Cobra 14
08-24-2008, 10:07 AM
August 22nd Path Valley.. Mertz takes the win, Greth takes second…the shootout continues.
Finally a perfect weather night helped produce a perfect track surface that resulted in many teams expressing their gratitude to Path Valley for the increased “fun factor” from the super racy multi groove surface.
From his 3rd position on the grid, Tim Mertz was always going to be the one to beat. All year it seems that Mertz has “found something” to his liking at Path Valley and this night’s feature race was no exception.
Tim was able to take over the lead on a lap two restart and built on it until a lap 17 caution regrouped the field. At that time it put Ryan Greth on Tim’s bumper. Although applying heaps of pressure during the short sprint to the finish, Greth was unable to deny Mertz the victory.
In victory lane Tim said “A special thanks must go to Path Valley for providing a great racing surface tonight. The Sidewinder Sprints are an absolute blast to drive, especially when it slicks off a little. The throttle control that you need really puts the driver into the equation. I have to give a lot of thanks to our team made up of, Dad, Ron and Joe. None of this would be possible without the support of Mertz's Moving, Allison Door Sales, Guhl Motors and RTS chassis.”
Passing was the name of the game throughout the field, Morrison spun early and came back to 3rd, Beasley started 9th and was up to 3rd before collision damage sidelined his effort. Fleming charged from 12th to 4th, before being involved in the lap 17 accident. Jerry Strausbaugh put in his best effort of the season, challenging for 3rd in the last laps before racing contact with Landvanter allowed Morrison to pass both of them and that left Jerry with a season best 5th place finish.
If there was a hard luck award, it would go to Sean Campbell. Sean has been unable to break his Path Valley jinx all year, this time it was a brake master cylinder that went out in hot laps. Although Sean and Ray hurriedly replaced it, before the feature, the car still wasn’t right so Sean was an early exit. After the races, Sean shared with a laugh, “I will be back. I feel that our luck at Path Valley is surely due to change soon. Maybe I’ll get Ray to bring over different beer this week to try and break the curse??”
In heat racing action, it looked like the night would belong to Stan Fleming. Fleming was absolutely flying in the first heat and won comfortably in the Saner Motorsports, Yamaha powered Hyper. Steve Dull captured his first heat win with Sidewinder Sprints in the second heat in his Yamaha powered Hyper. Dull’s heat was loaded with the top 4 in points, Greth, Mertz, Morrison and Beasley so it was no easy feat.
With only 2 points now separating the top two, and only 6 races to go, it looks like the points chase for the coveted Hyper Cup is going to be a nail biter.
Parity report: Once again the top 3 cars all had different engines. Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki filled the podium.
Apart from Hyper Racing ( www.Hyperracing.com ), our thanks must go out to the other companies that have supplied products for the award winning raffle car;
Advance Racing Suspension ( www.advancedracingsusp.com ) for supplying the best shock absorbers in racing.
Lias Tire / American Racer ( www.americanraceronline.com ) ( www.liastire.com ); for supplying the tires that provide the best racing action.
H & H Wings (717-303-8231 ) for supplying the wings that make you fly.
Coating Concepts (717-240-0010 ) for the toughest and best looking powder coating in the industry.
SC Signs and Designs ( www.scsigns.net ) for the fantastic award winning graphics.
This weeks results;
Feature (20 Laps); Finish, Car #, Name, (Started) ;
1st. 17 - Tim Mertz (3); 2nd. 71 - Ryan Greth (7); 3rd. 55 – Jason Morrison (5); 4th. 29 – Denny Landvater (2); 5th. 26 – Jerry Strausbaugh (6); 6th. 17S – Stan Fleming (12); 7th. 5D – Steve Dull (1); 8th 5 – Shane Lewis (10); 9th 22 – Patrick Roller (8); 10th. 14 - Rohan Beasley (9); 11th. 92 _ Gary Funck (4); 12th. 31 – Sean Campbell (9);.
Heat to Stan Fleming and Steve Dull
This Week’s Question;
Q. After his break through win at Path Valley last week, can Stan Fleming join the 2008 repeat winners club this week?
A. Stan was on a charge from his 12th starting position and was in 4th on the lap 17 restart. Unfortunately contact with Beasley, who was running 3rd at the time, resulted in both cars coming to a stop in turn one on the restart.
Next Week’s Questions;
Q. With the Sidewinders having the Labor Day long weekend off to regroup. The next race will be a double header weekend with Path Valley (9/05) and Trail-Way (9/06). This begs the question….Can someone sweep the two nights?
Sidewinder Sprints are accepting 2008 registrations.
Drivers wishing to join are reminded to register with us ASAP (click the registration link on our website) to reserve your car number, as we do not allow duplicate numbers, and to receive important "registered team" only emails regarding rules, contingency requirements and schedules.
