8.8.20 Hummingbird Speedway Results
By: Steven Curry – Race Reporter
Reynoldsville- A record-breaking number of cars turned out at Hummingbird Speedway on Saturday night for Ina’s Memorial Shootout. A grand total of 147 cars packed the pits as we honored Ina Caltagarone, the wife of track owner Louie Caltagarone, who passed away in 2011. There were three specials on the night with the Homak Penn/Ohio Pro-Stocks battling for a $1,250+/win payday and the Pure Stocks and Four-Cylinders each vying for a $500+/win payday. Trophies on the night were sponsored by the Caltagarone family and a hard-charger award was presented to the driver in each feature that gained the most positions from start to finish courtesy of JMB Photography. The car count breakdown for this record-breaking night was as follows: 24 Swanson Heavy Duty Truck Repair Semi Late Models, 32 Homak Penn/Ohio Pro-Stocks, 20 BWP Bats Super Late Models, 27 Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks, and 44 Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders. Feature winners on the night included: Nick Erskine in the Swanson Heavy Duty Truck Repair Semi Late Models, Jackson Humanic in the Homak Penn/Ohio Pro-Stocks, Mike Wonderling in the BWP Bats Super Late Models, Tim Steis in the Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks, and Jeff Huber in the Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders. There was a Non-Qualifier feature for the Four-Cylinders due to there being 44 cars and Mark Bell came out on top in it.
The Swanson Heavy Duty Truck Repair Semi Late Models were first to the track with Gary Little and Paul Ivory leading a full-field to the opening green flag for their 20-lap feature event. Little jumped out to the lead on the initial start with Ivory and Lou Jacoby Jr. following behind. One lap was completed before the first caution flag of the race came out for a spin in turn 1. On the restart, Nathan Smith challenged Jacoby Jr. for the third spot behind the two leaders. Smith completed the pass around Jacoby Jr. just before another caution flag came out for a spin in turn 2 on lap 2. Under caution, an issue with Smith’s car forced him to retire from the race moving Nick Erskine into the third position. On the ensuing restart, Little pulled out to the lead once again with Ivory and Erskine in second and third respectively. A few more laps were completed before another caution flag was issued for a wreck in turns 3 and 4 on lap 5. A couple more quick caution flags came out with just one lap getting completed between each one. Erskine gained a spot before each caution as he took the lead from Little on lap 7. On the restart following the cautions, Erskine jumped out to the point over Little and Ivory. On lap 8, a caution for a spin in turns 1 and 2 setup the first extended green flag run of the race. Erskine led the way on the restart over Little and Ivory. Ivory nearly spun out in turn 4 coming to complete lap 9 which allowed Doug Surra to get by and move into the third spot. Erskine continued to lead as the race reached its halfway point. On lap 13, Surra used the inside line to his advantage to work his way past Little and move into second. After a couple more caution flags, Bob McMillen worked his way around Little on the low side to move into the third position behind Erskine and Surra on lap 17. A few more caution flags plagued the final three laps of the race but none of them phased Erskine as he held on to pickup his third win of the season. Erskine was followed by: 2) Doug Surra 3) Bob McMillen 4) Gary Little 5) Eddie Connor 6) Joe Loffredo 7) Levi Ardery 8) Paul Ivory 9) Joey Malobicky Jr. 10) Jarid Ivory 11) Shane Nihart 12) Mike Blazer 13) George Bailey 14) Lou Jacoby Jr. 15) Austin Getch 16) Jack Sarnovsky 17) Corey Jones 18) Anthony Schoonover 19) Ryan Jacoby 20) Caleb Whiteford 21) Nathan Smith. DNS: Nick Loffredo, Deegen Watt, and Bernie Whiteford Jr.. Jacoby Jr., Smith, and Erskine won the heat races.
