NEW WINNERS GALORE IN PACE RUSH RACING SERIES ACTION ACROSS ALL DIVISIONS
INCLUDING 9 IN THE LATE MODELS
By Marcie Barlow
May 27, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)...It
was another successful and action packed weekend of Pace Performance RUSH Racing
Series together with Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC action as the RUSH Late Models,
Sprint Cars, Sportsman Modifieds, Pro
Mods, and Stock Cars all competed at various venues throughout the weekend in
addition to the RUSH Karting Series.
The theme of the weekend was 'new winners' as each of the above divisions had
new winners including nine in the Late Models!
Friday night’s action at the Dog Hollow Speedway saw the Pace RUSH Late Models
compete for an added payoff of several thousand dollars throughout the purse.
Michael Duritsky, Jr. earned a hard fought win even though he led the
entire 20-lap main event. In the
early stage of the event, last week’s winner Joe Martin and Mid-Atlantic
invaders Levin Crowl and Devin Brannon battled Duritsky for the top spot.
At the checkered flag it was Duritsky, who was victorious over Brannon
and Crowl, for his first win of 2021 worth $750.
Martin, who pitted mid race for a flat tire, worked his way back to
fourth with Joe Moyer claiming the fifth position.
The RUSH Late Models will be in action this Friday as part of the
Memorial Day weekend racing card.
Matt Latta claimed his first victory of the young season as he was victorious in
Pace RUSH Late Model feature at Raceway Friday evening.
Latta and last week’s winner Josh Ferry led the field to the green with
Latta claiming the top spot. Ferry,
Breyton Santee, Cory Sines and Billy Henry battled behind Latta for positions
two through five. A caution on lap
seven slowed the field, but Latta pulled away and went on to score the victory
over Santee, Ferry, Dave Airgood and Henry.
Racing action at the Conneaut, Ohio oval continues this Friday with the
RUSH Late Models headlining the card.
The Hill Speedway in Monroeton, PA held their first ever Pace RUSH Late Model
sanctioned event this past Friday and former Modified star Chad Homan’s name
will go down in the record books as the winner of that event.
The New York standout defeated Brad Smith, Steve LeBarron, Joe Lane and
Jared Keeney. Racing action at the
speedway continues this Friday with a seven-division racing card.
RUSH Late Model action at the Fulton Speedway saw three lead changes in the first three laps as Bret Belden, Max Hill and Chris Fleming each led a lap before Chris Fleming took over the top spot. Fleming went on to dominate the second half of the main event to score his first win of the season over Homan, Hill, Kevan Cook and Bret Belden. The RUSH Late Models will return to action this Saturday.
Genesee Speedway hosted two RUSH Late Model main events this weekend.
The feature event that was postponed from May 1 saw Dave DuBois return to
victory lane for the first time in nearly two years.
DuBois used the high line to rocket by leader Jimmy Johnson on lap 16 and
led the remainder of the 25-lap event.
Johnson held on to the second spot and was followed by Paul Grigsby, Bill
Holmes and Doug Ricotta. The second
RUSH Late Model main event saw Jeremy Wonderling grab the lead with a slide job
on Johnson. At the same time,
Holmes used was able to get by Johnson and began
pressuring Wonderling for the lead.
On the eighth circuit, a miscue by Wonderling, would end his night.
Holmes would go on to claim his second Genesee win of the season as
Mazur, Johnson, Grigsby and Ricotta completed the top five.
Woodhull Raceway was also back in action this past Saturday and the RUSH Late
Model main event was a heartbreaker for John Haggerty.
The veteran racer weathered several cautions and led the first 18
circuits of the feature before Brian Knowles motored by.
Knowles led the final two laps to pick up his second victory of the
season at the southern tier New York oval.
Haggerty held on to the runner-up spot with Dusty Waters, Brad Smith and
Kurt Stebbins completing the top five.
The RUSH Late Models will have the night off this Saturday due to the
Tour race at Genesee.
Pace RUSH Late Model action at the New Stateline Speedway saw Steve Dixon and
Jason Genco swap the lead several times during the first half of the main event.
By lap seven, Darrell Bossard joined in the battle.
Bossard and Dixon were even at the line with Dixon gaining the edge one
lap later. Dixon went on to score
his season's first win with Bossard, Scott Gurdak, Genco and an excellent run by
David Parker to round out the top five.
Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway had two RUSH divisions in action this
past week as both the Late Models and Sportsman Modifieds were on the card.
Veteran Daryl Charlier led the Late Model
main event for the entire 20-lap distance.
Charlier weathered several cautions to score his first victory of the
season at the Imperial oval. Zach
Morrow claimed his best RUSH Late Model finish to date in the second spot over
Tommy Schirnhofer, Jr., and brothers Zach and Jake Gunn.
Chas Wolbert and Tony Tatgenhorst led the RUSH Sportsman Modified main event to
the green in their first of nine appearances of the season.
Wolbert led the first six circuits while fifth place starter Justin Shea
slowly worked his way through the field.
By lap five, Shea had taken over the second spot and set his sights on
the leader. On the next circuit Shea
drove by Wolbert and cruised to his first PPMS win since 2017!
Wolbert held on to the second spot with Tatgenhorst, Jordan Ehrenberg and
rookie Ben Easler rounding out the top five.
