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07-30-2016, 11:01 AM
Lancaster National Speedway's stock car program will take this weekend off for the Sunday Nostalgia Drag Racing Weekend, but will return on August 6 to start a stretch of four-straight Saturdays of racing. This four-week run will set the stage for Track Championship Night on Saturday, September 10 when the crowns will be awarded for Lancaster's three weekly home track classes.
After nine events in 2016, Lancaster National Speedway has increased car counts and a renewed enthusiasm from drivers and fans. The amount of cars in the pits on a weekly basis has surpassed last year's totals in overall categories.
Here is a statistical look inside the season to date:
Lancaster National Speedway through 9 Stock Car events
Average total car count - 74.3
Season high - 98 (5/21, 5 divisions)
Season low - 64 (4/30)
2015 season high - 62 (8/22/15)
Weekly division car count (Sportsman, Street Stocks, 4-Cylinders)
Average car count - 54.25
Season High - 58 (twice)
Season Low - 47 (6/25)
Sunoco Sportsman by the numbers:
Races - 8
Drivers with at least 1 start/appearance - 45
Average field size - 21.5
Season high - 26 (6/18)
Season low - 16 (6/25)
Drivers to run every race - 8 (Jake Lyon, Billy Burd, Mark Pennell, Jayme Thompson, Tommy Catalano, Sherri Hogan, Bobby Lippa, Jr.)
Drivers to only miss 1 race - 3 (Amy Catalano, Tim Nies, John Barber)
Total drivers with at least 5 starts/appearances - 18
Winners: Patrick Emerling (4), Jake Lyon (1), Tommy Catalano (1), Mark Pennell (1), Amy Catalano (1)
Advance Auto Parts Street Stocks by the numbers:
Races - 9
Drivers with at least 1 start/appearance - 32
Average field size - 18.3
Season high - 21 (7/23)
Season low - 15 (4/30)
Drivers to run every race - 7 (Dave Wilson, Keith Flanigan, Tommy Wentlans, Jerome Hruby, Dennis Londos, Ken Maltby, Ed Culliton)
Drivers to only miss 1 race - 1 (Trevor Pettit)
Total drivers with at least 5 starts/appearances - 15
Winners: Dave Wilson (3), TJ Cochrane (1), Mark Hoch (1), Terry Weldy (1), Eric Brown (1), Lou Carbone (1), Andy Cryan (1)
Roaming Buffalo 4-Cylinders by the numbers:
Races - 9
Drivers with at least 1 start/appearance - 23
Average field size - 14.8
Season high - 18 (4/30)
Season low - 13 (Twice)
Drivers to run every race - 5 (Kevin Bainbridge, Frank Prell, Howard Guthrie, Billy McNerney, Laurie Krol)
Drivers to only miss 1 race - 4 (Chris Pennell, Dan Dressel, Joe Brunka, Zach Cleverlsey)
Total drivers with at least 5 starts/appearances - 16
Winners: Kevin Bainbridge (6), Rich Bartel (1), Bobby Woch (1), Joe Brunka (1)
Lancaster National Speedway's stock car program will be back on track Saturday, August 6 with a special a 2 p.m. show leading up to the Chase Rice concert later that evening. Concert tickets are now available on Ticketfly.com. That will also be autograph day where fans in the stands can meet the stars in the cars for signatures right on the track during intermission.
Racing returns to its regular Saturday night start time of 6:30 p.m. on August 13, which is Fan Appreciation Night and Wing Night with the return of the winged Can-Am TQ Midgets.
On Saturday, August 20 Lancaster National Speedway will host one of its most prestigious events with the 27th running of the Tommy Druar/Tony Jankowiak Memorial Modified 110 for the Race of Champions Modified Series. Defending race winner, Patrick Emerling, already has a Modified win and four Sportsman wins at Lancaster in 2016.
The whirlwind August schedule concludes on August 27 with Big Rig Night presented by Peterbilt Buffalo and Hunter Truck Sales. CDL license holders will only pay $5 for grandstand general admission that night, which is also the next-to-last event of the regular season.
These four Saturdays in August will separate the contenders from the pretenders in the 2016 chase for Lancaster National Speedway's track championships. Sunoco Sportsman opening day feature winner Jake Lyon of Elma, N.Y. currently leads the division standings and has finished second in the last two features. Lyon has a 17-point lead over Tommy Catalano. Billy Burd is two points behind Catalano in third.
In the Advance Auto Parts Street Stocks, Dave Wilson is on top of the points thanks to three feature wins. He is ahead of second place Tommy Wentland by 87 points. Since Wilson's last win, however, the division has had three-straight weeks of first time winners in Eric Brown, Lou Carbone and Andy Cryan.
Kevin Bainbridge is dominating the Roaming Buffalo 4-Cylinders this season with six feature wins and a big lead in the standings of 137 points over Chris Pennell.
