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All Hail King Zack, Zack Dohm is the “King of the Bullring†in a thriller at Tyler County UFo Race Championship!
Middlebourne, WV (June 4) All Hail the King Zack Dohm from Cross Lanes, WV, the winner of the UFo Race Championship sanctioned "King of the Bullring" event at the Tyler County on Saturday night. Dohm battled side-by-side with Keith Barbara for the lead, lasting a full 18 straight laps, before finally nosing ahead to take the lead with one lap to go in the Area-51 lap feature. Dohm, as his first words after the race were “I’m out of breath,†earned every penny of the $4,000 first place prize money in the event sponsored by Dodd’s Sporting Goods.
With 36 entries in the pit area, four qualifying heats were run taking the top four finishers to the main, the top three of them to redraw for the top 12 spots for the feature. Robbie Scott was the winner of Heat 1 from the pole, though he fell back to second before regaining the lead. Zack Dohm took the win in Heat 2, after starting third. Tim Dohm won the third heat from the pole, as Harold Redman, Jr. took Heat 4 from the second starting spot. A pair of B-Mains rounded out the starting field with Steve Wilmoth and UFo point leader Jared Hawkins getting the wins.
First heat winner Robbie Scott drew for the top 12 starting positions for the 51-lap “King of the Bullring.†After getting himself the tenth starting position, the front row positions dropped in the drawing order. Keith Barbara was the seventh driver to get his position, and Scott drew him the pole. The second spot fell all the way to the last driver to get his spot, which Mike Benedum gladly accepted.
With storms quickly approaching the area, the feature event hit the track at 9:33 PM. Barbara took the lead at the start, as third starting Zack Dohm moved past Benedum to second, as cars raced from top to bottom on “The Bullring.†The early battle was for second as Benedum regained the spot on lap 2 with Dohm taking it back on lap 4, right before the first caution of the event waved for Harold Redman, Jr. Barbara chose the inside lane for the double file restart, leading as one more lap was completed before another yellow, this time for Tim Dohm running in the fifth spot.
On the double file restart, Barbara chose the inside and regained the lead when racing resumed over Zack Dohm, Corey Conley, Paul Wilmoth, Jr., and Jacob Hawkins. The running order stayed the same through a lap 12 caution period for Tracie Sampson. Back to green, Barbara regained control from the inside lane fending off a challenge from Dohm. Hawkins, Wilmoth, and Robbie Scott picked up the chase, as the battle was on for second. Hawkins passed Dohm for second on lap 22, before the next caution on lap 23 for current UFo point leader Jacob Hawkins, who had advanced from 18th starting position into the top ten before running into problems on lap 23.
Barbara again regained control when racing resumed, again from the inside line before he moved back to the outside line of the speedway. Jacob Hawkins held second on lap 24, but Dohm took it back on lap 25. Wilmoth joined the battle for second, but he and Hawkins made contact crossing the line on lap 25. The resulting contact knocked Hawkins from the race, as he stopped on the apron of turn two for the next caution period with 26 laps complete. With lightning filling the night sky, the race had reached its halfway point to make it official if the approaching weather were to interfere.
Back to green, Barbara and Wilmoth were side-by-side on the backstretch with Barbara again able to restart on the inside and move back to the outside lane to keep his lead. Wilmoth was right there in second with Dohm, 16th starting Butch McGill, and Tim Dohm filling the top five as he was back from the tail on lap 5. On lap 29, what would be the final yellow flag of the event waved for a spin by Quinton Wyandt, who had made the main event in the lone 525 crate engine entry in the field.
The drivers could obviously tell by the approaching lightning that there was not much time left in the race, and the final 22 laps of the race showed it. When the green flag waved, Barbara again controlled the restart as they went four wide for the lead in turns one and two. Barbara nosed ahead down the backstretch with Zack Dohm settling into second over Wilmoth, Tim Dohm, and McGill. Zack Dohm moved in to challenge Barbara for the lead, getting a nose inside of him on lap 32. Lap after lap, Barbara held the high lane with Dohm to his inside. Dohm would get a good run through turns one and two, with Barbara getting a better run off of turns three and four. Had the start/finish been on the backstretch, Dohm would have led a handful of laps, but it appeared that Barbara stayed ahead each time where it counted at the line.
