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Selinsgrove, Pa. May 20, 2006 - "This is a dream come true," said an emotional Romig in Victory Lane. "I've been coming to this place since I was two years old." He dominated the race from start to finish in the 25 lap Main Event on Saturday night while holding off some of the best sprint car drivers around. Young Adam Romig of Selinsgrove started his racing career at the historic Selinsgrove Speedway in go karts and micro sprint cars on the one-fifth mile oval located inside of the big half-mile track.
Adam led the feature wire to wire, but not without a bit of excitement and a nerve racking moment. While extending his lead to nearly a straight away on lap 20, Adam entered turn three a little higher than normal looking for some bite for his Hoosier tires. What he found was the right side of his sprint car, kissing the five tier megawall. While bracing for an impact, Adam's luck was on his side. The car just skimmed the rails instead of an impact he was expecting. He tried to get it off the wall, but the car had other plans. His sprint car "rode the rails" as some would say, the entire 3rd and 4th turns. His first reaction was to get back on the throttle to make sure everything was ok heading down the front stretch. And throttle it he did! By then he realized that all was well with the car, but 2nd and 3rd place runner's Scott Flammer and Phil Walter had closed the gap considerably. The young Adam Romig managed to regain his composure as he made his way thru lapped traffic the final five laps and brought his car to victory lane where he was met with tears of joy from his entire family, friends, and fans. Phil Walter came home 2nd, while Nate Snyder, Scott Flammer, and Blane Heimbach completed the top 5.
Jeff Rine of Danville became the first repeat late model feature winner of the season in the makeup 25-lap feature, while Tony Adams of Sunbury won the regularly scheduled 25-lap feature to become the track's sixth different winner this season. Gary Beward continues his dominance in the pro stock division with his fifth win of the season in the 15-lap feature, while Keith Bissinger of Orangeville won the 12-lap roadrunner main event.
Polesitter Terry Neitz held the late model field at bay through the midway point of the race. Neitz was chased by second-place starter Randall Paxton for eight laps before sixth-place starter Jim Yoder advanced to second. On lap 13, Yoder drove by Neitz for the lead in turn two. On the 18th circuit, 10th-place starter Tony Adams passed Yoder for the lead using the outside lane in turn four. Yoder maintained the runner up position while 18th-place starter Donnie Schick made a late-race charge by Rine into third. At the finish, Adams was victorious over Yoder, Schick, Rine and Paxton.
In the make up late model feature, second-place starter Eric Hons led polesitter Randall Paxton for the first seven laps. Meanwhile, 11th-place starter Jeff Rine horsepowered his way around the top of the race track and into the third position by lap six. On the eighth circuit, Rine put his No. 2J into the lead, then checked out from the field. At the finish, Rine was victorious by 4.46 seconds over Yoder, Chris Wilkenson, Bud Witmer and Hons.
Fifth-place Bill Conrad led the first two laps of the pro stock feature. The race was stopped on lap two when Dave Brouse, Jr. spun in turn three and was struck head-on by Lonnie Hile. Hile was transported to the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville and released early Sunday morning following treatment for undisclosed injuries.
When the race resumed, defending champion Troy Miller powered into the lead on lap three. Miller stayed in command of the field until the 13th circuit, when 12th-place starter Gary Beward made the winning pass using the outside lane in turn two. Beward went on to post the win over Miller, Brad Trump, AJ Hoffman and AJ Stroup.
Fourth-place starter Doug Minium led the first two laps of the roadrunner feature. Sixth-place starter Keith Bissinger stormed into the lead on lap three. Bissinger went on to post the win over Matt Drum, Zack Lingle, Eric Pinkerton and Chad Davis.
Pro stock driver Lonny Hile of Mt. Pleasant Mills was treated and released early Sunday morning from the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville for undisclosed injuries sustained in a lap two crash during the pro stock feature.
The three sprint car drivers who were injured in the May 13 sprint car feature are recuperating at home. Wes Irwin of Lebanon was released from the Geisinger Medical Center Friday evening. Larry Kelleher of Scranton was released last Sunday evening, while Joey Borich of Sunbury was discharged last Monday.
Selinsgrove Speedway will present two special racing programs this upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend. The speedway will host the URC/358 Sprint Car Jack Gunn Memorial Challenge Race on Saturday, May 27 at 7 p.m. The 30-lap Gunn Memorial will pay $3,000 to win out of nearly $15,000 in prize money. The pro stocks and roadrunners will share the racing card.
