August 30, 2014 Saturday night’s racing at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway heated up for one of the last two points nights left to go in the 2014 racing season. Imperial’s Mike Johnson broke his dry spell and took the checkered flag in the Diehl of Robinson Super Late Model race. Justin Lamb also ended a long winless streak by earning his first win in three years in the Precise Racing Products Rush Late Model feature. The 410 Outlaw Winged sprints showcased the talents of Carl Bowser of Sarver, PA, who battled with Brandon Matus to win the Sprint Car main event. Also making an appearance at the track were the Rush Modifieds, Greg Martin took the win in the 15 lap feature. Fan favorites Nick Kocuba and Karlee Kovacs both made an appearance in victory lane in the Sunoco Race Fuels Sportsman and Imperial Heights Young Guns divisions. Finishing up the night was a win by Dave Sheriff in the Miley BP Car Wash Hobby Stock main. John Mollick and Mike Johnson both won their heats in the Diehl of Robinson Super Late Model class. However, Mollick broke and exited the feature after the third lap. Johnson started on the pole and started to pull away from the field in the first few laps, running on the high side of the track. But the West Virginia Rim Rider, Steve Baker, gave chase, sometimes coming within a few car lengths at times. Behind them, Ben Miley, Lynn Geisler and Alex Ferree put on a great show, battling back and forth for positions 3-5. In the end, Johnson held on for the win, his first of the season. Behind him at the finish were Baker, Geisler, Miley and Ferree. Starting on the pole position in the Precise Racing Products Rush Late Model event, Justin Lamb broke away from the rest of the pack and developed a comfortable lead. After 10 laps, Nico DaBecco left the race on a caution flag, and the next few laps were caution filled as well. At the restart, Alan Dellinger and Tommy Schirnhofer both tried to charge to the front, but Lamb held off his challengers and earned his first victory in three years. Schirnhofer, Dellinger, Corey McPherson, and Michael Reft rounded out the top five. The 410 Outlaw Winged Sprints had a smaller than usual field of cars, but the drivers put on a big show, especially as Carl Bowser and Brandon Matus battled it out, with Bowser holding onto the top spot for all but one of laps in the 20 lap feature event. AJ Flick, Brent Matus, and Brandon Spithaler followed at the finish. The Rush Modifieds also made an appearance, and track newcomer Greg Martin from Wilson, NY earned the win in their feature event. Rocky Kugal, Jeremy Zufall, Will Schaffer, and Chelsie Kriegisch followed at the checkers. A field of 14 cars was slated to start the Sunoco Race Fuels Sportsman main event, with Drew Koteles and Eric Piotrowski in the front row. As the green flag waved, Nick Kocuba rocketed to the front, and put on his best show of the season and earned his first win in 2014. He was able to hold off a challenge from Bill Robertson at the end. Points leader Christian Schneider was able to return to the track and earn his downed lap back to finish 4th overall. Robertson was second, Joey Koteles was third, and Pat Henley was fifth. Sporting their biggest field appearance of the season, the Miley BP Car Wash Hobby Stocks started 9 cars in their heat and 8 in the feature event. Dave Sheriff, Joe Podolinsky and Hannah Ramsey were the frontrunners the entire time and finished first, second and third respectively. Steve Pyeritz and Jacob Wiser followed. After a late race caution in the Imperial Heights Young Guns feature race, Karlee Kovacs was able to pass and take the lead from O.B. Huff and earn her fifth win of the season, thrilling the fan contingent she brought with her. Huff finished second and Dale Tuche had a strong run and finished fourth. Twenty-six year old Dave Ostrander finished in fifth place. The 