8.3.19 Hummingbird Speedway Results
Saturday, August 3rd, 2019
By: Steven Curry
Reynoldsville- Andrew Gordon of DuBois made it three wins in a row in the Cypress Clock and Gift Shop Street Stock division Saturday night at Hummingbird Speedway. Fans and drivers flocked to the track for Kid’s Banner Night. All of the kids were encouraged to make a banner or poster for their favorite driver and bring it to the track for judging. Also on the night, the last two makeup features from ‘The Gateway Special’ night of racing. They kicked off the night of racing with Justin Watt picking up the win in the Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stock makeup feature and Wayne Truitt of New Bethlehem capturing his first career victory in the Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinder makeup feature. Joining Gordon in victory lane during the regular night’s racing action included: Jon Lee of Mahaffey in the Swanson Heavy Duty Truck Repair and Service Semi-Late Models, Paul Kot of Brockway in the BWP Bats Super Late Models, Bryce Swauger of Reynoldsville in the Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks, and Jeff Huber in the Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders.
First to the track were the Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks for their 15-lap 7/20 makeup feature. The #00 of Justin Watt and the #516 of Rich Anderson led the field to the opening green flag. Watt jumped out to the early lead over Anderson and the #28 of Bryce Swauger. Watt continued to lead over Anderson and Swauger until a caution on lap 5 setup the first and only restart of the race. On the restart, Swauger used the high side to his advantage to work his way around Anderson to move into second behind Watt. Swauger stayed within a couple of car lengths of the race leader Watt, even challenging him for the lead a couple of times as the laps clicked away. Watt fended off the challenges from Swauger and held on to notch his first victory of the year at Hummingbird. Watt was followed by: 2) Bryce Swauger 3) Rich Anderson 4) Dennis Harrison Jr. 5) John Pearce 6) TJ Powell 7) Ben Ecelberger 8) Wayne Garvey 9) Jenna Pfaff 10) Steve Brugmann 11) Andy Frey.
Next to the track were the Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders for their 12-lap 7/20 makeup feature. The #17 of Randy Albert and the #16 of Keegan Bell led the field to the initial green flag. Bell pulled out to the early advantage with Albert in second and the #910 of Travis Timko in third. Bell led the opening 4 laps of the race before a hard-charging Wayne Truitt in the #54 powered past all of the front runners to move into the top spot on lap 5. Truitt began to put a small cushion between himself and Bell as the race crossed its halfway mark. Truitt maintained the small cushion over Bell the rest of the way enroute to his first career feature win. Truitt was followed by: 2) Keegan Bell 3) Randy Albert 4) Joe Anthony 5) Zack Frantz 6) Travis Timko 7) Ricky Nelson 8) Blake Joiner 9) Jim Boyer. DNS: Zach Lennox, Patrick Crawford, and Curtis Mohney.
After all of the heat races and intermission were completed, it was time to get into the 8/3 feature racing program. First to the track were the Swanson Heavy Duty Truck Repair and Service Semi-Late Models for their 20-lap feature race. The #17 of Deegen Watt and the #71A of Austin Getch led the field to the opening green flag. Both Watt and Getch were overtaken by the #5X of Nick Erskine and the #27C of Eddie Connor on the initial start as they moved into first and second respectively. On lap 2, the #5L of Jon Lee used the high side down the backstretch to pass Watt and move into third behind Erskine and Connor. A couple of laps later, on lap 4, Lee worked his way around Connor to move into the second position. A couple of more laps later, on lap 6, Lee got around Erskine to take the top spot. Lee continued to lead over Erskine and Connor as the race reached its halfway point. A caution for a stopped car on the frontstretch just after the halfway mark setup the first restart of the race. On the restart, Lee jumped out to the lead with Erskine second as Connor went under attack from the #3xAA of Doug Surra for third. On lap 13, Surra completed the pass on Connor to move into third behind Lee and Erskine. A couple consecutive caution flags kept the field close with about 6 laps to go. On the final restart of the race, Lee pulled away from Erskine, Surra, and the rest of the field in the remaining 6 laps on his way to picking up the win. Lee was followed by: 2) Nick Erskine 3) Doug Surra 4) Eddie Connor 5) Nick Loffredo 6) Deegen Watt 7) Bob McMillen 8) Austin Getch 9) Dustin Challingsworth 10) Denny Curry 11) Joe Loffredo 12) Jim Challingsworth 13) Raven Fuller 14) Gabe Shaffer. Surra and Lee won the heat races.
