From Trail-Way Speedway
Hanover, PA — (August 2, 2013) — After a hour-long, 25-lap feature which featured two lengthy red flags, West York’s Jeff Rohrbaugh won Friday night’s survival of the fittest in the 358 sprint division at Trail-Way Speedway.
Not surprisingly, the fittest were led by the two leading feature winners in track history.
“I told my wife that the (number) 6 was not going to pass me on the top,” Rohrbaugh said after he claimed his third victory of the season and 27th of his Trail-Way career by edging 31-time feature winner Brad McClelland by less than two car-lengths at the checkered flag. “You know, Brad’s a hell of a driver. He’s just got his stuff operating.”
However, while Rohrbaugh had to deal with McClelland, who had won the preceding two features at Trail-Way, over the final nine laps to win, Rohrbaugh didn’t have to pass McClelland. Instead, Rohrbaugh steered past race-long leader Robbie Kendall on the 16th tour of the Adams County oval, one lap before disaster struck for Kendall.
Bidding for his second triumph of 2013 at Trail-Way, Kendall’s car veered high into the fourth turn to allow Rohrbaugh to pass. Before Kendall could complete another lap, the left front suspension broke on his No. 55K. The car flipped violently in the third turn before landing into the catch fence above the concrete wall. The fence caught Kendall’s car, but several poles were bent. The crash forced a 20-minute delay while track personnel removed the car.
That produced the second red flag of the feature. The first came when Matt Campbell’s car made contact with the No. 17E of Cris Eash and flipped into the first-turn wall, ending Campbell’s night and leading to a rare fuel stop with no green-flag laps completed, but with 22 caution laps down. The crash came after polesitter Cody Fletcher’s car spun in front of the field in the third turn on the initial start. Eash could not avoid Fletcher’s car and nosed into it..
Despite all of that, Eash who began his night by winning his heat race, eventually placed fifth behind third-place finisher Tim Wagaman and Austin Hogue. Spring Grove’s Zach Eucolano, who started 16th, placed seventh and won the Hard Charger Award.
Meanwhile, Rohrbaugh, whose own starting position benefited from the early accidents, followed Kendall for 14 laps before a caution flag waved for debris. After the restart, Kendall led one lap before Rohrbaugh, who earlier won his heat, made his winning pass.
“Luckily, we got to the front before him,” Rohrbaugh said about McClelland, who shared a fourth-row starting spot with Rohrbaugh at the start of the race. Rohrbaugh then admitted his engine was overheating and said, “She laid down there a little bit, but I kept my foot in there and Jim Travis makes good horsepower whether it runs 7,400 (rpm) or 8,400.”
In other action, Johnstown’s Jim Young, who soon turns 54 years old, led all 20 laps from the outside pole at the start to take the 600cc Micro Sprint Championship, which offered extra money to the purse for the 18 competing cars. Heat winner Tyler Esh, who started fourth, placed second, 1.18 seconds behind Young, to place ahead of Travis Esh, Shawn Seifert and heat victor Brad Weber.
Jason Chronister worked his way past outside polesitter Donald Hopkins Jr. on the seventh lap and claimed the 15-lap limited stock feature. Because of a late caution flag, Chronister had to win a one-lap shootout by .77 second over Rob Nicklow, who claimed second ahead of Hopkins. Robbie Carroll placed fourth while Cory Weishaar took fifth spot. The win was Chronister’s first of the season at Trail-Way.
The division drew the most cars, 32, among the 86 cars in the pit area and so required the lone consolation of the night after heat wins by Hopkins, Nicklow and Wes Kellison. Terry Hartlaub claimed the consolation win.
In the street stock feature, Rick Weaver passed outside polesitter Michael Goodwin for the point on the sixth circuit and paced the field over the remaining distance for his first triumph of the season at Trail-Way. However, Weaver had to hold off Jeremy Stremmel by less than a car-length to claim the victory in the race which ended at 12:32 a.m. Larry Landis took third while Bill Foster placed fourth and Dan Furman placed fifth.
Weaver and Furman claimed heat triumphs for the 20 street stocks competing.
The speedway will celebrate Sign Night next Friday night (8/9), during which fans may bring signs to the track for the opportunity to win prizes. The car divisions competing will be the 358 sprints, 600cc micro sprints, street stocks and limited stocks.
