The American Speed Association made their annual appearance to the Jennerstown Speedway for the running of the Jennerstown 250.  The series always provides an exciting, action packed race and this year was no different.  Toby Porter used pit strategy to take the win, his first of the season and first ever in the series.  Also in action were the Wheeler Brothers Super Late Models with Garry Wiltrout coming home the winner and the New Enterprise Stone and Lime Late Model victor was Rick Boyer.

Thirty-three cars took the green flag in the Jennerstown 250, which saw veteran Butch Miller jumped out to the lead.  Miller would lead the first 54 laps before giving way to Robbie Pyle.  Miller soon faded back to the sixth position.  A caution on lap 65 for Tim Russell, whos car hit the turn 1 wall, brought the leaders down pit road for the first of two mandatory pit stops.  Bryan Reffner came out of the pits with the lead and took off on the restart.  With the leaders approaching lapped traffic, another yellow on lap 109 as Jay Middleton spun in front of the leaders collecting Reffner and Reed Sorenson.  After another round of pit stops, Toby Porter inherited the lead, as he would not pit during the caution period.  On the restart Porter and Reffner started to check out from point leader Kevin Cywinski who was running third.  Russell brought out the yellow once again on lap 154 bunching the leaders back together.  Porter kept the lead on the restart as Reffner settled into the runner-up spot.  By lap 220 the two leaders had to deal with heavy lapped traffic allowing Mike Garvey and Mike Eddy to make it a four-car battle.  The red flag would be thrown on lap 224 after a hard crash involving Middleton and Mark Mitchell going into turn 3.  Mitchell's car rode the outside wall ending up on his roof before coming to a stop.  Fortunately both drivers were ok.  Porter and Reffner took off on the restart putting distance between them and third place Garvey.  The race's final caution flew for Travis Kittleson with just under twenty laps remaining setting up the a dash to the finish.  On the restart Sorenson passed Eddy for fourth and closed in on Garvey for third, but up front Reffner could not make a serious challenge on Porter, as the Greenville, SC driver went onto take the win despite not changing tires the entire race.  Reffner, Garvey, Sorenson, and Eddy completed the top five.  Local favorite Jayme Bolkovac started 28^th but did not have a good night from the start after being caught up in an early race yellow, struggling to a 22^nd place finish, four laps down.  Butch Miller broke the track record in qualifying with a lap of 18.493, besting the lap of 18.597 set by Gary St. Amant back in 1997.  37 cars from 14 states and 1 foreign country were on hand, including John Dalziel who hails from Scotland.

            Dusty Rhoads took full advantage of his spot on the pole position as he jumped out to a commanding lead in the 25-lap late model feature.  Mel Wilt settled into second but nearing the half way point would feel the pressure from point leader Todd Price and Rick Boyer.  On lap 10 both Price and Boyer made their way passed Wilt and set their sights on leader Rhoads, who was nearly half a straightaway ahead.  With just over five laps remaining, Price and Boyer caught Rhoads putting on a great show for the fans in a tight battle for the lead.  Price made a move on the inside of Rhoads but it failed, opening the door for Boyer, who went to the high side passed Price coming to the white flag.  Getting that strong run on the outside, Boyer pulled alongside Rhoads down the backstretch in a tight battle for the top spot.  At the stripe it would be Boyer by mere inches ahead of Rhoads to take his second win in a row.  Price settled for third in that three-car battle with Wilt coming home a distant fourth.  Wade Champeno rounded out the top five.  Boyer won the heat race.

            Mark Cottone got the jump on Snooky Williams and led the first two circuits of the 50-lap super late model feature.  Williams took the lead on lap 3, bringing Richard Mitchell, Garry Wiltrout and Tommy Beck along with him.  Williams and Mitchell put on a great battle for the lead with Beck and Wiltrout waiting in the wings for their chance to strike, but a caution on lap 14 for Robert Griffith, who lost an oil line and came to a stop on the backstretch, slowed the field.  On the restart, Mitchell made the move into the lead past Williams.  A few laps later Wiltrout and Beck both passed Williams and put the pressure on Mitchell.  On lap 37, Wiltrout passed Mitchell for the lead and would go onto take win number two on the season.  Beck would overtake Mitchell for the runner-up spot but ran out of time to try a move on the winner.  Williams finished fourth in his strongest performance so far this season with Barry Awtey rounding out the top five.  Wiltrout and Awtey won the heat races.

            Next Saturday, Jennerstown Speedway will once again provide an action packed night of racing, as Leader Drug Stores will present the action of the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series.  The Wheeler Brothers Super Late Models and New Enterprise Stone and Lime Late Models will be running twin feature events with a regular program for the Day Ford Street Stocks, Somerset Furniture Sales Chargers, Advance Auto Parts Hobby Stocks, and the PA Legacy Series.  The Super Minicups will also be in attendance.  Racing will start at 6:00.  For more information contact the track office at 814.629.6677 or visit www.jennerstown.com.