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Matt Felton
CUMBERLAND, Md. (August 1) - D.J. Troutman and four other drivers shared a slice of victory lane on Pizza Hut night Friday at The Rock, Allegany County Speedway.
Troutman was once again the big winner against The Rock's Limited Late Model and Winchester (Va.) Speedway's Semi-Late drivers for the $1,000 prize in round three of The Rock-Winchester Challenge.
Both Ryan and Wade Peer scored victories in their respective classes for the second straight race. John Whitfield became the first driver to earn a repeat win in the Sunoco Street Stock race. Bill Brown Sr. battled from last to first in the Classic Racing Series feature. All feature winners received gift cards from Pizza Hut.
In the Challenge race, Troutman marched away from the field early and fended off Allen Brannon for two late restarts to get his second win in six days. Brannon, Dan Zechman, Matt Emerick and Matt Cosner completed the top five.
Pole-sitter Matt Sponaugle led Brannon when the green flag fell on the 30-lap feature. Troutman picked his way from fifth to third and only needed one more lap to get past Brannon on the inside of turn two.
By lap three, Troutman rolled to the inside of Sponaugle for the lead and by lap seven was already ahead by half of a straightaway. Brannon got second on lap eight, but Troutman was already out of sight when the red flag stopped the race at lap 10 for Travis Stickley.
Sponaugle's early exit on lap 20 left Zechman with third. Brannon couldn't keep up with Troutman on the subsequent restart or the last restart on lap 24. Troutman won by over three seconds.
Whitfield, the current point leader, fought by Brian Duffy in the first half of the 16-lap Street Stock feature to become the first repeat winner in eight races.
Duffy had taken the lead after a tight race with Randy Zechman in the first two laps. Whitfield was running third when two cautions slowed the field on laps two and three. He got second from Zechman on lap four and went to the front over Duffy on the next lap.
With Whitfield now setting the pace, Duffy had his hands full holding off Daryl Whetstone. Whetstone needed the better part of five laps to get around. By that time, it was too late to catch Whitfield, who came
to the checkered flag by 10 car lengths.
Duffy, Tony Daniels and Zechman completed the top five.
Bill Brown Sr., who started in the 12th and final spot, needed 11 laps to work his way to the front in the 20-lap Classic Racing Series feature. He won by four car lengths over Brian Diehl, Roland Brown, Jim Crocker and Kurt Welsh.
A red flag quickly stopped the action when Al Daniels rolled off of the turn three wall. When the accident was cleaned up, Brown began to gain spots.
He worked his up to the lead pack, with Welsh, Roland Brown and Crocker before halfway. On lap 11, he passed Welsh off of turn four to get out front. Diehl picked up second four laps later but Brown was already six car lengths ahead.
Wade Peer won by making a three-wide move on lap two to get the lead over Alan Lowery II and Jimmy Moreland in the 12-lap 8-Cylinder race. He had started sixth and correctly picked the inside line in turn four after Moreland jumped to the outside of Lowery.
Moreland was the only driver able to stay with Peer by the halfway point. The two drivers had a dozen car lengths over Lowery and James Mongan to decide the race with three laps to go.
Peer kept ahead of Moreland at the finish by two car lengths. Lowery, Mongan and Todd House completed the top five.
Ryan Peer started seventh and got the lead from Nathan Carpenter with three laps remaining in the 12-lap 4-Cylinder feature. Carpenter and Jeff Tuel paced the field from the outset and Peer got a good jump to the third spot.
Peer took second from Tuel on lap three and was able to catch Carpenter when the caution waved at the halfway point. He battled Carpenter on lap eight and finally cleared him in turn one on lap nine.
Carpenter, Brandon Powell, Steve Riggleman and Tyler Alkire completed the top five.
The Rock will return to action in two weeks for the final event of the Maryland Clash with the Hagerstown Speedway for "Fill up the Tank Night" on Friday, Aug. 15. Gas card giveaways will take place as well as the rescheduled kids' bike races. Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks, 4-Cylinders and 6-Cylinders will also be part of the racing program.
For more information visit the speedway's web site at
www.therockspeedway.com.
The Rock - Allegany Co. Speedway
Order of Finish
Friday, Aug. 1, 2008
THE ROCK-WINCHESTER CHALLENGE RACE 3
ALLEGANY SCRAP LIMITED LATE MODELS/SEMI-LATE (30 laps): 1. D.J. Troutman, 2. Allen Brannon, 3. Dan Zechman, 4. Matt Emerick, 5. Matt Cosner, 6. Brandon Hoover, 7. Kris Holliday, 8. Scott Sweeney, 9. Todd Lewis, 10. Matt Sponaugle, 11. Jimmy Iser, 12. Jamey Swank, 13. Travis Stickley, 14. Glenn Nininger Jr., 15. Daniel Cornman, DNS: Travis Calhoun, Don Woodruff.
SUNOCO STREET STOCKS (16 laps): 1. John Whitfield, 2. Daryl Whetstone, 3. Brian Duffy, 4. Tony Daniels, 5. Randy Zechman, 6. Rick Wright, 7. Jason Breegle, 8. Chris Chamberlain, 9. Roy Whitfield, 10. Mike Duck, 11. Mike Harvey, 12. Kevin Deremer, DNS: Justin Bonnett.
FACTORY STOCK 4-CYLINDERS (12 laps): 1. Ryan Peer, 2. Nathan Carpenter, 3. Brandon Powell, 4. Steve Riggleman, 5. Tyler Alkire, 6. Nick Iski, 7. Brandon Inglish, 8. Robert Kuhn, 9. Shane Oester, 10. Chris Shoemaker, 11. Dwain Rhodes, 12. Rick Jenkins, 13. Jason Riggleman, 14. Jeff Tuel, DNS: David Green.
FACTORY STOCK 8-CYLINDERS (12 laps): 1. Wade Peer, 2. Jimmy Moreland, 3. Alan Lowery II, 4. James Mongan, 5. Todd House, 6. Joe Readd, 7. Mike Moore, 8. Brian Ringer.
CLASSIC RACING SERIES (20 laps): 1. Bill Brown Sr., 2. Brian Diehl, 3. Roland Brown, 4. Jim Crocker, 5. Kurt Welsh, 6. Charlie Weaver, 7. Matt Wallace, 8. Phil Alexander, 9. Kevin Palmer, 10. Steve Cantwell, 11. Joe Snodgrass, 12. Al Daniels.
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