2003 Race Results

May 3  *  May 10  *  May 17  *  May 26  *   June 7 June 14  *  June 28

July 3  *  July 5  *  July 12  *  July 19  *  July 26  *  Aug. 23  *  Aug. 30

 

MAY 03, 2003

By: Don Peffer

Marion Center Speedway opened for the 2003 Racing Season Saturday night, May 3.  There were quite a few familiar names in the line-ups, as well as some new ones.  All totaled, there were 62 cars in the four divisions vying for the double points.

The Pro-Stocks’ had a rough start, especially for Tim White of Punxsutawney.  White took an early lead from the second row start and led most of the twenty-lap feature.  But on the thirteenth lap, White fell victim to a flat tire and lost the lead to Jeff Taylor.  Taylor from Corsica finished in front for the win.  Randy Reed was right behind Taylor to keep the race close and interesting.  Reed of Punxsutawney took second and Jeff Walters of Evans City finished third.  Eric Lingenfelter from Indiana was fourth, Jamie Barber (Grampian)-fifth, John Weaver-sixth, Jake Ayers (Chester, MD)-seventh, Terry Campbell (Punxsutawney)-eighth, Don Waltman (Punxsutawney)-ninth, and Rich Shank from Clymer finished tenth.  Don Waltman and Randy Reed won heat races.

In the Strictly-Stock Division, Ron Hanna from Mundy’s Corner was the first winner for 2003. It took Hanna five laps to take the lead from pole-sitter, Don Hickock of Mahaffey.  Hanna was well in charge of the race from that point on.  Francis Mullen of Ebensburg finished second, and Dee Deyarmin recovered from an early incident putting him in the rear of the pack to take third.  Following Deyarmin from Glen Campbell was Steve McKendree of Mahaffey and Robert James also of Mahaffey taking fourth and fifth respectively.  Bruce Large from Saltsburg finished sixth, Hickock took seventh, Carl Ruth of Rossiter was eighth, Kenny Mumau-East Run-ninth, and Jeremy Kunsteman from Brookville was tenth. The heats went to Carl Ruth and Denny Smith from Glen Campbell.  In a side note, Kelly Haight from Dixonville lost control of his car coming out of turn four, slid sideways down the front stretch, went nose first into the wall under the flagstand, and rolled onto his roof.  Haight escaped the accident injury free, and the car was moderately damaged from what it went through-also loosing a wheel in the event.

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Some how, Jerry Redden from Mahaffey got lucky in the Late Model Division; not because he won, but how he got the lead.  Redden was running second between Dave Blazavich from Indiana and John Yamrick of Clymer when the third and first place cars became involved in a caution that Redden avoided.  That incident left Redden up front in the lead for the remaining dozen laps.  Kenny Schaltenbrand from Kittanning was on Redden’s tail but couldn’t overtake Redden and settled for second place.  Spanky Daugherty from Sarver finished third passing Rodney Phillips on the last lap for that position.  Phillips from Punxsutawney was fourth, Dave Peterman of Indiana was fifth, and sixth went to Rick Strong from Home.  Another Home native, Rick Davis was seventh; Paul Michny from Pine Flats took eighth; Tom Eriksen of Hesston-ninth, and Rick Lias of Smicksburg was tenth.  Winning the heat races were Rick Strong and Rod Phillips.

The former Super Stock Division at Marion Center Speedway is now officially known as the Steel Block Limited Late Model Division (or the Semi-Late’s).  The new name didn’t fool the drivers as the very familiar names of Larry Hollenbaugh, Cheyenne Reed, Weakland, Fulmer and others were battling it out on the track for the points and position.  Hollenbaugh from Punxsutawney was the victor with Cheyenne Reed also from Punxy. close behind.  Jeff Weakland from Hastings was close at hand for third place and if any of them made a mistake, Gary Fulmer from Deckers Point was there in fourth to take over.  Jim Baker of Monroeville finished fifth, Tom Shaffer from Punxsutawney was sixth, Dan Stormer of Corsica took seventh, Bernie Whitford from Hastings was eighth, Jason McCullough-ninth, and Dave Buchanan from Cherry Tree was tenth.  Tom Shaffer and Larry Hollenbaugh also added to their points with heat wins.

All winners received hats from Lias Tire of Indiana, one of the Season Sponsors of the 2003 racing season.

Be sure to bring Mom to the races next Saturday night as Marion Center Speedway has its annual Mother’s Day Special.

May 3,  2003

Late Model  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 s1 Rick Strong
2 19 Dave Peterman
3 44 Rick Davis
4 36 Bob Sheesley
5 37 John Yamrick

Late Model  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 1P Rod Phillips
2 29  Ken Schaltenbrand
3 26 Rick Lias
4 5R Jerry Redden
5 18B Dave Blazavich

 

Late Model Feature

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Feature Winner -  5R - Jerry Redden

  Car # Name
1 5R Jerry Redden
2 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
3 9 Spanky Dougherty
4 1P Rod Phillips
5 19 Dave Peterman
6 s1 Rick Strong
7 44 Rick Davis
8 10 Paul Michny
9 74 Tom Eriksen
10 26 Rick Lias
11 18B Dave Blazavich
12 62 Mark Stair
13 11B Brent Johnson
14 36 Bob Sheesley
15 37 John Yamrick

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 62 Tom Shaffer
2 12 Cheyenne Reed
3 50 Jeff Weakland
4 22 Gary Fulmer
5 8 Tom Shaffer

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
2 3 Ray Weaver
3 33 Bernie Whitford
4 71 Jim Baker
5 72 Dave Buchanan

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels Feature

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Feature Winner -  1H  - Larry Hollenbaugh

  Car # Name
1 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
2 12 Cheyenne Reed
3 50 Jeff Weakland
4 22 Gary Fulmer
5 71 Jim Baker
6 62 Tom Shaffer
7 16 Dan Stormer
8 33 Bernie Whitford
9 42m Jason McCullough
10 72 Dave Buchanan
11 8 Tom Shaffer
12 96 Tom Jobe
13 3 Ray Weaver

Pro Stock  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 5 Don Waltman
2 37 Bruce Walker
3 4A Jake Ayers
4 15 Eric Lingenfelter
5 8 Rich Waltman

Pro Stock  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 94R Randy Reed
2 09 Scott Stein
3 60 Jeff Taylor
4 6 Tim White
5 13 Jamie Barber

 

Pro Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  60  - Jeff Taylor

  Car # Name
1 60 Jeff Taylor
2 94R Randy Reed
3 18 Jeff Walters
4 15 Eric Lingenfelter
5 13 Jamie Barber
6 w3 John Weaver
7 4A Jake Ayers
8 6c Terry Campbell
9 5 Don Waltman
10 31 Rich Shank
11 37 Bruce Walker
12 11y Dale Yeaney
13 6 Tim White
14 09 Scott Stein
15 455 Skip Lindemuth
16 8 Rich Waltman
17 4 Ray Tercak

 

Strictly Stock  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 40 Carl Ruth
2 9H Ron Hanna
3 41 Robert James
4 9 Nathan Miller
5 75 Larry Matter

Strictly Stock  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 28 Denny Smith
2 14R Dee Deyarmin
3 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
4 44L Bruce Large
5 2H Don Hickock

 

Strictly Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  9H - Ron Hanna

  Car # Name
1 9H Ron Hanna
2 22m Francis Mullen
3 14R Dee Deyarmin
4 98 Steve McKendree
5 41 Robert James
6 44L Bruce Large
7 2H Don Hickock
8 40 Carl Ruth
9 64 Kenny Mumau
10 8 Jeremy Kunsleman
11 9 Nathan Miller
12 28 Denny Smith
13 7 John Poling
14 56 Kelly Haight


MAY 10, 2003

Marion Center Speedway dodged Mother Nature’s bullets of thunderstorms Saturday night to put on the Mother’s Day special races.   Some race fans may have had to ford streams to get to the top of the hill, but once there, “chevrything” was beautiful.   OK Mom, no more puns.

Last week, Larry Hollenbaugh picked up a feature victory in the Steel Block Limited Late Model Division; this week it’s Doug Hollenbaugh in the winner’s circle for the Strictly Stock Division picking up a hat from Lias Tire and Auto Service of Indiana reserved for feature winners.   Hollenbaugh from Punxsutawney started fifth in the 15-car feature and worked his way to the front in eight laps.   Dee Deyarmin started on the outside pole and led the race until Hollenbaugh caught and overtook him.   Deyarmin of Glen Campbell was still in contention for the win, but finished second.
  Robert James followed Deyarmin in every lap for the Mahaffey native to get third place.
  Another Mahaffey driver, Don Hickok started on the pole and went to fourth; Denny Smith from Glen Campbell completed the top five.   Rounding out the top ten in order were Nathan Miller from Marion Center, Bruce Large from Saltsburg, Ron Hanna of Mundy’s Corner, Tony Hugill from Mahaffey, and Steve McKendree of Mahaffey.   Robert James and Steve McKendree won the heat races.

Rick Strong led the Late Model Division onto the track for their feature, but Ken Schaltenbrand led the feature race from green flag to checkered flag.   Schaltenbrand finished second in the feature last week to Jerry Redden, but didn’t leave room for anyone to get around him this time.
  Schaltenbrand from Kittanning looked very strong on the track as he held off Dave Peterman of Indiana who finished second and Redden from Mahaffey who was right behind him for third place.
  Jason Witherite from Luthersburg came to the racetrack for the first time this season to take fourth, and Mark Stair of Brookville finished fifth.   Rounding out the top ten were Brent Johnson (Brookville), Rick Lias (Smicksburg), Paul Michny (Pine Flats), Eric Moore (Frenchville), and Jack Tornton (Lewistown).   Schaltenbrand also won his heat race and Redden took the other heat for the Late Models.

Shawn McGarvey form Coalport dominated the Steel Block Limited Late Model Division feature.
  McGarvey started fourth and quickly took the lead from pole sitter, Cheyenne Reed forcing Reed from Punxsutawney to play catch up the entire race.   But Reed wasn’t able to catch McGarvey and finished second.
  Bernie Whiteford from Hastings took third place, Tom Shaffer of Punxsutawney once again took fourth and Dave Buchanan of Cherry Tree was fifth.   Jason McCullough from Homer City took sixth, Jeremy Geer (Reynoldsville)-seventh, Larry Hollenbaugh (Punxsy-and last weeks winner)-eighth, Gary Fulmer (Deckers Point)-ninth, and Todd Sallack (Punxsutawney) was tenth.   In the heats, McGarvey and Buchanan were the victors.

Scott Stein from Cherry Tree had a good weekend keeping his winning ways going from a win Friday night on into his Marion Center victory Saturday night in the Pro Stock Division.
  By the fifth lap Stein had moved from fifth starting position to first place.   Stein then was able to hold off Bob Conner of DuBois for the win.
  Conner led the first three laps before being overtaken by Stein and on the last lap wasn’t able to negotiate around a slower car tight to the inside on the final turn allowing Jeff Walters from Evans City in the next groove up the track to get around Conner.
  Walters move put him in second place and provided the space Conner needed to get around the moving roadblock for third.   Jeff Taylor of Corsica took fourth; Eric Lingenfelter from Indiana was fifth.
  Sixth through tenth positions went to Eric Baun (Rossiter), Jeff Sweeney (Marion Center), Tom Baun (Rossiter), Jamie Barber (Grampian) and Dale Yeaney (Brookville).
  In the three heat races, Eric Baun, Randy Reed (Punxsutawney) and Bob Conner were all winners.

Happy Mother’s Day everyone, and thanks to Julie Craig’s “Who Are You?” creations for special door prizes Saturday night as well as the generosity of Marion Center Speedway for other special gifts and Vanderpools Checkered Flag Collectibles from Punxsutawney who provided door prizes also.   Be sure to tune in to WDAD AM 1450 for the Weekend Race Report of NASCAR and local racing sponsored by Marion Center Speedway.
  Looking ahead, mark your calendars for the Memorial Day Special coming up later this month, May 26.
  Racing will still be held Saturday nights before and after the special event for Memorial Day.

