July 7, 2012 Results
(7/8/2012)
In the Brougher's Machine Shop Fastrak Crate Late Models Cross the Boarders Speedweek Special, Bemus Point, NY's Chad Ruhlman picked up his first ever PPMS win and his first Fastrak Tour win. Ruhlman started on the pole and grabbed the lead on the start with Tommy Schirnhofer Jr., and Kyle Lukon trailing. On lap 2, Laura Lukon tagged the wall, bringing out the yellow and ending her night. On the restart Ruhlman was back out front with Ryan Montgomery, Schirnhofer and Max Blair who was on the charge. Blair moved into third on lap 5, second on lap 6, and took over first on lap 8. Blair was looking for his third win of the week and eighth tour win this season as he started to pull away. On lap 15 Blair ran into the back of a lapped car, allowing Ruhlman and Montgomery to get by. On lap 19 Blair ran into Nico Dabecco, bringing out the yellow for Dabecco who slowed with a flat. Dabecco pitted and returned, and Blair also pitted giving up 4th, but would return. On the restart, Josh Holtgraver, Kyle Lukon and Dusty Curry hit the first and second turn wall. Lukon would return. On the next restart Beau Glemba, who charged from 21st to 3rd was spun in turn 3 and ended his night. Ruhlman was back out front on the restart with 4 time PPMS winner this season, Mike Pegher Jr. now in second. Montgomery, who was in the top three most of the event, slowed on lap 21 and headed to the pits. Ruhlman led the rest of the way to win over Pegher, Will Thomas, Matt Latta (from 23rd), Chad Wright (from 20th), Daniel Angelicchio, Davey Johnson (in Colton Flinner's #75), Mike Reft, Max Blair and Kyle Lukon both up from the tail. The K&N Persistent Performer was Davey Johnson. Heats for the 40 cars on hand were won by Steve Beatty, Mike Reft, Max Blair, Tommy Schirnhofer Jr. and Mike Pegher Jr. Will Thomas won the dash, Chad Wright and Beau Glemba won the B-Mains, while Nico Dabecco won the Futures Cup, and Lauren Longbreak won the Non Qualifiers race, after apparent winner Justin Lamb was D.Q.ed
th starting Charlier slid past Norris and took over first, and Jared Miley also got by. On lap 15 Norris had a right rear tire blow, bringing out the caution. While Norris was able to change his tire in time, he developed transmission problems and was not able to continue. At the same time Ferree pitted and was done for the night. Charlier pulled away on the restart until a lap 20 caution for Jason Rider tagging the wall. He would return. Charlier was back out in front on the restart and led the remaining laps to the finish. At the checker it was Charlier, Miley, Gasser, Ben Miley, Jim Stephans, Steve Baker, Jon Hodgkiss, Jim Lepro, Rider, and Norris.
th starting Carbo took over. From that point on the race belonged to Carbo as he opened up a big lead, and weathered a pair of cautions to pick up the win. Pat Weldon and Jake Simmons battled for second when the pair tangled, taking last week's winner Weldon out of the event and putting Simmons on the tail. Simmons charged thru the field and passed Nick Kocuba for second on the next to the last lap. Kocuba was third followed by Slade (who picked up the K&N Persistent Performer Award), Joey Koteles, Dave McManus, Jenn Barker, Weldon and Jarrod Westover. The heats had Nick Kocuba and Pat Weldon grab the victories.
th win of the season and third in a row. Chase Evans moved into first at the start, and led the first 8 laps before Podolinsky took over. Podolinsky led the remaining laps to win over Evans, Ed Wiser, Tyler Fox, Gary Smith and Hannah Ramsey. Fox was dubbed the K&N Persistent Performer. Gary Smith won the heat.
The Imperial Heights Garage Young Guns feature had Coraopolis PA's Christian Schneider pick up his third win of the season. Schneider moved into first on lap 1 and led the rest of the way. Logan Crewl was second, followed by Todd Weldon, Tyler Atkinson (in the Adam Carson #50), Roman O'Neill, Courtney Chamberlain and Matt Pegher (named the K&N Persistent Performer).
