JEREMY WONDERLING MAKES HISTORY WINNING THE 1ST EVER HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL
FLYNN’S TIRE TOUR RACE IN WEST VIRGINIA; THE NEW YORKER’S 3RD STRAIGHT WIN COMES
IN HIS 1ST EVER TYLER COUNTY APPEARANCE
By Mike Leone
September 29, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
(Middlebourne, WV)...The Hovis Auto & Truck
Supply RUSH Dirt Late Model Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants participated
in the rescheduled “Hillbilly 100” for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series for
the first time ever at Tyler County Speedway and live on Flo Racing.
After two prior rainouts this season at Tyler County, the Flynn’s Tire
Touring Series finally completed its first ever event in the state of West
Virginia. Twenty-seven teams from
five different states made their way to the ¼-mile bullring on Thursday night.
Just one week ago, three-time
Flynn’s Tire Touring Series Champion Jeremy Wonderling hadn’t won a Series event
in well over 14 months. After
sweeping last weekend’s two-night “Topless Nationals” for $6,000 at Genesee
Speedway, Wonderling made his first ever appearance at Tyler County a successful
one scoring a thrilling win over home track favorite Kyle Thomas in the “Cider
Jug 40” worth $4,000. Wonderling has
pocketed more than $10,000 in the last seven days with his third straight
victory!
“The track is kind of similar to
some tracks we have back home,” explained the 42-year-old Wellsville, NY
standout. “The race car has been
really good ever since I got it so my confidence has been high in the car as
long as I can do my job and hit the setup right.
The top was dominant in (turns) three and four, but more in the middle in
one and two. I could get through
both corners real good. I was in the
wall in (turn) three a couple times trying to miss the bump getting in.
As long as I could hit my marks, I could keep it pretty smooth and knew I
had pretty good control of the race.
I feel bad for Joe (Martin). He
obviously had a good car and went scooting by me, but I saw him clip the cars.
I told him he had a flat while we were sitting there so he could get in
and get it changed and back out there.”
“It was really the lapped cars
that were going to be the death of me but that’s all part of racing,”
acknowledged Wonderling. “I was
good. I never heard or seen anyone,
while I was in lapped traffic then that one lapped car just stopped.
I knew as long as I kept going I would be alright.
Some of the guys play games on the restarts and I don’t know if they
think they’re going to shake me and get out in front of me, but that’s not going
to bother me.”
Wonderling took off in the lead
at the start of the 40-lap featuring following just his second Sunoco Dash
victory of the season with West Virginia standout Brent Trimble, points leader
Logan Roberson, Braeden Dillinger, and Joe Martin in tow.
Martin got past Dillinger for fourth on lap two and caught Roberson on
lap four. Following a caution for
Tyler County Champion, Donnie Dotson, it was three-wide on the restart on lap
six for second with Martin and eighth starting Thomas moving by Roberson.
By lap 11, Wonderling and Martin
began to distance themselves from the field.
Wonderling had a 0.537-second lead when he caught lapped traffic on lap
14. Martin pulled alongside
Wonderling in the battle for the lead on lap 17.
The duo was in heavy lapped traffic when a five-car accident ensued in
front of them. Even though
Wonderling and Martin were able to avoid the accident, Martin clipped one of the
cars and suffered a flat tire. Later
on in the event, Martin worked his way back up to battle for fifth when he
suffered another setback and called it night.
Martin was selected as the TBM Brakes “Tough Brake of the Night”.
Back under green on lap 18,
Wonderling continued to lead with Thomas and Roberson now in second and third.
Wonderling stretched out his lead to 1.544 seconds when he caught lapped
traffic again on lap 25. Thomas and
Roberson closed in quickly and it was a three-car race for the lead in traffic.
Thomas nosed ahead to lead lap 28 ending a run of 87 consecutive laps led
by Wonderling over the past three events; however, Marc Berzowski, who was
making his third straight Tour start since purchasing a RUSH Late Model, slowed
to bring out the caution.
When racing resumed on lap 29,
Wonderling used the outside to regain the lead on the restart, while his brother
Brady overtook Roberson for third.
Jeremy Wonderling once again pulled away on lap 31 as Thomas now had his hands
full with Brady Wonderling and Roberson.
Jeremy Wonderling had a big scare when Jared Keeney slowed directly in
front of him coming off turn four on lap 37.
Wonderling was totally sideways and the yellow was out before another lap
was scored, which allowed him to maintain the lead.
