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06/28/07

MOUNTAIN SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES BIG DOG RAIN DATE
6/28/07

With many teams from all over the northeast making plans to attend Mountain Speedway's BIG DOG event set for Saturday, July 7th, Track management has decided to establish Sunday afternoon, July 8th as a rain date. Teams will begin moving into the facility located just north of Hazleton, Pennsylvania on Friday afternoon, July 6th, for a practice session from 5-8PM. Camping will be allowed both Friday and Saturday night, and in the event of rain, the full Saturday program will be run on Sunday afternoon, beginning at 2 PM.
"With teams travelling to get to this great event, and the price of fuel these days, we feel it is best to set Sunday aside in the event of rain, rather than try to re-schedule to a later date." stated co-promoter, Mike Odwazny.
"With an action packed schedule in place for the remainder of the season, fitting an event of this importance in...would be extremely difficult. I would hate to see it not being made up. So if it rains, we'll run Sunday." Odwazny added.
Other BIG DOG events scheduled for the 2007 season include, Sunday, Sept. 2, and the annual King Of The Mountain weekend set for Sept. 29-30. More info can be found at www.mountainspeedway.com or by calling (570)384-3215 or (570)788-7544.

Ricky Ross Jr. Wins the “Duct Tape 50” Ed Makarewicz Memorial
By Ginger Kline – June 24, 2007

As family members watched from the grandstands, Ricky Ross Jr. in his #99 machine claimed the victory in the annual “Duct Tape 50” Ed Makarewicz Memorial feature event holding off the challenges of Shaun Burd who finished second. After having engine problems in the Street Stock division’s last showing at Mountain Speedway, Frank Reakes came back to win their feature event followed by Paul Frantz in second. Travis Fisher claimed another win in the 4 Cylinder Thrillers over defending 2006 champion Joe Sherman. Visiting the track again were the TQ Midgets with Ryan Tidman getting the win and Don Adams coming in second. It was a great night of racing displayed at Mountain Speedway this past Saturday.

Two heat races set up the “Duct Tape 50”. Harry Sager in his #63 began Heat #1 on the pole but was quickly overtaken by Josh Oswald in his #17 at the completion of lap one. That did not last long however, as slight contact caused a flat tire for Oswald drawing the caution flag. On the restart, the #99 of Ricky Ross Jr. took the lead and never looked back. The battles were all behind Ross including an exciting finish by the #2am of Marissa Nelmes and the #8 of Chris Parkinson. Nelmes and Parkinson in a side-by-side dash to the checkered made contact coming out of turn four sending both cars into a spin across the finish line. The #98 of Josh Oswald led the field to the green flag for Heat #2. He held on to that lead until lap six when Steve Shultz in his #25 machine worked his way around him for the Heat #2 win. The field was then set for the main event.

Wayne Lowe in his #34 sat on the pole for the feature event with Harry Sager on the outside. Lowe held on to the lead until lap eight when he could not hold off the charge of Shaun Burd. By lap ten it was obvious the Ricky Ross Jr. was coming. He made his way up to the second spot by this lap from his tenth place starting position. Lap fourteen came under a yellow as the #98 of Jeff Owler had mechanical problems and slowed in turn three. The #17 of Jeff Oswald spun and the #8 of Chris Parkinson made contact with the #33 of TJ Kapish as they all tried to avoid the #98. On the restart the battle began between Burd in the lead and Ross who wanted it. On lap fifteen Ross barely had the lead and a side-by-side battle ensued for several laps between Ross and Burd. In the end Ross won the battle and went on to win the “Duct Tape 50” Ed Makarewicz Memorial.

The heat races for the Street Stocks both got a rocky start. Robert Fink in his #78 in the pole position lost a tire in turn two as the field began lap one. This put Frank Reakes in the first position for a complete restart. Reakes never looked back and takes the win for Heat #1. Heat #2 began with the #13 of CJ Lehmann leading the field to the green. As the field took the green to start the heat race, the #50 of Bobby Hunsicker Jr who began in second found himself in a three-wide battle with third starter Ron Babula in the #37 and 4th starter Eric Danyluk in the #81. All three cars collect in turn three, as no one was willing to back down from the fight. While the rest of the field behind them did well in their evasive maneuvers to avoid becoming a part of the collection, the #42 of Jennifer Kutz made a little contact with the wall. This would not affect Kutz’s machine and the heat got back underway for a complete restart. Lehmann did lead for several laps but a battle was brewing behind him between Hunsicker Jr. and Joe Barbush in his #22. Hunsicker Jr. and Barbush would over take Lehmann with Barbush gaining the lead on lap seven. Barbush gets the win for Heat #2.

The Street Stock 25-lap Feature Event began with CJ Lehmann on the pole and Frank Reakes on the outside. By the completion of lap one Reakes would have the lead and sail away from the rest of the field. The yellow flag would wave on lap seven as #37 Ron Babula and #13 CJ Lehmann made contact and spin in turn three. Lehmann’s problems would continue as on lap thirteen he got a right front flat on the front stretch drawing another yellow flag. The #10 Monte Carlo of Paul Frantz would charge his way up to second place by lap eight but was unable to get around “Fast” Frank Reakes on the restarts after the caution periods. After having his engine expire in the last showing of the Street Stocks, Frank Reakes of Shickshinny PA, took the checkered flag in his Flying Lobster JJ Bankos Sponsored #14.

The 4 Cylinder Thrillers had one heat race to set up their feature event line-up. The #16 of Brent Witner was the pole sitter for the heat race. Last week’s feature winner Nikki Wachs in her #63 Sager Automotive Ford Probe would have the lead by the completion of lap one. Jess McGlynn would spin her #22 in turn two but quickly got back under way avoiding the need for a caution. Wachs took the win in Heat #2 over the #8 of Travis Fisher.

Witner would once again have the pole position for the 4 Cylinder Thriller Feature event with the #8 of Travis Fisher starting in second. Fisher had the lead by lap one and ran away with it. The 2006 4 Cylinder Thriller defending champion Joe Sherman in his #29 would get the second spot but could not make his way around Fisher. The battle for third ensued the entire event between the #57 of Eric Wink who had third and the #63 of Nikki Wachs who wanted it. Wink would hold off Wachs until the checkered earning his third place finish. Sherman would come in second and Fisher would claim his sixth feature win of the 2007 season.

The ATQMRA TQ Midgets graced Mountain Speedway once again with two heat races and an exciting feature event. Heat #1 was led to the green by the #91A of Bruno Leombruno but he would spin in turn four after contact with the #26 of Don Adams. The damage to the #91A from the caution would end Leombruno’s evening. The restart would put the #36 of Tim Buckwalter in the lead. The red flag waved on lap three when the #94 of Bruce Leote took a tumble flipping on the backstretch. Leote walked away to the pits unharmed. Lap five would come under caution for a spin by Bob Watkins in his #91. On the restart after this quick caution the heat race leader Buckwalter came to rest in turn two for mechanical problems. Robin Johnston in his #13 would assume the lead winning Heat #1. Heat #2 ran with the #29 of Zack Martini in the lead on lap one but the #46 of Matt Janisch would take the lead off of Martini and go on to win the heat race. Heat #2 ran completely caution-free.

The ATQMRA Feature event started with the #29 of Zack Martini in charge of the start. Heat #2 winner Matt Janisch would have mechanical difficulties slowing in turn four on lap one ending his feature event. Don Adams in his #26 machine who started sixth battled the #92 of John Sanders trying to take the second position away from him. On lap thirteen he finally took that spot away from Sanders bringing the #51 of Ryan Tidman along with him. On lap seventeen Adams worked his way around Martini for the lead. Tidman also got around Martini and set his sights on Adams. Lap twenty-one was a side-by-side fight for the lead between Adams and Tidman. Tidman would get the lead away from Adams on the next lap and pull away from Adams. Ryan Tidman gets the win for the ATQMRA Feature Event.

Final Results:
Thriller "Duct Tape 50" Ed Makarewicz Memorial:
1 - Ricky Ross Jr, 2 - Shaun Burd, 3 - Steve Shultz, 4 - Mike Moyer Jr, 5 - Kevin Makarewicz, 6 -Harry Sager, 7 - Josh Oswald, 8 - Marissa Nelmes, 9 - Kyle Heckman, 10 - Wayne Lowe, 11 - TJ Kapish, 12 - Chris Parkinson, 13 - Jeff Owler, 14 - Mike O'Byrne

Street Stock Feature:
1 - Frank Reakes, 2 - Paul Frantz, 3 - Brian Sones, 4 - Jimmy White Jr, 5 - Joe Barbush, 6 - Eric Danyluk, 7 - Brad Barbush, 8 - Jennifer Kutz, 9 - John Stonier, 10 - Bobby Hunsicker Jr, 11 - Todd Barbush, 12 - Ron Babula, 13 - Robert Fink, 14 - Frank Katona, 15 - Mike Schadder, 16 - CJ Lehmann

4 Cylinder Thriller Feature:
1 - Travis Fisher, 2 - Joe Sherman, 3 - Eric Wink, 4 - Nikki Wachs, 5 - Jimmy White Jr, 6 - Bill Verwys Sr., 7 - David Sokol, 8 - Allen Myers, 9 - Jess Mc Glynn, 10 - Brent Witner

TQ Midgets Feature:
1 - Ryan Tidman, 2 - Don Adams, 3 - John Sanders, 4 - Zack Martini, 5 - Chris Deritis, 6 - Dave Williams, 7 - Frank Fischer, 8 - Bob Watkins, 9 - Lew Ingalls, 10 - Tim Behmer Jr, 11 - Jim Peruto, 12 - Ron Dennis, 13 - Robin Johnston, 14 - Tim Buckwalter, 15 - Matt Janisch, DNS - Bruno Leombruno, DNS - Bruce Leote

Fireworks added to BIG DOG event on July 7th
6/21/07

Fireworks have been added to the BIG DOG event on Saturday, July 7th. Live music will be provided by "Gun Barrel City" (www.myspace.com/gunbarrelcity). The National Guard's color guard will be on hand for the pre-race festivities and will be bringing a military Hummer vehicle to pace the field and represent our armed forces. There will be give aways and more!
Check www.mountainspeedway.com for updates.

BIG DOG Modified event for Saturday, July 7

Asphalt Modified fans...mark your calendars NOW for saturday, July 7 as Mountain Speedway in St. Johns, Pennsylvania presents...The first leg of the BIG DOG Triple Crown Modified events. 75 laps of Ground Pounding, Awesome Asphalt racing for the Mighty, 600 HP Tour Type Modifieds.
See Modified Stars from all over the Northeast do battle on the lightning fast 1/3 mile oval. Double points will be on the line for the Mountain Modifieds.
Camping and tailgating will be allowed. A live band, give aways, and more!
Also scheduled for that evening will be Late Models and Street Stocks, plus a 30 lap double points Thriller event.
The 2nd leg will be Sunday, Sept. 2nd(75 laps), and the 3rd and final leg will be the King Of The Mountain weekend sat/sun, Sept. 29-30(150 laps)
www.mountainspeedway.com or (570)384-3215, (570)788-7544

Purse Info for BIG DOG Triple Crown event on July 7th:
1. 3000
2. 1250
3. 900
4. 700
5. 500
6. 450
7. 400
8. 350
9. 300
10. 250
11. 225
12. 225
13. 225
14. 225
15. 225
16. 225
17. 225
18. 225
19. 225
20. 225
-Qualifying will be via heat races

There will be an open practice for Mods, Late Models, Street Stocks, and Thrillers on Friday, July 6 from 5pm-8pm. Pits open at 4 pm.
* Free Grandstand Admission*
Pit Admission will be $10 per person (no charge for car). age 12 and over to enter pits (with release). Concessions will be open. Camping will be allowed (no open fires)

Grandstand Admission for Saturday, July 7:
$18 for adults
$15 for ages 7-12
$15 for seniors/handicapped
6 and under-free

Pit Entry - $25 (with Mountain license), $35 (without)
*Racing begins 6 PM*

Whitenight shines in Modified armor; Sweeney victorious in Late Models
By Ginger Kline – June 17, 2007

Mountain Speedway hosted a terrific night of racing despite two rain delays. The Modifieds would see a brief rain shower delay the completion of their feature event. In an effort to ready the track, the 4 Cylinder Thrillers would be forced into action and see their feature event take to the speedway after the rain delay. However, the skies opened up once again causing another one hour delay in the action. After a second round of track drying efforts, the packed grandstand, who had stuck it out while track officials made some adjustments to the evening’s schedule, would see a great show. Nikki Wachs would emerge victorious and earn her first ever feature win, in the exciting 4 Cylinder Thriller Feature over Travis Fisher to upset his five race winning streak. Ricky Ross Jr. would continue to stretch out his point lead by winning the Thriller Feature. Chris Whitenight would claim his first feature win in 2007 in the Modified division after battling with Brian DeFebo the entire event. Mike Sweeney would find victory lane in the Late Models over Joe Hoffman.

The mighty Modifieds required three heat races to set the field for their feature event. Heat #1 had the #62 of John Cote show the way until lap four. The #39 of Tim Santee took over from there and claim heat #1 while Cote maintained second. Heat #2 was led to the green by the Whitenight Auto Body #17 of Chris Whitenight until Rusty Smith, in his Al Smith Rigging #34, completed his charge through the field, and grab the checkered on the last lap. There was one caution for a spin in turn three by the #8 of Lou Strohl, who would continue. Although Brian DeFebo would pick up the win from the pole in Heat #3, he was not without a fierce challenge. Zane Zeiner tried every way possible to get around him but DeFebo was determined to keep his position and the win. After a brief intermission, the Modified feature would be up first. John Cote’s pole starting position did not last long as second place starter Chris Whitenight had the lead by the completion of lap one. Brian DeFebo would charge from third and make his way around Cote to began battle with Whitenight. On lap three, the yellow flag would fly for a Collection of cars in turn three including John Cote, Tommy Flanagan, Tim Santee and Andy Walko with several other drivers taking evasive action. The caution would fly again on lap seven for a pair of spins by the #0 of Danielle Buchek and the #58 of Sean Patterson. At this point, the feature would be put on hold due to the passing rain shower, forcing officials to run the 4 cylinder and Thriller features before the modifieds resumed. Just over two hours later, after another rain delay, the modifieds would pick up from lap 7. Once the race resumed, the action quickly became intense. DeFebo would shadow Whitenight's every move and in a last ditch effort, would try a bold move to the inside of Whitenight off turn 2 on the final lap. Attempting to use the lapped car of John Cote as a pick, Defebo would be unsuccessful in his bid for the top spot. At the same time, Zane Zeiner and Rusty Smith would be locked in a side by side duel for the third spot. It would be Rusty Smith in a photo finish picking up third place money. Whitenight would earn his first modified victory of 2007, in his immaculate family owned #17.

