6/1/2019
BAPS Motor Speedway
Kenny Edkin Earns 3rd Super Sportsman Victory of 2019 at BAPS Motor Speedway
YORK HAVEN, Pa.: Kenny Edkin wanted to make up for some misfortune that might have cost him a big paycheck.
A week ago, Edkin took the lead in the Bud Bricker Nationals, a race that paid $6,500. He only led one circuit before losing oil pressure and pulling off the track.
This week was a chance to make amends.
It’s hard to say if Edkin had the best car in Saturday’s BAPS Paint Super Sportsman A-Main. But that didn’t stop him from taking advantage of Rich Eichelberger’s misfortune and powering to the front for his third win of the season.
“Don and Doug give me a fast car every week,” Edkin said. “This season, we have been doing a lot of R&D trying to get better after a frustrating 2018.
“We’ve had speed all season but just as much bad luck to go with it. I would probably have three more wins if not for untimely cautions and one mechanical failure. It was great to have the opportunity to race for $6,500 last week, and I think I would have had a say in the outcome, but it wasn’t meant to be. So, we will never know.”
Eichelberger started on the outside pole and surged out front. He was setting a blistering pace and caught the back of the field by the completion of Lap 9.
Coming through the third and fourth corner, Eichelberger tried to go under Dan John, and the two made contact. Eichelberger ended up with a broken front axle, which ended his chance at victory.
Nate Young took over on the restart. Edkin, who started 10th on the grid, attacked the front of the field and made his way to the front.
“The track was a driver’s track,” Edkin said. “The bottom was really fast but tricky, and I tried to stay on offense the entire time going where others were not and taking advantage when guys would bobble off the bottom.
“The top was fairly dirty, but I was able to take advantage of it on restarts as we would run it in cautious.”
Edkin wasted little time taking over at the front of the field. He blasted by Young on Lap 15 and pulled away from the field.
There were no hiccups in traffic for Edkin. He sliced through backmarkers and pulled away to take his third win of the season.
“When I restarted fourth on Lap 10, I knew I’d have to make the most of it because of how fast the track was,” Edkin said. “I was able to get to third on the start and had to time my pass for the lead right because Mitten and Young were racing for the lead.
“I was able to sneak under Mitten, then work on Nate for the lead. He was struggling a little bit to stay on the extreme bottom, so I think that’s what helped me take the lead from him. Once I was out front, I had to navigate the lapped traffic without slowing my pace too much.”
Scott Dellinger stormed from 13th to second in the final rundown. Frankie Herr, who started 11th, came up to third, with Mike Enders and Davey Walsh completing the top five. Eichelberger, Edkin, and Tyler Wolford were heat winners for the 23-car field.
Chase Billet dominated Saturday’s 20-Lap Creekside Auto Sales 358 Late Model main event at the speedway.
Bobby Beard led the first five circuits before Billet took over. From there, Billet went on to score the victory over Travis Mease, Alan Sagi, Troy Miller, and Charles Potts. Beard, Mease, and Sagi were heat winners for the 22-car field.
Brian Walls waited a couple of laps to take the lead, but once he did, he owned the Morgan Paving/Aqua Fun Pools Street Stock feature.
Chad Smith started fourth and charged to the front on the opening lap. Walls got going on Lap 2, taking the lead and never looking back to score the win.
Smith settled for second, with Bud Witmer, Craig Morgan, and Eddie Richards completed the top five.
Rain hit the speedway after the Street Stock main event, and the Extreme Stock and Four-cylinder feature were rained out.