The Cypress Clock and Gift Shop Street Stocks were next to the track for their 20-lap feature event with the #28 of Fuzzy Fields and the #11Y of Dale Yeaney leading the field to the opening green flag. Fields jumped out to the early advantage with Yeaney and the #37A of Jim Bloom in second and third respectively. Fields continued to lead for a handful of laps until a caution for a spin in turns 1 and 2 setup the first restart of the race. On the restart, Fields pulled out to the lead once again with Yeaney second and Bloom third. On lap 6, the #101 of Bruce Hartzfeld used the low side to work his way around Bloom to take the third position behind Fields and Yeaney. A caution for a crash on the frontstretch on lap 7 setup the second and final restart of the race. On the final restart, Hartzfeld and the #25G of Andrew Gordon, who had won the last two races, pulled off a three-wide pass to get around Yeaney to move into second and third behind Fields. On lap 9, Gordon used the high line to power past Hartzfeld to take the second position. One lap later, on lap 10, Gordon used the low line to work past Fields to take the lead at the halfway mark. Hartzfeld worked his way past Fields one lap later to move into second behind Gordon. Gordon began to pull away from the field as the laps continued to click away. Gordon went unchallenged the rest of the way enroute to his third win in as many races. Gordon was followed by: 2) Bruce Hartzfeld 3) Fuzzy Fields 4) Zack Gustafson 5) Dale Yeaney 6) Jim Bloom 7) Ray Reynolds 8) Trevor McCann 9) Cory Price. Fields won the lone heat race.
The BWP Bats Super Late Models were next up for their 25-lap feature race with the #44P of Joe Petyak and the #53 of Chris Farrell leading the field to the green flag. Petyak jumped out to the early lead with the #27 of Michael Lake and the #25 of Dylan Fenton in second and third respectively. Petyak continued to lead the opening few laps before a crash in turn 4, involving Lake, brought out the first caution of the race. On the restart, Petyak jumped out to the lead once again with now the #36 of Paul Kot in second and Farrell in third. Kot worked his way around Petyak on lap 4 to move into the lead. Farrell and the #18 of Mike Wonderling both followed Kot around Petyak to move into second and third. A couple of laps later, on lap 6, Farrell used the high side to his advantage to power past Kot and take the top spot. Farrell held on to the race lead over Kot and Wonderling for about 5 laps. Then, on lap 11, Kot worked to the inside of Farrell to retake the race lead just before the race reached its halfway point. Kot grew his lead over Farrell and Wonderling as the laps continued to click away. With just inside of 5 laps to go, a caution for a spin involving Farrell retired him for the evening and setup one final restart. On the final restart, Lake jumped to the outside of Wonderling to take the second spot. Lake set his sights on the race leader Kot but he didn’t have enough as Kot held on to pickup his fifth win in six races. Kot was followed by: 2) Michael Lake 3) Mike Wonderling 4) Kenny Schaffer 5) Billy Eash 6) Brandon Groters 7) Jerry Redden 8) Dylan Fenton 9) Chris Farrell 10) Cody Lucas 11) Joe Petyak. DNS: Johnny Lindenpitz, Steven Scaife, Tom Merryman, and Tom Jobe. Kot and Lake won the heat races.
The Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks were next to the track for their 15-lap feature with the #33 of Jenna Pfaff and the #42H of Dennis Harrison Jr. leading the field to the opening green flag. Harrison jumped out to the early advantage on the initial start with the #871 of Bill Mumau second and the #76 of Mike Anderson in third. Harrison led the opening few laps before a caution for a spin in turns 3 and 4 setup the first restart of the race. On the restart, it was Harrison leading with Anderson and Mumau battling for the second spot. Anderson completed the pass around Mumau on lap 4 to move into second behind Harrison. A caution for a stopped car on the backstretch later that lap setup another restart. On the ensuing restart, the #516 of Rich Anderson got around Mumau to move into third behind Harrison and Mike Anderson. A caution for the spinning car of Rich Anderson on lap 8 setup another restart with Mike Anderson, Harrison, and the #28 of Bryce Swauger the top 3. On the following restart, Swauger used the high side to power his way past Harrison to move into second behind Mike Anderson. Three more caution flags would cover the next several laps and setup one final restart which would be a green-white-checker. On the final restart, Swauger took his car to the cushion on the high side and began to close in on Anderson for the lead. Swauger got right to the back bumper of Anderson as they came to get the white flag. Swauger gave it all he had in turns 3 and 4 and he made it stick to complete the last lap pass for the win. Swauger was followed by: 2) Mike Anderson 3) Rich Anderson 4) Bill Mumau 5) Blaze Harrison-DQ(Light) 6) TJ Powell 7) Justin Watt 8) Ben Ecelberger 9) Dennis Harrison Jr. 10) John Pearce 11) Wayne Garvey 12) Jeremy Lippert 13) Jenna Pfaff 14) Steve Brugmann 15) Andrew Burket 16) Cody Wolfe. DNS: Andy Frey. Mike Anderson, Watt, and Rich Anderson won the heat races.
