DUNCAN ADDS TWO MORE TITLES IN LAKEVILLE'S BLOW OUT
Lakeville, Ohio
Saturday, September 24, 2005
By Mike Swanger
Another action packed racing show with some great weather closed out the 2005 season during the 10th annual Dirt Blow Out on an emotional week-end at Lakeville.
The Big Four Series for the Super Late Models was the headliner of the program with Wooster's Doug Drown blowing the field away in the 40 lap event as the Wooster Glass, MCP Inc., and Boles & Boreman Enterprises #12 led all the way to pocket his second Big Four win of the year. D.J Cline who started 7th held off J.R. Gentry for second as those two ended up tied for second in series points. Charlie Duncan was running second and spun out early in the race, came back to take ninth which earned him the points championship for the third time in four years. Rick Bond captured fourth in the feature while 18th starting Dave Hornikel hustled to fifth. Heat winners on Friday were Tom Baker, Duncan, and Drown as Mansfield's Clint Coffman posted the last chance win.
Keith Pierce set the pace for the first three laps of the Steel Block Triple Crown Series final but after that it was all Wooster's Charlie Duncan as he cruised the Swift Auto Parts and Bishop Collision Repair Center #11 to the win and secured the Series title. D.J. Cline was the runner-up with Eric Smitley, Kristin Flory, and Brad Moore filling in the top five. Duncan and Pierce won the Friday heats.
The Modifieds were the most exciting race of the night as Mike Lonas was high tailing it around for the first 13 laps when the caution flew. On the restart, Sunbury's Rob Stambaugh put on a power move in the low groove and swiped the lead away from Lonas with Took Wiles hounding both of them and would slip into the top spot briefly as Lonas reclaimed the point on lap 22 but two laps later, Lonas and Wiles got hooked together, ending their chance of the win. From then on it was the Alum Creek Towing, Pauly's Machine Shop, and Buckeye Muffler & Brake #67 leading the way to the checkered flag. Chasing Stambaugh to the line was David Liles, Ron Miller, Rory Reed, and 16th starting Rob Cutlip. Topping the Friday heats were Stambaugh, Wayne Maffett Jr. and Wiles.
Rushville's IN. Tate Martz went flag to flag to win the USAC FF Midget feature with Jimmy Light right on the rear of Martz at the line. It was the second win at Lakeville for the two time champ of the Midwest Focus Series. Kyle Robbins ran third with the Daugherty boys, Nick and Luke in fourth and fifth. James Robertson and Light were the heat winners on Friday.
The Pure Stocks put on a fan pleasing race with Fred Snyder setting the pace for the first 13 laps as Galion's Todd Swim surfed his way to the front at that time and scored his first win aboard the Advance Auto Parts, Smith Fabricating, and W.L. Logan Trucking #57. Snyder kept second with the 55 Chevy of Tim Myers taking third with three laps to go as and Tony Paynter taking fourth with two laps to go as Dave Haven Jr. clung to a top five finish. Friday heat winners were Rick Frame and Paynter.
Wooster's Hud Wharton started the Quality Fiberglass, Wharton Excavating, and Kato's Bottle House #27 on the pole and never looked back for the Fall Championship Cruisers victory. It was a battle royale for the rest of the top five as Paul McVicker, Bill Severe, Ken Yarosh, and Todd Gallion put a choke hold on the top five finishing spots. Friday's heat wins went to Wharton, Kyle Cline and Fred West.
For the 8th time this year, Mansfield's Henry Britton parked the Hall's Auto Sales, TBS Carpet Outlet, and Wright Choice Auto Sales #81 in the Fall Championships victory lane for the Mini Stocks. Sean Rush ran second with Brandon Morrow, Eric Patrick, and 17th starting John Gardiner rounding out the top five. Dale Beckett, Glenn Elliott Jr., Sean Rush, and Morrow won the heats on Friday with Gary Hensel Jr. of Wooster nailing down the 'B' win.
Friday nights mini truck feature had North Lawrence's Dave Caskey picking up his first win with a flag to flag run in the #02. Joe Hoover was in hot pursuit but settled for second in front of Mike Cottrell, Tom Garlick, and Gerald Pringle. Caskey and Rick Jensen topped the heat races.
LAKEVILLE SUMMARY OF THE 10th ANNUAL OHIO DIRT BLOW OUT
FRIDAY & SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23RD & 24TH
SUPER LATE MODELS
Heat 1 Tom Baker, D.J. Miller, Blaine Aber, Rick Bond
Heat 2 Charlie Duncan, Ryan Markham, D.J. Cline, J.R. Gentry
Heat 3 Doug Drown, Don Gross, Wayne Maffett Jr., Mark Gardiner
Feature Drown, Cline, Gentry, Bond, Hornikel, Coffman, Maffett Jr., Markham, Duncan, Gross, J. Gentry, Armstrong, Bores, Aber, Wright, Elliott, Smitley, Baker, Miller, Gardiner
'B' Main Coffman,Elliott, Armstrong, Smitley, J. Gentry, Hornikel, Wright, Scott, Bores
STEEL BLOCK LATE MODELS
Heat 1 Charlie Duncan, Brad Moore, Kristin Flory, Wes Morrison
Heat 2 Keith Pierce, Hans Grossniklaus, Eric Smitley, D.J. Cline
Feature Duncan, Cline, Smitley, Flory, Moore, Grossniklaus, M. Bores, Morrison, Bucher, Stewart, Mong, Missler, Potts, Pierce, Bieri, Reed, Koerper, (dns') Fitch, McIntire, Jaquet
MODIFIEDS
Heat 1 Rob Stambaugh, Rory Reed, Ron Miller, Bruce Jennings
Heat 2 Wayne Maffett Jr., Corey Camillo, Derrick Hubbard, Gary McGregor
Heat 3 Took Wiles, David Liles, Mike Lonas, Jason Graham
Feature Stambaugh, Liles, Miller, Reed, Cutlip, Camillo, Jennings, Lonas, Scott, Munyan, Howe, Skeans, Wiles, Hubbard, Wolford, Boyd, Graham, Maffett Jr., McGregor, (dns') McIntire
USAC FF MIDGETS
Heat 1 James Robertson, Kyle Robbins, Nick Daugherty, Zach Gibson
Heat 2 Jimmy Light, Adam Kramer, Tate Martz, Jeff Mayer
Feature Martz, Light, Robbins, N. Daugherty, L. Daugherty, Mayer, Robertson, Hansen, Gibson, Kramer, Harble, Nigh
PURE STOCKS
Heat 1 Rick Frame, Todd Swim, Verne Siegrist, Dave Haven Jr.
Heat 2 Tony Paynter, Tim Myers, Don Baney, Fred Snyder
Feature Swim, Snyder, Myers, Paynter, Haven Jr., McFadden, Baney, Wolford, Graber, Siegrist, Bachmann, Ruckman, Kaplinsky, Frame, Hatfield, Shears, Swinehart, Tuttle, Drouhard, (dns') Goerz, Holmes
CRUISERS
Heat 1 Hud Wharton, Bill Severe, Craig Fry, Steve Bowen
Heat 2 Kyle Cline, James Gerbasi, Todd Gallion, Bill Curie
Heat 3 Fred West, Paul McVicker, Frank Oriti, Ken Yarosh
Feature Wharton, McVicker, Severe, Yarosh, Gallion, Fry, Bowen, Gerbasi, Radcliff, Curie, Strehme, Nibarger, Asbury, Oriti, Mager, West, Clark, Napier, Cline, Dominac, Shaver, (dns) Elliott Sr.
MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Dale Beckett, Henry Britton, Don Lehman, Matt Searls
Heat 2 Glenn Elliott Jr., Eric Patrick, Joey Alexander, Andre Chemarmalorich
Heat 3 Sean Rush, Roger Rush Sr., Jason St. John, Jeremy Lucas
Heat 4 Brandon Morrow, Ed Harris, Brad Hensel, Jeff Rose
Feature Britton, S. Rush, Morrow, Patrick, Gardiner, Jackson, Rose, St. John, Sibila, Lehman, Lucas, Alexander, R. Rush, Medley, Searls, Hensel, Cyrus, Elliott, Harris, Chemarmalorich, Beckett, (dns) Quinn
'B' Main Hensel Jr., Dawson, Cyrus, Sibila, West, Maffett Sr., Friend, Swim, Swain, Casey, Stober, Malone, Puru, Young, (dns') Frederick, Moore, Sawyer, Quickenson
MINI TRUCKS
Heat 1 Dave Caskey, Joe Hoover, Jeff Funk, Jesse Combs
Heat 2 Rick Jensen, Brandon Craver, Brandon Leyda, Tom Garlick
Feature Caskey, Hoover, Cottrell, Garlick, Pringle, Craver, Funk, Jensen, Leyda, Je. Combs, O' Dell, Lenhart, Jo. Combs, (dns) Cline
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LAKEVILLE CHAMPIONSHIPS GO DOWN TO THE WIRE
Lakeville, Ohio
Friday, September 16, 2005
By Mike Swanger
Although rain was all around and after a shower at 5 p.m., it stayed dry for the season championships at Lakeville Friday Night as four drivers claimed the crowns and two others shared one. The top six in points for the late models ran a heat race that would determine the starting line up for the feature with Luke Bieri winning and starting on the pole with points leader Charlie Duncan of Millersburg alongside. Duncan and his Ken Adams Trucking, Leroy's Place, and Cherokee Builders #17 got an early scare when Wes Morrison Sr. slowed on the front stretch and Duncan made contact trying to get around and after some sheet metal was pulled away from the right front tire, Duncan pulled away from the field to secure his fourth championship since 1999. It was a dogfight for the rest of the top five with Bieri, Dave Bucher, and Eric Smitley running for the second spot until Bieri spun on lap 17. Behind them, Brad Moore, Art Ball, Gabe McIntire, Mike Bores, and Kristin Flory put on a show for top five positioning. On the last lap, Smitley slipped past Bucher for second with Moore taking fourth and Mike Bores taking fifth from his 12th starting place in his first visit to Lakeville this year. Jamie Reed and Moore also won heats.
For the pure stocks Fred Snyder had a five point lead over Ashland's Hiram Bachmann to start the night and with every position worth five points, Snyder needed to finish in front of Bachmann for the title. After their heat race, the feature line up had Shaun Cains on the pole and Bachmann beside him and Snyder in the third slot. At the drop of the green, Bachmann jumped into the lead with Snyder in tow and that was the way they finished as the Dundee driver stayed on the rear bumper of the R & J Body and Fender, Mufflers and More, and Rahall's Graphics #92 and the two claimed the co-championship. Cains held on to third with Don Baney and Mike Graber filling out the top five. Chad Craver claimed the other heat win.
Big Prairie's Mason Radcliff had a 90 point advantage going into the cruiser finale and needed almost all of it to claim his second straight crown. Fred West would start on the pole of the feature by winning the heat and Radcliff would start fourth and the two ran one - two from the second circuit on until the pair made contact on lap 11 with the axle breaking on Radcliff's #69 and dropping him to a 15th place finish which would end up giving him a 25 point bulge over Paul McVicker who would finish second in the feature as the Crossroads Trading Post and JJ's Auto Sales #71 of Mansfield's Fred West would post his fourth win of the year. Rounding out the top five were Kyle Cline, Frank Oriti and James Gerbasi. Hud Wharton and Oriti posted heat wins also.
The mini stock crown had been claimed by Millersburg's Dale Beckett two week's ago, his 4th straight championship, and as he took the night off the feature as usual was wide open with Millersburg's Willie Coblentz starting second beside heat winner Sean Rush and with Henry Britton in the mix, the threesome would be less than two car lengths apart the rest of the way as Britton would sneak into the top spot on laps ten and 11 but Coblentz would come back to claim his first ever feature win. Rush would hold third with Brian Dawson and Justin Brown following. Other heat winners were J.R. Cagle, Matt Searls, and Kalvi Puru. Coshocton's Andy Parks won the 'B' feature.
Mohicanville's Tom Kemp started the mini truck night with a 65 point lead and was running second in the feature when the #34 locked up and stopped running and that dropped him to a 12th place finish but it was good enough to gather in the championship as Jeff Funk finished second and finished 15 tallies behind Kemp. North Lawrence's Chaz O' Dell led all the way as the soft spoken youngster picked up his second win of the season. Tom Garlick was third with Joe Hoover fourth and fifth went to Mike Cottrell, who was a heat winner with Brandon Leyda.
LAKEVILLE SUMMARY
Friday, September 16, 2005
STEEL BLOCK LATE MODELS
Heat 1 Jamie Reed, Gabe McIntire, Art Ball, Josh McMorrow
Heat 2 Brad Moore, Nate Potts, Mike Bores, John Bores
Heat 3 Luke Bieri, Charlie Duncan, Eric Smitley, Dave Bucher
Feature Duncan, Smitley, Bucher, Moore, M. Bores, McIntire, Flory, Ball, Jones, Bieri, Potts, J. Bores, McMorrow, Reed, Cushing, Morrison, Stewart
PURE STOCKS
Heat 1 Chad Craver, Paul Holmes, Denny Shears, Keith Tish
Heat 2 Shaun Cains, Hiram Bachmann, Fred Snyder, Mike Graber
Feature Bachmann, Snyder, Cains, Baney, Graber, Holmes, Craver, Shears, Harris, Tish, Marsh (dns)
CRUISERS
Heat 1 Hud Wharton, Glenn Elliott Jr., Ken Yarosh, Kyle Cline
Heat 2 Frank Oriti, Brad Napier, Tony Cline, Tim Wallace
Heat 3 Fred West, James Gerbasi, Bill Severe, Mason Radcliff
Feature West, McVicker, K. Cline, Oriti, Gerbasi, Severe, Elliott Jr., Sibila, Amstutz, Napier, Wallace, Wharton, Clark, Coons, Radcliff, T. Cline, Yarosh, Burgess, Nibarger (dns)
MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 J.R. Cagle, Kyle Moore, Rick Maffett Sr., Ed Harris
Heat 2 Matt Searls, Nick Smith, Cody Rinard, Stan White
Heat 3 Kalvi Puru, Tyler Frankenberry, Jeff Rose, Mark Myers
Heat 4 Sean Rush, Willie Coblentz, Henry Britton, Brian Dawson
Feature Coblentz, Britton, S. Rush, Dawson, Brown, R. Rush, R. Miller, N. Smith, Puru, Searls, Moore, Frankenberry, Rinard, Maffett Sr., Rose, White, Harris, Myers, Cagle, Gray
'B' Main Parks, Friend, Breckler, Stamper, Lucas, Seitz, Quinn, Chemarmazovreh, Hensel, B. Smith, Alexander, Gardiner, Wilkins, Asbury, Casey, Stober, Boales, Patrick, Delong, Ray, Cyrus, King, S. Miller, Wilbur, Madison, West, Elliott Sr.
