Marion Center Speedway
555 Potts Road Marion Center PA 15759 * (724) 397-2620
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Marion Center Speedway
555 Potts Road Marion Center PA 15759 * (724) 397-2620 |
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2006 Race Results *April 29 * May 6 * May 13 * May 20 * May 27 * May 29 * June 3 * June 10 * June 17 * July 1* * July 3 * July 8 * July 15 * July 29 * Aug. 5 * Aug. 12 * Aug. 26 * Sept. 4 * Sept. 9 *
Marion Center Speedway opened its 41’st season of racing with a single owner Saturday night at the quarter mile clay oval at the top of the hill between Indiana and Punxsutawney. The total car count for the night was over 100 cars in the five divisions racing for double point for opening night. Some of the night’s highlights include a first time feature winner and the introduction of new division sponsors. W. G. Satterlee and Sons of Rochester Mills have picked up sponsorship of the 2006 Street Stock Division at Marion Center Speedway. The first feature winner for the newly named division was Bill Phillips, Jr. from Blandburg. Phillips learned from finishing second in his heat race, after leading all but the last lap to be cautious of Dave Potter, Jr. who got around Phillips on a restart to take the heat race win. But in the feature, Phillips held off Potter to secure the victory for the first W. G. Satterlee & Sons Street Stock Feature. Potter from Smoke Run came in second and Tim White of Punxsutawney, who had started on the pole finished third. Fourth place went to Eric Lingenfelter from Indiana and Bob Egley from Kittanning was fifth. The rest of the top ten in the W. G. Satterlee & Sons Street Stocks feature were Jim Boyer, Nic Goss, Steve Barnes, Andrew Satterlee and Andy Mock. In the preliminary heats the winners were Jeff Taylor from Corsica and Dave Potter, Jr. Driller’s Bar at Kaye Arena in Indiana is now the sponsor of the Limited Latemodel Division at Marion Center Speedway. The first winner of the Driller’s Bar Limited Latemodels was Rod Phillips of Punxsutawney. Once again running in two divisions, limited latemodel and latemodel, Rod Phillips was successful in leading all but the first lap of the feature which was led by pole sitter, Shane McMeans from Dayton. Phillips dominated the field but still had to worry about who was behind him throughout the race. His challengers included Ray Weaver from Home who moved up from 8’th at the start to be in contention for the win and Cheyenne Reed from Punxsutawney was also in position to take the front if the door was let open. But Phillips was consistant in his leadership of the race and won the first Driller’s Bar Limited Latemodel Feature. At the checkered flags, Phillips was first, Weaver-second, Reed-third, Denny Walker of Punxsutawney-fourth, and Bob Egley from Kittanning was fifth. The top ten included John Oaks, Chris Clark (2005 driver listed for 19 C) Jim Detman, Curtis Lias, and Shane McMeans. The Driller’s Bar heats went to Rod Phillips and Cheyenne Reed. Marion Center Speedway also welcomes W G M Gas and Excavating as the new sponsor for the Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinder Division. Tim Bish from Ringgold was the first victor of the 4 cylinders for the 2006 racing season. Kyle McFarland from Rochester Mills started on the pole after a great run in the heats, but broke down after leading the first three laps of the W G M Gas & Excavating feature leaving the Tim Bish entry in first place. Bish who was also a heat race winner had started in fourth place and quickly moved in behind McFarland. Mark Faught from Cherry Tree followed Bish’s lead into second place and kept that position throughout the feature to the finish. Third place in the W G M Gas & Excavating 4 Cylinders went to Dan Adams from Nanty-Glo. Adams had to work his way up from 10’th place to secure the third spot. Fourth place at the checkers went to Bob Pease from Blairsville and Eric McKendree of Valier was fifth. The rest of the top ten in order were Randy Wright, Larry Depp, Don Carpenter, Jr., Allen Lydic, and Nathan Cessna. The third heat race for the 4 Cylinders was won by Ron Smith from Cowansville. The high car count for the division necessitated a consolation race for the competitors. The winner of the W G M Gas & Excavating Front Wheel Drive 4 Cylinders was Jeff Matko from Glen Campbell who finished just out of the top ten in 11’th for the feature. The Lias Tire Latemodels were the next event on the track and it was good to have Lias Tire and Auto Service from Indiana back for another season with Marion Center Speedway. There were lots of familiar faces in the Lias Tire Latemodel races but none of them seemed happier than that of Dave Blazavich from Indiana. As one of the younger drivers in the division, Dave Blazavich finally came into his own by winning his first feature. Blazavich looked impressive in the heats when he came across the finish line first, and even more impressive when he took the lead away from Dave Satterlee of Home on the second lap of the feature. Then trying to get two wins in one