CARBER AND RUTHERFORD CLAIM RAHMER PROMOTION LEFFLER ENERGY NATIONAL WINS AT PATH VALLEY SPEEDWAY

September 26, 2016 Off By cO5QJupH

SPRING RUN, PA (September 26, 2016) – It was an exciting day of racing action as the 600cc and 270cc Micro Sprints took to the Path Valley Speedway in Spring Run, PA for the Leffler Energy Micro Sprint Nationals. Pipersville, PA’s Brian Carber collected the win and the $1,500 top prize in 600cc Micro Sprint action and Lititz, PA’s Mike Rutherford claimed the win, and the $1,000 top prize, in the 270cc Micro Sprint division.
Defending Path Valley Speedway 600cc Micro Sprint Champion, Garrett Bard led the field to the drop of the green flag, with Mike Rutherford alongside the outside of him. Bard set a quick pace early on and giving himself a half straightaway lead by just the second circuit. Kameron Morral quickly moved into the second position with Rutherford falling to third and Carber in fourth.
In heavy lapped traffic on the tenth circuit, Bard’s No. 95 machine appeared to briefly shut off allowing Kameron Morral to close the sizable lead and pull along the outside of Bard – but Bard battled back slipping through lapped traffic.
On lap 13, Bard’s machine slowed significantly and Morral slipped by the leader with Mike Rutherford, Brian Carber, and Tyler Walton – moving up from the tenth place starting spot — following.
The action slowed on lap 14 for the No. 5 of Jason Sechrist.
Morral continued his lead on the restart, with Brian Carber moving into the second position followed by Travis Scott and Rutherford.
Just one lap later it was Morral – who led the Fred Rahmer Promotions 600cc Points heading into the event — with engine problems, as a huge puff of smoke billowed from the back of the No. 880 machine.
Carber inherited the top spot as the half-way crossed flags waved. Carber launched away, with Travis Scott challenging for the lead.
As the laps ticked away, Carber dominated the slower cars switching lanes with Scott closing in. The two were nose-to-tail as the white flag waved with Scott pulling inside Carber exiting turn two. Side-by-side with the checkered in sight Carber pulled away claiming the victory and the $1,500 grand prize.
Travis Scott would settle for second; Tyler Walton came home in third, claiming the 2016 Fred Rahmer Promotions 600cc Micro Sprint Championship, Brenden Bright finished in fourth and Mike Rutherford rounded out the top five.
Mike Rutherford dominated the 30-lap 270cc Micro Sprint main event. Rutherford started in the top spot, after winning both of his heat races from mid-pack starting positions.
Rutherford charged away at the drop of the green flag with Toby Blumenshine along the outside.
The yellow flag flew on the sixth circuit for the No. 20 of Cory Myers.
Rutherford jumped back to the top spot on the restart as the laps ticked away, claiming the checkered and the $1,000 top prize.
Robbie Watson finished in the second position challenging forward from a 17th starting position; Ken Miller finished in third; Blumenshine in fourth; and Josh Stoyer in fifth.
53 600cc Micro Sprints and 41 270cc Micro Sprints signed in for competition, competing in two round of heat races with passing points determining starting positions for the feature event.
Perfect Attendance bonuses were selected at random with Garrett Bard winning the XXX Race Chassis, Bradley Weber winning the $500 Hyper Racing Gift Certificate, and Randy Kunkle Jr. winning a test session in an RBR 410 Sprint Car. 600cc Micro Sprint Champion Tyler Walton was also awarded a test session in an RBR 410 Sprint Car.

