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Mike Johnson, Mike Pegher Jr., Carl McKinney, Bob Schwartzmiller, Eric Goldberg and Daniel White pick up wins on night two at Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway on April 10, 2010.
Pittsburgh, PA - April 10, 2010 - Imperial PA's Mike Johnson ended a long dry spell and picked up the win in the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic DIRTcar Super Late Model feature. The win was his first since August 6 2006. Mike Basich and Mike Davis brought the field down for the green but the yellow came out quickly as Mike Basich and Lynn Geisler tangled in turns one and two, ending Geisler's night. On the restart, Jason Rider grabbed the lead, and led the first four laps before his motor blew, bringing out the caution. On the restart, heat winner Keith Barbara grabbed the lead, but unfortunately for him, it was determined that he had jumped the start, so he was to be docked two spots, and 5th starting Mike Johnson was moved into first with Mike Basich in second and Barbara in third. So on the next restart; it was Johnson, with Barbara getting by Basich. Meanwhile last week's one and two finishers Jared Miley and Steve Baker were moving up thru the field from 12th and 11th spots and had moved into third and fourth. Johnson was out in front now with Barbara and Miley battling for second, and Baker starting to reel them in from fourth. Another yellow came out on lap 16, and bunched the field up one last time. On the restart Johnson was back out front, and Miley and Baker overhauled Barbara to move into second and third. And the trio pulled away from the rest of the field at that point. At the finish, it was Johnson with a well deserved win followed by Miley, Baker, Barbara, Ben Miley, Daryl Charlier, Jim Stephans, Mike Davis, Tony Musolino (from the tail), and John Mollick . Keith Barbara won the first heat while John Mollick won the second. Barbara was turning laps below the track record, fastest being 18.151.
In the Brougher's Machine Shop Fastrak Late Models, Wexford PA's Mike Pegher Jr., grabbed his second win in a row in dramatic fashion. Pegher, who started the event 17th after breaking a wheel while leading his heat, charged thru the field to take the lead on lap 13 and win going away. Outside front row starter Dan Karalagas grabbed the lead at the start with Josh Holtgraver right behind in second. The pair pulled away, while Pegher made his way thru the field. He picked off cars in rapid succession, and got by both Karalagas and Holtgraver in one sweeping move. From that point on, the race was all Pegher's. Holtgraver ended up second, while Karalagas had dropped out of the event on lap 16. Beau Glemba made his first start of the season to finish third followed by Rick Meglaye, Mark Moats Jr., Chad McClellan, Dan Angelicchio, Dennis Niederriter (from 19th). Rocky Kugel and Bryant Hank. Chad McClellan and Mark Moats Jr. picked up the heats.
The Miley RV Service Center UMP Modifieds saw Mars PA's Carl McKinney picked up his first win ever at PPMS. McKinney grabbed the lead on lap 1 from his outside front row starting spot and led every lap. Kari Gasser had her best run so far this season finishing second followed by Mike Davis, Daryl Charlier, Vince Laboon, Kevin Miller, Chris Basich, J.E. Stalder, Clayton Kennedy, and Tom Martineck. The heats saw J.E. Stalder and Daryl Charlier grab wins.
Bob Schwartzmiller, Robinson Township, PA grabbed his first win of 2010 in the Sunoco Race Fuels DIRTcar Cadets. Schwartzmiller grabbed the lead on lap 3 from early leader Dave Slade and held off a strong challenge from Nick Kocuba (who dropped out on lap 10) to pick up the victory. Jake Simmons was second followed by Craig Koteles, Pat Weldon, Greg McManus, Joe Koteles, Mike Mohn, Bill Robertson, Jim Ball, and Kocuba. The heats fell to Pat Weldon and Jake Simmons.
