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Path Valley Enters New Territory with October Racing
By Walt Cox

Spring Run, PA_ The popular regional fiction is that short track stock car
and sprint racing must end at Labor Day when Friday night football and
school activities take the limelight.

The Path Valley Speedway Park will put the lie to that myth as Two Wheel
Promotions presents a full month of October races.

The nationally famed quarter mile clay oval will present sprint and stock
car racing every Friday night and AMA Motorcycle, big money kart racing or
strictly stock Junkyard Car racing every Saturday night in October.

According to senior race director John Winsett, some of the racing October
racing was scheduled at the beginning of the season, but due to 31 rainouts
this season, several optional rain dates are also being used. "Our racers
want more races just for the joy of racing, first, but also for a better
base for the season points averages," he explained.

Only one Sunday event remains on the Path Valley schedule, the annual
Four-Cylinder Shootout on Sunday, Oct. 19, with gates open at noon for all
of the region's four-cylinder stock cars.

Every Saturday program is different and Saturday racing culminates Oct. 25
with the Go-Kart Saturday Finale for all 15 top classes of regional karts.
The annual Saturday Night Finale will be the only karts night race on the
Path Valley clay, which retains its moisture after sunset, and the fastest
laps of the season are anticipated as top kart riders from throughout the
region gather.

Kart payback is 75 percent of entry fee for senior divisions and 50 percent
for junior classes. All classes with more than 10 entries will race 25 laps
and those with fewer entries will race 15 laps. Sponsored overall by Burris
Racing, the tire rule is waived except for Champ classes and WKA rules will
apply.

The Strictly Stocks, formerly junk cars, race on Oct. 4 and Oct. 18 and the
Oct. 4 race features an added powder puff for ladies who do not race in any
regular division while the Oct. 18 races include a mechanic's race for
legitimate crew members who do not have experience in regular weekly stock
car or enduro racing.

The motorcycles and four-wheelers take over the remaining Saturday in
October with the national championship caliber Central PA Legends Cars as an
added attraction. This is AMA sanctioned racing for upwards of 20 classes of
motorcycles based on the age of the riders and the size of the motorcycles
and grandstand admission is free.

Free grandstand admission is also offered for the two remaining Saturday
afternoon races for karts and quads. Oct. 4 is a double points race and Oct.
11, with many karts that do not race regularly expected to test the track
for the Saturday Night Finale, is not a points race.

The biggest racing show of the week remains Friday nights with the PA 305
Sprints, 600 Sprints, 270 Sprints and the Mini Stocks and Four-cylinder
Thunder Cars featured every Friday night in October.

Added attractions Oct. 3 include the final race for both the V-8 Street
Stocks and the Dwarf Cars. Oct. 10 includes an added special appearance of
the Four-Cylinder Strictly Stock junkyard cars. The Six-Cylinder Strictly
Stocks have been added for the Oct. 17 Friday features, and the V-8 Strictly
Stocks will get their exhibition Friday night race on Oct. 24.

Additional makeups are highly unlikely, according to Two Wheel Promotions,
because the Pleasant Hall Fireman's Hall has long been reserved for the
annual awards banquet Nov. 15 and tickets are already available at the
track.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike.

The new phone number at the track is 717-349-7111. For information on the
2003 schedule and rules, race teams and fans can consult our website at
www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two Wheel Promotions at
twp@pathvalley.com.

Path Valley Bikers and Legends Look Forward to Final Race
By Walt Cox

Spring Run, PA_ Rained out after a 'wait and see' delay Saturday night,
Sept. 27, the regular AMA motorcycle and four-wheeler races at the Path
Valley Speedway Park are now scheduled for Oct. 11, the final motorcycle
date on the track's calendar.

The rainout Sept. 27 is number 31 at Path Valley this season.

The Central PA Legends Cars which were also on hand Saturday night will join
them for a special race, even though it was not on the latest calendar. "The
Legends just love to race on the super smooth and fast clay the track
requires for motorcycle racing, so we'll be back," said regional organizer
Don Stevens. Path Valley has produced the INEX Legends Dirt Track National
Champions for the past two consecutive years.

While Oct. 11 is the final event for the bikes, quads and Legends, the
regular stock cars, sprints and strictly stock junkyard cars race at Path
Valley through the end of the month when the season closes with the Go-Kart
Saturday Night Finale. Tickets are available at the track for the annual
awards banquet Nov. 15 at the Pleasant Hall Firemen's Hall.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track is 717-349-7111. For information
on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and fans can consult our website
at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two Wheel Promotions at
twp@pathvalley.com.

Path Valley Adjusts for Final Three Kart Races
By Walt Cox

Animal class winner Autumn Bear.

Spring Run, PA_ Brother and sister Dakota and Autumn Bear of Elliottsburg
each won kart features and Craig Robinson of Ft. Loudon lifted a
four-wheeler wheel all the way around the track in Burris karts and quads
racing Saturday at the Path Valley Speedway Park.

Two Wheel Promotions announced that the Oct. 4 race would be for double
points and conclude the local season points racing in the Burris National
Speedway Series. The Oct. 11 race, with many new racers expected in practice
for the Oct. 25 Saturday Night Finale, will not be a points race.

The annual Saturday Night Finale will be the only karts night race on the
Path Valley clay, which retains its moisture after sunset, and the fastest
laps of the season are anticipated as top kart riders from throughout the
region gather. Payback is 75 percent of entry fee for senior divisions and
50 percent for junior classes. All classes with more than 10 entries will
race 25 laps and those with fewer entries will race 15 laps. Sponsored
overall by Burris Racing, the tire rule is waived except for Champ classes
and WKA rules will apply.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track is 717-349-7111. For information
on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and fans can consult our website
at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two Wheel Promotions at
twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER:

Kid Karts - Richard Edwards, Andrew Boyer, Dalton Long

Lites - Geoff Gill, Cody Sieber, Chris Spangler, Jason Brandt, Cory Comp

Sr. Champ - Pete Neuder, Jamie Sheaffer

Jr. Sportsman II - Dakota Bear, Nathan Danner, Troy Cunningham, Matt Burger,
Ethan Beasom

Heavys - Kevin Sheaffer, Brent Hoffman, Jim Snyder, Steve Eshelman, Ron
Michaels

Jr. Sportsman I - Troy Cunningham, Dylan Cisney, Zack Fouse, Mathew Mellott,
Colton Bear

Jr. Stock - D. J. Holland, Dustin Hoffman

4-Wheel 2-Stroke - Craig Robinson, Donnie Bollinger, John Dougherty, Cory
Burhman, Travis Saner

Caged Rookies - Trent Brenneman, Trevin Shank, Ian Sheaffer

Jr. Champ - Bryan Hayberger

Open - Troy Imler, Tracy Imler, Tammy Imler, Kathy Long, Wayne Long

4-Wheel 4-Stroke - Cory Burhman, Paul Woodward, Ed Simcox

Jr. Restricted - Joey Ulsh, D. J. Holland, Justin Cunningham, Charlie
Walter, Chad Walter

Mediums - Bud Varner, Brent Hoffman, Tim Stoudt, Darin Smith, Jim Snyder

X-Heavy - Miles Burd

Animal - Autumn Bear, Kevin Sheaffer, David Hoffman

Path Valley Sprint Wins to Shatzer, Good and Callahan
By Walt Cox

Jimmy Callahan of McVeytown announced that his winning
600 Sprint is for sale so he can move to 305 Sprints.

Spring Run, PA_ Dusty Shatzer of Hagerstown, a veteran micro sprint winner at the Path Valley Speedway Park in past years, raced to his first win in the full-size PA 305 Sprints Friday night. He led every lap and the final one-lap shootout after Von McGee flipped over the turn three wall on lap 20, and then he dedicated his first win to his father, Don, as a birthday gift.

Middleburg chauffer Sean Good in the Elite Chassis factory micro outran Matt Miller for his nineteenth 270 Sprints win, and in 600 Sprints Jimmy Callahan of McVeytown took the lead from Ben Murphy on lap 8 and then beat defending 600 Sprints champion Jim Brookens to the checkers by half a turn.

Young Mike Hay of Somerset led every lap of the Dwarf Cars feature and lapped all but two other Dwarfs. “The track was fabulous and I found a smooth tacky outside groove that made passing easier,” he said.

Kevin Thomas of St. Thomas won the Mini Stock feature by about six feet as Jerry Bard made a futile wheel to wheel charge through the final three laps and Randy Wible finished third with his #9 spouting dramatic flames. Lyle Barnes of Chambersburg led the four-cylinder thunder cars by half the track until a lap 18 caution regrouped the field, but Barnes held the lead over Keith Armolt through the final three laps to win by a turn.

All three classes of sprints race every Friday night in October as Path Valley attempts to make up 30 rainouts and provide a broader base of races for the points standings, and next Friday, Oct. 3, will see seven features on the quarter mile clay oval as the Dwarf Cars with the V-8 Street Stocks return. The PA 305 Sprints headline all the remaining races with the 600 Sprints and 270 Sprints also in action and the Mini Stocks and thunder cars provide weekly stock car support.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA Turnpike. The new phone number at the track is 717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and fans can consult our website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER:

PA 305 Sprints – Dusty Shatzer, Joey Hershey, Mike Freet, Scott Ellerman, Todd Spangler, Chris Meleason, Greg Hammaker, Brett Comp, Ryan Lynn, Jim Wentz, Craig Robinson, Von McGee, Jim Roush, Travis Keeney, Bryan Golden, Denny Mellott, Brandon Keller. Heats to Hammaker, Meleason.

600 Sprints – Jim Callahan, Jim Brookens, Ben Murphy, Jim Young, Duane Harbaugh, Rod Schell, Dusty Heistand, Richie Fitz, Tim Barrick, Jason Starr, Justin Frontz, Donnie Hendershot, Butch Harrington, Dan Kanagy, Aaron Eichelberger, Jim Fitz, Jake Murphy. Heats to Harrington, Young.

270 Sprints – Sean Good, Matt Miller, Tom Tice, Brian Walker, Jim Young, Bill Laughman, Rodney Glass, Josh Dressler, Chad Myers, Matt Bower, Amanda Schlegal, Doug Dodson, Rob Griffin, Craig Myers, Ron Dick, Eric Spahr, Tony Shipp, Jeff Hoover, Brian Hart, Tim Shipp, Jason Hall, Todd Steffy, Aaron Lynch, Tim Trumpower. Heats to Good, Tim Shipp, Todd Steffy, Tom Tice; Consi 1 Josh Dressler, Consi 2 Doug Dodson.

Dwarf Cars – Mike Hay, Greg Johnson, Lynn Knepper, Floyd Carey, Steve Shirk, Eddie Benedict, Josh Sigman, Dave Fredrick, Gary Funck. Heat to Hay.

Mini Stock – Kevin Thomas, Jerry Bard, Randy Wible, Kyle Wiser, Barry Welch, Cory Shaw, Eric Mellott, Mike Beidel, Brenda McCartney, Tim Burkholder, Jeff Mangle, Rickey Harper, Ed Kirby, Gary Dehart, Korey Washinger. Heats to Welch, Shaw.

