HIESTER'S H.O. RACEWAY

Thursday February 19, 2026, was the Ninth Race of the 2025-2026 Hiester's H.O. Raceway season for the Modified Division, and we had 19 Drivers on hand for the event sponsored by Chris Gambler Racing Coupe Night.  Taking the win was Andrew Cremer in his grandfather's Don Kreitz Sr. #69 Coupe.  Andrew won 5 segments on the night.  Second went to Sheldon Hiester in his Bruce Young #37 Coach.  Sheldon won 5 segments on the night.  Third went to Shane Hiester in his Billy Deskovich #18 Coupe.  Shane also won 5 segments on the night.  Fourth went to Brian Sponagle in his Red Coffin #26 Coupe.  Brian won 1 segment on the night.  Rounding out the Top 5 in fifth was Randy Haydt in his Randy Haydt #57 Coupe.  Randy was consistant all night with 19's in every race.  The rest of the field finished up this way: 6-Steve Windle (2 wins), 7-Bill Waugh (1 win), 8-Tommy Hiester, 9-Bob Windle, 10-Dave Figura, 11-Jim LeVan (1 win), 12-Jim Petersheim, 13-Brian Saylor, 14-Brian Zerbe, 15-Tom Cremer, 16-Lyle Spiegel, 17-Michael Windle, 18-Jeff Paulson, and 19-Miles DeCoster.  Thanks to Chris Gambler for sponsoring Coupe Night once again this year.  We got our two plaques as usual for this race one for the winner and one for the Best Appearing Coupe.  Andrew Cremer claimed the Winner's Plaque, and Dave Figura took home the Best Appering Plaque for his #16-Billy Ellis Coach painted by Tom Hiester.  The race action was pretty close all night as the Top 3 each only lost one race and it was on Lane 3 for all of them and they were only separated by 12 pieces of track.  There were some good flips throughout the night as the cars drove a little different with the Coupe or Coach body on.  Dave Figura turned in a strong Top 10 run getting back in the groove at Hiester's H.O. Raceway.  Bill Waugh continues to show consistancy when he shows up at Hiester's to race with another strong Top 10 run in 7th and another segment win.  Steve Windle and Bob Windle rebounded after some poor runs in the Modified division recently with strong Top 10 runs finishing 6th and 9th respectively.  Lyle SPiegel had a solid run, and is working toward that lead lap run after going through the body carousel to find a body to stick to his chassis.  Jim LeVan had a good run going in his Bill Wimble #33 Coupe until he  broke a tooth on the rear axle, and the spare axle was not as good in the car as the primary rear end.  Jeff Paulson returned again to try it, and drove the Bobby Gerhart #2 Coupe to some steady runs but had some rim issues as they kept moving in on him.  The Cash Dash was sponsored by Gambler Towing & Recovery and finished up this way: 1-Brian Zerbe, 2-Tom Cremer, 3-Bill Waugh.  Thanks to all of the race and Cash Dash sponsors this season for all they do to make it a successful season.  We are back Thursday February 26, 2026 with Sprints sponsored by Ron Helmick Racing.  Plenty of extra cars and controllers to go around.  

1-Andrew Cremer 119.36 (5 wins)

2-Sheldon Hiester 119.34 (5 wins)

3-Shane Hiester 119.24 (5 wins)

4-Brian Sponagle 117.22 (1 win) 

5-Randy Haydt 117.09

6-Steve Windle 117.01 (2 wins)

7-Bill Waugh 115.14 (1 win)

8-Tommy Hiester 114.34

9-Bob Windle 114.09

10-Dave Figura 114.03

11-Jim LeVan 114.02 (1 win)

12-Jim Petersheim 111.26

13-Brian Saylor 111.05

14-Brian Zerbe 110.01

15-Tom Cremer 108.07

16-Lyle Spiegel 105.06

17-Michael Windle 101.39

18-Jeff Paulson 101.29

19-Miles DeCoster 93.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Race- Thursday February 26, 2026 Sprints sponsored by Ron Helmick Racing Night