PITTSBURGH'S PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
6/12/99
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(724)853-RACE/www.ppms.com
EDITORS: Please note that Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway hosted
the All Star Sprint Cars Western Pennsylvania Speedweek Saturday, June 12th.
The All-Star release from Scott Hall follows the PPMS press release for the
Late Models, Limited Late Models, M. Stahl E-Modifieds and Schneider Truck
Spectator Stocks. Thank you.
IMPERIAL, PA….Lou Bradich of Chester, WV continued his winning ways by
capturing Saturday's 30-lap Late Model Special at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania
Motor Speedway. The points leader has now won three of the last four feature
events at Dirt's Monster Half Mile.
Robert Freshour of Weirton, WV won his first Limted Late Model
feature. Austintown, OH's Wayne Tessean notched his third M. Stahl
E-Modified checkered flag this season, and Rich Apolito of Carnegie scored
his first career win in the Schneider Truck Spectator Stocks.
Bradich started from the pole and led wire-to-wire in the Late Model
feature. Doug Crawford pressured the leader early but lost second to Ricky
Dawson late in the race. Mike Cecere was fourth and John Flinner fifth.
Mark Banal, B.A. Malcuit, Jim Zarin, Bill Knepper and Jim Lepro completed the
top ten. Bradich and Crawford won the heat races. Nolan Dalton was the
Monarch Oil Hard Charger.
Robert Freshour drove the race of his life to become the new face in
the Limited Late Model Winner's Circle. Len Dobrosielski chased Freshour the
distance but had to settle for second. Duane Popham was third, Tom
Schirnhofer fourth and Pete Loria fifth. Sixth went to Dave Wade, followed
by Jim Stephans, George Kowatic, Ron O'Patchin and newcomer Gary Cellone.
Dobrosielski was the Monarch Oil Hard Charger.
Wayne Tessean moved to the point early in the M. Stahl E-Modified
main event. Larry Kugel tried to pressure the leader down the stretch but
settled for second. D.J. Miller, John Myrgo, and Mike Ross completed the top
five. Six through ten were: Russ Matejka, Bobby Watt, Fuzzy Stiffler, Greg
Willison and Scott Stiffler. Monarch Oil Hard Charger honors went to Kugel.
What a battle in the Schneider Truck Spectator Stocks. Al Atallah
and Danny Rich were racing hard for the lead when continued contact between
them sent both cars to the pits. Rich returned after changing a tire, but
Atallah was done. Rich Apolito inherited the lead on the restart and held
off Dave Greenawald until the final lap when Greenawald moved past Apolito in
turns one and two. But in turn three, Greenawald pushed high and Apolito
drove by for his first win. Rich rebounded for third. Dave Beck was fourth
and Lou Lamonde fifth. Chris Langham, Atallah, John Hobbs, Fred Schneider
and Daryl Robison rounded out the top ten.
This Saturday, June 19th, the Late Model, Limited Late Models, M.
Stahl Modifieds and Schneider Truck Specator Stocks return to action plus a
demolition derby after the races. Gates open at 5pm with racing at 7pm. For
more information call (724) 853-RACE or visit our home page on the Internet
at www.ppms.com.
PITTSBURGH'S PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY SUMMARY (6/12/99)
LATE MODELS: HEAT WINNERS: Lou Bradich, Doug Crawford.
FEATURE: 1) Lou Bradich, Chester WV 2) Ricky Dawson, Austintown OH 3) Doug
Crawford, Castle Shannon 4) Mike Cecere, Baldwin 5) John Flinner, Cranberry
Twp. 6) Mark Banal 7) B.A. Malcuit 8) Jim Zarin 9) Bill Knepper 10) Jim Lepro
11) Alex Ferree 12) Ed Ferree 13) Nolan Dalton 14) Andy Koteles 15) Bill
Adler 16) Ricky Thomas 17) Rody Exposito 18) Mark Moats 19) Ben Miley 20) Bob
Moskey.
