By Doc Lehman*
Although it now appears that Pennsboro Speedway in West Virginia is just a fading and favorite memory for many in dirt Late Model racing, the magic and the mystique will always live on. The scene of some history-making races and the births of some careers, the DIRT TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP at Pennsboro Speedway will always be looked back on favorably and with more than a noticeable twinge of nostalgia as the race now makes new exciting memories and adds new pages to the history books from its new home at KC Raceway in Waverly, OH.
Freddy Smith had been known as “Mr. Pennsboro” long before he won the DIRT TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP five times. To many, Pennsboro is Smith’s track. When Smith first came to Pennsboro Speedway to race in July 1979 for the SPIRIT OF ’76 race, Smith dominated the affair.
In 1983 Smith scored his first DTWC win, the third edition of Carl Short’s extravaganza, after starting fifth and surviving 17 caution flags. Driving his then-famous Denny’s Marina sponsored Custom Chassis #00, Smith was coming off a win the previous month in Short’s HILLBILLY 100. Two years later he became the first repeat winner outrunning Dock Potts and Rodney Combs. And they kept coming. In all, Smith owns five DTWC victories.
During Smith’s long career he has raced at hundreds of tracks and won with nearly every sanctioning group that has existed. Among his HILLBILLY 100 and DTWC wins, Smith won the first ever $100,000 THE DREAM race at Eldora Speedway and numerous other high profile events all across the United States.
What does Mr. Pennsboro think of the DTWC and the legendary race track?
“The track had been really good to us,” stated Smith. “It was exciting and great to win shows there. The first time we went there we came up over the hill and, gee whiz, two bridges! Really an experience. Never ran on anything like that.”
It was with the third DTWC that Smith snared a win. He still remembers the excitement. “Great!” was how Smith described the win. “We never raced for money like that before, and we were traveling for a couple years then and it was great to know we could get up there and win a show like that.”
Smith was asked if there was considerable pre-race planning when going to Pennsboro.
“Not really,” said Smith. “Too many factors to take into account.
Besides, not always the fastest car wins. It depended on how and where you qualified. Been there many times when it was two grooved, like the time we rained out and we raced on Monday. The rain sure helped make it two grooved.”
“I’ve seen the track really nice when you can really pass- that’s good for the fans. Would like it to be two grooved all the time, but we’ve been fortunate to qualify up front a lot.”
As for his competition, when asked to look back and declare who were and are the toughest, Smith doesn’t have a ready-made list.
“All of them are,” proclaimed Smith. “There are so many racers who were running so good those days. Fifteen drivers could have won.”
Smith was also asked what the attraction was to the rustic old race track. “It didn’t change,” Smith responded. “Same old race track. Lot of people didn’t like it, they’d say they don’t like it, but they come back every year.”
Donnie Moran has been a player at Pennsboro Speedway for years, winning the HILLBILLY 100 multiple times and capturing the 1988 DTWC. He has fond memories of Pennsboro.
“It felt pretty darn good winning that race in 1988,” stated Moran.
“Pennsboro is a lot of luck. Don’t get a good qualifying spot, you’re done! It’s a challenge. You drive both ends completely different. One corner you sweep through and the other end you have to drive it like asphalt. There was no room for error.”
“When there were two grooves it was one of the best places to race. It was a blast! When you can get outside it was one of my favorite places to race. When it’s one lane, I hated it!”
Moran can’t be specific to name his toughest competition. There are too many variables when dealing with Pennsboro.
“Anybody can be tough,” said Moran. “It’s hard to say. 2-30 guys can be tough, tough, tough! You just never know. Look at Scott Bloomquist. He should have won it, had been in a position to, but it was his hard luck track.”
For two time STARS national champion Racin’ John Mason, his turn at making dirt Late Model history at Pennsoro came with his DTWC win in 1989. After coming to Pennsboro for years, Mason started yet another DTWC feature. In 1989 he started third, slipped back a few spots, but worked his way back up front.
By the halfway point he was in second behind Jack Boggs and took the lead on a high risk outside move on lap 63. Mason held on to win $48,000 in his CJ Rayburn/ Malcuit Racing Engines #72.
It was a day Mason won’t soon forget.
“I can’t describe winning it,” declared Mason. “I don’t think it really soaked in for three days, but it was a numbing experience. That’s all I can say: I was numb!”
Mason had showed up every year for the HILLBILLY 100 and DTWC and, having made the features 11 times, finally experienced the highest high.
“We’ve run the whole gamut at Pennsboro,” explained Mason. “We’ve won races, wrecked cars and went to the hospital. It means a lot to me, still one of the premier races and it’s hard to pass up.”
Mason also finds the mystique of the old track interesting.
“It’s the atmosphere,” said Mason. “The magic of Pennsboro, however you describe it. The fans are the atmosphere. If not for the fans on the hillside, even for 50 grand, it wouldn’t be nothing.”
When Larry Moore won the DTWC in 1987, he hauled back to his Dayton, Ohio area home a whopping $60,000. One of the sport’s greatest racers, and biggest winners, Moore was a regular fixture at Pennsboro Speedway and the DTWC for years.
In 1987 Moore, for the first time, had his own self-owned team. Down to one car and one motor, Moore made the trip to Pennsboro in ’87 and by virtue of winning the dash, earned the pole position. Moore took the lead and never looked back, as he and Freddy Smith pulled away from the field. During the latter stages Smith made several bold moves on Moore, but Moore held him off and took the win.
Who was one of the first in victory lane to shake hands and congratulate Moore? Freddy Smith.
“$60,000, it was just wonderful!” exclaimed Moore. “Biggest race I ever won. I already won three WORLD 100’s by then, but this was my biggest paying race and it was just wonderful!”
“Only year I ever drove for myself and I would have been in trouble financially if not for winning. I learned I didn’t need to own my own car.”
Moore wasn’t hesitant when asked to give his opinion of Pennsboro Speedway.
“It’s such a challenging track, quite different,” explained Moore.
“Never the same. That track can change two or three seconds over the course of a day. The last couple races I ran the track got faster earlier than usual. Usually you’re slow in the heats and fast in the feature.”
“It’s such an old place. Got so much character. People claim it’s terrible but they are always there. It’s quite a sentimental place, really neat. And that bridge!”
Rest In Peace, Pennsboro!
And long live the DTWC at KC Raceway!
