Joe Jentile, Nikki Wachs & Frank Katona are Fem-Duro Winners
By: Dino Oberto

The NEETS Holiday Stock Car Series was back in action on Sunday afternoon at Mahoning Valley Speedway.

Joe Jentile of Bedminster was back to his winning ways in the 6/8-Cylinder division as he drove to his fourth win in six events held thus far.

Jentile took the lead on lap two and much the way he has been doing in all previous NEETS 6/8-Cylinder races, he was in a league of his own.

By mid-race he had built an insurmountable lead and as the checkered flag waved he was again reaping another victory.

With the exception of the opening race in which he finished in last place and earlier this month when he was 5th, Jentile, has been on the mark of perfection. He remains the all-time feature winner with NEETS.

Phil Lamonaco, teammate to Jentile, was second and the only other car to finish on the lead lap.

Nikki Wachs of Hanover Township edged popular SCCA road racer Sam Ryan in what was a very competitive race for the 4-Cylinder class event.

The first 25-laps had several lead changes take place and once Wachs moved out front for good, she had to contend with non-stop traffic as well as the pressure some efforts of Ryan who was the most recent 4-Cylinder winner.

Frank Katona of Treskow jumped into the lead of the TRUX feature on lap five and once in front was never headed.

Katona turned in a dominating show as cruised effortlessly with each passing lap. He was a few feet away from lapping the entire field as second place finisher Richard Petey just barely held onto the lead lap.

In the Fem-duro, which was a combination feature between the ladies and men, the 6/8 winners were Mariah and Woot Lawernce while in the 4-cylinders it was Nikki Wachs and Harry Sager.

RESULTS:

6/8 Cylinder (100 Laps) : 1. Joe Jentile 2. Phil Lamonaco 3. Kory Stevens 4. Ryan Klingel 5. TJ Stevens 6. Chuck Detweiler 7. Richard Petey 8. Drew Atchison 9. Bob Kulik 10. Robin Schewire 11. Sam Detweiler 12.Chuck Detweiler 13. Woot Lawrence 14. Larry Carmen 15. Ed Brown, Jr.16. Howie Bott

Custom Classic TRUX (50 Laps) :1. Frank Katona 2. Richard Petey 3. Jim Wichert 4. Mariah Lawrence 5. Jeff Gregor 6. Jake Oswald 7. Erin Bartley

Unique Golf 4 Cylinder (100 Laps) : 1.Nikki Wachs 2. Sam Ryan 3. Brian Kunkle 4. Shawn Wanat 5. Dan Rogers 6. John Saccamandi 7. Dave Bentley 8. Mike Vecchio 9. Dennis Sizemore 10. Jessica McGlynn 11. Bob Heager 12. Art Kulik 13. Clay Shelton 14. Sarah Snyder 15. Adam Kratzer 16. Jared Ahner 17. Ryan Nelson 18. Dan Freundt