MARK SMITH WINS BIG MONEY FOR RACE FAN
AT JENNERSTOWN SPEEDWAY
by Mike Milliron


Jennerstown, PA – May 26, 2001 – Mark Smith took home the Late Model feature win, and all of the big money Saturday night during Spring Championships presented by Pepsi at the Jennerstown Speedway. Other feature race winners during the spring championships were Josh Coughenour in Pro Truck, Tracy Colarusso in Brown Timber and Land Street Stock, Jayme Bolkovac the Cover Insurance Agency/PA Legacy Car, Jason Holder in Chargers, and Terry McCoy won the Mens Enduro race.

Not only did the Meyersdale, PA native lock up the $1000 dollar "Fast Time Award", for qualifying his Hunter’s Peterbuilt Sales/R&M Trucking Ford Taurus first among twenty-two other Wheeler Bros./AC Delco Late Model competitors. He then started the seventy-five-lap feature race from the pole position, but lost the front spot to Neil Brown on the first lap. Smith stayed glues to Brown’s rear bumper throughout the first fifty laps of the race. Then on lap fifty-two Smith made the move inside of Brown to regain the lead, which he extended to a small margin over the final laps to the checkered flag, and the win. Brown maintained a tight battle and finished a close second, while Barry Awtey came home in third. Ryan Hemphill had a fine fourth place finish in his first appearance of the 2001- racing season, with Brad Creighton coming back from a spin during qualifying, to finish in fifth. Smith picked up an additional $1000 dollars for the feature win, which also made his "Spectator 500" partner, George Lensbouer of Friedens, PA. $500 dollars richer. The next "Spectator 500" will be held on July fourth, when the Speedway presents their next seventy-five lap Late Model division race.

The Jennerstown Pro Trucks were a wild and woolly bunch, as most of the top drivers were involved in some type of accident. The man on the move once again throughout the entire event was the eventual race winner Josh Coughenour. During the middle of the race it was divisional rookie Jason Lasky, who had worked his way into second and was making his move for the lead over George Englert, when he lost the handle on his Pick-up and looped it in front of the rest of the field. He was collected by last week’s winner George Nicola in a tough looking accident, but each driver was able to walk away. That opened the door for Dave Brunell and Aaron Will to make an attempt on Coughenour, but in the end the drivers had to settle for second and third respectively. Fourth place went to Barry Geary with George Englert getting collected in a two truck, final turn spin with Bryan Thomas, but limping across the line to finish in the top five. George Englert set the fast time during Pro Truck qualifying.

The Brown Timber and Land Street Stock feature race was another great two-car finish between Adam Kostelnik and Tracy "Dink" Colarusso. The race was a barnburner from the start as Todd Knight and Kostelnik had the front row through the early laps. Then the duel erupted between Colarusso and Kostelnik, with the lead changing hands for the final time when Colarusso made his pass for the lead and the win. Kostelnik held on to a close second place finish, while Chris Deyarmin, Billy Mostoller, and Todd Knight finished under a blanket to complete the top five. Mark Blohm and Matt Berkibile won the heat races.

The Cover Insurance Agency/PA Legacy Car feature race was as exciting as they come, as Jayme Bolkovac had to rally from an early race accident to work her way back through the field to capture yet another win. After her accident, Bolkovac had to have the hood of her racecar removed, but that did not deter her from the chance of winning. She patiently worked her way through the front runners to reclaim the top spot and go on for the win. Will Thomas ran a great race and maintained a solid hold on second over Brandon Taylor to the finish line. Finishing behind Taylor in fourth Joey Dennowitz, with Bill Miller rounding out the top five.

The Jennerstown Charger race was a done deal after the first few laps as Jason Holder celebrated a feature win just one week after celebrating his birthday. His closest competition was a contest between June Wyant and Jason Fritz, who had their own two-car battle brewing over the final few laps, with Wyant coming out in second and Fritz in third. Last weeks feature winner Greg Praysner rebounded from engine woes and a back of the pack start, to finish in fourth pace. Jeff Petrini drifted from a pole position start, to finish in fifth.

Terry McCoy captured the Mens Enduro race to finish off the night’s action.

 

 

RANK

Car#

Driver

Hometown

Finish

Legacy

1

24

Jayme Bolkovac

Greensburg, PA

1

2

10

Will Thomas

Hermitage, PA

2

3

96

Branden Taylor

McConnellsburg, PA

3

4

29

Joey Dennewitz

Akron, OH

4

5

37

Bill Miller

New Wilimgton, PA

5

6

77

Art McElhinney Jr.