Two heat races were needed to determine the starting line-up for the Late Models. Colin Dempster in his #3 would lead early in Heat #1 but would lose that position to the #20 of Joe Hoffman on lap four. Dempster would bring out the caution flag for a spin in turn three, on lap six. Hoffman would win Heat #1 with Tony Volpe finishing second. Mike Radocha Jr. would lead Heat #2 for the first few laps. Glenn Heckman, Mike Sweeney, and Jim Yamelski would go three wide on the back stretch on lap three sending Yamelski to the infield with a flat right front tire as all three battled for the same real estate. On lap six, Sweeney took the top spot away from Radocha to claim the win in Heat #2. Radocha would have the pole position for the Feature Event. From the drop of the green, the #95 of Joe Kehrli would power ahead of Radocha from the outside pole to grab the lead by the completion of lap one. The caution came out on lap seven as the #20 of Joe Hoffman, the #15 of Joe Brown, and the #11A of Tony Volpe collected in turn four. Point leader Larry Fisher would see his evening turn sour on lap nine when he tagged the wall on the backstretch earning him a trip to the pits via the hook. Mike Sweeney in his #D11 worked his way around Kehrli on lap fourteen to claim the lead. The battle was behind him for several laps between Kehrli and Hoffman for the second spot. Hoffman would win that battle and Kehrli would have to settle for third. A jubilant Mike Sweeney took the checkered flag and the $800 prize. Sweeney, who began his career at Mountain Speedway in the Factory stock division, climbed atop his good looking #D11 and pumped his fists in the air.

Heat #1 for the Thrillers began with the #34 of Wayne Lowe leading the field to the start but Ricky Ross Jr. had that lead by the first lap from his fourth place starting position. The #25 of Steve Shultz kissed the backstretch wall on lap one but continued on without a caution. Ross would be first to the line to win Heat #1. Mike Moyer Jr. wrestled the lead away from pole sitter Jeff Owler on lap one, in Heat #2. The #68 of Scott Adams brought out the only caution period for a spin in turn three on lap one. Adams would spin again in turn two on the next lap but got back underway quick with no need for the yellow. Moyer would be first to the checkered for Heat #2. Jeff Owler would lead the Thriller field to the green flag to begin their Feature event. On lap four the #17w of Shaun "Wallbanger" Burd and the #7 of Mike Moyer Jr. would collide on the front stretch and then make heavy contact with the foam in turn one bringing out the first caution. Both would restart from the back of the pack. Steve Shultz would take the lead from Owler on lap five. The yellow flag waved for the second and last time on lap ten when the #17 of Josh Oswald lost a wheel on his machine in turn two and tagged the wall. The R.N.R. auto restoration #99 of Ricky Ross Jr. quickly climbed through the field. He would challenge Shultz for several laps and gain the advantage on lap fourteen. Shultz would have to settle for second while Shaun “The Wall Banger” Burd took third place honors after working his way back up through the field from last. Ross, from nearby Mountaintop, PA would continue his commanding points lead with another victory.

With the delay brought on by Mother Nature track officials resumed the evening putting the 4 Cylinder Thrillers on display for the fans early in an extended 30-lap event. The #4 of David Sokol had the pole for the start of this Feature but by the completion of lap one Nikki Wachs in her #63 Ford Probe would take the lead. Eric Wink would try to get around Sokol as well but slight contact would send him for a little spin on the backstretch with no need for the caution. Wachs would take a spin next on lap three as Sokol made his way back into the lead. Wachs expertly got back under way with no need for the caution as well. The #8 of Travis Fisher would come from a dead-last place start to take over the lead from Sokol on lap ten. But Wachs was determined. Powering around the outside, Wachs would work her way back to the front and then around the dominant #8 to retake the lead on lap fourteen. Wachs, in the Sager's automotive #63, would then pull away from Fisher putting a lot of racetrack between them. Fisher would make up some ground but Wachs would take the checkered flag ending Fisher’s winning streak. Nikki would have to celebrate her first career feature win alone as fiancee Harry Sager was already buckled up for the Thriller feature.

The Formula Race Car Club of America was also on hand with 14 race cars and due to the rain delays, their feature will be made up at a later date

Final Results:

Modifieds: 1 - Chris Whitenight, 2 - Brian DeFebo, 3 - Rusty Smith, 4 - Zane Zeiner, 5 - Wayne Szerencsits, 6 - Tommy Flanagan, 7 - Chaz Surman, 8 - Lou Strohl, 9 - Kyle Ebersole, 10 - Lewis Hallock, 11 - Andy Walko, 12 - Larry Fisher, 13 - Cal Snyder, 14 - Sean Patterson, 15 - John Cote, 16 - Ron Smith, 17 - Danielle Buchek, 18 - Chuck Schartzer, 19 - Tim Santee, 20 - Jim Yamelski


Late Models: 1 - Mike Sweeney, 2 - Joe Hoffman, 3 - Joe Kehrli, 4 - Mike Radocha Jr, 5 - Joe Brown, 6 - Glenn Heckman, 7 - Todd Geist, 8 - Greno Stergerwalt, 9 - Joseph Burns, 10 - Larry Fisher, 11 - Tony Volpe, 12 - Jim Yamelski, 13 - Colin Dempster, 14 - Frank Hughes, DNS Paul Tuthill

Thrillers: 1 - Ricky Ross Jr, 2 - Steve Shultz, 3 - Shaun Burd, 4 - Jeff Owler, 5 - Harry Sager, 6 - Scott Adams, 7 - Kyle Heckman, 8 - Mike Moyer Jr, 9 - Josh Oswald, 10 - Wayne Lowe

4 Cylinder Thrillers: 1 - Nikki Wachs, 2 - Travis Fisher, 3 - Eric Wink, 4 - David Sokol, 5 - Joe Sherman, 6 - Mike Radocha Sr., 7 - Jess McGlynn, 8 - Brent Witner

Danyluk excels in exciting Street Stock main; Hoffman best in Late Models

It was a perfect evening for racing this past Saturday, with a good crowd of short track fans on hand at the 1/3 mile asphalt facility known as Mountain Speedway. The evening’s feature events started off with the Street Stocks producing Eric Danyluk as the Feature winner followed closely to the line by Paul Frantz. The Late Model Feature winner was Joe Hoffman with Larry Fisher finishing second. Ricky Ross Jr. continued his reign winning the Thriller Feature with Steve Shultz finishing in the second position.
Also on hand were the ATQMRA Midgets. Tim Buckwalter won their Feature event by holding off Don Adams.

Heat races for all divisions began the evening, with the Street Stocks first up. Heat #1 began with the #53 of Tony Hilliard leading the field to the green and holding the lead until lap three. Bobby Hunsicker Jr., in his #50 Monte Carlo made slight contact with Hilliard sending the two of them for a spin in turn four. While under caution, Point leader Frank Reakes would see his engine expire putting him on the trailer early for the night. Paul Frantz took over the lead on lap four and went on to win Heat #1. Heat #2 was led to the green by the #13 nova of C.J. Lehmann. Lehmann and Danyluk made contact early when Danyluk got out of shape. Both would be sent to the rear of the field. That turned the lead over to John Stonier who would pick up the win in heat #2.

Robert Fink would be on the pole for the feature event. Lap seven saw great side-by-side action as Fink, Jimmy White Jr., and Eric Danyluk battled intensely for the lead. Danyluk would take advantage of his 3rd place starting position and now find himself out front. The #37 of Ron Babula wanted in on the action and became locked in a fierce battle with White for second. On lap 11, he wrestled the second spot away from White and began to work on Danyluk. Babula would be unsuccessful in a bid for the lead and as Babula was attempting to make the outside work, Paul Frantz decided he would make a move for the lead. Working around Babula, Frantz would stalk Danyluk for the final three laps, to the excitement of the crowd. But, it would be Danyluk coming out on top for his first feature win of 2007.

The Late Models graced the evening next with two heat races. Heat #1 began with the #3 of Colin Dempster on the pole. Mike Radocha Jr. in his Radocha Excavating #454, took the lead by the completion of lap one. Paul Koehler Jr. put up quite a challenge on Radocha for the lead and took it on lap three. Koehler would look strong and go on to win Heat #1. The #69 of Glenn Heckman led lap one of Heat #2. Joe Hoffman battled with Heckman but on lap five the two collected in turn two, turning the lead over to the #9 of Jim Yamelski. Rookie candidate Yamelski got his first heat win of the season. This set Yamelski on the pole for the Late Model Feature. The caution flag waived on lap nine when the #15 of Joe Brown spun in turn four. Colin Dempster had difficulty on both lap nine restarts, bringing out the yellow. Yamelski held the lead for the first third of the race until Joe Hoffman began to pressure him. Hoffman took the lead on lap 11. The only other yellow flag waived on lap 12. Radocha made incidental contact with the #00 of Koehler sending him in a smoky spin. Larry Fisher put a heavy challenge on Hoffman and the two of them separated themselves from the rest of the field. Yamelski then became engaged in a battle with the #D11 of Mike Sweeney and the #95 of Joe Kehrli on lap 17. Hoffman and Fisher battled fiercely but Hoffman retained the lead and earned the victory. In a touching tribute, Joe Hoffman would dedicate his win in memory of Frank Barbush, who passed away during the week.
Josh Oswald led the first lap of Heat #1 for the Thriller Division. The #25 of Steve Shultz mounted a charge to challenge for the lead but Oswald held him off and claimed the checkered flag. The #99 of Ricky Ross Jr. led lap one of Heat #2. Pole sitter Jeff Owler fell all the way to forth. Ross won Heat #2. Oswald earned the pole position for the Feature event. He held on to the top spot until lap three when Ricky Ross Jr. took it away from him. On lap 5, Shaun "The Wall Banger" Burd lived up to his nickname by banging numerous times off the back stretch wall. The yellow flag waived again on lap 13 when contact between the #61 of Harry Sager and the #7 of Mike Moyer Jr. sent them spinning in turn one. Ricky Ross Jr. continued his dominance in the Division winning the Thriller Feature event.
Making another visit to Mountain was the ATQMRA series. Two 8-lap heat races were run to set the field for their Feature event. The #36 of Tim Buckwalter led lap one of Heat #1. The fans saw some great three wide action between the #35 of Chris Deritis, the #29 of Zack Martini, and the #51 of Ryan Tidman. Buckwalter won Heat #1. Heat #2 was started with the #91A of Bruno Leombruno leading the field. The yellow waived on lap three for a spin by the #92 of John Sanders in turn four. Don Adams in his #96 challenged Leombruno for the lead on lap five and took it away by lap seven. The red flag would be displayed when Leombruno flipped on his lid in turn two. Heat #2 would be checkered one lap short after that. Matt Janisch led the field to begin the Feature event for the TQ Midgets. By lap two, the #36 of Tim Buckwalter took the top spot and never relinquished it. There was one caution period for a spin by Leombruno in turn one. The TQ Midgets provided great 2 and 3 wide action all thru the field.

Final Results:
Street Stocks: 1 - Eric Danyluk, 2 - Paul Frantz, 3 -
Brian Sones, 4 - Brian Wozniak, 5 - Bobby Hunsicker
Jr., 6 - Joe Mongeau, 7 - John Stonier, 8 - Sue
Collins, 9 - CJ Lehmann, 10 - Ron Babula, 11 - Brian
Hughes, 12 - Robert Fink, 13 - Jimmy White Jr., 14 -
Tony Hilliard, 15 - Chris Selber, 16 - Jennifer Flanagan,
DNS - Frank Reakes

Late Models: 1 - Joe Hoffman, 2 - Larry Fisher, 3 -
Mike Sweeney, 4 - Joe Brown, 5 - Jim Yamelski, 6 -
Glenn Heckman, 7 - Joe Kehrli, 8 - Mike Radocha Jr., 9
- Colin Dempster, 10 - Paul Koehler Jr., Jerry Brighthaupt
 
Thrillers: 1 - Ricky Ross Jr., 2 - Steve Shultz, 3 -
Josh Oswald, 4 - Scott Adams, 5 - Shawn Burd, 6 - Jeff
Owler, 7 - Mike Moyer Jr., 8 - Harry Sager, 9 - Wayne
Lowe, 10 - Mike O'Byrne, 11 - Kyle Heckman, 12 - Chris
Parkinson
 
ATQMRA: 1 - Tim Buckwalter, 2 - Don Adams, 3 - Chris
Deritis, 4 - Robin Johnston, 5 - Bob Watkins, 6 - Ryan
Tidman, 7 - Matt Janisch, 8 - Lew Ingalls, 9 - Zack
Martini, 10 - Dave Williams, 11 - John Sanders, 12 -
Eddie Dietz, 13 - Tim Behmer, 14 - Jacqueline Wolfram,
15 - Bruno Leombruno, 16 - Frank Fischer

High Flying Action Displayed This Weekend at Mountain Speedway
By Ginger Kline – June 2, 2007

The near capacity crowd was treated to an eventful evening of racing action, this past saturday. Larry Fisher would claim the Late Model feature under a green-white-checkered finish. Zane Zeiner continued his point lead by winning the Modified Feature event. Frank Reakes worked his way through the field to claim the Street Stock victory. Travis Fisher would remain undefeated in the 4 Cylinder Thrillers picking up the 40-lap Feature event win. Also on hand, were the Keystone Legends tour producing Tim Henry as their feature event winner.

The Late Models led off the evening with two heat races. In Heat #1, Larry Fisher went for a little spin on lap two after some contact with the #9 of Jim Yamelski, in turn four. Yamelski ended up with some sheet metal damage but both cars continued. Mike Sweeney in his #D11 won Heat #1 followed by Joe Brown. Heat #2 got really exciting on lap six when the #35 of Joseph Burns and the #20 of Joe Hoffman were battling for the lead. The two of them collected and Burns ended up in the turn three wall. Also collected in the wreck were the #99F of Tom Flanagan and the #58 of Ryan Russo. All three would have their day end early. Hoffman would take the checkered for Heat #2. As the feature got underway, #61 of Frank Hughes began in the pole position. By the completion of lap two, Glenn Heckman took the lead away from Hughes. A few laps later, Fern Glen's Larry Fisher would wrestle the lead from Heckman. The caution flag waved on lap eight for a four-car collection in turn three. Lap 28 was the second and last caution for a spin by Hughes in turn three. Heckman would pressure Fisher for the final circuits, However Fisher would take top honors.

The mighty Modifieds needed three heats to set their feature event starting line-up. Heat #1 was dominated by the #21 of Andy Walko from Flemington, New Jersey. Chris Whitenight displayed some excellent driving skills when he kissed the wall between turns three and four and continued on. Walko would win the first heat followed by Freeland's Amber Levandowski. Heat #2 was all Wayne Szerencsits in his #3S machine. He began on the pole and never gave the lead up. Brian DeFebo had some problems on lap three when he hit the wall hard in turn three, suffering heavy right front damage. Szerencsits won Heat #2 followed by Larry Fisher in second. Heat #3 was action-packed with four caution periods. "Lightning" Lou Strohl would thunder to the heat win, with Zane Zeiner coming in second. Walko earned the pole position for the feature event. Brian DeFebo's problems would continue as he hit the wall in turn one, on the first lap. The restart had some difficulties with a four-car chain reaction pile up on the backstretch. The yellow flag would fly twice more during the feature. Zane Zeiner charged his way through the field from his ninth place starting spot. By lap 15, he moved into fourth place. A few laps later he would power past Scerenscits, and set his sites on Walko. After a fierce, side by side battle with Walko over the last several laps, Zeiner would rise to the top and take the checkered flag and the big check worth $1500 dollars. "Lightning" Lou Strohl and Chaz Surman would race from deep in the field, to finish in the top five.

