Anthony Perrego Scores Mid-Atlantic Championship Small Block Modified Win At Georgetown

Story By: CHRIS MOORE / GEORGETOWN SPEEDWAY – GEORGETOWN, DE – Ant-Man strikes.

On the Opening Night of the ‘Mid-Atlantic Championship’ at Georgetown Speedway, Anthony Perrego topped the Small-Block Modified 30-lap main event for a $5,000 victory.

On a night with 168 racecars in the pit area, Anthony Perrego shined brightest amongst them all in the Friday night prequel.

The Walden, N.Y., resident raced from the third starting position to quickly grab the lead and drive to an impressive win to kick off the weekend.

“Wade (Hendrickson) snuck to the bottom on the first lap and the seas parted,” explained Perrego of grabbing the early advantage. “We were able to get to the front by the end of the first lap.”

Throughout the 30-lap main event, Perrego also had some dealings with lapped traffic, but was flawless on his way to the win.

“I was really relying on the cushion in turns three and four and running a little lower in (turns) one and two,” Perrego proclaimed. “We just had really good traction and a really good car.”

Perrego’s prize was worth $5,000 after posting the pre-race ‘Stockley Tavern’ Gambler’s Fee.

Frenchtown, N.J.’s Billy Pauch Jr. raced to the runner-up spot from the sixth starting position and Pipersville, Pa.’s Danny Bouc finished off the podium from the eighth position.

Finishing fourth through 10th, respectively, were Montgomery, N.J.’s Brandon Grosso; Ringoes, N.J.’s Ryan Godown; Boyertown, Pa.’s Mike Gular; Neshanic, N.J.’s Ryan Krachun; Milford, Del.’s H.J. Bunting; Milford, Del.’s Jordan Watson; and Lawrenceville, N.J.’s Wade Hendrickson.

The Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco ran three heat races on Friday night, determining the first 21 qualified cars into this evening’s 40-lap feature event.

Godown, Matt Sheppard, and Gular won each of the three heat races. The top four finishers in each of the three heat races are locked in to the Beyea Custom Headers Redraw, which will take place prior to racing action tonight.

The Stockley Speed & Supply Super Late Models ran two heat races as well, with Rick Eckert and Amanda Robinson taking the two victories.

C.J. Schirmer (Modified) and Nathan Austin (Sportsman) were each victorious with the Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Car Club in their 12-lap feature. Austin was the overall winner of the event.

David Smith continued the Smith brother’s dominance in the Delaware Super Truck division and Joe Waters used an impressive drive to take the Delmarva Charger victory.

Racing continues tonight as the STSS Modifieds take the part of top billing, going for 40-laps and a potential $7,000 top prize with the posted J.D. Shuckers $100 ‘Gamblers Fee.’ Consolations will precede the 40-lap main event.

The Stockley Tavern Speed & Supply Super Late Models will also run consolation events to set the field for their respective 40-lap, $7,000-to-win (with the posted Stockley Materials ‘Gamblers Fee’) feature event.

The Blue Hen Dispose-All STSS Crate 602 Sportsman are set with a 25-lap, $2,000-to-win feature event. The event serves as the championship round of the Belmont’s Garage South Region.

Crate Late Models have been adjusted to the Saturday program for the 2023 edition.

Also on Saturday’s racing card are the Little Lincolns, Delmarva Chargers, and Delaware Super Trucks in 12-lap, feature-only affairs.

For tonight’s affair, pit gates open at 2 p.m. with grandstand gates unlocking at 3 p.m. Hot laps are slated for 5 p.m. with racing to begin at 6 p.m.

Grandstand admission is $25 for Adults and $20 for Seniors (ages 65 & up) and Students (ages 13-17). Kids ages 9-12 get in for $10 and Children 8 & under are admitted FREE.

Pit admission is $40 (ages 13 & up) and $35 for NASCAR license holders. Kids (ages 6-12) get in for $10 and Children 5 and under are $2.

