Little takes Semi Late Special; Holden and Wallace new winners at Hidden Valley
For Immediate release July 23, 2022
Clearfield, Pa - Clearfield’s Gary Little picked up the Scaife Racing Supplies Semi Late Special Saturday night at Hidden Valley Speedway while Jimmy Holden of Tiona picked up the Small Block Modified win and it was Andrew Wallace of Altoona picking up his first win of the season in the Amsoil Pure Stocks.
Repeat winners Todd English of Clearfield picked up his second win of the season in the Street Stocks while “Wild” Bill Hassenplug of Gallitzin took home his third Craig’s Welding and Fabrication Four Cylinder win.
The Semi Lates were led to the green flag with Kevin Geist and Gary Little filling the front row, as Little got the hole shot at the start with Geist in second and Levi Ardery in third. As Little was setting the pace, the fight from second to fifth was a good one, as sixth place starter Paul Ivory was headed to the front, as he took second on lap two and had to ward off the challenges from Ardery, but then Ardery lost his bid for third to Ryan Jacoby. While they may have finished that way, they still jockeyed for position every lap, often side by side, but when substitute flagman Brian Biancuzzio waved the double checkered flags, it was Little picking up his third win of the season with Ivory second, Jacoby third, Ardery fourth and Brandon DeBrakeleer in fifth. Heat wins went to Jacoby and DeBrakeleer.
After not raced for several years, the winningest driver in Hidden Valley History returned to the Small Block Modifieds in the traditional #7s car with Mike Stine behind the wheel and he picked up where he left off years earlier, winning his heat race. Stine then turned the wheel over to a younger than him Jimmy Holden for the feature, and with Holden not qualifying the car, he had to start at the rear.
With Holden tailing the field, this reset the line up and put Milton Owens and Bobby Garvey on the front row, as Garvey took the lead at the start and looked strong, before J. Holden moved into third on lap one and on a lap three restart, Holden took the lead from Garvey and held him off the rest of the way to get his first win of the season. Garvey was second as last weeks winner Shannon Casher was third and Owens held on to fourth. Fifth went to Hayden Holden. The heat wins went to Stine and Garvey.
The Street Stock feature saw Todd English and Rich Howell on the front row, and as the green flag fell it was a side by side battle into the first turn with English winning the battle and Howell sitting in second. On a lap three restart, Howell fell to third when Chad Rougeux moved into second and then Howell lost one more spot as he gave up third to Mike Bordt. As Howell fell back English never looked back, holding on to get his first win since opening night. Rougeux was second with Bordt, Howell and Ray Reynolds completing the top five. The heat was won by English.
Amsoil Pure Stock heat winner Andrew Wallace led the field to the green flag, with Tyler Rougeux on the outside of the front row. As Biancuzzio waved the green, Wallace took the lead and Rougeux was second, then Rougeux lost second to Ryan Jones who was trying to reel in Wallace. A pair of cautions on lap 8 regrouped the field, letting Brad Benton moved past Jones into second place as Jones remained third. The battle for the win was heating up late in the race, as Benton caught Wallace and was throwing everything he had at the leader, and then the caution flew on lap 12 for a spinning Rougeux. The restart saw Benton unable to muster up the extra power to run down Wallace as he went on to get his first win of the season. Benton was a close second, Jones was third with Rougeux fourth and Ryan Shaffner in fifth. The heat was also won by Wallace.
Heat race winners Jimmy Ogden, Tyler Gill and Wild Bill Hassenplug filled the first three starting spots of the Craig’s Welding and Fabrication Four Cylinder feature, with Ogden taking the lead and pulling away until a caution on lap two regrouped the field. Ogden was now out front alone, as the field doubled up behind him for the restart. Ogden continued to lead, as Hassenplug was second and Adam Campbell sat third. The green saw Ogden leading and Hassenplug was a close second while Tim Campbell ran third. While working the 11th lap, Hassenplug came out of nowhere and shot into the lead entering turn three. Once he had the lead, Hassenplug pulled away, letting second up in the air, but Ogden was able to hold on for second. At the finish, it was Hassenplug with his third win over Ogden, T. Campbell, Cort Price and Luke Hoffner.
The B-main was won by John Brown.
PIT NOTES: 61 cars filled the pits, including: 13 Semi Lates, 8 Small Block Modifieds, 6 Street Stocks, 7 Pure Stocks and 27 Four Cylinders…Coming up this Saturday is the Larry Schultz/Bobby Roos Memorial race for the Thunder On Dirt Vintage Modifieds. The Scaife Racing Supplies Semi Lates, Small Block Modifieds, Street Stocks, Amsoil Pure Stocks and Craig’s Welding and Fabrication Four Cylinders will also be in action…The Winburne Fire Company 50/50 was $515.00 to the winner…Watch our Facebook page and our website at www.hiddenvalleyspeedway.new for more details.
Summary:
Scaife Racing Supplies 358 Semi-Late Models - 1. Gary Little, Clearfield; 2. Paul Ivory, 3.Ryan Jacoby, 4. Levi Ardery, 5. Brandon DeBrakeleer, 6. Eric Lucas, 7. Larry Conklin, Jr., 8. Matt Howell, 9. Jeremy Lippert, 10. Connor Mann, 11. Kevin Geist, 12. Justin Owens, 13.Mike Blazer
Small Block Modifieds - 1. Jimmy Holden, Tiona; 2. Robery Garvey, 3. Shannon Casher, 4. Milton Owens, 5.Hayden Holden, 6. Jamie Luzier, 7. Jordan Luzier, 8. Tom Cox
Street Stocks - 1. Todd English, Clearfield; 2.Chad Rougeux, 3.Michael Bordt, 4. Rich Howell, 5. Ray Reynolds, 6. Jeff Good
Amsoil Pure Stocks - 1. Andrew Wallace, Altoona; 2. Brad Benton, 3. Ryan Jones, 4. Tyler Rougeux, 5. Ryan Shaffner, 6. Bob Holt, 7. Todd Coble
Craig’s Welding & Fabrication Four Cylinders - 1. Bill Hassenplug, Gallitzin; 2. Jim Ogden, 3. Tim Campbell, 4. Cory Price, 5. Luke Hoffner, 6. Tim Raup, 7. Jason Elensky, 8. Allen Robison, 9. Kevin Trimpey, 10. Eric Luzier, 11. John Brown, 12. Martin Neepr, 13. Dustin Miller, 14. Jordan Exley, 15. Larry Conklin, Sr., 16. Jason Dotts, 17. Adam Campbell, 18. Jake Pennington, 19. Isaac Exley, 20. Tyler Gill,
Did Not Start - William Kephart and Len Crawford
Did Not Qualify - Matt Brown, Scott Robison, Ryan Lippert, Kyler Henry and Shaun Kanouff