12 DIFFERENT SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL WINNERS DURING BUSY WEEKEND;
SANDERCOCK IS ONLY DRIVER TO REPEAT & DOES IT ON THE $135 BILSTEIN SEALED, SPEC
SHOCKS
By Jim Zufall &
Mike Leone
August 4, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)...
Another weekend of great weather was over the Northeast last weekend, which made
for a fabulous weekend of racing to end the month of July and kickoff August at
each of the Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Dirt Late Model and Sportsman
Modified Series family of race tracks.
Twelve different drivers captured Sweeney RUSH Late Model victories in 13
races, while two different drivers won the Bicknell RUSH Sportsman Modified
Weekly Series events.
A special midweek racing program at La Fargeville NY’s Can Am Motorsports Park
saw Charlie Sandercock start the 20-lap feature from the pole in the RUSH Late
Model event
on Wednesday night, July 29.
The dominant Sandercock pulled away to
over a half-lap lead over the second place car of Phil Potts by mid race.
In the end it was Sandercock winning for
the fourth time in five races this season on the $135 Bilstein sealed, spec
shocks. Potts retained the runner up spot
with David McDonald, Billy Eisele and Tyler Rand making up the top five.
Action got underway
on Friday at Freedom Motorsports Park in Delevan
New York as heat race winners Jon Rivers and John Waters paced the 20-lap
feature race in the RUSH Late Model division. When
the checkers fell over the field it was Andy Michael in Lewy Kratts’ #17X
sitting in victory lane for the first time this season.
Michael was followed by Randy Hall, Ward
Schell, Rivers and Jim Johnson. Action
returns to Freedom this Friday (August 7) when the RUSH series will join a full
card for racing that includes a special $1,000 to win feature for the Sportsman
Modified division.
It was a doubleheader weekend for the RUSH Late Models at Pittsburgh’s
Pennsylvania Motor Speedway last Saturday and
Sunday.
The annual “Jook George Memorial” on Saturday had Colton Flinner standing
on the roof of his number 60 late model collecting the $2,100 winner’s portion
of the over $12,000 purse that honored one of the track’s most respected car
builders. Flinner was followed by Tommy
Schirnhofer, Ben Policz, Kyle Lukon and Michael Reft in the season high 23-car
field.
Sunday
night, the RUSH Late Models were back in action as a support class for the
second visit of the year for the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars.
Ben Policz, who was coming off a third
place finish the night before, bested Josh Holtgraver, Toby Massie, Tommy
Schirnhofer and Justin Lamb in the 20-lap feature event. There was a
special treat for all in attendance when the owner of the All Stars, Tony
Stewart flew in from the NASCAR race in the Poconos and joined the All Stars
crew and sharing his thoughts with the fans about the state of the All Stars
series. PPMS returns to action
this Saturday when they host the PA Vintage Dirt
Modified Association for Nostalgia Night.
Somerset, Pennsylvania’s Clinton Hersh started on the pole for the 20-lap RUSH
Late Model feature event at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex in Markleysburg,
Pa. Troy Shields kept a close pace with
Hersh for the first few laps, but fell several seconds back over the course of
the race. Hersh managed to hold off
any challenges through two caution periods. In the end it was Hersh winning his
second career feature on the $135 Bilstein Shocks.
Shields, Russell Baird, Michael Lake and Dylan Lewis were second through
fifth. A regular night of racing is on tap
this Saturday at Roaring Knob along with an opportunity for the
kids to take a lap with the Charger drivers.
It was “Fan Appreciation Night” at Brighton Speedway in Brighton, Ontario where
the RUSH Late Models took to the track first for their makeup race from July 25.
Charlie Sandercock, coming off his
Wednesday
victory at Can Am took the victory for the sixth time this season.
Sandercock was followed under the
checkers by Brandon Mowat, Corey Earl, Caley Weese and Tyler Rand.
Feature number two for the RUSH
Lates saw Sandercock start in the 12th position, but he was only able
to muster a fourth place finish behind the likes of winner Phil Potts, Kyle
Sopaz, and David McDonald. Sandercock was followed by Corey Earl for fifth.
The victory was Potts’ first ever in
RUSH. Racing resumes at Brighton
Speedway this Saturday August 8th for a special show for the Southern
Ontario Sprints. The RUSH Late Models return to the schedule on August 15th.
Bounce houses, Lowe’s Kid’s Clinic, snow cones and bike races highlighted the
action at Wayne County Speedway
on Saturday
night where the RUSH Late Model feature went to Charlie Duncan.
Duncan relinquished the lead to Markham
for the first half of the race, but on lap eleven, Markham’s experienced engine
troubles and went pit side. Duncan took over the lead and went on to score his
third victory of the year over Justin Chance, Eric Wilson, Jim Nicely and Hiram
Bachmann. The RUSH Late Models return to
action at Wayne County on August 15.
At New York’s Fulton Speedway, Alan Fink would go to victory lane for the third
time this season in the 20-Lap RUSH Late Model feature.
Fink would take the lead on lap two and
never look back. The win was anything but
easy as he had to hold off Dale Caswell for the popular win.
Kevan Cook, Chris Fleming and Sean
Beardsley would finish third through fifth. The
RUSH Lates return to action
this Saturday
along with the other regular divisions and a one-on-one spectator race.
Tri-City Raceway Park hosted their first ever RUSH Late Model event on a special
Saturday night program that was added on to the schedule due to the rainouts and
the closure of Stateline Speedway.
