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Hagerstown Speedway
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (April 12) - Roy Deese Jr. stormed through the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late model field from the 12th position on Saturday evening to later celebrate in Hagerstown Speedway victory lane for the second consecutive week. It was just a week ago that the Laurel, Md veteran landed his first victory since May 2005 and the five time champion is already atop the Cindy Rowe points standings.
"I'll tell what you what makes this thing go, Rocket chassis and Russell Baker race engine," Deese said. "I've never had an engine run so good. I tried to be patient. The car got a little loose but it came to me as the race went on. I'm real excited to be in victory lane again."
As the race progressed from two initial restarts the rest of the way under the green, Deese powered into fifth by the second lap and took runner up honors behind eight time champion, Nathan Durboraw on lap 18. Deese finally exited turn four on lap 22 with the lead and sped away to a 1.78 second triumph over Durboraw.
"Nathan's a great competitor," Deese said. "Any time you can run wheel to wheel with Nathan…he's a good guy, he races good, hard, clean, you beat Nathan, you had to earn it."
In other racing, Pete Weaver, of nearby Williamsport, Md. began on the point with a three car inversion and took the opportunity to post his first Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman victory since August 2006. He scored the win by 2.78 seconds over fifth starter, Scott Palmer.
"It's a lot easier starting from the pole," Weaver said. "It was a little cooler tonight so we ran a little bit harder stuff. We had to really try to keep some heat in the tires. But it all worked out well."
Hans Stamberg of Hedgesville, WV was victorious for the second time of the season in the Ernie Auto Salvage pure stocks and inherited the lead when Darrin Younker broke with two laps remaining. Stamberg won by .31 seconds over Bobby Taylor.
"It took me a while working on Bobby to get around him and then I found some good brown dirt down next to the rail," Stamberg said. "Even I had caught Darrin, I don't think that would have worked. He knows what he's doing."
Mark Vegh of Frederick, Md started off the Enduro Dash season with his more than eight second win over Matt Smith following a side by side race through traffic with Krazy Kenny Thomas until Thomas spun on lap 25.
Following two attempts to get the six car inverted late models under way, Kirk Ryan jumped to the front as third starter, Durboraw quickly occupied the second spot with pole setter Billy Wampler next and Les Hare having to deal with Deese by the second lap. Deese was past Wampler for third by lap six but Wampler didn't give up easy. Deese came back to secure the spot on lap ten and then chase down Durboraw and Ryan.
Durboraw took the lead from Ryan on lap 14 while Deese patiently kept trying his options until getting by Ryan on the 18th and figuring a plan to get past Durboraw.
Deese used turns three and four to make the pass stick as he sped into the lead on lap 22 as Mike Lupfer had closed the gap and running right with Durboraw and Ryan but Deese was fleet footing to the checkered. Alan Sagi took fifth spot on the final lap after coming from 11th while Wampler was next. Jim Yoder came from 15th to finish seventh with Marvin Winters (13th), Hare and Paul Crowl completing the top ten.
Heats were won by Brent Smith, Deese Jr., and Darryl Hills while the consolation went to Brian Booze.
Weaver grabbed the late model sportsman lead from the point over Terry Flaherty while Kyle Lear and Scott Palmer took up the next positions. Palmer passed Lear on lap 7 and he and Flaherty could see Weaver pulling away and was more than three seconds ahead by a lap 15 caution. Palmer powered around the high side of Flaherty following the restart but Weaver was saying "catch me if you can" as he stormed towards the finish to arrive 2.78 seconds ahead while Palmer, Flaherty and Lear ran nip and tuck to the finish with Palmer ending second with Lear winning third with two to go while Barry Miller joined in to take fourth from Flaherty on the final circuit. Derek Byler came from 13th to end sixth and earn the Checkered Flag Lube/St Thomas Towing hard charger award. Andy Fries, Jerry Bard, Dylan Yoder and Mike Walls completed the top ten. Lear, Flaherty and Weaver won the heats.
