Jeremiah and Shawn Shingledecker Bring Home Victories, Randy Wyant Captures Career First in Pro Stock Action, Jeff Manners and Max Blair Also Celebrate First Wins of 2009

Franklin, PA, ... The H&H Motorsports era at the Tri-City Speedway began on Sunday night as Jeremiah Shingledecker (Engles Trucking DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds), Max Blair (4 Your Car Connection FASTRAK Late Models), Shawn Shingledecker (RPM Auto Sales/Sherry Shawgo Real Estate E Mods), Randy Wyant (E.F. Rogers Plumbing & Heating Pro Stocks) and Jeff Manners (Klapec Auto Body Thundercars) collected feature wins at the Venango County oval.

Jeremiah Shingledecker of Polk, PA would lead just one lap of the 20-lap feature event, but it was the most important lap as Shingledecker used the inside line of the race track to get by veteran Jim Rasey and claim the first checkered flag of 2009.

“I want to thank my brother and crew chief, Travis, for getting this new Bicknell chassis dialed in.  This is our seventh race with the new car and he had it hooked up perfectly,” said Shingledecker.

It was Shingledecker’s third consecutive year to claim the DIRTcar Modified opener at the Franklin, PA oval as he also captured the 2007 adn 2008 opening day feature events.

Rasey, who had led the first 19 laps of the event, settled for second over Andy Priest, Joe Crawford and Dave Murdick.  The event was slowed by one major caution as a lap nine spin by Jeremy Paup also collected Rex King, Sr., Rex King, Jr. Dean Pearson and Mike Turner.  King Jr., Paup and Pearson retired from the event as a result of the incident.

Shingledecker and Crawford won the DIRTcar Modified heat events.

Local teenager and reigning FASTRAK Northeast Late Model Touring Series champion Max Blair of Centerville, PA, continued his winning ways as he captured the 4 Your Car Connection FASTRAK Late Model eature event.

Bob McCann and Stephen Hollabaugh led the 20-car field to the green.  Bryan Salisbury would lead the first two circuits before Alan Dellinger took over the lead on lap three.  Dellinger battled with Mike Pegher, Jr. for several laps with Blair slowly reeling in the twosome.  By lap seven Blair was on Dellinger’s tail and the teen sensation dove under Dellinger as the pair entered turn four on lap seven.  Blair came out with the lead went on to capture his seventh Tri-City Speedway FASTRAK Late Model win.

Bobby Powell, Pegher, Jr., David Scott and Salisbury completed the top five.  Blair and Scott were victorious in the FASTRAK Late Model preliminary events.

Oil City, PA driver Randy Wyant captured his first career feature event as he led the E.F. Rogers Plumbing & Heating Pro Stock feature from start to finish.  Wyant, who has shown marked improvement since his debut in the division several years ago, held off the challenges of veterans Chris Haines and Jason Johns to bring home a very well deserved feature win.  Johns, FASTRAK Late Model competitor David Scott, who was driving the Matt Thomas owned #54, Haines and Bob Sloss rounded out the top five.

Wyant began his “perfect” evening by capturing a heat event win, while Haines captured the other Pro Stock heat event.

Shawn Shingledecker of Franklin, PA, followed the lead of his cousin Jeremiah quite well as he captured the RPM Auto Sales/Sherry Shawgo Real Estate E Mod feature event.  Shingledecker, who started in the tenth spot methodically, worked his way through traffic to overtake New Castle, PA driver Ron Roncaglione on lap 13.  Shingledecker then held off a hard charging Carl McKinney to capture his first checkered flag of the 2009 racing season.  McKinney, Roncaglione, Tim Engles and Tim Peterson rounded out the top five.

Engles captured the E mod prelim earlier in the evening.

Jeff Manners proved to be a worthy substitute for his son Cody as Manners dominated the 12-lap Klapec Auto Body Thundercar feature.  It was Manners' 13^th career Thundercar victory as he has competed in the class since its inception in 2003.  Jon Huff, Greg Myers, Bill Winters and Scott Kilgore completed the top five in the event.

Manners and Dave Baker captured the Thundercar heat events.  In addition Cochranton driver Jace Ferringer was uninjured after taking a hard tumble at the completion of the evening’s first heat event.

Racing action at the Tri-City Speedway will return next Sunday, May 3^rd as H&H Motorsports present the Spring Sprint Spectacular featuring the Winged Super Sprints, which will battle for 30 laps with the winner collecting a $2,500 payday.  In addition, the ULMS Late Model Series will make their first ever appearance at the speedway as Northern Tier drivers such as Ron Davies, Boom Briggs and Dave Hess, Jr., will battle hometown favorites Robbie Blair and Darrell Bossard.  The RPM Auto Sales/Sherry Shawgo Real Estate E Mods, E.F. Rogers Plumbing & Heating Pro Stocks and Klapec Auto Body Thundercars will also be in competition. Gates open at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m. Adult grandstand admission will be $18 with the extra purse money on the line.