Steve Wilbur, Jake Jones, and Kevin Sigler To Meet Fans Saturday Night

Mechanicsburg, Pa. May 16

The Williams Grove Speedway Saturday Night Series returns to action this Saturday night.  At five o'clock, in the infield area, three drivers will meet with the fans.  This is part of the weekly Saturday Night Series Meet and Greet.

Blazer's Body Shop Super Sportsman driver Steve Wilbur will be with his black No. 59 as a part of the Meet and Greet.  Wilbur is a veteran of racing.  From his early beginning, racing Street Stocks, Wilbur made the transition to the quicker Super Sportsman.  Several years ago, Wilbur received severe burns in a racing incident.  He had a long recovery but never gave up hope of returning to the sport he loves.  This year Wilbur is driving his own Super Sportsman. 

Jake Jones is a part of the Brooks Graphix 358 Late Models.  Jones is a second-generation driver. Last year he became a fulltime member of the Saturday Night Series.  He quickly developed into one of the top drivers in the class.  His interests extend beyond current racing.  Jones is restoring an old former Silver Spring Speedway car.

Kevin Sigler is one of the best in the Newville Construction Services Street Stocks.  Sigler's white Camaro is a threat to win every week.  He is driving his 2011 car.  He had success with last year’s car so he decided to return with the same Camaro. He does have plans to construct a new Street Stock.

The weekly Meet and Greet begins at five o'clock in the infield.  The drivers will be there to sign autographs and answer any questions.  The session will last until 5:30. 

The Williams Grove Saturday Night Series is a three-division show.  The Super Sportsman, 358 Late Models, and the Street Stocks will compete in every event.  The racing action begins at 6:30.  Adult admission to the races will be just five dollars.  Children enter the speedway grounds free of charge.

Russ Mitten, Gene Knaub and Craig Morgan Win Williams Grove Speedway Saturday Races

Mechanicsburg, Pa. May 6

Super Sportsman driver Russ Mitten had the perfect birthday gift for his wife Heather.  Mitten, a second-generation driver, led every lap of the Blazer's Body Shop Super Sportsman feature.  Driving a car he built, Mitten won the feature in front of an impressive opening night crowd.

Russ Mitten was on the pole for the start of the 20-lap feature.  Mitten sprinted into the lead with Mike Enders, Bobby Hockenberry, Scott Geesey and Frankie Herr giving chase.  Mitten opened a 50-yard lead over Enders.  The battle was for fifth between Herr, Carmen Perigo Jr., and Scott Dellinger.

After a lap 10 caution for a Scott Geesey spin, Frankie Herr was the driver on the move.  Herr used the outside lane to advance to third.  Herr and Enders had a close fight for second.  On the final lap the red flag came out when the Cody Fairchok car rolled over in turn four.  Fairchok walked away from the spill.

The red flag gave Enders and Herr one chance to wrestle the lead from Mitten.  Despite a good restart by Enders, Mitten maintained his lead.  The Newville driver won the feature by five-lengths over Enders, Herr, Hockenberry, and Dellinger.

The heat wins for the 42-car Super Sportsman field went to Perigo, Chris Meleason, Mitten, and Geesey.  Rich Eichelberger and Fairchok won the split consolation races.

The 20-lap Brooks Graphix 358 Late Model feature began with a four-car tangle in turn three.  The new restart found Roy Miller in the lead.  Gene Knaub, the fifth place starter, was in second by the completion of the first lap.  On the next circuit, Knaub took over the lead.

Following a seventh-lap restart, Knaub continued to set the pace with Roy Miller in second.  The race for third intensified between Travis Mease, Wes Alleman, Jake Jones, and Steve Clabaugh.  Alleman took control of third; however, Mease, Clabaugh and Jones had a close battle for fourth over the remaining laps.

Gene Knaub, from Dover, led to the finish line.  He won by almost a straightaway over Miller.  Wes Alleman was third, with Steve Clabaugh in fourth and Travis Mease finished fifth.  After the races, the Clabaugh car did not make weight resulting in a disqualification.  The disqualification moved Mease to fourth and Jake Jones finished fifth.

Sam Schaeffer, Grant Adams, and Knaub won the qualifying races for the 27-car 358 Late Model field.

The Newville Construction Services Street Stocks presented a very competitive feature.  Bob Scott started on the pole and was the leader on the opening lap.  Craig Morgan took over second place. It was a battle of the Camaros.  Morgan's Camaro was inches off the back bumper of the Scott Camaro.