 

-by Don Peffer

 

May 10,  2003

Late Model  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 5R Jerry Redden
2 19 Dave Peterman
3 9 Spanky Dougherty
4 62 Mark Stair
5 74 Tom Erickson

Late Model  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
2 s1 Rick Strong
3 11B Brent Johnson
4 24M Jason Witherite
5 26 Rick Lias

 

Late Model Feature

        

Feature Winner -  29 - Ken Schaltenbrand

  Car # Name
1 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
2 19 Dave Peterman
3 5R Jerry Redden
4 24m Jason Witherite
5 62 Mark Stair
6 11B Brent Johnson
7 26 Rick Lias
8 10 Paul Michny
9 00 Eric Moore
10 27J Jack Thorton
11 07 Will Cochran
12 74 Tom Erickson
13 s1 Rick Strong
14 9 Spanky Dougherty
15 44 Rick Davis

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 8P Shawn McGarvy
2 96 Tom Jobe
3 32 Todd Sallack
4 1J Jeremy Geer
5 42m Jason McCullough

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 72 Dave Buchanan
2 12 Cheyenne Reed
3 33 Bernie Whitford
4 22 Gary Fulmer
5 1H Larry Hollenbaugh

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels Feature

    

Feature Winner -  8P  - Shawn McGarvey

  Car # Name
1 8P Shawn McGarvey
2 12 Cheyenne Reed
3 33 Bernie Whiteford
4 62 Tom Shaffer
5 72 Dave Buchanan
6 42m Jason McCullough
7 1J Jeremy Geer
8 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
9 22 Gary Fulmer
10 32 Todd Sallack
11 50 Jeff Weakland
12 16 Dan Stormer
13 115 Larry Heron
14 96 Tom Jobe

Pro Stock  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 99x Eric Baun
2 4A Jake Ayers
3 18 Jeff Walters
4 22 Mark Bell
5 37P Jamie Price

Pro Stock  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 818 Bob Conner
2 15 Eric Lingenfelter
3 65H Matt Hugill
4 5 Don Waltman
5 13 Jamie Barber

 

Pro Stock Feature

        

Feature Winner -  09  - Scott Stein    

  Car # Name
1 09 Scott Stein
2 18 Jeff Walters
3 818 Bob Connor
4 60 Jeff Taylor
5 15 Eric Lingenfelter
6 99x Eric Baun
7 2s Jeff Sweeney
8 38 Tom Baun
9 13 Jamie Barber
10 11y Dale Yeaney
11 455 Skip Lingenfelter
12 5 Don Waltman
13 4A Jake Ayers
14 w3 John Weaver
15 31 Rich Shank
16 22 Mark Bell
17 65H Matt Hugill
18 8 Rich Waltman
19 94R Randy Reed
20 37P Jamie Price
21 48R Bob Rosman
22 17 Craig Lobb
23 6 Tim White

 

Strictly Stock  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 41 Robert James
2 14R Dee Deyarmin
3 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
4 28 Denny Smith
5 9 Nathan Miller

Strictly Stock  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 98 Steve McKendree
2 9H Ron Hanna
3 2H Don Hickok
4 2w Justin Queen
5 44L Bruce Large

 

Strictly Stock Feature

    
    
Feature Winner -  1H - Doug Hollenbaugh

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 14R Dee Deyarmin
3 41 Robert James
4 2H Don Hickok
5 28 Denny Smith
6 9 Nathan Miller
7 44L Bruce Large
8 9H Ron Hanna
9 65H Tony Hugill
10 40 Carl Ruth
11 98 Steve McKendree
12 8 Jeremy Kunsleman
13 7 John Poling
14 38G Tim Good
15 2w Justin Queen


MAY 17, 2003

MARION CENTER SPEEDWAY

Marion Center Speedway held its third race of the season Saturday night at the quarter-mile clay oval.  84 cars registered for the races in the four divisions, Late Model, Steel Block Limited Late Model, Pro-Stock, and Strictly Stock.

Rick Strong from Home, PA led the field of Late Models onto the track and in every lap from green flag to checkered flag.  Strong has been running well at Marion Center so far this season except for last week leaving the track with 5 laps to go.  Strong left the track this week victorious; having held off advances by Mike Blose from Dayton who was determined to take the lead from Strong but settled for second place.  Bob Wearing, Jr. of Renfrew found his way to the track for the first time this season and picked up third place for his efforts.  Dave Peterman from Indiana was fourth, Jerry Redden of Mahaffey-fifth, Rick Lias from Smicksburg-sixth and Spanky Daugherty of Sarver was seventh.  Rounding out the top ten were last weeks winner, Ken Schaltenbrand of Kittanning-eighth, Paul Michny from Pine Flats-ninth and Mark Stair of Brookville-tenth.  Mike Blose, Rick Lias, and Dave Peterman won their respective heats.

The Steel Block Limited Late Model Division was mixture of old and new for Saturday night’s races.  Shawn McGarvey who’s becoming a regular at the track from his home in Coalport picked up another win making him two for two at Marion Center having missed opening night.  McGarvey took the lead after the half way mark and then had to put some distance between himself and Duane Taneyhill from Bellwood to keep the lead.  Taneyhill took second place for his first trip to the track, beating out Tom Shaffer from Punxsutawney to do so.  Shaffer is a familiar face at the Speedway and he finished ahead of an old familiar face, Ted Gallaher of Flinton who took fourth.  David Day who is new to the clay oval was fifth.  The rest of the top ten are regulars at Marion Center: Gary Fulmer of Deckers Point-sixth, Larry Hollenbaugh from Punxsutawney-seventh, Cheyenne Reed of Punxsutawney-eighth, Todd Sallack also of Punxsy-ninth, and Dan Stormer from Brookville was tenth.  The Heat races went to McGarvey and Sallack.  Best wishes to Christopher Clark who made his driving debut at Marion Center Speedway, but was involved in an incident on the track that took him out of the race after only five laps.  Hopefully he’ll be able to repair and return to the speedway next week.

Randy Reed got his first victory this season in the Pro-Stock Division.  The Pro-Stock’s were started with Eric Lingenfelter taking the lead at the green from pole sitter Jeff Sweeney from Marion Center.  Lingenfelter from Indiana held the lead for eight laps until Reed from Punxsutawney was able to take over and go for the win.  Lingenfelter was then nudged into third place with Sweeney taking second in the last five laps.  Jeff Taylor of Corsica finished fourth, Harold Sebring picked up fifth place his first appearance this year, and another first timer, Tommy Dembowski from Monroeville took sixth.  Skip Lindenmuth of Hazen was seventh, Andy Mock (first timer) from Clymer took eighth, Pat Hanley (first timer) of Plum-ninth and Duane Grinnel (1’st timer) was tenth.  In the heats, Scott Stein of Cherry, Randy Reed, and Tim White from Punxsutawney were winners.

Some good racing in the Strictly Stock division put Doug Hollenbaugh of Punxsutawney in the winner’s circle.  Hollenbaugh started back in thirteenth place but took the lead for the last two laps for the win.  Finishing second was Dee Deyarmin of Glen Campbell, and third place went to John Eckenrod of Portage; there for the first time along with his wife Missi.  Matt Luther Ebensburg took fourth his first look at the track, and Carl Ruth from Rossiter finished fifth.  Steve McKendree of Mahaffey took sixth, Robert James also from Mahaffey was seventh, Larry Matter from Plumboro took eighth, Missi Eckenrod (John’s wife) was ninth; and Francis Mullen of Ebensburg was tenth.  The heat races were won by Don Hickok from Mahaffey and Denny Smith of Glen Campbell.

Vanderpool’s Checkered Flag Collectibles from Punxsutawney provided door prizes.  Be sure to tune in to WDAD AM 1450 for the Weekend Race Report of NASCAR and local racing sponsored by Marion Center Speedway.  Looking ahead, mark your calendars for the Memorial Day Special coming up later this month, May 26, featuring the Twin 25’s for Late Models (Steel Block Limited Late Models welcome to run also) as well as Pro- Stocks and Strictly Stocks.  Racing will still be held Saturday nights before and after the special event for Memorial Day.

-by Don Peffer

May 17,  2003

Late Model  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 19 Dave Peterman
2 11 Bob Wearing Jr.
3 1P Rod Phillips
4 62 Mark Stair
5 9  Spanky Dougherty

Late Model  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 26 Rick Lias
2 s1 Rick Strong
3 5R Jerry Redden
4 10 Paul Michny
5 11B Brent Johnson

 Late Model  ( Heat 03)

  Car # Name
1 5 Mike Blose
2 18 John Britsky
3 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
4 37 John Yamrick
5 27J Jack Thorton

Late Model Feature

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Feature Winner -  s1 - Rick Strong

  Car # Name
1 s1 Rick Strong
2 5 Mike Blose
3 11 Bob Wearing, Jr.
4 19 Dave Peterman
5 5R Jerry Redden
6 26 Rick Lias
7 9 Spanky Dougherty
8 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
9 10 Paul Michny
10 62 Mark Stair
11 07 Will Cochran
12 36 Bob Sheesley
13 27J Jack Thorton
14 18B Dave Blazavich
15 18 John Britsky
16 1P Rod Phillips
17 G1 Guy Kline
18 37 John Yamrick
19 11B Brent Johnson
20 74 Tom Eriksen
21 71 Billy Eash

 

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 8P Shawn McGarvey
2 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
3 50 Jeff Weakland
4 22 Gary Fulmer
5 33 Bernie Whitford

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 32 Todd Sallack
2 82G Ted Gallaher
3 62 Tom Shaffer
4 12 Cheyenne Reed
5 81 Duane Taneyhill

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels Feature

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Feature Winner -  8P  - Shawn McGarvey

  Car # Name
1 8P Shawn McGarvey
2 81 Duane Toneyhill
3 62 Tom Shaffer
4 82G Ted Gallaher
5 42 David Day
6 22 Gary Fulmer
7 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
8 12 Cheyenne Reed
9 32 Todd Sallack
10 16 Dan Stormer
11 96 Tom Jobe
12 50 Jeff Weakland
13 33 Bernie Whitford
14 42M Jason McCulloght
15 19 Christopher Clark
16 7 Ray Weaver
17 115 Larry Heron

 

Pro Stock  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 09 Scott Stein
2 13 Jamie Barber
3 60 Jeff Taylor
4 8 Rich Waltman
5 4A Jake Ayers

Pro Stock  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 94R Randy Reed
2 15 Eric Lingenfelter
3 79 Tommy Dembowski
4 65H Matt Hugill
5 4 Ray Terzak

 Pro Stock  ( Heat 03)

  Car # Name
1 6 Tim White
2 25 Jeff Sweeney
3 455 Skip Lindemuth
4 222 Harold Sebring
5 5 Don Waltman

Pro Stock Feature

        
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Feature Winner -  94R  - Randy Reed

  Car # Name
1 94R Randy Reed
2 2s Jeff Sweeney
3 15 Eric Lingenfelter
4 60 Jeff Taylor
5 222 Harold Sebring
6 79 Tommy Dembowski
7 455 Skip Lindemuth
8 33 Andy Mock
9 380 Pat Hanley
10 17G Duane Grinnell
11 11Y Dale Yeaney
12 w3 John Weaver
13 8 Rich Waltman
14 5 Don Waltman
15 13 Jamie Barber
16 4A Jake Ayers
17 23 John Oaks
18 65H Matt Hugill
19 4 Ray Terzak
20 6c Terry Campbell

 

Strictly Stock  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 2H Don Hickok
2 9 Nathan Miller
3 65H Tony Hugill
4 14R Dee Deyarmin
5 22m Francis Mullen

Strictly Stock  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 28 Denny Smith
2 44L Bruce Large
3 7E John Eckenrod
4 41 Robert James
5 34 Matt Luther

 

Strictly Stock Feature

   
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Feature Winner -  1H - Doug Hollenbaugh

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 14R Dee Deyarmin
3 7E John Eckenrod
4 34 Matt Luther
5 40 Carl Ruth
6 98 Steve McKendree
7 41 Robert James
8 75 Larry Matter
9 7M Missy Eckenrod
10 22m Francis Mullen
11 8 Jeremy Kunsleman
12 2w Justin Queen
13 7 John Poling
14 65H Tony Hugill
15 2H Don Hickok
16 28 Denny Smith
17 56 Kelly Haight
18 44L Bruce Large
19 9 Nathan Miller
20 64 Kenny Mumau


MAY 26, 2003

MARION CENTER SPEEDWAY

The regular racing program, Saturday night was a “wet out” at Marion Center Speedway.  Although the rain had stopped, the track would’ve been too wet to race on; or racing would have destroyed the clay surface.  But Monday night was a different story-The Memorial Day Special went on without a hitch.  You could tell during the heat races that it was going to be a memorable night.  New cars appeared and brought some new challenges to track regulars in the Late Model Division, as well as the Pro-Stocks and Strictly Stocks.  Local names didn’t mean a thing, and distant reputations didn’t have the “home track advantage.”

The big draw for the night were the Twin 25’s for Late Models (Semi-Late were eligible)-two 25 lap features of action packed racing.  In the first of the two features, Jim Edminsten from Pennsboro, WV started in the pole position.  Not being used to the starts at Marion Center Speedway, Edminsten didn’t “rev up” like others around him to take the green and a major six car pile-up ensued before the race officially started.  The lucky one was Rodney Phillips of Punxsutawney, who was on the outside pole and pulled away from the mishap behind him.  Phillips led for the first five laps until Alex Ferree took over the lead when Phillips became a victim of a caution getting mixed up with Mark Stair of Brookville.  Ferree from Butler, stayed in the front for ten laps, but was closely pursued by Dan Swartzlander of Sarver.  Ferree and Swartzlander tangled together in turn four of the fifteenth lap bringing out the yellow flag.  The restart put Ferree and Swartzlander in the rear of the pack, and Gene King from Johnstown in the lead.  King led for five laps and then he spun out bringing out another yellow flag and a new leader.  The new leader was Doug Horton from Morgantown, WV and he led the remaining five laps for the win and first $1000 prize.  Always in contention, but never in the lead was Mike Blose from Dayton who finished second.  Ken Schaltenbrand of Kittanning came all the way up from 19’Th place at the start to finish third.  Rick Davis of Home came in fourth; Rodney Phillips recovered from an earlier mishap for fifth place.  Sixth through tenth places went to Brent Johnson of Brookville, Ferree, Duane Taneyhill of Bellwood (usually in the Steel Block Limited Late Model division) Bob Sheesley from Marion Center, and Bob Wearing, Jr. of Renfrew.