The Keystone Legends were next up on the card. The field was set thru 2 heat races. Jim Baker led the field to the green flag, for the feature event. On lap 8, the track would see a red flag condition for a scary wreck by Jason Rochelle. While four cars battled for the lead, a lap car tangled with the pack and contact would send the #R3 of Rochelle airborne, catapulting off the flag stand and then barrel rolling along the front stretch guard rail, ending up on its side. Rochelle climbed out of his car thankfully unharmed, with the car being totally destroyed. Head flagger, Chris Walk had to take elusive action and avoided injury. Rochelle would later be seen joining family and friends in the grandstands to watch his brother battle for the lead with Tim Henry. Henry would hold off Craig Rochelle for the win.

Two heats were run for the Street Stock Division. Paul Frantz charged his way from a sixth place starting position to win Heat #1. Tony Hilliard would take runner up honors. Heat #2 was dominated by the #81 of Eric Danyluk. Jimmy White Jr would follow Danyluk across the line. Hilliard would lead the field to the green, for the feature. Eric Danyluk would grab the lead on lap two. The next lap, would see Hilliard get sent on a 360 degree spin in turn four, collecting the #461 of Rich DiMarco. DiMarco would be done for the night. "Fast" Frank Reakes took over the top spot on lap 12, and pulled away from the rest of the field. Shickshinny, PA's Frank Reakes, would take the Street Stock feature followed by Eric Danyluk in second, Brian Sones in third, Ron Babula forth and Paul Frantz rounding out the top five.

The 4 Cylinder Thrillers Heat #1 would see Travis Fisher get the win. The #63 of Nikki Wachs would lead wire to wire in heat #2. This earned her the pole position for an extended 40-lap Feature event for the Division. Wachs led the first three laps until the yellow flag waved. The #16 of Brent Witner and the #28 of Allen Myers got together in turn three. Once the field got back underway, Eric Wink took a turn leading the race but Wachs took that lead back by lap five. Wachs would lead a majority of the feature, and looked to be on the way to a feature win. However, Travis Fisher patiently worked his way up through the field until he reached Wachs. The two battled for several laps with Wachs holding off Fisher until lap 37. Fisher made his way around her as she checked up for lapped traffic and continued his undefeated streak by winning the 40-lap Feature event.

Final Results
Late Models:
1 - #19 Larry Fisher, 2 - #69 Glenn Heckman, 3 - #15 Joe Brown, 4 - #D11 Mike Sweeney, 5 - #20 Joe Hoffman, 6 - #11A Tony Volpe, 7 - #9 Jim Yamelski, 8 - #95 Joe Kehrli, 9 - #61 Frank Hughes, 10 - #3 Colin Dempster, 11 - #00 Paul Koehler Jr, 12 - #454 Mike Radocha Jr, DNS - #58 Ryan Russo, DNS - # 99F Tom Flannigan, DNS - 35 Joseph Burns

Modifieds:
1 - #22 Zane Zeiner, 2 - #21 Andy Walko, 3 - #3s Wayne Szerencsits, 4 - #8 Lou Strohl, 5 - #33 Chaz Surman, 6 - #39 Tim Santee, 7 - #19 Larry Fisher, 8 - #1w Tom Wanick, 9 - #17c Tom Casagrande, 10 - #5 Kyle Ebersole, 11 - #07 Lewis Hallock, 12 - #62 John Cote, 13 - #4 Barry Callavini, 14 - #87 Tommy Flanagan, 15 - #25 Robert Fink, 16 - #14 Amber Levandowski, 17 - #0 Danielle Buchek, 18 - #53 Brian DeFebo, 19 - #17 Chris Whitenight, 20 - #83 Keith Mellars

Street Stocks:
1 - #14 Frank Reakes, 2 - #81 Eric Danyluk, 3 - #12 Brian Sones, 4 - #37 Ron Babula, 5 - #10 Paul Frantz, 6 - #35 John Stonier, 7 - #50 Bobby Hunsicker Jr, 8 - #85 Brian Wozniak, 9 - #34 Frank Katona, 10 - #53 Tony Hilliard, 11 - #71 Mike Schadder, 12 - #13 CJ Lehmann, 13 - #59 Brian Hughes, 14 - #19x Jimmy White Jr, 15 - #78 Robert Fink, 16 - #461 Rich DiMarco

40-Lap 4 Cylinder Thrillers:
1 - #8 Travis Fisher, 2 - #63 Nikki Wachs, 3 - #09 Joe Heintzelman, 4 - #83 Dale Shoemaker, 5 - #19A Bobby Coco, 6 - #81X Sam Ryan, 7 - #29X Mike Radocha Sr,
8 - #4 David Sokol, 9 - #28 Allen Myers, 10 - #57 Eric Wink, 11 - #19 Jimmy White Jr, 12 - #22 Jess McGlynn, 13 - #78 Robert Fink, 14 - #16 Brent Witner, 15 - #62 Luke Colleran

DeFebo Claims His First Modified Win of the Season
By Ginger Kline - May 27, 2007

A short rain delay could not dampen the racing at
Mountain Speedway this past Saturday. Brian DeFebo held off the
attempts of Zane Zeiner for the win in the Modifieds.
Frank Reakes won the Street Stock Feature by
dominating the field. Mike Moyer Jr held off Shaun
Burd for fifteen laps earning the Thriller Feature
Victory. Travis Fisher was in a class by himself for
his fourth 4 Cylinder Thriller win of the season. Also
gracing Mountain this past weekend were two races for
the ATQMRA Midgets. The make-up race which had
been rescheduled from May 12th, saw Ryan
Tidman victorious. Don Adams raced his way to victory in the
regularly scheduled Feature, after the leaders tangled. It was an action-packed
night of racing for the good crowd on hand.

The Modifieds began their evening with three heat
races to set the field for their exciting feature
event. Andy Walko in his #21 machine led the field to
the green flag to begin Heat #1. He was not without a
challenge however as the #87 of Tommy Flanagan pressured Walko.
Flanagan tried inside and outside to get around him
but Walko held him off for the heat win. Heat #2 was
action filled with a battle that continued throughout
the heat between Brain DeFebo, Rusty Smith, and Eddie
Brunnhoelzl. By lap nine DeFebo pulled away for the
win of Heat #2. Larry Fisher led the next set of
Modifieds to the green flag. Zane Zeiner had
other plans as he worked his way around Chaz Surman
for second and then went to work on Fisher. On the
last lap of Heat #3, Zeiner was all over Fisher but it
was Fisher coming out on top. The Feature began with
Andy Walko on the pole. Lap six saw a
side-by-side duel for the lead between Walko and
DeFebo. By lap seven DeFebo took his #53 to the lead
and never relinquished it. Larry Fisher had some
difficulties on lap eight when he spun on the
backstretch. On lap fourteen the #1W of Tom Wanick and
the #88 of Matt Higgins collected in turn one. As the
field attempted to restart, the sky let loose
with a brief shower causing a one hour rain delay. With cars from all divisions helping with drying efforts, the track did not take long to come around. Once action resumed, Rusty Smith mounted a charge toward the front, and began to work over the 3rd place car of Walko. But it would be the #53 of DeFebo picking up his first win of the season. Zeiner, Walko, Smith and Flanagan rounded out the top five.

The Street Stocks completed two heat races to set the
line-up for their feature. In Heat #1 Tony Hilliard
led the field, but by lap five, the #19x Monte Carlo of
Jimmy White Jr took it away. Hilliard spun in turn
four, on lap seven but impressively got it straightened
out and back underway with no need for a caution flag.
White claimed another heat win for himself. Brian
Sones began Heat #2 from the pole. Eric Danyluk had other plans
though and took the lead on lap four. Frank Reakes
decided he wanted a turn when he wrestled the lead away
from Danyluk on lap six winning yet another heat
event. The Feature was set with Brian Sones in the
pole position. Bobby Hunsicker Jr who began in the second
position for the feature took his turn in the lead on
lap two. The current points leader, Frank Reakes, made
his way to the lead in just a few laps, by powering around the outside. Lap eight was the
only caution for the #461 of Rich DiMarco who lost his
left front tire in turn two. "Fast" Frank Reakes in
his J.J. Bankos sponsored #14, took the win for the
feature event.

Two heat races were needed for the Thrillers as well.
Heat #1 began with Wayne Lowe leading the group but
Mike Moyer Jr would grab the lead by the completion of lap
one. He attempted to hold off the charge by Steve
Shultz but Shultz took the lead away on lap seven for the heat win. Josh Oswald battled with Jeff
Owler at the start of heat #2. It got really exciting on lap five with
three-wide action between Ricky Ross Jr, Shaun Burd,
and Josh Oswald for the lead in turn two. Ross came
out on top, picking up the win for Heat #2.
Mike Moyer Jr held the pole position for the Feature
event. Moyer held this spot through out the race but
was not without a challenge. The #17w of Shaun "Wallbanger" Burd tried everything to get the lead but
was unsuccessful. The Feature event ended with Moyer
spinning across the finish line, claiming the checkered
flag.

The #63 of Nikki Wachs led the field for the only heat
of the 4 Cylinder Thrillers but Eric Wink took over the top spot by
the completion of lap one. Brent Witner in his #16
spun in turn one while the #8 of Travis Fisher spun in
turn three, on lap three, but both were able to continue
on without bringing out the yellow. Wink earned the
win in the heat. Nikki Wachs and Eric Wink would lead the field in the Feature event. Wachs would get out front early and lead in impressive style. A hard charging Travis Fisher, who
began the feature in the sixth position, would work his
way up to second by lap five. Wachs held him off
briefly but by lap ten Fisher was in command. Wink went
for a little spin in turn three with some help but
showed great talent getting it righted and back under
way without drawing the caution flag. The finish was
very exciting as the #63 of Wachs joined by the #29 of
Joe Sherman, attempted to relinquish Fisher of his lead, for the last several laps. Fisher would make it 4 for 4 in the win column, showing why he
is the current point leader.

The TQ Midgets began the evening with their make-up
race that had been postponed from May 12.
The #46 of Blue Metz had the lead but received a heavy
challenge by the #33 of Frank Fischer and the #51 of
Ryan Tidman. The #91 of Bob Watkins joined in the fun adding to a great side-by-side duel for
several laps. On lap 13 Tidman
moved into the lead sending Metz to third behind
Watkins. The field then spread out from there. The
only caution flag waved on lap 16 for the #69 machine
of Tim Behmer. Tidman took the checkered flag for the
make-up Feature event. Next up was the regularly
scheduled heats with Don Adams earning the win for Heat
#1 and Chris Deritis finishing second. Tim Buckwalter
took the win followed by Bob Watkins Jr in
Heat #2. Don Adams in the #26 led the group to begin
the Feature event. Tim Buckwalter had some
difficulties as his #36 came to a stop in turn two
bringing out the first caution flag. On lap five
another yellow flag was waved as the #35 of Chris
Deritis spun in turn three. Meanwhile Adams was
challenged by the #13 of Robin Johnston and the #51 of
Ryan Tidman. Johnston took the lead away from him on
lap eleven. Tidman continued to work on Adams for the
second spot and finally got around him on lap 23. The
next lap went yellow as Johnston and Tidman collided
in turn two as they battled for the lead and had their
dreams of victory shattered. The lead was handed back
to Don Adams as a result. Adams raced his way from
there to the win.

Final Results:
Modifieds: 1- Brian DeFebo, 2 - Zane Zeiner, 3 - Andy
Walko, 4 - Rusty Smith, 5 - Tommy Flanagan, 6 - Larry
Fisher, 7 - Amber Levanowski, 8 - Lewis Hallock, 9 -
Matt Higgins, 10 - Chaz Surman, 11 - Wayne
Szerencsits, 12 - Ernie Dengler, 13 - Kyle Ebersole,
14 - Chris Whitenight, 15 - Tom Wanick, 16 - John
Cote, 17 - Eddie Brunnhoelzl, 18 - Lenny Fischer, 19 -
Chuck Schartzer

Street Stocks: 1 - Frank Reakes, 2 - Ron Babula, 3 -
Paul Frantz, 4 - Bobby Hunsicker Jr, 5 - Jimmy White
Jr, 6 - Robert Fink, 7 - Jennifer Flanagan, 8 - CJ
Lehmann, 9 - Brian Sones, 10 - Eric Danyluk, 11 -
Barry Callavini, 12 - Rich DiMarco, 13 - Tony
Hilliard, DNS - Dan Cascioli, DNS - Mike Cascioli

Thrillers: 1 - Mike Moyer Jr, 2 - Shawn Burd, 3 -
Ricky Ross Jr, 4 - Steve Shultz, 5 - Josh Oswald, 6 -
Harry Sager, 7 - Jeff Owler, 8 - Wayne Lowe, 9 - Diane
Mensinger, 10 - Scott Adams

4 Cylinder Thrillers: 1 - Travis Fisher, 2 - Joe
Sherman, 3 - Nikki Wachs, 4 - Brent Witner, 5 - Larry
Fisher, 6 - David Sokol, 7 - Allen Myers, DQ - Eric
Wink

TQ Midgets (Make-Up): 1 - Ryan Tidman, 2 - Bob
Watkins, 3 - Frank Fischer, 4 - Lew Ingall, 5 - John
Sanders, 6 - Chris Deritis, 7 - Zach Martini, 8 -
Matthew Janisch, 9 - Bruno Leombruno, 10 - Mike
Ruselli, 11 - Tim Beamer Jr, 12 - Blue Metz, 13 -
Jessie Council, 14 - Tim Buckwalter, 15 - Don Adams,
16 - Tim Procter, 17 - Bruce Leote, 18 - Eddie Dietz,
19 - Robin Johnston

TQ Midgets: 1 - Don Adams, 2 - Lew Ingall, 3 - Frank
Fischer, 4 - Robin Johnston, 5 - John Sanders, 6 - Tim
Procter, 7 - Tim Behmer, 8 - Jessie Council, 9 - Ryan
Tidman, 10 - Bob Watkins Jr, 11 - Zach Martini, 12 -
Jennifer Flanagan, 13 - Mike Ruselli, 14 - Eddie
Dietz, 15 - Chris Deritis, 16 - Bruno Leombruno, 17 -
Bruce Leote, 18 - Tim Buckwalter, 19 - Matt Janisch,
DNS - Blue Metz

Ginger Kline
Mountain Speedway

UPCOMING: 5/28 NEETS Enduro Racing Memorial Day Madness
6/2 All regular track classes + National Old Timers Race time is 7:00 pm

Veteran and Rookie Share in Mahoning Modified Spotlight; Rod Snyder, Jr., & Mike Quinn Garner Wins

(LEHIGHTON, PA 5-26-07) Five-time Mahoning Valley Modified track champion Rod Snyder, Jr., of Lehighton, burst through for his first win in two seasons and in doing so reached the 20-win plateau in his illustrious career at the Lehighton paved ¼-mile with a Modified stock car.

The race was the make-up event from a May 12 rainout. At the drop of the green it was Rodney Gruber the early leader and was quickly tailed by Lou Strohl. After a lap three restart Strohl was in front and coming on strong was fourth place starter Snyder.

With ten laps complete the two veterans, Strohl and Snyder, then engaged in a close nose-to-tail race for the top spot and it was classic watching these two, who own over 50 feature wins between, them battle for supremacy.

Snyder was trying every move possible to get by but Strohl was hanging tough. It came down to a restart on lap-23 that Snyder was able spring into the lead. Once out front there was no denying him career Modified victory #20. Aside from the 20 mod wins he also has 9 Late Model verdicts.

