6/27/2020
BAPS Motor Speedway
Kenny Edkin Back in Victory Lane After One Week Hiatus at BAPS Motor Speedway
YORK HAVEN, Pa.: One week. That was Kenny Edkin’s losing streak in BAPS Super Sportsman competition at BAPS Motor Speedway.
Edkin won the first three shows to kick off the 2020 season, which led to a $500 bounty on his head to anyone who could beat him. Frankie Herr outran the Marysville driver a week ago, which only inspired the defending track champion
And he didn’t disappoint.
Edkin started third in the main event, which was a Super Sportsman Tour race, and got to the lead in hurry. He blasted by Jay Fannasy and Timmie Barrick and led all 25 laps in the Feature.
“I had Russ [Mitten] and Scott [Dellinger] starting around me, so it had to be a lot of take and not much give there at the beginning,” said Edkin, who has four wins in five races at BAPS Motor Speedway.
“I just need to thank the crew and the sponsors. It takes a track, cars, sponsors, and a lot of people to make everything happen. I’m just glad we could put on some good racing for the fans.”
The front row had little chance with Edkin starting in the third position. He charged to the front on the opening lap and didn’t look back.
It seemed the only thing that could slow Edkin’s pace was caution periods. The first came on Lap 7, when TImmie Barrick stopped on the track. He was later penalized two rows for jumping the restart. He was black flagged for not responding to the penalty.
Russ Mitten and Scott Delinger started in the top six and came to the front in short order. They chased down the leader and appeared to have enough speed to challenge, but that changed when Edkin moved to the top of Turns 1 and 2.
“The boys got the car rolling in the slick really well,” Edkin said. “We did a lot of testing here and got really good in the slick.
“Last week, it was survival of the fittest and rough cowboy. Tonight, it was about finding where the track was fast. Someone showed me the top in one and two, and I figured I needed to get up there and run the curb.”
Edkin survived one more restart on Lap 23 and took the win. Mitten, Dellinger, Rich Eichelberger, and Steve Fannasy completed the top five. Dellinger, Edkin, and Barrick were heat winners for the 22-car field.
Like Edkin, Dalton Bigler led every lap to score the win in the 20-lap Creekside Auto Sales Late Model event.
There were three cautions over the race distance, with the final one coming on the 13th circuit. Bigler held off Chase Billet over the closing stages of the race to preserve his spot in Victory Lane.
Billet settled for second, with Troy Miller, Ben Whitaker, and Alan Sagi completing the top five. Billett, Devin Frey, and Drew Weisser were heat winners for the 25-car field.
In PA Sprint Series competition, John Walp started on the pole and sped away from the competition to claim the 20-lap feature victory.
Ken Duke Jr. started beside Walp and finished second. Doug Dodson, Dave Grube, and Landon Price completed the top five. Johnny Scarborough, Price, Dave Brown, and Duke were heat winners for the 34-car field.
Will Walls started on the point and led every lap in the Mike’s Towing and Recovery/Frankie’s Used Auto Parts Street Stock main event.
Eric Tripp came from eighth to finish second in the 20-lap affair. Greg Diehl, Brandon Wanner, and Sam Leonard Jr. completed the top five.
Zachary Myers finished fifth but was disqualified for having an illegal carburetor. Michelle Walls and Diehl were heat winners for the 18-car field.
BAPS AUTO PAINTS & SUPPLY SUPER SPORTSMAN (MARYSVILLE MOTORCARS SUPER SPORTSMAN TOUR)
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 75-Kenny Edkin[3]; 2. 77-Russ Mitten[6]; 3. 30-Scott Dellinger[4]; 4. 8-Rich Eichelberger[8]; 5. 383-Steve Fannasy[7]; 6. 2M-Matt Ondek[9]; 7. 360-Jay Fannasy[1]; 8. 35-John Edkin[21]; 9. 6-Chris Meleason[15]; 10. 3B-Mike Enders[18]; 11. 1A-Chase Gutshall[12]; 12. 22-Daniel John[5]; 13. 5D-Luke Deatrick[10]; 14. 19R-Eric Rutz[14]; 15. 71K-Tyler Wolford[22]; 16. 10H-Dave Hollar[11]; 17. 16R-Ryan Rutz[19]; 18. 00-Troy Rhome[17]; 19. (DNF) 70D-Frankie Herr[13]; 20. (DNF) 7-Timmie Barrick[2]; 21. (DNF) 77W-Tom Wyckoff[16]; 22. (DNF) 14-Nate Young[20].
