YORK HAVEN, Pa.: Like any 19-year-old kid trying to make a name for himself in a division, Landon Price has experienced the ups and downs in racing.
One week, he shines with a top five run in PASS/IMCA 305 Sprint Car competition. The next, he struggles and a simple top-10 run is an undertaking.
Things have started to turn in a more consistent upward direction of late. Price has found speed, and it was on display Friday night at BAPS Motor Speedway, when he charged to the front and captured the 20-lap main event.
“We were getting the hang of it last year, and then this year, we had some stuff happen that put us behind the eight ball,” Price said. “Then toward the end of this season, we started getting the hang of it.
“It was great. I was lucky to get one at Port Royal, and now we have two. I think we have one of the best teams in this whole deal now.”
Devin Adams started on the pole but drifted high on the start. That allowed Alex Bright to dive to the bottom of Turns 1 and 2 and grab the lead.
The pace was slowed on Lap 4, when Will Brunson spun on the fronstretch. Price, who started sixth on the grid, took third on the restart and started to close on Adams.
Bright pulled out to a .729-second lead by Lap 5. Two laps later, Price slid Adams through the first and second corner to take over the second position.
Price closed the gap after a Lap 10 caution. On the restart, he tried to slide Bright, but the two made contact. Price didn’t clear the leader, but he drove by coming out of Turn 2 and had the lead going down the backstretch.
“I slid Nick Sweigart early in the race, and he crossed back underneath me, clean race, and I beat him into three and four,” Price said. “On the restart, I threw one on Alex, and I thought he was going to touch the brake and go back underneath me.
“He stayed wide open. I didn’t mean to race him like that, but I was going for the win. I respect what he has done in Midget racing. It wasn’t on purpose. I could’ve waited, but I was going for the win.”
That was the race. Price had the faster car and pulled out to a 1.535-second lead by the 15th circuit and cruised to the win over Bright, Adams, Doug Dodsen, and Nick Sweigart.
Dodsen and Adams were heat winners for the 19-car field. Zach Newlin finished eighth and was crowned the 305 Sprint Car champion at the speedway.
The Central Pa. Legends ran a non-winner’s main event, with Josh Schrum taking the victory in the 20-lap event. He shot into the lead on the first circuit after starting fourth on the grid.
Schrum was harassed throughout the main event by Greg Burd and Chandler Pagnotta, but they couldn’t pull the trigger on a pass for the win. Burd settled for second, with Pagnotta, Zac Smith, and Aaron Updegraff completing the top five.
Adam Campbell topped the field in the 20-lap 4-Cylinder main event, with Gene Wrightstone leading all 20 laps in the Penn-Mar Vintage Car A-Main.
PASS/IMCA 305 SPRINT CARS
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 69-Landon Price, [6]; 2. 54-Alex Bright, [2]; 3. 99A-Devin Adams, [1]; 4. 20-Doug Dodson, [4]; 5. 8-Nick Sweigart, [3]; 6. 36-Jaremi Hanson, [11]; 7. 97-Kenny Heffner, [7]; 8. 11Z-Zachary Newlin, [9]; 9. 2C-CJ Faison, [8]; 10. 83-Billy Ney, [10]; 11. 5-John Walp, [14]; 12. 91J-John Fiore, [17]; 13. 95-Garrett Bard, [18]; 14. 55-Domenic Melair, [15]; 15. 8B-Will Brunson, [5]; 16. 2-Erin Statler, [16]; 17. 58-Nate Emig, [19]; 18. (DNF) 67M-Mike Yonkoskie, [13]; 19. (DNF) 83L-Larry McVey, [12].
Lap Leaders – Alex Bright (1-9), Landon Price (10-20)
305 Sprint Car Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 20-Doug Dodson, [1]; 2. 2C-CJ Faison, [3]; 3. 69-Landon Price, [10]; 4. 8B-Will Brunson, [2]; 5. 11Z-Zachary Newlin, [5]; 6. 36-Jaremi Hanson, [7]; 7. 67M-Mike Yonkoskie, [9]; 8. 55-Domenic Melair, [8]; 9. 91J-John Fiore, [4]; 10. 58-Nate Emig, [6]
305 Sprint Car Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 99A-Devin Adams, [1]; 2. 97-Kenny Heffner, [2]; 3. 8-Nick Sweigart, [4]; 4. 54-Alex Bright, [3]; 5. 83-Billy Ney, [6]; 6. 83L-Larry McVey, [5]; 7. 5-John Walp, [8]; 8. 2-Erin Statler, [7]; 9. 95-Garrett Bard, [9]
MORGAN PAVING/AQUAFUN POOLS STREET STOCKS – INSINGER PERFORMANCE STREET STOCK 50
Feature (50 Laps) – To be raced Saturday, October 19, 2019.