The night of racing concluded with the Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders as they took to the track for their 12-lap feature race. The #4F of Jim Fye and the #569 of Blake Joiner led the field to the opening green. Fye jumped out to the early advantage with the #42 of Jeff Huber and the #8H of Joe Huber in second and third respectively. On lap 2, the #36F of Zack Frantz went to the outside of Joe Huber and passed him to take the third position. Then, on lap 3, Jeff Huber dove to the inside of Fye and took the top spot. Jeff Huber continued to lead the way over Fye and Joe Huber until a caution for a wreck in turn 3 brought the field together for the first and only restart of the race. While under yellow, a mechanical woe under the hood of Fye’s car retired him for the evening and moved Frantz and Joe Huber into second and third. On the restart, Jeff Huber jumped out to the lead and never looked back on his way to picking up the win. Jeff Huber was followed by: 2) Zack Frantz 3) Joe Huber 4) Keegan Bell 5) Eric Luzier 6) Larry Conklin 7) Randy Albert 8) Travis Timko 9) Blake Joiner 10) Brian Snyder 11) Anthony Sones 12) Jim Fye 13) Wayne Truitt 14) Jim Boyer 15) Ricky Nelson 16) Joe Anthony 17) Ryan Lippert. Fye, Jeff Huber, and Bell won the heat races.
Speedway Notes: 72 cars were in attendance for the night of racing. Racing was completed by around 11:15pm. Racing will continue next Saturday evening with gates opening at 4:00pm and racing at 7. For more information call the track office at (814) 653-8400 or visit the tracks’ website at www.hummingbirdspeedway.com.
Results:
Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks Make-Up Feature
1st) #00 Justin Watt
2nd) #28 Bryce Swauger
3rd) #516 Rich Anderson
4th) #45 Dennis Harrison Jr.
5th) #01P John Pearce
6th) #3 TJ Powell
7th) #113 Ben Ecelberger
8th) #75 Wayne Garvey
9th) #33 Jenna Pfaff
10th) #81 Steve Brugmann
11th) #55X Andy Frey DNF
Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders Make-Up Feature
1st) #54 Wayne Truitt
2nd) #16 Keegan Bell
3rd) #17 Randy Albert
4th) #55 Joe Anthony
5th) #36F Zack Frantz
6th) #910 Travis Timko
7th) #154 Ricky Nelson
8th) #569 Blake Joiner
9th) #11 Jim Boyer DNF
10th) #516 Zach Lennox DNS
11th) #C4 Patrick Crawford DNS
12th) #33M Curtis Mohney DNS
Swanson Heavy Duty Truck Repair and Service Semi-Late Models
1st) #5L Jon Lee
2nd) #5X Nick Erskine
3rd) #3xAA Doug Surra
4th) #27C Eddie Connor
5th) #9N Nick Loffredo
6th) #17 Deegen Watt
7th) #50 Bob McMillen
8th) #71A Austin Getch
9th) #46 Dustin Challingsworth
10th) #75 Denny Curry
11th) #9J Joe Loffredo
12th) #44 Jim Challingsworth
13th) #10R Raven Fuller DNF
14th) #28S Gabe Shaffer DNF
Cypress Clock and Gift Shop Street Stocks
1st) #25G Andrew Gordon
2nd) #101 Bruce Hartzfeld
3rd) #28 Fuzzy Fields
4th) #983 Zack Gustafson
5th) #11Y Dale Yeaney
6th) #37A Jim Bloom
7th) #61R Ray Reynolds
8th) #12M Trevor McCann DNF
9th) #23JR Cory Price DNF
BWP Bats Super Late Models
1st) #36 Paul Kot
2nd) #27 Michael Lake
3rd) #18 Mike Wonderling
4th) #13X Kenny Schaffer
5th) #71 Billy Eash
6th) #B1D Brandon Groters
7th) #5R Jerry Redden
8th) #25 Dylan Fenton
9th) #53 Chris Farrell DNF
10th) #67 Cody Lucas DNF
11th) #44P Joe Petyak DNF
12th) #29L Johnny Lindenpitz DNS
13th) #7S Steven Scaife DNS
14th) #46 Tom Merryman DNS
15th) #96 Tom Jobe DNS
Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks
1st) #28 Bryce Swauger
2nd) #76 Mike Anderson
3rd) #516 Rich Anderson
4th) #871 Bill Mumau
5th) #3 TJ Powell
6th) #00 Justin Watt
7th) #113 Ben Ecelberger
8th) #42H Dennis Harrison Jr.
9th) #01P John Pearce
10th) #75 Wayne Garvey
11th) #60 Jeremy Lippert DNF
12th) #33 Jenna Pfaff DNF
13th) #81 Steve Brugmann DNF
14th) #62 Andrew Burket DNF
15th) #97W Cody Wolfe DNF
16th) #25 Blaze Harrison DQ
17th) #55X Andy Frey DNS
Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders
1st) #42 Jeff Huber
2nd) #36F Zack Frantz
3rd) #8H Joe Huber
4th) #16 Keegan Bell
5th) #6 Eric Luzier
6th) #13C Larry Conklin
7th) #17 Randy Albert
8th) #910 Travis Timko
9th) #569 Blake Joiner
10th) #33S Brian Snyder
11th) #92A Anthony Sones
12th) #4F Jim Fye DNF
13th) #54 Wayne Truitt DNF
14th) #11 Jim Boyer
15th) #154 Ricky Nelson DNF
16th) #55 Joe Anthony DNF
17th) #58R Ryan Lippert DNF