Lucas, Casher and Watt New Hidden Valley Winners
For immediate release July 16, 2022
Clearfield, Pa - The Clearfield Eagles presented the trophies to the feature winners Saturday night at Hidden Valley Speedway and in the process got to give trophies to first time winners including Eric Lucas of Philipsburg who picked up his first ever Scaife Racing Supplies Semi Late Feature, Shannon Casher of Woodland picked up a first ever, very emotional Small Block Modified feature win, Justin Watt of Brockway got his first ever Amsoil Pure Stock win and it was AJ Bast of Houtzdale destroying the 600 Micro Field.
Repeat winners included Fuzzy Fields of Brockway in the Street Stocks and John Brown of Woodland in the Craig’s Welding and Fabrication Four Cylinders.
For the Scaife Racing Supplies Semi Late feature, Eric Lucas and Gary Little brought the field to the green flag, with Lucas shooting into the lead at the start. He was door-to-door with little the first lap before a rash of cautions began on lap two. After several cautions on lap two and three the race resumed with Lucas still in control, as little began to fade some, allowing sixth place starter Brandon DeBrakeleer to move into second on lap 9. As the race came to a halt on lap 13 for fifth place running Larry Conklin Jr., who was having a great night, but then looped the car. The restart put DeBrakeleer right on Lucas' bumper, but he had the right set up and wasn’t about to be denied his first ever win, as he held on for the victory. DeBrakeleer was second with Little holding on to third, Levi Ardery was fourth and newcomer Kevin Clark was fifth. Lucas and Little won the heats.
The Small Block Modified feature was anyone’s race, as outside pole sitter and birthday boy Hayden Holden beat Shannon Casher off the line to take the lead. As Holden led, Cashier was sitting second and Milton Owens was third, but two laps later, Owens coasted into the pits. In the meantime, Casher was still second before he spun out on lap 10 to bring out the first caution.
The restart is where it got interesting, as Holden bobbled in turn two, giving the lead over to Robert Garvey, but he lost the lead on lap 12 to Trent Ogden, but Casher was coming to the front and on lap 13, he took the lead with Garvey in second and Ogden third. They continued to jockey for position the rest of the race, with Garvey throwing what he had at Casher, but Casher held tight as he went on to grab his first career feature ever. He dedicated the win to his late grandfather, Chard Casher who was instrumental in his family's racing careers. Garvey was second with Ogden, Holden and Owens rounding out the top five. Garvey won the heat.
AJ Bast destroyed his fellow 600 Micro Sprint competitors by lapping the field en route to his win. Bast was flying around the ultimate bull ring and the non stop event saw him lap the small field. The finish was Bast over Jesse Shoot and Matt Brown. Bast also won the heat.
The Street Stock feature saw Fuzzy Fields and Bob Rosman on the front row, as Fields took the lead at the drop of John Shipley’s green flag. As Fields led, second was entertaining as Rosman and Chad Rougeux battled for position the entire race, often side-by-side, but it was Rougeux who won that fight. At the checkered flag it was Fields getting his fourth win of the season. Rougeux was second, Rosman was third, and Duke Davidson was fourth. The heat was won by Fields.
Justin Watt and Ryan Jones led to Amsoil Pure Stocks to the start, as Watt took the lead and Jones sat second. As Watt led, Tim Steis was working on Jones and trying to get the second spot, but Jones was holding him off and trying to reel in Watt, but on lap four, Steis took second and set his sights on Watt. Steis reeled the leader in and tried the inside several times going into the third turn, as Watt gave Steis the room he needed, but Watt was able to make the outside work, as he held the lead, but each lap, a persistent Steis tried to get under Jones, then Steis tried the high side, but once again, Watt was holding him off and as the checkered flag waved, it was Watt getting his first career HVS win over Steis, Jones, Ryan Shaffner and Tyler Rougeux. The heat was won by Steis.
Eric Luzier Ryan Lippert led the Craig’s Welding and Fabrication Four Cylinders to the start, with Luzier taking the lead and Wild Bill Hassenplug immediately moving into second with Lippert third. Luzier continued to lead, with Hassenplug second and now it was John Brown moving into third. Hassenplug was able to get by Luzier on lap six and Brown followed suite, as the yellow came out.
The restart saw Hassenplug still leading, with Brown trying every trick he knew to get by, then on lap 11, Brown made something work, as he was able to take the lead from Hassenplug, but Hassenplug fought back and tried to relive Brown of the lead, but he was able to open a small lead on Hassenplug at the line. Jim Ogden was third, Tim Raup was fourth and Tanner Ogden was fifth. Heat wins were divided by Luzier, Brown and Hassenplug.
PIT NOTES: There were 58 cars in the pits, including: 13 Semi Lates. 6 Small Block Modifieds, 4 600 Micro Sprints, 5 Street Stocks, 7 Pure Stocks and 23 Four Cylinders…The Winburne Fire Co. 50/50 went for $572 to the winner…Coming up this week is the Semi Late Special paying $1,000 to win. Competitors must have competed twice this season at HVS to be eligible….Also on that is the Small Block Modifieds, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks and Four Cylinders…There will be a Faith Night at Speedway this coming weekend, watch our Facebook page for all the details…On July 30 the Bobby Roos/Larry Schultz Memorial will be held with the Thunder on Dirt Vintage Modifieds on hand joining the regular divisions…Catch us on Facebook of our website at www.hiddenvalleyspeedway.net for details.
Summary:
Scaife Racing Supplies 358 Semi-Late Models - 1. Eric Lucas, Philipsburg; 2.Brandon DeBrakeleer, 3.Gary Little, 4. Levi Ardery, 5. Kevin Clark, 6. Kevin Geist, 7. Justin Owens, 8. Matt Howell, 9. Larry Conklin, Jr., 10. Steve Scaife, Jr., 11. Connor Mann, 12. Jeff Weakland, 13.George Bailey
Small Block Modifieds - 1. Shannon Casher, Woodland; 2. Robery Garvey, 3. Trent Ogden, 4. Hayden Holden, 5.Milton Owens, 6. Tom Cox
600 Micro Sprints - 1. AJ Bast, Houtzdale; 2. Jesse Short, 3. Matt Brown
Did Not Start - Jesse Howell
Street Stocks - 1. Fuzzy Fields, Brockway; 2.Chad Rougeux, 3.Robert Rosman, Jr., 4. Duke Davidson
Did Not Start - Rich Howell
Amsoil Pure Stocks - 1.Justin Watt, Brockway; 2. Tim Steis, 3. Ryan Jones, 4. Ryan Shaffer, 5. Tyler Rougeux, 6. Todd Coble, 7. Bob Holt
Craig’s Welding & Fabrication Four Cylinders - 1. John Brown, Woodland; 2. Bill Hassenplug, 3. Jim Ogden, 4. Tim Raup, 5. Tanner Ogden, 6. Austin Fedder, 7. Tyler Gill, 8. Virgil Meyer, 9. Jason Elensky, 10. Allen Robison, 11. Kevin Trimpey, 12.Justin Fedder, 13. Martin Neeper, 14. Jason Dotts, 15. Larry Conklin, Sr., 16. Isaac Exley, 17. Ryan Lippert, 18. Kyler Henry, 19. Jordan Exley 20. Jake Pennington, 21. Dustin Miller
Did Not Start - William Kephart
Disqualified - Eric Luzier