Selinsgrove Speedway

SELINSGROVE, Pa. August 26 - Phil Walter of McClure wired the field for a convincing victory in Saturday night's 30-lap Paul Stine Chevrolet 358 Sprint Car Summer Nationals event at Selinsgrove Speedway.

The win was worth $4,000 and was the second of the season for Walter at the track. Walter, substituting for the injured Adam Romig of Selinsgrove, was driving the SVMC Sheet Metal sponsored No. 1 owned by Adam Romig & family.

The event was originally scheduled for last Saturday but was postponed due to rain after most of the qualifying was completed.

Last Saturday, Joey Borich of Sunbury was the 358 sprint car fast qualifier with a lap time of 18.427 (103.466 MPH). Borich picked up a $150 bonus from Hackenberg's Tree Service, Brian Wood Photography and Brian Harro from  Selinsgrovespeedway.com.

Coleby Frye of Dover led every lap of the 25-lap late model main event for his first career victory at Selinsgrove Speedway. AJ Hoffman of Richfield scored his seventh win of the season in the 15-lap pro stock feature, while Donnie Murphy of Minersville also won his seventh 12-lap roadrunner race of the season.

Selinsgrove Speedway will present two complete racing programs this Labor Day holiday weekend. The 358 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks and roadrunners will compete at 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 2. The speedway will present the Third Annual Selinsgrove Ford Paul Long Memorial for Late Models at 7 p.m. on Sunday, September 3.

Phil Walter nabbed the lead at the start of the sprint car main event and never looked back. He was chased by polesitter Len Krautheim until the halfway point, when sixth-place starter Pat Cannon stormed into second.

Cannon began to reel in Walter for the lead but struck the first turn guardrail on the15th lap and was sidelined for the remainder of the event. When the race resumed, Walter held the field at bay with Krautheim, third-place starter Mike Walter and fourth-place starter Joey Borich racing in the top five.

With five laps remaining, M. Walter powered into second and began to chase down his brother P. Walter at the front of the pack. Navigating through traffic, P. Walter took the checkered flag by 1.5 seconds over M. Walter, Borich, ninth-place starter Blane Heimbach and Krautheim.

A multi-car crash occurred in turn three involving Jamie Schwarz, Nyle Berkes, Adrian Shaffer and Bob Beidleman after the race concluded. All drivers escaped injury. Polesitter Coleby Frye led every lap of the late model feature for his first career win at the track. Frye was chased by fifth-place starter Brett Schadel for the entire event.

A battle unfolded for the third position throughout the race, with seventh-place starter Bud Witmer, eighth-place starter Chris Shuey and, at the finish, 11th-place starter Donnie Schick racing third. Witmer and Shuey rounded out the top five at the finish.

Polesitter Bill Glass held off third-place starter Brad Trump and seventh-place starter AJ Hoffman for the first seven laps in the pro stock feature. On the eighth circuit, Hoffman powered into the lead and drove to his seventh win of the season over eighth-place starter Gary Beward. Glass, Trump and Peanut Heintzelman completed the top five.

Donnie Murphy started 12th and took the lead from 10th-place starter Cory Long on the fifth lap of the roadrunner feature. At the finish, Murphy was victorious over Long, Dave Kamp, Keith Bissinger and Elvin Brennan. Ray Rothfuss, who crossed the finish line in the second position, was disqualified following a post-race technical inspection.

SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY - 26 August 2006
Sprint Cars - 43 Entries
30-Lap A-Main: 1) 1 Phil Walter 2) 63 Mike Walter 3) 7 Joey Borich 4) 12 Blane Heimbach 5) 3K Len Krautheim 6) 2 Jason Shultz 7) 5 Nate Snyder 8) 10 Jeff Furlong 9) 37 Scott Flammer 10) 76 Larry Kelleher 11) 6 TJ Stutts 12) 1N Brian Nornhold 13) 24 Brian Buckwalter 14) 99 Kyle Bachman 15) 4B Adrian Shaffer 16) 81 Bob Beidleman 17) 98 Jamie Schwartz 18) 99B
Nyle Berkes 19) 77 John Matrafailo 20) 5C Dan Corroza 21) 71 Charlie Anderson 22) 22T Matt Boland 23) 21 Duane Mausteller 24) 3 Pat Cannon 25) 1W John Westbrook
Heat Winners (from 8/19): Kyle Bachman, Nate Snyder, Duane Mausteller, Pat Cannon
B-Main Winner (from 8/26): Scott Flammer

