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RUSH LM & Mod Tour Lernerville 6/30/17 story & results; King & Gillespie win
KING SWEEPS THE NIGHT & BECOMES 5TH SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL TOURING SERIES WINNER IN 6 RACES AFTER $2000 LERNERVILLE WIN; CAREER 1ST RUSH WIN FOR GILLESPIE COMES IN BICKNELL TOUR EVENT
By Mike Leone
June 30, 2017
(Sarver, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance made its first visit of the season to Lernerville Speedway on Friday night for both the RUSH Late Model Touring Series and the RUSH Sportsman Modified Bicknell Racing Products Touring Series. Capturing wins were Russell King in the Late Models and Anthony Gillespie in the Sportsman Modifieds.
Making his first start since May 22 in Canada at Merrittville Speedway, Russell King out-dueled an early battle with Series point leader Bryce Davis then held off a late charge by Mike Pegher, Jr. to win the 30-lap Sweeney RUSH Late Model Tour feature. King, who is a regular at Lernerville in the Super Late Model class, earned $2,000 for the victory as he became the fifth different winner in six events this season. King was also the recipient of the Maxima Racing Oil "Maximum Performance" award after a clean sweep of the night- fast time, heat win, dash win, and feature win.
"I got surprised there- I thought we'd be on the bottom and before I knew it Bryce snuck around me," explained the 28-year-old Bristolville, Ohio victor. "I was just trying to be patient. We bumped on a couple restarts and then I just slid him and he slid me back. It was fun. I hope he's not mad at me. I tried staying off of him and we just touched a little bit. That's the way it is. I didn't know it was going to move around (the track) like it did so once it did I had to get out there a little. In a way these cars are harder to drive than Super Late Models because you don't have the power to bail you out so if you get a little bit crooked you bog them down. He (Davis) was getting tighter and tighter and he stopped a couple times on the lip, but the yellow came out right where it looked like I was going to be able to slide him on the other end. It was good race track, and a good night. I want to thank the fans and RUSH for putting this on."
King bolted to the early lead over Pegher, Davis, and John Waters. The race was slowed when Bruce Hordusky, Jr. got crossed up on the frontstretch and a seven-car pileup ensued on lap three. Everyone would restart, but Series regular, Hordusky. When racing resumed, the top three of King, Pegher, and Davis pulled away on lap five as Davis was all over Pegher in the battle for second. Davis would make the pass in turn four on the outside and then closed on King before a caution for Jason Knowles with six laps completed.
When green replaced yellow, Davis made the outside work to the lead racing off turn four on lap seven. The top two began to quickly distance themselves from the field. King didn't go away as he pulled even with Davis on lap nine, but Davis continued to lead. The battle was on for third as Pegher and Waters raced side-by-side on lap 12; meanwhile, Davis and King resumed their side-by-side battle for the lead on lap 13 with traffic looming ahead on lap 14. Waters and Pegher swapped third back and forth on lap 16 and 17.
King would make what would turn out to be the winning move on lap 20 as he performed a slider in turn two to take the lead from Davis, and by lap 22 pulled away. Pegher put a near identical slide job on Davis as King did in turn two to take second on lap 23. Davis, whose car became too tight, lost third and fourth to Waters and Jeremy Wonderling on laps 26 and 27 respectively.
Pegher began to close in during the last two laps. King caught traffic coming down for the white flag allowing Pegher to close in even move. Pegher made a big move in turn four coming down for the checkered flag, but King was able to hold on by just 0.515 of a second in the KMB Inc.-owned, Russ King Racing/King Bros./King Sanitary/Hamilton Excavating & Trucking-sponsored #56 for his third career Tour win.
Pegher was second for the second time in less than a week and earned another $1,000. Waters matched his third place Tri-City Raceway Park finish with another third for the defending Tour champion. Jeremy Wonderling had a solid run in fourth after starting ninth in his first career Lernerville start for the second place point man. Davis held on to fifth.
Daryl Charlier came from 13th to sixth. Andrew Wylie was seventh in his first RUSH start of 2017. Kyle Lukon received the $100 Precise Racing Products "Pedal Down" Hard Charger gift card for advancing 12 positions to an eighth place finish. Brian Knowles was ninth over 21st starting Eric Wilson in his first Sweeney Tour start of 2017. Jamie Wrightsman was the final car on the lead lap in 15th and received a $25 CrateInsider.com gift certificate. Tour regular, J.J. Mazur, had a good run going until losing an engine, and received the TBM Brakes "Tough Brake of the Night".
