RUPPERT, SMITH, AND SCHWAGER BEGIN 2012 WITH NEETS DIRT TOUR VICTORIES

Official North East Enduro Tour Series (NEETS) Press Release

Promoters : Joe & Erin Cutri – joe@neetsracing.com

Website: www.neetsracing.com

Media Contact: Gary Lileck – greenflag314@gmail.com

For Immediate Release

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Saturday May 5 @ New Egypt (NJ) Speedway – Saturday Night Big Car Series Race #1 (50-laps). Enduro takes place after regular racing card is completed.

Sunday May 6 @ Wall Satdium (NJ) Speedway, 1PM – “The May-Ham” – Big Car Enduro, Small Car Enduro, Ladies Race.

RUPPERT, SMITH, AND SCHWAGER BEGIN 2012 WITH NEETS DIRT TOUR VICTORIES…

April 29, 2012 – Bechtelsville, PA – The North East Enduro Tour Series presented race #1 of the Scott Dunn Auto Service Dirt Tour this past Sunday afternoon at Grandview Speedway. Taking victories in the 4^th Annual Spring Fling were: Carl Ruppert (150-lap Big Car Enduro), Brian Smith (150-lap Small Car Enduro), and Jen Schwager (25-lap Ladies Race). Ronnie Peck and Bob Snyder shared victory lane laurels in the twin features for the Blast From the Past Vintage Race Cars.

Smith, the defending tour champion from Washington NJ, started the “Micro Mosh 150” from the 17^th position. After fighting to remain on the lead lap during the event’s early stages, Smith remained competitive and worked his way to the front. A tremendous battle ensued within the front five, as several competitors traded positions. During the closing stages, Smith worked past leader Steve Wilson to take possession of the number one spot.

Smith powered to his very first career Grandview Speedway/NEETS victory by a ten second margin over Wilson (Green Lane PA), who originally started 13^th. The story of this event revolved around third place finisher Jim Neiman, who powered the Ricky Bender owned #29B to a convincing third place finish. Neiman, who did lead the race for a while, was making his first ever start at Grandview. Veteran racer Kenny Wallace (Woodlyn PA) quietly maneuvered from 19^th to fourth. Scott Dunn of Yardville NJ rounded out the front finishing five. A good turnout of 34 cars graced the field in the Small Car race.

Ruppert of Macungie PA was clearly the class of the field in the “Mega Dash 150”. He started from deep in the field, the 35^th position, and quickly powered to the front of the pack. On lap 76, Ruppert placed his #36 machine in the first spot and never looked back. The accomplished racer captured his 15^th career Grandview victory (13-Late Model, 2-Big Car Enduro) on a lap of his own.

Chris Reichert (Orwigsburg PA) charged from 29^th to second just passing Brad Krause (Auburn PA) in the closing stages. Joel Pilgert (Boyertown PA) ran within the top five throughout most of the contest and finished fourth while Bob Wink (Palm PA) charged from 24^th to fifth. A strong turnout of 38 cars started the Big Car Enduro.

Schwager (Bechtelsville PA) and Linsey Rummel (Parkerford PA) exchanged the lead on several occasions in the 25-lap Ladies Race. Schwager claimed the victory over Rummel, Deb Angsadt, Sarah Sabol, and Janna Bowlin.

NEETS SPRING FLING COMPLETE RESULTS – SUNDAY APRIL 29, 2012

BIG CAR ENDURO (150-LAPS): 1) 36-Carl Ruppert, 2) 327-Chris Reichert, 3) 51-Brad Krause, 4) 44-Joel Pilgert, 5) 14-Bob Wink, 6) 75-Howie Bott, 7) 312-Drew Ott, 8) 39-Phil Levering, 9) 53-Darrel Herman, 10) 3-Chuck Eckert, 11) 6x-Justen Steigerwalt, 12) 76-Jerry Arms, 13) 25T-Travis Guyer, 14) 77-Brandon Guyer, 15) 32-Joe Kunkel, 16) 65-Dan Daigneault, 17) 707-Chuck Keely, 18) 22-Bryan Yelk, 19) 11K-Kyle Wingle, 20) 49-Chuck Dietzel, 21) 18-Mike Wahl, 22) 64-Chris Angstadt, 23) 39B-Brian Moyer, 24) 195-Aaron Frazier, 25) 7-Mike Fiskaldo, 26) 11J-Bill Wingle Jr., 27) 2EZ-Ray Cinqmars, 28) 93-Steve Todorow, 29) 01-Jimmy White Jr., 30) 412-Johnny Sacks, 31) 16-Brian Smith, 32) 88x-Bill Moyer, 33) 70-Chuck Detweiler, 34) 523-Steve Wilson, 35) 2-Pat Hires, 36) 37-Joe Farley, 37) 26-Scotty Haus, 38) 01x-Kerry Fritz.

SMALL CAR ENDURO (150-LAPS): 1) 16-Brian Smith, 2) 15-Steve Wilson, 3) 29B-Jim Neiman, 4) 81-Kenny Wallace, 5) 03-Scott Dunn, 6) 65-Dan Daigneault, 7) 82-Pete Wharton, 8) 5-Dave Bentley Jr., 9) 39-Phil Levering, 10) 17-Art Kulik, 11) 57-Larry Carmen, 12) 55-John Stierly, 13) 90-Joel Matter, 14) 66-John Cassady, 15) 13x-Tyler Kerchner, 16) 47-Kenny Brown, 17) 108-Johnny Hackett, 18) 44-Dan Scholl, 19) P13-Jen Schwager, 20) 3-Jake Daigneault, 21) 1x-Mark Good, 22) 73-Dave Bentley Sr., 23) 88-Katie Todorow, 24) 2-Steve Sapp, 25) 3S-Scott Hoffmaster, 26) 91-Jeff Levan, 27) L39-Linsey Rummel, 28) 18-Joe Heinztelman, 29) 51R-Robby Dunn, 30) 13-Don Daigneault, 31) 69-Justin Dunn, 32) 30-Joe Grocholski, 33) XXX-Kevin Hausman, 34) 04-Ross Coderoni.

LADIES RACE (25-LAPS): 1) P13-Jen Schwager, 2) L39-Linsey Rummel, 3) 3-Deb Angstadt, 4) 18-Sarah Sabol, 5) 523-Janna Bowlin, 6) 12-Jessica Dunn, 7) 82-Corrine Harries, 8) 99-Alyssa Munda, 9) 3s-Crystal Hoffmaster.