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Zane Zeiner Tops Field with 75-Lap Sport Modified Victory
By Gene Ostrowski
July 12, 2009
After surrendering to rain Saturday night sunny skies set the tone
Sunday at Sundance Vacations Speedway. Zane Zeiner scored his third
win of the season by taking the 75-lap Sport Modified main event.
Joe Barbush notched his first Street Stock career win and Robert
Fink notched his second 4 Cyl. FWD victory of the season. Johnnie
Gloor IV drove from last to first en route to his first INEX Legends
win at the speedway.
Joe Wielgosz started from the pole position in the 75-lap double
points Sport Modified main event and was overtaken at the start by
Paul Frantz. Mike Skarbowski jumped into the second position,
followed by Earl Paules and Mike Speeney.
Dave Garfinkel fell off the pace, which ensued a lap two caution.
The green flag waved and Paules completed a daring three-wide move
to take the race lead in turn two.
Zane Zeiner started twelfth and worked his way into the fourth
position by lap seven. Nine laps later he overtook Paules for the
lead. Two laps later Paules, who had a rear tire going down, spun in
turns one and two. The caution flew and Paules darted into the pits.
Zeiner continued to lead on lap thirty with Speeney in second.
Skarbowski held third followed by Jason Hearne and Barry Callavini.
Scott Adams start back in the sixteenth position and worked his way
into sixth. He challenged Hearne on several occasions for the fifth
spot and eventually completed the pass. Meanwhile, Paules began to
march back toward the front.
Zeiner, of Bath, PA, drove away from his competition over the
closing laps and went on to take his third Sport Modified win of the
season over two 18-year olds- Mike Speeney and Mike Skarbowski.
Barry Callavini had a strong run to finish fourth and Earl Paules
completed the top five.
Heat race wins went to Mike Skarbowski, Earl Paules and Zane Zeiner.
Scott Adams won the consi.
From the outside pole position, Brian Wozniak overtook pole sitter,
Josh Oswald, to lead the opening laps of the Street Stock feature.
Robert Fink climbed to second by the third circuit, followed by
Oswald, Joe Barbush and CJ Lehmann.
The first and only caution of the event flew on the third lap when
Chip Wanamaker spun in turn three. Several drivers took evasive
action and Mike Schadder pounded the outside retaining wall. Steve
Shultz and Brad Barbush were also collected. All of the drivers
involved hit the pits for repairs. Shultz and Schadder were unable
to continue.
Green flag racing resumed and J. Barbush wasted no time moving
toward the front. First he shot by Oswald and then Fink. Next he
battled with Wozniak and overtook the leader in turn four. The lap
seven pass gave the former Late Model standout the race lead.
J. Barbush held off Wozniak, Ron Babula, Richie DiMarco and Fink to
score his first career Street Stock victory.
Although he’s won before in a Late Model and Factory Stock, Barbush
was emotional in victory lane and dedicated the race to his father,
who passed away two seasons ago. His father, Joe Barbush, Sr., built
the car from the ground up. “He told me it would be a winning car”,
said Joe, Jr. of Drums, PA. “I’m just finally glad it won a race for
him”.
Steve Shultz, Steve Clark and Brian Wozniak were heat race winners
and Danny Cascioli took the consi race victory.
Frank Katona started on the pole and led the opening laps for the 4
Cyl. FWD main. Thirteen-year-old Mike Kline held second following
the start with Ken Kleppinger, Jon Smith and Robert Fink in tow.
The first and only yellow flag waved when Kline tried to get
underneath Katona for the race lead in turn one. There was contact
and Katona spun, which forced both drivers to restart from the tail
end of the field. The exchange gave the lead to Fink, who was
running third at the time of the incident.
Kleppinger ran second for the restart and began to be pressure for
the spot by Brian Kunkel. Meanwhile, Smith and Kline, who made a
drive back through the field, raced for the fourth position.
Kleppinger slipped back by mid race and Smith moved into third.
