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08-04-2013, 09:05 PM
Nevin George picked up his second Modified win of the season in what was one very exciting feature race. Two-wide racing took place from the get-go and it would be that type of action that played a part in George earning the win.
“We’ve been working hard to get back up here. We had a little bit of bad luck the past few weeks and things are straightened out with us now. I got a great team behind me and they work so hard every week and this is what we come here for,” said George.
Matt Wentz grabbed the early lead and was clinging to the front spot as a pack of opponents were all over him. Kris Graver, Chip Santee and George were challenging him the most.
By lap eight Santee stepped up and went door to door with Wentz as he persistently kept the pressure on. Close at hand were Graver and George.
After being closed out numerous times Santee finally got a clear shot at Wentz on a lap 17 restart. For Santee, despite finally getting to the front, there remained an intense battle on his rear bumper. George, Graver, Earl Paules and Eric Beers all were within striking distance.
With the help of a few cautions and some slick driving, Beers moved alongside Santee on lap 20. The pair then went into a furious two-by-two battle and riding directly in their shadow was George.
At the completion of lap 23 Beers pulled next to Santee and at that point the escalating battle would soon came to a head. Both entered into turn four locked even. They banged and Santee lost control and spun. Beers was called for his part in the incident and was sent to the rear with Santee for the restart.
George was now in control with Graver second. As was the rhythm of the race George was being put to the test by Graver. He would not stumble, however, and held on for win number two and just as important gained series ground on Beers in the point standings.
“It was a rough race,” said George. “We’re still in the point battle and I know we took a hit a few weeks ago but we’re coming back and we’re here every week and this is shaping up to be a good end of the year battle.”
Rookie Graver turned in a solid performance in taking runner-up honors. Wentz stayed strong and was third. Zane Zeiner came from 14th to fourth while Paules completed the top five.
In the make-up Late Model feature from July 27, Zeiner raced to his first win with the class. The raced picked up with two laps already in and Frankie Althouse leading.
Zeiner was lined up fifth and when the race resumed he quickly went past Paul Effrig and Mike Sweeney and honed in on Althouse.
From there out Althouse was on the defensive as Zeiner looked for a way by. Neither driver let up and with eight laps to go Zeiner thrust past for the lead. There was no looking back as he took the win, his first coming in a Late Model at Mahoning Valley where he has been victorious numerous times in a Modified.
In the regular feature Althouse would again race to the lead in the early going. Always impressive when out front, he was not letting anyone steal his thunder.
Zeiner and Paules where side-by-side behind Althouse. Then with 13 of 25 laps complete Zeiner unlatched from Paules and hooked alongside Althouse. Several laps of torrid two abreast action then began.
Zeiner, looking to repeat, moved to the front on lap 19 but it turned into a short stint as next time around Althouse ran into the back of him which sent the leader spinning. Althouse was sent to the back for his part.
Paules steered clear and went from third to first on the restart. He was being hotly contested by Sweeney but held his ground and parked in Victory Lane for an unprecedented seventh time.
In the make-up Street Stock feature from July 27, TJ Gursky hustled his way past Jamie Smith on a lap five restart and then held off Lonnie Behler in what became his division leading third win of the season.
In the regular feature Smith led again but this time he would not be passed and scored his first win of the year while holding off a very determined Behler.
Kyle Strohl continued on his dominating win roll in the Pro 4’s as the dynamic 13-year old passed Bobby Kibler Jr., with seven laps to go then sped off to his third straight win and seventh of the season.
Jeff Biegley raced to his seventh Hobby Stock win and also retook the point leader. It came after a hard fought dual over his top rival Corey Edelman.
Mike Renn was tops in the 4c Super Mods.
