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06-18-2006, 01:02 AM
The outcome for the final event during Hagerstown Speedways 40-lap Winchester/Hagerstown Shootout on Saturday night went right down to the finish when Bo Feathers scored the late model triumph by a mere .293 seconds over four time season winner Jeremy Miller with Gary Stuhler right behind. Fresh off a last lap win in event three of Friday’s Shootout Series at Winchester Speedway, Feathers, of Winchester, Va, and with many races to his credit, this victory was his first at the Maryland oval since October 1989 and came in front of a large crowd on JLG Industries (McConnellsburg, Pa) Family Night.
“I had a pretty heated battle last night, me and … hey, this is Hagerstown and its been a long time since I stood here..1989. Now I know what Dale Earnhardt felt like trying to win Daytona,” Feathers said. “I won once. This is an awesome place. Racing with Jeremy and Gary (Stuhler) every week and all the guys that are here, they’re always fast. It’s great to win at this place.”
Andy Anderson, who was in the thick of the battle for most of the race, but finished fourth more than four seconds behind, took top honors in the Shootout Series Points.
“I wasn’t sure if we were going to make it,” Anderson said, picking up $1,000 for the series points win. “I about halfway spun out that one time. (Jason) Covert got on the brakes and straightened me back out pretty much. Sorry for him. For the last five years, Gary has beat me in this thing. He finished second this time.”
The top five finishers in the series and earnings were: 1.Anderson, $1,000; 2.Stuhler, $500; 3.Feathers, $400; 4.Devin Friese, $300; 5.Brad Ritter, $200.
With an eight car inverted start, Brent Smith and Feathers started from the front row as Smith powered into the lead over Feathers and Anderson.
On the third circuit, Miller and Stuhler were headed to the front and Stuhler to the inside of Anderson and Miller around the top as Anderson lost the handle and began a slow spin with Covert and J.T. Spence the unlucky ones and getting caught up in a spin while Anderson straightened out and continued without stopping.
Ronnie DeHaven spun on the subsequent restart after Miller had got past Anderson for third but that effort was called back and on the next attempt, Stuhler charged forward to get past Anderson on lap five.
While Smith was holding a comfortable lead over Feathers and Stuhler, Miller continued to battle with Anderson for the fourth spot.
When Nathan Durboraw stopped on lap 19, the field changed for Smith as Feathers powered around to lead the next three circuits as they ran side by side with Smith ahead on the backstretch.
Smith regained the point again on lap 23 as they still ran side by side with Smith having a slight advantage at the line but then Stuhler and Miller had closed to make it a four car battle. Feathers again powered from the turn to get his nose ahead on the 31st lap while Miller went by Stuhler for third the next circuit and then past Smith on the 34th.
With Feathers having a couple lap head start, Miller slowly reeled him but ran out of time as they came to the line one length apart. Stuhler was .939 seconds behind Feathers with Anderson and Smith completing the front five.
“Russell Baker builds one heck of a motor,” Feathers said. “It’s so drivable in the corners and when you hit the straight-aways, it just jumps up and takes off. (Despite winning) it wasn’t handling at Winchester (Friday night) worth a darn. We went back down this morning and were messing around and think we finally found what our problems were for the past year and a half. So we have a good car now. To hold Jeremy off and Gary off…they’re class acts. It’s pretty neat to race with them.”
Completing the top ten were Roy Deese Jr, Alan Sagi, Sean Cosgrove, Kirk Ryan, from 22nd and Ronnie DeHaven, from 21st.
Heat winners for the 37 entries were Stuhler, Durboraw, Miller and Anderson while DeHaven and Ryan were the consolation winners.
A stranger to victory lane since July 2005 and a stranger to even a top ten finish this season, Richard Walls, St. Thomas, Pa. also had his work cut out for him before scoring the Hoosier Daddy 25 lap event, sponsored by Hoosier Tire/Mid-Atlantic Tire.
Walls began fifth and was running second to Terry Flaherty by the fourth lap. Two time winner Pete Weaver moved into third on lap nine when Barry Miller developed problems.
