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Selinsgrove Speedway
SELINSGROVE, Penn. (June 7) - Jeremy Miller of Gettysburg passed Jeff Rine of Danville, Selinsgrove Speedway's six-time late model feature winner this season, on lap 27 to win Sunday night's 40-lap Inaugural Appalachian Mountain Dirt Late Model Speedweek Series event sponsored by Jeff's Auto Body & Recycling Center.
The $5,000 victory was the first of Miller's career in a late model at Selinsgrove Speedway. A former Thundercar winner at the track in the early 1990s, Miller became the speedway's fourth different late model winner this season.
Selinsgrove Speedway hosted race two in the seven-race series that continues at a different race track each night this week. Austin Hubbard, a 17-year-old high school student from Laurel, Del., bested a strong field of 54 entries in qualifying with a lap time of 21.073 seconds. Rick Eckert of York, who won the second qualifier, withdrew from the main event with reported engine problems.
Josh Richards, the 21-year-old World out Outlaws Late Model Series star from Shinnston, W.Va., made a live appearance on SPEED's 'Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain' show from the track.
At the start of the main event, second-place starter Tony Adams beat polesitter Jeff Rine into the first turn for the lead. Exiting turn two, however, Adams drifted high, which allowed Rine to take the lead. Adams then stopped on the track with flat tire.
On the ensuing restart, third-place starter Jim Yoder, lined up behind Rine in second, tagged the frontstretch wall and rolled to a stop in turn one. This placed fourth-place starter Nick Dickson, fifth-place starter Coleby Frye, and seventh-place starter Jeremy Miller in tow.
The early laps of the race produced an intense battle for second between Dickson and Frye. On the eighth circuit, Frye held second and looked strong as he put in a bid for the lead. A lap later, Frye bobbled and allowed eighth-place starter DJ Myers to take over the runner up position.
Adams, who restarted the race on the rear of the field, made a strong rebound into eighth when his race car developed mechanical problems on lap 18. While pacing under caution, the red flag was displayed for a fuel stop.
When the race resumed, a war on wheels unfolded for the lead, with Myers being scored as the leader of lap 19. Rine quickly reclaimed the lead, with Myers, Frye, Miller, and sixth-place starter Jason Covert racing in the top five.
Austin Hubbard, who set fast time for the race, brought out the caution flag on lap 20 when his race car stopped in turn one. On lap 24, Myers also stopped on the track after making contact with Frye in a battle for second. When the race resumed, Miller passed Frye for second and set his sites on Rine.
On the 27th circuit, racing off turn four, Miller pulled alongside of Rine using the inside lane and made the winning pass at the start/finish line. The next several laps saw Frye pass Rine for second. With five laps to go, however, Rine took back the runner up position and attempted to reel in Miller.
At the checkered flag, Miller was victorious by two seconds over Rine, Frye, 10th-place starter Robbie Blair, and Dickson.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY - 7 June 2009
Late Models - 54 Entries
40-Lap A-Main:
1) 24M Jeremy Miller $5,000
2) 2J Jeff Rine
3) F1 Coleby Frye
4) 111 Robby Blair
5) 17 Nick Dickson
6) 43A Jason Covert
7) 25 Josh Richards
8) 15 Scott Flickinger
9) 21D Dan Stone
10) 33 Scott Haus
11) 06 Mike Lupfer
12) 8A Alan Sagi
13) 33S Bryon Sipe
14) 119B Bryan Bernheisel
15) 90 Kyle Rhoads
16) 6 Jamie Lathroum
17) 07N Jason Dupont
18) 70J DJ Myers
19) 11 Austin Hubbard
20) 88 Tony Adams
21) 84 Tyler Armstrong
22) 2 Steve Campbell
23) 45 Eric Hons
24) 99 Jeff Smith
25) 27 Jim Yoder
Time Trials: 1) Austin Hubbard 21.073 2) Rick Eckert 21.089 3) Jamie Lathroum 21.105 4) Josh Richards 21.118 5) Coleby Frye 21.141 6) Jason Covert 21.220 7) Jeremy Miller 21.222 8) Robby Blair 21.247 9) Tony Adams 21.324 10) Jeff Smith 21.362 11) Jeff Rine 21.433 12) DJ Myers 21.445 13) Jim Yoder 21.472 14) Scott Flickinger 21.499 15) Nick Dickson 21.569 16) Dustin Hoffman 21.612 17) Mike Lupfer 21.632 18) Al Shawver Jr. 21.690 19) Devon Friese 21.702 20) Gary Beward 21.821 21) Tim Wilson 21.862 22) Tyler Armstrong 21.871 23) Eric Hons 21.893 24) JT Spence 21.901 25) Scott LaBarron 21.905 26) Bryan Bernheisel 21.935 27) Darryl Hills 21.938 28) Scott Haus 21.940 29) Frankie Plessinger 21.952 30) Dan Stone 22.000 31) Dylan Yoder 22.030 32) Brett Schadel 22.117 33) Steve Campbell 22.271 34) Brian Sipe 22.314 35) Dave Zona 22.329 36) Mike Bingaman 22.330 37) Jason Dupont 22.335 38) Bobby Stokes 22.336 39) James Cornell 22.355 40) Jere Wierman 22.412 41) Alan Sagi 22.425 42) Waylon Wagner 22.443 43) Donnie Schick 22.520 44) Al Cheny 22.540 45) Todd Snook 22.663 46) Matt Cochran 22.723 47) Jason Miller 22.811 48) Dave Graber 22.891 49) Troy Miller 22.979 50) Kyle Rhoads 22.981 51) Tim Gray 23.840 52) Mike Mort 24.052 53) Meade Hahn 25.688 54) Luke Hoffner 26.356
Heat Winners: Jeff Rine, Rick Eckert, Robby Blair, Tony Adams, Nick Dickson
B-Main Winners: Alan Sagi, Jason Dupont
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