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Scott Rhodes, having already clinched his sixth consecutive track title, ended the season on a high note at Thunder Valley with another Late Model win Saturday night. It was his second win in a row, sixth of the season and 30th TV win of his career. Like Rhodes, Jamey Swank capped a title winning season by capturing the Semi Late win. It was Swank's 10th TV win of the season and also his 30th track win overall. Chad McClellan took the Limited win after a wild three car battle, Chuck Weyandt was the Pure Stock winner and Karl Bailey took the dramatic 4 Cylinder event.

As the most recent winner, Rhodes started 8th in the field but started moving forward at the start. Rick Singleton shot by both front row starters to lead the first lap, but Rhodes was coming fast. Rhodes was fifth on the first lap, and fourth on lap two. As Singleton stretched out a decent lead, Rhodes ran up on Shawn Claar and Gene Kain battling for second. Rhodes cleared both of them with an outside sweep move on lap 7 and set out after Singleton. Rhodes chopped a little off the lead distance each lap, arriving on Singleton's bumper by lap 14. When Singleton hestitated just an instant while lapping a slower car, Rhodes shot around the outside and cleared them both for the lead.

After a quick yellow for Chuck Lepsch on lap 19, Rhodes shot away for the win. Singleton got a bad restart on that lap and Claar took second, but Rhodes was safely ahead at the finish. Claar, still winless at TV held on for another second place finish, ahead of Singleton at the end. Chad McClellan came from dead last at the start to take fourth. Darrell Dick, Dave Bloss, Gene Kain, Len Dobrielski, Shawn McGarvey and Doug Ishler completed the top ten. Every feature starter finished the event.

During the event, Gene Kain thrilled everyone with a wild 360 spin on the frontstretch after contact but he never stopped and only lost a few spots. Later Chris Rhodes did one in turn 4, again without getting hit or stopping. Claar and Dick won the heats.

Chad McClellan roared to his third 2007 win in the Bowman Limited car. Ted Gallaher was the early leader, but McClellan, Rick Singleton and Travis Calhoun were in chase. The trio switched the second position several times before MCClellan emerged with that spot.

He then challenged Gallaher on the outside for six laps before he finally got a good run and took over on lap 12. After that he romped off for the win. Singleton and Calhoun both got by Gallaher on lap 15 but ran there to the finish. Calhoun took third at the line, followed by Gallaher, Doug Glessner, Rod Mock, Bill Burns, Tim Snare, Jim Saylor and Adam Fulton. Dan Lee and Singleton won the heats. Glessner had already clinched the Limited 2007 point championship before the race.

Jamie Swank capped off a dream season with the Semi Late win. He started seventh in the field but was second on lap three. He took over from Ray Sheetz on lap four and held off the field for the win. Greg Cornell took a bit slower tour through the field, and battlied with Sheetz for second for many laps. Cornell finally got by Sheetz on lap 14 and made a run at Swank, but fell short at the finish. Behind the first group, Willy Ling, Dave Whetstone and Greg Hainsey went at it hard for the entire event for fourth.

Chuck Weyandt made a rare TV visit a good one as he took the Pure Stock event. He started fifth but was second behind Greg Custer on lap 3. He took over on lap 4 and led the distance. Custer held off a group for several laps until Carl Snare got by on lap 9. 2007 class champion Jeff Benson got by Snare for second on lap 13, but could not get Weyandt before the finish. At the end it was Weyandt, Benson, Snare, Jacob Hinton, Russ Hartman, Preston Imler, Justin Milburn, John Hollis and Robert Porter in the top 10. Benson and Custer won the heats.

The 4 Cylinder division featured a 3 way battle for the championship with the three separated by less than 20 points. All three, Karl Bailey, Chris Booher and Jim Tunstall made their way to the front and then settled it among themselves. Bailey took the lead but the other two were hard in pursuit. Booher and Tunstall traded second spot seven times during the event, but Tunstall slipped by for the spot coming off turn 4 for the finish. That move was the championship move as he took the title over Booher by two points. Bailey held on for the win ahead of Tunstall. Booher lost the title and the spot at the line, settling for third, ahead of Scott Krumanacker, Leroy Booher, Martin Vinosky, Rob Prinkley, Ed Livingston, Nathan Vinosky and Michael Stevens. Bailey and Mike Lauffer won the heats.

SEMI LATE 18 LAPS: 1 Jamey Swank, 2 Greg Cornell, 3 Ray Sheetz, 4 Greg Hainsey, 5 Dave Whetstone, 6 Willy Ling, 7 Lonnie McKenzie, 8 Patrick McDonough, 9 Bill Pluta, 10 Jonathan Hayman, 11 Joe Poraczky, 12 Kory Shiley, 13 Jeff Chipikitis, 14 Dennis Collins, 15 Tom Spangler, 16 Billy McClellan, 17 Jason Douglas, 18 Shawn Ringler, DNS, James Kreager, Dave Korlewitz.

PURE STOCKS 15 LAPS: 1 Chuck Weyant, 2 Jeff Benson, 3 Carl Snare, 4 Jacob Hinton, 5 Russ Hartman, 6 Preston Imler, 7 Justin Milburn, 8 John Hollis, 9 Robert Porter, 10 Nathan Miller, 11 Terry Thomas, 12 Greg Custer, 13 Brandon LaSalle, 14 Bowray Walyko, 15 Paul Trout, 16 Bill Replogle, 17 Joey Koteles, 18 Dana LeGros, 19 Mike Siegele DNS: Tom Mulhollen

4 CYLINDERS 12 LAPS: 1 Karl Bailey, 2 Jim Tunstall, 3 Chris Booher, 4 Scott Krmanacker, 5 Leroy Booher, 6 Martin Vinosky, 7 Michael Stephens, 8 Cindy Rhodes, 9 Marty Lechner, 10 Dave Lambert, 11 David Green, 12 Ed Vogel, 13 Michael Lauffer, 14 Travis Vance, 15 Pat Brehm, DNS: Darren Howsare, Jay Schettini

Mother Nature provided a lightning display as a backdrop to the annual Thunder 420 event at Thunder Valley Saturday night but the track escaped any rain and completed the show. In the event, which featured 20 lap events for each division, five people emerged as happy winners. Dan Lee scored the Limited win, Billy McClellan took his first ever Semi Late win, Jeff Benson wore out the Pure Stock field and Leroy Booher took the 4 Cylinder event. At intermission, the long awaited TV kids candy throw provided young Nancy Reahm with a new bicycle provided by Pepsi ,

Dan Lee ran 20 perfect laps in the Limited event but had to hold on at the end. Lee got around pole sitter Rod Mock at the start and led lap one. Mock held the second spot as the duo of Doug Glessner and Chad McClellan roared up from the pack. Once near the front, that pair traded third spot several times before both roaring by Mock on lap 16. Being one spot close to the front didnt chane the wildness of the battle as the pair went side by side for several laps. Ultimately contact between the two resulted in a flat for Glessner and McClellan took on Lee alone.

McClellan gave it a tremendous effort but fell a length short at the end as Lee held on for his third 2007 feature win. McClellan was second, followed by Mock, Tim Snare, Brad Kling, Ted Gallaher, Adam Fulton, Scott Daniels and Bill Burns. Glessner and McClellan won the heats,

It was a wild Semi Late event before Billy McClellan emerged with his first career feature win. Jason Breegle was the early leader but there was an 8 car mob in his wake. Willy Ling was second until he spun in turn two. Ray Sheetz took second at that point and took over when Breegle retired to the pits on lap nine. Sheetz, with sheet metal flapping held off McClellan until he too retired to the pits on lap 13. With third place runner Greg Cornelll also going to the pits during the caution, McClellan was left to hold off Greg Hainsey and Jamey Swank to the end.

McClellan was able to hold off the pair for the last six laps, but they provided the fireworks as Swank roared to second in a photo finish over Hainsey at the line. Patrick McDonough took fourth, followed by Dave Whetstone, Ling, Jonathan Hayman, Dennis Collins, and non finishers Sheetz and Cornell. McClellan and Swank won the heats.

Jeff Benson and Chuck Weyandt wore out each other and the field in a wild Pure Stock event. Joey Kotelas was the pole sitter but Weyandt roared up from sixth to lead the first lap. Benson took the lead on lap 2 and the 20 lap battle was on. Weyandt got back by to lead lap 7 but Benson never gave up. He took over again on lap 12 and then held Weyandt off as the field self destructed in their wake.

Weyandt pushed Benson across the finish line but setled for second. Carl Snare took third and Tom Mullhollan was forth , the last car running. Bill Replogle , who was challenging the lead pair before he retired on lap 15, was credited with fifth, followed by Justin Milburn, Jamie Kohan, BowRay Walyko, Greg Custer and Nathan Miller. Benson and Kohan won the heats.

Leroy Booher followed early leader Mike Lauffer early in the 4 Cylinder 20 lapper and inherited the lead when Lauffer retired on lap 10. Karl Bailey took over for one lap on lap 12, but Booher fought back to lead lap 13 to the end. Bailey held of frantic efforts of teammate Jim Tunstall, who was racing with a flat left rear tire but could not mount a real charge on Booher at the end. Booher held on for the win over Bailey, while Martin Vinosky snuck in for third. Tunstall, Jay Schettini, Nathan Vinosky, Dave Debevitis, Michale Stephens, Travis Vance and Adam Karlhime completed the top ten. Point leader Chris Booher quit early with a flat tire. Leroy Booher and Bailey won the heats.

With ony one event left on the 2007 Thunder Valley schedule, Scott Rhodes has clinched yet another Late Model track title, his sixth in a row. Doug Glessner in the Limiteds, Jamie Swank in the Semi Lates and Jeff Benson in the Pure Stocks are close enough to their titles that they need only to start their respective events. The 4 Cylinder point race will go to the wire as Chris Booher, Tunstall and Bailey are all within a few points for the last showdown.

