OWINGS, DIETRICH CLAIM TRAIL-WAY358 SPRINT CAR WINS

Hanover, PA (06/03/10) – It was chapter two of Billy Dietrich’s sprint car clinic at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night.

The former Trail-Way champ drove around both Kyle Moody and leader Tim Wagaman over the final laps to score his second win of the year and 16th of his career in the 25-lap feature.

His win, combined with a sixth-place finish earlier in the evening in the make-up feature from last week’s rainout, vaulted him into the Trail-Way points lead.

“We were out to lunch earlier,” said Dietrich after exiting his Racer’s Used Parts Warehouse #8 in victory lane, “And then a buddy came over and gave me some pointers.”

“I could get used to this,” he added, “There was good racing all through the field and they did a good job turning the track around during intermission.”

Dietrich started ninth and advanced to the top five by lap five. He was running third when the final caution of the race came out for a spinning Joe Trone, Jr. exiting turn four of lap 13. He drove around Kyle Moody for the runner-up spot in lapped traffic on lap 20, and then drove around race leader Tim Wagaman through turns three and four of lap 22.

Wagaman settled for second, with Moody third, Logan Schuchart fourth, and Jeff Rohrbaugh fifth. Sixth through tenth were Steve Owings, Dale Hammaker, JB Cunningham, Ted Thomas, and Mike Duncan, Jr.

Earlier in the evening, Steve Owings claimed his second win of the year in the 25-lap make-up feature postponed by rain last week.

Owings started eighth, advanced to second by the end of the fourth lap, and caught Zach Euculano for the lead on lap seven.

“It feels good to get this one in the bag,” said Owings, “If Brad (McClelland) had his suit with him, I would have been watching from the stands.”

Crossing second behind the Valentine Motorsports/Westminster Transmissions #35 was Dale Hammaker, with Joe Trone, Jeff Rohrbaugh, and Logan Schuchart completing the top five. Sixth through tenth were Dietrich, Cunningham, Moody, 20th-starting Wagaman, and Duncan.

Heats for the 25 sprinters were won by Owings, Wagaman, and Rohrbaugh.

358 Sprint Cars

Make-Up Feature [from 5/27] (25 Laps)

1. 35-Steve Owings; 2. 66-Dale Hammaker; 3. 99-Joe Trone, Jr.; 4. 45-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 6. 8-Billy Dietrich; 7. 7C-J.B. Cunningham; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody; 9. 1-Tim Wagaman; 10. 11D-Mike Duncan, Jr.; 11. 00-Shane Smith; 12. 52-Austin Hogue; 13. 94-Ted Thomas; 14. 64-Randy Whisler; 15. 20-Trevor Little; 16. 18J-Jessie Morrison(DNF); 17. 17G-George Streaker, Jr.(DNF); 18. 03-Jeff Miller(DNF); 19. 10-Zach Euculano(DNF); 20. 21-Scott Fisher(DNF); 21. 28-Keith Prutzman(DNF); 22. 1A-Jacob Allen(DNF); 23. 10W-Cris Eash(DNS); 24. 22M-Brian Garland(DNS). No Time.

Lap Leaders- Scott Fisher (1), Zach Euculano (2-6), Steve Owings (7-25).



Feature (25 Laps)

1. 8-Billy Dietrich; 2. 1-Tim Wagaman; 3. 99M-Kyle Moody; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 5. 45-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 6. 35-Steve Owings; 7. 66-Dale Hammaker; 8. 7C-J.B. Cunningham; 9. 94-Ted Thomas; 10. 11D-Mike Duncan, Jr.; 11. 10-Zach Euculano; 12. 45W-Colt White; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen; 14. 90-Jordan Givler; 15. 64-Randy Whisler(DNF); 16. 17G-George Streaker, Jr.(DNF); 17. 99-Joe Trone, Jr.(DNF); 18. 28-Keith Prutzman(DNF); 19. 65-Cale Griffin(DNF); 20. 20-Trevor Little(DNF); 21. 03-Jeff Miller(DNF); 22. 21-Scott Fisher(DNS); 23. 00-Shane Smith(DNS); 24. 52-Austin Hogue(DNS); 25. 18J-Jessie Morrison(DNS). No Time.

