Cory Reinhard who is racing hard as he tries to win his first Championship at Randy’s Raceway in the Sprint Car Division this season.  Reinhard stayed a perfect 3 for 3 in this years 6 race series after missing the previous show.  So he still leads the chase for the crown after 2/3 of the season races are in the books.  Two races remain before a Sprint Champion will be crowned.  Reinhard won 4 segments in a dominating win by almost a full lap over runner-up Randy Haydt who holds onto 3^rd in the points.  Haydt won 4 segments in an extremely fast show.  Third went to Mark Williams who won the last race, he also had 4 segment wins.  Fourth spot was earned by Toby Reinhard with a single segment win placing the second TCS car in the top five.  Fifth went to Mike Fitzgerald who continues to impress on the 8 lane Speedway.  Fitzy won 2 segments.

Sprint Sides-  Seemed like a wingless night was in the works as multiple wings came apart during the night.  Lucky for us Randy stayed downstairs and got to relive last years track repair job by me.  Thanks Jody for bringing that up again.  Once again James shows continued improvement with many consistent runs.  Tony Zappacosta had a strong car and nearly pulled out a couple of segment wins on his way to a fine sixth place showing in the feature.  18 racers were on hand as Sprints continues to be a popular event.

Mark Williams won both halves of the Twin 10 event this week on a Thursday night show.  The NASCAR Point leader won 11 segments on the evening sweeping the first event and ended up the overall winner.  In the first show with a good field of 17 racers in attendance Cory Reinhard scored 3 segment wins to come home runner-up.  Third spot went to Randy Haydt also winner of 3 segments.  Jim LeVan won 2 segments to finish fourth followed by Savvy Cunnius who won 1 segment in her fast pink car to finish out the top five.  A redraw for the second show saw Williams win 5 segments and take the win over Jim LeVan who once again won 2 segments followed by Cory Reinhard and Randy Haydt who won 2 segments each.  Tom Wenner grabbed fifth in the night cap winning one segment.

NASCAR News-  Young James Hamershock had some nice runs on the Tri-oval improving on each race segment.  It’s great having James and his Dad Mike racing with us as well as Kris aka MollyKat.  Team TCS racing had a great night with 5 top ten finishes lead the way by Cory who had a second and third with 5 segment wins in total.  Jim LeVan holds onto a strong position in the season points standing in second spot with another Road race still looming.  Hiram Durant had some strong runs in the Haydt backup machine finishing 8^th and 9^th on the evening.  It was great to see Larry Sanders family enjoying the event over the Holiday season.

BIG BLOCK: In the Series opener Tim “Little T” Bowers scored the win, it was his 3rd career Big Block win. Tim’s win was a little more than 1 lap over runner-up Mark Williams, Sheldon Hiester was 3^rd, Shane Hiester was 4th, followed by John Kosmoski in 5th. Race 2 at Tom Wenner’s Speedway saw Mark Williams grab the checkered flag, it was his 5th career B. Block win. New comer this year to the Series Fred McCullough was a strong 2nd place, followed by Randy Haydt in 3rd, Tim”Little T “Bowers crossed the line 4^th, and Sheldon Hiester was 5th. On to the Tri-Oval for race 3 and Mark Williams made it 2 in a row, Randy Haydt was a close 2nd, good run for Fred McCullough finishing 3rd, Shane Hiester was 4th, Scott Bender 5th.

POINTS: With his back to back wins Mark Williams holds a 9 point lead over “Little T”, Randy Haydt,and Fred McCullough who are all tied for 2nd.

SMALL BLOCK: In the Small Block Series Opener Cory Reinhard nearly turned in a sweep on way to the win it was his 2nd career Small Block win. Randy Haydt was 2nd, John Kosmoski was 3rd, Sheldon Hiester was 4th and Toby Reinhard was 5th. Race 2 at Tom Wenner’s Randy Haydt scored his 3rd career Small Block win. Sheldon Hiester was 2nd, Mark Williams was 3rd, Shane Hiester was 4th, and Fred McCullough was 5th. On the Tri-Oval for race 3 Mark Williams and Sam  Heller tied for the win, Series rules gives Mark credit for the win because of less fall offs as the tie-breaker. Fred McCullough was 3^rd, Shane Hiester was 4^th,Tim”Little T” Bowers was 5^th.

POINTS: A good battle is going on for the top spot as Randy Haydt is holding on to a 3 point lead over Mark Williams. The 2nd half of the season gets back into action on Saturday January 19^th at Woodland Raceway in Oley,Pa.  Warm ups at 11:30 with racing starting at 1.