LIMITED LATE MODELS--20LAPS: 1. Dan Lee 2. Chad McClellan 3. Rodney Mock 4. Tim Snare 5. Brad Kling 6. Ted Gallaher 7. Adam Fulton 8. Chris Rhodes 9. Scott Daniels 10. Bill Burns 11. Doug Glessner 12. Bill Krause 13. Jim Sayler 14. Steve Bard

SEMI LATE MODELS--20 LAPS: 1. Billy McClellan 2. Jamey Swank 3. Greg Hainsey 4. Patrick McDonough 5. Dave Whetstone 6. Willie Ling 7. Johnathan Hayman 8. Dennis Collins 9. Ray Sheetz 10. Greg Cornell 11. Jimmy Kregar 12. Tom Spangler 13. Bill Pluta 14. Kory Shiley 15. Jason Breegle 16. Jeff Chipikitis 17. Andy Burns DNS: Charlie Field, Jr & Joe Pluta

PURE STOCKS--20 LAPS: 1. Jeff Benson 2. Chuck Weyant 3. Carl Snare 4. Tom Mulhollen 5. Bill Replogle 6. Justin Milburn 7. Jamie Kohan 8. Bowray Walyko 9. Greg Custer 10. Nathan Miller 11. Russ Hartman 12. Joey Koteles 13. Brian Ayers

4 CYLINDERS--20 LAPS: 1. Leroy Booher 2. Karl Bailey 3. Martin Vinosky 4. Jim Tunstall 5. Jay Schettini 6. Nathan Vinosky 7. Joe Debevits 8. Michael Stephens 9. Travis Vance 10. Adam Karlheim 11. Kevin Reasbeck 12. Dave Lambert 13. Darren Howsare 14. Michael Lauffer 15. Patrick Brehm 16. Chris Booher DNS: Brian Kauffman

Scott Rhodes romped to his second consecutive Thunder Valley Late Model feature win Saturday night. It was Rhodes' fifth of the 2007 season and the 29th win of his career, both track leaders. Chad McClellan came from spin to win to claim his second Limited event of the season. Patrick McDonough was the surprise winner of the Semi Late event. Jamie Kohan took the Pure Stock race while Jim Tunstall romped in the 4 Cylinder finale.

It looked for a long while as if Darrell Dick would score his first ever Thunder Valley LM win. He got around pole sitter Tom Decker at the start and ran off to a lead which he held through several early cautions. Chad McClellan worked his way into second on lap three but he found himself challenged by Shawn McGarvey. McGarvey took second on lap 10, But he had Rhodes on his tail. Rhodes and McGarvey traded that spot a few times before Rhodes took it for good on lap 15.

Rhodes ran down Dick and whipped by for the lead three laps later. Steve Everhart came from deeper in the field than Rhodes had, and took second from Dick on lap 21, but couldn't close on Rhodes before the end. Everhart settled for second, followed by Dick, Jeff Miller and McGarvey. McClellan, Shawn Claar, Decker, Matt Sponaugle and Matt Gaston completed the top ten. Decker and McClellan won the heats.

On a race night presented in honor of veterans, Iraqi Vet Chad McClellan romped in the Limited event after an early miscue. Ted Gallaher was the early leader and seemed to be on his way, especially after McClellan spun all by himself in turn 4 on the first lap. Whatever mistake was made, McClellan compensated for, as he blasted thru the pack from last.

The Semi Late event started out with the 2007 usual plot line but ended a bit bizarrely and a happy Patrick McDonough in victory lane. 2007 hard luck driver Jason Breegle was the early leader over Billy McClellan as big 2007 winner Jamey Swank tore through the field. Swank took over on lap 5 and looked to be enroute to his 10th win of the season. Breegle and McClellan continued to battle for second, but Swank suddenly slowed on the track and headed to the pits on lap15.

McClellan, who had just passed Breegle, inherited the lead, but both tangled on the restart, in a melee which involved much of the field. When the dust cleared, it was McDonough in front for the last two laps and his first win since opening day. Willy Ling was second, followed by Dave Whetstone, Jimmy Kreager, Jonathan Hayman, McClellan, Lonnie McKenzie, Dennis Collins, Breegle and Ray Sheetz. Breegle and Dave Korlewitz won the heats.

Joey Koteles was the early leader in the Pure Stock event. He led until spinning on lap three. Shawn Dunmyer took over at that point until he spun on lap 8. Jamie Kohan took over at that point and then held off Jeff Benson, Greg Custer and Jason Vangilder for the win. VanGilder has problems in the post race tech line, moving Carl Snare up to fifth, followed by John Hollis, Tom Mulholland, Russ Hartman, Koteles and Preston Imler. Custer and Dunmeyer won the heats.

Jim Tunstall emerged from a wild first two laps with the 4 Cylinder lead, then went the distance. He was chased by Chris Booher in second. Booher held off Leroy Booher Pat Brehm and Nathan Vinosky at the finish. Karl Bailey and Chris Booher won the heats.

LATE MODEL 25 LAPS: 1 Scott Rhodes, 2 Steve Everhart, 3 Darrell Dick, 4 Jeff Miller, 5 Shawn McGarvey, 6 Chad McClellan, 7 Shawn Claar, 8 Tom Decker, 9 Matt Sponaugle, 10 Matt Gaston, 11 Gene Kain, 12 Chuck Lepsch, 13 Shane Beegle, 14 Dave Bloss, 15 Chris Rhodes, 16 Derek Sala

SEMI LATE 18 LAPS: 1 Patrick McDonough, 2 Willy Ling, 3 Dave Whetstone, 4 James Kreager, 5 Jonathan Hayman, 6 Billy McClellan, 7 Lonnie McKenzie, 8 Dennis Collins, 9 Jason Breegle, 10 Ray Sheetz, 11 Greg Cornell, 12 Jamey Swank, 13 Dave Korlewitz, 14 Charlie Field, 15 Joe Pluta, DNS Ray Wright. Lou Orris

PURE STOCKS 15 LAPS: 1 Jamey Kohan 2 Jeff Benson 3 Greg Custer 4 Carl Snare 5 John Hollis 6 Tom Mulhollen 7 Russ Hartman 8 Joey Koteles 9 Preston Imler 10 Paul Trout 11 Robert Porter 12 Shawn Dunmeyer DQ Jason VanGilder DNS Bowray Walyko

4 CYLINDERS 12 LAPS: 1 Jim Tunstall 2 Chris Booher 3 Leroy Booher 4 Patrick Brehm 5 Martin Vinosky 6 Cindy Rhodes 7 Ed Vogel 8 Darren Howsare 9 Nathan Vinosky 10 Adam Karlheim 11 Ron LeComte 12 Karl Bailey 13 Brandon Powell 14 Michael Lauffer 15 Travis Vance

It was a mixture of the old and the new in Victory Lane activity at Thunder Valley Saturday night. Five time and defending Late Model track champion Scott Rhodes dominated the Late Model event to score his track leading 28th career win. At the other end of the spectrum, young Dave Whetstone eeked out a narrow but momentous win in the Semi Late event, his first feature win ever. Chad McClellan won only his second career track Limited event, five years and one day after his first one in 2002. Jeff Benson won the Pure Stock event and Mike Lauffer took the 4 Cylinder night cap .

The Late Model field took two shots to get started as a four car melee broke out. In the action , Steve Everhart and Ron Delano were eliminated and Tom Decker and Darrell Dick went to the rear. On the restart, Gene Kain broke out in front as the field sorted out. Shawn Claar arrived and was all over Kain by lap two. It was Kain with Claar in pursuit until Scott Rhodes arrived on the scene. Rhodes, who had started 12th, was up to third by lap 5 and swept by both Claar and Kain one lap later. Aftre a quick caution on lap 8, Rhodes walked away from the field, pulling to over a half lap lead before the next slowdown on lap 22.

Claar got by Kain late in the race to take second spot but then found himself holding off Chad McClellan to the finish. A yellow with two to go closed up the field, but Rhodes scampered away , taking his 4th 2007 feature win and almost clinching his 6th consecutive track title. Claar held off McClellan for second while Bryan Bernheisel and Jeff Miller completed the top 5. Kain tangled with a lapped car late in the event and fell back, allowing Shawn McGarvey, Doug Burkholder, Dan Swartzlander, Chuck Clise and Shane Beegle to complete the top ten. Claar, Dick and Kain won the heats.

It took a long time for McClellan to score his second career Limited win and he went to the front with a spectacular move to seal it. Pole sitter Dan Lee was the early leader with Rod Mock in pursuit, but Travis Calhoun arrived in second on lap 8, taking up the chase. Calhoun was all over Lee but couldn't seal the deal. On lap 15, when Lee took the inside to lap Bill Burns, Calhoun whipped around the outside making it 3 wide in turn 3. The three tangled briefly before recovering with Calhoun in the lead, , but in those few seconds lost, McClelland closed. With his momentum, McClellan zoomed by both drivers on lap 16 and held to the end. Calhoun was there at the end, but settled for his third second place finish in the last 4 races. Lee was third, followed by Mock, Ted Gallaher, Brad Kling, Doug Glessner, Randy Smithley, Burns and Jim Saylor. Calhoun and Mock won the heats.

The Semi Late race turned into a real nail biter at the end. Dave Whetstone lept through the field to take the lead by the end of the first lap. As Whetstone pulled away from Ray Sheetz, all eyes were on Jamey Swank, going after his fourth consecutive Semi Late win.

Swank , Greg Cornell, Dave Korlewitz and Sheetz raced hard for the honor of chasing Whetstone, with Swank finally emerging in second on lap 12. Whetstone appeared safely ahead as the lap wore down, but when the field slowed for the first caution event on lap 15. Swank was on his bumper.

Over the last three laps, Swank was all over the leader, but Whetstone was in fact as fast as he had looked earlier in the event, and he held Swank off for the exciting first career feature win. Swank saw his streak broken, settling for second, ahead of Greg Hainsey, Billy McClellan, Sheetz, Willy Ling, Korlewitz, Jonathan Hayman, Lou Orris and Dennis Collins. Swank and Cornell won the heats.

Carl Snare broke into the initial Pure Stock lead, but Jeff Benson got by on lap 2 and led to the finish. Jamie Kohan was all over Benson to the finish but Benson, in a car virtually destroyed in a wild crash only 4 weeks ago, held on for the win. It was his fifth of the season. Benson and Kohan were followed by Jason Vangilder, Greg Custer, Snare, Tom Mulholland, Russ Hartman, BowRay Walyko, Mason Zielger and Nathan Miller completed the top ten. Vangilder and Kohan won the heats.

Mike Lauffer broke out early then held off defending track champion Chris Booher to score his 4 Cylinder win. Booker was all over Lauffer at the end, but settled for second, ahead of Booher teammate Travis Vance, Nathan Vinosky, Carl Bailey, LeRoy Booher, Mike Stephens, Cindy Rhodes, Dave Lambert and Mike Bowser, in an event that went through all green. . Lauffer and Bailey won the heats.