After the first half of the Twin 25’s, Doug Horton rolled a cube to determine the next Late Model feature’s lineup.  The result was an inversion of the first 14 cars from the first feature.  Starting on the pole was Gene King of Johnstown who finished fourteenth in the first feature; but due to technical difficulties, King chose to start last.  Gary Fulmer of Marion Center (“limited late model” driver) took the lead role and stayed up front for the first four laps and never went out of contention for the win; eventually ending the race in sixth place.  Alex Ferree took the lead for laps five through 22, but then spun out.   Rod Phillips had moved up from tenth position to challenge for the lead, and got the front spot when Ferree spun out.  Phillips was closely pursued by Mike Blose (last year’s winner of both legs of the Twin 25’s) but as in the earlier race, Blose finished second leaving Rod Phillips to cash in on the $1000 prize for the second Late Model Feature.  Winner of the first LM feature, Doug Horton came in third and Ken Schaltenbrand finished fourth.  Dave Blazavich from Indiana finished in fifth place, Fulmer was sixth, Brent Johnson – seventh, Dan Swartzlander – eighth, Rick Davis – ninth, and Bob Sheesley took tenth.  In the preliminary heats, Dave Eck from Cory, Swartzlander, Wearing, and Ferree were winners.

Separating the two Late Model features were the Strictly Stock and Pro Stock features.  In the Strictly Stock feature, Tim Bracken took an early lead; then Carl Ruth from Rossiter made his way to the front.  Ruth held the lead for the win; Bracken ended up in a caution incident and finished seventh.  Dee Deyarmin of Glen Campbell moved up from fourteenth to take home second place.  Matt Summers of Vandegrift came in third, Scott Wagner from Irvona took fourth and Brian Daugenbaugh of Mundys Corner finished fifth.  Missy Eckenrod from Portage took sixth, Bracken-seventh, Scott Holopeter from Reynoldsville was eighth, Bill Marone took ninth and Justin Queen from Irvona was tenth.  Missy Eckenrod and Matt Summers won the heats.

The Pro-Stock feature started with Dale Yeaney on the pole and he led the first lap.  After that it was all Dan Smeal from Houtzdale.  Smeal led all 19 remaining laps to pick up the win.  Scott Stein from Cherry Tree moved up from tenth place to take home second and Jeff Walters from Evans City was third.  Jeff Taylor of Corsica was fourth, Eric Baun of Rossiter took fifth, and Eric Lingenfelter of Indiana was sixth.  Rounding out the top ten were:  Jeff Sweeney of Marion Center, Yeaney from Brookville, Jason Fosnaught from Bairdford, and Dave Galore from Indiana.  Scott Stein and Jeff Taylor won the heats.  An extra $100 was added to the purse for the Pro-Stocks by Nick Cheverolet and Pontiac of Tarentum. 

Vanderpool’s Checkered Flag Collectibles from Punxsutawney, Lias Tire and Auto Center, and Furniture World East (Kittanning and Indiana) provided door prizes.  Be sure to tune in to WDAD AM 1450 for the Weekend Race Report of NASCAR and local racing sponsored by Marion Center Speedway.  Looking ahead, mark your calendars for the next Special, non-Saturday night race, on July 3 for the Independence Day Celebration with Racing and Fireworks.

-by Don Peffer

 

May 26,  2003

Late Model  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 03 Doug Eck
2 11B Brent Johnson
3 1P Rod Phillips
4 1K Gene Kain
5 44 Rick Davis

Late Model  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 3 Dan Swartzlander
2 26 Rick Lias
3 22B Jim Edmisten
4 146 Doug Horton
5 31 Duane Taneyhill

 Late Model  ( Heat 03)

  Car # Name
1 11 Bob Wearing, Jr.
2 62 Mark Stair
3 5D Dave Hackathorn
4 5 Mike Blose
5 29 Ken Schaltenbrand

Late Model  ( Heat 04)

  Car # Name
1 4 Alex Ferree
2 s1 Rick Strong
3 18B Dave Blazavich
4 36 Bob Sheesley
5 62T Tom Shaffer

Late Model  ( Consy)

  Car # Name
1 17T Tom Kitchen
2 07 Will Cochran
3 33 Bernie Whiteford
4 22 Gary Fulmer
5 74 Tom Eriksen
6 K1 Chris Knuth

Late Model Feature #1

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Feature Winner -  146 - Doug Horton

  Car # Name
1 146 Doug Horton
2 5 Mike Blose
3 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
4 44 Rick Davis
5 1P Rod Phillips
6 11B Brent Johnson
7 4 Alex Ferree
8 81 Duane Taneyhill
9 36 Bob Sheesley
10 11 Bob Wearing, Jr.
11 26 Rick Lias
12 22 Gary Fulmer
13 17T Tom Kitchen
14 1K Gene Kain
15 03 Doug Eck
16 33 Bernie Whiteford
17 22B Jim Edmisten
18 3 Dan Swartzlander
19 5D Dave Hackathorn
20 07 Will Cochran
21 s1 Rick Strong
22 62T Tom Shaffer
23 18B Dave Blazavich
24 62 Mark Stair

 

Late Model Feature #2

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Feature Winner -  1P  - Rodney Phillips

  Car # Name
1 1P Rodney Phillips
2 5 Mike Blose
3 146 Doug Horton
4 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
5 18B Dave Blazavich
6 22 Gary Fulmer
7 11B Brent Johnson
8 3 Dan Swartzlander
9 44 Rick Davis
10 36 Bob Sheelsey
11 11 Bob Wearing, Jr.
12 5D Dave Hackathorn
13 s1 Rick Strong
14 4 Alex Ferree
15 17T Tom Kitchen
16 33 Bernie Whiteford
17 26 Rick Lias
18 81 Duane Taneyhill
19 22B Jim Edmisten
20 62T Tom Shaffer
21 K1 Chris Knuth
22 03 Dave Eck
23 07 Will Cochran
24 74 Tom Eriksen
25 1K Gene King

 

Pro Stock  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 09 Scott Stein
2 64 Rob Shock
3 18 Jeff Walters
4 44 Dan Smeal
5 3s Paul Schrecengost

Pro Stock  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 60 Jeff Taylor
2 99x Eric Baun
3 72 Trent Ogden
4 11 Eric Enos
5 11Y Dale Yaney

 

Pro Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  44  - Dan Smeal

  Car # Name
1 44 Dan Smeal
2 09 Scott Stein
3 18 Jeff Walters
4 60 Jeff Taylor
5 99x Eric Baun
6 15 Eric Lingenfelter
7 2s Jeff Sweeny
8 11Y Dale Yaney
9 J19 Jason Fosnaught
10 11B Dave Galore
11 23 John Oaks
12 17G Duane Grinnell
13 64 Rob Shock
14 6 Tim White
15 3s Paul Schrecengost
16 72 Trent Ogden
17 11 Jeff Enos
18 95 Mike Dempsey
19 65H Matt Hugill
20 6JR Ray Charles

 

Strictly Stock  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 7m Missy Eckenrod
2 40 Carl Ruth
3 22w Scott Wagner
4 26s Tim Bracken
5 8 Jeremy Kunsleman

Strictly Stock  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 78 Matt Summers
2 32 Brian Daughenbaugh
3 7E John Eckenrod
4 88 Scott Holopeter
5 2w Justin Queen

 

Strictly Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  40 - Carl Ruth

  Car # Name
1 40 Carl Ruth
2 14R Dee Deyarmin
3 78 Matt Summers
4 22w Scott Wagner
5 32 Duane Daughenbaugh
6 7m Miss Eckenrod
7 26s Tim Bracken
8 88 Scott Holopeter
9 M70 Bill Morone
10 2w Justin Queen
11 7 John Poling
12 7E John Eckenrod
13 28 Denny Smith
14 64 Kenny Mumau


JUNE 07, 2003

MARION CENTER SPEEDWAY

By: Don Peffer

After being off for two Saturday nights in a row due to wet weather conditions-thankfully being able to run for the Memorial Day Special, Marion Center Speedway was back on track Saturday night with its regular racing program for the Pro-Stock, Strictly-Stock, Steel Block Limited Late Model, and Late Model divisions.  Eighty-five racers provided the action in the four divisions filling up the starting grid and entertaining the fans.

            The slick track kept things interesting for the Pro-Stocks for the first feature of the evening and some new drivers to the track weren’t sure what to expect.  Sam Swager from Reynoldsville was the first leader of the race and new to Marion Center.  But it didn’t take long for Scott Stein of Cherry Tree to show him how it’s done at Marion Center, as Stein took the lead from the seventh lap on to the checkered flag.  Swager fell back to fourth place as Randy Reed from Punxsutawney and Jeff Taylor of Corsica also got around Swager in the course of the race.  Dale Yeaney from Brookville finished fifth, John Oaks of Punxsutawney took sixth; Shawn Mogle, Ernest-seventh; Skip Lindemuth, Hazen-eighth; Butch Welch, Grampian-ninth; and Tom Baun from Rossiter was tenth.  In the heat races, the winners were Denny Fenton of Clearfield, Tim White from Punxsutawney, and Scott Stein.

The Strictly Stock feature was second for the evening’s entertainment.  Dee Deyarmin won his first feature of his racing career in the Strictly Stock division at Marion Center Speedway. Deyarmin took charge of the feature by leading the dozen laps to the checkered flag.  Don Hickock of Mahaffey pursued Deyarmin of Glen Campbell until a mishap near the end of the race took Hickock out of contention.  Rich Runyan from Brockport moved up to challenge for the lead, but Deyarmin took the win, Runyan was second, and Doug Hollenbaugh took third.  Nathan Miller of Marion Center finished fourth and Steve McKendree of Mahaffey was fifth.  Sixth through tenth places were filled by Tim Good of Vintondale, Denny Smith from Glen Campbell, Jim Gullace of Clymer, Justin Queen from Irvona, and Robert James from Mahaffey.  Doug Hollenbaugh, Robert James and Nathan Miller won the heats.

Jeff Weakland of Hastings won his first feature of his racing career in the Steel Block Limited Late Model division at Marion Center Speedway.  Weakland started on the pole and remained the leader of the race throughout its entirety.  Other top contenders were on hand to challenge Weakland, but none could overtake him in the twenty laps of the feature.  Bernie Whiteford also of Hastings chased Weakland most of the feature, but then Shawn McGarvey from Coalport made his way from thirteenth to second to challenge for the lead but couldn’t overtake Weakland in the final five laps he was directly behind him.  Weakland took the win, McGarvey second, Whiteford was third and Cheyenne Reed of Punxsutawney took fourth.  Fifth place went to Jim Baker from Monroeville, Gary Fulmer from Deckers Point was sixth, and Larry Hollenbaugh of Punxsutawney was seventh.  David Day of Colver finished eighth, Dan Stormer of Brookville took ninth, and Shane McMeans from Dayton was tenth.  Tom Shaffer of Punxsutawney and Cheyenne Reed won the heats.

The beginning of the Late Model Feature was plagued with cautions, but after three attempts the race was underway with Dave Peterman starting on the pole and eventually finishing with the checkered flag.  Rod Phillips tried to catch Peterman form Indiana, but the Punxsy native went to the pits for repairs instead of into the lead.  Ken Schaltenbrand the point leader for the division from Kittanning came up from seventh place at the start to finish second in hot pursuit of Peterman.  Dave Blazavich of Indiana got third place for his birthday present, and Rick Lias of Smicksburg took fourth.  Jason Witherite from Luthersburg finished fifth, Doug Horton of Morgantown, WV was sixth, Paul Michny from Pine Flats – seventh, Mark Stair of Brookville – eighth, Spanky Daugherty from Sarver – ninth, and Guy Kline from Mahaffey finished tenth.  The heats were won by Brent Johnson from Brookville and Rick Lias.  On a side note, Congratulations to Dave Peterman on his back to back victories, Friday night at Dog Hollow and Saturday night at Marion Center Speedway.

Vanderpool’s Checkered Flag Collectibles from Punxsutawney provided door prizes.  Be sure to tune in to WDAD 1450 AM for the Weekend Race Report of NASCAR and local racing sponsored by Marion Center Speedway.  And special thanks to our other season sponsors, Butler Auto Supply and Lias Tire and Auto Service both of Indiana.   Looking ahead, mark your calendars for the Independence Day Special coming up July 3, featuring the racing program and fireworks.  Racing will still be held Saturday nights before and after the special event for Independence Day.

 

June 7,  2003

Late Model  


Late Model Feature

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Feature Winner -  19 - Dave Peterman

Top 10

  Car # Name
1 19 Dave Peterman
2 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
3 18B Dave Blazavich
4 26 Rick Lias
5 24M Jason Witherite
6 146 Doug Horton
7 10 Paul Michny
8 62 Mark Stair
9 9 Spanky Dougherty
10 G1 Guy Kline

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels 

 

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels Feature

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Feature Winner -  50  - Jeff Weakland
FIRST TIME WINNER !

Top Ten

  Car # Name
1 50 Jeff Weakland
2 8P Shawn McGarvey
3 33 Bernie Whiteford
4 12 Cheyenne Reed
5 71 Jim Baker
6 22 Gary Fulmer
7 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
8 42 David Day
9 16 Dan Stormer
10 5M Shane McMeans

Pro Stock  

 

Pro Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  09  - Scott Stein

Top Ten

  Car # Name
1 09 Scott Stein
2 94R Randy Reed
3 60 Jeff Taylor
4 28 Sam Swager
5 11Y Dale Yeaney
6 23 John Oaks
7 99T Shawn Mogle
8 455 Skip Lindemuth
9 16 Butch Welch
10 38 Tom Baun

 

Strictly Stock  

Strictly Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  14R - Dee Deyarmin

FIRST TIME WINNER !

