FORSYTHE WINS SECOND OF SEASON IN 358 CHAMPIONSHIP RACE

Glenndon Forsythe of Aspers claimed the extra-distance Coliseum 358 sprint championship race, worth $1,200 after starting sixth.

Polesitter Brian Gorland held the lead for the first 17 circuits before Forsythe could get by with a low move in the second corner.

Forsythe had trouble tracking down Gorland after motoring into second on the third lap. It wasn’t until later in the race that a somewhat faltering Gorland gave Forsythe his opportunity.

The race pace was halted with three laps to go in the 25-lapper when point leader Cory Haas and Jay Galloway connected in the third turn, collecting three other cars.

After the read, Forsythe cruised flawlessly to his third career Grove triumph and second of the season at the track.

Mark Coldren followed Forsythe across the finish line followed by Frankie Herr, Scott Geesey and Tony Smolenyak.

Sixth through 10^th went to Chris Shuttlesworth, Danny Massey, Jason Clauss, Chad Criswell and Todd Reed.

Criswell was named the Coliseum Hard Charger.

Heats for the 35 cars were won by Galloway, Shuttlesworth, Forsythe and Massey. Nicole Bower took the consolation.

Glenndon Forsythe wins Williams Grove Speeway

Congratulation to Glenndon Forsythe on picking up his 3rd career win tonight at Williams Grove Speedway.

2nd was the 07 of Mark Coldren.
3rd was the 99 of Frankie Herr
4th was the 1w of Scott Geesey
5th was the 48 of Tony Smolonyak
6th the 41 of Chris Shuttelsworth
7th the 3a of Danny Massey
8th the 08 of Jason Clauss
9th the 84c of Chad Criswell
10th the 80 of Todd Reed

I will have the full run down tomorrow.

Updated Central PA 358 Racing Series Points as of 8/15/09

Here are the updated points after tonight's race at Williams Grove Speedway.

