Week 5/12/2012 results

[The Janitor @ Charleston]

There was a alot of great racing action at the Charleston Speedway in all classes. Street class heat winners were Micheal Donley,Brandon Roundtree and Nick Miller. Micheal Donley started on the pole position in the feature. Donley had a straightaway lead over second place. There was two drivers who worked their way through the field. Jr Wiltermood started 10th and finished second. Ed Kuhn started 19th and finished 12th. There was a caution and that bunched the field back up. On the start Donley continued to dominate pulling away from the field by a few car lengths. Donley went on to win his first feature of the season. There were 26 modified that made an appearance for the $1000 to win. Ed Shamhart posted fast time and collected $100 compliments of TCA and a Plaque donated by Nancy's Lettering. Shamhart ,Danny Schwartz,Ryan Cary and Dustin King were the heat winners. Bill Wagoner won the semi to advance to the feature. Shamhart and Schwartz borught the field to the green flag. Schwartz would jump out in the early lead and had no challenge. Til Gabe Menser who started sixth worked his way to second. Schwartz started to get in the lap traffic. Menser was able to gain on Schwartz. They put on a good show for the crowd, weaving in and out of the lap cars. With 4 laps to go, Menser started under a lap car, that car spun and hit Menser. Menser had alot of damage to the car, so he left the track. Schwartz went on to win the Feature event paying $1000. Jeff Vanlannen hit a tractor tire at the bottom of turn one, causing him to roll his car, he was ok. The hard charger award went to Roger Mills, Mills started 19th and finished 11th, received a plaque compliments of B & B Trophy. Randy Smyser continued to dominate in the pure stock class. Danny White Jr won the lone heat race. White Jr & Smyser brought the field to the green. Smyser took the lead and White was right there on Smyser bumper. Smyser stretched his lead a little, but White would catch back up to him. They raced hard to the checkered flag, Smyser capturing his fourth consecutive feature win. Rookie Justin Evans and Pat Calhoun won their first heat win of the season. In the feature event they would start side by side. Calhoun took the lead and never had a challenge from second place car. Calhoun went on to win his First feature this year. Points leader Joey Smyser had mechanical problems had to pull into the infield. Charleston Speedway fans and drivers pulled together Saturday night for one of their own. Dustin Wiltermood who has raced at the speedway. Dustin and his wife Sam lost their twin boys. So the drivers went through the stands at intermission time to help raise money to help with expenses. The total amount raised was $850. The Wiltermood family would like to extend a huge thank you to each and everyone. Next Saturday Trophy Sponsor Coles County Shuttle Charleston. Gates open at 4 with racing at 7. You can also go to our website www.charlestonspeedway.net or look us up on facebook for more information. Modified cars 25 Heat 1 Ed Shamhart/Rob Fuqua/Craig Kern/Rick Hufford/Nate Zimmer/Kevin Gummere/Adam Johnson Heat 2 Danny Schwartz/Gabe Menser/Arby Burton/Cole Hussong/Larry Ferguson/Lyle Wiltermood/Will Prater Heat 3 Ryan Cary/Chad Evens/Kasey Schrock/Roger Cary/Roger Mills/Bill Wagoner Heat 4 Dustin King/Ed Rolley/Don Kiger/Roger Milburn/Larry Lambert Feature Schwartz/Evans/Ryan Cary/Shamhart/King/Burton/Rolley/Kern/Fuqua/Hussong/Mills/Kiger/Zimmer/Milburn/Schrock/Ferguson/Gummere/Lambert/Hufford/Wagoner/Menser/Roger Cary Street cars 21 Heat 1 Micheal Donley/Jesse Simmons/Matt Dillon/Junior Wiltermood/Joe Younker/Jim Campbell/Ben Williams Heat 2 Brandon Roundtree/Daryl Hellman/David Shain/Zack Brandenburg/J.D. Evans/John Hudson/Ed Kuhn Heat 3 Nick Miller/Scott Hufford/Josh Griffith/Tyler Blankenship/Dave Brandenburg/Gordon Parsons/Charlie Logsdon Feature Donley/Wiltermood/Roundtree/Griffith/Shain/Miller/Hellman/Simmons/Dillon/Hufford/Hudson/Kuhn/Younker/Z.Brandenburg/Logsdon/D. Brandenburg/Blankenship/Williams/Evans/Campbell Pure Stock cars 4 Heat 1 Danny White Jr/Randy Smyser/Kenny Cordes/Dylan Barker Feature Smyser/White Jr/Cordes/Barker Hornet cars 12 Heat 1 Justin Evans/Joey Smyser/Robert Carter/Austin Kane/David Reed/David Montz Heat 2 Pat Calhoun/Jeff Vantassel/Chad Clevenger/Mike Lewis/Butch Cassidy/Ed Dulaney Feature Calhoun/Evans/Cassidy/Vantassel/Lewis/Carter/Reed/Dulaney/Kane