Dave Hess Jr. won the Super Late Model Special at Stateline Speedway on Saturday. Photo submitted to the Times Observer

BUSTI, N.Y. — Stateline Speedway general manager Ronda Turner once said, “It never rains at stateline.”

That statement would hold true on Saturday night as the threatening weather around the region did not put a damper on the track’s “Busti Bicentennial” weekend race festivities.

“The Wizard” Dave Hess Jr. picked up the 45-lap, $4,500-to-win Super Late Model special, as he keeps inching towards his 100th career Stateline feature win. All told, he has 57 career UMP Modified wins to go along with his 40 career Super Late Model wins.

Matt Sampson got the monkey off his back by coming home victorious in the Pro Stocks; Steve Rex, after a lengthy dry spell, conquered the UMP Modifieds A-Main; Wellsville’s Jeremy Wonderling went the distance in the RUSH Crate Late Models; five-time RUSH Pro Mod track champion Dennis Lunger grabbed the win in the RUSH Pro Models; and the dominant Chris Horton once again cashed in the always-exciting Challengers.

SUPER LATE MODELS (20 Entries)

Fast Qualifier Group A: Bump Hedman 17.214

Fast Qualifier Group B: Jake Finnerty 17.118 (Overall Fastest)

Heat 1: 1) Bump Hedman 2) Ryan Scott 3) Greg Oakes 4) Khole Wanzer 5) Paul Schreckengost

Heat 2: 1) Darrell Bossard 2) Doug Eck 3) Kyle Bedell 4) Chevy Scott 5) Scott Dellahoy Jr.

Heat 3: 1) Jake Finnerty 2) Bob Dorman 3) David Scott 4) Douglas Eck 5) Anthony Marotto

Heat 4: 1) Ryan Montgomery 2) Dave Hess Jr. 3) Dutch Davies 4) Jason Genco DNS) Justin Carlson

45 Lap Feature: 1) Hess Jr. 2) Headman 3) Finnerty 4) Montgomery 5) Bossard 6) Oakes 7) D, Eck 8. Davies 9) Bedell 10) Genco 11) D. Scott 12) N. Eck 13) Marotto 14) R, Scott 15) Dorman 16) Dellahoy Jr. 17) Wanzer 18. C, Scott 19) Schreckengost 20) Carlson

Lap Leaders: Hess Jr.(1), Hedman (2-5), Hess Jr. (6-45)

PRO STOCKS (18 Entries)

Heat 1: 1) Tanner Ramsey 2) Shane Applebee 3) Brent Marotto 4) Grant Richard 5) Kyle Corah

6) Cole Strickland

Heat 2: 1) Matt Sampson 2) John Boardman 3) Jim Challingsworth 4) Dale Sheets

5) Gary Fisher Jr. 6) Kole Stelmack

Heat 3: 1) Jason Covey 2) Wes McCray 3) Michael Oakes 4) Justin Pratt 5) Dustin Gibson

Feature: 1) Sampson 2) Boardman 3) Oakes 4) Fisher Jr. 5) Pratt 6) Marotto 7) S. Applebee 8. Richard 9) McCray 10) Challingsworth 11) Stelmack 12) Lippa 13) Strickland 14) Covey 15) Ramsey 16) Sheets 17) Gibson 18. Corah

Lap Leaders: Covey (1-3), Sampson (4-15)

UMP MODIFIEDS (22 Entries)

Heat 1: 1) Mike Eschrich 2) Butch Southwell 3) Troy Johnson 4) Cale Crocker 5) Andrew Beatman 6) Matt Haskins

Heat 2: 1) Garrett Calvert 2) Greg Johnson 3) Chris McDonald 4) David Scott 5) Mason Lobb 6) Deven Dudenhoeffer

Heat 3: 1) Steve Rex 2) Tim Peterson 3) Brandon Grossman 4) Bryon Johnson 5) Joel Lanphere

Heat 4: 1) Dennis Lunger 2) Zach Johnson 3) Dan Sasso 4) James Wilburn 5) Dave Lanphere