Lap Leaders: Kenny Edkin (1-25)
Super Sportsman Heat 1 Finish (10 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 30-Scott Dellinger[2]; 2. 360-Jay Fannasy[3]; 3. 383-Steve Fannasy[4]; 4. 5D-Luke Deatrick[6]; 5. 70D-Frankie Herr[5]; 6. 77W-Tom Wyckoff[1]; 7. 16R-Ryan Rutz[8]; 8. (DNF) 71K-Tyler Wolford[7].
Super Sportsman Heat 2 Finish (10 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 75-Kenny Edkin[6]; 2. 22-Daniel John[1]; 3. 8-Rich Eichelberger[4]; 4. 10H-Dave Hollar[5]; 5. 19R-Eric Rutz[2]; 6. 00-Troy Rhome[3]; 7. 14-Nate Young[7].
Super Sportsman Heat 3 Finish (10 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 7-Timmie Barrick[1]; 2. 77-Russ Mitten[2]; 3. 2M-Matt Ondek[3]; 4. 1A-Chase Gutshall[5]; 5. 6-Chris Meleason[4]; 6. 3B-Mike Enders[7]; 7. 35-John Edkin[6].
CREEKSIDE AUTO SALES LATE MODELS
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 24-Daulton Bigler[1]; 2. 22-Chase Billet[6]; 3. 115-Troy Miller[8]; 4. 13X-Ben Whitaker[3]; 5. NINE-Alan Sagi[7]; 6. 62-Devin Frey[5]; 7. 19-Drew Weisser[4]; 8. 41-Jake Moser[10]; 9. 116-Travis Mease[9]; 10. 18-Derrick Mease[13]; 11. 72-Wayne Pfeil[11]; 12. N20-Joe Lusk[17]; 13. 21M-Matt Murphy[20]; 14. 9-Matt Adams[12]; 15. 21-Joey Hoffer[2]; 16. 25-Jedadiah Latshaw[16]; 17. 5H-Dustin Hollinger[15]; 18. 12-Bobby Beard[19]; 19. 68-DJ Groft[23]; 20. 112-Brandon Little[21]; 21. 711-Jennifer Hartz[25]; 22. (DNF) 81-Daniel Garrett[24]; 23. (DNF) X4-Lou Egrie[14]; 24. (DNF) NINEX-Ross Leinbach[22]; 25. (DNF) 5-Charles Potts[18].
Lap Leaders: Daulton Bigler (1-20)
Late Model Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 22-Chase Billet[1]; 2. 13X-Ben Whitaker[2]; 3. NINE-Alan Sagi[5]; 4. 41-Jake Moser[4]; 5. 18-Derrick Mease[7]; 6. 25-Jedadiah Latshaw[6]; 7. 12-Bobby Beard[8]; 8. NINEX-Ross Leinbach[9]; 9. 711-Jennifer Hartz[3].
Late Model Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 62-Devin Frey[1]; 2. 21-Joey Hoffer[3]; 3. 115-Troy Miller[4]; 4. 72-Wayne Pfeil[2]; 5. X4-Lou Egrie[5]; 6. N20-Joe Lusk[8]; 7. 21M-Matt Murphy[6]; 8. 68-DJ Groft[7].
Late Model Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 19-Drew Weisser[1]; 2. 24-Daulton Bigler[5]; 3. 116-Travis Mease[8]; 4. 9-Matt Adams[7]; 5. 5H-Dustin Hollinger[4]; 6. 5-Charles Potts[2]; 7. 112-Brandon Little[6]; 8. 81-Daniel Garrett[3].
PA SPRINT SERIES 305 SPRINT CARS
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 5-John Walp[1]; 2. 67-Ken Duke Jr[2]; 3. 20-Doug Dodson[5]; 4. 3D-Dave Grube[4]; 5. 69-Landon Price[6]; 6. 11X-Dylan Smith[7]; 7. 17K-Kyle Keen[9]; 8. 44-Dave Brown[8]; 9. 99A-Devin Adams[12]; 10. 56-Jake Frye[13]; 11. 8A-Andy Best[11]; 12. 61-Johnny Scarborough[10]; 13. 18-Ian Detweiler[21]; 14. 55-Domenic Melair[17]; 15. 51-Dave Graber[16]; 16. 8-Nick Sweigart[23]; 17. 2-Erin Statler[22]; 18. 25D-Dustin Young[3]; 19. 83L-Larry McVay[24]; 20. 83K-Kristina Pratt[14]; 21. 92-Alex Potosky[19]; 22. 44K-Kirsten Hess[20]; 23. (DNF) 50-Jay Krout[18]; 24. (DNF) 36-Jaremi Hanson[15].
