Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex

September 11, 2010 - UFo King of the Knob $5000-to-win Area 51-lap UFo Super Late Model Championship plus FASTRAK Late Models, Modifieds, Street Stocks and Chargers.

May 01 2010 - Rick Strickler Earns First FASTRAK Win at Roaring Knob

Story Content Provided by Dave Kittey

MARKLEYSBURG, PA (May 1, 2010) � Roaring Knob hosted the first of three Shootout races (Super Lates/FASTRAK/Modifieds) in conjunction with Elkins Speedway on Saturday night. Tri-City Electric sponsored the Shootout. Taking his first career FASTRAK win was Rick Strickler while Gary Dalton (Super Lates) and Vic Vandergrift (Modifieds) won the three shootout mains. Brad Jenkins won the make-up Charger feature with Marty Spade, Jr. taking the nightcap event. Mike Duritsky came home with the Street Stock checker. Five feature events, plus one make up feature, were all in the books by 10:20.

The night got started with a make-up feature for the TC Race Car Parts Chargers from last week. Lemont Furnace’s Brad Jenkins started outside the front row and grabbed the lead at the drop of the green. Jenkins kept Jerry Walters, Jr. at bay for all 12-laps to take his second career win. Walters finished ahead of Marty Spade, Jr., Kyle Burkholder, Kenny Burkholder, JT Baird, Bus Matthews, Justin Howell, CJ Nicola and Ryan Newman. Ryan Newman and Spade were the heat winners last week.

The first regular feature of the night was for the Brooks Auto Group FASTRAK Late Models. Former Modified ace Rick Strickler, of Morgantown, WV, wasted no time taking the lead from his pole starting spot. Strickler was smooth throughout the 20-lap event while being drafted by Troy Shields from green to checker. Shields gave his best shot coming up one spot short at the checker. Mike Lewis was third over Rick Meglaye (from 24th ), John Over, Kirby Tucker (from 20th ), Cody Hardesty, Kevin Keene, Garry Sisson and Jim Bryce. Over, Shields and Strickler were the heat winners for the 26 cars on hand.

Bob Nelson led the first five laps of the Bobby Lake Motorsports 15-lap Street Stock A-Main. Nelson drifted up in turn two and that was Uniontown’s Mike Duritsky needed. Duritsky blew by and check out on the field for his first win this season in the non-stop event. Jim Bendishaw, Jr. drove home second ahead of Nelson, Todd Dennis and Tom Newman. Sixth through tenth were Josh Bendishaw, Scott Spade, Chris Lucy, Barry Faris and Charlie McClain. Duritsky and Dennis claimed qualifying heats.

Teenager Keith Jackson and veteran Gary Dalton (Morgantown, WV) started on the front row of the 25-lap Jack’s Recycling Super Late Model feature. Jackson took the lead at the start of the feature showing the Dalton the fast way around. Dalton bided his time for a couple of laps and then took the youngster to school with an outside pass to take the lead on laps four. From there Dalton was never challenged taking his 40th career win at the track. Jackson remained in second over ninth starting Mel Minnick, Jr., Ron Delano, Jr. and Tim Senic. Bob Gordon, Jeff Ferguson, Shaun Poling, Danny Pugh and Mark Booth completed the top ten. Heat wins went to Jim Kutas and Ron Delano, Jr.

Fairmont, WV’s Vic Vandergrift showed why he is the leading feature winner in the Melvin’s Automatic Transmission Service Modifieds at Roaring Knob. Luck of the draw put him on the pole and after a brief challenge from Louie Krushansky, Vandergrift was long gone in claiming his first win of the season. Krushansky was a distant second over Nolan Dalton, Nick Cramer, Mike Murphy, Dennis Perigo, Bobby Bennett, Bruce Dreistadt, Nathan Baker and Josh Cramer. Vandergrift and Murphy won the two heats.

The final event of the night was the second TC Race Car Parts Charger main. The “Farmington Flyer”, Marty Spade, Jr. was chased by the Burkholder brothers en route to his first win this season. First Kyle Burkholder drafted the back bumper of Spade’s Thunderbird until he looped it on lap nine. Then his older brother Kenny took up the chase the final three laps but came up short to finish second. Jerry Walter, Jr., Justin Howell and Kyle Burkholder (from the tail) were the top five. CJ Nicola, Dylan Higbee, JT Baird, Chas Coddington and Bus Matthews filled out the top ten. Spade and Kyle Burkholder were the heat winners.

Saturday, May 8 is another five division show featuring the Bedford/Roaring Knob Shootout for the Jack’s Recycling Super Late Models. Also on the card next week is Brooks Auto Group FASTRAK Late Models, Melvin’s Automatic Transmission Service Modifieds, Bobby Lake Motorsports Street Stocks and the TC Race Car Parts Charger. Grandstand gates open at 5PM with the Pits at 4:30PM. Racing starts promptly at 7PM.

Jack’s Recycling Super Late Models: Gary Dalton, Keith Jackson, Mel Minnick, Jr., Ron Delano, Jr., Tim Senic. Bob Gordon, Jeff Ferguson, Shaun Poling, Danny Pugh, Mark Booth, Stanley Spooner, Steve Booth, Jim Kutas, LC Powers, Chuck Harper

Brooks Auto Group FASTRAK Late Models: Rick Strickler, Troy Shields, Mike Lewis, Rick Meglaye, John Over, Kirby Tucker (from 20th), Cody Hardesty, Kevin Keene, Garry Sisson, Jim Bryce, Derek Rogers, Bobby Cossell, Andy Spooner, Sprout Cossell, Russell Baird, Jr., Jayme Beck, Billy Stile III, Scott Beitzel, Dusty Hamrick, Wayne Jordan, Josh Gordon, Jonathan Sines, Tom Sieger, Greg Tressler DNS: Transtan Stoner and Mike Howell

Bobby Lake Motorsports Street Stocks: Mike Duritsky, Jim Bendishaw, Jr., Bob Nelson, Todd Dennis, Tom Newman, Josh Bendishaw, Scott Spade, Chris Lucy, Barry Faris, Charlie McClain, Chris Henry, Russell Baird, Sr., John Redshaw

Melvin’s Automatic Transmission Service Modifieds: Vic Vandergrift, Louie Krushansky, Nolan Dalton, Nick Cramer, Mike Murphy, Dennis Perigo, Bobby Bennett, Bruce Dreistadt, Nathan Baker, Josh Cramer, Deanna Groves

TC Race Car Parts Chargers: Marty Spade, Jr., Kenny Burkholder, Jerry Walter, Jr., Justin Howell, Kyle Burkholder, CJ Nicola, Dylan Higbee, JT Baird, Chas Coddington, Bus Matthews, Mark Peck, Brad Jenkins, Mark Sullivan, Andy Vogel DNS: Dave Wallace, Ben Policz, Ryan Newman

TC Race Car Parts Chargers (Makeup from April 24): Brad Jenkins, Jerry Walters, Jr., Marty Spade, Jr., Kyle Burkholder, Kenny Burkholder, JT Baird, Bus Matthews, Justin Howell, CJ Nicola, Ryan Newman, Dylan Higbee DNS: Eric Miller, Andy Vogel, Rosco Higbee, Bennie Dennis