Parish, Jenkins, McNett, Jarecki, Hughes and Pritchett win at Spartan

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Parish, Jenkins, McNett, Jarecki, Hughes, and Pritchett take Spartan Speedway Wins

By Duane Turner

 

Mason, MI: After three weeks off from racing due to weather, and an outdoor expo, fans, teams and staff at Spartan Speedway were eager to get back racing. Jon Parish and Nate Jenkins grabbed the wins in the Bandolero divisions, while Jon McNett took his first win of the 2015 season in the modifieds. Lex Jarecki took the Pony Stock "A" feature, and Randy Kretzinger Jr was victorious in the "B" feature. In the visiting divisions, Kim Hughes took the checkers in the MCR Dwarf cars, while Jarrod Pritchett bested a strong field of Great Lakes Super Mini Cups.

The feature events started with the Junior Bandit division. Jon Parish took the early lead, with Trey Chmielewski close behind. Chmielewski would take the point on lap five, but Parish would not give up. One lap later, Parish would spin trying to retake the lead on the inside. On the restart, Kylie Beckner would nose ahead in turn two, but Chmielewski would hold the point. Parish would come from the tail and sneak back in to second one lap later. With the white flag flying, Parish would make the pass on the low side, and take the win. Chmielewski would be second, with Cody Hall in third. The Bandit feature would see Faith Schuch grab the point with Nate Jenkins in tow. One lap later, Jenkins would take the point and begin to pull away. With three laps remaining, Mike Findlay Jr would close in to challenge for second, and would take the spot on the white flag lap. Jenkins would hold on for the win, with Findlay Jr, and Schuch the top three.

The Boss Snow Equipment Pony Stock B-feature would take the track and Shawn Hornus would set the early pace with Cory Larner close behind, On the second lap, Larner would take the point over Hornus, then Randy Kretzinger Jr would slip in to second a lap later. At lap six, Larner would race faster than his qualifying time, and be forced to restart at the tail. Kretzinger would inherit the point, followed by Hornus, and Wayne Parkhurst II. On lap 12 Parkhurst would slide in to second, with Jerry King following in to third. Kretzinger would lead the distance to take the win.

Boss Snow Equipment Pony Stick A-Feature would see Laura Beckner take the early lead. Brian Beckner settled in to second with Brian Boesel in third. On lap 12, contact between the Beckners would result Brian restarting at the tail. On the restart, the car on the move is fast timer Lex Jarecki in third, but would move in to second on lap 15. Brian Beckner would move back in to third and challenge the leaders with just five laps to go. Jarecki would nose ahead for the lead with three laps to go, and would take the win. Laura Beckner would hold on for second, with Brian Beckner in third.

The Performance Automotive Northwest Modifieds would start their 35 lap A-feature with Jon McNett taking the early lead. Gordon Alblas and Larry Wallace would follow in second and third. Wallace would take second on lap five, with Jim Butler following in third. On lap 10, Wallace would close in on the back bumper of McNett. As the top three continued to pull away, a five car battle would ensue for the fourth position. With ten laps remaining, McNett would begin stretch his lead over Wallace. At the finish, McNett would dominate for his first win of 2015, with Wallace, and Butler the top three.

The Great lakes Super Min Cups would have Justin Carley would lead the first lap with fast timer Jarrod Pritchett moving in to second. One lap later, a red flag would appear for an incident involving seven cars. All drivers would be OK. On the restart, Carley would hold on to the lead over Jarrod and Elliot Pritchett. On lap four, Jarrod and Elliot Pritchett would move past Carley to take over first and second, and would quickly pull away from the rest of the field. On lap nine, Jarrod and Elliot would make contact in turn two, with Elliot being called the caution car and restarting at the tail. On the restart, Jarrod Pritchett would take command, with Carley in second, and now John Sattison in third. With five laps to go, and fight for the third position would start to take shape. Matt Kemp would take the position one lap later. At the checkers, Jarrod Pritchett would take the win with Carley and Kemp following in the top three.

The final event of the evening would be the MCR Dwarf Cars. Troy Hoffman would set the early pace with Bo Smith and Eric Hoffman in the top three. On a lap six restart, Bo Smith would take the lead, with Kim Hughes in second. Fast timer John Furnas would slide in to third on lap eight, and quickly close in on the lead duo. On lap eleven, Furnas would slip in turn two sending him in to a spin. On the restart, Smith and Hughes would stretch out their lead, and Hughes would take the point on lap 16. With five laps to go, Hughes would stretch out the lead, and take the win with Smith in second, and Furnas moving back in to the top three.

