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[Lernerville PR BigE]

 

Wayne Carbo returns to the Action Track and dominates Sportsman/Stock Spectacular

Veteran driver Jeff Miller scores first career win in Crate-only Feature

Chas Wolbert wins first RUSH Mod feature, Josh Gispanksi wins Demo

 

 

Sarver, PA (September 10, 2016) Despite a threatening forecast and a brief rain delay, Autumn-Motive Fest 2016 at the Lernerville Speedway provided an action packed evening of racing. Wayne Carbo cashed in on a $1,000 payday in the 25-lap Sportsman/Stock Spectacular feature with a dominant performance. Carbo, in his first visit to the speedway this season, went unchallenged leading all the way to victory despite enduring many restarts. In the Crate-only Sportsman feature, Jeff Miller secured his first career victory with a strong late race restart. And in other action, the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds saw another first time winner at Lernerville, as Chas Wolbert scored the victory.  The night concluded with a Demolition Derby that was won by Josh Gispanski.

 

 

Sportsman/Stock Spectacular (Open) Feature:

 

After a brief rain shower and reworking of the track, the 25 lap Open Sportsman feature took the green with Bob Egley and Carbo pacing the field. On the opening lap, the two made contact racing for the lead, sending Egley spinning in front of field and causing a pileup of cars on the back stretch.

 

The second attempt at green saw Carbo quickly pull away from the field over Shawn Smith before another caution on lap 2. Smith headed pitside during this yellow, ending his night after a promising start.  Carbo powered back to the lead from the preferred outside starting position on the restart, while Ryan Moyer drove into 2nd around both Terry Young and Joey Zambotti.  The caution again was displayed on lap 7 for Jim Fosnaught who suffered heavy damage in an incident on the backstretch.

 

The lap 7 restart again saw Carbo drive away, extending to nearly a straightaway lead before another incident brought out the red flag on lap 12.  Behind Carbo, Moyer continued in 2nd while Mike Miller and Young battled for 3rd. During the subsequent red flag period, Miller would be penalized to the rear for exiting his car.

 

Carbo continued to execute perfect restarts to pull away from Moyer, while Young moved into third place by lap 15. However, Young pushed too hard off turns 3 and 4 on lap 18 bringing out another yellow.  Moyer had one more shot at Carbo on the final Lap 19 restart, but was no match for Carbo's momentum on the top groove.

 

Moyer suffered mechanical woes in the weaning laps, following back to 11th at the finish.  While Carbo pulled away running the topside of the speedway. Miller found speed on the bottom in the final five laps to drive all the way into a second place finish.  Egley also recovered from the opening lap issue to come home 3rd ahead of Zambotti and Kelley.

 

"What a night. I got to give it to the track for getting this in and not canceling it", Carbo stated following the win. "The track was perfect. The car was awesome tonight."

 

 

Millerstown Pic-A-Part Crate-only Sportsman Feature:

 

The Crate engine only Sportsman feature began the evening's feature racing with a pill draw to determine the lineup for the 20 lap race.  Jeff Miller raced to the lead from the pole ahead of Noah Brunell.  Cautions slowed the pace on laps 3 and 4, and on the restart, Bob Egley slid under Miller to take the lead.  A major incident brought out the red flag on lap 5 after contact sent Tyler Dietz spinning in front of the field on the back stretch. 

 

When the green was displayed again, Joe Kelley wasted no time going from 3rd to 1st around Egley to take command. Egley would battle back the next lap, but spun off the track in turns 3 and 4 to bring out another caution.  16th place starter Steve D'Apolito now found himself starting alongside Kelley on the following restart. The two battled for the lead for several laps toward the halfway point until D'Apolito took command on lap 11 at the line prior to a caution being displayed. 

 

D'Apolito took to the high side on the restart and fended off Kelley in the subsequent laps. On lap 15, Kelley closed right to the bumper of D'Apolito but lost the handle and spun in front of the oncoming field.  This gave an opportunity for Miller, who had fallen back, to retake second and start alongside D'Apolito for a five lap dash to the finish.  Miller drove past D'Apolito on the inside to take the lead on lap 16. D'Apolito fought back and the two battled side by side in the following laps until Miller cleared him for good on lap 18.

