Veteran Jim LeVan took advantage of his number 2 draw and won three segments on his way to a victory in the final Nascar feature of the season. With the win LeVan was able to lock up the point title on the last evening. In addition to the 3 segment wins that the Reading Racer had he also only had a single fall-off. Second went to Mark Williams who won 4 segments and fell 6 points short of winning the Nascar title this season. Third spot went to the Boyertown Bullet Cory Reinhard driving out of team TCS. Reinhard won 2 segments. [Read more…]
MARK WILLIAMS SCORES MODIFIED WIN
Mark Williams turned in a “Sweep” on way to his 12th Modified win of the season. It was a” tenacious “battle for the Runner-Up spot, Jim Levan scored 3 segment wins scoring a solid 2nd place finish. Just 5 pieces of track behind Toby Reinhard scored 1 segment win had only 5 fall offs to finish 3rd. Just 8 pieces of track behind Billy Decker turned in a season best 4th place finish with a steady run of 19’s and 1 segment win. Good run for John Kosmoski scoring 1 segment win for his 2nd Top5 finish of the season. Brian Sponagle was 6th win 1 segment win , Tom Wenner 7th with 2 segment wins, Scott Bender 8th, Randy Haydt was 9th with 1 segment win and Ed Kenderdine was 10th with 1 segment win.
Pit Talk:With the season nearing it’s end pit area still full with 20 racers signed in. Looks like lane 2 was the hot lane as 7 drivers scored segment wins on that lane.Good Having Lauden S back with us just missed out on a Top10, finishing 11th. Good run for Youngster James H finishing 13th. Next Week Nascar closes out its season on the 8 lane. Mark what is the # on your car?
Haydt and Sponagle Split Twin Bill
Randy Haydt won the Sprint Car Final Feature of the season and also decided the season’s Point Battle in the process. Haydt scored 4 segment wins in his very fast Sprinter. The win was his overall 4th feature this season at his Namesake tracks but his first in a Sprint Car. It was a milestone win as well as it was his 70th overall Career Win placing him third all-time. Haydt scored a 13 section of track win over Mark Williams who moved into the point lead on the final night of racing, dropping Cory Reinhard to second. The top three in points included Haydt were only 3 point apart after the season’s final checkered. [Read more…]
Sheldon Hiester Scores Berks Series Win
It was the final race of the season for the BLMRS on Saturday at Randy’s Raceway. Before a season high of 21 racers, Sheldon Hiester scored 4 segment wins on way to a 1 lap win. Mark Williams had a strong start winning his 1st 4 segments turning in a strong 2nd place finish. Making his 1st start in the Berks Series Mike Fitzgerald scored 3 segment wins holding on to a close 3rd place finish. Just 4 pieces of track behind Scott Bender scored 1 segment win, his 2nd Top5 finish this year was 4th. Cory Reinhard scored 1 segment win holding on for a close 5th place finish.
2018 – 2019 Big and Small Block Scores and Points
Mark Williams Wins On Tri-Oval
Modified racing was back on the Tri-Oval for the final time this year and Mark Williams turned in a Sweep on his way to the win. Cory Reinhard scored 4 segment wins on the outside lanes turning in a strong 2nd place finish, that was his 6th runner up finish this year. Good run for Brian Sponagle as he scored 2 segment wins on the outside lanes to come home with a 3rd place finish. For the 4th straight Modified race on the Tri-Oval a tie for 4th occurred, this time between Randy Haydt and Mike Fitzgerald each had strong runs but no segment wins and the same amount of fall off’s so each will get credit with a 4th place finish.
6th Jim Levan (3wins), 7th Billy Decker (2wins), 8th Scott Bender, 9thJohn Kosmoski (1win), 10thTom Wenner.
TIE OVAL TALK: After a bad run 2 weeks ago good rebound for “Fitzy” getting a nice Top5 finish this week. Also Billy Decker scoring 2 segment wins crossing the line 7th. Tough warm up session as we had 4 broken nubs. Good to see Mike M. almost getting that 1st segment win and finishing 13th. Mark what was up with Spanky he had a strange night? Pit road was not to bad with Jim having the night off!.
Wenner Scores Career First / LeVan Takes IROC Nightcap
The wait was well worth it for Blandon Racer Tom Wenner as he scored a victory in the NASCAR Feature on the Tough Tub. Wenner is considered a rookie this season and he raced to his first ever win at Randy’s Raceways on the Road Course’s second show this year. The events have quickly become a racers favorite and drew a nice crowd of 13 racers even though a make-up night had to be used this week. Wenner won 3 segments to post a 12 piece of track win over one of the area’s best Road Racers our own Randy Haydt. Haydt won 2 segments on the night. Finishing third was Nick Wummer in one of his best ever runs here at the Kutztown Racetracks. [Read more…]
Mark Williams Scores 10th Modified Win
Racing was back on the 8 lane Tuesday night and Mark Williams scored 6 segment wins on way to win #10 of the Modified season. Cory Reinhard claimed 5 segment wins on lanes 1-5 posting a strong 2nd place finish. It was his 5th Runner-Up finish of the season. For the 3rd straight Modified race we had a tie in the Top5. This time between MR. Ed Kenderdine and Toby Reinhard, each with 2 segment wins but because of less fall offs Ed gets credit for 3rd and Toby with a good finish 4th place finish. Turning in his best finish since early in the season Tom Wenner scored 1 segment win on way to a steady 5th place finish.
6th Randy Haydt ( 1 win ), 7th Scott Bender, 8th Savvy Cunnius, 9th Billy Decker, 10th Jim Levan.
FAST TIMES: Nice field of 17 racers in pit area. Good night for TCS racing with finishes of 2nd,3rd and 8th.
Good night for Ed Kenderdine with a 3rd and Tom Wenner 5th. Also Savvy scored an 8th, Larry Sanders had a 13th place run. NEXT WEEK- Cup racing on the Road Course.
Williams, Kenderdine, Berks Lebanon Winners at Woodland
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.
Mark Williams Scores Close Modified Win
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, 7th Brian Sponagle (1win), 8th Ed Kenderdine (1win), 9th Tom Wenner, 10th 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?