Mt. Orab Ford Opening Night at Moler
Raceway Park!!
5-6-11, Williamsburg, OH - Mother
Nature finally let up and Moler
Raceway Park was able to get their 5th
season underway Friday night. In the
Sunesis Construction Late Model
division it was Chad Stapleton of
Edinburgh, Indiana and Richmond,
Indiana’s Duane Chamberlain claiming
heat race victories and setting the line-
up for the 25 lap feature event. At the
drop of the green flag Rick Combs
spun to bring out the caution on lap
one. Once racing got underway it was
Chamberlain out front with Stapleton in
pursuit. The guy on the move was
Marty O’Neal with 11th starting Wayne
Chinn following him on the outside. On
lap eight Chinn passed O’Neal and
Stapleton to take over second spot.
On lap eleven O’Neal had a flat tire
and was forced to restart from the tail.
Chamberlain seemed to take control
on the restart but with four laps to go
Bradford, Ohio’s Wayne Chinn would
take the top position and hold on to
claim the first Feature event of the
2011 season driving the Gary Engle
owned West Coast Freight, Quality
Electrostatic Painting, KC Robotics
Rayburn chassis machine.
Chamberlain finished second followed
by Rick Combs, Stapleton, and O’Neal
rounding out the top five positions.
In the Mt. Orab Ford Modified Division
it was past track champions Devin
Gilpin (’10) and Doug Adkins (’08 & ’
09) taking heat race wins and starting
on the front row of the feature event.
At the start Gilpin jumped out front but
Adkins would lead the first lap. The two
drivers had a furious battle throughout
with neither car more than a single car
length away from the other. With three
laps to go it was Gilpin taking the lead
in his Impressive Racecar powered by
Mike Shell Racing Engines but coming
for the checkered flag off of turn four
Gilpin broke the front suspension and
Adkins was able to narrowly inch by
Gilpin at the line to take the win in his
239 Autogroup, Echo Cleaners, Poske
Performance Parts sponsored
machine. Gilpin was credited with
second while Scotty Kincaid had a nice
run to finish third followed by Rick
Curtin and Jeff Arnold.
The Big Red Book Street Stock
division had a field of fifteen cars to
start the season and it was the familiar
machines of Bub Balsley and Jeremie
Bretz taking the heat race victories. In
the feature event it was Bretz and
Balsley slicing through traffic trading
the lead five different times in the first
twelve laps before Bretz was able to
take the top spot for good. Defending
track champion Jeremie Bretz would
take his first victory of the season in
his Pendleton Truck Sales, Blakes Tire
& Automotive, Weeks Wrecker Service
sponsored machine. Balsley would
come home second followed by Jeremy
Scott, Tony Anderson, and Perry
Dearing.
The Holman Motor Chevette division
would finish the evening’s events and
they did not disappoint. In heat race
action it was Georgetown’s Miles
Tarvin and Hillsboro’s Rusty Yarger
claiming victories and setting the line-
up. At the green Yarger jumped out
front but a lap four restart allowed
Tarvin to flex his muscle and take the
lead and start to run away with the
race. Over the last two laps Yarger
kept inching closer and on the final lap
between turns three and four Yarger
was able to make the inside line stick
and beat Tarvin to the line by about 12
inches. Yarger went to victory lane in
his Northwest Transmission, Roquet
Designs, Wilson’s Body Shop
Sponsored machine. Tarvin came
home second followed by Sean Jones,
Kevin Riggs, and Derick Davis in the
top five positions. MRP would like to
thank everyone for a Fantastic
Opening Night. Racing was Awesome
and everyone was glad to finally get
back at it!! |
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