Lap Leaders: John Walp (1-20)
305 Sprint Car Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/Top 5 Qualify to A Main): 1. 61-Johnny Scarborough[2]; 2. 20-Doug Dodson[6]; 3. 17K-Kyle Keen[1]; 4. 56-Jake Frye[8]; 5. 55-Domenic Melair[5]; 6. 18-Ian Detweiler[7]; 7. 8-Nick Sweigart[3]; 8. 1H-Rowdy Heffner[9]; 9. (DNF) 19-Kruz Kepner[4].
305 Sprint Car Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/Top 5 Qualify to A Main): 1. 69-Landon Price[3]; 2. 11X-Dylan Smith[4]; 3. 25D-Dustin Young[2]; 4. 83K-Kristina Pratt[5]; 5. 50-Jay Krout[9]; 6. 03-Branstin Shue[8]; 7. D57-Jeff Miller[7]; 8. (DNF) 1-Tom Carberry Sr[6]; 9. (DNF) 83-Billy Ney[1].
305 Sprint Car Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/Top 5 Qualify to A Main): 1. 44-Dave Brown[4]; 2. 99A-Devin Adams[2]; 3. 3D-Dave Grube[6]; 4. 36-Jaremi Hanson[7]; 5. 92-Alex Potosky[1]; 6. 2-Erin Statler[3]; 7. 77T-Troy Ale[8]; 8. 83L-Larry McVay[5].
305 Sprint Car Heat 4 Finish (8 Laps/Top 5 Qualify to A Main): 1. 67-Ken Duke Jr[2]; 2. 8A-Andy Best[6]; 3. 5-John Walp[3]; 4. 51-Dave Graber[4]; 5. 44K-Kirsten Hess[7]; 6. M1-Mike Potts[1]; 7. 77Z-Zak Vickers[8]; 8. 38-Marie McVay[5].
305 Sprint Car Consolation (8 Laps/Top 4 Qualify to A Main): 1. 18-Ian Detweiler[1]; 2. 2-Erin Statler[3]; 3. 8-Nick Sweigart[5]; 4. 83L-Larry McVay[10]; 5. 1-Tom Carberry Sr[12]; 6. 19-Kruz Kepner[13]; 7. 38-Marie McVay[11]; 8. D57-Jeff Miller[6]; 9. 77Z-Zak Vickers[8]; 10. 1H-Rowdy Heffner[9]; 11. M1-Mike Potts[4]; 12. (DNF) 77T-Troy Ale[7]; 13. (DNF) 03-Branstin Shue[2]; 14. (DNF) 83-Billy Ney[14].
MIKE’S TOWING & RECOVERY/FRANKIE’S USED AUTO PARTS STREET STOCKS
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 21W-Will Walls[1]; 2. 543-Eric Tripp[8]; 3. 80D-Greg Diehl[3]; 4. 64-Brandon Wanner[10]; 5. 8-Sam Leonard Jr[12]; 6. 64W-Stan Wanner[5]; 7. 72M-Russ Shoop[16]; 8. FOUR-Eddie Richards[9]; 9. (DNF) 181-Butch Helsel[13]; 10. (DNF) 5W-Bud Witmer[2]; 11. (DNF) 7P-Jim Palm[7]; 12. (DNF) 5-Niklas Stoudt[14]; 13. (DNF) 4J-Larry Hughes Jr[11]; 14. (DNF) 14D-Justin Dashler[18]; 15. (DNF) 59-Jasen Geesaman[15]; 16. (DNF) 1W-Michelle Walls[4]; 17. (DNF) 14-Kyle Saylor[17]; 18. (DQ) 94M-Zachary Myers[6].
Lap Leaders: Will Walls (1-20)
Street Stock Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 1W-Michelle Walls[1]; 2. 5W-Bud Witmer[5]; 3. 64W-Stan Wanner[6]; 4. 7P-Jim Palm[2]; 5. FOUR-Eddie Richards[4]; 6. 4J-Larry Hughes Jr[3]; 7. 59-Jasen Geesaman[7]; 8. 72M-Russ Shoop[9]; 9. 14-Kyle Saylor[8].
Street Stock Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 80D-Greg Diehl[1]; 2. 21W-Will Walls[6]; 3. 94M-Zachary Myers[2]; 4. 543-Eric Tripp[7]; 5. 64-Brandon Wanner[3]; 6. 8-Sam Leonard Jr[4]; 7. 181-Butch Helsel[5]; 8. 5-Niklas Stoudt[9]; 9. (DNF) 14D-Justin Dashler[8].
Photo Credit: Mac McPherson
Article Credit: BAPS Motor Speedway
