Selinsgrove results 2005-06-18

NAGY WINS WHITCOMB SPRINT CAR MEMORIAL

SELINSGROVE, Pa. -- In his first visit to Selinsgrove Speedway this season, Kevin Nagy of East Brunswick, NJ, set fifth fastest time in qualifying, won his heat race and then won the 2nd Annual Joe Whitcomb Memorial for Sprint Cars Saturday night.

The win was the first of Nagy's career in 358 sprint car competition at the wheel of the Nagy Excavating No. 45. Nagy became the track's sixth different sprint car winner this season in the 30-lap tribute event to the late sprint car driver Joe Whitcomb.

Mike Walter of Penns Creek was the fast qualifier with a lap time of 18.330.

Tony Adams of Sunbury won his second 25-lap late model feature of the season. AJ Stroup of Evandale also won his second 15-lap pro stock feature this year.

The rescheduled 12-lap roadrunner event from June 4 was won by Keith Bissinger of Orangeville, while Matt Keister of McClure won his first career roadrunner race in the eight-lap abbreviated main event.

Selinsgrove Speedway will present the Firecracker 40 for sprint cars this Saturday, June 25 at 7 p.m. The "40" sponsored by Salem RV Center and Keller's Auto Body will pay $2,000 to win. Joining the sprint cars will be the late models, pro stocks and roadrunners.

Polesitter Jason Shultz powered into the lead at the start of the sprint car tribute event. Shultz was chased by second-place starter Kevin Nagy and third-place starter Blane Heimbach.

On the sixth circuit, Shultz made contact with the fourth guardrail and eventually came to a stop in turn two with a flat tire. Nagy was able to drive by Shultz's disabled race car for the lead before the caution flag unfurled.

On the restart, Nagy led Heimbach, fourth-place starter Bob Beidleman and eighth-place starter TJ Stutts. Heimbach made a sweeping pass underneath Nagy in turn three just as the caution flag slowed the pace again.

On the ensuing restart, Nagy protected his lead with Heimbach, Stutts, Davie Franek and Nate Snyder navigating their way through lapped traffic. The final laps saw Nagy pull away from Heimbach and Stutts, who held off the challenges of both Franek and Snyder for the third position.

At the finish, Nagy was victorious by 3.35 seconds over Heimbach, Stutts, Snyder and Franek.

Polesitter Dave Shulski led the first three laps of the late model feature before third-place starter Tony Adams stormed underneath Shulski in turns three and four for the lead on the fourth circuit.

Shulski maintained the runner up position until the 15th lap, when sixth-place starter Jeff Rine drove into second. On the 17th circuit, 10th-place starter Scott Haus advanced to third, creating a three-car battle at the front of the pack.

On the final lap, Adams held a comfortable lead while Rine and Haus nearly collided at the start/finish line. Adams was victorious by 1.22 seconds over Rine, Haus, Shulski and fifth-place starter Jim Yoder.

Polesitter Long Savage, Jr. led the first lap of the pro stock feature before his racer stalled on the frontstretch. Second-place starter Mark Aucker inherited the lead at this point. On the third lap, sixth-place starter AJ Stroup took the lead and held off 10th-place starter Troy Miller in the final laps.

At the finish, Stroup was victorious by just .28 of a second over Miller, Meade Hahn, Peanut Heintzelman and Gerald Kratzer.

In the makeup roadrunner event, third-place starter Keith Bissinger led flag to flag for his victory over sixth-place starter Brett Schadel, 19th-place starter Matt Drum, 10th-place starter Brad Mitch and fourth-place starter Cory Long.

In the regularly scheduled roadrunner feature, second-place starter Wendy Swartz powered into the lead at the start. Sixth-place starter Gary Kerstetter led laps three and four, then seventh-place starter Matt Keister powered into the lead.

Keister went on to win the abbreviated eight-lap race over ninth-place starter Brad Mitch. Matt Drum, Swartz and Zack Lingle completed the top five.

Sprint Cars -- 28 Entries

30-Lap Joe Whitcomb Memorial: 1) 45 Kevin Nagy $1,371 2) 12 Blane Heimbach 3) 11 TJ Stutts 4) 3 Nate Snyder 5) 19 Davie Franek 6) 63 Mike Walter 7) 80 Todd Reed 8) 10 Jeff Furlong 9) 81 Bob Beidleman 10) 115 Brian Powell 11) 18 Ryan Bolhke 12) 12G Bryan Golden 13) 6 Colby Womer 14) 71 Charlie Anderson 15) 48 Wes Irwin 16) 13 Phil Galtfelter 17) 1N Brian Nornhold 18) 70 Larry Kelleher 19) 1M Babe Mader 20) 1J Jake Raudabaugh 21) 2 Jason Shultz 22) 1A Cale Reigle 23) 27 Wade Stauffer (DNS)

