Results

After Friday night qualifications for the 2nd Annual Shamrock Inn Small Car Nationals, Ashley Barrett, Dale Hollidge and Mark Digges were each $2,000 winners in their respective features on Saturday night at Hagerstown while "Krazy" Kenny Thomas, Steve Thompson and Cheryl Sperlich also had other victories during the evening.

Maureen Taylor, owner of the Shamrock Inn, along with her associates, made everyone a winner with the help of at least 40 different sponsors for various prizes handed out to every finisher.

Barrett, of Shippensburg, Pa was triumphant in the 30-lap late model sportsman feature after leading the green to checker with contact made coming off the final turn when Dylan Yoder tried a run from the bottom side and they met with both out of shape, Barrett recovering and going for the win. Pete Weaver snuck past for second while Yoder went across the finish line backwards to still finish third. It was his fourth victory in the second half of the season following a broken wrist that plagued the first half.

"That last turn, when I came off the corner, when these things are up on the bars, you can't see when someone sweeps up on you like that and as soon as I saw him, I was already into him," Barrett said. "What are you going to do, it's the checkered flag? I kept my car straight and made it across the line. We really didn't work on the set up. We just ran what we've been running. We've messed around the last two days on this power steering, We qualified last night without power steering."

Hollidge, of Mechanicsville, Md, the 2008 pure stock champion raced side by side with Hans Stamberg until he finally edged ahead with eight laps to go and won over him by .78 seconds.

"We've been racing for points all year. That was the most fun I've had racing in a long time," Hollidge said of his fourth triumph. "The track wasn't as slick last night and we made some adjustments to the car. It started getting a little tight there towards the end."

Digges, the 2008 Winchester four cylinder champion, started seventh and saw an opportunity and took advantage of it to take the lead on the sixth lap and drive away to win by three seconds over Roger Whitlock in the non-stop 15-lap feature.

"We had this thing all but won last year and I felt I had something to finish. I felt we got it done tonight," Digges said. "The 21 (Leidy) and 11 (Stoll Jr.) cars, I don't know if I'd got past them; getting to them was one thing, but passing is another, but they got into each other there and slipped up, I just took the opportunity when it was there and tried to do it
clean."

It was the second win in the enduros for Thomas of Keedysville, Md. but one he's been trying to win for years, the 75 lap championship event. Thomas started 28th and took the lead on the 14th lap to continue to lap all but the second and third place cars. He ended just over 16 seconds ahead of two time winner Mark Vegh.

"We've been messing with the car all year long," Thomas said. "We put a new set of tires on it and that was the best $300 I ever spent. I mean that dog was gone, I could run high, low, it didn't matter where it was at. We caught most of the traffic where we needed to, it was just our night. The only problem I had was there about five laps to go and someone blew up in front of me. I could not see out the windshield, I was driving out the side the car."

After the smash-crash of the 22nd Annual Tommy Thompson Demo Derby, Steve Thompson finally got the one he's wanted for more than 20 years.

"I've been doing this before 1986, but that was the year when dad passed away and I've been trying all these years to win this, "Thompson said. "I've finished in the top five a bunch of times but I finally did it. It's been a long time, I wanted this one."

It took a couple tries to get the late model sportsman event underway, as Barrett slid up to the front row on the second attempt when Bruce Kane spun on the opening attempt. Barrett took the point over Pete Weaver while 2008 champion, Andy Fries grabbed third.

Barrett and Weaver made their own race at the front while pulling out to a two second lead. Dylan Yoder, who started 22nd, showed on the radar screen after an 11th lap restart and looked to be a contender as he got by Friese on the 14th and slowly began to close on Barrett and Weaver. By the 21st, he was on Weaver's bumper and the next circuit, had taken the runner up spot. It was a race between the trio and three seconds back to Fries as Yoder first pulled alongside Barrett on the 26th but Barrett held firm. Yoder tried the low line in the final turns and came up on Barrett as he was exiting and the two made contact, as Weaver made it past to finish second while Yoder spun around past the finish line and to the inside guard rail to still finish third.

Yoder passed 19 cars and was the hard charger. Kyle Lear and Fries completed the top five.

Weaver was quickest in time trials with a lap of 20.231 while Kane, Michael Collins and Barrett were also locked into the top starting sports. Heat winners were Jerry Bard, Fries, Wayne Walls Jr. and Lear.

Stamberg sped from the outside pole ahead of Dave Stouffer and led third starting Hollidge got back from fourth and was into second by lap nine and showing his nose to Stamberg two laps later. After a 12th lap restart, it was two by two as Stamberg and Hollidge races side by side and right behind them, Darrin Younker was side by side with Tony Daniels.

Hollidge finally got a better run on the 18th lap to squeeze ahead while Daniels finally won the battle with Younker on the 24th lap. Hollidge came to the line .78 seconds over Stamberg with Daniels Younker and Michael Rose right behind.

Stouffer turned the fastest pure stock lap of 23.417 to lock himself in while Stamberg, Hollidge and Greg Heinsey joined in the front positions. Daniels, Eddie McClellan, Wayne Hawbaker and Jim Saylor won heats to fill the next two rows.

John Stoll Jr. took the four cylinder lead from the pole over Dave Leidy while Digges came from eighth and made it a three car battle by lap five. When Stoll and Leidy got together, Digges dived under them and came away with the lead and checked out over the final laps. Whitlock seized the runner up spot on the same lap and finished three seconds back with Leidy, Stoll and Gregg Keister completing the top five.

From the four cylinder heats, Stoll Jr, Leidy, Sonny Williamson and Brian Wentzel were winners to occupy the front two rows.

The speedway heads into its fall break before returning for the best program in dirt motorsports, the 21st Annual Octoberfest 350 scheduled for Saturday - Sunday, October 25 - 26. All qualifying will be held on Saturday with features only on Sunday; 100 laps for the big and small block modified as well as late models. The super sprint cars will compete for 50 laps. All features pay $10,000 with an increased purse through the complete field over previous years.

Wade Hendrickson, (big block), Kevin Hirthler (small block), Alan Sagi (late model) and Fred Rahmer (sprints) are the defending winners.

Pit gates open daily at 8:00, grandstands at 9:30 and hot laps begin at 12:00 noon

2nd ANNUAL SHAMROCK INN SMALL CAR NATIONALS

Late Model Sportsman, 30 Laps, 44 entries (Lap Leaders - Ashley Barrett 1-30) 1.Ashley Barrett; 2.Pete Weaver; 3.Dylan Yoder (Hard Charger); 4.Kyle Lear; 5.Andy Fries; 6.Steve Axtell Jr.; 7.Shawn Jones; 8.Michael Collins; 9.Matt Sponaugle; 10.Tyler Armstrong; 11.Jamie Swank; 12.Cory Houck; 13.Brian Lessley; 14.Barry Lear Sr.; 15.Randy Shaffer; 16.Robbie Beall; 17.Leon Lloyd; 18.Bobby Beard; 19.Tyler Hershey; 20.Richard Walls; 21.Bruce Kane; 22.Barry Miller; 23.Wayne Walls Jr.; 24.Scott Palmer; 25.Terry Flaherty; 26.Jerry Bard; DNQ - Mark Jones, Glen Elliott, Cody Lear, Glenn Nininger Jr., Dale Smith, Bud Philips, Paul Cursey, Courtney Shreiner, Justin Hart, Fred Harden, Ryan Walls, Travis Beaver, DNS . C.J. Brown, Rodney Mock, Rance Garlock, Mike Walls, Rob Gergel, Nick Pappas

Pure Stocks, 25 laps 51 entries (Lap Leaders - Hans Stamberg 1-17, Dale Hollidge 18-25) 1.Dale Hollidge; 2.Hans Stamberg; 3.Tony Daniels; 4.Darrin Younker; 5.Michael Rose; 6.Eddie McClellan; 7.Joey Carter; 8.Wayne Hawbaker; 9.Dave Kaiser (Hard Charger); 10.Kenny Dillon; 11.Danny Beavers; 12.Kevin Keefer; 13.Kevin Boyer; 14.Brian Duffey; 15.Jim Saylor; 16.Randy Zechman; 17.James Mongan; 18.Greg Heinsey; 19.Brian Luttrell; 20.Daniel Main; 21.Billy Ecton Jr.; 22.John Whitefield; 23.Donnie Smith; 24.Steve Lowery; 25.Dave Stouffer; 26.Kevin Dremer; 27.P:aul Quattro; 28.Mike Warrenfeltz, DNQ- Ray Priest, Mike Cunningham, Andy Holmes, Bobby Taylor, Tony Stoneberger, Justin Snodderly, Wendy Jesner, Charlie Pensinger, Zach Reid, Eric Johnson, DNS Kevin Koontz, Bryan Kerns, Dave Brown, Dave Mikolajski, Chris Clark, Tony Catlett, Kevin Cooke, Jim Tony, Brian Swiger, Don Zechman, Todd Snook, Bill Ecton

Four Cylinders, 15 laps, 38 entries (Lap Leaders - John Stoll Jr. 1-5, Mark Digges, 6-15) 1.Mark Digges; 2.Roger Whitlock; 3Dave Leidy; 4.John Stoll Jr.; 5.Gregg Keister; 6.Delmas Moreland (Hard Charger); 7.Kevin Thomas; 8.Vance Williams; 9.Ed Gage by; 10.Burch Mayo; 11.Kyle Wiser; 12.Randy Longaberger; 13.Brian Wentzel; 14.Leroy Long; 15.Eric Hollenbach; 16.Mike Hawbaker; 17.Larry Fuchs; 18.Sonny Williamson; 19.Jeremy Ott; 20.Austin Kirby; 21.Dave Freidrich; 22.Mike Crate; 23.Tracey Linn; 24.Troy Eckenrode; 25.Cody Kershner; 26.Jeff Koller; DNQ - Jeff Rippeon, Steve Haynes, Matt Williamson, Mike Kershner, Chris Booher, Ronnie Garlock, DNS - Ed Williamson, Bryan Neff, Scott McCartney, Keith Walls, David Ricker, Greg Gunter

