Eriez Speedway
May 19, 2012
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Kings conquer Super Late Model and Modified action at Eriez Speedway

HAMMETT, PA (May 20) - Rex King won his second BRP Modified Tour feature at Eriez Speedway over his son Sunday night as another son, Russell, won the Super Late Model feature. Dan Davies held off a determined Dave Hess Jr to win the 25-lap Amp Electric United E-Mod Series feature event for the $1000 first place money. Steve Kania won his first Limited Late Model feature of the season. Greg Fenno and Wade Watson each won their third feature in as many weeks and Casey Burch won his second feature of the season.

The BRP Modified Tour had Steve Fedder and Eric Gabaney on the front row with Gabany leading lap one and Brian Weaver coming to the front at the end of lap 2. Caution flew on lap two when Gabany spun out of the runner-up spot. At six laps the defending series champion, Rex King spun in turn three bringing caution again over the speedway. Weaver extended his lead over Dave Murdick who grabbed second on the restart. Cooter King came to third at lap twelve. Six cars came together in turn four at lap 13 for the most serious incident of the race. At lap 14, just eight laps after spinning, Rex King was up to second and took over the top spot at the end of lap 17. With seven laps remaining, the leader’s son, Cooter, took over second from Weaver, setting up a King family one-two finish. Weaver held on for third with Kevin Hoffman fourth and Carl Murdick fifth.

The 25-lap Plyler Overhead Door UEMS feature was paced by Jack Young and Dan Davies with an almost immediate yellow shown for a four car pile-up in turn one. The second attempt at green had the same result, with four more cars wrecking in turn with opening night winner Rich Michael Jr heading to the pits for repair. The third attempt to get the race going was successful with former track champion Scott Gurdak coming from row two to the lead with Young second and Davies third. At the end of two laps, Davies was leading over Young and Gurdak. After a lap nine restart Dave Hess and Davies ran side-by-side with Hess ahead at lap 13 and Davies again in command at lap 14. Using the high line, Davies held on for the win over Hess, Gurdak, Brent Rhebergen, and newly-wed Mike Knight, the 2011 champion.

Russell King took the early lead from the outside front row of the Jay’s Auto Wrecking Super Late Model feature with pole-sitter Dave Hess Jr right behind. Andy Boozel and Mike Knight swapped third several times before Boozel got away as Scott Gurdak got by Knight at lap 17. Despite several attempts by Hess on the low side King held on for the win with Hess settling for second over Gurdak, Knight, and Boozel, who slipped back after the final restart. The King family had two wins and a runner-up finish in the Sunday action.

Steve “Kid” Kania led the Conway & O’Malley Limited Late Model feature from the pole position with 2011 Champion Chris Ottaway right behind. Dan Maxim came to second after a restart at lap nine but Ottaway regained the spot a lap later. Kania went on to his first win of the season at Eriez over Ottaway, Maxim, last week’s winner Chris McGuire, and Dustin Eckman.

Rookie Kyle Schreckengost and Gary Fisher were on the front row of the Bonnell Collision Center Street Stock feature with Schreckengost leading lap one but former champion and two-time 2012 winner Greg Fenno taking over at the end of lap two. John Phelps ran second for the distance with 2011 Champion Pat McGuire third. Joe Rohrer was fourth with pole-sitter Schreckengost fifth.

Tim Card led the Gannon University Super Sportsmen until a lap six caution when Wade Watson got by for the lead. At a lap seven caution Card pulled out of the event. Watson then went on to his third win in as many weeks over Jake Eller and Jim Kibbe.

Wes Stull led lap one of the Kandy’s Dinner Theater Challenger feature until a lap three restart when Casey Burch took over at the front. Burch went on to his second win in a row over Stull and Brad Cole.

Jay’s Auto Wrecking Super Late Models:
Heat 1: Dave Hess Jr, Russ King, Scott Johnson, Scott Gurdak, Greg Johnson, Ryan Scott, Dave Lyon, Bob Dorman
Heat 2: Andy Boozel, Mike Knight, Greg Oakes, Doug Eck, John Volpe, Rich Gardner, Chris Hackett, Charles Supplee
Feature: Russell King, Dave Hess Jr, Scott Gurdak, Mike Knight, Andy Boozel, Scott Johnson, Rich Gardner, Greg Oakes, John Volpe, Bob Dorman, Dave Lyon, Charles Supplee, Chris Hackett, Ryan Scott, Greg Johnson, Doug Eck

BRP Modified Tour:
Heat 1: Jeremiah Shingledecker, Brian Weaver, Mark Frankhauser, Eric Gabany, Chris Haines, Cooter King, Shawn Fleeger, Mike Turner, Joe Kubiniec, Brad Rapp
Heat 2: Peter Brittan, Rex King, Ron Cartwright, Carl Murdick, Dave Murdick, Steve Fedder, Jeremy Paup, Kevin Hoffman, Kevin Boland, Rob Curtis
Feature: Rex King, Cooter King, Brian Weaver, Kevin Hoffman, Dave Murdick, Jeremiah Shingledecker, Eric Gabany, Ron Cartwright, Brad Rapp, Mark Frankhauser, Mike Turner, Shawn Fleeger, Steve Fedder, Peter Brittan, Rob Curtis, Chris Haines, Joe Kubiniec, Carl Murdick, Kevin Boland (DNS)

