From Selinsgrove Speedway
Selinsgrove, PA — (June 21, 2014) — In an exciting race that at one point produced a three-wide battle for the lead, Brock Zearfoss of Jonestown secured the front spot on lap 11 in Saturday night’s 25-lap 360 sprint car feature at Selinsgrove Speedway and drove to his first win of the season.
The win for Zearfoss, at the wheel of the Central Builders Supply No. 1-W, was his second career at the track and was worth $2,000.
Jeff Rine of Danville made a late-race pass for the lead in the 25-lap super late model feature for his third win of the year and 88th career at the track.
Derrick Garman of Loysville held off multiple challenges for the lead and scored his first career win at Selinsgrove Speedway in the 15-lap pro stock feature, while Keith Bissinger of Orangeville powered to his fourth win of the season in the 12-lap roadrunner race.
Selinsgrove Speedway will present the URC-sanctioned Middleswarth Potato Chips Firecracker 30 for 358-360 sprint cars paying $2,500 to win plus super late models and pro stocks at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28.
Polesitter Bobby Parrow took the early in the sprint car feature and was chased by fourth-place starter Ryan Kissinger. Kissinger and second-place starter Michael Walter II dueled for the runner-up position for several laps while sixth-place starter Brock Zearfoss joined the battle at the front of the pack.
On the sixth circuit, a three-wide race for the lead between Parrow, Kissinger, and Zearfoss unfolded through turns one and two. On a lap seven restart, Kissinger made a pass underneath Parrow in turn one to take the lead. Another torrid battle for the lead developed between Kissinger and Zearfoss, while an exciting wheel-to-wheel race was taking place for the top five positions between eighth-place starter TJ Stutts, fifth-place starter Derek Locke,and 10th-place starter Mark Smith.
On the 11th lap, Zearfoss attempted a pass on the low side through turns one and two but had to wait until turn four to make the winning pass using the outside line by Kissinger. Zearfoss then opened up a lead only to have Stutts make a spectacular effort to catch him in the final laps.
At the finish, Zearfoss was victorious by just 1.5 seconds over Stutts, Smith, Locke, and seventh-place starter Pat Cannon.
Front-row starter Hayes Mattern led the first lap of the late model feature over polesitter Pancho Lawler. On the second circuit, fourth-place starter Jerry Bard moved into the second position and started to reel in Mattern. With five laps completed, Mattern was leading Bard, third-place starter Matt Cochran, Lawler, and sixth-place starter Donnie Schick.
On the ninth circuit, Bard was in striking distance and made a pass for the lead by Mattern using the outside lane in turn two. At the halfway point, Bard had a solid lead over Mattern, ninth-place starter Jeff Rine, Cochran, and fifth-place starter Tony Adams. With 10 laps to race, Rine advanced to second and quickly gained real estate on Bard.
Rine made the winning pass by Bard using the inside groove racing off turn four on lap 22. Once in front of the pack, Rine stretched his lead and posted a 2.2-second margin of victory over Bard, seventh-place starter Jim Yoder, Adams, and Schick.
Second-place starter Kurt Wray powered into the lead at the start of the pro stock feature. Wray was trailed by fourth-place starter AJ Stroup for the first two laps until both AJ and his teammate and polesitter Nate Stroup withdrew from the race. Sixth-place starte Derrick Garman took over the second position and set his sights on Wray while 10th-place starter Nathan Long advanced to third.
On the sixth circuit, Wray’s car bobbled off the fourth turn and allowed Garman and eighth-place starter Brad Mitch to race by. The final laps produced another suspenseful finish as Mitch pulled alongside of Garman for the lead and win in turn three on the final lap only to have a caution flag break up the battle. For the one-lap chase to the checkered flag, Garman won by just .44 of a second over Mitch, Andrew Shoop, Jamin Chapmin, and Jake Buck.
In the roadrunner feature, second-place starter Curtis Lawton led the first lap, only to bobble in the second turn and lose the spot to fifth-place starter Keith Bissinger on the second circuit. Bissinger set the pace the rest of the event while being chased by third-place starter John Fowler Jr. At the finish, Bissinger was victorious by 2.2 seconds over Fowler, Bob Bussey, Brian Johnson, and Butch Shaffer.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY – 21 June 2014
358/360 Sprint Cars -16 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 1W Brock Zearfoss 2) 23 TJ Stutts 3) 1 Mark Smith 4) 77 Derek Locke 5) 3 Pat Cannon 6) 76 Larry Kelleher 7) 66 Ryan Kissinger 8) 49 Mike Walter 9) F5 Mark Bittner 10) 3Z Bobby Parrow 11) 71C Charlie Anderson 12) 29S Derek Steward 13) 33W Michael Walter II 14) 99K Cody Keller 15) 100 Jeff Lebowski 16) 29 Jason Shultz
Heat Winners: Ryan Kissnger, Cody Kelleher
Late Models – 15 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 2J Jeff Rine 2) 26 Jerry Bard 3) 27 Jim Yoder 4) 88 Tony Adams 5) 6 Donnie Schick 6) 2 Steve Campbell 7) 119B Bryan Bernheisel 8) 99Z Dave Zona 9) 24 Dylan Yoder 10) 61 Ken Trevitz 11) 16 Matt Cochran 12) 93 Pancho Lawler 13) 9 Hayes Mattern 14) 3 Jim Bernheisel 15) 45 Eric Hons
Heat Winners: Matt Cochran, Hayes Mattern
Pro Stocks – 16 Entries
15 Lap A-Main: 1) 111 Derrrick Garman 2) 10M Brad Mitch 3) 8S Andrew Shoop 4) 1C Jamin Chapman 5) 11 Jake Buck 6) 63 Nathan Long 7) 71 Kurt Wray 8) 2C Adam Campbell 9) 01 David Berry 10) 83 Matt Wilson 11) 3 Brandon Moser 12) 26 AJ Stroup 13) 26S Nate Stroup 14) 28 Dan Condo 15) 28J Jeff Ceballo 16) 1 Rick Bixler
Heat Winners: Kurt Wray, AJ Stroup
Roadrunners – 9 Entries
12-Lap A-Main: 1) 11 Keith Bissinger 2) 02 John Fowler 3) 76 Bob Bussey 4) 201 Brian Johnson 5) 7 Butch Shaffer 6) 22 Ricky Buss 7) 28 Curtis Lawton 8) 89 John Schoch 9) 8K Jeremy Kline