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Hirschman and
Smith Favorites Heading into Mountain’s 75-Lapper
By: Gene Ostrowski
July 31, 2008
The next 75-lap PA Modified Championship Series modified spectacular at
Mountain Speedway is slated for Sunday, August 31. The Labor Day
weekend showdown is gaining momentum, even though it’s weeks away.
Three different drivers took the stage in four races this season.
Northampton’s Matt Hirschman, who has been on a recent hot streak in the
RoC and NASCAR Whelen Modified Series, leads the pack with two wins.
Rusty Smith of Oxford, NY has one win and leads the series’ points
standings by eighteen points over Hirschman. Palmerton’s Earl Paules
has one victory as well, which came after round number four of the seven
race series.
Along with “the invaders”, the speedway’s regular drivers are also in
the thick of the series. Andy Walko of Flemington, NJ is third in the
standings, followed by three-time Mountain modified champion Brian
DeFebo of Berwick, PA. With his lone win in the series, Paules sits
fifth, followed by Johnny Bush, Todd Baer, Billy Pauch, Jr. and
17-year-old Kyle Ebersole.
Aside from the drivers chasing wins, many are chasing the series
championship and the $1000 payout that goes along with the crown. Along
with the crown is a trip to Daytona, FL during Speedweeks ’09, which is
courtesy of Sundance Vacations of Wilkes-Barre, PA.
In conjunction with the tour type modifieds will be the street stocks,
thrillers and 4 cylinder FWD divisions.
All of the action will begin with heat races at 2 PM.
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