Schrum And Moody Capture Their First At Sharon

By Jim Pollock & Mark Posey

JULY 27, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hartford,OH - Jeff Schrum returned to victory lane for the first time this

season and believe it or not it was almost a year since his last victory here

at Sharon. Not only that, it happened as the same sponsors where on hand, M.

V. G. Auto Parts of Youngstown along with ABC Supply. Darrell Moody in his

rookie season captured his first ever Stock Car feature win. Russ Dunn

captured his third in a row and his fifth out of the last six outings with

Jim Weller returning to victory lane since opening night. Our guest division

winner, Steve Young, was not to be out done as he has made two visits,

topping the field on both occasions.

When the Sunburst Environmental Sprints took to the track, pole setters

Deana Barbara and Jamie McKinney paced the field. With the drop of the green

Barbara took command for the first 6 laps surviving a first lap red for Gary

McCollum. By lap 7 Jeff Schrum, from seventh starting spot, raced by Barbara

into the lead and began to lengthen his advantage to the checker. McKinney

garnered the runner up spot with Marty Ling coming from 16th to the third

position finish, point leader Jarod Larson fourth with last weeks winner Mike

Kekich rounding out the top five. Heat winners: Larson, Edwards.

The Gibson-Governor Insurance V-8 Modifieds came to the line with Rob

Kristyak and John Braymer bringing the ground pounders under the green.

Braymer and Kristyak raced into the first turn with Braymer coming out of two

with the lead for the first three laps. Third position starter Jim Weller

raced his way past Braymer by lap four going on the capture his second win of

the season. Braymer finished a distant second with Lou Blaney coming from the

12th hole to a very close third. Kristyak came across fourth with Steve Young

who was pulling double duty in fifth. Heat winners: Young, King. Rays Racing

Specialties dash went to Lou Blaney.

The Coy Bros. Trucking E-Mods. showed that last week was no fluke as they

made a full feature for 2 weeks in a row. When the starting green fell it was

Scott Stiffler and Russ Dunn showing the way into turn one with Dunn going

into the lead only to lose it by lap two as Mark Willison with lap three

being led by Scott Jones. As lap 4 came to the line Dunn regaining the top

spot with Jones in hot pursuit for the remaining 11 laps with Dunn emerging

as the victor. Jones followed to second, Willison 3rd , Jeff Rudrick fourth

and Paul Phillips topping the top five. Heat winners: Jones, Dunn

Bringing the Burghill Auto Salvage Stock Cars to the start found Todd

Titus and Bobby Whitling at the point positions. By completions of lap one

Whitling had moved to the front of the caution filled event which eventually

ended with time running out with only 8 laps completed. By lap 7 Jeff Moody

had moved past Whitling as the final caution flew with time expiring. Moody

captured his first ever Stock Car Feature with Whitling second. Steve

D'Apolito 3rd, Russ Kapalin 4th and Gary Robinson 5th . Heat winners:

Ferringer , Clay, Willoughby.

The guest division of the evening was the 358 Sportsman Modifieds, When

the green flag fell it was outside pole setter Jerry Bruce gaining control

for the first 3 circuits with eventual second time winner Steve Young moving

by on lap 4. Bruce not one to give up raced Young for the entire feature side

by side only to fall short at the finish. Pole setter Billy Adams came across

third with Chanda Reitz fourth and Rob Kristyak also pulling double duty

fifth. Heat winners: Preist, Buchanan

Joining us next week will be our Friday Night's Mightiest and Sharon's

racing legends, Dave Yobe, Jack Pears, Charlie Davis, Frank Ferry, Bill

Gabrielson, Chuck Harshman, Greg Cizmar, Skip Evans, Don Williams, Bobby

Johnson, Gary Laurie, and Putzy Kekich, to list a few that have

pre-registered.

Coming to the Speedway on September 1st and 2nd will be the 21st Annual

Sharon Nationals with All Star Sprints, V-8 Modifieds and Stock Cars. Lap

sponsors are available by calling the track office at 330-772-5481 or Fran

Harshman at 330-898-6492

Feature Finishes:

Sprints: 1)Schrum,2)McKinney, 3)Ling, 4)Larson, 5)M. Kekich, 6)Simeling,

7)Barbara, 8)Ripper, 9)Hartzell, 10)Etzel, 11)Harshman, 12)O'Malley,

13)Cochran, 14)Barris, 15)Edwards. DNF D. Kekich, McCollum, Priest, DNS.

Schuller, Deihl

Modifieds: 1)Weller, 2)Braymer, 3)Blaney, 4)Kristyak, 5)Young, 6)K. Hoffman,

7)Michaels, 8)Rasey, 9)Dorman, 10)Weller III, 11)Moore, 12)Kuchta, 13)M.

Curtison, 14)Chronister, 15)J. Hoffman, 16)Crawford, DNS King, Boyer

E-Mods: 1)Dunn, 2)Jones, 3)Willison, 4)Rudrick, 5)Phillips, 6) Robinson,

7)Ron Jaeger, 8)Myers, 9)Diver, 10)Coy, 11)Shingledecker 12)Sharp, 13)Lesky,

14)Rich Jaeger, 15)Stiffler, 16)Domhoff, 17)Johnson, 18) White, 19)Mechling,

DNS Ruth

Stock Cars: 1)Moody, 2)Whitling, 3)D'Apolito, 4)Kapalin, 5)Robinson,

6)Cornell, 7)Ferringer, 8)Titus, 9)Miller, 10)Carothers, 11)Hooks, 12)Porter,

13)Flavell, 14)Waldele, 15)Davis, 16)Wheat, 17)Haas, 18)Stambaugh, 19)Dillon,

20)Willoughby, 21)Kennedy, 22)Clay, 23)Babos, 24)Williams, 25)Pupino,

26)Felicetty, 27)Burk, 28)Hudzik, 29)Roth, 30)Amato

358 Modifieds: 1)Young, 2)Bruce, 3)Adams, 4)Reitz, 5)Kristyak, 6)Mattocks,

7)Buchanan, 8)Ryder, 9)Rodemoyer, 10)Bollinger, 11)Moran, 12)Priester,

13)Priest, 14)Johnson, DNS Eperthener

For the first time, Sharon Speedway is offering a discount general

admission ticket to groups of 25 people. For more information on the group

rates, call Linda McMillin at 724-283-4445.

The four divisions of racing plus special event classes will continue

through August with the Autograph night for the E-Mods being rescheduled for

June 22nd. Rounding out the 2001 season will be the 21st Annual Sharon

Nationals held Labor day weekend September 1st and 2nd.

Admission prices for Friday Night's Mightiest shows with the Grandstand

Adult ticket of $10.00, Juniors (13-16) $5.00, Kids 12 and under FREE!, and

with FAMILY PASS consisting of 2 adults and up to 4 children (16 and under)

for $25.00. Pit Gate admission remains at $20.00. Regular shows only. Gates

open at 5:30 with racing at 7:30.

For information or a schedule of events at Sharon Speedway call the track

office at 330-772-5481 or 724-287-4938 or visit our web site at www.

Sharonspeedway. com. Sharon Speedway is located 1mile east of route 7 on

route 305 then south on Custer-Orangeville Rd.