Needles, Jones, DeVos and Walker visit victory lane
Anderson, Regnerus and Hermiller add to win totals
Marne, MI-- Berlin Raceway played host to the Port City Racing Classic this weekend and after the drivers had a chance to fine-tune their cars at the Thursday night practice, preliminary races took place on Friday night as well as a Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinder and USA Modified feature. Jason Scheid broke in to victory lane in the 4-Cylinder A feature and Jay Platz took the B feature win. Jake Meyerink was victorious in the USA Modified race and the numerous heat and dash races set the field for Saturday night's action.
The Young Guns started the night of feature racing off with a 20-lap, caution filled race. #18 Mitch Meppelink had the lead early, but the #32 of Gabe Ensing was quickly catching. The first caution of the night happened on lap 3; #101 Lauren Bush spun while trying to pass #19 Dalton Haney. As the field tried to complete the lap after the restart, Meppelink and Ensing spun in turn 3. On the restart #6 Brandon Hermiller and #16 Kelsey Steele broke away from the field until caution came out again in lap 8; Meppelink and Ensing spun again and this time Meppelink backed his car in to the frontstretch wall. After the cars were restarted, the racing was single-file and Steel was catching Hermiller. Two laps later, caution was out again, Bush went off of the backstretch. The cars were reset and Hermiller got a great restart and Steele was trying to fend off Ensing for second. Lap 13 saw the final caution of the race, Meppelink spun again in turn 3. Hermiller got another great restart and went on to get his third win of the season. The rest of the finishing order was Steele, Ensing, Bush, Haney and Meppelink.
The Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinder B feature was next for their 20-lap feature, #84 Dave Blazo and #7X Terry Lange brought the field to the green flag. Blazo lead and #13 Craig Snoeyink was not far behind. #07 Clayton Brown quickly took the lead with #51 Grady Gerken, Snoeyink and #80 Daryl Davis all trying to get around him. Gerken and Brown broke away from the field, but both cars dropped out of the race, handing the lead to #20W Jackson Walker. Walker held off the competition to take his first feature win. The rest of the top five were Snoeyink, #62 Paul Ritchie, #T11 Jim Rhodes and Gerken. The A feature rolled next, #47 Don McNabb and #354 Chris McKinley started on the front row. This feature had a lot of trouble getting started with the caution flag flying three times before a lap was completed. They finally got going after starting single-file and #10 Kyle Hamm jumped out with a great lead and every car behind him was fighting for position. With 10 laps to go, Hamm had lead of just over 4 seconds, but #14 Jason DeVos was cutting into it. Lap 14 saw the fourth caution of the race, #12 Angela DeVos was off of the backstretch. After the restart, Hamm dropped out of the race and that gave the lead to Jason DeVos. #100 Jason Scheid was looking to get his second win in as many days, blowing past #7 Ryan Hamm for second and going after DeVos. With three laps to go, Scheid caught DeVos, with two to go, he was up to his rear quarterpanel and on the last lap the pair were side-by-side. DeVos held him off to get his first win of the season. The rest of the top tern were Scheid, #13 Dan Reimersma, Ryan Hamm, #6 Ben Kleis, #01 Rob Shoemaker, #024 Cole Roelofs, #9 Nick Curtis, #71 Paul Namey and #19 Dave Avink.
Next was the 40-lap Engine Pro Super Stock feature with #13 James Haney and #18 Denny Anderson on the front row. As soon as they completed a lap, caution was out for the spinning car of #1 Brian Wiersma. Haney and Anderson stayed side-by-side for the lead and #5 Ray VanAllsburg was also in contention. Just three laps later, caution was out again, #5 Cal Castle and Wiresma spun. Anderson took the lead on lap 8 and then the field spread out to single file racing until lap 21 when #12 Josh Slade brought out the third caution for his spin coming out of turn 4. Anderson continued to lead and with seven to go, it was a three car race between Anderson, VanAllsburg and Haney. They took the checkered flag three-wide with Anderson pulling off the win. VanAllsburg was .001 seconds behind the leader with Haney .067 seconds behind. The rest of the top ten were Muyskens, #15 Garison Jewett, #77 Andrew Nylaan, #55 Dave Lake, #98 Bob Bliss, #11 Nick Bonstell and Wiersma.
Kerkstra Services Pro Stocks took the grid next, #36 Ken Smith, Jr. was on the pole and on his outside was #15 Scott Root. Root led and the field raced single file; #50 Justin Regnerus was giving chase, cutting into Root's lead every lap and eventually took it from him on lap 12. Root wasn't giving up and the pair raced side by side. Regnerus got the lead back when they split the #X car of Matt VanHorssen and Root fell back to fourth. The first caution of the race came out on lap 19, #61 Richard DeJong spun and collected the #48 of Dave D'Avignon. After the restart, Regnerus had almost a one-second lead and the battle was on for second between #76 Brian Tillema, Root and #51 Weston Jewett. Their battle let Regnerus cruise to his fifth victory of the season. The rest of the top ten were Root, Jewett, Tillema, Cutler, Smith, Jr., #88 Tony Davis, #7 Kevin DeGood, #78 Will Olmsted and #00 Dennis Mann.
Fifty laps were next on the list for the USA Modified and starting on the front row were #7 Scott Tomasik and #98 Bob Curry. Curry was the leader and the rest of the field raced side-by-side. It didn't take long for #2 Kyle Jones and #11 Brian Nester caught the leader and were fighting for the lead. In traffic, Jones took the lead and began to pull away. By half-way, Jones was leading by almost one second, but he was stuck in traffic which let Nester catch up. #44 Jake Meyerink caught the leaders in traffic on lap 30 and he went after Nester for second. With those two battling for position, Jones was able to get the win. Nester, Meyerink, Curry, #78 Travis Eddy, #99 Mark Flairman, #61 Brad Springer, #32 Dan Loughan, #75 Chad Vansparrentak and #14 Tim Burkett rounded out the top ten.
The Coors Light Late Models were the last feature of the night, running 100 laps. Starting out front were the cars of #19 Nick Shotko and #14 Steve Needles. Shotko kept position number 1 and just behind him was the #1 of Randy Sweet. The field settled in to a groove, preparing for the longer race. Sweet was finally able to get by Shotko on lap 25 for the lead and on lap 28, Shotko spun while running second. After the restart, Needles took the point and put some distance between himself and the rest of the field, a three-second lead at one point in the race. The second caution came out on lap 62 for debris in turn 3 and after the restart, the top three cars pulled away from the field. Needles was leading with #32 Ross Meeuwsen and #8 Dakota Carlson just behind him. Cautions three and four were both single-car incidents and after the final caution, it was Meeuwsen who took the lead from Needles. With 17 laps to go, Needles was trying his best to get past Meeuwsen and Meeuwsen was doing everything he could to keep the lead. Lap 87 saw the final caution of the night for contact between #28 Scott Thomas and #222 Caleb Bisacky on the front stretch. Needles took the lead on the restart and there was not enough time for Meeuwsen to catch him. Needles got the win and the rest of the top ten were Meeuwsen, #55 Chris Anthony, Carlson, #21 Terry VanHaitsma, #27 Billy Shotko, #82 Tom Thomas, #71 Kyle Ballard, Nick Shotko and #101 Joe Bush.
Next Saturday, September 19 is a 5-in-1- show! The Coors Light Late Models, Engine Pro Super Stocks, Kerkstra Services Pro Stocks, Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinder and Young Guns will all be in action! Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for kids 6-12 and free for kids five and under. The first race will start at 6 p.m. For more information, please visit www.berlinraceway.com.
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