FASTRAK NE LM Tour McKean County 9/23/12 story & results

MAX BLAIR COMES OUT ON TOP OF A STELLAR 49-CAR FIELD FOR HIS RECORD 10TH WIN DURING A WET 3-DAY “FALL CLASSIC” By Mike Leone September 23, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (East Smethport, PA)…The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC Pace Performance FASTRAK Northeast Late Model Touring Series headed to McKean County Raceway for the annual “Fall Classic” Weekend. Unfortunately Mother Nature spun up showers and thunderstorms all weekend long. Instead of two complete events on Friday and Saturday, it took three days to get in Friday’s race #21 that brought out 49 competitors from all over Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, West Virginia, and Ontario, Canada. Rain showers hit following the completion of heat races on Friday. After waiting over an hour, and with rain continuing to fall and due to the lateness of the hour, the decision was made to complete the show on Sunday at 2 p.m. Saturday saw rain fall during the morning hours and with wet weather expected during the evening the decision was made to cancel the racing action. No date has been an announced for a possible make-up. Sunday’s weather was more October-like with lake effect showers and windy conditions, but through it all Friday’s program was able to be salvaged. Max Blair drew the pole position and kept his car planted on the bottom as he was never challenged leading all 25 laps of the feature for his record-setting 10th win of the season. Blair survived four restarts and the typical daytime track conditions for the $1,200 victory and also received the $100 Genesis “Top Dog of the Night” certificate. Blair took off when the green flag waved on the fourth Tour event of the season at McKean. Brad Kling dropped in behind Blair in second, while Matt Latta got a great start passing both Mike Pegher, Jr. and John Over for the third spot on the opening lap. Pegher would regain fourth on lap two from Over. Blair quickly pulled away, while the battle was on for second. Seventh starting Chad Ruhlman moved into the top five with a pass of Over on lap four. It was now a four-car race for second with Kling trying to fend off Latta, Pegher, and Ruhlman. Brad Mesler spun and brought out the first caution with eight laps recorded. When racing resumed, it was three-wide for second as Kling somehow was able to hold on to the spot. Ruhlman passed Pegher for fourth on lap 10, but Pegher took back the spot one lap later. Latta began to challenge Kling as he pulled alongside on lap 12 only to see the caution fly for Over with 12 laps scored. The caution was a huge break for Pegher as when racing got back underway, Latta came up lame with a flat tire as Pegher was also able to pass Kling to overtake second. Ruhlman charged by Kling and Latta as he assumed third. A four-car accident took place involving Justin Smith, Shane Weaver, Mesler, and Over with 13 laps in the books. Dennis Lunger, Jr. had raced from 10th into fifth and when green replaced yellow, passed both Kling and Ruhlman for third before Garrett Mott slowed action bringing out the fourth and final caution with 14 laps recorded. The last 11 laps would go caution-free and pretty uneventful. Pegher closed in on Blair in the final laps, but wouldn’t get close enough to apply and pressure. Thankfully for Blair he didn’t have to deal with any lapped traffic over the course of the event. The victory was the 22-year-old Centerville, Pa. driver’s all-time leading 22nd of his career in Northeast Touring Series competition in his Specialty Products/Rohrer Trucking/Moody & Son Welding/Genesis Shocks-sponsored #111 as he closes in on his fourth Tour title in five years. Pegher’s second place finish was his fifth runner-up and 12th top five of the season. Lunger’s third place effort was his second top five in just five starts this year, but best finish since his only career win on July 3, 2009 at Raceway 7. Ruhlman’s fourth place was his eighth top five of the season as he was able to keep pace with Pegher in