It was a big night for Max Blair, who swept both the RUSH and Super Late Model
mains for a $2,300 payday. Blair’s
RUSH win came over a great field of 25 cars as Damian Bidwell, Matt Latta, Alan
Dellinger, and Darrell Bossard completed the top five.
The next event at Tri-City will feature RUSH in an Insinger/Sunoco
Northern Tour “Bill Emig Memorial” paying $2,000 to-win.
Another strong field of RUSH Sportsman Modifieds was on hand at Sharon Speedway
last Saturday night where Greg Martin made it three wins in a row, dominating
the recent action at Sharon. "The track
was real bitey and this car was just awesome
tonight," said Martin of the win.
Traveling from New York, Martin has found
something he likes that keeps him coming back. “It's not easy. These guys are
fast. They're all friends and it's fun coming down." Martin was followed
to the line by a career best finish by Jim Bryce, Larry Kugel, Kyle Martell and
Jordan Eck. The RUSH Sportsman Modifieds return to Sharon Speedway this
Saturday, August 8 for a regular show and Pittsburgh Circle Track Club Night.
With the closing of Stateline Speedway and McKean County Raceway only running
late season special events, the time seems to have been just right for the
re-opening of Bradford Speedway in Bradford, Pa.
The RUSH Late Models had Bradford’s highest car count of the four
divisions with 17. The 20-lap
feature got underway with Mikey and Jeremy Wonderling making up row one as the
green waved. A series of yellow flag
periods plagued the feature, leaving a battle between Jeremy Wonderling and
Damian Bidwell in the closing laps. In the end, Wonderling held off Bidwell for
his first RUSH win of 2015. Ward
Schell, Andy Michael and Randy Hall were third through fifth. The Sweeney RUSH
Weekly Racing Series is proud to welcome back Bradford Speedway as weekly racing
continues this Sunday.
Sunday
night’s action in the Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Dirt Late Model Weekly
Series at Eriez Speedway near the shores of Lake Erie in Pennsylvania saw Jason
Genco on the pole for the feature race. Max
Blair lined up on the outside of the front row and the two put on quite a show,
but Blair wasn’t able to complete the pass early in the race. Blair continued
his assault on Genco, but had to settle for second as Genco picked up his first
Eriez win. Billy Henry, Scott Gurdak, and defending champion and current point
leader Kyle Zimmerman rounded out the top five. Racing
resumes at Eriez
this Sunday night.
In Port Colborne, Ontario on
Sunday night, Dennis Lunger Jr. continued his
dominance of the RUSH Late Model division at Humberstone Speedway.
Colton Ledingham started on the front row
with Lunger in the 30-lap feature, but Ledingham spun bringing out a caution
early in the event. Lunger continued to
be the pace setter for the race while Ledingham recovered and took over second
place from Rob Pietz who inherited second when Ledingham spun.
Lunger continued unchallenged and took
his ninth win of the 2015 campaign in 11 RUSH starts.
Ledingham settled for second, with Pietz,
Luke Carleton and Tim Gillespie making up the top five.
The Southern Ontario Sprints headline
this Sunday’s action at Humberstone, with all other regular
division in competition as well.
Sunday at Sportsman’s Speedway, the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds set a new record
for the Knox oval with 13 cars competing.
The ever improving Nick Ritchey won for the third time in the past five
races at Sportsman’s and the victory was his fourth overall in Bicknell Racing
Products Weekly Series action. Kole
Holden was second over Jordan Eck’s best finish in third as Larry Kugel and Josh
Deems completed the top five. This
Sunday at Sportsman’s is the “Sam & Bonnie Colwell Memorial” featuring
“Manufacturers Night” presented by MSD Performance.
Mid-Atlantic speedways, Potomac and Winchester, will have the RUSH Late Models
back on their schedule this Friday and Saturday in Sweeney Weekly Series events.
Also, New York’s Woodhull Raceway will hold a Sweeney Weekly Series event
for the Late Models this Saturday night!
Current point leaders are Max Blair in the Sweeney Weekly Series, Bazell/Sunoco
Southern Tour, Insinger/Sunoco Northern Tour, and combined Sweeney Tour points;
Bryan Davis leads the Pace Performance “Summer Chase” and Clinton Hersh leads
the “Futures Cup” points, while Charlie Sandercock leads the “Bilstein Bandits”.
In the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds, Nick Ritchey leads the Bicknell Weekly
Series points, while Larry Kugel leads the Bicknell Tour, and Kole Holden leads
the Bicknell “Futures Cup”.
RUSH Late Model marketing
partners include Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC, Pace Performance, Hoosier Tire,
Bilstein Shocks, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, MSD
Performance, Maxima Racing Oil, Jones Racing Products, Alternative Power
Sources, Precise Racing Products, ARbodies, TBM Brakes, K&N Filters, Lincoln
Electric, Beyea Headers, FK Rod Ends, Bobby Lake Motorsports, Velocita-USA, High
Gear Speed Shop, CrateInsider.com, B.R.A.K.E.S., RockAuto.com, and Valley
Fashions.
RUSH
Sportsman Modified marketing partners: Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC, Bicknell
Racing Products, Pace Performance, Hoosier Tire, Bilstein Shocks, MSD Ignition,
Maxima Racing Oil, Jones Racing Products, VP Racing Fuels, FK Rod Ends, Sherwood
Racing Wheels, Velocita-USA, Precise Racing Products, Alternative Power Sources,
K&N Filters, TBM Brakes, Lincoln Electric, CrateInsider.com, Rocket Racing, and
B.R.A.K.E.S.
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
and fax is 724-964-0604. The RUSH Racing Series website is
www.rushracingseries.com. Like our Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and follow us on Twitter @RUSHLM.
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