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Ready To Race This Season in Central Pennsylvania! |
| Welcome to Nathan Berwager Motorsports. The new 2008 season of 358 Sprint Car Racing action in Central PA is upon us and we're excited to be a part of it. You'll primarily see us race at Lincoln, Trail-Way and Williams Grove Speedway's along with some other special shows thrown in the mix. Please take a moment to browse our website where you'll get to know our team and read about our recent news and race events! |
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5.2.08 - For the Second Straight Week, Received the DS Diversified Services Hard Charger Award at Trail-Way Speedway.
Great news started Thursday night when an addition was added to the 4u team. Mason David Mentzer was born. Mason is the newly born son of Matt and Emily Mentzer, the owners of Upper Bermudian Nursery and Excavating. It was a great night for racing, the track held a lot of moisture and was fast. In the heat race we failed to finish due to a flaw with the tear offs. In the feature we started 18th and worked our way up to 7th place which awarded us for the second week in a row, the hard charger award. |
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| Photo courtesy of paracingpicts.com |
| RESULTS • 5/2/08 • Trail-Way Speedway |
Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 6-Brad McClelland; 2. 7-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 3. 66-Dale Hammaker; 4. 88-Danny Dietrich III; 5. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 6. 35-Steve Owing; 7. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 8. 11D-Mike Duncan; 9. 55S-Darren Schott; 10. 28-Billy Heltzel Jr.; 11. 9-Ryan Hansen; 12. 36-Peter Bartley; 13. 45-Colt White; 14. 81T-Brandon Turner; 15. 11-Ron Kramer (DNF); 16. 98-Randy Davis Jr. (DNF); 17. 10-Zach Shive Euculano (DNF); 18. 64-Randy Whisler (DNF); 19. 1-Tim Wagaman (DNF); 20. 8D-Billy Dietrich (DNF); 21. 29T-Neal Amspacher (DNS).
Lap Leaders – Randy Davis Jr. (1-10); Jeff Rohrbaugh (11-18); Brad McClelland (19-25)
Heat 1 (10 Laps/All Qualify) – 1.1-Tim Wagaman; 2. 45-Colt White; 3. 6-Brad McClelland; 4. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 5. 11-Ron Kramer; 6. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 7. 88-Danny Dietrich; 8. 11D-Mike Duncan; 9. 9-Ryan Hansen; 10. 36T-Peter Bartley; 11. 81-Brandon Turner. Time – 2:22.06
Heat 2 (10 Laps/All Qualify) – 1. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 2. 66-Dale Hammaker; 3. 98-Randy Davis Jr.; 4. 35-Steve Owings; 5. 64-Randy Whisler; 6. 55S-Darren Schott; 7. 28-Billy Heltzel Jr.; 8. 10-Zach Shive Euculano;
9. 4U-Nathan Berwager (DNF); 10. 29T-Neal Amspacher (DNF). Time – 2:22.06 |
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4.25.08 - Received the DS Diversified Services Hard Charger Award at Trail-Way Speedway
This friday at Trailways started out great. We drew a good number and started on the pole in the heat race. Out front and leading the first 4 laps, we had a mechanical problem causing us to drop out of the heat race. We then had to start in the rear of the feature in 20th starting position. We past some cars along the way, and others dropped out allowing us to finish the race in 9th position and officially the Diversified Services hard charger. |
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| Photo courtesy of paracingpicts.com |
| RESULTS · 4/25/08 · Trail-Way Speedway |
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Feature (30 Laps) - 1. 6-Brad McClelland ($1,200); 2. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 3. 35-Steve Owings; 4. 1-Tim Wagaman II; 5. 88-Danny Dietrich; 6. 11D-Mike Duncan; 7. 55-Brian Eichelberger; 8. 66-Dale Hammaker; 9. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 10. 75-Nicole Bower; 11. 98-Randy Davis Jr.; 12. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 13. 64-Randy Whisler; 14. 66H-Doug Hammaker; 15. 18-Scott Lehman; 16. 10-Zach Shive Euculano; 17. 55S-Darren Schott (DNF); 18. 38-Mike Ressler (DNF); 19. 11-Ron Kramer (DNF); 20. 81-Brandon Turner (DNF); 21. 45-Colt White (DNF); 22. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh (DNF); 23. 25-Aaron Ott (DNS); 24. 34-Austin Reed (DNS). No time.