Lap Leaders –
Street Stock Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/Top 6 Qualify to A Main) – 1. 18-Chris Derr, [2]; 2. 7P-Jim Palm, [6]; 3. 99-Chad Smith, [3]; 4. 2W-Brian Walls, [4]; 5. 25M-Marc Berzowski, [5]; 6. 555-Elvin Brennan, [8]; 7. 19-Richard Phillip, [9]; 8. (DNF) 99X-Kyle Martin, [7]; 9. (DNF) M1-Mike Potts, [1].
Street Stock Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/Top 6 Qualify to A Main) – 1. 81-Jasen Geesaman, [3]; 2. 59-Ryan Smith, [2]; 3. 43-Jake Jones, [5]; 4. 43T-Eric Tripp, [7]; 5. 64W-Stan Wanner, [1]; 6. 64-Brandon Wanner, [8]; 7. 26-Shawn Liddick, [6]; 8. 07-Eric McClane, [9]; 9. (DNF) 1W-Mike Walls, [4].
Street Stock Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/Top 6 Qualify to A Main) – 1. 44-Will Walls, [4]; 2. 41W-Bud Witmer, [2]; 3. 14-Kyle Saylor, [6]; 4. 99K-Kody Sites, [3]; 5. 181-Butch Helsel, [1]; 6. 72M-Russ Shoop, [8]; 7. 54J-Jimmy Combs, [5]; 8. 65-Bill Wentz, [7]; (DNS) 71H-Walt Lemmon,
Street Stock B Main Finish (8 Laps/Top 6 Qualify to A Main) – To be raced Saturday, October 19, 2019.
SUPERIOR HOMES EXTREME STOCKS – EXTREME STOCK 50
Feature (50 Laps) – To be raced Saturday, October 19, 2019.
Lap Leaders –
Extreme Stock Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – . 21A-Sam Rial, [5]; 2. 10-Kyle Emig, [2]; 3. 15-Jeff Gill, [3]; 4. 97-Donnie Broderick, [4]; 5. 357-Ronnie Buck, [6]; 6. 7JR-Johnny Palm, [7]; 7. 54-Kris Ney, [1]; 8. 97X-Paul Sylvester, [8]; (DNS) 25-Andrew Hogue.
Extreme Stock Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 2-Bill Powell, [2]; 2. 50-Tim Berkheimer, [4]; 3. 1-Alex Updegraff, [3]; 4. 98-Richard Daughtrey, [1]; 5. LAZY8-John Wright, [9]; 6. 5-Matt Ney, [7]; 7. 8-Roger Rhodes, [8]; 8. (DNF) 91-Will Long, [6]; 9. (DNF) 11-Nate Hill, [5]
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Feature (20 Laps) – To be raced Saturday, October 19, 2019.
Lap Leaders –
Legend Time Trial Finish - 1. 10-Jeremy Ott 22.807; 2. 5C-Josh Schrum 23.036; 3. 18J-Jorjie Sweger 23.036; 4. 19-Travis Perry 23.089; 5. 78-Zac Smith 23.226; 6. 8-Jeremy Hahn 23.232; 7. 53-Bill Diehl 23.328; 8. 77A-Aaron Updegraff 23.337; 9. 14W-Stephen Wurtzer 23.394; 10. 41-Chuck Dell 23.427; 11. 51-Travis McClelland 23.452; 12. 9-Rick Hartwig 23.464; 13. 3-Joe Radle 23.509; 14. 75-Chandler Pagnotta 23.522; 15. 17W-Bradley Weber 23.564; 16. 90X-Lucas Montgomery 23.565; 17. 43-Brandon Reiblich 23.594; 18. 34-Dan Harrison 23.603; 19. 90-Scott Spidle 23.613; 20. 7MD-Bruce Ginther Jr. 23.625; 21. OOPS-Mike McClane 23.650; 22. 94-Greg Burd 23.666; 23. 30K-Seth Kearchner 23.667; 24. 30-Alex Robinson 23.694; 25. 91-Ben Goldsmith 23.913; 26. 17-Cory Phillips 23.932; 27. 19R-Roy Denike 24.003; 28. 00-Tim O’Sheehan 24.109; 29. 71-Ron Dick Jr. 24.245; 30. 88-Don Butler 24.672; 31. 19L-Jonathan Robinson 24.697; 32. UGLY-Garrett Shover 24.926; 33. 79-Ed Trump 25.332; 34. 85-Michael Goldsmith 26.180.