With the war going on for the lead, the side-by-side battle caught Rick Conley to put him a lap down on lap 47. Conley was running Barbara’s outside lane, but when they got to him both drivers swept inside of Conley to remain door-to-door in a breathtaking move. They were again even for the lead at the two lap to go mark, but this time Dohm got a real good run off of turn two. Using this run to his advantage, he nosed farther ahead on the backstretch than he had been the entire race, far enough to allow him to clear Barbara. At the waving of the white flag, he had completed the pass to be the new race leader.
At the checkered flag, it was Zack Dohm getting the win by a car length over Keith Barbara, as the two drivers raced hard and clean in the crowd pleasing battle in the late laps. Sixth starting Paul Wilmoth, Jr. finished third. Back from the tail of the field on lap 5, Tim Dohm earned fourth and had to be proud of his son’s winning effort. Robbie Scott was fifth, with Jared Miley in sixth. With his seventh place finish, Devin Friese took over the lead in the UFo Race Championship point standings. 21st starting Steve Weigle was eighth, with 20th starting Quintin Wyandt ninth. Tenth went to Rick Conley. Rain started to fall during the victory lane interview, and though the next race was brought out, those cars were sent back to the pits. A few minutes later, the approaching severe storm hit with a massive downpour.
Devin Friese from Chambersburg, PA is the new leader in the UFo Race Championship point standings. He now leads Jared Hawkins of Fairmont, WV by 5.5 points. 8 points behind is Keith Barbara, and 5.5 more back is Jared Miley, as both drivers are from South Park, PA. Chad McClellan from Stoystown, PA is fifth in points, with Danny Mitchell and Quintin Wyandt tied for sixth. Matt Dobnak, Jacob Hawkins, and Bob Gordon round out the top ten.
Next up for the 2011 UFo Race Championship will be this coming Saturday, June 11, with the rescheduled running of the PENNational at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway with twin 28 lap main events for $4,000 total to win. The following weekend will feature the $3,000 to win Chuck Gear Championship race at Elkins Raceway on Friday, June 17.
Middlebourne, WV (June 4) All Hail the King Zack Dohm from Cross Lanes, WV, the winner of the UFo Race Championship sanctioned "King of the Bullring" event at the Tyler County on Saturday night. Dohm battled side-by-side with Keith Barbara for the lead, lasting a full 18 straight laps, before finally nosing ahead to take the lead with one lap to go in the Area-51 lap feature. Dohm, as his first words after the race were “I’m out of breath,†earned every penny of the $4,000 first place prize money in the event sponsored by Dodd’s Sporting Goods.
With 36 entries in the pit area, four qualifying heats were run taking the top four finishers to the main, the top three of them to redraw for the top 12 spots for the feature. Robbie Scott was the winner of Heat 1 from the pole, though he fell back to second before regaining the lead. Zack Dohm took the win in Heat 2, after starting third. Tim Dohm won the third heat from the pole, as Harold Redman, Jr. took Heat 4 from the second starting spot. A pair of B-Mains rounded out the starting field with Steve Wilmoth and UFo point leader Jared Hawkins getting the wins.
First heat winner Robbie Scott drew for the top 12 starting positions for the 51-lap “King of the Bullring.†After getting himself the tenth starting position, the front row positions dropped in the drawing order. Keith Barbara was the seventh driver to get his position, and Scott drew him the pole. The second spot fell all the way to the last driver to get his spot, which Mike Benedum gladly accepted.
With storms quickly approaching the area, the feature event hit the track at 9:33 PM. Barbara took the lead at the start, as third starting Zack Dohm moved past Benedum to second, as cars raced from top to bottom on “The Bullring.†The early battle was for second as Benedum regained the spot on lap 2 with Dohm taking it back on lap 4, right before the first caution of the event waved for Harold Redman, Jr. Barbara chose the inside lane for the double file restart, leading as one more lap was completed before another yellow, this time for Tim Dohm running in the fifth spot.
