9/18/2021
BAPS Motor Speedway
Herr Claims Third Super Sportsman Win of 2021 at BAPS
YORK HAVEN, PA - Frankie Herr has a dual focus heading into the last few weeks of the Super Sportsman season at BAPS Motor Speedway.
First and foremost, Herr is worried about winning races. Now that the season is winding down and Herr is in a point chase, he would like to get his car owner, Bill Devine, his first championship in over 30 years of racing.
Herr took a step in the right direction last Saturday night. The Carlisle, Pa., driver surged to the front in a hurry and drove away to an easy victory in the 25-Lap BAPS Super Sportsman main event on Brooks Graphix/Herr’s Chip Night at the speedway.
It was Herr’s third victory of the season. More important, he took a 55-point lead over Scott Dellinger in the 2021 standings with two races to go.
“We’re there to win races,” Herr said. “For [Bill’s] sake, I would like to win him a championship. But like I said, we are there to win races and let the points fall where they fall.
“Bill is in the same boat. He’s an awesome car owner, and there is no pressure, but I would like to win him a championship. We’ve got to get consistent the last two weeks and run the best we can.”
Herr wasted little time getting to the front. By the time the first lap was scored, he charged from 10th to fifth. A caution on Lap 2 bunched up the field and made the march to the front a little easier.
One lap after the restart, Herr blasted by Nate Young for second. Five laps later, he drove around early-leader Dave Hollar and took the lead.
“We were pretty fortunate the whole evening,” Herr said. “We hit the marks early in the night and got in position to move up there quick. I guess we had that restart with only two down and restarted third when it went single file.
“We were good. I could see the leader wasn’t driving really straight through the corners and was able to get by him pretty easy. I just had to be patient and watch some of the lapped cars, because they can get you.”
The rest of the event belonged to Herr. There were no more cautions, and he cruised to an easy 3.727-second victory over Kenny Edkin, who started ninth on the grid.
Hollar settled for a respectable third-place finish. Devin Beidel and Sportsman 100 winner Russ Mitten completed the top five. Mike Enders earned Mac Tools Hard Charger Honors by advancing from 22nd to 10th.
In the Creekside Auto Sales 358 Late Model main, Matt Murphy started on the pole and wired the field in the 20-Lap affair.
Murphy got the jump on Ben Whitaker and never looked back. Chase Billet started third and took second on Lap 4.
There were four cautions over the race distance. Murphy was in charge the entire way and took the win by 1.750 over Billet, Randy Zechman, Whitaker, and Travis Mease.
Sam Rial won a fierce battle with Patrick McClane to take top honors in the 20-Lap Superior Homes Extreme Stock main event.
Donnie Broderick led the first five circuits before McClane wrestled the lead away on Lap 6. Rial, who started seventh, made his way to the front and took the lead on Lap 19. He won by a mere .282 seconds at the finish.
McClane settled for second, with Doug Hoffman, Michael Goodwin, and Dustin Hogue completing the top five.
The 15-Lap Limited Stock feature was won by Adam Campbell, who passed Matt Worley for the win on Lap 10. In the Street Stock main event, Brian Walls led the last 24 laps of the 25-lap race and earned the victory.
BAPS SUPER SPORTSMAN
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 70D-Frankie Herr[10]; 2. 75-Kenny Edkin[9]; 3. 10H-Dave Hollar[1]; 4. 0Z-Devin Beidel[4]; 5. 77-Russ Mitten[12]; 6. 14-Nate Young[3]; 7. 1A-Chase Gutshall[7]; 8. 8-Rich Eichelberger[5]; 9. 30-Scott Dellinger[11]; 10. 3B-Mike Enders[22]; 11. 360-Jay Fannasy[17]; 12. 25-Tyler Wolford[21]; 13. 19R-Eric Rutz[19]; 14. 69J-Tony Jackson[8]; 15. 16R-Ryan Rutz[13]; 16. 71K-Glen Keller Jr[16]; 17. 21R-Jamie Rickert[18]; 18. 88X-Fred Shipley[15]; 19. (DNF) 22-Daniel John[14]; 20. (DNF) 5D-Luke Deatrick[2]; 21. (DNS) 2M-Matt Ondek; 22. (DNS) 8M-Chris Meleason.
