LEicht and Lay winners in jennerstown asa – hoss action

JENNERSTOWN, PA (Aug. 13, 2005) … Stephen Leicht and Brian Lay were the big winners in Saturday evenings Tribune-Democrat ‘Doubleheader’ at Jennerstown Speedway, as the two drivers drove to victory in the inaugural appearance of the ASA Late Model Series 100 and the Hoosier Outlaw Sprint Series (HOSS) 30 lap feature contests  respectively.

Leicht, the current ASA point leader, passed Scott Baker with 33 laps left in the century grind and pulled away for his fourth win of the season after a spirited battle with the Akron, Ohio veteran.

“The outside line really works good here,” said the 18-year-old Leicht, who hails from Ashville N.C. “We talked about this all day long; where you could pass and where you couldn’t, and how the track would act. We hit it right on the head.”

Brian Campbell and Chad Wood, who trail Leicht in the points race, finished second and third, while Baker faded to fourth in front of Travis Dassow, Kris Stump, Bobby Stremme, Ryan Carson, Keeton Hanks and Brent Downey.

Wood was the fastest qualifier with a time of 18.872 over the half mile paved oval. Baker led the most laps in the race, which was slowed by only three cautions.

Lay led the way in the blistering fast HOSS sprint event which was completed in just under eight minutes. The Millbury, Ohio pilot jumped into command at the drop of the green and never looked back, outdistancing Sondi Eden, Tim Cox, Jeff Bloom and Jimmy McCune in the process. Hank Lower, Greg Wheeler, Jerry Caryer, Ron Koehler, and Michael Tarlton rounded out the top-10.

“This is one of the nicest race tracks I’ve ever been to,” Lay said. “This was my first time here, and I really liked the place. I hit all my marks and stayed consistent.”

In NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series competition Tommy Beck edged out Garry Wiltrout to nail down his third win in Wheeler Bros. super late model action. Beck passed the defending track champion on a restart following a caution with just seven laps remaining in the 50 lapper.

“I’ve become a little more patient as a driver,” Beck said, “we were a tad bit quicker, but the track was slick tonight, so I wasn’t going to make a mistake running second. We got lucky on the restart and got by Gary going into Turn 1.”

Mark Smith recovered from a first lap incident to finish third in front of Barry Awtey, Mark Poole, Dave Houpt, Kyle Martel, Mark Cottone, Paul Urso and Todd Price.

Rick Boyer survived the caution-plagued 20 lap late model feature to pick up his sixth feature win of the year. Mel Wilt, Wade Champeno, Snooky Williams and Andrew Wylie finished second through fifth.

George Nicola defeated Richard Nicola to win the 20 lap Advance Auto Parts street stock main event. Josh Dunmyer finished third in front of Joe Nicola and Steve Singo. Roger Onstead’s bid for a third straight victory ended on the first lap when he was eliminated in a multi-car pile-up on the front straight.

Patrick Parlock cruised to victory in the 15 lap Pizza Hut hobby stock feature, outdistancing point leader Gregory Lohr, John Steeley, Deidre Petrie and Cindy Shaulis.

PJ Ehrlich returned to Victory Lane in the PA legacy series, finishing ahead of Martel, David Campbell, Dan Brink and Lauren Butler. Chris Brink walked away from a violent first lap crash that virtually destroyed his car after he hit the third turn wall and flipped end-over-end.

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