“Cody Williams Wins His First Career RUSH Crate Late Model Feature”
“Jeremy Ott Wins The East Coast Legend Feature”
By Brent Hottle
Winchester(VA)-With the season just getting started, it was time to begin the weekly division points chase. This week would mark the start of the points season for the limited and crate late model divisions, the hobby stock, and the legend divisions. We would have the East Coast Legend Series on hand, with an astounding 46 cars signing in for the series first appearance at “The Action Track”.
We would see plenty of heat race action during the early parts of the event. Next, we would pause for our weekly invocation and playing of our National Anthem. Now it was time to begin feature racing.
The first division onto the surface would be the crate late models. Ryan Hare would jump out to the early lead, followed by Cody Williams and Kyle Hardy. Hare would pull out to a three car lead after the first two laps. By lap ten Williams would pull up to the rear bumper of Hare, bringing Hardy with him. The leaders would find themselves navigating lap traffic on the eleventh lap. Williams would use this to his advantage and move around Hare to take the lead. Hardy would also utilize the lap traffic to his advantage, by getting a run out of the second turn and taking over the second position by the end of the twelfth lap. Williams would pull out and maintain a two car lead over Hardy for the next few laps. On the seventh lap Williams would get held up slightly as he attempted to maneuver around a lap car. This would open a lane up on the bottom and let Hardy go by and take the lead. Just as Hardy would take the lead the yellow would fly for debris on the back straightaway. This would put Williams back in the top spot. Cody Williams would go on to win his first career RUSH crate late model feature. Kyle Hardy and Ryan Hare would round out the top three.
Next, it would be time for the East Coast Legend Series main feature event. Jeremy Ott would take the lead from the pole starting position, with Seth Kearchner and Lincoln Kearchner chasing him in second and third place. Ott would pull ahead by five car lengths at the end of the tenth lap. Travis McClelland would spin in turn two bringing out the caution on the fifteenth lap. Ott would show he was the fastest car in the field by once again holding onto the lead and pulling away slowly each lap after the restart. Jeremy Ott would go on to win his first race at the speedway, with Seth Kearchner finishing in second. Colton Friese would make a late race pass to finish in the third position.
With 46 cars signing in for the East Coast Legend Series, the decision would be made to run a non-qualifiers feature for the remaining twenty-two cars. Jeremy Hahn would take the early lead over Colby Miller and Tyler Kaylor. Shaun Abney would make a hard charge to the front during the twenty lap event. Abney would charge into the lead by the eleventh lap. Shaun Abney would
go on to take the win followed by Mike Grady Jr and Tyler Rampmeyer. Unfortunately, the top three would fail to go to post race tech. Resulting in the series making the decision to disqualify the top three drivers.
It would now be time for the limited late model division to do battle. Kyle Hardy would take the early lead from the pole position. Hardy would lead lap one over Wesley Bonebrake and Austin Stover. The caution flag would fly for fluid on the speedway surface. Hardy would continue to show his strength by keeping the lead and pulling out to a two car lead after the restart. Stover would also now pull ahead of Bonebrake for the second position. By the end of the tenth lap Hardy would hold a full straightaway lead over second place running Stover. Kyle Hardy would go unchallenged during the twenty lap event and take the win. Austin Stover and Wesley Bonebrake would round out the top three.
The last feature of the night would be for the hobby stock division. Billy Sonner Jr would take the lead at the start of the race with Sam Hoffman and Jason Wilkins chasing him from the second and third positions. Sonner would show his strength by pulling out to a full straight away lead before the halfway point in the feature. With Hoffman slowly putting distance between himself and Wilkins. Billy Sonner Jr would go on to win the fifteen lap event. Sam Hoffman and Jason Wilkins would round out the top three.
We want to thank everyone who came out to this past week's events. We look forward to seeing everyone back this Saturday.
Rush Crate Late Model Results
Cody Williams, Kyle Hardy, Davin Kaiser, Ryan Hare, Tyler Hoy, Steven Powell, Gregory Carrico, Isaiah Gochenour, Scooter Tippett, Craig Parrill, Kristopher Hutton, Jeremiah Marshall, Richard Hawkins, Travis Campbell, Branson Woodward, Charles Smith, Ben Scott, Braeson Fulton, Brayden Armel, Jim Pownall, Avery McMellen, Marty Pownall, Brayden Carter
East Coast Legend Series Main Feature Results
Jeremy Ott, Seth Kearchner, Colton Friese, Lincoln Kearchner, Logan Jones, Kelby Friese, Ryan Walls, Mike Mohelski, Justin Cunningham, Mike Racine, Steven Partin, Chris Transeau, Scott Musselman, Mike Kelley, Scott Houdeshell, Logan Carbaugh, Camden Watkins, Wayne Dutterer Jr, Rick Hartwig, Justin Wagaman, Travis McClelland, Moses Goetz, Ben Morrow
East Coast Legend Series Non Qualifier Results
Hunter McElroy, Colby Miller, Brian Rampmeyer, Tracy Linn, Ezra Burdette, Kayleigh Linn, Dustin Burnisky, Matt Grebe, Cameron See, Tim Poffenberger, Bill Funk, Brady Moats, Bradley Friese, Ryan Walls Jr, (DNF Jeremy Hahn, Andrew Mowen, Tyler Kaylor, Jacob Burdette, Kirk Martin), (DQ Shaun Abney, Mike Grady Jr, Tyler Rampmeyer)
Limited Late Model Results
Kyle Hardy, Austin Stover, Wesley Bonebrake, James Lichliter, Gerald Davis, Bubby Tharp Jr, Gunnar Walls, Gregory Carrico, Keith Walls, Mike Franklin, Michael Carter, Tommy Whitt (DNF Jonathan DeHaven), (DNS Chase Hardy, Andrew Fertig)
Hobby Stock Results
Billy Sonner Jr, Sam Hoffman, Jason Wilkins, Justin Hottle, Chris Sumption, Tony Catlett