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HAMLIN SPEEDWAY NEWS
Hamlin, PA - Hamlin Speedway Overcomes Early Storm To Produce Great Night Of Racing Action
by: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
Throwing caution to the wind, Promoters Denise and Randy Smith rolled the dice on Saturday evening and hit the jackpot with a tremendous show that had the great crowd on hand heading heading home by 10:30. With another great seven division of field of talented drivers on hand for the event, the eight feature program hustled through the evening on a smooth, dust free racing surface that was soaked by a quick-hitting shower before the spirited racing kicked-off and then manicured to perfection by Randy Smith and the talent deep Slingshot field that assisted in squeezing out the excess moisture so the racing could begin.
In the headliner for the Regular Slingshots, Jess Benke and John Bockhorn brought the field down for the start of the 25-lap encounter but a tap from the rear sent Bockhorn spinning around and collecting a few cars before one turn could be completed. On the restart, Benke powered out to the lead with "Mighty' Mike Horton in tow. From ninth starting spot, Simon Egan was using a combination of muscle and hustle to move through the field to become a player in the event. Benke, in her first year of Slingshot competition, was able to hold off the advances of Horton early on and past the midway point of the event Egan was clearly the fastest car on the speedway surface. Egan became the runnerup on lap-16 and then took control of the point on lap-19 when Benke slid a bit out of the groove. Once in front it was academic as Egan went on to claim another win at the speedway in the remaining laps of the event. Paul Ennes rallied hard late in the race to claim second place with "The Mack Attack" Mack Brink charging from 18th starting position to finish third in a stellar drive. "Iron" Mike Butler had another fantastic run at the speedway from 12th starting spot to claim fourth place and Troy Langendorfer remained solid throughout to finish fifth. Jess Benke, Nick Snyder, Shannon Smith, Jimmy Johnston and Kyle Rutledge completed the top ten.
The Rookie 600 Wingless Micro stars had the "Goshen Gladiator" Joe Kata drive away from the field at the start and then hold off the advances of the "Wild Child" Brian Gilmore in the late stages of the event to claim another victory at the speedway. Gilmore was the runnerup with newcomer Buddy Effrig in third place, Josh Winters in fourth and Cody Smith rounding out the top five finishers.
The Rookie 270 Micros saw the "Branchville Bullet" Kyle Rutldege take command at the start of the event and drive away from the field to claim the win in a wire to wire triumph. Mick D'Agostino, Jeffrey Anderson, Hayden Miller and newcomer Sheldon Iudicello completed the top five.
Super Slinger feature action had pointman Paul Ennes driving away from the field early on but hard charging Henry Anderson kept sight of him past the midway point of the race. A lap 16 caution brought the field back together and when the green flag was displayed once again, Anderson charged around Ennes to take control of the event and go on to capture the feature win. Ennes was the runnerup with Tom Arntz in third and the Henneforth Brothers Mark and Aaron completing the top five.
The 270 Micro feature had Meriden, Connecticut's CJ Heinig blast into the lead at the start of the event to go and claim his first Hamlin Speedway victory in his racing career. Heining was up to the task as he held off defending track champion Nunzi Allegrucci from the tenth lap on to enjoy the sweet glory of the win in victory circle. Allegrucci was the runnerup with Gene Burd grabbing a podium finish and Matt Mounz and Darin Batholomew completing the top five.
The Junior Slingshot encounter had twelve hot dogs take the green flag even though a National tour race was taking place elsewhere. Kody Welsh was the early leader and on lap-4 coasted his car to the infield with motor woes. AJ Tonkin assumed control of the lead and led up until lap-14 when the "Rockaway Rocket" Danny Buccafusca arrived at the scene to grab the lead and go on to record another Hamlin Speedway win to his racing resume. Tonkin was the runnerup with newcomer Eddie Strada continuing to impress with a thrid place finish and Zack Weisenfluh and Ricky Raisner competing the top five.
