YORK HAVEN, Pa.: Season openers held in the twilight of the afternoon are normally won from the first two rows on the starting grid.
Then again, the Meyer's RV Super Sportsman division at BAPS Motor Speedway is a different animal. And so is Kenny Edkin, one of the best drivers to sit behind the wheel in this class at the speedway.
Edkin made it work. He carved his way through the field from his 10th starting spot and took the lead on the 13th circuit. From there, he was the class of the field in the 25-Lap Meyers RV Super Sportsman main event.
Matt Ondek started on the pole and beat Scott Dellinger to the first corner and led Lap 1. Dellinger didn’t go away and stalked the leader before taking the top spot away on the second circuit.
Meanwhile, Edkin was charging to the front. The Marysville, Pa., ace was into the top five by Lap 4 and slid past Ondek on Lap 11 before chasing down the leader.
It didn’t take Edkin long to make his move. He caught Dellinger on the 13th circuit and surged into the lead. Two laps later, Chad Baker stopped on the backstretch and gave Dellinger a chance to retake the position.
There were two more cautions, but Edkin was too strong. By the time the checkered flag flew, he had a .983-second victory and his 35th-career win at the speedway.
Dellinger settled for second, with Ondek taking third. Luke Deatrick and John Edkin completed the top five in the main event.
In the Creekside Auto Sales Late Model feature, Coleby Frye marched from ninth to the victory in the 20-Lap affair.
There were three cautions over the race distance. Frye was into the top five by Lap 3 and took over second three laps later. Getting by Drew Weisser was a little more difficult, as Frye had to wait until a restart after a Lap 16 caution.
Once out front, Frye never looked back and took the victory by 1.288 seconds.
The final event of the day came courtesy of the East Coast Legends Series. Jordan Miklas took advantage of Colton Friese’s misfortune and led the final two laps of the main event.
Friese took the lead from Bob Stough on Lap 4 and led the next eight circuits. Unfortunately, the leader and Tanner Jones made contact, which sent Friese into a spin and Jones to the rear of the field.
Miklas took over and led the final three laps for the win. Shaun Abney, Stephen Wurtzer, Mason Chaney, and Logan Jones completed the top five.
Results:
Meyer's RV Super Sportsman ( 16 Cars ):
75 Kenny Edkin 2) 30 Scott Dellinger 3) 2M Matt Ondek 4) 5D Luke Deatrick 5) 35 John Edkin 6) 25 Tyler Wolford 7) 222 Jay Fannasy 8) 63 Kevin Gutshall 9) 19R Eric Rutz 10) 9B Blake Brooks 11) F14 Jason Fraker
00 Troy Rhome 13) 11 Chad Baker 14) 29 Vaughn Williams
DNS: 16 Ryan Rutz, 3B Mike Enders
Lap Leaders: 2M Ondek ( 1 ), 30 Dellinger ( 2 - 12 ), 75 Edkin ( 13 - 25 )
Heat Winners: 222 Fannasy, 75 Edkin
Creekside Auto Sales Late Models ( 20 Cars ):
3B Coleby Frye 2) 19 Drew Weisser 3) 5W Travis Horan 4) 86 Scott Palmer 5) 9A Matt Adams 6) 88C Chuck Cox III 7) 15 Jared Miller 8) 44 Shawn Shoemaker 9) 116 Travis Mease 10) 54 Cole Slanker 11) M1 Mike Potts
0 Larry Baer 13) 52 Mike Walls 14) 4M Kyle Moser 15) 4 John Moser 16) 14 Kyle Saylor
DSQ ( Failed Post Race Tech ): 23 Lane Snook ( Crossed 2nd ), 58M Maddox Smith ( Crossed 3rd )
DNS: 72 Wayne Pfiel, 2 Dan Zechman
Lap Leaders: 9A Adams ( 1 - 3 ), 19 Weisser ( 4 - 15 ), 3B Frye ( 16 - 20 )
Heat Winners: 23 Snook, 19 Weisser
East Coast Legends ( 32 Cars ):
58 Jordan Miklas 2) 26 Shaun Abney 3) 14W Stephen Wurtzer 4) 92 Mason Chaney 5) 5J Logan Jones 6) 39 Wayne Dutterer Jr. 7) 4 Jake Locklear 8) 70 Mike Racine 9) 27 Logan Carbaugh 10) 3 Scott Montgomery
17 Cory Phillips 12) 30 Justin Wagaman 13) 7 Colton Friese 14) 5 Tyler Rampmeyer 15) 24J Tanner Jones 16) 24R Brian Rampmeyer 17) 21 Kelby Friese 18) 7H Hunter McElroy 19) 61 Bob Stough 20) 72 Matt Grebe
10 Jeremy Ott 22) 126 Dustin Wiles 23) 9 Rick Hartwig 24) 25N Chris Nicoll
DNQ: 25 Eric Hurst, 44 Dalton Friese, 33 Kirk Martin, 15 Colan Droneburg, 69 Allen Fiddesop, 63 Dave Benner, 66 Donald Stoudt, 13W Vincent Wenrich
Lap Leaders: 26 Abney ( 1 - 2 ), 61 Stough ( 3 ), 7 Friese ( 4 - 12 ), 58 Miklas ( 13 - 15 )
Heat Winners: 7 Friese, 61 Stough, 10 Ott, 24J Jones
B-Main Winner: 27 Carbaugh
Meyer's RV Super Sportsman Points:
POS CAR # DRIVER POINTS
1 75 Kenny Edkin* 200
2 30 Scott Dellinger 175
3 2M Matt Ondek 170
4 5D Luke Deatrick 160
5 35 John Edkin 150
6 25 Tyler Wolford 140
7 222 Jay Fannasy 130
8 63 Kevin Gutshall 120
9 19R Eric Rutz 110
10 9B Blake Brooks 100
11 F14 Jason Fraker 90
12 OO Troy Rhome 85
13 11 Chad Baker 80
14 29 Vaughn Williams 75
15 16 Ryan Rutz 10
16 3B Mike Enders 10
Creekside Auto Sales Late Models:
POS CAR # DRIVER POINTS
1 3B Coleby Frye* 200
2 19 Drew Weisser 175
3 5W Travis Horan 170
4 86 Scott Palmer 160
5 9A Matt Adams 150
6 88C Chuck Cox III 140
7 15 Jared Miller 130
8 44 Shawn Shoemaker 120
9 116 Travis Mease 110
10 54 Cole Slanker 100
11 M1 Mike Potts 90
12 0 Larry Baer 85
13 52 Mike Walls 80
14 4M Kyle Moser 75
15 4 John Moser 70
16 14 Kyle Saylor 65
17 72 Wayne Pfeil 10
18 2 Dan Zechman 10
19 23 Lane Snook 0
20 58M Maddox Smith 0
- April Clark on Mar 18, 2024
- Article Date: 3/18/2024