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6/8/2008

Paules, Adams, Sones, Ross and Biegley Share Mountain Spotlight

   St. Johns, PA- With hot and humid conditions at the track, the racing action heated up even more Saturday night at Mountain Speedway. Earl Paules grabbed the sport modified checkered flag and Brian Sones scored his first career win in the street stocks. Don Adams found victory lane in the TQ midget main event, as did Nick Ross in the thriller division. Jeff Biegley scored the 4 cyl. FWD verdict in an exciting feature event.
   With Chas Okerson to his outside, Mike Speeney started on the pole in the 40-lap sport modified feature. Okerson ran the high side of the race track to take the race lead before the first lap was scored.
   Speeney slipped to second with Mike Skarbowski third. Earl Paules moved to fourth by lap five and Shaun Carrig retained fifth.
   Paules disposed of Skarbowski for third on lap nine, and then took second from Speeney seven circuits later.
   The caution flag waved on lap nineteen when Skarbowski and Speeney got together on the backstretch. Paules wasted no time on the restart and grabbed the race lead from Okerson.
   A string of lap twenty-one cautions took place, one of which included Speeney, Dan Curtis and Robert Sutphin on the backstretch. Sutphin’s car sustained quite a bit of damage and he was unable to continue.
   Despite a late race charge by Rick Zacharias, Paules took the checkers for his third win in the division this season. Okerson, Skarbowski and Carrig completed the top five.
   Chas Okerson and Earl Paules were heat race winners.
   Rookie street stock driver, Josh Oswald led the division to the drop of the green flag for the start of the 25-lap feature. Oswald shot out front and Brad Barbush fell back in to second. Brian Sones grabbed third and Robert Fink slipped back to fourth after starting on the outside of the front row.
   With two laps complete, Sones began to pressure Brad Barbush for the runner-up spot. The duo ran side by side for a number of laps until Brad Barbush slipped up the track and Sones capitalized. Sones then hunted down Oswald for the race lead, which he got on lap five. Richie DiMarco moved to third with Todd Barbush close behind in fourth. Brian Wozniak held fifth.
   Brian Wozniak began to battle Todd Barbush for third. The battle began to shape up for the spot until Todd’s machine spun off of turn two. Several drivers took evasive action and missed the incident.
   Wozniak climbed to second after the restart and Brad Barbush held third. The trio remained the same and with five laps to go, Ron Babula and Elliot Wohl held fourth and fifth respectively.
   Sones fended off Wozniak to the drop of the checkered flag to claim his first career win in his third season of competition. Brad Barbush held on to finish third over Babula. DiMarco out dueled Wohl to finish fifth.
   Josh Oswald and Steve Shultz were heat race winners.
   Nick Shaw began the 20-lap thriller feature by starting next to polesitter, Mike Moyer, Sr. Moyer grabbed the early lead after the drop of the green, then slipped back a number of spots after getting passed by Wayne Lowe, Mike Moyer, Jr. and Nick Ross.
   The caution flew on lap ten when Shaw spun on the front stretch. Moyer, Jr. got by Lowe for second and set sail for his father. That was until Lowe spun to bring out the caution on lap thirteen.
   The race restarted and with Ross running third, the action began to heat up. First, Ross took second from Moyer, Sr. and four laps later he challenged Moyer, Jr. for the top spot.
   After the pass for the lead was sealed, Moyer, Jr. tried to retake it in turn three. Moyer, Jr. made contact with Ross and spun. After cutting a tire and sustaining damage from the exchange, Moyer, Jr. headed to the pits.
   Ross remained out front for the rest of the event and took the checkered flag for his second career win over Shaw, Lowe, Scott Adams and Moyer, Sr.
   Nick Shaw won the heat race.
   Ken Kleppinger grabbed the early lead over Eric Banashefski and Jake Oswald after starting on the pole in the 20-lap 4 cyl. FWD main.
   The caution flew on lap four when Oswald got into Banashefski as the two battled for second.
   Jeff Biegley lined up in second and took the lead after the restart. Only one lap later, Nikki Wachs took control of the race after another caution waved when Kleppinger spun Biegley in turn two.
   Prior to the caution, the pair was running first and second.
   Despite restarting from the rear of the field, it didn’t take long for Biegley to pick his way through the field and contest Wachs for the win.
   After a lap eleven restart, Biegley got the jump over Wachs for the lead and Kleppinger moved by Wachs for second. Biegley held on to take his second win of the season over Kleppinger, Wachs, Jess McGlynn and Bill Verwys, Sr.
   Ken Kleppinger was the heat race winner.
   Twenty-two ATQMRA midget drivers set the field for the start of the 25-lap feature event. Richie Coy and Austin Fehr shared the front row for what would be the most exciting race of the season at the speedway.
   Only six laps in, Paul Lotier, Jr. grabbed the top spot with an inside maneuver. His lead was short lived, ad Don Adams shot by and into the lead on lap eight.
   Adams continued out front and just before halfway, Lotier held second, followed by Frank Fischer, Mike Tidoback and Matt Janisch.
   Fischer began to kick it up and notch and disposed of Lotier for second on lap thirteen. One lap later Janisch received a right front flat, which ended his day after a solid run.
   Adams held the point with five laps remaining. Fischer retained second, followed by Lotier, Lou Cicconi and Ryan Tidman.
   Adams held off Fischer to notch his first win of the season in the caution free feature. Cicconi and Tidman got around Lotier for third and fourth. Lotier rounded out the top five.
   Don Adams, Chris Deritis and Austin Fehr were heat race winners.
   In conjunction with the 1st annual Evergreen raceway reunion, Saturday, June 14 will feature round #3 of the PA Asphalt Modified Champ Series, Late Models, Street Stocks, Thrillers and the EMMR vintage race cars.
   For all the up to date news, results and happenings at Mountain Speedway, please logon to www.mountainspeedway.com.



