Zane Zeiner, Jeremy
McDermott & Johnnie Gloor IV Take NELMA Victories
Three divisions of racing with full fields set the stage for
the popular 6th annual NELMA Late Model Challenge Saturday at
Sundance Vacations Speedway. Rebounding from an earlier incident
and following a slew of late race pit stops, somehow Zane Zeiner
of Bath, PA took the lead with six laps remaining and drove off
to victory. Jeremy McDermott of Long Island bested the field for
the checkers in the Street Stock Fender Fury and Johnnie Gloor
IV notched the victory in the Legends Fall Classic event.
The Late Model drivers ran time trials and Zane Zeiner blistered
off a lap 13.967, which beat the track record. The top five time
trailers were inverted for the start of the race, which gave the
pole to Jimmy Wismer.
Wismer set the early pace with Justin Onderko in second,
followed by Roger Oxee, Larry Fisher and Joe Burns. Onderko made
a bid for the lead stick on lap 10 and then Wismer regained the
advantage on the following circuit.
Fisher began to fall back a few positions and Mike Sweeney
cracked the top five before a competition yellow on lap 50. Both
Zeiner and Lorin Arthofer noticed that they had right front
tires going down under the caution period and they hit the pits
for rubber before green flag racing resumed.
With Wismer still in command, the caution flew on lap 52 when
Zeiner and Mike Coll collected in turns three and four. Trouble
struck Zeiner 20 circuits later when he and Burns tangled in
turn two.
Green flag racing resumed and Wismer remained in front. Sweeney
held second with Dave Macomber, Craig Lutz and Arthofer in tow.
Coll and Arthofer battled for the fifth spot with 22 laps
remaining. The two touched and went up the speedway in turn four
and then Zeiner moved into the fifth spot. However, Coll drover
to the back bumper of Zeiner and the following lap and took him
around in turn four.
Following a quick caution on lap 81, Sweeney was on his game and
took the lead following a terrific restart. Wismer began to fade
over the closing laps and Zeiner began to mount a charge back
toward the front. With nine laps remaining he overtook Lutz for
second and then reeled in Sweeney.
Despite efforts to keep him in the rearview, Zeiner took the
lead on lap 94 and held on to take his first victory in the
NELMA Late Model Challenge. Arthofer made some late race moves
to finish in the second spot and Sweeney ended up third,
followed by Lutz and Wismer.
Jeremy McDermott timed quickest of the Street Stocks and the top
six were inverted, which moved Brian Brown to the pole position
for the start of the 50-lap feature. Brown got loose on the
start and Chris Turbush took advantage and grabbed the lead over
Chip Wanamaker.
Wanamaker rode the high line and grabbed the race lead on lap
four before he and Turbush rubbed fenders and doors in turn four
two circuits later. The duo pushed up the track and Craig Lutz
took command.
Meanwhile, McDermott worked his way up to second and then
overtook Lutz for the lead on lap 15. With 24 laps complete,
McDermott led over Turbush, Joe Barbush, Steve Shultz and John
Ellwood.
Despite the hard racing from the sixth spot on back, the top
five remained the same over the closing laps. In dominating
fashion, McDermott notched his first win at the speedway over
Turbush, Barbush and Shultz. Chris McGuire overtook Lutz in the
latter stages of the race to finish fifth.
Chris Young ran the fastest Legends lap in time trials and the
top 12 were inverted, which put Matt Marring on the pole
position for the 30-lap contest. Marring led the opening lap
over Mark Tischler and Darren Scherer before Johnnie Gloor IV
cracked the top five and then made a three wide maneuver stick
to take the lead on the third lap.
Scherer seemed to have a car to beat the leader but his day came
to end when he was forced out with mechanical woes on lap 17.
Kevin Nowak lined up second behind the leader for the restart
with Tony Hanbury third.
Hanbury worked over Nowak and grabbed the runner up spot on lap
22 and despite a hard drive up alongside the leader, Gloor held
on to take his first NELMA victory over Hanbury, Timmy Solomito,
Nowak and 25th place starter, Mike Alcaro.
Sundance Vacations is a national wholesale travel company that
specializes in providing wholesale travel and discount vacations
to travelers who appreciate budget-friendly travel. Founded in
1991 by John and Tina Dowd, Sundance Vacations’ mission is to
provide quality discount vacations at a fraction of the retail
rate. A destination-based discount travel program, Sundance
Vacations enables customers to enjoy discount vacations in many
popular resort areas across the United States.
Sundance Vacations Speedway is just minutes from Hazleton, Pa,
located on St. John’s Road, between Routes 93 and 309.
Grandstand admission for all regular events is just $10 for ages
11 and older. Children 10 years of age and younger are admitted
for free.
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www.nelmaracing.com.
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schedule, point standings and up to date news and information.
Late Model (100-laps) 1. ZANE ZEINER 2. Lorin Arthofer 3. Mike
Sweeney 4. Craig Lutz 5. Jimmy Wismer 6. Larry Fisher 7. Dave
Macomber 8. Justin Onderko 9. Paul Skodacek 10. Roger Oxee 11.
Pat Hargan 12. Doug Renalds 13. Kevin Metzger 14. Bill Catania
15. Mike Coll 16. Joe Burns 17.Rick Smith 18. Geno Steigerwalt
19. Jarrod Hayes 20. Francis Gross III DNS: Travis Fisher
Street Stock (50-laps) 1. JEREMY MCDERMOTT 2. Chris Turbush 3.
Joe Barbush 4. Steve Shultz 5. Chris McGuire 6. Justin Mooney 7.
Rich DiMarco 8. Chip Wanamaker 9. Nick Shaw 10. Frank Scimeca
11. Brian Brown 12. Alan Schlenker 13. Steve Hoffman 14. Craig
Lutz 15. Jamie Smith 16. Josh Mooney 17.Kory Comiskey 18. Daryn
Miller 19. Tony Hilliard 20. John Ellwood 21. Brian Doyle DNS:
Joe Oliver, Nick Ross
Legends (30-laps) 1. JOHNNIE GLOOR IV 2. Tony Hanbury 3. Timmy
Solomito 4. Kevin Nowak 5. Mike Alcaro 6. Chris Young 7. Mark
Tischler 8. Matt Maring 9. Jeffrey Goodale 10. Raven Schrantz
11. Kyle Ellwood 12. Jason Sendlewski 13. Gregory Rittenhouse
14. Jim Byrne 15. Rob McCormick 16. Kyle Soper 17. Carl Vilardo
Jr 18. Beth Scherer 19. Carl Jones 20. Barry Schrantz 21. John
Visconti 22. Shawn Sitarchyk 23. Scott Hubler 24. Darren Scherer
25. Roger Turbush
Source: Geno Ostrowski/Sundance
Vacations Speedway PR on behalf of NELMA
Posted: October
24, 2010
