LONEY AND DOUGHERTY WIN PENN CAN MOD TWIN 20’S; RUDALAVAGE SECURES FIRST TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP

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LONEY AND DOUGHERTY WIN PENN CAN MOD TWIN 20’S; RUDALAVAGE SECURES FIRST TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP

Story & Photo By: Bryan Chase/Penn Can Speedway

SUSQUEHANNA, PA…Mike Loney and Mike Dougherty captured Modified Twin 20 wins Friday on Seward Rice Memorial Championship Night at Penn Can Speedway. Alan Rudalavage took home Track Championship honors for the first time on Pine Line Auto Sales Night.

The first 20 lap Modified feature got off to a rocky start with numerous cautions. Once things settled down it was Mike Loney and Mike Colsten putting on a show for the win. Loney took the lead from Ryan Olsommer early and held a slight lead. Colsten stayed within striking distance throughout the race with his son Joey Colsten moving into third with seven laps to go.

Mike Colsten made his move with five laps to go after a great side by side battle with Loney. Colsten raced into the lead and many people thought the race was over. Loney had other ideas as he stayed glued to the bottom and stayed with Colsten. As they took the white flag Colsten brushed the homestretch wall, allowing Loney the run that he needed to pull alongside of him.
Loney forged ahead slightly down the backstretch but Colsten came back at him. As they drag raced to the finish it was Loney claiming his second win of the season in thrilling fashion. Joey Colsten came home third ahead of Brian Malcolm and Nick Rochinski.

The second twin twenty went caution free and was completely dominated by Mike Dougherty. The invert found Dougherty and Dan Pompey on the front row. Dougherty blasted into the lead at the drop of the green and never looked back. He opened up nearly a half a track advantage running the top of the speedway enroute to his first career Penn Can Modified feature win.
Pompey was second ahead of Rochinski, Kevin Hartnett and Rudalavage. Rudalavage’s sixth and fifth place finishes respectively were enough to garner him his first career Penn Can Speedway Track Championship.

The Crate Sportsman ran Twin 15 lap features. Adam MacGeorge would lead at the start of the first 15 lapper but Ryan Stone took over the top spot on lap eight. Stone, who was looking for his first career Sportsman win, had to fend off point leader Mike Schane over the closing laps.

Schane kept the pressure on but Stone was up to the challenge and captured his first Sportsman win. Schane was second ahead of Leo McGurrin, Marty Bunker and Mike Decker. Schane padded his point lead going into the second 15 lap feature.

Just like the Modifieds, the second Sportsman feature went caution free and it was Decker going wire to wire to score his second feature win in the last three races. Bunker came home second ahead of Devon Zona, McGurrin and Stone. Schane’s seventh place finish was enough for him to capture his first Penn Can Track Championship.

The Late Models ran Twin 12 lap features. Ben Whitaker came out late in the season and grabbed his first win of the season in the first feature. He was followed by Bud Phillips, Jim O’Hara and Jamie Bedford. In the second feature it was Phillips taking his tenth win of the season and the 2016 Track Championship. He was followed to the finish by Bedford, Whitaker and O’Hara.
In the Street Stock feature Shane Wolf, Jr. was looking to overtake Ricky Davis, Sr. for the point lead. Wolf did what he needed to do as he captured the feature win. Wolf would need Davis to finish fourth or worse to defend his championship. Davis also did what he had to do as he overcame an early race skirmish to finish second and secure his first Penn Can Track Championship. Ryan Codington, Tom Groover and Jon White rounded out the top five at the finish.

Josh Towner went wire to wire to score the Factory Stock feature win. Jeremy Williams worked his way through the pack to challenge Towner for the lead but Towner was up to the challenge and claimed the victory. Williams finished second and successfully defended his Track Championship honors. They were followed to the line by Kris Shimer, Jason Travis and Jason Rinker

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Jeremy Warren scored his first career Penn Can Four Cylinder feature win after a great battle with Josh Wilder and Frank Kennedy. Wilder ran the bottom and Warren was on the extreme top as they ran side by side for many laps. Kennedy joined in on the fun in the closing laps making it a three car battle for the lead. Kennedy would race past Wilder with two to go but was unable to overtake Warren for the win. Kennedy was second and was crowned as the 2016 Track Champion. Wilder finished third ahead of Sheldon Whitman and Chris Taylor.

PINE LINE AUTO SALES FEATURE FINISHES:
FIRST MODIFIED TWIN 20: MIKE LONEY, Mike Colsten, Joey Colsten, Brian Malcolm, Nick Rochinski, Alan Rudalavage, Dan Pompey, Mike Dougherty, Kevin Hartnett, Ryan Olsommer, Brad Szulewski, Rusty Smith, Aleia Geisler, Dan Morden, Greg Morgan, Brad Knapp, Brad Shaffer, Joey Grammes, Dan Solomon, Frank Porreca.
SECOND TWIN 20: DOUGHERTY, Pompey, Rochinski, Hartnett, Rudalavage, Malcolm, J. Colsten, Loney, Olsommer, Grammes, M. Colsten, Szulewski, Smith, Shaffer, Morden, Geisler, Morgan, Porreca, Knapp, Solomon.
FIRST SPORTSMAN TWIN 15: RYAN STONE, Mike Schane, Leo McGurrin, Marty Bunker, Mike Decker, Devon Zona, Jamie Batzel, Todd Titus, Nick Branning, Adam MacGeorge, Jeremy Williams, Tom Hampton, Dusty Barton.
SECOND TWIN 15: DECKER, Bunker, Zona, McGurrin, Stone, MacGeorge, Schane, Titus, Batzel, Branning, Hampton, Williams. DNS: Barton, Singleton.
FIRST LATE MODEL TWIN 12: BEN WHITAKER, Bud Phillips, Jim O’Hara, Jamie Bedford.
SECOND TWIN 12: PHILLIPS, Bedford, Whitaker, O’Hara.
STREET STOCK FEATURE FINISH: SHANE WOLF, JR., Ricky Davis, Sr., Ryan Codington, Tom Groover, Jon White, Cody Neilson, Ned Fitch.
FACTORY STOCK FEATURE FINISH: JOSH TOWNER, Jeremy Williams, Kris Shimer, Jason Travis, Jason Rinker, Chuck Towner, Jason Neyra, Chris Groover, Brad Marvin, Ted Mills III, Kevin MacDonald. DNS: Howard Butler.
FOUR CYLINDER FEATURE FINISH: JEREMY WARREN, Frank Kennedy, Josh Wilder, Sheldon Whitman, Chris Taylor, Chris Bonoffski, Rick Lunn, Nick Kennedy, Dave Shafer, Josh Amatuccio, Ronnie Welch, Brian Brown.

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