the battle for runner-up in the standings. After running just two of the first 16 races, Bryce Davis has joined the Tour for four of the last five races and has been impressive. It started with a career best runner-up at Black Rock on August 11, a third at McKean on August 16, a fourth at Sharon on September 15, and now a fifth on Sunday for his fourth straight top five! Davis and sixth finishing Ryan Montgomery were both able to pass Kling in the closing laps. Kling dropped to seventh, but was easily his best finish after posting three prior 13th place finishes during his first year on the Tour. Paul Grigsby is another racer that has joined the Tour for four of the last five events and netted his best finish in eighth. Butch Lambert was ninth for his ninth top 10 finish of the season and moved him up to seventh in the standings. Jason Genco completed the top 10 and earned the $100 Precise Racing Products “Pedal Down” Hard Charger for advancing the most positions at 11. Amazingly 21 cars finished on the lead lap as Garrett Mott was the final one, and received the Utsinger’s Towing free Hoosier Tire. Canadian Luke Carleton made his first Tour start of the season and a flat tire early on netted him The Brake Man’s “Tough Brake of the Night”. Justin Tatlow ended the event picking up his second career non-qualifier victory. The 10-lap win was worth $125 for the Franklinville, New York racer. Tatlow moved into second past Justin Kreider on the opening lap as Bruno Mowery took the early advantage. Jamie Brown started in fifth and worked his way to third on lap two past Kreider. Brown then overtook Tatlow on a lap three restart following a spin by Kreider, but Tatlow regained second the following lap. Tatlow would make the winning move on lap six following a restart as he used the outside to pass Mowery. Tatlow led the final five laps in the Lewy Kratts-owned, Ungermann Excavating/Mapes Sand & Gravel/Pioneer Propane/Lewy’s Tire/DJ Buttsy/P56 Wraps-sponsored #81. Mowery was second in his first ever Tour second. Brown was third for his fifth top five in non-qualifier events as he continues to be second in the “Wheelman” Bonus Event Challenge Series points behind W.L. Stile. Dave Norton, Jr. came from ninth to finish fourth over Zack Carley. Heat winners back on Friday were Davis, Over, Chad Wright, Pegher, and Blair. On Sunday, Grigsby won his first K&N “Cold Air Induction” Dash and earned the $100 certificate and 11th place starting spot. Montgomery picked up the $50 K&N certificate for second. Ed Carley, Weaver, and Ward Schell received $25 cash for finishing third through fifth. Brad Mesler and Genco won Sunday’s B mains. The 49 cars matched the McKean record back on July 6 for the Original Pizza Logs Speedweek event. Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC Pace Performance FASTRAK Northeast Late Model Touring Series Race #21 (25 laps, $1,200 to-win): 1. MAX BLAIR (111) 2. Mike Pegher, Jr. (Geisler 1c) 3. Dennis Lunger, Jr. (Schwartz 71L) 4. Chad Ruhlman (Suppa 4s) 5. Bryce Davis (94) 6. Ryan Montgomery (12) 7. Brad Kling (Powell 100) 8. Paul Grigsby (24) 9. Butch Lambert (27) 10. Jason Genco (29J) 11. Kyle Zimmerman (z17) 12. Ward Schell (Baker 74) 13. Matt Cobb (75) 14. Brad Mesler (24B) 15. John Over (K2) 16. Cody Mason (MR1) 17. Marshall Shunk (Dean 21) 18. Shane Weaver (Ruffner 325x) 19. Matt Latta (Bidwell B1D) 20. Justin Smith (22) 21. Garrett Mott (43x) 22. Chad Wright (6) 23. Ed Carley (28) 24. Luke Carleton (97c) 25. Josh Holtgraver (00)-DNS. Non-Qualifier (10 laps, $125 to-win): 1. Justin Tatlow (Kratts 81) 2. Bruno Mowery (48) 3. Jamie Brown (135) 4. Dave Norton, Jr. (24x) 5. Zack Carley (8) 6. Garret Stephen (79) 7. Eric Andrus (Craig 62) 8. John Haggerty (49) 9. Scott Fitch (28F) 10. Justin Kreider (11) 11. Damian Bidwell (17)-DNS 12. Joe Moyer (LeComte 32)-DNS 13. Joe Martin (55)-DNS 14. Andrew Wylie (84)-DNS 15. Bobby Rohrer (11)-DNS 16. Matt Harvey (4)-DNS 17. Chris Peterson (25)-DNS 18. Steve Dixon (50)-DNS 19. Jason Stetson (69s)-DNS 20. Jon Lichy (35)-DNS 21. Junior Peters (00)-DNS 