Plyler Overhead Door E-Mods:
Heat 1: Randy Hall, John Boyd, Kyle Inman, Bud Watson, Ron Seeley, Al Brewer, Steve Simon, Brian Douglas (DNS)
Heat 2: Dave Hess Jr, Jack Young, Mike Knight, Rich Michael, John Boardman, Shane Crotty, Chad Carlson, Vic Vena
Heat 3: Dan Davies, Brent Rhebergen, Mike Kinney, Mike Potosky, Joel Watson, Al Cressley, Mike McGee, Steve Sornberger Jr
Heat 4: Steve Dixon, Scott Gurdak, Butch Southwell, Carl McKinney, Leonard Enos, Gary Eicher, Mike Eschrich, Brian Fardink
B-Main 1: Al Brewer, Ron Seeley, Steve Simon, Al Cressley, Michael McGee, Vic Vena, Joel Watson (DNS), Brian Fardink (DNS)
B-Main 2: John Boardman, Shane Crotty, Gary Eicher, Chad Carlson, Leonard Enos, Mike Eschrich (DNS), Steve Sornberger Jr (DNS)
Feature: Dan Davies, Dave Hess Jr, Scott Gurdak, Brent Rhebergen, Mike Knight, Bud Watson, Jack Young, Mike Kinney, John Boyd, John Boardman, Michael McGee, Butch Southwell, Shane Crotty, Ron Seeley, Mike Potosky, Gary Eicher, Vic Vena, Kyle Inman, Steve Dixon, Carl McKinney, Al Brewer, Randy Hall, Steve Simon, Rich Michael

Conway & O’Malley Limited Late Models:
Heat 1: Dan Maxim, Stan Davis, Dustin Eckman, Tyler Green, Chris McGuire, Chris Ottaway
Heat 2: Steve Kania, Ryan Scott, Mike Lozowski, Ken Wanzer, Mike Moon, Jake Finnerty
Feature: Steve Kania, Chris Ottaway, Dan Maxim, Chris McGuire, Dustin Eckman, Stan Davis, Mike Moon, Ken Wanzer, Mike Lozowski, Tyler Green, Ryan Scott, Jake Finnerty (DNS)

Gannon University Super Sportsman:
Heat: Wade Watson, Jake Eller, Tim Card, Jim Kibbe, Allen Yarbrough, Brent Crandall, Mike Murray
Feature: Wade Watson, Jake Eller, Jim Kibbe, Mike Murray, Allen Yarbrough, Tim Card, Brent Crandall (DNS)

Bonnell’s Collision Center Street Stocks:
Heat 1: Greg Fenno, Ron Johnson, Kyle Schreckengost, Jimmy Kennerknecht, Bill Reeves, Kevin Wetherall, Donald Hebner, Tyler Lyngarkos, Tim Thompson, Eric Ester (DNS)
Heat 2: Pat McGuire, Joe Rohrer, Mark Thompson, John Phelps, Steve Keith Jr, Gary Fisher, Ken Lamp Jr, Andy Faulhaber, Michael Brown (DNS), Jeff Keith (DNS)
Feature: Greg Fenno, John Phelps, Pat McGuire, Joe Rohrer, Kyle Schreckengost, Gary Fisher, Tim Thompson, Andy Faulhaber, Ken Lamp Jr, Jeff Keith, Kevin Wetherall, Tyler Lyngarkos, Don Hebner, Bill Reeves, Michael Brown, Eric Ester (DNS)

Kandy‘s Dinner Theater Super Challengers:
Heat 1: Casey Burch, Geoff Maloney, Brad Cole, Staci Faulhaber, Wesley Stull, Carl Hebner, Douglas Melter, Charles Keller, Kelsey Parker, Justin Boardman, Steve Boardman
Heat 2: Tim Fisher, Mark Simmons, Jason Brightman, Mike Pohl, Kasey Hammond, Nick Steiner, Jeff Nunemaker, William, Szalabawka, Larry Mitchell, Bob Swanson, Joe Beach
Feature: Casey Burch, Wesley Stull, Brad Cole, Geoff Maloney, Kasey Hammond, Joe Beach, Carl Hebner, Jason Brightman, Mike Pohl, Larry Mitchell, Jeff Nunemaker, Staci Faulhaber, Mark Simmons, Nick Steiner (DNS), Steve Morse (DNS), Tim Fisher (DNS), Douglas Melter (DNS), William Szalalawka (DNS), Justin Boardman (DNS), Kelsy Parker (DNS), Charles Keller (DNS),