Time Trials (from 8/19): 1) Borich 18.427 2) Heimbach 18.497 3) Flammer 18.541 4) M. Walter 18.552 5) P. Walter 18.568 6) Krautheim 18.605 7) A. Shaffer 18.621 8) Cannon 18.747 9) Furlong 18.748 10) Frontz 18.784 11) Boland 18.801 12) Shultz 18.831 13) Kelleher 18.849 14) Bohlke 18.890 15) Haas 18.958 16) Schwartz 18.959 17) Beidleman 18.961 18) Anderson
18.979 19) Mausteller 18.982 20) Herr 19.019 21) Bachman 19.036 22) Snyder 19.111 23) Matrafailo 19.133 24) Westbrook 19.151 25) Berkes 19.158 26) Stutts 19.168 27) Corozza 19.192 28) Tate 19.231 29) Nornhold 19.251 30) Buckwalter 19.272 31) Jorda 19.407 32) Gettle 19.416 33) Messimer 19.521 34) Weiss 19.565 35) Yinger 19.674 36) Beasley 19.730 37) Zimmerman 19.738 38) Heltzel 19.837 39) Shoner 19.939 40) Constenbader 19.966 41) McNeal 19.981 42) Funk 20.103 43) VanBuskirk 20.979

Late Models - 22 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) F1 Coleby Frye 2) 0 Brett Schadel 3) 6 Donnie Schick 4) U10 Bud Witmer 5) 21 Chris Shuey 6) 7 Dustin Hoffman 7) 215 Al Shawver, Jr. 8) 27 Jim Yoder 9) 2J Jeff Rine 10) 92 Randall Paxton 11) 21X Mike Bingaman 12) 4S Dave Shulski 13) 88 Tony Adams 14) 12S Robbie Smith 15) 16 Jeff Black 16) 1 Gary Beward 17) 90 Kyle Rhoads 18) 64 Chris Wilkinson 19) 98 Bobby Croop 20) 45 Eric Hons
Heat Winners (from 8/19): Coleby Frye, Robbie Smith, Bobby Croop

Pro Stocks - 17 Entries
15-Lap A-Main: 1) 21 AJ Hoffman 2) 19 Gary Beward 3) 70G Bill Glass 4) 76 Brad Trump 5) 99H Peanut Heintzelman 6) 26 AJ Stroup 7) 28 Jason Smith 8) 19 Larry Hare 9) Neil Langtry 10) 6 Dan Jensen 11) 8 Lloyd Lauver 12) 4 Jim Payne 13) 28J John Bouse 14) 6F Frank Reisser 15) 14 Bill Conrad 16) 70 Matt Johnson 17) 1 John Wert
Heat Winners (from 8/19): Bill Glass, Jason Smith

Roadrunners - 24 Entries
12-Lap A-Main: 1) 23 Donnie Murphy 2) 00 Cory Long 3) 9 Dave Kamp 4) 11 Keith Bissinger 5) 555 Elvin Brennan 6) 48 Matt Drum 7) 69 Tim Campbell 8) 00 Nathan Engle 9) 3D Chris Herman 10) 29 Ricky Bender 11) 31 Brandon Shultz 12) 41 Dennis Conrad 13) 12JR Doug Minium Jr. 14) 5 Dave Adams 15) 57 Mark Spencer 16) 88 Bill Benner 17) 44 Jim Collier Sr. 18) 12
Doug Minium 19) 1 Kyle Miller 20) 81 Wendy Swartz 21) 69 Scott Dunham, Jr. 22) 19 Chad Davis 23) 21 Matthew Engle 24) 17 Ray Rothfuss (DQ)
Heat Winners: Dave Kamp, Donnie Murphy