Time Trials: 1) Mike Walter 18.330 2) Davie Franek 18.335 3) Bob Beidleman 18.395 4) Blane Heimbach 18.477 5) Kevin Nagy 18.560 6) Jason Shultz 18.565 7) Ryan Bolhke 18.565 8) TJ Stutts 18.589 9) Nate Snyder 18.668 10) Todd Reed 18.748 11) Kyle Bachman 18.756 12) Larry Kelleher 18.790 13) Jeff Furlong 18.839 14) Phil Walter 18.864 15) Jake Raudabaugh 18.943 16) Brian Powell 19.101 17) 71 Charlie Anderson 19.118 18) Colby Womer 19.163 19) Wes Irwin 19.454 20) Bryan Golden 19.458 21) Cale Reigle 19.465 22) Jamie Schwartz 19.479 23) Babe Mader 19.489 24) John Miller 19.506 25) Phil Glatfelter 20.349 26) Dave Delisle 20.373 27) Wade Stauffer (No Time) 28) Brian Nornhold (No Time)

Heat Winners: Blane Heimbach, Kevin Nagy, Nate Snyder
Consolation Winner: Wes Irwin

Late Models -- 24 Entries

25-Lap A-Main: 1) 88 Tony Adams 2) 2J Jeff Rine 3) 33 Scott Haus 4) 4s Dave Shulski 5) 27 Jim Yoder 6) 45 Eric Hons 7) 6 Donnie Schick 8) 21 Chris Shuey 9) 61T Kenny Trevitz 10) 7 Dustin Hoffman 11) T6 Travis Dillman 12) 8 Dave Reed 13) 90 Kyle Rhoads 14) 68 Tom Fogelman 15) 14 Dave Brouse 16) 1 Brett Schadel 17) 21D Dan Stone 18) 32 Jeff Smith 19) 77 Nate Kerstetter 20) 2 Steve Campbell 21) 8T Troy Miller 22) 98 Bobby Croop (DNS) 23) 75 Terry Neitz (DNS) 24) 33W Chris Wilkinson (DNS)

Heat Winners: Chris Shuey, Jeff Rine, Tony Adams

Pro Stocks -- 28 Entries

15-Lap A-Main: 1) 26 AJ Stroup 2) 115 Troy Miller 3) 7 Meade Hahn 4) 99 Peanut Heintzelman 5) 10 Gerald Kratzer 6) 8 Brad Trump 7) 70 Matt Johnson 8) 6 Dan Jensen 9) 70G Bill Glass 10) 13X Chris Badger 11) 31 Steve Woodward 12) 21 AJ Hoffman 13) 54 Sammy Troup 14) 06 Dave Newcomer 15) USA1 Lon Savage, Jr. 16) 18 Roger Stoneroad 17) 81 Todd Kiger 18) 23 Jim Somers 19) 14 Bill Conrad 20) 11 Jake Buck 21) 14B Greg Brouse 22) 74 Mark Aucker 23) 111 Daryl Naiman 24) 13 Jason Bowersox 25) 711 Jim Jurasich 26) 83 Ron Kauffman (DNS)

Heat Winners: Lon Savage, Jim Somers, Matt Johnson

Roadrunners -- 22 Entries

8-Lap Abbreviated A-Main: 1) 010 Matt Keister 2) 10M Brad Mitch 3) 48 Matt Drum 4) ½ Wendy Swartz 5) 22 Zack Lingle 6) 23 John Glosek 7) 111 Jim Naiman 8) 5 Will Mitch 9) 24 BJ Bohner 10) 12 Doug Minium 11) 3 Tom Brunson 12) 32 Matt Dutter 13) 11 Keith Bissinger 14) 00 Cory Long 15) 31 Brandon Shultz 16) 69 Tim Campbell 17) 41D Dennis Conrad 18) 1S Jeremy Brouse 19) 20 Gary Kerstetter 20) 27 Wayne Weist 21) 9 Dave Kamp 22) 13 Jim Collier (DNS)

Heat Winners: Keith Bissinger, Matt Drum

Makeup 12-Lap A-Main (from 6/4): 1) 11 Keith Bissiner 2) 27 Brett Schadel 3) 48 Matt Drum 4) 10M Brad Mitch 5) 00 Cory Long 6) 20 Gary Kerstetter 7) 9 Dave Kamp 8) 24 BJ Bohner 9) 23 John Glosek 10) 3 Tom Brunson 11) ½ Wendy Swartz 12) 41 Dennis Conrad 13) 5 Will Mitch 14) 32 Matt Dutter 15) 31 Brandon Shultz 16) 010 Matt Keister 17) 13 Jim Collier 18) 22 Zack Lingle 19) 12 Doug Minium 20) 1S Jeremy Brouse

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