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Hagerstown Speedway
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (April 18) - With a second, third and fourth in the first four races at Hagerstown Speedway, Frankie Plessinger, Big Cove Tannery, Pa, needed a first. That came Saturday night on Duron Paint night as he captured the late model triumph after getting the lead on lap ten and winning over defending champion, Roy Deese Jr. by 1.53 seconds.
"This is for a special fan up there that really wanted to come to the races, this is for him," Plessinger said.
Plessinger brightened the evening for Thaddeous, a terminally ill youngster who had some of his last wishes fulfilled as he wanted so much to attend the races. Before the program began, Plessinger gave him an autographed T-shirt and as Thaddeous watched all evening with the shirt on, Plessinger was able to further reward him by posting the victory.
Kyle Lear, Severn, Md. seized the lead of the Hoosier Tire -Mid Atlantic late model sportsman event off the final turn when his brother Cody, drifted high while Hans Stamberg of Hedgesville, WV scored his second of three Ernie's Auto Enterprises pure stock features by leading the final six circuits and edging Mike Warrenfeltz by a length. Winning the Enduro Dash just two weeks ago, Krazy Kenny Thomas of Keedyville, Md. was two seconds back but declared the winner of the second Dash event when Derek Riley's engine failed post race inspection.
With a six car invert, Marvin Winters took the late model lead as third starting Plessinger quickly grabbed second while Deese, from fifth, took third from Jimmy Spence on the fourth circuit. Plessinger was neck and neck with Winters when the caution was displayed on lap seven.
Following the restart, he rekindled his challenge and came away with the lead on lap nine and started edging away while Deese began working on Winters before taking the runner up spot on lap 13. Gary Stuhler then got past Winters a lap later just before the second yellow.
While Plessinger was bottom feeding, Stuhler began working on Deese and got by on lap 20 but Deese powered from the fourth turn and contact was made sending Stuhler around on the front stretch.
Plessinger continued to gain track space with each of the final circuits until taking the checkered 1.53 seconds ahead of Deese.
"Once I got a rhythm going, I felt really good, "Plessinger said. "The car was really awesome. A couple weeks ago, it was really good on the bottom and caution came at the end. I was afraid when those cautions kept coming, I thought 'Oh, no, not again.'"
Ninth starter, Jim Yoder ended third ahead of Andy Anderson and Winters. Spence was sixth over Mike Lupfer, Tyler Armstrong, Stuhler and Doug Stine. Armstrong, Deese and Spence won the heats.
Hagerstown Speedway Results
Late Models, 25 laps, 19 entries, (Lap Leaders - Marvin Winters 1-9, Frankie Plessinger 10-25) 1.Frankie Plessinger; 2.Roy Deese Jr.; 3.Jim Yoder; 4.Andy Anderson; 5.Marvin Winters; 6.J.T. Spence; 7.Mike Lupfer; 8.Tyler Armstrong; 9.Gary Stuhler; 10.Doug Stine; 11.Lindsay Barton; 12.Jim Stine; 13.Steve Gibney; 14.Steve Axtell; 15.Nathan Durboraw; 16.Kirk Ryan; 17.Rusty Sites; 18.Rick Hulson; DNS - Larry Baker III
Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 33 entries (Lap Leaders - Ashley Barrett 1, Cody Lear 2-10, Kyle Lear 11-14, 20, C.Lear 15-19) 1.Kyle Lear; 2.Wayne Walls Jr.; 3.Cody Lear; 4.Bruce Kane; 5.Jerry Bard.; 6.James Myers; 7.Andy Fries; 8.Ashley Barrett; 9.Cory Houck; 10.Richard Walls; 11.Brian Lessley; 12.Scott Palmer; 13.Derek Byler (Checkered Flag Lube Center Hard Charger); 14.Matt Howsare; 15.Steve Kent; 16.Mike Walls; 17.Robert "Pete" Weaver; 18.Nick Pappas; 19.Terry Flaherty; 20.Ryan Walls; 21.Dylan Yoder; 22.Glenn Elliott; 23.Michael Collins; 24.Randy Schaeffer; DNS - Robby Beall, DNQ - Justin Hart, Courtney Shreiner, Chuck Cox, Gary Hendershot, Roy Hawbaker, Matt Casner, Randy Wible, DNS - Rick Stouffer
Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 15 laps, 23 entries (Lap Leaders - Wayne Hawbaker 1-8, Hans Stamberg 9-15) 1.Hans Stamberg; 2.Mike Warrenfeltz; 3.Wayne Hawbaker; 4.Steve Lowery; 5.Darrin Younker; 6.Dustin Proctor; 7.Justin Snoderly; 8.Zack Reid; 9.Kevin Keefer; 10.Danny Beavers; 11.Bobby Franklin; 12.Randy Kline; 13.Charlie Pensinger; 14.Dave Mikolajsk;15.Dave Stouffer Jr; 16.Kevin Koontz; 17.Kevin Dayhoff; 18.Billy Ecton Jr.; 19.Bobby Taylor; 20.Frank Dibella; 21.Kenny Dillon; 22.Dean Holmes; DNS - Jim Snyder
Enduro Dash, 30 Laps, (Lap Leaders - Chris Ebersole- 1-6, Derek Riley, 7-30) 1.Krazy Kenny Thomas; 2.Kenny Thomas; 3.Chris Ebersole; 4.William Crook; 5.Mark Vegh; 6.Gary Cekovich; 7.Jim Speelman; 8.Joe Rogers; 9.J.C. Butts; 10.Dave Shatto; 11.Rob Keller; 12.Nathaniel Younker; 13.Jason Harper; 14.Jamie Mills; 15.Gary Proctor; 16.Randy Miner; 17.Bryan Green; 18.Matt Smith; 19.John Poole; 20..John Conrad; 21.Gary Breeden; 22.Larry McBowan; 23.James Clark; 24.Robin Koogler; 25.Brandon Churchey; DSQ - Derek Riley, Larry Hurley Jr.
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