Selinsgrove Speedway

SELINSGROVE, Pa. - July 4, 2006 - Doug Esh of Lancaster drove to a convincing victory in Tuesday night's Cindy Rowe Auto Glass PA Speedweek 410 sprint car finale at Selinsgrove Speedway.

The $5,000 win in the 30-lap main event was the first of Esh's career at the track, sixth overall in 2006, and second straight in the 16th Annual PA Speedweek Series. Fred Rahmer of Salfordville clinched his 10th career PA Speedweek title with his fourth-place finish in the main event.

Mark Smith of Tower City was the Dupont Tyvek fast qualifier with a lap time of 16.704. Neil Petock of Nescopeck was the Trone Outdoor Advertising hard charger. Both drivers received $100 bonuses.

Todd Shaffer of Millerstown set a new 10-lap track record of 2:51.52 at the wheel of the Hamilton Motorsports No. 77. Gary Beward of Thompsontown won his seventh pro stock race of the season in the division's 15-lap main event.

Doug Esh started on the outside of the front row and wired the field for the victory. Polesitter Chad Layton chased Esh for the entire event to no avail. On several occasions, Layton attempted to close in on the leader in lapped traffic. The event's only caution flag unfurled on lap 16 when Mike Erdley's No. 11 rolled to a stop on the backstretch. When the race resumed, Esh
streaked away from the field while Layton maintained the runner up position.

Third-place starter Fred Rahmer raced third until lap 26, when seventh-place starter Todd Shaffer powered into the third position. At the checkered flag, Esh was victorious by 2.89 over Layton, Shaffer, Rahmer and fourth-place starter Mark Smith.

A multi-car accident involving two-time defending champion Troy Miller stop the race on the first lap of the pro stock feature. All drivers escaped injury. On the restart, second-place starter Gary Beward powered into the lead and was chased by polesitter Peanut Heintzelman for the duration of the event. Dave Bowsman, who started 10th, made it a close three-car battle for the lead and the win.

At the checkered flag, Beward was victorious by 2.06 over Heintzelman, Bowsman, AJ Stroup and Jason Smith.

SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY - 4 July 2006
Sprint Cars - 24 Entries
30-Lap A-Main: 1) 30 Doug Esh $5,000 2) 12 Chad Layton 3) 77 Todd Shaffer 4) 22 Fred Rahmer 5) 1 Mark Smith 6) 25 Lance Dewease 7) 5W Lucas Wolfe 8) 12 Blane Heimbach 9) 7 Keith Kauffman 10) 88 TJ Stutts 11) 13 Cliff Brian 12) 35 Alan Cole 13) 69 Michael Carber 14) 4 Neil Petock 15) 30 Daryl Stimeling 16) 11 Mike Erdley 17) 18 Ryan Bohlke 18) 3 Bob Bennet 19) 16 Matt Horst 20) 14 Matt Heimbach 21) 17B Steve Buckwalter 22) 3K Len Krautheim 23) 45 Tim Hogue 24) 21 Duane Mausteller

Time Trials: 1) Smith 16.704 2) Rahmer 16.730 3) Esh 16.853 4) Layton 16.868 5) Wolfe 16.903 6) Dewease 16.927 7) Shaffer 16.954 8) Erdley 17.010 9) Heimbach 17.032 10) Kauffman 17.077 11) Cole 17.125 12) Stutts 17.162 13) Carber 17.205 14) Brian 17.123 15) Buckwalter 17.311 16) Bennett 17.317 17) Hogue 17.396 18) Bohlke 17.440 19) Krautheim 17.558
20) M. Heimbach 18.041 21) Petock 18.165 22) Stimeling 18.296 23) Mausteller 18.390 24) Horst 18.411

Heat Winners: Todd Shaffer (NTR), Cliff Brian, Blane Heimbach

Pro Stocks - 21 Entries
15-Lap A-Main: 1) 19 Gary Beward 2) 99H Peanut Heintzelman 3) 8 Dave Bowsman 4) 26 AJ Stroup 5) 28 Jason Smith 6) 6F Frank Reisser 7) 6 Dan Jensen 8) 14B Dave Brouse Jr. 9) 21 AJ Hoffman 10) 17 Jason Schmidt 11) 14 Bill Conrad 12) 5 Neil Langtry 13) 1W John Wert 14) USA1 Lon Savage Jr. 15) 81 Todd Kiger 16) 3 Mike Rowles 17) 7 Meade Hahn 18) 115 Troy
Miller 19) 23 Jim Somers 20) 7X Jeff Rayson 21) 76 Brad Trump DNS
Heat Winners: AJ Stoup, Peanut Heintzelman