1. Jeff Rohrbaugh - 528 pts (3 wins)
2. Dale Hammaker - 481 pts (1 win)
3. Brad McClelland - 480 pts (6 wins)
4. Blane Heimbach - 442 pts (2 wins)
5. Billy Dietrich - 441 pts (1 win)
6. Nate Snyder - 332 pts
7. Kyle Moody - 323 pts (3 wins)
8. Tim Wagaman - 311 pts
9. Pat Cannon - 304 pts (4 wins)
10.Mike Bittinger - 286 pts (3 wins)
11.Glenndon Forsythe - 277 pts (3 wins)
12.Phil Walter - 256 pts (2 wins)
13.TJ Stutts - 254 pts
14.Scott Geesey - 246 pts
15.Eric Tomecek - 203 pts (1 win)
16.Kevin Nouse - 201 pts (2 wins)
17.Logan Schuhart - 188 pts (1 win)
18.Joe Trone Jr - 187 pts (1 win)
19.Adrian Shaffer - 184 pts (2 wins)
20.Cory Haas - 184 pts (1 win)
21.Scott Flammer - 166 pts (2 wins)
22.Nicole Bower - 163 pts (1 win)
23.Matt Boland - 159 pts (1 win)
24.Jason Clauss - 156 pts
25.Matt Heimbach - 155 pts
26.Mike Walter - 151 pts
27.Frankie Herr - 150 pts (1 win)
28.Tim Berkheimer - 140 pts
28.Davie Franek - 139 pts
29.Austin Reed - 132 pts
30.Jeff Furlong - 128 pts
31.Chad Criswell - 128 pts (1 win)
32.Keith Prutzman - 126 pts
33.John Barnett - 121 pts
34.Doug Hammaker - 118 pts
35.Jason Shultz - 114 pts (1 win)
36.Gerard McIntyre Jr- 111 pts (1 win)
37.Colby Womer - 111 pts
38.Aaron Ott - 100 pts
39.Nyle Burkes - 96 pts
40.Billy Johns - 90 pts
41.Danny Dietrich - 87 pts
42.Matt Horst - 85 pts
43.Jordan Frontz - 80 pts (1 win)
44.Jessie Morrison - 77 pts
45.Shane Smith - 76 pts
46.Randy Davis - 76 pts
47.Jay Galloway - 74 pts
48.Joey Borich - 72 pts (1 win)
49.Mark Freeland - 72 pts
50.Kevin Nagy - 68 pts
51.Derek Sell - 65 pts
52.Steve Fannasy - 63 pts
53.Randy Whisler - 56 pts
54.Derek Locke - 53 pts
55.Ricky Stonebraker - 52 pts
56.Nate Hammaker - 51 pts
57.Rich Eichelberger - 50 pts (1 win)
58.Elvin Diller - 48 pts
59.Ryan Kissinger - 44 pts
60.Brian Bruckner - 40 pts
61.Chris Borich - 36 pts
62.Dave Calaman - 35 pts
63.Mark Coldren - 35 pts
64.Jason Cherry - 32 pts
65.Zach Shive Euculano - 32 pts
66.Chris Shuttlesworth - 32 pts
67.Amy Ott - 30 pts
68.Jessica Anderson - 30 pts
69.Brie Hershey - 30 pts
70.Tony Smolenyak - 30 pts
71.Mike Ressler - 28 pts
72.Mark Manier, Jr. - 28 pts
73.Todd Reed - 26 pts
74.Cliff Brian - 25 pts
75.Jack Thornton - 24 pts
76.Chuck Paige - 24 pts
77.Nathan Burwager - 24 pts
78.Nick Palmerino - 20 pts
79.Duane Mausteller - 18 pts
80.Todd Rittenhouse Jr. - 16 pts
81.Brian Garland - 16 pts
82.Danny Massey - 16 pts
83.Joel VanBuskirk - 14 pts
84.Craig Laudermilch - 12 pts
85.Kyle Pruitt - 12 pts
86.Brian Nornhold - 12 pts
87.George Streaker, Jr. - 12 pts
88.Jay Reichard - 10 pts

Congratulations to Glenndon Forsythe on picking up the win his 3rd of his career and 3rd this season in the 358 division.

Most popular driver at Lincoln Speedway

Well the voting is done for the most popular driver in the 358 division at Lincoln Speedway. Your votes have been counted and Nicole Bower came from nowhere to take the win. Nicole had 209 votes and 38% of the total votes. Congratulations to Nicole on the win.

2nd place was Jay Galloway who seemed to have an insurmountable lead a few days ago, ended up with 124 votes and 22% of the votes.

3rd was Kyle Moody who ended up with 45 votes and 8% of the vote. Kyle who made the big announcement this week that he will be the new driver of the 3w 410 sprint car next year can cap of an excellent season by moving to the finals of the most popular driver competition.

4th was Tim Wagaman. The driver from Hanover Pa captured 36 votes with 6% of the vote.

Rounding out the top 5 was Scott Geasey. Scott who driver for injured driver John Westbrook. Scott ended up with 24 votes and 4% of the vote.

These driver will move to the finals along with Mike Bittinger, Bill Dietrich, Brad McClelland, Jeff Rohrbaugh, and Jessie Morrison who where the top 5 from Trail Way Speedway voting last week.

These ten drivers will have 10 more to fight with as this week we have the voting for Williams Grove Speedway. Next week will be the voting for Selinsgrove Speedway, and then in 3 weeks we shall have the final 20 drivers (5 most popular driver from each track) battle it out to see who just is the most popular driver here in Central Pa in the 358 sprint car division.

358 Schedule for this week

The 358 schedule for this week looks as follows.

Williams Grove Speedway will have the 358 as a support division this week. This will be the only 358 race on Friday night as Trail Way Speedway has the night off.

