ARDC WESTERN PA SWING THIS WEEKEND

By Steve Williams

ARDC will travel into western Pennsylvania this weekend to compete at Clinton County Raceway and Mercer Raceway Park.

The first stop on the trip out Route 80 will be Friday July 30th at Clinton County Raceway where the wingless midgets will be on the program with the 410 Xpress Sprint Car Series sanctioned by the ASCS Patriots. Also on the card are the Pro Stocks

Stop number two will be at the Mercer Raceway Park for the Sprint Slug-Out with the DIRTcar Sprint Challenge Series. Modifieds, Stocks and Mini Stocks will also be in competition.

Steve Buckwalter leads the ARDC with 6 wins but has had some serious competition from Ryan Smith and cousin Bruce Buckwalter Jr. in recent weeks. S. Buckwalter who is also the points leader has Drew Heistand nipping at his heels. Heistand, who has a third and two second place finishes in the last three races has yet to win this year but after installing a new Esslinger engine under the hood will be tough to keep out of victory lane, for long.

After spending many hours on the road, Bloomsburg’s Eric Heydenreich, Selinsgrove’s Steve Lenig and Wampum’s Joe Butera will finally get the advantage of a home game.

Heydenreich, who was the winner at Lincoln Speedway during the USAC tour is a member of the famed Heydenreich racing family from Bloomsburg, PA. The bullring at Clinton County with no outside guardrails in the corners will compliment his high riding style

Lenig, spends his free time with his sons racing Micro Sprints at Clinton County. After successful careers in Drag Racing and Micro Sprints, the Sunbury,PA body shop owner is looking to pick up his first win of the season.

Butera, who is making his first foray into midgets spent several years racing 410 Sprint Cars in Western PA.

Racing, both evenings, gets underway at 7:00pm.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, July 30, 2010

Clinton County Speedway

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Mercer Raceway

Friday, August 06, 2010

Dixieland Speedway

Friday, August 13, 2010

Accord Speedway

PAST RESULTS

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Big Diamond Raceway

RAIN

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Susquehanna Speedway Park

Billy Pauch Jr

Candy Bowl Makeup

Steve Buckwalter

Friday, April 30, 2010

Williams Grove Speedway

Steve Buckwalter

Sunday, May 02, 2010

Big Diamond Raceway

RAIN

March 28th Makeup

RAIN

Saturday, May 08, 2010

Williams Grove Speedway

RAIN

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Grandview Speedway

Billy Pauch Jr

Friday, May 28, 2010

Penn Can Speedway

Steve Buckwalter

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Grandview Speedway TOTH w/ USAC

Steve Buckwalter

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Lincoln Speedway w/USAC

Eric Heydenreich

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Susquehanna Speedway

Steve Buckwalter

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Bridgeport Speedway (1/4 mile)

Ryan Smith

Friday, July 02, 2010

Central Pennsylvania Speedway

Steve Buckwalter

Sunday, July 04, 2010

Georgetown Speedway

POSTPONED

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Williams Grove Speedway

Bruce Buckwalter Jr.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

May 8th Makeup

Ryan Smith

Friday, July 16, 2010

Accord Speedway

RAIN

UNOFFICIAL POINT STANDINGS

CAR#

DRIVER

TOTAL POINTS

1

0

STEVE

BUCKWALTER

1214

2

12

DREW

HEISTAND

1188

3

34

RYAN

SMITH

1120

4

11

ERIC

HEYDENREICH

1095

5

44

FRANK

POLIMEDA

1057

6

83

BRUCE

BUCKWALTER JR

982

7

46

BRETT

ARNDT

910

8

77

ALEX

BRIGHT

893

9

9

STEVE

LENIG

861

10

51

PJ

GARGIULO

848

11

78

NICK

WEAN

797

12

16

DAVE

SHIRK

765

13

52

TIM

BUCKWALTER

763

14

6

DUSTY

HEISTAND

716

15

19

STEVEN

DREVICKI

694

16

2

TRACY

READINGER

686

16

26

STEPHANIE

STEVENS

640

18

49

TREVOR

KOBYLARZ

637

19

75

RYAN

WATT

621

20

91

DONNIE