Racerchaser
08-30-2009, 06:40 PM
Having won the Johnny Roberts Memorial in July, Gettysburg’s Jeremy Miller was absolute total domination Saturday night and scored the $2,500 29th Annual Shorty Bowers/Bull Durham Championship 29-lap event victory. In a final two lap shootout, he recorded his career 29th win by 2.38 seconds over Frankie Plessinger.
“To win this Shorty Bowers Memorial, that’s pretty awesome,” Miller said. “I always enjoy winning the bigger ones down here. I’ve just never got an Outlaw race, but we have about the rest of them,”
Current Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman point leader, Kyle Lear, of Severna Park, Md., almost became involved in a red flag incident on the 2nd circuit, but also settled the score in a two lap shootout to win by a length over Pete Weavcr. In the Ernie D’s pure stocks, Hagerstown’s Dave Stouffer had everything going his way and recorded his career first victory.
Miller started ninth and was third by the third circuit. He grabbed the lead on lap seven and was out front just over six seconds by the time Plessinger got second on the 17th lap. Miller began working back traffic two laps later but five cars separated them when the caution was displayed on lap 27.
“We found a bird cage bound up last week and think we wasted the whole year till now,” Miller said. “We have a totally different race car and it’s just unbelievable. Between Chris and Billy from Victory Circle (Chassis) and Darrin Miller, everyone was telling me I had different problems, so we tried to fix them and never really could. Then we got looking at the basic stuff. When we broke that rear a while back, the bird cage was bound up or something and we put a new 99 cent bearing in it and we just had an awesome race car. It probably was the best car I’ve had here drivability wise. I could race anywhere on the race track. It really made it fun again.”
Steve Gibney took the early lead over outside pole setter Brian Booze while Miller advanced took second on lap six. He got past Gibney at the line on lap seven, but Gibney spun in turn three to bring out the caution.
Gary Stuhler took over third on the restart and chased Booze while eighth Frankie Plessinger was coming from eighth. Miller was going into another time zone and out front 4.19 seconds on the 12th lap and 5.19 on the 14th.
By the time Plessinger got past Booze on lap 17, Miller was 6.03 seconds ahead and approaching rear traffic. Plessinger began closing the gap but Miller kept putting cars between them until 6th running D.J. Myers’ rear suspension broke on lap 27.
With two of the five rear cars remaining, Miller bolted out front to drive out to a 2.38 second triumph over Plessinger and Booze. Stuhler and Devin Friese completed the top five. Darryl Hills came from 15th to get sixth while previous week’s winner, Al Shawver Jr was next. Jim Yoder (13th), J.T. Spence (16th) and Roy Deese Jr. completed the top ten. Booze, Friese and Deese Jr. were heat winners and Bob Dunn took the consolation.
Steve Bailor led the late model sportsman event from the outside until the red flag came out on lap two for a backstretch incident involving Robby Beall who collected the fence and took a series of tumbles towards turn three. The car sat in victory lane the week before with Steve Axtell Jr. driving. Axtell’s car became involved in the several car incident and was towed off on two wreckers while Derrick Quade also ended on his roof.
Lear narrowly got caught up the melee but when the race resumed, the seventh starter was into second by lap three and passed Bailor three laps later. Similar to Miller, Lear began to stretch his lead and was 3.28 seconds ahead when 11th starting Pete Weaver took second from Bailor. Weaver closed the gap to 2.56 seconds by a lap 18 yellow. It was all out the final two circuits as Lear held a length on Weaver at the finish.
“Beall was right beside me…we never touched,” Lear said. “I don’t know if something broke on his car or not, but I looked over and he was going straight for the guard rails. I knew there was going to be a hell of a wreck and hoping it wasn’t gong to tangle me up in it.”
Andy Fries ended third after coming from 14th to get the St.Thomas Towing/Checkered Flag Lube hard charger award with Scott Palmer and 15th starter Jerry Bard completing the top five. Heat wins went to Axtell Jr., Ashley Barrett and Palmer while Donnie Farlling was the consolation winner.
