Race Results From Coast to Coast
Austin Wood races to initial Sprint Car victory at Placerville Speedway
By Gary Thomas
Placerville, CA…Fourteen-year-old Micro graduate Austin Wood has been nothing short of impressive during his rookie campaign at Placerville Speedway. After showing consistency all season, the Sacramento driver was able to park it in victory lane for the first time in his young Sprint Car career on Saturday night.
Sharing victory lane on Anrak Night at the Races were Cade Lewis with the USAC/BCRA Midgets, Jake Morgan with the BCRA Lightning Sprints and Nick Baldwin with the Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks.
The 25-lap Thompson’s Family of Dealerships Winged 360 Sprint Car main event started off a little ragged, but once things got going, it was Austin Wood setting the pace over Ashton Torgerson. A multi-car incident on lap six then saw Torgerson get caught up in it, forcing him to the rear of the field.
Numerous slowdowns were seen in the feature, but Wood hit his marks on each restart. Suisun City youngster Chance Grasty gave chase after the leader and looked very strong all night long. Grasty had to fend off several challenges from Lincoln’s Tanner Carrick as the race wound down as well.
With a couple circuits remaining Grasty closed fast on Wood and made it a battle for the lead. The final lap saw the duo race nose to tail down to the checkered flag, which saw Wood edge out Grasty to claim the big win.
Carrick crossed the stripe in third, followed by point leader Andy Forsberg and 17th starter Tony Gomes, who was the Hard Charger after winning the B-main. Rounding out the top-10 were Bubba Decaires, Dustin Freitas, Camden Robustelli, Izaak Sharp and Jake Haulot.
The USAC Western States/ BCRA Midget 30-lap main event began with TJ Smith jumping out to the early lead. Tanner Carrick was doing double duty in both the Midget and Sprint Car on Saturday, and quickly found the high side to his liking.
Current USAC point leader Cade Lewis slow rolled the bottom to perfection however, as he sliced his way into the top-spot on lap eight. After that it was all Lewis up front who cruised to the Ron Stahl checkered flag ahead of Carrick, Smith, Brandon Wiley and Drake Edwards.
Fair Oaks racer Jake Morgan made a start with the BCRA Lightning Sprints on Saturday and drove to victory during their annual Tracy Taylor Memorial. Hunter Kinney stalked him every step of the way but couldn’t make the pass and settled for a runner up finish. Tyler Gerdes, Matt Land and Bradley Schmidt completed the top-five.
The Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks continued their trend of providing exciting racing in the main event. Jason Poppert has shown speed at times this year and led the opening stages of the feature. Current runner up in the standings Kevin Jinkerson then carved his way by for the top-spot on lap seven.
Poppert stayed close however, as the action was hot and heavy throughout the pack. The complexion of the race changed when contact ensued between Jinkerson and Poppert while battling for the point on lap 17. Jinkerson ultimately came to a stop, while Poppert was put to the rear in a rough driving call.
Five-time track champ and point leader Nick Baldwin now found himself out front and he would lead the remainder for win number six on the season. Tyler Lightfoot, Wayne Trimble, Tommy Sturgeon and David Silva rounded out the top-five.
Placerville Speedway finishes off the Berco Redwood/ Hoosier Tire championship campaign with Coors Light Big Trophy Night this coming Saturday September 14th.
Results
Placerville Speedway
September 7, 2024
Winged Sprint Cars:
1. 2A-Austin Wood[4]; 2. 1-Chance Grasty[3]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 4. 92-Andy Forsberg[10]; 5. 7C-Tony Gomes[17]; 6. 94-Greg Decaires V[8]; 7. 9F-Dustin Freitas[1]; 8. 9T-Camden Robustelli[11]; 9. 24S-Izaak Sharp[14]; 10. 7H-Jake Haulot[6]; 11. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[18]; 12. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[15]; 13. 02-Ashton Torgerson[2]; 14. 25S-Seth Standley[12]; 15. 97-Blaine Craft[20]; 16. 21-Shane Hopkins[13]; 17. 14W-Jodie Robinson[7]; 18. 9L-Luke Hayes[9]; 19. (DNF) 17-Anthony Snow[16]; 20. (DNF) 34-Dakota Albright[19]
USAC/BCRA Midgets:
1. 101-Cade Lewis[5]; 2. 32X-Tanner Carrick[6]; 3. 68-TJ Smith[1]; 4. 00-Brandon Wiley[9]; 5. 3P-Drake Edwards[2]; 6. 7-Shannon McQueen[3]; 7. 14-Bryant Bell[12]; 8. 20-CJ Sarna[10]; 9. 65-Ben Covich[11]; 10. 20J-Dale Johnson[13]; 11. 39T-Troy DeGaton[14]; 12. 50-Dane Culver[8]; 13. 18-Floyd Alvis[15]; 14. 32-Caden Sarale[7]; 15. 78-Ron Hazelton[16]; 16. (DNF) 4-Jett Yantis[4]
BCRA Lightning Sprints:
1. 21-Jake Morgan[1]; 2. 3F-Hunter Kinney[5]; 3. 27-Tyler Gerdes[2]; 4. 91-Matt Land[6]; 5. 00-Bradley Schmidt[3]; 6. 47-Greg Dennett[4]; 7. 1-Kennedy Ramirez[7]; 8. 12-Kindal Barstow[8]; 9. (DNF) 22-Jason Schostag[9]
Pure Stocks:
1. 17-Nick Baldwin[8]; 2. 23-Tyler Lightfoot[7]; 3. 86-Wayne Trimble[6]; 4. 16-Tommy Sturgeon[9]; 5. X86-David Silvia[4]; 6. 30-Kevin Jinkerson[2]; 7. 87-Jason Poppert[1]; 8. 12J-Jason Ramos[12]; 9. 22K-Jason Palmer[10]; 10. 36-Jared Gavard[11]; 11. 93-Mel Byers[13]; 12. 83-Ryan Peter[5]; 13. 27B-Arnita Bradshaw[14]; 14. 46-Roy Fulmer[3]
Sherrell wins USL thriller at Caney Valley Speedway
By John Rittenoure (SNP Photo)
CANEY, Kans. (September 7, 2024) - Saturday nights Ortco, Inc. United Spring
League presented by Same Day Auto Repair main event at Caney Valley Speedway was
a thriller from start to finish. Especially the finish.
Matt Sherrell passed leader Andrew Deal coming to the white flag then held
him off on the final circuit around the Caney quarter-mile oval for a
hard-fought victory driving the Paul Johnson 5X.
Sherrell, who just a week earlier drove from 13th to finish a very close
second to Tyler Edwards in the ironman 55 at Creek County Speedway, charged from
8th starting position and was in a three car battle for the lead after just six
laps.
After Ty Hulsey took the initial lead from the pole defending series champion
Johnny Kent wheeled into the top spot after a lap 2 caution and Deal was right
behind a lap later. Kent kept the field in check until Deal found his way around
him on lap 12. With Deal out front Kent quickly found himself in a battle with
Sherrell for second. The two battled wheel-to-wheel and Sherrell managed to grab
second on lap 20 only to fall back to third on lap 22. On lap 25 Sherrell again
passed Kent and stayed there. Sherrell reeled in Deal as the laps wound down
passing him at the end of lap 29. Sherrell then held off Deal on the final
circuit.
Deal was just 0.428 seconds behind at the finish with Kent settling for
third. Series points leader Tim Kent held on to fourth and Danny Smith came from
ninth to finish fifth.
The victory moved Sherrell to third in points behind Tim and Johnny Kent.
Justin Patocka won the Speed Stix Shocks first heat, Jimmy Forrester picked
up the Kent Fireworks second heat win, and Johnny Kent topped the Morton
Excavating third heat.
United Sprint League
Caney Valley Speedway - Caney, Kansas
September 7, 2024
Ortco Inc A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 5X-Matt Sherrell[8]; 2. 15D-Andrew Deal[5];
3. 55-Johnny Kent[3]; 4. 79-Tim Kent[10]; 5. 5$-Danny Smith[9]; 6. 5K-Tyler
Edwards[6]; 7. 24H-Ty Hulsey[1]; 8. 20H-Noah Harris[11]; 9. 8R-Ryker Pace[12];
10. 23A-Brett Wilson[13]; 11. 17-Wout Hoffmans[7]; 12. 50-Cody Whitworth[15];
13. 24C-Craig Carroll[17]; 14. 9$-Kyle Clark[22]; 15. 24R-Kyle Roller[18]; 16.
99J-Cooper Sullivan[19]; 17. 33-Justin Patocka[2]; 18. 97-Kevin Cummings[14];
19. (DNF) 5B-Brock Cottrell[21]; 20. (DNF) 38-Jimmy Forrester[4]; 21. (DNF)
9-Cooper Cottrell[16]; 22. (DNS) 42-Grady Mercer
Speed Stix Shocks Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Justin Patocka[1]; 2. 5K-Tyler
Edwards[8]; 3. 17-Wout Hoffmans[5]; 4. 5$-Danny Smith[7]; 5. 97-Kevin
Cummings[6]; 6. (DNF) 42-Grady Mercer[3]; 7. (DNF) 5B-Brock Cottrell[2]; 8.
(DNF) 9$-Kyle Clark[4]
Kent Fireworks Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Jimmy Forrester[2]; 2. 15D-Andrew
Deal[6]; 3. 79-Tim Kent[4]; 4. 20H-Noah Harris[5]; 5. 8R-Ryker Pace[7]; 6.
24C-Craig Carroll[1]; 7. 99J-Cooper Sullivan[3]
Morton Excavating Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Johnny Kent[2]; 2. 24H-Ty Hulsey[3];
3. 5X-Matt Sherrell[5]; 4. 50-Cody Whitworth[1]; 5. 23A-Brett Wilson[7]; 6.
9-Cooper Cottrell[6]; 7. 24R-Kyle Roller[4]
Lap Leaders: 1 Ty Hulsey, 2-11 Johnny Kent, 12-28 Andrew Deal, 29-30 Matt Sherrill.
Margin of Victory: 0.428.
2024 Feature Winners: 3/30 - Rees Moran - Red Dirt Raceway; 4//13 - Rees
Moran - Creek County Speedway; 6/7 - Wout Hoffmans - Tulsa Speedway; 6/8 - Ty
Hulsey, Creek County Speedway; 8/3 - Johnny Kent, Creek County Speedway; 9/1 -
Tyler Edwards, Creek County Speedway; 9/7 - Matt Sherrell, Caney Valley
Speedway.
2024 Top 10: 1. Tim Kent 1011; 2. Johnny Kent 992; 3. Matt Sherrell 934; 4. Brock Cottrell 914; 5. Jimmy Forrester 910; 6. Ty Hulsey 877; 7. Cody Whitworth 866; 8. Justin Patocka, 862; 9. Brett Wilson 857; 10. Noah Harris 810.
About United Sprint League
Owned by Michael Tyre, the USL sanctions 360 two-barrel / 305 non-wing sprint
car events throughout Oklahoma and surrounding states with goals of supporting
sponsors and providing fans the the opportunity to enjoy the excitement of
non-wing sprint car racing.
Website: https://www.myracepass.com/series/1794.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedSprintLeague.
About Ortco Inc.
Ortco Inc. manufactures qualify oilfield parts from American made bar and
shaped steel on computerized CNC machinery. Products are then Heat Treated,
coated for rust prevention, and warehoused for shipments across the globe. Ortco
also utilizes high quality investment castings for safety clamps and various
tongs.
Website: http://OrtcoInc.com.
United Sprint League Marketing Partners
Ortco, Inc., Same Day Auto Repair, Speed Stix Shocks, D&G Contracting, DFR Discount Tire, Passing Points Podcast, Kent Fireworks, Hoss Media.
Austin Wood races to initial Sprint Car victory at Placerville Speedway
By Gary Thomas
Placerville, CA…Fourteen-year-old Micro graduate Austin Wood has been nothing short of impressive during his rookie campaign at Placerville Speedway. After showing consistency all season, the Sacramento driver was able to park it in victory lane for the first time in his young Sprint Car career on Saturday night.
Sharing victory lane on Anrak Night at the Races were Cade Lewis with the USAC/BCRA Midgets, Jake Morgan with the BCRA Lightning Sprints and Nick Baldwin with the Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks.
The 25-lap Thompson’s Family of Dealerships Winged 360 Sprint Car main event started off a little ragged, but once things got going, it was Austin Wood setting the pace over Ashton Torgerson. A multi-car incident on lap six then saw Torgerson get caught up in it, forcing him to the rear of the field.
Numerous slowdowns were seen in the feature, but Wood hit his marks on each restart. Suisun City youngster Chance Grasty gave chase after the leader and looked very strong all night long. Grasty had to fend off several challenges from Lincoln’s Tanner Carrick as the race wound down as well.
With a couple circuits remaining Grasty closed fast on Wood and made it a battle for the lead. The final lap saw the duo race nose to tail down to the checkered flag, which saw Wood edge out Grasty to claim the big win.
Carrick crossed the stripe in third, followed by point leader Andy Forsberg and 17th starter Tony Gomes, who was the Hard Charger after winning the B-main. Rounding out the top-10 were Bubba Decaires, Dustin Freitas, Camden Robustelli, Izaak Sharp and Jake Haulot.
The USAC Western States/ BCRA Midget 30-lap main event began with TJ Smith jumping out to the early lead. Tanner Carrick was doing double duty in both the Midget and Sprint Car on Saturday, and quickly found the high side to his liking.
Current USAC point leader Cade Lewis slow rolled the bottom to perfection however, as he sliced his way into the top-spot on lap eight. After that it was all Lewis up front who cruised to the Ron Stahl checkered flag ahead of Carrick, Smith, Brandon Wiley and Drake Edwards.
Fair Oaks racer Jake Morgan made a start with the BCRA Lightning Sprints on Saturday and drove to victory during their annual Tracy Taylor Memorial. Hunter Kinney stalked him every step of the way but couldn’t make the pass and settled for a runner up finish. Tyler Gerdes, Matt Land and Bradley Schmidt completed the top-five.
The Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks continued their trend of providing exciting racing in the main event. Jason Poppert has shown speed at times this year and led the opening stages of the feature. Current runner up in the standings Kevin Jinkerson then carved his way by for the top-spot on lap seven.
Poppert stayed close however, as the action was hot and heavy throughout the pack. The complexion of the race changed when contact ensued between Jinkerson and Poppert while battling for the point on lap 17. Jinkerson ultimately came to a stop, while Poppert was put to the rear in a rough driving call.
Five-time track champ and point leader Nick Baldwin now found himself out front and he would lead the remainder for win number six on the season. Tyler Lightfoot, Wayne Trimble, Tommy Sturgeon and David Silva rounded out the top-five.
Placerville Speedway finishes off the Berco Redwood/ Hoosier Tire championship campaign with Coors Light Big Trophy Night this coming Saturday September 14th.
Results
Placerville Speedway
September 7, 2024
Winged Sprint Cars:
1. 2A-Austin Wood[4]; 2. 1-Chance Grasty[3]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 4. 92-Andy Forsberg[10]; 5. 7C-Tony Gomes[17]; 6. 94-Greg Decaires V[8]; 7. 9F-Dustin Freitas[1]; 8. 9T-Camden Robustelli[11]; 9. 24S-Izaak Sharp[14]; 10. 7H-Jake Haulot[6]; 11. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[18]; 12. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[15]; 13. 02-Ashton Torgerson[2]; 14. 25S-Seth Standley[12]; 15. 97-Blaine Craft[20]; 16. 21-Shane Hopkins[13]; 17. 14W-Jodie Robinson[7]; 18. 9L-Luke Hayes[9]; 19. (DNF) 17-Anthony Snow[16]; 20. (DNF) 34-Dakota Albright[19]
USAC/BCRA Midgets:
1. 101-Cade Lewis[5]; 2. 32X-Tanner Carrick[6]; 3. 68-TJ Smith[1]; 4. 00-Brandon Wiley[9]; 5. 3P-Drake Edwards[2]; 6. 7-Shannon McQueen[3]; 7. 14-Bryant Bell[12]; 8. 20-CJ Sarna[10]; 9. 65-Ben Covich[11]; 10. 20J-Dale Johnson[13]; 11. 39T-Troy DeGaton[14]; 12. 50-Dane Culver[8]; 13. 18-Floyd Alvis[15]; 14. 32-Caden Sarale[7]; 15. 78-Ron Hazelton[16]; 16. (DNF) 4-Jett Yantis[4]
BCRA Lightning Sprints:
1. 21-Jake Morgan[1]; 2. 3F-Hunter Kinney[5]; 3. 27-Tyler Gerdes[2]; 4. 91-Matt Land[6]; 5. 00-Bradley Schmidt[3]; 6. 47-Greg Dennett[4]; 7. 1-Kennedy Ramirez[7]; 8. 12-Kindal Barstow[8]; 9. (DNF) 22-Jason Schostag[9]
Pure Stocks:
1. 17-Nick Baldwin[8]; 2. 23-Tyler Lightfoot[7]; 3. 86-Wayne Trimble[6]; 4. 16-Tommy Sturgeon[9]; 5. X86-David Silvia[4]; 6. 30-Kevin Jinkerson[2]; 7. 87-Jason Poppert[1]; 8. 12J-Jason Ramos[12]; 9. 22K-Jason Palmer[10]; 10. 36-Jared Gavard[11]; 11. 93-Mel Byers[13]; 12. 83-Ryan Peter[5]; 13. 27B-Arnita Bradshaw[14]; 14. 46-Roy Fulmer[3]
Jordan Thomas Gets Redemption at Weedsport
By Curtis Berleue (Weedsport, NY) | After a heartbreaking mistake while leading on the last lap the last time the Empire Super Sprints were in town back in July, Jordan Thomas was hungry for redemption as the tour returned for the finale of the ‘Cavalcade Cup’. And get redemption he did, as he led the final 15 laps en-route to a $2,000 victory.
Logan Crisafulli and Scott Kreuter would lead the field to the green flag, with Crisafulli taking the early lead down the backstretch. Kreutter followed in second, but Jordan Thomas slipped by him before the flag stand to take over the runner-up spot.
With 5 laps complete, the lead duo of Crisafulli and Thomas had opened a significant gap over the rest of the field. Joe Trenca was solidly in third, with Kreutter and Matt Tanner racing for the fourth position.
As Crisafulli worked his way through lap traffic on lap 10, Thomas used that to his advantage and was able to pull right to the tail tank of the #36. Switching his line from high to low, Thomas slid Crisafulli going into turn 3, and exited turn 4 with the lead, leading lap 12.
Working the high side of the speedway, Thomas was able to masterfully work lap traffic and extend his lead over Crisafulli. Behind Crisafulli, Larry Wight had climbed to fourth and was trying everything he could to get by the #98 of Trenca. On lap 20, Wight slid Trenca in turns 3 and 4, but Trenca was able to cross him over and defend third for the time being.
With a clear track ahead of him, Thomas crossed under the checkers first, earning his first victory of the season.
“The car was really good, it was a really technical track tonight,” said Thomas. “It really slicked up compared to what we had in the July race.”
“It feels good to get the win, we’ve got a big week of us headed into Ohsweken, a lot of money on the line and we run pretty good up there, hopefully we can bring home some money.”
Logan Crisafulli continued the momentum he has built over the second half of the season and racked up another podium finish, coming in second behind Thomas.
“I was kind of hoping lap traffic would help me a little bit there,” said Crisafulli. “He had a fast car all night though, so I’m just glad to be up here. This car has been awesome lately, hats off to my team.”
At the line, Larry Wight slipped by Joe Trenca to round out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium.
“I just needed a caution to regroup everyone,” said Wight. “I think we definitely had a second-place car, I couldn’t see the 79 to see where he was, I figure he was probably ripping the lip though.”
“This is the second race on this car, and it hasn’t finished off the podium yet so we’re happy with it.”
With 30 cars in the pits for the final night of the Cavalcade Cup weekend, the field was split into three timed hot lap groups. Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards went to Jordan Poirier, Kelsey Ivy and Matt Tanner. E&V Energy heat race wins went to Larry Wight, Chris Hile and Matt Tanner, while the Kinney’s Kar Kare Dash was won by Chase Moran. Davie Franek won the Lacaillade Masonry B-Main.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is the Northern Sprint Car Nationals at the Ohsweken Speedway for a non-points event. The tour’s next full points event will be on Friday September 20 at the Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, NY for the $4,000 to win Outlaw Fall Nationals.
For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), X (formerly Twitter - @ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Saturday, September 14 – Ohsweken Speedway – Ohsweken, ONT ($30,000 to Win NSCN – no points)
Friday, September 20 – Outlaw Speedway - Dundee, NY ($4,000 to Win Outlaw Fall Nationals)
Friday, October 4 – Fulton Speedway – Fulton, NY ($2,000 to Win Outlaw 200 Weekend)
Full Results:
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. #79-Jordan Thomas[4]; 2. 36-Logan Crisafulli[1]; 3. #99L-Larry Wight[8]; 4. 98-Joe Trenca[3]; 5. 90-Matt Tanner[6]; 6. 28-Jordan Poirier[5]; 7. 01-Danny Varin[7]; 8. 5H-Chris Hile[9]; 9. 87-Jason Barney[10]; 10. 22-Jonathan Preston[14]; 11. #52-Scott Kreutter[2]; 12. #41-Dalton Rombough[16]; 13. 4P-Chase Moran[13]; 14. #7NY-Matt Farnham[11]; 15. 3A-Jeff Trombley[15]; 16. 28F-Davie Franek[19]; 17. 10-Kelly Hebing[20]; 18. 8-Dillon Paddock[21]; 19. 2-Dave Axton[18]; 20. 13T-Trevor Years[22]; 21. 13E-Evan Reynolds[23]; 22. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[17]; 23. 38-Zach Sobotka[24]; 24. 53-Shawn Donath[12]
Lacaillade Masonry B-Main: 1. 28F-Davie Franek[3]; 2. 10-Kelly Hebing[1]; 3. 8-Dillon Paddock[2]; 4. 13T-Trevor Years[6]; 5. 13E-Evan Reynolds[5]; 6. 38-Zach Sobotka[4]; 7. X-Dan Bennett[8]; 8. 18-Timmy Lotz[11]; 9. 17E-Ethan Gray[12]; 10. #25G-Tyler Graves[10]; 11. 23-Eric Cartier[7]; 12. (DNS) 66-Jordan Hutton
Cobra Coaches Dash: 1. 4P-Chase Moran[1]; 2. 22-Jonathan Preston[3]; 3. 3A-Jeff Trombley[5]; 4. #41-Dalton Rombough[6]; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[2]; 6. 2-Dave Axton[4]
E&V Energy Heat 1: 1. #99L-Larry Wight[2]; 2. 28-Jordan Poirier[1]; 3. #52-Scott Kreutter[5]; 4. 36-Logan Crisafulli[4]; 5. 4P-Chase Moran[8]; 6. 2-Dave Axton[7]; 7. 10-Kelly Hebing[6]; 8. 38-Zach Sobotka[10]; 9. 23-Eric Cartier[9]; 10. #25G-Tyler Graves[3]
E&V Energy Heat 2: 1. 5H-Chris Hile[3]; 2. #79-Jordan Thomas[4]; 3. #7NY-Matt Farnham[2]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[5]; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[1]; 6. 3A-Jeff Trombley[7]; 7. 8-Dillon Paddock[6]; 8. 13E-Evan Reynolds[10]; 9. X-Dan Bennett[8]; 10. 18-Timmy Lotz[9]
E&V Energy Heat 3: 1. 90-Matt Tanner[1]; 2. 98-Joe Trenca[3]; 3. 87-Jason Barney[2]; 4. 01-Danny Varin[4]; 5. 22-Jonathan Preston[5]; 6. #41-Dalton Rombough[7]; 7. 28F-Davie Franek[6]; 8. 13T-Trevor Years[8]; 9. 66-Jordan Hutton[9]; 10. 17E-Ethan Gray[10]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #28-Jordan Poirier; #20I-Kelsey Ivy; #90-Matt Tanner
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #99L-Larry Wight; #5H-Chris Hile; #90-Matt Tanner
Cobra Coaches / Kinney’s Kar Kare Dash Winner ($125): #4p-Chase Moran
Lacaillade Masonry B Main Winner ($50): #28F-Davie Franek
PJC Spray Foam First Non-Qualifier ($50): #X-Dan Bennett
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #36-Logan Crisafulli
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #99L-Larry Wight (+5)
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #38-Zach Sobotka
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #52-Scott Kreutter
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #79-Jordan Thomas; #36-Logan Crisafulli; #99L-Larry Wight
Cap Henry claims Fremont 410 win, wraps up 3rd AFCS title; Weaver earns 3rd 305 win with Jamie Miller earning AFCS title; Valenti scores 5th truck win
Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio – Coming into the championship night, Saturday, Sept. 7 at Fremont Speedway Presented by Gill Construction for the 410 sprints All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series (AFCS) Presented by the Baumann Auto Group Cale Thomas held a slim 33 point lead over defending series champion Cap Henry. All Henry could do was win on Baumann Auto Group Night and hope for Thomas to finish out of the top 10 if he stood a chance at claiming his third AFCS title. Henry led all 30-laps Saturday to score his second win of the year at “The Track That Action Built,” while Thomas finished 12th .
It is the second straight AFCS title for Henry, the 2023 Fremont Speedway track champion, and his 20th career win at Fremont. It is the Bellevue, Ohio driver’s 7th overall victory of 2024.
Current Fremont Speedway point leader Kalib Henry finished second with Nate Dussel, Zane DeVault and DJ Foos rounding out the top five in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint A-main.
“Everybody did their part on this team. That thing was just plain fast. I knew I was picking through the traffic good…I read that infield scoreboard more than I ever have in my whole career to see if my lead was building or losing. Zack (Myers, crew chief) kept telling me everything I was doing was right but I couldn’t have botched that last restart any worse if I tried. I’m just so proud of this whole team. It hasn’t been a great year compared to how we did it last year. It was a long shot to get this championship and to pull that off it says so much about everyone involved,” said Henry beside his Premier Planning Service, Jeff Ward Demolition, Ohio Logistics, Primal Tee Shop, Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts, FK Rod Ends, Griff’s Engines backed #33W.
Fremont, Ohio’s Paul Weaver and Vermilion, Ohio’s Tyler Shullick put on a whale of a battle for the win in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint A-main. Shullick lead laps 1-4 with Weaver taking over for laps five and six. Shullick regained the lead on lap seven only to see Weaver take it back a lap later and lead to lap 19. The pair raced side by side over that 12 lap battle. Shullick lead lap 20 and Weaver inched back ahead a lap later and held on for his third win of 2024 at Fremont with Dustin Stroup, Jamie Miller and Dustin Dinan rounding out the top five.
The victory is Weaver’s fourth overall victory of 2024 and the 81st of his career at Fremont to sit atop the track’s all-time win list.
“The last month it’s been nice going back to kind of normal. We struggled early this year and finally got some things figured out. I hated showing up wondering what’s going to happen next,” said Weaver beside his Steve Brown’s B&B Drain Service, Hampshire Racing Engines, M&L Excavating backed #1W.
Miller just had to make the feature to wrap up his second NAPA of Bryan AFCS Presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales 305 sprint title, topping Weaver’s four consecutive years of winning the series title.
“We’ve had a very solid year…been pounding away at it getting solid finishes and hoping we can keep going and get the championship here,” said Miller who has nine 305 sprint wins in 2024, three dirt truck victories and a non-wing sprint win this season.
Jamie Miller led the first three laps of the 20-lap Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck feature before Shawn Valenti took over. Valenti and Steve Miller ran door to door for seven straight laps before Miller suffered engine woes with two laps to go. Valenti drove away for his fifth win of the season over Jamie Miller, Dave Golembiewski, Keith Sorg and Ron Miller rounding out the top five.
The victory is the 79th career win for Valenti at Fremont Speedway, putting him second, just two behind Weaver on the All-time win list.
“We got into a pretty good rhythm there before that caution with five laps to go and I wasn’t sure how hard to push it those last couple of laps and he (Steve Miller) woke me up and got me to sit back up in the seat,” said Valenti beside his Craig Miller Trucking, Conrad Transportation, Dave Story Equipment, A Plus Auto Center, Concrete Material Supply, S&S Hauling and Excavating backed #7B.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Friday and Saturday, Sept. 13 and 14 for the Jim Ford Classic, the richest event in the history of the track. Friday features a complete program of the Ti-22 Performance Fast on Dirt 410 Sprints, the rest of the series’ feature that was cut short due to rain in June along with double features for the dirt trucks. Saturday will feature a $20,000 to win 410 sprint A-main along with double features for the 305 sprints.
All events at Fremont Speedway Presented by Gill Construction in 2024 will be streamed on DirtVision. Keep up to date with Fremont Speedway by going to www.fremontohspeedway.com or on Facebook at www.facebook/FremontSpeedway or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FremontSpeedway or follow on My Race Pass at www.myracepass.com
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About the Baumann Auto Group – www.baumannautogroup.com
In an era of continuous change, the Baumann Auto Group is celebrating nearly 70 years of successfully serving the community. Buck Baumann is proud to continue his father Al’s vision with the same tradition of trust and family atmosphere in the dealerships that are in Fremont, Tiffin, Port Clinton, Oregon and Genoa. Baumann Won’t Be Beat is more than a slogan, we don't compromise honesty and ethics, we proudly employ high quality people and we care about our loyal customers.
The Baumann Auto Group has an exceptional sales and service team. So not only can you purchase your new vehicle from Baumann's, but they will keep it running smoothly with continued service maintenance. If you should have an unfortunate accident, Baumann’s body shop is a well-known "direct repair" facility for numerous insurance companies, performing collision repairs on all makes and models.
Fremont Speedway
Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024
410 sprints – Fort Ball Pizza Palace
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 33W-Cap Henry[1]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry[4]; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[3]; 4. 4-Zane DeVault[13]; 5. 16-DJ Foos[2]; 6. 01-Bryan Sebetto[5]; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker[8]; 8. 15C-Chris Andrews[7]; 9. 70-Henry Malcuit[6]; 10. 9-Trey Jacobs[14]; 11. 5-Kody Brewer[22]; 12. 23-Cale Thomas[11]; 13. 29-Zeth Sabo[21]; 14. 14-Sean Rayhall[17]; 15. 12-Luke Griffith[9]; 16. 19-TJ Michael[12]; 17. 2+-Brian Smith[15]; 18. 81-Lee Jacobs[20]; 19. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[16]; 20. 25R-Jordan Ryan[19]; 21. X-Mike Keegan[18]; 22. 38-Leyton Wagner[10]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[1]; 2. 14-Sean Rayhall[7]; 3. X-Mike Keegan[6]; 4. 25R-Jordan Ryan[2]; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs[4]; 6. 29-Zeth Sabo[5]; 7. 5-Kody Brewer[8]; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[3]; 9. 29S-Tyler Street[10]; 10. 7M-Brandon Moore[9]; 11. 22M-Dan McCarron[14]; 12. 3V-Chris Verda[13]; 13. 26W-Cody White[11]; 14. 98-Robert Robenalt[15]; 15. 5T-Travis Philo[12]; 16. (DNS) 32-Bryce Lucius
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Bryan Sebetto[1]; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3]; 3. 70-Henry Malcuit[2]; 4. 38-Leyton Wagner[4]; 5. 4-Zane DeVault[5]; 6. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[6]; 7. X-Mike Keegan[7]; 8. 5-Kody Brewer[10]; 9. 29S-Tyler Street[8]; 10. 3V-Chris Verda[11]; 11. 32-Bryce Lucius[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15C-Chris Andrews[2]; 2. 1-Nate Dussel[1]; 3. 33W-Cap Henry[4]; 4. 23-Cale Thomas[6]; 5. 9-Trey Jacobs[3]; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs[7]; 7. 25R-Jordan Ryan[5]; 8. 7M-Brandon Moore[9]; 9. 26W-Cody White[8]; 10. 22M-Dan McCarron[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 101-Kalib Henry[2]; 2. 16-DJ Foos[3]; 3. 12-Luke Griffith[6]; 4. 19-TJ Michael[1]; 5. 2+-Brian Smith[8]; 6. 29-Zeth Sabo[7]; 7. 14-Sean Rayhall[9]; 8. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[4]; 9. 5T-Travis Philo[5]; 10. 98-Robert Robenalt[10]
Qualifying 1: 1. 38-Leyton Wagner, 00:12.574[2]; 2. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:12.607[1]; 3. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:12.969[6]; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:13.009[7]; 5. 9-Trey Jacobs, 00:13.014[26]; 6. 16-DJ Foos, 00:13.031[17]; 7. 70-Henry Malcuit, 00:13.062[5]; 8. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:13.065[21]; 9. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:13.080[12]; 10. 01-Bryan Sebetto, 00:13.129[19]; 11. 1-Nate Dussel, 00:13.146[8]; 12. 19-TJ Michael, 00:13.171[15]; 13. 4-Zane DeVault, 00:13.183[13]; 14. 25R-Jordan Ryan, 00:13.237[16]; 15. 5T-Travis Philo, 00:13.276[25]; 16. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:13.281[20]; 17. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:13.291[29]; 18. 12-Luke Griffith, 00:13.305[4]; 19. X-Mike Keegan, 00:13.323[30]; 20. 81-Lee Jacobs, 00:13.336[14]; 21. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:13.341[18]; 22. 29S-Tyler Street, 00:13.357[23]; 23. 26W-Cody White, 00:13.426[10]; 24. 2+-Brian Smith, 00:13.448[27]; 25. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:13.463[28]; 26. 7M-Brandon Moore, 00:13.491[9]; 27. 14-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.517[24]; 28. 5-Kody Brewer, 00:13.517[31]; 29. 22M-Dan McCarron, 00:13.591[22]; 30. 98-Robert Robenalt, 00:14.308[11]; 31. 3V-Chris Verda, 00:16.294[3]
305 Sprints – Fremont Federal Credit Union
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 1W-Paul Weaver[3]; 2. 61-Tyler Shullick[1]; 3. 12X-Dustin Stroup[6]; 4. 26M-Jamie Miller[5]; 5. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[2]; 6. 39M-DJ Foos[14]; 7. 6W-Chad Wilson[4]; 8. 26-Lee Sommers[9]; 9. 36-Seth Schneider[10]; 10. 8K-Zack Kramer[8]; 11. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[16]; 12. 2-Brendan Torok[21]; 13. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[11]; 14. 3X-Blayne Keckler[20]; 15. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[18]; 16. 19R-Steve Rando[17]; 17. 78-Austin Black[15]; 18. 34-Judson (Jud) Dickerson[12]; 19. 12-Dylan Watson[7]; 20. 3M-Logan Mongeau[22]; 21. 36JR-JJ Henes[19]; 22. 0-Bradley Bateson[13]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 19R-Steve Rando[2]; 2. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[4]; 3. 36JR-JJ Henes[3]; 4. 3X-Blayne Keckler[1]; 5. 2-Brendan Torok[11]; 6. 3M-Logan Mongeau[5]; 7. X15-Kasey Ziebold[6]; 8. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr[7]; 9. 1S-James Saam[9]; 10. 11-Brayden Harrison[8]; 11. 18R-Brian Razum[10]; 12. 27D-Steven Dolphin[12]; 13. 11TS-Tate Schiets[14]; 14. (DNS) 85-Dustin Feller
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 26M-Jamie Miller[4]; 2. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[2]; 3. 26-Lee Sommers[1]; 4. 0-Bradley Bateson[7]; 5. 36JR-JJ Henes[6]; 6. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr[8]; 7. 2-Brendan Torok[3]; 8. 49I-John Ivy[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12X-Dustin Stroup[3]; 2. 12-Dylan Watson[1]; 3. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[6]; 4. 78-Austin Black[5]; 5. 3M-Logan Mongeau[7]; 6. 1S-James Saam[8]; 7. 3X-Blayne Keckler[4]; 8. (DNS) 51M-Haldon Miller
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 6W-Chad Wilson[2]; 2. 8K-Zack Kramer[1]; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[3]; 4. 39M-DJ Foos[4]; 5. 19R-Steve Rando[5]; 6. X15-Kasey Ziebold[6]; 7. 18R-Brian Razum[8]; 8. 85-Dustin Feller[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 61-Tyler Shullick[2]; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[3]; 3. 34-Judson (Jud) Dickerson[1]; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[5]; 5. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[6]; 6. 11-Brayden Harrison[4]; 7. 27D-Steven Dolphin[7]; 8. 11TS-Tate Schiets[8]
Qualifying 1: 1. 26M-Jamie Miller, 00:13.831[16]; 2. 3X-Blayne Keckler, 00:13.854[8]; 3. 2-Brendan Torok, 00:13.942[3]; 4. 12X-Dustin Stroup, 00:14.027[5]; 5. 5DD-Dustin Dinan, 00:14.055[9]; 6. 51M-Haldon Miller, 00:14.167[11]; 7. 26-Lee Sommers, 00:14.233[2]; 8. 12-Dylan Watson, 00:14.250[4]; 9. 49I-John Ivy, 00:14.361[7]; 10. 78-Austin Black, 00:14.431[13]; 11. 36JR-JJ Henes, 00:14.444[15]; 12. 10TS-Tyler Schiets, 00:14.496[10]; 13. 0-Bradley Bateson, 00:14.603[1]; 14. 3M-Logan Mongeau, 00:14.703[14]; 15. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr, 00:14.875[12]; 16. 1S-James Saam, 00:15.103[6]
Qualifying 2: 1. 39M-DJ Foos, 00:14.060[14]; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver, 00:14.067[11]; 3. 36-Seth Schneider, 00:14.091[10]; 4. 61-Tyler Shullick, 00:14.112[12]; 5. 6W-Chad Wilson, 00:14.132[8]; 6. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath, 00:14.178[1]; 7. 8K-Zack Kramer, 00:14.245[7]; 8. 34-Judson (Jud) Dickerson, 00:14.318[2]; 9. 19R-Steve Rando, 00:14.336[15]; 10. 11-Brayden Harrison, 00:14.407[16]; 11. X15-Kasey Ziebold, 00:14.434[13]; 12. 2S-Jackson Sebetto, 00:14.666[9]; 13. 85-Dustin Feller, 00:14.706[3]; 14. 27D-Steven Dolphin, 00:14.853[6]; 15. 18R-Brian Razum, 00:15.089[5]; 16. 11TS-Tate Schiets, 00:15.089[4]
Dirt Trucks – Burmeister Trophy
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[6]; 2. 4M-Jamie Miller[2]; 3. P51-Dave Golembiewski[11]; 4. 8-Keith Sorg[5]; 5. 35-Ron Miller[7]; 6. 99H-Art Howey Jr[3]; 7. 34-Todd Warnick[10]; 8. 8S-Brandon Stukey[18]; 9. 99-Eric Potridge[9]; 10. 20-Caleb Shearn[8]; 11. 1M-Scott Milligan[1]; 12. 99PJ-Keith Whaley[19]; 13. 51-Dave Bankey[15]; 14. 9S-Tony Parker[17]; 15. 95-Steve Miller[4]; 16. 8W-Allen White[12]; 17. 9-Curt Inks[14]; 18. 57MS-Mason Stull[20]; 19. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[16]; 20. (DNS) 18S-Randy Swiecicki
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[4]; 2. 4M-Jamie Miller[3]; 3. 1M-Scott Milligan[1]; 4. 34-Todd Warnick[2]; 5. 18S-Randy Swiecicki[7]; 6. 8S-Brandon Stukey[6]; 7. 99PJ-Keith Whaley[8]; 8. (DNS) 9S-Tony Parker; 9. (DNS) 8KB-Kent Brewer
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Keith Sorg[4]; 2. 35-Ron Miller[1]; 3. 99H-Art Howey Jr[2]; 4. P51-Dave Golembiewski[3]; 5. 9-Curt Inks[5]; 6. 19H-Adam Heminger[6]; 7. 57MS-Mason Stull[7]; 8. 9E-Alex Erfman[8]
Heat 3 (7 Laps): 1. 95-Steve Miller[4]; 2. 20-Caleb Shearn[1]; 3. 99-Eric Potridge[2]; 4. 8W-Allen White[7]; 5. 51-Dave Bankey[5]; 6. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[3]; 7. 26-Kyle Lagrou[6]; 8. (DNS) 10B-Adam Lance
Qualifying 1: 1. 7B-Shawn Valenti, 00:17.205[19]; 2. 8-Keith Sorg, 00:17.435[9]; 3. 95-Steve Miller, 00:17.452[7]; 4. 4M-Jamie Miller, 00:17.587[12]; 5. P51-Dave Golembiewski, 00:17.656[6]; 6. 5S-Bradley Stuckey, 00:17.665[10]; 7. 34-Todd Warnick, 00:17.736[20]; 8. 99H-Art Howey Jr, 00:17.969[21]; 9. 99-Eric Potridge, 00:18.016[25]; 10. 1M-Scott Milligan, 00:18.018[8]; 11. 35-Ron Miller, 00:18.116[22]; 12. 20-Caleb Shearn, 00:18.138[11]; 13. 9S-Tony Parker, 00:18.249[2]; 14. 9-Curt Inks, 00:18.278[17]; 15. 51-Dave Bankey, 00:18.456[16]; 16. 8S-Brandon Stukey, 00:18.501[4]; 17. 19H-Adam Heminger, 00:18.547[15]; 18. 26-Kyle Lagrou, 00:18.616[18]; 19. 18S-Randy Swiecicki, 00:18.832[23]; 20. 57MS-Mason Stull, 00:19.069[3]; 21. 8W-Allen White, 00:19.430[1]; 22. 99PJ-Keith Whaley, 00:20.327[5]; 23. 9E-Alex Erfman, 00:25.233[13]; 24. 10B-Adam Lance, 00:27.027[24]; 25. (DNS) 8KB-Kent Brewer
Crisafulli Earns First Empire Super Sprints Win at Brewerton
By Curtis Berleue (Brewerton, NY) | After a handful of strong runs in the month of August, including a podium last weekend at Autodrome Drummond, Logan Crisafulli has finally broken through to Empire Super Sprints victory lane.
After setting Rifenburg Contracting quick time in his timed hot lap group and drawing the Pinnacle Pole, Jonathan Preston led the field to the initial green flag, but it was outside pole sitter Trevor Years who would lead the first two laps.
Preston was able to get by Years to take the lead on lap three, where he would stay for the next handful of laps. Lap 9 saw Dalton Rombough inherit the lead from Preston, with 7th starting Logan Crisafulli hot on his heels in second.
After stalking Rombough for 5 laps, Crisafulli was able to sneak by him for the lead on lap 15. While perennial Brewerton favorites Larry Wight and Danny Varin were chasing Crisafulli, they weren’t able to get past the driver of the #36 and he was able to hang on for his first Empire Super Sprints victory.
“Theres not a whole lot of brown down there (on the bottom),” said Crisafulli in victory lane. “I knew it worked, so I had to try it, and it continued to work if I hit my marks.”
“I knew I could at lead come side by side with the guys behind me out of the corner, so I knew that if they were able to get by me on the high side, I could at least try something different.”
Larry Wight came from the 12th starting spot to finish second.
“I just tried to hit my marks, hit my marks,” said Wight. “The bottom was fast, but you had to hit it right. If you missed it a little bit then you’d be spinning off, but if you could keep the car straight you could use a little throttle.”
Rounding out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium was Danny Varin.
“I just think we were too good way to early,” said Varin. “Great job by them (Crisafulli), they’ve been fast the last couple of races, just ran out of time.”
With 27 cars pit side for the first of three nights of action on the Labor Day triple header weekend, the field was broken into three timed hot lap groups to start the evening. Jonathan Preston, Jordan Thomas and Sammy Reakes IV earned Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards in their respective groups, while Davie Franek, Larry Wight and Sammy Reakes IV picked up E&V Energy heat race wins. Joe Trenca won the Cobra Coaches dash, and Chris Hile picked up the victory in the Lacaillade Masonry B-Main.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is Saturday August 31st at the Fulton Speedway in Fulton, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), X (formerly Twitter - @ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Saturday, August 31 – Fulton Speedway – Fulton, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Sunday, September 1 – Utica Rome Speedway - Vernon, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Saturday, September 7 – Can-Am Speedway – LaFargeville, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Full Results:
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 36-Logan Crisafulli[7]; 2. #99L-Larry Wight[12]; 3. 01-Danny Varin[10]; 4. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[5]; 5. 5H-Chris Hile[19]; 6. 22-Jonathan Preston[1]; 7. 98-Joe Trenca[13]; 8. #41-Dalton Rombough[3]; 9. 4P-Chase Moran[17]; 10. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[11]; 11. #79-Jordan Thomas[21]; 12. 87-Jason Barney[9]; 13. 90-Matt Tanner[20]; 14. 28-Jordan Poirier[8]; 15. 53-Shawn Donath[22]; 16. 66-Jordan Hutton[23]; 17. 13E-Evan Reynolds[15]; 18. 23-Eric Cartier[18]; 19. 13T-Trevor Years[2]; 20. 63-Josh Weller[24]; 21. #25G-Tyler Graves[6]; 22. 10-Kelly Hebing[14]; 23. 28F-Davie Franek[4]; 24. 33-Lacey Hanson[25]; 25. 29-Dalton Herrick[16]
Lacaillade Masonry B-Main: 1. 5H-Chris Hile[1]; 2. 90-Matt Tanner[7]; 3. #79-Jordan Thomas[5]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[9]; 5. 66-Jordan Hutton[2]; 6. 63-Josh Weller[4]; 7. 33-Lacey Hanson[3]; 8. 19EM-Emily VanInwegen[8]; 9. X-Dan Bennett[6]
Cobra Coaches Dash: 1. 98-Joe Trenca[4]; 2. 10-Kelly Hebing[2]; 3. 13E-Evan Reynolds[1]; 4. 29-Dalton Herrick[3]; 5. 4P-Chase Moran[5]; 6. 23-Eric Cartier[6]
E&V Energy Heat 1: 1. 28F-Davie Franek[3]; 2. #41-Dalton Rombough[5]; 3. 01-Danny Varin[2]; 4. 22-Jonathan Preston[6]; 5. 13E-Evan Reynolds[1]; 6. 98-Joe Trenca[9]; 7. 5H-Chris Hile[7]; 8. 63-Josh Weller[8]; 9. 90-Matt Tanner[4]
E&V Energy Heat 2: 1. #99L-Larry Wight[5]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[1]; 3. 28-Jordan Poirier[4]; 4. 36-Logan Crisafulli[3]; 5. 10-Kelly Hebing[2]; 6. 4P-Chase Moran[8]; 7. 66-Jordan Hutton[7]; 8. #79-Jordan Thomas[6]; 9. 19EM-Emily VanInwegen[9]
E&V Energy Heat 3: 1. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[6]; 2. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[5]; 3. #25G-Tyler Graves[2]; 4. 13T-Trevor Years[3]; 5. 29-Dalton Herrick[1]; 6. 23-Eric Cartier[7]; 7. 33-Lacey Hanson[9]; 8. X-Dan Bennett[8]; 9. 53-Shawn Donath[4]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #22-Jonathan Preston; #79-Jordan Thomas; #17-Sammy Reakes IV
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #28F-Davie Franek; #99L-Larry Wight; #17-Sammy Reakes IV
Cobra Coaches Dash Winner ($125): #98-Joe Trenca
Lacaillade Masonry B Main Winner ($50): #5H-Chris Hile
PJC Spray Foam First Non-Qualifier ($50): #19E-Emily VanInwegen
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #22-Jonathan Preston
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #5H-Chris Hile (+14)
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #13T-Trevor Years
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #79-Jordan Thomas
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #36-Logan Crisafulli; #99L-Larry Wight; #01-Danny Varin
Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #90-Matt Tanner
Joe Trenca Victorious at Fulton Speedway
By Curtis Berleue (Fulton, NY) | Continuing the trend of new faces in victory lane, Joe Trenca picked up the win on Saturday night with the Empire Super Sprints at the Fulton Speedway. After riding in second for the majority of the event, he passed Johnny Smith for the lead with two laps to go to secure his first win of 2024 with the Tour.
After drawing the Pinnacle Pole Award, Johnny Smith jumped out to the early lead over outside polesitter Joe Trenca. The lead duo would remain that way for the majority of the event.
While Smith and Trenca paced the field, the show was behind them as both Jason Barney and Billy VanInwegen started mid pack and were meticulously working their way through the field.
Having started 14th, Barney had worked his way permanently into the top 10 by lap 5, and on lap 11 had begun to pick off cars lap by lap, moving into the top 5 with just 3 laps remaining.
VanInwegen was writing a similar story, having started 8th, he worked his way into fifth by lap 3 and then up to fourth on lap 13.
With just two laps to go, Trenca was able to get by Smith, who had led the entire race up until that point and lead the final laps to pick up his first victory of 2024.
“I could run the bottom, and I knew my pace was really good but the lap cars didn’t work out,” said Trenca. “We ran each other clean and we got the win.”
“He (Smith) could have shut the door on me hard there and he raced me clean. I was really good through the middle, I could use the wing to try to capitalized on that (slidejob) and we did it.”
Johnny Smith was able to hold on for the runner-up position.
“Halfway through the race we lost brakes, and I knew I was getting held up by lap traffic,” said Smith. “He (Trenca) did a phenomenal job and I knew that if we got another yellow then I was going to be out of luck – I’m really happy to come home second.”
Jason Barney rounded out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium in third.
“We have enough race car, enough crew and enough engine, the driver just doesn’t always do the right things and do his job the best that he can,” said Barney. “Last night was disappointing, we just moved forward to tonight. We felt like we learned some things, or at least did some things we know worked instead of doing things that don’t.”
The field was split into three timed hot lap groups at the beginning of the night, with Billy VanInwegen, Logan Crisafulli and Danny Varin earning Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards. E&V Energy heat races were won by Jordan Poirier, Sammy Reakes IV and Jordan Thomas. The Cobra Coaches dash went to Shawn Donath.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is Sunday September 1st at the Utica-Rome Speedway in Vernon, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), X (formerly Twitter - @ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Sunday, September 1 – Utica Rome Speedway - Vernon, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Saturday, September 7 – Can-Am Speedway – LaFargeville, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Sunday, September 8 – Weedsport Speedway – Weedsport, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Full Results:
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 98-Joe Trenca[2]; 2. #3Z-John Smith IV[1]; 3. 87-Jason Barney[14]; 4. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[8]; 5. 90-Matt Tanner[7]; 6. #79-Jordan Thomas[9]; 7. 10-Kelly Hebing[15]; 8. 28-Jordan Poirier[3]; 9. 01-Danny Varin[5]; 10. 13E-Evan Reynolds[23]; 11. 13T-Trevor Years[6]; 12. 53-Shawn Donath[13]; 13. 28F-Davie Franek[4]; 14. 63-Josh Weller[11]; 15. 46-Ryan Coniam[10]; 16. 33-Lacey Hanson[19]; 17. 66-Jordan Hutton[20]; 18. 63D-Tucker Donath[16]; 19. #29-Dalton Herrick[21]; 20. (DNF) #17-Sammy Reakes IV[12]; 21. (DNF) 19EM-Emily VanInwegen[22]; 22. (DNF) #7NY-Matt Farnham[17]; 23. (DNS) 36-Logan Crisafulli
Cobra Coaches Dash: 1. 53-Shawn Donath[1]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 3. 10-Kelly Hebing[6]; 4. 63D-Tucker Donath[5]; 5. (DNF) #7NY-Matt Farnham[4]; 6. (DNF) 36-Logan Crisafulli[2]
E&V Energy Heat 1: 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[2]; 2. 63-Josh Weller[4]; 3. 46-Ryan Coniam[1]; 4. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[6]; 5. 53-Shawn Donath[5]; 6. #7NY-Matt Farnham[3]; 7. 33-Lacey Hanson[7]; 8. 19EM-Emily VanInwegen[8]
E&V Energy Heat 2: 1. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[1]; 2. 98-Joe Trenca[3]; 3. 28F-Davie Franek[5]; 4. 90-Matt Tanner[4]; 5. 36-Logan Crisafulli[6]; 6. 63D-Tucker Donath[2]; 7. 66-Jordan Hutton[7]; 8. (DNF) 13E-Evan Reynolds[8]
E&V Energy Heat 3: 1. #79-Jordan Thomas[2]; 2. #3Z-John Smith IV[4]; 3. 01-Danny Varin[6]; 4. 13T-Trevor Years[1]; 5. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 6. 10-Kelly Hebing[5]; 7. #29-Dalton Herrick[7]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #10V-Billy VanInwegen; #36-Logan Crisafulli; #01-Danny Varin
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #28-Jordan Poirier; #17-Sammy Reakes IV; #79-Jordan Thomas
Cobra Coaches Dash Winner ($125): #53-Shawn Donath
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #3Z-Johnny Smith
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #13E-Evan Reynolds (+13)
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #29-Dalton Herrick
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #13T-Trevor Years
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #98-Joe Trenca; #3Z-Johnny Smith; #87-Jason Barney
Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #98-Joe Trenca
Jock Goodyer surges to Nor*Cal Posse Shootout triumph
By Gary Thomas
Placerville, CA…After driving back from Washington on Friday in time for this weekends Nor*Cal Posse Shootout, Australian 360 Sprint Car champion Jock Goodyer put on a clinic Sunday night, scoring his initial Placerville Speedway victory.
The Launceston, TAS, Australia wheelman piloted the Kevin Kozlowski owned Works Limited No. 57w, wrenched by Paul Silva, to an $8,000 score during the 7th running of the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout presented by Berco Redwood.
Sharing victory lane on Sunday night was Roseville driver Brent Steck, who earned a $5,000 win in the High Sierra West Coast Wingless Shootout portion of the evening.
The 35-lap Winged 360 Sprint Car feature started out with Fresno’s Caeden Steele leading the opening circuit, until Goodyer made the move under him to grab the point. At that same time Steele’s car broke loose and he looped it to a stop, bringing out a caution with one lap down.
Once out front Goodyer had his way with things and withstood multiple restarts, keeping the rest of the field at bay. He went on to accept the Ron Stahl checkered flag for his first career victory in the United States.
Placerville’s own Shane Hopkins continued his fantastic season with another strong run after starting from position number 11. The driver of the High Sierra Industries No. 21 made several precision-based moves to charge forward and grab second from Monrovia, Indiana’s Justin Peck with three laps remaining.
Hopkins closed the gap slightly but couldn’t do anything with Goodyer as the race wrapped up. Lincoln’s Tanner Carrick put together a solid run and was able to nip Peck at the line to round out the podium.
After competing with Kubota High Limit Racing on Saturday at Skagit Speedway, Peck made the 13-hour drive south to compete for owner Clayton Snow. He was rewarded with a fourth-place finish, while 14th starter Chance Grasty rounded out the podium.
Completing the top 10 were Dylan Bloomfield, Cody Key, 18th starter Colby Copeland, Sean Becker and Tony Gomes. Copeland’s run from 18th to eighth netted him the $425 Hard Charger Award in memory of Davy Thomas.
A total of 31 Winged Sprint Cars returned to cap the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout presented by Berco Redwood. Caeden Steele began the evening by earning fast time with a lap of 10.714.
The High Sierra West Coast Wingless Shootout main event saw a very popular winner in the form of Brent Steck, who battled to the lead on lap six and withstood a late challenge by Shawn Jones.
Dylan Newberry jumped out front early and paced the opening laps until Steck was able to slice his way past. The bottom side was the preferred groove for the wingless warriors however, Shawn Jones gave it a try upstairs.
Picking off cars one by one the San Jose driver carved his way into second with six laps remaining and then took his shot on a restart. Jones blasted to the high side to grab the top-spot and lead lap 22. Jones then caught the cushion just hard enough though to turn the car sideways and send him over the banking for a yellow.
Steck then led the final few circuits to grab the triumph over Newberry, Saturday winner Shane Hopkins, Anthony Bruno and Heath Holdsclaw. Twenty-one Wingless Sprints returned on Sunday with Newberry setting fast time to begin the program.
Placerville Speedway now gears up for the penultimate championship point race of the season this Saturday September 7th. Anrak Night at the Races will feature the Thompson’s Dealerships Winged 360 Sprint Cars, the USAC Western States Midgets, BCRA Lightning Sprints and the Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks.
Results
Placerville Speedway
Nor*Cal Posse Shootout presented by Berco Redwood Finale
High Sierra West Coast Wingless Shootout Finale
September 1, 2024
Winged Sprint Cars:
1. 57W-Jock Goodyer[2]; 2. 21-Shane Hopkins[11]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick[3]; 4. 17P-Justin Peck[5]; 5. 1-Chance Grasty[14]; 6. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[12]; 7. 15-Cody Key[4]; 8. 5V-Colby Copeland[18]; 9. 35-Sean Becker[9]; 10. 7C-Tony Gomes[10]; 11. 121-Caeden Steele[1]; 12. 29-Willie Croft[15]; 13. 7-Max Mittry[19]; 14. 61-Travis Labat[21]; 15. 94-Greg Decaires V[7]; 16. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[6]; 17. 54X-Ryan Bernal[23]; 18. 92-Andy Forsberg[16]; 19. 25S-Seth Standley[13]; 20. 2A-Austin Wood[17]; 21. 9L-Luke Hayes[8]; 22. X1-Michael Faccinto[22]; 23. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[20]; 24. 1F-DJ Freitas[24]
Wingless Sprint Cars:
1. 2STX-Brent Steck[2]; 2. 63-Dylan Newberry[1]; 3. 21-Shane Hopkins[8]; 4. 9X-Anthony Bruno[9]; 5. 33-Heath Holdsclaw[3]; 6. 84-Colson Plourde[19]; 7. 21C-Cody Meyer[16]; 8. 2N-Shannon Newton[15]; 9. 18-Josh Gillis[14]; 10. 38-Tyler Cato[20]; 11. 47-Trey Walters[5]; 12. 28K-Kaden Ramos[18]; 13. 33DJ-DJ Johnson[10]; 14. 91-Cooper Marchant[12]; 15. 7EJ-Josh Young[6]; 16. 14-Shawn Jones[4]; 17. 49-Joe McCoy[17]; 18. 36-Bob Newberry[7]; 19. 31P-Eathon Lanfri[11]; 20. 7-Ryan Bernal[13]
Mario Clouser Masters Win at Lake Ozark Speedway with POWRi WAR
Eldon, MO. (9/1/24) Mario Clouser would advance five spots rapidly and lead
the final nine laps in the final night of the Non-Wing Nationals presented by
Start2Finish TV at Lake Ozark Speedway with the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing
Sprint League to notch his fourteenth career feature victory wrapping up the
premier weekend event.
Racing onto the quick surface of Lake Ozark Speedway, POWRi WAR would find
twenty-one talented traditional sprinters witnessing Trey Osborne set the
quickest hot-lap time of 14.620-second lap as Anthony Nicholson and Cody Baker
each earned heat racing victories.
Kick-starting the initial green flag start with high-point qualifier Jack Wagner and Anthony Nicholson lined up in the front row, Anthony Nicholson would gain the lead on the opening lap with Jack Wagner blasting into the runner-up spot.
Suffering mechanical issues on the next lap the leader Anthony Nicholson
relinquished the lead to Jack Wagner on lap two as Wesley Smith moved into
runner up positioning with Cody Baker, Bret Mellenberndt and Trey Osborne
rounding out the early top five.
Leading the next nine laps, Jack Wagner would appear on a rail as Mario
Clouser began his chase for the top spot while eventually overtaking the
preferred position on lap eleven with Xavier Doney, Wesley Smith, Chase Howard,
and Trey Osborne staying within striking distance.
Leading the final revolutions perfectly, Mario Clouser would emerge
victorious with the POWRi WAR Sprint League at Lake Ozark Speedway to notch his
first yearly league victory. Staying in the hunt Wesley Smith would finish
runner-up as Xavier Doney completed the final podium placements.
“We’ve had an unbelievable difficult season so this feels great to be here in
victory lane,” said victorious Mario Clouser in the Eldon Missouri victory lane
celebrations. Adding, “We had a great track tonight and to get success finally
feels great while making the eight hour trip worth it.”
Challenging closely behind would find Trey Osborne finish fourth as Bret
Mellenberndt rounded out the top five finishers for the POWRi WAR at Lake Ozark
Speedway on Night Two of the Non-Wing Nationals.
Lake Ozark Speedway | POWRi WAR | 9/1/24:
Hoosier Racing Tire Quick Hot Lap Time: 11T-Trey Osborne(14.620)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 16-Anthony Nicholson
Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race 2 Winner: 9-Cody Baker
Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 77-Jack Wagner
Meru Safety Hard Charger: 9G-Chad Goff(+11)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 6-Mario Clouser
Toyota Racing Development A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 6-Mario Clouser[6]; 2.
44-Wesley Smith[4]; 3. 74-Xavier Doney[9]; 4. 11T-Trey Osborne[7]; 5. 97-Bret
Mellenberndt[5]; 6. 13-Chase Howard[12]; 7. 98-Saban Bibent[11]; 8. 9-Chad
Goff[19]; 9. 73-Samuel Wagner[10]; 10. 77-Jack Wagner[1]; 11. 26-Zachary
Clark[15]; 12. 9H-Cody Baker[3]; 13. 75-Glen Saville[16]; 14. 99-Bryan
Roach[18]; 15. 82-Vinny Ward[17]; 16. 33-Bryson Smith[8]; 17. 27-Justin
Johnson[14]; 18. 52B-Blake Bowers[21]; 19. 4T-Taylor Forbes[13]; 20. 16-Anthony
Nicholson[2]; 21. 51-Doug Martens[20].
Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Anthony Nicholson[2]; 2.
44-Wesley Smith[4]; 3. 33-Bryson Smith[1]; 4. 73-Samuel Wagner[3]; 5. 97-Bret
Mellenberndt[8]; 6. 11T-Trey Osborne[10]; 7. 27-Justin Johnson[6]; 8. 4T-Taylor
Forbes[11]; 9. 99-Bryan Roach[7]; 10. 9-Chad Goff[9]; 11. 52B-Blake Bowers[5].
Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9H-Cody Baker[2]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner[10]; 3.
6-Mario Clouser[3]; 4. 98-Saban Bibent[1]; 5. 13-Chase Howard[5]; 6. 74-Xavier
Doney[9]; 7. 26-Zachary Clark[6]; 8. 75-Glen Saville[4]; 9. 82-Vinny Ward[8];
10. 51-Doug Martens[7].
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Ayrton Gennetten Astonishes with POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint Victory at Lake Ozark Speedway
Eldon, MO. (9/1/24) Ayrton Gennetten would run the high line to perfection
around Lake Ozark Speedway with the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint in Night Two of the
POWRi Triple Sprint Showdown presented by Start2Finish TV to notch his seventh
league victory and pocket the payday in an outstanding feature event.
Flying onto the smooth surface with twenty-four talented entrants of the
POWRi 410’s would see Miles Paulus set a quick qualifying time of 12.789-second
lap with Blake Hahn, JJ Hickle, and Kyle Bellm each earning heat racing
victories.
Captivating the crowd on the initial green flag start with high-point
qualifier Ayrton Gennetten and Miles Paulus lined up in the front row as Ayrton
Gennetten would gain the lead on the opening lap with Kameron Key, Miles Paulus,
Joe B Miller, and Blake Hahn all racing within the top five.
Keeping momentum going up front, Ayrton Gennetten would put on a dazzling
display of driving up front with lap traffic nearly costing him the win as the
laps ticked away at a rapid rate with Joe B Miller quickly gaining on the
front-running Gennetten.
Leading all twenty-five laps, Ayrton Gennetten would not be denied in earning
his seventh career POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint victory in an action-packed main
event with Joe B Miller hustling into the runner-up position late.
“This whole team does such a great job and it’s the reason why I wanted the
this ride, so I can just show up and focus on driving a great car,” said Ayrton
Gennetten in the Eldon Missouri victory lane ceremony celebrations. Adding, “I
said last night I was after the win, I honestly thought I was going upside down
in two but somehow saved it and even kept the lead. The main goal is
front-stretch victory in two weeks at Lucas”.
Challenging closely behind would find night one winner Kameron Key placing on
the final podium placement. Blake Hahn would be among the frontrunners all
feature to fourth as Noah Gass would round out the top-five finishers for the
POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints Night Two of the POWRi Triple Sprint Showdown presented
by Start2Finish at Lake Ozark Speedway.
Lake Ozark Speedway | POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint Series | 9/1/24:
Start2Finish TV Quick Qualifying Time: 98P-Miles Paulus(12.789)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 52-Blake Hahn
Eibach Racing Heat Race 2 Winner: 12X-JJ Hickle
Auto Meter Heat Race 3 Winner: 14E-Kyle Bellm
Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 19-Ayrton Gennetten
Meru Safety Hard Charger: 44-Derek Hagar(+10)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 19-Ayrton Gennetten
Toyota Racing Development A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[1]; 2.
51B-Joe B Miller[7]; 3. 31-Kameron Key[3]; 4. 52-Blake Hahn[4]; 5. 20G-Noah
Gass[8]; 6. 44-Derek Hagar[16]; 7. 12X-JJ Hickle[5]; 8. 98P-Miles Paulus[2]; 9.
75-Tyler Blank[11]; 10. 45X-Jace Park[12]; 11. 14E-Kyle Bellm[6]; 12. 74-Xavier
Doney[9]; 13. 21-Gunner Ramey[10]; 14. 1JR-Steven Russell[18]; 15. 14N-Kevin
Newton[15]; 16. 00-Broc Elliott[14]; 17. 37-Bryce Norris[13]; 18. 5-Kory
Bales[19]; 19. 24-Elijah Gile[21]; 20. 87-Reed Whitney[17]; 21. 74N-Natalie
Doney[24]; 22. 88-Brogan Carder[22]; 23. 34-Sterling Cling[20]; 24. 8S-Steve
Short[23].
Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn[2]; 2. 31-Kameron
Key[3]; 3. 98P-Miles Paulus[4]; 4. 75-Tyler Blank[5]; 5. 14N-Kevin Newton[6]; 6.
87-Reed Whitney[7]; 7. 34-Sterling Cling[1]; 8. 8S-Steve Short[8].
Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12X-JJ Hickle[2]; 2. 19-Ayrton
Gennetten[4]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[3]; 4. 37-Bryce Norris[1]; 5. 44-Derek
Hagar[5]; 6. 1JR-Steven Russell[7]; 7. 24-Elijah Gile[6]; 8. 74N-Natalie
Doney[8].
Auto Meter Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14E-Kyle Bellm[2]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney[1]; 3.
20G-Noah Gass[3]; 4. 45X-Jace Park[5]; 5. 00-Broc Elliott[8]; 6. 5-Kory
Bales[7]; 7. 21-Gunner Ramey[4]; 8. 88-Brogan Carder[6].
Start2Finish Qualifying: 1. 98P-Miles Paulus, 00:12.789[2]; 2. 19-Ayrton
Gennetten, 00:13.202[8]; 3. 21-Gunner Ramey, 00:13.206[6]; 4. 31-Kameron Key,
00:13.444[11]; 5. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:13.494[18]; 6. 20G-Noah Gass,
00:13.501[9]; 7. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:13.586[5]; 8. 12X-JJ Hickle, 00:13.669[16];
9. 14E-Kyle Bellm, 00:13.708[7]; 10. 34-Sterling Cling, 00:13.709[21]; 11.
37-Bryce Norris, 00:13.833[12]; 12. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:13.877[17]; 13. 75-Tyler
Blank, 00:13.881[13]; 14. 44-Derek Hagar, 00:13.911[20]; 15. 45X-Jace Park,
00:13.916[24]; 16. 14N-Kevin Newton, 00:13.938[19]; 17. 24-Elijah Gile,
00:13.998[14]; 18. 88-Brogan Carder, 00:14.143[23]; 19. 87-Reed Whitney,
00:14.162[15]; 20. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:14.174[4]; 21. 5-Kory Bales,
00:14.233[10]; 22. 8S-Steve Short, 00:14.296[3]; 23. 74N-Natalie Doney,
00:14.309[1]; 24. 00-Broc Elliott, 00:14.469[22].
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Kofoid Outlasts Last-Lap Slider During Thriller to Capture $100,000-to-Win BillionAuto.com Huset's High Bank Nationals Presented by MENARDS at Huset's Speedway
Inside Line Promotions - BRANDON, S.D. (Sept. 1, 2024) - Michael "Buddy" Kofoid etched his name into sprint car history on Sunday night at Huset's Speedway, where he earned the $100,000 top prize after outlasting Carson Macedo in a thrilling BillionAuto.com Huset's High Bank Nationals presented by MENARDS main event.
It marked the first crown jewel triumph for Kofoid and his second career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series victory at Huset's Speedway, where he became the 37 th different winner in 43 main events this season.
"One hundred thousand, that's a lot of money," he said. "I'm kinda at a loss for words.
"Obviously the money is good, but just to win an Outlaws race is so damn hard. If you put yourself in contention it's bound to happen."
Kofoid did just that all weekend to line up on the outside of the front row in the 40-lap feature on Myrl & Roy's Paving Night, which served as the final race of the season at the high-banked track.
Macedo, who was the high-points driver following Saturday's preliminary night, won a heat race as well as the King of the Hill to garner the pole position for the A Main. He powered into the lead on the start and held the top spot until Kofoid executed a slide job in turns three and four on Lap 24.
Macedo responded with a slide job of his own in the same corners one lap later. He and Kofoid nearly made contact, with Kofoid checking up and Macedo regaining first place. A few laps later Macedo was stuck behind a pair of cars he was attempting to lap, which allowed Kofoid to sneak by on the bottom of turns one and two on Lap 30. Kofoid quickly lapped the two drivers to build approximately a one-second advantage before the final caution of the race occurred on Lap 34.
Kofoid was smooth on the restart and again held a comfortable lead until getting to traffic on the final lap. As he dove low underneath a lapped car and slid up the track in turns three and four, Macedo made a power move, hitting the bottom and sliding across the track directly in front of Kofoid exiting turn four. Macedo's momentum guided him into the frontstretch wall as Kofoid turned slightly underneath him and won the drag race to the checkered flag by 0.223 seconds.
"Carson and I were going at it pretty good and I could pace him pretty well in traffic," he said. "We fought pretty hard and almost turned it over when he slid me. I thought that was it. I could just maneuver the bottom really well. I feel that's what kept me close to him.
"I was trying to watch the board (in the closing laps). I knew traffic was going to play a factor. I got to him a lap earlier than I wanted to. I can't even think right now. I'm glad we just won this race. Redemption from last year."
Macedo's second-place result was his fifth podium outing in his last seven races.
"I didn't know that I was going to have enough," he said of the last-lap move. "It gave me just enough of a run where I could throw a Hail Mary at it. It was definitely all I had. I knew that was the only shot I had was to bounce it off the fence and get to the line. Racing for big money is laying it all out there on the line."
Bill Balog recorded a third-place finish, which was his career-best performance during a World of Outlaws race at Huset's Speedway.
"This is huge," he said. "It's been a really good three days. It's a huge night for us. We seem to be going in the right direction with this Triple X car. I'm just super happy with tonight."
Giovanni Scelzi placed fourth and Donny Schatz was fifth.
Kofoid, Schatz and Scelzi joined Macedo as heat race winners. Christopher Thram picked up the Last Chance Showdown victory.
BILLIONAUTO.COM HUSET'S HIGH BANK NATIONALS PRESENTED BY MENARDS FINALE RESULTS AT HUSET'S SPEEDWAY (Sept. 1, 2024) -
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid (2); 2. 41-Carson Macedo (1); 3. 17B-Bill Balog (3); 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (5); 5. 15-Donny Schatz (4); 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (9); 7. 14H-Chase Randall (6); 8. 2-David Gravel (7); 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart (10); 10. 27-Emerson Axsom (17); 11. 55-Kerry Madsen (8); 12. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (11); 13. 87-Aaron Reutzel (12); 14. 13-Mark Dobmeier (18); 15. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg (15); 16. 22-Riley Goodno (16); 17. 23-Garet Williamson (19); 18. 14T-Tim Estenson (13); 19. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (14); 20. 10-Scott Bogucki (20); 21. 3-Tim Kaeding (23); 22. 17GP-Justin Henderson (24); 23. 24T-Christopher Thram (21); 24. 83S-Sam Henderson (22).
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 24T-Christopher Thram (2); 2. 83S-Sam Henderson (4); 3. 3-Tim Kaeding (5); 4. 17GP-Justin Henderson (1); 5. 7S-Landon Crawley (6); 6. 23W-Scott Winters (3); 7. 3J-Dusty Zomer (8); 8. O9-Matt Juhl (10); 9. 11M-Brendan Mullen (13); 10. 8-Jacob Hughes (12); 11. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (7); 12. 16-Brooke Tatnell (18); 13. 70-Kraig Kinser (9); 14. 44-Chris Martin (11); 15. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (15); 16. 80P-Jacob Peterson (14); 17. 17D-Ryan Bickett (16); 18. 64-Andy Pake (17); 19. 74N-Luke Nellis (19).
Toyota King of the Hill (2 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo (1); 2. 83-Michael Kofoid (2); 3. 17B-Bill Balog (5); 4. 15-Donny Schatz (3); 5. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (4); 6. 14H-Chase Randall (6); 7. 2-David Gravel (7); 8. 55-Kerry Madsen (8).
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo (1); 2. 17B-Bill Balog (2); 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (4); 4. 14T-Tim Estenson (7); 5. 27-Emerson Axsom (3); 6. 17GP-Justin Henderson (6); 7. 3-Tim Kaeding (5); 8. 70-Kraig Kinser (8); 9. 11M-Brendan Mullen (9); 10. 64-Andy Pake (10).
Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid (2); 2. 14H-Chase Randall (1); 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart (3); 4. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (4); 5. 13-Mark Dobmeier (10); 6. 24T-Christopher Thram (5); 7. 7S-Landon Crawley (7); 8. O9-Matt Juhl (8); 9. 80P-Jacob Peterson (9); 10. 16-Brooke Tatnell (6).
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz (1); 2. 2-David Gravel (3); 3. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (4); 4. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg (5); 5. 23-Garet Williamson (2); 6. 23W-Scott Winters (6); 7. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (10); 8. 44-Chris Martin (7); 9. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (9); 10. 74N-Luke Nellis (8).
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (1); 2. 55-Kerry Madsen (2); 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel (3); 4. 22-Riley Goodno (4); 5. 10-Scott Bogucki (5); 6. 83S-Sam Henderson (6); 7. 3J-Dusty Zomer (7); 8. 8-Jacob Hughes (8); 9. 17D-Ryan Bickett (9).
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Cody Baker Claims Checkers at Lake Ozark Speedway with POWRi WAR
Eldon, MO. (8/31/24) Cody Baker would perfect the event by leading all twenty
laps in night one of the Non-Wing Nationals presented by Start2Finish TV at Lake
Ozark Speedway with the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League to notch his
second career feature victory kicking off the premier weekend event in an epic
twenty lap feature.
Racing onto the quick surface of Lake Ozark Speedway, POWRi WAR would find
twenty talented traditional sprinters witnessing Cody Baker set the quickest
hot-lap time of 13.649-second lap as Cody Baker and Xavier Doney each earned
heat racing victories.
Kick-starting the initial green flag start with high-point qualifier Xavier
Doney and Cody Baker lined up in the front row as Cody Baker would gain the lead
on the opening lap with Zachary Clark blasting into the runner-up spot as Xavier
Doney, Anthony Nicholson, and Justin Johnson all battled inside the early top
five.
Cruising to a comfortable lead, Cody Baker would set sail out front as Wesley
Smith rapidly ran into the runner-up positioning early after starting deep in
the field with Samuel Wagner also racing through the division after visiting the
work area during the parade lap.
Driving into a battle for the lead, Wesley Smith would jump the cushion out
of turn four to relinquish multiple spots as Zachary Clark, Anthony Nicholson,
Jack Wagner, and Samuel Wagner all battled closely inside the contending group
of drivers.
Never wavering, Cody Baker would emerge victorious with the POWRi WAR Sprint
League at Lake Ozark Speedway to notch his first yearly league victory. Staying
in the hunt and hard-charging towards the front, Wesley Smith would recover to
finish runner-up after starting sixteenth as point leader Samuel Wagner
completed the final podium placements.
“I knew Wesley would be coming towards the front, I just didn’t expect him
that quickly” said victorious Cody Baker in the Eldon Missouri victory lane
celebrations. Adding, “I was a little worried in the late restart so I loosed
all my shocks and just stood on it.”
Challenging closely behind would find Anthony Nicholson finish fourth as
defending champion Jack Wagner rounded out the top five finishers for the POWRi
WAR at Lake Ozark Speedway on Night One of the Non-Wing Nationals.