Chuck Recker dominated all six laps of the non-qualifier race for the $175 victory. The Pittsburgh, Pa. driver became the 24th different winner in 26 races run all-time! Bill Kessler was 1.786 seconds back in second. Pete Wearing and Tony Iarrapino completed the starting field. Chris Frank, who was scheduled to start on the pole, didn't start the race, but received the ARbodies "Nosed Out" nose kit contingency.
Anthony Gillespie captured his first career RUSH win in the 20-lap Sportsman Modified feature. After inheriting the lead on lap five, Gillespie battled hard trading the lead with 2016 Sharon Speedway Champion, Brandon Ritchey, and came out on top in a close finish for the 20-lap $600 Bicknell Racing Products Touring Series victory. Gillespie was also named the Maxima Racing Oil "Maximum Performance" award winner.
Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Late Model Touring Series Race #6 (30 laps, $2,000 to-win): 1.RUSSELL KING (56) 2. Mike Pegher, Jr. (Swank RJ1) 3. John Waters (LeBarron 11) 4. Jeremy Wonderling (3J) 5. Bryce Davis (94) 6. Daryl Charlier (12) 7. Andrew Wylie (84) 8. Kyle Lukon (184) 9. Brian Knowles (7) 10. Eric Wilson (27W) 11. Andy Boozel (12B) 12. Josh Stoica (22J) 13. Michael Ott (Fields 21M) 14. Khole Wanzer (01W) 15. Jamie Wrightsman (21J) 16. Russell Baird, Jr. (17) 17. Tony White (27T) 18. Brian Swank (12s) 19. Michael Duritsky, Jr. (90J) 20. Greg Beach (33x) 21. Jason Knowles (4) 22. J.J. Mazur (13) 23. Bruce Hordusky, Jr. (3) 24. Christian Schneider (Maniewki 1ST) 25. Jason Fosnaught (J19). (Note: Tony White took a Series provisional).
RUSH Late Model Non-Qualifier (6 laps, $175 to-win): 1. Chuck Recker (6R) 2. Bill Kessler (09) 3. Pete Wearing (111) 4. Tony Iarrapino (54) 5. Chris Frank (49)-DNS 6. Chuck Medved (2M)-DSQ (seals) 7. John Mollick (60M)-DSQ (body).
Car Count: 32
Margin of Victory: 0.515 of a second
Feature Lap Leaders: Russell King (1-6), Bryce Davis (7-19), King (20-30)
Maxima Oil “Maximum Performanceâ€: Russell King
Precise Racing Products “Pedal Down Hard Chargerâ€: Kyle Lukon (+12)
TBM Brakes “Tough Brake of the Night": J.J. Mazur
CrateInsider.com "Last Car on Lead Lap": Jamie Wrightsman
ARbodies "Nosed Out: Chris Frank
FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock†RUSH Late Model Qualifying ($100 for fast time): 1. Russell King 16.942 2. Josh Stoica 17.058 3. Jason Knowles 17.062 4. John Waters 17.068 5. Jeremy Wonderling 17.118 6. Greg Beach 17.134 7. Bryce Davis 17.152 8. Michael Ott 17.218 9. Eric Wilson 17.233 10. J.J. Mazur 17.267 11. Brian Knowles 17.280 12. Russell Baird, Jr. 17.325 13. Mike Pegher, Jr. 17.406 14. Andrew Wylie 17.403 15. Bruce Hordusky, Jr. 17.478 16. Michael Duritsky, Jr. 17.478 17. Andy Boozel 17.479 18. Jamie Wrightsman 17.573 19. Khole Wanzer 17.659 20. Kyle Lukon 17.729 21. Bill Kessler 17.780 22. Chris Frank 17.834 23. Brian Swank 17.845 24. Chuck Recker 17.887 25. Daryl Charlier 18.269 26. Pete Wearing 18.410 27. Jason Fosnaught 18.420 28. Tony Iarrapino 18.593 29. Tony White 18.763 30. Christian Schneider DSQ (no scales) 31. John Mollick NT 32. Chuck Medved NT.
FK Rod Ends RUSH Late Model Heat 1 (8 laps, Top 5 transfer to A, $25 to-win) 1. King 2. Pegher 3. Wonderling 4. Charlier 5. Boozel 6. Wilson 7. Kessler 8. White.
