Results 2025

Blind Squirrel Race 10/10/26

WOW A GOOD TURN OUT FOR 3RD ANNUAL BLIND SQUIRREL RACE.
WE STARTED WITH 24 CARS SIGNED IN 23 MADE TIME SHOTS.
ED KELLY HAD STARTER PROBLEMS, BRIAN WALLACE HAD ENGINE ISSUES AND DID NOT MAKE ELIMINATIONS.
ROUND 1 WE SEE BRUCE THOMAS , MARK SANTEE, BRYAN FEAGLEY, JARED WALLACE, PETE BOYER, BRIAN YARRISON, BOB CALIMER, BEN BAKER, CHRiS RIGHETTI, FRANK GIALLONARDO, AND RANDY CAMPBELL.
MOVE ON TO ROUND 2, FRANK GIALLONARDO, PETE BOYER, MARK SANTEE, BEN BAKER, RANDY CAMPBELL, AND BOB CALIMER, WENT ON TO NEXT ROUND.
ROUND 3, MARK SANTEE STOPS BOB CAILMERS DAY, PETE BOYER OVER BEN BAKER, AND FRANK GIALLONARDO PUTS RANDY CAMPBELL ON TRAILER.
ROUND 4, MARK DIALS A 10.70 GOES 10.71 WITH A .041 RT STOPPING PETE WHO WENT 10.70 ON A 10.73 DIAL IN. FRANK HAD A BYE INTO FINALS.
BEST 2 OUT OF 3 THE FIRST RUN MARK DIALS IN 10.70 GOES 10.72 WITH A .0443 LIGHT, FRANK GIALLONARDO DIALS 12.27 RUNS 12.27 WITH A RT OF .0706. I BELIVE YOU CALL THAT A HOLE SHOT WIN.
SECOND RUN MARK UP BY ONE FRANK DIALS 12.27 GOES 12.2798 WITH A RT OF .0297, MARK DIALS 10.70 RUNS 10.65 WITH A RT OF .0383 TIED UP AT ONE EACH. FRANK GIALLONARDO TAKES THE WIN. SECOND AND THIRD RUNS WERE WON BY .009 MARGIN.
ALL DAY THERE WAS GOOD RACING. CONSOLATION RACE ROUND 1, JOHN WISE, MERRITT SNYDER, JASON HECKMAN, BOB ENGLISH, AND BILL WERT MADE IT THROUGH 1ST ROUND.
JOHN, BOB, AND MERRITT GO TO SEMI FINALS. BOB ENGLISH STOPS MERRITT SNYDER, JOHN HAD BYE RUN INTO FINAL.
BOB DIALS 9.38 GOES 9.40 WITH A NOT SO GOOD LIGHT OF .1320, JOHN DIALS 11.63 RUNS 11.59 WITH A .0964 LIGHT GIVING BOB ENGLISH THE WIN.
GUYS HITTING LIGHTS PRETTY GOOD SATURDAY
1ST TIME SHOT BRYAN FEAGLEY .0147
2ND TIME SHOT BOB ENGLISH .0066
ROUND 1,
BOB CALIMER .0026
MERRITT SNYDER .0207
ROUND 3,
MERRITT SNYDER .0098
ROUND 4 FRANK GIALLONARDO .0072
ROUND 5 FRANK GIALLONARDO .0282
ROUND 6 MARK SANTEE .0443
ROUND 7 FRANK GIALLONARDO .0297.
WE OFTEN DISCUSS WHAT IS NOSTALGIA.
   I SAY THIS, COME TO A MANDRA RACE AND FIND OUT.
OUR FINAL ON SATURDAY NIGHT UNDER THE LIGHTS MAIN RACE WE HAD FRANK GIALLONARDO IN A 1954 FORD GASSER GOING UP AGAINST MARK SANTEE IN HIS 1963 1\2 MERCURY COMET.
   CONSOLATION RACE WE HAD BOB ENGLISH IN A 1957 MGA, RACING JOHN WISE IN A 1950 STUDEBAKER GASSER .
I WAS TAKING BACK WATCHING THIS WORKS OF CAR ART GO DOWN THE TRACK.
I THINK WE SET THE BAR WHEN IT COMES TO   NOSTALGIA RACING .

