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Jason Covert Takes First Delaware Super Late Model Win; Max Blair Tops 50-Car RUSH Late Model Field Thursday at Georgetown

Written by Chris Moore

GEORGETOWN, DE – Jason Coverts 2019 season has gotten
off to a hot start including a win at Port Royal Speedway and a
come-from-behind runner-up finish at Williams Grove Speedway in Pennsylvania.

Thursday
night was no different, as York Haven, Pa.s Covert won the Sunoco Race Fuels
Super Late Model 26-lap main, earning a $3,026 payday in honor of Mark “Cootâ
Williams Sr. at Georgetown Speedway.

“Its been a
humbling week,â an emotional Covert stated following his first-career
Georgetown victory and breakthrough win in the First State.

“I lost a
really close friend this week… this ones for him,â Covert said following the
death of his close friend Glenny.

Covert started
in the sixth position at the banked half-mile Sussex County speedway. It
appeared the outside row was the place to be on restarts and Covert put the
exclamation point on that. Starting on the outside row, Covert quickly climbed
to fourth before an early yellow reset the field. That was all Covert needed.

On the
ensuing restart, he motored to the outside, around Amanda Whaley and Dale
Hollidge and into second.

Covert than
ran down pole starter Austin Hubbard in short order, sweeping around the
outside to take a lead he would never relinquish.

From there
the top-four remained relatively unchanged, with Federalsburg, Md.s Hubbard
coming home second. The ‘Wild Child Amanda Whaley of Millsboro, Del., finished
her night with a third-place finish. Mechanicsville, Md.s Dale Hollidge held
onto a fourth-place result over a hard charging Donald Lingo of Millsboro, Del.

Lingo was
caught up in a yellow with less than 10 laps remaining, which sent him back to
the ninth position, before climbing his way into the top-five using the outside
groove.

Sunoco Super
Late Model heats went to Ross Robinson and Amanda Whaley.

The RUSH Late
Models were in town for night two of four in their ‘Battle of the Bay weekend.
All-time series wins leader Max Blair, coming off his win Wednesday night at Delaware
International Speedway, rolled into the night with momentum on his side.

The
Titusville, Pa., driver continued that momentum at Georgetown, winning the
$3,000 paycheck.

50 RUSH Late
Models entered the proceedings Thursday night, with 24 qualifying through six
heat races and three B-Mains. Max Blair timed second overall in time trials,
won his heat race, and won the six-lap Dash.

“Were still
fighting it a little bit, cars a little tight,â Blair said after winning the
Dash.

Blairs No.
111 launched off the pole for the 30-lap main event. From there it was nearly
smooth sailing for Blair. His lone mistake came on a restart in which
Georgetown local Matt Hill dove to the bottom and slid by Blair for the lead.

However, the
move would be negated by a yellow before a lap was completed.

“I thought I
really messed up there, I was worried about them rolling the top on me, I left
the bottom wide open,â Blair stated of the move made by Hill.

Hill would
later fall victim to mechanical issues, ending his night short. Another
Georgetown local, Ross Robinson fought a back-and-forth night to come home with
a second-place finish.

Dale
Hollidge, who started 12th, had a solid night as well, picking up
top-five finishes in the Sunoco Super Late Models, and RUSH Late Models. Dillon
Brown of Gafney, S.C., was the RUSH Fast Timer of the night, and rounded out
his night with a fourth-place finish. Virginias Logan Roberson rounded out the
top-five, coming from his ninth starting spot for a fifth-place finish.

C.J. Schirmer
and Freddy Brightbill put on a thrilling show in the Southern Delaware Vintage
Stock Car feature. Following driver introductions and pace laps led by the Mark
“Cootâ Williams No. 26, Schirmer beat Brightbill to the line by a half car-length
to pick up the win. L.J. Walbert was honored as the highest-finishing Sportsman
racer in the Vintage Stock Car Feature.

Matt Esham
got his second win of 2019 on Thursday night in the Delaware Super Truck
feature.  Esham and David Smith continued
the theme of exciting racing. Smith threw everything but the kitchen sink at
Matt Esham for the last seven laps, but never found a way by the now two-time
winner, Matt Esham. Robert Smith, Shane Clogg, and Jerry Hill rounded out the
top five.

Chris “Tippyâ
Martinez scored his first 2019 win in the Delmarva Charger main event. Joe
Waters led the first eight laps before getting to the pit area after an engine
appeared to expire.

From there
Martinez held off the hard charging Ashley Merritt to pick up the win. Merritt,
Brandon Riefler, Derek Swafford and Tommy LeCates rounded out the top five.