LATE MODELS: 1. Scott Rhodes 2. Shawn Claar 3. Chad McClellan 4. Bryan Bernheisel 5. Jeff Miller 6. Shawn McGarvey 7. Doug Burkholder 8. Dan Swartzlander 9. Chuck Clise 10. Shane Beegle 11. Dave Bloss 12. Gene Kain 13. Darrell Dick 14. Doug Ishler 15. Tom Decker, Jr 16. Troy Shield 17. Bob Skwara 18. Matt Gaston 19. Derek Sala 20. Greg Fetters 21. Ron Delano 22. Steve Everhart

LIMITED LATE MODEL: 1. Chad McClellan 2. Travis Calhoun 3. Dan Lee 4. Rodney Mock 5. Ted Gallaher 6. Brad Kling 7. Doug Glessner 8. Randy Smithley 9. Bill Burns 10. Jim Sayler 11. Fred Zeigler 12. Travis Stickley DNS: Yvette Hahn

STREET STOCK: 1. Dave Whetstone 2. Jamey Swank 3. Greg Hainsey 4. Billy McCellan 5. Ray Sheetz 6. Willie Sheetz 7. David Korlewitz 8. Johnathan Hayman 9. Louis Orris 10. Dennis Collins 11. Lonnie McKenzie 12. Greg Cornell 13. Jason Douglas 14. Ken Herman 15. Patrick McDonough 16. Jimmy Kregar 17. Michael Collins 18. Charlie Field DNS: Shawn Ringler

PURE STOCK: 1. Jeff Benson 2. Jamie Kohan 3. Jason Vangilder 4. Greg Custer 5. Carl Snare 6. Tom Mulhollen 7. Russ Hartman 8. Bowray Walkyko 9. Mason Zeigler 10. Nathan Miller 11. Preston Imler 12. Joe Railey 13. Ryan Newman 14. Robert Porter 15. Justin Milburn 16. Alicia LeGros 17. Matt Rishel 18. Brandon LaSalle 19. Mark Field DNS: Shawn Dunmeyer

4 CYLINDER: 1. Michael Lauffer 2. Chris Booher 3. Travis Vance 4. Nathan Vinoskey 5. Karl Bailey 6. Leroy Booher 7. Michael Stephens 8. Cindy Rhodes 9. Dave Lambert 10. Mike Bowser 11. Ed Vogel 12. Darren Howsare 13. Martin Vinosky 14. Adam Karlheim 15. Jim Tunstall

Steve Everhart continued his late season charge as he won the wild Late Model event and Thunder Valley Saturday night. It was Everhart's third win in the last six event and the fifth of his TV career. Andy Fries made an infrequent appearance a successful one as he scored his first ever track Limited win. Jamie Swank continued his Semi Late domination with his ninth win of the season. Greg Custer won the Pure Stock event and Chris Booher took the 4 Cylinder nightcap.

It took three tries to get the Late Model event started. The first attempt was aborted for a spun car in turn one, and the second saw a wild melee at the start. Finally on the third try, pole sitter Darrell Dick took off into the lead. He led as the herd formed behind him and Everhart charged through the field. Rick Singleton was in second place and closing on Dick while holding off Everhart when his car broke on lap eight. At that point Everhart assumed the spot and closed on Dick himself.

Dick held off Everhart for 4 more laps before Everhart got by on lap 12 and took off from the field. Jeff Miller, who had started last in the field after his involvement in the first lap chaos, came all the way to second by lap 15 and seemed destined to finish there but spun lap 24, negating a strong run. That set up a one lap dash for the finish, but Everhart sprinted away from Scott Rhodes to take the win. Rhodes, also involved in the first lap melee, continued his record of finishing in the top five in every Joe Padula promoted event ever held at Thunder Valley with his second place finish. Dick, Matt Gaston, Rod Sweitzer, Bryan Bernheisel, Gene Kain, Red French, Miller and Shawn McGarvey completed the top 10. Miller and Chad McClellan won the heats.

Andy Fries, owner of a single Late Model career feature win at the track, made his second 2007 Limited start a good one as he scored his first ever win in that class. Fries started fifth in the event and was up to second by lap two. He rolled up on Ted Gallaher and the cars, both numbered 82, battled two laps before Fries got by to take the lead. After that, Fries moved away to a dominating lead as Gallaher held off a host of challengers. Gallaher held on to second until Rick Singleton got by on lap 15 and Chad McClellan took third on lap 17. Like the Late Model event, a late race yellow set up a one lap run to the line, but Fries sped away for the win.

The plot was pretty much the same in the Semi Late event. Jamey Swank deep in the field again but was at the front at the finish. Dave Korlewitz was the early leader but Dave Whetstone got by on lap 5. Whetstone, Korlewitz and Greg Cornell ran together as a group until Swank arrived to make it a 4 way. The three traded positions behind Whetstone every lap until Swank secured second on lap 15. He got by Whetstone one lap later and scored yet another win.

A last lap yellow set up a one lap dash to the finish, but Whetstone held on to finish second for the second consecutive week. Korlewitz was third, followed by Cornell, Pat McDonough, Ray Sheetz, James Kreager, Willy Ling, Jonathan Hayman, and Jef f Chipikitis. Billy McClellan and Jason Breegle won the heats.

Greg Custer had, then lost, then regained the lead before winning the Pure Stock event. He led the first 6 laps holding off a furious charge from Carl Snare before Snare took over. Jeff Benson also got by for second, but when Snare spun on lap 10, Benson also got involved and Custer was back in the lead. From that point on, he held off Jason Vangilder for the win.

Chris Booher, who scored his first 2007 4 Cylinder win last week, came back for two in a row. He took over from Rob Prinkley on lap 7 and went to the end. Prinkley was second, ahead of Leroy Booher, Pat Brehm, Martin Vinosky, Ericka Bernheisel, Joey Kause, Cindy Rhodes, Mike Lauffer and Travis Vance. Lauffer and Prinkley won the heats.

LATE MODEL 25 LAPS 1 Steve Everhart, 2 Scott Rhodes, 3 Darrell Dick, 4 Matt Gaston, 5 Rod Sweitzer, 6 Bryan Bernheisel, 7 Gene Kain, 8 Red French, 9 Jeff Miller, 10 Shawn McGarvey, 11 Chad McClellan 12 Shane Beegle, 13 Rick Singleton, 14 Greg Fetters, 15 Billy Holbert, 16 Shawn Claar, DNS...Tom Decker

LIMITED 20 LAPS 1 Andy Fries, 2 Rick Singleton, 3 Chad McClellan, 4 Brad Kling, 5 Ted Gallaher, 6 Rance Garlock, 7 Mike Altobelli Jr, 8 Chad Walter, 9 Doug Glessner, 10 Adam Fulton, 11 Alex Nicoletti, 12 Tim Snare, 13 Rod Mock, 14 Matt Cosner 15 John Saylor, DNS Dan Lee.

SEMI LATES 18 LAPS 1 Jamey Swank, 2 Dave Whetstone, 3 Dave KOrlewitz, 4 Greg Cornell, 5 Pat McDonough, 6 Ray Sheetz, 7 James Kreager, 8 Willy Ling, 9 Jonathan Hayman, 10 Jeff Chipikitis, 11 Shawn Ringler, 12 Lou Orris, 13 Billy McClellan, 14 Dennis Collins, 15 Travis Brown, 16 Jason Breegle, 17 Joe Pluta DNS Charlie Field

PURE STOCK 15 LAPS 1. Greg Custer 2. Jason VanGilder 3. Jeff Benson 4. Jake Gongloff 5. Preston Imler 6. Dale Claycomb 7. Bowray Walyko 8. Russ Hartman 9. Shawn Dunmeyer 10. Joey Koteles 11. Carl Snare 12. Eicher 13. Jamie Kohan 14. Heath 15. John Hollis

4 CYLINDERS 12 LAPS 1. Chris Booher 2. Rob Prinkley 3. Leroy Booher 4. Patrick Brehm 5. Martin Vinosky 6. Erika Bernheisel 7. Joey Kause 8. Cindy Rhodes 9. Michael Lauffer 10. Travis Vance 11. Karl Bailey 12. Nathan Vinosky 13. Jim Hixson 14. Jim Tunstall 15. Scott Krumanacker

Rick Singleton turned around a hard luck season marked be broken parts and bent sheet metal by walking off with a Late Model feature win at Thunder Valley Saturday night. Then, Singleton returned to make history as he also won the Limited event, becomming the first driver in track history to win in two different divisions in two different cars on the same night. Jamey Swank continued his Semi Late dominance with a win in that 40 lap special while defending track champ Chris Booher took a narrow win in 4 Cylinder action.

The Late Model event started with a bang as several mid pack cars piled up at the start. In the crash, Dan Swartzlander ended up on top of Tom Decker Sr in turn one, necessitating a red flag delay. On the second attempt, Darrel Dick took off from the field with the early lead. It took Singleton several laps to arrive in second place and he instantly began to work on the leader. He whipped by on lap 7 and led to the finish. Chad McClellan also got by Dick one lap later but Singleton was up to that challenge and held on.

McClellan found himself in a battle of his own as Scott Rhodes and Steve Everhart arrived from the pack and wrestled for that spot as Singleton got away. Everhart got by McClellan for second on lap 16 and ran down Singleton as the laps wound down, looking for his second win in a row , arriving on Singleton's back bumper. A lap 23 caution for Rod Sweitzer closed the field for a 2 lap sprint to the finish but Singleton got away to score his fifth career Thunder Valley Late Model win. Everhart was second at the line, followed by McClellan, Rhodes. Shawn McGarvey, Dick, Matt Gaston , Gene Kain, John Kuzemchak and Dave Bloss. Rhodes and Everhart won the heats.

Singleton jumped from Sam Barley's Late Model into his own Limited car and went 20 more laps in that feature. Rod Mock was the pole sitter and early leader. Singleton arrived on Mocks tail on lap two and challenged him heavily. He took over on lap 5 and got away from the field. Doug Glessner arrived to take second from Mock on lap 9 but couldn't reel in the fleet Singleton for the duration. At the finish it was Singleton scoring his 4th career Limited win at the track, ahead of Glessner, first time 2007 visitor Andy Fries and McClellan, who had started last in the field. Mock held on for a career best fifth place finish, followed by Adam Fulton, Travis Calhoun, Dan Lee, Scott Daniels and Randy Smith. Glessner and Singleton had won the heats.

