June 22nd,2002

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Dan Armbruster Wins the Tony White Memorial on Sysco Food Kid’s Night at Stateline Speedway
By Glenn Slocum

Fifty-one Super Late Models were on hand for the fifty-lap Tony White Memorial Race. Crash Moreau’s Thrill Masters entertained the crowd and Owner/Promoter Fran Seamen also joined the Thrill Masters to drive in the first stunt of the show. The thrills continued through the Super Late Model event as Dan Armbruster made a last lap, last corner pass of a spinning Dave Scott to win the event. Scott had led from the beginning but came up just one corner short of the win. Vic Earle and Pat Passanise won the Spectator events. Pat McGuire continues to dominate winning the yellow marred Limited Late feature and then won his first Budweiser Super Sportsman event. John Pencille lead every lap of the Outlaw Cadet feature to post his second win of the year and maintain his points lead. Randy Hall won the E-Mod feature after a heated battle with Dale Applebee.

Scott Ottawa was on the pole for the first Spectator feature with Joe Houser second and Dave Surenna third. Dave Surenna grabbed the lead from a very loose Joe Houser on lap one. Dana Wellington spun on lap two. Vic Earle Sr. took control on the lap two restart and led through lap eight when a spin by early leader Dave Surenna brought out the third yellow of the event. Steve Huling moved up to challenge the leader on the restart but Earle hung on for the win. Barrett Brown finished third behind Huling and Earle.

Pat Passanise led the first seven laps of the second Spectator feature with Ron Bush in second. Fourth place car Ken Jackson spun on lap eight causing the first yellow of the event. Rick Sperry tapped leader Passanise on the restart causing the third place car of Ron Bush to spin. Bush ended up in the pits with Passanise still in first and Sperry second. Passanise won with Sperry second and George Stetson third.

Randy Lobb and Dave Scott brought thirty-one Super Late Models to the line for the fifty lap Tony White Memorial. Point’s leader Rod Maloy started third next to Chris Hackett. Scott took control on the start with Randy Lobb and Maloy giving chase. Dick Barton, Chad Ruhlman and Rick Briggs tangled in turn three on lap four for the first caution. John Lacki spun in traffic on lap four and Rick Briggs gets involved for the second caution. Scott moved to the high side and motored away from the field. Bob Close went to the pits on lap fourteen as Scott entered lap traffic. Scott started lapping cars and had half the field lapped when the yellow was shown on lap twenty-one. Two laps after the restart Maloy and Cran Nyweide spin for caution four. Only twenty-one cars remained for the lap twenty-three restart. Scott was still firmly in control with Randy Lobb second and Scott Johnson third. With twenty go Scott still led the way with Randy Lobb second and Matt Urban shown third. Chris Hackett spun on lap thirty-two allowing the field to close up behind Scott. Bryan Emory and Rick Briggs collide on the restart for caution five. Dan Armbruster move up to challenge Urban for third on lap thirty-seven and made the pass on lap forty and getting by Lobb for second. John Lacki and Bruce Horduskey spin on lap forty-one. Scott got a big jump on the restart and moved to the top of the speedway with Armbruster trying the low line. Bump Hedmond, Rick Isadore and Ron Olson spin on lap forty-three allowing Armbruster to close the gap to Scott’s rear bumper. Armbruster would move under Scott but the momentum was with Scott. John Lobb slowed with four laps to go and the caution flew again. Al Crocker got tagged and ended up in the wall under the flag stand on the restart ending his racing for the evening. Matt Lux spun one lap after the restart setting up a three lap dash for the win. Armbruster made the move going into turn three on last lap as Scott lost the handle spinning in front of the field and giving the win to Armbruster. Randy Lobb slowed for spinning Scott allowing Jay Watson into second and Matt Urban third with Dave Lyon fourth.

The Limited Late Model start was marred by a spin by Wayne Mohawk then Mike Moore, Bob Vogt and Al Cressley spun on the restart. Pat McGuire took the lead on the third attempted start and got one lap in before Andy Knight slowed on the back stretch for the third caution. Chad Ramsey passed McGuire on the restart but a John Cline spin brought out the yellow again. McGuire passed Ramsey for the lead on lap four until a spin by Les Lyon slowed the race once more. Bear Moynihan spun on lap five collecting early leader Ramsey. McGuire was still in the lead with Al Cressley running second and Bobby Rohrer third. Mike Moore passed Rohrer for third on lap seven as another spin slowed the event again. McGuire was leading by twenty car lengths on lap eleven as Moore continued his charge by passing Cressley for second. A Troy Dorman spin stopped the race with eleven in the books allowing Moore to close up behind McGuire. Dorman spun again on lap sixteen. Mike Coyle spun in the entrance to turn three setting up a one-lap dash for the win. Les Lyon spun on the last lap restart. McGuire went on for the win with Moore second and Cressley third.

