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Glenn Slocum
BUSTI, N.Y. (September 11) - Mike Knight led from the green to win the Saturday Edition of the Roberts Trucking ULMS Super Late Model 40 lap race. It was Knight's backup car that won on Friday night with Robbie Blair at the wheel. Blair finished in third with Dave Hess Jr. the runner-up.
Threatening rain forced management to bring the Super Late Models onto to the speedway for their main event even before all of the other classes had finished qualifying. Thirty-one Super Lates were lead on to the speedway by Mike Knight and Dave Hess Jr.. Chad Ruhlman and Doug Eck were in row two with Dick Barton and Bump Hedman in row three. Knight was the first by the starter to lead lap one with Hess trailing by five car lengths. Ruhlman was third then Barton and Eck and John Lobb were side by side for fifth. Eck slowed with five laps complete causing the first yellow and sending Eck to the pits. Knight and Hess remained the front two after the restart and Barton took third away from Ruhlman. Chad Valone moved into the top five passing Lobb for fifth just before the yellow flew for Ward Schell spun in turn two. Valone bested Barton on the restart for the fourth spot, Ruhlman was third and Knight continued to lead followed by Hess. Last nights winner Robbie Blair was the next mover taking fourth from Valone just before the half way mark. The leaders were in heavy lap traffic as Ruhlman fell to Blair. With ten laps remaining Knight led Hess by ten car lengths and Blair was a distant third, Ruhlman fourth and Barton fifth. Hess closed with Knight and looked faster with eight laps remaining. Debris on the front stretch caused caution three with just four laps remaining changed the makeup of the race for Knight, both Hess and Blair could close and heavy lap traffic would not be a factor for the final laps. Knight was able to get a four car length lead on the restart and still maintained it with two to go. Knight held on as Hess finished with a smoking race car just a car length ahead of Blair.
Super Late Model
Heat 1: Bump Hedman Sugar Grove PA, Chad Ruhlman, Chad Valone Warren PA, Robbie Blair, Chad Silleman South Dayton NY
Heat 2: John Lobb Frewsburg NY, Dick Barton Ashville NY, David Scott Garland PA, Boom Briggs Bear Lake PA, Pete Alspaugh Russell PA
Heat 3: Dave Hess Jr. Waterford PA, Mike Knight Ripley NY, Chris Hackett Corry PA, Darrell Bossard Centerville PA, Darren Peters Fort Erie ON
Heat 4: Doug Eck Corry PA, Jason Morell North East PA, Andy Kania Waterford PA, Andy Boozel Clymer NY, Greg Oakes Franklinville NY
Feature: Mike Knight Ripley NY, Dave Hess Jr. Waterford PA, Robbie Blair Centerville PA, Dick Barton Ashville NY,, Chad Ruhlman, Bump Hedman Sugar Grove PA, Chris Hackett Corry PA, John Lobb Frewsburg NY, Chad Valone Warren PA, Andy Boozel Clymer NY, Jason Morell North East PA, Andy Kania Waterford PA, Greg Oakes Franklinville NY, Boom Briggs Bear Lake PA, Darrell Bossard Centerville PA, John Volpe Lakewood NY, Pete Alspaugh Russell PA, Scott Gurdak Bear Lake PA, Nathan Short Panama NY, Chad Silleman South Dayton NY, Chad Ramsey, Chuck Parker Sinclairville NY, Darren Peters Fort Erie ON, Bruce Hordusky Erie PA, Denny Fenton Clearfield PA, Ward Schell, Wendell Pinckney Albion PA, Dereck Frank Jamestown NY, Doug Eck Corry PA
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