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Fast Times at Mountain Speedway-
Smith, Hoffman, Wanamaker, Ross and Wachs grab pole positions for
opening day
By:
Gene Ostrowski
April 6, 2008
A total of forty-three race cars took time Sunday during Mountain
Speedway’s annual “pole day”. Twenty five championship points were
awarded to every driver that took time, with an additional twenty five
bonus points going to the fastest qualifier in each division.
Kyle Ebersole was the first driver out in the modified division and was
knock from the provisional pole when Andy Walko ran a lap under 14
seconds. Walko’s time at the top of the charts was short lived, as
Rusty Smith hit the speedway and blistered off a lap of 13.627 second.
Paul Koehler held the fastest lap laid down in the late model portion of
time trials until the eleventh qualifier took the stage. Joe Hoffman
took to the speedway and hooked up well to the racing surface for a
14.525 lap time.
Brad Kline held the street sock provisional pole until Chip Wanamaker
ran a lap of 15.885, which was the only
street stock time in the 15-second bracket. Former track champion,
Scott Meckes took his timed run in Josh Oswald’s car after losing a
transmission during warm-ups.
Jeff
Searfoss appeared to have the quickest time in the thriller division-
that was until tech. Following inspection, Nick Ross was presented with
the Vic’s Trophies fastest time award with a lap of 17.026.
Coming off a terrific season, Nikki Wachs lead-footed her 4 cyl. FWD
race car around the track to claim the fastest speed with a lap of
17.584.
The field will be inverted for each division on opening day, via numbers
that will be drawn from a hat. The numbers in the hat will be the total
amount of driver’s that took time on pole day. The number drawing will
determine how many cars will be inverted for the start of each feature
event.
Following consi races for pole day non qualifiers, six feature will run
on opening day, which is slated for Sunday, April 13. The modifieds,
late models, street stocks, thrillers, 4 cyl. FWDs and ATQMRA midgets
will take the stage for their action packed feature. Adult admission is
$14. Children 10 and under are free. Consi races will begin at 2 PM.
Pole Day results
Modified
Pos No. Name Best Tm 1 34 Rusty Smith 13.627 2 8 Earl Paules 13.654 3 53 Brian Defebo 13.742 4 39 Geary Rinehimer 13.808 5 27 Andy Walko 13.924 6 41 Todd Baer 14.033 7 4 Barry Callavini 14.137 8 95m John Markovic 14.14 9 1W Tommy Wannick 14.184 10 5 Kyle Ebersole 14.288 11 9X Matt Clemens 15.229 12 78 Robert Fink 15.991 Late Model Pos No. Name Best Tm 1 20 Joe Hoffman 14.525 2 00 Paul Koehler 14.542 3 D11 Mike Sweeney 14.602 4 01 Roger Heffelfinger Jr. 14.772 5 58 Earl Paules 14.793 6 53 Brian Defebo 14.876 7 37 Jim Lamoreaux 14.89 8 15 Joe Brown 15.066 9 16 Kyle Harvell 15.5 10 88 Ricky Ross Jr 15.648 11 40 Todd Geist 15.796 12 13 Rob Koller 16.149 13 24 Augie Hahn 17.044 Street Stock Pos No. Name Best Tm 1 44C Chip Wanamaker 15.885 2 23 Brad Kline 16.009 3 461 Rich DiMarco 16.028 4 25 Steve Shultz 16.173 5 17 Josh Oswald 17.023 6 26 Scott Meckes 19.033 7 32 Keith St Clair 19.163 Thriller Pos No. Name Best Tm 1 99 Nick Ross 17.026 2 68 Scott Adams 17.091 3 66 Nick Shaw 17.287 4 48 Bill Price Jr 17.372 5 96 Kyle Heckman 17.466 DQ 47 Jeff Searfoss 16.964 4 Cyl. FWD Pos No. Name Best Tm 1 63 Nikki Wachs 17.584 2 68 Eric Banashefski 18.348 3 88 Bill Verwys Sr 18.926 4 13 Ken Kleppinger 19.067 5 22 Jess McGlynn 19.421 |
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