JEFF HOFFMAN WINS 1ST EVER
RUSH LATE MODEL RACE WITH HIS 1ST WIN SINCE 1989 AT BRADFORD; JUSTIN LAMB GETS
1ST WIN ON "BILSTEIN BANDITS" SHOCK PACKAGE
By
Jim Zufall & Mike Leone
July 12, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)…For the most part, good weather prevailed over the region as all but one
track was able to beat Mother Nature last weekend in the Sweeney Chevrolet Buick
GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance.
Two RUSH Late Model racers were able to garner their first wins of the
season as the Pace "Summer Chase" program rolled through its second of ten
weekends.
Outlaw Speedway dodged the rain drops that Freedom Motorsports Park wasn't able
to avoid as the Dundee, NY oval held its annual driver autograph night, and
signing autographs as a winner was Brian Knowles.
The RUSH Late Model feature event saw Knowles lead all 20 laps holding
off his brother Jason Knowles for his third straight win after never winning a
RUSH feature before! Third through
fifth were Bob Buono, Adam Depuy and Frank Guererri Jr.
Saturday
night at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, both the RUSH Late Models and
Sportsman Modifieds were on hand for a packed racing card.
In the Precise Racing Products RUSH Late
Models it was the #93X of Justin Lamb picking up his first win since 2014.
Lamb held off a stout field of cars that
included Michael Reft, Daryl Charlier, Ben Policz and John Mollick. It was
Lamb's first win on the $135 sealed, spec Bilstein Shocks since getting on the
package late last season.
Also at PPMS, the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds made their first of four appearances
of the season as Nick Ritchey bested a record field of 17 cars at the "Monster
Half-Mile". Plenty of action was going on
behind Ritchey in the 20-lap event. In
the end, he held off Brian Schaffer, Chelsie Kriegisch, Kyle Martel and Jeremy
Weaver, who turned 15 on Sunday. The
RUSH Sportsman Modifieds, who will be off again at Sharon Speedway this Saturday
night, return to PPMS
this Saturday
for “Modasauerus X” for the BRP Modified tour Big Block Modifieds and four other
regular PPMS divisions.
Saturday
night at Winchester Speedway in Virginia, Logan Roberson visited Victory Lane
for the second time this season in the 20-lap RUSH Late Model main event.
Coming from his fifth place starting
position, Roberson worked his way to the front and took the top spot from Darrin
Henderson on lap 16. Running the high
side and holding the lead the rest of the way, Roberson said in victory lane,
“The top of the track just came to us here
tonight. I
followed the leaders on the bottom for a bunch of laps and decided to try the
top and the car stuck and we were able to get the lead."
Henderson settled for second with Tyler
Hoy, Transton Stoner and Steve Lowery rounding out the top five.
The RUSH Late Models return to the
Winchester schedule on July 23.
Saturday
at Stateline Speedway in Busti, NY, the RUSH Pro Mod feature belonged to Jason
Covey who took the lead from pole sitter Brad Blackshear in his first appearance
at Stateline this season. With many
changes for position behind him, Covey held on for his third win, which put him
in the Sweeney Weekly Series point lead. Kelley
Frederes, Justin Carlson, Scott Gurdak and Brandon Blackshear were third through
fifth.
The RUSH Late Models were also on the card at Stateline
on Saturday as 19 cars were on hand- the highest of the season.
Defending champion Jason Genco started on
the pole with Jeff Hoffman to his right. Five
laps in, Darrell Bossard came from his sixth place start to the lead to be
joined by Damian Bidwell, winner of the last two feature events coming from 10th
on the grid. At halfway it was Bossard,
Bidwell and Genco as the top three. When
the dust settled, Bossard had scored his second win of the year with Bidwell
coming up short of the hat trick in second. Dave
Lyon finished third utilizing a 16-year-old car after flipping his new car at
Eriez the week before. Genco dropped to
fourth over Andy Boozel. A full program of racing is on tap
this Saturday
at Stateline.
In Orrville, Ohio Eric Wilson took the lead late in the RUSH Late Model feature
over Justin Chance at Wayne County Speedway. Wilson
went on for his second win of the 2016 campaign as he's now won by Sweeney
Weekly Series races he's competed in at Wayne County this year.
Chance, Dave Airgood, Alan Dellinger and
Matt Aber were third through fifth. Wayne
County returns to action this Saturday (July 16).