Enduro Championship, 75 Laps, (Lap Leaders Chris Ebersole 1-9, Joe Rodgers 10-13, "Krazy" Kenny Thomas - 14-75) 1.Krazy Kenny Thomas; 2.Mark Vegh; 3.Robin Koogler; 4.Matt Smith; 5.Derek Riley; 6.William Crook; 7.Danny Holmes; 8.Joe Rodgers; 9.Dustin Proctor; 10.Richard Tracey; 11.Kenny Thomas; 12.Gary Proctor;13.Eric Myers; 14.Jamie Mills; 15.John Poole; 16.John Conrad; 17.Jim Speelman; 18.Bryan Green;19.Steve Thompson; 20.D.J.Long; 21.Larry Hurley Jr.; 22.James Clark; 23.Dave Shatto; 24.J.C. Butts; 25.Bobby Moore; 26.Rodney Miner; 27.Brandon, Churchy; 28.Gary Cekovich; 29.William Smith; 30.Roy Stevens; 31.Chris Ebersole; 32. Steve Thompson

22nd Annual Tommy Thomson Demo Derby - 1.Steve Thompson; 2.Alex Garvin; 3.Mike Clinger; 4.Linda Anderson; 5.Brian Churchey

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September 19 2008
NIGHT ONE OF THE SHAMROCK INN SMALL CAR NATIONALS IS IN THE BOOKS

Qualifications for the 2nd Annual Shamrock Inn Small Car Nationals at Hagerstown Speedway are partially completed with the exception of the consolation events to round out the fields.

Time trials and heat races were held for the late model sportsman and pure stocks divisions while only heat races were held for the four cylinders.mThere were a total of 133 race cars in the pits; 44 late model sportsman, 51 pure stocks and 38 four cylinders, all looking at a chance at features paying $2,000.

Hagerstown regular, Pete Weaver was quickest in the late model sportsman time trials with a lap of 20.231 while Bruce Kane, Michael Collins and Ashley Barrett also locked themselves into the top starting sports for Saturday's 30-lap feature. Heat winners who will occupy rows three and four are Jerry Bard, Andy Fries, Wayne Walls Jr. and Kyle Lear.

Dave Stouffer, another regular, turned the fastest pure stock lap of 23.417 to lock himself into the 25-lap feature while Hans Stamberg, Dale Hollidge, the 2008 track champion and Greg Heinsey joined him for the front positions. Tony Daniels, Eddie McClellan, Wayne Hawbaker and Jim Saylor won heats to fill the next two rows.

From the four cylinder heats, John Stoll Jr, Dave Leidy, Sonny Williamson and Brian Wentzel were winners to earn the front two rows for the 15-lap feature

Saturday's (tonight's) program will begin with two consolation events for each division to complete the fields followed by the respective feature events. Other specials on the program include the Enduro Championship, a Power Puff for the women and the 22nd Annual Tommy Thompson Demo Derby what was postponed from September 6th due to a rain out.

Pit gates open at 4:00, grandstands at 5:00 and hot laps are at 7:00

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September 13 2008
MILLER AND CANNON CAPITALIZE IN HUB CITY 100 EVENTS

After more than an hour rain delay for Hagerstown Speedway's 34th Annual Hub City 100 to get underway, Jeremy Miller and Pat Cannon were greeted in victory lane following victories in the prestigious late season event which included a format change to 50-lap features for the IRS (Independent Racing Series) Late Models and the 358 sprint cars. The event was sponsored by Sunoco Race Fuels supplied by D & D Auto Recycling. Winner trophies were provided by J & M Sportsworld., Fast time trophy provided by Ernie's

Making only his second visit to Hagerstown season, Miller of Gettysburg, also made this one a rewarding experience by capturing the IRS event. A three time and past two consecutive time winner of the event, Miller won his heat, finished second in the Dash to start outside the front row and led from start to finish and pocketed $7,000 for his overall fourth win of the season.

"I have to thank VP Racing Fuels for this," Miller said. "I didn't know how much of a deficit our motor deal was on the other fuel all year long. We switched to VP fuels and the motor just came alive like they were last year. The track was in nice shape. It's to the point you can race all over it. I ran the bottom a lot, but actually when I moved up to the middle, my car was actually better."

Cannon, of Etters, Pa., the 2008 Selinsgrove champion and current Williams Grove point leader, was flawless in his $3,000 winning effort and added to his overall 12 already this season. Cannon started fifth and got past Aaron Ott to charge ahead on the 33rd circuit and win by more than two seconds over T.J. Stutts.

"This was awesome, anytime you win at a new place that's cool," Cannon said. "Sitting out in the parking lot and watching it rain for an hour, I never thought we'd get this in tonight. This surface is awesome smooth. We don't run on anything like this in all Central Pa. It turned out to be a great surface, when you can race on it like that, all the fast cars up front. I thought we made the right tire choice and we did because she locked down the last half of that race and it was just flat out awesome."

Miller got the drop on pole setter Jamie Lathroum and Ronnie DeHaven Jr. at the start and was two seconds out front by the fourth lap and to the rear of the field by the tenth circuit. On the 15th lap Jason Covert passed DeHaven and by the next lap, Miller was still forging ahead and had three cars separating himself from Lathroum.

Covert moved into the runner up spot on the 21st with the first and only caution displayed on the 27th lap when Frankie Plessinger coasted to a stop.

Miller charged ahead on the restart as Covert while 2000 event winner, D.J. Myers worked on Lathroum and Jack Pencil moved in to challenge DeHaven and take his spot on the 34th.

Miller maintained more than a second advantage over Covert until the checkered while Myers took the third spot from Lathroum on the final lap. Lathroum and Pencil completed the top five.

"I can't thank everybody enough," Miller said." Charles and Jenny (Buckler) couldn't be here tonight. of course they're going to be pretty upset but they're going to be happy too. To win this race four times in the Buckler Motorsports car, that's pretty awesome and I can't say enough about American Racers, they're the dominant tire here when we get to race them."

Devin Friese came from the final 24th spot to finish 6th while DeHaven, Andy Anderson, Alan Sagi (back from a July racing accident) and Brian Booze rounded out the top ten. Late model heat winners for the 50 entries were Lathroum, Covert, Miller and Booze while Nathan Durboraw and Plessinger won the consolations.

Three time event winner Durboraw was the first out of the event with mechanical problems on the eighth circuit. Gary Stuhler, who along with Miller, have split the past six events had his night end early when he wasrear ended in his heat race and spun around to be collected by Brian Bernheisel.

Cory Haas started the 358 show by jumping out ahead of Craig Myers but on the second lap, Myers brought out the first caution when he made contact with the turn two fence. Aaron Ott took up the chase on Haas following the restart while Phil Walters, Chad Trout and Cannon were next. Haas was nearly two seconds ahead and arriving at the rear of the field when the second caution waved on lap ten.

Cannon had passed Trout and trailed Walters until the 17th lap when he took over third while Ott worked on Haas in lapped traffic to take over the top spot on the 23rd round as Cannon also saw an opening and grabbed the runner up spot the next circuit before the halfway fuel stop.

Ott took off following the stop with Cannon keeping the pressure on and finally, made his move to charge ahead on the 33rd lap.

The only caution in the second half was when Haas and a lapped car got together on the 39th lap which ended a good run.

Cannon took off and was more than three seconds ahead with five to go while Ott held off Stutts' challenges until the 45th lap as Cannon got into lapped traffic with Stutts closing some to take the final checkered two seconds back.

"Man this was a great deal," Cannon said. "We had to bide our time there. I was getting a little nervous the first ten laps, the car wasn't driving off. I said, 'Well, we're going up to the top and see what it's got'. I think I generated some tire heat and it locked down and she was rolling."

Ott finished third with Walters and Danny Dietrich making a late strong run from 15th to end fifth. Lincoln champion, Jeff Rohrbaugh came from 22nd to hold to the sixth position over Mark Freeland, Chad Criswell (from 19th), Tim Wagaman and Trout.

Haas, Myers, Trout and Ott were the heat winners with Tim Berkheimer and Rohrbaugh winning the consolations for the 38 entries. .

It's down to only two programs remaining and the final even before a several week lull is the two day 2nd Annual Shamrock Inn Small Car Nationals for this Friday-Saturday.

Friday will feature all qualifying and time trials for the divisions while Saturday's program includes the consolation and feature events for the late model sportsman, pure stocks and four cylinders with each paying $2,000 to win. Other specials on the program include the Enduro Championship, a Power Puff and the 22nd Annual Tommy Thompson Demo Derby what was postponed from September 6th due to a rain out.

Friday, pit gates open at 4:00, grandstands at 5:00 and hot laps are at 7:30. Saturday pits open at 4:00 grandstands at 5:00. Hot Laps 7:00.

34TH Annual Hub City 100, IRS (Independent Racing Series) Late Models, 50 laps, 50 entries, (Lap Leaders - Jeremy Miller 1-50 ) 1.Jeremy Miller; 2.Jason Covert; 3.D.J.Myers; 4.Jamie Lathroum; 5.Jack Pencil; 6.Devin Friese; 7.Ronnie DeHaven Jr.; 8.Andy Anderson; 9.Alan Sagi; 10.Brian Booze; 11.Darryl Hills; 12.Steve Axtell Jr.; 13.Mike Knight; 14.Robbie Blair; 15.J.T. Spence; 16.Mike Lupfer; 17.Jeff Miller; 18.Frankie Plessinger; 19.Booper Bare; 20.Keith Jackson; 21.Rick Aukland; 22.Roy Deese Jr.; 23.Dave Hess Jr.; 24.Nathan Durboraw: DNQ: Tommy Armel, Matt Lux, Ray Kable Jr., Dan Stone, Gregg Fetters, Scott LeBarron, Ron Delano Jr., Brian Tavenner, Dylan Yoder, Jere Wierman, Matt Parks, Terry Rayko, Marvin Winters, Scott Cross, DNS: Tim Wilson, Todd Snook, Gary Stuhler, Ricky Elliott, Jim Yoder, Brian Bernheisel, Kirk Ryan, Matt Hardy, Tony Crim, Paul Crowl, Tyler Hershey, David Williams.