LIMITED LATE MODELS
FEATURE (TOP TEN): 1) Robert Freshour, Weirton WV 2) Len Dobrosielski,
Kennedy Twp. 3) Duane Popham, Crafton 4) Tom Schirnhofer, Emsworth 5) Pete
Loria, Pittsburgh 6) Dave Wade 7) Jim Stephans 8) George Kowatic 9) Ron
O'Patchin 10) Gary Cellone.
M. STAHL E-MODIFIEDS
FEATURE (TOP TEN): 1) Wayne Tessean, Austintown OH 2) Larry Kugel, E.
Liverpool OH 3) D.J. Miller, Hookstown 4) John Myrgo, Canonsburg 5) Mike
Ross, Hookstown 6) Russ Matejka 7) Bobby Watt 8) Fuzzy Stiffler 9) Greg
Willison 10) Scott Stiffler.
SCHNEIDER TRUCK SPECTATOR STOCKS
FEATURE (TOP TEN): 1) Rich Apolito, Carnegie 2) Dave Greenawald, South
Fayette 3) Danny Rich, Imperial 4) Dave Beck, Imperial 5) Lou Lamonde,
Sheraden 6) Chris Langham 7) Al Atallah 8) John Hobbs 9) Fred Schneider
10) Daryl Robison
All STAR SPRINT RACE RESULTS -Pittsburgh's Pa. Motor Speedway - By Scott Hall
IMPERIAL, PA - It was all Lance Dewease, leading wire-to-wire in the All
Star sprint 30-lap feature Saturday night at Pittsburgh's Pa. Motor Speedway.
The event was round two of the seventh annual Western Pa. Speedweek series.
Dewease, aboard the Joe Harz J&J on Goodyear tires with a Don Ott Chevrolet
powerplant under the hood, won $5,000 for his first All Star win of 1999. C&B
Mushrooms, Hank's Performance Parts, Weld and Bailey Racing Products are
among the sponsors on the yellow number 88.
"This is a lot like a track I run back home, Hagerstown," Dewease
recalled. "We were just fortunate to have a great starting spot tonight. I
thought we screwed up on tires, we went too hard and the rubber never came
back down on the track, but we got away with it. It was just like sitting on
ice. I was lucky enough to find the mud on the bottom of the racetrack and
ran in there the whole time."
Dewease started on the ButlerBuilt Motorsports Equipment Hot Seat pole
position with Friday night's winner Dean Jacobs alongside. With the track
black with rubber and slicked over, passing was at a premium and tire choice
very important. Dewease jumped out to an immediate lead, hugging the inside
of the half-mile with Dean Jacobs second and Hull third in Guy Webb's Eagle
chassis. K. Jacobs moved from fourth, under Hull and began challenging his
brother for second. With Dewease into lapped traffic on lap seven, Kenny was
still challenging his younger brother. Hull moved back in on the Jacobs
battle, and Kenny moved under Dean for second on lap 11, with Hull following
him by a circuit later. Dewease still held an almost full straightaway
advantage at the halfway point over K. Jacobs, Hull, D. Jacobs, Greg Hodnett,
Brad Furr, Byron Reed and Dale Blaney.
Reed and Blaney battled for position and the front of the pack continued
single file in freight train fashion. Reed moved up from the bottom to the
middle groove to look for some traction, but his car broke, stopping on the
backstretch for the only caution of the 15 mile run on lap 20. Hull moved
under Kenny for second on the front stretch just before the caution flew to
snare second.
Dewease pulled away on the restart as Blaney made a nice move on the
restart to get fifth behind Dewease, Hull, Kenny and Dean. But Dewease
continued his mastery, leading by a half straight when the checkered flew.
"We ran third at Limaland earlier this year," runner-up Hull recalled.
"Then we ran good last night and tonight was just tremendous. I though we
might have a chance at Lance after that last restart when we got around those
two lapped cars on the bottom but he pulled away from us about 10 car lengths
and we couldn't reel him in."
Third place Jacobs said, "The track got really slick and when we were in
the open racetrack Lance was just better than us. Lance was pretty quick, he
ran a good race."
