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July 23-24, 2010 - Sandusky Speedway, OH
Event: Fast 40 Hy-Miler ISMA Prelim Race (Friday's
rain-out run on Saturday morning)
Saturday Morning's Top Three From The ISMA Hy-Miler
Fast 40 ISMA Prelim Race at Sandusky Speedway: Winner Dave Shullick
Jr (center); Second Place Rob Summers (right); and Third Place
Charlie Schultz (left). - Photo By Jim Feeney
Posed here in the ISMA
Sandusky Victory Lane for the Friday feature, run Saturday
morning, are Dave Shullick Jr, his wife Laura and daughter Victoria.
In the background, car owner Clyde Booth is all smiles. - Photo By Jim Feeney
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DAVE SHULLICK JR. TAKES FRIDAY FAST FORTY AT
SANDUSKY RUN ON SATURDAY MORNING
Sandusky, OH – Despite the fact that it was
10:30 Saturday morning at Sandusky Speedway, Dave Shullick Jr.
proved he was was wide-awake and ready to go racing. Shullick,
starting fourth on the grid, moved by race leader Rob Summers on a
lap 5 restart and proverbially never looked back. The 40-lap Hy-Miler
ISMA preliminary had been rained out on Friday night and was begun
at 10:30 am. It was the fifth different winner and team at the fifth
different racetrack to date this ISMA season. Shullick, who exited
the last race with mechanical ills, was more than pleased with
Booth-61 ride.
“It was a good run, said Shullick Jr. “I wasn’t
holding too much back just because I didn’t know where the guys were
behind me. I got some hand signals up there in turn one on the
cautions and they indicted I had a good distance on them. But, I
didn’t really want to let up too much. I feel good about the run.
There are a few things we have to work on. The car was tight and I
dialed some brake around. I was able to take some push out. I got a
good restart on Robbie there and after that I think I found it and
the car was real good to the finish. I think if we were clear of
traffic, Robbie would have been tough.
“Tonight is a different race. Obviously it’s a
long race and it’s at night. We didn’t really get loose in the
40-lapper so I think we have a pretty good setup for tonight. The
track is typically looser during the day. We’ve raced a few
Cavalcades during the day here. I think we’ll be good tonight. I
like the Hy-Miler. You don’t have to go all out but you go at a
pretty good clip. We only have to make a few minor adjustments for
tonight.”
Rob Summers took the Holbrook 35 to a second
although traffic had prevented him from getting too close at the
end. He directed his appreciation to his team, first and foremost,
“I’d like to thank Jeff Holbrook and the whole JWJ team – Brian
Allegresso, Doc, Mike – everybody just did a heck of a job. I think
we’ll be all right in the 100-lapper. If I keep it in one piece I
should be okay. We’ll just have to make a few changes for the night
race. I’d like to thank the fans for coming out this morning after
last night’s monsoons!”
Ohio hotshoe Charlie Schultz was on Summers’
bumper to the end and indicated he was pleased with his car as he
looked toward the night’s Hy-Miler.
“I think the car was pretty good. I think we
had more of a long race setup under it for today just to try it. The
car came in about half way through the race and the fuel load
started coming off the car. It was just a little on the too tight
side. The guys who started up front have a little advantage but
coming from back farther back, I think we did pretty good. Tim ended
up fifth and me third. I’m pretty happy. The track wasn’t too bad.
It actually picked up a lot of grip, especially during the feature.
The more we ran, the more rubber was laid down. Should be pretty
good show tonight if the rain holds out.”
It took a couple extra laps to get the feature
started as Danny Lane flew the yellow for a little spin off turn
four and then Lou Cicconi drove the Stout 49 off and on the track to
bring out the flag quickly after lap 1.
Summers continued his lead until Kyle Edwards
slowed and caused a flag on lap 5. Several cars pitted here
including Mike Ordway, Randy Burch, Bob Magner and Ryan Klingelhofer.
Edwards and Burch remained pitside when the green fell.
Shullick Jr. wasted no time in making his move
around Summers which started in turn one and finished up in turn 4.
Shullick was the leader as the 6th lap was complete.
A long green spell ensued and Shoe II cruised
out front a formidable pack of Summers, Justin Belfiore, Mike Lichty,
Charlie Schultz, Mark Sammut, Gene Gibson, Bob Dawson and Tim Ice.
Dropping by the wayside during the racing interval were Cicconi,
Jack Smith, Brandon Bellinger, Mike Ordway (with an errant plug
wire) and Johnny Benson Jr.
As Shullick was acquiring a lap-car cushion,
things behind were fast and furious between Summers, Belfiore,
Lichty, Schultz, Sammut, Ice, Gibson, Dawson and Wood.
Yellow for the 8 of Dave Shullick Sr., flew on
lap 23 when the car slid into the inner guardrail out back landing
in a massive puddle dampening Shoe’s chance at restarting.
After his dad was towed from the watery mess,
Shullick Jr. continued on out front with at least one lap car in
between a very racy bunch.
