McKean County Raceway
October 10-11, 2014
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Robbie Blair wins 9th annual Fall Classic, DuPont is ULMS champion

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EAST SMETHPORT, PA (October 11) - 171 of the best drivers in the region signed into McKean County Raceway for the 9th Annual Fall Classic, run in honor of Don Hardy, a former driver and winning crew chief, and Jim Butler, a premier photographer in the formative years of the United Late Model Series.

Time trials were run for the RUSH Crate Late Models and the United Late Model Series with Rob Blair setting fast time for the ULMS cars At 14.77 and Charlie Sandercock at 15.66 in the RUSH Late Models.

45 RUSH Crate Late Models qualified through five heats and two B-mains for the 25-car field racing 50 laps for $3000. John Waters and Bryce Davis brought the field to green with Waters commanding the lead from the moment Curtis Peters dropped the green. Fast qualifier Charlie Sandercock was third in early going with perennial front runner Max Blair mired back in seventh when Jason Rider slowed bringing caution over the field at lap seven. Reigning McKean County Raceway champion Chad Ruhlman was eighth at this point. By lap twelve Joe Martin had displaced Sandercock for third but Waters and Davis were opening a lead and came in to lapped traffic at lap seventeen. Martin got by for second at lap nineteen then at lap 22 Wyatt Scott spun in turn two, collecting fifth running Andrew Wylie in the process. With Waters and Martin on the front row the field fired with Martin slipping wide in turn one and falling to third when Wylie slid into the turn three wall just one lap past green. Davis then restarted next to the leader, Waters, but was unable to advance at the green. At halfway the leaders were Waters, Davis, Martin, Sandercock, and Rick Singleton. With fifteen to go, as Waters caught the rear of the field again, Davis was right behind but Martin was also looming in third. Waters was able to open his lead as they sliced through lapped traffic and Singleton got by Sandercock for fourth with five to go. At three laps left Davis was alongside Waters as the leader was slipping high in turn two but couldn't complete the pass. Davis kept the pressure on the leader but Waters pulled ahead in turn three on the final lap only to have Davis come by him through turn four and down the final stretch to the checkers. Singleton got by for third on the final lap as well. The top five at the finish were Davis, Waters, Singleton, Martin, and Sandercock.

The Pure Stocks were led to Curtis Peters' green flag by Joe Layfield and Art Peterson with 2014 Champion Roger Schweikart starting fifth. Peterson led from green but fourth starting Jason Berichner was leading as the field completed lap one. Caution flew at lap two for a minor spin and again at lap four three times. At halfway Berichner led nineteenth starting Josh Wilcox, Peterson, Eric Murray, and Dustin Raught. Peterson came back to second at green and Raught to third at lap 15. Berichner held on to the lead for the remainder of the event, winning by several car-lengths over Peterson, Wilcox, Jason Dobson, and Tim Bruce. Third-running Raught spun out of contention on the final lap.

Former Fall Classic winners Chub Frank and Robbie Blair brought the Jim Butler Memorial/Race Fan 50 to green with Blair powering to the lead over Frank, Max Blair, Davey Johnson, and Mike Knight. ULMS points leader Jason DuPont was eighth in the early running. At eleven laps complete Blair came to lapped traffic just as caution flew when Dan Stone slowed in turn four. At green Max Blair got by Frank but five cars tangled on turn three. Mike Altobelli Jr and Jerry Bard were attended by the safety crew and released. On green Frank was able to regain second with Knight up to fourth and Johnson fifth. At halfway Blair had a quarter lap lead as he reached the back-markers again, allowing Frank to start closing in with Max Blair third over Knight and Johnson. At thirty complete. Frank had closed the gap and was challenging for the lead at lap 33 with Max Blair and Knight closing in on Frank. At 35 into the race Blair again started opening a lead and at the checkers held a four length lead over runner-up Frank, Max Blair, Mike Knight, and Johnson. Last year's winner Boom Briggs finished sixth with Dick Barton seventh. With his eighth-place finish Jason DuPont secured the ULMS championship by one point over Rob Blair. Kyle Hardy and Jim Yoder filled out the top ten.

Mike Kinney and Butch Southwell led the seventeen Close Racing Supply Modifieds to the green for their 25-lap season-ending feature after qualifying on the first night of the Fall Classic. Caution slowed the field after just one lap, that narrowly led by Kinney. After green Kinney stretched his lead to several car-lengths by the time caution again flew at lap eleven for a minor spin by Rob Middleton. A lap later caution flew for a multi-car incident in turn four. At halfway it was Kinney leading Southwell, Nathan Hill, Vic Vena, and John Boardman. At eighteen complete Vena spun out of the third spot. Caution flew again at lap 23, setting up a green/white/checkers run to the finish. At the finish Kinney had a two car-length lead over Hill, who came to second over Southwell on the final turn. Boardman wound up fourth with Al Brewer fifth.

