NEETS ENDURO SERIES STORY AND COMPLETE RESULTS 9/25/2011

OFFICIAL NORTH EAST ENDURO TOUR SERIES (NEETS) PRESS RELEASE WEBSITE: www.neetsracing.com MEDIA CONTACT: Gary Lileck – greenflag314@verizon.net Please Release with our thanks. UPCOMING NEETS ENDURO EVENTS: SUNDAY OCTOBER 16, 1:00PM – Grandview Speedway – Mutha of All Enduros. Small Cars (150-laps), Big Cars (150-laps) plus top 10 Club Challenges. SUNDAY OCTOBER 23, 1:00PM – Wall Stadium – Frankenduro. Big Cars, Small Cars, Trux, Ladies Race. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12, 6:00PM – Annual NEETS Awards Banquet at Joseph’s Catering Inc. in Horsham PA. SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27, 1:00PM – Wall Stadium – NEETS Enduro. Big Cars, Small Cars, Trux, Ladies Race. PAUCH AND RUMMEL INCREASE WIN TALLY TO THREE; BENTLEY CAPTURES FIRST NEETS WIN OF SEASON…By Gary Lileck Bechtelsville, PA – September 25, 2011 – The North East Enduro Tour Series presented race #6, the annual Junk-A-Thon, this past Sunday afternoon at the Grandview Speedway. Tim Pauch of Stockton NJ captured his third Big Car Enduro win of the season while Dave Bentley Sr. of Woodlyn PA grabbed a season’s first Small Car Enduro win in only his second start of the year. Linsey Rummel of Parkerford PA completed the afternoon with her third Ladies Race victory (fifth overall) of 2011. The 125-lap Big Car race found 33 starters, and pole sitter Shawn Naftzinger took the early race lead. Pat Hires, who started ninth, moved into the top spot on lap 19, but Nafztinger regained command of the position on the 35th lap. The Auburn PA based racer continued to show the way until a major turning point took place on lap 114. Nafztzinger’s Malibu bodied machine crashed in the middle of the backstretch, bringing out the event’s fourth and final red flag. Pauch, who had started the contest from last-33rd, drove a clean race throughout its entire distance and became the new race leader. Pauch extended his NEETS Series points lead by capturing the victory by a two-lap margin. Tour regular Jerry Arms (Douglassville PA) started 12th and grabbed a season’s best finish of second. Chuck Eckert (Schuylkill Haven PA) continued his stellar 2011 campaign with a strong third place effort. Jason Brown (Schuylkill Haven PA) was up to second, pitted, and rallied back to a record a fourth place finish. Travis Guyer (Ivyland PA) raced from 17th to fifth, a season’s best result. The 125-lap Small Car Enduro contained a season high of eight red flag stoppages during its course. Scott Dunn started outside row one and stormed into the early lead. Rob Pyle passed S. Dunn for a single circuit on lap 28. S. Dunn returned the favor on lap 29. After a three-wide battle, Pat Hires (originally started 22nd) moved into the race lead in turn one of lap 48. Dave Bentley Sr. eventually followed into the runner-up spot. Bentley, the highly accomplished racing veteran, took the lead from Hires on lap 73 and led the remaining distance. Hires (Levittown PA) finished on the same lap in the runner-up spot. Defending champion Phil Levering (Parkerford PA) moved from 12th to third while Justin Dunn (Yardville NJ) turned in a strong fourth place effort, matching his season’s best. Brian Smith (Washington NJ) rounded out the front finishing five. In the 25-lap Ladies Race, Linsey Rummel drove to the hard fought victory. Jen Schwager (Bechtelsville PA) remained close to the leader until the final lap when her car experienced mechanical issues, however, she was still scored second at the finish. Gale Maxam, making her first start of the season, finished third over Stephanie Reid (Macungie PA) and Katie Todorow (Quakertown PA). The 2011 points finale for the NEETS Enduro Series takes place on Sunday October 16 at Grandview Speedway. The annual Mutha of all Enduros will consist of a 150-lap Big Car Enduro and a 150-lap contest for the Small Cars, along with the Top 10 Club Challenge race. The green flag drops at 1:00PM. NEETS NOTES: Brad Krause made his first 2011 Grandview start of the season aboard the Marty Purcell owned #69M in the Big Car class. Krause finished 20th. Steve Todorow, a former Small Car Enduro competitor, made his first ’11 appearance along with Jeremy Krauss, who was a regular last season…In the Small Car division, Joel Matter made his first 2011 start, driving the Earl Eichert fielded #15. Joe Heintzelman, a regular competitor on the pavement, was another new face in the field…Prior to the afternoon’s festivities, Kim Shaininline performed the National Anthem and did a very good job…Henry Yeska won the 15-lap exhibition race for the Vintage Modifieds aboard his Jack Johnson replica #12A. Ronnie Peck finished in the runner-up spot. NORTH EAST ENDURO TOUR SERIES – RACE #6 – THE JUNK-A-THON COMPLETE RESULTS BIG CAR ENDURO (125-LAPS): 1) 5-Tim Pauch, 2) 76-Jerry Arms, 3) 26-Chuck Eckert, 4) 8-Jason Brown, 5) 25T-Travis Guyer, 6) 412-Johnny Saks, 7) 14-Bob Wink, 8) 77-Brandon Guyer, 9) 6-Shawn Naftzinger, 10) 44-Joel Pilgert, 11) 53-Darrel Herman, 12) 32-Joe Kunkel, 13) 312-Drew Ott, 14) 7-Mike Fiskaldo, 15) 327-Chris Reichert, 16) 51W-Carl Wade, 17) 2-Pat Hires, 18) 37-Joe Farley, 19) 64-Chris Angstadt, 20) 69M-Brad Krause, 21) 75-Howie Bott, 22) 23-Noah Frazier, 23) 93-Steve Todorow, 24) 111-Jeremy Krauss, 25) 22-Bryan Yelk, 26) 36-Carl Ruppert, 27) 707-Chuck Keely, 28) 6x-Justen Steigerwalt, 29) 70-Chuck Detweiler, 30) 39B-Brian Moyer, 31) 195-Aaron Frazier, 32) 16x-Glenn Kuszyk, 33) 13-Matt Peck. SMALL CAR ENDURO (125-LAPS): 1) 73-Dave Bentley Sr., 2) 2JR-Pat Hires, 3) 39-Phil Levering, 4) 69-Justin Dunn, 5) 16-Brian Smith, 6) 17-Art Kulik, 7) 81-Kenny Wallace, 8) 13-Don Daigneault, 9) 3s-Scott Hoffmaster, 10) L39-Linsey Rummel, 11) 47-Kenny Brown, 12) 65-Dan Daigneault, 13) 318-Jeremiah Hughes, 14) 13x-Tyler Kerchner, 15) 57-Tracy Carmen, 16) 214-Tiffany Collis, 17) 3-Jake Daigneault, 18) 82-Pete Wharton, 19) 108-John Hackett, 20) 5-Dave Bentley Jr., 21) 520-Tom Stevens, 22) 18-Joe Heintzelman, 23) 03-Scott Dunn, 24) 51R-Robby Dunn, 25) 15x-Joel Matter, 26) 29B-Rob Pyle, 27) 30-Joe Grocholski, 28) 55-John Stierly, 29) 33-Tim Reinford, 30) Kevin Hausman, 31) 88-Katie Todorow. DQ-49-John Crosby. LADIES RACE (25-LAPS): 1) L39-Linsey Rummel, 2) 13-Jen Schwager, 3) 51W-Gale Maxam, 4) 8-Stephanie Reid, 5) 88-Katie Todorow, 6) 312-Heather Boy