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July 9, 2005

"LUCKY LOU" BRADICH EARNS $4000 PAYDAY IN "NAPA PENN NATIONAL 50" AT PPMS; BURGOON CLAIMS CAREER FIRST IN LIMITED LATES

PITTSBURGH, PA - " Lucky Lou"  Bradich took the $4000 payday home to Chester WV after scoring the exciting win in the Napa Penn National 50 Late Model event Saturday at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.  Brandon Burgoon collected a career first in the Advance Auto Parts Limited Late Models, while A.J. Poljak scored his first of the season in the Isiminger's Pennzoil Pure Stocks.  Repeat winners Saturday night were Dennis Niederriter (E-Modifieds) and Robby Torrens (Amateur Stocks).  

Proclaiming himself the luckiest guy around, likeable Lou Bradich from Chester WV put the hammer down, and clawed his way to the checkered flag to earn the biggest racing payday in his late model career at PPMS that now totals 23 wins.  Steve Baker led the first lap, but after that, it was the Bradich and Lynn Geisler show up front while numerous position changes were taking place throughout the 30 car field.  Bradich clearly had the car to beat,  but a persistent Geisler never lost sight of the potent Auction Barn 09 as the duo maneuvered through the traffic at a wicked pace.  Several times during the event as they worked through the back of the field, a caution would give Bradich a short-lived breather from the relentless Geisler.  Bradich and Geisler further thrilled the already excited crowd with five to go, when they made more daring moves in the traffic, but Bradich continued to hold the lead.  Geisler made a last ditch effort on the final lap, but "Lucky Lou", who nearly won the race the previous year, was not to be denied his victory this time.  In victory lane Bradich stated that he was running out of fuel towards the end, and the loss of fuel pressure was the very reason he lost the Penn National one year ago.  Runner-up Geisler warmly congratulated Bradich on his victory following the hard fought battle.  Steve Baker ran third throughout, with John Flinner, from twelfth, taking fourth, and eighteenth starting Scott Gunn had a great drive to claim the fifth position at the finish.  Jared Miley's steady run netted him sixth over visiting Chad Ruhlman.  Mark Banal, who was the hard charger of the event, came from twenty-third to earn the eighth spot with Mike Johnson ninth, and Dave Wade, who rebounded from a mid race pit stop for a flat, drove back through traffic to round out the top ten.  Thirty-two cars signed in with Geisler, Mike Cecere (subbing for Ben Miley), and Bradich chalking up the qualifying heat race wins.

Twenty-year old rookie Brandon Burgoon has been knocking on the door, but there was no doubt about it Saturday when he drove off from his competitors to score his career first Limited Late Model Feature event on the monster half mile.  The local McDonald driver took full advantage of his front row start, but at the checker, he had won by nearly a straightaway over runner-up Bobby Castelveter, who was followed closely by Tommy Schirnhofer, Jesse Burroughs and Nick Duratz.  Six through ten were Jim Stephans, Ray Brown, John Cain, John Hobbs and Tom Duratz.  Heats went to Burroughs and N. Duratz with Jim Stephans collecting the hard charger honors.

The Pure Stocks were up next, and the exciting race provided great side by side racing throughout the event.  Nick Kocuba held off the pressure of A.J. Poljak, Craig Kamicker and Jeff Broniszewski for the first half of the event, but Poljak finally made his winning pass on the eighth circuit.  Poljak then was pursued by the same  group with Jake Simmons joining in the chase.  As the battle intensified behind him, Poljak was able to get away, and he went on to take the checker with room to spare to earn the Baldwin driver his first visit to the winner's circle this year..  Kocuba hung on to claim second with Broniszewski taking third over Kamicker and Simmons.  Bob Schwartzmiller turned up the wick to collect sixth over Ron O'Patchen, Tim Folmer, Joe Anthony, and Mike Chruszcz.  Schwartzmiller and Bill Robertson won the heat races, and Chruszcz was the Monarch Oil Hard Charger of the event.

Dennis Niederriter from McDonald waited a long time to get his career first E-modified win, but two weeks later found himself back in victory lane for the second time this year.  Niederriter took command at the drop of the green and fought off the early challenges of Mike Basich and Kari Gasser.  As the race wore on, Neiderriter poured it on to come to the checker by half a straightaway over Basich who hung on for second.  Tom Martineck came on strong at the end to overtake Gasser for third.  Kevin Miller drove an outstanding race to finish fifth.  Wayne Tessean was sixth with Kurt Halbedl notching a seventh in his first outing of 2005.  Eighth was Mitch Basich, Joel Johns finished ninth and Chris Basich took home a top ten in his first appearance at PPMS.  Chuck Kennedy and Mike Basich won the heats with hard charger honors going to Wayne Tessean.