Point leader Earl Paules, Kevin Graver, Jr., Scott Lesher and Strohl completed the top five.

In the regular scheduled feature it was rookie Mike Quinn of Ashfield, taking a surprise win in only his sixth ever start with a Modified.

Quinn started sixth and made a solid outside pass on lap 11 and then had to hold off defending champ on Wagner en-route to the popular win.

For the outset of the 35-lap trek Gruber held the pole but it was Bobby Jones who came from third up to first with the opening circuit. However, seconds prior to reaching the start/finish line Jones got tagged from the back and went into a wild tailspin in front of the entire pack.

What happened next wasn’t pretty either as seven of the oncoming 19 cars got together.

After a complete restart, Strohl then took command of the race but his stay out front was short lived as Kevin Graver, Jr., hustled around to the lead after three tours.

Strohl remained second but was hotly perused by Quinn. By lap 10 he made it to the runner-up spot and then set course for the lead.

With the same momentum that thrust him into second, Quinn used the ensuing circuit via the top side of the track to cruise past Graver for the lead.

As Quinn was heading the pack Chip Santee emerged into the picture. Santee darted his way up to second by lap 15 and was then making a valid attempt to get around the leader. However, on lap 19 while racing under close-quarters with Quinn and several others, he got nipped and went into a spin. The incident also gathered up third place running Graver.

When racing resumed Quinn was still out front but now had Snyder behind him. A chance of a repeat win quickly fell by the wayside for Snyder as Don Wagner unseated him and then went to work on Quinn.

Despite being caught up in the opening lap melee, Wagner was running very strong. Repeated attempts at passing Quinn, though, were futile, as the rookie remained focused over the remainder of the race and the former Factory Stock champ and Street Stocker runner earned his career frist victory as a Modified driver.

Santee rebounded to take third with Snyder and Jones completing the top five.

Lorin Arthofer II of Bath, may have led every lap in the Late Models but it was by no means an easy run as he had point leader Todd Stehle hounding him the entire distance. It was his first win of the season.

Jay Llewellyn, Jim Thorpe, won the action-filled Street Stock main. With only one interruption for a minor incident, the race was fast paced with nearly the entire field running in side-by-side formation.

Joe Mooney through lap seven and then Todd Ahner over the next eight tours controlled the intense pack. Sixth starter Llewellyn weaved his way frontward and slipped past Ahner from the high groove with ten laps to go.

He then remained solid the rest of the way despite the pressure from Ahner and the rest of the pack for his first win of the season.

Germansville’s Mike Stringer took the lead on lap three and held it the rest of the way for his career first Pro4 Late Model win in, holding off point leader Kevin Rex, Jr. The win came in just his fifth career start in a race car. The race was the make-up from May 12.

In the regular Pro4 feature Rex was the mark of perfection as he took the lead from Justin Bair on lap eight and then cruised to his fourth win of ’07.

Justin Serfass of Lehighton, won for the second time in the Factory stocks as he edged Justin Steigerwalt en-route to winning.

Jon Smith, Ashfield, led teammate Dave Freundt across the finish line for his second straight 4-Cylinder Stock win of the year.

MODIFIEDS Make-up from 5/12 (35): 1.Rod Snyder, Jr. 2.Earl Paules 3.Kevin Graver, Jr. 4.Scott Lesher 5.Lou Strohl 6.Glen Correll 7.Paul Skodacek 8.Todd Baer 9.Rodney Gruber 10.Chip Santee 11.Mike Quinn 12.Eric Kocher 13.John Bennett 14.Bup Dreher 14.Bobby Jones 16.Troy Bollinger 17.Rick Kirkendall DNS: Brian DeFebo, Tom Flanagan, Keith Mellars

MODIFIEDS Reg. Feat. (35): 1.Quinn 2.Wagner 3.Santee 4.Snyder, Jr. 5.Jones 6.Strohl 7.Paules 8.Brian Labar 9.Correll 10.Lesher 11.Graver, Jr. 12.Gruber 13.Dreher 14.Bollinger 15. Stacey Brown 16.Paul Skodacek 17.Kocher 18.Baer 19.Roger Heffelfinger 20.Bennett

LATE MODELS (20): 1. Lorin Arthofer II 2.Todd Stehle 3.Rick Wallace 4.Mike VanFossen 5.Jason Zatsko 6.Don Holland 7.Todd Geist 8.Geno Steigerwalt 9.Barry Christman, Sr.

STREET STOCKS (25): 1.Jay Llewellyn 2.Todd Ahner 3.Mike Garris, Sr. 4.Kristy Morone Arthofer 5.Mark Deysher 6.Lonnie Behler 7.Shawn Sitarchyk 8.Justin Mooney 9.Bill Hunara 10.John Kenny 11.Alan Schlenker 12.Joe Mooney 13.Chip Wanamaker 14.Stehpeh Steigerwalt 15.Kris Blazes 16.Jamie Smith 17.Randy Ahner, Jr.

PRO4 LATE MODELS Make-up from 5/12 (20): 1.Mike Stringer 2.Kevin Rex, Jr. 3.Jeremy Miller 4.Frankie Althouse 5.Dustin Bair 6.Matt Derkosh 7.Drew Rice 8.Bill Rooney 9.Barry Christman, Jr. 10.Dave McCloud 11.Ricky Ahner, Jr. 12.Brian Ahner 13.Dennis Silfies 14.Chris Kuronya 15.TJ Kemmerer

PRO4 LATE MODELS Reg. Feat. (20) 1.Rex, Jr. 2.Miller 3.Christman, Jr. 4.Bair 5.Kuronya 6.Rooney 7.Kemmerer 8.B. Ahner 9.Althouse 10.Stringer 11.Derkosh 12.Rice 13.Silfies 14.McCloud 15.R. Ahner, Jr. 16.John Powell

FACTORY STOCKS (20): 1.Justin Serfass 2.Justin Steigerwalt 3.Duane Eidem 4.Jeff Delong 5.Randy Ahner, Sr. 6.Devin Gibson 7.Jerry Karp 8.Doug Knauss 9.Matt Keller 10.Jeff Drofich 11.Jason Frey

4-CYLINDER STOCKS (20): 1.Jon Smith 2.Dave Freundt 3.Scooter Graver 4.Adam Kratzer 5.Ryan Christman 6.Dan Biegley 7.Charles Biegley 8.Jeff Biegley 9.Kevin Behler 10.Dan Freundt 11.Michael Stofflet 12.Casey Creyer 13.Jake Kibler 14.Bryan Creyer 15.Kristian Kalch

Mountain Speedway Schedule Changes 5/23/07

-The 4 Cylinder Thriller 40 lap event originally scheduled for Saturday, June 9th, has been moved up one week to be run as part of the Saturday, June 2nd program.
-Late Models will be added to the Saturday, June 9th program.
Saturday, June 2nd- Modifieds, Late Models, Street stocks, Keystone Legends, 4 Cyl. Thrillers(40 laps)
Saturday, June 9th- Late Models, Street stocks, Thrillers, TQ Midgets, Formula race cars(FRCCA)

Colleran, Gentile take Mountain Madness enduro #3

Enduro racers from all over the northeast, took to the pavement at Mountain Speedway this past Sunday afternoon, treating the fans to some awesome, fender rubbing action. Temperatures were in the 60s, under a partly cloudy sky, as race #3 of the ABC car crushing and auto parts “Mountain Madness” enduro series got under way promptly at 2 pm. A coin flip at the drivers meeting, would determine a “heads up” start for the 4 cylinder 100 lap race, based on the entrants’ starting position draw. 6/8 cylinders would see the coin land on “tails”, with the field being inverted for their 100 lap event.

In the 4-cylinders, Larry Fisher would lead them to the green flag, with Joe Heintzelman and MMES race #2 winner, Bob Haeger, making up the front row. The three would swap the lead early, but it was evident that the car to beat was the Sager’s automotive #62 of Luke Colleran. Colleran, who led much of the 50 lap enduro stock event on May 12th before the handle went away, would make quick work of assuming the top spot in his 4-door Saturn racer. Once out front, Colleran began weaving through the lapped traffic, and by the half way mark, held a respectable advantage. With plenty of 3 and 4 wide action all over the speedway, the event would run the distance without seeing a red flag. A jubilant Colleran thanked the Sager racing team in victory lane for helping him to his first enduro win, earning him $600, for his efforts. Rounding out the top five were, Dave Bentley jr., Sam Ryan, Larry Fisher, and Jimmy White jr., in that order.

It was then time for the heavy iron to take to the speedway. Mike Parisi would lead the 6/8 cylinders to the green flag. Harry Sager and MMES race #2 winner, Dominic Ranieri, would also roll off from the front row. Ranieri would grab the lead by turn #1, But as he powered off turn 2, he would hook bumpers with Harry Sager, sending them both spinning to the infield. Over the first half of the race, Shawn Gallucci and Jeff Walls would be locked in a duel for the top spot. A couple of red flags would see disabled cars remain on the speedway, making each lap more exciting then the last. In the mean time, enduro veteran, Joe Gentile, would quietly make his way toward the front. Near the half way mark, Walls would make a pit stop for repairs, However, luck would be on his side, as the red would come out once again for a disabled car, keeping him on the lead lap. Gentile reeled in Gallucci and would work by him on the bottom of turns 1 and 2, as they split a dead car. With Gentile now in command, the sky had begun to darken. Suddenly, as the race reached the three quarters mark, a quick downpour dampened the track. In an instant, cars began spinning. Gentile, using his vast enduro experience, slowed to compensate. With abandon racers situated all around the track, the action intensified. While leading with 10 laps remaining, Gentile would find himself facing the wrong way. Gallucci looked to capitalize, but could not make any ground on the wet surface. Gentile would get his car pointed in the right direction, and keep it that way for the final circuits. With the checkered, came a $600 pay day for Gentile. Gallucci, who appeared to finish 2nd, would be disqualified in post race tech. Walls, who had pitted at the right time, would then take 2nd place honors, with Dominic Ranieri, Jim White, and James Pressley, rounding out the top five.

Don’t forget to mark your calendar for Sunday, July 1st, as the ABC auto parts and car crushing “Mountain Madness” Enduro series, race #4 takes place. On the card that day will be the 4 cylinders, 6/8 cylinders, and the return of the 4/6 cylinder enduro “Trophy Trucks”. The first ever mini van-duro is also scheduled as part of MMES #4 on Sunday, August 19th.

Hoffman pockets $1000, as Late Models invade Mountain Speedway

With the threat of rain lurking over Mountain Speedway, the lightning fast Late Models thundered loudly this past Saturday night, at the 1/3rd mile oval, near Hazleton, Pennsylvania. With an outstanding field of 26 cars on hand, parking spots in the pit area were scarce. The level of talent was evident as well, with names such as, 2000 King of the Mountain winner-Jimmy Wismer, 2-time Late Model champion-Paul Koehler jr., and 2006 Late Model champ-Mike Coll, among many others. A few bright stars would also shine before the night was over, as the hot racing action would keep the crowd warmed up. The mighty Modifieds also had a full field of top notch equipment on hand. Street stocks and Thrillers would see double duty, as mother nature did not cooperate last weekend, forcing the make-up Street Stock feature and a make-up Thriller feature to begin the evening at a special 5 pm start time. The FRCCA was also on the schedule for race #1, of their 4 race oval series.

The evening began with the National Auto Exchange of Berwick 40-lap Street Stock make-up race. The starting order was determined by heat races on May 12, before the rain came, with Rich Dimarco, and Frank Reakes, taking down the heat wins. Tony Hilliard would lead the field to the green flag in the extra distance event, but by lap 2, “Fast” Frank Reakes would overpower Hilliard, and set sail. Reakes would take home the National Auto Exchange of Berwick Street Stock trophy, and a $750 paycheck, for the 40-lap event. Hilliard would be involved in a couple of incidents, ending up 9th. Paul Frantz, would work around Eric Danyluk, for a 2nd place finish, with Danyluk settling for 3rd. “Dynamite” Danny Cascioli and Frank Katona would round out the top five.

Next up came the make-up Thriller feature with their line-up also determined the previous week. Heat winners from May 12 were Harry Sager and Ricky Ross Jr. Sager began from the pole position and led early, but would be unable to hold off the hard charging Ross. The feature only had one caution period for the #98 of Jeff Owler on lap 11. Points leader, Ross, would take the make-up feature win over Steve Shultz and Harry Sager.

The Modifieds had three heat races to determine their 40 lap feature line-up. Flemington, New Jersey’s Andy Walko would win heat #1 with a great battle behind him for second between Brian DeFebo, Zane Zeiner, and Rusty Smith. The 2006 Division Champion Eddie Brunnhoelzl III, in his Big Sals race engines #8, picked up the win in heat #2, with the #95m of John Markovic winning heat #3 over the #87 of Tommy Flanagan.

The Modified feature had Larry Fisher of Fern Glen, PA., on the pole position to begin the event, with Fisher’s #19, leading early. Rusty Smith would tail Fisher until lap 10, when the #19 would slip up, allowing the #34 of Smith to overtake the lead . Rusty Smith would not relinquish the lead and take home his 2nd feature win of the season, and the $1500 top prize.

The Late Models were the talk of the town, as 26 cars attempted to make the 20-car starting grid. Heat #1 saw Paul Koehler Jr, make a successful return to Mountain Speedway, by charging to the lead from his 5th place starting position, and take the heat win. Joe Hoffman began heat #2 from the 2nd position and took the lead by lap one, to finish in the top spot. Zane Zeiner would grab the lead in lap one of Heat #3 and held it to the finish. The Late Model consi would be action packed, as only 5 spots were available to transfer to the feature. Young hot shoe, Joseph Burns took the lead on lap one and held it early until the #40 of Todd Geist wrestled it away. It was Geist and Burns along with Joe Kehrli, Mike van Fossen and Pat Hargan who would capture the transfer positions.

The exciting Late Model feature began with the #61 of Frank Hughes on the pole but the #15 of Joe Brown would power to the lead at the completion of lap one. The next lap was trouble for the #61 of Hughes as he spun in turn three. Joe Hoffman from nearby Drums, PA, would steal the lead on lap seven and begin to pull away from the rest of the field. The event saw minimal caution flags, with plenty of side by side action. Paul Koehler jr. would have the fans on their feet as he did, not one, but two complete 360s and continue on, without a caution. Larry Fisher made a charge from his 8th place starting position and earned himself a second place finish. Jim Yamelski would have a solid third, with veteran Late Model ace Jim Wismer in his familiar #7A finish 4th, and Mike Sweeney rounding out the top five. SVS truck and trailer repair of Hazleton, would add an extra $200 to Hoffman’s win, as they do for all divisions with 24 or more cars signed in the pit area on a given night.

The Street Stock Divisions set their feature field with two heat races producing Frank Reakes and Jimmy White Jr as the respective heat winners. On the first lap of the main event the #12 of Brian Sones spun in turn two, collecting the #14 of Reakes as well as the #71 of Mike Schadder and the #59 of Brian Hughes. Jimmy White Jr led the field to a complete restart and would lead for several laps. Lap two saw the only caution flag with a spin in turn three by Bobby Hunsicker Jr. Eric Danyluk in his #81 Camaro took over the lead on lap ten after battling with Paul Frantz, and then White. On lap 21 however, Danyluk’s night ended with engine trouble, handing the lead back to White. After a pit stop for repairs, #14 of Frank Reakes fought his way back to the third spot. Lapped traffic would become a factor as the #10 of Frantz, would overtake White, with a bold pass on the final lap in heavy traffic, to take the top honors. White had to settle for second and Reakes finished third.