Walls got around Flaherty on a lap 14 restart with Weaver tagging along on lap 17. Weaver pulled alongside before and following a lap 20 restart, but Walls wasn’t about to give this one up and charged to the finish. Flaherty held on to third over Andy Fries and Tyler Hershey.
“After the first five weeks with the other car…it’s hard to believe I had this good of a car in the garage,” Walls said. “My car started to shut down coming up off the corners. I think it helped me as I didn’t spin the tires. I saw Pete there a couple times. I guess it’s just been a long time since I won, I guess I was just getting a little anxious.”
Heat winners for the 45 entries were Flaherty, Barry Miller, Kyle Lear and Hershey while Wayne Walls Jr. and Jerry Bard were consolation winners. Arlin Brougher was the Checkered Flag Lube/St. Thomas Towing Hard Charger, coming from 19th to sixth.
Hagerstown Speedway continues on schedule this Saturday, June 24th with a regular three division show for the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late models, the Hoosier Tire/Mid-Atlantic late model sportsman and Ernie’s Salvage Yard pure stocks along with the season’s fifth 30-lap Enduro Dash. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. with warm-ups beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Coming up the following week is the special Wednesday edition of Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek.
Results:
Winchester/ Hagerstown Shootout Leg 4
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models - 40 Laps – 37 Entries, (Lap Leaders: Brent Smith 1-20, 23-30, Bo Feathers 20-22, 31-40): 1.Bo Feathers; 2.Jeremy Miller; 3.Gary Stuhler; 4.Andy Anderson.; 5.Brent Smith; 6.Roy Deese Jr.; 7.Alan Sagi; 8.Sean Cosgrove; 9.Kirk Ryan Jr.; 10.Ronnie DeHaven; 11.Devin Friese; 12.Allen Brannon; 13.Booper Bare; 14.Keith Jackson; 15.Darryl Hills; 16.Denny Bonebrake; 17.Brad Ritter; 18.Brian Booze; 19.Lewis Hudson; 20.Scott LeBarron; 21.Mike Lupfer; 22.Nathan Durboraw; 23.Ray Kable Jr.; 24.Brad Omps; 25.J.T. Spence; 26.Jason Covert; DNQ – Frankie Plessinger, Paul Crowl, Mike Atherton, Tony Crim, Brian Tavenner, Billy Wampler, Jonathan DeHaven, DNS- Marvin Winters, Mike Harden, Herk Armel, Tim Murphy
“I had a pretty heated battle last night, me and … hey, this is Hagerstown and its been a long time since I stood here..1989. Now I know what Dale Earnhardt felt like trying to win Daytona,” Feathers said. “I won once. This is an awesome place. Racing with Jeremy and Gary (Stuhler) every week and all the guys that are here, they’re always fast. It’s great to win at this place.”
Andy Anderson, who was in the thick of the battle for most of the race, but finished fourth more than four seconds behind, took top honors in the Shootout Series Points.
“I wasn’t sure if we were going to make it,” Anderson said, picking up $1,000 for the series points win. “I about halfway spun out that one time. (Jason) Covert got on the brakes and straightened me back out pretty much. Sorry for him. For the last five years, Gary has beat me in this thing. He finished second this time.”
The top five finishers in the series and earnings were: 1.Anderson, $1,000; 2.Stuhler, $500; 3.Feathers, $400; 4.Devin Friese, $300; 5.Brad Ritter, $200.
With an eight car inverted start, Brent Smith and Feathers started from the front row as Smith powered into the lead over Feathers and Anderson.
On the third circuit, Miller and Stuhler were headed to the front and Stuhler to the inside of Anderson and Miller around the top as Anderson lost the handle and began a slow spin with Covert and J.T. Spence the unlucky ones and getting caught up in a spin while Anderson straightened out and continued without stopping.
Ronnie DeHaven spun on the subsequent restart after Miller had got past Anderson for third but that effort was called back and on the next attempt, Stuhler charged forward to get past Anderson on lap five.
While Smith was holding a comfortable lead over Feathers and Stuhler, Miller continued to battle with Anderson for the fourth spot.
When Nathan Durboraw stopped on lap 19, the field changed for Smith as Feathers powered around to lead the next three circuits as they ran side by side with Smith ahead on the backstretch.
