9.1.13 Selinsgrove Speedway Results

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Defending World of Outlaws champion Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., rebounded from Saturday night’s overheating issues with his No. 29 race car and drove to a convincing victory in Sunday night’s 15th annual Jeff’s Auto Body & Recycling Center Late Model National Open at Selinsgrove Speedway.

The $10,000 win came in front of a large crowd and was Lanigan’s first career at Selinsgrove and his 10th on the national tour. He became the track’s 10th different super late model feature winner this season.

Shane Clanton of Zebulan, Ga., was the night’s fast qualifier over a field of 36 super late models with a lap time of 19.244. This year’s race marked the first time the National Open was sanctioned by the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

Gene Knaub of Dover also won the first race of his career at Selinsgrove and his 16th overall this season in the 20-lap limited late model feature.

The entire racing program was completed by 9:45 p.m. as both feature events went non-stop on the smooth half-mile clay oval.

Selinsgrove Speedway returns to racing action at 7 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 7, with a four division show of 358 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks, and roadrunners sponsored by Insinger Performance Products. Track gates will open at 5 p.m.

On the initial start of the Late Model National Open, the caution flag quickly unfurled when 12th-place starter Chub Frank slowed on the backstretch. For the complete restart, second-place starter Rick Eckert stormed into the lead with polesitter Eric Wells in pursuit. By the completion of lap three, fourth-place starter Darrell Lanigan advanced to third.

On the seventh circuit, Lanigan moved into the second position and set his sights on Eckert. By lap 13, Eckert and Lanigan began to encounter slower traffic in their race for the lead. A lap later, Lanigan made the winning pass by Eckert using the outside lane in turn two.

At lap 20, Lanigan was leading Eckert, third-place starter Dan Stone, fifth-place starter Shane Clanton, and 10th-place starter Josh Richards. Clanton passed Stone for the third position on lap 23 and on lap 24 Richards also got by Stone for the fourth position. With 20 laps remaining, sixth-place starter Matt Cochran began to show a lot of speed and drove into the top five.

In the final 10 laps of the race, Lanigan stretched his lead over Eckert, Richards, Cochran, and Clanton. Cochran completed a pass by Richards for the third spot on lap 47. At the checkered flag, Lanigan was victorious by 2.8 seconds over Eckert, Cochran, Richards, and Clanton.

Polesitter Jake Jones pulled into the lead at the start of the limited late model feature. At the completion of lap two, second-place starter Denny Bonebrake took command of the field for the next two laps. On the fourth circuit, fourth-place starter Gene Knaub made a run at the lead using the inside lane into turn one to take over the front position.

Once in front of the pack, Knaub opened up a lead over Bonebrake. At the half point of the race, Knaub was leading Bonebrake, seventh-place starter Chad Myers, eighth-place starter Robbie Black, and third-place starter Tommy Slanker.

With five laps remaining, Knaub began to encounter slower traffic and opened up a straightaway lead. At the finish, Knaub was victorious by five seconds over Myers, Bonebrake, Black, and sixth-place starter JR Rodriquez.

SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY – 1 September 2013
World of Outlaws Late Model Series – 36 Entries
50-Lap National Open: 1) 29 Darrell Lanigan ($10,000) 2) 24 Rick Eckert 3) 16 Matt Cochran 4) 1 Josh Richards 5) 25 Shane Clanton 6) 21D Dan Stone 7) 22 Gregg Satterlee 8) 39 Tim McCreadie 9) 14M Morgan Bagley 10) 2J Jeff Rine 11) 18 Eric Wells 12) F1 Coleby Frye 13)32C Vic Coffey 14) 24Y Dylan Yoder 15) 57J Bub McCool 16) 24J Jim Yoder 17) 119B Bryan Bernheisel 18) 4DS Chad Hollenbeck 19)19 Tim Fuller 20) 28 Jimmy Mars DNF 21) 44 Clint Smith DNF 22) 38 Kenny Pettyjohn DNF 23) 6S Donnie Schick DNF 24) 119 Jimmy Bernheisel DNF 25) 1* Chub Frank DNF
Heat Winners: Shane Clanton, Tim McCreadie, Coleby Frye, Darrell Lanigan
B-Main Winners: Jeff Rine, Dylan Yoder
Group A Time Trials: 1) 25 Shane Clanton 19.244 2) 24 Rick Eckert 19.366 3) 18 Eric Wells 19.442 4) 39 Tim McCreadie 19.457 5) 22 Gregg Satterlee 19.602 6) 1 Josh Richards 19.652 7) 28 Jimmy Mars 19.747 8) 32C Vic Coffey 19.768 9) 19 Tim Fuller 19.776 10) 57J Bub McCool 19.787 11) 15 Scott Flickinger 19.789 12) 2J Jeff Rine 19.812 13) 119 Jimmy Bernheisel 20.139 14) 26 Jerry Bard 20.196 15) 24J Jim Yoder 20.216 16) 61T Kenny Trevitz 20.445 17) 9 Hayes Mattern 20.637 18) C33 Chris Casner 21.067
Group B Time Trials: 1) F1 Coleby Frye 19.477 2) 16 Matt Cochran 19.618 3) 14M Morgan Bagley 19.624 4) 29 Darrell Lanigan 19.641 5) 38 Kenny Pettyjohn 19.756 6) 1* Chub Frank 19.866 7) 21D Dan Stone 19.884 8) 6 Jamie Lathroum 19.885 9) 4DS Chad Hollenbeck 20.089 10) 6S Donnie Schick 20.113 11) 24Y Dylan Yoder 20.201 12) 44 Clint Smith 20.220 13) 21 Matt Lux 20.320 14) 99Z Dave Zona 20.371 15) 119B Bryan Bernheisel 20.440 16) 72 Pancho Lawler 20.637 17) 88 Tony Adams 20.658 18) 90 Kyle Rhoads 21.586
358 Late Models – 23 Entries
20-Lap A-Main: 1) 1 Gene Knaub 2) 21 Chad Myers 3) 5 Denny Bonebrake 4) 21X Rob Black 5) 71 JR Rodriguez 6) 40 Tommy Slanker 7) 116 Travis Mease 8) 19 Matt Nailor 9) 15 Luke Hoffner 10) 87 Eric Irvin 11) 44 Ralph Morgan 12) 4S Danny Snyder 13) 25S Steve Bailor 14) 64 Grant Adams 15) 28 Jason Smith 16) 62 Devin Frey 17) 769 Steve Nederosteck 18) 99 Steve Stitt 19) 4 Danny Snyder 20) 10 Dave Stamm 21) 43 Jake Jones DNF 22) 23 Todd Snook DNF 23) 88 Randy Croop DNS
Heat Winners: JR Rodriguez, Gene Knaub, Jake Jones