MINI TRUCKS
Heat 1 Brandon Leyda, Jesse Combs, Joe Hoover, Bill Koots
Heat 2 Mike Cottrell, Chaz O' Dell, Jeff Funk, Tom Kemp
Feature O' Dell, Funk, Garlick, Hoover, Cottrell, Leyda, Craver, Lint, Pringle, Lenhart, Koots, Kemp, Combs
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LONAS, MENSCHING, YAROSH, BRITTON, & FUNK CAPTURE LAKEVILLE CHECKERS
Lakeville, Ohio
Friday, September 9, 2005
By Mike Swanger
It was the last regular night of racing as next Friday will be the season championships for the five classes. The late model feature started with Jamie Reed bolting into the lead only to have his car conk out on lap three and turning the front spot over to Brad Moore, who would build up a half a lap advantage on the field until all the juice in the battery drained out on lap 18, ending the youngsters chance of the win. That put Mansfield's Mike Lonas out front in the #77 car, and he held off Eric Smitley, last weeks winner, and Tony Cline the last six laps to collect his second win of the season and his 49th career win at Lakeville. Art Ball started 15th and worked his way through the field to take 4th while Jim Gingery edged out Kristen Flory for 5th. Heat winners were Smitley and Reed.
Wooster's Travis Mensching fought off Mike Graber the last half of the pure stock feature as he parked the #79 in victory circle for the first time ever. Roger Drouhard was a close third with Don Baney and Hiram Bachman filling out the top five. With Fred Snyder finishing sixth,
Snyder will take a five point lead over Bachmann into next weeks championship, the closest points battle going. Graber and Snyder topped the heat races.
Starting 17th, Wellington's Ken Yarosh worked his way through the field of the cruiser main and with two laps to go in the 15 lap event, took the lead away from Paul McVicker and scored his second straight win in the #1. Driving a borrowed car from Tim Shaver, Brett Burgess drove to third with points leader Mason Radcliff and Fred West rounded out the top five. Don Baney and Mike Amstutz claimed the heats.
Henry Britton of Mansfield has the knack of pulling out victories on the last lap of the mini stock mains and this week he out hustled Mark Gardiner out of turn four as the checkered flag was waving, to notch his 7th win of the year aboard the Wright Choice Auto Sales, Bargain Shed, and Carroll's Auto Wrecking #81. Steve Miller was right behind the two front runners with Sean Rush and Dale Beckett, who has his fourth straight championship wrapped up already. Mansfield's Kyle Moore won the 'B' feature with Greg Breckler, Justin Brown, Kalvi Puru, and Rush taking the heat wins.
Wild action in the r mini truck main with Brandon Craver setting the early pace until he slipped off the track on lap 10 as he was dueling with Jeff Funk. Two laps later, Craver was trying to work his way back up front and made contact with Chaz O'Dell and ended up on his side, ending his night. Funk, of Ashland, would fend off a run by Tom Kemp at the line as the Meyers Tires, T. Garlick Excavating, and Kato's Bottle House #21 would collect his fifth win of the year. Craver was the heat winner.
LAKEVILLE SUMMARY
Friday, September 9, 2005
Late Models
Heat 1 Eric Smitley, Nate Potts, Dave Bucher, Kristin Flory
Heat 2 Jamie Reed, Tony Cline, Brad Moore, Mike Lonas
Feature Lonas, Smitley, Cline, Ball, Gingery, Flory, Morrison Sr., Bieri, Bucher, Potts, Jones, Stewart, McMorrow, Moore, Reed, Duncan
Pure Stocks
Heat 1 Mike Graber, Travis Mensching, Don Baney, Hiram Bachmann
Heat 2 Fred Snyder, Tim Myers, Roger Drouhard, Aaron Harris
Feature Mensching, Graber, Drouhard, Baney, Bachmann, Snyder, Shears, Opliger, Harris, Goerz, Myers, Cline (dns)
Cruisers
Heat 1 Hud Wharton, Fred West, Mark Sibila, Frank Oriti
Heat 2 Mike Amstutz, Mason Radcliff, Todd Gallion, Glenn Elliott Jr.
Feature Yarosh, McVicker, Burgess, Radcliff, West, Elliott Jr, Gerbasi, Oriti, Sibila, Severe, Clark, Gallion, Wharton, Amstutz, Napier, Cline, Hess, Coons(dns)
Mini Stocks
Heat 1 Greg Breckler, Jeff Rose, Michelle West, Brad Hensell
Heat 2 Justin Brown, Dale Beckett, Henry Britton, Shannon Stamper
Heat 3 Kalvi Puru, Dustin Cyrus, Chad Friend, Willie Coblentz
Heat 4 Sean Rush, Cody Rinard, Mark Gardiner, Jeremy Lucas
Feature Britton, M. Gardiner, S. Miller, S. Rush, Beckett, Coblentz, Friend, Cyrus, Breckler, Brown, Stamper, Wilbur, Lucas, West, Lehman, J. Gardiner, Hensel, Rose, Rinard, Puru
'B'Main Moore, R.Miller. R. Rush Sr., Dawson, Maffett., Patrick, Myers, Ray, Quinn, Lapp, Alexander, Smith, Swain, Delong, Casey, Spence, Ferrell (dns)
Mini Trucks
Heat 1 Brandon Craver, Jeff Funk, Gerald Pringle, Jeremy Butler
Feature Funk, Kemp, O'Dell, Combs, Butler, Pringle, Cottrell, Craver, Garlick, Caskey, Piper
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SMITLEY SCOOTS TO FIRST LAKEVILLE LATE MODEL WIN
Lakeville, Ohio
Friday, September 2, 2005
By Mike Swanger
The weather was perfect at Lakeville as four drivers earned their first wins of the season with Orrville's Eric Smitley picking up his first ever win in the late model event. Teammate Dave Bucher set the pace for the opening two laps before the Smitley's Towing, Johnson's Woods, and Heather's Studio # e1 of Smitley took over and lead the last 23 laps. Eighth starting Charlie Duncan brought out the caution on lap three and on the restart it was Smitley, Bucher, Brad Moore, Jim Gingery, and Art Ball. Jamie Reed would slip past Ball for 5th on lap 7 and Moore would take second from Bucher. Lap 14 was not kind to two of the top fiver' s as 4th running Gingery hit the wall and Moore cut a tire. This would put Gabe McIntire and Duncan back in the top 5 with McIntire spinning two laps later for another caution. On the restart, Duncan took second from Bucher but could not make a run on Smitley. Kristin Flory finished third ahead of Reed and Ball. Heat winners were Smitley and Ball.
Mansfield's Jose Marsh led all the way for his fifth pure stock win of the year in the Reedy's Engines, Kato's Bottle House, and A. J. Bros. Concrete #99. Hiram Bachmann tried to chase down Marsh late in the 15 lap race but settled for 2nd with points leader Fred Snyder in third. John Ruckman battled off Mike Graber for fourth. Chad Craver and Graber posted the heat wins.
Ken Yarosh of Wellington was out front all the way to lap 14 of the Pitt Stop Exhaust cruiser feature as Frank Oriti powered past but Yarosh reclaimed the top spot in turn two on the last lap to record his first Lakeville win. Paul McVicker was in the mix of things as he held second for the middle part of the race and finished up third in front of points leader Mason Radcliff and Mike Amstutz Winning the heat races were Oriti and McVicker.
With a couple of early crashes, the 20 car starting field for the mini stocks was down to nine cars running at the halfway mark as Wooster's Gary Hensel Sr. went flag to flag for his first victory of the year. The Beckett's Auto Sales, TBS Carpet Outlet and Bargain Shed #28 was followed across the line by Dale Beckett, Brian Dawson, Kalvi Puru. and Willie Coblentz. Topping the heat wins were Beckett, James Stachler Hensel Sr. and Darrell Taylor Sr. with Justin Brown mastering the 'B' feature.
