Trail Way

 

Double features leads to only one winner with a full moon on the farm.

 

Sean Campbell knew that his time in victory lane was coming and what a fitting way to put to rest the back injuries that he sustained this time last year. Last year Sean was in dominant form only to have a heat race crash put an end to his season with a broken back.

 

This year Sean switched to a Henchcraft chassis and has been getting faster and faster each week as he dialed the new car into his driving style. Obviously by winning both features this week, he has managed to dial the car into speed mode and will be a force to be reckoned with at Trail Way for the rest of the year.

 

The make up feature started the evenings race program and at that time Sean “Open Trailer Outlaw” Campbell, formally know as the “Landsdale Laser” began his domination of the evenings activities. Charging from his 4^th starting position, Campbell took control of the lead on lap 4 and was not challenged until late in the race when Jeremy Lynch started to close. Eighth place starter, Lynch tried multiple times to pass Sean but to no avail.

 

In the evenings normal Sidewinder Sprint feature, it was the “Open Trailer Outlaw” (OTO) again making short work of the field in his Suzuki powered Henchcraft. At the start however it was Sean’s brother Jim that was set to make it a family affair night by streaking to the lead until he succumbed on lap 3 by losing his left rear wheel. Taking over from Jim at the pointy end of the field was one of the up and coming young guns, James Shaw in his Yamaha powered Probe. James led for the next 9 laps until OTO made the winning pass on lap 13. With many teams trying to come to grips with the seemingly unlimited horsepower on the dry slick conditions causing multiple cautions, the feature event became more of a marathon rather than a sprint race. After the race everyone noticed the fantastic looking full moon and all teams were eager to blame the full moon for the uncharacteristic marathon main event.

 

In victory lane Sean shared “ A huge thanks to Ray for helping work on the car and drink beer with me every week. Keystone Insures Group / Steely & Smith have come on board to help out this year and its great to get a couple of wins for them. Speed Equipment Corp, Torodyne, Schlauch Race Cars, Roach Wings and Guhl Motors are also helping us get this Henchcraft chassis into victory lane.” Campbell added “ This time last year I crashed and received multiple vertebrae fractures that put an end to my season, so its great to come back one year later and do something that hardly ever happens, winning two features in the night. I look forward to waking my wife Carrie when I get home so she can share the moment.”

 

When asked about racing with the Sidewinder Sprints OTO had this to say, “ It really comes down to driver and car setup. There is so much power that most of the time you control the car with the throttle. I was only ever wide open from ½ way down the straights until the corner entry, then coming off the corner, you really need to feed the power back on slowly to keep the car under you. They are very challenging to drive, especially when the tracks slick off like tonight.”

 

 

Parity report: Out of the top 10 finishers this week (top five from each feature) the stats are;

Henchcraft – 2, Stallard –2, Predator – 2, Hyper – 2, Probe –1 and RTS – 1.  Suzuki – 3, Yamaha – 6 and Kawasaki – 1.

 

 

Apart from Hyper Racing ( www.Hyperracing.com ), our thanks must go out to the other companies that have supplied products for the award winning raffle car;

 

Advance Racing Suspension ( www.advancedracingsusp.com ) for supplying the best shock absorbers in racing.

Lias Tire / American Racer ( www.americanraceronline.com  ) ( www.liastire.com );  for supplying the tires that provide the best racing action.

H & H Wings ( 717-303-8231 ) for supplying the wings that make you fly.

Coating Concepts ( 717-240-0010 ) for the toughest and best looking powder coating in the industry. 

SC Signs and Designs ( www.scsigns.net ) for the fantastic award winning graphics.

 

 

This weeks results;

 

 

Feature (20 Laps);  Finish, Car #, Name, (Started) ;

 

(Makeup From 6/28/08)

1st. 31 – Sean Campbell (4); 2nd. 91 – Jeremy Lynch (8);  3rd. 19M – Brent Marks (12); 4th. 71 - Ryan Greth (7);  5th. 16 – Arron Spahr (9);  6th. 14 - Rohan Beasley (6);   7th. 17 - Tim Mertz (11);   8th. 55 – Jason Morrison (5);   9th. 29 - Denny Landvater (1);   10th. 3R – John Robertson (16);  11th. 3 – Jim Campbell (14);   12th. 26 -  Jerry Strausbaugh (2)  13th 92 – Gary Funck (17);  14th. 1 – Shawn Seifert (10);  15th. 40 – Jimmy Puckett (13);  16th. 72 - James Shaw (3);  17th. 22 – Patrick Roller (15); 

