Saturday August 4th, 2012 Busti, NY: Thirty-two Crate Late Models were
on-hand for Sunoco Race Fuels Crate Late Model Special at Stateline Speedway. A
4-wide tribute was made by the Crate Late Models to honor the passing of Bill
Law owner of the number 14 Crate Late and the man most responsible for bringing
the division to Stateline. It took three heats and a consolation race to set the
field for the Special. Jason Genco won the consolation and along with Garret
Stephen who finished second and Eric Andrus who finished third were added to the
field. Point leader Damien Bidwell was involved in an accident in the heats and
received a promoter’s provisional along with Mark Thrasher the next in points
who failed to qualify.
Max Blair came from 6th to win the Crate Special passing early leaders Justin
Tatlow and Chad Ruhlman for the win.
Dutch Davies won his fourth Super Late Model feature in commanding fashion.
The race ran without a caution with Davies passing nearly half the field.
Limited Late Model point leader Steve Kania led every lap to win his fourth
feature of the season.
Chris Withers won his ninth Street Stock feature with a commanding lead over
Paul Nelson Jr. and veteran Brian Crandall.
Richard Wojtowicz won a caution filled second Street Stock feature.
Dan Nocero Jr. won his eighth Super Sportsman feature.
Bryan Busche won the Super Challenger feature his first of the season.
Justin Tatlow and Chad Ruhlman made up the front row of the Sunoco Crate Late
Model Special and Tatlow was leading when a multicar incident stopped the race
before the first lap was complete. Bob Dorman was tagged for the yellow and the
rest were aligned as they started. Tatlow had Ruhlman by a bumper at the end of
lap one with Max Blair third and Ryan Scott fourth. Paul Himes, Brad Mesler
caused the second yellow with four laps complete. Tatlow lost the lead to
Ruhlman on the restart. A spin by Wade Mohawk caused caution three with nine
laps compete. Blair passed Tatlow on the restart and closed with Ruhlman with
Tatlow eight car lengths back in third. As Blair and Ruhlman fought for the lead
Mark Thrasher pulled out on the front straight from the infield stopping on the
track for yellow four. Ruhlman choose the outside for the restart and led lap
sixteen with Blair alongside. Blair led lap eighteen by a nose and then was able
to slide up in front of Ruhlman to cement the lead. Bobby Rohrer stopped in the
pit exit for caution five. Twenty-two of the twenty-six starters remained.
Blair, Ruhlman, John Lacki, Tatlow and Scott were the leaders. The yellow flew
again with just two laps complete. The race ended with Blair running the final
two laps unchallenged and Ruhlman nipped Lacki at the line for second.
Ron Seeley won the E-Mod feature in a race which saw the leaders spin on the
finial circuit and the new leader, Chad Carlson, break on the restart.
Dave Shagla Jr. and Mike McGee lead the E-Mod division out for their feature
event. McGee was the first around with Shagla second and Chad Carlson third. A
three car tangle collected Cale Crocker, Greg Johnson and Brian Fardink with two
laps complete. McGee, Shagla, Chad Carlson, Kyle Bedell and Scott Gurdak were
the restart leaders. Chad Carlson passed Shagla on the restart for the runner up
spot as McGee started to build a lead on the field and Bedell and Gurdak were
contesting the fourth spot. Shagla and Bedell made contact ending with the
second yellow and Shagla in the back. McGee, Chad Carlson, Bedell, Justin
Carlson and Ron Seeley were the restart leaders. Two laps later Fardink spun for
the third yellow with nine laps complete. McGee controlled the restart but
behind him it was a scramble for second. A lap eleven spin by Johnson brought
out yellow four. Bedell moved up to second shortly after the restart putting
Chad Carlson in third trailed by Ron Seeley. Bedell testes McGee with two laps
to go then one lap later tried underneath and failed then on the final lap with
Bedell on the inside and McGee on the outside they made contact with both
spinning sending then both to the back of the field for the restart. McGee
elected to go to the pits. On the restart Chad Carlson slowed as the green fell
and before the field could slow Crocker tried to evade on the outside ending his
and Chad Carlson’s night. Ron Seeley was the new leader with Justin Carlson
second followed by Nathan Hill, Butch Southwell and Alex Froman. Justin Carlson
moved alongside Seeley for the final lap but could not complete the pass giving
Seeley his first win of the season.
