PITTSBURGH'S PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
7/17/99
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Editors: Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway hosted the STARS National Dirtcar Racing League Saturday, July 17th for the running of the "6th Annual Penn National 100". Please see the attached press release for the STARS/Penn National 100 results. Below are the results from the companion divisions. Thank you.
IMPERIAL, PA…. Len Dobrosielski of Kennedy Township captured his fourth Limited Late Model win this season Saturday at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. Wayne Tessean of Austintown, OH - M. Stahl E-Modifieds and Al Atallah of Carnegie - Schneider Truck Spectator Stocks found victory lane for the sixth time.
Dobrosielski had no problems once passing Tom Schirnhofer for the lead after an early race caution. Schirnhofer was second, Dave Wade third, Rick Heim fourth and Ron O'Patchin fifth. John Pavlick, Jim Stephans, George Kowatic and Chuck Moury completed the top ten. Dobrosielski was also the Monarch Oil Hard Charger.
Rich Stiffler led most of the M. Stahl E-Modified feature before Wayne Tessean made his winning pass. Stiffler settled for a strong second place finish. Jeff Broniszewski, Russ Matejka and Larry Kugel were third through fifth respectively. Tessean was also the Monarch Oil Hard Charger.
Al Atallah breezed to the Schneider Truck Spectator Stock victory. Neal Isiminger was second, Dave Greenawald third, Rich Apolito fourth and Chris Langham fifth. Monarch Oil Hard Charger honors also went to Atallah.
This Saturday, July 24th, is fan appreciation/driver autographs night. Adult admission has been reduced to $6. Students are $4 and kids 12 and under are free. The Late Models, Limited Late Models, M. Stahl E-Modifieds, Schneider Truck Spectator Stocks and Amateur Stocks will be in action. 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.
July 17, 1999
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
By Bret Emrick
DAVEY J. GRAB'S "PENN NATIONAL 100"!!!
IMPERIAL, PA…..Davey Johnson of Greensburg,PA scored a convincing victory Saturday at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway lapping up to the eighth place car in route to the $10,000 payday in the STARS National DirtCar Racing League sanctioned "6th Annual Penn National 100". Starting third aboard the Richard Construction/Bland's Towing/Rocket Chassis/Draime Racing Engines No. 0 Bland Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Johnson grabbed the lead away from Tim Hitt on lap 39 and raced away to a five second margin of victory over Doug Dodd. Bart Hartman finished third with Hitt fourth and Chub Frank fifth. Completing the top ten were 12th starting Steve Shaver, 17th starting Donnie Moran, 14th starting Gary Stuhler, Doug Crawford and R.J. Conley.
For the first time in STARS history the event matched car's utilizing the STARS "Open Engine", P.P.M.S. "Spec. Engine" and "Open-Restrictor Plate Engine". All car's were racing on a mandated Hoosier D-55 Economy tire on all four wheels with the P.P.M.S. "Spec. Engine" and "Open-Restrictor Plate Engine" allowed a 12" spoiler instead of an 8" spoiler for the STARS "Open Engine" car's. Of the 54 entry's, 38 driver's chose the STARS "Open Engine" with 14 driver's using the P.P.M.S "Spec. Engine" and only two driver's opting for the "Open-Restrictor Plate Engine". Ironically, Johnson used a P.P.M.S "Spec. Engine" for his win while Dodd used a STARS "Open Engine" to finish second and Hartman went with the "Open-Restrictor Plate Engine" to place third.
Hitt powered into the lead from his pole position after one lap with Johnson, John Flinner, Ed Ferree and Dodd trailing. Dodd powered past Ferree for fourth on lap 3 as Hitt pulled out to a three second margin by the end of lap 10. Entering lapped traffic on lap 11 Hitt saw his advantage slowly whittle down as Johnson closed the gap to two seconds. Dodd and Flinner got together in turn one on lap 12 shuffling Flinner back to seventh with Crawford now fifth. With 20 laps in the book's, Hitt's lead was now down to one second as Johnson used the lapped traffic to his advantage. Johnson made a stab at Hitt off turn two but Rob Blair slammed the turn two wall bringing out the race's first caution. Three more laps were completed before Lou Bradich slowed to a stop with engine woe's. With the race back underway, Johnson kept right with Hitt and by lap 35 had pulled alongside of the leader keeping the pressure on and taking the lead on lap 39. Dodd quickly gained ground on Hitt grabbing second on lap 45.
