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Policz Over Wilson On Colussy Night At PPMS

Ben Policz from Rices Landing defeated Eric Wilson to win the Precise Racing Products RUSH Late Model Sizzler Series event, highlighting Colussy Chevrolet Night at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway on Saturday night.  Brandon Blackshear from Hubbard, OH was the winner of the Inaugural “Econo Mod Classic.”  The CarSmile Wiper Blades “Thunder on the Dirt” Vintage Racing Series was on hand for their annual visit, with Rick Majka, from Fredonia, NY winning.  Other feature winners were Garrett Krummert from Ellwood City in the Super6 Late Models, Stephen Shelpman from Pleasant Hills in the Miley Truck Rental Hobby Stocks, Ben Anton from Jefferson Hills in the Imperial Heights Garage Young Guns, and April Tennant from Colliers, WV in the CruiseAmerica Open Fours.

The 25 lap Precise Racing Products RUSH Late Model Sizzler Series event started with dash winner Eric Wilson on the pole position, flanked by Ben Policz.  Wilson led from the start, with Policz, Justin Lamb, Steve Beatty, and Bryan Hoffman taking up the chase.  Wilson led at the halfway mark with 13 laps complete, by 1.415 seconds, when the lone caution period of the event slowed the pace.  Wilson chose the outside groove for the restart, but Policz muscled by on the inside to take the lead on the restart.  Policz led Wilson by around a second through the remaining laps, but at the white flag the leaders had caught race traffic.  Wilson charged past Policz off turn two working the traffic on the last lap.  But Policz passed him back working the final turns, taking a .415 second victory, his second of the season.  Beatty was third after taking the position on the final restart.  Point leader Lamb was fourth, as he also clinched the Sizzler Series title.  Bill Kessler was fifth, as Mike Reft, Hoffman, Josh Stoica, Paul Jablonski, and Pete Wearing rounded out the top ten.  Heat winners were Wilson and Chuck Medved.

The Inaugural “Econo Mod Classic,” the first visit by the Econo Mod division, brought a field of 14 cars.  Mitchell Wright and Tyler Frankenberry won the two heat races.  The top three finishers from each heat made up the dash, with Brandon Blackshear winning it to earn the pole position for the 20 lap main event.  Blackshear would lead the entire distance in earning the $1000 first place money.  Though the race started slowly with four caution periods in the first six laps, the final 14 lap distance ran without incident.  Wright stayed close to Blackshear until the closing laps, as he was 1.220 seconds behind with five laps remaining.  But Blackshear pulled away over the closing laps, as Wright was 3.168 seconds behind at the finish.  Ty Rhoades started 12th, and pitted after advancing to third in four laps.  From the tail again, he rallied to finish third, passing Buzz Seitz on lap 16.  Behind Seitz in fourth was Steve Haefke.  Matt Alexander, Brian Huchko, Eric Reinwald, Richard Chess, Jr., and Josh Ferry filled the top ten.  PPMS sends their thanks to the race teams that visited, to Brian Huchko and Josh Christopher for organizing the event, and the numerous sponsors that supported the event.

Les Myers and Matt Hildebrand led the 12 lap CarSmile Wiper Blades “Thunder on the Dirt” Vintage Racing Series event to green with Myers grabbing the early lead.  Myers spun on the backstretch working lap 1, as Dale Zimmer and Fred Hildebrand were also involved.  All but Hildebrand were able to continue, after what would be the only caution period of the event.  Fifth starting Bill Watson inherited the lead, before third starting Rick Majka moved up to challenge.  Majka made an inside pass off of turn four to take the lead at lap 4.  Watson stayed close as the laps clicked by, and made an inside bid on the inside of turn four on the final lap.  At the checkered flag, it was Majka by a nose over Watson.  Myers recovered to get third, over Josh Seiple and Matt Hildebrand.  Hank Coles was the top finishing Sportsman car in sixth.  Watson and Coles were heat winners.

The 10 lap Super6 Late Model feature was bolstered by a couple of guest drivers, as Big Block Modified drivers Garrett Krummert and Dave Murdick got behind the wheel of the six cylinder powered spec racers.  Murdick led the first two laps of the feature before Krummert made an outside pass on the backstretch to take over on lap 3.  Krummert, who won the two Modified features at the track this season, would race on to pick up the feature win.  Levi Spinneweber settled for a close second, with Murdick third.  Frank McFeaters was fourth, exiting on lap 6.  Mike Spinneweber failed to start the main, after hitting the wall in the heat race, that was won by Krummert.

A season high 11 cars were on hand for the 12 lap Miley Truck Rental Hobby Stock feature.  Stephen Shelpman started fourth, and slipped past both front row starters Casey Grumling and Steve Pyeritz to lead lap 1.  Third starting Justin Shipley moved up to challenge, making his best bid on lap 7.  A backstretch incident on lap 10 brought the lone caution period, setting up a two lap dash to the finish.  Shelpman held off all challenges to collect his third win of the season, with Shipley a close second.  Eric Goldberg made his season debut by finishing third.  Point leader Karlee Kovacs advanced from tenth starting spot to get fourth, with Andrew Kostelnik fifth in his first start of the season.  Heat winners were Shelpman and Shipley.