    Top Ten

  Car # Name
1 14R Dee Deyarmin
2 28R Rich Runyan
3 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
4 9 Nathan Miller
5 98 Steve McKendree
6 38G Tim Good
7 28 Denny Smith
8 OJ Jim Gullace
9 2w Justin Queen
10 41 Robert James


JUNE 14, 2003

Marion Center Speedway was in top condition Saturday night for a great night of racing.  The first feature of the night was for the Strictly Stock Division.  Doug Hollenbaugh of Punxsutawney picked up his third victory of the season at MCS by leading the entire race from green to checker.  Hollenbaugh started in the second row but quickly took control of the race.  Steve McKendree from Mahaffey finished second to Hollenbaugh and placing third was Don Hickock also from Mahaffey.  Denny Smith of Glen Campbell picked up fourth place and Nathan Miller from Marion Center was fifth.  Sixth through tenth positions went to Robert James (Mahaffey), Kelly Haight (Dixonville), Larry Matter (Plumboro), Bruce Large (Saltsburg) and Justin Queen (Irvona).  The heats were won by Carl Ruth of Rossiter and Steve McKendree.

The Pro-Stock feature was filled with racing excitement-bumping and restarts from cautions, it looked like anyone of the competitors on the track could take home a victory, but only one did and that was Randy Reed of Punxsutawney.  Reed started sixth and took over the lead at the halfway point of the feature by passing Tim White also from Punxsy.  Reed then held onto the front despite the efforts of White, Taylor and Skip Lindemuth.  Lindemuth finished second after Taylor and White got tangled up with Scott Stein with three laps to go, leaving Lindemuth right behind Reed for the restart.  Placing third in the feature was Jake Ayers from Chester, MD.  Jamie Barber of Grampian was fourth and Jeff Bastin of Cabot was fifth.  Stein of Cherry Tree was sixth, Chad Covatch from Punxsutawney –seventh; Jeff Taylor of Corsica-eighth, White finished ninth and Eric Lingenfelter from Indiana was tenth.  Randy Reed and Scott Stein won the preliminary heats.

Last week it was Dave Peterman, this week it’s Sammy Stile from Charleroi who was the back-to-back victor in the Late Model Division.  Both drivers were winners at Dog Hollow on Friday night and Marion Center on Saturday night.  Sammy Stile started his feature in the ninth position and was able to make his way to the front by avoiding a major pileup on the first lap causing a complete restart.  Stile was leader of the race by the fifth lap after passing Rick Lias from Smicksburg.  Jerry Redden from Mahaffey came up to challenge Stile, but settled for second place.  Dave Peterman from Indiana was the third place finisher, Brent Johnson of Brookville was fourth, and Dave Blazavich took fifth.  Dave Satterlee from Home made it back to the track for a sixth place finish and Rick Davis also with a Home address was seventh.  Paul Michny of Pine Flats was eighth, Rick Lias took ninth and Jesse Guesman from Hopwood finished tenth.  Satterlee and Ken Schaltenbrand from Kittanning won the heats.

David Day from Colver won his first feature of his racing career in the Steel Block Limited Late Model division at Marion Center Speedway.   Day started fifth and led every lap but the first one that Jim Baker led.  Bernie Whiteford from Hastings took second place by working his way from the tail end of the starting grid through the pack to second place but not able to overtake Day for the win.  Third place went to Jeff Weakland also from Hastings and Larry Hollenbaugh of Punxsutawney was fourth.  Fifth place went to Gary Fulmer of Dixonville and Tom Shaffer of Punxsy was sixth.  The rest of the top ten finishers in order were:  Dave Buchanan-Cherry Tree-seventh, Tom Jobe-Covode-eighth, Dan Stormer-Brookville-ninth, and Christopher Clark-Curwensville-was tenth.  The heats were won by Dave Buchanan and David Day.

Vanderpool’s Checkered Flag Collectibles from Punxsutawney provided door prizes.  And Julie Craig’s “Who Are You?” donated special prizes for Father’s Day and Marion Center Speedway also had some prizes for the Dads.  Be sure to tune in to WDAD 1450 AM for the Weekend Race Report of NASCAR and local racing sponsored by Marion Center Speedway.  And special thanks to our other season sponsors, Butler Auto Supply and Lias Tire and Auto Service both of Indiana.   Looking ahead, mark your calendars for the Independence Day Special coming up July 3, featuring the racing program and fireworks.  Racing will still be held Saturday nights before and after the special event for Independence Day.  Next Saturday night Kid’s Bike Races will also be part of the program, and kids must bring their bikes and helmets to participate.

-by Don Peffer

June 14,  2003

Late Model  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 79 Dave Satterlee
2 10 Paul Michny
3 26 Rick Lias
4 11B Brent Johnson
5 2s Sammy Stiles

Late Model  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
2 19 Dave Peterman
3 74 Tom Ericksen
4 5R Jerry Redden
5 22s Brian Smith

 

Late Model Feature

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Feature Winner -  2s - Sammy Stiles

  Car # Name
1 2s Sammy Stiles
2 5R Jerry Redden
3 19 Dave Peterman
4 11B Brent Johnson
5 18B Dave Blazavich
6 79 Dave Satterlee
7 44 Rick Davis
8 10 Paul Michny
9 26 Rick Lias
10 95 Jesse Guseman
11 62 Mark Stair
12 G1 Guy Kline
13 s1 Rick Strong
14 37 John Yamrick
15 07 Will Cochran
16 22s Brian Smith
17 74 Tom Ericksen
18 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
19 27J Jack Thorton

 

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 72 Dave Buchanan
2 50 Jeff Weakland
3 22 Gary Fulmer
4 71 Jim Baker
5 8 Paul Hrubochak

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 42 David Day
2 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
3 96 Tom Jobe
4 115 Larry Heron
5 12 Cheyenne Reed

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels Feature

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FIRST TIME WINNER !
Feature Winner -  42  - David Day

  Car # Name
1 42 David Day
2 33 Bernie Whitford
3 50 Jeff Weakland
4 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
5 22 Gary Fulmer
6 62 Mark Stair
7 72 Dave Buchanan
8 96 Tom Jobe
9 16 Dan Stormer
10 19 Christopher Clark
11 8 Paul Hrubchak
12 115 Larry Heron
13 12 Cheyenne Reed
14 71 Jim Baker
15 32 Todd Sallack
16 07 Mark Stiffler

 

Pro Stock  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 94R Randy Reed
2 6 Tim White
3 60 Jeff Taylor
4 380 Pat Hanley
5 455 Skip Lindemuth

Pro Stock  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 09 Scott Stein
2 11Y Dale Yeaney
3 8 Rich Waltman
4 5 Don Waltman
5 13 Jamie Barber

 

Pro Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  94R  - Randy Reed

  Car # Name
1 94R Randy Reed
2 455 Skip Lindemuth
3 4A Jake Ayers
4 13 Jamie Barber
5 0 Jeff Bastin
6 09  Scott Stein
7 418 Chad Covatch
8 60 Jeff Taylor
9 6 Tim White
10 15 Eric Lingenfelter
11 380 Pat Hanlet
12 5 Don Waltman
13 90 Mike Pegher
14 6c Terry Campbell
15 11y Dale Yeaney
16 31 Rich Shank
17 8 Rich Waltman
18 23 John Oaks

 

Strictly Stock  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 40 Carl Ruth
2 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
3 41 Robert James
4 9 Nathan Miller
5 56 Kelly Haight

Strictly Stock  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 98 Steve McKendree
2 14R Dee Deyarmin
3 28 Denny Smith
4 2H Don Hickok
5 44L Bruce Large

 

Strictly Stock Feature

   
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Feature Winner -  1H - Doug Hollenbaugh

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 98 Steve McKendree
3 2H Don Hickok
4 28 Denny Smith
5 9 Nathan Miller
6 41 Robert James
7 56 Kelly Haight
8 75 Larry Matter
9 44L Bruce Large
10 2w Justin Queen
11 40 Carl Ruth
12 8 Jeremy Kunsleman
13 72w Robin Welsh
14 22m Francis Mullen
15 7 John Poling
16 64 Kenny Mumau
17 14R Dee Deyarmin


JUNE 28, 2003

After a week off for bad weather, Marion Center Speedway was back in action Saturday night.  All four divisions were ready to go, and the fans saw a lot of action.

 In the Pro-Stock Division, it took four leaders in the feature before the checkered flag came out to make Jeff Taylor of Corsica the winner.  Taylor started 14’th in the race and was able to take the lead on lap 15.  Scott Stein and Eric Lingenfelter were close at hand to battle for position; but in the end, Scott Stein from Cherry Tree finished second and Lingenfelter from Indiana was third.  Fourth went to Randy Reed of Punxsutawney and Chris Schneider from Tarentum.  Skip Lindemuth from Hazen took sixth and Jake Ayers of Chester, MD was seventh.  Jamie Barber of Grampian finished eighth, Rich Waltman from Cool Spring was ninth, and Don Waltman of Punxsutawney took tenth.  Tim White and Randy Reed from Punxsutawney won the heat races.

 After only being in his car for the third time, Jim Kurpackus from Leechburg was the winner of the Late Model Division feature.  Kurpakus made a last lap pass on Dave Peterman from Indiana to take the feature away from Peterman who had led the race from the 3’rd lap but finished second at the checkered flag.  Rick Davis of Home led the other two laps of the feature.  Ken Schaltenbrand from KIttanning was running strong in the feature, mostly in second place, until Kurpakus took over moving him to third at the end.  Fourth went to Paul Michny of Pine Flats and Mike Blose from Dayton was fifth.  Sixth through tenth places were filled in order by:  Rick Strong from Home, Rick Davis of Home, Will Cochran from Rural Valley, Brent Johnson of Brookville and Jack Thornton from Lewistown.  The Late Model heats were won by Paul Michny and Rick Strong.

 Larry Hollenbaugh from Punxsutawney won the Steel Block Limited Late Model Division feature.  Hollenbaugh took over the lead of the race on the seventh lap and out ran the others to the checkered flag.  The pole position had went to Ray Weaver of Home who had led the first six laps, but finished third when Bernie Whiteford got around Weaver on the restart of the race from a caution five laps to go.  Whiteford from Hastings took second, Weaver third and Gary Fulmer of Deckers Point was fourth; leaving Tom Jobe of Covode in fifth place.  Dan Stormer from Brookville finished sixth, Dave Buchanan of Cherry Tree –seventh, David Day of Colver-eighth, Christopher Clark from Curwensville-ninth and Jeff Weakland of Hastings was tenth.  The heats went to Cheyenne Reed of Punxsutawney and Jeff Weakland.

 Doug Hollenbaugh of Punxsutawney followed up on Larry Hollenbaugh’s win with a win of his own.  Doug Hollenbaugh won the strictly –Stock Division Feature after taking the lead after the halfway point with four more laps to go.  The previous leader was Nathan Miller of Marion Center who was knocked out of second place by Tim Good from Vintondale, Miller came in third, and Larry Matter from Plumboro took fourth just ahead of Steve McKendree from Mahaffey in fifth place.  Rounding out the top ten in order were:  Carl Ruth from Rossitter, Don Hickock of Mahaffey, Bruce Large from Saltsburg, Denny Smith from Glen Campbell, and Kenny Mumau from East Run was tenth.  Heat race winners were Doug Hollenbaugh and Steve McKendree.

 Vanderpool’s Checkered Flag Collectibles from Punxsutawney provided door prizes.  Be sure to tune in to WDAD 1450 AM for the Weekend Race Report of NASCAR and local racing sponsored by Marion Center Speedway.  And special thanks to our other season sponsors, Butler Auto Supply and Lias Tire and Auto Service both of Indiana.   Looking ahead, mark your calendars for the Independence Day Special coming up July 3, featuring the regular racing program and fireworks.  Racing will still be held Saturday night after the special event for Independence Day. 

