Matt Hirschman Wins Tommy Druar & Tony Jankowiak Memorial Modified 100

[Modifiedthunder]

Matt Hirschman won the Tommy Druar & Tony Jankowiak Memorial Modified 100 at Dunn Tire Raceway Park ( Lancaster Speedway ) driving his #60 tonight!!!!:applause:

Congrats to Matty and the #60 team!!

Here is a list of the drivers that were there tonight
1 - Ridsdale
2 - Shove
03 - Emerling
5 - Wollaber
6 - J. Leaty
11 - Kluth
12 - McGrath
14 - Reaume
15 - Knoll
22 - Hossfeld
25 - M. Leaty
34 - Smith
44 - Ed Weber (Kluth car)
47 - Storace
51 - Hebing
59 - Hehr
60 - Hirschman
72 - Alix
74 - John Ramsey (Storace #2)
88 - Putney
98 - Rudolph
99 - Hamman

Karl Hehr #59 wins exciting heat race #1.
59, 72, 5, 51, 99, Then 11 and 2 DNF

McGrath wins heat #2.
12, 47, 6, 03, 34, 14, 74

Billy Putney takes the third and final heat.
88, 22, 60, 98, 25, 15, 44


Top 10 Finish 60 98 12 6 88 59 34 2 5 51

[limodmaniac]

Somehow I knew that I made the wrong decision to stay home and go to Riverhead Raceway. But once I decided to stay home, I figured at least it would be a less expensive weekend., Wrong again, thanks to the people who slashed two of my tires, I can't even say that anymore.

Way to go Matty. Spencer Speedway is next and then another win at Mahoning!

[Jaws]

Maybe I'll hop in the car for Spencer?:)

[uticamike]

Spencer will be a good choice. Last race was a pretty good one. Next night we're
back at Dunn for rain out make up. (50 lapper). Might make a nice upstate double
for you guys.

[Jaws]

Spencer will be a good choice. Last race was a pretty good one. Next night we're
back at Dunn for rain out make up. (50 lapper). Might make a nice upstate double
for you guys.

Shang II has a double pont mod race that night might hit that.

[Modifiedthunder]

The final event of the night was the highly anticipated Tommy Druar & Tony Jankowiak Memorial Modified 100. A stout field of 21 Modifieds were on hand, with over half the field considered in the running for the prestigious win. After qualifying heats and a top twelve redraw, Matt Hirschman sat on the pole for the race. Billy Putney, Matt Alix, Karl Hehr, and Jim Storace rounded out the top five starters. A few quick yellow flags dotted the beginning of the race, but Hirschman held onto the point position. Storace charged up from his fifth place starting spot into second and kept pace with the leader, while the rest of the pack sorted themselves out single file. The top two of Hirschman and Storace built a considerable lead over the field but a yellow flag appeared on lap twenty, erasing it. The only two cars to head pitside for an optional pit stop were Karl Hehr and Danny Knoll Jr. Hehr only made adjustments and did not take an extra tire, while Knoll retired his car for the evening. The race was restarted and at the 25 lap mark, Hirschman and Storace again led the field and were followed by Hossfeld, McGrath, Putney, and Alix. Hossfeld and McGrath soon joined the top two cars and the pack of four began to distance themselves from fifth place Putney. However, Hossfeld developed some sort of mechanical issue and dropped through the field and retired the car to the infield for the night. With Hossfeld out, McGrath took over the third spot and on lap 32 passed Storace for second. McGrath was a man on a mission and four laps later was on the bumper of the leader. While McGrath looked for a way around Hirschman, the fight was on for positions seven on back as Erick Rudolph, Wilbur Hebing, Rusty Smith, and Alix battled for any advantage over the other.
At the halfway point Hirschman and McGrath held a sizable lead over Mike Leaty, Putney, and Jan Leaty, Rudolph, Hebing, and Smith, all of whom were spread out over the track. On lap 52 the yellow flag appeared and marked the beginning of pit stops. Almost the entire field pitted for a new right rear tire, while Smith and Hehr stayed out on the track. The single file restart saw Smith and Hehr lead Hirschman, M. Leaty, J. Leaty, Rudolph, McGrath, Storace, Putney, and Jeff Hamman to the green flag. Two caution flags waved in the next few laps, as John Ramsey hit the wall in turn two on lap 58 and Alix broke on lap 64. When the field went back to green, Hirschman now sat in the second spot behind Hehr, as Smith had headed pitside for his pit stop. Hirschman wasted no time in regaining the lead as he passed Hehr on lap 70 for the top spot. Behind the leader, with just 25 laps remaining, it was a dog fight for position between Hehr, Rudolph, M. Leaty, J. Leaty, McGrath, and Hamman. A yellow flag on lap 78 and lap 85 brought the field together for a single file restart with Hirschman, Rudolph, Hehr, J. Leaty, McGrath, M. Leaty, and Hamman leading the way. Hirschman held his lead as Rudolph tried to track him down. McGrath, who had moved up to third, began making his way towards the front as well. With the laps winding down, the battles for position intensified as Jan Leaty tried every which way to get around Hehr for fourth, finally succeeding and taking Hamman with him. Hamman tried pushing his car just a bit too much and spun out, bringing out the caution with just six laps remaining. After two tries of getting lap 94 started again, the field was finally under the green flag. With just five laps to go Hirschman had gained some breathing room as Rudolph now had to contend with a hard charging McGrath. McGrath was unable to get around Rudolph however in the laps that remained. Matt Hirschman grabbed the checkered flag and was crowned the victor of the Tommy Druar and Tony Jankowiak Memorial Modified 100.

Feature Finish (8/28/10): Matt Hirschman, Erick Rudolph, Tom McGrath, Jan Leaty, Billy Putney, Karl Hehr, Rusty Smith, Zach Shove, Dave Wollaber, Wilbur Hebing, Jeff Hamman, Mike Leaty, Jim Storace, Matt Alix, John Ramsey, Danny Knoll Jr., Chuck Hossfeld, Patrick Emerling, Doug Reaume, Rick Kluth, Ed Weber

[1hossfeldfan]

Sounds like Chuck had a part break in the rear end, too bad as he had climbed from his eighth starting spot to challenge for the lead.