The fourth first time winner came from the mini trucks as North Lawrence's Bill Koot's set the pace all 15 laps. Points leader Tom Kemp worked his way into second with Joe Hoover, Chaz O' Dell and Jesse Combs rounding out the top five. Funk was the heat winner.
LAKEVILLE SUMMARY
Friday, September 2, 2005
Late Models
Heat 1 Eric Smitley, Brad Moore, Rob Metz, Charlie Duncan
Heat 2 Art Ball, Dave Bucher, Jamie Reed, Jim Gingery
Feature Smitley, Duncan, Flory, Reed, Ball, McIntire, Moore, Bieri, Metz, Jones, Stewart, Gingery, Bucher, Morrison Sr.
Pure Stocks
Heat 1 Chad Craver, Hiram Bachmann, Jon Ruckman, Aaron Harris
Heat 2 Mike Graber, Roger Drouhard, Jose Marsh
Feature Marsh, Metz, Snyder, Ruckman, Graber, Drouhard, Craver, Baney, Harris, Shears, Cline, Cains, Opliger dns
Cruisers
Heat 1 Frank Oriti, Ken Yarosh, Mike Amstutz, Bill Severe
Heat 2 Paul McVicker, James Gerbasi, Hud Wharton, Josh Walters
Feature Yarosh, Ortiti, McVicker, Radcliff, Amstutz, West, Severe, Gerbasi, Elliott Jr., Clark, Gallion, Sibila, Wharton, Short, Dominac, Walters, Napier
Mini Stocks
Heat 1 Dale Beckett, Travis Gray, Ron Miller, Brian Smith
Heat 2 James Stachler, Mark Searls, Willie Coblentz, Cody Rinard
Heat 3 Gary Hensel Sr., Brian Dawson, Jeremy Lucas, Rick Maffett
Heat 4 Darrel Taylor, Henry Britton, Jeremy Madison, Sean Rush
Feature Hensel Sr., Beckett, Dawson, Puru, Coblentz, Gray, Rush Sr., Britton, Maffett, Smith, Talbot, Madison, R. Miller, Taylor, Rinard, Mt Searls, Lucas, Mk. Searls, Stachler, S. Rush
'B' Main Brown, Moore, Miller, Breckler, Cyrus, Friend, Quinn, Patrick, Rose, Frost, Young, Wallace, Seitz, West, Alexander, Spence, Lapp, Myers, Ferrell, DeLong
Mini Trucks
Heat 1 Jeff Funk, Bill Kootz, Chaz O'Dell, Jesse Combs
Feature Kutz, Kemp, Rose, O' Dell, Combs, Wallace, Garlick, Cottrell, Funk, Craver (DNS
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DUNCAN, BACHMANN, WEST, BRITTON & O' DELL CHALK UP LAKEVILLE WINS
Lakeville, Ohio
Friday, August 26, 2005
By Mike Swanger
On the racetrack, in the late model feature, Kristin Flory shot out to be the pace sitter with Eric Smitley taking second early on with Luke Bieri in third until lap 5 when he spun putting Jamie Reed, Brad Moore and Wooster's Charlie Duncan in the top five. Reed would bring the caution out on lap 10 and Moore would do the same on the next circuit as the restart would see Duncan and his American Payroll Advance, Ken Adams Trucking, and S & D Motorsports #17 take second from Smitley. Duncan would battle back and forth with Flory for the lead and finally secure the point on lap 17 and breeze away with his 7th win of the season as Flory took second and Smitley fended off Reed and last starting Tony Cline at the checkered flag. Flory and Bieri won the heat races.
Hiram Bachmann of Ashland was the race long leader of the pure stock main to post his third win of the year aboard the Rahall's Graphics, R & J Body & Fender, and Mufflers & More #92. Bachmann could not relax because Roger Drouhard was riding his bumper all race and settled for second with Mike Graber, Don Baney and points leader Fred Snyder in pursuit. Snyder and Bachmann topped the heat races.
Paul McVicker led the opening lap of the cruiser feature but after that it was all Fred West of Mansfield as the JJ's Auto Sales and Crossroads Trading Post # 71 went to victory circle for the third time this year. It took points leader Mason Radcliff all fifteen laps to go from 21st to second with Ken Yarosh, McVicker and Hud Wharton filling out the top five. Heat winners were Kyle Cline and West.
Brian Smith controlled the first two laps of the mini stock feature and then it was Matt Searls the leader and his run for the win was cut short by one lap as Mansfield's Henry Britton slid past on the last lap and stole away his sixth win of the year. Driving the Hall's Auto Sales, Bargain Shed, and Carroll's Auto Wrecking #81. Searls finished second with Smith third followed by Roger Rush Sr. and Justin Brown. Big Prairie's Jeff Rose won the 'B' Main as Rush Sr., Brian Dawson, Willie Coblentz, and Searls won the heats.
Team trucks of North Lawrence's Chaz O' Dell and Dave Caskey kept the field at bay in the mini truck main with O' Dell pocketing his first win as Caskey beat out Jeff Funk for second with Gerald Pringle and Mike Cottrell rounding out the top five. Sam Piper and Funk garnered in the heat wins.
LAKEVILLE SUMMARY
Friday, August 26, 2005
Late Models
Heat 1 Kristin Flory, Charlie Duncan, Jamie Reed, Dave Bucher
Heat 2 Luke Bieri, Brad Moore, Gabe McIntire, Eric Smitley
Feature Duncan, Flory, Smitley, Reed, Cline, McIntire, Bucher, Miller, Bieri, Morrison Sr., Stewart, Jones, McMorrow, Moore, N. Potts, Cushing, M. Potts
Pure Stocks
Heat 1 Fred Snyder, Roger Drouhard, Mike Graber, Todd Swim
Heat 2 Hiram Bachmann, Ron Craver, Shaun Cains, Don Baney
Feature Bachmann, Drouhard, Graber, Baney, Snyder, Craver, Gentry, Shears, Harris, Swim, Cains, Ruckman, Mensching, DNS- Oplinger, Magyar
Cruisers
Heat 1 Kyle Cline, Ken Yarosh, Paul McVicker, Jack Coons
Heat 2 Fred West, Glenn Elliott Jr., Brett Burgess, Mark Sibila
Feature West, Radcliff, Yarosh, McVicker, Wharton, Elliott Jr., Amstutz, Cline, Sibila, Gerbasi, Walters, Wallace, Burgess, Short, Fry, Napier, Bowen, Finley, Coons, Severe, Arms, DNS- Holland
Mini Stocks
Heat 1 Roger Rush Sr., Brian Smith, James Stachler, Darrell Taylor Sr.
