Lernerville Speedway
October 25, 2014
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King and Ruhlman claim Steel City Stampede wins at Lernerville



Lernerville PR
SARVER, PA (October 25) - A dream season has come to an end with the successful completion of the 6th Annual DIRTcar Round Up Steel City Stampede; the 27th straight scheduled night of racing and 29 of 30 during the 2014 Lernerville Speedway schedule. In a sport so completely dependent on the weather, canceling just one event in an entire season is absolutely unheard of and to end the season with three consecutive nights of perfect fall weather for Western PA was the icing on the cake.

Russ King and Alex Ferree battled each other for the lead most of the 2014 season in the Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Models, both on the track and in the Budweiser Point Standings; that trend continued this weekend. And while Ferree prevailed in the regular season, (winning four features and the points title), King prevailed at the Stampede leading 24 of 25 laps and securing his second $3,000 payday of the season; recall he also pocketed $3,000 at the end of August for winning the rescheduled Uncle Sam 30. This was King’s fourth win of the season. 2014 Champion Alex Ferree chased King the whole way to the checkered flag to race home second ahead of Jared Miley. Garrett Krummert finished fourth ahead of a late charging Ken Schaltenbrand. Polesitter and first lap leader Doug Eck finished sixth ahead of Dave Murdick, John Flinner, Dan Swartzlander and Ed Ferree. Russ King, Mike Altobelli Jr. and Jared Miley won Friday Night heat races.

Brian Ruhlman joined Dave Hess Jr. as the only driver to win two Stampede features in two different divisions by winning the $2,000-to-win RUSH Dirt Late Model Series finale. Ruhlman won his first Stampede Belt Buckle in a UMP Modified back in 2010, while Hess has feature wins in both the Precise Late Models and UMP Modifieds. Like Schneider before him, Ruhlman came from mid-pack (seventh row) and passed the best Crate Late Model drivers in the region to score the win. Ruhlman was chased to the checkers by 14-year old Michael Lake, Alan Dellinger, Mike Pegher Jr. (in a Bobby Lake Motorsports team car) and Jared Hawkins. Third finishing Dellinger came from B-Main #1 which he won; the other went to Wendell Pinckney. Michael Lake won the RUSH Dash and PPMS regular Justin Lamb won the non-qualifiers race.

Steel City Stampede

Late Models

A-Main
1 56 Russ King
2 10 Alex Ferree
3 H1 Jared Miley
4 29K Garrett Krummert
5 29 Kenny Schaltenbrand
6 03 Doug Eck  
7 1 Dave Murdick
8 48T John Flinner
9 3 Dan Swartzlander
10 4 Ed Ferree
11 32 Jim Rasey
12 55 Chris Schneider
13 9CR Chris Rhodes
14 58 Joe Zulisky
15 B8 Tom Bateman
16 77 Danny Huston
17 20 Shawn Claar
18 79 Mike Altobelli Jr  
dns J4 John Garvin  
dns 72B John Mollick



Heat #1
1 56 Russ King
2 10 Alex Ferree
3 48T John Flinner
4 1 Dave Murdick
5 29K Garrett Krummert
6 77 Danny Huston
7 4s Chad Ruhlman
8 B8 Tom Bateman

Heat #2
1 79 Mike Altobelli Jr
2 29 Kenny Schaltenbrand
3 03 Doug Eck  
4 32 Jim Rasey
5 55 Chris Schneider
6 14G Derek Stefanick
7 72B John Mollick

Heat #3
1 H1 Jared Miley
2 4 Ed Ferree
3 J4 John Garvin
4 20 Shawn Claar
5 9CR Chris Rhodes
6 3 Dan Swartzlander
7 58 Joe Zulisky




Crate Late Models

A-Main
1 4s Chad Ruhlman
2 27M Michael Lake
3 8 Alan Dellinger
4 27P Mike Pegher
5 RJ1 Jared Hawkins
6 88 Daryl Charlier
7 99* Rick Singleton
8 38 Josh Double
9 9 Will Thomas
10 12 Ryan Montgomery
11 75 Colton Flinner
12 54 Eric Andrus
13 B1D Matt Latta
14 00 Josh Holtgraver
15 F1 Nico Dabecoo
16 7w Bobby Whitling
17 84 Andrew Wylie
18 100 Ralph Morgan
19 76 Jason Rider
20 27w Eric Wilson
21 16 Clinton Hersh
22 94 Bryce Davis
23 14 Tyler Hershey
24 11L John Waters
25 11w Wendell Pinckney



B-Main #1
1 8 Alan Dellinger
2 27P Mike Pegher
3 02 Scott Waters
4 21J Jamie Wrightsman
5 93x Justin Lamb
6 17B Russell Baird
7 73c Bill Pluta
8 21 Michael Ott
9 11JR William Pinckney
10 119 Chad McClellan
11 12 Ryan Montgomery
dns 11 Troy Shields

B-Main #2
1 11w Wendell Pinckney  
2 38 Josh Double
3 6 Chad Wright
4 7x Bryan Rankin
5 49 Chris Frank
6 00H Russ Byler
7 1w W.L. Stile
8 27 Tony White
9 28 Trevor Herr
10 27J Jeff Haynes
dns 2M Chuck Medved
dns 11R Bobby Rohrer




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October 25th Results
- Bloomquist rolls to victory in annual Blue Gray 100 at Cherokee Speedway
- Weaver nets $15K Coors Light Fall Classic win at Whynot Motorsports Park
- Jackson deposits $8,000 in Ernie D's Fall Bash at Hagerstown Speedway
- King tops Late Model main in Steel City Stampede at Lernerville Speedway
- Jameson scores $5K Late Model victory in 'Fall 50' at Florence Speedway
- Owenby takes 'Rebel 40' Super Late Model win at Winchester Speedway
- Coffman is Crate winner; Pritchard paces Steelheads at Boyd's Speedway
- Zimmerman claims feature win; Ashby champion at Clarksville Speedway
October 24th Results
- Ferguson collects Robert Pursley Memorial victory at Cherokee Speedway