The Thriller feature line up was set up with two heat races as well. Jeff Owler had the pole for heat #1, but Ricky Ross Jr would pick up the win. Harry Sager in his #61 would lead early, but the #25 of Steve Shultz took the lead on lap three to win the second heat. The #98 of Jeff Owler sat on the pole to begin the feature event but it was short lived as Sager had the lead by the completion of lap one. Diane Mensinger and Marissa Nelmes spun together in turn three during the seventh lap bringing out the first caution. Josh Oswald would grab the lead on lap 10, but by lap 12, Steve Shultz decided it was his turn. Ricky Ross Jr, looking to make it 2 for 2 on the night, grabbed the lead on lap 16 and held on for his second feature win of the evening.

The Formula Race Car Club of America would make their first appearance at Mountain Speedway for the 2007 season and delighted the fans. The #29 of Oscar Pacheco had a dominating evening in his open wheeled formula racer, winning both heat and feature. He was not without a challenge however. At the halfway point of the feature, he had his hands full with the #7 machine of Andy Graham. Graham worked on Pacheco the entire race but Pacheco was able to hold him off and claim the victory. This was the first of a 4 race oval series for the FRCCA.

Final Results:
40-Lap Street Stock (make-up from 5/12/07)
1- 14 Frank Reakes, 2- 10 Paul Frantz, 3- 81 Eric Danyluk, 4- 42x Dan Cascioli, 5- 34 Frank Katona, 6- 50 Bobby Hunsicker Jr, 7- 44c Chip Wanamaker, 8- 78 Robert Fink, 9- 53 Tony Hilliard, 10- 71 Mike Schadder, 11- 59 Brian Hughes, 12- 45 Todd Ahrner, 13- 12 Brian Sones, 14- 35 John Stonier, 15- 13 CJ Lehmann, 16- 19x Jimmy White Jr, DNS- 4 Chris Brazes

Thrillers (Make-up from 5/12/07)
1- 99 Ricky Ross Jr, 2- 25 Steve Shultz, 3- 61 Harry Sager, 4- 7 Mike Moyer Jr, 5- 830 Kevin Makarewicz, 6- 17 Josh Oswald, 7- 17w Shawn Burd, 8- 34 Wayne Lowe, 9- 316 Diane Mensinger, 10- 2AM Marissa Nelmes, 11- 07 Mike O'Byrne, 12- 98 Jeff Owler

Modifieds
1- 34 Rusty Smith, 2- 22 Zane Zeiner, 3- 95m John Markovic, 4- 33 Chaz Surman, 5- 8x Eddie Brunnhoelzl, 6- 87 Tommy Flanagan, 7- 17 Chris Whitenight, 8- 14 Amber Levandowski, 9- 5 Kyle Ebersole, 10- 8 John Bennett, 11- 45 Ernie Dengler, 12- 58 Sean Patterson, 13- 6R Rodney Gruber, 14- 19 Larry Fisher, 15- 3S Wayne Szerencsits, 16- 41 Todd Boer, 17- 9X Matt Clemens, 18- 53 Brian DeFebo, 19- 22X Chuck Schartzer, DNS- 21 Andy Walko

Late Models
1- 20 Joe Hoffman, 2- 19 Larry Fisher, 3- 9 Jim Yamelski, 4- 7A Jim Wismer, 5- D11 Mike Sweeney, 6- 22 Zane Zeiner, 7- 15 Joe Brown, 8- 6 Tony Zastko, 9- 0 Paul Koehler Jr, 10- 40 Todd Geist, 11- 99F Tom Flannigan, 12- 00P Pat Hargan, 13- 95 Joe Kehrli, 14- 61 Frank Hughes, 15- 454 Mike Radocha Jr, 16- 35 Joseph Burns, 17- 69 Glenn Heckman, 18- 11RT Bob Ankner, 19- 20X Mike van Fossen, 20- 316 Jerry Brighthaupt

Street Stocks
1- 10 Paul Frantz, 2- 19x Jimmy White Jr., 3- 14 Frank Reakes, 4- 45 Todd Ahrner,
5- 42x Dan Cascioli, 6- 78 Robert Fink, 7- 34 Frank Katona, 8- 13 CJ Lehmann, 9- 59 Brian Hughes, 10- 81 Eric Danyluk, 11- 50 Bobby Hunsicker Jr, 12- 44C Jason Arthofer, 13- 53 Tony Hilliard, 14- 12 Brian Sones, 15- 71 Mike Schadder, DQ- 4 Chris Brazes

Thrillers
1- 99 Ricky Ross Jr, 2- 17 Josh Oswald, 3- 61 Harry Sager, 4- 98 Jeff Owler, 5- 830 Kevin Makarewicz, 6- 17W Shawn Burd, 7- 7 Mike Moyer Jr, 8- 7 Mike O'Byrne, 9- 34 Wayne Lowe, 10- 316 Diane Mensinger, 11- 2AM Marissa Nelmes, DQ- 25 Steve Shultz

FRCCA
1- 29 Oscar Pacheco, 2- 7 Andy Graham, 3- 4 Chris Yeaton, 4- 42 John Tedesco, 5- 88 Bob Lima, 6- 52 Kirk Davis, 7- 13 Dominic Vitale, 8- 31 Darryl Kepler, 9- 14 John Heckman, 10- 20 John Smyles, 11- 55 Joe Fujelo, 12- 50 Jeff Krause

Pesky showers halt Mountain Speedway show

Persistent rain showers forced the postponement of Mountain Speedway’s scheduled feature events for the street stocks and thriller divisions, this past Saturday. As the 6 pm start time approached, a brief shower covered the speedway, forcing track management to shift gears and run the 50 lap 4-cylinder enduro stock event first, on the damp pavement. As the rain slowed, the action on the track picked up, with the drop of the green. Travis Fisher, the current 4-cylinder Thriller division point leader, would lead the field early in the #29X machine, owned by 2006 4-cylinder Thriller champ, Joe Sherman. Trouble would come early for the #09 of Joe Heintzelman, after first a spin on the frontstretch and then again on the backstretch, this time collecting the #68 of Harry Sager, would see the #09 retire early. After a brief red flag to remove the #09, teammates Nikki Wachs and Harry Sager, along with the #29 of Joe Sherman, would battle for the top spot. As the race approached the half way mark, Luke Colleran would take over the lead, as his Sager automotive #62, appeared to have the best set up on the wet track. But, as the track began to dry, the #62 began to lose its handle. In the mean time, Larry Fisher would begin a charge to the front in his own #8 machine. Fisher, enjoying a rare night off from the late model and modified division, would assume the top spot at the three quarters mark of the event, and hold off the challenges of son Travis, to pick up the victory.

Street stock heats were won by Rich Dimarco and Frank Reakes, setting the field for this coming Saturday’s make-up 40 lap feature, sponsored by National auto exchange of Berwick, Pennsylvania. Harry Sager and Ricky Ross jr. would claim the checkered in the Thriller heat races. Their feature will also be made up this Saturday.

The TQ midgets were also on hand, with the first of two heats scheduled being completed before the rain returned. Bob Watkins would pick up the win over Ryan Tidman. The second heat will be run on May 26, when the TQs return to Mountain, with twin features now on the card for that evening.

A special 5 pm start time will be in place for this Saturday, May 19. The Street stock and Thriller rained out features will be made up at that time. It should be an action packed evening with 7 features scheduled including the the regular Street stock and Thriller features, along with the Modifieds, Late models, and the Formula race car club of america, for the first of their 4-race oval series. Pits will open 1 hour earlier, at 1pm. The program will be moved up one hour, with practice beginning at 3 pm.

Don't Forget, ABC car crushing and auto parts-Mountain Madness enduro # 3 takes place this Sunday, May 20. 100 laps for both the 4 cylinder and 6/8 cylinder divisions. Race time is 2 pm.

Mountain Speedway to take part in motorsports caucus set for June 19th

Mountain Speedway, a popular auto racing facility situated in the St. Johns Valley just a few miles north of Hazleton, will be taking its show on the road on Tuesday, June 19th. From 9am to 3pm, promoter Joe Callavini along with co-promoter Mike Odwazny will have the Mountain Speedway two-seater late model race car present at the state capitol in Harrisburg, for a motorsports caucus. Located by the fountain, directly behind the capitol building on Commonwealth Avenue in downtown Harrisburg, race tracks from all over the state will be in the spotlight. Owners and promoters from many racing venues will be on hand to raise awareness of their overall economic impact on local businesses neighboring the more than 75 motorsports facilities state wide. Race cars from various divisions at both dirt and macadam race tracks will also be on display, and many top drivers will be appearing. Although a schedule of events is still being finalized, all race fans are urged to attend the historic event.

“Race days are, by far, our best days at the store”, stated local business owner, Matt Balliet, who along with his wife Barb, are the proprietors of Balliet’s Country Corner convenience/fuel station, located just down the road from the 1/3 mile asphalt oval speed park.

Other area businesses have felt the impact as well. Area hotels and restaurants have benefited from the revenue generated by Mountain Speedway. Many racers and fans travel from all over the north-east to attend various racing events at the track once called Evergreen Raceway, frequenting many of the local establishments, and spending their share along the way. Statistics show, that if you can bring a few thousand people to a particular event, even for just a few hours, it can directly effect local businesses.

Mountain Speedway’s racing season runs from March thru November, with more than 40 events scheduled. The speedway has a great family atmosphere, and is centrally located in the midst of many populated markets. The experience is genuine, with an emphasis on community involvement, and providing quality entertainment.

Local businesses and organizations are encouraged to inquire about how the exciting and fast paced avenue of motorsports marketing, can directly benefit them.

For more information, you can contact the speedway office at (570)384-3215 or visit the website at www.mountainspeedway.com. You may also contact your local state representative to show your support.

4 cylinder ENDURO added to Mountain show!!! Saturday, May 12

Just Added -Saturday, May 12
Saturday night-Under the lights!

4 Cylinder Enduro stocks
50 Laps-$300 to win!!!
Any D.O.T. radial tire-maximum 7 inch tread width
All Enduro Cars Welcome!
***NO ENTRY FEE***
plus Street Stocks-40 laps, $750 to win!
Thrillers, and TQ Midgets
pits open-2 pm, warm ups-4 pm
grandstands-5 pm, racing-6 pm
call the speedway office for more info!
(570)384-3215

Paules takes high groove to victory lane, Volpe notches 1st win in Late Models
By Ginger Kline 5/7/07

It was a weekend that many racers dream of. After picking up a win on saturday night at another asphalt track, Earl Paules would make it a perfect weekend by winning the 40 lap feature event at Mountain Speedway. At the drop of the green, the modified ace from Palmerton, Pennsylvania, would immediately take advantage of the tacky outside groove, and power his way to the front, taking home the $1500 top prize. Tony Volpe claimed his first win in the Late Model division, and pocketed a respectable $800, for his effort. The Thrillers had a great battle for the top spot with Steve Shultz crossing the finish line first over Ricky Ross Jr. Travis Fisher displayed determination as he picked up his third win in a row over talented female driver, Nikki Wachs, who led for much of the race. Also on hand at the popular 1/3 mile speed park located near Hazleton, PA, were the Keystone Legends tour as the crowd watched Tim Tomson best runner-up Jason Rochelle.

The Modifieds got under way with the first of two heat races. Larry Fisher, in his #19, took the lead by the completion of lap one with pole sitter Ernie Dengler dropping back quickly to seventh. Fisher was able to hold off the hard charging #34 of Rusty Smith to claim the victory in Heat One. Heat number two was led to the line by Kyle Ebersole who held on until lap three when the #8 of Earl Paules took over. Zane Zeiner, in his #22 made a great charge to the front but had to settle for second behind Paules in Heat Two. As the Balliet's country corner Modified feature got underway, Larry Fisher held the pole position but by lap eight, Earl Paules would overpower Fisher, utilizing the outside groove, to take the lead from his mid pack starting position. On lap six, the #14 of Amber Levandowski, climbed the front stretch gaurdrail, sliding all the way into the turn one wall, sending the safety foam flying and bringing out the red flag. She walked away from the scary wreck with a wave to the crowd. There were five caution periods in total during the Mod feature. The #4 of Barry Callavini, had a great run go sour, as the engine expired in his race works chassised machine. Towards the end of the event, a fierce battle ensued for second place between #53 of Brian DeFebo, and Zane Zeiner, in the Martinelli motorsports #22. But when the checkered flag fell, it was Earl Paules picking up the win, with Brian DeFebo claiming second over Zane Zeiner.

The first late model heat had Frank Hughes leading the field to the line but by the time lap one was complete, outside pole sitter, Glenn Heckman, took over the lead and never looked back. The #9 of Jim Yamelski, in only his second showing in a Late Model had problems sending him to the infield by the end of lap one. The heat ran caution free and Heckman claimed victory. In Heat Two, Colin Dempster lead the field to the start but Joe Hoffman in his #20 took over by lap one and held the spot for all eight laps. On lap three pole-sitter Dempster went around on the backstretch, bringing out the first caution. Frank Hughes led to the green for the feature event, but Glenn Heckman quickly took that spot away. Lap three saw more problems for Dempster, who spun in turn two, tagging the wall. As the field got back underway, Heckman spun in turn two on lap four bringing the caution back out. Lap 11 saw the third and final caution for the #61 of Hughes spinning in turn three. The remaining 19 laps produced a great battle for the lead between Heckman and the #11A of Tony Volpe but in the end Volpe came out on top followed by Heckman, Larry Fisher in third and Jim Yamelski battling up to fourth after having problems all day.

Harry Sager in his #61 lead the pack to the start of the Thriller Feature followed by the #98 of Jeff Owler. Sager held the first position until lap 10 when the #25 of Steve Shultz made his way past him for the lead. But the hard charger was the #99 of Ricky Ross Jr who started the event in the last position and was in second by lap 10. Lap four saw the only yellow for a spin by #17 of Josh Oswald on the front stretch. Shaun "Wallbanger" Burd charged his way through the field from the eighth starting position but ended up settling for third as the battle was on between Shultz and Ross. Ross tried every way to pass Shultz in an attempt to claim his third victory of the season but Steve Shultz won the exciting side-by-side battle across the finish line taking the checkered flag and the win.
The 4 Cylinder Thriller Feature Event was led to the green by the #63 of Nikki Wachs. On lap two, the #29 of Joe Sherman, last year’s champion, pulled to the pits with problems. Fortunately the fans watched a great caution-free race for this event. Wachs commanded the top spot but the #8 of Travis Fisher was on the move. By lap five Fisher was up to second after starting the feature in last place. The crowd was entertained by a great battle as Wachs tried to hold off Fisher but on lap 18 Fisher found his way around her to claim his third victory of the season, making it three in a row for last year’s 4 Cylinder Fan Favorite. Wachs finished a respectable second.