 

The win for Miller was a satisfying one, his first victory after many years of competition at the Action Track.

 

"It took us a long time to get here, a lot of hard work." Miller expressed in victory lane. "I definitely got to thank my son.  He's one of our biggest supporters. He spent many, many hours out there working. My wife, she's one of the biggest supporters also. The Tomson Family; all of them are great guys. It's just a great place to be here."

 

 

RUSH Sportsman Modifieds:

 

Chas Wolbert came close to victory in last weekend's event at Lernerville before fading to 2nd in the closing laps. This time he would seize the opportunity of a front row starting spot to drive away with the victory.

 

Wolbert made his way to the outside of pole sitter Jeremy Weaver at the drop of the green. By lap 3, Wolbert extended his lead, while Weaver and Jeff Schaffer battled for the runner up spot. 

 

Cautions on laps 5 and 7 slowed the early pace. This gave Weaver an opportunity to again challenge Wolbert for the top spot, but Weaver slid too high, giving second to Jeff Schaffer.  The C3 of Wolbert ran primarily the middle groove in the following laps, while Schaffer looked low and Weaver chased high in a three car battle for the lead toward halfway.  But by lap 14, Wolbert had begun to check out as Schaffer and Weaver continued a close battle for second. Behind them, Kole Holden and Brian Schaffer also were closing as they battled for 4th.

 

With no more cautions the rest of the way, Wolbert cruised to the victory. Although behind him, the race remained close for 2nd as Jeff Schaffer narrowly edged Weaver, while Brian Schaffer secured fourth place over Holden.

 

9.10.2016

 

Millerstown Pic-A-Part Sportsman/Stock Spectacular (Open) Feature: (25 Laps)

1.   (54) Wayne Carbo Saxonburg

2.   (81) Mike Miller, Chicora

3.   (30) Bob Egley, Kittanning

4.   (948) Joe Zambotti, Kittanning

5.   (66) Joe Kelley, Mt. Pleasant

6.   (25) Brett McDonald, Saxonburg

7.   (28Y) Terry Young, Butler

8.   (3S) Paul Schreckengost, Creighton

9.   (26) Mike Bordt, Mars

10. (29B) Scott Byers, Butler

11. (13X) Ryan Moyer, Portersville

12. (11) Aaron Easler, Butler

13. (1B) Tim Bish, Ringgold

14. (12) John McCann, Ford City

15. (9) Ethan Siple, Saxonburg

16. (10) John Hartman, Cabot

17. (54E) Tony Irrapino, Butler

18. (22) Jim Fosnaught, Bairdford

19. (21) Jeff Miller, Natrona Heights

20. (36) Shawn Smith, Galloway

21. (31) Noah Brunell, New Alexandria

DNS (35) Tyler Dietz, Saxonburg

DNS (84) Steve D’Apolito, Youngstown, OH

DNS (23) Colin Burke, Sarver

Heat Race Winners: Aaron Easler, Shawn Smith, Brett McDonald

B-Main Winner: Noah Brunell

Dash Winner: Bob Egley

 

Millerstown Pic-A-Part Sportsman/Stock (Crate-only) Feature: (20 Laps)

1.         (21) Jeff Miller, Natrona Heights

2.         (22) Jim Fosnaught, Bairdford

3.         (3S) Paul Schreckengost, Creighton

4.         (28Y) Terry Young, Butler

5.         (31) Noah Brunell, New Alexandria

6.         (26) Mike Bordt, Mars

7.         (29B) Scott Byers, Butler

8.         (9) Ethan Siple, Saxonburg

9.         (948) Joe Zambotti, Kittanning

10.       (30) Bob Egley, Kittanning

11.       (66) Joe Kelley, Mt. Pleasant

12.       (10) John Hartman, Cabot

13.       (23) Colin Burke, Sarver

14.       (35) Tyler Dietz, Saxonburg

15.       (11) Aaron Easler, Butler

DQ (84) Steve D’Apolito, Youngstown, OH

 

RUSH Modified Sportsman Feature: (20 Laps)

