P7183002.jpg (712781 bytes)July 17th, 2004 - Scott Gurdak Wins on McDonalds Night at Stateline Speedway

By Glenn Slocum

Busti, NY: Rain was the problem on McDonalds Night at Stateline Speedway. A persistent rain started during the qualification events and necessitated a forty-five minute delay while the track was run in. The rain continued off and on during the remainder of the night. Bill Van Volkenburg notched his second feature win in the Spectator class. P7172819.jpg (698157 bytes) Bill Lindenburger won the "I Challenge You" event over Robbie Morrell who had an altercation with the turn one wall on the white flag lap. Andy Knight won his third of the season in the Outlaw Cadet feature. Bobby Rohrer won the Budweiser Super Sportsman King of the Hill qualification to start on the pole in their feature event and led every lap to win his fifth of the season. Scott Gurdak ran unchallenged in the Super Late Model event to get his second win of the season. Dave Hess Jr. won his third E-Mod feature after taking the lead from Dustin Eckman on a lap four restart. Jermin Strickland and Casey Swabik were the Super Challenger winners.

                    During the first lap of the Super Late Model event Jason Morell make hard contact with the turn three wall after making earlier contact with Bump Hedman. Scott Gurdak came out on top on the second start followed by Andy Boozel, Rich Gardner, Wendell Pinckney and Steve Halpainy. The cars were in single file with five complete as Gurdak led Boozel by five car lengths. Boozel and Gardner were hotly contesting the second spot as Gurdak continued to build his lead. Gardner would move under Boozel coming out of the turns and Boozel would pull away on the straights. Halpainy tangled with the sixth place car of Paul Briggs bringing out the second caution with sixteen laps complete. Briggs and Halpainy rejoined at the rear of the field for the restart. Rod Maloy gained several spots on the restart to take the fifth spot. Kevin Weise spun two laps later for the third caution. Gurdak continued to control the event but Gardner had finally got by Boozel for the second spot. Gardner chased Gurdak for the remainder of the event but Gurdak never faltered winning his second of the year. Boozel was third with Pinckney fourth and Maloy fifth.

                P7172814.jpg (733730 bytes)Bill Van Volkenburg led the first lap in the Spectator feature. The yellow came out on lap two with Rodney Thom in turn one wall. Wade Watson was second with Nate Lester third. Kevin Brumett never made the restart for the second yellow on lap two. Van Volkenburg remained the leader after the restart with Nate Lester second and Lester Shoff third. The leaders were into lap traffic on lap four as several cars were having difficulty navigating the slick track. Shoff passed Lester in traffic and closed on Van Volkenburg with four laps remaining. Lap traffic trapped the leader letting Shoff by on the white flag but the same thing happened in reverse as Shoff was blocked by slower traffic giving the lead back to Van Volkenburg. Nate Lester also passed Shoff as the checkers flew for the runner up spot. It was the second win of the season for Van Volkenburg.

                P7172868.jpg (719025 bytes)Cliff Lanphere, Dennis Lunger and Ron Seeley were the early leaders in the Outlaw Cadet feature. The caution flew for Mike Knight who officials thought was leaking fuel. Lunger was the leader when the green was displayed again but one lap latter Nathan Short spun collecting Phil Knight and Mark Hall. Lunger stayed on top after the restart with Lanphere second and Andy Knight third. Seeley was fourth with Mike Knight fifth. Lunger had a ten-car length advantage at the cross flags and Andy Knight passed Lanphere for the second spot. Debris on the speedway brought out the caution with nine of the fifteen laps complete. Andy Knight beat Lunger to turn three to take the lead. Two laps later Scott Lewis spun in turn one collecting Phil Knight for the fourth caution. Andy Knight resumed control on the restart then three laps later won the event by several car lengths over Lunger.P7172869.jpg (756751 bytes)

                Bobby Rohrer, Aaron Robinson and Pat McGuire were the top three at the start of the Budweiser Super Sportsman feature. Chad Carlson was fourth with Bob Van Arsdale fifth and Pete Volpe sixth. The race ran green to checkers giving Rohrer his fifth win of the season.

                        P7172879.jpg (780739 bytes)Dustin Eckman managed to break away from the field on the start of the E-Mod feature. Justin Carlson was near the front early then slowed losing several positions just before Jim Irwin broke his rear suspension bringing out the yellow with three complete. Eckman was the leader on the restart with Tom Hagberg second followed by Tommy Fox, Dave Hess Jr. and Dale Applebee. Eckman lost two spots on the restart with Dave Hess Jr. coming out on top followed by Hagberg. Eckman lost another spot to Dale Applebee and Carlson fought back to the fifth spot. Applebee moved under Hagberg with nine laps complete as Dave Hess lead by several car lengths. Applebee lost a drive shaft at the start finish line and was forced to retire. Eckman was third with Carlson fourth and Fox fifth. Mike Hess moved into the top five with three to go sending Fox back to sixth. Carlson and Mike Hess both passed Eckman for third and fourth on the white flag lap. Dave Hess took the checkers for the third time and Hagberg was runner up.

