From Bob Miller
Bedford, PA — (June 21, 2013) — Robbie Stillwaggon of Burlington, NJ scored his third win in five starts on the 2013 Rislone URC Sprint Series on Friday night at the Bedford Speedway. Stillwaggon started eleventh and took the lead on lap eighteen of the twenty-five lap feature that went non-stop. Stillwaggon earned $2,000 for the win and ran an impressive race, mastering the field from start to finish on the well prepared Bedford Speedway. Stillwaggon enjoyed an animated victory lane that brought the Bedford crowd to their feet.
A field of twenty-one URC sprint cars took part in the program with heat race victories going to Chad Trout, Davie Franek and Robbie Stillwaggon.
In the twenty-five lap feature event, Chad Trout was the early race leader, holding off the challenges of Davie Franek. Not far off the pace was JJ Grasso racing in third followed by Scott Lutz and Dave Ely. Trout established a comfortable lead by lap seven and by that time, Robbie Stillwaggon was already up to fifth.
The caution free race continued and at the halfway point, Trout was still the race leader with Franek in second and Stillwaggon now in third as JJ Grasso and Dave Ely rounded out the top five. Slower traffic was now a factor and on lap fourteen, Stillwaggon passed Franek for second. Just one lap later, Stillwaggon was challenging Trout for the lead.
As the leaders passed on lap seventeen, Stillwaggon took the top spot but Trout wrestled the lead back going down the backstretch. On lap eighteen, Stillwaggon took the lead and at that point, the tip five were racing under a blanket.
For the final five laps, Stillwaggon mastered the big one-half mile Bedford Speedway to take the win. Chad Trout finished second followed by Davie Franek, JJ Grasso and Dave Ely. Making up the top ten were Art Liedl, Dan Mazy, Scott Lutz, Jimmy Stitzel and Jonathan Swanson.
25 LAP RISLONE URC SPRINT FINISH: Robbie Stillwaggon, Chad Trout, Davie Franek, JJ Grasso, Dave Ely, Art Liedl, Dan Mazy, Scott Lutz, Jimmy Stitzel, Jonathan Swanson, Josh Weller, Tim Kelly, Curt Michael, Michael Carber, Dave Betts, Kevin Darling, Kramer Williamson, Randy West, Steve Downs, Keith Prutzman, Bryn Gohn.
NEXT EVENT: Saturday, June 22 Winchester Speedway, Winchester, VA
RISLONE URC SPRINT SERIES SCHEDULE
| APRIL |
26 |
Big Diamond |
Robbie Stillwaggon |
| MAY |
11 |
Selinsgrove Jack Gunn |
JJ Grasso |
| JUNE |
1 |
New Egypt |
Art Liedl |
| JUNE |
15 |
Grandview |
Robbie Stillwaggon |
| JUNE |
21 |
Bedford |
Robbie Stillwaggon |
| JUNE |
22 |
Winchester, VA |
$2,000 To Win |
| JULY |
6 |
New Egypt |
$2,000 To Win |
| JULY |
20 |
Delaware International |
$2,000 To Win |
| JULY |
26 |
Potomac |
$2,000 To Win |
| AUG |
2 |
Williams Grove–Rislone |
$4,000 To Win |
| AUG |
3 |
Lincoln |
$2,000 To Win |
| AUG |
9 |
Black Rock |
$4,000 To Win |
| AUG |
10 |
Selinsgrove |
$2,000 To Win |
| AUG |
23 |
Williams Grove |
$2,200 To Win |
| AUG |
24 |
Port Royal |
$2,000 To Win |
| AUG |
31 |
Delaware International |
$2,000 To Win |
| SEPT |
7 |
Utica Rome–non-points |
$7,000 To Win |
| SEPT |
14 |
New Egypt |
$2,000 To Win |
| SEPT |
28 |
Selinsgrove 40 Laps |
$8,000 To Win |
| OCT |
4 |
Carolina Gastonia, NC |
$2,000 To Win |
| OCT |
5 |
Cherokee, Gafney, SC |
$2,000 To Win |
| OCT |
19 |
Grandview |
$2,000 To Win |
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URC FACTS: (Statistics maintained by Steve Barrick)
65 URC Seasons beginning in 1948 – 2012
Presented 1,500 Feature events
Visited 137 Different Speedway
Delivered 257 Different Feature Winners
Single season with the most different feature winners: 2007 (20 different winners)
Driver with the most URC feature wins: Glenn Fitzcharles (81)
Track Hosting the Most URC events: Delaware International (176), Bridgeport (145), Flemington (113) Grandview (87), Middletown (68)
Driver with the most consecutive URC feature wins: Hank Rogers (9) 1961-1962
There have been 4 Photo Finishes: 7-3-54 Hatfield, PA Bert Brooks/Tony Romit (T)
9-12-59 Selinsgrove, PA Al Chamberlain/Dave Humphrey (T)
7-29-61 Owego, NY Jim Maguire/Don Gillette (T)
9-1-69 Flemington, NJ Dick Tobias/Earl Halaquist (T)
Longest Running Tour Sponsor: Bar’s Leaks 18 years