BAPS SUPER SPORTSMAN
Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 75-Kenny Edkin, [10]; 2. 30-Scott Dellinger, [13]; 3. 70D-Frankie Herr, [11]; 4. 3B-Mike Enders, [7]; 5. 20W-Davey Walsh, [6]; 6. 360-Steve Fannasy, [12]; 7. 58-Paul Miller, [15]; 8. 35-John Edkin, [9]; 9. 7-Timmie Barrick, [16]; 10. 83-Bruce Buckwalter Jr., [19]; 11. 32W-Garrett Williamson, [5]; 12. 5D-Luke Deatrick, [14]; 13. 10H-Dave Hollar, [20]; 14. 38-Allan Hallman, [17]; 15. (DNF) 77-Russ Mitten, [8]; 16. (DNF) 14-Nate Young, [3]; 17. (DNF) 71K-Tyler Wolford, [1]; 18. (DNF) 22-Daniel John, [18]; 19. (DNF) 2M-Matt Ondek, [4]; 20. (DNF) 23-Justin Foster, [23]; 21. (DNF) 1A-Chase Gutshall, [21]; 22. (DNF) 8-Rich Eichelberger, [2]; 23. (DNF) 29-Adam Wray, [22]. No time.
Lap Leaders – Rich Eichelberger (1-10), Nate Young (11-14), Kenny Edkin (15-25)
Super Sportsman Heat 1 Finish (10 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 8-Rich Eichelberger, [2]; 2. 20W-Davey Walsh, [4]; 3. 14-Nate Young, [3]; 4. 3B-Mike Enders, [5]; 5. 30-Scott Dellinger, [7]; 6. 7-Timmie Barrick, [6]; 7. 22-Daniel John, [8]; 8. (DNF) 29-Adam Wray, [1]. Time – 2:59.104
Super Sportsman Heat 2 Finish (10 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 75-Kenny Edkin, [7]; 2. 2M-Matt Ondek, [3]; 3. 77-Russ Mitten, [5]; 4. 35-John Edkin, [6]; 5. 5D-Luke Deatrick, [2]; 6. 38-Allan Hallman, [8]; 7. (DNF) 10H-Dave Hollar, [1]; 8. (DNF) 23-Justin Foster, [4]. Time – 3:00.941
Super Sportsman Heat 3 Finish (10 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 71K-Tyler Wolford, [1]; 2. 32W-Garrett Williamson, [3]; 3. 70D-Frankie Herr, [7]; 4. 360-Steve Fannasy, [2]; 5. 58-Paul Miller, [5]; 6. (DNF) 83-Bruce Buckwalter Jr., [4]; 7. (DNF) 1A-Chase Gutshall, [6]. Time – 3:03.615
CREEKSIDE AUTO SALES LATE MODELS
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 22-Chase Billet, [4]; 2. 116-Travis Mease, [2]; 3. NINE-Alan Sagi, [3]; 4. 115-Troy Miller, [6]; 5. 5-Charles Potts, [5]; 6. 118-Sean Merkel, [10]; 7. 21-Joey Hoffer, [7]; 8. 115S-Shaun Miller, [13]; 9. 29-Steve Billet, [8]; 10. 72-Wayne Pfeil, [14]; 11. 60-Bobby Beard, [1]; 12. 13X-Ben Whitaker, [11]; 13. 32-Brad Bingaman, [17]; 14. 19-Dan Hoffman, [16]; 15. 6-Corry Gingerich, [19]; 16. 711-Jennifer Hartz, [21]; 17. (DNF) 37B-Brandon Eveler, [15]; 18. (DNF) 9-Matt Adams, [12]; 19. (DNF) NINEX-Ross Leinbach, [18]; 20. (DNF) 1T-Tim Murphy, [9]; (DNS) 0-Deshawn Gingerich, ; (DNS) 21M-Matt Murphy. No time.