Lap Leaders- Randy Whisler (1-5), Tim Wagaman (6-21), Billy Dietrich (22-25).

Central PA 358 Point Series standings as of 6-3-11

Here are the updated Central PA 358 Point Series presented by HTMA standings after tonights 2 features at Trail Way Speedway.

1. Billy Dietrich - 444 pts.(4 win)
2. Logan Schuchart - 422 pts. (1 win)
3. Pat Cannon - 365 pts. (6 wins)
4. Jeff Rohrbaugh - 283 pts.
5. Dale Hammaker - 277 Pts. (1 win)
6. Blane Heimbach - 232 pts. (2 win)
7. Tim Wagaman - 224 pts.
8. Steve Owings - 217 pts. ( 2 win)
9. TJ Stutts - 189 pts. (1 win)
10.Cris Eash - 162 pts. (1 win)
11.Adrian Shaffer - 146 pts. (1 win)
12.Chad Trout - 146 pts.
13.Larry Kelleher - 143 pts.
14.Kyle Moody - 125 pts.
15.Nate Snyder - 124 pts.
16.Michael Ruttcamp - 118 Pts.
17.Niki Young - 114 pts (1 win)
18.Eric Tomecek - 111 pts.
19.Mike Duncan Jr. - 106 pts.
20.Joe Trone Jr. - 104 Pts.
21.Ted Thomas - 102 pts.
22.Jason Shultz - 98 pts. (1 win)
23.Glenndon Forsythe - 96 pts. (1 win)
24.Jason Cunningham Jr. - 91 Pts.
25.Brook Weibley - 86 pts. (1 win)
26.Keith Prutzman - 81 Pts.
27.Matt Horst - 80 pts.
28.Arron Spahr - 74 Pts. (1 win)
29.Colby Womer - 72 pts.
30.Scott Geesey - 71 pts.
31.Joey Allen - 70 Pts. (1 win)
32.Billy Pauch, Jr - 64 pts.
33.Nate Hammaker - 61 pts.
34.Phil Walter - 61 pts.
35.Cody Keller - 54 pts.
36.Kyle Purks - 53 Pts.
37.Derek Locke - 52 pts.
38.Matt Boland - 51 Pts.
39.Trevor Little 50 Pts. (1 win)
40.Jay Galloway - 46 pts.
41.Steve Storrie - 38 pts.
42.Kevin Nouse - 34 pts.
43.Nathan Burwager - 32 pts.
44.Rodney Westhaver - 30 Pts.
45.Davie Frenek - 28 pts.
46.Josh Beard - 26 pts.
47.Steve Buckwalter - 25 pts.
48.Doug Hammaker - 25 pts.
49.Rich Eichelberger - 25 Pts.
50.Austin Hogue - 24 Pts.
51.Tim Burkheimer - 22 Pts.
52.Jordan Frontz - 20 Pts.
53.Amy Ott - 18 Pts.
54.Jessie Morrison - 18 Pts.
55.Mark Smith - 18 Pts.
56.Ricky Stonebraker - 14 Pts.
57.Bob Beidleman - 14 Pts.
58.Randy Whisler - 12 Pts.
59.Jason Cherry - 12 Pts.
60.Kevin Nagy - 10 Pts.
61.Billy Shofstall - 10 Pts.

Steve Owings win opener Bill Dietrich wins Nightcap.

Steve Owings won the make up feature tonight over Dale Hammaker , Joe Trone Jr. , Jeff Rorbaugh , and Logan Schuchart.

6th through 10th where Bill Dietrich , Jason Cunningham , Kyle Moody , Tim Wagaman , & Mike Duncan Jr.

Bill Dietrich won the regularly scheduled feature over Tim Wagaman , Kyle Moody , Logan Schuchart, & Jeff Rorbaugh.

6th through 10th where Steve Owings , Dale Hammaker , Jason Cunningham , Ted Thomas ,& Mike Duncan Jr.

CANNON WINS SPRINT CAR THRILLER OVER SCHUCHART

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – In the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Central PA 358 Sprint Car Series, defending champion Pat Cannon of Etters dueled with current series point leader Logan Schuchart of Hanover before making a late-race pass for the victory in Saturday night’s suspenseful 25-lap main event at Selinsgrove Speedway.