After a first lap incident when the pole setter spun to collect several cars that tagged the rear, Kenny Dillon led the pure stocks over Charlie Pensinger while fifth starting Stouffer moved into the runner up spot on lap six. Following a lap eight restart, Stouffer got past Dillon to hold the advantage over him as the final half remained under green. Stouffer later took the checkered by two lengths. Wayne Hawbaker ended third with Darrin Younker and Mike Warrenfeltz, both from the rear after the first lap incident. Kevin Boyer, Younker and Dillon were the heat winners.
“I knew the 21 was going to be on the top so my only chance was to get that line and hold him back,” Stouffer said. “We wrecked this car earlier and after we cut this car in half, put two halves together and welded it up the middle, it feels pretty good to put this car in victory lane.”
With several race dates remain on the Hagerstown schedule as Saturday’s program will be the last on the schedule to honor those that have contributed to the sport in the past, the 24th Annual McBee / Hays Memorial 44 lap late model event. It will be the final point races for late models plus the late model sportsman and pure stocks. The final Enduro Dash is also on the program.
Hagerstown Speedway Result
29th Annual Shorty Bowers Bull Durham Championship Late Models,
29 laps, 31 entries,
(Lap Leaders – Steve Gibney 1-6, Jeremy Miller 7-29)
1.Jeremy Miller;
2.Frankie Plessinger;
3.Brian Booze;
4.Gary Stuhler;
5.Devin Friese;
6.Darryl Hills;
7.Al Shawver Jr.;
8.Jim Yoder;
9.J.T. Spence;
10.Roy Deese Jr.;
11.Marvin Winters;
12.Mike Lupfer;
13.Les Hare;
14.Steve Gibney;
15.Bob Dunn;
16.Mike Walls;
17.Tyler Hershey;
18.D.J.Myers;
19.Rusty Sites;
20.Billy Wampler;
21.Ronnie DeHaven Jr.;
22.Jamie Lathroum;
23.Alan Sagi;
DNS – James Myers :
DNQ – Cory Houck, Lindsay Barton, Al Cheney, Jimmy McBee Jr., Larry Baker II,
DNS – Rick Hulson, Andy Anderson
Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 laps, 29 entries
(Lap Leaders – Steve Bailor 1-5, Kyle Lear 6-20):
1.Kyle Lear; 2.Pete Weaver; 3.Andy Fries (St. Thomas Towing/ Checkered Flag Lube Hard Charger); 4.Scott Palmer; 5.Jerry Bard; 6.Wayne Walls Jr.; 7.Ashley Barrett; 8.Mike Walls; 9.Fred Harden; 10.Steve Bailor; 11.Steve Long; 12.Barry Lear Sr.; 13.Donnie Farlling; 14.Glenn Elliott; 15.Terry Flaherty; 16.Paul Cursey Jr.; 17.Randy Schaffer; 18.Courtney Shreiner; 19.Ronnie Dennis; 20.Robby Beall; 21.Steve Axtell Jr.; 22.Bruce Kane; 23.Michael Collins; 24.Derick Quade; DNQ – Justin Hart, Elwood Sord, DNS – Ed Pope, Chaz Walls, Nick Pappas
Ernie D’s Pure Stocks, 15 laps, 24 entries (Lap Leaders –
Kenny Dillon 1-8, Dave Stouffer Jr. 9-15)
1.Dave Stouffer Jr.; 2.Kenny Dillon; 3.Wayne Hawbaker; 4.Darrin Younker; 5.Mike Warrenfeltz; 6.Randy Kline; 7.Billy Ecton Jr.; 8.Kevin Keefer; 9.Danny Beavers; 10.Steve Lowery; 11.Kevin Koontz; 12.Bill Ecton; 13.Kenny Day; 14.Richard Durbin; 15.Justin Snodderly; 16.Charlie Pensinger; 17.Drew Fitzsimmons; 18.Kevin Boyer; 19.Tony Catlett; 20.Sherman Lynn; 21.Hans Stamberg; DNS – Zack Reid, Sherman Lynn: DSQ – Bobby Franklin
“To win this Shorty Bowers Memorial, that’s pretty awesome,” Miller said. “I always enjoy winning the bigger ones down here. I’ve just never got an Outlaw race, but we have about the rest of them,”
Current Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman point leader, Kyle Lear, of Severna Park, Md., almost became involved in a red flag incident on the 2nd circuit, but also settled the score in a two lap shootout to win by a length over Pete Weavcr. In the Ernie D’s pure stocks, Hagerstown’s Dave Stouffer had everything going his way and recorded his career first victory.
