Smith Outsmarts to Capture Friday Night Victory

BRIDGEPORT, NJ (June 24, 2005)- GR Smith of Folsom, NJ grabbed his first Small Block Modified feature event this past Friday Night as Carquest Auto Parts presented an intense five division show at the DIRT 5/8 mile oval.

"I can't thank Joel [Boinskie] enough," Smith stated of the owner of the #19 Dirt Wheels Modified. "He has given me great equipment and we've been strong here. It's good to get a win."

Smith made his presence known early in the 25 lap feature event blasting past Jesse Hill and Tommy Beamer to chase down, early leader, Wade Hendrickson. With Hendrickson running solidly in the middle of the speedway and Smith hugging the bottom the two diced back and forth with Smith searching for that edge to grab the lead. The action was hot-and-heavy behind them as Jimmy Horton muscled his way into the third position as the leaders weaved in and out of lapped traffic. With a lapped car in the lane of "The Flying Farmer", Smith ran his line underneath the two of them. Then it got WILD. As the car of Becca Anderson slowed on the backstretch, against the wall on the high side, as the leaders careened out of turn two, Hendrickson had no place to go and nailed the former Sprint Car ace right in the rear bumper sidelining both machines. Meanwhile, fifth place runner "Young Gun" Jesse Hill slowed on the backstretch sidelining his 99H machine with mechanical problems. This set-up a four lap shootout between on-going rivals GR Smith and Jimmy Horton with Horton in second on the high side. Smith muscled away and was all by his lonesome at the checkered. Horton settled for second, Beamer finished in third, Sportsman driver John Stangle finished fourth and Howard O'Neal came home fifth.

Vineland, NJ's Eric Kormann picked up his fifth victory in the GM Crate Sportsman feature event. Kormann muscled past Don Bogey on lap 13 with Mike Fattori right on his tail. Kormann dominated and continued his winning streak with Mike Fattori finishing second, Don Bogey in third, Todd Kuhl in fourth and Rookie Chuck Buchman coming home fifth.

George Ulmer picked up his first victory of the season in the 600cc Micro Sprint Division. Ulmer outlasted a hard charge from Rick Stief after a yellow flag set up a two lap shootout for the victory. Stief settled for second, with Glenn Heverin, Phil Meisner Jr. and Sam Casella rounding out the top five.

Jeff Hartman grabbed the win in the 270cc Micro Sprint division. Hartman was followed to the line by Jimmy Cammock, Eddie Wagner, Steve Gasapari and Frank Venezia.

It was a "Hughes battle" in the 4 Cylinder Stock division with Jim Hughes picking up the victory over Mike Hughes. Warren Stradley came home third, Jeff Walls finished fourth and Dave Bentley Sr. finished fifth.

358 DIRT Modifieds
Heat 1 - 1. Jimmy Horton 2. Jimmy Chester 3. Tommy Beamer 4. Darren Schuler 5. John Pratt 6. Stan Frankenfield, Jr. 7. Jared Petruska 8. Felipe Vazquez 9. Ryan Godown 10. Sam Westcott
Heat 2 - 1. Wade Hendrickson 2. Richie Pratt 3. G.R. Smith 4. Jesse Hill 5. Ken Meisner 6. Ryan Bettz 7. Becca Anderson 8. Mark Schweibinz 9. Howard O'Neal 10. John Stangle 11. Steve Warner
Feature - 1. G.R. Smith 2. Jimmy Horton 3. Tommy Beamer 4. John Stangle 5. Howard O'Neal 6. John Pratt 7. Jared Petruska 8. Stan Frankenfield, Jr. 9. Wade Hendrickson 10. Becca Anderson 11. Mark Schweibinz 12. Jesse Hill 13. Felipe Vazquez 14. Steve Warner 15. Sam Westcott 16. Darren Schuler 17. Jimmy Chester 18. Ken Meisner 19. Richie Pratt DQ Ryan Beltz DNS Ryan Godown