Murrysville, PA

6

7

2

Marshall Biddington

Uniontown, PA

7

8

4

Ed Boyer

Indiana, PA

8

9

70

PJ Ehrlich

Oakmont, PA

9

10

40

Todd Peck

Glenville, PA

10

11

17

David Holder

Irwin, PA

11

12

0

Jack Causer

Crownsville, MD

12

13

9

Brad Grace

Pittsburgh, PA

13

14

13

Chris Brink

Glen Campbell, PA

14

Charger
Rank Car# Driver Hometown Finish Start PC

1

74

Jason Holder

Stoystown, PA

1

2

1

2

73

June Weyant

Jennerstown, PA

2

4

2

3

76

Jason Fritz

Stoystown, PA

3

5

2

4

27

Greg Praysner

Level Green, PA

4

9

5

5

33

Jeff Petrini

Greensburg, PA

5

1

-4

6

60

Justin Lasky

Johnstown, PA

6

3

-3

7

10

Wayne Nagle

E. Pittsburgh, PA

7

7

0

8

75

Wes Peterson

Jennerstown, PA

8

6

-2

9

44

Kelly Holland

West Elizabeth, PA

9

8

-1

Late Model

1

94

Mark Smith

Meyersdale, PA

1

1

0

2

98

Neil Brown

Acme, PA

2

2

0

3

75

Barry Awtey

Jenners, PA

3

4

1

4

2

Ryan Hemphill

Apollo, PA

4

3

-1

5

38

Brad Creighton

Warminster, PA

5

20

15

6

31

Mark Cottone

McKeesport, PA

6

10

4

7

22

Richard Mitchell

Bruceton Mills, WV

7

8

1

8

7

Jeff Dunmyer

Friedens, PA

8

6

-2

9

11

Bobby Henry

Connellsville, PA

9

5

-4

10

95

Garry Wiltrout

Somerset, PA

10

17

7

11

6

Snooky Williams

Latrobe, PA

11

13

2

12

4

Rick Boyer

Blairsville, PA

12

11

-1

13

14

Cary Todaro

Hollsopple, PA

13

9

-4

14

76

Thomas Knight Jr.

Plum, PA

14

16

2

15

92

Jayme Bolkovac

Greensburg, PA

15

12

-3

16

77

Wade Champeno

Imler, PA

16

15

-1

17

89

Lonnie McKenzie

Meyersdale, PA

17

22

5

18

19

Joseph Furjanic

Charleroi, PA

18

23

5

19

21

Shawn Beam

Somerset, PA

19

7

-12

20

54

Chris Angelicchio

Greensburg, PA

20

18

-2

21

29

Jim McGonigle

Vandergrift, PA

21

19

-2

22

93

Dan Campbell

Somerset, PA

22

14

-8

23

81

Jonathon Jones

Rockwood, PA

23

21

-2

Pro Truck

1

20

Josh Coughenour

Somerset, PA

1

5

4

2

0

David Brunell

Greensburg, PA

2

9

7

3

12

Aaron Will

Altoona, PA

3

4

1

4

15

Barry Geary

Indianhead, PA

4

11

7

5

6

George Englert

Greenville, PA

5

1

-4

6

51

Brandon Manns

White Oak, PA

6

7

1

7

8

Marion Reno Jr.

Pitcairn, PA

7

6

-1

8

27

Bryan Thomas

Hooversville, PA

8

10

2

9

75

Jason Lasky

Johnstown, PA

9

8

-1

10

7

George Nicola

Pittsburgh, PA

10

3

-7

11

96

Todd Price

Alum Bank, PA

11

2

-9

12

00

Jason Hounshell

Davidsonville, MD

12

12

0

13

11

Carl Trevarrow

Hooversville, PA

13

13

0

Street Stock

1

0

Dink Colausso

West Mifflin, PA

1

5

4

2

14

Adam Kostelnik

Pitcrain, PA

2

6

4

3

87

Chris Deyarmin

Johnstown, PA

3

7

4

4

76

Billy Mostoller

Friedens, PA

4

2

-2

5

70

Todd Knight

Monroeville, PA

5

1

-4

6

73

Roger Onstead

Friedens, PA

6

10

4

7

16

Matt Berkebile

Johnstown, PA

7

3

-4

8

3

Kevin Park

North Huntingdon, PA

8

9

1

9

11

John Pribanich

N. Versailles, PA

9

16

7

10

35

Bill Ashton

Uniontown, PA

10

8

-2

11

25

David Tavormina

Wilmerding, PA

11

13

2

12

83

Tim Phillips

Jefferson, PA

12

11

-1

13

72

Larry Williams

Boswell, PA

13

18

5

14

4

Vince Kaider

New Salem, PA

14

12

-2

15

42

John Sturm Jr.

Penn Hills, PA

15

15

0

16

8

Robert Young

Somerset, PA

16

17

1

17

9

George Nicola Jr

Pittsburgh, PA

17

14

-3

18

40

Mark Blohm

Pittsburgh, PA

18

4

-14

Enduro Results

  1. 32
  2. 88
  3. 44
  4. 16
  5. 93
  6. 34
  7. 54X
  8. 54
  9. 89
  10. 61
  11. 4Fun
  12. 97
  13. 12
  14. 01
  15. 75
  16. 55
  17. 10
  18. 03
  19. 90
  20. 07
  21. 27
  22. 188
  23. 20
  24. K3
  25. 72
  26. 31
  27. 2
  28. 684
  29. 14
  30. 40
  31. 76K
  32. 11
  33. 17
  34. 56
  35. 21
  36. 91
  37. 26
 
 

 


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