Lap Leaders: Dave Hollar (1-7), Frankie Herr (8-25)
Super Sportsman Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 1A-Chase Gutshall[6]; 2. 0Z-Devin Beidel[4]; 3. 30-Scott Dellinger[8]; 4. 77-Russ Mitten[7]; 5. 16R-Ryan Rutz[2]; 6. 71K-Glen Keller Jr[1]; 7. 21R-Jamie Rickert[3]; 8. (DNF) 3B-Mike Enders[5].
Super Sportsman Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 14-Nate Young[3]; 2. 2M-Matt Ondek[5]; 3. 75-Kenny Edkin[7]; 4. 10H-Dave Hollar[2]; 5. 22-Daniel John[4]; 6. 360-Jay Fannasy[6]; 7. 19R-Eric Rutz[1]
Super Sportsman Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 70D-Frankie Herr[7]; 2. 5D-Luke Deatrick[2]; 3. 8-Rich Eichelberger[4]; 4. 69J-Tony Jackson[6]; 5. 88X-Fred Shipley[1]; 6. (DNF) 8M-Chris Meleason[3]; 7. (DNF) 25-Tyler Wolford[5].
CREEKSIDE AUTO SALES LATE MODELS
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 21M-Matt Murphy[1]; 2. 22-Chase Billet[3]; 3. 2-Dan Zechman[10]; 4. 13X-Ben Whitaker[2]; 5. 116-Travis Mease[6]; 6. 11-Joey Hoffer[17]; 7. 99-Chad Smith[4]; 8. 56R-Chaz Buchinsky[11]; 9. NINEX-Ross Leinbach[9]; 10. 96-Matt Adams[5]; 11. 4M-John Moser Jr[14]; 12. 15-Luke Hoffner[8]; 13. 68-DJ Groft[15]; 14. 35-Bryce Wenger[16]; 15. (DNF) 41-Jake Moser[13]; 16. (DNF) 25-Jedadiah Latshaw[18]; 17. (DNF) 5-Charles Potts[7]; 18. (DNF) 101-Fred Harden[12]; 19. (DNS) 23-Darren Myers.
Lap Leaders: Matt Murphy (1-20)
Late Model Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21M-Matt Murphy[2]; 2. 22-Chase Billet[9]; 3. 13X-Ben Whitaker[5]; 4. 15-Luke Hoffner[1]; 5. NINEX-Ross Leinbach[8]; 6. 56R-Chaz Buchinsky[4]; 7. 41-Jake Moser[6]; 8. (DNF) 11-Joey Hoffer[3]; 9. (DNS) 25-Jedadiah Latshaw; 10. (DNS) 23-Darren Myers
Late Model Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Charles Potts[1]; 2. 96-Matt Adams[2]; 3. 99-Chad Smith[8]; 4. 116-Travis Mease[7]; 5. 2-Dan Zechman[5]; 6. 101-Fred Harden[3]; 7. 4M-John Moser Jr[4]; 8. 68-DJ Groft[6]; 9. 35-Bryce Wenger[9]
SUPERIOR HOMES EXTREME STOCKS
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 11-Sam Rial[7]; 2. 79-Patrick McClane[5]; 3. 27-Doug Hoffman[9]; 4. 33-Michael Goodwin[4]; 5. 52-Austin Hogue[8]; 6. 50-Tim Berkheimer[1]; 7. 7F-Hunter Fulton[6]; 8. 97-Donnie Broderick[3]; 9. 25-Andrew Hogue[2]; 10. LAZY8-John Wright[12]; 11. 64-Brandon Wanner[11]; 12. 98-Richard Daughtrey[14]; 13. (DNF) 7J-Jordan Fulton[13]; 14. (DNF) 41-Howard Williams[15]; 15. (DNF) 23-Taylor Bear[10]; 16. (DNF) 54-Chase Rehbein[16]; 17. (DNS) 11G-Dave Goode.
