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SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Dave Calaman, of Carlisle, became the first repeat winner of the season in the 358 sprint car division at Selinsgrove Speedway in Saturday night’s 25-lap main event. Calaman held off current point leader Pat Cannon, of Etters, for his eighth career 358 sprint car victory at the track while driving the Godfrey Motorsports No. 5.

Tony Adams, of Sunbury, bested a strong field of late models for his first win of the season in the division’s 25-lap main event, while Jason Smith, of Williamsport, earned his first career win in the Seventh Annual Ink Spot Printing Pro Stock 20. Smith earned $1,000 for the win in the 20-lap championship race.

Troy Miller, of Tower City, was the fast qualifier for the Pro Stock 20 and set a new one-lap track record of 25.021. Jeff Furlong, of Sunbury, also set a new 10-lap track record in the 358 sprint car B-main with a time of 3:09.575.

Ray Rothfuss, of Muncy, won his first race of the season in the 12-lap roadrunner main event.

Selinsgrove Speedway will present the Paul Stine Chevrolet URC/358 Sprint Car Jack Gunn Memorial Challenge Race at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 17. The 30-lap main event will pay $3,500 to win and $225 to start. The late models and pro stocks will also be on the racing program. Track gates will open at 5 p.m.

Outside front row starter Brian Nornhold opened a sizable lead at the start of the sprint car feature. Polesitter Mark Manieri, Jr., held down the runner up position for the first three laps before tenth-place starter Dave Calaman horsepowered his way into the second position on a lap four restart.

Pat Cannon, who started 11^th, quickly advanced to the third position on the same restart while eighth-place starter Phil Walter and ninth-place starter Davie Franek raced in the top five.

On the 10^th circuit, Calaman moved into striking distance and passed Nornhold for the lead on the frontstretch. By lap 16, Cannon took over second and began to reel in Calaman. The event’s final caution flag unfurled on lap 18 when Kyle Bachman stopped on the track.

The final laps saw Calaman hold off Cannon by 2.8 seconds at the finish. Franek, Nornhold, and 17^th-place starter Blane Heimbach rounded out the top five.

Second-place starter Jeff Smith powered into the lead at the start of the late model feature. Chasing Smith for the first five laps were fourth-place starter Gary Beward and fifth-place starter Tony Adams.

On the sixth lap, Adams drove by Beward for the runner up position and began to reel in his teammate Smith. A lap later, Smith withdrew from the race when his car developed mechanical problems. Adams inherited the lead for the restart with ninth-place starter Coleby Frye and 12^th-place starter Jeff Rine in pursuit.

Rine secured the second position after an intense battle with Frye on the 21^st lap and attempted to reel in Adams to no avail. At the checkered flag, Adams was victorious over Rine, Frye, Steve Campbell, and Eric Hons.

Fourth-place starter Bill Benner led the first lap of the roadrunner main event. On the second circuit, sixth-place starter Ray Rothfuss powered into the lead for the duration of the event. Ricky Bender, who started 11^th, followed Rothfuss into the second position and kept the leader at bay.

Point leader Keith Bissinger started 12^th and was racing third when his car developed a flat tire on the ninth circuit. At the finish, Rothfuss was victorious over Bender, Benner, Matt Drum, and Rob Pyle.

SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY – 10 May 2008

358 Sprint Cars – 34 Entries 

25-Lap A-Main:  1) 5 Dave Calaman  2) 3 Pat Cannon  3) 28 Davie Franek  4) 1 Brian Nornhold  5) 12 Blane Heimach  6) 76 Larry Kelleher  7) 5W Phil Walter  8) 7A Mark Freeland  9) 37 Scott Flammer  10) 10 Jeff Furlong  11) 19 Jordan Frontz  12) 99B Nyle Berkes  13) 17M Mark Manieri Jr.  14) 23 Steve Cannon  15) 21 Duane Mausteller  16) 99K Cody Keller  17) 66 Ryan Kissinger  18) 71 Charlie Anderson  19) 99 Kyle Bachman  20) 3K Len Krautheim  21) 56 Nate Snyder  22) 81 Bob Biedleman  23) 63 Mike Walter  24) 28 Chuck Paige