The victory marked Cannon’s third of the season and 30th of his career at Selinsgrove behind the wheel of the Highlands’ Tire & Service Center No. 3. Blane Heimbach of Selinsgrove, who was sidelined in both his heat and the feature in separate crashes, continues to lead the track point standings entering next weekend’s race.

The speedway will host another four division show of 358 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks, and roadrunners at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 4, sponsored by Selinsgrove Ford. Dealership owner Todd Benner posted a $200 bonus for the winner of each feature on June 4.

On the initial start of the sprint car feature, polesitter Ryan Kissinger took the early lead only to fall off the pace entering turn three. For the restart, outside front row starter Michael Ruttkamp pulled into the lead while fourth-place starter Kevin Nouse followed in close pursuit.

By lap five, sixth-place starter Eric Tomecek and 10th-place starter Logan Schuchart were dueling for the third position as 12th-place starter Pat Cannon advanced to fifth. A six-car melee in turns three and four stopped the race on lap six when Jason Shultz’s car flipped over. Also involved in the incident were Derek Locke, TJ Stutts, Brian Nornhold, Matt Horst, and point leader Blane Heimbach. All drivers escaped injury and Locke, Horst, and Stutts were able to rejoin the race.

On the 11th circuit, Schuchart passed Nouse for second and set his sites on Ruttkamp. A lap later, Cannon powered into third. By lap 18, an all-out war on wheels unfolded for the lead between Ruttkamp, Schuchart, and Cannon. Schuchart eventually took the lead with an inside pass off turn four on the 20th circuit, then was pressured by Cannon until the white-flag lap when Cannon made the winning pass using the inside lane entering turn one. Cannon took the checkered flag by one second over Schuchart, Stutts, Ruttkamp, and Tomecek.

SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY – 28 May 2011
358 Sprint Cars – 25 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 3 Pat Cannon 2) 1S Logan Schuchart 3) 23M TJ Stutts 4) 8R
Michael Ruttkamp 5) 1W Eric Tomecek 6) 76 Larry Kelleher 7) 71 Jessica
Anderson 8) 99K Cody Keller 9) 77 Derek Locke 10) 16H Matt Horst 11) 19
Colby Womer 12) 80M Dan Richcreek 13) 42 Alan Spriggle 14) 6s Bill Sherman
15) 2M Billy McNeal 16) 5B Josh Beard 17) 21T Kevin Knouse 18) 99 Jan
Luckenbaugh 19) 1N Brian Nornhold 20) 1M Jason Shultz 21) 12 Blane Heimbach
22) 5W Phil Walter 23) 38 Scott Wilson 24) 66 Ryan Kissinger 25) 21 Duane
Mausteller DNS
Heat Winners: Josh Beard, Eric Tomecek, Pat Cannon

Eric Tomecek the 2011 Central PA 358 Point Series Most Popular Driver.

Eric Tomecek is the 2011 Central PA 358 Point Series Most Popular Driver after besting Aaron Spahr in the finals which saw the most votes cast in the whole tournament style competition.. 1380 votes where cast in the final match up which saw Eric best Spahr by a mere 20 votes (700 / 680) to win the championship.

I want to thank the fans for helping to make this year's most popular driver tournament the most successful one yet. I am sure we will be doing the same thing again in 2012, so if you favorite driver did not win this year, he or she will have a chance to win it next year.

Bill Dietrich wins at Port Royal Speedway.

5//28/11

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Port Royal – Billy Dietrich of Aspers won the third 358 sprint main of his career at Port Royal Speedway Saturday night, leading all 20 laps of the 358 main to also record his third overall win of the 2011 season.

Dietrich started on the pole of the 358 sprint main before going on to wire the field for the victory ahead of second starter Dale Hammaker of Grantville, who finished where he started as well.

Fifth starter Nate Snyder of Halifax was the man on the move during the last half of the race, motoring up to third by the finish.

Kyle Moody and Jordan Frontz completed the top five.

Twin heats went to Dietrich and Hammaker.