Modified Feature Finish (35 Laps): 1. Nevin George, 2. Kris Graver, 3. Matt Wentz, 4. Zane Zeiner, 5. Earl Paules, 6. Todd Baer, 7. Rick Kirkendall, 8. Roger Coss. 9. John Bennett, 10. Kevin Rex Jr., 11. Chip Santee, 12. Eric Beers, 13. Terry Markovic, 14. Todd Geist, 15. Brent Wentz, 16. Paul Frantz, 17. Lou Strohl, 18. Tommy Flanagan, 19. John Markovic, 20. Dean Ficarro, 21. Eric Kocher
Late Model Make-up Feature Finish from 7/27 (25 Laps): 1. Zane Zeiner, 2. Frankie Althouse, 3. Paul Effrig, 4. Earl Paules, 5. Kevin Graver Jr., 6. Kenny Hein, 7. Mike VanFossen, 8. Jennifer Kutz, 9. George Ramos, 10. Mark Simon, 11. Mike Sweeney, 12. Taya Wentz, 13. Geno Steigerwalt, 14. Joe Stamm
Regular Late Model Feature Finish (25 Laps): 1. Paules, 2. Sweeney, 3. Effrig, 4. Graver, 5. Zeiner, 6. Ramos, 7. Kutz, 8. Hein, 9. Simon, 10. VanFossen, 11. Althouse, 12. Wentz
Street Stock Make-up Feature Finish from 7/27 (30 Laps): 1. TJ Gursky, 2. Lonnie Behler, 3. Stacey Brown, 4. Josh Mooney, 5. Randy Ahner Jr., 6. Todd Ahner, 7. Jason Frey, 8. Kristy Arthofer, 9. Chip Wanamaker, 10. Jason Beers, 11. Kyle Strohl, 12. Jason Kuhn, 13. Jillian Long, 14. Gene Bowers, 15. Zach Graver, 16. Justin Mooney, 17. Jamie Smith, 18. Aaron Kromer, 19. Jonathan Tracey, 20. Steven Steigerwalt, 21. Willie Knappenberger
DNQ: Tiffany Wambold, BJ Wambold, Philip Sabetine, Guy Ackerman, Lucas Santee
Regular Street Stock Feature Finish (30 Laps): 1. Smith, 2. Behler, 3. Justin Mooney, 4. Steigerwalt, 5. Wanamaker, 6. Graver, 7. Beers, 8. Brown, 9. Gursky, 10. Bowers, 11. Arthofer, 12. Frey, 13. Randy Ahner Jr., 14. Strohl, 15. Josh Mooney, 16. Kuhn, 17. Kromer, 18. Knappenberger, 19. Todd Ahner, 20. Tracey
DNQ: Jillian Long, Tiffany Wambold, Eric Kocher, Guy Ackerman, Mike Garris Sr., BJ Wambold
Dirt Modified Feature Finish (25 Laps): 1. Ricky Yetter, 2. JP Curry, 3. Jeff Parker, 4. Ray Deemer, 5. Aleia Geisler, 6. Dave Gorbatuk, 7. Frank Parastino, 8. Bobby Butler, 9, Drew Reinbold, 10. Billy Lowden Jr., 11. Mark Martini, 12. Dave Thomas, 13. Mike Stofflet
Pro 4 Feature Finish (20 Laps): 1. Kyle Strohl, 2. Bobby Kibler Jr., 3. Nick Baer, 4. Danielle Paules, 5. Jake Kibler, 6. Tyler Stangle, 7. Cody Kohler, 8. Chad Miller
Hobby Stock Feature Finish (15 Laps): 1. Jeff Biegley, 2. Corey Edelman, 3. Chad Miller, 4. Cody Geist, 5. Bill Verwys, 6. Gunner Yost, 7. Steve McDonough, 8. Elyse Bollinger
4C Super Modified Feature Finish, (15 Laps): 1. Mike Renn, 2. Wes Gilbert, 3. Steve Renn, 4. Ron Merlino Jr., 5. Bob Renn
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“We’ve been working hard to get back up here. We had a little bit of bad luck the past few weeks and things are straightened out with us now. I got a great team behind me and they work so hard every week and this is what we come here for,” said George.
Matt Wentz grabbed the early lead and was clinging to the front spot as a pack of opponents were all over him. Kris Graver, Chip Santee and George were challenging him the most.
By lap eight Santee stepped up and went door to door with Wentz as he persistently kept the pressure on. Close at hand were Graver and George.
After being closed out numerous times Santee finally got a clear shot at Wentz on a lap 17 restart. For Santee, despite finally getting to the front, there remained an intense battle on his rear bumper. George, Graver, Earl Paules and Eric Beers all were within striking distance.
With the help of a few cautions and some slick driving, Beers moved alongside Santee on lap 20. The pair then went into a furious two-by-two battle and riding directly in their shadow was George.
At the completion of lap 23 Beers pulled next to Santee and at that point the escalating battle would soon came to a head. Both entered into turn four locked even. They banged and Santee lost control and spun. Beers was called for his part in the incident and was sent to the rear with Santee for the restart.
George was now in control with Graver second. As was the rhythm of the race George was being put to the test by Graver. He would not stumble, however, and held on for win number two and just as important gained series ground on Beers in the point standings.
“It was a rough race,” said George. “We’re still in the point battle and I know we took a hit a few weeks ago but we’re coming back and we’re here every week and this is shaping up to be a good end of the year battle.”
Rookie Graver turned in a solid performance in taking runner-up honors. Wentz stayed strong and was third. Zane Zeiner came from 14th to fourth while Paules completed the top five.
In the make-up Late Model feature from July 27, Zeiner raced to his first win with the class. The raced picked up with two laps already in and Frankie Althouse leading.
Zeiner was lined up fifth and when the race resumed he quickly went past Paul Effrig and Mike Sweeney and honed in on Althouse.
From there out Althouse was on the defensive as Zeiner looked for a way by. Neither driver let up and with eight laps to go Zeiner thrust past for the lead. There was no looking back as he took the win, his first coming in a Late Model at Mahoning Valley where he has been victorious numerous times in a Modified.
In the regular feature Althouse would again race to the lead in the early going. Always impressive when out front, he was not letting anyone steal his thunder.
Zeiner and Paules where side-by-side behind Althouse. Then with 13 of 25 laps complete Zeiner unlatched from Paules and hooked alongside Althouse. Several laps of torrid two abreast action then began.
