Susquehanna Speedway Results and Stories

Brock Zearfoss 9/21/17
 
Susquehanna Speedway
Newberrytown, PA
 
21 cars
 
Brian Brown (9th car out to time) set quick time at 15.272 seconds on the 4/10-mile oval.  James McFadden (16th car out) was second quick, followed by Greg Hodnett (11th), Anthony Macri (5th), Trey Starks (19th), Brian Montieth (6th), Tim Kaeding (5th), Kyle Reinhardt (1st), Dale Blaney (8th) and Gerard McIntyre Jr. (15th).  Glenndon Forsythe had motor issues and didn’t get a time in.  Todd Zinn was involved in a pit incident and didn’t get a time either.
 
Heat one (started): 1. Kaeding 3K (2) 2. Danny Dietrich 48 (5) 3. McIntyre 16 (1) 4. Brown 21B (4) 5. Macri 39M (3) 6. Eric Tomecek 1w (6) 7. Landon Myers 19M (7)
 
Kaeding led the 10-lap distance.  Dietrich had a great first lap and shot from fifth to second on the low side.  He challenged Kaeding throughout, and finished second.  Brown and Macri battled early for the fourth spot.
 
Heat two (started): 1. Lucas Wolfe 24 (1) 2. Reinhardt 91 (2) 3. McFadden 3 (4) 4. Brock Zearfoss 3z (5) 5. Starks 44 (3) 6. Dwayne Gotshall 74 (6) 7. Glenndon Forsythe 2w (7)
 
Forsythe took the green and pulled off.  The top three were set on the first lap.  Gotshall flipped with a lap in the books.  He was uninjured.  The double-file restart saw Wolfe choose the inside line ahead of Reinhardt, McFadden, Starks and Zearfoss. Zearfoss used the restart to move into fourth.
 
Heat three (started): 1. Mike Walter 33w (1) 2. Montieth 21 (3) 3. Cory Haas 39 (5) 4. Hodnett 27 (4) 5. Mark Smith 14 (6) 6. Todd Zinn 23 (7) 7. Dale Blaney 55 (2)
 
Walter led Blaney and Montieth early.  Blaney’s second place run ended on lap three when his right front tire went flat and he backed it up in turn four.  Walter pulled away to win going away.
 

Gerard McIntyre Jr. Dash (started): 1. Montieth (4) 2. Brown (6) 3. McFadden (5) 4. Dietrich (8) 5. Wolfe (1) 6. Walter (7) 7. Kaeding (3) 8. Reinhardt (2)
 
Wolfe led Reinhardt, Montieth and Brown early in the 6-lapper.  Both Montieth and Brown moved by Reinhardt on lap two to take second and third when he suffered a flat right rear.  Montieth took the lead from Wolfe on the restart, and Brown followed him into second.
 
A main (started): 1. Dietrich (4) 2. Montieth (1) 3. Kaeding (7) 4. Zearfoss (11) 5. Wolfe (5) 6. Starks (14) 7. Reinhardt (8) 8. Blaney (19) 9. McIntyre (9) 10. Smith (15) 11. Tomecek (16) 12. Myers (18) 13. Hodnett (12) 14. Brown (2) 15. McFadden (3) 16. Walter (6) 17. Macri (15) 18. Haas (10) 19. Zinn (17) DNS – Gotshall, Forsythe
 
The 30-lapper turned into an endurance test.  Brown led Montieth and Dietrich early.  Hodnett had moved into the top five by lap eight.  Brown’s right rear tire began deflating until he slowed to a stop with 11 laps in.  That handed the lead to Montieth, ahead of Dietrich, McFadden, Hodnett and Walter.  Haas suffered a broken front end after contact on the restart.  The second try saw a lap get in before the fifth place car of Walter flipped in turn two.  He was o.k.  Dietrich slid by Montieth to lead on the restart.  McFadden slid in front of Montieth for second, but slid a little high in turn four and got upside down as well.  He was o.k.  Hodnett, who was running fourth, was collected and suffered wing damage, but an open red was called.  Hodnett would pass Montieth for second on the restart and that’s the way they ran until with four laps to go Hodnett came to a stop after smoking.  Dietrich led the rest of the way for the $4,000 prize, but there was plenty of movement behind him.  Zearfoss drove from sixth to fourth, and Kaeding moved up to third.