Mid-Atlantic Modified Report – Week 20

PORT ROYAL – STSS Speed Showcase – 200

10/17/20 – The 42 car field was led to green by Alex Yankowski and Danny Bouc on lap 1 of 200.  Yankowski led for the first 15 laps until Matt Williamson took over the lead on lap 16 with Matt Sheppard moving into 2^nd place. 

The red flat came out on lap 42 for Billy Pauch Jr. who had heavy wall contact with the car erupting into a ball of flames and barrel rolling several times caused by a stuck throttle down the back stretch.  Pauch Jr. emerged from the completely destroyed 96 car under his own power and was uninjured in the incident.  The backstretch wall was damaged and track crews made repairs for over an hour before racing could resume.

Racing resumed on lap 43 with Williamson continuing to lead Matt Sheppard, Alex Yankowski, Max McLaughlin and Anthony Perrago back to green.  Stewart Friesen moved into 6^th place on lap 51 from his 39^th provisional starting position with an eye on the leaders.

Williamson continued to hold his lead until lap 86 when Anthony Perrago moved into the lead followed by Matt Williamson, Stewart Friesen, Max McLaughlin, and Matt Sheppard.  Lap 88 saw caution 5 fly and the hot pits opened with Stewart Friesen the only top 5 leader pitting.

At lap 100 a scheduled fuel stop/hot pits caution stopped the field on the track for a fuel stop with Perrago leading Matt Williamson, Matt Sheppard, Max McLaughlin and Peter Britten.  Drivers had the choice to stay on track and receive fuel only or go into the hot pits for the 10 minute to make any adjustments and return on lap 100 in the back of the field in order they entered in the hot pits.  Only 8 cars did not pit and stayed on the track and moved to the front of the field for the restart.

When racing resumed after the scheduled lap 100 fuel or pit stop Andy Bachetti was the race leader followed by Rick Laubach, Stewart Friesen, Ryan Watt and Tyler Dipple. 

On lap 105 Stewart Friesen took over the lead followed by Bachetti, Watt, Perrago and McLaughlin. 

Friesen extended his lead to 4 seconds and continued to lead at lap 150 with Perrago, Bachetti, Williamson and McLaughlin in pursuit. 

On lap 183 restart Matt Williamson made the pass on Friesen for the lead and held on through one more restart by running the inside line which was enough to hold off Friesen who was running up next to the wall.   But it was Williamson taking the checkered flag at lap 200 for the $53,000 win and his first Short Track Super Series win.

The top 10 was rounded out by Stewart Friesen in 2nd, Matt Sheppard, Anthony Perrago, Larry Wight, Max McLaughlin, Ryan Godown, Andy Bachetti, Alex Yankowski and Billy Decker in 10^th.

Speed Showcase 200 Feature Finish (200 laps) at Port Royal Speedway on 10/17/20:

1. MAT WILLIAMSON ($53,000), 2.) Stewart Friesen, 3.) Matt Sheppard, 4.) Anthony Perrego, 5.) Larry Wight, 6.) Max McLaughlin, 7.) Ryan Godown, 8.) Andy Bachetti, 9.) Alex Yankowski, 10.) Billy Decker, 11.) Erick Rudolph, 12.) Mike Mahaney, 13.) Ronnie Johnson, 14.) Tim Fuller, 15.)Mike Gular, 16.) Ryan Susice, 17.) Josh Hohenforst, 18.) Ryan Watt, 19.) Tyler Dippel, 20.) Billy Dunn, 21.) Jimmy Horton, 22.) Brandon Grosso, 23.) Brett Haas, 24.) Jordan Watson, 25.) Ryan Riddle, 26.) Billy Van Pelt, 27.) Peter Britten, 28.) Alan Johnson, 29.) J.R. Heffner, 30.) Rick Laubach, 31.) Matt DeLorenzo, 32.) Brett Tonkin, 33.) Danny Bouc, 34.) Michael Maresca, 35.) Danny Johnson, 36.) Jeff Strunk, 37.) Tyler Siri, 38.) Rocky Warner, 39.) Billy Pauch Jr., 40.) Demetrios Drellos, 41.) Neil Williams, 42.) Richie Pratt Jr.
   
   Did Not Qualify: Jessica Friesen, Dave Marcuccilli, Ron Cartwright Jr., Jared Umbenhauer, Justin Wright, Joe Judge, Ryan Riddle, David Schilling, Danny Hieber, Joseph Watson, Matt Stangle, Josh Nobriga, Jacob Dgien, Brian Gleason, Adam Gage, Eric Williams, Chris Ostrowsky, Josh Delea, Kurt Hundeland, Rusty Smith, Billy Pauch Sr., Mike Trautschold.