Zeiner, looking to repeat, moved to the front on lap 19 but it turned into a short stint as next time around Althouse ran into the back of him which sent the leader spinning. Althouse was sent to the back for his part.
Paules steered clear and went from third to first on the restart. He was being hotly contested by Sweeney but held his ground and parked in Victory Lane for an unprecedented seventh time.
In the make-up Street Stock feature from July 27, TJ Gursky hustled his way past Jamie Smith on a lap five restart and then held off Lonnie Behler in what became his division leading third win of the season.
In the regular feature Smith led again but this time he would not be passed and scored his first win of the year while holding off a very determined Behler.
Kyle Strohl continued on his dominating win roll in the Pro 4’s as the dynamic 13-year old passed Bobby Kibler Jr., with seven laps to go then sped off to his third straight win and seventh of the season.
Jeff Biegley raced to his seventh Hobby Stock win and also retook the point leader. It came after a hard fought dual over his top rival Corey Edelman.
Mike Renn was tops in the 4c Super Mods.
Modified Feature Finish (35 Laps): 1. Nevin George, 2. Kris Graver, 3. Matt Wentz, 4. Zane Zeiner, 5. Earl Paules, 6. Todd Baer, 7. Rick Kirkendall, 8. Roger Coss. 9. John Bennett, 10. Kevin Rex Jr., 11. Chip Santee, 12. Eric Beers, 13. Terry Markovic, 14. Todd Geist, 15. Brent Wentz, 16. Paul Frantz, 17. Lou Strohl, 18. Tommy Flanagan, 19. John Markovic, 20. Dean Ficarro, 21. Eric Kocher
Late Model Make-up Feature Finish from 7/27 (25 Laps): 1. Zane Zeiner, 2. Frankie Althouse, 3. Paul Effrig, 4. Earl Paules, 5. Kevin Graver Jr., 6. Kenny Hein, 7. Mike VanFossen, 8. Jennifer Kutz, 9. George Ramos, 10. Mark Simon, 11. Mike Sweeney, 12. Taya Wentz, 13. Geno Steigerwalt, 14. Joe Stamm
Regular Late Model Feature Finish (25 Laps): 1. Paules, 2. Sweeney, 3. Effrig, 4. Graver, 5. Zeiner, 6. Ramos, 7. Kutz, 8. Hein, 9. Simon, 10. VanFossen, 11. Althouse, 12. Wentz
Street Stock Make-up Feature Finish from 7/27 (30 Laps): 1. TJ Gursky, 2. Lonnie Behler, 3. Stacey Brown, 4. Josh Mooney, 5. Randy Ahner Jr., 6. Todd Ahner, 7. Jason Frey, 8. Kristy Arthofer, 9. Chip Wanamaker, 10. Jason Beers, 11. Kyle Strohl, 12. Jason Kuhn, 13. Jillian Long, 14. Gene Bowers, 15. Zach Graver, 16. Justin Mooney, 17. Jamie Smith, 18. Aaron Kromer, 19. Jonathan Tracey, 20. Steven Steigerwalt, 21. Willie Knappenberger
DNQ: Tiffany Wambold, BJ Wambold, Philip Sabetine, Guy Ackerman, Lucas Santee
Regular Street Stock Feature Finish (30 Laps): 1. Smith, 2. Behler, 3. Justin Mooney, 4. Steigerwalt, 5. Wanamaker, 6. Graver, 7. Beers, 8. Brown, 9. Gursky, 10. Bowers, 11. Arthofer, 12. Frey, 13. Randy Ahner Jr., 14. Strohl, 15. Josh Mooney, 16. Kuhn, 17. Kromer, 18. Knappenberger, 19. Todd Ahner, 20. Tracey
DNQ: Jillian Long, Tiffany Wambold, Eric Kocher, Guy Ackerman, Mike Garris Sr., BJ Wambold
Dirt Modified Feature Finish (25 Laps): 1. Ricky Yetter, 2. JP Curry, 3. Jeff Parker, 4. Ray Deemer, 5. Aleia Geisler, 6. Dave Gorbatuk, 7. Frank Parastino, 8. Bobby Butler, 9, Drew Reinbold, 10. Billy Lowden Jr., 11. Mark Martini, 12. Dave Thomas, 13. Mike Stofflet
Pro 4 Feature Finish (20 Laps): 1. Kyle Strohl, 2. Bobby Kibler Jr., 3. Nick Baer, 4. Danielle Paules, 5. Jake Kibler, 6. Tyler Stangle, 7. Cody Kohler, 8. Chad Miller
Hobby Stock Feature Finish (15 Laps): 1. Jeff Biegley, 2. Corey Edelman, 3. Chad Miller, 4. Cody Geist, 5. Bill Verwys, 6. Gunner Yost, 7. Steve McDonough, 8. Elyse Bollinger
4C Super Modified Feature Finish, (15 Laps): 1. Mike Renn, 2. Wes Gilbert, 3. Steve Renn, 4. Ron Merlino Jr., 5. Bob Renn
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