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Jason Shank
CLEARFIED, Penn. (July 3) - Another night at Central PA Speedway, another win for defending O'Reilly All Star Late Model Series Champion and current point leader Rob Blair of Titusville, PA in the $7,000 to-win 'Yankee Doodle 50'. Blair has competed at the Clearfield, PA oval four times in 2010 and has taken home four of the traditional, wood carved bear trophies provided by track owner Tim Bainey. Blair worked his way masterfully through lapped traffic during a long 38 lap green flag run to get by Ripley, NY's Mike Knight and check out for the win, his fourth of the season with the ASLMS.
Knight and Seaford, DE's Ricky Elliott led the field to the green flag with Knight setting a torrid pace around the half-mile. While Knight was catching lapped traffic, a mere eight laps into the event, the battle for the fourth position was intense as Greg Oakes, Jeremy Miller, and Jared Miley all battled lap after lap behind Knight, Elliott and Blair.
The leaders continued the fast pace through lapped traffic as Blair began closing in on the second place car of Elliott. Everyone in attendance could see that Blair's Rocket Chassis was getting better as the long green flag run got longer and by lap 17, Blair made his way around the Delaware driver. Meanwhile, Miller and Miley were still racing hard for the fourth spot. Miley was on the rear deck-lid of Elliott for third on lap 25 but was unable to make a move as Miller found an opening to get by Miley to regain the fourth spot.
Knight was still holding a commanding lead but Blair was reeling in the leader as the laps wound down while Miley again made his way around Miller for the fourth spot again and set his sights on Elliott. The trio made their way out of lapped traffic for a few laps and Miley again found himself on the back bumper of Elliott's Barry Wright Chassis. As Knight made his way through the field, it took him longer to get around some cars, opening the door for Blair to catch the leader. Eventually Blair was able to catch the leader on lap 33 and put the pressure on. Knight was working on Boom Briggs when Blair made his move for the lead. Blair's mount stuck perfectly on the outside of the beautifully manicured Central PA Speedway to capture the lead as they rounded turn four on lap 37.
Getting through lapped traffic was the name of the game on this night and Knight, up to this point, was doing a fine job working his way through. Knight went into turn three hard trying to get back under Blair for the lead and Boom Briggs in turns three and four but made contact with the inside berm sending him into the 99B of Briggs and spinning as they exited turn four to bring out the first caution of the event and ending a stellar run for the New York youngster.
After the caution it was all Blair as he pulled away from Elliott, Miley, and Miller. Another quick caution on lap 46 only delayed the post-race celebration for Blair as he went on to win his fourth ASLMS race of the season and extend his point lead over Boom Briggs to 64 points. Miley finished second with Miller third while Elliott faded to fourth followed by Dave Hess Jr. in fifth. Matt Lux was sixth followed by Gregg Satterlee, Boom Briggs, DJ Myers, and John Garvin Jr. who rounded out the top-ten.
Event Recap:
O'Reilly All Star Late Models at Central PA Speedway - July 3, 2010
Event title: 'Yankee Doodle 50'
Finish / Start / Car # / Driver Name
1. (3) W11 Rob Blair
2. (6) H1 Jared Miley
3. (5) 1M Jeremy Miller
4. (4) 88 Rick Elliott
5. (12) 44H Dave Hess Jr.
6. (7) 21 Matt Lux
7. (16) 22S Gregg Satterlee
8. (8) 99B Boom Briggs
9. (10) 70J DJ Myers
10. (9) J4 John Garvin
11. (4) 22 Greg Oakes
12. (14) Tim Smith Jr.