Lake Ozark Speedway | POWRi WAR | 8/31/24:
Hoosier Racing Tire Quick Hot Lap Time: 9-Cody Baker(13.649)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 9-Cody Baker
Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race 2 Winner: 74-Xavier Doney
Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 74-Xavier Doney
Meru Safety Hard Charger: 44-Wesley Smith(+14)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 9-Cody Baker
Toyota Racing Development A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 9H-Cody Baker[2]; 2.
44-Wesley Smith[16]; 3. 73-Samuel Wagner[6]; 4. 16-Anthony Nicholson[3]; 5.
77-Jack Wagner[4]; 6. 26-Zachary Clark[10]; 7. 74-Xavier Doney[1]; 8. 98-Saban
Bibent[20]; 9. 11T-Trey Osborne[17]; 10. 99-Bryan Roach[9]; 11. 9-Chad Goff[5];
12. 27-Justin Johnson[8]; 13. 82-Vinny Ward[14]; 14. 13-Chase Howard[15]; 15.
51-Doug Martens[19]; 16. 33-Bryson Smith[18]; 17. 97-Bret Mellenberndt[13]; 18.
52B-Blake Bowers[11]; 19. 4T-Taylor Forbes[7]; 20. 75-Glen Saville[12].
Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9H-Cody Baker[3]; 2. 77-Jack
Wagner[4]; 3. 4T-Taylor Forbes[2]; 4. 16-Anthony Nicholson[9]; 5. 99-Bryan
Roach[6]; 6. 52B-Blake Bowers[5]; 7. 44-Wesley Smith[1]; 8. 13-Chase Howard[7];
9. 11T-Trey Osborne[8]; 10. 51-Doug Martens[10].
Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Xavier Doney[6]; 2. 9-Chad Goff[3]; 3.
27-Justin Johnson[1]; 4. 26-Zachary Clark[2]; 5. 73-Samuel Wagner[9]; 6. 75-Glen
Saville[4]; 7. 82-Vinny Ward[5]; 8. 97-Bret Mellenberndt[10]; 9. 33-Bryson
Smith[8]; 10. (DNS) 98-Saban Bibent.
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Kameron Key Pilots to POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints Victory at Lake Ozark Speedway
Eldon, MO. (8/31/24) Kameron Key would set sail and lead the final seventeen laps with the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint in Night One of the POWRi Triple Sprint Showdown presented by Start2Finish TV to notch his second league victory and pocket the $5K-payday in an outstanding feature event at Lake Ozark Speedway.
Flying onto the smooth surface with twenty-seven talented entrants of the POWRi 410’s would see Xavier Doney set a quick qualifying time of 11.648-second lap with Kameron Key, Joe B Miller, and Sterling Cling each earning heat racing victories.
Captivating the crowd on the initial green flag start with high-point qualifier Xavier Doney and Kameron Key lined up in the front row as Xavier Doney would gain the lead on the opening lap with Kameron Key, Miles Paulus, Joe B Miller, and Ayrton Gennetten all raced within the top five.
Leading by nearly a three second advantage over the first nine laps, Xavier Doney would appear to be in the head of the class only to jump the cushion in turn two ending his night with wall contact as Kameron Key inherited the lead after the caution.
Protecting the front of the field in a very technical track, Kameron Key would never flinch with the lead over the final seventeen laps with Joe B Miller and Ayrton Gennetten keeping close throughout the middle of the race.
Holding steady over a last race restart, Kameron Key would not be denied in earning his first seasonal POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint victory in an action-packed main event with Derek Hagar hustling into the runner-up position late after starting twelfth.
“I haven’t been getting a lot of calls this summer to drive so I am very thankful to the McGarry family for the opportunity and their continued support,” said Kameron Key in the Eldon Missouri victory lane ceremony celebrations. Adding, “I had to act like more of a reserved racer tonight knowing that I would be better at around 80% then I would be running all out, tonight it really paid off to be patient”.
Challenging closely behind would find point leader Ayrton Gennetten placing on the final podium placement from the starting sixth on the initial green flag. Miles Paulus would be among the frontrunners all feature to fourth as Bryce Norris would round out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints Night One of the POWRi Triple Sprint Showdown presented by Start2Finish at Lake Ozark Speedway.
Lake Ozark Speedway | POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint Series | 8/31/24:
Start2Finish TV Quick Qualifying Time: 74-Xavier Doney(11.648)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 31-Kameron Key
Eibach Racing Heat Race 2 Winner: 51B-Joe B Miller
Auto Meter Heat Race 3 Winner: 34-Sterling Cling
Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 74-Xavier Doney
Meru Safety Hard Charger: 87-Reed Whitney(+11)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 31-Kameron Key
Toyota Racing Development A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 31-Kameron Key[3]; 2. 44-Derek Hagar[12]; 3. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[6]; 4. 98P-Miles Paulus[4]; 5. 37-Bryce Norris[5]; 6. 12X-JJ Hickle[15]; 7. 20G-Noah Gass[16]; 8. 14N-Kevin Newton[7]; 9. 52-Blake Hahn[14]; 10. 87-Reed Whitney[21]; 11. 21-Gunner Ramey[11]; 12. 51B-Joe B Miller[8]; 13. 14E-Kyle Bellm[18]; 14. 5-Kory Bales[13]; 15. 1JR-Steven Russell[23]; 16. 75-Tyler Blank[20]; 17. 34-Sterling Cling[9]; 18. 00-Broc Elliott[22]; 19. 22M-Rees Moran[10]; 20. 45X-Jace Park[17]; 21. 74-Xavier Doney[1]; 22. 24-Elijah Gile[19]; 23. 6-Danny Sams[2].
Max Papis Innovations B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 45X-Jace Park[1]; 2. 14E-Kyle Bellm[2]; 3. 24-Elijah Gile[3]; 4. 75-Tyler Blank[5]; 5. 87-Reed Whitney[4]; 6. 00-Broc Elliott[7]; 7. 74N-Natalie Doney[10]; 8. 1JR-Steven Russell[9]; 9. 88-Brogan Carder[8]; 10. 30X-Larry Bratti[11]; 11. 8S-Steve Short[6].
Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Kameron Key[2]; 2. 22M-Rees Moran[1]; 3. 74-Xavier Doney[4]; 4. 37-Bryce Norris[3]; 5. 12X-JJ Hickle[6]; 6. 45X-Jace Park[5]; 7. 87-Reed Whitney[7]; 8. 8S-Steve Short[9]; 9. 1JR-Steven Russell[8].
Eibach Racing Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[1]; 2. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[2]; 3. 6-Danny Sams[4]; 4. 44-Derek Hagar[7]; 5. 20G-Noah Gass[6]; 6. 14E-Kyle Bellm[5]; 7. 52-Blake Hahn[3]; 8. 00-Broc Elliott[8]; 9. 74N-Natalie Doney[9]
Auto Meter Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Sterling Cling[1]; 2. 98P-Miles Paulus[3]; 3. 21-Gunner Ramey[2]; 4. 5-Kory Bales[7]; 5. 14N-Kevin Newton[4]; 6. 24-Elijah Gile[5]; 7. 75-Tyler Blank[6]; 8. 88-Brogan Carder[8]; 9. (DNS) 30X-Larry Bratti.
Start2Finish Qualifying: 1. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:11.648[2]; 2. 6-Danny Sams, 00:11.663[7]; 3. 14N-Kevin Newton, 00:11.876[14]; 4. 37-Bryce Norris, 00:11.879[4]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:12.042[9]; 6. 98P-Miles Paulus, 00:12.057[3]; 7. 31-Kameron Key, 00:12.155[8]; 8. 19-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:12.168[21]; 9. 21-Gunner Ramey, 00:12.185[6]; 10. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:12.186[13]; 11. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:12.213[17]; 12. 34-Sterling Cling, 00:12.236[18]; 13. 45X-Jace Park, 00:12.240[10]; 14. 14E-Kyle Bellm, 00:12.268[26]; 15. 24-Elijah Gile, 00:12.271[12]; 16. 12X-JJ Hickle, 00:12.291[15]; 17. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:12.321[16]; 18. 75-Tyler Blank, 00:12.334[5]; 19. 87-Reed Whitney, 00:12.344[22]; 20. 44-Derek Hagar, 00:12.480[27]; 21. 5-Kory Bales, 00:12.637[1]; 22. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:12.727[25]; 23. 00-Broc Elliott, 00:12.793[23]; 24. 88-Brogan Carder, 00:12.870[11]; 25. 8S-Steve Short, 00:13.201[24]; 26. 74N-Natalie Doney, 00:13.318[19]; 27. 30X-Larry Bratti, 00:13.609[20].
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Willie Croft strikes for victory on night one of the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout
By Gary Thomas
Placerville, CA…Making the final Placerville Speedway starts of his career this weekend, Colfax driver Willie Croft proceeded to make it count by racing to victory on opening night of the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout presented by Berco Redwood.
Sharing victory lane on Saturday during the High Sierra West Coast Wingless Shootout portion of the night was Placerville’s own Shane Hopkins.
The 30-lap Winged 360 Sprint Car finale began with Roseville’s Colby Copeland putting the Van Lare Steering Repair No. 5v out front. Dash winner Croft stalked his every move however, as close battles were seen all throughout the field.
The complexion of the race then changed on lap 11 though, as the yellow flag waved for a car slowing down the back stretch. Unfortunately for Copeland, heartbreak city occurred when he got upside down in turn three along with Ryan Rocha while avoiding the slowing car. Both drivers were okay but done for the night.
Croft now found himself out front with Modesto’s Tony Gomes moving into the runner up spot. Several movers and shakers were seen in the main event, including Shane Hopkins, who charged from 16th to third by lap 12.
Gomes kept leader Croft withing his sights and at one point, made the move to slide in front of him entering turn three. The veteran driver stayed poised though and sliced back to his inside, maintaining the point.
A final caution then occurred with three circuits remaining. On the restart Croft blasted away from the pack to accept the Ron Stahl checkered flag aboard his Grinders Automotive/ Rudeen Racing No. 29. It marked his fifth career Winged 360 Sprint Car triumph at Placerville Speedway, ironically tying him with Gomes and fellow veteran Jimmy Trulli, who also wraps up his driving career this season.
Gomes crossed the stripe in second, with Hopkins finishing off a stellar run from row eight to round out the podium.
Hanford’s Michael Faccinto arguably had the run of the night though. After winning the B-main, the driver of the F&F Racing x1 rocketed through the field in aggressive fashion to finish in fourth place after starting from 21st. Redding’s Max Mittry also capped a solid night by rounding out the top-five.
Completing the top-10 on opening night of the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout presented by Berco Redwood were Lincoln’s Tanner Carrick, Australian Jock Goodyear, Suisun City’s Chance Grasty, Dunnigan’s Luke Hayes and El Cajon’s Braden Chiaramonte.
A total of 37 Winged Sprint Cars competed on Saturday. Yuba City’s Seth Standley earned his first career Placerville fast time award to open the night with a lap of 10.650.
The 25-lap main event for the High Sierra West Coast Wingless Shootout started out with Roseville’s Josh Young climbing into the lead. Young had earlier set fast time and captured his heat as he worked on a clean sweep of the evening.
Several stoppages were seen in the feature, which never allowed drivers to get into a constant flow. Shane Hopkins though had found something through the middle of the speedway and began to march his way forward. The 30-year-old took over second on lap eight and then came after the leader.
After hounding Young for the top-spot Hopkins took command on lap 12 and never looked back. The driver of the Cliften & Warren Feed/ MP Operations No. 21 pulled away for his fourth career Wingless Sprint Car win at Placerville Speedway.
Young, DJ Johnson, Brent Steck, Dylan Newberry, Eathon Lanfri, Peter Paulson, Tyler Cato, Shannon Newton and Josh Gillis rounded out the top-10.
The Nor*Cal Posse Shootout presented by Berco Redwood finishes tonight at Placerville Speedway. Tickets are available at 2024 Legends Weekend | Nor Cal Posse Shootout Night #2 | EventSprout
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September 1, 2024 - Placerville Speedway, 100 Placerville Drive, Placerville, CA 95667
Results
Placerville Speedway Nor*Cal Posse Shootout presented by Berco Redwood Opener High Sierra West Coast Wingless Shootout Opener August 31, 2024
Winged Sprint Cars:
1. 29-Willie Croft[1]; 2. 7C-Tony Gomes[5]; 3. 21-Shane Hopkins[16]; 4. X1-Michael Faccinto[21]; 5. 7-Max Mittry[7]; 6. 83T-Tanner Carrick[12]; 7. 57W-Jock Goodyer[20]; 8. 1-Chance Grasty[6]; 9. 9L-Luke Hayes[11]; 10. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[3]; 11. 25S-Seth Standley[4]; 12. 88A-Austin Torgerson[23]; 13. 92-Andy Forsberg[8]; 14. 121-Caeden Steele[9]; 15. 88-Brad Bumgarner[15]; 16. 61-Travis Labat[13]; 17. 35-Sean Becker[17]; 18. 94-Greg Decaires V[14]; 19. 77-Ryan Lippincott[18]; 20. 93-Stephen Ingraham[19]; 21. 2A-Austin Wood[10]; 22. 17-Anthony Snow[24]; 23. 5V-Colby Copeland[2]; 24. 5R-Ryan Rocha[22]
Wingless Sprint Cars:
1. 21-Shane Hopkins[7]; 2. 7EJ-Josh Young[1]; 3. 33DJ-DJ Johnson[5]; 4. 2STX-Brent Steck[2]; 5. 63-Dylan Newberry[9]; 6. 31P-Eathon Lanfri[6]; 7. 8-Peter Paulson[12]; 8. 38-Tyler Cato[14]; 9. 2N-Shannon Newton[18]; 10. 18-Josh Gillis[19]; 11. 21C-Cody Meyer[20]; 12. 9X-Anthony Bruno[17]; 13. 47-Trey Walters[10]; 14. X-Bob Newberry[11]; 15. 66S-Zack Albers[13]; 16. 49-Joe McCoy[16]; 17. 84-Colson Plourde[15]; 18. 33-Heath Holdsclaw[4]; 19. 14-Shawn Jones[3]; 20. (DNF) 7T-Jake Morgan[8]
It's Willison Again In Must See Sprint Battle At Owosso
OVID, Mich. (Aug. 31, 2024) – There’s just something about Owosso Speedway that Canadian hotshoe Aaron Willison has found to his liking in the Must See Racing Sprint Car Series presented by Perfit.
The Langley, British Columbia veteran and current National Pavement Sprint Car Rankings leader drove from ninth to first in a dicey 40-lap feature Saturday night at the three-eighths-mile oval, notching his second series win of the year and completing a season sweep of MSR events at Owosso.
Willison surgically picked his way up seven positions to second in the first 11 laps, then ate into early leader Jason Blonde’s advantage at the front of the field.
A near-two-second lead was erased in a matter of moments, and Willison made what turned out to be the race-winning pass with an outside-inside cross in turn three on lap 18.
From there, Willison checked out, opening up a gap of more than five seconds before fellow Canadian Ryan Litt found his way to second with 13 laps left.
Litt knocked two seconds off the deficit, but it was a caution with six to go – after Florida’s J.J. Dutton spun in turn two – that truly gave the field one quick chance at dethroning Willison’s dominance.
Willison chose the inside lane for the lone restart of the night, and surged away on the green flag as teenager Colton Bettis scrapped for second with Litt behind him.
That brief battle allowed Willison to pull away to a .949-second victory in owner Dick Myers’ familiar, red-and-yellow No. 50m sprinter.
“To roll [forward] from ninth like we did, Dick Myers and the crew had the RAM Engineering (No.) 50m rolling tonight. That baby was really, really good,” he said in victory lane. “Four-ten sprint cars on three-eighths miles are my jam. We’ve got a three-eighths [track] at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington, that I’m really good at. I just like the rhythm of those tracks because they’re a great size for these cars.
“Places like here at Owosso are just big enough we can get up and move around, but they’re not too big that [the racing] gets all strung out. Awesome, awesome facility and I had a lot of fun out there.”
Making the night extra special were the different historical threads that intersected in the final laps also.
Willison’s triumph marked the 50th win for Myers since taking ownership of the iconic ‘Mopar Missile,’ a mark that few pavement sprint car teams anywhere in the country have been able to reach.
In a feat of longevity, Myers has done so all with the same car, affectionately known as Seabiscuit.
The veteran leader will also be inducted into the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame in October, making the fact that such a milestone happened at a Michigan racetrack all the more fitting.
“It’s just such an honor that Dick lets me drive this race car,” Willison noted. “Everyone in sprint car racing knows this (No.) 50 car and to give Dick his 50th win with it … that’s something as a driver I’ll remember for a long time.”
Bettis, the standout 14-year-old from Lutz, Fla., matched his MSR career-best after passing Litt for second place during the final restart.
Though he got to the runner-up spot on lap 35, Bettis said he just didn’t have enough on the short run to be able to keep pace with Willison at the end.
“I think if I would’ve figured out passing a little bit better, we would’ve definitely been a hundred times better getting through there and giving ourselves a shot. Toward the end, I started figuring it out a little bit, but Aaron had a rocket ship out there. He’s the best in the country right now and he proved why in that one.”
Litt completed the podium after having no practice laps all day due to slowdowns getting across the American-Canadian border en route to the racetrack.
Ohio’s Kevin Mingus was fourth after starting from the pole, and retook second in the point standings as a result of his efforts. He was just ahead of 2022 series champion Charlie Schultz in fifth.
Series point leader Joe Liguori finished sixth and extended his championship advantage, unofficially, to 52 points with one race remaining. Blonde faded to eighth with a worn out right-rear tire after leading the first 17 laps.
Willison’s fast lap during qualifying was 12.773 seconds (105.692 mph) and netted him a $500 bonus. Blonde and Dorman Snyder dominated their respective eight-lap heat races prior to the main event.
The Must See Racing Sprint Car Series season culminates with the season finale Friday night, Sept. 13 at Birch Run (Mich.) Speedway and Event Center. Liguori is in command as he looks to close out the points race and capture the season championship.
The results:
Qualifying (best of two laps): 1. Aaron Willison, 50m, Myers-12.773; 2. Joe Liguori, 68, Liguori-12.806; 3. Colton Bettis, 26ap, Pierce-12.890; 4. Ryan Litt, 07, Litt-12.971; 5. Rick Holley, 85, Reiser-13.003; 6. Dorman Snyder, 99, Stickney-13.086; 7. Charlie Schultz, 9s, IBT-13.139; 8. Jason Blonde, 42, Nosal-13.180; 9. Kevin Mingus, Z10, Mingus-13.295; 10. J.J. Dutton, 86s, Dutton-13.295; 11. Tommy Nichols, 55, Nichols-13.379; 12. Adam Biltz, 8a, Reiser-13.734; 13. Bobby Komisarski, 7, Fogle-13.794; 14. Teddy Alberts, 44, Wolverine-13.908; 15. Jeff Bloom, 26, Bloom-NT; 16. Tom Geren, 11g, Geren-NT.
Heat 1 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. 42-Jason Blonde [6]; 2. 8A-Adam Biltz [2]; 3. 55-Tommy Nichols [3]; 4. Z10-Kevin Mingus [5]; 5. 7-Bobby Komisarski [1]; 6. 44-Teddy Alberts [7]; 7. 86-J.J. Dutton [4]; 8. 26-Jeff Bloom (DNS).
Heat 2 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. 99-Dorman Snyder [1]; 2. 85-Rick Holley [2]; 3. 07L-Ryan Litt [3]; 4. 50M-Aaron Willison [6]; 5. 68-Joe Liguori [5]; 6. 26B-Colton Bettis [4]; 7. 9S-Charlie Schultz [7].
Perfit A-Feature (40 laps): 1. 50M-Aaron Willison [9]; 2. 26B-Colton Bettis [7]; 3. 07L-Ryan Litt [6]; 4. Z10-Kevin Mingus [1]; 5. 9S-Charlie Schultz [3]; 6. 68-Joe Liguori [8]; 7. 99-Dorman Snyder [4]; 8. 42-Jason Blonde [2]; 9. 85-Rick Holley [5]; 10. 55-Tommy Nichols [11]; 11. 8A-Adam Biltz [12]; 12. 86-J.J. Dutton [10]; 13. 7-Bobby Komisarski [13]; 14. 44-Teddy Alberts [14].
Lap Leader(s): Kevin Mingus (Grid); Jason Blonde 1-17; Aaron Willison 18-40.
Hard Charger: 50M-Aaron Willison (+8)
ILLINOIS SWEEP!
GRANT REIGNS AT Du QUOIN’S TED HORN “98”
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Du Quoin, Illinois (August 31, 2024)………After standing atop the leader board
in practice, qualifying and the 100-mile race two weeks earlier at the
Springfield Mile, there was only one way that Justin Grant could top himself.
Yet he did.
On Saturday’s 70th running of the Ted Horn 100 at the Du Quoin State
Fairgrounds in southern Illinois, it was “second verse, same as the first” for
the Ione, Calif. native and his Hemelgarn Racing/NOS Energy Drink – Super
Fitness – Hemelgarn Enterprises/DRC/Speedway Chevy.
After pacing the field in practice, Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying and the
main event at Du Quoin, Grant stamped himself into the record books once more as
the 23rd driver to win champ car races under the AAA and/or USAC banner at both
one-mile Illinois dirt tracks in a single season.
On that particular list, Grant joined Tony Bettenhausen (1951), Sam Hanks
(1953), Jimmy Bryan (1955-56), Johnny Thomson (1958), A.J. Foyt (1964 & 1967),
Al Unser (1970), Mario Andretti (1973-74), Gary Bettenhausen (1983), Jack Hewitt
(1986-87-93), Chuck Gurney (1989-94-96), Paul White (2001), J.J. Yeley (2002),
Tracy Hines (2006), Brian Tyler (2008) and Chris Windom (2018).
“It’s awfully, awfully special,” Grant exclaimed. “To sweep the miles, and to
have my name on a list with names like that, is incredible. Sometimes it feels
like I’ve written mine on there with a crayon. But I’m starting to get a little
more used to the feeling and I’m certainly liking it.”
Despite starting from the pole, Grant fell back to second in the early stages
before chasing down and overtaking Logan Seavey on lap 32, then going on to lead
the remaining 69 laps and capture his second consecutive Ted Horn 100 victory,
the first driver to achieve such a repeat triumphantly at Du Quoin since Shane
Cockrum in 2014 and 2015.
Despite completing 98 percent of the laps, Grant had 100 percent of the field
covered in what was his third-straight dirt mile victory with the series, the
longest stretch of success by any driver since Kody Swanson scored four
consecutive on the mile dirt tracks between 2014 and 2015.
Furthermore, Grant is now the first driver since Tracy Hines in 2006 to win
the pole and the race at both Illinois dirt miles in the same season. Grant’s
seventh career USAC Silver Crown score also elevated him to 17th on the all-time
win list alongside fellow series champions Jerry Coons Jr., Rick Hood and George
Snider. In the process, Grant cut his championship point deficit behind Kody
Swanson to just 12 after maximizing his output by gaining 76 at Du Quoin.
In what turned out to be the first rain-shortened USAC Silver Crown race at
Du Quoin since the 1974 edition 50 years ago, weather was imminent throughout
much of the day. That aspect, in addition to all of the other necessities of
successfully navigating the scheduled 100-mile distance, weighed heavily on
Grant’s gameplan.
“We raced with the rain in mind all day,” Grant revealed. “I pushed a little
harder early and through the middle section of the race than I wanted to. But
with what we had for the weather all day, we worked really hard to make sure we
were quick time in hot laps in case we rained out qualifying, so we could get
those points and start on the pole. We approached the race a little bit like,
‘hey, we might have rain toward the second half of this thing. Let’s not save it
all for the last restart.’”
Much of the first half was marred by accidents that led to a Ted Horn 100
record five red flag periods, all of which each driver walked away from. Don
Droud Jr., making his USAC Silver Crown debut, was the first such victim on lap
seven after his right front spindle broke while running 11th, sending him
straight into the outside turn one wall before flipping over.
Jimmy Light was next in line to find misfortune on lap 15 when he suddenly
slowed in turn two while running 15th, which sent him skating up the racetrack
right into the path of Brady Bacon who collided with him, resulting in Light
impacting the wall and flipping over. Beforehand, Bacon was required to start at
the tail after going to a backup car due to a transmission failure with his
primary ride.
It was 22nd running Danny Long’s turn next as he banged the outside wall
exiting turn four and flipped over on lap 27. Danny Jennings did the same in
turn three, making his mark on the turn three wall before flipping several times
in his rude introduction to the Du Quoin mile.
As far as the “almost” incidents, Grant nearly had one in his pursuit of
Seavey for the lead on lap 23. After nearly getting into the back of Seavey’s
rear bumper, Grant turned his wheel left, right, left as he swerved to avoid
blasting Seavey. The close call proved costly in the short term as Grant saw a
one car length deficit balloon to eight car lengths. However, it came within a
whisker of ending his day prematurely.
“I got down in there and I had to jump on the brakes late,” Grant recalled.
“I had the left front down in the dust and the right front in the rubber and it
hooked me back right. I was facing the wrong way! I thought, ‘oh boy, we’ve
really done it here.’ I was really fortunate to get away with that one and
regroup and have another shot at (Seavey).”
Once Grant gathered himself, he quickly found his footing again and slid past
Seavey on the bottom of turn one on lap 33 to place himself in the race lead.
Seavey fought back by cutting under Grant between the long sweeping turns of one
and two to retake it, albeit briefly. Grant had the last word as he powered back
around the outside of Seavey exiting turn two to take over the top spot, and for
good.
“I felt like I could make a lot of right rear grip and stay really straight
where guys were having to slide their cars, so I could run a really good pace
and keep my right rear tire under me and that allowed me to make that move
there,” Grant recounted. “I was able to dive in, get across him and still make
enough grip out of the rubber to come back to it and stay with him. We were able
to hold him down off two. These things on a mile with the fuel load take a
minute to get wound up. It’s not like a sprint car where you can just fire down
to the other end. You keep them where they can’t get back to the throttle quite
as quick as quickly as they want to. When his motor bogs, you can roll up off
there and beat him down to three.”
Kody Swanson soon slotted into the second position on lap 42 after sweeping
around the outside of Seavey on the back straight. Grant possessed a 1.6 second
lead at the time, but Swanson, a two-time winner of the Ted Horn in his own
right in 2010 and 2017, soon made it a contest as he clamped down on Grant
throughout the second half of the show.
“In these things, you want to lead them if you can,” Grant explained. “If you
feel like you can get there at a decent pace, that’s kind of what you want to do
because you can control the race a little bit. Kody was really good there at the
end, but we had track position, and we could make a lot of roll speed through
the center.”
Rookie drivers had their share of the headlines around the midway point of
the race and beyond. Saban Bibent, making just his second career series start,
entered the top four by the 50th circuit. Meanwhile, fellow Rookie Briggs Danner
was surging, making his way into third past Seavey on lap 65.
Ultimately, heartbreak bit Bibent on lap 88 while running fifth as he entered
turn one without brakes, nearly colliding with the concrete perimeter between
turns one and two. Moments later, he dropped low and pulled in, ending a
memorable run with an 18th place result.
Tire wear became the next issue at hand on lap 90 when fifth running C.J.
Leary fell by the wayside with a flat right rear tire, which necessitated a
caution. At the very same moment, seventh running Chase Stockon’s right rear
went kaput as did eighth running Shane Cockrum’s, sidelining three of the top
seven in one fell swoop.
Mitchel Moles, running fourth with five miles to go, had his best Silver
Crown run to date come to an end when he ran out of fuel and stopped on the main
straightaway.
As the field prepared to face a green-white-checkered restart to decide the
finish of the race, Mother Nature had other plans. As the rain continued to
fall, cars were ultimately called into the pits. After a delay and an attempt at
working in the dirt, it became clear that the race would not be able to
continue. It was estimated that an hour would be required to get the track
surface back into raceable shape. However, with a deadline to complete the race
within a certain timeframe looming (due to preparations for a concert taking
place on the stage at the track), the race was deemed complete with Justin Grant
the victor over Kody Swanson, Briggs Danner, Jerry Coons Jr. and Logan Seavey.
For Kody Swanson (Kingsburg, Calif.), the driver of the Doran-Binks
Racing/Mission Foods – Wilke Orthodontics – Glenn Farms/Maxim/Hampshire Chevy,
it was his best result at Du Quoin since winning in 2017.
Meanwhile, Briggs Danner (Allentown, Pa.) recorded his best career result in
his Rookie year with the USAC Silver Crown series, starting and finishing third
aboard his DMW Motorsports/Fuel Mart – Power Control Systems – Advanced
Materials Technologies/DRC/R07 Chevy.
Chris Fetter (Troy, Mo.) raced from 22nd to 10th to earn hard charger honors
along with his best career USAC Silver Crown finish. His performance occurred
exactly 10 years to the day of his first USAC start on August 31, 2014, also at
Du Quoin.
It was the feel good story of the day. Jerry Coons Jr. (Tucson, Ariz.)
finished fourth in his 23rd career Ted Horn 100 start at Du Quoin. It also came
in the Bateman Racing team's final Du Quoin start where they competed in their
first race in 1982. For his 11th to 4th run on this special, but bittersweet day
for the Murphysboro, Ill. based team, Coons earned honors as the Inferno Armor
Fire Move of the Day.
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USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 31, 2024 – Du
Quoin State Fairgrounds – Du Quoin, Illinois – 1-Mile Dirt Oval – Ted Horn 100
HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Justin Grant, 91, Hemelgarn-30.438; 2.
Logan Seavey, 22, Rice/Abacus-30.476; 3. Briggs Danner, 10, DMW-30.622; 4.
Mitchel Moles, 119, Reinbold/Underwood-30.636; 5. Kody Swanson, 77,
Doran/Binks-30.702; 6. Trey Osborne, 81, BCR-30.982; 7. Kyle Steffens, 08,
Steffens-31.103; 8. C.J. Leary, 6, Klatt-31.186; 9. Don Droud Jr., 8,
Cornell-31.212; 10. Mario Clouser, 60, Legacy/Wilson-31.283; 11. Jerry Coons
Jr., 55, Bateman-31.459; 12. Saban Bibent, 88, Fetter-31.597; 13. Jimmy Light,
118, Wingo-31.659; 14. Chris Urish, 177, Urish-31.773; 15. Shane Cockrum, 97,
Lein-31.911; 16. Matt Goodnight, 24, Haggenbottom-32.205; 17. Chase Stockon, 69,
Pink 69-32.288; 18. Danny Jennings, 61, Grace-32.461; 19. Korey Weyant, 99,
Weyant-32.546; 20. Gregg Cory, 32, Williams/Cory-32.671; 21. Russ Gamester, 51,
Gamester-32.777; 22. Chris Fetter, 15, Fetter-33.202; 23. Nathan Moore, 48,
Thomas/Moore-33.214; 24. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-33.278; 25. Kip Hughes,
160, Hughes-34.096; 26. Danny Long, 44, Long-34.516; 27. Dave Peperak, 777,
Peperak-35.152; 28. Brady Bacon, 9, Dyson-NT; 29. Casey Buckman, 25,
C-Buck/Sachs-NT.
FEATURE: (100 laps, shortened to 98 due to rain, starting positions in
parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (1), 2. Kody Swanson (5), 3. Briggs Danner (3), 4.
Jerry Coons Jr. (11), 5. Logan Seavey (2), 6. Mario Clouser (10), 7. Kyle
Steffens (7), 8. Chris Urish (14), 9. Matt Goodnight (16), 10. Chris Fetter
(22), 11. Korey Weyant (19), 12. Gregg Cory (20), 13. Chase Stockon (17), 14.
Kip Hughes (25), 15. Mitchel Moles (4), 16. Shane Cockrum (15), 17. C.J. Leary
(8), 18. Saban Bibent (12), 19. Nathan Moore (23), 20. Danny Jennings (18), 21.
Dave Berkheimer (24), 22. Russ Gamester (21), 23. Danny Long (26), 24. Brady
Bacon (28), 25. Jimmy Light (13), 26. Trey Osborne (6), 27. Don Droud Jr. (9),
28. Dave Peperak (27). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-31 Logan Seavey, Laps 32-98 Justin Grant.
**Don Droud Jr. flipped on lap 7 of the feature. Jimmy Light flipped on lap
15 of the feature. Danny Long flipped on lap 27 of the feature. Danny Jennings
flipped on lap 54 of the feature.
USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kody Swanson-675, 2-Justin
Grant-663, 3-Logan Seavey-608, 4-C.J. Leary-528, 5-Kyle Steffens-438, 6-Kaylee
Bryson-388, 7-Bobby Santos-366, 8-Gregg Cory-355, 9-Trey Osborne-354, 10-Dakoda
Armstrong-329.
USAC NATIONAL PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-168, 2-Logan
Seavey-147, 3-Robert Ballou-135, 4-C.J. Leary-113, 5-Kyle Cummins-113, 6-Justin
Grant-111, 7-Chase Stockon-109, 8-Brady Bacon-104, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-96,
10-Joey Amantea-92.
NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: September 20-21, 2024 –
Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval – 4-Crown Nationals
CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:
Dirt Draft Practice Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (29.651)
Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Justin Grant (30.438)
Hard Charger: Chris Fetter (22nd to 10th)
Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Race: Jerry Coons Jr.
Macedo Charges to BillionAuto.com Huset's High Bank Nationals Presented by MENARDS Preliminary Win and High-Point Honors During Ace Ready Mix Night at Huset's Speedway
Inside Line Promotions - BRANDON, S.D. (Aug. 31, 2024) - Carson Macedo executed a late-race slide job to capture the BillionAuto.com Huset's High Bank Nationals presented by MENARDS preliminary night triumph on Saturday at Huset's Speedway.
Macedo's charge from eighth to win on Ace Ready Mix Night was his second career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series victory at the high-banked track. It also set him up well as the high-points driver entering the $100,000-to-win event finale on Sunday.
"It feels good to have a lot speed here," he said. "That was fun. It feels good to win, but it's really cool when you win it from eighth like that."
Macedo was the third of three different leaders during the 35-lap main event. Hunter Schuerenberg led the first four laps before Chase Randall took over the top spot with a slide job in turn two on a restart on Lap 5.
A caution on Lap 11 for a spin by Scott Winters was followed by a caution two laps later when fifth-running Scott Bogucki got sideways and collected seventh-running Sheldon Haudenschild. Macedo had climbed into the top five by that point and drove into the runner-up position on Lap 23. The final caution came out on Lap 28 when fifth-running Schuerenberg stopped after contact with Giovanni Scelzi in turn three, setting up the final restart of the race.
Randall rocketed away on the restart, but traffic with three laps remaining allowed Macedo to close to Randall's rear bumper. One lap later, Macedo used a slide job in turn two to narrowly clear Randall for the top spot. Randall went for a slide job of his own in turns three and four, but Macedo's momentum against the cushion prevailed and he led the final two circuits to win by 0.534 seconds.
"That caution helped a lot," Macedo said. "I don't think we would have ever got to him without that restart there. We got to lapped traffic really quick there. And then the lapped cars were all over the place. I felt like I was in the cat bird's seat. Sometimes it's better to be running second in those situations."
Randall, who was going after his first career World of Outlaws win, settled for a career-best second-place showing.
"We were really, really close to getting one tonight," he said. "I think there's a couple of little things I could have done different."
Donny Schatz rounded out the podium, marking a much better outing than the previous night when he was involved in a wild heat race crash that ended his night early.
"We kind of tightened up there," he said. "It felt rolled over the whole time. We have to try to fix that if we're going to try to win this race tomorrow night."
Buddy Kofoid hustled from 17 th to fourth and Bill Balog charged from 16 th to fifth.
Emerson Axsom and Aaron Reutzel each set quick time to lead their qualifying groups. The heat races were won by Schatz, Kaleb Johnson, Randall and Bogucki. Brendan Mullen posted the C Main victory and Winters topped the Last Chance Showdown.
The BillionAuto.com Huset's High Bank Nationals presented by MENARDS concludes on Sunday during Myrl & Roy's Paving Night when the World of Outlaws feature winner will earn a whopping $100,000. The main gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps slated for 7 p.m.
Event tickets can be purchased online at https://mpv.tickets.com/schedule/?agency=JKMV_PL_MPV&orgid=55369#/?view=list&includePackages=true .
BILLIONAUTO.COM HUSET'S HIGH BANK NATIONALS PRESENTED BY MENARDS NIGHT 1 RESULTS AT HUSET'S SPEEDWAY (Aug. 31, 2024) -
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo (8); 2. 14H-Chase Randall (1); 3. 15-Donny Schatz (4); 4. 83-Michael Kofoid (17); 5. 17B-Bill Balog (16); 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (10); 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart (19); 8. 2-David Gravel (18); 9. 23-Garet Williamson (14); 10. 55-Kerry Madsen (13); 11. 5-Ryan Timms (15); 12. 27-Emerson Axsom (6); 13. 3-Tim Kaeding (24); 14. 87-Aaron Reutzel (12); 15. 22-Riley Goodno (20); 16. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (7); 17. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (9); 18. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (11); 19. 17GP-Justin Henderson (23); 20. 16-Brooke Tatnell (22); 21. 24T-Christopher Thram (5); 22. 23W-Scott Winters (21); 23. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg (2); 24. 10-Scott Bogucki (3).
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 23W-Scott Winters (1); 2. 16-Brooke Tatnell (3); 3. 17GP-Justin Henderson (5); 4. 3-Tim Kaeding (7); 5. 83S-Sam Henderson (6); 6. 7S-Landon Crawley (9); 7. 14T-Tim Estenson (2); 8. 3J-Dusty Zomer (11); 9. 44-Chris Martin (8); 10. 70-Kraig Kinser (10); 11. 74N-Luke Nellis (14); 12. O9-Matt Juhl (4); 13. 8-Jacob Hughes (12); 14. 11M-Brendan Mullen (13).
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 11M-Brendan Mullen (2); 2. 74N-Luke Nellis (4); 3. 80P-Jacob Peterson (5); 4. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (7); 5. 17D-Ryan Bickett (8); 6. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (6); 7. 64-Andy Pake (3); 8. 13-Mark Dobmeier (1); 9. 88-Austin McCarl (9).
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz (1); 2. 24T-Christopher Thram (2); 3. 27-Emerson Axsom (4); 4. 83-Michael Kofoid (7); 5. 5-Ryan Timms (3); 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart (5); 7. 7S-Landon Crawley (9); 8. 17GP-Justin Henderson (6); 9. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (11); 10. 64-Andy Pake (8); 11. 88-Austin McCarl (10).
Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (1); 2. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (2); 3. 41-Carson Macedo (4); 4. 55-Kerry Madsen (3); 5. 16-Brooke Tatnell (9); 6. 23W-Scott Winters (5); 7. 3-Tim Kaeding (7); 8. 3J-Dusty Zomer (8); 9. 80P-Jacob Peterson (10); 10. 13-Mark Dobmeier (6).
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 14H-Chase Randall (1); 2. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg (2); 3. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (3); 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel (4); 5. 2-David Gravel (5); 6. 83S-Sam Henderson (8); 7. O9-Matt Juhl (6); 8. 70-Kraig Kinser (7); 9. 74N-Luke Nellis (9); 10. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (10).
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 10-Scott Bogucki (1); 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (4); 3. 23-Garet Williamson (2); 4. 17B-Bill Balog (3); 5. 22-Riley Goodno (5); 6. 14T-Tim Estenson (6); 7. 44-Chris Martin (7); 8. 8-Jacob Hughes (9); 9. 11M-Brendan Mullen (8); 10. 17D-Ryan Bickett (10).
Sea Foam Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:11.103 (4); 2. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:11.107 (1); 3. 5-Ryan Timms, 00:11.108 (17); 4. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:11.130 (11); 5. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:11.180 (3); 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:11.195 (14); 7. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:11.197 (20); 8. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:11.208 (9); 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:11.216 (13); 10. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:11.229 (8); 11. 17GP-Justin Henderson, 00:11.251 (6); 12. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:11.259 (10); 13. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:11.270 (21); 14. 3-Tim Kaeding, 00:11.284 (5); 15. 64-Andy Pake, 00:11.314 (2); 16. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:11.320 (18); 17. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:11.344 (12); 18. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.355 (16); 19. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:11.388 (15); 20. 80P-Jacob Peterson, 00:11.505 (7); 21. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:11.571 (19).
Sea Foam Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:11.163 (1); 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:11.181 (11); 3. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:11.222 (3); 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.262 (8); 5. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:11.325 (14); 6. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.366 (15); 7. 14H-Chase Randall, 00:11.367 (13); 8. 10-Scott Bogucki, 00:11.395 (4); 9. 2-David Gravel, 00:11.405 (10); 10. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:11.408 (12); 11. O9-Matt Juhl, 00:11.482 (20); 12. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:11.563 (6); 13. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:11.589 (17); 14. 44-Chris Martin, 00:11.592 (9); 15. 83S-Sam Henderson, 00:11.646 (16); 16. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:11.647 (18); 17. 74N-Luke Nellis, 00:11.649 (5); 18. 8-Jacob Hughes, 00:11.675 (19); 19. 10J-Justin Jacobsma, 00:11.728 (2); 20. 17D-Ryan Bickett, 00:12.120 (7).
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Haudenschild and Chaney Capture Victories at Huset's Speedway During Huset's Hustle Presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking; Zebell Earns Track Championship
Inside Line Promotions - BRANDON, S.D. (Aug. 30, 2024) - Sheldon Haudenschild and Mike Chaney both pocketed a big payday at Huset's Speedway on Friday night during the Huset's Hustle presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking.
Haudenschild topped a thrilling World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series main event to score the $25,000 top prize. Chaney made the most of his first career Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks win at the track during the $5,000-to-win feature - the biggest payout in division history.
Additionally, the final track champion of the season was determined as J.J. Zebell captured the Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks title for the first time in his career.
Emerson Axsom held the top spot for the first 22 laps of the 35-lap World of Outlaws main event, but Haudenschild was all over him as the duo diced through traffic. Haudenschild executed a slide job into turn three to take the lead on Lap 23, but Axsom returned the favor by hitting the bottom groove perfectly in turns one and two on the ensuing lap. He pulled in front of Haudenschild to regain the lead entering turn three. The lone caution of the race came out on the next lap as the drivers were side by side.
Haudenschild powered into the lead for good in turn two on the restart with 11 laps remaining and held off a late charge from Buddy Kofoid for his third career World of Outlaws victory at Huset's Speedway.
"(Axsom) was doing a great job," said Haudenschild, who has produced a podium result in his last five World of Outlaws races. "I feel like we got him in traffic and was probably a little nice and he got back by us. I didn't really know what to expect on that restart. I'm really surprised he didn't rip the top and I was able to get around him."
Kofoid's second-place showing from the ninth starting position marked his third straight podium run.
"I was able to chase people down in dirty air," he said. "Every time we come here I feel we're exceptionally good. I was able to run Sheldon down, but I kinda ran out of time. It's nice to know we have good speed, good enough speed to win. We'll see if we can be one spot better and hopefully get some redemption on Sunday."
Axsom recorded a third-place result to tie his career-best World of Outlaws outing.
"I hate it for my guys, to be in position and kinda give one away there," he said. "It's hard to out-Haud Haud. I feel our stuff is good for the next couple of nights. We just gotta tweak on it a little and I can do a better job in some places."
Garet Williamson placed fourth and Ryan Timms ended fifth.
Timms and Haudenschild topped their qualifying groups. The heat races were won by Logan Schuchart, Kaleb Johnson, Axsom and Williamson. Justin Henderson drove to the C Main triumph and Mark Dobmeier was the Last Chance Showdown winner.
Chaney led the distance of the Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks A Main, which was scheduled for 25 laps but added an extra one thanks to a caution on the final scheduled circuit, setting up a green-white-checkered restart.
"It feels pretty damn good," he said. "I've been fighting this car all year. On the start the shifter broke so I was stuck in high gear the whole time. I didn't need that last yellow. I was kinda nervous."
Six cautions, including one on the final scheduled lap, bunched the field together numerous times and kept Chaney out of traffic. He was efficient running the bottom groove lap after lap and produced a solid launch on the green-white-checkered restart to win by 0.449 seconds.
Garet Deboer was the runner up, garnering his best result at the track this season.
"It's been a great night," he said. "We're getting better every week with this car."
Cory Yeigh advanced from eighth to third, posting his sixth podium of the season at the dirt oval.
"Congrats to Mike and Garet," he said. "It was a heck of a race."
Zebell scored a fourth-place finish despite an ill-handling race car to garner the track title.
"It feels pretty damn awesome," he said. "It's been a long time coming. We broke halfway through there and I was just hanging on."
Matt Steuerwald rounded out the top five.
Yeigh set quick time during qualifying before Steuerwald, Zach Olivier and Chaney earned heat race wins.
The racing weekend continues at Huset's Speedway on Saturday when the World of Outlaws kicks off the BillionAuto.com Huset's High Bank Nationals presented by MENARDS with a $15,000-to-win program during Ace Ready Mix Night. The main gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 7 p.m.
Event tickets can be purchased online at https://mpv.tickets.com/schedule/?agency=JKMV_PL_MPV&orgid=55369#/?view=list&includePackages=true .
HUSET'S HUSTLE PRESENTED BY FOLKENS BROTHERS TRUCKING RESULTS AT HUSET'S SPEEDWAY (Aug. 30, 2024) -
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (2); 2. 83-Michael Kofoid (9); 3. 27-Emerson Axsom (1); 4. 23-Garet Williamson (3); 5. 5-Ryan Timms (4); 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (13); 7. 41-Carson Macedo (14); 8. 10-Scott Bogucki (6); 9. 17B-Bill Balog (18); 10. 2-David Gravel (20); 11. 13-Mark Dobmeier (21); 12. 7S-Landon Crawley (11); 13. 3J-Dusty Zomer (5); 14. 8-Jacob Hughes (12); 15. 88-Austin McCarl (15); 16. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg (23); 17. 24T-Christopher Thram (16); 18. 64-Andy Pake (17); 19. 70-Kraig Kinser (24); 20. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (7); 21. 55-Kerry Madsen (10); 22. 1S-Logan Schuchart (8); 23. 83S-Sam Henderson (22); 24. 27X-Carson McCarl (19).
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 13-Mark Dobmeier (1); 2. 83S-Sam Henderson (2); 3. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg (6); 4. 70-Kraig Kinser (5); 5. 16-Brooke Tatnell (7); 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (3); 7. 22-Riley Goodno (14); 8. 14H-Chase Randall (8); 9. 17GP-Justin Henderson (13); 10. 80P-Jacob Peterson (9); 11. 3-Tim Kaeding (10); 12. 15-Donny Schatz (4); 13. 81-Brant O'Banion (11); 14. 6-Max Guilford (12).
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 17GP-Justin Henderson (1); 2. 22-Riley Goodno (2); 3. 14T-Tim Estenson (4); 4. 44-Chris Martin (3); 5. O9-Matt Juhl (5); 6. 74N-Luke Nellis (6); 7. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (8); 8. 33-Scott Broty (7); 9. 17D-Ryan Bickett (10); 10. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (9); 11. 87-Aaron Reutzel (11); 12. 11M-Brendan Mullen (12).
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart (3); 2. 7S-Landon Crawley (5); 3. 5-Ryan Timms (4); 4. 88-Austin McCarl (2); 5. 64-Andy Pake (1); 6. 13-Mark Dobmeier (6); 7. 70-Kraig Kinser (7); 8. 81-Brant O'Banion (9); 9. 44-Chris Martin (10); 10. 17GP-Justin Henderson (8); 11. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (11).
Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (1); 2. 83-Michael Kofoid (2); 3. 3J-Dusty Zomer (4); 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (3); 5. 27X-Carson McCarl (5); 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (6); 7. 16-Brooke Tatnell (7); 8. 80P-Jacob Peterson (8); 9. O9-Matt Juhl (10); 10. 33-Scott Broty (9); 11. 87-Aaron Reutzel (11).
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 27-Emerson Axsom (2); 2. 8-Jacob Hughes (1); 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (4); 4. 41-Carson Macedo (3); 5. 2-David Gravel (6); 6. 14H-Chase Randall (8); 7. 83S-Sam Henderson (5); 8. 3-Tim Kaeding (7); 9. 22-Riley Goodno (9); 10. 74N-Luke Nellis (10); 11. 17D-Ryan Bickett (11).
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 23-Garet Williamson (1); 2. 10-Scott Bogucki (2); 3. 55-Kerry Madsen (3); 4. 17B-Bill Balog (5); 5. 24T-Christopher Thram (4); 6. 15-Donny Schatz (7); 7. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg (6); 8. 6-Max Guilford (8); 9. 14T-Tim Estenson (10); 10. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (11); 11. 11M-Brendan Mullen (9).
Sea Foam Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 5-Ryan Timms, 00:11.026 (8); 2. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:11.053 (1); 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:11.061 (5); 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:11.076 (2); 5. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:11.079 (17); 6. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:11.081 (18); 7. 64-Andy Pake, 00:11.144 (6); 8. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:11.150 (16); 9. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:11.154 (13); 10. 27X-Carson McCarl, 00:11.168 (4); 11. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:11.196 (20); 12. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:11.235 (12); 13. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:11.238 (19); 14. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.242 (9); 15. 17GP-Justin Henderson, 00:11.269 (15); 16. 80P-Jacob Peterson, 00:11.273 (14); 17. 81-Brant O'Banion, 00:11.287 (3); 18. 33-Scott Broty, 00:11.349 (21); 19. 44-Chris Martin, 00:11.373 (11); 20. O9-Matt Juhl, 00:11.440 (10); 21. 10J-Justin Jacobsma, 00:20.211 (7); 22. 87-Aaron Reutzel (22).
Sea Foam Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:10.860 (8); 2. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:10.894 (2); 3. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:10.914 (5); 4. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:11.078 (13); 5. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:11.087 (19); 6. 10-Scott Bogucki, 00:11.138 (11); 7. 8-Jacob Hughes, 00:11.154 (1); 8. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.160 (21); 9. 83S-Sam Henderson, 00:11.162 (4); 10. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.165 (9); 11. 2-David Gravel, 00:11.174 (7); 12. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:11.187 (15); 13. 3-Tim Kaeding, 00:11.226 (17); 14. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:11.281 (3); 15. 14H-Chase Randall, 00:11.339 (16); 16. 6-Max Guilford, 00:11.370 (18); 17. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:11.383 (20); 18. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:11.408 (6); 19. 74N-Luke Nellis, 00:11.463 (14); 20. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:11.526 (22); 21. 17D-Ryan Bickett, 00:11.739 (12); 22. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:12.053 (10).
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 12-Mike Chaney (2); 2. 33-Garet Deboer (3); 3. 64-Cory Yeigh (8); 4. 29Z-JJ Zebell (6); 5. 3-Matt Steuerwald (9); 6. 83-Nick Janssen (12); 7. 21-Ron Howe (16); 8. 83X-Brylee Gough (18); 9. 98-Dan Jensen (20); 10. 55-John Hoing (19); 11. 99-Ryan DeBoer (22); 12. 51-Billy Prouty (14); 13. (DNF) 40-Tim Dann (7); 14. (DNF) 3M-Brett Martin (11); 15. (DNF) 2E-Chris Ellingson (5); 16. (DNF) 15-Brandon Ferguson (15); 17. (DNF) 45-Craig Hanisch (4); 18. (DNF) 1K-Kinzer Glanzer (10); 19. (DNF) 27-Lee Kuchta (17); 20. (DNF) 2-Shaun Taylor (13); 21. (DNF) 71-Zach Olivier (1); 22. (DNS) 35K-Brady Klaassen; 23. (DNS) 9-Kyle DeBoer.
Fastenal Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Matt Steuerwald (1); 2. 33-Garet Deboer (2); 3. 2E-Chris Ellingson (3); 4. 2-Shaun Taylor (5); 5. 15-Brandon Ferguson (6); 6. 64-Cory Yeigh (4); 7. 98-Dan Jensen (8); 8. (DNF) 99-Ryan DeBoer (7).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Zach Olivier (2); 2. 3M-Brett Martin (1); 3. 45-Craig Hanisch (3); 4. 29Z-JJ Zebell (4); 5. 51-Billy Prouty (5); 6. 55-John Hoing (7); 7. 83X-Brylee Gough (6); 8. (DNS) 9-Kyle DeBoer.
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Mike Chaney (4); 2. 1K-Kinzer Glanzer (2); 3. 40-Tim Dann (3); 4. 83-Nick Janssen (1); 5. 27-Lee Kuchta (7); 6. 21-Ron Howe (6); 7. (DNF) 35K-Brady Klaassen (5).
Qualifying (3 Laps): 1. 64-Cory Yeigh, 00:15.069 (12); 2. 29Z-JJ Zebell, 00:15.072 (11); 3. 12-Mike Chaney, 00:15.119 (14); 4. 2E-Chris Ellingson, 00:15.153 (23); 5. 45-Craig Hanisch, 00:15.161 (9); 6. 40-Tim Dann, 00:15.166 (17); 7. 33-Garet Deboer, 00:15.207 (16); 8. 71-Zach Olivier, 00:15.238 (22); 9. 1K-Kinzer Glanzer, 00:15.313 (10); 10. 3-Matt Steuerwald, 00:15.319 (6); 11. 3M-Brett Martin, 00:15.331 (21); 12. 83-Nick Janssen, 00:15.338 (3); 13. 2-Shaun Taylor, 00:15.340 (13); 14. 51-Billy Prouty, 00:15.354 (5); 15. 35K-Brady Klaassen, 00:15.412 (8); 16. 15-Brandon Ferguson, 00:15.417 (4); 17. 83X-Brylee Gough, 00:15.436 (2); 18. 21-Ron Howe, 00:15.441 (1); 19. 99-Ryan DeBoer, 00:15.454 (18); 20. 55-John Hoing, 00:15.498 (7); 21. 27-Lee Kuchta, 00:15.767 (15); 22. 98-Dan Jensen, 00:15.872 (19); 23. 9-Kyle DeBoer, 00:16.031 (20).
2024 HUSET'S SPEEDWAY WEEKLY DIVISION FEATURE WINNERS -
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars :
Ryan Timms - 2 (June 16 and Aug. 25); Garet Williamson - 2(July 7 and July 28); Scott Bogucki - 1(July 14);Tyler Drueke- 1(May 19); Tim Kaeding - 1 (May 27); Anthony Macri - 1 (June 2); Austin McCarl - 1 (June 9); and Daison Pursley - 1 (May 26)
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks:
Cory Yeigh - 3(May 26, June 2 and July 28); Zach Olivier - 2 (May 27 and June 9); Mike Chaney - 1 (Aug. 30); Tim Dann - 1 (June 16); Brandon Ferguson - 1 (Aug. 25); Brylee Gough- 1(May 19); Craig Hanisch - 1 (July 14); and J.J. Zebell - 1 (July 7)
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series:
Dusty Ballenger- 1(May 19); Nate Barger - 1 (June 16); Brandon Bosma - 1 (July 14); Brady Donnohue - 1 (July 7); Monty Ferriera - 1 (May 27); Jared Jansen - 1 (Aug. 25); Zach Patterson - 1 (June 9); Andrew Sullivan - 1 (June 2); Cole Vanderheiden - 1 (May 26); and Gaige Weldon - 1 (July 28)
UP NEXT -
Saturday and Sunday for the BillionAuto.com Huset's High Bank Nationals presented by MENARDS featuring the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
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Cap Henry a bridesmaid no longer, takes FAST win to open Attica Ambush
Friday, Aug. 30, 2024
By Brian Liskai
ATTICA, Ohio – Cap Henry has finished second at Attica Raceway Park the last three straight races. The defending track champion was able to take the lead with just five laps to go Friday, Aug. 30 on Great Lakes Truck Centers/Murphy Tractor & Equipment Night and drove to his fourth win of the year at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speed plant to open the Attica Ambush with the Ti-22 Performance FAST On Dirt Series.
The last five laps of the 40-lap, $6,000-to-win affair were chaotic to say the least. Henry took the lead from Brandon Spithaler on lap 35 right before a caution. Spithaler had taken the lead on lap seven when leader Zeth Sabo ran over a tire from a flipping Creed Kemenah. When the green flew with four laps to go Spithaler and Cale Thomas collided while battling for second, collecting Zane DeVault necessitating a fuel stop. When the green flew Henry, from Bellevue, Ohio, drove away for his 20th career 410 sprint car win at Attica. It was his sixth overall victory of 2024. Greg Wilson drove from 14th to second with Kalib Henry earning third over DJ Foos and Trey Jacobs.
“Our game plan the whole time was we knew we had to be tight and be good the last 10 and not the first 10 like we have been the last four or five times. Zack (Myers, crew chief) has probably never heard me yell so much because we’ve lost so many. I was nervous those last four laps. My guys told me what I was doing was right. Zack tweaked on that thing during the open red and it felt pretty good. Shout out to my guys…they just kept working on it,” said Henry beside his Premier Planning Services, Jeff Ward Demolition, Ohio Logistics, Primal Tee Shop, Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts, FK Rod Ends, Griff’s Engines backed #33W.
For Wilson, who won last weekend with the IRA, coming from 14th starting spot, nearly repeated that at Attica.
“Hate to whine…I was pissed the way the track was all night and it made a fool out of me. It slicked off so that you could move around and thank goodness my wife and my girls and Nick Daugherty worked hard and I didn’t feel like it was right to give up. Can’t thank Attica Raceway Park and the fans enough. This place is really cool and when you run good you know you’ve done something. The guys that run here have gotten really, really good over the last couple of years,” said Wilson beside his Hercules Tires, Ohio Logistics, DNC Hydraulics, Heitmeyer Concrete backed #W20.
California driver Kalib Henry ran among the top five the last two thirds of the feature and held on for a podium finish.
“Glad to have some speed back. I want to apologized to Greg. I was racing in the rear view there quite a bit and I hopefully didn’t bug him too much. I hate racing like that. I was just kind of hanging on for dear life. Jim and Rebecca back home, and Kevin for busing his tail to get another car back together after our crash at Knoxville. Want to say hi and get well to Chase Johnson back home…I don’t know if he’s watching this or not but my heart’s out for you and I hope you get better soon,” said Henry beside his Running Boxer Farms, Harris Distributing, Valvoline Oil backed #101.
In the Whistle Stop Presents the Dirt Nerds Podcast Powered by Propane UMP Late Model feature, Mansfield, Ohio’s Kyle Moore put on a dominating performance, leading all 25 laps and at times had over a four second lead. He would take his sixth Attica win of the year and his 18th overall victory of 2024. Doug Drown, Todd Brennan, Ryan Markham and Mike Bores rounded out the top five.
“I have a lot of confidence in myself. I know what I can do. It’s making everything line up and making it happen is two different things. Ty Tworg…I’m telling you right now, I don’t know what these boys are waiting for but they better make a phone call to that guy and get a car. Otherwise it’s going to be a long year again next year,” said Moore beside his Kepling Flooring, Tye Tworg Longhorn, Joyride Transportation, Smitley Towing, Short Stop, Malcuit Race Engines, Wilson Realty, Robin Jakubick, RL Bond Septic, Hepthorn Golf Cart Sales, House of Spud, K&B Septic Service, Coffman Composites, Team Midwest Paint, Platinum Design backed #1*.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Saturday, Aug. 31 for another $6,000 to win 410 sprint car feature with the Fremont Fence 305 Sprints going for $1,200 to win.
For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.comor follow the track on Twitter @atticaracewyprk or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/atticaracewaypark and Instagram at attica_raceway_park. Attica Raceway Park events are streamed on DirtVision.
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Attica Raceway Park
Friday, Aug. 30, 2024
410 Sprints – Ti 22 Performance FAST On Dirt
Qualifying
1.29-Zeth Sabo, 12.556; 2.15C-Chris Andrews, 12.648; 3.101-Kalib Henry, 12.669; 4.16-DJ Foos, 12.727; 5.19-TJ Michael, 12.731; 6.33W-Cap Henry, 12.754; 7.22S-Brandon Spithaler, 12.777; 8.5T-Travis Philo, 12.830; 9.14R-Sean Rayhall, 12.858; 10.4-Zane DeVault, 12.900; 11.9-Trey Jacobs, 12.918; 12.12-Luke Griffith, 12.948; 13.23-Cale Thomas, 12.951; 14.38-Leyton Wagner, 12.954; 15.20B-Cody Bova, 12.960; 16.W20-Greg Wilson, 12.997; 17.15H-Mitch Harble, 13.029; 18.28M-Conner Morrell, 13.034; 19.2MD-Darin Naida, 13.096; 20.25R-Jordan Ryan, 13.099; 21.15K-Creed Kemenah, 13.123; 22.11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 13.171; 23.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.222; 24.X-Mike Keegan, 13.295; 25.7M-Brandon Moore, 13.315; 26.5-Kody Brewer, 13.383; 27.5E-Bobby Elliott, 13.418; 28.21K-Larry Kingseed Jr, 13.423; 29.13-Van Gurley, Jr., 13.531; 30.9H-Lance Heinberger, 13.595; 31.17S-Shelby Rankin, 13.848;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 23-Cale Thomas[2] ; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews[4] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 4. W20-Greg Wilson[3] ; 5. 25R-Jordan Ryan[6] ; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7] ; 7. 7M-Brandon Moore[8] ; 8. 28M-Conner Morrell[5]
Heat 2, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 12-Luke Griffith[1] ; 2. 20B-Cody Bova[2] ; 3. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[6] ; 4. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[4] ; 5. 15H-Mitch Harble[3] ; 6. X-Mike Keegan[7] ; 7. 2MD-Darin Naida[5] ; 8. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[8]
Heat 3, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 33W-Cap Henry[2] ; 2. 16-DJ Foos[1] ; 3. 29-Zeth Sabo[4] ; 4. 38-Leyton Wagner[5] ; 5. 4-Zane DeVault[3] ; 6. 5-Kody Brewer[6] ; 7. 13-Van Gurley, Jr.[7] ; 8. 17S-Shelby Rankin[8]
Heat 4, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 14R-Sean Rayhall[2] ; 2. 9-Trey Jacobs[3] ; 3. 101-Kalib Henry[4] ; 4. 19-TJ Michael[1] ; 5. 15K-Creed Kemenah[5] ; 6. 5E-Bobby Elliott[6] ; 7. 9H-Lance Heinberger[7]
New Race - Computer Man Inc. (5 Laps)
1. 29-Zeth Sabo[2] ; 2. 23-Cale Thomas[1] ; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews[3] ; 4. 101-Kalib Henry[4]
Special 1 - Computer Man Inc. (5 Laps)
1. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[2] ; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[4] ; 3. 12-Luke Griffith[1] ; 4. 14R-Sean Rayhall[3]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 28M-Conner Morrell[1] ; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 3. 2MD-Darin Naida[2] ; 4. X-Mike Keegan[4] ; 5. 5-Kody Brewer[5] ; 6. 13-Van Gurley, Jr.[8] ; 7. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[10] ; 8. 5E-Bobby Elliott[6] ; 9. 7M-Brandon Moore[7] ; 10. 9H-Lance Heinberger[9] ; 11. 17S-Shelby Rankin[11]
A-Main 1 - (40 Laps)
1. 33W-Cap Henry[4] ; 2. W20-Greg Wilson[14] ; 3. 101-Kalib Henry[7] ; 4. 16-DJ Foos[10] ; 5. 9-Trey Jacobs[11] ; 6. 38-Leyton Wagner[15] ; 7. 28M-Conner Morrell[21] ; 8. 14R-Sean Rayhall[8] ; 9. 25R-Jordan Ryan[17] ; 10. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[13] ; 11. 4-Zane DeVault[19] ; 12. 15C-Chris Andrews[5] ; 13. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[2] ; 14. 20B-Cody Bova[9] ; 15. 12-Luke Griffith[6] ; 16. 23-Cale Thomas[3] ; 17. 19-TJ Michael[16] ; 18. 5T-Travis Philo[12] ; 19. 15H-Mitch Harble[18] ; 20. 2MD-Darin Naida[23] ; 21. 29-Zeth Sabo[1] ; 22. 15K-Creed Kemenah[20] ; 23. X-Mike Keegan[24] ; 24. 35-Stuart Brubaker[22]
Late Models - Dirt Nerds Podcast
Qualifying
1.20B-Todd Brennan, 14.519; 2.15B-Mike Bores, 14.592; 3.12-Doug Drown, 14.620; 4.1*-Kyle Moore, 14.634; 5.5M-Ryan Markham, 14.646; 6.92-Justin Chance, 14.714; 7.51-Devin Shiels, 14.943; 8.14JR-JR Gentry, 15.025; 9.46-Colin Shipley, 15.041; 10.57-Matt Tifft, 15.159; 11.153-John Miller, 15.179; 12.RH03-Gregg Haskell, 15.200; 13.4M-Jamie Miller, 15.604; 14.20H-Troy Hahn, 15.662; 15.74-Jeff Warnick, 15.702; 16.92B-Austin Bright, 15.734; 17.51B-Brayden Shiels, 15.871; 18.41-Randy Pollock, 16.310; 19.16H-Cody Truman, 17.540; 20.93-Austin Gibson, 17.795;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 1*-Kyle Moore[2] ; 2. 5M-Ryan Markham[1] ; 3. 20B-Todd Brennan[4] ; 4. 51-Devin Shiels[5] ; 5. 15B-Mike Bores[3] ; 6. 153-John Miller[6] ; 7. 4M-Jamie Miller[7]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. RH03-Gregg Haskell[1] ; 2. 12-Doug Drown[4] ; 3. 57-Matt Tifft[2] ; 4. 46-Colin Shipley[3] ; 5. 51B-Brayden Shiels[5] ; 6. 93-Austin Gibson[7] ; 7. 16H-Cody Truman[6]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 14JR-JR Gentry[3] ; 2. 92-Justin Chance[4] ; 3. 74-Jeff Warnick[1] ; 4. 92B-Austin Bright[5] ; 5. 20H-Troy Hahn[2] ; 6. 41-Randy Pollock[6]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1*-Kyle Moore[2] ; 2. 12-Doug Drown[3] ; 3. 20B-Todd Brennan[5] ; 4. 5M-Ryan Markham[8] ; 5. 15B-Mike Bores[4] ; 6. 51-Devin Shiels[11] ; 7. 46-Colin Shipley[12] ; 8. 92-Justin Chance[7] ; 9. RH03-Gregg Haskell[1] ; 10. 153-John Miller[16] ; 11. 74-Jeff Warnick[10] ; 12. 57-Matt Tifft[9] ; 13. 4M-Jamie Miller[19] ; 14. 41-Randy Pollock[18] ; 15. 51B-Brayden Shiels[14] ; 16. 16H-Cody Truman[20] ; 17. 14JR-JR Gentry[6] ; 18. 20H-Troy Hahn[15] ; 19. 92B-Austin Bright[13] ; 20. 93-Austin Gibson[17]
Haudenschild and Chaney Capture Victories at Huset's Speedway During Huset's Hustle Presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking; Zebell Earns Track Championship
Inside Line Promotions - BRANDON, S.D. (Aug. 30, 2024) - Sheldon Haudenschild and Mike Chaney both pocketed a big payday at Huset's Speedway on Friday night during the Huset's Hustle presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking.
Haudenschild topped a thrilling World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series main event to score the $25,000 top prize. Chaney made the most of his first career Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks win at the track during the $5,000-to-win feature - the biggest payout in division history.
Additionally, the final track champion of the season was determined as J.J. Zebell captured the Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks title for the first time in his career.
Emerson Axsom held the top spot for the first 22 laps of the 35-lap World of Outlaws main event, but Haudenschild was all over him as the duo diced through traffic. Haudenschild executed a slide job into turn three to take the lead on Lap 23, but Axsom returned the favor by hitting the bottom groove perfectly in turns one and two on the ensuing lap. He pulled in front of Haudenschild to regain the lead entering turn three. The lone caution of the race came out on the next lap as the drivers were side by side.
Haudenschild powered into the lead for good in turn two on the restart with 11 laps remaining and held off a late charge from Buddy Kofoid for his third career World of Outlaws victory at Huset's Speedway.
"(Axsom) was doing a great job," said Haudenschild, who has produced a podium result in his last five World of Outlaws races. "I feel like we got him in traffic and was probably a little nice and he got back by us. I didn't really know what to expect on that restart. I'm really surprised he didn't rip the top and I was able to get around him."
Kofoid's second-place showing from the ninth starting position marked his third straight podium run.
"I was able to chase people down in dirty air," he said. "Every time we come here I feel we're exceptionally good. I was able to run Sheldon down, but I kinda ran out of time. It's nice to know we have good speed, good enough speed to win. We'll see if we can be one spot better and hopefully get some redemption on Sunday."
Axsom recorded a third-place result to tie his career-best World of Outlaws outing.
"I hate it for my guys, to be in position and kinda give one away there," he said. "It's hard to out-Haud Haud. I feel our stuff is good for the next couple of nights. We just gotta tweak on it a little and I can do a better job in some places."
Garet Williamson placed fourth and Ryan Timms ended fifth.
Timms and Haudenschild topped their qualifying groups. The heat races were won by Logan Schuchart, Kaleb Johnson, Axsom and Williamson. Justin Henderson drove to the C Main triumph and Mark Dobmeier was the Last Chance Showdown winner.
Chaney led the distance of the Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks A Main, which was scheduled for 25 laps but added an extra one thanks to a caution on the final scheduled circuit, setting up a green-white-checkered restart.
"It feels pretty damn good," he said. "I've been fighting this car all year. On the start the shifter broke so I was stuck in high gear the whole time. I didn't need that last yellow. I was kinda nervous."
Six cautions, including one on the final scheduled lap, bunched the field together numerous times and kept Chaney out of traffic. He was efficient running the bottom groove lap after lap and produced a solid launch on the green-white-checkered restart to win by 0.449 seconds.
Garet Deboer was the runner up, garnering his best result at the track this season.
"It's been a great night," he said. "We're getting better every week with this car."
Cory Yeigh advanced from eighth to third, posting his sixth podium of the season at the dirt oval.
"Congrats to Mike and Garet," he said. "It was a heck of a race."
Zebell scored a fourth-place finish despite an ill-handling race car to garner the track title.
"It feels pretty damn awesome," he said. "It's been a long time coming. We broke halfway through there and I was just hanging on."
Matt Steuerwald rounded out the top five.
Yeigh set quick time during qualifying before Steuerwald, Zach Olivier and Chaney earned heat race wins.
The racing weekend continues at Huset's Speedway on Saturday when the World of Outlaws kicks off the BillionAuto.com Huset's High Bank Nationals presented by MENARDS with a $15,000-to-win program during Ace Ready Mix Night. The main gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 7 p.m.
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HUSET'S HUSTLE PRESENTED BY FOLKENS BROTHERS TRUCKING RESULTS AT HUSET'S SPEEDWAY (Aug. 30, 2024) -
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (2); 2. 83-Michael Kofoid (9); 3. 27-Emerson Axsom (1); 4. 23-Garet Williamson (3); 5. 5-Ryan Timms (4); 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (13); 7. 41-Carson Macedo (14); 8. 10-Scott Bogucki (6); 9. 17B-Bill Balog (18); 10. 2-David Gravel (20); 11. 13-Mark Dobmeier (21); 12. 7S-Landon Crawley (11); 13. 3J-Dusty Zomer (5); 14. 8-Jacob Hughes (12); 15. 88-Austin McCarl (15); 16. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg (23); 17. 24T-Christopher Thram (16); 18. 64-Andy Pake (17); 19. 70-Kraig Kinser (24); 20. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (7); 21. 55-Kerry Madsen (10); 22. 1S-Logan Schuchart (8); 23. 83S-Sam Henderson (22); 24. 27X-Carson McCarl (19).
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 13-Mark Dobmeier (1); 2. 83S-Sam Henderson (2); 3. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg (6); 4. 70-Kraig Kinser (5); 5. 16-Brooke Tatnell (7); 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (3); 7. 22-Riley Goodno (14); 8. 14H-Chase Randall (8); 9. 17GP-Justin Henderson (13); 10. 80P-Jacob Peterson (9); 11. 3-Tim Kaeding (10); 12. 15-Donny Schatz (4); 13. 81-Brant O'Banion (11); 14. 6-Max Guilford (12).
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 17GP-Justin Henderson (1); 2. 22-Riley Goodno (2); 3. 14T-Tim Estenson (4); 4. 44-Chris Martin (3); 5. O9-Matt Juhl (5); 6. 74N-Luke Nellis (6); 7. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (8); 8. 33-Scott Broty (7); 9. 17D-Ryan Bickett (10); 10. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (9); 11. 87-Aaron Reutzel (11); 12. 11M-Brendan Mullen (12).
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart (3); 2. 7S-Landon Crawley (5); 3. 5-Ryan Timms (4); 4. 88-Austin McCarl (2); 5. 64-Andy Pake (1); 6. 13-Mark Dobmeier (6); 7. 70-Kraig Kinser (7); 8. 81-Brant O'Banion (9); 9. 44-Chris Martin (10); 10. 17GP-Justin Henderson (8); 11. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (11).
Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (1); 2. 83-Michael Kofoid (2); 3. 3J-Dusty Zomer (4); 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (3); 5. 27X-Carson McCarl (5); 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (6); 7. 16-Brooke Tatnell (7); 8. 80P-Jacob Peterson (8); 9. O9-Matt Juhl (10); 10. 33-Scott Broty (9); 11. 87-Aaron Reutzel (11).
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 27-Emerson Axsom (2); 2. 8-Jacob Hughes (1); 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (4); 4. 41-Carson Macedo (3); 5. 2-David Gravel (6); 6. 14H-Chase Randall (8); 7. 83S-Sam Henderson (5); 8. 3-Tim Kaeding (7); 9. 22-Riley Goodno (9); 10. 74N-Luke Nellis (10); 11. 17D-Ryan Bickett (11).
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 23-Garet Williamson (1); 2. 10-Scott Bogucki (2); 3. 55-Kerry Madsen (3); 4. 17B-Bill Balog (5); 5. 24T-Christopher Thram (4); 6. 15-Donny Schatz (7); 7. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg (6); 8. 6-Max Guilford (8); 9. 14T-Tim Estenson (10); 10. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (11); 11. 11M-Brendan Mullen (9).
Sea Foam Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 5-Ryan Timms, 00:11.026 (8); 2. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:11.053 (1); 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:11.061 (5); 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:11.076 (2); 5. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:11.079 (17); 6. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:11.081 (18); 7. 64-Andy Pake, 00:11.144 (6); 8. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:11.150 (16); 9. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:11.154 (13); 10. 27X-Carson McCarl, 00:11.168 (4); 11. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:11.196 (20); 12. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:11.235 (12); 13. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:11.238 (19); 14. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.242 (9); 15. 17GP-Justin Henderson, 00:11.269 (15); 16. 80P-Jacob Peterson, 00:11.273 (14); 17. 81-Brant O'Banion, 00:11.287 (3); 18. 33-Scott Broty, 00:11.349 (21); 19. 44-Chris Martin, 00:11.373 (11); 20. O9-Matt Juhl, 00:11.440 (10); 21. 10J-Justin Jacobsma, 00:20.211 (7); 22. 87-Aaron Reutzel (22).
Sea Foam Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:10.860 (8); 2. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:10.894 (2); 3. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:10.914 (5); 4. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:11.078 (13); 5. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:11.087 (19); 6. 10-Scott Bogucki, 00:11.138 (11); 7. 8-Jacob Hughes, 00:11.154 (1); 8. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.160 (21); 9. 83S-Sam Henderson, 00:11.162 (4); 10. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.165 (9); 11. 2-David Gravel, 00:11.174 (7); 12. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:11.187 (15); 13. 3-Tim Kaeding, 00:11.226 (17); 14. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:11.281 (3); 15. 14H-Chase Randall, 00:11.339 (16); 16. 6-Max Guilford, 00:11.370 (18); 17. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:11.383 (20); 18. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:11.408 (6); 19. 74N-Luke Nellis, 00:11.463 (14); 20. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:11.526 (22); 21. 17D-Ryan Bickett, 00:11.739 (12); 22. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:12.053 (10).