600cc Micro Sprints
Round 1 Heat 1 – 1. Tyler Walton 2. Heath Hehnly 3. Mike Rutherford 4. Greg Stevens 5. Aaron Bollinger 6. Dylan Norris 7. Hannah Riser 8. Ben Houtz 9. Clayton Shaw 10. Kevin Brobst 11. Ronald Helmik
Round 1 Heat 2 – 1. Kameron Morral 2. Jeffrey Weaver 3. Mark Marieri 4. Brenden Bright 5. Kyle Spence 6. Zachary Light 7. Kenny Miller 8. Shelby Rowles 9. Chad Waite 10. Freddie Rahmer 11. Dylan Anderson
Round 1 Heat 3 – 1. Garrett Bard 2. Travis Scott 3. Dexter Strauser 4. Zach Rhoades 5. Chris Gerhart 6. Wade Kemp 7. Bradley Weber 8. Hayden Miller 9. Zachary Glass 10. Gunner Layton 11. Cory Lawler
Round 1 Heat 4 – 1. Alec Quiggle 2. Brian Carber 3. Jason Sechrist 4. Tyler Snook 5. Bo Gordon 6. Randy Kunkle Jr. 7. Roger Weaver 8. Ryan Rutz 9. Christian Reed 10. John Flick
Round 1 Heat 5 — 1. Bradley Brown 2. Brandon Edgar 3. Dan Braun 4. TJ Greve 5. Logan Spahr 6. Brooklyn Gable 7. Daniel Bair 8. Ryon Groff 9. Mike Johnson 10. Dave Hawkins
Round 2 Heat 1 – 1. Mike Rutherford 2. Kevin Brobst 3. Ben Houtz 4. Greg Stevens 5. Aaron Bollinger 6. Tyler Walton 7. Heath Hehnly 8. Hannah Riser 9. Dylan Norris 10. Clayton Shaw DNS: Ronald Helmik
Round 2 Heat 2 – 1. Brenden Bright 2. Zachary Light 3. Kyle Spence 4. Kameron Morral 5. Kenny Miller 6. Shelby Rowles 7. Jeffrey Weaver 8. Mark Marieri 9. Dylan Anderson 10. Chad Waite DNS: Freddie Rahmer
Round 2 Heat 3 – 1. Bradley Weber 2. Garrett Bard 3. Hayden Miller 4. Chris Gerhart 5. Travis Scott 6. Dexter Strauser 7. Cory Lawler 8. Wade Kemp 9. Zach Rhoades 10. Zachary Glass DNS: Gunner Layton
Round 2 Heat 4 – 1. Tyler Snook 2. Bo Gordon 3. Brian Carber 4. Jason Schrist 5. Roger Weaver 6. Alec Quiggle 7. Christian Reed 8. Randy Kunkle Jr. 9. Ryan Rutz DNS: John Flick
Round 2 Heat 5 – 1. Brooklyn Gable 2. Daniel Bair 3. Ryan Groff 4. Logan Spahr 5. TJ Greve 6. Dan Braun 7. Brandon Edgar 8. Dave Hawkins 9. Bradley Brown 10. Mike Johnson
B-Main 1 – 1. Jeffrey Weaver 2. Heath Hehnly 3. Ryan Groff 4. Brandon Edgar 5. Cory Lawler 6. Hannah Riser
B-Main 2 – 1. TJ Greve 2. Aaron Bollinger 3. Dan Braun 4. Mark Marieri 5. Kenny Miller 6. Christian Reed 7. Shelby Rowles 8. Wade Kemp
B-Main 3 – 1. Bradley Brown 2. Daniel Bair 3. Logan Spahr 4. Ben Houtz 5. Dylan Norris 6. Roger Weaver 7. Zach Rhoades 8. Clayton Shaw 9. Mike Johnson 10. Ryan Rutz
A-Main – 1. Brian Carber 2. Travis Scott 3. Tyler Walton 4 Brenden Bright 5. Mike Rutherford 6. Bo Gordon 7. Brooklyn Gable 8. Dexter Strauser 9. Kyle Spence 10. Heath Hehnly 11. Zachary Light 12. Bradley Weber 13. Chris Gerhart 14. Bradley Brown 15. Greg Stevens 16. Alec Quiggle 17. Aaron Bollinger 18. Jeffrey Weaver 19. Jason Sechrist 20. Daniel Bair 21. Kameron Morral 22. Tyler Snook 23. TJ Greve 24. Garett Bard

270cc Micro Sprints
Round 1 Heat 1 – 1. Mike Boyer 2 Quinn Roberts 3. Ken Miller 4 Cory Myers 5. Jeff Arigo 6. Robbie Watson 7. Tim McCleland 8. Brandon Hawkins 9. Zachary Cool 10. Kyler Heinry 11. Jeffrey Weaver
Round 1 Heat 2 – 1. Josh Stoyer 2. Tyler Ulrich 3. Mason Peters 4. Scott Hawkins 5. Lauren Huffman 6. Heath Hehnly 7. Joe Trone 8. Michael Eyler 9. Zachary Glass 10. Dan Lane
Round 1 Heat 3 – 1. Mike Rutherford 2. Bradley Brown 3. Levi Peck 4. Chad Myers 5. Brandon Edgar 6. Brian Marriot 7. Brian Boyer 8. Shannon Weaver 9. Allen Seiberling 10. Jacob McConnell III
Round 1 Heat 4 – 1. Jeff Haefke 2. Toby Blumenshine 3. Colby Dice 4. Jason Houtz 5. Kyle Spence 6. Logan Diehl 7. Dave Hawkins 8. Steve Moats 9. Brady Moats 10. Kyle Weis
Round 2 Heat 1 – 1. Ken Miller 2. Jeffery Weaver 3. Robbie Watson 4. Cory Myers 5. Quinn Roberts 6. Mike Byoer 7. Jeff Arigo 8. Kyler Heinry 9. Tim McCleland 10. Brandon Hawkins 11. Zachary Cool
Round 2 Heat 2 – 1. Heath Hehnly 2. Mason Peters 3. Josh Stoyer 4. Tyler Ulrich 5. Scott Hawkins 6. Joe Trone 7. Zachary Glass 8. Lauren Huffman
Round 2 Heat 3 – 1. Mike Rutherford 2. Levi Peck 3. Brandon Edgar 4. Brian Marriot 5. Bradley Brown 6. Shannon Weaver 7. Allen Seiberling 8. Brian Boyer 9. Chad Myers 10. Jacob McConnell III
Round 2 Heat 4 – 1. Toby Blumenshire 2. Dave Hawkins 3. Kyle Spence 4. Colby Dice 5. Logan Diehl 6. Jeff Haefke 7. Kyle Weis 8. Jason Houtz 9. Steve Moats 10. Brady Moats
B-Main 1 – 1. Chad Myers 2. Kyle Weis 3. Joe Trone 4. Brandon Hawkins 5. Jason Houtz 6. Tim McCleland 7. Brian Boyer 8. Steve Moats
B-Main 2 – 1. Jeffrey Weaver 2. Brian Marriot 3. Logan Diehl 4. Lauren Huffman 5. Kyler Heinry 6. Zachary Glass 7. Shannon Weaver 8. Allen Seiberling
A-Main – 1. Mike Rutherford 2. Robbie Watson 3. Ken Miller 4. Toby Blumenshine 5. Josh Stoyer 6. Tyler Ulrich 7. Kyle Weis 8. Brian Marriot 9. Colby Dice 10. Heath Hehnly 11. Chad Myers 12. Brandon Edgar 13. Jeffery Weaver 14. Dave Hawkins 15. Bradley Brown 16. Logan Diehl 17. Levi Peck 18. Mason Peters 19. Kyle Spence 20. Jeff Haefke 21. Joe Trone 22. Cory Myers 23. Quinn Roberts 24. Mike Boyer