8/25/2019
BAPS Motor Speedway
Gerard McIntyre Claims All-Star Victory at BAPS
YORK HAVEN, Pa.: Gerard McIntyre Jr. looks forward to coming back to central Pennsylvania with the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions.
It’s a chance to race for more money at home at places he has run at in the past and had a measure of success in local competition.
The first three nights of the four-race swing weren’t up to expectations. That changed Sunday night, when McIntyre overcame adversity and held off Dale Blaney for the entertaining victory in the 30-lap Justin Snyder Salute to the Troops. The win was McIntyre’s first of the season with the All Stars and earned the Mark Coldren-owned team a nice $5,000 payday.
“So many ups and downs this season,” McIntyre said. “There are some good races, and when they are good, they are really good. When there are bad …
“We should’ve won Orange County and got into the wall and gave that one away to Danny. Lincoln, last night, was a mess. We just couldn’t put anything together at Williams Grove, and we got into the wall at Grandview. It’s just one thing after another.
“Basically, it’s about winning races. We’ve got to figure out a way to do it more often. This is a good start. We go to Ohio again, and I need to put together a successful week there and then come back to Pennsylvania. We are just looking to finish off the All Star year strong and see where it goes.”
The event was marred by a wild incident at the start. Pole-sitter Justin Peck and Cory Eliason made contact entering Turn 1, which sent Peck into the outside fence. Fuel poured out of the fuel cell and ran across the track, forcing a red flag.
During the stoppage, third-place starter Danny Dietrich, fifth-place starter Anthony Macri, and eighth-place starter Ryan Smith were disqualified by All Star officials for crew members leaving the designated work area. A couple of minutes later, seventh-place starter Lance Dewease and All Star regular Skylar Gee were also disqualified for the same infraction.
When the race went back to green, McIntyre got under Eliason, who had significant sideboard damage from the incident with Peck. Blaney fell into line in third.
Blaney showed speed throughout the main event. He pulled even with Eliason to complete the fourth circuit and slipped to the inside for second coming out of Turn 2 on Lap 5.
The second caution of the event came out at the completion of Lap 8. George Hobaugh and Dan Shetler were involved in an incident in Turns 1 and 2, which put Blaney on the rear nerf bar of McIntyre heading back to green on Lap 9.
Blaney closed to within .131 seconds on Lap 11. The two drivers made slight contact in Turn 1, and Blaney washed up the track to save his car. He rebounded two laps later and slid through the middle of the first and second corner to pull even with the leader going down the backstretch.
But, McIntyre maintained his lead. Blaney showed his nose again on Lap 16, but the former Pennsylvania Posse driver buzzed around the top of Turn 2 to hold the position.
Fans and drivers got a chance to catch their breath on Lap 19, when Aaron Reutzel, who was running third, flipped in Turns 1 and 2. He was OK.
Freddie Rahmer, who started 19th, entered the picture on the restart. He restarted fifth and nailed the bottom to take third away from Eliason. The Salfordville ace closed on the leaders and made it known that he was going to contend for the win.
“I heard him there,” McIntyre said of Blaney. “He was in the middle, and I kind of moved up and changed my entry into one and two.
“I started entering lower and couldn’t carry any speed. I was just trying to find something and change it up so they couldn’t get around me. A couple of times, I heard Dale up there, and I went to the top. He got underneath me, just like Freddie at the end.
“I was riding around the bottom and saw Freddie beside me a couple of times. At that point in the race, I couldn’t get off the bottom. I had my wing so far back to get drive and with the front wing knocked sideways, it just got my front end so light on the straightaway. I knew those guys were there, so I just had to hang on.”
The final caution came out on Lap 22, when Jeff Halligan stopped in Turns 1 and 2. Blaney threw everything he had at McIntyre the final eight circuits, but he couldn’t pull off the winning move.
McIntyre fought off one last charge coming to the white flag and took the victory by a mere .184 seconds. Blaney settled for second, followed by Rahmer, Brock Zearfoss, and Paul McMahan.
Ryan Smith, Anthony Macri, and McIntyre were heat winners for the 28-car field. Rahmer stormed from 19th and was Hard Charger.
In the 305 Sprint Car main event, Ken Duke Jr. took the lead at the start and dominated the 20-lap affair to take the victory.