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 12-Mike Chaney (2); 2. 33-Garet Deboer (3); 3. 64-Cory Yeigh (8); 4. 29Z-JJ Zebell (6); 5. 3-Matt Steuerwald (9); 6. 83-Nick Janssen (12); 7. 21-Ron Howe (16); 8. 83X-Brylee Gough (18); 9. 98-Dan Jensen (20); 10. 55-John Hoing (19); 11. 99-Ryan DeBoer (22); 12. 51-Billy Prouty (14); 13. (DNF) 40-Tim Dann (7); 14. (DNF) 3M-Brett Martin (11); 15. (DNF) 2E-Chris Ellingson (5); 16. (DNF) 15-Brandon Ferguson (15); 17. (DNF) 45-Craig Hanisch (4); 18. (DNF) 1K-Kinzer Glanzer (10); 19. (DNF) 27-Lee Kuchta (17); 20. (DNF) 2-Shaun Taylor (13); 21. (DNF) 71-Zach Olivier (1); 22. (DNS) 35K-Brady Klaassen; 23. (DNS) 9-Kyle DeBoer.
Fastenal Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Matt Steuerwald (1); 2. 33-Garet Deboer (2); 3. 2E-Chris Ellingson (3); 4. 2-Shaun Taylor (5); 5. 15-Brandon Ferguson (6); 6. 64-Cory Yeigh (4); 7. 98-Dan Jensen (8); 8. (DNF) 99-Ryan DeBoer (7).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Zach Olivier (2); 2. 3M-Brett Martin (1); 3. 45-Craig Hanisch (3); 4. 29Z-JJ Zebell (4); 5. 51-Billy Prouty (5); 6. 55-John Hoing (7); 7. 83X-Brylee Gough (6); 8. (DNS) 9-Kyle DeBoer.
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Mike Chaney (4); 2. 1K-Kinzer Glanzer (2); 3. 40-Tim Dann (3); 4. 83-Nick Janssen (1); 5. 27-Lee Kuchta (7); 6. 21-Ron Howe (6); 7. (DNF) 35K-Brady Klaassen (5).
Qualifying (3 Laps): 1. 64-Cory Yeigh, 00:15.069 (12); 2. 29Z-JJ Zebell, 00:15.072 (11); 3. 12-Mike Chaney, 00:15.119 (14); 4. 2E-Chris Ellingson, 00:15.153 (23); 5. 45-Craig Hanisch, 00:15.161 (9); 6. 40-Tim Dann, 00:15.166 (17); 7. 33-Garet Deboer, 00:15.207 (16); 8. 71-Zach Olivier, 00:15.238 (22); 9. 1K-Kinzer Glanzer, 00:15.313 (10); 10. 3-Matt Steuerwald, 00:15.319 (6); 11. 3M-Brett Martin, 00:15.331 (21); 12. 83-Nick Janssen, 00:15.338 (3); 13. 2-Shaun Taylor, 00:15.340 (13); 14. 51-Billy Prouty, 00:15.354 (5); 15. 35K-Brady Klaassen, 00:15.412 (8); 16. 15-Brandon Ferguson, 00:15.417 (4); 17. 83X-Brylee Gough, 00:15.436 (2); 18. 21-Ron Howe, 00:15.441 (1); 19. 99-Ryan DeBoer, 00:15.454 (18); 20. 55-John Hoing, 00:15.498 (7); 21. 27-Lee Kuchta, 00:15.767 (15); 22. 98-Dan Jensen, 00:15.872 (19); 23. 9-Kyle DeBoer, 00:16.031 (20).
2024 HUSET'S SPEEDWAY WEEKLY DIVISION FEATURE WINNERS -
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars :
Ryan Timms - 2 (June 16 and Aug. 25); Garet Williamson - 2(July 7 and July 28); Scott Bogucki - 1(July 14);Tyler Drueke- 1(May 19); Tim Kaeding - 1 (May 27); Anthony Macri - 1 (June 2); Austin McCarl - 1 (June 9); and Daison Pursley - 1 (May 26)
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks:
Cory Yeigh - 3(May 26, June 2 and July 28); Zach Olivier - 2 (May 27 and June 9); Mike Chaney - 1 (Aug. 30); Tim Dann - 1 (June 16); Brandon Ferguson - 1 (Aug. 25); Brylee Gough- 1(May 19); Craig Hanisch - 1 (July 14); and J.J. Zebell - 1 (July 7)
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series:
Dusty Ballenger- 1(May 19); Nate Barger - 1 (June 16); Brandon Bosma - 1 (July 14); Brady Donnohue - 1 (July 7); Monty Ferriera - 1 (May 27); Jared Jansen - 1 (Aug. 25); Zach Patterson - 1 (June 9); Andrew Sullivan - 1 (June 2); Cole Vanderheiden - 1 (May 26); and Gaige Weldon - 1 (July 28)
UP NEXT -
Saturday and Sunday for the BillionAuto.com Huset's High Bank Nationals presented by MENARDS featuring the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
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HUSET'S SPEEDWAY -
Huset's Speedway is a dirt oval located in Brandon, S.D. The track opened in 1954 and has undergone a large renovation within the last few years, making it a premier destination for both marquee racing events and weekly programs.
Timms, Jansen and Ferguson Victorious at Huset's Speedway During The Bull Haulers Brawl Championship Night for Sprint Cars Presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking on Royal River Casino Night
Inside Line Promotions - BRANDON, S.D. (Aug. 25, 2024) - Ryan Timms, Jared Jansen and Brandon Ferguson cashed in on Sunday at Huset's Speedway, which hosted Royal River Casino Night featuring The Bull Haulers Brawl Championship Night for Sprint Cars presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking.
All three drivers reached the top step on the podium on a night when Kaleb Johnson (Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars) and Brady Donnohue (Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series) captured their first career track championships at the high-banked oval.
"I'm proud of my guys," Johnson said. "They busted their butts each and every week not only here but across the Midwest. We're just out here having fun and making memories."
"It's pretty surreal," Donnohue said. "I didn't have this on my goals for this year. I'm just tickled to death."
Andy Pake led the first six laps of the 25-lap, $7,000-to-win Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars main event before Timms pounced in traffic. Aaron Reutzel was all over Pake in the battle for the lead amidst traffic, but it was Timms who rocketed by both drivers down the backstretch on Lap 7.
Timms set a torrid pace for the remainder of the race, winning by 2.034 seconds. It was his second victory of the season at the dirt track.
"There at the start we were really loose," he said. "I got my wing back. Reutzel had got by me at that point. We got into lapped traffic and it was slowing their pace up quite a bit. All of a sudden I was driving by both of them down the backstretch. The car was amazing."
Reutzel executed a slide job for the top spot on a restart on Lap 17, but Timms turned his car underneath Reutzel exiting turn four to maintain the lead. Reutzel's runner-up result was his best outing at Huset's Speedway this year.
"I don't think I got the car where I needed it tonight and I don't think I did a good job of driving," he said. "I had one shot at him, but it was such a Hail Mary that he had all the time to turn down. I gave it my all, just once again it wasn't meant to be. It was a cowboy-up track. Traffic was fun. All in all, it was a good night. I wish I was one spot better, but we'll just have to take it."
Dusty Zomer placed third for his best finish of the season at the track.
"Tonight the track was real heavy so everyone was going to be fast," he said. "Starting sixth, we'll take a podium out of it."
Kerry Madsen was the fourth-place finisher and Pake ended fifth.
Reutzel set quick time during qualifying to open the program before Pake, Brendan Mullen, Brant O'Banion and Justin Henderson produced heat race wins. Tyler Drueke was the B Main winner.
Jansen led all 20 laps to score his first career Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series at Huset's Speedway, where he became the 10 th different winner in 10 division races this season.
"I've been waiting for this one for a long time," he said. "We've been doing this for darn near 20 years and hadn't won one here."
Dan Carsrud, John Lambertz, 16th-starting Shayle Bade and 11th-starting Zach Patterson rounded out the top five, respectively.
Lambertz, Lee Goos Jr., Jeremiah Jordahl and Carsrud were the heat race winners. Gaige Weldon picked up the B Main win.
Ferguson led the distance of the Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks main event for his first win of the season at Huset's Speedway. He became the seventh different winner in the division this year.
"It's been a terrible year and on this hot day I second guessed even wanting to come out," he said. "I'm so glad we did."
A trio of cautions in the second half of the feature bunched the field together, but Ferguson hit his marks consistently to win by 0.777 seconds.
Kinzer Glanzer finished second with points leader J.J. Zebell advancing from ninth to third. Garet Deboer placed fourth and 11th-starting Matt Steuerwald maneuvered to fifth.
The heat races were won by Ferguson, Tracy Halouska and Craig Hanisch.
The 2024 racing season at Huset's Speedway wraps up next weekend with a special three nights of action featuring the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series. On Friday, it's the Huset's Hustle presented by Folkens Brothers Trucking featuring the World of Outlaws and the final Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks race of the season. The World of Outlaws will return to the high-banked track on Saturday and Sunday for the BillionAuto.com Huset's High Bank Nationals presented by MENARDS.
ROYAL RIVER CASINO NIGHT BULL HAULERS BRAWL CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT FOR SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY FOLKENS BROTHERS TRUCKING RESULTS AT HUSET'S SPEEDWAY (Aug. 25, 2024) -
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 5-Ryan Timms (2); 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel (3); 3. 3J-Dusty Zomer (6); 4. 55-Kerry Madsen (5); 5. 64-Andy Pake (1); 6. 27-Emerson Axsom (8); 7. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (4); 8. 13-Mark Dobmeier (11); 9. 24T-Christopher Thram (9); 10. 11M-Brendan Mullen (7); 11. 09-Matt Juhl (13); 12. 22-Riley Goodno (18); 13. 17GP-Justin Henderson (10); 14. 16-Brooke Tatnell (16); 15. 14T-Tim Estenson (19); 16. 81-Brant O'Banion (12); 17. 8-Jacob Hughes (20); 18. 95-Tyler Drueke (21); 19. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (24); 20. 45X-Jace Park (23); 21. 51A-Koby Werkmeister (22); 22. (DNF) 14H-Scott Winters (14); 23. (DNF) 83JR-Sam Henderson (15); 24. (DNF) 10-Scott Bogucki (17).
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 95-Tyler Drueke (3); 2. 51A-Koby Werkmeister (2); 3. 45X-Jace Park (1); 4. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (4); 5. 5G-Gage Pulkrabek (7); 6. 96-Blaine Stegenga (6); 7. (DNF) 22W-Aaron Werner (5); 8. (DNF) 10X-Trevor Serbus (8); 9. (DNF) 17B-Ryan Bickett (9).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Andy Pake (2); 2. 09-Matt Juhl (1); 3. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (3); 4. 16-Brooke Tatnell (5); 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel (4); 6. 45X-Jace Park (6); 7. 22W-Aaron Werner (7); 8. (DNS) 17B-Ryan Bickett.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11M-Brendan Mullen (3); 2. 5-Ryan Timms (4); 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier (2); 4. 22-Riley Goodno (6); 5. 83JR-Sam Henderson (1); 6. 95-Tyler Drueke (7); 7. (DNF) 5G-Gage Pulkrabek (5).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Brant O'Banion (1); 2. 27-Emerson Axsom (3); 3. 55-Kerry Madsen (4); 4. 8-Jacob Hughes (6); 5. 10-Scott Bogucki (5); 6. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (7); 7. (DNF) 96-Blaine Stegenga (2).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17GP-Justin Henderson (2); 2. 14H-Scott Winters (1); 3. 24T-Christopher Thram (3); 4. 3J-Dusty Zomer (4); 5. 14T-Tim Estenson (5); 6. 51A-Koby Werkmeister (6); 7. (DNF) 10X-Trevor Serbus (7).
Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:10.871 (8); 2. 5-Ryan Timms, 00:10.893 (7); 3. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:10.972 (21); 4. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:10.987 (4); 5. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:10.991 (6); 6. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:10.994 (10); 7. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:11.029 (9); 8. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:11.029 (5); 9. 64-Andy Pake, 00:11.038 (29); 10. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:11.083 (26); 11. 96-Blaine Stegenga, 00:11.093 (11); 12. 17GP-Justin Henderson, 00:11.110 (1); 13. 09-Matt Juhl, 00:11.151 (25); 14. 83JR-Sam Henderson, 00:11.183 (15); 15. 81-Brant O'Banion, 00:11.194 (27); 16. 14H-Scott Winters, 00:11.195 (16); 17. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.198 (17); 18. 5G-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:11.213 (14); 19. 10-Scott Bogucki, 00:11.268 (13); 20. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:11.270 (3); 21. 45X-Jace Park, 00:11.303 (23); 22. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:11.325 (18); 23. 8-Jacob Hughes, 00:11.340 (24); 24. 51A-Koby Werkmeister, 00:11.417 (20); 25. 22W-Aaron Werner, 00:11.425 (12); 26. 95-Tyler Drueke, 00:11.447 (19); 27. 10J-Justin Jacobsma, 00:11.468 (28); 28. 10X-Trevor Serbus, 00:11.503 (22); 29. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 00:11.599 (2).
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 15-Brandon Ferguson (1); 2. 1K-Kinzer Glanzer (5); 3. 29Z-JJ Zebell (9); 4. 33-Garet Deboer (4); 5. 3-Matt Steuerwald (11); 6. 45-Craig Hanisch (7); 7. 71-Zach Olivier (10); 8. 12-Mike Chaney (14); 9. 55-John Hoing (6); 10. 51-Billy Prouty (17); 11. 98-Dan Jensen (18); 12. 99-Ryan DeBoer (16); 13. (DNF) 83-Nick Janssen (3); 14. (DNF) 2-Shaun Taylor (21); 15. (DNF) 40-Tim Dann (8); 16. (DNF) 86-Tracy Halouska (2); 17. (DNF) 2E-Chris Ellingson (13); 18. (DNF) 3M-Brett Martin (15); 19. (DNF) 9-Kyle DeBoer (20); 20. (DNS) 64-Cory Yeigh; 21. (DNS) 21-Ron Howe.
Fastenal Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Brandon Ferguson (1); 2. 33-Garet Deboer (2); 3. 55-John Hoing (4); 4. 71-Zach Olivier (7); 5. 2E-Chris Ellingson (6); 6. 99-Ryan DeBoer (5); 7. (DNF) 21-Ron Howe (3).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 86-Tracy Halouska (1); 2. 1K-Kinzer Glanzer (2); 3. 40-Tim Dann (5); 4. 3-Matt Steuerwald (7); 5. 12-Mike Chaney (6); 6. 51-Billy Prouty (4); 7. (DQ) 2-Shaun Taylor (3).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Craig Hanisch (4); 2. 83-Nick Janssen (1); 3. 29Z-JJ Zebell (6); 4. 64-Cory Yeigh (7); 5. 3M-Brett Martin (3); 6. 98-Dan Jensen (5); 7. (DNF) 9-Kyle DeBoer (2).
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 81-Jared Jansen (2); 2. 67-Dan Carsrud (4); 3. 12L-John Lambertz (5); 4. 03-Shayle Bade (16); 5. 28G-Zach Patterson (11); 6. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (13); 7. 34DD-Brady Donnohue (14); 8. 13G-Gaige Weldon (17); 9. 17-Lee Goos Jr (7); 10. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (8); 11. 31-Koby Werkmeister (3); 12. 4G-Cole Garner (12); 13. (DNF) 14-Nick Barger (1); 14. (DNF) 98-Nate Barger (9); 15. (DNF) 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (18); 16. (DNF) 3-Jeremiah Jordahl (6); 17. (DNF) 23L-Aydin Lloyd (10); 18. (DNF) 4SS-Brandon Halverson (20); 19. (DNF) 55R-Ryan Serrao (15); 20. (DNF) 23-Brandon Bosma (19).
B Feature (10 Laps): 1. 13G-Gaige Weldon (1); 2. 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (2); 3. 23-Brandon Bosma (5); 4. 4SS-Brandon Halverson (6); 5. 80P-Jacob Peterson (7); 6. X-Dylan Waxdahl (4); 7. 9A-Hunter Hanson (8); 8. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (11); 9. 3K-Jeremy Kerzman (9); 10. 48-Cole Olson (12); 11. 13X-Eli Hargreaves (14); 12. 5W-Bill Wiese (15); 13. (DNF) 17V-Casey Abbas (10); 14. (DNF) 18-Corbin Erickson (13); 15. (DNF) 35X-Jeff Lackey (17); 16. (DNF) 9-Dominic Dobesh (3); 17. (DNS) 57-Kyle Magnuson.
Gunderson Racing Heat 1 - Gunderson Racing (8 Laps): 1. 12L-John Lambertz (2); 2. 31-Koby Werkmeister (3); 3. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (1); 4. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (5); 5. 13G-Gaige Weldon (6); 6. 23-Brandon Bosma (7); 7. 3K-Jeremy Kerzman (8); 8. 18-Corbin Erickson (9); 9. 5W-Bill Wiese (4).
Saldana Racing Products Heat 2 - Saldana Racing (8 Laps): 1. 17-Lee Goos Jr (2); 2. 98-Nate Barger (1); 3. 81-Jared Jansen (4); 4. 34DD-Brady Donnohue (5); 5. 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (8); 6. 4SS-Brandon Halverson (7); 7. 17V-Casey Abbas (6); 8. 13X-Eli Hargreaves (3).
Vahlco Wheels Heat 3 - Vahlco Wheels (8 Laps): 1. 3-Jeremiah Jordahl (2); 2. 28G-Zach Patterson (1); 3. 23L-Aydin Lloyd (3); 4. 55R-Ryan Serrao (5); 5. 9-Dominic Dobesh (7); 6. 80P-Jacob Peterson (8); 7. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (6); 8. (DNF) 57-Kyle Magnuson (4).
Vahlco Wheels Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Dan Carsrud (1); 2. 4G-Cole Garner (4); 3. 14-Nick Barger (6); 4. 03-Shayle Bade (7); 5. X-Dylan Waxdahl (5); 6. 9A-Hunter Hanson (8); 7. 48-Cole Olson (3); 8. (DNS) 35X-Jeff Lackey.
2024 HUSET'S SPEEDWAY WEEKLY DIVISION FEATURE WINNERS -
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars :
Ryan Timms - 2 (June 16 and Aug. 25); Garet Williamson - 2(July 7 and July 28); Scott Bogucki - 1(July 14);Tyler Drueke- 1(May 19); Tim Kaeding - 1 (May 27); Anthony Macri - 1 (June 2); Austin McCarl - 1 (June 9); Daison Pursley - 1 (May 26)
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks:
Cory Yeigh - 3(May 26, June 2 and July 28); Zach Olivier - 2 (May 27 and June 9); Tim Dann - 1 (June 16); Brandon Ferguson - 1 (Aug. 25); Brylee Gough- 1(May 19); Craig Hanisch - 1 (July 14); and J.J. Zebell - 1 (July 7)
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series:
Dusty Ballenger- 1(May 19); Nate Barger - 1 (June 16); Brandon Bosma - 1 (July 14); Brady Donnohue - 1 (July 7); Monty Ferriera - 1 (May 27); Jared Jansen - 1 (Aug. 25); Zach Patterson - 1 (June 9); Andrew Sullivan - 1 (June 2); Cole Vanderheiden - 1 (May 26); and Gaige Weldon - 1 (July 28)
King Scores in Ryder Memorial for BRP at Tri City Raceway Park; Spithaler, Wolbert, and Fielding also Prevail; Point Champions Named
(Franklin, PA August 25, 2024): The Rick and Rob Ryder Memorial was held at Tri City Raceway Park. It marked the first showdown between the BRP Modified Tour and the 21st Century Energy Group Modifieds. Getting the win at the end of forty laps, and $4,018 plus contingencies, was Rex King, Jr. This makes him the odds-on favorite in the double feature program that will be held over the Labor Day weekend.
Also picking up victories were Brandon Spithaler (Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars), Chas Wolbert (RUSH Modifieds), and Pat Fielding (Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks).
In addition, seasonal championships were announced for A.J. Flick (Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars, Chad Reitz (21st Century Energy Group Modifieds), Rod Laskey (Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks), and John Mollick (4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Cars).
King received the pole position in the re-draw. Next to him was Dr. Brad Rapp. Shannon Whaley and Jim Rasey were in row two, with Shawn Kosar and Will Thomas lined up in the third row. Row four belonged to Chas Wolbert, who was doing double duty, and Garrett Krummert. In row five, Mike Kinney was paired up with Erick Rudolph. Hayden Holden and Peter Britten made up row six.
Rapp got the edge entering turn one on the opening lap, and he cleared King coming off turn two. Rasey, Thomas, Rudolph, and Kozar followed. Rapp set a brisk pace in the opening laps, and King also separated himself from the battle for third between Rasey and Krummert.
A caution on lap nine for Colton Walters bunched the field back up again. However, Rapp was up to the task and he maintained his lead over King. Krummert secured third with Rasey, Rudolph, Thomas and Britten trailing.
After the race passed the quarter mark, King powered off turn two to take the lead from Rapp. They continued as the leaders, with Krummert and Rudolph battling for the third position. Britten moved into fifth by the time the field saw the crossed flags.
On lap twenty-five, a two car tangle involving Kyle Fink and Steve Feder in turn two required a red flag for the clean-up. At that time, King led Krummert, Rapp, Britten, Rudolph, and Thomas.
After the race resumed, Britten advanced to second. A caution for Ayden Cipriano halted the action on lap thirty-four.
It took a couple of tries to get the race going again. On the second try, Britten spun in two and collected Rapp, moving Krummert up to second for the restart.
Nonetheless, King resumed his lead over Krummert. Thomas raced along in third, followed by Tyler Willard and Rudolph.
A flagman’s caution on lap thirty-eight slowed the pace one last time. The culprit was Rasey, who was facing oncoming traffic but nevertheless managed to keep the car moving. Thus, he was awarded his position again despite the miscue.
King had the point for the single file restart and he completed the final two circuits without incident. Krummert took second, with Willard, Thomas, and Rasey in the top five. Rudolph, Wolbert, Dave Murdick, Whaley, and Kinney completed the top ten.
The BRP Modified Tour squared off against the 21st Century Energy Group Modifieds in four heat races. The checkers fell for Rex King, Jr., Chas Wolbert, Garrett Krummert, and Peter Britten. The B Main winner was Jeff Miller. Colton Walters captured the Dash.
In the Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars, Brandon Spithaler drew the pole, with Matt Farnham by his side. Chase Metheney and Bob Felmlee were in row two, followed by Dusty Larson and Mark Smith. Dale Blaney and last week’s winner, A.J. Flick made up row four. Jack Sodeman, Jr. and Michael Bauer occupied row five, with Jazlyn Boyles and Andy Cavanaugh in row six.
Farnham fought off Spithaler on the opening lap, with Felmlee, Metheney, Flick, Smith, and Sodeman racing ahead of Larson and Bauer. Larson brought out the first caution, on lap two.
Farnham retained the lead on the restart, but Spithaler was persistent. He searched high and low for an opportunity to pass, but nothing materialized. A caution for Boyles on lap seven bunched the field back up again.
Once again, Farnham raced out front under the green, but Spithaler was even more determined. He finally got by Farnham near the halfway mark. In the second half of the contest, Spithaler pulled away with ease. He did slack off a bit when he encountered lapped traffic, but his lead was so substantial that Farnham could not challenge for the win.
Spithaler took the checkers ahead of Farnham, Blaney, Flick, and Smith. Felmlee, Sodeman, Metheney, Bauer, and Michael Lutz, Jr. rounded out the top ten.
The pair of heat races for the Krill Recycling Sprint Cars went to A.J. Flick and Matt Farnham. There was no B Main.
In the RUSH Sportsmen Modifieds, Kole Holden jumped from second on the grid to lead the opening lap. He was scored ahead of Chas Wolbert and the pole man, J.C. Boyer. Ayden Cipriano and Brandon Ritchey followed.
A caution eight laps in for Troy McGregor bunched the field up, but Holden moved out to the lead again when the green lights came on. Four laps later, Wolbert powered ahead coming off turn two and he led the rest of the way to collect the win.
Wolbert, Cipriano, Holden, Karston King, and Ritchey made up the top five. Logen Lockhart, Todd English, Aaron Mulrouney, McGregor, and Boyer were the final finishers.
The pair of RUSH Sportsmen Modified heat races were won by Chas Wolbert and Kole Holden. There was no B Main.
Pat Fielding used the pole position to stake himself to an early lead in the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stock finale for the night. Rod Laskey raced from third to the lead several laps into the contest, but he spun on his own while leading to end his chances for the win.
Fielding was back in control for the restart and he completed the remaining laps without interference. Jason Black, Andrew Hammond, Russ Coyne, and Doug Iorio, II, completed the top five. Cody Koteles, aaron Smith, Dale Tuche, Ron Boardman, and Tony Spaghetti completed the top ten.
The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks also presented a couple of heats, which belonged to Pat Fielding and Jimmy Fosnaught. There was no B Main.
At the conclusion of the night’s racing, the unofficial point champions were recognized. Taking the top honors in the Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars was A.J. Flick for the third consecutive season. Bob Felmlee was second in the final standings. Andy Cavanaugh, Jeremy Weaver, and Bodey McClintock clinched top five positions. In the 21st Century Energy Group, it was Chad Reitz over Steve Slater. Brandon Ritchey, Erick Rudolph, and Hayden Holden rounded out the top five. The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stock title went to Rod Laskey over Pat Fielding. Josh Seippel, Doug Iorio, II, and Russ Coyne made the top five. The 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Car championship belonged to John Mollick. Blaze Myers, Arnie Kent, Brent Rhebergen, and Joe Buccola completed the top five.
Leading the way in the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge is John Mollick with seven checkers to his credit.
Next week, Tri City Raceway Park will present the Oil Region Labor Day Classic. The opening night will be on Sarurday, August 31, with racing for the RUSH Late Model Touring Series. Tthe Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks, including a King of the Hill race, and the RUSH Sportsmen Modifieds will also be on the card. After the racing is concluded, there will be live music, a bonfire, and fireworks. Then, on Sunday, September 1, there will be a smorgasbord of racing, with the Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars, double features for the BRP Modified Tour and the 21st Century Energy Group Modifieds, the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks, the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Cars, and the Allegheny Sprint Tour 305 Sprint Cars.
Coming up on September 7, 20, and 21, the action will shift to the infield moto cross track.
Then, on October 19, the American Big Rig Racing Series will be in for the first time. The Mini Stocks will also be in action that weekend.
Additional moto cross events are planned for the Fall.
The divisional sponsors of Tri City Raceway Park for 2024 are: Krill Recycling, LLC (410 Sprint Cars), 21st Century Energy Group (Modifieds), Hovis Auto & Truck Supply (Pro Stocks), and 4 Your Car Connection (RUSH Sprint Cars).
All competitors at Tri City Raceway Park will be eligible for the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge. The driver that wins the most heat races over the course of the season, regardless of the class, will receive a special award.
Other marketing partners of Tri City Raceway Park for 2024 include: Erie Beer, Wab-Tec (manufacturer of locomotive engines), Schaeffer Lubricants, Keystone Transit (school buses), Blue Ox Timbers (buyers of timberland timber land management), Constable Refuse (residential and commercial garbage collectors), First Rate Realty (real estate sales), Landscape Connection (portable toilets and landscape supplies), KEI-Klapec Express Inc. (trucking company), BKI-Bert Klapec Inc. (excavation and demolition), Shambaugh Towing, Gibson Hill Automotive (auto repair), McCandless Ford Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), McCandless Trailer Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), Big Dog RC (remote controlled cars and race track), McGregor Excavating, Les Frickshun (lubricants and undercoating), Bish Heating & Cooling, Wet Hose LLC (pressure washing), Heffern Septic Service, Tionesta Builders Supply (located in Tionesta and Shippenville), UCIP-United Community Independence Program (housing and services for the handicapped), Close Racing Supply, Billy’s Garage & Towing, Oakland-Rampart Equipment (makers of centrifugal dryers, wash systems, and separators), Shaw Industries (machine shop), Welding Technologies, Froggie Radio, and Hards Welding.
Remember that you will need to check the Facebook page, Tri City Raceway Park, for current information. The former website is not updated and will soon be replaced.
Tri-City Raceway Park is located just a few miles north of Franklin, PA, at 3430 State Route 417 in Oakland Township. Professional auto racing is presented in a family friendly atmosphere most Sunday evenings from May through Labor Day weekend.
BRP Modified Tour and 21st Century Energy Group Modifieds: Rex King, Jr., Garrett Krummert, Tyler Willard, Will Thomas, Jim Rasey, Erick Rudolph, Chas Wolbert, Dave Murdick, Shannon Whaley, Mike Kinney, Colton Walters, Rick Regalski, Hayden Holden, Rodney Beltz, Steve Feder, Shawn Kozar, Jeff Miller, Jordan Ehrenberg, Brandon Ritchey, Brad Rapp, Peter Britten, Ayden Cipriano, Kyle Fink, Kevin Green, Jeff Walters, Eric Beggs, Chad Reitz. DNQ: Clyde Gumpp, Steve Slater, Austin Eyler, Lenny Liebold, III, Steve Barr, Tom Holden, Max Smoker.
Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars: Brandon Spithaler, Matt Farnham, Dale Blaney, A.J. Flick, Mark Smith, Bob Felmlee, Jack Sodeman, Jr., Chase Metheney, Mike Bauer, Michael Lutz, Jr., Andy Cavanaugh, Ron Aurand, Natalie Brannon, Jazlyn Boyles, Dusty Larson, Bodey McClintock.
RUSH Sportsmen Modifieds: Chas Wolbert, Ayden Cipriano, Kole Holden, Karston King, Brandon Ritchey, Logen Lockart, Todd English, Aaron Mulrouney, Troy McGregor, J.C. Boyer.
Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks: Pat Fielding, Jason Black, Andrew Hammond, Russ Coyne, Doug Iorio, II, Cody Koteles, Aaron Smith, Dale Tuche,Ron Boardman, Tony Spaghetti, Rod Laskey, Jimmy Fosnaught, Gary Miller, Jr.
SEASON LONG EFFORTS PAY OFF FOR WAGNER, MOORE, MARKHAM, COLLINS, AND TUCKE
By William Burkhart
Caleb Helms would make a return to Wayne County and start on the pole of the 25 lap Pine Tree Towing and Recovery Feature with points leader Leyton Wagner to his outside. Helms would jump out to the early lead. Wagner and Tyler Gunn in second and third respectively. Wagner would make a few efforts to get past Helms. He would try a slider on lap 4 but would slip and let the 91 of Gunn get by him. 17 to go Tyler Gunn would slide past the 40x of Helms and take over the lead. Gunn would slice and dice his way through lap traffic. Jordan Ryan would enter the mix on lap 13 to try and steal the track championship. Lap 15 Caleb Helms would eliminate the 8 tenth of a second lead that Tyler Gunn had to steal the lead back. Gunn would stay within half of a second of the Findlay Ohio Native. As hard as he would try Gunn couldn’t catch the 40 of Helms as he wins his first Wayne County feature in 2024 in his first visit. Tyler Gunn would be second and Leyton Wagner would finish third to collect his first Wayne County Speedway Track Championship.
Millersburg’s Mitch Caskey and Mansfield’s Dave Hornikel would lead the field to the green for the Malcuit Tavern UMP Late Models. Kyle Moore who had the championship clinched was offered to start 12th for a shot at a $500 bonus if he could win and excepted Jason’s challenge. Hornikel would jump up to the top side and take the opening lead. Coming around for lap 2 the field would get stacked up and bring out the first Bucks Auto Sales Yellow Flag of the evening. Back under the green Hornikel would get back to work. Moore would drive his Tye Twarog longhorn up to the second spot by lap 5. As he would catch the back of Hornikel another yellow would fly for Trace Settles spinning in turn 4. Back under the Green Moore would rip the lip and take over the lead. Behind them JR Gentry would make his way into the 6th spot after starting in the 16th position. Moore would run away with the race. As the laps ticked by Gentry would find his way into the third sport. Moore would open up close to a 6 second lead. As he came around to the checkers one car would spin setting up a one lap dash. With Nathan Loney on his tail Moore would run away from the field to pick up his 11th WCS win of 2024 and his first Malcuits Tavern UMP Late Model Championship. JR Gentry would sneak by Loney to go 16th to 2nd and Loney would take third.
The top 2 in Flynn’s Tire & Auto Service UMP Modifieds would make up the top to starting positions. Jimmy Humphrey would start on the pole with Ryan Markham to his outside. Markham would duke it out with Humphrey before getting by him at the flag stand on the opening lap. Markham would rip the lip with Jess Hartman behind him. Ryan Robey would spin in turn in 4 to bring out the first Bucks Auto Sales Yellow Flag of modified competition. Back under green flag action Markham would lead the field with Hartman all over his back bumper. Lap 5 would see another yellow for the Hood coming up on Daniel Sanchez’s machine. Back under green it would be a lot of the same story with Markham leading and Hartman in a very close battle. After another yellow we went back under the green with Markham still holding on to the lead. Hartman would try some big slider jobs to try and take over the lead. Lap 12 Casey Butler and Dustin Daugherty would get up to the 5 of Hartman. When it looked as if Markham would have the race in the bag a Yellow would fly once more for a spinning Ron Miller. Markham would choose the top side and get a great restart in the 2-lap shootout. Hartman would try slide job after slide job. On the last lap going into turn three Markham would tag the wall allowing Hartman to get along side him. The two would drag race to the line and Markham would beat Hartman by a 10th of a second to win the feature and his first Flynn’s Tire &Auto Service UMP Late Model Championship.
Johnny Bruce and Kyle Petit would lead the Joyride Transport field to the green for 12 laps. Justin Cranmore would jump out the early lead with Johnny Bruce running in second and points leader Anthony Collins in third. Yellow would fly for debris on lap 3. A few yellows would slow up action before Cranmore would lead the field to some green flag laps. Doug Hensel would find his way into the second spot and work on getting past the 2 machine with Anthony Collins behind him. Cranmore would stick to his line. Despite all efforts Hensel couldn’t by as Cranmore would pick up his 4th win of 2024 as third place finisher Anthony Collins would pick up his first career track championship.
Braden Tucke would start on the pole for the Glass House Super Stock feature with Kyle Moore to his outside for 15 laps of racing. Tucke would jump out to the early lead with Moore in hot pursuit. Tucke would run the middle line with Moore right around the wall. The two would run away from the field before Jim Nicley would spin to bring the Bucks Auto Sales yellow flag. Back under way the two would go back to their huge lead over the field. Moore and Tucke would duke it out until Moore would take the lead from Tucke with 5 laps to go. Moore would cruise off to the victory as Braden Tucke would win back to back championships in the Glass House Super Stocks.
Up next at Orrville's Historic Oval, Sunday September 1, the Pete Jacobs Memorial, $10,000 to win FAST on Dirt Sprints, along with Malcuit Tavern UMP Late Models, Flynn's Tire & Auto Service UMP Modifieds, and the Glass House Super Stocks.
Media Results for 8/24/2024 at Wayne County Speedway - Orrville, OH
Pine Tree Towing & Recovery 410 Sprints 30 Entries A Feature 25 Laps | 00:07:04.075 1. 40X-Caleb Helms[1]; 2. 91-Tyler Gunn[4]; 3. 25R-Jordan Ryan[5]; 4. 38-Leyton Wagner[2]; 5. 38K-Chris Myers[10]; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs[3]; 7. 70-Henry Malcuit[6]; 8. 8T-Tanner Tecco[8]; 9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[7]; 10. 1-Jamie Myers[12]; 11. 7-Troy Kingan[16]; 12. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[9]; 13. 6J-Jonah Aumend[13]; 14. 9H-Lance Heinberger[11]; 15. 11-Shawn Hubler[14]; 16. 2A-Joe Adorjan[17]; 17. 86-Mike Lutz[15]; 18. 85-Dustin Feller[18]; 19. 17S-Shelby Rankin[20]; 20. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[19]
B Feature 8 Laps | 00:16:29.880 1. 2A-Joe Adorjan[5]; 2. 85-Dustin Feller[2]; 3. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[1]; 4. 17S-Shelby Rankin[3]; 5. 3TN-Tyler Newhart[7]; 6. 52-Chris Smith[13]; 7. 8-Natalie Brannon[9]; 8. 30-Jazlyn Boyles[8]; 9. 18-Todd Hinton[4]; 10. 00K-Anthony Gaskins[12]; 11. 89K-Landon King[6]; 12. (DNS) 16-Danny Mumaw; 13. (DNS) 9W-Matt Warner; 14. (DNS) 5-Jordan Harble
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:09.471 1. 40X-Caleb Helms[2]; 2. 25R-Jordan Ryan[4]; 3. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[3]; 4. 6J-Jonah Aumend[1]; 5. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[6]; 6. 2A-Joe Adorjan[5]; 7. 8-Natalie Brannon[8]; 8. 52-Chris Smith[7]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:06:03.858 1. 38-Leyton Wagner[4]; 2. 70-Henry Malcuit[3]; 3. 38K-Chris Myers[7]; 4. 11-Shawn Hubler[1]; 5. 85-Dustin Feller[6]; 6. 89K-Landon King[8]; 7. 16-Danny Mumaw[2]; 8. 5-Jordan Harble[5]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:02:04.688 1. 81-Lee Jacobs[4]; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[3]; 3. 9H-Lance Heinberger[2]; 4. 86-Mike Lutz[1]; 5. 17S-Shelby Rankin[6]; 6. 3TN-Tyler Newhart[5]; 7. (DNS) 9W-Matt Warner
Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:02:11.845 1. 91-Tyler Gunn[4]; 2. 8T-Tanner Tecco[1]; 3. 1-Jamie Myers[3]; 4. 7-Troy Kingan[2]; 5. 18-Todd Hinton[7]; 6. 30-Jazlyn Boyles[6]; 7. 00K-Anthony Gaskins[5]
Qualifying 10 Laps | 00:02:08.000 1. 25R-Jordan Ryan, 00:14.611[18]; 2. 38-Leyton Wagner, 00:14.652[25]; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs, 00:14.889[6]; 4. 91-Tyler Gunn, 00:14.895[10]; 5. 7DK-Dylan Kingan, 00:14.980[3]; 6. 70-Henry Malcuit, 00:15.049[11]; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 00:15.390[4]; 8. 1-Jamie Myers, 00:15.394[30]; 9. 40X-Caleb Helms, 00:15.618[2]; 10. 16-Danny Mumaw, 00:15.636[15]; 11. 9H-Lance Heinberger, 00:15.737[17]; 12. 7-Troy Kingan, 00:15.747[26]; 13. 6J-Jonah Aumend, 00:15.781[8]; 14. 11-Shawn Hubler, 00:15.811[24]; 15. 86-Mike Lutz, 00:15.965[5]; 16. 8T-Tanner Tecco, 00:15.971[14]; 17. 2A-Joe Adorjan, 00:16.099[19]; 18. 5-Jordan Harble, 00:16.220[12]; 19. 3TN-Tyler Newhart, 00:16.237[22]; 20. 00K-Anthony Gaskins, 00:16.521[1]; 21. 91X-Aaron Middaugh, 00:16.904[7]; 22. 85-Dustin Feller, 00:17.058[29]; 23. 17S-Shelby Rankin, 00:17.269[16]; 24. 30-Jazlyn Boyles, 00:17.376[13]; 25. 52-Chris Smith, 00:17.502[21]; 26. 38K-Chris Myers, 00:17.607[23]; 27. 9W-Matt Warner, 00:17.700[20]; 28. 18-Todd Hinton, 00:17.935[9]; 29. 8-Natalie Brannon, 00:18.586[27]; 30. 89K-Landon King, 00:22.310[28]
Malcuit Tavern UMP Super Late Models 24 Entries A Feature 25 Laps | 00:17:05.751 1. 1*-Kyle Moore[12]; 2. 14JR-JR Gentry[16]; 3. 10-Nathan Loney[3]; 4. 71-Dave Hornikel[2]; 5. 187-Mitch Caskey[1]; 6. 59M-Tanner McLoughlin[5]; 7. 55-TJ Watson[4]; 8. 7-Nick Cox[13]; 9. 59-Larry Bellman[8]; 10. 79-Ryan Markham[9]; 11. 22-Dominic DeNero[14]; 12. 151-Trace Settles[11]; 13. 71M-Mike Basich[6]; 14. 24X-Jason Skelly[10]; 15. 12R-Race Gardiner[7]; 16. 41-Randy Pollock[17]; 17. 61-Tony Paynter[19]; 18. U2-Kristin Uhler[18]; 19. 93C-Jim Cochran[20]; 20. 11-Ryan Abel[15]
B Feature 8 Laps 1. 14JR-JR Gentry[6]; 2. 41-Randy Pollock[1]; 3. U2-Kristin Uhler[2]; 4. 61-Tony Paynter[5]; 5. 93C-Jim Cochran[3]; 6. J28-Jason Henderson[8]; 7. 93M-Wes Morrison[4]; 8. (DNS) 33-Chaz Dawson Jr; 9. (DNS) 8X-David Giaugue
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:25.000 1. 187-Mitch Caskey[1]; 2. 10-Nathan Loney[4]; 3. 71M-Mike Basich[2]; 4. 79-Ryan Markham[5]; 5. 7-Nick Cox[3]; 6. 41-Randy Pollock[7]; 7. 93M-Wes Morrison[6]; 8. 33-Chaz Dawson Jr[8]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:06:23.000 1. 1*-Kyle Moore[4]; 2. 55-TJ Watson[8]; 3. 12R-Race Gardiner[3]; 4. 24X-Jason Skelly[5]; 5. 22-Dominic DeNero[2]; 6. U2-Kristin Uhler[6]; 7. 61-Tony Paynter[7]; 8. J28-Jason Henderson[1]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:02:30.000 1. 71-Dave Hornikel[2]; 2. 59M-Tanner McLoughlin[3]; 3. 59-Larry Bellman[1]; 4. 151-Trace Settles[6]; 5. 11-Ryan Abel[5]; 6. 93C-Jim Cochran[7]; 7. (DNS) 14JR-JR Gentry; 8. (DNS) 8X-David Giaugue
Qualifying 20 Laps | 00:03:07.000 1. 10-Nathan Loney, 00:17.298[18]; 2. 1*-Kyle Moore, 00:17.467[6]; 3. 14JR-JR Gentry, 00:17.565[13]; 4. 7-Nick Cox, 00:17.579[1]; 5. 12R-Race Gardiner, 00:17.674[19]; 6. 59M-Tanner McLoughlin, 00:17.751[3]; 7. 71M-Mike Basich, 00:17.752[17]; 8. 22-Dominic DeNero, 00:18.003[8]; 9. 71-Dave Hornikel, 00:18.088[5]; 10. 187-Mitch Caskey, 00:18.126[14]; 11. J28-Jason Henderson, 00:18.189[16]; 12. 59-Larry Bellman, 00:18.290[9]; 13. 79-Ryan Markham, 00:18.302[2]; 14. 24X-Jason Skelly, 00:18.349[12]; 15. 11-Ryan Abel, 00:18.853[22]; 16. 93M-Wes Morrison, 00:18.928[21]; 17. U2-Kristin Uhler, 00:19.065[20]; 18. 151-Trace Settles, 00:19.323[4]; 19. 41-Randy Pollock, 00:19.892[10]; 20. 61-Tony Paynter, 00:20.022[11]; 21. 93C-Jim Cochran, 00:20.200[15]; 22. 33-Chaz Dawson Jr, 00:21.028[7]; 23. (DNS) 8X-David Giaugue; 24. (DNS) 55-TJ Watson
Flynn’s Tire & Auto Service UMP Modifieds 22 Entries A Feature 20 Laps | 00:16:51.457 1. 5-Ryan Markham[2]; 2. 5H-Jess Hartman[3]; 3. 99-Casey Butler[5]; 4. 23D-Dustin Daugherty[4]; 5. 89-Jason King[9]; 6. 60-Jimmy Humphrey[1]; 7. 187T-Codee Schneider[17]; 8. 69-Ryan Robey[6]; 9. 463-Daniel Sanchez[10]; 10. 419-Buzz Jacobs[18]; 11. 37-Craig Mann[15]; 12. 36-Brent Coffman[16]; 13. 22G-Jesse Griffitts[20]; 14. 185-Ron Miller[14]; 15. 33-Robbie Ledger[11]; 16. 78-Richard Grogg[21]; 17. 187-Tyler Wiles[13]; 18. 309-Conner Blair[22]; 19. 138-Brian Hogan[19]; 20. 75-Tristen Bickford[8]; 21. 16-Caden Alexander[12]; 22. 12-Kevin Davis[7]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:06:05.951 1. 60-Jimmy Humphrey[2]; 2. 23D-Dustin Daugherty[1]; 3. 12-Kevin Davis[3]; 4. 463-Daniel Sanchez[4]; 5. 187-Tyler Wiles[5]; 6. 36-Brent Coffman[7]; 7. 138-Brian Hogan[6]; 8. 309-Conner Blair[8]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:06:41.220 1. 5-Ryan Markham[2]; 2. 99-Casey Butler[4]; 3. 75-Tristen Bickford[3]; 4. 33-Robbie Ledger[1]; 5. 185-Ron Miller[6]; 6. 187T-Codee Schneider[5]; 7. 22G-Jesse Griffitts[7]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:02:47.751 1. 5H-Jess Hartman[4]; 2. 69-Ryan Robey[2]; 3. 89-Jason King[1]; 4. 16-Caden Alexander[3]; 5. 37-Craig Mann[6]; 6. 419-Buzz Jacobs[5]; 7. 78-Richard Grogg[7]
Qualifying 20 Laps | 00:08:35.936 1. 463-Daniel Sanchez, 00:18.566[3]; 2. 99-Casey Butler, 00:18.567[12]; 3. 5H-Jess Hartman, 00:18.638[8]; 4. 12-Kevin Davis, 00:18.678[6]; 5. 75-Tristen Bickford, 00:18.872[4]; 6. 16-Caden Alexander, 00:19.093[11]; 7. 60-Jimmy Humphrey, 00:19.157[13]; 8. 5-Ryan Markham, 00:19.181[21]; 9. 69-Ryan Robey, 00:19.210[2]; 10. 23D-Dustin Daugherty, 00:19.237[9]; 11. 33-Robbie Ledger, 00:19.304[7]; 12. 89-Jason King, 00:19.389[1]; 13. 187-Tyler Wiles, 00:19.570[14]; 14. 187T-Codee Schneider, 00:19.584[10]; 15. 419-Buzz Jacobs, 00:19.781[19]; 16. 138-Brian Hogan, 00:20.030[22]; 17. 185-Ron Miller, 00:20.042[18]; 18. 37-Craig Mann, 00:20.168[20]; 19. 36-Brent Coffman, 00:20.183[16]; 20. 22G-Jesse Griffitts, 00:20.536[17]; 21. 78-Richard Grogg, 00:20.538[15]; 22. 309-Conner Blair, 00:20.866[5]
The Glass House Super Stocks 12 Entries A Feature 15 Laps | 00:06:34.126 1. 21D-Kyle Moore[2]; 2. 18-Braden Tucke[1]; 3. 27B-Don Baney[7]; 4. C9-Brandon Morrow[3]; 5. 51-Brandon Craver[8]; 6. 70-Paul Holmes[11]; 7. 910-Don Rutt[6]; 8. 3B-Kyle McAfee[5]; 9. 33X-Jim Nicely[4]; 10. 6-Brad Enssle[9]; 11. 45-Denny Shear[10]; 12. (DNS) 77-Brad Hensel
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:11:47.136 1. 18-Braden Tucke[2]; 2. 21D-Kyle Moore[5]; 3. C9-Brandon Morrow[4]; 4. 33X-Jim Nicely[8]; 5. 3B-Kyle McAfee[1]; 6. 910-Don Rutt[7]; 7. 27B-Don Baney[6]; 8. 51-Brandon Craver[9]; 9. 6-Brad Enssle[11]; 10. 45-Denny Shear[12]; 11. 70-Paul Holmes[3]; 12. 77-Brad Hensel[10]
Qualifying 20 Laps | 00:02:48.869 1. C9-Brandon Morrow, 00:21.024[1]; 2. 70-Paul Holmes, 00:21.119[6]; 3. 18-Braden Tucke, 00:21.174[11]; 4. 3B-Kyle McAfee, 00:21.203[7]; 5. 21D-Kyle Moore, 00:21.236[12]; 6. 27B-Don Baney, 00:21.733[9]; 7. 910-Don Rutt, 00:21.806[10]; 8. 33X-Jim Nicely, 00:21.956[8]; 9. 51-Brandon Craver, 00:22.022[5]; 10. 77-Brad Hensel, 00:22.351[4]; 11. 6-Brad Enssle, 00:22.671[2]; 12. 45-Denny Shear, 00:23.249[3]
Joyride Transport Mini Stocks 31 Entries A Feature 12 Laps | 00:20:37.748 1. 2-Justin Cranmore[3]; 2. 18-Doug Hensel[7]; 3. 71-Anthony Collins[5]; 4. 311-Johnny Bruce Sr[1]; 5. 100-David Potter[4]; 6. 2873-Brent Boreman[13]; 7. 711-Kenny Long[8]; 8. 7CM-Cody Musselman[12]; 9. 12-JR Graser[17]; 10. F7-Josh Ramirez[9]; 11. 18X-Dustin Bedlion[14]; 12. 43D-Peyton Davis[20]; 13. 29-Mitch Reichard[16]; 14. 32-Tim Workman[19]; 15. D5-Delbert LaRue[18]; 16. 23P-Kyle Petit[2]; 17. 23R-Mitchell Randolph[10]; 18. 0-Zach Myers[11]; 19. 41-Gene Arkenburgh[15]; 20. 99C-Chris Mullinnex[6]
B Feature 8 Laps | 00:02:50.126 1. 29-Mitch Reichard[3]; 2. 12-JR Graser[6]; 3. D5-Delbert LaRue[9]; 4. 32-Tim Workman[5]; 5. 43D-Peyton Davis[2]; 6. 11-Trent Bishop[14]; 7. 58-Kyle Hobbs[8]; 8. 54C-Clayton Evans[4]; 9. 55M-Malachi Braxton[10]; 10. 43K-David Keagy[7]; 11. 55-Corey Mills[13]; 12. (DNS) 17-Cody Newbury; 13. (DNS) 16J-Jolene Voshel; 14. (DNS) 05D-Colten Davis; 15. (DNS) 49B-Jimmy Burns; 16. (DNS) 420-Kevin Markey
Heat 1 6 Laps | 00:02:23.000 1. 311-Johnny Bruce Sr[2]; 2. 100-David Potter[1]; 3. 18-Doug Hensel[6]; 4. 23R-Mitchell Randolph[5]; 5. 2873-Brent Boreman[10]; 6. 17-Cody Newbury[4]; 7. 54C-Clayton Evans[7]; 8. 43K-David Keagy[9]; 9. 55M-Malachi Braxton[11]; 10. (DNS) 16J-Jolene Voshel; 11. (DNS) 11-Trent Bishop
Heat 2 6 Laps | 00:02:26.000 1. 23P-Kyle Petit[2]; 2. 71-Anthony Collins[8]; 3. 711-Kenny Long[6]; 4. 0-Zach Myers[10]; 5. 18X-Dustin Bedlion[1]; 6. 43D-Peyton Davis[3]; 7. 32-Tim Workman[9]; 8. 58-Kyle Hobbs[7]; 9. (DNS) 05D-Colten Davis; 10. (DNS) 49B-Jimmy Burns
Heat 3 6 Laps | 00:02:23.000 1. 2-Justin Cranmore[3]; 2. 99C-Chris Mullinnex[1]; 3. F7-Josh Ramirez[5]; 4. 7CM-Cody Musselman[9]; 5. 41-Gene Arkenburgh[7]; 6. 29-Mitch Reichard[2]; 7. 12-JR Graser[8]; 8. D5-Delbert LaRue[10]; 9. 55-Corey Mills[6]; 10. 420-Kevin Markey[4]
Kepner Rebounds for Win at Clinton County
Mill Hall, PA – Kruz Kepner of Kreamer, topped a strong field of 36 RaceSaver Sprint Cars on Friday night. AJ Stroup won the Pro Stocks; Tyler Clowes won the 270 Micro Sprints and Kyler Stahl won the 4 Cylinders.
Dale Schweikart and Kruz Kepner started on the front row for the start of the
RaceSaver 25 lap main event, which would also determine the 2024 Speedway
Championship. Schweikart took the lead at the drop of the green flag. On lap
number three the caution came out for Ian Cummens, who spun in turn four.
Schweikart was leading, Kepner, Matt Tebbs, John Walp, and John Scarborough. On
lap number six, Kepner passed Schweikart for the lead and behand to pull away
from the field. Tebbs challenged Schweikart for numerous laps and took the
second postion away on lap number nine. Tebbs, who was a championship contender,
began to chase down Kepner. On lap number 14, Tebbs took over the top postion,
with Kepner, Scarborough, Schweikart and Walp in the top five.
On lap 20, the top five remained unchanged, but were navigating through lapped traffic. On lap number 22, Kepner rebounded to the top of the order making a pass on Tebbs for the lead. Kepner led the final four laps for the win. Tebbs finished second, Scarborough, Schweikart and Walp finished in the top five. Mikey Smith was the hard charger coming from 16th to finish 6th. Seventh through tenth were Wyatt Walizer, Dustin Young, Austin Reed, and Josh Beamer. Heat races were won by Kepner, Young, Owen Dimm, and Austin Reed. Jared Zionkowski won the B-Main. Reed won the championship over Matt Tebbs.
Denny Fourney led the first circuit of the Pro Stock feature event. Fourth
place starter, AJ Stroup took the lead on lap number two. By lap five, Stroup
was leading AJ Hoffman, Tommy Dawson, Fourney and Larry Knight. Dawson moved
into second postion on lap number seven. Dawson challenged Stroup, but Stroup
would lead the remaining laps to hold off Dawson by just .146 seconds at the
finish line. Hoffman, Fourney and Cory Long completed the top five. Sixth
through tenth were Larry Knight, AY Schilling, Marc Bitler, Michael Barrett, and
Nate Stroup. Heats were won by Hoffman and Long.
Tyler Clowes, who started sixth, had the lead as the field came out of turn
four on the first lap. Nathan Bacon moved into the second spot by the completion
of lap number five with Denny Rinehimer, Jeffrey Weaver, and Mac Wert running in
the top five. Mac Wert and Logan Hammaker battled for a top five postion, with
each of them swapping that postion several times. Clowes led every lap and
finished 1.486 seconds in front of Bacon, Weaver, Reinheimer, and Wert. Sixth
through tenth were Cory Stabley, Logan Hammaker, Jillian Maurer, Coleton Eckroth,
and Hunter Zimmerman. Heats were won by Clowes, Weaver and Wert.
Larry Beachel Jr. led the first two laps of the 4 Cylinder feature. Kyler
Stahl took the lead on lap number three, with Zak Kline and Beachel in the top
three. By the midway point of the race, Stahl was being challenged by Kline and
Beachel. Stahl led the remaining laps to claim his the victory over Kline,
Beachel, Shawn Stahl, and Coty Maines. Heat races were won by Kline and Matt
Weaver
The Clinton County Speedway returns this Friday for the final points event of
the season. The Limited Late Models, Pro Stocks 270 Micros and Four Cylinders
are on the card. Gates open at 5PM and hot laps begin at 7PM. For the latest
speedway information visit the speedways website at clintoncountyspeedway.com
RaceSaver Sprints 1. Kruz Kepner, 2. Matt Tebbs 3. John Scarborough 4. Dale
Schweikart, 5. John Walp 6. Mikey Smith 7. Wyatt Walizer 8. Dustin Young 9.
Austin Reed 10. Josh Beamer 11. Zach Rhoads 12. Own Dimm 13. Jared Zionkowski
14. Timmy Bittner 15. Derek Swartz 16. John Braim 17. Dustin Prettyleaf 18. Ian
Cummens 19. Mike Koehler 20. Tyler Snook 21. Braden Varner 22. Austin Greenland
23. DJ Casler 24. Reed Thompson DNS: Josh Fox, Ken Duke Jr., Matt Heimbach, Paul
Moyer, Kyle Knopp, Karl Walizer Jr., Jeremy Hill, Wes Matthews, Johnny Smith,
Jim Kennedy, Jeffrey Weaver, Erick Knopp
Pro Stocks: 1. AJ Stroup, 2. Tommy Dawson 3. AJ Hoffman, 4. Denny Fourney 5.
Cory Long 6. Larry Knight 7. AY Schilling 8. Marc Bitler 9. Michael Barrett 10.
Nathan Stroup 11. Rich Fye 12. Jim Farley 13. Ronald Ergott 14. Kris Orwig 15.
Noah Kissinger DNS Logan Hile, Virgil Meyer.
270 Micro Sprints: 1. Tyler Clowes 2. Nathan Bacon 3. Jeffrey Weaver 4. Denny Rinehimer, 5. Mac Wert 6. Cory Stabley 7. Logan Hammaker 8. Jillian Maurer 9. Coleton Eckroth, 10. Hunter Zimmerman 11. Shaun Musser 12. Jake Yoder 13. Andrew Petock 14. Colton Guiher 15. Lester Stabley 16. Paris Hewes 17. Teegan Kauffman 18. Blade Myers 19. Garrison Zook DNS Tyler Groft, Michael Petock
Four Cylinders: 1. Kyler Stahl 2. Zak Kline 3. Larry Beachel Jr. 4. Shawn Stahl 5. Coty Maines 6. Terry Karichner 7 Nick Snook 8. Ian Heaps 9. Kyle Strouse 10 Matt Weaver 11. Dalton Lucas DNS Johnathon Stringfellow.
Jason Barney Scores $3,000 at Autodrome Granby
By Curtis Berleue (Granby, QC) | On the first night of a two-night trip to Quebec for the Empire Super Sprints, it was Jason Barney sitting in victory lane. Worth $3,000, it was Barneys first victory at the Granby, Quebec track and his third win overall of 2024 on the tour.
Pinnacle Pole Award winner Logan Crisafulli jumped out to the lead on the initial green, though the field failed to complete a lap as the red flew for a flipping Matt Tanner in turns three and four.
On the restart, Crisafulli again jumped out to the lead, this time with Jason Barney in tow, moving up from his third starting position.
As the lap counter clicked 5 laps complete, Crisafulli had opened up a nearly two second advantage over Barney and third place Jordan Poirier. He would hold that lead until the second red of the even flew on lap 15, this time for Davie Franek who flipped after catching the inside wall in turns one and two.
When action resumed, Crisafulli’s night abruptly came to an end as he made contact with Barney entering turn one, bringing out another caution.
On the ensuing restart, Barney was able to quickly open a lead over Shawn Donath and Jordan Poirier, who were battling for second. With 5 laps remaining, Poirier took sole possession of second place as Donath began to slip backwards.
While Joe Trenca was able to get by Donath for third with three laps remaining, nobody had anything for the #87 of Barney, who picked up his third win of 2024.
“This isn’t exactly one I’m too proud of,” said Barney in victory lane. “I completely wiped Matt (Tanner) out, I just went in the corner on the start and had no brakes. I couldn’t feel any worse for him right now.”
“Logan, I thought I had position on him, I didn’t know he was there. Just not how I wanted to win a race. I feel bad for everybody.”
Jordan Poirier came home second, and Joe Trenca rounded out they Ashley Lynn Winery podium finishing in third.
In front of a packed house, the field was split into two timed hot lap groups with Logan Crisafulli and Matt Tanner earning Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards. E&V heat race wins went to Danny Varin and Jordan Poirer.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is Saturday August 24th at the Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, QC. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), X (formerly Twitter - @ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Saturday, August 24 – Autodrome Drummond – Drummondville, QC ($3,000 to Win)
Friday, August 30 – Brewerton Speedway - Brewerton, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Saturday, August 31 – Fulton Speedway – Fulton, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Full Results:
A-Main: 1. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 2. 28-Jordan Poirier[7]; 3. 98-Joe Trenca[5]; 4. 21T-Alex Therrien[13]; 5. 53-Shawn Donath[4]; 6. #3G-Dale Gosselin[10]; 7. 93-Bryan Cloutier[2]; 8. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[8]; 9. 13E-Evan Reynolds[14]; 10. 13T-Trevor Years[11]; 11. 1NY-Mark Reynolds[15]; 12. 33-Lacey Hanson[12]; 13. 36-Logan Crisafulli[1]; 14. 28F-Davie Franek[9]; 15. 93L-Guy Gosselin[16]; 16. 90-Matt Tanner[6]; 17. (DNS) 01-Danny Varin
E&V Energy Heat 1: 1. 01-Danny Varin[2]; 2. 36-Logan Crisafulli[1]; 3. 53-Shawn Donath[3]; 4. 98-Joe Trenca[6]; 5. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[5]; 6. #3G-Dale Gosselin[7]; 7. 33-Lacey Hanson[8]; 8. 13E-Evan Reynolds[4]; 9. 93L-Guy Gosselin[9]
E&V Energy Heat 2: 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[2]; 2. 90-Matt Tanner[1]; 3. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 4. 93-Bryan Cloutier[4]; 5. 28F-Davie Franek[5]; 6. 13T-Trevor Years[7]; 7. 21T-Alex Therrien[6]; 8. 1NY-Mark Reynolds[8]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #36-Logan Crisafulli; #90-Matt Tanner
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #01-Danny Varin; #28-Jordan Poirier
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #36-Logan Crisafulli
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #21T-Alex Therrien
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #1NY-Mark Reynolds
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #1NY-Mark Reynolds
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #87-Jason Barney; #28-Jordan Poirier; #21T-Alex Therrien
Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #01-Danny Varin
Jordan Poirier Picks Up Empire Super Sprints Win at Drummond
By Curtis Berleue (Drummondville, QC) | After years of trying, Jordan Poirier is finally an Empire Super Sprints winner in his home province of Quebec. The two time and defending champion has been close to a win in Quebec multiple times, and on Saturday night all of the stars aligned for Poirier as he picked up $3,000 for his efforts.
Bryan Cloutier was the Pinnacle Pole Award winner, and as such brought the field to green alongside of Alex Bergeron. Cloutier jumped out to the early lead and paced the field for the first eleven laps.
Behind Cloutier, Bergeron was holding steady in second with Logan Crisafulli in third, having a solid run for the second night in a row.
Quebec native and current points leader Jordan Poirier started in fifth and had slowly been picking off cars, moving into the top three on lap 6, and then getting by Bergeron for second on lap 7.
By lap 11, Poirier had the lead and never looked back, crossing the line first and picking up his first ESS win in his native province of Quebec.
“Tonight was somewhat of a dream,” said Poirier. “Tonight, everything was just going our way. We had a really good car at the beginning, felt good and that restart we were able to just get away.”
“It was so good to win in front of a crazy crowd like that.”
Logan Crisafulli came home second, a career best ESS finish for him.
“We found our way up, the engine wasn’t right the whole night,” said Crisafulli. “I just tried to keep going and going, and luckily is lasted the whole race.”
Shawn Donath rounded out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium in third.
“Solid finish again tonight, third from seventh – the car was fast,” said Donath. “The 21 car changed his line the last lap, which helped us. Overall the car was great. We were good last night and then it broke. Tonight we were able to pick up where we left off.”
The field was split into three timed hot lap groups at the beginning of the night, with Jordan Poirier, Matt Tanner and Joe Trenca earning Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards. E&V Heat races were won by Jordan Porier, Alex Therrien and Joe Trenca.
Before the A-Main, Autodrome Drummond honored 8-time ESS Champion Steve Porier for his accomplishments in both a modified and sprint car. In addition to being tied for the most ESS Championships, Poirier is also the winningest driver in tour history with 77 wins.
Saturdays event at Drummond was the final event of the Coffrage 4 Saisons Canada Tour. Jordan Poirier is the 2024 tour champion.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is this coming Friday August 30th at the Brewerton Speedway in Fonda, NY where the tour will kick off a Labor Day weekend triple header. Saturday, the tour moves to the Fulton Speedway just up the road in Futon, NY and on Sunday the weekend concludes at the Utica-Rome Speedway in Vernon, NY.
For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), X (formerly Twitter - @ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Friday, August 30 – Brewerton Speedway - Brewerton, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Saturday, August 31 – Fulton Speedway – Fulton, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Sunday, September 1 – Utica Rome Speedway – Vernon, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Full Results:
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[5]; 2. 36-Logan Crisafulli[3]; 3. 53-Shawn Donath[7]; 4. 21T-Alex Therrien[4]; 5. 98-Joe Trenca[8]; 6. 93-Bryan Cloutier[1]; 7. 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[14]; 8. 87-Jason Barney[12]; 9. #3G-Dale Gosselin[10]; 10. 90-Matt Tanner[9]; 11. 28F-Davie Franek[11]; 12. 13E-Evan Reynolds[6]; 13. 20-Yannick Poirier[13]; 14. 13T-Trevor Years[16]; 15. 33-Lacey Hanson[15]; 16. 93L-Guy Gosselin[17]; 17. 12-Alex Bergeron[2]; 18. (DNS) 1NY-Mark Reynolds
E&V Energy Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[1]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[2]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron[3]; 4. 93-Bryan Cloutier[6]; 5. 20-Yannick Poirier[4]; 6. 13T-Trevor Years[5]
E&V Energy Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 21T-Alex Therrien[2]; 2. 28F-Davie Franek[3]; 3. 36-Logan Crisafulli[4]; 4. 90-Matt Tanner[1]; 5. (DNF) 19KC-Mathieu Bardier[5]; 6. (DNS) 1NY-Mark Reynolds
E&V Energy Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 98-Joe Trenca[1]; 2. #3G-Dale Gosselin[4]; 3. 13E-Evan Reynolds[2]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[3]; 5. 33-Lacey Hanson[5]; 6. 93L-Guy Gosselin[6]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #28-Jordan Poirier; #90-Matt Tanner; #98-Joe Trenca
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #28-Jordan Poirier; #21T-Alex Therrien; #98-Joe Trenca
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #93-Bryan Cloutier
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #19KC-Mathieu Bardier (+7)
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #93L-Guy Gosselin
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #28F-Davie Franek
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #28-Jordan Porier; #36-Logan Crisafulli; #53-Shawn Donath
Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #33-Lacey Hanson
NIENHISER FENDS OFF NEUMAN FOR MACON MOWA WIN
August 24, 2024 - Paul Nienhiser added another MOWA Sprint Car Series
victory
to his resume on Saturday night, earning his second-career victory at the ⅕-mile
oval tying five-time series champion Jerrod Hull and the late Terry Babb.
Nienhiser started fourth in the 25-lap affair but knew that his #9X machine
would
be in contention by the end. As the green flag fell over the field, a caution
happened just as quick as Corbin Gurley’s feature run ended before it began as
the left-front wheel broke completely away from the car, resulting in a DNF. On
the first attempt of starting the A-Main as the field powered down the
backstretch,
Nienhiser had pulled alongside front-row starter Luke Verardi but had to revert
back to his original starting spot.
On the restart, polesitter Tyler Duff surged ahead and held command over the
field as the battle ensued behind him. Nienhiser was battling with Brayton Lynch
and Luke Veradi in the top three in the early stages of the A-Main. A yellow
flag
for Zach Daum slowed the field once more and allowed Verardi and Nienhiser to
have Tyler Duff within reach. When the field returned to green flag conditions,
Nienhiser put his #9X on the top shelf of Macon Speedway and muscled his way
around Duff to take over the point. A yellow flag as the race neared the
midpoint,
for Joel Myers that collected Brayton Lynch, Cory Bruns, and Joey Moughan
again bunched the field up. Myers, aboard the Hayward Motorsports #19
became the driver to watch, coming from the back of the field and quickly back
into the top five as laps continued to wind down. Nienhiser’s lead over the
field
was starting to shrink as he worked into lapped traffic. Jake Neuman had worked
his way to second in the closing laps and pulled to Nienhsier’s rear bumper but
wasn’t able to overtake the Chapin, Illinois driver who made a last lap move
past
Brayton Lynch to put a car between he and Neuman. Exiting turn two on the final
lap, Neuman worked past Lynch and came within striking distance but couldn’t
capitalize, as NIenhiser crossed under the checkers first. Jake Nueman finished
second with Joel Myers, Jr third, John Barnard fourth, and Kameron Key in fifth.
The finish:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[4]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman[7]; 3. 19-Joel
Myers Jr[9]; 4.
B8-John Barnard[14]; 5. 31K-Kameron Key[5]; 6. 9-Tyler Duff[1]; 7. 6R-Ryan
Bunton[12]; 8.
52F-Logan Faucon[15]; 9. 5-Zackary Sokol[18]; 10. 1JR-Steven Russell[17]; 11.
44-Cory Bruns[13];
12. 5H-Joey Moughan[16]; 13. 29X-Brayton Lynch[3]; 14. (DNF) 1-Trevin
Littleton[19]; 15. (DNF)
10S-Jeremy Standridge[20]; 16. (DNF) 28-Luke Verardi[2]; 17. (DNF) 7A-Will
Armitage[6]; 18. (DNF)
31-Zach Daum[10]; 19. (DNF) 12-Corbin Gurley[11]; 20. (DNF) 99-Korey Weyant[8]
FLICK FLIES TO OVER $8,000 IN GILLILAND MEMORIAL WEST PA SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP; CIPRIANO WINS $1771 IN PRIESTER 602 CRATE MEMORIAL; V.JONES WINS 305s AND TITLE; HALEY EARNS 1st MINI STOCK WIN.
By Jim Balentine
(Mercer,Pa)
On a special Friday night lights, Michaels Mercer Raceway presented one of the biggest shows in their 73 year history on a beautiful late summer evening as fans packed the speedway for the running of the Jeff Gilliland Memorial Western Pennsylvania 410 sprint car championship presented by FASTonDIRT as well as the Al Priester memorial 602 crate modified event. 96 cars graced the pit area for the four division event.
The FASTonDIRT Western Pennsylvania sprint card championship race was held in
memory of Jeff Gilliland who passed away at just 50 years old
Jeff loved the races, especially sprint cars. His grandfather Richard Hawley as
well as Jeff's 2 uncles, Lloyd Hawley and Vern Hawley, and his cousin, Jimmy
Hawley were all race car drivers locally.
For the $8000 to win Jeff Gilliland memorial West Pa. Sprint car championship feature twin state auto racing club hall of famers Jimmy Hawley and Gary Edwards would pace the 22 car field whittled down from the 32 cars in the pit area. Conner Morrell and Logan McCandless would lead the 30 lapper to green. Morrell would take the lead at the start but the race would go yellow as last years winner Bob Felmlee would spin up in turn 2. On the restart Morrell would again lead the way with AJ Flick driving the Bernie Steubgen #71 following in 2nd
The steel city outlaw Tim Shaffer making a rare Mercer appearance would be racing McCandless for 3rd before a yellow would fly again. Morrell would then again have a 1.7 second lead over Flick but on lap 10 Flick would go to the high side in turn 2 to take the lead. On lap 14 Zane DeVault would scrape the concrete wall on the frontstretch ending his night. Dale Blaney who started in 10th would methodically work his way through the pack moving up to fifth by lap 15.
McCandless would then start to challenge Shaffer for 3rd after a restart. Flick would open up a 3.1 second advantage over Morrell as the laps were winding down. 20 time Mercer winner Jack Sodeman Jr. would be holding strong running in 4th early in the race trying to catch Shaffer but as the laps were winding down Sodeman would fall back and with 3 laps to go would smack the inside tire in turn 3 ending his night. With the laps being run and with the accident a fuel stop was necessary. When the race resumed Flick would again take off and would pick up his biggest payday ever winning over $8,500 defeating Morrell by 1.885. McCandless would finish 3rd, Dale Blaney would get around Shaffer for 4th on lap 23 and Shaffer 5th.
A jubilant Flick would say “this is frickin’ awesome!!! these guys busted their butt for me tonight and owner Bernie (Steubgen) dialed it in and I am beyond thankful. The track widened out like I thought and I knew if I was in the lead they would have to come back to me. Bernie called me and asked me if I wanted to drive the #71 this week and I was so excited and everyone had to calm me down. Conner was ripping the top and I was around the bottom and I stayed on the bottom and into lapped traffic and I was able to complete the pass and stay out front. This is and blessing and special!! I’ve known Jimmy Hawley since I was young when I was moving up from street stocks I went to him for help and he gave me good advice and tonight he parked next to me and he came over and wished me good luck and was concerned about me when this night was about his family. The entire family is so important to racing and I hope I made them proud tonight!!
For the Al Priester memorial for the 602 crate modifieds 23 cars would take the green flag for a chance at $1771 to win. Don Cornelius and Al’s son Gage Priester would start on the front row with Priester leading the way for the first 8 laps. Ayden Cipriano would follow behind Priester until lap 9 when Cipriano made the winning move and would start to pull away.. but multiple cautions would bunch up the field. Brian Schaffer, Jeff Schaffer Sr., and Garrett Krummert who started 21st would battle throughout the field for 3rd,4th and 5th until Krummert took over 3rd on lap 11 and then would get around Priester for 2nd on lap 15 setting his sights on Cipriano. With the extended green flag session Cipriano was able to pull away and defeat Krummert by 3.18 seconds at the end collecting $1771 in his highest payday to date and his 4th career crate modified Mercer feature. Jeff Schaffer Sr was able to get around Priester for third on lap 19 and Cole Edwards was 5th. In the final point total leader Eric Gabany finished in 7th and was able to hold off Schaffer Sr. by 13 points to claim his 1st crate modified crown and his 2nd overall title. Cipriano would say , “it means a lot to win the Al Priester memorial especially when this is where it all started for me when I was 7 and I’ve run in all these divisions here and now that I’m in college I hope that I can race while I’m there and keep running in these and more big block modified races!”
The Racesaver 305 sprints would determine a track champion as well and it wouldn’t be decided until the checkered fell. Former champion Jarrett Rosencrance would start on the pole and lead the first 9 laps until 5th starting Vivian Jones would be able to get around for the lead. Veteran Andy Priest who started 11th would be up to 2nd by lap 15 getting around Rosencrance and set his sights on Jones. Nolan Groves would run the best race he has had at Mercer running a solid 3rd and 4th most of race also got around Rosencrance on lap 16. Rosencrance fell to 4th and James Pattock was 5th. Point leader Jake Gomola finished 8th and with the win by Jones catapulted Jones into the track championship by just one point!!! Andy Priest finished just 7 points behind in 3rd. A happy Vivian would say “it’s been such a great and emotional night!!it’s an honor to win in front of this huge crowd this is awesome!! We’ve been really good on the bottom and I was on it with the adjustments we made and it felt good!”
Devin Haley after being a bridesmaid so many times finishing in second finally got the monkey off his back and picked up his first career Mercer mini stock feature win worth $400 after winning his career first previously this season. The 2 top point men Carl Ealy and Corey Bice would start on the front row of the 22 car field but 4th starting Haley would take control immediately and lead all 15 laps. A red on lap 4 for a barrell roll by Linwood Thorne would halt the action. Thorne was ok. After the restart Corey Bice, Chaz Smith and Carl Ealy would swap positions back and forth but Smith would hold on to second after lap 7 to finish .870 behind Haley in his best finish. Bice would finish 3rd and Ealy fell to 4th with Chuck Davis 5th. Ealy would hang on to win the track championship by just 5 points over Haley while Bice would be 12 points behind. Haley would say, “I can’t believe it !! They say it’s hard to win your first one and then it’s easy and we are here!! I’m super pumped we had a rough start to the year but now we are here!! with the open rules it’s fair and it’s allowed us to win!”
Media Results for 8/23/2024 at Michaels Mercer Raceway - Mercer, PA
410 Sprints - Winged 32 Entries
A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:37:26.080
1. 71-AJ Flick[3]; 2. 28M-Conner Morrell[1]; 3. 29M-Logan McCandless[2]; 4.
32-Dale Blaney[13]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer[4]; 6. 46-Michael Bauer[11]; 7. 5K-Adam
Kekich[16]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III[9]; 9. 22-Brandon Spithaler[7]; 10. 20B-Cody
Bova[12]; 11. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[19]; 12. 35-Jared Zimbardi[20]; 13. 5E-Bobby
Elliott[22]; 14. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr[5]; 15. 08-Danny Kuriger[15]; 16.
38-Leyton Wagner[18]; 17. 5-Jeremy Weaver[10]; 18. 4-Zane DeVault[6]; 19.
11J-David Kalb[21]; 20. 6-Bob Felmlee[14]; 21. 3V-Chris Verda[24]; 22.
13-Brandon Matus[23]; 23. M1-Mark Smith[8]; 24. 16-Jim Morris[17]
B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:07:44.394
1. 16-Jim Morris[1]; 2. 38-Leyton Wagner[2]; 3. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[3]; 4.
35-Jared Zimbardi[4]; 5. 11J-David Kalb[6]; 6. 5E-Bobby Elliott[5]; 7.
