Race Results
July 19th 2008
NAGY
DRIVES BORROWED MOTOR TO LINCOLN “358" SPRINT CAR
WIN
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ABBOTTSTOWN, PA, 7/19/08 - Kevin Nagy of East Brunswick, New Jersey, didn’t have the motor to run at Selinsgrove. In fact, lately, he hasn’t had a motor at all. So he borrowed a motor from sidelined competitor Matt Beasley and came to Lincoln. And Saturday night, it paid off. Nagy grabbed the lead from his pole starting position, held off a furious mid-race challenge from outside frontrow starting Austin Reed, and then held off a late-race charge by 15th-starting Scott Geesey to pick up his first career Lincoln Speedway win in the 20-lap 358 sprint feature. Nagy led Reed and sixth-starting Steve Owings from the outset and opened up a 1.57-second lead by the fifth lap. But as he closed on lapped traffic, Reed closed the gap and was side-by-side with the leader at the start/finish line at the half-way point. A spinning Nicole Bower on the 13th lap brought out the first caution and put a clear track in front of Nagy, who continued to lead when the red came out on the 15th lap for a flipping John Barnett in turn four. On the restart, Geesey continued his march to the front and squeezed by Reed to move into second. But Nagy was not to be denied , as he held firm out in front to take the checkered by .48-seconds to earn his inaugural win at the Pigeon Hills oval. Reed settled for third, Owings was fourth, and 17th-starting Adrian Shaffer rounded out the top five. Completing the top ten were Ricky Stonebraker, 22nd-starting Jeff Rohrbaugh, Jay Galloway, Billy Dietrich and Brian Eichelberger. Heats for the 41 "358" Sprints were won by Bob Anderson, Nagy, Stonebraker, and Eric Tomecek. Twin consolations were won by Shaffer and Gerard McIntyre Jr.. RACE RESULTS Lap Leaders - Kevin Nagy (1-20) 1st Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 81B-Bob Anderson; 2. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 3. 27-Jay Galloway; 4. 23-Todd Rittenhouse Jr.; 5. 21-Adrian Shaffer; 6. 22T-Matt Boland; 7. 45-Colt White; 8. U1-Billy Heltzel Jr.; 9. 01-Rick Horn (DNF); DNS - 25-Aaron Ott. No Time 2nd Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 45-Kevin Nagy; 2. 75-Nicole Bower; 3. 15B-John Barnett; 4. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 5. 66N-Nathan Berwager; 6. 1-Tim Wagaman; 7. 88-Danny Dietrich; 8. 6-Brad McClelland; 9. 50B-Tim Berkheimer; DNS-22E-Kevin Eshelman, 01A-Denny Gross. No Time 3rd Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 2. 35-Steve Owings; 3. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 4. 91-Scott Geesey; 5. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 6. 65-Cale Griffin; 7. 16M-Craig Myers; 8. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 9. 6S-Bill Sherman; 10. 99-Joe Trone Jr.. No Time 4th Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 2. 34-Austin Reed; 3. 55E-Brian Eichelberger; 4. 15-Adam Wilt; 5. 84C-Chad Criswell; 6. 66-Dale Hammaker; 7. 28-Keith Prutzman; 8. 18-Scott Lehman (DNF); 9. 51N-Nick Palmerino (DNF); 10. 21D-Elvin Diller III (DNF). Time - 2:36.22 1st Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify)- 1. 21-Adrian Shaffer; 2. 1-Tim Wagaman; 3. 88-Danny Dietrich; 4. 50B-Tim Berkheimer; 5. 6-Brad McClelland; 6. 01-Rick Horn; 7. U1-Billy Heltzel Jr.; 8. 66N-Nate Hammaker (DNF); 9. 22T-Matt Boland (DNF); 10. 45-Colt White (DNF); DNS - 25-Aaron Ott, 01A-Denny Gross. No Time 2nd Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 2. 84C-Chad Criswell; 3. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 4. 66-Dale Hammaker; 5. 28-Keith Prutzman; 6. 16M-Craig Myers; 7. 65-Cale Griffin; 8. 6S-Bill Sherman; 9. 51N-Nick Palmerino; 10. 99-Joe Trone Jr. (DNF); 11. 21D-Elvin Diller III (DNF); DNS - 18-Scott Lehman. No Time |