*PREVIOUS DTWC RACE RESULTS*
2006
Oct. 21 - K-C (OH) Raceway
1. Shannon Babb
2. Scott Bloomquist
3. Earl Pearson Jr.
4. Clint Smith
5. Darrell Lanigan
6. Steve Francis
7. Chub Frank
8. Dennis Erb Jr.
9. Bart Hartman
10. Chris Combs
11. Darren Miller
12. Jeep Van Wormer
13. Chris Madden
14. Brady Smith
15. Mike Balzano
16. Steve Casebolt
17. Josh Richards
18. Tim McCreadie
19. Brian Birkhofer
20. Dan Schlieper
21. Donnie Moran
22. Josh McGuire
23. Aaron Bapst
24. Steve Shaver
25. Greg Johnson
26. Matt Miller
2005
Oct. 15 - K-C (OH)Raceway
1. Scott Bloomquist
2. Brian Birkhofer
3. Bart Hartman
4. Rick Eckert
5. Chub Frank
6. Wendell Wallace
7. Dan Schlieper
8. Darrell Lanigan
9. Billy Moyer
10. Dale McDowell
11. Steve Shaver
12. Jimmy Mars
13. Darren Miller
14. Freddy Smith
15. Matt Miller
16. Steve Francis
17. Rod Conley
18. Donnie Moran
19. Josh Richards
20. Jackie Boggs
21. Chad Hina
22. Davey Johnson
23. Tim McCreadie
24. Shannon Babb
25. Paul Harris
26. Eric Jacobsen
2004
Oct. 16 – Bluegrass (KY) Speedway
1. Rick Eckert
2. Shannon Babb
3. Chub Frank
4. Billy Moyer
5. Brad Neat
6. Scott Bloomquist
7. Wendell Wallace
8. Dan Schlieper
9. John Blankenship
10. Brad Hall
11. R.J. Conley
12. Brandon Kinzer
13. Bart Hartman
14. Brian Ruhlman
15. Freddy Smith
16. Jimmy Owens
17. Darrell Lanigan
18. Steve Francis
19. Tim McCreadie
20. Joey Daniel
21. Mike Balzano
22. Dale McDowell
23. Mike Marlar
24. Clint Smith
25. John Gill
26. Aaron Hatton
2003
Oct. 19 - Bluegrass (KY) Speedway
1. Darrell Lanigan
2. Dan Schlieper
3. Steve Francis
4. Scott Bloomquist
5. Rod Conley
6. Brian Birkhofer
7. Mike Jewell
8. Jeff Smith
9. Jimmy Mars
10. Scott James
11. Ray Cook
12. Mike Marlar
13. Wendell Wallace
14. Steve Shaver
15. Rick Eckert
16. Rick Corbin
17. R.J. Conley
18. Rodney Combs
19. Jerry Rice
20. Rick Aukland
21. Bryan Barber
22. Matt Miller
23. Denny Eckrich
24. Joey Kramer
25. Shannon Babb
26. Shane Clanton
27. Tim Hitt
2002
Oct. 20 - Bluegrass (KY) Speedway
1. Shannon Babb
2. Billy Moyer
3. Dale McDowell
4. Freddy Smith
5. Scott Bloomquist
6. Don O'Neal
7. Darrell Lanigan
8. Ray Cook
9. Rick Corbin
10. Wendell Wallace
11. Steve Barnett
12. Bob Pierce
13. Whitney McQueary
14. Terry English
15. Steve Smith
16. Dan Schlieper
17. Mike Jewell
18. Jerry Rice
19. Brad Neat
20. Justin Fegers
21. Shawn Negangard
22. Eddie Carrier Jr.
23. Kevin Weaver
24. Mark Barber
25. Steve Landrum
26. Randle Chupp
2001
Oct. 21 - Pennsboro WV Speedway
1. Bart Hartman
2. Scott Bloomquist
3. Chub Frank
4. Wendell Wallace
5. Steve Lucas
6. Brian Birkhofer
7. Shannon Babb
8. Rick Eckert
9. Mike Balzano
10. Steve Francis
11. Dan Schlieper
12. Booper Bare
13. Jackie Boggs
14. Scott Cross
15. Clint Coffman
16. Rod Conley
17. Mark Banal
18. Johnny Johnson
19. Freddy Smith
20. Ray Cook
21. Skip Arp
22. Donnie Moran
23. Steve Russell
24. Ryan Markham
25. Davey Johnson
26. Billy Moyer
27. Rob House
28. Marshall Green
29. Lynn Geisler
30. Jimmy Mars
2000
Oct. 22 - West Virginia Motor Speedway
1. Wendell Wallace
2. Brian Birkhofer
3. Davey Johnson
4. Scott Bloomquist
5. Jackie Boggs
6. Rick Aukland
7. Jeep Van Wormer
8. John Mason
9. Darrell Lanigan
10. Billy Hicks
11. Mike Smith
12. Freddy Smith
13. R.J. Conley
14. Mark Banal
15. Gary Stuhler
16. Steve Lucas
17. Steve Francis
18. Duayne Hommel
19. Ray Cook
20. Steve Shaver
21. Dan Schlieper
22. John Gill
23. Rick Eckert
24. Ronnie Johnson
25. Thomas Ware
26. Billy Moyer
27. Bob Pierce
28. C.S. Fitzgerald
29. Tim Hitt
30. Bart Hartman
31. Jeremy Miller
32. Donnie Moran
33. Mike Balzano
1999
Oct. 17 - West Virginia Motor Speedway
1. Steve Francis
2. Wendell Wallace
3. Donnie Moran
4. Rick Eckert
5. Freddy Smith
6. Billy Moyer
7. Scott Bloomquist
8. Skip Arp
9. R.J. Conley
10. Bob Pierce
11. Todd Andrews
12. Rick Aukland
13. Clint Smith
14. Mike Balzano
15. Ed Ferree
16. Jackie Boggs
17. Gary Webb
18. Al Atkinson
19. Steve Shaver
20. Tim Hitt
21. Chub Frank
22. C.S. Fitzgerald
23. Marshall Green
24. Rob House
25. Davey Johnson
26. Shannon Babb
27. Bart Hartman
28. Bill Frye
29. Darrell Lanigan
30. Mark Banal 31. Dale McDowell
32. Don O’Neal
33. Jack Boggs
34. Brian Birkhofer
35. Booper Bare
36. Gary Stuhler
1998
Oct. 18 - Thunder Ridge (KY) Speedway
1. Freddy Smith
2. Dan Schlieper
3. Billy Moyer
4. Tony Izzo Jr.
5. Marshall Green
6. Dale McDowell
7. Eddie Carrier Sr
8. Paul Davis
9. Mike Boland
10. Eddie Carrier Jr.
11. Al Atkinson
12. Charlie Swartz
13. Chub Frank
14. Paul Harris
15. Jim Curry
16. Jackie Boggs
17. Brandon Kinzer
18. Denny Chamberlain
19. Jeff Smith
20. Ronnie Johnson
21. Scott Bloomquist
22. David Dixon
23. Frank Heckenast
24. Delmas Conley
25. Jack Boggs
26. Skip Arp
27. Steve Barnett
28. Wendell Wallace
29. Dennis Erb Jr.
30. Eddie Rickman
1997
Oct. 19 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Marshall Green
2. Freddy Smith
3. Todd Andrews
4. Wendell Wallace
5. Skip Arp
6. Scott Bloomquist
7. Jeff Smith
8. Mike Duvall
9. Jack Boggs
10. Rick Eckert
11. Tim Hitt
12. Paul Harris
13. Jackie Boggs
14. Mike Johnson
15. Bill Frye
16. R.J. Conley
17. Bart Hartman
18. Davey Johnson
19. Harold Redman
20. Steve Baker
21. Jack Pennington
22. Ronnie Johnson
23. Wade Knowles
24. Steve Francis
25. Johnny Virden
26. C.S. Fitzgerald
27. Mike Balzano
28. Gary Stuhler
1996
Oct. 27 - Pennsboro WV Speedway
1. Billy Moyer Jr.
2. Rick Eckert
3. Davey Johnson
4. Freddy Smith
5. Wendell Wallace
6. Gary Stuhler
7. Denny Chamberlain
8. Scott Bloomquist
9. Tim Hitt
10. Rick Aukland
11. Mike Balzano
12. Jack Pennington
13. Rex Richey
14. Bob Salathe
15. Mike Johnson
16. Donnie Moran
17. C.S. Fitzgerald
18. Todd Andrews
19. Steve Shaver
20. Jack Boggs
21. Steve Francis
22. Charlie Swartz
23. C.J. Rayburn
24. Billy Hicks
25. Bob Pierce
26. Steve Lucas
27. Jackie Boggs
28. Doug Dodd
1995
Oct. 22 – Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Jack Boggs
2. Donnie Moran
3. Larry Moore
4. Gary Stuhler
5. Billy Moyer
6. Tim Hitt
7. Rick Aukland
8. Mike Balzano
9. Todd Andrews
10. Rick Eckert
11. Denny Chamberlain
12. Ronnie Johnson
13. Steve Baker
14. Michael Smith.
15. Bill Frye
16. Steve Francis
17. Steve Shaver
