Homak POPS First Tour Race Laboon Memorial Results, Updated Points, Upcoming Touring Events
Chris Schneider wins another Ed Laboon Memorial – Full Write Up Results
Imperial, PA
It was a barn burner Saturday night at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, and nobody was leaving early.
The 14th Annual Ed Laboon Memorial took center stage for the Pittsburgh Truck Center Penn Ohio Pro Stocks, and the night delivered every ounce of promised drama.
Fans held their breath through a gauntlet of qualifying battles, nine edge-of-your-seat heat races, two heart-stopping B-Mains, a furious eight-lap dash, and four adrenaline-fueled feature events. But the main attraction, the epic 30-lap Ed Laboon Memorial itself, was worth the wait.
Chris Schneider (55), from Lower Burrell, made his move mid-race and never looked back, claiming another career-defining Ed Laboon Memorial victory.
Meanwhile, Brandon Burgoon (5X), from McDonald, took advantage of a late restart with eight laps to go in the 20-lap Rohrich Automotive/Chevy Performance RUSH Late Model feature, cruising to his first win of the season.
In the Auto House Hobby Stocks, Joe Brown Jr. (48), from Aliquippa, seized a last-lap opening, snatching his first victory of the year in dramatic fashion.
And to cap off the night, Bill Tennant (2), from Colliers, WV, flexed his consistency once again with another strong finish in the Crawford Auto Repair Open Four Cylinders.
38 of the best Penn Ohio Pro Stock drivers on the planet rolled into Dirt’s Monster Half Mile Saturday night with one thing on their minds—$3,517 and the bragging rights that come with hoisting the “WWF-style” championship belt at the 14th Annual Ed Laboon Memorial.
Chris Schneider (55), from Lower Burrell, has made this race his playground in years past. But last season? The crown went to his teammate, Christian Schneider (56), from Pittsburgh.
This year, Chris came out swinging, laying down quick time in qualifying and making a statement to the field that he was back with unfinished business.
From there, the drivers were split into four heat races. The top five in each would punch a ticket to the main event, while the top two advanced to the eight-lap Dash. The rest? One last shot through a pair of B-Mains, with the top three from each finalizing the 26-car grid for the 30-lap main.
Former division champ AJ Poljak (36), from Baldwin, pulled P1 in the redraw and capitalized by winning the Dash, securing the pole for the feature. Paul Davis (3), from Fowler, Ohio, lined up to his outside in second, with Christian Schneider (56) and Chris Schneider (55) making up row two.
After the traditional four-wide salute and a thunderous fireworks show, Poljak led the field to green but chaos struck with only one lap scored. Josh Seippel (84S) had mechanical issues and brought out a lap-one caution after stopping between turns three and four.
On the restart, Poljak jumped to the point. Christian Schneider slotted into second, Chris Schneider settled into third, and Tyler Dietz (17), from Saxonburg, began stalking in fourth. By lap three, the top five had formed: Poljak, Christian, Chris, Dietz, and Bobby Whitling (7W).
Poljak looked strong up front, clicking off laps and slicing through lapped traffic by lap 12. But Christian had back-to-back visions of glory and made his move to take over the top spot just past halfway.
Then came the closer.
Chris Schneider wasn’t done. With the laps winding down, he found the gear that matters most and surged to the front. It looked like the race would run green to checkers, after the lap one caution, but with four to go, Daryl Charlier (74) smacked the wall in turn four and brought out the caution.
Reset. Reload. Go time.
Chris took the inside for the restart, Christian to his outside. The teammates-in-arms, turned rivals for four laps, drag raced into turn one.
When it mattered most, Chris locked it down. He led the final circuits and proved once again why he’s one of the best to ever strap into a Pittsburgh Truck Center Penn Ohio Pro Stock, earning yet another Ed Laboon Memorial win.
Christian Schneider (56) finished second, Dietz (17) third, Whitling (7W) fourth, and Poljak (36) completed the top five.