P7172883.jpg (755997 bytes)P7172881.jpg (698910 bytes)Casey Swabik won his second feature of the season in the first Super Challenger event and Jermin Strickland won his first in the second feature.

Spectators:

Heat 1: P7172711.jpg (744967 bytes) Rick Thompson, Nate Lester, Bill Van Volkenburg

Heat 2: P7172719.jpg (748842 bytes) Rodney Thom, Rich Becker, Pat Landy

Feature: Andy Knight, Dennis Lunger, Ron Seeley, Mike Moore, Cliff Lanphere, Nathan Short, Louis DeDionisio, Mike Knight, Jamie Erhard, Paul Norman

Outlaw Cadets:

Heat 1: P7172732.jpg (768040 bytes) Mike Moore, Scott Lewis, Dennis Lunger

Heat 2: P7172745.jpg (773506 bytes) Andy Knight, Jamie Erhard, Mike Knight

Feature: Andy Knight, Dennis Lunger, Ron Seeley, Mike Moore, Cliff Lanphere, Nathan Short, Louis DeDionisio, Mike Knight, Jamie Erhard, Paul Norman

Budweiser Super Sportsman:

Round 1: Chad Carlson, Richard Digirolamo
Round 2: Dan Nocero, Mike Murray
Round 3: Bobby Rohrer, John Boardman
Round 4: Mike Corrigan, Bryan Ester
Round 5: Bob Van Arsdale, Bob Hazard
Round 6: Pete Volpe, Scott Kuschel
Round 7: Aaron Robinson, Chris Kuschel
Round 8: Jake Eller, Tim Nocero
Round 9: Pat McGuire, Don McGuire
Round 10: Chad Carlson, Jim Leonard
Round 11: Bobby Rohrer, Dan Nocero
Round 12: Bob Van Arsdale, Mike Corrigan
Round 13: Aaron Robinson, Pete Volpe
Round 14: Pat McGuire, Jake Eller
Round 15: Bobby Rohrer, Chad Carlson
Round 16: Aaron Robinson, Bob Van Arsdale
Round 17: Bobby Rohrer, Pat McGuire

Round 18: P7172790.jpg (776649 bytes) Bobby Rohrer, Aaron Robinson

Feature: Bobby Rohrer, Aaron Robinson, Pat McGuire, Chad Carlson, Bob Van Arsdale, Pete Volpe, Don McGuire, Dan Nocero, Mike Corrigan, Chris Kuschel

E-Mod:

Heat 1: P7172826.jpg (733216 bytes) Tommy Fox, Justin Carlson, Dave Hess Jr.

Heat 2: P7172833.jpg (769901 bytes) Dustin Eckman, Tom Hagberg, Jim Irwin

Feature: Dave Hess Jr., Tom Hagberg, Justin Carlson, Mike Hess, Dustin Eckman, Tommy Fox, Dan Nocero Jr., Troy Carr, Butch Lambert, Quincy Turner

Super Late Model:

Heat 1: P7172841.jpg (716070 bytes) Scott Gurdak, Wendell Pinckney, Rod Maloy, Bump Hedman, Moose Dunnewold

Heat 2: P7172851.jpg (728140 bytes) Andy Boozel, Paul Briggs, Jason Morell, Doug Eck, Wally Fox

Heat 3: P7172862.jpg (739784 bytes) Rich Gardner, Steve Halpainy, Scott Johnson, Chad Valone, Mike Coyle

Feature: Scott Gurdak, Rich Gardner, Andy Boozel, Wendell Pinckney, Rod Maloy, Chad Valone, Doug Eck, Wally Fox, Steve Halpainy, Ward Schell, Scott Johnson, Mike Coyle, Matt Lanphere, Paul Briggs, Kevin Weise, Moose Dunnewold, Chris Hackett, Jason Morell, Bump Hedman

Super Challenger:

Heat 1: P7172799.jpg (728989 bytes) Rick Sperry, Adam Hilyer, Mark Steenburn

Heat 2: P7172803.jpg (752499 bytes) Dominic DePancean, Robin Birt, Jason Ellis

Heat 3: P7172804.jpg (776018 bytes) Jermin Strickland, Jon Brunce, Kyle Weilacher

Feature 1: Casey Swabik, Ryan Scott, Glenn Slaney, Jeff Birath, Henry Seekings, N/A, Bob Belson, Scott Kinney, AJ Moore, Kyle Weilacher

Feature 2: Jermin Strickland, Adam Hilyer, Sam Courson, Dominic DePancean, Mark Steenburn, James Paul, Ken Kaltenboch, Bryon Johnson, Robin Birt, A/A

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