358 Sprints, 50 Laps, 38 entries (Lap Leaders - Cory Haas 1-22, Aaron Ott 23-32, Pat Cannon 33-50) 1.Pat Cannon; 2.T.J. Stutts; 3.Aaron Ott; 4.Phil Walters; 5.Danny Dietrich; 6.Jeff Rohrbaugh; 7.Mark Freeland; 8.Chad Criswell; 9.TimWagaman; 10.Chad Trout; 11.John Barnet; 12.Nate Hammaker; 13.Dale Hammaker; 14.Dave Franek; 15.Jasno Shultz; 16.Glenndon Forsythe; 17.Tim Berkheimer; 18.Todd Reed; 19.Jessica Anderson; 20.Nathan Berwager; 21.Cory Haas; 22.TomWise; 23.Randy Davis; 24.Derek Locke; 256.Nichole Bower; 26.Craig Myers; DNQ - Jessie Morrison, Cale Griffen, Stewart Smith, Jay Galloway, Kevin Nagy, Keith Prutzman, Matt Boland, DNS - Brain Eichelberger, Billy Johns, Billy Dietrich, Dan Richcreek, Erick Tomecek

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September 11 2008
COMFORT SUITES HOST HOTEL FOR HAGERSTOWN SPEEDWAY BANQUET

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August 30 2008
STUHLER SCORES MCBEE/HAYS TRIUMPH, DEESE WINS SIXTH HAGERSTOWN CHAMPIONSHIP

Starting from tenth, Gary Stuhler was patient Saturday night during the 23rd Annual McBee/Hays Championship for the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late models at Hagerstown Speedway and saw the low path to the front finally open up. After being mired in traffic, he took the lead from Ray Kable Jr. on the 37th as both #90ies raced side by side until the 40th when the caution was displayed. Following another yellow on the 43rd, Stuhler
charged the final lap to a .78 second advantage over Kable. The win was the third of the season and career 126th for the Greencastle Pa. veteran who was recently inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame. It was his fourth win of the traditional Labor Day weekend event, but his first since 1994.

"I won this race when it was the Ronnie McBee race but I've been trying for years and years to get the Speedy Hays race. It's quite an honor, he was quite a guy. I had a lot of fun with him. I just wish Betty Jane was here. I know some of the old time people with him are here. I was kind of rooting for little Ray there when I was back in about sixth or seventh. I saw him leading and I don't think he's ever won a feature race here, I really felt
for him, but it was every man for himself though, but he did a heck of a job."

The event was also the final Cindy Rowe point event and Roy Deese Jr. earned his sixth championship title despite being unable to avoid a lap 33 incident. Jim Yoder, who came into the night second in the standings, had mechanical problems, dropping out on the 19th lap as eight time champion Nathan Durboraw took over second place in the final standings.

"I wish we'd had a better finish, "Deese said. "That belly flop in the heat race really set us back. We had a good car, just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Shippensburg's Jerry Bard was victorious for the second time of the season in the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman after he took the lead on the third lap and continued strong with previous weeks winner Ashley Barrett taking over second with three to go, but ending .56 second back.

"I saw Ashley Barrett up to third and Andy right behind him," Bard said. "I thought, 'Well, I'm going to run the top as probably that was where he was at.' He's was going to have to go a little bit higher if he wanted to get around me."

Hans Stamberg, Hedgesville, WV, has found definitely something this season in the Ernie's Salvage Yard pure stocks as he scored his fourth triumph in the past five races and sixth of the season. He got under Darrin Younker and drove on to win by 1.56 seconds.

Tyler Hershey led the late models from the pole but Kable, who started alongside, charged from the fourth turn to lead the opening lap while Ronnie DeHaven and then Frankie Plessinger got past Hershey by the seventh circuit. They began relentlessly tormenting Kable while switching positions and Plessinger getting an edge to lead the 13th lap as Kable fought back.

Kable continued to lead and following the 33rd lap yellow when Stuhler was sixth, he quickly found some track to his liking and was third in two more laps and got past DeHaven and Kable to take over on the 37th. Kable wasn't giving up easily and stayed alongside until a 40th lap yellow for eighth running Darryl Hills who came to a stop. DeHaven, in fourth, brought out the yellow with one to go when his left rear tire went flat, setting up a battle of the 90ies to the checkered which Stuhler won by .78 seconds while Kirk Ryan took over third on the final lap.

"I think we set the car up for the bottom as we thought there would be some traction down there and it worked to perfection," Stuhler said.

Jamie Lathroum and D.J. Myers completed the top five. J.T. Spence, from 20th, was the Ernie's Salvage hard charger after ending sixth with Hershey, Steve Axtell Jr, Devin Friese and Marvin Winters completing the top ten. Ryan, Hershey and Kable Jr. were heat winners while Deese Jr. was the consy winner.

After Scott Palmer led the late model sportsman, Bard, from fifth, took over on the third circuit while Wayne Walls Jr. took second on the fifth. The first yellow came out on the 12th, but Walls had Palmer and Barrett to contend with. In the shuffle, Palmer made contact with the front stretch wall on the 15th. Barrett took second from Walls on the 17th and began to close but ran out of time to make it two straight. Walls held to third over point leader Andy Fries and Terry Flaherty. Rick Stouffer, Walls Jr, and Palmer were the heat winners while Barry Miller was the consy winner and sixth finisher; Bobby Beard was the St. Thomas Towing/Checkered Flag Lube Center hard charger.

On the point after a three car incident at the start of the pure stock feature, Randy Kline was strong while Darrin Younker closed, taking over on the seventh lap while Stamberg had raced around the top and was second the next lap. Stamberg made two passes on Younker, the first recalled by a yellow flag on lap eight, but got by for good on the tenth to stretch his lead to 1.56 seconds at the finish.

Point leader Dale Hollidge was third over Kline and Dean Holmes. Heats were won by Mike Warrenfeltz, Drew Fitzsimmons and Stamberg with the consy going to Kevin Boyer. Previous weeks first career winner, Wayne Hawbaker was the J&M Sportsworld hard charger.

With only a few events remaining, the speedway returns Saturday with the final point events to decide the champions of the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic Late Model Sportsman along with the Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks. The program also includes the final Enduro Dash before the championship event the following week. It's also smash -crash time in the 22nd Annual Tommy Thompson Demo Derby.

Pit gates open at 4: p.m. with grandstands opening at 5:00 p.m. Hot laps get underway at 7:00 p.m.

Hagerstown Speedway Results

23rd Annual McBee / Hays Championship, Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, 44 laps, 31 entries, (Lap Leaders - Ray Kable 1-14, 16-36, Gary Stuhler 37-44 ) 1.Gary Stuhler; 2.Ray Kable Jr.; 3.Kirk Ryan Jr.; 4.Jamie Lathroum; 5.D.J.Myers; 6.J.T.Spence (Ernie's Salvage Hard Charger); 7.Tyler Hershey; 8.SteveAxtell Jr.; 9.Devin Fries; 10.Marvin Winters; 11.Frankie Plessinger; 12.Nathan Durboraw; 13.Brian Booze; 14.Mike Lupfer; 15.Scott LeBarron; 16.Paul Crowl; 17.Lindsay Barton; 18.Ronnie DeHaven; 19.Darryl Hills; 20.Roy Deese Jr.; 21.David Williams; 22.Jim Yoder; 23.Steve Gibney; 24.Rick Hulson DNQ: Larry Baker III, Doug Stine, Matt Murphy, Tim Murphy, Kyle Lear, DNS - D.J. Troutman, Larry Baer

Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 32 entries (Lap Leaders - Scott Palmer 1-2, Jerry Bard 3-20) 1.Jerry Bard; 2.Ashley Barrett; 3.Wayne Walls Jr.; 4.Andy Fries; 5.Terry Flaherty; 6.Bobby Beard (St.Thomas Towing/Checkered Flag Lube Hard Charger); 7.Shawn Jones; 8.Dylan Yoder; 9.Kyle Lear; 10.Pete Weaver; 11.Michael Collins; 12.Richard Walls; 13.Barry Miller; 14.Mike Walls; 15.Tyler Armstrong; 16.Brian Lessley; 17.Rick Stouffer; 18.Cody Lear; 19.Nick Pappas; 20.Bobby Beal ; 21.Mark Jones; 22.Ryan Walls; 23.Scott Palmer; 24.Fred Harden; DNQ-Glenn Nininger Jr., A.J. Triplett, Courtney Shreiner, Bruce Kane, Randy Schaeffer, Cory Houck, DNS- James Myers, Anthony Lupini

Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 15 laps, 32 entries (Lap Leaders - Randy Kline 1-8, Darrin Younker 7-9, Hans Stamberg 10-15) 1.Hans Stamberg; 2.Darrin Younker; 3.Dale Hollidge 4.Randy Kline; 5.Dean Holmes; 6.Mike Warrenfeltz; 7.Dave Stouffer Jr.; 8.Bobby Taylor; 9.Wayne Hawbaker (J&M Sportsworld Hard Charger); 10.Steve Lowery; 11.Kevin Keefer; 12.Kenny Dillon; 13.Drew Fitzsimmons; 14.Kevin Boyer; 15.Jamie Mongan; 16.tony Catlett; 17.Frank Dibella; 18.Danny Main; 19.Mike Sanders; 20.Kevin Koontz; 21.Bill Reitober; 22.Charlie Pensinger; 23.Kevin Dayhoff; 24.Lin Sutphin; DNS - Justin Snodderly, DNQ- Dave Boring, Zack Reid, John Stamberg, Brian Swiger, Billy Ecton Jr., Tim Monn, DNS-Danny Beavers

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August 23 2008
SPENCE EDGES STUHLER TO BECOME 14TH DIFFERENT LATE MODEL WINNER

About to settle for second, J.T. Spence gave the final turns all he could and sped from the final turn, leading the last 50 feet to become the 14th different Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late model winner at Hagerstown Speedway on Saturday night.

