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[blue by you]

are they racing today.

[Tri-City Raceway Park]

Yes racing is on for today.  Applefest for Pro-Stocks, RUSH Mods., 305 Sprints, ULMS E-Mods, Econo-Mods and Vintage Mods.  gates open at 2:00PM with Racing at 4:00PM 

[Walt Wimer]

Yes, as far as I know.  No word otherwise as of 10:00.  Bright sunshine here in Butler.  Will be heading to the track in a couple of hours.

 

Walt

[blue by you]

wow!! big counts in all the divisons. lots of good racing an what a nice place......good job-city.  

[4FUN]

Does anyone know....

 

Is Tri City going to run weekly next year / what night?

 

Or sticking with a 2 a month / specials format?

[Tyler Beichner]

Does anyone know....

 

Is Tri City going to run weekly next year / what night?

 

Or sticking with a 2 a month / specials format?

As of now, a specials format similar to what you saw this year

[Walt Wimer]

Right now that is the plan!!  And I think it is a good one as way too many weekly tracks are struggling right now for both cars and fans. 

 

Walt

[Racer17L]

This isn't meant to bash and I understand they are going through some growing pains- but:

 

1) Please start on time.  Heats started nearly an hour late.

2) Have more than a flatbed and a regular tow truck at these shows.  The amount of time it took to hook up wrecked cars, especially if more than one car, was ridiculous.

3) More run in vehicles helping the water truck.  After they watered for Pro Stock feature, they didn't get it run in enough and someone hit the water and shot right into the water barrels on the pace lap.  After that, they had the cars run a good 10 laps or so to run it in more.  For a 50 lap race, that seemed like a waste of time and fuel.

4) Talked to a few guys last night who sat in line for 45 minutes once they got to the pits.  More workers or better system to sell wrist bands, I don't know.

5) Maybe less divisions would help.  Enjoyed emods and econo mods, but wouldn't one be enough for a big show?

6) Left after one feature last night at 9:20 PM due to a two hour drive home on a Sunday.  Features wrapped up at midnight I read.  For a show that was supposed to start at 4, that's a late night.

 

Positives:

Good racing once the track widened up some.  Too many cautions early but once cars got strung out it was entertaining.

Announcer was good, cracked me up at some points actually.

Friendly staff, workers and concession stands. Food was good and reasonably priced.

Plenty of parking and only $15 to get in.

Track was slick and took rubber but very little dust, kept working on it all night.

Safety crews were quick to respond and instantly at the two cars that rolled.

 

Overall entertaining night, but could be really nice once the bugs are worked out.

 

Vince Laboon

Edited by Racer17L, 21 September 2015 - 02:10 PM.

[2930]

Vince this track could be the home of the 2017 Laboon race.  What do you think? 

[Racer17L]

Out of respect to the Mileys, local sponsors and what we've all done together since 2012, I don't want to speculate or insinuate I am looking to move the race.  But I was thinking (like I always do) about the format, what 50 laps would do to these cars, what it would be like to have those 37 cars plus another 10-15 from PPMS and some more Penn Ohio guys,  Hopefully that is not a decision I have to make because something happened to PPMS, but the support is definitely there! I enjoyed my time at Tri City.

[Mod Pro]

And finishes from tri city? Anyone?

[old man d]

Vince, i said it before you did a great job. But, the way things are going keep your options open to other tracks. No matter where the race is you will have a lot of support. One of the best races in the area.

[Walt Wimer]

The lady who does the PR for Tri-City fell and was unable to make it to the track yesterday,  therefore delaying the posting of the results.   Here are the winners of the six feature races.

 

APPLEFEST 50 for the STOCK CARS...55  Chris Schneider  ($1,500 to win)

 

UEMS E-MODS.....92  Joel Watson  ($1,000 to win)

 

305 SPRINT CARS.......12  Daren Gallagher  ($1,000 to win)

 

RUSH SPORTSMAN MODIFIED.....6R  Rocky Kugel  ($600 to win)

 

ECONO-MODS.....33  Josh Ferry  ($400 to win)

 

VINTAGE MODIFIEDS....X3  Les Myers

 

GOOD RACING!!!!