Winner - Frankie G

Runner-up - Mark Santee

Consolation Race

Winner - Bob English

Runner-up - John Wise

Beaver Springs 9/5-6/26

WOW WHAT A WEEKEND OF RACING I COULD WRITE 10 PAGES ON THIS WEEKEND . START WITH PICNIC BIG SUCCESS THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELP WITH SET UP CLEAN UP AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN . ON TO RACING BRUCE THOMAS GETTING IT DONE RUNNER WINNER ON SATURDAY RUNNER UP ON SUNDAY. MASTER OF MAYHEM CHRIS RIGHTETTI GETTING WIN 1ST TIME OUT . GEOFF SOTAK KEEPS ADDING TO HIS POINTS . MARK SANTEE AND LARRY WITTIG STARTED OUT THIS YEAR LOOKING INVINCIBLE SEEM TO BE STRUGGLING I AM SURE THIS WILL PASS AND THEY WILL BE BACK ON TRACK . BILL WERTS GRAND SON BEN BAKER JOINED MANDRA GREAT TO SEE YOUNGER PEOPLE INTO RACING . WE HAD 35 CARS ON SATURDAY 3 SHORT OF OUR RECORD OF 38 AT CECIL COUNTY . 28 ON SUNDAY . THE WEATHER WAS GREAT THE RACING WAS VERY COMPETITIVE . AND OF COURSE THE PEOPLE WERE AMAZING . ALWAYS A FUN TIME AT BEAVER . SUNDAY WE GOT CUT DOWN TO 1 TIME SHOT AND 1\8 MILE A BIT OF A DOWNER BUT ONCE RACING STARTED WE DIDN'T GIVE IT ANOTHER THOUGHT . EVERYONE FOCUSED ON WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE . THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT MANDRA . BE SAFE HAVE FUN I WILL SEE EVERYONE AT SOUTH MOUNTAIN ON THE 20TH

9/5/26

Mandra at beaver springs Saturday Bruce Thomas with the win Geoff Sotak runner up Frankie G semifinal

Winner - Bruce Thomas

Runner-Up - Geoff Sotak

Semi's - Frankie G.

9/6/26

Sunday at beaver springs Chris RIGHETTI with the win Bruce Thomas runner up Josh NEVELLS and Bob MAULICH semi finals Jim shearer winner of consolation race

Winner - Chris Righetti

Runner-Up - Bruce Thomas

Semis - Bob Maulick

Semi's - Josh Nevell

Consolation - Jim Shearer

South Mountain August 23rd, 2026

MANDRA at south mountain
What a great day of racing .
Thanks to the generosity of our members we had a triple sponsorship on Sunday TIM MILLIRON and MIKE DONNELL were the sponsors for Sunday.
After the rain out on 8/16 CSW racing rolled their sponsorship over to Sunday.The winner got $200, runner up $100, semi-finals $50, also we had 5-$20 blind squirrels. $50 for best RT in 1st round, $50 for best package in elemnations, and a $25 bounty on points leader.
1st round Randy Campbell takes out points leader Mark Santee with a .0037 light Randy gets bounty and best RT taking home $75 for 1 round good job Randy.
Next Bryan Feagley stops Ray Bloom by going 6.5736 on a 6.57 with a RT of .0111 giving Bryan the best package of the day .014 way to go Bryan.
We had 29 cars signed in Tim Milliron broke a transmission giving MANDRA a even 28 cars in competition.
Skipping ahead to semi-finals, Merritt Snyder 6.97 goes 7.052 with a .0262 RT winning over Mike Vlope who turns on red light. Geoff Sotak dials a 6.69 runs 6.7011 with a .0153 light stopping Mike Vandeneuel who went 7.0824 on a 7.04 with a RT of .0487 Geoff takes win . finals Merritt dails a 6.99 runs 7.0399 RT of .0353 Geoff dails 6.68 runs 6.6896 with a .0752 light Geoff takes win for 2 in a row excellent job Geoff.
I don't thank our sponsors enough it is the generosity of our members that keeps MANDRA going strong and thanks to our board of directors and MANDRA officers John wise for keeping points, Anyhony Santee for race director, Kim picone, and everyone that's volunteers to help YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST thanks see everyone at Beaver .
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Geoff Sotak - Winner

