From Selinsgrove Speedway
Selinsgrove, pA — (May 12, 2012) — Blane Heimbach of Selinsgrove drove to a convincing victory in Saturday night’s 32nd Annual Jack Gunn Memorial for sprint cars at Selinsgrove Speedway. The special event drew a stellar field of 47 entries and marked the seventh consecutive year that the Gunn Memorial was a challenge race between the speedway’s weekly 358 sprint cars and the traveling United Racing Company (URC) 360 sprint cars.
The $3,500 win was Heimbach’s first of the season and 34th career at the track behind the wheel of the Creasy Signs/Goff Racing No. 12 360 sprint car. Heimbach also became only the second driver to win the Gunn Memorial four times, tying the record held by Todd Shaffer of Millerstown when the annual tribute race to the late Hall of Fame race track promoter was run as a 410 sprint car event.
Davie Franek of Wantage, N.J., was the night’s fast qualifier with a lap time of 17.621 in a 360 sprint car. The Gunn Memorial was the second event in the inaugural $120,000 six-race Mach 1 Chassis Mid-Atlantic 360 Sprint Car Championship Series. Pat Cannon of Etters won the series opener at Selinsgrove on March 31 and finished second in the 30-lap Gunn Memorial after leading the first nine laps from the second starting position.
Tony Adams of Sunbury wired the field for his first win of the season and the 16th of his career at the track in the 25-lap late model feature. Adams became the fourth different winner in as many races this season.
John Fowler Jr. of Montandon scored his first career win in the 12-lap roadrunner race and became the division’s third different winner.
Sprint car drivers JR Berry of Boyertown and Eric Tomacek of Abbottstown were transported to an area hospital with undisclosed injuries sustained in separate racing incidents at the track.
Selinsgrove Speedway will present the 6th Annual Collier Paving & Construction Roadrunner 20 plus 358 sprint cars and late models at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 19. Track gates will open at 5 p.m.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY – 12 May 2012
358/360 Sprint Cars – 47 Entries
30-Lap A-Main: 1) 12 Blane Heimbach $3,500 2) 3 Pat Cannon 3) 28F Davie Franek 4) 56 Nate Snyder 5) 2 Jason Schultz 6) 1 Mark Smith 7) 89 Robbie Stillwagon 8) 99K Cody Keller 9) 18 Ryan Bolkhe 10) 19 Colby Womer 11) 63 Josh Weller 12) 71 Jessica Anderson 13) 50 Tim Berkheimer 14) 23 TJ Stutts 15) 88B Andy Best 16) 7C Chad Trout 17) 29W Ryan Wilson 18) 5B Josh Beard 19) 1B Joey Biasi 20) 22 Troy Betts 21) 77 Derek Locke DNF 22) 76 Larry Kelleher DNF 23) 11T TJ Winegardner DNF 24) 73 Kramer Williamson DNF 25) 7 Ed Aiken DNF 26) 11 Eric Tomecek DNF
Heat Winners: Robbie Stillwagon, Tim Berkheimer, Pat Cannon, Nate Snyder, Cody Keller
B-Main Winners: Josh Beard, Derek Locke
358/360 Time Trials: 1) 28F Davie Franek 17.621 2) 71 Jessica Anderson 17.686 3) 3 Pat Cannon 17.865 4) 7 Ed Aiken 17.965 5) 56W Randy West 17.999 6) 5B Josh Beard 18.001 7) 1 Mark Smith 18.012 8) 12 Blane Heimbach 18.013 9) 23 TJ Stutts 18.088 10) 2 Jason Shultz 18.105 11) 47R Eric Riggins 18.163 12) 18 Ryan Bohlke 18.190 13) 45 Chuck Hebing 18.192 14) 1Z Jessica Zemken 18.199 15) 99K Cody Keller 18.258 16) 11 Eric Tomecek 18.260 17) 29 Ryan Wilson 18.276 18) 77 Derek Locke 18.277 19) 56 Nate Snyder 18.293 20) 88B Andy Best 18.303 21) 89 Robbie Stillwagon 18.306 22) 17J Jonathan Swanson 18.343 23) 7C Chad Trout 18.353 24) 67 Steve Collins 18.370 25) 39 Tim Hogue 18.401 26) 76 Larry Kelleher 18.428 27) 50 Tim Berkheimer 18.463 28) 63W Josh Weller 18.469 29) 45N Kevin Nagy 18.487 30) 73 Kramer Williamson 18.496 31) 40 Mike Kostic 18.542 32) 5W Phil Walter 18.607 33) 21 Duane Mausteller 18.640 34) 19 Colby Womer 18.659 35) B1 Joe Biasi 18.680 36) 9D Kevin Darling 18.681 37) 11T TJ Winegardener 18.714 38) 15 Mark Bitner 18.826 39) 22 Troy Betts 18.937 40) 12S Jimmy Stitzel 18.960 41) 34 Danny Massey 19.062 42) X Dan Mazy 19.244 43) 6S Bill Sherman 19.266 44) 2L Art Lidel 19.394 45) 66 Ryan Kissinger 19.474 46) 97 Jimmy Ruppert 19.703 47) JR Berry DNT
Late Models – 27 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 88 Tony Adams 2) 119 Jim Bernheisel 3) 32 Coleby Frye 4) 99 Jeff Smith 5) 2 Steve Campbell 6) 2J Jeff Rine 7) 27 Jim Yoder 8) 16 Matt Cochran 9) 119B Bryan Bernheisel 10) 22 Brett Schadel 11) 61 Ken Trevitz 12) 06 Mike Lupfer 13) 4D Chad Hollenbeck 14) 0N Ryan Nearhood 15) 23S Todd Snook 16) 91 Chad Davis 17) 33C Chris Casner 18) 44 Donnie Schick DNF 19) 76 Andy Haus DNF 20) 21 Scott Haus DNF 21) 45 Eric Hons DNF 22) 24 Dylan Yoder DNF 23) 7M Meade Hahn DNF 24) 3W Tim Wilson DNF
Heat Winners: Jeff Rine, Tony Adams, Steve Campbell
Roadrunners – 21 Entries
12-Lap A-Main: 1) 02 John Fowler Jr. 2) 76 Bob Bussey 3) 28 Curtis Lawton 4) 8K Jeremy Kline 5) 31B Brandon Shultz 6) 15 Dustin Snook 7) 41D Dennis Conrad 8) 112 Ben Feree 9) 7 Butch Shaffer 10) 201 Brian Johnson 11) 111 Matt Lawrence 12) 29B Ricky Bender 13) 111X Larry Alvord 14) 99 Chris Hoffman 15) 00 Cory Long 16) 69 Scott Dunham Jr. 17) 2 Adam Campbell 18) 11 Keith Bissinger 19) 25J Nate Romig 20) 44 Corey Collier 21) 3 Bruce Wyland Jr.
Heat Winners: Ricky Bender, Keith Bissinger