Eriez Speedway
July 24, 2011
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Lobb scores Super Late Model win on autograph night at Eriez Speedway

Hammet, PA (July 24) - With temperatures finally moderating from the recent heat wave, fans and crew celebrated Autograph night at Eriez Speedway with the Pittsburgh Circle Track Club in attendance. John Lobb won the Jay’s Auto Wrecking Super Late Model feature while Max Blair continued his domination of the Bonnell Collision Center FASTRAK Late Models. Ryan Scott got his 3rd consecutive Dan’s Rt 8 Boardwalk Bar & Grill Limited Late Model feature win and Pat McGuire got his first win in the Rohrer Trucking Street Stocks. Joey Buccola Jr drove to win number four in the Hunter Trucking Sportsman feature and reigning champion Josh Hebner continued his domination of the Kandy’s Dinner Theater Challengers after his brother Don was involved in a wreck while leading.

The Jay’s Auto Wrecking Super Late Model feature featured an all Lobb front row with Randy on the pole and John outside. Only two laps were complete when Jason Morell spun in turn three. John was the leader at the time so for the restart he was the sole occupant of row one with Randy Lobb and John Volpe sharing row two. Chris Hackett was the man on the move, using the high line to advance to fourth by lap seven. At halfway, John Lobb had a near straightaway lead on Randy Lobb with Hackett now in third, Volpe fourth and Matt Urban fifth. Hackett came around the outside of Randy Lobb for second on lap 16. At lap 18 Ron Bem spun on turn four directly in front of the leader, collecting Lobb and bringing caution on the track. Lobb did not stop and therefore retained his lead, but said lead was now marginal with Hackett restarting right behind with Randy Lobb still third. Twelfth starting Ron Davies came to third at lap 19 and started challenging Hackett, gaining the runner-up spot a lap later. Davies closed the gap on John Lobb, but was unable to make the pass. Lobb got his first win of the season over a fast-gaining Davies with Hackett third, Dave Hess Jr coming in fourth and Randy Lobb fifth.

Jay’s Auto Wrecking Super Late Models
Heat 1: Ron Davies, Chris Hackett, John Lobb, Mike Knight, Andy Boozel, John Volpe, Scott Gurdak, Andy Kania, Jason Morell
Heat 2: Randy Lobb, Matt Urban, Dennis Lunger, Rich Gardner, Doug Eck, Dave Lyon, Dave Hess Jr, Greg Oakes, Ron Bem
King of the Hill: Mike Knight, Andy Boozel
Feature: John Lobb, Ron Davies, Chris Hackett, Dave Hess Jr, Randy Lobb, John Volpe, Doug Eck, Matt Urban, Dave Lyon, Mike Knight, Greg Oakes, Andy Boozel, Scott Gurdak, Rich Gardner, Andy Kania, Ron Bem, Jason Morell, Dennis Lunger
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When leaders Chris McGuire and Ryan Scott went wide on turn two of lap one, Bobby Rouche capitalized and grabbed the lead in the Dan’s Rt 8 Boardwalk Bar & Grill Limited Late Model feature. After a restart at lap five Scott regained the advantage with Joel Watson, up from sixth on the grid in second. After cautions at laps eight and nine, Scott pulled out to a several car-length lead with Watson and Steve Kania battling for second. At lap 12, Kania had the spot and set sail to reel in the leader. After another yellow at lap 16 Scott again moved out to the lead, winning his fourth of the season, third in a row, over Kania with points leader Chris Ottaway third, Watson fourth, and Chris McGuire fifth.