The 600 Wingless main event proved to be the Gary Berkenstock show as the Green Lane, Pennsylvania resident drove away at the start of the 25-lap main event to claim his first win of the season in highly competitive and exciting event. Stan "The Man" Tykarski was the runnerup with "The Minuteman" Alex Curly driving to a third place finish. "The Conductor" Bobby Butler drove the wheels off of his machine from 10th place to finish fourth and rookie Geordan Farry continued her great work at the speedway to finish fifth. Defending track champion Mark Gilmore, Billy Clark, Jerry Mack, Shelby Harper and Kyle "The Hot" Lick completed the top ten running order.
In the make-up Regular Slingshot feature from May 8th, "Double J" Jimmy Johnston grabbed the lead at the drop of the green and led all laps to claim the win and close the show on Saturday night. Paul Ennes was the second place man with Nathan "The Wild Wild" West in for third in a great drive. Dale Kober was fourth and Jess Benke completed the top five. Kyle "The Hot Rod" Rode, Mack Brink, Simon Egan, Kyle Rutledge and Rich Van Orden completed the top ten finishers.
POCO-NOTES:
While most of the tracks in the tri-state area remained dark on Saturday evening, the Smith team threw down the gauntlet to produce another exciting evening of racing action. While the rain storm that quickly raced through the area dropped a ton of moisture on the racing surface, the great efforts of the track crew and the Slingshot drivers produced a very racy track throughout the evening of hard fought competition.
A hair raising incident occurred on lap one of the rookie 600 Wingless Micro heat event when Brian Gilmore found the room off of turn two to pull alongside of Ryan Wood with Wood pinching Gilmore up on the Jersey barriers. Gilmore rode the barriers showing the bottom side of his race car to the grandstand section with Wood riding up over Gilmore's left front wheel and executing a series of flips that sent the "Rocketman" skyward and hard into the Hamlin catch fence. Neither driver was injured in the scary ordeal although both cars needed repair to embark on further competition. Gilmore later came back to score a second place in the Rookie main event and Wood later returned to the speedway after the racing action was completed to test his racer for the following week. It was great effort on the part of the track crew to extract the racer from its perch on top of the safety barriers.
Rick Raisner Sr made his return to the racing was aboard the Ricky Yetter owned Slingshot and was 13th in the final rundown of the Super Slinger main event. Raisner pounded the dirt tracks for many a season before turning over the driving chores to his son Ricky. Former ARDC racer Tim Townsend returned to the speedway for the first time in a year driving the Winters owned 600 and was scored in 19th in the final boxscore of the event. Chris Stockham had the National Parts Peddler 600 Micro back in action but was an early retiree from the feature event. Jerry Mack returned to the racing wars after testing the waters at another speedway and came away with an 8th place finish in the main event.
Billy Clark, the speedway champion in the Slingshot ranks, had the misfortune of having the steering wheel come off during the heat racing action and quick reaction on his part had him stay out of harms way but bringing out the caution while he was riding in the runnerup slot.
Heat racing action was exciting with Bobby Butler, Stan Tykarski and Billy Clark all scoring wins in the 600's. Troy Langendorfer, Paul Ennes and Justin Brewster captured wins in the Slingshotsand Joe Kata and Kyle Rutledge winning preliminaries for the Rookie classes. Jimmy Johnston and Paul Ennes secured Super Slinger wins and Junior acton saw Kody Welsh and Jenna Schostkewitz claiming the heat race wins. Rick Cascario and Brandon Edgar captured the 270 Micro heat wins.
