Matt Lux of Franklin, Pennsylvania returned to McKean County Raceway for the conclusion of the 30 lap Jim Duffy Memorial that was paying $2000 to win and a guaranteed starting spot for the season ending, Priority Care RaceFAN 50.

Fifteen of the original seventeen Northern Tier Inc. ULMS Late Models returned for the remaining 27 laps with defending three-time ULMS champion Bob Close and Jeff Hoffman leading the field to John Powell’s green flag. Close would get sides ways in turn two resulting in cars checking up and Greg Oakes sweeping by but at the line it was Hoffman still your leader as the yellow lights came out for Paul Grigsby who collected the front stretch wall ending his night real early. During the yellow, Close went pit side with a left rear flat tire. The restart, Oakes took his Pioneer Propane, Rocket Chassis charged into the lead over Hoffman. With five laps in, Matt Lux was now up to second from his sixth place starting position with Boom Briggs in third and Jason Dupont who restarted ninth was now in fourth and charging to the front, as Hoffman slid back to fifth. Dupont took third on lap six from Briggs with an inside turn two move. Oakes was pulling away from Lux and was looking good at possibly his first ULMS win. Briggs and Gregg Satterlee would move around Dupont on lap ten as the Northern Tier Inc #No7 would go to the infield with a broken axle ending the “Captain’s” night. Oakes was still in command till lap fourteen when the “Franklinville Flyer” pulled up lame out of turn two handing the lead over to Matt Lux. Oakes later diagnosed the problem as a broken rocker arm ending his bid at winning his first ever ULMS win. With the halfway flags being displayed, Matt Lux was now the new leader with Briggs back up to second and Satterlee now in third followed by Dennis Lunger and Close who was back up to fifth. Close would move into fourth on lap seventeen as Hoffman would go back to fifth and his run would end on lap eighteen with a right front broken spindle on the Hoffman Coach Co. #32 Rocket. Satterlee and Briggs would catch the slower car of Wally Fox and the three car battle for the lead seemed to be in the making but Lux would get around Fox and leave Satterlee and Briggs behind. Lap twenty-four would see Briggs go pit side unexpectedly with an overheated motor handing third place to Close. The final few laps would see Satterlee work high and low on Lux, but he would fall a car length short at capturing his second consecutive Jim Duffy Memorial. Following Lux and Satterlee was Close, Dennis Lunger and Brent Rhebergen rounding out the top five.

Mark Schweikart and Butch Talbot led the twenty-five Johnson Distributing Street Stocks onto the track for their 2010 season debut at MCR. Leading lap one was sixth place starting Jason Dobson of Ceres. Butch Talbot would come back to lead laps two and three and it quickly the fans were treated again with the best racing from MCR’s most competitive class. Lap four would see Leon Szweda take over the lead with defending track champion, Andy Michael moving into second only to be scored fifth on the next lap as the top five spots were tightly contested. Talbot would go back to the front spot on lap nine with Dobson now in second. With the race halfway done, it was Talbot, Dobson, Jeff Woodward, Ron Budinger and Szweda was in fifth. Talbot was still your leader with five to go as the top three were still the same as Jeff Hellwig was now in fifth. Dobson would get around Talbot with three to go and would hold off the #28 of Talbot to capture opening night win. Following Dobson and Talbot were Woodward, Budinger and Hellwig.

The Maynards Electric FASTRAK Late Models rolled onto the facility with rookie driver, Adam Sixt on the front row besides second generation driver, Kyle Zimmerman. Zimmerman would lead lap one over Sixt and Jeff Cheesebro. Cheesebro driving the Paul Geiger #97 GRT would move into second on lap two as Sixt was in a battle between track champion, John Lacki and FASTRAK rookie Justin Tatlow. Tatlow would take third on lap five as David Scott was now up to fifth. Zimmerman was doing all he could to hold off the Smethport, PA driver, Cheesebro, but the hometown favorite would take the lead over on lap nine. With ten to go it was Cheesebro, Zimmerman, Tatlow, Lacki and Scott with Max Blair coming to the front. Lacki would move into third on lap 13 as Blair and Scott were battling for fifth. Blair would take fourth over with five to go. One lap later the little Titusville Terror was now in third as Max disposed of Lacki but he was running out of laps to catch the top two. Zimmerman kept pressure on Cheesebro but it was Cheesebro capturing his first ever FASTRAK Late Model win substituting for Paul Geiger. Zimmerman was second followed by Max Blair, David Scott and John Lacki.

