Pittsburgh Pa. Motor Speedway

DAVEY J. GRAB'S "PENN NATIONAL 100"!!!

(Pittsburgh,PA 7-17-99)
  By BRET EMRICK
 Davey Johnson of Greensburg,PA scored a convincing victory Saturday at
Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway lapping up to the eighth place car
in route to the $10,000 payday in the STARS National DirtCar Racing League
sanctioned "6th Annual Penn National 100". Starting third aboard the
Richard Construction/Bland's Towing/Rocket Chassis/Draime Racing Engines
No. 0 Bland Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Johnson grabbed the lead
away from Tim Hitt on lap 39 and raced away to a five second margin of
victory over Doug Dodd. Bart Hartman finished third with Hitt fourth and
Chub Frank fifth. Completing the top ten were 12th starting Steve Shaver,
17th starting Donnie Moran, 14th starting Gary Stuhler, Doug Crawford and
R.J. Conley.

 For the first time in STARS history the event matched car's utilizing the
STARS "Open Engine", P.P.M.S. "Spec. Engine" and "Open-Restrictor Plate
Engine". All car's were racing on a mandated Hoosier D-55 Economy tire on
all four wheels with the P.P.M.S. "Spec. Engine" and "Open-Restrictor Plate
Engine" allowed a 12" spoiler instead of an 8" spoiler for the STARS "Open
Engine" car's. Of the 54 entry's, 38 driver's chose the STARS "Open Engine"
with 14 driver's using the P.P.M.S "Spec. Engine" and only two driver's
opting for the "Open-Restrictor Plate Engine". Ironically, Johnson used a
P.P.M.S "Spec. Engine" for his win while Dodd used a STARS "Open Engine" to
finish second and Hartman went with the "Open-Restrictor Plate Engine" to
place third.

 Hitt powered into the lead from his pole position after one lap with
Johnson, John Flinner, Ed Ferree and Dodd trailing. Dodd powered past
Ferree for fourth on lap 3 as Hitt pulled out to a three second margin by
the end of lap 10. Entering lapped traffic on lap 11 Hitt saw his advantage
slowly whittle down as Johnson closed the gap to two seconds. Dodd and
Flinner got together in turn one on lap 12 shuffling Flinner back to
seventh with Crawford now fifth. With 20 laps in the book's, Hitt's lead
was now down to one second as Johnson used the lapped traffic to his
advantage. Johnson made a stab at Hitt off turn two but Rob Blair slammed
the turn two wall bringing out the race's first caution. Three more laps
were completed before Lou Bradich slowed to a stop with engine woe's. With race back underway, Johnson kept right with Hitt and by lap 35 had pulled alongside of the leader keeping the pressure on and taking the lead on lap 39. Dodd quickly gained ground on Hitt grabbing second on lap 45.

 One lap after the mandatory halfway fuel stop, Hartman made a strong move
bolting from sixth to fourth as Johnson opened up a one second lead. Hitt
continued to slide backward's as Hartman took third on lap 66. By lap 80
Johnson enjoyed a three second cushion over Dodd and with ten to go had
opened up his lead to four seconds. Dodd and Hartman went after each other
over the final laps allowing Johnson to stretch his lead to five seconds at
the finish.

 The $38,000 purse event attracted 54 driver's to the high-banked 1/2 mile
track with Ferree topping the field in time trials at 20.835 seconds. BORLA
EXHAUST heat race winner's were Hitt, Hartman, R.J. Conley (SCOTT
PERFORMANCE WIRE heat race bonus winner) and Frank. Hitt earned the feature pole with his triumph in the ISKY RACING CAMS dash while Moran and Rick Dawson scored the PRO SHOCKS "B" Mains.

STARS National DirtCar Racing League RACE REPORT (for 7-17-99)
RACE NO. 18-1999 SEASON-"6TH ANNUAL PENN NATIONAL 100"
PITTS. PA. MOTOR SPEEDWAY-PITTSBURGH,PA-1/2 MILE OVAL
$38,000 PURSE-$10,000 TO WIN-100 LAP FEATURE

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

1. (3) # 0 Davey Johnson 100 $10,060 Running
2. (6) #12 Doug Dodd 100 $5,035 Running
3. (7) #75 Bart Hartman 100 $3,000 Running
4. (1) #68 Tim Hitt 100 $2,100 Running
5. (9) #1* Chub Frank 100 $1,500 Running
6. (12) #30 Steve Shaver 100 $1,400 Running
7. (17) #99 Donnie Moran 100 $1,340 Running
8. (14) #19 Gary Stuhler 100 $1,200 Running
9. (5) #9C Doug Crawford 99 $1,140 Running
10. (8) #71C R.J. Conley 99 $1,000 Running
11. (15) #72 John Mason 99 $900 Running
12. (25) #04M B.A. Malcuit 99 $840 Running
13. (18) #67 Rick Dawson 99 $740 Running
14. (21) #4X Alex Ferree 99 $690 Running
15. ((20) #84 Steve Baker 99 $640 Running
16. (23) #1Z Jim Zarin 99 $590 Running
17. (4) # 4 Ed Ferree 65 $550 Engine
18. (2) #93X John Flinner 56 $580 Accident
19. (10) #09 Dennis Curry 49 $500 Engine
20. (16) #35 Mike Cecere 49 $500 Engine
21. (19) # 5 Lou Bradich 48 $540 Engine
22. (24) #33 Aaron Scott 47 $540 Handling
23. (22) #55 Bill Knepper 46 $540 Handling
24. (11) #E1 Mike Balzano 29 $500 Rear-End
25. (13) #W11 Rob Blair 26 $500 Accident