13-Brandon Matus[7]; 8. 3V-Chris Verda[11]; 9. 33-Brent Matus[8]; 10. 7T-Brett
Brunkenhoefer[9]; 11. 31C-Chase Metheney[10]; 12. 47-Dusty Larson[13]; 13.
55-Matt Sherlock III[15]; 14. 86-Michael Lutz Jr[12]; 15. M4-Louie Mattes[14];
16. (DNS) 3J-Jacob Begenwald
Dash 1 6 Laps 00:03:17.000
1. 28M-Conner Morrell[2]; 2. 29M-Logan McCandless[1]; 3. 71-AJ Flick[3]; 4.
49X-Tim Shaffer[4]; 5. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr[5]; 6. 4-Zane DeVault[6]; 7.
22-Brandon Spithaler[7]
Heat 1 8 Laps 00:04:32.000
1. 28M-Conner Morrell[1]; 2. M1-Mark Smith[2]; 3. 20B-Cody Bova[3]; 4. 29M-Logan
McCandless[4]; 5. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[6]; 6. 16-Jim Morris[5]; 7. 7T-Brett
Brunkenhoefer[8]; 8. 47-Dusty Larson[7]
Heat 2 8 Laps 00:05:27.000
1. 22-Brandon Spithaler[4]; 2. 24D-Danny Sams III[2]; 3. 32-Dale Blaney[3]; 4.
6-Bob Felmlee[1]; 5. 38-Leyton Wagner[5]; 6. 11J-David Kalb[6]; 7. 31C-Chase
Metheney[7]; 8. M4-Louie Mattes[8]
Heat 3 8 Laps 00:04:39.000
1. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr[2]; 2. 5-Jeremy Weaver[1]; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer[4]; 4.
08-Danny Kuriger[3]; 5. 35-Jared Zimbardi[6]; 6. 13-Brandon Matus[5]; 7.
3V-Chris Verda[8]; 8. 55-Matt Sherlock III[7]
Heat 4 8 Laps 00:05:39.000
1. 71-AJ Flick[1]; 2. 46-Michael Bauer[2]; 3. 4-Zane DeVault[4]; 4. 5K-Adam
Kekich[5]; 5. 5E-Bobby Elliott[3]; 6. 33-Brent Matus[8]; 7. 86-Michael Lutz
Jr[6]; 8. 3J-Jacob Begenwald[7]
Qualifying 1 00:01:53.000
1. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 00:14.018; 2. 46-Michael Bauer, 00:14.097; 3. 5E-Bobby
Elliott, 00:14.205; 4. 13-Brandon Matus, 00:14.230; 5. 35-Jared Zimbardi,
00:14.231; 6. 86-Michael Lutz Jr, 00:14.597; 7. 55-Matt Sherlock III, 00:14.693;
8. 33-Brent Matus, 00:14.803; 9. 3J-Jacob Begenwald, 00:14.928; 10. (DNS)
22-Brandon Spithaler; 11. (DNS) 28M-Conner Morrell; 12. (DNS) 24D-Danny Sams
III; 13. (DNS) 38-Leyton Wagner; 14. (DNS) 29M-Logan McCandless; 15. (DNS)
16-Jim Morris; 16. (DNS) 6-Bob Felmlee; 17. (DNS) 7T-Brett Brunkenhoefer; 18.
(DNS) 27K-Jeremy Kornbau; 19. (DNS) M1-Mark Smith; 20. (DNS) M4-Louie Mattes;
21. (DNS) 20B-Cody Bova; 22. (DNS) 31C-Chase Metheney; 23. (DNS) 11J-David Kalb;
24. (DNS) 47-Dusty Larson; 25. (DNS) 32-Dale Blaney
Qualifying 2 00:07:01.000
1. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 00:13.819[10]; 2. 4-Zane DeVault, 00:13.836[2]; 3. 5-Jeremy
Weaver, 00:13.875[4]; 4. 71-AJ Flick, 00:13.889[6]; 5. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr,
00:13.929[8]; 6. 46-Michael Bauer, 00:14.028[9]; 7. 08-Danny Kuriger,
00:14.104[5]; 8. 5E-Bobby Elliott, 00:14.145[13]; 9. 13-Brandon Matus,
00:14.205[3]; 10. 5K-Adam Kekich, 00:14.245[7]; 11. 35-Jared Zimbardi,
00:14.374[12]; 12. 86-Michael Lutz Jr, 00:14.386[11]; 13. 55-Matt Sherlock III,
00:14.450[14]; 14. 3J-Jacob Begenwald, 00:14.543[15]; 15. 3V-Chris Verda,
00:14.818[1]; 16. 33-Brent Matus, 00:14.885[16]
Racesaver 305 Sprints -19 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps 00:09:53.439
1. 20M-Vivian Jones[5]; 2. 21N-Andy Priest[11]; 3. 25G-Nolan Groves[3]; 4.
25-Jarrett Rosencrance[1]; 5. 42-Jim Pattock[6]; 6. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[2];
7. 61-Jeremy Kornbau[8]; 8. 4J-Jacob Gomola[7]; 9. 82M-Rod Jones[9]; 10.
18-Arnie Kent[13]; 11. 88-Greg Dobrosky[10]; 12. 32B-Dale Blaney[19]; 13.
21-Hunter Hite[15]; 14. 71-Joe Coggin[14]; 15. 72-Mike Mathieson[4]; 16.
36H-Seth Harrelson[18]; 17. CIII-Jimmy Hawley[17]; 18. 34M-Aaron Marano[16]; 19.
30-Jazlyn Boyles[12]
Heat 1 8 Laps 00:04:29.947
1. 61-Jeremy Kornbau[3]; 2. 82M-Rod Jones[5]; 3. 32B-Dale Blaney[6]; 4. 72-Mike
Mathieson[1]; 5. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[7]; 6. 88-Greg Dobrosky[9]; 7. 30-Jazlyn
Boyles[2]; 8. 71-Joe Coggin[4]; 9. 34M-Aaron Marano[10]; 10. 36H-Seth
Harrelson[8]
Heat 2 8 Laps 00:02:02.591
1. 4J-Jacob Gomola[2]; 2. 42-Jim Pattock[1]; 3. 20M-Vivian Jones[4]; 4.
25G-Nolan Groves[3]; 5. 25-Jarrett Rosencrance[5]; 6. 21N-Andy Priest[9]; 7.
18-Arnie Kent[6]; 8. 21-Hunter Hite[7]; 9. CIII-Jimmy Hawley[8]
Mini stocks
22 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps 00:21:08.394
1. 02-Devin Haley[4]; 2. 13S-Chaz Smith[8]; 3. 10-Corey Bice[2]; 4. 0-Carl
Ealy[1]; 5. 22D-Chuck Davis[9]; 6. 45-Andrew Thompson[7]; 7. 999-Adam Aley[15];
8. 48-Jordan Wheeler[20]; 9. 9R-Ben Aley[21]; 10. 313-Justin Pry[14]; 11.
44-Jacob Wheeler[10]; 12. 54-Tim Callahan[22]; 13. 77-Braden Bice[16]; 14.
10J-Bill Fuchs[13]; 15. 5-Andy Thompson[5]; 16. 10S-Trevn Schaffer[12]; 17.
60-Dillon Thorne[6]; 18. 19G-John Gill[19]; 19. 22-Eddie Lombardo[11]; 20.
1-Linwood Thorne[17]; 21. 38-Randy Ealy[3]; 22. 309-Jordan Reges[18]
Heat 1 6 Laps 00:02:09.371
1. 0-Carl Ealy[1]; 2. 02-Devin Haley[7]; 3. 45-Andrew Thompson[3]; 4. 44-Jacob
Wheeler[6]; 5. 10J-Bill Fuchs[8]; 6. 77-Braden Bice[2]; 7. 19G-John Gill[4]; 8.
54-Tim Callahan[5]
Heat 2 6 Laps
00:04:30.965
1. 10-Corey Bice[3]; 2. 5-Andy Thompson[1]; 3. 13S-Chaz Smith[6]; 4. 22-Eddie
Lombardo[5]; 5. 313-Justin Pry[4]; 6. 1-Linwood Thorne[2]; 7. (DNS) 48-Jordan
Wheeler
Heat 3 6 Laps 00:02:30.880
1. 38-Randy Ealy[1]; 2. 60-Dillon Thorne[3]; 3. 22D-Chuck Davis[5]; 4. 10S-Trevn
Schaffer[2]; 5. 999-Adam Aley[4]; 6. 309-Jordan Reges[6]; 7. 9R-Ben Aley
602 crate Modified 23 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps 00:33:57.347
1. 5C-Ayden Cipriano[3]; 2. 10-Garrett Krummert[21]; 3. 14-Jeff Schaffer Sr[11];
4. 71-Gage Priester[2]; 5. 29-Cole Edwards[4]; 6. 41-Brian Schaffer[8]; 7.
4S-Eric Gabany[12]; 8. 1-Jim Bryce[19]; 9. 717-Bill Adams[22]; 10. 1R-Brandon
Ritchey[5]; 11. 7-Brenten Kay[6]; 12. 12L-Patrick Lane[16]; 13. JD57-Jordan
Ehrenberg[9]; 14. 333G-Todd Gabriel[17]; 15. 28J-Jacob Jordan[13]; 16.
404-MIchael Kristyak[10]; 17. 51R-Thomas Rogers[18]; 18. 07L-Mark Sevin[15]; 19.
113-Don Cornelius[1]; 20. 119-Joe Gibson[20]; 21. 29A-Anthony Antus[14]; 22.
(DNS) 312-Ryan Gutherie; 23. (DNS) 02-Jeremy Beichner
Heat 1 8 Laps 00:02:33.009
1. 113-Don Cornelius[1]; 2. 29-Cole Edwards[3]; 3. 02-Jeremy Beichner[2]; 4.
JD57-Jordan Ehrenberg[5]; 5. 28J-Jacob Jordan[4]; 6. 12L-Patrick Lane[6]; 7.
1-Jim Bryce[8]; 8. 717-Bill Adams[7]
Heat 2 8 Laps 00:02:22.146
1. 71-Gage Priester[2]; 2. 1R-Brandon Ritchey[3]; 3. 41-Brian Schaffer[6]; 4.
404-MIchael Kristyak[7]; 5. 29A-Anthony Antus[8]; 6. 333G-Todd Gabriel[1]; 7.
119-Joe Gibson[5]; 8. 312-Ryan Gutherie[4]
Heat 3 8 Laps 00:05:29.227
1. 5C-Ayden Cipriano[2]; 2. 7-Brenten Kay[4]; 3. 4S-Eric Gabany[3]; 4. 14-Jeff
Schaffer Sr[5]; 5. 07L-Mark Sevin[7]; 6. 51R-Thomas Rogers[1]; 7. 10-Garrett
Krummert[6]
WESTBROOK, COSTA, BEAGLE, AND ELSLIGER TAKE CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST WINS AT OHSWEKEN
Article Credit: Brent Otchere
OHSWEKEN, Ont. (August 23, 2024) – Pinewood Horticultural Services and Ontario Agra presented Christmas in August at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday; Dylan Westbrook, Jesse Costa, Ryan Beagle, and Jeff Elsliger took A-Main wins.
Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars
Liam Martin and D.J. Christie brought the 25 car field to the green flag for the
360 Sprint Car A-Main. Martin set the pace, leading the opening laps of the race
and encountering traffic in just six laps. Christie brought out the red flag on
lap seven with a violent solo flip off the track in turn three. Christie
immediately pulled himself out of the wreck unharmed.
The restart saw Dylan Westbrook get the better of Martin and take the lead away. Unlike other times when Westbrook has taken the lead this season, he had to fight off a challenge for the win as Nick Sheridan proved to be a real threat. Sheridan was wheel-to-wheel with Westbrook in the closing stages of the race, but ultimately Westbrook was able to edge out Sheridan after a late restart and pull away for the win.
The triumph was a milestone for Westbrook, as it was his 40th A-Main victory in 360 Sprint Car competition at Ohsweken. Josh Hansen was able to squeak by Sheridan for second, while Sheridan settled for the final podium spot. Rounding out the top five were Martin and Matt Farnham.
Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
Brian Nanticoke started on pole with Al Sleight next to him for the 20 lap Crate
Sprint Car A-Main. Nanticoke led the opening laps with Brett Stratford hot on
his heels. The one and only caution flag came out when Keegan Baker came to a
stop in turn one. Nanticoke was able to hold off the hard-charging Stratford
initially after the restart, however Stratford overtook for the lead on lap
eleven.
Once Stratford got the clean air, the handling went away for him and allowed Jesse Costa to close the gap. Costa took the lead in heavy traffic with seven laps to go and knifed through more traffic to lock down the win. The win was Costa’s 10th career Crate Sprint Car victory at Ohsweken and moved him into a tie with Ryan Hunsinger and Holly Porter for second on the all-time win list. Stratford was able to salvage a second place finish, with Brent Begolo finishing a close third. Steve Murdock finished in fourth, and Andrew Hennessy closed out the top five.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
Logan Ferguson started on pole alongside Scott McPhail to take the green flag
for the 20 lap Thunder Stock A-Main. Ferguson was only able to hold his pole
position for a single lap as Donny Lampman found himself leading by lap two. Lap
three saw a caution flag, allowing Ryan Dinning to become the third leader of
the race after a superb restart. Dinning’s lead was cut short due to another
caution, which allowed Zach Bleich to take over out front after the restart.
The racing began to heat up as the leaders were racing five wide, displaying their talent and car control. The spectacular racing came to a halt when a red flag was thrown due to Kyle Andress hitting the inside wall in turn four and barrel rolling. Andress was unharmed in the accident. The closing laps had a three-way battle for the lead between Ryan Beagle, Adam Plazek, and Dave Bailey. A late restart saw Beagle get the better of his competition and take his 18th career Thunder Stock win at Ohsweken. Next to cross the line were Bailey in second, Plazek third, Ron Loggie fourth, and Bleich fifth.
HRW Automotive Mini Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Nick Erskine and Jeff Elsliger to begin the
15 lap Mini Stock A-Main. Elsliger proved to be the one to beat at the drop of
the green flag, easily putting over a one second gap on the field. Fabio
Olivieri came to a stop on lap five, bringing out the caution flag. Elsliger
stood tall to the task, leading again after the restart.
Ken Hair tried to set up an overtake on Elsliger, but his efforts were thwarted by an untimely caution when Olivieri stopped on the track again. Elsliger timed the restart perfectly with just three laps to go, managing to lead every lap and take his fourth career Mini Stock win at Ohsweken. Following Elsliger were Hair in second, Tim DeBoer third, Nick Erskine fourth, and Alex Riley fifth.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
I.L.A Sports and Brant County Tire present Back to School Back Pack Night on
Friday, August 30, featuring the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, Middleport
Mechanical Thunder Stocks, and HRW Automotive Mini Stocks. Visit
www.ohswekenspeedway.ca for more information.
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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, August 23, 2024
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Sponsors: Pinewood Horticultural Services & Ontario Agra
Total Entries: 126
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Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (25 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[6]; 2. 88H-Josh Hansen[4]; 3. 45-Nick Sheridan[5]; 4.
9-Liam Martin[1]; 5. 7NY-Matt Farnham[14]; 6. 15-Ryan Turner[8]; 7. 19D-Allan
Downey[10]; 8. 71-Mike Bowman[13]; 9. 17X-Cory Turner[12]; 10. 7-Eric
Gledhill[11]; 11. 12DD-Darren Dryden[3]; 12. 94-Todd Hoddick[22]; 13. 0-Glenn
Styres[16]; 14. 87X-Shone Evans[7]; 15. 77T-Tyeller Powless[9]; 16. 77E-Ashton
VanEvery[17]; 17. 21K-Kyle Phillips[25]; 18. 68-Aaron Turkey[18]; 19. 21-John
Burbridge Jr[23]; 20. 49L-Lucas Smith[19]; 21. 46-Kevin Pauls[21]; 22. 81-Derek
Jonathan[15]; 23. (DNF) 11-Jamie Turner[24]; 24. (DNF) 5-DJ Christie[2]; 25.
(DNF) 10C-Cole MacDonald[20]
Hard Charger – Todd Hoddick +10
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 87X-Shone Evans[1]; 2. 15-Ryan Turner[3]; 3. 88H-Josh Hansen[6]; 4. 19D-Allan
Downey[5]; 5. 71-Mike Bowman[7]; 6. 49L-Lucas Smith[4]; 7. 77E-Ashton
VanEvery[8]; 8. 21K-Kyle Phillips[2]; 9. (DNF) 11-Jamie Turner[9]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 12DD-Darren Dryden[4]; 2. 45-Nick Sheridan[8]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[6]; 4.
7-Eric Gledhill[5]; 5. 81-Derek Jonathan[2]; 6. 10C-Cole MacDonald[3]; 7.
21-John Burbridge Jr[1]; 8. 46-Kevin Pauls[7]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 1:53.505
1. 5-DJ Christie[1]; 2. 9-Liam Martin[3]; 3. 77T-Tyeller Powless[2]; 4. 17X-Cory
Turner[5]; 5. 7NY-Matt Farnham[4]; 6. 0-Glenn Styres[6]; 7. 68-Aaron Turkey[8];
8. 94-Todd Hoddick[7]
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Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars (34 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 52-Jesse Costa[7]; 2. BS39-Brett Stratford[6]; 3. 71-Brent Begolo[4]; 4.
2M-Steve Murdock[18]; 5. 87-Andrew Hennessy[5]; 6. 2S-Al Sleight[2]; 7. 9C-Brian
Nanticoke[1]; 8. 88-Lance Erskine[16]; 9. 99-Joshua Hill[12]; 10. 72-Tanner
Podwinski[11]; 11. 94-Ryan Fraser[3]; 12. 74-Rob Neely[8]; 13. 14B-Broden
Weiler[10]; 14. 20-Johnny Miller[17]; 15. 16X-Keegan Baker[20]; 16. 24A-AJ
Lewis[15]; 17. 29W-Tyler Ward[14]; 18. 24K-Kiana Teal[21]; 19. 14W-Greg
Wilson[9]; 20. 28T-Cameron Thomson[19]; 21. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[22]; 22. 5-Tom
Pellezari[28]; 23. 777-Cameron Olm[24]; 24. 2-Travis Hofstetter[13]; 25.
98-Jonah Mutton[23]; 26. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[27]; 27. 11W-Nathan Jackson[26]; 28.
27-Niko Hansen[25]
Hard Charger – Steve Murdock +14
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 1. 24K-Kiana Teal[1]; 2. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[6]; 3. 98-Jonah Mutton[3]; 4.
777-Cameron Olm[2]; 5. 27-Niko Hansen[8]; 6. 11W-Nathan Jackson[5]; 7.
50LS-Adrian Stahle[10]; 8. 5-Tom Pellezari[9]; 9. 38-Melissa Miller[4]; 10.
69K-Ken Hamilton[11]; 11. (DNF) 3-Devon Bacher[12]; 12. (DNF) 14-Larry
Gledhill[7]; 13. (DNS) 53-Logan Shwedyk; 14. (DNS) MK8-Matt Hill
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[2]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa[6]; 3. 29W-Tyler Ward[1]; 4.
88-Lance Erskine[3]; 5. 24A-AJ Lewis[7]; 6. 98-Jonah Mutton[4]; 7. 777-Cameron
Olm[8]; 8. 14-Larry Gledhill[9]; 9. 3-Devon Bacher[5]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 1:59.613
1. 71-Brent Begolo[1]; 2. 14W-Greg Wilson[2]; 3. 72-Tanner Podwinski[4]; 4.
BS39-Brett Stratford[9]; 5. 20-Johnny Miller[6]; 6. 11W-Nathan Jackson[3]; 7.
27-Niko Hansen[5]; 8. 5-Tom Pellezari[7]; 9. 69K-Ken Hamilton[8]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:04.185
1. 94-Ryan Fraser[1]; 2. 14B-Broden Weiler[2]; 3. 99-Joshua Hill[3]; 4.
87-Andrew Hennessy[8]; 5. 28T-Cameron Thomson[5]; 6. 38-Melissa Miller[4]; 7.
4B-Darrell Pelletier[7]; 8. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[6]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 1. 74-Rob Neely[3]; 2. 2S-Al Sleight[4]; 3. 2-Travis Hofstetter[2]; 4.
2M-Steve Murdock[1]; 5. 16X-Keegan Baker[5]; 6. 24K-Kiana Teal[6]; 7. (DNS)
MK8-Matt Hill; 8. (DNS) 53-Logan Shwedyk
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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (30 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[20]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[19]; 3. 41-Adam Plazek[13]; 4. 97-Ron
Loggie[14]; 5. 108-Zach Bleich[12]; 6. 23-Trevor DeBoer[17]; 7. 13-Kacey
Huffman[8]; 8. 96-Steve Shaw Sr[15]; 9. 93K-Mike Klazinga[11]; 10. 37-Robert
Hoskins[9]; 11. 28-Jim Lampman[10]; 12. 8-Ryan Dinning[7]; 13. 55-Mike
Thorne[4]; 14. 69G-Brian General[16]; 15. 222-Nick Masi[22]; 16. 11-Gofast
Teeple[3]; 17. 14DD-Dustin Duga[18]; 18. 07-Scott McPhail[2]; 19. 88-Aidan
Nigh[24]; 20. 711-Seth Lanoue[21]; 21. 92-Paige Lanoue[26]; 22. 61-Steve
Johnson[27]; 23. (DNF) 88L-Logan Ferguson[1]; 24. (DNF) 76-Jamie Goudge[25]; 25.
(DNF) 43-Kyle Andress[23]; 26. (DNF) 28D-Donny Lampman[5]; 27. (DNS) 24-Blake
Bomberry Jr; 28. (DQ) 427-Tim Phalen[6]
Hard Charger – Ryan Beagle +19
Heat Race 1 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 49-Dave Bailey[12]; 2. 8-Ryan Dinning[5]; 3. 93K-Mike Klazinga[7]; 4.
28D-Donny Lampman[4]; 5. 37-Robert Hoskins[6]; 6. 96-Steve Shaw Sr[9]; 7.
41-Adam Plazek[8]; 8. 11-Gofast Teeple[3]; 9. 69G-Brian General[10]; 10.
07-Scott McPhail[2]; 11. 711-Seth Lanoue[13]; 12. 43-Kyle Andress[1]; 13.
76-Jamie Goudge[15]; 14. 61-Steve Johnson[11]; 15. (DNS) 21-Blake Bomberry Sr
Heat Race 2 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 55-Mike Thorne[3]; 2. 108-Zach Bleich[7]; 3. 97-Ron Loggie[8]; 4. 13-Kacey
Huffman[5]; 5. 23-Trevor DeBoer[10]; 6. 88L-Logan Ferguson[1]; 7. 84RK-Ryan
Beagle[12]; 8. 28-Jim Lampman[6]; 9. 14DD-Dustin Duga[11]; 10. 427-Tim
Phalen[4]; 11. 222-Nick Masi[14]; 12. 88-Aidan Nigh[15]; 13. 92-Paige
Lanoue[13]; 14. (DNF) 26-Keith Haine[2]; 15. (DNF) 24-Blake Bomberry Jr[9]
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HRW Automotive Mini Stocks (37 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 15 laps – NT
1. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[2]; 2. 5K-Ken Hair[9]; 3. 9-Tim DeBoer[12]; 4. 64-Nick
Erskine[1]; 5. 17-Alex Riley[19]; 6. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[5]; 7. 46-Rodney
Rutherford[20]; 8. 2-Matt Nuell[6]; 9. 14L-John Lubeck[16]; 10. 23-Dusty
DeBoer[14]; 11. 4-Wayde Thorne[21]; 12. 32-Gillian Hils[17]; 13. 21X-Mark
Bazuin[18]; 14. 01-Tristan DaSilva[11]; 15. 1A-Ashton Dickie[15]; 16. 20J-Nathan
Joyner[23]; 17. 1-Jason Tolton[10]; 18. X-Jeremy Cooper[24]; 19. 66-Jon
Janssens[22]; 20. 76-Shawn Taylor[3]; 21. 66X-Martin Schroder[7]; 22. 12-Don
Deagle[27]; 23. 51-Jesse McDonald[13]; 24. 32L-Grayden Lyons[26]; 25.
54-Christopher French[4]; 26. 11-Mike Giberson[28]; 27. (DNF) 15-Spencer
Riddell[25]; 28. (DNF) 16-Fabio Olivieri[8]
Hard Charger – Alex Riley +14
B-Main [Started] 6 laps – NT
1. 4-Wayde Thorne[1]; 2. 66-Jon Janssens[2]; 3. 20J-Nathan Joyner[4]; 4.
X-Jeremy Cooper[3]; 5. 15-Spencer Riddell[8]; 6. 32L-Grayden Lyons[6]; 7. 12-Don
Deagle[11]; 8. 11-Mike Giberson[7]; 9. 04-Rogan Monaghan[10]; 10. 4A-Mason
Anderson[13]; 11. 38C-John Cote[12]; 12. 228-Kris Lawrence[5]; 13. 79-Steve
Miller[16]; 14. (DNF) 22-Ethan Beaulieu[14]; 15. (DNF) 265-Mike Evers[9]; 16. (DNF)
64E-Doug Erskine[15]; 17. (DNS) 33-Mark Martin
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 76-Shawn Taylor[3]; 2. 64-Nick Erskine[2]; 3. 66X-Martin Schroder[6]; 4.
01-Tristan DaSilva[8]; 5. 21X-Mark Bazuin[15]; 6. 51-Jesse McDonald[10]; 7.
46-Rodney Rutherford[16]; 8. 5K-Ken Hair[7]; 9. 32-Gillian Hils[13]; 10. 6X-Mike
Sarantakos[5]; 11. 4-Wayde Thorne[9]; 12. X-Jeremy Cooper[12]; 13. 228-Kris
Lawrence[18]; 14. 11-Mike Giberson[1]; 15. 265-Mike Evers[11]; 16. 12-Don
Deagle[14]; 17. (DNF) 4A-Mason Anderson[4]; 18. (DNF) 64E-Doug Erskine[19]; 19.
(DNF) 33-Mark Martin[17]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:51.165
1. 23-Dusty DeBoer[4]; 2. X-Jeremy Cooper[2]; 3. 66X-Martin Schroder[6]; 4.
2-Matt Nuell[3]; 5. 4-Wayde Thorne[11]; 6. 76-Shawn Taylor[7]; 7. 14L-John
Lubeck[5]; 8. 32-Gillian Hils[8]; 9. 44-Craig Vlasic[14]; 10. 01-Tristan
DaSilva[10]; 11. 11-Mike Giberson[1]; 12. 15-Jordan Willms[13]; 13. 81D-Crystal
Soules[9]; 14. (DNF) 11J-Jeff Elsliger[12]
MARATHON:Tyler Ross scores second URC Win of 2024 and Cuts the Points Lead to 5 after a War of Attrition at Big Diamond
Written by Bert Wojcik
Every now and again you get a race that sets the entire season on its head and
throws the biggest wrench into what might have been a near sure thing. That was
Big Diamond on Friday night. The United Racing Club made its 38th appearance at
the Schuylkill county 3/8th mile oval for its last race in Pennsylvania for the
2024 season. After what felt like a marathon, Lincoln University’s Tyler Ross
scored his second URC win of the season and is now within 5 points of Josh
Weller with 2 races left in 2024.
The feature started with Seth Schnoke and Cody Fletcher on the front row. The
highside was the place to be as Cody Fletcher would take the early lead and lead
the first lap. Coming to complete the 2nd lap Kyle Smith would explode a right
rear and caution would wave. This is where the shenanigans would begin. On the
restart. Cody Fletcher fired too early and would get sent back a row for a jump
start. That would move JT Ferry to the front row and he would choose the high
side to take the lead. Caution would then fly as Jake Galloway would bring out
the caution. On the restart would see Ferry get around Schnoke. And some hot and
heavy racing was happening behind them. Tyler Ross would find his way around
Schnoke for the 2nd spot.
Fletcher would hit a yuke tire and would fall back before calling it a night with a broken front end. We would stay green when current URC Points leader Josh Weller would catch the wall going into turn one and go upside down. He would be uninjured. On the restart Ross would get around Ferry on the restart and complete the lap but the caution would fly immediately as Schnoke’s right nose wing panel would come off in the racing line by the flag stand.
On the restart Ross would get the lead and pull away from Ferry. Jordan Thomas was all over the back side of Ferry. He would hold him off for the moment as Ross pulled away. The night would go from bad to worse for Schnoke after losing the left front nose wing panel and he would come to a stop on the front stretch and call it a night.
On the restart. Thomas would get around Ferry. Then Brett Wanner would get a
run to get around Ferry. Ferry would send it in too hard into turn 3 and spin
out into the turn 3 wall doing some damage to the rear end of the car calling it
a night. That would trigger an open red.
Restart would come out with 8 laps to go. Wanner would try to close on Thomas on
the restart but couldn't get around him as Thomas would close in but couldn’t
make the pass. He would close in on Ross but caution would come out. An awful
night for 2nd in points Reese Nowotarski would get even worse as he would lose
his second motor of the night. The broke a camshaft in hot laps and missed the
heat race. Now with 5 laps to go the 2nd motor would expire on the 10x of
Nowotarski with 5 laps to go.
On the final restart Ross would pull away. But wasnt as good in 3 and 4 as
Jordan Thomas was but better in turns 1 and 2 and that was enough for Ross to
pull away and claim his second win of the URC season.
“Points is what Bob wants, “ Said Ross in victory lane afterwards. “
Unfortunately I'm going to miss a race soon here with other commitments. But Bob
and the entire crew worked their tails off to get this car where I needed it to
be. I didn't want Jordan (Thomas) to get around me. That kid is fast. But the
yellows fell our way at the end and got the clean air. We had Big Diamond
circled on the calendar. We always run so well here.”
But the darling of the night had to be Brett Wanners drive from 10th to 3rd.
He had a chance to have a good run at Baps go awry but Big Diamond definitely
made up for it. “I’m feeling really good after tonight.” Wanner said with the
help of his interpreter as Brett is deaf. “ I've only been in the car 4 times
this year and I'm extremely happy to get 3rd here tonight. I didn't feel like I
was strong enough. Could of used a gear change but We’ll take third place for
the night.
The United Racing Club will be back in action on Friday September 6th for the
annual trip to The Georgetown Speedway in Georgetown Delaware.
Results for 8/23/2024 at Big Diamond Speedway - Minersville, PA
URC 360 Winged Sprint Cars 20 Entries
URC A Feature 25 Laps
7-Tyler Ross[8]; 2. 79-Jordan Thomas[6]; 3. 54-Brett Wanner[10]; 4. 11-Robbie
Stillwaggon[5]; 5. 32-Kyle Smith[14]; 6. 669-Brandon McGough[12]; 7. 4-Ken
Meisner[9]; 8. 22R-Ron Helmick[15]; 9. 55W-Randy Wilbert[4]; 10. 51-Jon
Brennfleck[16]; 11. (DNF) 10X-Reese Nowotarski[19]; 12. (DNF) 18J-JT Ferry[3];
13. (DNF) 29R-Seth Schnoke[1]; 14. (DNF) 63-Josh Weller[11]; 15. (DNF)
14-Anthony Fascone jr[18]; 16. (DNF) 66A-Cody Fletcher[2]; 17. (DNF) 19T-Jacob
Galloway[13]; 18. (DNF) 11H-Hayden Miller[7]; 19. (DNS) 99-Jonathan Swift; 20.
(DNS) 99K-Mike Kiser
URC Heat 1 8 Laps
11-Robbie Stillwaggon[3]; 2. 4-Ken Meisner[2]; 3. 29R-Seth Schnoke[5]; 4.
54-Brett Wanner[4]; 5. 19T-Jacob Galloway[6]; 6. (DNF) 99K-Mike Kiser[7]; 7.
(DNS) 10X-Reese Nowotarski
URC Heat 2 8 Laps
11H-Hayden Miller[1]; 2. 7-Tyler Ross[4]; 3. 18J-JT Ferry[3]; 4. 63-Josh
Weller[6]; 5. 32-Kyle Smith[5]; 6. 51-Jon Brennfleck[2]; 7. 14-Anthony Fascone
jr[7]
URC Heat 3 8 Laps
66A-Cody Fletcher[1]; 2. 55W-Randy Wilbert[2]; 3. 79-Jordan Thomas[3]; 4.
669-Brandon McGough[6]; 5. 22R-Ron Helmick[4]; 6. 99-Jonathan Swift[5]
Thomas gets last lap, last corner pass for 4th Attica 410 win; Bores earns 1st late model win of the year; Weaver back in 305 victory lane
Friday, Aug. 23, 2024
By Brian Liskai
ATTICA, Ohio – Cale Thomas and Cap Henry have battled each other hard in 410 sprint car racing in North Central Ohio in 2024. Friday night, Aug. 23 at Attica Raceway Park was no different. The pair traded slide job after slide job throughout the 30-lap feature on Wilson Tire/Central Ohio Farmers Night with Thomas executing the final one in the final set of turns on the final lap to score his fourth win of the year at Attica by a mere .078 seconds over Henry.
The win is Thomas’ seventh overall victory of 2024 and the sixth career win at Attica and vaults him back into the point lead at Attica Raceway Park over Henry, who is the track’s defending Callie’s Performance Products 410 Sprint champion. The victory also pads Thomas’ lead in the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group over Henry who is the series’ defending champion. There’s just one race left in that series coming Sept. 7 at Fremont Speedway.
The first portion of the race was marred by numerous crashes with TJ Michael leading the first lap before Thomas took over and led until Henry took over on lap 10. Thomas regained the lead with eight laps to go only to see Henry back in front a lap later, setting up the exciting last lap pass by Thomas for the win.
“I kind of gave up on the high side when I saw Cap on the restart through the middle trying to protect and honestly it hurt me on the restart going into turn three and that’s when he threw the slide job on me. He saw me right before lapped traffic underneath him and I think I scared him into thinking I was back running through the middle like I normally do here. I’ve been watching a lot of the guys out in California so tried my best impression of them tonight. I just didn’t give up the top because that was the only way I could get a run,” said Thomas beside his Jay Kiser Racing, Spanky’s Pizza, Shelluke’s Bar and Grill, Automatic Fire Protection; Ohio Refrigeration, Ohio Heating, Engler Machine, BH 41, TMH Holdings, Berryman Racing Shocks, Keizer Wheels backed #23.
Collin Shipley lead he opening lap of the 25-lap Dirt Nerds Podcast Powered by Propane UMP Late Model feature before Mike Bores took over. With 10 laps to go Bores was challenged by Kyle Moore who came into the night having won the last four features at Attica. Moore took the lead on lap 17 but during a caution retired to the pits. Bores lead the rest of the way to score his first win of 2024, the eighth late model victory of his career at Attica over Nathon Loney, Todd Brennan, Ryan Markham and Devin Shiels.
“The old 15B is back. All the guys at Black Diamond Chassis, Keith and Brendon at After Burner Performance…we went through a whole week with my chassis guy and it paid off said Bores of his Roeder’s Racing Service; Stein Honey, UUI; Burns Electric; Truck Worx of Ohio, Cam-Tech, After Burner Performance backed machine.
It’s been a very frustrating season for Paul Weaver. Attica’s six time Fremont Fence 305 Sprint track champion was winless at the track where he had accumulated 73 career total wins to lead all drivers in the history of the track. But it all came together for the Fremont, Ohio driver Friday. After Blayne Keckler lead the first nine laps and Dustin Stroup laps 10-14, Weaver took over and drove away for his first victory of the year at Attica. It’s his 71st career 305 sprint victory and 74th including his 410 wins at the track.
“It’s been frustrating trying to figure out this new clay here. It’s the same stuff as Fremont on Attica is a lot faster. Last time I was here this car got bent and Beaber fixed it and I bought a few new parts and changed up a little bit and Daniel decided to do a lot different stuff than we normally did. Tonight I could run anywhere on the track,” said Weaver beside his Steve Brown’s B&B Drain Service, Hampshire Racing Engines, M&L Excavating, Seagate Sandblasting backed #1W.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action for the Attica Ambush, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 30 and 31. The FAST On Dirt Series 410 sprints will be in action Friday in a $6,000-to-win/$500 to start affair with the UMP Late Models going for $2,000 to win. On Saturday the 410 sprints will battle for $6,000 to win/$500 to start and the 305 sprints will go for $1,200 to win. There’s free camping for the fans all weekend.
For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.comor follow the track on Twitter @atticaracewyprk or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/atticaracewaypark and Instagram at attica_raceway_park. Attica Raceway Park events are streamed on DirtVision.
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Attica Raceway Park
Friday, Aug. 23, 2024
410 Sprints - Callie's Performance Products
Qualifying
1.33W-Cap Henry, 12.754; 2.23-Cale Thomas, 12.930; 3.29-Zeth Sabo, 12.968; 4.29*-Tyler Street, 13.010; 5.14R-Sean Rayhall, 13.011; 6.11N-Kasey Jedrzejeck, 13.016; 7.16-DJ Foos, 13.048; 8.15K-Creed Kemenah, 13.063; 9.9-Trey Jacobs, 13.090; 10.7N-Darin Naida, 13.113; 11.5T-Travis Philo, 13.113; 12.97UK-Ryan Harrison, 13.122; 13.34-Sterling Cling, 13.122; 14.19-TJ Michael, 13.132; 15.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.157; 16.15C-Chris Andrews, 13.175; 17.9H-Lance Heinberger, 13.276; 18.X-Mike Keegan, 13.329; 19.3-Kyle Locke, 13.342; 20.21K-Larry Kingseed Jr, 13.345; 21.26W-Cody White, 13.367; 22.2+-Brian Smith, 13.414; 23.7M-Brandon Moore, 13.486; 24.9W-Lance Webb, 13.535; 25.5-Kody Brewer, 13.661; 26.12-Luke Griffith, 13.711; 27.75-Jerry Dahms, 13.723; 28.4T-Josh Turner, 13.773; 29.97-Max Stambaugh, 99.999;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 15C-Chris Andrews[1] ; 2. 19-TJ Michael[2] ; 3. 34-Sterling Cling[3] ; 4. 9-Trey Jacobs[4] ; 5. 5-Kody Brewer[6] ; 6. 97-Max Stambaugh[8] ; 7. 9W-Lance Webb[5] ; 8. 12-Luke Griffith[7]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 2. 16-DJ Foos[2] ; 3. 14R-Sean Rayhall[3] ; 4. 29-Zeth Sabo[4] ; 5. 9H-Lance Heinberger[5] ; 6. 75-Jerry Dahms[7] ; 7. 3-Kyle Locke[6]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 33W-Cap Henry[4] ; 2. X-Mike Keegan[1] ; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[2] ; 4. 15K-Creed Kemenah[3] ; 5. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[5] ; 6. 26W-Cody White[6] ; 7. 4T-Josh Turner[7]
Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps)
1. 7N-Darin Naida[1] ; 2. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejeck[2] ; 3. 23-Cale Thomas[4] ; 4. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[5] ; 5. 29*-Tyler Street[3] ; 6. 2+-Brian Smith[6] ; 7. 7M-Brandon Moore[7]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 5-Kody Brewer[1] ; 2. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[3] ; 3. 29*-Tyler Street[4] ; 4. 97-Max Stambaugh[5] ; 5. 2+-Brian Smith[8] ; 6. 9H-Lance Heinberger[2] ; 7. 26W-Cody White[7] ; 8. 7M-Brandon Moore[12] ; 9. 75-Jerry Dahms[6] ; 10. 12-Luke Griffith[13] ; 11. 9W-Lance Webb[9] ; 12. 4T-Josh Turner[11] ; 13. 3-Kyle Locke[10]
A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 23-Cale Thomas[3] ; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[6] ; 3. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejeck[8] ; 4. 16-DJ Foos[7] ; 5. 15C-Chris Andrews[9] ; 6. 19-TJ Michael[2] ; 7. 29-Zeth Sabo[4] ; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[12] ; 9. 9-Trey Jacobs[13] ; 10. X-Mike Keegan[5] ; 11. 34-Sterling Cling[10] ; 12. 15K-Creed Kemenah[14] ; 13. 5-Kody Brewer[16] ; 14. 97-Max Stambaugh[19] ; 15. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[17] ; 16. 29*-Tyler Street[18] ; 17. 14R-Sean Rayhall[11] ; 18. 97UK-Ryan Harrison[15] ; 19. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 20. 2+-Brian Smith[20]
305 Sprints - Fremont Fence Co.
Qualifying
1.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 13.629; 2.12X-Dustin Stroup, 13.654; 3.01-Bryan Sebetto, 13.700; 4.9R-Logan Riehl, 13.724; 5.26-Jamie Miller, 13.735; 6.5DD-Dustin Dinan, 13.746; 7.36JR-JJ Henes, 13.760; 8.36-Seth Schneider, 13.775; 9.5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr., 13.783; 10.3X-Blayne Keckler, 13.789; 11.1W-Paul Weaver, 13.789; 12.2-Brenden Torok, 13.803; 13.96UK-Tom Holcroft, 13.841; 14.49i-John Ivy, 13.911; 15.8K-Zach Kramer, 13.937; 16.2S-Jackson Sebetto, 13.945; 17.19R-Steve Rando, 13.958; 18.78-Austin Black, 14.072; 19.3M-Logan Mongeau, 14.108; 20.63-Randy Ruble, 14.121; 21.51M-Haldon Miller, 14.126; 22.0-Bradley Bateson, 14.134; 23.26S-Lee Sommers, 14.186; 24.8-Jim Leaser, 14.256; 25.1S-James Saam, 14.448; 26.98-Dave Hoppes, 14.534; 27.85-Dustin Feller, 14.542; 28.2T-Tony Alvarez, 14.560; 29.11-Brayden Harrison, 14.849;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1] ; 2. 3X-Blayne Keckler[2] ; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[3] ; 4. 2-Brenden Torok[5] ; 5. 36JR-JJ Henes[4] ; 6. 3M-Logan Mongeau[6] ; 7. 51M-Haldon Miller[7] ; 8. 98-Dave Hoppes[8]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 8K-Zach Kramer[2] ; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[1] ; 4. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[3] ; 5. 0-Bradley Bateson[5] ; 6. 2T-Tony Alvarez[7] ; 7. 1S-James Saam[6]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 49i-John Ivy[2] ; 2. 01-Bryan Sebetto[4] ; 3. 9R-Logan Riehl[3] ; 4. 78-Austin Black[1] ; 5. 8-Jim Leaser[5] ; 6. 11-Brayden Harrison[7] ; 7. 85-Dustin Feller[6]
Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps)
1. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[2] ; 2. 12X-Dustin Stroup[3] ; 3. 96UK-Tom Holcroft[1] ; 4. X15-Kasey Ziebold[4] ; 5. 63-Randy Ruble[6] ; 6. 26S-Lee Sommers[7] ; 7. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[5]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 36JR-JJ Henes[1] ; 2. 63-Randy Ruble[4] ; 3. 0-Bradley Bateson[2] ; 4. 26S-Lee Sommers[8] ; 5. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[12] ; 6. 11-Brayden Harrison[7] ; 7. 2T-Tony Alvarez[6] ; 8. 3M-Logan Mongeau[5] ; 9. 85-Dustin Feller[11] ; 10. 1S-James Saam[10] ; 11. 98-Dave Hoppes[13] ; 12. 51M-Haldon Miller[9] ; 13. 8-Jim Leaser[3]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[6] ; 2. 12X-Dustin Stroup[2] ; 3. 49i-John Ivy[3] ; 4. 8K-Zach Kramer[10] ; 5. 3X-Blayne Keckler[1] ; 6. 26-Jamie Miller[8] ; 7. 9R-Logan Riehl[4] ; 8. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[5] ; 9. X15-Kasey Ziebold[9] ; 10. 19R-Steve Rando[12] ; 11. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[15] ; 12. 2-Brenden Torok[14] ; 13. 96UK-Tom Holcroft[13] ; 14. 78-Austin Black[16] ; 15. 36-Seth Schneider[11] ; 16. 36JR-JJ Henes[17] ; 17. 63-Randy Ruble[18] ; 18. 0-Bradley Bateson[19] ; 19. 26S-Lee Sommers[20] ; 20. 01-Bryan Sebetto[7]
Late Models - Dirt Nerds Podcast
Qualifying
1.20B-Todd Brennan, 14.572; 2.5M-Ryan Markham, 14.675; 3.15B-Mike Bores, 14.697; 4.94-Mike Bores, 14.697; 5.36-Matt Irey, 14.708; 6.1*-Kyle Moore, 14.757; 7.7B-Jeff Babcock, 14.814; 8.1N-Casey Noonan, 14.855; 9.46-Colin Shipley, 14.950; 10.74-Jeff Warnick, 14.965; 11.X3-Dan Wallace, 14.997; 12.10-Nathon Loney, 15.005; 13.14JR-JR Gentry, 15.050; 14.51-Devin Shiels, 15.130; 15.RH03-Gregg Haskell, 15.160; 16.51B-Brayden Shiels, 15.211; 17.34-Herb Reich, 15.303; 18.153-John Miller, 15.457; 19.16-Justin Chance, 15.515; 20.28-Kent Brewer, 15.565; 21.0-Cameron Tusing, 15.834; 22.16H-Cody Truman, 17.621; 23.92B-Austin Bright, 99.999;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 46-Colin Shipley[2] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[4] ; 3. 1N-Casey Noonan[3] ; 4. 14JR-JR Gentry[5] ; 5. RH03-Gregg Haskell[6] ; 6. 92B-Austin Bright[8] ; 7. 16H-Cody Truman[7] ; 8. X3-Dan Wallace[1]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 10-Nathon Loney[1] ; 2. 74-Jeff Warnick[2] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[4] ; 4. 7B-Jeff Babcock[3] ; 5. 51B-Brayden Shiels[5] ; 6. 16-Justin Chance[7] ; 7. 34-Herb Reich[6]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 1*-Kyle Moore[2] ; 2. 15B-Mike Bores[3] ; 3. 20B-Todd Brennan[4] ; 4. 51-Devin Shiels[1] ; 5. 153-John Miller[5] ; 6. 0-Cameron Tusing[7] ; 7. 28-Kent Brewer[6]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 15B-Mike Bores[4] ; 2. 10-Nathon Loney[5] ; 3. 20B-Todd Brennan[6] ; 4. 5M-Ryan Markham[7] ; 5. 51-Devin Shiels[12] ; 6. 46-Colin Shipley[2] ; 7. 36-Matt Irey[1] ; 8. 74-Jeff Warnick[8] ; 9. RH03-Gregg Haskell[13] ; 10. 92B-Austin Bright[16] ; 11. 16-Justin Chance[17] ; 12. X3-Dan Wallace[22] ; 13. 153-John Miller[15] ; 14. 51B-Brayden Shiels[14] ; 15. 1N-Casey Noonan[9] ; 16. 34-Herb Reich[20] ; 17. 0-Cameron Tusing[18] ; 18. 1*-Kyle Moore[3] ; 19. 7B-Jeff Babcock[11] ; 20. 16H-Cody Truman[19] ; 21. 14JR-JR Gentry[10] ; 22. 28-Kent Brewer[21]
WELCOME TO THE CLUB: TROMBLEY’S 14TH CAREER WIN TIES HIM FOR FIRST ON ALL-TIME WIN LIST
Race Report By: Marty Czekala | August 24, 2024 |
BREWERTON, N.Y. – Jeff Trombley worked hard for over two years to join an elite group in CRSA.
This season, he has had many opportunities to taste victory, but engine issues soured him at Afton and Fonda, and he fell short of a win.
Not tonight, though.
The driver of the No. 3A survived a myriad late-race restarts at Brewerton Speedway and led from flag to flag to score his 14th career win, tying him with Danny Varin, Scott Goodrich, and Josh Pieniazek for first on the all-time win list.
"Anytime you win, it's a good feeling," said Trombley in victory lane. "It’s been a frustrating year. The guys have been giving me a great car all year. We’ve been running good, just got to finish.”
Trombley started outside pole next to Timmy Lotz for Brewerton's inaugural CRSA 25-lap feature. The former would run away with the early lead while Lotz, Tomy Moreau and Billy VanInwegen would battle for second.
"Billy V" moved up to second on lap 14, decreasing Trombley's lead from 2.4s to 1.8s before the race's first yellow a lap later for iFreeze B-Main winner Tyler Emmons off the pace.
In the three-lap average before the yellow flew, VanInwegen’s No. 56V averaged 15.282s to 15.795s from Trombley.
On the next two restarts in the 10-lap dash, Trombley held serve with VanInwegen on his tail. Whenever the No. 3A took the white flag or even the checkered flag, a problem behind him would happen, whether it was Lance Dusett’s flip on the back straight or Dalton Herrick's spin in turn two.
Ultimately, Trombley ran away with the better car in the short run to score his first win of 2024 and the illustrious 14th career win he'd been waiting for.
“I knew the car was good on the short run, I was really confident,” said Trombley. “I knew Billy was behind me, so I knew where he would try to keep getting me."
Billy VanInwegen records his third runner-up finish of the season after a pair of seconds at Thunder Mountain. If the race went caution-free, could the story be “Billy V” in victory lane?
“I had the lead in my sights,” said VanInwegen. “The last thing I wanted to see was that yellow. I think we were two car lengths back. In clean air, we had nothing for him. I tried a couple different things [in the final laps], just couldn’t find anything to make the magic happen.”
While that was the top two, the battle for third heated up at the end. While Tyler Graves and Tomy Moreau were racing hard, they were stunned by Zach Sobotka, who made his third career CRSA start in the No. 10VC typically driven by Vince Chicklets. Sobotka ripped the top side of his Friday night home in Sportsman to steal the bottom step of the podium.
“I was rolling in the bottom in the beginning,” said Sobotka, the 2021 Super DIRT Week champion in Sportsman. “Everyone was bottled up on the bottom, so I went to the top and could hold it wide-open. I knew it was fast as I was passing cars. It’s hard to get used to not knowing how a sprint car is supposed to drive, but must’ve been fast.”
Sobotka was awarded the Maguire Family of Dealerships Magnificent Move of the Race with his move.
With his fifth-place finish, Tomy Moreau increases his trend of top fives to five straight and extends his points lead to 30 on Kyle Pierce. Dalton Herrick remains third but falls 44 points behind the No. 22.
Dillon Paddock received the Powdertech Powdercoating Hard Charger of the Race, gaining 14 spots to finish 10th after starting 24th.
34 drivers checked in tonight for the inaugural race. Thanks to iFreeze Storage and Distribution Center and Westward Painting Company, drivers who didn't make it to the feature received more money than usual.
"The Future Stars of Sprint Cars" take Labor Day Weekend off and return Sept. 7 at Weedsport Speedway as part of Cavalcade Weekend in round three of the I-90 Pit Stop Challenge. Fans unable to make it can tune in on DIRTVision.
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 3A-Jeff Trombley[2]; 2. 56V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[7]; 3. 10VC-Zach Sobotka[11]; 4. 25G-Tyler Graves[6]; 5. 22-Tomy Moreau[5]; 6. 28-Ron Greek[3]; 7. 121-Spencer Burley[19]; 8. 18-Timmy Lotz[1]; 9. 9K-Kyle Pierce[4]; 10. 8-Dillon Paddock[24]; 11. 99-Adam Depuy[20]; 12. 48JR-Darryl Ruggles[14]; 13. 19EM-Emily VanInwegen[18]; 14. 29-Dalton Herrick[12]; 15. 21B-Blake Warner[15]; 16. 4-Cliff Pierce[13]; 17. 33-Scott Landers[8]; 18. 12-Tyler Chartrand[17]; 19. 10-Nathan Pierce[22]; 20. 48A-Alysha Bay[23]; 21. D9-Dustin Sehn[25]; 22. (DNF) 14X-Lance Dusett[9]; 23. (DNF) J27-John Cunningham[16]; 24. (DNF) 66-Jordan Hutton[10]; 25. (DNF) 66T-Tyler Emmons[21]
iFreeze B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 66T-Tyler Emmons[2]; 2. 10-Nathan Pierce[3]; 3. 48A-Alysha Bay[5]; 4. 8-Dillon Paddock[6]; 5. 30K-Ken Klinkowsky[4]; 6. 18C-Dan Craun[10]; 7. 30-Kirsten Dombroski[12]; 8. 19C-Mark Connoly[1]; 9. 410-Jerry Sehn Jr[8]; 10. (DNF) D9-Dustin Sehn[9]; 11. (DNF) Z28-Tucker Donath[7]; 12. (DNF) 42-Jeremy Hamilton[13]; 13. (DNF) 20K-Ed Kelly[11]; 14. (DNS) 25-George Sanford
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Jordan Hutton[3]; 2. 14X-Lance Dusett[1]; 3. 29-Dalton Herrick[4]; 4. 10VC-Zach Sobotka[7]; 5. 121-Spencer Burley[5]; 6. 66T-Tyler Emmons[6]; 7. 30K-Ken Klinkowsky[8]; 8. 42-Jeremy Hamilton[9]; 9. 30-Kirsten Dombroski[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 56V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[1]; 2. 9K-Kyle Pierce[2]; 3. 22-Tomy Moreau[7]; 4. 4-Cliff Pierce[6]; 5. 99-Adam Depuy[5]; 6. 19C-Mark Connoly[9]; 7. 410-Jerry Sehn Jr[4]; 8. D9-Dustin Sehn[3]; 9. (DNF) 25-George Sanford[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Timmy Lotz[3]; 2. 25G-Tyler Graves[7]; 3. J27-John Cunningham[1]; 4. 21B-Blake Warner[5]; 5. 19EM-Emily VanInwegen[6]; 6. 8-Dillon Paddock[4]; 7. 48A-Alysha Bay[8]; 8. 18C-Dan Craun[2]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Scott Landers[2]; 2. 28-Ron Greek[3]; 3. 3A-Jeff Trombley[7]; 4. 12-Tyler Chartrand[4]; 5. 48JR-Darryl Ruggles[8]; 6. 10-Nathan Pierce[6]; 7. Z28-Tucker Donath[5]; 8. 20K-Ed Kelly[1]
Adjustments propel Foos to 305 Fair Race win at Fremont
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio – An open red gave DJ Foos and his crew the opportunity they needed to fine tune on his Merrill-owned 305 sprint car. The changes made to the set-up propelled Foos to the lead with just 10 laps to go as he cruised to the $2,500 win at Fremont Speedway Presented by Gill Construction on Fremont Fence Night to open the Sandusky County Fair.
“That was pretty hairy. A lot of action tonight. The best car probably didn’t win tonight but man, Kevin Osmolski, on that red, he put the super tune on it. It was like a brand new race car…it felt so good. I’m just so happy for the Merrill family, Matt and Michelle and their son Madden. I get the opportunity to drive Madden’s car…his dad built him a really good race car. I’m really excited to finally getting a win. We’ve been getting closer and closer but just couldn’t seal the deal. Hopefully this is a step in the right direction,” said Foos beside his Kash Kow Motorsports, Snyder’s Floor Covering, Adkinson Farms, Wagner Seed, NAPA of Bryan, Foster Auto Body, Handy Grafix, Berryman Racing Shocks, Kistler Race Products backed #39M.
Zeth Sabo jumped to the early lead in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint 30-lap feature with Bryan Sebetto, Kasey Jedrzejek, Dustin Stroup and Foos in tow. Lead until caution on lap 14. Once the race resumed Sebetto executed a slider for the lead at the half-way point. Sabo tried to return the favor in turns one and two and contact was made sending Sabo and Sebetto flipping and handing the lead to Stroup.
A crash on lap 20 involving four cars brought out about an open red. On the restart Foos pounced, driving into the lead over Stroup, Craig Mintz, Jedrzejek and John Ivy. Foos pulled away the final five laps for the win over Mintz, Stroup, Jedrzejek and Ivy.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, Sept. 7 with the championship night for the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series Presented by the Baumann Auto Group for the 410 sprints and the NAPA of Bryan AFCS presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales for the 305 Sprints. The Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks will also be in action.
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Owned and operated by Ray Brooks, and headquartered in nearby Port Clinton, Ohio, Gill Construction specializes in an array of land and water services, utilizing over five decades of experience to build an extensive repertoire which includes site excavation, site utilities, demolition, trenching, and marina service. Gill Construction boasts a dynamic, diverse, and experienced workforce, guaranteed to perform and complete any task with the utmost customer satisfaction.
FREMONT Speedway
Monday, Aug. 19, 2024
305 Sprints – Fremont Federal Credit Union
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 39M-DJ Foos[6]; 2. 09-Craigejek Mintz[7]; 3. 12X-Dustin Stroup[3]; 4. 5K-Kasey Jedrzejek[4]; 5. 49I-John Ivy[11]; 6. 61-Tyler Shullick[19]; 7. 9R-Logan Riehl[10]; 8. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[13]; 9. 2-Brendan Torok[17]; 10. 3X-Blayne Keckler[16]; 11. 5DD-Dustin 26-Jamie Miller[8]; 16. X15-Kasey Ziebold[15]; 17. 26S-Lee Sommers[21]; 18. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[12]; 19. 01-Bryan Sebetto[1]; 20. 29-Zeth Sabo[2]; 21. 1W-Paul Weaver[18]; 22. 0-Bradley Bateson[20]; 23. 8K-Zack Kramer[22]; 24. 27-Stuart Brubaker[5]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 61-Tyler Shullick[2]; 2. 0-Bradley Bateson[1]; 3. 26S-Lee Sommers[3]; 4. 8K-Zack Kramer[6]; 5. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[4]; 6. 19R-Steve Rando[9]; 7. 3M-Logan Mongeau[5]; 8. 28-Shawn Valenti[8]; 9. 11TS-Tate Schiets[10]; 10. 98-Dave Hoppes[13]; 11. 1S-James Saam[14]; 12. 8-Jim Leaser[12]; 13. (DNS) 51M-Haldon Miller; 14. (DNS) 18R-Brian Razum; 15. (DNS) 4X-Zane DeVault
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 39M-DJ Foos[2]; 2. 5K-Kasey Jedrzejek[4]; 3. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[3]; 4. 61-Tyler Shullick[7]; 5. 26-Jamie Miller[6]; 6. 8K-Zack Kramer[1]; 7. 11TS-Tate Schiets[8]; 8. 3X-Blayne Keckler[5]; 9. (DNS) 88-Jimmy McCune Jr
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Seth Schneider[2]; 2. 01-Bryan Sebetto[6]; 3. 26S-Lee Sommers[1]; 4. 6W-Chad Wilson[3]; 5. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[4]; 6. 49I-John Ivy[5]; 7. 28-Shawn Valenti[7]; 8. 8-Jim Leaser[8]; 9. (DNS) 4X-Zane DeVault
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Brendan Torok[1]; 2. 09-Craig Mintz[4]; 3. 0-Bradley Bateson[2]; 4. 12X-Dustin Stroup[6]; 5. 9R-Logan Riehl[5]; 6. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[3]; 7. 19R-Steve Rando[7]; 8. 98-Dave Hoppes[8]; 9. (DNS) 8M-TJ Michael
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Stuart Brubaker[5]; 2. 29-Zeth Sabo[6]; 3. 3M-Logan Mongeau[1]; 4. 1W-Paul Weaver[3]; 5. X15-Kasey Ziebold[4]; 6. 1S-James Saam[8]; 7. 51M-Haldon Miller[2]; 8. 18R-Brian Razum[7]
Qualifying 1 (1 Laps): 1. 26-Jamie Miller, 00:13.041[7]; 2. 01-Bryan Sebetto, 00:13.161[22]; 3. 12X-Dustin Stroup, 00:13.165[26]; 4. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:13.167[28]; 5. 3X-Blayne Keckler, 00:13.194[18]; 6. 49I-John Ivy, 00:13.285[29]; 7. 9R-Logan Riehl, 00:13.287[21]; 8. 27-Stuart Brubaker, 00:13.321[20]; 9. 5K-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:13.339[13]; 10. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath, 00:13.355[1]; 11. 09-Craig Mintz, 00:13.389[27]; 12. X15-Kasey Ziebold, 00:13.407[2]; 13. 10TS-Tyler Schiets, 00:13.412[8]; 14. 6W-Chad Wilson, 00:13.412[24]; 15. 5DD-Dustin Dinan, 00:13.421[4]; 16. 1W-Paul Weaver, 00:13.429[30]; 17. 39M-DJ Foos, 00:13.476[33]; 18. 36-Seth Schneider, 00:13.492[25]; 19. 0-Bradley Bateson, 00:13.495[15]; 20. 51M-Haldon Miller, 00:13.496[17]; 21. 8K-Zack Kramer, 00:13.548[34]; 22. 26S-Lee Sommers, 00:13.622[16]; 23. 2-Brendan Torok, 00:13.625[31]; 24. 3M-Logan Mongeau, 00:13.627[14]; 25. 61-Tyler Shullick, 00:13.643[12]; 26. 28-Shawn Valenti, 00:13.683[23]; 27. 19R-Steve Rando, 00:13.718[19]; 28. 18R-Brian Razum, 00:13.832[5]; 29. 11TS-Tate Schiets, 00:13.877[6]; 30. 8-Jim Leaser, 00:13.916[32]; 31. 98-Dave Hoppes, 00:14.940[35]; 32. 1S-James Saam, 00:15.224[10]; 33. (DNS) 88-Jimmy McCune Jr; 34. (DNS) 4X-Zane DeVault; 35. (DNS) 8M-TJ Michael
Heath Returns to 410 Racing with Skagit Speedway Sweep
8/17/24
By Kaleb Hart
Alger, WA - It’s been over a decade since Colton Heath was a full time competitor in the Karmart 410 Sprint division at Skagit Speedway. On Saturday night, Heath returned to the class and served notice that his run as a fill in driver for Dynes Racing will be memorable as he made a clean sweep of the night and took home a $5,000 pay day for his efforts.
With their normal driver, Justin Youngquist, nursing injuries sustained at the Summer Nationals, Dynes Racing tapped Heath to fill in for 410 competition for the rest of 2024. On Saturday night, the decision looked brilliant as Colton rolled to quick time, won his heat from fourth and led every lap of the main event to complete the sweep in the Karmart 410 Sprint Cars. Jason Solwold made late gains with Heath in traffic, but at the checkered flag it was Colton ahead of Jason and Robbie Price to fill out the podium. Price was the other heat race winner on the night.
360 Sprints were also on the card and a total of eight drivers did double duty on the night. When the dust settled on the 360 feature, it was Levi Klatt taking the victory after leading all thirty laps from the pole position. Dominic Scelzi moved his way to second but ran out of time to run down Klatt, who enjoyed his first 360 win at Skagit Speedway. Robbie Price ran third. Levi Hillier set fast time, while Levi Kuntz, Sclezi and Price won the heat races.
Mike Guffey was also a first time feature winner on the night, as he led every lap of the Hornet main event. Guffey went unchallenged in driving away from Howard Vos and Wyatt Covert for his first career win. Brian Michelson set fast time, while heat race wins went to Guffey and Covert.
Karmart 410 Sprints
Fast Time - Colton Heath 11.608
Heat 1 - Colton Heath
Heat 2 - Robbie Price
Main - Colton Heath, Jason Solwold, Robbie Price, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Colby Thornhill, Greg Hamilton, Eric Fisher, Dominic Scelzi, Cam Smith, Greg Otis, Levi Klatt, Bailey Jean, Mike Brown, Axel Oudman, Bill Wagner
Lap Leaders - Heath 1-30
360 Sprints
Fast Time - Levi HIllier 12.421
Heat 1 - Levi Kuntz
Heat 2 - Dominic Scelzi
Heat 3 - Robbie Price
Main - Levi Kaltt, Dominic Scelzi, Robbie Price, Colby Thornhill, Colton Heath, Levi Hillier, Cam Smith, Levi Kuntz, Chase Goetz, Jordan Milne, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Tyler Thompson, Mike Brown, Jordi Meese, Dallas Melby, Kyle Mitchell, Bill Rude, Peyton Drake, Tim Martin, Colin Mackey
Lap Leaders - Klatt 1-25
Hornets
Fast Time - Brian Michelson 19.829
Heat 1 - Mike Guffey
Heat 2 - Wyatt Covert
Main - Mike Guffey, Howard Vos, Wyatt Covert, Brian Michelson, Ian Buck, Robert Hayes, Scott Henry, Colin Sims, David Dykstra, Tazio Andreassen, Raven Skaugrud, Dave Hill, Brandt Burress, Dan O’Keefe, Leanne King, Jeff Woolsey, Jason Parmelee, Coby Powers, Joel Baxster
Lap Leaders - Guffey 1-20
Kruz Kepner goes high for Path Valley win
08-19-2024
Sometimes you just have to stand out in the crowd.
The field for Saturday’s River Valley Builders PA Sprint Series feature at Path Valley Speedway was hugging the inside of the quarter-mile bullring, so Kruz Kepner went high, made the outside work, and earned the checkered flag for the 25-lap IMCA/RaceSaver event.
The sixth-year veteran from Kreamer worked hard to make his Goods Consstruction/Hill Top Lawn Care/S&L Kreamer Trucking #19 work near the top of the high-banked oval, but it paid off, enabling him to slip past rookie Kyle Hart of Thompsontown on lap 15. Hart was looking for his first PASS win in only his ninth start, but he couldn’t get his car through lapped traffic at the bottom.
Nor, for that matter, could anyone else, except the winner, who took the checkered flag by 1.363 seconds.
Drew Young of Beaver Springs passed Hart on the last lap to take second place, with Hart finishing a career-best third.
Jarrett Cavalet of Hollidaysburg came from ninth starting position to finish fourth, with Austin Greenland of MIroy posting a PASS career-best fifth.
Timmy Bittner, Ian Cumens, Zach Rhodes (fastest in hot laps), Ken Duke Jr., and Kenny Heffner completed the top ten.
For Duke, the finish extended his streak of having top-tens in all but one of his 15 PASS starts this year, and he had to come from 15th starting position to do that. The performance earned him the W.C. Eshenaur & Son Hard Charger Award.
Cavalet had the second-best charge, advancing five spots, and he had to do that because he had the worst redraw for a feature starting position. That, however, had a silver lining, because the poor pill draw won him a new tire from Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic.
The night’s other lemonade-from-lemons award went to veteran Mike Alleman, who took home a case of oil from VP Racing Fuels for the worst pill draw for heat race starting positions.
The feature ran non-stop, taking less than five-and-a-half minutes to complete, which led to intense battling in the field. It also maintained a streak of clean action for the night: PASS racing only required one yellow flag, brought out when Paul Moyer spun the second heat race, collecting Jeff Paulson and Owen Dimm. All resumed racing, and every car among the 23 on hand completed its heat still running.
In the feature, Dimm fell to the rear before the start, indicating mechanical problems, and he pulled off after one lap. John Walp, who dropped out two-thirds of the way through the feature, was the only other non-finisher.
Cavalet, Bittner, and Hunter McFadden won the heat races.
The race was only the second completed at Path Valley this year for the River Valley Builders PASS tour, with two rainouts, and the weather was threatening Saturday. The IMCA/RaceSaver teams have run at “the little track with the big action” more than anywhere else in their 26-year history, and they return two more times in 2024, on September 21 and October 19.
Next weekend, the River Valley Builders PASS racers are at BAPS Motor Speedway on Saturday night.
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Results from Winchester Speedway, Saturday, July 27
HEAT 1 – 1. 21C-Jarrett Cavalet; 2. 7-Drew Young; 3. 19-Kruz Kepner; 4. 31Z-Zach Rhodes; 5. 20-Doug Dodson; 6. 7-Aiden Borden; 7. 80-Dave Wickham; 8. 5-John Walp.
HEAT 2 – 1. 01-Timmy Bittner; 2. 7H-Kyle Hart; 3. 79-Ian Cumens; 4. 34-Austin Reed; 5. 5-Braeden Varner; 6. 17-Owen Dimm; 7. 1M-Paul Moyer; 8. 16-Jeff Paulson.
HEAT 3 – 1. 21M-Hunter McFadden; 2. 32A-Austin Greenland; 3. 69P-Landon Price; 4. 97-Kenny Heffner; 5. 67-Ken Duke Jr.; 6. 46-Mike Alleman; 7. 98-Croix Beasom.
FEATURE – 1. 19-Kruz Kepner; 2. 7-Drew Young; 3. 7H-Kyle Hart; 4. 21C-Jarrett Cavalet; 5. 32A-Austin Greenland; 6. 01-Timmy Bittner; 7. 79-Ian Cumens; 8. 31Z-Zach Rhodes; 9. 67-Ken Duke Jr.; 10. 97-Kenny Heffner; 11. 69P-Landon Price; 12. 21M-Hunter McFadden; 13. 7-Aiden Borden; 14. 20-Doug Dodson; 15. 34-Austin Reed; 16. 5-Braeden Varner; 17. 46-Mike Alleman; 18. 98-Croix Beasom; 19. 16-Jeff Paulson; 20. 1M-Paul Moyer; 21. 80-Dave Wickham; 22. 5-John Walp (DNF); 23. 17-Owen Dimm (DNF).
VanInwegen Pockets $5,000 for Cole Cup Victory at Utica Rome
By Curtis Berleue (Vernon, NY) | After breaking into victory lane a few weeks ago, Billy VanInwegen became a repeat winner in 2024 with the Empire Super Sprints on Saturday. Earning $5,000 for his victory, VanInwegen joined a short list of drivers who have gone to victory lane in the Cole Cup.
As Matt Farnham and Danny Varin brough the field to the initial green flag, it was Farnham who took the early advantage down the backstretch. His lead was short lived, however, as Varin slid him going into turn 3 and would be officially credited with the lap.
A caution on lap two slowed the field, and on the ensuing restart Farnham got took the lead using the high side to his advantage. Unfortunately for Farnham, however, the caution flew again before a lap was completed undoing his efforts yet again.
By virtue of a caution directly following a restart, the field lined up single file for the restart, and this time Varin was able to open up a lead over Farnham. Behind the lead duo, Jonathan Preston followed comfortably in third, with Jordan Thomas and Billy VanInwegen battling for the fourth position.
By lap 12, VanInwegen had gotten by Thomas for fourth. Using a double file restart to his advantage, he then moved past both Preston and Farnham just one lap later to take second.
Behind Varin and VanInwegen, Davie Franek had been quietly working his way through the field from his 9th starting position. With 6 laps to go, Franek moved into a podium position, getting by Farnham for third.
Misfortune struck on lap 19 for Varin, as he ran out of fuel as the red flag came out for Joe Kata who had flipped in turns one and two. As such, each driver moved up one position as he relinquished the lead, making VanInwegen the leader with Franek in second and Farnham in third.
With three laps to go Jordan Poirier slid Farnham for third, but the leaders were too far gone. As the field crossed the checkered, it was VanInwegen picking up the win.
“There was nothing comfortable about that last lap,” said VanInwegen in victory lane. “I ran out of fuel with about a lap or a lap and a quarter to go, it was spitting and sputtering.”
“We had a really good car from the drop of the green, any time we could make up a little ground it seemed like the yellow would come out and put us back. A lot of guys ran out of fuel, we did too, we just had enough to get to the checkered.”
Crossing the line second was Davie Franek, coming all the way from the 6th row.
“Our car was pretty decent, it’s just tough starting 11th,” said Franek. “You battle, battle, battle and by the time you get to the good guys up front your stuffs just about wore out.”
“We could have been a little better at the beginning of the race, we always struggle with that. We were neck and neck on that restart, but he (VanInwegen) did what he had to do, and those guys work hard at it so congratulations to them.”
Rounding out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium was Jordan Poirier.
“It feels super good to finish third,” said Poirier. “At the beginning of the feature I didn’t expect to be moving forward, but we were really good on restarts. I was good on the bottom, decent on the top and I could maneuver my car. Fourteenth to third, I can’t complain about that.”
25 cars signed in for the 2024 version of the Cole Cup, and as such the field was split into three timed hot lap sessions. Picking up Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards were Billy VanInwegen, Jordan Thomas and Sammy Reakes IV. E&V Energy heat wins went to Logan Crisafulli, Robbie Stillwaggon and Davie Franek, while the Cobra Coaches dash was won by Shawn Donath.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is this coming Friday August 23rd at the Autodrome Granby in Granby, Quebec, followed by Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Quebec on Saturday August 24. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), X (formerly Twitter - @ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Friday, August 23 – Autodrome Granby – Granby, QC ($3,000 to Win)
Saturday, August 24 – Autodrome Drummond - Drummondville, QC ($3,000 to Win)
Friday, August 30 – Brewerton Speedway – Brewerton, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Full Results:
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[7]; 2. 28F-Davie Franek[11]; 3. 28-Jordan Poirier[14]; 4. #7NY-Matt Farnham[1]; 5. #79-Jordan Thomas[3]; 6. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[24]; 7. 53-Shawn Donath[13]; 8. 22-Jonathan Preston[5]; 9. 01-Danny Varin[2]; 10. 10-Kelly Hebing[17]; 11. 98-Joe Trenca[9]; 12. 90-Matt Tanner[19]; 13. 13T-Trevor Years[21]; 14. #41-Dalton Rombough[15]; 15. X-Dan Bennett[22]; 16. 33-Lacey Hanson[23]; 17. 36-Logan Crisafulli[12]; 18. 13E-Evan Reynolds[20]; 19. 87-Jason Barney[10]; 20. #10K-Joe Kata[4]; 21. 4P-Chase Moran[16]; 22. 3A-Jeff Trombley[18]; 23. #89-Robbie Stillwaggon[8]; 24. 6K-Kyle Dutcher[25]; 25. 2-Dave Axton[6]
Cobra Coaches Dash (4 Laps): 1. 53-Shawn Donath[4]; 2. 28-Jordan Poirier[1]; 3. #41-Dalton Rombough[2]; 4. 4P-Chase Moran[6]; 5. 10-Kelly Hebing[3]; 6. 3A-Jeff Trombley[5]
E&V Energy Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 36-Logan Crisafulli[2]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[1]; 3. 22-Jonathan Preston[3]; 4. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[6]; 5. 28-Jordan Poirier[4]; 6. 53-Shawn Donath[7]; 7. 90-Matt Tanner[5]; 8. X-Dan Bennett[8]; 9. 6K-Kyle Dutcher[9]
E&V Energy Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. #89-Robbie Stillwaggon[4]; 2. 01-Danny Varin[5]; 3. 2-Dave Axton[1]; 4. #79-Jordan Thomas[6]; 5. #41-Dalton Rombough[3]; 6. 3A-Jeff Trombley[8]; 7. 13E-Evan Reynolds[2]; 8. 33-Lacey Hanson[7]
E&V Energy Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 28F-Davie Franek[3]; 2. #10K-Joe Kata[2]; 3. #7NY-Matt Farnham[5]; 4. 98-Joe Trenca[1]; 5. 10-Kelly Hebing[4]; 6. 4P-Chase Moran[7]; 7. 13T-Trevor Years[8]; 8. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[6]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #10V-Billy VanInwegen; #79-Jordan Thomas; #17-Sammy Reakes IV
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #36-Logan Crisafulli; #89-Robbie Stillwaggon; #28F-Davie Franek
Cobra Coaches Dash Winner ($100): #53-Shawn Donath
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #7NY-Matt Farnham
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #17-Sammy Reakes IV (+18)
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #33-Lacey Hanson
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #98-Joe Trenca
Randy Mallett 25th Place ($400): #2-Dave Axton
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #10V-Billy VanInwegen; #28F-Davie Franek; #28-Jordan Poirier
Ayrton Gennetten Retains Victory with POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints at Missouri State Fair Speedway
Sedalia, MO. (8/18/24) Ayrton Gennetten would defend his throne as the
Missouri State Fair Champion with the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint in the
Show-Me-State Throwdown Finale presented by Start2Finish TV to notch his sixth
career league victory and pocket the $5K-payday in an outstanding feature event
at the historic half mile of Sedalia.
Flying onto the smooth surface with twenty talented entrants of the POWRi
410’s would see Brian Brown set a quick qualifying time of 17.130-second lap
with Gunner Ramey and Kameron Key each earning heat racing victories.
Captivating the crowd on the initial green flag start with high-point
qualifier Blake Hahn and Ayrton Gennetten lined up in the front row as Blake
Hahn would gain the lead on the opening lap with Brian Brown, Ayrton Gennetten,
Kameron Key, and Gunner Ramey all raced within the top five.
Holding the lead just past the half way point would find Blake Hahn battling
Brian Brown for the top position with Brian Brown able to capitalize for the
lead on lap twelve with Ayrton Gennetten following suite into the runner up
placement.