Eighteen of the twenty one late models showed for the start of the Late Model
feature. Andy Boozel led the first two laps then Dutch Davies took over on lap
three. Randy Lobb was third with Jason Dupont fourth and Chris Hackett fifth.
Davies joined with lap traffic on lap ten nearly a straight away ahead of Lobb
with Dupont five car lengths behind in third. With ten to go Davies was in heavy
lap traffic with a large lead over Lobb and Dupont. All green and five to go as
Davies put point leader Rich Gardner in the George LaBarberra car a lap down.
Davies won the event which ran from green to checkers in twelve minutes and
ended with just eleven cars on the lead lap.
Steve Kania and Chris Ottaway led the Limited Late Models to the green for
their feature event. Kania led the first lap as the yellow flew for Chevy Sweet
stopped in turn three. Kania led the next three laps then yellow two involving
Jake Finnerty and Chad Schauers slowed the event. Kania, Ottaway, Dustin Eckman,
Tyler Green and Steve Moynihan were the leaders. Kania easily pulled away from
the field on the restart. Moynihan was moving up reaching third from his eighth
starting spot at the half way point. Kania slowed when he encountered lap
traffic allowing Ottaway to close. Kania was able to maintain his lead event in
lap traffic as the race wound down. At two to go Kania was ten car lengths ahead
of Ottaway and had a clear race track in front of him. Kania cruised home for
his fourth win of the season tying Eckman in the win column and extending his
point lead.
It was three wide at the end of lap one in the first Street Stock feature
with Kevin Golden just nipping Kyle Weilacher and Jason Covey at the line. The
first yellow appeared during lap two. A yellow on the restart collected Nick
Mohawk and Kevin Golden. Weilacher, Covey, Chris Withers, Paul Nelson Jr. and
Jeremy Williams were the restart leaders. Covey beat Weilacher to the line to
lead lap two then Earle and Sam Courson caused yellow three. Withers was the new
leader after the lap two restart with Covey second and Nelson third. Another
yellow on lap five collected several cars including Pat Fielding, Elaine Best,
Todd Bacon and Gary Fisher. Nelson passed Covey on lap seven for the number two
spot and Brian Crandall was fourth after starting eleventh. Crandall continued
to advance gaining third just before the fourth caution as Best stopped in turn
four. Withers won with a commanding lead over Nelson.
It took three attempts to complete the first lap of the second Street Stock
feature then just as the lap ended Kevin Hill stopped up nose into the front
stretch wall and hit hard by Doug Moore. Both drivers were okay but neither car
could continue. Richard Wojtowicz was the leader with Brad Strickland second.
Yellow five happened on lap five with cars spun in turns two and four. Eric
Harvey spun Brian Wilson for yellow six with ten laps complete. Wojtowicz won
the caution filled event with Lance Palmer second.
Point leader Dan Nocero Jr. was the leader at the end of the first lap of the
Super Sportsman feature. A lap two caution for Tom Kosinski slowed the event.
Jake Eller spun to a stop before the green for caution two then caution three on
the restart for Tim Card. Eller spun again with seven laps complete for yellow
four. The fifth yellow occurred on lap ten and the sixth on the restart. Nocero
won his eighth of the season.