Lap Leaders – Bobby Beard (1-5), Chase Billet (6-20)
Late Model Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 60-Bobby Beard, [1]; 2. 22-Chase Billet, [6]; 3. 21-Joey Hoffer, [2]; 4. 118-Sean Merkel, [4]; 5. 115S-Shaun Miller, [3]; 6. 19-Dan Hoffman, [5]; 7. NINEX-Ross Leinbach, [8]; 8. 6-Corry Gingerich, [7]. Time – 2:29.122
Late Model Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 116-Travis Mease, [2]; 2. 5-Charles Potts, [5]; 3. 29-Steve Billet, [1]; 4. 13X-Ben Whitaker, [6]; 5. 72-Wayne Pfeil, [7]; 6. 32-Brad Bingaman, [3]; (DNS) 21M-Matt Murphy. Time – 2:32.624
Late Model Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. NINE-Alan Sagi, [2]; 2. 115-Troy Miller, [7]; 3. 1T-Tim Murphy, [5]; 4. 9-Matt Adams, [4]; 5. 37B-Brandon Eveler, [3]; 6. (DNF) 711-Jennifer Hartz, [1]; 7. (DNF) 0-Deshawn Gingerich, [6]. Time – 2:32.615
MORGAN PAVING/AQUAFUN POOLS STREET STOCKS
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 52-Brian Walls, [2]; 2. 99-Chad Smith, [4]; 3. 41W-Bud Witmer, [9]; 4. 11-Craig Morgan, [1]; 5. FOUR-Eddie Richards, [7]; 6. 72M-Russ Shoop, [10]; 7. 43-Eric Tripp (Artwerks Hard Charger), [14]; 8. 80D-Greg Diehl, [6]; 9. 91-Dalton Frye, [3]; 10. 14-Kyle Saylor, [16]; 11. 12-Scott Thunberg, [11]; 12. 64-Brandon Wanner, [15]; 13. (DNF) 72-Jason Townsend, [5]; 14. (DNF) 10C-Kevin Heckman, [8]; (DNS) 14D-Justin Dashler, ; (DNS) 21W-Will Walls, ; (DNS) 7P-Jim Palm, ; (DNS) 26-Shawn Liddick. No time.
Lap Leaders – Chad Smith (1), Brian Walls (2-20)
Street Stock Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 80D-Greg Diehl, [1]; 2. 99-Chad Smith, [5]; 3. 52-Brian Walls, [3]; 4. FOUR-Eddie Richards, [8]; 5. 41W-Bud Witmer, [7]; 6. 72M-Russ Shoop, [6]; 7. 12-Scott Thunberg, [4]; 8. (DNF) 43-Eric Tripp, [9]; 9. (DNF) 64-Brandon Wanner, [2]. Time – 2:50.978
Street Stock Heat 2 Finish (4 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 72-Jason Townsend, [3]; 2. 91-Dalton Frye, [9]; 3. 11-Craig Morgan, [6]; 4. 10C-Kevin Heckman, [4]; 5. (DNF) 7P-Jim Palm, [1]; 6. (DNF) 14D-Justin Dashler, [2]; 7. (DNF) 21W-Will Walls, [5]; 8. (DNF) 26-Shawn Liddick, [7]; 9. (DNF) 14-Kyle Saylor, [8]. Time – 1:26.897
SUPERIOR HOMES EXTREME STOCKS
Feature (25 Laps) – Due to rain, this feature has been postponed to Saturday, July 27.
ROAD WARRIORS
Feature (20 Laps) – Due to rain, this feature has been postponed to Saturday, August 24.
Road Warrior Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 15A-Chris Anderson, [5]; 2. 265-Eric Boozel, [2]; 3. 47-Travis Brown, [6]; 4. 32-Jeff Foster, [9]; 5. 15-Nick Mc Daniel, [8]; 6. 38-Jason Chronister, [1]; 7. 6-Matt Worley, [10]; 8. 92-Terry Hartlaub, [3]; 9. 19R-Roy Denike, [4]; 10. Z12-Randy Getz Jr, [7]; 11. 4-Carl Davis Jr, [11]. No time.
Road Warrior Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 81-Matt Chronister, [6]; 2. 69-Robbie Carroll, [2]; 3. 2X-Shannon Weaver, [5]; 4. 88-Justin Oberlin, [7]; 5. H15-AJ Hoffner, [10]; 6. 67C-Jason Minter, [9]; 7. 53-Daniel Eitnier, [1]; 8. 11-Scott Harvey, [8]; 9. (DNF) 59-Ryan Smith, [4]; 10. (DNF) 811-Jasen Geesaman, [3]. No time.
Article Credit: BAPS Motor Speedway