18. Bart Hartman
19. Freddy Smith
20. John Gill
21. Nathan Durboraw
22. Don O'Neal
23. Dave Groves
24. Scott Bloomquist
25. Mike Johnson
26. Davey Johnson
27. Charlie Swartz
28. Wendell Wallace
Oct. 23 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Ronnie Johnson
2. Davey Johnson
3. Freddy Smith
4. Donnie Moran
5. Nathan Durboraw
6. Tim Hitt
7. Gary Stuhler
8. Don O'Neal
9. Steve Francis
10. Randle Chupp
11. Bob Salathe
12. Chub Frank
13. Billy Moyer
14. Booper Bare
15. Larry Moore
16. Doug Hall
17. Bill Frye
18. Scott Bloomquist
19. Bart Hartman
20. Lynn Geisler
21. Mike Balzano.
1993
Oct. 24 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Freddy Smith
2. Chub Frank
3. Jack Boggs
4. Davey Johnson
5. Lynn Geisler
6. Gary Stuhler
7. Nathan Durboraw
8. Rick Eckert
9. Bill Frye
10. John Mason
11. Booper Bare
12. Mark Banal
13. Donnie Moran
14. Larry Moore
15. Steve Barnett
16. Steve Shaver
17. John Gill
18. Kevin Claycomb
19. Scott Bloomquist
20. Charlie Swartz
21. Bob Pierce
22. Kevin Weaver (
23. Aaron Scott
24. Billy Moyer
25. Ronnie Johnson
26. Denny Chamberlain
27. Mike Balzano
28. Don O'Neal
1992
Oct. 18 – Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Ronnie Johnson
2. Freddy Smith
3. Donnie Moran
4. Chub Frank
5. Billy Moyer
6. Larry Moore
7. Paul Harris
8. Steve Francis
9. Rodney Franklin
10. Denny Chamberlain
11. Rodney Combs
12. Mike Duvall
13. Mike Balzano
14. Booper Bare
15. Johnny Johnson
16. Darrell Lanigan
17. Rick Eckert
18. Michael Smith
19. Scott Bloomquist
20. Jack Boggs
21. Charlie Swartz
22. Bob Pierce
23. Rex Richey
24. Mike Johnson
25. Davey Johnson
26. Ed Gibbons
1991
Oct. 20 – Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Freddy Smith
2. Billy Moyer
3. Rex Richey
4. Rodney Combs
5. Donnie Moran
6. Larry Moore
7. Ed Basey
8. Bob Wearing Sr.
9. Charlie Swartz
10. Narthan Durboraw
11. Wade Knowles
12. Tom Helfrich
13. Gary Stuhler
14. Ed Gibbons
15. Mike Duvall
16. Davey Johnson
17. Wendell Wallace
18. Bill Frye
19. Steve Kosiski
20. Delmas Conley
21. Jack Boggs
22. Bob Wearing Jr.
23. Craig Briggs
24. Rick Eckert
25. Mike Balzano
26. Darrell Lanigan
27. Ronnie Johnson
28. John Mason
1990
Oct. 21 – Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Jack Boggs
2. Buck Simmons
3. Freddy Smith
4. Charlie Swartz
5. Lynn Geisler
6. Eddie Carrier
7. B.A. Malcuit
8. Ron Davies
9. Gary Stuhler
10. Paul Davis
11. Donnie Moran
12. Larry Moore
13. Mike Balzano
14. Mark Banal
15. Dick Barton
16. Denny Chamberlain
17. Bob Pierce
18. Billy Moyer
19. Steve Smith
20. Bruce Hordusky
21. Scott Bloomquist
22. John Mason
23. Harold Redman
24. Ronnie Johnson
25. Nathan Durboraw
26. John Gill
27. Bob Wearing Sr.
1989
Oct. 22 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. John Mason
2. Charlie Swartz
3. Donnie Moran
4. Billy Moyer
5. Larry Moore
6. Dick Barton
7. Larry Phillips
8. Mike Balzano
9. Rodney Combs
10. Bob Hershman
11. Don Gross
12. Todd Andrews
13. Nathan Durboraw
14. Steve Baker
15. Joe Meadows
16. Davey Johnson
17. Ron Davies
18. Scott Bloomquist
19. Mike Smith
20. Freddy Smith
21. Rodney Franklin
22. Steve Francis
23. Tim Newman
24. Booper Bare
25. John Gill
26. Lynn Geisler
27. Jack Boggs
1988
Oct. 16 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Donnie Moran
2. Gary Stuhler
3. Davey Johnson
4. Mike Balzano
5. Ed Gibbons
6. Billy Moyer
7. Steve Baker
8. Steve Kosiski
9. Jack Boggs
10. Rodney Combs
11. Ed Ferree
12. John Mason
13. C.J. Rayburn
14. Denny Chamberlain
15. Rick Aukland
16. Rick Egersdorf
17. Willy Kraft
18. Larry Moore
19. Wade Knowles
20. Freddy Smith
21. Bob Wearing Sr.
22. Jeff Purvis
23. Charlie Swartz
24. Scott Bloomquist
25. Randy Boggs
26. B.A. Malcuit
1987
Oct. 18 –Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Larry Moore
2. Freddy Smith
3. Charlie Swartz
4. Donnie Moran
5. Billy Moyer
6. Davey Johnson
7. John Mason
8. Randy Boggs
9. Delmas Conley
10. Jack Pennington
11. Tom Helfrich
12. B.A. Malcuit
13. Jerry Inmon
14. Dick Potts
15. Wade Knowles
16. Bob Pierce
17. Jack Boggs
18. Steve Kosiski
19. Steve Francis
20. Ed Gibbons
21. Jeff Purvis
22. Earl Smith
23. John Holt
24. Jack Hewitt
25. Tom Usry
26. Scott Bloomquist
1986
Oct. 19 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Billy Moyer
2. Willy Kraft
3. Jeff Purvis
4. Gary Stuhler
5. Freddy Smith
6. Mike Duvall
7. Buck Simmons
8. Larry Moore
9. Donnie Moran
10. Randy Boggs
11. Bob Wearing Sr.
12. Steve Baker
13. Roy Miller
14. Ray Guss Jr.
15. Mark Banal
16. John Mason
17. Tom Hearst
18. Paul Davis
19. Rodney Franklin
20. Bob Adams Jr.
21. Mike Balzano
22. Dale Fischlein
23. Tye Long
24. Harold Redman
25. Ben Hess
26. Mike Smith
27. Rick Egersdorf
28. Charlie Swartz
29. Rodney Combs
30. Jack Boggs
1985
Oct. 27 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Freddy Smith
2. Dick Potts
3. Rodney Combs
4. Lynn Geisler
5. Jack Hewitt
6. Denny Chamberlain
7. Tom Peck
8. Willy Kraft
9. Stan Lasky
10. John Mason
11. Larry Moore
12. Joel Wood
13. Pat Patrick
14. Joe Kosiski
15. Jimmy Allen
16. Tom Clise
17. Charlie Swartz
18. Jack Boggs
19. Mike Duvall
20. Russ Petro
21. Buck Simmons
22. Noel Witcher
23. Ray Godsey
24. Larry Phillips
25. Mike Balzano
26. Steve Barnett
27. Jimmie Roan
28. Mark Banal
1984
Oct. 21 – Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Jack Boggs
2. Larry Moore
3. Rodney Franklin
4. Larry Phillips
5. Gary Stuhler
6. Buck Simmons
7. Leon Sells
8. Bob Wearing
9. John Mason
10. Tommy Joe Pauschert
11. Freddy Smith
12. Cale Yarborough
13. Bubby James
14. David Speer
15. Bob Pierce
16. Jessie Meadows
17. Jim Vandenburg
18. Kenny Brightbill
19. Mike Smith
20. Glenn Taylor
21. Tom Helfrich
22. Paul Schafer
23. Norm Benning Jr.
24. Fulmer Lance
25. Lynn Geisler
26. Kenny Simpson
27. Doug Osteen
28. James Powell
29. Pat Patrick
30. Jimmie Roan
31. C.L. Pritchett
1983
Oct. 16 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Freddy Smith
2. Pat Patrick
3. Rodney Combs
4. Russ Petro
5. Donnie Moran
6. John Mason
7. Fulmer Lance
8. Jim Hunt
9. Lynn Geisler
10. Gary Balough
11. Dave Hess
12. Chuck McWilliams
13. Jimmie Roan
14. Gerald Dixon
15. Joe Kosiski
16. Jeff Purvis
