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05-25-2009, 09:32 PM
GETZ AND HIGGS VICTORIOUS ON DOUBLE HEADER WEEKEND FOR THE 600 MODIFIEDS
Beautiful weather was on tap for Memorial Day weekend. The Hoosier Tire 600 Modified series would see two tracks in two days. Lanco Speedway was the first to play host to a record breaking field of forty four cars. The high banks and unbelievably smooth track surface would bring the average lap times of 12.6 seconds. “ With the large car count, Lanco was able to provide two B- mains. It’s great to work with a track that works with us” stated Doug Borger.
“ The guys love the high banks and the Bristol feel of the tight turns. We always put a good show on for the fans and look forward to coming back on June 27th.”
Starting off the nights events, Brad Szulewski took the first heat race win over Dave Baldwin Sr. Bobby Scherff, driver of the 56, would hold off the 77x of Nick Mady for his first heat race win of the year. A three car battle in heat three between the 4jr of Butch Getz, the 16 of Ryan Higgs and the 04 of Jeremy Guistewite would set the tone for the rest of the nights racing as the track would come in giving Getz heat three. Eric Whitbe, current points leader, held a hard charging Aaron Bowes by 3/10ths of a second to take heat four. Twenty eight would now have to qualify through the B-mains. The 42k of Kevin Pritchard would lead the pack to the checkers to take the first B-main. Unfortunently the 44 of Chris Stockham’s National Parts Peddler car would post the best times of the night with a 12.5 but would DNF due to mechanical problems. Joe “ The Geezer” Fanelli would bring the 22 WASAK sponsored powerplant to take the second B-main.
After the last B-main, a lot of the drivers and owners went up to congratulate “Rookie of the Year” contender, Josh Fox, for making his first feature of the season. As Josh was climbing out of his Remax sponsored 48, he looked out to the crowd that formed around him and yelled “ It feels like I just won a feature”. His father Jake expressed how frustrating its been for his son being one or two spots out of contention for a feature. “The guys in the series have been a great help to me and Josh with setups and advice” stated Jake Fox.
On the starting grid would be the 48g of George Loux and the 04 of Jeremy Guistewite. Guistewite would take the early lead followed by the 27 of Gary Suchy. Mid-pack saw the 4 of Tyler Haydt and Brad Szulewski ,driver of the 14z, dice it up with the 12e of Eric Whitby and the 4jr of Butch Getz. Haydt and Getz would make their way through the pack and by lap five put themselves in the top five. At this point Ryan Higgs and Nick Mady had moved into second and third place. With the hard racing through the top ten, Guistewite had developed a nice cushion in the top spot. On lap fifteen the yellow flag would fly for the second place runner of Nick Mady. A bolt has broken sending the 77x up to the wall. A five lap shootout would put the Guistewite machine on the mark. By this time Getz earned his way up to third with Haydt and Whitbe on his bumper. The next two laps Getz would look to the inside of Guistewite and found the extra room he needed to be side by side on lap 18. Great door to door action were the highlight and on the white flag lap Getz gave it that extra push he needed to take the checkereds by a nose. The audience waited for the announcer to say the finish because it was to close to call by sight.
Ed Guistewite, owner of the 04 sponsored Alpine Building and Post Supply, stood along side Richie Everett, owner of the 4jr and waited for the decision. Both were excited as their drivers ran a great race. As the checkered flag came out and was handed to Butch Getz, both men congratulated each other on a great win. Ed stated “ I couldn’t stand still watching those last five laps. I know we didn’t win but it was great to see the car up front and congrats to Butch Getz and the Everett racing team”. Since rain was on the horizon victory lane interviews would become photo op only. During tech Getz stated “ It was great to run with Jeremy for the first time. He held his line and ran me clean. Let’s hope we can do a repeat at Trailways tomorrow”.
Dave Ogin “ Rookie of the Year Contender” would have his best finish of the year by bringing the 31 home to an 8th place finish giving him the highest finishing rookie for the night. Tyler Haydt, teammate to Getz, earned Hard Charger of the night starting from 14th place to bring home a 3rd place finish. Next day would see 31 cars roll into Trailways Speedway for their inaugiral race. The Hoosier tire 600 Modifieds were invited to be part of the Microracing.com Spring Nationals. Dry and slick would be the words of the day. Throttle control would play into action along with tire wear. Jason Van Dohren and Heath Henley would buckle the belts in 600 Modifieds. Jason took over the driving duties for the X car and Heath would pilot the 99. Both had busy days since they were also competing in the 600 sprints with Henley also driving a 270 sprint.
