Jared Hortsman in Winged Sprint Cars, Jordan Bailey in UMP Modifieds, Tim Wilber in Sportsman and Chris Garrett in Street Stocks were all feature winners on May 12.  On a night that looked like mother nature was going to capture her second night of the young season, it was the racers and fans who were treated to a good night of racing.  With a light sprinkle in hot laps, the night would clear in time for the racing events. 

  The first feature to hit the track would be the Street Stock feature with Jeff Hinkley and John Ruby bringing the field to green.  The initial start would be a botched start and see the cars of Bob Rendel and Zach Hiser suffer mechanical woes and retire for the night.  On the restart, it would take little time for defending champion Chris Garrett to jump out front.  The race would slow for a Charles Smith spin.  Back under green, Garrett would run to his first feature win of the 2012 season.  Jake Rendel, Brian Judd, Dustin Hyliard and Terry Bumpus would round out the top 5.  Heat races went to Hyliard, Jake Rendel, and Bob Rendel.

  A huge field of UMP Modifieds were on hand and as the feature rolled out onto the track, the rain opened up for a few minutes.  Track officials made the decision to wait 15 minutes and see if the rain stopped.  A few minutes later Jordan Bailey and Josh Lolmaugh would bring the field to the green flag.  Lolmaugh would jump to the lead and see a lap 2 yellow for a spinning Trevor Sloan slow the race.  Sloan with a broken front end would retire for the night.  Back under green with Lolmaugh leading and the yellow flew on lap 3 for contact and a spin by Steve Shellenberger.  On the restart, the yellow would fly again as Corey Bevard would roll to a stop in turn 4.  Back under green with Lolmaugh leading, the yellow would fly on lap 10 for a Jacob Bailey spin.  Mark Anderson had moved around Jordan Bailey and into 2^nd with Bailey 3^rd and Rich Robinson Jr in 4^th.  Back under green, the yellow flew for contact between Bailey and Jason Trennepohl, ending the night for Bailey.  Back to green and Lolmaugh would hold off Anderson until the yellow flew on lap 15 for a spinning Steve Shellenberger, ending his night.  On the restart Lolmaugh and Anderson would make contact in turn 1 spinning Lolmaugh off turn 2.  With Lolmaugh and Anderson at the tail, Jordan Bailey would take over the point and set up a battle between Bailey and Robinson Jr.  A lap 19 caution for debris would set up a shoot out for the win.  At the stripe it would be Bailey with the win, followed by Robinson Jr.  Mike Tarlton, Tommy Beezley and Jake Rendel would round out the top 5.  Heat races went to Lolmaugh, Tim Wilber, Trevor Sloan and Steve Shellenberger.  B main wins went to Doug McLachlan and Eric Swan.

  The Winged Sprint car feature would roll out and see Chris Jones and Chad Hart bring the field to green with Jones getting the lead.  A lap 3 yellow for Marques Huffer rolling slow down the front stretch would slow the field.  Third place starting Jared Hortsman would get by Jones and lead until a late race yellow for Brett Mann stopping by the pits.  A yellow would fly for a spinning Greg Wheeler, collecting Joe Geibe and Billy Jacoby.  At the checkered it would be Hortsman winning over a hard charging 12^th starting Chad Blonde.  Len Robison, Jones and Ryan Ruhl would round out the top 5.  Hortsman, who a week earlier turned over onto the top wing on lap 1, was jubilant in victory lane climbing up to the wing of his car.  Heat race wins went to Mann, Max Stambaugh, Hortsman and Wheeler. B mains went to Shelby Bilton and Ryan Kirkendall.

  The Sportsman feature would be the last feature to roll out and see Jake Rendel and Tim Wilber bring the field to green.  Wilber would get to the lead and the race would be slowed late for Chris Garrett rolling to a stop at the exit of turn 4.  Back to green ad the defending Sportsman champion would gather his first feature win of the year ahead of Rendel.  Dwayne Feltner, Fred VanEvey and Steve Langdon would round out the top 5.  Heat race wins went to Wilber and Rendel.

  A huge thanks goes out to the Modified drivers who helped pack the track at the beginning of the night.

  Promoters Bob and Karen Garrett would like to thank the fans and drivers who braved the weather to come out to the speedway.  While we did have a few sprinkles before the UMP Modified feature, we were able to run the full program.

  Coming up on May 19 the Mini Sprints will join the full 4 in 1 program of Winged Sprint Cars, UMP Modifieds, Sportsman and Street Stocks to make it a full 5 in 1 program for the same price as the 4 in 1 show.  The pits have been packed, the crowds have been good and the racing has been intense at the 3/8 mile speedplant.

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