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Dave Hess Jr. Wins Corry Chrysler/Corry Ford Super Late Model Championship Race
at Stateline Speedway
by Glenn Slocum
Busti, NY: After three attempts Mother Nature finally cooperated as with
a beautiful night for the Corry Chrylser/Corry Ford thirty-five lap Super Late
Model Championship race. Rookie Mike Knight won the first Super Late Model
qualifier and started on the pole, Dave Lyon the second and Scott Gurdak the
third. Andy Kania wrested the Super Late Model Budweiser King of the Hill title
from Doug Eck. Dave Hess Jr. powered by Andy Kania on lap twenty-one of the
thirty-five lap Championship event and was not challenged for the remainder of
the race. Lonnie Waldron held off a charging Jason Genco to win his second
Spectator feature. Chad Carlson nipped John Volpe at the line to win his second
of the year. Veteran Pat McGuire won the "Run Whatca Brung" Outlaw
Cadet event in his first Cadet Feature finish at Stateline this year. Mike Hess
held off Justin Carlson to win his third in the E-Mod division. Michelle Swabik
won her second Lady Challenger event and Bob Belson and Paul Nelson were the
Super Challenger winners.
Mike Knight led twenty-five Super Late Models to Mark Matthew’s green flag
for the start of the Corry Chrysler/Corry Ford Championship race. Knight won the
dash to turn one but Dave Lyon got sideways collecting Merle Terry, Moose
Dunnewold, Miles Stitzinger and Darrell Bossard. The lap was not counted but
those involved were sent to the rear for the restart. Knight remained on the
pole with Andy Kania second followed by Scott Gurdak and Andy Boozel. Gurdak
stopped on the back stretch with front end suspension damage during the yellow
and had to be towed to the pits moving Bump Hedman into the third spot. Kania
led the first lap with Knight second and Hedman third. Hedman passed Knight on
lap two for second then Boozel did the same one lap later. Kania had a
considerable lead with five in the books as Hedman and Boozel battled for second
with John Lobb and Dave Hess Jr. running fourth and fifth. Boozel managed to
move away from Hedman just as the yellow flew for Ward Schell coming out of turn
two. The top five for the lap nine restart were Kania, Boozel, Hedman, John Lobb
and Hess. Kania remained in control after the restart and quickly began to
rebuild his lead but the battle was on for third with Hedman, John Lobb and Hess
all contesting the spot. Terry, Bruce Hordusky, Chad Valone and pole sitter
Knight tangled in turn four with twelve laps complete for the third yellow. Rich
Gardner broke into the top five on the restart putting Hess back to sixth. Hess
fought back one lap later for fifth. John Lobb made a hard right turn coming out
of turn four then stopped up against the fence bringing out the fourth yellow.
Kania, Boozel, Hess, Hedman and Gardner were the top five for the restart. Hess
took second from Boozel on lap eighteen as Kania led. Hess used the cushion to
pass Kania for the lead on lap twenty-one. Hess was into lap traffic with ten
laps remaining and continued to run up against the cushion when ever possible.
With five to go Hess had over a straight away lead over Kania who led Boozel by
seven car lengths. Stitzinger stopped up against the concrete in turn four as
the white flag flew for the fifth yellow. Hess was first with three lap cars
following then Kania, Boozel, Gardner and Doug Eck who completed the top five.
Hess powered away from the field on the restart winning his fifth of the season
and capturing the $3000 first place prize.
Lonnie Waldron and Mort John were on the front row of the Spectator feature
with Robert Kinne and Berton Chapel in row two. Waldron led the first lap with
John second and John Britt third. Britt lost the handle on lap three as Rodney
Thoms grabbed the third spot. Jason Genco beat Thoms to the flag on lap six to
take over third. Pat Landy went around in turn three with seven laps complete
for the first caution. The top five for the restart were Waldron, John, Genco,
Thoms and Lester Shoff. Genco took second from John on the restart lap and Shoff
moved to fourth. With five to go Shoff moved by John for third then Thoms spun
John getting the black flag from Starter Mark Matthews moving Nate Lester to
fourth and Dave McClenahan fifth. Genco jumped Waldron’s left rear on the
final lap but Waldron kept control to win the event.
The initial start of the Budweiser Super Sportsman feature was waived off but
the second was accepted as Jim Leonard grabbed the lead with Tim Nocero second
and John Volpe third. Nocero pulled off putting Volpe up to second. Volpe took
the lead from Leonard on lap eight. Chad Carlson passed Leonard two laps latter
and began to run down Volpe for the lead and Bobby Rohrer slipped into third.
Carlson moved alongside Volpe on the final lap. Carlson used the outside line
while Volpe was running low. Volpe slipped up into Carlson at the checkers but
Carlson held on for his second win.
The Outlaw Cadet "Run Whatca Brung" feature saw David Marrs and Ron
Seeley on the front row. Seeley beat the crowd into turn one then the melee
began on the back stretch collecting Brian Crandall, Nathan Short, Mark Hall,
John Cline, Marrs, Troy Dorman, Steve Moynihan, George Milks, Phil Knight, Joe
Weber and Jaime Erhard. Paul Norman and Seeley were placed on the front row
followed by Andy Knight and Dave Tackett. Tackett beat everyone around to lead
lap one with Andy Knight second and Seeley third. Dorman lost the handle on lap
three for the second caution. Tackett held on to the lead with Knight
challenging. Two laps later, Pat McGuire slipped by Knight then stalked Tackett
for a lap before grabbing the lead. McGuire had a ten car length lead at the
half way mark and Tackett led Knight by three car lengths. With two laps to go
Jamie Erhard stopped in turn three for the third caution allowing Tackett and
Knight to close with McGuire. McGuire quickly moved away from Tackett then Bob
Vogt Jr. did a complete spin in turn four not stopping but Dorman, Erhard and
Milks stopped causing the fourth and final caution. McGuire won the one lap dash
for his first feature win of the season.
