CAREER 1ST WIN FOR
HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL WINS FOR DAVIN KAISER & MATT SIPES; BLAZE MYERS TOPS A
RECORD 30-CAR HOVIS SPRINT CAR FIELD AT LERNERVILLE FOR 1ST WIN OF 2023
By Marcie Barlow
July 28, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)...Hovis
Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Racing Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants racers
and fans were blessed with the nicest weekend in seven weeks.
Davin Kaiser and Matt Sipes captured their first career RUSH Late Model
victories, while Jeremy Wonderling swept the Flynn's Tire Touring Series
weekend. Blaze Myers finally broke
through with his first win on the season and did it over a record high 30-car
field of RUSH Sprint Cars at Lernerville.
Lernerville Speedway hosted the fourth annual "RUSH Summer Showcase" Friday
evening as the Late Models, Sprints and Sportsman Modified Divisions were all in
action. Kyle Lukon led the first 27
laps of the Late Model Flynn's Tire Tour main event before Jeremy Wonderling
took the top spot following a late race caution.
Wonderling passed Lukon with two laps to score his first ever victory at
the Sarver, PA oval, worth $3,000.
Chub Frank and Kurt Stebbins also got by Lukon in the closing laps to take
second and third. For Stebbins, it
was his best career Tour finish. Lukon dropped to fourth over David Pangrazio.
Blaze Myers scored his first Hovis RUSH Sprint Car win of the season in the RUSH
Sprint Car portion of the Summer Showcase.
The 18-year-old competitor led all 20 laps of the main event to score a
convincing win in the 20-lap Sunbelt Rentals Weekly Series event.
Ninth place starter John Mollick, who won the last show at Lernerville,
finished in the second spot with Chad Ruhlman third.
Zack Wilson and Arnie Kent rounded out the top five.
Last year, Lernerville set an all-time division-high car count of 28 for
the "Manufacturers Night" presented by MSD Performance, and was able to beat
that mark on Friday with 30 cars in the pits.
The RUSH Sprints will be back at Lernerville for the 2023 "Manufacturers
Night" on Saturday, August 26.
The RUSH Sportsman competitors completed the trio of divisions in competition at
“The Action Track.” Youngster Ayden
Cipriano came from the 13th starting position to score a dramatic
late race win. Cipriano passed Ben
Easler on lap 19 following a restart to capture his first Lernerville win of the
season and fifth overall to take over the $3,500 to-win Weekly Series
Championship. Jacob Wolfe, Kole
Holden, Easler and Jacob Rutana finished second through fifth respectively.
Weekly RUSH Late Model action at Freedom Motorsports Park got off to a bad start
as an opening lap crash ended the night for Mark Sundt and Brad Mesler.
When the action resumed Bill Taylor and Bryce Davis battled for the lead
until Taylor spun, ending his quest for the victory.
Davis withstood pressure from Chad Homan for several laps but the veteran
driver grabbed the lead by the halfway point and went on to score his first win
of the season at the speedway. Paul
Grigsby, Chuck LaFleur, Davis and Dave DuBois rounded out the top five.
Alan Chapman scored his fourth feature win of the year at Skyline Raceway
Motorsports Park last Friday night to continue to lead the $1,000 City Chevrolet
"Track Pack". Brad Smith was second
for the second time in three tries.
Patrick Parker was third over Todd Chapman.
On Saturday, the RUSH Late Model Flynn's Tire Tour drivers travelled to West
Virginia’s Tyler County Speedway for just the second time ever.
Wonderling continued his winning ways as he withstood the challenges of
his brother Mike and David Pangrazio as he maneuvered through lapped traffic to
score his second victory of the weekend and leading seventh overall in Tour
competition. Pangrazio claimed the
second position over Mike Wonderling.
Joe Martin was fourth as Donnie Dotson went 15th to 5th for his career
best Tour effort.
The RUSH Late Model event at Stateline Speedway saw Will Pinckney lead the first
four laps before a very determined Matt Sipes took command.
Sipes was never seriously challenged for the remainder of the event and
would score his career first victory in his seventh season of racing.
David Parker, Jason Genco, Scott Gurdak and Pinckney completed the top
five. Stateline has had at least 20
cars in all nine of their events this season with an average car count of nearly
27 per night!
The RUSH Late Model main event at Winchester Speedway also saw a first-time
winner as Davin Kaiser took the early lead and never looked back.
Kaiser, a 16-year-old "Futures Cup"
rookie in the class led the entire distance of the event to score his first
career RUSH victory by a full straightaway over Tyler Hoy!
It also marked the first career win for car owners Will and Ann Marie
Beverlin. Jeremiah Marshall matched
his career best RUSH Late Model finish in third.
Braeson Fulton returned to action for
the first time in three months and was fourth as Cameron Campbell rounded out
the top five.
Frank Magill and Cole Petrelle led the 20-lap RUSH Late Model feature to the
green Saturday evening at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, but it was
third place starter Brandon Burgoon who would lead the first 15 laps before a
caution bunched up the field. On the
restart Petrelle battled Burgoon for the top spot with the duo racing
side-by-side before Petrelle was able to take the top spot and lead laps 16, 17
and 18. Burgoon wrestled the top
spot away from Petrelle on the 19th circuit and went on to lead final two laps
to score his third win of the season at the Imperial, Pa. oval.
