6/5/2021
BAPS Motor Speedway
Shaun Miller Dominates Carl Billet Memorial at BAPS
YORK HAVEN, Pa.: Shaun Miller knows that when he is leading a race at BAPS Motor Speedway, the battle up front could turn into a family affair.
That’s because Miller’s father, Troy, the defending speedway champion, is in the field and lurking. And it was the case again during the Carl Billet Memorial.
This time, the son was a little better than Dad. The younger Miller won a tight battle in the 30-Lap Creekside Auto Sales Limited Late Model main event to claim the prestigious event.
“I saw him dive under me a few times,” Shaun Miller said. “As long as I kept a good, smooth line, I didn’t think anybody was going to get me. The only time I had any issues was around the lapped cars, but we’re here, and that’s all that matters.
“I never actually did get a chance to see [Carl Billet] race. I’ve heard he was one of the greats down here, and this is definitely my biggest win or biggest paying career win. I’m just glad to put my name on there with a bunch of those guys.”
Shaun Miller grabbed the early lead, but he had his pace stopped on Lap 3 when Terry Gingrich spun on the backstretch. The restart was also dicey because of an incident with Matt Murphy, Kyle Saylor, and Brandon Eveler.
Over the next seven laps, Troy Miller went after his son. He followed in his tracks and even took the lead on the 11th circuit. Shaun Miller was having none of it and retook the top spot one lap later.
This turned into a three-car battle for the win when Jed Latshaw disposed of Devin Frey and entered the mix. The top three negotiated lapped traffic over the final half of the event, with Shaun Miller fighting off three caution periods and the competition to score the victory by .479 seconds.
“The lapped cars definitely made it difficult,” Shaun Miller said. “Other than my Dad, I didn’t really see anyone else. I’m sure all the keyboard warriors are out there on Facebook, beating them keys, baby.”
Troy Miller, Latshaw, Frey, and Chase Billet completed the top five. Travis Mease stormed from 24th to sixth. Shaun Miller set quick time for the 25-car field early in the night with a lap of 19.302. Frey, Troy Miller, and Chuck Shutz won heat races.
In the Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprint Car Series event, Mike Rutherford outlasted a strong field of cars and three caution periods to claim the 20-Lap main event.
Brian Marriott led the first two circuits before Rutherford made his move to the front. Once the veteran took over the lead, he was never challenged the rest of the way in polishing off another victory.
Cory Myers, Nicholas Skias, Toby Blumenshine, and Adrian Shaffer completed the top five. Thanks to added sponsorship for the event, a total of $3,250 cash and awards were given away in addition to the purse.
Seth Kearchner topped a field of 31 cars and captured the 20-Lap Gene Latta Ford Central PA Legends presented by Baker Door Company feature.
Bill Diehl led the first five laps before Kearchner took his turn at the front. He never looked back and took the win by a mere .322 seconds over Stephen Wurtzer. Big Diamond feature winner Landen Lewis, Diehl, and Chris Transeau rounded out the top five.
The Extreme Stock main event was shortened to 12 laps after hitting the 20-minute mark. Austin Hogue led the final three laps and claimed the win.
Doug Hoffman led the first circuit, with Austin Hogue leading the next six laps. Andrew Hogue took over on Lap 8, but Austin Hogue was back out front for good on the 10th circuit and won by .768 seconds.
In Limited Stock action, Travis Brown topped Terry Hartlaub in a thriller to win the 15-Lap feature event.
Hartlaub led the first four laps. Brown made his move on Lap 5, but he couldn’t shake his pursuer and could only muster a margin of victory of .163 seconds. Robbie Carroll, Matt Worley, and Brandon Hoffner completed the top five.
