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Mike Swanger
MILLERSBURG, Ohio (April 17) - It was a chilly night for racing but another great crowd saw 100 racers put on the closest racing of the season at Hilltop Speedway. The Sprints made their first visit of the season with heat winners Danny Mumaw of Wooster on the pole with Shawn Valenti alongside. Valenti would spin on the second lap to go to the tail and put Jason Dolick into second. Mumaw would build a lead until a caution for Brent Coffman on lap nine. On this restart, Mumaw would set a slow pace and when the green flew, Dolick was on the gas and the two leaders bumped but held on to their positions with Aaron Middaugh and Mitch Harble right behind. The final caution of the race came three laps later for Coffman again and on this restart, Dolick powered past Mumaw for the lead. With five laps to go, Mumaw put a slide job on Dolick going into turn one but Dolick returned the favor in turn two but on the next lap in turn one, the Hitchcock Excavating, Mumaw Tree & Stump Service, and DJ's Directional Services #16 slid up in front of Dolick in turn one and made it stick to grab the checkered flag. Harble finished third with Middaugh fourth and Valenti coming back to take fifth.
The Super Late Model feature warmed things up early as Lance Elson, dash winner Shane McLoughlin and Charlie Duncan were three wide at times for the top spot. Elson and Zanesville's McLoughlin would continue with side by side action as Duncan settled into third but with Dave Hornikel putting the pressure on him for third. With ten circuits to go, the Lias Tire, Riesbeck's Food Market, Tye Twarog Racing #9 of McLoughlin pulled into the lead and collect his first win of the season. Elson and Duncan held on to second and third with Cody Parker coming from his ninth starting place to beat out Hornikel for fourth. Wayne Maffett Jr. and Mike Bores topped the heats with Justin Chance setting fast time.
Dash winner Jesse Wisecarver led the opening lap of the Snyder Brothers Tri-State Modified main as Larry Kugel took the lead for the next two laps but after that it was quick timer Kevin Morehouse of Hanover taking over and putting the Morehouse Logging, Sam's Used Cars, and Steve Roberts Excavating #28 into victory lane for the fourth time this season. The race for second was wild as George Lee used the extreme high side to pressure Kugel for second as those two would go back and forth until lap 15 when Lee got a little out of shape that allowed Jess Hartman by for third but with two to go, Lee slipped back past Hartman for third. Hilton Eppley ran race long in fifth. Norm Aronhalt and Matt Samples posted the heat wins.
The Street Stock feature was a hotly contested race with Galion's Todd Swim being hounded by Donna Canode for the first few circuits as John Wilson would join in. As Canode and Wilson wheeled and dealed for second, Swim and his Mr. Trailer Sales, Fultz Fabrication, and White Racing Engines #44 pulled out to a 12 car length lead. All this time, two time winner Justin Patterson and last years track champ, Brandon Gardner were working their way through the field. With two laps to go Patterson caught Swim and when they hit in turn one on the white flag lap, Swim spun and Patterson was charged with the caution, giving Swim the lead back. On the last lap dash to the checker flag, Swim held of Gardner for his first win as Canode won the race for third over Wilson with Denny Shear filling out the top five.
Wooster's Brad Hensel went flag to flag for his first win of the year in the Holmes Tire Mini Stock main. It was back and forth action for the next three positions though and when the dust settled, Jordan James had second with Ernest Fortune third and Jeremy Lucas fourth. Rounding out the to five was Kevin Stamper. Hensel, Lucas and Blain Markey collected the heat wins with Jeremy Hudson grabbing the last chance victory.
Dillyn Wyer and Levi Bowen won the heat races of the Mini Wedges but it was Shelby Watson taking the feature for the second week in a row. Bowen and Wyer finished second and third with Chase Frohnodel and Tanner Johnson rounding out the top five.
