Shagla Jr Victorious In Ina’s Street Stock Shootout At Hummingbird

By: Steven Curry

Reynoldsville- Fans and drivers from Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio flocked to Hummingbird Speedway for the Ina Caltagarone Memorial. The Cypress Clock and Gift Shop Street Stocks headlined the evening with a 30-lap, $1,000+ to win race. The Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks had a 21-lap, $400+ to win race and the Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders had a 20-lap, $300+ to win race. Also, the track welcomed back the Young Guns Jr Sprint Series for their fourth appearance of the season. Feature winners on the night included: Wayne Truitt in the Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders, Dave Shagla Jr. in the Cypress Clock and Gift Shop Street Stocks, Evan Darby in the Young Guns Jr Sprints – Open Class, Randy White in the Young Guns Jr Sprints – Stock Class, Kenny Schaffer in the BWP Bats Super Late Models (1st career win), Larry Mitchell in the Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks, and Zach Myers in the Swanson Heavy Duty Truck Repair Semi-Late Models.

The teammates of the #55 of Joe Anthony and the #54 of Wayne Truitt led the Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders trackside for their opening 20-lap, $300+ to win feature race. Truitt jumped out to the lead on the initial start with Anthony and the #4F of Jim Fye following behind. On lap 3, the #910 of Travis Timko used the high side to work his way past Fye to move into the third position. Truitt continued to lead over Anthony and Timko as the race crossed its halfway mark. On lap 14, the #3H of Shawn Hadden worked his way around Timko to move into third behind Truitt and Anthony. The race stayed green the rest of the way as Truitt went on to pickup the win. Truitt was followed by: 2) Joe Anthony 3) Shawn Hadden 4) Blake Joiner 5) Jeff Huber 6) Daniel Clark 7) Travis Timko 8) Garret McKinney 9) Dave Potter 10) Jim Fye 11) Zack Frantz 12) Jim Boyer 13) Cory Reitz 14) Ricky Nelson 15) David Smail. DNS: Randy Albert and Pat Hanlon. Anthony, Truitt, and Timko won the heat races.

The #983 of Zack Gustafson and the #6 of Dave Shagla Jr. led the Cypress Clock and Gift Shop Street Stocks to the track for their 30-lap, $1,000+ to win feature event. Gustafson and Shagla swapped the lead back and forth through the first handful of laps with the #28 of Fuzzy Fields following behind them in the third spot. A caution for a stopped car in turns 3 and 4 setup the first restart of the race. On the restart, Shagla jumped out to the lead with Gustafson and Fields in second and third respectively. One lap after the restart, a mechanical woe on Gustafson’s car retired him for the evening, moving Fields into second and the #38 of Scott Freer into third. Shagla continued to lead as the race reached its halfway point. A hard wreck for the second place runner, Fields, brought out the caution flag once again. The wrecked moved Freer into second and the #37A of Jim Bloom into third. Three quick caution flags following that caution kept the field close. After all of the cautions, the top 3 were: Bob Egley, Trevor McCann, and Jim Bloom. On the ensuing restart, Egley jumped out to the lead with McCann and Bloom following behind. A couple of laps after the restart, Bloom worked his way around McCann to move into the second spot behind Egley. With just outside of 5 laps to go, Bloom used the low line to work past Egley to take the top spot. With four laps to go, Shagla Jr. moved into third behind Bloom and Egley. One last caution came out with just a few laps to go, setting up one final restart. It took just two laps on the restart before Shagla Jr. powered his way to the front. Shagla Jr. held on the rest of the way enroute to picking up the $1,000+ payday. Shagla Jr. was followed by: 2) Jim Bloom 3) Bob Egley 4) Trevor McCann 5) Scott Freer 6) Tommy Snyder 7) Dennis Asel 8) Bill Phillips Jr. 9) Anthony Marotto 10) Pernell Beimel 11) Fuzzy Fields 12) Bruce Hartzfeld 13) Zack Gustafson. DNS: Brad Curran and Andrew Gordon. Gustafson and Gordon won the heat races.

The #85 of Randy White and the #8G Garrett Davenport led the Young Guns Jr Sprints – Stock Class trackside for their 8-lap feature. White jumped out to the early lead on the initial start with Davenport and the #58 of Logen Lockhart following behind. White continued to lead for the opening few laps before a caution for a stopped car on the frontstretch setup the first restart of the race. After another quick caution flag, the race saw its final restart. On the final restart, White jumped out to the lead over Davenport and the #40D of Jaxon Dye. White went unchallenged in the last half of the race on his way to picking up another win in the Stock Class. White was followed by: 2) Garrett Davenport 3) Elijah Boor 4) Jaxon Dye 5) Logen Lockhart 6) Ava Adamik 7) Colten McAndrew. White won the heat race.

