ALYSSA CULLUM WINS GREEN TO CHECKERED MODIFIED FEATURE AT PATH VALLEY
By Judy McGee Timmons
Arden Fedder & Alyssa Cullum sat at the top of the Kathy Baker Coldwell Banker Realty Modified Feature event at Path Valley Speedway Saturday night, with Cullum taking the lead on green & maintaining her position for 20 laps, recording her fastest lap at 73.093 MPH, in 12.313 seconds.
A collision in turn 2 after the first lap, put Darrin Hoover to the rear as well as Sam Reeder, when he ended in the 1st turn infield, trying to avoid the accident. Cullum, Fedder, Kirk Baker, Josh Hughes & Scott Daniels were the top five on the restart, where they raced till 4 laps were complete, after which Fedder got his racer sideways in turn 2, in front of Baker, putting both racers to the back of the reline. Cullum was now pursued by Hughes, Daniels, Mike Corbin & Jared Spalding in the top positions. Fifth place runner, Cody Oliver, brought out a caution, putting him to the rear, as Mike Duck took control of 5th place. The top 4 held their positions for 6 laps, when Daniels got his racer into the turn 2 infield, putting him to the rear, as the restart put the top 5 inches apart.
Sam Reeder moved into the top 5 as the flag waved green, with Cullum keeping the hammer down in the lead with only 3 laps remaining. A caution for Cody Oliver & Johnny Bouse, put both racers to the pit area, as Cullum led the final restart, taking the win.
The Macri Concrete 600 Sprints had Blake Ludwig & Jim Young in the pole positions, with Ludwig taking the lead on the 1st lap, followed by Young, Randy Kunkle, Kameron Morral & Tanner Pressley. Shawn Rumbaugh brought out the 1st caution when his ride got turned out of shape in turn 2, putting him to the back of the pack. Ludwig, Young, Kunkle, Morral & Pressley were the top runners, with Kunkle moving into 2nd by midrace, & continued to pass Ludwig to take the lead on lap 14. Four laps remained when Jim Young brought his racer by Ludwig, moving into 2nd, while Pressley also passed Ludwig, claiming 4th, where the racers held their positions to the checkered. Jim Young had the best speed lap traveling at 77.875 MPH in 11.557 seconds.
The Cordell Construction Late Models were led to the start by Spike Moore & Dalton Bachman, with Moore taking the lead, for a lap, before a caution came out for George Dixon Jr., who left the oval for the evening, & Kenny Yoder, who also entered the pits after issues with his racer in turn 1.
The restart put Moore, Lane Snook, Shyann Smith, Jaxton Garman, & Brad Benton, sitting in the top 5, with Garman moving to 3rd & D.J. Myers taking control of 5th on green. Mike Horne got into the turn 2 infield, putting him to the rear as Moore led the top runners on the reline, all holding their positions for 5 laps, till Snook & Garman passed the leader, taking control of the top two positions as Moore, Shyann Smith & D.J. Myers sat in the adjusted top 5. Dustin Warrenfeltz got out of shape in turn 4, putting his ride to the pits, before Steve Lowery also slid into the turn 4 infield, resulting in his racer also going to the back. On the restart, Wesley Bonebrake & Myers went into a door to door battle with Bonebrake taking control of the top 5 spot.
Lap 15 brought issues for Myers, as his racer slowed, allowing Randy Burkholder to move into 6th, while Myers came to a stop out of turn 4 on the frontstretch. The top runner exited to the pits as Spike Moore also came to a stop on the frontstretch, causing the 3rd position racer to also be pushed to the pits.
The realigned restart had Snook, Garman, Smith, Bonebrake, & Burkholder at the top, with Garman adding pressure to Snook & Bonebrake attempting to pass Smith, for advanced positions, but Snook & Smith maintained their spots as Snook claimed the checkered, followed by Jaxton Garman, Shyann Smith, Wes Bonebrake & Randy Burkholder at the finish. Spike Moore had the best lap speed running at 75.687 MPH in 11.891 seconds.
The T.A. Ward Construction 270 Sprints were chauffeured to the green flag by Bill Laughman & Sean McAndrew, with McAndrew taking the lead ahead of Laughman, Zach Glass, Bradyn Kuhn, & Chanler Heasley, for the top competitors, where they remained till lap 7, when Tim McClelland passed Heasley to take 5th place.
The racers ran their 20 lap feature with the top 5 remaining in their positions while only racers, Aidan Crouse & Dylan Mickey left the circuit with 18 & 19 laps completed. Jason Houtz, Jordan Knable, & Brad Cowan had prelap issues, resulting in retiring their rides for the evening. Sean McAndrew had the best lap speed traveling at 75.169 MPH in 11.973 seconds.
The Cisney’s Auto Parts 4 Cylinder Thunder Car feature had Jeremy Eutzy & Roger Traxler at the front of the line-up, with Eutzy taking the lead on the wave of green. Traxler, Aaron Updegraff, Brock Foster & Ronnie Buck were sitting in the top 5, till lap 4 when Foster got into the turn 4 infield & Traxler entered the pits, returning, putting both to the rear for the reline. Eutzy led the racers to the green with Updegraff, Buck, Bill Kennedy, & Bill Sterner now sitting at the top. The top 3 were running inches apart using the width of the track to advance positions, pulling away from the other competitors, till Lex Seibert got into the infield out of turn 4, bringing the racers to a slower pace as Seibert pulled to the rear.
Eutzy, Updegraff, Buck, Kennedy, & Sterner were placed in the top 5 spots on the restart, with Eutzy holding the lead, till the battle returned, with Buck losing space as Eutzy & Updegraff were now into wheel to wheel action. Updegraff made his move on lap 15, pulling by Eutzy on lap 16, with Buck holding 3rd & Cheyenne Ingram coming from 13th starting position to pass Kennedy & move into 4th place. Updegraff claimed the win followed by Eutzy, Buck, Ingram & Bill Kennedy.
T.B.’s Body Shop of Shippensburg, owned & operated by Tim Burkholder added $150.00 to the winner’s purse making it $500.00 and also sponsored $100.00 to the Hard Charger which was given to Cheyenne Ingram.
Racing returns to Path Valley Speedway on October 24th & 25th for Bullring Nationals. Friday night will feature the T.A Ward Construction 270 Sprints ($1,000 to win thanks to T.A Ward), Macri Concrete 600 Sprints, and the Metzler’s Auto, Truck & Trailer Wingless Super Sportsman. Saturday will highlight the stock cars with the Cordell Construction Limited Late Models, Kathy Baker Coldwell Banker Realty Modifieds, Cisney’s Auto Parts 4 Cylinder Thunder Cars, and the Randy Burkholder Racing, Supplies, Bodies and Graphics 4 Cylinder Strictly Stocks. For more information go to www.pathvalley.com