8/22/2020
BAPS Motor Speedway
Kenny Edkin Scores 6th Super Sportsman Victory/Troy Miller Wins Historic Late Model 50
YORK HAVEN, Pa: Forget Kenny Edkin’s wins over the last two months, he hasn’t felt comfortable or been happy with his car.
So on Wednesday, Edkin trekked to BAPS Motor Speedway for a Test-and-Tune session. The team found a couple of things and implemented them on Saturday night in the BAPS Super Sportsman main event.
The results were glaring. Edkin charged from 10th to the lead in seven laps and stormed away from the field for a dominating and easy victory in the 25-lap feature. It was his sixth win of the season and 23rd at the speedway in the division.
“That was pretty fun,” Edkin said. “We were down here Wednesday night testing, because I haven’t been very happy with the car for about two months. We just haven’t been very good.
“We won a couple of weeks ago, but I couldn’t move off the top. Tonight, I was able to go where I wanted. We were the only Sportsman down here testing on Wednesday, so if you want to win, you better put in the work.”
There was plenty of work going on for Edkin in this one. He burst into the top five in short order and wasted little time dicing with the frontrunners.
Tyler Wolford started on the outside pole and led the first two laps before rolling to a stop in Turn 2 on Lap 3. Luke Detrick took over, but his lead was short-lived, as Edkin blasted by on the seventh circuit.
Once out front, Edkin stretched his lead. He could maneuver high and low on the speedway and had little trouble mowing down lapped cars.
“I was able to keep a pretty steady pace, there,” Edkin said. “I caught three guys that were all racing each other ... when you are out front in these things, you don’t know if you are leading by a tenth of a second or 10 seconds.
“You just got to keep going, keep clipping, keep clipping, and act like someone is on your rear bumper. So, I did what I needed to do.”
There was no catching Edkin. He ran away and hid over the final 20 circuits, lapping into the top 10 and amassing a margin of victory of 9.93 seconds.
John Edkin came away with a second-place finish after starting seventh. Deatrick, Mike Enders, and Steve Fannasy completed the top five.
“This is the first time we’ve done that as a team, so that is pretty exciting,” said Edkin about his brother and their one-two finish. “He has been getting really fast. To be honest, I think he has been faster than me the last couple of weeks.
“I don’t know if it’s something in the car we can’t find or what. I’ve been uncomfortable, to say the least. We tried something new tonight. We came down and tested Wednesday, and I think we kind of found our mojo again and are going to keep adjusting from there.”
Troy Miller topped the field in the Creekside Auto Sales Late Model 50, leading the last half of the event to claim the victory.
Matt Murphy started on the outside pole and jumped out front. Daulton Bigler, who started on the pole, wrestled the top spot away on Lap 2 and maintained the position through Lap 14.
Murphy was back out front on Lap 15 before stopping on the speedway on Lap 24. Miller, who started sixth, took over on Lap 25 and led the rest of the way to take the win over Chase Billet, Shaun Miller, Joe Lusk, and Bigler.
Wayne Pfeil, Shaun Miller, and Billet were heat winners and received $100 from Superior Homes. Murphy received the IDF Hard Luck Award worth $50, and Drew Weisser earned $100 Hard Charger honors from Superior Homes.
In Mike’s Towing and Recovery/Frankie’s Used Auto Parts Street Stock action, Brian Walls earned the victory.
Walls started fourth on the grid and took the lead from Jasen Geesaman on Lap 5 and stormed to the win. Ryan Smith followed Walls and Geesaman, with Eric Tripp and Greg Diehl completing the top five.
Patrick McClane advanced from 12th to the win in the 20-lap Superior Homes Extreme Stock main event.
Keith Bissinger took the lead at the start and led the first two circuits. Travis Horan took over on Lap 5 but was passed by Bissinger on Lap 6.
McClane made short work of the field, charging past Bissinger on Lap 11. He led the rest of the way and took the win over Bissinger, Horan, Donnie Broderick, and Austin Hogue.
