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STUHLER TAKES FOURTH STRAIGHT "CONOCOCHEAGUE 100"!!!

(Hagerstown,MD 7-10-99)
BRET EMRICK

 Gary Stuhler of Greencastle,PA captured his second STARS National DirtCar
Racing League sanctioned event of the season Saturday pocketing $10,000 for
his dominating victory in the "19th Annual Conococheague 100" at Hagerstown
Speedway in Hagerstown,MD. Aboard the Reliable Painting/Duron
Paints/MasterSbilt/Leggett Engine Research No. 19 Beitler Enterprises
Pontiac Grand Prix, Stuhler grabbed the lead on lap ten after starting
seventh and pulled away to a half track advantage over Steve Shaver at the
finish for his fourth consecutive "Conococheague 100" title. "We've been
struggling a little bit lately", said the very happy winner. "But, the
guy's on the crew got this car dialed in tonight and I could run it
anywhere I wanted to put it. I knew Shaver was up to second and he's been
running real well lately so I didn't try and cruise once I got the lead.
You never know what can happen. We're really pleased we got another win".
Donnie Moran finished third with D.J. Myers fourth and Jeremy Miller, the
last car on the lead lap, coming home fifth. Rounding out the top ten were
Chub Frank, 16th starting Mike Balzano, 17th starting Rodney Franklin, 23rd
starting R.J. Conley and pole sitter Todd Andrews.

 At the drop of the green flag Andrews powered into the lead at the end of
the first lap with outside pole sitter Jeff Robinson, Moran, Stuhler and
Shaver trailing. Stuhler shot into third and Shaver to fourth on lap 3 with
Moran moving back to fourth on lap 4 as Frank took over fifth. Andrews
enjoyed a three car margin over Robinson on lap 5 as Frank took fourth from
Moran. Before the next lap could be recorded Marvin Winters spun in turn
one after making contact slowing the action. One lap after going back to
green Stuhler shot past Robinson for second as Frank followed suit taking
third. Stuhler quickly closed ground on Andrews pulling alongside on lap 9
and then taking the lead off of turn four to lead lap 10. Cautions on lap
26 and lap 29 slowed the pace of Stuhler who had opened up a very healthy
margin. On the lap 29 caution, Andrews and Robinson pitted for tires giving
up track position.

 By lap 40 Stuhler had no pressure as he raced through lapped traffic with
Frank, Shaver, Moran and Nathan Durboraw holding second through fifth.
At the halfway point, which called for a mandatory fuel stop, the running
order saw Stuhler with the lead followed by Frank, Shaver, Durboraw and
Moran with Myers, Balzano, Miller, Roy Deese Jr. and Franklin trailing. By
lap 60 Stuhler was running all alone but Frank started to fade as Shaver
and Durboraw held second and third. Frank fell out of the top five by lap
70 and with ten laps to go Stuhler was more than a straightaway ahead of
Shaver with Durboraw, Moran and Myers trailing. With seven laps to go
Durboraw headed pitside with a flat left rear tire ending his strong run
and when the checker's flew Stuhler was a quarter mile in front of Shaver.

 The two-day $47,000 purse event drew 41 driver's to the semi-banked 1/2
mile with Shaver topping the field in time trials with a quick lap of
19.625 seconds. BORLA EXHAUST heat race win's went to Shaver, Stuhler,
Frank and Andrews who also scored the ISKY RACING CAMS dash. Balzano snared
the PRO SHOCKS "B" Main. Doug Burkholder was added to the event as the
first alternate when Davey Johnson, who was scheduled to start ninth, had
to return home due to a family medical emergency.

STARS National DirtCar Racing League Race Report (for 7/9 & 7/10/99)
Race No. 16-1999 Season-"19th Annual Conococheague 100"
Hagerstown Speedway-Hagerstown,MD-1/2 Mile Oval
$47,000 Purse-$10,000 To Win-100 Lap Feature

