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Hagerstown Speedway
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (March 14) - With rain approaching from the south and a cold day turning into a decent one, Roy Deese Jr. showed what he was made of by capturing his first season late model win on Saturday's second race program at Hagerstown Speedway while "Super" Matt Sheppard also had things under his control from the second lap and scored the triumph in the small block modified feature that also rewarded him with a guaranteed starting spot in the Octoberfest.
Vaulting into second on lap five, six time and defending champion, Deese Jr., of Laurel Md., who missed the previous week due to illness, watched until Jared Miley slipped slightly. That allowed Deese to quickly charge past and later post the win by 1.79 seconds over Miley.
"We got a chance to go race early and spread them out," Deese said. "My car was loose early, the track came to it. I don't know if he missed the rubber or his tires got hot and had trouble keeping it down or what. He made a couple slips and I was there for one of them. "
With a six car inverted start for late models, Dylan Yoder pulled ahead over Miley as Miley then went to the outside past Yoder to lead the third lap and Deese ducked under Yoder to take third on lap five.
Deese remained within two to three lengths of Miley while Yoder was holding off Frankie Plessinger more than two seconds back. When Miley momentarily got out of shape in turn two on the 19th lap, Deese was within striking distance and seized control. He pulled out and arrived at the rear of the field by the 23rd lap and was a second ahead of Miley when the caution was displayed on the next lap.
Following the restart, Deese was in the clear and making up track with each lap until speeding from the final turn 1.79 seconds ahead.
"It feels good to be in victory lane," Deese said. "I never expected it on my opening day, but I'll enjoy this all the way home."
Yoder and Plessinger remained in the next spots as Alan Sagi was the fifth place finisher. Jim Bernheisel, Jamie Lathroum, D. J. Myers from 12th, J. T. Spence, from 15th and Jim Yoder completed the top ten. Sagi, Dan Stone, who blew an engine on the final lap and Deese were heat winners while Andy Anderson was the consolation winner.
There is no racing this Saturday the 21st, but the speedway will be open to all classes of race cars for a test and tune session which will start at 1:00 p.m..
Check the speedway website for any changes in the weather at: www.hagerstownspeedway.com or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.
Hagerstown Speedway Results
Late Models, 30 laps , 27 Entries, (Lap Leaders - Dylan Yoder 1-2, Jared Miley 3-19, Roy Deese Jr. 20-30) 1.Roy Deese Jr.; 2.Jared Miley; 3.Dylan Yoder; 4.Frankie Plessinger; 5.Alan Sagi; 6.Jim Bernheisel; 7.Jamie Lathroum; 8.D.J. Myers; 9.J. T. Spence; 10.Jim Yoder; 11.Gary Stuhler; 12.Andy Anderson; 13.Scott Haus; 14.Mike Lupfer; 15.Matt Parks; 16.Matt Lux; 17.Pete Weaver; 18.Tim Fetter; 19.Scott LeBarron; 20.Denton Boyer; 21.Roland Mann; 22.Kirk Ryan; 23.Lindsay Barton; 24.Paul Crowl ; DNS - Dan Stone; DNQ - Mike Walls, DNS - Mike Hardy
Small Block Modifieds, 30 laps - 30 Entries (Lap Leaders - Brett Hearn 1, Matt Sheppard 2-30) 1.Matt Sheppard; 2.Shawn Merkel; 3.Jimmy Horton; 4.Doug Manmiller; 5.Ray Swinehart; 6.Doug Hoffman; 7.Darwin Greene; 8.Rusty Smith; 9.Jordan Umbenhauer; 10.Craig VonDorhen; 11.Bobby Drayton; 12.Rick Scagliotta; 13.Mark Frankhouser; 14.Kevin Hirthler; 15.Dave Dubois; 16.Dan Vauter; 17.Jared Umbenhauer; 18.Tom Miller; 19.Ron Cartwright; 20.Troy Wing; 21.John Stangle; 22.Brian Godown; 23.Richie Pratt Jr.; 24.Brett Hearn; DNQ - Bryan Brown, Tom Solderzch, Jason Rivers, DNS - Tony Steiner, Shawn Fitzpatrick; Billy Pauch Jr.
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