JEREMY WONDERLING BECOMES A 4-TIME WINNER OF THE “BILL LAW MEMORIAL” IN 6 TRIES
AT STATELINE FOR HIS 1ST HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL FLYNN’S TIRE TOUR WIN
OF 2023
By Mike Leone
May 13, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Jeremy Wonderling has taken quite
the liking to the “Bill Law Memorial”.
Wonderling started third, passed Joe Martin on lap 11 in lapped traffic,
and pulled away late to capture the event win for the fourth time in six tries!
Wonderling’s first Flynn’s Tire Tour win of the season propelled the
three-time champion into the points lead for the first time since his last
championship in 2020. The 30-lap
event went caution-free in 9:23.661.
“Like I’ve said before the Laws
have always been real close friends to my family,” explained the 42-year-old
Wellsville, New York winner. “I’ve
known Bill since I was a little kid along with Jon (Bill’s son), and to race
with Kyle (Murray, Bill’s grandson) makes it special.
It was more mentally tiring with lapped cars than anything else; they
weren’t doing anything wrong it’s just we’re so even and it’s really hard to get
by someone. I could stay with Joe
and I was on a different tire than he was.
The longer we ran green, the better I got.
As long as I could stay with Joe, I knew I’d have something for him later
on when we got in lapped traffic.
We’ve been struggling a bit. The car
was really good last year, but we’ve had some gremlins this year so hopefully
we’re back on track.”
Martin took off in the lead as he
was pursuing a sweep of the night after setting fast time, winning his heat, and
the dash, while Wonderling passed track standout Jason Genco with Brock
Pinkerous and Craig Graham in tow.
Veteran racer Ward Schell moved into the top five on lap three past Graham.
Wonderling began to close in on
Martin on lap four as the top two began to distance themselves from the field.
By lap seven, Wonderling was right on the leader.
Lapped traffic was looming on lap 10.
Wonderling was able to get under Martin on lap 11 and the two raced
side-by-side with Wonderling nosing ahead to lead the lap.
As Wonderling and Martin battled for the lead in lapped traffic, Genco
closed in making it a three-car race for the lead.
Wonderling continued to maintain
his lead driving a great race through lapped traffic as the laps ticked off
caution-free; meanwhile, Pinkerous caught Genco on lap 24 and the two raced
side-by-side for third on lap 27.
Pinkerous was unable to complete the pass as the duo caught Martin and it was a
three-car race for second.
Wonderling really pulled away in
the closing laps as his Terry Prince Contracting/Close Racing Supply/Cummings
Trucking/Shuttleworth Sales/Penske Shocks by JDS/Swift Springs-sponsored #3J
took the checkered flag by 4.298 seconds for his 15th career Tour
win.
Martin turned in his best Tour
finish since September 23, 2022 at Genesee Speedway and earned $1,500.
“It’s no shame losing to Jeremy but I never considered running different
tires,” explained the 38-year-old Punxsutawney, Pa. resident.
“I don’t know if it was just different tires, but he had different tires
on than us so we lost another one like that I guess.
During the race I thought we just got too free and he was better than us,
but that explains a lot and makes me feel better than just losing the car.
Jeremy has won a lot of races and knows we he’s doing.
It’s not the first time he’s snookered us on tires.
You have to be smart about this and we just got beat, but anytime you’re
on the frontstretch it’s a good night.”
Genco was third in his first Tour
start since September 24, 2022 at Genesee as it was his fourth straight third
place effort! One week after winning
his first career RUSH feature in the City Chevrolet Weekly Series event to
become the youngest winner in the history of Stateline at 13 years of age,
Pinkerous recorded his first career top five on the Flynn’s Tire Tour!
Schell was a strong fifth matching his best Tour finish from October 19,
2015 at McKean County Raceway!
Breyton Santee, who followed the
Flynn’s Tire Tour in 2022, had a strong run in his first Tour start of the
season going 16th to sixth to earn the $50 Precise Racing Products
“Pedal Down” Hard Charger gift card.
Graham dropped to seventh for the Canadian’s first career top 10 in his second
season on the Tour. Ashton Briggs
was eighth over Josh Ferry and David Parker.
Chad Sines led from
green-to-checkered in the caution-free 10-lap D&V Jewelers Non-Qualifier aboard
his Turn 4 Bar & Grill/JD's Pit Stop/Black Rock Adventure Park/Russ King
Racing/Hilltop Powder Coating/Brown Sprinkler Service/Cotterman & Sons
Trucking/Buckeye Quality Meats-sponsored #15.
The 35-year-old Orwell, Ohio driver earned $200 and also received the
$100 Performance Bodies “Nosed Out” gift card for being the first non-qualifier
from the B mains. It was Sines’
third career victory moving him into a tie for second place on the all-time win
list. Khole Wanzer was second.
Logan Jaquay went fifth to third over seventh starting Draven Kuzminski
and Jacob Peterson from ninth.
Martin earned $100 from FK Rod
Ends for setting fast time overall against the 42-car field in “Shock the Clock”
Qualifying with a lap of 17.286, $25 from FK Rod Ends for winning his heat race,
and a $100 Sunoco fuel card for winning his first Sunoco Dash of the season.
