By Steve Williams
The Wingless Midgets of the ARDC returned to New Egypt Speedway Tuesday to makeup the rained out Summer Sizzler 40 but it was too hard to tell which was hotter. The 90+ degree temperatures or Steve Buckwalter, as he picked up his ninth win of the season and increased his point lead.
At the start of the feature the drag race into the first turn was won by Dusty Heistand from his pole starting position followed by outside front row starter Bruce Buckwalter Jr.
Buckwalter dogged Heistand and on the fifth lap he moved into the lead but not without a struggle. Pulling up on Heistand’s bumper into third was brother Drew Heistand.
On the eighth circuit Drew passed Dusty for position and was followed by Steve Buckwalter who had started in the twelfth spot.
On the following lap S. Buckwalter drove deep into the third turn and for a time he, his cousin Bruce and Drew Heistand were three wide on the beautifully manicured speedway. With the huge crowd on its feet, S. Buckwalter came off the fourth turn with a slight advantage over cousin Bruce.
As S. Buckwalter opened up a big lead, Drew Heistand moved into second while a battle raged for the fourth spot. Nick Wean and Eric Heydenreich took turns swapping the position and then Ryan Smith, Alex Bright, Trevor Kobylarz and Billy Pauch Jr. all joined in.
Wean looked to have the fourth spot nailed down, when engine whoa’s hit the #78 and Wean had to pull to the infield, relinquishing the spot to Bruce Buckwalter Jr.
At the checkered flag, Steve Buckwalter had a 3.6 second advantage over Drew Heistand and Bruce Buckwalter Jr.
Rounding out the top five were Ryan Smith and Rookie Alex Bright. Sixth through tenth spots went to Trevor Kobylarz, Eric Heydenreich, Billy Pauch Jr., Dusty Heistand and PJ Gargiulo.
Heats for the 24 Midgets in attendance went to Nick Wean, Bruce Buckwalter Jr. and Steve Buckwalter
NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY August 31, 2010 ARDC MIDGETS (24 Entries) 1) 0 Steve Buckwalter, 2) 12 Drew Heistand, 3) 83 Bruce Buckwalter Jr., 4) 34 Ryan Smith, 5) 77 Alex Bright, 6) 49 Trevor Kobylarz, 7) 11 Eric Heydenreich, 8) 54 Billy Pauch Jr., 9) 6 Dusty Heistand, 10) 51 PJ Gargiulo, 11) 46 Bret Arndt, 12) 19 Steve Drevicki, 13) 2 Tracy Readinger, 14) 9 Steve Lenig, 15) 25 Chris Zrinski, 16) 99 Lou Cicconi, 17) 44 Frank Polimeda, 18) 78 Nick Wean, 19) 17 Donnie Hoffman, 20) 20 Carey Becker, 21) 52 Tim Buckwalter, 22) 91 Donnie Trent, 23) 75 Ryan Watt, 24) 16 Dave Shirk
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Bridgeport Speedway (1/4 mile)
Saturday, October 02, 2010
TBA Big Diamond Raceway
Sunday, October 03, 2010
TBA Big Diamond Raceway
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Grandview TOTH
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Susquehanna Speedway Park
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Susquehanna Speedway Park (Rain Date)
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
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
New Egypt Speedway
Steve Buckwalter
UNOFFICIAL POINT STANDINGS
CAR #
DRIVER
TOTAL POINTS
1
0
STEVE
BUCKWALTER
1739
2
12
DREW
HEISTAND
1667
3
34
RYAN
SMITH
1637
4
11
ERIC
HEYDENREICH
1467
5
83
BRUCE
BUCKWALTER JR
1329
6
46
BRETT
ARNDT
1289
7
77
ALEX
BRIGHT
1286
8
44
FRANK
POLIMEDA
1233
9
52
TIM
BUCKWALTER
1144
10
51
PJ
GARGIULO
1117
11
78
NICK
WEAN
1081
12
9
STEVE
LENIG
1076
13
19
STEVEN
DREVICKI
1071
14
6
DUSTY
HEISTAND
1010
15
49
TREVOR
KOBYLARZ
947
16
16
DAVE
SHIRK
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