Conneaut, OH (June 11, 2010): The third time’s a charm! So the saying goes. On the originally scheduled Autograph Night rain was in the area and even sprinkled on track during racing activities so the front stretch fan-favorite was delayed two weeks. The second night was completely done in by a late afternoon thunderstorm that drenched the grounds too late for the track to be saved. The charm of number three was that it was a beautiful late spring day all day. The largest crowd of the season enjoyed the festivities that included give-a-ways involving race tickets, door panels, bicycles, and tee-shirts as well as the usual autographed photos and candy. All 86 cars in attendance were invited to the straight-a-way and most answered the call. A great time was had by all.
When the features got underway it was Dan Lewis and Don Kramer leading the way in the Campbell’s Mini Storage Street Stocks with Lewis leading from the drop of the green. Kramer was leading the 23 car field by the end of lap two. Ed Bolyard and Shawn Fawcett came to second and third at lap three. Caution plagued the event with several cars spinning throughout the race. At halfway Kramer enjoyed a 5-car length lead over Fawcett with Bolyard third and Chris Withers fourth. Bolyard spun out of the third spot with two laps to go for a late yellow, erasing Kramer’s lead. At green Withers immediately dispatched Fawcett for second and set sail for the leader but yellow was shown one final time as the white flag was shown, setting up a one-lap dash for the checkers. Withers tried but had no success in catching Kramer as he went on to his first win of the season over Withers, Fawcett, Zimmer, and Tim Burns.
Jonny Boyd, looking for three straight feature wins, sat on the pole through the luck of the draw and led from the very start of the feature for the Evergreen Lake Park Campground Mini Stocks. By halfway Kyle Jackson was second and appeared at times to be closing but luck was on Boyd’s side as he had built a substantial lead and with no yellows to close the gap, sped to his third consecutive win over Jackson.
Dwayne Pond led from the outside front row at the start of the Schwartz Construction FASTRAK Late Models feature with pole-sitter Michael Mitchell falling into second. By the time of the first yellow at lap 6, Max Blair, looking to remain the only FASTRAK winner this season, was in third. After the restart Blair was all over the track looking for a way around the leader and succeeded on lap seven. At lap ten Blair’s father, Robbie, was by Pond for second and set sail tracking down his son, determined a different Blair should sit in the Winner’s Circle. Max was strong and continued to build a cushion until caution flew for a spin by Bob Diver at lap thirteen. At green, Max again powered away from Robbie. Yellow again flew just one lap later and again on the green Max powered away. With 5 to go, it was the younger Blair leading the older Blair with Pond third, Damian Bidwell fourth, and Bill Cunningham fifth. Bidwell made several attempts to get by Pond but Cunningham was dogging him from the rear and got by in the final laps. At the checkers it was Max Blair, Robbie Blair, Dwayne Pond, Bill Cunningham, and Damian Bidwell filling out the top five.
Gary Eicher, in his first visit to Raceway 7 this season, led from the pole position at the start of the Zimmer Service Center E-Mod feature with Percy McDonald running second. At lap ten McDonald got alongside on the back straight but Eicher was again in command when they reached the front side of the track. At lap twelve Rich Michael, the most recent E-Mod winner, spun in turn two while running fourth. At green the order was Eicher, McDonald, Alan Dellinger, Russ Dunn, and Joel Watson fourth. Justin Carlson was up to sixth after starting in the rear. That order remained the rest of the event.
Results:
Schwartz Construction Fastrak Late Models:
Heat 1: Michael Mitchell, Dave Airgood, Dwayne Pond, Bob Dorman, Bob Vogt, Bud Watson, Chad Wright, Billy Cunningham
Heat 2: Max Blair, Dennis Lunger, Newt Tackett, Kevin Decker, Robbie Blair, Jason Genco, Justin Kreider
Heat 3: Garrett Mott, Bill Cunningham, Jason Stanke, Damian Bidwell, Bob Diver, Josh Double, Leigh Wheeler
Feature: Max Blair, Robbie Bair, Dwayne Pond, Bill Cunningham, Damian Bidwell, Bud Watson, Newt Tackett, Chad Wright, Dennis Lunger, Bob Diver, Garrett Mott, Kevin Decker, Billy Cunningham, Josh Double, Bob Dorman, Dave Airgood, Michael Mitchell, Bob Vogt, Justin Kreider, Jason Stanke, Leigh Wheeler
Zimmer Service Center E-Mods:
Heat 1: Rich Michael, Alan Dellinger, Jack Young, Joel Watson, Chuck Steinle, Leonard Enos, Jordan Eck, Todd Roncaglione, Ron Roncaglione, Bill Henry
Heat 2: Russ Dunn, Percy McDonald, Gary Eicher, Brian Douglas, Dan McDonald, Bill Taylor, Bob Diver, Gerry Kielar, Rich Gardner, Justin Carlson
Feature: Gary Eicher, Percy McDonald, Alan Dellinger, Russ Dunn, Joel Watson, Justin Carlson, Todd Roncaglione, Leonard Enos, Bill Taylor, Rich Gardner, Dan McDonald, Jack Young, Chuck Steinle, Rich Michael, Bill Henry, Gerry Kielar, Brian Douglas, Bob Diver, Ron Roncaglione, Jordan Eck
Campbell’s Mini Storage Street Stocks:
Heat 1: Shawn Fawcett, Ken Zimmer, Marty Warren, Dan Lewis, Denny Crawford, Mike Gonzales, Nate Arp, Zach Downes
Heat 2: Gary Fisher, Don Kramer, Art Edwards, Chris Withers, Joe Rohrer, Eric Paulus, Jamie Scharba, Chad Stevenson
Heat 3: Ed Bolyard, Bob Buano, Tim Burns, Steve Burns, Jason Stanke, Dave Ferringer, Mike Harmon, Art Gilchrest
Feature: Don Kramer, Chris Withers, Shawn Fawcett, Ken Zimmer, Tim Burns, Joe Rohrer, Mike Gonzales, Dan Lewis, Jamie Scharba, Art Edwards, Marty Warren, Eric Paulus, Ed Bolyard, Steve Burns, Bob Boano, Mike Harmon, Gary Fisher, Denny Crawford, Art Gilchrest, Jason Stanke, Nate Arp, Dave Ferringer, Chad Stevenson
Evergreen Lake Park Campground Mini Stocks:
Heat 1: Bud Sergeff, Jonny Boyd, Jason Easler, Nick Lucanski, Mike Brown, Joe Keney, Josh Hovis, David Simon, Jeremy Double, Casey Harmon
Heat 2: Kyle Jackson, Bill Rabbits, Rocky Nails, Doug Smith, Tim Gillette, Kyle Dickenson, Carlos Aponte, Mitch Stokes, Ron Armstrong (DNS)
Feature: Jonny Boyd, Kyle Jackson, Bud Sergeff, Jason Easler, Rocky Nails, Mike Brown, Tim Gillette, Joe Keney, Nick Lucanski, Ron Armstrong, Mitch Stokes, Jeremy Double, Kyle Dickinson, Carlos Aponte, Bill Rabbitts, David Simon, Doug Smith, Josh Hovis