 -by Don Peffer

 

June 28,  2003

Late Model  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 10 Paul Michny
2 19 Dave Peterman
3 5 Mike Blose
4 18B Dave Blazavich
5 44 Rick Davis

Late Model  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 s1 Rick Strong
2 5R Jerry Redden
3 11B Brent Johnson
4 72m Jim Kurpakus
5 40 Bobby Hoffman

 

Late Model Feature

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Feature Winner -  72m - Jim Kurpakus

  Car # Name
1 72m Jim Kurpakus
2 19 Dave Peterman
3 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
4 10 Paul Michny
5 5 Mike Blose
6 s1 Rick Strong
7 44 Rick Davis
8 07 Will Cochran
9 11B Brent Johnson
10 27J Jack Thorton
11 40 Bobby Hoffman
12 5R Jerry Redden
13 XX Dan Pikel
14 33 Steve Vrana
15 18B Dave Blazavich
16 62 Mark Stair
17 26 Rick Lias

 

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 12 Cheyenne Reed
2 72 Dave Buchanan
3 07 Mark Stiffler
4 33 Bernie Whitford
5 96 Tom Jobe

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 50 Jeff Weakland
2 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
3 22 Gary Fulmer
4 62 Tom Shaffer
5 7` Ray Weaver

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels Feature

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Feature Winner -  1H  - Larry Hollenbaugh

  Car # Name
1 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
2 33 Bernie Whitford
3 7 Ray Weaver
4 22 Gary Fulmer
5 96 Tom Jobe
6 16 Dan Stormer
7 72 Dave Buchanan
8 42 David Day
9 19c Christopher Clark
10 50 Jeff Weakland
11 07 Mark Stiffler
12 62 Tom Shaffer
13 12 Cheyenne Reed
14 65 Howie Tapper
15 42m Jason McCullough
16 115 Larry Heron
17 1 Gary Miller, Jr.
18 2w Mark Whetstone
19 5m Shane McMeans

 

Pro Stock  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 6 Tim White
2 13 Jamie Barber
3 455 Skip Lindemuth
4 11Y Dale Yeaney
5 8 Rich Waltman

Pro Stock  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 94R Randy Reed
2 15 Eric Lingenfelter
3 09 Scott Stein
4 27 John Kinsey
5 5 Don Waltman

 

Pro Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  60  - Jeff Taylor

  Car # Name
1 60 Jeff Taylor
2 09 Scott Stein
3 15 Eric Lingenfelter
4 94R Randy Reed
5 55s Chris Schnieder
6 455 Skip Lindemuth
7 4A Jake Ayers
8 13 Jamie Barber
9 8 Rich Waltman
10 5 Don Waltman
11 37 Bruce Walker
12 6c Terry Campbell
13 27 John Kinsey
14 380 Pat Hanley
15 11Y Dale Yeaney
16 6 Tim White
17 71 Jay Getch
18 418 Chad Covatch

 

Strictly Stock  ( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 9H Ron Hanna
3 22m Francis Mullen
4 88 Josh Jacoby
5 28 Denny Smith

Strictly Stock  ( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 98 Steve McKendree
2 75 Larry Matter
3 40 Carl Ruth
4 41 Robert James
5 38G Tim Good

 

Strictly Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  1H - Doug Hollenbaugh

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 38G Tim Good
3 9 Nathan Miller
4 75 Larry Matter
5 98 Steve McKendree
6 40 Carl Ruth
7 2H Don Hickok
8 44L Bruce Large
9 28 Denny Smith
10 64 Kenny Mumau
11 9H Ron Hanna
12 72 Robin Welsh
13 8 Jeremy Kunsleman
14 56 Kelly Haight
15 88 Josh Jacoby
16 14R Dee Deyarmin
17 2w Justin Queen
18 77 Joe Rubcic
19 22m Francis Mullen
20 41 Robert James
21 7 John Poling


JULY 03, 2003

Late Model  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 11B Brent Johnson
2 5R Jerry Redden
3 XX Dan Pikel
4 3s Dan Swartzlander
5 10 Paul Michny

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 19 Dave Peterman
2 9 Spanky Dougherty
3 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
4 1K Gene Kain
5 18B Dave Blazavich


Late Model Feature

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Feature Winner -  29 - Ken Schaltenbrand

  Car # Name
1 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
2 19 Dave Peterman
3 44 Rick Davis
4 9 Spanky Dougherty
5 s1 Rick Strong
6 18B Dave Blazavich
7 1K Gene Kain
8 3s Dan Swartzlander
9 11B Brent Johnson
10 XX Dan Pikel
11 26 Rick Lias
12 07 Will Cochran
13 27J Jack Thorton
14 5R Jerry Redden
15 10 Paul Michny
16 62 Mark Stair
17 33 Steve Vrana

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels 

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 33 Bernie Whitford
2 82G Ted Gallaher
3 50 Jeff Weakland
4 62 Tom Shaffer
5 19 Christopher Clark

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 8P Shawn McGarvey
2 27c Ed Connor
3 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
4 72 Dave Buchanan
5 115 Larry Heron

 

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels Feature

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Feature Winner -  1H  - Larry Hollenbaugh
 

  Car # Name
1 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
2 8P Shawn McGarvey
3 50 Jeff Weakland
4 7 Ray Weaver
5 82G Ted Gallaher
6 62 Tom Shaffer
7 16 Dan Stormer
8 96 Tom Jobe
9 19 Christopher Clark
10 33 Bernie Whitford
11 27c Ed Connor
12 1 Gary Miller Jr.
13 5M Shane McMeans
14 115 Larry Heron

Pro Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 418 Chad Covatch
2 818 Bob Connor
3 09 Scott Stein
4 18 Jeff Walters
5 13 Jamie Barber

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 94R Randy Reed
2 60 Jeff Taylor
3 6 Tim White
4 11 Jeff Enos
5 11Y Dale Yeaney

 

Pro Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  94R  - Randy Reed

  Car # Name
1 94R Randy Reed
2 09 Scott Stein
3 60 Jeff Taylor
4 18 Jeff Walters
5 418 Chad Covatch
6 5B Steve Barnes
7 23 John Oaks
8 99x Eric Baun
9 13 Jamie Barber
10 27 John Kinsey
11 65H Matt Hugill
12 6 Tim White
13 818 Bob Connor
14 455 Skip Lindemuth
15 11 Jeff Enos

 

Strictly Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 55 John Mazey
2 28 Denny Smith
3 40 Carl Ruth
4 12 Chuck Boring
5 44L Bruce Large

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 28R Rich Runyan
3 21 Mike Sisictki
4 771 Mike Olechouski
5 8M Mike Donahue

 

Strictly Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  1H - Doug Hollenbaugh

  Car # Name
1 11H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 40 Carl Ruth
3 55 John Mazey
4 771 Mike Olechouski
5 28R Rich Runyan
6 54w Aaron Walker
7 14R Dee Deyarmin
8 12 Chuck Boring
9 44L Bruce Large
10 8M Mike Donahue
11 21 Mike Sisictki
12 88 Scott Holopeter
13 72w Robin Weltch
14 M70 Bill Morrone
15 1M Sam McAdams
16 57 Peter Blake
17 8 Jerry Kunsleman
18 28 Denny Smith


JULY 5, 2003

After Thursday night’s Special Event for the Independence Day Celebration, it was back to business for the points races for the 2003 racing season. 

 Ken Schaltenbrand from Kittanning took the Late Model feature to give him back to back event wins at Marion Center Speedway.  Coming from the win in the July 3 race, Schaltenbrand took the lead from Rick Strong on the 15’th lap for the victory.  Mike Blose from Dayton was coming on strong, but ran out of time to take the lead and settled for second place taking that spot from Strong.  Rick Strong of Home did get third and Rick Davis also from Home took fourth.  Fifth place went to Dave Peterman of Indiana.  Brent Johnson from Brookville was sixth, Paul Michny from Pine Flats-seventh, Dave Satterlee from Home-eighth, Rick Lias from Smicksburg-ninth and Cody Schultz from Hyde was tenth.  Winning the heat races were Mike Blose, Dave Satterlee and Jerry Redden from Mahaffey.

 The Steel Block Limited Late Models were next on the program.  Bernie Whiteford from Hastings was first across the finish line.  Whiteford beat out fellow Hastings dweller, Jeff Weakland for the win leaving Weakland in second place.  Paul Hrubochak from Cherry Tree took third place; Gary Fulmer from Deckers Point was fourth; and Ray Weaver from Home took fifth.  Dan Stormer of Brookville finished sixth, Larry Heron of Clymer-seventh, Christopher Clark from Curwensville-eighth, David Day from Colver-ninth and Mark Stiffler from South Fork was tenth.  Tom Shaffer of Punxsutawney and Bernie Whiteford won the heats.

 In a turn of events in the Strictly Stock Division, Robert James from Mahaffey took the checkered flag after leading the biggest part of the feature; but the post race inspection of James’ car showed he was using an aluminum intake manifold that disqualified him from the race.  The DQ put Dee Deyarmin from Glen Campbell in first place and moved the rest of the field up as well.  Second place went to Tim Good of Vintondale, third to Missy Eckenrod from Portage; John Eckenrod from Portage was fourth and Kenny Mumau of East Run took fifth.  Next came Doug Hollenbaugh from Punxsutawney, and Steve McKendree from Mahaffey.   Eighth went to Denny Smith from Glen Campbell, then Don Hickok of Mahaffey, and Larry Matter of Plumboro rounded out the top ten.  Denny Smith, Larry Matter, and Doug Hollenbaugh won the heats.

 The Pro-Stock Feature also had a disqualification after the post race inspection.  Randy Reed who would have racked up his third victory in the points races and back-to-back wins was DQ’ed for an illegal control arm in the rear of the car.  Reed from Punxsutawney had taken the lead on the fifth lap from Jamie Barber who started on the pole and held off Scott Stein from Cherry Tree to take the checkers.  Stein was then awarded the win after the inspection of both cars as well as third place finisher’s car, Jamie Barber from Grampian.  Barber and Stein passed inspection for first and second places.  Third went to Jeff Taylor from Corsica, Bruce Moody of Saxonburg took fourth and Matt Hugill of Mahaffey was fifth.  Rounding out the top ten in order were:  Chad Covatch from Punxsutawney, Jake Ayers from Chester, MD, Eric Rising of Deckers Point, Rich Shank from Clymer and Skip Lindemuth from Hazen.  John Oakes from Punxsutawney, Eric Lingenfelter of Indiana, and Randy Reed won the heat races.

 Vanderpool’s Checkered Flag Collectibles from Punxsutawney, Don Huey Custom Building and Remodeling from Indiana and  Lias Tire provided door prizes.  Be sure to tune in to WDAD 1450 AM for the Weekend Race Report of NASCAR and local racing sponsored by Marion Center Speedway.  And special thanks to our other season sponsors, Butler Auto Supply and Lias Tire and Auto Service both of Indiana.  

 -by Don Peffer

 

Late Model  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 5 Mike Blose
2 19 Dave Peterman
3 22s Brian Smith
4 s1 Rick Strong
5 9 Spanky Dougherty

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 79 Dave Satterlee
2 26 Rick Lias
3 44 Rick Davis
4 40 Bobby Hoffman
5 10 Paul Michny

( Heat 03)

  Car # Name
1 5R Jerry Redden
2 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
3 11B Brent Johnson
4 7 Cody Schultz
5 46 Tom Tuite


Late Model Feature

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Feature Winner -  29 - Ken Schaltenbrand

  Car # Name
1 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
2 5 Mike Blose
3 s1 Rick Strong
4 44 Rick Davis
5 19 Dave Peterman
6 11B Brent Johnson
7 10 Paul Michny
8 79 Dave Satterlee
9 26 Rick Lias
10 7 Cody Schultz
11 XX Dan Pikel
12 40 Bobby Hoffman
13 9 Spanky Dougherty
14 88 Chuck Sarver
15 22s Brian Smith
16 96 John Brady
17 19* Mike Hite
18 46 Tom Tuite
19 27J Jack Thorton
20 62 Mark Stair
21 5R Jerry Redden
22 G1 Guy Kline
23 07 Will Cochran
24 00 Erick Moore
25 37 John Yamrick

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels 

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 62 Tom Shaffer
2 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
3 11 Chad Helman
4 07 Mark Stiffler
5 32 Todd Sallack

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 33 Bernie Whiteford
2 22 Gary Fulmer
3 7 Ray Weaver
4 12 Cheyenne Reed
5 42 David Day

 

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels Feature

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Feature Winner -  33  - Bernie Whiteford
FIRST TIME WINNER !

  Car # Name
1 33 Bernie Whiteford
2 50 Jeff Weakland
3 8 Paul Hrubochak
4 22 Gary Fulmer
5 7 Ray Weaver
6 16 Dan Stormer
7 115 Larry Heron
8 19 Christopher Clark
9 42 David Day
10 07 Mark Stiffler
11 62 Tom Shaffer
12 65 Howie Tapper
13 12 Cheyenne Reed
14 11 Chad Helman
15 5m Shane McMeans
16 42m Jason McCullough
17 1 Gary Miller
18 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
19 32 Todd Sallack
20 96 Tom Jobe

Pro Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 23 John Oaks
2 60 Jeff Taylor
3 5 Don Waltman
4 455 Skip Lindemuth
5 8 Rich Waltman

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 15 Eric Lingenfelter
2 27 John Kinsey
3 2 Bruce Moody
4 4A Jake Ayers
5 71 John Getch

( Heat 03)

  Car # Name
1 94R Randy Reed
2 6 Tim White
3 6Jr Ray Charles
4 13 Jamie Barber
5 0 Jeff Bastin

 

Pro Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  09  - Scott Stein

  Car # Name
1 09 Scott Stein
2 13 Jamie Barber
3 60 Jeff Taylor
4 2 Bruce Moody
5 65H Matt Hugill
6 418 Chad Covatch
7 4A Jake Ayers
8 7 Eric Rising
9 31 Rich Shank
10 455 Skip Lindemuth
11 23 John Oaks
12 11Y Dale Yeaney
13 6Jr Ray Charles
14 6 Tim White
15 0 Jeff Bastin
16 5 Don Waltman
17 6c Terry Campbell
18 8 Rich Waltman

 

Strictly Stock

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 28 Denny Smith
2 7E John Eckenrod
3 38G Tim Good
4 64 Kenny Mumau
5 72w Robin Welsh

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 75 Larry Matter
2 14R Dee Deyarmin
3 38 Tim Laughard
4 7M Missy Eckenrod
5 22M Francis Mullen

( Heat 03)

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 98 Steve McKendree
3 41 Robert James
4 26s Tim Bracken
5 2H Don Hickok

 

Strictly Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  14R - Dee Deyarmin

  Car # Name
1 14R Dee Deyarmin
2 38G Tim Good
3 7M Missy Eckenrod
4 7E John Eckenrod
5 64 Kenny Mumau
6 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
7 98 Steve McKendree
8 28 Denny Smith
9 2H Don Hickok
10 75 Larry Matter
11 65H Tony Hugill
12 72w Robin Welsh
13 95 Brent Calanavich
14 9 Nathan Miller
15 56 Kelly Haight
16 22M Francis Mullen
17 26s Tim Bracken
18 44L Bruce Large


JULY 12, 2003

Marion Center Speedway opened up its Saturday night features with the Steel Block Limited Late Models.  Christopher Clark led the pack of cars onto the track from the pole position and led the first lap.  Then Dan Stormer of Brookville overtook Clark from Curwensville.  Stormer led the race until after completing the sixth lap when he spun out in turn two bringing the yellow flag out.  Stormer went to the end of the line and recovered some of the ground lost to finish in seventh place.  With Stormer bringing out the caution flag, Larry Hollenbaugh from Punxsutawney moved into the leader’s position.  Hollenbaugh then maintained that position to secure the win despite efforts by Ray Weaver and Gary Fulmer to take the lead away.  Ray Weaver from Home finished second, and Cheyenne Reed from Punxsutawney finished third.  Bernie Whiteford of Hastings was fourth, Fulmer from Deckers Point took fifth.  Rounding out the top ten in order were Todd Sallack from Punxsutawney, Stormer, Jeff Weakland – Hastings, Clark, and Shane McMeans of Dayton.  Larry Hollenbaugh also won his heat race, and Cheyenne Reed won the other heat.