Winchester, Va's Spence, the defending champion, nipped away at Gary Stuhler's lead during the final ten laps until Stuhler caught a lapped car on the final lap. Spence went for broke and made it three wide into turn three and found the room needed to drag race Stuhler to the line.

"That was pure luck," Spence said. "He caught the lapped car at the right time for me. It kind of broke Gary's momentum on the backstretch and I knew it was going to be a hero or zero going into three. I almost spun out; I got a run off four and got here. I was a lot better than he was getting in. I kind of started moving up there a little bit and I was trying to get a run at him and it got to two cars. I said 'the hell with it, I'm just going to drive it in here.'"

For the third time this season, Shippensburg, Pa's Ashley Barrett pulled off the triumph in the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman division. Barrett, started 12th in previous winner's position, took the lead from Andy Fries following a 13th lap restart and sped away to a 1.47 second win over Dylan Yoder. Hans Stamberg of Hedgesville, WV drove from the ninth spot to take the Ernie's Salvage pure stock lead from Andy Holmes on the seventh lap and drive away to a 2.25 second win over Holmes, his fifth of the season. Frederick, Md's Mark Vegh became the first repeat winner in the 30-lap enduro dash after starting 25th and taking the lead on lap 24.

Each winner earned the hard charger awards; Spence, the Ernie's Salvage money; Barrett, the St. Thomas Towing/Checkered Flag Lube award and Stamberg, the J & M Sportsworld money.

Mike Lupfer started third and took the late model lead from Steve Axtell on the second lap and start pulling away. He had a nearly four second lead built up prior to a ninth lap caution before tenth starting Stuhler won out in a three wide dash down the frontstretch to take over second.

Stuhler quickly charged to the outside and took command while ninth starter, Spence took second from Lupfer on the 15th circuit with Stuhler 1.3 seconds ahead. Spence was making up ground heading into the turns and by the 23rd lap, had narrowed the gap to three lengths with a lapped car becoming a factor on the backstretch on the final lap. Stuhler stayed to the low side while Spence went high and off the fourth turn they came with Spence holding the slight edge for the triumph.

Darryl Hills was third after starting eighth with 11th starting Roy Deese Jr. and Lupfer completing the top ten. Previous weeks winner, Nathan Durboraw was next followed by Marvin Winters, Ronnie DeHaven Jr., D.J. Troutman and 18th starter, Jim Yoder. Heats went to Lupfer, Winters and Deese with Ray Kable Jr. taking the consy.

After two attempts to get the late model sportsman feature underway, Jerry Bard sped past Michael Collins to lead the second lap while Fries came from seventh to take over on lap five. Fries showed the way following a lap 13 yellow when Barrett lasted around the top of one and two to emerge with the lead on lap 15. He pulled away while ninth starting Yoder seized the runner up spot from Fries with three to go.

"I rolled that thing in there and man, did it stick, I couldn't believe it," Barrett said. "I didn't think I had a chance. I got a good start and rolled in on the outside and it worked, I think I had to get my tires cooled down to get going again."

Fries held to third with Bard and Barry Miller completing the top five. Wayne Walls Jr., Barrett and Bard were the heat winners while Kyle Lear won the consy.

Randy Kline led two laps of the pure stock feature until Andy Holmes took over with a single fourth lap yellow regrouping the tight field. Stamberg moved into second on lap five and passed Holmes two laps later and then began to stretch his lead each lap. Holmes ended second with point leader Dale Hollidge third with Steve Lowery and Darrin Younker next. Holmes, Kline and Wayne Hawbaker won the heats while Danny Beaver was the consy winner.

Jim Speelman led the enduro while Kenny Thomas took over on lap six until involved in a crash on the 12th lap as Speelman retook the lead. Vegh was still advancing and took second on lap 16 and continued to close until getting past on the 24th circuit. Speelman , Chris Ebersole, Krazy Kenny Thomas and Matt Smith completed the top five.

The speedway returns Saturday headed towards the finish line with another of the schedules prestigious events, honoring two notable individuals from their racing involvement. It's the 23rd Annual (Ronnie) McBee/ (Ron "Speedy") Hays Championship 44- lap event for the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models which will decide the season's Cindy Rowe champion. The Hoosier Tire Mid Late Model Sportsman along with the Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks will also compliment the program.

Pit gates open at 4: p.m. with grandstands opening at 5:00 p.m. Hot laps get underway at 7:00 p.m.

Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, 25 laps, 27 entries, (Lap Leaders - Steve Axtell Jr. 1, Mike Lupfer 2-9, Gary Stuhler 10-24, J.T. Spence 25 ) 1.J.T. Spence (Ernie's Salvage Hard Charger); 2.Gary Stuhler; 3.Darryl Hills; 4.Roy Deese Jr.; 5.Mike Lupfer; 6.Nathan Durboraw; 7.Marvin Winters; 8.Ronnie DeHaven Jr.; 9.D.J. Troutman; 10.Jim Yoder; 11.Frankie Plessinger; 12.Scott LeBarron; 13.Ray Kable Jr.; 14.Tyler Hershey; 15.Matt Quade; 16.Larry Baker II; 17.Larry Baer; 18.Doug Stine; 19.Billy Wampler; 20.David Williams; 21.Steve Axtell Jr.; 22.Paul Crowl; 23.Steve Gibney; 24.Keith Jackson DNS: Kirk Ryan, Kyle Lear

Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 29 entries (Lap Leaders - Michael Collins 1, Jerry Bard 2-4, Andy Fries 5-14, Ashley Barrett 15-20) 1.Ashley Barrett (Checkered Flag Lube/St. Thomas Towing Hard Charger); 2.Dylan Yoder; 3.Andy Fries; 4.Jerry Bard; 5.Barry Miller; 6.Tyler Armstrong; 7.Shawn Jones; 8.Terry Flaherty; 9.Michael Collins; 10.Richard Walls; 11.Mike Walls; 12.Fred Harden; 13.Randy Schaeffer; 14.Brian Lessley; 15.Cory Houck; 16.James Myers; 17.Bobby Beall; 18.Rick Stouffer; 19.Nick Pappas; 20.Wayne Walls Jr 21.Pete Weaver; 22.Cody Lear; 23.Courney Shreiner; 24.Kyle Lear ; DNQ - Scott Palmer, Glenn Nininger Jr., Anthony Lupini, Justin Hart, Ryan Walls

Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 15 laps, 29 entries (Lap Leaders - Randy Kline 1-2, Andy Holmes 3-6, Hans Stamberg 7-15) 1.Hans Stamberg;(J&M Sportsworld Hard Charger) 2.Andy Holmes; 3.Dale Hollidge; 4.Steve Lowery; 5.Darrin Younker; 6.Wayne Hawbaker; 7.Randy Kline; 8.Kevin Dayhoff; 9.Drew Fitzimmons; 10.Dave Stouffer; 11.Bill Reitober; 12.Kenny Dillon; 13.Kevin Keefer; 14.Mike Sanders; 15.Frank Dibella; 16.Charlie Pensinger; 17.Tony Catlett; 18.Dave Gross; 19.Danny Beavers; 20.Kevin Koontz; 21.Bobby Taylor; 22.Lin Sutphin; 23.Billy Ecton Jr.; 24.Jason Snodderly; DNQ- Danny Main, Tim Monn, Bill Ecton, Kim Ramer, Dave Mikolajski

Enduro Dash, 30 Laps, (Lap Leaders- Jim Speelman 1-5, 13-23, Kenny Thomas 6-12, Mark Vegh 24-30) 1.Mark Vegh; 2.Jim Speelman; 3.Chris Ebersole; 4.Krazy Kenny Thomas; 5.Matt Smith; 6.William Crook; 7.Danny Holmes; 8.Richard Tracey; 9.Gary Cekovich; 10.Joe Rodgers; 11.Gary Proctor; 12.Jamie Mills; 13.Larry Hurley Jr.; 14.James Clark; 15.Eric Myers; 16.John Poole; 17.Roy Stevens; 18.Rodney Miner;19.Bobby Moore; 20.Dave Shatto; 21.John T. Conrad; 22.Kenny Thomas; 23.Derek Riley; 24.Chris Loy; 25.Chuck Wible; 26.William Smith; 27.Geoge Rodgers; 28.Nathaniel Younker.

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August 16 2008
DURBORAW IS BACK IN THE SADDLE WITH 71ST VICTORY

When a full moon shines, strange things happen, but not so at Hagerstown Speedway Saturday night as it was Small Fry Night and Nathan Durboraw was the first to celebrate victory in the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late model feature. It was the 71st career triumph for the eight time late model champion and his first since September 16th, 2006 to become the 13th different winner. It was only a few weeks ago that Durboraw took a series of flips in turn three and ended with the car standing straight up against the guard rail.

"I think I could run anywhere I wanted to tonight," Hagerstown's Durboraw said. "Mark Richards built us a new car. I'm glad I was in a Rocket when I rolled that other one over. The roll cage never moved, I never got hurt. I wasn't sore the next day. That says a lot for these Rocket cars."

Durboraw took the lead on lap eight while J.T. Spence closed in and crossed the line on Durboraw's bumper.

