“Chris Arnold Wins Modified Mafia Feature”
By Brent Hottle
Winchester(VA)-The dreaded four letter word “rain” has been plaguing the area lately. With regional tracks canceling programs on Friday night and in anticipation of their Sunday night storms, the Winchester Speedway would be fortunate enough to find a break in the clouds to host their scheduled program. We would see two outside series invade The Action Track: the Modified Mafia and East Coast Legend Series.The pure stock and hobby stock divisions would also race on this four class night.
Once all of the qualifying events for all divisions were completed. We would pause for our weekly Invocation and playing of our National Anthem.
The first feature for the night would be the first of two East Coast Legend events. Colby Miller would jump out to the early lead over Scott Houdeshell and Wayne Dutterer Jr. Tyler Rampmeyer would spin and bring out the first caution of the event on lap two. Miller would continue to lead the field after the restart. Alex McCollum would get a great run out of turn two to take over the third position from Dutterer by the end of the third lap. McCollum would now begin searching for a way to move around and ahead of second place running Houdeshell. For the next several laps we would see the top three cars battle nose to tail in a high speed chase. McCollum would find a boost of momentum and pull alongside Houdeshell as the pair raced down the back straightaway on lap eleven. He would move into the second position and set his sights on Miller by the end of the twelfth lap. McCollum would continue to show his speed as he would become the new leader by the end of the thirteenth lap. Houdeshell would also follow McCollum and move Miller back to the third position. The field would once again slow as Cameron See would spin on the seventeenth lap to bring out the caution. McCollum would begin to pull away from the field after the restart and take the feature win. Scott Houdeshell and Colby Miller would round out the top three.
It was now time for the Modified Mafia to take center stage. The field would first line up into a four wide parade lap to salute the fans. Once they moved back into the race line up order we would go green. Front row starters Ray Kable and Chris Arnold would charge side by side into turn one. Arnold would use the top momentum to move just ahead of Kable to lead lap one. Joey Clower would spin in turn two and bring out the first caution before the completion of the second lap. Mike Corbin would slow at the top of turn two after the first restart attempt. Arnold would lead lap two over Kable and Justin Cullum. Cullum would find himself in a quick battle with Austin Holcombe to defend the third position. Holcombe would take over the third position by the end of the third lap. There would be no change in the top three as the race continued to progress. The leaders would begin to catch the back of the field and maneuver around lap traffic on lap eleven. The field would slow on lap twelve as the caution would come out for debris on the back straightaway. After the restart the top three would stay the same Arnold, Kable, and Holcombe. Joey Clower would go for a spin again in turn two to bring out the caution on lap eighteen. This time on the restart we would see a change. Arnold would continue to lead as
Holcombe would move around Kable and take over the second position. As Holcombe gave chase to the leader, the field would slow for one final time. We would see two separate incidents in turns one and three on the twenty-third lap. Chirs Arnold would go to lead all thirty laps and take the feature win. Austin Holcombe and Ray Kable would round out the top three. It would be a fun celebration in victory lane with Arnold as he celebrated a win with his young daughter Everly in victory lane.
It would now be time for the second East Coast Legend feature event. Polesitter Logan Carbaugh would lead lap one over Colton Friese and Shaun Abney. Matt Grebe hit the front straightaway wall and came to a stop in turn one to bring out the first caution. Carbaugh and Friese would begin a high speed game of cat and mouse after the restart as the pair started to pull away from Abney. Friese would look to the low side of Carbaugh several times, but would be unable to make a pass for the lead. Dustin Wiles and Ryan Walls Jr would spin in turn two and bring out the caution on lap fourteen. There would be no change in the top three after the restart. Friese would continue to search for a way to the lead. He would find the momentum needed on lap seventeen as he would begin to pull alongside Carabaugh. Friese would cross the stripe still in the second position, but would take the lead as the pair raced out of turn two. Nathanael Kelley would spin in turn four and bring out an untimely caution for Friese. It would erase his lead as Carabaugh was the leader of the last lap completed. Carabugh would hold the lead after the restart. On the final lap we would see Friese once again pull alongside Carabaugh for the lead. Friese would charge hard into turn three allowing Carabaugh to slide under and take the feature win. Colton Friese and Shaun Abney would round out the top three.
The pure stock division would be next onto the speedway. Front row starters Walter Crouch and Trent Holmes would charge side by side into turn one, Crouch would move ahead and lead out of turn two. Crouch Holmes and Jerry Jenkins Jr would be your top three after lap one. Crouch would begin to pull away from the field as Jenkins would begin to challenge Holmes for the second position. Jenkins would take the second position away from Holmes by the end of the fourth lap. Crouch would build out to a half of a straight away lead over Jenkins by lap seven. Tony Johnson would also begin to challenge Holmes for the third position on lap seven. The first and only caution of the event would come out on lap seven as four cars would spin in turn three. Walter Crouch would go on to win the fifteen lap event. Jerry Jenkins Jr and Tony Johnson would round out the top three.
The final feature of the night would be for the hobby stock division. Billy Sonner Jr would lead lap one over Justin Hottle and Jason Wilkins. Wilkins would move around Hottle and take over the second position by the end of the second lap. Sonner would continue to hold the lead over Wilkins by the halfway point. The pair would pull ahead of third place running Hottle by three car lengths at this point in the race. Billy Sonner Jr would win the caution free event. Jason Wilkins and Justin Hottle would round out the top three.
Thank you to everyone that was in attendance this past Saturday night. Also a big thank you to all of our staff. And also to Greg Gunter for giving us a place to enjoy our favorite sport.
Modified Mafia Results
Chris Arnold, Austin Holcombe, Ray Kable, Justin Cullum, Cody Williams, Michael Altobelli, Cody Olver, Mike Corbin, TJ DeHaven, Ryan Toole, Mike Franklin, Haley Kaiser, Austin Self, Owen Lacey, Brad Miller, Samuel Lamborgini, (DNF Dave Defibaugh, Tim Schulte, Joey Clower, Brian Buckler)
East Coast Legend Feature One Results
Alex McCollum, Scott Houdeshell, Colby Miller, Jeremy Ott, Mike Mohelski, Dalton Friese, Logan Jones, Wayne Dutterer Jr, Scott Musselman, Rick Hartwig, Ryan Walls, Scott Spidle, Tyler Kaylor, Tyler Rampmeyer, Connor Tracy, Tracy Linn, Bill Funk, Brad Kelley, Andrew Mowen, Mason Tracy, Cameron See, (DNF Jimmy Eicher),(DNS Mike Racine)
East Coast Legend Feature Two Results
Logan Carbaugh, Colton Friese, Shaun Abney, Jeremy Hahn, Travis McClelland, Kirk Martin, Eric Hurst, Justin Cunningham, Moses Goetz, Brian Rampmeyer, Chris Transeau, Devin Friese, Ben Goldsmith, Hunter McElroy, Kayleigh Linn, Ben Morrow, Dustin Wiles, Dustin Burnisky, Bradley Friese, Isaac Kelly, Ryan Walls Jr, Nathanael Kelley, (DNF Matt Grebe)
Pure Stock Results
Walter Crouch, Jerry Jenkins Jr, Tony Johnson, Mike Grady Jr, Brady Holmes, Allen Brannon, Chris Sumption, Rick Potter, Trent Holmes, Andy Adkins, Justin Michael, (DNF Dwayne Snyder)
Hobby Stock Results
Billy Sonner Jr, Jason Wilkins, Justin Hottle, Sam Hoffman, Aaron Drummond, Randy Linaburg, Connor Cheseldine, James Rainey Jr, Larry Smith Jr |
