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NEWBERRYTOWN, Penn. (October 3) - Germansville's Jason Miller made his first-ever visit to the Susquehanna Showdown a memorable one by winning the 50 lap Cumberland Truck Parts Late Model feature event with a next to last lap pass of Bobby Beard at the Susquehanna Speedway Park on Saturday night. Miller collected $5,000 for his win, but failed to choose the correct two envelopes for the $25,000 bonus. With an amazing nineteen cars finishing on the lead lap, Miller chose the 17th position from a bucket of poker chips in victory lane to have the opportunity to win $25,000 in another Lucky Envelope Contest presented by JR's Paving and Sealing. Tyler Armstrong, the 17th place finisher also failed to win the $25,000.
Pole sitter, Bobby Beard grabbed the lead from the start with Justin Ehrhart in hot pursuit during the early stages of the 50 lapper. A caution on lap four for three spinning cars in turn four slowed the field. On the restart, Ehrhart continued to pressure Beard, challenging for the top spot on every lap. More cautions on laps 10 and 15 bunched up the field. The lap 15 restart would be the final caution for the remainder of the race. Ehrhart and Beard battled side-by-side lap after lap throughout the middle stages. Once the two entered lapped traffic on the 30th circuit, Beard skillfully used the other competitors to keep Ehrhart at bay. On lap 38, Miller began his charge by overtaking Ehrhart for the runner-up spot.
With two laps remaining, Miller made the winning pass of Beard and held on to claim the $5,000 first place prize. Beard finished a strong second place but was disqualified in post-race technical inspection for modified cylinder heads not permitted by the specification rules. Ehrhart was then awarded the runner-up position. Randy Christine, Jr. finished third, followed by Charles Potts and Carl Graves in fourth and fifth. Cam Zeigler was awarded the "Hard Charger Award" by picking up 15 positions to finish 10th after starting at the rear of the field through a provisional starting spot.
Susquehanna Speedway Park Race Results
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Cumberland Truck Parts Late Models Feature (50 laps): 1. Jason Miller; 2. Justin Ehrhart; 3. Randy Christine Jr.; 4. Charles Potts; 5. Carl Graves; 6. Mike Walls; 7. Carl Billet; 8. Ashley Barrett; 9. Ronald Kline; 10. Cam Zeigler; 11. Larry Baer; 12. John Moser Jr.; 13. Steve Bailor; 14. Shaun Jones; 15. John Baker; 16. Tyler Armstrong; 17. Tommy Slanker; 18. Dave Sokoloski; 19. Ron Little; 20. Josh Kimmel; 21. Cody Fairchok; 22. Jake Jones; 23. Jake Lettich; 24. Smoke Christine; DQ: Bobby Beard; DNS: Travis McCellland; DNQ: Craig Wagaman; Derrick Mease; Steve Weikel; Terry Flaherty; Gene Knaub; Bob Minnich; Chaz Walls.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Beard (1-48); Miller (49-50).
HARD CHARGER AWARD: Zeigler (+15 positions; 25th to 10th).
CASH DASH WINNER (Friday): Beard
HEAT RACE WINNERS (Friday): Kline; Beard; Ehrhart; Miller
B-MAIN WINNER: Barrett.
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