Cris Eash was your winner tonight at Lincoln Speedway over Dale Hammaker ,Austin Hogue,, Todd Rittenhouse Jr. , and Keith Prutzman.
6th through 10th where Niki Young, Tim Wagaman , Kyle Moody , Ryan Wilson , and Matt Findley
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Heimbach Wins Wheel To Wheel Firecracker 30 Thriller
The $2,000 victory at the wheel of the Creasy Signs/Goff Racing No. 12 was the second of the season for Heimbach and the 35th of his career at the Snyder County oval. He became the third driver to repeat a victory in the Firecracker event, with his last win in the race in 2006 when the distance was 40 laps. Nate Snyder of Halifax and Dave Calaman of Carlisle also have two wins in the Firecracker race.
Pat Cannon of Etters was the night’s Fast Tees Fast Qualifier for the second time this season with a lap time of 17.773 (107.27 average miles per hour). Cannon was leading the feature but had to restart at the back of the pack following a stoppage for a flat tire on lap 22.
Selinsgrove Speedway will host sprint car racing two times again next weekend. On Saturday, July 7, Central Builders will be the title sponsor of the four division program of 358 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks, and roadrunners at 7:30 p.m. The speedway will swing back into action at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 8, with the Jan Opperman Memorial PA Speedweek Finale for 410 sprint cars plus super sportsman. Track gates will open at 5 p.m. both nights.
Cody Keller drew the pole position for the start of the sprint car feature and put the Central Builders No. 74 into the early race lead at the drop of the green flag. Keller was chased by second-place starter Derek Locke until a flat tire on lap four forced Locke to restart the race on the rear of the field.
On the lap five restart, Keller was pressured by fourth-place starter TJ Stutts for several laps in a wheel-to-wheel duel as sixth-place starter Pat Cannon advanced to third. When third-place starter Mark Smith fell off the pace on lap six, fifth-place starter Blane Heimbach took over the fourth spot.
The race was stopped on lap seven when Phil Walter’s car crashed hard in turn one. Walter escaped injury in the rollover. On the lap eight restart, Cannon challenged Stutts for second as Keller continued to lead. A lap later Cannon secured second and set his sites on Keller.
On the 10th circuit, Cannon made an inside pass for the lead entering turn three while an intense race unfolded for the top five positions between Keller, Stutts, Heimbach, and 12th-place starter Josh Beard.
At the halfway point, Cannon held a half straightaway lead over Keller. With 10 laps remaining, however, the leaders began to encounter heavy traffic.
Racing into turn one on lap 22, Cannon’s car drifted into the guardrail and a lap later rolled to a stop with a flat tire. Keller got the lead back at this point and dueled with Stutts for the front spot when the race resumed. Then Heimbach powered into second and began to pressure Keller for the lead.
Heimbach made the winning pass in turn two on lap 25. The race was stopped a second time when Snyder flipped his car in turn three but was not injured. On the final restart, Heimbach steered his No. 12 to a one-second margin of victory over Keller, Stutts, Beard, and 2003 winner Bob Beidleman.
ELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY – 30 June 2012
358 Sprint Cars-26 Entries
30-Lap A-Main: 1)12 Blane Heimbach 2)74 Cody Keller 3)23 TJ Stutts 4)5b Josh Beard 5)81 Bob Beidleman 6)2 Jason Shultz 7)3 Pat Cannon 8)50 Tim Berkheimer 9)1w Eric Tomecek 10)19 Colby Womer 11)14 Mike Walter 12)66 Ryan Kissinger 13)21 Duane Mausteller 14)99B Nyle Berkes 15) 77 Derek Locke 16)42 Alan Spriggle 17)6s Bill Sherman 18)67 Jason Cherry 19)76 Larry Kelleher DNF 20)11 Joel VanBuskirk DNF 21)56 Nate Snyder DNF 22)29w Ryan Wilson DNF 23)38 Scott Wilson DNF 24)29 Derek Steward DNF 25)5W Phil Walter DNF 26)1 Mark Smith DNF
Time Trials: 1)Pat Cannon 17.773 2)Derek Locke 18.023 3)Blane Heimbach 18.081 4)Colby Womer 18.108 5)Cody Keller 18.127 6)Ryan Wilson 18.169 7)Mark Smith 18.172 8)Phil Walter 18.191 9)Duane Mausteller 18.306 10)Bob Beidleman 18.329 11)Tim Berkheimer 18.331 12)TJ Stutts 18.342 13)Josh Beard 18.358 14)Ryan Kissinger 18.363 15)Nate Snyder 18.382 16)Jason Shultz 18.431 17)Larry Kelleher 18.514 18)Scott Wilson 18.578 19)Joel Vanbuskirk 18.616 20)Mike Walter 18.619 21)Alan Spriggle 18.717 22)Eric Tomecek 18.768 23) Bill Sherman 19.444 24)Jason Cherry 19.604 25)Derek Steward DNS 26)Nyle Berkes DNS Heat Winners: Pat Cannon, Phil Walter, TJ Stutts
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