358 sprints, 20 laps: 1. Billy Dietrich, 2. Dale Hammaker, 3. Nate Snyder, 4. Kyle Moody, 5. Jordan Frontz, 6. Kyle Purks, 7. Ted Thomas, 8. Tim Wagaman, 9. Jason Cherry, 10. Billy Schoffstall, 11. Brie Hershey, 12. Jay Galloway, 13. Jim Gearhart, 14. Scott Fisher, 15. Ben Naugle, 16. Nate Hammaker, 17. Todd Reed, 18. Rodney Westhafer,

Central PA 358 Point Series standings as of 5-29-11

Here are the updated Central PA 358 Point Series Presented by HTMA standings after this weekends races at Selinsgrove and Port Royal Speedway's.

1. Logan Schuchart - 377 pts. (1 win)
2. Billy Dietrich - 376 pts.(3 win)
3. Pat Cannon - 365 pts. (6 wins)
4. Jeff Rohrbaugh - 238 pts.
5. Blane Heimbach - 232 pts. (2 win)
6. Dale Hammaker - 226 Pts. (1 win)
7. TJ Stutts - 189 pts. (1 win)
8. Tim Wagaman - 177 pts.
9. Cris Eash - 162 pts. (1 win)
10.Steve Owings - 149 pts. ( 1 win)
11.Adrian Shaffer - 146 pts. (1 win)
12.Chad Trout - 146 pts.
13.Larry Kelleher - 143 pts.
14.Nate Snyder - 124 pts.
15.Michael Ruttcamp - 118 Pts.
16.Niki Young - 114 pts (1 win)
17.Eric Tomecek - 111 pts.
18.Jason Shultz - 98 pts. (1 win)
19.Glenndon Forsythe - 96 pts. (1 win)
20.Ted Thomas - 90 pts.
21.Brook Weibley - 86 pts. (1 win)
22.Mike Duncan Jr. - 86 pts.
23.Keith Prutzman - 81 Pts.
24.Kyle Moody - 81 pts.
25.Matt Horst - 80 pts.
26.Arron Spahr - 74 Pts. (1 win)
27.Joe Trone Jr. - 74 Pts.
28.Colby Womer - 72 pts.
29.Scott Geesey - 71 pts.
30.Joey Allen - 70 Pts. (1 win)
31.Billy Pauch, Jr - 64 pts.
32.Nate Hammaker - 61 pts.
33.Jason Cunningham Jr. - 61 Pts.
34.Phil Walter - 61 pts.
35.Cody Keller - 54 pts.
36.Kyle Purks - 53 Pts.
37.Derek Locke - 52 pts.
38.Matt Boland - 51 Pts.
39.Trevor Little 50 Pts. (1 win)
40.Jay Galloway - 46 pts.
41.Steve Storrie - 38 pts.
42.Kevin Nouse - 34 pts.
43.Nathan Burwager - 32 pts.
44.Rodney Westhaver - 30 Pts.
45.Davie Frenek - 28 pts.
46.Josh Beard - 26 pts.
47.Steve Buckwalter - 25 pts.
48.Doug Hammaker - 25 pts.
49.Rich Eichelberger - 25 Pts.
50.Austin Hogue - 24 Pts.
51.Tim Burkheimer - 22 Pts.
52.Jordan Frontz - 20 Pts.
53.Amy Ott - 18 Pts.
54.Jessie Morrison - 18 Pts.
55.Mark Smith - 18 Pts.
56.Ricky Stonebraker - 14 Pts.
57.Bob Beidleman - 14 Pts.
58.Randy Whisler - 12 Pts.
59.Jason Cherry - 12 Pts.
60.Kevin Nagy - 10 Pts.
61.Billy Shofstall - 10 Pts.

I corrected a mistake in the points tonight as well. I had Colby Womer listed twice in the standings. I have since added his totals together so Colby has moved up a few spots in the standings. Sorry to Colby and the race team for the mistake.

Bill Dietrich dominates 20 lap feature at Port Royal Speedway

Bill Dietrich was your winner tonight at Port Royal Speedway over Dale Hammaker , Nate Snyder , Kyle Moody , & Jordan Frontz.

6th through 10th where Kyle Purks , Ted Thomas , Tim Wagaman , Jason Cherry, & Billy Shofstall.