PHILLIPS THIRD DIFFERENT LATE MODEL WINNER AT AMP
by TerryWhetstone
PublicRelations
CLEARFIELD – “Hot Rod” Rodney Phillips of Punxsutawney became the third different Randy Sterling Trucking Late Model feature winner of the season at America’s Motorsports Park in Clearfield Saturday night as Jeff and America Taylor rolled the dice and completed a full program, when numerous other area speedways threw in the towel due to the weather.
Other new winners included: Colton Gearhart of DuBois in the Harter and Sons Garage Street Stocks and Jason Beichner of Shippenville in the Quigley’s Pub Pure Stocks.
Rick Lias of Dayton won the Vintage Modified exhibition race, while repeat winners included Denny Fenton of Clearfield in the Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub Semi Lates and Stephanie Ivory of Coalport in the Clearfield County Metals Four Cylinders.
The Late Models were led to the start with Clearfield drivers Denny Fenton and ChrisFarrell on the front row, with Fenton taking the lead at the drop of Allen Luzier’s green flag. Fenton was setting a torrid pace, with Farrell in second and “Hot Rod” Rodney Phillips in third early in the race, then Mike Blose, Scott Stein and Luke Hoffner got into the mix to set up a tight, five-car battle at the front of the field. Phillips squeezed into second on lap seven but Farrell wouldn’t go away as he stayed on Phillips. On lap 17 Phillips was able to shoot past Fenton with Farrell following that route with just two laps to go, as a late race caution set up a two lap dash for the cash. When the final green waved Phillips was still leading, Farrell shot into second and Hoffner got by Blose and Fenton for third. Entering the final turn Fenton nearly spun, shooting through the infield as Phillips went on to win. The official top five were: Phillips, Farrell, Hoffner, Blose and Bernie Whiteford. Heat races were won by Hoffnerand Blose.
The Street Stocks were brought to the line 18-cars strong with Joe Jordan and Matthew Hugill on the front row. Hugill took the lead and sat through many cautions before the race finally took off. As Hugill set the pace, Colton Gearhart was all over him like a bad dream, then on lap eight, Gearhart made the outside lane work, taking the lead off of turn four. Once Gearhart was out front, he never looked back, winning by a straightaway over Hugill. Doug Tibbens, Brent Lee and Tim Fannin rounded out the top five. The heat wins were split by Hugill and Jordan.
Cody Hummel and Jon Lee brought the Pure Stocks to the start but it was third place starter Doug Surra who took the lead at the start and was holding the position over Jason Beichner for most of the race, but Beichner finally found the right groove and took the lead from Surra and held him off the rest of the way. At the line the top five were Beichner, Surra, Ben Krause, Luke Barnett and Jim Challingsworth. Beichner and Colton Joiner split the heat races.
The Four Cylinders saw Walt Fedder on the pole with Cody McNaughton on the outside of the front row. McNaughton took the lead first, and once again the race was a barn-burner when McNaughton spun in turn two, giving the lead over to Fedder, who lost the position to Bryan Warren on lap five. Warren’s time at the front was short lived, as lady driver Stephanie Ivory took the lead on lap six and she checked out and the race for second heated up, but Warren was able to hold on for the runner up spot until the twin flags signaled two more laps, that’s when Shawn Fedder moved to second. At the finish the top five were: Ivory for her second straight, Fedder, Warren, “Wild” Bill Hassenplug and Josh Henry. Heat wins went to Ivory and Warren.
The Semi Late field doubled over last week’s, with four drivers in the pits, but the end result was the same, it was again Denny Fenton besting the field for his third straight win. Dylan Fenton was second, Chad Desmond was third and Jackie Phillips was fourth. DennyFenton won the heat.
TheVintage Modifieds paid a visit with five cars on hand, as Rick Lias took the win over Kevin Mohney, Mark Weigle, Jim McDermott and Dave George. The heat was won by Lias.
AMP Notes: There were a total of 71 cars in the pits, including 18 Late Models, 4 Semi Lates, 18 Street Stocks, 14 Pure Stocks, 12 4-Cylinders and 5 Vintage Modifieds…All racing action was completed by 9:41p.m…Coming up this week is a regular AMPed Up Show for the LateModels, Semi Late Models, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks and FourCylinders…Coming up on July 3 is the 410 Super Sprints along withthe Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinders…For more info call the speedway at 814-765-FLAG or check out the website at www.americasmotorsportspark.com.
SUMMARY
Randy Sterling Trucking Late Models: 1. Rod Phillips, Punxsutawney; 2. Chris Farrell; 3. Luke Hoffner; 4. Mike Blose; 5. BernieWhiteford; 6. Scott Stein; 7. Gabe Shaffer; 8. Denny Fenton; 9. DanGill; 10. Duane Stiner; 11. Bill Davis; 12. Gale Huey; 13. JustinKanouff; 14. Tom Shaffer; 15. Roswell Babcock; 16. Carl Pierce; 17.Tim Steis (DNS); 18. Scott Alvertro (DNS).
Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub Semi Lates: 1. Denny Fenton, Clearfield; 2. Dylan Fenton; 3. Chad Desmond; 4. Jackie Phillips.
Harter and Son’s Garage Street Stocks: 1. Colton Gearhart, Dubois; 2. Matt Hugill; 3. Doug Tibbens; 4. Brent Lee; 5. Tim Fannin; 6. Brian Rhed; 7. Tony Brown; 8. Joe Jordan; 9. Joe Kot; 10. ChadRougeux; 11. Ron Mertz; 12. Curtis Teats; 13. Fuzzy Fields; 14. DaleYeaney; 15. Dan Smeal; 16. Dustin Challingsworth; 17. Rick Hemphill;18. Paul Blake.
Quigley’s Pub Pure Stocks: 1. Jason Beichner, Shippenville; 2.Doug Surra; 3. Ben Krause; 4. Luke Barnett; 5. Jim Challingsworth; 6.Shawn Munoz; 7. Cody Hummel; 8. Hunter McCracken; 9. Jon Lee; 10.Eric Lucas; 11. Colton Joiner; 12. Randy “Tank” Coombs; 13.Andrew Frey; 14. Josh Frantz.
Clearfield County Metals Front Wheel Drive 4-Cylinders: 1. Stephanie Ivory, Coalport; 2. Shawn Fedder; 3. Bryan Warren; 4. Bill Hassenplug; 5. Joshua Henry; 6. Rodney Luzier; 7. David Helsel; 8. Troy Peace; 9. CodyMcNaughton; 10. Walt Fedder; 11. Todd Fedder; 12. Eric Luzier.
Vintage Modifieds: 1. Rick Lias, Dayton; 2. Kevin Mohney; 3. Mark Weigle; 4. Jim McDermott; 5. Dave George.