Leading the next five revolutions, Brian Brown would feel the presence of defending league champion Ayrton Gennetten right behind him as the laps began to wain in front of the packed capacity crowd.
Overtaking the top spot with four laps remaining, Ayrton Gennetten would not
be denied in earning his third seasonal POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint victory in an
action-packed main event with Brian Brown hustling into the runner-up position
late.
“It was so tough on that first start and I could have timed it better but
then again I wouldn’t have been in the position needed to win tonight,” said
Ayrton Gennetten in the Sedalia Missouri victory lane ceremony celebrations.
Adding, “Brian gave me a lane off of four and I took it, I rode the wheelie off
of four but I wasn’t lifting”.
Challenging closely behind would find leader of eleven laps Blake Hahn
placing on the final podium placement from the starting pole on the initial
green flag. Gunner Ramey would be among the frontrunners all feature to fourth
as Kameron Key would round out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 410 Outlaw
Sprints in the 2024 Missouri State Fair Finale event at Missouri State Fair
Speedway.
Missouri State Fair Speedway | POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint Series | 8/18/24:
Start2Finish TV Quick Qualifying Time: 21B-Brian Brown(17.130)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 21-Gunner Ramey
Eibach Racing Heat Race 2 Winner: 31-Kameron Key
Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 52-Blake Hahn
Meru Safety Hard Charger: 20G-Noah Gass(+13)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 3-Ayrton Gennetten
Toyota Racing Development A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[2]; 2.
21B-Brian Brown[5]; 3. 52-Blake Hahn[1]; 4. 21-Gunner Ramey[3]; 5. 31-Kameron
Key[4]; 6. 14T-Jack Dover[7]; 7. 74-Xavier Doney[6]; 8. 79-Kyle Jones[8]; 9.
20G-Noah Gass[20]; 10. 77-Jack Wagner[9]; 11. 7B-Ben Brown[11]; 12. 3M-Howard
Moore[10]; 13. 12X-Ricky Peterson[14]; 14. 74X-Natalie Doney[13]; 15. 93-Taylor
Walton[18]; 16. 91-Riley Kreisel[16]; 17. 14E-Kyle Bellm[12]; 18. 24-Casey
Shuman[15]; 19. 98P-Miles Paulus[17]; 20. 73-Samuel Wagner[19].
Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Gunner Ramey[2]; 2. 3-Ayrton
Gennetten[3]; 3. 14T-Jack Dover[1]; 4. 21B-Brian Brown[4]; 5. 3M-Howard
Moore[6]; 6. 14E-Kyle Bellm[5]; 7. 12X-Ricky Peterson[7]; 8. 91-Riley
Kreisel[8]; 9. 93-Taylor Walton[9]; 10. 20G-Noah Gass[10].
Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Kameron Key[2]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[4]; 3.
79-Kyle Jones[1]; 4. 74-Xavier Doney[3]; 5. 77-Jack Wagner[7]; 6. 7B-Ben
Brown[8]; 7. 74X-Natalie Doney[9]; 8. 24-Casey Shuman[10]; 9. 98P-Miles
Paulus[5]; 10. 73-Samuel Wagner[6].
Start2Finish Qualifying: 1. 21B-Brian Brown, 00:17.130[20]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn,
00:17.196[2]; 3. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:17.464[19]; 4. 74-Xavier Doney,
00:17.508[8]; 5. 21-Gunner Ramey, 00:17.577[9]; 6. 31-Kameron Key, 00:17.720[4];
7. 14T-Jack Dover, 00:17.731[16]; 8. 79-Kyle Jones, 00:17.748[1]; 9. 14E-Kyle
Bellm, 00:17.768[7]; 10. 98P-Miles Paulus, 00:17.808[6]; 11. 3M-Howard Moore,
00:17.810[18]; 12. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:17.840[3]; 13. 12X-Ricky Peterson,
00:17.857[17]; 14. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:17.867[11]; 15. 91-Riley Kreisel,
00:18.446[12]; 16. 7B-Ben Brown, 00:18.538[13]; 17. 93-Taylor Walton,
00:18.733[10]; 18. 74X-Natalie Doney, 00:20.430[14]; 19. 20G-Noah Gass[5]; 20.
24-Casey Shuman[15].
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Paul Nienhiser Picks Off Peoria with Sprint Invaders!
by Bill Wright
Peoria, IL, August 17, 2024 – Paul Nienhiser won for the second year in a row at Peoria Speedway Saturday night with the Mohrfeld Solar Sprint Invaders. The Chapin, Illinois driver earned $2,000 for his twentieth career win with the series aboard the Scott Bonar #50. Nienhiser also cemented his point lead with the Sprint Invaders, after a Friday night that saw him get upside down at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa.
As the field assembled for the 25-lap feature, rain began to fall. The cars stayed on the track for several laps, ironing in the surface. As a result, the race was shortened to 20 laps. The track was dry in the heats and heading into the feature, so the rains changed the track considerably, at least for the first several laps.
It took four tries to get the racing underway. Riley Scott spun on the first try, Tyler Shoemaker stopped with throttle issues on the second, and Ryan Bunton tipped over on the third, collecting Colton Fisher and Preston Perlmutter. The latter two restarted at the tail, though Perlmutter had severe wing damage.
Cody Wehrle, who had won the Dash, led early from the pole once things went green for good, ahead of Nienhiser, Chase Richards, Terry McCarl and Austin Archdale. Nienhiser sized the leader up and took the point on lap four before Tyler Lee slowed to bring out the last caution of the race.
Nienhiser led Wehrle, Richards, McCarl and Archdale back to green. Fisher, who restarted at the tail after his incident entered the top five by lap eight. Nienhiser was into lapped cars by lap 11. McCarl overtook Richards for the third spot on lap 13, and Fisher gained fourth late in the going.
Up front, Nienhiser separated himself from the pack and blazed his way to the win. Wehrle was second, ahead of McCarl, Fisher and Chase Richards. Archdale, Blaine Jamison, McCain Richards, Tanner Gebhardt and Scott rounded out the top ten. Chase Richards and Perlmutter won heats, and Wehrle claimed the Dash.
“We really weren’t planning on (the rain) to start the feature,” said Nienhiser in Victory Lane. “We’d been working on stuff since hot laps. Scott made some adjustments that we thought were going to help us in the slick. Honestly, it may have helped us in the tacky. I know some guys were probably too tight. Bunton got up on the bicycle and got torn up. We had a little bit of luck. This was a good way to end the weekend.”
“It’s good to start on a track that was conducive to racing early,” said Wehrle. “We can’t seem to draw worth a diddle, and we’ve struggled to make the Dash. We have a car that races well. It’s so frustrating losing to Paul, but I don’t know that there’s anyone else that I’d rather lose to than Paul and Scott and all the wisdom they have. I know they had a rough Friday and a rough month, so happy for them, and bummed for our guys.”
“I thought the rain might be tough,” said McCarl. “We tightened up a lot after the heat. We were way too loose in the heat race. I was happy to get through the first two or three skirmishes, and I felt maneuverable. It actually slicked off pretty quick and we got going. The car really came to me towards the end, and we were able to get to third and reel in second a little bit. All in all, we had a good night. I think we won the (car owner point fund sponsored by Avis and Budget Car Rental of Burlington) for the two nights for Jimmy (Davies), so that was good too.”
The Mohrfeld Solar Sprint Invaders conclude their season on, Saturday,
September 28, with the $5,000 to win “Fall Haul” at 34 Raceway in West
Burlington, Iowa. For more information on the Sprint Invaders, visit
www.SprintInvaders.net or visit us on Facebook.
Mohrfeld Solar Sprint Invaders Results
Shottenkirk Automotive Group A main (started), 20 laps: 1. 50, Paul Nienhiser, Chapin, IL (3) 2. 40, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (1) 3. 99, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (8) 4. 11, Colton Fisher, Mediapolis, IA (6) 5. 4, Chase Richards, Burlington, IA (5) 6. 2A, Austin Archdale, Brimfield, IL (9) 7. 51J, Blaine Jamison, Mediapolis, IA (11) 8. 31, McCain Richards, Burlington, IA (7) 9. 81, Tanner Gebhardt, Burlington, IA (14) 10. 88, Riley Scott, Quincy, IL (12) 11. 42P, Preston Purlmutter, San Antonio, TX (4) 12. 25Y, Brett Yeager, Coal Valley, IL (16) 13. 7, Tyler Lee, Cedar Rapids, IA (15) 14. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (2) 15. 2B, Garrett Benson, Concordia, MO (13) 16. 1T, Tyler Shoemaker, Clinton, IL (10). Lap Leaders: Gebhardt Wehrle 1-3, Nienhiser 4-20. $75 Christine Wahl-Levitt/KSE Hard-charger: Fisher.
Randall’s Performance Heat one (started), 10 laps: 1. Chase Richards (1) 2. Cody Wehrle (5) 3. Colton Fisher (4) 4. McCain Richards (3) 5. Blaine Jamison (2) 6. Tyler Shoemaker (7) 7. Garrett Benson (6) 8. Tanner Gebhardt (8)
Joshua Denning & Associates Heat two (started), 10 laps: 1. Preston Perlmutter (1) 2. Paul Nienhiser (5) 3. Ryan Bunton (7) 4. Terry McCarl (3) 5. Austin Archdale (6) 6. Riley Scott (4) 7. Brett Yeager (8) 8. Tyler Lee (2)
Agriland FS Dash (started), 6 laps: 1. Cody Wehrle (2) 2. Ryan Bunton (1) 3. Paul Nienhiser (6) 4. Preston Perlmutter (3) 5. Chase Richards (4) 6. Colton Fisher (5)
Contingencies
King Racing Products – Chase Richards
DMI – McCain Richards
Saldana Racing Products – McCain Richards
BMRS – Cody Wehrle
Xavier Doney Excels with POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint Victory at Lucas Oil Speedway
Wheatland, MO. (8/17/24) Xavier Doney would nearly perfect the night with the
POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint in the Summer Thunder presented by Start2Finish TV to
notch his inaugural league victory and pocket the $5K payday in an outstanding
feature event at Lucas Oil Speedway.
Flying onto the smooth surface with twenty-two talented entrants of the POWRi
410’s would see Xavier Doney set a quick qualifying time of 13.638-second lap
with Noah Gass, Gunner Ramey, and Miles Paulus each earning heat racing
victories.
Captivating the crowd on the initial green flag start with high-point
qualifier Xavier Doney and Gunner Ramey lined up in the front row as Xavier
Doney would gain the lead on the opening lap with Gunner Ramey, Blake Hahn, Kyle
Bellm, and Ayrton Gennetten all raced within the top five.
Holding steady up front while stretching a commanding two-second lead, Xavier
Doney would appear to be a class by himself for most of the night as great
battling action would take place behind the front-running Doney with Blake Hahn
and Kyle Bellm attempting to keep pace as the laps ticked away rapidly.
Xavier Doney would not be denied in earning his first career POWRi 410 Outlaw
Sprint victory in an action-packed thirty lap main event after leading every
step of the way with Ayrton Gennetten hustling into the runner-up position late.
“The top was about as thin as it gets with it being pretty treacherous,” said
Xavier Doney in the Wheatland Missouri victory lane ceremony celebrations.
Adding, “I was fortunate to be in clean air and recover pretty easy after
overcooking it a couple of times.”.
Challenging closely behind would find Blake Hahn placing on the final podium
placement as Kyle Bellm would be among the frontrunners all feature to fourth as
Miles Paulus would round out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 410 Outlaw
Sprints in the Summer Thunder event at Lucas Oil Speedway.
Lucas Oil Speedway | POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint Series | 8/17/24:
Start2Finish TV Quick Qualifying Time: 74-Xavier Doney(13.638)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 20G-Noah Gass
Eibach Racing Heat Race 2 Winner: 21-Gunner Ramey
Auto Meter Heat Race 3 Winner: 98P-Miles Paulus
Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 74-Xavier Doney
Meru Safety Hard Charger: 5-Kory Bales(+9)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 74-Xavier Doney
Toyota Racing Development A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 74-Xavier Doney[1]; 2.
3-Ayrton Gennetten[5]; 3. 52-Blake Hahn[3]; 4. 14E-Kyle Bellm[8]; 5. 98P-Miles
Paulus[10]; 6. 14T-Jack Dover[6]; 7. 20G-Noah Gass[7]; 8. 21-Gunner Ramey[2]; 9.
12X-Ricky Peterson[13]; 10. 79-Kyle Jones[18]; 11. 5-Kory Bales[20]; 12.
22M-Rees Moran[16]; 13. 3M-Howard Moore[19]; 14. 24-Casey Shuman[17]; 15.
1JR-Steven Russell[14]; 16. 45X-Jace Park[4]; 17. 11-Roger Crockett[9]; 18.
31-Kameron Key[12]; 19. 77-Jack Wagner[11]; 20. 91-Riley Kreisel[21]; 21.
73-Samuel Wagner[15]; 22. (DNS) 51-Mitchell Moore.
Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20G-Noah Gass[1]; 2. 74-Xavier
Doney[4]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner[6]; 4. 14T-Jack Dover[3]; 5. 12X-Ricky Peterson[2];
6. 22M-Rees Moran[5]; 7. 5-Kory Bales[8]; 8. 51-Mitchell Moore[7].
Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Gunner Ramey[3]; 2. 14E-Kyle Bellm[5];
3. 11-Roger Crockett[2]; 4. 45X-Jace Park[4]; 5. 1JR-Steven Russell[7]; 6.
24-Casey Shuman[6]; 7. 3M-Howard Moore[1].
Auto Meter Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 98P-Miles Paulus[1]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[3]; 3.
31-Kameron Key[2]; 4. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[4]; 5. 73-Samuel Wagner[5]; 6. 79-Kyle
Jones[6]; 7. 91-Riley Kreisel[7].
Start2Finish Qualifying: 1. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:13.638[5]; 2. 45X-Jace Park, 00:13.650[3]; 3. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:13.655[11]; 4. 14T-Jack Dover, 00:13.662[20]; 5. 21-Gunner Ramey, 00:13.674[1]; 6. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:13.684[6]; 7. 12X-Ricky Peterson, 00:13.791[2]; 8. 11-Roger Crockett, 00:13.827[13]; 9. 31-Kameron Key, 00:13.945[19]; 10. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:13.973[9]; 11. 3M-Howard Moore, 00:14.128[14]; 12. 98P-Miles Paulus, 00:14.139[18]; 13. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:14.241[15]; 14. 14E-Kyle Bellm, 00:14.270[7]; 15. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:14.287[10]; 16. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:14.321[22]; 17. 24-Casey Shuman, 00:14.364[8]; 18. 79-Kyle Jones, 00:14.385[4]; 19. 51-Mitchell Moore, 00:14.464[12]; 20. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:14.613[17]; 21. 91-Riley Kreisel, 00:14.616[16]; 22. 5-Kory Bales, 00:15.259[21].
Schatz and Thram Capture FENDT Jackson Nationals Championships at Jackson Motorplex
Inside Line Promotions - JACKSON, Minn. (Aug. 17, 2024) - Donny Schatz and Christopher Thram are FENDT Jackson Nationals champions after both drivers earned the coveted win on Saturday during the 46 th edition of the marquee event at Jackson Motorplex.
Schatz led the distance of the 35-lap World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series main event to record the $25,000 top prize. It marked his first FENDT Jackson Nationals title since 2018 and his fourth career World of Outlaws triumph at the track.
"All I can say is if you're a fan it's a good time to be alive," he said. "It makes me damn proud to race with guys like Sheldon (Haudenschild) and Carson (Macedo). Not only are they awesome, but they make the old guys like me better. I'm happy to steal one from them tonight."
Although Schatz led each lap, a close call came on Lap 12 when two drivers collided directly in front of him in turns one and two. As the drivers spun to a stop, Schatz split them to dodge the crash and keep the top spot. He was strong in traffic and held more than a one-second lead entering the last lap.
Haudenschild, who passed David Gravel for the runner-up position on Lap 28, pounded the cushion and rapidly closed on Schatz as the checkered flag was waved. He made up more than one and a half seconds in the final three laps, finishing second by only 0.175 seconds.
"Donny did a hell of a job," he said. "He did it the easy way and I was definitely doing it the sketchy way. It's fun racing Donny. He's the best at it. I'm happy with our speed this weekend and looking forward to next."
Gravel drove to a third-place outing for the second straight night to maintain the lead in the World of Outlaws championship standings.
"The top in (turns) one and two was pretty good early on," he said. "I felt I was right there on (Schatz's) right rear, but just not able to get around him. In the middle of that race I struggled in (turns) one and two where I felt good. I wish I could get three or four laps back. I think we were really, really close. I think the top three could have gone any way there. The track didn't go the way I expected it. The grip went away a lot faster than I thought. A top three here this weekend is way better than last year."
Aaron Reutzel was the fourth-place finisher and Emerson Axsom placed fifth.
Landon Crawley set quick time during qualifying before Gravel, Reutzel, Logan Schuchart and Haudenschild produced heat race wins. Schatz won the King of the Hill and Crawley was the Last Chance Showdown winner.
Thram led the final two thirds of the 25-lap, $5,000-to-win Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars A Main.
"This is really cool," he said. "It's not a 410 championship, but 360 championships are just as much competition. It's great to get a win here."
Blaine Stegenga held the top spot for the first nine laps before Thram, who advanced from fourth to second place in turns one and two during the opening lap, maneuvered into the lead two laps after traffic arrived. He quickly built a nearly two-second lead and held that advantage when a caution came out on Lap 22. Thram once again powered to a sizeable lead following the restart as he won by 1.728 seconds.
"I was kind of guessing which way Sam and Blaine would go," he said of the start. "They left the top open. Blaine got hung up by a couple of lapped cars there and I think that kind of sealed the deal. I'm glad I could get through it well and get the win."
Reutzel, who drew the pole position during the feature redraw and took a challenge that would have provided him a $3,000 bonus if he could win the race from eighth, drove into fourth place by the midpoint of the feature. He took third on Lap 15 and second following the late-race restart.
Stegenga rounded out the podium for his best result of the season at Jackson Motorplex.
"I tried to run the bottom," he said. "I started getting hung up by lappers. I got up there and a little bit in the dirty air. I saw Thram on my inside and I thought, 'Oh boy, here we go.' It feels good to be up front."
Sam Henderson finished fourth and Kaleb Johnson posted a fifth-place result.
The heat races were won by Scott Winters and Brant O'Banion.
THE FENDT JACKSON NATIONALS FINALE RESULTS AT JACKSON MOTORPLEX (Aug. 17, 2024) -
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz (1); 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (3); 3. 2-David Gravel (2); 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel (6); 5. 27-Emerson Axsom (8); 6. 83-Michael Kofoid (10); 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (7); 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart (5); 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (4); 10. 5T-Ryan Timms (18); 11. 10-Scott Bogucki (11); 12. 41-Carson Macedo (19); 13. 17B-Bill Balog (12); 14. 55-Kerry Madsen (9); 15. 3-Tim Kaeding (24); 16. 23-Garet Williamson (17); 17. 2KS-Kelby Watt (16); 18. 70-Kraig Kinser (13); 19. 3J-Dusty Zomer (22); 20. 17GP-Justin Henderson (20); 21. 16-Brooke Tatnell (14); 22. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (23); 23. 7S-Landon Crawley (21); 24. 24T-Christopher Thram (15).
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 7S-Landon Crawley (1); 2. 3J-Dusty Zomer (4); 3. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (3); 4. 3-Tim Kaeding (2); 5. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (6); 6. O9-Matt Juhl (5); 7. 74N-Luke Nellis (9); 8. 64-Andy Pake (7); 9. 44-Chris Martin (11); 10. 6-Max Guilford (8); 11. 4W-Matt Wasmund (12); 12. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (10).
Toyota King of the Hill (2 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz (1); 2. 2-David Gravel (2); 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (8); 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (3); 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart (4); 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel (5); 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (6); 8. 27-Emerson Axsom (7).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel (2); 2. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (3); 3. 55-Kerry Madsen (5); 4. 70-Kraig Kinser (4); 5. 23-Garet Williamson (7); 6. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (6); 7. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (8); 8. 7S-Landon Crawley (1).
Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel (1); 2. 15-Donny Schatz (2); 3. 83-Michael Kofoid (3); 4. 16-Brooke Tatnell (4); 5. 5T-Ryan Timms (7); 6. 3-Tim Kaeding (5); 7. 64-Andy Pake (6); 8. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (8).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart (2); 2. 27-Emerson Axsom (1); 3. 10-Scott Bogucki (4); 4. 24T-Christopher Thram (5); 5. 41-Carson Macedo (3); 6. 3J-Dusty Zomer (6); 7. 6-Max Guilford (7); 8. 44-Chris Martin (8).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (1); 2. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (2); 3. 17B-Bill Balog (4); 4. 2KS-Kelby Watt (3); 5. 17GP-Justin Henderson (6); 6. O9-Matt Juhl (5); 7. 74N-Luke Nellis (7); 8. 4W-Matt Wasmund (8).
Sea Foam Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:13.391 (2); 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:13.448 (13); 3. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.454 (3); 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.459 (31); 5. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.467 (8); 6. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.517 (12); 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.517 (21); 8. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.531 (16); 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.566 (27); 10. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.595 (17); 11. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.613 (32); 12. 2KS-Kelby Watt, 00:13.643 (9); 13. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:13.647 (4); 14. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:13.650 (6); 15. 10-Scott Bogucki, 00:13.678 (10); 16. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.694 (20); 17. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:13.697 (15); 18. 3-Tim Kaeding, 00:13.712 (11); 19. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:13.730 (23); 20. O9-Matt Juhl, 00:13.736 (5); 21. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:13.806 (7); 22. 64-Andy Pake, 00:13.817 (1); 23. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:13.820 (19); 24. 17GP-Justin Henderson, 00:13.873 (29); 25. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.885 (22); 26. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:14.008 (14); 27. 6-Max Guilford, 00:14.030 (28); 28. 74N-Luke Nellis, 00:14.110 (26); 29. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:14.121 (30); 30. 10J-Justin Jacobsma, 00:14.213 (25); 31. 44-Chris Martin, 00:14.263 (24); 32. 4W-Matt Wasmund, 00:14.534 (18).
Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 24T-Christopher Thram (4); 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel (8); 3. 96-Blaine Stegenga (1); 4. 83JR-Sam Henderson (2); 5. 22-Kaleb Johnson (3); 6. 35-Skylar Prochaska (6); 7. 09-Matt Juhl (5); 8. 4-Cameron Martin (7); 9. 23W-Scott Winters (9); 10. 20-Brant O'Banion (10); 11. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (14); 12. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (11); 13. 86-Jacob Hughes (12); 14. 17B-Ryan Bickett (17); 15. 91-Andrew Sullivan (19); 16. 8-Micah Slendy (13); 17. 18-Corbin Erickson (15); 18. 3J-Jeridan Jordahl (21); 19. 4W-Matt Wasmund (18); 20. 28-Nicholas Winter (20); 21. (DNF) 32-Riley Valantine (24); 22. (DNF) 81-Jared Jansen (23); 23. (DNF) 2-Dylan Opdahl (16); 24. (DNF) 11D-Dominic White (25); 25. (DNS) 101-Chuck McGillivray.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23W-Scott Winters (1); 2. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (2); 3. 8-Micah Slendy (4); 4. 18-Corbin Erickson (3); 5. 17B-Ryan Bickett (5); 6. 91-Andrew Sullivan (6); 7. 28-Nicholas Winter (8); 8. 101-Chuck McGillivray (7); 9. (DNS) 9W-Jeff Watson.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Brant O'Banion (2); 2. 86-Jacob Hughes (1); 3. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (3); 4. 2-Dylan Opdahl (4); 5. 4W-Matt Wasmund (7); 6. 11D-Dominic White (5); 7. 3J-Jeridan Jordahl (6); 8. 81-Jared Jansen (9); 9. 32-Riley Valantine (8).
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JACKSON MOTORPLEX -
Jackson Motorplex is a 4/10-mile dirt oval located in Jackson, Minn. It hosts special events from May through September, including races with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, Midwest Power Series, Midwest Sprint Touring Series and more. For more information, visit http://www.JacksonMotorplex.com .
Sabo earns 1st 410 win of the year at Attica; Moore claims 4th straight late model victory; Sebetto gets third 305 win
Friday, Aug. 16, 2024
By Brian Liskai
ATTICA, Ohio – Zeth Sabo led wire to wire but had to withstand a big challenge from defending track champion Cap Henry late in the race to score his first 410 sprint win of the season at Attica Raceway Park Friday, Aug. 16 on F.E. Kroka & Associates/Five Star Maintenance Night.
After a crash involving Tyler Street and Bryce Lucius (both were not injured) on the opening lap, the Callies Performance Products 410 Sprint 30-lap feature went caution free. Sabo, who started on the pole jumped into the lead and quickly built a sizeable advantage until hitting heavy lapped traffic just past the half-way point. Henry, who started seventh worked his way to second in the traffic and closed to within a half a second of Sabo with just six laps to go. Once clear of traffic, Sabo powered away for his second career Attica win over Henry, DJ Foos, Skylar Gee and Creed Kemenah.
“The car got better the harder I drove it. I saw Cap poke his nose under me there late and I knew I had to get going. Thanks to Rich and Shelly Farmer for giving me this opportunity and Steven and all the guys who work on this thing,” said Sabo beside his NAPA of Fremont, Level Utilities, Limo Scene Limo Service, Linder’s Speed Equipment, Kiser Sound backed #29.
Henry’s second place finish brings him closer to Cale Thomas in the battle for the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series Presented by the Baumann Auto Group title.
You didn’t want to be leading and getting into lapped traffic in the Whistle Stop Presents the Dirt Nerds Podcast Powered by Propane UMP Late Model feature. Todd Brennann led the first 15 laps of the 25 lap affair before getting into a lapped car and spinning. Doug Drown lead laps 16-20 before being collected when a lapped car spun in front of him. Ryan Markham led lap 21 before Mansfield, Ohio’s Kyle Moore drove into the lead on lap 22 and drove to his fourth straight win at Attica.
Moore’s fifth win of the season at Attica is also his 10th consecutive victory overall in 2024 when coupled with other tracks. Markham, Collin Shipley, Mike Bores and Casey Noonan would round out the top five.
“WOW…this is amazing. I can’t believe this. My crew, Tye Tworg for giving me this fast machine…just all the great people on this thing.
I’ve waited forever to win here and we just can’t stop winning now. I love this place. Honestly I was just riding there and I saw Brennan get tangled up and then Drown and Markham and I was like this is just meant to be. I probably wouldn’t have won unless they wrecked. I’m not going to sugar coat it…we definitely had some luck tonight,” said Moore beside his Kepling Flooring, Tye Tworg Longhorn, Joyride Transportation, Smitley Towing, Short Stop, Malcuit Race Engines, Wilson Realty agent Robin Jakubick, RL Bond Septic, Hepthorn Golf Cart Sales, House of Spud, K&B Septic Service, Coffman Composites, Team Midwest Paint, Platinum Design backed #1*.
Last season’s rookie of the year Blayne Keckler jumped into the early lead of the Fremont Fence 305 Sprint A-main before Bryan Sebetto took the point on lap seven. Sebetto sliced through traffic as ninth starter Dustin Stroup slie into second with just six laps to go. The only caution of the 25-lap race came after the white flag, setting up a one-lap shoot-out for the win. Sebetto hit his marks perfectly to score his third win of the year at Attica over Stroup, Keckler, Jimmy McGrath and Dustin Dinan.
The victory is Sebetto’s 16th career win in the 305 division at Attica, tying him with Joe Keegan for eighth on the track’s all-time win list for the 305 sprints. It is also Sebetto’s seventh overall victory of 2024.
“I was pissed when that caution came out but it’s a part of racing. I knew I just had to hit my marks for one more lap and I knew I had a clear track and wouldn’t have to battle with anyone. I was able to move around in lapped traffic early and I knew I could pretty much run where ever I wanted. It’s a testament to how good this car is,” said Sebetto beside his : Sandusky Bay Remodeling, JLH General Contractor, Sandusky Bay RV Rentals, KH Suspension, Commercial Glazing Systems, Overwatch Precision, RCF Chassis, Level Performance, Race Ready Apparrel, NAPA of Fremont, Clay Keim, Depot Pizza, CA Kustoms backed #01.
Stroup’s second place finish will also pull him closer to Jamie Miller in the battle for the NAPA of Bryan Attica Fremont Championship Series Presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales title.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, Aug. 23 with the AFCS 410 and 305 sprints and UMP Late Models in action.
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Attica Raceway Park
Friday, Aug. 16, 2024
410 Sprints - Callie's Performance Products
Qualifying
1.32-Bryce Lucius, 12.963; 2.4-Zane DeVault, 13.098; 3.29-Zeth Sabo, 13.130; 4.5T-Travis Philo, 13.131; 5.15C-Chris Andrews, 13.144; 6.23-Cale Thomas, 13.185; 7.25R-Jordan Ryan, 13.189; 8.33W-Cap Henry, 13.195; 9.4*-Tyler Street, 13.220; 10.16-DJ Foos, 13.233; 11.14R-Sean Rayhall, 13.238; 12.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.300; 13.15K-Creed Kemenah, 13.312; 14.15H-Mitch Harble, 13.318; 15.5-Kody Brewer, 13.326; 16.99-Skylar Gee, 13.347; 17.X-Mike Keegan, 13.364; 18.21K-Larry Kingseed Jr, 13.367; 19.38-Leyton Wagner, 13.449; 20.9-Trey Jacobs, 13.495; 21.12-Luke Griffith, 13.551; 22.19-TJ Michael, 13.585; 23.2+-Brian Smith, 13.599; 24.7M-Brandon Moore, 13.632; 25.75-Jerry Dahms, 14.001;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 15K-Creed Kemenah[2] ; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[3] ; 3. 99-Skylar Gee[5] ; 4. 15C-Chris Andrews[4] ; 5. 9-Trey Jacobs[7] ; 6. 15H-Mitch Harble[1] ; 7. 38-Leyton Wagner[6] ; 8. 2+-Brian Smith[9] ; 9. 12-Luke Griffith[8]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 16-DJ Foos[1] ; 2. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 3. 32-Bryce Lucius[4] ; 4. 4-Zane DeVault[3] ; 5. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[6] ; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[7] ; 7. 14R-Sean Rayhall[5] ; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[8]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 4*-Tyler Street[1] ; 2. 29-Zeth Sabo[4] ; 3. 23-Cale Thomas[3] ; 4. 5-Kody Brewer[6] ; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 6. X-Mike Keegan[7] ; 7. 19-TJ Michael[8] ; 8. 25R-Jordan Ryan[2]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 15H-Mitch Harble[1] ; 2. 38-Leyton Wagner[4] ; 3. 7M-Brandon Moore[2] ; 4. 2+-Brian Smith[7] ; 5. 12-Luke Griffith[10] ; 6. X-Mike Keegan[3] ; 7. 25R-Jordan Ryan[9] ; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[8] ; 9. 14R-Sean Rayhall[5] ; 10. 19-TJ Michael[6]
A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 29-Zeth Sabo[1] ; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[7] ; 3. 16-DJ Foos[5] ; 4. 99-Skylar Gee[9] ; 5. 15K-Creed Kemenah[3] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 7. 4-Zane DeVault[8] ; 8. 9-Trey Jacobs[13] ; 9. 5-Kody Brewer[12] ; 10. 23-Cale Thomas[10] ; 11. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[14] ; 12. 35-Stuart Brubaker[15] ; 13. 15C-Chris Andrews[11] ; 14. 38-Leyton Wagner[17] ; 15. 2+-Brian Smith[19] ; 16. 12-Luke Griffith[20] ; 17. 15H-Mitch Harble[16] ; 18. 7M-Brandon Moore[18] ; 19. 4*-Tyler Street[4] ; 20. 32-Bryce Lucius[6]
305 Sprints - Fremont Fence Co.
Qualifying
1.01-Bryan Sebetto, 13.763; 2.3X-Blayne Keckler, 13.961; 3.2-Brenden Torok, 13.969; 4.26-Jamie Miller, 13.973; 5.9R-Logan Riehl, 14.023; 6.5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr., 14.042; 7.12X-Dustin Stroup, 14.078; 8.0-Bradley Bateson, 14.102; 9.319-Steven Watts, 14.113; 10.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 14.122; 11.8K-Zach Kramer, 14.126; 12.5DD-Dustin Dinan, 14.136; 13.12-Dylan Watson, 14.209; 14.63-Randy Ruble, 14.216; 15.19R-Steve Rando, 14.231; 16.18-Ben Watson, 14.271; 17.36-Seth Schneider, 14.283; 18.36JR-JJ Henes, 14.299; 19.51M-Haldon Miller, 14.308; 20.49i-John Ivy, 14.316; 21.10TS-Tyler Schiets, 14.320; 22.27D-Steve Dolphin, 14.354; 23.18Z-Brian Razum, 14.366; 24.26S-Lee Sommers, 14.381; 25.27-Stuart Brubaker, 14.386; 26.35-Stuart Brubaker, 14.386; 27.2S-Jackson Sebetto, 14.413; 28.78-Austin Black, 14.429; 29.1S-James Saam, 14.541; 30.3M-Logan Mongeau, 14.597; 31.2T-Tony Alvarez, 14.692; 32.11TS-Tate Schiets, 14.810;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 12X-Dustin Stroup[2] ; 2. 3X-Blayne Keckler[4] ; 3. X15-Kasey Ziebold[1] ; 4. 19R-Steve Rando[5] ; 5. 26S-Lee Sommers[7] ; 6. 3M-Logan Mongeau[8] ; 7. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[6] ; 8. 26-Jamie Miller[3]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[2] ; 2. 36JR-JJ Henes[1] ; 3. 8K-Zach Kramer[3] ; 4. 319-Steven Watts[4] ; 5. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[5] ; 6. 1S-James Saam[6] ; 7. 11TS-Tate Schiets[8] ; 8. 2T-Tony Alvarez[7]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 01-Bryan Sebetto[4] ; 2. 9R-Logan Riehl[2] ; 3. 12-Dylan Watson[1] ; 4. 27-Stuart Brubaker[7] ; 5. 2-Brenden Torok[3] ; 6. 51M-Haldon Miller[5] ; 7. 78-Austin Black[8] ; 8. 27D-Steve Dolphin[6]
Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps)
1. 63-Randy Ruble[2] ; 2. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[4] ; 3. 0-Bradley Bateson[3] ; 4. 49i-John Ivy[6] ; 5. 18-Ben Watson[1] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[5] ; 7. 18Z-Brian Razum[7]
B-Main 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[2] ; 2. 2-Brenden Torok[3] ; 3. 3M-Logan Mongeau[5] ; 4. 26S-Lee Sommers[1] ; 5. 26-Jamie Miller[13] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[8] ; 7. 51M-Haldon Miller[7] ; 8. 18-Ben Watson[4] ; 9. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[9] ; 10. 78-Austin Black[11] ; 11. 18Z-Brian Razum[12] ; 12. 27D-Steve Dolphin[15] ; 13. 11TS-Tate Schiets[10] ; 14. 1S-James Saam[6] ; 15. 2T-Tony Alvarez[14]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 01-Bryan Sebetto[5] ; 2. 12X-Dustin Stroup[9] ; 3. 3X-Blayne Keckler[1] ; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[10] ; 5. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[8] ; 6. 0-Bradley Bateson[2] ; 7. 9R-Logan Riehl[6] ; 8. 63-Randy Ruble[3] ; 9. 26-Jamie Miller[21] ; 10. 12-Dylan Watson[13] ; 11. 19R-Steve Rando[14] ; 12. X15-Kasey Ziebold[11] ; 13. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[17] ; 14. 3M-Logan Mongeau[19] ; 15. 26S-Lee Sommers[20] ; 16. 319-Steven Watts[4] ; 17. 8K-Zach Kramer[12] ; 18. 2-Brenden Torok[18] ; 19. 36-Seth Schneider[22] ; 20. 36JR-JJ Henes[7] ; 21. 49i-John Ivy[16] ; 22. 27-Stuart Brubaker[15]
Late Models - Dirt Nerds Podcast
Qualifying
1.15B-Mike Bores, 14.684; 2.1*-Kyle Moore, 14.723; 3.5M-Ryan Markham, 14.730; 4.20B-Todd Brennan, 14.756; 5.92-Justin Chance, 14.892; 6.1N-Casey Noonan, 14.914; 7.7-Nick Cox, 14.932; 8.36-Matt Irey, 14.964; 9.12-Doug Drown, 15.014; 10.91-Rusty Schlenk, 15.048; 11.51-Devin Shiels, 15.083; 12.74-Jeff Warnick, 15.184; 13.79-Nick Kurtz, 15.211; 14.46-Colin Shipley, 15.320; 15.14JR-JR Gentry, 15.435; 16.153-John Miller, 15.475; 17.4M-Jamie Miller, 15.508; 18.11-Austin Gibson, 15.691; 19.51B-Brayden Shiels, 15.773; 20.57-Tyler Johnson, 17.037; 21.16H-Cody Truman, 17.360; 22.RH03-Gregg Haskell, 99.999;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 1*-Kyle Moore[4] ; 2. 5M-Ryan Markham[3] ; 3. 74-Jeff Warnick[5] ; 4. 7-Nick Cox[2] ; 5. 4M-Jamie Miller[7] ; 6. 57-Tyler Johnson[8] ; 7. 36-Matt Irey[1] ; 8. 79-Nick Kurtz[6]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 92-Justin Chance[3] ; 2. 46-Colin Shipley[1] ; 3. 1N-Casey Noonan[2] ; 4. 15B-Mike Bores[4] ; 5. 11-Austin Gibson[5] ; 6. RH03-Gregg Haskell[7] ; 7. 51B-Brayden Shiels[6]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 20B-Todd Brennan[4] ; 2. 12-Doug Drown[3] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[1] ; 4. 91-Rusty Schlenk[2] ; 5. 14JR-JR Gentry[5] ; 6. 153-John Miller[6] ; 7. 16H-Cody Truman[7]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1*-Kyle Moore[3] ; 2. 5M-Ryan Markham[5] ; 3. 46-Colin Shipley[7] ; 4. 15B-Mike Bores[8] ; 5. 1N-Casey Noonan[4] ; 6. 51-Devin Shiels[10] ; 7. 74-Jeff Warnick[9] ; 8. RH03-Gregg Haskell[17] ; 9. 20B-Todd Brennan[1] ; 10. 14JR-JR Gentry[15] ; 11. 153-John Miller[18] ; 12. 51B-Brayden Shiels[19] ; 13. 4M-Jamie Miller[13] ; 14. 12-Doug Drown[2] ; 15. 16H-Cody Truman[20] ; 16. 91-Rusty Schlenk[12] ; 17. 11-Austin Gibson[14] ; 18. 7-Nick Cox[11] ; 19. 57-Tyler Johnson[16] ; 20. 92-Justin Chance[6]
CRAUN TAKES ADVANTAGE OF WARNER ISSUE; WINS FIRST CRSA RACE
Race Report By: Marty Czekala – August 17, 2024
DUNDEE, N.Y. – Dan Craun came into the weekend not having a CRSA podium in 2 1/2 years.
Friday night, his racing career changed forever.
Craun took advantage of a Blake Warner mishap with 10 laps to go to score his first career CRSA win in the first race of the Dandy Triple Play. With the win, the driver of the No. 18c becomes the 81st different winner in CRSA history and the fourth first-time winner this season.
“We’ve got a heat race win this year and couldn’t get it done at the end of the night,” said Craun. “This is awesome.”
Warner dominated this race, leading the opening 15 laps, until a brake line issue on the left front, while under caution, ended his night. The No. 21B had up to a 4.5-second lead, easily making his way through lapped traffic.
“There was so much going through my head,” Craun said. “I feel bad for him, but thank you.”
Craun and Warner made up the front row, with Warner immediately clearing Craun in the opening four laps. Craun would keep the gap close on Warner before the race’s first yellow on lap five for Sydney Weatherbee and Vince Chicklets around in turn two.
On the restart, Warner held serve while Dalton Herrick started challenging Craun for second. This would allow Warner to run away with a massive lead in lapped traffic. The run would end on lap 16 when Bob Hamm Jr. spun in turn three.
As the field was pacing under caution, Warner, the leader, came to a sudden stop on the track. Reports came in that a brake line blew out the left front, ending his night.
This is the second time this season Warner has suffered heartbreak while leading. The first was Fonda July 27, when he flipped in turn four and walked away unscathed.
Craun restarted and hung on to the lead as the leader. As the leader approached lapped traffic, Herrick stayed behind while Kyle Pierce and Tyler Graves who were racing for third, hoping the top two would make a mistake.
On the final lap, Herrick showed his nose underneath in turn two, but Craun had a much better exit to clear the No. 29 and not look back to score his first career win by a half second.
"Sometimes I wish we had rearview mirrors, but unfortunately, we don't," joked Craun. “Every time we come up on lapped traffic this is always gonna be a factor. We’re gonna have a bunch of Miller Lites.”
Craun’s career-best finish beats out a second he scored at Land of Legends Raceway Sept. 7, 2019.
A runner-up finish for Herrick is his best this season, beating a pair of thirds at Afton and Fonda.
“I needed to go to the bottom a little sooner at the end,” said Herrick. “We were starting to roll and show Craun the nose. Didn’t have enough laps to perfect it. Lapped traffic would’ve made It interesting.”
After winning last weekend at Thunder Mountain, Kyle Pierce followed up his win with a third-place finish after starting 12th. Back-to-back podiums for “The Flyin' School Teacher" allow Pierce to unofficially close in on Tomy Moreau’s points lead at 23.
“Once we started rolling the bottom, we were trying to gain momentum,” Pierce said. “I was gaining monster runs. If you told me we’d go 12th to third, I wouldn't believe these good runs. We’ll take it.”
Timmy Lotz was the Powdertech Powdercoating Hard Charger of the Race, gaining 18 spots to finish sixth after starting 24th.
Ed Kelley received the Maguire Family of Dealerships Magnificent Move of the Race.
Each podium member received a gift card to Dandy.
CRSA is back Saturday for the second round of the Dandy Triple Play at Woodhull Raceway.
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 18C-Dan Craun[1]; 2. 29-Dalton Herrick[4]; 3. 9K-Kyle Pierce[12]; 4. 22-Tomy Moreau[7]; 5. 25G-Tyler Graves[11]; 6. 18-Timmy Lotz[24]; 7. J27-John Cunningham[22]; 8. 12-Tyler Chartrand[6]; 9. 17E-Ethan Gray[5]; 10. 48JR-Darryl Ruggles[8]; 11. 28-Ron Greek[3]; 12. 8-Dillon Paddock[16]; 13. 99-Adam Depuy[23]; 14. 33-Scott Landers[15]; 15. 77-Bob Hamm[20]; 16. D9-Dustin Sehn[21]; 17. 4-Cliff Pierce[10]; 18. 20K-Ed Kelly[19]; 19. 25-Cameron Moss[13]; 20. 48A-Alysha Bay[9]; 21. 21B-Blake Warner[2]; 22. 10-Nathan Pierce[18]; 23. 10P-Vince Chicklets[14]; 24. 33Z-Sydney Wetherbee[17]
B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Bob Hamm[3]; 2. 10-Nathan Pierce[2]; 3. D9-Dustin Sehn[5]; 4. J27-John Cunningham[7]; 5. 18-Timmy Lotz[8]; 6. 30-Kirsten Dombroski[4]; 7. 410-Jerry Sehn Jr[6]; 8. 99-Adam Depuy[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25G-Tyler Graves[1]; 2. 22-Tomy Moreau[6]; 3. 17E-Ethan Gray[4]; 4. 25-Cameron Moss[2]; 5. 33Z-Sydney Wetherbee[3]; 6. 10P-Vince Chicklets[8]; 7. 77-Bob Hamm[7]; 8. 30-Kirsten Dombroski[5]; 9. 18-Timmy Lotz[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18C-Dan Craun[4]; 2. 21B-Blake Warner[2]; 3. 48JR-Darryl Ruggles[1]; 4. 48A-Alysha Bay[8]; 5. 33-Scott Landers[5]; 6. 8-Dillon Paddock[7]; 7. 99-Adam Depuy[9]; 8. 410-Jerry Sehn Jr[3]; 9. J27-John Cunningham[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9K-Kyle Pierce[2]; 2. 4-Cliff Pierce[1]; 3. 28-Ron Greek[4]; 4. 29-Dalton Herrick[6]; 5. 12-Tyler Chartrand[7]; 6. 20K-Ed Kelly[3]; 7. 10-Nathan Pierce[8]; 8. D9-Dustin Sehn[5]
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Macedo and Bosma Produce FENDT Jackson Nationals Victories at Jackson Motorplex
Inside Line Promotions - JACKSON, Minn. (Aug. 16, 2024) - Carson Macedo and Brandon Bosma were victorious on Friday night at Jackson Motorplex, which hosted Night 2 of the 46 th annual FENDT Jackson Nationals.
The front row of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series main event consisted of the last four FENDT Jackson Nationals champions with Logan Schuchart - the 2020 and 2021 event winner - on the pole and the two-time defending champion Macedo on the outside.
Macedo quickly powered into the top spot at the start and led the distance of the 30-lap feature, which was only slowed one time for a caution with 10 laps remaining.
Traffic ramped up the excitement of the race that featured a myriad of slide jobs and in the waning laps Sheldon Haudenschild, who hustled from fourth to second place on the late restart, closed to within a couple of car lengths of Macedo. However, Macedo was able to pick through traffic efficiently to win by 0.402 seconds.
"I was able to get a really good start to the feature, get by Logan and take command of the feature," he said. "I could feel that my pace was slowing down as we got to traffic. I got held up big time off (turn) four one time by a lapper.
"Wins are what keeps everybody's spirits up. We haven't done as much this year as we have in the past. We run in the top five often, but we just haven't been winning enough. Hopefully we can double up tomorrow and get another Jackson Nationals under our belt."
Macedo has won three of the last five World of Outlaws A Mains at Jackson Motorplex. The performance on Friday marked his fourth career series triumph at the track.
Haudenschild's runner-up result was his 17 th top five of the season with the World of Outlaws.
"I had a good restart there," he said. "I had a lane open, went around them. I felt I was pacing the No. 41 nice there. I just didn't capitalize in traffic."
David Gravel captured a third-place finish to increase his lead in the World of Outlaws championship standings.
"I thought we had a really good race car," he said. "The track was slightly top dominant, but the lapped traffic made it exciting. I'm really, really happy with the car. It's been fun to drive the car this year and I'm looking forward to tomorrow for sure."
Aaron Reutzel was fourth and Schuchart rounded out the top five.
Gravel set quick time during qualifying before the heat races were won by Dusty Zomer, Macedo, Haudenschild and Bill Balog. Schuchart drove to the dash victory and Kelby Watt was the Last Chance Showdown winner.
Bosma garnered a FENDT Jackson Nationals title by leading the final 23 laps of the $2,500-to-win Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series presented by Heser Auto & Detailing main event.
"It's pretty awesome," he said. "This means a lot. This is the biggest win in my career. Knowing everybody who's won this race and to put my name in the history books is pretty awesome."
The feature got off to a rough start with three cautions and a red flag before three laps were completed. John Lambertz led the first two laps before Bosma drove around him exiting turn two following a restart. He held off a mid-race charge from 10th-starting Jacob Peterson and a late rally from Lee Goos Jr. to win by 0.627 seconds.
Monty Ferriera, who started 13th, found something in the middle of the track in the second half of the race to advance for a third-place result. Matt Johnson finished fourth and Peterson was fifth.
Logan Moore and Mike Stien were the B Main winners.
The FENDT Jackson Nationals finale is Saturday with a $25,000-to-win World of Outlaws program as well as a $5,000-to-win Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars feature. The gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps slated to start at 7 p.m.
Race tickets can be purchased online at https://mpv.tickets.com/schedule/?agency=JKMV_PL_MPV&orgid=55369#/?view=list&includePackages=true .
THE FENDT JACKSON NATIONALS NIGHT 2 RESULTS AT JACKSON MOTORPLEX (Aug. 16, 2024) -
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo (2); 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (5); 3. 2-David Gravel (3); 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel (6); 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart (1); 6. 23-Garet Williamson (4); 7. 17B-Bill Balog (7); 8. 55-Kerry Madsen (13); 9. 3-Tim Kaeding (11); 10. 15-Donny Schatz (14); 11. 27-Emerson Axsom (17); 12. 10-Scott Bogucki (18); 13. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (19); 14. 5T-Ryan Timms (20); 15. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (12); 16. 17GP-Justin Henderson (10); 17. 3J-Dusty Zomer (8); 18. O9-Matt Juhl (15); 19. 24T-Christopher Thram (24); 20. 7S-Landon Crawley (16); 21. 2KS-Kelby Watt (21); 22. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (22); 23. 44-Chris Martin (23); 24. 83-Michael Kofoid (9).
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 2KS-Kelby Watt (2); 2. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (6); 3. 44-Chris Martin (3); 4. 24T-Christopher Thram (7); 5. 70-Kraig Kinser (8); 6. 16-Brooke Tatnell (5); 7. 74N-Luke Nellis (4); 8. 64-Andy Pake (13); 9. 4W-Matt Wasmund (10); 10. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (12); 11. 17D-Ryan Bickett (14); 12. 6-Max Guilford (1); 13. 14H-Scott Winters (9); 14. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (11).
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart (4); 2. 41-Carson Macedo (1); 3. 2-David Gravel (6); 4. 23-Garet Williamson (2); 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (3); 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel (7); 7. 17B-Bill Balog (5); 8. 3J-Dusty Zomer (8).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3J-Dusty Zomer (2); 2. 2-David Gravel (1); 3. 83-Michael Kofoid (3); 4. 55-Kerry Madsen (6); 5. 27-Emerson Axsom (5); 6. 44-Chris Martin (8); 7. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (7); 8. 4W-Matt Wasmund (9); 9. 6-Max Guilford (4).
Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo (1); 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel (2); 3. 17GP-Justin Henderson (4); 4. 15-Donny Schatz (3); 5. 10-Scott Bogucki (8); 6. 74N-Luke Nellis (6); 7. 24T-Christopher Thram (5); 8. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (7); 9. 17D-Ryan Bickett (9).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (1); 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart (2); 3. 3-Tim Kaeding (5); 4. O9-Matt Juhl (4); 5. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (3); 6. 16-Brooke Tatnell (7); 7. 70-Kraig Kinser (6); 8. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (8).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog (1); 2. 23-Garet Williamson (2); 3. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss (3); 4. 7S-Landon Crawley (5); 5. 5T-Ryan Timms (7); 6. 2KS-Kelby Watt (4); 7. 14H-Scott Winters (8); 8. 64-Andy Pake (6).
Sea Foam Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:12.657 (5); 2. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:12.676 (21); 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:12.709 (16); 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.808 (2); 5. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:12.851 (23); 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:12.852 (1); 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:12.860 (33); 8. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:12.862 (27); 9. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:12.880 (20); 10. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:12.889 (8); 11. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:12.932 (15); 12. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:12.935 (22); 13. 6-Max Guilford, 00:12.960 (10); 14. 17GP-Justin Henderson, 00:12.980 (3); 15. O9-Matt Juhl, 00:12.981 (25); 16. 2KS-Kelby Watt, 00:12.990 (28); 17. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:12.994 (18); 18. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:13.004 (24); 19. 3-Tim Kaeding, 00:13.014 (19); 20. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:13.093 (32); 21. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:13.095 (13); 22. 74N-Luke Nellis, 00:13.095 (12); 23. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:13.117 (34); 24. 64-Andy Pake, 00:13.134 (29); 25. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:13.172 (17); 26. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:13.203 (6); 27. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:13.204 (7); 28. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:13.219 (14); 29. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.245 (11); 30. 10-Scott Bogucki, 00:13.302 (4); 31. 10J-Justin Jacobsma, 00:13.351 (26); 32. 14H-Scott Winters, 00:13.447 (31); 33. 4W-Matt Wasmund, 00:13.563 (30); 34. 17D-Ryan Bickett, 00:13.601 (9).
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series presented by Heser Auto & Detailing
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 23-Brandon Bosma (4); 2. 17-Lee Goos Jr (3); 3. 45-Monty Ferriera (13); 4. 30-Matt Johnson (1); 5. 80P-Jacob Peterson (10); 6. 1300-Brett Allen (14); 7. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (11); 8. 31-Koby Werkmeister (9); 9. 15-Laela Eisenschenk (7); 10. 9D-Dominic Dobesh (16); 11. 12L-John Lambertz (2); 12. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (15); 13. 19-Nate Eakin (6); 14. 18-Tyler Rabenberg (19); 15. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (8); 16. 43-Jake Greenwood (24); 17. 4SS-Brandon Halverson (5); 18. 91X-Johnny Sullivan (12); 19. 4-Mike Stien (22); 20. 41-Jeff Wilke (23); 21. 6-Logan Moore (21); 22. (DNF) 28X-Madi Miller (18); 23. (DNF) 2D-Dusty Ballenger (17); 24. (DNF) 81K-Kyla Anderson (20).
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 6-Logan Moore (2); 2. 41-Jeff Wilke (1); 3. 9A-Hunter Hanson (3); 4. 55R-Ryan Serrao (4); 5. 81-Jared Jansen (9); 6. 13-Mel Halverson (5); 7. 9-Laney Moore (6); 8. 91-Andrew Sullivan (10); 9. 88-Nathan Thelen (7); 10. (DNF) 62J-Jay Masur (8).
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 4-Mike Stien (2); 2. 43-Jake Greenwood (1); 3. 56-Bill Johnson (3); 4. 23C-Ben Crees (4); 5. 90-Eric Schulz (5); 6. 12P-Ryan Navratil (8); 7. (DNF) 28G-Gracyn Masur (7); 8. (DNF) 35X-Jeff Lackey (9); 9. (DNF) 3K-Dominic Kerzman (6); 10. (DNF) 28-Nicholas Winter (10).
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The FENDT Jackson Nationals: Saturday - the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and the Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars
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Jackson Motorplex is a 4/10-mile dirt oval located in Jackson, Minn. It hosts special events from May through September, including races with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, Midwest Power Series, Midwest Sprint Touring Series and more. For more information, visit http://www.JacksonMotorplex.com .
Tasker Phillips Strikes Again in 34 Thriller!
by Bill Wright
West Burlington, IA, August 16, 2024 – Tasker Phillips won for the second time this season at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa with the Mohrfeld Solar Sprint Invaders Friday night. After the race got off to an awkward and slow first seven laps, things got thrilling down the stretch and the Pleasantville, Iowa native netted $2,000 for his win.
Corbin Gurley bicycled and got all but upside down at the first try at green in the 25-lap feature. He rejoined the field after changing a flat left rear tire. Once Green, Tanner Gebhardt shot into the early lead ahead of Josh Schneiderman, Tasker Phillips, Terry McCarl and Colton Fisher. Four laps in, Jake Glasgow flipped hard down the backstretch. Chase Richards was also involved, but make repairs in the work area and continued. Glasgow exited the car under his own power.
Paul Nienhiser entered the top five on the restart, and passed McCarl on the low side to gain fourth on lap seven. Things became disjointed at that point, when Blaine Jamison spun, bringing caution. A third starting Phillips jumped the start on the next try at green and was moved back a spot. On the next try, Alex Vande Voort got into the wall entering the pits, bringing another red. He was o.k. At the same time, Fisher went to the work area to make repairs. The third try was not a charm, as a caution was coming out for Cam Sorrels when the third running Nienhiser flipped in turn four. He was uninjured.
The last 18 laps went green. Gebhardt, who had a damaged nose wing throughout, led Schneiderman, Phillips, McCarl and Dustin Selvage back to green. Miles Paulus quickly moved into the top five. Phillips and Schneiderman battled hard for second, exchanging the spot three times.
Gebhardt, with bad nose wing and all, entered lapped traffic on the seventeenth circuit in pursuit of his first ever Sprint Invaders win. Phillips had gotten by Schneiderman and was now focused on the lead. He shot a slider on Gebhardt and took the point on lap 19. Paulus was also on the move, taking third form Schneiderman with three to go, and passing Gebhardt for second on the following lap.
Phillips led the last few laps and won over Paulus, and Schneiderman, who moved by Gebhardt late. Hard-charger Dustin Selvage was fourth and Gebhardt finished fifth. McCarl, Tyler Lee, Garrett Benson, Sawyer Phillips and Chase Richards rounded out the top ten. Fisher, Tasker Phillips and Paulus won heats, and Schneiderman won the Dash. Chase Richards claimed the B main. Tyler Graves tipped over in the B main, but was uninjured.
“I respect this track,” said Phillips in Victory Lane. “You have to respect the walls here. Schneiderman gave me room…it wasn’t a whole lot of room, but he gave me enough to work with it. I was on the edge of my seat, but I’m glad we got it done. I have to thank this team. I don’t have a whole lot of time to work on the car with the farming, and I couldn’t get it done without them.”
“To be honest, we weren’t good in the Dash,” said Paulus. “We started all over, and changed bars, and changed all kinds of stuff. My buddy Angelo from Australia is here helping me, and that’s been a huge help. He got her dialed in. We stunk the first seven laps, and at the end, we were really good. It was narrow at the beginning and once it widened up, it got pretty dang racy.”
“We’re pretty disappointed really,” said Schneiderman of his third place run after starting on the pole. “We struggled the second half of the race. With about three to go, I about clobbered Tanner, because I had no brakes left. It’s part of racing. Lapped traffic made it interesting. I wasn’t going to give (Phillips) an inch. I love racing Tasker. He did a good job and made the moves when he needed to. We were able to get by him a couple times, but I couldn’t get by Tanner to save my life.”
The Mohrfeld Solar Sprint Invaders head to Peoria Speedway, Saturday, August
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Mohrfeld Solar Sprint Invaders Results
Shottenkirk Automotive Group A main (started), 25 laps: 1. 1TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (4) 2. 98P, Miles Paulus, Marshall, MO (6) 3. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (1) 4. 6w, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (12) 5. 81, Tanner Gebhardt, Burlington, IA (2) 6. 99, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (5) 7. 7, Tyler Lee, Cedar Rapids, IA (14) 8. 2B, Garrett Benson, Concordia, MO (11) 9. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (15) 10. 4, Chase Richards, Burlington, IA (17) 11. 31, McCain Richards, Burlington, IA (10) 12. 2, Chase Porter, St. Joseph, MO (9) 13. 51J, Blaine Jamison, Mediapolis, IA (19) 14. 11, Colton Fisher, Mediapolis, IA (3) 15. 40, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (18) 16. 50, Paul Nienhiser, Chapin, IL (7) 17. 57, Cam Sorrels, Hallsville, MO (20) 18. 5A, Alex Vande Voort, Knoxville, IA (8) 19. 62, Jake Glasgow, Burlington, IA (16) 20. 12, Corbin Gurley, Hebron, IN (13). Lap Leaders: Gebhardt 1-18, T. Phillips 19-25. KSE Hard-charger: Selvage.
Randall’s Performance Heat one (started, *qualified for feature), 8 laps: 1. Colton Fisher (2*) 2. Josh Schneiderman (4*) 3. McCain Richards (1*) 4. Chase Porter (6*) 5. Sawyer Phillips (5*) 6. Dustin Selvage (9*) 7. Cam Sorrels (3) 8. Cody Wehrle (8) 9. 4M, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (7)
Joshua Denning & Associates Heat two (started, *qualified for feature), 8 laps: 1. Tasker Phillips (2*) 2. Tanner Gebhardt (4*) 3. Alex Vande Voort (5*) 4. Tyler Lee (3*) 5. Jake Glasgow (6*) 6. Chase Richards (7) 7. 16, Dustin Clark, Agency, IA (8) 8. 88, Riley Scott, Quincy, IL (1)
Morning Sun Farm Implement Heat three (started, *qualified for feature), 8 laps: 1. Miles Paulus (1*) 2. Paul Nienhiser (2*) 3. Terry McCarl (5*) 4. Corbin Gurley (4*) 5. Garrett Benson (7*) 6. Blaine Jamison (3) 7. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (6) 8. 25, Tyler Graves, Chariton, IA (8)
Agriland FS Dash (started), 6 laps: 1. Josh Schneiderman (1) 2. Tanner Gebhardt (3) 3. Colton Fisher (2) 4. Tasker Phillips (5) 5. Terry McCarl (4) 6. Miles Paulus (6)
Golden Eagle Distributors Budweiser B main (started), 12 laps: 1. Chase Richards (1) 2. Cody Wehrle (8) 3. Blaine Jamison (2) 4. Cam Sorrels (5) / 5. Brandon Worthington (4) 6. Dustin Clark (3) 7. Mike Mayberry (9) 8. Riley Scott (6) 9. Tyler Graves (7)
Contingencies
King Racing Products – Garrett Benson
DMI – Jake Glasgow
Saldana Racing Products – Terry McCarl
BMRS – Colton Fisher
Martin and Goos Jr. Record FENDT Jackson Nationals Wins to Open Marquee Event at Jackson Motorplex
Inside Line Promotions - JACKSON, Minn. (Aug. 15, 2024) - Cameron Martin and Lee Goos Jr. kicked off the opening night of the 46 th annual FENDT Jackson Nationals at Jackson Motorplex by earning feature triumphs on Thursday.
Martin won a thriller of a 25-lap Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars main event, marking his first career win at the track.
Martin paced the field for the first 10 laps before Kaleb Johnson powered into the lead entering turn three on Lap 11. The drivers duked it out in thick traffic for several laps. Martin returned the favor with a slide job into turn one on Lap 18 to regain first place. He then held off late charges from Aaron Reutzel and Matt Juhl to win by 1.272 seconds.
"I just had to kind send it," Martin said. "I made that early race mistake and let Kaleb get by, but ultimately I think I had the better race car. It all worked out my way. When you're out front like that you try to think like you're hot lapping, trying to hit every mark and not slip up. Lapped traffic was very difficult tonight. It almost cost us the win, but we were able to make the most of it and get up front."
Reutzel hustled from ninth to second, using a last-lap pass to secure the runner-up result by four thousandths of a second. He was also the Hard Charger Award winner for gaining the most positions.
"It was pretty narrow to start with, but it got wide and racy," he said. "We'll come back the next two nights and see what we can do."
Juhl rounded out the podium.
"It feels good to be sitting up here," he said. "Lapped traffic didn't go my way. That's part of racing."
Skylar Prochaska placed fourth and Christopher Thram maneuvered from 12 th to fifth.
Reutzel set quick time during qualifying before Justin Jacobsma, Blaine Stegenga and Prochaska produced heat race victories.
Goos Jr. became the first repeat winner of the season at Jackson Motorplex as he garnered the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing 20-lap feature triumph.
Nake Eakin led for the first eight laps before Goos Jr. rapidly closed in as traffic appeared. Eakin drifted up the track in turns one and two on Lap 9, allowing Goos Jr. to pull even down the backstretch and enter turn three on the favored bottom lane. He then slid in front of Eakin to take over the top spot. Goos Jr. led the remainder of the race and pulled away following a restart on Lap 14 to win by 2.052 seconds.
"I knew I had to have lapped traffic," he said. "Once I got out front the car was super easy to drive."
Eakin was the runner up with Brandon Bosma placing third. Matt Johnson finished fourth and Brandon Halverson ended fifth.
Goos Jr. was the quickest out of 43 entrants during qualifying. The heat races were won by Gaige Weldon, Amelia Eisenschenk, Madi Miller, Bayley Ballenger and Johnny Sullivan. Dusty Ballenger was the B Main winner.
The event welcomes the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series on Friday with the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing also part of the program. The gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 7 p.m.
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THE FENDT JACKSON NATIONALS NIGHT 1 RESULTS AT JACKSON MOTORPLEX (Aug. 15, 2024) -
Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 4-Cameron Martin (1); 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel (9); 3. 09-Matt Juhl (4); 4. 35-Skylar Prochaska (3); 5. 24T-Christopher Thram (12); 6. 96-Blaine Stegenga (8); 7. 83-Sam Henderson (6); 8. 23W-Scott Winters (7); 9. 22-Kaleb Johnson (2); 10. 86-Jacob Hughes (10); 11. 20-Brant O'Banion (13); 12. 18-Corbin Erickson (14); 13. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (5); 14. 17B-Ryan Bickett (19); 15. 2-Dylan Opdahl (18); 16. 8-Micah Slendy (16); 17. 11D-Dominic White (15); 18. 91-Andrew Sullivan (17); 19. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (11); 20. 3J-Jeridan Jordahl (21); 21. 4W-Matt Wasmund (22); 22. 101-Chuck McGillivray (20); 23. 28-Nicholas Winter (23); 24. 32-Riley Valantine (24); 25. (DNS) 9W-Jeff Watson.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (1); 2. 09-Matt Juhl (3); 3. 86-Jacob Hughes (2); 4. 20-Brant O'Banion (5); 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel (4); 6. 91-Andrew Sullivan (6); 7. 17B-Ryan Bickett (7); 8. 4W-Matt Wasmund (8); 9. (DNS) 9W-Jeff Watson.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 96-Blaine Stegenga (1); 2. 22-Kaleb Johnson (4); 3. 24T-Christopher Thram (2); 4. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (3); 5. 8-Micah Slendy (6); 6. 11D-Dominic White (5); 7. 101-Chuck McGillivray (7); 8. 28-Nicholas Winter (8).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Skylar Prochaska (1); 2. 23W-Scott Winters (2); 3. 4-Cameron Martin (3); 4. 83-Sam Henderson (4); 5. 18-Corbin Erickson (5); 6. 2-Dylan Opdahl (6); 7. 3J-Jeridan Jordahl (7); 8. 32-Riley Valantine (8).
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:13.461 (8); 2. 22-Kaleb Johnson, 00:13.465 (3); 3. 83-Sam Henderson, 00:13.621 (2); 4. 09-Matt Juhl, 00:13.655 (4); 5. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:13.700 (1); 6. 4-Cameron Martin, 00:13.709 (16); 7. 86-Jacob Hughes, 00:13.711 (25); 8. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:13.745 (24); 9. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:13.767 (10); 10. 10J-Justin Jacobsma, 00:13.793 (18); 11. 96-Blaine Stegenga, 00:13.847 (22); 12. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 00:13.946 (19); 13. 20-Brant O'Banion, 00:14.157 (15); 14. 11D-Dominic White, 00:14.178 (12); 15. 18-Corbin Erickson, 00:14.188 (5); 16. 91-Andrew Sullivan, 00:14.188 (9); 17. 8-Micah Slendy, 00:14.282 (7); 18. 2-Dylan Opdahl, 00:14.309 (13); 19. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 00:14.347 (20); 20. 101-Chuck McGillivray, 00:14.487 (11); 21. 3J-Jeridan Jordahl, 00:14.634 (23); 22. 4W-Matt Wasmund, 00:14.773 (14); 23. 28-Nicholas Winter, 00:15.286 (21); 24. 32-Riley Valantine, 00:15.540 (17); 25. (DQ) 9W-Jeff Watson, 00:19.964 (6).
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series presented by Heser Auto & Detailing
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17-Lee Goos Jr (3); 2. 19-Nate Eakin (1); 3. 23-Brandon Bosma (6); 4. 30-Matt Johnson (2); 5. 4SS-Brandon Halverson (5); 6. 12L-John Lambertz (7); 7. 15-Laela Eisenschenk (10); 8. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (4); 9. 31-Koby Werkmeister (14); 10. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (13); 11. 80P-Jacob Peterson (8); 12. 13G-Gaige Weldon (11); 13. 45-Monty Ferriera (20); 14. 1300-Brett Allen (19); 15. 91X-Johnny Sullivan (9); 16. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (21); 17. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (16); 18. 43-Jake Greenwood (22); 19. 41-Jeff Wilke (24); 20. (DNF) 9-Dominic Dobesh (12); 21. (DNF) 28-Madi Miller (15); 22. (DNF) 18-Tyler Rabenberg (17); 23. (DNF) 81K-Kyla Anderson (18); 24. (DNF) 3-Jeremiah Jordahl (23).
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (2); 2. 43-Jake Greenwood (1); 3. 3-Jeremiah Jordahl (6); 4. 41-Jeff Wilke (3); 5. 6-Logan Moore (4); 6. 4-Mike Stien (5); 7. 9A-Hunter Hanson (7); 8. 55R-Ryan Serrao (16); 9. 56-Bill Johnson (11); 10. 23C-Ben Crees (10); 11. 35X-Zach Patterson (22); 12. 13-Mel Halverson (8); 13. 90-Eric Schulz (12); 14. 20G-Owen Graf (18); 15. 9X-Laney Moore (21); 16. 3K-Dominic Kerzman (20); 17. 62J-Jay Masur (19); 18. (DNF) 28G-Gracyn Masur (17); 19. (DNF) 88-Nathan Thelen (14); 20. (DNF) 65X-Sawyer Grogan (13); 21. (DNS) 81-Jared Jansen; 22. (DNS) 9XX-Ramsie Shoenrock; 23. (DNS) 12P-Ryan Navratil.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13G-Gaige Weldon (1); 2. 17-Lee Goos Jr (4); 3. 9-Dominic Dobesh (2); 4. 41-Jeff Wilke (6); 5. 23C-Ben Crees (8); 6. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (3); 7. 35X-Zach Patterson (9); 8. 43-Jake Greenwood (5); 9. 28G-Gracyn Masur (7).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (1); 2. 15-Laela Eisenschenk (2); 3. 80P-Jacob Peterson (3); 4. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (5); 5. 19-Nate Eakin (4); 6. 9A-Hunter Hanson (6); 7. 20G-Owen Graf (8); 8. (DNF) 9XX-Ramsie Shoenrock (7); 9. (DNS) 12P-Ryan Navratil.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Madi Miller (1); 2. 4SS-Brandon Halverson (4); 3. 12L-John Lambertz (3); 4. 81K-Kyla Anderson (2); 5. 9X-Laney Moore (9); 6. 13-Mel Halverson (6); 7. 65X-Sawyer Grogan (7); 8. 62J-Jay Masur (8); 9. (DNF) 81-Jared Jansen (5).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (2); 2. 1300-Brett Allen (1); 3. 30-Matt Johnson (4); 4. 31-Koby Werkmeister (3); 5. 3-Jeremiah Jordahl (6); 6. 6-Logan Moore (5); 7. 88-Nathan Thelen (7); 8. 3K-Dominic Kerzman (8).
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 91X-Johnny Sullivan (2); 2. 45-Monty Ferriera (1); 3. 23-Brandon Bosma (4); 4. 56-Bill Johnson (8); 5. 18-Tyler Rabenberg (3); 6. 4-Mike Stien (5); 7. 55R-Ryan Serrao (7); 8. 90-Eric Schulz (6).
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 17-Lee Goos Jr, 00:14.644 (34); 2. 19-Nate Eakin, 00:14.738 (40); 3. 4SS-Brandon Halverson, 00:14.750 (24); 4. 30-Matt Johnson, 00:14.782 (6); 5. 23-Brandon Bosma, 00:14.799 (33); 6. 23V-Michalob Voeltz, 00:14.828 (41); 7. 80P-Jacob Peterson, 00:14.876 (9); 8. 12L-John Lambertz, 00:14.897 (4); 9. 31-Koby Werkmeister, 00:14.907 (39); 10. 18-Tyler Rabenberg, 00:14.940 (22); 11. 9-Dominic Dobesh, 00:14.950 (3); 12. 15-Laela Eisenschenk, 00:14.951 (35); 13. 81K-Kyla Anderson, 00:14.987 (11); 14. 6B-Bayley Ballenger, 00:15.021 (38); 15. 91X-Johnny Sullivan, 00:15.042 (18); 16. 13G-Gaige Weldon, 00:15.079 (10); 17. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk, 00:15.089 (15); 18. 28-Madi Miller, 00:15.091 (37); 19. 1300-Brett Allen, 00:15.114 (14); 20. 45-Monty Ferriera, 00:15.153 (27); 21. 43-Jake Greenwood, 00:15.155 (17); 22. 2D-Dusty Ballenger, 00:15.195 (31); 23. 81-Jared Jansen, 00:15.209 (19); 24. 6-Logan Moore, 00:15.232 (7); 25. 4-Mike Stien, 00:15.246 (20); 26. 41-Jeff Wilke, 00:15.268 (8); 27. 9A-Hunter Hanson, 00:15.288 (29); 28. 13-Mel Halverson, 00:15.320 (12); 29. 3-Jeremiah Jordahl, 00:15.372 (16); 30. 90-Eric Schulz, 00:15.400 (21); 31. 28G-Gracyn Masur, 00:15.414 (42); 32. 9XX-Ramsie Shoenrock, 00:15.420 (23); 33. 65X-Sawyer Grogan, 00:15.466 (1); 34. 88-Nathan Thelen, 00:15.487 (28); 35. 55R-Ryan Serrao, 00:15.506 (25); 36. 23C-Ben Crees, 00:15.549 (5); 37. 20G-Owen Graf, 00:15.550 (2); 38. 62J-Jay Masur, 00:15.715 (13); 39. 3K-Dominic Kerzman, 00:15.991 (43); 40. 56-Bill Johnson, 00:15.991 (32); 41. (DQ) 35X-Zach Patterson, 00:15.305 (30); 42. (DQ) 12P-Ryan Navratil, 00:15.377 (36); 43. (DQ) 9X-Laney Moore, 00:15.414 (26).
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The FENDT Jackson Nationals: Friday - the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing; Saturday - the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and the Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars
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JACKSON MOTORPLEX -
Jackson Motorplex is a 4/10-mile dirt oval located in Jackson, Minn. It hosts special events from May through September, including races with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, Midwest Power Series, Midwest Sprint Touring Series and more. For more information, visit http://www.JacksonMotorplex.com .
Blair Gets Homecoming ULMS Win; Flick Sprints to Victory; Myers and Seippel Also Score
(Franklin, PA August 11, 2024): Max Blair, of nearby Centerville, was the winner of the ULMS Late Model feature on Sunday night at Tri-City Raceway Park, as the division returned to the track for the first time in three years. A.J. Flick made a late pass of Greg Wilson to steal the Krill Recycling LLC 410 Sprint Car feature win. Blaze Myers topped the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Cars, and Josh Seippel was the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stock winner.
Logan Zarin and Max Blair presented the thirty lap ULMS Late Model feature on the starting grid, with Blair leading the race from the start. Fourth starting Andy Boozel advanced to second in the early laps before third starting Jared Miley took the spot a few laps in. The first caution period of the race came on lap six and, on the restart, it was Blair again taking command over Miley and Zarin. Miley stayed close, within a second, before the next caution period came with eighteen laps complete. Again, Blair took control when racing resumed, with Miley unable to stay as close to the leader as he did before the caution. A final interlude with three laps remaining gave the field one last shot at the leader. But Blair resumed his lead for the remaining distance to post his second Late Model win at the track, the last coming in 2015. Since then, Blair moved on to compete at the regional and national levels in the Late Model ranks. Miley, the winner of the last Late Model race at the track in 2021, settled for second. Zarin was third over Andy Boozel and Alex Ferree. Tyler Dietz, Doug Eck, Dylan Lewis, Dave Stamm, and Greg Oakes filled the top ten. Blair and Miley were the heat winners. Blair also recorded the evening’s fastest time in qualifications, 17.73 seconds.
The twenty-five lap Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Car feature had Jim Morris and Brandon Spithaler on the front row. Spithaler led the first lap as tight racing in turn four found last week’s winner, Matt Farnham. spinning for the race’s first caution. Farnham was able to restart. A Nathen McDowell spin brought the caution out a lap later. Spithaler continued to show the way over Andy Priest and Bob Felmlee, as the yellow waved again with seven laps complete. It was still Spithaler as second running Priest had trouble on the backstretch to slow the race with twelve laps in. Spithaler now led over Felmlee, as Greg Wilson joined the lead battle. Wilson took second from Felmlee with the final caution on lap fifteen setting up an exciting ten lap run to the finish. When the green flew again, it was Spithaler now having his hands full with Wilson on the low line and seventh starting A.J. Flick on the outside lane. Wilson made an inside pass of Spithaler in turn four to take the lead on lap twenty, with Spithaler then retiring from the race. With Wilson low and Flick high and the leaders in race traffic, the battle was on for the win. Flick made the outside work off turn four to take the lead on lap twenty-two, as he held off Wilson’s challenges to win his fourth of the year and fourteenth at the track. Felmlee was third, with Farnham recovering to finish fourth. Brandon Matus was fifth, as Morris, Andy Cavanaugh, Bodey McClintock, Aaron Marano, and Nathen McDowell completed the top ten. Morris and Felmlee were the heat winners. A heat race incident involving Jeremy Weaver and Sean Rayhall severely damaged both machines, ending the evening for both teams.
