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Awtey a survivor at jennerstown
JENNERSTOWN, PA (May
21, 2005) … Former track champion Barry Awtey survived a three-hour rain
delay and several major crashes to pick up the 30-lap Wheeler Brothers
super late model feature win Saturday evening in NASCAR Dodge
Weekly Racing Series action at Jennerstown Speedway.
The Jenners driver
started on the pole and led every lap of the contest, but had to hold
off a fast closing Tommy Beck, who finished on his bumper as he crossed
the finish line.
“It was pretty good to
come back from the bad crash we had on opening day to get the car this
close tonight,” said Awtey from Victory Lane, “but we still have to do
our home work because Tommy (Beck) was catching us there at the end. If
it was a 50-lap race I don’t know if I would have been able to hold him
off.”
A pair of vicious
early race accidents marred the race, and eliminated several
competitors. Paul Urso spun coming off turn 4 on the opening lap,
collecting the cars of Mark Cottone and Todd Goble. A grinding crash on
the restart sent the cars of Chris Lester, Joe Moose, Mark Poole and
Branden Taylor to the pits.
Garry Wiltrout worked
his way through the field to finish a distant third, ahead of Tim Bainey
Jr, and Mark Smith.
The second scheduled
30-lap super late model feature was cancelled, and will be made up on
June 11.
Jennerstown’s Dusty
Rhoads duplicated Awtey’s feat in the 20-lap late model attraction by
leading from flag to flag. Opening night winner Todd Price was
second, trailed by Dink Colarusso, Wade Champeno and rookie Andrew
Wylie.
Andrew Kostelnik
captured the hotly contest 20-lap Advance Auto Parts street stock main
after taking over the front position from early leader Bobby Young
on the 12th circuit. Richard Nicola was a close second, in
front of Roger Onstead, Josh Dunmyer and Jason Holder.
David Campbell was
untouchable in the PA legacy main event, as he drove away from PJ
Ehrlich, Chris Brink, Jayme Beck and Dan Brink from his pole position
starting position.
Deidre Petrie
outgunned pole sitter Dennis Roles going into turn 1 of the 15-lap Pizza
Hut hobby stock feature and never looked back, as the Greensburg driver
picked up her first feature win at the Somerset County half mile paved
oval. Bill Karson was second, while Greg Lohr, Roles and Jeff Zillweger
rounded out the top five.
Tom Knight Sr
outlasted Fred Casagni and Ron Piovesan to win the 15-lap Pittsburgh
Circle Track Club Senior Series contest.
In a special ceremony
the late Mike (Little) Serokman, Jim Burns, Lou Blaney, Larry Wright,
the late Piney Lasky, Steve Peles and Jack Freeman were inducted into
the Jennerstown Speedway Hall of Fame.
Complete Race Results
SUMMARY
SUPER LATE MODEL
Heats: Bobby
Henry, Tommy Beck
Feature: Barry Awtey,
Beck, Garry Wiltrout, Tim Bainey Jr., Mark Smith, Dave Houpt, Henry,
Jayme Beck, Jeff Dunmyer, Paul Urso, Kyle Martel, Mark Cottone, Branden
Taylor, Mark Poole, Chris Lester, Joe Moose, Bryan Awtey, Todd Goble DNS
Snooky Williams
LATE
MODEL
Heat: Dusty
Rhoads
Feature: Rhoads, Todd
Price, Dink Colarusso, Wade Champeno, Andrew Wylie, Todd Corson, Mel
Wilt, Josh Butler, Jacob Coffin
STREET STOCK
Heats: Rich
Nicola, Josh Dunmyer
Feature: Adam
Kostelnik, R. Nicola, Roger Onstead, Dunmyer, Jason Holder, Booby
Young, Tom Knight Sr., Scott Bowman, Dave Manns, Greg Praysner, Joe
Nicola, Phil Grubbs, Steve Singo
PA LEGACY
Heat: PJ Ehrlich
Feature: David
Cambell, Ehrlich, Chris Brink, Jayme Beck, Daniel Brink, Jack Causer,
Brad Grace, Ken Pearce, Lauren Butler, Eric Kulikowski, Alan Braham
HOBBY STOCK
Heats: Eugene
Zerfoss, Bill Karson
Feature: Deidre
Petrie, Karson, Greg lohr, Dennis Roles, Jeff Zillweger, Nevin Hause,
Karl Bailey, E. Zerfoss, Cindy Shaulis, Ted Gibala, WP Bone, Steve Long,
Andres Suarez, Jeff Grinch, Cliff Zerfoss, Mark Kolarezyk, William
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