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CHUCK CLISE GRABS FIRST BEDFORD WIN

May 12th, 2012
5-11 After years of trying, Chuck Clise roared to his first ever Late model feature win at Bedford Speedway Friday night.  In the Limited event, Josh Berrier duplicated that feat as he also scored his first career win at the track.   Chris Chamberlain came from deep in the field to claim another Semi Late win before Bill Replogle took the Pure Stock event.  Dan Jackson won his third 4 Cylinder race of the season to end the evening.
 
     After an early season of hard luck,  Chuck Clise finally was rewarded with an up front starting spot.  He responded  by jumping into the lead at the start and running off.  But after a few laps Greg Fetters had run Clise down and the race was on.  Lap after lap Fetters gave Clise all he could handle at the front but Clise repelled every challenge.   
 
      Behind the leaders,  Scott Lebarron and Brian Booze were charging through the field.  With only a single caution in the race  Lebarron moved  up from tenth to fourth by lap 10.   He got be Andy Haus for third with 5 to go bu could not close on the lead pair.  Booze closed on Haus  over the last few laps but his charge forward stopped at  fifth for the evening. Read more »

JACK IS BACK AT BEDFORD

May 5th, 2012

5-4 Bedford Speedway beat the weather and Jack Pencil beat the field Friday night.    Pencil took the 25 lap Late Model event with a late race rally, becomming the first repeat winner of the 2012 season.  In other action,  Robby Black dominated the Limited Late Model model event while Chris Chamberlain won the Semi Late race,  Travis Group was the Pure Stock winner and Dave Lambert won the 4 Cylinder closer.

 Eric Zembower, after a dominating heat race victory was the Late Model pole sitter and early leader. Jeff Rine emerged from the pack and began to reel in the leader but Pencil was third and was catching them both.  Rine and Pencil had caught Zembower by  the time  Matt Sala brought out the only caution of the event on lap 11.
 
 On the restart Rine immediately worked on Zembower and the two raced hard for 6 laps before Rine got by.   Pencil got by Zembower a lap later and set out after Rine..  With Rine on the bottom,  Pencil swung to the outside and with two laps to go edged ahead.  Pencil then roared to his second win of the season.  Rine chased the winner across the line, followed by Zembower, Matt Sponaugle, Ron Delano, Jamie Lathroum, Matt Parks, Jeff Miller, Chris Harr and Cory Weaver.  Zembower and Lathroum won the heats. Read more »

SINGLETON STEELS ONE IN BEDFORD ACTION

April 28th, 2012
4-27 Rick Singleton made his 2012 debut a winning one with victory in the 25 lap event Friday night at the Bedford Speedway.  Singleton, who has flirted between the Late Model and Limited fields for years,  waxed the field  of heavy hitters with his steel block 358 car Limited legal.  In other action, DJ Troutman took the 20 lap Limited event with a dominating performance while  60 year old Darryl Whetstone won the Semi Late race . Charlie Walter  took the Pure Stock event after a wild first lap pileup wiped out much of the field before Dan Jackson was credited with the  4 Cylinder win after a grinding crash ended the festivities at only 8 laps
 
Singleton won the pole in the pre race draw and didnt waste his opportunity.  He shot by Andy Haus at the start and ran off from the field.  Scott Haus jumped in to second on the second lap and was soon joined by Jeff Rine in third  but Singleton was pulling away.    Haus and Rine battled  hard until Haus brought out the first caution on lap 16 by drifting to a halt in turn 4. The yellow closed the field and Rine made a bold move on the restart actually moving ahead. But Singleton regained his rythm and again moved away.
  
Jack Pencil arrived on Rines bumper as the laps wore down but was unable to effect a pass.  At the finish it was Ssingleton  easily over Rine and Pencil.   Jerry Bard was fourth followed by Chad Hollenbeck, Matt Parks, Justin Kann,  Greg Fetters , Ron Delano and Eric Zembower.  Scott Haus and Hollenbeck won the heats. Read more »

PENCIL OPENS BEDFORD SEASON WITH WIN

April 21st, 2012
p831567312-3 Defending track champion Jack Pencil opened the 2012 Bedford  season with a win in the 25 lap Late Model event.  It was a bit of irony for Pencil as  he had been the winner of the last Joe Padula promoted  event at the speedway 12 years ago.  In other action, Brian Lessley survived a wild last lap to score a photo finish win in Limited action,  Bob Jay came from the back to win the Semi Late event, Lou Wannyn won the Pure Stock event and Dan Jackson took the 4 Cylinder finale.
 
