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*From TDN Correspondent John McConnell
Strongstown Pa (September, 5 2017) On a night that is annually dedicated to the memory of a beloved youngster, and to benefit the Make A Wish foundation which occurred to the tune of $7,000 in donations, the 7th annual Connor Bobik Memorial took place at Dog Hollow Speedway on Sunday night.
The 45 lap Zimmers Service Center ULMS Super Late Models took to the track for their A main lead by Waterford Pa' s Dave Hess Jr and Pleasant Pa' s Dan Angelicchio and early on, it was the Hess and Kyle Hardy show as the two swapped the lead several times during early restarts. The early big mover was South Park Pa' s Jared Miley who had come from the bmain.
Ferree revealed after the race that he needed the long green flag runs " to get the right rear going". Ferree did and it spelled bad news for the rest of the field. The Hess /Hardy mishap would be the last restart and Ferree cruised to a large margin of victory.
"I dove under Wylie trying to avoid hoping not to get caught up," Ferree said post race. "It helped me get up on the wheel because I seen Miley on one of the restart before and I knew he came from the back." With two wins in his last 3 starts Ferree was asked if the team has found something that has led to the current success. "No we are just getting comfortable with the XR1 Rocket chassis". Ferree's plan to close the 2017 season include the Pittsburgher 10) at PPMS and the Steel City Stampede at Lernerville Speedway.
Third finishing Kyle Hardy of Winchester added,"The car shut off when I got on the brake to set the car." Hardy said he "never worked that hard for a 3rd place finish," following the completion of the 45 lap fearure. Hardy and the 3v will be closing out the season closer to home with higher paying events.
On a lap 21 restart Hardy lead Hess into turn one and lost the handle collecting Hess. With Hess retiring to the pits Hardy soldiered on from the tail. On the restart, Alex Ferree of Saxonburg was chasing Saltsburg Pa' s Andrew Wyllie and took the lead and never looked back, staying true to his racing moniker, (The A Train) as he would not be derailed en route to the $4000 victory. Ferree was followed across the line by Miley, Hardy who rebounded from the tail, Angelicchio and Murrysville Pa' s Tommy Beck.
In the Penn/Ohio Street Stock A main "The Seneca Slider " Bobby Whitling battled early with the red hot Andrew Gordon, going onto a popular win in the sharp looking 7w. The owner of Slider Race Cars collected his 4th win overall and 3rd in Penn/Ohio action. Whitling builds two to three cars per year and has 19 cars to date built out of his shop. Plans are to finish 2017 with the Penn/Ohio series, Automotive Fest and The Steel City Stampede at Lernerville Speedway.
The ageless Les Meyers drove the 3x coupe to victory in the Vintage Mods feature
That was the night that was a full moon over the pooch for the Bobik Memorial.
45 Lap; $4,000 to win Connor Bobik Memorial
1.Alex Ferree 2. Jared Miley 3. Kyle Hardy 4.Dan Angelicchio 5. Tommy Beck 6. Greg Oakes
7. Mike Blose 8. Brady Wonderling 9. Damian Bidwell 10. Charlie Powell, Jr. 11. Michael Davis
12. Jason Miller 13.Robbie Black 14. Kevin Santee 15. Ryan Christoff 16. Andrew Wylie
17. Waylon Wagner 18. Bobby Rohrer 19. Dave Hess 20. Dave Blazavich 21. John Wayne Weaver 22. Matt Lux 23. Devin Friese 24. Andy Fries 25. Billy Dickson 26. Ken Schaltenbrand
28.Billy Eash
Homak Penn-Ohio Pro Stock Series
1. Bobby Whitling 2. Andrew Gordon 3. Rusty Moore 4. Ryan Sager 5. Jason Fosnaught
6. Ray Hickok 7. William Hurrelbrink 8. Jackson Humanic 9. Tim Bish 10.Curt Bish
11. Brandon Connor 12. Joe Stajnrajh 13. Rod Laskey 14. Rusty Martz 15. Noah Brunell
16. Randy Wyant 17. Bobby Heim 18. Bob Rosman 19. Nick Kocuba 20. Mike Benton
21. Rob Shook 22. Bob Scwartzmiller 23. Pat Fielding 24. Chris Schneider Brian Rhed DQ – Greg Moore.
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