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Hagerstown Speedway
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (May 2) - It was just a matter of when for Andy Anderson and that when came Saturday night. Anderson, of Martinsburg, WV, piloted his late model past Marvin Winters following a fifth lap restart and later won the 25-lap feature on ARCH (Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown) night at Hagerstown Speedway. He became the sixth different winner so far with the 3.3 second triumph over Mike Lupfer.
Other winners included defending Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic champion, Andy Fries, of Mercersburg, Pa, who came from 18th to lead the final two laps and score his second of the season by 1.91 seconds over Derek Byler. Berkley Springs, WV's Darrin Younker also won his season second by leading the last 100 feet to win by a half length over Bobby Franklin, while Frederick, Md's Mark Vegh won by a length over Kenny Thomas in the season third Enduro Dash.
Anderson lined up third in the field and grabbed second from Lupfer on the second lap and set sights on Winters but a fifth lap yellow when Roland Mann and Rick Hulson got together on the front stretch brought out a red flag. Anderson charged to the outside and led by a half length the next lap, and continued on to score his career 17th late model triumph.
"It makes a difference starting up front," Anderson said. "He got away from me there in the beginning and I had to get up on the wheel. I figured there was going to be a restart. I couldn't run with him once we got going. Once we got out front there I could run his line. I don't let up."
Once Anderson took over, he scurried ahead of Winters by 2.3 seconds as Lupfer was battling for second at the same time Roy Deese was giving his new car a workout and coming from the tenth spot.
Anderson entered the rear of the field on lap 15 while Lupfer took second when Winters got trapped behind a rear marker. Anderson's two second lead went away during a 17th lap yellow and he had stretched it to 1.2 by a 19th lap yellow.
For the final six circuits, he easily opened his lead each lap over Lupfer while Deese took over third place and 11th starter, Frankie Plessinger moved into the fourth spot with three to go, Winters held to fifth at the finish. Keith Jackson, from 13th, finished sixth as J.T. Spence, Jim Yoder, Steve Axtell Jr and Nathan Durboraw completed the top ten. Durboraw, Lupfer and Anderson won the heats.
Hagerstown Speedway Results
Late Models, 25 laps, 24 entries, (Lap Leaders - Marvin Winters 1-5, Andy Anderson 6-25) 1.Andy Anderson; 2.Mike Lupfer; 3.Roy Deese Jr.; 4.Frankike Plessinger; 5.Marvin Winters; 6.Keith Jackson; 7.J.T. Spence; 8.Jim Yoder; 9.Steve Axtell Jr.; 10.Nathan Durboraw; 11.Kirk Ryan; 12.Ronnie DeHaven Jr.; 13.Matt Hardy; 14.Paul Crowl; 15.Rusty Sites; 16.Steve Gibney; 17.Larry Baker II; 18.Terry Lescalleet; 19.Lindsay Barton; 20.Doug Stine; 21.Rick Hulson; 22.Roland Mann; 23.Devin Friese; 24.Matt Quade
Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 laps, 25 entries (Lap Leaders - Derek Byler 1-9, 16-18, Pete Weaver 10-15, Andy Fries 19-20): 1.Andy Fries (Checkered Flag Lube/St. Thomas Towing Hard Charger); 2.Derek Byler; 3.Nick Pappas; 4.Terry Flaherty; 5.James Myers; 6.Jerry Bard; 7.Scott Palmer; 8.Bruce Kane; 9.Cody Lear; 10.Michael Collins; 11.Randy Wible; 12.Brian Lessley; 13.Pete Weaver; 14.Kyle Lear; 15.Mike Walls; 16.Ed Pope III; 17.Glenn Elliott; 18.Justin Hart; 19.Steve Kent; 20.Robby Beall; 21.Wayne Walls Jr.; 22.Ashley Barrett; 23.DSQ- Richard Walls, Ryan Walls; DNS -Courtney Shreiner
Ernie D's Pure Stocks, 15 laps, 26 entries (Lap Leaders - Bobby Franklin 1-14, Darrin Younker 15) 1.Darin Younker; 2.Bobby Franklin; 3.Hans Stamberg; 4.Dave Stouffer; 5.Steve Lowery; 6.Mike Warrenfeltz; 7.Wayne Hawbaker; 8.Danny Beavers; 9.Billy Ecton Jr.; 10.Charlie Pensinger; 11.Bill Reitober; 12.Kevin Koontz; 13.Kevin Keefer; 14.Roy Anderson; 15.Dave Mikolajski; 16.Dustin Proctor; 17.Frank Dibella; 18.Justin Snodderly; 19.Zach Reid; 20.Drew Fitzsimmons; 21.Tony Stoneberger; 22.Randy Kline; 23.Tony Catlett; 24.Kevin Dayhoff; DNQ - Kenny Dillon, DNS - Dean Holmes
Enduro Dash, 30 laps, 22 entries (Lap Leaders Matt Smith 1-5, Mark Vegh 6-30); 1.Mark Vegh; 2.Kenny Thomas; 3.Derek Riley; 4.Matt Smith; 5.Danny Holmes; 6.Krazy Kenny Thomas; 7.Chris Ebersole; 8.Robin Koogler; 9.Jim Speelman; 10.J.C. Butts; 11.Steve Dillon; 12.Gary Proctor; 13.Nathaniel Younker; 14.Bryan Green; 15.John Poole; 16.John Conrad; 17.Randy Davis; 18.Larry McGowan; 19.William Crook; 20.Hot Rod Rodney Minor; 21.Rob Keller, DNS - Dave Shatto
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