Heat Winners:  Mark Manieri Jr., Brian Nornhold, Phil Walter, Nate Snyder

B-Main Winner:  Jeff Furlong

Late Models – 34 Entries

25-Lap A-Main:  1) 88 Tony Adams  2) 2J Jeff Rine  3) F1 Coleby Frye   4) 2 Steve Campbell  5) 45 Eric Hons  6) 19 Gary Beward  7) 215 Al Shawver Jr.  8) 8 Alan Sagi  9) 1W Billy Wampler   10) 61 Kenny Trevitz  11) 3 Tim Wilson  12) 7 Dustin Hoffman  13) 21D Dan Stone   14) 77 Nate Kerstetter  15) 6 Donnie Schick  16) 23 Mike Bingaman  17) 56 Chas Shellenberger  18) 98 Bobby Croop  19) 21 Chris Shuey  20) 1H Scott Haus  21) 8L Scott LeBarron  22) 0 Brett Schadel  23) 119 Bryan Bernheisel  24) 99 Jeff Smith 

Heat Winners:  Jeff Rine, Jeff Smith, Coleby Frye, Steve Campbell

B-Main Winner:  Dan Stone 

Pro Stocks – 31 Entries

20-Lap A-Main:  1) 28 Jason Smith  2) 23 Brian Towsey  3) 26 AJ Stroup  4) 115 Troy Miller  5) 99 Peanut Heintzelman  6) 91 Chad Davis  7) 23Jr Jim Somers Jr.  8) 54 Sammy Troup  9) 27 Jess Trometter  10) 6 Dan Jensen  11) 34 Scott Spahr  12) 18A Shaun Miller  13) 70G Bill Glass  14) 06 Frank Reiser  15) 111 Jim Neiman  16) 8A Ryan Arentz  17) 1 Lon Savage  18) 64 Cody McFadden  19) 10M Brad Mitch  20) 5 Neil Langtry  21) 3 Brad Trump  22) 8C Jace Cresswell  23) 21 AJ Hoffman  24) 19 Dustin Hoffman

Time Trials:  1) Troy Miller 25.021  2) Jason Smith 25.031  3) Brad Trump 25.214  4) Peanut Heintzelman 25.242   5) AJ Stroup 25.362  6) AJ Hoffman 25.369  7) Jim Somers Jr. 25.472  8) Brian Towsey 25.492  9) Dustin Hoffman 25.649  10)  Chad Davis 25.800  11) Lon Savage 26.106  12) Sammy Troup 26.222  13) Jace Cresswell 26.226  14) Bill Glass 26.227  15) Jess Trometter 26.248  16) Sam Jensen 26.275  17) Scott Spahr  26.301  18)  Brad Mitch 26.407  19) Ryan Arentz 26.505  20) Cody McFadden 26.532  21) Jim Neiman 26.680  22) Shaun Miller 27.159  23) Sam Jensen 27.373  24) Zach Lengle 27.472  25) Dave Bowsman 27.472  26) Hank Steffen 28.557  27) Frank Reiser 28.643  28) Neil Langtry 29.150  29) Jeff Ceballa 30.657  30) Scott Landis No time  31) Anthony Munn No Time

B-Main Winner:  Brad Mitch

Roadrunners – 25 Entries

12-Lap A-Main:  1) 17 Ray Rothfuss 2) 29 Ricky Bender 3) 88 Bill Benner 4) 48 Matt Drum 5) 93 Rob Pyle 6) 31 Brandon Shultz 7) 8 Davey Nester 8) 44 Jim Collier Sr. 9) 18 Ron Brown 10) 41 Dennis Conrad 11) 3 Chris Herman 12) 11 Keith Bissnger 13) 7 Butch Shaffer 14) 201 Brian Johnson 15) 69 Tim Campbell 16) 76 Bob Bussey 17) 5 Dave Adams 18) 27 Dave Herrold 19) 82 Norm Derk 20) 12JR Doug Minium Jr. 21) 21 Mike Kiehl 22) 1 Kyle Miller 23) 13 Jim Collier Jr. 24) 12 Doug Minium Sr. 25) 00N Nathan Engle

Heat Winners:  Bill Benner, Ray Rothfuss