Three heats would be on tap along with the B-main to set the twenty eight car field. Heath would quickly adapt to the 600 Modified making his first ever race starting eighth and finishing behind eventual heat race winner Ryan Higgs. Heat two saw a repeat of the previous night as Getz came across the line in first. Tyler Bartik, driver of the 85am, quickly found his groove to take heat three. Tyler Haydt would need to qualify through the B-main and made is way into the field with his first place finish. Many unanswered question would remain since qualifying was held during the day and the feature would be under the lights. Ryan Higgs flipped the coin to decide a heads up start putting himself and Nick Mady on the front row. Previous nights winner Butch Getz would be regulated to a tenth place position. Unfortunently , the feature would end early for Heath Henley after a tangle on the track. A quick caution on lap six would see the 77x of Nick Mady on the point followed by Bartik and Higgs. Racing throughout the field would keep the spectators not knowing where to watch. Lap eight would see Higgs, Bartik and Whitby fight over real estate to gun down Mady for the next five laps. On lap thirteen, Mady would drift up half a groove leaving the door open for Higgs to pull along side of him in turns three and four. Going into one and two Higgs put the nose of the car right to the bottom and made the stick to take the lead. A lap sixteen caution would see the 44 of Chris Stockham facing the field and Butch Getz having no room avoided a head on by throwing the car sideways into Stockham. Both drivers walked away frustrated but uninjured. The next four laps were run like they were the last one. Higgs had found the clean air and wasn’t ready to give it up. Eric Whitbe and Nick Mady would jockey for position the next three laps giving Higgs the cushion he needed. On lap nineteen would see Whitbe take over the second spot but ran out of time giving Ryan Higg’s sponsored Flurers Autobody #16 his first victory of the year. After receiving his trophy in victory lane, he wanted to thank Microracing.com the opportunity to bring the series to Trailways for the first time. He also stated “ I have to thank Nick for showing me the fast line around the track. I’ve raced with Nick for three years and he’s always a tough competitor. Now we can really celebrate Memorial Day and thank all our veterans”.
Kasey Ernst “ Rookie of the Year Contender” earned another highest finishing rookie with a 7th place finish. He stated “ Last night I didn’t qualify at Lanco and to come to Trailways and bring home a 7th place finish shows me the ups and downs of racing but I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else”. For the second night in a row Hard Charger of the night would belong to Tyler Haydt once again by moving up 15 positions. The Hoosier Tires will take off the dirt skins and mount the asphalt for their visit to Mahoning Speedway on May 30th for their second of five visits.
LANCO FEATURE FINISH:
BUTCH GETZ, Jeremy Guistwite, Tyler Haydt, Eric Whitbe, Gary Suchy, Ryan Suchon, Brad Szulewski, Dave Ogin, Kevin Pritchard, Joe Fanelli, Ryan Kunkle, Ryan Higgs, Mark Schaffer, Bobby Scherff, Cody Coons, Justin Schraden, Mike Kelly, George Loux, Aaron Bowes, Josh Fox, Gary Lerch, Nick Mady, Rich Einsinger, Dave Baldwin Sr, Tyler Bartik, Joe Heintzelman, BJ Scherff, Mike Fry, Nick Seaman, Kermit Horning, Joe Carter, John Lakatos, Ray Horning, Tim VanHorn Jr, Jaime Hess, Brian Horning, Brian Mady, Keith Gutshaw, Kasey Ernst, Chris Stockham, Bob Luckenbaugh, Dave Baldwin Jr, Geordan Farry, Ken Moody Jr
TRAILWAYS FEATURE FINISH:
RYAN HIGGS, Eric White, Nick Mady, Tyler Haydt, Tyler Bartik, Brad Szulewski, Kasey Ernst, Joe Fanelli, Jason Van Dohren, Joe Heinzelman, Aaron Bowes, Bob Luckenbaugh, Gary Suchy, Mike Kelly, Dave Ogin, Cody Coons, Ryan Suchon, Geordan Farry, Ray Horning, Jaime Hess, Ian Detweiler, Kevin Pritchard, Butch Getz, George Loux, Chris Stockham, Heath Henley, Kermit Horning, Justin Schraden, Brian Horning, John Lakatos, Josh Fox
Beautiful weather was on tap for Memorial Day weekend. The Hoosier Tire 600 Modified series would see two tracks in two days. Lanco Speedway was the first to play host to a record breaking field of forty four cars. The high banks and unbelievably smooth track surface would bring the average lap times of 12.6 seconds. “ With the large car count, Lanco was able to provide two B- mains. It’s great to work with a track that works with us” stated Doug Borger.
