Latrobe, Pa.
***** For Immediate Release *****
Night of Thunder at Latrobe Speedway was an understatement. We started the night with awesome heat racing. At intermission the sky was lite up from the technical hands of Marcus Wisneski owner of Wisneski Westmoreland Services. The Fireworks Display was a work of art, 30 minutes of one big BOOM after another. Once the racing action started back up the Fans of Latrobe Speedway witnessed Two first time winners. The 969 of Steven Hazlett in Pure Stocks and the 25m of Brett McDonald in the Pro Stocks. The big hammers were third in the line up with the 165 of Rex King Jr coming out on top. The 99p of Bob Pease gets back to his winning ways. In the Crate Late Model 28H of Clate Copeman gets back to his winning ways, winning 2 of the last three Races.
In the opening spot. The Pure Stocks tack the track. The 72 of Jason Morrison starting in P1 with the 3 of Justin Ruff to his outside. As Morrison brings the field down to Denny Carson’s green flag it’s the 3 of Justin Ruff scoring the first lap. On the next Lap the 3 of Justin Ruff experiences Engine troubles which opens the door for the 969 of Steven Hazlett, he took full advantage and never looked back for his First Ever Feature Win. The battle for second was a real barn burner with the 51 of Brad Benton and the 100 of Anthony Monteparte. But at the Checkers the 51 of Benton held off the 100 of Monteparte.
1st 969 Steven Hazlett
2nd 51 Brad Benton
3rd 100 Anthony Monteparte
4th 81 John Hollis
5th 25 Joey Koteles
6th 3z Jim Zufall
7th 57c Dennis Collins
8th 72 Jason Morrison
9th 43 Bo Kwasny
10th 24 Chris Hickok
11th 3 Justin Ruff
12th Shawn Hollis
Heat Winners 51 Benton, 969 Hazlett
In the number 2 slot. Latrobe’s Own 4 Cyl. Division. Starting in P1 the 19H of Tayler Huffman to his outside the 62 of Jeremy Grubbs. It did not take long for the 99p to find the front spot, the 19h of Huffman battled early but the 99 of Pease had other plans.
1st 99 Bob Pease
2nd 19h Tayler Huffman
3rd 12 Jeff Vasos
4th 418 Tyler Laughard
5th 711 Dayton Hazlett
6th 66 Dale Grubbs
7th 64 Josh Grubbs
8th 51 Colton McNaney
9th 307 Brandon Myers
10th 513 Andrew Jones
11th 3k Jason Rittenour
12th 39 Brian Noel
13th 23T Andrew Geary
62 Jeremy Grubbs,79 Brian Spangler, 210 Dylan Burkett, 24 Tiffani McElhose, 48 Paul Koffler III, 713 Joe Huffman, 90 Wyatt Piper.
Heat Winners 62 Grubbs, 48 Koffler, 19H Huffman
The B Main - The 24 of Tiffani McElhose sat in P1 with the 3k of Jay Rittenour to her outside. The 24 of McElhose did not miss a beat as she lead every lap to the checkers Flag.
In the Prime Time Spot the Earth Pounding Big Block Modified. Sitting in P1 the 165 of Rex King jr to his outside the 22 of Kevin Long. The 165 of King Jr would lead the first dozen laps until 1 of 8 cautions would come out as the 29 of Garrett Krummert would take full advantage of the caution. The 29 of Krummert would lead for most of the remaining laps, until a late caution would come out. At the restart it would be the 165 of King Jr that would take back the lead and the Checkered Flag.
1st 165 Rex King Jr
2nd Garrett Krummert
3rd 3 Chad Brochmann
4th 65 Rex King Sr
5th 11R Brad Rapp
6th 13 Rick Regalski
7th 83 Brian Swartzlander
8th 18M Kyle Fink
9th 22 Kevin Long
10th 3k Shawn Kozar
35 Steve Slater, 25B Steve Barr, 61 Dave Murdick, 88 Shawn Fleeger, 03 Mark Frankhouser, 64 Rodney Beltz, 18x Eric Gabany, 32R Chris Rudolph
Heat Winners 29 Krummert, 3 Brochmann, 165 King jr
4th in the Rotation, Latrobe’s Own Crate Late Model. Sit in P1 the 17M of Billy Martin to his outside the 11 of Troy Shields. As they came down to the Start the 11 of Shields would take command of the first 12 laps of the 20 lap feature. The 28H of Clate Copeman started in P5 worked his way through the field with some help from cautions. The 28H would find the 11 car f Shields on lap 9, he would follow Shields for a few laps until he made his move going into lap 13. The 28H took the lead and the Checkers.
1st Clate Copeman
2nd 11 Troy Shields
3rd 11L Jeff Ferguson
4th 17M Billy Martin
5th 17 Russel Baird
6th 10 Zack Kane
7th 55 Marino Angellichio
8th 7 Rob Lyons
9th 31 John Stockdale
10th 58 Joe Zulisky
11th 33 Andrew Koenig
12th 10 Eric Asmussen
13th 21M Michael Ott
Heat Winners. 17 Russel Baird, 28H Copeman
In the clean up spot of an action packed night of Dirt Track Racing and the Best Fireworks ever, the Pro stocks take to the unreal smooth big half mile dirt track. Sitting in P1 the 17 of Sam Eicherberger to his outside the 4 of Brett Hutira. As they come down to the green flag of Carson the 4 of Hutira is award the lead spot, he will hold that spot till lap 6 as the 25 of Brett McDonald get around him to take the 7th Lap on his way to his First Feature Win.
1st 25 Brett McDonald
2nd 47 Cam Kraisinger
3rd 17 Sam Eicherberger
4th 4 Brett Hutira
5th 49 Steve Mitchell
6th 87 Jacob Weyer
7th 4ord Ray Hickok Jr
Heat Winner 4ord Hickok
What an Exciting Night at Latrobe Speedway. Awesome Fireworks Sponsored by Marcus Wisneski, Ice Cream for the kids Sponsored by Koenig Racing, Candy Toss for the Kids Sponsored by Morrison Racing, McElhose Racing plus other teams donate candy along with Fans, our candy toss is the best hand down. thank you all!! Then to cap all that off we watched some of the best dirt track drivers in the Tri State take battle on the Ultra Smooth Big Half Mild Dirt Track of Latrobe Speedway.
This week the return of the Hot Summer Night Series as well DOUBLE POINTS for the Track Championship Run. Points are tight in both the Track Championship as well the Hot Summer Nights Series.
The Track Champions will be crowned this weekend. Next weekend the Winners of the Hot Summer Nights Series will be decided. As we dwindle down the 2021 Racing Season come out and support your favorite Driver and Team.