Story By: CHRIS MOORE / GEORGETOWN SPEEDWAY – GEORGETOWN, DE – Rick Eckert & Demetrios Drellos shared the spotlight for the two Late Model classes in action Saturday at Georgetown Speedway’s Mid-Atlantic Championship Weekend.
York, Pa.’s Rick Eckert capitalized on a front row starting position to take home the $7,000 Stockley Speed & Supply Super Late Model feature.
Eckert outgunned the likes of Shaun Jones and Ross and Amanda Robinson to claim the victory.
“We always enjoy coming down here,” Eckert smiled. “This was a good field of cars and winning this one sure makes the end of the year better.”
Ross Robinson settled for the runner-up position after a battle with his wife, Amanda.
“I might be sleeping on the couch tonight,” Ross joked. “It was a lot of fun to race with her like that and it’ll be nice to load up tonight and have a minute and a half drive home also.”
Shermansdale, Pa.’s Shaun Jones rounded out the podium finishers.
“Early on in the race I thought we were about to get lapped,” Jones explained. “Once I got into cleaner air with some faster cars, we were a lot better.”
Amanda Robinson fell to fourth in the late stage and Middleburg, Pa.’s Andrew Yoder rounded out the top five.
In First State Chevrolet Crate Late Model action, Queensbury, N.Y.’s Demetrios Drellos won a caution plagued race that wound up in a thrilling four car battle for the win.
Drellos outgunned Kyle Hardy, Matt Hill, and Trevor Collins for the exciting win. Nick Davis, who started on the pole, rounded out the top five.
Melvin Joseph Jr. won an outstanding race between himself and Jordan Herbert with the Little Lincolns. Joseph beat Herbert to the line after the two were side-by-side going through turns three and four.
David Smith topped the Delaware Super Truck feature for the second consecutive night while Jay Lowman took home the victory with the Delmarva Chargers.
Georgetown Speedway concludes its season on Saturday, November 11 with the third try at the ‘Gary Simpson Memorial.’ The ‘$12K for the 12K’ sees the Millman’s NAPA Modifieds go for 32-laps and a $12,000 winners share at the historic Sussex County oval. The Blue Hen Dispose-All Crate 602 Sportsman, First State Chevrolet Crate Late Models, Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Cars, Little Lincolns, Delaware Super Trucks, and Delmarva Chargers conclude the program.
Super Late Models
A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 0E-Rick Eckert[2]; 2. 7-Ross Robinson[5]; 3. 32J-Shaun Jones[13]; 4. 4R-Amanda Robinson[4]; 5. 0-Andrew Yoder[3]; 6. 00-Jim Yoder[9]; 7. 2D-Dan Stone[11]; 8. 6-Jamie Lathroum[16]; 9. 21-Chad Myers[15]; 10. 11-Trevor Collins[17]; 11. 63-Nathan Long[6]; 12. 21H-Joey Hoffer[10]; 13. 47-David Smith[12]; 14. 45-Kyle Hardy[7]; 15. 93-Cory Lawler[8]; 16. 55L-Donald Lingo Jr[1]; 17. 27-Michael Lake[18]; 18. 14AJ-AJ Miller[14]