Smith regained the point again on lap 23 as they still ran side by side with Smith having a slight advantage at the line but then Stuhler and Miller had closed to make it a four car battle. Feathers again powered from the turn to get his nose ahead on the 31st lap while Miller went by Stuhler for third the next circuit and then past Smith on the 34th.
With Feathers having a couple lap head start, Miller slowly reeled him but ran out of time as they came to the line one length apart. Stuhler was .939 seconds behind Feathers with Anderson and Smith completing the front five.
“Russell Baker builds one heck of a motor,” Feathers said. “It’s so drivable in the corners and when you hit the straight-aways, it just jumps up and takes off. (Despite winning) it wasn’t handling at Winchester (Friday night) worth a darn. We went back down this morning and were messing around and think we finally found what our problems were for the past year and a half. So we have a good car now. To hold Jeremy off and Gary off…they’re class acts. It’s pretty neat to race with them.”
Completing the top ten were Roy Deese Jr, Alan Sagi, Sean Cosgrove, Kirk Ryan, from 22nd and Ronnie DeHaven, from 21st.
Heat winners for the 37 entries were Stuhler, Durboraw, Miller and Anderson while DeHaven and Ryan were the consolation winners.
A stranger to victory lane since July 2005 and a stranger to even a top ten finish this season, Richard Walls, St. Thomas, Pa. also had his work cut out for him before scoring the Hoosier Daddy 25 lap event, sponsored by Hoosier Tire/Mid-Atlantic Tire.
Walls began fifth and was running second to Terry Flaherty by the fourth lap. Two time winner Pete Weaver moved into third on lap nine when Barry Miller developed problems.
Walls got around Flaherty on a lap 14 restart with Weaver tagging along on lap 17. Weaver pulled alongside before and following a lap 20 restart, but Walls wasn’t about to give this one up and charged to the finish. Flaherty held on to third over Andy Fries and Tyler Hershey.
“After the first five weeks with the other car…it’s hard to believe I had this good of a car in the garage,” Walls said. “My car started to shut down coming up off the corners. I think it helped me as I didn’t spin the tires. I saw Pete there a couple times. I guess it’s just been a long time since I won, I guess I was just getting a little anxious.”
Heat winners for the 45 entries were Flaherty, Barry Miller, Kyle Lear and Hershey while Wayne Walls Jr. and Jerry Bard were consolation winners. Arlin Brougher was the Checkered Flag Lube/St. Thomas Towing Hard Charger, coming from 19th to sixth.
Hagerstown Speedway continues on schedule this Saturday, June 24th with a regular three division show for the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late models, the Hoosier Tire/Mid-Atlantic late model sportsman and Ernie’s Salvage Yard pure stocks along with the season’s fifth 30-lap Enduro Dash. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. with warm-ups beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Coming up the following week is the special Wednesday edition of Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek.
Results:
Winchester/ Hagerstown Shootout Leg 4
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models - 40 Laps – 37 Entries, (Lap Leaders: Brent Smith 1-20, 23-30, Bo Feathers 20-22, 31-40): 1.Bo Feathers; 2.Jeremy Miller; 3.Gary Stuhler; 4.Andy Anderson.; 5.Brent Smith; 6.Roy Deese Jr.; 7.Alan Sagi; 8.Sean Cosgrove; 9.Kirk Ryan Jr.; 10.Ronnie DeHaven; 11.Devin Friese; 12.Allen Brannon; 13.Booper Bare; 14.Keith Jackson; 15.Darryl Hills; 16.Denny Bonebrake; 17.Brad Ritter; 18.Brian Booze; 19.Lewis Hudson; 20.Scott LeBarron; 21.Mike Lupfer; 22.Nathan Durboraw; 23.Ray Kable Jr.; 24.Brad Omps; 25.J.T. Spence; 26.Jason Covert; DNQ – Frankie Plessinger, Paul Crowl, Mike Atherton, Tony Crim, Brian Tavenner, Billy Wampler, Jonathan DeHaven, DNS- Marvin Winters, Mike Harden, Herk Armel, Tim Murphy