BAPS SUPER SPORTSMAN
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 75-Kenny Edkin[11]; 2. 35-John Edkin[7]; 3. 5D-Luke Deatrick[3]; 4. 3B-Mike Enders[6]; 5. 383-Steve Fannasy[4]; 6. 360-Jay Fannasy[5]; 7. 77-Russ Mitten[8]; 8. 7-Timmie Barrick[14]; 9. 2M-Matt Ondek[17]; 10. 30-Scott Dellinger[9]; 11. 14-Nate Young[12]; 12. 00-Troy Rhome[13]; 13. 22-Daniel John[18]; 14. 77W-Tom Wyckoff[19]; 15. 38-Allan Hallman[23]; 16. 21R-Jamie Rickert[20]; 17. (DNF) 25-Bobby Hockenberry[15]; 18. (DNF) 318-Todd Leonard[1]; 19. (DNF) 70D-Frankie Herr[10]; 20. (DNF) 10H-Dave Hollar[21]; 21. (DNF) 99G-Scott Grace[16]; 22. (DNF) 8M-Chris Meleason[22]; 23. (DNF) 71K-Tyler Wolford[2]
Lap Leaders: Tyler Wolford (1-2), Luke Deatrick (3-6), Kenny Edkin (7-25)
Super Sportsman Heat 1 Finish (10 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 35-John Edkin[6]; 2. 30-Scott Dellinger[7]; 3. 5D-Luke Deatrick[5]; 4. 318-Todd Leonard[2]; 5. 00-Troy Rhome[3]; 6. 99G-Scott Grace[1]; 7. 22-Daniel John[4]; 8. 21R-Jamie Rickert[8].
Super Sportsman Heat 2 Finish (10 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 70D-Frankie Herr[7]; 2. 360-Jay Fannasy[8]; 3. 14-Nate Young[2]; 4. 383-Steve Fannasy[5]; 5. 7-Timmie Barrick[4]; 6. 2M-Matt Ondek[6]; 7. 77W-Tom Wyckoff[1]; 8. 10H-Dave Hollar[3].
Super Sportsman Heat 3 Finish (10 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 3B-Mike Enders[5]; 2. 75-Kenny Edkin[7]; 3. 77-Russ Mitten[6]; 4. 71K-Tyler Wolford[4]; 5. 25-Bobby Hockenberry[3]; 6. (DNF) 8M-Chris Meleason[2]; 7. (DNF) 38-Allan Hallman[1].
HISTORIC LATE MODEL 50
Feature (50 Laps): 1. 115-Troy Miller[6]; 2. 22-Chase Billet[8]; 3. 115S-Shaun Miller[9]; 4. N20-Joe Lusk[13]; 5. 24-Daulton Bigler[1]; 6. NINE-Alan Sagi[3]; 7. 72-Wayne Pfeil[10]; 8. 25-Jedadiah Latshaw[19]; 9. 62-Devin Frey[16]; 10. 19-Drew Weisser[23]; 11. 13X-Ben Whitaker[21]; 12. 21-Joey Hoffer[4]; 13. 18-Derrick Mease[22]; 14. 5-Charles Potts[15]; 15. 88C-Chuck Cox III[24]; 16. 9-Matt Adams[20]; 17. (DNF) 116-Travis Mease[11]; 18. (DNF) 41-Jake Moser[14]; 19. (DNF) 112-Brandon Little[12]; 20. (DNF) 5H-Dustin Hollinger[5]; 21. (DNF) NINEX-Ross Leinbach[18]; 22. (DNF) 21M-Matt Murphy[2]; 23. (DNF) 68-DJ Groft[17]; 24. (DNF) B12-Cameron Benyou[7].
Lap Leaders: Matt Murphy (1), Daulton Bigler (2-14), Murphy (15-24), Troy Miller (25-50)
Late Model Heat 1 Finish (8 laps/Top 6 Transfer to A-Main): 1. 72-Wayne Pfeil[1]; 2. B12-Cameron Benyou[2]; 3. 21-Joey Hoffer[4]; 4. 24-Daulton Bigler[6]; 5. N20-Joe Lusk[8]; 6. 62-Devin Frey[9]; 7. 9-Matt Adams[5]; 8. X4-Lou Egrie[3]; 9. (DNF) 19-Drew Weisser[7].
Late Model Heat 2 Finish (8 laps/Top 6 Transfer to A-Main): 1. 115S-Shaun Miller[2]; 2. 115-Troy Miller[3]; 3. NINE-Alan Sagi[5]; 4. 116-Travis Mease[4]; 5. 41-Jake Moser[8]; 6. 68-DJ Groft[1]; 7. 25-Jedadiah Latshaw[7]; 8. 18-Derrick Mease[6]; 9. 13X-Ben Whitaker[9].
Late Model Heat 3 Finish (8 laps/Top 6 Transfer to A-Main): 1. 22-Chase Billet[3]; 2. 5H-Dustin Hollinger[2]; 3. 21M-Matt Murphy[4]; 4. 112-Brandon Little[5]; 5. 5-Charles Potts[6]; 6. NINEX-Ross Leinbach[7]; 7. 88C-Chuck Cox III[9]; 8. 6-Terry Gingerich[8]; 9. 711-Jennifer Hartz[1].
