Ephrata Raceway Park
Race Results
by
Keith Danson, Announcer

The nasty wind Saturday night made it a little chilly t ERP, the rain earlier cleaned the ole track and a lot of fans were ready for Championship Night! The Pioneer Muffler 2 Adult Hornets, the Kim Janke State Farm Agent Youth Hornets, Jerry's Auto Supply Hobby Stocks, Schaeffer Oil Mini Stocks, Pepsi Cola Street Stocks and the 360 Sprint Cars were going to decide who's on top! With the top 4 of each class running Trophy Dashes, then twin Main Events for each class, that's 18 races! Qualifiing was first, here's who set fast times:

Hobby- #18, Jason Ray, Ephrata, 16.91, Mini- #96, Austin Schooler, Ephrata, 16.10!
Street- #68, Bart Hector, Othello, 15.34, Sprint- #2, Kurt Myers, Wilson Creek, 13.23

Trophy Dash:

AH- #42, Troy Lannoy, Ephrata, YH- #11, Jatender Veenstra, RC,Hobby- #79, Glen Hector, Ephrata
Mini- #52, Dave Macken, ML, Street- #64, Ron Stewart, ML, Sprint- #6, Rich Fast, Mesa

The racers put on the best show of the season, with every main containing excitement for all of us watching. The only disappointment was during the first Main for the Mini's. The two Vega's driven by Adam Smith and Austin Schooler got caught up in a accident on the front straightaway while they were making their way to the front. To save room, I'm going to list just the car numbers for the two mains for each class, then provide the driver information and list the overall finishes:

B Main, AH- 37, 42, 09, 9, 32, 63-DNF, A Main, AH- 09, 42, 37, 32, 9, 63
B YH- 16, 68, 11, 00, 72, 89, 77, 32, 44, 15, A YH- 11, 15, 16, 68, 00, 72, 89, 32, 44, 77
B Hobby- 76, 18, 29, 42, 79, A Hobby- 42, 76, 18, 29, 79
B Mini-84,88,52,81, 1, 07, 18, 19, 99, 13, 71, 96,7,78, A Mini- 52, 88, 84, 07, 18, 81, 19, 1, 71, 13, 99
B Street- 68, 64, 1, 9, 84, 18, 92, 21, 77, 10, 41, A Street- 68, 1, 64, 9, 18, 84, 10, 77, 21, 92, 41
B Sprint- 78, 2x, 7, 6, 96, 25, 85, 28, 44, 24, A Sprint- 2x, 78, 96, 28, 7, 6, 85, 44, 25, 24

Great Saturday night short track racing dominated the evening thanks to all you drivers. Dallas White had his hands full with Kapalo and Lannoy in both mains, but proved he earned the championship in the Adult Hornet class. The same goes for Taylor Blackburn in the Youth Hornets, with Bart Hector Jr on his bumper all night, not letting him get away with the Championship with out a good fight. The crowd went crazy when Jatender Veenstra won the Trophy Dash, then cheered her on after she tore the right front fender off in the first main and still got third. In the second main she drove to the front and drove away with her first Main Event win of the season, and the overall with a surprising Derick Burck in second. Watch out guys, she has a Hobby for next year! Speaking of the Hobby's, Pat Canady dropped in the old 327 in place of the blown up 350 and drove to win the first Main, and an overall victory, while Neil Nelson held Pat off to win the second. Brown, Hector and Macken all raced hard in their Mini's to get to the front in both Mains. Congrats to Brown and Macken for holding off the competition to take the wins. The Streets were all about the veterans using their experience. In the end, the 32 years of racing behind Bart Hector could not be denied even with the determined Kleyn and Stewart racing him hard. Mike Fought had a 15 point lead over Kurt Meyers to start the evening for the Sprints, and the two kept an eye on each other all night. The hard charging Myers ended up on top with Mike in second.

Awesome night! Fun year! A huge thanks goes out to everyone who came to the track this season. Whether you showed up to race, work, volunteer, sponsor, or sit and watch you helped make it a season to remember. Most thanks goes to Mike, Bob and Rita Witte for doing whatever is necessary to make the track better than ever before. It was a pleasure to work with everyone, meet a lot of new people and renew many old friendships. Look to this media outlet for the final official results for each class which will be released asap.

EPHRATA PIONEER MUFFLER II ADULT HORNETS

AH- #09, Dallas White, RC, #42, Troy Lannoy, Ephrata, #37, Derrick Kapalo, Ephrata
#32, Jacob McGraw, EW, #9, Michael White, #63, Nathan Schell, ML

JERRY’S AUTO SUPPLY HOBBY STOCKS

Hobby- #76, Pat Canady, Ephrata, #42, Neil Nelson, George, #18, Jason Ray, Ephrata
#29, Tanner Halley, Ephrata, #79, Glen Hector, Ephrata

PEPSI COLA STREET STOCKS

Street- #68, Bart Hector, Othello, #1, Mitch Kleyn, Quincy, #64, Ron Stewart, ML
#9, Randy Pugh, ML, #18, John Cook, ML, #84, Josh Hector, Ephrata, #10, Fred Moore, Ephrata
#77, Robert Kirk, Wen, #21, Skyler Leseman, Ephrata, #92, Mike Bise, Warden, #41, Sam Todd, Odessa

360 Sprints

Sprints- #2x, Kurt Meyers, Wilson Creek, #78, Mike Fought, Othello, #96, Britt Lorentzen, Lake Taps
#7, Joe Smith, ML, #6, Rich Fast, Mesa, #28, Tom Beierman, Ephrata, #85, Kevin Witte, Ephrata
#25, Whitney Nolan, Wen, #44, Rod Stump, ML, #24, Todd Lolkus, Ephrata