Randy
Lobb Wins Tobber Racing Super Late Model Feature at Stateline Speedway
By Glenn Slocum
Busti, NY: Tobber Racing sponsored the last regular race of the season.
John Kelsey won his second of the season in the Spectator feature. Randy Lobb
won his heat gaining the the number one starting spot for Super Late Model
feature only to lose the lead to Chris Hackett on the initial start. After a lap
two caution Lobb regained the top spot leading the remainder of the event to win
his first of the year. Nathan Short led every lap of the Outlaw Cadet feature
for his third win. Chad Carlson also led from green to checkers to win his
second of the year in the Budweiser Super Sportsman division. Dave Hess Jr.
passed Dan Nocero with four laps remaining in the E-Mod feature to get his fifth
win of the season. Bob Belson and Aron Dascomb won the Super Challenger
features.
Amy McArdle won the Outlaw Cadet Powder Puff event in the Brian Zimmerly car.
Ty Genco and Angela McAvoy won the Super Challenger Powder Puff. Cindy Carlson
won the Budweiser Super Sportsman Powder Puff.
Steve Moynihan, Rick Carlson, Dick Henshaw, Mike Kosinski, Ryan Harvey and Bob
Turner won mechanic races.
Randy
Lobb and Chris Hackett brought the Super Late Models to the speedway with Dan
Armbruster and Rich Gardner in row two. Hackett led by a car length on lap one
over Randy Lobb and Armbruster. John Lobb and Dave Lyon tangled bringing out the
first yellow with two complete. Randy Lobb led the next lap with Hackett falling
into second followed by Armbruster, Gardner and Briggs. Gardner lost the lead
pack on lap eight as Randy Lobb, Hackett and Armbruster were out in front by ten
car lengths. Mike Coyle spun in turn two for the second caution with eleven laps
complete. John Lobb pulled into the pits leaking fluid during the caution. Moose
Dunnewold and Wendell Pinckney brought out the yellow on the restart with spins
in turn two. Lobb began to rebuild his lead after the restart and Gardner was
challenging Armbruster for third. Gardner finally bested Armbruster on lap
nineteen as the leader caught lap traffic. Randy Lobb finished in heavy lap
traffic to win the event with Hackett second and Gardner third.
Lonnie
Waldron took the lead from Wade Watson at the drop of the green in the Spectator
feature event then one lap later the yellow flew for an incident on the
backstretch involving Brian Crandall, Matt Green and Shiloh Swabik. On the
restart Watson got sideways collecting Bill Reeves and Mark Luce. Waldron,
Rodney Thoms and Kevin Brumett were the new leaders for the restart. Thoms beat
Waldron into turn one on the restart to lead lap two with John Kelsey third.
Kelsey passed Waldron on lap three as the yellow flew for a stopped Bill Baker
Jr. Kelsey grabbed the lead on the restart and Nate Lester jumped into second
placing Thoms into the third spot. Five laps later the yellow flew for Jeff
Berger who had spun to a stop in turn four. Brumett and Lester Shoff moved into
the top four placing Thoms in fifth after the restart. Shoff tangled with
Waldron and John Swabik as the checkers flew for Kelsey with Lester second and
Brumett third.
Ron
Seeley and Nathan Short were on the front row for the Outlaw Cadet feature with
Short the first to the line on lap one. Seeley was second followed by Louis
DeDionisio, Mike Moore and Mike Knight. The race stayed green until a spin by
Rick Loomis brought out the yellow with seven laps complete. Short quickly
gained a five car length lead then two laps later Moore had troubles in turn two
for the second caution. The green only lasted one lap then Loomis and Brian
Campbell tangled in turn four for caution number three. The caution flew for
debris on the track on the restart. Short took control on the lap eleven restart
and was not challenged during the final four laps notching his third win of the
season with Seeley second and DeDionisio third.
Chad
Carlson led the first lap of the Budweiser Super Sportsman feature with John
Boardman second and Bob Van Arsdale third. Carlson caught the tail end of the
field with six laps complete and a straightaway lead. Bryan Ester stopped high
in turn four bringing out the only caution of the event with eight laps
complete. Carlson continued to out pace the field winning by several car lengths
over Boardman and Van Arsdale.
