Blaine Heimbach uses last lap pass to win Clinton County season opener

Mackeyville, PA (May 2, 2008)– Twenty-one Shore Auto Parts Super Sprints made the call for Clinton County Raceways season opener. Chuck Roan Jr. and Adam Gordon would lead the field down to the green flag. It didn’t take long for the yellow to fly as Tom Wise had a flat before the field was able to complete lap one. On the restart a heated battle formed at the front between Roan, Gordon, Matt Heimbach, and 2007 Fall Shootout winner Neil Petock. The race stayed green until the halfway point when Jack Helget had mechanical troubles and stopped on the backstretch. On the restart Matt Heimbach took command and began to stretch out a lead as the field entered lap traffic. Petock and Roan continued to swap the runner up spot as Blaine Heimbach worked his way up from his 8th starting spot. With five laps to go Petock and Blaine Heimbach began battling for 2nd spot. Matt Heimbach looked to have the field covered but it wasn’t meant to be as he suffered a flat right rear with two laps to go. Petock inherited the lead and got a big jump at the green and opened up a sizeable lead by time he came around for the white flag. Blaine Heimbach looked determined and drove his car hard into turn three hoping it would stick. Heimbach never lifted as he used the outside line to make a run and was able to get around Petock at the line for the feature win in his Goff Racing machine. Petock would have to settle for second with Chuck Roan Jr finishing third. Bobby Howard drove a good solid race as he came from the 12th starting spot to finish 4th. Matt Horst also turned in a steady run, as he would round out the top five.
         Cliff Berry and Keith Tebbs led the field down for the 15 lap A&A Auto Parts Pro-Stock event. Berry jumped into the early lead but it wouldn’t last for long as he suffered a flat tire after only a handful of laps. Ay Schilling, Terry Shedden, and Tim Krape who started in the 7th, 8th, and 9th spots set their sites on the leaders and they freight trained to the lead. Schilling would take the lead just past half way but soon lost it to Krape, as Krape was able to complete the slide job. Krape went on to take the win with Schilling finishing 2nd, Terry Shedden 3rd, Chris Berry 4th, and Todd Williams 5th.
         The Ron Enders & Sons Insurance Agency 270 Micro Sprints took to the track next as Mike Schuckers and Jason Houtz led a strong group of cars to the green. A few quick cautions for mechanical trouble slowed the early pace but the drivers soon found their groove as they began to click off laps. Mike Schuckers lead the whole way on route to the victory but didn’t have an easy drive as he had company the entire time. Scott Kishbaugh finished 2nd, with Brian Kishbaugh overcoming a lap one problem to rally to 3rd. John Roberts nailed down the 4th spot and Brandon Gustin finished out the top five.
         Randy’s Auto Repair FWD 4-cylinder division finished the night off as 25 cars looked to tackle the 1/3 mile oval. Woodhull Raceway regular Brian Grant came from the 5th starting spot to take the win. Grant is now eligible for the $500 bonus if he can win at Woodhull May 4th. Any 4-cylinder driver is eligible for the bonus if they can win back-to-back nights between the two tracks this season. Grant looks to take aim at the bonus multiple times as he plans on running both tracks throughout the season. Jason Rafter came home 2nd, Jason McCauley 3rd, Heather Marr 4th, and Dave Fink 5th.
         Clinton County Raceway is back in action May 9th with a regular program of Shore Auto Parts Super Sprints, A&A Auto Parts Pro-Stock, Ron Enders & Sons Insurance Agency 270 Micro Sprints, and Randy’s Auto Repair FWD 4-cylinders. Track gates open at 5pm with racing starting at 7:30.
Quick Results

Sprints- (21 entries) Blaine Heimbach, Neil Petock, Chuck Roan Jr, Bob Howard, Matt Horst, Scott Lutz, Daryl Stimeling, Adam Gordon, George Suprick, Matt Johnson, Matt Miller, Bill Johnson Jr, Jeff Weaver, Matt heimbach, Duff Aurand, Mike Walter, Tom Wise, Jeff Taylor, Jack Helget, Rich Brunegard, Ryan Kissinger.

Pro-Stock – (15 entries) Tim Krape, Ay Schilling, Terry Shedden, Chris Berry, Todd Williams, Arliss Rhinehart, John Myers, Jim Berry, Dave Riddell, Keith Tebbs, John Bouse, Rich Fye, Cliff Berry, Brandin Glenn, Kevin Burkhart.

270 Micro – (19 entries) Mike Schuckers, Scott Kishbaugh, Brian Kishbaugh, John Roberts, Brandon Gustin, Justin Jordan, Glen Houtz, Tylor Cochran, Jim Welshans, Sierra Weaver, Jason Houtz, Matt Carter, Mike Wenrick, Brian Wegener, Tom Tice, Brian Hess, Greg Steward, Bill Frederecks, Derek Johnson.

4-Cylinder – (25 Entries) Brian Grant, Jason Rafter, Jason McCauley, Heather Marr, Dave Fink, Chris Snyder, Brad Myers, Jamie Frye, Evan Palski, Dave Flook, Colton Hoover, Dustin Lucas, Shawn Fedder, Sterling Kepner, Kevin Powell, Elmer Wurst Jr, Brian Frank, Larry Beachel, Shawn Stahl, Doug Darby, Eric Palski, Sam Creveling, Kevin Wolfe, Roger Mahosky, Brett Weaver.