“James Lichliter Wins Limited Late Model Feature & Points Championship”
“Final Points Champions Crowned On This Night”
By Brent Hottle
Winchester(VA)-This final Saturday in August would not only mark the final race for this month, but it will also mark the final points races for the 2025 season. We would crown our points champions in the limited late model, UMP modified, INEX legend, hobby stock, and SCDRA divisions.
Once our qualifying races were completed. We would pause for our weekly Invocation and playing of our National Anthem. It would be now time for our feature events.
The first division to pull onto the speedway would be the hobby stocks. Pole sitter Billy Sonner Jr would lead lap one over Jason Wilkins and a side by side battling Richie Gibson III and Sam Hoffman. Hoffman would pull ahead and solidly take over the third position by the end of the second lap. James Stephens would spin in turn two and bring out the caution on the third lap. We would see Cody Sumption spin in turn two on the restart and bring out the caution. Sonner would continue to lead Wilkins and Hoffman after the restart. Hoffman would begin defending challenges from Andrew Saffelle. Saffelle would move ahead of Hoffman for the third position by the end of the sixth lap. James Stephens would spin in turn four and bring out the caution once again on lap seven. During the next restart Wilkins would slide high in turn one and lose several positions. Sonner would now lead lap eight over Saffelle and Justin Hottle. The caution would once again come out as contact would send Hottle spinning in turn two. As the field went back to green Sonner would lead lap nine over Wilkins and Saffelle. By the end of lap eleven Wilkins would find himself in a side by side battle with Saffelle for the second position. Safflelle would complete the pass by the end of the twelfth lap. Justin Hottle would also rebound and make a charge back into the third position on this lap. Billy Sonner Jr would go on to lead the remaining laps and take the feature win. Andrew Saffelle and Justin Hottle would round out the top three. Jason Wilkins would become our 2025 track points champion for the division.
Next we would see the limited late model division do battle on the speedway. James Lichliter would lead the field into turn one and go on lead lap one over Austin Stover and Gerald Davis. Michael Carter would slow to a stop in turn two to bring out the first and only caution of the twenty lap event. Lichliter would lead lap three over Gerald Davis and Austin Stover. Lichliter would pull out to a full straightaway lead over Davis by the halfway point of the race. Lichliter would find himself navigating lap traffic by the eleventh lap. This couldn’t stall Lichliter’s momentum, as he would go on to win the feature event. Gerald Davis and Austin Stover would round out the top three. James Lichliter would become our 2025 limited late model track points champion.
The UMP modified division would be the next to pull onto the speedway. We would see Brian Buckler and Ryan Dolan complete lap one side by side for the lead. Cody Williams and Mike
Corbin completed the same lap side by side for the third position. Ryan Dolan would pull ahead of Buckler and lead lap two. By the end of lap three Williams would move ahead of first Corbin and then Buckler to move into the second position. Joey Clower would spin in turn two and bring out the first and only caution of the twenty lap main event. Dolan would lead lap four over Williams and now Corbin. Dolan and Williams would now start to pull away from the rest of the field. The leaders would find themselves navigating lap traffic by lap eighteen. Dolan would lead lap nineteen. He would drive hard into turn one and slide up just enough to give Williams an opportunity to dive to the inside. Williams would take the lead out of turn two and take the feature win. Ryan Dolan and Mike Corbin would round out the top three. Justin Cullum would finish fourth and become the 2025 UMP Modifieds track points champion.
Next we would see the East Coast Legend Series pull onto the speedway. Outside polesitter Jeremy Ott would lead lap one over Colton Friese and Wayne Dutterer Jr. Hunter McElroy would spin in turn four to bring out the caution on lap two. Ott would continue to lead the field after the restart as now Stephen Wurtzer would move into the third position. As Ott pulled out to a three quarter of a straightaway lead, a three car spin in turn four would bring out the caution on lap 7. Ott would continue to lead after the restart as Wurtzer would move around Friese for the second position. Ott would continue to pull away from the field and lead by a full straightaway by the end of the fourteenth lap. Ott’s lead would be erased once again as Dustin Wiles would slow to a stop at the top of turn four to bring out the caution. Ott would go on to lead the remaining laps after the restart and take the feature win. Colton Friese and Stephen Wurtzer would round out the top three. Mike Mohelski would be crowned our 2025 INEX legend track points champion.
