Scott Geesey, Dan Zechman and Jeff Haag Win Williams Grove Speedway Saturday
Night Features
Mechanicsburg, PA,
May 10, 2015
Dominating is the proper word describing Scott Geesey’s
performance in the first two weeks of Williams Grove Speedway’s Saturday Night
Series Blazer’s Body Shop Super Sportsman shows.
The driver from Wellsville roared to the feature win on opening night.
This week he returns and scores an easy victory.
Rich Eichelberger and Bobby Hockenberry paced the 25-car
Super Sportsman field the opening circuit of their 20-lap main event.
Scott Geesey, the sixth-place starter, was in third followed by Jay
Fannasy and Mike Enders.
Following a second-lap restart, Rich Eichelberger gained a
six-length advantage. Bobby
Hockenberry, Scott Geesey and Jay Fannasy were in a close battle for second. In
the seventh lap Geesey used slower traffic to wrestle second from Hockenberry.
At the race’s midway point leader Rich Eichelberger
encountered heavy traffic allowing Scott Geesey to narrow the gap to two
lengths. Two laps later Geesey went
to the outside line in turns one and two to sweep by Eichelberger.
The second caution of the race came with five laps
remaining. On the restart Rich
Eichelberger’s second-place run came to an end when his car drifted to a stop in
the fourth turn. After the restart
Scott Geesey gained a comfortable lead.
He won his 12th career Williams Grove Speedway Saturday Night
Series Super Sportsman feature by a straightaway over Bobby Hockenberry, Jay
Fannasy, Mike Enders, and Doug Dodson. Geesey’s victory places him second on the
Saturday Night Series all-time feature winnner’s list.
Chad Criswell, Hockenberry and Geesey won the preliminary
races for the 25 entries. Justin
Foster received the Sprint Aces Hard Charger award.
Dan Zechman and Sam Gallagher started on the front row of
the 20-lap Credit Connection Auto Sales 358 Late Model feature.
Gallagher won the sprint into the first turn and led the first two laps
with Zechman, Dave Lathsa, Sam Rial, and Al Cheney in pursuit.
The first of two cautions came at the completion of the
second circuit. The duo of
Gallagher and Zechman had an intense fight for the lead with both drivers taking
the outside line. On the sixth lap
Gallagher tried the lower line. One
lap later Gallagher went to the bottom and Zechman made his successful pass on
the outside.
The second and final caution came on lap 11.
Through the final eight laps Dan Zechman and Sam Gallagher had a close
competition for first while Sam Rial, Scott Richwine, Dave Latsha, and Billy
Wampler were racing hard for third.
With two laps remaining Gallagher pulled even with Zechman
on the back stretch. In turn four
both cars slid sideways and the drivers gathered their machines.
Dan Zechman exited the turn with a two-car length edge and held the
advantage to the finish line. The
Hanover driver won his second career Saturday Night Series feature ahead of Sam
Gallagher, Sam Rial, Scott Richwine, and Billy Wampler.
Qualifying events for the 25-car field went to Wampler,
Richwine and Rial. Shaun Jones won
the Artwerks Hard Charger award.
Jeff Haag, the opening night feature winner, started on the
pole in the 15-lap Aquafun Pools Street Stock main event.
Haag led with Craig Morgan, Jason Geesaman, Doug Hoffman, and Kevin
Sigler trailing. Geesaman advanced into second on the second lap.
The driver on the move was Mike Walls.
The former Late Model driver started in 10th and rapidly
progressed into third. Jeff Haag,
Jason Geesaman and Mike Walls had an intense fight for the lead and several
lengths to the rears was the pack of Craig Morgan, Doug Hoffman, Mike Buckley,
Kevin Sigler, and Randy Zechman.
Haag and Geesaman were using the outside lane with Walls
working the bottom. Walls edged his
car ahead of Geesaman and pulled even with Haag.
For three laps Walls would gain a slight lead in the turns but Haag had
the momentum onto the straights.
With three-laps remaining Walls’ car slipped in turn two allowing Geesaman to
regain second.
Jeff Haag and Jason Geesaman raced within a car length
through the final two circuits.
Mike Walls caught the lead duo on the final pass of the oval.
Jeff Hagg, from Mechanicsburg, won the thrilling race by a length over
Jason Geeseman while Mike Walls was a length back in third. Craig Morgan was
fourth and Doug Hoffman finished in fifth.
Haag’s victory is his ninth with the Saturday Night Series tying him for
fourth on the Street Stock all-time winner’s list.
Morgan and Haag won the heats for the 24 entries.
Mike Walls received the Artwerks Hard Charger award.
The Williams Grove Speedway Saturday Night Series will not
be in action next week. The series
returns to the famed half-mile oval in two weeks featuring the Bill Heckert
Memorial championship for the Blazer’s Body Shop Super Sportsman.
Joining the Super Sportsman will be the Credit Connection Auto Sales 358
Late Models and Aquafun Pools Street Stocks.
Racing begins at 7 PM. Adult
admission remains at six dollars and children 12 and under are free.
Super Sportsman
results:
1. Scott Geesey, 2. Bobby Hockenberry, 3. Jay Fannasy, 4.
Mike Enders, 5. Doug Dodson, 6. Chad Criswell, 7. Scott Dellinger, 8. Frankie
Herr, 9. Russ Mitten, 10. Chad Smith, 11. Tom Wyckoff, 12. Timmie Barrick, 13.
Todd Leonard, 14. Bill Devine, 15. Justin Foster, 16. Teddy Thomas, 17. Jared
Miller, 18. Rich Eichelberger, 19. Adam Wray, 20. Steve Fannasy, 21. Paul
Miller, 22. Steve Wilbur, 23. Troy Rhome, 24. Lanny Hake, 25. Kenny Edkins
358 Late Model
results:
1. Dan Zechman, 2. Sam Gallagher, 3. Sam Rial. 4. Scott
Richwine, 5. Billy Wampler, 6. Dave Latsha, 7. Al Cheney, 8. Brad Shank, 9. Cam
Zeigler, 10. Gene Knaub, 11. Jake Jones, 12. Kyle Lear, 13. Wes Alleman, 14.
Travis Mease, 15. Ron Kline, 16. Shaun Jones, 17. Daulton Bigler, 18. Larry
Neiderer, 19. Chaz Walls, 20. Bobby Beard, 21. Alan Sagi, 22. Rodney Walls, 23.
Pat Beard, 24. Keith Walls, DNS: Pat McNeal
Street Stock
results:
1. Jeff Haag, 2. Jason Geesaman, 3. Mike Walls, 4. Craig
Morgan, 5. Doug Hoffman, 6. Mike Buckley, 7. Kevin Sigler, 8. Randy Zechman, 9.
Steven Dove, 10. Walt Lemmon, 11. Greg Diehl, 12. Eric Tripp, 13. Ed Halter, 14.
Dalton Frye, 15. Cory Phillips, 16. Scott Strickler, 17. Dave Goode, 18. Dustin
Hollinger, 19. Dave Bowermaster, 20. Calvin Readdin, DNS:
Bob Scott, Brett Picket, Ryan Smith, DNQ: Sean Dawson