13 49. 0 Steve Storrie 6 50. 21A Will Rose 5 50. 12W Troy Fraker 5 52. 29T Robin Dawkins 3 52. 11 Mike Erdley 3 54. 95 Hunter Mackison 2 54. 51 Karl Baker 2 56. 22T Matt Boland 1 56. 23 Todd Rittenhouse Jr 1 56. 21T Scott Fisher 1 56. 12 Mike Bittinger 1 56. 4 John Rudisill 1 * indicates win + indicates has attended all shows

(left –top to bottom) Heat winners Brady Bacon, Fred Rahmer, Chad Layton and Donnie Kreitz Jr. Brian Montieth works the edge hard into turn 3 (top right) while Gerard McIntyre Jr (right) won the BMain.

rt l o P ya o R

p S

d e e

y a w

Despite this track being even faster than the Grove due to its more open and flowing nature - read flat to the boards, a host of locals added to the field to produce the biggest field so far.

It was quasi local young gun Blane Heimbach who made a pass with just over a lap to go to score the feature event worth $5,000 after a thrilling dice with Doug Esh. Heimbach started second in the 30-lap feature race and took the lead over polesitter Doug Esh when the green flag waved.

8 — 20 t h . g i N ly 6 u J

.

3 1

The Port Royal venue offers a variety of racing lines with some drivers electing to run the high speed dance against the cushion or the equally as effective run around the pole line, or many other lines in between. While the highline is visually stunning for the fans it is also fraught with danger as the slightest slip up can result in destroyed cars, or worse, physical injury.

Earlier in a heat race, Aaron Ott, son of engine building legend Don, destroyed his once pristine #25 after a series of bone jarring flips when he tagged the turn 1 fence after a miniscule mis

cue. Incredibly this was only the second rollover of the week and thankfully Ott was able to walk away.

In the Main event, Dietrich also rattled the fence without flipping and a few, including the highly rated Bacon, also had some very near misses.

On a lap 13 restart Esh pounced for control which he took before crossing the stripe as the new leader just before the red flag unfurled for a nasty first turn spill by Marks who became the latest victim of the turn 1 and 2 top-line. Marks’ was able to walk away although it was suggested by corner workers that he may have had a very short nap.

When action resumed Smith bolted to the inside for second but Heimbach had the momentum of rolling the high side through the treacherous first and second turns and held onto the spot as the race went down the back chute.

For a time it seemed as if Esh might streak to this third win of the season at the track but then as the race hit its final 10 laps, Heimbach dropped off of the high groove to begin circling the middle of the track and that’s when he began really biting into Esh’s amassed advantage.

However, it took until just before the white flag for Heimbach to regain control after the leaders again encountered lapped traffic with seven laps to go.

With Esh circling the high outside of the speedway, Heimbach put a drive on low into the third turn as they headed for the white flag that saw him drive up in front of Esh in the middle of the corners only to see Esh turn the car and try to rally back running low off of the fourth turn.

But it was not to be for Esh as instead Heimbach went back to back in the 410-sprint division at Port Royal, scoring his third win of the season at the track and second in a row.

Schuchart had set fast time with a lap of 16.528 seconds but then spun in the main event before rallying back to a top 5 finish.

Heats went to Mike Erdley, Hodnett, Rahmer and Heimbach.

Nate Snyder scored the B Main.

Unfortunately while Dawkins wasn’t competing Molly was but failed to make the main event.

Series points leader Hafertepe just wasn’t fast from the moment they rolled the car out of the truck and found himself buried in the B-Main where a last lap move secured him the final transfer position.

He then struggled and for the first time all week finished outside of the top ten with as yet unrealised disastrous consequences as Hodnett took the speedweek series point lead with one race to go as the series was set to conclude the following night.

The top four in series points of Hodnett, Rahmer, Smith and Sam Hafertepe Jr. were separated by just 27 points in their quest for the title.

Late Models & Enduros In the 20 lap Late Model main, Nick Dickson drove to just his second career win at the track aided in part by a multi car pile up, while Deron Henry took the enduro dash feature event.

Top—Fast timer Logan Schuchart.

Middle & bottom—Heat winners Mike Erdley (11) & Fred Rahmer (20s)

7/6/13 PORT ROYAL 30 LAPS 40 CARS 8 INVERT 1. 12 Blane Heimbach 2. 98 Doug Esh 3. 19 Stevie Smith 4. 11 Mike Erdley 5. 39 Greg Hodnett 6. 1 Danny Lasoski 7. 20s Fred Rahmer 8. 27 Lance Dewease 9. 17B Steve Buckwalter 10. 5 Dylan Cisney 11. 7 Chad Layton 12. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr 13. 99 Brady Bacon 14. 55 Mike Wagner

15. 56 Nate Snyder 16. 747 Davey Sammons 17. 19M Brent Marks 18. 48 Danny Dietrich 19. 1s Logan Schuchart 20. 20 Ryan Taylor 21. 21 Brian Montieth 22. I07 Cliff Brian 23. 2H Dave Hahn 24. 44 Joey Hershey

Above winners Greg Hodnett & B Snyder (B Below l-r Doug Esh, Darren Mol off the dreaded

Lap Leaders: Heimbach 1-13, Esh 14-28, Heimbach 29-30 Fast Time; Schuchart 16.528 Heat Winners; Erdley, Hodnett, Rahmer, Heimbach B-Main Winner; Snyder

DNQ; Kyle Moody, Rodney Westhafer, Kyle Reinhardt, Eric Riggins Jr, Darren Mollenoyux, Bob Bennett, Daryl Blane Heimbach (heats) & Nate Stimeling, Jacob Allen, Trenton Sheaffer, Karl Baker, Curt B-Main) Stroup, Aaron Ott, Mark Smith, Keith Kauffman, Rod llenoyux and Rod Stroup turning Stroup, Dustin Baney turn 1/2 fence.