4-Cyl Thunder Cars – Lyle Barnes, Keith Armolt, Wes Scofield, Melvin Bigler, Charles Stallman, Richard Stache, Mark Grove, Dave Ricker, Ron Mowery, Derrick Varner, John Rasp, Joe Hawbaker, Terry Smith, Raymond Middaugh, Rocky Payne, DQ Duane Ricker.

Path Valley Adjusts Karts Schedule for Rainouts
By Walt Cox

Chad Walter, winner in Jr. Restricted.

Spring Run, PA_ New winners Saturday at the Path Valley Speedway Park Karts
and Quads races included Wayne Long of Imler in the Open class and Jamie
Fink of Perry County in the Xtra-Heavy karts. Jr. Restricted top five points
racer Chad Walter won his first feature of the season.

To compensate for a total of 30 season rainouts, Two Wheel Promotions will
use all available makeup dates in October and that includes races for karts
and quads. The season ends with the Saturday night Go-Kart Finale that was
so successful on the soft nighttime clay last season.

Saturday regular points afternoon races for karts and quads are scheduled
for Oct. 11 and 4 and Sept. 27. Oct. 18 is an off date in respect of a major
karting event at Silver Springs.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is
717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and
fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two
Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER

Kids Karts - Corey Potts, Andrew Boyer, Dalton Long, Richard Edwards.

Heavys - Kevin Sheaffer, Ron Michaels, Al Lyter, David Hoffman, Steve
Eshelman.

Caged Rookies - Trevin Shank, Trent Brenneman, Ashley Potts, Ian Sheaffer.

Jr. Restricted - Chad Walter, Charles Walter, Justin Cunningham, D.J.
Holland, Dustin Hoffman.

Lites - Corey Comp, #9 , Geoff Gil, Amber Lyter.

Jr. Sportsman I - Zack Fouse, Dylan Cisney, Troy Cunningham, Andrew Boyer,
Mathew Mellott.

Jr. Champ - Bryan Hayberger.

Mediums - Brent Hoffman, Brad Thomas, Jim Snyder, Chris Orris, Steve
Eshelman.

Sr. Champ - Nicole Eaton, Greg Hammaker, Pete Neuder, Jamie Sheaffer.

Jr. Stock - D.J. Holland, Dustin Hoffman, David Thompson.

Open - Wayne Long, Troy Imler, Tracy Imler, Kathy Long, Tammy Imler.

X-Heavy - Jamie Fink, Miles Burd.

Jr. Sportsman II - Matt Burger, Nathan Danner, Ethan Beasom, Troy
Cunningham, Rachael Potts.

4-Wheeler - Dane Delancey, Nick Saner, Craig Robinson, Travis Saner, Donnie
Bollinger.

Animal - David Hoffman, Chuck Bowers, Kevin Sheaffer.

Path Valley Catches Up From Isabel with Young and Glass Wins
By Walt Cox

Legends winner Lawrence Garrison of Beaver Springs.

Spring Run, PA_ In a race rescheduled to Sunday for Hurricane Isabel at the
Path Valley Speedway Park, Rodney Glass of Ft. Loudon beat visiting star
Mike Rutherford by several lengths in 270 Sprints and Jim Young waited for a
break to beat visiting Dusty Heistand in 600 Sprints.

Lawrence Garrison of Beaver Sprints won his fourth Legends Feature and Randy
Patterson of Shippensburg won his tenth in the V-8 Street Stocks, but the
happiest winners of the night were Gary Dehart of Ft. Loudon who won his
first of the year in the Mini Stocks and Terry Smith of Willow Hill who won
after leading every lap in the four-cylinder thunder cars.

Stock cars and sprints race every Friday night for the next five weeks at
Path Valley as Two Wheel Promotions struggles to add points to the averages
after a record 30 rainouts this season. Go Karts and Quads race Saturday
afternoons and Strictly Stocks or AMA motorcycles and four-wheelers race
Saturday nights. Two very special shows include the Four-Cylinder Shootout
Sunday, Oct. 19 and the Go-Kart Finale Saturday night, Oct. 25. Tickets are
now available for the awards banquet Nov. 15.

Topping the daytime excitement, Dusty Heistand in his #9 600cc Sprint with
its King chassis led the field through the first 16 laps and then broke and
drifted to a stop on the front stretch. Jim Young in his Predator factory
sprint had run second until then and took over on the restart to beat Jim
Callahan (Hyper Chassis) and Jim Brookens to the checkers. In victory lane
Young told on-track interviewer Walt Cox, "I didn't want to get into him and
then have both of us sit there, so I just stayed as close as I could in case
he made a mistake."

Young graciously discounted the battle of factory-sponsored sprints, noting
that the King, PMP, and Hyper cars had great drivers too. "Predator supports
me all they can with some wonderful machines, and I get some help from the
Cernic's dealerships and with my American Racer tires from Lias Tire in
Indiana, but I do all the maintenance and engine work on my 600 and my 270,"
he said.

Likewise, Randy Patterson credited a little bit of luck as a great help
after Brad Jones and Tim Fedder battled for the V-8 Street Stock lead until
lap 15 when they violently got together in turn two and let Patterson take
over the lead on the restart. "I would have settled for third rather than
tangle it up with them, but it's great to see Brad back racing," he said.

Lawrence Garrison took the Legends lead from pole starter Denny Rothermel on
lap two and stayed just ahead of past national champions Butch Brough and
Allen Felix for his fifth season Path Valley win. The Legends cars produced
only one caution to regroup the field.

The 270 Sprints raced one lap at a time with nine cautions in the first 16
laps and Rodney Glass held the front spot on each restart with Rutherford
right behind him as Sean Good and Brian Walker worked up to third and fourth
and Matt Miller passed Alex Cunningham for fifth on lap 16. Glass said the
win was his fourth of the season at Path Valley and seventh overall.

Gary Dehart held onto third through several Mini Stock cautions and went to
work on leaders Kevin Thomas and Mike Beidel on a lap 17 restart. He roared
through the final three laps to win by a full turn for his first victory of
the year.

After a final caution on lap 7, the four-cylinder thunder cars raced
non-stop with past champion Terry Smith and John Rasp breaking away from the
field and running a sort of match race of their own which Smith won by a
couple lengths. Jeremy Truax, Joe Hawbaker and Richard Stache filled in the
front five.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is
717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and
fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two
Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER:

600 Sprints - Jim Young, Jim Callahan, Jim Brookens, Jason Starr, Rod
Schell, Tim Barrick, Kerry Schanz, Aaron Eichelberger, Dan Kanagy, Brandon
Little, Dusty Heistand, Duane Harbaugh. Heats to Starr, Barrick.

Legends - Lawrence Garrison, Butch Brough, Allen Felix, Denny Rothermal, Ray
Swank, Greg Burd, Nathan Fisher, Andy Lupfer, Randy Fetterolf, Zach Deiter,
Laura McGonnell, Bob Murray, Marc Davis. Heats to Swank, Felix.

270 Sprints - Rodney Glass, Mike Rutherford, Sean Good, Brian Walker, Matt
Miller, Jim Young, Alex Cunningham, Doug Dodson, Rob Griffin, Dave Williams,
Craig Myers, Aaron Lynch, Chad Myers, Eric Spahr, Nate Snyder, Dustin Stahl,
Amanda Schlegal, Greg Kone, Zack Zook, Josh Dressler. Heats to Rutherford,
Glass.

V-8 Street Stock - Randy Patterson, Terry O'Donel, Wayne Hawbaker, Paul
Morgan, Tim Fedder, Mark Whitsel, Brad Jones, Brad Long, Harry Peffer, Joe
Gearhart, Todd Fredrick. Heat to Fedder.

Mini Stock _ Gary Dehart, Mike Beidel, Kyle Wiser, Steve Seibert, Roy
Hornbaker, Korey Washinger, Tim Burkholder, Thomas Stewart, Jerry Bard,
Brenda McCartney, Vance Kennedy, Jeff Mangle, Steve McCartney, Ed Kirby, DQ
Kevin Thomas. Heats to Burkholder, Dehart.

Four-Cylinder Thunder Cars - Terry Smith, John Rasp, Jeremy Truax, Joe
Hawbaker, Richard Stache, Derrick Casner, Melvin Bigler, Chris Casner, Keith
Armolt, Raymond Middaugh, Terry Goshorn, Wes Scofield, Dave Ricker, Tim
Varner, Lyle Barnes, DQ Charles Stallman, Duane Ricker. Heats to Casner,

Rookies and Veterans Share Path Valley Saturday Features
By Walt Cox

Mary Jay of Everett wins in only her second powder puff race.

Spring Run, PA_ Rookie Dave Ricker of Chambersburg said after putting his #99 six-cylinder into the Path Valley Speedway Park victory lane for the first time Saturday night, “I just found a groove and stuck to it.”

Veteran V-8 Strictly Stock racer Jerry Fleming of St. Thomas echoed, “It was hairy racing, but I got a little lucky.”

Legends Cars winner Randy Fetterolf of Dauphin won his first feature in three years of racing and agreed that a little luck helps a lot while rookie Todd Heckman of Chambersburg credited his father and crew for their work on his winning four-cylinder. Mary Jay of Everett won the powder puff just ahead of her best friend after negotiation a roadblock of lapped cars, and Josh Heckman of Hamburg won the Legends makeup and said, “What a thrill to win two races in a season against guys like these.”

Only two full sets of features remain for the low budget Strictly Stock racers at Path Valley on Oct. 4 and 18 and each class also has a Friday night exhibition race scheduled to show off the former junkyard cars to the sprint and stock car fans and teams.

The Legends Cars opened the Saturday night features with Denny Rothermel and Lawrence Garrison swapping the lead until lap 16 when both along with Josh Morrow spun or broke. Fetterolf took over the lead after racing in second or third most of the way and scooted ahead of Ray Swank, Randy Kissinger, Warren Ropp and Andy Lupfer to take the checkers. After four cautions nine of 20 finished.

Dave Ricker passed Joe Walker for the six-cylinder Strictly Stock lead on lap eight and used lapped cars to hold off those chasing him as he won by more than a turn. The groove he found was high on the outside and he charged past lapped cars with Mike Scott, Rob Keller, Andy Krause Jr. and Dave Reaugh filling out the front five.

The V-8 Strictly Stock feature saw frequent past winner Jerry Fleming lead the early laps and then the last two laps after Joe Daywalt and Dave Dunkle lead and then took themselves out of contention on lap 18. The front five were Fleming, Robert Naugle, Dave Kitzmiller, Luther Daywalt Jr., and Dustin Brown.

The full field of four-cylinders saw the night’s only red flag when Johnny Runk put the #29 on its side in turn four, blocking the inside groove. Jeff Koser led the first 17 laps but slowed to pass James Best on lap 18 while Todd Heckman and later Robert Weist went to the outside to pass both. The front five finishers were Heckman, Weist, Koser, Tim Riley and Dave Strait. Runk was not seriously injured.

The powder puff was as thrilling as the regular features as Beth Verno in the winning #29 and Tiffany Miller in #17 led the first half. Then all of the front-runners encountered a turn two roadblock of cars to be lapped in turn two. Mary Jay in the #4J and Chris Chamberlain in the #2J passed among them and then raced each other the final half of the race. In Victory Lane, Mary Jay said it was her second powder puff ever and Bob Jay and Jay’s Used Cars of Everett were responsible for giving her the chance to win. She and Chris Chamberlain had switched cars before the race because she could better drive a five-speed, and she said, “But it really doesn’t matter who won, it was such fun racing!”

