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BIRES
WINS JENNERSTOWN ASA CHALLENGE SERIES 200
JENNERSTOWN, PA (July 29)
Wisconsin driver Kelly Bires proved to be
the dominant force Saturday evening at Jennerstown Speedway, as he ran
away and hid from the ASA Late Model Series field in the Automotive
Resources AC Delco Challenge 200 at the half-mile paved Somerset County
oval.
Bires
broke out of a tight five-car battle for the lead on Lap-62 to take the
front spot from Jack Smith with an outside pass going down the back
stretch. From this point Bires never looked back has he built his lead
to over a full straight at one point and lapped up to the seventh place
finisher.
We had a
great race car tonight, said Bires. The car was real loose for the
first 30-laps or so, but then got better towards the end of the first
hundred. We put two new rights on and added fuel for the second segment.
New tires usually free the car up, but our car got really tight during
the last 50-laps.
Were
leading the ASA national points right now, he said, but our team
concentrates more on winning races. Our focus is on the next race.
Smith
hung on for second place, and was actually closing the gap a bit at the
end. Our car was good, Smith said. Lapped traffic screwed us up
I
was hoping to get a shot at Kelly at the end. I think we may have had
something for him on a short run.
Brent
Downey was third, trailed by Peter Cozzolino, Landon Cassill, Charlie
Menard, Travis Dassow, Eddie Hoffman, Jesse Smith and Jeff
VanOudenhoven.
Former
track champion Garry Wiltrout finished 15th, while two-time
2006 feature winner Kyle Martel was 16th. Former Jennerstown
campaigner Rick Miller led the first 35 laps of the contest, but was
later involved in a spin, and dropped out with mechanical problems to
finish 18th.
Chad Wood
was the fastest in time trials, stopping the clock with a time of
18.622.
In NASCAR
Dodge Weekly Series action rookie Mark Rend captured his first WJAC-TV
late model event by leading all 25 laps, and withstanding a strong
challenge from current point leader Dusty Rhoads. Mel Wilt was third,
ahead of Chris Brink and Wade Champeno.
Adam
Kostelnik continued his winning streak in the Advance Auto Parts street
stocks, winning his seventh consecutive 20 lapper over Steve Singo, Bill
Ashton, Phil Grubbs and Scott Bowman.
Eugene
Zerfoss returned to Victory Lane in the 15-lap hobby stock finale,
outdistancing Scott McCall, John Steeley, Teddy Gibala, and Doug Long.
Complete Race Results
SUMMARY
JENNERSTOWN SPEEDWAY
July 29, 2006
ASA
AUTOMOTIVE RESOURCES AC DELCO 200
TIME
TRIAL RESULTS Chad Wood 18.662
FEATURE Kelly Bires, Jack Smith, Brent Downey, Peter Cozzolino, Landon
Cassill, Charlie Menard, Travis Dassow, Eddie Hoffman, Jesse Smith, Jeff
VanOudenhoven, Bobby Stremme, Greg Taylor, Chris Ross, Andrew Weldon,
Garry Wiltrout, Kyle Martel, Kris Stump, Rick Miller, Chris Lester, Ken
Wills, Bob Varney, Bill Tomlinson, Chris Purdy, Chad Wood, James Schaub,
Jesse Saunders, BJ Graves
WJAC-TV
LATE MODELS
HEAT Dusty Rhoads
FEATURE Mark Rend, Rhoads, Mel Wilt, Chris Brink, Wade Champeno,
Andrew Wylie, Todd Corson, Dan Brink, Snooky Williams
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS STREET STOCKS
HEATS Jason Holder, Adam Kostelnik
FEATURE Kostelnik, Steve Singo, Bill Ashton, Phil Grubbs, Scott
Bowman, Tom Knight Sr., Jim Bodziac, Lauren Butler, Holder, Dave Manns,
Roger Onstead, Will Ashton
HOBBY
STOCKS
HEATS Eugene Zerfoss, Scott McCall
FEATURE Zerfoss, Scott MCCall, John Steeley, Teddy Gibala, Doug Kong,
Brandon Bittner, Larry Dunmyer, Deidre Petrie, Matt Sever, Jeff
Zillweger, Angelo Codispoti, Craig Livengood, Dave Lambert, DNS Steve
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