Also winning $25 FK Rod Ends heat races were Genco, Pinkerous,
Wonderling, Schell, and Graham, while Waters and Jim Rasey copped the last
chance B mains.
National Late Model Hall of
Famer, Chub Frank, exited from the feature on the opening lap and was chosen as
the TBM Brakes “Tough Brake of the Night” recipient.
Winning $100 Sunoco fuel cards in the random draws were Tour racers
Pinkerous and Martin, while the $50 Sunoco fuel cards went to Frank, Scott
Gurdak, Hunter Proctor, and Rick Karesh, who made his first career Tour start.
The Flynn’s Tire Touring Series will right back in action on Sunday night (May
14) at Eriez Speedway near Erie, Pa. for race #6 of the 2023 season before
moving on to a three-event weekend over Memorial Day Weekend at Outlaw, Genesee,
and Bradford Speedways May 26-28.
Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Late Model Flynn’s Tire Touring Series “Bill Law
Memorial” Race #5
(30 laps, $3,000 to-win):
1. JEREMY WONDERLING (3J) 2. Joe
Martin (Snyder 10s) 3. Jason Genco
(Craig/Badgley 29J) 4. Brock
Pinkerous (555) 5. Ward Schell (61s)
6. Breyton Santee (9) 7.
Craig Graham (98) 8. Ashton Briggs
(11A) 9. Josh Ferry (33)
10. David Parker (2) 11.
Austin Hauser (51) 12. Randy Hall
(Krug 87) 13. Scott Gurdak
(Hollabaugh 5G) 14. John Waters
(LeBarron 11) 15. Mike Wonderling
(18) 16. Billy Henry, Jr. (21*)
17. Brandt Graham (14) 18.
Andy Michael (17x) 19. Jim Rasey
(Wrightsman 21J) 20. Colby Beighey
(36) 21. Andy Boozel (Briggs 12B)
22. Zack Carley (2) 23. Matt
Sipes (25) 24. Cody Dawson (36)
25. Chub Frank (1*). (Note: Cody Dawson took a Tour provisional.)
D&V Jewelers
Non-Qualifier
(10 laps, $200 to-win): 1. Chad Sines (15)
2. Khole Wanzer (01W) 3.
Logan Jaquay (Briggs 99*) 4. Draven
Kuzminski (22D) 5. Jacob Peterson
(112) 6. Marc Berzowski (25M)
7. Steve Houser (33z) 8. Gary
Youngs (y26) 9. Chad Clement (45)
10. Kassandra Norman (6) 11.
Charles Houser (15). DNS: Shane Crotty (Briggs 4), Mason Jaquay (Briggs 17),
Raymond Houser (360), Hunter Proctor (432), D.J. Krug (83), Rick Karash (6K).
Car Count: 42
Feature Margin of Victory:
4.298 seconds
Feature Time: 9:23.661
Feature Lap Leaders: Joe Martin
(1-10), Jeremy Wonderling (11-30)
Ontime Body & Graphic “Spoiler Alert” Spoiler Kit:
Ward Schell
Performance Bodies “Nosed Out”:
Chad Sines
Precise Racing Products “Pedal Down” Hard Charger:
Breyton Santee (+10)
Sunoco Fuel Card Winners:
Brock Pinkerous ($100), Joe Martin
($100), Scott Gurdak ($50), Rick Karash ($50), Hunter Proctor ($50), Chub Frank
($50)
TBM Brakes “Tough Brake of the Night”:
Chub Frank
FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock” Flight A Qualifying
(Track record 16.717 by John Waters on 5/14/22) ($100 for fast time): 1. 10S-Joe Martin,
00:17.286[17]; 2. 29J-Jason Genco, 00:17.419[2]; 3. 21*-Billy Henry,
00:17.651[5]; 4. 87K-Randy Hall, 00:17.698[11]; 5. 2-David Parker,
00:17.748[13]; 6. 555-Brock Pinkerous, 00:17.756[9]; 7. 1*-Chub Frank,
00:17.787[12]; 8. 2C-Zack Carley, 00:17.994[1]; 9. 83-DJ Krug, 00:18.011[18];
10. 11L-John Waters, 00:18.048[21]; 11. 5G-Scott Gurdak, 00:18.053[4]; 12.
17X-Andy Michael, 00:18.119[7]; 13. 25-Matt Sipes, 00:18.256[15]; 14. 36-Cody
Dawson, 00:18.452[10]; 15. 33Z-Steve Houser, 00:18.554[16]; 16. 45C-Chad
Clement, 00:18.634[8]; 17. 360-Raymond Houser, 00:18.772[6]; 18. 432-Hunter
Proctor, 00:18.908[14]; 19. 17J-Mason Jaquay, 00:18.974[19]; 20. 15C-Charles
Houser, 00:19.600[3]; 21. (DQ) 6K-Rick Karash (did not scale).
FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock” Flight B Qualifying
(Track record 16.717 by John Waters on 5/14/22): 1.