Trail-Way participates in the opening round of the annual 358 Lincoln/Trail-Way Shootout the next Friday night (8/16) in a 7:30 p.m. program. Bonus money will be presented to the 358 sprint drivers with the best average finishes in both Trail-Way’s program and Lincoln Speedway’s 358 sprint feature on Saturday, Aug. 17. The Central PA Legends, 600cc micro sprints and limited stocks will also be part of Trail-Way’s program.
For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered falls.
Trail-Way Speedway For Immediate Release August 2, 2013
RACE RESULTS
358 Sprint Cars
Feature (25 Laps)
1. 45-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 2. 6R-Brad McClelland; 3. 1*-Tim Wagaman II; 4. 52-Austin Hogue; 5. 17E-Cris Eash; 6. 64-Randy Whisler; 7. 10-Zach Eucolano; 8. 30-Seth Kearchner; 9. 11D-Mike Duncan Jr.; 10. 66a-Cody Fletcher (DNF); 11. 55K-Robbie Kendall (DNF); 12. 19Z-Isaac Sneeringer (DNF); 13. 5O-Brian Allman (DNF); 14. 89-Ashley Cappetta (DNF); 15. 81B-Bob Anderson (DNF); 16. 16-Matt Campbell (DNF). DNS: 69-Shane Hoff. No Time.
Lap Leaders – Robbie Kendall (1-15), Jeff Rohrbaugh (16-25).
Heat 1 (10 Laps/All Qualify)
1. 17E-Cris Eash; 2. 5O-Brian Allman; 3. 66A-Cody Fletcher; 4. 81B-Bob Anderson; 5. 1*-Tim Wagaman II; 6. 52-Austin Hogue; 7. 64-Randy Whisler; 8. 89-Ashley Cappetta. DNS: 69-Shane Hoff. Time – 2:28.05.
Heat 2 (10 Laps/All Qualify)
1. 45-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 2. 55K-Robbie Kendall; 3. 6R-Brad McClelland; 4. 30-Seth Kearchner; 5. 19Z-Isaac Sneeringer; 6. 16-Matt Campbell; 7. 11D-Mike Duncan (DNF); 8. 10-Zach Eucolano (DNF). Time – 2:24.61.
600cc Micro Sprints
Feature (Championship, 20 Laps)
1. 8-Jim Young; 2. 2-Tyler Esh; 3. 5E-Travis Esh; 4. 1-Shawn Seifert; 5. 17-Brad Weber; 6. 6-Hank Donovan Jr.; 7. 84-Colton Laughman; 8. 11Z-Zachary Light; 9. 10W-Spencer Wassilewski; 10. 07-Travis Scott; 11. 89-Alyson Dietz; 12. 10-Jeremy Glass; 13. 17D-David Holbrook; 14. 13-Bo Gordon Jr. (DNF); 15. 4C-Cheyenne Topper (DNF); 16. 76-Broc Lawrence (DNF); 17. 87-Julius Hines (DNF); 18. 42-Ed Guevara (DNF). No Time.
Lap Leaders – Jim Young (1-20).
Heat 1 (8 Laps/All Qualify)
1. 2-Tyler Esh; 2. 1-Shawn Seifert; 3. 11Z-Zachary Light; 4. 84-Colton Laughman; 5. 5E-Travis Esh; 6. 10W-Spencer Wassilewski; 7. 10-Jeremy Glass; 8. 76-Broc Lawrence (DNF); 9. 17D-David Holbrook (DNF). Time – 2:07.55.
Heat 2 (8 Laps/All Qualify)
1. 17-Brad Weber; 2. 13-Bo Gordon Jr.; 3. 8-Jim Young; 4. 6-Hank Donovan Jr.; 5.4C-Cheyenne Topper; 6. 07-Travis Scott; 7. 89-Alyson Dietz; 8. 87-Julius Hines; 9. 42-Ed Guevara (DNF). Time – 2:08.40.
Street Stocks
Feature (15 Laps)
1. 70-Rick Weaver; 2. 99-Jeremy Stremmel; 3. 3-Larry Landis; 4. 8-Bill Foster; 5. 5M-Dan Furman; 6. 74-Joe Racine; 7. 72-Travis Horan; 8. 40-David Goode; 9. 659H-Timothy Hahn; 10. 3B-Cameron Benyou; 11. 33-Michael Goodwin; 12. 04-Jim Jacobs; 13. 7M-Craig Wagaman(DNF); 14. 8D-Joe Daywalt (DNF); 15. 12-Jacob Markey (DNF); 16. 77-Justin Mitchell (DNF); 17. 10-Kyle Emig (DNF); 18. 71-Joseph Racine (DNF); 19. 7-David Johnson; 20. 25-Travis Leh. No Time.
