SELINSGROVE, Pa - March 31, 2006 Todd Hoover of Mt. Pleasant Mills stormed from the 24th starting spot to win the 25-lap season opener for micro sprint cars Friday night at Selinsgrove Raceway Park.
Hoover's No. 19 sprinter developed mechanical problems in qualifying but was the class of the field in the main event. Hoover passed third-place starter and race leader Sean Stolz on the 18th lap for the lead in turn four.
At the checkered flag, Hoover posted a convincing win over Stolz, Brian Kishbaugh, Colby Womer and David Utt.
SELINSGROVE RACEWAY PARK SUMMARY - 31 March 2006
Micro Sprints - 25 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 19 Todd Hoover 2) 20 Sean Stolz 3) 5 Brian Kishbaugh
4) 6 Colby Womer 5) 4U David Utt 6) 67 Ken Duke 7) 1 Shane Penny 8) 77
Kevin Stolz 9) 35 Derrick Bowersox 10) 11 Roger Spencer 11) 5J Jason
Stahl 12) 71A Amanda Anderson 13) 5L Mike Crockford 14) 21G Glen Houtz
15) 36 AJ Walters 16) 71 Jessica Anderson 17) 52 Jeff Furlong 18) 14
Mark Mehalick 19) 3W Gene Burd 20) 23J Jason Houtz 21) 4J Justin
Troutman 22) 6J Jim Reese 23) 32 Matt Bower 24) 04 Brayden Winters 25)
25 Jerry Mack (DNS)
Heat Winners: Colby Womer, Shane Penny, Jeff Furlong
Go Kart Summary
Lites - 14 Entries
A-Main: 1) Geoff Gill 2) Kory Graham 3) Dylan Yoder
Heat Winners: Geoff Gill, Wes Hendricks
Rookie Cage (5-8) - 4 Entries
A-Main: 1) Brice Harro 2) Jimmy Baney 3) Abe Hostettler
Heat Winners: Brice Harro
Rookie Cage (9-12) - 8 Entries
A-Main: 1) Darien Trego 2) Cody Hauck 3) Justin Wise
Heat Winners: Cody Hauck
Kid Karts - 2 Entries
A-Main: 1) Tyler Groft 2) Brandon Lepley
Heat Winner: Tyler Groft
Mediums - 10 Entries
A-Main: 1) Chuck Paige 2) Bob Ferry 3) Kory Graham
Heat Winner: Kasi Miller
Jr. Restricted - 4 Entries
A-Main: 1) Tyler Snook 2) Nick Aucker 3) Marriah Libby
Heat Winner: Aaron Mowery
Rookies 2 - 5 Entries
A-Main: 1) Zack Bogar 2) Christian Searer 3) Nathan Long
Heat Winner: Nathan Long
Heavies - 7 Entries
A-Main: 1) Dustin Baney 2) Matt Tanner 3) Chantz Crissman
Heat Winner: Jeff Higley
Jr. Cage - 5 Entries
A-Main: 1) Tyler Cochran 2) Justin Snyder 3) Josh Kerstetter
Heat Winner: Tyler Cochran
Adult Cage Animal - 5 Entries
A-Main: 1) Ryan Rosini 2) Cameron Englehart 3) Kenny Edkin
Heat Winner: Jordan Poplaskie
Adult Cage Flat - 11 Entries
A-Main: 1) Gary Keister 2) Jason Smith 3) Jonathan Cromley
Heat Winner: Josh Dunbar
X-Heavies - 5 Entries
A-Main: 1) Mike Trevitz 2) Matt Hummel 3) Preston Miller
Heat Winner: Mike Trevitz
Controlled Wing Karts - 11 Entries
A-Main: 1) Corbin Leiby 2) Kirk Ritter 3) Brian Woodruff
Heat Winner: Corbin Leiby