 

Walt

[23wellerfan31]

Heres what I had.  All unofficial of course:

 

Stocks: 

Unofficial finish. Chris Schneider leads 48 laps and wins it over Andy Buckley, Brian Rhed, Curtis J. Bish and William Hurrelbrink round out the top 5. Todd Wheldon, Chris Haines, Tim Bish, Mike Miller, Travis Norman(-1 lap). 11th was Leigh Wheeler(-1), 12th to Rod Laskey(-1 lap), 13th Gary Miller Jr(-2), 14 McDonald(-2), 15th Matt Thomas(-2), rest are DNF. Whitling, Humanic, Koteles, Fielding, Wyant, Ferringer, Swartzmiller, McManus, and Clark.

 

UEMS:

Joel Watson wins the UEMS race over Peterson, Kinney, Double, Eucker, Brewer, Shingledecker, Fraley, T. Johnson, Betz, J. Johnson. 12th on back are DNF. Zimmer, Rhebergen, Scott, Crawford, E. Taylor, Carr, J. Taylor, Potosky. Following were DNS W. Taylor, the B6, and Michael Jr.

 

RUSH Sportsman Mod:

Rocky Kugel picks up the win. Jerry Schaffer finishes 2nd followed by Jeff Schaffer, L. Kugel, Martell, Kriegisch, Kristyak, Hilton(lost it going hard into 3 for the win last lap). Rest are DNF. Holden, Weaver, Ritchey, W. Schaffer. DNS are Williams and B. Ritchey.

 

Vintage Mods:

Les Myers wins the vintage mods over Hauft. Flick, Mahoney, Bacchus, Ketch, Kirtwood, George, Hall, Osmer, Rinne. DNF are Cole(can't read the name), Kurpakus, Majacha, and Stivenson. 

 

305's:

Darin Gallagher wins the 305 feature leading from green to checkered. Bova, K. Rossey, Priest, Gamola, Paden, Matus, Hobaugh, Felix, Taylor, Litwiller, Fescemyer and Wright. McMillen, Noland, Dougherty and M. Rossey DNF

 

Econo-Mods:

Josh Ferry wins the Economods A-Main over Jason Longwell, Wright, Reinwald, Miller Jr, Lambert, Ferringer and Henry. Rhoades and Blackshear DNF

 

Vintage Mod vs RUSH Sportman Mod Match Race:

Jerry Schaffer wins the match race over Les Myers, W. Schaffer, Weaver, Bacchus, George and Osmer.

[Won11Virus]

There are videos on my youtube channel.

youtube.com/joels683

Some heats and the stock and emod feature. Will have the other 4 features plus rush vs vintage mod race up later tonight

[Tri-City Raceway Park]

Applefest Results: 9/20/15

 

Pro-Stocks:

1. Chris Schneider ($1,500), 2. Andy Buckley, 3. Brian Rhed, 4. Curtis Bish, 5. William Hurrelbrink, 6. Todd Weldon, 7. Chris Haines, 8. Tim Bish, 9. Mike Miller, 10. Gary Miller Jr., 11. Travis Norman, 12. Leigh Wheeler, 13. Rod Laskey, 14. Brett McDonald, 15. Matt Thomas, 16. Bobby Whitling, 17. Jackson Humanic, 18. Drew Koteles, 19. Randy Wyant, 20. Patrick Fielding, 21. Dave Ferringer, 22. Bob Swartzmiller, 23. Dave McManus, 24. Mike Clark, DNQ Doug Surra, Jesse Brock, Mike Dobrick, Jeff Broniszewski, Josh Seippel, Davy Lee, Mark Hopkins, Wayne Carbo, Garrett Calvert.

