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Ross is Boss as $5 Fan Appreciation Night Packs Georgetown Speedway

GEORGETOWN, DE – The grandstands at historic Georgetown
Speedway were jammed to capacity for the first-ever Fan Appreciation Night on
Thursday.

And the
hometown driver pulled one off.

Ross
Robinson, whose race shop is within earshot of the speedway, broke into the
2019 RUSH Late Model win column with a victory in the evenings $2,000-to-win,
25-lap headliner.

$5 general
admission was offered by speedway management on Thursday and the fans responded
heavily. New faces, returning attendees from years gone by and loyal followers
all flocked to the facility for a quickly run show spun off in just over
two-and-a-half-hours.

Georgetowns
own Robinson, piloting the Stockley Materials No. 7, launched into the top spot
at the wave of the green in the RUSH Late Model main.

Robinson and
Joey Warren held the first two positions while all eyes were on a
paint-swapping, back-and-forth battle for third in the events mid-portions.
Matt Hill and an emerging Amanda Whaley, who was relegated to an 11th-place
starting position after a heat-race spin, spearheaded an intense battle for the
final podium spot.

Whaley
ultimately emerged with the position and set her sights on the leaders.

Meanwhile,
Robinson had slowed his pace as he encountered slower traffic. Warren, at one
point, closed to within a car-length of the leader, but Robinson remained out
front through the wave of the Sunoco Race Fuels checkered flags.

Robinson was
very emotional in Victory Lane, recognizing the lifelong support of his parents
who were both in attendance on Thursday night.

Warren, like
Robinson from Georgetown, finished a stout runner-up worth $1,000, followed by
Whaley of Millsboro, Nick Davis of Gumboro and Tyler Reed of Milton.

Scott
Hitchens is the all-time leading winner in the Crate 602 Sportsman division at
Georgetown Speedway and he added another checkered flag to his resume Thursday
in the Chesapeake Paving/J.W. Brown Trucking 20-lap feature.

The Dagsboro
native trailed Michael White early in the main event before experimenting with
the outside lane. Hitchens swept past White and was on cruise control out
front.

All eyes,
however, were on Mod Lite graduate James Hill. Hill had missed the redraw
during qualifying, but didnt let the setback deter him. Working the top line
through turns one and two, Hill burst into second with less than five laps
remaining and was turning lap times quicker than the leader.

Time ran out
and Hitchens, who described his No. 65 as an “oldie but a goodie,â romped to a
$1,000 payday.

Hill, of
Laurel, settled for a hard-earned second-place result.

Michael White
of Laurel placed third, with New Jersey invader Tom Sherby and Adam White of
Laurel.

A last-lap,
last-turn pass landed Josh Smith in Victory Lane for the 12-lap Southern
Delaware Vintage Stock Car 12-lap main. Smith swept to the top around Charlie
Moore on the final circuit exiting turn four. Todd Miller placed fourth and was
declared the Vintage Sportsman winner.

A tacky, racy
track played into the hands of Kirk Lawson in the 12-lap Little Lincoln
headliner. Lawson went to the top of the banking and swept past the entire
field to take the victory. A brief fire was a quick scare before Lawsons
Victory Lane festivities.  Jordan Herbert
and Matt White finished second and third, respectively.

Robert Smith
edged David Smith in a caution-free 12-lap Delaware Super Truck main event as
the pair battled side-by-side during the races latter laps. Geoff Carey completed
the top-three.

The Delmarva
Charger 12-lap event went to Joe Waters after he executed a rim-riding outside
pass of Brandon Riefler. Like their Super Truck counterparts, the Chargers ran
their feature without a single caution flag.

FAN FUN NOTES: A total of 70 race cars took part in
the first-ever Fan Appreciation Night at Georgetown Speedway. The event was a
late addition to the 2019 schedule but will definitely be back and grow larger
for the 2020 season as a total ‘buzz overcame the facility….

Third-place
finisher Amanda Whaley joined her soon-to-be-husband Ross Robinson in Victory
Lane for the celebration. The pair will wed in December….

Despite heavy
rain earlier in the week, the Lou Johnson-led track prep team offered a wide
and tacky half-mile surface that drew rave reviews from competitors….

Georgetown
Speedway and Short Track Super Series head starter Joe Kriss added another role
to his resume on Thursday at the speedway. Kriss also performed the evenings
National Anthem….

Next up at
Georgetown Speedway is the VAHLCO Wheels ‘Blast at the Beach presented by
Melon 1 on Tuesday, August 27 featuring the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track
Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco Modifieds racing 35 laps for $6,000 to win
in a Velocita-USA South Region event. Also on the card are the STSS Crate 602
Sportsman ($1,500 to win for 20 laps), Delaware Super Trucks and Delmarva
Chargers.

The event
carries a rain date of Wednesday, August 28.

For complete
rules, prices, times and race information, visit the following link: http://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/BlastattheBeachGeneralInfoSheet.pdf

Georgetown
Speedway, originally constructed by Melvin L. Joseph in 1949, is located at the
intersection of Route 113 and Speedway Road in Georgetown, Del., just miles
from the Delaware beaches and less than a 40-minute drive from Ocean City, Md.

A
website is live for the speedway at www.thegeorgetownspeedway.com. Like Georgetown Speedway on
Facebook, follow @thegtownspdwy on Twitter, e-mail georgetownspeedway@gmail.com or contact the speedway hotline at
302.563.GTWN (4896).

FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT RESULTS SUMMARY
– GEORGETOWN SPEEDWAY AUGUST 15, 2019

RUSH Late Model Feature Finish (25
laps): ROSS ROBINSON,
Joey Warren, Amanda Whaley, Nick Davis, Tyler Reed, Kerry King, Trevor Collins,
Billy Thompson, Joe Pete, Mike Wharton, Nick Love, Mike Raleigh, Matt Hill, Zac
Weller, Cody Dawson, Brandon Sturgis.

Chesapeake Paving/J.W. Brown Trucking
Crate 602 Sportsman Feature Finish (20 laps): SCOTT HITCHENS, James Hill, Michael White, Tom Sherby,
Adam White, Tom Princiotta, Jeff Coffey, Duane Rust, Matt Smith, Trent Van Vorst,
Mark Pettyjohn.

Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Car
Feature Finish (12 laps):
JOSH SMITH, Charlie Moore, Andy Cassel, Todd Miller (Sportsman winner), Dave
Schamp, Chris Loveland, Jamie Schirmer, Dustin Shultie

Little Lincoln Feature Finish (12
laps): KIRK LAWSON,
Jordan Herbert, Matt White, Bunky White, Wayne Seaton, Sean Smith, Scott
Calhoun, A.J. Mitchell, Todd Sammons, John Wothers.

Delaware Super Truck Feature Finish
(12 laps): ROBERT
SMITH, David Smith, Geoff Carey, Dale Elliott, Jerry Hill, Ryan Efford, Corey
Sapp, Ronnie Holloway, Kirk Miles Sr., Michelle Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Danny
DiGrazio, Dick Beauchamp.

Delmarva Charger Feature Finish (12
laps): JOE WATERS,
Brandon Riefler, Chris Martinez, Robert Paczkowski, Greg Nailor, Ashley Merritt,
Thomas LeCates, Hunter Benzel, Randy Merritt, Wayne White Jr., John Bailey,
Chris Carroll.

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