FK Rod Ends RUSH Late Model Heat 2 (8 laps, Top 5 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. Stoica 2. Beach 3. Wylie 4. Mazur 5. Schneider 6. Wearing 7. Frank 8. Wrightsman.
FK Rod Ends RUSH Late Model Heat 3 (8 laps, Top 5 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. Davis 2. Hordusky 3. J. Knowles 4. B. Knowles 5. Fosnaught 6. Wanzer 7. Swank 8. Mollick-DSQ.
FK Rod Ends RUSH Late Model Heat 4 (8 laps, Top 5 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. Waters 2. Duritsky 3. Ott 4. Baird 5. Lukon 6. Recker 7. Iarrapino 8. Medved-DSQ.
K&N "Cold Air Induction" RUSH Late Model Dash (6 laps, $100 K&N certificate to-win): 1. King 2. Pegher 3. Davis 4. Waters 5. Duritsky 6. Stoica 7. Hordusky 8. Beach.
RUSH Late Model Last Chance B Main (10 laps, Top 4 transfer to A): 1. Wilson 2. Wanzer 3. Wrightsman 4. Swank 5. Frank 6. Wearing 7. Recker 8. Kessler 9. White 10. Iarrapino 11. Mollick-DSQ 12. Medved-DSQ.
Sweeney RUSH Sportsman Modified Bicknell Touring Series Race #3 (20 laps, $600 to-win): 1. ANTHONY GILLESPIE (Smith 3G) 2. Brandon Ritchey (17) 3. Kole Holden (2) 4. Chas Wolbert (c3) 5. Josh Deems (9D) 6. Brian Schaffer (41) 7. Kyle Martell (8) 8. Nick Ritchey (77N) 9. Jacob Jordan (28J) 10. Preston Cope (24P) 11. Jonathan Myers (11) 12. Jeremy Weaver (35W) 13. David Kalb, Jr. (11J) 14. Jordan Ehrenberg (20J) 15. Ethan Siple (12) 16. Blaze Myers (43JR) 17. Chelsie Kriegisch (10) 18. Billy Myers (43SR) 19. Jason Hufnagel (28) 20. Shayne Izzo (86) 21. Brian Sadler (5)-DSQ (RPM) 22. Steve Slater (35)-DSQ (RPM) 23. Jessica Kriegisch (63)-DSQ (rear end).
By Mike Leone
June 30, 2017
(Sarver, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance made its first visit of the season to Lernerville Speedway on Friday night for both the RUSH Late Model Touring Series and the RUSH Sportsman Modified Bicknell Racing Products Touring Series. Capturing wins were Russell King in the Late Models and Anthony Gillespie in the Sportsman Modifieds.
Making his first start since May 22 in Canada at Merrittville Speedway, Russell King out-dueled an early battle with Series point leader Bryce Davis then held off a late charge by Mike Pegher, Jr. to win the 30-lap Sweeney RUSH Late Model Tour feature. King, who is a regular at Lernerville in the Super Late Model class, earned $2,000 for the victory as he became the fifth different winner in six events this season. King was also the recipient of the Maxima Racing Oil "Maximum Performance" award after a clean sweep of the night- fast time, heat win, dash win, and feature win.
"I got surprised there- I thought we'd be on the bottom and before I knew it Bryce snuck around me," explained the 28-year-old Bristolville, Ohio victor. "I was just trying to be patient. We bumped on a couple restarts and then I just slid him and he slid me back. It was fun. I hope he's not mad at me. I tried staying off of him and we just touched a little bit. That's the way it is. I didn't know it was going to move around (the track) like it did so once it did I had to get out there a little. In a way these cars are harder to drive than Super Late Models because you don't have the power to bail you out so if you get a little bit crooked you bog them down. He (Davis) was getting tighter and tighter and he stopped a couple times on the lip, but the yellow came out right where it looked like I was going to be able to slide him on the other end. It was good race track, and a good night. I want to thank the fans and RUSH for putting this on."
King bolted to the early lead over Pegher, Davis, and John Waters. The race was slowed when Bruce Hordusky, Jr. got crossed up on the frontstretch and a seven-car pileup ensued on lap three. Everyone would restart, but Series regular, Hordusky. When racing resumed, the top three of King, Pegher, and Davis pulled away on lap five as Davis was all over Pegher in the battle for second. Davis would make the pass in turn four on the outside and then closed on King before a caution for Jason Knowles with six laps completed.
