Anthony Sesely and Ricky Ross, Jr. Split Sport Mod
“Twin 25s” at Sundance
The final single points races came to a close Sunday at Sundance
Vacations Speedway, as drivers look forward to the season-ending, double
points “King of the Mountain” event coming next weekend. With a pair of
25-lap Sport Modified main events up for grabs, Anthony Sesely and Ricky
Ross, Jr. took top honors. Steve Shultz scored his second-straight Street
Stock victory and Jon Smith cruised to the Four Cylinder FWD win. Karl
Heisler notched his first career INEX Legends win and after an engine change
earlier in the afternoon, Steve Cox dominated the field to win the Super
Mini Cup main.
Joe Wielgosz started from the pole position and was overtaken by Dave
Garfinkel before a single lap was scored in the first of two 25-lap Sport
Modified features.
The yellow flag waved on lap one when Frank Scimeca and Brian Sones
collected in turn two. Green flag racing resumed and Anthony Sesely shot by
Wielgosz to take the third spot. He then hunted down Barry Callavini, who
was running in the second position.
Sesely overtook Callavini and then got under Garfinkel in turn three for the
race lead. The turn three pass assured Sesely the lead with Garfinkel, Jason
Hearne, Zane Zeiner and Callavini fighting for position.
Hearne stalked Garfinkel for second and Zeiner sat within striking distance.
Both moved by Garfinkel on lap 11. Callavini and Billy Cole overtook
Garfinkel shortly to advance position.
Despite a quick caution on lap 17, Sesely held off Hearne, Zeiner, Callavini
and Cole to win his first Sport Mod feature of the season.
Sesely picked a pill for the second race line up in victory lane and the top
14 cars were inverted for the lineup.
Jason Hearne, Anthony Sesely and Zane Zeiner were heat race winners.
Following the invert, Ricky Ross, Jr. started on the pole position for the
second 25-lap Sport Mod main. With one lap complete, Ross held the race lead
over Dave Garfinkel, Scott Brannick, Joe Wielgosz and Billy Cole.
The first of four yellows flew when Jason Hearne slammed the wall in turns
one and two. Hearne was forced to retire from the event with the dreaded
“double hook” back to the pit area.
Zane Zeiner started eleventh and quickly worked through traffic. He moved by
Brannick for second on the second lap and then glued himself to the back
bumper of Ross. Meanwhile, Sesely, who started back in thirteenth, ran third
and Barry Callavini joined the top five.
A late race caution with five laps remaining set up another restart and gave
Zeiner the opportunity to make a last-ditch move on Ross.
Zeiner tried several maneuvers, but Ross of Mountain Top, held him off to
score his third victory of the season. Zeiner settled for second, followed
by Sesely, Garfinkel and Callavini.
Robert Haueisen led the Street Stock field to the green flag in the 25-lap
main event, but Steve Clark quickly took the race lead. Todd Barbush
followed suit and grabbed second.
Brian Wozniak and Robert Fink battled side by side for the third spot and
Haueisen dropped to fifth on the third lap.
The caution flew on lap three when fluid began to leak from Chip Wanamaker.
Forced to the pit area for a look over, he did not return to the speedway,
which possibly ended his championship hopes.
Green flag racing resumed and Steve Shultz quietly worked into the top five.
He shot by Fink to take fourth and ran third after overtaking Wozniak.
Meanwhile, T. Barbush began to pressure Clark for the lead. T. Barbush tried
the bottom groove in turn three and Clark tried to slam the door. The two
made contact and spun, which brought out the lap 17 yellow.
With the lead in hand, Shultz held off several pass attempts by Joe Barbush
to claim his second-straight and third overall win of the season. Wozniak
and Fink crossed the strip fourth and fifth respectively.
Heat race wins went to Steve Clark and Steve Shultz.
Mike Kline started first and quickly lurched out to a sizable advantage in
the opening laps of the 20-lap four-cylinder FWD event. Still looking for
her first win of the year, Nikki Sager held second, followed by Brian
Kunkel, Jon Smith and Robert Fink.
Smith and Fink raced with and eventually overtook Sager and Kunkel and then
set the focus on Kline.
With eight laps complete, Smith shot by Kline, as did Fink for the second
spot.
The first and only caution of the event flew with four laps remaining when
the lapped car of Frank Hughes made contact with Fink in turn two.
