Hanover, PA (6/13/08) – The right rear tire was deflating and two-time defending Trail-Way 358 sprint champion Jeff Rohrbaugh was surrounded by cars just as fast as his Roy Vincent Racing No. 7V.

However, by the end of Friday’s 25-lap feature, the York resident was standing in victory lane for the third consecutive Friday night at Trail-Way.

“Hey, we got it done. We’ve caught a lot of good breaks and that’s the way our deal’s been here,” Rohrbaugh said. “We have good breaks and bad breaks. When we have the good breaks, we end up here.”

Rohrbaugh started 11th and it took almost the entire race to find his way to the front because of the strength of outside polesitter Colt White. The Greencastle driver took the lead at the green flag and, following an early caution for the stopped car of Mike Duncan, paced the field through 16 green-flag laps, after which Rohrbaugh had driven to fifth place.

And then the caution flags began.

Dale Hammaker’s car stopped with a flat right front tire in the fourth turn and, after three laps for the tire change, White resumed command. After two laps, Peter Bartley’s car spun in the second corner and White again kept control, this time with Hanover’s Tim Wagaman on his tail. Meanwhile, Rohrbaugh had passed Nicole Bower and Austin Reed to claim third spot.

“Brad (McClelland) pulled up alongside of me and let me know the right rear was soft,” Rohrbaugh said. “I thought, ‘We’ll sail her in there and if it rolls over, we’ll just end up on the hook.”

Instead, the race went another lap when Wagaman’s car suddenly slowed with a puff of smoke and stopped in the second turn. Rohrbaugh used his nephew’s misfortune to power past White to the inside of the second turn on the restart and he drove away to his 14th career 358 sprint triumph at Trail-Way.

For his win, Rohrbaugh not only claimed the victory, but also a pewter plate presented by the York County Racing Club, which also presented $25 which Rohrbaugh returned to the club’s injured drivers fund. Rohrbaugh also won the D&S Diversified Services Hard Charger Award.

White continued to a strong runner-up finish and was followed by McClelland, who rallied following a nasty flip against the first turn wall last Friday night which severely mangled his car. Reed was fourth ahead of Joe Trone Jr., Steve Owings, Billy Dietrich, Randy Davis, Nicole Bower and Randy Whisler.

Davis and Bower won heats for the 358 sprints.

358 SPRINTS

Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 2. 45-Colt White; 3. 6-Brad McClelland; 4. 34-Austin Reed; 5. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 6. 35-Steve Owings; 7. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 8. 98-Randy Davis Jr.; 9. 75-Nicole Bower; 10. 64-Randy Whisler; 11. 66-Dale Hammaker; 12. 88-Danny Dietrich; 13. 28-Billy Heltzel Jr.; 14. 10-Zach Shive Euculano; 15. 66H-Doug Hammaker; 16. 36-Peter Bartley; 17. 1-Tim Wagaman (DNF); 18. U1-Billy Heltzel III (DNF); 19. 51-Nick Palmerino (DNF); 20. 11D-Mike Duncan (DNF). No time.

Lap Leaders – Colt White (1-22); Jeff Rohrbaugh (23-25)

Heat 1 (10 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 98-Randy Davis Jr.; 2. 11D-Mike Duncan; 3. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 4. 6-Brad McClelland; 5. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 6. 88-Danny Dietrich III; 7. 28-Billy Heltzel Jr.; 8. 10-Zach Shive Euculano; 9. 36-Peter Bartley; 10. 66H-Doug Hammaker. No time.

Heat 2 (10 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 75-Nicole Bower; 2. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 3. 34-Austin Reed; 4. 1-Tim Wagaman II; 5. 66-Dale Hammaker; 6. 45-Colt White; 7. 35-Steve Owings; 8. U1-Billy Heltzel III; 9. 64-Randy Whisler (DNF); 10. 51N-Nick Palmerino (DNF). Time – 2:26.19