CAREER 1ST WIN FOR DOUG RUTANA COMES IN HOVIS RUSH SPORTSMAN MODS AT RACEWAY 7;
1ST RUSH LATE MODEL WIN OF 2023 FOR DAVID PARKER WHILE WARD SCHELL ENDS A 5-YEAR
WINLESS DROUGHT
By Marcie Barlow
July 14, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)...After
several weeks of dodging rain showers and thunderstorms,
Hovis Auto and Truck Supply RUSH Racing Series
presented by Born2Run Lubricants competitors were graced with predominately dry
weather and fans were treated to some great racing action as Doug Rutana picked
up his career first RUSH Sportsman Modified victory at Raceway 7.
David Parker scored his first RUSH Late Model victory of the season last
week at Stateline Speedway and Ward Schell returned to victory lane for the
first time since 2018 at Bradford Speedway!
Zain Harvey won his first ever Bradford Speedway victory in the RUSH Pro
Mods.
The Hill Speedway hosted their first of four 1,000 to-win RUSH Late Model City
Chevrolet Weekly Series special events on Friday night.
Wellsville, NY native Jeremy Wonderling made the tow worthwhile as he
scored his career first victory at the speedway.
His brother Mike Wonderling came in second.
Rickie Loucks, Mike Epler and Chad Homan rounded out the top five.
Kyle Lukon and Cole Petrelle led the 19-car RUSH Late Model field to the green
at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway Saturday evening.
The duo batted for the top spot for the first three laps before a caution
slowed the field. On the restart,
Lukon chose the outside, took the lead for good and went on to score his second
victory of the season at PPMS.
Eleventh place starter Brandon Burgoon worked his way through the field to
finish second with Garret Paugh, Tommy Schirnhofer and Jake Gunn completing the
top five.
Brett Marlatt also used his front row starting position to his advantage
Saturday night at Woodhull Raceway.
Marlatt bested the competition in the 20-lap main event to score his second win
of the season at the southern tier New York facility.
Divisional points leader Austin Allan had a solid performance to score
the second position followed by Jason Knowles, Brian Knowles and Aaron Miller.
Genesee Speedway competitors returned to action after a three-week hiatus and
the fans were not disappointed. Dave
Dubois led the first 12 laps before Chad Homan took the top spot and went on to
pick up his third victory of the season at the New York facility.
Eighth place starter Jeremy Wonderling battled Dubois for the second spot
before finally making a pass on lap 18, but he was unable to overtake Homan on
the final restart and settled for second.
Mike Wonderling, DuBois and Doug Ricotta rounded out the top five.
RUSH
Late Model competitors at Stateline Speedway battled in a caution filled main
event that saw Khole Wanzer lead the first 10 circuits before David Parker took
command on lap 11 and went on for his first victory of the 2023 season.
Matt Sipes, Scott Gurdak, Andy Michael and
Josh Ferry followed Parker. Another
solid field of 27 cars were on hand as Stateline has averaged nearly 28 cars per
night this season!
Brandon Weigle claimed his third consecutive victory and fifth in the last six
races at Tyler County Speedway on Saturday night.
Weigle won in convincing style over Kyle Thomas, while Donnie Dotson,
Lane Brock and George Castro rounded out the top five.
Breyton Santee recorded his third victory of the season in RUSH Late Model
action as he was victorious at Eriez Speedway Sunday evening.
Early leader David Pangrazio was second for the third time this season
and has finished on the podium in all five races this season!
Matt Sipes, David Parker, and Jason Genco complete the top five.
A solid field of 21 cars were on hand as Eriez has averaged more than 24
cars per night this season!
Ward Schell returned to victory lane for the first time since 2018 as he scored
the victory in RUSH Late Model City Chevrolet Weekly Series action Sunday night
at Bradford Speedway. Mike Wonderling
scored his second runner-up position finish of the weekend and third podium.
Dusty Waters, Brad Mesler and Garrett
Mott completed the top five.
The Hovis Auto and Truck Supply RUSH Sportsman Modified Series competitors
kicked off their weekend Friday evening at Raceway 7.