Dave Whetstone was the early leader as it took Swank five laps to get through the field. Swank took over at that point and led the distance. Greg Cornell emerged from a wild battle to take second on lap 13 as Whetstone held off a 4 car traffic jam battle. When Cornell retired on lap 25, it was a battle for second and Whetstone held on to score his career best Thunder Valley Semi Late finish. Greg Hainsey was third ahead of Dave Korlewitz, Willy Ling, Jonathan Hayman, Patrick McDonough, Brian Lowery, Kristen Etling and Dennis Collins. Swank and Lowery won the heats. The Semi Late race was exceptionally clean as they went the distance under green except for a lap 28 incident when McDonough stopped on the track.

Defending track champion Chris Booher had his way with the 4 cylinder field but had to hold on for a nail biter at the end. Booher took the lead at the start but Jim Tunstall made a late race charge. He got under Booher on the last lap and they finished the event side by side at the line. Booher won by two feet, ahead of Tunstall, Karl Bailey, Travis Vance, Dave Friend and Nathan Vinosky

LATE MODELS: 1. Rick Singleton 2. Steve Everhart 3. Chad McCellan 4. Scott Rhodes 5. Shawn McGarvey 6. Darrell Dick 7. Matt Gaston 8. Gene Kain 9. Johnny Kuzemchak 10. Dave Bloss 11. Tom Decker, Jr. 12. Doug Ishler 13. Rodney Sweitzer 14. Red French 15. Shawn Claar 16. Ron Delano 17. Derek Sala 18. Dan Swartzlander 19. Tom Decker, Sr.

LIMITED LATE MODELS: 1. Rick Singleton 2. Doug Glessner 3. Andy Fries 4. Chad McCellan 5. Rodney Mock 6. Adam Fulton 7. Travis Calhoun 8. Dan Lee 9. Scott Daniels 10. Randy Smith 11. Jim Sayler 12. Alex Nicoletti DNS: Yvette Hahn

SEMI-LATES: 1. Jamey Swank 2. Dave Whetstone 3. Greg Hainsey 4. David Korlewitz 5. Willie Ling 6. Johnathan Hayman 7. Patrick McDonough 8. Steve Lowery 9. Kristen Etling 10. Dennis Collins 11. Jimmy Kregar 12. Ray Wright 13. Greg Cornell 14. Jeff Chipikits 15. Joe Pluta DNS: Ray Sheetz

4 CYLINDERS: 1. Chris Booher 2. Jim Tunstall 3. Karl Bailey 4. Travis Vance 5. David Friend, Jr. 6. Nathan Vinosky 7. Cindy Rhodes 8. Jeff Grinch 9. Ed Vogel 10. Michael Lauffer 11. Leroy Booher

Steve Everhart continued his late season run at Thunder Valley Saturday night as he romped off to his second Late Model win of the season. Matching Everhart was Dan Lee who held on in a nail biter for his second Limited win of the season. Jamey Swank continued his mastery of the Semi Late class as he ran off to his 7th win in the 11 week old season. Jason Vangilder was the surprise Pure Stock winner and Karl Bailey won the 4 Cylinder nightcap.

Everhart started seventh in the Late Model field and began his charge forward at the start. Shawn Claar was the early leader and looked to have a shot at his first career win as he easily led the field and pulled away in the early laps. Everhart was coming though as he showed up in third place by lap 8. Everhart got by Shawn McGarvey a lap later and set out after Claar. He closed with each successive lap, and, when Claar came up to lap Darrell Dick, he made his move. As Claar got by, Everhart swept by both cars in turn two on lap 15, and took over. Once in front , Everhart kept the fire on, running away for a quarter lap win over Claar at the end.

Jeff Miller, absent from Thunder Valley for several weeks, roared from eighth to take third at the line, ahead of Ron Delano and Scott Rhodes. Chad McClellan, Bryan Bernheisel, Dave Bloss, McGarvey and Shane Beegle completed the top ten. McClellan and McGarvey won the heats.

Pole sitter Dan Lee went pole to pole in the Limited event but had to withstand a furious challenge from Travis Calhoun almost the entire distance. They were run down by both Chad McClellan and Rick Singleton and it was often a 4 car melee at the front. Lee fought off every Calhoun challenge, even though a caution on lap 19 set up a one lap sprint for the finish. Lee, who had gone five years without a TV win, scored his second of the 2007 seaon ahead of Calhoun, Singleton and McClellan. Doug Glessner, Jim Saylor, Tim Snare, Rod Mock, Steve Bard and Ted Gallaher completed the top ten. Lee and Calhoun won the heats.

Jamey Swank continued his 2007 domination of Semi Late action. Again he started deep in the field, rushed to the front and got away from the field. Jason Breegle was the early leader but Swank was up to second by lap three. Several early cautions interrupted the action, but Swank zipped by for the lead on lap five and was on his way. Greg Cornell who had started deeper in the field than Swank, arrived in third on lap 7. He moved up two more spots when Billy McClellan spun and Breegle headed to the pits, But spent the last ten laps chasing Swank to the line. Willy Ling, Greg Hainsey, Brian Lowery, Kristen Etling, Dave Whetstone, Andy Burns, Lou Orris and Jonathan Hayman completed the top ten.

Jason Vangilder was in the right place at the right time in the Pure Stock 15 lapper. Greg Custer started on the pole and led the distance over teammate Jamie Kohan until he suffered a flat tire on lap 12. Kohan took over and looked to be the future winner until he brought out the caution on the last lap. Vangilder who had been close to the top pair throughout, inherited the lead and held on for the win. Shawn Dunmyer was second, ahead of Nathan Miller, Joe Railey, Shelly Beegle, and Preston Imler . Kohan, Hollis, Custer and Russ Hartmen completed the top ten. Custer and Carl Snare won the heats.

Karl Bailey rushed from the pack to lead the first lap of the 4 cylinder event, then led the distance to score his fifth win of the season. Teammate Jim Tunstall nipped Scott Krumanacker at the line for second. Chris Booher , Mike Lauffer, Hixon, Rob Princkley, Nathan Vinosky, Pat Brehm and Leroy Booher completed the top 10. Krumanacker and Vinosky won the heats.

LATE MODEL 25 LAPS: 1 Steve Everhart, 2 Shawn Claar, 3 Jeff Miller, 4 Ron Delano, 5 Scott Rhodes, 6 Chad McClellan, 7 Bryan Bernheisel, 8 Dave Bloss, 9 Shawn McGarvey, 10 Shane Beegle, 11 Tom Decker, 12 Doug Ishler, 13 Darrell Dick, 14 Derek Sala, 15 Gene Kain, 16 Matt Gaston, 17 Rick Singleton.

SEMI LATE 18 LAPS: 1 Jamey Swank, 2 Greg Cornell, 3 Willy Ling, 4 Greg Hainsey, 5 Brian Lowery, 6 Kristin Etling, 7 Dave Whetstone, 8 Andy Burns, 9 Lou Orris, 10 Jonathan Hayman, 11 Mike Collins, 12 Jimmy Kreager, 13 Ray Sheetz, 14 Billy McClellan, 15 Dave Korlewitz, 16 Jason Breegle, 17 Charlie Field, 18 Kelly Shaulis, DNS: Dennis Collins, Lonnie McKenzie.

PURE STOCK 15 LAPS: 1. Jason VanGilder 2. Shawn Dunmeyer 3. Nathan Miller 4. Joseph Railey 5. Preston Imler 6. Jamie Kohan 7. John Hollis 8. Greg Custer 9. Russ Hartman 10. Tom Mulhollen 11. Carl Snare 12. Chuck Weyant 13. Shelly Beegle

4 CYLINDERS 12 LAPS: 1. Karl Bailey 2. Jim Tunstall 3. Scott Krunamaker 4. Chris Booher 5. Michael Lauffer 6. Jim Hixson 7. Rob Prinkey 8. Nathan Vinosky 9. Pat Brehm 10. Leroy Booher 11. Cindy Rhodes 12. Ed Vogel 13. Adam Karlheim 14. Jay Schettini 15. Travis Vance

Dave Bloss scored his first ever Thunder Valley Late Model feature win with a wild almost photo finish performance Saturday night. It was only the second win ever in his Late Model career and it came by less than two feet at the line. Topping the Late Model finish, Doug Glessner held on to win the Limited feature by five feet over a virtual photo finish for second as three cars crossed the line together. Jamey Swank took his fifth Semi Late feature in the last six events, before Shawn Dunmyer won the Pure stock event and Mike Lauffer won the 4 Cylinder closer.

When things settled down, Dave Bloss was the early leader and he ran off from the field. In the pack however, Scott Rhodes and Chad McClellan and Steve Everhart, who started last, were charging forward. McClellan got to second on lap 10, and the other two roared up behind him one lap later. As that threesome waged battle for second spot, they also began to close on Bloss.

When the event ran the last 14 laps all green, it became a 4 way battle at the front, with the foursome often two by two and bumper to bumper. McClellan ran to the inside of Bloss at the end, and on the last lap made an extra effort. They were dead even coming off turn four for the flag but Bloss held on for the exciting win. Behind them, Rhodes held on for a narrow margin to take third from Everhart while Shawn Claar was fifth. Ron Delano, Doug Drown, Travis Dillman, Shawn McGarvey and Tom Decker completed the top ten. Bloss and McClellan foreshadowed their great feature runs by winning the heats.

Heat one featured a wild finish as Shane Beegle shut down right at the finish line and was slammed by Rick Singleton and Bob Skwara. Skwara's night was ended from the damage. Austrailian driver Craig Vosbergen was on hand but his car failed to fire at the start and he never completed a feature lap.

After the wild Late Model event, the Limited drivers repeated that performance. Things started off slowly as it too five shots to complete lap two. When things settled down, Travis Calhoun was the early leader and he set sail for 5 laps. Doug Glessner got a great run on Calhoun and took over at that point, but Jim Saylor had arrived from his 16th starting spot and it was a three way at the front. Saylor took second on lap 7 but Calhoun fought back. Saylor alternately fought with Glessner for the lead and had to hold off Calhoun for second as they traded spots. By Lap 12. Rick Singleton arrived at the front and it was a 4 car melee.