Lap Leaders - Dale Hammaker (1-7); Brad McClelland (8-30)
Heat 1 (10 Laps/All Qualify) - 1. 35-Steve Owings; 2. 11-Ron Kramer; 3. 88-Danny Dietrich; 4. 45-Colt White; 5. 75-Nicole Boyer; 6. 10-Zach Shive Euculano (DNF); 7. 98-Randy Davis Jr. (DNF); 8. 25-Aaron Ott (DNF). Time - 2:24.32
Heat 2 (10 Laps/All Qualify) - 1. 66-Dale Hammaker; 2. 6-Brad McClelland; 3. 11D-Mike Duncan; 4. 38-Mike Ressler; 5. 66H-Doug Hammaker; 6. 81-Brandon Turner; 7. 4U-Nathan Berwager (DNF); 8. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh (DNS). Time - 2:23.13
Heat 3 (10 Laps/All Qualify) - 1. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 2. 55S-Darren Schott; 3. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 4. 1-Tim Wagaman II; 5. 55-Brian Eichelberger; 6. 64-Randy Whisler; 7. 18-Scott Lehman; 8. 34-Austin reed (DNS). Time - 2:24.78 |
4.18.08 - First time racing at Trail-Way Speedway
Having never raced at Trail-Way before I'd say overall not a bad night of racing for us, didn't end the way we wanted but for the most part valuable experience was gained. The track was real tacky and fast in the heat race. We ended up finishing a proud 2nd. Then later we started 7th in the feature where there were 6 cautions in a row with only one lap in the books! Our night was ended when entering turn 2 a car spun directly in front of me, I had nowhere to go AGAIN but right into the car ahead. Luckily, the collision only took my front wing and I was able to quickly get to the pits to remove the damaged wing. I had them push me out without the front wing, ran around for awhile but the handling was out of control plus I ran out of tear-offs! Ended up pulling it into the infield for the duration of the race. |
| RESULTS · 4/18/08 · Trail-Way Speedway |
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Feature (25 Laps) - 1. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 2. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 3. 64-Randy Whisler; 4. 88-Danny Dietrich; 5. 66-Dale Hammaker; 6. 35-Steve Owings; 7. 11-Ron Kramer; 8. 38-Mike Ressler; 9. 11D-Mike Duncan; 10. 9-Craig Laudermilch; 11. 10-Zach Shive Euculano (DNF); 12. 99-Joe Trone Jr (DNF); 13. 4U-Nathan Berwager (DNF); 14. 45-Colt White (DNF); 15. 2-Paul Hively III (DNF); 16. 29T-Neal Amspacher (DNF); 17. 55S-Darren Schott (DNF); 18. 34-Austin Reed (DNF); 19. 98-Randy Davis Jr. (DNF); 20. 1-Tim Wagaman (DNS); 21. 6-Brad McClelland (DNS); 22. 81-Brandon Turner (DNS).
Lap Leaders - Billy Dietrich (1-20); Jeff Rohrbaugh (21); Billy Dietrich (22-25)
Heat 1 (10 Laps/All Qualify) - 1. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 2. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 3. 1-Tim Wagaman II; 4. 11-Ron Kramer; 5. 55S-Darren Scott; 6. 10-Zach Shive Euculano; 7. 6-Brad McClelland (DNF); 8. 81-Brandon Turner (DNS). Time - 2:24.09
Heat 2 (10 Laps/All Qualify) - 1. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 2. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 3. 35-Steve Owings; 4. 64-Randy Whisler; 5. 2-Paul Hively II; 6. 38-Mike Ressler; 7. 29T-Neal Amspacher (DNS). Time - 2:20.07 (New 10-lap track record previously held by Mike Lehman at 2:20.30 on 9/2/05)
Heat 3 (10 Laps/All Qualify) - 1. 88-Danny Dietrich III; 2. 11D-Mike Duncan; 3. 66-Dale Hammaker; 4. 45-Colt White; 5. 34-Austin Reed; 6. 98-Randy Davis Jr.; 7. 9-Craig Laudermilch. Time - 2:20.22 |
4.12.08 - Good run for first race of the season at Lincoln Speedway
Lincoln went up and down last night. In the heat race the first lap 3 cars flipped in front of me with no where to go.
I ran into the one flipping. It only damaged the wings, so we got the car back out, and finished 5th in the heat. Not good enough to qualify, but we ran the consolation event and finished 1st. Then another stream of bad luck in the feature with one guy spinning out and the guy in front of me checked up, causing me to hit his rear tire doing a wily stand, but landed and finished the race 16th. Not the best finish but, considering the fact that there was some damage to the car, causing handling to be tough not a bad night of racing for our first race of the year. |
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| Cars flipping all over the place in front of me. Leaving me with nowhere to go. Photo by Darren Landis |
| RESULTS · 4/12/08 · Lincoln Speedway |
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1st Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 66-Dale Hammaker; 2. 34-Austin Reed; 3. 88-Danny Dietrich; 4. 27-Jay Galloway; 5. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 6. 38-Mike Ressler; 7. 75-Nicole Bower; 8. 15-Adam Wilt (DNF); 9. 25-Aaron Ott (DNF); 10. 7C-Chad Trout (DNF). Time - 2:36.43
Lap Leaders - Dale Hammaker (1-12), Todd Rittenhouse Jr. (13-17), Dale Hammaker (18-20)
1st Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify)- 1. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 2. 1-Tim Wagaman; 3. 28-Keith Prutzman; 4. 17-Matt Beasley; 5. 75-Nicole Bower; 6. 15-Adam Wilt; 7. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 8. 50-Jimmy Strausbaugh; 9. 7C-Chad Trout (DNF); 10. 38-Mike Ressler (DNF); DNS - 4R-Kevin Nouse. Time- 2:53.37
Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 66-Dale Hammaker; 2. 81B-Bob Anderson; 3. 91-Scott Geesey; 4. 55E-Brian Eichelberger; 5. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 6. 84C-Chad Criswell; 7. 66N-Nate Hammaker; 8. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 9. 1-Tim Wagaman; 10. 6-Brad McClelland; 11. 34-Austin Reed; 12. 28-Keith Prutzman; 13. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 14. 55-Jimmy Layton; 15. 67-Jason Cherry; 16. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 17. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 18. 15B-John Barnett; 19. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 20. 27-Jay Galloway (DNF); 21. 88-Danny Dietrich (DNF); 22. 23-Todd Rittenhouse, Jr. (DNF); 23. 17-Matt Beasley (DNF); 24. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh (DNF). No time. |
4.11.08 - Rain Rain Go Away!
Once again for the second week in a row mother nature has made its way into Central PA dropping rain and cancelling the Trail-Way Speedway 358 Sprint Car Opener! Really wish we could have run tonight! We would've started on the poll in our heat race! Tomorrow at Lincoln Speedway is not looking good, as well. We'll all have to keep our fingers crossed for a break in the weather for a few hours. | |
