This weekend the NASCAR Winston Cup racers are in the area again. The Winston Cup talents will be running in a 500-mile race on Sunday at Pocono Raceway. And there will be a lot of activities throughout the weekend including time trials and practice for both the Winston Cup racers and the ARCA RE/MAX Series racers. There will be a 100-mile event for ARCA on Saturday.
    There are still some good seats available for the weekend of racing.
ANOTHER WEEKEND OF WEATHER PROBLEMS creating havoc for some local tracks. At Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, PA, the Friday night show was ready to go with heavy rain washed out the track and caused promoter Fritz Roehrig to cancel the show.
True Value Hardware will sponsor the Friday, June 7th show with an 8 p.m. starting time. Racing action will include the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge Modifieds along with sportsman and roadrunners.
    And coming up on Friday, June 14th is Amsoil Night, another tripleheader show. Father's Day will see a special show being presented at the 3/8th mile clay oval. The KARS 358 sprints will be there along with sportsman and roadrunners. Racing will start at 6:30 p.m. on June 16th. Duane Howard continues to be the Modified point leader by just ten points over defending champion Keith Hoffman and Meme DeSantis is just 10 points behind Hoffman. Some very close competition at the Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, PA.
EAST WINDSOR, NJ SPEEDWAY had Jeff Taylor winning the Windsor Outlaw sprint race. That was his second win of the season. And in the same Friday night show Al Cheney won the Street Stock main event. The Modified and Sportsman stock car feature events were rained out and will be rescheduled for a later date.
    Friday night racing continues weekly at the East Windsor Speedway with the green flag falling at 7:30 p.m. This week's show includes the very popular "Twin Twenty" Modified features along with Sportsman and Street Stocks. There will be no sprint cars on Friday.
    WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY in Mechanicsburg, PA had their super sportsman and sprint doubleheader rained out on Friday night. Interesting to note that the Super Sportsman, usually seen at Silver Spring Speedway on Saturday nights, are now 0 for 6 this season when they travel to other tracks.
    The Super Sportsman will try again at Williams Grove Speedway on July 12.
    Lance Dewease is the current point leader in the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass point standings at Williams Grove. Dewease has 2720 points with second place Todd Shaffer having 2465. The sprints will be back in action this Friday, June 7, at 8 p.m. and the Late Model stock cars will be part of that show.
    SOMEONE WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SCHEDULE. Susquehanna Speedway, they had their opening day rained out a couple weeks back, will try again this Friday, June 7, 7:45 p.m. The number division of competition for the weekly Friday night shows is planned to be the Late Model stock cars. However with Williams Grove Speedway and Susquehanna Speedway both running Late Models, just a short distance from each other, on the same night, one or both tracks may suffer when it comes to car count.
    The 358-Modifieds will be the second division while the 4-Cylinder stocks and Enduro stocks are also in action.
    Susquehanna Speedway, which has had their problems staying in operation all season the last few years, will be open all season according to promoter Vince Vicari.
    THERE WILL BE SPRINT CAR RACING at Clinton County Speedway in Lock Haven, PA this Friday. It will be the first appearance of sprint car racing in several years at the popular oval.
This will be the first of ten sprint car programs planned for Clinton County Speedway.
    The Friday night show will start at 7:30 p.m. with Super Stocks, Four Cylinders and Daredevils also part of the four division show. The Late Models have been dropped from the show for the next two weeks because the car count has been disappointing.
    WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FASTEST 30-LAP MODIFIED FEATURE IN HISTORY WAS RUN AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY this past Saturday. Doug Manmiller drove the GMI Mechanical Inc. entry to victory in the 30-lap NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge Modified feature in less than 9 minutes. There were no caution laps in the feature race. Jeff Strunk gave Manmiller quite a run for the win but had to settle for second. Third went to Kevin Hartnett and Kerry Kratz, the modified point leader at the track, came from 27th to finish 4th. Randy Stoudt won his fourth of the season in the Late Model feature race.
    United Racing Club sprint cars and NASCAR Modifieds will be in action at the Bechtelsville, PA racing oval, a one third mile clay banked track, this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The night being sponsored by Jesse Baro Hauling. URC sprints have been attracting more than 40 sprinters to each of their shows this season.

