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MORAN MOTOR'S TO STARS WIN AT STATELINE!!!

(Jamestown,NY 7-24-99)
 BRET EMRICK


 Donnie Moran of Dresden,OH captured his sixth STARS National DirtCar
Racing League sanctioned win of the season Saturday leading the final 36
laps of the $6,000 to win "Bossard-Crawford GMC 50" at Stateline Speedway
near Jamestown,NY. Driving the Stephen McCullough Motorsports/Eddie's
Sunoco/MasterSbilt/Fisher Motorsports/No. 99 Moran Racing Pontiac Grand
Prix, Moran grabbed the lead from Chub Frank on lap 14 and lapped up to the
ninth place car on his way to victory. Tenth starting Todd Andrews wound up
second with Frank third, Mike Balzano fourth and 13th starting David Scott
fifth. Completing the top ten were Steve Shaver, Nolan Dalton, 15th
starting Dick Barton, 19th starting Gary Stuhler and 23rd starting Rob
Blair. Due to severe weather in the area the PRO SHOCKS "B" Main was
cancelled with promoter Francis Seamens starting 31 cars in the feature
field.

 Starting on the pole Frank roared into the lead at the end of the first
lap with Balzano, Brent Rhebergen, R.J. Conley and Moran trailing. Before
lap two could be completed a five car tangle on the backchute slowed the
action. Frank opened up a two car margin over Balzano on the restart with
Dan Armbruster taking fifth from Moran. Armbruster would lose the handle of
his machine on lap four bringing out the caution moving Moran back into
fifth. Moran powered past Conley for fourth on lap five with Andrews
cracking the top five on lap 7 before moving to fourth on lap 9 as
Rhebergen began to back pedal. Moran shot into second on lap 10 and began
to track down Frank. Entering lapped traffic on lap 13 Frank saw his margin
over Moran quickly dwindle as Moran pulled even with the leader in turn
three and nosed ahead for the lead on lap 14. Andrews continued his march
forward taking third from from Balzano on lap 23. Cautions on lap 24 and
again on lap 36 slowed the action as Moran had put several car's a lap or
more down by this point. With several lapped car's separating Moran from
Frank the race leader felt no pressure for the lead. Andrews grabbed second
from Frank on lap 36 but the laps ran out as Moran took the checkered flag
nearly 12 car lengths in front of Andrews.

 The $27,000 purse event drew 33 driver's to the slightly banked 3/8ths
mile with Moran topping the field in time trials with his quick lap of
17.02 seconds. Taking BORLA EXHAUST heat race win's were Rhebergen,
Armbruster and Frank who also topped the ISKY RACING CAMS dash. The PRO
SHOCKS "B" Main was cancelled due to severe weather in the area with only
two driver's in the field, Chad Valone and Dan Maxim, not making the call
for the main event.

STARS National DirtCar Racing League RACE REPORT (for 7-24-99)
Race No. 19-1999 Season-"Bossard-Crawford GMC 50"
Stateline Speedway-Jamestown (Busti), NY-3/8ths Mile Oval
$27,000 Purse-$6,000 To Win-50 Lap Feature

(Showing Finish Pos.,Start Pos.,Car #, Driver,Laps,Purse,Reason Out)

1. (5) #99 Donnie Moran 50 $6,040 Running
2. (10) #42 Todd Andrews 50 $3,500 Running
3. (1) #1* Chub Frank 50 $2,100 Running
4. (3) #E1 Mike Balzano 50 $1,560 Running
5. (13) #3 David Scott 50 $1,200 Running
6. (9) #30 Steve Shaver 50 $1,000 Running
7. (8) #D2 Nolan Dalton 50 $900 Running
8. (15) #28B Dick Barton 50 $850 Running
9. (19) #19 Gary Stuhler 50 $800 Running
10. (23) #W11 Rob Blair 49 $750 Running
11. (6) #33 Aaron Scott 49 $735 Running
12. (17) #87R Chad Ruhlman 49 $650 Running
13. (4) #71C R.J. Conley 49 $650 Running
14. (14) #76 Andy Kania 49 $550 Running
15. (26) #11 Rich Gardner 49 $500 Running
16. (25) #32L Greg Lucas 49 $450 Running
17. (7) #61 Dan Armbruster 49 $400 Running
18. (31) #10 John Lobb 49 $350 Running
19. (14) #W7 Thomas Ware 49 $350 Running
20. (12) #3H Bruce Hordusky 48 $350 Running
21. (11) #1U Matt Urban 48 $350 Running
22. (27) #80 Bryan Durig 48 $350 Running
23. (21) #15 Steve Halpainy 48 $350 Running
24. (2) #07R Brent Rhebergen 48 $430 Running
25. (18) #8 Ed Rogers 48 $350 Running
26. (24) #03S Chevy Scott 48 $350 Running
27. (22) #30D Moose Dunnewold 47 $350 Running
28. (20) #03E Doug Eck 47 $350 Running
29. (29) #28JR Randy Lobb 30 $350 Handling
30. (28) #6 Dave Lundgren 24 $350 Handling
31. (30) #63 Pat McGuire 1 $350 Accident