CREEKSIDE AUTO SALES LIMITED LATE MODELS “CARL BILLET MEMORIAL”
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 115S-Shaun Miller[2]; 2. 115-Troy Miller[3]; 3. 25-Jedadiah Latshaw[1]; 4. 97-Devin Frey[4]; 5. 22-Chase Billet[5]; 6. 116-Travis Mease[24]; 7. ONE-Chuck Schutz[6]; 8. 21P-Jake Piper[7]; 9. 21-Joey Hoffer[9]; 10. NINEX-Ross Leinbach[17]; 11. 99-Chad Smith[22]; 12. 85-Chad Earnst[14]; 13. (DNF) 14-Kyle Saylor[13]; 14. (DNF) 31-Jake Moser[15]; 15. (DNF) 72-Wayne Pfeil[11]; 16. (DNF) 711-Jennifer Lesher[10]; 17. (DNF) 96-Matt Adams[8]; 18. (DNF) 1T-Tim Murphy[18]; 19. (DNF) 55-Jerry Wells[16]; 20. (DNF) 21M-Matt Murphy[12]; 21. (DNF) 37B-Brandon Eveler[23]; 22. (DNF) 48-Kyle Nicholas[20]; 23. (DNF) 27K-Brandon Krone[19]; 24. (DNF) 6-Terry Gingerich[21].
Lap Leaders: Shaun Miller (1-10), Troy Miller (11), Shaun Miller (12-30)
Late Model Time Trial Group 1 Finish: 1. 116-Travis Mease, 00:19.416[3]; 2. 25-Jedadiah Latshaw, 00:19.453[2]; 3. 97-Devin Frey, 00:19.663[9]; 4. 96-Matt Adams, 00:19.915[6]; 5. 14-Kyle Saylor, 00:20.194[8]; 6. 27K-Brandon Krone, 00:20.824[5]; 7. 711-Jennifer Lesher, 00:20.932[1]; 8. 37B-Brandon Eveler, 00:21.264[4]; 9. (DNS) 55-Jerry Wells.
Late Model Time Trial Group 2 Finish: 1. 22-Chase Billet, 00:19.527[5]; 2. 115-Troy Miller, 00:19.597[4]; 3. 20-Colin Knaub, 00:19.773[2]; 4. 21P-Jake Piper, 00:19.788[1]; 5. 72-Wayne Pfeil, 00:19.827[6]; 6. 99-Chad Smith, 00:20.138[7]; 7. NINEX-Ross Leinbach, 00:20.189[8]; 8. 85-Chad Earnst, 00:20.494[3].
Late Model Time Trial Group 3 Finish: 1. 115S-Shaun Miller, 00:19.302[7]; 2. 21M-Matt Murphy, 00:19.511[3]; 3. ONE-Chuck Schutz, 00:19.801[5]; 4. 21-Joey Hoffer, 00:20.429[6]; 5. 1T-Tim Murphy, 00:20.563[8]; 6. 31-Jake Moser, 00:20.610[2]; 7. 48-Kyle Nicholas, 00:20.653[1]; 8. 6-Terry Gingerich, 00:21.621[4].
Late Model Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Transfer): 1. 97-Devin Frey[2]; 2. 25-Jedadiah Latshaw[3]; 3. 96-Matt Adams[1]; 4. 711-Jennifer Lesher[7]; 5. 14-Kyle Saylor[5]; 6. 55-Jerry Wells[9]; 7. 27K-Brandon Krone[6]; 8. (DNF) 37B-Brandon Eveler[8]; 9. (DNF) 116-Travis Mease[4].
Late Model Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Transfer): 1. 115-Troy Miller[3]; 2. 21P-Jake Piper[1]; 3. 22-Chase Billet[4]; 4. 72-Wayne Pfeil[5]; 5. 85-Chad Earnst[8]; 6. NINEX-Ross Leinbach[7]; 7. 99-Chad Smith[6]; 8. (DNF) 20-Colin Knaub[2].
Late Model Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/All Transfer): 1. ONE-Chuck Schutz[2]; 2. 115S-Shaun Miller[4]; 3. 21-Joey Hoffer[1]; 4. 21M-Matt Murphy[3]; 5. 31-Jake Moser[6]; 6. 1T-Tim Murphy[5]; 7. 48-Kyle Nicholas[7]; 8. 6-Terry Gingerich[8].