When green replaced yellow, Davis made the outside work to the lead racing off turn four on lap seven. The top two began to quickly distance themselves from the field. King didn't go away as he pulled even with Davis on lap nine, but Davis continued to lead. The battle was on for third as Pegher and Waters raced side-by-side on lap 12; meanwhile, Davis and King resumed their side-by-side battle for the lead on lap 13 with traffic looming ahead on lap 14. Waters and Pegher swapped third back and forth on lap 16 and 17.
King would make what would turn out to be the winning move on lap 20 as he performed a slider in turn two to take the lead from Davis, and by lap 22 pulled away. Pegher put a near identical slide job on Davis as King did in turn two to take second on lap 23. Davis, whose car became too tight, lost third and fourth to Waters and Jeremy Wonderling on laps 26 and 27 respectively.
Pegher began to close in during the last two laps. King caught traffic coming down for the white flag allowing Pegher to close in even move. Pegher made a big move in turn four coming down for the checkered flag, but King was able to hold on by just 0.515 of a second in the KMB Inc.-owned, Russ King Racing/King Bros./King Sanitary/Hamilton Excavating & Trucking-sponsored #56 for his third career Tour win.
Pegher was second for the second time in less than a week and earned another $1,000. Waters matched his third place Tri-City Raceway Park finish with another third for the defending Tour champion. Jeremy Wonderling had a solid run in fourth after starting ninth in his first career Lernerville start for the second place point man. Davis held on to fifth.
Daryl Charlier came from 13th to sixth. Andrew Wylie was seventh in his first RUSH start of 2017. Kyle Lukon received the $100 Precise Racing Products "Pedal Down" Hard Charger gift card for advancing 12 positions to an eighth place finish. Brian Knowles was ninth over 21st starting Eric Wilson in his first Sweeney Tour start of 2017. Jamie Wrightsman was the final car on the lead lap in 15th and received a $25 CrateInsider.com gift certificate. Tour regular, J.J. Mazur, had a good run going until losing an engine, and received the TBM Brakes "Tough Brake of the Night".
Chuck Recker dominated all six laps of the non-qualifier race for the $175 victory. The Pittsburgh, Pa. driver became the 24th different winner in 26 races run all-time! Bill Kessler was 1.786 seconds back in second. Pete Wearing and Tony Iarrapino completed the starting field. Chris Frank, who was scheduled to start on the pole, didn't start the race, but received the ARbodies "Nosed Out" nose kit contingency.
Anthony Gillespie captured his first career RUSH win in the 20-lap Sportsman Modified feature. After inheriting the lead on lap five, Gillespie battled hard trading the lead with 2016 Sharon Speedway Champion, Brandon Ritchey, and came out on top in a close finish for the 20-lap $600 Bicknell Racing Products Touring Series victory. Gillespie was also named the Maxima Racing Oil "Maximum Performance" award winner.
Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Late Model Touring Series Race #6 (30 laps, $2,000 to-win): 1.RUSSELL KING (56) 2. Mike Pegher, Jr. (Swank RJ1) 3. John Waters (LeBarron 11) 4. Jeremy Wonderling (3J) 5. Bryce Davis (94) 6. Daryl Charlier (12) 7. Andrew Wylie (84) 8. Kyle Lukon (184) 9. Brian Knowles (7) 10. Eric Wilson (27W) 11. Andy Boozel (12B) 12. Josh Stoica (22J) 13. Michael Ott (Fields 21M) 14. Khole Wanzer (01W) 15. Jamie Wrightsman (21J) 16. Russell Baird, Jr. (17) 17. Tony White (27T) 18. Brian Swank (12s) 19. Michael Duritsky, Jr. (90J) 20. Greg Beach (33x) 21. Jason Knowles (4) 22. J.J. Mazur (13) 23. Bruce Hordusky, Jr. (3) 24. Christian Schneider (Maniewki 1ST) 25. Jason Fosnaught (J19). (Note: Tony White took a Series provisional).
RUSH Late Model Non-Qualifier (6 laps, $175 to-win): 1. Chuck Recker (6R) 2. Bill Kessler (09) 3. Pete Wearing (111) 4. Tony Iarrapino (54) 5. Chris Frank (49)-DNS 6. Chuck Medved (2M)-DSQ (seals) 7. John Mollick (60M)-DSQ (body).