Green flag racing resumed and Smith drove off to score his fourth win of the
season over Eric Banashefski. Fink rebounded to finish third, followed by
Ken Kleppinger and Sager.
Jon Smith and Frank Katona took heat race honors.
Justin Grimm started on the pole and held the early race lead in the 25-lap
INEX Legends main event over Mike Carroll, Karl Heisler, Gregg Rittenhouse
and Mark Tischler.
Kevin Nowak entered the top five and began to make a charge through the top
five. Meanwhile, Tischler and Scott Hubler pressured Grimm for the lead.
Tischler attempted several passes on Grimm and tagged him while attempting a
turn one pass on lap 19.
The change of events gave the lead to Hubler, but it was short-lived. Nowak
lined up in second for the restart and the duo raced hard into turn three.
Nowak got a bumper on the leader and Hubler spun. Hubler was forced to the
rear of the field for the restart and Nowak was also sent to the rear for
his part in the incident.
Heisler inherited the lead and stayed in front over the closing laps to
score his first career win over Carroll, Nowak, Tischler and Brandon
Michael.
Several Super Mini Cups took to the speedway for a 15-lap feature.
After losing a motor in practice and with the help of his mother, changing
it out before the heat, Steve Cox went on to the heat race win.
However, his day wasn’t complete.
Cox went on to take the feature win over Matt Custer, Ken Stabley and Mark
Lockcuff.
Sundance Vacations Speedway is just minutes from Hazleton, Pa, located on
St. John’s Road, between Routes 93 and 309. Grandstand admission for the
upcoming 10th annual “King of the Mountain” event is just $20 for Saturday
and $25 for Sunday. As always, children ages 10 and younger are admitted for
free.
For further information, please visit the track site at
www.sundancevacationsspeedway.com.
Sport Modifieds (Feature #1, 25-Laps) 1. ANTHONY SESELY 2. Jason Hearne 3.
Zane Zeiner 4. Barry Callavini 5. Billy Cole 6. Paul Frantz 7. Joe Wielgosz
8. Keith Mullineaux 9. Scott Brannick 10. Dave Garfinkel 11. Paul Brinckman
12. Mike Mangini 13. Ricky Ross Jr 14. Frank Scimeca 15. Brian Sones 16.
Tony Aquilino DNS: Beryle Herman, Mike Speeney
Sport Modifieds (Feature #2, 25-Laps) 1. RICKY ROSS, JR 2. Zane Zeiner 3.
Anthony Sesely 4. Barry Callavini 5. Dave Garfinkel 6. Mike Speeney 7. Billy
Cole 8. Joe Wielgosz 9. Paul Frantz 10. Keith Mullineaux 11. Scott Brannick
12. Frank Scimeca 13. Mike Mangini 14. Paul Brinckman 15. Beryle Herman 16.
Brian Sones 17.Jason Hearne DNS: Tony Aquilino
Street Stocks (25-Laps) 1. STEVE SHULTZ 2. Joe Barbush 3. Brian Sones 4.
Brian Wozniak 5. Robert Fink 6. Kevin Higgins 7. Harry Sager 8. Robert
Haueisen 9. Todd Barbush 10. Brandon Oltra 11. Nick Ross 12. Daniel Pawlicki
13. Steve Clark 14. Brad Barbush 15. Chip Wanamaker
Four Cylinder FWDs (20-Laps) 1. JON SMITH 2. Eric Banashefski 3. Robert Fink
4. Ken Kleppinger 5. Nikki Sager 6. Pete Maier 7. Cory Dymond 8. Brian
Kunkel 9. Jay Skupski 10. Mike Kline 11. Joe Katona 12. Frank Hughes 13.
Frank Katona 14. Harry O'Neill 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
INEX Legends (20-Laps) 1. KARL HEISLER 2. Mike Carroll 3. Kevin Nowak 4.
Mark Tischler 5. Brandon Michael 6. Van Michael 7. Justin Grimm 8. Greg
Rittenhouse 9. Scott Hubler
Super Mini Cups (15-Laps) 1. STEVE COX 2. Matt Custer 3. Ken Stabley 4. Mark
Lockcuff DNS: Heath Hendeshot
Source: Geno Ostrowski/Sundance
Vacations Speedway PR
Posted:
October 4, 2009