JASON GENCO’S
$2500 ERIEZ WIN LOCKS UP “TRACK PACK” TITLE & GETS HIM CLOSER TO HOVIS RUSH LATE
MODEL NATIONAL WEEKLY SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP; CHAD RUHLMAN WINS FOR THE 1ST
TIME AT MARION CENTER & DOG HOLLOW WHILE JOHN MOLLICK DOES THE SAME AT KNOX IN
RUSH SPRINTS
By Marcie
Barlow
September 23,
2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)...The 2022 racing season is quickly
winding down but there has been plenty of Hovis Auto and Truck Supply RUSH
Racing Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants action taking place throughout
the region. Chad Ruhlman became the
first ever winner in RUSH Sprint Car Equipment Rental Options Weekly Series
action at Marion Center Speedway.
Youngster Ayden Cipriano continues to tally wins in Hovis RUSH Sportsman action,
while Jason Genco, Joe Martin, Michael Duritsky, Ben Policz and Jeremy
Wonderling added to their win totals in Hovis Auto and Truck Supply RUSH Late
Model competition.
Georgetown Speedway hosted a special $1,000 to win Hovis Auto and Truck Supply
RUSH Late Model Weekly Series event on Friday, September 9th.
Trevor Collins led the early stages of the 20-lap event before Austin
Hubbard used the bottom groove to overtake Collins.
Hubbard moved to the top side of the speedway for the final three
circuits to pull away from Collins and score his second straight Georgetown
victory. Collins, Matt Hill, Joey
Warren and Michael Duritsky, Jr. rounded out the top five.
Weekly Hovis RUSH Late Model action has continued at Pittsburgh’s PA Motor
Speedway. Tim Shaffer and Brandon
Burgoon battled the entire distance of the 20-lap main event on Saturday,
September 10th. The duo quickly
separated themselves from the rest of the field at the start of the event with
Shaffer in the top spot and Burgoon in second.
Several cautions slowed the field, but Burgoon was unable to make a pass
and Shaffer went on to score his second victory of the season at the oval.
Burgoon, Mike Reft, Philip Bubeck and Colby Beighey completed the top
five.
On
Saturday, September 17 at Pittsburgh, Ben Policz and Daryl Charlier led the
18-car field to the green for the $1,500 to-win event.
Policz set the pace early with Kyle Lukon and Charlier following.
The running order remained the same until lap 17 when Burgoon got by
Charlier for third. A caution on lap
28 set up a two-lap shootout between Policz and Burgoon.
Policz came home the victor for the fifth time this season with Burgoon
once again coming home in the runner-up position.
Lukon, Mike Reft and Charlier rounded out the top five.
Eriez Speedway brought down the curtain on their 2022 season with a bang last
weekend for the annual September Sweeps started by the late owner Bobby Rohrer
and has continued on with new track owner Dave Alexander.
Qualifying events on Friday set the feature lineup for the 24-car field
of RUSH Late Models on Saturday night.
Track champion Jason Genco won his fourth of the season and biggest
overall win taking $2,500. It’s been
a tremendous season for Genco, who won the $1,000 “Track Pack” titles at both
Stateline and Eriez and currently leads the National Weekly Series points with
two weekends to go. Max Blair made
his first RUSH start of the season driving a team car to Will Thomas III and
finished second. Josh Ferry was
third in just his second Eriez start of the season and first since winning the
July 10 Tour race. Mike Wonderling
was fourth also in his second Eriez start of the year.
David Parker was fifth and locked up the $500 runner-up in Eriez “Track
Pack” points as he did the same at Stateline.
Jason McGregor scored his second victory of the season at Woodhull Raceway on
September 10th as he defeated Jared Keeney, who was making just his second
Woodhull start of the season and first since May 21.
Jacob Tubbs, John Haggerty and Joe Layfield finished third through fifth.
Woodhull Raceway closed out their 2022 season on Saturday, September 17th with
Jason Knowles garnering his sixth victory of the season.
Knowles and Clayton Tarabori battled for the top two spots the entire
distance of the main event with Knowles scoring the win.
Tarabori, Steve LeBarron, $1000 “Track Pack” champion Brian Knowles, and
McGregor completed the top five.
Bradford Speedway closed out their 2022 seasons last Friday night.
Jeremy Wonderling captured the RUSH Late Model main event at Bradford
over Kurt Stebbins, Steve Dixon, Chuck LaFleur, and Clayton Tarabori.
Wonderling ended the Bradford campaign with his three straight wins and
four on the season at the ¼-mile oval as his win was worth $1,200.
In
RUSH Pro Mod action at Bradford, Steve Dixon closed out an excellent season with
another victory. Zain Harvey, Al
Brewer, Critter Hemphill and Tyler Oakes followed.
For Dixon, it was his eighth win in nine starts at Bradford and his ninth
overall RUSH win of the season moved him to second in points behind now six-time
champion Dennis Lunger, Jr.
After a week off, Genesee Speedway returned to action on September 17 in their
final tune-up before the “Topless Nationals” weekend.
Doug Ricotta claimed the track championship just by starting the main
event, but it was seventh place starter Jeremy Wonderling who entertained the
fans with his driving prowess.
Wonderling took the third spot from Bill Holmes with a bold slide job on lap
seven and then made a similar move on JJ Mazur on lap 11 to move into second.
Wonderling then set his sights on Chad Homan, who had a healthy lead on
the field. Wonderling reeled in
Homan and took the top spot from him on lap 19 and led the remainder of the
event to score his second win of the weekend.
Wonderling has now won five straight races at Genesee, eight on the
season and his 13th overall RUSH win kept him alive for the National
Weekly Series Championship. Homan,
Mazur, Jimmy Johnson and Bill Holmes rounded out the top five.