This Saturday night the RUSH Late Models will return as part of the weekly
racing action at PPMS; meanwhile, the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds have two Hovis
Auto & Truck Supply Weekly Series events this weekend as Friday they will be in
action at Raceway 7 and on Saturday at Sharon Speedway; both also part of the
Wedge Motorsports "Route 7 Rumble" Series.
Sunday night RUSH Late Model action at Eriez Speedway saw veterans Chub Frank
and Scott Gurdak lead the field to green.
Several cautions would slow the event, but Frank maintained the top spot
while Gurdak, Jason Genco, Bobby Rohrer and Mike Knight battled for spots two
through five. When the checkered
flag waved Frank scored his first win of the season.
Genco was able to hold off Knight for the second spot.
Gurdak was fourth and Breyton Santee was fifth.
Bradford Speedway got their first night of racing action in on Sunday.
Jeremy Wonderling several rain delays to claim the RUSH Late Model win
over J.J. Mazur, Steve Dixon, Andy Michael and Jason Dobson.
It was Wonderling's second overall win of 2021 to go along with his Tour
victory on May 15 at Stateline.
The Pace RUSH Sprint Cars were in action at Sharon Speedway on Saturday for the
first time of the year as they joined up with the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
in front of a capacity crowd.
Veteran Arnie Kent and two-time
Equipment Rental Options Weekly Series Champion Chad Ruhlman brought the field
to the green with Kent taking the lead.
A Tyler Newhart flip on lap two stopped the action.
When racing action resumed Kent, Rod George, Nolan Groves and Ruhlman
pulled away from the remainder of the field and battled for the top spot.
Ruhlman slowed om lap 11 to bring out the event’s final caution.
Kent and George battled for the top spot when the action resumed.
George wrestled the lead away from Kent on lap 13 and went on to lead the
final six circuits for the $800 victory.
It was the first ever RUSH Sprint Car victory for the 61-year-old George,
who came out of retirement this year.
Groves, Kent, 19th starting Blaze Myers and Steve Pedley rounded out the
top five. The division will return
to the Sharon Speedway this Saturday to compete in another event.
The Pace RUSH Pro Mods were in action at both Stateline and Bradford Speedways
last weekend. Saturday night at
Stateline, Greg Johnson grabbed the lead at the start and weathered several
cautions to score his first victory over Adam Ashcroft, Mike Eschrich, C.J.
Irons and Dennis Lunger, Jr. Former
E-Mod racer, Mike Eschrich, was the victor on Sunday.
Eschrich is in his first season in the RUSH Pro Mods.
Irons, Brody Hill, Al Brewer and Steve Dixon completed the first five..
The division will visit the McKean County Raceway on Thursday before
returning to Stateline on Saturday and Bradford on Sunday.
The Pace RUSH Stock Cars had a trio of shows over the weekend.
Bob Torquato improved on his third place opening night finish at Dog
Hollow to score the victory on Friday night over Mikael Beaver, who made his
debut. Beaver then went on to sweep
the weekend at Stateline and Eriez Speedways.
The RUSH Stocks will be in action all three nights over the weekend.
The RUSH Karting Series had two shows to compete in over the weekend.
Race-1 Motor Speedway in DuBois, Pa. held their second event for RUSH.
Bexley Smith picked up the win in the Amateur class.
Wyatt Long was victorious in the JR-2, while Jay Groves captured the
Adult victory. Smith and Groves
continued their winning ways on Saturday winning in their respective classes for
the weekend sweep, while Ryan Chase won the JR-1 and Julian Hultin took the JR-2
win.
The Potomac Speedway was idle last weekend, and the RUSH Late Models are not on
the schedule for the special Super Late Model show this Sunday.
RUSH Late Model action at the Maryland oval will resume on June 4.
The Delaware International Speedway was also closed last weekend, but the
RUSH Late Models will return to action there this
Saturday. The RUSH Late Models had
the night off at Winchester Speedway last Saturday night, but will return this
Saturday night to the northern Virginia clay oval.
The Pace RUSH Late Model
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Lubricants Touring Series has three exciting nights of racing on tap as to
celebrate the Memorial Day weekend.
Friday night the Series’ will visit the
Outlaw Speedway in
Dundee, NY for the "Gary Montgomery Memorial".
Saturday night the racing action moves to the
Genesee Speedway for the
first of three shows in 2021 at the Batavia, NY fairground track.
Bradford (PA) Speedway
will host the Memorial Day Weekend Finale Sunday night.
All three events will pay $2,000 to-win.
RUSH Racing Series is brought to you by Pace Performance together with Sweeney
Chevrolet Buick GMC along with the support of Hoosier Tire, Bilstein Shocks,
Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, MSD Performance,
Holley Performance Products, Hovis Auto & Truck Supply, Born2Run Lubricants,
Flynn's Tire & Auto Service, FK Rod Ends, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing
Products, TBM Brakes, Performance Bodies & Parts, Racing Electronics, Wrisco
Industries, Frankland Racing Supply, Landrum Performance Spring, Ontime Body &
Graphic, Zarin Truck & Automotive, Sherwood Wheels, Alternative Power Sources,
Precise Racing Products, Stop-Fyre, Lincoln Electric, Velocita-USA, Waterstone
Mortgage Hermitage, CrateInsider.com, and Wedge Motorsports.
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
Racing Series website is www.rushracingseries.com. Like our various Facebook
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