Small-Block Modifieds

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 4P-Anthony Perrego[4]; 2. 15-Billy Pauch Jr[6]; 3. 6B-Danny Bouc[8]; 4. 32-Brandon Grosso[3]; 5. 26-Ryan Godown[14]; 6. 2A-Mike Gular[11]; 7. 29-Ryan Krachun[1]; 8. 30W-HJ Bunting[16]; 9. 51-Jordan Watson[10]; 10. 51H-Wade Hendrickson[2]; 11. 21W-Joseph Watson[18]; 12. 16-Louden Reimert[9]; 13. 6S-Matt Stangle[20]; 14. 410-Alex Yankowski[13]; 15. 43-Jimmy Horton[23]; 16. 37-Bryan Kuhl[12]; 17. 157-Dave Dissinger[22]; 18. 33R-Ray Swinehart[25]; 19. JB1-Johnny Bangs[24]; 20. 99-Craig Whitmoyer[15]; 21. 87-Eric Biehn[21]; 22. 91-Carson Wright[7]; 23. 12-Michael White[19]; 24. 4M-Logan Watt[26]; 25. 74W-John Willman[17]; 26. 05-Sean Metz[5]

Consolation (8 Laps): 1. 157-Dave Dissinger[2]; 2. 43-Jimmy Horton[3]; 3. JB1-Johnny Bangs[1]; 4. 33R-Ray Swinehart[5]; 5. 4M-Logan Watt[8]; 6. 59K-Dakota Kohler[4]; 7. 83-Decker Swinehart[7]; 8. 52-Jason Musser[9]; 9. 117-Jesse Hirthler[11]; 10. 20-Ryan Simmons[6]; 11. (DNS) 28T-Thomas Solderich

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51H-Wade Hendrickson[1]; 2. 91-Carson Wright[2]; 3. 29-Ryan Krachun[4]; 4. 37-Bryan Kuhl[7]; 5. 410-Alex Yankowski[3]; 6. 30W-HJ Bunting[8]; 7. 12-Michael White[6]; 8. JB1-Johnny Bangs[5]; 9. 59K-Dakota Kohler[10]; 10. 83-Decker Swinehart[11]; 11. (DNS) 28T-Thomas Solderich

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Jordan Watson[1]; 2. 6B-Danny Bouc[3]; 3. 4P-Anthony Perrego[2]; 4. 15-Billy Pauch Jr[5]; 5. 26-Ryan Godown[6]; 6. 74W-John Willman[4]; 7. 6S-Matt Stangle[9]; 8. 157-Dave Dissinger[8]; 9. 33R-Ray Swinehart[7]; 10. 4M-Logan Watt[10]; 11. 117-Jesse Hirthler[11]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2A-Mike Gular[3]; 2. 05-Sean Metz[1]; 3. 16-Louden Reimert[6]; 4. 32-Brandon Grosso[5]; 5. 99-Craig Whitmoyer[2]; 6. 21W-Joseph Watson[8]; 7. 87-Eric Biehn[4]; 8. 43-Jimmy Horton[7]; 9. 20-Ryan Simmons[9]; 10. 52-Jason Musser[10]

