July 18

“Chub Races"

“Raceway 7”

Chub runs second to at Raceway 7

Conneaut, OH (July 18, 2003) - Chris Hackett from Erie, PA made a last lap pass of Chub Frank to win the thrilling 25-lap The Bolt Place Late Model Feature on Friday night at Raceway 7. The 25-lap Feature for The Bolt Place Late Models started with Chris Hackett and Ryan Markham leading the field to the green flag. The race would go quick as the 25-lap distance would be run non-stop without any caution periods. Hackett would lead the first lap, but Chub Frank was quickly on the move on the high groove after starting fourth. Frank took the lead on lap 2 but Hackett was not through working the inside. It was a side-by-side war for the top position, but Frank continued to lead at the line. Hackett nosed ahead to lead lap 9, but Frank went back ahead on the next lap.

At halfway it was still Frank nosing Hackett, with Markham still riding third. Rob Blair from 11th starting spot had just taken fourth from Dick Barton, but the leaders were starting to encounter race traffic. The leaders had trouble negotiating the race traffic, keeping the fans on their feet. Frank had the lead with five laps to go but Hackett again closed in. Changing his strategy, Hackett made a move to the outside and would take the lead on lap 23. Frank would lead by inches on lap 24, but Hackett would nose ahead through turns one and two.

Frank made one last bid to the outside through the final turns, but Hackett would hold on for his third career Raceway 7 victory and his second this season. The 25-lap distance was completed in less than a second under eight minutes, with the margin of victory being .358 seconds. Markham held on for third, with Blair fourth. Barton retained his point lead by finishing fifth, as Dutch Davies, Ron Davies, Bill Watson, Matt Lux, and Matt Urban completing the top ten. With a field of 35 cars on hand, Heat winners were Jim Dandy, Jr., Markham, Watson, and Hackett. Last Chance Race winners were Urban and Bill Cunningham.

Hagerstown Speedway

Next For Renegade DirtCar Racing Series!!!

After a one-week break the Renegade DirtCar Racing Series will return to action Friday, July 25 with the running of the $10,000 to win "56th Anniversary/22nd Annual Stanley Schetrompf Memorial 50" at Frank Plessinger's Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, MD. Friday's stop will be the first 2003 appearance of the RDRS to Hagerstown Speedway after being rained out April 26 for the "Schetrompf Memorial". The $42,000 purse event will feature a complete racing program of CARRERA SHOCKS "Challenge the Clock" time trials, BRODIX, INC. heat races, MASTERSBILT RACE CARS "B" Mains and the ISKY RACING CAMS dash will precede the feature event. The "Delaware Double-File" restarts will be utilized in the feature event only.

Friday's stop to the semi-banked 1/2-mile speedway marks the 43rd time (more than any other track in series history) for the Renegade DirtCar Racing Series to sanction an event at Hagerstown Speedway. Gary Stuhler leads the list of nineteen drivers who have secured previous Renegade DirtCar Racing Series sanctioned wins at Hagerstown Speedway with an amazing eleven victories. Rodney Franklin, who is set to retire from driving at the end of this season, is next in line on the winners list with six previous scores. Donnie Moran has captured four wins while Steve Francis, Bart Hartman, Earl Pearson Jr., Bob Wearing Jr. and the late Jack Boggs each have two wins to their credit. Single victories have fallen to defending event winner Rick Aukland as well as Davey Johnson, Mike Balzano, Chub Frank, Freddy Smith, Todd Andrews, Nathan Durboraw, Roy Deese Jr., Larry Moore, Bob Wearing Sr. and Buddy Armel.

Both pit and spectator gates will open at 5:00 pm

With warm-ups slated for 7:30 pm,

Time trials at 8:00 pm and racing to follow.

Then on Saturday July 26th will be for the Xtreme DirtCar Series the event will be the $10,000-to-win 8th Annual Maryland Silver Cup Nationals 50 at Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, MD. Chub won this event in 2001.

Hagerstown Speedway is located 5.3 miles west of Hagerstown, MD on U.S. Route 40. For further information phone Hagerstown Speedway at 301-582-0640 or visit the Hagerstown Speedway website located at www.hagerstownspeedway.com.

Thanks to Raceway 7 & Bret Emrick

Don’t forget to stop by merchandise, there’s been a lot of new merchandise and his 1/24 & 1/64 scale Diecast Collectable 2003 car recently added.

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