Doug Hollenbaugh made it a “Hollenbaugh Night” by taking the checkered flag in the Strictly Stock Feature for the next race.  Doug Hollenbaugh, Larry’s brother, took the lead in the race with four laps to go by passing Tony Hugill from Mahaffey.  Hollenbaugh then kept his car in front of Hugill for the win.  Hugill crossed the finish line second, but was disqualified from the race when his car didn’t pass the post race inspection.  The after race inspection moved Daniel Clark from DuBois into second place, Nathan Miller of Marion Center into third, Carl Ruth from Rossiter in fourth, and Kenny Mumau of East Run into fifth.  Sixth through tenth places were filled by Larry Matter from Plumboro, Dee Deyarmin of Glen Campbell, Jeremy Kunselman of Brookville, Denny Smith from Glen Campbell and Steve McKendree of Mahaffey.  Larry Matter and Carl Ruth won the heat races.

Randy Reed from Punxsutawney won his third points race feature at Marion Center Speedway Saturday night, and he did it fair and square.  Reed was back at the track after being disqualified from the previous feature for not passing the post race inspection.  The DQ took away Reed’s win and the points he would have gotten for his efforts that night.  Reed had his car checked before the race took place to make sure he was legal, and the post race check by the track officials also found the car to be in compliance with track rules.  Reed led the entire feature from green to checkers for the victory and held off Jeff Walters from Evans City who tried everything in the book to get around Reed.  At the end Walters came in second and Rich Waltman of Coolspring was close behind for third place.  Tim White of Punxsutawney finished fourth; Bruce Walker also from Punxsutawney took fifth.  Next came Matt Hugill from Mahaffey, Tommy Dembowski of Monroeville, Pat Hanley from Plum, Skip Lindemuth of Hazen and Chad Covatch of Punxsutawney was tenth.  The heats went to Jeff Walters and Don Waltman of Punxsutawney.

There were some new faces at Marion Center Speedway for the Late Model Feature, at least faces you don’t see often.  One of those faces won the feature and that was Sammy Stile from Charleroi.  Stile has been at the track before this season and must have kept his notes on what to expect of the track to set up his car for this race.  Stile made a dramatic last lap pass on Keith Barbara who had started on the pole and led the race until that final lap when Stile did his thing and had people wondering where he came from to take the win away from Barbara of South Park.  It just looked like Barbara was going to walk away with a flag to flag victory when there was Stile coming around him in the final turns to take the checkered flag.  Barbara was second and Mike Blose from Dayton took third.  Chuck Sarver from West Sunberry was fourth and Dan Swartzlander of Freeport was fifth.  Jerry Redden from Mahaffey who hardly ever misses a race at Marion Center was sixth, followed by other track regulars: Paul Michny of Pine Flats, Rick Lias of Smicksburg, Ken Schaltenbrand of Kittanning (currently second in points before this race) and Jim Kurpakus from Leechburg.  Bob Wearing, Jr. drove Dan Pikel’s car to victory in a heat race; Sammy Stile and Dave Peterman from Indiana won the other two heats.

Vanderpool’s Checkered Flag Collectibles from Punxsutawney, Don Huey Custom Building and Remodeling, Lias Tire, Furniture World East, and Sandy Kaye’s Restaurant in Shelocta provided door prizes.  Be sure to tune in to WDAD 1450 AM for the Weekend Race Report of NASCAR and local racing sponsored by Marion Center Speedway.  And special thanks to our other season sponsors, Butler Auto Supply and Lias Tire and Auto Service both of Indiana.  

 

-by Don Peffer

Late Model  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 XX Bob Wearing, Jr.
2 26 Rick Lias
3 9 Spanky Dougherty
4 17 Keith Barbara
5 62 Mark Stair

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 2s Sammy Stile
2 5R Jerry Redden
3 10 Paul Michny
4 88 Chark Saver
5 s1 Rick Strong

( Heat 03)

  Car # Name
1 19 Dave Peterman
2 5 Mike Blose
3 3 Dan Swartzlander
4 18B Dave Blazavich
5 11B Brent Johnson

Late Model Feature

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Feature Winner -  2s - Sammy Stile

  Car # Name
1 2s Sammy Stile
2 17 Keith Barbara
3 5 Mike Blose
4 88 Chuck Sarver
5 3 Dan Swartzlander
6 5R Jerry Redden
7 10 Paul Michny
8 26 Rick Lias
9 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
10 72m Jim Kurpakus
11 15 Nick Jones
12 9 Spanky Dougherty
13 XX Bob Wearing, Jr.
14 19 Dave Peterman
15 s1 Rick Strong
16 18B Dave Blazavich
17 36 Bob Sheesley
18 40 Bobby Hoffman
19 22s Brian Smith
20 62 Mark Stair
21 07 Will Cochran
22 11B Brent Johnson
23 11P Gary Pease
24 34 Ron Smith

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels 

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
2 7 Ray Weaver
3 33 Bernie Whiteford
4 72 Dave Buchanan
5 16 Dan Stormer

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 12 Cheyenne Reed
2 50 Jeff Weakland
3 96 Tom Jobe
4 32 Todd Sallack
5 19 Christopher Clark

 

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels Feature

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Feature Winner -  1H  - Larry Hollenbaugh
 

  Car # Name
1 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
2 7 Ray Weaver
3 12 Cheyenne Reed
4 33 Bernie Whiteford
5 22 Gary Fulmer
6 32 Todd Sallack
7 16 Dan Stormer
8 50 Jeff Weakland
9 19 Christopher Clark
10 5m Shane McMeans
11 96 Tom Jobe
12 42m Jason McCullough
13 72 Dave Buchanan

Pro Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 18 Jeff Walters
2 79 Tommy Dembowski
3 37 Bruce Walker
4 09 Scott Stein
5 27 John Kinsey

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 5 Don Waltman
2 15 Eric Lingenfelter
3 418 Chad Covatch
4 94R Randy Reed
5 71 Jay Getch

 

Pro Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  94R  - Randy Reed

  Car # Name
1 94R Randy Reed
2 18 Jeff Walters
3 8 Rich Waltman
4 6 Tim White
5 37 Bruce Walker
6 65H Matt Hugill
7 79 Tommy Dembowski
8 380 Pat Hanley
9 455 Skip Lindemuth
10 418 Chad Covatch
11 27 John Kinsey
12 13 Jamie Barber
13 7x Herman Bertolini
14 09 Scott Stein
15 11y Dale Yaney
16 31 Rich Shank
17 15 Eric Lingenfelter
18 60 Jeff Taylor
19 5 Don Waltman
20 2 Tom Truxell

 

Strictly Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 75 Larry Matter
2 64 Chris Baker
3 44L Bruce Large
4 65H Tony Hugill
5 9 Nathan Miller

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 40 Carl Ruth
2 22m Francis Mullen
3 14R Dee Deyarmin
4 72w Robin Welsh
5 m70 Bill Morrone

 

Strictly Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  1H - Doug Hollenbaugh

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 5 Daniel Clark
3 9 Nathan Miller
4 40 Carl Ruth
5 64 Chris Baker
6 75 Larry Matter
7 14R Dee Deyarmin
8 8 Jeremy Kunsleman
9 28 Denny Smith
10 98 Steve McKendree
11 72w Robin Welsh
12 2H Don Hickok
13 7 John Poling
14 41 Robert James
15 44L Bruce Large
16 22m Francis Mullen


JULY 19, 2003

Marion Center Speedway held its regular racing program Saturday night for four divisions, the Strictly Stock, Late Model, Steel Block Limited Late Model, and Pro Stocks, plus Kid’s Bike Races at intermission.  

 Mark Olechovski from Blairsville won his first Marion Center Speedway feature in the Strictly Stock feature.  Olechovski started on the pole and led all laps to take the win.  John Mazey from Bolivar was the second place finisher, Dee Deyarmin of Glen Campbell was third, Carl Ruth from Rossiter placed fourth and fifth went to Tim Bracken from Ebensburg.  Robert James from Mahaffey finished sixth; Tyler Wagner of Irvona was seventh; Kenny Mumau from East Run took eighth; Brian Daughenbaugh from Mundys Corner was ninth and tenth went to Tim Good from Vintondale.  In the heat races, the wins went to John Mazey and Tim Good.

 Dave Peterman took an early lead in the Late Model feature, but couldn’t hang on to it for long as Rick Davis was running great and was set on winning the feature.  Davis started in the second row behind Peterman and took the lead on the seventh lap.  Peterman from Indiana stayed in second place behind Davis with Paul Michny occasionally taking the second place spot away from Peterman, but not really gaining on Davis.  Davis was also pursued by Mike Blose from Dayton who came up from eleventh place to challenge Davis from Home for the lead.  Davis held fast to the front position and picked up the checkered flag.  Blose finished second, Paul Michny of Pine Flats was third and Dave Satterlee from Home passed Dave Peterman on the last lap for fourth place leaving Peterman in fifth.  Rick Strong also from Home came in sixth; Rick Lias of Smicksburg was seventh; John Yamrick from Clymer came in eighth, Jerry Redden from Mahaffey was ninth and tenth place went to Dan Pikel from Home.  The Late Model heats were won by Gary Pease from Ernest and Rick Lias.

 Cheyenne Reed from Punxsutawney won his first Steel Block Limited Late Model feature at Marion Center Speedway this season.  Reed had come close to winning earlier this season, but his previous best was second place.  Cheyenne Reed let Gary Fulmer from Deckers Point lead the first three laps from the pole position, then Reed took over and led the remaining 17 laps for the victory.  Gary Fulmer finished in second place with Dan Stormer from Brookville in a close third.  Fourth went to Jeff Weakland of Hastings; Tom Jobe from Covode was fifth.  Rounding out the top ten were Paul Hrubochak from Cherry Tree, David Day of Colver, Jason McCullough from Homer City; Mark Stiffler of South Fork and Howie Tapper from Mahaffey.  The heats were won by Cheyenne Reed and Dan Stormer.

 Randy Reed from Punxsutawney won the Pro-Stock feature for the fourth time this season (not counting one DQ and a Special race which he also won).  Reed seemed untouchable as he made his way through the pack of cars from his thirteenth place starting position into the lead at the halfway point of the race.  Reed took the lead from the only other leader of the race, Jamie Barber from Grampian.  Scott Stein from Cherry Tree was also in contention for the lead, but couldn’t overtake Reed and settled for second place.  Jeff Walters from Evans City looked very strong in the running of the race, but finished third in the feature.  Fourth place went to Bruce Walker from Punxsutawney and Barber finished fifth.  Tim White from Punxsutawney was sixth, Jeff Taylor of Corsica was seventh, Skip Lindemuth from Hazen was eighth, Don Waltman also from Punxsy was ninth and Jake Ayers from Chester Maryland took tenth.  The Pro-Stock heats were won by Jeff Walters and Eric Lingenfelter. 

 Vanderpool’s Checkered Flag Collectibles from Punxsutawney provided checkered flags for all the Kid’s bike race winners as well as door prizes.  Lias Tire, Furniture World East, and Sandy Kaye’s Restaurant in Shelocta also provided door prizes.  Be sure to tune in to WDAD 1450 AM for the Weekend Race Report of NASCAR and local racing sponsored by Marion Center Speedway.  And special thanks to our other season sponsors, Butler Auto Supply and Lias Tire and Auto Service both from Indiana.  

