Erie, Pa: The forecasted rain did not appear as Sponsor’s Night at Eriez Speedway was held under blue skies. Last weeks Super Late Model feature winner Scott Gurdak had mechanical problems in the qualifying heat and managed to get to the sixth spot in the feature when mechanical problems struck again. Mark Ramsey won his first heat at Eriez and led the Super Late Model event for the first two laps the left the door open for veteran Rich Gardner who won going away. Lester Shoff won the Spectator feature from his fourth starting spot. Dan Osborne won his fifth feature of the season in the Four Cylinder class. Don McGuire won his second Budweiser Super Sportsman event. Mike Hess won his first in the E-Mod division. Ryan Scott won his third Super Challenger feature.

                Mark Ramsey and Rich Gardner were on the front row of the Super Late Model feature with Rod Maloy and Andy Boozel in row two. Chris Hackett and Bump Hedman made up row three. Ramsey held the first spot through lap two but slid up the speedway on lap three giving Gardner the opening he needed. Ramsey lost two more spots one lap later as Maloy took second and Hackett third. Andy Boozel sent Ramsey back one more on lap five as Gardner began to build his lead over Maloy. Hackett pushed Maloy hard over the next five laps but could not make the pass. Doug Eck made his appearance in the top five with twelve to go and the caution flew for Hedman who had stopped in turn three. Merle Terry was sixth and Andy Kania seventh. Gardner ran away from the field on the restart then two laps later Scott Gurdak and Merle Terry made contact sending Terry into the fence on the backstretch and collecting John Venable who was subbing for John Lobb. Terry continued but Venable required the wrecker. Hackett used the restart lap to pass Maloy for the second spot and Gurdak moved up to challenge Eck for fifth. With five to go Gardner was out in front by ten car lengths and Hackett has the same advantage over Maloy in third. Gurdak broke with two to go but the race stayed green with Gardner getting his second win of the season. Hackett was second followed by Maloy, Boozel and Eck.

                Lester Shoff, Barrett Brown and Mark Thompson were the early leaders in the Spectator feature. Thompson challenged Shoff on lap three then lost the handle falling to last. Rush Firestone took over the third spot as Brown chased Shoff. Jason Stetson brought out the first caution with six laps completed. Shoff pulled out to a two car length lead and Firestone captured second from Brown. Thompson had more troubles on lap nine with a spin and heavy contact on the front stretch wall. Thompson was okay but required the wrecker to return to the pits. Tom Norland moved from fourth to second on the restart as he and Shoff pulled away from the field. Shoff held on for the win and Brown made a last lap pass for third.

                Doug Kirik was the early leader of the Four Cylinder event. Dan Osborne made a lap three pass to take the spot. Osborne led the remainder event. Tom Bean finished third.

                Fifteen Outlaw Cadets reported to the speedway for their main event. Dennis Lunger led the first lap. Brian Campbell spun near the front of the field collecting several cars including Ron Seeley, Nathan Short and Billy Dunn. Lunger took the green on the restart but lost the lead on the backstretch to Andy Knight then the yellow appeared one more. Phil Knight moved into the second spot on lap four and Mike Knight was testing Lunger on the low side for third. Mike Knight took third two laps later. Paul Norman stopped on lap thirteen bringing out the third caution and setting up a two-lap dash for the win between the Knight family. Andy Knight held the spot over the final laps with Phil Knight second and Mike Knight third after holding off a last lap charge by Louis DeDionisio.

Eric Ester led the first lap of the Budweiser Super Sportsman event then went in to turn one too hard on the second lap and did a slow spin in front of the field. Everyone managed to dodge Ester and the green stayed out. Two laps later the yellow did appear for a stalled Pete Volpe. Hank Francis, Randy Parmenter and Don McGuire were the early leaders. Chad Carlson and Aaron Robinson were fourth and fifth with Mike Murray sixth. Don McGuire moved up to challenge for the lead on lap ten as the leaders began to encounter lap traffic. McGuire made the pass as the two to go signal was given. McGuire won with a three-car length advantage over Francis.

Bill Thomas used his outside front row starting spot to lead the first lap then contact with Mike Hess sent Thomas into the turn three fence for the first yellow. Hess led lap two the Holly Nelson stopped with a flat for caution number two. Mike Boyd led the next lap with Hess second and Dale Applebee third. Boyd slipped in turn two on lap five giving the lead back to Hess. K.C. Decker was fourth and Dustin Eckman fifth. Hess had a ten-car length lead by the half waypoint as the field was strung out completely around the speedway. The top five remained the same for the rest of the event giving Mike Hess his first win of the season at Eriez.

Len Strange did a complete roll in front of the grandstand on lap two of the Super Challenger feature. Mike Kruszewski led the first four laps giving way to Ryan Scott, Glenn Slaney and Wade Slaney. Scott ran the remainder of the event unchallenged for his third win.

Spectators:

Heat 1: Jim Tolon, Jim Van Cise, Barrett Brown

Heat 2: Bill Van Volkenburg, Rush Firestone, Mark Thompson

Feature: Lester Shoff, Tom Norland, Barrett Brown, Rush Firestone, Dave Tackett, Jeremy English, Brian Crandall, Bill Van Volkenburg, Jim Tolen, Jim Van Cise

Heat 1: Bryan Duryee, Tom Bean, Doug Kirk

Feature: Dan Osborne, Doug Kirik, Tom Bean, Brian Duryee, J.R. Cross, Stan Davis Jr.

Heat 1: Scott Lewis, Mike Knight, Paul Norman

Heat 2: Ron Seeley, Nathan Short, Andy Knight

Feature: Andy Knight, Phil Knight, Mike Knight, Louis DeDionisio, Dennis Lunger, Scott Lewis, Nathan Short, Joe Weber, Billy Dunn, Brian Zimmerly

Heat 1: Hank Francis, Jim Leonard, Brian Collins
Heat 2: Don McGuire, Pat McGuire, Aaron Robinson

Feature: Don McGuire, Hank Francis, Randy Parmenter, Chad Carlson, Aaron Robinson, Brent Crandall, Mike Murray, John Boardman, Brian Collins, Jake Eller

Heat 1: Mike Boyd, Mike Hess, Dustin Eckman

Heat 2: Bill Thomas, Chuck Steinle Jr., Chris Peterson

Feature: Mike Hess, Mike Boyd, Dale Applebee, K.C. Decker, Dustin Eckman, Justin Carlson, Mike Moon, Chris Sutton, Chuck Steinle, Shawn McArdle

Heat 1: Mark Ramsey, Rod Maloy, Chris Hackett, Andy Kania, Merle Terry

Heat 2: Rich Gardner, Andy Boozel, Bump Hedman, Doug Eck, Wendell Pinckney

Feature: Rich Gardner, Chris Hackett, Rod Maloy, Andy Boozel, Doug Eck, Wendell Pinckney, Paul Briggs,  Ward Schell, Merle Terry, Rick Isadore, Matt Lanphere, Moose Dunnewold, Andy Kania, Mike Coyle, Scott Gurdak, John Venable, Mark Ramsey, Bump Hedman

Heat 1: Ryan Scott, Casey Swabik, Glenn Slaney

Feature: Ryan Scott, Glenn Slaney, Wade Slaney, Bob Belson, Lee Matczak, Chris Withers, Mandy Parmenter, Duane Hinkson, David McAvoy, Sam Courson