night, Rod Phillips took over the front spot to lead laps five through twelve. Then even looking more impressive, Dave Blazavich passed Phillips to regain the lead for good. Blazavich was also challenged by top contenders Mike Blose from Dayton, and Ken Schaltenbrand of Sarver; but none of them were able to get around Blazavich leaving the young driver in first place and with all the glory he deserved for his well raced first feature victory. The Lias Tire Latemodel summary, Blzavich, Blose, Phillips, Schaltenbrand, Satterlee, Rick Strong, Tom Kitchen, Mike Hite, Dan Swartzlander, and Bobby Hoffman (all others in the top ten are previous feature winners). In the Lias Tire heats, the other winner with Blazavich was Rod Phillips. Another young driver to keep your eye on will be Greg Satterlee (Dave’s nephew). Running the latemodel division this season, Greg Satterlee led two of the six laps in the heats and was doing well in the feature until he left the track in the 16’th lap. The final event of the night was the Pepsi Strictly Stock feature. Bob Benedict from Bolivar was the feature winner. Benedict started on the pole after winning one of the heats and led the first and last parts of the feature with John Mazey also from Bolivar leading the middle section. Mazey was in contention for the lead or leading until lap 12 when he was in a caution in turn four. With Mazey now at the back of the pack, Benedict had to deal with Michael Sisitki from Bolivar to stay in the lead. Sisitki had finished second to Benedict in the heats and wanted the win in the feature. But Benedict held on for the victory. Picking up third place in the Pepsi Strictly Stock Feature was Tim Good from Vintondale and Robert James from Mahaffey was fourth. Fifth place went to Joe Zulisky from Derry. Rounding out the top ten were Wil Fong Henry, Steve McKendree, Gary Furman, Jr., Steve Matko (formerly from the 4 cylinder division) and Bill Bartlebaugh. The heats were won by Benedict, Brett Bingaman from Cherry Tree and McKendree of Mahaffey. Looking ahead at a full schedule of events at the top of the hill includes twice a month ATV drag races on Sundays-the next ones coming up are May 7 and 21. The Mother’s Day Special event will be May 13, and May 20 is Armed Forces Day at Marion Center Speedway. The first of the 2006 Kid’s Bike Races will be May 27 and held monthly thereafter with MacDonald’s Night being the same as the championship bike race night in August. The month of May also includes the annual Memorial Day Special – the Lias Tire Latemodel’s Twin 25’s scheduled for Monday, May 29, 2006. Along with our new division and race night sponsors, Driller’s Bar, W G M Gas & Excavating, and W. G. Satterlee & Sons, the Marion Center Speedway welcomes back Season Championship Sponsor, Butler Auto Supply from Indiana. We all hope to see you at the next races at Marion Center Speedway – “The Thrill on the Hill.” by Don Peffer
Lias Tire Late Models ( Heat 01)
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Late Model Feature
Stitching Post ( Heat 01)
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Steel-Block Limited-Latemodels Feature
Kelly Chrysler
Jeep Dodge ( Heat 01)
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Street Stock Feature
Pepsi Strictly Stocks ( Heat 01)
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Strictly Stock Feature
B & J Service
Station ( Heat 01)
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( Consy)
4-Cylinder Feature
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Andrew Satterlee won his first Street Stock feature Saturday night at Marion Center Speedway in the W. G. Satterlee & Sons Street Stock division. Andrew Satterlee from Rochester Mills, son of Late Model driver Dave Satterlee, started on the pole in his second showing as a Street Stock driver, and was in the front half of the field of cars throughout the race. After leading the first lap, the young driver drifted back as far as sixth place before charging back into contention for the lead. Dave Potter Jr. from Smokerun took the lead away from Satterlee and was front-runner for a half dozen laps until Mike Lockard moved in to the lead. Lockard from Twin Rocks looked as though he would lead to the checkered flags when he spun out in turn four of the seventeenth lap of the 20 lap feature. The restart of the race put the top cars in the front and close together for a three lap dash to the finish-Jeff Taylor from Corsica was the leader after Lockard’s misfortune, followed by Jason Fosnaught of Creighton and Andrew Satterlee was the third place car. For two laps the top three cars stayed in that order but the final trip around the track they each wanted the win and it was three wide coming into turn four for the dash to the checkered flags. Satterlee gunned it down the front stretch to edge past his competitors and by no more than half a car length at best; the former 6 cylinder driver had his first victory in a Street Stock feature. Jason Fosnaught also made it past Taylor for second place leaving Jeff Taylor in third. Randy Martz from Brookville