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Bires Wins Third ASALMS Challenge And Fourth Overall ASALMS Feature At Jennerstown
By ASA Late Model Series
Jennerstown, Pennsylvania (07/29/2006): The crown jewel of the ASA Late Model
Series; the televised Challenge Division have completed race number seven on
the 2006 schedule; the Automotive Resources/AC-Delco 200.
The immaculate 0.522 mile semi-banked paved oval of the Jennerstown (PA)
Speedway, located East of Pittsburgh in Jennerstown, Pennsylvania served as
gracious hosts for the televised ASALMS Challenge Division's seventh race of
the 2006 season.
Please take some time and learn more about our televised broadcasts on Men's
Outdoor and Recreation, I-Drive TV and Mav TV. Programming is available on
Dish Network and various cable outlets throughout the country.
Call your cable company today and find out if they provide this programming or
sign up as a Dish Network member (Check out the Dish Network link on our
website in the sponsor section). The airings for the events will be on a tape
delayed basis beginning on September 27, 2006.
As for the Automotive Resources/AC-Delco 200, Current ASALMS Challenge
Division Overall as well as Pat Bourdow Memorial Rookie of the Year Points
Leader, Kelly Bires took the lead from Jack Smith on lap 63.
>From there, the Mauston, Wisconsin freshman then lost the current ASALMS
Northern Division Points Leader in lapped traffic en route to his third
Challenge Division and fourth overall ASALMS Feature Win.
Dunbar, Pennsylvania veteran, Rick Miller and ASALMS Northern Division Points
Leader, Jack Smith led the star studded 27-car field to chief starter, Tim
Goodlet's green flag to begin the deuce century feature.
Miller beat out Smith to the first corner to take the early lead while Smith
and the rest of the field jockeyed for position. The first of seven cautions
flew on just lap two when Kris Stump, who qualified second, backed his mount
into the turns three and four wall. He was ok and continued with a damaged
race car.
17 laps later on lap 19, ARP Bodies/Aluminum Racing Products Fast Qualifier,
Chad Wood suddenly darted high and slammed the turn one wall ending his
evening! On the ensuing restart, Smith looked high and low trying to figure
out a way around the Keystone State veteran, Miller.
Finally on lap 36 Smith maneuvered around Miller to take the lead. He brought
Travis Dassow and current ASALMS Challenge Division Overall as well as Pat
Bourdow Memorial Rookie Points Leader, Kelly Bires with him and the trio
battled amongst themselves.
On lap 63 Bires went to the outside of Dassow for second and then a turn later
drove around Smith to take the lead away from the fellow points leader in the
ASALMS. Five laps later, Eddie Hoffman backed his machine into the turn two
wall and suffered only cosmetic damage. He was able to continue.
Bires lead the field into the 10 minute halfway break on lap 100 over Smith,
Bobby Stremme from 15th, Dassow, Peter Cozzolino, Brent Downey, Jesse Smith,
Landon Cassill, Charlie Menard, and Miller, the Top 10.
A lap into the start of the second 100, Miller spun in turn four to bring out
the sixth caution of the evening. On the restart, Bires tried in vain to check
out on the field, but Jack Smith wouldnt let Bires stray to far away.
The final caution flew on lap 137 when Greg Taylor spun heading down the
backstretch! On the final restart, Smith tried to keep pace with Bires, but
the Mauston, Wisconsin freshman was on a rail the rest of the night.
Bires would eventually lose Smith in lapped traffic and the 21-year-old would
go on to pad his points leads in both the Overall ASALMS Challenge Division as
well as the Pat Bourdow Memorial Rookie title chase in winning his third
Challenge Division and fourth overall ASALMS Feature win of the 2006 season!
Smith settled for second as Downey finished a career high third over Cozzolino,
Cassill, and Menard, the remaining cars on the lead lap! Dassow, Hoffman,
Jesse Smith, and Jeff VanOudenhoven completed the Top 10.
Earlier in the evening, Wood won his second ARP Bodies/Aluminum Racing
Products Fast Qualifier Award of the season with a lap time of an 18.622. His
lap measured out to a fast 100.913 MPH. The GM Performance Parts Shootout was
scrapped for this event.
The next two events for the ASALMS as a whole will see both the ASALMS
Northern and Southern Divisions take center stage as both of their next events
on their respective 2006 schedules will be on the same day!
Saturday August 5th the ASALMS Northern Division will head to the Columbus 151
(WI) Speedway in Columbus, Wisconsin for the running of the Wisconsin 151. A
special 151 lap feature is on tap and up next for the Northern Division stars.
The ASALMS Southern Division will also be in action on Saturday August 5th at
the Motor Mile (VA) Speedway in Radford, Virginia for the running of the
Stockner Excavating LLC 100.
As for the crown jewel of the ASALMS, the televised Challenge Division,
they're back n action on Saturday August 12, 2006 as they make the long haul
East to the Adirondack (NY) International Speedway in upstate Lowville, New
York for the running of the Adirondack 200.
In addition, the ASALMS has announced that the eighth event of the 2006 season
for the televised ASALMS Challenge Division at Adirondack has been altered
slightly!
This event will be a four tire event and in addition to paying $6000 to the
winner, it'll be $1000 just to start!
To learn more about the on going 2006 seasons within the entire ASALMS, you
can call the ASALMS home offices during normal business hours Monday through
Friday (9am-5pm Eastern Standard Time) at: 1 (800) 385-2503.
You can also log onto any of the three websites for more information. For the
Challenge Division, go to: ASALMS Challenge Division
For the Northern Division, log in at: ASALMS Northern Division
and finally for the Southern Division click on: ASALMS Southern Division
Automotive Resources/AC-Delco 200 UNOFFICIAL Results
Pos. Start Car #/Driver Laps Status
1. 7 89 Kelly Bires-R 200 Running
2. 2 28 Jack Smith 200 Running
3. 13 23 Brent Downey 200 Running
4. 5 11 Peter Cozzolino200 Running
5. 11 7 Landon Cassill200 Running
6. 10 13 Charlie Menard 200 Running
7. 3 92 Travis Dassow199 Running
8. 6 8 Eddie Hoffman 199 Running
9. 4 81 Jesse Smith 199 Running
10. 17 08 Jeff VanOudenhoven199 Running
11. 15 25 Bobby Stremme199 Running
12. 14 26 Greg Taylor 198 Running
13. 16 4 Chris Ross-R 198 Running
14. 26 07 Andrew Weldon-R 197 Running
15. 20 60 Garry Wiltrout-R 197 Running
16. 19 59 Kyle Martel-R 195 Running
17. 8 35 Kris Stump 193 Running
18. 1 125 Rick Miller 110 Mechanical
19. 24 69 Chris Lester-R 91 Handling
20. 12 5 Ken Wills-R 87 Suspension
21. 18 123 Bob Varney 34 Mechanical
22. 21 3 Bill Tomlinson 32 Handling
23. 23 82 Chris Purdy-R 25 Handling
24. 9 2 Chad Wood 19 Accident
25. 25 111 James Schaub-R 13 Handling
26. 22 0 Jesse Saunders-R 6 Handling
27. 27 31 B.J. Graves-R 1 Rear End
DID NOT START: 1 Tony Rosebrugh
Lap Leaders: 125 Rick Miller Pole-35, 28 Jack Smith 36-62, 89 Kelly Bires
63-200.
Cautions: 7.
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