1.         (C3) Chas Wolbert, Warren, OH

2.         (14) Jeff Schaffer, Ellwood City

3.         (35W) Jeremy Weaver, Stoneboro

4.         (41) Brain Schaffer, Boyers

5.         (2) Kole Holden, Tiona

6.         (8) Kyle Martell, Rootstown, OH

7.         (77N) Nick Ritchey, Oil City

8.         (83) Rocky Kugel, East Liverpool, OH

9.         (9D) Josh Deems, Volant

10.       (35) Steve Slater, Butler

11.       (63) Jessica Kriegish, Ellwood City

12.       (28J) Jacob Jordan, Alliquippa

13.       (4) Will Schaffer, Ellwood City

14.       (12) Ameilia Clay, Warren, OH

15.       (20) Jeremy Zufall, Norvelt

16.       (10) Chelsie Kriegisch, Ellwood City

Heat Race Winners: Brian Schaffer, Chas Wolbert

 

Demolition Derby Winner:

1. (007) Josh Gispanski

                                                                             

Car Count Total: 47

Pic-A-Part Sportsman/Stocks: 27

Rush Sportsman Modifieds: 16

Demo Derby: 4

 

Upcoming Events:

9/17 (Sat.) – “Back to School” Bus & Kids Bike Races plus Senior Series, Enduro Twin 50s

9/24 (Sat.) – World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Cars Commonwealth Clash pres. by Classic Ink

10/13-14-15 – 8^th Annual DIRTcar Round Up Steel City Stampede pres. by Classic Ink

 

 

Contact: Lernerville Speedway                      

Eric J. Westendorf, Public Relations Director

(724) 664-1075 / ewestendorf@dirtcar.com

Race Report provided courtesy of Trever Steele / www.TheDirtNetwork.blogspot.com   

Edited by Lernerville PR BigE, 11 September 2016 - 04:34 PM.

[jo73]

3 heats and a B main. Great decision... Mercer and PPMS both in question, where do all those cars go ? Yea brilliant.

[Crusty1]

3 heats and a B main. Great decision... Mercer and PPMS both in question, where do all those cars go ? Yea brilliant.

What are you talking about?
The low turnout ?
Maybe no one show up because of the forecast for severe thunderstorms,the reason that Sharon & PMS called off early!
The bottom line is Garys been gone 2 weeks and you have 2 $HIT Shows!!! Hope this isn't a trend.
Did anyone go to the tractor pull ? Was it any good?

[Benny K]

There have been a few Penn Ohio shows this year with the same car count, so not sure what's the point. This race doesn't pay what it did for the Open cars and with the forecast its not a shock to see the car count. This race was never really heavily attended to begin with. Sure the WoO show didn't have a stellar car count, but would hardly call it a "$hit show". There is no correlation between the last two races and Gary being gone. I saw some of the pulls on periscope yesterday and looked like they had a good turnout in the stands. Can't speak for the pullers.

[jo73]

No crusty. I'm talking about the car count in the open sportsman show. These numbers are what they could have possibly seen all year long. You have 2 tracks that may be on the way out. Anyone that has been in business understands. YOU PLAN FOR TOMORROW, not for today. O I forgot, we are lernerville, if you want to race here next year go buy a crate motor. Open sportsman, 3 heats and a b. Yes there were guys with there crate motors in the open class. But, every one of them ran open motors last year.

[jo73]

Yea Yea . The 33c has been running a crate for the last couple yrs.

[Crusty1]

No crusty. I'm talking about the car count in the open sportsman show. These numbers are what they could have possibly seen all year long. You have 2 tracks that may be on the way out. Anyone that has been in business understands. YOU PLAN FOR TOMORROW, not for today. O I forgot, we are lernerville, if you want to race here next year go buy a crate motor. Open sportsman, 3 heats and a b. Yes there were guys with there crate motors in the open class. But, every one of them ran open motors last year.

That's Not true Jo73 !

