Rob Blair Continues His Dominance at CPS with $3,000 ASLMS Win
Clearfield, PA – July 2, 2010 Titusville, PA’s Rob Blair has been unbeatable at Tim Bainey’s Central PA Speedway in 2010 and he continued his winning ways at the Clearfield, PA oval with a late race pass on Jared Miley for the lead to capture the $3,000, ‘Let Freedom Ring 25’ payday. Miley and Mike Knight led the field to the green flag with Miley taking control while Knight, John Britsky, and Matt Lux would all battle for the runner-up spot. Miley started to pull away as the three would continue to battle for second until lap 9 when ASLMS regular Gregg Satterlee came up lame in turn two to bring out the events first caution. The race was slowed again for another lap 9 caution as Darren Peters’ lost the handle of his Rocket Chassis in turn one. Miley lead the Delaware Double File restart to the green before getting bombarded with pressure from Britsky and Knight. Miley regained control of the event while Lux became part of the battle again for second. Sixth starting Boom Briggs began to show his muscle as he made his way into the top-five with the ninth starting Blair in tow. Miley looked to be well in control of the event while the rest of the top five could be covered with a blanket. The third caution of the event slowed the pace on lap 15 and front-runner’s John Britsky shot to the pits with a flat left-rear tire and Knight slowed to a stop in turn two under pace laps. Britsky was able to rejoin the field as was Knight, who had a loose distributor cap, as Miley took the green to restart the event. Blair was on the move as he battled with defending ‘Yankee Doodle 50’ champion D.J. Myers for third. Blair made his way past Myers on lap 16 for third while Briggs put pressure on Myers for fourth before the yellow was thrown again on lap 17. Miley again set the pace when racing resumed but Blair was picking his way up to the leader while getting by Matt Lux for second before two more cautions slowed the field on laps 19 and 22 setting up a three lap dash to the finish. Blair and Miley made contact as the two entered turn one during the restart causing Miley to shoot up the race track and fall to 11th position as Blair continued on to the victory. ‘It just didn’t seem like Jared would fire on restarts,’ Rob explained. ‘It looked like he was hitting a slick spot in turn four where we were starting and whoever was behind him had a bit more traction. My car took off on restarts and on that last one, I was able to get underneath him going into one.’ D.J. Myers finished second followed by Lux, 11th starting Tim Fedder, and Briggs who rounded out the top-five. Greg Oakes was scored with a sixth place finish with John Garvin Jr. seventh, Tim Smith Jr. eighth, Todd Snook in ninth, and Mike Knight tenth. Event Recap: Car Count: 23 Track Record: Track record for Central PA Speedway was set on May 29, 2010 by Robbie Blair with a time of 15.334 Victory Signs Time Trials presented by Fleming Design Solutions: Rocket Chassis Heat Race #1 presented by Comfort Inn of Clearfield: 9K Mike Knight, 88 Rick Elliott, W11 Robbie Blair, 1P Darren Peters, 100 Chris Clark, 15X John Oaks Rocket Chassis Heat Race #2 presented by Comfort Inn of Clearfield: 70J DJ Myers, 22S Gregg Saterlee, 22 Greg Oakes, 39S Tim Smith Jr., 10C Ryan Christoff, 11KGreg Kent Rocket Chassis Heat Race #3 presented by Comfort Inn of Clearfield: H1 Jared Miley, 18 John Britsky, 8 Tim Fedder, 23H Todd Snook, 53 Chris Farrell, 19 Gary Beward (DNS) Rocket Chassis Heat Race #4 presented by Comfort Inn of Clearfield: 21 Matt Lux, 99B Boom Briggs, J4 John Garvin, 51 Chuck Kennedy, 15M Shane McMeans Blair drives his own #W11 Rocket Monte Carlo mounted on Genesis Shocks with a Draime Racing Engine and Hoosier Race Tires. Sponsors include Specialty Products / Bossards Auto / EquiCross / Maloney Tool & Mold / Chelby's Hair and Tanning Garage / Genesis Racing Shocks / Slavic Custom Racing Shirts & Decals The win was Rob’s fourth career win with the Series. Series career win leader board (Modern Era): Boom Briggs – 4, Rob Blair – 4, Eddie Carrier Jr. - 3, Duane Chamberlain – 1, Shane Clanton – 1, Rod Conley – 1, Chub Frank – 1, Jamie Lathroum - 1, Jared Miley - 1, D.J. Myers – 1, Brady Smith - 1. 2010 O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series Point Standings: Frankland Racing Supply Hard Charger Points:
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