17. Gene Ferrell
18. Charlie Swartz
19. Larry Phillips
20. Jack Boggs
21. Dave Speer
22. Buck Simmons
23. Delmas Conley
24. Larry Moore
25. Dusty Chapman
26. Johnny Johnson
27. Kenny Brightbill
28. Jerry Inmon
1982
Oct. 17 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Charlie Swartz
2. Jerry Inmon
3. John Mason
4. Steve Kosiski
5. Mike Duvall
6. Russ Petro
7. Lynn Geisler
8. Freddy Smith
9. Don Hobbs
10. Pat Patrick
11. Eddie Carrier
12. Jack Boggs
13. Rodney Combs
14. Chuck McWilliams
15. Jim Dunn
16. Jim Curry
17. Jim Hunt
18. Rick Ren
19. Donnie Moran
20. Mike Chisholm
21. Blackie Watt
22. Fred Strube
23. Doug Kenimer
24. Bob Wearing
25. Larry Phillips
26. Tom Harshman
27. Don Hauserman
28. Larry Moore
1981
Oct. 18 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Jim Dunn
2. Rodney Combs
3. Doug Kenimer
4. Donnie Moran
5. Charlie Swartz
6. Jack Boggs
7. Steve Kosiski
8. Pat Patrick
9. Buck Simmons
10. Bob Wearing Sr.
11. Mike Duvall
12. Gene McNeely
13. Kevin Gundaker
14. Frank Wilson
15. Danny Dean
16. Freddy Smith
17. Wally Hemminger
18. Neil Bonnett
19. Craig Spetman
20. Ray Godsey
21. Lynn Geisler
22. Larry Moore
23. Leon Archer
24. Ken Walton
25. David Speer
26. Don Seaborn
27. Gary Henry
28. R.D. Jones
In addition to the full Dirt Track World Championship presented by Gottarace.com dirt Late Model program that will pay the winner $50,000 the 3rd Annual Jim Dunn Memorial for non-qualifiers will be held in addition to a full program for Modifieds. 26 starters will race for $3,000 to win and $300 to start in the Modified main event.
Tickets prices will be $50 for adult general admission, $15 children general admission ages 6-11 with children under age six admitted free for general admission. Three-day pit passes will be $60.
Special reserved seating is also being made available for the 27th Annual Dirt Track World Championship presented by Gottarace.com. The top five rows of the grandstands, including the main grandstands and the new grandstands in turn four, will be mandated reserved seating. Reserved seating will be $55. Reserved seating ticket prices for children age 11 and under will be $20 per ticket. A seating chart is available on the KC Raceway website (www.kc-raceway.com) and race fans may pick their preferred seats on a first-come, first-served basis.
Many area hotels have already filled up. Other area motels listed on the DTWC and KC Raceway websites still have some rooms available and also others within a 35-mile radius of the track. Reserved seating sales have been booming and all indications are that a full house and one of the biggest fields in DTWC racing history will be on hand.
Camping is allotted on a first-come, first-serve basis with 50 spots in the main area and several hundred in the adjacent field. All camping is primitive and there is no need to call to make reservations. Campers are asked to conserve space and clean up after themselves by bagging trash and observing the rights of other campers.
K-C Raceway has also constructed an all-new playground in addition to other attractions for kids and adults of all ages
Due to a couple accidents last year, no four-wheelers are allowed anywhere on the K-C Raceway premises. No ATV's are permitted in the camping area, nor will they be permitted in the pits due to the anticipated overflow number of race teams. Golf carts, however, are permitted in the main parking lot and camping area only. No Golf carts in the pits. A five-mile per hour speed limit will be enforced to ensure the safety of all fans.
Race fans are reminded that DirtOnDirt.com will be on hand all weekend and will be updating their website frequently with news, updates, video interviews & coverage and much more.
The 27th Annual Dirt Track World Championship presented by Gottarace.com kicks off on Thursday evening October 18. Qualifying and heat races will be held on Friday evening October 19 with the consolation race, a non-qualifiers race and the 100-lap Dirt Track World Championship presented by Gottarace.com to be held on Saturday evening October 20.
Sunday October 21 will serve as the rain date.
To purchase presale tickets and pit passes and/or to pre-enter a driver, money orders, cashier’s checks and credit cards may be used. The DTWC will accept pre-sale credit card orders with Mastercard or Visa. To place your credit card order telephone the KC Raceway office at:
740.289.4114.
Tickets are also available via mail order by sending a money order or cashier’s check to: DTWC, 340 Bailey Chapel Road, Piketon, OH 45661.
K-C Raceway is located south of Chillicothe on SR 23, two miles out Blain Highway at Alma. For further information, please call 740-663-4141. For ticket information call 740-289-4114 Monday - Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The KC Raceway website is located at:
www.kc-raceway.com
For more information contact DTWC promoter Carl Short at: 865.945.3423.
Visit the DTWC website at: http://dirttrackworldchampionship.net
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-Prepared by Lehman Motorsports Services
The 27th Annual Dirt Track World Championship would like to acknowledge the many fine sponsors of the race:* GottaRace.com, Arizona Sport Shirts, DirtOnDirt.com, VP Fuels, Indiana Decal Company, Design 500, Bert Transmission, Racing Optics, Cornett Racing Engines, Rocket Chassis, 4m.net, Mastersbilt Race Cars, CJ Rayburn Race Cars, Sports Plus Video, Bob Pierce Race Cars, Lehman Motorsports Services, Dave Poske Performance Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire/HTOV
Although it now appears that Pennsboro Speedway in West Virginia is just a fading and favorite memory for many in dirt Late Model racing, the magic and the mystique will always live on. The scene of some history-making races and the births of some careers, the DIRT TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP at Pennsboro Speedway will always be looked back on favorably and with more than a noticeable twinge of nostalgia as the race now makes new exciting memories and adds new pages to the history books from its new home at KC Raceway in Waverly, OH.
