Archives for October 2015

Doubleheader action was on tap for the 8 lane fast track Tuesday night at Randy’s Raceway. The opening night winner Bryan Kisthardt ran his Budweiser #8 to 5 segment wins on way to his 2nd Cup win of the year. Mark Williams battled back from a slow start on lane 1 due to rear gear issues but still collected 3 segment wins on way to a 2nd place finish. After winning his 1st segment in the last Cup race Cory Reinhart turned in 2 more segment wins on way to a career best 3rd place finish. Scott Bender ran his M&M’s #38 to a 4th place finish his 2nd Top 5 run of the year. Billy Decker ran the Olive Garden #25 to a 5th place finish his 3rd Top 5 of the Cup season.

6th Jim Levan ( 1win ) / 7th Randy Haydt ( 2wins ) / 8th Toby Reinhart ( 2wins ) / 9th Brian Sponagle / 10th Tony Zappacosta.
Mark Williams Scores IROC Win

Race 3 of the IROC season were run with Aurora T-Jets with well detailed throw back paint schemes, thanks to Brian Sponagle. Mark Williams scored 2 segment wins on way to a very close win, his 1st IROC win of the season. Marks win was by only 3 pieces of track ahead of Bryan Kisthardt who scored 1 segment win to finish 2nd. Making his 1st IROC start of the season Dave Fitzgerald turned in a very strong 3rd place finish. Dave was only 3 pieces of track behind Bryan. Brian Sponagle scored 1 segment win, for a good 4th place finish his 3rd Top 5 IROC finish. Winner of the IROC opener Toby Reinhart scored 2 segment wins to finish 5th.

6th Jim Levan ( 2wins ) / 7th Brian Vanbuskirk / 8th Cory Reinhart ( 2wins ) / 9th Randy Haydt / 10th Billy Decker ( 1win ).

Veteran T-Jet Racer Bryan Kisthart has been improving each season and this year has become the first two time winner in any division at Randy’s Raceway in the Tyco series.  Kisthart won 4 segments on the moody Tr-Oval.  Mark Williams won a single segment on lane five and scored the runner-up spot and holds onto a slim Points lead this year.  Leighton’s Billy Decker was a solid third after winning three segments.  Fourth spot went to Jim LeVan driving his familiar Mod.  Rounding out the top five was Brian Sponagle in a good ride.  Spoons won 3 segments all on the even lanes.  That was odd.

John Kosmoski won his segment on lane 6 which was his 4th career Modified segment at the Berks group of ovals at Randy’s Raceways.  Cory Reinhard picked off another segment win also and wound up 7th in the field for a good run.  Scott Bender had a steady night coming home 6th.  Don’t forget Racing on Halloween night at Little T’s Speedway in Myerstown.  Racing starts at 4.

It was the 2nd doubleheader of the year Tuesday night at Randy’s Raceway with NASCAR racing up 1st on the challenging Tri-Oval and Mark Williams turned in a sweep on way to his 1st Cup win of the season. Billy Decker ran his Olive Garden #25 to 2 segments wins to continue his strong early season, with a 2nd place finish. Bryan Kisthardt scored a segment win on lane 6 to finish 3rd.Less than 1 lap behind Randy Haydt who scored 2 segment wins to come home 4th.. Jim Levan turned in a steady run to score a 5th place finish.

6th – Brian Sponagle ( 1win ) / 7th Cory Reinhard ( 1win ) / 8th John Kosmoski / 9th Adam Zappacosta / 10th Brian Vanbuskirk

RANDY HAYDT SCORES CLOSE IROC WIN.

In the action packed night cap featuring AFX Non Magna Traction cars Randy Haydt scored 3 segment wins on way to a close win, his 1st IROC win of the season. Only 19 pieces of track behind Brian Sponagle finished off a good night with 3 segment wins for a solid 2nd place finish. Only 16
pieces of track off the pace Brian Kisthardt scored 3 segment wins to come home 3rd. Trailing Brian by only 15 pieces of track was Mark Williams scored 2 segment wins for a 4th place finish. “BULLDOZER” Billy Decker scored a segment win on lane 5 to round out the Top 5.

6th – Scott Bender / 7th Jim Levan / 8th John Kosmoski / 9th Brian Vanbuskirk / 10th Toby Reinhard.

TRI-OVAL TALK
Good having John Kosmoski back again and scoring 2 8th place finishes. Cory Reinhard had a strong 7th place Cup finish along with a segment win and Adam Z continues to improve scoring a 9th place finish. In IROC racing Brian Sponagle had a good night with a 2nd place IROC finish and 6th in Cup racing. Thanks to Brian K for preparing the IROC cars which were a lot of fun.

NEXT WEEK

Modifieds on the Tri-Oval.

Veteran racer Bryan Kisthardt won his first ever career Modified feature at Randy’s Raceway on the first Tri-Oval show of the year. Kisthardt won segments on lanes 2,4,5,6. Mark Williams struggled on lanes 1-3 but recovered winning on 4-6 for a second place. Third spot went to Billy Decker in the Decker Modified. The veteran also won 3 segments on lanes 4-6 and was only 5 pieces of track behind the runner-up. Fourth was Scott Bender who was consistent on all 6 lanes. Rounding out the top 5 was Opening night winner Randy Haydt.

Did you notice-
Not too many boundary issues.
Cory Reinhard won another segment on lane 6.
Lane 6 won 5 of the 12 segments.
We had 5 different segment winners.
Three different drivers have won Modified races this season. No repeat winners yet.
NASCAR and IROC on the grid for next weeks Tri-Oval show.
Good to see Chris Brubaker getting his ride moving and scored a nice 7th this week.
Also good to see John Kosmoski back and he said he plans to race the Tri-Oval shows this season.