Reimert, Sheppard & Pauch Score Short Track Super Series Qualifier Wins Friday At Port Royal
Story By: SHORT TRACK SUPER SEIRES – PORT ROYAL, PA – Louden Reimert, Matt Sheppard & Billy Pauch Jr. each took one of the 15-lap Short Track Super Series Qualifying Races on Friday night at Port Royal Speedway for this weekend’s Speed Showcase.
Saturday, the STSS Modifieds compete for 60 laps and a $12,000 top prize, with the STSS Sportsman vying for $4,000 after 40 laps and the Pro Stocks battle 25 laps with $1,250 going to the winner. Consolations for Modifieds and Sportsman will precede the main events to set the starting field.
Gates open at noon, with hot laps at 2 p.m. and racing at 3 p.m.
Grandstand admission is $35. Students (ages 13-18) pay $15. Kids 12 and under are FREE. Pit admission is $45.
In STSS Modified competition, three 15-lap Dirt Track Digest TV Qualifying Races were set with Louden Reimert of Oley, Pa., Matt Sheppard of Savannah, N.Y., and Billy Pauch Jr. of Frenchtown, N.J., recording $500 victories.
Twenty-four drivers are now locked in for this afternoon’s main event.
A field of 41 STSS Modifieds signed into the Speed Palace pit area for Round No. 1 of the NJ Quality Drywall South Region. Two consolations remain on Saturday’s agenda.
After ‘Speed Showcase’ weekend at Port Royal is complete, attention turns to N.J.’s Bridgeport Motorsports Park Saturday, March 22 with the ’60 Over Special’ paying $6,060 to win for the STSS Modifieds and $4,444 for the STSS Sportsman.
Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco Modified Qualifier No. 1 Results (15 laps): 1. 58-Louden Reimert[1]; 2. 21A-Peter Britten[8]; 3. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[6]; 4. 70A-Alex Payne[4]; 5. 6B-Danny Bouc[5]; 6. 02-Jack Lehner[9]; 7. 93-Danny Varin[7]; 8. 19-Tim Fuller[12]; 9. 5*-Tyler Siri[13]; 10. 1J-Dan Creeden[11]; 11. 39-Kasey Coffey[2]; 12. 4P-Anthony Perrego[3]; 13. 1Z-Jessica Friesen[10]; 14. 23C-Tommy D’Angelo[14]
Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco Modified Qualifier No. 2 Results (15 laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[3]; 2. 6S-Matt Stangle[1]; 3. 32-Brandon Grosso[2]; 4. 6D-Dillon Steuer[4]; 5. 4M-Logan Watt[6]; 6. 3-Mat Williamson[8]; 7. 15G-Duane Howard[5]; 8. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[9]; 9. 20C-Cole Stangle[7]; 10. 58M-Marshall Hurd[10]; 11. 99L-Larry Wight[11]; 12. 51-Ryan Krachun[13]; 13. 1HJ-Tyler Johnston[12]; 14. (DNS) 44-Stewart Friesen
Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco Modified Qualifier No. 3 Results (15 laps): 1. 1-Billy Pauch Jr[1]; 2. 35-Mike Mahaney[3]; 3. 14W-Ryan Watt[2]; 4. 7M-Paul Mancini[5]; 5. 1D-Tyler Dippel[7]; 6. 26-Ryan Godown[10]; 7. 165-Rex King Jr[12]; 8. 20-Rick Laubach[6]; 9. 53-Mike Gular[8]; 10. 27-Tanner Van Doren[11]; 11. 21M-Bob McGannon[9]; 12. 7MM-Michael Maresca[4]; 13. 90-William Deckelman[13]
ATL Fuel Cells Hot Lap Hero ($100): Michael Maresca (18.578 seconds)