"I actually didn't see him, but I could hear him," Durboraw said.

In the sixth and final race of the Cumberland/Hagerstown Maryland Clash events, Kyle Lear of Severn, Md. scored the $1,000 victory, his fourth of the season. Lear raced hard with Dylan Yoder before getting by with ten to go in the 30-lap event and only won by .59 seconds as Yoder remained steadfast until the end.

"We won those two at the beginning of the year and then we fell off the hill and it took a while to get back up," Lear said. "We took a few weeks and rebuilt, went to Potomac and dominated down there. I think we're back on top. I think as long as we stay here the rest of the year, we'll be pretty good."

Wayne Hawbaker of Greencastle, Pa. gave a number of kids rides around the speedway earlier as part of Small Fry Night and then tossed the monkey off his back. He scored his career first victory in the Ernie's pure stocks in the Ernie's Salvage Yard Special 20-lap event worth double points.

"I've been coming here since I was a little kid, "Hawbaker said. "This means a lot to me, all my crew and all my sponsors".

In the Maryland Clash events, current Hagerstown late model sportsman point leader, Andy Fries ended with the series championship worth $500 while Jerry Bard earned $300 for second and $200 went to Ashley Barrett for his third place effort.

Mike Lupfer took the lead in the late model feature while third starter D.J. Troutman pulled into second but seventh starter J.T.Spence was into second by lap four with the next circuit having a three wide race down the front stretch with Durboraw joining the battle for second and winning out.

Durboraw seized the top spot from Lupfer on the eighth lap while Spence moved into second on the 13th lap with Durboraw two seconds ahead. Spence nipped away at Durboraw's lead until a 16th lap yellow closed the field.

Following a 19th lap yellow, it was still Durboraw and Spence while Gary Stuhler, who initially started 19th, but restarted on the tail following a fourth lap incident, had charged all the way back past the field and was still coming. Spence's final lap effort fell short while Stuhler settled for a hard earned third with Devin Friese and Lupfer completing the front five. Roy Deese Jr. was sixth with Troutman, Brian Booze, Darryl Hills and Jim Yoder completing the top ten.

Heats went to Steve Axtell Jr., Frankie Plessinger and Lupfer while Stuhler won the consolation and was the Ernie's Hard Charger.

Dylan Yoder led the first lap of the Clash event with Richard Walls taking over on the next round while Yoder continued his assault each lap with fifth starting Lear moving into third over Wayne Walls Jr.

A blanket could be tossed over R.Walls, Yoder and Lear on a number of laps until Yoder's challenges on the low side of turn two produced results and he pulled on the 13th lap. Lear got past R. Walls two laps later while Yoder held more than a second advantage until a lap 18 yellow when R. Walls stopped with problems. It took three laps until Lear maneuvered past Yoder but Yoder remained focused on retaking the point while Walls Jr. was four seconds back with eighth starter Andy Fries challenging. Lear led Yoder to the checkered with Walls Jr. and Fries next while Tyler Armstrong ended fifth.

Armstrong, Lear and Walls Jr. won the heats while Mike Walls was the consolation winner.

Following an initial yellow in the Ernie's Special, from third, Hawbaker took the lead from Kevin Dayhoff on lap two as the race remained green with Danny Beavers holding second until a 17th lap yellow. Mike Warrenfeltz was from 12th and got past Beavers on the restart and challenged Hawbaker but ended a half length short. Warrenfeltz and Beavers refused a post race inspection and were disqualified which advanced current point leader Dale Hollidge into second with Kevin Keefer and Mike Sanders next with Hans Stamberg coming from 21st to claim fifth and earn the J&M Sportsworld Hard charger award. Beavers, Hawbaker and Dayhoff were the heat winners with Bobby Taylor winning the consolation.

This Saturday, the speedway will present a regular program of the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models and the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic Late Model Sportsman along with the Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks plus an Enduro Dash.

Pit gates open at 4: p.m. with grandstands opening at 5:00 p.m. Hot laps get
underway at 7:00 p.m.

Hagerstown Speedway Results

Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, 25 laps, 26 entries, (Lap Leaders - Mike Lupfer 1-7, Nathan Durboraw 8-25 ) 1.Nathan Durboraw; 2.J.T. Spence; 3.Gary Stuhler (Ernie's Salvage Hard Charger); 4.Devin Friese; 5.Mike Lupfer; 6.Roy Deese Jr.; 7.D.J.Troutman; 8.Brian Booze; 9.Darryl Hills; 10.Jim Yoder; 11.Paul Crowl; 12.Scott LeBarron; 13.Frankie Plessinger; 14.Steve Axtell Jr.; 15.Ray Kable Jr.; 16.Lary Baer; 17.Mat Quade; 18.Marvin Winters; 19.Tyler Hershey; 20.Larry Baker II; 21.Roland Mann; 22.Billy Wampler; 23.Scott Cross; 24.Kyle Lear; DNS: Ronnie DeHaven Jr., Bill Palmer

Rock/Hagerstown Maryland Clash (Final) Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 30 Laps, 33 entries (Lap Leaders - Dylan Yoder 1,2, 13-20, Richard Walls 3-12, Kyle Lear 21-30) 1.Kyle Lear; 2.Dylan Yoder; 3.Wayne Walls Jr.; 4.Andy Fries; 5.Tyler Armstrong; 6.Cory Houck; 7.Brian Lessley; 8.Ashley Barrett; 9.Pete Weaver; 10.James Myers; 11.Jamie Swank; 12.Fred Harden; 13.Jerry Bard; 14.Michael Collins; 15.Doug Hardy; 16.Scott Palmer; 17.Rick Stouffer; 18.Cody Lear; 19.Barry Miller; 20.Richard Walls; 21.D.J.Troutman; 22.Mike Walls; 23.Nick Pappas; 24.Travis Beaver; DNQ - Dan Zechman, Matt Sponaugle, Courtney Shreiner, Ryan Walls, Bog Gergel, Justin Hart, Steve McCartney, DNS - Terry Flaherty, Anthony Lupini

Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 20 laps, 34 entries (Lap Leaders - Kevin Dayhoff 1, Wayne Hawbaker 2-20) 1.Wayne Hawbaker; 2.Dale Hollidge; 3.Kevin Keefer 4.Mike Sanders; 5.Hans Stamberg (J&M Sportsworld Hard Charger); 6.Kevin Dayhoff; 7.Bill Reitober; 8.Drew Fitzsimmons; 9.Kenny Dillon; 10.Frank Dibella; 11.Lin Sutphin; 12.Justin Snodderly; 13.Kevin Boyer; 14.Billy Ecton Jr.; 15.Bill Ecton; 16.Charlie Pensinger; 17.Andy Holmes; 18.Bobby Taylor; 19.Kenny Day; 20.Brian Swiger; 21.Steve Lowery; 22.Dave Mikolajski; DSQ - Mike Warrenfeltz, Danny Beavers DNQ- Kevin Koontz, Tony Catlett, Dave Boring, Tim Knight, Jim Tony, Tim Monn, DNS - Eddie Catrell, Kim Ramer, John Stamberg, Randy Kline

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August 9 2008
PLESSINGER TRIUMPHS IN BOWERS/DURHAM CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A NEW ROCKET

After struggling for months and months, it was time for Frankie Plessinger to get a new horse. Plessinger picked up a new Rocket Thursday and put it to the test Saturday night in the 28th Annual Shorty Bowers / Bull Durham Championship. Passing with flying colors, he added his name to the prestigious list of names that have preceded him in winning the event. He became the 12th different winner this season in the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late models and it was also his first victory since March 5, 2006.

From Big Cove Tannery, Pa, Plessinger took the lead from Mike Lupfer on lap five and later won by .82 seconds over Andy Anderson in the 40-lap special event worth $2,500.

"This car is number 1 now," Plessinger said. "The car was flawless, it was fun to drive. I saw Andy (Anderson) got into second and knew he started back a ways, then (J.T.) Spence had a flat tire or something. They're all tough guys to race with. It's just good to run good here again."

Other winners included Ashley Barrett of Shippensburg, Pa who sped to his second triumph of the season in the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman event with a 2.80 second score over Scott Palmer along while Hans Stamberg of Hedgesville, WW stormed to front of the Ernie's Salvage Yard pure stock feature from the previous winner's 12th starting place to make it two in a row and four for the season. He stretched his lead following a single caution on lap four, to 3.84 seconds over Dean Holmes at the checkered.

Mike Lupfer and Plessinger began on the front row as Lupfer took command but the start was recalled when Billy Wampler got to the outside and backed his mount into the turn one fence. Lupfer again took over with Plessinger and Brent Smith chasing him. Several cars got together on lap three as Lupfer led another lap on the restart until Plessinger stood on the gas around the top side of three and four to exit with the lead on lap five.

He began to stretch his lead while Lupfer fell into the clutches of J.T. Spence who took the second position on lap 14 while Plessinger was 2.9 seconds ahead. Roy Deese Jr. followed into third the next lap while Kirk Ryan then took fourth on the 16th circuit.

Plessinger continued to maintain a comfort zone and at the halfway mark, still had 2.4 seconds on Spence but then began to slowly pull away to nearly three seconds.

On the 28th circuit, Ryan's car spewed water on the track to regroup the field as Spence had a tire going down but stayed on the track. On the restart, 12th starter Andy Anderson, who took over fourth for the restart, put his racer on the edge and blasted past Deese and Spence to grab second while Plessinger continued to hold just better than three quarter of a second in the waning laps and ended .822 seconds ahead.

"I have to thank Curt Hershey for building good motors, Robbie Allen and Rocket Chassis and dad," Plessinger said. "I was actually loose getting in, but I could pick the throttle back up and the car would just take right off."

Deese held onto third with Spence and Marvin Winters completing the top five. Sixth went to Scott LeBarron, while Nathan Durboraw, Lupfer, Steve Axtell and Brian Booze completed the top ten. Heats were won by Smith and Winters. Anderson was the Ernie's Salvage Yard hard charger.

