Santos Earns Berlin Victory
MARNE, Mich. (July 9, 2016) – The Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints presented by Royal Purple Synthetic Oil returned to action on Saturday, July 9 at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich. With eight laps remaining, Bobby Santos Jr. completed the wining pass on Derek Snyder and then paced the final eight laps to earn the feature victory.
Polesitter Kevin Feeney and veteran campaigner Teddy Alberts led the field to the green flag with Feeney leading the race the opening six circuits. Snyder charged from the eight starting position to get around Feeney for the first spot with an inside move and utilizing lapped traffic. Snyder showed the way until lap 22 when Santos completed the race-winning pass.
At the checkered flag, Santos finished just .392 seconds ahead of a hard-charging Jason Blonde with Snyder completing the podium. Feeney placed fourth with Jeff Bloom in fifth spot.
Derek Snyder was the Hamilton and Sons Fast Qualifier with a lap of 13.074 seconds, just .116 seconds quicker than Ryan Litt. Royal Purple Synthetic Oil and Truefuel Heat Race Winners included John Turnbull Jr. and Jason Blonde.
The Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints presented by Royal Purple returns to action on Friday, July 15 at Kalamazoo Speedway and then travels to Indiana on Saturday, July 16 for a visit to Baer Field Speedway.
| A MAIN RESULTS | ||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | LAPS | |
| 1 | 22A | Bobby Santos Jr. | 30 | |
| 2 | 42 | Jason Blonde | 30 | |
| 3 | 22 | Derek Snyder | 30 | |
| 4 | 61 | Kevin Feeney | 30 | |
| 5 | 26 | Jeff Bloom | 30 | |
| 6 | 12 | John Turnbull Jr. | 29 | |
| 7 | 44A | Teddy Alberts | 29 | |
| 8 | 27 | Nick Landon | 29 | |
| 9 | 100 | Tom Patterson | 26 | |
| 10 | 21 | Mike Stutsman | 17 | |
| 11 | 11G | Tom Geren | 14 | |
| 12 | 07L | Ryan Litt | 9 | |
| 13 | 35 | Mark Strpko | 3 | |
| 14 | 25 | Stepke | 0 | |
| HEAT RACE #1 RESULTS | ||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | LAPS | |
| 1 | 12 | John Turnbull Jr. | 8 | |
| 2 | 07L | Ryan Litt | 8 | |
| 3 | 22 | Derek Snyder | 8 | |
| 4 | 61 | Kevin Feeney | 8 | |
| 5 | 26 | Jeff Bloom | 8 | |
| 6 | 100 | Tom Patterson | 8 | |
| 7 | 25 | Stepke | 3 | |
| HEAT RACE #2 RESULTS | ||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | LAPS | |
| 1 | 42 | Jason Blonde | 8 | |
| 2 | 11G | Tom Geren | 8 | |
| 3 | 22A | Bobby Santos Jr. | 8 | |
| 4 | 27 | Nick Landon | 8 | |
| 5 | 44A | Teddy Alberts | 8 | |
| 6 | 21 | Mike Stutsman | 8 | |
| 7 | 35 | Mark Strpko | 3 | |
| QUALIFYING RESULTS | ||||||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | TIME | DIFF | MPH | |||
| 1 | 22 | Derek Snyder | 13.074 | – | 120.606 | |||
| 2 | 22A | Bobby Santos Jr. | 13.190 | 0.116 | 119.545 | |||
| 3 | 07L | Ryan Litt | 13.284 | 0.210 | 118.699 | |||
| 4 | 42 | Jason Blonde | 13.306 | 0.232 | 118.503 | |||
| 5 | 26 | Jeff Bloom | 13.452 | 0.378 | 117.217 | |||
| 6 | 21 | Mike Stutsman | 13.649 | 0.575 | 115.525 | |||
| 7 | 61 | Kevin Feeney | 13.766 | 0.692 | 114.543 | |||
| 8 | 44A | Teddy Alberts | 13.818 | 0.744 | 114.112 | |||
| 9 | 12 | John Turnbull Jr. | 13.848 | 0.774 | 113.865 | |||
| 10 | 27 | Nick Landon | 14.173 | 1.099 | 111.254 | |||
| 11 | 25 | Stepke | 14.208 | 1.134 | 110.980 | |||
| 12 | 11G | Tom Geren | 14.815 | 1.741 | 106.433 | |||
| 13 | 100 | Tom Patterson | 15.836 | 2.762 | 99.571 | |||
| 14 | 35 | Mark Strpko | 17.422 | 4.348 | 90.506 | |||
