“Kyle Hardy Makes It Two In A Row By Winning Limited Late Model Feature”
“Mitch Thomas Out Duals Altobelli To Win UMP Modified Feature”
By Brent Hottle
Winchster(VA)-With it being the Easter Holiday weekend we would start the day off with an
Easter Egg hunt for the children. We had several families turnout for the event. It is always a
wonderful sight seeing children with big smiles on their faces and having fun at the races! The
Easter Bunny also made an appearance for the egg hunt to spend time with the children.
Next, it would be time for the action on the track. Timed hotlaps would determine heat race
starting positions for all classes. We would see Gerald Davis take flight and flip several times in
turn two during his heat race. Gerald would climb from his car under his own power and be
okay. Once all of the heat races were finished, our weekly invocation and playing of our National
Anthem would be next. It would now be time for the main events. Officials were attempting to
move things along as quickly as they could due to the potential of rain showers in the area all
day. With that in mind Mr. Gunter would make the decision to elect to have victory lane photos
done for all classes after all events were completed.
The first class onto the speedway would be the limited late models. Kyle Hardy would lead lap
one and never look back. The twenty lap main event would go caution free! Third place starter
Austin Stover would get around outside pole sitter Michael Carter on the second lap and begin
chasing Hardy around the speedway. Hardy would slowly pull away from Stover a little each lap.
As Hardy began to navigate lap traffic on lap fourteen. Stover would attempt to capitalize and
begin to reel in Hardy slightly. Once Hardy found open space, he would once again begin to pull
away from the field. Hardy would cruise to his second straight win. Austin Stover and Micahel
Carter would round out the top three.
Next up would be the hobby stock division. Pole sitter Kristopher Hutton would lead the field to
complete lap one. Billy Sonner Jr and Chris Sumption would be hot on his heels for the lead. On
lap five Sonner would try the low side and challenge Hutton for the lead. Hutton would charge
hard into turn one causing him to slide up into the loose dirt and almost get into the fence. This
would slow his momentum, dropping him out of the top three. Sonner would now lead Sumption
as Justin Hottle would now find himself in the third position. Sonner would pull out to about a
two car lead over Sumption just past the halfway point of the fifteen lap event. Sumption would
begin to search different lines to find the momentum to reel in the leader. He would find one and
begin to close right up to Sonners rear bumper in the closing laps. The pair would then battle
side by side out of the turns for a pair of laps for the lead. Sonner would be unable to hold back
the challenges of Sumption. Sumption would take the lead as he pulled ahead of Sonner. Chris
Sumption would go on to win the event. Billy Sonner Jr and Justin Hottle would round out the
top three.
It was now time for the UMP Modifieds to take center stage. Mitch Thomas would use the
momentum from his outside pole starting position to quickly get around pole sitter Michael
Altobelli and lead lap one. The pair would race hard around the speedway as they slowly pulled
away from the rest of the field. Altobelli would unsuccessfully try the low side around Thomas on
the fifth lap. Altobelli would slide back behind Thomas for second and continue to try and find a
way into the lead. Altobelli would try the low side several more times, but the top side
momentum would allow Thomas to hold the top spot. The pair would close in on a lap car on the
fourteenth lap. This couldn’t stall the battle however, as they both would quickly get around the
lap car and resume the battle. In the closing laps we would see a hard side by side battle. Both
Thomas and Altobelli would swap out the top side and low sides between each other. Altobelli
would lead going into turn three on the final lap. Thomas would utilize the top side and use the
momentum to gain just enough advantage to pull alongside and just ahead of Altobelli to take
the victory at the flag stand! It was an exciting feature to say the least! Mitch Thomas would take
the win, as Michael Altobelli and Justin Cullum would round out the top three.
It was now time for the pure stock division to pull onto the speedway. A car would go spinning at
the start of the event, causing a complete restart to happen. On the restart we would see
Chuckie Johnson lead lap one from his outside pole position. Matt Marshall and Buddy Wilson
would battle side by side for the second position. Wilson would pull ahead of Marshall and set
his sights on the leader. The field would slow on lap five as Jerry Jenkins Jr would spin in turn
four. Rain showers had begun to fall right after the start of this event. After the lap five restart
cars would begin to slide on the slippery speedway surface. Officials would call the race and
determine it complete. This would earn Chuckie Johnson the victory. Buddy Wilson and Matt
Marshall would round out the top three.
Unfortunately, the rain would pick up more causing officials to call off the final event, the
Tri-State Vintage Dirt Series featue.
We want to thank everyone for attending this past week's events. A big thank you to Holly
Kaiser and everyone who helped make the childrens easter egg hunt another huge success. We
look forward to seeing everyone back at the track next week!
Limited Late Model Results
Kyle Hardy, Austin Stover, Michael Carter, Davin Kaiser, Mike Franklin, Bubby Tharp Jr, Tyler
Hoy, Shaun Wetzel, Jared Powell, Keith Walls, Samuel Brown, (DNF: Chase Hardy, Travis
Campbell)(DNS: Jim McBee, Gerald Davis)
Hobby Stock Results
Chris Sumption, Billy Sonner Jr, Justin Hottle, Kristopher Hutton, Tom Caravello, Dalton Dillman,
Sam Hoffman, Michael Knight, (DNF: Russell Fox)(DNS: Robert Wilson, Sam Caravello)
UMP Modified Results
Mitch Thomas, Michael Altobelli, Justin Cullum, Mike Corbin, Roy Clower, Mike Grady Jr, Haley
Kaiser, Frank Dibella, (DNF: Benjamin Seals)(DNS: Gary Warehime)
Pure Stock Results
Chuckie Johnson, Buddy Wilson, Matt Marshall, Dylan Rutherford, Trent Holmes, Tony Johnson,
Delmar Grady, (DNF: Jerry Jenkins Jr)