22. Dereck Frank (16)-DNS 23. Lou Jacoby, Jr. (88J)-DNS 24. Ed Coast (43)-DNS. Heat Winners: Davis, Over, Wright, Pegher & Blair B Main Winners: Mesler & Genco K&N Cold Air Induction Dash: 1. Paul Grigsby 2. Ryan Montgomery 3. Ed Carley 4. Shane Weaver 5. Ward Schell. Feature Lap Leaders: Blair (1-25) Car Count: 49 Genesis Shocks “Top Dog of the Night”: Max Blair Precise Racing Products “Pedal Down” Hard Charger: Jason Genco Utsinger’s Towing Hoosier Tire Giveaway: Garrett Mott Brake Man “Tough Brake of the Night”: Luke Carleton 2012 Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC FASTRAK Northeast Late Model Touring Series Results Date/Track/State/Winner/# of Wins/To-Win Amount/Car Count April 1 Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex (PA)/Max Blair (1)/$3,000/47 April 20 Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex (PA)/Mike Pegher, Jr. (1)/$1,200/42 May 13 Eriez Speedway (PA)/Max Blair (2)/$1,200/32 May 20 Humberstone Speedway (ON)/Max Blair (3)/$2,000/26 May 26 Sharon Speedway (OH)/Max Blair (4)/$1,500/34 June 8 Dog Hollow Speedway (PA) /Max Blair (5)/$1,200/32 (41 between the 2 nights) June 16 McKean County Raceway (PA)/Ryan Montgomery (1)/$1,200/24 June 23 Sharon Speedway (OH)/Joe Martin (1)/$2,000/35 July 4 Expo Speedway (OH)/Will Thomas III (1)/$2,000/30 July 5 McKean County Raceway (PA)/Max Blair (6)/$1,200/49 July 6 Raceway 7 (OH)/Max Blair (7)/$1,200/33 July 7 Pittsburgh’s PA Motor Speedway (PA)/Chad Ruhlman (1)/41 July 8 Eriez Speedway (PA)/Matt Latta (1)/22 July 14 Mercer Raceway Park (PA)/Will Thomas III (2)/24 July 21 Sharon Speedway (OH)/Sammy Stile (1)/42 Aug 11 Black Rock Speedway (NY)/Wayne Robertson (1)/32 Aug 16 McKean County Raceway (PA)/Max Blair (8)/39 Aug 18 Sharon Speedway (OH)/Max Blair (9)/31 (5/27/12 make-up) Aug 18 Sharon Speedway (OH)/Mike Pegher, Jr. (2)/47 Sept 15 Sharon Speedway (OH)/Chad Wright (1)/24 Sept 23 McKean County Raceway (PA)/Max Blair (10)/49 The next event for the Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC FASTRAK Northeast Touring Series will be this Friday and at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex as part of the “Big Kahuna”. Saturday’s 30-lap feature will pay $2,000 to-win. 2012 FASTRAK Northeast marketing partners include Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC, Pace Performance, Hoosier Tires, Original Pizza Logs, K&N Filters, The Brake Man, Utsinger’s Towing, Precise Racing Products, Genesis Shocks, VP Fuels, Beyea Custom Headers, H&H Racing Equipment, High Gear Speed Shop, Hyperco, Jake’s Golf Carts, Lincoln Electric, Wrisco Aluminum, and Wylie Race Cars. You can reach co-directors Vicki Emig and Mike Leone at the FASTRAK Northeast office at 724-964-9300. E-mail to info@fastraknortheast.com and snail mail to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. The office is open daily late mornings and after 1:30 p.m. For more information, check out the FASTRAK Northeast website at www.fastraknortheast.com. Become our fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fastraknortheast. ###

We made it clear we will race you the way you race us! We have raced side by side with Matt many times this year only to pass him clean then get wrecked. Still have not touched Matt one time, As for others same deal if you dont want roughed up dont rough up our stuff Real easy. Scott we have no problem with you and up untill Matt sent his mom and Dad to our pit and start shit with us Most of us had no real problem with him. Then telling flat out Lies to fastrak about our owner going to his pit only made things worse, that was a flat out Lie Our car owner never went to your pit, Matt came to our pit.

now I no exactly who you are, me and my dad are bleacher creatures now and love to watch you drive cause you hit everything on the track, not sure how you define roughing up but if you cant pass a car that must be roughing, if we were racing we would hate you cause your the dirtiest driver out there but as a fan sure is fun to watch

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