33-Josh Ferry, 00:17.782[14]; 2. 9S-Breyton Santee, 00:17.801[11]; 3. 98-Craig
Graham, 00:17.864[16]; 4. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling, 00:17.875[15]; 5. 61S-Ward
Schell, 00:17.896[19]; 6. 15-Chad Sines, 00:17.908[8]; 7. 21J-Jim Rasey,
00:17.945[13]; 8. 11A-Ashton Briggs, 00:17.969[10]; 9. 51-Austin Hauser,
00:17.981[1]; 10. 14-Brandt Graham, 00:18.011[2]; 11. 99*-Logan Jaquay,
00:18.022[12]; 12. 12B-Andy Boozel, 00:18.047[18]; 13. 18-Mike Wonderling,
00:18.149[7]; 14. 36B-Colby Beighey, 00:18.193[17]; 15. 01W-Khole Wanzer,
00:18.311[5]; 16. 22D-Draven Kuzminski, 00:18.359[9]; 17. 4C-Shane Crotty,
00:18.403[6]; 18. 6N-Kassandra Norman, 00:18.660[4]; 19. 112-Jacob Peterson,
00:19.029[20]; 20. Y26-Gary Youngs, 00:19.060[3]; 21. (DQ) 25M-Marc Berzowski
(light).
FK Rod Ends Heat 1 (8
laps, $25 to-win, top 3 transfer to A): 1. 10S-Joe Martin[1]; 2. 1*-Chub
Frank[3]; 3. 87K-Randy Hall[2]; 4. 11L-John Waters[4]; 5. 25-Matt Sipes[5]; 6.
45C-Chad Clement[6]; 7. 17J-Mason Jaquay[7].
FK Rod Ends Heat 2 (8
laps, $25 to-win, top 3 transfer to A): 1. 29J-Jason Genco[1]; 2. 2-David
Parker[2]; 3. 5G-Scott Gurdak[4]; 4. 2C-Zack Carley[3]; 5. 36-Cody Dawson[5]; 6.
360-Raymond Houser[6]; 7. 15C-Charles Houser[7].
FK Rod Ends Heat 3 (8
laps, $25 to-win, top 3 transfer to A): 1. 555-Brock Pinkerous[2]; 2. 21*-Billy
Henry[1]; 3. 17X-Andy Michael[4]; 4. 83-DJ Krug[3]; 5. 33Z-Steve Houser[5]; 6.
432-Hunter Proctor[6]; 7. 6K-Rick Karash[7].
FK Rod Ends Heat 4 (8
laps, $25 to-win, top 3 transfer to A): 1. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling[2]; 2. 33-Josh
Ferry[1]; 3. 14-Brandt Graham[4]; 4. 21J-Jim Rasey[3]; 5. 18-Mike Wonderling[5];
6. 22D-Draven Kuzminski[6]; 7. 112-Jacob Peterson[7].
FK Rod Ends Heat 5 (8
laps, $25 to-win, top 3 transfer to A): 1. 61S-Ward Schell[2]; 2. 11A-Ashton
Briggs[3]; 3. 9S-Breyton Santee[1]; 4. 36B-Colby Beighey[5]; 5. 4C-Shane
Crotty[6]; 6. 99*-Logan Jaquay[4]; 7. Y26-Gary Youngs[7].
FK Rod Ends Heat 6 (8
laps, $25 to-win, top 3 transfer to A): 1. 98-Craig Graham[1]; 2. 51-Austin
Hauser[3]; 3. 12B-Andy Boozel[4]; 4. 01W-Khole Wanzer[5]; 5. 15-Chad Sines[2];
6. 6N-Kassandra Norman[6]; 7. 25M-Marc Berzowski[7].
Last Chance B Main
1
(10 laps, top 3
transfer to the A): 1. 11L-John Waters[1]; 2. 2C-Zack Carley[2]; 3. 25-Matt
Sipes[4]; 4. 36-Cody Dawson[5]; 5. 33Z-Steve Houser[6]; 6. 45C-Chad Clement[7];
7. 17J-Mason Jaquay[10]; 8. 15C-Charles Houser[11]; 9. 360-Raymond Houser[8];
10. 432-Hunter Proctor[9]; 11. 83-DJ Krug[3]; 12. 6K-Rick Karash[12]
Last Chance B Main
2
(10 laps, top 3
transfer to the A): 1. 21J-Jim Rasey[1]; 2. 18-Mike Wonderling[4]; 3. 36B-Colby
Beighey[2]; 4. 15-Chad Sines[6]; 5. 01W-Khole Wanzer[3]; 6. 4C-Shane Crotty[5];
7. 99*-Logan Jaquay[8]; 8. 22D-Draven Kuzminski[7]; 9. Y26-Gary Youngs[11]; 10.
112-Jacob Peterson[10]; 11. 25M-Marc Berzowski[12]; 12. 6N-Kassandra Norman[9]
Sunoco Dash
(6 laps, $100
Sunoco fuel card to-win): 1. 10S-Joe Martin[1]; 2. 29J-Jason Genco[2]; 3.
3J-Jeremy Wonderling[5]; 4. 555-Brock Pinkerous[6]; 5. 98-Craig Graham[3]; 6.
61S-Ward Schell[4]
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