Ricky Tucker, III and Arnie Kent led the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint feature to green with Kent taking the early lead. Fourth starting Blaze Myers was quickly up to challenge and, with an inside pass in turn three, he took the lead on lap two. Once in front, Myers quickly began to put distance between himself and the competition. Second was hotly contested as the green flag laps clicked by. Myers took the checkered flag 4.667 seconds ahead of his competitors. The win was his third of the season and fourth in the division. Kent prevailed over Joe Buccola in the battle for second. Last week’s winner, John Mollick, was fourth and Luke Mulichak was fifth for his best finish of the season. Mollick and Myers took the heat wins.
The fifteen lap Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stock main had Jake Whitling and Pat Fielding on the front row with Whitling leading from the start. A caution period on lap two slowed the pace, as fourth starting Josh Seippel took the lead on the restart. Late restarts on laps nine and ten gave the field additional chances to challenge, but Seippel went on to win his second feature of the year and eighth in the division, in the 300th Pro Stock race since the track reopened in 1995. Whitling matched his season’s best finish in second, 1.282 seconds behind, with Rod Laskey third. Joey Zambotti was fourth, with Russ Coyne fifth. Heat winners were Jim Fosnaught and Zambotti.
Mollick built upon his lead in the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge.
Next week, Tri-City Raceway Park will present the Ryder Memorial for the BRP Mofified Tour. The 21st Century Energy Group Modifieds will be ready to defend their home turf. Remember that the ground pounding Big Blocks will be back over Labor Day weekend for a double feature program, so mark your racing calendars for that one!
The divisional sponsors of Tri City Raceway Park for 2024 are: Krill Recycling, LLC (410 Sprint Cars), 21st Century Energy Group (Modifieds), Hovis Auto & Truck Supply (Pro Stocks), and 4 Your Car Connection (RUSH Sprint Cars).
All competitors at Tri City Raceway Park will be eligible for the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge. The driver that wins the most heat races over the course of the season, regardless of the class, will receive a special award.
Other marketing partners of Tri City Raceway Park for 2024 include: Erie Beer, Wab-Tec (manufacturer of locomotive engines), Schaeffer Lubricants, Keystone Transit (school buses), Blue Ox Timbers (buyers of timberland timber land management), Constable Refuse (residential and commercial garbage collectors), First Rate Realty (real estate sales), Landscape Connection (portable toilets and landscape supplies), KEI-Klapec Express Inc. (trucking company), BKI-Bert Klapec Inc. (excavation and demolition), Shambaugh Towing, Gibson Hill Automotive (auto repair), McCandless Ford Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), McCandless Trailer Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), Big Dog RC (remote controlled cars and race track), McGregor Excavating, Les Frickshun (lubricants and undercoating), Bish Heating & Cooling, Wet Hose LLC (pressure washing), Heffern Septic Service, Tionesta Builders Supply (located in Tionesta and Shippenville), UCIP-United Community Independence Program (housing and services for the handicapped), Close Racing Supply, Billy’s Garage & Towing, Oakland-Rampart Equipment (makers of centrifugal dryers, wash systems, and separators), Shaw Industries (machine shop), Welding Technologies, Froggie Radio, and Hards Welding.
Remember that you will need to check the Facebook page, Tri City Raceway Park, for current information. The former website is not updated and will soon be replaced.
Tri-City Raceway Park is located just a few miles north of Franklin, PA, at 3430 State Route 417 in Oakland Township. Professional auto racing is presented in a family friendly atmosphere most Sunday evenings from May through Labor Day weekend.
ULMS Late Models: Max Blair, Jared Miley, Logan Zarin, Andy Boozel, Alex Ferree, Tyler Dietz, Doug Eck, Dylan Lewis, Dave Stamm, Greg Oakes, Michael Lake, Chris Schneider, Darrell Bossard, Doiglas Eck, Jon Rohacevich. Nicholas Eck, Bump Hedman.
Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars: A.J. Flick, Greg Wilson, Bob Felmlee, Matt Farnham, Brandon Matus, Jim Morris, III, Andy Cavanaugh, Bodey McClintock, Aaron Marano, Nathen McDowell, Jazlyn Boyles, Brandon Spithaler, Andy Priest, Sean Rayhall (DNS), Jeremy Weaver (DNS).
4 Your Car Cinnection RUSH Sprint Cars: Blaze Myers, Arnie Kent, Joe Buccola, John Mollick, Luke Mulichak, Ricky Tucker, III, Brent Rhebergen, Cullen Hutchison, Billy Myers, Charles McClintock, Logen Lockhart, Tyler Clark, Shane Heath, Trent Marshall.
Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks: Josh Seippel, Jake Whitling, Rod Laskey, Joey Zambotti, Russ Coyne, Doug Iorio, II, Andrew Hammond, Travis Norman, Aaron Smith, Tony Spaghetti, Jimmy Fosnaught, Jason Kimmy, Charlie McMillen, Pat Fielding.
Bard Sweeps 410s at Clinton County
Mill Hall, PA – Garrett Bard of Wells Tannery, PA earned his second career 410 sprint car victory on Saturday night at the Clinton County Speedway. Both feature wins occurred at Clinton County just weeks apart. Bard was the winner of the third annual Phil Walter Classic collecting the $6,300 payday, a race honoring Phil Walter the all-time 410 feature winner at the 1/3-mile oval. Devin Freise won the East Coast Legends twin feature events and Matt Weaver of Centre Hall won the 4 Cylinders.
Bard, who won his heat race qualifier stared on the pole alongside Indiana driver, Devin DeVault. Bard took the lead from the drop of the green flag, leading DeVault, defending race winner Dale Blaney of Ohio, Davie Franek of New Jersey, and Dominic Melair of Pennsylvania.
The first caution occurred on lap number 7, when Linden’s Dale Schweikart
spun in turn two. Bard held off DeVault while Dominic Melair passed Franek for
fourth and began to challenge Blaney. A lap eleven caution for Josh Beamer and
Billy Dietrich when the two tangled on the front stretch, resulting in both
drivers going to the pit area.
Following the restart, Bard and DeVault ran first and second, while Blaney
and Melair continued to battle for the third postion. A lap 15 caution for Owen
Dimm and Tylar Rutherford who tangled in turn four bunched the field up once
again. Bard again maintained the lead, with DeVault, Blaney, Melair, and Mike
Bauer now running in the top five.
Bard began to quickly catch of the tail end of the field, which would make
lapped traffic a factor. Bard tried to maneuver the lapped traffic which slowed
his pace, allowing DeVault to close the gap between the top two cars. Meanwhile,
Blaney and Melair continued battle for the third postion. On lap number 25 and
in heavy lapped traffic, Melair passed Blaney for third and made it a three-car
battle for the lead. With two laps remaining, DeVault was on the rear bumper of
Bard and threatened to take the lead. As the duo came to the white flag it was a
drag race into turns one and two. Bard exited turn two with a slight lead over
DeVault and Melair was also withing striking distance hoping the top two would
make a mistake. As they entered turns three and four, DeVault took one last
attempt to steal the win, as the exited turn four, brining the crowd to their
feet as the leaders were side by side at the line. Bard, narrowly edged out
DeVault by .086 seconds for the win. Melair was third, Blaney fourth and Michael
Bauer was fifth. Sixth through tenth were Tyler Ross, Davie Franek, Logan
Rumsey, Dan Shetler and AJ Flick. Heats were won Davie Franek, Dale Blaney,
Garrett Bard, and Devin DeVault. B-Mains were won by Derek Swartz and Dylan
Norris. 44 sprint cars were in competition.
The East Coast Legends competed in twin 15 lap main events. In the first
feature event, Colton Friese and Seth Kearchner started on the front row.
Kearchner led the first three circuits, until Coton Friese made a pass for the
lead. Lincoln Kearchner and Devin Friese started working their way toward the
front, moving into second and third positions by lap number six. In the final
laps, Devin Friese began putting pressure on his nephew, Colton and by the white
flag lap it was a family feud to the finish. Devin Friese made the pass as the
duo exited turn four and the two Kearchners of Lincoln and Seth were right there
as well, Colton spun as his uncle crossed the line to take the win. Lincoln
Kearchner was second, Sith Kearchner was fourth, and Logan Jones completed the
top five. Sixth through tenth were Vincent Wenrich, Justin Wagaman, Kelby
Friese, Darren Lucas and Dave Benner. Heats were won by Colton Friese, Seth
Kearchner, and Devin Friese.
The East Coast Legends Series inverted the top 12 finishers for the start of
their second feature event. Grady McGrew started on the outside of the front row
and took the early lead. Seth Kearchner quickly moved to the front and was
running second by lap number six. On lap number seven, the red flag came out for
the car of Benjamin Morrow, when it caught on fire going into turn number two.
Morrow was ok. Devin Friese who started 12 worked his way through the field and
was up to second by lap number nine. A lap later he passed McGrew for the lead
and led the final 6 laps to claim his second victory of the season. McGrew held
onto second followed by Seth Kearchner, Scott Houdeschell, and Colton Friese.
Sixth through tenth were Darren Lucas, Justin Wagaman, Scott Spidle, Dalton
Friese and Kelby Friese.
Kyler Stahl and Larry Beachel started on the front row of the 4 Cylinder feature event. By the completion of lap number one., Matt Weaver charged from his third starting position into the lead, as Stahl, Beachel and Coty Maines battled for the runner up position. The events only caution occurred on lap number four when Terry Karchiner stopped on the speedway. Following the restart, Weaver continued to hold the lead, as Zak Kline and Coty Maines worked their way to the front of the field. At the midway point, Weaver was leading Kline, Beachel, Maines and Blake Snyder. Maines moved into third with two laps to go. Weaver raced to the win over Kline, Maines, Beachel and Snyder. Sixth through tenth Kyler Stahl, Garrett Lucas, Jason Koch, Dalton Lucas, and Kyle Strouse. Heats were won by Maines and Weaver
The Clinton County Speedway returns this Friday with the annual Len Stroud Memorial for the Limited Late Models paying $1,200 to win. In addition, the Pro Stocks, 270 Micros and 4 Cylinders will be on the card. Gates open at 5 and Hot laps begin at 7PM. For the latest speedway information visit the speedway website at www.clintoncountyspeedway.com or follow the speedway social media channels on Facebook, Instagram and X.
410 SPRINTS: 1. Garrett Bard, 2. Zane DeVault 3. Domenic Melair 4. Dale Blaney 5. Michale Bauer 6. Tyler Ross 7. Davie Franek, 8. Logan Rumsey 9. Dan Shetler 10. AJ Flick 11. TJ Stutts 12. Greg Wilson 13. Mike Thompson 14. Dale Schweikart 15. Dylan Norris 16. JT Ferry 17. Jordan Givler 18. Tylar Rutherford 19. Jake Water 20. Derek Swartz 21. Chris Smith 22. Owen Dimm 23. Josh Beamer 24. Billy Dietrich
DNS: Joe Kata III, Wyatt Walizer, John Jerich, Ryan Smith, Bob Felmlee, Croix Beasom, Kruz Kepner, Dustin Prettyleaf, Matt Heimbach, Cameron Smith, Daryl Stimeling, Tanner Brown, Seth Schnoke, Kyle Keen, Kar Walizer, Sean Rayhall, Dustin Baney, Chris Frank, Hayden Miller, John Walp
EAST COAST LEGENDS (feature 1): 1. Devin Friese, 2. Lincoln Keachner 3. Seth Keachner 4. Scott Houdeschell 5. Logan Jones 6. Vincent Wenrich 7. Justin Wagaman 8. Kelby Friese 9. Darren Lucas 10. Dave Benner 11. Grady McGrew 12. Erick Hurst 13. Hunter McElroy 14. Scott Spidle 15. Moses Goetz 16. Benjamin Morrow 17. Dalton Friese 18. Matt Grebe 19. Dustin Burnisky 20. Jimmy Eicher 21. Colton Friese 22. Ben Burnisky
EAST COAST LEGENDS (feature 2): ): 1. Devin Friese, 2. Grady McGrew 3. Seth Keachner 4. Scott Houdeschell 5. Colton Friese 6. Darren Lucas 7. Justin Wagaman 8. Scott Spidle 9. Dalton Friese 10. Kelby Friese 11. Erick Hurst 12. Vincent Wenrich 13. Hunter McElroy 14. Dave Benner 15. Moses Goetz 16. Matt Grebe 17. Dustin Burnisky 18. Lincoln Keachner 19. Ben Burnisky 20. Benjamin Morrow 21. Jimmy Eicher 21. 22. DNS Logan Jones
4-CYLINDERS: 1. Matt Weaver, 2. Zak Kline 3. Coty Maines 4. Larry Beachel Jr. 5. Blake Snyder 6. Kyler Stahl 7. Garrett Lucas 8. Jason Koch 9. Dalton Lucas 10. Kyle Strouse 11. Nick Snook 12. Terry Karichner 13. Alyssa Snook 14. Chaz Beaver 15. Ian Heaps DNS Toby Maines
PIERCE TAKES WIN IN FRONT OF STUDENTS AT THUNDER MOUNTAIN
Race Report By: Marty Czekala | Aug. 11, 2024
CENTER LISLE, N.Y. – Kyle Pierce’s day job isn’t too far from Thunder Mountain Speedway.
As a fourth grade teacher at Spencer-Van Etten Central School, under an hour away, many of his students showed up to watch him race his 305 Sprint car. They may now be good luck charms.
Pierce passed underneath Billy VanInwegen with eight laps to go to score his second win of the season at Thunder Mountain in the Joe’s Garage Southern Tier Series.
“I hope they come back with us," said Pierce in victory lane. We have a lot of family, people from school that have been coming. It's cool to pick up a win, but more special when they hear it 180 days out of the school year."
A pair of VanInwegens made up the front row: Emily VanInwegen followed by Billy VanInwegen, the latter of whom finished second last May. "Emily V" led the opening laps in the sibling rivalry, but "Billy V" grabbed the lead back on the outside through three and four.
“The Flyin' School Teacher" Pierce would move up to the runner-up spot, passing Emily VanInwegen on the top before the first yellow flew around the halfway point for Kirsten Dombrowski, spinning in turn three.
The restart saw Billy VanInwegen's No. 56v hold serve. Pierce explored options from the high to the low grooves and the leader cut off. Pierce seemed really good on the top, but when Billy VanInwegen took the top, the No. 9k switched downstairs and, on lap 18, took the lead in three and four to not look back and win.
“If you told me I was gonna do that, I wouldn't believe you," Pierce said. "I never ran the top here before; we were hoping I could poke my nose one time and get back to where I was. He’s not the guy you want behind you when it gets slick.”
The win is Pierce’s second of the Joe’s Garage Southern Tier Series and the sixth of his career, tying him for 13th on the all-time wins list.
In victory lane, Pierce dedicated this win to the late Evan Canfield, former CRSA Sprints photographer. Pierce revealed that plans were in the works to have Canfield’s EC Media logo on the wing of “The Flyin’ School Teacher’s.”
Two races at Thunder Mountain in 2024 and two runner-up finishes for Billy VanInwegen. Déjà vu to last May when he led early and then lost it later in the going.
“Real good early, horrid at the end,” said Billy VanInwegen. “Kyle ran a good race. Thanks to the VanDusen family for letting me run this thing. I need to get this thing to take off at the start. Just do our homework and find some speed.”
As for the other VanInwegen in the field, Emily VanInwegen piloted her No. 19em ride to third, her first podium finish since June 2019 at Glen Ridge when she finished second and her first top-five finish since Aug. 2022 at Afton.
“I ran the bottom all night except the feature, which is usually my safe zone," said Emily VanInwegen. “I wasn’t too sure how it was going to plan out. We gave it our best and this is where it’s at.”
Blake Warner finished sixth tonight after starting from 18th place, gaining 12 spots to make him the Powdertech Powdercoating Hard Charger of the Race.
Despite finishing in 18th, Jordan Hutton's moves throughout the race's first half awarded him the Maguire Family of Dealerships Magnificent Move of the Race. Hutton was involved in a crash in the final laps to end his night.
Up next for the CRSA Sprints is their first two-in-two of the year at Outlaw Speedway Friday and Woodhull Raceway Saturday for the first races in the Dandy Triple Play.
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 9k-Kyle Pierce[4]; 2. 56v-Billy VanInwegen[2]; 3. 19em-Emily VanInwegen[1]; 4. 29-Dalton Herrick[5]; 5. 22-Tomy Moreau[3]; 6. 21B-Blake Warner[18]; 7. 77-Bob Hamm[6]; 8. 28-Ron Greek[11]; 9. 410-Jerry Sehn Jr.[7]; 10. J27-John Cunningham[8]; 11. 4-Cliff Pierce[14]; 12. D9-Dustin Sehn[9]; 13. 33-Scott Landers[17]; 14. 10p-Vince Chicklets[12]; 15. 30-Kirsten Dombroski[13]; 16. 42-Jeremy Hamilton[19]; 17. 19c-Mark Connoly[15]; 18. 66-Jordan Hutton[10]; 19. 22m-Aaron Shelton[16]; 20. 10-Nathan Pierce[20]
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GAUGE GARCIA SLIDES INTO 64TH JOHNNY KEY CLASSIC VICTORY LANE AT OCEAN
SPEEDWAY
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (August 10, 2024) – Lemoore’s Gauge Garcia used an
old-school Ocean Speedway low line maneuver in turns three and four to prevail
over Bud Kaeding of San Jose and win the 64th Johnny Key Classic on Saturday
night in Watsonville. Garcia slid past Kaeding in the fourth turn on lap 29,
then led over a green-white-checkered finish for the $3,000 win.
“I have no idea man. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then. I
happened to hit (the bottom) once and I stuck with it and it was great,” Garcia
said. “It was a great night and I’m so excited to be here. This is not realistic
right now. About halfway through that race if you told me I was going to win, I
would have said you were crazy.”
Friday runner-up and 1996 Key Classic winner Kaeding led the 27 entries in
time trials. He also made a bold outside pass to win the dash race for the pole
position for the 30-lap feature.
Kaeding led the first six laps through a series of restarts with Arizona’s
Ashton Torgerson hot on his trail. Torgerson drove into the lead on lap seven in
turn one but the move was nullified by a caution flag.
Torgerson and Caeden Steele of Fresno squared off for second place with
Steele using the bottom to take the position on lap 10. The race saw six
restarts in the first 16 laps with Garcia advancing from tenth on the grid into
third by that point, using the bottom to pass Friday winner Tanner Carrick of
Lincoln.
Hanford’s DJ Netto spun on the front stretch out of a top-ten position with
six laps to go for a caution flag. On the restart, Garcia drove underneath
Steele for second then attempted to do the same on Kaeding. Garcia’s attempts
bore fruit when he slid past Kaeding in turn four to lead lap 29. The white flag
was followed by a caution flag when Kyle Rasmussen spun in turn two. Garcia
preserved the lead position for the restart. Kaeding tried the top down the
backstretch but got a slight piece of the wall, allowing Garcia some separation.
Garcia took the win over Kaeding and 16th-starting Sean Becker of Roseville.
Becker was credited with the Tribute to JP Morgan / Mr. Pickles of Morgan Hill
$250 Hard Charger. Steele and Clayton’s Joey Ancona rounded out the top-five.
Salinas’ Caleb Debem finished eighth, allowing the 18-year-old to wrap up the
2024 Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo championship as well.
Santa Cruz’ Logan Mitchell won his fifth Western Midget Racing feature of the
season and closed in on the championship battle with 2023 champion Bryant Bell
of Oakley in the process. The 25-lap win during the Johnny Key Classic paid
$1200 as part of the WMR Triple Crown Series.
“I just wanted to win so bad. We’ve been podiuming every race and been in the
hunt, just needed that one difference of starting first.” Mitchell said.
Mitchell won the fast heat race for the pole position for the feature.
Idaho’s Teddy Bivert topped Arizona’s Drake Edwards to win the second heat race
to set the fourth row starting positions as well.
Friday winner Anthony Bruno of San Jose leapt ahead of Mitchell at the start
of the feature from the outside pole. Last-place starter Bell and eighth-place
starter Edwards drove into third and fourth respectively. Bell’s bid for a
podium finish ended when he stopped in turn one with just two laps to go. He
would ultimately be scored ninth.
Mitchell followed Bruno closely. He tried the outside on the backstretch on
lap 13 but couldn’t complete a pass. Bruno swung wide exiting turn two on the
next lap, allowing Mitchell to cross over from the top to the bottom to take the
lead. Mitchell led the final 11 circuits for the win followed by Bruno, Edwards,
Adrianna DeMartini of Brentwood, and Nichols.
Joe Gallaher won his seventh Hobby Stock feature of the year in a 20-lap
race. Cody Keldsen led the field while the Gallaher family was a part of
exciting battling behind him. Bobby Gallaher suffered a flat left rear tire and
spun, bringing out a caution on lap eight. He was able to get a new tire on and
rejoin the race.
Trent Golden of Pittsburg seized the lead on the restart with Joe Gallaher
advancing into second as well. The pair ran side-by-side before Gallaher took
over the spot on lap 13. A caution flew on lap 14 for Adriane Frost of
Watsonville with a flat left rear tire as well but she also rejoined the action
after a pit stop.
Gallaher, Golden, Rob Gallaher, Bobby Gallaher, and Sam Kennedy were the
top-five finishers.
Ocean Speedway returns on Friday August 16 with the Terry Traub Memorial for
Hobby Stocks plus IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, Four Bangers, and South Bay
Dwarf Cars.
For more information, visit www.OceanSpeedway.com
Ocean Speedway 64th Johnny Key Classic August 10, 2024 – Race Results
Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 28-Gauge Garcia[10]; 2. 29-Bud Kaeding[1]; 3. 7B-Sean Becker[16]; 4. 121-Caeden Steele[3]; 5. 88A-Joey Ancona[4]; 6. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 7. 88-Ashton Torgerson[2]; 8. 3D-Caleb Debem[11]; 9. 5R-Ryan Rocha[7]; 10. 38-Colby Johnson[6]; 11. 8-Jeremy Chisum[21]; 12. 3-Cole Schroeder[8]; 13. 61-Travis Labat[12]; 14. 15-Cody Key[20]; 15. 23T-George Tristao Jr[18]; 16. 76-Jennifer Osborne[22]; 17. 72W-Kurt Nelson[14]; 18. 67G-Grant Duinkerken[9]; 19. 88N-DJ Netto[13]; 20. 38N-Kyle Rasmussen[15]; 21. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[17]; 22. 72JR-Chris Nelson[19]
WMR Midgets A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 96X-Logan Mitchell[1]; 2. 9-Anthony
Bruno[2]; 3. 35-Drake Edwards[8]; 4. ONE9-Adrianna DeMartini[3]; 5. 2ND-Terry
Nichols[4]; 6. 18-Todd Hawse[6]; 7. 31-Adam Weisberg[10]; 8. 57-Kinser
Claridge[9]; 9. 09-Bryant Bell[13]; 10. 68-Daniel Martinez[11]; 11. 25JR-Nathan
Moore[5]; 12. 11-Teddy Bivert[7]; 13. 1T-Koen Shaw[12]
Hobby Stocks A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1-Joe Gallaher[10]; 2. 7T-Trent
Golden[5]; 3. X2-Rob Gallaher[7]; 4. X1-Bobby Gallaher[6]; 5. 57W-Sam
Kennedy[9]; 6. 51-Adriane Frost[4]; 7. 01-Lilly Mead[8]; 8. 69-Norm Ayers[1]; 9.
(8)-Cody Keldsen[2]; 10. 83-Terry Campion[3]
LOGAN MITCHELL WINS COVETED JOHNNY KEY CLASSIC MIDGET FEATURE
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (August 11, 2024) – Santa Cruz’ Logan Mitchell won his fifth Western Midget Racing feature of the season on Saturday night at Ocean Speedway, closing in on the championship battle with 2023 champion Bryant Bell of Oakley in the process. The 25-lap win during the 64th Johnny Key Classic paid $1200 as part of the WMR Triple Crown Series.
“I just wanted to win so bad. We’ve been podiuming every race and been in the hunt, just needed that one difference of starting first.” Mitchell said.
Mitchell won the fast heat race among Friday’s top-six drivers, earning the pole position for the feature. Idaho’s Teddy Bivert topped Arizona’s Drake Edwards to win the second heat race to set the fourth row starting positions as well.
Friday winner Anthony Bruno of San Jose leapt ahead of Mitchell at the start of the feature from the outside pole. Last-place starter Bell and eighth-place starter Edwards drove into third and fourth respectively. Bell’s bid for a podium finish ended when he stopped in turn one with just two laps to go. He would ultimately be scored ninth.
Mitchell followed Bruno closely. He tried the outside on the backstretch on lap 13 but couldn’t complete a pass. Bruno swung wide exiting turn two on the next lap, allowing Mitchell to cross over from the top to the bottom to take the lead. Mitchell led the final 11 circuits for the win followed by Bruno, Edwards, Adrianna DeMartini of Brentwood, and Nichols.
The 2024 Western Midget Racing Triple Crown is brought to you by Sunland Wood Products, Mead Performance, Extreme Mufflers, Pasillas Tire, West Evans Motorsports, Lance Pierovich, and Hoosier Tire West.
Western Midget Racing continues its 2024 season on September 21 at Bakersfield Speedway. For more information visit www.WesternMidgetRacing.com
RESULTS: Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic August 10, 2024 A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 96X-Logan Mitchell[1]; 2. 9-Anthony Bruno[2]; 3. 35-Drake Edwards[8]; 4. ONE9-Adrianna DeMartini[3]; 5. 2ND-Terry Nichols[4]; 6. 18-Todd Hawse[6]; 7. 31-Adam Weisberg[10]; 8. 57-Kinser Claridge[9]; 9. 09-Bryant Bell[13]; 10. 68-Daniel Martinez[11]; 11. 25JR-Nathan Moore[5]; 12. 11-Teddy Bivert[7]; 13. 1T-Koen Shaw[12]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 96X-Logan Mitchell[1]; 2. 9-Anthony Bruno[2]; 3. ONE9-Adrianna DeMartini[3]; 4. 2ND-Terry Nichols[4]; 5. 25JR-Nathan Moore[6]; 6. 18-Todd Hawse[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Teddy Bivert[4]; 2. 35-Drake Edwards[5]; 3. 57-Kinser Claridge[1]; 4. 31-Adam Weisberg[3]; 5. 68-Daniel Martinez[6]; 6. 1T-Koen Shaw[2]; 7. 09-Bryant Bell[7]
2024 WMR Schedule – Subject to Change March 16 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Anthony Bruno March 29 Ocean Speedway – RAIN OUT March 30 Marysville Raceway – RAIN OUT
April 20 Bakersfield Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 4 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Bryant Bell May 17 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell May 18 Petaluma Speedway w/ BCRA Tom Manning Memorial – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
June 7 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell June 8 Petaluma Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell June 22 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
July 12 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic** - WINNER: Bryant Bell July 13 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic** - WINNER: Bryant Bell July 26 Ocean Speedway - WINNER: Bryant Bell July 27 Antioch Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
August 9 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic** - WINNER: Anthony Bruno August 10 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic** - WINNER: Logan Mitchell
September 21 Bakersfield Speedway
October 25 Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway October Classic** October 26 Ventura Raceway**
** indicates Triple Crown event
Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series
MARNE, Mich. (Aug. 10, 2024) – After his performance Saturday night with the Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series, Canadian Ryan Litt has begun to turn Berlin Raceway into somewhat of a second home.
Litt surged past reigning series champion Jason Blonde in turn four on lap 22 of a 30-lap feature, moments before Blonde slowed dramatically with a flat right-rear tire.
He never trailed after that, leading the final nine laps en route to his third straight win in the tour’s fall date at the seven-sixteenths-mile oval. It marked Litt’s fourth Must See Racing feature victory overall.
Saturday was also Litt’s first series victory since becoming a father back in February, with six-month-old daughter Everly in attendance.
“He [Blonde] snookered me on the start. I almost spun out in between [turns] one and two,” Litt laughed. “But he’s always fun to race here. He is one of the best at this track, but you know he’s going to race you clean.
“I saw him smoking and sparking going into three late there, and I had a little run and took it,” Litt added. “It was a good race. Pretty nerve-wracking with a bunch of cautions at the end, but we made it work.”
Reigning series rookie-of-the-year Kevin Mingus started from the pole after an inversion roll of eight prior to the main, but it was Dorman Snyder who jumped out to the early advantage from the outside of the front row.
Snyder led the first eight laps in Wayne Stickney’s familiar No. 99, before Blonde came roaring past by using his traditional high side speed to gain control on the ninth rotation.
Blonde tried to check out at that point, but Litt was hot on his heels, moving quickly past Snyder into second and then lurking less than a second behind Blonde until just before the halfway point.
Snyder then slowed working lap 16 – a flat right-rear tire the culprit – but was able to make a tire change and return, while Litt and Blonde scrapped for the lead on the ensuing restart.
With 10 to go, Litt rocketed closer to Blonde’s rear bumper, before making what would ultimately be the pass for the win in the fourth corner after shooting all the way to the apron to avoid Blonde’s slowing car.
The reigning champ wasn’t done, however.
After getting a replacement tire and restarting on the tail of the lead lap in eighth, Blonde roared around the third lane on a lap-23 restart, passing six cars in half a lap to regain the runner-up position.
“I figured he had a flat tire or broke,” said Litt of Blonde. “I couldn’t believe he got back up there, though. “I was ready for the restart, and he pulled up beside me … I was like, ‘What the heck?’”
Despite the sudden surge, Blonde had nothing left to get back past Litt, even with a two-lap sprint to the finish after Davey Hamilton Jr. slowed with a blown engine to bring out the night’s final caution flag.
“I surprised myself, to be honest with you,” Blonde admitted of his move to get back toward the front. “I didn’t think it was going to be that good, because we put a used tire on, but it just shows how good the car was … especially out in clean air when we were leading. I didn’t think I'd be the second place car by that first lap [after the restart], though.
“Just hats off to the guys. After qualifying and the heat race, we were just a little free, and I got my tires really hot – almost blistering hot. We had to make a couple spring changes, but it brought the car to life. Not quite enough in those last few laps.”
British Columbia’s Aaron Willison completed the podium, giving Canada two of the top three finishers.
Bobby Komisarski and Kevin Mingus, locked in a duel for the runner-up spot in the series standings, were fourth and fifth, respectively. Championship leader Joe Liguori crossed the line in sixth.
Leading Must See Racing Midwest Lights Series competitor Charlie Baur posted a career-best mark with the national series Saturday night, earning a ninth-place finish with his family-owned race team.
Willison kicked off the program with his second fast qualifying effort of the season, timing in at 13.355 seconds (117.933 mph) in the iconic Dick Myers-owned No. 50m car.
Teddy Alberts won the first eight-lap heat race, while Litt topped the eight-lap Engine Pro Fast Car Dash, which served as the night’s second heat.
The two-race Fast Car Dash mini-series points title – comprising both Must See Racing events this season at Berlin – unofficially went to Blonde. He earned the honor with a one-point margin over Litt.
The Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series season continues Saturday, Aug. 31 at Owosso Speedway in Ovid, Mich., where Willison captured his first win on the tour back in June.
RESULTS: Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series; Berlin Raceway; Marne, Mich.; Aug. 10, 2024
Qualifying (best of two laps): 1. Aaron Willison, 50m, Myers-13.355; 2. Davey Hamilton Jr., 14, Morgan-13.573; 3. Jason Blonde, 42, Nosal-13.666; 4. Joe Liguori, 68, Liguori-13.717; 5. Bobby Komisarski, 7, Fogle-13.737; 6. Ryan Litt, 07, Litt-13.971; 7. Dorman Snyder, 99, Stickney-14.036; 8. Kevin Mingus, Z10, Mingus-14.152; 9. Adam Biltz, 8a, Reiser-14.452; 10. Charlie Baur, 23, CB1-14.775; 11. Tom Geren, 11g, Geren-14.817; 12. Rick Holley, 85, Reiser-14.953; 13. Teddy Alberts, 44, Wolverine-14.986; 14. Brady Allum, 81, Blake-15.347; 15. Luke Krick, 9, USA Earthworks-15.408; 16. Joshua Sexton, 51s, Sexton-15.898; 17. Matt Double, 14x, USA Earthworks-16.597.
Heat #1 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. Teddy Alberts [1], 2. Tom Geren [3], 3. Charlie Baur [4], 4. Luke Krick [6], 5. Joshua Sexton [7], 6. Matt Double [8], 7. Adam Biltz [5], 8. Rick Holley [2], 9. Brady Allum (DNS).
Engine Pro Fast Car Dash Heat #2 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. Ryan Litt [1], 2. Jason Blonde [4], 3. Bobby Komisarski [2], 4. Joe Liguori [3], 5. Aaron Willison [6], 6. Davey Hamilton Jr. [5], 7. Dorman Snyder [7], 8. Kevin Mingus [8].
Perfit A-Feature (30 laps): 1. 07-Ryan Litt [3], 2. 42-Jason Blonde [6], 3. 50m-Aaron Willison [8], 4. 7-Bobby Komisarski [4], 5. Z10-Kevin Mingus [1], 6. 68-Joe Liguori [5], 7. 11g-Tom Geren [10], 8. 85-Rick Holley [16], 9. 23-Charlie Baur [9], 10. 14-Davey Hamilton Jr. [7], 11. 51s-Joshua Sexton [13], 12. 99-Dorman Snyder [2], 13. 9-Lucas Krick [12], 14. 44-Teddy Alberts [11], 15. 8a-Adam Biltz [15], 16. 14x-Matt Double [14], 17. 81-Brady Allum (DNS).
Lap Leader(s): Kevin Mingus (Grid), Dorman Snyder 1-8, Jason Blonde 9-21, Ryan Litt 22-30.
ANTHONY BRUNO WINS FIRST OCEAN WMR EVENT DURING JOHNNY KEY KICK OFF
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (August 10, 2024) – San Jose’s Anthony Bruno won his
second career Western Midget Racing feature and his first at his home Ocean
Speedway in a thriller against Santa Cruz Logan Mitchell on Friday night in
Watsonville. The event paid $500 to win, kicking off the 64th Johnny Key Classic
and the second weekend of the WMR Triple Crown Series.
“Honestly it means the world to me,” Bruno said. “I grew up coming here with
my grandparents and my mom and dad would take me all the time when I was young.
I always wanted to win here.”
Bruno’s Boscacci Racing teammates Adrianna DeMartini of Brentwood and 2023
champion Bryant Bell of Oakley won the eight-lap heat races.
Bruno lined up alongside Adam Weisberg of Santa Clarita for the 20-lap
feature. Weisberg had a slow start which also bottled up Delano’s Terry Nichols
and dropped them out of the top-five. Bruno and Mitchell broke free from the
pack immediately, then ran in lockstep throughout the contest.
Current points leader Bell ran in third for the first four laps before
flipping wildly in turn three to end his evening.
Mitchell hounded the back bumper of Bruno as they built up a comfortable
advantage over DeMartini in third. Mitchell made his move on the outside coming
to the checkered flag but fell short by a nose.
Bruno earned the win over Mitchell, DeMartini, Nichols, and Todd Hawse of
Moorpark. Bruno then spun a two-car inversion for Saturday’s fast heat which
will set the starting line-up for the first three rows of the Saturday feature.
The balance of the field will battle for positions seventh on back in the second
heat race. Saturday’s feature pays $1200 to win and $150 to start.
The 2024 Western Midget Racing Triple Crown is brought to you by Sunland Wood
Products, Mead Performance, Extreme Mufflers, Pasillas Tire, West Evans
Motorsports, Lance Pierovich, and Hoosier Tire West.
For more information visit www.WesternMidgetRacing.com
RESULTS: Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic August 9, 2024
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 9-Anthony Bruno[1]; 2. 96X-Logan Mitchell[3]; 3.
ONE9-Adrianna DeMartini[6]; 4. 2ND-Terry Nichols[4]; 5. 18-Todd Hawse[10]; 6.
25JR-Nathan Moore[12]; 7. 68-Marvin Mitchell[9]; 8. 09-Bryant Bell[5]; 9.
57-Kinser Claridge[8]; 10. 31-Adam Weisberg[2]; 11. 11-Teddy Bivert[7]; 12.
1T-Koen Shaw[13]; 13. (DNS) 35K-Drake Edwards
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. ONE9-Adrianna DeMartini[3]; 2. 2ND-Terry Nichols[6]; 3.
31-Adam Weisberg[1]; 4. 11-Teddy Bivert[7]; 5. 68-Marvin Mitchell[5]; 6.
35K-Drake Edwards[2]; 7. 1T-Koen Shaw[4]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 09-Bryant Bell[3]; 2. 96X-Logan Mitchell[5]; 3. 9-Anthony
Bruno[4]; 4. 57-Kinser Claridge[6]; 5. 18-Todd Hawse[2]; 6. 25JR-Nathan Moore[1]
2024 WMR Schedule – Subject to Change
March 16 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Anthony Bruno
March 29 Ocean Speedway – RAIN OUT
March 30 Marysville Raceway – RAIN OUT
April 20 Bakersfield Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 4 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
May 17 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 18 Petaluma Speedway w/ BCRA Tom Manning Memorial – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
June 7 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
June 8 Petaluma Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
June 22 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
July 12 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic** - WINNER: Bryant Bell
July 13 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic** - WINNER: Bryant Bell
July 26 Ocean Speedway - WINNER: Bryant Bell
July 27 Antioch Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
August 9 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic** - WINNER: Anthony Bruno
August 10 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic**
September 21 Bakersfield Speedway
October 25 Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway October Classic**
October 26 Ventura Raceway**
** indicates Triple Crown event
TANNER CARRICK OPENS JOHNNY KEY CLASSIC WEEKEND WITH DOMINATING OCEAN
SPRINTS WIN
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (August 9, 2024) – Lincoln’s Tanner Carrick dominated
Friday’s Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo feature, leading all 30-laps in
the prelude to Saturday’s 64th Johnny Key Classic at Ocean Speedway in
Watsonville. The win paid $2000 and gives Carrick momentum heading into the
$3000 to win event on Saturday.
Caeden Steele of Fresno topped the 26 entries in time trials before Carrick
scored the pole for the feature by winning the dash.
The opening lap saw excitement when Yuba City’s Seth Standley and Livermore’s
Travis Labat banged wheels on the front stretch. Surprisingly the field was able
to avoid a melee and racing resumed.
Penngrove’s Colby Johnson knifed through the fracas to drive from sixth
starting position into third. Carrick approached traffic by the fifth lap and
briefly had company from Steele in the second position. Carrick then accumulated
a strong lead as he darted in and out of traffic. At halfway, Johnson found his
way past Steele for second. Steele was then passed by Guage Garcia of Lemoore
for third as well.
Grant Duinkerken of Riverdale and Cody Key of Fresno collided on the
backstretch on lap 20, sending Key into a side-over-side flip. Johnson, Steele,
and Gilroy’s Kurt Nelson were also gobbled up as they tried to avoid with Steele
flipping as well. Duinkerken was the only car able to continue.
The incident erased a 5.4 second lead for Carrick and gave him a new customer
to deal with in Garcia. Garcia tried to slide Carrick on the restart into turn
one but was unable to complete a pass. Bud Kaeding then made a slider attempt on
Garcia for second. On the second attempt on lap 22, the move stuck and Kaeding
took over the position.
Kaeding closed in on Carrick as they approached lapped traffic with four to
go but a caution fell for Burt Foland, Jr. of Campbell spinning in turn one.
Carrick drove away on the restart with free real estate ahead of him for the
win, followed by Kaeding, Garcia, points leader Caleb Debem, and Standley.
Ashton Torgerson advanced ten positions to earn the JP Morgan and Mr. Pickles
Hard Charger worth $200.
San Jose’s Anthony Bruno won his second career Western Midget Racing feature
and his first at his home Ocean Speedway in a thriller against Santa Cruz Logan
Mitchell.
Adrianna DeMartini of Brentwood and 2023 champion Bryant Bell of Oakley won
the eight-lap heat races.
Bruno lined up alongside Adam Weisberg of Santa Clarita for the 20-lap
feature. Weisberg had a slow start which also bottled up Delano’s Terry Nichols.
Bruno and Mitchell broke free and ran in lockstep throughout the contest worth
$500 to win, kicking off the second weekend of the WMR Triple Crown.
Current points leader Bell ran in third for the first four laps before
flipping wildly in turn three to end his evening.
Mitchell hounded the back bumper of Bruno as they built up a comfortable
advantage over DeMartini in third. Mitchell made his move on the outside coming
to the checkered flag but fell short by a nose. Bruno earned the win over
Mitchell, DeMartini, Terry Nichols of Delano, and Todd Hawse of Moorpark. Bruno
then spun a two car inversion for Saturday’s fast heat which will set the
starting line up for the first three rows of the feature. The balance of the
field will battle for positions seventh on back in the second heat race.
2023 Hobby Stocks champion Joe Gallaher drove worst to first to grab his
seventh win of the season in a 20-lap main event. His grandson Bobby Gallaher
worked to the outside of Watsonville’s Adriane Frost to seize the lead at the
start.
Joe Gallaher passed his son Rob Gallaher for second on lap 12 then closed in
on Bobby. Grandpa took over the lead on lap 15 on the inside in turn three and
never relinquished it. The three generations of Gallaher finished one-two-three
with Joe, Bobby, and Rob followed by Frost and Reeder.
Gilroy’s TJ Santos made the most of his first Four Bangers start of the
season by leading the 15-lap feature wire-to-wire. Santos won his heat race as
well.
Original pole sitter Kenny Stragalinos of Boulder Creek had to start at the
rear after his car stalled on the first attempt at a start. Stragalinos drove
into third around the outside of Travis Vangilder of Felton on lap six.
Stragalinos quickly moved past Nicole Beardsley into second on lap seven but the
move would be nullified by a crash in turn four.
Peter Vannerus and Ken Keagan tangled in the fourth turn, resulting in Keagan
flipping over onto his roof to draw a red flag. He was uninjured.
The incident took away a six second lead that Santos had built up over the
pack. Stragalinos challenged Beardsley before completing the pass on lap 16 for
second. He was unable to make up ground on Santos’ 3.4 second advantage at that
point.
Santos grabbed victory over Stragalinos, Beardsley, Van Gilder, and Vannerus.
The 64th Johnny Key Classic hits the track on Saturday night with Ocean
Sprints presented by Taco Bravo, Western Midget Racing, and Hobby Stocks. Adult
tickets are $25. Spectator gates open at 3:30pm with mud packing and hot laps at
4:15pm
Saturday’s Johnny Key Classic finale is $3,000 to win, $1,000 for second, and
$800 for third. Each night will have a guaranteed $300 to start the main event.
Extra money will also be on the line for fast time and hard charger both nights
in memory of JP Morgan, who considered the Key Classic to be his favorite event.
For more information, visit www.OceanSpeedway.com
Ocean Speedway August 9, 2024 – Race Results
Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 83T-Tanner Carrick[1]; 2. 29-Bud Kaeding[11]; 3. 28-Gauge Garcia[8]; 4. 3D-Caleb Debem[7]; 5. 25S-Seth Standley[3]; 6. 61-Travis Labat[5]; 7. 88-Ashton Torgerson[17]; 8. 5R-Ryan Rocha[9]; 9. 8-Jeremy Chisum[2]; 10. 67G-Grant Duinkerken[15]; 11. 3-Cole Schroeder[16]; 12. 88SR-Koen Shaw[21]; 13. 23T-George Tristao Jr[13]; 14. 76-Jennifer Osborne[12]; 15. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[20]; 16. 99-Tristan Guardino[22]; 17. 4-Burt Foland Jr[14]; 18. 38-Colby Johnson[6]; 19. 121-Caeden Steele[4]; 20. 15-Cody Key[10]; 21. 72W-Kurt Nelson[18]; 22. 88A-Joey Ancona[19]
WMR Midgets A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 9-Anthony Bruno[1]; 2. 96X-Logan
Mitchell[3]; 3. ONE9-Adrianna DeMartini[6]; 4. 2ND-Terry Nichols[4]; 5. 18-Todd
Hawse[10]; 6. 25JR-Nathan Moore[12]; 7. 68-Marvin Mitchell[9]; 8. 09-Bryant
Bell[5]; 9. 57-Kinser Claridge[8]; 10. 31-Adam Weisberg[2]; 11. 11-Teddy
Bivert[7]; 12. 1T-Koen Shaw[13]; 13. (DNS) 35K-Drake Edwards
Hobby Stocks A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1-Joe Gallaher[8]; 2. X1-Bobby
Gallaher[4]; 3. X2-Rob Gallaher[3]; 4. 51-Adriane Frost[2]; 5. 8-Wayne
Reeder[1]; 6. 15-Jill Knoebel[5]; 7. 01-Lilly Mead[6]; 8. (DNS) 55F-Shane
Freeman
Four Bangers A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 14-TJ Santos[2]; 2. 720-Kenny
Stragalinos[1]; 3. 2-Nicole Beardsley[4]; 4. 112-Travis VanGilder[3]; 5.
37-Peter Vannerus[5]; 6. 8-Thomas Cumming[11]; 7. 43-Kate Beardsley[6]; 8.
50F-Shelbie Freeman[9]; 9. 5-Bill Beardsley[8]; 10. 51-Ken Keegan[10]; 11.
28J-Joshua Silva[7]
New York 2, PA 2 at Tri City Raceway Park
(Franklin, PA August 4, 2024); Before a packed house on Fan Appreciation Night courtest of Webco Industries, Inc., the winners at Tri-City Raceway Park, on Sunday night were Matt Farnham in the Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars, Erick Rudolph in the 21st Century Energy Group Modifieds, John Mollick in the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprints, and Hunter Exley in the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks. In addition to an exciting night of racing, the fans were treated to an autograph session with IndyCar veteran Santino Ferruci.
For the 20 lap feature for the Krill Recycling 410 Sprints, Brandon Spithaler and Jeremy Weaver received front row spots in the redraw for the top eight starting positions. Usually, front row starting spots are highly coveted and considered extremely lucky, but on this night they were not lucky at all. On the initial start, Weaver was involved in an incident in turn two that forced a complete restart, sending him to the tail of the field. This moved original third starting Brandon Matus to the outside of the front row for the next attempted start. The race went green, but Spithaler fell off the pace on the backstretch, as seventh starting Matt Farnham slipped through to take the lead as lap one was scored. Spithaler's slowing machine drew the caution, and he was pushed to the pits under the yellow. Matus, who had inherited the front row spot, also stopped during the caution and exited the race, as the top three starters on the grid never made it to lap two. Farnham continued to lead when the race restarted, with fifth starting Tyler Esh taking up the chase. The New Yorker, Farnham, was strong in the lead, pulling to a comfortable margin as the green flag laps clicked by. Farnham raced home the winner for the second time this season, and his third career win at the track. Esh was second, 4.195 seconds behind at the checkered flag. A.J. Flick finished third with Bob Felmlee fourth, as they battle for the lead in the point standings. After this event, Felmlee’s lead is down to a single point. Floridian Connor Morrell was fifth in his first ever visit, with Weaver recovering to finish sixth. John Jerich, Carl Bowser, Nathen McDowell, and Andy Cavanaugh rounded out the top ten. Weaver and Farnham were the heat race winners.
It took three tries to get the 21st Century Energy Group Modified feature going, but once it did it raced non-stop to the finish. Erick Rudolph continued his mastery of Tri-City in 2024, racing to his fifth feature event of the season. The New York veteran will be the odds-on favorite to win the Ryder Memorial for the BRP Tour on August 18. Chad Reitz ran a solid second throughout the twenty lap distance, finishing 5.658 seconds behind. Heat race winner Rick Regalski was third, with Steve Slater fourth and Tom Holden fifth.
In the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprints, a special format was used as two heat races were run with the top three finishers from each going to the dash presented by Marsh Heating & Cooling. John Mollick and Blaze Myers were heat winners. Myers won the dash win to earn the pole position for the twenty lap feature race, flanked by Gale Ruth, Jr. Myers moved to the early lead, as fourth starting Mollick was up to challenge. On lap two, point leader Mollick moved to the outside of Myers and was ahead by a nose before clearing him for the lead on lap three. After a caution period on lap nine, Mollick continued to lead, but on a later restart on lap fifteen, Myers was able to challenge him for the top spot. Later caution periods on laps eighteen and nineteen would extend the race to twenty-one laps, as per track rules there must be two laps run to finish a main. The restarts gave Myers extra chances, but Mollick stayed in front to earn his fourth feature of the season, and fifth in the division. Myers settled for a close second over Ruth, Arnie Kent, and Brent Rhebergen.
The twenty lap Pro Stock feature event went to Hunter Exley for his first win in the Ho-City Raceway Park will vis Auto & Truck Supply division. He became the fifty-sixth different winner in 299 races held since 1996. Exley took command early in the event from third starting spot and raced home the winner. Jake Whitling had his best finish of the season in second, holding off Chris Schneider in third. Tim Bish and Pat Fielding rounded out the top five, with point leader Rod Laskey sixth. Heat race winners were Fielding and Schneider. John Mollick leads the way in the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge, with five wins.
Next week, Tri-City Raceway Park will present its only Super Late Model Race of the season. The ULMS Late Model Series will roar into town. Current Series points leader, Michael Lake, is gunning for his first series championship. Other regional stars, like Ryan Montgomery, Logan Zarin, Dave Stamm, John Rohacevich, Dylan Cecce, Greg Oakes, Andy Boozel, and Doug Eck are expected to enter. Colton Flinner, Jared Miley, Bryan Bernheisel, and Gregg Satterlee are other possible entries. This will be a must-see event!
The divisional sponsors of Tri-City Raceway Park for the 2024 season are: Krill Recycling, LLC (410 Sprint Cars), 21st Century Energy Group (Modifieds), Hovis Auto & Truck Supply (Pro Stocks), and 4 Your Car Connection (RUSH Sprint Cars).
All Competitors at Tri-City Raceway Park are eligible for the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge. The driver that wins the most heat races over the course of the season. regardless of the calss, will receive a special award.
Other marketing partners of Tri-City Raceway Park for 2024 include: Erie Beer, Wab-Tec (manufacturere of locomotive engines), Shaffer Lubricants, Keystone Transit (school buses), Blue Ox Timbers (buyers of timberland and timber land management), Constable Refuse (residential and commercial garbage collectors), First Rate Realty (real estate sales), Landscape Connection (portable toilets and landscape supplies), KEI-Klapec Express Inc. (trucking company), BKI-Bert Klapec Inc. (excavation and demolition), Shambaugh Towing, Gibson Hill Automotive (auto repair), McCandless Ford Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), McCandless Trailer Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), Big Dog RC (remote controlled cars and race track), Mcgregor Excavating, Les Frickshun (lubricants and undercoating), Bish Heating & Cooling, Wet Hose LLC (pressure washing), Heffern Septic Service, Tionesta Builders Supply (located in Tionesta and Shippenville), UCIP-United Community Independence Program (housing and services for the handicapped), Close Racing Supply, Billy's Garage & Towing, Oakland-Rampart Equipment (makers of centrifugal dryers, wash systems, and separators), Shaw Industries (machine shop), Welding Technologies, Froggie Radio, and Hards Welding.
Remember that you will need to check the Facebook page, Tri-City Raceway Park, for current information. The former website is not updated and will soon be replaced.
Tri-City Raceway Park is located just a few miles north of Franklin, PA, at 3430 StateRoute 417 in Oakland Township. Professional auto racing will be presented in a family friendly atmosphere most Sunday evenings from May through Labor day weekend.
Tri-City Raceway Park results for Sunday, August 4, 2024
Sprints
1, 7NY, Matt Farnham
2, 12J, Tyler Esh
3, 2, A.J. Flick
4, 6, Bob Felmlee
5, 28M, Conner Morrell
6, 35W, Jeremy Weaver
7, 3, John Jerich
8, 11, Carl Bowser
9, 11M, Nathen McDowell
10, X7, Andy Cavanaugh
11, 19M, Bodey McClintock
12, 34M, Aaron Marano
13, 30, Jazlyn Boyles
14, 22, Brandon Spithaler
15, 13, Brandon Matus
Modifieds
1, 25, Erick Rudolph
2, 9R, Chad Reitz
3, 13, Rick Regalski
4, 35, Steve Slater
5, 60, Tom Holden
6, 1R, Brandon Ritchey
7, 17, Brad Deeter
8, 02, Jeremy Beichner
9, 11R, Brad Rapp
RUSH Sprints
1, 4J, John Mollick
2, 41, Blaze Myers
3, 24, Gale Ruth, Jr.
4, 9, Arnie Kent
5, 68, Brent Rhebergen
6, 17, Trent Marshall
7, 1T, Ricky Tucker, III
8, 54, Devon Deeter
9, 1E, Curt Emings
10, 83, Cullen Hutchison
11, 43SR, Billy Myers
12, 56, Tyler Clark
13, 58, Logen Lockhart
14, 48T, T.J. Rosario
15, 17M, Charles McClintock
16, 55, Luke Mulichak
17, 23, Charlie Utsinger
DNS, 5B, Joe Buccola
Seeing Double? Hillier Takes Two Wins at Skagit Speedway
8/3/24
By Kaleb Hart
Alger, WA - At the age of 14 and almost 3 months, Levi Hillier pulled off what many strive for but never achieve - winning the sprint car features in two different divisions at Skagit Speedway on the same night.
The first victory of the night came in the Sportsman Sprint division, where Levi had a relatively easy go of things, leading all twenty five laps of the feature unchallenged for the win. The victory was his third of the year in the Sportsman Sprint division. Jesson Jacobson and Steve Parker dueled for second and third place with Jacobson coming out on top. Parker set quick time and won his heat race. Hillier won heat two with Kai Dixon winning heat three.
The follow up feature for Hillier upped the level of difficulty, as he started on the front row next to the always fast Trey Starks. Levi would get the jump going into turn one, with Starks pursuing him around the low groove. Trey took a look multiple times to the low side of both sets of corners but never found the forward drive to pull even with Levi, as Hillier used the high side to maintain his lead while the pair raced into traffic. A close call with a slower car forced Levi to have to slam the door on the low groove in turn three hard around lap 10, but that’s as close as Starks could eventually get. Despite having one of the Northwest’s best no further than three car lengths back of him for the majority of the main, it was Hillier coming out on top for his second win of the night and his first in the 360 division aboard the Rudeen Racing sprint car. With his victory, Levi became the second youngest 360 winner in track history behind Colby Thornhill’s win at 14 years and 1 month in 2020. Starks and Cam Smith rounded out the podium. Smith was fast time on the night, while heat wins went to Starks, Hillier, Jesse Schlotfeldt and Colton Heath.
The Skagit Aggregates IMCA Modifieds ere back in action on Saturday night and it was Jeff Westergard racing to his second win of the season. Ben Gunderson had led since lap two but under caution on lap 16, he lost air pressure in his right front tire and had to head to the pits to change it. Westergard, who had battled from deep up to second place, inherited the lead and went the rest of the way for the win. James Bundy took second while Gunderson raced his way back up the field for third. Westergard won his heat race, with Rick Smith winning the other heat.
360 Sprints
Fast Time - Cam Smith 12.122
Heat 1 - Jesse Schlotfeldt
Heat 2 - Trey Starks
Heat 3 - Colton Heath
Heat 4 - Levi Hillier
A Main - Levi Hillier, Trey Starks, Cam Smith, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Robbie Price, Jason Solwold, Tanner Holm, Chase Goetz, Levi Klatt, Tyler Anderson, Destry Miller, Jordan Milne, Dallas Melby, Peyton Drake, Jeff Dunlap, Dustin Gehring, Duke Johnson, Dan Reynold, Bill Rude, Axle Oudman, Colby Thornhill, Colton Heath, Ashleigh Johnson, Aydan Saunders
Lap Leaders - Hillier 1-30
Sportsman Sprints
Fast Time - Steve Parker 13.018
Heat 1 - Steve Parker
Heat 2 - Levi Hillier
Heat 3 - Kai Dixon
B Main - Tanner Merritt
A Main - Levi Hillier, Jesson Jacobson, Steve Parker, Jayden Whitney, Brody Ferguson, Keira Zylstra, Brian Holmkvist, Alden Ostrom, Dustin Gehring, Allison Johnson, Ryder Shiflett, Tanner Merritt, Roy Blumenhagen, Jeff Pearson, Tom Weiss, Kai Dixon
Lap Leaders - Hillier 1-25
Skagit Aggregates IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1 - Rick Smith
Heat 2 - Jeff Westergard
Main - Jeff Westergard, James Bundy, Ben Gunderson, Alan Grimbly, Kevin Smith, Austin Smith, Rick Smith, Steve Peters, Ben Malmstadt, Branden Nutter, Will Taylor, Greg Hibma, Adam Holtrop, Cory Gordon
Lap Leaders - Hibma 1 Gunderson 2-16 Westergard 17-2
Kent tops USL field at Creek County Speedway
By John Rittenoure
KELLYVILLE, Okla. (August 3, 2024) - Defending champion Johnny Kent put himself in contention for another points title with his victory in the Ortco, inc. United Sprint League presented by Same Day Auto Repair main event Saturday at Creek County Speedway.
Starting from the pole, Kent put his number 55 out front and went the distance in the 30-lapper around the Creek County quarter-mile. The victory moved Kent from fifth to second in the points race just 28 points behind leader Tim Kent.
The race for second ended with Ty Hulsey just ahead of third place Noah Harris. Brett Wilson
held on to fourth and Tim Kent charged from 11th to fifth.
Danny Smith led a field on last chance qualifiers into the main event with his victory in the DFR Discount Tire B main. Craig Carroll, Cody Jarvis, Grady Mercer, Tanner Conn, Greg York, Spencer Mason and Tyler LaPointe finished 2nd thru 8th and making the cut into the A main. Out of the eight Carroll had the most success in the A main charging from 14th to finish 8th.
United Sprint League
Creek County Speedway - Kellyville, Oklahoma
August 3, 2024
Ortco Inc A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 55-Johnny Kent[1]; 2. 24H-Ty Hulsey[3]; 3. 20-Noah Harris[5]; 4. 23A-Brett Wilson[2]; 5. 79-Tim Kent[11]; 6. 38-Jimmy Forrester[4]; 7. 50-Cody Whitworth[12]; 8. 24C-Craig Carroll[14]; 9. 99J-Cooper Sullivan[9]; 10. 18J-Cody Jarvis[15]; 11. 7F-Joshua Tyre[8]; 12. 6-Tanner Conn[17]; 13. 9$-Kyle Clark[6]; 14. 5$-Danny Smith[13]; 15. 45L-Tyler LaPointe[20]; 16. 69-Greg York[18]; 17. 39-Spencer Mason[19]; 18. 5K-Kody Jenkins[10]; 19. 42-Grady Mercer[16]; 20. 33-Justin Patocka[7]
DFR Discount Tire B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 5$-Danny Smith[1]; 2. 24C-Craig Carroll[2]; 3. 18J-Cody Jarvis[3]; 4. 42-Grady Mercer[12]; 5. 6-Tanner Conn[10]; 6. 69-Greg York[8]; 7. 39-Spencer Mason[11]; 8. 45L-Tyler LaPointe[7]; 9. 15-Brent Merchant[14]; 10. 19-Kody Kastner[15]; 11. 24R-Kyle Roller[6]; 12. 7D-David Baxter[9]; 13. (DNS) 5B-Brock Cottrell; 14. (DNS) 5X-Matt Sherrell; 15. (DNS) 57F-Blake Green
Speed Stix Shocks Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Noah Harris[7]; 2. 23A-Brett Wilson[1]; 3. 33-Justin Patocka[4]; 4. 7F-Joshua Tyre[6]; 5. 18J-Cody Jarvis[3]; 6. 24R-Kyle Roller[5]; 7. 45L-Tyler LaPointe[8]; 8. 19-Kody Kastner[9]; 9. 57F-Blake Green[2]
Kent Fireworks Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9$-Kyle Clark[8]; 2. 38-Jimmy Forrester[7]; 3. 5K-Kody Jenkins[2]; 4. 50-Cody Whitworth[3]; 5. 5B-Brock Cottrell[1]; 6. 5X-Matt Sherrell[6]; 7. 7D-David Baxter[4]; 8. 6-Tanner Conn[5]; 9. 42-Grady Mercer[9]
Morton Excavating Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24H-Ty Hulsey[2]; 2. 55-Johnny Kent[1]; 3. 99J-Cooper Sullivan[3]; 4. 79-Tim Kent[5]; 5. 5$-Danny Smith[6]; 6. 24C-Craig Carroll[8]; 7. 69-Greg York[7]; 8. 39-Spencer Mason[4]; 9. 15-Brent Merchant[9]
Lap Leaders: 1-30 Johnny Kent.
Margin of Victory: 0.547
2024 Feature Winners: 3/30 - Rees Moran - Red Dirt Raceway; 4//13 - Rees Moran - Creek County Speedway; 6/7 - Wout Hoffmans - Tulsa Speedway; 6/8 - Ty Hulsey, Creek County Speedway; 8/3 - Johnny Kent, Creek County Speedway.
2024 Top 10: 1. Tim Kent 720; 2. Johnny Kent 692; 3. Brock Cottrell 663; 4. Joshua Tyre 660; 5. Jimmy Forrester 650; 6. Matt Sherrell 629; 7. Cody Whitworth 601; 8. Justin Patocka 599; 9. Ty Hulsey 594; 10. Brett Wilson 589.
Kalib Henry switches lanes and gets 3rd Fremont 410 win; Jamie Miller does same and takes non-wing victory; Dustin Keegan holds on for truck win
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio – For 25 laps Kalib Henry and DJ Foos battled for the lead of the 410 sprint car A-main at Fremont Speedway presented by Gill Construction. The duo swapped the top spot several times but a caution with five laps to go and a decision by Henry to change lanes took him to his third win of the year at “The Track That Action Built” on Sandusky County Chamber of Commerce/Sandusky County Visitors Bureau/Sandusky County Economic Development/City of Fremont Night.
Foos led the first 13 laps of the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint A-main with sixth starter Henry leading laps 14-18. Foos regained the top spot on lap 19 with Henry taking the lead back on lap 21. Foos drove under Henry, who was committed to the top ledge of the track, on lap 24 with Henry back to the point right as the caution flew on lap 25.
On the ensuing restart Henry, from Sacramento, California, opted to drive to
the bottom of turns one and two and that was the winning move as he pulled away
for the win over Foos, Zane DeVault, Cap Henry and Sean Rayhall. The win pads
Henry’s lead in the track’s points.
Cap Henry’s 10th to fourth place run will close the gap on 12th place finisher
Cale Thomas’ advantage in the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing
Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group.
“I kept seeing DJ poke his nose and I knew I needed to do something different there…I wasn’t sure because I hadn’t been down there the whole race. I kept driving over the edge down in one and two…the cushion rolled up over the top and I knew I had to change something up. I had to change something up on the restart. I can’t thank Jim and Rebecca Muth enough for the opportunity. I know my parents are headed to Knoxville so they’re screaming at the phone driving there. I can’t wait to see them tomorrow,” said Henry beside his Running Boxer Farms, Harris Distributing Company, Valvoline, K1, Berryman Racing Shocks, Chalkstix backed #101.
Fremont’s Jamie Miller has won in 305 winged sprints and dirt trucks at Fremont in 2024. He added a non-wing victory Saturday in a thrilling battle with Aiden Salisbury in the first ever appearance of the American Sprint Car Tour at Fremont Speedway. Salisbury lead the first three laps before Miller, who started third, took over. The pair raced side by side with Miller up top and Salisbury on the bottom. Salisbury retook the lead on lap 21 but Miller moved to the bottom on the race track in turns three and four as they raced to the white flag, and took the lead and 51st career win at Fremont over Salisbury, Tyler Miller, Larry Kingseed and Brian Smith.
“I was good up top but it was starting to get tight and I messed up a couple of times and I knew that allowed him to close a couple of times but I knew he couldn’t get by me or away from me. He left the bottom wide open and on the white flag I said hell with it I’m going to the bottom and it stuck like glue,” said Miller.
The Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks also put on a thrilling feature event. Former track champion Dustin Keegan lead the opening lap before Kent Brewer took over for a lap with fifth starter and current point leader Keith Sorg moving into the lead on lap three. Sorg led until lap nine when Keegan regained the top spot with Sorg battling back to the point on lap 12. On a restart, Keegan moved to the lead once again. Keegan held off several challenges from Sorg the final seven laps to score his second win of 2024 and the 11th of his career at the track. Sorg, Jamie Miller, Shawn Valenti and Brewer rounded out the top five.
“I have two compressed vertebra in my lower back so it’s painful out there. I want to thank my dad, my girlfriend and all the sponsors who help on this truck,” said Keegan beside his Sonny’s Signs, Burmeister Trophy, Jeff Ward Demolition backed #17x.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, Aug. 10 with the first ever appearance of the RPM Flat Track Motorcycles in action.
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About Gill Construction – https://kgcpc.com
Owned and operated by Ray Brooks, and headquartered in nearby Port Clinton,
Ohio, Gill Construction specializes in an array of land and water services,
utilizing over five decades of experience to build an extensive repertoire which
includes site excavation, site utilities, demolition, trenching, and marina
service. Gill Construction boasts a dynamic, diverse, and experienced workforce,
guaranteed to perform and complete any task with the utmost customer
satisfaction.
About the Sandusky County Chamber of Commerce and Sandusky County Visitors Bureau:
Tonight’s races at Fremont Speedway Presented by Gill Construction are brought to you by the Chamber of Commerce of Sandusky County, Sandusky County Visitors Bureau, Sandusky County Economic Development Corporation and the City of Fremont all work together to make Fremont and Sandusky County a great place to live, work and play. If you or your business would be interested in more information, visit the Sandusky County Chamber of Commerce at www.scchamber.org; the Sandusky County Visitors Bureau at www.sanduskycounty.org; the Sandusky County Economic Development Corporation at www.sanduskycountyedc.net; or the City of Fremont at www.fremontohio.org
Fremont Speedway
Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024
410 Sprints - Winged 28 Entries
A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:19:12.391
1. 101-Kalib Henry[6]; 2. 16-DJ Foos[3]; 3. 4-Zane DeVault[1]; 4. 33W-Cap Henry[10]; 5. 14-Sean Rayhall[7]; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews[11]; 7. 29-Zeth Sabo[14]; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron[8]; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4]; 10. 5-Kody Brewer[12]; 11. 4S-Tyler Street[2]; 12. 23-Cale Thomas[13]; 13. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[15]; 14. 5T-Travis Philo[16]; 15. 2+-Brian Smith[17]; 16. 26W-Cody White[18]; 17. 7M-Brandon Moore[20]; 18. 12-Luke Griffith[19]; 19. 19-TJ Michael[9]; 20. 9J-Trey Jacobs[5]
B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:07:41.656
1. 5T-Travis Philo[2]; 2. 2+-Brian Smith[1]; 3. 26W-Cody White[4]; 4. 12-Luke Griffith[8]; 5. 7M-Brandon Moore[3]; 6. X-Mike Keegan[7]; 7. 11J-David Kalb[10]; 8. 1B-Keith Baxter[5]; 9. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[6]; 10. 5E-Bobby Elliott[13]; 11. 75-Jerry Dahms[11]; 12. 9-Lance Heinberger[9]; 13. 98-Robert Robenalt[12]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:10:43.705
1. 101-Kalib Henry[4]; 2. 4S-Tyler Street[1]; 3. 9J-Trey Jacobs[2]; 4. 33W-Cap Henry[3]; 5. 23-Cale Thomas[5]; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[7]; 7. 1B-Keith Baxter[9]; 8. 12-Luke Griffith[8]; 9. 5T-Travis Philo[6]; 10. 5E-Bobby Elliott[10]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:04:17.984
1. 16-DJ Foos[1]; 2. 14-Sean Rayhall[4]; 3. 19-TJ Michael[2]; 4. 15C-Chris Andrews[3]; 5. 29-Zeth Sabo[5]; 6. 26W-Cody White[6]; 7. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[7]; 8. 9-Lance Heinberger[9]; 9. 75-Jerry Dahms[8]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:05:08.827
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[2]; 2. 22M-Dan McCarron[1]; 3. 4-Zane DeVault[4]; 4. 5-Kody Brewer[3]; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[6]; 6. 2+-Brian Smith[5]; 7. X-Mike Keegan[7]; 8. 11J-David Kalb[8]; 9. 98-Robert Robenalt[9]
Qualifying 1 | 00:00:13.139
1. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:12.339[6]; 2. 14-Sean Rayhall, 00:12.511[12]; 3. 4-Zane DeVault, 00:12.542[7]; 4. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:12.592[8]; 5. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:12.622[27]; 6. 5-Kody Brewer, 00:12.659[21]; 7. 9J-Trey Jacobs, 00:12.686[13]; 8. 19-TJ Michael, 00:12.725[23]; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:12.761[25]; 10. 4S-Tyler Street, 00:12.762[11]; 11. 16-DJ Foos, 00:12.792[14]; 12. 22M-Dan McCarron, 00:12.827[2]; 13. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:12.855[16]; 14. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:12.893[20]; 15. 2+-Brian Smith, 00:13.000[17]; 16. 5T-Travis Philo, 00:13.011[19]; 17. 26W-Cody White, 00:13.014[26]; 18. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:13.116[24]; 19. 7M-Brandon Moore, 00:13.139[1]; 20. 7DK-Dylan Kingan, 00:13.267[15]; 21. X-Mike Keegan, 00:13.397[22]; 22. 12-Luke Griffith, 00:13.408[28]; 23. 75-Jerry Dahms, 00:13.457[5]; 24. 11J-David Kalb, 00:13.525[10]; 25. 1B-Keith Baxter, 00:13.582[18]; 26. 9-Lance Heinberger, 00:13.817[4]; 27. 98-Robert Robenalt, 00:13.823[9]; 28. 5E-Bobby Elliott, 00:15.622[3]
American Sprint Car Tour – Nonwing - 17 Entries
A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:17:22.804
1. 3X-Jamie Miller[3]; 2. 18S-Aiden Salisbury[1]; 3. 67-Tyler Miller[4]; 4. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[5]; 5. 29-Brian Smith[7]; 6. 46-Anthony Leohr[14]; 7. 28-Shawn Valenti[6]; 8. 5M-Mike Moore[17]; 9. 77-Dave Peperak[12]; 10. 34-Judson (Jud) Dickerson[11]; 11. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr[10]; 12. 17-Greg Baer[15]; 13. 37-Dave Gross[16]; 14. 18-Landon Butler[8]; 15. 27-Steve Thomas[13]; 16. 48-Michael Burkin[9]; 17. 1-Shane Butler[2]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:05:03.535
1. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[3]; 2. 1-Shane Butler[1]; 3. 3X-Jamie Miller[4]; 4. 18-Landon Butler[2]; 5. 48-Michael Burkin[7]; 6. 34-Judson (Jud) Dickerson[6]; 7. 27-Steve Thomas[8]; 8. 17-Greg Baer[9]; 9. (DNS) 5M-Mike Moore
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:06:00.415
1. 28-Shawn Valenti[1]; 2. 18S-Aiden Salisbury[3]; 3. 29-Brian Smith[2]; 4. 67-Tyler Miller[4]; 5. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr[6]; 6. 77-Dave Peperak[7]; 7. 46-Anthony Leohr[5]; 8. 37-Dave Gross[8]
Qualifying 1 | 00:01:12.588
1. 3X-Jamie Miller, 00:15.403[11]; 2. 67-Tyler Miller, 00:15.659[17]; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:15.664[5]; 4. 18S-Aiden Salisbury, 00:15.730[1]; 5. 18-Landon Butler, 00:15.912[7]; 6. 29-Brian Smith, 00:16.066[4]; 7. 1-Shane Butler, 00:16.105[15]; 8. 28-Shawn Valenti, 00:16.136[16]; 9. 5M-Mike Moore, 00:16.246[14]; 10. 46-Anthony Leohr, 00:16.504[9]; 11. 34-Judson (Jud) Dickerson, 00:16.508[13]; 12. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr, 00:16.578[8]; 13. 48-Michael Burkin, 00:16.614[6]; 14. 77-Dave Peperak, 00:17.091[12]; 15. 27-Steve Thomas, 00:17.230[10]; 16. 37-Dave Gross, 00:17.513[2]; 17. 17-Greg Baer, 00:18.823[3]
Dirt Trucks 25 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:28:58.352
1. 17X-Dustin Keegan[1]; 2. 8-Keith Sorg[5]; 3. 4M-Jamie Miller[7]; 4. 7B-Shawn Valenti[6]; 5. 8KB-Kent Brewer[3]; 6. 99H-Art Howey Jr[13]; 7. 9-Curt Inks[15]; 8. P51-Dave Golembiewski[9]; 9. 34-Todd Warnick[14]; 10. 99-Eric Potridge[18]; 11. 20-Caleb Shearn[16]; 12. 51-Dave Bankey[20]; 13. 9S-Tony Parker[19]; 14. 32H-Dan Hennig[2]; 15. X-Andy Keegan[4]; 16. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[10]; 17. 1M-Scott Milligan[17]; 18. 35-Ron Miller[12]; 19. 28-Cody Laird[11]; 20. 95-Steve Miller[8]
B Feature 1 8 Laps | 00:11:17.689
1. 20-Caleb Shearn[3]; 2. 1M-Scott Milligan[1]; 3. 99-Eric Potridge[6]; 4. 9S-Tony Parker[5]; 5. 51-Dave Bankey[9]; 6. 7XP-Cyle Poole[4]; 7. 57MS-Mason Stull[8]; 8. 18S-Randy Swiecicki[10]; 9. 00-Robbie Bohrer[7]; 10. (DNS) 26-Kyle Lagrou
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:04:37.000
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[4]; 2. 95-Steve Miller[3]; 3. 8KB-Kent Brewer[1]; 4. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[5]; 5. 99H-Art Howey Jr[8]; 6. 20-Caleb Shearn[7]; 7. 99-Eric Potridge[6]; 8. 51-Dave Bankey[9]; 9. 1M-Scott Milligan[2]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:13:05.000
1. 17X-Dustin Keegan[2]; 2. P51-Dave Golembiewski[3]; 3. 8-Keith Sorg[4]; 4. 28-Cody Laird[1]; 5. 34-Todd Warnick[6]; 6. 7XP-Cyle Poole[8]; 7. 00-Robbie Bohrer[7]; 8. 26-Kyle Lagrou[5]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:06:36.000
1. 4M-Jamie Miller[3]; 2. 32H-Dan Hennig[4]; 3. X-Andy Keegan[2]; 4. 35-Ron Miller[1]; 5. 9-Curt Inks[5]; 6. 9S-Tony Parker[7]; 7. 57MS-Mason Stull[8]; 8. (DNS) 18S-Randy Swiecicki
Qualifying 1 | 00:01:17.000
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti, 00:17.194[4]; 2. 8-Keith Sorg, 00:17.248[20]; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig, 00:17.298[3]; 4. 95-Steve Miller, 00:17.317[15]; 5. P51-Dave Golembiewski, 00:17.605[16]; 6. 4M-Jamie Miller, 00:17.675[5]; 7. 1M-Scott Milligan, 00:17.712[23]; 8. 17X-Dustin Keegan, 00:17.756[14]; 9. X-Andy Keegan, 00:17.815[11]; 10. 8KB-Kent Brewer, 00:17.907[17]; 11. 28-Cody Laird, 00:18.032[18]; 12. 35-Ron Miller, 00:18.062[9]; 13. 5S-Bradley Stuckey, 00:18.121[19]; 14. 26-Kyle Lagrou, 00:18.131[22]; 15. 9-Curt Inks, 00:18.322[10]; 16. 99-Eric Potridge, 00:18.349[6]; 17. 34-Todd Warnick, 00:18.354[7]; 18. 18S-Randy Swiecicki, 00:18.420[24]; 19. 20-Caleb Shearn, 00:18.613[1]; 20. 00-Robbie Bohrer, 00:18.626[12]; 21. 9S-Tony Parker, 00:18.746[13]; 22. 99H-Art Howey Jr, 00:19.140[21]; 23. 7XP-Cyle Poole, 00:19.195[25]; 24. 57MS-Mason Stull, 00:20.215[8]; 25. 51-Dave Bankey, 00:20.371[2]
Bud Kaeding wins one for Davy on Friday at Ocean Speedway
Watsonville, CA…On a night that he performed a Memorial Lap for the late Davy Thomas, former Ocean Sprints champion Bud Kaeding capped the event by claiming his second victory of the 2024 campaign.