The Crosby Mart Emods were the next event on the program as Butch Southwell and defending track champion, Randy Hall were the front row starters. Hall who was just coming off a United Emod Series win the previous Sunday quickly got the lead from Southwell as third place starter, Travis Asel would slide into second. Former late model driver, Al Brewer would grab fifth from Mike Eschrich on lap two to enter the top five. Southwell would regain second on Lap four from Asel as Brewer was applying heavy pressure on Peterson for fourth. Hall was building a comfortable lead as the real battle was between Asel, Peterson and Brewer for third. Brewer and Vic Vena would both get by Peterson on lap seven as Brewer would move into third on lap nine with thirteenth starting Brent Rhebergen following Brewer’s tracks. Lap thirteen would see the yellow lights come on for Leonard Enos and this would allow Southwell, Brewer and Rhebergen a shot at Hall for the win. A wild restart saw Brewer make a bonsai move for second on Southwell resulting in Rhebergen and Peterson getting pass Brewer. Rhebergen would sweep into second with five to go and the chase was on for the race leader, Randy Hall. Rhebergen would close in the remaining laps and brought the fans to their feet on the final lap to come up a car length short. Hall would take the win over Rhebergen, Southwell, Peterson and Brewer salvaged fifth.

The Jerge’s Used Auto Parts Min Stocks had their first event of the 2010 season with Brent Harris and Chris Parr the front row starters. Caution would come out on the opening lap and Parr would go pit side and the new leader would be fourth place starting Brad Ullman followed by Bill McKinney. Doyle Harris Jr. would take over the lead on lap three with Kyle Babcock now in second. With half of the event over, the car on the move was Mike Miller who started last and was up to fourth challenging Bill Bailey for third. Miller would get the third spot on the final lap as Doyle Harris Jr would take home the win over Babcock and Miller. Bruno Mowery and Bailey would come home fifth.

The Wellsville NAPA Auto Parts Pure Stocks would complete the program with Curt Pastorious and Blaine Krott your front row starters. Krott would take the lead right off the start from Pastorious as Zach Hamer would slide into second place. Hamer would bring the yellow out on lap five with Krott still leading the way over Brad Curran, Andrew Smith, Fred Ely and Joe Perrin. On the restart, Perrin made an awesome move to jump into second behind the teenager (Krott). Krott who has many years of experience in go-karting would take home his first ever MCR win over Andrew Smith Curran, Perrin and Pastorious would round out the top five.

MCR will sit idle for a few weeks and come back to life on THURSDAY May 27 with the Northern Tier Inc. ULMS Late Models back in action for the 5th annual Dave Lundgren Memorial. A complete program for the FASTRAK Late Models, Emods, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks and Pure Stocks will also be on the program. For more information, check the website out at www.mckeancountyraceway.com.

RESULTS:

Northern Tier Inc. ULMS Late Models (Jim Duffy Memorial)
MATT LUX, Gregg Satterlee, Bob Close, Dennis Lunger, Brent Rhebergen, Wally Fox, Boom Briggs, Jeff Hoffman, Dereck Frank, Greg Oakes, Jason Dupont, David Scott, Denny Fenton, Harry Miller and Paul Grigsby

Maynard’s Electric FASTRAK Late Models
JEFF CHEESEBRO, Kyle Zimmerman, Max Blair, David Scott, John Lacki, Justin Tatlow, Matt Cobb, Adam Sixt, Damien Bidwell, Joe Martin, Bob Dorman, Tim Schram, Garrett Mott, Jim Frank, Ike Fanton, Bob Kish, John Haggerty

Crosby Marts Emods:
RANDY HALL, Brent Rhebergen, Butch Southwell, Tim Peterson, Al Brewer, Travis Asel, TJ Downs, Nathan Hill, John Woodward Jr., Leonard Enos, Vic Vena, Jaben Hill, Mike Eschrich, DarrenTarabori, Tim Walden (DNS)

Johnson Distributing Street Stocks:
JASON DOBSON, Butch Talbot, Jeff Woodward, Ron Budinger, Jeff Hellwig, Rich Wojtowicz, Eric Paulus, Leon Szweda, Dan Giboo, Kevin Dzuroff, Chris Conkey, Cliff Johnson, Art Peterson, Brian Peterson, Tim Bruce, Josh Wilcox, Andy Michael, Doug Jones, Justin Baxter, Zack Gustafson, Steve Mowery, Butch Jackson, John Ellwood, Justin Yohe, Mark Schweikart

Jerge’s Used Auto Parts Mini Stocks
DOYLE HARRIS, Kyle Babcock, Mike Miller, Bruno Mowery, Bill Bailey, Brian Kunselman, Eric Blauser, Brad Ullman, Dave Lowe Jr., Bill McKinney, Dave Lowe, Daniel Lockwood, Brian Bidwell, Brent Harris, Chris Parr

Wellsville NAPA Auto Parts Pure Stocks
BLAINE KROTT, Andrew Smith, Brad Curran, Joe Perrin, Curt Pastorious, Josh Keith, George Conkey, Dale Hamer, Fred Ely, Michael Ely, Zach Hamer