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Kemenah Beats Rest of The Posse At Grandview
By: Joe Burrage
 Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania (June 30, 2009) - Coming off an excellent second place finish last night at the Bedford Speedway, Chad Kemenah decided to up the ante on more position tonight at Grandview Speedway. Kemenah aboard the eye catching blue No.35 sprinter owned by Charlie and Dawn Sorokach, took advantage of a restart on lap six to take the lead away from Keith Kauffman and not look back en route to his first PA Speedweek win of 2009.
Kemenah's night started off in qualifying as he circled the high banked 1/3 mile oval in 11.749 seconds, good enough for fifth quick overall. After qualifying, Kemenah, AJ Havens, and the Sorokach crew went to work trying to dial in the No.35 sprinter for the upcoming heat race where Kemenah was starting in the fifth position. When heat two got underway Kemenah drove a smart race keeping the JEI No.35 glued to the cushion where he would finish in the fourth position giving himself an excellent starting spot in the 35-lap A-Main later in the evening.
With rain on the way the track officials put things into high gear just giving Sorokach crew enough time to make some adjustments to the car and off Kemenah went for A-Main action. When the green lights flashed around the Grandview Speedway, Kemenah got a great jump along the cushion but things came to a very quick stop as a red flag hit the speedway for a scary accident involving Mike Erdley. While the track crew was cleaning up the accident the rain decided to come down delaying the start of the feature event for over an hour.
The very dedicated fans at Grandview Speedway hung around as the rain stopped, and the track was worked into racing condition. Once the A-Main got back underway Keith Kauffman took the point with Kemenah running a solid second place slowly gaining on the leader. On lap six a yellow flag came out slowing things down and this put Kemenah right behind the leader Keith Kauffman.
On the restart Kemenah got the jump on Kauffman and took the lead on lap seven and the No.35 was starting to pull away from the rest of field. Kemenah entered traffic a few laps later and used the cushion to keep his momentum going until a huge accident happened on lap-13 collecting over half the field, this would bring out the second red flag of the night. Once things were cleaned up, Kemenah had a clear track ahead of him on the restart and he used this to his advantage as he ran away from the rest field to claim his first Pennsylvania Speedweek win of 2009 worth $5,000.
Kemenah Finishes Second At Bedford Speedway in PA
By: Joe Burrage
 Bedford, Pennsylvania (June 28, 2009) - Chad Kemenah did not have the Ohio Speedweek he was looking for. When things did go right they quickly turned into little problems that cost him top five and top ten finishes. That quickly was forgotten Sunday night aboard the Charlie and Dawn Sorokach owned No.35. Kemenah and trustworthy crew member AJ Havens made the long trip to Bedford Speedway in Bedford, Pennsylvania looking to turn things around and he did just that.
Running in the always tough Pennsylvania circuit is nothing new to the Findlay, Ohio driver as he's been there and done that numerous times in his stellar career. This time around the circumstances were different. Kemenah had never driven the Sorokach No.35 before but was confident in the equipment they had and it showed right away in the feature event.
Kemenah and the blue Sorokach No.35 would take charge of the field when the green flag came out. Kemenah would stretch his lead out quickly before he hit traffic on the sixth lap. While working traffic Kemenah had the No.35 sprinter working really well along the bottom of the track that enabled him to keep some distance between himself and second place running Chad Layton.
While Kemenah was leading and doing everything he possibly can to bring home the Sorokach No.35 in first place, Stevie Smith was starting to heat up. Hitting his marks on the perfectly prepared track Kemenah continued to lead until 13-laps to go. Kemenah and second place running Stevie Smith began to battle, Kemenah stayed on the bottom with Smith on the cushion. Two laps later Smith would take the lead away from Kemenah and instantly put some distance between them both. Kemenah would finish in the second position in his first race in the very tough PA Speedweek.
Ohio Speedweek Haunting Kemenah With Bad Luck:
By: Joe Burrage
Findlay, Ohio (June 25, 2009) - Going into the Ohio Speedweek the CK Racing Team were confident they could run up front and maybe even steal a win or two. Unfortunately that has not happened, and the CK Racing Team has not had the week they were looking for.
Eldora Speedway
With the Speedweek opener at Attica Raceway Park rained out, Kemenah and his Hampshire Powered Maxim No.63 were off to one of his favorite tracks, Eldora Speedway. Things did not go right from the start, Kemenah and the team were chasing the set-up all night long and the CK Racing No.63 did not qualify for the A-Main. Kemenah was very disappointed with the performance, he's always had a good showing at Eldora in the past.
Millstream Speedway
The CK Racing Team were back in action the following night at the very physical Millstream Speedway. Things quickly got going for Kemenah as he would win his heat race and lock himself in the 30-lap A-Main later in the evening. Starting 19th in the feature Kemenah used his patience and experience to finish ninth when the 30-lap war was complete. "The car was good, I thought we could have moved up a few more positions but we will take it and move onto the next race." said Kemenah
Hilltop Speedway
Tuesday night was a new night for the CK Racing Team, Kemenah and the crew knew they had what it took to move forward and things were looking great after the 12th quick qualifying effort. Kemenah then focused in on his very important heat race looking not only transfer to the A-Main but to keep his night going in the right direction. He accomplished both of those tasks by finishing in the third position.
Things were looking good for the CK Racing No.63 for the 40-lap feature event. Kemenah and his crew made some changes to the car and it was up to Kemenah to bring home a victory. Things quickly got underway in the feature as the white No.63 would hold onto the sixth position for awhile until all of the sudden Kemenah disappeared from the track. When Kemenah pulled in he quickly pointed out the throttle linkage was sticking, causing the motor to rev wide open. "I had no choice but to pull in, I can't hurt another motor," said Kemenah. "We had a top five car tonight, hopefully tomorrow at Waynesfield we can get things figured out and run up front where we belong."
Waynesfield Raceway Park
Looking for some revenge from last night at Hilltop Speedway, Kemenah and the team were ready for some really intense bullring action at Waynesfield. After qualifying was completed Kemenah found himself sitting 33rd quick overall. The crew went to work trying to find some speed out of the Hampshire Powered Maxim No.63 for the important heat race ahead. Kemenah's goal was to transfer and try and save his night, but things didn't work out that way as he was forced to run the 12-lap B-Main. Again Kemenah and the crew went to work trying to find anything they could to move forward and transfer into the A-Main. In the end it was not enough as the CK Racing No.63 would finish tenth in the B-Main ending this very frustrating night.
Attica Raceway Park
Tonight the CK Racing Team is back in action at Attica where Kemenah won last Friday night with the F.A.S.T. (Fremont/Attica/Sprint/Title) Series. So far the Ohio Speedweek has not been to kind to Kemenah but hopefully tonight the team can get things going in the right direction to finish off the Speedweek with some positive results.
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