LEHIGHTON, Pa. – The Unfortunate 25s for non winners and Timed Dashes kicked off the start of the Mahoning Valley Speedway Hall of Fame Classic weekend on Friday evening.
In the late model feature, Jeremy Miller picked up the win and although he was credited with leading every lap, his drive to victory was intense from start to finish as he was under immense pressure from rookie James Yons and New York invader Roger Maynor.
Miller would take the lead at the outset and on every lap of the nonstop affair he was hounded by that pair. Yons and Maynor raced the distance side-by-side while they each made numerous attempts to pass Miller. As the trio raced to the checkers it was Miller winning by a scant few inches as Yons and Maynor came across the line side-by-side.
The street stock main was much the same as Randy Ahner Jr. would be out front the entire way, but all the while had to deal with Jon Moser.
Ahner, himself a past champion, used the inside lane to defend his spot as Moser did all he could to work either inside or outside lanes to get by. Shayne Geist was also close in the mix and would finish a very respectable third.
In the hobby stock division, B.J. Wambold nabbed the lead from Cody Boehm on lap five. He then had to endure the tenacious hounding by Boehm, who was not making things easy on the leader. Try as he may, Boehm would not let up on his pursuit to retake the lead. Just as tough was Taylor Schmidt, who was hanging closely with the leaders. The unwavering Wambold stayed steady and solid in picking up his first win in a hobby stock.
Josh Kuronya held off Terry Peters for top honors in the Pro 4s and in doing so claimed his first stock car win.
Nevin George and Don Wagner ran the fastest laps in their respective rounds of Time Dashes for the modified class and, in doing so, will get the pole starting spots in Saturday’s heat qualifying events for the Hal Renninger 99-lap Tribute RoC main.
The street stocks and hobby stocks each ran three rounds of Time Dashes that also awarded pole heat starting spots for Saturday’s features. Twenty-six and 30 cars took timed laps.
Jon Moser, Johnny Bennett and Rick Reichenbach topped the street stock charts while Lorin Arthofer II, Al Arthofer and Ryan Berger were quickest with the hobby stocks.