Terry Daniels, Aaron Robinson and Shane Jones collide on lap two of the Outlaw Cadet feature as John Pencille leads. Lonnie Waldron stopped his smoking car under the flag stand on lap six for the third yellow. Todd Church was in second with Pencille still on the point and Matt Lamphere third. Scott Kuschel brought out the third caution on lap eight. Jeff VanArsdale moved up beside Church with five laps to go as Pete Alspaugh spun in turn one. VanArsdale passed Church with two to go but could not catch Pencille.

Scott Bayle lead laps one through four of the Budweiser Super Sportsman feature with Pat McGuire in second and Mike Kosinski in third. Kirk Hayes spun on lap five. Pete Volpe slowed one lap after the restart. A flat on the Dana Cummings car brought out the yellow on the lap five restart. McGuire moved into the lead with three to go and never looked back as Bayle slide to third behind Kosinski.

Dave Hess Jr., Shane Applebee, Mark Grabowski and Keith Bidwell were involved in a first lap incident in the E-Mod feature. Ron Loney and Ken Drake tangled on the restart as leaders Tim Rater and Kevin Decker try to get a lap in. Ron Loney and Mark Grabowski spun to the infield on lap two. Loney spun again before another lap was in. Randy Hall moved into the second position then passed for the lead on lap four as the caution filled event was slowed once more by a spinning Dean Ruth who collected Mark Grabowski. Keith Bidwell left on the hook after a spin on lap six as Hall leads the event. Dean Ruth came to stop on the front stretch on lap seven. Dale Applebee was all over Hall until he spun with two to go. Hall won the event with Kevin Decker second and Shane Applebee third.

Results:

Spectators:

Heat 1: Brian Crandall, Kevin Brumett, Steve Keith

Heat 2: Ken Jackson, Eric Gurdak, Brian Johnson

Heat 3 : Skip Joslin, Pat Passanise Jr., Rich Becker

Feature 1: Vic Earle Sr., Steve Huling, Barrett Brown, Matt Lazowski, Bill Baker

Feature 2: Pat Passanise Jr. Rick Sperry, Jason Stetson, Joe McMurty, Eric Gurdak

E-Mods

Heat 1: Dave Hess Jr., Dale Applebee, Mike Hess

Heat 2: Randy Hall, Mike Samuelson, Justin Carlson

Feature: Randy Hall, Kevin Decker, Shane Applebee, Dave Hess Jr., Mike Hess, Mike Samuelson, Al Cressley, Justin Carlson, Craig Switzer, Ken Drake

Outlaw Cadets

Heat 1: Matt Lamphere, Phil Knight, Jeff VanArsdale

Heat 2: John Pencille, Dusty Franklin, Louie DeDionisio

Heat 3: Todd Church, Shane Jones, Mark Hall

Feature 1: John Pencille, Jeff VanArsdale, Todd Church, Jeff Campbell, Jim Hilyer, Terry Daniels, Glenn Slaney, Bill Dunn, Louie DeDionisio, Shane Jones

Limited Late Models:

Heat 1: John Cline, Chad Ramsey, Bobby Rohrer, Bear Moynihan

Heat 2: Pat McGuire, Mike Moore, Les Lyon, Andy Knight

Heat 3: Al Cressley, Tom Schnars, Andy Sweetland, Tom Hagberg

Feature: Pat McGuire, Mike Moore, Al Cressley, Tom Schnars, Chad Ramsey, Bobby Rohrer, Paul Briggs, Tom Hagberg, Bob Vogt, Jason Dupont

Budweiser Super Sportsmen:

Heat 1: Pat McGuire, Mike Kosinski, Dave Cummings

Heat 2: Mike Murray, Joe Buccola Jr., Mike Kosinski

Feature: Pat McGuire, Mike Kosinski, Scott Bayle, Dave Cummings, Don McGuire, Randy Parmenter, Joe Buccola Jr., Mike Murray, Gary Foster, Robert Nocero

Late Models:

American Racer Dash: Matt Urban