Veterans Jim LeVan and Randy Haydt won features this week at Randy’s Raceway.  LeVan captured the NASCAR feature, his second of the season winning all 6 lanes on the tough Tri-Oval.  Jim also only had 1 falloff enroute to his 14th career Cup feature win.  Second spot went to the season’s Point winner Mark Williams who scored 3 segment wins on the evening.  Third was Randy Haydt who also won 3 segments.  Brian Sponagle won 2 segments to come home 4th.  Rounding out the top 5 was Scott Bender. Billy Decker opening day winner wound up in 6th followed by Ed Kenderline and John Kosmoski.  [Read more…]

Mark Williams found victory lane for the 7^th time this season and it was career win #60.  Williams won 4 segments in lanes 1-4 and out raced Bryan Kisthardt for the win.  BK also had 4 segment wins and another strong run for the #1 car.  Brian Sponagle the racing Educator rode home 3^rd and had an impressive 5 segment wins on lanes 2 thru 6.  Jim LeVan wound up a strong 4^th winning 4 segments, bringing his career Modified segment victories to 234 moving him into fourth place all-time.  Rounding out the top 5 was ECHORR specialist Randy Haydt who had steady runs throughout.  The rest of the top ten were, Cory Reinhard, Billy Decker, John Kosmoski, Toby Reinhard and Tony Zappacosta.

Modified Notes-

An unusual segment win scenario happened this week with 17 racers in the field all the segments were won by the first 4 finishers.  This weeks event the double header for the Sprints and IROC cars has been cancelled because of Stella.  Next event will be the Mighty Modifieds on the 8 lane.  Also a special 15 lap match race for the last 8 finishers will be held with parts prizes for the winner.  Thanks to Chris Brubaker and Hiester’s HO Raceway for the idea.

Mark Williams won his fourth NASCAR feature of the season and regained the point lead at Randy’s Raceway.  Williams won 7 segments on way to his win over a strong running Jim LeVan who won 6 segments on the night in his Orange Cup car.  Third spot went to the consistent Scott Bender winner of 1 segment.  Fourth was season opening night winner Billy Decker with 2 segment wins.  Rounding out the top five was Chris Brubaker who also won 2 segments.

Next up is a Modified show on the Tri-Oval.  The Speedway has continued to draw great fields with 18 on hand for the Cup show.

Bryan Kisthart won his second straight Sprint Feature at Randy’s Raceway and moved into the point lead.  The victory was a tough one over a field of 14 fast Sprinters.  BK won 5 segments and three other strong runs to complete a hard fought win.  Second spot went to Mark Williams who ran off a string of 5 segment wins in a row from lanes 2-6.  Third went to defending Point Champ Scott Bender who won 3 segments in his familiar yellow car.  Fourth was Randy Haydt who had one segment win and had to work through issues after a hard crash in lane 2.  [Read more…]

TCS Racing was in the winners circle with win in the Modified Feature last night at Randy’s Raceway.  We have all watched Cory grow up into a fine young man and a very good racer.  He has improved every year and capped it off with a great run on the Tri-Oval last night.  Team Reinhard had 3 fast racers in the field and after a tough week for Dad this win had to be extra special.  Just glad I did not have to ride home with Cory after that one.  Hopefully Toby and Savvy could stand it.  Way to go Team TCS we are all very proud of Cory.

Brian Sponagle won his second NASCAR Feature win at Randy’s Raceway on the Tricky Tri-Oval.  The first win was last season on the Tub Track road course. Spoons won 4 segments as he narrowly beat Randy Haydt by only 4 pieces of track.  Close racing all night prevailed with many torrid battles.  Eight different drivers won segments.  For Sponagle who is quickly becoming the driver to beat on the Tri-Oval this win follows up his impressive win 2 weeks ago in the Berks- Lebanon Series race.  Haydt ran off 4 straight segment wins on lanes 2 through 5 to earn his runner-up spot and now has a share of the Cup points lead.  Third spot went to Jim LeVan who won 2 segments and looked really fast all night.  [Read more…]

Close action on the Tri-Oval Tuesday night at Randy’s Raceway as Bryan Kisthardt scored 5 segment wins on way to his 3rd Modified win of the season. Only 6 pieces of track behind was Billy Decker turning in his best Modified finish of the season scoring 5 segment wins for a strong Runner Up finish. Only 16 pieces of track behind Billy, Point leader Mark Williams scored 2 segment wins on the middle lanes to finish 3rd. Jim Levan turned in a steady 4th place finish, Jim set a “TORRID” pace while scoring his 3 segment wins. Cory Reinhard had a nice 5th place finish, scoring 1 segment win, his 3rd Top 5 finish of the year. [Read more…]

Veteran Bryan Kisthardt (BK) took an impressive win last week in the Sprint class.  A strong field of 15 racers were on hand and BK drove a near flawless race winning all 8 segments and having 1 falloff with 1 lap to go in his final race.  Randy Haydt finished a distant 2nd with 2 segment wins followed by Scott Bender in third with a lone win on lane 7.  Fourth spot was taken by Jim LeVan who continues a hot streak at the Speedway.  Jim won 3 segments.  Rounding out the top five was opening night winner Mark Williams with 1 segment win.  The rest of the top ten was Billy Decker, Toby Reinhard, Cory Reinhard, Brian Sponagle and Tony Zappacosta.

Veteran Jim LeVan drove a near perfect race on the Tub track for the annual Road Race for the NASCAR division.  In what became 6 segment victories and only 3 fall offs this was an amazing display of driving.  Jim was able to fend off the regular Randy’s Oval guys as well as those with great road racing resume’s.  The victory was the Reading Racers 13^th career NASCAR win and with it he became the ninth different winner at Randy’s Raceway this season.  Second spot went to Current NASCAR Points leader Mark Williams who won 2 segments and secured his best finish on the Tub track.  His last Road course win can in 1974 at Trooper Speedway.  Third position went to Invader Sam Heller who was in getting some laps for the big Magnet car show this Saturday.  Heller showed his experience and scored a win on the gutter lane.   Fourth with 3 segment wins was Road course ace Randy Haydt.  Rounding out the top five was another Road Racer Brian Sponagle.  Spoons won 2 segments on the night.  Overall with a strong field of 16 racers we had 7 different segment winners.

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3rd Jim LeVan / 1st Scott Bender / 2nd Billy Decker   ( left to right )

Scott Bender became the 6th different Feature winner this season at Randy’s Raceway.  In a special event promoted by Billy Decker under the NASCAR rules with Hard Bodies and wide chassis.  Bender won three segments overall in the two track event.  Second went to Billy Decker who won four segments followed by Jim LeVan who won four also.  Fourth spot was Toby Reinhard followed by Randy Haydt who won a single segment.  [Read more…]