Fink, of West Nanticoke, PA, drove off to his second race win of the
season over Kunkel, Smith, Banashefski and Kline.
A win or no win would have satisfied Smith, as he was on a high note
since his fiancé Kelly gave birth to their baby daughter the night
before.
Frank Katona and Jon Smith were heat race winners.
Mike Alcaro led his fellow INEX Legend competitors to the drop of
the green flag in the feature event. Alcaro maintained the race
lead, followed by Zane Zeiner, Scott Hubler, Kevin Nowak and Casey
Robicheau.
Nowak began to contest with Hubler for third and the two made
contact on lap seven with sent Nowak into a turn two spin. His luck
didn’t improve thereafter.
With the green flag in the air for the restart, Johnnie Gloor IV got
into the back of Robicheau, which sent here into a front stretch
spin. Several others were collected, including Kenny Van Winkle,
Justin Grimm, Raven Schrantz and Nowak. With significant damage,
Nowak retired from competition.
It appeared that Alcaro had the field covered but the caution flew
with two laps remaining when Matt Marring spun in turn two. At this
point in the event, Gloor had raced his way back into second.
Gloor wasted no time on the restart and challenged Alcaro for the
top spot. With one lap remaining, Gloor took the race lead and drove
off to his first career victory at the track. Alcaro crossed the
strip in second and was disqualified following the event, which gave
the runner-up spot to Mark Tischler. Zeiner finished third, with
Hubler and Robicheau rounding out the top five.
Heat race wins went to Johnnie Gloor and Kevin Nowak.
Sport Modifieds
(75-Laps)
1. ZANE ZEINER
2. Mike Speeney 3. Mike Skarbowski 4. Barry Callavini 5. Earl Paules
6. Scott Adams 7. Jason Hearne 8. Paul Frantz 9. Keith Mullineaux
10. Bob Wilson 11. Scott Brannick 12. Ricky Ross Jr 13. Paul
Brinckman 14. Beryle Herman 15. Harry Schaefer 16. Dave Garfinkel
17.Dean Ficarro 18. Joe Wielgosz 19. CJ Lacatvia 20. Frank Reakes
DNQ: Mike Mangini
Street Stocks
(25-Laps)
1. JOE BARBUSH
2. Brian Wozniak 3. Ron Babula 4. Rich DiMarco 5. Robert Fink 6.
John Stonier 7. Dan Cascioli 8. Rodney Grueber 9. Chip Wanamaker 10.
Brad Barbush 11. Steve Clark 12. Todd Barbush 13. CJ Lehmann 14.
Jeff McGrath 15. Darryl Schwarz 16. Allen Grueber 17.Josh Oswald 18.
Ralphie Conklin 19. Steve Shultz 20. Mike Schadder DNQ: Robert
Haueisen, Tony Hilliard
4 Cyl. FWD
(20-Laps)
1. ROBERT FINK
2. Brian Kunkel 3. John Smith 4. Eric Banashefski 5. Mike Kline 6.
Ken Kleppinger 7. Frank Katona 8. Pete Maier 9. Joe Katona 10. David
George 11. Jake Oswald
INEX Legends
(25-Laps)
1. JOHNNIE GLOOR
IV IV 2. Mark Tischler 3. Zane Zeiner 4. Scott Hubler 5. Casey
Robicheau 6. Justin Grimm 7. Timothy Bauer 8. Joe DeGracia 9. Matt
Marring 10. Raven Schrantz 11. Kenny Van Winkle 12. Jordan Adams 13.
Kevin Nowak 14. Mike Alcaro
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Sundance Vacations Speedway is a 1/3 mile asphalt oval located in the beautiful
mountains of northeast Pennsylvania. The speedway hosts exciting stock
car racing every weekend from April to October, making it one of NEPA's
premier entertainment attractions.
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Sundance Vacations Speedway
Mill Mountain Road
St Johns, PA 18247
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(570) 788-7544
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