8/3/2019
BAPS Motor Speedway
Chase Gutshall Holds Off Russ Mitten for 1st Sportsman Win of 2019
YORK HAVEN, Pa.: Chase Gutshall has been fast throughout the season in Super Sportsman competition at BAPS Motor Speedway.
But, speed isn’t the only component to winning races. Position and a little bit of luck are needed to polish off a successful night.
That’s where Gutshall has been lacking. He’s had fueling issues, incidents with other competitors, and a couple of parts failures that have slowed him down and kept him winless in 2019.
Until now.
Gutshall wasn’t perfect, which for once played into his favor. Despite a slight hiccup in the motor, he held off Russ Mitten on the final lap to capture the 25-lap BAPS Super Sportsman main event.
“My team, it’s basically me and my dad chugging along at the shop,” said Gutshall after his second career win at the speedway. “I don’t let stuff get in my head on race day.
“Going into the feature, I knew we weren’t running right, but I still had to try my best. I think the motor being down helped me pretty good, because I had less wheel spin. But as a driver, you can’t let stuff get to you.”
Gutshall and Co. worked on the motor between the heat race and the main event, but it didn’t solve the issue. Still, he was able to carve his way to the front.
While Gutshall raced in the top five, Jay Fannasy enjoyed time at the front of the field. He took the lead from Matt Ondek on Lap 2 and led through the 19th circuit.
Gutshall slipped past Mitten in lapped traffic and ran down Fannasy, making the pass for the top spot on Lap 20. Getting away from the fast-closing Mitten was difficult with the motor sputtering in the closing laps.
Mitten made a bid in the final corner coming to the checker. Gutshall, who was running the top in Turns 3 and 4 most of the race, moved down to block and escaped with the narrow victory.
“I knew if I stayed up top, I would be in good shape,” Gutshall said. “The motor started acting up, and I was blocking from there. I could hear Russ, so going down the backstretch and into the last two corners, I moved down to the bottom to block and got it done.
“This was big, especially with having the guys from Drydene. Logan Schuchart and his team, Rick Eckert in the Late Models, they have been pretty successful this year, so it’s good to get a win for them.”
Continued Gutshall, “I texted [Drydene] afterward. I try to stay in touch with them, and they congratulated me, so it’s pretty special.”
Mitten settled for a second-place finish. Kenny Edkin, Fannasy, and Paul Miller completed the top five. Scott Dellinger, Ondek, and Frankie Herr were heat winners for the 22-car field.
In 358 Late Model competition, Bobby Beard surged out front at the start and wired the field in the 20-lap Creekside Auto Sales main event.
Troy Miller, Sean Merkel, Ben Whitaker, and Alan Sagi completed the top five. Heat winners for the 21-car field were Sagi, Miller, and Merkel.
Nick Sweigart made a daring last-lap pass to score the win in the PASS/IMCA 305 Sprint Car feature.
Zach Newlin led the first 19 circuits, before Sweigart made his move coming out of Turn 2 and led the drag race to the checker.
Eddie Wagner, John Walp, and Tim Tanner Jr. followed Sweigart and Newlin to the finish. Jay Krout, Logan Diehl, and Tanner were heat winners for the 29-car field.
The Morgan Paving/Aqua Fun Pools Street Stocks were also on the card, with Will Walls taking the win in an event that was cut three laps short because of rain.
Walls took the lead from Jasen Geesaman on Lap 3 and never looked back. He beat Brian Walls, Chad Smith, and Geesaman. Bud Witmer completed the top five. Will Walls and Brian Walls won heat races.
In Superior Homes Extreme Stock competition, Travis Horan won an early scrum with Andrew Hogue on Lap 5 and took the win. The race closed out the program and was also cut to 12 laps because of a second shower.
Patrick McClane, Sam Rial, Tim Berkheimer, and Richard Daugherty completed the top five. Rial and Hogue were heat winners for the 12-car field.
BAPS Motor Speedway
York Haven, Pa.
Saturday, August 3, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BAPS SUPER SPORTSMAN
Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 1A-Chase Gutshall, [8]; 2. 77-Russ Mitten, [5]; 3. 75-Kenny Edkin, [12]; 4. 360-Jay Fannasy, [2]; 5. 58-Paul Miller, [9]; 6. 30-Scott Dellinger, [11]; 7. 70D-Frankie Herr, [10]; 8. 2M-Matt Ondek, [3]; 9. 3B-Mike Enders, [6]; 10. 7-Timmie Barrick, [17]; 11. 8-Rich Eichelberger, [22]; 12. 318-Steve Fannasy, [4]; 13. 83-Bruce Buckwalter Jr., [7]; 14. 14-Nate Young, [21]; 15. 6-Eric Walker, [16]; 16. 71K-Tyler Wolford, [19]; 17. 10H-Dave Hollar, [18]; 18. 38-Allan Hallman, [15]; 19. (DNF) 23-Justin Foster, [14]; 20. (DNF) 22-Daniel John, [20]; 21. (DNF) 18-Dave Conrad, [1]; 22. (DNF) 35-John Edkin, [13].