GM Sportsman
Feature - 1. Eric Kormann 2. Mike Fattori 3. Don Bogey 4. Todd Kuhl 5. Chuck Buchmann 6. Chuck Hopkins 7. Mike Hires 8. John Micek 9. Warren Floyd, Jr. 10. Forrest Peters 11. Tracy Rocap 12. John Bangs

600cc Micro Sprints
Heat 1 - 1. Phil Meisner 2. Rick Stief 3. Glenn Heverin 4. Chuck Sherby 5. Robbie Nixon 6. Rob Virona 7. Mike Casario 8. Rick Panzer 9. Eric Ludwig 10. Matt Yeager
Heat 2 - 1. George Ulmer 2. Stewart Carmichael 3. Sam Casella 4. Bruce Tharp 5. Bill Thomas 6. Ronnie Tobias 7. Dan Biggs 8. Jack Spence 9. Mark Palone 10. Greg Cable
Heat 3 - 1. Barry Racan 2. Jack Conover 3. Mark Harkleroad 4. Gary Hunter 5. Mike Keppler 6. Robbie Stillwagon 7. Jimmy Carpenter 8. Andrew Weygand 9. Davey Sammons
Consi - 1. Mike Casario 2. Jimmy Carpenter 3. Davey Sammons 4. Jack Spence 5. Mark Palone 6. Greg Cable 7. Dan Biggs 8. Eric Ludwig 9. Andrew Weygand 10. Rick Panzer 11. Matt Yeager
Feature - 1. George Ulmer 2. Rick Stief 3. Glenn Heverin 4. Phil Meisner, Jr. 5. Sam Casella 6. Barry Racan 7. Chuck Sherby 8. Stewart Carmichael 9. Gary Hunter 10. Jack Spence 11. Rob Virona 12. Bill Thomas 13. Ronnie Tobias 14. Robbie Nixon 15. Greg Cable 16. Mark Palone 17. Mark Harkleroad 18. Robbie Stilwagon 19. Jimmy Carpenter 20. Davey Sammons 21. Jack Conover 22. Mike Keppler 23. Bruce Tharp

270cc Micro Sprints
Heat 1 - 1. Shaun Ratchford 2. Jeff Hartman 3. Jim Wyers 4. Jimmy Cammock 5. Steve Gasapari 6. Eddie Wagner 7. Jessica Lindmeier 8. Mike King 9. Randy Oswald
Heat 2 - 1. Michael Creamer 2. Ryan Stillwagon 3. John Blanda 4. Jesse Harper 5. Jay Hartman 6. Dan Salmons, Jr. 7. Jesse Hartman 8. Frank Venezia 9. Bill Springer 10. Paul Snyder
Feature - 1. Jeff Hartman 2. Jimmy Cammock 3. Eddie Wagner 4. Steve Gasapari 5. Frank Venezia 6. Jim Wyers 7. Shaun Ratchford 8. Jesse Harper 9. Dan Salmons, Jr. 10. Jesse Hartman 11. Mike King 12. Bill Springer 13. Paul Snyder 14. Ryan Stillwagon 15. Randy Oswald 16. Michael Creamer 17. John Blanda 18. Jay Hartman 19. Jessica Lindmeier

4 Cylinder
Heat 1 - 1. Dave Bentley, Sr. 2. Jim Hughes 3. Brian Crisman 4. Dave Bentley, Jr. 5. Fred Martin 6. Roy Combs 7. Bob Hartman DNS - Bill McNeir
Heat 2 - 1. Jeff Walls 2. Warren Stradley 3. Mike Hughes 4. Steve Fleetwood, Jr. 5. Ken Wallace 6. Dave Damiano 7. Terry Sammons 8. Joe Meron
Feature - 1. Jim Hughes 2. Mike Hughes 3. Warren Stradley 4. Jeff Walls 5. Dave Bentley Sr. 6. Brian Crisman 7. Dave Damiano 8. Dave Bentley Jr. 9. Terry Sammons 10. Bob Hartman 11. Joe Meron 12. Roy Combs 13. Fred Martin DNS- Steve Fleetwood, Jr., Ken Wallace, Bill McNeir

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