SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Selinsgrove Speedway regulars Blane Heimbach of Selinsgrove and Davie Franek of Wantage, N.J., finished one-two in the 25-lap Rislone United Racing Company (URC) 360 sprint car feature event Saturday night.
The win was the third of Heimbach’s career in URC-sanctioned competition. He also has a 358 sprint car win at the speedway this season and remains in contention to clinch his third career track championship with four point races remaining in 2010.
In the 25-lap 358 sprint car feature, Pat Cannon of Etters, who withdrew from the URC sprint car feature earlier in the night, drove to his eighth victory of the season and 24th of his career at the track. With the win, Cannon reclaimed the lead in the A&A Auto Stores 358 sprint car point standings entering next weekend’s racing action.
Selinsgrove Speedway will present a four-division show of 358 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks, and roadrunners at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28.
Second-place starter Josh Weller powered into the lead at the start of the URC sprint car feature. Weller was closely chased by polesitter Kevin Nouse and sixth-place starter Becca Anderson. By lap six, 11th-place starter Blane Heimbach advanced to fourth, while fifth-place starter Jonathan Swanson raced fifth.
On the 10th lap, Heimbach motored his way into third as 12th-place starter Davie Franek followed him into the fourth position. Heimbach passed Anderson for second on the 17th lap and set his sites on Weller. Using the inside lane through turns one and two on lap 18, Heimbach put his No. 12 into the lead while Franek stuck with him and stormed into second.
On the final lap, the rear end broke on Anderson’s car, sending it into a wild spin on the frontstretch and setting up a chase to the checkered flag. For the final lap, Heimbach held off Franek and company and posted an .81 of a second margin of victory. Weller, URC point leader J.J. Grasso, and Curt Michael completed the top five.
In the caution-plaqued 358 sprint car feature, original third-place starter Bob Beidleman found himself on the pole position on the third attempt to restart the race. Beidleman drove into the early lead, with fifth-place starter Ryan Kissinger and original fourth-place starter Matt Horst in pursuit.
On the fifth circuit, ninth-place starter Pat Cannon rocketed into the second position and dueled with Beidleman for several laps for the lead. On lap seven, Cannon pulled into the lead with an inside pass in turn three. By the halfway point of the race, Cannon stretched his lead to a straightaway over Beidleman, Kissinger, seventh-place starter Phil Walter, and 12th-place starter Davie Franek.
The race was stopped on lap 14 for light rain. When the race resumed, Cannon quickly pulled away from the field. Blane Heimbach, who had to restart the race at the rear of the field following a flat tire change on the first lap, rocketed his way into the top five with six laps remaining.
Winner: Matt Heimbach URC Sprint Cars – 24 Entries 25-Lap A-Main: 1) 12 Blane Heimbach 2) 28F Davie Franek 3) 63W Josh Wells 4) 99 J.J. Grasso 5) 5G Curt Michael 6) 89 Robbie Stillwagon 7) Justin Collett 8) 08 Jason Clauss 9) 73 Kramer Williamson 10) 8S Tim Iulg 11) 17J Jonathan Swanson 12) 71 Jessica Anderson 13) 22 Becca Anderson 14) 47 Tim Higgins 15) 88 Rory Janney 16) 9D Kevin Darling 17) 39 Tim Hogue 18) 00 Kevin Nouse 19) 47M Bill Unglert 20) 2 Art Liedl 21) 6 Gary Gollub 22) 2L Midge Miller 23) 3 Pat Cannon 24) 56 Randy West DNS Heat Winners: Kevin Nouse, Josh Weller,
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