    DAVE ADAMS WON HIS FIRST EVER BIG BLOCK MODIFIED feature race at Bridgeport, NJ Speedway on Saturday night. The former small block modified champion at the very same track was able to drive his Hooter's sponsored modified to victory.
A popular win for the veteran racer.
    Modifieds, sportsman, and sprints are in action at Bridgeport, NJ Speedway on Saturday, June 8, 6 p.m.
    DOUG ESH took the lead at the drop of the green  and never looked back in claiming his first career super sprint feature win at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, PA on Saturday night.
"With car owners like Dick, Leslie and Tom (Leach), this was a long time coming really," said a very happy Esh in victory lane. "I though the car, equipment and motor was good enough to win, the weak line was me." "We struggled pretty bad this year. Moon and Lance and the whole No.77 team (the Al Hamilton team) really got us going to the point where we could actually race and stay in the front."
    Lance Dewease did get second followed by Steve Siegel, Donnie Kreitz Jr. and Niki Young.
    Greg Leiby won the 358 sprint car feature making him the fifth different win of the five events run at Lincoln.
    Craig Wagaman won his first year in a thrilling thundercar feature.
The Manheim Auto Auction Night at Lincoln Speedway takes place on Saturday, June 8th at 7 p.m. The Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Super Sprints will be featured along with the 358 sprints and the Thundercar racers.
    AT PORT ROYAL, PA SPEEDWAY Steve Campbell won the 25-lap Late Model championship race on Saturday night while Todd Hestor became the first two time winner of the season in sprint cars.
John Heane won his first ever Stong's Auto Parts Pro Stock feature.
Action returns to Port Royal Speedway on Saturday with sprint cars, late models and pro stocks. Regester Chevy will sponsor the night. The Central Penn Old Timers and Eastern Museum of Racing will be represented with Antique racers being allowed to take some laps on the half mile clay oval.
    Coming up on June 13, a Thursday, the sprints and pro stocks will be featured in a special mid week show. Racing will start at 7 p.m. for both of these events.
    NO ONE WAS ABLE TO COLLECT THE BOUNTY PLACED ON CHAD LAYTON'S HEAD AT SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY. Chad Layton was able to win his fifth feature in a row at Selinsgrove Speedway on Saturday night. There is now a $900 bounty waiting for any driver that can beat Layton provided he is still running at the finish of the event. Second spot went to Jon Smith for his best career effort in the sprint car feature. Layton did collect an extra $750 that had been posted by his brother if he could win and he did.
    Jeff Rine won the 20-lap late model feature while Jake Buck, the defending champion, was able to win the pro stock main event and Billy McNeal won the 10-lap nightcap roadrunner feature.
Advanced Concrete Systems Night will be presented this Saturday with sprints, late models, pro stocks and roadrunners running at 7 p.m.
    EIGHT DIFFERENT WINNERS HAVE BEEN IN VICTORY LANE so far this season in the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass super sportsman racing action at Silver Spring Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA. Dave Nueman became the first to visit victory lane a second time on Saturday night. "We made some changes and it worked out," said Neuman. "We changed a little bit of everything." "They work hard every week," said Neuman of his crew. "We were fortunate to start in front of some of the class of the field here. Our car was working real good. The crew has been learning how to make this car work."
"You're lucky to win two all season here," said Neuman who calls Myerstown, PA home.
    Scott McCann won the late model feature race. And Gerry Stutting Jr. and Gary Johnston were the winners in the twin 20-lap street stock car feature races.
    On Saturday night it will be Kids Night sponsored by ABC West Lanes and the Carlisle Sports Emporium. A camera and autograph session with the drivers begins at 4:30 p.m. Kids can play various games. There will be plenty of prizes plus big wheel and bike races on the frontstretch.
    The Super Sportsman will be featured along with Late Models and Street Stocks on Saturday night at 7 p.m.
    IF YOU LIVE IN THE EASTON, PA AREA, tune us in on Mondays at 5:30 p.m. on WEST-AM (1400 on the dial) to hear all the latest local and national racing news. We share the mike with John Richetta and Mark Kenyon. I think you will enjoy the lively hour of auto racing information.
Ernie Saxton can be reached at Esaxton144@aol.com.