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

1. (7) #19 Gary Stuhler 100 $10,000 Running
2. (3) #30 Steve Shaver 100 $6,060 Running
3. (4) #99 Donnie Moran 100 $4,050 Running
4. (5) #70J D.J. Myers 100 $3,040 Running
5. (9) #1M Jeremy Miller 100 $2,500 Running
6. (8) #1* Chub Frank 99 $2,000 Running
7. (16) #E1 Mike Balzano 99 $1,550 Running
8. (17) #01 Rodney Franklin 99 $1,450 Running
9. (23) #71C R.J. Conley 99 $1,350 Running
10. (1) #42 Todd Andrews 98 $1,300 Running
11. (18) #46 Brent Smith 98 $1,150 Running
12. (20) #25W David Williams 98 $1,050 Running
13. (19) #33 Aaron Scott 98 $950 Running
14. (26) #34 Rick Workman 98 $900 Running
15. (6) #25A Andy Anderson 98 $835 Running
16. (25) #9 Frankie Plessinger 98 $800 Running
17. (2) #2P Jeff Robinson 97 $780 Running
18. (21) #100 C.S. Fitzgerald 97 $750 Running
19. (10) #24 Nathan Durboraw 93 $700 Tire
20. (12) #05 Roy Deese Jr. 80 $700 Ignition
21. (11) #7 Charlie Schaffer 57 $700 Running
22. (13) #21F Booper Bare 48 $700 Vibration
23. (14) #119 Jim Bernheisel 48 $700 Handling
24. (23) #44 Richard Irwin 43 $750 Handling
25. (22) #76 Doug Burkholder 9 $750 Transmission
26. (15) #40 Marvin Winters 5 $700 Accident

TIME OF RACE: 53 Mins.
YELLOW FLAGS: Four-Laps 5,26,29,46
RED FLAGS: None
LAP LEADERS: Two-Andrews 1-9,Stuhler 10-100
PROVISIONAL STARTERS: Irwin,Conley,Plessinger,Workman
"ROOKIE OF THE RACE": Scott
OUTERWEARS CO. "Hard Charger of the Race": Conley
FAST QUALIFIER: Shaver 19.652 secs.
BORLA EXHAUST Heat Race Winners: Shaver,Stuhler,Frank,Andrews
SCOTT PERFORMANCE WIRE Heat Race Bonus Winner: None
ISKY RACING CAMS Dash Winner: Andrews
PRO SHOCKS "B" Main Winner: Balzano

SUMMARY
Qualifying: 1)#30 Steve Shaver 19.625; 2)#E1 Mike Balzano 19.770; 3)#25A
Andy Anderson 19.802; 4)#42 Todd Andrews 19.832; 5)#99 Donnie Moran 19.861;
6)#2P Jeff Robinson 19.911; 7)#70J D.J. Myers 19.954; 8)#7 Charlie Schaffer
20.018; 9)#46 Brent Smith 20.093; 10)#19 Gary Stuhler 20.098; 11)#44
Richard Irwin 20.122; 12)#32L Greg Lucas 20.156; 13)#0 Davey Johnson
20.230; 14)#77 Les Hare 20.245; 15)#1* Chub Frank 20.248; 16)#1M Jeremy
Miller 20.299; 17)#01 Rodney Franklin 20.321; 18)#24 Nathan Durboraw
20.411; 19)#119 Jim Bernheisel 20.461; 20)#40 Marvin Winters 20.572; 21)#05
Roy Deese Jr. 20.592; 22)#33 Aaron Scott 20.634; 23)#47 Mark Elksnis
20.664; 24)#25W David Williams 20.664; 25)#71C R.J. Conley 20.673; 26)#21F
Booper Bare 20.718; 27)#17 Lance Elson 20.722; 28)#1 Rodney Combs 20.729;
29)#100 C.S. Fitzgerald 20.803; 30)#41 Buck Tomblin 20.804; 31)#76 Doug
Burkholder 20.810; 32)#34 Rick Workman 20.864; 33)#19J Jeff Shepard 20.944;
34)#9 Frankie Plessinger 20.975; 35)#F45 Russ Frohnapfel 20.977; 36)#25
Ernie Davis 21.328; 37)#W7 Thomas Ware 21.600; 38)#80 Bryan Durig 21.663;
39)#51 Jesse Sheckler 21.800; 40)#FOUR Alan Sagi NT; 41)#RG3 Bob Salathe NT