Meritt Snyder - Runner-Up

Mike Volpe - Semis

Mike Vandeneuel - Semis

Numidia July 11-12 2026

MANDRA HAD 24 CARS SIGNED IN ON SATURDAY.
21 MADE IT TO FIRST ROUND BOB ENGLISH, DON KILLINA, GEOFF SOTAK, RAY BLOOM, RALPH FERRARO, GARY SCOTT, MIKE VOLPE, LARRY WITTIG, JOHN WISE IRVIN JOHNSON, TIM HANSBERRY, And MERRITT SNYDER ALL MOVED ON TO NEXT ROUND.
ROUND 2 RAY BLOOM, LARRY WITTIG, MIKE VOLPE, BOB ENGLISH, TIM HANSBERRY, And DON KILLINA WENT ON TO 3RD ROUND.
NEXT CAME RAIN AND STOPPED RACING DONE FOR THE DAY.
SUNDAY AFTER TIME SHOTS WE FINISHED SATURDAY'S RACE SHOULD OF BEEN 6 CARS IN IN MAIN RACE.
RUSS FRANK BOWED OUT ON SATURDAY, RAY BLOOM BROKE A ROCKER SHAFT, MAKING ROUND 3 SEMI FINALS, TIM HANSBERRY STOPS MIKE VOLPE, LARRY WITTIG PUTS BOB ENGLISH ON TRAILER BUT HURTS HIS CAR GIVING TIM HANSBERRY A BYE IN FINAL.
THEN COMES A TRACK DELAY WITH WATER SEEPING UP ON TRACK.
THE CONSOLATION RACE WAS DOWN TO 4 CARS BOB MAULICK DECIDED NOT TO RUN SAVING HIS CAR FOR MAINE RACE.
LAST 3 DRIVES IN CONSTELLATION SPLIT PURSE 3 WAYS NO POINTS AWARDED.
THANKS TO LARRY CURLY AND MOE FOR SPONSORING RACE.
WHILE THE TRACK CREW WAS STILL WORKING ON TRACK
--TIM HANSBERRY STAGED HIS CAR AND TOOK LIGHT FOR THE WIN . THANKS TO D&M ENGINEERING AND BLUE OVAL RACING FOR SPONSORING SATURDAY'S RACE .
CONGRATULATIONS TO TIM HANSBERRY ON WIN. ABOUT 2:00 PM WITH RAIN COMING AROUND 3:00PM TRACK CALLED IT A DAY . SUNDAYS RACE WAS A RAIN OUT WE GOT 2 TIME SHOTS AND THAT WAS ALL . EVERYONE WHO SIGNED IN AND GOT TECHED IN LANES GOT 50 POINTS .

Winner - Mike Volpe

Runner-Up - Larry Wittig

Semi's - Bob English

Semi's - Tim Hansberry

Beaver Springs
7/4/26

SATURDAY MANDRA HAD 6 CARS SIGNED IN WE HAD 3 MEMBERS AND 3 GUEST DRIVES THANKS TO BILL WERT FOR FILLING HALF OF THE FIELD WITH SON IN LAW AND GRANDSON .RAY BLOOM BILL WERT ART RHODES BEN BAKER KEVIN BAKER AND BOB ENGLISH ALL BRAVED THE HEAT TO HAVE SOME FUN . RAY AND BOB TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE DAY TO TUNE THEIR CARS FOR NEXT WEEK .RAYS CAR WAS NOT RUNNING THE WAY HE LIKED SO HE ELECTED NOT TO RUN AFTER TIME SHOTS .ROUND 1 BILL WERT STOPS BEN BAKER KEVIN BAKER TAKES OUT BOB ENGLISH ART RHODES HAD A COMPETITION BYE . SEMI FINALS BILL WITH BYE ART STOPS KEVIN .FINALS BILL DAILS A 9.72 GOES 9.80 WITH A RT OF .0232 ART DAILS A 8.88 GOES 9.0169 RT OF .1259 GIVING BILL THE WIN .3 NON MEMBERS 3 COOL CARS HOPE TO SEE THEM ALL RACE WITH MANDRA AGAIN . I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL TRACK MEMBERS AND CREWS FOR WORKING EVERY WEEKEND SO WE CAN PLAY.