Dan’s Route 8 Boardwalk Bar and Grill Limited Late Models
Heat 1: Ryan Scott, Chris Ottaway, Steve Kania, Chris McGuire, Joel Watson, Stan Davis, Terry White
Heat 2: Tyler Green, Bobby Rouche, Bob Rohrer, Mike Lozowski, Ken Wanzer, Paul Norman
Feature: Ryan Scott, Steve Kania, Chris Ottaway, Joel Watson, Chris McGuire, Stan Davis, Terry White, Ken Wanzer, Bobby Rouche, Mike Lozowski, Bob Rohrer, Tyler Green, Paul Norman (DNS)
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The Plyler Overhead Door E-Mods were brought to the line by Rory Reed and Scott Gurdak with Gurdak, a former champion, leading from the drop of the green flag. By the time of the first caution at lap seven, Dave Hess Jr, looking for his third points-paying win of the season was up to sixth after starting twelfth while points leader Joel Watson was in ninth after starting tenth. Gurdak led Reed and Joe Weber back to Spanky Hall’s green flag, leading the next two laps until Russ Dunn parked on the track with a flat left rear tire for the next caution. Hess made it to second at the end of fourteen laps and set out to track down the leader. One lap later Gurdak’s lead disappeared when Josh John spun in turn two. For the restart Hess and Watson were right on the leader’s rear spoiler with five laps to go. On the first lap after green Watson came by the leader on the high side and at the white flag Hess and Gurdak were side by side with Hess appropriating the spot coming out of turn two on the final lap. Watson took the win over Hess with Gurdak holding on for third, John Boyd fourth, and Mike Knight fifth.
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Plyler Overhead Door E-Mods
Heat 1: Joe Weber, John Boyd, Rory Reed, Steve Simon, John Boardman, Chris Peterson, Shane Crotty, Josh Johns
Heat 2: Dave Hess Jr, Joel Watson, Scott Gurdak, Jack Young, Brian Fardink, Tim Gillespie, Jordan John,
Heat 3: Mike Knight, Butch Southwell, Dewey Kinnear, Rich Michael, Dave Lyon, Dustin Eckman, Russ Dunn
Feature: Joel Watson, Dave Hess Jr, Scott Gurdak, John Boyd, Mike Knight, Jack Young, Rory Reed, Brian Fardink, Butch Southwell, Steve Simon, Dewey Kinnear, Tim Gillespie, Josh John, John Boardman, Jason John, Chris Peterson, Dave Lyon, Shane Crotty, Joe Weber, Dustin Eckman, Russ Dunn, Rich Michael
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Damien Bidwell, and Kyle Zimmerman led the Bonnell Collision Center FASTRAK Late Models to the green flag with Bidwell leading lap one. The first caution came at lap four when Bradley Streczywick spun in turn four, collecting Justin Kreider. It took just one lap after green for Max Blair to grab the lead and drive off to his seventh win of the season at Eriez. At halfway Bob Dorman’s machine went up in smoke coming to a halt in turn three for the second caution of the race. Bidwell and Zimmerman battled the rest of the event for second with the young Bidwell, known as “Halfpint” hanging on to the runner-up spot over Zimmerman. Matt Latta had a fine run for fourth with John Volpe fifth.
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Bonnell Collision FASTRAK Late Models
Heat 1: Max Blair, Steve Dixon, Damien Bidwell, Bob Dorman, Adam Sixt, Matt Latta, Newt Tackett, Jim Hilyer, Bradley Streczywick
Heat 2: Chad Wright, Kyle Zimmerman, Bob Rohrer, Jason Stetson, John Volpe, Brian Guzowski, Bruce Hordusky Jr, Kevin Decker, Justin Kreider
Feature: Max Blair, Damien Bidwell, Kyle Zimmerman, Matt Latta, John Volpe, Adam Sixt, Chad Wright, Jason Stetson, Steve Dixon, Bob Rohrer, Bruce Hordusky, Newt Tackett, Mike Lozowski, Justin Kreider, Bradley Streczywick, Bob Dorman, Jim Hilyer (DNS), Kevin Decker (DNS)
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The Rohrer Trucking Street Stocks started with Brian Bush on the pole and Pat McGuire outside front row. Point’s leader Chris Withers advanced to second at lap two. Mark Thompson spun his ’57 Chevy at lap four, bringing caution over the speedway. Another caution for a minor spin at lap ten again bunched the field. Withers faltered coming off turn two after the restart with engine problems, falling from contention, then second running Joe Rohrer dropped a driveshaft on the front straight spinning into the infield. One lap past the lap twelve restart Carl Marcy and John Phelps tangled in turn three with Marcy being ejected from the event for rough driving. McGuire went on to his first win of the season over Gary Fisher, Darrin Hyde, Mark Thompson, and John Phelps Jr.

