LOCAL TRACKS: Kelleher claims four titles in series
Jul. 22—It was a clean sweep for Larry Kelleher.
The 10-year-old from Scranton competed in the Northeast Dirt Regional Series, a three-race circuit at USAC dirt quarter midget tracks in York Haven in May, Phoenixville in June and Hagerstown, Maryland, in July.
Kelleher ran four race classes and won the points title in each.
In Senior Honda, he had two wins at York Haven and Phoenixville and a second at Hagerstown to finish with 357 points, 19 ahead of the second-place driver.
He had finishes of fifth, third and first in Light 160 to wind up with 344 points, seven better than the runner-up.
After placing fourth at York Haven, he won the next two Senior Animal races at Phoenixville and Hagerstown to total 352 points and take that title by 25 points.
Lastly, in Light World, he finished first, eighth and second to score 341 points and eke out that title by two points.
Fast tracks
Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna holds its Midseason Championship Night on Friday at 7 p.m. Double points will be awarded. ... Five Mile Point Speedway in Kirkwood, New York, has its annual "Pack The Track Night" on Saturday at 6:05 p.m. Grandstand admission is $5. All divisions are scheduled to compete. ... Hamlin Speedway holds a regular program Saturday at 5:45 p.m. ... Happy birthday to Alex Yankowski from Covington Twp., who turns 18 on Friday. Last week, he finished sixth in the weekly Modified feature at Utica-Rome Speedway in Vernon, N.Y. He also was sixth in the "Thunder On The Thruway" Series event at Fonda Speedway in New York. ... Doug Smith of Mount Cobb finished sixth in the 25-lap Modified feature at Thunder Mountain Speedway in Center Lisle, N.Y. ... Tompkinsville's Ben Whitaker was sixth in the ULMS Super Late Model Series 30-lap race at Big Diamond Speedway in Minersville. In the 25-lap Modified feature, Nick Rochinski from Dickson City was seventh, Lake Ariel's Dan Hineline was 19th and Eddie Strada of South Canaan was 22nd. Rochinski ranks third in the track Modified standings with 977 points, 110 behind leader Duane Howard. Strada is sixth with 822 points. ... Tommy Cadwalader of Mayfield had finishes of third and second in the North American F1000 Championship Series races July 8-10 at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois.
LOCAL TRACKS: July 15-16 results
PENN CAN SPEEDWAY
July 15 results
SCDRA FOUR-CYLINDERS — Matt Browning, Jeff Sterling, Adam Delgrosso, Cory Valade, Brad Whiteside, AJ Hoffner, Mike Ferris, Chad Weaver, Kevin Criswell, Joshua Storms, Brandon Hoffner, Justin Pope, Jeff Huber, CJ Lavair, Ayden Mohr, Ricky Weaver, Daniel Valade, Rich Wagner, Robbie Carrol, Rusty Garrock, Greg Kiehl, Josh Wilder, Andy Schumaker. DNS: Tim Vandemark
602 SPORTSMAN — Brian Malcolm, Ray Leonard, Marty Goodwin, Mike Nagel Jr., John Michael Phillips, Mike Schane, Brad Weaver, Michael Samony, AJ Konopka, Tommy Groover, Joe Novak, Jim O'Hara, Alan Komar, Eddie Kudrako, Brett Wooster, Kolyn Schane, Ned Fitch, Amanda Scholtisek, Derrick Shaffer, Travis Rooney. DNS: Matt Martino. DQ: Ralph Mele
600cc XCEL MODIFIEDS — Jared Green, Brett Gray, Chace Scutt, Nolan Smith, Tyler Smith, Geoffrey Sutton, Doug Newbigging, Adam Mudge, Phil Burns, Nate Oropallo, Ali Scutt, John Dinniny, Brenton Miller, Bill Johnson, Jeff Baldwin, Darwin Greene Jr., Josh Towner, Larry Furman, Jordan Towner, Andy Bolles. DNS: Tori Straway
FACTORY STOCKS — Jason Rhodes, Charlie Towner, Charlie Gilbert, Kevin Welch, Brandon Gumaer
FIVE MILE POINT SPEEDWAY
Kirkwood, N.Y.