Top left —Aaron Ott’s huge heat wreck.

Middle left —Late Model Main winner Nick Dickson.

Bottom left —Brent Marks starts his wild ride.

Top right— Chaz Walls Sr. 99W & Tim Wilson 3 get together.

Middle right—Danny Dietrich also caught the wall.

Bottom right—Mark Auker #74 Enduro.

Selinsgrove – night 9 (final).

Jan Opperman Memorial

Hodnett V

Unfortunately a great finale of 410 Sprintcars and 358 Sportsman (Effectively 360 Sprintcars) was rained out due to a heavy thunderstorm hitting the venue just as teams were starting to amass for what was sure to be a fantastic finale.

Sadly for Hafertepe he had no shot at regaining the points lead and becoming the first nonposse member to win in the events 23 year history.

“Overall I’m really pleased with our performance,” said Hafertepe. “I don’t think many people thought an invader could contend for The PA Speedweek title and we proved them wrong.

There were several nights where our lack of track time at these places forced us to make guesses in terms of setup but, in general, I think we handled those situations pretty well. I was very proud to lead the deal going into the final night but between our motor going sour at The Grove, our bleeder coming apart at Lincoln, the rear end going at Hagerstown and our Port Royal qualifica-

tion we just didn’t quite get it done. You need everything to go nearly perfect to win this deal and we just had to fight off too many issues. I feel like we were fast every night and I feel like we gave The Posse all they could handle and I’m immensely proud of that, it just sucks to lead most of the way and lose the title on the last night.”

Instead Hodnett’s consistency handed him his fourth speedweek crown in what proved to be a very even series.

2013 PA SPEEDWEEK POINT STAND

1. 39 Greg Hodnett* 887+ 2. 20s Fred Rahmer 872+ 3. 19 Stevie Smith* 863+ 4. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr * 860+ 5. 27 Lance Dewease 822+ 6. 19M Brent Marks 807+ 7. 48 Danny Dietrich* 743+ 8. 1/11 Danny Lasoski 735+ 9. 7/5L Chad Layton 540+ 10. 21 Brian Montieth 503 11. 1s Logan Schuchart 502+ 12. 87 Alan Krimes* 483+ 13. 15 Adam Wilt 394 14. 2W/59 Jim Siegel 369 15. 11c Cory Haas 283 16. 69/92 Ryan Smith 276 17. 12 Blane Heimbach* 275 18. 99 Brady Bacon 270 19. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 262 20. 25 Aaron Ott 235+ 21. 55 Mike Wagner 212 22. 69K Donnie Kreitz Jr 206 23. 2T T J Stutts 201 24. 14 Gerard McIntyre Jr 181 25. 2W/5 Glenndon Forsythe 175

V Hafertepe

DINGS

2+

26. 10 Dave Blaney* 169 27. 17B Steve Buckwalter 144 27. 20 Ryan Taylor 144 29. 29 Ryan Wilson 139 30. 47 Eric Riggins Jr 138+ 31. 98 Doug Esh 137 31. 11 Mike Erdley 137 33. 27H Mark Smith 132 34. 75 Nicole Bower 130 35. 747 Davey Sammons 124 36. 44 Rodney Westhafer 98 37. 8 Billy Dietrich 97 38. 5 Dylan Cisney 96 39. 18 Ryan Bohlke 81 40. 1a Jacob Allen 75+ 41. 8H Keith Kauffman 68 42. 56 Nate Snyder 66 43. 45 Kevin Nagy 65 44. 44 Joey Hershey 61 45. 55K Robbie Kendall 60 46. 69 Tim Glatfelter 53 47. 25 J J Grasso 49 48. I07 Cliff Brian 31 49. 7JR Jimmy Reppert 27 50. 2H Dave Hahn 26

51. 99M Kyle Moody 25 52. 38 Scott Wilson 21 53. 25 Jimmy Seager 18 54. 1080 Jordan Mackison 13 55. 0 Steve Storrie 6 56. 21 Kyle Reinhardt 5 56. 21A Will Rose 5 56. 12W Troy Fraker 5 59. 18 Bob Bennett 4 60. 51 Karl Baker 3 60. 29T Robin Dawkins 3 62. 95 Hunter Mackison 2 63 33 Curt Stroup 1 63. 8s Trenton Sheaffer 1 63. 21 Rod Stroup 1 63. 30 Daryl Stimeling 1 63. 24B Dustin Baney 1 63. 22T Matt Boland 1 63. 23 Todd Rittenhouse Jr 1 63. 21T Scott Fisher 1 63. 12 Mike Bittinger 1 63. 4 John Rudisill 1 * indicates win + indicates has attended all shows