Jason Fosnaught and Joshua Seippel led the Homak Penn/Ohio Pro Stocks trackside for their 25-lap, $1,250+/win Ina’s Memorial Shootout feature race. Fosnaught jumped out to the lead on the start with Seippel and Zack Gustafson following behind. One lap was completed before a caution for a spin on the frontstretch setup the first restart of the race. On the restart, it was Fosnaught in the lead as Gustafson began to challenge Seippel for the second spot. The race stayed green until lap 5 or 6 when a caution came out for debris on the backstretch. After another caution came out for a wreck in turn 1, the race saw its first extended green flag run. On the restart, Fosnaught checked out to the lead with Seippel and Gustafson in second and third respectively. Fosnaught continued to lead over the next several laps. On lap 12, Brandon Connor worked his way by Gustafson to move into third behind the two leaders. The race was just able to reach its halfway mark before another caution flag came out setting up what would ultimately be the final restart of the race. Fosnaught led the way on the restart over Seippel and Connor. On lap 15, Connor used the inside line to his advantage to work past Seippel and set his sights on Fosnaught. Connor began to chip away at Fosnaught’s lead over the next several laps and with about 5 to go he was right to the back bumper of the leader. A hard-charging Jackson Humanic powered past Seippel on the high side to move into third with just 4 laps to go. Fosnaught was giving it his all trying to hold off the challenges from Connor but as he was doing that, Humanic was using the cushion to close right in on the leaders with just a few laps to go. With two laps to go, Humanic powered past both Fosnaught and Connor on the high side to take the lead. Humanic held on in the final couple of laps to capture his first checkered flag at Hummingbird and first of the 2020 Penn/Ohio Series tour. Humanic was followed by: 2) Jason Fosnaught 3) Brandon Connor 4) Andrew Gordon 5) Joshua Seippel 6) Zack Gustafson 7) Tim Bish 8) Chris Withers 9) Gary Fisher 10) Curtis Bish 11) Bruce Hartzfeld 12) Leigh Wheeler 13) Bobby Whitling 14) Curtis Bish Jr. 15) Chris McGuire 16) Jeff Broniszewski 17) Matt Bernard 18) Fuzzy Fields 19) Jamie Colwell 20) Bill Phillips Jr. 21) Cregen Brady 22) Cameron Nastasi 23) Pernell Beimel 24) Jim Bloom. DNQ: Josh Blum, Ray Reynolds, Terry Wheeler, Trevor McCann, Dillon Wilson, Joe Wilshire, Matt Sampson, and Dustin Challingsworth. Connor, Tim Bish, Fosnaught, and Hartzfeld won the heat races.
The BWP Bats Super Late Models were next to the track with Garrett Mott and Mike Wonderling leading the field to the green flag of their 25-lap feature event. Mott jumped out to the lead on the start with Wonderling and Damian Bidwell in second and third. On lap 5, Wonderling worked his way by Mott to take the top spot. The race stayed green for another lap or so before a caution came out for a spin in turn 2. A few more caution flags came out which kept the field close before the race ultimately saw its final restart. On the restart, Wonderling pulled out to the lead once again over Mott and Bidwell. On lap 11, Bidwell worked his way around Mott to move into the second position behind Wonderling. Wonderling continued to pace the field as the race crossed its halfway point with Bidwell and Mott following behind. On lap 14, Doug Eck got past Mott to take the third spot. Bidwell gave Wonderling several challenges for the lead in the remaining 10 laps but Wonderling was able to hold all of them off enroute to his first win of the 2020 season. Wonderling was followed by: 2) Damian Bidwell 3) Doug Eck 4) Luke Hoffner 5) Garrett Mott 6) Curtis Teats 7) Ryan Scott 8) Jerry Redden 9) Dylan Fenton 10) Kenny Schaffer 11) Dan Smeal 12) Dwayne Brooks 13) Orvis Newcome lll 14) Tom Jobe 15) Denny Fenton 16) Nathan Brady 17) Scott Alvetro 18) Cody Lucas. DNS: Rod Phillips and Larry Hollenbaugh. Bidwell, Wonderling, and Eck won the heat races.
Tim Steis and Bill Mumau led a full-field of Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks trackside for their 20-lap, $500+/win feature race. Steis jumped out to the lead on the start over Josh Wilcox and Dennis Harrison Jr.. The race stayed green for a lap or two before a caution for wreck in turn 4 setup the first restart. Steis maintained the lead on the restart with Wilcox and Harrison Jr. following behind. Another couple of laps were completed before another caution came out, setting up another restart. An onslaught of caution flags with only a couple of laps getting completed between each one plagued the early stages of the race. As the race neared the halfway mark, it saw its first extended green flag run. It was Steis leading the field to the crossed flags ahead of Wilcox and Harrison Jr.. The race stayed green until lap 15 when a caution flag came out for a spin in turn 2 which ultimately setup the final restart of the race. On the final restart, it was Steis pulling out to the advantage once again over Wilcox and Harrison Jr. as Harrison Jr. was challenged for the third spot by Andy Frey. On lap 16, Frey completed the pass around Harrison Jr. to move into the third position. Steis kept Wilcox and Frey at bay in the remaining 4 laps enroute to capturing his second checkered flag of the season. Steis was followed by: 2) Josh Wilcox 3) Andy Frey 4) Bill Mumau 5) Dennis Harrison Jr. 6) Josh Fields 7) Mark Schweikart 8) Dalton Gustafson 9) Casey Wolfe 10) Lance Palmer 11) Wayne Garvey 12) Andrew Wallace 13) Stephen Studer 14) Brian Fabiano 15) Makinna Pearce 16) Ben Ecelberger 17) Raven Fuller 18) Jenna Pfaff 19) Joe Skinner 20) T.J. Boyer 21) Ryan Snyder 22) Matt Kennelly 23) Jake Valasek 24) Todd Coble 25) Tim Powell. DNS: Justin Watt and Bryce Swauger. Steis, Harrison Jr., Mumau, and Wilcox won the heat races.