13. (22) 55 Denny Fenton
14. (11) 4 Alex Ferree
15. (13) 8 Tim Fedder
16. (15) 1P Darren Peters
17. (19) 53 Chris Farrell
18. (17) 23H Todd Snook
19. (18) 100 Chris Clark
20. (25) 10C Ryan Christoff
21. (21) 15X John Oaks
22. (26) 11K Greg Kent
23. (24) 25M Mark Booth
24. (1) 9K Mike Knight
25. (23) 15M Shane McMeans
DNS: 27S Bobby Stokes
DNS: 19 Gary Beward
Car Count: 27
Time of the Event: 29 min
Caution Laps: 38, 46
Lead Changes: 1
Lap Leaders: 1 - 38 Mike Knight, 38 - 50 Robbie Blair
Red Flags: None
Frankland Racing Supply Hard Charger: 22S Gregg Satterlee
Track Record: Track record for Central PA Speedway was set on May 29, 2010 by Robbie Blair with a time of 15.334
Victory Signs Time Trials presented by Fleming Design Solutions:
Car # / Driver Name / Time
9K Mike Knight 16.424
H1 Jared Miley 16.733
W11 Robbie Blair 16.862
99B Boom Briggs 17.047
21 Matt Lux 17.162
88 Rick Elliott 17.281
1M Jeremy Miller 17.455
70J DJ Myers 17.493
8 Tim Fedder 17.514
39S Tim Smith Jr. 17.608
J4 John Garvin 17.628
22 Greg Oakes 17.670
23H Todd Snook 17.858
4 Alex Ferree 17.952
22S Gregg Satterlee 17.997
1P Darren Peters 18.058
15M Shane McMeans 18.097
55 Denny Fenton 18.104
100 Chris Clark 18.275
15X John Oaks 18.307
10C Ryan Christoff 18.529
25M Mark Booth 18.895
27S Bobby Stokes 18.964
53 Chris Farrell 19.699
44H Dave Hess Jr. 20.328
11K Greg Kent 20.798
19 Gary Beward NT
Rocket Chassis Heat Race #1: H1 Jared Miley, 21 Matt Lux, J4 John Garvin, 8 Tim Fedder, 23H Todd Snook, 15X John Oaks, 19 Gary Beward (DNS)
Rocket Chassis Heat Race #2: 99B Boom Briggs, 22 Greg Oakes, 70J DJ Myers, 39S Tim Smith Jr., 100 Chris Clark, 11K Greg Kent (DNS)
Rocket Chassis Heat Race #3: 88 Rick Elliott, 9K Mike Knight, 4 Alex Ferree, 53 Chris Farrell, 55 Denny Fenton, 25M Mark Booth
Rocket Chassis Heat Race #4: W11 Robbie Blair, 1M Jeremy Miller, 44H Dave Hess Jr., 22S Gregg Satterlee, 27S Bobby Stokes, 15M Shane McMeans, 10C Ryan Christoff
Blair drives his own #W11 Rocket Monte Carlo mounted on Genesis Shocks with a Draime Racing Engine and Hoosier Race Tires. Sponsors include Specialty Products / Bossards Auto / EquiCross / Maloney Tool & Mold / Chelby's Hair and Tanning Garage / Genesis Racing Shocks / Slavic Custom Racing Shirts & Decals
The win was Rob's fifth career win with the Series. Series career win
leader board (Modern Era): Rob Blair 5, Boom Briggs 4, Eddie Carrier
Jr. - 3, Duane Chamberlain 1, Shane Clanton 1, Rod Conley 1, Chub
Frank 1, Jamie Lathroum - 1, Jared Miley - 1, D.J. Myers 1, Brady Smith
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2010 O'Reilly All Star Late Model Series Event Winners:
April 30 Lernerville Speedway Sarver, PA Rob Blair, Titusville, PA
May 1 KC Raceway Chillicothe, OH Weather
May 15 Hilltop Speedway Millersburg, OH Dave Hess Jr., Waterford, PA
May 16 West Virginia Motor Speedway Mineral Wells, WV Rescheduled for 9/2
May 29/30 Central PA Speedway Clearfield, PA Rob Blair, Titusville,
PA
June 8 Sharon Speedway Hartford, OH Boom Briggs, Bear Lake, PA
July 2 Central PA Speedway Clearfield, PA Rob Blair, Titusville, PA
July 3 Central PA Speedway Clearfield, PA Rob Blair, Titusville, PA
2010 O'Reilly All Star Late Model Series Point Standings:
1. W11 Rob Blair 1278
2. 99B Boom Briggs 1214
3. H1 Jared Miley 1188
5. 22 Greg Oakes 1154
4. 22S Gregg Satterlee 1144
6. 21 Matt Lux 1092
7. J4 John Garvin Jr. 1074
8. 1P Darren Peters 1014
9. 37 Jared Hawkins 802
10. Dave Hess Jr. 760
Frankland Racing Supply Hard Charger Points:
1. H1 Jared Miley 25
2. W11 Rob Blair 21
3. 44 Dave Hess Jr. 18
4. 37 Jared Hawkins 15
5. 22 Greg Oakes 15
6. 22S Gregg Satterlee 15
7. 21 Matt Lux 12
8. J4 John Garvin Jr. 6
9. 1P Darren Peters 4
10. 99B Boom Briggs 3
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