Late in the race the top five were racing bumper-to-bumper around the half-mile clay oval.  With two laps remaining Scott made a slight mistake and Morgan took over the lead.  At the finish line Craig Morgan was the winner by three-lengths.  Bob Scott won second place by a foot over Sam Rial. Kevin Sigler edged out Greg Diehl for fourth place.

The heat races for the 22-car Street Stocks went to Pat McNeal and David Walsh.

The Sprint Aces Super Sportsman Hard Charger award went to David Socks III.  The Anchor Industrial Supply Hard Charger Awards went to Randy Stoudt in the 358 Late Models and Greg Diehl.  All winners received fifty dollars.

The Williams Grove Speedway Saturday Night Series will return to action in two weeks.  On May 19 the Blazer's Body Shop Super Sportsman, the Brooks Graphix 358 Late Models, and the Newville Construction Services Street Stocks will be in action.  Super Sportsman driver Steve Wilbur, plus 358 Late Model competitor Todd Leonard and Street Stock racer Kevin Sigler will be signing autographs for the fans starting at 5 pm.  The racing action will begin at 6:30 pm. The admission price is just five dollars for adults.

Super Sportsman results

1) 77 Russ Mitten, 2) 3B Mike Enders, 3) 99 Frankie Herr, 4) 25 Bobby Hockenberry, 5) 30 Scott Dellinger, 6) 00 Rick Barr, 7) 93 Carmen Perigo Jr., 8) 32 Gregg Foster, 9) 88w Eric Walker, 10) 45 Dave Socks III, 11) 318 Chris Meleason, 12) 18 Rich Eichelberger, 13) 69 Jim Shuster, 14) 5 Dave Berkheimer,15) 77w Tom Wyckoff, 16) 56 Lee Taylor Jr., 17) 85 Jared Miller, 18) 83 Cody Fairchok, 19) 43 Doug Dodson, 20) 33 Scott Geesey, 21) 59 Steve Wilbur, 22) 91 Lanny Hake, 23) 4 John Stoner, 24) 222 Jay Fannasy DNQ: 66 Leroy Martin, 35 Gary Johnston, 14 Ryan Slothower, 888 John Wolfe, 2 Ken Keyton, 65 Bob Gutshall, 1ST Tom Tomasko, 46 Andrew Frye, 49 Mallie Shuster, 22 Jaremi Hanson, 16 Jeff Leisey, 64 Stan Wanner, 44 John Garman, 5G Adam Gutshall, 11 Steve Fannasy, 7x Nat Tuckey, 13 Cory Shifflett, 17 Brian Gontz

358 Late Models results

1) 1 Gene Knaub, 2) M1 Roy Miller, 3) 80 Wes Alleman, 4) 116 Travis Mease, 5) 43 Jake Jones, 6) 67x Bernie Beard, 7) 12 Charlie Shaffer, 8) 55 Derrike Zirkle, 9) 100 Tommy Slanker, 10) 64 Grant Adams, 11) 7 Pat Beard, 12) 18 DJ Mease, 13) NINE Randy Stoudt, 14) 5H Matt Henry,
15) 19 Matt Nailor, 16) 78 John Ebersole, 17) 14 Tyler Horst, 18) 7 Todd Leonard, 19) 0 Larry Baer, 20) 81s Bobby Beard, 21) 1s Sam Schaeffer, 22) 1E Brad Shank, 23) 29 Steve Clabaugh
 DNQ: 17G Mike Goodwin, 75 Chad Julius, 0 Todd Bowersox, 25 Sam Gallagher

Street Stocks results

1) 11 Craig Morgan, 2) 47 Bob Scott Jr., 3) 11D Sam Rial, 4) 7s Kevin Sigler, 5) 80D Greg Diehl, 6) 27 Doug Hoffman, 7) 5 Dustin Hollinger, 8) 29 Jeff Haag, 9) 9 Jim Gross, 10) 14 Ed Halter, 11) Super 7 Tim Drawbaugh, 12) 55 Lori Croop, 13) 25H Brian Hauenstein,14) 71 Adrian Barnhart, 15) 20w David Walsh, 16) 99 Chad Smith, 17) 16 Walt Lemmon, 18) 00 Pat McNeal DNS: 21R Roger Leaman, 1B Paul Morgan, 22 Steve Dove, 4 John Greider