1st Mark Williams     2nd Sheldon Hiester 3rd Ed Kenderdine

The field of 16 cars ready for the drivers to start their engines

Race 4 of the BLMRS took place on Saturday at Woodland Raceway in Oley Pa, the Big Block Mods opened the day and Mark Williams scored 3 segment wins on way to his 3rd straight Big Block win of the season. It was his 7th career Big Block win. Mark’s win was by only 18 pieces of track ahead of Sheldon Hiester who scored 4 segment wins on way to a 2nd place finish. Only 2 pieces of track behind, Ed Kenderdine turned in a career best 3rd place finish scoring 4 segment wins.

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Point Leader Mark Williams scored his 9th Modiied win of the season on the Tri-Oval. Turning in a sweep Mark held off a strong run from Cory Reinhard who scored 4 segment wins on the middle lanes and was just 5 pieces of track behind at the finish. Randy Haydt had a good run in his Miami Dolphin machine as he scored 4 segment wins to finish 3rd. There was a tie for 4th between Scott Bender and Jim Levan. Each scored 1 segment win, but Scott with less fall offs getting 4th and Jim with a good run finishing fifth.

6th Toby Reinhard, 7^th Brian Sponagle (1win), 8th Ed Kenderdine (1win), 9th Tom Wenner, 10^th Bily Decker(1win).

Short Cuts: Good field again with 19 racers on hand. We had 8 different segment winners. Good run for Tony Z just missing out of a Top 10, finishing 11th. Next Week back to the 8 lane for Sprint car racing. Mark, Spanky looked a bit confused?

Modified racing was back on the Tri-Oval Tuesday night and Point Leader Mark Williams and Scott Bender tied for the win. Mark gets credit for the victory because of his 5 segment wins. It was Mark’s 8th win of the season. Scott scored 3 segment wins including wins on lanes 1&2. Good run on the Tri-Oval for Toby Reinhard as he scored 4 segment wins on the middle lanes to come home with a close 3rd place finish. [Read more…]

Modified point leader Mark Williams scored 7 segment wins on way to his 7th Modified victory of the season. Continuing a strong season, Cory Reinhard scored 4 segment wins on the middle lanes to finish 2nd. Randy Haydt collected 2 segment wins on his way to a strong 3rd place finish. That was Randy’s 7th top 5 run of the year. Less than 1 lap behind, Jim Levan scored 1 segment win for a good 4th place finish. Just 10 pieces of track behind, Brian Sponagle scored his 2nd top 5 finish of the year to close out the first 5.

6th-Ed Kenderdine, 7thSavvy (2wins), 8thToby Reinhard (1win),  9thScott Bender, 10^th Billy Decker (1win).

HOT LAPS: Season best finish for Ed K. just missing out on a top 5 finishing 6th. Also Billy D getting his 1st segment win on lane 1 finishing 10th. We had 3 segment winners on lane 1, Savvy, Mark W, and Billy D. Youngster James Hamershock had a good night with no crash outs while finishing 15th. Next Week Sprint cars are back in action.

It was the annual Holiday / Scott Bender Photo Night event at Randy’s Raceway.  A record  turnout of 25 racers were on hand.  Mark Williams scored 6 segment wins on way to his 6th Modified win of the season. Just 1 lap behind Jim Levan turned in a strong 2nd place finish scoring 4 segment wins on way to his best Modified run of the year. Cory Reinhard started off the night scoring 6 straight segment wins to come home with a solid 3rd place finish. Trailing Cory by 30 pieces of track, Scott Bender scored 2 segment wins finishing 4th. Making his 2nd Modified start of the year Mike Fitzgerald had  a consistent run of 19’s for a good 5th place effort. Just 9 pieces of track behind, Randy Haydt scored 4 segment wins including a win on lane 8 to finish 6^th. Toby Reinhard was 7th, Tom Wenner scored 2 segment wins on the middle lanes and was 8th, Mike Feltenberger was 9th,closing out the Top 10 Ed Kenderdine scored a segment win to finish 10th.

11th-Billy Decker 12thJohn Kosmoski 13thBrian Sponagle 14thTony Zappacosta 15th Hiram Durant

SPANKY SAYS: Good having Susquehanna Late Model Champion Brian Shuey making his 1st start hope to see him back again. A record field of 25 racers were in the pit area. Want to Thank everyone who helped keep the night moving getting everyone out at a decent time. No problems on pit road as Jim Levan kept the big field under control.