 

-by Don Peffer

 

Late Model  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 11P Gary Pease
2 44 Rick Davis
3 19 Dave Peterman
4 11B Brent Johnson
5 10 Paul Michny

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 26 Rick Lias
2 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
3 34 Ron Smith
4 88 Chuck Sarver
5 07 Will Cochran

Late Model Feature

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Feature Winner -  44 - Rick Davis

  Car # Name
1 44 Rick Davis
2 5 Mike Blose
3 10 Paul Michny
4 79 Dave Satterlee
5 19 Dave Peterman
6 s1 Rick Strong
7 26 Rick Lias
8 37 John Yamrick
9 5R Jerry Redden
10 XX Dan Pikel
11 11P Gary Pease
12 34 Ron Smith
13 36 Bob Sheesley
14 88 Chuck Sarver
15 27J Jack Thorton
16 33 Steve Vrana
17 07 Will Cochran
18 11B Brent Johnson
19 29 Ken Schaltenbrand

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels 

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 16 Dan Stormer
2 5M Shane McMeans
3 07 Mark Stiffler
4 50 Jeff Weakland
5 19 Christopher Clark

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 12 Cheyenne Reed
2 22 Gary Fulmer
3 72 Dave Buchanan
4 42 David Day
5 42m Jason McCullough

 

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels Feature

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Feature Winner -  12  - Cheyenne Reed
 

  Car # Name
1 12 Cheyenne Reed
2 22 Gary Fulmer
3 16 Dan Stormer
4 50 Jeff Weakland
5 96 Tom Jobe
6 8 Paul Hrubochak
7 42 David Day
8 42m Jason McCullough
9 07 Mark Stiffler
10 65 Howie Tapper
11 5m Shane McMeans
12 72z Paul Zbilut
13 33 Bernie Whiteford
14 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
15 72 Dave Buchanan
16 19 Christopher Clark
17 115 Larry Heron
18 71 Jim Baker

Pro Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 18 Jeff Walters
2 09 Scott Stein
3 13 Jamie Barber
4 37 Bruce Walker
5 60 Jeff Taylor

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 15 Eric Lingenfelter
2 7 Eric Rising
3 6 Tim White
4 65H Matt Hugill
5 380 Pat Hanley

 

Pro Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  94R  - Randy Reed

  Car # Name
1 94R Randy Reed
2 09 Scott Stein
3 18 Jeff Walters
4 37 Bruce Walker
5 13 Jamie Barber
6 6 Tim White
7 60 Jeff Taylor
8 455 Skip Lindemuth
9 5 Don Waltman
10 4A Jake Ayers
11 380 Pat Hanley
12 71 Jay Getch
13 6c Terry Campbell
14 8 Rich Waltman
15 27 John Kinsey
16 65H Matt Hugill
17 7 Eric Rising
18 15 Eric Lingenfelter
19 07 Denny Walker

 

Strictly Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 55 John Mazey
2 14R Dee Deyarmin
3 2H Don Hickok
4 41 Robert James
5 26s Tim Bracken

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 38G Tim Good
2 98 Steve McKendree
3 77x Mark Olechovski
4 75 Larry Matter
5 32 Brian Daughenbaugh

 

Strictly Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  77x  - Mark Olechovski

  Car # Name
1 77x Mark Olechovski
2 55 John Mazey
3 14R Dee Deyarmin
4 40 Carl Ruth
5 26s Tim Bracken
6 41 Robert James
7 22w Tyler Wagner
8 64 Kenny Mumau
9 32 Brian Daughenbaugh
10 38G Tim Good
11 65H Tony Hugill
12 75 Larry Matter
13 2w Justin Queen
14 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
15 22M Francis Mullen
16 2H Don Hickok
17 7 John Poling
18 72w Robin Welsh
19 44L Bruce Large
20 11 Charles Boring
21 M70 Bill Morrone
22 9 Nathan Miller


JULY 26, 2003

The Hollenbaugh’s once again take feature wins in the brother’s respective features Saturday night at Marion Center Speedway, and Rick Lias walks away unharmed from rolling his Late Model car onto its roof while Mike Blose wins his first race of the season and Jeff Walters gets his first MCS victory this year.

 Cautions plagued the Late Model feature Saturday night at Marion Center Speedway, and the red light came on to stop the race in the third lap because of Rick Lias’s car getting rolled onto its roof during a collision involving several other cars.  But despite the yellow and red lights breaking the momentum of Mike Blose, nobody else seemed to be a problem for him as he led everything in the race except leading the cars from the pits to race track, which Dave Satterlee got to do from the pole position-Blose from Dayton was on the outside pole.  Blose did have to be wary of Satterlee who would have capitalized on any wrong move by Blose, and Ken Schaltenbrand who came up from starting eighth to be in contention for the win.  Schaltenbrand looked very strong and if the race would have been any longer, who knows what may have happened.  But what did happen was Blose took the checkered flag for his first win of the season, Schaltenbrand from Kittanning took second and Satterlee of Home was third.  Dave Peterman from Indiana placed fourth, and Rick Davis from Home was fifth.  John Yamrick of Clymer finished sixth, and following him were Chuck Sarver of West Sunbury, Paul Michny of Pine Flats, Mark Stair from Brookville, and Will Cochran from Rural Valley.  In the heats, the winners were Rick Strong from Home and Gary Pease from Ernest.

 In five of the ten races held so far this season, Larry Hollenbaugh was the winner of the Steel Block Limited Late Model division feature.  And for the fourth time this year, the Hollenbaugh brothers both won their respective features, Larry in the “limited lates” and Doug in the Strictly Stocks.  The Hollenbaugh’s have a winning combination that may carry them to a points championship this year.  Prior to this race, Larry Hollenbaugh was only six points behind point leader Cheyenne Reed, and Doug Hollenbaugh was 35 points behind point leader Dee Deyarmin.  Once again in the same night the feature was won from the outside pole as Hollenbaugh from Punxsutawney led every lap in the feature race but didn’t lead the cars onto the track to take the first green flag.  But most importantly, he led the lap when the checkered flag was displayed for the win.  Following him to the checkers were Scott Stein from Cherry Tree-second place; Ray Weaver from Home-third, Mark Stiffler of South Fork was fourth and Dan Stormer from Brookville was fifth.  Sixth through tenth places were filled by: Cheyenne Reed (Punxsutawney), Bernie Whiteford (Hastings), Gary Fulmer (Deckers Point), Jim Baker (Monroeville) and Larry Heron (Clymer).  Cheyenne Reed and Dan Stormer won the heats.

 In a fantastic feature for the Pro Stock division, Jeff Walters from Evans City came up victorious for the first time this season after finishing five times in the top five out ten possible races.  Walters took the lead for the final three laps for his win.  Tom Snyder led most of the twenty-lap feature, but after the halfway point of the race Snyder from Ringgold left the track after obviously losing power or shutting down the engine and coasting a lap and into the pits.  Jeff Taylor assumed the lead position for the restart, but later was involved in an incident where he was charged with “taking out” another car and sent to rear for causing the caution.  The situation left Jeff Walters in the lead and Jeff Taylor out of contention.  Finishing in second place was Bruce Walker from Punxsutawney; third went to Don Waltman also of Punxsy; Jamie Barber from Grampian took fourth and fifth went to John Oaks from Punxsy as well.  Skip Lindemuth from Hazen finished sixth, Tim White of Punxsutawney was seventh, Pat Hanley of Plum took eighth; ninth place was Terry Campbell of Punxsy and tenth went to Taylor of Corsica.  John Oaks and Eric Lingenfelter from Indiana won the heats.

 As mentioned earlier, Doug Hollenbaugh won the Strictly Stock feature.  Hollenbaugh from Punxsutawney had also started on the outside pole and led every lap for the win.  Finishing second was Tyler Wagner from Irvona; Francis Mullin of Ebensburg took third; Dee Deyarmin of Glen Campbell was fourth, and Steve McKendree of Mahaffey was fifth.  Rounding out the top ten in order were Mike Sisitki of Bolivar, John Poling of Punxsy, Kenny Mumau from East Run, Don Hickok of Mahaffey and Bruce Large of Saltsburg.  The Heats went to Tyler Wagner, Carl Ruth from Rossiter, and Doug Hollenbaugh.

 Looking ahead to the end of the season, Marion Center Speedway's Labor Day Special program on September 1, 2003 will consist of Twin 25 lap features for Late Models (semi-late can run with them) and Pro-Stock races (Strictly Stock are welcome to compete in this class also).  Track rules will be enforced.  There will not be any Sprints as was previously announced.  Marion Center Speedway is currently putting together a special night for the Strictly-Stock and Pro-Stocks tentatively set for August 30 (if date is not needed for Season Championships scheduled for Aug. 23-Season Champ. rain date is 8/30).  Or Pro/Strictly Stock Special may be held Sept. 1 (?) - More info will follow.  Kids also remember the Championship Bike Races will be held August 9.

 Vanderpool’s Checkered Flag Collectibles from Punxsutawney provided door prizes as well as Lias Tire, Furniture World East, and Sandy Kaye’s Restaurant in Shelocta.  Be sure to tune in to WDAD 1450 AM for the Weekend Race Report of NASCAR and local racing sponsored by Marion Center Speedway.  And special thanks to our other season sponsors, Butler Auto Supply and Lias Tire and Auto Service both from Indiana.  

-by Don Peffer

 

Late Model  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 s1 Rick Strong
2 5 Mike Blose
3 5R Jerry Redden
4 40 Bobby Hoffman
5 19 Dave Peterman

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 11P Gary Pease
2 79 Dave Satterlee
3 26 Rick Lias
4 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
5 2 BD Laraway

Late Model Feature

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Feature Winner -  5 - Mike Blose

  Car # Name
1 5 Mike Blose
2 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
3 79 Dave Satterlee
4 19 Dave Peterman
5 44 Rick Davis
6 37 John Yamrick
7 88 Chuck Sarver
8 10 Paul Michny
9 62 Mark Stair
10 07 Will Cochran
11 2 BD Laraway
12 36 Bob Sheesley
13 11B Brent Johnson
14 5R Jerry Redden
15 s1 Rick Strong
16 XX Dan Pikel
17 26 Rick Lias
18 11P Gary Pease
19 40 Bobby Hoffman

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels 

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 12 Cheyenne Reed
2 32 Todd Sallack
3 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
4 8 Paul Hrubochak
5 96 Tom Jobe

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 16 Dan Stormer
2 07 Mark Stiffler
3 09 Scott Stein
4 7 Ray Weaver
5 28 Alex Nicoletti

 

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels Feature

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Feature Winner -  1H  - Larry Hollenbaugh
 

  Car # Name
1 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
2 09 Scott Stein
3 7 Ray Weaver
4 07 Mark Stiffler
5 16 Dan Stormer
6 12 Cheyenne Reed
7 33 Bernie Whiteford
8 22 Gary Fulmer
9 71 Jim Baker
10 115 Larry Heron
11 50 Jeff Weakland
12 42 David Day
13 32 Todd Sallack
14 8 Paul Hrubochak
15 28 Alex Nicoletti
16 1 Gary Miller Jr
17 42m Jason McCullough
18 5m Shane McMeans
19 96 Tom Jobe
20 65 Howie Tapper

Pro Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 23 John Oaks
2 60 Jeff Taylor
3 18 Jeff Walters
4 6 Tim White
5 13 Jamie Barber

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 15 Eric Lingenfelter
2 94R Randy Reed
3 09 Tom Snyder
4 37 Bruce Walker
5 455 Skip Lindemuth

 

Pro Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  18  - Jeff Walters

  Car # Name
1 18 Jeff Walters
2 37 Bruce Walker
3 5 Don Waltman
4 13 Jamie Barber
5 23 John Oaks
6 455 Skip Lindemuth
7 6 Tim White
8 380 Pat Hanley
9 6c Terry Campbell
10 60 Jeff Taylor
11 15 Eric Lingenfelter
12 31 Rich Shank
13 8 Rich Waltman
14 09 Tom Snyder
15 7 Eric Rising
16 94R Randy Reed

 

Strictly Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 22w Tyler Wagner
2 44L Bruce Large
3 22m Francis Mullen
4 12 Mike Sisitki
5 4-12 Bob Malnofsky

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 40 Carl Ruth
2 75 Larry Matter
3 21 Dave McClelland
4 2w Justin Queen
5 2H Don Hickok

( Heat 03)

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 41 Robert James
3 14R Dee Deyarmin
4 38G Tim Good
5 m21 Bill Huntington

 

Strictly Stock Feature

     
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Twins   Mindy & Macey  

Feature Winner -  1H  - Doug Hollenbaugh

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 22w Tyler Wagner
3 22m Francis Mullen
4 14R Dee Deyarmin
5 98 Steve McKendree
6 21 Dave McClelland
7 7 John Poling
8 64 Kenny Mumau
9 2H Don Hickok
10 44L Bruce Large`
11 9 Nathan Miller
12 m21 Bill Huntington
13 68 Jeremy Newcome
14 2w Justin Queen
15 72w Robin Welsch
16 95 Brett Kalanavich
17 40 Carl Ruth
18 12 Mike Sisitki
19 75 Larry Matter
20 38G Tim Good
21 4-12 Bob Malnofsky


AUGUST 23, 2003

Lias Tire Night

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Feature Winners  - 5R-Jerry Redden, 1H-Doug Hollenbaugh, 
72-Scott Stein and 18-Jeff Walters.

Marion Center Speedway was back in action Saturday night, August 23, 2003 for a full night of racing after being unable to complete a racing program due to poor weather for the previous three weeks.  It was Lias Tire and Auto Service night at the track, as well as Kid’s Bike Race Championships.  It was also the last night for points of the 2003 season so all points were doubled for the night.

 In the first of the Lias Tire sponsored features, Dave Buchanan’s car crossed the finish line first.  In the post race celebration, Scott Stein’s name was on the car, and he was driving the #72 Steel Block Limited Late Model, but officially Buchanan from Cherry Tree is still the winner as registered at the track.  The #72 took the lead by default when Dan Stormer spun out in turn four after leading the first four laps of the race.  Finishing in second place was Cheyenne Reed of Punxsutawney who was looking for all the angles to get around the 72, but couldn’t make a clean pass and settled for next best.  Larry Hollenbaugh also from Punxsy. was third, Gary Fulmer from Deckers Point finished fourth and Dan Stormer of Brookville recovered for fifth place.  Next came Christopher Clark, Bernie Whiteford, Tom Shaffer, Ray Weaver, and Jason McCullough to fill in the top ten spots.  The Steel Block Limited Late Model heats were won by Bernie Whiteford and Larry Hollenbaugh.

