Sunday, 4 July 2010
Barry Angstadt
Night 5
July 2, 2010
PA 600 Speedweek Results
Linda's Speedway
RUTHERFORD ROLLS TO BIG WIN AT LINDA'S
by BARRY ANGSTADT
Jonestown, Pa. - Just before this year's PA 600 Speedweek kicked off, Mike Rutherford debuted a brand new PACE Chassis. On Friday night at Linda's Speedway, Rutherford collected enough cash to make quite a few payments on his new Micro-Sprint.
When leader Brock Zearfoss fell victim to a stuck injector with two circuits complete, Rutherford inherited command of the A-Main. He went to on to post a convincing win as the 30-lap event went non-stop, green to checkered for the second consecutive night of Speedweek competition.
Rutherford not only claimed the $1,000 victory, he also earned the Valken Wheel Challenge Bonus of $1,000 because his No. 6 had four Valken Wheels on its corners. He became the first driver to collect the Valken Challenge Bonus during the six race series. Another $500 was waiting for Rutherford at the payout window for his triumph in the Hinchman Racewear Manufacturer's Challenge. Add in the gift certificates donated by various Micro-Sprint vendors, and Rutherford walked out of Linda's with more than $3,000 for his evening's efforts.
"We just debuted this car a week ago, and the guys from PACE have been real helpful in getting us headed in the right direction with it," said Rutherford in victory lane. "We actually missed (the set up) a little bit tonight. With the spec tire mandated by Speedweek rules, when the track rubbers up like it did tonight and the cars lock down, they are really a handful. I got tight and couldn't get by any more of the lapped cars, and when you go 30 laps non-stop, it will wear you out."
Tim Buckwalter reversed his Speedweek fortunes with a runner-up finish. Buckwalter closed in on Rutherford as they negotiated lapped traffic, but he could not narrow the gap enough to offer a serious challenge to the ace from Newmanstown, Pa.
Arron Spahr finished third ahead of Ryan Greth and Jimmy Glenn.
There were 65 cars in the Linda's Speedway pit area on a beautiful night for racing.
With his victory, Rutherford slipped into second place in the PA 600 Speedweek point standings. With just one event left to run, Rutherford trails Heath Hehnly by a scant five points heading into Micromania at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway on Saturday.
Qualifying Heats, Round One (10 laps):
Heat 1: 1.Heath Hehnly, 2.Robbie Kendall, 3.Dwayne Gutshall, 4.Jake Murphy, 5.Jerry Schott Jr., 6.Kevin Steele, 7.Mike Freed, 8.Brett Peters, 9.Brian Carber, 10.Brandon Yarlett, 11.Billy Lawhead.
Heat 2: 1.Isaac Sneeringer, 2.Joe Snyder, 3.Joe Kata, 4.Ryan Wilson, 5.Ryan Greth, 6.Travis Senter, 7.Rick Stief, 8.Matt Suppan, 9.Charlie Warren, 10.Jared Davis, 11.Ron Lewis.
Heat 3: 1.Tyler Walton, 2.Steve Kemery, 3.Paul Graham, 4.Brock Zearfoss, 5.Jon Holmquist, 6.Jeff Hartman, 7.Jermain Godshall, 8.Zach Overmiller, 9.Frankie Peters, 10.Sam Lamothe, 11.A.J. Michael.
Heat 4: 1.Terry Schaeffer, 2.Jimmy Glenn, 3.Chance Terrel, 4.Mike Rutherford, 5.Steve Russell, 6.Zach Light, 7.Jake Murdock, 8.Tyson Hall, 9.Ben McLeod, 10.Dalton Tanner, 11.Jeremy Glass.
Heat 5: 1.Shane Penny, 2.Eric Bodine, 3.Tim Dietz, 4.Tim Buckwalter, 5.Mark Yoder, 6.Tyler Ross, 7.Shane Lewis, 8.Luke Thomas, 9.Craig Fox, 10.Brett Schoenly. DNS: Shawn Light.
Heat 6: 1.Brittany Tresch, 2.Jesse Snyder, 3.Arron Spahr, 4.Terry Peters, 5.Eric Brobst, 6.Mike Dicely, 7.Peter Michael, 8.Brock Bilger, 9.Tom Kohler, 10.Steve Bracall. DNS: Jason Morrison.