It was a Hess front row in the Emod feature with Dave Hess Jr. on the pole
and Mike Hess off the pole. Mike Hess came out on top after the first lap with
Dave Hess second and Justin Carlson third. Carlson tried passing Dave Hess low
in turn two on lap seven and they made contact but one lap later Carlson made it
stick in turn three setting Dave Hess back to third. Dave Hess was running with
a soft left front tire after the contact with Carlson. Dave Hess lost another
spot to Quincy Turner with three laps remaining. Carlson nearly caught Mike Hess
at the end but just ran out of time giving Mike Hess his third win.
Kayla Riefstahl grabbed the lead at the start of the Lady Challenger event
and was nearly passed by Stephanie Hilyer on the final lap. Riefstahl pushed
Hilyer into the infield where Hilyer spun bringing out the only yellow of the
race. Michelle Swabik just beat Riefstahl to the checkers for her second win.
Dan Nocero Sr. was the early leader in the first Super Challenger feature
then gave way to Bob Belson on a lap four restart. Belson went on to win his
first of the season.
Stub Johnson led the first lap of the second Super Challenger feature with
Eugene Hart second. Paul Nelson went from nineteenth to third in three laps then
passed the leader on lap seven. The caution flew with three laps remaining for
Mike Swanson in turn two. Johnson led briefly after the restart but Nelson
prevailed to win his third of the season.
Spectators:
Heat 1: Rodney Thoms, Bill Reeves, Lester Shoff
Heat 2: Bob Frisbee, Travis Swabik, Berton Chapel
Heat 3: Clarence Dickerson, John Britt, Charlie Silleman
Feature: Lonnie Waldron, Jason Genco, Lester Shoff, Nate Lester, Dave
McClenahan, Bill Reeves, Joe McMurdy, Travis Swabik, Clarence Dickerson, Stan
Davis
Budweiser Super Sportsman:
Heat 1: Aaron Robinson, Jake Eller, Bryan Ester
Heat 2: Bob Hazzard, Don McGuire, John Boardman
Feature: Chad Carlson, John Volpe, Bobby Rohrer, Jim Leonard, Pat McGuire,
Bob Van Arsdale, John Boardman, Bob Hazzard, Don McGuire, Bryan Ester
Outlaw Cadets:
Heat 1: Bob Vogt Jr., Paul Norman Jr., Troy Dorman
Heat 2: Andy Knight, Ron Seeley, John Cline
Feature: Pat McGuire, Dave Tackett, Andy Knight, Ron Seeley, Mike Moore,
Nathan Short, Phil Knight, Paul Norman Jr., Brian Crandall, Bob Vogt Jr.
E-Mod:
Heat 1: Dave Hess Jr., Tom Hagberg, Quincy Turner
Heat 2: Mike Hess, Justin Carlson, Greg Johnson
Feature: Mike Hess, Justin Carlson, Quincy Turner, Dave Hess Jr., Tom
Hagberg, Greg Johnson, Ron Seeley, Troy Carr, Dan Nocero Jr., Wayne Mohawk
Super Late Model:
Heat 1: Mike Knight, Andy Kania, Merle Terry, Scott Johnson, Ted Kosinski
Heat 2: Dave Lyon, Darrell Bossard, John Lobb, Dave Hess Jr., Steve Halpainy
Heat 3: Scott Gurdak, Andy Boozel, Bump Hedman, Rich Gardner, Paul Briggs
Feature: Dave Hess Jr., Andy Kania, Andy Boozel, Rich Gardner, Doug Eck, Dave
Lyon, Steve Halpainy, Darrell Bossard, Bump Hedman, Paul Briggs, Jay Watson, Ted
Kosinski, Merle Terry, Ward Schell, Moose Dunnewold, Chad Valone, Mike Knight,
Randy Shearer, John Volpe, Miles Stitzinger, Chuck Parker, John Lobb, Randy
Lobb, Bruce Hordusky, Scott Gurdak, Scott Johnson
Lady Challenger:
Heat 1: Stephanie Devereaux, Stephanie Hilyer, Kayla Riefstahl
Feature: Michelle Swabik, Kayla Riefstahl, Tara Jordan, Amber Belson, Mary
Hammond, Jodee Jordan, Stephanie Hilyer, Jennifer Weagraff, Stephanie Devereaux,
Kari Moore
Super Challenger:
Heat 1: Eugene Hart, Joe Worczak, Mike Swanson
Heat 2: Paul Nelson, Curt Hansen, Dan Nocero Sr.
Heat 3: Stub Johnson, Mike Genco, Bryon Johnson Jr.
Feature 1: Bob Belson, Dan Nocero Sr., Jermin Strickland, Travis Darling,
Michael Kosinski, Austin Fitzgerald, Glenn Slaney, Leonard Enos, Kyle Weilacher,
Jeff Lamb
Feature 2: Paul Nelson II, Eugene Hart, Stub Johnson, Kevin Golden, Rod Birt,
Leslie Armstrong, Sam Courson, Aron Dascomb, John Mease, Brandon Pierce
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