July 16 results
MODIFIED (30 Laps) — P.J. Goodwin, Justin Holland, Aleia Geisler, Nick Rochinski, Dan Vauter, Glenn Knapp, Barry White, Brett Tonkin, Brian Malcolm, Brad Szulewski, Joey Colsten, Frank Yankowski, Bobby Puckett, Derek Cornish, Kenny Hildebrant, Joe Eisenhauer.
CRATE SPORTSMAN (20 Laps) — Gary Smith, Brad Weaver, Seth Zacharias, Blaine Klinger, Marty Goodwin, Josh Landers, Adam Gilbert, Jason Bengranner, Brandon Fritsch, Justin Slezak, Dave Leyshon.
STREET STOCK (20 Laps) — Jon Carpenter, Gene Sharpsteen, Doug Polhamus, Tyler Yegle, Don Russell Jr., Dave Stalker, Abe Romanik.
FACTORY STOCK (20 Laps) — Charlie Towner, Rich Sharpsteen, Jason Beebe, Kuris Stickle, Todd Sutliff, Billy Shoemaker.
FOUR CYLINDER EXPERT (20 Laps) — Mike Ferris, Josh Wilder, Brian Salmini, Jason Seymour, Scott Beach, Jeff Hayes, Randy Lane, John Maynard, Chris Wesser, Dave Simms.
FOUR CYLINDER NOVICE (15 Laps) — Todd Maynard, Ethen Maynard.
FUTURE SPORTSMAN (20 Laps) — Danielle Smith, Josh Fedo, Joe Buchanan, Doug Polhamus, Derrick Shaffer, Buck Brown.
600cc MODIFIED (20 Laps) — Jared Green, Rich Green, Dustin Jones, Dave Brown, Benny Shaw.
HAMLIN SPEEDWAY
July 16 results
JUNIOR SLINGSHOTS (20 Laps) — Griffin Hendershot; Braxton Dembek; Chase Zimmer; Dylan Hahn; Brayden Granger; Christofer Tittle; Trevor Houghton; Logan Mears; Rilee Ike; Garrett Chillot; David Luethe; Brayden Traver; Marissa Lord; Jakoby Thompson; Reanna Davis; Aubrey Newhard
ALL-STAR SLINGSHOTS (20 Laps) — Nate Freed; Brian Smith; Stephen Ennes; John Schantz; Lydia Novarro; Brad Crandall; Josh Bok; Patrick Weiss; Jasper Ziegafuse; Andrew Turpin
XCEL 600 MODIFIEDS (20 Laps) — Olivia Schmeltzer; Thomas Nettleship; Tim Bauer; Kaden Ayre; Brandon Graner; Aubrey Ayre; Keith Inglin; John Ayre; Logan Knauss; John Martinsky Sr.
ROOKIE 600 SPRINTS (20 Laps) — Kate Mattern; Jordan Nonnemacher; Connor Mirabelli; Harry Granville; Richard Ptaszynski
WINGLESS 600 SPRINTS (20 Laps) — Tony Parlanti; Pat Bealer; Jared Lilly; Hunter Metzgar; Jordan Tittle; Cody Powell; Dylan Kontra; JT Bierman; Jordan Nonnemacher; Bobby Smith; Zachery Bealer; James Fries; Connor Mirabelli; Joseph J Smith
STAGE ONE MODIFIEDS (20 Laps) — Johnny Fugelo; JT Bierman; Gavyn Krupp; Colin Cox; Dylan Kontra; Joel Price; Chad Riddle; Owen Cassel; Paul Ennes; Rob Tete; McKenzi Smith; Lawson Szerencits
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