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 Dick Barton Wins NW Penn Super Late Model Feature at Stateline
Speedway
By Glenn Slocum
Busti, NY: NW Penn sponsored the events at Stateline Speedway. The Super
Late Models raced without roofs. Dick Barton led every lap of the topless event
for his fourth win of the season, his sixty-sixth at Stateline and his 201st
career win. Lester Shoff took the lead on the thirteenth lap to win his fifth of
the season in the Spectator division. Doug Eck knocked Dave Hess Jr. off the
hill to capture the Budweiser Super Late Model King of the Hill title. Bob
Hazzard won his third Budweiser Super Sportsman feature after passing John
Boardman on lap five of the fifteen lap event. Mike Moore won by inches in the
Outlaw Cadet division beating Dave Tackett who had led from the start. Dave Hess
Jr. and Justin Carlson put on a driving demonstration in the E-Mod feature with
Hess barely beating Carlson at the finish line on the final lap. Amber Belson
won her fourth Lady Challenger feature. Butch Camarata won his first Super
Challenger feature and Alex Froman passed Leslie Armstrong with two laps
remaining to win his fourth in the second Super Challenger feature.
Andy Kania and Dick Barton led the Super Late Models into turn one for their
NW Penn Topless feature event. Barton won the dash leading the first lap with
Kania second and Doug Eck third. Chad Valone had settled into the fourth spot. A
lap six spin by Mike Knight allowed the field to close with Barton. The top five
for the restart were Barton, Kania, Eck, Valone and Gardner. Mark Matthews
waived off the first lap six restart and accepted the second. Eck moved under
Kania and Gardner challenged Valone on the restart lap but neither could make
the pass stick. Eck remained alongside Kania as they swapped the second spot
several times. Eck slowed on lap ten as the yellow flew for debris on the track.
Eck pulled into the pits during the yellow. Barton, Kania, Gardner, Valone and
Randy Lobb were the restart leaders. Gardner quickly moved up under Kania for
the runner up spot on thee restart and did lead by a nose on lap twelve with
Kania returning the favor one lap later. Barton was cruising as Kania and
Gardner fought for the second spot. Gardner followed Kania for several laps then
once more challenged from the low side and Matthews gave the five to go signal.
Barton remained in cruise control with a twenty car length advantage. Ted
Kosinski turned Ward Schell as the two to go signal was given putting the field
in single file for the lap twenty-four restart. Barton did what he does so well
as he controlled the restart and led the final two for his 66th win
at Stateline and 201st overall.
John Boardman grabbed the early lead in the Budweiser Super Sportsman
division. Chad Carlson slowed to stop as lap three ended bringing out the
yellow. Bob Hazzard took the lead from Boardman in turn one on lap five then
Jake Eller had problems in turn four for the second yellow. Hazzard, Boardman
and Tim Nocero were the leaders for the restart. Nocero spun on lap six
collecting John Volpe and Chris Kuschel for the third yellow. Don McGuire was
third for the restart with Bobby Rohrer fourth and Pat McGuire fifth. Boardman
slipped up the speedway on lap eight letting both Don McGuire and Rohrer by. Two
laps later Boardman did a complete 360 in turn four but kept moving losing
several spots. Hazzard led by thirty car lengths with two to go and finished the
last two laps unchallenged for his third win.
Rick Thompson and John McFadden were on the front row for the Spectator
feature. McFadden led the first circuit with Thompson second and John Kelsey
third. Kelsey lost the handle on lap two slipping back to fourth moving Dave
Johnson into third. Johnson took second from Thompson on the next lap. Chris
McDonald spun with five laps complete for the first caution. McFadden remained
in control after the restart with Kelsey back up to second and Johnson third.
Kelsey went around on lap eight bringing out the caution and Jason Genco took
over third. Johnson went into the pits with a flat during the caution. McFadden,
Genco and Lester Shoff were the leaders after the restart. Two laps later Genco
went around in turn four collecting Pat Landy and Josh Lucas for the third
yellow. McFadden, Shoff and Nate Lester were the top three for the lap eleven
restart. David McClenahan ended up facing the wrong way on the back stretch
bringing out the fourth yellow. With two to go Shoff moved up alongside the
leader then as they raced down the back stretch the leader slowed bringing out
the yellow putting Shoff in first with Lester second and Mike Zemcik third.
McClenahan, Mark Luce and Mort John brought the sixth yellow with one lap
remaining. Shoff held on for his fifth win of the season.
Dave Tackett, John Cline and Troy Dorman were the leaders at the end of the
first Outlaw Cadet feature lap. Tackett quickly built a sizeable lead over Cline
with led Dorman by ten car lengths. Tackett entered lap traffic on lap seven
then one lap later several cars spun in turn three including Mark Hall, Dorman
and Chris Bowman. Tackett immediately started rebuilding his lead on the restart
and Brian Crandall passed Hall for the third spot. One lap later Mike Moore
passed both Hall and Crandall for the third position. Moore continued to advance
passing Cline for the second spot and began to run down Tackett but before he
caught him Dave Marrs spun to a stop in turn four for the second yellow. Tackett
could not shake Moore on the restart and they took the white nearly side by
side. Tackett led out of turn four with Moore switching to the high side and
nipping Tackett at the line for his fourth win.