The front row wasn't the place to be in the night cap Amateur Stocks as contact between Gary Koteles and Adam Chytil sent Chytil spinning in front of the whole pack on the opening lap of the feature.  The field realigned for the restart with Robby Torrens and Craig Koteles now pacing the field. Torrens, from Kennedy Township,  got the advantage and drove away to collect his fourth checker of the season with Craig Koteles a distant second, and Ian Tomei third.  Davy Lee rode to fourth with Bill Tennant rounding out the top five.  Six through ten were Wes Wheeler, Gary Koteles, Eric Goldberg, Todd Evans, and John Greywolds.  Heat winners were Tomei and Lee with Lee also earning the hard charger honor.

The next two weeks, Saturday, July 16  and  July 23 are regular action events for the Late Models,  Limited Late Models, E-Mods, Pure Stocks and Amateur Stocks.  Gates open at five with racing at 7:00pm sharp.  Break out the sunscreen and plan on attending  our second special "Topless Tuesday" event on Tuesday, July 26.  Thirty-four super late models will take off their tops for 35 laps on the high banks of Dirt's Monster Half Mile with the winner receiving $2000 for his efforts.  The Limited Late Models will be running without their roofs as well, and the E-Mods, Pure Stocks and Amateur Stocks will also be in competition.  The month of July's exciting racing action at PPMS will be capped off on July 30 with an action event plus a crash-em, smash-em demolition derby on the front straightaway.  Contact the Pittsburgh Business office at 412-279-7223 for more information about speedway events, or visit the web site at ppms.com.

PITTSBURGH'S PA MOTOR SPEEDWAY JULY 9 (PENN NATIONAL 50) RACE RESULTS

Napa Late Models
Monarch Oil Hard Charger:  Mark Banal
Heat Race Winners:  Lynn Geisler, Mike Cecere, Lou Bradich
Feature (50 Laps):  1) Lou Bradich, Chester WV.,  2) Lynn Geisler, 3) Steve Baker, 4) John Flinner, 5) Scott Gunn, 6) Jared Miley, 7) Chad Ruhlman, 8) Mark Banal, 9) Mike Johnson, 10) Dave Wade, 11) Keith Rodriguez, 12) David Scott, 13) Danny Rich, 14) Rodney Sweitzer, 15) Ty Myers, 16) Michael Davis, 17) Jim Lepro, 18) Neil Brown, 19) D. J. Miller, 20) Carl McKinney, 21) Tony Musolino, 22) Brent Rhebergen, 23) Mike Cecere, 24) Scott Peltz, 25) Butch D'Antonio, 26) Al Atallah, 27) Mark Moats, 28) Dave Johnson, 29) Ed Ferree, 30) Jon Hodgkiss, 31) Lance Elson DNS, 32) Rick Heim DNS

Advance Auto Parts Limited Late Models
Monarch Oil Hard Charger:  Jim Stephans
Heat Race Winners:  Jesse Burroughs, Nick Duratz
Feature (20 Laps):  1) Brandon Burgoon, 2) Bobby Castelveter, 3) Tommy Schirnhofer, 4) Jesse Burroughs, 5) Nick Duratz, 6) Jim Stephans, 7) Ray Brown, 8) John Cain, 9) John Hobbs, 10) Tom Duratz, 11) Bryan Hoffman

E-Modifieds
Monarch Oil Hard Charger:  Wayne Tessean
Heat Race Winners:  Chuck Kennedy, Mike Basich
Feature (15 Laps):  1) Dennis Niederriter, 2) Mike Basich, 3) Tom Martineck, 4) Kari Gasser, 5) Kevin Miller, 6) Wayne Tessean, 7) Kurt Halbedl, 8) Mitch Basich, 9) Joel Johns, 10) Chris Basich, 11) Randy McElhaney, 12) David Mercer, 13) Chuck Kennedy

Isiminger's Pennzoil Pure Stocks
Monarch Oil Hard Charger:  Mike Chruszcz
Heat Race Winners:  Bob Schwartzmiller, Bill Robertson
Feature (15 Laps):  1) A.J. Poljak, 2) Nick Kocuba, 3) Jeff Broniszewski, 4) Craig Kamicker, 5) Jake Simmons, 6) Bob Schwartzmiller, 7) Ron O'Patchen, 8) Tim Folmer, 9) Joe Anthony, 10) Mike Chruszcz, 11) Bill Robertson, 12) Larry Marks, 13) Shawn Bryan, 14) John Hobbs, 15) Don Bauerle, 16) Glen Ritchea, 17) Aaron Jones, 18) James Wagner, 19) Ralph Hysong, 20) Bob Betz DNS