Connor Victorious In Ina's Memorial Shootout At Hummingbird
For Immediate Release
Saturday, August 10th, 2024
By: Steven Curry - Race Reporter
 
Reynoldsville- After last week's rainout, racing returned to Hummingbird Speedway Saturday night with the running of Ina's Memorial Shootout. The race is run every year to honor and remember the life of track co-founder and Louie's wife, Ina Caltagarone, who passed away back in 2011. 110 cars packed the pits for this special evening of racing. The region's best Homak Penn-Ohio Pro Stocks took center stage for the evening with a 25-lap, $1,500/win special to honor Ina. In a dominating performance leading from green flag to checkered flag, the #818 of Bob Connor picked up his second win of the season and his division-leading 42nd career Pro Stock win at the Bird as well as collecting the $1,500 payday. Connor mentioned in his post-race interview with track announcer Scott Martinez in Dunlap Lawn & Garden Victory Lane that winning Ina's Memorial Shootout was "my biggest win", showcasing just how prestigious the race is for all of the drivers. The Scaife's Automotive & Repair LLC. Pure Stocks, Srock Contracting Super Late Models, Brooks Services Four-Cylinders, Away From Home Pet Resort Semi Late Models, Economods, and PowderPuffs were also in action. In the Pure Stocks, the #34 of Tim Steis recorded his fourth win of the year and his 26th career Pure Stock win, putting him in sole-possession of second place on the win list behind Josh Fields. The #1B of Dwayne Brooks took the checkers for the second time this season in the Super Late Models, notching his 26th career Late Model win, and placing him in a tie with Ed Connor for fourth on the win list. In the Four-Cylinders, it was the #Z14 of Zach Lennox taking his second trip to Victory Lane this year, and his fourth career trip. The #3xAA of Doug Surra became the first driver to five wins this season after winning in the Semi Late Models, tying Nick Erskine at the top of the win list with 30 career wins each. In the Economods, the #6 of Dave Shagla recorded his second career win in an Economod in his first season in the division. The Day Spa Tan PowderPuff Race concluded the evening with the #13 of Tessa Hadden taking the checkers.
 
Speedway Notes: 110 cars packed the pit area for Ina's Memorial Shootout. That breaks down to: 15 Pure Stocks, 20 Homak Penn-Ohio Pro Stocks, 12 Super Late Models, 35 Four-Cylinders, 9 Semi Late Models, 10 Economods, and 9 PowderPuffs. We will be back in action this coming Saturday, August 17th, with the makeup of Fan Appreciation Night. Fans will be allowed down on the track at intermission to meet and greet with their favorite drivers and get autographs and other goodies that the race teams prepare. All of our six regular divisions will be in action. The PA Thunder on the Dirt Vintage Modifieds and 358 Modifieds were originally scheduled to join the racing program on the 17th, but have since been removed due to the rescheduling of Fan Appreciation Night. More information regarding this weekend's racing action and future events will be posted to the track Facebook page and website, so keep it tuned there for the latest. Gates open at 4:00 with racing beginning at 7:00. The Sub Hub Kids Club gets underway every Saturday night at 6pm by the pit gate entrance. It is a great place to take your kids to do some fun kids club activities as well as meet some drivers prior to racing getting started. For more information, call the track office at (814) 653-8400 or visit the tracks’ website at www.hummingbirdspeedway.com. 
 
 
Results:
 
Scaife's Automotive & Repair LLC. Pure Stocks
1st) #34 Tim Steis
2nd) #14 Jake Foradori
3rd) #14C Cody Cassler
4th) #46 Dustin Challingsworth
5th) #54S Mitch Stiles
6th) #54 Wayne Truitt
7th) #55X Andy Frey
8th) #150 Kurt Corah
9th) #211 Casey Wolfe
10th) #56K Renae Meyer
11th) #37B Caleb Bloom
12th) #24 Lester Hudson
13th) #50 Ashley Kilhoffer
14th) #4N Kim Nelson
15th) #88 Josh Fields
 
Homak Penn-Ohio Pro Stocks
1st) #818 Bob Connor
2nd) #101 Bruce Hartzfeld
3rd) #55 Chris Schneider
4th) #84S Josh Seippel
5th) #55C Brandon Connor
6th) #11B Tim Bish
7th) #2 Cregen Brady
8th) #68 Andrew Hammond
9th) #28I Doug Iorio ll
10th) #11Y Nathan Yeaney
11th) #26 Mike Bordt
12th) #J19 Jason Fosnaught
13th) #152 Kyle Corah
14th) #43 Pernell Beimel
15th) #18 Devin Dickey
16th) #28 Fuzzy Fields
17th) #37A Josh Fields
18th) #7W Bobby Whitling
19th) #60 Sheddy Graham
20th) #9 Ethan Cavalet
 
Srock Contracting Super Late Models
1st) #1B Dwayne Brooks
2nd) #13X Kenny Schaffer
3rd) #711 Todd English
4th) #14 Clay Ruffo
5th) #4* Douglas Eck
6th) #20 Nick Eck
7th) #36 Paul Kot
8th) #96 John Brady
9th) #3-D Bill Davis
10th) #20J Doug Eck
11th) #25 Andrew Gordon
12th) #00 Tyler Dietz
 
Brooks Services Four-Cylinders
1st) #Z14 Zach Lennox
2nd) #3H Shawn Hadden
3rd) #73 Greg Kiehl
4th) #60 Dillon Thorne
5th) #910 Zack Frantz
6th) #58R Ryan Lippert
7th) #9X Shane Seville
8th) #88 Cory Price
9th) #F6 Justin Forsythe
10th) #17 Randy Albert
11th) #96B Hunter Flook
12th) #44B Bruce Long
13th) #916 Sam Regitz
14th) #15S Greg Snell
15th) #64E Isaac Exley
16th) #842 Brayden Seippel
17th) #45 Andrew Thompson
18th) #79 Devon Trayer
19th) #114 Josh Frantz
20th) #2 Derek Conrad
21st) #158 Camden Frantz
22nd) #6X Jeff Marlett
23rd) #13S Chaz Smith
24th) #317 Josh Norton
 
DNQ: Ben Lehane, Allen Robison, Matt Kaufman, Wade Potts, Cordell Waulk ll, Jimmy Delozier, Josh Lindemuth, Nevaeh Helsel, Don Coble, Ricky Weaver, and Randy Whitling
 
Away From Home Pet Resort Semi Late Models
1st) #3xAA Doug Surra
2nd) #44 Dan Smeal
3rd) #23 B.J. Hudson
4th) #3H Shawn Hadden
5th) #983 Zack Gustafson
6th) #7* Craig Bainey
7th) #27C Ed Connor
8th) #17 Deegen Watt
9th) #60 Jeremy Lippert
 
Economods
1st) #6 Dave Shagla
2nd) #54 Shawn Lindemuth
3rd) #50 Bob McMillen
4th) #21T Orin Taylor
5th) #0 Dennis Asel
6th) #83E Ed Vogel
7th) #29L Johnny Lindenpitz
8th) #X1 Mark Bell
9th) #569 Blake Joiner
10th) #71 Nate Fleck
 
Day Spa Tan PowderPuffs
1st) #13 Tessa Hadden
2nd) #15S Brenda Snell
3rd) #4T1 Melissa Rock
4th) #7 Samantha Lippert
5th) #73 Janna Kiehl
6th) #842 Kaley Phillips
7th) #414 Carlee Lindemuth
8th) #1 Olivia Lavery
9th) #29L ???