      Pencil was the big winner in the opening day pill draw start as his 4th place run in his heat rewarded him  with a pole position start,  He jumped ahead of Wayne Johnson at the start and opened up a huge lead over the first 20 green flag laps.   By lap 11 though,  Jeff Rine had moved up to second place and was noticeably closing on Johnson.
 
     Rine was approaching Pencil when a 5 car melee broke out in turn 4 bringing out the only caution of the event.
That action resulted in the retirement of Scott Haus and Greg Fetters among others and gave Rine a close up look at the leader.   But on the restart with 5 laps to go, Pencil scooted away to score the win.  Rine was second, followed by Matt Parks, Colby Frye, Johnson, Chuck Clise, Matt Sponaugle, Eric Zembower, Chris Harr and Tom Decker.  Haus and Frye won the heats. Read more »

DICKSON CAPS BEDFORD SEASON WITH $2,000 WIN

September 4th, 2011

By Dave Harclerode

9-2 BEDFORD, PA – Nick Dickson earned his second win of the season and took home $2,000 for his efforts Friday night at the Bedford Speedway.  Tim Smith, Jr. won $1,000 by taking the win in a wild Limited Late Model feature, and Bill Henney won $500 in Street Stock action.  Travis Group won the $300 top prize in the Hobby Stocks, and Robert Pluta pocketed $200 for winning the 4 Cylinder feature event.  The holiday special event was the final point race and the final race of the season.  Read more »

DONNIE FARLLING SCORES FIRST BEDFORD WIN…

July 17th, 2011

By Dave Harclerode

7-15 BEDFORD, PA –  Donnie Farlling ran a flawless race Friday night at the Bedford Speedway, winning his first ever Limited Late Model feature event.  The $1,000 to win 25 lap race was part of the Bedford and Cumberland challenge, dubbed the Bedrock shootout.  In other action, Brian Duffy won his fourth race of the season in the Street Stock division, Justin Michael made a rare Bedford visit worthwhile by winning the Hobby Stock feature, and Robert Pluta won his second race of the season in the 4 Cylinders.  Children were given an opportunity to try their luck on the speedway surface during the kid’s bike races at intermission.

The Limited Late Model feature had Scott Daniels and Donnie Farlling on the front row when they took the green, and Farlling immediately blasted into the lead like a missile.  With division heavy hitters Grant Adams, Matt Sponaugle, Robbie Black, and Tim Smith, Jr. giving chase, it was Farlling’s night to shine.  Adams slipped into the second spot in the later stages of the race, but couldn’t reel in Farlling’s number 48.  Farlling acknowledged the crowd with a fist pump as he took the checkered comfortably over Adams by several car lengths.  Matt Sponaugle finished third, Robbie Black fourth, and Tim Smith, Jr. advanced from his eleventh starting position to post a fifth place finish.  Sixth through tenth went to Travis Stickley, Cory Weaver, Travis Calhoun, Brian Lowery, and Scott Daniels.  Stickley and Adams won the qualifying heats. Read more »

JACK PENCIL WINS BEDFORD THREE STATE FLYERS RACE

July 3rd, 2011

By Dave Harclerode

7-1 BEDFORD, PA –  The Three State Flyers Late Model series visited the Bedford Speedway Friday night, and Bedford’s own Jack Pencil made his hometown proud by picking up the win in the 35 lap main event.  Craig Perigo ended a three year drought with a win in Limited Late Model action, and Bill Henney picked up the win in Street Stock action.  Charlie Walter charged from the back row to win the Hobby Stock feature, and Troy Imler earned his first ever Bedford victory in 4 Cylinder action. The Blackburn Russell Company sponsored the evening’s racing action. 

