ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 8/23/08 -
Ricky Stonebraker wasn’t sure
he’d make the call for his heat race in the "358"
sprints, but after damaging the front end of his
sprinter in warm-ups made repairs in time to win both
his heat and the 20-lap feature event. It was
Stonebraker’s first career sprint car win, and he
credited Cory Haas for lending him front shocks to make
the show.
Stonebraker started on the
outside of the front row and led every lap of the race,
with wild racing behind him throughout the event. Jeff
Rohrbaugh, who started 12th, came through the
field to edge Eric Tomecek at the finish line for
second, with Bob Anderson crossing fourth and Adam Wilt
fifth. Completing the top ten were Adrian Shaffer, Danny
Dietrich, Brian Eichelberger, Kyle Pruitt, and Kevin
Nagy.
Like the "410" sprint division,
there will be a new points leader at the top for the
final "358" sprint race of the year in two weeks. Scott
Geesey, who entered the night as the points leader,
crashed in his qualifying event and was done for the
night. Billy Dietrich, who entered the night fourth in
points, took a violent series of flips down the front
stretch in his heat, and was also done for the night.
Rohrbaugh’s second-place finish
vaulted him into the points lead by 25 point over Gerard
McIntyre, Jr. with only the "358" championship event
remaining on the Lincoln schedule for the division.
Heats for the 43 "358" Sprints
were won by Stonebraker, Anderson, Danny Dietrich, and
Tim Wagaman. Twin consolations were won by Nagy and Chad
Criswell.
Saturday - August 23,
2008
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS 358
SPRINTS:
Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 2.
7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 3. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 4. 81B-Bob
Anderson; 5. 15-Adam Wilt; 6. 21-Adrian Shaffer; 7.
88-Danny Dietrich; 8. 55E-Brian Eichelberger; 9. 29-Kyle
Pruitt; 10. 45N-Kevin Nagy; 11. 66N-Nate Hammaker; 12.
16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 13. 1-Tim Wagaman; 14. 84C-Chad
Criswell; 15. 28-Keith Prutzman; 16. 77-Derek Locke; 17.
5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 18. 16M-Chad Myers; 19. 33T-Todd
Spangler; 20. 01A-Denny Gross; 21. 99M-Kyle Moody; 22.
01-Rick Horn (DNF); 23. 34-Austin Reed (DNF); 24. 6-Brad
McClelland (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders -
Ricky Stonebraker (1-20)
1st Heat
(10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1.
5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 2. 21-Adrian Shaffer; 3. 55E-Brian
Eichelberger; 4. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 5. 28-Keith
Prutzman; 6. 6-Brad McClelland; 7. 28H-Billy Heltzel,
Jr.; 8. 6-Bill Sherman; 9. 50B-Tim Berkheimer; 10.
23B-Jim Bewley (DNF); 11. 27-Jay Galloway (DNF). No Time
2nd Heat
(10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 81B-Bob Anderson; 2.
11T-Eric Tomecek; 3. 15-Adam Wilt; 4. 77-Derek Locke; 5.
45N-Kevin Nagy; 6. 34-Austin Reed; 7. 65-Cale Griffin;
8. 22E-Kevin Eshelman (DNF); 9. U1-Billy Heltzel III (DNF);
10. 66-Dale Hammaker (DNF); 11. 91-Scott Geesey (DNF).
No Time
3rd Heat
(10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 88-Danny Dietrich; 2.
99M-Kyle Moody; 3. 01-Rick Horn; 4. 5T-Glenndon
Forsythe; 5. 33T-Todd Spangler; 6. 16M-Craig Myers; 7.
8D-Billy Dietrich (DNF); 8. 22T-Matt Boland; 9. 2-Paul
Hively III (DNF); 10 13-Jen Yinger (DNF); 11. 45-Colt
White (DNF). No time.
4th Heat
(10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 1-Tim Wagaman; 2. 66N-Nate
Hammaker; 3. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 4. 29-Kyle Pruitt; 5.
84C-Chad Criswell; 6. 01A-Denny Gross; 7. 75-Nicole
Bower; 8. 97-Brie Hershey; 9. 35-Steve Owings (DNF); 10.
9-Craig Laudermilch (DNF). Time - 2:33.97
1st Consolation
(10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 45-Kevin Nagy; 2. 6-Brad
McClelland; 3. 28-Keith Prutzman; 4. 34-Austin Reed; 5.
50B-Tim Berkheimer; 6. 27-Jay Galloway; 7. 6S-Bill
Sherman; 8. 65-Cale Griffin; 9. 22E-Kevin Eshelman (DNF);
DNS - 28H-Billy Heltzel, U1-Billy Heltzel III, 23B-Jeff
Bewley, 66-Dale Hammaker, 91-Scott Geesey. No Time
2nd Consolation
(10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 84C-Chad Criswell; 2.
33T-Todd Spangler; 3. 16M-Craig Myers; 4. 01A-Denny
Gross; 5. 75-Nicole Bower; 6. 97-Brie Hershey; 7. 13-Jen
Yinger (DNF); DNS - 2-Paul Hively III, 9-Craig
Laudermilch. Time - 2:39.03