The next Strictly Stock powder puff is scheduled Oct. 4 and a mechanics race is set for Oct. 18.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is 717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER

Powder Puff – Mary Jay, Chris Chamberlain, Tonya Barker, Stacey Naugle, Cindy Scott, Beth Verno, Shanda Hinish, Tonya Park, Holly Champlin, Michele Diehl, Tiffany Miller.

Strictly Stock 4-Cyl. – Todd Heckman, Robert Weist, Jeff Koser, Tim Riley, Dave Strait, Steve Ramsey, Jeff Treece, Denny Schofield, Tony Thurber, James Best, Stan Heath, Tom Martin, Joey Burdge, Wilbert Barker, Sam Cottle, Hank Fales, Jim Wilkins, Wade Hess, Matt Chambers, T.J. Atherton, Chrissy Johnson, David Ramsey, Gary Hendershot, Jason Hale, Johnny Runk.

V-8 Strictly Stock – Jerry Fleming, Robert Naugle, David Kitzmiller, Luther Daywalt Jr., Dustin Brown, Mike Cottle, Joey Burdge, Tony Verno, Derrick Hinish, Kevin Hinish, Tim Burdge, Pete Neuder, James Truax, George Bookwalter, DQ Joe Daywalt, Dave Dunkle, DNS Curt Atherton.

Strictly Stock 6-Cyl. – Dave Ricker, Mike Scott, Rob Keller, Andy Krause Jr., David Reaugh, Todd Price, Shane Ege, Mandy Jay, Jason Gilliland, Jeff Hale, Jeff Swope, Crystal Miller, Dale Martin, Joe Walker, Charles Stallman, Jason Ege, Jon Ehrhart, DNS Jerry Merritts, Bob Jay.

Legends – Randy Fetterolf, Ray Swank, Randy Kissinger, Warren Ropp, Andy Lupfer, Josh Morrow, Chuck Phillips, Jerry Fifield, Denny Rothermel, Nathan Fisher, Lawrence Garrison, Allen Rogers, Allen Felix, Darryl Bloom, Bob Murray, Greg Burd, Laura McGonnell, Bill Harris, Bobby Myers, Butch Brough.

Path Valley Suffers 30th Rainout and Reschedules to Sunday
By Walt Cox

Spring Run, PA_ The Path Valley Speedway Park has rained out the Friday
night, Sept. 19 program of Legends, sprints and stock cars.

This race has been rescheduled to Sunday, Sept. 21, with gates open at 11:00
and warm-ups at 12:30.

The rainout does not affect the Saturday races for karts and quads in the
afternoon or the evening Strictly Stock races for junkyard cars.

This rainout marks 30 times that Path Valley has been under the weather and
unable to race.

he Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is
717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and
fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two
Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

Path Valley Strictly Stocks Rain Out Saturday Night
By Walt Cox

Spring Run, PA_ With showers washing out the work each time the track was
almost prepared for racing, Two Wheel Promotions was forced to postpone the
Saturday night Strictly Stock racing for the former Junkyard Cars divisions.

Rain check wristbands will be honored both next Friday and Saturday nights.
The soaker marks 29 races lost to rain this season at the Franklin County
clay oval.

Next Saturday, Sept. 20, the Legends Cars will join the three classes of
minimum cost strictly stock cars with gates open at 5 p.m. following the
regular daytime quad and kart racing. Two rain makeup Saturday night races
for the Strictly Stocks had already been scheduled in October, with a Powder
Puff added October 4 and a Mechanics' Race added on October 18. AMA
motorcycles and quads race on the other Saturday nights in Sept. and Oct.

In addition, to show off the Strictly Stock racing in front of the regular
Friday night sprint and stock car fans, one Friday night race for each
division has been scheduled in Oct.

Friday, Oct. 10, the Four-Cylinder Strictly Stocks will join the lineup of
305 sprints, 600 Sprints, 270 Sprints, Mini Stocks and Thunder Cars.

The Six-Cylinder Strictly Stocks race Friday night, Oct. 17, along with the
305 Sprints, 600 Sprints, 270 Sprints, and Thunder Cars, and the V-8
Strictly Stocks race Friday night, Oct. 24, in the season's final sprint and
stock car event. The Path Valley season concludes Saturday night, Oct. 25,
with the Second Annual Kart Finale.

Formerly called Junk Cars or guardrail cars, the Path Valley Strictly Stocks
are becoming the biggest regular show on the steeply banked quarter-mile
clay track. No racing modifications are allowed, and the only changes from
on the street stock condition allowed are for safety, including the
signature addition of a guardrail section from front tire well to rear on
the driver's side. A four-point roll bar is permitted, and a helmet and
safety gear including shoes and shirts is required.

Complete car technical rules are available in one printable page at the
track's website - http://www.pathvalley.com/rules.html.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is
717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and
fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two
Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

Von McGee Repeats Path Valley 305 Sprint Win
By Walt Cox

Aaron Eichelberger, 600 Sprints winner.

Spring Run, PA_ From his starting eighth, Von McGee charged into second
place on lap two of the PA 305 Sprint feature Friday night at the Path
Valley Speedway.

At lap 12 he pulled alongside leader and past national champion Jason
Shultz.

Running the high groove for better traction, the Spring Run sprint jockey
completed his pass for the lead on lap 16, just before Shultz went into the
turn two wall. By lap 18 McGee led by a full turn but in the final two laps
Todd Spangler and defending Path Valley champion Scott Ellerman closed the
lead to no more than four lengths as McGee won for the third time to
continued his claim as the only repeat Path Valley 305 Sprints winner.

The front five finishers were McGee, Spangler, Ellerman, Chris Meleason, and
Jim Roush, and Shultz and Meleason won the heat races. Six cautions, the
last on lap 17, regrouped the sprints.

Aaron Eichelberger of York Springs won his second Path Valley 600 Sprints
feature, and Sean Good of Middleburg raced his #17 Elite Chassis factory
sprint to his 18th win in the 270 Sprints. Lyle Barnes of Chambersburg won
his second feature in the thunder cars and Randy Wible of Three Springs
raced the #65 Mini Stock to his first win of the season.

Senior Race Director John Winsett announced that the 305 Sprints have been
added to the lineup for rain makeup races every Friday night in October, and
that the Oct. 17 features will not be points races for the 270 Sprints and
600 Sprints because of a scheduling conflict with another track. Further,
three of the October races will include exhibition features by the three
classes of Strictly Stock cars that race Saturday nights.

The four-cylinder strictly stock exhibition feature will be Friday night,
Oct. 10. The six-cylinders will race on Friday night Oct. 17, and the V-8
strictly stock cars, formerly known as junkyard or guardrail cars, will race
their special Friday night feature on Oct. 24. In one additional significant
schedule change the annual Four-Cylinder Shootout has been moved to Sunday,
Oct. 19, with gates open at noon. "We are not adding race dates," Winsett
said, "we are instead using all of the optional dates available to make up
for the 28 rainouts we've had so far this season."

In the 600 Sprints Aaron Eichelberger led all but part of one lap when Duane
Harbaugh briefly edged past him on the outside cushion. Then on lap 17
Harbaugh's #87 broke in turn one. The front five were Eichelberger, Jim
Young, Jason Starr, Jim Brookens, and Richie Fritz and the heats went to
Starr and Tim Robertson.

The 270 Sprint thriller was far from a runaway as Sean Good took his
eighteenth win of the season overall. Good passed Chad Myers on a lap four
restart after running from fourth side by side with Alex Cunningham. On lap
14 Matt Miller, up from a ninth place start, passed Good on the outside of
turn two but on lap 18 Miller went wider in turn four and Good passed him on
the inside. Through the final two laps Good gained a full turn. The front
five were Good, Miller, Zack Zook, Todd Reusser, and Brian Walker. Randy
Pitt, Myers and Cunningham won the heats.

The number 8 inversion pill put Randy Wible on the pole to start the mini
stocks and he stayed there through five restarts in the first six laps. At
the finish Kevin Thomas, Jerry Bard, Eric Mellott, Barry Welch, and Kyle
Wiser were right behind like passenger cars on a train with Wible's #65 as
the engine. Welch and Steve McCartney won the heats.

The four-cylinder thunder cars feature went to Lyle Barnes after seven
restarts as he raced ahead of Wes Scofield and the Casner brothers. Barnes,
Derrick Casner, Chris Casner, Richard Stache, and Melvin Bigler were the
front five and Bigler and Dave Edwards won the heats.

Next Friday night the Legends Cars and the V-8 Street Stocks will join the
regular lineup and the Legends return next Saturday as an added attraction
with the three Strictly Stock classes.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is
717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and
fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two
Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER

PA 305 Sprints - Von McGee, Todd Spangler, Scott Ellerman, Chris Meleason,
Jim Roush, Greg Hammaker, Brett Comp, Mike Freet, Larry Shoop, Ryan Lynn,
Bryan Golden, Jim Kennedy, Todd Lynn, Jason Shultz, Mike Wagner II, Dusty
Shatzer. Heats to Shultz, Meleason

4-Cyl. Thunder - Lyle Barnes, Derrick Casner, Chris Casner, Richard Stache,
Melvin Bigler, Keith Armolt, Josh Detra, John Rasp, Joe Walker, Anthony
Varner, Rocky Payne, David Edwards, Vance Kennedy, Terry Smith, Duane
Ricker, Raymond Middaugh, Tony Weller, DNS Dave Ricker, DQ Wes Scofield.
Heats to Bigler, Edwards.

600 Micro - Aaron Eichelberger, Jim Young, Jason Starr, Jim Brookens, Richie
Fritz, Gary Linderman, Mark Strickler, Rod Schell, Mark Watkins, Justin
Frontz, Jim Fitz, Tim Robertson, Dan Kanagy, Donnie Hendershot, Jake Murphy,
Ben Murphy, Duane Harbaugh. Heats to Starr, Tim Robertson.

270 Micro - Sean Good, Matt Miller, Zack Zook, Todd Reusser, Brian Walker,
Tom Tice, Tim Robertson, Rob Griffin, Brian Hart, Rodney Glass, Chad Myers,
Bob Robertson, Aaron Lynch, Greg Kone, Doug Dodson, Jeff Hoover, Craig
Folmar, Josh Dressler, Alex Cunningham, Dave Socks, Randy Pitt, Todd Steffy,
Craig Myers. Heats to Pitt, Myers, Cunningham.

Mini Stock - Randy Wible, Kevin Thomas, Jerry Bard, Eric Mellott, Barry
Welch, Kyle Wiser, Gary Dehart, Steve McCartney, Mike Beidel, Jeff Mangie,
Max Hampton, Tim Burkholder, Brenda McCartney, Mike Bagrosky, Ed Kirby,
Ricky Harper, Korey Washinger. Heats to Welch, McCartney.

Good Wins at Path Valley With Hershey, Brookens and Brown
By Walt Cox

Avoiding a turn four tangle are Jimmy Brookens (11), Glen
Heverin (98) and Jake Murphy (18).

