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Service Electric 100
Nazareth Speedway
June 26th, 2008
 
True Value/Dart Machinery Modified Series
Race Results

1. Jeff Marble
2. Charli Brown
3. Chris Forster
4. Tony Hanbury
5. Dennis Frates
6. Jeff Rogers
7. Rich Warden
8. Zach Truesdail
9. Scott Aldrich
10. Chris O'Shell
11. Chris Rogers
12. Tom Meade
13. Rick Dutra
14. Chuck Darling


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June 26th, 2008
Marble puts a stamp on his first career victory at Nazareth! - By Charli Brown

Jeff Marble unveiled a brand new car and drove it to his first win Thursday night in the Service Electric 100 at the Nazareth Speedway.

Nazareth, PA - Buffalo, New York's Jeff Marble unveiled a brand new Troyer chassis Thursday night for the Service Electric 100 at the Nazareth Speedway and promptly took it to Victory Lane for his first career win in the True Value/Dart Machinery Modified series. Marble held off a late race charge by defending race winner Charli Brown, who had dominated the early stages of the event, but gave up the lead on a late race pit stop to try and cure a transmission problem.

Saginaw, Michigan's Chuck Darling set the pace in Dart Heads Pole Qualifying with a lap time of 31.318 seconds at 108.743 mph and would lead the field to the green flag with Charli Brown to his outside.

Brown would get the early jump on Darling heading into the tricky first turn dogleg and the two leaders raced side by side until the crafty road course veteran took command as they raced off turn two and onto the backstretch. Brown led lap one with Darling and Chris O’Shell giving chase.

The tricky dogleg of turn one would get its first victim as the leaders started lap 2. Chris O’Shell had to check up to avoid hitting the second place car of Chuck Darling and spun his Earle Asphalt Ford as the field scattered behind him to take evasive action. O'Shell drove away with slight damage to the rear of his car after contact with the outside wall.

Charli Brown led the field to the lap 7 restart over Chuck Darling, Jeff Marble, Chris Forster and Chris Rogers. Sixth through tenth were Zach Truesdail, Tony Hanbury, Dennis Frates, Scott Aldrich and Rick Dutra.

The second caution of the evening quickly came out as Zach Truesdail and Chris Rogers were racing for the fifth position. Rogers misjudged his exit off turn two and bounced off the concrete retaining wall and into the side of Truesdail's machine sending the Owego, New York driver spinning towards the inside grass. Under this caution, Truesdail and Rogers both headed to pit road to check over their cars, moving Tom Meade and Chris O'Shell back into the top ten.

Brown continued to lead to the race’s second restart on lap 12 until turn one's dogleg grabbed its second victim of the evening. Tom Meade spun out of the ninth spot and into the path of Chris O'Shell leaving him no where to go but into the side of Meade's car. Jeff Rogers was also caught up in the incident, but everybody drove away. Under this caution, Tony Hanbury and Rick Dutra hit pit road for service, as well as Tom Meade and Chris O'Shell.

The race's fourth restart came on lap 18 with Charli Brown leading over Chuck Darling, Jeff Marble, Chris Forster and Dennis Frates. Sixth through tenth were Scott Aldrich, Zach Truesdail, Chris Rogers and Rich Warden.

Chuck Darling's night came to an abrupt end just as he passed through the first turn dogleg and on to the short straight. The tell tale trail of steam and water came from underneath Darling's car and he quickly dove on to the pit access road and coasted to the garage area, done for the night.

This would move Jeff Marble to the second spot with Chris Forster and Dennis Frates mixing it up for third and fourth as the field completed lap 20.

Rick Dutra spun his Francis Farm Clambakes machine in a single car incident in turn three to bring out the race's fourth caution on lap 21. Scott Aldrich, Chris O’Shell and Tom Meade pitted for adjustments, as well as Rick Dutra under this caution.

The fifth restart of the evening came on lap 25 as Charli Brown continued to hold the lead over Jeff Marble, Chris Forster, Dennis Frates and Zach Truesdail. Sixth through tenth were Chris Rogers, Tony Hanbury, Jeff Rogers, Tom Meade and Scott Aldrich.

The first big incident of the evening came in turn three after this restart with Scott Aldrich getting into the back of Tom Meade. Meade bounced hard off the turn three wall and collected Rick Dutra, ending his run for the night as the field took the caution to complete lap 26.

Charli Brown looked to be on cruise control as the field took the green for the race's fifth restart on lap 30 and led until the race's sixth caution on lap 39 for Tom Meade, who again spun in turn one and ended his night against the wall.