MASON DIXON 270 MICRO SERIES
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 27O-Mike Rutherford[3]; 2. 20-Cory Myers[6]; 3. 3S-Nicholas Skias[10]; 4. 21-Toby Blumenshine[11]; 5. 21A-Adrian Shaffer[9]; 6. 1-Brian Marriott[1]; 7. 20M-Craig Myers[8]; 8. 8-Jerry Palm[12]; 9. 33-Lake Laughman[5]; 10. 166-Wyatt Rotz[21]; 11. 84-Zachary Glass[20]; 12. N8-Nate Gibble[16]; 13. 64-Levi Peck[13]; 14. 19-Stevie Daron Jr[2]; 15. 83-Colson Fike[22]; 16. 14-Jordan Racine[23]; 17. 25-Tom Landwher[24]; 18. 6-Tim McClelland[15]; 19. (DNF) 52-Brad Cowan[14]; 20. (DNF) 19F-Matt Fernsler[4]; 21. (DNF) 47-Alex Reinsmith[17]; 22. (DNF) 44-Steven Cox[18]; 23. (DNF) 88J-Jason Klinger[19]; 24. (DNF) 2-Bill Laughman[7].
Lap Leaders: Brian Marriott (1-2), Mike Rutherford (3-20)
270 Micro Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/Top 5 Transfer to Feature): 1. 27O-Mike Rutherford[10]; 2. 1-Brian Marriott[3]; 3. 8-Jerry Palm[2]; 4. 64-Levi Peck[6]; 5. 47-Alex Reinsmith[7]; 6. 48-Jonah Meck[4]; 7. 83-Colson Fike[8]; 8. (DNF) 37-Tyler Brown[9]; 9. (DNF) 96W-Chase Walker[1]; 10. (DNF) 4T4-Joe Long Jr[5]
270 Micro Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/Top 5 Transfer to Feature): 1. 21-Toby Blumenshine[2]; 2. 21A-Adrian Shaffer[3]; 3. 20-Cory Myers[6]; 4. 52-Brad Cowan[8]; 5. 44-Steven Cox[1]; 6. 46-Colton Hendershot[7]; 7. 166-Wyatt Rotz[10]; 8. 00-Jason Houtz[9]; 9. 88-Dennis Brill[5]; 10. (DNF) 14-Jordan Racine[4].
270 Micro Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/Top 5 Transfer to Feature): 1. 33-Lake Laughman[4]; 2. 19F-Matt Fernsler[3]; 3. 19-Stevie Daron Jr[7]; 4. 6-Tim McClelland[2]; 5. 88J-Jason Klinger[8]; 6. 17-Cody Racine[9]; 7. 25-Tom Landwher[5]; 8. B8-Brittany Zeller[6]; 9. (DNF) 12-Bryce Trone[1]
270 Micro Heat 4 Finish (8 Laps/Top 5 Transfer to Feature): 1. 3S-Nicholas Skias[3]; 2. 2-Bill Laughman[4]; 3. 20M-Craig Myers[7]; 4. N8-Nate Gibble[1]; 5. 84-Zachary Glass[8]; 6. 0Z-Austin Bower[2]; 7. 33B-Tanner Byers[9]; 8. (DNF) 11G-Brandon Gibble[6]; 9. (DNS) 3D-Dirk Rimrott
270 Micro Consolation Finish (8 Laps/Top 4 Transfer to Feature): 1. 166-Wyatt Rotz[6]; 2. 83-Colson Fike[5]; 3. 14-Jordan Racine[17]; 4. 25-Tom Landwher[7]; 5. 48-Jonah Meck[1]; 6. 88-Dennis Brill[11]; 7. 46-Colton Hendershot[2]; 8. (DNF) 0Z-Austin Bower[4]; 9. (DNF) 96W-Chase Walker[14]; 10. (DNF) 00-Jason Houtz[9]; 11. (DNF) 17-Cody Racine[3]; 12. (DNF) 12-Bryce Trone[15]; 13. (DNF) 37-Tyler Brown[12]; 14. (DNS) 33B-Tanner Byers; 15. (DNS) B8-Brittany Zeller; 16. (DNS) 11G-Brandon Gibble; 17. (DNS) 4T4-Joe Long Jr; 18. (DNS) 3D-Dirk Rimrott.