Heat 2 Brian Dawson, Henry Britton, Ron Miller, Steve Miller
Heat 3 Willie Coblentz, Jeremy Madison, Michelle West, Dale Beckett
Heat 4 Matt Searls, Travis Gray, James Priebe, Mark Myers
Feature Britton, Mt. Searls, Smith, Rush Sr., Brown, Priebe, Beckett, Coblentz, S. Miller, Gray, Dawson, Madison, West, Stachler, D. Lint, S. Rush, Miller, Taylor, Myers, Lapp
'B' Main Rose, Rinard, Talbot, Moore, Cyrus, Ma. Searls, Quinn, Young, Stober, Casey, Phillips, Maffett Sr., DNS- Lucas, DeLong, Lehman
Mini Trucks
Heat 1 Sam Piper, Brandon Leyda, Gerald Pringle, Dave Caskey
Heat 2 Jeff Funk, Chaz O' Dell, Brandon Craver, Tom Garlick
Feature O' Dell, Caskey, Funk, Pringle, Cottrell, Garlick, Craver, Leyda, Piper, Combs, DNS- Kemp. Lint
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DUNCAN ROARS BACK TO CLAIM 35th CAREER WIN AT LAKEVILLE
Lakeville, Ohio
Friday, August 19, 2005
By Mike Swanger
A lot of laps were turned at Lakeville Friday night with a complete show with three of the five class' running double features. The late model main got off to a nasty start as it was four wide coming out of turn two that did not work because Charlie Duncan, Mike Mizer, Jim Gingery and Skip McKinney made contact that sent McKinney into the backstretch wall and rolling over twice. He walked away but the #76 was finished for the evening. Duncan had to go to the pits to get a tire changed and restarted 13th. The restart saw Brad Moore power into the lead and held that position until Mizer took over on lap ten. Duncan and his American Payroll Advance, Ken Adams Trucking, and Leroy's Place #17 pulled back into the top five on that lap and took fourth from Kristin Flory the next circuit. Eric Smitley gave up third to Duncan on lap 17. Mizer had built up a lead but the caution flew on lap 18 and that put Duncan right on Mizer's bumper and with four laps to go, the Wooster driver finally overpowered Mizer for his 6th win of the season and 35th career win at Lakeville. Mizer held on to second with Moore third followed by Flory and Jamie Reed. The two front runners were also the heat winners.
Dundee's Fred Snyder went flag to flag for his fourth win of the year in the pure stock feature. The Bishop Collision Repair Center, C & W Excavating, and Dundee Grill #7 was pestered by Hiram Bachmann all race long with Jose Marsh out dueling Mike Graber and Don Baney for third. Roger Drouhard won the heat race.
The cruisers went double featuring with points leader Mason Radcliff of Big Prairie edging out Brett Burgess in the make up feature. At the line was the only time the Tioga Used Auto Parts and Convenient Food Market #69 led the race. Burgess held on to second with Mike Amstutz taking third and Paul McVicker scoring a fourth and Craig Fry claiming fifth. The regular feature had Sibila out front early again before sliding off the track with Hud Wharton inheriting the lead spot with Burgess in pursuit. On the white flag lap, they would bounce off each other with Burgess going nose first into the front wall and the Wooster based Wharton Excavating, SCFN Fuel, and Quality Fiberglass #27 stay straight on go to victory lane for the second time. Fred West, Ken Yarosh, Radcliff, and Bill Severe filled out the top five.
Big Prairie's Justin Brown returned to victory lane for the first time since opening night in the mini stock make up feature. Kalvi Puru was hounding the Beckett's Auto Sales and Lasting Impressions Tattoo #26 until he flipped in turn four. Sean Rush and Roger Rush Sr. tried to make a run on Brown but settled for second and third while Willie Coblentz and Dustin Cyrus rounded out the top five. Dale Beckett of Millersburg cruised to his fourth win of the season in the regular main. The Bargain Shed, Vinyl Graphics, and TBS Carpet Outlet #8 was chased across the line by Rush Sr., Rick Maffett Sr., Ron Miller, and Willie Coblentz.
Jeff Funk of Ashland took the Kato's Bottle House, Meyers Tires, and T. Garlick Excavating #21 into the winner's circle for the fourth time in the make up main of the mini trucks with Tom Garlick, Dave Caskey, Joe Hoover, and Chaz O' Dell following. Navarre's Brandon Craver parked the Thrifty Discount Muffler and CNC Tires #909 in victory lane for the sixth time in the regular feature. O' Dell grabbed second with Brandon Leyda, Gerald Pringle and Mike Cottrell filling in the top five.
LAKEVILLE SUMMARY
Friday, August 19, 2005
Late Models
Heat 1 Mike Mizer, Eric Smitley, Skip McKinney, Jim Gingery
Heat 2 Charlie Duncan, Kristin Flory, Brad Moore, Jeremiah McMorrow
Feature Duncan, Mizer, Moore, Flory, Reed, Smitley, Bucher, Morrison Sr., Bieri, Jones, Gingery, Stewart, McKinney, McMorrow (dns)
Pure Stocks
Heat 1 Roger Drouhard, Don Baney, Fred Snyder, Hiram Bachmann
Feature Snyder, Bachmann, Marsh, Graber, Baney, C. Craver, Ruckman, Cains, Drouhard
Cruisers
8/13 Feature Radcliff, Burgess, Amstutz, McVicker, Fry, Yarosh, Severe, Wharton, Sibila, Napier, Gallion, Gerbasi, T. Wallace, K. Cline, West
8/19 Feature Wharton, West, Yarosh, Radcliff, Severe, Gerbasi, Bowen, Finley, Fry, Walters, Burgess, McVicker, Elliott Jr., Napier, Amstutz, T. Wallace, Sibila, Clark, (dns') Gallion, K. Cline, Arms
Mini Stocks
8/13 Feature Brown, S. Rush, R. Rush Sr., Coblentz, Cyrus, C. Rinard, Maffett Sr., Gray, Beckett, Miller, B. Hensel, Madison, Dawson, Quinn, D. Lint, Young, West, Lapp, Stober, Casey, Ohse, Puru, R. Lint
8/19 Feature Beckett, R. Rush Sr., Maffett Sr., R. Miller, Coblentz, C. Rinard, Cyrus, Britton, B. Hensel, Brown, Dawson, Madison, Ohse, Smith, Rose, Stachler, Lucas, Gray, Rush, (dns) Taylor Sr.
'B' Main S. Smith, Moore, Patrick, Talbott, Searls, Norris, K. Cline, L. Wallace, Daugherty, D. Lint, West, Lapp, Dzugan, Stober, Holderbraum, Casey, Spence, Young, (dns') R. Lint, Puru
Mini Trucks
8/13 Feature Funk, Garlick, Caskey, Hoover, O' Dell, Combs, B. Wallace, Butler, Cottrell, Pringle, Bardy, B. Craver, Leyda, Graber, Piper, Kemp
8/19 Feature B. Craver, O' Dell, Leyda, Pringle, Cottrell, Hoover, D. Cline, Combs, B. Wallace, Garlick, Funk, Kemp, Caskey, Bardy (dns), Butler (dq'ed)
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Mockler wins her first USAC Ford Focus feature at Lakeville
Lakeville Ohio
Saturday, August 13, 2005
by Mike Swanger
LAKEVILLE, Ohio -- Rain once again played a big part in Saturday's Open wheel show at Lakeville as rain fell before the races but Bob Schippers and crew was able to keep the track in shape and as the rain stopped, all the heat races for the USAC Ford Focus Midgets, Outlaw Midgets, Cruisers, Mini Stocks, and Mini Trucks were able to be raced . The USAC officials decided to cut the feature to 20 laps and after a flip by third generation driver Zach Gibson, the rain started up again. Tony Main was leading the race and on the restart, went high off of turn one allowing 17 year old Stephanie Mockler to take over and the rain intensified forcing the race to be checkered on the 11th lap and giving Mockler of Westfield Indiana her first Ford Focus win. For complete results, go to www.usacracing.com.
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Mizer seizes Lakeville's Triple Crown feature
Lakeville Ohio
Friday, August 12, 2005
by Mike Swanger
LAKEVILLE, Ohio -- It was round two of the Triple Crown Series for the Steel Block Late Models at Lakeville Friday night with Millersburg's Mike Mizer going flag to flag to claim his fifth feature win of the season.