TIME OF RACE: 35 Mins.
YELLOW FLAGS: Five-Laps 1,4,24,32,36
RED FLAGS: None
LAP LEADERS: Two-Frank 1-13;Moran 14-50
ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Dalton
OUTERWEARS CO. "Hard Charger of the Race": Blair
PROVISIONAL STARTERS: None
CAR COUNT: 33
FAST QUALIFIER: Moran 17.02 secs.
BORLA EXHAUST Heat Race Winners: Rhebergen,Armbruster,Frank
SCOTT PERFORMANCE WIRE Heat Race Bonus Winner: None
ISKY RACING CAMS Dash Winner: Frank
PRO SHOCKS "B" Main Winner: None

SUMMARY
Qualifying: 1)#99 Donnie Moran 17.02; 2)#33 Aaron Scott 17.06; 3)#E1 Mikie
Balzano 17.09; 4)#19 Gary Stuhler 17.13; 5)#71C R.J. Conley 17.17; 6)#1*
Chub Frank 17.23; 7)#07R Brent Rhebergen 17.27; 8)#D2 Nolan Dalton 17.32;
9)#30 Steve Shaver 17.33; 10)#32L Greg Lucas 17.36; 11)#61 Dan Armbruster
17.39; 12)#03S Chevy Scott 17.44; 13)#W7 Thomas Ware 17.47; 14)#3H Bruce
Hordusky 17.48; 15)#3 David Scott 17.50; 16)#42 Todd Andrews 17.51; 17)#W11
Rob Blair 17.57; 18)#76 Andy Kania 17.57; 19)#6 Dave Lundgren 17.58;
20)#28B Dick Barton 17.62; 21)#10 John Lobb 17.62; 22)#1U Matt Urban 17.63;
23)#00 Dan Maxim 17.71; 24)#15 Steve Halpainy 17.71; 25)#87R Chad Ruhlman
17.75; 26)#11 Rich Gardner 17.81; 27)#8 Ed Rogers 17.88; 28)#63 Pat McGuire
17.91; 29)#03E Doug Eck 18.00; 30)#80 Bryan Durig 18.01; 31)#30D Moose
Dunnewold 18.08; 32)#28JR Randy Lobb 18.17; 33)#2V Chad Valone 18.44

BORLA EXHAUST Heat #1: Rhebergen,Moran,Andrews,Urban,Ware,
Ruhlman,Stuhler,Dunnewold,Lucas,Lundgren,NS-McGuire (Top 6 advance to
feature)
BORLA EXHAUST/SCOTT PERFORMANCE WIRE Heat #2: Armbruster,
Dalton,Conley,Hordusky,Barton,A. Scott,Eck,Blair,Gardner,R. Lobb,Maxim
(Top 6 advance to feature)
BORLA EXHAUST Heat #3: Frank,Shaver,Balzano,D. Scott,Kania,
Rogers,Halpainy,C. Scott,Durig,Valone,J. Lobb (Top 6 advance to feature)
ISKY RACING CAMS Dash: Frank,Rhebergen,Balzano,Conley,Moran,A.
Scott (Finish determines first three rows of feature)
PRO SHOCKS "B" Main: Cancelled due to severe weather. ALL cars except for
#2V (Valone) and #00 (Maxim) to feature.