HIESTER'S H.O. RACEWAY

Thursday January 22, 2026, was the Seventh Race of the 2025-2026 Hiester's H.O. Raceway season for the Modified Division, and we had 18 Drivers on hand for the event sponsored by Randy's Raceway of Topton, PA.  Taking the win was Shane Hiester.  Shane won 5 segments on the night.  Second went to Elmer Santiago.  Elmer won 2 segments in his nsecond start of the season.  Third went to Dakota Barlet.  Dakota won 3 segments on the night.  Finishing fourth in a TIE was Randy Haydt and Sheldon Hiester.  Randy won 3 segments on the night, and Sheldon won 3 segments on the night.  The rest of the nfield finished up this way: 6-Tom Hiester (1 win), 7-Andrew Cremer (3 wins), 8-Bill Wuagh (2 wins), 9-Brian Zerbe (2 wins), 10-Brian Sponagle, 11-Bob Windle, 12-Michael Hutt, 13-Steve Windle, 14-Jim Petersheim, 15-Jim LeVan, 16-Dave Figura, 17-Brian Saylor, and 18-Lyle Spiegel.  All 18 racers turned in at least 104 laps so the entire field was only separated by 15 laps which is one of the closest fields we have ever had here at Hiester's H.O. Raceway.  Thanks to Randy Haydt of Randy's Raceway for sponsoring the night paying the entry fee, giving out 3 gift certificates, and bought each racer a soda or water.  Brian Saylor and Jim LeVan had tough nights struglling right from the drop of the green on the night.  Look for them to rebound in the next Modified race for sure.  Elmer Santiago turned in a strong second place run in his second start beating Dakota Barlet by 1 piece of track in Dakota's return after being sick.  Bill Waugh returned again and drove the same car to another Top 10 finish with 2 segment wins again.  Brian Zerbe had one of his better Modified runs of the season with a ninth place finish with 2 segment wins on the night.  Dave Figura returned after missing a few weeks, and drove to a 16th place finish with some good runs along the way.  The Cash Dash finished this way: 1-Jim Petersheim, 2-Elmer Santiago, and 3-Dave Figura.  All 3 participants crashed before the completion of the Cash Dash so we gave them a restart since nobody completed the 3 laps.  We are back Thursday January 29, 2026 with Sprints sponsored by Tom Hiester's H.O. Fan Club switching nights with Cos-Win as Bob Windle will not be able to make his race sponsor night.  

1-Shane Hiester 119.38 (5 wins)

2-Elmer Santiago 119.01 (2 wins)

3-Dakota Barlet 119.00 (3 wins)

4-Randy Haydt 118.27 (3 wins) TIE

4-Sheldon Hiester 118.27 (3 wins) TIE

6-Tom Hiester 118.23 (1 win)

7-Andrew Cremer 117.35 (3 wins)

8-Bill Waugh 117.13 (2 wins)

9-Brian Zerbe 116.38 (2 wins)

10-Brian Sponagle 114.36

11-Bob Windle 113.31

12-Michael Hutt 112.28

13-Steve Windle 112.11

14-Jim Petersheim 111.02

15-Jim LeVan 110.08

16-Dave Figura 107.18

17-Brian Saylor 106.07

18-Lyle Spiegel 104.36

Thursday Night January 15, was the 6th Sprint Car Race of the season and the race event was sponsored by GMI First Inc.  We had 16 racers on hand for the event and picking up the win was Sheldon Hiester, winning 4 races on the night.  Second spot went to Mike Feltenberger winning 5 races on the night.  Coming home in the third and final podium position was Shane Hiester, winning 2 races on the night.  Fourth place went to Andrew Cremer in a new freshly built Sprint Car Chassis, and he won 4 races on the night the 1st night out in his new ride.  Rounding out the Top 5 in fifth was Tom Hiester, winning 1 race on the night.  The rest of the field finished up like this: 6-Jim LeVan (2 wins), 7-Brian Saylor (1 win), 8-Steve Windle, 9-Michael Hutt, 10-Gilbert Zerbe, 11-Bob Windle, 12-Brian Zerbe, 13-Joe Keesey Sr., 14-Lyle Spiegel, 15-Miles DeCoster, and 16-Joe Keesey Jr.  After the main event was over we held a Cas Dash that was sponsored by Woody Barnett and picking up the win in that was Sheldon Hiester, followed by Mike Feltenberger in 2nd, Jim LeVan in 3rd, and Michael Hutt in 4th.  Miles DeCoster debuted a new Sprint Car Ride on this night and drove it to a 15th place finish and is imoproving each week he is here as a new racer to our club.  The Top 7 finishers on the eveing all pucked up race wins throughout the night, which shows how tough it is to pick up a win here at the race track.  We would like to thank GMI First and Woody Barnett for their continued support and sponsorship of races and Cash Dashes here at Hiester's H.O. Raceway.  

1-Sheldon Hiester 119.37

2-Mike Feltenberger 119.11

3-Shane Hiester 118.26

4- Andrew Cremer 118.17

5-Tom Hiester 117.11

6- Jim LeVan 115.26

7-Brian Saylor 114.19

8-Steve Windle 114.17

9-Michael Hutt 113.10

10-Gilbert Zerbe 108.21

11-Bob Windle 108.10

12-Brian Zerbe 106.14

13-Joe Keesey Sr. 101.01

14-Lyle Spiegel 92.24

15-Miles DeCoster 85.26

15-Joe Keesey Jr. 72.33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Race- Thursday January 29, 2026 Sprints sponsored by Tom Hiester's H.O. Fan Club Night