Late Model Consolation Finish (8 laps/Top 6 Transfer to A-Main): 1. 25-Jedadiah Latshaw[2]; 2. 9-Matt Adams[1]; 3. 13X-Ben Whitaker[7]; 4. 18-Derrick Mease[5]; 5. 19-Drew Weisser[9]; 6. 88C-Chuck Cox III[3]; 7. X4-Lou Egrie[4]; 8. 711-Jennifer Hartz[8]; 9. (DNS) 6-Terry Gingerich.
MIKE’S TOWING & RECOVERY/FRANKIE’S USED AUTO PARTS STREET STOCKS
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 2W-Brian Walls[4]; 2. 81-Jasen Geesaman[3]; 3. 59-Ryan Smith[2]; 4. 543-Eric Tripp[7]; 5. 80D-Greg Diehl[9]; 6. 27-Doug Hoffman[1]; 7. 7P-Jim Palm[15]; 8. 64-Brandon Wanner[6]; 9. 5-Niklas Stoudt[11]; 10. 8-Sam Leonard Jr[8]; 11. 21H-Travis Horan[12]; 12. 64W-Stan Wanner[10]; 13. 15-Brian Boughter[13]; 14. (DNF) 72M-Sam Rial[5]; 15. (DNS) 14-Kyle Saylor.
Lap Leaders: Jasen Geesaman (1-4), Brian Walls (5-20)
Street Stock Heat 1 Finish (8 laps/All Qualify): 1. 2W-Brian Walls[6]; 2. 59-Ryan Smith[1]; 3. 72M-Sam Rial[2]; 4. 543-Eric Tripp[3]; 5. 80D-Greg Diehl[4]; 6. 64W-Stan Wanner[5]; 7. 5-Niklas Stoudt[7]; 8. 21H-Travis Horan[8].
Street Stock Heat 2 Finish (8 laps/All Qualify): 1. 81-Jasen Geesaman[2]; 2. 27-Doug Hoffman[3]; 3. 64-Brandon Wanner[4]; 4. 8-Sam Leonard Jr[7]; 5. (DNF) 15-Brian Boughter[1]; 6. (DNF) 14-Kyle Saylor[5]; 7. (DNF) 7P-Jim Palm[6].
SUPERIOR HOMES EXTREME STOCKS
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 16-Patrick McClane[12]; 2. 11B-Keith Bissinger[2]; 3. 21H-Travis Horan[4]; 4. 97-Donnie Broderick[5]; 5. 52-Austin Hogue[11]; 6. 7F-Hunter Fulton[8]; 7. 25-Andrew Hogue[7]; 8. 357-Ronnie Buck[3]; 9. 91-Will Long[10]; 10. 50-Tim Berkheimer[18]; 11. 1A-Scott Arnold[1]; 12. 41-Howard Williams[15]; 13. 95-Dan Snyder[14]; 14. 54-Chase Rehbein[9]; 15. 97X-Paul Sylvester[16]; 16. 7-Jordan Fulton[17]; 17. LAZY8-John Wright[20]; 18. 11A-Tim Arnold[19]; 19. (DNF) 8-Daren Rice[13]; 20. (DNF) 25R-Roger Rhodes[24]; 21. (DNF) 29JR-Roger Rhodes III[23]; 22. (DNF) 7JR-Johnny Palm[6]; 23. (DNF) 88-Justin Yohn[22]; 24. (DNF) 98-Richard Daughtrey[21].
Lap Leaders: Keith Bissinger (1-2), Travis Horan (3-5), Bissinger (6-10), Patrick McClane (11-20)
Extreme Stock Heat 1 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 16-Patrick McClane[5]; 2. 11B-Keith Bissinger[4]; 3. 97-Donnie Broderick[1]; 4. 7F-Hunter Fulton[2]; 5. 8-Daren Rice[6]; 6. 97X-Paul Sylvester[7]; 7. 11A-Tim Arnold[8]; 8. (DNF) 29JR-Roger Rhodes III[3].
Extreme Stock Heat 2 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 1A-Scott Arnold[6]; 2. 357-Ronnie Buck[3]; 3. 7JR-Johnny Palm[2]; 4. 54-Chase Rehbein[1]; 5. 95-Dan Snyder[5]; 6. 7-Jordan Fulton[8]; 7. (DNF) 88-Justin Yohn[7]; 8. (DNF) 25R-Roger Rhodes[4].
Extreme Stock Heat 3 Finish (8 Laps/All Qualify): 1. 52-Austin Hogue[2]; 2. 21H-Travis Horan[3]; 3. 25-Andrew Hogue[5]; 4. 91-Will Long[4]; 5. 41-Howard Williams[1]; 6. 50-Tim Berkheimer[7]; 7. LAZY8-John Wright[8]; 8. 98-Richard Daughtrey[6].
Photo Credit: Garry Ferguson
Article Credit: BAPS Motor Speedway