Dan Nocero lost the top spot to Justin Carlson on the first lap of the E-Mod
feature. Lap two ended when Dennis Lunger spun to a stop in turn three for the
first yellow. Nocero turned the tables to lead lap three then slipped in turn
four letting Carlson and Dave Hess by but the yellow came out for Dana
Wellington and Nocero got his spot back for the restart. Andy Sweetland spun
into the infield on the restart for caution number three. Carlson took the lead
back on the restart bringing Dave Hess along. Carlson stayed high letting Hess
use the low groove and the two ran side by side for three laps until another
spin by Wellington brought out the fourth yellow with seven laps complete.
Lunger and Wayne Mohawk tangled on the restart for yellow number five. Shane
Applebee slowed bringing out the yellow on lap nine. Carlson would win the race
down the back stretch but Dave Hess was able to dive deeper into three but just
could not make the pass. The yellow flew for Wellington again on lap twelve.
Carlson, Dave Hess, Mike Hess, Nocero and Quincy Turner were the top five.
Carlson and Dave Hess returned to the battle. Dave Hess did a slid job on
Carlson but Carlson switched lanes beating Dave Hess to the line but on the
final lap Dave Hess used the inside to beat Carlson out of turn four and win by
inches.
Rod Birt came out on top after the first lap of the first Super Challenger
feature then lost the lead Butch Camarata on lap four then fought back to lead
lap five. Camarata regained the lead on lap eight as Birt slipped to third
behind Mike Beatman. Camarata crossed the line first for his first feature win
of the season.
The yellow flew on the first lap on the second Super Challenger feature. Paul
Nelson was the leader after one lap with Jesse Dash second and Leslie Armstrong
third. Armstrong beat Dash out of turn two on lap three for the second spot. One
lap later Armstrong had caught Nelson and began to challenge for the lead.
Armstrong made the pass for the lead on lap six. Alex Froman came from twelfth
to pass Armstrong on lap eight for the win.
Spectators:
Heat 1: Nate Lester, Lester Shoff, Rick Thompson
Heat 2: Chris McDonald, Stan Davis, Pat Landy
Heat 3: Jim Bergman, John Britt, Clarence Dickerson
Feature: Lester Shoff, Nate Lester, Jason Genco, John Kelsey, Clarence
Dickerson, Rick Thompson, Mike Zemcik, Josh Lucas, Bill Reeves, Wade Watson
Budweiser Super Sportsman:
Heat 1: Bryan Ester, Bob Van Arsdale, John Volpe
Heat 2: Pat McGuire, Scott Kuschel, Bob Hazzard
Feature: Bob Hazzard, Don McGuire, Bobby Rohrer, Pat McGuire, Chad Carlson,
Bryan Ester, Scott Kuschel, John Boardman, Bob Van Arsdale, Chris Kuschel
Outlaw Cadets:
Heat 1: Rick Loomis, Steve Moynihan, George Milks
Heat 2: Jamie Erhard, Mark Hall, Phil Knight
Feature: Mike Moore, Dave Tackett, John Cline, Brian Crandall, Nathan Short,
Andy Knight, Mark Hall, Troy Dorman, Jamie Erhard
E-Mod:
Heat 1: Dan Nocero Jr., Brian Fardink, Quincy Turner
Heat 2: Justin Carlson, Mike Hess, Dave Hess Jr.
Feature: Dave Hess Jr., Justin Carlson, Mike Hess, Dan Nocero Jr., Quincy
Turner, Tom Hagberg, Dustin Eckman, Chris Sutton, Matt Swanson, Troy Carr
Super Late Model:
Heat 1: Andy Kania, Doug Eck, Randy Lobb, Dave Lyon, Scott Johnson
Heat 2: Dick Barton, Rich Gardner, Bump Hedman, Paul Briggs, Matt Urban
Heat 3: Chad Valone, John Lobb, Rod Maloy, Dave Hess Jr., Bruce Hordusky
Feature: Dick Barton, Andy Kania, Rich Gardner, Randy Lobb, Chad Valone, Bump
Hedman, John Lobb, Rod Maloy, Bruce Hordusky, Paul Briggs, Dave Hess Jr., Scott
Johnson, Scott Gurdak, Dave Lyon, Mike Knight, Andy Boozel, Darrell Bossard,
Merle Terry, Steve Halpainy, Randy Shearer, Ted Kosinski, Moose Dunnewold, Ward
Schell, Matt Urban, Doug Eck
Super Challenger:
Heat 1: Leslie Armstrong, Wesley Jackson, Mike Genco
Heat 2: Paul Nelson, Jay Seekings, Jared Boardman
Heat 3: Rod Birt, Mike Beatman, Kevin Golden
Feature 1: Butch Camarata, Wesley Jackson, Rod Birt, Mike Beatman, Austin
Fitzgerald, Travis Darling, Mike Genco, Richie Seaholm, Jeff Strickland, Eugene
Hart
Feature 2: Alex Froman, Leslie Armstrong, Paul Nelson, Sam Courson, Aron
Dascomb, Kevin Golden, Dereck Frank, Jay Seekings, Kyle Jackson, Bryon Johnson
Jr.
Lady Challenger:
Heat 1: Amber Belson, Stephanie Hilyer, Karen Roemer
Feature: Amber Belson, Stephanie Hilyer, Karen Roemer, Mary Hammond,
Stephanie Devereaux, Jennifer Weagraff, Tara Jordan, Jodee Jordan, Becky
Campbell, Jessie Cupp
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