The fans also were delighted by the Keystone Legends Tour this past Sunday. Their two heats were quite eventful. The 91s of Lamar Shaffer had the lead for lap one but the R1 of Craig Rochelle took over the lead by lap two. After that it was a battle of brothers Craig and Jason Rochelle, for the top spot. In the end it was Craig picking up the win for Heat One. Heat Two began with the #2 of George Abt leading the field to the green. But Tim Tomson in his #94 took over the lead on lap two and held it to the checkered with the #02 of Jim Baker finishing second. The feature event had the #89 of Tim Bauer taking them to the green flag but as they began the #94T of Troy Lippencott spun in turns one and two causing a complete restart. Tim Tomson took over the lead on lap one as the event got underway and never looked back.

Don't forget, Mountain Speedway switches to saturday nights this coming weekend. National auto exchange of Berwick, will sponsor the Street stock 40 lap event, paying $750 to win. Also on the card will be Thrillers, TQ Midgets, and a 50 lap 4 cylinder enduro has been added. All enduro cars are welcome for the $300 to win event, run under the lights for the very first time. Enduro stocks may run any D.O.T. radial tire with a maximum 7 inch tread width.

Complete Results:
Modifieds:
1 - #8 Earl Paules, 2 -#53 Brian DeFebo, 3 - #22 Zane Zeiner, 4 - #19 Larry Fisher, 5 - #87 Tommy Flanagan, 6 - #33 Chaz Surman, 7 - #5 Kyle Ebersole, 8 - #3s Wayne Szerencsits, 9 - #45 Ernie Dengler, 10 - #4 Barry Callavini, 11 -#11 Chris Ammon, 12 - #17c Tom Casagrande, 13 - #14 Amber Levandowski, 14 - #34x Roger Evanek, 15 - #22x Tom Wanick, 16 - #21 Andy Walko, 17 - #34 Rusty Smith

Late Models:
1 - #11A Tony Volpe, 2 - #69 Glenn Heckman, 3 - #19 Larry Fisher, 4 - #9 Jim Yamelski, 5 - #99 Zane Zeiner, 6 - #20 Joe Hoffman, 7 - #35 Joseph Burns, 8 - #99f Tom Flannigan, 9 - #61 Frank Hughes, 10 - #8 Wayne Kirkpatrick, 11 - #15 Joe Brown, 12 - #3 Colin Dempster, DNS - #75 Mike Coll

Thrillers:
1 - #25 Steve Shultz, 2 - #99 Ricky Ross Jr, 3 - #17w Shawn Burd, 4 - #98 Jeff Owler, 5 - #61 Harry Sager, 6 - #7 Mike Moyer Jr, 7 - #34 Wayne Lowe, 8 - #96 Kyle Heckman, 9 - #17 Josh Oswald

4 Cylinder Thrillers:
1 - #8 Travis Fisher, 2 - #63 Nikki Wachs, 3 - #09 Joe Heintzelman, 4 - #57 Eric Wink, 5 - #4 David Sokol, 6 - #42 Jamie Damon, DQ - #29 Joe Sherman

Keystone Legends:
1 - #94 Tim Tomson, 2 - #R3 Jason Rochelle, 3 - #M1 - Todd McCollum, 4 - #R1 Craig Rochelle, 5 - #89 Tim Bauer, 6 - #91s Lamar Shaffer, 7 - #02 - Jim Baker, 8 - #25 Steve Sunday, 9 - #12 Jim Alexander, 10 - #61 Mark Schaffer, 11 - #64 Ron Poley, 12 - #2 George Abt, 13 - #33D Paul DeGracia, 14 - #40 Jason Simmons, 15 - 94T Troy Lippencott, 16 - #11H Matt Mascera, 17 - #001 Justin Mulea, 18 - #19 Drew Weisser, 19 - #Z Jim Black, 20 - #1 Mike Brannan

Ricky Ross Jr & Travis Fisher Claim Victories for the Second Week in a Row
By Ginger Kline April 29, 2007

It was a beautiful afternoon at Mountain Speedway as the large crowd on hand watched the Modifieds, Street Stocks, Thrillers, 4 Cylinder Thrillers, and the TQ Midgets put on a fantastic show. Rusty Smith, would power to the front and take home the $2000 top prize in the Modified division, Jimmy White Jr picked up his first win in the Street Stocks, Ricky Ross Jr was a repeat winner in the Thrillers, Travis Fisher would also make it two for two in the 4 Cylinder Thrillers, and Russ Bailey followed up his victory in the Spring Fling, with a win in the TQ Midgets. The heat winners were Daren Scherer, Wayne Szerencsits, and John Markovic for the Modifieds with Tim Santee winning the Modified Consi. Street Stock heat winners were Jimmy White Jr, JR Roth, and Eric Danyluk. Jeff Owler would pick up the win in the Thriller heat race. Finally, Tim Buckwalter and Russ Bailey took the TQ Midget heats.

Street Stocks took to the track first for their 25-lap feature event and after a brief rain shower, would see the green flag. Jimmy White Jr held the pole in his #19x Monte Carlo and never relinquished the position after having problems last week and not even starting the race. He was challenged by JR Roth until he had problems mid-race and held off a great charge by Paul Frantz, Robert Fink, and Frank Reakes. The race did end under an exciting green-white-checker finish.

The 40-lap Modified feature began next with Daren Scherer on the pole. By lap 11 the intensity was picking up as the #17 of Chris Whitenight battled Scherer for the lead and Rusty Smith, John Markovic, and Chaz Surman came on strong. Whitenight had mechanical problems sending him to the pits and Rusty Smith Took over the top spot and never gave it back. Scherer had to settle for fourth behind the race “Hard Charger” Zane Zeiner who came from 15th up to finish 3rd. John Markovic finished in second.

The TQ Midgets were up next for their 25-lap feature event with Jim Fleischman in his #41 on the pole. By lap 2 however, Russ Bailey took the lead and never looked back. With only three quick caution periods this race was all #51 Russ Bailey. Bailey held the fastest lap of the race with a 13.086 while Lew Ingall was the “Hard Charger” of the race moving up 11 positions during the event.

The Thriller feature saw great side-by-side action for it’s 20-lap event. The #98 of Jeff Owler led the cars to the start but quickly gave up the lead by lap two to the #99 of Ricky Ross Jr. The #7 of Mike Moyer JR. challenged for the top spot but Ross was able to hold him off the entire race. Moyer tried him on the inside and then outside but could not make the pass. Shawn Burd came all the way from the back of the pack after having to restart there for an incident on lap six to finish in third for the day.

Allen Myers started the 4 Cylinder Thriller 20-lap event in the top spot only to have the #63 of Nikki Wachs take the lead in lap two. Travis Fisher in his #8 Fisher Chassis machine began the race eighth but by lap five was already in the second position. On lap nine, Wachs appeared to be headed for her first checkered but suddenly slowed on the backstretch, handing the lead over to Fisher, who held it from that point on. This was his second win in a row keeping him on top of the points standings.

Here are your complete results:
Street Stocks - 1 - #19x Jimmy White Jr, 2 - #10 Paul Frantz, 3 - #78 Robert Fink, 4 - #14 Frank Reakes, 5 - #45 Todd Ahner, 6 - #29 Norm Barnes, 7 - #44C Chip Wanamaker, 8 - #81 Eric Danyluk, 9 - #461 Rich DiMarco, 10 - #28 Jerry Hildebrand, 11 - #12 Brian Sones, 12 - #50 Bobby Hunsicker Jr, 13 - #19 JR Roth, 14 - #CJ Lehmann, 15 - #44 Jason Arthofer, 16 - #53 Tony Hilliard, 17 - #42x Dan Cascioli, 18 - #55 William Hallstead

Modifieds - 1 - #34 Rusty Smith, 2 - #95m John Markovic, 3 - #22 Zane Zeiner, 4 - #3 Daren Scherer, 5 - #33 Chaz Surman, 6 - #8x Eddie Brunnhoelzl, 7 - #3S Wayne Szerencsits, 8 - #8 Earl Paules, 9 - #54 Mike Bohn, 10 - #21 Andy Walko, 11 - #52 Brian DeFebo, 12 - #87 Tommy Flanagan, 13 - #1 Tom Wanick, 14 - #4 Barry Callavini, 15 - #39 Tim Santee, 16 - #5 Kyle Ebersole, 17 - #9X Matt Clemens, 18 - #45 Ernie Dengler, 19 - #17 Chris Whitenight, DNS - #19 Larry Fisher

TQ Midgets - 1 - #51 Russ Bailey, 2 - #13 Robin Johnston, 3 - #36 Tim Buckwalter, 4 - #8 Lew Ingall, 5 - #16 Dave Williams, 6 - #69 Tim Behmer, 7 - #91 Bob Watkins Jr, 8 - #09 Neal Blatt, 9 - #43 Chad Haywood, 10 - #29 Zach Martini, 11 - #8X Jeff Werner, 12 - #96 Chris DeRitis, 13 - #98 Tim Procter, 14 - #35 Tim Behmer, 15 - #41 Jim Fleischman, DNS - #42 Mike Tidoback, DNS - #66 Robbie Pecorari

Thrillers - 1 - #99 Ricky Ross Jr, 2 - #7 Mike Moyer Jr, 3 - #17w Shawn Burd, 4 - #07 Mike O'Byrne, 5 - #17 Josh Oswald, 6 - #96 Kyle Heckman, 7 - #316 Diane Mensinger, 8 - #34 Wayne Lowe, 9 - #25 Steve Shultz, 10 - #98 Jeff Owler, DNS - #17c Tom Casagrande, DNS - #61 Harry Sager

4 Cylinder Thrillers - 1 - #8 Travis Fisher, 2 - #29 Joe Sherman, 3 - #09 Joe Heintzelman, 4 - #4 David Sokol, 5 - #57 Eric Wink, 6 - #28 Allen Myers, 7 - #42 Jamie Damon, 8 - #63 Nikki Wachs, 9 - #1 Frank Katona, 10 - #11 Walter Haas Jr

Back to Back Bailey at Mountain Speedway

Russ Bailey backed up his winning effort in the Spring Fling Thunder at
Mountain by winning his second TQ race of the season in the Alan Mollot/BJ
MacDonald Lindblad Badger 51 at Mountain Speedway in ST. John's Pa. Robin
Johnston finished second followed by Rookie sensation Tim Buckwalter.

Bailey took the early lead but had to earn the win after several cautions
bunched the field. following an early caution Bailey was challenged by
Buckwalter but staved off the challenge. After a late race caution bailey
held the point over then second place Robing Johnston.

Joe Payne advanced from his 12th starting position to fourth place in the
feature in the Lew Ingalls 8 Spitfire. Payne took over the ride in this
car after the engine in the Colin Martin 26 expired.

Bailey turned in the fastest lap of the day at 91.609 MPH followed by Robin
Johnston at 91.094 MPH followed by Tim Buckwalter at 91.240 MPH.

Heat races were won by Russ Bailey and Tim Buckwalter.

"Liquid" Lou Cicconi driving the Jim Peruto Keenan Motors 35 Dart looked to
be a sure winner in the first heat when a flat tire sent him to the pits.
Team Risqué and Competition Classics put forth a Herculean effort to have
all four team cars at the track for this week's races. The 35 Peruto car
suffered substantial damage in the lap one crash a week ago but was
returned to service one week later.

The next ATQMRA race will be at Wall Township Speedway on Sunday May 6th
for the Thunder at the Shore weekend running in conjunction with the
Whelen Modified tour event.

Contingency award winners were Russ Bailey and Dave Williams (Design 500),
Jeff Werner (Brices NAPA), Bob Watkins (M&R), Neal Blatt (AutoTrim
Design).

1.51 Russ Bailey 2.13 Robin Johnston 3.36 Tim Buckwalter 4.8 Lew Ingall 5.16 Dave
Williams 6.69 Tim Behmer 7.91 Bob Watkins Jr 8.09 Neal Blatt 9.43 Chad
Haywood 10.29 Zach Martini11.8X Jeff Werner 12.96 Chris DeRitis 13.98 Tim
Procter 14.35 Tim Behmer 15.41 Jim Fleischman 16.35 Lou Cicconi DNS 33. Frank
Fischer 26 Lew Ingalls

www.ATQMRA.com

Zeiner shines on opening day at Mountain Speedway
April 22, 2007 Ginger Kline

A near capacity crowd graced Mountain Speedway on what turned out to be a picture perfect Spring day in the Pocono foothills. This past Sunday’s season opener saw all five of Mountain’s regular divisions take to the speedway. The Modifieds, Street Stocks, Late Models, Thrillers, and 4 Cylinder Thrillers each saw great racing action. The starting positions had been determined on Pole Day April 1, 2007. A number of additional Modifieds registered and ran a consolation event to fill the 20-car starting grid.

Many drivers showed the opening day jitters, As pole sitter Larry Fisher, had John Cote to his outside. On lap four the #45 of Ernie Dengler spun on the backstretch bringing out the caution flag. Restarting lap four took a few tries and two laps later, the caution flew once again. The #14 machine of Amber Levandowski went into a spin on the front stretch. A pair of cautions would follow, one for Chris Whitenight and a few laps later for Lewis Hallock. On lap 19 Ernie Dengler spun again on the backstretch and the 35 of Larry Altholtz spun in turn four. The action would become intense as Zane Zeiner over took Larry Fisher for the lead on lap 27, with a bold, three wide power move, utilizing a lap car. This would turn out to be the winning move for the talented Martinelli motorsports hot shoe. Amber Levandowski did not have a good day hitting the wall in turn one bringing out the ninth caution of the race on lap 28. Brian Defebo in his #53, Defebo graphics entry would glue himself to Zeiner’s rear bumper and by lap 30 the two of them pulled away from the rest of the field. Tom Wanick spun on lap 32 in turn two. This ended up bunching the field up with Zeiner and Defebo continuing their battle but it was Zane Zeiner coming away with the win and the $2000 top prize. Ed Brunnhoelzl III, the 2006 modified champion, finished in third.

The Street Stock race had the #78 of Robert Fink on the pole with the 44C of Chip Wanamaker starting next to him in second. JR Roth got together in turn four with the #13 of CJ Lehmann before lap one was recorded in the books. By lap 20, Chip Wanamaker, Brad Kline, and Eric Danyluk were battling for the lead. Brad Kline started the race in the ninth position and worked all the way up to battle for the top spot. Frank Reakes in his #14 machine got together with Robert Fink in turns one and two had had to restart at the tail end of the field. By the end of the race Fast Frank Reakes worked all the way back to the fourth position. The #28 of Jerry Hilderand spun in turn two, which led to a very exciting green-white-checkered finish. As Wanamaker, Kline, and Danyluk battled for the lead the checker flew for Chip Wanamaker, followed closely by Eric Danyluk and then Brad Kline.

The Late Model 30-lap feature began with the #69 of Glenn Heckman on the pole and Larry Fisher in his familiar number #19 in the second position at the drop of the green flag. Fisher took over the lead on lap one when Heckman’s #69 machine spun in turn two and then again on the restart of lap two. On lap 18, the #9 of Jim Yamelski broke a driveshaft ending his late model debut. It came down to Larry Fisher and Zane Zeiner battling for the lead however unlike the modified event Larry Fisher came out on top winning the first Late Model Feature of the season. Zane Zeiner finished second and Roger Maynor came in third.