filled in the fourth spot and Tommy Dembowski from Export was fifth. Dave Potter Jr. finished sixth, Jim Fosnaught from Bairdford was seventh and John McCann of Ford City took eighth. Ninth place went to Denny Keener from Arcadia, and last week’s winner, Bill Phillips, Jr. from Blandburg was tenth. The rest of the field finished in the following order: Tim White from Punxsutawney, Ray Reynolds from Fallen Timber, Steve Barnes from Punxsutawney, Mike Lockard, Jim Boyer from Indiana and Jeremy Detwiler from Penn Run. The preliminary heats were won by Jeff Taylor and Tommy Dembowski. In other racing action Saturday night at the quarter-mile clay oval, Michael Sisitki from Bolivar won the Pepsi Strictly Stock feature. Sisitki finished second last week and this time he was able to get into the lead early enough in the fifteen lap feature to keep out of trouble in the twenty-two-car field. At the halfway point of the race, Sisitki passed Charlie Boring also from Bolivar, to take the lead and never relinquished the top spot the rest of the feature to secure the win. Robert James from Mahaffey took second place away from Boring in the second half of the race, and Tim Good from Vintondale moved into third at the end of the feature leaving Boring in fourth. Fifth place went to Joe Zulisky of from Derry. Rounding out the top ten were Brett Bingaman, Steve Matko, Dave Smith, Steve McKendree, and Mike Boring. Dave Smith from Glen Campbell and Bob Benedict from Acme were the heat winners. Rodney Phillips from Punxsutawney won back-to-back features in the Driller’s Bar Limited Latemodels. As he did last week, Phillips was running strong Saturday night at Marion Center Speedway. Paul Hrubochak from Cherry Tree was Phillips’s competition for the night and was the leader at one point of the race, but the second half of the feature, it was all Phillips in front. Hrubochak took second, Bobby Watt from Latrobe was third, Ray Weaver from Home –fourth, and fifth went to Jim Whiteford from Northern Cambria. Chris Clark from Curwensville finished in sixth place ahead of Jeff Weakland from Hastings and Cheyenne Reed from Punxsutawney; John Oaks also from Punxsutawney and Brian Good from Smicksburg round out the top ten. Shane McMeans from Dayton was the winner of one heat race and Chris Clark won the other heat. Back-to-back feature wins also goes to Tim Bish from Ringgold. Bish was the winner for the second time in as many races this season in the W G M Gas & Excavating Front Wheel Drive 6 Cylinders. Bish started in tenth place and took some time to work his way to the front position. But at the duel checkered flags ending the race, Bish was the winner followed by Alan Seliga of Punxsutawney, Dan Adams from Nanty-Glo, Randy Wright from Glen Campbell and Kris Fleming from Dayton. Bob Pease from Blairsville took sixth place and then came Matt Fulmer, Rodney Simpson, Nathan Cessna, and Eric McKendree. In the heat races the winners were Dan Adams and Tim Bish. The Lias Tire Latemodel’s feature was won by Sammy Stile from Charleroi. Stile was absent from the division last Saturday, but this week the familiar 2S was buzzing around the track in style-Sammy Stile. Starting tenth in the field, Stile worked his way through the pack to the lead before the crossed flags came out. Passing Rodney Phillips, Rick Strong, Schaltenbrand, and others before finally passing the pole sitter, Rick Davis from Home for the win. Rick Strong from Chambersville ran in the front of the pack throughout the feature and settled into second place at the checkers, followed by Rodney Phillips from Punxsutawney and Ken Schaltenbrand from Sarver. Davis from Home drifted back from first to fifth. Last week’s feature winner, Dave Blazavich from Indiana finished sixth and Jerry Redden of Mahaffey took seventh. Rounding out the top ten were Scott Stein, Herman Bertolini., and Cody Shultz. Dave Blazavich and Sammy Stile won the two heat races. Marion Center Speedway has a full schedule of events coming up including twice a month ATV drag races on Sundays-the next one coming up is May 21; and the Mother’s Day Special event will be May 13, and May 20 is Armed Forces Day at Marion Center Speedway. The first of the 2006 Kid’s Bike Races will be held May 27 and held monthly thereafter with MacDonald’s Night being the same as the championship bike race night in August. The month of May also includes the annual Memorial Day Special – the Lias Tire Latemodel’s Twin 25’s scheduled for Monday, May 29, 2006. Along with our new division and race night sponsors, Driller’s Bar, W G M Gas & Excavating, and W. G. Satterlee & Sons, the Marion Center Speedway welcomes back Season Championship Sponsor, Butler Auto Supply from Indiana. We all hope to see you at the next races at Marion Center Speedway – “The Thrill on the Hill.” by Don Peffer Lias Tire Late Models ( Heat 01)
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Late Model Feature
Stitching Post
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Steel-Block Limited-Latemodels Feature
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