Hilltop Speedway
July 16, 2011
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HEYDER PICKS UP HILLTOP’S TRUCK WIN; LEE, ARONHALT, DAUGHRIETY JR., MILLER, & MORRIS SNAG CHECKER’S

by Mike Swanger
MILLERSBURG, Ohio (July 16) - Another typical night of racing filled the fans appetite for great racing at Hilltop Speedway on Guerne Heights Drive Inn night as Galena’s Rolly Heyder pressured Kevin Potts for the first ten laps of the Atom’s Pest Control Truck invitational, before powereing past Potts for the lead and then hold off dash winner Potts and Jack Large the rest of the way and put the Jack Maxton Parts, Line-X Liners, and Katz Tires #10 in victory lane for the first time this season. Heyder pocketed the $500 winners share as he snapped the six race win streak of a Potts or a Large in victory lane but they dominated the rest of the top five. Potts kept the door closed on Jack Large to take second as fast qualifier John Large was fourth followed by Steve Large. Ken Duncan and David Potts won the heat races. The feature was 22 laps in memory of Gail ‘Wally’ Wallace who passed away earlier this season and that was his truck number.

Eric ‘Spud’ Myers roared into the lead at the drop of the green flag of the Holmes Tire Late Model main with fellow heat winner George Lee in tow. Myers’ lead would last only two laps as Lee quickly went to the high groove and scoot past Myers and then motor off the rest of the race for the second win of the year in the Cowen Truck Line, LSI #61. Caution flags were the only thing that would slow the Loudonville driver down as everyone was watching the race for second with Norm Aronhalt, Jason Flory, Wayne Maffett Jr. Myers, and Justin Chance going wheel to wheel. A lap 14 caution that saw Flory get tangled with the lap car of Brian Giaugue and get sent to the tail. On the restart, Maffett Jr. slid past Aronhalt for second with Chance trying the high side of Aronhalt and for the last ten laps they put on an outstanding battle for second as Myers would drop out with six to go. At that point, Aronhalt used the high side to reclaim second from bottom of the track running Maffett Jr. Chance was running high and with three circuits to go, overtook Maffett Jr. for third as Keith Tish filled out the top five.

Much like the Late Model main, the Tri State Modified feature saw Rory Reed out duel Darrick Hubbard for the first two laps but Warsaw’s Norm Aronhalt motored around both on lap three and then set a torrid pace to the finish for his first Modified win this season aboard the Larry Reed owned Ports Petroluem & Lightning Chassis # r88. A lap 11 yellow bunched the field back up as Aronhalt would pull away but Reed, Kyle Brown, Hubbard and Matt Samples was in a dog fight for second. The high flying Samples got around Brown for third with seven to go and four laps later flew by Reed for second with Brown edging out Hubbard for fourth. Reed, Hubbard, Larry Kugel, and Aronhalt won the heats as Gary Clark topped the last chance race

Todd Swim and Kenny Daughriety Jr. won the Street Stock heats to start on the front row and it was Daughriety Jr. going flag to flag for the win. The Mt. Vernon driver and crew spent all week putting the Superman Racing #20 back together after last weeks crash in hot laps as it sat in victory lane for the second time this year. Swim tried to keep the pressure on Daughriety Jr. but he was being hounded by Brandon Craver and Bob Chilcote for second and Craver was able to get by with three laps to go for second as Chilcote and Paul Harringer followed.

Sheve’s Steve Miller was runner up the last two races in the Guerne Heights Drive Inn Mini Stocks and would start second but this week would jump into the lead at the start and never look back to record his first Hilltop win aboard the Loudonville Tire, Advance Auto Parts & McKenzie Concrete #11. As Miller would ‘Take the Money and Run’, it was a race long battle for second with points leader Gary Hensel Jr. fending off Jerry Adkins as Chris Priebe beating out Dustin Daugherty for fourth. Adkins, Miller, and Priebe paced the heat races.

Blake ‘the Snake’ Morris of Zanesville stopped Donovan Dickerson’s winning streak at two as he won the Mini Wedge main for the first time this season. Dickerson expanded his points lead by taking second with Kyler Kidd, Tristen Lillibridge, and Josey Lillibridge rounding out the top five. The Morris Trucking #1 of Morris and Josey Lillibridge won the heats.

A full program is on tap for next Saturday night, July 23rd along with Driver’s Autograph night and Kid’s Night at Hilltop Speedway as fan’s can go into the pits after Hot laps and Qualifying to get autographs plus many prizes and games for the kids during the night.

HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, July 16, 2011

ATOM’S PEST CONTROL TRUCKS (18)
Fast Qualifier John Large 19.229 ntr
Dash Kevin Potts, Jack Large, Steve Large, Rolly Heyder, John Large, Mitch Caskey
Heat 1 Ken Duncan, Scott Gray, Ben Brannon, Logan Brannon, Tony Wengerd, Gordon Zimmer
Heat 2 David Potts, Jerry Gardner, Brad Phillips, Mitch Ling, Butch Burcher, Cole Lillibridge
Feature Heyder, K. Potts, Ja. Large, Jo. Large, S. Large, D. Potts, Caskey, Gardner, Gray, Duncan, Wengerd, Burcher, Phillips, L. Brannon, B. Brannon, Lillibridge, Ling (dns), Zimmer (dns)

HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS (17)
Heat 1 George Lee, Jason Flory, JR Gentry, Justin Chance, Kristin Flory, Steve Prince, Larry Bellman, Jeff Long, Jason Hinton
Heat 2 Eric Myers, Norm Aronhalt, Wayne Maffett Jr., Tom Baker, Keith Tish, Blaine Aber, Brian Giaugue, Dave Hornikel
Feature Lee, Aronhalt, Chance, Maffett Jr., Tish, J. Flory, Baker, K. Flory, Prince, Bellman, Myers, Giaugue, Aber, Gentry, Hornikel, Long, Hinton

TRI STATE MODIFIEDS (27)
Heat 1 Rory Reed, Kyle Brown, Robin Duston, Mike Mizer, Eddie Wilson, Scott Swartz, Gary Clark
Heat 2 Darrick Hubbard, Vic Hottinger, Nick Smith, Brandon Russell, Jeff Votaw, Robert Page, Josh Pyers
Heat 3 Larry Kugel, Rick Mardis, Joe Spearman, Virgil Eaches, Josh Cairati, Ty Samples, George Kinder
Heat 4 Norm Aronhalt, Matt Samples, Denny Benjamin, Jeff Dovenbarger, Kevin Shairer, Vern Mardis
L.C. #1 Clark, Votaw, V. Mardis, Wilson, Swartz, Page, T. Samples, Cairati (dns), Shairer (dns), Pyers (dns), Kinder (dns)
Feature Aronhalt, M. Samples, Reed, Brown, Hubbard, Duston, Kugel, R. Mardis, Smith, Russell, Votaw, Spearman, Dovenbarger, Hottinger, Eaches, Mizer, Clark, Benjamin

STREET STOCKS (14)
Heat 1 Todd Swim, Ed Leasure, John Wilson, Bob Chilcote, Robert Smith, Paul Harringer, Kenny Daughriety Sr.
Heat 2 Kenny Daughriety Jr., Brandon Craver, Joey Spearman, Chris Gibbs, Dave Giaugue, Jason Shairer, Jose Marsh
Feature Daughriety Jr., Craver, Swim, Chilcote, Harringer, Daughriety Sr., Gibbs, Shairer, Giaugue, Smith, Wilson, Leasure, Marsh, Spearman

GUERNE HEIGHTS DRIVE INN MINI STOCKS (20)
Heat 1 Jerry Adkins, Gary Hensel Jr., Brad Hensel, Josh Gentry, Desi McHenry, Tyler Evans, Mike Rose
Heat 2 Steve Miller, James Priebe, Dustin Daugherty, Blain Markey, Jesse Starner, Josh Garrett, Kevin Markey
Heat 3 Chris Priebe, Matt Kemp, Kenny Long, Chase Fry, Tyler Rose, Moose Workman
Feature Miller, Hensel Jr., Adkins, C. Priebe, Daugherty, J. Priebe, B. Markey, K. Markey, B. Hensel, Gentry, Evans, Fry, Long, T. Rose, Kemp, Workman, Garrett, Starner, McHenry, M. Rose (dns)

MINI WEDGES (9)
Heat 1 Josey Lillibridge, Taylor Huggins, Donovan Dickerson, Olivia Large, Kyker Kidd
Heat 2 Blake Morris, Hannah Rose, Tyler Pumpey, Tristen Lillibridge
Feature Morris, Dickerson, Kidd, T. Lillibridge, J. Lillibridge, Huggins, Large, Rose, Pumpey