2008 Results
 

Tim Fedder Paces Path Valley Late Models

 Friday, April 18, 2008

Tim Fedder set the pace to win by half the track length in Late Models Friday night at the Path Valley Speedway Park.

 Under a full Path Valley moon, the nite was notable for thrills on the track, starting on the first lap of the first feature for the 600 Sprints when past Valvoline Cup National Champion Jim Young of Johnstown tangled with two other microsprints at the front of the field heading down the backstretch. His #3 bounced all the way over without damaging the wing and it took the efforts of both the track EMT crew and medics from the Fannett Metal Ambulance to remove him from the wreckage, after which he was flown to Altoona Hospital for observation.

When that race resumed Tom Kohler led all but two laps for his first win just ahead of Mike Dicely all the way. Dicely passed for the lead in both laps 10 and 12 but could not hold the front spot. Farther back the front five were completed by Jim Brookens, Keith McIntyre and Brad Cox. Heat winners were Tyler Walton, Dane Delancey and Nick Saner.

The other four winners were Sean McAndrews in 270 Sprints, Ricky Harper in Mini Stocks, Greg Burd in the INEX nationally sanctioned Legends, and Ken Lawrence Jr. in Thunder Cars.

 While Fedder ran away with the wins in both the Late Model heat and feature, Race Director John Winsett announced that in two weeks, May 2, the Late Model feature will be a special race paying $1000 to win for 12 or more entries – sponsored by Two Wheel Promotions – in an effort to build the car count for the new regular class. The front five finish order in Late Models was Fedder, Steve Bailor, Eric Metzger, Elwood Sord, and Garrett Gray. The Late Models and Legends are off next Friday, April 25, as the full size 305 Sprints and the Sidewinders take their bi-weekly turn on the clay quarter mile.

 In Legends cars Geremey Sheaffer pulled off a decisive heat race win, as did Greg Burd. Sheaffer started 12 as handicap for winning the preceding feature and Burd started 19 but as both weaved through the pack Sheaffer broke. Burd wound up three wide side by side with Robert Sobieski and Nathan Fisher on lap nine and took the lead and then the win coming out in front out of turn two on lap 10. The front five were Burd, Lucas Montgomery, Sobieski, Reed Salony and Fisher.

 Sean McAndrews went from last to first on the first lap of the 270 Sprints to win his heat race and then grabbed the lead out of third place to pace every lap of the feature. The front five were McAndrews, Steve Whary, Sean Good, Colby Dice and Tom Tice and the heat winners were McAndrews and Whary.

The big field of local Thunder Cars brought the fans to their feet in laps 11 through 14 as Jeremy Ott and Ken Lawrence Jr. swapped the lead back and forth three times. Ott lead the early laps but Lawrence used a lapped car or two and took over on lap 15 to take the win. The front five were Lawrence, Terry Smith, John Rasp, Buddy Smith and Denny Scofield. Rasp and Kennedy won the heats.

 Past multiple years champion Ricky Harper returned to his winning ways in the Mini Stocks with a charge out of fourth to take the lead from Frankie Gordon on lap three. With no yellow flags all the way Harper ran a bumper length ahead of Gordon to the checkers with the front five finishers composed of Harper, Gordon, Kevin Thomas, Gary Dehart and Troy Eckenrode. Dehart won the heat race.