Sport Modifieds (40-laps ) 1. EARL PAULES 2. Rick Zacharias 3. Chas Okerson 4. Mike Skarbowski 5. Shaun Carrig 6. Jason Hearne 7. Scott Riggleman 8. Bobby Richards 9. Mike Carpenter 10. Robert Sutphin 11. Dan Curtis 12. Mike Speeney

Street Stocks (25-laps) 1. BRIAN SONES 2. Brian Wozniak 3. Brad Barbush 4. Ron Babula 5. Rich Dimarco 6. Elliot Wohl 7. Scott Meckes 8. Nick Gargiulo 9. Chip Wanamaker 10. Todd Barbush 11. Josh Oswald 12. Robert Fink 13. Bill Vanderveen 14. Keith St Clair 15. CJ Lehmann 16. Steve Shultz

TQ Midgets (25-laps) 1. DON ADAMS 2. Frank Fischer 3. Lou Cicconi 4. Ryan Tidman 5. Paul Lotier Jr 6. Chris Deritis 7. Mike Tidaback 8. Tim Behmer 9. Robin Johnston 10. Austin Fehr 11. Jeremy Frankowski 12. Richie Coy 13. Jeff Kot 14. Scott Campbell 15. Lew Ingalls 16. Alison Cummens 17.Ken Wismer Jr 18. Rudy Botticher 19. Matthew Roselli 20. Ian Cummens 21. Matt Janisch 22.Phill DiMario DNS: Dave Williams, Blu Metz

Thrillers (20-laps) 1. NICK ROSS 2. Nick Shaw 3. Wayne Lowe 4. Scott Adams 5. Mike Moyer Sr 6. Paul Morgan Jr 7. Mike Moyer Jr 8. Kyle Heckman

4 Cyl. FWDs (20-laps) 1. JEFF BIEGLEY 2. Ken Kleppinger 3. Nikki Wachs 4. Jess McGlynn 5. Bill Verwys Sr 6. Jake Oswald 7. Eric Banashefski

Source:  Gene Ostrowski / Mountain Speedway PR
Posted:  June 8, 2008

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