Freddy Smith had been known as “Mr. Pennsboro” long before he won the DIRT TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP five times. To many, Pennsboro is Smith’s track. When Smith first came to Pennsboro Speedway to race in July 1979 for the SPIRIT OF ’76 race, Smith dominated the affair.
In 1983 Smith scored his first DTWC win, the third edition of Carl Short’s extravaganza, after starting fifth and surviving 17 caution flags. Driving his then-famous Denny’s Marina sponsored Custom Chassis #00, Smith was coming off a win the previous month in Short’s HILLBILLY 100. Two years later he became the first repeat winner outrunning Dock Potts and Rodney Combs. And they kept coming. In all, Smith owns five DTWC victories.
During Smith’s long career he has raced at hundreds of tracks and won with nearly every sanctioning group that has existed. Among his HILLBILLY 100 and DTWC wins, Smith won the first ever $100,000 THE DREAM race at Eldora Speedway and numerous other high profile events all across the United States.
What does Mr. Pennsboro think of the DTWC and the legendary race track?
“The track had been really good to us,” stated Smith. “It was exciting and great to win shows there. The first time we went there we came up over the hill and, gee whiz, two bridges! Really an experience. Never ran on anything like that.”
It was with the third DTWC that Smith snared a win. He still remembers the excitement. “Great!” was how Smith described the win. “We never raced for money like that before, and we were traveling for a couple years then and it was great to know we could get up there and win a show like that.”
Smith was asked if there was considerable pre-race planning when going to Pennsboro.
“Not really,” said Smith. “Too many factors to take into account.
Besides, not always the fastest car wins. It depended on how and where you qualified. Been there many times when it was two grooved, like the time we rained out and we raced on Monday. The rain sure helped make it two grooved.”
“I’ve seen the track really nice when you can really pass- that’s good for the fans. Would like it to be two grooved all the time, but we’ve been fortunate to qualify up front a lot.”
As for his competition, when asked to look back and declare who were and are the toughest, Smith doesn’t have a ready-made list.
“All of them are,” proclaimed Smith. “There are so many racers who were running so good those days. Fifteen drivers could have won.”
Smith was also asked what the attraction was to the rustic old race track. “It didn’t change,” Smith responded. “Same old race track. Lot of people didn’t like it, they’d say they don’t like it, but they come back every year.”
Donnie Moran has been a player at Pennsboro Speedway for years, winning the HILLBILLY 100 multiple times and capturing the 1988 DTWC. He has fond memories of Pennsboro.
“It felt pretty darn good winning that race in 1988,” stated Moran.
“Pennsboro is a lot of luck. Don’t get a good qualifying spot, you’re done! It’s a challenge. You drive both ends completely different. One corner you sweep through and the other end you have to drive it like asphalt. There was no room for error.”
“When there were two grooves it was one of the best places to race. It was a blast! When you can get outside it was one of my favorite places to race. When it’s one lane, I hated it!”
Moran can’t be specific to name his toughest competition. There are too many variables when dealing with Pennsboro.
“Anybody can be tough,” said Moran. “It’s hard to say. 2-30 guys can be tough, tough, tough! You just never know. Look at Scott Bloomquist. He should have won it, had been in a position to, but it was his hard luck track.”
For two time STARS national champion Racin’ John Mason, his turn at making dirt Late Model history at Pennsoro came with his DTWC win in 1989. After coming to Pennsboro for years, Mason started yet another DTWC feature. In 1989 he started third, slipped back a few spots, but worked his way back up front.
By the halfway point he was in second behind Jack Boggs and took the lead on a high risk outside move on lap 63. Mason held on to win $48,000 in his CJ Rayburn/ Malcuit Racing Engines #72.
It was a day Mason won’t soon forget.
“I can’t describe winning it,” declared Mason. “I don’t think it really soaked in for three days, but it was a numbing experience. That’s all I can say: I was numb!”
Mason had showed up every year for the HILLBILLY 100 and DTWC and, having made the features 11 times, finally experienced the highest high.
“We’ve run the whole gamut at Pennsboro,” explained Mason. “We’ve won races, wrecked cars and went to the hospital. It means a lot to me, still one of the premier races and it’s hard to pass up.”
Mason also finds the mystique of the old track interesting.
“It’s the atmosphere,” said Mason. “The magic of Pennsboro, however you describe it. The fans are the atmosphere. If not for the fans on the hillside, even for 50 grand, it wouldn’t be nothing.”
When Larry Moore won the DTWC in 1987, he hauled back to his Dayton, Ohio area home a whopping $60,000. One of the sport’s greatest racers, and biggest winners, Moore was a regular fixture at Pennsboro Speedway and the DTWC for years.
In 1987 Moore, for the first time, had his own self-owned team. Down to one car and one motor, Moore made the trip to Pennsboro in ’87 and by virtue of winning the dash, earned the pole position. Moore took the lead and never looked back, as he and Freddy Smith pulled away from the field. During the latter stages Smith made several bold moves on Moore, but Moore held him off and took the win.
Who was one of the first in victory lane to shake hands and congratulate Moore? Freddy Smith.
“$60,000, it was just wonderful!” exclaimed Moore. “Biggest race I ever won. I already won three WORLD 100’s by then, but this was my biggest paying race and it was just wonderful!”
“Only year I ever drove for myself and I would have been in trouble financially if not for winning. I learned I didn’t need to own my own car.”
Moore wasn’t hesitant when asked to give his opinion of Pennsboro Speedway.
“It’s such a challenging track, quite different,” explained Moore.
“Never the same. That track can change two or three seconds over the course of a day. The last couple races I ran the track got faster earlier than usual. Usually you’re slow in the heats and fast in the feature.”
“It’s such an old place. Got so much character. People claim it’s terrible but they are always there. It’s quite a sentimental place, really neat. And that bridge!”
Rest In Peace, Pennsboro!
And long live the DTWC at KC Raceway!