Car Count: 32
Margin of Victory: 0.515 of a second
Feature Lap Leaders: Russell King (1-6), Bryce Davis (7-19), King (20-30)
Maxima Oil “Maximum Performanceâ€: Russell King
Precise Racing Products “Pedal Down Hard Chargerâ€: Kyle Lukon (+12)
TBM Brakes “Tough Brake of the Night": J.J. Mazur
CrateInsider.com "Last Car on Lead Lap": Jamie Wrightsman
ARbodies "Nosed Out: Chris Frank
FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock†RUSH Late Model Qualifying ($100 for fast time): 1. Russell King 16.942 2. Josh Stoica 17.058 3. Jason Knowles 17.062 4. John Waters 17.068 5. Jeremy Wonderling 17.118 6. Greg Beach 17.134 7. Bryce Davis 17.152 8. Michael Ott 17.218 9. Eric Wilson 17.233 10. J.J. Mazur 17.267 11. Brian Knowles 17.280 12. Russell Baird, Jr. 17.325 13. Mike Pegher, Jr. 17.406 14. Andrew Wylie 17.403 15. Bruce Hordusky, Jr. 17.478 16. Michael Duritsky, Jr. 17.478 17. Andy Boozel 17.479 18. Jamie Wrightsman 17.573 19. Khole Wanzer 17.659 20. Kyle Lukon 17.729 21. Bill Kessler 17.780 22. Chris Frank 17.834 23. Brian Swank 17.845 24. Chuck Recker 17.887 25. Daryl Charlier 18.269 26. Pete Wearing 18.410 27. Jason Fosnaught 18.420 28. Tony Iarrapino 18.593 29. Tony White 18.763 30. Christian Schneider DSQ (no scales) 31. John Mollick NT 32. Chuck Medved NT.
FK Rod Ends RUSH Late Model Heat 1 (8 laps, Top 5 transfer to A, $25 to-win) 1. King 2. Pegher 3. Wonderling 4. Charlier 5. Boozel 6. Wilson 7. Kessler 8. White.
FK Rod Ends RUSH Late Model Heat 2 (8 laps, Top 5 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. Stoica 2. Beach 3. Wylie 4. Mazur 5. Schneider 6. Wearing 7. Frank 8. Wrightsman.
FK Rod Ends RUSH Late Model Heat 3 (8 laps, Top 5 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. Davis 2. Hordusky 3. J. Knowles 4. B. Knowles 5. Fosnaught 6. Wanzer 7. Swank 8. Mollick-DSQ.
FK Rod Ends RUSH Late Model Heat 4 (8 laps, Top 5 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. Waters 2. Duritsky 3. Ott 4. Baird 5. Lukon 6. Recker 7. Iarrapino 8. Medved-DSQ.
K&N "Cold Air Induction" RUSH Late Model Dash (6 laps, $100 K&N certificate to-win): 1. King 2. Pegher 3. Davis 4. Waters 5. Duritsky 6. Stoica 7. Hordusky 8. Beach.
RUSH Late Model Last Chance B Main (10 laps, Top 4 transfer to A): 1. Wilson 2. Wanzer 3. Wrightsman 4. Swank 5. Frank 6. Wearing 7. Recker 8. Kessler 9. White 10. Iarrapino 11. Mollick-DSQ 12. Medved-DSQ.
Sweeney RUSH Sportsman Modified Bicknell Touring Series Race #3 (20 laps, $600 to-win): 1. ANTHONY GILLESPIE (Smith 3G) 2. Brandon Ritchey (17) 3. Kole Holden (2) 4. Chas Wolbert (c3) 5. Josh Deems (9D) 6. Brian Schaffer (41) 7. Kyle Martell (8) 8. Nick Ritchey (77N) 9. Jacob Jordan (28J) 10. Preston Cope (24P) 11. Jonathan Myers (11) 12. Jeremy Weaver (35W) 13. David Kalb, Jr. (11J) 14. Jordan Ehrenberg (20J) 15. Ethan Siple (12) 16. Blaze Myers (43JR) 17. Chelsie Kriegisch (10) 18. Billy Myers (43SR) 19. Jason Hufnagel (28) 20. Shayne Izzo (86) 21. Brian Sadler (5)-DSQ (RPM) 22. Steve Slater (35)-DSQ (RPM) 23. Jessica Kriegisch (63)-DSQ (rear end).