Rohrer Trucking Street Stocks
Heat 1: Pat McGuire, Joe Rohrer, Mike Moon, Brian Bush, Ron Johnson, Elaine Best, Tyler Lyngarkos, Brad Strickland
Heat 2: John Phelps Jr, Chris Withers, Gary Fisher, Carl Marcy, Darrin Hyde, Ken Lamp Jr, Mark Thompson
Feature: Pat McGuire, Gary Fisher, Darrin Hyde, Mark Thompson, John Phelps, Mike Moon, Elaine Best, Tyler Lyngarkos, Brian Bush, carl Marcy, Joe Rohrer, Ken Lamp Jr, Chris Withers, Ron Johnson, Brad Strickland (DNS)
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Former Champion Don McGuire started the Hunter Trucking Sportsman feature from the pole position with 3-time winner Joe Buccola Jr next to him. Defending champion Ben Burgess Jr started from the third spot. Buccola took off to the immediate lead over McGuire with Burgess trailing. At lap eight, Burgess spun coming out of turn four but did not stop, not needing yellow. One lap later Jake Eller came to a halt on the back chute, bring out the only yellow of the race. Buccola went on to his fourth win over McGuire with Burgess making his way back to third.

Hunter’s Trucks Sportsmen
Heat 1: Joe Buccola Jr, Jake Eller, Don McGuire, Ben Burgess Jr, Eric Ester, Ron Bergun, Jim Kibbe, Scott Roehm, Wade Watson
Feature: Joe Buccola Jr, Don McGuire, Ben Burgess Jr, Ron Bergun, Wade Watson, Eric Ester, Jim Kibbe, Scott Roehm, Jake Eller
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Josh Beckstrom led from the start of the Kandy’s Dinner Theater Challengers with Don Hebner coming to second and restarting right next to the leader after a lap one caution period. Hebner immediately grabbed the lead when green was shown, looking to go to Victory Lane, but his race came to an end when Joe Beach headed to the infield with mechanical problems, crossing directly in front of Hebner and getting T-bone by the leader. Reigning champion Josh Hebner went on to the win over Beckstrom and Wes Stull.

Kandy’s Dinner Theater Challengers
Heat 1: Josh Hebner, Josh Beckstrom, Khole Wanzer, Tawny Crocker, Lee Strain, Justin Boardman, Jason Black, Tom Fisher, Kelsey Parker, Mike Pinzok, David Scriven, Staci Faulhaber, Geoff Maloney (DNS)
Heat 2: Don Hebner, Travis Clabbatz, Jeff Nunemaker, Kasey Hammond, Wes Stull, Jim Tolon, Doug Melter, Mike Swanson, Aaron Gibbons, Cory Clabbatz, Aaron Marcy, Joe Beach
Feature: Josh Hebner, Josh Beckstrom, Wes Stull, Jason Black, Jeff Nunemaker, Khole Wanzer, Aaron Marcy, Doug Melter, Jim Tolon, Staci Faulhaber, Justin Boardman, Tom Fisher, David Scriven, Kelsey parker, Kasey Hammond, Aaron Gibbons, Lee Strain, Mike Swanson, Don Hebner, Cory Clabbatz, Mike Pinzok, Joe Beach, Geoff Maloney, Travis Clabbatz, Tawny Crocker