Scott Palmer took the late model sportsman lead from Michael Collins on the second lap while Barrett started third and took second on lap five. Following a sixth lap yellow, Barrett charged low to slip past Palmer off the second turn with the lead. Following a lap 13 yellow when several cars got together, Barrett easily stretched his lead over Palmer each lap until winning by 2.80 seconds.

"Dustin Kendall is hooking me up week after week, but last week, we screwed something up," Barrett said. "As soon as we got on the track we were out to lunch. I just held on for 11th. We ran good for so many weeks. I don't want to sound too cocky, but this thing was hooked up. I have to thank Pete and Fran Neuder; they're the ones that got me here. It's Fran's birthday so I guess this is a good present."

Kyle Lear won the battle for third over the final six laps with Andy Fries and Dylan Yoder ending fifth. Palmer and Collins won the heat wile Cory Houck, who ended seventh was the St. Thomas Towing/Checkered Flag Lube hard charger.

After Danny Beavers led the pure stocks from the outside pole, Stamberg was on his way from 12th and arrived in second on the fourth lap when Wayne Hawbaker dropped out. Stamburg passed Beavers, leaving him to battle with Dean Holmes for the position. Holmes finally won out at the white flag but Stamberg was long gone and circled the track one final time to win by 3.84 seconds.

"I've had a couple bad races but four wins,"Stamberg said. "I've never had two in a row and never had more than two in a season. It's been a pretty good year. The track was a little bit of black and real slick. I just love it when it's like that."

Beavers, 17th starting Dale Hollidge who was the J & M Sportsworld hard charger and Steve Lowery completed the top five. Heats went to Tony Catlett, Mike Sanders and Holmes.

Following two big weekends of late models specials, the speedway returns this Saturday with Small Fry Night with the Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks showcasing their division in the Ernie's Salvage Yard 20-lap Special while all the youngsters will get a ride around the track during intermission. Other racing includes a regular feature programs for the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models and Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic Late Model Sportsman divisions.

Pit gates open at 4: p.m. with grandstands opening at 5:00 p.m. Hot laps get underway at 7:00 p.m.

Hagerstown Speedway Results

28th Annual Shorty Bowers/Bull Durham Championship - Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, 40 laps, 21 entries, (Lap Leaders - Mike Lupfer 1-4, Frankie Plessinger 5-40) 1.Frankie Plessinger; 2.Andy Anderson(Ernie's Enterprises Hard Charger); 3.Roy Deese Jr.; 4.J.T. Spence; 5.Marvin Winters; 6.Scott LeBarron; 7.Nathan Durboraw; 8.Mike Lupfer; 9.Steve Axtell ; 10.Brian Booze; 11.Brent Smith; 12.Larry Baer; 13.Kirk Ryan; 14.Jim Yoder; 15.Ronnie DeHaven Jr.; 16.D.J.Troutman; 17.Ray Kable Jr.; 18.Paul Crowl; 19.Harold Dorsey; 20..Billy Wampler; DNS- Les Hare

Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 20 Laps, 22 entries (Lap Leaders - Michael Collins 1, Scott Palmer 2-6, Ashley Barrett 7-20) 1.Ashley Barrett; 2.Scott Palmer; 3.Kyle Lear; 4.Andy Fries; 5.Dylan Yoder; 6.Shawn Jones; 7.Cory Houck (St Thomas Towing/Checkered Flag Lube Hard Charger); 8.Richard Walls; 9.Michael Collins; 10.Mike Walls; 11.Barry Miller; 12.Wayne Walls Jr.; 13.Rick Stouffer; 14.Cody Lear; 15.Steeve McCartney; 16.Courtney Shreiner; 17.Ryan Walls; 18.Jerry Bard; 19.Pete Weaver; 20.James Myers; 21.Terry Flaherty; DNS Nick Pappas

Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 15 laps, 27 entries (Lap Leaders - Danny Beavers 1-4 , Hans Stamberg 5-15) 1.Hans Stamberg; 2.Dean Holmes; 3.Danny Beavers 4.Dale Hollidge (J & M Sportsworld Hard Charger); 5.Steve Lowery; 6.Kenny Dillon; 7.Drew Fitzsimmons; 8.Brian Swiger; 9.Mike Sanders; 10.Kevin Keefer; 11.Bill Ecton Jr.; 12.Lin Supthin; 13.Bill Reitober; 14.Kenny Day; 15.Kevin Boyer; 16.Randy Kline; 17.Dave Boring; 18.Bill Ecton; 19.Frank Dibella; 20.Tony Catlett; 21.John Stamberg; 22.Wayne Hawbaker; 23.Kevin Dayhoff; DNS- Justin Snodderly, Eddie Catrell, Darrin Younker, Kim Ramer

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August 2 2008
HARTMAN PICKS UP $10,000 LUCAS OIL CHECKERED, FRIESE WINS LMS CLASH

"I haven't been to Hagerstown (Speedway) in awhile and I love this place. It's good to be back," said Zanesville, Ohio's Bart Hartman after $10,000 in winning Saturday's Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Shootout Finale and postponed 27th Annual Stanley Schetromph Classic. It was Hartman's career fourth at Frank Plessinger's Maryland oval and his first since October 5, 1997.

Hartman timed second quick, won his heat and began the 50-lap event from the number two slot and then led the first 16 circuits before fourth starter, Jimmy Owens finally won out in lapped traffic. Hartman was closing before the only caution in the event waved on lap 39. Hartman powered in on the low end and later exited off turn four to lead the final ten circuits and score the triumph by 2.16 seconds.

"I never thought we'd be able to get by Jimmy on that restart like that," Hartman said. "This is a brand new car. We've kind of struggled this weekend. We had a little back luck at Bedford and wasn't that good at Winchester. We broke this thing out and she drove good. I wanted to settle for second and beat Josh (Richards) into one, but I was surprised I got by Jimmy."

Lined up heads up by the draw of fast timer and last years Lucas - Schetromph event winner, Scott James, Hartman charged around the top of turns one and two to power of two with the lead while Owens pulled into second on the second round with third starting Rick Eckert passing James on the third lap. Earl Pearson Jr., previous night's winner at Winchester, took over fourth on the fifth circuit.

Hartman maintained six car length lead over Owens at they caught the rear cars on lap 11 and Owens quickly followed Hartman as the pair made some exciting moves to maneuver through traffic. Owens then got the edge on the backstretch and stole the lead to continue wading through traffic as by the halfway mark, three lapped cars separated him from Hartman.

Hartman was more than two and one half seconds behind on lap 34 but quickly began to close on Owens before the single caution when Ricky Elliott came to a stop in turn two to regroup the field. Hartman chose the inside row for the restart with Josh Richards, who took third on lap 30, alongside.

Owens somewhat opened the door on the bottom of the restart, as Hartman used the available room and quickly powered into the lead to slowly stretch his lead over the final laps. The order remained unchanged behind him for the front positions which consisted of Owens, Richards, Pearson and Thursday's winner at Bedford, Steve Francis.

Eckert ended sixth with Gary Stuhler, the Winchester/Hagerstown Shootout champion, next in line while Donnie Moran, Steve Casebolt, from 21st and James completed the top ten.

Heats for the 52 entries went to James, Hartman, Eckert and Owens while the B main winners were Steve Shaver and Booper Bare. Provisional starters were Justin Rattliff, Terry Casey and Mike Lupfer.

The Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman were in action for 30 laps in the Hagerstown/ Cumberland Maryland Clash as two time defending champion and opening day winner, Andy Fries, picked up his second checkered flag of the season in the $1,000 to win event.

Jerry Bard and Fries occupied the front row in the four car inversion as Bard took the point at the onset while Dylan Yoder and Pete Weaver swapped third position various times throughout the race.

Friese was on the outside of Bard entering turn three on lap eight when the caution waved so he used the restart to flex his muscle and charge ahead to power from the fourth turn with the lead.

Bard had several opportunities for a payback but Fries was strong on each of the restarts. The final yellow waved when fourth running Scott Palmer ended spun around on the 24th circuit with Fries driving away on the restart to win by 2.3 seconds over Bard.

"I was trying to run the bottom and kept slipping up," Fries said. "I watched Bart in the other feature and after he fell back, he was coming in the middle, so I moved up to the middle and found my groove. We've been struggling a good bit lately. I told my brother, 'We got to get going or we're going to lose the championship.' We've been lucky in a way. We changed a bunch of stuff around and this thing is awesome in the slick."

Weaver finally secured third place in the battle with Yoder. Barry Miller came all the way from 18th to take the fifth spot with Richard Walls, up from 19th to end sixth. Wayne Walls Jr., Matt Sponaugle, Shawn Jones and Travis Beaver, from 21st, completed the top ten.

Heats for the 36 entries went to Yoder, Ashley Barrett, Fries and Bard while Beaver was the B- main winner.

Action returns to the speedway this Saturday with another long running special, the 28th Annual Shorty Bowers Bull Durham Championship, a 40-lap event for the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late models. The Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman will also be in competition, while the Ernie's Auto Enterprises pure stocks also return to action.

Pit gates open at 4: p.m. with grandstands opening at 5:00 p.m. Hot laps get underway at 7:00 p.m.

