Mark Hammer, TJ Kapish and Scott Adams Take Evergreen’s Fall Classic
St. Johns, PA (10/2/2016)- Evergreen Raceway’s “Fall Classic Enduros” kicked off Sunday at the 1/3-mile asphalt oval. After battling hard with Pete Verwys in the early going, Mark Hammer of Hunlock Creek earned his very first Four Cylinder Enduro victory. TJ Kapish of Mountaintop took the lead before a lap was scored in the 6/-8-Cylinder Enduro and never looked back until the checkers flew. In dominating fashion, Scott Adams of Lake Ariel lapped the Open Competition field four times en route to victory.
Chris Elixton started from the pole position in the 100-lap Four Cylinder Enduro. However, Mark Hammer wasted no time and took the lead on the opening lap over Elixton, Pete Verwys, Luke Hoffner and Scott Adams.
With Hammer showing the way, Jeff Ackerman cracked the top five on lap four. Nine laps later, the leaders began to work their way through lapped traffic. Verwys overtook Hammer for the top spot and held it until lap 20 when Hammer moved back to the point. Hammer’s lead was short-lived and Verwys took back over once again.
With 50 laps complete, Verwys continued to show the way over Hammer, Richard Wolfe, Hoffner and Kevin Kruczek, Jr.
Hammer hung with Verwys and the laps clicked off, but with 24 circuits remaining, Verwys’ day came to an end when his ride was shoved into a dead car on the speedway. Hammer was unchallenged in the closing laps and the former Enduro champion took his first victory in the division over Ackerman. Ed Wildes, Hoffner and Rich Emel completed the top five.
Scott Adams started from the pole in the 75-lap 6/8-Cylinder Enduro but TJ Kapish stole the lead before a lap was in the books. Anthony Pizzo held third with Ed Brown, Jr. and Scott Sipe in tow.
Pizzo climbed to second on the second circuit and Brown moved into third. With Kapish showing the way on lap seven, Brown advanced into second.
Brown continued to trail Kapish at the halfway point and Sipe held third over Pizzo and Tony Rispin.
Brown appeared to be reeling in the leader over the second half of the event, but that went by the wayside when he spun in turn two. The change of events moved Pizzo into the second spot and opened up the lead for Kapish.
Kapish was untouched from there and went on to take the victory over Pizzo, Brown, Luke Hoffner and Sipe.
Scott Adams started in the pole position in the 30-lap Open Comp event. He led the first lap over Ricky Weaver and Keith St. Clair.
Just after a lap was complete, the red flag waved for St. Clair, whose throttle stuck on the front stretch. At full speed, St. Clair pummeled the turn one guiderail and destroyed his racecar. Track and ambulance crews quickly went to the scene and St. Clair exited under his own power. He was transported to a local hospital for further observation and testing.
Green flag racing resumed and Adams dominated the remainder of the show by lapping second place Moe Hunsinger four times.
From October 7 through November 5, the track is hosting “EVERSCREAM”on Friday and Saturday nights. EVERSCREAM consists of two haunted attractions, one being their haunted trail through the woods and the second is the corn maze of horror. Admission for both attractions is just $10. Patrons are also invited to view scary movies on the projection screen. Concessions will be open for EVERSCREAM, which will be open from dusk. Nightly ticket sales will stop at 10 PM.
Fall Cruise in the Evergreens is slated for Sunday, October 9 from 10 AM through 4 PM. The event, which is a custom, classis, antique, truck, racing and cycle car show will take place in the Evergreen pit area. There will also be a flea market, where vendors can sell anything, not just racing related items. Awards will be presented for the best of show and ten additional plaques will be presented for the best appearing top 10. Vehicle registration is just $10 and the vendor fee is $15. Public admission is free. There will be food and music on site and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the SPCA.
Evergreen Raceway is located minutes from Hazleton, PA, in between routes 93 and 309. For more information regarding Evergreen Raceway, including the entire season schedule, directions, and divisional payouts, please visitwww.evergreenracewaypark.com and don’t forget to like their Facebook page as well.
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Four Cylinder Enduro (100-laps) 1. MARK HAMMER 2. Jeff Ackerman 3. Ed Wildes 4. Luke Hoffner 5. Rich Emel 6. Rich Wolfe 7. John Rose 8. Frank Shetler 9. Ray Kennedy 10. Pete Verwys Jr 11. Chris Trumbauer 12. Bill Sierdzinski 13. Kevin Kruczek Jr 14. Tony Rispin 15. Bill Feist 16. Dave Imler Jr 17.Hunter Iatalese 18. Jason Bentzoni 19. Dave Imler 20. Pete Verwys 21. Brian Halecki 22.Scott Adams 23. Kevin Kruczek 24. Chris Elixon 25. Harry Meade 26. Titus Sheets 27. Michael Beriton 28. Randy Boston 29. Dustin Pietrak 30. Nick Brajuka 31. Corey Collier 32. Ray Kochin 33. David Wolfe
6/8-Cylinder Enduro (75-laps) 1. TJ KAPISH 2. Anthony Pizzo 3. Ed Brown Jr 4. Luke Hoffner 5. Scott Sipe 6. Chris Elixson 7. Paul Salvatore 8. Sean Rooney 9. Pete Verewys 10. Lyndsey Michel 11. Scott Adams 12. Kennedy Rose 13. Tony Rispin 14. Joe Mazzillo 15. Ray Kennedy 16. Joe Carner 17.Mark Hammer 18. David Imler 19. Eric Knopp
Open Comp (30-laps) 1, SCOTT ADAMS 2. Moe Hunsinger 3. Ricky Weaver 4. Luke Hoffner 5. Keith St. Clair
Upcoming Shows:
October 7 – November 7- “EVERSCREAM” Haunted Attractions
October 9- “Fall Cruise in the Evergreens” Classic, Custom, Street and Racing Car Show and EVERYTHING Flea Market
October 14, 15 & 16- “King of the Green” weekend
Sources: Gene Ostrowski/Evergreen Raceway PR