American Racing News Vol 1, Issue 2 Issue 5 | Page 42

Jennerstown Speedway after a nine-year hiatus
proved to be well worth the wait.
Jennerstown, PA – ISMA's return
to the Jennerstown Speedway after a nine-year hiatus proved to be
well worth the wait. A quick thunderstorm just prior to feature time
rolled in and out but it did not
dampen the excitement that proceeded it.

In a seventeen minute, twenty-eeight second, 50 lap feature, only
one short yellow flew to slow the
action. The side by side racing and
lead swapping out front, left the
fans who stuck with it, in awe. Early leader Dave Shullick Jr, lost his
spot to Mark Sammut, got it back
one lap later and then lost it again

to Mike Ordway Jr., but regained it
in the same lap. When Ordway Jr.'s
61 shut down on lap 32, Mike Lichty, moving up from ninth, became
the challenger and he was able to
take over out front on lap 33, never to give up the spot. He took the
checkered 17 laps later for a
$4,200 payday.
Lichty, who won the ISMA opener
at Oswego, became the only repeat feature winner this season
and he was quick to credit the people involved. Said Lichty after the
race, “This was just an awesome
job that was done by everybody.
After we got here I realized how I
had forgotten how quick this place
is. We weren't that good in practice. We were on extremely old
rubber and I noticed a lot of people
were out there on new rubber. I
was really too concerned then
about how fast the speed was. I
was more concerned about how
the car was. I figured it we were
going to practice on old rubber,
that was where the car was going
to be later on in the race. Everyone
just worked hard. We missed time
trials just a little bit as the car was

a little off. The heat race was really
good and then the car was good,
good, compared to everybody else
in the feature. The car was a little
loose but compared to everyone
else obviously we were the quickest race car.
“I just can't thank Craig Reed and
Reed's Salvage, Dianna, Carol, Raven, my father with PATCO
enough. Then we have a pretty
good deal with the Ohio people,
Dickie and Dave, our crew back
home.. we kind of bounce the car
back and forth from shop to shop.
My father, Mark, John, everybody
who helps out there, BJ being in
Pennsylvania, and we have a shop
in Oswego with Dave Syrell and
Greg. So this is for all of them. They
all work so hard. And, finally a big
thanks to Dennis and Level Performance too for the horsepower.
This is the second win for the team
this year, hopefully we can get
more.”
Dave Shullick Jr. who also has one
win on the ISMA trail this year,
fought hard to make Jennerstown
his second, but fell one spot short.