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HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN MASSACRE

NAME THE DRIVER!

Can you name the driver of this car? This guy primarily ran in Delaware! Very talented chauffer! This is one mean looking Bandit chassis!
(Bruce Thomas collection)
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TRY AND SPOT THE DIFFERENCES IN EACH PICTURE IN 10 SECONDS! NOT AS EASY AT IT LOOKS!

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HALLOWEEN FUNNIES!

CHAD LAYTON AT HAGERSTOWN! (Bruce Thomas photos)

MEME DESANTIS!

Here is Meme Desantis gettin' after it at Hagerstown Speedway in his small block modified. Meme's getting some good bite pullin' that left front off the ground. Meme put together a real nice season in 2009. His big win was the Freedom 76 at Grandview Speedway. Meme pulled off a 2nd place finish last weekend at Hagerstown. (Bruce Thomas photo)

RICK ECKERT AT HAGERSTOWN! (Bruce Thomas photos)

20,000 HITS!

HOLY COW! Today we hit the 20,000 hit mark on the website! I started the site on November 18th, 2008. I would have never imagined this much action! Thanks to everyone that has checked out "CPN". Truly appreciated, and keep on Cowpattying!

"CPN" WEBSITE CHANGE!

Our website address has changed as of yesterday! We are now proud owners of the new web address: www.cowpattynation.com

The old address with the blogspot in it will still direct you to the new site temporarily! Please save the new address in your favorites!

T-MAC WINS SBM's AT HAGERSTOWN! (Bruce Thomas photos)

HAGERSTOWN RESULTS!

HAGERSTOWN SPEEDWAY RESULTS
22ND ANNUAL OCTOBERFEST 350
BIG BLOCK MODIFIEDS: 1.Brett Hearn; 2.J. R. Heffner; 3.Pat Ward; 4.Ryan Go down; 5.Jimmy Horton; 6.Rick Laubach; 7.Ryan Watt; 8.Jamie Mills; 9.Larry Wight; 10.Chic Cossaboone; 11.Richie Pratt Jr.; 12.Robert Dutton, 13.Rich Scagliotta; 14.Billy Pauch Jr.; 15.Brian Berger; 16.Kevin Hirthler; 17.Dale Plank; 18.Jeff Strunk; 19.Danny Johnson; 20.Matt Sheppard; 21.Doug Manmiller; 22.Wade Hendrickson; 23.Billy Decker; 24.Willie Osmun DNQ – Ron Roberts, Rusty Smith, Randy Chrysler, Jordon Watson, Shawn Reimert, Joseph Watson, J. J. Bunting, Gary Hager

SPRINTS: 1.Chad Layton; 2.Lance Dewease; 3.Donnie Kreitz Jr.; 4.Cliff Brian; 5.Keith Kauffman; 6.Gerald McIntyre; 7.Daryl Stimeling; 8.Josh Weller, 9.Mark Smith; 10.Robbie Stillwagon; 11.Scott Lutz; 12.Chuck Brian; 13.Michael Carber; 14.Daryn Pittman; 15.Joey Hershey; 16.Vern Wasson; 17.French Grimes; 18.Greg Hodnett; 19.Justin Henderson; 20.Stan Campbell; 21.George Streaker; DNS- Troy Fraker, Pat Cooper

LATE MODELS: 1.Rick Eckert; 2. Jason Covert; 3.Roy Deese Jr.; 4.Gary Stuhler; 5.Vic Coffey; 6.Jeremy Miller; 7.Frankie Plessinger; 8.Dylan Yoder; 9.Tim McCreadie; 10.Tim Fuller; 11.Bily Decker; 12.Austin Hubbard; 13.Josh Richards; 14.Kenny Pettyjohn; 15.Mike Lupfer; 16.Al Shawver Jr.; 17.Marvin Winters; 18.Devin Friese; 19.Scott Cross; 20.Billy Wampler; 21.Dan Stone; 22.Mike Hardy; 23.Jim Yoder; 24.D.J. Myers; 25.Alan Sagi; 26.Jamie Lathroum DNQ – Tommy Armel, Dave Zona, Tony Crim, Brian Booze, Bryan Bernheisel, Lindsay Barton, Larry Baker, Chuck Shultz, Chad Davis, Kerry King, Al Cheney, Luke Hoffner, Chad Hollenbech, Jamie Cornell, Ronnie DeHaven Jr., Kelly Putz, Matt Sheppard, Danny Kienitz