We would see INEX legend cars pull onto the speedway once again. Only this time it would be for the East Coast Legend Series non qualifiers feature event. Scott Spidle would take the lead on lap four and go on to win the feature event. Brian Rampmeyer and Haley Kaiser would round out the top three.
The final feature of the night would be for the SCDRA division. Outside polesitter AJ Hoffner would lead lap one over Allen Griffith and Lonnie Hobday. Contact would send Shawn Payne spinning on the front straightaway as the field completed lap two to bring out the first caution of the event. Hoffner would continue to lead after the restart. The field would slow on lap seven as Stephen Suite would have an engine failure and go for a spin in the oil he was leaking while running in third position. Once the track surface was cleaned up, the field would go back green. Hoffner would now lead Griffith and Brian Skelly. AJ Hoffner would go on to win the fifteen lap main event. Allen Griffith and Brian Skelly would round out the top three. Shawn Payne would be crowned the 2025 SCDRA track points champion.
We want to thank everyone who came out to support this weekend's events. Teams and fans stay tuned to our Facebook Page and Website as the racing schedule will be changed slightly for the upcoming September events. This weekend we will host the Rush Crate Late Model Series for the full make up $5,000 to win event that was rained out earlier this year.
Hobby Stock Results
Billy Sonner Jr, Andrew Saffelle, Justin Hottle, Sam Hoffman, Larry Smith Jr, Richie Gibson III, Brad Strawderman, (DNF Jason Wilkins, Cody Sumption, James Stephens)
Limited Late Model Results
James Lichliter, Gerald Davis, Austin Stover, Bubby Tharp Jr, Keith Koontz, Craig Parrill, Randy Burkholder, Brad Omps, Steven Powell, Calvin Michael, John Davidson, Tom Chaffins, (DNF Mike Franklin, Michael Carter)
UMP Modified Results
Cody Williams, Ryan Dolan, Mike Corbin, Justin Cullum, Kirk Baker, Vance Willaims Jr, Nick Dibella, Brian Buckler, Josh Hughes, Davin Kaiser, Benjamin Seals, Tim Schulte, Jeff Solinger, Scott Daniels, (DNF Joey Clower, Ed Robley)(DNS Justin Milburn)
East Coast Legend Series Results
Jeremy Ott, Colton Friese, Stephen Wurtzer, Mike Mohelski, Logan Carbaugh, Moses Goetz, Rick Hulson, Cameron Sutton, Wayne Dutterer Jr, Tyler Kaylor, Seth Kearchner, Hunter Mc Elroy, (DNF Eric Hurst, Dustin Wiles, Rick Hartwig, Connor Tracy, Tyler Rampmeyer, Shaun Abney, Dan Harrison, Justin Cunningham, Jeremy Hahn, Scott Musselman, Scott Houdeshell, Colby Miller, Alex McCollum)
East Coast Legend Series Non Qualifier Results
Scott Spidle, Brian Rampmeyer, Haley Kaiser, Dustin Burnisky, Tracy Linn, Cameron See, Brad Kelley, Bill Funk, Matt Grebe, (DNF Mason Tracy, Kirk Martin, Camden Watkins, Ryan Walls Jr)(DNS Ben Morrow)
SCDRA Results
AJ Hoffner, Allen Griffith, Brian Skelly, Larry Lamb, Tyler Kline, (DNF Brody Tolstyka, Jason Jarvis, Lonnie Hobday, Stephen Suite, Shawn Payne, Cody Bottorf) |