Spring Run, PA_ Joey Hershey raced his #55H PA 305 Sprint sponsored by
Hershey Racing Engines to his first ever win at the Path Valley All Sprints
Nationals Sunday.

Sean Good won in the 270 Sprints for his seventeenth victory of the season
and Jimmy Brookens won his thirteenth race in the 600 Sprints while Steve
Brown of Lancaster won the special feature for the 125 Sprints in their only
visit of the year. The $500 to win special had been rescheduled from its
traditional Labor Day Monday.

Senior race director John Winsett of Two Wheel Promotions announced that the
season for sprint car racing at Path Valley Speedway Park has been stretched
to Friday, Oct. 24 and the 270 Sprints and 600 Sprints will race every
Friday in rain makeup points races while the PA 305 Sprints will race Sept.
12 and Sept. 26 and then every Friday in October.

"We are not adding extra races, we are making up some of the 28 rainouts we'
ve suffered through this season," Winsett explained at the drivers' meeting.

With eight Path Valley 305 Sprints races completed, Hershey was the seventh
different winner and the rookie said in victory lane that the firm, smooth
daytime track was perfect for his driving style. At the end of the third lap
he led by a full turn but Ryan Lynn of Hollidaysburg caught up amid lapped
sprints on lap nine and hounded him to the end. A lap 20 caution regrouped
the field by Hershey stayed ahead of Lynn to win by more than a length. The
front five were Hershey, Ryan Lynn, Jim Wentz, Dusty Shatzer and defending
champion Scott Ellerman. Mike Freet and Ellerman won the heats.

The PA 305 Sprints race with a 'spec' engine based on the Racesaver® Brodix
heads developed by speed guru French Grimes. The group conducts their own
technical inspections and all engines are thoroughly inspected and then
sealed. Information on the series is available at www.pa305sprints.com.

Defending Path Valley champion Jim Brookens of Fayetteville offered special
thanks to defending Valvoline Cup national champion Jim Young from the
winners circle because Young won the first heat a drew a 10 pill for
inversion that put Brookens on the front row. Brookens passed Jason Starr on
the first lap after a restart and after the second and final lap 18 caution
beat Starr to the finish by half a lap. The front five were Brookens, Starr,
Donnie Hendershot, Dusty Heistand and Ryan Greth. Young, Rod Schell and Jake
Murphy won the heats. Brookens also collect half the $100 bonus for both the
600 Sprints and the 270 Sprints from Predator Racecraft, and the balance
went to the last two feature finishers.

>From the pole Middleburg star Sean Good in the Elite Chassis housecar led
every lap of the 270 feature. Mike Rutherford in the #7L pulled alongside on
lap 18 but then fell off the pace with chain problems reported. Colby Womer
in another Elite actually passed Good on lap 19 but a caution for Jason Kemp
before the end of the lap forced a restart on the previous lap's running
order and cancelled Womer's pass.

In victory lane Good said he had to overcome transmission problems, but his
#17 was set up perfectly for the steep Path Valley banks. The front five
finishers were Good, Womer, Doug Dodson, Matt Miller and Chad Myers and
Rutherford, Dodson, Good and Ray Peters won the heat races while Shane Penny
won the 13-sprint consi and finished twelfth in the feature.

In sharp contrast Steve Brown started eighth in the 125cc Sprints feature.
On lap two Kory Merkey flipped the #29 in turn one for the only bent wing of
the day and Amanda Schlegel, who won the last time the 125's visited Path
Valley, had to be towed. Brown caught Sunny Switzer on lap four and passed
for the lead on lap nine. Then he scooted ahead of Doug Coonan to the
checkers after Switzer dropped out. The front five were Brown, Coonan, Ray
Merkey, Jared Weaver and Brian Woodson. Brown and Jared Weaver won the
heats.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is
717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and
fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two
Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER:

PA 305 Sprints - Joey Hershey, Ryan Lynn, Jim Wentz, Dusty Shatzer, Scott
Ellerman, Todd Lynn, Jim Roush, Jason Shultz, Todd Spangler, Travis Keeney,
Chris Meleason, James Kennedy, Greg Hammaker, Don Sleck, Mike Freet, Bryan
Golden. Heats to Freet, Ellerman.

600 Sprints - Jim Brookens, Jason Starr, Donnie Hendershot, Dusty Heistand,
Ryan Greth, Drew Heistand, Mike Carber, Jim Young, Rod Schell, Aaron
Eichelberger, Gary Linderman, Duane Harbaugh, Glenn Heverin, Todd Steffy,
Kerry Schanz, Jim Fitz, Christine Root, Jake Murphy, Sean Campbell, Scotty
Smith, Jamie Umlauf, Dennis McKeon, Ben Murphy, Jason Cherry. Heats to
Young, Schell, Murphy. Consi to Penny.

270 Sprints - Sean Good, Colby Womer, Doug Dodson, Matt Miller, Chad Myers,
Brian Walker, Jim Young, Todd Steffy, Dave Williams, Mike Boyer, Mike
Carber, Shane Penny, Heath Hehnly, Ray Peters, Earl Hoon Jr., Rodney Glass,
Mike Rutherford, Ross Perchak, Craig Myers, Rob Griffin, Jason kemp, Jason
Hall, Eric Walls, Joe Trone. Heats to Rutherford, Dodson, Good and Peters;
Consi to Penny.

125 Sprints - Steve Brown, Doug Coonan, Ray Merkey, Jared Weaver, Brian
Woodson, Steve Decker, Sunny Switzer, Jason Merkey, Jeff Bennett, Mark
Yoder, Amanda Schlegel, Kory Merkey. Heats to Brown, Weaver.

Path Valley Wins to Felix, Kitzmiller, Ehrhart and Thurber
By Walt Cox

Tony Thurber of Orbisonia celebrates his first win.

Spring Run, PA_ The Legends Cars opened the show Saturday night at the Path
Valley Speedway Park with a non-stop charge to the checkers as defending
INEX national champion Allen Felix of Shippensburg came from fourth place to
pass Ray Swank for the lead around a lapped car on lap 13.

The three Strictly Stock features that followed failed to follow the Legends
' lead. Tony Thurber of Orbisonia picked up his career first in the
four-cylinders after starting seventh, and Jon Ehrhart of Chambersburg in
his first race scored the second win for the #65 six-cylinder from a sixth
place start. For the second consecutive race Dave Kitzmiller of Roxbury
raced smart and won from the twelfth place handicap start in the V-8 class.

The no-budget entry level Strictly Stocks, formerly called junkyard cars,
next race Sept. 13 and again Saturday, Sept. 20 at Path Valley. Rain makeups
have been scheduled October 4 and Oct. 18. And since Path Valley is racing
rain makeups from 28 season washouts every Friday in October, each of the
Strictly Stock classes has been scheduled for a Friday night exhibition race
in front of the big Friday night sprint and stock car fans.

The 4-cylinder strictly stocks will race Friday night, Oct. 10. The
six-cylinders will race Friday night, Oct. 17, and the V-8 Strictly Stocks
will race Friday night, Oct. 24. The PA 305 Sprints, at their request, will
also race every Friday night in October. Gates open at 5 p.m. for both
Friday and Saturday evening races at Path Valley.

Tony Thurber, the ticket taker at the Path Valley grandstand gate when he's
not racing, drove the #97 Geo Storm for Chester Atherton and made third
place on lap three. Then he waited and held his position behind Mark
Campbell and past winner Denny Schofield until they let him past among
lapped cars on lap nine.

On lap 13 he found a clear spot among the lapped cars and shot ahead to
finish half the track ahead of Todd Heckman with 14 lapped cars behind him
and a huge crowd of friends and fans cheering him on. The top five were
Thurber, Heckman, Schofield, Jeff Treece and Campbell. Gary Koser, Treece
and Heckman won the heats and Jeff Hale won the consi.

The Legends Cars feature was so evenly matched that Allen Felix only lapped
two cars as he raced without pause to his third win of the season and second
at Path Valley. He finished slightly more than a length ahead of Ray Swank
as the two broke away from the field. The front five were Felix, Swank,
Bryan Swartz, Denny Rothermel, and Lawrence Garrison and Garrison and Nathan
Fisher won the heats. The Legends are scheduled three more times and finish
their season Sept. 27.

Ehrhart used the lapped #7 of Mike Scott to pass early leader Danny Book's
#98 on lap four and then he raced like a pro as Rob Keller of Fayetteville,
the regular Path Valley announcer in #43, caught up on lap 14. At the
dramatic finish Ehrhart won by about five feet with Keller's bumper even
with the door on his #65 Chevy Caprice. The front five were Ehrhart, Keller,
Dave Ricker, Jason Ege, and Health Book and the heat winners were Dave
Ricker, Nick Ott, and Danny Book.

Derrick Hinish led the first half the V-8 feature and then fell off on lap
11 as Dave Kitzmiller negotiated past Joey Burdge. Past winner Dustin Brown
and then Tony Verno challenged briefly but Kitzmiller said he "decided to
stay behind some lapped cars and just finish the race," and cars he had
already lapped kept him in the clear for the final five laps. The front five
were Kitzmiller, Tony Verno, Joe Daywalt, Robert Naugle, and Tom Brady and
the heats went to Luther Daywalt Sr. and Brown.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is
717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and
fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two
Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER:

4-Cylinder Strictly Stock - Tony Thurber, Todd Heckman, Denny Schofield,
Jeff Treece, Mark Campbell, Jim Wilkins, Gary Koser, Stan Heath, Jason
Wible, Dave Strait, J.T. Black, Gary Hendershot, Barron Taylor, Kevin
Rhoades, Hank Fales, Jeff Hale, David Ramsey, Chad Clark, Chrissy Johnson,
Derrin Markle, Allen Leidy, Chris Chamberlain, Wilbert Barker, Lee Young.
Heats to Koser, Treece, Heckman. Consi to Jeff Hale.

6-Cyl. Strictly Stock - Jon Ehrhart, Rob Keller, Dave Ricker, Jason Ege,
Health Book, Crystal Miller, Bob Elbin, Jeff Swope, Andy Krause Jr., Danny
book, Mike Scott, Dale Martin, Jason Gilliland, Bob Jay, Glen Winnick, David
Reaugh, Nick Ott, Raymond Seville, Todd Price, Brian Scott, Glen Winnick Jr.
Heats to Ricker, Ott, Danny Book

V-8 Strictly Stock - David Kitzmiller, Tony Verno, Joe Daywalt, Robert
Naugle, Tom Brady, Dustin Brown, George Bookwalter, Joey Burdge, Kevin
Hinish, Mike Cottle, Derrick Hinish, Mike Cottle, Derrick Hinish, Tim
Burdge, Dan Gelwicks, Matthew Burkett, Luther Daywalt Jr., Jerry Fleming,
Luther Daywalt Sr. Heats to Daywalt Sr., Brown.

Legends - Allen Felix, Ray Swank, Bryan Swartz, Denny Rothermel, Lawrence
Garrison, Randy Fetterolf, Marc Davis, Bob Murray, Greg Burd, Josh Morrow,
Warren Ropp, Andy Lupfer, Darryl Bloom, Edward J. Wentz, Bill Harris, Jeremy
Crane, Laura McGonnell, Zach Deiter, Nathan Fisher. Heats to Garrison,
Fisher.

