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Matt Felten
CUMBERLAND, Md. (October 4) - Jason Covert stormed back into the lead before the halfway point to earn a trip to victory lane as the champion of the Big Kahuna IX on Sunday night at The Rock, Allegany County Speedway.
Covert seized control on lap 22 of the 50-lap feature and worked traffic without a hitch to claim his second Big Kahuna win. The victory was worth $10,000.
Covert ran second to D.J. Troutman until the frontstretch lights shut off on lap 21 for the second time on the evening. Covert credited the caution and delay while the lights warmed up for the chance to pull a stubborn fender away from his tire. He put the lights out on the rest of the field after lap 30.
Davey Johnson chased Covert until traffic became heavy through lap 37. Johnson began to lose ground with lapped traffic. A reprieve came on lap 43 when fifth-place Keith Jackson's race came to an end.
Covert was outstanding on the restart and pulled away by two seconds to the victory ahead of Johnson. Johnson had taken second from Troutman on lap 24.
Troutman, who shot by Covert to get the lead after an early caution, led until lap 21. Covert went to the high side on lap 19 and pulled even with Troutman before the caution set up Covert's winning pass on the high side again on lap 22.
Troutman finished third. Gary Stuhler was fourth and Jeff Rine rounded out the top five. Doug Horton, Randy Burkholder, Ray Davis Jr., Chuck Clise and Mike Lupfer completed the top 10.
Two of the early frontrunners had early exits. Outside pole-sitter Jack Pencil suffered a mechanical issue just after taking the green. Austin Hubbard lasted only until lap three.
Covert and Pencil both won heat races along with Johnson and Hubbard on Saturday night. Jackson was the fastest qualifier.
The Big Kahuna IX
The Rock, Allegany Co. Speedway
Sunday October 4, 2009
Feature Results
50 laps
1. Jason Covert, 2. Davey Johnson, 3. D.J. Troutman, 4. Gary Stuhler, 5. Jeff Rine, 6. Doug Horton, 7. Randy Burkholder, 8. Ray Davis Jr., 9. Chuck Clise, 10. Mike Lupfer, 11. Billy Wampler, 12. Kenny Pettyjohn, 13. Greg Fetters, 14. Donald Lingo Jr., 15. Tom Decker, 16. Bob Gordon, 17. Keith Jackson, 18. Jeremy Miller, 19. Chuck Harper, 20. Eric Zembower, 21. Chris Harr, 22. Chad McClellan, 23. Austin Hubbard, 24. Jack Pencil. DNS: Keith Barbara.
Consolation: 1. Davis, 2. Harr, 3. Gordon, 4. Zembower, 5. Decker, DNQ: 6. Todd Snook, 7. Wayne Johnson, 8. Shaun Poling, 9. Keith Killander, 10. Len Dobrosielski; DNS: Derek Byler, Kerry King.
Preliminary Results
Saturday October 03, 2009
Heat Race Results
Heat 1: 1. Davey Johnson, 2. Keith Jackson, 3. Kenny Pettyjohn, 4. Keith Barbara, 5. Doug Horton, 6. Ray Davis Jr., 7. Wayne Johnson, 8. Kerry King.
Heat 2: 1. Jack Pencil, 2. Gary Stuhler, 3. Jeff Rine, 4. Billy Wampler, 5. Chuck Harper, 6. Eric Zembower, 7. Tom Decker, 8. Shaun Poling.
Heat 3: 1. Austin Hubbard, 2. D.J. Troutman, 3. Greg Fetters, 4. Chuck
Clise, 5. Chad McClellan, 6. Chris Harr, 7. Derek Byler, 8. Len Dobrosielski.
Heat 4: 1. Jason Covert, 2. Randy Burkholder, 3. Jeremy Miller, 4. Mike Lupfer, 5. Donald Lingo Jr., 6. Bob Gordon, 7. Todd Snook, 8. Keith Killander.
Qualifying results showing position, car no, driver, fastest lap time
and avg. lap speed:
1. 88, Keith Jackson 19.877 113.196
2. 7, Gary Stuhler 19.943 112.822
3. 11, Austin Hubbard 20.000 112.500
4. 43A, Jason Covert 20.115 111.857
5. 1J, Davey Johnson 20.142 111.707
6. 14, Jack Pencil 20.155 111.635
7. 7, DJ Troutman 20.162 111.596
8. 77, Randy Burkholder 20.289 110.898
9. 17, Keith Barbara 20.387 110.364
10. 92, Jeff Rine 20.418 110.197
11. 39, Greg Fetters 20.462 109.960
12. 24, Jeremy Miller 20.642 109.001
13. 38s, Kenny Pettyjohn 20.685 108.774
14. 1W, Billy Wampler 20.857 107.877
15. 5, Chuck Clise 20.878 107.769
16. 06, Mike Lupfer 20.885 107.733
17. 46, Doug Horton 20.896 107.676
18. 00H, Chuck Harper 20.928 107.511
19. 1w, Chris Harr 20.935 107.476
20. 55L, Donald Lingo Jr 21.037 106.954
21. 17, Wayne Johnson 21.097 106.650
22. 49, Eric Zembower 21.192 106.172
23. 25D, Len Dobrosielski 21.257 105.847
24. 31, Bob Gordon 21.268 105.793
25. 84, Ray Davis Jr. 21.272 105.773
26. 74, Shaun Poling 21.457 104.861
27. 119, Chad McClellan 21.466 104.817
28. 23, Todd Snook 21.570 104.312
29. k&b, Kerry King 21.587 104.229
30. 43, Tom Decker Jr 22.772 98.806
31. 5*, Derek Byler No Time
32. 53, Keith Killander No Time
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