Legend Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 10-Jeremy Ott, [4]; 2. 78-Zac Smith, [3]; 3. 3-Joe Radle, [1]; 4. 14W-Stephen Wurtzer, [2]; 5. 43-Brandon Reiblich, [5]; 6. OOPS-Michael McClane, [6]; 7. 91-Ben Goldsmth, [7]; 8. 79-Ed Trump, [9]; 9. 71-Ron Dick, [8].
Legend Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 5C-Josh Schrum, [4]; 2. 8-Jeremy Hahn, [3]; 3. 75-Chandler Pagnotta, [1]; 4. 41-Chuck Dell Jr, [2]; 5. 94-Greg Burd, [6]; 6. 34-Dan Harrison, [5]; 7. 88-Don Butler, [8]; 8. 17-Cory Phillips, [7].
Legend Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 51-Travis Mc Clelland, [2]; 2. 53-Bill Diehl, [3]; 3. 17W-Bradley Weber, [1]; 4. 90-Scott Spidle, [5]; 5. 18J-Jorjie Sweger, [4]; 6. 30K-Seth Kearchner, [6]; 7. 19R-Roy Denike, [7]; 8. 19L-Jonathan Robinson, [8]; 9. 85-Michael Goldsmith, [9].
Legend Heat 4 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 19-Travis Perry, [4]; 2. 90X-Lucas Montgomery, [1]; 3. 77A-Aaron Updegraff, [3]; 4. 00-Tim O'Sheehan, [7]; 5. 9-Rick Hartwig, [2]; 6. 30-Alex Robinson, [6]; 7. 7MD-Bruce Ginther Jr, [5]; 8. UGLY-Garrett Shover, [8].
Legend B Main Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – To be raced Saturday, October 19, 2019.
Non-Feature Winner’s Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 5C-Josh Schrum; 2. 94-Greg Burd; 3. 75-Chandler Pagnotta; 4. 78-Zac Smith; 5. 77A-Aaron Updegraff; 6. 00-Tim O’Sheehan; 7. 0-Travis Beck; 8. 90-Scott Spidle; 9. 41-Chuck Dell; 10. 30K-Seth Kearchner; 11. 9-Rick Hartwig; 12. OOPS-Michael McClane; 13. 30-Alex Robinson; 14. 43-Brandon Reiblich; 15. 91-Ben Goldsmith; 16. 19R-Roy Denike; 17. 19L-Jonathan Robinson; 18. 85-Michael Goldsmith; 19. 8-Jeremy Hahn; 20. 17-Cory Phillips (DNF); 21. 14W-Stephen Wurtzer (DNF); 22. 79-Ed Trump (DNF).
Lap Leaders – Josh Schrum (1-20)
4 CYLINDER FRONT WHEEL DRIVE
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 2-Adam Campbell; 2. 81-Matt Chronister; 3. 19-Tim Raup; 4. 2T-Tim Campbell; 5. 47-Rob Rudisill; 6. 88-Justin Oberlin; 7. 36-Greg Brouse; 8. 21-Robert Wellman; 9. 56-Zach Baxter; 10. 69-Robbie Carroll; 11. 76Z-Wayne Ramer (DNF); 12. 7-Allen Diffenbach (DNS).
Lap Leaders – Adam Campbell (1-20)
PENN MAR VINTAGE CARS
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 10-Gene Wrightstone; 2. 22-Brett Perigo; 3. 4-Scott Rickrode; 4. 34-John Marks; 5. 29-Mark Rickrode; 6. 100-Hugh Wright; 7. 89-Ron Rowles (DNF); 8. 41-Brian Gagliardo (DNS).
Lap Leaders – Gene Wrightstone (1-20)
- administrator on Oct 28, 2019
- Article Date: 10/18/2019 by BAPS Motor Speedway