Archives for January 2013

Sunday January 27, 2013 were Races #4 & 5 of the PA Tyco Series at Randy’s Raceway.  Race #5 was held on the 8-Lane Oval.  There were 20 racers in attendance for the event.  Taking the win was Sheldon Hiester.  Sheldon won 6 segments on the day.  Second went to Fred McCullough.  Freddy Mac won 7 segments on the afternoon.  Third went o Shane Hiester. Shane won 4 segments on the day.  Fourth went to Tom Hiester.  The veteran didn’t win anysegments on the day, but ran very well for the first time ever on the 8-Lane track.  Rounding out the top 5 was Billy Decker.  Billy didn’t win any segments either, but he ran good all day long.  The rest of the top 10 were: 6-Mike Feltenberger, 7-Tim Kline (1 win), 8-Dennis Barlet (3 wins), 9-Scott Bender, and 10-Brian Sponagle.  Dakota Barlet and Mike Fitzgerald also won a segment, but both ahd a little trouble navagating another lane or two.  The racing was good on the big 8-Lane oval as the top 2 were separated by only 5 segments. Brian Sponagle accomplished one of his goals in racing as he beat his brother Kevin for the first time.

1-Sheldon Hiester 119.35
2-Fred McCullough 119.30                 
3-Shane Hiester 118.01
4-Tom Hiester 116.08
5-Billy Decker 115.23
6-Mike Feltenberger 114.33
7-Tim Kline 114.32
8-Dennis Barlet 113.37
9-Scott Bender 113.17
10-Brian Sponagle 113.10
11-Kevin Sponagle 110.27
12-Brian Palencar 107.34
13-Toby Reinhard 107.08
14-Corey Bailey 107.04
15-Randy Haydt 107.03
16-Mike Fitzgerald 106.27
17-Tony Zappacosta 105.37
18-Tom Spatz 102.36
19-Dakota Barlet 99.11
20-Denise Barlet 95.04

Race #4 of the PA Tyco Series took place on the Short Track at Randy’s Raceway in Kutztown, PA on Sunday January 27, 2013.  There were 20 racers in attendance.  Taking the win was Shane Hiester. Shane won 5 segments on the day.  Second went to Scott Bender. Scott won 2 segments on the day.  Third went to Sheldon Hiester.  Sheldon won 3 segments on the day.  Fourth went to Fred McCullough.  Fred won 4 segments on the day.  Fifth went to Mike Feltenberger.  Bear won 3 segments on the day.  The rest of the top 10 went as follows: 6-Tim Kline (1 win), 7-Mike Fitzgerald (1 win), 8-Tom Hiester, 9-Randy Haydt, and 10-Billy Decker (1 win).  Brian Sponagle and Dakota Barlet also won a segment on the day.  Tim Kline had a strong run in both races for his first time ever seeing either track at Randy’s Raceway turning in two strong top 10 runs.  Kevin Sponagle struggled a bit on both tracks missing the top 10 in both races.  Corey Bailey, Brian Palencart, Toby Reinhard, and Tom Spatz made their first PA Tyco Series starts ever.  Tom Spatz and Brian Palencart turned in a good run on the day.  Tom finishing 12th on the little track, and Bean on the big track.  Corey and Toby both struggled with handling issues.  Denise Barlet didn’t crash out of either race on the day keep up the improvement.  A special thanks to Randy J for the use of his tracks for a series race for the first time in several years.  Also thanks to Randy for the spread of food, and Denise for the good chicken corn noodle soup so I heard.  I didn’t get any because I was doing everything Randy LOL just kidding.  Overall it was a good day of racing, fun for all, and left on full stomachs.  I personally would like to appologize for getting a little out of hand in the first race with my brother. The next race will be listed as soon as we get a date.

1-Shane Hiester 119.13
2-Scott Bender 119.09                                                
3-Sheldon Hiester 118.27
4-Fred McCullough 118.17
5-Mike Feltenberger 116.18
6-Tim Kline 115.06
7-Mike Fitzgerald 114.12
8-Tom Hiester 113.27
9-Randy Haydt 112.24
10-Billy Decker 111.25
11-Dakota Barlet 110.18
12-Tom Spatz 110.05
13-Kevin Sponagle 109.26
14-Toby Reinhard 108.11
15-Brian Sponagle 108.00
16-Tony Zappacosta 105.03
17-Brian Palencar 103.21
18-Corey Bailey 103.19
19-Dennis Barlet 103.13
20-Denise Barlet 97.19

Veteran racer Sheldon Hiester won his 4th Modified feature of the season this week at Randy’s Raceway.  This was also his fourth feature win in a row overall at the Berks speedplant.  Hiester won 4 segments on his way to victory.  Shane Hiester was runnerup also winning 4 segments.  Mark Williams continued his good runs on the Tri-oval with a third place.  [Read more…]

Cup racing returned to the Short Track Tuesday night and in another close night of racing Sheldon Hiester turned in 5 segment wins on way to his 1st Cup win of the season. Turning in a solid Runner up finish Jim Levan scored 4 segment wins on lanes 1 – 4, and just missed out of the win by 8 pieces of track. Shane Hiester scored 2 segment wins, continues his string of top 5’s, to come home 3rd. [Read more…]

Tuesday night January 8 was the first race of the New Year at Randy’s Raceway and it was for the Modified Division on the 8 Lane Oval.  There were 15 racers in attendance for the event, and taking the event win was veteran Sheldon Hiester, who won 3 segments on his way to the victory.  Second on the evening went to another veteran Jim Levan, who ran well and strong all night long.  Jim won 4 segments on the way to his 2nd place finish.  Coming home 3rd on the evening was Shane Hiester, who won 2 segments on the night and ran well all night long in his races.  [Read more…]

Here is a quick recap of the season so far as we head into 2013.  Big events still to come include a PA Tyco Series race and the huge Sprint Car 40 lapper Championship.  In the Sportsman division we have had good field of driver’s each week. There were 24 drivers competing with 10 of them being rookies at Randy’s. [Read more…]