Dan
Nocero and Al Crocker were on the front row for the E-Mod feature. Nocero was
the first one around with Crocker second and Dustin Eckman third. The yellow
flew for a fluid lead in the 31 car of Troy Carr on lap two. A major incident on
the restart collected over half the field when Dave Will got sideways near the
starter stand. Only fifteen cars remained after the lengthy caution. Nocero led
lap two with Crocker second and Carr third. Dave Hess Jr. moved by Carr for
third on lap four the one lap latter continued his march to the front passing
Crocker for the runner up spot. Will and Jason Illig tangled with five complete
for the third caution. Illig slowed after lap six for the fourth caution. Hess
began to immediately pressure Nocero on the restart then a spin by Jim Hilyer
brought out the fifth yellow one lap later. Nocero held on to the lead at the
cross flags but Hess had managed to get position under him and completed the
pass on the next lap with four laps remaining. Hess could not be caught during
the final laps winning his fifth of the year.
Spectators:
Heat 1:
Rodney
Thoms, Clarence Dickerson, Lonnie Waldron
Heat 2:
Bill
Reeves, John Kelsey, Lester Shoff
Feature: John Kelsey, Nate Lester, Kevin Brumett, Rodney Thoms, Brian
Crandall, Ken Jackson, Clarence Dickerson, Shiloh Swabik, Jeff Burger, Berton
Chapel
Outlaw Cadets:
Heat 1:
Ron
Seeley, John Cline, Mike Moore
Heat 2:
Nathan
Short, Louis DeDionisio, Dave Tolon
Feature: Nathan Short, Ron Seeley, Louis DeDionisio, Mike Knight, Dave Tolon,
Wayne Mohawk, Mike Moore, John Cline, Scott Lewis, Troy Dorman
Budweiser Super Sportsman:
Heat 1:
John
Boardman, Don McGuire, Mike Murray
Heat 2:
Chad
Carlson, Bob Van Arsdale, Aaron Robinson
Feature: Chad Carlson, John Boardman, Jeff Van Arsdale, Don McGuire, Dan
Nocero, Pat McGuire, Mike Murray, Tim Nocero
E-Mod:
Heat 1:
Dan
Nocero, Dave Will, Mike Munsee
Heat 2:
Al
Crocker, Troy Carr, Chris Sutton
Heat 3:
Dustin
Eckman, Mike Boyd, Dale Applebee
Feature: Dave Hess Jr., Dan Nocero Jr., John Lacki, Troy Carr, Quincy Turner,
Dustin Eckman, Justin Carlson, Jim Hilyer, Mike Moon, John Waters
Super Late Model:
Heat 1:
Randy
Lobb, Dan Armbruster, Bruce Hordusky, Dave Hess Jr., Doug Eck
Heat 2:
Chris
Hackett, Rich Gardner, Paul Briggs, Wendell Pinckney, Andy Kania
Feature: Randy Lobb, Chris Hackett, Rich Gardner, Dan Armbruster, Dave Hess
Jr., Paul Briggs, Dave Lyon, Andy Kania, Wendell Pinckney, Doug Eck, Moose
Dunnewold, Andy Boozel, Mike Coyle, Bruce Hordusky, John Lobb, Scott Gurdak
Super Challenger:
Heat 1:
Glenn
Slaney, Aron Dascomb, Bob Belson
Heat 2:
Jay
Seekings, Kirk Foust, Rick Sperry
Feature 1:
Bob
Belson. Glenn Slaney, Sam Courson, Dan Nocero, Ben Burgess, Dominic DePancean,
Monty Seekings, Keary Howard, Shayne Erhard, James Paul
Feature 2:
Aron
Dascomb, Jason Black, Brett Van Guilder, Mike Gibbons, Jason Johnson, Jamie
Schnars, Randy Carlson, Rick Sperry, Shawn Seekings, Scott Kinney