Saturday night Selinsgrove Speedway will see the return of the 358's after being rained out this past week. They will also be the only race on the schedule as Lincoln Speedway has the URC sprints supporting the 410's.

Good luck to all the teams running this week. I will be at The Grove on Friday night covering the racing action. It will be a great week for the teams to make up some ground on the Central PA 358 Point Series leader as I don't believe he will be in action this weekend.

Selinsgrove Speedway coming down to the end of the season.

Selinsgrove Speedway

Following the fifth rain out of the season last weekend, Selinsgrove Speedway will return to racing action at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 15, with a four division show of 358 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks, and roadrunners. Track gates will open at 5 p.m.

Only five point races remain this season (Aug. 15, 22, 29; Sept. 5, 12) to determine the 2009 track champions in each of the speedway’s weekly four divisions.

Blane Heimbach of Selinsgrove leads the A&A Auto Stores 358 sprint car standings by 95 points over Nate Snyder of Halifax. Heimbach won his second race of the season on Aug. 1 and gained a slim margin over Snyder in the chase for the championship. Heimbach is seeking his third career sprint car track title at Selinsgrove, while Snyder is gunning for his first career championship.

Pat Cannon of Etters, who clinched last year’s title, is the leading 358 sprint car winner with four victories entering this weekend’s action. Cannon returned to the 358 sprint car division in late May following an early-season stint in 410 sprint car competition.

Updated Points for the 358's at Lincoln Speedway

Here is the updated points for Lincoln Speedway after this weeks racing action.

Driver - Points - Points behind leader
1. Dale Hammaker -3515-
2. Glenndon Forsythe-3350-165
3. Jeff Rohrbaugh-3335-180
4. Kevin Nagy-3250-265
5. Billy Dietrich-3080-435
6. Brad McClelland-2985-530
7. Tim Berkheimer-2855-660
8. Tim Wagaman-2855-660
9. Eric Tomecek -2835-680
10.Kyle Moody-2640-875

With only 2 points races left for the 358's at Lincoln, and the consistency that Mr. Hammaker has shown this season, it is going to be hard for Glenndon or Jeff to catch the grandfather of 358 sprints for the championship. But then again anything can happen in the division. With it being so tough to qualify through the heats with the fast, narrow track in the heats, plus the point leader always starting last, we could see trouble for Dale in the next two races at Lincoln.

Good luck to all the teams and lets hope the last part of the season is a safe one for all the drivers.

Central PA358 Points Series points for the week of 8/9/09

Here is the complete rundown of points for this week. Congrats to Brad McClelland on picking up his division leading 6th win of the season, and Mike Bittinger on picking up his 3rd win of the year at Trail Way as well as winning the Trail Way / Lincoln Speedway Shootout.

