Though the weather was cool, the racing action was
hot at the Lake Moc-A-Tek Speedway.  Larry Hendershot picked up his first
win in three seasons in the Sportsman feature while Phil Retter picked up
his first ever Lake Moc-A-Tek feature win in Street Stock action.  Point
runner-up Franklin Bush won his fourth Pure Stock featue while Davie
Franek won his third Micro Sprint feature of the 2001 racing season.
     For Hensershot, his first win in three seasons was a hard-earned
victory.  Though he started on the front row and led all the way,
Hendershot had to work for the win.  Over eh closing stages of the
feature, Alex Konopka applied heavy pressure to Hendershot, but could not
find a way past the Hendershot Racing #29.  Konopka challenged him all
the way but could not find a way past and settled for a second place
finish, equaling his seasons best.  Rocky Rosetti finished third ahead of
Brad Grammes and Ed Strada Jr.  Tom Laner Jr., Brian Malcom, Bob
Grammes, Joey Grammes, and Kevin Kresge completed the top ten.
     The Street Stock feature saw a new face in victory lane as "Racer
X", Phil Retter, drove his #44 to his first ever victory at Lake
Moc-A-Tek.  Retter and Glenn Buchannon battled for the top spot for
several laps before Retter was able to pull out a lead over he closing
laps to win.  Buchannon finished in the runner-up position for the second
consecutive week with Jack Zeiner Jr. crossing the line in third.  Tom
Herman and Chris Hunsinger completed the top five.  Nil DiBlasi Jr., Bill
Rosengrant, Ed Kudrako, Bill Saxe, and Ken Hineline completed the top
ten.
     In Pure Stock action, Belvedere, NJ's Franklin Bush picked up his
fourth victory of the season.  Fourteen year old Michael Lartz chased him
all the way, but could not find a way past and settled for a career best
second place finish.  Jim Balutis, Floys Schmidt, and Gary Schoch
completed the top five.  Eric Schmidt, Jay Martin, Don Leiper, Kyle
Shoemaker, and Ron Blake made up the rest of the top ten.
     Micro Sprint racing action found Davie Franek picking up his third
feature win of the 2001 season.  The talented young teenager grabbed the
lead just past halfway as he slipped past leader Mike Keppler on a
restart.  Keppler suffered mechanical problems shortly thereafter and
retired from the event.  From this point Franek was not challenged and
went on to victory.  Pat Potter crossed the line second with Ed Krupa
finishing third.  Jason Frantz and Ralph Utter Jr. completed the top
five.  Don Colaluce, Michael Pierre, John Hagen, Kevin Horton, and Brian
Malcolm completed the top ten.
     This Saturday night will be the final night of the 2001 racing
season at Lake Moc-A-Tek.  The Sportsman, Street Stock, Pure Stock, and
250cc Micro Sprints will all see action in compete shows of qualifing and
feature races..  Open competition rules apply in the Sportsman and Street
Stocks as all starts will be via luck of the draw and any tire may be
used as long as it is at least as hard as the tires run weekly at Lake
Moc-A-Tek.  DIRT legal Hoosiers are permitted as are the American Racers
used in Pennsylvania and the Southern Tier area.  The evening will end
with a huge Demolition Derby to close out the season.  Gates open at 3 PM
with Hot Laps at 5 PM and racing at 6 PM sharp.     .
    SPORTSMAN: 1. LARRY HENDERSHOT 2. Alex Konopka 3. Rocky Rosetti 4. Brad
Grammes 5. Ed Strada Jr. 6. Tom Laner Jr. 7. Brian Malcolm 8. Bob Grammes
9. Joey Grammes 10. Chris Kresge 11. Greg Morgan 12. Phil Recchio 13.
Darren Stout 14. Jimmy Winchell 15. Ron Shauger 16. Jim Corcoran 17. Mike
Loney 18. Mike Mondak 19. Buddy Altemose 20. Cory Jennings 21. Ted Stout
22. Anthony Reggie
STREET STOCKS: 1. PHIL RETTER 2. Glenn Buchannon 3. Jack Zeiner 4. Tom
Herman 5. Chris Hunsinger 6. Neil DiBlasi 7. Bill Rosengrant 8. Ed
Kudrako 9. Bill Saxe 10. Ken Hineline 11. Jerry Liford 12. George
Ippolito 13. Tommy Lainhamt 14. Jim Hughes Jr. 15. Carl Heater 16. Ray
LaMonica 17. Mike Van Tassel 18. Gene Beadle 19. Adam Jones 20. Jared
Hayes
PURE STOCKS: 1. FRANKLIN BUSH 2. Michael Lartz 3. Jim Balutis 4. Floyd
Schmidt 5. Gary Schoch 6. Eric Schmidt 7. Jay Martin 8. Don Leiper 9.
Kyle Shoemaker 10. Ron Blake
250CC MICRO SPRINT: 1. DAVIE FRANEK 2. Pat Potter 3. Ed Krupa 4. Jason
Frantz 5. Ralph Utter Jr. 6 Don Colaluce 7. Michael Pierre 8. John Hagen
9. Kevin Horton 10. Brian Malcolm 11. Nick Pitock 12. Michelle Conway 13.
Mike Keppler 14. Kevin Nolf 15. Charlie Redlach 16. Stephanie Stevens 17.
Darrell Cobb 18. Richie Drake 19. Eric Palmer