Hot Laps: 1. 43-Jimmy Horton, 00:20.963[11]; 2. 32-Brandon Grosso, 00:21.043[7]; 3. 26-Ryan Godown, 00:21.065[6]; 4. 6B-Danny Bouc, 00:21.069[3]; 5. 91-Carson Wright, 00:21.398[31]; 6. 4P-Anthony Perrego, 00:21.633[18]; 7. 51-Jordan Watson, 00:21.693[25]; 8. 15-Billy Pauch Jr, 00:21.992[17]; 9. 2A-Mike Gular, 00:21.997[8]; 10. 6S-Matt Stangle, 00:22.131[22]; 11. 29-Ryan Krachun, 00:22.259[13]; 12. 33R-Ray Swinehart, 00:22.526[24]; 13. 30W-HJ Bunting, 00:22.704[4]; 14. 12-Michael White, 00:22.820[28]; 15. 51H-Wade Hendrickson, 00:22.919[9]; 16. 37-Bryan Kuhl, 00:23.103[14]; 17. 05-Sean Metz, 00:23.491[15]; 18. 52-Jason Musser, 00:23.513[16]; 19. 99-Craig Whitmoyer, 00:23.654[29]; 20. JB1-Johnny Bangs, 00:23.759[1]; 21. 410-Alex Yankowski, 00:23.825[32]; 22. 87-Eric Biehn, 00:23.928[2]; 23. 157-Dave Dissinger, 00:24.001[5]; 24. 28T-Thomas Solderich, 00:24.135[21]; 25. 21W-Joseph Watson, 00:24.500[26]; 26. (DNS) 117-Jesse Hirthler; 27. (DNS) 59K-Dakota Kohler; 28. (DNS) 16-Louden Reimert; 29. (DNS) 20-Ryan Simmons; 30. (DNS) 83-Decker Swinehart; 31. (DNS) 4M-Logan Watt; 32. (DNS) 74W-John Willman

Millman’s NAPA Modifieds

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Ryan Godown[1]; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen[9]; 3. 1J-Billy Pauch Jr[10]; 4. 6B-Danny Bouc[4]; 5. 32G-Brandon Grosso[3]; 6. 410-Alex Yankowski[6]; 7. 71-James Hill[2]; 8. 1K-Sean Weiss[7]; 9. 8-Norman Short Jr[8]; 10. 30-HJ Bunting[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[1]; 2. 4P-Anthony Perrego[3]; 3. 35M-Mike Mahaney[4]; 4. 14W-Ryan Watt[5]; 5. 74W-John Willman[2]; 6. 43H-Jimmy Horton[6]; 7. 29-Ryan Krachun[7]; 8. 51H-Wade Hendrickson[8]; 9. 91-Carson Wright[9]; 10. JB1-Johnny Bangs[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2A-Mike Gular[2]; 2. JS98-Rocky Warner[1]; 3. 117-Kevin Hirthler[7]; 4. 65-Austin Hubbard[4]; 5. 16S-Danny Varin[8]; 6. 6S-Matt Stangle[10]; 7. 1W-Jordan Watson[6]; 8. 10C-Ryan Charland[9]; 9. M2-Bubba McPhee[3]; 10. (DNS) 157-Dave Dissinger

Penske Racing Shocks Hot Laps: 1. 44-Stewart Friesen, 00:18.621[6]; 2. 6B-Danny Bouc, 00:18.862[2]; 3. 1J-Billy Pauch Jr, 00:18.880[18]; 4. 26-Ryan Godown, 00:18.944[7]; 5. 35M-Mike Mahaney, 00:18.989[16]; 6. 32G-Brandon Grosso, 00:19.064[8]; 7. 91-Carson Wright, 00:19.203[29]; 8. 2A-Mike Gular, 00:19.374[9]; 9. 4P-Anthony Perrego, 00:19.490[19]; 10. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:19.490[20]; 11. 410-Alex Yankowski, 00:19.604[30]; 12. 71-James Hill, 00:19.605[11]; 13. 117-Kevin Hirthler, 00:19.607[12]; 14. 14W-Ryan Watt, 00:19.617[26]; 15. JS98-Rocky Warner, 00:19.712[24]; 16. 29-Ryan Krachun, 00:19.921[15]; 17. 65-Austin Hubbard, 00:19.976[14]; 18. 1K-Sean Weiss, 00:20.196[27]; 19. 1W-Jordan Watson, 00:20.199[25]; 20. 10C-Ryan Charland, 00:20.390[4]; 21. 43H-Jimmy Horton, 00:20.720[13]; 22. 51H-Wade Hendrickson, 00:20.729[10]; 23. 8-Norman Short Jr, 00:20.865[21]; 24. 16S-Danny Varin, 00:20.871[23]; 25. 30-HJ Bunting, 00:20.965[3]; 26. M2-Bubba McPhee, 00:21.018[17]; 27. JB1-Johnny Bangs, 00:21.082[1]; 28. (DNS) 157-Dave Dissinger; 29. (DNS) 6S-Matt Stangle; 30. (DNS) 74W-John Willman

