SELINSGROVE, Pa. - July 1, 2006 - Jeff Rine of Danville drove to his third win of the season in Saturday night's Eighth Annual Salem RV Center/Philips Products Late Model Open at Selinsgrove Speedway. Rine, second in the point standings, collected $2,000 for his victory in the 30-lap event. Rine was also the night's fast qualifier with a lap time of 20.605.
Point leader Blane Heimbach of Selinsgrove continued his winning streak at Selinsgrove by capturing his sixth win of the season in the 25-lap 358 sprint car feature behind the wheel of the Goff Racing/Creasy Signs No. 12.
Matt Johnson of New Berlin won his first pro stock main event of the season in the division's 15-lap race, while Keith Bissinger of Orangeville won his fourth 12-lap roadrunner event this year.
Selinsgrove Speedway will present a four division show of 358 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks and roadrunners at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 8, sponsored by Foss Jewelers. The Williams Grove Oldtimers will also have a display of classic race cars.
Polesitter Scott Messimer led the first lap of the sprint car feature. Messimer was passed by fourth-place starter Scott Flammer in turn four on lap two for the lead. Seventh-place starter Kevin Nouse took over second on the fifth circuit.
A six-car crash occurred on the backstretch on the fifth circuit. Nate Snyder and Larry Kelleher flipped over in their race cars; all drivers escaped injury.
When the race resumed, Flammer continued to set the pace while Nouse and 12th-place starter Blane Heimbach were in close pursuit. Heimbach passed Nouse for second on the 10th circuit and began to reel in Flammer.
On the 16th lap Heimbach made the winning pass by Flammer using the inside lane in turn one. Heimbach then stretched his lead over the field, posting a 3.03 second margin of victory at the finish. Nouse, Flammer, Len Krautheim and Jordan Frontz completed the top five.
Chris Shuey and Scott Haus, two former winners of the Late Model Open, were sidelined from the event following a first lap crash in turn four. Jim Yoder, Ken Trevitz, and Eric Hons were also involved in the melee. Defending winner Jeff Rine found himself starting third for the restart and quickly powered into the lead. Rine was chased by polesitter Tony Adams and seventh-place starter Donnie Schick for the first half of the event.
It was on the 16th circuit when Schick drove by Adams for second and set his sites on the leader. Schick was Rine's most serious challenger for the duration of the event. On several occasions, Schick was in striking distance but to no avail. Rine kept his momentum using the high line around the track and posted a narrow .53 of a second victory over Schick, Adams, Trevitz, and Bud Witmer.
Polesitter Matt Johnson wired the field for his win in the pro stock feature. On the fifth lap, fifth-place starter Peanut Heintzleman passed Jim Jurasich for second. Heintzelman, along with 10th-place starter AJ Stroup and 11th-place starter AJ Hoffman, pressured Johnson for the lead and win for the duration of the event.
At the checkered flag, Johnson was victorious by just .25 of a second over Heintzelman, Stroup, Hoffman and Chris Badger.
Keith Bissinger started the roadrunner race in the sixth position and took the lead by the completion of the first lap. Bissinger held off four-time winner and seventh-place starter Donnie Murphy for the close victory. Doug Minium, point leader Matt Drum and Mark Spencer completed the top five.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY - 1 July 2006
Sprint Cars - 32 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 12 Blane Heimbach 2) 12B Kevin Nouse 3) 37 Scott Flammer 4) 3K Len Krautheim 5) 19 Jordan Frontz 6) 3 Pat Cannon 7) 63 Mike Walter 8) 9 Scott Tate 9) 10 Jeff Furlong 10) 5W Phil Walter 11) 12G Bryan Golden 12) 6 Jimmy Nace 13) 43 Doug Dodson 14) 49 Scott Messimer 15) 99 Kyle Bachman 16) 81 Bob Beidleman 17) 1A Cale Reigle 18) 15 Adam Wilt 19) 3G Jim Gearhart 20) 1 Adam Romig 21) L70 Larry Kelleher 22) 5 Nate Snyder 23) 77 John Matrafailo 24) 2 Jason Shultz
Heat Winners: Scott Flammer, Len Krautheim, Blane Heimbach, Adam Romig
Consolation Winner: Kyle Bachman
Late Models - 24 Entries
30-Lap Open: 1) 2J Jeff Rine $2,000 2) 6 Donnie Schick 3) 88 Tony Adams 4) 61T Ken Trevitz 5) U10 Bud Witmer 6) 92 Randall Paxton 7) 0 Brett Schadel 8) 215 Al Shawver, Jr. 9) 64 Chris Wilkinson 10) 75 Terry Neitz 11) 7 Dustin Hoffman 12) 12S Robbie Smith 13) 14 Dave Reed 14) 1 Gary Beward 15) 45 Eric Hons 16) 90 Kyle Rhoads 17) 17 Frank Benfer 18) 98
Bobby Croop 19) 4S Dave Shulski 20) 76 Scott Haus 21) 21 Chris Shuey 22) 27 Jim Yoder 23) 32 Jeff Smith DNS 24) 16 Jeff Black DNS
Time Trials: 1) Rine 20.605 2) Hoffman 20.785 3) Haus 20.907 4) Yoder 21.012 5) Shulski 21.033 6) Shuey 21.037 7) Schick 21.077 8) Trevitz 21.178 9) Adams 21.277 10) Witmer 21.406 11) Wilkinson 21.451 12) Shawver 21.566 13) Paxton 21.688 14) Neitz 21.729 15) Hons 21.803 16) Schadel 22.132 17) Smith 22.430 18) Reed 22.695 19) Rhoads 22.756 20) Beward 23.028 21) Smith 23.460 22) Black 24.287 23) Benfer 24.391 24) Croop DNT
Heat Winners: Bud Witmer, Dustin Hoffman, Tony Adams
Pro Stocks - 24 Entries
15-Lap A-Main: 1) 70 Matt Johnson 2) 99 Peanut Heintzelman 3) 26 AJ Stroup 4) 21 AJ Hoffman 5) 13 Chris Badger 6) 19 Gary Beward 7) 23 Jim Somers 8) 6 Dan Jensen 9) 711 Jim Jurasich 10) 6F Frank Reisser 11) 28 Jason Smith 12) 8 Dave Bowsman 13) 115 Troy Miller 14) 14B Dave Brouse Jr. 15) 18 Roger Stoneroad 16) 14 Bill Conrad 17) 5 Neil Langtry 18) 1
John Wert 19) 81 Todd Kiger 20) 76 Brad Trump 21) 17 Brian Bowersox 22) 7 Meade Hahn 23) USA1 Lon Savage Jr. 24) 54 Sammy Troup
Heat Winners: Peanut Heintzelman, AJ Hoffman, Jason Smith
Roadrunners - 17 Entries
12-Lap A-Main: 1) 11B Keith Bissinger 2) 23 Donnie Murphy 3) 12 Doug Minium 4) 48 Matt Drum 5) 57 Mark Spencer 6) 19 Chad Davis 7) 81 Wendy Swartz 8) 67 Anthony Munn 9) 41D Dennis Conrad 10) 31 Brandon Shultz 11) 3D Chris Herman 12) 00 Nathan Engle 13) 1 Kyle Miller 14) 43 Hank Steffen 15) 69 Tim Campbell 16) 17 Ray Rothfuss 17) 5 Butch Shaffer
