SPRINT: PA Speedweek - Susquehanna report 96-07-07

• dreining@vms1.gmu.edu
• George Mason University
• Tue Jul 9 06:24:46 EDT 1996

Round seven of Pennsylvania Speedweek was held on Sunday night (7 July)
at Susquehanna Speedway in Newberrytown, Pennsylvania.

Top 10 in Qualifying

Billy Pauch     16.61
Dale Blaney     16.64
Chris Eash      16.95
Craig Hodnett   16.98
Keith Kauffman  16.98
Dave Calaman    17.01
Kevin Gobrecht  17.08
Alan Cole       17.09
Lance DeWease   17.09
Cliff Brian     17.19

Each heat race was 10 laps with 6 cars qualifying for the feature

Heat Race One
Lineup                Results

1. Eshenauer          1. Shaffer
2. Shaffer            2. Rahmer
3. Knopp              3. Eshenauer
4. Rahmer             4. Pauch
5. Cliff Brian        5. Gobrecht    
6. Gobrecht           6. Hodnett
7. Hodnett            7. Knopp
8. Pauch              8. Cliff Brian
9. Scott Asherman     9. Asherman
10. Thomas           10. Thomas
11. Clauss

Todd Gracey is no longer driving the 25 car. Todd is now behind
the wheel of the 59 car owned by Sal Scarpitta. Scott Asherman
is now driving the 25 car.

Heat Race Two
Lineup                Results

1. Haight            1. Haight 
2. Gracey            2. Cole
3. Plummer           3. Blaney
4. George            4. Gracey
5. Bobby Weaver      5. Weaver
6. Cole              6. George
7. Kauffman          7. Plummer
8. Dale Blaney       8. Fannasy
9. Howard            
10. Bill Fannasy
11. Whitely

Keith Kauffman's right rear tire was rubbing for three laps before
it was completely torn up, forcing him to the pits.

Heat Race Three
Lineup                Results

1. Shawn Weaver       1. Bill Brian Jr.
2. Len Thompson       2. Dewease
3. Bates              3. Len Thompson
4. Sims               4. Calaman
5. Bill Brian Jr.     5. Eash
6. Dewease            6. Sims
7. Calaman            7. Wentz
8. Eash               8. Bates
9. Wentz
10. Bennett
11. Jeff Thompson


B-Main (10 laps, 6 cars qualify for feature) 
Lineup               Results

1. Kauffman         1. Kauffman
2. Cliff Brian      2. Knopp
3. Knopp            3. Cliff Brian
4. Plummer          4. Bates
5. Bates            5. Shawn Weaver
6. Shawn Weaver     6. Asherman
7. Asherman         7. Wentz
8. Howard           8. Bennett
9. Wentz            9. Whitley
10. Clauss         10. Thomas
11. Fannasy
12. Bennett
13. Thomas
14. Whitley

Plummer, Howard and Clauss were scratched from the field.


Feature Event (30 laps)
Lineup               Results

1. Hodnett           1. Pauch
2. Eash              2. Gobrecht 
3. Blaney            3. Shaffer
4. Pauch             4. Blaney
5. Kauffman          5. Kauffman  
6. Calaman           6. Rahmer 
7. Gobrecht          7. Bobby Weaver
8. Cole              8. Dewease
9. Dewease           9. Hodnett
10. Bobby Weaver    10. Gracey
11. Bill Brian Jr.  11. Cole
12. Rahmer          12. Eash
13. George
14. Sims
15. Knopp
16. Shaffer
17. Gracey
18. Len Thompson
19. Eshenauer
20. Haight
21. Cliff Brian
22. Bates
23. Shawn Weaver
24. Scott Asherman


Dave Calaman and Fred Rahmer got together in T1 causing Calaman
to flip on lap 7. Rahmer continued while Calaman's night was over.
On lap 22 Chris Eash tangled with a backmarker and spun out of
a comfortable lead. Hodnett, who had been running third, had a tire
go flat in turn 4 on the last lap. Dale Blaney, who had been racing
Hodnett for third, had to lift to avoid hitting Hodnett. This allowed
Todd Shaffer to pass both Hodnett and Blaney to take third place.
Hodnett ended up finishing ninth.

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