Mike O’Byrne began the Thriller feature on the pole but after taking the green flag he lost the lead to second place starting Bill Price Jr when they came back around to the start/finish line. The first caution flag waved on lap four when the #25 of Steve Shultz spun out, off the front bumper of Shaun “Wallbanger” Burd, in turn four. Burd would be sent to the back for rough riding. On lap eight the caution flag waved again for the #7 machine of Mike Moyer Jr who spun in turn two. On lap 11, Ricky Ross Jr took over the top spot passing the #48 of Price. Prices’ day would end early on lap 16, when while running in second place, something let go in his machine bringing out the caution for fluids. Ricky Ross Jr took the checkered flag winning the first feature event of the season followed by a hard charging, Shaun Burd and Steve Shultz.

The 20-lap 4 Cylinder Thriller feature ran very smoothly with only one caution. Travis Fisher started on the pole and by the halfway point of the race was a straightway ahead of the rest of the field. The #63 of Nikki Wachs spun going into turn three and was done for the day bringing out the only caution period. On lap six, Joe Heintzelman’s day was done when he had mechanical difficulties. It was Travis Fisher starting on the pole and taking the win, followed by the 2006 defending champion Joe Sherman, and David Sokol would end up third.

Final Results:
Modifieds:
1. #22 Zane Zeiner
2. #53 Brain Defebo
3. #8x Eddie Brunnhoelzl
4. #95m John Markovic
5. #34 Rusty Smith
6. #19 Larry Fisher
7. #21 Andy Walko
8. #87 Tommy Flanagan
9. #33 Chaz Surman
10. #4 Barry Callavini
11. #9x Matt Clemens
12. #5 Kyle Ebersole
13. #1 Tommy Wannick
14. #35 Larry Altholtz
15. #14 Amber Levandowski
16. #45 Ernie Dengler
17. #07 Lewis Hallock
18. #17 Chris Whitenight
19. #62 John Cote
20. #35 Wayne Szerenesits

Late Models:
1. #19 Larry Fisher
2. #99 Zane Zeiner
3. #28 Roger Maynor
4. #40 Todd Geist
5. #15 Joe Brown
6. #3 Colin Dempster
7. #9 Jim Yameiski
8. #20 Joe Hoffman
9. #69 Glenn Heckman
10. #75 Mike Coll
11. #61 Frank Hughes

Street Stocks:
1. #44c Chip Wanamaker
2. #81 Eric Danyluk
3. #23 Brad Kline
4. #14 Frank Reakes
5. #45 Todd Ahner
6. #461 Rich Dimarco
7. #10 Paul Frantz
8. #78 Robert Fink
9. #29 Norm Barnes
10. #53 Tony Hillard
11. #28 Jerry Hilderand
12. #12 Brain Sones
13. #50 Bobby Hunsicker Jr
14. #95 Scott Meckes
15. #13 CJ Lehman
16. #55 William Hallestead
17. #44 Jason Arthofer
18. #19 JR Roth

Thrillers:
1. #99 Ricky Ross Jr
2. #17w Shaun Burd
3. #25 Steve Shultz
4. #7 Mike Moyer Jr
5. #07 Mike O'Byrne
6. #96 Kyle Heckman
7. #72 Mark Paine
8. #48 Bill Price Jr
9. #34 Wayne Lowe
10. #61 Harry Sager
11. #98 Jeff Owler
12. #17 Josh Oswald
13. #12 Bob Wink
14. #33 TJ Kapish

4cyl Thrillers:
1. #8 Travis Fisher
2. #29 Joe Sherman
3. #4 David Sokol
4. #42 Jamie Damon
5. #57 Eric Wink
6. #21 Mike Herman
7. #09 Joe Heintzelman
8. #63 Nikki Wachs

Ginger Kline
Mountain Speedway

Formula Race Car Club of America to run oval series at Mountain Speedway

The Formula Race Car Club of America, or FRCCA, will be running a four race series at the competitive 1/3 mile oval located in St. Johns, Pennsylvania. Competing primarily on road courses, the FRCCA has frequented the popular facility several times in previous seasons, providing some exciting two and three wide open wheel racing.

The dates for the four race series are May 19, June 9, June 16, and August 18. The races will be run in conjunction with the regular Saturday night racing program.

The FRCCA is currently seeking a sponsor for the oval series. For more info, visit www.frcca.com or www.mountainspeedway.com.

Mountain Speedway season opener rescheduled to April 22

Due to the cold and wet weather that has moved into the northeast, the opening day extravaganza, originally set for Sunday, April 15th, has been rescheduled until Sunday, April 22nd. Headlined by the mighty tour type asphalt modified 40 lap event, which pays a respectable $2500 to win (with 28 mods signed in the pit area), the much anticipated lid lifter for the 1/3 mile facility located in St. Johns, Pennsylvania, just north of Hazleton, will look to fire off the first feature event at 2 pm-one week later than originally planned.

Also seeing action on the 22nd will be the Late Models, Street Stocks, Thrillers, and 4 cylinder Thrillers.

The ATQMRA’s “Spring Fling Thunder at Mountain Speedway” has also been rescheduled along with the “Winged 100” enduro event which shared the card. Originally set for Saturday, April 14th, the event has been shifted back one week to Saturday, April 21st. The lightning fast TQ Midget racers will compete for a $10,000 purse and pit drivers from all over the northeast and Canada against each other. Keeping the theme of midget and sprint car racing, enduro racers will be bolting wings to the roof of their full bodied racers and looking to jet to the $747 top prize.

Visit www.mountainspeedway.com or www.atqmra.org for more info.

ABC Car Crushing Mountain Madness Enduro #2 Wins Go To Bob Haeger & Dominic Ranieri
March 25, 2007 by Ginger Kline

Saturday March 24th saw the second of six races for the ABC Car Crushing Mountain Madness Enduro Series. Brian Brown held the pole position in the 4 Cylinder 100 lap portion of the event with 35 racers taking the green flag. Brian wouldn't hold the top spot for long, as the # 02 of Shawn Wanat took over the top spot and never looked back. Brian managed to hold on to second place until lap 79. On the 11th lap, Jimmy White Jr in the 19x, Jessica McGlynn in her 62 machine and the 51m of Mike Dunn got together coming out of turn 4 and came to rest. Although the 19x and 51m continued on, the # 62 sat on the track for the duration and ended up winning the “Twisted Metal” award, for the best wreck. The event was only red-flagged twice although we saw several spins and a few flat tires. The “Best Appearing” award went to the # 70D of Denise Siegel, who crossed the finish line still looking good before getting together with the 19a of Bobby Coco after the checkered fell. Shawn Wanat would cross the finish line first however the official win would go to Bob Haeger after the #02 did not pass post-race inspection.

In the 6/8 Cylinder 100 lap event, Randy Parsons Jr started the race in the pole position. By lap two, he would already feel the pressure from Joe Jentile and eventual race winner, Dominic Ranieri. Gentile would be forced to the pit area, when heavy smoke began to show from underneath his # 41 Chevy Malibu. On lap twelve, the #14 of Phil Lamonaco took the lead until the # 99 of Robin Schweire over took him four laps later. Schweire led the race until lap 51 when he ran into trouble in turns one and two. The #17x of Rob "the kid" McCormick would capitalize and take over the lead, which he would hold until the checkered. The race saw plenty of action, however would run the distance without a red flag condition. Lap 66 saw the #266 of Bob Kulik go for a wild spin off of turn four, collecting the #59 of Rich Moyer. The contact would earn Bob the “Twisted Metal” award. The “Best Appearing” award would go to the #58 of Randy Parsons Jr. After the checkered, post-race inspection would result in the disqualification of the #17x of McCormick, handing the win to Ranieri from Long Island, New York.

Here are the official results:
4 Cylinders
1. Bob Haeger, 2. Sam Ryan, 3. Mark Spencer, 4. John Saccomandi, 5. Sterling Kepner, 6. Bob Darde, 7. Tony Bozowski, 8. Brandon Brown, 9. Denise Siegel, 10. Kevin Smith, 11. Dave Bentley Jr., 12. Joe Heintzelman, 13. Jack McElrath, 14. Maurice Ott, 15. Chris Arner, 16. Art Kulik, 17. Mike Ventura, 18. Bobby Coco, 19. Nikki Wachs, 20. Cory Student, 21. Fluffy White, 22. Brian Brown, 23. Mike Mujsce Jr., 24. Judith Iwanyckyj, 25. Jimmy White Jr., 26. Larry Spencer, 27. George Loux, 28. Jennifer White, 29. Terry Reed, 30. Mike Dunn, 31. Jessica McGlynn, 32. Chris Seigel, 33. Shawn Wanat – DQ, 34. Larry Fisher – DQ, 35. Bill Rice - DQ

6/8 Cylinders
1.Dominic Ranieri, 2. Jeff Walls, 3. Tom Jensen, 4. Harry Sager, 5. Mike Rudolf, 6. Jim White, 7. Michael Bungay, 8. Mark Paine, 9. Shawn Gallucci, 10. Brandon Brown, 11. Steve Tito. 12. Ralph Bankes III, 13. Ed Brown Jr., 14. Bob Wink, 15. Rob Wickersheim, 16. Bobby Coco, 17. James Presley, 18. John Bittoni, 19. Randy Parsons Jr., 20. Aaron Miller, 21. Jeff Gregor, 22. Bob Kulik, 23. Robin Schweire, 24. Frank Reakes, 25. Rich Moyer, 26. Daniel Mullikin, 27. Tom Szoke, 28. Jezik Nehodah, 29. Kory Stevens, 30. Joe Jentile, 31. Rob McCormick – DQ, 32. Keith Bissinger – DQ, 33. Phil Lamonaco – DQ

Specialized Vehicle Services weekly purse bonus back in place at Mountain Speedway for 2007

With a healthy field of cars expected in all divisions at Mountain Speedway for the 2007 season, Specialized Vehicle Services of Hazleton, Pennsylvania will once again be looking to add to the weekly winners purse at the lightning fast third-mile asphalt racing facility. With twenty-four or more cars signed in the pit area for a particular division, the SVS bonus will be added to the already respectable top prize. The first car to the checkered for the Modifieds will receive an extra $500, Late Models an extra $200, and $100/ $50/ $25 to the Street Stocks, Thrillers, and Four cylinder Thrillers respectively.
“Competition is becoming tough and with more cars you really need to have your act together if you want to make the feature event. We wanted to reward the winner for those efforts and gain exposure for the business at the same time.” stated Barry Callavini, owner of SVS. “Being in the truck repair and towing business, we realize the importance of durability and routine maintenance.” Callavini added.
SVS truck and trailer repair is a full service facility located on route 924 in the Humboldt industrial park on the west side of Hazleton. Services offered include fleet maintenance, PA inspections, and trailer washouts. D + B towing, a division of SVS, also offers heavy wrecker, recovery and transport. You can reach SVS/D+B at 570-384-3772.

Balliet’s Country Corner returns as contingency partner for Mountain Speedway Modified division in 2007

It isn’t difficult to tell when there is a racing event at Mountain Speedway, all you need to do is stop at Balliet’s Country Corner in Drums, Pennsylvania. Located at the corner of St. Johns Road and Route 309, the deli/convenience store and Sunoco filling station, is a popular stop for racers and fans alike.
“Saturday and Sunday race days are, by far, our busiest day.”, stated owner Matt Balliet. “We look forward to partnering with Mountain Speedway once again in 2007.” Balliet added.
When not busy with the store, Matt occupies his time on the family farm as well as spinning wrenches on the asphalt modified of Don Wagner Jr., a familiar face at many tracks here in the Northeast, including Mountain Speedway.
Once again, Balliet’s Country Corner will distribute gift cards to the top three finishers in the modified division qualifying and consolation events. First place will receive a $20 gift card, with $10 to second, and $5 going to the third place car. Additionally, Balliet’s Country Corner will present a $1000 bonus to the 2007 Mountain Speedway Modified points champion at the annual awards banquet, to be held this year at Edgewood in the Pines country club, located just up the road from the popular mini mart.
Whether it’s for coffee, soda, chips, hoagies, candy, lottery, the newspaper, or to fuel up with Sunoco brand gasoline in your race car or hauler…make Balliet’s Country Corner Convenience, your favorite pit stop.

Daytona ARCA ace, Bobby Gerhart, To attend Mountain Speedway Laurel Mall race car show
By Mike Odwazny

ARCA race series veteran and restrictor plate wizard, Bobby Gerhart, who will be seeking his record fifth Daytona triumph in the 44th annual ARCA 200 on February 10th, Will be signing autographs on saturday, March 3rd at the Mountain Speedway Laurel Mall race car show. Also announced, The Bobby Gerhart racing #5 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS will be on display all week long. The Lebanon, Pennsylvania veteran is coming off back to back wins at Daytona in '05 and '06 and is the only ARCA driver with consecutive wins there. Gerhart, who finished second to Frank Kimmel in championship points in '06, will also be shooting for an unprecedented fifth consecutive Daytona pole award.
Gerhart, who has already announced he is running for the 2007 ARCA title, Will do so with the help of newly signed sponsor, Eagle Warranty Corporation. The Eynon, Pennsylvania-based company offers mechanical breakdown coverage for automobiles. "We are very excited to be partnering with a team the caliber of BGR,” said Sean Fadden, Vice-President of Eagle Warranty Corp. “We look forward to success both on and off the track. This will help take our company to the next level.”
Mountain speedway promoter Joe Callavini was also excited about the announcement. "Bobby Gerhart is a friend of mine and it's an honor to have him at the mall show. We all wish him luck in Daytona. It would be great to see him pull off another victory, and then be at the show to meet all our fans."
The 44th annual ARCA 200 at Daytona on saturday afternoon, February 10, will be shown live on SPEED channel at 4 pm ET. Bobby Gerhart racing can also be accessed through their website at www.bobbygerhart.com.

Upcoming events:
SUN-MAR 18 Swap meet and Racers flea market

Inaugural “Mountain Madness” Enduro Wins to Jeff Walls and Larry Fisher
By: Gene Ostrowski

St. Johns, PA- Mountain Speedway kicked off the ’07 season Saturday with the running of the ABC Car Crushing Mountain Madness “Frostbite Twin 100’s” enduros. Although there wasn’t any frost in sight the entire weekend, a few teams were bitten by the turnout of the competition, as Jeff Walls (Ridley, PA) dominated the 6/8 cylinder 100-lap enduro. Fern Glen’s Larry Fisher grabbed the gold in the tech area for the win in the 100-lap four-cylinder enduro. The events were sponsored in part by Jim’s Busy Bee Pest Control.

The 100-lap four-cylinder enduro started with John Saccomandi pacing the field from the pole position. However, a few drivers jumped the start and Greg Kopin overtook Saccomandi. Only one lap later, Duane Garrison took command, then later Shawn Wanat and Bob Haeger. Haeger and Wanat swapped the top spot a time or two before Wanat was spun to the infield by a lapped machine. He rejoined the field, but in the meantime, Larry Fisher cruised into the lead.

Fisher continued to lead at halfway, but he and Jarrod Hayes swapped the top spot on a number of occasions. At the same point of the event, Wanat had worked back into third. Sterling Kepner and Saccomandi completed the top five.

The last of four red flags flew on lap sixty-seven when flames erupted from the Amanda Spotts machine. The fire under the hood was quickly extinguished and Spotts, who appeared to be shaken up, was taken by ambulance to be checked for further observation. Green flag racing resumed and Wanat grabbed the lead on lap seventy-one. During the same lap, Hayes, who got a right rear flat tire, headed pit side.

