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Hagerstown Speedway
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (October 25) - The early Saturday dampness preceding qualifying efforts turned to sunshine on Sunday as Hagerstown Speedway's 22nd Octoberfest 350 went into the record books with York, Pa's Rick Eckert added his name to the late model 100-lapper for the third time, having won back to back in 2001 and 2002 with Tim McCreadie, last year's late model winner from Watertown, NY, placing his name on the small block modified winners list for the first time.
D. J. Myers beat Eckert off the line to take the late model lead until the 14th lap when he stopped in turn four with the crew looking under the rear when towed to his pits.
Eckert took over with Jason Covert, Josh Richards Roy Deese Jr. and three time winner, Gary Stuhler chasing and remained that way through the 75th lap when, like last year, Richards had a flat to bring out the caution.
Into the final 25 circuits, Eckert stretched his lead to more than two seconds over Covert while it was more than three back to Deese but Covert began visibly closing and was to less than a second when the final caution was displayed on lap 91.
Eckert was up on the wheel the remaining circuits as Covert no longer could smell his exhaust and saw Eckert pulling way by each circuit until crossing the line by 4.75 seconds ahead.
"I have to dedicate this to Raye Vest," Eckert said. "He's a long time car owner and in the hospital and possibly might have to be operated on tomorrow. Hopefully this good luck carries over to him tomorrow.
We made some changes to the car. Racing around here with these guys is tough. This is some of the best local racing in the country. All these guys are tough. Coming back here, the car has to be a little bit different. This car is really good on hard slick race tracks when we have to run those long races."
Deese and Stuhler were next with Vic Coffey (10th) ending fifth. Jeremy Miller (11th) was sixth over Frankie Plessinger (14th), Dylan Yoder (13th), Tim McCreadie (22nd) and Tim Fuller (21st). Eckert, Myers, Covert and Al Shawver Jr. were heat winners while Fuller and defending winner, McCreadie split the consolation events.
HAGERSTOWN SPEEDWAY RESULTS
22ND ANNUAL OCTOBERFEST 350
LATE MODELS: 1.Rick Eckert; 2. Jason Covert; 3.Roy Deese Jr.; 4.Gary Stuhler; 5.Vic Coffey; 6.Jeremy Miller; 7.Frankie Plessinger; 8.Dylan Yoder; 9.Tim McCreadie; 10.Tim Fuller; 11.Bily Decker; 12.Austin Hubbard; 13.Josh Richards; 14.Kenny Pettyjohn; 15.Mike Lupfer; 16.Al Shawver Jr.; 17.Marvin Winters; 18.Devin Friese; 19.Scott Cross; 20.Billy Wampler; 21.Dan Stone; 22.Mike Hardy; 23.Jim Yoder; 24.D.J. Myers; 25.Alan Sagi; 26.Jamie Lathroum DNQ - Tommy Armel, Dave Zona, Tony Crim, Brian Booze, Bryan Bernheisel, Lindsay Barton, Larry Baker, Chuck Shultz, Chad Davis, Kerry King, Al Cheney, Luke Hoffner, Chad Hollenbech, Jamie Cornell, Ronnie DeHaven Jr., Kelly Putz, Matt Sheppard, Danny Kienitz
BIG BLOCK MODIFIEDS: 1.Brett Hearn; 2.J. R. Heffner; 3.Pat Ward; 4.Ryan Go down; 5.Jimmy Horton; 6.Rick Laubach; 7.Ryan Watt; 8.Jamie Mills; 9.Larry Wight; 10.Chic Cossaboone; 11.Richie Pratt Jr.; 12.Robert Dutton, 13.Rich Scagliotta; 14.Billy Pauch Jr.; 15.Brian Berger; 16.Kevin Hirthler; 17.Dale Plank; 18.Jeff Strunk; 19.Danny Johnson; 20.Matt Sheppard; 21.Doug Manmiller; 22.Wade Hendrickson; 23.Billy Decker; 24.Willie Osmun DNQ - Ron Roberts, Rusty Smith, Randy Chrysler, Jordon Watson, Shawn Reimert, Joseph Watson, J. J. Bunting, Gary Hager
SPRINTS: 1.Chad Layton; 2.Lance Dewease; 3.Donnie Kreitz Jr.; 4.Cliff Brian; 5.Keith Kauffman; 6.Gerald McIntyre; 7.Daryl Stimeling; 8.Josh Weller, 9.Mark Smith; 10.Robbie Stillwagon; 11.Scott Lutz; 12.Chuck Brian; 13.Michael Carber; 14.Daryn Pittman; 15.Joey Hershey; 16.Vern Wasson; 17.French Grimes; 18.Greg Hodnett; 19.Justin Henderson; 20.Stan Campbell; 21.George Streaker; DNS- Troy Fraker, Pat Cooper
SMALL BLOCK MODIFIEDS: 1.Tim McCreadie; 2.Meme Desantis; 3.Billy Pauch Jr.;4.Billy Decker; 5.Jeff Strunk; 6.Dave Plank; 7.Jimmy Horton; 8.Kevin Hirthler; 9.Gary Hager; 10.Brad Brightbill; 11.Pat Ward; 12.Wade Hendrickson; 13.Randy Chrysler; 14.Larry Wight; 15.Jesse Hill; 16.Brett Hearn; 17.Dave Dubois; 18.Ryan Godown, 19.Rick Laubach; 20.Frank Cozze; 21.Richie Pratt Jr.; 22.Matt Sheppard; 23.Doug Manmiller; 24.Sean Merkel; 25.Ryan Watt, DNS- J. J. Bunting, DNQ-Mike Mammana, Craig Whitmoyer, Rusty Smith, J. R. Heffner, Bryant Brown, Gary Wagner Jr., Ron Roberts, Shawn Reimert, Danny Kienitz, Tom Miller, Jimmy Horton IV, DNS - Willie Osmun, Chic Cossaboone, Herman Powell, Rich Scagliotta, Jordan Umbenhauer
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