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Mike Swanger
MILLERSBURG, Ohio (June 12) - All six class' went for the Mid-Season awards Saturday night on Kid's Night at Hilltop Speedway on a great racing surface that saw three wide racing on night long. Mansfield's Dave Hornikel had the stars lined-up in his favor for the Super Late Model action as he started the night off by setting fast time then began the dash in sixth place and used the high groove to charge into the lead on the second lap of the dash to win. The Imperial Truck Refinishing, Deschner's Pizza & Drive Thru, Fultz Fabrication #71 of Hornikel started on the pole of the feature and withstood charges from points leader Charlie Duncan after three caution flag restarts as Duncan tried using the low groove to get past the leader but Hornikel would pull away on the ensuing laps to claim his first win of the year and become the eighth different winner in eight weeks of racing for the Super Late Models. Keith Tish ran a strong third with last year's track champ, George Lee taking fourth in his first race with his new car as Larry Holbrook held off heat winner Ty Myers for fifth.
Gary Clark would be the quick timer for the Snyder Brothers Tri-State Modifieds but halfway through the dash, Kevin Morehouse would power past Robin Duston for the lead and win of the dash to place him on the pole of the feature. The Morehouse Logging, Rice Excavating & Sam's Used Cars #28 would have Duston and Clark in tow as George Lee was getting the high groove to his liking and moved past Clark on lap eight and take second from Duston on the next circuit and close in on Morehouse. On lap 12, Lee went low in turn one and did a slide job on Morehouse to grab the lead for an instant as Morehouse dropped to the inside of Lee to reclaim the point going down the backstretch. Two laps later, the caution flag flew for David Pryor's car and Lee went to the pits with a mechanical problem. Hanover's Morehouse then cruised to his sixth win of the season and his 20th all time win at Hilltop Speedway. Duston and Clark would finish second and third with heat winner Josh Morrow grabbing fourth and Rick Mardis getting his first top five of the year. Jimmy Smith collected a heat win as Beau Bradley outdueled Ryan West for the last chance win.
Making only his second appearance of the year at Hilltop, Brandon Gardner was in Mid-Season form as last years track champ went flag to flag for his first win in the Street Stock main and collect his 24th all time win on the 'Hill. Although the Maibach Ford, Perrysville based #27g of Gardner led all the way in the non stop feature, tight racing was going on for top five action as Donna Canode and John Wilson dueled for second as points leader Todd Swim was in the mix of the things also as he slipped past Canode with two to go to take second as she held off Wilson for third at the checkered flag. Darrell Mayer filled out the top five. Gardner and Canode topped the heat races.
Another feature that was caution free was the Holmes Tire Mini Stocks as Mansfield's Bobby Stamper led all the way, for his first win, with points leader Jordan James literally on the rear bumper of the Wright Choice Auto Sales #1 the last ten laps of the race, which is how they ran their heat race. Heat winner Brett Adkins held off a late race charge by Chris Priebe to capture third as Brad Hensel rounded out the top five. Jerry Adkins was also a heat winner.
The Circle Track Mini Truck feature started with a mishap going into turn one that knocked co-points leader Jerry Gardner out of action for the night and on the ensuing restart, Jack Large would set the pace for the first four laps before Ashland's Kyle Cline would take over the lead. The Hilltop Taxidermy, D & D Archery, and B & B Salvage #33 would increase his lead every lap for his first win. Jack Large kept the other co-points leader, Rolly Heyder at bay for second as Kevin Potts moved past Tom Garlick with three laps to go for fourth. Jack and John Large both picked off heat wins as did Potts.
Levi Bowen led the first two laps of the Mini Wedge feature and then made a last lap run at Dakota Wyer but came up short as Wyer won for the first time. Tanner Johnson was third as Triston Lillibridge and Lane Bryan followed.
A BIG THANKS goes out to all that donated prizes for Kid's night as every youngster got a gift and also thanks to JR Dowling for bringing in 'CRUSHER', the Oakland Raiders mascot who will be going into the NFL Hall of Fame this August as a Mascot. He signed autographs and took pictures with the kids and adults and even flagged a race.
