Sundance Vacations Speedway- Awesome Asphalt Racing in The Pocono Foothills

The strong storms that moved through the North Eastern Pennsylvania area on Saturday caused the management at Sundance Vacations Speedway to cancel the Saturday evening show. Unlike many other tracks, Sundance Vacations Speedway has a back up plan. In the event a Saturday show is cancelled, the show will take place the following day. The weather could not have been better for a racing day.

The 4 cylinder FWD, Street Stocks, Sport Modifieds, Legends, and a 40 lap “dash for cash” Small Car Enduro were on hand for today’s event.

The Legends were up first for their twenty lap main event. Scott Hubler and Zane Zeiner made up the front row after Raven Schrantz elected to start in the rear. Hubler and Zeiner battled for the lead, it was Hubler who came out on top, while Zeiner had his hands full with Mike Alcaro who took over second place on lap three. Zeiner not settling for third, put his number 76 up next to the 88 of Alcaro completing the pass for second on lap eight and then passing Hubler for the lead on lap nine. He never looked back and went on to win the feature. Hubler, Alcaro, Grimm, and Schrantz completed the rest of the field.

The 4 cylinder FWD cars were out next. Jake Oswald started on the pole with Brian Kunkle on the outside. When the green flag dropped , Kunkle jumped out in the lead with Kleppinger following him closely in second, Oswald dropped back to third. Just as lap one was completed the caution flag flew for an incident in between turns one and two for Chris Toole and Mike Kline getting together. When the green came back out it was Kleppinger who had the faster car and took over the top spot. A fast moving Robert Fink moved into third place by lap four, second by lap six, and into the lead on lap ten. The caution flag flew once again, this time for Jake Oswald stopping on the raceway with a flat tire. Racing resumed this time Fink was up against Jon Smith, by lap twelve Smith took over the top spot, but not for long, four laps later Fink regained the lead and went on to win the race. Smith finished in second, Kleppinger, Pete Verwys, and Brian Kunkle finished out the top five.

Jeff McGrath and Mike Schadder made up the front row of the Street Stock main event. When the green flag came out it was third place runner Steve Hoffman who jumped out into the lead. Chip Wanamaker was on the move, coming from his ninth starting position, he had moved into third place behind Schadder, and battling for second by lap 6. The racing intensified as lap 9 was completed, Wanamaker and Schadder came together bringing out the yellow flag. On the restart Hoffman had his hands full with Steve Schultz starting along side of him. Schultz took the lead and by lap eleven, Dan Cascioli moved into second. Two laps later the yellow was back out, this time it was for Josh Oswald spinning on the back stretch. The green was back out and Schultz remained out front, however on lap sixteen the caution flag waived once again, this time for Darryl Schwartz, Frank Katona, and Tony Hilliard getting together in turns three and four. The green was back out, but again, the caution flag waived, this time before lap seventeen could be completed Robert Fink, Brian Wozniak, and Steve Hoffman getting together in turn one. The green was quick to come back out, however the caution would come out for the final time for Frank Katona who spun on the backstretch . Steve Schultz would go on to win the race, while Dan Casioli, Brad Barbush, Joe Barbush, and John Stonier would complete the top five.

As Steve Schultz celebrated his feature win, the Sport Modifieds lined up in the staging area. Patrick Verwys and Frank Reakes started on the front row. Reakes took the lead over but before the lap could be completed Mike Mangini spun on the backstretch.. Only three laps would go under green before the next two caution flags would fly, the first one was for Joe Wielgosz spinning in turn two and then Mike Mangini in between turns three and four. Reakes remained out front trying to win his first feature in a Sport Modified, but by lap four when the caution flag flew, it would be for Reakes, who was assisted in spinning by Jason Hearne. The incident collected Earl Paules whose day was ended due to the damage. This leaving Scott Adams in the lead, but two laps later, Mike Skarbowski took the lead. Once again, the caution flag flew, this time for Jason Hearne on lap seven. The green was back out, Skarbowski remained in the lead while the battle for second was heating up between Rusty Smith, Scott Adams, and Zane Zeiner. On lap ten, they battled three wide going into turn one and ran out of racing room, the incident put all three to the rear of the field. The next lap racing would halt once again, this time it was for Bob Ankner stopping on the front stretch. Skarbowski remained in charge, as Zane Zeiner, was moving through the field fast. He was in fourth by lap sixteen and made a daring move to go three wide with Paul Frantz and Barry Callavini to take over second. On lap 23 Zane would take over the lead. The caution flag flew a few more times before the race would be over. However, the cautions weren’t enough to stop Zane Zeiner from collecting his second checkered flag for the day. Skarbowski finished second, followed by Rusty Smith, Jason Hearne, and Frank Reakes.

The forty lap Small Car Enduro would finish out the day of racing. Harry Sagar was quick to be out front. Hard charges from Pete Verwys carried on through out the forty laps. As it appeared Sagar would go on to win, Pete Verwys pulled up next to him to take the lead on lap thirty-five and would go on to win. Sagar, Bill Price, Robert Fink, and Bill Rice would finish out the top five.

Jon Smith and Robert Fink picked up heat wins in the 4 cylinder FWD. Steve Hoffman, Joe Barbush, and Brian grabbed the heat wins for the Street Stocks. Pat Verwys, Earl Paules, and Zane Zeiner won their heats in the Sport Modifieds.

Results:

Legends (20 Laps) : Zane Zeiner, Scott Hubler, Mike Alcaro, Justin Grimm, Raven Schrantz

4-Cyl FWD (20 laps) Robert Fink, Jon Smith, Ken Kleppinger, Pete Verwys, Brian Kunkle, Nikki Sagar, Eric Banashefski, Pete Maier, Harry Sagar, Frank Katona, .Joe Katona, Jake Oswald, Justin Hughes, Mike Kline, Chris Toole

Street Stocks (25 laps) Steve Schultz, Dan Casioli, Brad Barbush, Joe Barbush, John Stonier, Chip Wanamaker, Rich Dimarco, Mike Schadder, Steve Hoffman, Frank Katona, Tony Hilliard, Jeff McGrath, CJ Lehman, Darryl Schwartz, Robert Hausisen, Allen Gruber, Brian Wozniak, Robert Fink, Steve Clark, Josh Oswald

Sport Modifieds (40 laps) Zane Zeiner, Mike Skarbowski, Rusty Smith, Jason Hearne, Frank Reakes, Paul Frantz, Beryle Herman, Bob Ankner, Harry Schaefer, Scott Adams, Dean Ficcaro, Joe Wielgosz,

Barry Callavini, Ricky Ross Jr., Earl Paules, Pat Verwys, Mike Mangini

Small Car Enduro (40 laps) Pete Verwys, Harry Sagar, Bill Price, Robert Fink, Bill Rice, Jody Dymond, Dave Bartuski, Gary Fisher, John Saccomandi, Larry Spencer III