Hagerstown Speedway Results

Lucas Oil Series Late Models - 27th Annual Stanley Schetromph Classic, Shootout Finale - Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, 50 laps, 52 entries, (Lap Leaders - Bart Hartman 1-16, 40-50, Jimmy Owens, 17-39 ) 1.Bart Hartman; 2.Jimmy Owens; 3.Josh Richards; 4.Earl Pearson Jr.; 5.Steve Francis; 6.Rick Eckert; 7.Gary Stuhler; 8.Donnie Moran, 9.Steve Casebolt; 10.Scott James; 11.J.T. Spence; 12.Steve Shaver; 13.Billy Drake; 14.D.J.Myers; 15.Justin Rattliff; 16.Booper Bare; 17.Dan Schlieper; 18.Terry Casey; 19.Brian Booze; 20.Mike Lupfer; 21.Matt Lux; 22.Andy Anderson; 23.Ricky Elliott; 24.Jimmy Bernheisel; 25.Jeremy Miller; DNQ: Dan Stone, Jason Covert, Darryl Hills, David Williams, D.J. Troutman, Billy Wampler, Jamie Lathroum, Scott LeBarron, Vic Coffey, Wayne Chinn, Devin Friese, Marvin Winters, Paul Crowl, Kirk Ryan Jr., Tyler Armstrong, Brent Smith, Matt Murphy, John Mason, Scott Cross, Frankie Plessinger, Roland Mann, Al Cheney, Jim Stine, Ronnie DeHaven, DNS - Tim Wilson, Nathan Durboraw

Time Trials - 1.Scott James, 19.078; 2.Bart Hartman, 19.095; 3.Josh Richards, 19.196; 4.Jimmy Owens, 19.212; 5.Andy Anderson, 19.222; 6.Earl Pearson Jr., 19.234; 7.Jeremy Miller, 19.282; 8.Matt Lux, 19.293; 9.Dan Stone, 19.307; 10.Donnie Moran, 19.315; 11.Rick Eckert, 19.339; 12.Steve Francis, 19.349; 13.Gary Stuhler, 19.397; 14.Steve Shaver, 19.409; 15.D.J. Myers 19.505; 16.Justin Rattiff, 19.537; 17.Brian Booze, 19.604; 18.Jimmy Bernheisel, 19.592; 19.Booper Bare, 19.604; 20.Jamie Lathroum, 19.611; 21.Steve Casebolt, 19.628; 22.Tyler Armstrong, 19.630; 23.Ricky Elliott, 19.634; 24.Dan Schlieper, 199.639; 25.Billy Drake, 19.719; 26.Wayne Chinn, 19.784; 27.Devin Friese, 19.802; 28.Frank Plessinger, 19.822; 29.David Williams, 19.824; 30.Terry Casey, 19.867; 31.D.J.. Troutman, 19.910; 32.Jason Covert, 19.931; 33.Marvin Winters, 20.054; 34.Tim Wilson, 20.070; 35.Vic Coffey, 20.105; 36.Freddy Smith, 20.143; 37.Mike Lupfer, 20.167; 38.Darryl Hills, 20.220; Ronnie DeHaven Jr.,20.237; 40.John Mason, 20.303; 41.Scott LeBarron, 20.318; 42.Roland Mann, 20.348; 43.Al Cheney, 20.398; 44.J.T. Spence, 20.508; 45.Billy Wampler, 20.518; 46. Scott Cross, 20.560; 47.Kirk Ryan Jr., 20.747; 48.Jim Stine, 21.153; NT - Nathan Durboraw, Matt Murphy, Paul Crowl, Brent Smith

Maryland Clash Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 30 Laps, 36 entries (Lap Leaders Jerry Bard - 1-8, Andy Fries 9-30) 1.Andy Fries; 2.Jerry Bard; 3.Pete Weaver; 4.Dylan Yoder; 5.Barry Miller; 6.Richard Walls; 7.Wayne Walls Jr.; 8.Matt Sponaugle; 9.Shawn Jones; 10.Travis Beaver; 11.Ashley Barrett; 12.Cory Houck; 13.Steve Axtell Jr.; 14.James Myers; 15.Kyle Lear; 16.Scott Palmer; 17.Brian Lessley; 18.Paul Cursey; 19.Michael Collins; 20.Dan Zechman; 21.Nick Pappas; 22.Kyle Wiser; 23.Tyler Armstrong; 24.Cody Lear; 25.Mike Walls; 26.Jimmy Richards, DNQ - Glenn Nininger Jr., Robby Beall, Cory Hanson, Rob Gergel, Steve McCartney, Francis Stone, Justin Hart, Courtney Shreiner, DNS - Terry Flaherty, Kris Eaton

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July 12 2008
Jeremy Miller Makes First Hagerstown Start a Good One, Pockets Ernie's 25 Cash, Wayne Walls Jr. Breaks Winless Drought in LMS, Stamberg Collects Third Pure Stock Triumph

By Doug Watson

Gettysburg Pa's Jeremy Miller made a profitable return to the Hagerstown speedway last Saturday night. Miller pocketed a cool $2850 for his efforts as he scored his first Hagerstown feature win of the season in the Ernie's Salvage Yard 25, and his career 24th at the fabled Washington County oval.

Front row starters DJ Myers and Jeremy Miller brought the twenty-four car starting field down to the initial green flag. Myers quickly asserted himself as he grabbed the early race lead. Myers led effortlessly for the first eleven circuits until Miller made what would be the winning pass for the lead on lap twelve. However, the race was far from over. As Miller built up nearly a five-second lead in the closing laps of the event, ninth-starting Jason Covert was on the move. Covert disposed of Brent Smith to reach second by lap twenty-four. As Miller was taking the white flag a Scott LeBarron caution set up a one-lap dash to the checkered flag. When the green flag came out for the final time Miller got a good jump on the start but Covert was right in his tracks. As the duo came off the fourth turn for the checkered flag, Covert made one last ditch effort to unseat Miller, but Miller would hang on to score the very popular win.

Those cautions at the end of the race really hurt us. Miller stated from victory lane. It took a while for the tires (American Racer) to come in, but once they did they were really good. Miller's 2008 season has been quite a roller coaster ride. We won that Outlaw deal at Virginia a while back, and that was huge. Miller commented. We've been fast all season but we've had little stuff take us out races, but it sure does feel good to win here at Home. Covert would hang on to second, Dan Stone took third, early leader DJ Myers collected fourth and Brent Smith completed the top-five. Heats went to JT Spence, Myers and Dan Stone with Frankie Plessinger winning the consolation.

St. Thomas Pa's Wayne Walls Jr. scored his first feature win of the season in the twenty-lap late model sportsman event. The win, for the seven-time track champion, was his division leading 44th career Hagerstown LMS feature win. Pole sitter Gene Conlee grabbed the lead at the start. Conlee's lead would be short-lived as Scott Palmer slid by to take the lead on lap-two. Palmer appeared to have the car to beat until mechanical problems ended his night while leading on lap eight. Walls, who was second at the time, assumed the top-spot and held off the advances of eventual runner-up Brian Lessley to post the enormously popular win. I have to thank all the boys on the crew. Walls replied from victory lane. I told the crew during the week we need to do something with this thing (Rocket/Hoosier) and I guess all the hard work paid-off. Twelfth starting Ashley Barrett came on strong for third, tenth starter Barry Miller (Hard charger) was fourth and defending track champion Andy Fries controlled the top-five. Heats went to Barrett and Walls.

Hedgesville West Virginia's Hans Stamberg took the lead from Billy Ecton Jr. on lap-five and drove off to a very convincing win in the fifteen-lap pure stock feature. In scoring his third feature win of the season, Stamberg had to hold off Steve Lowery, in his best run of the season, to score the win in just six minutes and fourteen seconds. This is the old car. Stamberg stated from victory lane. This is the same car we won the championship with a few years back and it still runs pretty good. Jim Snyder took a strong third, point leader Dale Hollidge was fourth and Wayne Hawbaker (Hard Charger) completed the top-five. Heats went to Billy Ecton Jr., Lowery and Snyder with Randy Kline winning the consolation.

Hagerstown Speedway Results

Ernies Salvage Yard 25 Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, 31 entries. (Lap leaders DJ Myers 1-11, Jeremy Miller 12-25)

1. Jeremy Miller 2. Jason Covert 3. Dan Stone 4. DJ Myers 5. Brent Smith 6. JT Spence 7. Billy Wampler 8. Daryl Hills 9. Gary Stuhler 10. Mike Lupfer 11. David Williams 12. Paul Crowl 13. Brian Booze 14. Marvin Winters 15. Jim Yoder 16. Alan Sagi 17. Al Shawver Jr. 18. Scott LeBarron 19. Rusty Sites 20. Frankie Plessinger 21. Roy Deese Jr. 22. Keith Jackson 23. Les Hare 24. Devin Friese DNQ- Ronnie Dehaven Jr., Doug Stine, Harold Dorsey Jr., Chris Fletcher, Ray Kable Jr., DJ Troutman, Jamie Lathroum.

Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman 20-laps, 21 entries. (Lap Leaders- Eugene Conlee 1-2, Scott Palmer 3-8, Wayne Walls Jr. 9-20)

1. Wayne Walls Jr. 2. Brian Lessley 3. Ashley Barrett 4. Barry Miller 5. Andy Fries 6. Eugene Conlee 7. Terry Flaherty 8. Richard Walls 9. Shaun Jones 10. Kyle Lear 11. Dylan Yoder 12. Jerry Bard 13. Courtney Shreiner 14. Cody Lear 15. Glen Ninninger Jr. 16. Rick Stouffer 17. Scott Palmer 18. Justin Hart 19. Chad Myers 20. Rob Gergel 21. Michael Collins (DNS)

Ernies Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks 15-laps, 30 Entries (Lap leaders- Billy Ecton Jr. 1-4, Hans Stamberg 5-15)

1. Hans Stamberg 2. Steve Lowery 3. Jim Snyder 4. Dale Hollidge 5. Wayne Hawbaker (J&M Sports world hard charger) 6. Darrin Younker 7. Kevin Boyer 8. Mike Sanders 9. Bill Ecton 10. Randy Kline 11. Kenny Dillon 12. Billy Ecton Jr. 13. Drew Fitzsimmons 14. Kevin Keefer 15. Lin Sutphin 16. Bill Reitober 17. Kenny Day 18. Danny Beavers 19. Dave Mikolajski 20. Brian Swiger 21. Dave Boring 22. Tony Catlett 23. Deane Holmes 24. Kevin Koontz. DNQ- Kevin Dayhoff, Frank Dibella, Dave Gross, Bobby Taylor, Dave Stouffer Jr., Tim Monn.

