STRONGSTOWN, Penn. — Dog Hollow Speedway remembered the “Voice Of Dog Hollow Speedway,” Dave Kittey, on Friday night with a special tribute to him prior to the start of the night’s racing program.
Kittey died unexpectedly Tuesday morning, leaving the racing world in shock.
The speedway brought all employees to the front stretch along with the No. 14A Super Late Model of Dan Angelicchio, Kittey’s cousin. Several officials spoke to the fans about Kittey.
After the tears were wiped away, the racing began, as Ryan Montgomery picked up the Subway of Clearfield Super Late Model feature win, along with lap money and bonuses totaling $4,265.
Paul Ivory won the 358 late model feature while Joe Martin won the Townsend Gas and Oil Rush Late Model main. Ashton Daughenbaugh won the Texas Auto Ranch Four Cylinder main while John Eckenrod and Tim Laughard split the two Schaeffer’s Oil Rush Stock Car features.
Twenty-two super late models answered the call for Brian Biancuzzio’s green flag to start the 30-lap grind as a memorial race for Dave Kittey. Montgomery shot into the lead at the start and Joe Petyak was a close second, following a couple of false starts.
As the race continued, Petyak was still chasing Montgomery and the crowd was watching the battles all through the field. On lap 10, Petyak looped the No. 44 and had to tail the field.Â
On the restart, third place starter Jon Lee bolted around second place Greg Moore and tried to run down Montgomery, but Montgomery wasn’t about to let that happen. As the laps wound down, Lee started to fade and Michael Lake overtook him for second after a few cautions slowed the race.
Lake tried to run down Montgomery, but he too failed to do so. Wyatt Scott and Dan Angelicchio also got by Lee on the last lap. At the finish, it was Montgomery taking the win over Lake, Scott, Angelicchio and Lee.Â
The Townsend Gas and Oil Rush Late Models saw heat race winners Martin and Kyle Smith Jr. on the front row, with Martin taking the lead and third place starter Michael Duritsky stealing second.
The top five stayed pretty much the same the entire distance, with Kyle Lukon and Mike Laughard jockeying for position most of the race and Laughard gaining the upper hand on lap 15.
At the finish, it was Martin getting the win over Duritsky, Laughard, Lukon and Noah Burnell.Â
The 358 Steel Block Late Models saw Ivory and Clinton Hersh on the front row, as Ivory took the lead and set the pace. Ivory led the 20-lap event the entire distance and was followed over the line by Hersh, Devin Frey, Jim Decker and Marvin Williams.Â
The Schaeffer’s Oil Rush Stock Cars had two 10-lap features, with Eckenrod leading all 10 laps in the first one to win over Tim Laughard who was a close second..
The second feature saw Laughard lead the distance to win over a close Eckenrod.
The Texas Auto Ranch Four Cylinders had Dustin Gibbons and Daughenbaugh on the front row, as Daughenbaugh took the lead at the drop of the green flag. He held Bill Eckenrode at bay the entire 12-lap distance.
At the finish, the top five were Daughenbaugh, Eckenrode, Michael Sinclair, Dave Dietrick and Todd Davis.Â
The 100-lap enduro to close out the regular season saw 15 drivers answer the call, with Noah Swank leading early on. Raymond Dallape, Quinten Beeman and Paul Crynock III all took a shot at leading, as Crynock took the lead at about the halfway mark and never looked back. He was followed by Steve Diehl, who was later disqualified.
Second place then went to Dylan Jones, with Tanner Snyder third, Ashton Laughard fourth and Jake Waugh fifth.
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