St.
John's, PA: Sunny Skies with no chance of rain was a
bonus for many enduro drivers, who made their way to
Mountain Speedway Sunday for the running of the non-points
ABC Car Crushing, NEETS Holiday Stock Car Series ‘NASCARE’ (NEETS
All Star and Retro Enduro) event. Many enduro racers had
their vehicles painted like Nextel Cup cars from the past
and the present. The official charity for this event was
Checkered Dreams. Aaron Johnson and Kayla Kelley, along
with their families, were on hand enjoying their day at the
track, thanks to Checkered Dreams and many of the drivers.
Bobby
‘Peaseman’ Pease led the 52-car Valley Service four-cylinder
field to the green flag for 100-laps without yellows. Pease
took immediate command over the field and lead the first
three circuits. Pete Verwys caught and passed Pease on the
third lap and looked untouchable as he raced through lapped
traffic.
A great
battle was shaping toward the front of the pack, and one
driver in that battle for second was Jimmy White, Jr.
Things changed quickly though when White entered the third
turn. While battling another driver into the turn, the two
cars touched. This sent White up into the air and onto his
roof. The red flag was immediately displayed. The driver
and his passenger were fine, as they rolled the car over,
started the engine, and headed to the pits for repair.
Amazingly, White returned to the speedway, only nine laps
down!
By lap
forty, 4C modified start, Woot Lawrence worked his way into
the top five, not far behind Pete and Verwys, who were
running one-two. Unfortunately for Lawrence, a lap -one pit
stop would put him a few laps behind the leaders.
Pat Verwys
caught and passed his brother Pete just before the crossed
flags (half way). Friday’s four-cylinder feature winner at
Mountain, Joe Grocholski entered the top three and set his
sights on the Verwys brothers.
With a
great battle unwinding for second, Pete Verwys pulled his
car to the infield on lap eighty, due to mechanical
problems. Grocholski took over second with Harry Sager in
third.
Pat Verwys
cruised to the win, seven seconds over Grocholski. Sager,
Pease and Mike Racho rounded out the top five.
Bob Kulik
led the forty-six Cottman Transmission six and eight
cylinders to the green, for their 100-lap shootout. Before
the first lap was completed, Shannon Weidler jumped into the
top spot. The field was dicing it up out front for sure,
and at times, three and four wide racing wasn’t uncommon.
Dr.
Destruction, Howie Bott took over the lead and held it for
seven laps, when he was passed by Joe ‘Millionaire’ Jentile.
By this time, Richard Petey Ray Fitzgerald and Shawn
Gallucci had all entered the top five.
Ray
Fitzgerald caught and passed Jentile on the twenty-seventh
circuit, then the red flag waived when fluid was dumped in
turn one from contact between Aaron Miller and Casey Pirro.
The third and final red was displayed on lap fifty-six, for
Randy Parsons, who spun on the front stretch and was facing
traffic head-on. Just a lap prior, Petey gave up the fourth
position, as he hit the pits with a flat right rear tire.
The final
ten laps were thrillers for sure. Shawn Gallucci was
running second to Fitzgerald, and Jentile was third.
Jentile was able to get underneath Gallucci and take over
second. With only five laps remaining, Gallucci pulled to
the infield with problems.
When the
checkers flew, it was Fitzgerald, picking up his second
NEETS win of the season. Although he shaved a big deficit
from Fitzgerald’s lead, Jentile didn’t have enough time to
catch the leader. Howie Bott and Richard Petey, who crossed
the stripe third and fourth, were disqualified during post
race inspections. That moved Tim Pauch to third. Mark
Spencer and ‘Speedway’ Phil Lomonaco rounded out the top
five.
The next
NEETS Holiday Stock Car Series event is scheduled for
Monday, September 5th (Labor Day). On the card
for the day is a 105-lap Valley Service four-cylinder
feature, along with a 105-lap Cottman Transmission
6/8-cylinder extravaganza. A big car demolition derby is
also planned to take place during the day’s events. For
more information or pre-race registration, please visit
www.neetstour.net
Valley
Service 4 cyl.
Pos
No. Name
1
88 Pat Verwys
2
30 Joe Grocholski
3
61S Harry Sager
4
97 Bobby Pease
5
777 Mike Racho
6
39 Rob Pyle
7
88NY Brad Vollmoeller
8
666 Duane Garrison
9
M0 Maurice Ott
10
73 Gary Walls
11
81 Kenny Wallace
12
48 Kevin Elliston
13
79 Eric Conklin
14
5R11 TJ Stevens
15
6 Mark Seltzer
16
62 Luke Colleran
17
3 Robin Vollmoeller
18
91 Jamie White
19
131 Ryan Nelson
20
29 Laura White
21
3H Brian Hawkins
22
68 Diana Bogart
23
118 Mark Neberdosky
24
34 Woot Lawrence
25
43 Kyle Curtis
26
94 Rodney Nussbaum
27
12 Peter Verwys
28
xxx Tom Kapish
29
57 Steve Taylor
30
72 Mark Paine
31
19 James White Jr
32
69 Jose Cruz
33
33 Matt Guida
34
X Mark Hammer
35
51C Scott Dunn
36
472 Steve Elliston
37
96X Justin Nesbitt
38
55 Donny Oliver
39
2 Larry Spencer
40
13B Brock Miller
41
78 Robert Fink
42
22 Terry Johnson
43
43A Andy Pluegfelder
44
17 Art Kullik
45
9 John Saccomandi
46
56 Brian Moses
47
14 Joey White
48
77 Alex Fletcher
49
311 Bobby Shucker
50
89 Arthur Allen
51
13 Steve Elicati
52
1 Rich Johnson
Cottman
Transmission 6/8 cyl.
Pos
No. Name
1
16X Ray Fitzgerald
2
41 Joe Jentile
3
5 Tim Pauch
4
124 Mark Spencer
5
14 Phil Lomonaco
6
61 Steve Haegele
7
0 Mark Forman
8
25 Chad Bezubek
9
23G Shawn Gallucci
10
266 Bob Kulik
11
1 Rich Johnson
12
20K Kory Stevens
13
23Z Frank Gallucci
14
58 Randy Parsons
15
33 Tom Kapish
16
81 David Moore
17
1X Cory Student
18
168 Robert Wohlgemuth
19
23 Craig McDevitt
20
0 Casey Pirro
21
2 Pappy Herman
22
410 Steve Tito
23
2AM Marissa Nelmes
24
24B Gary Boyer
25
19 Jim White
26
18 Terry Nansteel
27
37 Shannon Weidler
28
11X Robert Benz
29
705 Charlie McKeown
30
97 Tom Moses
31
78P Frank Petroski
32
830 Kevin Makarewicz
33
31x Jeff Walls
34
3 Aaron Miller
35
11C Dave Christman
36
13 Craig Masker
37
3C Mike Chambers
38
13B Craig Smith
39
555 Bob Niedermaier
40
13X Nick Shaw
41
13 John Plistas
DQ
75 Howie Bott
DQ
43 Richard Petey
DQ
11 Keith Bissinger
DQ
17R Ray Rothfuss
DQ
438 Paul Mercante
