ROOKIE, TIM BUCKWALTER GRABS HIS FIRST ARDC MIDGET WIN IN AN EXCITING DUAL AT ACCORD

By Steve Williams

ARDC made a return to Accord Speedway to makeup the race that was rained out last month and there was a third different Buckwalter to pickup the checkered flag this year when rookie Tim Buckwalter visited victory lane for the first time.

Douglassville, Pennsylvania resident Timmy Buckwalter show the hot hand at the drop of the green flag and he used the top shelf to perfection as he drove off to a sizeable advantage in the early laps of the event. Eric Heydenreich, Brett Arndt and Dave Shirk provided the early opposition to Buckwalter as Buckwalter clearly had a wicked fast hot rod on this evening. From 12th starting position came “Flyin” Ryan Smith as the Kunkletown resident found the fast line in his Jerry Stewart owned Midget and reeled in the top runners with some great side by racing action.

Once Smith moved into the runner-up slot, he began to seek away around Buckwalter. Trying all lines of the speedway Smith decided to go for broke and that is when the racing really got interesting as Smith pulled of some major league slide jobs in turn three to try to claim the front spot. The slide jobs took Smith to the top of the raceway and allowed Buckwalter to drive back underneath Smith each time to retain the lead of the event. Buckwalter, sensing the urgency of the pressure from Smith, moved a bit down the raceway and stopped the advance of Smith although Smith did try to go top side a few more times but it was one of the other Buckwalters, Timmy, claiming the win in a great confrontation. Smith was the runner-up in a great run and Drew Heistand, who wowed the crowd with some backstretch wheelstands in his powerful new racer, was in for third place money. PJ Garguilo was fourth as he raced from 11th place to fourth in a great run. Brett Arndt completed the top five in his hot rod. Sixth through tenth were Trevor Kobylarz, Steve Buckwalter, Steve Drevicki, Steve Bull and Ryan Watt.

NOTES: Ryan Smith, Brett Arndt and Tim Buckwalter claimed the Midget heat wins. Joe Krawiec drove the Seals-It machine of Skip Matczek at the event. Krawiec is a regular at Whip City and the car is powered by a Quad-4 powerplant, almost 180 horsepower less than than the ARDC counterparts. Rookie Contender Alex Bright, hot shoe Nick Wean, Bruce Buckwalter and Krwaiec were all early retirees from the event. Ryan Greth was aboard the Burke Trucking Midget, and Greth is coming off some outstanding wins of late at the Hamlin Speedway and out in the Midwest where the Team traveled to capture a big 600 Micro win. Steve Buckwalter came into the event with the points lead and will leave the same but both Smith and Heistand gained some ground on the “Royersford Rocket” in this outing. Steve Pados welcomed the ARDC Midgets behind the Grandstand area and interviews were conducted with PJ Garguilo and Chris Zrinski as well as Modified legend Red Coffin and former ARDC president Ron Lauer and current Vice President Lou Zrinski. Later in the evening after the Midget feature, Pados presented an award from the Palmer Family to ARDC racing legend Jimmy Maguire for his service and dedication to the Midget racing community. Maguire missed the rained out ARDC show but returned for the show and interviewed in the announcing tower and told Gary Palmer he had a perfect track for racing. Maguire indicated he would love to take a spin around the Accord high banks at some point in time. Drew Heistand didn’t get the three-peat at Accord but he wowed the crowd with some deft driving in his DonCin Transport hot rod with some wheel stands down the backstretch. Stephanie Stevens returned to ARDC racing after sitting out some shows due to a blown motor.

ACCORD SPEEDWAY (August 13, 2010) ARDC MIDGETS (27 Entries)

1) 52 Tim Buckwalter, 2) 34 Ryan Smith,3) 12 Drew Heistand, 4) 51 PJ Garguilo, 5) 46 Brett Arndt, 6) 49 Trevor Kobylarz, 7) 0 Steve Buckwalter, 8) 19 Steven Drevicki, 9) 01 Steve Bull, 10) 75 Ryan Watt, 11) 9L Steve Lenig, 12) 25 Chris Zrinski, 13) 91 Donnie Trent, 14) 11 Eric Heydenreich, 15) 26 Stephanie Stevens, 16) 20 Carey Becker, 17) 64 Brett Conkling, 18) 16 Dave Shirk, DNF 19) 39 Justin Grosz, 20) 54 Ryan Greth, 21) 17 Donnie Hoffman, 22) 83 Bruce Buckwalter, 23) 4 Joe Krawiec, 24) 78 Nick Wean, 25) 77 Alex Bright DNQ 44 Frank Polimeda, 6 Dusty Heistand

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

Friday, July 30, 2010

Clinton County Speedway

Completion TBA

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Mercer Raceway

Steve Buckwalter

Friday, August 06, 2010

Dixieland Speedway

Steve Buckwalter

Friday August 13, 2010

Accord Speedway

Tim Buckwalter

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

New Egypt Speedway

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

New Egypt Speedway (Rain Date)

Friday, September 3, 2010

Clinton County Raceway

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Bridgeport Speedway (1/4 mile)

UNOFFICIAL POINT STANDING

POS

CAR #

DRIVER

PTS

1

0

Steve

Buckwalter

1599

2

12

Drew

Heistand

1537

3

34

Ryan

Smith

1515

4

11

Eric

Heydenreich

1364

5

46

Brett

Arndt

1207

6

83

Bruce

Buckwalter

1198

7

44

Frank

Polimeda

1173

8

77

Alex

Bright

1170

9

52

Tim

Buckwalter

1092

10

78

Nick

Wean

1033

11

51

PJ

Gargiulo

1029

12

9

Steve

Lenig

1010

13

19

Steve

Drevicki

994

14

6

Dusty

Heistand

924

15

16

Dave

Shirk

862

16

49

Trevor

Koblarz

834

17

25

Chris

Zrinski

765

18

2

Tracy

Reading

749