RESULTS:
Regular Slingshots: Simon Egan, Paul Ennes, Mack Brink, Mike Butler, Troy Langendorfer, Jess Benke, Nick Snyder, Shannon Smith, Jimmy Johnston, Kyle Rutledge, Dale Kober, Dana Smith, John Pantis, Mike Fogler, John Gagne, Jerry Hughes, Nathan West, Mike Horton, Justin Brewster, Kyle Rode, Jeff Cosgrove, Russell Benke, Vinny Zazzero, Billy Clark, Colin White, John Bockhorn, Rich Van Orden
270 Micros: CJ Heinig, Nunzi Allegrucci, Gene Burd, Matt Mountz, Darin Bartholomew, Rick Cascario, Joe Smith, Rob Pajauis, Kevin Pritchard, Kurt Bettler, Gary Berkenstock, Gene Beadle, Larry Hoagland, Rich O'Neill, Jamie Czekai, Trevor Dunn, Ashley Harper, (DNS) Brandon Edgar, Robbie Watson
600 Wingless Micros: Gary Berkenstock, Stan Tykarski, Alex Curley, Bobby Butler, Geordan Farry, Mark Gilmore, Billy Clark, Jerry Mack, Shelby Harper, Kyle Lick, Brittany Tresch, Jonathan Hull, Matt Mountz, Brandon Edgar, Shannon Smith, Rhett Long, Keith McIntyre, Joseph J Smith, Tim Townsend, Luke Schostkewitz, Mark Berkenstock, Ben Quinones, Chris Stockham, Rick Calvert, Molly Chambers, (DNS) Cait Chambers
Junior Slingshots: Danny Buccafusca, AJ Tonkin, Eddie Strada, Zack Weisenfluh, Ricky Raisner, Jenna Schostkewitz, Dylan Martin, Jacob Dunn, Mackenzie Tresch, Rosalyn Trautschold, Kody Welsh, Chris Kurtz
Super Slingshots: Henry Anderson, Paul Ennes, Tom Arntz, Mark Henneforth, Aaron Henneforth, Dale Reed, PJ Dempsey, Lea Anna Tonkin, Bob Clark, Dale Kober, Jerry Hughes, Jimmy Johnston, Rick Raisner, Mike Pontrelli
270 Rookie Micros: Kyle Rutledge, Mick D'Agostino, Jeffrey Anderson, Hayden Miller, Sheldon Iudicello, Glenn Macomber
600 Rookie Wingless Micros: Joe Kata, Brian Gilmore, Buddy Effrig, Josh Winters, Cody Smith, Mick D'Agostino
Regular Slingshots: Jimmy Johnston, Paul Ennes, Nathan West, Dale Kober, Jess Benke, Kyle Rode, Mack Brink, Simon Egan, Kyle Rutledge, Rich Van Orden, Troy Langendorfer, Vinny Zazzero, John Pantis, Russell Benke, Justin Brewster, Dana Smith, Colin White
Hamlin Speedway presents racing every Saturday night from April thru September. All divisions will be back in action on July 17th at the speedway which will feature a special appearance by former Chili Bowl Midget winner Johnny Heydenreich, Miss WALN Cable Radio Vicky Kidd, Happy Jack Burns, the Polka King and the first appearance of the 600 Pro Series Micros going against the Hamlin Regulars. Speedway Gates open at 1 PM; Drivers Registration is between 2:00 and 4:30; Drivers Meeting at 4:45; Hot Laps are at 5:00 and the racing begins at 6 PM sharp. Admission Prices are: Adults $8.00; Senior Citizens $4.00 Children under 6 are Free; Pit Pass: $20.00 The "new" General Admission Bonus Pack is available for families: It consists of 4 General Admission Tickets + $20.00 in Food Vouchers for $40.00 (a savings of $12.00)
For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Hamlin Speedway, logon to their well documented website at: www.hamlinspeedway.com or call the speedway hotline at: 570 420 5500. For video work or questions regarding the purchase of videos from the exciting on-track action at the Hamlin Speedway, contact videographer Barry Boyd at: www.boydracingvideos.com For the purchase of banquet, action or victory lane track photos, contact track photographer Jimmy Young at: www.jyracingphotos.com
Visit us often for a great night of racing action as............................................
