Sharon Friday Night Thunder champions: Blackshear, Stephen Walker, Ament, Craig Daniels, Josh Walker

HARTFORD, Ohio (August 28, 2010) – The last Friday Night Thunder at Sharon Speedway saw a number of close feature races, as the race to lead in points was hotly contested in number of divisions. Feature winners were Mark Marcucci in Mod Lites, Todd Walker in Sportsman, Craig Daniels in Micro Sprints, Bradley Blackshear in 2 bbl E-Mods, Robby Bartchy in Limited Sprints and Pete Blaczcak in Hobby Stocks.

Heading into the Mod Lite feature, Ken Meadows (Deerfield, Ohio) led the division in points by just five points. His 10T machine died in the heat race while he was leading. Dustin Salvino generously loaned Meadows his car for the feature, letting Meadows start in the back of the pack.

Rick Ament (Apollo, Pa.) was behind Meadows in points going into the feature, but started first in the feature.

Unfortunately, the feature wasn’t as kind to Meadows as Salvino was, as he got caught up in a first-lap incident and left the track with nine other cars that were involved in the caution.

Ament led all the way through lap 10 when caution was displayed. Mark Marcucci (West Middlesex, Pa.) took the lead on the restart, winning his second Mod Lite feature at Sharon Speedway this season.

Ament came across the line second, claiming the title of the 2010 Mod Lite Track Points Champion. Darin Gallagher finished third, followed by Matt Patterson and Jeremy Adamik.

The Top 10 in points in Mod Lites at Sharon Speedway for 2010 are: 1. Rick Ament 2. Ken Meadows 3. Alan Knepper 4. Lynn Knepper 5. Shane Pfeuffer 6. Mark Marcucci 7. Andy Feil 8. George Englert 9. Jeff Teeters 10. Angie Grzelak

Todd Walker (Lordstown, Ohio) started on the front row of the Sportsman feature and led the first four laps until fourth-place starter Allen Teeters (Warren, Ohio) took control on lap five and dominated the field. It was bad news for Teeters, though, when the white flag came out and he blew an engine. That gave Walker a chance to get the lead back, winning his first Sportsman feature at Sharon Speedway. Tiffany Williams (Hubbard, Ohio) recorded her best finish, coming across the line second, followed by Joe Grzelak, Matt Berger and Troll Sevacko.

The Friday Night Thunder Sportsman Points Champion is Josh Walker, who’s sponsored by Underwood Towing.

Sportsman heat winners were Teeters and Grzelak.

The Top 10 in points in Sportsman are: Josh Walker 2. Todd Walker 3. Matt Berger 4. Tiffany Williams 5. Kyle Lawrence 6. Steve Mix 7. Todd Lawrence 8. Troll Sevacko 9. Jason Darocha 10. Allen Teeters

One of the hotly-contested points races was the Micro Sprint division, with Craig Daniels (Cranesville, Pa.) leading in points by nine points over Ryan Fredericks (Hillsville, Pa.) , who didn’t finish the evening’s heat race. That opened Daniels’ points lead to 12 points.

Fredericks led the first six laps of the Micro Sprint feature, but his trouble continued from the heat race into the feature. Lap six saw a caution come out for Fredericks, as he blew an engine and died in turn three. On the ensuing restart, Daniels took the lead. He briefly lost the lead on a restart, but got a chance to take the lead back and win his second feature at Sharon Speedway and the Friday Night Thunder points series. His sponsors include Bowen Construction, Todd Daniels Construction and Daniels Garden Gate.

D.J. Ferney finished second in the feature, followed by Jeff Haefke, Dalton Daniels and Robert Roberts.

The Micro Sprints heat winner was Ferney.

The Top 10 in points in Micro Sprints are: 1. Craig Daniels 2. D.J. Ferney 3. Ryan Fredericks 4. Dalton Daniels 5. Bill Sanger 6. Brett Brunkenhoffer 7. Todd Reusser 8. Mike Borawiec Jr. 9. Dave Hawkins 10. Jeff Haefke

The 2 bbl E-Mod feature had three different feature leaders. The race began with Todd Canter (Warren, Ohio) leading on the first lap, before Dwayne Clay took over to lead the second lap. Bradley Blackshear (Brookfield, Ohio) took first place on the third lap and held on through lap 15 to win the feature.

