SELINSGROVE, Pa. - September 9, 2006 - Blane Heimbach of Selinsgrove ended the 2006 358 sprint car season at Selinsgrove Speedway on Saturday night where he started it: In Victory Lane. Heimbach drove to his seventh win of the season in the 25-lap main event at the wheel of the Goff Racing/Creasy Signs No. 12.
Jeff Rine of Danville made a thrilling last-lap pass to win his fourth main event of the season in the 25-lap late model feature.
Peanut Heintzelman of Troxelville won his first race of the season in the 15-lap pro stock main event, while Chad Davis of Tower City won his first career race in the 12-lap roadrunner event.
Heimbach (358 sprints), Donnie Schick of Middleburg (late models), Gary Beward of Thompsontown (pro stocks) and Matt Drum of Port Trevorton (roadrunners) clinched the 2006 track championships.
Selinsgrove Speedway will present the final race of the 2006 season at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, featuring the 24th Annual Salem RV Center National Open for 410 sprint cars plus pro stocks and fireworks. The rain date is Sunday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m.
The first caution flag of the sprint car feature unfurled on lap seven when second-place runner Chris Weiss collided with a slower car then collected Pat Cannon. While pacing under caution, fourth-place starter and race leader Brian Nornhold was penalized for jumping positions at the start of the race.
When the race restarted, second-place starter Nyle Berkes was the leader with fifth-place starter Scott Flammer in pursuit. On the 10th circuit, Flammer made an inside pass by Berkes on the frontstretch for the lead.
On lap 14, Flammer's racer developed mechanical problems, allowing 12th-place starter Blane Heimbach to drive by for the lead. The red flag stopped the race on lap 18, when Larry Kelleher flipped his sprinter in turn four; he escaped injury.
The final restart saw Heimbach lead the field to the finish over Jamie Schwarz, Mike Walter, Len Krautheim and Bob Beidleman.
Second-place starter Dave Shulski powered into the lead at the start of the late model feature. Shulski was chased by third-place starter Mike Bingaman. On the seventh lap, sixth-place starter Tony Adams advanced to second and set his sites on Shulski. Adams made the pass for the lead on the ninth circuit, while Shulski and Bingaman raced in the top three. The final ten laps saw 11th-place starter Jeff Rine horsepower his way into the top five. With five laps to race, Rine drove into second and began to reel in Adams in lapped traffic.
The final lap produced a thrilling finish when Rine passed Adams for the lead in traffic on the backstretch. Eighth-place starter Jim Yoder also put in a bid for the lead and win. At the finish, Rine was victorious over Adams, Yoder, Shulski and Chris Shuey.
Polesitter and race leader John Bouse collided with the third turn wall on the second circuit. The restart put third-place starter Brad Trump on the point. Trump led the field while eighth-place starter Peanut Heintzelman raced second.
On the ninth lap, Trump's racer developed problems and withdrew from the race. Heintzelman inherited the lead at this point and held off 11th-place starter Gary Beward for the victory. Gerald Kratzer, AJ Hoffman and Larry Hare completed the top five.
Eighth-place starter Mark Spencer passed second-place starter Wendy Swartz for the lead on the third circuit. Spencer led the field until the eighth lap, when seventh-place starter Chad Davis stormed into the lead.
Davis persevered several restarts and held off fifth-place starter Doug Minium for the victory. Spencer, Cory Long and track champion Matt Drum completed the top five.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY - 9 September 2006
358 Sprint Cars - 24 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 12 Blane Heimbach 2) 98 Jamie Schwarz 3) 63 Mike
Walter 4) 3K Len Krautheim 5) 81 Bob Beidleman 6) 10 Jeff Furlong 7) 5
Nate Snyder 8) 1 Phil Walter 9) 2 Jason Shultz 10) 1N Brian Nornhold 11)
19 Jordan Frontz 12) 99 Kyle Bachman 13) 21 Duane Mausteller 14) 49
Scott Messimer 15) 2M Billy McNeal 16) 71 Charlie Anderson 17) 99B Nyle
Berkes 18) 76 Larry Kelleher 19) G3 Jim Gearhart 20) 37 Scott Flammer
21) 29 Chris Weiss 22) 3 Pat Cannon 23) 6 Justin Frontz 24) 77 John
Matrafailo
Heat Winners: Jamie Schwartz, Chris Weiss, Duane Mausteller
Late Models - 21 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 2J Jeff Rine 2) 88 Tony Adams 3) 27 JimYoder 4) 4S
Dave Shulski 5) 21 Chris Shuey 6) 6 Donnie Schick 7) 7 Dustin Hoffman 8)
U10 Bud Witmer 9) 21X Mike Bingaman 10) 32 Jeff Smith 11) 64 Chris
Wilkinson 12) 7X Billy Marvin 13) 12S Robbie Smith 14) 45 Eric Hons 15)
14 Dave Brouse, Sr. 16) 83 Roger Myers 17) 12A Mark Carper 18) 1 Gary
Beward 19) 1B Jason Bowersox 20) 22 Randall Paxton 21) 16 Jeff Black
Heat Winners: Jim Yoder, Tony Adams, Dave Shulski
Pro Stocks - 27 Entries
15-Lap A-Main: 1) 99H Peanut Heintzelman 2) 19 Gary Beward 3) 10 Gerald
Kratzer 4) 21 AJ Hoffman 5) 19H Larry Hare 6) 14B Dave Brouse, Jr. 7) 5
Neil Langtry 8) 27 Jason Zook 9) 99X Ken Stitt 10) 97 Alex Fry 11) 6F
Frank Reisser 12) USA1 Lon Savage Jr. 13) 26 AJ Stroup 14) 18 Roger
Stoneroad 15) 81 Todd Kiger 16) 4 Jim Payne 17) 70G Bill Glass 18) 28J
John Bouse 19) 76 Brad Trump 20) 6 Dan Jensen 21) 54 Sammy Troup 22) 14
Bill Conrad 23) 23 Jim Somers 24) 28 Jason Smith
Heat Winners: AJ Stroup, Bill Glass, Gary Beward
Consolation Winner: Frank Reisser
Roadrunners - 23 Entries
12-Lap A-Main: 1) 19 Chad Davis 2) 12 Doug Minium 3) 57 Mark Spencer 4)
00 Cory Long 5) 48 Matt Drum 6) 17 Ray Rothfuss 7) 81 Wendy Swartz 8)
41D Dennis Conrad 9) 3D Chris Herman 10) 00N Nathan Engle 11) 88 Bill
Benner 12) 12JR Doug Minium, Jr. 13) 5 Dave Adams 14) 010 Butch Shaffer
15) 31 Brandon Shultz 16) 1S Jeremy Brouse 17) 29 Ricky Bender 18) 44
Jim Collier, Jr. 19) 1 Kyle Miller 20) 69 Scott Dunham, Jr. 21) 11B
Keith Bissinger 22) 9 Dave Kamp 23) 69 Tim Campbell
Heat Winners: Chad Davis, Keith Bissinger
