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Matt Felton
CUMBERLAND, Md. (June 27) - Jack Pencil was on his way to get the checkered flag when a caution put the brakes on his victory celebration.
Pencil had to hold off D.J. Myers on a one-lap dash to the finish to win the Dwane Shultz Memorial on Friday night at The Rock, Allegany County Speedway.
Two first-time winners on the season were among the other five winners. Jim Sayler won the Street Stock event and James Mongan won the Factory Stock 8-Cylinder race. Repeat winners were Marcius VanMeter, Wade Peer and Mike Lauffer.
Pencil's win came after leading 23 of the 25 laps for the Super Late Model feature. He got the lead on lap two from Randy Burkholder after starting fourth.
Pencil led by as much as a dozen car lengths through lap 17 and cleanly cleared a couple of lapped cars before getting the white flag.
The late caution put Myers, who had worked by Burkholder on lap 16, on his bumper. When the race resumed for the final lap, Myers got a good run on the bottom through turn two but couldn't stay close enough to Pencil for the finish.
Sayler picked up bonus money for a prior win by taking the checkers in the Street Stock 16-lap feature. Tony Daniels kept the race competitive for the lead until lap nine. Sayler eventually pulled away by more than a dozen car lengths.
Daniels ended up second. John Whitfield edged Randy Zechman for third at the finish line. Zechman made a late charge after starting 10th. Polesitter Rick Wright was fifth.
VanMeter won the TC Race Cars Hobby Stock feature for the fourth time this season by getting around Steve Fadley and David Puckett in a hard-fought race for the lead through lap six.
Fadley had taken the lead from Joe Railey on lap two as VanMeter and Puckett worked their way up from the sixth and seventh starting spots, respectively.
Puckett first got by VanMeter for second then VanMeter retook the spot and went to the outside of Fadley coming off of turn four on lap six.
VanMeter led Puckett the rest of the way to finish. Fadley, Railey and R.T. Troutman completed the top five.
Lauffer got his second win of the season when leader Jeff Tuel had to head for the pits when his hood came loose on lap seven. Tuel led from lap two up to that point.
Lauffer won comfortably over Scott Krumanacker while Tuel fought his way back to third on the final lap. Twelfth-starting Dwain Rhodes and Steve Riggleman finished fourth and fifth.
Mongan won for the first time by hanging on to the lead as his car sputtered on the last two laps of the 12-lap 8-Cylinder race.
Mongan moved to second behind leader Jamie Mills on the first lap and had to fight off Alan Lowery to get the lead following a caution on lap two.
Once in the lead, Mongan had to only keep his car running to get the victory. He had 10 car lengths to spare over Lowery. Jimmy Moreland was third. Randy Peer and Brian Ringer rounded out the top five.
The 12-lap Factory Stock 6-Cylinder race ended with Wade Peer once again out front, leading by nearly a half of a lap over Ray Shepherd. Jay Imes finished third while Derek Iser was fourth and Harmon Crites
was fifth.
The next race is scheduled for Saturday, July 12 with Limited Late Models, Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks, 4-Cylinders and 6-Cylinders. The date was changed from July 13. For more information visit the speedway's web site at www.therockspeedway.com.
The Rock - Allegany Co. Speedway
Order of Finish
Friday, June 27, 2008
SUPER LATE MODELS (25 laps): 1. Jack Pencil, 2. D.J. Myers, 3. Randy Burkholder, 4. Chris Harr, 5. Brian Booze, 6. Chuck Clise, 7. Jamey Swank, 8. Matt Cosner, 9. Ron Delano, 10. Matt Sponaugle, 11. Mikey Hay, 12. Travis Stickley, 13. Greg Fetters, 14. Dave Troutman, 15. Wayne Johnson, 16. Al Shawver, 17. Dave Bloss.
SUNOCO STREET STOCKS (16 laps): 1. Jim Sayler, 2. Tony Daniels, 3. John Whitfield, 4. Randy Zechman, 5. Rick Wright, 6. Kevin Deremer, 7. Patrick McDonough, 8. Roy Whitfield, 9. Kristen Etling, 10. Chris Chamberlain.
TC RACE CARS HOBBY STOCKS (15 laps): 1. Marcius VanMeter, 2. David Puckett, 3. Steve Fadley, 4. Joe Railey, 5. R.T. Troutman, 6. Jacob Hinton, 7. Jimmy Sacco, 8. Christine Stickley, DNS: Herb Hilliard, Mike VanMeter.
FACTORY STOCK 4-CYLINDERS (12 laps): 1. Mike Lauffer, 2. Scott Krumanacker, 3. Jeff Tuel, 4. Dwain Rhodes, 5. Steve Riggleman, 6. Robert Kuhn, 7. Cindy Rhodes, 8. Jason Thompson, 9. Nick Iski, 10. Brandon Inglish, 11. Nathan Padfield, 12. Doug Lewis, 13. Rick Jenkins, 14. Brandon Powell, 15. Tyler Alkire, 16. Danny Rhodes, 17.
Ryan Peer, 18. Gene Martz, 19. Chris Shoemaker.
FACTORY STOCK 6-CYLINDERS (12 laps): 1. Wade Peer, 2. Ray Shepherd, 3. Jay Imes, 4. Derek Iser, 5. Harmon Crites, 6. Matt Stickley, DNS: Bob Imes.
FACTORY STOCK 8-CYLINDERS (12 laps): 1. James Mongan, 2. Alan Lowery, 3. Jimmy Moreland, 4. Randy Peer, 5. Brian Ringer, 6. Joseph Readd, 7. Jamie Mills, 8. Dustin Procter, 9. Todd House.
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