When Singleton spun on lap 19, the other three had a one lap shootout. Coming for the flag, Saylor roared to the outside of Glessner while Calhoun came inside. Glessner held on for the win while Calhoun edged out Saylor for second by feet. Behind them, Brad Kling, Yvette Hahn, Tim Snare, Matt Emerick, Matt Sponaugle, Steve Bard and Bill Burns completed the top ten. Dan Lee and Alex Nicoletti won the heats.

Jamey Swank repeated his Semi Late act of the last few months. He arrived from deep in the pack to chase down the leader in only a few laps, then stretched out the field at the end. Jason Breegle was the early leader. He led until lap 6 then it was Swank to the finish. Greg Cornell battled with Breegle before taking second on lap 12, and finishing there. Breegle, Greg Hainsey, Charlie Field, Willy Ling, Pat McDonough, Billy McClellan, Jonathan Hayman and Ray Wright completed the top 10. Hayman and Breegle won the heats.

Shawn Dunmyer went flag to flag in the Pure Stock event which featured one of the wildest crashes of the year. On lap 3, second place runner Jason Gilliland slid sideways across the track in front of the field. Jamie Kohan got by but pretty much the entire field after that piled into Gilliland who ended up going over and landing on top of Mark Field. Seven cars were heavily damaged including several two wrecker cases, and the red flag period for cleanup and track repair lasted a half hour. After that, Dunmyer raced to the finish pretty much un contested. Teammates Kohan and Greg Custer ran together and finished second and third, ahead of Carl Snare, Nathan Miller, Dale Wilt, Tom Mullhollan, Terry Thomas. Gilliland was credited with 10th in the decimated field. Field and Jeff Benson won the heats.

Mike Lauffer survived a 4 car early battle to win the 4 Cylinder night cap. When teammates Jim Tunstall and Karl Bailey crashed on the back stretch, Lauffer held off Patrick Brehm for the win. Chris Booher, Nathan Vinosky, Leroy Booher, Bailey, Cindy Rhodes, Jim Watchford, Adam Karlhime and Dave Lambert trailed. Tunstall and Bailey won the heats.

LATE MODEL 25 LAPS: 1 Dave Bloss, 2 Chad McClellan, 3 Scott Rhodes, 4 Steve Everhart, 5 Shawn Claar, 6 Ron Delano, 7 Doug Drown, 8 Travis Dillman, 9 Shawn McGarvey, 10 Tom Decker, 11 Matt Gaston, 12 Shane Beegle, 13 Troy Shields, 14 Rick Stouffer, 15 Dan Swartzlander, 16 Rick Singleton, 17 Derek Sala, DNS: Craig Vossbergen, Bob Skwara DQ: Gary Beck, Red French.

LIMITEDS 20 LAPS: 1 Doug Glessner, 2 Travis Calhoun, 3 Jim Saylor, 4 Brad Kling, 5 Yvette Hahn, 6 Ti m Snare 7 Matt Emerick, 8 Matt Sponaugle, 9 Steve Bard, 10 Bill Burns, 11 Scott Daniels, 12 Denny Petyak, 13 Alex Nicoletti 14 Ted Gallaher, 15 Rodney Mock, 16 Rick Singleton, 17 Chad McClellan, 18 Dan Lee 19 Sam Grindlesberger, DNS Randy Smith

SEMI LATES 18 LAPS 1 Jamey Swank, 2 Greg Cornell 3 Jason Breegle, 4 Greg Hainsey, 5 Charlie Field, 6 Willy Ling, 7 Patrick McDonough, 8 Billy McClellan, 9 Jonathan Hayman, 10 Ray Wright, 11 Dennis Collins, 12 Dave Whetstone, 13 Ray Sheetz, 14 Lou Orris, 15 Joe Pluta, 16 James Kreager, 17 Kristen Etling, 18 Mike Collins, 19, Kelly Shaulis.

PURE STOCKS 15 LAPS 1. Shawn Dunmeyer 2. Jamie Kohan 3. Greg Custer 4. Carl Snare 5. Nathan Miller 6. Dale Wilt 7. Tom Mulhollen 8. Terry Thomas 9. Paul Trout 10. Jason Gilliland 11. Jeff Benson 12. Jason VanGilder 13. Mark Field 14. Russ Hartman DQ: John Hollis DNS: James Best

4 CYLINDERS: 12 LAPS 1. Michael Lauffer 2. Pat Brehm 3. Chris Booher 4. Nathan Vinosky 5. Leroy Booher 6. Karl Bailey 7. Cindy Rhodes 8. Jim Wratchford 9. Adam Karlheim 10. Danny Lambert 11. Ed Vogel 12. Darren Howsare 13. Jim Tunstall 14. Amanda Usjak

All time Thunder Valley win leader Scott Rhodes added another to his total with a big Late Model win at the track Saturday night. In other action, Jim Sayler won his first Limited event of the season, Greg Cornell won the Semi Late race, and Jeff Benson beat the Pure Stocks, before Karl Bailey took the 4 Cylinder nightcap

Tom Decker was the Late Model pole sitter and got the jump at the start. Decker pulled away from the field early as Rhodes worked forward from his 8th starting spot. Rhodes took second place from Gary Beck on lap 7 and reeled in Decker. On lap 10 Rhodes boomed by Decker and drove away from the field.

Over the last half of the event, While Rhodes led, the battle was in the field as DJ Myers, Chad McClellan and Steve Everhart charged through together. Myers and Everhart ran down McClellan by lap 15, and spent the last 10 laps in a wild three way tussle.

At the finish, It was Rhodes easily over the field for his third 2007 and 27th career Thunder Valley win. Decker score his career best Thunder Valley finish with second, while Gary Beck ran a fine third. McClellan held off the furious challenges to take fouth with Everhart and DJ Myers following. Rick Singleton, Shawn McGarvey, Ron Delano and Matt Gaston completed the top ten. Decker and Beck won the heats.

Jim Sayler rallied late to snare the Limited 20 lapper. Travis Calhoun was the early leader, but Brad Kling took over on lap 6. Kling, looking for his first ever track victory , led but had to hold off Jim Sayler when he arrived at the front. Saylor caught Kling and the pair ran side by side several laps, but Kling held on. Kling's undoing came after a caution on lap 17. Sayler got a monster restart and a good position on Kling. Sayler took the lead on the next time by and led to the end. Kling took a career best second at the line, followed by Calhoun. Chad McClellan got by Dan Lee on the last lap for fourth. Lee, Yvette Hahn, Bill Burns, Dave Graber Alex Nicoletti and Doug Glessner completed the top ten. Calhoun and McClellan won the heats.

Jamey Swank had won four consecutive Semi Late events and was the odds on favorite to repeat in that 18 lapper. Jason Breegle was the early leader until Greg Cornell got by on lap 5. Swank and teammate Pat McDonough made it to second and third but both managed to spin out on lap 11. With breathing room, Cornell led easily for much of the rest of the way until Swank made it all the way back to the front in six laps. Cornell then held off Swank again for the win. Swank, Lonnie McKenzie, Willy Ling and McDonough completed the top five. Jonathan Hayman and Breegle won the heats.

Leroy Booher led the first 4 Cylinder lap, but again it was the Jim Tunstall and Karl Bailey team cars who battled for the win. Bailey took over the lead on lap 2 and held off Tunstall for the win. Booher was third, ahead of last place starter Scott Krumanacker, Mike Lauffer, Ed Livingston, Cindy Rhodes, Nathan Vinosky and Denny Roles. Lauffer and Tunstall won the heats.

LATE MODELS: 1. Scott Rhodes 2. Tom Decker, Jr 3. Gary Beck 4. Chad McClellan 5. Steve Everhart 6. D.J. Myers 7. Rick Singleton 8. Shawn McGarvey 9. Ron Delano 10. Matt Gaston 11. Bryan Bernheisel 12. Red French 13. Shane Beegle 14. Chris Harr 15. Rodney Sweitzer DNS: Shawn Claar

LIMITED LATE MODELS: 1. Jim Sayler 2. Brad Kling 3. Travis Calhoun 4. Chad McClellan 5. Dan Lee 6. Yvette Hahn 7. Bill Burns 8. Dave Graber 9. Alex Nicoletti 10. Doug Glessner 11. Adam Fulton 12. Randy Smith

SEMI-LATE MODELS: 1. Greg Cornell 2. Jamey Swank 3. Lonnie McKenzie 4. Willie Ling 5. Patrick McDonough 6. Ray Sheetz 7. Ray Wright 8. Joe Pluta 9. Dave Whetstone 10. Jason Breegle 11. Dennis Collins 12. Shawn Ringler 13. Johnathan Hayman 14. Charlie Fields 15. Joe Poraczky DNS: Jimmy Kregar, Louis Orris

PURE STOCKS: 1. Jeff Benson 2. Jason VanGilder 3. Carl Snare 4. Tom Warren 5. Tom Mulhollen 6. Russ Hartman 7. Greg Custer 8. Mark Field DQ: Shawn Dunmeyer, Joey Koteles DNS: Nathan Miller

4 CYLINDERS: 1. Karl Bailey 2. Jim Tunstall 3. Chris Booher 4. Scott Krumanaker 5. Michael Lauffer 6. Eddie Livingston 7. Cindy Rhodes 8. Nathan Vinosky 9. Dennie Roles 10. Adam Karlheim 11. Leroy Booher 12. Rick Brown, Jr 13. Rob Prinkey 14. Ed Vogel, Jr 15. Tom Lauffer 16. Tyler Clark

Steve Everhart, who won the first Joe Padula promoted Thunder Valley feature ever in 2006, finally got back into Victory lane at the track again Saturday night. Joining Everhart in the wild night of action was Matt Sponaugle and Mike Lauffer, who scored their first ever TV wins in the Limited and 4 Cylinder events. On the other side of the coin, Jamey Swank won his fourth consecutive Semi Late feature and 2006 champion Tom Warren took the Pure Stock event.

The wild Late Model event had five different leaders during the 25 laps. Gary Beck took the lead at the start and got away from the wild battle in the pack until he spun in front of the field on lap 5. Tom Decker assumed the lead at that point but it was short lived as Chris Harr took it away before the next lap was completed. He only lasted one lap at the front as Ron Delano squeezed by on lap 7. By this time Everhart and Rhodes had arrived at the front and it was a 4 way fight.