Blue Hen Dispose-All Crate 602 Sportsman

Practice Round 1: 1. 89-Dylan Madsen, 00:20.290[10]; 2. 4M-Logan Watt, 00:20.386[23]; 3. 257-Thomas Sherby, 00:20.419[18]; 4. 917-Joe Toth, 00:20.680[21]; 5. 21W-Justin Zook, 00:20.844[26]; 6. 29-Matt Ellery, 00:20.884[4]; 7. 89T-Mike Toth, 00:20.889[22]; 8. 21R-Greg Reed, 00:20.977[16]; 9. 57-Mia Guy, 00:21.283[5]; 10. 7-Jarod Millman, 00:21.369[14]; 11. 7J-Ryan Mckinney, 00:21.578[12]; 12. (DNS) B22-Troy Bollinger; 13. (DNS) 2-Johnny Burton; 14. (DNS) 23-Devin Dodson; 15. (DNS) 73H-Paulie Hartwig III; 16. (DNS) 15H-Scott Hitchens; 17. (DNS) 94K-Jacob King; 18. (DNS) 59K-Dakota Kohler; 19. (DNS) 37-Chris Martinez; 20. (DNS) 25-Ashley Metz; 21. (DNS) 21-Monte Pool; 22. (DNS) 12-George Schweigart; 23. (DNS) 20-Ryan Simmons; 24. (DNS) 97-Matt Smith; 25. (DNS) 10-Adam White; 26. (DNS) 43-Michael White

Practice Round 2: 1. 29-Matt Ellery, 00:20.131[4]; 2. 89-Dylan Madsen, 00:20.168[10]; 3. 73H-Paulie Hartwig III, 00:20.188[6]; 4. 23-Devin Dodson, 00:20.203[3]; 5. 20-Ryan Simmons, 00:20.215[19]; 6. 917-Joe Toth, 00:20.232[21]; 7. 15H-Scott Hitchens, 00:20.236[7]; 8. 4M-Logan Watt, 00:20.364[23]; 9. 257-Thomas Sherby, 00:20.386[18]; 10. 43-Michael White, 00:20.390[25]; 11. 4W-Brandon Watkins, 00:20.398[27]; 12. 89T-Mike Toth, 00:20.412[22]; 13. 10-Adam White, 00:20.471[24]; 14. 57-Mia Guy, 00:20.491[5]; 15. 21W-Justin Zook, 00:20.536[26]; 16. 12-George Schweigart, 00:20.593[17]; 17. 59K-Dakota Kohler, 00:20.639[9]; 18. 28P-Thomas Prychka, 00:20.653[28]; 19. 97-Matt Smith, 00:20.670[20]; 20. 94K-Jacob King, 00:20.695[8]; 21. 7-Jarod Millman, 00:20.722[14]; 22. 21R-Greg Reed, 00:20.815[16]; 23. 21-Monte Pool, 00:20.821[15]; 24. 7J-Ryan Mckinney, 00:20.870[12]; 25. 25-Ashley Metz, 00:21.078[13]; 26. 37-Chris Martinez, 00:21.233[11]; 27. 2-Johnny Burton, 00:21.308[2]; 28. (DNS) B22-Troy Bollinger

Stockley Speed & Supply Super Late Models

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 0E-Rick Eckert[2]; 2. 7-Ross Robinson[1]; 3. 0-Andrew Yoder[4]; 4. 45-Kyle Hardy[3]; 5. 00-Jim Yoder[5]; 6. 2D-Dan Stone[7]; 7. 32J-Shaun Jones[6]; 8. 21-Chad Myers[9]; 9. 11-Trevor Collins[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4R-Amanda Robinson[1]; 2. 55L-Donald Lingo Jr[3]; 3. 63-Nathan Long[5]; 4. 93-Cory Lawler[6]; 5. 21H-Joey Hoffer[7]; 6. 47-David Smith[9]; 7. 14AJ-AJ Miller[8]; 8. 6-Jamie Lathroum[4]; 9. 27-Michael Lake[2]

