HIESTER'S H.O. RACEWAY

Tonight Wednesday November 26, 2025, was the Fourth Race of the 2025-2026 Hiester's H.O. Raceway season for the Modified Division, and we had 27 drivers on hand for the Night before Thanksgiving Hall of Fame Night.  Taking the win was Shane Hiester.  Shane won 5 segments on the night in a hard faught victory.  There was a tie for second between two Hall of Famers Randy Haydt and Mike Feltenberger.  Randy won 2 segments on the night and Bear won 5 segments.  Fourth went to Sheldon Hiester.  Sheldon won 3 segments on the night which was a treacherous one to say the least.  More on that later on his difficult night.  Rounding out the Fast Five in fifth was Dakota Barlet in his first start of the season.  Dakota won 4 segments on the night showing no rust as he won the first race of the night.  The rest of the field finished up this way: 6-Elmer Santiago (2 wins), 7-Brian Saylor (1 win), 8-Tommy Hiester (2 wins), 9-Andrew Cremer (2 wins), 10-Brian Sponagle, 11-Steve Windle (1 win), 12-Jim LeVan (1 win), 13-Gil Zerbe, 14-Michael Hutt, 15-Bob Windle (Tie), 15-Brian Zerbe (Tie), 17-Jim Petersheim, 18-Dave Lauver, 19-Lyle Spiegel, 20-Michael Windle, 21-Dave Figura, 22-Joe Keesey Sr., 23-Mike Sheidy, 24-Steve Smith Sr., 25-Trent Wahl, 26-Joe Keesey Jr., and 27-Linda Lauver.  There were some fierce and closely contended battles throughout the night as we had 2 or 3 cars tying for the win in a couple of segments during the evening.  Sheldon Hiester persevered through a tough night breaking his body and chassis in the first segment of the night so he went to the trailer for a different chanssis and the garage for a different body but still came home with a 4th place finish.  The car drove differently so it took a race or two to figure out how to drive the new frame.  We had 11 different racers win segments on the night so it was no easy pickings in any race.  Elmer Santiago made his first start of the season, and showed some rust on Lane 3 getting on bubble early but settled down after that driving to a sixth place finish just missing out on a Top 5.  Brian Saylor continued his streak of strong runs with a 7th, and being in every race except Lane 7 on the ice entering turn 1.  Jim Petersheim struggled again all night, but Jim will straighten the ship out and be back in the Top 10 soon.  Lyle Spiegel turned in his best run lap wise finishing 19th, and just missed being on the lead lap in a few of his runs.  Michael Windle had a good run with a solid Top 20 finish experiencing dificulties throughout the night breaking a nub, and a few out of body experiences.  Trent Wahl made his first ever start at Hiester's H.O. Raceway, and finished 25th with no crash outs in any of his segments.  Hopefully Trent had fun and will join us again to race this season.  Trent works as a crew member on Dakota Barlet's Wingless 600 Micro Sprint so thanks to Dakota for bringing him along.  It was a tough night on equipment as we had a couple broken frames, and a few broken bodies which led to body changes as the evening went on.  With 27 people we were still finished before 10 o'clock, and only started at about 7:30 so the racers had adequate practice time before the race.  Thanks to Sheldon and Shane Hiester for covering the entry fee for everyone on the night.  Tom also got the always popular Philly Soft Pretzels to enjoy.  Thanks to everyone for the continued support of Hiester's H.O. Raceway, and for the help around the track as the night goes on to help the race run smoother.  We are back next week Thursday December 4, 2025 with the Sprint Cars sponsored by Specialty Rigging.  As you can see the scores tell a story "CLOSE RACING". 

 

1-Shane Hiester 89.39

2-Randy Haydt 89.28 (Tie)

3-Mike Feltenberger 89.28 (Tie)

4-Sheldon Hiester 89.15

5-Dakota Barlet 89.04

6-Elmer Santiago 88.26

7-Brian Saylor 88.16

8-Tom Hiester 88.14

9-Andrew Cremer 87.18

10-Brian Sponagle 86.30

11-Steve Windle 86.18

12-Jim LeVan 86.05

13-Gil Zerbe 84.28

14-Michael Hutt 83.30

15-Bob Windle 83.13 (Tie)

15-Brian Zerbe 83.18 (Tie)

17-Jim Petersheim 83.10

18-Dave Lauver 81.36

19-Lyle Spiegel 79.10

20-Michael Windle 78.22

21-Dave Figura 78.19

22-Joe Keesey Sr. 76.29

23-Mike Sheidy 76.28

24-Steve Smith Sr. 74.09

25-Trent Wahl 72.36

26-Joe Keesey Jr. 70.21

27-Linda Lauver 59.13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Race- Thursday December 4, 2025 Sprints sponsored by Specialty Rigging Night