Kaeding grabbed the lead early on and held off a fast Caeden Steele to earn the emotional triumph. In victory lane, the veteran dedicated his win to Davy, who grew up a big fan of the multi-time Silver Crown champ. It was also the final tune-up prior to next week’s Johnny Key Classic, with purse details included at bottom of this story.
Ocean Speedway also honored the late Diane Morgan on Friday night with a very special Memorial Lap and extra money on the line for the IMCA Modifieds. At the end it was Salinas driver Cody Burke making a late pass for the $1,000 grand prize.
Sharing victory lane on Friday were Tracy’s KC Keller with the IMCA Sport Mods and Ocean point leader Joe Gallaher with the Hobby Stocks.
The 30-lap Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo feature began with the night’s fast qualifier Jake Haulot jumping into the lead. The track surface was in phenomenal shape and lent itself to some excellent racing in all classes.
Kaeding utilized a beautiful move to slice his way into the top spot on lap four and then rode the cushion to perfection. Northern Auto Racing Club Rookie of the Year contender Caeden Steele made a rare Ocean Sprints start and moved into second place on lap 11.
Steele kept Kaeding within striking distance on several restarts and made it a race for the lead as it wound down. Kaeding hit his marks to perfection though and crossed under the Ed Entz checkered flag for victory over Steele. Riverdale’s Grant Duinkerken made a wild final corner pass upstairs to take third at the line over Joey Ancona and Haulot.
The 25-lap IMCA Modified feature in memory of Diane Morgan started with Fred Lind battling it out with Austin Burke up front. Burke took command on lap two but soon felt intense pressure from Cody Burke after moving into second on lap eight.
The Burke boys kept fans on the edge of their seats while racing closely together for the duration of the contest. Coming to the white flag Austin slipped up just enough to allow an opening for Cody, who took full advantage, slipping to his inside and taking over the point.
Cody Burke went on to tally the victory over Austin, Lind, Jacob Mallet Jr. and a very racy Robert Marsh.
The 20-lap IMCA Sport Mod finale saw Mike Gill lead the opening lap, until getting crossed up in turns one and two, looping it around. Recent winner KC Keller then found himself out front and had his way with things, en route to his second triumph of the Ocean Speedway year.
Point leader Emali VanHoff crossed the stripe in second, ahead of Brian Baggett, Steven Allee and Chuck Golden.
The 20-lap Hobby Stock main event was all about defending track champion and current point leader Joe Gallaher. The Virginia native got out front and raced to his sixth victory of the season at the quarter mile.
Track favorite Terry Campion returned to action on Friday and brought home a solid runner up finish, with the top-five rounded out by Bobby Gallaher, Adriane Frost and Norm Ayers.
Ocean Speedway now gears up for the two-night running of the 64th Johnny Key Classic. Opening night on Friday hands out $2,000 to the Ocean Sprints winner, while Saturday’s finale is $3,000 to win; $1,000 for second and $800 for third.
Each night will be a guaranteed $300 to start the main event. Extra money will also be on the line for fast time and hard charger both nights in memory of JP Morgan, who considered the Key Classic to be his favorite event.
Results
Ocean Speedway
August 2, 2024
Ocean Sprints:
1. 29-Bud Kaeding[3]; 2. 121-Caeden Steele[1]; 3. 67G-Grant Duinkerken[4]; 4.
88A-Joey Ancona[5]; 5. 7H-Jake Haulot[2]; 6. 8-Jeremy Chisum[12]; 7. 25Z-Jason
Chisum[11]; 8. 3D-Caleb Debem[7]; 9. 36-Kevin Barnes Sr[10]; 10. OB1-Orval
Burke[6]; 11. 76-Jennifer Osborne[8]; 12. 0B2-Tanner Burke[14]; 13. 72W-Kurt
Nelson[9]; 14. 98-Vince Giannotta[13]; 15. (DNS) 72S-Bradley Dillard
IMCA Modifieds:
1. 20-Cody Burke[3]; 2. 25-Austin Burke[1]; 3. 77-Fred Lind[4]; 4. 127-Jacob Mallet Jr[5]; 5. 22-Robert Marsh[6]; 6. 6-Jim Pettit II[8]; 7. 01-Raymond Keldsen Jr[2]; 8. 46-Kyle Bryan[10]; 9. 46N-Jonathan Hagio[7]; 10. 22S-Cole Szlauko[9]; 11. 72-Mike Szlauko[11]
IMCA Sport Mods:
1. 38-KC Keller[5]; 2. 4M-Emali VanHoff[7]; 3. 54R-Brian Baggett[10]; 4. 39-Steven Allee[4]; 5. 3G-Chuck Golden[8]; 6. 15-David Crocker[3]; 7. 42B-Max Baggett[2]; 8. 22W-Charlie Hunter[15]; 9. 34-Cody Bryan[14]; 10. X-Rob Gallaher[9]; 11. 33-Mike Gil[1]; 12. 6K-Mike Kofnovec Jr[6]; 13. 16-Chris Falkenberg[11]; 14. (DNS) 14H-Matthew Hagio; 15. (DNS) 6S-Mike Kofnovec SR
Hobby Stocks:
1. 1-Joe Gallaher[1]; 2. 83-Terry Campion[2]; 3. X1-Bobby Gallaher[4]; 4. 22-Adriane Frost[8]; 5. 51-Norm Ayers[3]; 6. X2-Joyce Gallaher[5]; 7. (DNS) (8)-Cody Keldsen; 8. (DNS) 7T-Trent Golden; 9. (DNS) 01-DJ Keldsen
MALLET TAKES NIGHT ONE OF HATTIESBURG USCS SUMMER SPRINT CAR SHOOTOUT
HATTIESBURG, MS – FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 2024 - Former USCS National Champion Jordan Mallett of Greenbrier, AR won Night 1 of the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters Summer Sprint Car Shootout on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway. Mallett took the lead from his outside front row starting spot at the start of the race and led all 25 laps.
Two-time USCS National Champion Morgan Turpin-Havener of Gallatin, TN took the second spot and Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS started 18th and finished third to earn the Wilwood Brakes Hard Charger Award. Michael Miller of Pascagoula, MS was fourth.
The defending and 15-time USCS National Champion National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee Terry Gray of Bartlett, TN drove to a fifth-place finish. Brandon Blendon of Gulfport, MS finished sixth and Blake Mallette of Vancleve, MS took the seventh spot. Jake Brashier of Denham Springs, LA was eighth, with ninth going to Jeff Willingham of Ripley, MS. Hannah Merritt of Nesbit, MS rounded out the top ten.
In preliminary action, Blenden won the six-lap Hoosier Racing Tire Speed Dash to earn the Pole Position for the 25-lap Feature Race. The three eight-lap Heat Races were won by Gray in the Engler Machine & Tool First Heat Race, Blenden in the Butlerbuilt Racing Products Second Heat Race, and Mallett in the Racing Electronics Third Heat.
It took three tries to start the Feature Race, as Willingham spun in turn one on the first lap, and then Butch David of Geismar, LA flipped on the complete restart and landed on a light pole. The power had to be turned off to remove David from the car, but he was uninjured. Once the car was removed from the light pole, the power was turned back on the field tried again.
The third time was the charm, as Mallett took the lead followed by Blendon, Turpin-Havener, Gray and Mallett. The red flag was once again displayed when Kevin Baham of Amite, LA flipped in turn one. He climbed out O.K. Howard made a big move on the restart, climbing into the fifth position. The caution was waved on lap five when Parker Davis of Mobile, AL spun in turn four.
The top five for the restart were Mallett, Blenden, Turpin-Havener, Gray and Howard. When the field went back to green flag racing, Howard got by Gray to take the fourth spot. On lap six, Turpin-Havener and Howard got by Blenden for second and third respectively, and Miller passed Gray for fifth.
Miller passed Blenden for fourth on lap seven, and Gray moved back into the top five on lap eight getting around Blenden. The last caution flag of the race came out on lap 12 when Dustin Burtron of Seminole, FL stalled on the backstretch. The top five for the restart was Mallett, Turpin-Havener, Howard, Miller and Gray.
Mallett pulled away and by lap 19, the leader had put four lapped cars between himself and Turpin-Havener. Howard passed Turpin-Havener for second on lap 21, but the “Queen of the Wings” came right back on lap 22 to reclaim the second spot. When Mallett took the white flag, he had three lapped cars between himself and Turpin-Havener to seal the deal to the checkered flag.
The United Sprint Car Series Presented by K&N Filters will return to Hattiesburg Speedway on Saturday Night for Round 2 of the Summer Sprint Car Shootout. For more information about USCS, visit their website at uscsracing.com and the series Facebook page, or call the series office at 770-865-6097.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS OF UNITED SPRINT CAR SERIES PRESENTED BY K&N FILTERS EVENT AT HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY IN HATTIESBURG, MS ON 8/2/2024:
FEATURE RACE – 25 Laps: 1. 14 Jordan Mallett, Greenbrier, AR (2); 2. 10m Morgan Turpin-Havener, Gallatin, TN (4); 3. 47 Dale Howard, Byhalia, MS (18); 4. 4m Michael Miller, Pascagoula, MS (13); 5. 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (3); 6. 88 Brandon Blenden, Gulfport, MS (1); 7. 67 Blake Mallette, Vancleve, MS (10); 8. 13x Jake Brashier, Denham Springs, LA (6); 9. 28 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS (7); 10. 16 Hannah Merritt, Nesbit, MS (20); 11. 51 Dustin Burtron, Seminole, FL (12); 12. 94 Parker Davis, Mobile, AL (21); 13. 61 Sean Wimpee, Mobile, AL (11); 14. 8 Kevin Baham, Amite, LA (16); 15. 83 Blake Carrier, Amite, LA (17); 16. 56 Stan Smith, Gulfport, MS (14); 17. L37 Scott Craft, Purvis, MS (5); 18. 17 Alex Lyles, Arlington, TN (8); 19. 21 Butch David, Geismar, LA (9); 20. 1d Prestin Dalton, Covington, TN DNS; 21. 8x Brad Bowden, Hernando, MS DNS.
HOOSIER RACING TIRE SPEED DASH – 6 Laps: 1. Blenden; 2. Mallett; 3. Gray; 4. Turpin-Havener; 5. Craft; 6. Brashier.
HEAT RACES – 8 Laps:
ENGLER MACHINE & TOOL HEAT 1: 1. Gray; 2. Turpin-Havener; 3. Lyles; 4. David; 5. Miller; 6. Baham; 7. Carrier.
BUTLERBUILT RACING PRODUCTS HEAT 2: 1. Blenden; 2. Craft; 3. Mallette; 4. Wimpee; 5. Merritt; 6. Smith; 7. Howard DNS.
RACING ELECTRONICS HEAT 3: 1. Mallett; 2. Brashier; 3. Willingham; 4. Davis; 5. Burtron; 6. Dalton; 7. Bowden DNS.
Karter Sarff Sets Sail with POWRi National Midgets and Xtreme Victory at I-55
Pevely, MO. (8/2/24) Karter Sarff would lead all twenty-five laps of Federated Auto Parts I-55 Raceway caution-free racing to earn his fifth career feature win with the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, on Friday Night’s Prelude to the Ironman 55 in exhilarating action.
Early on-track excitement with twenty-four entries to the POWRi National Midgets, running in conjunction with Xtreme Outlaw Midgets, would find Karter Sarff start the action off with a quick-time in group hot-lap qualifying with a time of 12.768-second as Gavin Miller, Ryan Timms, and Ashton Torgerson would each notch heat racing victories.
Setting the feature field would find the high-point qualifier Gavin Miller roll an invert of four to set Karter Sarff and Ryan Timms on the front row leading the field as the green flag flew with Karter Sarff gaining the initial advantage on the opening lap as Hayden Reinbold, Ryan Timms, Gavin Miller, and Ashton Torgerson battled inside the early top five.
Spreading out the leading position early, Karter Sarff would set the pace of the feature with Hayden Reinbold and Ryan Timms battling closely for the runner-up positioning with Gavin Miller, and Zach Daum keeping close within the top five as Ashton Torgerson, Mitchell Davis, Shannon McQueen, Cannon McIntosh, and Corbin Rueschenberg all ran inside the top ten.
Hitting the mid-point of the feature with Karter Sarff still leading, Ryan Timms would take over second as Hayden Reinbold, Zach Daum, Ashton Torgerson, and Gavin Miller kept within one second of the lead in an outstanding battle within the top set of competitors.
Hitting heavy lap traffic in the final five laps, Karter Sarff would not be denied in gaining his second seasonal victory with Ryan Timms closing late to finish the runner-up as Hayden Reinbold finalized the podium placements in a hard-fought feature.
“I feel like we have a special feel for this place, and it’s become one of my favorite places to come,” said the celebratory Karter Sarff in the I-55 Raceway winner’s circle. Adding, “I was just focused on hitting my marks, about halfway through I felt myself starting to struggle but then I found my marks better and was able to clear my head.”
Flying through the field would find Zach Daum finish fourth with Ashton Torgerson rounding out the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, top-five finishers at Federated Auto Parts I-55 Raceway in support of the Ironman 55.
POWRi National Midgets & Xtreme | Federated Auto Parts I-55 Raceway | 8/2/24:
Start2Finish TV Quick Group Qualifying Time: 21K-Karter Sarff(12.768)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 97-Gavin Miller
Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race 2 Winner: 67-Ryan Timms
Auto Meter Heat Race 3 Winner: 67K-Ashton Torgerson
Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 97-Gavin Miller
Meru Safety Hard Charger: 26-Corbin Rueschenberg(+8)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 21K-Karter Sarff
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21K-Karter Sarff[1]; 2. 67-Ryan Timms[2]; 3. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[3]; 4. 7U-Zach Daum[7]; 5. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[5]; 6. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[12]; 7. 97-Gavin Miller[4]; 8. 7-Shannon McQueen[10]; 9. 56D-Mitchell Davis[6]; 10. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[18]; 11. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[11]; 12. 71-Jade Avedisian[9]; 13. 55-Trevor Cline[13]; 14. 14S-Tyler Edwards[16]; 15. 5U-Peter Smith[15]; 16. 50-Daniel Adler[14]; 17. 98-Gunnar Setser[21]; 18. 40-Chase McDermand[24]; 19. 51B-Joe B Miller[17]; 20. 72J-Sam Johnson[19]; 21. 77-Joe Wirth[8]; 22. 44-Branigan Roark[22]; 23. 66-Jayden Clay[23]; 24. 33-Jacob McFarlin[20].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Gavin Miller[4]; 2. 56D-Mitchell Davis[2]; 3. 71-Jade Avedisian[6]; 4. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[5]; 5. 5U-Peter Smith[1]; 6. 50-Daniel Adler[3]; 7. 40-Chase McDermand[8]; 8. 44-Branigan Roark[7].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Ryan Timms[2]; 2. 7U-Zach Daum[1]; 3. 21K-Karter Sarff[4]; 4. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[6]; 5. 14S-Tyler Edwards[5]; 6. 55-Trevor Cline[3]; 7. 72J-Sam Johnson[8]; 8. 98-Gunnar Setser[7].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[1]; 2. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[4]; 3. 77-Joe Wirth[2]; 4. 7-Shannon McQueen[3]; 5. 51B-Joe B Miller[6]; 6. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[5]; 7. 33-Jacob McFarlin[7]; 8. 66-Jayden Clay[8].
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 97-Gavin Miller, 00:13.018[2]; 2. 50-Daniel Adler, 00:13.024[1]; 3. 56D-Mitchell Davis, 00:13.045[8]; 4. 5U-Peter Smith, 00:13.078[4]; 5. 7X-Thomas Meseraull, 00:13.111[7]; 6. 71-Jade Avedisian, 00:13.351[6]; 7. 44-Branigan Roark, 00:13.357[3]; 8. (DNS) 40-Chase McDermand.
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 21K-Karter Sarff, 00:12.768[2]; 2. 55-Trevor Cline, 00:12.929[7]; 3. 67-Ryan Timms, 00:12.934[8]; 4. 7U-Zach Daum, 00:12.995[4]; 5. 14S-Tyler Edwards, 00:13.134[1]; 6. 71K-Cannon McIntosh, 00:13.169[6]; 7. 98-Gunnar Setser, 00:13.234[3]; 8. 72J-Sam Johnson, 00:13.351[5].
Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold, 00:12.833[4]; 2. 7-Shannon McQueen, 00:12.986[7]; 3. 77-Joe Wirth, 00:13.048[6]; 4. 67K-Ashton Torgerson, 00:13.125[1]; 5. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:13.173[2]; 6. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:13.461[5]; 7. 33-Jacob McFarlin, 00:13.661[8]; 8. 66-Jayden Clay, 00:13.777[3].
Hot Laps 1: 1. 40-Chase McDermand, 00:12.886[5]; 2. 97-Gavin Miller, 00:13.069[2]; 3. 50-Daniel Adler, 00:13.161[1]; 4. 56D-Mitchell Davis, 00:13.177[8]; 5. 7X-Thomas Meseraull, 00:13.192[7]; 6. 5U-Peter Smith, 00:13.249[4]; 7. 71-Jade Avedisian, 00:13.328[6]; 8. 44-Branigan Roark, 00:13.669[3].
Hot Laps 2: 1. 21K-Karter Sarff, 00:12.908[2]; 2. 7U-Zach Daum, 00:13.069[4]; 3. 55-Trevor Cline, 00:13.114[7]; 4. 71K-Cannon McIntosh, 00:13.153[6]; 5. 67-Ryan Timms, 00:13.279[8]; 6. 14S-Tyler Edwards, 00:13.279[1]; 7. 98-Gunnar Setser, 00:13.302[3]; 8. 72J-Sam Johnson, 00:13.354[5].
Hot Laps 3: 1. 7-Shannon McQueen, 00:13.037[7]; 2. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold, 00:13.118[4]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:13.342[5]; 4. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:13.371[2]; 5. 77-Joe Wirth, 00:13.478[6]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay, 00:13.707[3]; 7. 67K-Ashton Torgerson, 00:13.752[1]; 8. 33-Jacob McFarlin, 00:13.840[8].
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HUTTON STEALS WIN FROM TROMBLEY IN LAST LAP PASS AT FONDA
Race Report By: Marty Czekala – July 28, 2024
FONDA, N.Y. – Two drivers went into the night at Fonda Speedway looking to tie a record.
Jordan Hutton looked to tie the record for CRSA wins at Fonda with four. On the other hand, Jeff Trombley looked to tie the CRSA all-time high in wins with 14.
In the end, Hutton went around the outside of Trombley on the final lap in turn two to score his third win of the season and go two-for-two in the I-90 Pit Stop Challenge.
“It means a lot to win at Fonda,” said Hutton, whose win rate at Fonda is at 44 percent. “Just a tough season. Lost a lot of motors and different things. We really needed this.”
It was heartbreak again for Trombley, the four-time series champion. The last time we saw Trombley at Afton, his engine expired with under 10 laps to go. This time, a cylinder dropped on the final lap.
“I knew on the restarts I could get him so many times,” said Trombley post-race. “I knew that was my only shot to get him. Once I got out front, I was gonna take his line.”
Hutton redrew the pole in his No. 66 with Blake Warner to the outside. Warner got the jump at the drop of Tyler Groescup’s green. Hutton looked low on lap two, but Warner cleared and opened up the lead.
The 1.6-second lead would disappear violently on lap seven when Warner's No. 21B darted up the track and slammed hard into the turn four wall, cartwheeling, catching fire, and even piercing the catch fence. Warner would walk away from his destroyed X-1 chassis uninjured.
That gave Hutton the lead where he would hold serve on Trombley. The latter would peek low numerous times but couldn’t get it to stick. This would begin a long run in which Hutton would run away, opening the lead up to 2.8 seconds while in lapped traffic. The run would end with three laps to go as Link Pettit crept to a snail’s pace in turn four.
This would set up a four-lap sprint to the finish. On the restart, Trombley would send it downstairs on Hutton in turn two and try to take away Hutton’s line to go out front.
As if Trombley had the win and just had to make no mistakes, the dropped cylinder allowed Hutton to sneak past and take his fourth win at Fonda by under a second, tying Danny Varin and Mike Kiser for the most wins at "The Track of Champions."
“I saw him go low entering one when the white flag came out; I said, 'I got him now,'" said Hutton. "Today marks 20 years since I lost my grandfather. It means a lot to my father and my whole family.”
Despite the dropped cylinder, Trombley limped the No. 3a home in second, tying his best finish of the year at Weedsport, the other I-90 Pit Stop Challenge event.
“The car is going good,” said Trombley. “Every track we go to, this car is good. I went five years without an engine glitch. Now they’re catching up.”
Dalton Herrick rounded out the podium in third, matching his best finish from Afton May 31.
“That’s one of the best cars I’ve had here in a feature at Fonda,” Trombley explained. “It’s about momentum and balance. I was too tight [in heat races]. We got lucky they did some track prep and turned the track around.”
Mike Kiser was given the Maguire Family of Dealerships Magnificent Move of the Race, receiving a $25 bonus.
Cliff Pierce was awarded the Powdertech Powdercoating Hard Charger, starting 20th and finishing 14th, receiving $25.
21 drivers checked into Fonda tonight.
The A-Verdi Storage Containers CRSA Sprints powered by SuperGen Products head to another BD Motorsports Media track next week, Utica-Rome Speedway in Vernon, for round three of the I-90 Pit Stop Challenge Friday. Can’t make it? Watch the action live on FloRacing.
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 66-Jordan Hutton[1]; 2. 3A-Jeff Trombley[6]; 3. 29-Dalton Herrick[3]; 4. 12-Tyler Chartrand[4]; 5. 22-Tomy Moreau[5]; 6. 9K-Kyle Pierce[7]; 7. 18-Timmy Lotz[8]; 8. J27-John Cunningham[12]; 9. 28-Ron Greek[11]; 10. 99-Adam Depuy[13]; 11. 410-Jerry Sehn Jr[15]; 12. D9-Dustin Sehn[17]; 13. 30-Kirsten Dombroski[16]; 14. 4-Cliff Pierce[20]; 15. 99K-Mike Kiser[9]; 16. 88C-Chad Miller[10]; 17. 55-Rick Hart[19]; 18. 54-Fred Proctor[18]; 19. 93-Guy Gosselin[14]; 20. 3P-Link Pettit[21]; 21. 21B-Blake Warner[2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Tyler Chartrand[1]; 2. 66-Jordan Hutton[2]; 3. 3A-Jeff Trombley[7]; 4. 28-Ron Greek[4]; 5. 410-Jerry Sehn Jr[3]; 6. 54-Fred Proctor[5]; 7. 4-Cliff Pierce[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Tomy Moreau[1]; 2. 9K-Kyle Pierce[4]; 3. 21B-Blake Warner[6]; 4. 88C-Chad Miller[5]; 5. 30-Kirsten Dombroski[2]; 6. 93-Guy Gosselin[7]; 7. 3P-Link Pettit[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99K-Mike Kiser[1]; 2. 18-Timmy Lotz[2]; 3. 29-Dalton Herrick[3]; 4. J27-John Cunningham[4]; 5. 99-Adam Depuy[5]; 6. D9-Dustin Sehn[6]; 7. 55-Rick Hart[7]
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BRYANT BELL CONTINUES STRONG RUNS IN WMR WITH FIRST ANTIOCH VICTORY
ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA (July 28, 2024) – 2023 Western Midget Racing champion
Bryant Bell of Oakley earned a coveted home track victory, taking his first
career Antioch WMR win on Saturday night after a thrilling duel with his
Boscacci Racing teammate Anthony Bruno of San Jose. Bell’s victory was also his
fourth consecutive triumph in the WMR tour.
Delano’s Terry Nichols started on the pole for the 20-lap feature with Bruno
quickly in pursuit. Nichols held off a furious challenge from Bruno, Bell, and
Santa Cruz’ Logan Mitchell for a few laps before Bell took over the top spot on
the front stretch on lap three. Bruno followed into second place while Mitchell
and Nichols battled behind them for third.
The first caution of the feature flew on lap seven for Todd Hawse of Moorpark
in turns three and four. He was able to rejoin the race.
On the restart, Bruno attempted to slide his teammate Bell into turn three.
He then crossed over to the outside of Bell down the backstretch to nab the lead
on lap eight.
The duo raced side-by-side for the top spot with Bell driving back into the
lead on lap 12. Bruno clawed back to Bell before the last caution of the event
with two to go. Bryant Bell held court over the final laps and won his first
career Antioch Speedway victory with WMR followed closely by Bruno and Mitchell.
Nichols finished fourth with Hawse charging back to fifth.
The second round of the 2024 Western Midget Racing Triple Crown is up next on
August 9 and 10 for the Johnny Key Classic at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville.
Friday’s action pays $500 to win while Saturday’s feature will pay $1200 to win.
Both nights also pay points towards the $1000 to win Triple Crown championship.
For more information visit www.WesternMidgetRacing.com
RESULTS: Antioch Speedway July 27, 2024
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 09-Bryant Bell[9]; 2. 9-Anthony Bruno[2]; 3. 96-Logan
Mitchell[4]; 4. 2ND-Terry Nichols[3]; 5. 18-Todd Hawse[6]; 6. ONE9-Aniyah
Scott[1]; 7. 57-Adam Weisberg[8]; 8. 20-Kyle Hawse[5]; 9. 68-Marvin Mitchell[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2ND-Terry Nichols[1]; 2. ONE9-Aniyah Scott[2]; 3. 20-Kyle
Hawse[4]; 4. 68-Marvin Mitchell[3]; 5. 09-Bryant Bell[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Anthony Bruno[4]; 2. 96-Logan Mitchell[1]; 3. 18-Todd
Hawse[2]; 4. 57-Adam Weisberg[3]
2024 WMR Schedule – Subject to Change
March 16 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Anthony Bruno
March 29 Ocean Speedway – RAIN OUT
March 30 Marysville Raceway – RAIN OUT
April 20 Bakersfield Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 4 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
May 17 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 18 Petaluma Speedway w/ BCRA Tom Manning Memorial – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
June 7 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
June 8 Petaluma Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
June 22 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
July 12 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic** - WINNER: Bryant Bell
July 13 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic** - WINNER: Bryant Bell
July 26 Ocean Speedway - WINNER: Bryant Bell
July 27 Antioch Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
August 9 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic**
August 10 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic**
September 21 Bakersfield Speedway
October 25 Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway October Classic**
October 26 Ventura Raceway**
** indicates Triple Crown event
SONIC Night at Double X Speedway
California, MO
Sunday July 28, 2024
By: Dean Reichel
SONIC Night at Double X Speedway was held Sunday night with Winged Sprint Cars, Super Stocks and B Modifieds doing battle at the little bullring just outside of California, MO. SONIC Drive In of California has been a longtime supporter of local dirt track racing and had several activities for the fans in the stands to enjoy throughout the evening.
Spotty rain showers around the area along with a brief shower at 1:30 in the afternoon did not dampen the on track action. Two Super Stock heat races started off the racing action. In the first heat it was Eddie Keeran besting the field over fifth starting Darek Wiss driving the Jody Romig #12 in second, Steve Beach was third, Adam Halley finished fourth and Chris Romig was fifth. Heat two saw Clayton Campbell pick up the win over a hard charging James Nighswonger in his back up car, third was Dale Berry, Ryan Shikles was fourth and Zack Smith chalked up a DNF when his engine expired on lap seven.
The B Mod heat races took to the track next. In heat one Adam Hall picked up the victory over hard charging Tyler Potter, Sturgis Streeter crossed the strip in third with Richard Brainard crossing in fourth. The second heat saw Colson Kirk claiming the checkered flag with Tyler Imhoff in second, Austen Raybourn in third and Jared Riddle finishing fourth.
The 360 Winged Sprint Car heat races put a cap on the first half of the evening’s competition. Miles Paulus would use a hole shot on a complete restart to take the lead and the victory over young gun Garrett Benson in second. Ben Brown finished third, Tyler Blank was fourth, Adam Parmeley finished fifth and Emylee Yoder completed the top six. Darren Langford did not finish. Heat 2 saw Samuel Wagner post a convincing victory over the field. Brother Jack Wagner would steal second at the finish over Paul Solomon in third. Taylor Walton would finish fourth with Aubrey Smith in fifth and Blake Bowers in sixth. Broc Elliott was unable to start the race.
The Super Stock Feature saw numerous cautions for traction challenged drivers but veteran Clayton Campbell looked like he would add another checkered flag this season but as the laps wound down, James Nishwonger would drive past on the high side and pick up the win. Campbell would finish a solid second with Steve Beach crossing the stripe in third. Adam Halley would finish fourth and Ryan Shikles completed the top five. Chris Romig and Dale Berry did not finish and were credited with sixth and seventh. Two drivers were disqualified from the event for unsportsmanlike conduct, specifically rough driving, Eddie Keeran and Darek Wiss. Zach Smith was unable to start due to mechanical issues.
The B Modified feature would see Colson Kirk from Urbana take the lead at the green flag and race to a victory. Kirk was not challenged in the event becoming the eight different feature winner in twelve appearances by the class at Double X. Multi time winner Adam Hall would finish a solid second with Tyler Potter crossing the stripe in third, Sturgis Streeter claimed the fourth spot and Austen Raybourn would complete the top five. Tyler Imhoff, Richard Brainard and Jared Riddle completed the running order in 6th through 8th respectively.
The 360 Winged Sprint Cars closed out SONIC Night at the races with the traditional 25 lap feature event. Miles Paulus would take the lead at the start and run some smooth laps but by lap seven Jack Wagner had overtaken the top spot. The racing action was intense behind the top two as first Broc Elliott and then Tyler Blank began moving up through the field. Blank cracked the top four by lap 21 and the top three a lap later. At checkered it would be Jack Wagner by a straightaway over Tyler Blank whose charge ended at second place. Miles Paulus would ring up a third place finish with Samuel Wagner in fourth and Garrett Benson completing the top five. Broc Elliott advanced from 14th to sixth at the finish with Ben Brown in seventh, Taylor Walton would cross in eighth, Paul Solomon in ninth and Adam Parmeley at tenth. Emylee Yoder would complete the running cars at the checkered in eleventh.
Next Sunday night is season championship nught at Double X for 2024. Winged Sprint Cars, Super Stocks and Pure Stocks will be in competition. Awards will be presented after the evenings races.
SONIC Night at Double X
California, MO
July 28, 2024
Complete Results
360 Winged Sprint Cars—
Feature- 1. Jack Wagner, Lone Jack; 2. 75-Tyler Blank, California; 3. 0-Miles Paulus,Marshall; 4. 73-Samuel Wagner, Lone Jack; 5. 2B-Garrett Benson, Concordia; 6. 00-Broc Elliott, California; 7. 7B-Ben Brown, Marshall; 8. 93-Taylor Walton, Odessa; 9. 9-Paul Solomon, Victoria, AUS; 10. 21A-Adam Parmeley, Cadet; 11. 13-Emylee Yoder, Park Hills; 12. (DNF) 32D-Darren Langford, Kearney; 13. (DNF) 52-Blake Bowers, Knob Noster; 14. (DNF) 9S-Aubrey Smith, Houstonia.
Heat 1- 1. Paulus; 2. Benson; 3. Brown; 4. Blank; 5. Parmeley; 6. Yoder; 7 (DNF) Langford
Heat 2- 1. S. Wagner; 2. J. Wagner; 3. Solomon; 4. Walton; 5. Smith; 6. Bowers; 7. (DNS) Elliott
Tanner Carrick, Anthony Slaney, Nick Baldwin and Mike Miller earn Carnett Clash wins
By Gary Thomas
Placerville, CA…An entertaining night of racing at the annual Carnett Clash was capped with Lincoln’s Tanner Carrick scoring his first Placerville Speedway win of the season on Saturday.
Sharing victory lane at the event were Anthony Slaney with the Mountain Democrat Ltd. Late Models, Nick Baldwin with the Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks and Mike Miller with the Mountain Democrat Mini Trucks.
The 25-lap Thompson’s Family of Dealerships Winged 360 Sprint Car feature began with Tanner Carrick and youngster Austin Wood going at it for the lead.
The pair battled back and forth before Carrick assumed the point that he would never relinquish. Although Carrick officially led for the duration, it did not come easy for the driver of the TC Guide Service No. 83T.
Placerville’s Shane Hopkins moved into second around lap 11 and began to hound the rear of Carrick, while having to contend with Auburn’s Andy Forsberg at the same time. The trio raced close together for several laps in exciting fashion, but Carrick ran a near mistake free race up front.
Carrick went on to cross the Ron Stahl checkered flag for his eighth career Placerville Speedway Winged 360 triumph, tying Kalib Henry and Glen Boune on the all-time win list. Hopkins came home in second and became the new point leader by two markers ahead of third place finisher Forsberg.
Modesto’s Tony Gomes and Elk Grove’s Bubba Decaires rounded out the top-five. Completing the top-10 were Luke Hayes, Chance Grasty, Izaak Sharp, Austin Torgerson and Austin Wood.
The $1,000 to win Mountain Democrat Ltd. Late Model feature saw Martinez driver Anthony Slaney continue his impressive campaign. Live Oak’s Matt Micheli led the early laps as things clicked off fast and furious.
Slaney looked ultra-fast though as he charged around the high side of the quarter mile bullring. The current Placerville Speedway point leader took over the lead on lap 10 and went on to hold command for the extent, crossing the stripe for his fourth triumph of the season.
Rod Oliver gave it a strong run in second, followed by Micheli, Dan Brown Jr., and Ryan McDaniel.
The Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks also showcased a tremendous 25-lap finale, which kept fans on the edge of their seats. Multiple drivers battled it out for the $750 grand prize as part of the Carnett Clash. Tommy Sturgeon led the first couple laps, before Placerville’s Tyler Lightfoot charged to the point.
Lightfoot has put together a solid campaign in the Pure Stock and cut smooth laps up front, while contending with five-time track champion Nick Baldwin. Lapped traffic made things interesting up front and at one point, Baldwin split the difference as he battled with Lightfoot for the top-spot.
With 18 laps complete Baldwin snagged the lead and would go on to lead the final seven circuits for his 30th career Placerville Speedway triumph. Lightfoot came home in second, followed by Kevin Jinkerson, Sturgeon and Wayne Trimble in the top-five.
Placerville’s Mike Miller continued his mastery of the Mountain Democrat Mini Truck division on Saturday, leading all 20 laps for victory. Luke Costa had one of his best career runs in second, followed by Austin Struthers, Thomas Jensen and Paizlee Miller.
Placerville Speedway returns to action this coming Saturday with the $8,500 to win Forni-Humphreys Classic.
Results
Placerville Speedway Carnett Clash July 27, 2024
Winged Sprint Cars:
1. 83T-Tanner Carrick[2]; 2. 21-Shane Hopkins[3]; 3. 92-Andy Forsberg[8]; 4. 7C-Tony Gomes[7]; 5. 94-Greg Decaires V[5]; 6. 9L-Luke Hayes[9]; 7. 1-Chance Grasty[6]; 8. 24S-Izaak Sharp[16]; 9. 88-Austin Torgerson[11]; 10. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 11. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[15]; 12. 15-Cody Key[17]; 13. 17-Anthony Snow[14]; 14. 98-Chris Masters[13]; 15. 25JR-Cody Johnson[22]; 16. 17T-Grasen Ternora; 17. 93-Stephen Ingraham[19]; 18. 97-Blaine Craft[20]; 19. 77-Ryan Lippincott[4]; 20. 3-Cole Schroeder[10]; 21. 79-Mark Hanson[12]; 22. 34-Dakota Albright[21]; 23. 75-Bill Smith[18]
Late Models:
1. 4X-Anthony Slaney[3]; 2. 57-Rod Oliver[5]; 3. 96M-Matt Micheli[2]; 4. 15-Dan Brown Jr[6]; 5. 25-Ryan McDaniel[8]; 6. 37-Ray Trimble[4]; 7. 17Y-Tim Yeager[1]; 8. 22G-Paul Gugliomoni[12]; 9. 23J-Tyler Lightfoot[10]; 10. 01-Terry Kaiser[11]; 11. 15J-Jay Norton[7]; 12. 98-Kiely Ricardo[9]; 13. (DNS) 54-Matt Davis
Pure Stocks:
1. 17-Nick Baldwin[4]; 2. 23-Tyler Lightfoot[1]; 3. 30-Kevin Jinkerson[5]; 4. 16-Tommy Sturgeon[2]; 5. 86-Wayne Trimble[3]; 6. 4D3-Dan Jinkerson[9]; 7. 53-Jason Clayton[7]; 8. 14P-Nicholas Pate[11]; 9. 43-Kenny Bernstein[6]; 10. 91-Andrew Brulez[10]; 11. 53JR-Jason Clayton Jr[8]; 12. 93-Mel Byers[12]; 13. 12J-Jason Ramos[13]
Mini Trucks:
1. 16-Mike Miller[1]; 2. 7-Luke Costa[10]; 3. 70-Austin Struthers[5]; 4. 08JR-Thomas Jensen[3]; 5. 26-Paizlee Miller[8]; 6. 28-Howard Miller[7]; 7. 07-Tyler Goggin[4]; 8. 03-Bobby Clark[6]; 9. 21-Paige Miller[11]; 10. 24K-Michael Barreno[2]; 11. 65X-Brian Tremblay[9]
Spithaler Seals the Deal in FAST on Dirt Sprints; Rudolph First in Modifieds, Cipriano in RUSH Mods, and Whitling in Pro Stocks
(Franklin, PA July 28, 2024): Brandon Spithaler rebounded from some recent adversity to take the win in the FAST on Dirt Sprint Car main event held at Tri City Raceway Park.
Returning after a short absence, Erick Rudolph claimed the win in the Modified class presented by 21st Energy Group. This was the first event conducted since the track merged its 358 Modifieds with the Big Blocks. Taking the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stock feature was Bobby Whitling. Ayden Cipriano captured the RUSH Sportsmen Modified part of the program.
The FAST on Dirt 410 Sprints took on the Krill Recycling 410s for a twenty-five lapper. It was the second appearance of the year at the track for the FAST touring series.
Dylan Cisney and Cody Bova were on the front row, with Carl Bowser and Zane DeVault in row two. The third row belonged to Dale Blaney and Brandon Spithaler, the series points leader. Jeremy Weaver was sitting in for Andy Cavanaugh, and he rolled away in the seventh position. Jack Sodeman, Jr. was his running mate. Bob Felmlee and John Jerich made up row five. In the sixth row were Derek Hauck and Nathan McDowell.
Cisney jumped out front at the start of the FAST on Dirt Sprint Car race. Bova ran in second in the early going, followed by Spithaler, DeVault, Bowser, Blaney, Sodeman, Weaver, Felmlee, and Jerich.
Spithaler was quick around the top of the big Venango County oval. He moved into second by lap five. Two laps later, he claimed the lead coming off turn two.
Spithaler stretched his lead as the race progressed. Cisney continued in second, followed by Bova, DeVault, and Blaney. Not even lapped traffic slowed Spithaler’s rapid pace.
Spithaler, who demolished a car at the recent Don Martin Memorial, took the checkers ahead of Cisney, DeVault, Bova, and Blaney. Bowser led the next quintet, along with Weaver, Sodeman, Hauck, and Felmlee.
The heat winners in the FAST on Dirt Sprint Series were Cody Bova and Dale Blaney. There was no B Main. The evening’s fastest qualifier was Brandon Spithaler, with a time of 15.337.
At the start of heat two for the FAST on Dirt Sprint Cars, two time and defending track champion, A.J. Flick, tangled with the car of Zane DeVault right at the flagstand. Flick went over, but was not hurt. He was unable to start the feature event.
Chad Reitz had the pole for the start of the Modified twenty lapper for the 21st Century Energy Group sponsored division. Erick Rudolph was on his flank. Rex King, Jr. and Jeremiah Shingledecker were in row two. The third row paired up Austin Eyler and Steve Slater, who was back behind the wheel of his own car. Lenny Liebold, III tagged the tail.
Rudolph jumped out to the early lead, with Shingledecker , King, Reitz, and Eyler following. A spin by Liebold in turn two required a restart with one lap complete. On the restart, King powered into second. Soon thereafter, Slater moved ahead of Reitz for the fourth spot.
Rudolph’s Big Block led the remaining nineteen laps without incident. King was about ten car lengths back. Shingledecker cruised home in third. He was followed by Slater and Reitz. Eyler was sixth, with Liebold in seventh.
The heat winner of the 21st Century Energy Group Modifieds was Erick Rudolph. There was no B Main.
Aaron Smith and Mike Miller shared row one for the fifteen lap Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stock feature. Matt Bernard and Tyler Wyant were behind them. Then came Doug Iorio, II and Bobby Whitling. Pat Fielding and Jason Kimmy were paired in row four. The fifth row had Russ Coyne and Josh Seippel. Rod Laskey and Charlie McMillen had row six covered. Trailing the field was Randy Wyant.
Miller led the early going, with Tyler Wyant running second. Miller dropped out at lap five, giving the lead to Wyant for the restart. Bobby Whitling lined up next to him, and that proved to be the difference maker. Whitling got rolling on the outside and swooped into the lead on the restart.
A spin by McMillen in turn four, followed by a brief flare-up under the hood, led to a green-white-checkered finish.
Whitling led the rest of the way, with Wyant remaining close enough to capitalize on any mistakes that Whitling might make. There were none, so Wyant took home the second place money. Third went to Laskey, fourth to Coyne, and fifth to Bernard. Fielding, Kimmy, Iorio, McMillen, Randy Wyant were the next five finishers.
The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks presented two heat races. The winners were Doug Iorio, II and Mike Miller. There was no B Main.
Brandon Ritchey was inside row one, with Ayden Cipriano as his dancing partner for the start of the RUSH Modified Sportsmen. Kole Holden and Logen Lockhart made up row two. The third row consisted of Lucas Canon, and Darin Gallagher. In row four, Frank Guidace and Chelsie Gallagher were found. The fifth row paired Karston King with Cole Edwards. The sixth row featured Troy McGregor and Makayla Shannon.
Cipriano took the early lead, and Ritchey, Kole Holden, Lockhart, and Darin Gallagher in the top five. The race went non-stop, with the top five remaining unchanged throughout. Canon, Guidace, Chelsie Gallagher, Edwards, and Karston King completed the top ten.
The RUSH Modified Sportsmen also competed in two heat races, with the wins going to Ayden Cipriano and Kole Holden. There was no B Main.
The Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge still has John Mollick at the top of the list, with four heat race victories.
Next weekend, Tri City Raceway Park will host a Sunday Thunder program, consisting of Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars, 21st Century Energy Group Modifieds, Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks, and 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprints. There will be a special guest, Indy Car star Santino Ferrucci, courtesy of one of his sponsors, Webco Industries of Oil City, PA. Ferrucci will be signing autographs, so bring your favorite souvenir. And, general admission will be FREE for all.
Then, coming up on Sunday, August 11, the ULMS Late Models will invade Tri City Raceway Park. Another special event will follow on August 18, with the Ryder Memorial for the BRP Modified Tour.
The divisional sponsors of Tri City Raceway Park for 2024 are: Krill Recycling, LLC (410 Sprint Cars), 21st Century Energy Group (Modifieds), Hovis Auto & Truck Supply (Pro Stocks), and 4 Your Car Connection (RUSH Sprint Cars).
All competitors at Tri City Raceway Park will be eligible for the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge. The driver that wins the most heat races over the courseof the season, regardless of the class, will receive a special award.
Other marketing partners of Tri City Raceway Park for 2024 include: Erie Beer, Wab-Tec (manufacturer of locomotive engines), Schaeffer Lubricants, Keystone Transit (school buses), Blue Ox Timbers (buyers of timberland timber land management), Constable Refuse (residential and commercial garbage collectors), First Rate Realty (real estate sales), Landscape Connection (portable toilets and landscape supplies), KEI-Klapec Express Inc. (trucking company), BKI-Bert Klapec Inc. (excavation and demolition), Shambaugh Towing, Gibson Hill Automotive (auto repair), McCandless Ford Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), McCandless Trailer Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), Big Dog RC (remote controlled cars and race track), McGregor Excavating, Les Frickshun (lubricants and undercoating), Bish Heating & Cooling, Wet Hose LLC (pressure washing), Heffern Septic Service, Tionesta Builders Supply (located in Tionesta and Shippenville), UCIP-United Community Independence Program (housing and services for the handicapped), Close Racing Supply, Billy’s Garage & Towing, Oakland-Rampart Equipment (makers of centrifugal dryers, wash systems, and separators), Shaw Industries (machine shop), Welding Technologies, Froggie Radio, and Hards Welding.
Remember that you will need to check the Facebook page, Tri City Raceway Park, for current information. The former website is not updated and will soon be replaced.
Tri-City Raceway Park is located just a few miles north of Franklin, PA, at 3430 State Route 417 in Oakland Township. Professional auto racing will be presented in a family friendly atmosphere most Sunday evenings from May through Labor Day weekend.
FAST on Dirt Sprint Cars vs. Krill Recycling 410 Sprints: Brandon Spithaler, Dylan Cisney, Zane DeVault, Cody Bova, Dale Blaney, Carl Bowser, Jeremy Weaver, Jack Sodeman, Jr., Derek Hauck, Bob Felmlee, John Jerich, Dusty Larson, Bobby Elliott, Bodey McClintock, Nathan McDowell. DNS: A.J. Flick, Chase Metheny.
21st Century Energy Group Modifieds: Erick Rudolph, Rex King, Jr., Jeremiah Shingledecker, Steve Slater, Chad Reitz, Austin Eyler, Lenny Liebold, III.
Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks: Bobby Whitling, Tyler Wyant, Rod Laskey, Russ Coyne, Matt Bernard, Pat Fielding, Jason Kimmy, Doug Iorio, II, Charlie McMillen, Randy Wyant, Mike Miller, Aaron Smith. DNS: Josh Seippel.
RUSH Sportsmen Modifieds: Ayden Cipriano, Brandon Ritchey, Kyle Holden, Logen Lockhart, Darin Gallagher, Lucas Canon, Frank Guidace, Chelsie Gallagher, Cole Edwards, Karston King, Makayla Shannon, Troy McGregor.
Tanner Claims $4,000 in ESS Outlaw Summer Nationals
By Curtis Berleue (Dundee, NY) | For the first time in 2024, Matt Tanner was victorious in Empire Super Sprints Action at the Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, NY. Leading all 25 laps, the Stephentown, NY driver picked up $4,000 for his efforts on Friday night.
Shawn Donath and Matt Tanner brought the field to the initial green flag. Utilizing the high side of the track, Tanner got the early advantage off turn four to lead lap one.
Behind Tanner, third starting Jason Barney quickly moved into second, with Donath not far behind in third. By lap 5, Tanner still held the lead over Barney and Donath, while Jonathan Preston, Alex Therrien and Billy VanInwegen all battled for positions 4-6.
On Lap 8, Tanner caught the back of the field and began navigating lap traffic. As Tanner and Barney sliced through the slower cars, VanInwegen used traffic to his advantage to take sole possession of third place.
With the laps clicking by, it looked as though nobody had anything for Tanner. On lap 18, Donath was able to get by Barney for second using the extreme high side of the track, but it was smooth sailing for Tanner as he crossed the line for his first victory of the season.
“At the beginning there I was a little nervous running around the top,” said Tanner in victory lane. “Toward the end it felt like the top was going away, I tried the bottom and then it kinda cleaned off down there and I wasn’t sure what to do at the end.”
Crossing the line second was Shawn Donath.
“He (Tanner) was good early and it took a little bit for the tires to fire,” said Donath. “We were just a little bit too late getting going.”
Coming from his 8th place starting spot, Billy VanInwegen rounded out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium in third.
“We really had a good car, I thought with maybe a yellow around half way we could have had something,” said VanInwegen. “We can’t hang our heads with third, we’re working hard at this deal and making strides for sure.”
24 cars signed into the pit area Friday night, splitting the field into three timed hot lap groups. Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards went to Matt Farnham, Alex Therrien and Matt Tanner. E&V Energy heat races were won by Jared Zimbardi, Alex Therrien and Jordan Thomas, while the Cobra Coaches dash presented by Lanes Yamaha was won by Jordan Poirier.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is Saturday July 27th at the Woodhull Raceway in Woodhull, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), X (formerly Twitter - @ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Saturday, July 27 – Woodhull Raceway – Woodhull, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Friday, August 2 – Can-Am Speedway – LaFargeville, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Saturday, August 3 – Brockville Ontario Speedway – Brockville, ONT ($2,000 to Win)
Full Results:
A-Main: 1. 90-Matt Tanner[2]; 2. 53-Shawn Donath[1]; 3. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[8]; 4. #79-Jordan Thomas[10]; 5. 22-Jonathan Preston[4]; 6. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 7. 28-Jordan Poirier[13]; 8. 35-Jared Zimbardi[6]; 9. 21T-Alex Therrien[5]; 10. 98-Joe Trenca[12]; 11. 66-Jordan Hutton[7]; 12. #89-Robbie Stillwaggon[15]; 13. 2-Dave Axton[11]; 14. 28F-Davie Franek[9]; 15. #7NY-Matt Farnham[22]; 16. 10-Kelly Hebing[17]; 17. 21B-Blake Warner[14]; 18. 47-Kyle Drum[18]; 19. 13E-Evan Reynolds[23]; 20. 13T-Trevor Years[16]; 21. #25G-Tyler Graves[24]; 22. #18C-Dan Craun[20]; 23. X-Dan Bennett[21]; 24. #41-Dalton Rombough[19]
Lanes Yamaha Dash: 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[1]; 2. 21B-Blake Warner[3]; 3. #89-Robbie Stillwaggon[2]; 4. 13T-Trevor Years[6]; 5. 10-Kelly Hebing[5]; 6. 47-Kyle Drum[4]
E&V Energy Heat 1: 1. 35-Jared Zimbardi[4]; 2. 53-Shawn Donath[2]; 3. 66-Jordan Hutton[7]; 4. 28F-Davie Franek[3]; 5. 28-Jordan Poirier[6]; 6. 47-Kyle Drum[5]; 7. #41-Dalton Rombough[8]; 8. (DNS) #7NY-Matt Farnham
E&V Energy Heat 2: 1. 21T-Alex Therrien[1]; 2. 22-Jonathan Preston[2]; 3. 2-Dave Axton[4]; 4. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[6]; 5. #89-Robbie Stillwaggon[5]; 6. 10-Kelly Hebing[3]; 7. #18C-Dan Craun[8]; 8. 13E-Evan Reynolds[7]
E&V Energy Heat 3: 1. #79-Jordan Thomas[2]; 2. 90-Matt Tanner[1]; 3. 87-Jason Barney[4]; 4. 98-Joe Trenca[3]; 5. 21B-Blake Warner[6]; 6. 13T-Trevor Years[5]; 7. X-Dan Bennett[7]; 8. #25G-Tyler Graves[8]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #7NY-Matt Farnham; #21T-Alex Therrien; #90-Matt Tanner
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #35-Jared Zimbardi; #21T-Alex Therrien; #79-Jordan Thomas
Cobra Coaches / Lanes Yamaha Dash Winner ($125): #28-Jordan Poirier
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #53-Shawn Donath
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #7NY-Matt Farnham (+7)
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #X-Dan Bennett
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #66-Jordan Hutton
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #90-Matt Tanner; #53-Shawn Donath; #10V-Billy VanInwegen
Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #10H-Kelly Hebing
Zimbardi Leads Wire to Wire at Woodhull
By Curtis Berleue (Woodhull, NY) | For the second night in a row, it was a new face in victory lane in 2024 for the Empire Super Sprints, as Braford, PA’s Jared Zimbardi picked up his first win of the season Saturday night at Woodhull. Almost exactly one year from his last ESS victory, it was Zimbardi’s 6th ESS win and 51st career win.
After drawing the number two starting spot, Zimbardi used the high side to his advantage on lap one to take the lead over Pinnacle Pole Award winner Kyle Drum.
With 5 laps complete, it was still Zimbardi out front over Drum, with Jason Barney third, Shawn Donath 4th and Trevor Years fifth. On lap 6, Barney was able to sneak underneath of Drum coming off turn four to take the second position away. With much of the field using the high side of the track, Barney continued to creep the bottom in an attempt to chase down Zimbardi.
Just one caution coming on lap 7 slowed the event, and on the ensuing restart Zimbardi again jumped out to the lead over Barney, with Drum in third.
For the second night in a row, Billy VanInwegen was mounting a charge from deep in the field. Starting 10th, he had moved his way into the top five by lap 8. 5 laps later, he secured the fourth spot, and on lap 18 he slid into a podium spot in third.
While Zimbardi navigated lap traffic, VanInwegen was relentlessly running the bottom in an attempt to catch Barney for second, and with two laps to go he slid by him. It was too little too late, however, as Zimbardi’s half-second lead let him cross the line first.
“It was tough to see coming down the backstretch, I wasn’t sure but I knew he (Barney) was there,” said Zimbardi. “I certainly didn’t want to give him the bottom on that restart. You get a nice launch out of turn four, and if I could get him clear go to the top and if he didn’t get by me off of two I knew I was good.”
“Keeping the momentum was tricky around the top, you just miss it by a little bit and you’re off the racetrack. The last time I won here was in 2016, so we were long overdue.”
Finishing one spot better than the night before, Billy VanInwegen came home second, while Jason Barney rounded out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium.
“I didn’t feel good in the heat race, so we went to work and my guys kept making the car better for me,” said VanInwegen. “These guys just have no quit in them and I’m super thankful.”
In two timed hot lap groups, Jared Zimbardi and Shawn Donath earned Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards, while Jordan Thomas and Trevor Years picked up E&V Energy heat wins. The Cobra Coaches dash presented by Mary Ennis was won by Davie Franek.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is this coming Friday, August 2nd at the Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), X (formerly Twitter - @ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Friday, August 2 – Can-Am Speedway – LaFargeville, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Saturday, August 3 – Brockville Ontario Speedway – Brockville, ONT ($2,000 to Win)
Saturday, August 17 – Utica-Rome Speedway – Vernon, NY ($5,000 to Win Cole Cup)
Full Results:
A-Main: 1. 35-Jared Zimbardi[2]; 2. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[11]; 3. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[5]; 5. 90-Matt Tanner[10]; 6. 28F-Davie Franek[9]; 7. #79-Jordan Thomas[6]; 8. 28-Jordan Poirier[8]; 9. 47-Kyle Drum[1]; 10. 13T-Trevor Years[4]; 11. 10-Kelly Hebing[12]; 12. #41-Dalton Rombough[15]; 13. X-Dan Bennett[14]; 14. 21T-Alex Therrien[7]; 15. #25G-Tyler Graves[16]; 16. 13E-Evan Reynolds[13]
Mary Ennis Dash: 1. 28F-Davie Franek[1]; 2. 90-Matt Tanner[2]; 3. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[3]; 4. 10-Kelly Hebing[4]
E&V Energy Heat 1: 1. #79-Jordan Thomas[1]; 2. 21T-Alex Therrien[2]; 3. 35-Jared Zimbardi[4]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier[3]; 5. 28F-Davie Franek[5]; 6. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[6]; 7. 13E-Evan Reynolds[7]; 8. #41-Dalton Rombough[8]
E&V Energy Heat 2: 1. 13T-Trevor Years[2]; 2. 53-Shawn Donath[4]; 3. 47-Kyle Drum[1]; 4. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 5. 90-Matt Tanner[5]; 6. 10-Kelly Hebing[7]; 7. X-Dan Bennett[6]; 8. #25G-Tyler Graves[8]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #35-Jared Zimbardi; #53-Shawn Donath
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #79-Jordan Thomas; #13T-Trevor Years
Cobra Coaches / Mary Ennis Dash Winner ($125): #28F-Davie Franek
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #47-Kyle Drum
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #10V-Billy VanInwegen (+9)
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #13E-Evan Reynolds
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #10-Kelly Hebing
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #35-Jared Zimbardi; #10V-Billy VanInwegen; #87-Jason Barney
Kurt tops Tyler in Davis family 1-2 PDTR 360 Sprint Car finish
Myers Jr., Sandholm earn initial A-main victories
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 27, 2024 – If you were to describe the eighth Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program of the 2024 season on Saturday, July 27 in one word, “ordinary” most certainly wouldn’t be it.
Whether it was a father-son 1-2 finish, inspired runs from the back to the front of the field, a heaping helping of slide jobs, a pair of A-main leaders meeting misfortune in the same race, a father driving his daughter’s car to an A-main win or two incidents involving hard impacts with the outer wall and fence, action in the Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing – Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Cars, PDTR B Mods and the visiting Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car divisions provided Plymouth Dirt Track Racing fans with an abundance of wheel-to-wheel entertainment.
Two-time Akright Auto 360 Sprint Car champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee bested a career-best run from his son, Tyler, to capture his first A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track in over three years as the Davis’ achieved a rare 1-2 father-son showing in the 25-lap PDTR-MSA main event.
After the first two leaders encountered misfortune, Joel Myers Jr. of Santa Rosa, Calif. nailed down a victory in the 30-lap IRA 410 Sprint Car Series main event.
Mike Sandholm of Oconomowoc made his first start in the car normally wheeled by his daughter, Miranda, a memorable one as he led wire-to-wire en route to victory in the 25-lap PDTR B Mod A-main.
In the 25-lap PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car main event, polesitter Bill Taylor of Boltonville raced into the lead on the drop of the green flag as Kurt Davis, who started fourth, jumped to the high groove of the third-mile clay oval to challenge third starter T.J. Smith of Greenville for second.
The first caution of two cautions appeared on lap 3 when Justin Erickson of Plymouth spun in turn two and collected Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, Ill, T.J. Haddy of Waupun and Alex Pokorski of West Bend. All three drivers retreated to the work area before rejoining the race at the rear of the field on the ensuing restart.
Taylor continued to hold down the lead when the race resumed while Kurt Davis stormed into second place along with the cushion on lap 7. Three laps later, the all-time winningest driver in the 25-season history of the Akright Auto Midwest Sprint Car Association powered his way past Taylor to secure the lead on the slick, smooth and multi-groove racing surface.
The second and final caution flag was displayed on lap 13 when Taylor and Brandon Berth of Cascade were involved in an incident in turn two during a four-car duel for second. Both drivers were able to return to the race.
Following the restart, Kurt’s son, Tyler Davis of Franklin, moved up from the sixth starting spot to shoot past Smith into second on lap 14 as ninth starter Robbie Pribnow charged into third along the outside line.
With five laps to go, Kurt Davis caught the rear of the field and had to deal with a swarm of slower cars, which allowed Tyler Davis to reel in his father.
With one lap to go, Tyler pulled to within striking distance his father. However, Kurt Davis proved to be the top Davis family finisher on this occasion as he held on by a car length to capture his first victory in PDTR 360 Sprint Car competition since May 8, 2021, as well as his 26th career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main triumph and MSA A-main leading 65th career A-main win.
In his 39th season of competition, Kurt Davis’ PDTR 360 Sprint Car win moved him to within seven victories of all-time PDTR A-main victory leader Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh, who currently sits at the top of the heap at The Plymouth Dirt Track with 33 wins.
The win also helped Kurt Davis to stretch his lead at the top of the MSA 360 Sprint Car all-time A-main victory list to 13 over current runner-up Danny Schlafer of Sussex, who has 52 MSA 360 Sprint Car A-main victories to his credit. It was Davis’ first MSA win since May 15, 2022 at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis.
“I’ve been going through the year doubting myself – am I too old, did I lose some stuff?” Kurt Davis said. “I may be a little bit more out of shape. I may have lost a bit of timing, but this one’s for the old guys. As for running the number 39 this year, we lost Cole Possi last year. The Possi family have been great friends to me. I’m glad I could at least pay them back for all their years of friendship and support with a victory.”
Tyler Davis claimed a career-best second place showing, Pribnow placed third, Smith wound up fourth and Chris Clayton of Waldo mounted an inspired run from the 20th starting spot to secure a fifth place showing in his first appearance of the 2024 season in PDTR and MSA 360 Sprint Car competition.
The 30-lap IRA A-main proved to overflow with action in various ways. Polesitter and early race leader Danny Schlafer of Sussex took the lead at the start before the red flag appeared when Mike Reinke of Howards Grove made hard contact with the turn four wall and flipped on lap 3.
Schlafer controlled the restart and hit lapped traffic on lap 9 as second starter Jake Neuman of New Berlin, Ill., two-time IRA champion Jake Blackhurst of Hanna City, Ill., who started fourth, fifth starter Blake Nimee of Oswego, Ill. and Joel Myers Jr. who started eighth, waged an epic slide job-laden battle for third.
After leading the first 11 laps of the event, Schlafer made contact with a lapped car on lap 12, which launched his No. 25 car on a series of flips into the turn one fence.
With Schlafer out of the race, second starter Jake Neumann of New Berlin, Ill. assumed the top spot until his 3N machine rolled to a stop in turn three on lap 20 to become the second race leader to drop out of the event over the span of eight laps.
Blackhurst inherited the lead with Myers Jr. and Max Guilford of Aukland, New Zealand, who started 11th, lurking close behind. The fourth and final stoppage of the race occurred with five laps to go when Ryan Zielski of Oconomowoc spun.
The closing laps saw Blackhurst, Myers Jr. and Nimee relentlessly duel for the top spot as the trio reeled off slide job after slide job. Myers Jr. eventually swept into the lead along the high line. At the same time, Nimee ducked under Blackhurst utilizing the low groove as the trio raced three-wide coming out of turn four on lap 27.
Myers Jr. surged ahead of Nimee for good on lap 28 with Guilford charging back into the top three as the checkered flag flew to cap the action-packed race with Myers Jr. collecting his first career IRA A-main triumph.
Nimee finished second, Guilford wound up third, two-time PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car champion Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls charged up 16 spots from the 20th starting position to place fourth and Blackhurst finished fifth.
Filling in for his daughter, Miranda, Mike Sandholm grabbed the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap PDTR B Mod A-main.
Sandholm held down a solid cushion over Brad Buckman of Kiel before the first of three caution flags appeared on lap 7 when Scott Quarnstrom of Lake Villa, Ill. spun in turn four.
Sandholm maintained the top spot on the restart as fifth starter Brandon Knepprath of Boltonville slipped into second place on lap 8 with Hunter Larson of Oshkosh, who started seventh taking over third.
The second caution flag appeared on lap 9 for a six-car incident in turn two. After fending off Larson’s challenge for second, Knepprath set his focus on tracking down Sandholm.
As the leaders hit slower traffic, Knepprath remained highly determined as he remained within striking distance when the third and final caution period occurred on lap 19. When the race resumed Knepprath stayed glued to Sandholm’s bumper and stayed there straight through to the finish.
However, Sandholm proved to have just enough to claim his first career PDTR B Mod main event victory. Knepprath finished a career-best second, Larson wound up third, 11th starter Travis Schmidt of Plymouth charged up from the 11th starting spot to finish fourth and Barrett Hummelmeier of Beaver Dam, advanced from the 12th starting position to place fifth.
Jake Blackhurst was the top qualifier in the IRA 410 Sprint Car ranks with a lap of 11.882 seconds.
Clayton Rossmann claimed fast qualifier honors in PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car group qualifying with a time 13.365 of seconds.
The eighth event of the 2024 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Hopf Farms, featured 72 total entries, including 28 IRA 410 Sprint Cars, 23 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars and 21 B Mods.
The next Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program on Saturday, Aug. 3 will feature the PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, Grand Nationals, B Mods, IRA Lightning Sprints and the High School Racing Association.
The program will also include the VanDerVart Concrete Coin and Candy Drop, along with a coloring contest, which will feature prizes for the winners.
Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.
Weather information for all Plymouth Dirt Track Racing events will be posted on the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram pages, as well as the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing website – www.plymouthdtr.com.
The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds is located at 229 Fairview Drive in Plymouth, Wis.
For more information, visit www.plymouthdtr.com or check out Plymouth Dirt Track Racing on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
AKRIGHT AUTO PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK RACING 360 SPRINT CARS
A Main (25 Laps): 1. 39K-Kurt Davis [4]; 2. 68T-Tyler Davis [6]; 3. 0-Robbie Pribnow [9]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith [3]; 5. 2-Chris Clayton [20]; 6. 14J-Joseph Hintz [19]; 7. 35-Ben Schmidt [8]; 8. 53A-Paul Pokorski [2]; 9. 30-Doug Wondra [15]; 10. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [11]; 11. 3-Justin Erickson [5]; 12. 4-Alex Pokorski [13]; 13. 22B-Brandon Berth [7]; 14. 55P-Brady Portschy [21]; 15. 11-Tony Wondra [16]; 16. 09-Clayton Rossmann [10]; 17. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [14]; 18. 69-Bill Taylor [1]; 19. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [17]; 20. 21H-TJ Haddy [18]; 21. 24-Scott Conger [12]; 22. 46-Kevin Ruh [23]; 23. (DNF) 52-Cody Schlafer [22]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 69S-TJ Smith [1]; 2. 68T-Tyler Davis [2]; 3. 09-Clayton Rossmann [4]; 4. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [5]; 5. 0-Robbie Pribnow [3]; 6. 14J-Joseph Hintz [8]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy [7]; 8. 11-Tony Wondra [6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 53A-Paul Pokorski [2]; 2. 39K-Kurt Davis [3]; 3. 3-Justin Erickson [4]; 4. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [1]; 5. 30-Doug Wondra [5]; 6. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [6]; 7. 46-Kevin Ruh [7]; 8. 55P-Brady Portschy[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Scott Conger [1]; 2. 69-Bill Taylor [2]; 3. 22B-Brandon Berth [3]; 4. 4-Alex Pokorski [5]; 5. 35-Ben Schmidt [4]; 6. 2-Chris Clayton [6]; 7. 52-Cody Schlafer [7]
Qualifying 1: 1. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 13.365 [7]; 2. 0-Robbie Pribnow, 13.375 [6]; 3. 68T-Tyler Davis, 13.591 [3]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith, 13.631 [5]; 5. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.671 [4]; 6. 11-Tony Wondra, 13.885 [2]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy, 13.950 [8]; 8. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 13.978 [1]
Qualifying 2: 1. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.600 [5]; 2. 39K-Kurt Davis, 13.629 [1]; 3. 53A-Paul Pokorski, 13.658[7]; 4. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 13.845[2]; 5. 30-Doug Wondra, 13.871[4]; 6. 3BK-Billy Kreutz, 13.925 [3]; 7. 55P-Brady Portschy, 14.507 [8]; 8. (DNF) 46-Kevin Ruh [6]
Qualifying 3: 1. 35-Ben Schmidt, 13.478[1]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.574 [5]; 3. 69-Bill Taylor, 13.670 [3]; 4. 24-Scott Conger, 13.727 [7]; 5. 4-Alex Pokorski, 13.774 [4]; 6. 2-Chris Clayton, 14.299 [6]; 7. 52-Cody Schlafer, 14.849 [2]
BUMPER TO BUMPER INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION 410 SPRINT CAR SERIES
A Main (30 Laps): 1. 19-Joel Myers Jr. [8]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee [5]; 3. 79M-Max Guilford [11]; 4. 25T-Travis Arenz [20]; 5. 96-Jake Blackhurst [4]; 6. 85J-Logan Julien [7]; 7. 73-Scotty Thiel [16]; 8. 16C-Tylar Rankin [13]; 9. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [3]; 10. 37-Bryce Norris [10]; 11. 16-Anthony Knierim [9]; 12. 87A-Austin Hartmann [17]; 13. 9K-Kyle Schuett [19]; 14. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [15]; 15. 68-Dave Uttech [6]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder [23]; 17. 9-Tyler Duff [18]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz [21]; 19. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski [24]; 20. 33B-Scott Broty [22]; 21. (DNF) 3B-Shelby Bosie [14]; 22. (DNF) 3N-Jake Neuman [2]; 23. (DNF) 25-Danny Schlafer [1]; 24. (DNF) 10W-Mike Reinke [12]
B Main (12 Laps): 1. 9K-Kyle Schuett [1]; 2. 25T-Travis Arenz [3]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz [2]; 4. 33B-Scott Broty [4]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder [6]; 6. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski [8]; 7. 88-Chris Flick [5]; 8. 17-Dylan Winkel [9]; 9. 70W-Logan Wienke [10]; 10. (DNF) 26R-Preston Ruh [7]
Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. 25-Danny Schlafer [2]; 2. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [4]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee [3]; 4. 85J-Logan Julien [5]; 5. 16-Anthony Knierim [1]
Dash 2 (4 Laps): 1. 3N-Jake Neuman [2]; 2. 96-Jake Blackhurst [3]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech [1]; 4. 19-Joel Myers Jr. [5]; 5. 37-Bryce Norris [4]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [1]; 2. 19-Joel Myers Jr [3]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer [2]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst [4]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [5]; 6. 73-Scotty Thiel [6]; 7. 25T-Travis Arenz [9]; 8. 33B-Scott Broty [8]; 9. 26R-Preston Ruh [7]; 10. (DNF) 70W-Logan Wienke [10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Blake Nimee [4]; 2. 85J-Logan Julien [3]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke [5]; 4. 3B-Shelby Bosie [6]; 5. 16-Anthony Knierim [2]; 6. 9-Tyler Duff [9]; 7. 9K-Kyle Schuett [1]; 8. 88-Chris Flick [8]; 9. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski [7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3N-Jake Neuman [2]; 2. 79M-Max Guilford [1]; 3. 37-Bryce Norris [4]; 4. 16C-Tylar Rankin [5]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech [3]; 6. 87A-Austin Hartmann [7]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz [6]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder [9]; 9. 17-Dylan Winkel [8]
Qualifying: 1. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 11.882 [5]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee, 12.160 [9]; 3. 37-Bryce Norris, 12.194[2]; 4. 19-Joel Myers Jr, 12.226 [12]; 5. 85J-Logan Julien, 12.231 [8]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, 12.297 [3]; 7. 25-Danny Schlafer, 12.307 [7]; 8. 16-Anthony Knierim, 12.317 [6]; 9. 3N-Jake Neuman, 12.378 [22]; 10. 2W-Scotty Neitzel, 12.422[28]; 11. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 12.428 [23]; 12. 79M-Max Guilford, 12.443 [24]; 13. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 12.455 [15]; 14. 10W-Mike Reinke, 12.531 [19]; 15. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 12.708 [16]; 16. 73-Scotty Thiel, 12.849 [27]; 17. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 12.913 [26]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 12.972 [10]; 19. 26R-Preston Ruh, 12.980 [4]; 20. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski, 12.988 [1]; 21. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 13.002 [18]; 22. 33B-Scott Broty, 13.035 [17]; 23. 88-Chris Flick, 13.050 [11]; 24. 17-Dylan Winkel, 13.084 [14]; 25. 25T-Travis Arenz, 13.196 [20]; 26. 9-Tyler Duff, 13.200 [21]; 27. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 13.478 [13]; 28. 70W-Logan Wienke, 14.506 [25]
Hot Laps: 1. 79M-Max Guilford, 11.964 [24]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel, 12.013 [27]; 3. 19-Joel Myers Jr, 12.022 [12]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 12.092 [23]; 5. 10W-Mike Reinke, 12.098 [19]; 6. 3N-Jake Neuman, 12.223 [22]; 7. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 12.260 [15]; 8. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 12.264 [18]; 9. 37-Bryce Norris, 12.297 [2]; 10. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 12.374 [26]; 11. 9-Tyler Duff, 12.379 [21]; 12. 33B-Scott Broty, 12.430 [17]; 13. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 12.458 [16]; 14. 25T-Travis Arenz, 12.459 [20]; 15. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 12.471 [5]; 16. 2W-Scotty Neitzel, 12.582[28]; 17. 25-Danny Schlafer, 12.687 [7]; 18. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 12.741 [13]; 19. 79-Blake Nimee, 13.018 [9]; 20. 85J-Logan Julien, 13.146 [8]; 21. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski, 13.218 [1]; 22. 88-Chris Flick, 13.289 [11]; 23. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.303 [10]; 24. 16-Anthony Knierim, 13.340 [6]; 25. 68-Dave Uttech, 13.343 [3]; 26. 70W-Logan Wienke, 13.351 [25]; 27. 26R-Preston Ruh, 13.410 [4]; 28. 17-Dylan Winkel, 13.489 [14]
SHEBOYGAN FLOORING B MODS
A Main (25 Laps): 1. 18-Mike Sandholm [1]; 2. 17-Brandon Knepprath [5]; 3. 9-Hunter Larson [7]; 4. 3-Travis Schmidt [11]; 5. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [12]; 6. 66-Steve Lorier [8]; 7. 69-Travis Kleindl [14]; 8. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [2]; 9. 19-Parker Glander [18]; 10. 117-Tom Barnharst [19]; 11. 11B-Brad Buckman [3]; 12. 29S-Scott Quarnstrom [20]; 13. 35W-Wayne Walker [16]; 14. 25S-Steve Ellis [17]; 15. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [15]; 16. 26-Ryan Pafford [13]; 17. 73-Rory Welch [6]; 18. 59S-Spencer Long [9]; 19. 89-Logan Brass [4]; 20. 91-Cole Thomas [10]; 21. 54-Michael Strean [21]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11B-Brad Buckman [2]; 2. 59S-Spencer Long [6]; 3. 73-Rory Welch [5]; 4. 18-Mike Sandholm [1]; 5. 26-Ryan Pafford [4]; 6. 35W-Wayne Walker [3]; 7. (DNS) 29S-Scott Quarnstrom
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Brandon Knepprath [4]; 2. 3-Travis Schmidt [6]; 3. 9-Hunter Larson [5]; 4. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [1]; 5. 69-Travis Kleindl [3]; 6. 25S-Steve Ellis [2]; 7. 54-Michael Strean [7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Logan Brass [3]; 2. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [6]; 3. 66-Steve Lorier [5]; 4. 91-Cole Thomas [7]; 5. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [1]; 6. 19-Parker Glander [4]; 7. 117-Tom Barnharst [2]
HOMETOWN SPRINT CAR VICTORY FOR DALE BLANEY IS HIS 1ST OF 2024 AT SHARON; 1ST FOR JORDAN PERKINS IN STOCKS; KOLE HOLDEN (RUSH MODS) & JOE GABRIELSON (ECONO MODS)
July 27, 2024
By Mike Leone
(Hartford, OH)...Sharon Speedway was able to complete its fourth consecutive program during the month of July as sunshine and hot temps greeted race fans and teams on Saturday night for the annual "Bill Kirila Memorial". Celebrating in the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply victory lane for the "Super Series" program presented by Bala Management were Dale Blaney (Hovis Auto & Truck Supply "410" Sprint Cars), Jordan Perkins (Gibson Insurance Agency Pro Stocks), Kole Holden (HTMA/Precise Racing Products RUSH Sportsman Modifieds), and Joe Gabrielson (Whelen Econo Mods presented by Alcon Mechanical). It was Bucks Fabricating and Mark Thomas Ford Night.
Just when it appeared Dale Blaney's hall of fame career may be coming to a close, the Hartford, Ohio great had a rejuvenating 2023 season aboard Tiger Barris' #32B winning four features including three at Sharon. This season saw Blaney win at Lernerville giving him victories in 33 of his 35 years of racing "410" Sprint Cars. On Saturday night, Blaney led all 30 laps of the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply feature presented by Bala Management holding off sixth starting Cole Duncan for the $4,000 payday, and became the fourth different winner in four races this season.
"I wasn't very good getting started but was really good on the long runs," acknowledged the 60-year-old racer. "I didn't know where to start and spun really hard and thought he (Cole Duncan) had run. I didn't get through this corner very good, but I knew I needed to turn and cover that lane or else he was coming by. Cole is a really good race car driver and runs good when the track gets like this. Him and his dad have a real good package, but my car was really good. I thought I got through traffic really good. We came here with a little different setup than we normally do as we were trying something different for dad's race in three weeks to see if we can learn something and get things better."
Blaney raced into the lead overtaking pole-sitter Dan Kuriger at the start of the feature. Kuriger held down the runner-up spot until lap 11. Duncan, who considers Sharon one of his favorites tracks, was making his season debut at the Hartford, Ohio oval. Duncan actually fell back to seventh on lap two before cracking the top five on lap three. Duncan then worked his way forward and overtook Kuriger for second on lap 12. Duncan chased Blaney throughout the remainder of the event, but came up 0.453 seconds shy. Blaney's 21st career Sharon win came in the Barris Truck Service/Barris Supply/Atwell & Perrine Excavating/Top Shelf Trucking/McFarland Lumber-sponsored #32B.