Qualifying Heats, Round Two (10 laps):
Heat 7: 1.Brett Peters, 2.Kevin Steele, 3.Jake Murphy, 4.Brian Carber, 5.Heath Hehnly, 6.Mike Freed, 7.Robbie Kendall, 8.Jerry Schott Jr., 9.Dwayne Gutshall. DNS: Billy Lawhead; Brandon Yarlett.
Heat 8: 1.Ryan Greth, 2.Ryan Wilson, 3.Charlie Warren, 4.Travis Senter, 5.Isaac Sneeringer, 6.Rick Stief, 7.Jared Davis, 8.Matt Suppan, 9.Joe Snyder, 10.Joe Kata. DNS: Ron Lewis.
Heat 9: 1.Brock Zearfoss, 2.Jeff Hartman, 3.Jermain Godshall, 4.Tyler Walton, 5.Zack Overmiller, 6.Sam Lamothe, 7.Steve Kemery, 8.Jon Holmquist, 9.Paul Graham. DNS: Frankie Peters; A.J. Michael.
Heat 10: 1.Mike Rutherford, 2.Dalton Tanner, 3.Tyson Hall, 4.Jimmy Glenn, 5.Chance Terrel, 6.Terry Schaeffer, 7.Ben McLeod, 8.Steve Russell, 9.Jake Murdock, 10.Jeremy Glass, 11.Zach Light.
Heat 11: 1.Tim Buckwalter, 2.Luke Thomas, 3.Brett Schoenly, 4.Eric Bodine, 5.Shane Lewis, 6.Craig Fox, 7.Shane Penny, 8.Tyler Ross, 9.Jake Murphy, 10.Mark Yoder. DNS: Shawn Light.
Heat 12: 1.Brock Bilger, 2.Arron Spahr, 3.Tom Kohler, 4.Terry Peters, 5.Jesse Snyder, 6.Eric Brobst, 7.Peter Michael, 8.Brittany Tresch, 9.Steve Bracall, 10.Mike Dicely.
C-Main (Top Six Transfer to B-Main):
1.Brett Schoenly, 2.Dwayne Gutshall, 3.Brian Carber, 4.Mike Dicely, 5.Jerry Schott Jr., 6.Rick Stief.
B-Main (Top Six Transfer to A-Main):
1.Terry Peters, 2.Robbie Kendall, 3.Jermain Godshall, 4.Luke Thomas, 5.Travis Senter, 6.Tyson Hall, 7.Steve Kemery, 8.Tim Dietz, 9.Mike Dicely, 10.Shane Lewis, 11.Steve Russell, 12.Brian Carber, 13.Brett Schoenly, 14.Rick Stief, 15.Paul Graham, 16.Dalton Tanner, 17.Jerry Schott Jr., 18.Mike Freed, 19.Joe Snyder, 20.Eric Brobst, 21.Brittany Tresch, 22.Charlie Warren, 23.Dwayne Gutshall.
A-Main (30 laps):
Finish: 1.Mike Rutherford, 2.Tim Buckwalter, 3.Arron Spahr, 4.Ryan Greth, 5.Jimmy Glenn, 6.Tyler Walton, 7.Jeff Hartman, 8.Ryan Wilson, 9.Isaac Sneeringer, 10.Heath Hehnly, 11.Eric Bodine, 12.Jake Murphy, 13.Terry Schaeffer, 14.Kevin Steele, 15.Robbie Kendall, 16.Shane Penny, 17.Terry Peters, 18.Brock Bilger, 19.Travis Senter, 20.Tyson Hall, 21.Chance Terrel, 22.Jesse Snyder, 23.Luke Thomas, 24.Tom Kohler, 25.Brett Peters, 26.Brock Zearfoss.
Hinchman Racewear Manufacturer's Challenge (12 laps):
1. Mike Rutherford (PACE), 2.Eric Bodine (Bullrider), 3.Ryan Wilson (PMP), 4.Heath Hehnly (Hyper), 5.Tyson Hall (Sawyer), 6.Tyler Ross (Stallard), 7.Mike Freed (Predator), 8.Tim Dietz (Probe), 9.Brett Schoenly (SB3), 10.Ben McLeod (Eagle), 11.Shane Lewis (RTS).
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