The 12 lap CruiseAmerica Open Four feature started with Dale Rubright and April Tennant leading the field to green, with Tennant taking the lead at the start.  Her husband Bill won a three wide battle for second on lap 3, and he closed in on April.  April held strong using the outside line, with Bill challenging on the inside.  They were side by side at the line on lap 9, with April just inches ahead.  The lone yellow flag of the event came on lap 9, for point leader Matthew Rubright who lost power.  April went on to take the win, her second of the season, with Bill a close second.  Andy Garlinger was third.  After a close battle throughout the race, John Gill nosed Aaron Karasack for fourth.  Garlinger and April Tennant took the heats.

In the 6 lap Imperial Heights Garage Young Gun feature event, it was point leader Ben Anton earning his fifth feature win of the season.  Kyle Janas finished a close second.

Racing continues at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 23, with “Open Wheel Mania” for the Alternative Power Sources Outlaw 305 Sprints.  The RUSH Modifieds will be visiting for the first of two straight visits, this week competing in the running of “Modisaures X.”  There will be point racing for the Precise Racing Products RUSH Late Models, Sunoco Sportsman, Miley Truck Rental Hobby Stocks, and Imperial Heights Garage Young Guns, with just one point race remaining on September 30.  There will be a special event for the CruiseAmerica Open Fours.  For all racing programs, the gates open at 5:00 PM, with warm-ups at 6:00 PM and racing at 7:00 PM.  Follow us on Facebook at @PAMotorSpeedway or on Twitter at @PAMotorSpeedway for timely information updates.  The Twitter account is used extensively on race nights for live updates.  Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway is located west of the city of Pittsburgh, just south of the Noblestown exit of U.S. Route 22, or 170 Kelso Road in Imperial, PA, for GPS purposes.  The track phone is 412-279-RACE.  For complete information including ticket pricing information, please visit the track website at www.ppms.com .

Results for Saturday, September 16, 2017

Precise Racing Products RUSH Late Models

Feature results with finish position, start position, car number, driver, and hometown.

1, 2, 14B, Ben Policz, Rices Landing

2, 1, 27W, Eric Wilson, Cortland, OH

3, 8, B4, Steve Beatty, Allison Park

4, 3, 93X, Justin Lamb, Findlay Township

5, 7, 09, Bill Kessler, Freedom

6, 13, 9R, Mike Reft, Whitehall

7, 6, 15H, Bryan Hoffman, Imperial

8, 11, 22J, Josh Stoica, New Cumberland, WV

9, 13, 3J, Paul Jablonski, Carnegie

10, 10, 111, Pete Wearing, Evans City

11, 9, 1ST, Christian Schneider, Burgettstown

12, 12, 12G, Brian Goebel, Beaver Falls

13, 4, 2M, Chuck Medved, Imperial

Did not start, 5, 114G, Zach Gunn, McDonald

Heat 1 – Eric Wilson, Justin Lamb, Zach Gunn, Bill Kessler, Christian Schneider, Josh Stoica, Paul Jablonski.

Heat 2 – Chuck Medved, Ben Policz, Bryan Hoffman, Steve Beatty, Pete Wearing, Brian Goebel, did not start Mike Reft.

Dash – Eric Wilson, Ben Policz, Justin Lamb, Chuck Medved, Zach Gunn, Bryan Hoffman.

Econo Mods

Feature results with finish position, start position, car number, driver, and hometown.

1, 1, 70B, Brandon Blackshear, Hubbard, OH

2, 2, M11, Mitchell Wright, Albion

3, 12, 12R, Ty Rhoades, Pittsburgh

4, 8, 1, Buzz Seitz, Niles, OH

5, 6, 41, Steve Haefke, Austintown, OH

6, 5, 77, Matt Alexander, Waterford

7, 7, 60, Brian Huchko, Coraopolis

8, 9, 222, Eric Reinwald, Waterford

9, 11, 16C, Richard Chess, Jr., Hadley

10, 14, 02, Josh Ferry, Cochranton, PA

11, 3, 38, Tyler Frankenberry, Painesville, OH

12, 4, 25, Mark Titus, Ashtabula, OH

13, 10, 2JR, Eric Wilson, Cortland, OH

Did not start, 13, 4M, Kevin Miller, Toronto, OH

Heat 1 – Mitchell Wright, Steve Haefke, Matt Alexander, Brian Huchko, Eric Reinwald, did not start Kevin Miller, did not start, Josh Ferry.

Heat 2 – Tyler Frankenberry, Brandon Blackshear, Mark Titus, Buzz Seitz, Eric Wilson, Richard Chess, Jr., Ty Rhoades.

Dash – Brandon Blackshear, Mitchell Wright, Tyler Frankenberry, Mark Titus, Matt Alexander, Steve Haefke.

CarSmile Wiper Blades “Thunder on the Dirt” Vintage Racing Series

Feature results with finish position, start position, car number, driver, and hometown.