SMALL BLOCK MODIFIEDS: 1.Tim McCreadie; 2.Meme Desantis; 3.Billy Pauch Jr.;4.Billy Decker; 5.Jeff Strunk; 6.Dave Plank; 7.Jimmy Horton; 8.Kevin Hirthler; 9.Gary Hager; 10.Brad Brightbill; 11.Pat Ward; 12.Wade Hendrickson; 13.Randy Chrysler; 14.Larry Wight; 15.Jesse Hill; 16.Brett Hearn; 17.Dave Dubois; 18.Ryan Godown, 19.Rick Laubach; 20.Frank Cozze; 21.Richie Pratt Jr.; 22.Matt Sheppard; 23.Doug Manmiller; 24.Sean Merkel; 25.Ryan Watt, DNS– J. J. Bunting, DNQ-Mike Mammana, Craig Whitmoyer, Rusty Smith, J. R. Heffner, Bryant Brown, Gary Wagner Jr., Ron Roberts, Shawn Reimert, Danny Kienitz, Tom Miller, Jimmy Horton IV, DNS – Willie Osmun, Chic Cossaboone, Herman Powell, Rich Scagliotta, Jordan Umbenhauer

(Jason Walls photo)

NICE LANDING! COULDN'T PLAN THAT ONE BETTER MYSELF!

NAME THIS DRIVER!

Here is a throw back pic! This is one cool looking ride! Can you name him?

(Bruce Thomas collection) Click to enlarge!

AUSTIN LANGENSTEIN

BREAKING NEWS!

The Langenstein's are hard at work trying to secure a few deals that would allow Austin to compete at both Big Diamond Raceway and Grandview Speedway weekly in 2010! Things are in the works and Charlie and Austin are pretty excited if the program comes to fruition! Charlie stated, "It will be a top notch deal if things fall into place".

Austin grew up in the Northeast where modified racing flourished. And that still holds true today. Austin has always wanted to pilot a modified race car after being around them all of his life. Austin did have a deal lined up this summer to run a big block modified in Delaware, but with all of the bad weather the deal never took flight. Austin will continue running the FIREFOLD.COM #7 Bandolero at Lowe's Motor Speedway to finish out the year. http://www.firefold.com/

*STAY TUNED FOR MORE ON THE FUTURE OF RISING STAR AUSTIN LANGENSTEIN!

WELCOME CHARLIE & AUSTIN LANGENSTEIN!

Just wanted to give a BIG welcome out to Charlie & Austin Langenstein. Charlie is a big "CPN" fan and just recently sent me an e-mail to let me know. Charlie has a long history in the modified ranks as driver, crew chief and chassis builder to name a few.

Charlie was recently inducted into the DIRT hall of fame in Weedsport, NY. Charlie was crew chief for Brett Hearn many years and also built the Olsen car's Brett drove. He also worked with Danny Johnson and the Troyer cars. Also, some of you may remember the Kneisel car's and Charlie also built some cars for Frank Cozze. Charlie also was the builder of the Bandit chassis that the likes of Rick Schaffer and Ray Swinehart ran. Walt Breeding was Charlie's partner in the Bandit race car chassis business.

Since 2002 Charlie has worked for Hendrick Motorsports with Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon as the team's mechanical supervisor. He has been very instrumental in Johnson's championship season's in 2006-2007 & 2008. They are working hard for another championship this season.

In 2009 Charlie’s main focus will be centered on his 15 year old son Austin Langenstein to develop his motorsports driving career and advancement in the Motorsports world. You can learn more about Austin by visiting www.austinlangenstein.com to see his news and results as he races for the 2009 Young Guns National Championship Title.

CHECK THIS OUT: http://www.austinlangenstein.com/

GRANDVIEW PROGRAM

Now this is pretty cool! An old Grandview program book with colored pictures of 6 drivers. Eric will like this one seeing Kenny Gruber! Junior Mikosz ran the tri-track circuit for years. I wonder...did Junior ever get a feature win to his credit? Larry Solomon in the 85 was pretty cool. Mayberry 3-wheeling it in the z-95. Billy Schinkel in the 22 on the move. And of course, my favorite CVD in the red rocket 1C! Thanks to Bruce Thomas for sharing this with us! Click to enlarge.

NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPS...AGAIN!

Yes, the Phillies are the National League Champions once again! The Fightin's finished off the Dodgers last night with a 10-4 pummeling to win the series 4 games to 1 over Los Angeles. This will be the second straight year the Phillies will be in the World Series. The last team to make it to back to back World Series visits were the Cincinnati Reds in 1975. Quite an accomplishment. Ryan Howard was named NLDS MVP! The Phils now have to wait to see who will be their opponent. The 1st game of the World Series begins next wednesday October 28th.

PENN CAN SPEEDWAY! (Bruce Thomas photos) click to enlarge!

KEVIN HIRTHLER

Here is Kevin Hirthler with his son Jesse at the Freedom 76. Kevin recently pulled off a BIG win at Brett Deyo's Supernationals at Five Mile Point Speedway. Way to take the money and run Kevin. Made us Cowpatties proud!

(Bruce Thomas photo) Click to enlarge

KING OF THE CAN!

This saturday night October 24th will be King of the Can night at Penn Can. Here is a picture of last year's winner Duane Howard. Hopefully the weather cooperates as it doesn't look too sporty as of now!

(Bruce Thomas photo)Click to enlarge

RYAN GODOWN!

What a tough break for Ryan Godown at Syracuse. Ryan ran up front for a large portion of the race. Ryan ran in the top 3 until he retired the car only completing 197 laps and finishing in the 15th position.

(Brent Smith photo)

QUAKER, STEAK & LUBE!

We made it to Quaker, Steak & Lube on friday in Syracuse due to all the rain! What a cool place! Great wings! Here was Billy Decker's car hanging from the ceiling!

NAME THIS DRIVER!

Can you name this driver?

(Bruce Thomas collection)

It's the one and only "Sugar" Ray Swinehart!

HERE IS THE REASON WHY CHICAGO WASN'T AWARDED THE SUMMER OLYMPICS!

MISS MOTORSPORTS!

Miss Motorsports Alyssa Sharman was posing in front of Jerry Higbie's #66 prior to the running of the Rite Aid 200. Area Auto Racing News always holds a nice little display before the 200 every year with Miss Motorsports posing with one of the contenders.

(Bob Yurko photo)

T.O.T.H. CANCELLED

SALUTE TO THE TROOPS!

This picture was taken at Syracuse by Bob Yurko. This vehicle drove around the mile prior to the start of the Rite Aid 200. Tell me that guy doesn't look a little like Jamie Weaknecht from ClubWago? Yo Jamie, big wheel races to tank rides...nice!

(Bob Yurko photo)

DOUG MANMILLER

Here is Doug Manmiller tackling the Moody Mile in the Biever #14M. What a sweet looking car. Doug raced his way into the 200 by qualifying in the last chance race. Doug wasn't quite as lucky in the big race as he was only able to record 23 laps on the mile before retiring.

(Brent Smith photo)

CAN I GET A LITTLE HELP HERE!

(Bob Yurko photo)

TOUGH ONE FOR STRUNKY!

We were hanging out between turns 3 & 4 for the last chance race rooting on Strunky, Manmiller & Toby! While Jeff was running 3rd and hugging the bottom through the turn he caught the inside guard rail and just looped the car around instantly. Tough break for Jeff as he was in a qualifying position. Man, what a tough weekend for the Grandview point champ.

(Brent Smith photo)

TOP 15 SYRACUSE 200!

1 7 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY 50,000
2 28 39 Tim McCreadie/Watertown,NY 25,000
3 1 74 Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY 15,000
4 36 44 Frank Cozze/Wind Gap,PA 10,000
5 42 usa1 Richie Tobias Jr./Anneville,PA 6,000
6 35 84 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY 4,000
7 5 66 Jerry Higbie/Newburgh,NY 3,600
8 32 2rj Ronnie Johnson/Duanesburg,NY 3,400
9 9 1th Tim Hindley/Monticello,NY 3,200
10 46 93x Craig Mitchell/Wappingers Falls 3,000
11 34 99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY 2,800
12 29 19 Kenny Brightbill/Sinking Springs 2,600
13 25 56 Vince Vitale/Phoenix,NY 2,400
14 16 111 Shawn Donath/South Onondaga 2,200
15 26 26 Ryan Godown/Ringoes,NJ 2,000

(Bob Yurko photo)

LITTLE DUDE!

