Conneaut, OH (July 30, 2010): It was Fan Appreciation Night at Raceway 7 with reduced concession pricing and give-a-ways from the track to over thirty lucky fans. Along with the fan goodies, a Powder Puff event was held with ladies driving Mini Stocks. Four ladies reported to the track for the Powder Puff with Beverly Plesniak getting the victory, driving her Joe Plesniak’s car.
Billy Henry and Mike Mitchell started on the front row of the Schwartz Construction FASTRAK Late Model feature with Henry, a former Steel Block Late Model Champion, leading the way with 7-time winner Max Blair second at the end of one lap. By Lap five Blair was hounding Henry at every turn. When lap seven was completed, the two came by the flag even. One lap later, Blair was solely in control of the lead. Justin Kreider spun in turn three at that point for the first caution of the event. At the halfway point Chad Wright spun in turn two and was collected by John Volpe for caution number two. The final caution came at lap 14 when Kreider again spun, this time in turn two. After green, Mike Mitchell got by Henry for second but Blair was driving away to win number eight on the season. Mitchell was second with Henry third, Bud Watson fourth and Kyle Zimmerman fifth.
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Reduced Prices! Hamburger $2.00, Hotdog $1.00
Door Prizes given away throughout the night so make sure you keep your entry tickets!
Thanks for a good year!
Conneaut, OH (July 29, 2010): A four star show will be held this Friday night, July 30, at Raceway 7 with the Schwartz Construction FASTRAK Late Models. Zimmer Service Center E-Mods, Campbell’s Mini Storage Street Stocks, and the Evergreen Lake Campground Mini-Stocks.
The Schwartz Construction FASTRAK Late Models have had a season of everyone trying to catch Max Blair. Blair won the first seven features in a row, finally failing to drive to Victory Lane on July 16. That night disaster struck the youngster in the form of a flat tire, handing the victory to Blair’s father, 4-time Raceway 7 Super Late Model Champion Robbie Blair. The record remains pretty impressive in that it took a mechanical problem to end his run, rather than the younger Blair being defeated by a fellow competitor. So the question remains, can anyone actually beat Max Blair at Raceway 7? Tomorrow night should see more than 20 of the FASTRAK Late Models try, led by Blair’s father, Robbie, and ’09 champion Dennis Lunger, currently 223 points out of the lead, but still second in points! Running third in points is the veteran Bill Cunningham Sr, who put in an excellent effort in the last outing, nearly winning over the Blairs. Cunningham is merely one point behind Lunger in the standings.
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Conneaut, OH (July 29, 2010): Chris Clinger will be remembered August 20th at Raceway 7 as a special 25-lap race will be held in his honor for the Zimmer Service Center E-Mods. The race will be sponsored by Deuces Wild Motorsports. First-place pay will be $1000. There will also be a “Dash” to set the top four starting positions that will pay $200 to win, then $100, $75, $50 to the last place. The Dash will be composed of the top two finishers from each heat race and the top starting spots will be “Heads up” from the dash. The heat races will be set from group time-trials with the top four in each heat being inverted by speed.
Grandstand gates will open at 5:30 with racing set to start at 7:30. Admission is set for $10 for adults, kids 5-14 are $5. 4 and under free. Pit passes are $25.
Chris was the son of Jim Clinger and the late JoAnne Clinger and was from Waterford, PA. He was a graduate of General McLane High School and Vo-Tech Mechanics. His passions included hunting, practical shooting, and refinishing street cars. For many years he worked with J R Younger on his racecar and had a special fondness for Volkswagens. He owned a Volkswagen that he had restored. He had also done a “chop-job” on it. Right after high school he had worked as a garage mechanic for Jim Boozel and later did fabrication work in both Butler, PA and Dewitt, NY. In 1993 he married but never had children. His black dog, “Pepper” was his child.
Tragically, in a work-related accident in 1999, at the age of 29, Chris was taken from us. He is missed every day by his family and friends. The racing community will take this race to remember Chris Clinger.