For all your racing needs please contact our following partners:
For all of your 270, 600 and Sidewinder Sprint needs;
Hyper Racing ( www.HyperRacing.com )
580 Grandview Drive, Suite A
Lewisberry, PA 17339
Telephone: (717) 938-8732
Fax: (717) 938-8521
sales@hyperracing.com
Contingency Awards:
Sidewinder Sprints ( www.SidewinderSprints.com ) &
The Workshop ( www.workshopwelovesnow.com ) "Eligible Hard Charger Bonus" ; Stan Fleming
Guhl Motors ( www.guhlmotors.com ) ; For all of your Fuel Injection needs. “Highest eligible Guhl injection finisher”; Tim Mertz
Keizer Wheels ( www.Keizerwheels.com ); The ultimate in racing wheels. “ 3rd Highest eligible finisher”; Jason Morrison
American Racer / Lias Tires ( www.americanraceronline.com ) ( www.liastire.com ); For the tires that provide the best racing action.; “Highest eligible American Racer front tire finisher”; Tim Mertz
H&H Wings ; Phone Chris @ 717-303-8231; Wings that make you fly !
S & S Racing Fuel ; Phone Alan @ 717-579-6413 or Tom @ 717-503-3614; The best AA Methanol at the best prices.
Sidewinder Sprints will next appear at Path Valley Speedway on 8/22/08. Racing starts at 7.00pm
Sidewinder Sprints overall points:
Ryan Greth 1712
Tim Mertz 1710
Jason Morrison 1621
Rohan Beasley 1519
Denny Landvater 1218
Sean Campbell 1052
Gary Funck 1043
Brent Marks 897
Jerry Strausbaugh 853
Arron Spahr 839
Shawn Seifert 739
Jeremy Lynch 726
Rick Hench 721
Patrick Roller 640
John Robertson 521
Chad Hough 509
Donnie Hendershot 478
James Shaw 450
Stan Fleming 432
Jim Campbell Jnr 429
Steve Dull 380
Jared Hudson 353
Rich Halter 351
Kenny Wilhide 276
Ron Taggert 271
Mark Strickler 243
Jimmy Puckett 232
Travis Saner 125
Alex Schanz 103
Tyler DeVault 72
Shane Lewis 68
Tyler Walton 64
Mike Pychinka 60
Jason Eisenhart 45
Gary Reed 37
www.SidewinderSprints.com
Finally a perfect weather night helped produce a perfect track surface that resulted in many teams expressing their gratitude to Path Valley for the increased “fun factor” from the super racy multi groove surface.
From his 3rd position on the grid, Tim Mertz was always going to be the one to beat. All year it seems that Mertz has “found something” to his liking at Path Valley and this night’s feature race was no exception.
Tim was able to take over the lead on a lap two restart and built on it until a lap 17 caution regrouped the field. At that time it put Ryan Greth on Tim’s bumper. Although applying heaps of pressure during the short sprint to the finish, Greth was unable to deny Mertz the victory.
In victory lane Tim said “A special thanks must go to Path Valley for providing a great racing surface tonight. The Sidewinder Sprints are an absolute blast to drive, especially when it slicks off a little. The throttle control that you need really puts the driver into the equation. I have to give a lot of thanks to our team made up of, Dad, Ron and Joe. None of this would be possible without the support of Mertz's Moving, Allison Door Sales, Guhl Motors and RTS chassis.”
Passing was the name of the game throughout the field, Morrison spun early and came back to 3rd, Beasley started 9th and was up to 3rd before collision damage sidelined his effort. Fleming charged from 12th to 4th, before being involved in the lap 17 accident. Jerry Strausbaugh put in his best effort of the season, challenging for 3rd in the last laps before racing contact with Landvanter allowed Morrison to pass both of them and that left Jerry with a season best 5th place finish.
If there was a hard luck award, it would go to Sean Campbell. Sean has been unable to break his Path Valley jinx all year, this time it was a brake master cylinder that went out in hot laps. Although Sean and Ray hurriedly replaced it, before the feature, the car still wasn’t right so Sean was an early exit. After the races, Sean shared with a laugh, “I will be back. I feel that our luck at Path Valley is surely due to change soon. Maybe I’ll get Ray to bring over different beer this week to try and break the curse??”
In heat racing action, it looked like the night would belong to Stan Fleming. Fleming was absolutely flying in the first heat and won comfortably in the Saner Motorsports, Yamaha powered Hyper. Steve Dull captured his first heat win with Sidewinder Sprints in the second heat in his Yamaha powered Hyper. Dull’s heat was loaded with the top 4 in points, Greth, Mertz, Morrison and Beasley so it was no easy feat.