Lap Leaders – Matt Ondek (1), Jay Fannasy (2-19), Chase Gutshall (20-25)
Super Sportsman Heat 1 Finish (10 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 30-Scott Dellinger, [7]; 2. 77-Russ Mitten, [4]; 3. 18-Dave Conrad, [1]; 4. 83-Bruce Buckwalter Jr., [5]; 5. 35-John Edkin, [6]; 6. 6-Eric Walker, [8]; 7. 10H-Dave Hollar, [2]; 8. (DNF) 14-Nate Young, [3].
Super Sportsman Heat 2 Finish (10 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 2M-Matt Ondek, [3]; 2. 58-Paul Miller, [6]; 3. 75-Kenny Edkin, [7]; 4. 360-Jay Fannasy, [1]; 5. 23-Justin Foster, [4]; 6. 7-Timmie Barrick, [5]; 7. 71K-Tyler Wolford, [2].
Super Sportsman Heat 3 Finish (10 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 70D-Frankie Herr, [6]; 2. 3B-Mike Enders, [4]; 3. 1A-Chase Gutshall, [5]; 4. 318-Steve Fannasy, [3]; 5. 38-Allan Hallman, [7]; 6. (DNF) 22-Daniel John, [1]; (DNS) 8-Rich Eichelberger.
CREEKSIDE AUTO SALES LATE MODELS
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 60-Bobby Beard, [1]; 2. 115-Troy Miller, [7]; 3. 118-Sean Merkel, [6]; 4. 13X-Ben Whitaker, [2]; 5. NINE-Alan Sagi, [8]; 6. 116-Travis Mease, [3]; 7. 72-Wayne Pfeil, [5]; 8. 115S-Shaun Miller, [9]; 9. 37B-Brandon Eveler, [15]; 10. 88C-Chuck Cox III, [14]; 11. 32-Brad Bingaman, [18]; 12. 19-Dan Hoffman, [13]; 13. 711-Jennifer Hartz, [16]; 14. 0-Deshawn Gingerich, [19]; 15. 6-Terry Gingerich, [17]; 16. (DNF) 000-Paul Cursey Jr., [10]; 17. (DNF) 22-Chase Billet, [4]; 18. (DNF) 21-Joey Hoffer, [11]; 19. (DNF) 5-Charles Potts, [12]; (DNS) 17X-Jim McBee, ; (DNS) NINEX-Ross Leinbach.
Lap Leaders – Bobby Beard (1-20)
Late Model Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. NINE-Alan Sagi, [5]; 2. 72-Wayne Pfeil, [6]; 3. 13X-Ben Whitaker, [2]; 4. 000-Paul Cursey Jr., [4]; 5. 19-Dan Hoffman, [1]; 6. 711-Jennifer Hartz, [7]; 7. (DNF) 17X-Jim McBee, [3].
Late Model Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 115-Troy Miller, [2]; 2. 22-Chase Billet, [1]; 3. 60-Bobby Beard, [3]; 4. 21-Joey Hoffer, [4]; 5. 88C-Chuck Cox III, [5]; 6. 6-Terry Gingerich, [6]; 7. NINEX-Ross Leinbach, [7].
Late Model Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 118-Sean Merkel, [5]; 2. 116-Travis Mease, [2]; 3. 115S-Shaun Miller, [6]; 4. 5-Charles Potts, [3]; 5. 37B-Brandon Eveler, [4]; 6. 32-Brad Bingaman, [1]; 7. 0-Deshawn Gingerich, [7].
PASS/IMCA/MASS 305 SPRINTS
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 8-Nick Sweigart, [9]; 2. 11Z-Zachary Newlin, [3]; 3. 70-Eddie Wagner III, [2]; 4. 5-John Walp, [5]; 5. 18-Tim Tanner Jr., [8]; 6. 99A-Devin Adams, [19]; 7. 83-Billy Ney, [6]; 8. 83L-Larry McVey, [7]; 9. 28-Keith Prutzman, [10]; 10. 3D-David Grube II, [17]; 11. 55-Domenic Melair, [4]; 12. 85-Ricky DiEva, [18]; 13. 69-Landon Price, [21]; 14. 17K-Kyle Keen, [20]; 15. 50-Jay Krout, [11]; 16. 1-Tom Carberry, [14]; 17. 56-Jake Frye, [16]; 18. 39X-Scott Frack, [22]; 19. 94D-Logan Diehl, [1]; 20. 9S-Rick Stief, [23]; 21. 41Z-Jared Zionkowski, [24]; 22. Q2-Johnny Yanek, [13]; 23. (DNF) 20-Doug Dodson, [12]; 24. (DNF) 59T-Tim Stallings, [15].
Lap Leaders – Zachary Newlin (1-19), Nick Sweigart (20)
305 Sprint Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/Top 6 Qualify to A Main) – 1. 50-Jay Krout, [1]; 2. 83L-Larry McVey, [3]; 3. 20-Doug Dodson, [9]; 4. 55-Domenic Melair, [4]; 5. Q2-Johnny Yanek, [2]; 6. 56-Jake Frye, [5]; 7. 2-Erin Statler, [7]; 8. 69-Landon Price, [10]; 9. 97-Kenny Heffner, [8]; (DNS) 4-Tyler Reinhardt.
