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 Jennerstown 350
Final Race Results

Jennerstown Speedway
 January 12th, 2008
1. Justin Trombley
2. Richie Coy
3. Richard Davidowitz
4. Randy Mahlum
5. Scott Bryant
6. Charli Brown
7. Chuck Darling
8. JD Babbitt
9. Jerry Lepage
10. Danny Coral
11. Brad Cornthwaite
12. Kevin Kelleher
13. JD Laird
14. Mike Woodring
15. Jay Neels
16. Jim Rasmussen
17. Mat Benjamin
18. Donato Direnzo
19. Michael Pares, Jr.
20. Joe Doucette
21. Joshua Guiher
22. Jerry Solomito
23. Timmy Solomito
24. J.P. Arsenault
25. Steve Meadors

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January 12th, 2008
Justin Trombley wins the Jennerstown 350! - by Charli Brown


Justin Trombley led 193 of the scheduled 350 laps to win the inaugural Jennerstown 350 Saturday night.

Jennerstown, PA - After a week-long qualifying format and thirty of the highest caliber drivers online all trying to earn their way into the longest event ever held at SIModified.com, twenty-four year old Justin Trombley of Brewer, Maine led 193 of the 350 scheduled race laps to win the inaugural Jennerstown 350 over Richie Coy and Richard Davidowitz.

Trombley started the night on a good note by winning the Bud Light Pole Award which was presented by Dutchess Beer Distributors of Hudson Valley, New York with a lap time of 18.466 at 101.765 MPH. Second quick was Timmy Solomito, with Richard Davidowitz, Scott Bryant and Charli Brown rounding out the top five.

"I was really shocked to get the pole for this race" explained an excited Justin Trombley. "There are some really fast guys here. But hey, I'll take it. The qualifying procedure was something I had never done before. I liked it but I think heat races would have been great for an event like this, next time." he added.

Twenty-five of the twenty-eight cars qualified for the event took the green as Justin Trombley would lead from the pole. Everyone knew from a well organized driver's meeting that this would be a long event and the first caution did not fly until lap 53 for a two car incident involving JD Babbitt and Steve Meadors, who were racing for the sixth and seventh spot.

This brought the first round of pit stops with all the lead lap cars pitting for fresh Hoosier tires and Sunoco racing fuel. Trombley would win the race off pit road and lead the field to the restart on lap 59 with Richard Davidowitz second followed by Timmy Solomito, Richie Coy and Charli Brown rounding out the top five. Sixth through tenth were Jay Neels, Randy Mahlum, Joshua Guiher, Jerry Lepage and Michael Pares, Jr.

The second caution of the event was thrown on lap 66 for a single car incident involving JD Laird who spun his Rockstar Energy machine in turn two. Scott Bryant took evasive action and missed Laird who rejoined at the tail end of the field for the lap 72 restart.

But the field would only complete another ten laps before caution number three was thrown on lap 76 for another single car incident. This time, Joe Doucette spun his RacerJoe special in turn two but avoided any contact and rejoined at the tail end of the line for the lap 82 restart.

Trombley would continue to set the pace as there was no change in the running order except for Randy Mahlum working his way past Jay Neels for sixth before the previous caution. "My intention going into the event was to ride it out and stay out of trouble until the last 100 laps" explained Trombley.

Turn two would again bite another driver as Jerry Solomito would spin on lap 92 and bring out the race's fourth yellow while Brad Cornthwaite would barely miss Solomito's spinning car.

The second round of pit stops occurred under this yellow with Trombley again leading the field to pit road while fifth place driver Charli Brown and seventh place driver Jay Neels elected to stay out. "Tire wear was looking really good after our first stop, and I felt we could have gone another 50 or so laps on the tires we had so I made the call to stay out" explained Brown.

Joshua Guiher would take two tires and beat the rest of the field off pit road followed by Trombley, Davidowitz and Richie Coy who all took four tires.

Brown would lead the field to the lap 98 restart with Jay Neels second, Joe Doucette third and Joshua Guiher fourth who had the rest of the cars on four tires behind him.

