DORMAN, HARVEY, MICHAEL, LUNGER, APPLEBEE, ECHEVARRIA & CARD ALL SHOWCASE STATELINE VICTORIES!

June 11, 2023 | by Marc Hoegerl

Busti, NY (June 10, 2023) by Marc Hoegerl: Scott’s New Stateline Speedway was once again blessed with beautiful weather, and another Saturday evening of seven divisions of action-packed racing.

Eldred, PA’s Zain Harvey would bring home his first ever Stateline RUSH Pro Mod win. Andy Michael used some luck to bring home win #2 of the year in the RUSH Crate Late Models. Dennis Lunger, no stranger to victory lane, came home the winner in the UMP Modifieds. Bob Dorman picked up an emotional win in the Super Lates, recording his first ever Stateline victory. Shane Applebee led the pack for his 2nd Stateline win of 23’. A new face sat in victory lane, as Stockton NY’s, Domingo Echevarria, came home victorious in the Challenger main and Ryan Card won his 2nd of the season in the SHARP Mini Late Models.

The RUSH Pro Mods would be the first division to hit the surface. This one had upset written all over it. Dark Horse, Zain Harvey would show no mercy, upsetting a stellar field of 21 RUSH Pro Mods, to claim his first ever Stateline A-Main. Harvey had his hands full with wheelmen, Dennis Lunger, and the previous two weeks’ winner Steve Dixon, for a good portion of the event, but the poised Harvey would not be denied, winning by an easy margin over 12th place starter Steve Dixon. John Woodward in his best run of 23’ would end up 3rd, as Tyler Oakes and Vaughn Nystrom would complete the top 5.

Next class to take Spanky Hall’s green banner, would be the loaded field of RUSH Crate Late Models. May 27th winner, Andy Michael, would jump out front for the first 4 laps, until Frewsburg’s Jason Genco would easily grab the lead on lap 5. Genco would hold the point for the next 2 laps, until he would spin after making contact with a lapped car, sending Genco to the tail. It was all Michael after that, as the Allegany, NY native would go on to win his 2nd Stateline RUSH Crate Late Model Feature of the season. David Parker was 2nd, Jeff Hoffman 3rd, Randy Hall 4th and Matt Sipes completed your top 5.

24 four barrel mounts would make up the field in the UMP Modified Feature. “The Albion Assassin” Dennis Lunger would grad the lead at the outset, to go on to record his first Stateline UMP Modified win of the season. Steve Rex, with his best run to date, would end up 2nd. Troy Johnson, Dan Sasso and Conneaut’s Bud Watson would round out the top 5.

Next up would be the caution marred 15 lap SHARP Mini Late Models Feature. Ryan Card would get his 2nd win of 23’ as the race was called for exceeding the time limit on lap 11. Terry Mealy, Jack Black, Nate Morrison and Dale Haines would be your top 5.

Next to hit the 1/3 mile semi-banked clay oval, would be the ground pounding Super Late Models. Jason Genco would grab the lead at the drop of the green, leading the first 10 laps, until Stockton NY’s Bob Dorman would finally make it stick, muscling the lead from Genco on lap 11. Dorman would hold that point for the next 2 laps, until Genco would once again move out front, only to see the persistent Dorman regain his momentum, powering his way around Genco for the event’s 4th lead change, on lap 15. Genco would lead for the final time on lap 16, as the determined Dorman would not be denied, screaming by Genco on lap 17, and going the remaining distance to pick up his first ever Stateline Super Late Model triumph. Genco would settle for 2nd, Greg Oakes would end up 3rd, 7th place starter Darrell Bossard was 4th and Spring Creek’s Ryan Scott rounded out the events top 5.

Shane Applebee would bring home an impressive win in the Pro Stock Division, recording Stateline win #2 of 2023. Applebee had his hands full with Joe Stajnrajh most of the event. In the late stages, the Oil City, PA traveler kept trying to make the outside work, but the sharp looking #30 would hold his line for another candid moment, in Stateline’s Victory Circle. Stajnrajh, Jason Covey, Gary Fisher Jr, and last week’s winner Jason Black, rounded out the top 5.

