LEBANON VALLEY W.O.O.
Monday Nite Results
1 June 1999
WILKINSON ENDS TREMONT'S STREAK, MARK KINSER WINS OUTLAW MAIN WEST LEBANON, NY- Todd Wilkinson took the victory in the 30-lap modified feature Monday night, ending Kenny Tremont's stranglehold on victory lane. Mark Kinser took home the win in the 25-lap World of Outlaw feature. Rich Ricci Jr and Russ Blair were two early casualties in the 30-lap modified feature. Ricci had a wheel assembly come off the car and in the process he collected Blair. Todd Wilkinson was in command of the race from the drop of the green flag. Brett Hearn dropped out from the race on lap two. Kenny Tremont was looking for another yet another victory early in the race. He had charged from his 18th starting spot to seventh by lap six. Eddie Marshall brought out the yellow flag on lap ten with a left rear flat tire, but was able to continue after a pit stop. J.R. Heffner also had a strong run going he jumped from fourth to second on the lap ten restart. Tremont kept the charge going, taking the third position by lap 13. The caution came out on lap 13 as Dave Leckonby and Donnie Corellis made contact in turn one. Corellis spun out and collected Dave Camara in the process. Leckonby was sent to the rear of the filed for his part in the incident. Leckonby recovered to finish eleventh in the feature. John Hewitt is starting to get all the bugs worked out of his new racecar. Hewitt had another strong top five run and worked his way to fourth by the completion of the race. Hewitt and Ricci waged a torrid battle for the fourth spot. The two raced side by side for almost five laps. Hewitt came home the winner of that battle. Meanwhile at the front Wilkinson was still in command. Tremont had worked his way around Heffner for second on lap 14 and set his sights on Wilkinson. The race for the lead began to shape up on lap 17. Tremont got along side Wilkinson going down the frontstretch and the two went side by side into turn one. Contact was made between two and it resulted in Tremont getting a right rear flat tire and having to go to the pits. Tremont would return, but only managed to get back up to 13th by the end of the race. The flat tire effectively ended Tremont's win streak. Eddie Marshall dropped from the race on lap 19. Heffner tried to keep up with Wilkinson, to no avail, as Wilkinson won his second career race at Lebanon Valley. Heffner came home with a strong second place finish. Guy Sheldon also ended a string of bad luck with a fine third place run. Hewitt would finish fourth and Mike Ricci rounded out the top five. Mark Kinser led every lap of the 25-lap World of Outlaw feature. The field was stopped twice for red flags. Joe Gaerte flipped his sprinter on its side at the start of the main event. Once Gaerte's car was righted his was able to continue after a brief pit stop. The red flew again three laps later as Steve Kinser flipped his sprinter in turn three. Kinser's car was done for the night, but Kinser was okay. Stevie Smith was charging early taking over fourth on lap three. Kevin Gobrecht dropped from the event on lap six as his car briefly burst into flames. The leaders would encounter lapped traffic by lap eight. That allowed the second place car of Sammy Swindell to reel in Kinser. Each time the front cars got out of traffic Kinser was able to open back up a good lead. Smith took over third by lap eleven, but was never able to catch the leaders. Kinser had to deal with heavy lapped traffic again by lap 20. Kinser was able to make light work of the lapped cars and easily took the victory. This was Kinser's eight victory of the year on the Outlaw tour and he is the current point leader on the Outlaw series. Kinser was also the fastest qualifier in time trial Monday night. Sammy Swindell took home the win in the Channellock dash event. PENNZOIL WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR "A" MAIN PRESENTED BY CARQUEST AUTO PARTS SUMMARY (25 Laps)-Mark Kinser, Sammy Swindell, Stevie Smith, Jeff Swindell, Daryn Pittman, Danny Lasoski, Tyler Walker, Donny Schatz, Lance Blevins, Tim Shaffer, Brooke Tatnell, Travis Whitney, Dale Blaney, Joe Gaerte, Johnny Herrera, Scott Holcomb, Jef Shepard, Jac Haudenschild, Bob Bennett, Dick Spadaro, Kevin Gobrecht, Steve Kinser, Andy Hillenburg, Denny Soltis, Donny Sharp. CARQUEST AUTO PARTS MODIFIED SUMMARY (30 Laps)-Todd Wilkinson, J.R. Heffner, Guy Sheldon, John Hewitt, Mike Ricci, Ronnie Johnson, Danny Johnson, Tim Dwyer, Brian Berger, Dickie Larkin, Dave Leckonby, Rob Pitcher, Kenny Tremont Jr, Earl Paules, Jason Goff, Mike King, Jody Tornabene, Steve Devine, Chip Mitchell, Donnie Corellis, Chris Moore, Eddie Marshall, Dave Camara, Maynard Forrette, Andy Bachetti, Brett Hearn, Rich Ricci Jr, Russ Blair.