July 5, 2012
SCHUCHART WINS PA SPEEDWEEK FIRST ROUND AT WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY
Mechanicsburg, PA – Logan Schuchart of Hanover won the second Williams Grove Speedway 410 sprint event of his career in his rookie season on Thursday night, taking the $5,000 PA Speedweek feature win after Danny Dietrich dropped out of a commanding lead.
The 410 sprint feature event was marred by three red flags, with a pair on lap four and another with five laps to go in the 30 lap main.
Dietrich started on the pole and drove off from the field when the green flag fell before his pace was halted for the first red on lap four when the cars of Shane Stewart, Ryan Bohlke, Doug Esh and Mike Wagner tangled in the third turn.
The first attempt at a restart saw Schuchart slide leader Dietrich in the first corner with Dietrich overcoming the pass on the back chute but the red soon came out for a two car flip as executed by Brian Montieth and TJ Stutts in the third corner.
Dietrich cleanly got away when green appeared again and entered lapped traffic with a commanding lead on the 12th circuit followed by Schuchart, Paul McMahan, Daryn Pittman and Fred Rahmer.
A caution flag for a stopped Kyle Larson flew over the field at the halfway point, again regrouping the field but Dietrich had it all handled on the restart.
And then suddenly with just eight laps left, Dietrich simply stopped on the front stretch, handing control to a distant Schuchart with Pittman lining up second for the restart followed by Rahmer.
Schuchart got away when action restarted only to be stopped for a final time with five to go for a rolled over Cody Darrah in the second corner after he jumped the cushion while racing with Stevie Smith for fifth.
Pittman remained just outside of striking distance over the final laps as Schuchart drove to his first ever victory in speed week action.
“I was hoping this car holds together,” Schuchart said of his thoughts when the race was again stalled with just five laps to go.
“I feel bad for Danny but it’s about time some luck goes our way. We’ve been falling apart lately.”
Pittman was second followed by Rahmer, Smith and Paul McMahan.
Sixth through 10th went to Steve Buckwalter, 21st starter Lance Dewease, Adam Wilt, Alan Krimes and Don Kreitz Jr.
Heats went to Krimes, Wilt, Darrah and Kreitz with Shane Stewart taking the B Main.
McMahan set fast time over the 38-car field with a lap of 16.979 seconds.
July 5, 2012 Feature Finishes:
410 sprint cars, 30 laps: 1. Logan Schuchart, 2. Daryn Pittman, 3. Fred Rahmer, 4. Stevie Smith, 5. Paul McMahan, 6. Steve Buckwalter, 7. Lance Dewease, 8. Adam Wilt, 9. Alan Krimes, 10. Don Kreitz Jr., 11. Brent Marks, 12. Ryan Bohlke, 13. Rick Lafferty, 14. Cody Darrah, 15. Danny Dietrich, 16. Danny Lasoski, 17. Kyle Larson, 18. Nicole Bower, 19. Greg Hodnett, 20. TJ Stutts, 21. Brian Montieth, 22. Shane Stewart, 23. Mike Wagner, 24. Doug Esh
DNQ: Cory Haas, Gerard McIntyre Jr., Darren Mollonoyux, Michael Ruttkamp, Sheldon Haudenschild, Hunter Mackison, Tyler Walker, Davey Sammons, Luke Bowey, Derek Sell, Troy Fraker, Ryan Smith, Chad Layton, Ryan Taylor
2012 PA SPRINT CAR SPEEDWEEK POINT STANDINGS
1. 51 Fred Rahmer 642*
2. 27 Daryn Pittman 562*
3. 87 Alan Krimes 537*
4. 21 Brian Montieth 536*
5. 48 Danny Dietrich 505*
6. 30c Lance Dewease 476*
7. 39 Greg Hodnett 458*
8. 19m Brent Marks 442*
9. 1s Logan Schuchart 352
10. 13 Paul McMahon 342
11. 1 Danny Lasoski 341
12. 35 Tyler Walker 337
13. 7 Chad Layton 330*
13. 19 Stevie Smith 330
15. 77 Aaron Ott 292
16. 1K Kyle Larson 275*
17. 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 272*
18. 89 Cody Darrah 221
19. 15 Adam Wilt 210
20. 2 Ryan Bohlke 209
21. 14 Brian Leppo 173
22. 8H Keith Kauffman 170
23. 55 Mike Wagner 150
24. 11c Cory Haas 145
25. 59 Jim Siegel 143
26. 16 Gerard McIntyre Jr 112
27. 21 Shane Stewart 108
28. 17B Steve Buckwalter 105
29. 20 Ryan Taylor 103
30. 8 Billy Dietrich 99
31. 747 Davey Sammons 98
32. 69K Donnie Kreitz Jr 97
33. 84 Chad Criswell 91
34. 70 Sam Schlosberg 83
35. 55AU Luke Bowey 72*
36. 44 Frank Cozze 69
36. 0 Rick Lafferty 69
38. 69 Tim Glatfelter 61
39. 7K Dan Shetler 59
40. 75 Nicole Bower 55
41. 6 Brad McClelland 52
41. 3w Sheldon Haudenschild 52
43. 175 Billy Pauch Jr 51
44. 2T T J Stutts 50
45. 33 Scott Lutz 38
46. 30 Doug Esh 28
47. 66 Ryan Kissinger 27
48. 44 Joey Hershey 24
48. 55z Mark Zimmerman 24
48. 4 John Rudisill 24
51. 175 Tim Tanner Jr 20
52. 07 Billy Schoffstall 17
53.. 15R Jay Reichart 12
53. U2 Trevor Utt 12
55. 5T Glenndon Forsythe 9
56. 12w Troy Fraker 8
57. 2H Dave Hahn 7
58. 56 Dave Wilson 6
59. 15 Mark Bitner 5
59. 21k Kyle Pruitt 5
59. 95 Hunter Mackison 5
62. 97 Jimmy Reppert 4
63. 69 Ryan Smith 3
64. 20s Derek Sell 2
64. 8 Steve Petry 2
66. 8R Michael Ruttkamp 1
67. 91 Dalton Dietrich 0
* indicates driver has attended all races
