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21 August 1999

Steve Inch

HERR DOES ALL-NIGHTER FOR FIRST SPRING SPORTSMAN WIN OF 99

MECHANICSBURG, PA - Following a wild night of qualifying which resulted in six red flags, Frankie Herr of Carlisle persevered and powered to his first win of the season at Silver Spring Speedway on Saturday night in the 25-lap Super Sportsman feature.

For Herr, who has two additional wins on the Sportsman tour at the wheel of the Highlands Tire Service No. 3, the victory marked the sixth of his career at the track.

Ron Little of Dover made a last-lap pass to win his third 20-lap Late Model feature of the season, while Tim Fedder won his second 20-lap Street Stock main event of the season.

Silver Spring Speedway will present an open wheel doubleheader featuring Super Sportsman and 358 Sprints on Saturday, August 28 beginning at 7 p.m.

A three-car melee involving Pat Cannon, Paul Troutman and Dave Neuman occurred on the initial start of the Super Sportsman feature. For the complete restart, polesitter Dave Myers powered into the lead and was trailed by outside front row starter Bill Heckert.

On the fourth lap, fifth-place starter George Riden advanced to second and on lap 13 swept underneath Myers for the lead coming off turn four. A circuit later, however, Frankie Herr, who started 15^th, made the same move for the lead coming off turn four.

Once in front, Herr began to stretch his lead over Riden. Then 13^th-place starter John Stoner stormed into second on a lap 21 restart and set his sites on the leader.

Stoner’s charge came up short when he settled for second behind Herr. Leroy Martin, Riden and Tim Leiphart completed the top five.

Polesitter Pat Beard took the lead at the start of the Late Model feature and came close to winning his first career Late Model race. For most of the event, Beard was chased by fourth-place starter Gary Potts.

It wasn’t until the 17^th lap when both 11^th-place starter Gene Wrightstone and 15^th-place starter Ron Little moved into second and third, respectively, and became threats to the leader.

With two laps remaining, Little raced into second and reeled in the leader. On the final lap, Little made an exciting pass by Beard using the outside lane coming off turn four to take the checkered flag. Beard finished second, while Wrightstone, Potts and Rich Myers completed the top five.

Third-place starter Randy Askey powered into the lead at the start of the Street Stock feature and was tracked down by seventh-place starter Tim Fedder. On the seventh lap, Fedder drove by Askey for the lead.

At the halfway point, Fedder stretched his lead to a half straightaway over Dene Light. In the final two laps, Light and current point leader Kirby Sites moved within striking distance of the leader, only to have the caution flag unfurl with one lap to go.

For the last-lap chase to the checkered flag, Fedder held off Light by half a car-length for the win. Light finished second, followed by Sites, Askey and Sam Gipe

SILVER SPRING SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY - 21 August 1999

Super Sportsman - 58 Entries

25-Lap A-Main: 1) 3 Frankie Herr 2) 4 John Stoner 3) 66 Leroy Martin 4) 32 George Riden 5) 11L Tim Leiphart 6) 2A Carmen Perigo 7) 63 George Group 8) 340 Smokey Snellbaker 9) 1 Bob Fannasy 10) 28 Keith Prutzman 11) 8 Rich Eichelberger 12) 7 Russ Mitten 13) 16 Paul Troutman 14) 93 Pat Cannon 15) 23C Steve Cannon 16) 25 Gerry Strawser 17) 82 Bill Heckert 18) 71K Glenn Keller 19) 34 Chuck Landis 20) 57 Dave Myers 21) 12 Howie Locke 22) 90 John Provenza 23) 47 Ken Carberry 24) 65 Bobby Gutshall 25) 21 Dave Neuman 26) 23 John Stehman

Heat Winners: Frankier Herr, Howie Locke, Leroy Martin, Keith Prutzman, Glenn Keller

Consolation Winners: Paul Troutman and Rich Eichelberger

Late Models - 28 Entries

20-Lap A-Main: 1) 43 Ron Little 2) X Pat Beard 3) 10 Gene Wrightstone 4) 41F Gary Potts 5) 83 Rich Myers 6) 116 Charlie Kope 7) 2 Scott Richwine 8) 78 John Ebersole 9) 75 Scott McCann 10) F1 Jim Shuttlesworth 11) 15 Jason Covert 12) 9 Carl Graves 13) 1W Billy Wampler 14) 1 Scott Lebarron 15) 22 Mark Billet 16) 33 Harold Beinhower 17) 11 Dave Sokoloski 18) 12 Sterling Kinard 19) 91 Jeff Leiphart 20) 21 Butch Campion 21) 17K Brad Kling 22) 25 Tom Blackwell

Heat Winners: Pat Beard, Gene Wrightstone, Jim Shuttlesworth

Consolation Winner: Harold Beinhower

Street Stocks - 42 Entries

20-Lap A-Main: 1) 34 Tim Fedder 2) 111 Dene Light 3) 95 Kirby Sites 4) 4A Randy Askey 5) 98 Sam Gipe 6) 31 Bob Dellinger 7) 8 Sam Leonard 8) 15 Joe Krick 9) 0 Todd Bowersox 10) 21 Roger Leaman 11) 11 Craig Morgan 12) 76 Gary Klawitter 13) 64 Stan Wanner 14) 10 Ray Hoke 15) 07 Mike Breneman 16) 88B James Barker 17) 18 Brian Allan 18) 87 Bob Early 19) 1 Eric Hurst 20) 69 George Eash 21) 72 Mike Zeigler 22) 32 Scott Dellinger 23) 22 2R Rod Clouser 24) 3K Jim Ksenich

Heat Winners: Bob Dellinger, Todd Bowersox, Scott Dellinger, Tim Fedder

Consolation Winners: George Eash and Joe Krick