Woodhull Raceway Race - Results From Opener
Woodhull Raceway Race results:
After a few months off for a little R and R, the high banks of Woodhull Raceway were filled with excited racers and weather brave fans. The night was looking good with a car count of 113. Returning this year are the 358 modifieds, Super Stocks, I.M.C.A.’s, Street Stocks and the Mini Stocks. The opening race night was a double point night for all. A special 50 lap Final Challenge for the Super Stocks continued from last years fall challenge with Black Rock Speedway Super Stocks.
In the modifieds, Heat wins went to no. 17 Dewert Speed Car of Lyle Sherwood, no. 15 Speed Palace Car of Stacy Jackson and the no. 1 Speed Palace Car of John Moravec. With Lyle drawing 12 in the redraw the top 12 were inverted. When the green flag was shown for the 25-lap feature to front row sitters’ no. 3k of Larry Keegan and the no. 61k of Don Kio, it was short lived, as there was a crash on the backstretch. Involved were the no. 10 of Corey Smith, the no. 18 of Don Lawson and the no. 2 of Frank Dunning. Also getting some damage was the no. 88 of Herb Wright, not a good season start for these fellows. As flagger Steve Cady brought the mighty modifieds down for the restart it was an early challenge of Billy “The Kid” VanPelt taking the lead from Keegan.
Charging to the front was 10th position starter John Moravec taking 3rd from the no. 11j of young Donnie Lawson. Moravec then set his sights on 2nd place runner no. Z8 of Steve Hartman in his New TEO Pro Car on lap 9. Showing his usual style of running the high side was Lyle Sherwood passing Donnie Lawson for 4th. Moravec was running fast and hard to get by VanPelt with no luck getting underneath him. Giving the win to VanPelt followed by Moravec for 2nd, finishing third was Hartman, forth was Sherwood and topping off the top five was Rookie Donnie Lawson.
The 50-lap Super Stock heat winners were the no. 61 of Bill Williams, the no. 87 of Scott Brown and the no. 25 of Scott Dennison. Starting out the 50-lap Final Challenge was 26 supper stocks with Williams and Brown sitting on the front row. The caution flag flew on lap one but was quickly cleaned up. Green flag flying and it was last years second placing finisher no. 67 of Rich Marlatt coming to the front. By Lap 22 front runners Marlatt, no. 13 of Brent Flint, Ken Peoples of the Yellow no.5k truck, Williams and Dennison were putting on a great show for the fans. By the time the caution came out on lap 28 I seen the black No.14 of Brian Knowles moving his way through the pack, showing true grit! This caution also showed last years winner of the Fall Challenge the no. 123 of Dale Welty going pit side. On the restart of Lap 28 was quickly yellowed for Williams getting caught up in a wreck on turn 4, sending him to the pits. Lap 31 showed real interesting as Peoples showed Flint he want 2nd. This turned soar for Flint as he was turned sideways on turn 2. This resulted in him having to go to the rear only to finish the night 9th. Flats and smoke through the night plagued several cars. On lap 43 the no. 2 of Mark Costa gave the no. 31of Mickey Seeley a hard hit sending him off turn 3. Costa was shown the black flag and sent to the pits. There was a challenge for 2nd on lap 44 as the no.11 of Mike Hilfiger passed Peoples for the spot. Hilfiger then went on to try for the top spot from Marlatt. But Marlatt had different plans as he went on to win the race and the Black Rock/Woodhull Final Challenge. Leaving 2nd to Hilfiger, followed by Ken Peoples, Scott Brown and a great finish for the no. 14 of Brian Knowles.
The Heat winners in the I.M.C.A’s were the no.59 of Earl Harp and the no. Z8 of Steve Hartman Jr. The feature was won by the no. 2 of Bob Davis. Second through fifth was the no. 96 of Mike Smith, the no. 22 of Willie Rice, Hartman and topping out the top five was Harp. Heat winners for the Street Stocks were the no.23 of Cliff Moss, the no. 59 of Geoff McNally and the no. 5 of Hank Miracle. Cliff Moss won the feature. Second through fifth were Hank Miracle, the no. 52 of Todd Burgess, the no. 6 of Lyle Smith and the no. 35 of David Gee. The Heat winners of the Mini Stocks were no. 28 of Todd Stone, the no. 38 of Chuck Leisure and the no. 43 of Chris Kester. The Feature was subsequently rained out. The Mini’s will have Double features next week along with another 5 star filled night, as it is Firefighters Night. Firefighters will get in for free when they show their fire department membership card at the gate. Gates open at 4:30 PM racing starts at 7:00 PM.
Please forgive me for not getting more notes for the I.M.C.A’s, Street Stocks and the Mini Stocks. It was so cold and I went home. Thanks Michelle for helping me. I promised to do better next week.
358 Modifieds Feature, 12-Billy VanPelt, 1- John Moravec, Z8- Steve Hartman, 17- Lyle Sherwood, 11j- Donnie Lawson, 15- Stacy Jackson, 61- Steve Kio, 88m- Steve Mandell, 9- Dan Mathews, 3K- Larry Keegan, 37- Tom Kio, 7h- Alex Hoag, 01- Dave Scouton, 61K- Don Kio, 9C- Tony Harris, 19- Dave Yehl, 08- Larry Heffner, 3-?, 18- Don Lawson, 7- Larry Doolittle, 2- Frank Dunning, 88- Herb Wright, 10- Corey Smith.
Super Stock Feature: 67- Rich Marlatt, 11- Mike Hilfiger, 5K- Ken Peoples Sr., 87- Scott Brown, 14- Brian Knowles, 32- Alan Crooker, 11J- Jay Deming, 64- Jim Buck, 13- Brent Flint, 25- Scott Dennison, 4- Larry Knowles, 96- Ed Mills, 24 - Bill Miller, 38- ?, 31- Mickey Seeley, 123- Dale Welty, 77- Bob Lubberts, 22- Kyle Lefelhoc, 27- Curt Drake, 36-?, 61- Bill Williams, 37- Marc Davis, 15- Glenn Whritenour, 9- Joe Duell, 55X- Rich Karlnowski, BF- 2- Mark Costa
I.M.C.A. Feature: 2- Bob Davies, 96-Mike Smith, 22- Willie Rice, Z8- Steve Hartman, 59- Earl Harp, 74- Tracey Rhoads, 94- Brett Bacon, 11- Greg Galligan, 5- Jeff Johnson, 91- Steve Williams, 411, Andy Wells, X- Larry Robbins, 15- Dan Gardner.
Street Stock feature: 23- Cliff Moss, 5- Hank Miracle, 52- Todd Burgess, 6- Lyle Smith, 35- David Gee, 72- Joe Nobriga, 66- Dan Gordan, 55- Ken Thomas, 48- Gary Archer, 11t Randy Hilfiger, 40- Jeff Smith, 94- David Davis, 8- Bill Shea, 29- Chuck Pruden, 30- David Marter, 15- Lance Baker, 13- Gene Galligan, 95- Tracy Staford, 7- Jerry Buckley, 53- Butch Dibble, 99- Tom Space, 59- Geoff McNally, 17- Chris Brockway, 3- Bob Clark, 10- Glenn Helfrich.