With only 2 points now separating the top two, and only 6 races to go, it looks like the points chase for the coveted Hyper Cup is going to be a nail biter.
Parity report: Once again the top 3 cars all had different engines. Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki filled the podium.
Apart from Hyper Racing ( www.Hyperracing.com ), our thanks must go out to the other companies that have supplied products for the award winning raffle car;
Advance Racing Suspension ( www.advancedracingsusp.com ) for supplying the best shock absorbers in racing.
Lias Tire / American Racer ( www.americanraceronline.com ) ( www.liastire.com ); for supplying the tires that provide the best racing action.
H & H Wings (717-303-8231 ) for supplying the wings that make you fly.
Coating Concepts (717-240-0010 ) for the toughest and best looking powder coating in the industry.
SC Signs and Designs ( www.scsigns.net ) for the fantastic award winning graphics.
This weeks results;
Feature (20 Laps); Finish, Car #, Name, (Started) ;
1st. 17 - Tim Mertz (3); 2nd. 71 - Ryan Greth (7); 3rd. 55 – Jason Morrison (5); 4th. 29 – Denny Landvater (2); 5th. 26 – Jerry Strausbaugh (6); 6th. 17S – Stan Fleming (12); 7th. 5D – Steve Dull (1); 8th 5 – Shane Lewis (10); 9th 22 – Patrick Roller (8); 10th. 14 - Rohan Beasley (9); 11th. 92 _ Gary Funck (4); 12th. 31 – Sean Campbell (9);.
Heat to Stan Fleming and Steve Dull
This Week’s Question;
Q. After his break through win at Path Valley last week, can Stan Fleming join the 2008 repeat winners club this week?
A. Stan was on a charge from his 12th starting position and was in 4th on the lap 17 restart. Unfortunately contact with Beasley, who was running 3rd at the time, resulted in both cars coming to a stop in turn one on the restart.
Next Week’s Questions;
Q. With the Sidewinders having the Labor Day long weekend off to regroup. The next race will be a double header weekend with Path Valley (9/05) and Trail-Way (9/06). This begs the question….Can someone sweep the two nights?
Sidewinder Sprints are accepting 2008 registrations.
Drivers wishing to join are reminded to register with us ASAP (click the registration link on our website) to reserve your car number, as we do not allow duplicate numbers, and to receive important "registered team" only emails regarding rules, contingency requirements and schedules.
For all your racing needs please contact our following partners:
For all of your 270, 600 and Sidewinder Sprint needs;
Hyper Racing ( www.HyperRacing.com )
580 Grandview Drive, Suite A
Lewisberry, PA 17339
Telephone: (717) 938-8732
Fax: (717) 938-8521
sales@hyperracing.com
Contingency Awards:
Sidewinder Sprints ( www.SidewinderSprints.com ) &
The Workshop ( www.workshopwelovesnow.com ) "Eligible Hard Charger Bonus" ; Stan Fleming
Guhl Motors ( www.guhlmotors.com ) ; For all of your Fuel Injection needs. “Highest eligible Guhl injection finisher”; Tim Mertz
Keizer Wheels ( www.Keizerwheels.com ); The ultimate in racing wheels. “ 3rd Highest eligible finisher”; Jason Morrison
American Racer / Lias Tires ( www.americanraceronline.com ) ( www.liastire.com ); For the tires that provide the best racing action.; “Highest eligible American Racer front tire finisher”; Tim Mertz
H&H Wings ; Phone Chris @ 717-303-8231; Wings that make you fly !
S & S Racing Fuel ; Phone Alan @ 717-579-6413 or Tom @ 717-503-3614; The best AA Methanol at the best prices.
Sidewinder Sprints will next appear at Path Valley Speedway on 8/22/08. Racing starts at 7.00pm
Sidewinder Sprints overall points:
Ryan Greth 1712
Tim Mertz 1710
Jason Morrison 1621
Rohan Beasley 1519
Denny Landvater 1218
Sean Campbell 1052
Gary Funck 1043
Brent Marks 897
Jerry Strausbaugh 853
Arron Spahr 839
Shawn Seifert 739
Jeremy Lynch 726
Rick Hench 721
Patrick Roller 640
John Robertson 521
Chad Hough 509
Donnie Hendershot 478
James Shaw 450
Stan Fleming 432
Jim Campbell Jnr 429
Steve Dull 380
Jared Hudson 353
Rich Halter 351
Kenny Wilhide 276
Ron Taggert 271
Mark Strickler 243
Jimmy Puckett 232
Travis Saner 125
Alex Schanz 103
Tyler DeVault 72
Shane Lewis 68
Tyler Walton 64
Mike Pychinka 60
Jason Eisenhart 45
Gary Reed 37
www.SidewinderSprints.com