Delano and Everhart went at it hard for several laps, often side by side until Everhart shot by on lap 14. After that, Delano and Rhodes fought over the honor of chasing Everhart with Rhodes taking second on lap 22. Although a last yellow closed the field on lap 23, Everhart held on for the win, the fourth of his TV Late Model career. Rhodes ran second. Harr rallied with a wild last lap move to take third away from Delano at the line. Matt Gaston was fifth ahead of Greg Fetters, who had started dead last in the field. Rick Singleton, Shawn McGarvey, John Kuzemchak and Chad McClellan completed the top ten. Beck and Rhodes won the heats.

Doug Hardy was the pole sitter and early leader in the Limited 20 lapper, but ended up as the hard luck driver of the event. Hardy wired the field early on but then had to withstand the challenge of Jim Saylor at the front. Saylor took over on lap 11 but Hardy fought back, reassuming the front on lap 15. When Saylor retired one lap later, Sponaugle and Chad McClellan took up the chase. Sponaugle got under Hardy on lap 16 but when McClellan charged under them both, Hardy found himself the odd man out and hit the wall in turn four, seriously damaging his car.

Jamey Swank won the Semi Late event for the fourth consecutive time. Ray Sheetz led at the start until Dave Whetstone took over. Swank arrived from his eighth starting position and took over on lap 3. From there on, Swank wired the field for the 18 lap win. Greg Cornell rallied for second ahead of Swank teammate Pat McDonough, Whetstone and Kristen Ettling. Sheetz, Ray Wright, Jim Kreager, Charlie Field and Tom Spangler completed the top 10. Cornell and Swank won the heats.

For the second time this season, Tom Warren snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in Pure Stock action. Jason Vangilder broke out for the early lead and went the distance with Warren and Jeff Benson in tow. When the event went the last 10 laps all green, the trio encountered lapped traffic in the late stages. On the last lap, Vangilder was held up by a lapped car for just a second, and Warren, with nothing to lose, shot by for the surprise win. Vangilder was second at the line ahead of Benson, Greg Custer, Shawn Dunmyer, Brandon Lasalle, Carl Snare, Russ Hartman, Eric Weyandt and Jason Vaughn. Vangilder and Warren won the heats.

Mike Lauffer broke from his fifth starting position to the lead on lap one and led the distance in the 4 Cylinder night cap. He withstood the challenge of multi time 2007 winner Karl Bailey until Bailey was involved in a weird crash on lap 6, then held off Leroy Booher to the end. Booher was second, ahead of Nathan Vinosky, Chris Booher and Cindy Rhodes. Leroy Booher and Bailey won the heats.

LATE MODELS: 1. Steve Everhart 2. Scott Rhodes 3. Chris Harr 4. Ron Delano 5. Matt Gaston 6. Greg Fetters 7. Rick Singleton 8. Shawn McGarvey 9. Johnny Kuzemchak 10. Chad McClellan 11. Shane Beegle 12. Tom Decker 13. Gary Beck 14. Troy Shields 15. Dave Bloss 16. Shawn Claar 17. Chad Walters DNS: Darrell Dick

LIMITED LATE MODELS: 1. Matt Sponaugle 2. Chad McClellan 3. Yvette Hahn 4. Craig Perigo 5. Randy Smithley 6. Dan Lee 7. Travis Calhoun 8. Scott Daniels 9. Alex Nicoletti 10. Bill Burns 11. Steve Bard 12. Doug Hardy 13. Jim Sayler 14. Doug Glessner 15. Randy Smith 16. Tim Snare 17. Brad Kling

SEMI-LATES: 1. Jamey Swank 2. Greg Cornell 3. Patrick McDonough 4. David Whetstone 5. Kristen Etling 6. Ray Sheetz 7. Ray Wright 8. Jimmy Kregar 9. Charlie Fields 10. Tom Spangler 11. Dennis Collins 12. Joe Pluta 13. Michael Collins 14. Willie Ling 15. Johnathan Hayman DNS: Louis Orris

PURE STOCKS: 1.Tom Warren 2. Jason VanGilder 3. Jeff Benson 4. Greg Custer 5. Shawn Dunmeyer 6. Brandon LaSalle 7. Carl Snare 8. Russ Hartman 9. Eric Weyant 10. Justin Vaughn 11. Dale Wilt 12. Jamie Kohan DNS: Jason Gilliland

4 CYLINDER: 1. Michael Lauffer 2. Leroy Booher 3. Nathan Vinosky 4. Chris Booher 5. Cindy Rhodes 6. Jeff Grinch 7. Jim Tunstall 8. Tom Lauffer 9. Adam Karlheim 10. Karl Bailey 11. Dave Lambert 12. Dennie Roles 13. Darren Hosware 14. Dwain Rhodes 15. WP Bone 16. Patrick Brehm 17. Nathan Clark

All time track leading feature winner Scott Rhodes returned to Victory Lane in Late Model competition at Thunder Valley Saturday night. In other action, the Stock car hour in which the Semi Lates and Pure Stocks were set to go for one half hour each. Jamey Swank took the semi Late race which went to the lap maximum. Greg Custer took the Pure stock half hour which went to the time limit.. Scott Krumanacker won the 4 Cylinder nightcap.

Shawn Claar was the early Late Model leader after getting by Darrell Dick on the first lap. Claar, still looking for that elusive first ever win, held on as Steve Everhart and Rhodes jockeyed for positions coming through the field. Everhart arrived in second on lap 8 and battled with Claar until the next caution on lap 12. That caution proved to be pivotal for all three drivers. Everhart slipped up on the restart allowing Rhodes to take second, and he also passed Claar before the lap was completed. It took Everhart three laps to also get by Claar and he ran down Rhodes over the last 13 all green laps, but could not get by.

At the end, although he tried valiantly, Everhart's run from 11th ended with a close second place finish. DJ Myers roared up to third, followed by Claar chalking up another fine run, Ron Delano, Matt Gaston, Chad Walter, Shawn McGarvey, Dick and Chad McClellan. Dick and Claar won the heats.

The Semi Lates and Pure Stocks were set to go a half hour each in what was billed as the "Stock Car Hour". When several of the racers expressed concerns with fuel consumption, a 40 lap maximum was set for the events. It took Jamey Swank only 23 and a half minutes to go the 40 laps as he wired the Semi Late field. Swank burst from his eighth starting position to third by lap 4, second on lap 7 and the lead one lap later. Once he took over from early leader Greg Cornell, Swank wired the field, moving out to a half lap lead over the last 15 all green laps. Teammate Patrick McDonough waged a race long battle with Willy Ling but held on to second at the end. Ling was third, followed by Lonnie McKenzie, and Dave Whetstone. Cornell recovered from a flat tire and two visits to the pits to lead the second five. Jonathan Hayman, Joe Pluta, Kristen Ettling and Tom Spangler completed the top 10. McDonough and Cornell won the heats.

The Pure Stock half hour started with a bang and ended with a whimper, as Greg Custer went pole to pole for what became a 31 lap event. The red flag flew on the first lap as Brandon Lasalle got his car on its side in turn one. After that, Custer took over, holding off the trio of Tom Warren, Jeff Benson and Jason Vangilder for the duration, Vangilder spun on lap 18 dropping from that battle, but no one had anything for Custer.

When the caution flew for Carl Snare in turn one, the clock ran down before the field could go again and Custer scored the popular win. Warren was second, ahead of Benson, Jamie Kohan, Vangilder, and Snare, the last car credited on the lead lap. Terry Thomas Justin Vaughn, Brad Kotelas and Ed Keilman completed the top 10. Snare and Custer won the heats.

Scott Krumanacker went pole to pole in the 4 Cylinder nightcap, holding off the furious challenges of multi time winner Karl Bailey, Bailey made a last ditch effort on the last lap which resulted in a wild turn 4 flip and eliminated himself. On the one lap shootout, Krumanacker held off Chris Booher for the win. Tyler Clark, Jeff Grinch and Jim Tunstall were the top five. Krumanacker and Bailey won the heats.

LATE MODELS: 1. Scott Rhodes 2. Steve Everhart 3. D.J. Myers 4. Shawn Claar 5. Ron Delano 6. Matt Gaston 7. Chad Walters 8. Shawn McGarvey 9. Darrell Dick 10. Chad McClellan 11. Gary Beck 12. Rick Singleton

SEMI-LATES: 1. Jamey Swank 2. Patrick McDonough 3. Willie Ling 4. Lonnie McKenzie 5. Dave Whetstone 6. Greg Cornell 7. Johnathan Hayman 8. Joe Pluta 9. Kristen Etling 10. Tom Spangler 11. Ray Wright 12. Michael Collins 13. Joe Poraczky 14. Jimmy Kreagar 15. Louis Orris 16. Dennis Collins 17. Shawn Ringler DNS: Jason Breegle

PURE STOCKS: 1. Greg Custer 2. Tom Warren 3. Jeff Benson 4. Jamie Kohan 5. Jason VanGilder 6. Carl Snare 7. Terry Thomas 8. Justin Vaughn 9. Brad Koteles 10. Ed Keilman 11. Russ Hartman 12. Jason Gilliland 13. Brandon LaSalle 14. Nathan Miller

4 CYLINDER: 1. Scott Krumanacker 2. Chris Booher 3. Tyler Clark 4. Jeff Grinch 5. Jim Tunstall 6. Patrick Brehm 7. Nathan Vinosky 8. Leroy Booher 9. Cindy Rhodes 10. Adam Karlheim 11. Darren Howsare 12. Dennie Roles 13. Jim Bailey 14. Michael Lauffer 15. WP Bone DNS Tom Lauffer

After coming close several times this season, DJ Myers finally picked off his first Thunder Valley Late Model feature win of the season Saturday night. It was Myers 4th career Thunder Valley win. The other four events were evenly split between first time winners and old hands. Dan Lee and Jamie Kohan scored season and career firsts in the Limited and Pure Stock events, while Jamey Swank and Karl Bailey won the Semi Late and 4 Cylinder races.

traffic until he emerged around Chad McClellan and took second on lap 8. Claar held off the fast closing Myers for several laps until he finally got by on lap 13. After that Myers zoomed out and covered the field to the finish. Behind the two front runners, action was wild as Ron Delano, Chad McClellan, Scott Rhodes and Steve Everhart battled furiously for third. That battle broke up when McClellan and Delano got together on lap 22, causing the last of only four cautions.

