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Hot Action at Hilltop
by Ken Cunningham

 

Millersburg Ohio July 16 - Temperatures soared Sunday afternoon when Hilltop Speedway opened to complete this weeks races after a torrential downpour ended the regular Friday activities. Completed events included Late Model heats that were won by Clint Coffman, Doug Drown, and Keith Berner. Sundays feature event began with a three wide battle between eventual winner Drown, George Lee, and Berner. Close behind more three wide racing was witnessed between Ryan Markham, JR Gentry, and Charlie Duncan. Almost unheard of in daytime racing Clint Coffman, Trevor Phillips, and Rick Bond had their own three wide battle for position. At the end Drown continues his dominance of Hilltop and claimed a third feature win.

 

 

 

 

Mini Stocks were in full force for a $350 jackpot tonight, Heats went to Terry Adkins, Don Lehman, Andy Parks, and Ed Ray. The green dropped on the feature and Lehman was running the race of his life, leading the entire first half. Andy Parks had enough following and put the heat on Lehman who succombed to the pressure. Parks never looked back but if he did Mark Adkins, Steve Miller, Ed Ray and Terry Adkins were right there for the top five. This was Parks fourth win of nine events to date driving his Brads Auto Repair / Team EZ 1 Mitsubishi.
Modified Heats went to Sam Lovejoy, Kyle Brown, and Allan Baker, all three front runners during the entire feature. Toss Norm Aronhalt, Anthony Kincade, and Jess Hartman into the mix and another unbelievable feature event took place. After several side by side laps Allan Baker finally cleared Sam Lovejoy and set sail for the checkers only to be spoiled under the flagstand by Rick Aukland who came from mid pack to claim a third feature win with his bright red number 1 Huff Chassis modified.

 

 

Donna Canode and Fred Snyder both won Pure Stock heats and the temperature only rose during the feature. Snyder led Canode on a restart when contact was made. The # 7 Thunderbird left the track with his left rear tire ripped from the rim but returned for a top five finish. The Super 6 machine retired for the night but will definately return next week to contend for a win. Frank Oriti cruised to the win then wowed the fans with a spectacular set of donuts on the front stretch with his Mars Trucking Monte Carlo

The Mini Trucks closed an exciting day of races with another upset. It seemed Jeff Funk had secured a third feature win when his Chevy picked up a miss in the engine robbing him of power. Tim Jensen had been steady on the gain and was able to pass Funk just before the checkers for the win. Funk held on for a second place finish.
 

 

RESULTS:

LATE MODELS
1st Heat - Clint Coffman, George Lee, Charlie Duncan
2nd Heat - Doug Drown, Rick Aukland, Dave Hornikel
3rd Heat - Keith Berner, Ryan Markham, Mark Gardiner
Feature - Drown, Lee, Berner, Eric Myers, Aukland, Markham, Thomas Baker, JR Gentry,
Charlie Duncan, Blaine Aber, Coffman, Hornikel, Randy Scott, Gardiner, Rick Bond, Trevor Phillips,
Kelly Kauffman, Ryan Eddleblute, Jeremey Canada

HOLMES TIRE MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 - Terry Adkins, Dee Adkins, Brian Dawson
Heat 2 - Don Lehman, Mark Adkins, Steve Miller
Heat 3 - Andy Parks, Dale Beckett, Justin Brown
Heat 4 - Ed Ray, Kevin Lint, Cody Rinard
Feature - Parks, Mark Adkins, Miller, Ray, Terry Adkins, Mark White, Justin Brown, Kevin Lint,
Dee Adkins, Joe Yoder, Dusty Lint, Rinard, Dawson, Travis Gray, Dan Lettman, Jeremy Madison,
Rick Maffett, Dale Beckett Jr.

MCCOMB LOGGING MODIFIEDS
Heat 1 - Sam Lovejoy, Larry Kugel, Randy Gray
Heat 2 - Kyle Brown, Anthony Kincade, Norman Aronhalt
Heat 3 - Allan Baker, Kevin Morehouse, Rick Aukland
Feature - Aukland, Baker, Brown, Kinkade, Lovejoy, Aronhalt, Jess Hartman, Gary Hensel, Kugel, Brandon Morrow,
Kris McCombs, Rory Reed, Scott Smith, Gary McGregor, Mark Enos, Kyle Cline, Kevin Morehouse, David Hittle,
Randy Gray, Tom Conley, Justin Morey

AMERICAN PAYROLL ADVANCE PURE STOCKS
Heat 1 - Donna Canode, Denny Shear, Tom Fultz,
Heat 2 - Fred Snyder, Frank Oriti, Jason Rohr,
Feature - Oriti, Chad Craver, Snyder, Shear, Cody Smith, Tom Wilson, Raymond Hixon, Jeff Facemire, Josh Robinson,
Canode, Fultz, Rohr, Jeremy Krasky

MINI TRUCKS
Heat 1 - Brandon Craver, Jeff Funk, Tim Jensen
Feature - Jensen, Funk, Dave Caskey, Gail Wallace, Chaz ODell, Rick Jensen, Jesse Combs, Gerald Pringle, Craver,
Jeremy Butler, Tiffany Combs
 

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