Doug Rutana led the 20-lap main event flag-to-flag to score his career
first victory. Veteran Bill
Cunningham came home in second for his career best finish in the division.
Ayden Cipriano, JC Boyer and Kole Holden
rounded out the first five.
On Saturday evening the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds ventured to Pittsburgh’s
Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. Tiona,
PA resident Kole Holden scored his second consecutive victory at “Dirt’s Monster
Half Mile” defeating Chelsie Kriegisch, who was runner-up for the second
straight race. Rookie Jeff Watson was
third in his first visit to PPMS.
This Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Sprint Car headed to Marion Center Raceway
on Saturday for their first of two appearances. The second show in the history
of the RUSH Sprints attracted 18 cars. Chad
Ruhlman's dream season continued with his sixth victory in nine races to lead
the $5,000 to-win Sunbelt Rentals Weekly Series point chase.
Second year racer Zack Wilson turned in his career best finish in second.
Gale Ruth, Jr. was third over a season best finish by Brian Cressley.
Arnie Kent completed the top five.
RUSH Pro Mod action at Stateline Speedway saw Steve Dixon dominate the 20-lap
main event to tally his fourth victory of the season at the New York track.
Dixon's eighth overall win in RUSH Pro Mod action continues to keep him
atop the standings. Brendan Warner
had one of his best outings of the 2023 season to come home in second with
Dennis Lunger, Jr. claiming third.
Zain Harvey and Chad Ramsey, Jr. completed the top five.
On Sunday, 2022 "Futures Cup" Champion, Zain Harvey claimed his first ever
Bradford win and second overall of the season. Steve
Dixon was second to increase his points lead at the speedway and maintains the
top spot in the $3,500 to-win Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Weekly Series
Championship. Critter Hemphill, Josh
Wilcox and Ian Degolier rounded out the top five.
2022 "Futures Cup" Cody Rickard won for the third time in six tries at Eriez
Speedway on Sunday night in the lone RUSH Stock Car event of the weekend.
William Baker, Jr., Nick Robie, Alex Bush, and Cole Strickland completed
the top five.
RUSH Late Model competitors had the weekend off at Freedom Motorsports Park,
Raceway 7, Potomac Speedway, Delaware International Raceway and Winchester
Speedway. The $1,000 to win RUSH Late
Model special scheduled for July 7 at Skyline was cancelled due to the weather
and rescheduled to this Friday night.
The RUSH Late Model Flynn's Tire Touring Series returns to action on Saturday
night with the $3,000 to-win "Herb Scott Memorial" at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania
Motor Speedway. City Chevrolet
Weekly Series action is also on tap Friday at Potomac Speedway and Raceway 7.
Saturday evening weekly RUSH Late Model
action is scheduled at Genesee Speedway, Stateline Speedway and Woodhull
Raceway. Bradford and Eriez
Speedways will host RUSH racing action Sunday evening to close out the weekend.
The RUSH Sportsman Modifieds and RUSH Sprint Cars will both be in action on
Saturday night at Sharon Speedway.
The RUSH Racing Series is brought to you by Hovis Auto & Truck Supply together
with Born2Run Lubricants along with the support of Hoosier Tire, Rick Hendrick
City Chevrolet, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance,
Flynn's Tire, Sunbelt Rentals, MSD Performance, Holley Performance Products, FK
Rod Ends, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, TBM Brakes, Bilstein
Shocks, Performance Bodies & Parts, Racing Electronics, Wieland Metal Services,
Frankland Racing Supply, Landrum Performance Spring, Ontime Body & Graphic,
Sherwood Wheels, Precise Racing Products, Velocita-USA, Wedge Motorsports, 3C
Graphix, D&V Jewelers, CrateInsider.com, and Terry Bowser Excavating.
E-mail can be
sent to the RUSH Racing Series at [email protected] and snail mail to
4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is 724-964-9300. The RUSH Late
Model website is www.rushlatemodels.com. Like our Facebook page at
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