Hot Laps: 1. 11-Trevor Collins, 00:18.169[1]; 2. 45-Kyle Hardy, 00:18.174[3]; 3. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:18.186[14]; 4. 6-Jamie Lathroum, 00:18.270[7]; 5. 0E-Rick Eckert, 00:18.486[2]; 6. 27-Michael Lake, 00:18.520[6]; 7. 2D-Dan Stone, 00:18.569[16]; 8. 55L-Donald Lingo Jr, 00:18.659[9]; 9. 00-Jim Yoder, 00:18.690[18]; 10. 93-Cory Lawler, 00:18.725[8]; 11. 32J-Shaun Jones, 00:18.773[5]; 12. 4R-Amanda Robinson, 00:18.924[13]; 13. 63-Nathan Long, 00:18.970[10]; 14. 21H-Joey Hoffer, 00:19.164[4]; 15. 21-Chad Myers, 00:19.229[12]; 16. 47-David Smith, 00:22.376[15]; 17. (DNS) 14AJ-AJ Miller; 18. (DNS) 0-Andrew Yoder
Delaware Super Trucks
Feature (12 Laps): 1. 3-David Smith[7]; 2. 01-Robert Smith[11]; 3. 68-Tony Guinta[9]; 4. 14-Zack Phillips[14]; 5. 84-TJ Williams[5]; 6. 69-Jerry Hill[10]; 7. 80-Dale Elliott[6]; 8. 34-Scott Trice[8]; 9. 29-Cameron Benson[1]; 10. 223-Troy Hopkins[3]; 11. 89-Thomas Jackson[12]; 12. 27-Michelle Jackson[15]; 13. 77-Tim Williams[13]; 14. 71Q-Tim Quay[2]; 15. 19-Kirk Miles[16]; 16. 28-Mackenzie Williams[4]
Delmarva Chargers
Feature (12 Laps): 1. 2A-Jay Lowman[3]; 2. 10-Joe Waters[1]; 3. 44R-Randy Gallaway[7]; 4. 67-Chris Myers[4]; 5. 37-Josh Dahling[6]; 6. 72-Wyatt Cummings[8]; 7. 48-Jeff Merryman[2]; 8. 74-Roger Kummerer[5]
Crate Late Models
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 111-Demetrios Drellos[2]; 2. 14C-Kyle Hardy[6]; 3. 84-Matt Hill[10]; 4. 72-Trevor Collins[3]; 5. 92-Nick Davis[1]; 6. 96-Derek Magee[4]; 7. 15-Dale Hollidge[7]; 8. 14AJ-AJ Miller[12]; 9. 81-Jimmy Jesmer[9]; 10. 90-Matt Tepper[16]; 11. 15P-David Parsons[13]; 12. 28A-Kyle Watts[15]; 13. 74-David Smith[14]; 14. 80-Ben Scott[5]; 15. 24D-Luke Dill[17]; 16. 17-Rob Pitcher[8]; 17. 12-Mike Raleigh[11]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 72-Trevor Collins[1]; 2. 15-Dale Hollidge[2]; 3. 92-Nick Davis[5]; 4. 17-Rob Pitcher[3]; 5. 84-Matt Hill[6]; 6. 14AJ-AJ Miller[4]; 7. 74-David Smith[8]; 8. 90-Matt Tepper[7]; 9. 24D-Luke Dill[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14C-Kyle Hardy[3]; 2. 111-Demetrios Drellos[5]; 3. 96-Derek Magee[1]; 4. 81-Jimmy Jesmer[4]; 5. 12-Mike Raleigh[6]; 6. 15P-David Parsons[8]; 7. 28A-Kyle Watts[2]
Hot Laps: 1. 14C-Kyle Hardy, 00:19.559[4]; 2. 80-Ben Scott, 00:19.587[12]; 3. 15-Dale Hollidge, 00:19.791[6]; 4. 72-Trevor Collins, 00:20.094[1]; 5. 84-Matt Hill, 00:20.123[5]; 6. 17-Rob Pitcher, 00:20.163[10]; 7. 14AJ-AJ Miller, 00:20.164[9]; 8. 92-Nick Davis, 00:20.200[2]; 9. 81-Jimmy Jesmer, 00:20.397[7]; 10. 96-Derek Magee, 00:20.409[8]; 11. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 00:20.519[3]; 12. 12-Mike Raleigh, 00:20.955[11]; 13. 90-Matt Tepper, 00:21.422[13]; 14. 28A-Kyle Watts, 00:22.171[14]; 15. (DNS) 74-David Smith; 16. (DNS) 15P-David Parsons
Little Lincolns
Feature (12 Laps): 1. 49-Mel Joseph Jr[4]; 2. 47-Jordan Herbert[1]; 3. 10-Tyler White[3]; 4. 65-Dylan Betts[2]; 5. X-Kirk Lawson[6]; 6. 6-Scott Calhoun[11]; 7. 14A-Nathan Austin[8]; 8. 9-Ryan Walsen[9]; 9. 16-MJ White[7]; 10. 55-Bryan Piercy[5]; 11. 15-Wayne Seaton[10]; 12. 3-Eric Bodenweiser[12]; 13. 53J-James Harmon[13]