Interstate 79 Speedway Results

 for 8-20-99
  by Dixie Phillips   Phone 724-569-4821  Fax 724-569-0436

    Rain began to fall just as hot laps were about to begin at
Interstate 79 Speedway on Friday night.  After a 10 minute shower, the
crew ran in  the track again and racing started at 9:30.  With the late
start, 6 classes of cars, and bike races for the kids,  Shoneys Night at
I-79 was a long one.
     Gary Dalton started in the first spot in the late model feature and
that's where he finished.  Dalton left the rest of the pack and the show
was to see who would finish second. It was Dalton's second win of the
year.  Frank Wilson was the runner-up  followed by a group of drivers
that raced hard for the next few spots.  Nolan Dalton,
Butch McGill, and Chuck Harper rounded out the top five.  Six through
ten went to Scott Miles, Gary Tonkery, Denny Chamberlain, Mike Johnson,
and Danny Hamrick.  Heat wins were claimed by G. Dalton, Wilson, and
Tonkery.
     Stevie Wilmoth dominated the semi late feature in the same fashion
that Dalton did.  Wilmoth finished by a wide margin over Josh Adams,
Scott Chenoweth, Roy Gibson, and Mark McGill. This was Wilmoth's second
victory also. Heats race were won by Wilmoth, Chenoweth, and Adams.
     Vic Vandergrift has found victory lane 6 times this season in the
UMP modified division.  He fought a good battle with Shawn Davis
throughout the entire race.  Davis couldn't make the pass he tried so
hard to do and settled for second.  Mike Lewis, Louie Krushansky, and
Dave Defibaugh completed the top five.  Defibaugh, Davis and Lewis won
the heats.
     Jeff Kesling was the victor in the pure stock class for the fifth
time this season.  He bested Troy Frazier, Gary Yost, Ron Howard, and
Frankie Buzzo in a wild feature that saw the top three cars at that
point end up in the infield just before half way.  Heat wins went to
Frazier, Chuck Bloom, and Jay Martin.
     In 4 cylinder action, it was win # 12 for Mike Simpson, who
continues to dominate this class.  Jeff Pennington, Dave Summers, Sonny
Crayton, and Skip Raupach followed Simpson across the line.  Simpson and
Pennington won the heats.
     The dwarf cars made their final appearance at I-79 with Eric Hay
the winner of the heat and feature.    Hay was followed by John Cogar,
Steve Mason, Lynn Knepper, and Bob Bolin.
     Next Friday night will be the Shinnston Plumbing Season
Championship with drivers taking their last shot at the 1999 points
title.
     The Grand National AMA Quad Championship Series will be at I-79 on
Saturday and Sunday, August 28-29.  Gates will be opening each day at 8
AM.  The Pro and Pro-am heats and finals will take place at 7 PM on
Saturday. night.  Over 250 riders are expected this weekend at the first
ever event.
     Don't forget to plan for the racing finale at I-79 which will be a
two-day show on September 3-4.  On Friday evening, the STARS late model
drivers will have an opportunity to practice while qualifying and heat
races will be held for the steel block late models, UMP modifieds, and
pure stocks.  The steel blocks will be following the 'Rough Rider Rules'
while the mods and pure stocks will go by I-79 rules.   Gates will open
on Friday at 5 with time trials set for 8 o'clock.  A party in the pits
will be held at the conclusion of the night's racing.
     On Saturday, the STARS  Dirt Track Stock Car Racing Series will
make their only visit to the state of West Virginia in 1999.  The full
night of racing will include qualifying, heats, B-mains, and the 75 lap
feature which will pay $10,000 to the winner of the Simonton Windows
Mountain State Thunder.  Feature events will be held for the steel
blocks, modifieds, and pure stocks.   Gates will open at 4 with time
trials set to begin at 7:30.
     Interstate 79 Speedway is located at Exit 125 (Shinnston/Saltwell
Rd) just north of Clarksburg, WV.  For information, contact the speedway
office at 304-592-3200 or the track at 304-592-0916.


SUMMARY FOR 8-20-99

LATE MODELS -
 GARY DALTON, Frank Wilson, Nolan Dalton, Butch McGill, Chuck Harper,
Scott Miles, Gary Tonkery, Denny Chamberlain, Mike Johnson, Danny
Hamrick, Robbie Scott, Mike Hawkins, Duke Pratt, Chad McDougal, Frank
Wilson, Jr., LC Powers      DNS - Kevin Jones
 HEATS - G. Dalton, F. Wilson, G. Tonkery

SEMI LATES -
 STEVIE WILMOTH, Josh Adams, Scott Chenoweth, Roy Gibson, Mark McGill,
Skip Hare, Jon Messenger, Rick Burrows, Brian Tonkery, Duane Moreland,
Sonny Conley, Birch Hare, Tim Senic, Rick Strickler, Allen Teter, Kevin
Wolfe, Stanley Sponer, Ron Wiles, Shaun Poling, Darrell Whitehair, Doug
Sankbeil
 HEATS - S. Wilmoth, S. Chenoweth, J. Adams

UMP MODIFIEDS -
 VIC VANDERGRIFT, Shawn Davis, Mike Lewis, Louie Krushansky, Dave
Defibaugh, Jerry Teter, Ron Parrish, Charles Cochran, Jason Ammons, Ray
Perkins, Doug Thompson, Delmas Whiteman, Ron Bartholow, Jerry Garrett,
Tom Singleton, Ray Johnson, Jeff Belton, Robbie Michael      DNS - Rick
Smith and Sam Henderson
 HEATS  - D. Defibaugh, S. Davis, M. Lewis

PURE STOCKS -
 JEFF KESLING, Troy Frazier, Gary Yost, Ron Howard, Frankie Buzzo, Chad
Rexroad, Ivan Wamsley, Jim Byers, Danny Staggers, Ed Tenney, Paul
Watson, Pat Frazier, Dave Tonkery, Chuck Bloom, William Shoemaker, Gary
Britton, Jay Martin, Jimmy Bendishaw, Lloyd Frazier, Jon Wamsley, Tom
Frazier,  Randy Bohan
DNS - LP Roy, Ron Pyles, Donnie Groves, and Michael Tenney
 HEATS - T. Frazier, C. Bloom, J. Martin

4 CYLINDERS -
 MIKE SIMPSON, Jeff Pennington, Dave Summers, Sonny Crayton, Skip
Raupach, Tom Simpson, Troy Kimbrew, Ted Workman, Willie Robinson, Bart
McCauley
DNS - Mike Roy
 HEATS - M. Simpson and J. Pennington

DWARFS -
 ERIC HAY, John Cogar, Steve Mason, Lynn Knepper, Bob Bolin, Greg
Shingleton, Jeff Barclay, #101 (team car to Knepper - no driver listed),
Mitch Herrick
 HEAT- E. Hay