BORLA EXHAUST Heat #1: Shaver,Johnson,Moran,Deese Jr.,Smith,
Franklin,Fitzgerald,Shepard,Salathe,Conley,Ware (Top 4 advance to feature)
BORLA EXHAUST Heat #2: Stuhler,Robinson,Durboraw,Bare,Balzano,
Scott,Plessinger,Tomblin,Durig,Hare (Top 4 advance to feature)
BORLA EXHAUST Heat #3: Frank,Myers,Anderson,Bernheisel,Burkholder,
Irwin,Elksnis,Scheckler,Elson,Frohnapfel (Top 4 advance to feature)
BORLA EXHAUST/SCOTT PERFORMANCE WIRE Heat Race #4:
Andrews,Miller,Schaffer,Winters,Williams,Combs,Workman,Davis,Sagi,
Lucas (Top 4 advance to feature)
ISKY RACING CAMS Dash: Andrews,Robinson,Shaver,Moran,Myers,
Anderson (Finish determines first three rows of feature)
PRO SHOCKS "B" Main: Balzano,Franklin,Smith,Scott,Williams,Fitzgerald,
Burkholder,Plessinger,Workman,Conley,Lucas,Scheckler,Shepard,Durig,
Elksnis,Irwin,Davis,Combs,Frohnapfel,NS-Tomblin,Salathe,Elson,Sagi,
Hare,Ware (Top 6 advance to feature)

STARS National DirtCar Racing League Point Standings (as of 7-10-99)

1. #99 Donnie Moran Dresden,OH 4,040
2. #E1 Mike Balzano Parkersburg,WV 3,650
3. #1* Chub Frank Sugar Grove,PA 3,440
4. #30 Steve Shaver Parkersburg,WV 2,780
5. #71C R.J. Conley Wheelersburg,OH 2,760
6. #19 Gary Stuhler Greencastle,PA 2,440
7. #33 Aaron Scott Newark,OH 2,020
8. #68 Tim Hitt Weston,WV 1,840
9. #42 Todd Andrews Eldred,PA 1,620
10. #32L Greg Lucas Whitesburg,KY 1,620
11. # 0 Davey Johnson Greensburg,PA 1,580
12. #71R Rod Conley Wheelersburg,OH 1,470
13. #99c Rick Aukland Zanesville,OH 1,450
14. #75 Bart Hartman Zanesville,OH 1,400
15. #4B Jackie Boggs Grayson,KY 1,380
16. #71 Delmas Conley Wheelersburg,OH 1,230
17. #D2 Nolan Dalton Morgantown,WV 1,220
18. #W7 Thomas Ware Cynthiana,KY 1,110
19. #2J Mike Johnson Imperial,PA 1,020
20. #F45 Russ Frohnapfel Columbus,OH 970

STARS "Rookie of the Year" Point Standings (as of 7-10-99)

1. #33 Aaron Scott Newark,OH 2,020
2. #32L Greg Lucas Whitesburg,KY 1,620
3. #D2 Nolan Dalton Morgantown,WV 1,220
4. #W7 Thomas Ware Cynthiana,KY 1,110
5. #F45 Russ Frohnapfel Columbus,OH 970
6. #80 Bryan Durig Warren,OH 930
7. # 1 Eddie Carrier Jr. Leburn,KY 830
8. #1H Wayne Hughes Mt. Hope,WV 800
9. # 5 Tony Marks Napolean,OH 250

PRO SHOCKS "B" Main Point Standings (as of 7-10-99)

1. #80 Bryan Durig Warren,OH 950
2. #F45 Russ Frohnapfel Columbus,OH 830
3. #32L Greg Lucas Whitesburg,KY 530
4. #1H Wayne Hughes Mt. Hope,WV 490
5. #77 Barry Bragdon Wheelersburg,OH 460

1999 STARS National DirtCar Racing League Feature Event Winners

#99 Donnie Moran Dresden,OH 5
#19 Gary Stuhler Greencastle,PA 2
#99c Rick Aukland Zanesville,OH 2
#1* Chub Frank Sugar Grove,PA 1
#30 Steve Shaver Parkersburg,WV 1
# 0 Davey Johnson Greensburg,PA 1
#75 Bart Hartman Zanesville,OH 1
#10 Paul Harris Prestonsburg,KY 1
#6M Wendell Wallace Batesville,AR 1
# 1 Jimmy Mars Lakeville,MN 1