BUD WATSON GOES
BACK-TO-BACK AT RACEWAY 7 IN PACE RUSH LATE MODELS WHILE WEEKLY SPECIALS GO TO
PAUL GRIGSBY & JOE MARTIN; JUSTIN SHEA REMAINS HOT IN PPMS RUSH MODS; GALE RUTH
JR SWEEPS DOG HOLLOW RUSH SPRINT EVENTS
By Marcie Barlow
August 27, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)...As
the month of August continues race fans were treated to another weekend of
exciting Pace Performance RUSH Racing Series together with Sweeney Chevrolet
Buick GMC action. The RUSH Late
Models, RUSH Sprint Cars, RUSH Sportsman Modifieds, RUSH Pro Mods, RUSH Stock
Cars, and RUSH Karting Series were able to complete events during the hot and
humid weekend. Paul Grigsby and Joe
Martin won $1,000 RUSH Late Model Weekly Series special events.
Gale Ruth Jr. continues to be impressive
in Sprint car action as he swept the Dog Hollow Speedway events.
Justin Shea remained hot at Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway in the RUSH
Sportsman Modifieds.
The Pace Performance RUSH Late Model made a special appearance at Ransomville
Speedway on Friday night for the second time this season.
Steve Dixon and Austin Hauser led the field to the green with Dixon
taking the lead. Jon Rivers took the
second spot and Paul Grigsby followed in third.
By lap five, Grigsby got by Rivers and was battling Dixon for the lead.
Two mid-race cautions would slow the field, but Dixon was able to fend
off the challenges and maintain the lead.
With two laps remaining, Dixon hit the turn two wall causing the final
caution of the event. Grigsby then
held off the challenges of David Pangrazio to score the $1,000 victory- his
second overall of 2021. Rivers, T.J. Downs and Austin Hauser rounded out the top
five.
The RUSH Late Models were added to Friday night's Dog Hollow Speedway card
earlier in the week. Joe Martin took
command as the green flag waved and appeared to be on his way to the win as
Michael Duritsky, Jr. methodically worked his way through the field.
The duo of Martin and Duritsky battled for the top spot until a lap 10
caution slowed the field. Their
battle continued when the action resumed with Mike Laughard joining in the
fight. On lap 14, Laughard got sideways
while battling Duritsky for second.
Duritsky had nowhere to go and got into Laughard causing a caution.
Laughard went to the back of the field and Duritsky set his sights on
Martin when the action resumed.
Duritsky wrestled the lead away from Martin on the restart but pitted two laps
later with a flat tire. Martin went
on to lead the final laps and score his fifth victory of the season at Dog
Hollow- this one worth $1,000.
Laughard worked his way back through the field to finish second in his season
debut with Duritsky getting third.
Justin Kann and Doug Glessner completed the top five.
The lone Pace Performance RUSH Sprint Car event this week took place at Dog
Hollow Speedway. It was the second
and final appearance of the season at the Northern Cambria, Pa. oval.
Ryan Fraley, who was looking for his first career win in the division,
led the first 13 circuits before Gale Ruth, Jr. took command.
Ruth led the remaining seven laps to score the $800 victory, which was
his second of the season at the oval.
The victory also gave Ruth a two-point lead in the 2021 Series points
battle. Chad Ruhlman got by Fraley
with two laps to go to come home second.
Fraley, Rod George and Tyler Newhart completed the top five.
The Pace RUSH Stock Cars were the third RUSH division in competition on Friday
night at Dog Hollow. Jeremy Zufall
continued his winning ways at Dog Hollow with his seventh win and has now won
the last six he's competed in.
Zufall also has a win this year at Eriez.
Tim Laughard made his second straight start and came home in the
runner-up spot once again. Bob
Torquato was third.
Pace Performance RUSH Late Model action at Raceway 7 on Friday night saw Bud
Watson lead the field to the green.
With Watson out front, Breyton Santee and Cory Sines put on an excellent battle
for the second spot until Sines hit a yuke tire and retired from the event.
Santee used the top of the track to overtake Watson for the lead several
times as the laps went by, but Watson turned back the challenges and went on to
score his second consecutive victory at the speedway!
Chad Sines got by Santee on the final lap to bring home the second spot.
Santee, Joe Long and Jim Rasey followed.
Steve LeBarron led the entire distance of the 20 lap RUSH Late Model feature at
The Hill Speedway Friday evening to score his third victory of the season at the
Monroeton, Pa. facility. Jared
Keeney stayed close to LaBarron but had to settle for the runner-up position
with Brad Smith, Darin Hortin and Joe Lane following.
RUSH Late Model action at Fulton Speedway on Saturday night saw Max Hill lead
the first six circuits before Chad Homan took over.
Homan went on to score the win by 7.437 seconds over Bret Belden.
The win was Homan’s eighth victory at the speedway and his 12th
overall on the RUSH circuit this year.
Harry Halliday, Kevan Cook and Sean Beardsley finished third, fourth and
fifth respectively.
Bill Holmes continued his winning ways in Pace Performance RUSH Late Model
action Saturday at Genesee Speedway.
The caution-free event saw Holmes take the lead from Austin Hauser on lap five
and never look back. For Holmes it
was his sixth victory of the year at the Batavia, NY track, which has him
leading the $1,000 "Track Pack" points.
Sixth place starter Doug Ricotta came home in the runner-up position with
Dusty Waters, last week’s winner Jimmy Johnson and Hauser rounding out the top
five.