A busy week of racing coming up this week for Hilltop Speedway as regular action minus the Circle Track Trucks is set for Saturday, June 19th and then Tuesday, June 22nd will be the Ohio Sprint Speedweek show with the O'Reilly All Star Sprints with $5,000 to the winner along with the Snyder Brothers Tri-State Modifieds on the racing card.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Saturday, June 12, 2010
SUPER LATE MODELS (14)
Fast Qualifier Dave Hornikel 14.815
Dash Hornikel, Larry Holbrook, Keith Tish, Charlie Duncan, George Lee, Bryan Casey
Heat 1 Ty Myers, Travis Mensching, Hiriam Bachmann, Travis Leyda, Mike Worthy, Mike Burford
Feature: Hornikel, Duncan, Tish, Lee, Holbrook, Myers, Casey, Mensching, Doug Smith, Bachmann, Burford, Worthy, Leyda, Shane Campbell (dns)
SNYDER BROTHERS TRI-STATE MODIFIEDS (23)
Fast Qualifier Gary Clark 15.697
Dash Kevin Morehouse, Robin Duston, George Lee, Clark, Rick Mardis, Bruce Miller
Heat 1 Josh Morrow, Hilton Eppley, Matt Samples, Todd McElwain, David Pryor, Ty Samples
Heat 2 Jimmy Smith, Tim Opliger, Aaron Phillis, Josh Pyers, Beau Bradley, Ryan West
L.C. #1 Bradley, West, T. Samples, Jeff Dovenbarger, Luke Fairburn, Kevin Davis
Feature: Morehouse, Duston, Clark, Morrow, Mardis, Smith, West, Phillis, Eppley, McElwain, Pyers, T. Samples, Opliger, M. Samples, Pryor, Lee, Dovenbarger, Bradley
STREET STOCKS (15)
Heat 1 Brandon Gardner, John Wilson, Joe Spearman, Kenny Daughriety Sr., Bob Chilcote, Brian Giaugue
Heat 2 Donna Canode, Todd Swim, Kevin Sharier, Darrell Mayer, Denny Shear, Kenny Daughriety Jr.
Feature Gardner, Swim, Canode, Wilson, Mayer, Sharier, Spearman, Shear, Daughriety Sr., Aaron Harris, Chilcote, B. Giaugue, Raymond Hixon, Daughriety Jr., Dave Giaugue
HOLMES TIRE MINI STOCKS (18)
Heat 1 Bobby Stamper, Jordan James, Ernest Fortune, Kevin Markey, Kevin Stamper, Chris Inscore
Heat 2 Brett Adkins, Chris Priebe, Dale Beckett, Mike Rose, Tim Justice, Desi McHenry
Heat 3 Jerry Adkins, Brad Hensel, Josh Gentry, Blain Markey, Ted Archer, Joe Elerick
Feature B. Stamper, James, B. Adkins, Priebe, Hensel, B. Markey, Beckett, K. Markey, Rose, Gentry, Archer, Inscore, Justice, Elerick, K. Stamper, J. Adkins, Fortune, McHenry (dns)
CIRCLE TRACK TRUCKS (17)
Heat 1 Jack Large, Rolly Heyder, Tom Garlick, Dustin Miller, Logan Brannon, Jerry Gardner
Heat 2 John Large, Kenny Duncan, Scott Gray, Bill Kutz, Bob McConnell, Heidi Miller
Heat 3 Kevin Potts, Kyle Cline, Wally Wallace, Keith Pavlich, Mitch Caskey
Feature Cline, Ja. Large, Heyder, Potts, Garlick, D. Miller, Gray, Duncan, Wallace, Pavlich, H. Miller, Brannon, Kutz, Jo. Large, Caskey, McConnell, Gardner
MINI WEDGES (9)
Heat 1 Levi Bowen, Cole Lillibridge, Tanner Johnson, Melanie Bryan, Triston Lillibridge
Heat 2 Dakota Wyer, Blake Morris, Josey Lillibridge, Lane Bryan
Feature Wyer, Bowen, Johnson, T. Lillibridge, L. Bryan, C. Lillibridge, J. Lillibridge, Morris, M. Bryan
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