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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

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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

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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