The fifth caution of the evening flew on lap 102 for contact between Timmy Solomito and JD Laird as they were racing for fifteenth and sixteenth position. Solomito had just suffered a speeding violation on pit road during the previous round of pit stops and was trying to work his way forward past Laird after losing the seventh spot.

Brown would lead the field to the lap 106 restart with Jay Neels right behind. But Neels would save his Original Pizza Logs machine from a big wiggle off turn two just two laps later and lose two positions to Guiher and Trombley and settled back into fourth spot until the sixth caution on lap 114 for Jerry Solomito who again fell victim to turn two.

Under this caution, Joshua Guiher would inherit the lead as Brown, Neels and Randy Mahlum would hit pit road for service.

The race would retake the green flag on lap 119 with Joshua Guiher leading over Justin Trombley, Richard Davidowitz, Richie Coy and Jerry Lepage. Sixth through tenth were Scott Bryant, JD Babbitt, Joe Doucette, Chuck Darling and Michael Pares, Jr.

Guiher would lead the next twenty-seven laps until a big wiggle off turn two caused him to lose the controls of his TSW Evolution machine and come to a rest against the inside concrete wall on lap 146. This would hand the lead back to Justin Trombley. Guiher would right his machine and attempt to continue but pulled his car behind the wall two laps later and retire from the event.

At the 150 lap mark, Trombley would continue to show the way over Davidowitz, Richie Coy, Jerry Lepage and Scott Bryant. JD Babbitt was sixth, followed by Chuck Darling, JD Laird, Jay Neels and Charli Brown.

SIModified.com Turkey Derby champion Richard Davidowitz would make his bid for the lead on lap 164 as he dove to the inside of Justin Trombley as the two raced to turn one. Four laps later the seventh yellow for the evening would fly for Mat Benjamin spinning his machine in turn 3 in a single car incident.

All the lead lap cars would pit under this caution for service with Davidowitz winning the race off pit road over Trombley, Coy, Lepage and Bryant. Chuck Darling would come out sixth followed by JD Laird, Randy Mahlum, JD Babbitt, Jay Neels and Danny Coral.

Davidowitz led the field to the lap 174 restart and would also lead the halfway lap, one lap later. But the eighth caution would fly on lap 176 for contact between the ninth and tenth place cars of JD Babbitt and Jay Neels in turn four.

Davidowitz continued to show the way to the lap 182 restart as the race worked its way towards its latter stages. The ninth caution would fly for Joe Doucette spinning in turn one in another single car incident on lap 185.

The following restart on lap 191 would only get the drivers a half lap as Danny Coral seemed to forget where his accelerator was as Charli Brown made a move to the inside for ninth as the two raced to turn one. Coral's abrupt stop caught Michael Pares, Jr. off guard and Pares, Jr. spun his TAS Country Homes machine in turn one to avoid the slowing Coral.

This would be the race's tenth caution but also a preview of what was to come. Richie Coy hit pit road from sixth spot and took on left side tires and was the only car to pit under this caution. Coy rejoined the field as the last car on the lead lap in fifteenth as the field came to the retart on lap 197.

At lap 200, Richard Davidowitz continued to lead over Justin Trombley, Jerry Lepage and Scott Bryant. JD Laird was sixth, followed by Chuck Darling, Randy Mahlum, Charli Brown and JD Babbitt.

The eleventh caution flew just one lap later for Kevin Kelleher and Michael Pares, Jr. coming together in turn three. Pares, Jr. got the worst end of the contact and slammed hard into the third turn wall. Under this caution, Danny Coral hit pit road with Kevin Kelleher and Brad Cornthwaite in tow.

Davidowitz led the field to the lap 207 restart and would lead the next two laps to the race's twelfth caution for Jim Rasmussen's spin in turn two. Chuck Darling hit pit road during this caution period and gave up the sixth spot for four fresh tires.