The Hamlin Speedway Is The Gateway To The Poconos
Hamlin, PA - Hamlin Speedway Overcomes Early Storm To Produce Great Night Of Racing Action
by: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
Throwing caution to the wind, Promoters Denise and Randy Smith rolled the dice on Saturday evening and hit the jackpot with a tremendous show that had the great crowd on hand heading heading home by 10:30. With another great seven division of field of talented drivers on hand for the event, the eight feature program hustled through the evening on a smooth, dust free racing surface that was soaked by a quick-hitting shower before the spirited racing kicked-off and then manicured to perfection by Randy Smith and the talent deep Slingshot field that assisted in squeezing out the excess moisture so the racing could begin.
In the headliner for the Regular Slingshots, Jess Benke and John Bockhorn brought the field down for the start of the 25-lap encounter but a tap from the rear sent Bockhorn spinning around and collecting a few cars before one turn could be completed. On the restart, Benke powered out to the lead with "Mighty' Mike Horton in tow. From ninth starting spot, Simon Egan was using a combination of muscle and hustle to move through the field to become a player in the event. Benke, in her first year of Slingshot competition, was able to hold off the advances of Horton early on and past the midway point of the event Egan was clearly the fastest car on the speedway surface. Egan became the runnerup on lap-16 and then took control of the point on lap-19 when Benke slid a bit out of the groove. Once in front it was academic as Egan went on to claim another win at the speedway in the remaining laps of the event. Paul Ennes rallied hard late in the race to claim second place with "The Mack Attack" Mack Brink charging from 18th starting position to finish third in a stellar drive. "Iron" Mike Butler had another fantastic run at the speedway from 12th starting spot to claim fourth place and Troy Langendorfer remained solid throughout to finish fifth. Jess Benke, Nick Snyder, Shannon Smith, Jimmy Johnston and Kyle Rutledge completed the top ten.
The Rookie 600 Wingless Micro stars had the "Goshen Gladiator" Joe Kata drive away from the field at the start and then hold off the advances of the "Wild Child" Brian Gilmore in the late stages of the event to claim another victory at the speedway. Gilmore was the runnerup with newcomer Buddy Effrig in third place, Josh Winters in fourth and Cody Smith rounding out the top five finishers.
The Rookie 270 Micros saw the "Branchville Bullet" Kyle Rutldege take command at the start of the event and drive away from the field to claim the win in a wire to wire triumph. Mick D'Agostino, Jeffrey Anderson, Hayden Miller and newcomer Sheldon Iudicello completed the top five.
Super Slinger feature action had pointman Paul Ennes driving away from the field early on but hard charging Henry Anderson kept sight of him past the midway point of the race. A lap 16 caution brought the field back together and when the green flag was displayed once again, Anderson charged around Ennes to take control of the event and go on to capture the feature win. Ennes was the runnerup with Tom Arntz in third and the Henneforth Brothers Mark and Aaron completing the top five.
The 270 Micro feature had Meriden, Connecticut's CJ Heinig blast into the lead at the start of the event to go and claim his first Hamlin Speedway victory in his racing career. Heining was up to the task as he held off defending track champion Nunzi Allegrucci from the tenth lap on to enjoy the sweet glory of the win in victory circle. Allegrucci was the runnerup with Gene Burd grabbing a podium finish and Matt Mounz and Darin Batholomew completing the top five.
The Junior Slingshot encounter had twelve hot dogs take the green flag even though a National tour race was taking place elsewhere. Kody Welsh was the early leader and on lap-4 coasted his car to the infield with motor woes. AJ Tonkin assumed control of the lead and led up until lap-14 when the "Rockaway Rocket" Danny Buccafusca arrived at the scene to grab the lead and go on to record another Hamlin Speedway win to his racing resume. Tonkin was the runnerup with newcomer Eddie Strada continuing to impress with a thrid place finish and Zack Weisenfluh and Ricky Raisner competing the top five.