The Short Track Super Series goes home to Georgetown for the Mid-Atlantic Championship on Friday and Saturday October 30 & 31 with racing starting at 7:15 PM.

PORT ROYAL – STSS Speed Showcase – 40

10/15/20 – The modified 40 lap feature was led to green by JoJo Watson and Matt Shepherd with Watson taking the lead for 3 laps when Sheppard took over the lead on a lap 4 restart.  Despite 8 cautions and resulting restarts Sheppard continued to dominate the remainder of the race and checked out on the field with a 5 second margin of victory.

In victory lane Sheppard noted “I was not liking all those cautions in the beginning and the cushion was treacherous but the car was good anywhere with gripe in the middle and the bottom and in the end I was just driving very carefully with the lead we had.  This was a lot of fun with a good car and a real good track.”

The top ten was rounded out by Billy Pauch Jr in second, Mike Mahaney, Matt Williamson, Peter Britten, Rocky Warner, Stewart Friesen, Richie Pratt, Danny Bouc and Ryan Godown in 10^th place.

The top 4 finishers are automatically locked in for the Speed Showcase 200 on Saturday – Matt Sheppard, Billy Pauch Jr, Mike Mahaney and Matt Williamson.

Heat race winners were Alex Yankowski, Max McLaughlin, Michael Maresca, Matt Sheppard, Josh Hohenforst and Danny Bouc.

Consolations were won by Matt Williamson, Stewart Friesen and Billy Decker.

Short Track Super Series South Region Event No. 7 Modified Feature Finish (40 laps) at Port Royal, PA Results:

Winner – 1. MATT SHEPPARD, 2. Billy Pauch Jr., 3. Mike Mahaney, 4. Mat Williamson, 5. Peter Britten, 6. Rocky Warner, 7. Stewart Friesen, 8. Richie Pratt Jr., 9. Danny Bouc, 10. Ryan Godown, 11. Michael Maresca, 12. Mike Gular, 13. Alex Yankowski, 14. Anthony Perrego, 15. Jeff Strunk, 16. Larry Wight, 17. Max McLaughlin, 18. Alan Johnson, 19. Billy Decker, 20. Tyler Dippel, 21. Rick Laubach, 22. Jordan Watson, 23. Jimmy Horton, 24. Demetrios Drellos, 25. Matt DeLorenzo, 26. David Van Horn Jr., 27. Brandon Grosso, 28. Ronnie Johnson, 29. Andy Bachetti, 30. Joseph Watson, 31. Josh Hohenforst.

Did Not Qualify: Erick Rudolph, Jared Umbenhauer, Justin Wright, Tim Fuller, Jessica Friesen, Ryan Watt, Ryan Riddle, Brett Haas, J.R. Heffner, Matt Stangle, Danny Hieber, Billy Van Pelt, Ricky Elliott, Danny Johnson, Michael Trautschold, Neil Williams, Josh Nobriga, Eric Williams, David Marcuccilli, Tyler Siri, Rusty Smith, Josh Delea, David Schilling, Brett Tonkin, Brian Gleason, Jacob Dgien, Kurt Hundeland, Billy Pauch Sr., Adam Gage, Dave Shirk.

GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY

10/17/20 –

Feature # 1 – Kevin Hirthler led the 20 lap feature from green to checkered flag for the win in feature # 1 with only one caution and was completed in 8 minutes.  The top 5 was rounded out by Louden Reimert, John Willman, Duane Howard and Dylan Swinehart.   An invert of 12 was drawn for feature # 2.

Feature # 2 – This time it was Ryan Beltz leading the 20 lap feature # 2 from green to checkered flag with no cautions and completing in only 5 minutes and 26 seconds.  The top 5 was rounded out by Nate Brinker, Keith Hoffman, Frank Cozze and Louden Reimert.

Feature # 3 – The final feature was also won by pole sitter Duane Howard who again led from green to checkered flag for his second win of the season.  The final feature took 10 minutes and had 2 caution flags.  The top 5 was rounded out by Kevin Hirthler, Frank Cozze, Keith Hoffman and Nate Brinker.

In feature 1 victory lane Kevin Hirthler noted “This was a stellar field of 50 cars despite the Deyo race.  Lapped traffic was tough but everyone drove clean and with respect it was a good Night.”