The #18L of Luke Mulichak and the #6 of Evan Darby led the Young Guns Jr Sprints – Open Class to the track for their 8-lap main. Mulichak jumped out to the lead on the opening green flag with the #25BAD of Tyler Allison and Evan Darby following behind. Mulichak led the opening lap before getting loose in turn 2, allowing Allison to take the lead. Mechanical woes on both Allison and Mulichak gave way to some new names in the top 3. The #40 of Jaren Dye now assumed the lead with the #8M Macey Adamik and Evan Darby following behind. A hard-charging Evan Darby passed both Adamik and Dye on the restart to take the top spot with just a few laps remaining. Darby led the rest of the way enroute to picking up the win in the Open Class. Darby was followed by: 2) Jaren Dye 3) Macey Adamik 4) Stone Lapcevich 5) Sam Darby 6) Tyler Allison 7) Luke Mulichak. Mulichak won the heat race.

The BWP Bats Super Late Models were next to the track for their 25-lap feature race with the #13X of Kenny Schaffer and the #64 of Scott Alvetro leading the field to the opening green flag. Schaffer jumped out to the lead on the initial start with Alvetro and the #7S of Steven Scaife following behind. On lap 3, Scaife spun out in turns 1 and 2, bringing out the first caution of the race. The spin moved the #5R of Jerry Redden into the third spot behind Schaffer and Alvetro. On the restart, Schaffer pulled out to the lead as Redden worked his way around Alvetro to move into the second position. A handful of laps later, on lap 10, the #36 of hard-charging Paul Kot got around Alvetro to move into third behind Schaffer and Redden. Schaffer continued to pull away from the field as the laps continued to click away. On lap 20, Kot got around Redden to move into the third position behind Schaffer. A caution for a spin in turns 1 and 2 brought out the second and final caution flag with just 5 laps to go. On the final restart of the race, Kot gave Schaffer a challenge for the lead on the inside but it didn’t work as Schaffer used the momentum on the high side to power ahead and begin to gap the field. Schaffer continued to pull away in the final laps on his way to picking up his first career win. Schaffer was followed by: 2) Paul Kot 3) Jerry Redden 4) Doug Eck 5) Larry Hollenbaugh 6) Rod Phillips 7) Scott Alvetro 8) Wendell Pinckney 9) Jeff Taylor 10) Jason Dobson 11) Tom Denzinger 12) Tom Jobe 13) Steven Scaife 14) Rob Middleton. Kot and Redden won the heat races.

The #42H of Dennis Harrison Jr. and the #516 of Rich Anderson led the Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks trackside for their 21-lap, $400+ to win feature. Anderson jumped out to the early lead on the initial start with Harrison Jr. in second and the #516X of newcomer Larry Mitchell in third. On lap 3, Mitchell used the low line to his advantage to get around Harrison Jr. to move into second behind Anderson. One lap later, the #88 of Josh Fields passed Harrison Jr. to move into third behind Anderson and Mitchell. A caution for Field’s stopped car in turns 3 and 4 setup the first restart of the race. The problem with Field’s car moved the #871 of Bill Mumau into third behind the leaders for the restart. On the restart, Mitchell challenged Anderson for the top spot. On lap 11, Mitchell completed the pass to take the lead. Then, on lap 12, the #28 of Bryce Swauger moved into the second spot between Mitchell and Mumau. On laps 18 and 19, Anderson got around both Mumau and Swauger to move into the second position with just a couple laps remaining. Mitchell held on in the last couple of laps enroute to his first victory at Hummingbird in his first appearance. Mitchell was followed by: 2) Rich Anderson 3) Bryce Swauger 4) Bill Mumau 5) Justin Watt 6) Dennis Harrison Jr. 7) Jenna Pfaff 8) Andy Frey 9) Josh Fields 10) Wayne Garvey 11) Lee Bailey. DNS: Steve Brugmann and Ben Ecelberger. Harrison Jr. and Anderson won the heat races.

The Swanson Heavy Duty Truck Repair Semi-Late Models were last to the track for their 20-lap main to finish the night of racing. The #27C of Eddie Connor and the #5X of Nick Erskine led the field to opening green flag. Connor and Erskine swapped the lead several times throughout the first couple of laps with the #1M of Zach Myers in third. Erskine completed the pass around Connor on lap 3 to take the lead. A caution for a spin in turns 1 and 2, shortly after the pass occurred, setup the first restart of the race. On the restart, Myers worked his way around Connor to move into second behind Erskine just before another caution came out, setting up another restart. On the ensuing restart, Myers dove to the inside of Erskine for the lead. Myers completed the pass for the lead on lap 7. Another caution came out just one lap later which setup one final restart. On the final restart of the race, Myers jumped out to the lead as Erskine came under attack for second by Connor. On lap 9, Connor worked his way around Erskine to take the second position. Myers went unchallenged the rest of the race on his way to picking up the win. Myers was followed by: 2) Eddie Connor 3) Nick Erskine 4) Dom Surra 5) Bernie Whiteford 6) Deegen Watt 7) Dustin Challingsworth 8) Jim Challingsworth 9) Caleb Whiteford 10) Jack Sarnousky 11) Josh Fields 12) Denny Curry 13) Doug Surra. DNS: George Bailey. Myers and Erskine won the heat races.