The 600 Wingless main event proved to be the Gary Berkenstock show as the Green Lane, Pennsylvania resident drove away at the start of the 25-lap main event to claim his first win of the season in highly competitive and exciting event. Stan "The Man" Tykarski was the runnerup with "The Minuteman" Alex Curly driving to a third place finish. "The Conductor" Bobby Butler drove the wheels off of his machine from 10th place to finish fourth and rookie Geordan Farry continued her great work at the speedway to finish fifth. Defending track champion Mark Gilmore, Billy Clark, Jerry Mack, Shelby Harper and Kyle "The Hot" Lick completed the top ten running order.
In the make-up Regular Slingshot feature from May 8th, "Double J" Jimmy Johnston grabbed the lead at the drop of the green and led all laps to claim the win and close the show on Saturday night. Paul Ennes was the second place man with Nathan "The Wild Wild" West in for third in a great drive. Dale Kober was fourth and Jess Benke completed the top five. Kyle "The Hot Rod" Rode, Mack Brink, Simon Egan, Kyle Rutledge and Rich Van Orden completed the top ten finishers.
POCO-NOTES:
While most of the tracks in the tri-state area remained dark on Saturday evening, the Smith team threw down the gauntlet to produce another exciting evening of racing action. While the rain storm that quickly raced through the area dropped a ton of moisture on the racing surface, the great efforts of the track crew and the Slingshot drivers produced a very racy track throughout the evening of hard fought competition.
A hair raising incident occurred on lap one of the rookie 600 Wingless Micro heat event when Brian Gilmore found the room off of turn two to pull alongside of Ryan Wood with Wood pinching Gilmore up on the Jersey barriers. Gilmore rode the barriers showing the bottom side of his race car to the grandstand section with Wood riding up over Gilmore's left front wheel and executing a series of flips that sent the "Rocketman" skyward and hard into the Hamlin catch fence. Neither driver was injured in the scary ordeal although both cars needed repair to embark on further competition. Gilmore later came back to score a second place in the Rookie main event and Wood later returned to the speedway after the racing action was completed to test his racer for the following week. It was great effort on the part of the track crew to extract the racer from its perch on top of the safety barriers.
Rick Raisner Sr made his return to the racing was aboard the Ricky Yetter owned Slingshot and was 13th in the final rundown of the Super Slinger main event. Raisner pounded the dirt tracks for many a season before turning over the driving chores to his son Ricky. Former ARDC racer Tim Townsend returned to the speedway for the first time in a year driving the Winters owned 600 and was scored in 19th in the final boxscore of the event. Chris Stockham had the National Parts Peddler 600 Micro back in action but was an early retiree from the feature event. Jerry Mack returned to the racing wars after testing the waters at another speedway and came away with an 8th place finish in the main event.
Billy Clark, the speedway champion in the Slingshot ranks, had the misfortune of having the steering wheel come off during the heat racing action and quick reaction on his part had him stay out of harms way but bringing out the caution while he was riding in the runnerup slot.
Heat racing action was exciting with Bobby Butler, Stan Tykarski and Billy Clark all scoring wins in the 600's. Troy Langendorfer, Paul Ennes and Justin Brewster captured wins in the Slingshotsand Joe Kata and Kyle Rutledge winning preliminaries for the Rookie classes. Jimmy Johnston and Paul Ennes secured Super Slinger wins and Junior acton saw Kody Welsh and Jenna Schostkewitz claiming the heat race wins. Rick Cascario and Brandon Edgar captured the 270 Micro heat wins.