GENE LATTA FORD CENTRAL PA LEGENDS PRESENTED BY BAKER DOOR COMPANY
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 30K-Seth Kearchner[6]; 2. 14W-Stephen Wurtzer[8]; 3. 99-Landon Lewis[19]; 4. 53-Bill Diehl[2]; 5. 18-Chris Transeau[5]; 6. 51-Travis McClelland[12]; 7. 27-Logan Carbaugh[11]; 8. 94-Greg Burd[4]; 9. 11-Gracie Trotter[14]; 10. 1D-Owen Dimm[3]; 11. 4G-Josh Schrum[9]; 12. 41-William Sawalich[20]; 13. 19-Travis Perry[16]; 14. Z12-Randy Getz Jr[10]; 15. 4J-Choya Young[13]; 16. 56-Zach Baxter[24]; 17. 25D-Howie DiSavino[18]; 18. 31-Lincoln Kearchner[21]; 19. 11R-Scott Musselman[7]; 20. 9-Rick Hartwig[22]; 21. 36-Guy Howard Moore[1]; 22. (DNF) 00-eric McClane[17]; 23. (DNF) 55X-Richie Dobson[15]; 24. (DNF) 3-Scott Montgomery[23].
Lap Leaders: Bill Diehl (1-5), Seth Kearchner (6-20)
Legend Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/Top 6 Transfer to Feature): 1. 27-Logan Carbaugh[1]; 2. 4G-Josh Schrum[3]; 3. 51-Travis McClelland[6]; 4. 53-Bill Diehl[8]; 5. 4J-Choya Young[4]; 6. 19-Travis Perry[9]; 7. 31-Lincoln Kearchner[5]; 8. 99-Landon Lewis[11]; 9. 3-Scott Montgomery[7]; 10. 28-Carson Brown[2]; 11. 824-Brian Scott Rampmeyer Jr[10].
Legend Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/Top 6 Transfer to Feature): 1. 1D-Owen Dimm[8]; 2. Z12-Randy Getz Jr[6]; 3. 11R-Scott Musselman[9]; 4. 36-Guy Howard Moore[10]; 5. 11-Gracie Trotter[4]; 6. 00-eric McClane[1]; 7. (DNF) 9-Rick Hartwig[2]; 8. (DNF) 56-Zach Baxter[7]; 9. (DNF) 16-Tyler Kaylor[5]; 10. (DNF) 48-Donald Stoudt[3].
Legend Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/Top 6 Transfer to Feature): 1. 18-Chris Transeau[2]; 2. 14W-Stephen Wurtzer[3]; 3. 30K-Seth Kearchner[4]; 4. 94-Greg Burd[1]; 5. 55X-Richie Dobson[6]; 6. 25D-Howie DiSavino[10]; 7. 41-William Sawalich[9]; 8. 25-Eric Hurst[5]; 9. 4-Eli Dodge[8]; 10. 79S-Michael Stoppard[7]
Legend Consolation Finish (8 Laps/Top 6 Transfer to Feature): 1. 99-Landon Lewis[3]; 2. 41-William Sawalich[2]; 3. 31-Lincoln Kearchner[1]; 4. 9-Rick Hartwig[10]; 5. 3-Scott Montgomery[5]; 6. 56-Zach Baxter[11]; 7. 48-Donald Stoudt[13]; 8. 25-Eric Hurst[4]; 9. 28-Carson Brown[7]; 10. 824-Brian Scott Rampmeyer Jr[9]; 11. 16-Tyler Kaylor[12]; 12. 4-Eli Dodge[6]; 13. 79S-Michael Stoppard[8].
SUPERIOR HOMES EXTREME STOCKS
Feature (20 Laps, Shortened to 12 Laps Due to Time): 1. 52-Austin Hogue[8]; 2. 25-Andrew Hogue[4]; 3. 41W-Tommy Slanker[12]; 4. 54-Chase Rehbein[3]; 5. 7F-Hunter Fulton[15]; 6. 79-Patrick McClane[6]; 7. 91-Will Long[2]; 8. 47-Bob Scott Jr[14]; 9. 97-Donnie Broderick[5]; 10. 7J-Jordan Fulton[13]; 11. 41-Howard Williams[20]; 12. 15-Jeff Gill[16]; 13. 33-Michael Goodwin[7]; 14. (DNF) LAZY8-John Wright[19]; 15. (DNF) 97X-Paul Sylvester[18]; 16. (DNF) 7JR-Johnny Palm[9]; 17. (DNF) 27-Doug Hoffman[1]; 18. (DNF) 21H-Travis Horan[10]; 19. (DNF) 7-Bill Powell[22]; 20. (DNF) 11-Sam Rial[11]; 21. (DNF) 64-Brandon Wanner[23]; 22. (DNS) 88-Justin Yohn; 23. (DNS) 11G-Dave Goode; 24. (DNS) 92-Blake Jacobs.