TIME OF RACE: 1 Hr. 7 Mins.
YELLOW FLAGS: Five-Laps 26,29,56,65,69
RED FLAGS: None
LAP LEADERS: Two-Hitt 1-38,Johnson 39-100
"ROOKIE OF THE RACE": Scott
OUTERWEARS CO. "Hard Charger of the Race": Moran
PROVISIONAL STARTERS: Zarin,Scott,Malcuit
CAR COUNT: 54
FAST QUALIFIER: E. Ferree 20.835 secs.
BORLA EXHAUST Heat Race Winners: Hitt,Hartman,Conley,Frank
SCOTT PERFORMANCE WIRE Heat Race Bonus Winner: Conley ($50)
ISKY RACING CAMS Dash Winner: Hitt
PRO SHOCKS "B" Main Winners: Moran,Dawson

Qualifying: 1)#4 Ed Ferree 20.835; 2)#12 Doug Dodd 20.839; 3)#93X John
Flinner 20.861; 4)#9C Doug Crawford 20.942; 5)#68 Tim Hitt 21.060; 6)#67
Rick Dawson 21.084; 7)#0 Davey Johnson 21.110; 8)#19 Gary Stuhler 21.158;
9)#72 John Mason 21.172; 10)#75 Bart Hartman 21.183; 11)#71C R.J. Conley
21.264; 12)#1* Chub Frank 21.271; 13)#30 Steve Shaver 21.281; 14)#W11 Rob
Blair 21.309; 15)#1Z Jim Zarin 21.331; 16)#E1 Mike Balzano 21.341; 17)#5
Lou Bradich 21.356; 18)#1C Lynn Geisler 21.406; 19)#4X Alex Ferree 21.440;
20)#55 Bill Knepper 21.451; 21)#6 Jim Lepro 21.472; 22)#09 Dennis Curry
21.486; 23)#35 Mike Cecere 21.571; 24)#28B Dick Barton 21.574; 25)#04M B.A.
Malcuit 21.612; 26)#42 Todd Andrews 21.620; 27)#W7 Thomas Ware 21.631;
28)#33 Aaron Scott 21.638; 29)#07R Brent Rhebergen 21.643; 30)#84 Steve
Baker 21.652; 31)#64 Drew Koteles 21.656; 32)#32L Greg Lucas 21.663; 33)#7
Bill Adler 21.671; 34)#D2 Nolan Dalton 21.686; 35)#70J D.J. Myers 21.725;
36)#2J Mike Johnson 21.731; 37)#99 Donnie Moran 21.742; 38)#04 Bob Close
21.743; 39)#99M Ben Miley 21.751; 40)#7S Charlie Schaffer 21.834; 41)#97
Jeff Thomas 21.843; 42)#21 George Lee II 21.900; 43)#75G Don Gross 21.935;
44)#31 Denny Chamberlain 21.939; 45)#46 Doug Horton 21.947; 46)#3 David
Scott 21.978; 47)#10 Gary Lyle 22.172; 48)#17 Lance Elson 22.196; 49)#80
Bryan Durig 22.275; 50)#77 Rick Heim 22.443; 51)#17D Edd Dunn 22.551;
52)#72H Jerry Hemming 22.940; 53)#21M Jason Montgomery NT; 54)#16 John Wyer
NT

BORLA EXHAUST Heat #1: Hitt,E. Ferree,Shaver,Mason,Moran,Bradich,
Malcuit,Lepro,Rhebergen,Montgomery,Thomas,Adler,Horton,Durig (Top 4
advance to feature)
BORLA EXHAUST Heat #2: Hartman,Curry,Blair,Dodd,Dawson,Baker,
Geisler,Andrews,Close,Dalton,Lee II, Heim,D. Scott,NS-Wyer (Top 4 advance
to feature)
BORLA EXHAUST/SCOTT PERFORMANCE WIRE Heat #3: Conley,
D. Johnson,Flinner,Cecere,A. Ferree,Zarin,Miley,Myers,Ware,Lyle,Gross,
Koteles,Dunn (Top 4 advance to feature)
BORLA EXHAUST Heat #4: Frank,Balzano,Stuhler,Crawford,Knepper,
Barton,M. Johnson,Elson,Lucas,A. Scott,Chamberlain,Schaffer,Hemming (Top 4
advance to feature)
ISKY RACING CAMS Dash: Hitt,Flinner,D. Johnson,E. Ferree,Crawford,
Dodd (Finish determines first three rows of feature)
PRO SHOCKS "B" Main #1: Moran,Bradich,A. Ferree,Malcuit,Myers,Ware,
Zarin,Thomas,Lepro,Miley,Rhebergen,Gross,Adler,Horton,Durig,Dunn,
Montgomery,NS-Lyle,Koteles (Top 3 advance to feature)
PRO SHOCKS "B" Main #2: Dawson,Baker,Knepper,M. Johnson,Geisler,
Lucas,Elson,Dalton,Close,Chamberlain,Schaffer,Heim,D. Scott,Hemming,
Andrews,Lee II,A. Scott,Barton,NS-Wyer (Top 3 advance to feature)