Path Valley Sprint Wins to Brookens and Walker
By Walt Cox

600 Sprints winner Jimmy Brookens.

Spring Run, PA_ Repeat winners were the order of the day as Jimmy Brookens
of Fayetteville won his twelfth of the season in the 600 Sprints and Brian
Walker of Somerset won his second feature and continued his points lead in
the 270 Sprints.

Greg Burd of Boiling Sprints and Derrick Casner of Mifflintown each won
their second feature in the Legends Cars and Thunder Cars, respectively, and
the top stock car wins went to Randy Patterson of Shippensburg in the V-8
Street Stocks and Barry Welch of Three Springs in the Modified Mini Stocks.

The micro sprints thrillers presaged the annual All Sprints Monday Nationals
rescheduled for rain until this Sunday, Sept. 7. Next weekend's three days
of racing starts off with the 305 Sprints headlining Fan Appreciation Night
Friday. Saturday night the Strictly Stocks rain makeup follows afternoon
karts and quads racing, and Sunday the Pennsylvania Dirt Karters Association
(PDKA) takes over the track for race five in the Burris-sponsored State
Championship Series of six WKA Divisional races.

Closing out the night's six-feature program before 10:30, the 600 Sprints
nightcap proved the headliner as Jimmy Brookens took the lead on the first
lap restart after a turn one tangle eliminated J. C. Walling and Mike Dicely
and crippled Butch Harrington, Donnie Hendershot and Dan Kanagy. Brookens
held on ahead of Jim Fitz, Jim Young and then Jim Callahan until the white
flag lap when Brookens and Callahan overtook Kanagy going into turn three.
Brookens went past on the inside while Callahan tried the outside and as the
startled Kanagy moved up Callahan rode over his wheel and into the outside
wall. Through the final two laps Brookens gained a length per lap on Jim
Callahan with Jim Fitz third, Aaron Eichelberger fourth and Ben Murphy
fifth.

"I just wanted to give Callahan room to race," Brookens said in victory
lane. "Regardless of who comes Sunday for the National, we've got the best
to beat right here every week." The win marked 12 victories this season for
Brookens. Eichelberger and Young won the heats.

For his second win of the season in the 270 Sprints, Brian Walker went tight
to the inside on the start through turns three and four to pass Jim Young
and Mike Dicely. Walker built up leads by as much as a full turn and at the
finish the front five were Walker, Sean Good, Mike Dicely, Rodney Glass, and
Matt Miller, and Todd Reusser, Dicely and Walker won the heats. Walker
offered special thanks to Predator Chassis for parts and to his crew and
family for their constant support.

Greg Burd held the Legends lead all the way as challengers overtook him and
then fell out by the wayside. Ed Wentz, Lawrence Garrison and Jason Ewing
each held second but dropped off the pace and at the finish Burd was all
alone with Denny Rothermel, Ray Swank, Nathan Fisher and Bob Murray
completing the top five. Alan Felix and Ray Swank won the heats. Warren Ropp
traveled from Iowa to make the INEX points races Friday and Saturday on the
home track of the three defending national dirt track champions. Jeremy
Crane won the $50 Legends Lotto, which Burd had won earlier in the season.

"I knew I was taking a chance, but it was the only way to beat Bard," said
Barry Welch after he went tight to the inside of turn two on lap 14 to pass
Jerry Bard for the mini stock lead. Through two restarts after that Welch
held the front to take his third win. The front five at the finish were
Welch, Eric Mellott, Bard, Kevin Thomas and Randy Wible. Steve McCartney and
Welch won the heats.

Derrick Casner started fifth and passed Ray Middaugh for the lead on lap 11
of the four-cylinder thunder car feature. Then the Mifflintown high school
racer built up leads of as much as two turns on his way to his second win of
the season. The front five were Casner, Middaugh, Terry Smith, Melvin Bigler
and Josh Detra. Joe Hawbaker and Bigler won the heats.

Randy Patterson won the single V-8 Street Stock heat, started last, and
romped to his second consecutive feature win. The front five finishers were
Patterson, Dave Fahnestock, Joe Gearhart, Matt Kauffman, and Blaine Dockery.
The win was Patterson's ninth of the season and sixth at Path Valley.

Coty and Cory Price of Newville won the kids' bike race.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is
717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and
fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two
Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER:

600 Sprints - Jim Brookens, Jim Young, Jim Fitz, Aaron Eichelberger, Ben
Murphy, Jake Murphy, Gary Linderman, Mark Watkins, Jason Starr, Rod Schell,
Butch Harrington, Donnie Hendershot, Scot Sheaffer, Dan Kanagy, Jim
Callahan, Justin Frontz, Duane Harbaugh, Tim Barrick, J.C. Walling, Mike
Dicely. Heats to Eichelberger, Young.

270 Sprints - Brian Walker, Sean Good, Mike Dicely, Rodney Glass, Matt
Miller, Todd Steffy, Doug Dodson, Randy Pitt, Rob Griffin, Zack Zook, Ray
Peters, Chad Myers, Keith Woodson, Todd Reusser, Craig Myers, Matt Bower,
Josh Dressler, Steve Lenig, Aaron Lynch, Alex Cunningham, Jim Young, Craig
Folmar, Greg Kone, Tom Tice. Heats to Reusser, Walker, Dicely.

V-8 Street Stock - Randy Patterson, Dave Fahnestock, Joe Gearhart, Matt
Kauffman, Blaine Dockery, Wayne Hawbaker. Heat to Patterson.

Legends - Greg Burd, Denny Rothermel, Ray Swank, Nathan Fisher, Bob Murray,
Warren Ropp, Darryl Bloom, Marc Davis, Randy Fetterolf, Jeremy Crane, Zach
Deiter, Jason Ewing, Andy Lupfer, Kip Erb Jr., Lawrence Garrison, Allen
Felix, Edward J. Wentz. Heats to Felix, Swank.

Mini Stock - Barry Welch, Eric Mellott, Jerry Bard, Kevin Thomas, Randy
Wible, Ricky Harper, Steve McCartney, Kyle Wiser, Ed Kirby, Brenda
McCartney, Mike Beidel, Gary Dehart, Tim Burkholder, Jeff Mangle, Korey
Washinger. Heats to Steve McCartney, Welch.

4-Cyl. Thunder Car - Derrick Casner, Raymond Middaugh, Terry Smith, Melvin
Bigler, Josh Detra, Richard Stache, John Rasp, Duane Ricker, Vance Kennedy,
Dave Ricker, Joe Walker, Joe Hawbaker, Chris Casner, Keith Armolt, Randy
Heckman. Heats to Hawbaker, Bigler.

Path Valley Declares All Sprint Monday Rained Out
By Walt Cox

Spring Run, PA_ With rain falling on the track at 9 a.m., Two Wheel
Promotions has declared the annual All Sprints Monday Nationals a rainout at
the Path Valley Speedway Park. The race will run Sept. 7 with gates open at
11 a.m. and warm-ups at 12:30.

Racing on the already scheduled rain date, the biggest winged sprint race of
the year includes the PA 305 Sprints for full sized thrills along with the
600 Sprints, 270 Sprints and 125 Sprints in the "micro" divisions.

The traditional crowd-pleaser is not a "National Open" because Path Valley
technical rules apply and it is not "Open" to any outlaw sprint that wants
the $500 to win. This year the regular Path Valley racing rules will be
followed with pill draws for heats, and then consolation races and features
and each class with more than 40 entries will run a B-Main.

The All Sprints Monday next Sunday will kick off a full fall season of
Friday and Saturday races through the end of October, followed by the annual
awards banquet Nov. 15. Path Valley will use all of the "TBA" rain dates for
Friday races through the month of October to make up for a possible record
28 rainouts this season.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is
717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and
fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two
Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

Path Valley Feature Roush, Dicely and Glass in Nationals Preview
By Walt Cox

Rodney Glass of Ft. Loudon put his #84 PMP into victory lane.

Spring Run, PA_ In a preview of the Labor Day All-Sprint Monday Nationals,
Jim Roush led the PA 305 Sprints to his first win at the Path Valley
Speedway Park while veterans Mike Dicely in the 600 Sprints and Rodney Glass
in the 270 Sprints won repeat victories.

Rookie Josh Morrow of Hamburg won his first ever feature less than a length
ahead of INEX National Dirt Champion Allen Felix in the Central PA Legends
Cars.

Past champions Terry Smith of Willow Hill in the four-cylinder thunder cars
and Ricky Harper of Three Springs in the mini stocks won the night's two
close stock car races.

Labor Day Monday kicks off the full fall season at Path Valley with the only
visit this year by the 125 Sprints, and features the regular PA 305 Sprints,
600 Sprints and 270 Sprints. Gates open at 11 a.m. with warm-ups at 12:30.
In addition to heats and features, B-Main features are promised for each
class with more than 40 entries. Sept. 7 is the rain date. To make up for a
probable record 27 rainouts, Path Valley will race every Friday night and
Saturday through the end of October, building the points totals for the Nov.
15 Awards Banquet.

September 5, a regular Friday night race is scheduled featuring the Legends
Cars in addition to the sprints and stock cars. Next Saturday, Sept. 6, Path
Valley hosts a regular points race for the karts and quads in the afternoon
and a Strictly Stock race for the junkyard cars that evening. The popular
low budget Strictly Stocks also return to Path Valley Sept. 13 for a
scheduled rain makeup race.

Legendary Jim Kennedy, the "Flyin' Cowboy," won the first 305 Sprints heat
and drew a ten-place inversion pill to put Jim Roush of Lewistown on the
pole and Roush took it from there to scoot ahead of Von McGee and then
defending champion Scott Ellerman as he won his first Path Valley feature
and the second of his career. The front five were Roush, Scott Ellerman, Von
McGee, Ryan Lynn and Dusty Shatzer and Kennedy and past national champion
Jason Shultz won the heats.

Mike Dicely of Hyper Chassis in Lewisberry took the lead at the line on lap
one and raced to the 600 Sprints win. "The track was fabulous and the car
was just great and I need to thank my dad and the crew for all their work on
the car while I was busy selling parts," Dicely said. Dicely, Jim Young, Jim
Brookens, Mark Watkins, and Jim Callahan were the first five across the line
and Young and Brookens won the heats.

Rodney Glass of Ft. Loudon caught Todd Steffy on lap ten and passed him high
on the outside of turn two on lap 12 as he used the track's comfortable
cushion for extra traction. Glass started seventh. Matt Miller and Steffy
swapped second place three times and at the finish the front five were
Glass, Miller, Steffy, Young, and Dicely. "The competition here is the
toughest anywhere," Glass said, "and thanks to my dad and crew I'm lucky to
be competitive."

In the fast and furious Legends feature young Josh Morrow of Hamburg beat
Allen Felix into turn one on the start and led by as much as a turn before a
mid-race caution for a burning Kip Erb regrouped the field. Then past
national champion Felix found a better line and worked to the inside of
Morrow, but the rookie won in the outside groove by a few feet. He said this
is his first season racing.