Ninth place starter Ben Policz got by Petrelle for the second spot with
Mike Reft claiming fourth and Tommy Schirnhofer, Jr. finishing fifth.
Brett Marlatt, Brian Knowles, Aaron Miller and John Waters battled for the top
spot in the early laps of the RUSH Late Model main event at Woodhull Raceway.
Marlatt was able to put a full straightaway between himself and the
competition by lap 15 before a caution erased the advantage.
The final five laps saw Marlatt open up a four-car advantage as he went
on to score his third win of the season at the oval.
Knowles came home in second followed by Waters, Miller and Jason Knowles.
Jason Genco was the RUSH Late Model victor at Eriez Speedway on Sunday.
It was Genco’s first win of the season at the Erie, Pa. oval and his
third in City Chevrolet Weekly Series action.
Sixth place starter David Pangrazio claimed the second spot as he's
finished on the podium for all six races this year.
Breyton Santee advanced 10 spots to finish third as David Parker and Chub
Frank completed the top five. Like
Stateline, Eriez has had at least 20 cars at all of their shows in 2023 and have
averaged nearly 24 per night!
Sunday evening RUSH Late Model racing action at Bradford Speedway saw Brad
Mesler claim the victory over
Jacob Tubbs, Ward Schell, Jeremy Wonderling and Kurt Stebbins.
It was Mesler's second win of the season at Bradford.
RUSH Pro Mod competitors started their weekend at the Freedom Motorsports Park
on Friday. Josh Wilcox grabbed the
early lead with Tyler Oakes, Adam Ashcroft and Steve Dixon in hot pursuit.
A lap nine restart gave Ashcroft the opportunity he needed to take the
lead and go on for his first victory of 2023.
Oakes, Dixon, Al Brewer and Wilcox followed.
Veteran Dennis Lunger, Jr. scored just his third RUSH Pro Mod win of the season
Saturday evening at Stateline Speedway.
Lunger led the entire distance and held off a late race challenge by
Steve Dixon for his 44th divisional win at the speedway.
Chad Ramsey, Damian Bidwell and Brendan Warner followed.
On Sunday evening at Bradford Speedway Critter Hemphill picked up his second
RUSH Pro Mod victory of the season. Josh
Wilcox, John Woodward, Damian Bidwell and Al Brewer finished second through
fifth respectively.
On Saturday, the RUSH Sportsman Modified competitors travelled to Pittsburgh’s
Pennsylvania Motor Speedway and Kole Holden once again scored the win.
It was Holden's third straight PPMS win and leading seventh overall of
the season. Chelsie Kriegisch and
Lucas Canon were second and third.
Freedom Motorsports Park hosted a 15-lap RUSH Stock Car feature on Friday night
that saw Lane Reinwald score the victory over William Baker, Cody Rickard, Cole
Strickland and Kaden Michael. It was
Reinwald's first career Freedom victory and third overall of the season.
Six cars were on hand at Freedom, which was their highest to date.
In RUSH Stock Car action at Eriez Speedway on Sunday night, Kaden Michael was
the winner for the first time at Eriez and third overall of the season. Cody
Rickard, Cole Strickland, William Baker and Mark Lawrence were second through
fifth..
Weekly Hovis Auto and Truck Supply RUSH Late Model action takes place Friday at
Freedom Motorsports Park as they are hosting the Firecracker 30 paying $1,500 to
win. Skyline will also be in action
on Friday. Saturday evening RUSH Late Model action is scheduled at Marion Center
Speedway, Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, Stateline Speedway, Tyler
County Speedway, Winchester Speedway and Woodhull Raceway.
Eriez Speedway and Bradford Speedway will both be in action Sunday
evening.
The Hovis Auto and Truck Supply RUSH Pro Mod Series will be in action at three
venues this weekend. They start the
weekend at Freedom Motorsports Park and then head to Stateline Speedway on
Saturday for their annual "Manufacturers Night" presented by MSD Performance
with more than $15,000 of valuable product giveaways.
Their weekend will conclude at Bradford Speedway on Sunday where a
special “King of the Hill” event has been added to the racing card.
This weekend the Hovis Auto and Truck Supply RUSH Sprint Cars will be in action
Saturday at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway for a Sunbelt Rentals
Weekly Series event. The Sportsman
Modifieds will see action both Friday and Saturday as the Wedge Motorsports
"Route 7 Rumble Series" continues at Raceway 7 (Friday) and Sharon Speedway
(Saturday).
Next Thursday night (August 3) will be the return of racing to McKean County
Raceway in East Smethport, Pa. as both the RUSH Late Models and Pro Mods will be
in action.
It was also announced this week that Glen Ridge Motorsports Park in Fultonville,
NY will host their first ever RUSH Late Model event on Sunday, August 13 paying
$1,000 to-win, and the RUSH Late Models will run full-time on Sunday nights in
2024!
As the temperatures continue to rise as we near the beginning of August so does
the RUSH racing action’ be sure to catch some at a speedway near you this
weekend!
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
www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and follow us on Twitter @RUSHLM.
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