Driving the Bishop Collision Repair Center and Swift Auto Parts #11, Mizer had to wait through a multitude of cautions before collecting the $1,000 winners purse. Behind Mizer was a heated battle for top five contenders that at one time or another included Kristin Flory, Gabe McIntire, Jerry Miller. Jamie Reed, Charlie Duncan and first round winner, Mike Lonas. McIntire was trying to pass Flory for second on lap 18 but spun out in turn two as the restart had Mizer, Flory, Reed, Duncan, and Miller lined up as Duncan powered past Reed on lap 23 with Reed then bringing out the caution on a spin on lap 25. Then on a lap 30 restart after Reed's second spin, Flory let her car get loose for a spin out. This restart saw Miller motoring past Duncan for second only to spin out with six laps to go. Benny Lester had now moved into contention running 3rd after Miller's miscue as McIntire had worked his way back to fourth and Jim Gingery easing into fifth. Duncan could not mount a charge on Mizer and as the checkered flag flew, McIntire edged past Lester for third. Mizer and Art Ball won the heat races with Skip McKinney taking the last chance race.
After missing a three weeks with a blown motor, Mansfield's Jose Marsh took the lead from Hiram Bachmann with five laps to go to post his fourth Pure Stock feature aboard the A.J. Bros. Concrete, Kato's Bottle House, and Reedy's #99. Bachmann held on to second as heat winner Fred Snyder scored a third with Shaun Cains and Chad Craver in pursuit.
James Gerbasi led the first lap of the Cruiser feature before Fred West took over for six laps as Brett Burgess led for one before Mason Radcliff took over and set the pace the rest of the way for his fourth win. The Tioga Used Auto Parts and Convenient Food Market #69 was chased across the line by last weeks winner, Hud Wharton, Bill Severe, Craig Fry, and Mike Clark in his first cruiser race. Wharton and Paul McVicker won the heat races.
Henry Britton of Mansfield stay's hot in the Mini Stock class as he took the lead from Sean Rush with three laps to go to notch his fifth win this year and his sixth straight top five finish. Rush kept second with Kalvi Puru taking a career best third followed by Willie Coblentz and Roger Rush Sr. Heat winners were Rick Maffett Sr., Coblentz, Jeremy Madison and Sean Rush. Michelle West of Mansfield won her first ever 'B' main.
The biggest field of Mini Trucks, 18, saw Navarre's Brandon Craver take the lead on lap three and never look back to chalk up his fifth win of the year. The CNC Tires and Thrifty Muffler #909 was hounded by Chaz O' Dell, Tim Jensen, points leader Tom Kemp, and Brandon Leyda. Heat Winners were Dave Caskey and Jensen.
LAKEVILLE SUMMARY
Friday, August 12, 2005
Late Models
Heat 1 Mike Mizer, Jerry Miller, Gabe McIntire, Dave Bucher
Heat 2 Art Ball, Jim Gingery, Kristin Flory, Jamie Reed
'B' Main Skip McKinney, Eric Smitley, Rob Metz, Bill Clapp Sr., Wes Morrison Sr., Jack Stewart, Matt Potts
Feature Mizer, Duncan, McIntire, Lester, Gingery, Ball, Smitley, Bucher, Flory, Miller, N. Potts, McKinney, Jones, Lonas, Reed, Metz, Clapp Sr., Bieri
Pure Stocks
Heat 1 Fred Snyder, Jose Marsh, Hiram Bachmann, Shaun Cains
Feature Marsh, Bachmann, Snyder, Cains, C. Craver, Baney, Graber, Ruckman, White, Duncan, Harris, Swartz (dns)
Cruisers
Heat 1 Hud Wharton, Brett Burgess, Bill Severe, Fred West
Heat 2 Paul McVicker, Brad Napier, James Gerbasi, Mason Radcliff
Feature Radcliff, Wharton, Severe, Fry, Clark, Yarosh, Elliott Jr., Gerbasi, Bowen, B. Napier, Amstutz, Burgess, McVicker, H. Napier, West, Curie, Gallion, Sibila, Cline (dns), Wallace (dns), Walters (dns)
Mini Stocks
Heat 1 Rick Maffett Sr., Kalvi Puru, John Ohse, Greg Breckler
Heat 2 Willie Coblentz, Travis Gray, Brian Dawson, Henry Britton
Heat 3 Jeremy Madison, Justin Brown, Dale Beckett, Roger Rush Sr.
Heat 4 Sean Rush, Steve Miller, Rodney Lint, Brian Smith
'B' Main West, C. Rinard, Cyrus, Stachler, Medley, Young, Lapp, Wallace, Stober, Casey, Harris, Short, Talbot (dns), Rose (dns), Wentz (dns), Hensel (dq'ed)
Feature Britton, S. Rush, Puru, Coblentz, R. Roush, S. Miller, Beckett, Ohse, Brown, R. Miller, Gray, Maffett Sr., R. Lint, Quinn, R. Lint, Dawson, Adkins, Smith, Searls, Madison, Breckler (dns)
Mini Trucks
Heat 1 Dave Caskey, Chaz O'Dell, Brandon Craver, Kevin Lint
Heat 2 Tim Jensen, Sam Piper, Bill Wallace, Tom Kemp
Feature Craver, O' Dell, Jensen, Kemp, Leyda, Butler, Caskey, Wallace, Piper, Cline, Garlick, Cottrell, Bardy, Hoover, Funk, Lint, Pringle, Combs
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MARKHAM FLIES TO BIG FOUR WIN AT LAKEVILLE
Lakeville, Ohio
Friday, August 5, 2005
By Mike Swanger
Ashland's Ryan Markham led all the way in the 40 lap Big Four series to collect the $2,000 winners share and notch his first Big Four win since September 13th of 2002. The win was not without it's moments for the Biscotti's Restaurant, Park Ohio Industries, and Dor-Lo Pizza #5m as the backmarkers slowed Markham down and allowed Randy Scott and J.R. Gentry to close in on the rear bumper of Markham. Neither could ever make the pass for the lead with Gentry taking second with six laps to go when Scott's car got loose in turn one. Some great racing in the early part of the race saw Charlie Duncan, Rick Bond, Doug Drown, D.J. Miller, and Corey Conley changing positions on each lap. Bond dropped out with oil pressure problems while Duncan and Conley, the two co-points leaders before the race, got hooked together after a lap 24 restart, with Conley going to the tail. With nine laps to go, Scott Peltz moved into the picture by powering past Cline for fifth. Duncan, despite a broken thumb, held on to fourth as Drown finished seventh ahead of Dave Hornikel and Conley recovering to ninth. Markham, Scott, and D.J. Cline won the heats with Drown grabbing the last chance win.
Leading the opening three laps of the cruiser feature, Brett Burgess' right front tire went flat and gave the lead position to Wooster's Hud Wharton who then took the Wharton Excavating, Quality Fiberglass, and Baney Trucking #27 into victory lane for the first time ever, matching team driver Don Baney's effort in last weeks pure stock win. It was a very physical race with numerous cautions and in the end it was Ken Yarosh, Kyle Cline, Fred West, and Paul McVicker filling in the top five. Points leader Mason Radcliff was sidelined for the night in the heat race as he and Tony Cline got together with Radcliff's car breaking the axle and Cline's flipped onto it's roof. Heat winners were Mike Amstutz, Bill Severe, and Fred West.