"I don't know what to say except to thank my dad for all the work he does
and Harry Garber (another past national champion) for his help and lessons,"
young Morrow said in victory lane. Morrow, Felix, Lawrence Garrison, Greg
Burd, and Randy Fetterolf won the features and Felix and Butch Brough won
the heats.

Past mini stock repeat champion Ricky Harper started fifth in the feature
and bided his time as Korey Washinger led the first half the race. Then high
schoolers Washinger and Kyle Wiser spun out of turn four in lap 17 and after
Washinger was towed off the wall Harper twice pulled alongside Gary Dehart
and passed for the lead on a lap 19 restart. Kevin Thomas worked up from
ninth to take second and Jerry Bard was third, up from the twelfth place
handicap start for winning the week before while Randy Wible and Eric
Mellott filled out the top five. Thomas and Wible won the heats.

Terry Smith started on the pole of the thunder car feature and passed a
faltering Joe Hawbaker on the inside of turn four on lap nine. With only one
caution in the first lap, Smith showed his championship form holding off a
close pack of four with Lyle Barnes, Raymond Middaugh, John Rasp and Jeremy
Truax finishing second through fifth. John Rasp and Melvin Bigler won the
heats. Smith dedicated his win to the American troops serving in Iraq and
several other foreign countries and thanked his dad and sponsors including
Smitty's and Husqvarna.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is
717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and
fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two
Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER

PA 305 Sprints - Jim Roush, Scott Ellerman, Von McGee, Ryan Lynn, Dusty
Shatzer, Todd Spangler, Chris Meleason, Jeff Furlong, James Kennedy, Denny
Mellott, Ted Thomas, Mike Freet, Brent Comp, Greg Hammaker, Jason Shultz,
Randy Kaylor, Jim Wentz. Heats to Kennedy and Shultz.

600 Sprints - Mike Dicely, Jim Young, Jim Brookens, Mark Watkins, Jim
Callahan, Duane Harbaugh, Donnie Hendershot, Aaron Eichelberger, Ben Murphy,
Rod Schell, J.C. Walling, Jake Murphy, Scott Sheaffer, Lowbed Johnson, Dan
Kanagy, Jim Fitz. Heats to Young and Brookens.

270 Sprints - Rodney Glass, Mat Miller, Todd Steffy, Jim Young, Mike Dicely,
Ray Peters, Chad Thomas, Craig Myers, Josh Dressler, Zack Zook, Brian
Walker, Doug Dodson, Tom Tice, Mat Bower, Amanda Schlegel, Aaron Lynch, Alex
Cunningham, Randy Pitt, Dave Socks, Todd Hoover, Jason Hall, Steve Lenig,
Sean Good, Greg Kone, Heats to Cunningham, Young, Dicely. Consi to Chad
Thomas.

Legends - Josh Morrow, Allen Felix, Lawrence Garrison, Greg Burd, Randy
Fetterolf, Ray Swank, Bobby Myers, Edward Wentz, Nathan Fisher, Andy Lupfer,
Laura McGonnell, Zach Deiter, Darryl Bloom, Bob Murray, Butch Brough, Bryan
Swartz, Kip Erb Jr., Bill Harris, Denny Rothermel, Jason Ewing. Heats to
Brough, Fisher.

Mini Stock - Ricky Harper, Kevin Thomas, Jerry Bard, Randy Wible, Eric
Mellott, Steve McCartney, Kyle Wiser, Brenda McCartney, Gary Dehart, Jeff
Mangle, Mike Beidel, Korey Washinger, Barry Welch, Ed Kirby, Bryan Neff, Tim
Burkholder. Heats to Thomas, Wible.

Four-Cylinder Thunder - Terry Smith, Lyle Barnes, Raymond Middaugh, John
Rasp, Jeremy Truax, Richard Stache, Charles Stallman, Derrick Varner, Keith
Armolt, Dave Ricker, Melvin Bigler, Joe Hawbaker, Vance Kennedy, Duane
Ricker. Heats Rasp, Bigler.

PDKA Completes Hot Fourth Burris Series Kart Race
By Walt Cox

Scott Geesey (41) edges past Clark Simonton in 2-Cycle PDKA feature action Sunday at Selinsgrove in race four of the six-race PDKA Burris State Championship Series.

Selinsgrove _ Some 250 of the region’s top kart riders completed race four of the Pennsylvania Dirt Karters Association (PDKA) Burris State Championship Series under a blazing sun Sunday at the Selinsgrove Raceway Park.

The PDKA series of six races are each also WKA Divisional events this season. Two races remain including a rain makeup from May 18.

Among the day’s most thrilling features was the Jr. Sportsman I Heavy event that saw five different leaders and eight lead changes during the 20 laps. In the final lap Mathew Bear who had been running fourth took the lead going into turn three and won to lead the most important lap.

:”We saw some exciting racing and some good sportsmanship today, and we can all be proud of the skills these young people are learning,” said PDKA President Butch Diller. Flagman Steve Murphy added that the only drawback to the safe day of racing was, “It was too hot and that made the karts skid and spin more.”

Matt Cooper of Berryville VA voiced typical sentiments after winning the Jr. Heavy feature. “They was a comin’ and I was lucky to stay ahead of Holland. He passed me a couple times.” Cooper won both the Jr. Lite and Jr. Heavy features and D.J. Holland of Claysburg finished second in both. Cooper said he races in all of the PDKA events and that the competition is “a whole lot tougher’ than at his home tracks.

Another double feature winner who also earned the Fast Time Awards in two classes was Tyler Bear of Elliottsburg, and he noted that he also managed the same accomplishment, setting two Fast Times and winning two features, last year at a Path Valley PDKA race.

Bear was the Junior Heavy state champion in 2002, and this year he is mainly racing WKA Nationals points events, like the PDKA. Currently he estimated that he is about tenth in national points. “You don’t think, just go,” he said of his driving style. Some day he wants to race Indy Lights, preferring open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars or winged sprints because, “It’s faster, and only a little more dangerous.”

The fifth PDKA race, sponsored by Burris Racing, will be Sept. 14 at Path Valley Speedway Park where the first two races were held, and the sixth race will be a rain makeup from May 18, at Selinsgrove, on Sept. 21. Gates open at 7 a.m. with two rounds of practice starting by 10 a.m. followed by time trials and then the feature events. Points from the best five of six races are counted toward the state championships.

PDKA racing this season is under the dual sanction of the World Karting Association and the Burris National Speedway Series and PDKA President Butch Diller expects that the option of racing in the WKA nationals is a major asset for the series.

This year PDKA karts race on American made Burris tires in the M-15 A or B or the SS44 or SS55 series. Champ kart riders must have fire suits and champ karts must be WKA legal. Riders receive points for each feature event and those who enter all six races earn 50 bonus points. Karters who need more information can contact Diller at 717-691-5994 or email answer21e @ aol.com, or consult the website at padirtkart.com.

In addition to Burris, sponsors of the 2003 series include Silver Spring Speedway which sponsors the Fast Time Awards and class sponsors including All Pro Products, Releasomers, JC Specialty, York County Kart Supply, Viper Racing Engines, Frank Sears Sanitation, Ensor Speed Shop, Elvin’s Karts and Parts, Kirby’s Speed Secret, Harrisburg Magazine, Awards & Beyond, Oval Track Concepts, Path Valley Speedway, Little’s Kart Shop, In Memory of Kevin Gobrecht, Selinsgrove Speedway, Locke’s Automotive, K&E Motorsports.

Classes and weights for the 2003 WKA Dirt Divisionals sponsored by Burris Racing are as follows: Jr. Sportsman I Lite, 250; Jr. Sportsman I Heavy, 265; Jr. Sportsman II Lite, 265; Jr. Sportsman II Heavy, 280; Briggs Jr. Lite, 300; Briggs Jr. Heavy, 320; Briggs Lite, 325; Briggs Medium, 350; Briggs Heavy, 375; Briggs X-heavy, 400.

Classes also include more than the “flat” stock karts. The additional classes and weights are: Jr. Sportsman Champ, 315; Jr. Champ, 345; Controlled Med., 350; Controlled Heavy, 375; Briggs Animal, 375; 2-Cycle Yamaha, 350; and also Stock 2-cycle; Unlimited 2-cycle and Kids Karts.

As in past years, all of those entering the Kids Karts class for the youngest riders will each receive an award or trophy.

PDKA President Butch Diller congratulates PDKA Fast Time Awards winners at Selinsgrove August 24.

FAST TIME AWARDS by SILVER SPRING SPEEDWAY

Kids Karts – 88 Jessica Miller, 18.337

Jr. Sportsman I Lite – 45 Michael Bauer, 14.426

Jr. Sportsman I Heavy – 25 Tyler Bear, 14.557

Jr. Sportsman II Lite – 46 Mathew Bauer, 14.306

Jr. Sportsman II Heavy – 46 Mathew Bauer, 14.535

Jr. Sportsman Champ – 4 Tyler Bear, 15.415

Jr. Champ – 10 Cody Schmiedel, 13.931

Jr. Lite – 17 Austen Heller, 13.749

Jr. Heavy – 7 Matt Cooper, 13.888

Sr. Lite – 61 Craig Wetzel, 13.550

Sr. Medium ­_ 2 Wesley Potts, 13.488

Sr. Heavy – 52 Dwayne Gutshall, 14.049

Sr. Super Heavy – 77 Brad Spates, 13.857

Sr. Champ – 1 Cale Reigle, 14.318

Unlimited 2-Cycle – 21 Elvin Diller, 13.267

Yamaha 2-Cycle – 03 Clark Simonton, 12.913

Stock 2-Cycle – 03 Clark Simonton, 12.732

Animal - 9 Matt Hummel, 13.553

Controlled Medium – 19 Missy Ciucci, 13.182

Controlled Heavy – 5 Jeremy Ginder, 13.195

UNOFFICIAL FRONT FIVE FINISH ORDER
TOP FIVE

Kid Karts – All Win

Jr. Sportsman I Lite – 25 Tyler Bear, 92 Dylan Proctor, 5 William Diehl, 11 Troy Cunningham, 01 Chad Brooks.

Jr. Sportsman I Heavy – 45 Michael Bear, 1 Logan Schuhart, 01 Chad Brooks, 11 Troy Cunningham, 25 Tyler Bear.

Jr. Sportsman II Lite – 46 Mathew Bauer, 41 Jonathan Pillion, 52 Austin Hogue, 51 Brett Berkheimer, 9 Dakota Bear.

Jr. Sportsman II Heavy – 41 Jonathan Pillion, 52 Austin Hogue, 46 Mathew Bauer, 1 Corbin Leiby, 88 Andrew Dietrich.

Jr. Sportsman Champ – 4 Tyler Bear, 1 Logan Schuchart, 48 Chad Brooks, 73 Joshua Trenary, 83 Cody Fairchok.

Jr. Champ – 10 Cody Schmiedel, 1 Brian Behm, 00 Brandon Scannell, 16 Gerard McIntyre, 99 Kyle Moody.

Jr. Lite – 7 Matt Cooper, 89 Donald Holland Jr., 19 Brent Marks, 12 Keith Blumenstein, 10 Dustin Smith.