Upcoming at PPMS July 14 it will be Berks and Nickels $1 Hot Dog Night plus a hot dog eating contest, and Racer Appreciation Night. The Vintage Modifieds will be on hand, and a Wacky Wheels Figure 8 race and a complete regular show, plus the rain out features for the Late Model Sportsman and Hobby Stocks will be run. On July 21 the second UFO event of the season will be run, the Tri-State Championship 51 for the Super Late Models, plus a Mod Light Stars Tour event and a complete regular show. Regular shows consist of Super Late Models, Fastrak Pro Late Models, Late Model Sportsman, Hobby Stocks, and Young Guns. Effective for the remainder of the season, in the event of any Saturday rainout the management will utilize a Sunday evening raindate. Times for the Sunday evening will start 1 hour earlier, with Gates opening at 4:00PM, Hot Laps at 5:00PM, and Racing at 6:00PM. For more info on PPMS Schedule see the website http://www.ppms.com/
SUMMARY - July 7, 2012
Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic DirtCar Super Late Models
Heats - 72 Michael Norris and 12 Daryl Charlier
Feature (25 Laps) - 1. 12 Daryl Charlier, 2. H1 Jared Miley, 3. 0K Kari Gasser, 4. 99 Ben Miley, 5. 38 Jim Stephans, 6. 0 Steve Baker, 7. 69 Jon Hodgkiss, 8. Jim Lepro, 9. 76 Jason Rider, 10. 72 Michael Norris, 11. 10 Alex Ferree, 12. 48C John Flinner, 13. 2J Mike Johnson, 14. 92 Jayme Beck, DNS - 1C Lynn Geisler and 1J Davey Johnson
Awesome Hard Charger - 12 Daryl Charlier
K&N Performer - 69 Jon Hodgkiss
Brougher's Machine Shop ProLate Models - Fastrak Touring Series Northeast
Heats - B4 Steve Beatty, 9R Mike Reft, 111Max Blair, 8 Tommy Schirnhofer, 1C Mike Pegher
Dash - 9 Will Thomas
B-Main #1 - 6 Chad Wright
B-Main #2 - 99G Beau Glemba
Feature (25 Laps) - 1. 4S Chad Ruhlman, 2. 1C Mike Pegher Jr., 3. 9 Will Thomas, 4. 21 Matt Latta, 5. 6 Chad Wright, 6. 14 Dan Angelicchio, 7. 75 Davey Johnson, 8. 9R Mike Reft, 9. 111 Max Blair, 10. 1 Kyle Lukon, 11. 325X Shane Weaver, 12. 15 Mark Moats, 13. 100 Bradley Kling, 14. 2M Chuck Medved, 15. 8 Dusty Curry, 16. 27 Butch Lambert, 17. 12 Ryan Montgomery, 18. 1 Nico Dabecco, 19. 99G Beau Glemba, 20. 00 Josh Holtgraver, 21. 8 Tommy Schirnhofer,22. B4 Steve Beatty, 23. 25 Matt Long,24. 75 Scott Schempp, 25. 21 Rocky Kugel, 26. 84 Laura Lukon
K&N Performer - 75 Davey Johnson
Futures Cup - 1 Nico Dabecco
Wheelman Non-Qualifiers - 1. 27 Lauren Longbrake, 2. 2S W. L Stile, 3. 08 Jeff Broniszewski, 4. 50T Tyler Carson, 5. 17 Russell Baird, 6. 12 Brian Goebel, 7. 18 Chris Lander, 8. 135 Jamie Brown, 9. 28 Bryant Hank, DQ - 93X Justin Lamb, DNS - 5 Rick Meglaye, K2 John Over, 98 Tom Copeland, 27 Eric Wilson, 14 Clay Ruffo
Sunoco Race Fuels DirtCar Sportsman
Heats - 10 Nick Kocuba and 45 Pat Weldon
Feature (15 Laps) - 1. 54 Wayne Carbo, 2. 68X Jake Simmons, 3. 10 Nick Kocuba, 4. B4 Dave Slade, 5. 33K Joey Koteles, 6. 69X Dave McManus,7. A22 Bill Slade, 8. 33 Jenn Barker, 9. 45 Pat Weldon, 10. W1 Jarrod Westover,11. 11 Josh Langer, 12. 17L Vince Laboon, 13. 25 Mark Lee
K&N Performer - A22 Bill Slade
Miley BP Car Wash DirtCar Hobby Stocks Factory Stocks
Heat - 1 Gary Smith
Feature (12 Laps) - 1. 56 Joe Podolinsky, 2. 7 Chase Evans, 3. OU2 Ed Wiser, 4. 39 Tyler Fox, 5. 1 Gary Smith, 6. 14 Hannah Ramsey
K&N Performer - 39 Tyler Fox
Imperial Heights Garage DirtCar Young Guns Sport Compacts
Feature (6 Laps) - 1. M5 Christian Schneider, 2. 0 Logan Crewl, 3. 45 Todd Weldon, 4. 50A Tyler Atkinson, 5. 47 Roman O'Neill, 6. 13 Courtney Chamberlain, 7. 09 Matt Pegher
K&N Performer - 09 Matt Pegher
In the Miley BP Car Wash Hobby Stocks, Oakdale PA's Joe Podolinsky picked up his 4
Charlier was also the Awesome Designs Hard Charger while Jon Hodgkiss picked up the K&N Persistent Performer. The heats saw Michael Norris and Daryl Charlier pick up the wins.
The Sunoco Race Fuels Late Model Sportsman, Saxonburg PA's saw Wayne Carbo pick up his second win of the year, in a dominating performance. Dave Slade led the first lap before 5
In the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic DIRTcar Super Late Models, Midway PA's Daryl Charlier grabbed his second feature of the season. Michael Norris grabbed the lead at the start and opened up a big lead over Kari Gasser and Mike Johnson. Norris set a blistering pace until the first caution on lap 5 for Jayme Beck who had problems on the back straight. On the restart Norris took off again, but not with as big a lead as he had before, with Daryl Charlier now in second, with Gasser and Alex Ferree following. Mike Johnson who was running third dropped out with unknown problems. On lap 8 Ferree got by Gasser to move into third. On lap 12, John Flinner who started last and moved into contention had his motor blow and brings out the yellow. On the restart 9
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