As the Chevrolet pace car picked up the field on lap 40, Charli Brown led the race to pit road over Jeff Marble, Chris Forster, Chris O'Shell and Chris Rogers. Zach Truesdail was sixth in line and chose to stay out for five bonus points, with Dennis Frates seventh, Tony Hanbury eighth, Jeff Rogers ninth and Scott Aldrich tenth.

Brown's Troyer Engineering team got him off pit road first ahead of Scott Aldrich, Jeff Rogers, Jeff Marble and Chris O’Shell. Truesdail and Rich Warden headed to pit road the following lap and handed the lead back to Brown for the race's sixth restart on lap 44.

Brown looked like he was shot out of a cannon as a clear race track and fresh tires helped him open a six car length lead on the restart. But that lead was quickly erased when Chris Rogers dove to the inside of Jeff Rogers as the two raced to turn three. The two cars made contact while racing for the fifth and sixth position.

The race's seventh restart came at lap 49 and Charli Brown led to the KING Design Halfway Award the following lap over Jeff Marble, Scott Aldrich, Chris O'Shell and Chris Forster.

Brown's night of dominance ended as he drove through turn one's dogleg on lap 53. The engine rev limiter could be heard up and down pit road as he lost fourth gear. Jeff Marble quickly dove to his inside and took the led for the first time as Brown quickly shifted to third gear to try and hold on to the second spot.

The eighth caution flag of the evening flew on lap 55 for Tony Hanbury who spun his Kolba Construction machine in a single car incident in turn three.

Race leader Jeff Marble led the race leaders on to pit road for the second round of scheduled pit stops, while Charli Brown stayed out to reclaim the lead. Marble would win the race off pit road but fall third in line behind Brown and Zach Truesdail who both elected to stay out. Jeff Rogers and Chris O'Shell rounded out the top five as the race came to its eighth restart on lap 59.

Brown quickly opened up another lead as Jeff Marble worked his way around Zach Truesdail for second on lap 60 and led to the race's ninth caution for Chris O'Shell, who spun in a single car incident in turn four on lap 62.

Several drivers elected to top off on fuel under this caution including Scott Aldrich, Chris Forster and Tony Hanbury. Charli Brown stayed out to lead over Jeff Marble, Zach Truesdail, Dennis Frates and Jeff Rogers.

Charli Brown gave up the lead and headed to pit road for his final stop of the night the following lap under caution and took four tires and fuel as the crew pushed him out of his pit box. Brown rejoined the race seventh in line as Jeff Marble led to the restart on lap 66 over Zach Truesdail, Dennis Frates, Jeff Rogers and Scott Aldrich.

Turn one grabbed its final victim of the night as Scott Aldrich spun his Atlas Auto Body machine hard into the turn one wall to bring out the race's tenth caution on lap 69.

The final restart of the night came on lap 74 with Jeff Marble leading over Zach Truesdail, Dennis Frates, Charli Brown and Jeff Rogers. Sixth through eighth were Tony Hanbury, Rich Warden and Chris Forster who was the last car running on the lead lap. Charli Brown quickly passed Dennis Frates for third on the restart and ducked under Zach Truesdail for second as they passed under the Air Products bridge in turn two. Tony Hanbury worked his way past Jeff Rogers for fifth as the race closed in on its final 25 laps.

Amazingly enough, Brown looked to be closing the gap on Marble even without fourth gear. Drivers were using fourth gear as an overdrive gear to keep the revs down on the motor on the long back straightaway.

With 15 laps to go, Brown was charging hard and had closed the gap to within a second of the leader as the race's two most dominant cars had a full five second lead on third place driver, Zach Truesdail. Truesdail headed to pit road with five laps to go, giving up third after running out of fuel. Tony Hanbury and Chris Forster had a spirited battle for the third and fourth spot with Forster making his move under Hanbury for the spot as they dove into turn three.

Jeff Marble cruised to his first career victory over Charli Brown, Chris Forster, Tony Hanbury and Dennis Frates. Jeff Rogers would come home sixth followed by Rich Warden and Zach Truesdail.

This week, the True Value/Dart Machinery Modified series heads to the Spencer Speedway in Williamson, New York for the Don Pratt Memorial 100 presented by Monroe Extinguisher.

Charli Brown takes over the point lead by 10 points over Jeff Marble, Tony Hanbury, Chris O'Shell and Zach Truesdail.