“ The guys love the high banks and the Bristol feel of the tight turns. We always put a good show on for the fans and look forward to coming back on June 27th.”
Starting off the nights events, Brad Szulewski took the first heat race win over Dave Baldwin Sr. Bobby Scherff, driver of the 56, would hold off the 77x of Nick Mady for his first heat race win of the year. A three car battle in heat three between the 4jr of Butch Getz, the 16 of Ryan Higgs and the 04 of Jeremy Guistewite would set the tone for the rest of the nights racing as the track would come in giving Getz heat three. Eric Whitbe, current points leader, held a hard charging Aaron Bowes by 3/10ths of a second to take heat four. Twenty eight would now have to qualify through the B-mains. The 42k of Kevin Pritchard would lead the pack to the checkers to take the first B-main. Unfortunently the 44 of Chris Stockham’s National Parts Peddler car would post the best times of the night with a 12.5 but would DNF due to mechanical problems. Joe “ The Geezer” Fanelli would bring the 22 WASAK sponsored powerplant to take the second B-main.
After the last B-main, a lot of the drivers and owners went up to congratulate “Rookie of the Year” contender, Josh Fox, for making his first feature of the season. As Josh was climbing out of his Remax sponsored 48, he looked out to the crowd that formed around him and yelled “ It feels like I just won a feature”. His father Jake expressed how frustrating its been for his son being one or two spots out of contention for a feature. “The guys in the series have been a great help to me and Josh with setups and advice” stated Jake Fox.
On the starting grid would be the 48g of George Loux and the 04 of Jeremy Guistewite. Guistewite would take the early lead followed by the 27 of Gary Suchy. Mid-pack saw the 4 of Tyler Haydt and Brad Szulewski ,driver of the 14z, dice it up with the 12e of Eric Whitby and the 4jr of Butch Getz. Haydt and Getz would make their way through the pack and by lap five put themselves in the top five. At this point Ryan Higgs and Nick Mady had moved into second and third place. With the hard racing through the top ten, Guistewite had developed a nice cushion in the top spot. On lap fifteen the yellow flag would fly for the second place runner of Nick Mady. A bolt has broken sending the 77x up to the wall. A five lap shootout would put the Guistewite machine on the mark. By this time Getz earned his way up to third with Haydt and Whitbe on his bumper. The next two laps Getz would look to the inside of Guistewite and found the extra room he needed to be side by side on lap 18. Great door to door action were the highlight and on the white flag lap Getz gave it that extra push he needed to take the checkereds by a nose. The audience waited for the announcer to say the finish because it was to close to call by sight.
Ed Guistewite, owner of the 04 sponsored Alpine Building and Post Supply, stood along side Richie Everett, owner of the 4jr and waited for the decision. Both were excited as their drivers ran a great race. As the checkered flag came out and was handed to Butch Getz, both men congratulated each other on a great win. Ed stated “ I couldn’t stand still watching those last five laps. I know we didn’t win but it was great to see the car up front and congrats to Butch Getz and the Everett racing team”. Since rain was on the horizon victory lane interviews would become photo op only. During tech Getz stated “ It was great to run with Jeremy for the first time. He held his line and ran me clean. Let’s hope we can do a repeat at Trailways tomorrow”.
Dave Ogin “ Rookie of the Year Contender” would have his best finish of the year by bringing the 31 home to an 8th place finish giving him the highest finishing rookie for the night. Tyler Haydt, teammate to Getz, earned Hard Charger of the night starting from 14th place to bring home a 3rd place finish. Next day would see 31 cars roll into Trailways Speedway for their inaugiral race. The Hoosier tire 600 Modifieds were invited to be part of the Microracing.com Spring Nationals. Dry and slick would be the words of the day. Throttle control would play into action along with tire wear. Jason Van Dohren and Heath Henley would buckle the belts in 600 Modifieds. Jason took over the driving duties for the X car and Heath would pilot the 99. Both had busy days since they were also competing in the 600 sprints with Henley also driving a 270 sprint.