BATTLE BEATS: Georgetown Speedways pit area was a
busy place with 110 race cars taking part in the Thursday night program. The
breakdown was 50 RUSH Late Models, 14 Super Late Models, 17 Southern Delaware
Vintage Stock Cars, 18 Delaware Super Trucks and 11 Delmarva Chargers. A very
strong crowd took in the action….

Ross
Robinson, Amanda Whaley, Dale Hollidge and Nick Davis competed in both the
Sunoco Super Late Model and RUSH Late Model divisions….

The track
crew provided a wide, multi-grooved surface with a cushion around the top
drawing praise from competitors….

The finish in
the Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Car event required a review of the ‘video
tape to determine the winner with C.J. Schirmer declared the victor by a
matter of inches. The family of Mark Williams joined Schirmer in the Victory
Lane festivities….

Racing
started at 7:13 p.m., two minutes early, and despite time trials for 50 RUSH
cars, the Super Late Model main was completed prior to 10 p.m. in a quickly run
program….

Racing
resumes at Georgetown Speedway on Friday, May 17 with the Deron Rust Memorial
for L&J Sheet Metal Modifieds ($3,960 to win), Chesapeake Paving/J.W. Brown
Trucking Crate 602 Sportsman ($1,396 to win), Southern Delaware Vintage Stock
Cars, Little Lincolns, Delaware Super Trucks and Delmarva Charger.

Georgetown
Speedway, originally constructed by Melvin L. Joseph in 1949, is located at the
intersection of Route 113 and Speedway Road in Georgetown, Del., just miles
from the Delaware beaches and less than a 40-minute drive from Ocean City, Md.

A website is
live for the speedway at www.thegeorgetownspeedway.com. Like Georgetown Speedway on
Facebook, follow @thegtownspdwy on Twitter, e-mail georgetownspeedway@gmail.com or contact the speedway hotline at
302.563.GTWN (4896).

MARK WILLIAMS MEMORIAL BATTLE OF THE BAY
– GEORGETOWN SPEEDWAY APRIL 18, 2019

Sunoco Super Late Model Feature Finish
(26 laps): JASON
COVERT, Austin Hubbard, Amanda Whaley, Dale Hollidge, Donald Lingo Jr., Danny
Snyder, Nick Davis, Ross Robinson, Jamie Lathroum, Herb Tunis, Kellie Lewis,
David Dill, Dylan Evans, Rob Schirmer.

RUSH Late Model Feature Finish (30
laps): MAX BLAIR, Ross
Robinson, Dale Hollidge, Dillon Brown, Logan Roberson, Michael Duritsky, Kyle
Lukon, Jason Genco, Jeremy Wonderling, Scott Gunn, Darrell Bossard, Trevor
Feathers, Nick Davis, Cody Dawson, Bill Kessler, Kevin Scott Jr., Derek Magee,
Kyle Murray, Braden Dillinger, Matt Hill, Logan Zarin, Tyler Reed, Amanda
Whaley, Zac Weller, Darren Alvey.

Did Not Qualify: David ‘Sparky White, Levi Crowl, Ben Scott, Billy Thompson, Charlie
Sandercock, Trevor Collins, Matt Glanden, Joe Pete, Mike Wharton, Jamie
Wrightsman, Joey Warren, Sam Pennachio, Charles Shawver, Jonathan Raley, Chuck
Bowie, Timmy Booth, Jakob Piper, J.J. Mazur, Brad Rigdon, Andy Michael, Chad
Sines, Jeremy Pikerton, Kerry King, Ryan Frazee, Jason Dean.

Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Car
Feature Finish (12 laps): C.J.
SCHIRMER, Freddy Brightbill, Dave Parsons, John Burton, L.J. Walbert, David
Cameron, Robert Paczkowski, Todd Miller, Art Workman, Dave Schamp, Jamie
Schirmer, Dave Tucker, Chris Phillips, Wayne Roth, Jamie Eicholz, Robert Blann,
Pete Morris.

Delaware Super Truck Feature Finish
(12 laps): MATT
ESHAM, David Smith, Robert Smith, Shane Clogg, Jerry Hill, Dale Elliott, Bill
Dean, Mike Kennedy, Kirk Miles Sr., Dick Beauchamp, George Shupp, Michelle
Jackson, Tim Quay, Billy Lockwood, Thomas Jackson, Tony Bowers, Cory Sapp, Ryan
Efford.

Delmarva Charger Feature Finish (12
laps): CHRIS
MARTINEZ, Ashley Merritt, Brandon Riefler, Derek Swafford, Tommy Lecates, Ben
Knotts, Chris Carroll, Randy Merritt, Greg Nailor Jr., Joe Waters, Geoff Carey.

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