Again, another stop and go restart occurred on lap 215 and 216 as Chuck Darling would try to make a move on Kevin Kelleher on the restart heading into turn one. Both cars would head to pit road to survey the damage and rejoin at the tail of the field as the race went back to green on lap 221.

Richard Davidowitz would lead the next twenty-nine laps incident free and take the field into the final hundred laps over Justin Trombley, Jerry Lepage, JD Laird and Scott Bryant. Sixth through tenth were Randy Mahlum, Charli Brown, Jay Neels, Richie Coy and JD Babbitt. "It was not my intention at all to lead nearly that many laps” explained Davidowitz. "I saw that I was faster then Trobley on the long run so I took my chance while I had it."

Fifteen laps later at lap 265 Jim Rasmussen would spin his General Electric machine in turn four to bring out the race's fourteenth caution. This would lead to the final round of pit stops for all the leaders and would totally change the complexion of the race's running order.

Davidowitz would win the race off pit road with a four tire change over Justin Trombley and hold the lead until race officials deemed that the P.O.S. Performance machine had been caught with a speeding violation. This would send the race leader to the tail end of the longest line. Meanwhile, Richie Coy and his Mach-1 Performance team called for a two tire stop and moved their driver up into the third position. "I guess my move of the race was the last pit stop” explained Richie Coy. “I decided to try something a little different and only took right side tires. I had pitted the caution earlier and took only left sides, so I was pretty sure I would have enough tire left to finish decent" Coy would inherit second after Davidowitz's speeding penalty which moved Scott Bryant to third, JD Laird to fourth and Jerry Lepage fifth. Sixth was Charli Brown, followed by Randy Mahlum, JD Babbiit, Jay Neels and Chuck Darling. Davidowitz had a long road to go after starting the lap 271 restart from the thirteenth position.

The race's final caution would fly less than a lap later for contact between Jay Neels and JD Babbitt as the two raced for the eighth and ninth positions heading into turn three.

This would set up the race's final restart on lap 277. Trombley continued to lead the way over Coy, Bryant and JD Laird. But Laird's night would come to a heart breaking end just eight laps later on lap 285 while running in the third position. JD had just passed Scott Bryant for the third spot a few laps earlier and headed to pit road with an engine misfire in his Rockstar Energy machine. Laird would lose ten laps on pit road while his crew tried to diagnose the problem.

Justin Trombley on the other hand began pulling away from the field and at lap 300 held a commanding lead over Richie Coy, Scott Bryant, Charli Brown and Jerry Lepage. Sixth was Randy Mahlum followed by Richard Davidowitz (who was carving through the field with an awesome display of racing in traffic), Chuck Darling, JD Babbitt and Danny Coral.

As the race's winding laps trickled down, Davidowitz was the only car going forward. He made his move on Randy Mahlum on lap 309 for fifth as the two raced to turn one then set off after the fourth place car of Charli Brown.

It took him thirty laps, but Davidowitz caught Brown and dove under him on lap 339 as the two raced to turn three. Two laps later and Randy Mahlum would also work his way past the slowly faltering Nitorade sponsored machine as he dropped Brown to sixth.

Davidowitz's last move came on the last corner of the last lap. As Justin Trombley had already taken the checkered flags and Richie Coy was crossing the start-finish line, Davidowitz dove to the inside of Scott Bryant in turn three and rubbed wheels with the black number sixty car taking away the third spot as the two raced off turn four.

Bryant on the other hand, was trying to regain control of his car as Randy Mahlum raced him to the line in a photo finish for fourth and fifth spot. Mahlum would get the spot, dropping Bryant back to fifth at the checkers.

The top ten for the Jennerstown 350 were Justin Trombley, Richie Coy, Richard Davidowitz, Randy Mahlum and Scott Bryant fifth. Sixth was Charli Brown, followed by Chuck Darling, JD Babbitt and Jerry Lepage who was the last car on the lead lap. Finishing tenth one lap down was Danny Coral.

The race had seven lead changes among five different drivers and had fifteen caution flags for seventy-five laps. Justin Trombley led the most laps with 193, while Richard Davidowitz took home the Halfway Leader Award.