Matt Cosner’s First Selinsgrove Speedway Win Worth $5,046 In Super Late Model 46er

Story By: STEVE INCH / SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY – SELINSGROVE, PA – Matt Cosner of Ridgeley, W.V., endured a caution-plagued race to score his first career win at Selinsgrove Speedway in Saturday night’s 46-lap Super Late Model 46er commemorating the track’s founding year.

Cosner earned $5,046 for the victory at the wheel of the Line X No. 66 racer. He was also the night’s fast qualifier over the field of 31 entries with a lap time of 18.960.

Devin Hart of Port Royal continued his early season success with his first win of the year at Selinsgrove in the 20-lap limited late model feature, while Jake Jones of Hunlock Creek became the first repeat roadrunner winner of the season in the division’s 12-lap race.

Selinsgrove Speedway is back in action at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 22, with the USAC East Coast Wingless Sprint Cars, Apache Tree Service PASS/IMCA 305 sprint cars, limited late models, and roadrunners on A&A Auto Stores Night. Track gates open at 5 p.m.

Cosner started on the pole in the extra-distance super late model main event and drove a steady race at the front of the pack, but not without several challengers along the way. One-time Selinsgrove winner this season Dan Stone started second and chased Cosner in the early laps until fourth-place starter Brett Schadel advanced to second and showed a lot of speed in a brand-new race car.

Nearing the completion of lap 10, Cosner was leading Schadel, Stone, 11th-place starter Dylan Yoder, and sixth-place starter Max Blair. Through the midway point of the race, a host of drivers see-sawed for the runner-up position behind Cosner, including Schadel, Blair, Stone, and fifth-place starter Jeff Rine.

In the second half of the event, eighth-place starter Colton Flinner took a shot at Cosner as Rine battled back through the pack after having to rejoin on the rear of the field. Eventually Blair retook the runner-up spot and offered the most serious challenges to Cosner for the lead and win.

At the checkered flag, Cosner was victorious by one second over Blair, 15th-place starter Gene Knaub, 18th-place starter Andrew Yoder, and Schadel.

Polesitter Devin Hart led fourth-place starter Dalton Bigler and eighth-place starter Andrew Yoder at the start of the limited late model feature. In an event that went mostly incident-free, Yoder eventually took over the second spot on lap 14 and started to reel in Hart.

Hart maintained the front spot and took the win by 1.5 seconds over A. Yoder, second-place starter Todd Snook, Bigler, and sixth-place starter Travis Mease.

Second`-place starter Nate Romig powered into the lead at the start of the roadrunner feature and was trailed by polesitter Jake Jones for the first three laps until Jones made the winning pass coming off turn four.

In the final laps, Romig made a last-ditch effort to catch Jones to snag the lead and win to no avail. Jones was victorious for the second time in a row over Romig, Smith Cope, Adam Campbell, and Terry Kramer.

SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY – 15 May 2021

Super Late Models – 31 Entries
46-Lap A-Main: 1) 66C Matt Cosner 2) 111 Max Blair 3) 1 Gene Knaub 4) 2Y Andrew Yoder 5) 22 Brett Scahdel 6) 15 Scott Flickinger 7) 10 Dave Stamm 8) 48 Colton Flinner 9) 2J Jeff Rine 10) 0 Rick Eckert 11) 33K Kyle Knapp 12) 11 Jason Schmidt 13) 76 Andy Haus 14) 27 Jim Yoder 15) 2 Dan Stone 16) 17 Nick Dickson 17) 3 Tim Wilson 18) 24 Dylan Yoder 19) 121 Larry Neiderer 20) 06 Mike Lupfer 21) 9 Hayes Mattern 22) 4S Danny Snyder 23) 14 Tyler Horst 24) 14Z Dave Brouse 25) 63 Nathan Long 26) 61 Ken Trevitz

Heat Winners: Max Blair, Mike Lupfer, Colton Flinner, Jeff Rine
B-Main: Danny Snyder

Time Trials – 1) 66C Matt Cosner 18.960 2) 22 Brett Schadel 18.973 3) 2 Dan Stone 19.060 4) 9 Hayes Mattern 19.062 5) 111 Max Blair 19.157 6) 06 Mike Lupfer 19.215 7) 48 Colton Flinner 19.317 8) 2J Jeff Rine 19.370 9) 0 Rick Eckert 19.390 10) 33K Kyle Knapp 19.510 11) 24 Dylan Yoder 19.520 12) 171 Jim Bernheisel 19.658 13) 1 Gene Knaub 19.677 14) 2Y Andrew Yoder 19.682 15) 27 Jim Yoder 19.750 16) 17 Nick Dickson 19.79 17) 14 Tyler Horst 19.829 18) 76 Andy Haus 19.976 19) 3 Tim Wilson 20.019 20) 11 Jason Schmidt 20.093 21) 121 Larry Neiderer 20.271 22) 4S Danny Snyder 20.526 23) 14Z Dave Brouse 20.557 24) 15 Scott Flickinger 20.578 25) 112 Brandon Little 20.670 26) 10 Dave Stamm 20.731 27) 63 Nathan Long 21.080 28) 61 Ken Trevitz 21.241 29) 98 Zach Kauffman 22.262 30) 59 Chad Julius DNT 31) 2T Kyle Lee DNT

Limited Late Models – 26 Entries
20-Lap A-Main: 1) 33K Devin Hart 2) 2Y Andrew Yoder 3) 23 Todd Snook 4) 24 Daulton Bigler 5) 116 Travis Mease 6) 93 Steve Todorow 7) 11T JR Toner 8) 97 Devin Frey 9) 44 Danny Snyder 10) 22 Casey Steinhoff 11) 92 Shaun Lawton 12) 08 Zach Kauffman 13) 00 Harold Ranck 14) 28Z Ryan Zook 15) 32 Ethan Beasom 16) 27 Cayden Ranck 17) 89 John Schoch 18) 115 Troy Miller 19) 7K Kenny Yoder 20) 12K Jared Fulkroad 21) 115S Shaun Miller 22) 56R Chaz Buchinsky 23) 99 Kyle Bachman 24) 7 Jason Davis 25) 2 Dan Zechman 26) 49 Zach Fedorchik

Heat Winners: Travis Mease, Devin Frey, Daulton Bigler

Roadrunners – 16 Entries
12-Lap A-Main: 1) 7 Jake Jones 2) 25 Nate Romig 3) 1 Smith Cope 4) 2 Adam Campbell 5) 992 Terry Kramer 6) 8K Jeremy Kline 7) 33 Curtis Lawton 8) 12 Tom Underwood 9) 14 Matt Ney 10) 60 Jimmy Kessler 11) 37 Ed Besancon 12) 28 Miranda Minium 13) 11 Keith Bissinger 14) 60K Keegan Strawser 15) 12K Corey Kepner 16) 81 Tom Beers
Heat Winners: Jake Jones, Nate Romig