Imperial, PA (July 27) In just his second visit to the track, Dallas Hewitt earned the feature win on Falconi Moon Township Automotive Night on Saturday at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.
The BOSS Sprints brought a field of 19 traditional, non-winged sprints, divided into three heat races. Kory Crabtree won TCB Speed heat race #1. Rick Holley picked up Hoosier Racing Tire heat 2 and Carmen Perigo claimed Performance Powder Coating heat 3. Steve Little got into trouble in heat two, spinning and hitting the outside wall in turn two. Little took home an additional $50 from All Pro Cylinder Heads for the “Hard Luck” award of the night. Bobby Springer took a scary last lap tumble in turn three in heat three.
The redraw for the top six starting positions awarded Perigo and series point leader Matt Westfall with front row berths for the 25-lap main. Perigo raced into the lead at the start, with fourth starting Dallas Hewitt passing Westfall for second. Perigo held the top spot through the first nine laps with Hewitt close behind. On lap 10, Hewitt used race traffic to slip by at the line to lead lap 10. The caution appeared on lap 11 for fourth running Rick Holley, giving the leaders a clear track. That would be the only caution period of the event, and back to green it was all Hewitt, using the extreme outside groove to distance himself from the competition. In just his second visit to the track, Hewitt would pull away over the remaining distance, getting the win by 7.004 seconds. Perigo and Westfall battled briefly over the late laps, but Perigo would get runner up honors. Behind Westfall in third was Cody Gardner and Kory Crabtree. Mike Miller, Chandler Leiby, Dustin Ingle, Dustin Webber, and Korbyn Hayslett filled the top ten.
Race Results
TCB Speed – Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 60-Kory Crabtree[3] ; 2. 18-Dallas Hewitt[2] ; 3. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[4] ; 4. 119-Chandler Leiby[6] ; 5. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[5] ; 6. 320-George Willard[7] ; 7. 1H-Korbyn Hayslett[1]
Hoosier Tire – Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 86-Rick Holley[2] ; 2. 9G-Cody Gardner[4] ; 3. 82-Mike Miller[1] ; 4. wee34-Parker Frederickson[5] ; 5. 5-Bob McMillin[6] ; 6. 53-Steve Little[3]
Performance Powder Coating – Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Carmen Perigo[4] ; 2. 33M-Matt Westfall[3] ; 3. 9-Dustin Webber[2] ; 4. 31-Buddy Lowther[1] ; 5. 23-Bobby Springer[5] ; 6. 6-Todd Burgard[6]
Precise Racing Products – A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 18-Dallas Hewitt[4] ; 2. 21-Carmen Perigo[1] ; 3. 33M-Matt Westfall[2] ; 4. 9G-Cody Gardner[5] ; 5. 60-Kory Crabtree[3] ; 6. 82-Mike Miller[8] ; 7. 119-Chandler Leiby[10] ; 8. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[7] ; 9. 9-Dustin Webber[9] ; 10. 1H-Korbyn Hayslett[19] ; 11. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[13] ; 12. 5-Bob McMillin[14] ; 13. 31-Buddy Lowther[12] ; 14. 320-George Willard[16] ; 15. wee34-Parker Frederickson[11] ; 16. 86-Rick Holley[6] ; 17. 23-Bobby Springer[DNS] ; 18. 53-Steve Little[DNS] ; 19. 6-Todd Burgard[DNS]
Bonus Award Winners:
Hoosier Tire Bonus (free tire) – Dustin Webber
All Star Performance “Sweet Move” – Cody Gardner
All Pro Cylinder Heads “Hard Luck” – Steve Little
Cowen Truck Line “Steel Block Bonus” – Chandler Leiby
Apple Metal Polishing “Lucky Pill Draw” – Buddy Lowther
The Bridge Restaurant “Hard Charger” – Korbyn Hayslett
Next events: Friday, August 9 Gas City (IN) Speedway and Saturday August 10 Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, OH
Don’t forget, BOSS top 15 in points “bonus & tow” money available to compete in the FAST winged “Rick Ferkel Classic” Friday, August 2nd at Waynesfield. It pays $5,000 to win and $400 to start + bonus money available.