305 Sprint Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/Top 6 Qualify to A Main) – 1. 94D-Logan Diehl, [1]; 2. 11Z-Zachary Newlin, [3]; 3. 70-Eddie Wagner III, [2]; 4. 8-Nick Sweigart, [5]; 5. 1-Tom Carberry, [4]; 6. 3D-David Grube II, [6]; 7. 99A-Devin Adams, [9]; 8. 39X-Scott Frack, [8]; 9. 9S-Rick Stief, [7]; 10. 41Z-Jared Zionkowski, [10].
305 Sprint Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/Top 6 Qualify to A Main) – 1. 18-Tim Tanner Jr., [1]; 2. 83-Billy Ney, [4]; 3. 28-Keith Prutzman, [6]; 4. 5-John Walp, [9]; 5. 59T-Tim Stallings, [2]; 6. 85-Ricky DiEva, [3]; 7. 17K-Kyle Keen, [5]; 8. 19-Kruz Kepner, [8]; 9. 38-Marie McVay, [7].
305 Sprint Consolation (8 Laps/Top 6 Qualify to A Main) – 1. 99A-Devin Adams, [2]; 2. 39X-Scott Frack, [5]; 3. 17K-Kyle Keen, [3]; 4. 69-Landon Price, [4]; 5. 9S-Rick Stief, [8]; 6. 41Z-Jared Zionkowski, [11]; 7. 19-Kruz Kepner, [6]; 8. 2-Erin Statler, [1]; 9. 97-Kenny Heffner, [7]; 10. 38-Marie McVay, [9]; (DNS) 4-Tyler Reinhardt.
MORGAN PAVING/AQUAFUN POOLS STREET STOCKS
Feature (17 Laps, Shortened due to rain) – 1. 2W-Will Walls, [3]; 2. 52-Brian Walls, [4]; 3. 99-Chad Smith, [1]; 4. 81-Jasen Geesaman, [2]; 5. 41W-Bud Witmer, [5]; 6. 72M-Russ Shoop, [10]; 7. FOUR-Eddie Richards, [8]; 8. 14-Kyle Saylor, [12]; 9. 18-Chris Derr, [6]; 10. 64-Brandon Wanner, [14]; 11. 14D-Justin Dashler, [15]; 12. 26-Shawn Liddick, [13]; 13. 07-Eric McClane, [9]; 14. (DNF) 64W-Stan Wanner, [7]; 15. (DNF) 65-Bill Wentz, [11]; 16. (DNF) 43-Eric Tripp, [18]; (DNS) 75-Marshall McMullen, ; (DNS) 7P-Jim Palm.
Lap Leaders – Jasen Geesaman (1-2), Will Walls (3-17)
Street Stock Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 52-Brian Walls, [2]; 2. 81-Jasen Geesaman, [3]; 3. 41W-Bud Witmer, [4]; 4. 64W-Stan Wanner, [5]; 5. 07-Eric McClane, [1]; 6. 65-Bill Wentz, [6]; 7. (DNF) 64-Brandon Wanner, [7]; 8. (DNF) 14D-Justin Dashler, [9]; 9. (DNF) 7P-Jim Palm, [8].
Street Stock Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 2W-Will Walls, [8]; 2. 99-Chad Smith, [9]; 3. 18-Chris Derr, [7]; 4. FOUR-Eddie Richards, [5]; 5. 72M-Russ Shoop, [1]; 6. 14-Kyle Saylor, [6]; 7. 26-Shawn Liddick, [2]; 8. (DNF) 75-Marshall McMullen, [4]; 9. (DNF) 43-Eric Tripp, [3].
SUPERIOR HOMES EXTREME STOCKS
Feature (12 Laps, Shortened due to rain) – 1. 21H-Travis Horan, [4]; 2. 21A-Patrick McClane, [6]; 3. 55-Sam Rial, [1]; 4. 18C-Tim Berkheimer, [12]; 5. 98-Richard Daughtrey, [9]; 6. 15-Jeff Gill, [8]; 7. 97X-Paul Sylvester, [11]; 8. 25-Andrew Hogue, [2]; 9. (DNF) 97-Donnie Broderick, [3]; 10. (DNF) 33-Michael Goodwin, [5]; 11. (DNF) LAZY8-John Wright, [7]; 12. (DNF) 1A-Scott Arnold, [10].
Lap Leaders – Sam Rial (1-2), Andrew Hogue (3-4), Travis Horan (5-12)
Extreme Stock Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 55-Sam Rial, [5]; 2. 97-Donnie Broderick, [2]; 3. 33-Michael Goodwin, [1]; 4. LAZY8-John Wright, [3]; 5. 98-Richard Daughtrey, [4]; 6. 97X-Paul Sylvester, [6].
Extreme Stock Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 25-Andrew Hogue, [2]; 2. 21H-Travis Horan, [5]; 3. 21A-Patrick McClane, [3]; 4. 15-Jeff Gill, [4]; 5. 1A-Scott Arnold, [1]; 6. 18C-Tim Berkheimer, [6].
Article Credit: BAPS Motor Speedway