Super Late Model
Heat 1:
Andy Boozel Clymer NY, Randy Lobb Jamestown NY, Darrell Bossard
Centerville PA, David Scott Garland PA, Dick Barton Ashville NY
Heat 2:
Dutch Davies Warren PA, Scott Gurdak Bear Lake PA, Jason Dupont
Cyclone PA, Bump Hedman Sugar Grove PA, Jason Morell North East PA
Heat 3:
Chris Hackett Jamestown NY, Chad Valone Jamestown NY, Doug Eck
Corry PA, Greg Oakes Franklinville NY, Chuck Parker Ashville NY
Feature: Dutch Davies Warren PA, Randy Lobb Jamestown NY, Darrell Bossard
Centerville PA, Andy Boozel Clymer NY, Greg Oakes Franklinville NY, David Scott
Garland PA, Chris Hackett Jamestown NY, Dick Barton Ashville NY, Jason Dupont
Cyclone PA, Doug Eck Corry PA, Scott Gurdak Bear Lake PA, Rich Gardner Waterford
PA, Bump Hedman Sugar Grove PA, Jason Morell North East PA, Jeff Hoffman, Jordan
Eck Corry PA, Chuck Parker Ashville NY, Max Blair Titusville PA
E-Mod
Heat 1:
Chad Carlson Lakewood NY, Mike McGee Mayville NY, Butch Southwell
Warren PA, Scott Gurdak Bear Lake PA, Brian Fardink Sherman NY
Heat 2:
Kyle Bedell Little Valley NY, David Shagla Jr. Sugar Grove PA,
Alex Froman Ashville NY, Justin Carlson Sherman NY, Ron Seeley Youngsville PA
Feature: Ron Seeley Youngsville PA, Justin Carlson Sherman NY, Nathan
Hill East Otto NY, Butch Southwell Warren PA, Alex Froman Ashville NY, Anthony
Marotto Ashville NY, Clint Brady Frewsburg NY, Mike McGee Mayville NY, Kyle
Bedell Little Valley NY, Chad Carlson Lakewood NY
Limited Late Models
Heat 1:
Tyler Green Corry PA, Chris Ottaway Sherman NY, Chad Schauers
Frewsburg NY, Ryan Scott Garland PA, Stan Davis Jr. Jamestown NY
Heat 2:
Dustin Eckman Erie PA, Steve Kania Waterford PA, Jake Finnerty
Panama NY, Steve Moynihan Jamestown NY, Mike Moon Brocton NY
Feature: Steve Kania Waterford PA, Chris Ottaway Sherman NY, Steve
Moynihan Jamestown NY, Tyler Green Corry PA, Dustin Eckman Erie PA, Ryan Scott
Garland PA, Jake Finnerty Panama NY, Stan Davis Jr. Jamestown NY, Mike Moore
Russell PA, Mike Moon Brocton NY
Super Sportsman
Heat 1:
Wade Watson Ashville NY, Dan Nocero Jr. Jamestown NY, Allen
Haskins Sinclairville NY, Tom Kosinski Lakewood NY, Tim Card Ashville NY
Heat 2:
Ron Burgun Brocton NY, Clint Haskins Jamestown NY, Allen
Yarbrough Jamestown NY, Chris Market Erie PA, Rick Karash
Feature: Dan Nocero Jr. Jamestown NY, Wade Watson Ashville NY, Ron Burgun
Brocton NY, Jim Kibbie Clymer NY, Don McGuire Harborcreek PA, Jake Eller Erie
PA, Allen Haskins Sinclairville NY, Tom Kosinski Lakewood NY, Allen Yarbrough
Jamestown NY, Tim Card Ashville NY
Street Stock
Heat 1:
Jason Covey Clymer NY, Chris Withers Waterford PA, Paul Nelson
Ashville NY, Nicholas Mohawk Angola NY, Cody Bliss Celeron NY
Heat 2:
Kevin Golden Frewsburg NY, Victor Earle Jr. Gifford PA, Sam
Courson Cassadaga NY, Brian Crandall Stockton NY, Elaine Best Jamestown NY