Speedway Notes: 83 cars packed the pits for the Ina Caltagarone Memorial. Next Saturday will feature ‘Season Championship Night’. Double points will be awarded in all 5 divisions. Come join us as we crown our 2019 Points Champions! For more information call the track office at (814) 653-8400 or visit the tracks’ website at www.hummingbirdspeedway.com. You can also follow the track on Facebook and Twitter.

Results:

Lockwood Processing Four-Cylinders
1st) #54 Wayne Truitt
2nd) #55 Joe Anthony
3rd) #3H Shawn Hadden
4th) #569 Blake Joiner
5th) #42 Jeff Huber
6th) #7 Daniel Clark
7th) #910 Travis Timko
8th) #21G Garret McKinney
9th) #9 Dave Potter
10th) #4F Jim Fye DNF
11th) #36F Zack Frantz DNF
12th) #11 Jim Boyer
13th) #65C Cory Reitz DNF
14th) #154 Ricky Nelson DNF
15th) #81S David Smail DNF
16th) #17 Randy Albert DNS
17th) #7H Pat Hanlon DNS

Cypress Clock and Gift Shop Street Stocks
1st) #6 Dave Shagla Jr.
2nd) #37A Jim Bloom
3rd) #30 Bob Egley
4th) #12M Trevor McCann
5th) #38 Scott Freer
6th) #95 Tommy Snyder
7th) #0 Dennis Asel
8th) #23JR Bill Phillips Jr.
9th) #15 Anthony Marotto
10th) #43 Pernell Beimel DNF
11th) #28 Fuzzy Fields DNF
12th) #101 Bruce Hartzfeld DNF
13th) #983 Zack Gustafson DNF
14th) #17 Brad Curran DNS
15th) #25G Andrew Gordon DNS

Young Guns Jr Sprints

Stock Class:

1st) #85 Randy White
2nd) #8G Garrett Davenport
3rd) #44 Ava Adamik (First time ever in a Jr Sprint)
4th) #40D Jaxon Dye
5th) #58 Logen Lockhart (First time ever in a Jr Sprint) DNF
6th) #3 Elijah Boor DNF
7th) #20 Colten McAndrew (First time ever in a Jr Sprint) DNF

Open Class:

1st) #6 Evan Darby
2nd) #40 Jaren Dye
3rd) #8 Sam Darby
4th) #8M Macy Adamik
5th) #22 Stone Lapcevich
6th) #25BAD Tyler Allison DNF
7th) #18L Luke Mulichak DNF

BWP Bats Super Late Models
1st) #13X Kenny Schaffer
2nd) #36 Paul Kot
3rd) #5R Jerry Redden
4th) #20 Doug Eck
5th) #1H Larry Hollenbaugh
6th) #1S Rod Phillips
7th) #64 Scott Alvetro
8th) #1 Wendell Pinckney
9th) #60 Jeff Taylor
10th) #75 Jason Dobson
11th) #10Z Tom Denzinger
12th) #96 Tom Jobe
13th) #7S Steven Scaife DNF
14th) #23 Rob Middleton DNF

Sunny 106.5 FM Pure Stocks
1st) #516X Larry Mitchell
2nd) #516 Rich Anderson
3rd) #28 Bryce Swauger
4th) #871 Bill Mumau
5th) #00 Justin Watt
6th) #42H Dennis Harrison Jr.
7th) #33 Jenna Pfaff
8th) #55X Andy Frey DNF
9th) #88 Josh Fields DNF
10th) #75 Wayne Garvey DNF
11th) #48X Lee Bailey DNF
12th) #81 Steve Brugmann DNS
13th) #113 Ben Ecelberger DNS

Swanson Heavy Duty Truck Repair Semi-Late Models
1st) #1M Zach Myers
2nd) #27C Eddie Connor
3rd) #5X Nick Erskine
4th) #3xAA Dom Surra
5th) #33JR Bernie Whiteford
6th) #17 Deegen Watt
7th) #46 Dustin Challingsworth
8th) #44 Jim Challingsworth
9th) #1W Caleb Whiteford
10th) #16 Jack Sarnousky
11th) #88 Josh Fields
12th) #75 Denny Curry DNF
13th) #9N Doug Surra DNF
14th) #20 George Bailey DNS