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RAIN HALTS PPMS ACTION

Rain halts PPMS action

Imperial, PA (June 4, 2016) Rain halted the racing program at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway on Saturday night, forcing the balance of the racing program to be canceled.  Rain checks will be honored at future events.

The highlight of the program was the Fifth Annual Ed Laboon Memorial race for the Sunoco Race Fuels Sportsman division, sanctioned by the Homak Penn-Ohio Pro Stocks. Due to the rain, this portion of the program will be continued on the Saturday, July 9 racing program.  A field of 52 cars had completed time trials and six qualifying heats before the rain.  The top three finishers from the six heat races are locked into the top 18 starting positions for the feature, with the heat winners running a dash to set the first six starting spots.   Three B-Mains will set the remainder of the field, and new cars will have the option of adding in to the event behind the returning drivers.  Chris Schneider was the fastest qualifier with a lap of 21.075, and was the winner of Heat 1.  The other heat race winners were Corey McPherson, Andy Buckley, Todd Weldon, Brent Johnson, and Rusty Moore.  In addition to the $3,017 to win main event on July 9, there will also be a non-qualifiers race.

Keith Barbara and John Mollick were the heat race winners for the Diehl Automotive Super Late Models, while Kyle Lukon and Mollick won the heats for the Precise Racing Products RUSH Pro Late Models. Bob Bentz was the heat winner for the Miley BP Car Wash Hobby Stocks.  The Imperial Heights Garage Young Guns were on the track for their main event when the rain hit.  With the cancellation, these divisions will earn points per track rules for the events that they had completed, and with rain checks being honored, their events will not be made up.

Racing continues at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway on Saturday night, June 11, with the running of the Fourth Annual Herb Scott Memorial race. The UFo Race Championship will sanction the event for the Diehl Automotive Super Late Models, with the 41-lap main event paying $4,000 to the winner.  The Pro Late Models, Sportsman, Hobby Stocks, and Young Guns will also be in competition.   Gates open at 5:00, with warm-ups at 6:00 and racing at 7:00.  The track is located at 170 Kelso Road in Imperial, PA, for GPS purposes.  The track phone is 724-695-3363 on race days, and complete information is available at www.ppms.com .

 

Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway results for Saturday, June 4, 2016.

 

Diehl Super Late Models, feature was canceled by rain.

Heat 1 - 1, 17, Keith Barbara. 2, 00, Josh Holtgraver. 3, 7, Scott Gunn. 4, 8S, Tommy Schirnhofer. 5, 55D, Tom Duratz. 6, 13, Bill Yohe, Jr. DNS, 14, Butch Neubert.

Heat 2 - 1, 4J, John Mollick. 2, 02, Brandon Burgoon. 3, 4T8, John Flinner. 4, 10, Alex Ferree. 5, M5, Christian Schneider. 6, 4, Ed Ferree. 7, 09, Bill Kessler.

 

Precise Racing Products RUSH Pro Late Models, feature was canceled by rain.

Heat 1 - 1, 184, Kyle Lukon. 2, 60B, Brandon Burgoon. 3, 14B, Ben Policz. 4, 9R, Michael Reft. 5, 27C, Russ Kolesar. 6, 6R, Chuck Recker, Jr. 7, 10, Zachary Kane. 8, 2M, Chuck Medved. 9, 11, Justin Massie. DNS, 18, Chris Lander.

Heat 2 - 1, 60M, John Mollick. 2, 93X, Justin Lamb. 3, 14G, Scott Gunn. 4, 12C, Daryl Charlier. 5, B4, Steve Beatty. 6, 5X, Ken Chernik. 7, 75S, Scott Schempp. 8, 7J, Jared Kane. 9, 114G, Zach Gunn.

 

Sunoco Race Fuels Sportsman, Ed Laboon Memorial Race was delayed by rain.

Time trials, fastest qualifier was 55, Chris Schneider, at 21.075.

Heat 1 - 1, 55, Chris Schneider. 2, 11T, Randy Wyant. 3, 29, Curtis Bish. 4, 7W, Bobby Whitling. 5, 30, Bob Egley. 6, 69R, Brian Rhed. 7, 33K, Joey Koteles. 8, 2W, Terry Wheeler. DNS, 64K, Craig Koteles.

Heat 2 - 1, C33, Corey McPherson. 2, 16M, Rusty Martz. 3, 948, Joey Zambotti. 4, 68X, Jake Simmons. 5, 1B, Bill Robertson. 6, 1R, Rod Laskey. 7, 28N, Nate Smith. 8, 18, Mike Harris. 9, 2*, Boyd Brode.

Heat 3 - 1, 965, Andy Buckley. 2, 114, Dave McManus. 3, T1B, Tim Bish. 4, 17K, Jackson Humanic. 5, 1S, Kyle Shannon. 6, 4, Jacob Billyk. 7, 36J, Steve Pyeritz. 8, 25L, Mark Lee. 9, 717, Leigh Wheeler.

Heat 4 - 1, 45JR, Todd Weldon. 2, 84, Steve Dapolito. 3, 28S, Bob Schwartzmiller. 4, 4S, Ricky Steigerwald. 5, C8, William Hurrelbrink. 6, 56, Bryan Wagner. 7, 23, Pat Fielding. 8, 16T, T.A. Perrine. 9, 73N, Shaun Neubert.

Heat 5 - 1, 92X, Brent Johnson. 2, 64, Rob Shook. 3, 08, Jeff Broniszewski. 4, 25M, Brent McDonald. 5, 36, A.J. Poljak. 6, 92H, Bobby Heim. 7, 28, Fuzzy Fields. 8, 22B, Jesse Brock.

Heat 6 - 1, 17M, Rusty Moore. 2, 12, Ryan Newman. 3, T73, Jason Fosnaught. 4, 04, Joe Stajniajh. 5, 10, Nick Kocuba. 6, 25X, Justin Lamb. Did not start, 7, Eric Piotrowski. Did not start, 54, Wayne Carbo.

Dash, three B-Mains, Feature, and Non-Qualifiers race to be made up on Saturday, July 9.

 

Miley BP Car Wash Hobby Stocks, feature was canceled by rain.

Heat 1 - 1, 14H, Bob Bentz. 2, 8S, Dave Sheriff. 3, 310, Dale Tuche. 4, 77X, Casey Grumling. 5, 221K, Karlee Kovacs.

 

Imperial Heights Garage Young Guns, feature was canceled by rain.

 

Upcoming Events:

Saturday, June 11 – Fourth Annual Herb Scott Memorial Race for Diehl Automotive Super Late Models, sanctioned by UFo Race Championship, plus Precise Racing Products RUSH Pro Late Models, Sunoco Race Fuels Sportsman, Miley BP Car Wash Hobby Stocks, Imperial Heights Garage Young Guns.

Saturday, June 18 – Winged 410 Sprint Cars join the weekly Action Event featuring Diehl Automotive Super Late Models, Precise Racing Products RUSH Pro Late Models, Sunoco Race Fuels Sportsman, Miley BP Car Wash Hobby Stocks, Imperial Heights Garage Young Guns.

Saturday, June 25 – no racing.

 

 

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