Bob Yurko happened to catch a picture of this little dude that was in the Lineman/Tobias pit crew! We watched him right in the middle of all the crew getting the USA-1 ready to run the 200. He was leaning up against the guardrail right before the big race chowing down on a big honkin' sandwich. He was GREAT! We said to each other that it would have been great to get a picture of him. Thanks to Bob Yurko, we were able to see this little guy cleaning off one of the over the wall crew helmets!
(Bob Yurko photo)

BIG WHEEL RACE!

Here is an action of us pulling out to a quick start at the big wheel race friday nite at Syracuse. Obviously my legs were tooo long for this ride! I kinda used them as rub rails...haha! That's Richie Pratt and his girlfriend next to us. All the way on the left of the picture you can see the back wheels of that ride. That big wheel smoked everyone no matter who was aboard! Oh well, it was alot of fun! I know...you can't tell by the look on my face! (Click to enlarge)

BILLY DECKER!

We headed out for a beer next to our hotel at a place called Tully's in Liverpool, NY. You'll never guess who was sitting at the table next to us? Yup, the one and only Billy Decker! Billy was nice enough to let us get a picture with him. The guy with him commented on Steve's Penske hat, "Oh man, he's even got a Penske hat on". Billy runs Integra shocks. I was really surprised he didn't comment on Eric's Enders racing engines t-shirt. Pretty cool talking with Billy.

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SUPERNATIONALS!

MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH: KEVIN HIRTHLER, Mike Ricci, Mike Gular, Sean Merkel, Joey Grammes, Stewart Friesen, Mike Colsten, Jim Gabriel Jr., Billy Pauch Jr., Mitch Gibbs, Brent Wilcox, Rich Ricci Jr., Jesse Hill, Russ Zimmerman, Scott Van Gorder, Billy Pauch Sr., Brent Boyer, Jamie Batzel, Bobby Trapper, Meme DeSantis, Jimmy Chester, Jeff Strunk, Jason Hamilton, Mike Nagel Jr., Ken Titus, Dan Hineline, Keith Hoffman.

Did Not Qualify: Jared Umbenhauer, Billy Van Pelt, Jeff Sechrist, Eric Palmer, Danny Erb, J.R. Hurlburt, Paul Jensen, Steve Transue, Chris Ostrowsky, Eric Stephens Jr., Ray Swinehart, Bob Hamm Jr., Josh Ainey, Joe Eisenhauer, Bruce Evans Jr., Brian Malcolm, Danny Tyler, Gary Griffin, Ben Bushaw, Ryan Godown, Bobby Varin, Jason Memrick, Shaun Walker, Larry Lippincott, Randy Brokaw, Jimmy Howard, Bernie Griffin, Dave Camara, Scott Frack, Chic Cossaboone, Shawn Reimert, Barry White, Brian Weaver, Eric Kocher, Mike Austin, Glenn Knapp, Rich Wallace, Ricky Yetter, Tony Kawalchuk, Wade Decker, Greg Hastie, Chuck McKee, Kerry Kratz.

THE FEARSOME 4-SOME!

Here we are on friday night at the Fairgrounds in the rain at the ClubWago party! What a turn out! That Wago juice is good stuff! The big wheel race was alot of fun! Eric and I were actually in the same heat race as Richie Pratt and his girlfriend. I am surprised I was able to walk after the ride I took on that big wheel!

"SUPER" MATT SHEPPARD WIN SYRACUSE 200!

(Bob Yurko photo)

LAST POST FOR A FEW DAYS!

This will be my last post for a few days since we are heading to Syracuse tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. Hopefully we don't get too much rain.

(Bob Yurko photo)

SYRACUSE FLAGMAN!

This flagman is the MOST active flagman I have ever seen in my life! He is always jumping around, hanging off the stand with his wild flag waving ability! Not often that you really watch a flagman (no offense Ray, haha) but this guy really can get your attention quickly. If you get a chance give him a look! (Bob Yurko photos)

OH BOY! NOT WHAT I WANTED TO SEE!

