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Mountain Speedway Crowns 2011 Division Champions
(11/12/2011)- Under the twelfth season of operation with Hazleton’s
Joe Callavini at the helm, Mountain Speedway held its annual awards
banquet Saturday evening at Genetti’s Inn & Suites in Hazleton, PA.
With three top five finishes along with six top tens in ten starts,
Tommy Wanick III finished seventh overall in the Modified points
standings.
Hundreds filled the banquet hall, including crew and friends and
family members of racers that competed at the 1/3-mile asphalt oval
in St. Johns, PA during the 2011 racing season. Along with the
presentation of special awards, the end of the year celebration was
held to recognize the top points finishers each of the track’s
divisions. Read More
Hossfeld Nearly Pulls
Off “King of the Mountain” Victory at Mountain Speedway
(10/9/2011)- In conjunction with Day two of the 12th
annual “King of the Mountain” (KoTM) event at Mountain Speedway, a
slew of race cars and fans headed to the track on Sunday to not only
see who will claim the $5,000 Modified prize, but also to see who
the 2011 track champions would be in the final points event of the
season. When it was all said and done, Matt Hirschman of
Northampton, PA rebounded from a spin earlier to claim the big money
and his first KoTM victory since 2001
With 34 Modifieds in the pit area, qualifying was important to the
drivers, as the top 15 fastest time trailers were assured a spot in
the big 150-lap show. Matt Hirschman timed fastest with what is
believed to be a new track record at a time of 13.188 seconds. The
top ten drivers redrew for starting spots, which put Chuck Hossfeld
on the pole position.
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Wanick Finishes 12th at Mountain Speedway
(9/25, 2011)- After being rescheduled several times since July,
Autograph and Camera Day took place for the “A Program” Sunday at
Mountain Speedway. Fans received treats and autographs from many of
the tracks stars before they had the opportunity so see some great
asphalt racing action, which included victories by Matt Hirschman of
Northampton, PA, who claimed top honors in the Modified division.
Lenny Fischer led the Modified field to the drop of the green flag
in the 40-lap feature. He led the opening circuit over Nick Pecko,
Eddie Brunnhoelzl III and Allen Creveling.
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Wanick Just Finishes
Outside Top 10 at Mountain Speedway
(September 11, 2011)- Ken Vogel, Jr. led the Modified starting grid
to the drop of the green flag in the 40-lap event. He led the
opening lap over Brian DeFebo, Nick Pecko, Allen Creveling and Todd
Baer before the yellow flag flew when Lenny Fischer spun in turns
three and four on the fifth lap.
Green flag racing resumed and Pecko, who had just moved to second
three laps earlier, took the race lead.
Kyle Ebersole cracked the top five, as did Zane Zeiner in the
early going and both tried to reel in the leaders. With 13 laps
complete, Pecko continued to lead over Ebersole, Zeiner and DeFebo.
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Wanick Earns Another Top 5 at Mountain
(8/27/2011)- Despite a late afternoon passing shower, the drivers
and track crew at Mountain Speedway dried out the racing surface and
then completed a three division show in just over an hour and a half
Saturday night. When it was all said and done, Bobby Jones of
Palmerton. PA stood in victory lane as the Modified victor.
With a scheduled distance of 50-laps, the Modified division
drivers took to the track for time trials. One of the biggest
surprises of the night was Factory Stock driver, Brandon Oltra, who
was behind the wheel of Geary Rinehimer’s Sport Modified, ran the
quickest time.
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Wanick Finishes Just
Outside Top 5 at Mountain Speedway
(August 13, 2011)-Despite passing showers late in the afternoon,
track workers and plenty of racers took to the track Saturday night
at Mountain Speedway in an effort to dry the racing surface. The
work was successful and the racing went off without a hitch. Kyle
Ebersole of Hummelstown, PA drove to the front and then cruised to
his second straight Modified victory. Steve Shultz of Drums notched
his fourth Street Stock feature win of the season and Cody Roth of
Kunkletown, PA steered clear of trouble to score his second FWD main
event win of the year.
Allen Creveling led the Modified field to the drop of the green
flag in the 40-lap main event. Following two complete restarts
without a lap scored on the board, Todd Baer overtook Creveling.
Tommy Wanick III ran third, with Barry Callavini and Jim Bojohnny in
tow.
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Tommy Wanick III Stays Out of trouble to
Finish 9th at Mountain
(July 30, 2011)- Using a cone racing format and with $2,000 on the
line for the winner of the 75-Lap Modified main event Saturday at
Mountain Speedway, Kyle Ebersole of Hummelstown stayed clear of
trouble and then held off point leader Bobby Jones to score his
first race of the season at the speedway. Tommy Wanick III steered
clear of multiple caution flags to score a ninth place finish.
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Tommy Wanick III Earns Strong Top
5 at Mountain Speedway
(July 16, 2011)- After winning the heat race earlier in the day,
Tommy Wanick III steered clear of trouble and drover his Modified to
a strong fifth place finish Saturday night at Mountain Speedway.
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Wanick Scores
Solid Top 10 at Mountain
(July 2, 2011)- After winning one of two Modified heat races earlier
in the evening, Dave Schneider started on the pole position for the
40-lap main event. He led the opening lap over fellow heat winner,
Ken Vogel, Jr. Nick Pecko held third, followed by Kyle Ebersole and
Bobby Jones.
Pecko got by Vogel for the second spot in the early going and then
lost the spot to Jones, who clawed his way toward the front.
Ebersole followed by Pecko and moved into third on the following
lap.