*PREVIOUS DTWC RACE RESULTS*
2006
Oct. 21 - K-C (OH) Raceway
1. Shannon Babb
2. Scott Bloomquist
3. Earl Pearson Jr.
4. Clint Smith
5. Darrell Lanigan
6. Steve Francis
7. Chub Frank
8. Dennis Erb Jr.
9. Bart Hartman
10. Chris Combs
11. Darren Miller
12. Jeep Van Wormer
13. Chris Madden
14. Brady Smith
15. Mike Balzano
16. Steve Casebolt
17. Josh Richards
18. Tim McCreadie
19. Brian Birkhofer
20. Dan Schlieper
21. Donnie Moran
22. Josh McGuire
23. Aaron Bapst
24. Steve Shaver
25. Greg Johnson
26. Matt Miller
2005
Oct. 15 - K-C (OH)Raceway
1. Scott Bloomquist
2. Brian Birkhofer
3. Bart Hartman
4. Rick Eckert
5. Chub Frank
6. Wendell Wallace
7. Dan Schlieper
8. Darrell Lanigan
9. Billy Moyer
10. Dale McDowell
11. Steve Shaver
12. Jimmy Mars
13. Darren Miller
14. Freddy Smith
15. Matt Miller
16. Steve Francis
17. Rod Conley
18. Donnie Moran
19. Josh Richards
20. Jackie Boggs
21. Chad Hina
22. Davey Johnson
23. Tim McCreadie
24. Shannon Babb
25. Paul Harris
26. Eric Jacobsen
2004
Oct. 16 – Bluegrass (KY) Speedway
1. Rick Eckert
2. Shannon Babb
3. Chub Frank
4. Billy Moyer
5. Brad Neat
6. Scott Bloomquist
7. Wendell Wallace
8. Dan Schlieper
9. John Blankenship
10. Brad Hall
11. R.J. Conley
12. Brandon Kinzer
13. Bart Hartman
14. Brian Ruhlman
15. Freddy Smith
16. Jimmy Owens
17. Darrell Lanigan
18. Steve Francis
19. Tim McCreadie
20. Joey Daniel
21. Mike Balzano
22. Dale McDowell
23. Mike Marlar
24. Clint Smith
25. John Gill
26. Aaron Hatton
2003
Oct. 19 - Bluegrass (KY) Speedway
1. Darrell Lanigan
2. Dan Schlieper
3. Steve Francis
4. Scott Bloomquist
5. Rod Conley
6. Brian Birkhofer
7. Mike Jewell
8. Jeff Smith
9. Jimmy Mars
10. Scott James
11. Ray Cook
12. Mike Marlar
13. Wendell Wallace
14. Steve Shaver
15. Rick Eckert
16. Rick Corbin
17. R.J. Conley
18. Rodney Combs
19. Jerry Rice
20. Rick Aukland
21. Bryan Barber
22. Matt Miller
23. Denny Eckrich
24. Joey Kramer
25. Shannon Babb
26. Shane Clanton
27. Tim Hitt
2002
Oct. 20 - Bluegrass (KY) Speedway
1. Shannon Babb
2. Billy Moyer
3. Dale McDowell
4. Freddy Smith
5. Scott Bloomquist
6. Don O'Neal
7. Darrell Lanigan
8. Ray Cook
9. Rick Corbin
10. Wendell Wallace
11. Steve Barnett
12. Bob Pierce
13. Whitney McQueary
14. Terry English
15. Steve Smith
16. Dan Schlieper
17. Mike Jewell
18. Jerry Rice
19. Brad Neat
20. Justin Fegers
21. Shawn Negangard
22. Eddie Carrier Jr.
23. Kevin Weaver
24. Mark Barber
25. Steve Landrum
26. Randle Chupp
2001
Oct. 21 - Pennsboro WV Speedway
1. Bart Hartman
2. Scott Bloomquist
3. Chub Frank
4. Wendell Wallace
5. Steve Lucas
6. Brian Birkhofer
7. Shannon Babb
8. Rick Eckert
9. Mike Balzano
10. Steve Francis
11. Dan Schlieper
12. Booper Bare
13. Jackie Boggs
14. Scott Cross
15. Clint Coffman
16. Rod Conley
17. Mark Banal
18. Johnny Johnson
19. Freddy Smith
20. Ray Cook
21. Skip Arp
22. Donnie Moran
23. Steve Russell
24. Ryan Markham
25. Davey Johnson
26. Billy Moyer
27. Rob House
28. Marshall Green
29. Lynn Geisler
30. Jimmy Mars
2000
Oct. 22 - West Virginia Motor Speedway
1. Wendell Wallace
2. Brian Birkhofer
3. Davey Johnson
4. Scott Bloomquist
5. Jackie Boggs
6. Rick Aukland
7. Jeep Van Wormer
8. John Mason
9. Darrell Lanigan
10. Billy Hicks
11. Mike Smith
12. Freddy Smith
13. R.J. Conley
14. Mark Banal
15. Gary Stuhler
16. Steve Lucas
17. Steve Francis
18. Duayne Hommel
19. Ray Cook
20. Steve Shaver
21. Dan Schlieper
22. John Gill
23. Rick Eckert
24. Ronnie Johnson
25. Thomas Ware
26. Billy Moyer
27. Bob Pierce
28. C.S. Fitzgerald
29. Tim Hitt
30. Bart Hartman
31. Jeremy Miller
32. Donnie Moran
33. Mike Balzano
1999
Oct. 17 - West Virginia Motor Speedway
1. Steve Francis
2. Wendell Wallace
3. Donnie Moran
4. Rick Eckert
5. Freddy Smith
6. Billy Moyer
7. Scott Bloomquist
8. Skip Arp
9. R.J. Conley
10. Bob Pierce
11. Todd Andrews
12. Rick Aukland
13. Clint Smith
14. Mike Balzano
15. Ed Ferree
16. Jackie Boggs
17. Gary Webb
18. Al Atkinson
19. Steve Shaver
20. Tim Hitt
21. Chub Frank
22. C.S. Fitzgerald
23. Marshall Green
24. Rob House
25. Davey Johnson
26. Shannon Babb
27. Bart Hartman
28. Bill Frye
29. Darrell Lanigan
30. Mark Banal 31. Dale McDowell
32. Don O’Neal
33. Jack Boggs
34. Brian Birkhofer
35. Booper Bare
36. Gary Stuhler
1998
Oct. 18 - Thunder Ridge (KY) Speedway
1. Freddy Smith
2. Dan Schlieper
3. Billy Moyer
4. Tony Izzo Jr.
5. Marshall Green
6. Dale McDowell
7. Eddie Carrier Sr
8. Paul Davis
9. Mike Boland
10. Eddie Carrier Jr.
11. Al Atkinson
12. Charlie Swartz
13. Chub Frank
14. Paul Harris
15. Jim Curry
16. Jackie Boggs
17. Brandon Kinzer
18. Denny Chamberlain
19. Jeff Smith
20. Ronnie Johnson
21. Scott Bloomquist
22. David Dixon
23. Frank Heckenast
24. Delmas Conley
25. Jack Boggs
26. Skip Arp
27. Steve Barnett
28. Wendell Wallace
29. Dennis Erb Jr.
30. Eddie Rickman
1997
Oct. 19 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Marshall Green
2. Freddy Smith
3. Todd Andrews
4. Wendell Wallace
5. Skip Arp
6. Scott Bloomquist
7. Jeff Smith
8. Mike Duvall
9. Jack Boggs
10. Rick Eckert
11. Tim Hitt
12. Paul Harris
13. Jackie Boggs
14. Mike Johnson
15. Bill Frye
16. R.J. Conley
17. Bart Hartman
18. Davey Johnson
19. Harold Redman
20. Steve Baker
21. Jack Pennington
22. Ronnie Johnson
23. Wade Knowles
24. Steve Francis
25. Johnny Virden
26. C.S. Fitzgerald
27. Mike Balzano
28. Gary Stuhler
1996
Oct. 27 - Pennsboro WV Speedway
1. Billy Moyer Jr.
2. Rick Eckert
3. Davey Johnson
4. Freddy Smith
5. Wendell Wallace
6. Gary Stuhler
7. Denny Chamberlain
8. Scott Bloomquist
9. Tim Hitt
10. Rick Aukland
11. Mike Balzano
12. Jack Pennington
13. Rex Richey
14. Bob Salathe
15. Mike Johnson
16. Donnie Moran
17. C.S. Fitzgerald
18. Todd Andrews
19. Steve Shaver
20. Jack Boggs
21. Steve Francis
22. Charlie Swartz
23. C.J. Rayburn
24. Billy Hicks
25. Bob Pierce
26. Steve Lucas
27. Jackie Boggs
28. Doug Dodd
1995
Oct. 22 – Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Jack Boggs
2. Donnie Moran
3. Larry Moore
4. Gary Stuhler
5. Billy Moyer
6. Tim Hitt