 

07/19/08 Feature

1st. 31 – Sean Campbell (6);  2nd. 19M – Brent Marks (14);  3rd. 17 - Tim Mertz (12);   4th. 91 – Jeremy Lynch (11);  5th. 1 – Shawn Seifert (16);  6th. 71 - Ryan Greth (10);   7th. 14 - Rohan Beasley (8);   8th. 1H – Rick Hench (17);   9th. 07 – Jared Hudson (5);  10th. 72- James Shaw (4);   11th. 16 – Arron Spahr (9);  12th. 55 – Jason Morrison (7);   13th.  40 – Jimmy Puckett (18);  14th. 3R – John Robertson (3);  15th.  29 - Denny Landvater (2);  16th. 3 – Jim Campbell (1);   17th. 92 –Gary Funck (20);  18th. 26 Jerry Strausbaugh (13);    19th. 22 – Patrick Roller (19);   20th.  92K – Ken Wilhide (20);

 

Heats to James Shaw and Jim Campbell

 

This Weeks Question;

 

 

Q.     With double features on the line, will we see a shake up at the top of the points chase?

 

A.    Both points leaders (Mertz and Greth) had mixed results in both features which pretty much evened out the points battle on the night.

 

Q.   Shawn Seifert is overdue for a win in 2008. Will this week be the break through week?

 

A.   Shawn had a tough night but with his skill and experience it’s only a matter of time before he checks into victory lane.

 

 

 

Next Weeks Questions;

 

Q.   Now that Sean Campbell has taken his Henchcraft into victory lane in 2008, can the 2007 Sidewinder Sprints champion, Donnie Hendershot prove that his Henchcraft is still the car to beat at Path Valley this week?

 

 

 

Sidewinder Sprints are accepting 2008 registrations.

 Drivers wishing to join are reminded to register with us ASAP (click the registration link on our website) to reserve your car number, as we do not allow duplicate numbers, and to receive important "registered team" only emails regarding rules, contingency requirements and schedules.

For all your racing needs please contact our following partners: 

 

For all of your 270, 600 and Sidewinder Sprint needs;

Hyper Racing ( www.HyperRacing.com )
580 Grandview Drive, Suite A
Lewisberry, PA 17339

Telephone: (717) 938-8732
Fax: (717) 938-8521

sales@hyperracing.com

 

 


 

Contingency Awards:

Sidewinder Sprints ( www.SidewinderSprints.com ) &

The Workshop ( www.workshopwelovesnow.com ) "Eligible Hard Charger Bonus" ; Brent Marks –both features

 

Guhl Motors ( www.guhlmotors.com ) ; For all of your Fuel Injection needs. “Highest eligible Guhl injection finisher”; Sean Campbell – both features

 

Keizer Wheels ( www.Keizerwheels.com ); The ultimate in racing wheels. “ 3^rd Highest eligible finisher”; Tim Mertz and Ryan Greth

 

American Racer / Lias Tires ( www.americanraceronline.com ) ( www.liastire.com ); For the tires that provide the best racing action.; “Highest eligible American Racer front tire  finisher”; Sean Campbell – both features

H&H Wings ; Phone  Chris @ 717-303-8231;    Wings that make you fly !

  

S & S Racing Fuel ; Phone Alan @ 717-579-6413 or Tom @ 717-503-3614;  The best AA Methanol at the best prices. 


 

 

Sidewinder Sprints will next appear at Path Valley Speedway on 7/25/08. Racing starts at 7.00pm

 

Sidewinder Sprints overall points:

 

Ryan Greth	1351
Tim Mertz	1345
Jason Morrison	1265
Rohan Beasley	1226
Denny Landvater	1057
Sean Campbell	941
Gary Funck	922
Arron Spahr	839
Brent Marks	825
Rick Hench	721
Jerry Strausbaugh	713
Shawn Seifert	649
Jeremy Lynch	631
Chad Hough	509
Patrick Roller	459
John Robertson	457
James Shaw	402
Jim Campbell Jnr	375
Rich Halter	351
Donnie Hendershot	342
Steve Dull	308
Jared Hudson	302
Kenny Wilhide	276
Ron Taggert	271
Mark Strickler	243
Stan Fleming	166
Jimmy Puckett	147
Travis Saner	125
Alex Schanz	103
Tyler Walton	64
Mike Pychinka	60
Jason Eisenhart	45
Gary Reed	37