ECKERT COLLECTS APPALACHIAN LATE MODEL SPEEDWEEK WIN AT WINCHESTER SPEEDWAY

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WINCHESTER, Va. (June 7) - York PA'S Rick Eckert claimed the 50 lap Appalachian Mountain Speed Weeks $5000 to win show on Monday June 7, 2010 at The Winchester Speedway in Winchester VA. Other winners included Mike Rose and Josh Wilkins.

Forty Eight Late Models checked into the pit area for Monday Nights 50 lap Appalachian Mountain Late Model Speed Weeks show and it was Rick Eckert picking up the $5000 check. Eckert topped defending WOO Series Champion Josh Richards, while Jason Covert was third, Jimmy Mars was fourth and rounding out the top five was Keith Jackson. In time trial action D.J. Myers set a new track record of 14.910. Heat race wins went to Ronnie Dehaven, Josh Richards, Jason Covert and Andy Anderson.

The B-Mains were won by Gary Stuhler and Mike Lupfer.

Eckert and Dehaven would lead the field to the drop of the green as caution would fly on the initial start resetting the field. Field reset seen Eckert take the top spot with Richards falling into second. Caution flew on lap fifteen to reset the field with Eckert, Richards and Covert. The trio would lead the way and work thru lapped traffic as caution would fly again on lap twenty four for Bo Feathers. Eckert once again leading the field would see another caution fly again on lap thirty for a slow moving David Williams. Eckert proved to have the stronger car as he was pulling away from Richards as caution would fly again on lap thirty-nine. Eckert would use the restart to his advantage as the open track with lapped traffic in the rear as a momentum builder over the final circuits. Eckert would claim the win, Richards second, Covert,Mars, Jackson, Sites, Frye, Hills, Plessinger and JT Specnce would round out the top ten.

The fifteen lap Pure Stock main seen Mike Rose pick up his first win of the season over Micheal Carter, Danny Sullivan, James Gray and Terry Staton. The fifteen lap U-Car main event seen Josh Wilkins pick up another win of the season with Kevin Oates second, Sean Williams, Dave Alley and Jeff Wilkins rounding out the top five.

Appalachian Mountain Late Model Speed Weeks
Race Results

1. Rick Eckert, 2. Josh Richards, 3. Jason Covert, 4. Jimmy Mars, 5. Keith Jackson, 6. Rusty Sites, 7. Coleby Frye, 8. Darryl Hills, 9. Frankie Plessinger, 10. J.T. Spence, 11. Ronnie Dehaven, 12. Nick Dickson, 13. Andy Anderson, 14. Jeremy Miller, 15. Jack Pecil, 16. Gary Stuhler, 17. Tim Wilson, 18. David Williams, 19. DJ Myers, 20. Mike Lupfer, 21. Jim Yoder, 22. Bo Feathers, 23. Steve Campbell, 24. Dale Hollidge, 25. Jeff Rhine (DNQ: Jamie Lathroum, Brian Booze, Tim Murphy, Brad Omps, Brian Tavenner, Al Cheney, Bubby Dillman, Matt Parks, Kyle Hardy, Jared Almarode, Chris Cromer,Tommy Armel, Dylan Yoder, Nathan Durboraw, Brian Bernheisel, Gerald Davis ,Allan Brannon, Tyler Hershey, Tony Crim, Scott Labarron, Michael Walls, Mark Byram, Vic Coffey

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