Duke started on the outside pole and beat Landon Price through Turns 1 and 2. He went unchallenged the rest of the way to take the win over Dylan Shatzer, Doug Dodson, Price, and Zach Newlin.
Billy Ney, Price, and John Walp were heat winners for the 25-car field. Larry McVay came from 14th to eighth to earn Hard Charger honors.
SPRINTCARUNLIMITED.COM 410 SPRINT CARS/ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS/JUSTIN SNYDER SALUTE TO THE TROOPS
Feature (30 Laps) – 1. O7-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 2. 11-Dale Blaney; 3. 51-Freddie Rahmer; 4. 70-Brock Zearfoss; 5. 13-Paul McMahan; 6. 99M-Kyle Moody; 7. 26-Cory Eliason; 8. W20-Greg Wilson; 9. 21-Brian Montieth; 10. 91-Kyle Reinhardt; 11. 14-Tony Stewart; 12. 5-Jeff Halligan; 13. 73B-Brett Michalski; 14. 44-Dylan Norris; 15. 90-Jordan Givler; 16. 87-Aaron Reutzel (DNF); 17. 7K-Dan Shetler (DNF); 18. 40-George Hobaugh (DNF); 19. 70X-Justin Peck (DNF); 20. 39M-Anthony Macri (DQ); 21. 69K-Lance Dewease (DQ); 22. 72-Ryan Smith (DQ); 23. 99-Skylar Gee (DQ); 24. 48-Danny Dietrich (DQ).
Lap Leaders – Gerard McIntyre Jr. (1-30)
410 Sprint Car Time Trial Finish – 1. 69K-Lance Dewease, 00:15.853[2]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:15.943[8]; 3. 26-Cory Eliason, 00:16.161[15]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:16.198[6]; 5. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:16.244[28]; 6. 70-Brock Zearfoss, 00:16.246[26]; 7. 72-Ryan Smith, 00:16.268[3]; 8. 11-Dale Blaney, 00:16.280[19]; 9. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:16.417[9]; 10. 70X-Justin Peck, 00:16.446[21]; 11. 21-Brian Montieth, 00:16.539[12]; 12. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:16.540[25]; 13. 13-Paul McMahan, 00:16.547[23]; 14. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:16.551[4]; 15. 07-Gerard McIntyre Jr, 00:16.555[11]; 16. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 00:16.562[22]; 17. 40-George Hobaugh Jr., 00:16.570[5]; 18. 73B-Brett Michalski, 00:16.682[1]; 19. 7K-Dan Shetler, 00:16.786[16]; 20. 44-Dylan Norris, 00:16.815[20]; 21. 8-Billy Dietrich, 00:16.859[17]; 22. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 00:16.946[27]; 23. 91F-Anthony Fiore, 00:17.053[10]; 24. 5-Jeff Halligan, 00:17.146[14]; 25. 67-Justin Whittall, 00:17.178[7]; 26. 99M-Kyle Moody, 00:17.217[18]; 27. 90-Jordan Givler, 00:17.278[13]; 28. 27G-Jay Galloway Jr., 00:17.568[24].
410 Sprint Car Heat 1 Finish (10 Laps/ Top 6 Qualify to A Main) – 1. 72-Ryan Smith, 04:28.159[1]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich, 04:29.372[3]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 04:30.947[2]; 4. 69K-Lance Dewease, 04:31.807[4]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee, 04:35.157[5]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson, 04:35.554[6]; 7. 73B-Brett Michalski, 04:37.313[8]; 8. 67-Justin Whittall, 04:38.037[10]; 9. 91F-Anthony Fiore, 04:42.162[9]; 10. 40-George Hobaugh Jr., 04:44.191[7].
410 Sprint Car Heat 2 Finish (10 Laps/ Top 6 Qualify to A Main) – 1. 07-Gerard McIntyre Jr, 09:25.135[1]; 2. 11-Dale Blaney, 09:25.922[3]; 3. 26-Cory Eliason, 09:27.164[4]; 4. 21-Brian Montieth, 09:27.545[2]; 5. 99M-Kyle Moody, 09:29.083[8]; 6. 90-Jordan Givler, 09:30.686[9]; 7. 5-Jeff Halligan, 09:31.548[7]; 8. (DNF) 7K-Dan Shetler, 08:56.394[5]; 9. (DNF) 8-Billy Dietrich, 05:01.213[6].