Hot Lap Qualifying 1: 1. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:17.726[4]; 2. 0E-Rick Eckert, 00:17.732; 3. 45-Kyle Hardy, 00:17.755[7]; 4. 0-Andrew Yoder, 00:17.833; 5. 00-Jim Yoder, 00:18.107[1]; 6. 32J-Shaun Jones, 00:18.226; 7. 2D-Dan Stone, 00:18.311; 8. 11-Trevor Collins, 00:18.332[3]; 9. 21-Chad Myers, 00:18.709

Hot Lap Qualifying 2: 1. 4R-Amanda Robinson, 00:17.782[3]; 2. 27-Michael Lake, 00:17.849[7]; 3. 55L-Donald Lingo Jr, 00:17.859[6]; 4. 6-Jamie Lathroum, 00:17.942; 5. 63-Nathan Long, 00:18.637; 6. 93-Cory Lawler, 00:18.967; 7. 21H-Joey Hoffer, 00:19.221; 8. 14AJ-AJ Miller, 00:21.414

Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Cars

Modified Feature (12 Laps): 1. 23-CJ Schirmer[4]; 2. 20-Roscoe Clough[3]; 3. 3A-Allan Austin[8]; 4. 34-Terry Chaney[6]; 5. 21C-Mike Covey[9]; 6. 24-Luke Dill[1]; 7. 24D-Dave Schamp[2]; 8. 61-Todd Miller[7]; 9. 21-Jamie Eichholz[5]

Sportsman Feature (12 Laps): 1. 3S-Nathan Austin[2]; 2. 1S-Cale Pettyjohn[7]; 3. 15S-Jamie Schirmer[1]; 4. 5S-Rob Schirmer[6]; 5. 71S-Garrit Reagan[5]; 6. 32S-Maddy Jefferson[4]; 7. 18S-Chris Killen[3]; 8. 66S-John Gladman[11]; 9. 14S-Hunter Bensel[10]; 10. (DNS) 56S-Mike Harman Jr; 11. (DNS) 58S-Donald Porter

Delaware Super Trucks

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 3-David Smith[6]; 2. 68-Tony Guinta[2]; 3. 84-TJ Williams[10]; 4. 01-Robert Smith[4]; 5. 69-Jerry Hill[14]; 6. 80-Dale Elliott[8]; 7. 34-Scott Trice[9]; 8. 28-Mackenzie Williams[12]; 9. 27-Michelle Jackson[3]; 10. 44-Rick Short[15]; 11. 223-Troy Hopkins[5]; 12. 89-Thomas Jackson[7]; 13. 71Q-Tim Quay[13]; 14. 8-Shane Clogg[11]; 15. (DNS) 29-Cameron Benson

Delmarva Chargers

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 2A-Joe Waters[4]; 2. 44R-Randy Gallaway[2]; 3. 67-Ron Falkner[12]; 4. 37-Josh Dahling[9]; 5. 10-Craig Kelly[10]; 6. 48-Jeff Merryman[5]; 7. 27W-Wyatt Cummings[1]; 8. 72-Billy Cummings[11]; 9. 74-Roger Kummerer[6]; 10. 62-Randy Merritt[8]; 11. 21-Jong Yi[7]; 12. 61-Ashley Merritt[3]; 13. 5G-Garren Morris[13]; 14. 18-Mike Ashwell[14]

First State Chevrolet Crate Late Models

Practice 2: 1. 80-Ben Scott, 00:19.021[6]; 2. 84-Matt Hill, 00:19.032[3]; 3. 14C-Kyle Hardy, 00:19.089[2]; 4. 72-Trevor Collins, 00:19.209[1]; 5. 17-Rob Pitcher, 00:19.658[5]; 6. 28A-Kyle Watts, 00:20.248[7]; 7. (DNS) 81-Jimmy Jesmer