Miller started ninth and was third by the third circuit. He grabbed the lead on lap seven and was out front just over six seconds by the time Plessinger got second on the 17th lap. Miller began working back traffic two laps later but five cars separated them when the caution was displayed on lap 27.
“We found a bird cage bound up last week and think we wasted the whole year till now,” Miller said. “We have a totally different race car and it’s just unbelievable. Between Chris and Billy from Victory Circle (Chassis) and Darrin Miller, everyone was telling me I had different problems, so we tried to fix them and never really could. Then we got looking at the basic stuff. When we broke that rear a while back, the bird cage was bound up or something and we put a new 99 cent bearing in it and we just had an awesome race car. It probably was the best car I’ve had here drivability wise. I could race anywhere on the race track. It really made it fun again.”
Steve Gibney took the early lead over outside pole setter Brian Booze while Miller advanced took second on lap six. He got past Gibney at the line on lap seven, but Gibney spun in turn three to bring out the caution.
Gary Stuhler took over third on the restart and chased Booze while eighth Frankie Plessinger was coming from eighth. Miller was going into another time zone and out front 4.19 seconds on the 12th lap and 5.19 on the 14th.
By the time Plessinger got past Booze on lap 17, Miller was 6.03 seconds ahead and approaching rear traffic. Plessinger began closing the gap but Miller kept putting cars between them until 6th running D.J. Myers’ rear suspension broke on lap 27.
With two of the five rear cars remaining, Miller bolted out front to drive out to a 2.38 second triumph over Plessinger and Booze. Stuhler and Devin Friese completed the top five. Darryl Hills came from 15th to get sixth while previous week’s winner, Al Shawver Jr was next. Jim Yoder (13th), J.T. Spence (16th) and Roy Deese Jr. completed the top ten. Booze, Friese and Deese Jr. were heat winners and Bob Dunn took the consolation.
Steve Bailor led the late model sportsman event from the outside until the red flag came out on lap two for a backstretch incident involving Robby Beall who collected the fence and took a series of tumbles towards turn three. The car sat in victory lane the week before with Steve Axtell Jr. driving. Axtell’s car became involved in the several car incident and was towed off on two wreckers while Derrick Quade also ended on his roof.
Lear narrowly got caught up the melee but when the race resumed, the seventh starter was into second by lap three and passed Bailor three laps later. Similar to Miller, Lear began to stretch his lead and was 3.28 seconds ahead when 11th starting Pete Weaver took second from Bailor. Weaver closed the gap to 2.56 seconds by a lap 18 yellow. It was all out the final two circuits as Lear held a length on Weaver at the finish.
“Beall was right beside me…we never touched,” Lear said. “I don’t know if something broke on his car or not, but I looked over and he was going straight for the guard rails. I knew there was going to be a hell of a wreck and hoping it wasn’t gong to tangle me up in it.”
Andy Fries ended third after coming from 14th to get the St.Thomas Towing/Checkered Flag Lube hard charger award with Scott Palmer and 15th starter Jerry Bard completing the top five. Heat wins went to Axtell Jr., Ashley Barrett and Palmer while Donnie Farlling was the consolation winner.