Thomas had one more shot
alongside Wonderling, but Wonderling was too strong and pulled away over the
final four laps to take the checkered flag first by 1.438 seconds.
Wonderling’s 16th RUSH-sanctioned victory of 2022 clinched the
Hovis National Weekly Series Championship aboard his Terry Prince
Contracting/Close Racing Supply/Cummings Trucking/Shuttleworth Auto
Sales/Cummings Trucking/Dynamic Drivelines/Swift Springs-sponsored #3J.
It was Wonderling’s 13th career Flynn’s Tire Tour victory.
Thomas, who had two Hovis Weekly
Series victories this year at Tyler County, earned $2,000 in his first ever RUSH
Tour start. Roberson’s third place
was worth $1,000 as his eighth podium extended his points lead over Martin.
After five 10th place finishes in the last six events, Brady
Wonderling’s fourth place was his first top five since May 29 at Bradford
Speedway. Trimble was fifth in his
first ever RUSH race.
Paugh came home in sixth.
Dotson battled back from his spin to finish seventh.
Matt Latta was eighth for his eighth top eight finish in the last 11
races and his 10th top 10 of the season.
Ryan Frazee, who started 15th, was a season best ninth.
Breyton Santee went 19th to 10th for his third
straight top 10 and seventh of the season.
Dustin Luzier made his first ever
RUSH start and went 24th to 14th to earn the $50 Precise
Racing Products “Pedal Down” Hard Charger gift card.
Keeney, who won seven RUSH Weekly Series events this year, made his first
Tour start of the season and finished 17th to earn a spoiler kit from
Ontime Body & Graphic. Jacob Rucker
also made his first ever RUSH start and received a $100 Performance Bodies gift
card for being the first non-qualifier.
Trimble set fast time in FK Rod
Ends “Shock the Clock” Qualifying with a lap of 13.719 to earn $100.
Dillinger, Roberson, and Wonderling added $25 for winning FK Rod Ends
heat races. Santee won the last
chance B main. Wonderling earned a
$100 Sunoco gift card for winning the Sunoco Dash.
Also receiving $100 Sunoco gift cards in the random drawings were Andy
Michael and Kyle Lukon, while the $50 Sunoco gift cards were won by West
Virginia racers Ryan Hare, A.J. Spagnuolo, Logan Reed, and Troy Frazier.
The Flynn’s Tire Tour now sets it sights on Pittsburgh’s PA Motor Speedway for
two nights at “Dirt’s Monster Half-Mile” for the annual “Bill Hendren Memorial”
September 30-October 1. Friday night
will pay $4,000 to-win presented by Keyser Manufacturing and Precise Racing
Products. Saturday night will pay $10,000
to-win presented by FK Rod Ends in conjunction with City Chevrolet and Pro Fab.
Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Late Model Flynn’s Tire Touring Series Race #17
(40 laps, $4,000
to-win): 1. JEREMY WONDERLING (3J)
2. Kyle Thomas (KH2O) 3. Logan
Roberson (17) 4. Brady Wonderling
(z1) 5. Brent Trimble (Groves 32)
6. Garret Paugh (03) 7.
Donnie Dotson (15) 8. Matt Latta
(21) 9. Ryan Frazee (17)
10. Breyton Santee (9) 11.
Kurt Stebbins (26) 12. A.J.
Spagnuolo (5A) 13. Jim Rasey
(Wrightsman 21J) 14. Dustin Luzier
(14L) 15. Joe Martin (Snyder 10s)
16. Kyle Lukon (184) 17.
Jared Keeney (33) 18. Logan Reed
(37) 19. Marc Berzowski (25M)
20. Andy Michael (17x) 21.
Braeden Dillinger (14) 22. George
Casto III (19c) 23. Ryan Hare (29)
24. Hayden Jacobs (27J).
DNQ for the
feature:
Jacob Rucker (75),
Troy Frazier (Starkey 54), Brandon Weigle (11).
