Ohio Speedweek Results -Monday June 29

All Star Sprint Ohio Speedweek Race Results - Wayne Co. Speedway - Mon. 6/28/99

By Scott Hall

ORRVILLE, OH - Joey Saldana was victorious in the 17th annual All Star sprint Ohio Speedweek opening 30-lap feature Monday night at Wayne Co. Speedway. An excellent field of 51 cars were on hand with partisan crowd in the Pete Jacobs Memorial Race. Saldana was leading on lap 19 when Jacobs drove high around him coming through turns one and two. Saldana drifted high to block the move, running into Jacobs, breaking Jacobs’ front wing mounts and causing Jacobs’ front wing to flip back as Saldana maintained the lead. "I was on the bottom and I didn’t know the top was there," Saldana related. "I saw the top and went to the top, otherwise I was going to lose the race. I know this isn’t the way I like to win but you’ve got to get them somehow. I saw someone on the outside and I knew I was going to get passed so I went to the top." Saldana drove the Steve Mox Stealth, with Fisher-Chevy power, to the win, his second of the season. "It took me right out of winning the race," Dean said of his view of the incident with Saldana. "I had him flat beat and he didn’t like that so he ran over me. It’s as simple as that." Then Dean concluded, "We had a race car good enough to win the race, we just ran second." Alvin Roepke started on the ButlerBuilt Motorsports Equipment Hot Seat pole position with Saldana alongside. Saldana grabbed the lead before Scott Miller spun with one lap complete. Saldana pulled away again on the restart from Roepke, Ed Lynch, Jr., Kelly Kinser and Chad Kemenah. Saldana continued to build his lead on the 3/8 mile until a Paul Weaver spin on lap four. Phil Gressman stopped with a flat at this point, dropping him from sixth position. After another restart a lap later for a spinning Rocky Hodges, Saldana pulled away again as Lynch took over second when Roepke bobbled a bit coming off turn two. Saldana held a nice lead over Lynch, Rodney Duncan, Roepke and D. Jacobs, who started seventh. By the halfway mark, Dean was up to third with Duncan fourth and Kenny Jacobs fifth after starting 13th. Dean, aboard Jr. Holbrook’s Eagle Chassis, passed Lynch for second on the high side on lap 16 and was moving in on Saldana. They ran side-by-side on lap 18, and entering turn one on lap 19, Dean rode the high groove with Saldana low. Exiting turn two, Saldana drove up the track into the high groove, making contact with Dean and keeping the lead. Jacobs’ handling was affected by the contact, allowing Lynch to get by for second on lap 27, but Dean got him back on lap 29 to finish in the runner-up slot. Lynch was third with K. Jacobs fourth, Duncan fifth and Kinser sixth. Byron Reed finished seventh, earning the "Team Simpson Racing Lucky Seven" award ahead of Danny Smith, Roepke and Mark Keegan.

"We got into second and were moving good and the left rear tire went flat the last two laps," Lynch recalled of third. "I don’t know how I finished." The United Expressline heat fell to Saldana, the Southwest Expressline heat to K. Jacobs, the Southwest Glass heat was won by Danny Smith and the United Specialties heat went to Canada’s Jimmy Carter. Joe Gaerte won the Commercial Truck & Trailer Dash with Todd Kelley the United Expressline B Main winner. Tim Kern won the Georgia Marketing & Promotions C Main and K. Kinser was the fast qualifier.