Darrin Younker stormed into the lead from the fourth spot over pole sitter Bobby Taylor while fifth starting Stamberg arrived to begin challenging Taylor as Younker had things under control. Stamberg finally got past Taylor on the tenth circuit and was ready to settle for second until Younker suddenly slowed to a stop. Stamberg went on to post the win over Taylor by .31 seconds as Dean Holmes and previous weeks winner Dean Hollidge was a close fourth. Kevin Dayhoff ended fifth. Stamberg, Danny Beavers and Younker won heats as Lin Sutphin won the consy.
Danny Holmes and William Crook were early enduro leaders as Krazy Kenny Thomas took over on lap nine. Vegh began challenging him the next lap as they began a race through traffic, splitting cars, weaving in and out as Vegh took over on lap 19. Six laps later Thomas spun, leaving Vegh's closest competitor, Matt Smith, more than eight seconds behind.
The speedway returns to action Friday April 19 for the first of three events of the Winchester/Hagerstown Shootout series, a 40 lap $3000 to win, $300 to start event for the Late Models along with the Late Model Sportsman and Pure Stocks.
Pit gates open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5 p.m and warm ups begin at 7 p.m. Check the speedway website for any changes in weather at: www.hagerstownspeedway.com or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.
Hagerstown Speedway Results
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, 25 laps, 30 entries, (Lap Leaders - Kirk Ryan 1-13, Nathan Durboraw 14-21, Roy Deese Jr. 22-25 ) 1.Roy Deese Jr. (Hard Charger); 2.Nathan Durboraw; 3.Kirk Ryan; 4.Mike Lupfer; 5.Alan Sagi; 6.Billy Wampler; 7.Jim Yoder; 8.MarvinWinters; 9.Les Hare; 10.Paul Crowl; 11.Jamie Lathroum; 12.Brian Booze; 13.David Williams; 14.Wayne Johnson; 15.Brent Smith; 16.Larry Baer; 17.Steve Gibney; 18.Roland Mann; 19.Matt Quade; 20.Doug Stine; 21.Ray Kable Jr.; 22.Frankie Plessinger; 23.Jeff Johnson; 24.Scott LeBarron; DNS - D.J. Troutman, Darryl Hills; DNQ -Rick Hulson, DNS - Scott Lupfer, Larry Baker II, Mike Atherton
Hoosier/Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 24 entries (Lap Leaders - Pete Weaver 1-20): 1.Pete Weaver; 2.Scott Palmer; 3.Kyle Lear; 4.Barry Miller; 5.Terry Flaherty; 6.Derek Byler (Hard Charger); 7.Andy Fries; 8.Jerry Bard; 9.Dylan Yoder; 10.Mike Walls; 11.Steve Axtell Jr.; 12.Wayne Walls Jr.; 13.Rick Stouffer; 14.Brian Lessley; 15.Curt Shreiner; 16.Robbie Beall; 17.Shawn Jones; 18.Paul Cursey; 19.Chaed Myers; 20.Richard Walls; 21.Nick Pappas; 22.Cody Lear; 23.Ashley Barrett; DNS - Eugene Conlee
Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 15 laps 30 entries (Lap Leaders - Darrin Younker 1-12, Hans Stamberg 13-15) 1.Hans Stamberg; 2.Bobby Taylor; 3.Dean Holmes; 4.Dale Hollidge; 5.Kevin Dayhoff; 6.Frank Dibella; 7.Drew Fitzsimmons; 8.Kenny Dillon; 9.Billy Ecton Jr.; 10.Lin Sutphin; 11.Kevin Keefer; 12.Dave Mikolajski; 13.Mike Sanders; 14.Kevin Boyer; 15.Justin Snodderly; 16.Tim Monn; 17.Tony Catlett; 18.Darrin Younker; 19.Bill Reitober; 20.Steve Lowery; 21.Wayne Hawbaker; 22.Brian Swiger; 23.Danny Beavers; 24.Jason Murray; DNQ- Billy Ecton Sr., Dave Stouffer, Kenny Day, Charlie Pensinger, Eddie Gatrell, DNS - Danny Main
Enduro Dash, 30 Laps, (Unofficial) 1.Mark Vegh; 2.Matt Smith; 3.Derek Riley; 4.Bobby Moore; 5.Kenny Thomas; 6.William Crook; 7.Larry Hurley Jr.; 8.Krazy Kenny Thomas; 9.Richard Tracey; 10.Robin Koogler
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