Up next at Spartan Speedway is a Sunday afternoon event on June 28th, Slug Fest #2. Enduro figure 8's, Spartan Stocks, Pony Stocks, Michigan Legends, and Bandoleros. Next Friday, July 3rd, Spartan Speedway will feature a burnout contest, with racing featuring the Spartan Sprints, Spartan Stocks, Pony Stocks, Michigan Legends, and Bandoleros. For more information, log on to the official Spartan Speedway website at www.spartanspeedway.com

Event Summery:


Great Lakes Super Mini Cups
Qualifications: 1) 9 Elliot Pritchett 15.462 2) 1 Jarrod Pritchett 15.509 3) 76 Darren Bohne 15.571 4) 5 Matt Kemp 15.602 5) 4 Armani Williams 15.634 6) 24 Zach Nichols 15.724 7) 3 Kyle Trinklein 15.743 8) 82 Justin Carley 15.769 9) 96 Joe Sattison 15.777 10) 28 Stephanie Hile 15.779 11) 42 Tyler Minix 15.795 12) 57 Bob Hile 15.897 13) 23 Chad Weber 15.899 14) 48 Doug Higby 15.950 15) 33 Robert Ruttan 15.979 16) 20 Mary Prucnell 17) 7 Trey Chmielewski 16.024 18) 71 Bill Rychel 16.176 19) 55 Andrea Miller 16.186 20) 2 Nichole Stanley 16.376 21) 96 James Bennett 16.457 22) 16 Jessica Trinklein 16.813 23) 15 Jay Woolsey nt 24) 87 Colin Zieman nt

Heat Race #1: 1) 9 Elliot Pritchett 2) 1 Jarrod Pritchett 3) 82 Justin Carley 4) 4 Armani Williams 5) 3 Kyle Trinklein 6) 76 Darren Bohne 7) 5 Matt Kemp 8) 24 Zach Nichols

Heat Race #2: 1) 48 Doug Higby 2) 33 Robert Ruttan 3) 23 Chad Weber 4) 96 Jon Sattison 5) 28 Stephanie Hile 6) 42 Tyler Minix 7) 57 Bob Hile 8) 20 Mary Prucnell

Heat Race #3: 1) 15 Jay Woolsey 2) 7 Trey Chmielewski 3) 55 Andrea Miller 4) 71 Bill Rychel 5) 2 Nichole Stanley 6) 16 Jessica Trinklein 7) 95 James Bennett 8) 87 Colin Zieman

A-Feature 1) 1 Jarrod Pritchett 2) 82 Justin Carley 3) 5 Matt Kemp 4) 76 Darren Bohne 5) 96 Jon Sattison 6) 9 Elliot Pritchett 7) 42 Tyler Minix 8) 15 Jay Woolsey 9) 4 Armani Williams 10) 24 Zack Nichols 11) 3 Kyle Trinklein 12) 33 Robert Ruttan 13) 48 Doug Higby 14) 20 Mary Prucnell 15) 7 Trey Chmielewski 16) 87 Colin Zieman 17) 95 James Bennett 18) 55 Andrea Miller 19) 2 Nichole Stanley 20) 16 Jessica Trinklein 21) 71 Bill Rychel 22) 23 Chad Weber 23) 28 Stephanie Hile 24) 57 Bob Hile


MCR Dwarf Cars
Qualifications: 1) 28f John Furnas 13.269 2) 99 Morgan Baird 13.246 3) 6z Kim Hughes 13.405 4) 34 Bo Smith 13.444 5) 07 Steven Bobek 13.498 6) 97x Eric Hoffman 13.564 7) 97 Troy Hoffman 13.705 8) 19 Joe McManman 13.850 9) 48 Steven Nichols 15.053 10) 17 Mike McManman Sr 15.150 11) 37 Dan Gregg 16.169

Heat Race #1: 1) 97 Troy Hoffman 2) 19 Joe McManman 3) 17 Mike McManman Sr 4) 48 Steven Nichols 5) 37 Dan Gregg

Heat Race #2: 1) 34 Bo Smith 2) 28 John Furnas 3) 6 Kim Hughes 4) 97 Troy Hoffman 5) 99 Morgan Baird 6) 07 Steven Bobek

A-Feature 1) 6z Kim Hughes 2) 34 Bo Smith 3) 28f John Furnas 4) 99 Morgan Baird 5) 97x Eric Hoffman 6) 07 Steven Bobek 7) 97 Troy Hoffman 8) 19 Joe McManman 9) 48 Steven Nichols 10) 17 Mike McManman Sr 11) 37 Dan Gregg