Dean Jacobs held on for fourth with Blaney fifth and Ed Lynch Jr. making a
last lap pass of Hodnett for sixth.
Hodnett finished seventh, earning the "Team Simpson Racing Lucky Seven"
award with Furr eighth, Danny Smith ninth after starting 13th and Greg Wilson
tenth..
The United Expressline heat fell to Danny Smith, the Southwest
Expressline heat to Mike Wagner and the Southwest Glass heat was won by Craig
Rankin. Jerrod Hull won the Commercial Truck & Trailer Dash with Daryl
Stimeling the United Expressline B Main winner. Lou Bradich won the late
model main with Wayne Tessean the UMP modified victor.
Time Trials: 1. Greg Hodnett, Stewart 12, 16.533; 2. Ed Lynch, Jr., Lynch
2L, 16.671; 3. Kenny Jacobs, Jacobs 6, 16.830; 4. Jerrod Hull, Webb 51,
16.832; 5. Dean Jacobs, Holbrook 8, 16.864; 6. Lance Dewease, Harz 88,
16.885; 7. Brad Furr, Furr 2F, 16.971; 8. Butch Schroeder, Johnson U2,
17.290; 9. Byron Reed, B&S 5, 17.437; 10. Dale Blaney, Hughes 94, 17.461;
11. Dave Freed, Freed 8F, 17.547; 12. Greg Wilson, Hampshire 63, 17.585; 13.
Danny Smith, Ashworth 92, 17.623; 14. Mike Wagner, Wagner 55, 17.688; 15.
Craig Rankin, Guzzo 77, 17.738; 16. Chris Strait, Strait 46, 17.805; 17.
Brian Ellenberger, Ellenberger 20, 17.856; 18. Rodney Duncan, Harrison 22,
17.916; 19. Brad Ellenberger, Ellenberger 87, 17.956; 20. Sean Keen, Purple
Reign 53, 17.999; 21. Daryl Stimeling, Stimeling 30, 18.095; 22. Brian
Carlson, SC Motorsports 18, 18.241; 23. Matt Wingard, Wingard 49, 18.264; 24.
Jamie Smith, Smith 5, 18.964; 25. John Stickley, Stickley L7, 19.342; 26.
Bill Kiley, Kiley 4K, 19.354; 27. Brent Matus, Matus 33, 19.489.
United Expressline Heat (8 laps): 1. D. Smith 2. Furr 3. Blaney 4. Hodnett
5. Hull 6. Strait 7. Brad Ellenberger 8. Carlson 9. Stickley.
Southwest Expressline Heat (8 laps): 1. Wagner 2. Brian Ellenberger 3.
Lynch 4. Schroeder 5. D. Jacobs 6. Wingard 7. Freed 8. Keen 9. Kiley.
Southwest Glass Heat (8 laps): 1. Rankin 2. Duncan 3. Dewease 4. K. Jacobs
5. Reed 6. Wilson 7. Stimeling 8. Matus 9. J. Smith - DNS.
Commercial Truck & Trailer Dash: (4 laps): 1. Hull 2. Hodnett 3. K. Jacobs
4. Lynch 5. Dewease 6. D. Jacobs.
United Expressline B Main (8 laps): 1. Stimeling 2. Keen 3. Freed 4.
Carlson 5. Brad Ellenberger 6. Matus 7. Stickley 8. Kiley.
A Main (30 laps): 1. Lance Dewease 2. Jerrod Hull 3. Kenny Jacobs 4. Dean
Jacobs 5. Dale Blaney 6. Ed Lynch Jr. 7. Greg Hodnett 8. Brad Furr 9. Danny
Smith 10. Greg Wilson 11. Brian Ellenberger 12. Craig Rankin 13. Butch
Schroeder 14. Shawn Keen 15. Rodney Duncan 16. Mike Wagner 17. Dave Freed 18.
Daryl Stimeling 19. Brian Carlson 20. Brent Matus 21. Byron Reed 22. Chris
Strait 23. Matt Wingard 24. Brad Ellenberger.
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