One lap after the mandatory halfway fuel stop, Hartman made a strong move bolting from sixth to fourth as Johnson opened up a one second lead. Hitt continued to slide backward's as Hartman took third on lap 66. By lap 80 Johnson enjoyed a three second cushion over Dodd and with ten to go had opened up his lead to four seconds. Dodd and Hartman went after each other over the final laps allowing Johnson to stretch his lead to five seconds at the finish.
The $38,000 purse event attracted 54 driver's to the high-banked 1/2 mile track with Ferree topping the field in time trials at 20.835 seconds. BORLA EXHAUST heat race winner's were Hitt, Hartman, R.J. Conley (SCOTT PERFORMANCE WIRE heat race bonus winner) and Frank. Hitt earned the feature pole with his triumph in the ISKY RACING CAMS dash while Moran and Rick Dawson scored the PRO SHOCKS "B" Mains.
STARS National DirtCar Racing League RACE REPORT (for 7-17-99)
RACE NO. 18-1999 SEASON-"6TH ANNUAL PENN NATIONAL 100"
PITTS. PA. MOTOR SPEEDWAY-PITTSBURGH,PA-1/2 MILE OVAL
$38,000 PURSE-$10,000 TO WIN-100 LAP FEATURE
(Showing Finish Pos.,Start Pos.,Car #,Driver,Laps,Purse,Reason Out)
1. (3) # 0 Davey Johnson 100 $10,060 Running
2. (6) #12 Doug Dodd 100 $5,035 Running
3. (7) #75 Bart Hartman 100 $3,000 Running
4. (1) #68 Tim Hitt 100 $2,100 Running
5. (9) #1* Chub Frank 100 $1,500 Running
6. (12) #30 Steve Shaver 100 $1,400 Running
7. (17) #99 Donnie Moran 100 $1,340 Running
8. (14) #19 Gary Stuhler 100 $1,200 Running
9. (5) #9C Doug Crawford 99 $1,140 Running
10. (8) #71C R.J. Conley 99 $1,000 Running
11. (15) #72 John Mason 99 $900 Running
12. (25) #04M B.A. Malcuit 99 $840 Running
13. (18) #67 Rick Dawson 99 $740 Running
14. (21) #4X Alex Ferree 99 $690 Running
15. ((20) #84 Steve Baker 99 $640 Running
16. (23) #1Z Jim Zarin 99 $590 Running
17. (4) # 4 Ed Ferree 65 $550 Engine
18. (2) #93X John Flinner 56 $580 Accident
19. (10) #09 Dennis Curry 49 $500 Engine
20. (16) #35 Mike Cecere 49 $500 Engine
21. (19) # 5 Lou Bradich 48 $540 Engine
22. (24) #33 Aaron Scott 47 $540 Handling
23. (22) #55 Bill Knepper 46 $540 Handling
24. (11) #E1 Mike Balzano 29 $500 Rear-End
25. (13) #W11 Rob Blair 26 $500 Accident
TIME OF RACE: 1 Hr. 7 Mins.
YELLOW FLAGS: Five-Laps 26,29,56,65,69
RED FLAGS: None
LAP LEADERS: Two-Hitt 1-38,Johnson 39-100
"ROOKIE OF THE RACE": Scott
OUTERWEARS CO. "Hard Charger of the Race": Moran
PROVISIONAL STARTERS: Zarin,Scott,Malcuit
CAR COUNT: 54
FAST QUALIFIER: E. Ferree 20.835 secs.
BORLA EXHAUST Heat Race Winners: Hitt,Hartman,Conley,Frank
SCOTT PERFORMANCE WIRE Heat Race Bonus Winner: Conley ($50)
ISKY RACING CAMS Dash Winner: Hitt
PRO SHOCKS "B" Main Winners: Moran,Dawson