In feature 2 victory lane Ryan Beltz commented “This is a dream come true to get our first modified win and be in victory lane with 2 of the best in the business Kevin Hirthler and Duane Howard.”

In feature 3 victory lane Duane Howard stated “The front starting spot was a big help and it was nice to get a win but this has still been a frustrating and disappointing season.”

Heat winners were Brett Gilmore, Louden Reimert, Kevin Hirthler and Doug Manmiller.  Last chance consolations were won by Briggs Danner and Brian Hirthler.

Modifieds Feature 1 (20 Laps) – 1. Kevin Hirthler 2. Louden Reimert 3. John Willman 4. Duane Howard 5. Dylan Swinehart 6. Frank Cozze 7. Mike Lisowski 8. Keith Hoffman 9. Nate Brinker 10. Jordan Henn 11. Eric Biehn 12. Ryan Beltz 13. Wade Hendrickson 14. Ryan Krachun 15. Craig Whitmoyer 16. Brian Hirthler 17. Briggs Danner 18. Richie Hitzler 19. Justin Grim 20. Chris Graver 21. Joe Funk 22. Brett Gilmore 23. Kevin Graver 24. Doug Manmiller (Alt # 1 – Ray Swinehart – DNS) 

 Feature 2 (20 Laps) – 1. Ryan Beltz 2. Nate Brinker 3. Keith Hoffman 4. Frank Cozze 5. Louden Reimert 6. Kevin Hirthler 7. Duane Howard 8. Eric Biehn 9. Jordan Henn 10. Mike Lisowski 11. Ryan Krachun 12. Dylan Swinehart 13. Craig Whitmoyer 14. Chris Graver 15. Brian Hirthler 16. John Willman 17. Doug Manmiller 18. Wade Hendrickson 19. Kevin Graver 20. Joe Funk 21. Brett Gilmore 22. Richie Hitzler 23. Briggs Danner 24. Justin Grim (Alt # 1 – Ray Swinehart – DNS) 

Feature 3 (20 Laps) – 1. Duane Howard 2. Kevin Hirthler 3. Frank Cozze 4. Keith Hoffman 5. Nate Brinker 6. Mike Lisowski 7. Craig Whitmoyer 8. Doug Manmiller 9. Eric Biehn 10. Jordan Henn 11. Ryan Beltz 12. Chris Graver 13. Dylan Swinehart 14. Kevin Graver 15. Ray Swinehart (Alt) 16. Joe Funk 17. Richie Hitzler 18. Louden Reimert 19. Ryan Krachun 20. Brian Hirthler 21. Brett Gilmore 22. Justin Grim 23. Wade Hendrickson 24. John Willman; (Briggs Danner – DNS)

 DNQ – Ray Swinehart (Alt # 1), Ron Kline, Nick Rochinski, Dan Waisempacher, Dillon Steuer, Kyle Weiss, Brett Kressley, Bobby Trapper Jr, Daryl Dissenger, Parker Guildin, Mark Kratz, Jim Britt, Bobby Gunther-Walsh, Alan Barker, Carroll Hine, Kyle Merkle, Aleah Geisler, Scott Frack, Skylar Sheriff, Brad Brightbill, Bryan Kuhl, Brian Mady, Luke Fritz, Mark Kellner, Mike Tyson, Mark Levy

DELAWARE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

10/17/20 – No racing this week.

Next up at Delaware International Speedway is the Delaware Dirt Track Championships on Friday and Saturday October 23-24 with modifieds and a full program.

GEORGETOWN SPEEDAY

10/16/20 – No racing this week.

Georgetown’s next scheduled event is Friday & Saturday October 30-31 for the Mid-Atlantic STSS Championships features modifieds and a full card with racing at 7:15 on Friday and 5:00 on Saturday.

BRIDGEPORT MOTORSPORTS PARK

10/17/20 – No big track racing this week.

Next event for Bridgeport is the URC High Banks Classic on November 6-8 with racing on November 6th starting at 7:30.   The 100 lap Danny Serrano Memorial feature has been rescheduled on November 8^th in addition to a 40 lap modified feature event.

PENN CAN SPEEDWAY

2020 Racing season has been completed.  2021 schedule to be announced.

NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY

2020 Racing season has been completed.  2021 schedule to be announced.

BIG DIAMOND SPEEDWAY

Big Diamond has concluded their extended 2020 season.  2021 schedule to be announced.