North to New York where at Fulton Speedway, where 20 cars took the green flag
for the RUSH Late Model feature, which was the highest since 21 on opening
night. AJ Kingsley and Kevan Cook put on
a clinic from the third lap to the end at the front of the competitive field of
cars. Kingsley held off Cook for his
season's second win by just over half a second. Bret Belden, Chris Fleming and
Jason Occhino finished third through fifth. A
full racing program is scheduled for this Saturday night at Fulton Speedway.
After an early soaking rain, officials at Genesee Speedway in Batavia, NY
instructed all 89 cars in the pits to pack the track.
When racing got underway, it was Brad
Mesler looking for his second win of the season in the RUSH Late Model feature.
Mesler got the lead away from Beamer
Guzzardi on lap seven and never relinquished as he ran well up on the cushion to
secure the win. John Waters gained the
top spot over a spinning Bill Holmes and held on for the runner up spot with
Guzzardi, Andy Michael and Jon Rivers making up the top five. Back to action
this Thursday at Genesee as the RUSH Late Models will be competing
for $1,000 to win as part of the fair.
Sunday
night at Eriez Speedway, pole sitter Bruce Hordusky, Jr. worked through a series
of caution periods and even a red flag, trying to hold off defending Sweeney
Weekly Series Champion Max Blair in the RUSH Late Models.
Blair used the top of the track to track
down and finally pass Hordusky with just three laps to go.
Blair, who along with Hordusky and Mike
Knight were heat race winners, held off Hordusky for his fourth win with Matt
Latta, Chad Wright in his season's first start, and Andy Boozel making up the
top five. Regular racing action returns
to Eriez this Sunday (July 17).
Old Bradford (PA) Speedway saw Brian Haggerty and Jeff Hoffman lead the RUSH
Late Models to the green flag. Hoffman
took the early lead and never gave it up for what would be his first win at
Bradford since 1989 and of course first ever in RUSH!
Damian Bidwell, Brady Wonderling, Andy
Michael, and Brad Mesler rounded out the top five.
After not completing a race until June 12, Bradford has now run off five
consecutive races. Bradford will
host another weekly program this Sunday.
Travis Martineau and Colton Ledingham led the field of RUSH Late Models to the
green flag at Port Colborne, Ontario’s Humberstone Speedway
on Sunday night. But it
was the Dennis Lunger Jr. moving to the front to take over the top spot on lap
six. Rob Pietz followed Lunger and settled for the runner up spot with Colton
Ledingham, Sam Pennacchio and Paul Grigsby rounding out the top five.
Lunger, the defending track champion, has
now won three features this season at Humberstone, who gets back to it this
Sunday with an autograph night and a full card of racing.
McKean County Raceway will return to action this Thursday (July 14).
Freedom Motorsports Park, has given the RUSH Late Models the night off
this Friday to allow competitors to run the first ever Sweeney Tour event at
Ransomville Speedway. The RUSH Late
Models are off at Potomac Speedway until July 29.
Path Valley Speedway Park hosts the RUSH Late Models this Friday night.
RUSH Late Model marketing partners include Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC, Pace
Performance, Hoosier Tire, Bilstein Shocks, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race
Fuels, Insinger Performance, MSD Performance, Maxima Racing Oil, Jones Racing
Products, Alternative Power Sources, Precise Racing Products, ARbodies, TBM
Brakes, K&N Filters, Lincoln Electric, FK Rod Ends, Velocita-USA, Classic Ink
USA, Rocket Chassis, Bobby Lake Motorsports High Gear Speed Shop,
CrateInsider.com, B.R.A.K.E.S., RockAuto.com, and Valley Fashions.
RUSH Sportsman Modified marketing partners: Sweeney
Chevrolet Buick GMC, Bicknell Racing Products, Pace Performance, Hoosier Tire,
Bilstein Shocks, Sunoco Race Fuels, MSD Ignition, Maxima Racing Oil, Jones
Racing Products, FK Rod Ends, Sherwood Racing Wheels, Velocita-USA, Precise
Racing Products, Alternative Power Sources, K&N Filters, TBM Brakes, Lincoln
Electric, CrateInsider.com, Rocket Racing, and B.R.A.K.E.S.
E-mail can be sent to the RUSH Racing Series at [email protected] and
snail mail to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is 724-964-9300
and fax is 724-964-0604. The RUSH Racing Series website is
www.rushracingseries.com. Like our Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and follow us on Twitter @RUSHLM.
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