Eric Goldberg won his first win of the season in the Miley BP Car Wash DIRTcar Hobby Stocks. The Pittsburgh PA driver grabbed the lead on lap one and led the rest of the way. Gary Koteles challenged but came up short to finish second followed by Brian Huchko, Robby Torrens, Edward Wiser and Ricky Steigerwald. The Imperial Heights Garage DIRTcar Young Guns saw Carnegie PA's Daniel White pick up his first win of the season over Trevor Gombach, Tyler Atkinson, Alec Broniszewski, Joe Gombach III and Hannah Ramsey.
SUMMARY - April 10, 2010
Hoosier Tire Mid-America DirtCar Super Late Models
Heats - 17 Keith Barbara and 4J John Mollick
Feature (25 Laps) - 1. 2J Mike Johnson, 2. H1 Jared Miley, 3. 0 Steve Baker, 4. 17 Keith Barbara, 5. 99 Ben Miley,
6. 27C Daryl Charlier, 7. 38 Jim Stephans, 8. 7M Michael Davis, 9. 21 Tony Musolino, 10. 4J John Mollick, 11. S1 Jim Kutas,
12. 2M Charles Medved, 13. 71M Mike Basich, 14. 76 Jason Rider, 15. 1J Dave Murdick, 16. 1C Lynn Geisler
Brougher's Machine Shop FASTRAK Late Models
Heats - 118 Chad McClellan and 15 Mark Moats
Feature (20 Laps) - 1. 1C Mike Pegher Jr., 2. 00 Josh Holtgraver, 3. 99G Beau Glemba, 4.
5 Rick Meglaye, 5. 15 Mark Moats Jr, 6. 118 Chad McClellan, 7. 14 Daniel Angelicchio, 8. 09 Dennis Niederriter,
9. 7KRT Rocky Kugel, 10. 28 Bryant Hank, 11. 93X Justin Lamb, 12. 11 Troy Shields, 13. 84 Laura Lukon, 14. 1B Jim Bryce,
15. 5J Darrell Dow, 16. 1G Dan Karalagas, 17. 25 Cory Behanna, 18. 39 Terry Kerr, 19. 26S Shawn Schaltenbrand
DNS - C1 Ken Chernik and 8X Mike Krueger
Miley RV Service UMP Modifieds
Heats - 17JE J. E. Stalder and 12 Daryl Charlier
Feature (12 Laps) - 1. 6M Carl McKinney, 2. 0K Kari Gasser, 3. 65M Michael Davis, 4. 12C Daryl Charlier, 5. 17L Vince Laboon,
6. 4M Kevin Miller, 7. 71C Chris Basich, 8. 17JE J. E. Stalder, 9. 9K Clayton Kennedy, 10. 65 Tom Martineck,
11. 13W Brad Westover, 14. 97 George Nicola, 15. 7 Shawn Scheerbaum
Sunoco Race Fuels DirtCar Cadets Sportsman
Heats - 45 Pat Weldon and 68X Jake Simmons
Feature (12 Laps) - 1. 28S Bob Schwartzmiller, 2. 68X Jake Simmons, 3. 64K Craig Koteles, 4. 45 Pat Weldon, 5. 17M Greg McManus, 6. 33K Joe Koteles, 7. 39 Mike Mohn, 10. 1B Bill Robertson, 11. 60 Jim Ball, 12. 10K Nick Kocuba, 13. B4 Dave Slade,
14. 39F Tyler Fox
Miley BP Car Wash DirtCar Hobby Stocks Factory Stocks
Heat - 1K Gary Koteles
Feature (8 Laps) - 1. 25 Eric Goldberg, 2. 1K Gary Koteles, 3. 60 Brian Huchko, 4. 221 Robby Torrens, 5. OU2 Edward Wiser,
6. 00F Ricky Steigerwald
Imperial Heights Garage DirtCar Young Guns Sport Compacts
Feature (6 Laps) - 1. 55 Daniel Lloyd White, 2. 5T Trevor Gombach, 3. 5A Tyler Atkinson, 4. 08JR Alec Broniszewski,
5. 5F Joe Gombach III, 6. 14HER Hannah Ramsey
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JARED MILEY, MIKE PEGHER JR., DAVE MCMANUS, J.E. STALDER , BRIAN HUCHKO AND JOE GOMBACH III ,
WIN AT PITTSBURGH’S PA MOTOR SPEEDWAY’S 2010 BLASTOFF
April 3 - South Park PA’s Jared Miley started off his 2010 campaign in the Hoosier Tire Mid‐Atlantic DIRTcar Super Late
Models with a win in the opening night feature. Miley took advantage of a front row starting spot to lead all 25 laps
of the feature. Miley and Steve Baker brought the field down for the start. Miley grabbed the lead with Baker in
second and Keith Barbara in third. The first caution appeared on lap 11, when Tommy Beck tagged the first turn wall.