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Tommy Wanick Just Finishes
Outside Top 10 at Mountain Speedway
(June 18, 2011)- While behind the wheel of a rocket on Saturday at
Mountain Speedway, Bobby Jones of Palmerton, PA took the race lead
on lap ten and then held off Rusty Smith to score his second
Modified feature event win of the season. With a consistent run,
Tommy Wanick III finished in the 11th spot. Steve Shultz
piloted the other team can and he earned a 13th place
finish in his first career start.
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Tommy Wanick
Earns Stellar 3rd Place Finish at Mountain Speedway
(June 4, 2011)- It was definitely a fitting night for Brian DeFebo
of Berwick at Mountain Speedway on Saturday night. In conjunction
with the 4th annual Evergreen raceway reunion, the
talented Modified racer and former two-time Thriller division
champion during the Evergreen era notched his second feature win of
the season.
Todd Baer started on the pole position and led the opening circuit
of the 40-lap Modified feature over Allen Creveling, Ken Vogel, Jr,
Brian DeFebo and CJ Jones.
DeFebo overtook Vogel for second on lap two and then shot by
Creveling to move into the runner up spot on the following circuit.
He then reeled in Baer, who had already led by a few car lengths.
Tommy Wanick III fought hard at the end to earn a strong 3rd place
finish.
Read More
 Brian
DeFebo Test Drives Wanick Motorsports Entry
(4/30/11)- Tommy Wanick III time trialed for opening day at Mountain
Speedway and following time trials, racers and fans alike came to
Mountain Speedway on Saturday to enjoy some decent weather and
finally, racing! When it was all said and done, Bobby Jones of
Palmerton went on to take his first ever opening day win in his
Modified. Chip Wannamaker of Walnutport cruised to take the Street
Stock victory and Harry O’Neill of Mountaintop notched his first
career FWD victory.
Kyle Ebersole turned the fastest lap during time trials for the
opening day 40-lap Modified Main event. He started from the pole and
led the opening lap over Todd Baer, Earl Paules, Bobby Jones and
Nick Pecko.
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Rest in Peace, Pop Pop
The journey of life has ended for a well-known car owner from
Mountain Speedway, the former Evergreen Raceway. Tom Wanick, Sr. of
Hazleton, PA passed away on March 1 with his Son Tom, Jr. and his
grandson, Tom III by his side.
Born in Hazleton, the United States Air Force veteran
was employed as a
supervisor of paving for Lisbon Co., Danboro before retiring. He was
a member of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Parish at St. Joseph Church,
Hazleton and dedicated his free time to funding and operating Wanick
Motorsports, his family owned race team.
During the Evergreen era and with New Jersey’s Chris Ammon behind
the wheel of his open wheel Modified, the team scored eleven
victories from 1992-2002. Their highlighting victory came when Ammon
took the checkered flag to score a Race of Champions victory, which
earned him a guaranteed staring spot in the prestigious Race of
champions.
Surviving are two children, Mary Lou Demshock, Hazleton; and Thomas
J. Wanick Jr. and his wife, Carmella Dulina, Hazleton; five
grandchildren, Robert Demshock, Mary Jo Demshock, Michael Demshock,
Kathleen Demshock and Thomas J. Wanick III and his fiancée, Kayla
Schegan; two great-grandchildren, Emily Wanick and Brianna Wanick;
and one sister, Eleanor Leonard, Hazleton. Wanick also has nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were held from Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home Inc.,
542 N. Wyoming St., Hazleton and mass was celebrated at Ss. Cyril
and Methodius Parish at St. Joseph Church.
Chris Ammon Has DNF in Turkey Derby
(11/30/10)- Following a
10 year hiatus from Wall Stadium, Chris Ammon teamed up with Wanick
Motorsports with high hopes of a great Turkey Derby finish, but
those hopes were dashed in the early going.
Ammon fought a loose car
in the feature while behind the wheel of the Franzosa
Excavating/Wanick Motorsports #1 Modified. However, he remained
patient and the team adjusted on the car. Just as it seemed like the
car was coming around and Ammon began to advance several positions,
the caution flew for another competitor. Ammon stopped on the
speedway and evidently unaware that he was there, the car in front
of Ammon threw his car in reverse and backed atop the hood of the
Franzosa Excavating Modified.
Ammon and the team were
disappointed with the DNF, yet Ammon seemed happy to have the
opportunity to run yet another Turkey Derby at Wall Stadium.
Hossfeld and Jones Have Resepctable Runs for Wanick
Motorsports at “King of the
Mountain” 
(10/9/2010)-
With $5000 to win for the Modifieds and double points on
the line for all divisions, the Sunday portion of the
championship deciding “King of the Mountain” was the
show to watch in Northeastern, Pennsylvania. Zane Zeiner
of Bath, held off several challenges from Matt Hirschman
to take his second career King of the Mountain Modified
main event and Earl Paules took the division
championship (Kevin Green photos).
Read More
Chuck Hossfeld Headed to Pennsylvania to
Compete in “King of the Mountain”
(9/26/2010)- Coming off of his win in the U.S. Open and a second
place finish in the Race of Champions in Oswego, NASCAR Modified and
Race of Champions Modified ace Chuck Hossfeld is slated to make his
first Sundance Vacations Speedway start in the 11th
annual “King of the Mountain” in October.
According to Tommy Wanick III of Hazleton, Hossfeld was offered to
drive the Wanick Motorsports #1W and he accepted the ride. With a
good piece of Troyer equipment underneath him, both Hossfeld and
Wanick are hoping to walk away from the track with the $5,000 prize
if they should win the 150-lap Modified main event. Read More
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