Sidewinder Sprints – 07/12/14 Path Valley With the season hitting the ½ way mark, the first thing that jumps out is Brandon Yarlett’s continued speed now that his early season engine wiring issues are behind him. The first feature saw Brandon take the early lead until 600 superstar , Jim Young made his way to 2nd on lap 2. For the next 7 laps they would run side by side . Brandon on the high side , Jim on the low side. Both drivers commented later on how much fun it was to be racing so close and sideways on the slick surface e for lap after lap. Jim young would take command on the 9th lap and continue to lead the way to the flag and the first feature win. Mike Zielonis came home 3rd with newcomer Turk Tabb showing speed with a great 4th place finish. The 2nd feature saw Mike Zielonis and Hannah Riser scheduled for the front row. Unfortunately Hannah sustained engine problems earlier in the evening and was unable to take her position. This allowed Jim Young to start on the front row. The outside row had the advantage on the slick surface and Jim made the most of this to jump to the lead and was never headed to take his second win for the evening. ( 3rd if you count his 600cc win as well). Mike Zielonis continued with his consistency finishing in 2nd with Rohan Beasley coming home in 3rd. Turk Tabb once again showed speed with 4th and Brandon Yarlett finishing 5th. Feature One Feature Two Final Total Driver Start Finish Points Start Finish Points Points total Hard Charger Jim Young (8) 6 1 130 3 1 115 245 7 Mike Zielonis (81) 8 3 118 1 2 99 217 4 Brandon Yarlett (4T) 2 2 100 7 5 94 194 2 Tabb Turk (41) 3 4 89 6 4 100 189 1 Rohan Beasley (14) 5 5 85 4 3 100 185 1 Matt Kreider (53) 1 7 70 8 6 88 158 -4 Zach Overmiller (75) 4 6 78 5 7 74 152 -4 Hannah Riser (14K) 7 8 71 2 8 66 137 -7 Tire Shootout Invitational Results ; American Racer takes the win and 3 of the top 5. American Racer – 80 pts Hoosier – 56 pts This Week’s Questions; Q. Mike Zielonis has been consistently fast all season and thus has created a sizeable point lead. History has shown that the points race tends to tighten up in the 2nd half of the season. Can Mike increase his lead this week, or will the other teams start to bridge the gap? A. Once again Mike’s consistent performance saw him increase his lead. Next Week’s Questions; Q. The teams are scheduled to hit the Trail-Way clay on Friday August 8th, followed by Susquehanna on Sunday August 10th to make a double header weekend. Will we see a new Trail-Way and Susquehanna winners ? Q. Earlier this year, both Jim Young and Brad Weber took the challenge. Sources are saying that another previous track champion has said that he will be back to race against the Sidewinders. Can the Sidewinders win or will the 600 teams defend their turf. Likewise will any 600 teams take on the Sidewinders at Susquehanna and if so, can the Sidewinders defend their turf? Sidewinder Sprints are accepting 2014 registrations. Drivers wishing to join are reminded to register with us ASAP (click the registration link on our website) to reserve your car number, as we do not allow duplicate numbers, and to receive important registered team only emails regarding rules, contingency requirements and schedules. Sidewinder Sprints will be appearing at: Trail-Way August 8th Susquehanna August 10th Path Valley August 16th Path Valley August 30th For all your racing needs please contact our following partners: Season Sponsors; American Racer – Lias Tires (americanraceronline ) Hoosier Tire - Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic (hoosiermidatlantic ) Contingency Awards: Guhl Motors (guhlmotors) ; For all of your Fuel Injection needs. “Highest eligible Guhl injection finisher”; Jim Young Hyper Hard Charger (Hyperracing); Most positions gained in the features; Jim Young Aero Wings (aerowingsonline) ; Winners use Wings by Aero. Lucky 7; Zach Overmiller Keizer Wheels (keizerwheels ); Fast Fifth Award.; Rohan Beasley Coating Concepts (coatingconcepts.net) End of season awards Drivers 2014 points standings: 1st Mike Zielonis (81) 2024 2nd Brandon Yarlett (4T) 1785 3rd Rohan Beasley (14) 1718 4th Zach Overmiller (75) 1463 5th Matt Kreider (53) 1401 6th Rich Halter (04) 1000 7th Jason Stahl (5J) 840 8th Austin Quick (44) 712 9th Jim Young (8) 651 10th Reed Salony (22R) 607 11th Ben Houtz (77) 541 12th Turk Tabb (41) 534 13th Steve Wary (44S) 491 14th Jerry Strausbaugh (26) 401 15th Josh Chess (72) 399 16th Mike Murphy Jr (39) 386 17th Tim Townsend (56) 318 18th Hannah Riser (14K) 314 19th Keith Ford (4D) 307 20th Rick Stone (41U) 305 21st Jonathon Hynes (95) 243 22nd Misty Kopp (29K) 164 23rd Mike Deimler (52) 163 24th Brad Weber (17) 141 25th Bruce Ginther Jr (28) 113 26th Christian Wright (22) 100 27th Adam Meier (23M) 100 28th Tom Kirkpatrick (5) 100 29th Brett Strickler (38) 100 30th Jason Eisenhart (21) 100 31st Aaron Spahr (16) 100 32nd Tyler Walton (14T) 100 Team Owner 2014 points standings: 1st Mike Zielonis (81) 2024 2nd Donna and Brandon Yarlett (4T) 1785 3rd Katie Beasley (14) 1718 4th Steve & Renee Overmiller (75) 1463 5th Ron Kreider (53) 1401 6th Tara Halter (04) 1000 7th Mike Dicely (44) 712 8th Todd Salony (22R) 607 9th Ben Houtz (77) 541 10th Mike Zielonis (81Z) 533 11th John Wary (44S) 491 12th Jim Young (8) 651 13th Jerry Strausbaugh (26) 401 14th Don Chess (72) 399 15th Mike Murphy Jr (39) 386 16th Turk Tabb (41) 534 17th Tim Townsend (56) 318 18th Glenn Stahl (5J) 307 19th Keith Ford (4D) 307 20th Rick Stone (41U) 305 21st David Hynes (95) 243 22nd Hannah Riser (14K) 314 23rd Misty Kopp (29K) 164 24th Mike Deimler (52) 163 25th Brad Weber (17) 141 26th Bruce Ginther Jr (28) 113 27th Ken and Chris Wright (22) 100 28th Adam Meier (23M) 100 29th Tom Kirkpatrick (5) 100 30th Party of Five (21) 100 31st Scott Spahr (16) 100 32nd Mark Strickler (38) 100 33rd Bob and Brenda Walton (14T) 100 SidewinderSprints
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