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Chuck Griffith
LAKEVILLE, Ohio (August 1) - Mike Lonas's trophy case continues to bulge at the seams as he continues to record feature wins at the New Lakeville Speedway. He lined up on the outside of the front row for the main event with Eric Eicholtz on the highside.Benny Lester and Rick Bond was the second row starters. At the drop of the green, Lonas took his Smittley Towing entry to the front and stayed at the point for the entire event with Eicholtz moving in on the leader back bumper after a couple of yellow flags.On both those restarts, Eicholtz would look to the bottom side of the track and get a right front fender up to the left rear quarter panel of Lonas,but could not make the pass.Late in the race,Lonas checked out on the field and won by a large margin.Bond and Lester battled side by side as J.R. Gentry dashed from starting eighth to join the top five.Lonas was the first to the finish with Eicholtz second, Bond third, Lester fourth and Gentry finishing fifth.Heat wins went to Jason Flory and Ryan Eddleblute.
Kirt Jefferies won his first feature event in the winged sprint A main.Starting from the outside of the front row,he put the hammer down but was slowed by the first caution for the spin of Cody Jacobs on lap number one.That moved points leader Nick Mulheim up to the back bumper of the leader on the restart with Aaron Shaffer and John Ivy in tow.Mulheim stayed close for the next few laps as the second caution flag was out for a flat tire on the Chad Levingston sprinter. On the restart Tim Hunter was moving from his eighth starting spot to become a player in the event.Hunter moved into fourth place and began his chase to the finish.Yet another yellow flag was displayed anf Jefferies held total control of the event on the restart as Mulheim made his final attempt to gather in the leader.With two laps to go,Mulheim did a three sixty spin without causing a caution but lost a position to Hunter.Two odd events happened after the checkered flag was waved.One being Jefferies lost his left rear wheel on the cool down lap and Hunter was charged with a jump start violation and was moved back to a fourth place finish while Jefferies had his MOM Motorsports sprinter towed to the winners circle.Mulheim was rewarded with a second place finish which will keep him atop the points battle while Shaffer took third,Hunter fourth and Ivy getting fifth.Jason Dolick and Hunter took the two heat wins.
Billy Goerz had won three time earlier in the season and had earned the pole starting spot in the Hamlin Racing Engines sponsored Pure Stock A Main with Paul McVicker lined up on the ouside of the front row.As soon as the green was out,Bob Daugherty moved into the second spot behind leader Goerz.On the fourth lap coming off turn four,Goerz and Daugherty made contact and both were sent to the tail of the field thus putting McVicker in the lead with Dave Haven Jr in second.Eighth placed starter Travis Mensching had been moving forward in the field and on lap five moved into the third spot.Don Baney had started deep in the line up in tenth spot and by lap seven was shown in fourth with Haven Jr and Donna Canode.On the twelth lap Mensching made the pass on McVicker after a great side by side battle.On the following lap,Haven Jr replaced McVicker in the runner up spot.Mensching went on to win in his Keener Oil,D&C Escavating sponored entry.Haven held onto second with McVicker third,Baney fourth and Canode fifth.The two earlier heat wins were won by Goerz and Daugherty.
Justin Brown drove to his first win of the year in the Mini Stock feature after starting in the third spot.Sean Rush dashed to a sizable lead for the first fourteen laps with Brown being the chaser.Points leader Jordan James came from eighth place to being shown in fifth spot after two laps were recorded which set up a tremedous race with Dustin Cyrus and Kyle Moore.Roger Rush Sr and Josh Hershberger put on a great display of competition.On the final lap,Sean Rush slowed as did Kyle Moore and Brown went to the winners circle with Jordan james in second,Cyrus was third,Rush Sr took fourth and Hershberger was fifth.The three heat winners were Brown,Jordan James and Moore.The B main was won by Mike Snyder.
Brad Lawhorn borrowed a ride for the night and drove it to his first podium finish of the year in the Mini Stock Novice main event.He started on the outside of the front row as Cory Hornikel made the chase very close at times.Kevin Wright was able to get another top five finaish as he was third with Steve foley fourth and Dustin Daugherty rounding out the top five spots.Hornikel and Daugherty took the heat wins.
John Mager made his third visit to the speedway a good one by winning in the Classic Cruiser finale.Royle Mast gave it his all as those two ran very close for the entire event.Past track champion Mason Radcliff drove to a third place finish with Bob Fry getting fourth and Ken Yarrosh finishing fifth.Fry and Yarosh took the prelim events.
Brandon Craver hooked his fourth feature win this year in the Mini Truck division.He finished ahead of Billy Kutz,Dave Caskey,Travis Leyda and Gale Wallace.Craver and Kutz won the heats.
SUMMARY
Late Models
Heat 1- Jason Flory, Mike Lonas, Benny Lester, J.R.Gentry, Clint Coffman
Heat 2- Ryan Eddleblute, Trevor Phillips, Rick Bond, Eric Eicholtz, Jay McDougal
Feature- Lonas, Eicholtz, Bond, Lester, Gentry, Jason Flory, Kristin Flory, Gary Hensel Sr, Ty Myers Coby Bartrum, Coffman, Phillips, Bruce Miller, McDougal, Eddleblute
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