Three heats would be on tap along with the B-main to set the twenty eight car field. Heath would quickly adapt to the 600 Modified making his first ever race starting eighth and finishing behind eventual heat race winner Ryan Higgs. Heat two saw a repeat of the previous night as Getz came across the line in first. Tyler Bartik, driver of the 85am, quickly found his groove to take heat three. Tyler Haydt would need to qualify through the B-main and made is way into the field with his first place finish. Many unanswered question would remain since qualifying was held during the day and the feature would be under the lights. Ryan Higgs flipped the coin to decide a heads up start putting himself and Nick Mady on the front row. Previous nights winner Butch Getz would be regulated to a tenth place position. Unfortunently , the feature would end early for Heath Henley after a tangle on the track. A quick caution on lap six would see the 77x of Nick Mady on the point followed by Bartik and Higgs. Racing throughout the field would keep the spectators not knowing where to watch. Lap eight would see Higgs, Bartik and Whitby fight over real estate to gun down Mady for the next five laps. On lap thirteen, Mady would drift up half a groove leaving the door open for Higgs to pull along side of him in turns three and four. Going into one and two Higgs put the nose of the car right to the bottom and made the stick to take the lead. A lap sixteen caution would see the 44 of Chris Stockham facing the field and Butch Getz having no room avoided a head on by throwing the car sideways into Stockham. Both drivers walked away frustrated but uninjured. The next four laps were run like they were the last one. Higgs had found the clean air and wasn’t ready to give it up. Eric Whitbe and Nick Mady would jockey for position the next three laps giving Higgs the cushion he needed. On lap nineteen would see Whitbe take over the second spot but ran out of time giving Ryan Higg’s sponsored Flurers Autobody #16 his first victory of the year. After receiving his trophy in victory lane, he wanted to thank Microracing.com the opportunity to bring the series to Trailways for the first time. He also stated “ I have to thank Nick for showing me the fast line around the track. I’ve raced with Nick for three years and he’s always a tough competitor. Now we can really celebrate Memorial Day and thank all our veterans”.
Kasey Ernst “ Rookie of the Year Contender” earned another highest finishing rookie with a 7th place finish. He stated “ Last night I didn’t qualify at Lanco and to come to Trailways and bring home a 7th place finish shows me the ups and downs of racing but I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else”. For the second night in a row Hard Charger of the night would belong to Tyler Haydt once again by moving up 15 positions. The Hoosier Tires will take off the dirt skins and mount the asphalt for their visit to Mahoning Speedway on May 30th for their second of five visits.
LANCO FEATURE FINISH:
BUTCH GETZ, Jeremy Guistwite, Tyler Haydt, Eric Whitbe, Gary Suchy, Ryan Suchon, Brad Szulewski, Dave Ogin, Kevin Pritchard, Joe Fanelli, Ryan Kunkle, Ryan Higgs, Mark Schaffer, Bobby Scherff, Cody Coons, Justin Schraden, Mike Kelly, George Loux, Aaron Bowes, Josh Fox, Gary Lerch, Nick Mady, Rich Einsinger, Dave Baldwin Sr, Tyler Bartik, Joe Heintzelman, BJ Scherff, Mike Fry, Nick Seaman, Kermit Horning, Joe Carter, John Lakatos, Ray Horning, Tim VanHorn Jr, Jaime Hess, Brian Horning, Brian Mady, Keith Gutshaw, Kasey Ernst, Chris Stockham, Bob Luckenbaugh, Dave Baldwin Jr, Geordan Farry, Ken Moody Jr
TRAILWAYS FEATURE FINISH:
RYAN HIGGS, Eric White, Nick Mady, Tyler Haydt, Tyler Bartik, Brad Szulewski, Kasey Ernst, Joe Fanelli, Jason Van Dohren, Joe Heinzelman, Aaron Bowes, Bob Luckenbaugh, Gary Suchy, Mike Kelly, Dave Ogin, Cody Coons, Ryan Suchon, Geordan Farry, Ray Horning, Jaime Hess, Ian Detweiler, Kevin Pritchard, Butch Getz, George Loux, Chris Stockham, Heath Henley, Kermit Horning, Justin Schraden, Brian Horning, John Lakatos, Josh Fox