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AWTEY
TAKES JENNERSTOWN KIDS DAY FEATURE
JENNERSTOWN, PA (Aug. 5) … Barry Awtey reeled in early race leader Mark
Smith two laps from the finish in the 40-lap Courtesy Suzuki super late
model main event at Jennerstown Speedway to pick up his first feature
victory of the season in NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series action.
Smith had
led the contest since Lap 8, after inheriting the front spot when early
pacesetter Robby Marhefka and Mark Poole both took hard hits into the
third turn wall, bringing out a red flag. Poole’s car caught fire
briefly from a ruptured oil line. Neither driver was injured in the
melee.
On the
ensuing restart Smith jumped ahead of Todd Goble and built up a full
straightaway lead over Goble and Awtey, who battled for the runner-up
position for five circuits.
Awtey
began closing the gap, as Smith’s car began to tighten and push up the
track exiting the corners. The Jenners veteran finally made the winning
pass coming off the fourth turn on Lap 38.
“I knew I
had to go like heck to catch Mark (Smith) when he had such a big lead,”
Awtey said from Victory Lane. “I ran it for all it was worth, and we
just lucked out. When I saw him slip up high coming off of four, it was
just like piranha’s smelling blood.”
Blairsville’s Rick Boyer settled for a distant third, while Goble and
Garry Wiltrout rounded out the top-five.
Dusty
Rhoads grabbed the lead from Snooky Williams eight laps into the WJAC-TV
late model 25-lap feature, and then cruised to an easy win.
Andrew
Wylie moved into second late in the contest, and then held off Mel Wilt,
Chris Brink and Todd Corson.
Adam
Kostelnik saw his Advance Auto Parts street stock win skein stopped at
seven, as an early race skirmish sent him to the pit area.
With
Kostelnik on the sidelines Scott Bowman battled past Bill Ashton on Lap
15, then held off the charge of Todd Knight to annex his first ever
checkered flag in the class. Ashton finished third ahead of Tom Knight
Sr. and Jonathan Hileman.
Deidre
Petrie captured her first hobby stock feature of the year after
re-passing Steve Long on the white flag lap to regain the top spot.
Petrie had led the entire contest until getting caught in traffic on the
12th lap, which permitted Long to take command.
Long held
on to finish second over Doug Long, Scott McCall and Eugene Zerfoss..
Complete Race Results
SUMMARY – JENNERSTOWN SPEEDWAY – Saturday Aug. 5, 2006
COURTESY SUZUKI SUPER LATE MODELS
HEATS – Mark Smith, Mark Poole
FEATURE – Barry Awtey, Smith, Rick Boyer, Todd Goble, Garry Wiltrout,
Todd Price, Mark Cottone, Kyle Martel, Marion Reno,Jr., Jason Lasky,
Chantal Germek, Robby Marhefka, Poole
WJAC-TV
LATE MODELS
HEAT – Dusty Rhoads
FEATURE – Rhoads, Andrew Wylie, Mel Wilt, Chris Brink, Todd Corson,
Snooky Williams, Mark Rend, Wade Champeno
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS STREET STOCKS
HEATS – Todd Knight, Andrew Kostelnik
FEATURE – Scott Bowman, Todd Knight, Bill ashton, Tom Knight Sr.,
Jonathan Hileman, Steve Singo, Lauren Butler, Vince Kaider, Bobby Young,
Mike Davis, Jim Bodziak, Phil Grubbs, Tony Manganello, Dave Manns, Adam
Kostelnik, Andrew Kostelnik, Roger Onstead
HOBBY
STOCKS
HEATS – Eugene Zerfoss, Deidre Petrie
FEATURE – Petrie, Steve Long, Doug Long, Scott McCall, Eugene Zerfoss,
John Steeley, Teddy Gibala, Larry Dunmyer, Jeff Zillweger, Matt Sever,
Dave Lambert, Amanda Zerfoss, Angelo Codispoti, Brandon Bittner | 
