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WILL THOMAS
TAKES HOME WINNER'S LAURELS IN STEWART AGENCY / FARMER'S
INSURANCE 75 PRESENTED BY JIM MOSS BUILDERS IN FERRIS MOWERS
RACE OF CHAMPIONS ASPHALT MODIFIED SERIES FUELED BY SUNOCO
RETURN TO LAKE ERIE SPEEDWAY |
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Saturday, especially at the conclusion of the Ferris Mowers Race of
Champions Asphalt Modified Series fueled by Sunoco feature at Lake
Erie Speedway in North East, Pennsylvania, many people were asking,
“Who is Will Thomas?” Thomas of Sharpsville, Pa., made his asphalt
modified debut with the Series in 2015 at Lancaster (N.Y.) National
Speedway in the U.S. Open, before running the Queen City Clash this
in May at Lancaster. At Lake Erie, Thomas is a master, earning 3
Late Model track championships. After the track shelfed it’s weekly
racing program, Thomas ventured into the dirt racing arena, but on
Saturday night, in just his third Race of Champions start on a track
that hasn’t run a stock car race in two years, he found himself
holding the trophy in victory lane for the Stewart Agency / Farmer’s
Insurance 75 presented by Jim Moss Builders.
“This is pretty awesome,” smiled Thomas from victory lane. “After
Lancaster earlier this year, I wasn’t sure we could get the hang of
this and then we enlisted the help of some veteran Modified folks
(former driver Kenny Troyer and veteran spotter Greg Aumann) and
here we are. It’s an incredible turn around and to beat the guys we
did, well that’s just unreal. I’m so proud of all my guys, thankful
for my wife Tammy. It’s surreal.”
Daren Scherer led the field to the green, but Jimmy Zacharias took
the led and showed the way for the first 37 circuits before losing
the lead to Daryl Lewis, Jr., on a restart. Lewis then paced the
field until third place starter Matt Hirschman, who is the defending
Series champion, found his way to the lead moving around Lewis and
pulling away before a single file restart regrouped the field.
Thomas, who had worked his way forward from the 7th starting
position moved to 2nd and then passed Hirschman for first to lead
the final 10 laps.
Patrick Emerling of Orchard Park, N.Y., regained the point lead with
a second place finish. Zacharias finished third.
Hirschman and Bryan Sherwood rounded out the top-five.
Hossfeld posted a series leading fourth consecutive fast time in the
Timed Hot Lap session to establish the heat race line ups with a
time of 14.519 seconds (92.982 mph).
The next event for the Race of Champions is Thursday, June 30 at
Lancaster (N.Y.) National Speedway with the running of the Ole’ Boy
Cup II.
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Farmers Insurance/The Stewart
Agency 75 presented by Jim Moss Builders
Lake Erie Speedway, Erie, PA.
Pos No. Name Laps
1 9 Will Thomas 75
2 07 Patrick Emerling 75
3 71 Jimmy Zacharias 75
4 60 Matt Hirschman 75
5 95 Bryan Sherwood 75
6 65 George Skora 75
7 10 Daryl Lewis 75
8 45 Kevin Timmerman 75
9 48 Sam Fullone 75
10 32 Tyler Rypkema 75
11 25 Mike Leaty 75
12 64 Amy Catalano 75
13 4 John Wilber 75
14 3 Daren Scherer 75
15 22 Chuck Hossfeld 75
16 27 Andy Jankowiak 75
17 20 Jody Buckley 75
18 39 Cavlin Carroll 74
19 1 Chris Ridsdale 74
20 59 Karl Hehr 54 Accident
21 24 Dave Rigan 51 Out
22 54 Tommy Catalano 41 Out
Time of Race: 33 minutes 01 seconds
Average Speed: 51.106 mph
Margin of victory: 0.377 seconds
Fast Qualifying Lap: Chuck Hossfeld / 14.519 seconds @ 92.982 mph
Lead Changes: 5 among 5 drivers (Daren Scherer 0, Jimmy Zacharias
1-37, Darryl Lewis Jr 38-51, Matt Hirschman 52-64, Will Thomas 65-75)
Qualifying Race Results:
Qualifying Race 1
Pos No. Name
1 22 Chuck Hossfeld
2 07 Patrick Emerling
3 71 Jimmy Zacharias
4 3 Daren Scherer
5 95 Bryan Sherwood
6 54 Tommy Catalano
7 4 John Wilber
Qualifying Race 2
Pos No. Name
1 9 Will Thomas
2 45 Kevin Timmerman
3 25 Mike Leaty
4 48 Sam Fullone
5 24 Dave Rigan
6 1 Chris Ridsdale
7 20 Jody Buckley
Qualifying Race 3
Pos No. Name
1 60 Matt Hirschman
2 65 George Skora
3 32 Tyler Rypkema
4 10 Daryl Lewis Jr.
5 64 Amy Catalano
6 27 Andy Jankowiak
7 59 Karl Hehr
8 39 Calvin Carroll
Point Standings following Lake Erie Speedway
(Including Fastest Qualifying Time and Qualifying Race Bonus) 06/11/2016:
Pos No. Name Total
1 07 Patrick Emerling 543
2 22 Chuck Hossfeld 530
3 71 Jimmy Zacharias 469
4 60 Matt Hirschman 429
5 32 Tyler Rypkema 415
6 25 Mike Leaty 388
7 95 Bryan Sherwood 368
8 10 Daryl Lewis 355
9 3 Daren Scherer 332
10 51 TJ Potrzebowski 309
11 54 Tommy Catalano 292
12 64 Amy Catalano 265
13 65 George Skora 264
14 4 John Wilber 252
15 59 Karl Hehr 243
16 45 Kevin Timmerman 238
17 1 Chris Ridsdale 234
18 66 Austin Kochenash 232
19 39 Calvin Carroll 230
20 21 Tony Hanbury 213
21 53 Brian Defebo 208
22 42 Nick Pecko 165
23 20 Jody Buckley 163
24 9 Will Thomas 159
25 67 Levi Arthur 140
26 17 Roger Coss 123
27 45 Eric Beers 115
28 22 Don Wagner 95
29 1 Kristopher Graver 90
30 8 Earl Paules 87
31 48 Sam Fullone 63
32 1J Bobby Jones 58
33 42 Dave Pecko 58
34 41x Nick Baer 51
35 27 Andy Jankowiak 48
36 01 Cam Barber 47
37 65 Andy Lewis 46
38 92 Terry Markovic 44
39 54 Jack Ely 43
40 40 Alan Bookmiller 43
41 24 Dave Rigan 43
42 44 Kyle Strohl 42
43 41b Todd Baer 40
44 8s Lee Sharpsteen 40
45 8L Lou Strohl 40
46 28 Gene Bowers 40
47 95m John Markovic 40
48 2 Glen Slocum 40
49 7 T.J. Zacharias 40
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Source:
Race Of
Champions Media
Posted:
June 13, 2016 |
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