For the second time in three weeks, Millersburg's Dale Beckett grabbed the mini stock feature win as took the lead away from Cody Rinard on the second lap and then battled off the runs of Justin Brown and last week's winner, Henry Britton. The Beckett Auto Sales, The Bargain Shed, and the TBS Carpet Outlet #8 of Beckett has only been out of the top five three times in thirteen races. Britton took second with three laps to go from Brown with Willie Coblentz and Sean Rush rounding out the top five. Britton, Travis Gray, Brown, and Rush posted the heat wins. Wooster's Gary Hensel Jr. won the 'B' Main
Mohicanville's Tom Kemp was the only front runner of the mini trucks to pocket is third win of the season and his 10th top five in 11 nights of racing. Brandon Craver's run at the end came up short for the win as Dan Burson, Jeff Funk and Bill Koots filled out the top five as Jesse Combs and Funk scored the heat wins.
LAKEVILLE SUMMARY
Friday, August 5, 2005
SUPER LATE MODELS
Heat 1 Ryan Markham, Rick Bond, Charlie Duncan, Scott Peltz
Heat 2 Randy Scott, Corey Conley, J.R. Gentry, D.J. Miller
Heat 3 D.J. Cline, Blaine Aber, Ryan Eddleblute, Jeremy Canada
'B' Main Doug Drown, Dave Hornikel, Tom Baker, Rick Conley, Mark Gardiner, Dave Wirt, Luke Bieri, Brad Moore, Eric Smitley, Ron Miller, Jeremy Gerhart, Jack Stewart, Mike Geiss, Jim Gentry, Stve Fultz
Feature Markham, J.R. Gentry, Scott, Duncan, Peltz, D.J. Miller, Drown, Hornikel, Conley, Cline, Aber, Baker, Eddleblute, Canada, Bond, Holbrook, Geiss
CRUISERS
Heat 1 Mike Amstutz, Brett Burgess, Mike Graber, Jack Coons
Heat 2 Bill Severe, Mark Sibila, Jesse Combs, Ken Yarosh
Heat 3 Fred West, Paul McVicker, Hud Wharton, Bill Wallace
Feature Wharton, Yarosh, Cline, West, McVicker, Gerbasi, Graber, Gallion, Hess, Severe, Combs, Curie, Elliott Jr. , Dominac, Hill, Wallace, Napier, Burgess, Amstutz, Coons, Nibarger, Sibila, Radcliff (dns), Cline (dns)
MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Henry Brittom, Roger Rush Sr., Willie Coblentz, Brian Dawson
Heat 2 Travis Gray, Josh Morrow, Cody Rinard, Ron Miller
Heat 3 Justin Brown, Jeremy Madison, Dale Beckett, John Ohse,
Heat 4 Sean Rush, Jeremy Lucas, Mark Searls, Kyle Moore
'B' Main Hensel Jr., Stachler, Maffett Sr., Cyrus, B. Morrow, Miller, Lint, Smith, Wallace, Rinard, Holderbraum, Gardiner, Short, Young, (dns)
Feature Beckett, Britton, Brown, Coblentz, S. Rush, Madison, C. Rinard, Gray, Lucas, Ohse, Dawson, Lint, Breckler, J. Morrow, Searls, Miller, Quinn, Rush Sr., Norris, Miller
MINI TRUCKS
Heat 1 Tom Kemp, Brandon Craver, Kevin Lint, Bill Koots
Heat 2 Jeff Funk, Tom Garlick, Dan Burson, Mike Cottrell
Feature Kemp, Craver, Burson, Funk, Koots, Lint, Piper, Garlick, Cottrell, Wallace, Tim Myers Jr. Pringle, Hoover, Odell.
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KRISTIN FLORY IS LAKEVILLE'S LATE MODEL STORY
Lakeville, Ohio
Friday, July 29, 2005
By Mike Swanger
It was a cool night for some great racing at Lakeville with the racing finished at 11 p.m. Friday as Creston's Kristin Flory setting the pace all 25 laps to win her first feature of the year. The Medina Mountain Motors, Ray's Garage, and Winar Connections #u2 never was out of the woods until the checkered flag flew as after a 2nd lap yellow for the broke machine of Mike Mizer, Hans Gross put the pressure on after Charlie Duncan's spin on lap three. At the halfway mark, the caution was on for Jack Stewart's spin and before the green reappeared, Gross pulled off the track. On the restart, Tony Cline and Jerry Miller battled for second with Miller securing the runner up spot with seven laps to go as Duncan had worked his way back to 4th at the same time and with five to go Duncan powered past Cline for third. The yellow was out for Stewart's second spin with four to go. On this restart, Duncan and Miller went side by side with Duncan taking second on the white flag lap but could make a run on Flory. Cline claimed fourth in his 2005 debut in the late models as Jamie Reed scored a fifth. Duncan and Brad Moore topped the heat races.
Wooster's Don Baney went flag to flag to notch his first pure stock main as it was some wild action behind the Baney Trucking, Wharton Excavating, and 300 Tire Service #27. Mike Graber was fending off the charges of Fred Snyder and Shaun Cains for second place until Cains spun at the halfway marker. With three circuits to go, last weeks winner, Hiram Bachmann took over third from Roger Drouhard and slipped past Snyder the next lap and with the checkered flag in the air, Bachmann and Graber got together and never made it to the finish line as it was Snyder, Drouhard, Aaron Harris and Ken Yarosh following Baney across the line. Cains was the heat winner.
Points leader Mason Radcliff was the pace setter for the first seven tours of cruiser feature before Parma's Frank Oriti took over for one lap as Radcliff came back for a one lap run before Oriti and his Mars Trucking, Shaker Valley Foods, and Apache Auto Parts #3 returned to lead the last four laps to capture his third victory of the year. Radcliff held second with Kyle Cline, Mark Sibila and Paul McVicker in tow. Brett Burgess (lap 3)and James Gerbasi (lap 13) had strong runs going but both hit the wall hard to take themselves out of contention. Heat winners were Sibila and Radcliff.
Rick Maffett looked to be the man to beat early on in the mini stock feature but late in the race it was Mansfield's Henry Britton taking over and parking the Wright Choice Auto Sales, Carroll's Auto Wrecking, and Bargain Shed #81 in victory circle for the 4th time this year. The Rush's, Sean and Roger Sr. ran second and third with Jeremy Lucas and Ron Miller in pursuit. Shelby's Chad Friend topped the 'B' main with Robert Lapp, Britton, Coblentz, and Rush Sr. posting the heat wins.
Three different drivers led the mini truck main and in the end it was Ashland's Jeff Funk holding the checkered flag. Brandon Leyda and Tom Kemp each led for more than four laps each before succumbing to the Kato's Bottle House, Meyers Tires, and T. Garlick Excavating #21 of Funk. Last weeks winner, Brandon Craver worked his way to second before barely losing to Funk. Rounding out the top five were Kemp, Dave Caskey, and Sam Piper. Taking the heats were Craver and Kevin Lint.