Jr. Heavy – 7 Matt Cooper,. 89 Donald Holland Jr., 41 Cody Sieber, 10 Dustin Smith, 13 Jordan Ginder.

Sr. Lite – 78 James Kirby, 12 John Westbrook, 32 Garrett Kuhns, 1 Patrick Rineman, 61 Craig Wetzel.

Sr. Heavy – 52 Dwayne Gutshall, 91 Jeff Rathfon, 17 Danny Wiles, 90 Walt Mcleary, 37 Mark Rhodes.

Sr. Super Heavy – 91 Jeff Rathfon, 17 Danny Wiles, 77 Brad Spates, 21 Nathan Weikel, 7 David Beck.

Sr. Champ – 1 Cale Reigel, 25 Brent Lawrence, 19 Andrew Tate, 80 Eddie Rice, 17 Joshua Rebert.

Unlimited 2-Cycle – 52 David Blayock, Dale Boward, Elvin Diller.

Yamaha 2-Cycle – 41 Scott Geesey, 03 Clark Simonton, 12 Keith Blumenstein, 4 Joshua Echard, 90 Scott Spidle.

Stock 2-Cycle – 03 Clark Simonton, 41 Scott Geesey, 21 Elvin Diller, 12 Keith Blumenstein, 90 Scott Spidle.

Animal - 00 Chris Frank, 9 Mat Hummel, 49 Charles Bowers, 29 Adam Romig, 25 Autumn Bear.

Controlled Medium – 77 Derek Locke, Jonathan Keister, 57 Geoff Gill, 7 Tracy Brenneman, 19 Missy Ciucci.

Controlled Heavy – 5 Jeremy Ginder, 29 Adam Romig, 57 Geoff Gill, 00 Chris Frank, 3 Travis Wagner.

Path Valley Warns Against Strictly Stock Demo Derby Style Racing
FRAZIER, HECKMAN WIN FIRSTS
By Walt Cox

Steve Frazier of Chambersburg won the first race he ever entered Saturday in six-cylinder strictly stocks at Path Valley.

Spring Run, PA_ “These (Strictly Stock) races are not demo derbies, and we are going to penalize anyone who appears to deliberately hit another driver’s car,” race director John Winsett warned before Saturday night’s racing began with full fields in all classes.

Chambersburg area drivers won all three strictly stock events and McClure racer Nathan Fisher won his second feature of the season in the special Legends Cars race.

The Strictly Stocks at Path Valley were formerly called junkyard cars and a few of the many rookie drivers managed, despite the warning from Winsett and use of both the black and yellow flags, to turn the infield into a junkyard. At one point seven of the 24 six-cylinders that started the feature were sitting in the infield.

Dave Kitzmiller of Roxbury won his second race ever in the V-8 feature, with a skilful dash amid lapped car traffic to lead every lap. “I want to thank my dad, Wayne, for the work he does on the car,” Kitzmiller said after his first win this season. “This sure is fun and it’s real racing I can afford.” The front five finishers in the V-8 class of Strictly Stocks were Kitzmiller, Joe Daywalt, Dustin Brown, Jerry Fleming, Dave Dunkle, and Tony Verno and Fleming and Daywalt won the heats.

Steve Frazier of Chambersburg passed Dave Ricker in turn two on lap 18 to win the six-cylinder feature. Frazier later said it was his first race ever and ‘real hard work.’ Ricker had led every lap, lapping cars in his #99 after lap seven, and Frazier followed a length behind until he got the chance to take the lead as Ricker spun 360 degrees but kept going at the end of the race. Second went to Crystal Miller of Bedford, third to Jeff Swope, fourth to Rob Keller and fifth to Rick Rosenberry. Shane Ege, Swope and Keller won the heats.

Todd Heckman of Chambersburg, another rookie driver, won the four-cylinder feature in the final 30 yards by going to the outside coming out of turn four on the final lap to pass previous race winner Denny Scofield at the line by about six feet. Tim Riley, Johnny Runk and Chris Chamberlain filled out the front five and the heat winners were Runk, Lee Young and Heckman.

The Legends Cars, with veteran drivers that included all of last year’s Dirt Track National Champions, put on an exhibit of racing the way it’s supposed to be for the Strictly Stock drivers. Fisher took the lead from Denny Rothermel on lap three with a dive to the inside turn three and then survived three caution flag restarts for his second win. Rothermel, Ray Swank, Bryan Swartz, and Josh Morrow completed the front five and Bob Murray and Fisher won the heats.

About 35 youngsters won the Candy Scramble on the front stretch at intermission, with a special candy hunt at the concession stand for those four years old and younger.

The low budget Strictly Stocks race again at Path Valley Sept. 6 with gates open at 5 p.m. and warm-ups by 6:30.

he Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is 717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER

Legends – Nathan Fisher, Denny Rothermel, Ray Swank, Bryan Swartz, Josh Morrow, Butch Brough, Randy Fetterolf, Jason Ewing, Bill Harris, Darryl Bloom, Ed Wentz, Zack Dieter, Andy Lupfer, Allen Felix, Bob Murray, Lawrence Garrison, Laura McConnell, Randy Kissinger, Greg Burd, Tim Black. Heats; Murray, Fisher

V-8 Strictly Stock – David Kitzmiller, Joe Daywalt, Dustin Brown, Jerry Fleming, Dave Dunkle, Tony Verno, Tim Burdge, Randy Scott, Luther Daywalt Jr., Mike Cottle, Pete Neuder, Joey Burdge, Derrick Hinish, Robert Naugle, Dan Gelwick, Kevin Hinish, DQ Gary Calimer Jr. Heats; Fleming, Daywalt

6-Cylinder Strictly Stock – Steve Frazier, Crystal Miller, Jeff Swope, Rob Keller, Ricky Rosenberry, jerry Merritts, Todd Price, Bob Elbin, Jason Ege, Dave Ricker, Mandy Jay, Tyler Snyder, Rod Ramsey, Chris McFarland, Jason Gilliland, Derrick Varner, Glen Winnick Jr., George Winnick, Dali Marten, Ryan Johnson, Brian Scott, Shane Ege, DNS Chantz Ramsey, Kevin Burdge. Heats; Ege, Swope, Keller

4-Cylinder Strictly Stock – Todd Heckman, Denny Scofield, Tim Riley, Johnny Runk, Chris Chamberlain, Tom Brady, Wilbert Barker, Dave Strait, Lee Young, Mark Campbell, Chad Clark, Steve Ramsey, Eldon Jay, Jason Hale, Stan Heath, Barron Taylor, Rob Hampton, Jeff Koser, Joey Burdge, Ted Atherton, Jason Kipp, Cliff Williams, Tony Thurber, DNS Jerry Dupuis, Chester Atherton. Heats; Runk, Young, Heckman.

Path Valley Beats Rain Good with Brookens, Bigler and Bard
By Walt Cox

600 Sprints winner Jimmy Brookens with cousin and Miss Patb Valley Angie Brookens.

Spring Run, PA_ Threatened by storms on all sides and lightning overhead, the Path Valley Speedway Park completed seven Pepsi Night features by 10 p.m. and then celebrated the winners with Melvin’s

Auto Repair and Midnight Graphics prizes.

Fittingly, Melvin Bigler of Shippensburg in the four-cylinder thunder cars and Jerry Bard of Shippensburg in the mini stocks won the night’s regular features while Joe Hawbaker of Mercersburg won the night’s makeup thunder car feature from August 8.

The night’s winged sprint thrillers went to defending champion Jimmy Brookens of Fayetteville in the 600 Sprints and to Sean Good of Middleburg in the 270 Sprints. Shippensburg ace Randy Patterson won half a length ahead of Tim Fedder in the V-8 Street Stocks and Greg Burd of Boiling Springs won his first feature in the Legends Cars.

The race proved a preview for next weekend when the PA 305 Sprints return to Path Valley for the regular Friday night feature and again on Labor Day for the annual All Sprint Monday $500 to win races for the 305, 600, 270 and 125 sprints. The Friday Coors Night features Aug. 29 include the regular divisions and both the 305 Sprints and the Legends Cars and in addition the regular karts and four wheelers will race Saturday while the Monday All Sprint National races may draw the biggest field of sprints seen anywhere in the region this season.

After leading every lap in the 270 Sprints feature, Sean Good revealed that the #17 he wheeled to the win amid lapped sprints was only completed at 5 p.m. that afternoon and the night before it was a bare Elite chassis. “All of our testing was right here tonight in the warm-ups and heats. We made some adjustments for the smooth, hard track surface and I could put it wherever I needed to to stay out front.” Brian Marriott passed Rodney Glass for second on lap 17 and Matt Miller, Glass and Brian Walker filled out the front five. Chad Myers, Marriott and Glass won the heats, and the inversion pill draw put Good on the pole.

Defending champion Jim Brookens started third and took the 600 Sprints lead at the end of the first lap. After a lap three red flag for four sprints that bent their wings in turn one, the race went non-stop to the checkers with Brookens weaving ahead of a hard field of past winners. Second through fifth went to Aaron Eichelberger, Jim Fitz, Jim Young, and Jim Callahan and Young and Ryan Greth won the heat races.

First time Legends winner Greg Burd passed Josh Morrow on the outside coming out of turn two on lap seven and led the field, even after a lap 17 restart. He said his father and family are his primary support and winning on the Path Valley clay ahead of past national champions was the thrill of a lifetime. The front five were Burd, Allen Felix, Ray Swank, Josh Morrow and Kip Erb Jr. and the heat winners were Swank, Butch Brough and Erb.

The thriller of the night was the V-8 Street Stock feature as Randy Patterson from third took the lead on the second lap and Tim Fedder came from last to catch up on lap five. With no cautions, the two veterans turned the event into a match race running at times side-by-side for the final 14 laps. Fedder tried both the outside groove and then the inside but Patterson pulled away in both the turns and the straights to win by just more than half the length of his #03. Patterson said it is always a personal best to beat Fedder. The front five also included Wayne Hawbaker, Aaron Neuder and Blaine Dockery and Neuder won the heat race.

In the night’s first, makeup, four-cylinder thunder car feature Joe Hawbaker started fourth and took his third win of the season after taking the lead from a broken Derrick Casner on lap 17. The front five in the first feature were Hawbaker, Lyle Barnes, Raymond Middaugh, Chris Casner and John Rasp.

Melvin Bigler beat pole starter Terry Smith into turn one on the first lap of the second thunder car feature and then raced ahead of him to the win with only two cautions to regroup the field. The front five in the second feature were Bigler, Smith, John Rasp, Jeremy Truax and Vance Kennedy. Richard Stache and Rasp won the 10-car heats.

In addition to T-shirts and Midnight Graphics decals for the other winners, Bigler and Jerry Bard provided bags of candy for all the children and Frisbees autographed by the four-cylinder drivers for the grandstands. Those in the grandstands who got the Frisbees signed by the night’s winners won also a free auto inspection and a gift certificate from Melvin’s Auto Repairs on Route 11 in Shippensburg.