A full-field of Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders capped off the special night of racing action with their 20-lap, $500+/win feature event. Newcomers Kolton Wagner and Trevor Putt led the field to the opening green flag. Wagner jumped out to the point with Daniel Clark in second and Jeff Huber in third. A couple of laps were completed before a caution for a spin in turn 1 setup the first restart of the race. After another caution flag, the race saw its first extended green flag run. On the restart, Wagner jumped out to the lead once again with Clark and Huber following behind. On lap 3, Huber was able to work his way around Clark to move into the second position. Huber began to close in on Wagner as the laps continued to click away. Huber challenged Wagner for the top spot as the race reached its halfway point. On lap 11, Huber used the high line to his advantage to take the lead away from Wagner with Clark following behind them in third. The caution came out once again on lap 12 setting up another restart with Huber, Wagner and Blake Joiner the top 3. Several cautions kept the field close over the next few laps with Huber, Wagner, and Dave Smail now the top 3. Huber jumped out to the lead once again with just 4 laps to go with Wagner and Smail following behind. Huber held on the rest of the way enroute to his first win at the Bird this season. Huber was followed by: 2) Kolton Wagner 3) Dave Smail 4) Shane Seville 5) Ryan Lippert 6) Cory Price 7) Mike Potter 8) Bill Fuchs 9) Daniel Clark 10) Travis Timko 11) Dave Lowe 12) Trevor Putt 13) William Kephart 14) Todd Davis 15) Joe Anthony 16) Blake Joiner 17) Rob Williams 18) Greg Kiehl 19) Jerry Walls 20) Wayne Truitt 21) Jack Theys 22) Brooks Kaufman 23) Bill Eckenrode. DNS: Cody Cassler. DNQ: Mark Bell, Ryan McCanna, Rick Neaman, Randy Albert, Garrett McKinney, Matthew Brown, Kyler Henry, Carl Killinger, Philip Vaughn, Christina Killinger, Ashton Daughenbaugh, Charles Watroba, Jay Swager Jr., Mitch Stiles, Anthony Sones, Levi Luzier, Joe Huber, Ben Lehane, Jacob Adams, and Michael Phillipson. Clark, Joiner, Wagner, Jeff Huber, Lippert, and Putt won the heat races.
Speedway Notes: A whopping 147 cars packed the pits for Ina’s Memorial Shootout. That broke the previous record of 141 cars that was set on September 16th, 2006. Next Saturday will feature a Regular 5-Division Program with Super Lates, Street/Pro Stocks, Semi Lates, Pure Stocks, and Four Cylinders on the card. It will be Racing Pioneers Night at the track with trophies being sponsored by M.J. Services of Reynoldsville. Also, the PA Thunder On The Dirt Vintage Modifieds will be joining us for the very first time to run alongside our regular 5-divisions. Bud Garvey’s Classic Race Cars will be at the track too for all of the fans and drivers to enjoy and get an up close look at. Gates open at 4:00 with racing beginning at 7:00. For more information call the track office at (814) 653-8400 or visit the tracks’ website at www.hummingbirdspeedway.com. You can also follow the track on Facebook and Twitter.
Results:
Swanson Heavy Duty Truck Repair Semi Late Models
1st) #5X Nick Erskine
2nd) #3xAA Doug Surra
3rd) #50 Bob McMillen
4th) #69 Gary Little
5th) #27C Eddie Connor
6th) #9J Joe Loffredo
7th) #27 Levi Ardery
8th) #00 Paul Ivory
9th) #34 Joey Malobicky Jr.
