PA Thunder Rolls at Latrobe Speedway

By Justin Dudek

📷 : JON.NAH.PRODUCTIONS

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PA Thunder Rolls at Latrobe Speedway

LATROBE, PA (JUNE 8, 2024): In the PA Thunder on Dirt Vintage Modified Series, Wally Stock in the No. 1 was the winner in the Modifieds, and Steve Longo in the No. 20 was the winner in the Sportsman Modifieds.

Other winners were Braeden Dillinger (14D) again in the K2 Engineering Pro Late Models, Jeremy Zufall (1) in the Joe’s Body Shop and Towing Pure Stocks, Joe Jacobs (27) was determined the winner after the post-race inspection in the Special T Metals LLC Modified Four Cylinders, Ed Leonard (6) won in the Marilungo Disposal LLC Strictly Stock Four Cylinders.

After being rained out twice in 2023, the PA Thunder on Dirt Vintage Modified Series returned to the big half mile at Latrobe Speedway.

Wally Stock (1) led the nine-car field of traveling racers, with Ryan Maglion (19) finishing second in the Modified division. Third finishing Steve Longo (20) was the winner of the Sportsman Division. William Stiles (8+8) was fourth, and Tim Beatty (6) finished fifth in the combined feature.

In the K2 Engineering FASTrak Pro Late Models, the point leader, Braeden Dillinger, took the win from the seventh position. Dillinger was up to the third spot in Turn 1 on lap one and, several laps later, took the lead from the K2 of John Over. John Over finished second, followed by Clinton Hersh, Troy Shields, and Jay McCracken. Dillinger won the FASTrak Pro Late Model Heat race.

Jeremy Zufall (1) picked up his second win of the season in the Joe’s Body Shop and Towing Pure Stocks. Corey Faris (22F) and another car got together on the first lap, sending Faris to the pits with a flat tire. Faris charged from the tail to finish second. Jim Zufall (3Z) finished third despite having an issue late in the race. Fourth went to John Hollis (81) and fifth to David Heining (21). Faris and Heining won the Heat races.

After post-race inspection, Joe Jacobs (27) was declared the Special T Metals LLC Modified Four Cylinders feature winner. Jacobs came from the ninth-starting spot to put himself up front to stay for the finish. Last week’s winner, Tylar Huffman, was second from the seventeenth starting spot, and Tifani McElhose (24) picked up a third-place finish. A win for McElhose has to be in the cards sometime this year. Fourth was Brian Spangler (79), and fifth was the No. 48 of Paul Koffler III. Colton McNaney (51) and Koffler (48) were heat race winners.

The Marilungo Disposal LLC Strictly Stock Four Cylinders added another winner, Ed Leonard (6), who came from the fourth starting position, to take the win over Bud Lawver (00), who started fifth. Finishing third was Brian Noel (39), fourth was Dylan Nedrow (16), and fifth went to Dan Shortman (9). Leonard and Shortman were the Heat race winners.

****************LATROBE SPEEDWAY RESULTS – JUNE 8***************

PA THUNDER ON DIRT VINTAGE MODIFIED SERIES 12-LAPS

1-Wally Stock (Mod) 2. 19-Ryan Maglion 3. 20-Steve Longo (Sportsman Mod) 4. 8+8-William Stile 5. 311-Tim Beatty 6. 17C-Rich Cavallo 7. 74G-Don Gelet 8. 53-Vincenzo Fiorilla

K2 ENGINEERING FASTRAK PRO LATE MODELS 20-LAPS

14-B. Dillinger 2. K2-J.Over 3. 16-C. Hersh 3. 4. 11-T.Shields 5. 711-J.McCracken 6. 28N-N. Whited 7. 58-J.Zulisky

JOE’S BODY SHOP & TOWING PURE STOCKS 12-LAPS

1-Jeremy Zufall 2. 22F-C.Faris 3. 3z-J. Zufall 4. 81-J. Hollis 5. 21-D.Heining 6. 95- P. Miller 7. 7R-R.Gallagher 8. 88k-K.Kolishinsky 9. 15G-J.Greenawalt

SPECIAL T METALS MODIFIED FOUR CYLINDERS 12-LAPS

1. 27-Joe Jacobs 2. 19H-T. Huffman 3. 24- T.McElhose 4. 79-B.Spangler 5. 48-P.Koffler III 6. 307-B.Myers 7. 89-S.Ghrist 8. 47-M.Pavlak 9. 17H-J. Huffman 10. 2- 11. 3-K.Swink 12. 830-C.Myers 13. 66-D.Grubbs. 14. 64- 15. 10- 16. 3S-S. Lakin 17. 513-A. Jones 18. 30-J. DeGlau 29. 62-J. Grubbs 20. 51- C.McNaney (DQ)

MARILUNGO DISPOSAL LLC. STRICTLY STOCK 4 CYLINDERS 12 LAPS

6-E. Leonard 2. 00-B.Lawver 3. 39- B. Noel 4. 16-D.Nedrow 5. 9-D.Shortman 6. 30-Dontae Boggio 7. 33V-R. Vasos 8. 21-J.Conners 9. 14-C.Brant 10. 26-S.Nedrow 11. 22-J.Landa 12. E8-B.Swink 13. 7-R.Hixson 14. 707-K.Spangler 15. 87- Dyllon Hawley 16. 13-Jimmy Love 17. 5-M. Koffler

Thank you to all teams that gave gifts to the Kidz Klub members as they toured through the pits before the races began. Also, thanks to Tifani McElhose and her helpers for such a great Pit Tour for the Kidz Klub members.

Latrobe Motorsports Motocross and the Latrobe Speedway Dirt Track will be dark on Friday, June 14, and Saturday, June 15, due to our Fire and EMS crews being unavailable. Latrobe Speedway will be closed on Saturday, June 22, for the Firecracker 100 at the Lernerville Speedway. We hope our fans enjoy the Firecracker 100 weekend. Racing returns on Saturday, June 29, with the K2 Engineering FASTrak Pro Late Models, the Joe’s Body Shop and Towing Pure Stocks, the Special T Metals LLC Modified Four Cylinders, and the Marilungo Disposal LLC Strictly Stock Four Cylinders.

To view our complete schedule and other information, go to www.latrobemotorsports.com or our Facebook page.

Latrobe Speedway is located at 5114 Pleasant Unity Road, Latrobe, PA.