Lap Leaders: Donnie Broderick (1-5), Patrick McCale (6-18), Sam Rial (19-20)
Extreme Stock Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Tim Berkheimer[5]; 2. 33-Michael Goodwin[1]; 3. 52-Austin Hogue[9]; 4. 7F-Hunter Fulton[8]; 5. 27-Doug Hoffman[4]; 6. 64-Brandon Wanner[6]; 7. 7J-Jordan Fulton[7]; 8. 41-Howard Williams[3]; 9. (DNF) 54-Chase Rehbein[2].
Extreme Stock Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Patrick McClane[2]; 2. 11-Sam Rial[5]; 3. 97-Donnie Broderick[3]; 4. 25-Andrew Hogue[7]; 5. 23-Taylor Bear[4]; 6. LAZY8-John Wright[8]; 7. 98-Richard Daughtrey[6]; 8. (DNS) 11G-Dave Goode.
LIMITED STOCKS
Feature (15 Laps): 1. 2-Adam Campbell[8]; 2. 21-Ricky Weaver Jr[6]; 3. 6W-Matt Worley[4]; 4. H15-AJ Hoffner[16]; 5. 69-Robbie Carroll[11]; 6. 2T-Tim Campbell[13]; 7. 32-Jeff Foster[1]; 8. 47-Travis Brown[5]; 9. H12-Brandon Hoffner[12]; 10. 22-Chad Martin[9]; 11. 913-John Shorb Jr[3]; 12. 30-Jason Jarvis[15]; 13. 88-Justin Oberlin[14]; 14. 19-Tim Raup[10]; 15. 113M-Virgil Myers[17]; 16. 55-Brody Tolstyka[18]; 17. (DNF) 15-Nick McDaniel[7]; 18. (DNF) 17-Carl Cassell[2]; 19. (DNF) 87-Wesley Miller[20]; 20. (DNF) 777J-Jeff Erb[19].
Lap Leaders: Matt Worley (1-9), Adam Campbell (10-15)
Limited Stock Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 47-Travis Brown[3]; 2. 2-Adam Campbell[9]; 3. 15-Nick McDaniel[1]; 4. 21-Ricky Weaver Jr[8]; 5. 22-Chad Martin[2]; 6. 69-Robbie Carroll[10]; 7. 2T-Tim Campbell[6]; 8. 30-Jason Jarvis[5]; 9. 113M-Virgil Myers[4]; 10. (DNF) 777J-Jeff Erb[7].
Limited Stock Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 913-John Shorb Jr[2]; 2. 6W-Matt Worley[4]; 3. 17-Carl Cassell[1]; 4. 32-Jeff Foster[3]; 5. 19-Tim Raup[5]; 6. H12-Brandon Hoffner[7]; 7. 88-Justin Oberlin[6]; 8. H15-AJ Hoffner[8]; 9. 55-Brody Tolstyka[10]; 10. (DNS) 87-Wesley Miller.
STREET STOCKS
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2W-Brian Walls[3]; 2. 2M-Sam Rial[11]; 3. 81-Jasen Geesaman[14]; 4. 543-Eric Tripp[1]; 5. 11S-Russ Shoop[5]; 6. 18-Bailey Tolson[6]; 7. 64-Stan Wanner[9]; 8. 0-Bryan Bowersox[2]; 9. 55-Brian Rehbein[4]; 10. 181-Butch Helsel[13]; 11. (DNF) 48-Dave Radabaugh[8]; 12. (DNF) 15-Brian Boughter[7]; 13. (DNF) 7P-Jim Palm[10]; 14. (DNS) 28-Chris Derr.
Lap Leaders: Eric Tripp (1), Brian Walls (2-25)
Article Credit: BAPS Motor Speedway