1. Jeff Rohrbaugh - 528 pts (3 wins)
2. Dale Hammaker - 481 pts (1 win)
3. Brad McClelland - 480 pts (6 wins)
4. Blane Heimbach - 442 pts (2 wins)
5. Billy Dietrich - 441 pts (1 win)
6. Nate Snyder- 332 pts
7. Kyle Moody - 323 pts (3 wins)
8. Tim Wagaman - 311 pts
9. Pat Cannon - 304 pts (4 wins)
10.Mike Bittinger - 286 pts (3 wins)
11.Phil Walter - 256 pts (1 win)
12.TJ Stutts - 254 pts
13.Glenndon Forsythe - 227 pts (2 wins)
14.Scott Geesey - 221 pts
15.Eric Tomecek - 203 pts (1 win)
16.Kevin Nouse - 201 pts (2 wins)
17.Logan Schuhart - 188 pts (1 win)
18.Joe Trone Jr - 187 pts (1 win)
19.Adrian Shaffer - 184 pts (2 wins)
20.Cory Haas - 184 pts (1 win)
21.Scott Flammer - 166 pts (2 wins)
22.Nicole Bower - 163 pts (1 win)
23.Matt Boland - 159 pts (1 win)
24.Matt Heimbach - 155 pts
25.Mike Walter - 151 pts
26.Jason Clauss - 142 pts
27.Tim Berkheimer- 140 pts
28.Davie Franek - 139 pts
29.Austin Reed - 132 pts
30.Jeff Furlong - 128 pts
31.Keith Prutzman- 126 pts
32.John Barnett - 121 pts
33.Frankie Herr - 120 pts (1 win)
34.Doug Hammaker - 118 pts
35.Chad Criswell - 116 pts (1 win)
36.Jason Shultz - 114 pts (1 win)
37.Gerard McIntyre Jr- 111 pts (1 win)
38.Colby Womer - 111 pts
39.Aaron Ott - 100 pts
40.Nyle Burkes - 96 pts
41.Billy Johns - 90 pts
42.Danny Dietrich - 87 pts
43.Matt Horst - 85 pts
44.Jordan Frontz - 80 pts (1 win)
45.Jessie Morrison - 77 pts
46.Shane Smith - 76 pts
47.Randy Davis - 76 pts
48.Jay Galloway - 74 pts
49.Joey Borich - 72 pts (1 win)
50.Mark Freeland - 72 pts
51.Kevin Nagy - 68 pts
52.Derek Sell - 65 pts
53.Steve Fannasy - 63 pts
54.Randy Whisler - 56 pts
55.Derek Locke - 53 pts
56.Ricky Stonebraker - 52 pts
57.Nate Hammaker - 51 pts
58.Rich Eichelberger - 50 pts (1 win)
59.Elvin Diller - 48 pts
60.Ryan Kissinger- 44 pts
61.Brian Bruckner- 40 pts
62.Chris Borich - 36 pts
63.Dave Calaman - 35 pts
64.Jason Cherry - 32 pts
65.Zach Shive Euculano - 32 pts
66.Amy Ott - 30 pts
67.Jessica Anderson - 30 pts
68.Brie Hershey - 30 pts
69.Mike Ressler - 28 pts
70.Mark Manier, Jr. - 28 pts
71.Cliff Brian - 25 pts
72.Jack Thornton - 24 pts
73.Chuck Paige - 24 pts
74.Nathan Burwager - 24 pts
75.Nick Palmerino - 20 pts
76.Duane Mausteller - 18 pts
77.Todd Rittenhouse Jr. - 16 pts
78.Todd Reed - 16 pts
79.Brian Garland - 16 pts
80.Joel VanBuskirk - 14 pts
81.Chris Shuttlesworth - 14 pts
82.Craig Laudermilch - 12 pts
83.Kyle Pruitt - 12 pts
84.Brian Nornhold - 12 pts
85.George Streaker, Jr. - 12 pts
86.Jay Reichard - 10 pts
87.Tony Smolenyak - 10 pts

Brad McClelland wins 358 race at Lincoln Speedway

Brad McClelland came from fourth starting spot to claim his second Lincoln win in the 20-lap "358" sprint feature. McClelland found some traction low in turn two on the final restart to take the lead from front row starter and race-long leader Mike Bittinger on lap 14, one lap after the final restart of the race.

Matt Boland caught Bittinger on the final turn to finish second, with Bittinger settling for third. But it wasn’t a total loss for the Pancho’s Racing Products #93. Bittinger claimed the two-night Trail-Way/Lincoln "Shootout" after winning Friday night’s race at Trail-Way.

Lincoln points leader Dale Hammaker crossed fourth, with Adrian Shaffer coming from 13^th-starting spot to finish fifth. Sixth through tenth were 17^th-starting Jeff Rohrbaugh, polesitter Doug Hammaker, Logan Schuchart, 18^th-starting Kevin Nagy, and Derek Sell.

Heats for the 40 "358" Sprints were won by Dale Hammaker, Bittinger, Glenndon Forsythe, and Boland, with Rohrbaugh and Nagy winning twin consolations.