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Matt Felton
CUMBERLAND, Md. (October 26) - Leading every lap seldom looked as tough for D.J. Troutman and the other winners at the 6th annual Western Maryland Nationals.
Troutman outpaced Matt Sponaugle and the rest of the Limited Late Model field to capture the $2,000 prize in the 50-lap main event on Sunday night at The Rock, Allegany County Speedway.
Khi Swanger, Tom Warren, Roland Brown, Chris Booher and Joe Rodgers also captured wins. The feature races were delayed by one night after rain washed out racing for Friday night. Preliminary races were held on Saturday night. The races marked the end of the 2008 season.
Troutman, Warren and Swanger led all 105 laps of their respective feature events to win by a scant 11 car lengths combined at the finishes.
In the Limited Late Model feature, Troutman rarely had a moment to rest. When he wasn't in traffic, Sponaugle was never far behind.
Troutman took off from the pole while Sponaugle picked off the cars between them after a restart on the second lap. Troutman lost a one-second advantage through laps 13-19. As lapped traffic became a bigger factor, the leaders were even on the backstretch on lap 21. Troutman chose wisely to clear a slower car to retain the lead.
The second half of the race mirrored the first. Troutman led by nearly two seconds only to have Sponaugle catch up. With 11 laps to go, Sponaugle was on Troutman's bumper in traffic.
The deciding moment came on the next lap when Troutman got away from another slower car. Just five car lengths separated the leaders when the checkered came.
Derek Byler and Tyler Armstrong traded third with Byler recapturing the spot from Armstrong on lap 27. Rick Singleton ran as high as fourth but needed to get back around Mike Duck and Andy Fries to finish fifth in the second half of the race.
6th WESTERN MARYLAND NATIONALS
The Rock - Allegany Co. Speedway
Order of Finish
Saturday-Sunday
Oct. 25-26, 2008
LIMITED LATE MODELS (50 laps): 1. D.J. Troutman, 2. Matt Sponaugle, 3. Derek Byler, 4. Tyler Armstrong, 5. Rick Singleton, 6. Mike Duck, 7. Bruce Kane, 8. Tim Smith Jr., 9. Andy Fries, 10. Jerry Bard, 11. Matt Cosner, 12. Ralph Morgan Jr., 13. Daniel Cornman, 14. Scott Palmer, 15. Glenn Nininger, 16. Todd Lewis, 17. Travis Calhoun, 18. Lincoln Ritchey, 19. Ted Gallaher, 20. Shawn McGarvey, 21. Brian Lessley, 22. Travis Stickley, 23. Michael Dizmang, DNS: Jimmy Iser.
HEAT 1: 1. D.J. Troutman, 2. Derek Byler, 3. Travis Calhoun, 4. Daniel Cornman, 5. Lincoln Ritchey, 6. Mike Duck, 7. Travis Stickley, 8. Ralph Morgan Jr.
HEAT 2: 1. Tyler Armstrong, 2. Rick Singleton, 3. Tim Smith Jr., 4. Scott Palmer, 5. Ted Gallaher, 6. Brian Lessley, 7. Todd Lewis, 8. Jimmy Iser.
HEAT 3: 1. Matt Sponaugle, 2. Jerry Bard, 3. Andy Fries, 4. Shawn McGarvey, 5. Bruce Kane, 6. Matt Cosner, 7. Glenn Nininger, 8. Michael Dizmang.
DASH: 1. D.J. Troutman, 2. Jerry Bard, 3. Derek Byler, 4. Tyler Armstrong, 5. Rick Singleton, 6. Matt Sponaugle.
KING OF THE ROCK: 1. Travis Calhoun, 2. Ralph Morgan Jr., 3. Lincoln Ritchey, 4. Mike Duck, 5. Travis Stickley, 6. Michael Dizmang, 7. Matt Cosner, 8. Glenn Nininger.
QUALIFYING
1. 7, DJ Troutman 20.647 108.975
2. 39, Tim Smith Jr. 20.690 108.748
3. 26J, Jerry Bard 20.720 108.591
4. 3, Daniel Cornman 20.770 108.329
5. 84, Tyler Armstrong 20.829 108.022
6. 8, Matt Sponaugle 20.905 107.630
7. 5*, Derek Byler 20.933 107.486
8. 99*, Rick Singleton 21.054 106.868
9. 82, Andy Fries 21.055 106.863
10. 36, Travis Calhoun 21.125 106.509
11. 86, Scott Palmer 21.272 105.773
12. 66C, Matt Cosner 21.320 105.535
13. 44, Ralph Morgan Jr. 21.414 105.071
14. 5Z, Brian Lessley 21.433 104.978
15. 1K, Bruce Kane 21.445 104.920
16. 73, Mike Duck 21.515 104.578
17. 82G, Ted Gallaher 21.612 104.109
18. 8H, Shawn McGarvey 21.795 103.235
19. 32, Travis Stickley 21.972 102.403
20. 23, Jimmy Iser 21.984 102.347
21. 25, Glenn Nininger 22.217 101.274
22. 11, Lincoln Ritchey 22.373 100.568
23. 99, Todd Lewis 22.533 99.854
24. 27DIZ, Michael Dizmang 23.067 97.542
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