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Sidewinder Sprints – Trail-Way 06/16/12

Young proves experience can be a substitute for horsepower.

The summer months are only a week away but the teams arrived at Trail-Way to summer like conditions. The track preparation created a smooth and fast surface. Radar gun speeds entering turn 3 showed the Sidewinders doing 84MPH. (In comparison the 600’s were 76PMH and the 270’s were 72MPH). The feature race results however proved that terminal velocity is no substitute for corner speed.

Heat race action saw Jim Young and Brad Gleason take the wins. Young’s heat race win earned him the pole starting position for the feature. Yarlett forgot to go to the scales after finishing 3rd in his heat and was subsequently dq’ed and forced to start behind the other “straight up starters” but still in front of the
“fast fives” for the feature. This was a sign of more “scale drama” later in the feature.

The feature got underway with Young shooting to the lead with star substitute Jared Esh in the Stahl # 5J taking up 2nd. The racing had an early caution when last week’s winner, Brad Gleason entered turn one to hot and tagged Jerry Strausbaugh resulting in both spinning on lap 2. On the restart Young once again bought the field in at a slow pace trying to utilize his gearbox ratios to the max and was again able to get a quick jump on the field. Jared Esh tried hard to reel Jim in and at times he looked to be gaining ground slowly. A lap 18 restart for a Brandon Yarlett bunched the field. Once again the seemingly magnetic attraction between Strausbaugh and Gleason saw contact in turn three resulting in a hard hit to the outside wall and a twisted chassis for Strausbaugh. The checkers flew and it was Young followed by Esh then hard charger Seth Kearchner in third. Unfortunately Esh’s great performance was for nothing as he was Dq’ed for being a mere 4pounds light at the scale. In a sign of true sportsmanship Esh took full ownership and explained that he wasn’t sure how much fuel he had in as he was using an unfamiliar fuel stick.

For the second time this season in Sidewinder competition the giant killing Young savored his time in victory lane “ Many thanks must go to Adams Performance for producing such a potent engine. I have been fortunate to have the support of American Racer and their tires really hook my car up. My Guhl Motors fuel injection worked flawlessly and helped with the slower starts by providing the smooth acceleration. Aero Wings provide my down force and their product is second to none.”


Chassis / Wing / Wheel Parity Report: Micro with 10” wheels and a 600cc engine wins once again proving the rules package works !

1st Micro 12sq / 10” (600) 2nd Micro 16sq / 13” 3rd Micro 12sq / 10” 4th Micro 16sq / 13” 5th Micro 12sq / 10”

Sidewinder Feature Finish, 20 Laps, Car #, Name, (Started) 1st 8 – Jim Young (1); 2nd 30 – Seth Kearchner (7); 3rd 81- Mike Zielonis (8); 4th 75 – Zach Overmiller (9); 5th 4T – Brandon Yarlett (5) 6th 33 –Brad Gleason (6); 7th 26 - Jerry Strausbaugh (4); 8th 72 – Josh Chess (3); 9th 23 – Adam Meier (11); 10th 4D – Keith Ford (10); 11th 5J – Jared Esh (2)Dq’ed (4 pounds light at scales);

Lap Leader; Jim Young (1 – 20)

Heats to; Young and Gleason

Tire Shootout Invitational Results;

American racer takes the top 3

Tire Shootout Points based on 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1

1st American Racer 2nd American Racer 3rd American Racer 4th Hoosier 5th Hoosier

American Racer – 12 pts

Hoosier – 3 pts

Total
American Racer – 119pts

Hoosier – 61pts

This weeks answers;
Q. The Sidewinder return to Trail-Way this week. Can the streak of new 2012 winners continue? Currently we have 9 different winners in 11 races.

A. Jim Young once again managed to make the most of his opportunities and was never headed to win his 2nd for the year. We now have 9 different winners in 12 races

Next week’s question;
Q. Coming back to Shippensburg this week, can one of the “fast fives” (cars that finished in the top 5 at their last race) make the passes to take the win from their handicapped positions? This week’s fast fives are Steve Dull, Scott Riggan, Ben Murphy, Rick Hench, Donnie Hendershot, Seth Kearchner, Mike Zielonis, Jerry Schott Jr., Zach Overmiller, Alex Schanz, Jason Stahl, Brandon Yarlett, or Jim Young


Sidewinder Sprints are accepting 2012 registrations.
Drivers wishing to join are reminded to register with us ASAP (click the registration link on our website) to reserve your car number, as we do not allow duplicate numbers, and to receive important "registered team" only emails regarding rules, contingency requirements and schedules.

