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.

Mark Williams scored his first win of the young season this week at Randy’s Raceway.  A good early season field of 15 modifieds was on hand for the second race of the season on the 8 lane track.  Very competitive races prevailed as every segment had side by side battles for the lead and clean racing.  Williams won 5 segments but ended up with a narrow victory over Bryan Kisthardt who won 1 segment but only had a low score of 19.19.  Third spot went to veteran Billy Decker who continues his early season success.  Decker was fast all night winning 3 segments and was on the lead lap every segment except lane one.  Fourth on the night was Big T who won races on lanes 5 and 6.  Rounding out the top five with a good run was Mr. Consistent Scott Bender.  Sixth on the evening was Toby Reinhard winner of 2 segments who scored another good race.  Seventh was Randy Haydt the opening night winner, Randy won 1 segment in his Chucky sponsored car.  Eight spot went to Jim Levan in his familiar modified.  Ninth was the Quallio replica #4 of Brian Sponagle who won 1 segment.  Finishing tenth was Cory Reinhard.

Notes-
Well security was called to the pits quite a few times as there was a bit of paint exchanging going on out on the track.  No full moon so it was hard to figure out what was going on.  Boundary issues seem to be a non factor this year.  Good to see Brian V, Chris B and Dave F all back in modified action.  Bill Brenner was not in attendance but he should be back racing with us soon.

Randy Haydt won the Modified feature this week at Randy’s Raceway.  It was his first win since 11-19-2002.  The win was his third career at the Berks ovals.  Haydt won zero segments but was just so consistant he was hard to beat.  Defending Chanmpion Mark Williams was second after winning four segments.  Third spot went to Big T who won 2 segments and finished the race strong.  Fourth was Bryan Kisthart who also won 2 segments but had a tough race in lane 1.  Rounding out the top 5 Veteran Billy Decker.  The rest of the top ten went like this.  Toby Reinhard, Cory Reinhard, Jim Levan, Brian Sponagle and Scott Bender.

Modified notes from week one

Cory Reinhard won his very first Modified segment win and he had so much fun he won his second right away after that first win.  Scott Bender had a tough night aboard his own modified with some mechanical issues.  With his two segment wins this week Toby Reinhard now has 20 career modified segment wins.  Twelve racers were in attendance this week and many others will soon be back in competition as the outdoor season is winding up.  Randy’s win came just short of 13 years since his last win.

A new Slot Car Racing Series will begin this winter. There will be three tracks involved in the series, which will run two classes of Modifieds. Both Little T’s Hot Stock and Randy’s Armature rules will apply in the Big Block and Small Block portions of the show. Details are available from any of the guys, Little T, Randy, Scott or Mark. Race one will be held at Little T’s in Myerstown on December 5, 2015. Next on the schedule is a show at Randy’s Raceway Kutztown on January 16, 2015. The series finale will be held at Randy’s Raceway II at Woodland Speedway in Boyertown on February 13, 2015. Practice and race start times to follow later.

For the second week in a row a veteran campaigner won their career first feature at Randy’s Raceway in Kutztown PA.  Following up on Toby Reinhard’s win last week in the mighty Modifieds Mike Fitzgerald took home the victory in the Sportsman show this week.  Fitzy ran strong on all six lanes of the tri-oval scoring three segment wins and finishing on the lead lap every race.  Season’s point winner Mark Williams was runnerup winning 4 segments.  [Read more…]

Mark Williams won the feature on the eight lane oval this week taking 7 of 8 segments on his way to win number 8 on the season.  Williams drove his Kenny Gilmore prepared car to the win.  14 racers were in attendance on the night although a few regulars were missing in action.  Second spot went to Shane Hiester who won lanes 1-3 on the night.  Sheldon Hiester wound up a close third with 2 segment wins and less than a lap behind his brother.  Fourth went to Reading’s Scott Bender who had two segment wins and one of his strongest runs of this season.  [Read more…]

Sheldon Hiester ran a near perfect race dispite being on bubble twice during the event and scored his third feature win of the season.  Sheldon won three segments and was fast on all 6 lanes driving his own racer.  Although having 12 falloffs on the trick Tri-Oval Hiester drove the wheels off his car.  Racing right next to season points leader Mark Williams who would end up second just 12 pieces of track back and 2 segment winner on the night.  Third spot went to Shane Hiester who had a real good run winning 4 segments including a good run or lane 1.  Shane had an axle issue on one lane leading to a lower score on lane 5.  [Read more…]

Mark Williams won his 7th Modified feature of the season driving the Gilmore #7.  Williams won 6 segments in the middle of the track missing on lanes 1 and 8.  Shane Hiester picked up yet another runner-up spot winning a segment on lane 4.  Third spot went to veteran Randy Haydt scoring his best finish in a Modified in a long time.  The Promoter won on lanes 3 and 4.  Fourth spot went to former Champion Brett Gilmore driving his Dad’s GTB car.  Making a rare start Brett won segments on lanes 2 thru 4.  Rounding out the top five was Sheldon Hiester who also won lanes 2 thru 4.  [Read more…]

Veteran Slot car racer Sheldon Hiester out of Shillington won his second Modified Main event of the season.  Hiester won 2 segments on the night in lanes one and 6.  21 racers took the green on the Tuesday before Christmas and a very competitive night developed with 11 different drivers winning segments.  Shane Hiester would win 4 segments an evening most to come home in the runner-up slot.  Big T who won 3 segment finished a season best third spot.  Mark Williams won 3 segments and came home fourth driving the GTB car.  Rounding out the top five was Mike Fitzgerald who continues his hot streak racing at Randy’s.  Fitzy won a segment on lane 3.  [Read more…]

Mark Williams won his sixth Modified feature of the season this time on the tricky Tri-Oval.  Williams won 5 segments on the night with Bryan Kisthart getting the lone win over Williams.  Veteran local area racer Mike Fitzgerald (Fitzy) scored his best ever finish at the Berks Raceway with a runner-up spot.  Fitzy won two segments on lanes 5 and 6 and just missed wins on 3 other lanes.  Third spot went to Sheldon Hiester as he keeps his string of good finishes going.  [Read more…]