Paul Crynock endures to score $1,000, Hilla, Murphy, Iarrapino & Gaj also win

 

Sarver, PA (September 16, 2012) The Action Track became a Family Fun center Saturday Night as the “Back to School” Bus and Kids Bike races played to a big crowd of families, including those cheering for their children racing bikes and those rooting for their family members behind the wheel of an Enduro or Demo Derby Car; and everybody loves the School Bus races!  In easily the most competitive bus races in quite a few years, Jarred Buaman debuted the Lightning McQueen bus, Sam Duncan rolled out Buszilla and Jordan Myers reintroduced a new & improved AJ Myers & Sons 007 bus; formerly the Terminator.  As always, the Frank & Rosie Spithaler had the tail waggin’ on the Cow Patty bus.  The Pittsburgh Circle Track Club Senior Series was also on the card.  The Sheetz Victory Lane celebration started with dozens of kids celebrating bike race wins, then a familiar site; the Fosnaught #20J Sportsman/Stock returned to Sheetz Victory Lane with team member Mike Hilla Jr. behind the wheel.

 

Sarver, PA (September 3, 2012) 2012 continues to be Danny Holtgraver’s breakout season on a regional and national level scoring the biggest win of his fast rising career at his home track against the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprints.  Holtgraver took the lead from early leader Brian Ellenberger on lap 10 and deftly navigated lapped traffic a pair of late race restarts to score a $5,000 payday over his friend and mentor Tim Shaffer.  Mike Miller took the checkers for the second this year in the Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar Sportsman and Jason Scoville took advantage of a late race restart to beat Justin Whitesell in the 305 Sprints. 

 
Sarver, PA (August 31, 2012) 2012 continues to be Danny Holtgraver’s breakout season on a regional and national level scoring the biggest win of his fast rising career at his home track against the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprints.  Holtgraver took the lead from early leader Brian Ellenberger on lap 10 and deftly navigated lapped traffic a pair of late race restarts to score a $5,000 payday over his friend and mentor Tim Shaffer.  Mike Miller took the checkers for the second this year in the Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar Sportsman and Jason Scoville took advantage of a late race restart to beat Justin Whitesell in the 305 Sprints. 

 

Schaeffer, Miley, Swartzlander and McPherson crowned Champions!

Swartzlander adds to Hall of Fame Resume with win 5/77/150

Michael Norris scraps Ferree, takes first checkers

Holtgraver romps, Schneider fends off Super Joe

 

Sarver, PA (August 25, 2012) The final checkered flag has fallen on the 2012 Fab Four Racing season and the four Budweiser Track Champions have been crowned!  Kevin Schaeffer and Brian Swartzlander won their fourth and seventh titles respectively, while Jared Miley and Corey McPherson are first time champions who have forever etched their names in the storied record books of Don Martin’s Lernerville Speedway.  Feature winners Friday Night were Danny Holtgraver in the Ti22 Sprints, Michael Norris in the Precise Lates, Brian Swartzlander in the Diehl Mods and Chris Schneider in the Pic-A-Part Sportsman.

 

Sarver, PA (August 24, 2012) Brian Swartzlander needed only to take a pair of green flags to lock up his record tying seventh Track Championship, but he iced the proverbial cake by scoring his third straight Diehl Mods feature win; the fifth of the season, 77^th at Lernerville Speedway and 150^th of his career overall.  Kevin Schaeffer secured his fourth Ti22 Sprint Championship with a strong second place finish to feature winner Danny Holtgraver.  2012 Track Champion Jared Miley was vacationing in Myrtle Beach while Michael Norris broke through for his first career feature win after passing Alex Ferree in lapped traffic mid-race in the Precise Late Models.  The Millerstown Pic-A-Part Sportsman put on another great race with Chris Schneider scoring the feature win in the Seitz #53 over a hungry Joe Kelley.  Corey McPherson secured his first career Track Championship by taking the green flag of the feature, but ran in the top five all race before finishing fourth.

 

Eric Williams joins 2012 Class of First Time Feature Winners

Miley puts exclamation point of 2012 Title run

Swartzlander wins feature, reels in seventh championship

AJ Flick runs away from field as McPherson nears first championship

 

Sarver, PA (August 20, 2012) With dozens of scouts and our friends from the Pittsburgh Circle Track Club on hand, Fab Four Racing came to the white flag on the season as the Budweiser Track Championship Chase nears an end.  Both Kevin Schaeffer (fifth) and Rod George (second) scored top five finishes as Eric Williams scored his career first feature win in the Ti22 Sprints.  Brian Swartzlander took a hug step towards securing his seventh Track Championship by checkering his fourth Diehl Mods feature of 2012 and the 76^th of his career at the Action Track.  Jared Miley put an exclamation mark on his 2012 Budweiser Track Championship by winning his Fab Four leading sixth feature in the Precise Late Models.  And AJ Flick brought the night to a close with a popular win in the Pic-A-Part Sportsman as both Corey McPherson (third) and Jim Fosnaught (fifth) recorded top fives to keep their title hopes alive heading into Championship Night next Friday, August 24.

 

Sarver, PA (August 17, 2012) Eric “Turkey” Williams looked like he was shot out of a cannon (think jet airplane windshield testing, google it if you’ve never seen it!), early in the Ti22 Sprint feature and held off a hard charging Rod George to win his first career feature at Lernerville Speedway!  At the opposite end of the spectrum, All Time Diehl Mods wins leader Brian Swartzlander won his fourth race of the season, 76^th of his career and inched closer to his seventh Budweiser Track Championship!  Despite already locking up the Budweiser Track Championship, Jared Miley won his sixth feature win of 2012 after early leader Garrett Krummert slid off the top of the back straightaway on lap 14.  AJ Flick shut down the Action Track with a dominant win in the Pic-A-Part Sportsman as Joe Kelley, Corey McPherson and Bob Egley put on a great race in heavy lapped traffic in the closing laps for second place. 

 

Sarver, PA (August 7, 2012) Mikey Hay won a great race in the STARS Mod Lites over Rod Jones.  Frank Spithaler held off a hard charging Jared Bauman in the School Bus feature, while Annette Irapino scored an upset win over Rosie Spithaler.  Doug Bigley won his third Trailer race, while Dave Hogg outlasted the competition to score a $1000 payday in the 100-lap Enduro.

 

Jim Fosnaught steals the show with emotional career first feature win

All Time Greats Swartzlander & Geisler win Pitkavish Memorials

New daddy Jack Sodeman Jr. dominates Ti22 Sprint feature

Cowboy Brian Steinman’s Benefit Auction doubles previous donations

 

Sarver, PA (August 3, 2012) On a night where the finest race fans in the world generously donated thousands of dollars to an injured driver’s benefit fund and a pair of All Time Greats padded their Hall of Fame resumes, it was a first time feature winner that stole the show.  While emotions always run high in Sheetz Victory Lane when veteran drivers like Dean Pearson and Chuck Sarver score their first feature wins, there’s nothing like a Sportsman/Stock victory celebration as several drivers come to support their biggest rivals and that was the case again last night when fan favorite Jim Fosnaught led all 20 laps to score his first Fab Four feature win.  Prior to Fosnaught’s breakthrough win, future Hall of Famers Brian Swartzlander and Lynn Geisler held of late race surges by Jeremiah Shingledecker and Jared Miley to make return visits to Sheetz Victory Lane, while Jack Sodeman Jr. dominated the Ti22 Sprint feature to score his second win of 2012.