Results:

ULMS Super Late Models Jim Butler Memorial Race Fan 50 $5000 to win:
Heat 1: Rob Blair, Mike Atobelli, Chad Hollenbeck, Dan Stone
Heat 2: Kyle Hardy, Mike Knight, Boom Briggs, Darrell Bossard
Heat 3: Davey Johnson, Chub Frank, Jason DuPont, Dick Barton
Heat 4: Max Blair, Greg Oakes, Jim Yoder, Dylan Yoder
B-Main 1: Rich Gardner, Doug Eck, Chad Hollenbeck, Duane Stiner,
B-Main 2: John Lacki, Jerry Bard, Justin Kann, Chris Hackett
Feature: Rob Blair, Chub Frank, Max Blair, Mike Knight, Davey Johnson, Boom Briggs, Dick Barton, Jason DuPont, Kyle Hardy, Jim Yoder, Dylan Yoder, Chris Hackett, Chad Hollenbeck, John Lacki, Duane Stiner, Doug Eck, Rich Gardner, Dutch Davies, Mike Altobelli, Dan Stone, Darrell Bossard, Jerry Bard, Justin Kann, Greg Oakes

RUSH Crate Late Models Don Hardy Outhouse 50 $3000 to win:
Heat 1: Charlie Sandercock, Rick Singleton, Ryan Montgomery, Joe Martin
Heat 2: John Waters, Dusty Waters, Cody Mason, Jeremy Wonderling
Heat 3: Joe Martin, Chad McClelland, Josh Holtgraver, Jason Rider
Heat 4: Bryce Davis, Max Blair, Kyle Scott, Wyatt Scott
Heat 5: Andrew Wylie, Chad Ruhlman, Wayne Robertson, Jason Knowles
B-Main 1: Brad Mesler, Jorden Peters
B-Main 2: Adam Sixt, Matt Glanden
Feature: Bryce Davis, John Waters, Rick Singleton, Joe Martin, Charlie Sandercock, Mike Knight, Max Blair, Chad Ruhlman, Ryan Montgomery, Dusty Waters, Chad McLelland, Josh Holtgraver, Jason Knowles, Cody Dawson, Eric Wilson, Jorden Peters, Wayne Robertson, Doug Ricotta, Kyle Scott, Adam Sixt, Brad Mesler, Wyatt Scott, Jason Rider, Andrew Wylie, Jeremy Wonderling

Close Racing Supply Modifieds:
Feature: Mike Kinney, Nathan Hill, Butch Southwell, John Boardman, Al Brewer, Dan Sasso, Tim Peterson, Steve Rex, Josh John, Mike McGee, Carl Ballinger, Garvey, Darren Tarabori, Rob Middleton, Vic Vena, Troy Carr, Justin Chaddock

Highway Auto Street Stocks:
Feature: Rich Wotjowicz, Chris Withers, Kurt Stebbing, Brad Ullman, Jason Dobson, Butch Talbot, Victor Earle Jr, Dennis Cummings, Ryan Snyder, Rod Winans, Steve Mowery, #20, Ted Mascho, Steve Sklar, Andy Michael, 9-11 (BF)

Pure Stocks:
Feature: Jason Berichner, Art Peterson, Josh Wilcox, Jason Dobson, Tim Bruce, Eric Murray, Roger Schweikart, Joe Layfield, Jay Greene, Dustin Raught
RJ Pistner, Cliff Easton, Murray #74, Dan Ott, Brad Curran, 11c, Dustin Michuck, Tim Burkett, Steve Hauben, #85, #55 (BF), #27B (BF), Jeff Johnson Jr (BF)
Mini Stocks:

Feature: Mitch Boylan, Lindsey Carlson Jr., David Pangrazio, Eric Canfield, Davey Lowe Jr, CJ Irons, 4, Dave Lowe Sr, Cody Egner, Donnie Clemons, Shawn Kemp, Kurt Babcock, Mike Eastman, #13, Holden Heineman, Richard Kline

360 Late Models:
Feature: John Zimmerman, Jon Rivers, Mike Wonderling, Dave DuBois, Mikey Wonderling, Jim Johnson, Jimmy Johnson, Beamer Guzzardi, Steve Labarron, DJ Krug, Bob Close, Bruce Miller, Jimmy Johnson, Alan Wais, #29

602 Sportsmen: Russell Morseman III, Greg Martin, Adam Ashcroft, Bryce Davis, Andrew Smith, Sarah Johnson

FRIDAY

ULMS Mike “Mountain Man” Reed Memorial:
Dylan Yoder, Jason Dupont, Justin Kann, Max Blair, Greg Oakes, Dan Stone, Bump Hedman, Keith Hardy, Jim Yoder, Chad Hollenbeck, Dick Barton, Dave Zona, Chris Hackett, Pete Alspaugh, Doug Eck, Devin Lewis, Dutch Davies, Rich Gardner, John Lacki, Duane Stiner, Rob Blair, Paul Briggs, Darrell Bossard, Michael Oakes

RUSH Little Power Shop Mike “Mountain Man” Reed Memorial:
Max Blair, Joe Martin, Paul Grigsby, Bryce Davis, Brad Wonderling, Adam Sixt, Kyle Scott, Doug Ricotta, Charlie Sandercock, Chad Ruhlman, Damien Bidwell, John Waters, Brad Mesler, Jeremy Wonderling, Bruno Mowery, Darrin Peters, Scott Waters, Jason Rider, Dusty Waters, Josh Holtgraver, Ward Schell, Bobby Rohrer, Steve Watson, Cody Dawson