26th Pittsburgher 100 is just two weeks away; Dirt’s Monster Half Mile will host an open practice session on Friday, September 12. The two day racing extravaganza will start on Saturday, September 13 and will showcase a 50 lap $5,000 to win Diehl of Robinson Super Late Model event. A Rush Tour Event will follow that night, along with racing in the Sportsman, Hobby Stock, Young Guns and ¾ Late Model features. Sunday, September 13 will be the $5,000 to win Herb Scott Memorial, and features in the Rush Pro Late Model, Sportsman, Hobby Stock, Young Guns and ¾ Late Model divisions. All tickets are available online at showclix/event/pittsburgher Camping permits must be printed and registered; details are available on ppms Diehl of Robinson Super Late Models Heat 1 Finish Heat 2 Finish 1 4J John Mollick 1 2J Mike Johnson 2 10f Alex Ferree 2 0b Steve Baker 3 38s Jim Stephans 3 99m Ben Miley 4 75f Colton Flinner 4 1C Lynn Geisler 5 02b Brandon Burgoon 5 44s Derek Stefanick 6 13y Bill Yohe Feature Finish DID NOT START 1 2J Mike Johnson 13y Bill Yohe 2 0b Steve Baker 3 1C Lynn Geisler 4 99m Ben Miley 5 10f Alex Ferree 6 02b Brandon Burgoon 7 75f Colton Flinner 8 44s Derek Stefanick 9 4J John Mollick 10 38s Jim Stephans Precise Racing Products Rush Late Models Heat 1 Finish Heat 2 Finish 1 03j Paul Jablonski 1 8s Tommy Schirnhofer 2 9R Michael Reft 2 8d Alan Dellinger 3 93X Justin Lamb 3 60c Corey McPherson 4 14B Ben Policz 4 F1 Nico Dabecco 5 2M Chuck Medved 5 8c Dusty Curry 6 01h Ron Hall 6 82S Josh Stoica 7 6R Chuck Recker Jr. 7 88c Daryl Charlier Feature Finish DID NOT START 1 93X Justin Lamb 6R Chuck Recker Jr. 2 8s Tommy Schirnhofer 88c Daryl Charlier 3 8d Alan Dellinger 4 60c Corey McPherson 5 9R Michael Reft 6 14B Ben Policz 7 03j Paul Jablonski 8 2M Chuck Medved 9 8c Dusty Curry 10 82S Josh Stoica 11 01h Ron Hall 12 F1 Nico Dabecco 410 Outlaw Winged Sprints Heat 1 Finish Heat 2 Finish 1 10 Carl Bowser 1 33 Brent Matus 2 2 A. J. Flick 2 5R Gale Ruth Jr. 3 13 Brandon Matus 3 5 Bob McMillin 4 27 Brandon Spithaler 4 1R Gale Ruth Sr. 5 27m Zach Morrow 5 12K Mike Flynn Feature Finish 1 10 Carl Bowser 2 13 Brandon Matus 3 2 A. J. Flick 4 33 Brent Matus 5 27 Brandon Spithaler 6 5R Gale Ruth Jr. 7 5 Bob McMillin 8 27m Zach Morrow 9 1R Gale Ruth Sr. 10 12K Mike Flynn Rush Modifieds Heat 1 Finish 1 4m Greg Martin 2 1k Rocky Kugel 3 20z Jeremy Zufall 4 4w Will Schaffer 5 4c Chelsie Kriegisch Feature Finish 1 4m Greg Martin 2 1k Rocky Kugel 3 20z Jeremy Zufall 4 4w Will Schaffer 5 4c Chelsie Kriegisch Sunoco Race Fuels Sportsman Heat 1 Finish Heat 2 Finish 1 M5 Christian Schneider 1 08b Jeff Broniszewski 2 10k Nick Kocuba 2 1B Bill Robertson 3 64k Drew Koteles 3 33k Joey Koteles 4 21D Gary Smith 4 25m Brett McDonald 5 7p Eric Piotrowski 5 36p Adam Kostelik 6 45JR Todd Weldon 6 11 Josh Langer 7 380 Pat Hanley 7 25L Mark Lee Feature Finish DID NOT START 1 10k Nick Kocuba 11 Josh Langer 2 1B Bill Robertson 45JR Todd Weldon 3 33k Joey Koteles 4 M5 Christian Schneider 5 380 Pat Hanley 6 25m Brett McDonald 7 7p Eric Piotrowski 8 25L Mark Lee 9 64k Drew Koteles 10 36p Adam Kostelik 11 21D Gary Smith 12 08b Jeff Broniszewski Miley BP Car Wash Hobby Stocks Heat 1 Finish 1 56p Joe Podolinsky 2 8s Dave Sheriff 3 14H Hannah Ramsey 4 36J Steve Pyeritz 5 3d Dylan Bolind 6 OU2 Jacob Wiser 7 78s Zackery Stehle 8 07g Chad Gorring 9 51d John Dotten Feature Finish DID NOT START 1 8s Dave Sheriff 78s Zackery Stehle 2 56p Joe Podolinsky 3 14H Hannah Ramsey 4 36J Steve Pyeritz 5 OU2 Jacob Wiser 6 07g Chad Gorring 7 3d Dylan Bolind 8 51d John Dotten Imperial Heights Young Guns Feature Finish 1 221 Karlee Kovacs 2 83h O. B. Huff 3 310 Dale Tuche 4 D15 David Ostrander 5 68XJR Marc Simmons 6 75s Jarrett Sugar 7 33B Devin Black 8 21m Jonathan Miller
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 05:45:52 +0000
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