Time Trials: 1. Kelly Kinser, Kinser 4k, 15.472; 2. Joe Gaerte, Johnson U2, 15.474; 3. Ed Lynch, Jr., Lynch 2L, 15.543; 4. Rodney Duncan, Harrison 22, 15.579; 5. Joey Saldana, Mox 17, 15.593; 6. Alvin Roepke, R&F 99, 15.669; 7. Dean Jacobs, Holbrook 8, 15.715; 8. Chad Kemenah, Harble 15, 15.739; 9. Mark Keegan, Steinbrick X, 15.747; 10. Phil Gressman, Holbrook 18, 15.763; 11. Danny Smith, Ashworth 92, 15.801; 12. Todd Kelley, Kelley 21k, 15.814; 13. Ed Neumeister, Neumeister 11n, 15.826; 14. Kenny Jacobs, Jacobs 6, 15.828; 15. Jerrod Hull, Webb 51, 15.865; 16. Brad Ellenberger, Ellenberger 20, 15.873; 17. Jonathan Stevens, Stevens 4J, 15.899; 18. Byron Reed, B&S 5, 15.913; 19. Boston Reid, Keppel 9, 15.943; 20. Jimmy Stinson, Brown 99, 15.968; 21. Rocky Hodges, Holbrook 88, 15.977; 22. Paul Weaver, Adkins 1, 16.001; 23. Dale Blaney, Sabo 8s, 16.004; 24. Jim Carter, Rudeen14c, 16.008; 25. Frankie Kerr, Shoff 23s, 16.026; 26. Greg Wilson, Hampshire 63, 16.067; 27. Jason Dukes, Dukes 3, 16.090; 28. Randy Kinser, Kinser 14, 16.094; 29. Duffy Smith, Smith 29, 16.108; 30. Tim Allison, Lotz 11x, 16.117; 31. Bob Lime, Lime 91, 16.145; 32. Jason Statler, Statler 00, 16.192; 33. Doug Stanley, Stanley 18s, 16.228; 34. Scott Miller, Melick 2m, 16.240; 35. Rob Chaney, Chaney 22, 16.298; 36. Rusty McClure, Mossbarger 95, 16.351; 37. Eric Hysong, Andrews 72, 16.384; 38. Tim Kern, Hay 28, 16.443; 39. Brian Carlson, SC Motorsports 18, 16.505; 40. J B Scarborough, Scarborough 24, 16.516; 41. Steve Butler, Butler 83, 16.610; 42. Marty Ling, Ling 47, 16.693; 43. Al Shane, Shane 42, 16.968; 44. Jim Damon, Damon 50x, 17.054; 45. Norton Southard, Southard 00, 17.063; 46. Rodney Pittman, Pittman 28, 17.092; 47. Garrett Jacobs, Jacobs 75J, 17.534; 48. Richard Cox, Cox 13, 17.581; 49. Shane Fortney, Fortney 2f, 17.699; 50. Gary Smith, Smith 79, 17.791; 51. Dick Byerly, Byerly 0, NT. United Expressline Heat (10 laps): 1. Saldana 2. K. Kinser 3. Hodges 4. Keegan 5. Stevens 6. Hysong 7. Kerr 8. Du. Smith 9. Neumeister 10. Stanley 11. Butler 12. Southard 13. Fortney. Southwest Expressline Heat (10 laps): 1. K. Jacobs 2. Weaver 3. Reed 4. Gaerte 5. Gressman 6. Roepke 7. Allison 8. Miller 9. Kern 10. Pittman 11. G. Smith 12. Ling 13. Wilson. Southwest Glass Heat (10 laps): 1. Da. Smith 2. Blaney 3. D. Jacobs 4. Lynch 5. Hull 6. Reid 7. Dukes 8. Lime 9. Carlson 10. Shane 11. G. Jacobs 12. Byerly 13. Chaney (DNS). United Specialties Heat (10 laps): 1. Carter 2. Kemenah 3. Duncan 4. Stinson 5. R. Kinser 6. Statler 7. Scarborough 8. McClure 9.Damon 10. Cox 11. Kelley 12. Ellenberger. Commercial Truck & Trailer Dash (4 laps): 1. Gaerte 2. K. Kinser 3. D. Jacobs 4. Lynch 5. Duncan 6. Saldana. Georgia Marketing & Promotions C Main (12 laps): 1. Kern 2. Ling 3. Carlson 4. Shane 5. Scarborough 6. G. Jacobs 7. Byerly 8. Cox 9. Damon 10. Fortney 11. Pittman 12. Southard 13. G. Smith 14. Butler. United Expressline B Main (15 laps): 1. Kelley 2. Kerr 3. Roepke 4. Miller 5. Wilson 6. Dukes 7. Statler 8. McClure 9. Reid 10. Allison 11. Neumeister 12. Kern 13. Stanley 14. Lime 15. Du. Smith 16. Hysong 17. Ling 18. Shane 19. Carlson 20. Scarborough. A Main (30 laps): 1. Joey Saldana 2. Dean Jacobs 3. Ed Lynch Jr. 4. Kenny Jacobs 5. Rodney Duncan 6. Kelly Kinser 7. Byron Reed 8. Danny Smith 9. Alvin Roepke 10. Mark Keegan 11. Chad Kemenah 12. Joe Gaerte 13. Jerrod Hull 14. Jonathan Stevens 15. Jimmy Stinson 16. Randy Kinser 17. Scott Miller 18. Rocky Hodges 19. Jimmy Carter 20. Frankie Kerr 21. Phil Gressman 22. Dale Blaney 23. Todd Kelley 24. Paul Weaver. - www.allstarsprint.com -