Heat race winners: Chris Schneider (55), Tyler Dietz (17), Poljak (36), and Christian Schneider (56).
B-Main winners: Curt J Bish (29) and Bruce Hartzfeld (101).
The 14th Annual Ed Laboon Memorial also came loaded with cash, prizes, and hardware.
A total of 18 Rookie of the Race bonuses were handed out at $100 each.
Chris Schneider earned an extra $200 for setting fast time, while AJ Poljak pocketed $100 for the Dash win plus a Hoosier tire.
Kyle Couchenour cleaned up with a $200 Hard Charger bonus and another $100 for the Longest Tow.
Emmie Laboon received a $200 CRS Supply Hard Luck gift card.
Christian Schneider claimed the $100 Halfway Leader bonus from CRS Supply.
Rusty Wheeler scored a $100 gift card as the first car to miss the feature from a B Main, and Corey McQueen received a $50 gift card as the first car to DNS.
Joey Zambotti was awarded the $156 “Connor’s Car” Best Appearing Car honor.Chris Schneider also earned a $122 bonus for leading Lap 22.
And to cap it all off, each heat race winner took home a customized rear panel banner to commemorate the victory.
RESULTS
38 entries
Penn Ohio Pro Stocks
A Feature 1: 1. 55-Chris Schneider[4]; 2. 56-Christian Schneider[3]; 3. 17-Tyler Dietz[8]; 4. 7W-Bobby Whitling[5]; 5. 36-AJ Poljak[1]; 6. 27-Jacob Dietz[13]; 7. 3-Paul Davis[2]; 8. 4-Brett Hutira[11]; 9. 299-Kyle Couchenour[25]; 10. 84-Steve D’Apolito[7]; 11. 23H-Hunter Exley[17]; 12. 11B-Tim Bish[9]; 13. 64-Logan Koteles[15]; 14. 25-Jason Fosnaught[16]; 15. 17S-Stephen Shelpman[19]; 16. 155-Tyler Schneider[23]; 17. 5-Jackson Billyk[26]; 18. 29-Curt J Bish[21]; 19. 20-Hayden Fosnaught[18]; 20. 2K-Jonathan Koteles[24]; 21. (DNF) 74-Daryl Charlier[12]; 22. (DNF) 101-Bruce Hartzfeld[22]; 23. (DNF) 44-Jacob Wheeler[20]; 24. (DNF) 17N-Noah Brunell[10]; 25. (DNF) 84S-Josh Seippel[6]; 26. (DNS) 1K-Cody Koteles
B Feature 1: 1. 29-Curt J Bish[2]; 2. 155-Tyler Schneider[1]; 3. 299-Kyle Couchenour[3]; 4. 77-Rusty Wheeler[5]; 5. 948-Joey Zambotti III[6]; 6. 310-Dale Tuche[7]; 7. A22-Bill Slade[8]; 8. 10X-Jason Ammons[4]; 9. (DNS) 1-Corey McQueen; 10. (DNS) 08-Jeff Broniszewski
B Feature 2: 1. 101-Bruce Hartzfeld[1]; 2. 2K-Jonathan Koteles[2]; 3. 5-Jackson Billyk[3]; 4. 12M-Scott Malone[4]; 5. 10-Nick Kocuba[5]; 6. (DNF) 99T-Theo Baumgartner[7]; 7. (DNS) 8C-Brandon Doland; 8. (DNS) 114-Emmerson Laboon
Heat 1: 1. 55-Chris Schneider[6]; 2. 84-Steve D’Apolito[4]; 3. 11B-Tim Bish[2]; 4. 27-Jacob Dietz[7]; 5. 23H-Hunter Exley[5]; 6. 55-Chris Schneider[1]; 7. 299-Kyle Couchenour[3]; 8. 77-Rusty Wheeler[9]; 9. 310-Dale Tuche[8]; 10. (DNS) 1-Corey McQueen
