10/25/2026
Flinner Claims Halloween Madness Event at Hidden Valley
October 24, 2026
Clearfield, PA - Pittsburgh’s Colton Flinner made the tow to Hidden Valley Speedway Saturday night for the Halloween Madness event a profitable one, as he picked up the $3,500 winners share. Other feature winners included: Rick Singleton of Hesston in the ‘Run What you Brung’ Pure Stocks, it was Shawn Hadden of Punxsy winning the ‘Run What you Brung’Four Cylinders, while Dennis Lunger of Albion, PA claimed the Econo Mod main, with Kenny Yoder of Mifflintown winning the Thunder Car event. The Aqaholic Powder Puff Feature went to Brenda Snell of Punxsutawney with Jim Camerson winning the ATV event and Laine Speicher winning the kids portion.
Colton Flinner and Matt Martin led the Super Late Models to Sam McClellan’s green flag, with Flinner taking the lead and setting the pace, but Martin was on his bumper and Doug Eck was chasing Martin. Working the eighth lap, Martin had a tire go down while fighting for second, causing him to spin in turn two and end up pitting to get a new sneaker on. He was able to return to the field before the green waved.
The restart saw Flinner still setting the pace with Eck now in second and Joey Petyak in third, and the fans were watching 11th place starter Levi Yetter, who was slowly working his way towards the front, he was up to sixth by the ninth lap, and he was picking up spots one at a time, as he continued to climb to the top five. As Flinner led, Yetter was coming he passed Brad Benton on lap 15 for fifth, a lap later he passed Mike Paronish for fourth, then he began to work on Petyak, passing him on lap18, he continued his climb towards to front, passing Eck on lap 22, then Eck dropped out, and caused a caution. On that restart, Flinner had Yetter in second, and Yetter was breathing down his neck, as the race resumed, Flinner led, but Yetter was right there, trying the low side, but Flinner held on, several times the final five laps, Yetter would pull along side of Flinner, but Flinner held tough and passed under the double checkered flags first for his first win in the Halloween Event. Yetter was a close second with Petyak third, Benton fourth and Del Rougeux in fifth. Heat wins went to Flinner, Martin and Tom Vilello.
The Pure Stocks hit the track with heat winners Matt Gornick and Rick Singleton on the front row, and Singleton took the lead with the plexiglas sideboard on the drivers side, and he never looked back. Singleton was on a rail, leading from green to checkers while the battle was for second, as Eric Lucas and Austin Fenton traded some paint with close racing, as Singleton took his first HVS win in more than 20-years, Lucas held off Fenton for second, Fenton was third, Dewey Heichel was fourth and Braxton Lee was fifth.
The Little Drive In Four Cylinders saw Chris Anderson beat Logan Ganoung off the front row, as Anderson was setting a torrid pace, with Allen Robison a close second and Greg Kiehl was third. Robison ended his night on lap two, when a plum of smoke caused him to exit the track, he was done for the night. On the restart, Anderson was still leading, and he was opening up a slight advantage, but like Robison, he went up in smoke as well, ending his night. This put Kiehl in the lead, but before the next lap was scored, Shawn Hadden took the lead and Kiehl fell to second and Ganoung was third. When McClellan waved those checkered flags, the top three had stayed the same, with Scott Robison coming from 13th to finish fourth and Travis Semple was fifth. Heat wins went to Anderson, Ganoung and Allen Robison.
The Econo Mods saw a smaller than anticipated field of 7 show up, with Dennis Lunger and Justin Milburn on the front row, with Lunger taking the lead and Dave Shagla immediately moving into second and pursuing Lunger the entire distance. As the race continued, Milburn and Mark Bell battled for third. Once those checked flags waved, it was Lunger holding off Shagla who won the E-Mod event in September. The official top five were Lunger, Shagla, Bell, Milburn and Brad Curran, Jr. Lunger also won the heat.
Kenny Yoder and Jake Shoup led the Thunder Cars to the green, as Yoder took the lead and actually led the event from start to finish. Shoup came in second over Ronnie Garlock, Kenny Hill and David Yoder. The heats went to K. Yoder and Shoup.
Gina Skinner led the first lap of the Aquaholic Powder Puff event with Brenda Snell taking the lead on the next lap, once she was out front, Snell never looked back, as she went on to get the win. Skinner was second over Briawna McElwee third and Jackie Hudson fourth.
Jim Camerson won the ATV event over Sky Neale and Jake Speicher and Laine Speicher won the kids portion over Milo Connor.
PIT NOTES: 77 Teams filled the pits, including: 29 Super Late Models, 11 Pure Stocks, 18 Four Cylinders, 12 Thunder Cars, 7 Econo Mods, 4 Aquaholic Powder Puffs and 5 ATV’s…The Halloween Madness event ended to 2026 season and plans have already begun for the 2027 season, stay tuned to our page for 2027 events and the 2026 Awards Banquet…The E-Mod Hard Charger was Mark Bell while the Hard Luck award went to Shane Wilson.
Summary:
Super Late Models - 1. Colton Flinner, Allison Park; 2. Levi Yetter, 3. Joe Petyak, 4. Brad Benton, 5. Del Rougeux, 6. Jake Wilber, 7. John Weaver, 8. Ken Schaltenbrand, 9. Mike Paronish, 10. Fuzzy Fields, 11. Rich Runyan, 12. Matt Martin, 13. Denny Benton, 14. Doug Eck, 15. Chris Schneider, 16. Brandon Connor, 17. Brett Bingaman, 18. Tyler Rougeux, 19. Tom Vilello, 20. Dave Stamm
Pure Stocks - 1. Rick Singleton, Hesston; 2. Eric Lucas, 3. Austin Fenton, 4. Dewey Heichel, 5. Braxton Lee, 6. Jacob Botteicher, 7. Matt Gornick, 8. Kaleb Fields, 9. Ron Majewsky,
10. Parker Hemphill, 11. Paul Metz, Jr.
Little’s Drive-In Auto Sales Four Cylinders - 1. Shawn Hadden, Punxsutawney; 2. Greg Kiehl, 3. Logan Ganoung, 4. Scott Robison, 5. Travis Semple, 6. Cody Baughman, 7. Bill Weatherly, 8. Duane Hinderliter, 9. Brandon Ealy, 10. Gerald Hudson, 11. Dan Morgan,
12. Michael Brady, 13. Jimmy Delozier, 14. Chris Anderson, 15. David Moore, 16. Nathan McClellan, 17. Allen Robison, 18. Isaac Exley
Econo Mods - 1. Dennis Lunger, Albion; 2. Dave Shagla, 3. Mark Bell, 4. Justin Milburn,
5. Brad Curran, Jr., 6. Ed Robley, 7. Shane Wilson
Thunder Cars - 1. Kenny Yoder, Mifflintown; 2. Jake Shoup, 3. Ronnie Garlock, 4. Kenny Hill, 5. David Yoder, 6. Tyler Vaughn, 7. Roger Traxler, 8. James Arcq, 9. Matt Dixson, 10. Sonny Williamson, 11. Douglas Sales, 12. Jeremy Shoup
Aquaholic Powder Puff - 1. Brenda Snell, Punxsutawney; 2. Gina Skinner, 3. Briawna McElwee, 4. Jackie Hudson
ATVs - 1. Jim Camerson, 2. Sky Neale, 3. Jake Speicher
ATVs (Kids) - 1. Laine Speicher, 2. Milo Connor
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