On the double file restart, Barbara chose the inside and regained the lead when racing resumed over Zack Dohm, Corey Conley, Paul Wilmoth, Jr., and Jacob Hawkins. The running order stayed the same through a lap 12 caution period for Tracie Sampson. Back to green, Barbara regained control from the inside lane fending off a challenge from Dohm. Hawkins, Wilmoth, and Robbie Scott picked up the chase, as the battle was on for second. Hawkins passed Dohm for second on lap 22, before the next caution on lap 23 for current UFo point leader Jacob Hawkins, who had advanced from 18th starting position into the top ten before running into problems on lap 23.
Barbara again regained control when racing resumed, again from the inside line before he moved back to the outside line of the speedway. Jacob Hawkins held second on lap 24, but Dohm took it back on lap 25. Wilmoth joined the battle for second, but he and Hawkins made contact crossing the line on lap 25. The resulting contact knocked Hawkins from the race, as he stopped on the apron of turn two for the next caution period with 26 laps complete. With lightning filling the night sky, the race had reached its halfway point to make it official if the approaching weather were to interfere.
Back to green, Barbara and Wilmoth were side-by-side on the backstretch with Barbara again able to restart on the inside and move back to the outside lane to keep his lead. Wilmoth was right there in second with Dohm, 16th starting Butch McGill, and Tim Dohm filling the top five as he was back from the tail on lap 5. On lap 29, what would be the final yellow flag of the event waved for a spin by Quinton Wyandt, who had made the main event in the lone 525 crate engine entry in the field.
The drivers could obviously tell by the approaching lightning that there was not much time left in the race, and the final 22 laps of the race showed it. When the green flag waved, Barbara again controlled the restart as they went four wide for the lead in turns one and two. Barbara nosed ahead down the backstretch with Zack Dohm settling into second over Wilmoth, Tim Dohm, and McGill. Zack Dohm moved in to challenge Barbara for the lead, getting a nose inside of him on lap 32. Lap after lap, Barbara held the high lane with Dohm to his inside. Dohm would get a good run through turns one and two, with Barbara getting a better run off of turns three and four. Had the start/finish been on the backstretch, Dohm would have led a handful of laps, but it appeared that Barbara stayed ahead each time where it counted at the line.
With the war going on for the lead, the side-by-side battle caught Rick Conley to put him a lap down on lap 47. Conley was running Barbara’s outside lane, but when they got to him both drivers swept inside of Conley to remain door-to-door in a breathtaking move. They were again even for the lead at the two lap to go mark, but this time Dohm got a real good run off of turn two. Using this run to his advantage, he nosed farther ahead on the backstretch than he had been the entire race, far enough to allow him to clear Barbara. At the waving of the white flag, he had completed the pass to be the new race leader.
At the checkered flag, it was Zack Dohm getting the win by a car length over Keith Barbara, as the two drivers raced hard and clean in the crowd pleasing battle in the late laps. Sixth starting Paul Wilmoth, Jr. finished third. Back from the tail of the field on lap 5, Tim Dohm earned fourth and had to be proud of his son’s winning effort. Robbie Scott was fifth, with Jared Miley in sixth. With his seventh place finish, Devin Friese took over the lead in the UFo Race Championship point standings. 21st starting Steve Weigle was eighth, with 20th starting Quintin Wyandt ninth. Tenth went to Rick Conley. Rain started to fall during the victory lane interview, and though the next race was brought out, those cars were sent back to the pits. A few minutes later, the approaching severe storm hit with a massive downpour.
Devin Friese from Chambersburg, PA is the new leader in the UFo Race Championship point standings. He now leads Jared Hawkins of Fairmont, WV by 5.5 points. 8 points behind is Keith Barbara, and 5.5 more back is Jared Miley, as both drivers are from South Park, PA. Chad McClellan from Stoystown, PA is fifth in points, with Danny Mitchell and Quintin Wyandt tied for sixth. Matt Dobnak, Jacob Hawkins, and Bob Gordon round out the top ten.
Next up for the 2011 UFo Race Championship will be this coming Saturday, June 11, with the rescheduled running of the PENNational at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway with twin 28 lap main events for $4,000 total to win. The following weekend will feature the $3,000 to win Chuck Gear Championship race at Elkins Raceway on Friday, June 17.
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