Wanat began to distance himself from Fisher over the remaining laps and crossed the stripe first. However, Wanat failed to pass post race tech inspection and Fisher was later awarded the victory over Haeger, Sam Ryan, Bobby Coco and Mark Spencer. Fisher was awarded $700 for the victory and also won the best appearing car award.

Rich Laubenstiener made it to the starting grid, but could not get his car fired for the start. Run like a true enduro, his car was left as an obstacle on the speedway, which helped him win the “twisted metal” award.

Aaron Miller led the 6/8 cylinder division to the drop of the green flag in the second Frostbite 100-lap enduro. Miller led the first five circuits then was passed by Jeff Walls. By lap twenty-five, Ray Rothfuss worked his way into second with Dominic Ranieri, Shawn Gallucci and Tim Pauch in tow.

The only red flag of the race flew when Charlie Nansteel made heavy contact with the turn three wall. Nansteel was uninjured, but could not continue. Heartbreak hit Rothfuss when green flag racing resumed, as the car in front of him stalled. Rothfuss rear-ended the machine, therefore ending a solid run.

Unstoppable in his six-cylinder powered ride, Walls took the win over Pauch, Ranieri, Gallucci and Rob McCormick. “Man, that’s two out of the last three of these (enduros) we won here”, noted Walls in victory lane. “I just have to thank everyone that helped us out, it was a great day”. Walls pocketed $700 for the victory.

Harry Sager won the best appearing award for the division and Elliot Wohl won the “twisted metal” award for having the car with the most damage and toughest luck.

Any fan that brought a canned food item to the speedway received $2 off their admission. The canned goods will be donated to a local worthy cause.

The next Mountain Speedway event will be a racers ‘fleamarket/swapmeet’, which is scheduled for Sunday, March 18th. Following that weekend the speedway will host the second enduro for the ‘Mountain Madness’ enduro series, followed by a Saturday practice for all divisions (Saturday, March 31st). The following Sunday (April 1st) will be pole day, where drivers will qualify for opening day via time trials.

For the complete ’07 Mountain Speedway and Mountain Madness enduro schedules, along with rules and additional info, please visit the speedway website at www.mountainspeedway.com.

ABC Car Crushing Mountain Madness Enduro Series
Frostbite Twin 100's sponsored by Jim's Busy Bee Pest Control
6/8 Cylinders (100-laps)
Pos Name
1 Jeff Walls
2 Tim Pauch
3 Dominic Ranieri
4 Shawn Gallucci
5 Rob McCormick
6 Robin Schweire
7 Phil Lamonaco
8 TJ Kapish
9 Terry Nansteel
10 Frank Reakes
11 Edward Brown
12 Bob Wink
13 Mike Rudolph
14 Donnie Stewert
15 Joe Helberg
16 Kory Stevens
17 Tom Zoke
18 Kevin Skelly
19 Michael Bungay
20 Aaron Miller
21 Frank Martines
22 Randy Parsons Jr
23 Jess Martines
24 Tom Slee
25 Harry Sager
26 Gary Bauer
27 Cory Student
28 Keith Bissinger
29 Rob Wickersheim
30 Anthony Sesely
31 Brian Brown
32 Paul Mercante
33 Joe Jentile
34 Kevin Eyres
35 James Presley
36 Ray Rothfuss
37 Rich Moyer
38 Bob Kulik
39 Charlie Nansteel
40 Steve Tito
41 Daniel Mullikin
42 Jimmy White
43 Shaun Burd
44 Jack Levix
45 Elliott Wohl
46 George Kohrmann
47 Ryan Lewis
48 Shannon Weidler
49 Mark Paine

4 Cylinder (100-laps)
Pos Name
1 Larry Fisher
2 Bob Haeger
3 Sam Ryan
4 Bobby Coco
5 Mark Spencer
6 Luke Colleran
7 Denise Siegel
8 John Saccomandi
9 Sterling Kepner
10 Maurice Ott
11 Jarrod Hayes
12 Patrick Hargan
13 Art Kullik
14 Cory Student
15 Tony Bozowski
16 Bill Rice
17 Chris Seigel
18 Greg Kopin
19 Ken Cornell
20 Mark Andrews
21 Scott Dunn
22 Fluffy White
23 Frank Petroski
24 Mike Ventura
25 Bill Price
26 Larry Spencer
27 Brandon Brown
28 Jimmy White Jr
29 Bernie Bailey
30 Amanda Spotts
31 Nikki Wachs
32 Steven Sapp
33 Dave Bentley
34 Jack McElrath
35 Daniel Hargan
36 Gwen Sakowski
37 Duane Garrison
38 Lyn Hyle
39 Robin Vollmoeller
40 Jim Wichert
41 Rich DiMarco
42 Deb Arner
43 Jeff Gregor
44 Dave Moore
45 Butch Green
46 Christine Wanat
47 Rich Laubenstiener
DQ Shawn Wanat
DQ Jeffrey Barton

Upcoming regular events:
Saturday, January 6th – “Mountain Madness” enduro series “Frostbite Twin 100’s” (www.mountainspeedway.com).

MOUNTAIN SPEEDWAY RULES AND TENTATIVE SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE FOR 2007

St. Johns, PA- With the ringing in of the New Year and the holidays behind us, racers are beginning to think about the upcoming season at Mountain Speedway. Many have begun repairing, and repainting their cars in preparation for their 2007 campaign, while others are awaiting delivery on new equipment in hopes of a title run. Either way, racers anticipate the new rulebook and the upcoming season’s schedule like a teenager on prom night.

There have already been some changes, including the departure of the former promoter and it surely isn’t the last. New promoter, Mike Odwazny along with his energetic staff have been working full time on finalizing the rules. “We cleaned up a lot of the gray areas in both the general and divisional rules”, stated Odwazny. “We are also working on something right now that is very big, as well as a few other surprises that will have a direct impact on our racing program.”

The modifieds will see few changes, mainly the inception of aluminum body panels keeping in line with the tour type rules. The late model rules have been adjusted to even out the competition between the stock clip and fab clip cars. The street stocks will also have few changes, namely a weight rule change in regards to coil spring cars. The thriller division stays the same, with a few minor adjustments. An affordable street radial track tire will be introduced in the 4-cylinder thriller division.

Before the season even officially begins, a racers ‘fleamarket/swapmeet’ is on the card. The following weekend, the speedway will host the second of six ABC Car Crushing sponsored “Mountain Madness” enduros on Saturday. Two practice dates will follow on March 25th and 31st. Sunday, April 1st will be pole day, where drivers will qualify for opening day via time trials.

The NELMA (North East Late Model Association) will hold its first event of the season on Saturday, April 14th and the following day will be ‘opening day’, the official kick off for Mountain’s ’07 season.

Back on the schedule for the season (as promised) are the late models. Late last season, rumors swirled that the division was dropped. Untrue, the division will alternate weekly with the TQ midgets. The lightning fast, winged wonders will make at least 10 appearances on the season. The Keystone legends tour will also return on occasion to the speedway, along with special shows, which will be announced at a later date.

The third and fourth Enduros of the season will take to the speedway on Sunday, May 20 and again on Sunday, July 1st.

The action will heat up in month of July with a non-stop ‘Summer Racefest’, which will showcase the 1st of three “Big Dog Triple Crown” Modified events as well as extra distance-double points events for all divisions spread out over the course of the month.

Aug. 19th finds Enduro number five on the schedule. On that date will be the “first ever” mini van enduro sponsored by ABC Car Crushing and Auto Parts of Hunlock Creek, PA.

The second “Big Dog” Mod event will be on Saturday, Sept. 1st. The all star race trucks are also tentatively scheduled for the Labor Day weekend spectacular. The Cook’s Touch Restaurant Mark Corbisiero 77-lap memorial will return for the street stocks in September and should be an exciting double points event. Later in the month will be another extra distance street stock race, along with the return of NELMA.

The official season will come to a close in October with the running of the 8th annual “King of the Mountain” championship weekend on Oct.6th + 7th. This will be the final points event and championships will be decided for all divisions. Headlined by the “Big Dog Triple Crown” modified feature, this will be one show you won’t want to miss!

A special “Run What Ya Brung” show will take place in mid October and should showcase all of the season’s talent, going full bore toward victory lane!

For rules, schedule and all up to date information regarding Mountain Speedway, please visit the track’s website at www.mountainspeedway.com. Or call the speedway office at (570) 384-3215

2007 Mountain Speedway tentative schedule
SUN-MAR 18 Swap meet and Racers flea market VENDORS WANTED! Call the speedway office for more info and to reserve your spot
Admission $4 Vendor space (10x20) $20 SUN-MAR 25 Practice-All divisions
SAT-MAR 31 Practice-All divisions

SUN-APR 1 POLE DAY-Timed qualifying for April 15(all divisions)
SUN-APR 8 No Racing-Easter
SAT-APR 14 NELMA 75 for LM, MIDGETS
SUN-APR 15 OPENING DAY-MODS, LM, SS, TH, 4 TH, LEGENDS
SUN-APR 22 MODS, LM, SS, TH, 4 TH
SUN-APR 29 MODS, SS, TH, 4 TH, MIDGETS

SUN-MAY 6 LM, SS, TH, 4 TH, LEGENDS
SAT-MAY 12 MODS, SS, TH, 4 TH, MIDGETS
SAT-MAY 19 MODS, LM, SS, TH, + TBA
SAT-MAY 26 MODS, SS, TH, 4 TH, MIDGETS

SAT-JUNE 2 MODS, LM, SS, 4 TH, LEGENDS
SAT-JUNE 9 MODS, SS, TH, 4 TH, MIDGETS
SAT-JUNE 16 MODS, LM, TH, 4 TH, + TBA
SAT-JUNE 23 MODS, SS, TH, 4 TH, MIDGETS
SAT-JUNE 30 MODS, LM, SS, TH, 4 TH,

SAT-JULY 7 SUMMER RACEFEST-BIG DOG MOD EVENT (75 lap-DP), THRILLER (30 lap-DP), LM, SS
SAT-JULY 14 SUMMER RACEFEST-4 THRILLER (30 lap-DP), MODS, SS, TH, MIDGETS
SAT-JULY 21 SUMMER RACEFEST-STREET STOCK (50 lap-DP), MODS, TH, 4 TH
SAT-JULY 28 SUMMER RACEFEST-LATE MODEL (75 lap-DP) TH, 4 TH, MIDGETS

SAT-AUG 4 MODS, SS, TH, 4 TH, LEGENDS
SAT-AUG 11 MODS, LM, SS, 4 TH, MIDGETS
SAT-AUG 18 MODS, SS, TH, 4 TH, + TBA
SAT-AUG 25 LM, SS, TH, 4 TH, MIDGETS

SAT-SEPT 1 LABOR DAY WEEKEND SPECTACULAR-BIG DOG MOD EVENT (75 lap-DP), SS, TH, 4 TH, ALLSTAR TRUCKS
SUN-SEPT 9 THE COOK’S TOUCH RESTAURANT-MARK CORBISIERO MEMORIAL 77 LAP STREET STOCKS (DP), MODS, LM, 4 TH
SUN-SEPT 16 MODS, LM, SS, TH, 4 TH
SUN-SEPT 23 No Racing-TBA
SUN-SEPT 30 NELMA 100 for LM, STREET STOCK SHOWDOWN (75 laps)

SAT-OCT 6 “KING OF THE MOUNTAIN”-CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND
SUN-OCT 7 BIG DOG MOD EVENT + ALL DIV. LAST POINTS RACE!
SAT-OCT 13 “RUN WHAT YA BRUNG” open wheel +full fendered
SAT-OCT 20 RAIN DATE for SEPT 30

Note: DP=Double Points, MODS=modifieds, LM=late models,
SS=street stocks, TH=thrillers, 4 TH=4 cyl. Thrillers, TBA=to be announced
Management reserves the right to add/cancel/or change show dates as deemed necessary

Upcoming regular events:
Saturday, January 6th – “Mountain Madness” enduro series “Frostbite Twin 100’s” (www.mountainspeedway.com).

It’s “Full Speed Ahead” for Mountain in ‘07

St. Johns, PA- Mountain Speedway recently announced that the “Frostbite Twin 100’s” enduros would be the icebreaker for a new and improved season. In what should be the best season that the speedway has had in a number of years, the annual New Year’s kick off is slated for Saturday, January 6th.

“If the overwhelming number of phone calls that the track office has received since the announcement of the six race series are any indication of the response given from the drivers, the fans will definitely see some hardcore enduro racing”, said Mountain’s co-promoter, Mike Odwazny. He continued, “In addition, many regular Mountain drivers showed interest and have offered support for the upcoming season”.

Along with minimal rule amendments, the regular ’07 season schedule is also coming together. The rules will be available within a couple of weeks. “I’ve been in contact with a number of touring series lately”, said Odwazny. “We’re completing the schedule for the regular season and hope to have something in the near future”, he said.

Up next, and for ’07 are the Mountain Madness enduros, which will make their debut on Saturday, January 6th with the running of the “Frostbite Twin 100’s”. The distance for each, the 4 cylinders and the 6/8 cylinders will be 100-laps.

Along with the $600 to win (4 cyl. and 6/8 cyl.) trophies, which are Courtesy of Jim’s Busy Bee Pest Control, will be awarded to the top five finishers in each division. An award will be presented to the driver with the best appearing car and also to the driver who had the most twisted car by the end of the day. The award will be dubbed the “twisted metal” award. Since the original race announcement, trucks have been added to the show. If twenty or more 4/6-cylinder trucks are registered, they will run their own 50-lap enduro, with $300 to win. If less than twenty trucks are present, they will run with the 6/8 cylinder cars. “This show will be the footprint of a terrific season we have planned”, said Odwazny. “The Frostbite 100’s will break the ice for the new management and officials at the speedway, plus it will help introduce the fans to a quality show”.

The pit gates will open at 8 AM. There will be a drivers meeting at 12:15 PM and the enduro machines will take to the speedway at 1 PM. Grandstand admission for all ages is only $5. If you bring a canned food item to help support a local charity, the admission cost will drop to $3. The Mountain Madness enduro series schedules will be available at the January 6th event.

A racer’s pre-season “swap meet/flea market” for mid March is also in the planning stages.

For the rules, format and more information in regards to Mountain Speedway or the Mountain Madness enduro series, call the track office at 570-384-3215, or visit www.mountainspeedway.com.

Upcoming regular events:
Saturday, January 6th – “Mountain Madness” enduro series “Frostbite Twin 100’s” (www.mountainspeedway.com).

Mountain Speedway Announces “Mountain Madness” Enduros for Next Season
“Frostbite Twin 100’s” Slated For January 6th; Odwazny Named Co-Promoter

St. Johns, PA- Mountain Speedway promoter, Joe Callavini recently announced that major changes were in the works for his speedway for next season. While many of these changes will be released later in the off-season, the most recent announcement was that bone stock enduro racing would make its debut at the speedway in January. The “Mountain Madness” enduro series six-race schedule will kick off on January 6th, with the running of the “Frostbite Twin 100’s”

Run like a true to form enduro, the “Mountain Madness” enduro series will feature inexpensive “bone stock” automobiles for low budget racers, helping make enduro racing cheaper than it ever was. Both, the four cylinder and 6/8 cylinder divisions will have a three wide rolling start. Without yellow flags, only red flags will be thrown for serious incidents, or if a driver is in a dangerous situation on the speedway. “Dead” cars