1. (21) Jeff Miller, Natrona Heights Last Year Open Motor
2. (22) Jim Fosnaught, Bairdford Last Year Open Motor
3. (3S) Paul Schreckengost, Creighton Last Year Open Motor
4. (28Y) Terry Young, Butler Last Year Crate
5. (31) Noah Brunell, New Alexandria Last Year Crate
6. (26) Mike Bordt, Mars Last Year Crate
7. (29B) Scott Byers, Butler Last Year Open
8. (9) Ethan Siple, Saxonburg Did not race
9. (948) Joe Zambotti, Kittanning Last Year Crate
10. (30) Bob Egley, Kittanning Last Year Open
11. (66) Joe Kelley, Mt. Pleasant Last Year Open
12. (10) John Hartman, Cabot Did Not Race
13. (23) Colin Burke, Sarver Last Year Open
14. (35) Tyler Dietz, Saxonburg Last Year Crate
15. (11) Aaron Easler, Butler Last Year Crate
DQ (84) Steve D’Apolito, Youngstown, OH Last Year Crate


In the Open show you had 8 Open Motors out of those 8 2 raced at LV last yeat.
Wayne Carbo
Mike Miller - Mike Miller ran a SLM this year at LV so he was not in a sportsman!

So that is ONE driver that came to the show that was a regular from last year.

I never seen anyone So wrong as you are!!!

And you are right Plan for the Future! Sorry to say Crates are the Future! I don't see any young team building motors this is a new generation of racing!

Edited by Crusty1, 12 September 2016 - 12:05 PM.

[Crusty1]

There have been a few Penn Ohio shows this year with the same car count, so not sure what's the point. This race doesn't pay what it did for the Open cars and with the forecast its not a shock to see the car count. This race was never really heavily attended to begin with. Sure the WoO show didn't have a stellar car count, but would hardly call it a "$hit show". There is no correlation between the last two races and Gary being gone. I saw some of the pulls on periscope yesterday and looked like they had a good turnout in the stands. Can't speak for the pullers.

Tractor Pull - A buddy of mine just called and said it was a good crowd and a good show!

[Walt Wimer]

From where I sit as a member of the media and a long time fan, the die is cast in Lernerville's Sportsman class.  At this point they can hardly go back to open engines when 20+ of their regulars have switched over to the crate engines!!   Like 'em or not, the crate engines are probably here to stay in the class at Lernerville.    And even though they lost a few cars from the change, Lernerville still pulls way more cars for that type of class than the vast majority of tracks in the western PA area!! Not because of engine rules, but because that class is the ONLY support class at Lernerville!!  As long as most tracks in western PA continue to run 5-7 classes every night, some will continue to draw short car counts of under ten cars in some classes. The tracks need to start cutting down on classes to provide better racing and shorter weekly programs. Which in turn will bring better fans counts!!

 

GOOD RACING TO ALL!!!

 

Walt 

[no alky added]

The tracks need to start cutting down on classes to provide better racing and shorter weekly programs. Which in turn will bring better fans counts!!

 

Yea just like last nite at Tri City  3 classes started at 4:00 and last race got over at 11:00.Worst track I've seen all year. Its Amazing that nobody got killed there. 

[Crusty1]

From where I sit as a member of the media and a long time fan, the die is cast in Lernerville's Sportsman class.  At this point they can hardly go back to open engines when 20+ of their regulars have switched over to the crate engines!!   Like 'em or not, the crate engines are probably here to stay in the class at Lernerville.    And even though they lost a few cars from the change, Lernerville still pulls way more cars for that type of class than the vast majority of tracks in the western PA area!! Not because of engine rules, but because that class is the ONLY support class at Lernerville!!  As long as most tracks in western PA continue to run 5-7 classes every night, some will continue to draw short car counts of under ten cars in some classes. The tracks need to start cutting down on classes to provide better racing and shorter weekly programs. Which in turn will bring better fans counts!!
 
GOOD RACING TO ALL!!!
 
Walt

I think you are right Walt, 4 classes are enough and the Crates are here to stay at Lernerville.

[Walt Wimer]

Of course "alky" didn't mention that there were 58 RUSH Late Models, which took 6 heats and 3 "B" mains to set the feature field, the half hour spent for Manufacturs Night in giving away some $45,000 worth of merchandise to the drivers or the fan that fell, was injured,  and had to be attended to by the ambulance crew.    Granted the show ran late, but there were a number of reasons!!!