Lap Leaders – Michael Goodwin (1-5), Rick Weaver (6-20)..
Heat 1 (8 Laps/All Qualify)
1. 70-Rick Weaver; 2. 3-Larry Landis; 3. 99-Jeremy Stremmel; 4. 3B-Cameron Benyou; 5. 77-Justin Mitchell; 6. 8-Bill Foster; 7. 10-Kyle Emig; 8. 25-Travis Leh; 9. 7-David Johnson (DNF); 10. 12-Jacob Markey (DNF). Time – 2:45.44.
Heat 2 (8 Laps/All Qualify)
1. 5M-Dan Furman; 2. 33-Michael Goodwin; 3. 659H-Timothy Hahn; 4. 74-Joe Racine; 5. 7M-Craig Wagaman; 6. 71-Joseph Racine; 7. 40-David Goode; 8. 04-Jim Jacobs; 9. 8D-Joe Daywalt; 10. 72-Travis Horan. Time – 2:44.57.
Limited Stocks
Feature (15 Laps)
1. 81-Matt Chronister; 2. 13-Rob Nicklow; 3. 27-Donald Hopkins Jr.; 4. 69-Robbie Carroll; 5. 37-Cory Weishaar; 6. 41-Robert Wellman; 7. 59-Ryan Smith; 8. 10-Aaron Levin; 9. 9-John Shorb Sr.; 10. 16-Julio Perez; 11. 25-Todd Miller; 12. 88-Justin Oberlin; 13. 5-Wes Kellison; 14. 3-Rod Weaver; 15. 99-Cody Klinedinst; 16. 54-Tyler Gastley (DNF); 17. 21-Ricky Weaver Jr. (DNF); 18. 86-Brian Walls (DNF); 19. 8-Lem Crawford (DNF); 20. 1-Tom Senseney (DNF); 21. 32-Jeff Foster (DNF); 22. 56-Brad Kress (DNF); 23. 39-Shane Miller (DNF); 24. 92-Terry Hartlaub (DNF). No Time.
Lap Leaders – Donald Hopkins Jr. (1-6), Matt Chronister (7-20) .
Heat 1 (6 Laps/7 Qualify)
1. 27-Donald Hopkins Jr.; 2. 21-Ricky Weaver Jr.; 3. 81-Matt Chronister; 4. 59-Ryan Smith; 5. 56-Brad Kress; 6. 39-Shane Miller; 7. 9-John Shorb Sr.; 8. 92-Terry Hartlaub; 9. 77-Brian Blank Jr.; 10. 55-Kory Shorb; 11. 99-Cody Klinedinst. Time – 2:11.80.
Heat 2 (6 Laps/7 Qualify)
1. 5-Wes Kellison; 2. 41-Robert Wellman; 3. 86-Brian Walls; 4. 8-Lem Crawford; 5. 10-Aaron Levin; 6. 25-Todd Miller; 7. 16-Julio Perez; 8. 1-Tom Senseney; 9. 28-Dale Arnold; 10. 01-Chelsea Weaver (DNF); 11. 29-Mike Wolf (DNF). Time – 2:11.00.
Heat 3 (6 Laps/7 Qualify)
1. 13-Rob Nicklow; 2. 3-Rod Weaver; 3. 32-Jeff Foster; 4. 69-Robbie Carroll; 5. 88-Justin Oberlin; 6. 37-Cory Weishaar; 7. 54-Tyler Gastley; 8. 94-Kenny Startzman (DNF); 9. 38. Jason Chronister (DNF). DNS: 11-Michael Kolodiej Jr. No Time.
Consolation (6 Laps/3 Qualify)
1. 92-Terry Hartlaub; 2. 1-Tom Senseney; 3. 99-Cody Klinedinst; 4. 55-Kory Shorb; 5. 77-Brian Blank Jr. DNS: 94-Kenny Startzman, 28-Dale Arnold, 38-Jason Chronister, 29-Mike Wolf, 11-Michael Kolodiej Jr., 01-Chelsea Weaver. Time – 2:13.48.