No rain was going to stop action at Ona Speedway last
weekend!
More than 400 drivers, family members, friends and fans
flooded through the gates for Saturday night short track racing.
I took the night off and headed to the Huntington Symphony
Orchestra’s tribute to my favorite band of all times, The Beatles.
And even though they’ll be back at it this weekend at Ona, I
will be absent again. Hey, it’s my Huntington
East High
School class of 1974 reunion! Can’t miss that!
PR guy and driver Scott Pierson Jr., provides this synopsis
of last week’s action:
·
While
the 48 cars is one of our best counts to date, what’s more important is the
individual classes. The cars were spread across our six classes nicely.
The bigger classes had great car counts this week. The 8 Late Models and
8 Sport Mods both put on a show!
·
Track
promoter, Scott Pierson Sr., almost got his first career win in the Contempo
Trophy B-main. In the end it was young gun, Jeremy Cooper, taking the
checkers about 3 feet ahead of his older rival.
·
Scott
Pierson Jr. stayed a few car lengths back at the start of the New Heights
Church V6 race, as this was the only class that didn’t have a good turn out and
he thought he could make it a better show. Rookie driver Jared Cassidy
almost made him regret that decision as he held Jr. off most of the race.
·
Immediately
after his V6 win Scott Pierson Jr. had to jump in his Sport Mod where he
started on the pole, but fell to 7th as the race went on. Greg
Chandler, owner of Chandlers Frame and Body Shop in St.
Albans, fought his way to the front and held off John “PawPaw”
Morton for the win.
·
Jeremy
Cooper also won the Classic race after starting on the tail of the field.
That is 5 wins in a row for the 18 year old from Ona, WV.
To be clear, there is no lack of competition in this class as he has had to
beat veterans “Magic” Mike Christy and Glen Foster among others.
·
Speaking
of “Magic” Mike Christy, he won his 6th Hobby Stock race of the
year.
·
Keith
Watson, who consistently runs toward the front, won his first Contempo Trophy
A-main since returning to the track this year.
·
The
Late Models were visibly faster top to bottom. In the end Bobby Fihe of Columbus OH
was able to pass local favorite Jake Keaton of Barboursville for the
lead. Keaton finished 3rd. At the end of the night, the
results showed four Late Models ran under 19 second laps. In case you
didn’t know, that’s moving!
WINNERS
·
New Heights Church V6- #12 Scott Pierson Jr.
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Contempo Trophy
Ucar B-main- #00 Jeremy Cooper
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Contempo Trophy
Ucar A-main- #51 Keith Watson
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Classics- #00
Jeremy Cooper
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Hobby Stock- #8
“Magic” Mike Christy
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Sport Mods- #88
Greg Chandler
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Late Models- #64
“The Columbus
Comet” Bobby Fihe
POINTS AND
LAP TIMES
Points and lap times will be
posted and available at www.onaspeedway.com
WHAT’S NEXT
We will be right back at it
this Saturday, July 26 for the East End Body Shop 150.
