With only three
nights of racing left in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series at
Jennerstown Speedway, the point leaders in each division
left this night with a bigger lead than when they
checked into the pits as they would all reach victory lane.
New Enterprise Stone and Lime Company presented twin 50's
for the Wheeler Brothers Super Late Models and twin 25's
for their own New Enterprise Stone and Lime Late Models.
Garry Wiltrout made it a clean sweep in the super late
models, using strong performances and some racing luck in
picking up both feature wins. Todd Price and Rick Boyer
split the two late model features as Dink Colarusso (Day
Ford Street Stocks), Duane Noel (Somerset Furniture Sales
Chargers) and Patrick Parlock (Advance Auto Parts Hobby
Stocks) would also pick up wins on the night.
A great 22-car
field took to the track in the first super late model
feature, which saw cautions plagued the early stages as the
yellow flag would fly three times in the first four laps.
The most serious of which was on lap1 as defending track
champion Barry Awtey hit the outside wall coming out of turn
2. Awtey came into the night only 12-points behind leader
Garry Wiltrout. Bobby Henry led the first two laps of the
race before Richard Mitchell made the move past on the lap 2
restart. Wiltrout went by Mitchell on lap 7 and distanced
himself from the field. Battling hard for third place on
lap 20, Bobby Henry and Mark Poole made contact in turn 4
with both cars sideways and fortunately avoided the inside
wall. Both cars went down the pit road and reentered the
track, losing several spots as the race stayed green. As
the laps winded down Mitchell was unable to run down
Wiltrout as he went on to take the win. Mitchell settled
for second followed by Kyle Martel, Mark Smith and Tommy
Beck in the top five.
The second 50-lap
feature saw trouble strike at the beginning once again.
Contact between Mitchell and leader Paul Urso going into
turn 1 after the first lap sent Urso spinning, collecting
several cars in the process. Only the cars of Poole and
Todd Goble were unable to continue. Beck took off with the
lead after the restart and checked out on the field. Jayme
Bolkovac ran strong in second holding off the challenges of
Awtey during the early stages. A caution for debris erased
Beck's big lead on lap 15, but
would pull away once again after the restart. Bolkovac, who
is engaged to Tommy Beck, would eventually run down Beck and
when the yellow came out on lap 41 for Mark Smith's
stalled car, Bolkovac got one more shot at taking the lead
and her first win of the year. After the restart, Bolkovac
used the high line to take the lead at the stripe, but going
into the first turn contact was made and Bolkovac went
spinning to bring out the yellow. Beck would be sent to the
rear of the field as a result. This handed the lead over to
Wiltrout who moved up to the third spot before the yellow.
Wiltrout held off Mitchell after the restart and went onto
win his second of the night and fourth of the season,
padding his points lead. Awtey would overtake Mitchell for
second. Martell and Tim Bainey, Jr., who debuted a former
Mitchell ride he just purchased, rounded out the top five.
Beck and Awtey won the heats. Wiltrout holds a 50-point
lead over Awtey 762-712. Bobby Henry sits third at 706.
Todd Price took the
lead from Wade Champeno on lap 5 in the first 25-lap late
model feature and made it appear as though he would run away
with the race. A caution for Todd Corson on lap 15 allowed
now second place running Rick Boyer to pull alongside for
the restart, and as they went back to green Boyer took off
with the lead. The yellow flew again on lap 19 for Corson,
with Jacob Coffin and Wade Champeno also getting caught up
in the incident, erasing Boyer's
lead. Unfortunately, Boyer was ruled to have jumped the
restart and was sent to the rear of the field, giving the
lead back to Price. From there Price went unchallenged to
take home his fifth of the season. Dusty Rhoads came home
second followed by Mel Wilt, Boyer and Corson.
Boyer made up for
his mistake in the second feature as he took the lead after
a lap 1 restart and checked out on the field. Boyer, the
current point leader, took home his fifth win of the season
nearly a straightaway ahead of second place Price. Rhoads,
Corson and Champeno rounded out the top five. Price won the
heat race. Boyer sits atop the points with 714. Price is
second with 696 followed by Rhoads with 686.
Jason Holder took
the early lead in the 20-lap street stock feature before
point leader Dink Colarusso made the move past Holder on lap
4 and into the lead. As Colarusso continued to put distance
between himself and the rest of the field, the best battle
took place for third between Adam Kostelnik and George
Nicola. The two drivers put on a great show during the
caution free event with Kostelnik eventually putting a
stranglehold on the position. At the end it was Colarusso
extending his point lead in taking home his fifth of the
season after being shut out of victory circle for the past
several weeks. Holder held on for second with Kostelnik,
Nicola and Roger Onstead in the top five. Colarusso and
Bobby Young won the heats. Colarusso leads Kostelnik by
22-points, 502-480.
The chargers ran a
combined feature with the street stocks once again this week
and will do so the remainder of the season. Duane Noel
passed Mike Stevens on lap 7 and went on to take home win
number six. Stevens, Stephen Mock and Scott Bowman rounded
out the field. Noel leads with 520 points followed by
Stevens (504), Mock (502) and Bowman (500).
Eugene Zerfoss led
the first four laps of the 15-lap hobby stock feature before
point leader Patrick Parlock made the move into the lead on
lap 5. Greg Lohr followed right behind Parlock shuffling
Zerfoss back to third. Parlock kept a safe distance ahead
of Lohr and Zerfoss but both were unable to mount a serious
challenge. Parlock took home his seventh win of the season
with Lohr, Zerfoss, Jim Biss, and Deidre Petrie rounding out
the top five. Parlock, who also won the heat race, leads
Lohr by eight points, 526-518.
With only two
nights of action left in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series at
the Laurel Highlands Oval, the point titles are still up for
grabs as anything can happen. Next Saturday Highmark Blue
Cross and Blue Shield will present a regular program for the
Wheeler Brothers Super Late Models, New Enterprise Stone and
Lime Late Models, Day Ford Street Stocks, Somerset Furniture
Sales Chargers, and Advance Auto Parts Hobby Stocks. The PA
Legacy Series will return after a week off and the Super
Minicup cars will be on hand for their final appearance of
the season. It was announced that the final two nights of
regular racing action will be $5 admission nights.
Completing the schedule of events will be the USAR Hooters
Procup Series BF Goodrich Tires 250-championship event along
with the Allison National Legacy Series 50-lap feature on
Saturday, September 25. For more information on these
remaining events contact the speedway office at 814.629.6677
or visit
www.jennerstown.com.