The speedway will swing back into action at 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 28 with twin 30-lap championship events for 410 sprint cars and late models. The 410 sprint car race will pay $5,000 to win out of nearly $20,000 in prize money, while the late model event will pay $3,000 to win out of nearly $10,000 in prize money. For additional information, please call 570.374.2999.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY - 20 May 2006
Sprint Cars - 31 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 1 Adam Romig 2) 5 Phil Walter 3) 5 Nate Snyder 4) 37
Scott Flammer 5) 12 Blane Heimbach 6) 2 Jason Shultz 7) 3 Pat Cannon 8)
4B Adrian Shaffer 9) 81 Bob Beidleman 10) 19 Jordan Frontz 11) 6 Colby
Womer 12) 1N Brian Nornhold 13) 99B Nyle Berkes 14) 28 Keith Prutzman
15) 12G Bryan Golden 16) 71 Charlie Anderson 17) 21 Duane Mausteller 18)
4C Steve Gettle 19) 77 John Matrafailo 20) 99 Kyle Bachman 21) 68 Troy
Funck, Jr. 22) 63 Mike Walter 23) 6M Johnny Mackison, Jr. 24) 27 Wade
Stauffer
Heat Winners: Adam Romig, Charlie Anderson, Phil Walter
Consolation Winner: Jordan Frontz
Late Models - 29 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 88 Tony Adams 2) 27 Jim Yoder 3) 6 Donnie Schick 4) 2J
Jeff Rine 5) 92 Randall Paxton 6) 45 Eric Hons 7) 2 Steve Campbell 8) 32
Jeff Smith 9) 4S Dave Shulski 10) 12S Robbie Smith 11) 61T Kenny Trevitz
12) 7 Dustin Hoffman 13) 75T Terry Neitz 14) 64 Chris Wilkenson 15) 90
Kyle Rhoads 16) 14 Dave Reed 17) U10 Bud Witmer 18) 16 Brian Cochran 19)
33 Scott Haus 20) 21D Dan Stone 21) 17 Dave Brouse Jr. 22) 0 Brett
Schadel 23) 8 Jimmy Adams 24) 44 Tony Smith
Heat Winners: Terry Neitz, Jim Yoder, Tony Adams
Consolation Winner: Steve Campbell
MakeUp 25-Lap A-Main (from 5/13): 1) 2J Jeff Rine 2) 27 Jim Yoder 3) 64
Chris Wilkinson 4) U10 Bud Witmer 5) 45 Eric Hons 6) 61T Kenny Trevitz
7) 92 Randall Paxton 8) 32 Jeff Smith 9) 4S Dave Shulski 10) 6 Donnie
Schick 11) 2 Steve Campbell 12) 7 Dustin Hoffman 13) 88 Tony Adams 14)
12S Robbie Smith 15) 8 Jimmy Adams 16) 17 Dave Brouse, Sr. 17) 0 Brett
Schadel 18) 77 Nate Kerstetter 19) 16 Brian Cochran 20) 90 Kyle Rhoads
21) 21 Chris Shuey (DNS) 22) 3 TimWilson (DNS) 23) 21M Tim Murphy (DNS)
24) 8L Scott Lebarron 25) 777 Tom Lainhart (DNS)
Pro Stocks - 22 Entries
15-Lap A-Main: 1) 19 Gary Beward 2) 115 Troy Miller 3) 8 Brad Trump 4)
21 AJ Hoffman 5) 26 AJ Stroup 6) 23 Jim Somers 7) 6 Dan Jensen 8) 5 Neil
Langtry 9) 6F Frank Reisser 10) 711 Jim Jurasich 11) 8C Jace Cresswell
12) 14 Bill Conrad 13) 54 Sammy Troup 14) 14B Dave Brouse, Jr. 15) 8H
Lonnie Hile 16) 28 Jason Smith 17) 13 Chris Badger 18) 70G Bill Glass
19) 83 Heath Moyle 20) 7X Jeff Rayson 21) 7 Meade Hahn
Heat Winners: Gary Beward, Troy Miller, Dan Jensen
Roadrunners - 20 Entries
12-Lap A-Main: 1) 11 Keith Bissinger 2) 48 Matt Drum 3) 22 Zack Lingle
4) 57 Mark Spencer 5) Eric Pinkerton 6) 69 Tim Campbell 7) 44 Jim
Collier, Sr. 8) 05 Gary Kerstetter 9) 17 Ray Rothfuss 10) 67 Anthony
Munn 11) 31 Brandon Shultz 12) 13 Jim Collier, Jr. 13) 27 Wayne Weist
14) 41 Dennis Conrad 15) 57 Mark Spencer 16) 12 Doug Minium 17) 81 Wendy
Swartz 18) 9 Dave Kamp 19) 1 Kyle Miller 20) 5 Dave Adams
Heat Winners: Keith Bissinger, Gary Kerstetter