 

GOOD RACING!!!

 

Walt

[old man d]

Ok, we have been kicking the open motors against crate motors for a long time. So, Lernerville  raced open motors for years, then someone comes along and made the sportsmans go to the crate. You had good car counts and some good hard racing with open motors. That dose not sound to me it needed fixed. Tell me why they thought it needed to force the crates on the racers. And don"t give this crap this is the future of racing. We are talking support class as stated above. Come on give me a real and honest reason.

[racer67x]

Ok, we have been kicking the open motors against crate motors for a long time. So, Lernerville  raced open motors for years, then someone comes along and made the sportsmans go to the crate. You had good car counts and some good hard racing with open motors. That dose not sound to me it needed fixed. Tell me why they thought it needed to force the crates on the racers. And don"t give this crap this is the future of racing. We are talking support class as stated above. Come on give me a real and honest reason.

just a guess but I'll bet it involved money up front..like the Hoosier only tire deal.
nothing like taking the "do it yourself" out of an "entry" level class..

[blue by you]

Ok, we have been kicking the open motors against crate motors for a long time. So, Lernerville  raced open motors for years, then someone comes along and made the sportsmans go to the crate. You had good car counts and some good hard racing with open motors. That dose not sound to me it needed fixed. Tell me why they thought it needed to force the crates on the racers. And don"t give this crap this is the future of racing. We are talking support class as stated above. Come on give me a real and honest reason.

MONEY MONEYMONEY.!!!! that class had excellent racing with good car counts every week.

[Racer17L]

Unless it is a cash upfront deal, why can't both open and crate exist with Gary gone? With the right rules package both can be competitive. Look at PPMS- McManus won points in a crate and the open motors had a lot of wins. Laboon Memorial look how good McPherson runs there. Both can co exist.

[jo73]

The last 4 posts. YOU GET IT. Why can they not co-exist ? Why did they take, for some, the enjoyment of building your motor. Crusty I count 7 open motors from your list. What if those guys went to another track and did not buy crate engines ? I have a set of blinders for ya. If you or anybody else believes that there was not big time back door deals. Then you better adjust the shades because your letting to much lite in. If a guy wants in now it's all about how much money can you spend. Walt's right, to many classes, the problem is guy's do want to race. Guys are doing there best to afford what they can. I have heard all these costs of buying a crate versus building your own. I have built 355 to 454 motors. Never have I spent 6K on a engine. And maybe people are right, this is today's racing. Look at the pits and then take a look at the stands. Somebody screwed up somewhere

[Crusty1]

The last 4 posts. YOU GET IT. Why can they not co-exist ? Why did they take, for some, the enjoyment of building your motor. Crusty I count 7 open motors from your list. What if those guys went to another track and did not buy crate engines ? I have a set of blinders for ya. If you or anybody else believes that there was not big time back door deals. Then you better adjust the shades because your letting to much lite in. If a guy wants in now it's all about how much money can you spend. Walt's right, to many classes, the problem is guy's do want to race. Guys are doing there best to afford what they can. I have heard all these costs of buying a crate versus building your own. I have built 355 to 454 motors. Never have I spent 6K on a engine. And maybe people are right, this is today's racing. Look at the pits and then take a look at the stands. Somebody screwed up somewhere

Jo get over it! LV made a move to go to Crates get over it!!! Last year you posted they wouldn't get 10 Crate cars you were WRONG AGAIN! I don't have blinders on or need Blinders. Get Over it!!! As I said over a year ago not to change the rules, LV did and it seems to be working fine.
MOVE ON and try to get something right you are by FAR the most wrong person on here.

[greencar55]

Crusty your a TOOL crate stocks suck and they are not working fine. the racing sucks. who wants to watch a bunch of cars running side by side that cant pass for s%$t ?

[scruffy1a]

Crusty your a TOOL crate stocks suck and they are not working fine. the racing sucks. who wants to watch a bunch of cars running side by side that cant pass for s%$t ?

I imagine a lot of people would like to watch a bunch of cars running side by side.  That sounds entertaining.