Car Count: 27
Feature Margin of Victory:
1.438 seconds
Feature Lap Leaders: Jeremy
Wonderling (1-27, 29-40), Kyle Thomas (28)
Ontime Body & Graphic “Spoiler Alert” Spoiler Kit:
Jared Keeney
Performance Bodies “Nosed Out”:
Jacob Rucker
Precise Racing Products “Pedal Down” Hard Charger:
Dustin Luzier (+10)
Precise Racing Products 5-Gallon Race Jug:
Jeremy Wonderling
Sunoco Fuel Card Winners:
Andy Michael ($100), Kyle Lukon ($100),
Ryan Hare ($50), A.J. Spagnuolo ($50), Logan Reed ($50), Troy Frazier ($50)
TBM Brakes “Tough Brake of the Night”:
Joe Martin
FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock” Qualifying
($100 for fast time): 1. 32T-Brent
Trimble, 00:13.719[3]; 2. 10S-Joe Martin, 00:13.736[27]; 3. 3J-Jeremy
Wonderling, 00:13.830[11]; 4. 5A-AJ Spagnuolo, 00:13.860[16]; 5. 17R-Logan
Roberson, 00:13.909[23]; 6. 17-Ryan Frazee, 00:13.954[6]; 7. 14D-Braeden
Dillinger, 00:13.981[15]; 8. KH2O-Kyle Thomas, 00:14.004[2]; 9. Z1-Brady
Wonderling, 00:14.065[12]; 10. 15D-Donnie Dotson, 00:14.069[14]; 11. 33K-Jared
Keeney, 00:14.086[10]; 12. 03-Garret Paugh, 00:14.087[17]; 13. 29H-Ryan Hare,
00:14.099[1]; 14. 26-Kurt Stebbins, 00:14.182[22]; 15. 21L-Matt Latta,
00:14.265[7]; 16. 27J-Hayden Jacobs, 00:14.269[20]; 17. 11X-Brandon Weigle,
00:14.294[13]; 18. 37-Logan Reed, 00:14.326[21]; 19. 184-Kyle Lukon,
00:14.371[5]; 20. 19C-George Casto III, 00:14.379[26]; 21. 14L-Dustin Luzier,
00:14.513[8]; 22. 17X-Andy Michael, 00:14.567[9]; 23. 21J-Jim Rasey,
00:14.628[4]; 24. 9S-Breyton Santee, 00:14.685[19]; 25. 54-Troy Frazier,
00:15.007[24]; 26. 75R-Jacob Rucker, 00:15.173[25]; 27. (DQ) 25M-Marc
Berzowski[18] (did not scale).
FK Rod Ends Heat 1 (8
laps, Top 6 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 14D-Braeden Dillinger[3]; 2.
32T-Brent Trimble[1]; 3. 184-Kyle Lukon[7]; 4. 5A-AJ Spagnuolo[2]; 5. 15D-Donnie
Dotson[4]; 6. 17X-Andy Michael[8]; 7. 27J-Hayden Jacobs[6]; 8. 29H-Ryan Hare[5];
9. 54-Troy Frazier[9].
FK Rod Ends Heat 2 (8
laps, Top 6 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 17R-Logan Roberson[2]; 2. 10S-Joe
Martin[1]; 3. KH2O-Kyle Thomas[3]; 4. 26-Kurt Stebbins[5]; 5. 19C-George Casto
III[7]; 6. 33K-Jared Keeney[4]; 7. 11X-Brandon Weigle[6]; 8. 21J-Jim Rasey[8];
9. 75R-Jacob Rucker[9].
FK Rod Ends Heat 3 (8
laps, Top 6 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling[1]; 2. 03-Garret
Paugh[4]; 3. Z1-Brady Wonderling[3]; 4. 21L-Matt Latta[5]; 5. 17-Ryan Frazee[2];
6. 37-Logan Reed[6]; 7. 9S-Breyton Santee[8]; 8. 25M-Marc Berzowski[9]; 9.
14L-Dustin Luzier[7].
Last Chance B Main
(8 laps, Top 6 transfer to A): 1. 9S-Breyton Santee[3]; 2. 27J-Hayden Jacobs[1];
3. 29H-Ryan Hare[4]; 4. 21J-Jim Rasey[5]; 5. 25M-Marc Berzowski[6]; 6.
14L-Dustin Luzier[9]; 7. 75R-Jacob Rucker[8]; 8. 54-Troy Frazier[7]; 9.
11X-Brandon Weigle[2].
Sunoco Dash
(6 laps, $100
Sunoco fuel card to-win): 1. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling[1]; 2. 32T-Brent Trimble[2];
3. 17R-Logan Roberson[4]; 4. 14D-Braeden Dillinger[6]; 5. 10S-Joe Martin[5]; 6.
03-Garret Paugh[3].
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, Terry
Bowser Excavating, and Stop-Fyre.
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snail mail to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is 724-964-9300.
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