In the nightcap, Domingo Echevarria would grab the lead from Nicholas Reed on lap 2 and hold off a mid-race challenge from former champion Chris Horton, to pick up his first ever Stateline win, in the always entertaining Challengers. Horton would settle for 2nd, two-time winner in 23’, John Mease was 3rd. Nicholas Reed, and Rick Feeley would complete the top 5.

RUSH PRO MODS (21 Entries)

Heat 1: 1) Steve Dixon 2) Dennis Lunger 3) Ian Degolier 4) Josh Wilcox 5) Tyler Oakes 6) Vaughn Nystrom 7) William Silvis

Heat 2: 1) Zain Harvey 2) Al Brewer 3) Brendan Porter 4) Tyler Sutton 5) Brian Mohawk 6) Ryan Sanders 7) Bryson Hill

Heat 3: 1) John Woodward Jr. 2) John Cline 3) Nick Arnold 4) Derek Peterson 5) Cody Rickard 6) Cameron Sherwood 7) Chad Ramsey

Feature: 1) Harvey 2) Dixon 3) Woodward Jr. 4) Oakes 5) Nystrom 6) Ramsey 7) Cline 8. Degolier 9) Warner 10) Lunger 11) Brewer 12) Peterson 13) Sutton 14) Wilcox 15) Mohawk 16) Rickard 17) Hill 18. Sherwood 19) Arnold 20) Sanders 21) Silvis

Lap Leaders: Harvey (1-20)

RUSH CRATE LATE MODELS (21 Entries)

Heat 1: 1) Jeff Hoffman 2) David Parker 3) Will Pinckney 4) Ray Houser 5) Steve Houser 6) Drake McCray 7) Hunter Proctor

Heat 2: 1) Jason Genco 2) Randy Hall 3) Khole Wanzer 4) Ronald Watson 5) Kassy Norman 6) Charlie Houser 7) Shawn Little

Heat 3: 1) Scott Gurdak 2) Andy Michael 3) Matt Sipes 4) Ward Schell 5) Dustin Waters 6) Darrin Waldron 7) Ian Travis

Feature: 1) Michael 2) Parker 3) Hoffman 4) Hall 5) Sipes 6) Genco 7) Gurdak 8. Wanzer 9) Schell 10) Waldron 11) Pinckney 12) S. Houser 13) C. Houser 14) Little 15) Waters 16) Norman

17) R. Houser 18. Proctor 19) McCray 20) Travis 21) Watson

Lap Leaders: Michael (1-4), Genco (5-7), Michael (8-20)

UMP MODIFIEDS (27 Entries)

Heat 1: 1) Dennis Lunger 2) Steve Rex 3) Tim Rockwell 4) Andrew Beatman 5) Butch Southwell 6) Matt Haskins DNF) David Scott

Heat 2: 1) Troy Johnson 2) Bud Watson 3) Greg Johnson 4) Zach Johnson 5) Mike Eschrich 6) Tim Peterson 7) Dave Lanphere

Heat 3: 1) Michael McGee 2) Matt Kosinski 3) Dennis Asel 4) Bryon Johnson 5) James Irwin 6) Chad Schauers 7) Chris McDonald

Heat 4: 1) Dan Sasso 2) Darrin Waldron 3) Deven Dudenhoeffer 4) Tom Kosinski 5) Chris Deponceau 6) James Wilburn

Feature: 1) Lunger 2) Rex 3) T. Johnson 4) Sasso 5) B. Watson 6) Peterson 7) Southwell 8. Scott 9) Beatman 10) Eschrich 11) Dudenhoeffer 12) T. Kosinski 13) Deponceau 14) Haskins 15) McGee 16) G. Johnson 17) M. Kosinski 18. Z. Johnson 19) Waldron 20) Asel 21) Rockwell 22) Lanphere 23) B. Johnson 24) Irwin