Here is a nasty shot of the mile at Syracuse! Looks to be rain all day tomorrow too! Oh well, we will surely find something exciting to do! Saturday & Sunday look to be shaping up!

SDW (Bob Yurko photo)

JEFF STRUNK!

STRUNK WINS NASCAR CHAMPIONSHIP FOR PENNSYLVANIA
Honored As One Of The Top Drivers In North America

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 6, 2009) – NASCAR has announced that Jeff Strunk has
won the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Pennsylvania championship.

Strunk, of Mohnton, Pa., had two wins, 11 top fives and 16 top 10s in 19 starts, racing at
Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Pa.
Just 28 drivers out of the thousands of participants in NASCAR’s grassroots, local-racing
program – which encompasses tracks throughout the United States and Canada – earned a
similar honor.
Strunk will be honored Friday, Nov. 13 at the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
Awards Banquet at the Concord (N.C.) Convention Center along with the NASCAR Whelen All-
American Series national champion, U.S. state and Canadian provincial champions, track
champions and special award winners.

The NASCAR Pennsylvania champion was determined by the driver’s highest 18 finishes
at NASCAR sanctioned tracks within the state.

The crowning of champions in a U.S. state or Canadian province continues a tradition of
honoring the best short-track racers which dates back to the earliest days of NASCAR.
Since its inception, NASCAR’s national short-track racing series has served as a
springboard in the careers of many top drivers. NASCAR stars Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer, Jeff
Burton, Kurt and Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick,
Bobby Labonte, Jamie McMurray, Elliott Sadler and Brian Vickers all began their careers racing
their local short tracks.
PAST NASCAR PENNSYLVANIA STATE CHAMPIONS
All-American Whelen Series
Year Driver Hometown
2009 Jeff Strunk Mohnton, Pa.
2008 Jeff Strunk Mohnton, Pa.
2007 Duane Howard Oley, Pa.

(Bruce Thomas photo)

JASON HAMILTON

Just got word from Jason that he will be heading to Brett Deyo's Supernationals this saturday at Five Mile Point! He will be running Joey Grammes second car at the event. Man, that race is really shaping up to be a real good one! I sure hope the weather is good! Good Luck Jason!

(Brent Smith photo)

SUPER DIRT WEEK IS UPON US!!!!

KING OF THE MILE!

Weedsport, NY — It’s one of the most historic racing venues in the country. For one week — one Super DIRT Week — it welcomes more than 120,000 fans, more than 1,000 campers, and nearly 500 competitors. It’s the New York State Fairgrounds, and this year count four World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series superstars among the list of competitors in a special four-lap exhibition that returns winged Sprint Cars to Syracuse for the first time since 1995.

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series has a storied history at Syracuse, with some of the biggest names in racing earning victories at the Mile, including Steve Kinser, Sammy Swindell, Doug Wolfgang, Dave Blaney and Billy Pauch. Kinser was the last World of Outlaws winner at the Moody Mile. He’ll return on Friday, Oct. 9, and take on three of his World of Outlaws competitors, including championship contender Jason Meyers, to decide the King of the Mile.
“I always enjoyed running the miles and I had a lot of success at Syracuse,” said Kinser, a 20-time World of Outlaws champion and a five-time winner at Syracuse. “I have a lot of great memories of that Mile. The best race was when me and Jac Haudenschild went back and forth several times through traffic at crazy speeds, that was a lot of fun. This event should be great for the fans.”

The event will be a sneak preview of the World of Outlaws New Yorker 25 on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Rolling Wheels Raceway in Elbridge, N.Y. With only nine points separating three-time champion Donny Schatz and Meyers, and only another 29 points to Joey Saldana, every race is critical to the overall championship as the season winds down to the World Finals Nov. 5-7 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

“The King of the Mile will be a great opportunity for the Super DIRT Week fans at the New York State Fairgrounds to get up close to the World of Outlaws drivers and cars during the day on Friday, pick up a couple autographs and see these cars four wide on the Moody Mile,” said World Racing Group CEO Brian Carter. “Steve Kinser is the sport’s icon and has been one of the most successful drivers at Syracuse, so having him return to show a new generation of fans what Sprint Cars can do on the Mile will be one of the most exciting history lessons they’ll ever see.”