Heat 2: 1. 17-Tyler Dietz[1]; 2. 7W-Bobby Whitling[2]; 3. 17N-Noah Brunell[6]; 4. 1K-Cody Koteles[4]; 5. 20-Hayden Fosnaught[3]; 6. 29-Curt J Bish[5]; 7. 10X-Jason Ammons[8]; 8. 948-Joey Zambotti III[7]; 9. A22-Bill Slade[9]; 10. (DNS) 08-Jeff Broniszewski
Heat 3: 1. 36-AJ Poljak[1]; 2. 3-Paul Davis[4]; 3. 4-Brett Hutira[5]; 4. 64-Logan Koteles[8]; 5. 17S-Stephen Shelpman[2]; 6. 101-Bruce Hartzfeld[7]; 7. 5-Jackson Billyk[6]; 8. 10-Nick Kocuba[3]; 9. 99T-Theo Baumgartner[9]
Heat 4: 1. 56-Christian Schneider[1]; 2. 84S-Josh Seippel[2]; 3. 74-Daryl Charlier[3]; 4. 25-Jason Fosnaught[5]; 5. 44-Jacob Wheeler[4]; 6. 2K-Jonathan Koteles[8]; 7. 12M-Scott Malone[9]; 8. (DNF) 8C-Brandon Doland[6]; 9. (DNF) 114-Emmerson Laboon[7]
Qualifying 1: 1. 55-Chris Schneider[22]; 2. 17-Tyler Dietz[6]; 3. 36-AJ Poljak[33]; 4. 56-Christian Schneider[31]; 5. 11B-Tim Bish[8]; 6. 7W-Bobby Whitling[9]; 7. 17S-Stephen Shelpman[16]; 8. 84S-Josh Seippel[23]; 9. 299-Kyle Couchenour[26]; 10. 20-Hayden Fosnaught[1]; 11. 10-Nick Kocuba[13]; 12. 74-Daryl Charlier[29]; 13. 84-Steve D’Apolito[38]; 14. 1K-Cody Koteles[30]; 15. 3-Paul Davis[36]; 16. 44-Jacob Wheeler[5]; 17. 23H-Hunter Exley[27]; 18. 29-Curt J Bish[3]; 19. 4-Brett Hutira[17]; 20. 25-Jason Fosnaught[7]; 21. 155-Tyler Schneider[35]; 22. 17N-Noah Brunell[25]; 23. 5-Jackson Billyk[4]; 24. 8C-Brandon Doland[10]; 25. 27-Jacob Dietz[21]; 26. 948-Joey Zambotti III[37]; 27. 101-Bruce Hartzfeld[28]; 28. 114-Emmerson Laboon[15]; 29. 310-Dale Tuche[2]; 30. 10X-Jason Ammons[12]; 31. 64-Logan Koteles[11]; 32. 2K-Jonathan Koteles[24]; 33. 77-Rusty Wheeler[14]; 34. A22-Bill Slade[20]; 35. 99T-Theo Baumgartner[18]; 36. 12M-Scott Malone[32]; 37. 1-Corey McQueen[19]; 38. 08-Jeff Broniszewski[34]
Dash: 1. 36-AJ Poljak[1]; 2. 3-Paul Davis[2]; 3. 56-Christian Schneider[7]; 4. 55-Chris Schneider[8]; 5. 7W-Bobby Whitling[4]; 6. 84S-Josh Seippel[3]; 7. 84-Steve D’Apolito[6]; 8. 17-Tyler Dietz[5]
Sandy Lake, PA
Weekly Series and Touring Series points are updated on the website.
Upcoming 2025 Penn Ohio Touring Series Events
Eriez Speedway–June 22, 2025
Sharon Speedway-June 28, 2025
Hummingbird Speedway– August 9, 2025
Michael’s Mercer Raceway– August 22, 2025
Stateline Speedway-August 23, 2025
Tri City Raceway-September 13, 2025
Pittsburgh’s PA Motor Speedway–October 3, 2025
Lernerville Speedway–October 10-11, 2025
Michael’s Mercer Raceway–Make up date to be announced for May 3rd
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