Selinsgrove Speedway
October 6, 2012
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Eckert takes Fall Classic for second straight year at Selinsgrove Speedway



Selinsgrove Speedway
SELINSGROVE, Pa. (October 6) – For the second year in a row, Rick Eckert of York closed out the racing season at Selinsgrove Speedway with a convincing victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap Fall Classic for late models. Eckert, last year’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion, earned $5,000 for his sixth career win at the track driving the J&K Salvage No. 24.

Eckert, who got his start in late model racing at Selinsgrove in 1984, set a new one-lap track record of 18.848 seconds in qualifying. The Selinsgrove victory marked his fifth of the year coming off the national late model circuit.

Polesitter Coleby Frye powered into the lead at the start of the late model main event. He was chased by second-place starter Dan Stone and third-place starter Jeff Rine. In the early laps of the race, a wheel-to-wheel battle unfolded between Stone and Rine for the runner-up position. On the 12th circuit, Rine secured second and set his sites on Frye.

At the midway point of the race, sixth-place starter Rick Eckert advanced to third. On a lap 17 restart, Eckert passed Rine for second racing off turn two. On the 18th circuit, Frye’s car lost power momentarily due to a reported faulty ignition box coming off turn four which forced both Eckert and Rine to take evasive action on the frontstretch. Eckert took the outside lane around Frye’s faltering race car and the lead entering turn one.



In the final laps, fourth-place starter Jason Covert began to show some speed and moved into the third position. The caution flag unfurled on lap 24 when Frye’s car rolled to a stop on the backstretch. On the ensuing restart, Eckert opened up a lead and posted a 1.8-second margin of victory over Rine, Covert, Stone, and Dylan Yoder.

SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY – 6 October 2012

Late Models – 22 Entries
30-Lap A-Main: 1) 24E Rick Eckert $5,000 2) 2J Jeff Rine 3) 43A Jason Covert 4) 21D Dan Stone 5) 24 Dylan Yoder 6) 21 Scott Haus 7) 17 Nick Dickson 8) 99Z Dave Zona 9) 16 Matt Cochran 10) 31D Brian Booze 11) 44 Donnie Schick 12) 4D Chad Hollenbeck 13) 26 Jerry Bard 14) 19 AJ Hoffman 15) 76 Andy Haus DNF 16) 27 Jim Yoder DNF 17) 5 Derek Byler DNF 18) 32 Coleby Frye DNF 19) 55 Chris Shuey DNF 20) 92 Tim Gray DNF 21) 7R Kent Robinson DNF 22) 2 Steve Campbell DNS
Heat Winners: Derek Byler, Dan Stone, Jeff Rine

Time Trials: 1) 24E Rick Eckert 18.848 2) 32 Coleby Frye 19.130 3) 43A Jason Covert 19.200 4) 7R Kent Robinson 19.223 5) 21D Dan Stone 19.254 6) 2J Jeff Rine 19.255 7) 5 Derek Byler 19.494 8) 4D Chad Hollenbeck 19.509 9) 76 Andy Haus 19.547 10) 24 Dylan Yoder 19.551 11) 27 Jim Yoder 19.631 12) 55 Chris Shuey 19.656 13) 21 Scott Haus 19.723 14) 17 Nick Dickson 19.749 15) 99Z Dave Zona 19.801 16) 26 Jerry Bard 19.877 17) 16 Matt Cochran 19.911 18) 44 Donnie Schick 20.107 19) 31D Brian Booze 20.146 20) 92 Tim Gray 20.184 21) 19 AJ Hoffman 20.209 22) 2 Steve Campbell (no time)

Street Stocks – 28 Entries
20-Lap A-Main: 1) 201 Brian Johnson 2) 76 Bob Bussey 3) 111 Matt Lawrence 4) 44 Corey Collier 5) 55 Lori Croop 6) 8K Jeremy Kline 7) 28 Curtis Lawton 8) 11H Nathan Hill 9) 70 Chuck Detweiler 10) 8B Jason Brown 11) 25J Nate Romig 12) 8 Dave Nestor 13) 99 Chris Hoffman 14) 11B Keith Bissinger 15) 41D Dennis Conrad 16) 89 John Schoch 17) 88 Toby Chase 18) 33 Devon Hart 19) 9K Dave Kamp 20) 3 Bruce Wyland Jr. 21) 992 Terry Kramer 22) 2 Adam Campbell 23) 31 Brandon Shultz 24) 23 Donny Murphy DNS
Heat Winners: Brian Johnson, Bruce Wyland Jr., Nate Romig
Consolation Winner: Toby Chase