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July 5 2007
STUHLER SCORES 1ST ANNUAL RED NININGER MEMORIAL,
BARD TAKES MARYLAND CLASH, CORNETT TRIBUTE TO DILLON

Starting second with a six car invert, Gary Stuhler led all 40 laps to capture the victory in the 1st Annual Red Nininger Memorial for the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late models at Hagerstown Speedway on Saturday night. The Winchester/ Hagerstown Shootout II event was postponed from June 14 and almost could have been another same situation as showers arrived during the first late model warm-ups and resulted in a two hour delay in starting the program. The final checkered waved at 1:26 a.m.

"Starting position helped a bunch but it's such an honor to win this thing," said Stuhler, driver of the Nininger Tire & Auto Center late model. "I'm glad for Glenn and all those guys. I know they wanted me to win. I put a lot of pressure on myself before this night came. In his honor, I'm just glad to do it for him. I think he (Red) was with us."

Stuhler, of Greencastle, Pa., was in command of the race from the start with late model sportsman driver, Tyler Armstrong doing double duty and giving chase from the third lap. Stuhler's racer began smoking on the final lap but won his 125th career and second of the season by .81 seconds over Armstrong.

"I think we broke a piston," he said. "It kind of laid down there coming for the white flag. I thought it was getting bad coming off two, I didn't know if I'd make it down the back straightaway it was getting that bad. It just held on enough, I don't think I would've have made it another lap."

Shippensburg's Jerry Bard won the Maryland Clash, the combined Allegany County/Hagerstown event for the Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman which was postponed from May 17th. It was his first win in 13 months and he became the eighth different winner. The race was ended two laps early due to the time limit exceeded as Ashley Barrett ended in the runner up spot after he and Bard battled most of the race.

"I couldn't ask for a better car. I did the set up myself tonight. I guess I'll have to do it all the time," Bard said.

Kenny Dillon of Hanover was the winner of the 13th Annual Jim Cornett Tribute for the Ernie's Auto Enterprises pure stocks for the third time. He won previously in 2000 and 2003. It was his first win since April 2006. Dillon sprinted off the final turn ahead of Dave Stouffer Jr. to win by a hood length.

"This is the one race I want to win every year," Dillon said. "If I don't win another race the rest of the year, this is the only one I wanted to win. I've won it twice already. It's just real neat to win it."

Matt Smith of Carlisle added his name to the Enduro Dash winners after he took the lead from Larry Hurley Jr. on the 17th lap and pulled out to a 1.7 second lead at the end over Mark Vegh.

Paced by two of the former restored racers driven by Red Nininger, Stuhler took the green and sped off the outside row ahead of Mike Lupfer to start the show. Sixth starting Armstrong quickly grabbed the runner up spot on the third lap with Ray Kable Jr. taking third the next circuit.

By the halfway mark Stuhler had caught traffic as Armstrong was 1.2 seconds behind while a near straightway back to Kable.

On the 23rd, Kable's night ended as Keith Jackson took his place after stating from the 14th spot with Billy Wampler and Ronnie DeHaven next in line. Wampler's good run ended on the 30th lap while Darryl Hills and Alan Sagi also dropped out on a 34th lap restart and Lupfer stopped on lap 36.

Stuhler sped the final four circuits to finish .81 seconds ahead of Armstrong with Jackson, Marvin Winters and 20th starting Rick Eckert completing the top five.

Jim Yoder was sixth with Paul Crowl from 22nd, Brian Booze, from 17th, Devin Friese and previous weeks winner, Andy Anderson from 21st, completing the top ten.

Armstrong, Friese and Kable Jr. were heat winners for the 32 entries while Frankie Plessinger was the B main winner.

Nathan Durboraw brought out the red when he took a horrific series of flips in turns three and four when he caught the fence and began rolling with the car ending in a stand up position.

In the three car inverted start for the Clash event, Scott Palmer took the lead from the pole as Bard, from fourth, ducked in front of third starting Barrett. Bard maintained a ten length lead in the first laps with Barrett getting by on a 13th lap restart, but Bard powered off the fourth turn to regain the point and not give it up the rest of the race. When Bard caught traffic at lap 25, Barrett was still close enough to challenge with a straightway back to Palmer. When the caution waved on lap 28, the event was checkered as the time limit had been exceeded and was already 12:50 a.m.

Armstrong ended fourth with Jamie Swank coming from 18th to complete the top five. Barrett, Wayne Walls Jr. and Palmer were heat winner with Swank taking the B main.

Dave Stouffer Jr. sped from fourth to grab the pure stock lead on the opening lap as fifth starting Dillon was into second by the second lap. Stouffer maintained a comfortable distance in the first 13 laps as point leader, Dale Hollidge got by Dillon for second on the 14th lap but dropped out on the 17th circuit. Dillon reeled in Stouffer and gave it his best shot on the final lap to round the top and exit the final turn by a hood length. Kevin Keefer was next with Jim Snyder coming from 14th to earn the J & M Sportsworld Hard Charger Award and Steve Lowery ending fifth after coming from 15th. Dillon, Stouffer and Kevin Keefer won the heats with Bill Ecton winning the B main.

The speedway returns to action Saturday night with another special for the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass late models, The Ernie's 25 Special, with $2,500 awaiting the winner. The Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic late model sportsman and Ernie's Auto pure stocks will also be on the program.

Pit gates open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5 p.m and warm ups begin at
7:00 p.m.

Hagerstown Speedway Results

1st Annual Red Nininger Memorial, Shootout II, Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Late Models, (PP from June 14) 40 laps, 32 entries, (Lap Leaders -Gary Stuhler 1-40) 1.Gary Stuhler; 2.Tyler Armstrong; 3.Keith Jackson; 4.Marvin Winters; 5.Rick Eckert; 6.Jim Yoder; 7.Paul Crowl; 8.Brian Booze; 9.Devin Friese; 10.Andy Anderson; 11.Tommy Armel; 12.Scott LeBarron; 13.J.T. Spence; 14.Brent Smith; 15.Mike Lupfer; 16.Alan Sagi; 17.Darryl Hills; 18.Billy Wampler; 19.Ronnie DeHaven Jr.; 20.Ray Kable Jr.; 21.Roy Deese Jr.; 22.Frankie Plessinger; 23.Les Hare; 24.D.J. Troutman; DNQ: Mike Hardy, Chris Fletcher, Chris Croner, Larry Baker II, Mike Atherton, Doug Stine, DNS - Jamie Lathroum, Nathan Durboraw

Maryland Clash (Allegany County/Hagerstown) (PP From May 17) - Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Late Model Sportsman, 30 Laps, 28 entries (Lap Leaders - Scott Palmer 1-2, Jerry Bard 3-30): 1.Jerry Bard; 2.Ashley Barrett; 3.Scott Palmer; 4.Tyler Armstrong; 5.Jamie Swank; 6.Matt Sponaugle; 7.Richard Walls; 8.Kyle Lear; 9.Barry Lear Sr.; 10.Paul Cursey; 11.Courney Shreiner; 12.Francis Stone; 13.Travis Stickley; 14.Dan Zechman; 15.Barry Miller; 16.Eugene Conlee; 17.Brian Lessley; 18.Dylan Yoder; 19.Mike Shoemaker; 20.Michael Collins; 21.Pete Weaver; 22.Wayne Walls Jr.; 23.Terry Flaherty; 24.Andy Fries; DNQ - Nick Pappas, Steve McCastney, Rob Gergel, Glenn Nininger Jr.

13th Annual Jim Cornett Tribute - Ernie's Auto Enterprises Pure Stocks, 20 laps, 28 entries (Lap Leaders - Dave Stouffer Jr. 1-19, Kenny Dillon 20): 1.Kenny Dillon; 2.Dave Stouffer Jr.; 3.Kevin Keefer; 4.Jim Snyder (J & M Sportsworld Hard Charger); 5.Steve Lowery; 6.Billy Ecton Jr.; 7.Drew Fitzsimmons; 8.Kevin Dayhoff; 9.Hans Stamberg; 10.Bill Ecton; 11.Dave Mikolajski; 12.Bill Reitober; 13.Kenny Day; 14.Bobby Taylor; 15.Frank Dibella; 16.Dave Gross; 17.Lin Sutphin; 18.Eddie Catrell; 19.Dale Hollidge;
20.Mike Sanders; 21.Tony Catlett; 22.Tim Monn; 23.Darrin Younker; DNQ - Brian Swiger, Danny Beavers, Charlie Pensinger, Wayne Hawbaker. Kevin Boyer

Enduro Dash (PP from May 17) 30 laps,27 entries; (Lap Leaders - Larry Hurley Jr. 1-16, Matt Smith 17-30) - 1.Matt Smith; 2.Mark Vegh; 3.Larry Hurley Jr; 4.Krazy Kenny Thomas; 5.Chris Ebersole; 6.Derek Riley; 7.Kenny Thomas; 8.William Crook; 9.Dustin Proctor; 10.Jim Speelman; 11.Danny Holmes; 12.Roy Stevens; 13.Chris Loy; 14.Richard Tracey; 15.James Clark; 16.Mike Hoffman; 17.Joe Rodgers; 18.John Conrad; 19.Jamie Mills; 20.Jason Harper; 21.Bill Silkworth; 22.Rodney Miner; 23.Dave Shatto; 24.Nathaniel Younker; 25.John Poole; DNS - Larry McGowan, Butch Whipp

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July 2 2008
HAGERSTOWN'S SPRINT SPEEDWE