410 Sprint Car Heat 3 Finish (10 Laps/ Top 6 Qualify to A Main) – 1. 39M-Anthony Macri, 03:35.395[1]; 2. 70X-Justin Peck, 03:36.756[2]; 3. 70-Brock Zearfoss, 03:38.909[3]; 4. 14-Tony Stewart, 03:41.574[4]; 5. 13-Paul McMahan, 03:42.756[5]; 6. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 03:43.862[6]; 7. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 03:44.903[8]; 8. 44-Dylan Norris, 03:45.862[7]; 9. 27G-Jay Galloway Jr., 03:49.855[9].
410 Sprint Car B Main Finish (10 Laps/Top 6 Qualify to A Main) – 1. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 08:58.064[3]; 2. 5-Jeff Halligan, 09:01.073[4]; 3. 73B-Brett Michalski, 09:02.293[2]; 4. 44-Dylan Norris, 09:03.164[6]; 5. 7K-Dan Shetler, 09:04.161[5]; 6. 40-George Hobaugh Jr., 09:05.336[1]; 7. 27G-Jay Galloway Jr., 09:06.664[10]; 8. 67-Justin Whittall, 09:06.964[7]; 9. 8-Billy Dietrich, 09:08.007[8]; 10. (DNF) 91F-Anthony Fiore, 08:34.752[9].
410 Sprint Car Dash (6 Laps) - 1. 70X-Justin Peck, 02:45.151[2]; 2. 26-Cory Eliason, 02:47.757[3]; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich, 02:48.308[6]; 4. 07-Gerard McIntyre Jr, 02:49.333[1]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri, 02:50.290[4]; 6. 11-Dale Blaney, 02:51.166[5]; 7. 69K-Lance Dewease, 02:52.046[7]; 8. 72-Ryan Smith, 02:53.963[8]
PASS/IMCA 305 SPRINT CARS
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 67-Ken Duke Jr., [2]; 2. 75-Dylan Shatzer, [3]; 3. 20-Doug Dodson, [5]; 4. 69-Landon Price, [1]; 5. 11Z-Zachary Newlin, [6]; 6. 5-John Walp, [4]; 7. 56-Jake Frye, [7]; 8. 83L-Larry McVey, [14]; 9. 92D-Dylan Proctor, [9]; 10. 28-Keith Prutzman, [15]; 11. 99A-Devin Adams, [16]; 12. 2-Erin Statler, [10]; 13. 1-Tom Carberry, [13]; 14. 21J-Jason Dunn, [11]; 15. 95-Garrett Bard, [21]; 16. 50-Jay Krout, [17]; 17. 55-Domenic Melair, [12]; 18. 83-Billy Ney, [8]; 19. 79-Ian Cumens, [19]; 20. 11-Dylan Smith, [25]; 21. 19-Kruz Kepner, [18]; 22. (DNF) 92-Alex Potosky, [20]; 23. (DNF) 17K-Kyle Keen, [24]; 24. (DNF) 99G-George Riden, [22]; 25. (DNF) 8-Nick Sweigart, [23].
Lap Leaders – Ken Duke Jr. (1-20)
305 Sprint Car Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 83-Billy Ney, [2]; 2. 55-Domenic Melair, [4]; 3. 2-Erin Statler, [1]; 4. 67-Ken Duke Jr., [7]; 5. 1-Tom Carberry, [8]; 6. 99A-Devin Adams, [5]; 7. 11-Dylan Smith, [9]; 8. (DNF) 99G-George Riden, [6]; 9. (DNF) 17K-Kyle Keen, [3].
305 Sprint Car Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 69-Landon Price, [1]; 2. 20-Doug Dodson, [4]; 3. 21J-Jason Dunn, [2]; 4. 92D-Dylan Proctor, [3]; 5. 83L-Larry McVey, [5]; 6. 50-Jay Krout, [6]; 7. 79-Ian Cumens, [8]; 8. 95-Garrett Bard, [7].
305 Sprint Car Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 5-John Walp, [2]; 2. 11Z-Zachary Newlin, [4]; 3. 75-Dylan Shatzer, [3]; 4. 56-Jake Frye, [8]; 5. 28-Keith Prutzman, [7]; 6. 19-Kruz Kepner, [1]; 7. 92-Alex Potosky, [5]; 8. (DNF) 8-Nick Sweigart, [6].
Article Credit: BAPS Motor Speedway
