FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FROM WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY
APRIL 13, 2018
LANCE
DEWEASE COMES FROM 13TH
TO WIN TOMMY HINNERSHITZ MEMORIAL AT WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – Lance Dewease came from the 13th
starting spot to win the Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial for the Sprint cars
Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway.
For
Dewease, of Fayetteville, his 88th
career Grove win was worth $5,000 and it came against Tony Stewart’s All
Star Circuit of Champions.
“We could
put the car anywhere on the race track,” Dewease said. “We were really good
in our heat race, but couldn’t show it. I’m fortunate to be involved with
this deal. We’re having fun. That’s what it’s all about. They work hard at
this.”
Brock
Zearfoss started on the pole and took the lead on the opening lap of the
30-lap main event over six-time All Star Champion Chad Kemenah, who started
second, and fourth starter Danny Dietrich.
Zearfoss built a big lead in the first five laps as Kemenah kept Dietrich at
bay. Meanwhile, Dewease was racing forward from his 13th
starting spot. He took sixth from Anthony Macri with seven laps completed as
Zearfoss began lapping slower cars.
Dewease
continued his march forward taking fifth from Mark Smith with 10 laps
completed. Zearfoss continued to work traffic as Kemenah and Dietrich
closed.
Also closing
was Dewease as he took fourth from Chad Trout. Dietrich drove under Kemenah
in turn two taking over second in lapped traffic. Zearfoss had one lapped
car between himself and Dietrich. Dewease drove by Kemenah and into third by
the half-way point.
Zearfoss
worked the cushion as Dietrich and Dewease were on the bottom behind a
lapped car. Dewease tried the top in turn one, but couldn’t make the pass.
Dietrich went high in turn three to maintain the spot. They continued their
battle for second for another lap racing close. Dietrich slipped high in
turn two and Dewease drove by with 10 laps to go.
Zearfoss was
racing the bottom now in lapped traffic with Dewease closing. Dewease used
the middle groove to pass a slower car and was under Zearfoss in turn four,
but Zearfoss led the lap. Dewease made the winning pass in turn two on lap
24.
“I didn’t
even know I was leading,” Dewease said. “I was trying to pass every car I
got to as quick as possible. They gave me the five to go and I was leading
and I knew I had to slow down because I knew there wasn’t much rubber left
on these tires.”
Dewease was
in control, but the caution flew with two laps to go when Alan Krimes
stopped in turn four. The caution flew again on the restart for Tim Shaffer.
Dewease controlled
the restart again scoring his 88th career Grove win over Zearfoss, Dietrich,
Trout, and Kemenah. Anthony Macri, Greg Hodnett, Jac Haudenschild, Mark
Smith and Freddie Rahmer rounded out the top 10.
Jac Haudenschild set quick time over
the 46-car field with a lap of 17.456. Paul McMahan, Chad Trout, Cory Haas,
Mark Smith and Anthony Macri won the heat races. Bill Balog won the C-main.
Brock Zearfoss came from the rear to win the first dash and Chad Kemenah won
the second. Trey Starks won the B-main.
In the 20-lap main event for the
PASS 305 Sprints, Austin Bishop took the early lead from Drew Ritchey and
John Scarborough. Former PASS champion Ken Duke Jr. took third from
Scarborough with three laps completed.
Bishop held a comfortable lead over
Ritchey and Duke Jr. as they reached the half-way point and slower traffic.
Bishop got through traffic without
much trouble scoring the win over Ritchey, Duke Jr., Zach Newlin and Darren
Miller. The non-stop time was 7:15.72. Dave Grube, Scott Lutz, Jaremi
Hanson, Kyle Smith and Kyle Ganoe rounded out the top 10.
Scott Lutz, John Scarborough and Zach Newlin won the heat races.
410 Sprint Car Feature Finish, 30 Laps: 1. Lance Dewease; 2. Brock Zearfoss; 3. Danny Dietrich; 4. Chad Trout; 5. Chad Kemenah; 6. Anthony Macri; 7. Greg Hodnett; 8. Jac Haudenschild; 9. Mark Smith; 10. Freddie Rahmer; 11. Dave Blaney; 12. Parker Price-Miller; 13. Cory Haas; 14. Carson Macedo; 15. Trey Starks; 16. Paul McMahan; 17. Brian Montieth; 18. T.J. Stutts; 19. Aaron Reutzel; 20. Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 21. Caleb Helms; 22. Tim Shaffer; 23. Steve Buckwalter; 24. Alan Krimes; 25. Lucas Wolfe; 26. Aaron Ott; 27. Rodney Westhafer.
Did Not Qualify: Adrian Shaffer, Carl Bowser, Coleman Gulick, Robbie Kendall, Tony Stewart, Cole Duncan, Brad Howard, Jordan Mackison, Bill Balog, Nicole Bower, Rick Lafferty, Tyler Esh, Hunter Mackison, Cale Conley, Troy Fraker, John Garvin, Brandon Spithaler, Ayrton Olsen, Ryan Smith.
305 Sprint Car Feature Finish, 20 laps: 1. Austin Bishop. 2. Drew Ritchey. 3. Ken Duke Jr. 4. Zach Newlin. 5. Darren Miller. 6. Dave Grube. 7. Scott Lutz. 8. Jaremi Hanson. 9. Kyle Smith. 10. Kyle Ganoe. 11. John Walp. 12. John Scarborough. 13. Jay Krout. 14. Kassidy Kreitz. 15. Stephanie Dodson. 16. Andrew Hake. 17. Colten Hoover. 18. Brad Mellott. 19. Fred Arnold. 20. Erin Statler. 21. Dave Wickham. DNS: Nathan Gramley, Steve Storrie