RESULTS:
Regular Slingshots: Simon Egan, Paul Ennes, Mack Brink, Mike Butler, Troy Langendorfer, Jess Benke, Nick Snyder, Shannon Smith, Jimmy Johnston, Kyle Rutledge, Dale Kober, Dana Smith, John Pantis, Mike Fogler, John Gagne, Jerry Hughes, Nathan West, Mike Horton, Justin Brewster, Kyle Rode, Jeff Cosgrove, Russell Benke, Vinny Zazzero, Billy Clark, Colin White, John Bockhorn, Rich Van Orden
270 Micros: CJ Heinig, Nunzi Allegrucci, Gene Burd, Matt Mountz, Darin Bartholomew, Rick Cascario, Joe Smith, Rob Pajauis, Kevin Pritchard, Kurt Bettler, Gary Berkenstock, Gene Beadle, Larry Hoagland, Rich O'Neill, Jamie Czekai, Trevor Dunn, Ashley Harper, (DNS) Brandon Edgar, Robbie Watson
600 Wingless Micros: Gary Berkenstock, Stan Tykarski, Alex Curley, Bobby Butler, Geordan Farry, Mark Gilmore, Billy Clark, Jerry Mack, Shelby Harper, Kyle Lick, Brittany Tresch, Jonathan Hull, Matt Mountz, Brandon Edgar, Shannon Smith, Rhett Long, Keith McIntyre, Joseph J Smith, Tim Townsend, Luke Schostkewitz, Mark Berkenstock, Ben Quinones, Chris Stockham, Rick Calvert, Molly Chambers, (DNS) Cait Chambers
Junior Slingshots: Danny Buccafusca, AJ Tonkin, Eddie Strada, Zack Weisenfluh, Ricky Raisner, Jenna Schostkewitz, Dylan Martin, Jacob Dunn, Mackenzie Tresch, Rosalyn Trautschold, Kody Welsh, Chris Kurtz
Super Slingshots: Henry Anderson, Paul Ennes, Tom Arntz, Mark Henneforth, Aaron Henneforth, Dale Reed, PJ Dempsey, Lea Anna Tonkin, Bob Clark, Dale Kober, Jerry Hughes, Jimmy Johnston, Rick Raisner, Mike Pontrelli
270 Rookie Micros: Kyle Rutledge, Mick D'Agostino, Jeffrey Anderson, Hayden Miller, Sheldon Iudicello, Glenn Macomber
600 Rookie Wingless Micros: Joe Kata, Brian Gilmore, Buddy Effrig, Josh Winters, Cody Smith, Mick D'Agostino
Regular Slingshots: Jimmy Johnston, Paul Ennes, Nathan West, Dale Kober, Jess Benke, Kyle Rode, Mack Brink, Simon Egan, Kyle Rutledge, Rich Van Orden, Troy Langendorfer, Vinny Zazzero, John Pantis, Russell Benke, Justin Brewster, Dana Smith, Colin White
Hamlin Speedway presents racing every Saturday night from April thru September. All divisions will be back in action on July 17th at the speedway which will feature a special appearance by former Chili Bowl Midget winner Johnny Heydenreich, Miss WALN Cable Radio Vicky Kidd, Happy Jack Burns, the Polka King and the first appearance of the 600 Pro Series Micros going against the Hamlin Regulars. Speedway Gates open at 1 PM; Drivers Registration is between 2:00 and 4:30; Drivers Meeting at 4:45; Hot Laps are at 5:00 and the racing begins at 6 PM sharp. Admission Prices are: Adults $8.00; Senior Citizens $4.00 Children under 6 are Free; Pit Pass: $20.00 The "new" General Admission Bonus Pack is available for families: It consists of 4 General Admission Tickets + $20.00 in Food Vouchers for $40.00 (a savings of $12.00)
For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Hamlin Speedway, logon to their well documented website at: www.hamlinspeedway.com or call the speedway hotline at: 570 420 5500. For video work or questions regarding the purchase of videos from the exciting on-track action at the Hamlin Speedway, contact videographer Barry Boyd at: www.boydracingvideos.com For the purchase of banquet, action or victory lane track photos, contact track photographer Jimmy Young at: www.jyracingphotos.com
Visit us often for a great night of racing action as............................................
The Hamlin Speedway Is The Gateway To The Poconos