Feature: 1) Rex 2) Sasso 3) Calvert 4) Scott 5) Lunger 6) Southwell 7) Grossman 8. Beatman 9) Lobb 10) Crocker 11) Haskins 12) D. Lanphere 13) G. Johnson 14) B. Johnson 15) Eschrich 16) T. Johnson 17) McDonald 18. Z. Johnson 19) Wilburn 20) J. Lanphere 21) Dudenhoeffer 22/DQ) Peterson

Lap Leaders: Rex (1-20)

RUSH CRATE LATE MODELS (22 Entries)

Heat 1: 1) Ward Schell 2) Jason Genco 3) Darrin Waldron 4) Randy Hall 5) DJ Krug 6) Draven Kuzminski

Heat 2: 1) David Parker 2) Jeremy Wonderling 3) Steve Blodgett 4) Bill Taylor 5) Chad Clement 6) Kassy Norman

Heat 3: 1) Khole Wanzer 2) Scott Gurdak 3) Andy Michael 4) Will Pinckney 5) Shawn Little

Heat 4: 1) Matt Sipes 2) Ray Houser 3) Steve Houser 4) Drake McCray 5) Chuck Houser

Feature: 1) Wonderling 2) Parker 3) Genco 4) Sipes 5) Wanzer 6) Schell 7) Michael 8. Gurdak 9) Hall 10) Blodgett 11) Taylor 12) Pinckney 13) R. Houser 14) S. Houser 15) Kuzminski 16) Krug 17) C. Houser 18. Little 19) McCray 20) Norman 21) Clement 22) Waldron

Lap Leaders: Wonderling (1-20)

RUSH PRO MODS (22 Entries)

Heat 1: 1) Steve Dixon 2) Zain Harvey 3) Thomas Root 4) Nick Arnold 5) Vaughn Nystrom 6) Derek Austin 7) Brenden Root

Heat 2: 1) Tyler Oakes 2) Derek Peterson 3) Donald May Jr. 4) Brian Mohawk 5) Bryson Hill 6) John Woodward Jr.7) Ryan Sanders

Heat 3: 1) Dennis Lunger 2) Al Brewer 3) Chad Ramsey 4) Damian Bidwell 5) Tyler Sutton 6) John Cline 7) William Silvis 8. Cody Rickard

Feature: 1) Lunger 2) Dixon 3) Harvey 4) Oakes 5) Ramsey 6) Mohawk 7) Brewer 8. Bidwell 9) Warner 10) Sutton 11) Root 12) Nystrom 13) Arnold 14) Cline 15) Rickard 16) Silvis 17) May Jr. 18. Austin 19) Peterson 20) Hill 21) Woodward Jr. 22) Sanders

Lap Leaders: Harvey (1-9), Lunger (10-20)

CHALLENGERS (25 Entries)

Heat 1: 1) Nicholas Reed 2) Jess Harvey 3) Dan Martell 4) Dylan Greene 5) Cassandra Goodwill 6) Kasey Markham 7) Adam Colon

Heat 2: 1) John Mease 2) Pete Volpe 3) Craig Karns 4) Todd Hanlon 5) Chelsea Haskins 6) Hailey Moore

Heat 3: 1) Chris Horton 2) Holden Heineman 3) Phil Powell 4) Andrew Smith 5) Jordan Richard 6) Kayla York

Heat 4: 1) Rick Feeley 2) Domingo Echevarria 3) Dan Bittinger 4) Tommy LaBarbera 5) Vince Norton 6) Bill Jo Seamens

Feature: 1) Horton 2) Heineman 3) Powell 4) Echevarria 5) J. Harvey 6) Karns 7) Smith 8. LaBarbera 9) Martell 10) Mease 11) Norton 12) Haskins 13) Colon 14) York 15) Richard 16) Moore 17) Greene 18. Goodwill 19) Markham 20) Feeley 21) Hanlon 22) Bittinger 23) Reed 24) Volpe 25) Seamans

Lap Leaders: Heineman (1,2), Horton (3-12)