1, 3, 33, Rick Majka, Fredonia, NY

2, 5, 2, Bill Watson, Conneaut, OH

3, 1, X3, Les Myers, Reno

4, 4, 89, Josh Seiple, Franklin

5, 2, 2X, Matt Hildebrand, Madison

6, 9, 47, Hank Coles, North Huntington

7, 8, 62, Dale Zimmer, Waterford

8, 6, 17, Frank Seneca, Irwin

9, 7, 55, Fred Hildebrand, Madison

Heat 1 – Bill Watson, Les Myers, Matt Hildebrand, Rick Majka, Josh Seiple.

Heat 2 – Hank Coles, Dale Zimmer, Fred Hildebrand, Frank Seneca.

Super6 Late Models

Feature results with finish position, start position, car number, driver, and hometown.

1, 4, 4B, Garrett Krummert, Ellwood City

2, 3, 10S, Levi Spinneweber, Butler

3, 1, 7, Dave Murdick, Meridian

4, 2, 1, Frank McFeaters, Butler

Did not start, 5, 20, Mike Spinneweber, Butler

Heat 1 – Garrett Krummert, Levi Spinneweber, Dave Murdick, Frank McFeaters, Mike Spinneweber.

Miley Truck Rental Hobby Stocks

Feature results with finish position, start position, car number, driver, and hometown.

1, 4, 17S, Stephen Shelpman, Pleasant Hills

2, 3, 47, Justin Shipley, Portvue

3, 6, X, Eric Goldberg, Pittsburgh

4, 11, 221K, Karlee Kovacs, Carnegie

5, 8, 57, Andrew Kostelnik, Braddock

6, 5, 8, Dave Sheriff, Imperial

7, 1, 77X, Casey Grumling, Elrama

8, 2, 33B, Steve Pyeritz, Brentwood

9, 7, 22, Dale Kimberly, West Newton

10, 10, 1, Jacob Wiser, McKees Rocks

Did not start, 9, 15, John Dotten, Carnegie

Heat 1 – Stephen Shelpman, Dale Kimberly, Casey Grumling, Steve Pyeritz, John Dotten.

Heat 2 – Justin Shipley, Eric Goldberg, Dave Sheriff, Andrew Kostelnik, Jacob Wiser, Karlee Kovacs.

Imperial Heights Garage Young Guns

Feature results with finish position, start position, car number, driver, and hometown.

1, 2, 13, Ben Anton, Jefferson Hills

2, 1, 89, Kyle Janas, Coraopolis

CruiseAmerica Open Fours

Feature results with finish position, start position, car number, driver, and hometown.

1, 2, 95, April Tennant, Colliers, WV

2, 7, 2, Bill Tennant, Colliers, WV

3, 6, R88, Andy Garlinger, Hopedale, OH

4, 4, 19G, John Gill, Burgettstown

5, 8, 49, Aaron Karasack, Hutchinson

6, 10, 39, Brian Noel, Mt. Pleasant

7, 11, 0, Okey Howard, Hopedale, OH

8, 1, X, Dale Rubright, Harmony

9, 3, 64, Tom Anton, Jefferson Hills

10, 9, 71, Matt Knight, Pittsburgh

11, 5, 44, Matthew Rubright, Harmony

Did not start, 12, 51, Jeff Howard, Hopedale, OH

Heat 1 – Andy Garlinger, Aaron Karasack, Tom Anton, Dale Rubright, Matt Knight, Okey Howard.

Heat 2 – April Tennant, Bill Tennant, Matthew Rubright, John Gill, Brian Noel, Jeff Howard.

Remaining Schedule:

Saturday, September 23, 2017 – “Open Wheel Mania” for Alternative Power Sources Outlaw 305 Sprints, and “Modisaures X” for RUSH Modifieds.  Precise Racing Products RUSH Late Models, Sunoco Sportsman, Miley Truck Rental Hobby Stocks, Imperial Heights Garage Young Guns, and CruiseAmerica Open Fours.

Saturday, September 30, 2017 – The final point race for 2017, featuring the “Tune-Up 20” for Diehl Automotive Super Late Models, plus Precise Racing Products RUSH Late Models, Sunoco Sportsman, Super6 Late Models, Miley Truck Rental Hobby Stocks, Imperial Heights Garage Young Guns, and CruiseAmerica Open Fours, plus RUSH Modifieds.  Kids Bike Races.

Friday, October 6 – Qualifying events for the 100 lap $20,000 to win 29th Annual Pittsburgher 100 featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, the 30 lap Bill Hendren Memorial for the Sweeney Chevrolet RUSH Dirt Late Model Marquee Series, and the Cruise America PENNational for the Homak Manufacturing Penn/Ohio Pro Stock Series.

Saturday, October 7 – The 100 lap $20,000 to win 29th Annual Pittsburgher 100 featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, plus the 30 lap Bill Hendren Memorial for the Sweeney Chevrolet RUSH Dirt Late Model Marquee Series, and the Cruise America PENNational for the Homak Manufacturing Penn/Ohio Pro Stock Series.

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