7. Rick Aukland
8. Mike Balzano
9. Todd Andrews
10. Rick Eckert
11. Denny Chamberlain
12. Ronnie Johnson
13. Steve Baker
14. Michael Smith.
15. Bill Frye
16. Steve Francis
17. Steve Shaver
18. Bart Hartman
19. Freddy Smith
20. John Gill
21. Nathan Durboraw
22. Don O'Neal
23. Dave Groves
24. Scott Bloomquist
25. Mike Johnson
26. Davey Johnson
27. Charlie Swartz
28. Wendell Wallace
Oct. 23 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Ronnie Johnson
2. Davey Johnson
3. Freddy Smith
4. Donnie Moran
5. Nathan Durboraw
6. Tim Hitt
7. Gary Stuhler
8. Don O'Neal
9. Steve Francis
10. Randle Chupp
11. Bob Salathe
12. Chub Frank
13. Billy Moyer
14. Booper Bare
15. Larry Moore
16. Doug Hall
17. Bill Frye
18. Scott Bloomquist
19. Bart Hartman
20. Lynn Geisler
21. Mike Balzano.
1993
Oct. 24 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Freddy Smith
2. Chub Frank
3. Jack Boggs
4. Davey Johnson
5. Lynn Geisler
6. Gary Stuhler
7. Nathan Durboraw
8. Rick Eckert
9. Bill Frye
10. John Mason
11. Booper Bare
12. Mark Banal
13. Donnie Moran
14. Larry Moore
15. Steve Barnett
16. Steve Shaver
17. John Gill
18. Kevin Claycomb
19. Scott Bloomquist
20. Charlie Swartz
21. Bob Pierce
22. Kevin Weaver (
23. Aaron Scott
24. Billy Moyer
25. Ronnie Johnson
26. Denny Chamberlain
27. Mike Balzano
28. Don O'Neal
1992
Oct. 18 – Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Ronnie Johnson
2. Freddy Smith
3. Donnie Moran
4. Chub Frank
5. Billy Moyer
6. Larry Moore
7. Paul Harris
8. Steve Francis
9. Rodney Franklin
10. Denny Chamberlain
11. Rodney Combs
12. Mike Duvall
13. Mike Balzano
14. Booper Bare
15. Johnny Johnson
16. Darrell Lanigan
17. Rick Eckert
18. Michael Smith
19. Scott Bloomquist
20. Jack Boggs
21. Charlie Swartz
22. Bob Pierce
23. Rex Richey
24. Mike Johnson
25. Davey Johnson
26. Ed Gibbons
1991
Oct. 20 – Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Freddy Smith
2. Billy Moyer
3. Rex Richey
4. Rodney Combs
5. Donnie Moran
6. Larry Moore
7. Ed Basey
8. Bob Wearing Sr.
9. Charlie Swartz
10. Narthan Durboraw
11. Wade Knowles
12. Tom Helfrich
13. Gary Stuhler
14. Ed Gibbons
15. Mike Duvall
16. Davey Johnson
17. Wendell Wallace
18. Bill Frye
19. Steve Kosiski
20. Delmas Conley
21. Jack Boggs
22. Bob Wearing Jr.
23. Craig Briggs
24. Rick Eckert
25. Mike Balzano
26. Darrell Lanigan
27. Ronnie Johnson
28. John Mason
1990
Oct. 21 – Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Jack Boggs
2. Buck Simmons
3. Freddy Smith
4. Charlie Swartz
5. Lynn Geisler
6. Eddie Carrier
7. B.A. Malcuit
8. Ron Davies
9. Gary Stuhler
10. Paul Davis
11. Donnie Moran
12. Larry Moore
13. Mike Balzano
14. Mark Banal
15. Dick Barton
16. Denny Chamberlain
17. Bob Pierce
18. Billy Moyer
19. Steve Smith
20. Bruce Hordusky
21. Scott Bloomquist
22. John Mason
23. Harold Redman
24. Ronnie Johnson
25. Nathan Durboraw
26. John Gill
27. Bob Wearing Sr.
1989
Oct. 22 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. John Mason
2. Charlie Swartz
3. Donnie Moran
4. Billy Moyer
5. Larry Moore
6. Dick Barton
7. Larry Phillips
8. Mike Balzano
9. Rodney Combs
10. Bob Hershman
11. Don Gross
12. Todd Andrews
13. Nathan Durboraw
14. Steve Baker
15. Joe Meadows
16. Davey Johnson
17. Ron Davies
18. Scott Bloomquist
19. Mike Smith
20. Freddy Smith
21. Rodney Franklin
22. Steve Francis
23. Tim Newman
24. Booper Bare
25. John Gill
26. Lynn Geisler
27. Jack Boggs
1988
Oct. 16 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Donnie Moran
2. Gary Stuhler
3. Davey Johnson
4. Mike Balzano
5. Ed Gibbons
6. Billy Moyer
7. Steve Baker
8. Steve Kosiski
9. Jack Boggs
10. Rodney Combs
11. Ed Ferree
12. John Mason
13. C.J. Rayburn
14. Denny Chamberlain
15. Rick Aukland
16. Rick Egersdorf
17. Willy Kraft
18. Larry Moore
19. Wade Knowles
20. Freddy Smith
21. Bob Wearing Sr.
22. Jeff Purvis
23. Charlie Swartz
24. Scott Bloomquist
25. Randy Boggs
26. B.A. Malcuit
1987
Oct. 18 –Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Larry Moore
2. Freddy Smith
3. Charlie Swartz
4. Donnie Moran
5. Billy Moyer
6. Davey Johnson
7. John Mason
8. Randy Boggs
9. Delmas Conley
10. Jack Pennington
11. Tom Helfrich
12. B.A. Malcuit
13. Jerry Inmon
14. Dick Potts
15. Wade Knowles
16. Bob Pierce
17. Jack Boggs
18. Steve Kosiski
19. Steve Francis
20. Ed Gibbons
21. Jeff Purvis
22. Earl Smith
23. John Holt
24. Jack Hewitt
25. Tom Usry
26. Scott Bloomquist
1986
Oct. 19 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Billy Moyer
2. Willy Kraft
3. Jeff Purvis
4. Gary Stuhler
5. Freddy Smith
6. Mike Duvall
7. Buck Simmons
8. Larry Moore
9. Donnie Moran
10. Randy Boggs
11. Bob Wearing Sr.
12. Steve Baker
13. Roy Miller
14. Ray Guss Jr.
15. Mark Banal
16. John Mason
17. Tom Hearst
18. Paul Davis
19. Rodney Franklin
20. Bob Adams Jr.
21. Mike Balzano
22. Dale Fischlein
23. Tye Long
24. Harold Redman
25. Ben Hess
26. Mike Smith
27. Rick Egersdorf
28. Charlie Swartz
29. Rodney Combs
30. Jack Boggs
1985
Oct. 27 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Freddy Smith
2. Dick Potts
3. Rodney Combs
4. Lynn Geisler
5. Jack Hewitt
6. Denny Chamberlain
7. Tom Peck
8. Willy Kraft
9. Stan Lasky
10. John Mason
11. Larry Moore
12. Joel Wood
13. Pat Patrick
14. Joe Kosiski
15. Jimmy Allen
16. Tom Clise
17. Charlie Swartz
18. Jack Boggs
19. Mike Duvall
20. Russ Petro
21. Buck Simmons
22. Noel Witcher
23. Ray Godsey
24. Larry Phillips
25. Mike Balzano
26. Steve Barnett
27. Jimmie Roan
28. Mark Banal
1984
Oct. 21 – Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Jack Boggs
2. Larry Moore
3. Rodney Franklin
4. Larry Phillips
5. Gary Stuhler
6. Buck Simmons
7. Leon Sells
8. Bob Wearing
9. John Mason
10. Tommy Joe Pauschert
11. Freddy Smith
12. Cale Yarborough
13. Bubby James
14. David Speer
15. Bob Pierce
16. Jessie Meadows
17. Jim Vandenburg
18. Kenny Brightbill
19. Mike Smith
20. Glenn Taylor
21. Tom Helfrich
22. Paul Schafer
23. Norm Benning Jr.
24. Fulmer Lance
25. Lynn Geisler
26. Kenny Simpson
