11/24/2014
Sprint Source
Thomasville's Hodnett Continues Sprint Car Domination
For the fifth time in the last six years, and the sixth time in his career, Thomasville's Greg Hodnett has won the overall Central Pennsylvania Sprint Car Point Series championship.
Hodnett won the series crown first in 2003 when there was no series sponsor. His next two titles came in 2009 and 2010 under the Speed Dawg banner. Speedway Motors took over sponsorship in 2011, when Hodnett won his fourth title, and Champion Racing Oil joined Speedway Motors as title sponsor in 2012 when Hodnett got his fifth title.
Now Hodnett has again won the Speedway Motors/Champion Racing Oil title this season.
Hodnett joined Michael Heffner's racing team this season, with Ryan Hand as the team mechanic. Hodnett finished in the top 10 in 55 of the series races, scoring 11 wins. He won three times each at Williams Grove and Port Royal, twice at Grandview and once each at Susquehanna, Selinsgrove and Hagerstown. Hodnett also scored a non-series 360 sprint win at Bridgeport, N.J., this season.
The Speedway Motors/Champion Racing Oil Series competed in a total of 82 races this season, but since Lincoln and Port Royal compete on the same night, there were actually only 68 races in which a driver could compete.
In addition to his 11 wins, Hodnett also scored 11 second-place finishes, six thirds, seven fourths and four fifths. He also scored 16 finishes between sixth and 10th.
Danny Dietrich finished second in the series points with 37 top-10 finishes, including nine local wins. He also won a race at western Pennsylvania's Roaring Knob Speedway. Third in the series was Lance Dewease, who notched 40 top-10 finishes with four wins.
Brian Montieth, who had five wins among his 31 top 10s, was fourth, and Alan Krimes was fifth with 39 top-10 finishes, but just two wins.
Rounding out the top 10 were: Brent Marks, with six wins and 32 top 10s; Stevie Smith, with seven wins in his 19 top 10s; Donnie Kreitz Jr., with three wins and 24 top 10s; Lucas Wolfe, with two wins and 24 top 10s; and Doug Esh, with two wins and 23 top 10s.
In all, there were 86 drivers who scored top-10 finishes to gain points in the series and two rookie drivers were able to crack the top 25 in the points this season. They were Dover's Austin Hogue in 19th and Freddie Rahmer in 25th.
SPEEDWAY MOTORS/CHAMPION RACING OIL PA SPRINT CAR SERIES
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FINAL
27 Greg Hodnett 1616 11
48 Danny Dietrich 1040 9
14 Lance Dewease 983 4
21 Brian Montieth 878 5
87 Alan Krimes 805 2
19M Brent Marks 794 6
51 Stevie Smith 651 7
69K Donnie Kreitz Jr 649 3
1 Lucas Wolfe 623 2
8H Doug Esh 528 2
12 Blane Heimbach 518 2
11c Cory Haas 518 1
94 Ryan Smith 484 2
0 Rick Lafferty 429 1
16 Gerard McIntyre Jr 412 2
11 Mike Erdley 382 2
59 Jim Siegel 348 2
7 Chad Layton 334 1
52 Austin Hogue 329 1
9 Daryn Pittman 328 3
55 Mike Wagner 296 1
24 Justin Barger 269 1
55k Robbie Kendall 251 1
15 Adam Wilt 238 1
51 Freddie Rahmer 235
17B Steve Buckwalter 219 1
15 Donny Schatz 205
99m Kyle Moody 203 1
1W Ryan Wilson 191
37 J J Grasso 175 1
35 Steve Owings 157
2 Shane Stewart 156
14K Dale Blaney 153
65 Dave Ely 150
8 Billy Dietrich 148
71M Joey Saldana 145
98H Dave Blaney 138
10H Danny Holtgraver 135
747 Davey Sammons 132
83 David Gravel 128 1
3 Pat Cannon 127
56 Nate Snyder 121
25 Aaron Ott 121
44 Rodney Westhafer 115 1
20 Ryan Taylor 114
21 Kyle Reinhardt 110
99 Brady Bacon 109 1
1* Tim Wagaman 99 1
5 Tyler Ross 91
5G Curt Michael 90
55 Trey Starks 89
89 Robbie Stillwaggon 88
M1 Mark Smith 88
51 Paul McMahan 80
2W/93 Glenndon Forsythe 78
22T Matt Boland 78
29 Kerry Madsen 77
4 Cody Darrah 69
88 Brandon Rahmer 66
RG3 Logan Wagner 64
33 Curt Stroup 64
5 Dylan Cisney 62 1
45 Kevin Nagy 62
2 Ryan Bohlke 56
69 Tim Glatfelter 54
12 Lynton Jeffrey 51
3Z Brock Zearfoss 50
9W Jac Haudenschild 50
69 69 Brian Leppo 4412 Mike Bittinger 42
28F Davie Franek 38
16 Adrian Shaffer 36
22 Cole Duncan 36
45 Tim Shaffer 30
1s Logan Schuchart 26
7 Craig Dollansky 25
49 Brad Sweet 24
63 Chad Kemenah 14
75 Nicole Bower 12
77AU Darren Mollenoyux 12
49 Mike Walter Sr 12
92 Billy Pauch Jr 12
4 John Rudisill 12
69 Shane Hoff 10
85 Nathan Berwager 10
F5 Mark Bitner 10
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Article Credit: Bryan Householder