After a first lap incident when the pole setter spun to collect several cars that tagged the rear, Kenny Dillon led the pure stocks over Charlie Pensinger while fifth starting Stouffer moved into the runner up spot on lap six. Following a lap eight restart, Stouffer got past Dillon to hold the advantage over him as the final half remained under green. Stouffer later took the checkered by two lengths. Wayne Hawbaker ended third with Darrin Younker and Mike Warrenfeltz, both from the rear after the first lap incident. Kevin Boyer, Younker and Dillon were the heat winners.
“I knew the 21 was going to be on the top so my only chance was to get that line and hold him back,” Stouffer said. “We wrecked this car earlier and after we cut this car in half, put two halves together and welded it up the middle, it feels pretty good to put this car in victory lane.”
With several race dates remain on the Hagerstown schedule as Saturday’s program will be the last on the schedule to honor those that have contributed to the sport in the past, the 24th Annual McBee / Hays Memorial 44 lap late model event. It will be the final point races for late models plus the late model sportsman and pure stocks. The final Enduro Dash is also on the program.
Hagerstown Speedway Result
29th Annual Shorty Bowers Bull Durham Championship Late Models,
29 laps, 31 entries,
(Lap Leaders – Steve Gibney 1-6, Jeremy Miller 7-29)
1.Jeremy Miller;
2.Frankie Plessinger;
3.Brian Booze;
4.Gary Stuhler;
5.Devin Friese;
6.Darryl Hills;
7.Al Shawver Jr.;
8.Jim Yoder;
9.J.T. Spence;
10.Roy Deese Jr.;
11.Marvin Winters;
12.Mike Lupfer;
13.Les Hare;
14.Steve Gibney;
15.Bob Dunn;
16.Mike Walls;
17.Tyler Hershey;
18.D.J.Myers;
19.Rusty Sites;
20.Billy Wampler;
21.Ronnie DeHaven Jr.;
22.Jamie Lathroum;
23.Alan Sagi;
DNS – James Myers :
DNQ – Cory Houck, Lindsay Barton, Al Cheney, Jimmy McBee Jr., Larry Baker II,
DNS – Rick Hulson, Andy Anderson
Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 laps, 29 entries
(Lap Leaders – Steve Bailor 1-5, Kyle Lear 6-20):
1.Kyle Lear; 2.Pete Weaver; 3.Andy Fries (St. Thomas Towing/ Checkered Flag Lube Hard Charger); 4.Scott Palmer; 5.Jerry Bard; 6.Wayne Walls Jr.; 7.Ashley Barrett; 8.Mike Walls; 9.Fred Harden; 10.Steve Bailor; 11.Steve Long; 12.Barry Lear Sr.; 13.Donnie Farlling; 14.Glenn Elliott; 15.Terry Flaherty; 16.Paul Cursey Jr.; 17.Randy Schaffer; 18.Courtney Shreiner; 19.Ronnie Dennis; 20.Robby Beall; 21.Steve Axtell Jr.; 22.Bruce Kane; 23.Michael Collins; 24.Derick Quade; DNQ – Justin Hart, Elwood Sord, DNS – Ed Pope, Chaz Walls, Nick Pappas
Ernie D’s Pure Stocks, 15 laps, 24 entries (Lap Leaders –
Kenny Dillon 1-8, Dave Stouffer Jr. 9-15)
1.Dave Stouffer Jr.; 2.Kenny Dillon; 3.Wayne Hawbaker; 4.Darrin Younker; 5.Mike Warrenfeltz; 6.Randy Kline; 7.Billy Ecton Jr.; 8.Kevin Keefer; 9.Danny Beavers; 10.Steve Lowery; 11.Kevin Koontz; 12.Bill Ecton; 13.Kenny Day; 14.Richard Durbin; 15.Justin Snodderly; 16.Charlie Pensinger; 17.Drew Fitzsimmons; 18.Kevin Boyer; 19.Tony Catlett; 20.Sherman Lynn; 21.Hans Stamberg; DNS – Zack Reid, Sherman Lynn: DSQ – Bobby Franklin