Pre-race tech done by Billy Decker and Timothy ” Little T ” Bowers

The BLMRS ran it’s 3rd race of the season on Saturday at Randy’s Raceway. The Tri-Oval was the venue and Mark Williams rolled to his 2nd straight BBlock win and 6th career win. Mark scored 5 segment wins holding off runner up Randy Haydt by 18 pieces of track. Haydt collected 2 segment wins on the day.  Just 9 pieces of track behind Fred McCullouch scored 4 segment wins on the middle lanes to come home with a 3rd place finish. Shane Hiester scored 1 segment win on way to a 4th place effort. Just 2 pieces of track behind Scott Bender who had a steady run of 19’s to close out the top 5. Sam Heller scored 1 segment win finishing 6th. Ed Kenderdine scored 2 segment wins to finish 7th. Sheldon Hiester finished 8^th followed by Tim”Little T” Bowers and John Kosmoski rounded out the Top10. 

all photos by: Scott Bender

Big Block starting line

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Mark Williams made it 5 Modified wins in a row Tuesday night at Randy’s Raceway. Mark just missed a Sweep by 1 segment. Randy Haydt ran a fast “Chucky” car to 3 segment wins finishing 2nd. A strong run by Mike Fitzgerald scoring 1 segment win to come home 3rd. Cory Reinhard continued his solid season winning 3 segments on way to a 4th place finish. Jim Levan had a good run scoring 3 segment wins for his 4th straight top 5 finish was 5th.

6th Scott Bender / 7th Billy Decker / 8th Brian Sponagle / 9th Mike Feltenberger /  10th Tom Wenner

Close Calls:

Good racing at the top as 2nd to 5th were separated by less than 2 laps. Good having Phil Levering back after a long absence Phil scored a 12th place finish. Also good to see Bruce Komoldi making his 1st Modified start. Good run by “Fitzy” getting a segment win and a 3rd. Also Billy D with a strong run finishing 7th. Pit Road Security was very tight as Jim kept an eye on everything.

1st Mark Williams ( center ) 2nd Fred McCllough ( left ) 3rd Randy Haydt ( right )

Big Block Starting Line

Race 2 of the BLMRS took place Saturday at Tom Wenner’s Speedway and Mark Williams scored 3 segment wins to score the Big Block win. It was Mark’s 1st of the season and 5th career BB win. Making his 1st start in the Series Fred McCullough  scored 3 segment wins on way to a strong 2nd place run. Randy Haydt scored a segment win on lane 6 crossing the line 3rd. Tim “Little T” Bowers scored 2 segment wins finishing 4th. Sheldon Hiester scored 1 segment win to close out the Top 5. Shane Hiester scored 1 segment win to finish 6th. Nick Wummer scored 1 segment win on way to a good 7th place finish. Scott Bender finished 8th. Only 2 pieces of track behind Toby Reinhard was 9th. Cory Reinhard scored 1 segment win was 10th. 11th Ed Kenderdine 12th Tom Wenner ( 1 win ) 13th Billy Decker 14th Savannah Cunnius

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Little T 1st (center) Mark Williams 2nd (right) Sheldon Hiester (left)

The BLMRS got the green flag on Saturday at Tim ” Little T ” Bowers Speedway, a full field of 19 racers were in the pit area. The Big Block Mods got things started and Little T scored 5 segment wins to score the Opening Day win. It was Tim’s 3rd career BB win. Mark Williams scored 2 segment wins turning in a solid Runner Up finish. Only 9 pieces of track of the pace Sheldon Hiester also scored 2 segment wins to finish 3rd. Shane Hiester scored 4 segment wins on the outside lanes to finish 4th. John Kosmoski had a steady run scoring 1 segment win to finish out the Top 5. Just 1 piece of track behind Cory Reinhard scored 1 segment win finishing 6th. [Read more…]

Modiifed racing was back on the Tri -Oval and Mark Williams made it 3 wins in a row turning in a ‘sweep” on way to the win. A strong run by Randy Haydt to finish 2nd scoring 4 segment wins and a win on lane 1. Ed Kenderdine turned in his best career  Modified finish winning 2 segments on the outside lanes to finish a good 3rd. Jim LeVan scored his 2nd straight Top 5 winning 2 segments also on the outside lanes to finish 4th. Only 8 pieces of track behind Scott Bender had a steady run finishing 5th.

6th Toby Reinhard / 7th Cory Reinhard ( 2 wins ) / 8th Brian Sponagle / 9th Tom Wenner / 10th Billy Decker.

TRI-OVAL TANGLES:

Close racing in mid pack as 6th to 9th were seperated by only 13 pieces of track. Field of 18 racers were signed in. Thanks to Billy D for the Hallowen treats he had for everybody. John K. scored 1 segment win but a rare crash out for him put him 11th in the final run down. Spanky reports about a lot of problems on pit road this week.? Next week Sprint cars return to the 8 – lane for their 2nd race of the season.