Heat 3:
Kyle Weilacher Lakewood NY, Patrick Fielding Titusville PA, Gary
Fisher North East PA, Jeremy Williams Pittsfield PA, Todd Bacon Lakewood NY
First Feature: Chris Withers Waterford PA, Paul Nelson Ashville NY, Brian
Crandall Stockton NY, Patrick Fielding Titusville PA, Nicholas Mohawk Angola NY,
Jason Covey Clymer NY, Kevin Golden Frewsburg NY, Gary Fisher North East PA,
Kyle Weilacher Lakewood NY, Todd Bacon Lakewood NY
Second Feature: Richard Wojtowicz Jr. Limestone NY, Lance Palmer Duke
Center PA, Brad Strickland Jamestown NY, Eric Harvey Jamestown NY, Butch Talbot
Salamanca NY, Jason Martin Columbus PA, Jerry Fish Falconer NY, Berton Chapel
Irvine PA, Mike Harmon Albion PA, Kyle Reinwald Girard PA
Super Challenger
Heat 1:
Kyle Jackson Cherry Creek NY, Chad Bender Stockton NY, Travis
Darling Jamestown NY, Bryan Busche Warren PA, Casey Burch Randolph NY
Heat 2:
Larry Oaks Sugar Grove PA, Kevin Covell Sugar Grove PA, Jason
Lynn Falconer NY, Colin Eyler Sugar Grove PA, Preston Matve Celeron NY
Heat 3:
Nick Reale, Joe Beach Erie PA, Ronnie Fish Jamestown NY, Leo
Hanlon Pleasantville PA, Nathan Lamb Jamestown NY
Feature: Bryan Busche Warren PA, Chad Bender Stockton NY, Nathan Lamb
Jamestown NY, Ronnie Fish Jamestown NY, Larry Oaks Sugar Grove PA, Nick Reale,
Scott Dellahoy Jr. Sinclairville NY, Stephen Enlow Panama NY, Jason Lynn
Falconer NY, Travis Darling Jamestown NY
Crate Late Model
Heat 1:
Justin Tatlow Franklinville NY, Ryan Scott Garland PA, Jamie
Brown Jamestown NY, Matthew Harvey Jamestown NY, Chad Silleman South Dayton NY
Heat 2:
Chad Ruhlman Sinclairville NY, John Lacki Sinclairville NY, Bruce
Hordusky Jr. Erie PA, Justin Smith Smethport PA, Doug Ricotta Warsaw NY
Heat 3:
Bob Dorman Stockton NY, Max Blair Centerville PA, Ward Schell
Warren PA, Ed Carley Freedom NY, Cody Mason Eldred PA
Consolation:
Jason Genco Jamestown NY, Garret Stephen Williamsville NY,
Eric Andrus, A J MacQuarrie, Damien Bidwell Eldred PA, Mark Thrasher Jamestown
NY, Skip Jackson Jamestown NY, Ed Coast Duke Center PA, Sean Frey Colombia NY,
John Haggerty Olean NY
Feature: Max Blair Centerville PA, Chad Ruhlman Sinclairville NY, John
Lacki Sinclairville NY, Justin Tatlow Franklinville NY, Ryan Scott Garland PA,
Doug Ricotta Warsaw NY, Ed Carley Freedom NY, Ward Schell Warren PA, Matt Cobb
Bradford PA, Bruce Hordusky Jr. Erie PA, Zack Carley Freedom NY, Matthew Harvey
Jamestown NY, Damien Bidwell Eldred PA, Cody Mason Eldred PA, Justin Smith
Smethport PA, Bob Dorman Stockton NY, Jason Genco Jamestown NY, Garret Stephen
Williamsville NY, Paul Himes Lakewood NY, Eric Andrus, Wade Mohawk Gowanda NY,
Bobby Rohrer Waterford PA, Bradley Mesler Wellsville NY, Mark Thrasher Jamestown
NY, Chad Silleman South Dayton NY, Jamie Brown Jamestown NY