It was the second consecutive feature win for Blackshear, who at age 16, has been named the 2 bbl E-Mod points champion at Sharon Speedway. His sponsor is Blackshear Automotive.

The 2 bbl E-Mod heat winner was Blackshear.

The Top 10 in points in 2 bbl E-Mod are: 1. Bradley Blackshear 2. Dwayne Clay 3. Todd Canter 4. Rick Robinson 5. Calvin Clay 6. Mark Williams 7. Gene Crouch 8. Corey Skully 9. Paul Drotar 10. Brian Taft

Stephen Walker and Pete Blaczcak started on the front row in the Hobby Stock feature. Blaczcak, Walker, Dan McEwen, Derek Dellinger, in that order, ran nose-to-tail. While Blaczcak held onto the lead, Walker, McEwen and Dellinger were swapping spots throughout the feature.

It was the second Friday Night Thunder win for Blaczcak. Walker finished second, followed by McEwen, Dellinger and Ken Koby finished fifth. The 2010 Friday Night Thunder Hobby Stock points champion is Stephen Walker.

The Hobby Stock heat winner was McEwen.

The Top 10 in points in Hobby Stocks are: 1. Stephen Walker 2. Dan McEwen 3. Duane Westfall 4. Pete Blaczcak 5. Michael Scharba 6. Jerry Batcher 7. Mitch Stokes 8. Ken Koby 9. Jeremy Double 10. John Shannon

The Limited Sprint feature Friday at Sharon Speedway invited 305 Sprints to compete with the Limited Sprints. Robby Bartchy, in his first time at Sharon Speedway, found the 3/8-mile dirt oval to his liking, leading every lap to win the Limited Sprint feature. Justin Whitesell finished second, followed by Guy Griffin, A.J. Albrecht and Jason Scoville.

The Limited Sprint heat winner was Griffin.

Friday Night Thunder will continue at Sharon Speedway in 2011.

August 27 Friday Night Thunder feature results:

Mod Lites: 1. Mark Marcucci 2. Rick Ament 3. Darin Gallagher 4. Matt Patterson 5. Jeremy Adamik 6. Alan Knepper 7. Anthony Gillespie 8. Angie Grzelak 9. George Englert 10. Andy Feil 11. Kotie Kirkbride 12. Michael DeWitt 13. Andrew Bruce 14. Chas Wolbert 15. Eric Wilson 16. Tracy Fritter 17. Shane Pfeuffer 18. Cody Bova 19. Ken Meadows 20. David Innes 21. Kenny Hall 22. Richard Lawson 23. Pat Green 24. Tom Kline 25. Lynn Knepper DNS: Jason Dye, Jeff Teeters, Dustin Salvino

Sportsman: 1. Todd Walker 2. Tiffany Williams 3. Joe Grzelak 4. Matt Berger 5. Troll Sevacko 6. Josh Walker 7. Dan Demyan 8. Anthony Gillespie 9. Kyle Lawrence 10. Bill Johnson 11. Allen Teeters 12. Chris Brocious 13. Brian Webber DNS: Jason Darocha, Darrel Lewis

Micro Sprints: 1. Craig Daniels 2. D.J. Ferney 3. Jeff Haefke 4. Dalton Daniels 5. Robert Robertson 6. Brett Brunkenhoffer 7. John Sampson 8. Michael Borawiec Jr., Sterling Theiss, Ryan Fredericks

Limited Sprints: 1. Robbie Bartchy 2. Justin Whitesell 3. Guy Griffin 4. A.J. Albrecht 5. Jason Scoville 6. Brandon Arnett 7. Adam Anderson 8. Adam Kekich DNS: Joshua Marquette, Walter Tutak, Russ Sansosti

2 bbl E-Mods: 1. Bradley Blackshear 2. Dwayne Clay 3. Todd Canter 4. J.R. Mechling 5. Kevin Robinson 6. Gene Crouch 7. Skip Hathaway

Hobby Stocks: 1. Pete Blaczcak 2. Stephen Walker 3. Dan McEwen 4. Derek Dellinger 5. Ken Koby 6. Duane Westfall 7. Mitch Stokes 8. Tom Shuttleworth 9. Jerry Batcher

UPCOMING EVENTS: Applefest September 17 and 18. Labor Day Special with ASCS Sprints and Open Stocks September 4.

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