Sidewinder Sprints will be appearing at:
Shippensburg 06/23/12
Path Valley 06/30/12
Path Valley 07/02/12
Susquehanna 07/03/12
Trail-Way 07/07/12

For all your racing needs please contact our following partners:

Season Sponsors;

American Racer – Lias Tires (www.americanraceronline.com )

Hoosier Tire - Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic (www.hoosiermidatlantic.com )

Contingency Awards:
Guhl Motors (www.guhlmotors.com) ; For all of your Fuel Injection needs. “Highest eligible Guhl injection finisher”; Jim Young

Hyper Hard Charger (www.Hyperracing.com); Most positions gained in the feature; Seth Kearchner

Aero Wings (www.aerowingsonline.com) ; Winners use Wings by Aero. "Lucky 7"; Jerry Strausbaugh

Keizer Wheels (www.keizerwheels.com ); Fast Fifth Award.; Brandon Yarlett

SC Signs and Designs (www.scsigns.net);

For a complete rundown of Sidewinder Sprints points go to www.sidewindersprints.com/points.htm

Sidewinder Sprints Driver 2012 Season Standings;
1st Seth Kearchner (30) 1306
2nd Mike Zielonis (81) 1231
3rd Brandon Yarlett (4T) 1065
4th Zach Overmiller (75) 1064
5th Rohan Beasley (14) 921
6th Brad Gleason (33) 652
7th Josh Chess (72) 619
8th Jerry Strausbaugh (26) 615
9th Jim Young (8) 601
10th Jason Stahl (5J) 521
11th Alex Schanz (59) 367
12th Jason Eisenhart (21) 361
13th Jared Esh (5J) 356
14th Mike Murphy Jr (39) 295
15th Keith Ford (4D) 258
16th Rick Hench (1) 255
17th Christian Wright (22) 229
18th Chris Crull (7) 196
19th Adam Meier (23M) 171
20th Reed Salony (22R) 158
21st Steve Dull (5) 150
22nd Ben Murphy (1) 150
23rd Donnie Hendershot (31) 145
24th Rich Halter (04) 101
25th Scott Riggan (1K) 100
26th Jerry Schott Jr (10S) 90
27th Brendon Bright (1K) 64
28th Larney Johnson (37) 54
29th Ryan Greth (1J) 50
30th ?? (3T) 50
31st Tyler Walton (14T) 50
32nd Ashley Salony (22R) 50
33rd Joe Robertson (23) 50
34th Mike Dicely (44) 50
35th Danny Wykes (69W) 50
36th Gary Funck (92) 50
37th Mike Kiser (99) 50

Sidewinder Sprints Final Car Owner Season Standings;
1st Seth Kearchner (30) 1306
2nd Mike Zielonis (81) 1231
3rd Ken, Donna and Brandon Yarlett (4T) 1065
4th Steve & Renee Overmiller (75) 1064
5th Katie Beasley (14) 921
6th Jason Stahl (5J) 877
7th Brad Gleason (33) 652
8th Don Chess (72) 619
9th Jerry Strausbaugh (26) 615
10th Jim Young (8) 601
11th Alex Schanz (59) 367
12th Party of Five (21) 361
13th Mike Murphy Jr (39) 295
14th Keith Ford (4D) 258
15th Ken and Chris Wright (22) 229
16th Gary Hendershot (7) 196
17th Adam Meier (23M) 171
18th Alex Schanz (1K) 164
19th Todd Salony (22R) 158
20th Steve Dull (5) 150
21st Rick Hench (1) 150
22nd Jay Hendershot (31) 145
23rd Tara Halter (04) 101
24th Jerry Schott Jr. (10S) 90
25th Larney Johnson (37) 54
26th Wayne Lesher (1J) 50
27th Ken Wright (3T) 50
28th Bob and Brenda Walton (14T) 50
29th Heidi Robertson (23) 50
30th Mike Dicely (44) 50
31st David Wykes (69W) 50
32nd Gary Funck (92) 50
33rd Tiffany Crandell (99) 50

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