LAKEVILLE SUMMARY
Friday, July 29, 2005
LATE MODELS
Heat 1 Charlie Duncan, Mike Mizer, Hans Gross, Dave Bucher
Heat 2 Brad Moore, Jerry Miller, Tony Cline, Kristin Flory
Feature Flory, Duncan, Miller, Cline, Jamie Reed, Moore, Eric Smitley, Skip McKinney, Wes Morrison Sr., Luke Bieri, Jack Stewart, Jeremiah McMorrow, Gross, Jesse Jones, Mizer, Bucher
PURE STOCKS
Heat 1 Shaun Cains, Hiram Bachmann, Don Baney, Mike Graber
Feature Baney, Fred Snyder, Roger Drouhard, Aaron Harris, Ken Yarosh, Cains, Bachmann, Graber, Keith Tish, Tim Shaver
CRUISERS
Heat 1 Mark Sibila, Mike Amstutz, Kyle Cline, Frank Oriti
Heat 2 Mason Radcliff, Hud Wharton, Brett Burgess, Bill Severe
Feature Oriti, Radcliff, Cline, Sibila, Paul McVicker, Severe, James Gerbasi, Amstutz, Glen Elliott Jr., Bill Curie, Todd Gallion, Doug Parlet, Craig Holland, Wharton, Josh Walters, Brad Napier, Burgess, Travis Nibarger (dns), Tim Wallace (dns)
MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Robert Lapp, Dale Beckett, Greg Breckler, John Ohse
Heat 2 Henry Britton, Joe Simmons, Brian Dawson, Jeremy Madison
Heat 3 Willie Coblentz, Sean Rush, Jeremy Lucas, Dustin Cyrus
Heat 4 Roger Rush Sr., Rick Maffett, Ron Miller, Steve Miller
Feature Britton, S. Rush, R.Rush, Lucas, R. Miller, Brown, Beckett, Coblentz, R. Lint, Cyrus, Breckler, Maffett, Stamper, Moore, Madison, Simmons, Dawson, Lapp, Ohse
'B' Main Friend, Rinard, Searls, Quinn, Smith, Norris, Gray, Walton, Stober, Short, Stachler, Rose (dns), R.Lint
MINI TRUCKS
Heat 1 Brandon Craver, Gerald Pringle, Mike Cottrell, Dave Caskey
Heat 2 Kevin Lint, Tom Kemp, Brandon Leyda, Dan Cline
Feature Funk, Craver, Kemp, Caskey, Piper, Butler, Wallace, Pringle, Cottrell, Garlick, Leyda, Cline, Lint, O' Dell,
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MIZER & CRAVER POST 4th WINS AS BACHMANN, WEST, & BECKETT BECOME TWO TIME WINNERS AT LAKEVILLE
Lakeville, Ohio
Friday, July 22, 2005
By Mike Swanger
It was another action packed night of racing that had a little bit of everything and the last checkered flag dropping just past 11 p.m. at Lakeville . The late model feature had Millersburg's Mike Mizer shooting into the lead from his third starting position on the first lap and stay out front for all 25 laps. The Bishop Collision Repair Center and Swift Auto Parts #11 had built up a half a lap cushion when the caution came out on lap 18. That put Charlie Duncan on Mizer's tail as Duncan took the challenge to start last and if he could win, would collect a total of $1,000. Duncan moved into second because of the caution caused by second running Gabe McIntire spinning. With five laps to go, Duncan got sideways in turn four and flew through the infield giving second to Jamie Reed with Mizer pulling away for the win. First year driver Brad Moore scored a career high fourth with McIntire recovering to finish fifth. Kristin Flory had a rough night as mechanical problems in hot laps caused her to get upside down in hotlaps, came back to win her heat and then as she was running third at the halfway mark in the feature, got mixed up with a slower car and dropped to finish sixth. Mizer won the other heat race.
Hurricane Hiram Bachmann had the most exciting win of the night as the Ashland driver allowed Shaun Cains to set the pace for more than the first 14 laps before inching by at the line for the pure stock win. It was the second win of the year for the Hall's Auto Sales, Rahall Graphics, and Mufflers and More #92 of Bachmann and both have been by inches. Aaron Harris, Don Baney, and Mike Graber filled out the top five as Cains was the winner of the heat race.
Mansfield's Fred West went flag to flag to secure his second win of the year in the cruiser feature as the Crossroads Trading Post and JJ's Auto Sales #71 had to fend off race long challenges from Mason Radcliff. Taking the last to first challenge, Brett Burgess could only get to third with James Gerbasi taking fourth and Hud Wharton collecting fifth. Heat winners were Mike Amstutz, Todd Gallion, and Burgess.
Mini stock point leader Dale Beckett expanded his lead with his second win. The TBS Carpet Outlet, The Bargain Shed, and the Beckett Auto Sales #8 had Brian Dawson glued to the rear bumper with Henry Britton right in his tracks as Willie Coblentz and Jason King followed closely. Beckett, Justin Brown, Dustin Cyrus, and Ron Miller topped the heats with Ashland's Travis Gray winning the 'B' feature.
Dan Cline was the pacesetter for the first three laps of the mini truck main but after that it was all Brandon Craver for the win, his fourth of the season, in the C-N-C Tires and Thrifty Muffler #909 out of Navarre. Jeff Funk tried to reel in Craver late in the race but settled for second with Sam Piper, Chaz O' Dell and Gerald Pringle trailing. Tom Kemp and Piper claimed the heat wins.
LAKEVILLE SUMMARY
Friday, July 22, 2005
Late Models
Heat 1 Kristin Flory, Jamie Reed, Luke Bieri, Eric Smitley
Heat 2 Mike Mizer, Brad Moore, Jay McDougal, Gabe McIntire
Feature Mizer, Reed, Charlie Duncan, Moore, McIntire, Flory, Smitley, Josh McMorrow, Skip McKinney, Jack Stewart, Bieri, Wes Morrison Sr., Dave Bucher, McDougal, Jesse Jones, Hans Grossniklaus (dns)
Pure Stocks
Heat 1 Shaun Cains, Hiram Bachmann, Mike Graber, Don Baney
Feature Bachmann, Cains, Aaron Harris, Baney, Graber, Fred Snyder, Denny Shears, Jon Ruckman (dns)
Cruisers
Heat 1 Mike Amstutz, Bill Severe, Brad Schlechty, Mark Sibila
Heat 2 Todd Gallion, Hud Wharton, Kyle Cline, James Gerbasi
Heat 3 Brett Burgess, Mason Radcliff, Fred West, Paul McVicker
Feature West, Radcliff, Burgess, Gerbasi, Wharton, Amstutz, Severe, McVicker, Tim Wallace, Travis Nibarger, Craig Holland, Sibila, Bill Curie, Beb Beneditti, K. Cline, T. Cline, Schlechty, Chris Asbury, Gallion, Josh Walters (dns), Brad Napier (dns)
Mini Stocks
Heat 1 Dale Beckett, Sean Rush, Jason King, Tim Nagel
Heat 2 Justin Brown, Cody Rinard, Brian Dawson, Rodney Lint
Heat 3 Dustin Cyrus, Roger Rush Sr., Henry Britton, Phil Veno
Heat 4 Ron Miller, Willie Coblentz, Greg Breckler, Matt Searls
Feature Beckett, Dawson, Britton, Coblentz, King, Miller, Rush Sr., John Ohse, Brown, Ma. Searls, Veno, Jeremy Madison, Rinard, Lint, Rick Maffett Sr., Lenny Quinn, S. Rush, Cyrus, Breckler (dq), Nagel (dns)
'B' Main Gray, Mk. Searls, Stachler, Lapp, Short, Smith, Stober, Young, Patrick, Stamper, Whited, A. Hensel, Simmons, Clark, Moore, Lint (dns), Lucas (dns), Adkins (dns)
Heat 1 Tom Kemp, Brandon Craver, Jason Rohr, Jeff Funk
Heat 2 Sam Piper, Kevin Lint, Bill Koots, Dan Cline
Feature Craver, Funk, Piper, Chaz O' Dell, Gerald Pringle, Koots, Tom Garlick, Jeremy Butler Sr., Cline, Brandon Leyda, Kemp, Rohr (dq), Mike Cottrell (dns), Lint (dns)
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July 15 - RAIN
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DUNCAN, SNYDER, BURGESS & FUNK CONTINUE TO ADD LAKEVILLE WINS; BRAD HENSEL SCORES FIRST WIN OF YEAR
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