Veteran Shane Hiester handily won the season’s final race the Modified show.  He actually opened and closed this season with victories.  Hiester won 4 segments on the night in his brothers car (Sheldon picked the wrong one) this was his second feature win this season and seventh career Modified win. [Read more…]

Bill Brenner got his first H.O.  slot car set when he was 11 years old in 1963.  He had no idea then that 50 years later in 2014 he would be a regular racer at Randy’s Raceway in Kutztown.  Bill has been a steady and regular competitor here at the Berks oval since the early years.  Bill got that first set as a Christmas present from his parents, the old lock and joiner type Aurora track and T-Jet cars.
When Bill was 15 he began racing in competition in his hometown area of Manheim, PA.  Mainly racing against his buddy’s from High School at his house.  They would also take the track apart and reassemble it at other guys houses in different layouts.  So he had oval and road courses to hon his skill.  In 1967 Bill meet Kip in Lebanon.  I think everybody from this area knew Kip or at least heard of him if you’ve raced for awhile.  Around 1969 Bill began racing at Kips track and some of the guys he raced with were Bobby Gerhart and Randy Wolfe.  He raced at a track in Willowstreet PA that was a drag strip that actually had the Xmas tree from York Dragway.  In 1978 Bill meet Tom Hiester and began a long career at the Reading tracks that Tom has promoted.  Bill still races with the Hiester’s today and was a long time race sponsor donating around the holidays for many years.
So every winter all these years later Bill is still at it, still loves racing slot cars you can see it in his eyes, he really enjoys this hobby we all do.  Bill’s wife and daughters have always been supportive although he has had only limited success getting them to try a controller in their hands.
Bill has won features over the years and has been a driver in the Eric Beard stables for a number of seasons.  Bill and Eric met at a flea market over 30 years ago. They make a potent team and are strong competitors in the Modified division at Randy’s Raceway.  Some of the many places Bill has raced at other than the tracks at Randy’s Raceway are listed here.  Fry’s Hobby Shop, Smitty’s in Manor Township, Lancaster Shopping Center, The Fenton’s, Keith Guidon’s, Bob Zelano’s, Kips, Ed Reifinger, Kevin Reimert’s, Ted Van Pelt’s,  Billy Decker’s in the Poconos, Port Royal, Mifflentown both oval and road courses, Hiester’s Raceway, Woodland Raceway in Trooper PA, and Big T’s in Exeter.  Bill has also been part of the PA Tyco series traveling show off and on over the years.  Some of Bill’s memorable moments were winning the first race at the new Hiester’s Raceway in Sinking Spring, competing in a National event and making the top 15.  Although Bill may have never won a points championship you can always count on a good clean race and a hardy handshake from him.  He is always fun to be around and we are all glad to call him a friend.  Make sure if you get a chance congratulate Bill on 50 years and still going strong.

Mark Williams won the final Modified feature on the Tri-Oval in it’s current location.  I a real close finish Williams won his 8th main event in a row over Bryan Kisthart.  Williams won 3 segments and won by only 3 pieces of track over the Road Race specialist Kisthart, who won 4 segments.  Bryan has been so close this season to winning one and this one was about as close as he could get without winning the race.  Third spot went to Sheldon Hiester who had strong runs all night winning 4 segments as well.  [Read more…]

The mighty Modifieds took to the 8 lane super speedway for a double show.  Mark Williams won the first show with an 8 lane sweep, runnerup was Sheldon Hiester who won twice on lanes 1 and 2.  Third spot went to Corey Bailey who returned to the track and won 3 segments.  Fourth driving an Eric Beard car was promoter Randy Haydt who won 3 segments.  Rounding out the top five was Bryan Kisthart.  In the nightcap Williams once again won driving the GTB for feature win #10 this season.  Williams won 5 segments.  Second spot went to Gettysburg’s Eric Beard.  The car builder had a nice run and even with a bubble out on lane 6 won 4 segments to grab second.  [Read more…]

Points leader Mark Williams won the Modified feature at Randy’s Raceway on Tuesday night in a field of 14 racers.  Williams won on all lanes except 5 on the tough Tri-Oval.  Second spot again was Bryan Kisthart who won 2 segments and continues to knock on the door looking for that first feature win.  Third went to Sheldon Hiester who won 1 segment and was consistent on all the lanes.  Fourth was veteran Bob Amore with 2 wins and a strong running modified.  Rounding out the top five was another Randy’s veteran Jim Levan who won 1 segment on the night.

Mark Williams won for the seventh time in a close event on the Tri-Oval for the Modified class at Randy’s Raceway.  Williams used 5 segment wins to get the victory by just 13 pieces of track.  ECHORR standout Bryan Kisthart finished second after winning 4 segments.  Kisthart has been close in oval racing and is just a matter of time until he wins on a Tuesday night show, he only had 2 falloffs all night.  Third spot went to veteran Mike “ Bear “ Feltenberger who won 3 segments in his Hiester prepared car.  Winning on all the even lanes. [Read more…]

WILLIAMS WINS MOD MAIN EVENT
Mark Williams won his 6th Modified main event this season and increased his lead in the season point standings.  Williams won 5 segments after starting slowly on lanes 7 and 8.  Driving a strong run was the seasons first winner Shane Hiester who won 1 segment.  Williams and both Shane and Sheldon Hiester all raced right beside each other and had some good battles.  Third spot went to veteran Jim Levan who turned in his strongest run this season.  Levan won 3 segments in his fast Modified.  Fourth went to Toby Reinhard who also had one of his best ever finishes. [Read more…]

Mark Williams won his fifth Modified main event by a narrow margin over Shane Hiester on the Tri-Oval.  Williams won 5 out of his 6 segments and escaped with the win by just 3 pieces over Shane Hiester.  Hiester won 4 segments for a strong run.  The two drivers never ran head to head however.   Sheldon Hiester ran a steady race all night to come home third winning 3 segments.  Fourth spot went to Scott Bender who ran a real strong race winning three segments and had one of his best runs upstairs in awhile.  Fifth spot went to Randy Haydt scoring his best modified finish in a long time.  Sixth through tenth were Corey Bailey, Bryan Kisthart, Eric Beard, Billy Decker and Bill Brenner.

Brett Gilmore a former Modified Champion here made a rare start, his first in almost two years and won the feature after scoring segment wins in all but 1 lane.  Gilmore drove the family GTB car to the victory on the 8 Lane.  20 racers were in attendance for the 20 lap races in which we had 7 different lane winners.  The driver with the lowest number of falloffs was Cory Reinhard with just 6. [Read more…]

Mark Williams won his career first Sportsman feature at Randy’s Raceway last week on the monster 8 lane.   Williams won on all 8 lanes driving the Gilmore Motorsports car.  Second spot went to Sheldon Hiester who won 2 segments on lanes 3 and 5.  Sheldon also only had 6 falloffs on the night which gave him a good run.  Third spot went to opening night winner Shane Hiester.  Shane won 6 segments and just missed winning on lane 5 as well.  [Read more…]