Pace Performance RUSH Late Model Weekly Series action at Pittsburgh’s
Pennsylvania Motor Speedway saw Ben Policz withstand the challenges of Daryl
Charlier and lead the 20 lap main event wire-to-wire.
It was Policz’s second win of the season at the Imperial, Pa. oval.
Charlier, Cole Petrelle, Tim Shaffer and Bill Kessler completed the top
five.
Kyle Hardy survived a late race scare on Saturday night to remain undefeated in
the RUSH Late Models at Winchester Speedway.
Hardy took the top spot from Scott Sweeney Jr. and opened up a half track
lead when slower cars spun just in front of him.
Hardy was able to avoid the wreck and maintain the lead to score his
sixth victory of 2021 in six tries at the Virginia oval!
Levi Crowl finished in second with Sweeney, Jr. in third, Ben Scott in
fourth and Timmy Booth in fifth. A
strong field of 23 cars were on hand.
Heavy late afternoon and early evening rain tried to put a damper on the final
night of weekly action at New York’s Stateline Speedway on Saturday, but the
track crew didn't throw in the towel and was able to complete the show.
Steve Dixon and Jason Genco traded the top spot several times over the
first three laps. As lap four was
completed veteran Scott Gurdak muscled his way around Genco and took command.
Gurdak weathered several more cautions and held on to score the win and
the 2021 track title at the speedway.
Genco came home in second with David Parker in third.
Dixon and Matthew Sipes completed the top five.
Stateline has averaged 24 cars per night in 2021!
RUSH Pro Mod action at Stateline saw Greg Johnson lead the way for the first six
circuits as he battled with Cody Stronghart and Chad Ramsey.
By lap six Stronghart took the top spot from Johnson.
On lap eight, eighth place starter Al Brewer had moved up to third while
Johnson maintained the lead. Brewer
found the hole he needed to take over the lead on the 11th circuit.
Brewer went on to score his second Stateline win of the season and fourth
overall, which came over Johnson, Ramsey, Michael Eschrich and 13th
place starter Scott Gurdak.
Sunday evening racing action saw Jeremy Wonderling claim
his fifth Pace Performance RUSH Late Model victory in six tried at Bradford!
Steve Dixon, Dusty Waters, Chuck LaFleur and Jason Dobson followed.
In RUSH Pro Mod action “Double Duty” Steve Dixon scored his second
consecutive and sixth of the year in the Pro Mods at Bradford.
CJ Irons, Al Brewer, Mike Eschrich and Duane Powers completed the top
five.
The Pace Performance RUSH Sportsman Modifieds were in action at both Raceway 7
and Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway this past weekend.
Friday night’s action saw Tony Tatgenhorst, Kyle Martell, Rob Kristyak
and Chas Wolbert swap the top spots until Martell was collected in a lap seven
accident. Wolbert led the remaining
laps to score his third win in five tries during 2021 at the Conneaut, Ohio
oval. Tatgenhorst claimed second in
his Raceway 7 season debut with Kristyak finishing third.
Brandon Ritchey and Ben Easler rounded out the top five.
Wolbert's victory ascended him into the lead of the "Route 7 Rumble"
Series standings by just one over Kole Holden and five up on Ritchey, who
claimed the Raceway 7 track championship.
Saturday evening the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds competed at Pittsburgh’s
Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. The
15-lap main event on the "Monster Half-Mile" went caution free and saw third
place starter Justin Shea pick up his third win of the season, which have all
come at PPMS. Tatgenhorst tallied
his second runner-up finish of the weekend.
J.C. Boyer, Jacob Jordan and Chelsie Kriegisch completed the top five.
RUSH Pro Mod action at McKean County Raceway part of the McKean County Fair was
scheduled for Thursday night, but got postponed to Friday night due to saturated
grounds from overnight rain.
Preliminary action was completed on Friday night, but rain washed out the
feature and postponed that to Thursday, September 30 as part of the "Fall
Classic".
In RUSH Karting Series action at Stateline, winners were Emmie Bush (Amateur),
Ryan Chase (JR-1), Julian Hultin (JR-2), and Jill Rickard (Adult).
Delaware International Speedway cancelled once again due to rain.
In addition, RUSH Late Model competitors at Potomac, Eriez Speedway, and
Woodhull enjoyed the night off.
RUSH Late Model Flynn's Tire/Born2Run Lubricants Touring Series
action takes place this Saturday, August 28 at Sharon Speedway as the inaugural
"Bill Forney Memorial" is scheduled.
The event pays $3,199 to-win. It'll
be the first Tour race at Sharon in nearly five years when Will Thomas III won
last. Thomas has four wins in Econo
Mod action this season at Sharon, but will make his first RUSH Tour start since
2017 on Saturday night.
Pace Performance RUSH Late Model weekly action will kick off Friday at Raceway
7, Dog Hollow Speedway, The Hill Speedway, and Potomac Speedway.
In addition to the Tour race at Sharon, Saturday evening RUSH Late Model
action is on tap at Fulton Speedway, Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway,
Genesee Speedway, Winchester Speedway and Woodhull Raceway.
Sunday night racing action is on tap at both Eriez Speedway and Bradford
Speedway.
Delaware International Speedway, McKean County Raceway, and Stateline Speedway
competitors will have this Saturday night off.
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, Dirt
Defender, 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 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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