On the restart, Myers sped away to score the win. Claar ran the best race of his Thunder Valley career with the fine second place finish, ahead of Rhodes, Everhart and pole sitter Gary Beck. Rick Singleton, Darrell Dick, Shane Beegle, Jeff Miller and Shawn McGarvey completed the top ten. Myers, McGarvey and Claar won the heats.

In an event which was highlighted by a spectacular flip, Dan Lee won his first Limited event since 2002, going pole to pole. Lee jumped in to the lead on the first lap and was soon hounded by both Doug Hardy and Doug Glessner before the field was red flagged on lap four. At that point, Chad McClellan, again doing double duty after his Late Model run, got pinched into the wall and executed a wild series of barrel rolls down the backstretch. Although his Bill Bowman owned 31 was completely destroyed, McClellan emerged from the rubble unhurt.

Jamie Swank , the all time Street Stock/Semi Late feature winner at the track, scored his third 2007 win in that 18 lapper. He roared from his eighth starting position to the lead in only three laps and then wired the field. Behind him Willy Ling and Swank teammate Patrick McDonough battled before taking second and third at the line. Lonnie McKenzie, and Andy Burns completed the top five. Jason Breegle came from dead last in the starting field to take sixth. Dave Whetstone, Lou Orris, Steve Lowery and James Kreager completed the top ten. Teammates McDonough and Swank win the heats.

The 15 lap Pure Stock was memorable for home town driver Jamie Kohan as he scored his first ever Thunder Valley win. He came from eighth starting position and got by early leader Carl Snare on lap 5. Then he had to hold off both Jeff Benson and Jason Vangilder for the win. Tom Warren, Snare, Russ Hartman, Nathan Miller, Justin Vaughn, Joey Kotelas and Greg Custer completed the top ten.

Late Models 1. DJ Myers 2. Shawn Claar 3. Scott Rhodes 4. Steve Everhart 5. Gary Beck 6. Rick Singleton 7. Darrell Dick 8. Shane Beegle 9. Jeff Miller 10. Shawn McGarvey 11. Matt Gaston 12. Dave Bloss 13. Dan Swartzlander 14. Tom Decker, Jr 15. Ron Delano 16. Troy Shields 17. Chad McClellan 18. Gene Kain 19. Tim Parsons 20. Chris Harr 21. Justin Swanger

Limited Late Models: 1. Dan Lee 2. Doug Hardy 3. Doug Glessner 4. Robbie Black 5. Brad Kling 6. Yvette Hahn 7. Tim Snare, Jr 8. Alex Nicoletti 9. Steve Bard 10. Randy Smith 11. Jim Sayler 12. Bill Burns 13. Chad McClellan

Semi Late: 1. Jamey Swank 2. Willie Ling 3. Patrick McDonough 4. Lonnie McKenzie 5. Andy Burns 6. Jason Breegle 7. Dave Whetstone 8. Louis Orris 9. Steve Lower 10. Jimmy Kregar 11. Joe Pluta 12. Jeff Chipikitis 13. Kristen Etling 14. Dennis Collins 15. Tom Spangler 16. Ray Sheetz 17. Greg Cornell 18. Michael Collins 19. Shawn Ringler 20. Ray Wright

Pure Stocks: 1. Jamie Kohan 2. Jeff Benson 3. Jason Vangilder 4. Tom Warren 5. Carl Snare 6. Russ Hartman 7. Nathan Miller 8. Justin Vaughn 9. Joey Koteles 10. Greg Custer 11. Mark Field

4 Cylinder: 1. Karl Bailey 2. Chris Booher 3. Jim Tunstall 4. Michael Lauffer 5. Leroy Booher 6. Jeff Grinch 7. Nathan Vinosky 8. Tom Lauffer 9. W.P. Bone 10. Cindy Rhodes 11. Tyler Clark 12. Dennie Roles 13. Darren Howsare 14. Scott Krumankacker DNS: Ed Vogel

Chad McClellan, who only two races ago scored his first career Late Model feature win, returned for a second time Saturday at Thunder Valley. Then he returned in a Limited car and almost became the first driver in the track's history to win features in two different classes in the same show. Irvona's Ted Gallaher held off McClellan to score his own second win of the season in the limited feature event. In other action, Jamie Swank dominated the Semi Late feature, Jeff Benson took his third Pure Stock win and Jim Tunstall won the 4 Cylinder nightcap.

Shawn Claar was the early Late Model leader. He led the first four laps until he spun in turn two. At that point Gary Beck took over. His lead also lasted four laps before he also spun in turn two. At that point McClellan, who had worked into the second spot, inherited the lead and was able to roll away from the field for the duration. Behind the leader, it was wild action as Ron Delano, Rick Singleton, Scott Rhodes and D J Myers battled furiously among themselves to get to the leader. That battle took a weird turn as Myers spun while slowing during a caution on lap 10.

The other three took up the charge for the duration, but fell short as Singleton, Rhodes and Delano finished in that order behind the winner. First time 2007 visitor Chris Harr completed the top five, ahead of Dave Troutman, Myers, Dave Bloss, Matt Gaston and Shawn McGarvey. Claar and McClellan won the heats.

The Limited feature event suffered a rough start as Doug Glessner and Chad Walter collided on the first lap. During the red flag period, pole sitter Dan Lee retired to the pits, moving up the entire field. Gallaher moved up even further on the restart as he blasted past new pole sitter Yvette Hahn and took the lead on lap one. Gallaher stretched the field during the early laps but had to withstand a furious challenge from McClellan in the closing laps.

McClellan, looking for an evening sweep, started last in the field and made it up as far as Gallaher's door at one point, but fell a car length short at the finish. Jim Saylor, Hahn, Brad Kling, Walter, Tim Snare, Randy Smith, Alex Nicoletti and Bill Burns completed the top ten. Smith and Hahn won the heats.

Jamie Swank chased down early leader Dave Whetstone and took his second Semi Late event of the year. Swank took the lead on lap four and then spent the remainder of the event weaving in and out of heavy lapped traffic. It was the traffic that proved to be the undoing of second place runner and teammate Patrick McDonough as Greg Cornell made a wild last lap four wide move to secure second at the line. McDonough held on for third, followed by Whetstone, Travis Brown, Willy Ling, Jonathan Hayman, Joe Pluta, Tom Spangler and James Kreger. Whetstone and Swank won the heats.

Greg Custer held off the heavy challenge of Jeff Benson for 8 laps in the Pure Stock feature before his car broke and he headed pitward. At that point Benson ran off for his third win of the season. Carl Snare, Chuck Weyandt, Jamie Kohan, Jason Vangilder, Tom Warren, Joey Koteles, Russ Hartman, Jason Gilliland and Justin Vaughn completed the top 10. Warren and Benson won the heats.

Teammates Jim Tunstall and Karl Bailey traded the lead about 6 times in the 4 Cylinder nightcap, before Bailey retired and Tunstall ran off for the win. Cindy Rhodes took second, ahead of Jeff Grinch, Leroy Booher, Adam Karlhime, Nathan Vinosky, WP Bone and Chris Booher. Bailey and Tunstall won the heats.

LATE MODEL 25 LAPS: 1 CHAD MCCLELLAN, 2 RICK SINGLETON, 3 SCOTT RHODES, 4 RON DELANO, 5 CHRIS HARR, 6 DAVE TROUTMAN , 7 D J MYERS, 8 DAVE BLOSS, 9 MATT GASTON, 10 SHAWN MCGARVEY, 11 SHANE BEEGLE, 12 DARRELL DICK, 13 GENE KAIN, 14 GARY BECK, 15 BOB SALATHE, 16 SHAWN CLAAR, 17 JOHN KUZEMCHAK, 18 JEFF MILLER, DNS RED FRENCH.

LIMITED 20 LAPS. 1 TED GALLAHER, 2 CHAD MCCLELLAN , 3 JIM SAYLER, 4 YVETTE HAHN 5 BRAD KLING, 6 CHAD WALTER, 7 TIM SNARE, 8 RANDY SMITH, 9 ALEX NICOLETTI, 10 BILL BURNS, 11 AL ZUCOLLOTTO, 12 SAM GINDLESPERGER, 13 STEVE BARD, 14 DAN LEE, 15 DOUG GLESSNER, DNS RODNEY MOCK.

SEMI-LATES 18 LAPS. 1. JAMEY SWANK, 2 GREG CORNELL, 3 PATRICK MCDONOUGH, 4 DAVE WHETSTONE, 5 TRAVIS BROWN, 6 WILLIE LING, 7 JOHNATHAN HAYMAN, 8 JOE PLUTA, 9 TOM SPANGLER, 10 JIMMY KREGAR, 11 DENNIS COLLINS, 12 JOE PORACZKY, 13 JOHN PAHULICK, 14 RAY WRIGHT, 15 MIKE COLLINS, 16 LOUIS ORRIS, 17 RAY SHEETZ, DNS BILLY MCCLELLAN, CHARLIE FIELD

PURE STOCK 15 LAPS. 1. JEFF BENSON, 2. CARL SNARE, 3 CHUCK WEYANT, 4 JAMIE KOHAN, 5 JASON VANGILDER, 6 TOM WARREN, 7 JOEY KOTELES, 8 RUSS HARTMAN, 9 JASON GILLILAND, 10 JUSTIN VAUGHN, 11 SHELLY BEEGLE, 12 GREG CUSTER, 13 ERIC WEYANT, 14 NATHAN MILLER, 15 MIKE SIEGLE, 16 DONALD LYBARGER, DNS MARK FIELD

4CYLINDER 12 LAP: 1 Jim Tunstall, 2 CINDY RHODES, 3 JEFF GRINCH, 4 LEROY BOOHER, 5 ADAM KARLHIM, 6 NATHAN VINOSKY, 7 WP BONE, 8 Chris Booher, 9. KARL BAILEY, 10 CHRISSY BOOHER, 11 MICHAEL LAUFFER

     For the second week in a row, Thunder Valley had a happy first time Late Model feature winner as Matt Gaston scored his first career win at the track. He became the 34th ever TV Late Model feature winner. In other action, Doug Glessner wired the Limited field, Greg Cornell scored a dramatic last lap Semi Late win, Tom Warren won the Pure Stock feature and Jim Tunstall took the 4 Cylinder closer.