Opening the night, in a wheel to wheel duel coming out of turn four on the final lap Jerry Bard got past Rickey Harper to win the mini stock feature by about a length. The front five after 20 laps were Bard, Harper, Eric Mellott, Gary Dehart and Barry Welch. Bard and Randy Wible won the heat races and then Bard, as winner of the first heat, drew a ten pill for inversion, which put him in ninth to start.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is 717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER

270 Sprints – Sean Good, Brian Marriott, Matt Miller, Rodney Glass, Brian Walker, Chad Myers, Alex Cunningham, Zack Zook, Josh Dressler, Doug Dodson, Craig Myers, Randy Pit, Earl Hoon Jr., Todd Steffy, Mike Midkiff, Greg Kone, Jared Allen, Jason Pisani, Ryan Preece, Brad Zook, Guy Hardesty, Rob Griffin, Ray Myers, Aaron Lynch, Greg Folmar. Heats to Chad Myers, Marriott, Glass.

600 Sprints – Jim Brookens, Aaron Eichelberger, Jim Fitz, Jim Young, Jim Callahan, Mark Watkins, Donnie Hendershot, Chad Criswell, Justin Frontz, Jake Murphy, Ben Murphy, Tim Barrick, Gary Suchy, J.C. Walling, Duane Harbaugh, Butch Harrington, Ryan Greth, Rod Schell, Chris Smith, DQ Terry Peters. Heats to Young, Greth.

Mini Stocks – Jerry Bard, Rickey Harper, Eric Mellott, Gary Dehart, Barry Welch, Mike Beidel, Brenda McCartney, Kyle Wiser, Steve McCartney, Tim Burkholder, Ed Kirby, Calvin Fredrick, Korey Washinger, Randy Wible, Kevin Thomas, Bryan Neff. Heats to Bard and Wible.

Legends – Greg Burd, Allen Felix, Ray Swank, Josh Morrow, Kip Erb Jr., Butch Brough, Lawrence Garrison, Randy Fetterolf, Denny Rothermel, Paul Fisher, Darryl Bloom, Rob Murray, James Black, Jason Ewing, Edward Wentz, Bryan Swartz, Zach Deiter, George Rutherford, Bill Harris, Laura McGonnell, Nathan Fisher, Andy Lupfer. Heats to Swank, Brough, Erb.

V-8 Street Stock – Randy Patterson, Tim Fedder, Wayne Hawbaker, Aaron Neuder, Blaine Dockery, Matt Kauffman, Allen Shives. Heat to Neuder.

4-Cyl. Thunder (from Aug. 8) – Joe Hawbaker, Lyle Barnes, Raymond Middaugh, Chris Casner, John Rasp, Melvin Bigler, Charles Stallman, Vance Kennedy, Derrick Casner, Wes Scofield, Keith Armolt, Jeremy Truax, Derrick Varner, Dave Ricker, Josh Detra, Duane Ricker, DNS Jason Erwin.

4-Cyl. Thunder (Aug. 22) – Melvin Bigler, Terry Smith, John Rasp, Jeremy Truax, Vance Kennedy, Dave Ricker, Keith Armolt, Raymond Middaugh, Duane Ricker, Lyle Barnes, Jeremy Ott, Richard Stache, Tim Varner, Derrick Casner, Chris Casner, Joe Hawbaker, Josh Detra, Wes Scofield, DQ Charles Stallman. Heats to Stache, Rasp.

Brookens, Callahan and Dicely Win in Path Valley Sprints
By Walt Cox

Tim Fedder won the night's regular V-8 feature.

Spring Run, PA_ Two Wheel Promotions raced through a full program and
completed eight features before 11 p.m. Friday night at the Path Valley
Speedway Park.

In the two rain makeups from August 8, Jim Brookens of Fayetteville led all
the way in the 600 Sprints and Randy Patterson of Shippensburg used a lapped
car to take the lead from Chad Lininger of McConnellsburg with two laps to
go.

One feature remains from the rain shortened Aug. 8 races, for the
four-cylinder thunder cars, and it will be made up on Pepsi Night, next
Friday, August 22. That night is also Public Service Appreciation Night and
all firemen, police, ambulance crew members and medics and anyone in similar
related fields of public benefit with ID will be admitted free of charge to
the grandstands.

The regular night's 600 Sprints feature went to Jim Callahan of McVeytown
who led every lap and the 270 Sprints feature went to Mike Dicely of
Lewisberry who got the lead from Sean Good on lap ten. Past champion Lynn
Knepper of Somerset won in the Dwarf Cars and Barry Welch of Three Springs
won his second feature in three weeks in the mini stocks while the night's
second V-8 Street Stock winner was Tim Fedder of Newport.

The upset of the nigh was in the four-cylinder thunder cars as Lyle Barnes
of Chambersburg started on the pole and led every lap for his first ever
Path Valley victory. Barnes led by a full turn before a lap 11 caution and
then had to hold off Melvin Bigler, up from a ninth place start, through the
final laps. John Rasp and Bigler won the heats and Rasp drew a ten-car
inversion pill to put Barnes on the pole. The front five finishers were
Barnes, Bigler, Keith Armolt, Dave Ricker, and Terry Smith.

The night's first 600 Sprints feature resumed from where it was curtailed by
rain the week before and defending champion Jimmy Brookens romped to the win
ahead of Duane Harbaugh, Donnie Hendershot, Jim Young, and Rod Schell in the
front five. Only one lap seven caution regrouped the field.

The makeup in the V-8 Street Stocks, which also ran before the night's
regular heat races, proved a cliffhanger as Chad Lininger led from the pole
position and Randy Patterson pulled alongside him the first time on lap six.
Twice more Patterson tried to pass on the outside and with no cautions to
close up the field the two encountered Ron Myers Jr. on lap 16 and on lap 18
Patterson got past on the outside as Lininger worked for the shorter inside
groove. The front five were Patterson, Lininger, Jeff Johnson, Dave
Fahnestock, and Aaron Neuder.

In the night's regular 600 Sprints feature Callahan had to stand off Mike
Dicely through the first half and then Donnie Hendershot after Dicely spun
in turn four for the race's only caution. Hendershot caught up on laps 11
and 16 but never got past. The front five were Callahan, Hendershot, Duane
Harbaugh, Ryan Greth, and Jim Young, and Dicely, Greth and Jim Brookens won
the heats.

"It's just as good to win here as to win a national event," said Mike Dicely
of his wins two weeks ago in the NMMA Nationals in Missouri. Dicely somehow
got past Sean Good on a lap ten restart and held on through a lap 18 caution
for the win. The front five were Dicely, Good, Brian Walker, Matt Miller,
and Ray Peters. Last year's Rookie of the Year, Josh Dressler, won the consi
and the heats went to Chad Myers, Walker and Dicely.

Barry Welch, defying a 'Hill Valley Jinx' in the mini stocks, got a ten-car
inversion pill draw to start on the pole and then scooted ahead of Kevin
Thomas and Ricky Harper to the checkers. Welch, Thomas, Harper, Eric
Mellott, and Ed Kirby were the front five finishers and Steve McCartney and
Jerry Bard won the heats.

>From fourth, Lynn Knepper caught pole starter Jeff Barclay on lap seven and
never looked back for his Dwarf Cars win. The final 11 laps went non-stop
and the front five across the line were Knepper, Wes Zimmerman, Jeff
Barclay, Josh Sigman, and Frank Dunkle while Sigman and Knepper picked up
the heat wins.

Frequent winner Tim Fedder eked out a win in the night's second V-8 Street
Stock main, but praised "That guy in the 75" Chad Lininger from the winners
circle for clean, hard racing. As the final ten laps raced non-stop,
Lininger twice pulled within view of Fedder's #34. Third through fifth were
Randy Patterson, Ron Myers Jr., and Wayne Hawbaker, and Patterson won the
single heat.

The Path Valley Speedway Park is located in Spring Run PA a mile north on PA
Route 641 from the intersection with PA Route 75, halfway between Port Royal
and Hagerstown. It is five miles east from the Willow Hill Exit 14 of the PA
Turnpike. The new phone number at the track for promoter Ken Geesey is
717-349-7111. For information on the 2003 schedule and rules, race teams and
fans can consult the website at www.pathvalley.com or they can email Two
Wheel Promotions at twp@pathvalley.com.

FINISH ORDER

Aug. 8 600 Sprints - Jim Brookens, Duane Harbaugh, Donnie Hendershot, Jim
Young, Rod Schell, Jason Starr, Jake Murphy, Mike Dicely, Poncho Lawler, Tim
Barrick, Butch Harrington, Ben Murphy, Aaron Eichelberger, Justin Frontz,
Matt Preece, Dan Miller, Bill Fekete, Ryan Gamble, Steve Dull, Nathan Hauck,
Dusty Heistand, Tom Mahar, Mark Watkins, DQ JC Walling, Terry Peters.

Aug. 8 V-8 Street Stock - Randy Patterson, Chad Lininger, Jeff Johnson, Dave
Fahnestock, Aaron Neuder, Ron Myers Jr., Terry O'Donel, Wayne Hawbaker, DNS
Blaine Dockery, Matt Kauffman.

600 Sprints - Jim Callahan, Donnie Hendershot, Duane Harbaugh, Ryan Greth,
Jim Young, Jason Starr, Jim Brookens, Justin Frontz, Jake Murphy, Mike
Dicely, Rod Schell, Ron Crossley, Tim Barrick, Aaron Eichelberger, Gary
Suchy, Terry Peters, Butch Harrington, J.C. Walling, Jim Fitz, Ben Murphy,
DNS Poncho Lawler, Chad Criswell. Heats to Dicely, Greth, Brookens.

270 Sprints - Mike Dicely, Sean Good, Brian Walker, Matt Miller, Ray Peters,
Craig Myers, Tom Tice, Rodney Glass, Cheryl Clark, Jim Young, Rob Griffin,
Mike Connors, Tim Robertson, Brian Hart, Jared Allen, Chad Myers, Doug
Dodson, Aaron Lynch, Jason Hall, Jason Houtz, Todd Steffy, Josh Dressler,
Greg Kone, Glen Clark; heats to Myers, Walker, Dicely; Consi to Dressler.

Dwarf - Lynn Knepper, Wes Zimmerman, Jeff Barclay, Josh Sigman, Frank
Dunkle, Steve Shirk, Greg Johnson, Tom Showman, Dave Fredrick, Randy Wenger,
John Gerula, Frankie Dunkle. Heats to Knepper, Sigman.

Mini Stock - Barry Welch, Kevin Thomas, Ricky Harper, Eric Mellott, Ed
Kirby, Kyle Wiser, Tim Burkholder, Jerry Bard, Mike Beidel, Steve McCartney,
Gary Dehart, Korey Washinger, Bryan Neff, Brenda McCartney, Jeff Mangle, DNS
Arlin Brougher. Heats to Steve McCartney, Bard.

V-8 Street Stock - Tim Fedder, Chad Lininger, Randy Patterson, Ron Myers
Jr., Wayne Hawbaker, Jeff Johnson, Dave Fahnestock, Terry O'Donel, Aaron
Neuder. Heat to Patterson.

4-Cyl. Thunder - Lyle Barnes, Melvin Bigler, Keith Armolt, Dave Ricker,
Terry Smith, Tim Varner, Wes Scofield, Josh Detra, Phil Myers, Charles
Stallman, Chris Casner, John Rasp, DQ Derrick Casner, Raymond Middaugh.
Heats to Rasp, Bigler.

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