Susquehanna Speedway Park
September 1, 2014
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Christine Jr. Claims Fifth Victory in the Special 32-Lap Late Model Feature on Saturday Night at SSP
 
Newberrytown, PA (August 30, 2014) – Manchester’s Randy Christine Jr. took his fifth win of the season in the special 32-lap Late Model feature during the York County Nationals at the Susquehanna Speedway Park on Saturday Night.  Mike Wagner II of Harrisonville captured his second PA Sprint Series feature victory of the year.  Lebanon’s Jasen Geesaman won his sixth Street Stock feature of the season in the special 25-lapper.  Lancaster’s Donnie Broderick won his first Xtreme Stock Car feature of 2014.  Matt Wallace of Mt. Airy, Maryland won his third consecutive Classic Car feature of the season.  Daryl Sipe of York Haven won the exciting Small Car Demolition Derby at the end of the night.
 
Outside front row starter Tim Murphy took the lead at the start of the special 32-lap Late Model feature with Randy Christine Jr. close in tow.  On lap 10, Christine Jr. and Gene Knaub passed Murphy to make it a two-car battle for the lead.  Knaub showed his car to Christine Jr. on every circuit on the bottom side.  Knaub was unable to make the pass throughout the event.  A yellow in the later stages of the race set up a 2-lap shoot-out for the win.  Kanub challenged and Christine Jr. never faltered.  Christine Jr. took the checkers to win his second consecutive York County Nationals over Knaub.  Ben Whitaker finished third, followed by Robbie Black who made his first appearance to SSP in 2014.  Justin Ehrhart rounded out the top five.  Sam Gallagher, Christine Jr. and Whitaker were the heat race winners.  
 
Mike Wagner II grabbed the lead from outside the second row at the start of the 20-lap PA Sprint Car feature.  As Wagner set the pace at the front, Zach Newlin kept pace with the leader.  Newlin was unable to make a challenge for the lead in lapped traffic, as Wagner went on top take the victory on the non-stop feature after a red flag on the initial start of the race.  Newlin settled for second with Colby Dice in third.  Anthony Fiore and Ken Duke finished fourth and fifth respectively.  Dice, Duke and  Newlin won their respective heat races.  
 
From the front row, Jim Palm Jr. took early lead of the special Street Stock 25-lap feature for the second consecutive week.  On lap 8, Danny Beard scooted by Palm to take over the top spot and began to set the pace of the race.   On lap 16, Beard slowed on the backstretch with a mechanical failure and retired from the race.  Geesaman inherited the lead with Palm on his tail.  In the waning stages of the race, Chris Derr moved into the runner-up spotand continued to battle Palm for the spot.  At the end, Geesaman took the victory over Derr who won the runner-up battle.  Palm settled for a strong third place finish.  Scott Thunberg finished fourth with Jimmy Combs coming across the line in fifth place.  Danny Beard and Geesaman were heat race victors.    
 
The 20-lap Xtreme Stock Car feature event had Davey Nester take command of the top spot on the start from outside the front row.  Donnie Broderick challenged until the lap 7 of the race when he moved by Nester to take the top spot.  Broderick continued to lead through the remainder of the race with Horan stalking.  At the finish, Broderick took the win over Horan.  Johnny Palm came home in third after starting in 19th place.  Davey Nester finished fourth with Matt Wampler settling in the fifth position.  The heat race winners were Horan, Nester and Brian Rehbein.          
 
In the 20-lap Classic Car feature, Wes Brown took the early lead but retired from the race on lap 12, giving the lead to the eventual winner Matt Wallace.  Jim crocker finished in second, followed by Steve Clemo in third.  Ron Grove and Brandon Little finished fourth and fifth respectively.  Brown and Wallace were heat race winners.
 