The division champions will be crowned on September 10, which ends the regular season. However, get ready for even more racing action when the US Open takes place with three days of racing from Friday, Sept. 23 to Sunday, Sept 25.
Dave Buchanan
After nine events in 2016, Lancaster National Speedway has increased car counts and a renewed enthusiasm from drivers and fans. The amount of cars in the pits on a weekly basis has surpassed last year's totals in overall categories.
Here is a statistical look inside the season to date:
Lancaster National Speedway through 9 Stock Car events
Average total car count - 74.3
Season high - 98 (5/21, 5 divisions)
Season low - 64 (4/30)
2015 season high - 62 (8/22/15)
Weekly division car count (Sportsman, Street Stocks, 4-Cylinders)
Average car count - 54.25
Season High - 58 (twice)
Season Low - 47 (6/25)
Sunoco Sportsman by the numbers:
Races - 8
Drivers with at least 1 start/appearance - 45
Average field size - 21.5
Season high - 26 (6/18)
Season low - 16 (6/25)
Drivers to run every race - 8 (Jake Lyon, Billy Burd, Mark Pennell, Jayme Thompson, Tommy Catalano, Sherri Hogan, Bobby Lippa, Jr.)
Drivers to only miss 1 race - 3 (Amy Catalano, Tim Nies, John Barber)
Total drivers with at least 5 starts/appearances - 18
Winners: Patrick Emerling (4), Jake Lyon (1), Tommy Catalano (1), Mark Pennell (1), Amy Catalano (1)
Advance Auto Parts Street Stocks by the numbers:
Races - 9
Drivers with at least 1 start/appearance - 32
Average field size - 18.3
Season high - 21 (7/23)
Season low - 15 (4/30)
Drivers to run every race - 7 (Dave Wilson, Keith Flanigan, Tommy Wentlans, Jerome Hruby, Dennis Londos, Ken Maltby, Ed Culliton)
Drivers to only miss 1 race - 1 (Trevor Pettit)
Total drivers with at least 5 starts/appearances - 15
Winners: Dave Wilson (3), TJ Cochrane (1), Mark Hoch (1), Terry Weldy (1), Eric Brown (1), Lou Carbone (1), Andy Cryan (1)
Roaming Buffalo 4-Cylinders by the numbers:
Races - 9
Drivers with at least 1 start/appearance - 23
Average field size - 14.8
Season high - 18 (4/30)
Season low - 13 (Twice)
Drivers to run every race - 5 (Kevin Bainbridge, Frank Prell, Howard Guthrie, Billy McNerney, Laurie Krol)
Drivers to only miss 1 race - 4 (Chris Pennell, Dan Dressel, Joe Brunka, Zach Cleverlsey)
Total drivers with at least 5 starts/appearances - 16
Winners: Kevin Bainbridge (6), Rich Bartel (1), Bobby Woch (1), Joe Brunka (1)
Lancaster National Speedway's stock car program will be back on track Saturday, August 6 with a special a 2 p.m. show leading up to the Chase Rice concert later that evening. Concert tickets are now available on Ticketfly.com. That will also be autograph day where fans in the stands can meet the stars in the cars for signatures right on the track during intermission.
Racing returns to its regular Saturday night start time of 6:30 p.m. on August 13, which is Fan Appreciation Night and Wing Night with the return of the winged Can-Am TQ Midgets.
On Saturday, August 20 Lancaster National Speedway will host one of its most prestigious events with the 27th running of the Tommy Druar/Tony Jankowiak Memorial Modified 110 for the Race of Champions Modified Series. Defending race winner, Patrick Emerling, already has a Modified win and four Sportsman wins at Lancaster in 2016.
The whirlwind August schedule concludes on August 27 with Big Rig Night presented by Peterbilt Buffalo and Hunter Truck Sales. CDL license holders will only pay $5 for grandstand general admission that night, which is also the next-to-last event of the regular season.
These four Saturdays in August will separate the contenders from the pretenders in the 2016 chase for Lancaster National Speedway's track championships. Sunoco Sportsman opening day feature winner Jake Lyon of Elma, N.Y. currently leads the division standings and has finished second in the last two features. Lyon has a 17-point lead over Tommy Catalano. Billy Burd is two points behind Catalano in third.
In the Advance Auto Parts Street Stocks, Dave Wilson is on top of the points thanks to three feature wins. He is ahead of second place Tommy Wentland by 87 points. Since Wilson's last win, however, the division has had three-straight weeks of first time winners in Eric Brown, Lou Carbone and Andy Cryan.
Kevin Bainbridge is dominating the Roaming Buffalo 4-Cylinders this season with six feature wins and a big lead in the standings of 137 points over Chris Pennell.
The division champions will be crowned on September 10, which ends the regular season. However, get ready for even more racing action when the US Open takes place with three days of racing from Friday, Sept. 23 to Sunday, Sept 25.
Dave Buchanan