                               

Heat Winners: Buckley, Wyant, Laskey, Miller

B Main: Ferringer

UEMS E Mods

1. Joel Watson($1,000), 2.  Tim Peterson, 3. Mike Kinney, 4. Jeremy Double, 5. Jacob Eucker, 6. Al Brewer, 7. Shawn Shingledecker, 8. Howard Fraley, 9. Troy Johnson, 10. Joe Betz, 11. Jeff Johnson, 12. Ken Zimmer, 13. Brent Rhebergen, 14. Dave Scott, 15. Troy Carr, 16. Joe Crawford, 17. Evan Taylor, 18. Jonathan Taylor, DNS Mike Potosky, Bill Taylor, Darren Tarabori

Heat Winner: Eucker, Potosky, Scott

 

Vintage Modifieds:

                1. Les Myers, 2. Rick Haupt, 3. Fred Casgsi, 4. Marbles Mahoney, 5. Paul Bacchus, 6. Chris Ketch, 7. Dingo Kirkwood, 8. Dave George, 9. Rick Hall, 10. Dan Osmer, 11. Roy Rinne, 12. Jim Kurpakus, 13. Bobby Coles, 14. Rick Majha, 15. Brian Stivanson

                                Heat Winners: Majha, Haupt

 

RUSH Sportsman Modifieds:

                1. Rocky Kugel ($600), 2. Jerry Schaffer, 3. Jeff Schaffer, 4. Larry Kugel, 5. Kyle Martell, 6. Chelsie               Kriegisch, 7. Adam Hilton, 8. Will Schaffer, 9. Nick Ritchey, 10. Kole Holden, 11. Jeremy Weaver, 12. Michael Kristyak, DNS Tiffany Williams, Brandon Ritchey

Heat Winners: Hilton, Jeff Schaffer

 

305/OSW Sprints

                1. Darin Gallagher ($1,000), 2. Cody Bova, 3. Ken Rossey, 4. Andy Priest, 5. Jacob Gomola, 6. Alex Paden, 7. Brandon Matus, 8. George Hobaugh, 9. Rob Felix, 10. Jeff Taylor, 11. Devin Litwiller, 12. Andrew Fescemyer, 13. Brian Wright, 14. Bob McMillin, 15. Glenn Nolan, 16. Vincent   Dougherty, 17. Mark Kossey, DNS Brent Covell

Heat Winners: Matus, Priest

 

Econo Mods

                1. Josh Ferry ($400), 2. Jason Longwell, 3. Mitchell Wright, 4. Eric Reinwald, 5. Gary Miller Jr, 6.    Butch Lambert, 7. Jace Ferringer, 8. Devin Henry, 9. Ty Rhoades, 10. Bradley Blackshear

Hear Winner: Ferry

[Mod Pro]

Super... thanks all. Again, fantastic to see another big win for Tri city and all the drivers!

[RACERSPASTOR]

I was very impressed with the race at TRI CITY last night and thought that with only a handful of events behind them they had a good show, we need to remember they had an overflow of cars and more classes than most tracks have and yes they started a little late but kept the show going very well, one of my concerns for any event is having enough safety people on the job. I observed two ambulances and a good fire crew, the wrecker crew did a good job and took enough time to not cause more damage all in all a job well done.

 

Mark Tatalovic owner and Chad Wagner were two of the most courteous men on the grounds and were hands on for every need all night and have thanked me for coming and ask what they could do for me, this is an attribute many owners/ Promoters could take a lesson from them.

 

Walt Wimer does a fantastic job on the mike his knowledge of racing show well and thankfully lacks makes folks happy, will I go back again the answer is YES and I really look forward to the next visit to Tri City.

 

 

Chaplain Bill M.O.R.A.

[jo73]

Nice pay outs. Nice car counts. I agree totally with the bi-weekly schedule. Unless it can be proven, in today's struggles for tracks to have a constant weekly turn out they are running on tight budgets. Why take the chance.

[Squirrely Hilly]

It was great to see that many cars at Tri-City after it sat closed.   They have a few bugs to work out, but track is headed in the right direction.   I'm glad there is some Sunday night racing again in the area.

Edited by Squirrely Hilly, 23 September 2015 - 03:33 PM.