27. Doug Osteen
28. James Powell
29. Pat Patrick
30. Jimmie Roan
31. C.L. Pritchett
1983
Oct. 16 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Freddy Smith
2. Pat Patrick
3. Rodney Combs
4. Russ Petro
5. Donnie Moran
6. John Mason
7. Fulmer Lance
8. Jim Hunt
9. Lynn Geisler
10. Gary Balough
11. Dave Hess
12. Chuck McWilliams
13. Jimmie Roan
14. Gerald Dixon
15. Joe Kosiski
16. Jeff Purvis
17. Gene Ferrell
18. Charlie Swartz
19. Larry Phillips
20. Jack Boggs
21. Dave Speer
22. Buck Simmons
23. Delmas Conley
24. Larry Moore
25. Dusty Chapman
26. Johnny Johnson
27. Kenny Brightbill
28. Jerry Inmon
1982
Oct. 17 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Charlie Swartz
2. Jerry Inmon
3. John Mason
4. Steve Kosiski
5. Mike Duvall
6. Russ Petro
7. Lynn Geisler
8. Freddy Smith
9. Don Hobbs
10. Pat Patrick
11. Eddie Carrier
12. Jack Boggs
13. Rodney Combs
14. Chuck McWilliams
15. Jim Dunn
16. Jim Curry
17. Jim Hunt
18. Rick Ren
19. Donnie Moran
20. Mike Chisholm
21. Blackie Watt
22. Fred Strube
23. Doug Kenimer
24. Bob Wearing
25. Larry Phillips
26. Tom Harshman
27. Don Hauserman
28. Larry Moore
1981
Oct. 18 - Pennsboro (WV) Speedway
1. Jim Dunn
2. Rodney Combs
3. Doug Kenimer
4. Donnie Moran
5. Charlie Swartz
6. Jack Boggs
7. Steve Kosiski
8. Pat Patrick
9. Buck Simmons
10. Bob Wearing Sr.
11. Mike Duvall
12. Gene McNeely
13. Kevin Gundaker
14. Frank Wilson
15. Danny Dean
16. Freddy Smith
17. Wally Hemminger
18. Neil Bonnett
19. Craig Spetman
20. Ray Godsey
21. Lynn Geisler
22. Larry Moore
23. Leon Archer
24. Ken Walton
25. David Speer
26. Don Seaborn
27. Gary Henry
28. R.D. Jones
In addition to the full Dirt Track World Championship presented by Gottarace.com dirt Late Model program that will pay the winner $50,000 the 3rd Annual Jim Dunn Memorial for non-qualifiers will be held in addition to a full program for Modifieds. 26 starters will race for $3,000 to win and $300 to start in the Modified main event.
Tickets prices will be $50 for adult general admission, $15 children general admission ages 6-11 with children under age six admitted free for general admission. Three-day pit passes will be $60.
Special reserved seating is also being made available for the 27th Annual Dirt Track World Championship presented by Gottarace.com. The top five rows of the grandstands, including the main grandstands and the new grandstands in turn four, will be mandated reserved seating. Reserved seating will be $55. Reserved seating ticket prices for children age 11 and under will be $20 per ticket. A seating chart is available on the KC Raceway website (www.kc-raceway.com) and race fans may pick their preferred seats on a first-come, first-served basis.
Many area hotels have already filled up. Other area motels listed on the DTWC and KC Raceway websites still have some rooms available and also others within a 35-mile radius of the track. Reserved seating sales have been booming and all indications are that a full house and one of the biggest fields in DTWC racing history will be on hand.
Camping is allotted on a first-come, first-serve basis with 50 spots in the main area and several hundred in the adjacent field. All camping is primitive and there is no need to call to make reservations. Campers are asked to conserve space and clean up after themselves by bagging trash and observing the rights of other campers.
K-C Raceway has also constructed an all-new playground in addition to other attractions for kids and adults of all ages
Due to a couple accidents last year, no four-wheelers are allowed anywhere on the K-C Raceway premises. No ATV's are permitted in the camping area, nor will they be permitted in the pits due to the anticipated overflow number of race teams. Golf carts, however, are permitted in the main parking lot and camping area only. No Golf carts in the pits. A five-mile per hour speed limit will be enforced to ensure the safety of all fans.
Race fans are reminded that DirtOnDirt.com will be on hand all weekend and will be updating their website frequently with news, updates, video interviews & coverage and much more.
The 27th Annual Dirt Track World Championship presented by Gottarace.com kicks off on Thursday evening October 18. Qualifying and heat races will be held on Friday evening October 19 with the consolation race, a non-qualifiers race and the 100-lap Dirt Track World Championship presented by Gottarace.com to be held on Saturday evening October 20.
Sunday October 21 will serve as the rain date.
To purchase presale tickets and pit passes and/or to pre-enter a driver, money orders, cashier’s checks and credit cards may be used. The DTWC will accept pre-sale credit card orders with Mastercard or Visa. To place your credit card order telephone the KC Raceway office at:
740.289.4114.
Tickets are also available via mail order by sending a money order or cashier’s check to: DTWC, 340 Bailey Chapel Road, Piketon, OH 45661.
K-C Raceway is located south of Chillicothe on SR 23, two miles out Blain Highway at Alma. For further information, please call 740-663-4141. For ticket information call 740-289-4114 Monday - Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The KC Raceway website is located at:
www.kc-raceway.com
For more information contact DTWC promoter Carl Short at: 865.945.3423.
Visit the DTWC website at: http://dirttrackworldchampionship.net
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-Prepared by Lehman Motorsports Services
The 27th Annual Dirt Track World Championship would like to acknowledge the many fine sponsors of the race:* GottaRace.com, Arizona Sport Shirts, DirtOnDirt.com, VP Fuels, Indiana Decal Company, Design 500, Bert Transmission, Racing Optics, Cornett Racing Engines, Rocket Chassis, 4m.net, Mastersbilt Race Cars, CJ Rayburn Race Cars, Sports Plus Video, Bob Pierce Race Cars, Lehman Motorsports Services, Dave Poske Performance Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire/HTOV
