Redden Garners Yankee Doodle 50 Win as Ogden and Peters Pick up First Ever Central PA Speedway Victories

With a packed house and excitement in the air Jerry Redden picked up one of the biggest wins of his illustrious career and added his name to the who’s who in Central PA Speedway history by winning the 32nd running of the “Yankee Doodle 50.” Sharing victory lane with Redden were a pair of first time CPS winners, Jason Peters (Pepsi Chargers) and Trent Ogden (Shortway Services Inc. Pro Street Stocks.) Brent Boyer continued his recent hot streak by picking up victory number three in the Stocker Chevrolet Subaru Small Block Modifieds and Jason Bainey notched his second victory of 2004 in the Lias Tire Pure Street Stocks. With colors presented by Clearfield VFW Post # 1785, everyone was ready for a memorable evening.

First onto the racing surface would be the Pepsi Chargers for their ten lap main event. Kevin Thompson and young Nathan Russell led the field to starter Alan Luzier’s green flag. With the green waving Russell quickly moved out front followed by Thompson and Jason Peters. Working lap three Peters was able to move by Thompson and began to run down the leader. Just one lap later Peters was able to gain the advantage and claim the lead. Once out front Peters began to open up a sizeable lead over the rest of the field and went on to pick up his first career victory. Following Peters at the line were Thompson, Denny Weisgarber and Russell.

Next to make their way trackside would be the Shortway Services Inc. Pro Street Stocks. Trent Ogden and Dayton Nixon were on the front row and at the dropping of the green, Ogden moved to the lead, Dom Sura slipped by Nixon for the second spot bringing along Doug Tibbens and Emory Reinhart. The top five positions ran nose to tail and side by side for seven circuits till Reinhart’s ride pulled up lame and he was forced to the pits. On the final lap Sura was able to get a run on Ogden and pulled even with him as the duo came off of corner four and the drag race was on. Ogden was able to hold off Sura by just a fender to claim his first ever Central PA Speedway victory.

The main event of the evening would be next on the blocks for the 32nd running of one of the oldest races in the country, the Yankee Doodle 50. By virtue of a good pill draw, Coalport’s Shawn McGarvey and Hazen’s Kevin Lindermuth started at the head of the field for the first twenty five lap segment. McGarvey jumped to the point followed by Jerry Lower and Lindermuth. McGarvey would time and time again open up a lead over the rest of the field only to have it erased by a caution. The man on the move in segment number one was the newcomer Tim Fedder who made his way to third from the eighteenth starting position. McGarvey was able to hold off the field and come to the ten minute break as your leader and the odds on favorite to pick up the prestigious victory.

Segment two started just how segment one finished with McGarvey out front followed by Lower. Trying to make things happen back in the third position was Jerry Redden who was using every trick in his bag to get by Lower. While working lap forty-four, Redden got a run and was able to move by Lower into the second position. Redden then set his sights on McGarvey and appeared to be reeling him in with two laps remaining. It looked as though Redden didn’t have enough time to catch the leader and hopped for a caution. With the white flag waving the unthinkable happened, entering into turn one the power plant in the Garvey machine went up in smoke. Redden moved to the high side and led the only lap he needed to and won the Yankee Doodle 50. Lower was able to move by for second then McGarvey, Luke Hoffner and Matt Gaston.

Next up, the Stocker Chevrolet Subaru Small Block Modifieds would be in action. Bill Krause and Kevin Hoffman would set the front row and at the onset Hoffman moved out front and began to build quite a lead. Working lap two Brent Boyer powered by Krause for second and began to track down the leader. Boyer followed Hoffman till lap six when he made the move in three and four to snatch the point away. Once out front Boyer was just too much to handle as he went on to win his third Central PA Speedway main event of 2004.

The final event of the evening was scheduled for the Lias Tire Pure Street Stocks. Jason Bainey moved out front as the green waved and Frank Little tried to keep it close as he hounded the leader. Multi feature winner Craig Bainey rode third and looked for a way around Little but the wily veteran would have none of that. Jason Bainey had just too much muscle and held off the field for his second CPS victory of 2004.

In the bears den: Ninety five cars filled the pits with thirty two Budweiser Late Models eighteen Shortway Services Inc. Pro Street Stocks, twenty two Stocker Chevrolet Subaru Small Block Modifieds, seventeen Lias Tire Pure Street Stocks and six Pepsi Chargers. During the intermission speedway General Manager Ken McLaughlin and Jason Walker presented a $3000 check to the Children’s Miracle Network that was raised in a four week time span, on behalf of the Central PA Speedway and Walmart Distribution Center. At the conclusion of the evening’s action Kneppy’s Fireworks presented an outstanding display that seemed as though it would never end as rocket after rocket was launched into the sky.

Next weeks action will have the Budweiser Late Models, Stocker Chevrolet Small Block Modifieds, Shortway Services Inc. Pro Street Stocks, Lias Tire Pure Street Stocks and Pepsi Chargers on the card for a full evening of entertainment.

Come on down to the BIG BEAR and feed your hunger for excitement!

Summary:

Budweiser Late Models “Yankee Doodle 50”

1.Jerry Redden 2.Jerry Lower 3.Shawn McGarvey 4.Luke Hoffner 5.Matt Gaston 6.Ed Connor 7.Jason Witherite 8.Chris Rhodes 9.Chuck Kennedy 10.Bernie Whiteford 11.Dean Colbert 12.Keith Witherite 13.Chad Maney 14.Bill Henney 15.Dale Yaney 16.Tim Fedder 17.Jeff Weakland 18.Kevin Lindermuth 19.Dwayne Taneyhill 20.Jim Parson 21.Bill Krause 22.Eric Moore 23.Yvette Hahn 24.John Brady 25.Tom Shaffer 26.T.J. Fleck 27.Bill Davis 28.Rick Singelton

Stocker Chevrolet Subaru Small Block Modifieds

1.Brent Boyer 2.Kevin Hoffman 3.Bill Krause 4.Kevin Dickson 5.Bob Garvey 6.Brad Rapp 7.Matt Baker 8.Mark Frankhouser 9.Derek Rodkey 10.Mike Stine 11.Ron Butterworth 12.Marvin Williams 13.Fay Lumadue 14.Greg Luzier 15.Tom Holden 16.Craig Casher 17.Jimmer Luzier 18.Mike Butterworth 19.Fred Heiss 20.Connie Allen 21.Jimmy Holden 22.Chris Luzier

Shortway Services Inc. Pro Street Stocks

1.Trent Ogden 2.Dom Sura 3.Doug Tibbens 4.Dayton Nixon 5.Bob Roseman 6.Ron Mitchell 7.Jason Walker 8.Todd Mathews 9.Jamie Price 10.Skip Lindermuth 11.Jamie Barber 12.Denny Fenton 13.Emory Reinhart Jr. 14.Lee Gunter

Lias Tire Pure Street Stocks

1.Jason Bainey 2.Frank Little 3.Craig Bainey 4.Aaron Walker 5.Chad Bender 6.Rick Hemphill 7.Kevin Clark 8.Don Geer Jr. 9.Sam McClellan 10.Jeff Mease 11.Todd Bainey 12.Rob Bailey 13.Mike Desch 14.Alan Robison 15.Nick Brown 16.Matt Howell

Pepsi Chargers

1.Jason Peters 2.Kevin Thomas 3.Denny Weisgarber 4. 5.Nathan Russell