Jack Pencil has been building momentum all season at Bedford.  Fresh off a win the last time the Late Models circled Bedford, Pencil’s front row starting position for Friday’s Three State Flyer race set him up for a great chance to make it two in a row.  However, Jason Covert, the hottest driver on the series trail was in town and started just one row behind Jack.  Pencil immediately grabbed the lead at the start of the $3,000 to win event with regional standout Jamie Lathroum an Covert hot on his heels.  Lathroum appeared to have a little something for the leader until he brought the yellow out in turn two on the eighth lap.  This put Covert right on Pencil’s back bumper, with Scott LeBarron and Dylan Yoder following closely behind on the restart.  The fastest way around on this night was the high side, and Covert matched Pencil’s tire tracks for laps.  Yoder got by LeBarron for third on lap fifteen, but was never really able to pose too much of a threat to the top two.  Covert seemed content on mirroring Pencil for most of the race, but in the final stages he left nothing on the table.  The car on the move was last year’s track champ Jeff Rine.  Rine started last, and was able to come all the way up and steal the seventh spot from chuck Clise on the final lap.  Pencil was solid up front and repelled any of Covert’s attempts for the lead, taking the checkered for the 28th time of his career in Super Late Model action at Bedford.  Covert finished a close second, and Yoder came home third a few car lengths back.  LeBarron ended up fourth, and JT Spence fifth.  Rounding out the top ten was Nick Dickson, Rine, Clise, Wayne Johnson, and Jeff Miller.  Pencil won his heat and the dash, and Jamie Lathroum was the other heat race winner.  Former Bedford Regular CS Fitzgerald was on hand for the first time in over ten years.  He crossed the finish line in the eleventh position.  Read more »

7-1 Quick Results…

July 2nd, 2011

THREE STATE FLYERS SUPER LATE MODELS

FEATURE (35 Laps):  1. 14 Jack Pencil  2. 43a Jason Covert  3. 32 Dylan
Yoder  4. 8L  Scott LeBarron  5. 91 JT Spence  6. 17D Nick Dickson  7.
92 Jeff Rine (Tri-State Racing Photos Hard Charger)  8. 5 Chuck Clise 
9. 17J Wayne Johnson  10. 57 Jeff Miller  11. 100 CS Fitzgerald  12. 39
Greg Fetters  13. 26 Jerry Bard  14. 21 Scott Haus (DNF)  15. 20 Shawn
Claar (DNF)  16. 5* Derek Byler (DNF)  17. 76 Andy Haus (DNF)  18. 6
Jamie Lathroum (DNF)  19. B2 Brian Booze (DNF) Read more »

DARYN PITTMAN WINS BEDFORD SPEEDWEEK RACE

June 27th, 2011

By Dave Harclerode

6-26-11 BEDFORD, PA –  The Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek Series made it’s second stop of the week at Bedford Sunday night and Daryn Pittman took his first ever win at the historic oval.  The evening didn’t start off the best for Daryn.  After posting the third quickest time of the night on his first lap of time trials, his right front wheel came off in turn three of his second lap, sending his racer into the outside wall before laying over on it’s side.  The redraw put Pittman on the pole for the feature, and his crew made all the necessary repairs to get him out for race time.  Fred Rahmer set fast time and a new one lap track record during time trials for the 29 car field, as many cars were measured at 135 mph on the backstretch with a hand held radar gun.  Lance Dewease, Curt Stroup, and Keith Kauffman won the qualifying heats, with Sam Hafertepe, Jr. winning the b-main.  Read more »

PENCIL & SMITH RETURN TO WINNING WAYS

June 18th, 2011

By Dave Harclerode

6-17 BEDFORD, PA – Hometown hero Jack Pencil returned to Super Late Model victory lane for the first time in nearly a year at the Bedford Speedway Friday night.  Tim Smith, Jr. also won his first of the season in the Limited Late Models.  Bob Jay picked up his second win of the year in Street Stock action, and Charlie Walter earned his third of the season in the Hobby Stocks.  Mike Lauffer won the special $100 to win 4 Cylinder event. 

Jack Pencil has been on top of his game each week in Bedford Super Late Model action, but finding victory lane proved to be a tough task until now.  Pencil started on the pole for the 25 lap main event and led every lap.  The racing surface was blistering fast, and although second place running Dylan Yoder could match Pencil’s speed, he couldn’t find enough to mount any serious challenges.  Yoder, the division’s point leader, holds a slim margin over Pencil and Jeff Rine in the point standings.  It was no surprise that with five to go the running order for the top three was Pencil, Yoder, and Jeff Rine.  Rine started 10th on the grid, and worked hard to get to the front.  Shawn Claar held down the third position for most of the race until Rine made his move with five to go.  Unfortunately for Rine, a blown tire with two to go would send him pitside.  At the end Pencil won his 27th career Bedford feature in the division, followed by Yoder, Claar, Jeff Miller, and Wayne Johnson.  Heats went to Miller and Johnson. Read more »

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