Career First Win for Brandon Doland in Latrobe Speedway Pro Stocks; Jeff Ferguson Wins First of the Season in Crate Late Model.

Saturday night saw two first time winners at Latrobe Speedway. Pittsburgh’s Brandon Doland was able to lead all 15-laps to win his career first checker in the Special T Metals Pro Stocks. Jeff Ferguson won for the first time in almost a year in the K2 Engineering Crate Late Models. Anthony Monteparte made it win number two in the Joe’s Body Shop Pure Stocks while Dale Grubbs won in a photo finish in the Stone & Co Modified 4 Cylinders. Joe Jacobs captured his third win in the Seal-Tite Strictly Stock 4 Cylinders.

The night got started with a battle royal in the 12-lap Stone & Co. Modified 4 Cylinder A-Main. Dale Grubbs started on the pole looking for his second win this season. Grubbs took the initial lead being challenged by Mike Pavlak and Tiffani McElhose. Tenth starting Jeremy Grubbs slowly worked his way forward and took over second from Pavlak on lap nine. The Grubbs cousins then went at it in a side-by-side battle the final two laps. A near photo finish saw Dale Grubbs hold off Jeremy for the win. Behind Jeremy Grubbs for third was Tylar Huffman, Mike Pavlak, Dayton Hazlett, Wyatt Piper, Brandon Myers, Brian Noel, Brian Spangler and Andy Jones. Qualifying heats were won by Paul Koffler III, Wyatt Piper and Dayton Hazlett.

Anthony Monteparte was singing Meatloaf’s Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad as that’s exactly what he did. The Jeannette driver made it two wins in three tries in the Joe’s Body Shop Pure Stocks. Monteparte took advantage of his pole starting spot to quickly grab the lead. He built up a huge lead when a caution on lap six closed the field. After a few consecutive cautions the race finally went green and Monteparte took off. He went on to claim his 25th career win at the track in dominating fashion. Jim Hixon had a good run for second followed by Corey Faris, EJ Rozak, Ron Ramsey, Dakota Hixson, John Hollis, Dennis Collins, Tim Neiderhiser and Jim Zufall. Steven Hazlett and EJ Rozak were the heat winners.

Brandon Doland moved up to the Special T Metals Pro Stocks this season. Doland led all 15-laps to score his career first victory. Doland first held off the challenges of Marty Spade before Tommy Dembowski moved into the runnerup spot on lap five. Dembowski tried his best but Doland wasn’t to be denied as he claimed the exciting first checkered. Dembowski was second over Spade, Sam Eichelberger and Jacob Weyer.

The 20-lap K2 Engineering Crate Late Model was a battle of the 11’s. Jeff Ferguson and Troy Shields fought it out for the number one spot with Braeden Dillinger and Michael Duritsky in tow. Shields made numerous advances before giving up the battle to Michael Duritsky on lap 17. Ferguson was not to be denied in winning his second victory at Latrobe Speedway. His last win came on July 31, 2021. Duritsky was second followed by Ryan Frazee, Troy Shields, Braeden Dillinger, Michael Ott, John Over, Marino Angelicchio, Clate Copeman and Dylan Burkett. Heat wins sent to Duritsky and Dillinger.

CJ Parrill was looking for a second win in the 1-2-lap Seal-Tite Strictly Stock 4 Cylinder feature. Parrill led the opening three laps before heat winner Joe Jacobs made the winning pass. Jacobs led the final nine laps for his third win this season. Parrill was second over Matt Underwood, Brad Dickey and Justin Connors.

• K2 Engineering Crate Late Models (16) – Jeff Ferguson, Michael Duritsky, Ryan Frazee, Troy Shields, Braeden Dillinger, Michael Ott, John Over, Marino Angelicchio, Clate Copeman, Dylan Burkett, James Loar, Andrew Koenig, Vince Masi, Joe Zulisky, Cameron Campbell, DNS – Rob King.

• Special T Metals Pro Stocks (7) – Brandon Doland, Tommy Dembowski, Marty Spade, Sam Eichelberger, Jacob Weyer, Brett Hutira, Dillon Wilson.

• Joe’s Body Shop Pure Stocks (17) – Anthony Monteparte, Jim Hixon, Corey Faris, EJ Rozak, Ron Ramsey, Dakota Hixson, John Hollis, Dennis Collins, Tim Neiderhiser, Jim Zufall, John Cain, Cody Bahanna, Steven Hazlett, Justin Ruff, Andrew Geary, Kayla Hollis, DNS – Shawn Hollis.

• Stone & Co Modified 4 Cylinder (21) – Dale Grubbs, Jeremy Grubbs, Tylar Huffman, Mike Pavlak, Dayton Hazlett, Wyatt Piper, Brandon Myers, Brian Noel, Brian Spangler, Andy Jones, Tiffani McElhose, Kaitlyn Spangler, Mark Krivjanik, Paul Koffler III, Adam Jones, Shawn Ghrist, DNS – Colton McNaney, Butch Stewart, Chris Myers, Josh Grubbs, Joe Huffman.

• Seal-Tite Strictly Stock 4 Cylinders (5) – Joe Jacobs, CJ Parrill, Matt Underwood, Brad Dickey, Justin Connors.