Lap Leaders: Lunger (1-20)

SHARP MINI LATE MODELS (12 Entries)

Heat 1: 1) Ryan Card 2) Terry Mealy 3) Dale Haines 4) Treyton White 5) Jesse Isadore 6) Nate Morrison

Heat 2: 1) Chris Whyte 2) Jack Black 3) Holdyn Whitmire 4) Eric Hastings 5) Kyle Coons 6) Morgan Curry

Feature: 1) Card 2) Mealy 3) Black 4) Morrison 5) Haines 6) Isadore 7) Coons 8. Hastings 9) Curry 10) Whitmire 11) T. Whyte 12) C. Whyte

SUPER LATE MODELS (18 Entries)

Heat : 1) Jason Genco 2) Greg Oakes 3) Ryan Scott 4) Darrell Bossard 5) Jake Finnerty 6) Kyle Bedell 7) Kevin Smith 8Nicholas Eck 9) Chevy Scott

Heat 2: 1) David Scott 2) Bob Dorman 3) Bump Headman 4) Dutch Davies 5) Khole Wanzer 6) Michael Smith 7) Scott Dellahoy Jr. 8. Anthony Marotto 9) Justin Carlson

Feature: 1) Dorman 2) Genco 3) Oakes 4) Bossard 5) R. Scott 6) Davies 7) Finnerty 8. Bedell 9) Headman 10) M. Smith 11) N. Eck 12) K. Smith 13) Marotto 14) Wanzer 15) Dellahoy Jr.

16) D. Scott 17) C. Scott 18. Carlson

Lap Leaders: Genco (1-10), Dorman (11,12), Genco (13,14), Dorman (15), Genco (16),

Dorman (17-25)

PRO STOCKS (17 Entries)

Heat 1: 1) Jason Covey 2) Shane Applebee 3) Tanner Ramsey 4) Kole Stelmack 5) Mikael Beaver 6) John Cline 7) Grant Richard 8. Corey Macqueen 9) Justin Pratt

Heat 2: 1) Jason Black 2) Gary Fisher Jr. 3) Joe Stajnrajh 4) John Boardman 5) Bill Applebee 6) Brent Marotto 7) Carl Marcy 8. Dale Sheets

Feature: 1) S. Applebee 2) Stajnrajh 3) Covey 4) Fisher Jr. 5) Black 6) Ramsey 7) Boardman 8. Stelmack 9) Richard 10) B. Applebee 11) Cline 12) Sheets 13) Marotto 14) Marcy 15) Pratt 16) Beaver 17) Macqueen

Lap Leaders: S. Applebee (1-15)

CHALLENGERS (25 Entries)

Heat 1: 1) Rick Feely 2) John Mease 3) Craig Karns 4) Jon Seekings 5) Kasey Markham 6) Kayla York 7) Devin Ishman

Heat 2: 1) Chris Horton 2) Phil Powell 3) Holden Heineman 4) Tommy Labarbera 5) Todd Hanlon 6) Brandon Marotto

Heat 3: 1) Jess Harvey 2) Nicholas Reed 3) Tyler Pearson 4) Jordan Richard 5) Chelsea Haskins 6) Pete Volpe

Heat 4: 1) Domingo Echevarria 2) Nick Harvey 3) Cassandra Goodwill 4) Hailey Moore

5) Billi Jo Chase 6) Dakota Sherman

Feature: 1) Echevarria 2) Horton 3) Mease 4) Reed 5) Feely 6) Seekings 7) Heineman 8. Karns

9) J. Harvey 10) Labarbera 11) Marotto 12) N. Harvey 13) Pearson 14) Chase 15) Richard 16) Goodwill 17) Volpe 18. Markham 19) Haskins 20) York 21) Powell 22) Moore 23) Hanlon 24) Ishman 25) Sherman

Lap Leaders: Echevarria (1-12)