Performance Automotive Northwest Modifieds
Qualifications: 1) 10 Tony Pastorino 13.748 2) 96 Justin Kazmar 13.756 3) m2 Jim Butler 13.792 4) 72 Dan Loughan 13.793 5) 55 Larry Wallace 13.859 6) 34 John Ledwidge 13.866 7) 38 Gordon Alblas 13.875 8) 7 Jon McNett 13,907 9) 8 Megan Carpenter 13.967 10) 47b Tracey Hernley 14.008 11) 83 Maynard Bigelow Jr 14.026 12) 55 Bill Pennington 14.114 13) 45 Jim Kennedy 14.394 14) 13 Kirk Newland 14.537

Heat Race #1: 1) 45 Jim Kennedy 2) 83 Maynard Bigelow Jr 3) 47b Tracey Hernley 4) 8 Megan Carpenter 5) 13 Kirk Newland 6) Jon McNett

Heat Race #2: 1) 55 Larry Wallace 2) Gordon Alblas 3) m2 Jim Butler 4) 34 John Ledwidge 5) 96 Justin Kazmar 6) 10 Tony Pastorino 7) 72 Dan Loughan

A-Feature 1) 7 Jon McNett 2) 55 Larry Wallace 3) m2 Jim Butler 4) 34 John Ledwidge 5) 96 Justin Kazmar 6) 72 Dan Loughan 7) 10 Tony Pastorino 8) 47b Tracey Hernley 9) 38 Gordon Alblas 10) 83 Maynard Bigelow Jr 11) 55 Bill Pennington 12) 8 Megan Carpenter 13) 13 Kirk Newland


Boss Snow Equipment Pony Stocks
Qualifications: 1) 7 Lex Jarecki 16.160 2) 21 Ryan Gordon 16.196 3) 47 Wayne Beckner Jr 16.309 4) 27 John Ward Jr 16.394 5) 33 Brian Boesel 16.399 6) 17 DJ Marciniak 16.473 7) 11 Brian Beckner 16.505 8) 5 Ryan Hollister 16.627 9) 9 Laura Beckner 16/634 10) 57 Randy Kretzinger Jr 16.842 11) 13 Wayne Parkhurst II 17.027 12) 21 Carter Trudgeon 17.070 13) 95 Jamie Logie 17.169 14) 18 Tyler Heeney 17.175 15) 15 Jerry King 17.264 16) 44 Cory Larner 17.371 17) 7h Shawn Hornus 17.481 18) 28 Chris Beukema 17.539

Heat Race #1: 1) 57 Randy Kretzinger Jr 2) 15 Jerry King 3) 7 Shawn Hornus 4) 13 Wayne Parkhurst Jr 5) 21 Carter Trudgeon 6) 95 Jamie Logie 7) 28 Chris Beukema

Heat Race #2: 1) 9 Laura Beckner 2) 11 Brian Beckner 3) 33 Brian Boesel 4) 27 John Ward Jr 5) 47 Wayne Beckner Jr 6) 21 Ryan Gordon 7) Lex Jarecki 8) 17 DJ Marciniak 9) 5 Ryan Hollister

B-Feature: 1) 57 Randy Kretzinger Jr 2) 13 Wayne Parkhurst II 3) 15 Jerry King 4) 7 Shawn Hornus 5) 44 Cory Larner 6) 21 Carter Trudgeon 7) 95 Jamie Logie 8) Chris Beukema

A-Feature 1) 7 Lex Jarecki 2) 9 Laura Beckner 3) 11 Brian Beckner 4) 33 Brian Boesel 5) 27 John Ward Jr 6) 17 DJ Marciniak 7) 5 Ryan Hollister 8) 21 Ryan Gordon 9) 18 Tyler Heeney 10) 47 Wayne Beckner Jr.


The Parts Place Napa Bandoleros

Heat Race #1: 1) 11 Kylie Beckner 2) 3 Cody Hall 3) 16 Danika LaPoint 4) 18 Cameron Leisure 5) 7 Trey Chmielewski

Heat Race #2: 1) 10 Mike Findlay Jr 2) 14 Richelle Michalak 3) Faith Schuch 4) 50 Zach Parish 5) 42 Nate Jenkins 6) 52 Logan Haughton

Junior Bandit Feature: 1) 36 Jon Parish 2) 7 Trey Chmielewski 3) 3 Cody Hall 4) 11 Kylie Beckner 5) 18 Cameron Leisure 6) 16 Danika LaPoint

Bandit Feature: 1) 42 Nate Jenkins 2) 10 Mike Findlay Jr 3) 01 Faith Schuch 4) 14 Richelle Michalak 5) 50 Zach Parish 6) 52 Logan Haughton