Chubzilla Stomps Stateline E-mod field

Chubzilla Stomps Stateline E-mod field

Photo by Bill Galford

Bear Lake, PA

June 25, 2005

By Glenn Slocum

Photo by Bill Galford

Busti, NY: Summer welcomed racers and race fans with a hot evening as the 4^th of July Celebration began early at Stateline Speedway sponsored by the Bear Lake Inn and Roberts Trucking. The races were stopped for an excellent fireworks display by Zambelli Fireworks. Rich Gardner won another Budweiser Super Late Model King of the Hill match race defeating Scott Gurdak. World of Outlaw Late Model competitor Chub Frank made an appearance driving his new E-Mod and also piloted Chad Valone’s second Super Late Model. Thirty Super Late Models were in attendance. Frank won the E-Mod event with his brand new Tobber built E-Mod then moved from victory lane into his borrowed Super Late Model for that divisions feature event. Jason Morell and George LaBarbera grabbed the last two qualifying spots for Super Late feature. Dave Hess Jr. used his pole starting position to advantage holding off a late race charge by Rich Gardner to win his fourth Super Late Model feature. Frank moved from tenth to third in the event. Lester Shoff took advantage of late race incident in the Spectator feature to get his third win of the season. Bob Hazzard led ever lap except the first one to win his second Budweiser Super Sportsman feature. Mike Moore started twelfth and finished first in the Outlaw Cadet feature which ran caution free. Amber Belson led from green to checkers winning her second Lady Challenger event. Leslie Armstrong won the first Super Challenger Championship feature from her 30^th starting spot and Alex Froman won the second.

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Dave Hess Jr. and Bump Hedman were on the front row for the Super Late Model feature. Paul Briggs and Scott Gurdak were in row two. Hess led the first lap with Hedman and Briggs fighting for second. Debris brought out the yellow on lap two slowing the twenty-six car field. Hess once more led then Wally Fox slowed the event with two laps complete. The top ten at the restart were Hess, Hedman, Briggs, Scott Gurdak, Rod Maloy, Rich Gardner, Andy Boozel, Chub Frank, Doug Eck and Miles Stitzinger. Hess stayed in front as Hedman Briggs, Maloy and Gardner followed. Frank was sixth with Gurdak seventh. The top three were in front of Maloy and Gardner by fifteen car lengths with ten laps complete. Hess had nearly caught the back of the field at the half wary mark. Hedman began to challenge Hess on lap fifteen as they entered lap traffic but Hess remained in the lead. Eck slowed to a stop against the fence in turn three with front end suspension damage bringing out the yellow with sixteen laps complete. Hess, Hedman, Briggs, Maloy, Gardner and Frank were the top six. Briggs spun collecting Gurdak, Jason Morell and Stitzinger on the restart, moving Maloy to third followed by Gardner and Frank. Gardner snuck by Maloy on the restart. The yellow appeared on lap twenty for Ward Schell in turn two. With five laps remaining the top five were Hess, Hedman, Gardner, Maloy and Frank. Morell had problems in turn two on the restart and the yellow reappeared. Hess remained the leader after the single file restart and Gardner passed Hedman for the runner up spot. Hackett spun with two laps remaining. Frank passed both Maloy and Hedman for the third spot as the white flag flew. Hess was able to hold of a determined Gardner to win his fourth of the year.

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Chub Frank stole the lead from Justin Carlson on lap two of the E-Mod event. Carlson slipped to third two laps later and Chad Ruhlman took second. Ton Hagberg and Brian Fardink were fourth and fifth. At the half way mark Frank led by fifteen car lengths and Ruhlman had the same lead on Carlson. The yellow flew just after the half way as Mike Hess spun in turn three allowing the field to close with Frank. The yellow quickly followed the green on the restart as Chad Silleman and Wayne Anderson tangled in turn two. Dave Hess Jr. moved into the top five after the restart as Frank rebuilt his lead. Dana Wellington brought out the final caution of the event with two laps remaining. Hess nipped Carlson at the line for the third spot as Frank won the event followed by Ruhlman.

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E-Mod:

Heat 1: Justin Carlson, Chub Frank, Quincy Turner
Heat 2: Chad Ruhlman, Don Nocero, Chris Sutton
Heat 3: Tom Hagberg, Brian Fardink, Holly Nelson

Feature: Chub Frank, Chad Ruhlman, Dave Hess Jr., Justin Carlson, Tom Hagberg, Quincy Turner, Brian Fardink, Troy Carr, Chris Sutton, Dustin Eckman

Super Late Model:
Heat 1: Dave Hess Jr., Scott Gurdak, Wally Fox, Chub Frank, Miles Stitzinger
Heat 2: Bump Hedman, Rod Maloy, Andy Boozel, Andy Kania, Dave Lyon
Heat 3: Paul Briggs, Rich Gardner, Doug Eck, Scott Johnson, Matt Urban

Consi: Jason Morell, George LaBarbera, Chevy Scott

Feature: Dave Hess Jr., Rich Gardner, Chub Frank, Bump Hedman, Rod Maloy, Matt Urban, Scott Johnson, Darrell Bossard, Andy Boozel, Andy Kania, Dave Lyon, Dick Barton, Ten Kosinski, John Lobb, Keith Zimmerman, Merle Terry, Paul Briggs, Miles Stitzinger, Randy Lobb, Scott Gurdak, Ward Schell, Wally Fox, Chris Hackett, Jason Morell, George LaBarbera, Doug Eck

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