10th) #17I Jarid Ivory
11th) #4N Shane Nihart
12th) #22C Mike Blazer
13th) #49 George Bailey DNF
14th) #88 Lou Jacoby Jr. DNF
15th) #71A Austin Getch DNF
16th) #16 Jack Sarnovsky DNF
17th) #156 Corey Jones DNF
18th) #24 Anthony Schoonover DNF
19th) #88J Ryan Jacoby DNF
20th) #1W Caleb Whiteford DNF
21st) #13 Nathan Smith DNF
22nd) #9N Nick Loffredo DNS
23rd) #17 Deegen Watt DNS
24th) #33JR Bernie Whiteford Jr. DNS
Homak Penn/Ohio Pro Stocks
1st) #17 Jackson Humanic
2nd) #73 Jason Fosnaught
3rd) #55 Brandon Connor
4th) #25 Andrew Gordon
5th) #84S Joshua Seippel
6th) #983 Zack Gustafson
7th) #11B Tim Bish
8th) #21W Chris Withers
9th) #99F Gary Fisher
10th) #29 Curtis Bish
11th) #101 Bruce Hartzfeld
12th) #717 Leigh Wheeler
13th) #7W Bobby Whitling
14th) #00 Curtis Bish Jr.
15th) #63 Chris McGuire
16th) #08 Jeff Broniszewski
17th) #7B Matt Bernard
18th) #28 Fuzzy Fields
19th) #54J Jamie Colwell
20th) #23JR Bill Phillips Jr. DNF
21st) #2 Cregen Brady DNF
22nd) #615 Cameron Nastasi DNF
23rd) #43 Pernell Beimel DNF
24th) #37A Jim Bloom DNF
DNQ: Josh Blum, Ray Reynolds, Terry Wheeler, Trevor McCann, Dillon Wilson, Joe Wilshire, Matt Sampson, and Dustin Challingsworth.
BWP Bats Super Late Models
1st) #18 Mike Wonderling
2nd) #1/2PT Damian Bidwell
3rd) #20 Doug Eck
4th) #5J Luke Hoffner
5th) #43X Garrett Mott
6th) #11V Curtis Teats
7th) #0 Ryan Scott
8th) #5R Jerry Redden
9th) #25 Dylan Fenton
10th) #13X Kenny Schaffer
11th) #44S Dan Smeal
12th) #1B Dwayne Brooks
13th) #66N Orvis Newcome lll
14th) #96 Tom Jobe
15th) #55 Denny Fenton DNF
16th) #77 Nathan Brady DNF
17th) #64 Scott Alvetro DNF
18th) #67 Cody Lucas DNF
19th) #1S Rod Phillips DNS
20th) #1H Larry Hollenbaugh DNS
Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks
1st) #34 Tim Steis
2nd) #1W Josh Wilcox
3rd) #55X Andy Frey
4th) #871 Bill Mumau
5th) #42H Dennis Harrison Jr.
6th) #88 Josh Fields
7th) #6 Mark Schweikart
8th) #4G Dalton Gustafson
9th) #6/2P Casey Wolfe
10th) #09 Lance Palmer
11th) #72G Andy Akers
12th) #76W Andrew Wallace
13th) #8X Stephen Studer
14th) #35 Brian Fabiano
15th) #01P Makinna Pearce
16th) #113 Ben Ecelberger
17th) #10R Raven Fuller DNF
18th) #33 Jenna Pfaff DNF
19th) #17X Joe Skinner DNF
20th) #156 T.J. Boyer DNF
21st) #67 Ryan Snyder DNF
22nd) #01 Matt Kennelly DNF
23rd) #121 Jake Valasek DNF
24th) #19S Todd Coble DNF
25th) #3 Tim Powell DNF
26th) #00 Justin Watt DNS
27th) #28 Bryce Swauger DNS
Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders
1st) #42 Jeff Huber
2nd) #5W Kolton Wagner
3rd) #81S Dave Smail
4th) #9X Shane Seville
5th) #58R Ryan Lippert
6th) #4P Cory Price
7th) #616 Mike Potter
8th) #10 Bill Fuchs
9th) #7 Daniel Clark
10th) #910 Travis Timko
11th) #21L Dave Lowe
12th) #4 Trevor Putt
13th) #007 William Kephart
14th) #119 Todd Davis
15th) #55 Joe Anthony
16th) #569 Blake Joiner DNF
17th) #9MM Rob Williams DNF
18th) #13 Greg Kiehl DNF
19th) #92 Jerry Walls DNF
20th) #54 Wayne Truitt DNF
21st) #666 Jack Theys DNF
22nd) #25B Brooks Kaufman DNF
23rd) #19A Bill Eckenrode DNF
24th) #14 Cody Cassler DNS
DNQ: Mark Bell, Ryan McCanna, Rick Neaman, Randy Albert, Garrett McKinney, Matthew Brown, Kyler Henry, Carl Killinger, Philip Vaughn, Christina Killinger, Ashton Daughenbaugh, Charles Watroba, Jay Swager Jr., Mitch Stiles, Anthony Sones, Levi Luzier, Joe Huber, Ben Lehane, Jacob Adams, and Michael Phillipson.