Nowak Takes Win at Mountain
Originally scheduled for Saturday and
rescheduled for the following day after being washed out,
several drivers took part in time trials at Mountain Speedway.
When it was all said and done, Kyle Ebersole ran the fastest
Modified lap, which he’s grown accustomed too. After all, this
is the third consecutive season that he has accomplished that
feat. Chip Wanamaker timed quickest in the Street Stocks, which
he is also used to. Wanamaker time trialed quickest last season
as well. Eric Banashefski ran a torrid FWD lap and won his first
Opening Day Pole Award. Kevin Nowak of Long Island fought off
his fellow INEX Legends competitors to score his first victory
of the season and Sam Ryan of White Haven stomped the 4-cylinder
enduro field en route to victory.
Mark Tischler led the INEX Legends feature to the drop of the
green flag in the 20-lap main. He took the early lead until a
yellow flag slowed the field when Stephen Gual spun in turns one
and two.
Green flag racing resumed and Kevin Nowak took his turn at the
point before Tischler retook command. Scott Hubler ran third
behind the pair, followed by Andrew Stotler and Mike Alcaro.
Nowak completed his second pass for the lead on the fourth
circuit and Alcaro overtook Hubler for third. Alcaro then
powered by Tischler to take second on lap seven. He then set his
sights on the leader.
Alcaro caught Nowak and the duo encountered lapped traffic. With
a lapped car in the middle of the two on lap 16, Alcaro went to
the low side of the track to take the lead. He made contact with
and turned around the Carl Jones machine. Alcaro was forced to
restart from the rear of the field.
With the green flag back out, Nowak went on to take his first
Legends victory of the season over eight place starter Brandon
Michael, Hubler, Stotler and Brandon DeBrakilmer.
Heat race victories went to Mark Tischler and Mike Alcaro.
Ed Michael started from the pole in the 100-lap 4-cylinder
Mountain Madness enduro event but quickly lost the race lead
when Sam Ryan came from his sixth starting spot to take the lead
in turn one. Michael held second when they crossed the strip to
complete the first circuit, followed by Bruce Miller, Robert
Fink and Bill Rice.
Peter Verwys started back in the tenth position but he moved
forward in a hurry. Verwys Shot by Rice, Fink and Michaels and
moved into third on lap seven. A few laps later he overtook
Miller for second.
The first of two red flags flew on lap 29 when a gaggle of cars
tangled in turn three. Ryan, the race lead, got some damage from
the incident, as did Miller, Josh Oswald and rookie drivers,
Devin Nethercott and Jake McGrath.
Green flag racing resumed and Ryan was simply untouchable over
the closing laps. On a lap of his own, he went on to take the
victory over Verwys. Several of the early front runners,
including Fink, Miller and Rice had problems in the latter half
of the event, which helped Mike Harding, Ken Harper and Art
Kulik close out the top five.
Mountain 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.
Please visit
www.mountainspeedway.com for the entire 2011 schedule, point
standings and up to date news and information.
INEX Legends (20-Laps) 1. KEVIN NOWAK 2. Brandon Michael
3. Scott Hubler 4. Andrew Stotler 5. Brandon DeBrakilmer 6. Matt
Marring 7. Jason Sendlewski 8. Raven Schrantz 9. Mike
Alcaro 10. Bobby Rafferty 11. Stephan Hershey 12. Carl Jones 13.
Barry Schrantz 14. Stephen Gual 15. Joe Fresco 16. John Bacon
17.Mark Tischler
MMES 100-Lap 4-Cyl. Enduro (100-Laps) 1. SAM RYAN 2. Peter
Verwys 3. Mike Harding 4. Ken Harper 5. Art Kulik 6. Howard
Effron 7. Jake McGrath 8. Robert Fink 9. Bill Rice 10. Costas
Efantis 11. Tony Rispin 12. Dave Bartuski 13. Bruce Miller 14.
Edward Michael 15. Josh Oswald 16. Alex Doyle 17.Larry Spencer
III 18. Devon Nethercott
Modified Time Trials
Pos No. Name Best Tm
1 5 Kyle Ebersole 13.676
2 41 Todd Baer 13.72
3 8 Earl Paules 13.762
4 27 Andy Walko 13.799
5 1 Bobby Jones 13.829
6 42 Nick Pecko 13.882
7 4 Barry Callavini 13.918
8 97 Ken Vogel Jr 13.971
9 71 Allen Creveling 14.014
10 1T Tommy Wanick 14.511
11 19A David Schneider 14.898
Street Stock Time Trials
Pos No. Name Best Tm
1 44C Chip Wanamaker 15.921
2 4H Mitch Hawk 16.106
3 55 Mike Garris Sr 16.233
4 29 Chris Burge 16.239
5 78 Robert Fink 16.29
6 31 Jeff McGrath 16.404
7 0 Kyle Curtis 16.864
8 8 Bernie Uphold 16.905
9 8V Bill Verwys 17.707
10 41 Joe D'Angelo 18.213
11 37 Patrick Mahoney 18.771
12 18 Sam Danaher 19.715
13 25 Steve Shultz 19.758
14 3 Sam Grow 20.556
FWD Time Trials
Pos No. Name Best Tm
1 68 Eric Banashefski 17.341
2 38 Jay Skupski 17.718
3 3 Justin Hughes 17.873
4 12 Peter Verwys 18.126
5 44 Trevor Ahouse 18.14
6 67 John Smith 18.236
7 87 Robert Fink 18.584
8 20 Doyle Hoffman 18.944
9 29 Alex Doyle 20.536
10 17 Cody Roth 22.118
Source: Geno Ostrowski/Mountain
Speedway PR
Posted: April
17, 2011