With our racing season at about the mid-way point two drivers that are having good seasons are in this weeks spotlight.  Scott Bender has himself a good season going with a feature win on opening day in the Modifieds and is currently 4^th in points with 4 segment wins.  A part time runner this year in Nascar has him 17^th in points as he looks for that first career Nascar Feature win.  He is also 6^th in the Sprint Car chase with 3 top five finishes and 1 segment win so far.  He is a former Sprint Point Champion.  [Read more…]

Mark Williams won his first Sprint feature this season on the monster oval winning 5 segments.  Making his return after an extended absence was Laudan Seigfried who won 4 segments and was fast all night garnering a second place finish.  Third spot went to Randy Haydt in his new #21 sprinter, he won 3 segments followed by Jim LeVan who won a segment on lane 4 and rounding out the top five was Scott Bender a former Champion.   FINISH- Williams, Seigfried, Haydt, LeVan, Bender, Decker, Wenner, VanBuskirk, Fitzgerald, Kosmoski, A.Zappacosta, Kenderdine, Sanders, Kris K, T.Zappacosta.

Sprint storyline-  16 racers checked in for the third race of the season.  Two time winner Cory Reinhard was not in the field this week.  Adam Zappacosta had a fast car and was challenging for the lead in a couple of races.  Tom Wenner had a rocket in the lower lanes but had some struggles in 6 through 8.   Good to see Kris K back racing with us again.

Jim LeVan became the third different winner in 4 races this season for the IROC class. In yet another very close race between the 13 races checked in.  LeVan from Reading won 1 segment in the AW cars.  Second spot went to current points leader Randy Haydt who won 2 segments.  Followed by Chris Brubaker, Adam Zappacosta and Ed Kenderdine.

FINISH- LeVan,Haydt,Brubaker,A.Zappacosta,Kenderdine,Williams,T.Zappacosta,C.Reinhard,T.Reinhard,Sponagle,Cunnius,VanBuskirk,Durant.

NASCAR FINISH- Williams,LeVan,Cunnius,T.Reinhard,Haydt,Wenner,Sponagle,Bender,C.Reinhard,Decker,Kenderdine,VanBuskirk,Brubaker,Fitzgerald,T.Zappacosta,Durant,A.Zappacosta,London.

Current point leader Mark Williams added to his lead with a win on the Tri-Oval.  Fending off a determined Toby Reinhard who finished second for his best finish of this season.  Williams won 5 segments and Reinhard 1.  Third spot went to Jim LeVan who ran hard on every lane and scored 2 segment wins.  Randy Haydt winner of 3 segments finished fourth followed by Cory Reinhard in fifth with 3 segments as well.  FINISH- Williams, T.Reinhard, LeVan, Haydt, C.Reinhard, Sponagle, Decker, Wenner, Durant, VanBuskirk, Cunnius, A.Zappacosta, Sanders, T.Zappacosta, London.

Notes-  Hiram Durant picked up his first Modified top ten this week as he continues to improve in the Tyco’s.  Larry Sanders had a good run in lane 5 and only had 7 falloffs all night.  Spoke to Laudan he is progressing this week with his recovery and will be changing his schedule later on for racing at his house.  Our condolences to Scott Bender on his Mom’s passing.  We hope to see Scott back racing with us soon.

Cory Reinhard went two for two in the Sprint class taking his second win of the young season.  Reinhard looks to be a strong contender this season for the Sprint Championship.  Cory won 5 segments and the Feature win was his fifth overall already this season on the circuit. Runner-up was Jim LeVan who won his first 5 segments and looked like an early winner before the outer lanes slowed him a bit.  The defending Sprint Point Champion was just a little more than 1 lap behind the winner.  Third spot went to Tom Wenner in one of his best runs at Randy’s Raceway.  The Blandon racer won 4 segments and looked impressive in his #7 sprinter.  [Read more…]

Mark Williams drove his Bud #50 to a one lap victory in the NASCAR portion of the twin Bill Tuesday in Kutztown.  Williams won 4 segments to earn the win his second this season.  After battling with Adam Zappacosta on lanes 1 and 2 Williams won the final 4 segments.  Second spot went to Cory Reinhard who won 3 segments in his fast team TCS racer.  Third spot went to the Orange #40 of Jim LeVan who won 4 segments, followed by Randy Haydt in his Gold number 2, the racing Promoter took a segment win on lane 5.  Rounding out the top five was Adam Zappacosta who scored three segment wins in a very impressive run.  [Read more…]