Lap Leaders: Doug Hoffman (1), Austin Hogue (2-7), Andrew Hogue (8-9), Austin Hogue (10-12)
Extreme Stock Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 25-Andrew Hogue[4]; 2. 7JR-Johnny Palm[1]; 3. 41W-Tommy Slanker[7]; 4. 27-Doug Hoffman[3]; 5. 7J-Jordan Fulton[6]; 6. 15-Jeff Gill[8]; 7. LAZY8-John Wright[5]; 8. (DNF) 7-Bill Powell[2].
Extreme Stock Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 52-Austin Hogue[2]; 2. 97-Donnie Broderick[3]; 3. 11-Sam Rial[8]; 4. 33-Michael Goodwin[1]; 5. 47-Bob Scott Jr[5]; 6. 92-Blake Jacobs[6]; 7. 41-Howard Williams[7]; 8. (DNF) 64-Brandon Wanner[4].
Extreme Stock Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 79-Patrick McClane[6]; 2. 54-Chase Rehbein[7]; 3. 91-Will Long[2]; 4. 21H-Travis Horan[4]; 5. 7F-Hunter Fulton[5]; 6. 97X-Paul Sylvester[3]; 7. (DNF) 11G-Dave Goode[8]; 8. (DNS) 88-Justin Yohn.
LIMITED STOCKS
Feature (15 Laps): 1. 47-Travis Brown[7]; 2. 92-Terry Hartlaub[3]; 3. 69-Robbie Carroll[4]; 4. 6W-Matt Worley[8]; 5. H12-Brandon Hoffner[14]; 6. 88-Justin Oberlin[11]; 7. 17-Carl Cassell[19]; 8. 19-Tim Raup[20]; 9. 14C-Ricky Weaver Jr[16]; 10. (DNF) 2T-Tim Campbell[1]; 11. (DNF) 5L-Brian LeFebvre[17]; 12. (DNF) 32-Jeff Foster[2]; 13. (DNF) H15-AJ Hoffner[13]; 14. (DNF) 913-John Shorb Jr[6]; 15. (DNF) 81-Matt Chronister[12]; 16. (DNF) 86S-Tom Spangler[10]; 17. (DNF) 77-Justin Mong[9]; 18. (DNF) 9X-Shane Seville[15]; 19. (DNF) 815-Bruce Betres[18]; 20. (DNF) 77J-Robert Nicklow[5]; 21. (DNS) 2-Adam Campbell.
Lap Leaders: Terry Hartlaub (1-4), Travis Brown (5-15)
Limited Stock Heat 1 Finish (6 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 6W-Matt Worley[2]; 2. 2-Adam Campbell[1]; 3. 32-Jeff Foster[3]; 4. 92-Terry Hartlaub[7]; 5. 86S-Tom Spangler[4]; 6. H15-AJ Hoffner[5]; 7. (DNF) 19-Tim Raup[6].
Limited Stock Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 77J-Robert Nicklow[4]; 2. 913-John Shorb Jr[1]; 3. 47-Travis Brown[3]; 4. 88-Justin Oberlin[2]; 5. H12-Brandon Hoffner[7]; 6. 14C-Ricky Weaver Jr[6]; 7. 815-Bruce Betres[5].
Limited Stock Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 69-Robbie Carroll[1]; 2. 2T-Tim Campbell[2]; 3. 77-Justin Mong[4]; 4. 81-Matt Chronister[5]; 5. 9X-Shane Seville[3]; 6. 5L-Brian LeFebvre[7]; 7. 17-Carl Cassell[6].
Article Credit: BAPS Motor Speedway