Winner: Bill Wert

Mason-Dixon Results
June 27th, 2026

SATURDAY WAS INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST, UP TO 9:00AM I WOULD OF BET YOU $100 THAT WE WOULD NOT GET ANY RACING IN BUT WE MANAGED TO GET A MICRO RACE IN 2 ROUNDS IS BETTER THAN NONE.
AND THE STORY I AM TELLING IS THERE MUST OF BEEN 150 CARS THERE AND I MADE IT TO SEMIFINALS.
I WILL LEAVE OUT THE PART WHERE THERE WAS ONLY 4 MANDRA CARS.
IT WAS A FUN DAY FRANK GIALLONARDO TOOK RAY BLOOM OUT, AND BOB ENGLISH PUT ED KELLY ON TRAILER.
BOB RAN A LITTLE TO FAST IN FINAL AND FRANK GOT WIN.
WE ARE GOING TO DO A NON-POINT RACE AT BEAVER ON JULY 4TH ITS GOING TO BE HOT BUT I NEED TO GET SOME SEAT TIME IN $60 ENTRY COME OUT IF YOU CAN .

Winner - Frank Giallonardo

Runner-Up - Bob English

Semis - Ray Bloom

Semis - Ed Kelly

Island Dragway Results
May 31, 2026

GOOD EVENING
IT WAS GREAT WEATHER FOR RACING AT ISLAND MANDRA HAD 21 CARS.
TIME SHOTS:
RAY BLOOM HAD A RT OF 013 HOPING FOR A 1ST ROUND BYE TILL BILL WERT CAME BACK WITH A 012 GIVING BILL THE BYE GOOD JOB BILL.
ROUND 1 WINNERS: ROB WALTERS, BRYAN FEGLEY, LARRY WITTIG, RALPH FERRARO, SCOTT HASKO, MARK SANTEE, BILL WERT, GEOFF SOTAK, ANTHONY PICONE, RAY BLOOM, AND
PAUL CRISPYP.
ROUND 2: WE SEE ROB WALTERS, LARRY WITTIG, MARK SANTEE, GEOFF SOTAK, ANTHONY PICONE, AND PAUL CRISPYP MOVE ON.
ROUND 3: LARRY WITTIG, MARK SANTEE, AND PAUL CRIAPYP GO TO SEMIS.
ROUND 4: LARRY WITTIG OVER PAUL CRISPYP, MARK SANTEE WITH BYE.
IN THE FINAL: MARK DIALS A 10.35 RUNS A 10.41 WITH A RT OF .045 OVER LARRYS 9.70 DIAL AND RUNNING 9.78 WITH A 130 LIGHT.
MARK WITH 2 WINS AND LARRY WITH 2 RUNNER UPS THESE GUYS ARE LOOKING TOUGH.
CONGRATULATIONS GUYS WELL EARNED.
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Ray Bloom
ray.bloom12@gmail.com

Winner: Mark Santee

Runner-Up: Larry Wittig

Semi's: Crispyp

South Mountain Results
3 May 2026

MANDRA at south mountain.
A great day of racing to kick off are 2026 season.
A little cold and windy in the morning but by noon it was nice out.
MANDRA had 21 cars signed in after 2 rounds of time shots we still had 21 cars.
1st round in staging lanes MERRITT SNYDER had engine issues giving CHARLIE INNERST a bye run. BRYAN FEGLE , MARK SANTEE, ANTHONY PICONE, LARRY WITTIG, BRIAN YARRISON, MIKE VOLP , IRVIN JOHNSON, JOHN WISE, BILL WERT, and DAN WAGNER came away with win .
Round 2 we saw MARK , JOHN , LARRY, BRIAN and BILL with a bye run, move on.
Round 3 MARK, MIKE, and LARRY all 3 were hitting their dial ins.
Semi-finals LARRY WITTIG over MIKE VOLPE, MARK SANTEE HAD A BYE with a .0052 light .
FINALS MARK SANTEE dials a 6.55 runs a 6.571 with a RT of .0254, LARRY got a LB3A left before 3 amber i have done this before it hurts. Hats off to LARRY for making finals in a new car.
Congratulations to team SANTE.
A big thanks to WALLACE AND SONS RACING for sponsoring SUNDAY'S race
Consolation race GEOFF SOTAK, RAY BLOOM, TIM MILLIRON, and CALVIN HILL took wins. Round 2 GEOFF and TIM move on.
Final TIM dials a 6.63 goes 6.67 with a .039 light, GEOFF dials a 7.93 runs 7.96 with a RT of .074 TIM MILLIRON takes win .
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Ray Bloom
ray.bloom12@gmail.com

Winner - Mark Santee

Runner-Up - Larry Wittig

Semis - Mike Volpe

Consolation Winner - Tim Milliron