Susquehanna Speedway Park “Big Track” Race Results from Saturday, August 30, 2014

Late Models Feature (32 laps): 1. Randy Christine Jr.; 2. Gene Knaub; 3. Ben Whitaker; 4. Robbie Black; 5. Justin Ehrhart; 6. Grant Adams; 7. J.R. Rodriguez; 8. Sam Gallagher; 9. Andrew Stotler; 10. Cameron Benyou; 11. Alan Sagi; 12. Ron Kline; 13. Dan Zechman; 14. Chad Julius; 15. Matt Murphy; 16. Tim Murphy; 17. Jake Moser; 18. John Moser Jr.; 19. Brad Shank; 20. Steve Billet; 21. Les Hare; 22. Sam Rial; DNS  - Davis Latsha; Chase Billet.      
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: T. Murphy (1-9); Christine Jr. (10-32).
HEAT RACE WINNERS: Gallagher, Christine Jr. and Whitaker.
 
Street Stocks Feature (20 laps): 1. Jasen Geesaman; 2. Chris Derr; 3. Jim Palm Jr.; 4. Scott Thunberg; 5. Jimmy Combs; 6. Jason Townsend; 7. Josh Bloom; 8. Eric McClane; 9. Ryan Smith; 10. Wayne Dutterer Jr.; 11. Joey Racine; 12. Bobby Kupp; 13. Mark Hutchison; 14. Butch Helsel; 15. Michael McClane; 16. Richie Dobson Jr.; 17. Aaron Beard; 18. Dalton Frye; 19. Danny Beard; 20. Troy Myers.    
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Palm Jr. (1-7); D. Beard (8-15); Geesaman (16-25).    
HEAT RACE WINNERS: D. Beard and Geesaman.
 
PA Sprint Series Feature (20 laps): 1. Mike Wagner II; 2. Zach Newlin; 3. Colby Dice; 4. Anthony Fiore; 5. Ken Duke; 6. Kyle Lloyd; 7. Tyler Lebo; 8. Lance Newlin; 9. Ian Detweiler; 10. Randy Kaylor; 11. Stephanie Stevens; 12. Nathan Gramley; 13. Brandt Cook; 14. Cory Thoirnton; 15. Erin Statler; 16. Mark Watkins; 17. John Bordlemay; 18. Dave Guss Jr.; 19. Eric Parker; 20. Jimmy Starusbaugh; 21. Scott Ellerman; 22. Steve Storrie; 23. Justin Hoffman; DNS – Tyler Reeser.  
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Wagner II (1-20).
HEAT RACE WINNERS: Dice, Duke and Z. Newlin.
 
Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (20 laps):  1. Donnie Broderick; 2. Travis Horan; 3. Johnny Palm; 4. Davey Nester; 5. Matt Wampler; 6. John Frye; 7. Kyle Emig; 8. Mike Smith; 9. Jeffrey Waltz; 10. Todd Knaub; 11. Tonya Lance; 12. Patrick McClane; 13. Eric Flinchbaugh; 14. Chris Heller; 15. Joe Racine; 16. Mallory Duvall; 17. Brian Rehbein; 18. Alex Updegraff; 19. Dan Snyder; 20. Jim Jacobs; 21. Kelly Seal; DNS – Lewis Bechtold; Tim Osheehan.      
FEATURE LAP LEADERS:  Nester (1-6); Broderick (7-20).
MADISON HOUSE HARD CHARGER: Palm (+16 positions: 19th start / 3rd Finish)
HEAT RACE WINNERS: Horan, Rehbein and Nester.

Classic Cars Feature (15 laps):  1. Matt Wallace; 2. Jim Crocker; 3. Steve Clemo; 4. Ron Grove; 5. Brandon Little; 6. Neal Reamer; 7. Roland Brown; 8. Roy Denike; 9. Lance Grove; 10. Wes Brown; 11. Randy Doty.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: W. Brown (1-12); Wallace (13-20).  
HEAT RACE WINNERS: W. Brown and Wallace.
 
Small Car Demo Derby Winner: Daryl Sipe