6/8/08

WILL THOMAS BAGS LATE MODEL VICTORY AS SCOTT BAYLE WINS SECOND STRAIGHT IN DODGE SPORTMOD

 
North East, PA: Advance Auto Parts Night/USG/Driver Sponsor Appreciation Night at the Races saw a huge crowd with nearly 5,000 fans in attendance. Fans enjoyed an on-track autograph session with all of the drivers and great event entertainment.

Immediately following pre-race ceremonies, the Advance Auto Parts Street Stocks took to the track with Charles Houser taking the pole. Eric Hadley quickly took first place from Charles Houser on the first lap coming from second place. Hadley led the first twenty laps and built a healthy lead, but then lost a position battle with Jay Mudra on lap twenty one. Mudra led the last five laps and won the race only to be disqualified at the end of the night after failing post race tech. The Advance Auto Parts Street Stocks had a caution free race.

The next division to take the track was the Boyer RV Bandoleros. Brody Wood from Corry, PA led the Bandoleros to take the green flag but was passed on the first lap by Brandon DeBrakeleer. DeBrakeleer quickly lost his first place position to Nathan Rodgers. Rogers led the majority of the race and finished in first place. The race was only interrupted by one caution on lap nine by #81 Michael Walker who spun out in turn four. Finishing second was Nathan Carlson and third Brandon DeBrakeleer.

The newest division to Lake Erie Speedway, the Dodge Sportmods, had a challenging race resulting in four cautions. Scott Bayle started tenth but moved his way to first place by lap five passing Terry Akerly on the inside. One of the bigger cautions happened on lap eleven off of turn four when Carter Mook made contact with Dale Murdock, causing Murdock to spin. Bayle struggled with Eric McCray for the lead for several laps but finished first with Terry Akerly in second and Dave McAvoy in third. This was Scott Bayle’s second straight win at Lake Erie Speedway this season.

The Career Concepts Legends had a very clean race with no cautions and only a few lead changes. Justin Hines started in the tenth position, took the lead on lap ten, and led the remaining fifteen laps to record his second win at Lake Erie Speedway this season. Bob McQuiston and James-Paul Weisser also led a few laps in the race. Steve Sunday finished second while Weisser finished third.

The crowd eagerly awaited the start of the Plyler Overhead Door Late Models that showcased twenty-five cars for the feature. Taking the pole and the race was Will Thomas of Sharpsville, PA who led laps one through eleven and thirteen through forty. Norm Taylor led lap twelve. With seven cautions Thomas and the other drivers had quite a challenging race. With most cautions resulting from spin outs, including a spin out on lap eleven with Scott Nurmi and Preston Walker collided off of turn four. Finishing the race in second was George Skora III and finishing third was Jimmy Weller.

The last division to race was the Jensens Target Collision Compacts. Like the Legends, the Compacts had a very clean race with no cautions and no lead changes. Ricky Wright started on the pole and led all fifteen laps to take the checkered flag. Second place went to Jonathan Breads and third to Julie McAvoy.

The night ended with an awesome fireworks show sponsored by Aaron’s.

Lake Erie Speedway - June 7, 2008 Advance Auto Parts Night at the Races (USG/Driver Sponsor Appreciation Night)

NASCAR Whelen All-American Series-All Divisions (Feature Finishes)

Plyler Overhead Door Late Models

1. #9 WILL THOMAS
2. #65 George Skora, III
3. #23 Jimmy Weller, III
4. #5 Norm Taylor
5. #91 Greg Hoover
6. #27 Mike Hennessy
7. #32 Glenn Gault, Jr.
8. #3 Jeff Brown, Jr.
9. #69 Josh John
10. #59 Bryce Scott
11. #24 Dave Rigan
12. #22 Chad Pendleton
13. #99 Tim Card
14. #19 Chris Bohlman
15. #77 Nick Ritchey
16. #99k Ryan Kirkpatrick
17. #52 Joe Bizzaro
18. #93 Chris Roberts
19. #86 John Gallagher
20. #04 Bret Guzik
21. #26 Bryan Salisbury
22. #9k Rich Kirkpatrick
23. #30 Preston Walker
24. #99s John Sandquist, Jr.
25. #20 Scott Nurmi

Jensens Target Collision Compacts

1. #00 RICKY WRIGHT
2. #95 Jonathan Breads
3. #76 Julie McAvoy
4. #84 Amber Belson
5. #56 Rod Houser
6. #14 Carter Mook
7. #17m Rich Miller
8. #83 Matt Davis
9. #01 Sean Siira
10. #15B Paul Blake
11. #35 Jim Tobin
12. #78 Chris Crossman
13. #23 Cheryl Ellis
14. #34B Brandon Huffman
15. #0Z James Hoffman
16. #32 Ty Scouten
17. #66 Al Crossman
18. #55 Ray Houser
19. #7 Angela McAvoy
DNS: #20 John Denny

Career Concepts Legends

1. #8 JUSTIN HINES
2. #25 Steve Sunday
3. #17JR James-Paul Weisser
4. #17 Chris Bailey, Jr.
5. #39m John Myers
6. #67 Bob McQuiston
7. #21 Patrick Lyden
8. #19 Tim Hoegel
9. #33 David Simile
10. #38w Daniel Weaver
11. #18 Brett Coon
12. #2G Jim Gleason
13. #70 Shawn McArdle
14. #22 Bill Lyden
15. #4 Brett Sager
16. #39 Jeremy Haudricourt
DNS: #2 Jim Alexander

Dodge Sportmod

1. #21 SCOTT BAYLE
2. #1 Terry Akerly
3. #77 Dave McAvoy
4. #43 Lonnie Waldron
5. #28 Dale Murdock
6. #30 Chris Briggs
7. #20 Bob Belson
8. #22 Ken Moore
9. #32 Eric McCray
10. #14 Carter Mook
11. #24 Randy Culver
12. #10 Dakota Bray
13. #75 Bob Fisher
14. #11 Casey Swabik
15. #84 Jason Stetson
DNS: #49 Bob Russell

Advance Auto Parts Street Stocks

1. #71 ERIC HADLEY
2. #1 Terry Akerly
3. #17 Eric Bohrer
4. #21 Dave Wilson, Jr.
5. #15 Charles Houser
6. #12 Richard Henry
7. #01 Leslie Bohrer
8. #98 Randy Carlson
9. #84 Shawn Wood
10. #20 Jim Tobin
11. #55 Ken Moore, Jr.
12. #35 Larry Houser
13. #51 Paul Corso
14. #37 Drew Case
DQ: #16 Jay Mudra - disc brakes, aftermarket adjustable ground effects

Boyer RV Bandoleros

1. #42 NATHAN RODGERS
2. #742 Nathan Carlson
3. #1 Brandon DeBrakeleer
4. #3 Zac Carter
5. #21 Alexis Wilson
6. #69 Brody Wood
7. #81 Michael Walker
8. #9 Carl Vilardo, IV
9. #39 Blake Clabbatz
10. #97 Darrin Waldron
11. #26 Anthony Riforgiato

Source: Lake Erie PR
Posted: June 9, 2008