    Matt Gaston, probably the hands down choice for the LM hard luck driver of 2006, was on his game as he dominated the Late Model event which was plagued by an unusual number of caution events. The race started off with a bang as the car of pole sitter Gary Beck faltered at the start and he was run over by much of the field. The resulting 8 car pileup caused a 10 minute red flag delay and dramatically reset the lineup.

    Gaston had avoided the carnage and further benefited by moving to the front row on the restart. He jumped into the lead at the start and managed to stretch out the field after each subsequent restart. Behind Gaston it was hot and heavy as Doug Horton, DJ Myers, Rick Singleton, Ron Delano and others staged a wild battle among themselves as they chased the leader. Horton moved to third on lap 7, just before Singleton retired from the event, then traded the spot with Myers a total of nine times during the rest of the event, with Delano in the mix also.

    At the finish, Gaston had the field covered. Former track Pure Stock standout John Kuzemchak scored his finest Late Model finish by nailing down second, followed by Horton, Myers and Delano. Scott Rhodes emerged from the first lap fiasco and roared to sixth at the end with a battered race car. Shane Beegle, Darrell Dick, Gene Kain and Chad McClellan completed the top ten. Delano and Singleton won the heats.

    Doug Glessner became a two time 2007 TV Limited winner as he dominated that 20 lap event. He started 4th in the field but whooshed into the lead on the first lap.   With only one caution in the race, Glessner ran off to win by over a half lap, an uncanny margin at Thunder Valley. Behind him, Randy Smithley ran down Brad Kling but could not get by for 17 laps as Kling was second, followed by Smithley, Dan Lee, Dwayne Taneyhill, Rodney Mock, Jim Sayler, Randy Smith, Ted Gallaher and Terry Rayko.   Glessner and Kling, both numbered 17s, won the heats.

    It took Greg Cornell all of the 18 laps to eek into the Semi Late lead and win. He started 7th in the field and gradually worked forward. Billy McClelland led early before 8th starter Jamie Swank took over on lap 4. Cornell was slower to pick through the field and he took second on lap 14. A yellow on lap 16 was to be Swank's undoing as Cornell was up for the challenge and made a last lap dramatic move and won in a side by side finish. Swank settled for second, followed by McClelland, Patrick McDonough who started dead last in the field and Willy Ling. Ray Wright, Lou Orris, Dennis Collins, Jim Kreager and Joe Proaczky completed the top 10.

    Although Tom Warren was the dominant 2006 Pure Stock driver, he emerged as the surprise winner in that 15 lap event. Carl Snare was the early leader and soon had Jamie Kohan in tow. Warren was sitting third when the two cars ahead of him bumped together on lap 12. While they gathered it in, Warren zipped by for the lead and the win. Snare held on to finish second, ahead of Kohan, Gary Koteles, Jeff Benson, Jason Vangilder, Don Lybarger, Bobby Noel, Dale Wilt and Nathan Miller. Greg Custer and Snare won the heats.

    The 4 cylinder race started off wildly as usual, but Chris Booher emerged as the early leader. Jim Tunstall ran him down and took over on lap 4 and held to the finish. Booher finished second, followed by Dan Adams, Ed Livingston, Karl Bailey, Leroy Booher, Mike Lauffer, Joe Debevits, Jeff Grinch and Nathan Vinosky. Tunstall and Bailey won the heats.

LATE MODEL 25 LAPS: 1 Matt Gaston, 2 John Kuzemchak, 3 Doug Horton, 4 DJ Myers, 5 Ron Delano, 6 Scott Rhodes, 7 Shane Beegle, 8 Darrell Dick, 9 Gene Kain, 10 Chad McClellan, 11 Lee Smith, 12 Rick Singleton, 13 Shawn Claar, 14 Drew Koteles, 15 Red French, 16 Gary Beck, 17 Shawn McGarvey.

LIMITED 20 LAPS: 1 Doug Glessner, 2 Brad Kling, 3 Randy Smithley, 4 Dan Lee, 5 Dwayne Taneyhill, 6 Rodney Mock, 7 Jim Sayler, 8 Randy Smith, 9 Ted Gallaher, 10 Terry Rayko, 11 Alex Nicoletti, 12 Bernie Whiteford, 13 Yvette Hahn, 14 Doug Hardy, 15 Bill Burns

SEMI LATE 18 LAPS: 1 Greg Cornell, 2 Jamey Swank, 3 Billy McClelland, 4 Patrick McDonough, Willy Ling, 6 Ray Wright, 8 Dennis Collins, 9 James Kreager, 10, Joe Poraczky, 11 Tom Spangler, 12 Mike Collins, DNS Dave Whetstone, John Pahulik, Jason Breegle, Travis Brown.

PURE STOCK 15 LAPS: 1 Tom Warren, 2 Carl Snare 3 Jamie Kohan, 4 Gary Koteles, 5 Jeff Benson, 6 Jason Vangilder, 7 Don Lybarger, 8 Bobby Noel, 9 Dale Wilt, Nathan Miller, 11 Russ Hartman, 12 Greg Custer, 13 Jason Vaughn, 14 Mark Field, 15. BowRay Walyko.

4CYLINDER 12 LAP: 1 Jim Tunstall, 2 Chris Booher, 3 Dan Adams, 4 Ed Livingston, 5 Karl Bailey, 6 Leroy Booher, 7 Mike Lauffer, 8 Joe Debevits, 9 Jeff Grinch, 10 Nathan Vinosky, 11 Darren Howsare, 12 Adam Karlhime, 13 Dave Debevits, 14 Ray Wellington, 15 Nathan Good, 16 Scott Krumbacker, 17. Cindy Rhodes, 18 Crissy Booher, DNS: Dan Artice, Jim Brunner.

Thunder Valley celebrated the running of its 150th Late Model feature Saturday night. Stoystown's own Chad McClellan became the 33rd different winner during that run as he added his name with a win in the 25 lapper. It was McClellan's first ever Super Late Model win anywhere. In other action, Ted Gallaher won the Limited event, his first since opening day 2006, Jamey Swank took the Semi Late event, Jason Vangilder beat the Pure stock field, before Karl Bailey closed the evening with the 4 cylinder win.

Chad McClellan, a former track winner in other divisions, had some luck on his side Saturday as after winning his heat event, his point average rewarded him with a pole position start. He shot off ahead of Gary Beck at the start and easily led the first lap. Ron Delano charged into second spot on lap two and immediately was after McClellan. But Delano spun out in turn three one lap later, beginning what was an uncharateristically high number of cautions in the Late Model event.

Shawn McGarvey inherited second place but DJ Myers got by him on lap 3 and the race was on. Between yellow flags, Myers tried McClellan high and low and the pair actually ran side by side for 5 laps in the middle stages. While they battled, Jeff Miller and Scott Rhodes arrived in the next two spots and they waged their own wild battle for third, as positions changed thruout the field in the pack.

For the second week in a row, Myers found himself running second after a late race caution as a spin set up a 2 lap dash for the checkered, but McClellan held on for the exciting win. Myers settled for his second consecutive second place finish. Miller took third back on the last lap, Rhodes secured fourth, followed by Rick Singleton who charged up from his 13th place start. Delano recovered to finish sixth, followed by McGarvey, Matt Gaston, John Kuzemchak and Rod Sweitzer. McClellan, Miller and McGarvey won the heats.

Ted Gallaher who had been up front in both prior 2007 Limited events before finding trouble, finally sealed the deal in that 20 lap event. He led the duration after taking the early lead from Yvette Hahn. Doug Glessner and Andy Teno roared into the next two spots after both starting deep in the field, but finished second and third behind Gallaher. Doug Hardy, Randy Smith, Jim Sayler, Hahn, Brad Kling , Steve Bard and Bill Burns completed the top 10. Gallaher and Bard won the heats.

All time Semi Late track win leader Jamey Swank made it look easy in that division's 18 lap event. He started on the pole and led the distance. Greg Cornell came all the way from 8th starting spot to chase him down but settled for second at the line. Patrick McDonough in a team car to the winner took third, followed by Willy Ling, Andy Burns, Dave Whetstone, Billy McClelland, Tom Spangler, Lou Orris and Ray Wright. Swank and Ling won the heats.

Jason Vangilder broke the two race win streak of Jeff Benson in the Pure Stock 15 lapper. He got by early leader Carl Snare and then held off Tom Warren for the win. They were followed by Snare, Jamie Kohan, Benson, Don Lybarger, Russ Hartman, Jason Gilliland, Justin Vaughn, and Nathan Miller. Kohan and Vangilder won the heats.

Karl Bailey came from 8th to win the 4 Cylinder nightcap in an event which featured the wildest flip in recent Thunder Valley history. Chris Booher was the early leader in a pack of cars which was about 6 strong. The race was red flagged when Rob Prinkley took a spill in turn one which saw his car vault into the air and do quite a few flips before coming back to earth. Prinkley emerged unhurt from the incident, and the race resumed with Mike Lauffer holding off the crowd until Bailey got by late. Behind Bailey at the end was Lauffer, Jim Tunstall, Cindy Rhodes, Booher, Denny Roles, Ray Wellington, WP Bone and Chrissy Booher. Chris Booher and Tunstall won the heats.

LATE MODLE 25 LAPS: 1 Chad McClellan, 2 DJ Myers, 3 Jeff Miller 4 Scott Rhodes, 5 Rick Singleton, 6 Ron Delano, 7 Shawn McGarvey, 8 Matt Gaston, 9 John Kuzemchak, 10 Rod Sweitzer, 1 Shawn Claar, 12 Dan Swartzlander, 13 Red French, 14 Tom Decker Sr, 15 Drew Kotelas, 16 Steve Everhart, 17 Jim Shields, 18 Tom Decker Jr, 18 Bryan Bernheisel, 20 Darrell Dick, 21 Gary Beck, 22 Gene Kain.

LIMITED 20 LAP: 1 Ted Gallaher, 2 Doug Glessner, 3 Andy Teno, 4 Doug Hardy, 5 Randy Smith 6 Jim Sayler, 7 Yvette Hahn, 8 Brad Kling, 9 Steve Bard, 10 Bill Burns, 11 Dennis Mock, 12 Bill Pluta, 13 Al Zuccolotto, 14 Dave Graber, DNS Alex Nicoletti, Dan Lee