Archives for January 2020

By Brian Sponagle

Seventeen racers checked into the pits for the IROC series double header at Randy’s Raceway Tuesday night January 28th. This would be the second double header of the six race series. The racing was highly competitive on Randy’s Raceway Tri-Oval. The action began with Dash IROC Indy T-Jets provided by Tom Wenner and expertly tuned by Hiram Durant. Sam Heller (2Wins) edged out Jim Levan (3 Wins) by two sections of track for the win. The top 4 racers were separated by only 5 sections of track. Finishing third was track owner Randy Haydt (2Wins), fourth was rookie Mike Mackaravitz who was edged out in a tie for third based on segment wins and finishing fifth was Hiram Durant (2 Wins). Rounding out the top ten, 6. Scott Bender, 7. Chris Brubaker (1 Win), 8. Brian Sponagle (1 Win), 9. Mark Williams and 10. Brian VanBuskirk (2 Wins). [Read more…]

Modified racing was back on the Tri-Oval and Mark Williams turned in a “Sweep” on way to his 4th straight Modified win. Having a solid run on the Tri-Oval, Tom Wenner scored 4 segment wins on the middle lanes to finish 2nd. Trailing Tom by just 10 pieces of track was Jim LeVan scoring his 6th Top 5 of year with a steady 3rd place finish. Just 7 pieces of track behind, Billy Decker scored 1 segment win on way to a season best 4th place finish. After a bad start on lane 1 Randy Haydt came back to score 2 segment wins to close out the Top5.

6th Toby R.(2wins) 7^th Mike F. (1win) 8^th Brian S (3wins) 9^th Scott B. 10th Tony Z,

11th-Cory R. 12^th Hiriam D, 13^th Brian V. 14^th Savvy 15^th Jason B. 16^th Larry S. 17^th Keith Sr. 18^th Joey S. 19^th Keith Jr.

TAKE OUTS: A good field of 19 racers entered. Good having Keith Stanley Jr making his 1st laps on the Tri-Oval, did well having no crash out’s. Close racing from 2nd to 5th separated by 1 lap. And 6th to 8th also separated by 1 lap. Good night for Spanky as he survived the night not getting run over! Next Week IROC doubleheader on the Tri-Oval.

Randy Haydt ended his string of Runner Up finishes with his 1st winged win of the season. Haydt drew the lucky #7 pill then collected 4 segment wins to score the victory. Randy held off Mark Williams by 29 pieces of track, a strong run for Mark who scored 3 segment wins on his way to a 2nd place finish. Turning in his best Sprint car run, Toby Reinhard ran his #24 car to 5 segment wins to finish 3rd. Just 20 pieces of track behind Scott Bender scored 3 segment wins to finish 4th. [Read more…]

NASCAR Champion Mark Williams started off 2020 with a bang, Sweeping both ends of the NASCAR Twin 10 New Years Holiday Special Event at Randy’s Raceway. Mark won 4 segments in the 1^st race on the way to victory lane. In the 2^nd Twin 10, Mark won 5 segments to secure the victory. Jim LeVan who is always very strong on the Tri-Oval track scored 2 Runner-up finishes on Thursday night. Jim scored 2 segments wins in both races while powering to 2 podium runs on the night. Cory Reinhard tied Randy J. for 3^rd place in race 1, But won out over Randy based on race wins. Cory won 3 segments while Randy only had 2. Randy finished 4^th with a strong run using the reliable Danica ride. Brian Sponagle capped the Top 5 of drivers in race 1, Scoring 3 segment wins. [Read more…]