On the yellow, Barbara pitted with overheating problems and ended his run. On the restart, Miley jumped out in
front again with Baker behind, and now with Mike Johnson in third. A battle for 4th started between Daryl Charlier,
Lynn Geisler, and Jim Stephans. Another yellow appeared on lap 16, for some debris on the low side in one and two,
which allowed the field to tighten up. Miley again took off, with Baker in second, Johnson in third, and now with Jim
Stephans in fourth. And that’s how they finished, Miley picking up his 15th career PPMS win, followed by Baker,
Johnson, Stephans, Charlier, Geisler, Jason Rider, Mike Davis, newcomer John Garvin Jr., and Chuck Medved. Jared
Miley and Steve Baker won the heats.
In the Brougher’s Machine Shop Fastrak Late Models, 2008 track champ Mike Pegher Jr. Wexford, PA won going
away in the 20 lap main event. Pegher Jr. who started 6th took the lead on lap 1 and went on a rampage lapping all
but second place runner Daniel Angelicchio in the nonstop event. At the line it was Pegher Jr., Angelicchio, Josh
Holtgraver, Troy Shields, Rick Megleye, Laura Lukon, Rocky Kugel (who came from the tail after problems in his
heat), Bryant Hank, Ken Chernik, and Mark Moats Jr. The heats saw Mike Pegher Jr. and Josh Holtgraver pick up the
wins. It was Pegher Jr.’s 7th career PPMS win.
The Sunoco Race Fuels DIRTcar Cadets saw a new winner , Dave McManus from Elizabeth, PA. Dave Slade led the
first three laps, when McManus took over until the end. Bob Schwartzmiller was second, followed by Nick Kocuba,
Jake Simmons, Slade, Bill Robertson, Pat Weldon, Craig Koteles, Joe Koteles, and Mitch Wattelet. The heats had Pat
Weldon and Jake Simmons grab the victories.
Martins Ferry OH’s J.E. Stalder picked up the first feature of the season and sixth career win in the Miley RV Service
UMP Modifieds. J.E. grabbed the lead on lap 1 and held off Kevin Miller for the win. Carl McKinney was third
followed by Chris Basich, Kari Gasser, Daryl Charlier, Clayton Kennedy, Vince Laboon, Tom Martineck and Brad
Westover. Carl McKinney and Daryl Charlier won the heats.
The Miley BP Car Wash DIRTcar Hobby Stocks, had McDonald PA’s Brian Huchko pick up the win. Huchko led the first
7 laps before Eric Goldberg led lap 8, then Huchko moved back out front to stay. At the finish it was Huchko, Gary
Koteles, Edward Wiser, Ricky Steigerwald, Goldberg, Rich Mason and Jason Herniak. Gary Koteles took the heat. A
wreck near the end of the feature saw Rich Mason flip, and Jason Herniak end up on top of him. Both drivers were
OK. In the Imperial Heights Garage DIRTcar Young Guns, Joe Gombach III won the opener over Daniel White, Tyler
Atkinson, Alec Broniszewski and Hannah Ramsey.
