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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.
Two-time winner Rich Michael Jr started from the pole in the Zimmer Service Center E-Mod feature with Nathan Hill to his right. Michael was looking for his 17th feature win on the season and third here. The field only made it to turn two when a multi-car incident slowed the field. All were able to continue but Percy McDonald, Chuck Steinle Jr and Sr, and Leonard Enos had stopped on the track and had to start in the rear when green was again displayed. Michael led the first lap with Brian Douglas second and arch-rival Randy Hall coming to third. The car on the move early was two-time winner Joel Watson, coming from ninth at the start to fourth in three laps. Watson came to third at lap five and second a lap later. Watson started closing the gap on the leader but was not able to challenge until they reached lapped traffic. With three laps to go, and the leaders in heavy traffic, caution flew for the slowed car of Leonard Enos. After green was again displayed, Watson was next to Michael several times and the two came across the finish line with Michael narrowly gaining the win by 22 thousandths of a second. Behind Watson came Hall third, Russ Dunn fourth, and Dan McDonald fifth. During Victory Lane ceremonies Michael’s left rear tire went flat.
The Campbell’s Mini Storage Street Stock feature was led from the start by Randy Wyant with Ken Zimmer second and Chris Withers third. Curtis Bish and Jamie Scharba got together at lap six, bringing caution over the field. With green, Withers immediately grabbed second with Zack Downes coming to fourth. At the final restart after a debris caution Greg Fenno came to second after starting last in the field of 18. With two to go, Ed Bolyard came to third. Wyant won his first of the season over Fenno, Bolyard, Withers, and Zimmer. Three-time winner Shaun Fawcett had his night end before he got to the green flag in his heat race when another car dropped the driveshaft. In the ensuing fracas, the 224 of Fawcett flipped several times, high in the air. Fawcett was not injured but the car was heavily damaged and his streak of three wins in a row came to an end.
Kyle Jackson and Joe Plesniak, both feature winners, started on the front row of the Evergreen Lake Campground Mini Stock feature with Jackson grabbing the immediate lead. At four laps into the event caution was shown for the cars of Jake Eller, Josh Hovis, and Jamie Bobbitt, slamming the wall together on the front straight. The last six laps was Jackson opening his lead with Jonny Boyd getting by Plesniak for second. With two laps to go Bud Sergeff also got by Plesniak for third. Rob Brooks was fifth.
Results:
Schwartz Construction Fastrak Late Models:
Heat 1: Kyle Zimmerman, Max Blair, Billy Henry, Jamie Brown, Bud Watson, John Volpe, Newt Tackett
Heat 2: Bob Vogt Jr, Billy Cunningham Jr, Bill Cunningham Sr, Michael Mitchell, Bob Dorman, Chad Wright, Justin Kreider
Feature: Max Blair, Mike Mitchell, Billy Henry, Bud Watson, Kyle Zimmerman, Bill Cunningham Sr, Bob Dorman, Bob Vogt Jr, Newt Tackett, Jamie Brown, Chad Wright, John Volpe, Billy Cunningham Jr, Justin Kreider
Zimmer Service Center E-Mods:
Heat 1: Dan McDonald, Rich Gardner, Russ Dunn, Leonard Enos, Nathan Hill, Joel Watson, Kyle Bedell, Mike Kinney, Billy Henry, Jack Young
Heat 2: Randy Hall, Chuck Steinle Jr, Percy McDonald, Brian Douglas, Rich Michael, Steve Sornberger, Gerry Kielar, Bill Taylor, Chuck Steinle Sr, Ron Kahler
Feature: Rich Michael Jr, Joel Watson, Randy Hall, Russ Dunn, Dan McDonald, Kyle Bedell, Brian Douglas, Rich Gardner, Bill Taylor, Gerry Kielar, Jack Young, Nathan Hill, Mike Kinney, Chuck Steinle Sr, Steve Sornberger, Leonard Enos, Billy Henry, Chuck Steinle Jr, Ron Kahler, Percy McDonald
Campbell’s Mini Storage Street Stocks:
Heat 1: Chris Withers, Ken Zimmer, Joe Rohrer, Bob Boano, Curtis Bish, Tyson Harmon, Art Edwards, Shaun Fawcett, Bill Banick
Heat 2: Ed Bolyard, Randy Wyant, Zach Downes, Jamie Scharba, Rick Prosser, Bob Sloss, Nick Mohawk, Denny Crawford, Greg Fenno
Feature: Randy Wyant, Greg Fenno, Ed Bolyard, Chris Withers, Ken Zimmer, Zach Downes, Joe Rohrer, Bob Buano, Bob Sloss, Rick Prosser, Art Edwards, Jamie Scharba, Curtis Bish, Nick Mohawk, Denny Crawford
Evergreen Lake Park Campground Mini Stocks:
Heat 1: Jon Boyd, Kyle Jackson, Ricky Tackett, Brad Cole, Bill Rabbits, Jason Easler, Doug Smith, Joe Keney, David Simon
Heat 2: Bud Sergeff, Rob Brooks, Joe Plesniak, Ron Armstrong, Jake Eller, Josh Hovis, Wes Stull, Jamie Bobbitt
Feature: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Boyd, Bud Sergeff, Joe Plesniak, Rob Brooks, Bill Rabbits, Jason Easler, Wes Stull, David Simon, Ron Armstrong, Jake Eller, Doug Smith, Josh Hovis, Joe Keney, Jamie Bobbitt, Ricky Tackett, Brad Cole