Hilltop Speedway will close out the month of April on the 24th with the Super Late Models, Modifieds, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Trucks, and Mini Wedges and then get ready for a busy month of May. Gates open at 4 pm and racing starts at 7:30 pm every Saturday night.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, April 17, 2010
SUPER LATE MODELS (21)
Fast Qualifier Justin Chance 14.725
Dash Shane McLoughlin, Lance Elson, Charlie Duncan, Dave Hornikel, Bryan Casey, Chance
Heat 1 Wayne Maffett Jr., Cody Parker, Doug Smith, Chester Elliott, Brandon Perkins, Cody Smith
Heat 2 Mike Bores, Matt Irey, Anthony Kincaid, Hiriam Bachmann, Bobby Michaels, Michael Stiltner
Feature McLoughlin, Elson, Duncan, Parker, Hornikel, Bores, Kincaid, Maffett Jr., Chance, Elliott, Irey, Stiltner, D. Smith, Perkins, Bachmann, Casey, Michaels, C. Smith, Brian Lillibridge (dns), Tony Paynter (dns), Kevin Lentz (dns)
SPRINTS (10)
Heat 1 Danny Mumaw, Mitch Harble, Nick Patterson, Jeremy Aumend, Chris Pifher
Heat 2 Shawn Valenti, Jason Dolick, Shawn Hubler, Brent Coffman, Aaron Middaugh
Feature Mumaw, Dolick, Harble, Middaugh, Valenti, Hubler, Aumend, Patterson, Pifher, Coffman
SNYDER BROTHERS TRI-STATE MODIFIEDS (19)
Fast Qualifier Kevin Morehouse 15.739
Dash Jesse Wisecarver, Larry Kugel, Jess Hartman, Morehouse, Hilton Eppley, George Lee
Heat 1 Norm Aronhalt, Larry Holbrook, John Sluka, Gary Clark, Brian Hawkins, Korey Kimble
Heat 2 Matt Samples, KC Campbell, Aaron Phillis, Tyrell Samples, David Pryor, Nathan Loney
Feature Morehouse, Kugel, Lee, Hartman, Eppley, Holbrook, M. Samples, Phillis, Clark, Sluka, T. Samples, Hawkins, Campbell, Pryor, Aronhalt, Wisecarver, Kimble, Loney (dns), Brandon Russell (dns)
STREET STOCKS (14)
Heat 1 Todd Swim, Donna Canode, John Wilson, Jimmy Smith, Joe Spearman, Denny Shear
Heat 2 Kenny Daugherty Jr., Aaron Harris, Brian Giaugue, Danny Gotschall, John Stream, Justin Patterson
Feature Swim, Brandon Gardner, Canode, Wilson, Shear, Smith, Spearman, Stream, B. Giaugue, David Giaugue, Gotschall, Patterson, Daugherty Jr., Harris
HOLMES TIRE MINI STOCKS (24)
Heat 1 Brad Hensel, Brad Lawhorn, Kevin Stamper, Chris Priebe, Kevin Markey
Heat 2 Jeremy Lucas, Ernest Fortune, Kevin Wright, Dustin Cyrus, Casey Butler
Heat 3 Blain Markey, Jordan James, Zero Walter, Josh Gentry, Mitchell Lang
'B' Main Jeremy Hudson, Gary Hensel Jr., Michael Rose, Randy Lee, Bobby Stamper, CJ Crossan, Chris Incore, Robert Smith (dns), Dale Beckett (dns)
MINI WEDGES (12)
Heat 1 Dillyn Wyer, Jesse Johnson, Tanner Johnson, Marcus Aronhalt, Melanie Bryan, Shelby Watson
Heat 2 Levi Bowen, Chase Frohnodel, Blake Morris, Cole Lillibridge, Lane Bryan, Lane Johnson
Feature Watson, Bowen, Wyer, Frohnodel, T. Johnson, C. Lillibridge, M. Bryan, Aronhalt, L. Bryan, Morris, J. Johnson, L. Johnson
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