With ten laps to go, Shullick and Summers had
separated themselves from that pack of Belfiore, Schultz, Lichty,
Ice, Dawson, Sammut and Wood.
On lap 33, third place runner Belfiore was
apparently fading as Schultz and Lichty and then Ice came by the
slowing 98. Justin, coming off a great race at Airborne Speedway,
said after the Fast 40, I had a good car. I figured we’d finish in
the top 3. Then I developed a fuel problem…started running out
around lap 30. We were lucky to make it to the finish.”
The racing continued with no flags, as Justin
drifted backwards but was able to maintain speed. As the checkered
flew, Shullick Jr. had a healthy lead over Summers, Schultz, Lichty
and Ice.
Lichty, the current ISMA point leader, remarked
afterwards on his fourth place, “We’ll take it I guess. We never
have speed here during the day at Sandusky. That’s one of our
biggest flaws when we come to this racetrack especially when we have
100 degrees during the day. We are usually four or five tenths off.
We started 6th and finished 4th. We probably
had a fifth place car but Ordway and Belfiore dropped out. We’ll
take it. The big race – the Hy-Miler is tonight and this car seems
to shine at night.”
Ice indicated that he had a time figuring out
the track. “The race track is so different on the ends and I got
really loose there in the groove. Finally Dawson got by me. I moved
up and got to the outside and I got a better grip. I got by Gene too
and I kind of run them down a little bit but you had to search
around. The track was not very good. I think the weather and the
time of day played a role. There was a little bit of water coming
out. It’s sure to get better now if we don’t get any more rain.
We’re satisfied with fifth for now. We just have to make sure we
don’t do that in the next feature.
Dawson, Sammut, Wood, Stephens and Seitz
finished a competitive top ten.
The racing at Sandusky continues later Saturday
afternoon with the qualifying for the 33rd annual
Sandusky ISMA Hy-Miler 100 starting around 4 pm.
Summary Friday, July 23 Qualifying
Fast Time Trialer: Dave Shullick Jr. (14.628)
Top 20 time trialers locked into 4 heats
Heat 1: Jack Smith, Justin Belfiore, Mark
Sammut, Russ Wood, Johnny Benson Jr., Brandon Bellinger, Michael
Barnes, Dave Duggan.
Heat 2: Mike Lichty, Tim Ice, Gene Lee Gibson,
Kyle Edwards, Ben Seitz, Randy Burch, Danny Lane, Bobby Haynes Jr.
Heat 3: Rob Summers, Lou Cicconi, Charlie
Schultz, Dave Shullick Sr., Trent Stephens, Jim Paller, Bob Magner
Heat 4: Bob Dawson, Dave Shullick Jr., Mike
Ordway, Jeff Locke, Craig Rayvals, Ryan Klingelhofer, Jon Henes
Consi: Randy Burch, Brandon Bellinger, Ryan
Klingelhofer, Danny Lane, Jim Paller, Bob Magner, Dave Duggan,
Michael Barnes, Bobby Haynes Jr.
Larry Lehnert and Rich Reed (dns due to
mechanical difficulties)
Hy-Miler Fast Forty (run Saturday morning, July
24)
1. Dave Shullick Jr. (61), 2. Rob Summers (35),
3. Charlie Schultz (7), 4. Mike Lichty (84), 5. Tim Ice (77), 6.
Bobby Dawson (28), 7. Mark Sammut (78), 8. Russ Wood (29), 9. Trent
Stephens (19), 10. Ben Seitz (17), 11. Justin
Belfiore (98), 12. Gene Lee Gibson (0), 13. Jeff Locke (37), 14. Bob
Magner (41), 15. Craig Rayvals (04), 16. Danny Lane (97), 17.
Ryan Klingelhofer 08), 18. Dave Shullick Sr. (8), 19. Johnny Benson
(74), 20. Mike Ordway (1), 21. Brandon Bellinger (02), 22. Jack
Smith (09), 23. Lou Cicconi Jr. (49), 24. Kyle Edwards (11), 25.
Randy Burch (52), 26. Jon Henes (36).
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from Friday-Saturday's event by Jim Feeney:
On lap 6, Dave
Shullick Jr 61 takes the high road off of turn four to take the lead
away from Rob Summers 35. Shullick cruised on to the win. Summers
held on for second. - Photo By Jim Feeney
Ben Seitz 17 and
Trent Stephens 19 fight for a top ten finish. Stephens would get
ninth and
Seitz was tenth. - Photo By Jim Feeney
A battle for a
top five spot between Tim Ice 77 and Bob Dawson 28. Ice was able to
hold off Dawson for fifth. - Photo By Jim Feeney
Charlie Schultz 7
battles for a top three spot with Mike Lichty 84, during the Friday
make-up feature
on Saturday morning. Schultz would get it with a third.
Lichty was fourth. - Photo By Jim Feeney
Two of the top
competitors in the days later Hy-Miler Nationals, Mark Sammut 78 and
Russ Wood 29 try to work their way to the front in
Saturday morning’s Fast 40. Sammut was seventh and Wood right
behind in eighth. - Photo By Jim Feeney
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