 In the Pro-Stock feature, it took only five laps to put Jeff Walters into the lead from his thirteenth slot on the starting grid.  Walters from Evans City then led the rest of the race for the win.  Tim White from Punxsutawney picked up second place in the feature by getting around Jeff Taylor with three laps to go.  Scott Stein also made a pass on Taylor on the last lap for third place leaving Taylor from Corsica in fourth and John Oaks of Punxsy. was fifth.  Finishing in the top ten were Don Waltman, Skip Lindemuth, Spider Barnett (in the 94R car-previously owned by Randy Reed), Eric Rising and Eric Lingenfelter.  The Pro-Stock heats were won by Jeff Walters and Eric Lingenfelter.

 It looked like Francis Mullen of Ebensburg was going to take the Strictly Stock Feature by leading from flag to flag but6 as fate would have it, Mullen was overtaken by Doug Hollenbaugh from Punxsutawney on the tenth lap.  Hollenbaugh went on to take the checkers, but Mullen ended up in a caution and fell to tenth place.  Following Hollenbaugh across the finish line in order were Nathan Miller of Marion Center, Robert James from Mahaffey, Henry Wilfong from Sewickley, and Carl Ruth of Rossiter.  Also in the top ten were Larry Matter, Steve McKendree, Don Hickok, Jessica Geer and then Mullen.  Three heats were held for the Strictly Stocks and those were won by Doug Hollenbaugh, Matt Summers of Vandergrift, and Robert James.  There was also a Consolation Race for the Strictly Stocks which provided Carl Ruth the opportunity to get into the feature by winning the Consy.

 Jerry Redden from Mahaffey was the winner of the Lias Tire sponsored Late Model feature.  Redden took command of the race on the third lap from his fourth place starting position and led the rest of the race to pick up the win.  Dave Peterman from Indiana moved up from a tenth place start and spent the second half of the race chasing Redden hoping for a break to get the lead.  But the break never came and Peterman was second at the finish line followed by Dave Satterlee of Home, Rick Davis from Home, and Dave Blazavich of Indiana.  Rounding out the top ten were Rick Strong, Ken Schaltenbrand, Bobby Hoffman, Gary Pease, and Floyd Kline.  The Late Models also had three heats which were won by Ken Schaltenbrand, Rick Davis and Rick Strong.

 Season Championships for all divisions will be held next Saturday night sponsored by Butler Auto Supply of Indiana.  In a different line up from previous years, qualifying heats will be run to determine position for the feature, and cars will not be lined up by points with the point leader on the pole.

 And speaking of Championship racing, congratulations to the Kid’s Bike Race Champions this year!  Bike race champs include:  Chris Weakland, Gavin Campbell, Seth Luzier, “Bo” Buterbaugh, Keagan Peiffer, Andrew Brocious, Braden Sallack, Billy Mumau, Heath Reed, and Michael Phillips.

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 Vanderpool’s Checkered Flag Collectibles from Punxsutawney provided door prizes as well as Lias Tire, Furniture World East, Sandy Kaye’s Restaurant in Shelocta and Groundhog Auto Parts the NAPA dealer in Punxsutawney.  Be sure to tune in to WDAD 1450 AM for the Weekend Race Report of NASCAR and local racing sponsored by Marion Center Speedway.  And special thanks to our other season sponsors, Butler Auto Supply and Lias Tire and Auto Service both from Indiana.

  Marion Center Speedway hopes to wrap up the racing season this year with a Special Race on Labor Day, September 1, 2003.  The Special will include Twin Twenty-Five Lap Features for the Late Models (“Limited Lates” are welcome also) and Pro-Stocks (Strictly Stocks may also enter).  So don’t forget to mark your calendars for Next Weekend’s big events at Marion Center Speedway-The Butler Auto Supply sponsored Season Championships, and the Labor Day Special with Twin 25-lap features for Late Models!

 -by Don Peffer

Late Model  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
2 19 Dave Peterman
3 26 Rick Lias
4 5R Jerry Redden
5 10 Paul Michny

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 44 Rick Davis
2 88 Chuck Sarver
3 07 Will Cochran
4 11B Brent Johnson
5 36 Bob Sheesley

( Heat 03)

  Car # Name
1 s1 Rick Strong
2 79 Dave Satterlee
3 18B Dave Blazavich
4 40 Bobby Hoffman
5 13 Floyd Kline

 

Late Model Feature

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Feature Winner -  5R - Jerry Redden

  Car # Name
1 5R Jerry Redden
2 19 Dave Peterman
3 79 Dave Satterlee
4 44 Rick Davis
5 18B Dave Blazavich
6 s1 Rick Strong
7 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
8 40 Bobby Hoffman
9 11P Gary Pease
10 13 Floyd Kline
11 88 Chuck Sarver
12 14 Rody Exesito
13 11B Brent Johnson
14 33 Steve Vrana
15 07 Will Cochran
16 27J Jack Thorton
17 3 Dan Swartzlander
18 26 Rick Lias
19 10 Paul Michy
20 36 Bob Sheesley
21 62 Mark Stair
22 2 BD Laraway

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels 

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 33 Bernie Whiteford
2 7 Ray Weaver
3 12 Cheyenne Reed
4 72 Dave Buchanan
5 50 Jeff Weakland

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
2 22 Gary Fulmer
3 5m Shane McMeans
4 71 Jim Baker
5 37 Bruce Walker

 

Steel-Block Semi-Latemodels Feature

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Feature Winner -  72  - Scott Stein (Dave Buchanan)
Scott Stein's 1st Feature Win in Semi-Latemodel Division

  Car # Name
1 72 Dave Buchanan
2 12 Cheyenne Reed
3 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
4 22 Gary Fulmer
5 16 Dan Stormer
6 19 Christopher Clark
7 33 Bernie Whiteford
8 62 Tom Shaffer
9 7 Ray Weaver
10 42m Jason McCullough
11 37 Bruce Walker
12 65 Howie Tapper
13 32 Todd Sallack
14 65H Matt Hugill
15 96 Tom Jobe
16 71 Jim Baker
17 07 Mark Stiffler
18 50 Jeff Weakland
19 5M Shane McMeans

Pro Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 18 Jeff Walters
2 13 Jamie Barber
3 09 Scott Stein
4 5 Don Waltman
5 7 Eric Rising

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 15 Eric Lingenfelter
2 60 Jeff Taylor
3 2T Tom Truxell
4 11Y Dale Yeaney
5 455 Skip Lindemuth

 

Pro Stock Feature

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Feature Winner -  18  - Jeff Walters

  Car # Name
1 18 Jeff Walters
2 6 Tim White
3 09 Scott Stein
4 60 Jeff Taylor
5 23 John Oaks
6 5 Don Waltman
7 455 Skip Lindemuth
8 94R Spider Barnett
9 7 Eric Rising
10 15 Eric Lingenfelter
11 4A Jake Ayers
12 11Y Dale Yeaney
13 8 Rich Waltman
14 31 Rich Shank
15 380 Pat Hanley
16 13 Jamie Barber
17 6c Terry Campbell
18 2T Tom Truxell

 

Strictly Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 44L Bruce Large
3 14R Dee Deyarmin
4 21R Rick Hemphill
5 2H Don Hickok

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 78 Matt Summers
2 7m Missy Eckenrod
3 28F Fuzze Fields
4 9 Nathan Miller
5 56 Kelly Haight

( Heat 03)

  Car # Name
1 41 Robert James
2 7* Henry Wilfong
3 75 Larry Matter
4 22m Francis Mullen
5 28 Denny Smith

( Consy)

  Car # Name
1 40 Carl Ruth
2 7 John Poling
3 64 Kenny Mumau
4 2w Justin Queen
5 7E John Eckenrod

 

Strictly Stock Feature

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Twins - Mindy & Macey

Feature Winner -  1H  - Doug Hollenbaugh

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 9 Nathan Miller
3 41 Robert James
4 7* Henry Wilfong
5 40 Carl Ruth
6 75 Larry Matter
7 98 Steve McKendree
8 2H Don Hickok
9 26J Jessica Geer
10 22m Francis Mullen
11 14R Dee Deyarmin
12 28 Denny Smith
13 64 Kenny Mumau
14 21R Rick Hemphill
15 8 Jeremy Kunsleman
16 72w Robin Welsh
17 7E John Eckenrod
18 56 Kelly Haight
19 7M Missy Eckenrod
20 44L Bruce Large
21 28F Fuzzy Fields
22 7 John Poling
23 2w Justin Queen
24 78 Matt Summers
25 65H Tony Hugill


AUGUST 30, 2003

Late Model  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 79 Dave Satterlee
2 9 Spanky Dougherty
3 62 Mark Stair
4 18B Dave Blazavich
5 29m Mike McKendree

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 26 Rick Lias
2 5 Mike Blose
3 1s Rick Strong
4 17T Tom Kitchen
5 88 Chuck Sarver

( Heat 03)

  Car # Name
1 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
2 13 Flyod Kline
3 74 Russ Dunn
4 2 BD Laraway
5 4 Alex Ferree

 

Late Model Feature

        

Feature Winner -  1s - Rick Strong

  Car # Name
1 1a Rick Strong
2 79 Dave Satterlee
3 29 Ken Schaltenbrand
4 19 Dave Peterman
5 5 Mike Blose
6 26 Rick Lias
7 1P Rodney Phillips
8 72m Jim Kurpakus
9 2 BD Laraway
10 J7 Jeff Henry
11 88 Chuck Sarver
12 9 Spanky Dougherty
13 55 Chris Snyder
14 36 Bob Shessley
15 17T Tom Kitchen
16 1D Dale Zimmerman
17 27J Jack Thorton
18 62 Mark Stair
19 18B Dave Blazavich
20 74 Russ Dunn
21 4 Alex Ferree
22 97 Ben Satterlee
23 44 Rick Davis
24 13 Floyd Kline

Steel-Block Limited-Latemodels 

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 62 Tom Shaffer
2 1$ Tom Snyder
3 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
4 16 Dan Stormer
5 111 Jim Detmean

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 5 Shane McMeans
2 96 Tom Jobe
3 40 Carl Ruth
4 1 Gary Miller Jr.
5 12 Cheyenne Reed

 

Steel-Block Limited-Latemodels Feature

    

Feature Winner - 1H - Larry Hollenbaugh

  Car # Name
1 1H Larry Hollenbaugh
2 1 Gary Miller, Jr.
3 37 Bruce Walker
4 5J Chris Johnson
5 5 Shane McMeans
6 62 Tom Shaffer
7 96 Tom Jobe
8 23 Bill Phillips
9 16 Dan Stormer
10 1* Tom Snyder
11 12 Cheyenne Reed
12 111 Jim Detmean
13 28 Clate Copeman
14 07 Denny Walker
15 73 Ray Weaver
16 11Y Dale Yeaney
17 40 Carl Ruth

Street Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 418 Chad Covatch
2 0 Jeff Bastin
3 8 Rich Waltman
4 455 Skip Lindemuth
5 65H Matt Hugill

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 15 Eric Lingenfelter
2 w3 John Weaver
3 97 Denny Keener
4 13 Jamie Barber
5 80 Nick Goss

( Heat 03)

  Car # Name
1 5 Don Waltman
2 60 Jeff Taylor
3 6 Tim White
4 95 Mike Dempsey
5 4 Jake Ayers

 

Street Stock Feature

   

Feature Winner -  60  - Jeff Taylor

  Car # Name
1 60 Jeff Taylor
2 6 Tim White
3 J19 Jason Fosnaught
4 5 Don Waltman
5 455 Skip Lindemuth
6 95 Mike Dempsey
7 13 Jamie Barber
8 23 John Oaks
9 31 Rich Shank
10 8 Rich Waltman
11 31R Bob Hill
12 65H Matt Hugill
13 80 Nick Goss
14 97 Denny Keener
15 0 Jeff Bastin
16 27R Shane Russel
17 w3 John Weaver
18 8K Jeremy Kunsleman
19 73 Dave Potter Jr.
20 4 Jake Ayers
21 11 Jeff Hoffman
22 418 Chad Covatch
23 100 Derek Elkin

 

Strictly Stock  

( Heat 01)

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 28 Denny Smith
3 2H Don Hickok
4 14R Dee Deyarmin
5 98 Steve McKendree

( Heat 02)

  Car # Name
1 38G Tim Good
2 18 Jack Mumau
3 22w Tyler Wagner
4 22 Jason Bainey
5 7* Henry Wilfong

 

Strictly Stock Feature
 

Feature Winner -  1H  - Doug Hollenbaugh

  Car # Name
1 1H Doug Hollenbaugh
2 28 Denny Smith
3 22 Jason Bainey
4 98 Steve McKendree
5 18 Jack Mumau
6 40 Carl Ruth
7 38G Tim Good
8 41 Robert James
9 14R Dee Deyarmin
10 84 Scott Casto
11 7* Henry Wilfong
12 777 John Poling
13 97 Robey Switzer
14 22w Tyler Wagner
15 72w Robin Welsh
16 44L Bruce Large
17 26J Jessica Geer
18 2H Don Hickok
19 75 Larry Matter
20 22M Francis Mullen