Dog
Hollow Speedway hosted the RUSH Late Models for two nights of action last
weekend as the inaugural “Hustle at The Hollow” took place on Friday and
Saturday. In Friday evening’s main
event Dan Angelicchio led the first lap of the main event before Michael
Duritsky, Jr. took the lead and cruised to the $1,500 win.
After four straight runner-up finishes, Duritsky was able to tally his
fourth Dog Hollow win to clinch the $1,000 “Track Pack” title.
Braeden Dillinger came home second with Clinton Hersh, Angelicchio and
Brady Wonderling completing the top five.
Veteran Joe Martin added another win to his 2022 total as he held off the
challenges of Clinton Hersh the entire 20-lap distance.
Dan Angelicchio, Mike Laughard, Marino Angelicchio, Braeden Dillinger,
Colin Casale and Colby Beighey battled for the third spot for the entire
distance of the main event. Martin’s
second win of the year at Dog Hollow and sixth overall in RUSH competition was
worth $1,500. Following Martin and
Hersh at the checkered, it was Dillinger in third with Marino Angelicchio and
Casale completing the top five.
After giving the RUSH Late Models the night off for two straight weeks, Skyline
Raceway Motorsports Park hosed the division last Saturday night and it was Todd
Chapman winning his second of the season.
Dustin Spaulding made his RUSH debut driving for Patrick Parker and
finished second with Alan Chapman trailing.
The
Hovis Auto and Truck Supply RUSH Sprint Car Equipment Rental Options Weekly
Series made their first ever appearance at Marion Center Speedway on September
10. Veteran Chad Ruhlman picked up
the win over Arnie Kent, Gale Ruth, Jr., Blaze Myers and Andy Priest.
The
RUSH Sprint Cars then travelled to Dog Hollow Speedway last Saturday for the
second and final appearance of the season with Ruhlman winning his eighth of the
season. Ruhlman led the entire distance
of the event to score a convincing first ever Dog Hollow win over Kent, Ruth,
Myers and Jeff Metsger. A Dog Hollow
record 16 cars were on hand.
The
RUSH Sprint Cars also competed at Knox Raceway last Sunday in an event that had
been postponed from the prior week due to weather.
Third place starter John Mollick passed Blaze Myers on lap six and went
on to score his career first victory at the Clarion County oval.
Sixth place starter Ruth came home in second to stay alive for the $5,000
to-win Equipment Rental Options Weekly Series Championship.
Myers was third. Veterans
Ruhlman and Priest finished fourth and fifth respectively.
The
2022 Equipment Rental Options RUSH Sprint Car finale will take place at
Lernerville Speedway on October 14 and 15.
The
lone Hovis RUSH Sportsman Modified event in the last two weeks took place at
Lernerville Speedway on September 17. Bill Cunningham and Cole Edwards led the
20-car field to green but it was third place starter Garrett Krummert who led
the first lap. By lap five, Krummert and fifth place starter Ayden Cipriano had
pulled away from the field with Cipriano pressuring Krummert each lap.
Two mid-race cautions slowed the field but each time Krummert managed to
maintain the lead. That changed on
lap 18 when the youngster used the bottom of turns three and four to slide up in
front of Krummert and take the lead.
Cipriano went on to lead the final two circuits to score his first ever
Lernerville Speedway victory and fifth overall of the season all coming since
July 8! Krummert, Edwards, Jeff
Shaffer and Doug Rutana completed the top five.
The
RUSH Sportsman Modifieds will be in action at PPMS this Saturday night
(September 24) and October 8 before closing out the season at Lernerville on
October 14 and 15 for the Flynn’s Tire Touring Series event.
RUSH Stock Car action at Dog Hollow Speedway saw John Eckenrod score the win on
Friday evening for his fifth overall of the season, while Tim Laughard tallied
his season’s eighth win on Saturday night.
Laughard captured the $2,000 Weekly Series Championship.
The
RUSH Karting Series closed out the season on September 10 at Stateline.
Keaton Destre closed out the season winning three of the last four races
for the JR-1. Mike Boardman was
victorious for the 10th time in the Adult class.
Capturing championships were Bexley Smith (Amateur), Jackson Himes
(JR-1), Trenton Curry (JR-2), and Mike Boardman (Adult).
It was the second straight title for Smith, while the others earned their
first championships.
Coming up this weekend, Genesee Speedway will host the RUSH Late Model Flynn’s
Tire Touring Series for the fifth Annual “Topless Nationals” on Friday and
Saturday. Both events will pay
$3,000 to-win. The Tour will then
travel to Tyler County Speedway on Thursday, September 29 for $4,000 to-win
before heading to Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway on Friday, September
30 and Saturday, October 1 for the “Bill Hendren Memorial” paying $4,000 and
$10,000 to-win respectively.
Weekly RUSH Late Model action is slated for Pittsburgh, Winchester, and Skyline
this Saturday.
The RUSH Racing Series is brought to you by Hovis Auto & Truck Supply together
with Born2Run Lubricants along with the support of Hoosier Tire, Bilstein
Shocks, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, MSD
Performance, Holley Performance Products, FK Rod Ends, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones
Racing Products, TBM Brakes, Performance Bodies & Parts, Racing Electronics,
Wrisco Industries, Frankland Racing Supply, Landrum Performance Spring, Ontime
Body & Graphic, Sherwood Wheels, Alternative Power Sources, Precise Racing
Products, Lincoln Electric, Velocita-USA, Waterstone Mortgage Hermitage, Wedge
Motorsports, 3C Graphix, D&V Jewelers, DrumPreserve, CrateInsider.com,
Marthinsen & Salvitti Insurance Group and Terry Bowser Excavating.
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. The RUSH Late
Model website is www.rushlatemodels.com. Like our Facebook page at
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