Sixteenth starting Greg Wilson charged to the front and snuck by Dave Blaney on the last lap to finish third for an all Ohio podium! The elder Blaney was fourth after starting 13th. Kuriger dropped to fifth. Central Pa. invader Dylan Cisney was sixth as A.J. Flick, Dan Shetler, Brandon Matus, and Michael Bauer completed the top 10. Flick set fast time overall against the 28-car field in qualifying with a lap of 14.022. Heat winners were Dale Blaney, John Jerich, and Chris Verda, while Bob Felmlee won the last chance B main.
Last season Jordan Perkins captured his first career Sharon victory in the Pro Stocks. On Saturday night, Perkins returned to victory lane a little more than 13 months later for his second career win. Perkins passed 32-time winner Steve D'Apolito for good on lap 16 and led the remaining laps of the 20-lap Gibson Insurance Agency feature to become the third different winner in four races this season.
"Boy that was a heck of a race," expressed the 33-year-old New Castle, Pa. driver. "Even if I would have finished second I would have been happy the way our year has been and all the more we have gotten to race. I saw Steve (D'Apolito)'s passenger door a couple times. You can't follow cars so you have to try somewhere else and I put it on the top. There was still some moisture left up there after the Sprints. It was touch and feel up there. We made some changes on the car and found something that worked."
D'Apolito led the first 10 laps until losing the lead on lap 11 to Perkins. D'Apolito regained the lead on lap 15 hoping to end a long winless drought, but would lose the lead one lap later when Perkins drove on around. Perkins took the checkered flag first by 0.921 seconds over D'Apolito in his US Roll-Offs/Six Packs Bar & Grille/Four Star Pizza of New Castle/Denise Johnson/Stotish Racing Engines/Advance Auto Parts/Green Roof Rentals/Pagley Construction/Brian Watkins Landscaping-sponsored #13J.
Scott Stiffler came back from his opening lap spin to finish third. Seventy-two-year-old Larry Kugel went ninth to fourth to earn the $100 Summit Racing Equipment hard charger gift card. Jason Jones was fifth. Completing the top 10 were Jim Fosnaught, Russ Coyne, Jamie Duncan, Tony Bruno, and Paul Davis. D'Apolito and Davis won the heat races.
After going on a near five-year winless drought in the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds at Sharon until Kole Holden's victory on June 22, it didn't take the two-time track champion as long to return to victory lane. Holden passed Rob Kristyak on lap 15 and kept 12th starting Chas Wolbert at bay throughout the final laps of the HTMA/Precise Racing Products feature in a race that had three different leaders and four lead changes. The victory maintained Holden's lead in RUSH's $3,500 to-win Weekly Series Championship and also propelled him into the lead of the $1,000 to-win Wedge Motorsports "Route 7 Rumble" Series.
"I knew (Rob) Kristyak would be on the top of the track so it was no surprise when I saw him up there," explained the 25-year-old Tiona, Pa. resident. "I knew my car was good on the bottom so I just stuck right along the tires the whole race. I just stayed cool, calm, and hit my marks. Fortunately I was able to pull a couple car lengths on him and held on for the win."
Holden started second and led the opening lap until JC Boyer took a short-lived lead on lap two. Holden regained the lead back on lap three only to lose it on lap six to Kristyak. The sixth starting Kristyak was looking for his second straight lead and held down the top spot until lap 15 when Holden made the winning pass. Holden then outlasted Wolbert, the division's all-time winningest driver, by 0.788 seconds for his seventh career win in the Dana Holden-owned, Holden Resources/Car-Go Auto Parts/Troyer Dirt Cars/Falconer & Mancross Garage Service/Baker Motorsports-sponsored #2.
Kristyak was third after leading nine laps. Darin Gallagher was fourth as continued his strong runs with his third top four in four starts. Doug Rutana was fifth. Rounding out the top 10 were Ayden Cipriano, Boyer, Logen Lockhart, Jacob Jordan, and Jacob Rutana. Heat victors were Doug Rutana and Holden.
Former UMP Modified racer, Joe Gabrielson, captured his second win in three starts since moving to the Econo Mod division. Gabrielson inherited the lead with two laps to in the 20-lap Whelen feature presented by Alcon Mechanical after the top two cars of Coleton Longwell and Andy Buckley tangled. Gabrielson has now finished in the top two spots in his three feature starts this season.
"I like this division as it's a lot easier to drive these cars with 400 horsepower versus 700 and some that we had in the UMP class," revealed the 36-year-old Bristolville, Ohio driver. "I know we had some cautions and stuff there. I hate it for my buddy Coleton (Longwell). He was the car to beat, but those restarts are where it really happens on a race track like this. (Andy) Buckley got around him then he ended up getting into him and had to go to the tail, but that's racing and it happens. We ended up getting the lead and held Jeremy (Double) off. I was worried about Jeremy; he's the guy to beat in this class."
Gabrielson crossed the finish line first by 1.344 seconds over Jeremy Double in his Big Ed's Tire Service/McCool's Graphics/Wedge Motorsports/MB Customs-sponsored #58 for his 11th career win overall at Sharon for the nine-time UMP Mod winner. Double, who started fifth, has finished in the top four in all four starts this year, but has yet to get to victory lane to become the division's all-time winner.
Bryan Wagner crossed the finish line in third, but was disqualified for an illegal carburetor, which moved Brendan Warner to a career best Sharon finish of third. Sixteen-year-old Travis Carothers was a career best fourth as Dave Shagla, Jr. completed the top five. Chris Peterson was sixth over Gary Sullivan and Gary Olson. Cameron Nastasi, who has been racing Sprint Cars the last four years, returned to the Econo Mod division on Saturday and finished ninth beating out Longwell by 0.002 seconds to earn the $100 Performance Bodies nosed out contingency gift card. Double, Buckley, and Dennis Lunger, Jr. won the heat races over the 23-car field.
Coming up on Saturday (August 3) will be the return of the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Big-Block Modifieds racing for $2,000 to-win. The Gibson Insurance Agency Pro Stocks will be competing in "Ray's Race" remembering the late Ray Virgile. The Billy's Garage RUSH Sprint Cars and the Whelen Econo Mods presented by Alcon Mechanical will also be on the card. Racing will get underway at 7 p.m.
Hovis Auto & Truck Supply "410" Sprint Cars presented by Bala Management (30 laps, $4,000 to-win): 1. 32B-DALE BLANEY[2]; 2. 22D-Cole Duncan[6]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson[16]; 4. 10-Dave Blaney[13]; 5. 08-Danny Kuriger[1]; 6. 5C-Dylan Cisney[8]; 7. 2-AJ Flick[7]; 8. 29-Dan Shetler[12]; 9. 13-Brandon Matus[3]; 10. 46-Michael Bauer[11]; 11. 3V-Chris Verda[5]; 12. 40-George Hobaugh Jr[21]; 13. 11J-David Kalb[9]; 14. 6-Bob Felmlee[19]; 15. 33H-Derek Hauck[14]; 16. 5K-Adam Kekich[20]; 17. 21-Bryan Salisbury[22]; 18. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[17]; 19. 47L-Dusty Larson[18]; 20. 11M-Nathen McDowell[23]; 21. 4W-Eric L Williams[24]; 22. 11-Carl Bowser[10]; 23. 33-Brent Matus[15]; 24. 3-John Jerich[4]. DNQ: Natalie Brannon (8), Louie Mattes IV (m4), Jon Carpenter (22), Bodey McClintock (19M).
Gibson Insurance Agency Pro Stocks (20 laps): 1. 13J-JORDAN PERKINS[3]; 2. 84-Steve D'Apolito[1]; 3. 14-Scott Stiffler[4]; 4. 0-Larry Kugel[9]; 5. 81J-Jason Jones[5]; 6. 20-Jim Fosnaught[7]; 7. 8C-Russ Coyne[8]; 8. 67J-Jamie Duncan[10]; 9. 97-Tony Bruno[12]; 10. 3-Paul Davis[2]; 11. 12M-Scott Malone[6]; 12. 1-Jethro Gibbs[14]; 13. 8-Jonathan Davis[11]; 14. 21-Troy DeZarn[13].
HTMA/Precise Racing Products RUSH Sportsman Modifieds (20 laps): 1. 2-KOLE HOLDEN[2]; 2. C3-Chas Wolbert[12]; 3. 00-Rob Kristyak[6]; 4. 23-Darin Gallagher[5]; 5. 46R-Doug Rutana[3]; 6. 5C-Ayden Cipriano[10]; 7. 12-JC Boyer[1]; 8. 58-Logen Lockhart[8]; 9. 28J-Jacob Jordan[4]; 10. 57R-Jacob Rutana[7]; 11. 165K-Karston King[14]; 12. 10-Chelsie Gallagher[11]; 13. 333G-Todd Gabriel[16]; 14. 2LC-Lucas Canon[9]; 15. 00K-Jackson Kristyak[13]. DNS: N2O-Brandon Tercho.
Krummert continues winning ways in big Block modifieds; Jones wins first sprint feature in nearly 20 years in 305s; Gabany wins first of ‘24 in 602 crate mods; Callahan wins 21st career in minis.
By Jim Balentine (Mercer,Pa)
On a beautiful sunny warm late July, Saturday Michaels Mercer Raceway was
able to complete its fourth show of the year. Along with autograph night for the
racesaver 305s and the big block modifieds, Garrett Krummert continued his
winning ways in ‘24 by winning the big block modified feature; Rod Jones hopped
into his son Roman’s racesaver 305 sprint and picked up his first sprint car win
in nearly 20 years; Eric Gabany returned to victory Lane for the first time
since 2022 in the 602 crate modifieds; Tim Callahan won his 21st career mini
stock feature; the PA thunder on the dirt vintage modifieds were on hand as well
with a great turnout with former late model racer Wally Stock winning the
modified portion and Vincenzo Fiollo won the sportsman mod. The entire show was
completed by 11:02.
The big Block modifieds made their second appearance of the year and an
unsanctioned event and Garrett Krummert who started 4th won his six career in
the big blocks at Mercer. The slim 10 car field was led by Brad Rapp for the
first 2 laps until Krummert got around on lap 3. Krummert well then start to
pull away from the field with the wrap, not leaving him out of his eyesight, but
the real battle was for third fourth and fifth as a contested battle between
Rapp, last nights winner at Lernerville Rex King Jr, Canadian Tyler Willard, and
Will Thomas would thrill the crowd. Rapp would keep a small distance from the
others as they would slice and dice going 3 wide occasionally.
King Jr would then overtake Rapp on lap 23 as Thomas moved into 4th on lap
22. King was a little too late to catch Krummert as he won by a massive 5
seconds in the non stop 8 minute 25 lapper. Rapp would be 3rd, Thomas 4th and
Willard 5th. Krummert would say,”that was good starting up from helped but we
will take it!! we have run 2nd too much..we needed a win.. if your car is good
you can leave your car on the bottom and I have been coming here for about 20
years.. hopefully this turns things around so we can battle it out with Rex.”
The Jones family goes back to the first year of Mercer in 1951 and four
generations have competed at the famed speedway. 3rd generation driver and
veteran Rod Jones who has a 410 sprint win along with 29 mod lite features
hopped into his son Roman, a 4th generation’s Racesaver 305 sprint and picked up
his first victory in the class leading flag to flag. The race was marred by a
violent double flip on lap 3 involving Jeremey Kornbau and Greg Dobrosky as both
cars crashed hard into the wall in turn 2 flipping violently. Both drivers were
OK. On the restart Jones would take off again as former track champion Jake
Gomola would keep pace keeping Jones no further ahead than 1 second. last weeks
feature winner Andy priest would suffer motor problems in the seat race, and
have to start at the rear of the field in 16th place. Priest would methodically
move his way through the field getting up to 5th by lap 15.
Mike Koehler who made his first appearance from Williamsport, Pennsylvania
the home of the Little League World Series was impressive in his first run
battling against the long time Mercer regulars staying in the top 5 the entire
race. Another great battle occurred as Jim Pattock, Jarrett Rosencrance, and
Vivian Jones along with Koehler would utilize the wide surface trying to catch
the top 2. Priest would then move into 4th at lap 16 to challenge Koehler as
Vivian Jones would stay in 3rd. At the end Jones would hold of Gomola by 1.1
seconds and become the 4th different winner in 4 races! Koehler finished 3rd
ahead of Vivian Jones and Andy priest. When announcer Jim Balentine said that
the Jones’ are now the first father and 2 children team to each win a sprint
feature in the same division at Mercer since Lou,Dave and Dale have all won
sprint features there…Thats pretty cool!!” Rod would say, “Roman is going off to
college and he wanted to go with his buddies this weekend so I said I’ll drive!!
It’s been since 2016 since I was in the 305 class but as far as winning a sprint
feature…it’s been over 20 years!!”
Eric Gabany would lead from the pole to pick up his 17th 602 crate modified
feature at Mercer and also become the 4th different crate winner in 4 races.
Garrett Krummert doing double duty tonight would jump out of his feature winning
big block modified into the crate modified and from his six starting spot move
up to second by lap 10 in a thrilling inside pass of three other cars. Gage
Priester, Jim Bryce and Pat Lane would put on an exciting battle trying to catch
Gabany but did not see Krummert slowly moving into the mix. Krummert made a
daring inside move from turn 3 to 4 sliding into 2nd. Krummert would then try to
catch Gabany and hope for a caution but the rest of the race went caution, free
ending in 8.41 minutes and Gabany winning by 2.8 seconds. “Anytime Krummert
shows up you know he is going to be there but it wa a good run the car was
perfect and the track was beautiful!! Gabany would say, “After not winning last
year and this year you don’t know if it’s going to happen again so it’s good!!
Preister was 3rd, Jim Bryce 4th, and Pat Lane 5th.
22 mini stocks were scheduled to start the nightcapper but Joe Campbell was a
scratch after a fire erupted in the fuel cell in his heat race ending his night
early. Campbell was ok.
Corey Bice and Chaz Smith would be on the front row both looking for their
first career Mercer win. Bice would take the lead and held off the competition
until lap 7 when 20 time winner Tim Callahan would overtake Bice. Devin Haley
had another great run going in 3rd. Last weeks winner Andy Thompson would hit
the turn 2 wall on lap 9 ending his night.
On the restart Mike Kelly would go high in turn 2 and crash hard into the
outside wall with 2 wheels up on it. Kelly was ok. Chaz Smith who is improving
each week would climb back into 4th on lap 11 and would try to catch Haley.
Meanwhile up front Callahan would pull away and defeat Bice by 1.6 seconds to
win his 21st career mini stock feature. Haley would end up 3rd, Smith 4th and
Randy Ealy 5th. Callahan who is the sheriff of Mercer county would say ,”this
division has advanced so far each year it gets faster and faster we built the
car over the winter and been racing everywhere to try to get this car together.
We just don’t know the right tires or gearing but we got it together tonight.
This is a very competitive division!”
Next week will be the Al Priester memorial for the crate 602 modifieds as we
honor one of the longtime supporters of the speedway who passed away this May of
cancer. There will be a silent and a Chinese auction before the races behind the
grandstands
Racesaver 305 Sprints - Winged 17 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps
1. 82M-Rod Jones[1]; 2. 4J-Jacob Gomola[2]; 3. 22K-Mike Koehler[6]; 4.
20M-Vivian Jones[4]; 5. 21N-Andy Priest[16]; 6. 42-Jim Pattock[9]; 7. 25-Jarrett
Rosencrance[3]; 8. 72-Mike Mathieson[12]; 9. 34M-Aaron Marano[15]; 10. 71-Joe
Coggin[8]; 11. 30-Jazlyn Boyles[14]; 12. 15-Lacey Shuttlesworth[10]; 13.
21-Hunter Hite[11]; 14. 36H-Seth Harrelson[17]; 15. 17S-Shane Heath[13]; 16.
88-Greg Dobrosky[5]; 17. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[7]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 20M-Vivian Jones[1]; 2. 4J-Jacob Gomola[3]; 3. 88-Greg Dobrosky[4]; 4.
27K-Jeremy Kornbau[5]; 5. 42-Jim Pattock[6]; 6. 21-Hunter Hite[8]; 7. 17S-Shane
Heath[9]; 8. 34M-Aaron Marano[7]; 9. 21N-Andy Priest[2]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 25-Jarrett Rosencrance[2]; 2. 82M-Rod Jones[3]; 3. 22K-Mike Koehler[5]; 4.
71-Joe Coggin[7]; 5. 15-Lacey Shuttlesworth[1]; 6. 72-Mike Mathieson[6]; 7.
30-Jazlyn Boyles[4]; 8. 36H-Seth Harrelson[8]
Dirt Big Block Modifieds 10 Entries
A Feature 1 25 Laps
1. 29-Garrett Krummert[4]; 2. 165-Rex King Jr[6]; 3. 11R-Brad Rapp[1]; 4. 9-Will
Thomas[7]; 5. 777-Tyler Willard[8]; 6. 13-Rick Regalski Jr[2]; 7. 35-Steve
Slater[9]; 8. 29*-Eric Beggs[10]; 9. 66F-Kyle Fink[5]; 10. (DNS) 64-Rodney Beltz
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 777-Tyler Willard[1]; 2. 165-Rex King Jr[3]; 3. 29-Garrett Krummert[5]; 4.
13-Rick Regalski Jr[4]; 5. 35-Steve Slater[2]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 9-Will Thomas[1]; 2. 66F-Kyle Fink[2]; 3. 64-Rodney Beltz[3]; 4. 11R-Brad
Rapp[5]; 5. 29*-Eric Beggs[4]
Mini stocks 22 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps
1. 54-Tim Callahan[6]; 2. 10-Corey Bice[1]; 3. 02-Devin Haley[3]; 4. 13S-Chaz
Smith[2]; 5. 38-Randy Ealy[4]; 6. 02D-Chuck Davis[8]; 7. 309-Jordan Reges[11];
8. 10J-Bill Fuchs[14]; 9. 9R-Ben Aley[15]; 10. 22-Eddie Lombardo[21]; 11. 6-Mike
Kelley[5]; 12. 5-Andy Thompson[12]; 13. 54X-Matt Urey[13]; 14. 60-Dillon
Thorne[10]; 15. 77-Braden Bice[16]; 16. 0-Carl Ealy[9]; 17. 45-Andrew
Thompson[7]; 18. 64-Summer Reges[20]; 19. 13-Joshua Funkhouser[17]; 20. (DNS)
999-Adam Aley; 21. (DNS) 40C-Joe Campbell; 22. (DNS) 325Z-Zack Swartz
Heat 1 6 Laps
1. 38-Randy Ealy[5]; 2. 10-Corey Bice[1]; 3. 54-Tim Callahan[6]; 4. 0-Carl
Ealy[2]; 5. 54X-Matt Urey[8]; 6. 77-Braden Bice[7]; 7. 40C-Joe Campbell[4]; 8.
999-Adam Aley[3]
Heat 2 6 Laps
1. 13S-Chaz Smith[2]; 2. 02-Devin Haley[4]; 3. 45-Andrew Thompson[1]; 4.
60-Dillon Thorne[3]; 5. 10J-Bill Fuchs[5]; 6. 13-Joshua Funkhouser[7]; 7.
64-Summer Reges[6]
Heat 3 6 Laps
1. 5-Andy Thompson[1]; 2. 6-Mike Kelley[3]; 3. 02D-Chuck Davis[5]; 4. 309-Jordan
Reges[7]; 5. 9R-Ben Aley[6]; 6. 325Z-Zack Swartz[4]; 7. 22-Eddie Lombardo[2]
602 Crate Modified 17 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:08:12.710
1. 4S-Eric Gabany[2]; 2. 10S-Garrett Krummert[7]; 3. 71-Gage Priester[5]; 4.
1-Jim Bryce[6]; 5. 12L-Patrick Lane[3]; 6. 7-Brenten Kay[10]; 7. 14-Jeff
Schaffer Sr[11]; 8. 7P-Caden Petry[8]; 9. 404-MIchael Kristyak[4]; 10.
1R-Brandon Ritchey[15]; 11. 02-Jeremy Beichner[1]; 12. 717-Bill Adams[9]; 13.
312-Ryan Gutherie[13]; 14. 07L-Mark Sevin[14]; 15. 113-Don Cornelius[12]; 16.
9H-Jacob McElravy[17]; 17. 51R-Thomas Rogers[16]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 7P-Caden Petry[3]; 2. 1-Jim Bryce[1]; 3. 404-MIchael Kristyak[4]; 4. 4S-Eric
Gabany[6]; 5. 717-Bill Adams[5]; 6. 14-Jeff Schaffer Sr[8]; 7. 312-Ryan
Gutherie[7]; 8. 1R-Brandon Ritchey[9]; 9. 9H-Jacob McElravy[2]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 10S-Garrett Krummert[5]; 2. 71-Gage Priester[1]; 3. 12L-Patrick Lane[4]; 4.
02-Jeremy Beichner[2]; 5. 7-Brenten Kay[8]; 6. 113-Don Cornelius[6]; 7. 07L-Mark
Sevin[3]; 8. 51R-Thomas Rogers[7]
Virginia Sprint Series Laurel Highlands Sprint Series PA Sprint Series IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Series
Saturday July 27th 2024
Winchester Speedway, Virginia
Kasey Weaver and Caleb Harris Double Up
Winchester Speedway hosted a unique event in that with forty sprinters signing in the owner decided we would split the field in to two groups and run two complete races for the field. Heat races kicked off the night with Reed Thompson and Landon Priced headed to feature one and Kolby Weaver and Zach Rhodes headed to feature two. On to feature one with Kasey Weaver and Ken Duke jr. pacing the field to green with Weaver out first and Duke right behind. The twenty-lap feature was going by fast and even after a couple quick yellows for spinners Weaver would stay steady and in control even with charges from Duke who was holding off Austin Reed. With one to go the front of the field was nose to tail but Kasey Weaver would not waver and flashed under the Checkered flag first. On to the second feature it with Dale Schweikart and Caleb Harris at the front as the green waved with Schweikart moving to the front and Harris staying second with Hunter McFadden and Fred Arnold right behind. Like the first feature even with a couple quick yellows for a stalled car and a spinner Schweikart was strong out front leaving the others to fight over the other top spots. With a few laps to go Schweikart showed his smooth quick pace and went under the white flag with a few car lengths cushion but going in to four headed for the checkered flag a stopped spun car was unavoidable and his night ended right there. On the re-start Caleb Harris took of and made no mistakes with the pressure from behind flashing under the waving checkered flag for his first win ever. At the line for Feature one it was Kasey Weaver, Ken Duke jr., Austin Reed, Brad Mellot, Drew Young, Landon Price, Reed Thompson, Colton Hendershot, John Scarborough, Daren Bolac, Jeff Weaver, Croix Beasom, Donnie Hendershot, Doug Dotson, Todd Lynn, Jarrett Cavalet, Kruz Kepner, Chris Humblet, Matthew Leach and Ben Miklos. Feature Two at the line it was Caleb Harris, Hunter McFadden, Fred Arnold, Ryan Lynn, Mike Melair, Braeden Varner, Dylan Shatzer, Colton Moyer, Jerald Harris, Paul Moyer, Matt Kline, Matt Mullins, Zach Rhodes, Kolby Weaver, Chris Ware, Dale Schweikart, John Smith, French Grimes, Jimmy Humblet and Aaron Leach. We want to thank Winchester Speedway for having our first two group feature race events and the stands had plenty of fans to let us show case our races. Next week it’s back to Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, Md. On Saturday night August 3rd as all three series will be back racing again.
Thanks for your support Jim Haines Virginia Sprint Series IMCA Race Saver Sprint Series
Williamson, Weldon and Yeigh Produce Wins at Huset's Speedway During The Border Battle Presented by Nordstrom's Automotive
Inside Line Promotions - BRANDON, S.D. (July 28, 2024) - Garet Williamson, Gaige Weldon and Cory Yeigh drove to victory on Sunday at Huset's Speedway during The Border Battle presented by Nordstrom's Automotive.
Williamson used a late-race pass in traffic to capture the $7,500-to-win Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars main event. He became the first repeat winner in the division at the track this season.
"That was probably the most fun I've had at this place or really anywhere," he said. "I peeked up and there was 10 to go and we were third or fourth. I drove the crap out of it. Oh man, that was a lot of fun."
Brendan Mullen led the first eight laps before Chase Randall took the lead in traffic on Lap 9. Randall's advantage was more than a second and a half when Williamson passed Mullen for second place on Lap 20. He rapidly closed on Randall a couple of laps later before pulling off a slide job in turns one and two on Lap 24 en route to the race win.
Randall finished second for the fourth time at Huset's Speedway this season.
"That one kind of stings a little bit," he said. "I'm proud of our progress tonight. It's really good to get another good finish, but it stings a little bit. I felt I let that one get away. I was getting too patient behind lapped cars."
Kerry Madsen rounded out the podium.
"I thought we had a great race car," he said. "It's great to get a podium."
Mullen placed fourth and Tim Kaeding ended fifth.
Gage Pulkrabek set quick time during qualifying before Matt Juhl, Justin Henderson, Kaeding and John Carney II won the heat races. Tyler Drueke was the B Main winner.
Weldon dominated the non-stop Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series A Main, leading all 20 circuits for his first career triumph at the track. He is the ninth different division winner in nine races this season.
"It feels great," he said. "It means a lot. We've been trying for a couple of weeks now and haven't had very much luck."
Nicholas Winter posted a second-place showing with Ryan Serrao finishing third, Amelia Eisenschenk fourth and 12th-starting Brady Donnohue fifth.
Serrao, Cole Olson, Winter and Weldon were the heat race winners. Corbin Erickson scored the B Main victory.
Yeigh became the first driver to record three victories at Huset's Speedway this season as he topped the 20-lap Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks feature.
Brandon Ferguson led the first four laps before he caught the infield berm in turns three and four, turning him sideways. Points leader and fifth-running J.J. Zebell had nowhere to go and plowed into Ferguson.
Chris Ellingson inherited the lead and was out front for one lap before ninth-starting Yeigh drove around him on Lap 6. He paced the field on the bottom groove for the remainder of the race to win by 0.929 seconds.
Ellingson held off 12th-starting Matt Steuerwald for the runner-up result. Zach Olivier placed fourth and Billy Prouty was fifth.
Craig Hanisch and Kyle DeBoer recorded heat race wins.
Huset's Speedway will be dormant for the next three weekends until resuming competition on Aug. 25 for Royal River Casino Night showcasing The Bull Haulers Brawl Championship Night for Sprint Cars featuring the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars, the Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series.
THE BORDER BATTLE PRESENTED BY NORDSTROM'S AUTOMOTIVE RESULTS AT HUSET'S SPEEDWAY (July 28, 2024) -
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 23-Garet Williamson (5); 2. 2KS-Chase Randall (3); 3. 55-Kerry Madsen (7); 4. 11M-Brendan Mullen (1); 5. 3-Tim Kaeding (8); 6. 24T-Christopher Thram (4); 7. 22-Riley Goodno (10); 8. 16-Brooke Tatnell (6); 9. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (2); 10. 14T-Tim Estenson (11); 11. 8-Jacob Hughes (9); 12. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (13); 13. 83JR-Sam Henderson (16); 14. 09-Matt Juhl (12); 15. 83-Justin Henderson (14); 16. 13-Mark Dobmeier (17); 17. 95-Tyler Drueke (21); 18. 3J-Dusty Zomer (18); 19. 14H-Scott Winters (24); 20. 64-Andy Pake (19); 21. J2-John Carney II (15); 22. 17B-Ryan Bickett (22); 23. 23S-Stuart Snyder (23); 24. (DNF) 45X-Jace Park (20).
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 95-Tyler Drueke (3); 2. 17B-Ryan Bickett (1); 3. 23S-Stuart Snyder (5); 4. 14H-Scott Winters (4); 5. 8X-Micah Slendy (7); 6. 78-Bill Wagner (6); 7. 22W-Aaron Werner (9); 8. (DNF) 2K-Kevin Ingle (10); 9. (DNF) 9-Dominic Dobesh (8); 10. (DNS) 10X-Trevor Serbus.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 09-Matt Juhl (1); 2. 2KS-Chase Randall (2); 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier (5); 4. 24T-Christopher Thram (3); 5. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (4); 6. 17B-Ryan Bickett (6); 7. 78-Bill Wagner (7); 8. (DNS) 2K-Kevin Ingle.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 83-Justin Henderson (1); 2. 22-Riley Goodno (2); 3. 11M-Brendan Mullen (3); 4. 95-Tyler Drueke (7); 5. 55-Kerry Madsen (4); 6. 45X-Jace Park (5); 7. 8X-Micah Slendy (8); 8. (DNF) 10X-Trevor Serbus (6).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Tim Kaeding (2); 2. 83JR-Sam Henderson (1); 3. 16-Brooke Tatnell (4); 4. 8-Jacob Hughes (3); 5. 3J-Dusty Zomer (5); 6. 14H-Scott Winters (6); 7. 9-Dominic Dobesh (7).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. J2-John Carney II (1); 2. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (2); 3. 23-Garet Williamson (4); 4. 14T-Tim Estenson (3); 5. 64-Andy Pake (5); 6. 23S-Stuart Snyder (6); 7. 22W-Aaron Werner (7).
Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:11.335 (29); 2. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:11.379 (9); 3. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.427 (8); 4. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.456 (15); 5. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:11.460 (2); 6. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:11.483 (1); 7. 8-Jacob Hughes, 00:11.485 (27); 8. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:11.499 (25); 9. 2KS-Chase Randall, 00:11.518 (6); 10. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:11.573 (12); 11. 3-Tim Kaeding, 00:11.591 (5); 12. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:11.595 (28); 13. 09-Matt Juhl, 00:11.636 (13); 14. 83-Justin Henderson, 00:11.660 (20); 15. 83JR-Sam Henderson, 00:11.668 (21); 16. J2-John Carney II, 00:11.678 (7); 17. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:11.686 (30); 18. 45X-Jace Park, 00:11.783 (26); 19. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:11.792 (22); 20. 64-Andy Pake, 00:11.802 (19); 21. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 00:11.950 (23); 22. 10X-Trevor Serbus, 00:12.041 (4); 23. 14H-Scott Winters, 00:12.061 (17); 24. 23S-Stuart Snyder, 00:12.066 (11); 25. 78-Bill Wagner, 00:12.074 (3); 26. 95-Tyler Drueke, 00:12.335 (16); 27. 9-Dominic Dobesh, 00:12.355 (24); 28. 22W-Aaron Werner, 00:12.381 (18); 29. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 00:12.447 (14); 30. 8X-Micah Slendy, 00:12.576 (10).
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 64-Cory Yeigh (9); 2. 2E-Chris Ellingson (6); 3. 3-Matt Steuerwald (12); 4. 71-Zach Olivier (10); 5. 51-Billy Prouty (4); 6. 12-Mike Chaney (8); 7. 99-Ryan DeBoer (7); 8. 40-Tim Dann (14); 9. 45-Craig Hanisch (3); 10. 98-Dan Jensen (15); 11. 9-Kyle DeBoer (2); 12. 21-Ron Howe (13); 13. 29Z-JJ Zebell (11); 14. (DNF) 83-Nick Janssen (16); 15. (DNF) 15-Brandon Ferguson (1); 16. (DNF) 2-Shaun Taylor (5); 17. (DNS) 55-John Hoing.
Fastenal Heat 1 - Fastenal (8 Laps): 1. 45-Craig Hanisch (2); 2. 51-Billy Prouty (3); 3. 15-Brandon Ferguson (1); 4. 71-Zach Olivier (7); 5. 99-Ryan DeBoer (5); 6. 29Z-JJ Zebell (9); 7. 21-Ron Howe (4); 8. 98-Dan Jensen (8); 9. (DNF) 55-John Hoing (6).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 2 - Midwest Oil (8 Laps): 1. 9-Kyle DeBoer (1); 2. 2-Shaun Taylor (3); 3. 2E-Chris Ellingson (4); 4. 64-Cory Yeigh (6); 5. 12-Mike Chaney (5); 6. 3-Matt Steuerwald (8); 7. 40-Tim Dann (7); 8. 83-Nick Janssen (2).
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 13G-Gaige Weldon (2); 2. 28-Nicholas Winter (4); 3. 55R-Ryan Serrao (1); 4. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (6); 5. 34DD-Brady Donnohue (12); 6. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (9); 7. 17-Lee Goos Jr (16); 8. 17V-Casey Abbas (11); 9. 23-Brandon Bosma (13); 10. 48-Cole Olson (3); 11. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (5); 12. 14-Nick Barger (10); 13. 03-Shayle Bade (14); 14. O7-Owen Carlson (15); 15. 80P-Jacob Peterson (19); 16. X-Dylan Waxdahl (7); 17. 18-Corbin Erickson (17); 18. 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (20); 19. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (18); 20. (DNF) 3K-Jeremy Kerzman (8).
B Feature (8 Laps): 1. 18-Corbin Erickson (2); 2. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (3); 3. 80P-Jacob Peterson (4); 4. 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (5); 5. 32-Trefer Waller (7); 6. 12L-John Lambertz (9); 7. 88-Nate Thelen (6); 8. (DNS) 9X-Ramsie Shoenrock; 9. (DNS) 31-Koby Werkmeister; 10. (DNS) 85-Matthew Jasper; 11. (DNS) 81-Jared Jansen; 12. (DNS) 9A-Hunter Hanson.
Gunderson Racing Heat 1 - Gunderson Racing (8 Laps): 1. 55R-Ryan Serrao (1); 2. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (3); 3. 14-Nick Barger (4); 4. 23-Brandon Bosma (5); 5. 9X-Ramsie Shoenrock (2); 6. 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (6); 7. 32-Trefer Waller (7).
Saldana Racing Products Heat 2 - Saldana Racing (8 Laps): 1. 48-Cole Olson (2); 2. X-Dylan Waxdahl (3); 3. 34DD-Brady Donnohue (5); 4. 03-Shayle Bade (6); 5. 18-Corbin Erickson (4); 6. (DNF) 31-Koby Werkmeister (7); 7. (DNS) 85-Matthew Jasper.
Vahlco Wheels Heat 3 - Vahlco Wheels (8 Laps): 1. 28-Nicholas Winter (2); 2. 17V-Casey Abbas (4); 3. 3K-Jeremy Kerzman (3); 4. O7-Owen Carlson (7); 5. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (6); 6. 88-Nate Thelen (1); 7. (DNS) 81-Jared Jansen.
Vahlco Wheels Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 13G-Gaige Weldon (1); 2. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (2); 3. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (3); 4. 17-Lee Goos Jr (7); 5. 80P-Jacob Peterson (6); 6. (DNF) 12L-John Lambertz (5); 7. (DNS) 9A-Hunter Hanson.
2024 HUSET'S SPEEDWAY WEEKLY DIVISION FEATURE WINNERS -
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars :
Garet Williamson - 2(July 7 and July 28); Scott Bogucki - 1 (July 14);Tyler Drueke- 1(May 19); Tim Kaeding - 1 (May 27); Anthony Macri - 1 (June 2); Austin McCarl - 1 (June 9); Daison Pursley - 1 (May 26); Ryan Timms - 1 (June 16)
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks:
Cory Yeigh - 3(May 26, June 2 and July 28); Zach Olivier - 2 (May 27 and June 9); Tim Dann - 1 (June 16); Brylee Gough- 1(May 19); Craig Hanisch - 1 (July 14); and J.J. Zebell - 1 (July 7)
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series:
Dusty Ballenger- 1(May 19); Nate Barger - 1 (June 16); Brandon Bosma - 1 (July 14); Brady Donnohue - 1 (July 7); Monty Ferriera - 1 (May 27); Zach Patterson - 1 (June 9); Andrew Sullivan - 1 (June 2); Cole Vanderheiden - 1 (May 26); and Gaige Weldon - 1 (July 28)
UP NEXT -
Aug. 25 for Royal River Casino Night showcasing The Bull Haulers Brawl Championship Night for Sprint Cars featuring the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars, Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series
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Joey Ancona rockets to Ocean Sprints win Friday night in Watsonville
Watsonville, CA…Making just his second Ocean Speedway start of the season on Friday Night, Clayton’s Joey Ancona raced to his third career Taco Bravo Sprint Car victory, leading all but one lap in the feature.
Fellow winners on Friday evening were Tyler Tucker with the IMCA Sport Mods, Thomas Cumming with the Four Bangers and Bryant Bell with the visiting Western Midget Racing.
The Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo main event began with Fresno traveler Kyle Rasmussen leading the opening night, before Ancona slipped by for the top-spot on lap two.
After that Ancona had his way with things out front, although Rasmussen stayed somewhat close over the duration of the contest. Several cautions slowed the flow, but Ancona hit his marks on every restart.
Ancona eventually crossed under the Ed Entz checkered flag to pick up the win ahead of Rasmussen, Ocean Sprints point leader Caleb Debem of Salinas, Jennifer Osborne from Geyserville and Oakdale’s Brad Dillard.
“We haven’t raced all that much this year, so it feels great to get a victory tonight in Watsonville,” said Ancona. “We have a lot of national races coming up out here, so we really wanted to get some laps before all that occurs. I want to thank my entire family and our sponsors for making it happen.”
The 20-lap IMCA Sport Mod finale featured some solid racing throughout the pack. Reigning Ocean Speedway champion Chuck Golden of Pittsburgh set the early pace up front.
Several drivers fought for position behind him however and kept the crowd on hand intrigued. A lap 15 restart changed the complexion of the race when Delhi driver Tyler Tucker blasted to the outside and grabbed the lead that he would never relinquish.
Tucker went on to score his initial Ocean win over Golden, Jason Ryan Jr., Chris Falkenberg and point leader Emali VanHoff.
The quiet riot Four Banger main event was all about San Jose’s Thomas Cumming, who drove away to earn his fourth victory of the season at Ocean Speedway.
Watsonville’s own Joshua Silva blasted to the lead at the waving and the green flag and held command over the first few circuits. Once Cumming got by though, that was all she wrote, as he crossed under the stripe by over two seconds over Silva, point leader Peter Vannerus, Ken Keegan and Nicole Beardsley.
Bryant Bell of Oakley, Calif. prevailed for his fourth consecutive Ocean Speedway Western Midget Racing win on Friday night, holding off Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz to take the 20-lap feature.
Weisberg led the first 17-laps on a fast-paced Ocean Speedway fresh after track prep. 2023 champion Bryant Bell of Oakley, San Jose’s Anthony Bruno, and Santa Cruz’ Logan Mitchell hounded Weisberg in a tight formation. All three drivers pursuing Weisberg were previous winners in the WMR series, adding to the pressure of the situation for the second year Midget racer.
Bruno sailed inside of Bell for second in turn three but got sideways, allowing Mitchell to seize third on lap 15.
Weisberg’s bid for his first ever WMR victory ended when his No. 15 Stealth Chassis went up in smoke, setting up a three-lap shootout between Bell and Mitchell.
Bell outfoxed Mitchell over the final three circuits on the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds dirt track for the win, followed by Mitchell, Bruno, Roseville’s Josh Young, and Las Vegas’ Kyle Hawse.
Ocean Speedway returns to action this coming Friday August 2nd with another four-division program. On tap will be the Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods and Hobby Stocks.
Results
Ocean Speedway
July 27, 2024
Ocean Sprints:
1. 88A-Joey Ancona[4]; 2. 38N-Kyle Rasmussen[1]; 3. 3D-Caleb Debem[3]; 4. 76-Jennifer Osborne[2]; 5. 72S-Bradley Dillard[7]; 6. OB1-Orval Burke[9]; 7. 36-Kevin Barnes Sr[8]; 8. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[5]; 9. 72W-Kurt Nelson[6]; 10. (DNS) 8-Jeremy Chisum
IMCA Sport Mods:
1. 44T-Tyler Tucker[4]; 2. 3G-Chuck Golden[1]; 3. 52-Jason Ryan Jr[8]; 4. 16M-Chris Falkenberg[11]; 5. 4M-Emali VanHoff[5]; 6. 14H-Matthew Hagio[7]; 7. X-Rob Gallaher[6]; 8. 28E-TJ Etchinson III[13]; 9. 34-Cody Bryan[15]; 10. 54R-Brian Baggett[10]; 11. 39-Steven Allee[3]; 12. 22X-Jim DiGiovanni[2]; 13. 33-Mike Gil[14]; 14. 15-David Crocker[9]; 15. 22W-Charlie Hunter[16]; 16. 42B-Max Baggett[12]
Four Bangers:
1. 8-Thomas Cumming[1]; 2. 28J-Joshua Silva[2]; 3. 37-Peter Vannerus[9]; 4. 51-Ken Keegan[8]; 5. 2-Nicole Beardsley[6]; 6. 43-Kate Beardsley[5]; 7. 25-Bill Beardsley[7]; 8. 50F-Shelbie Freeman[3]; 9. 50-Tony Smith[4]
WMR Midgets:
1. 09-Bryant Bell[3]; 2. 96X-Logan Mitchell[5]; 3. 9-Anthony Bruno[4]; 4. ONE9-Adrianna DeMartini[7]; 5. 57-Josh Young[11]; 6. 20-Kyle Hawse[6]; 7. 18-Todd Hawse[2]; 8. 15-Adam Weisberg[1]; 9. 68-Marvin Mitchell[8]; 10. 2ND-Terry Nichols[9]; 11. (DQ) 96XX-Nathan Moore[10]
Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series
SANDUSKY, Ohio (July 26, 2024) – Bobby Santos III kept his streak of perfection in the Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series going by winning his third race in as many starts this season on Friday night.
Racing as part of the Fast Friday portion of Hy-Miler Supermodified Nationals week at Sandusky Speedway, Santos took the lead of the 30-lap feature from Charlie Schultz on a restart two laps prior to the halfway point.
From there, the Franklin, Mass., veteran grew his advantage to a full straightaway en route to his 10th career series victory – becoming just the fourth driver in history to reach double-digit wins and tying reigning champion Jason Blonde for third on the all-time list.
“The restarts in these cars are always unpredictable; the biggest thing is that Charlie is a good, clean racer and gave me plenty of racetrack so that the two of us could battle heads-up,” said Santos in victory lane. “Racing against competition like that is always valuable, and it’s cool to be part of Hy-Miler weekend with the sprints and supermodifieds racing on the same card.
“This is a great win for our team, and we’ll just keep working toward even more.”
Schultz did what he could to stay with Santos in the closing stages, but had to settle for second in the end. It was, however, the home-state driver’s best finish so far this season.
“I wouldn’t say that he [Santos] snookered me, but that he just had a better car,” said Schultz. “I just couldn’t get off the corner … in turn two, but to finish second after the season we’ve had so far … it feels like a win.”
Mike McVetta, who ran double duty by competing both with Must See Racing and the ISMA supermodifieds, finished third in the Dick Myers Racing sprinter after starting eighth.
Five-time series champion Jimmy McCune was fourth after having to drop to the tail for the initial start due to replacing a loose oil plug following his initial push start. Kevin Mingus closed the top five.
Sixth through 10th were Dorman Snyder, Luke Griffith, point leader Joe Liguori, Tom Geren, and fast qualifier Colton Bettis.
Bettis, the standout 14-year-old rookie driving for car owner Aaron Pierce, started off the evening with his first-ever Must See Racing Quick Time Award but was inverted to sixth in the feature lineup and fought a throttle linkage issue later in the race. He was the final driver to fall out and finished 10th.
Two-time defending Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights champion Cody Gallogly won the companion crate sprint car main event, using a restart on lap 13 of 25 to take the top spot from Andrew Bogusz and leading the rest of the way.
It was a special win for Gallogly, who was not only celebrating a birthday at the track, but whose stepson Blane was also assisting with the public address call of Friday’s Midwest Lights race.
“You can’t ask for much more than that,” Gallogly noted with a smile.
Bogusz hung on to finish second after leading the first 12 laps, with J.J. Henes completing the podium ahead of Sawyer Stout and Charlie Baur.
Polesitter Brandon Tregembo crashed in turn four with 12 laps complete, while running inside the top five, and failed to finish. He was credited with 12th in the final results.
Must See Racing teams head next to Ohio’s Midvale Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 3.
The results:
410 sprint car feature (30 laps): 1. 22a-Bobby Santos III, 2. 9s-Charlie Schultz, 3. 50m-Mike McVetta, 4. 88-Jimmy McCune, 5. Z10-Kevin Mingus, 6. 99-Dorman Snyder, 7. 12-Luke Griffith, 8. 68-Joe Liguori, 9. 11g-Tom Geren, 10. 26-Colton Bettis, 11. 55-Tommy Nichols, 12. 7-Bobby Komisarski, 13. 81-Steven Hollinger, 14. 85-Rick Holley, 15. 14-Davey Hamilton Jr.
Crate sprint car feature (25 laps): 1. 27-Cody Gallogly, 2. 17-Andrew Bogusz, 3. 36jr-J.J. Henes, 4. 40-Sawyer Stout, 5. 23-Charlie Baur, 6. 52-Ethan Rader, 7. 51s-Joshua Sexton, 8. 37-Keegan Weese, 9. 77-Parker Corbin, 10. 11-Rick Wichtner, 11. 38-J.D. Evans, 12. 1-Brandon Tregembo.
BRYANT BELL EARNS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE OCEAN SPEEDWAY WMR VICTORY
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (July 26, 2024) – Bryant Bell of Oakley, Calif.
prevailed for his fourth consecutive Ocean Speedway Western Midget Racing win on
Friday night, holding off Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz to take the 20-lap
feature. Bell lifts his recent record to five wins in the last six WMR events as
well. A trip to Bell’s home track at Antioch Speedway looms on Saturday night as
the 2023 champion continues to lead the 2024 battle.
Watsonville’s Ocean Speedway action opened with Mitchell and San Jose’s
Anthony Bruno claiming the eight-lap heat races. Southern California racers Adam
Weisberg of Santa Clarita and Todd Hawse of Moorpark then shared the front row
for the main event.
Weisberg led the first 17-laps on a fast-paced Ocean Speedway fresh after
track prep. 2023 champion Bryant Bell of Oakley, San Jose’s Anthony Bruno, and
Santa Cruz’ Logan Mitchell hounded Weisberg in a tight formation. All three
drivers pursuing Weisberg were previous winners in the WMR series, adding to the
pressure of the situation for the second year Midget racer.
Bruno sailed inside of Bell for second in turn three but got sideways,
allowing Mitchell to seize third on lap 15.
Weisberg’s bid for his first ever WMR victory ended when his No. 15 Stealth
Chassis went up in smoke, setting up a three-lap shootout between Bell and
Mitchell.
Bell outfoxed Mitchell over the final three circuits on the Santa Cruz County
Fairgrounds dirt track for the win, followed by Mitchell, Bruno, Roseville’s
Josh Young, and Las Vegas’ Kyle Hawse.
“Shoutout to Adam to have a run like that. Keep your head up after having a
run like that,” Bell said. “Thank you to Tony Boscacci for busting his butt in
the shop. That’s where races are won."
Western Midget Racing continues Saturday night at Antioch Speedway, in
support of the Hunt Magnetos Wingless Sprint Cars. For more information visit
www.WesternMidgetRacing.com
RESULTS: Ocean Speedway July 26, 2024
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 09-Bryant Bell[3]; 2. 96X-Logan Mitchell[5]; 3.
9-Anthony Bruno[4]; 4. 57-Josh Young[11]; 5. 20-Kyle Hawse[6]; 6. 18-Todd
Hawse[2]; 7. 15-Adam Weisberg[1]; 8. 68-Marvin Mitchell[8]; 9. 2ND-Terry
Nichols[9]; 10. (DNS) 96XX-Nathan Moore[10]; DQ: ONE9-Adrianna DeMartini[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 96X-Logan Mitchell[2]; 2. 09-Bryant Bell[5]; 3. 15-Adam
Weisberg[4]; 4. ONE9-Adrianna DeMartini[6]; 5. 2ND-Terry Nichols[3]; 6. 57-Josh
Young[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Anthony Bruno[1]; 2. 18-Todd Hawse[4]; 3. 20-Kyle
Hawse[2]; 4. 68-Marvin Mitchell[3]; 5. 96XX-Nathan Moore[5]
2024 WMR Schedule – Subject to Change
March 16 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Anthony Bruno
March 29 Ocean Speedway – RAIN OUT
March 30 Marysville Raceway – RAIN OUT
April 20 Bakersfield Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 4 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
May 17 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 18 Petaluma Speedway w/ BCRA Tom Manning Memorial – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
June 7 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
June 8 Petaluma Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
June 22 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
July 12 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic** - WINNER: Bryant Bell
July 13 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic** - WINNER: Bryant Bell
July 26 Ocean Speedway - WINNER: Bryant Bell
July 27 Antioch Speedway
August 9 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic**
August 10 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic**
September 21 Bakersfield Speedway
October 25 Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway October Classic**
October 26 Ventura Raceway**
Ayrton Gennetten Attains Victory with POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints at Lakeside Speedway
Kansas City, KS. (7/26/24) Ayrton Gennetten would use precision and precise
timing to snatch victory with the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint in the Sunflower State
Showcase presented by Start2Finish TV to notch his fifth league victory in an
outstanding feature event at Lakeside Speedway in the caution free feature
event.
Flying onto the smooth surface with talented entrants of the POWRi 410’s
would see Brian Brown set a quick qualifying time of 14.120-second lap with
Jason Martin and Xavier Doney each earning heat racing victories.
Captivating the crowd on the initial green flag start with high-point
qualifier Brian Brown and Ayrton Gennetten lined up in the front row as Brian
Brown would gain the lead on the opening lap with Ayrton Gennetten, Jason
Martin, Austin McCarl, and Blake Hahn all raced within the top five.
Showing speed after gaining the initial lead, Brian Brown would appear to be
the cream of the class as laps began to tick away at a rapid rate with Ayrton
Gennetten moving into second with Austin McCarl taking third with the top three
separating from the field.
Displaying outstanding action in an intense feature, late race dramatics
would rear as Ayrton Gennetten would catch the front-running Brian Brown with
five laps remaining as Austin McCarl would also show a nose on the low line for
the top position.
Sliding into the lead late, Ayrton Gennetten would set Brian Brown up to
perfection by showing low only to pass on the high side of turns three and four
with only three laps remaining as Austin McCarl would gain ground and move into
the runner up spot.
Leading the final revolutions, Ayrton Gennetten would not be denied in
earning his fifth career POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint victory in an action-packed
main event with Austin McCarl hustling into the runner-up position late.
“I was working on Brian all race, Once that flagman showed five to go I knew
it was time to move.” said Ayrton Gennetten in the Kansas City Kansas victory
lane ceremony celebrations. Adding, “I knew we had a fast car all night and a
win like this shows just how far we have come as a team this year, what a fun
race”.
Challenging closely behind would find leader of twenty-two laps Brian Brown
placing on the final podium placement as Emerson Axsom would be among the
frontrunners all feature to fourth with Xavier Doney rounding out the top-five
finishers for the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints in the Sunflower State Showcase
presented by Start2Finish at Lakeside Speedway.
Lakeside Speedway | POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint Series | 7/26/24:
Start2Finish TV Quick Qualifying Time: 21B-Brian Brown(14.120)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 74-Xavier Doney
Eibach Racing Heat Race 2 Winner: 36-Jason Martin
Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 21B-Brian Brown
Meru Safety Hard Charger: 88-Austin McCarl(+4)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 3-Ayrton Gennetten
Toyota Racing Development TRD A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[2];
2. 88-Austin McCarl[6]; 3. 21B-Brian Brown[1]; 4. 27-Emerson Axsom[5]; 5.
36-Jason Martin[3]; 6. 74-Xavier Doney[4]; 7. 21-Gunner Ramey[7]; 8. 12X-Ricky
Peterson[9]; 9. 73-Samuel Wagner[10]; 10. 52-Blake Hahn[8]; 11. 111-Chad
Frewaldt[12]; 12. 66M-Max Grogan[14]; 13. 77-Jack Wagner[11]; 14. 32D-Daryn
Langford[13].
Flying A Motorsports Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Xavier
Doney[1]; 2. 21B-Brian Brown[4]; 3. 21-Gunner Ramey[2]; 4. 88-Austin McCarl[3];
5. 12X-Ricky Peterson[5]; 6. 77-Jack Wagner[6]; 7. 32D-Daryn Langford[7].
Eibach Racing Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Jason Martin[2]; 2.
3-Ayrton Gennetten[3]; 3. 52-Blake Hahn[1]; 4. 27-Emerson Axsom[4]; 5. 73-Samuel
Wagner[5]; 6. 111-Chad Frewaldt[6]; 7. (DNS) 66M-Max Grogan.
Start2Finish Qualifying: 1. 21B-Brian Brown, 00:14.120[7]; 2. 27-Emerson
Axsom, 00:14.154[5]; 3. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:14.185[8]; 4. 3-Ayrton Gennetten,
00:14.216[10]; 5. 21-Gunner Ramey, 00:14.296[9]; 6. 36-Jason Martin,
00:14.309[6]; 7. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:14.354[11]; 8. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:14.433[2];
9. 12X-Ricky Peterson, 00:14.469[3]; 10. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:14.601[1]; 11.
77-Jack Wagner, 00:14.625[12]; 12. 111-Chad Frewaldt, 00:15.534[13]; 13.
32D-Daryn Langford, 00:15.661[4]; 14. 66M-Max Grogan, 10:00.000[14].
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Randall and Halverson Triumphant at Jackson Motorplex During Merle Johnson Memorial Border Battle Presented by New Fashion Pork & SW Broadband
Inside Line Promotions - JACKSON, Minn. (July 26, 2024) - Chase Randall and Brandon Halverson collected the spoils of victory on Friday during the Merle Johnson Memorial Border Battle presented by New Fashion Pork & SW Broadband at Jackson Motorplex.
Randall captured the $7,000 top prize and a unique trophy for winning the Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars A Main.
"It's really special to win a really, really special race," he said. "I definitely felt a lot of pressure. Once I got to lapped traffic I was committed to the top in (turns) one and two. Once I got close to guys I felt myself slowing down and couldn't get off the corners. I was searching a little bit. I saw the bottom was still good in (turns) one and two. We were able to hold them off.
"We've been making a lot of gains the past couple of weeks on the bigger tracks. It's good to head into these next couple of weeks with a lot of momentum."
Randall led the distance of the 25-lap feature, but it wasn't without any drama. Traffic began to jumble things up in the final 10 laps as the top five began bunching together. Aaron Reutzel passed Garet Williamson for second place on Lap 20 and Scott Bogucki got by Williamson for third place two laps later. Bogucki then passed Reutzel down the backstretch on Lap 24, but when Reutzel slid in front of Bogucki entering turn three the two made contact. Bogucki endured a vicious flip that ended his night early and Reutzel finished toward the back of the pack as well.
Kaleb Johnson inherited second place for a green-white-checkered restart. Randall was smooth out front during the final two laps to win by 1.114 seconds and Williamson made a last-lap pass on Johnson to score a second-place result.
"We were good early on," Williamson said. "In traffic we really struggled with being balled up. Hats off to Chase and their whole crew. I struggled where to be at on the track. Luckily I got by Kaleb to get back up the podium. To be on the podium is nothing to hang our heads about. Second stings, but we'll build on it."
Johnson's third-place effort marked his third podium outing in as many starts at Jackson Motorplex this season.
"I'm a little upset with myself on that last corner," he said. "I drove it too hard and let Garet get by me. Congrats to Chase and the No. 2ks team."
Matt Juhl finished fourth after starting 10 th and 11th-starting Christopher Thram was fifth.
Kerry Madsen and Randall were quickest in their qualifying groups before the heat races were won by Johnson, Brooke Tatnell, Bogucki and Dusty Zomer. Tim Estenson was the B Main winner.
Halverson held the lead throughout the 20-lap Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing main event. It marked his first winged sprint car win at the track.
"Steve Stoermer allowed me to drive this car tonight and it's the best 305 sprint car I've ever sat in," he said.
Jacob Peterson reeled in Halverson as traffic neared on Lap 8, but a caution slowed the race. Halverson built more than a one-second advantage following the restart before Peterson closed to within two tenths of a second as Halverson was stymied while trying to lap a fellow competitor with only a handful of circuits remaining. However, Halverson was able to make the move in the waning laps and hold on for the victory by 0.462 seconds.
Peterson placed second with Jeremy Kerzman ending third. Brett Allen was fourth and Brandon Bosma advanced from 13 th to fifth.
Jake Greenwood, Mathew Jasper, Brandon Buysse, Kerzman and Allen were the heat race winners. Hunter Hanson and Tyler Rabenberg recorded B Main victories.
The next event at Jackson Motorplex is the FENDT Jackson Nationals, which runs Aug. 15-17 and showcases the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.
THE MERLE JOHNSON MEMORIAL BORDER BATTLE PRESENTED BY NEW FASHION PORK & SW BROADBAND RESULTS AT JACKSON MOTORPLEX (July 26, 2024) -
Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2KS-Chase Randall (1); 2. 23-Garet Williamson (2); 3. 22-Kaleb Johnson (5); 4. 09-Matt Juhl (10); 5. 24T-Christopher Thram (11); 6. 3-Tim Kaeding (9); 7. 16-Brooke Tatnell (4); 8. 13-Mark Dobmeier (17); 9. 18T-Tanner Holmes (12); 10. 55-Kerry Madsen (7); 11. 45X-Jace Park (13); 12. 4-Cameron Martin (24); 13. 11M-Brendan Mullen (15); 14. 95-Tyler Drueke (19); 15. 44-Chris Martin (22); 16. 64-Andy Pake (23); 17. 51A-Koby Werkmeister (20); 18. 14T-Tim Estenson (21); 19. 29-Logan McCandless (18); 20. (DNF) G5-Gage Pulkrabek (16); 21. (DNF) 87-Aaron Reutzel (3); 22. (DNF) 10-Scott Bogucki (6); 23. (DNF) J2-John Carney II (14); 24. (DNF) 3J-Dusty Zomer (8).
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 14T-Tim Estenson (2); 2. 44-Chris Martin (3); 3. 64-Andy Pake (4); 4. 4-Cameron Martin (7); 5. 14H-Scott Winters (6); 6. 3P-Sawyer Phillips (8); 7. 35-Skylar Prochaska (5); 8. 10X-Trevor Serbus (11); 9. 17B-Ryan Bickett (10); 10. 9-Dominic Dobesh (9); 11. 4W-Matt Wasmund (12); 12. 2K-Kevin Ingle (14); 13. 2-Dylan Opdahl (17); 14. 18-Corbin Erickson (15); 15. (DNS) 83X-Sam Henderson; 16. (DNS) 74N-Luke Nellis; 17. (DNS) 8H-Jacob Hughes.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Kaleb Johnson (1); 2. 55-Kerry Madsen (4); 3. 09-Matt Juhl (2); 4. 3-Tim Kaeding (3); 5. 13-Mark Dobmeier (5); 6. 35-Skylar Prochaska (6); 7. 4-Cameron Martin (8); 8. 9-Dominic Dobesh (9); 9. 74N-Luke Nellis (7); 10. 18-Corbin Erickson (10).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Brooke Tatnell (2); 2. J2-John Carney II (1); 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel (4); 4. 95-Tyler Drueke (6); 5. 44-Chris Martin (8); 6. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (3); 7. 83X-Sam Henderson (5); 8. 17B-Ryan Bickett (7); 9. (DNF) 8H-Jacob Hughes (9).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Scott Bogucki (3); 2. 45X-Jace Park (1); 3. 24T-Christopher Thram (2); 4. 2KS-Chase Randall (4); 5. 51A-Koby Werkmeister (6); 6. 29-Logan McCandless (5); 7. 3P-Sawyer Phillips (7); 8. 10X-Trevor Serbus (8); 9. 2K-Kevin Ingle (9); 10. (DNS) 78-Bill Wagner.
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 3J-Dusty Zomer (2); 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen (1); 3. 23-Garet Williamson (4); 4. 18T-Tanner Holmes (3); 5. 64-Andy Pake (6); 6. 14H-Scott Winters (7); 7. 14T-Tim Estenson (5); 8. 4W-Matt Wasmund (8); 9. (DNF) 2-Dylan Opdahl (9).
Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:12.966 (2); 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:13.020 (8); 3. 3-Tim Kaeding, 00:13.178 (1); 4. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:13.186 (14); 5. 09-Matt Juhl, 00:13.186 (5); 6. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:13.309 (11); 7. 22-Kaleb Johnson, 00:13.341 (4); 8. J2-John Carney II, 00:13.357 (18); 9. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:13.361 (9); 10. 83X-Sam Henderson, 00:13.377 (6); 11. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 00:13.484 (13); 12. 95-Tyler Drueke, 00:13.544 (19); 13. 74N-Luke Nellis, 00:13.545 (12); 14. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 00:13.573 (15); 15. 4-Cameron Martin, 00:13.689 (16); 16. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.698 (10); 17. 9-Dominic Dobesh, 00:13.766 (17); 18. 8H-Jacob Hughes, 00:13.984 (3); 19. 18-Corbin Erickson, 00:14.425 (7).
Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 2KS-Chase Randall, 00:13.083 (2); 2. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.131 (3); 3. 10-Scott Bogucki, 00:13.218 (18); 4. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 00:13.256 (4); 5. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:13.331 (1); 6. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:13.340 (17); 7. 45X-Jace Park, 00:13.348 (15); 8. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:13.363 (8); 9. 29-Logan McCandless, 00:13.386 (7); 10. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:13.422 (12); 11. 51A-Koby Werkmeister, 00:13.447 (6); 12. 64-Andy Pake, 00:13.450 (5); 13. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, 00:13.523 (13); 14. 14H-Scott Winters, 00:13.678 (16); 15. 10X-Trevor Serbus, 00:13.709 (19); 16. 4W-Matt Wasmund, 00:13.717 (10); 17. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 00:13.889 (11); 18. 2-Dylan Opdahl, 00:14.361 (14); 19. (DNS) 78-Bill Wagner.
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series presented by Heser Auto & Detailing
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 4SS-Brandon Halverson (1); 2. 80P-Jacob Peterson (3); 3. 3K-Jeremy Kerzman (4); 4. 1300-Brett Allen (5); 5. 23-Brandon Bosma (13); 6. 17-Lee Goos Jr (19); 7. 30-Matt Johnson (10); 8. 55R-Ryan Serrao (2); 9. 9A-Hunter Hanson (16); 10. 85-Mathew Jasper (6); 11. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (20); 12. 43-Jake Greenwood (9); 13. X-Dylan Waxdahl (15); 14. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (21); 15. 56-Bill Johnson (7); 16. 9X-Ramsie Shoenrock (18); 17. 24G-Rob Rawson (12); 18. 23C-Ben Crees (14); 19. (DNF) 05-Brandon Allen (11); 20. (DNF) 18-Tyler Rabenberg (17); 21. (DNF) 24B-Brandon Buysse (8).
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 9A-Hunter Hanson (1); 2. 9X-Ramsie Shoenrock (2); 3. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (3); 4. 53X-Joe Miller (4); 5. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (5); 6. 19-Nate Eakin (8); 7. 28-Madi Miller (7); 8. 13-Mel Halverson (6); 9. 62J-Jay Masur (10); 10. (DNS) 90-Eric Schulz; 11. (DNS) 81X-Kyla Anderson; 12. (DNS) 41-Jeff Wilke; 13. (DNS) 15-Laela Eisenschenk.
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Tyler Rabenberg (1); 2. 17-Lee Goos Jr (3); 3. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (2); 4. 12L-John Lambertz (4); 5. 91X-Johnny Sullivan (8); 6. 81-Jared Jansen (9); 7. 9-Laney Moore (5); 8. 6-Logan Moore (7); 9. (DNF) 4-Mike Stien (6); 10. (DNF) 88-Nathan Thelen (10); 11. (DNF) 28G-Gracyn Masur (12); 12. (DNS) 35X-Jeff Lackey.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 43-Jake Greenwood (4); 2. 55R-Ryan Serrao (1); 3. 05-Brandon Allen (5); 4. 9A-Hunter Hanson (7); 5. 53X-Joe Miller (6); 6. 13-Mel Halverson (2); 7. (DNF) 90-Eric Schulz (3); 8. (DNF) 81X-Kyla Anderson (8).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Mathew Jasper (1); 2. 80P-Jacob Peterson (3); 3. 24G-Rob Rawson (2); 4. 9X-Ramsie Shoenrock (4); 5. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (7); 6. 28-Madi Miller (6); 7. (DNF) 62J-Jay Masur (5); 8. (DNF) 41-Jeff Wilke (8).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24B-Brandon Buysse (3); 2. 56-Bill Johnson (2); 3. 23-Brandon Bosma (5); 4. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (7); 5. 17-Lee Goos Jr (8); 6. 19-Nate Eakin (4); 7. (DNF) 35X-Jeff Lackey (1); 8. (DNF) 15-Laela Eisenschenk (6).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 3K-Jeremy Kerzman (2); 2. 4SS-Brandon Halverson (8); 3. 23C-Ben Crees (1); 4. 18-Tyler Rabenberg (5); 5. 12L-John Lambertz (3); 6. 4-Mike Stien (7); 7. 91X-Johnny Sullivan (6); 8. (DNF) 28G-Gracyn Masur (4).
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 1300-Brett Allen (2); 2. 30-Matt Johnson (1); 3. X-Dylan Waxdahl (3); 4. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (8); 5. 9-Laney Moore (5); 6. 6-Logan Moore (7); 7. 81-Jared Jansen (6); 8. 88-Nathan Thelen (4).
UP NEXT -
The FENDT Jackson Nationals: Aug. 15 - the Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing; Aug. 16 - the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing; Aug. 17 - the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and the Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars
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Jackson Motorplex is a 4/10-mile dirt oval located in Jackson, Minn. It hosts special events from May through September, including races with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, Midwest Power Series, Midwest Sprint Touring Series and more. For more information, visit http://www.JacksonMotorplex.com .
Kalib Henry wins nail-biter for 1st Attica 410 win; Moore nips Bores for 3rd straight late model victory; Miller nurses engine to 6th 305 win
Friday, July 26, 2024
By Brian Liskai
ATTICA, Ohio – Sacramento, California’s Kalib Henry out-dueled Cap Henry to score his first 410 sprint win at Attica Raceway Park on Ohio Truck sales/Adkins Group Night, Friday, July 26. Henry, who started sixth in the 30-lap A-main, took the lead from the defending track champion on lap seven and held off several challenges from Cap Henry to score the win.
“Boss man and everybody back home are super happy. I can’t thank Doc and Rebecca enough for the opportunity they’ve given me. Nate for cheering us along back home and all my family that’s back home…going to see you guys in two weeks. Hats off to Kevin. He gave us a hell of a race car. I really didn’t know where to be out front in lapped traffic. I give credit where credit is due. Cap raced me hard, he raced me clean. We struggled here quite a bit. Drew the six and didn’t know what to expect the way the track was. I knew when Cap struck his nose in there I had to turn it up and move around and see what I could do,” said Henry beside his Running Boxer Farms, Harris Distributing Company, Valvoline, K1, Berryman Racing Shocks, Chalkstix backed #101.
The victory in the Callie’s Performance Products 410 A-main is the third of the year for Kalib Henry, adding to a pair of victories at Fremont Speedway.
For Cap Henry it was a good point night in his quest to earn another Attica track title and a second straight All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group title. AFCS and Attica point leader Cale Thomas finished fourth behind DJ Foos while TJ Michael rounded out the top five.
While the scorecard will show Mansfield, Ohio’s Kyle Moore lead all 25 laps of the Whistle Stop Presents the Dirt Nerd Podcast Powered by Propane UMP Late Model Feature, it was not nearly that easy. Mike Bores came on strong and challenged Moore lap after lap but Moore hit his marks and drove to his third straight feature win at Attica over Bores, Rusty Schlenk, Casey Noonan and Devin Shiels. It’s Moore’s fourth career win at Attica…all of them coming this season.
In fact, since the opening two weeks of the season, Moore has not finished out of the top three to lead the track’s point standings.
“They say the first win is the hardest to get and it was. Last year I probably should have had one or two of them and got passed in the last corner. This is a dream,” said Moore beside his Kepling Flooring, Tye Tworg Longhorn, Joyride Transportation, Smitley Towing, Short Stop, Malcuit Race Engines, Wilson Realty, Robin Jakubick, RL Bond Septic, Hepthorn Golf Cart Sales, House of Spud, K&B Septic Service, Coffman Composites, Team Midwest Paint, Platinum Design backed #1*.
Fremont, Ohio’s Jamie Miller knew his engine was hurt in his 305 sprint car after his heat race. A call to his engine builder – who told him to put block sealer in it and pray – didn’t ease his mind any. However, the four time and defending Attica track champion was able to nurse his car home for his sixth win of the year at the track. Of the 12 features at Attica in 2024, Miller has only finished out of the top five in one event, a 17th place finish on the second night of the year.
Jimmy McGrath led the opening lap of the Fremont Fence 305 Sprints feature before Miller took over. Despite several cautions Miller was able to drive to his 45th career win at Attica over Bryan Sebetto, Dustin Stroup, McGrath and Logan Riel.
The win also pads Miller’s lead in the NAPA of Bryan Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales points as he looks for his first title in the series.
“We knew we had a problem after the heat. The oil pan was full of water. We called Scott Gressman and he told us to put block sealer in it and heat it up. It got up to 270 degrees in the feature…I don’t know how it made it,” said Miller beside his Boca Construction, JLH General Contractors, Kenny Kelb Farms, Tuck Pointing America, Queen of Clean, Smitty’s Pizza, Roberts & Sons Contracting, Pizza Wheel, Crown Battery, Reedtown Tavern, Fostoria Mod Shop, Sandy’s Dad, Gressman Powersports, Phil Rister, Slade Shock Technology backed #26.
Attica Raceway Park will take a couple of weeks off for the Attica Independent Fair before returning Friday, Aug. 16 with the AFCS 410 and 305 sprints and UMP late models in action.
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Attica Raceway Park
Friday, July 26, 2024
410 Sprints - Callie's Performance Products
Qualifying
1.34-Sterling Cling, 13.113; 2.19-TJ Michael, 13.149; 3.15C-Chris Andrews, 13.154; 4.29-Zeth Sabo, 13.162; 5.14R-Sean Rayhall, 13.183; 6.4*-Tyler Street, 13.226; 7.9-Trey Jacobs, 13.238; 8.25R-Jordan Ryan, 13.240; 9.101-Kalib Henry, 13.249; 10.2+-Brian Smith, 13.317; 11.33W-Cap Henry, 13.326; 12.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.360; 13.5-Kody Brewer, 13.370; 14.16-DJ Foos, 13.373; 15.38-Leyton Wagner, 13.410; 16.15H-Mitch Harble, 13.487; 17.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.499; 18.11N-Kasey Jedrzejeck, 13.566; 19.21K-Larry Kingseed Jr, 13.657; 20.1-Nate Dussel, 13.689; 21.X-Mike Keegan, 13.741; 22.7M-Brandon Moore, 13.825; 23.23-Cale Thomas, 99.998; 24.W20-Greg Wilson, 99.999;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejeck[1] ; 2. 101-Kalib Henry[4] ; 3. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[5] ; 4. 23-Cale Thomas[7] ; 5. 38-Leyton Wagner[3] ; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[6] ; 7. 15H-Mitch Harble[2] ; 8. W20-Greg Wilson[8]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 33W-Cap Henry[1] ; 2. 16-DJ Foos[6] ; 3. 4*-Tyler Street[3] ; 4. 9-Trey Jacobs[2] ; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 6. X-Mike Keegan[7] ; 7. 7M-Brandon Moore[8] ; 8. 15C-Chris Andrews[4]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 29-Zeth Sabo[2] ; 2. 34-Sterling Cling[4] ; 3. 14R-Sean Rayhall[1] ; 4. 19-TJ Michael[3] ; 5. 2+-Brian Smith[6] ; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn[8] ; 7. 5-Kody Brewer[7] ; 8. 25R-Jordan Ryan[5]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[1] ; 2. 68G-Tyler Gunn[3] ; 3. X-Mike Keegan[2] ; 4. 5-Kody Brewer[6] ; 5. 25R-Jordan Ryan[9] ; 6. 15H-Mitch Harble[4] ; 7. 7M-Brandon Moore[5] ; 8. W20-Greg Wilson[7] ; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews[8]
A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 101-Kalib Henry[6] ; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[1] ; 3. 16-DJ Foos[5] ; 4. 23-Cale Thomas[11] ; 5. 19-TJ Michael[3] ; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[14] ; 7. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejeck[7] ; 8. 38-Leyton Wagner[13] ; 9. 14R-Sean Rayhall[4] ; 10. 68G-Tyler Gunn[17] ; 11. 4*-Tyler Street[10] ; 12. 29-Zeth Sabo[8] ; 13. 9-Trey Jacobs[12] ; 14. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[9] ; 15. 1-Nate Dussel[16] ; 16. 25R-Jordan Ryan[20] ; 17. 5-Kody Brewer[19] ; 18. 34-Sterling Cling[2] ; 19. 2+-Brian Smith[15] ; 20. X-Mike Keegan[18]
305 Sprints - Fremont Fence Co.
Qualifying
1.01-Bryan Sebetto, 13.601; 2.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 13.754; 3.9R-Logan Riehl, 13.766; 4.5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr., 13.767; 5.12X-Dustin Stroup, 13.778; 6.26-Jamie Miller, 13.792; 7.3X-Blayne Keckler, 13.905; 8.319-Steven Watts, 13.919; 9.2-Brenden Torok, 13.941; 10.1W-Paul Weaver, 13.958; 11.36-Seth Schneider, 13.960; 12.63-Randy Ruble, 14.023; 13.51M-Haldon Miller, 14.041; 14.8K-Zach Kramer, 14.050; 15.19R-Steve Rando, 14.074; 16.5DD-Dustin Dinan, 14.079; 17.10TS-Tyler Schiets, 14.126; 18.34-Jud Dickerson, 14.128; 19.12-Dylan Watson, 14.158; 20.52-Chris Smith, 14.225; 21.3M-Logan Mongeau, 14.230; 22.26S-Lee Sommers, 14.273; 23.18-Ben Watson, 14.289; 24.18Z-Brian Razum, 14.330; 25.0-Bradley Bateson, 14.354; 26.2S-Jackson Sebetto, 14.405; 27.8-Jim Leaser, 14.530; 28.85-Dustin Feller, 14.600; 29.11TS-Tate Schiets, 14.725; 30.1S-James Saam, 14.787; 31.2T-Tony Alvarez, 14.935; 32.11-Brayden Harrison, 14.958; 33.98-Dave Hoppes, 15.276;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 2. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[2] ; 3. 18-Ben Watson[1] ; 4. 63-Randy Ruble[3] ; 5. 0-Bradley Bateson[5] ; 6. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[6] ; 7. 98-Dave Hoppes[9] ; 8. 2T-Tony Alvarez[7] ; 9. 11-Brayden Harrison[8]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[3] ; 2. X15-Kasey Ziebold[4] ; 3. 3X-Blayne Keckler[2] ; 4. 12-Dylan Watson[5] ; 5. 26S-Lee Sommers[7] ; 6. 52-Chris Smith[6] ; 7. 11TS-Tate Schiets[8] ; 8. 34-Jud Dickerson[1]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 01-Bryan Sebetto[4] ; 2. 12X-Dustin Stroup[3] ; 3. 8K-Zach Kramer[5] ; 4. 51M-Haldon Miller[1] ; 5. 8-Jim Leaser[8] ; 6. 3M-Logan Mongeau[7] ; 7. 19R-Steve Rando[6] ; 8. 36-Seth Schneider[2]
Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps)
1. 2-Brenden Torok[2] ; 2. 9R-Logan Riehl[4] ; 3. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[5] ; 4. 319-Steven Watts[3] ; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[1] ; 6. 85-Dustin Feller[7] ; 7. 18Z-Brian Razum[6] ; 8. 1S-James Saam[8]
B-Main 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 0-Bradley Bateson[1] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[6] ; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[8] ; 4. 3M-Logan Mongeau[4] ; 5. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[3] ; 6. 98-Dave Hoppes[5] ; 7. 2T-Tony Alvarez[7] ; 8. 8-Jim Leaser[2]
B-Main 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[2] ; 2. 26S-Lee Sommers[1] ; 3. 85-Dustin Feller[4] ; 4. 52-Chris Smith[3] ; 5. 18Z-Brian Razum[6] ; 6. 11TS-Tate Schiets[5] ; 7. 1S-James Saam[8] ; 8. 34-Jud Dickerson[7]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 26-Jamie Miller[2] ; 2. 01-Bryan Sebetto[9] ; 3. 12X-Dustin Stroup[10] ; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[1] ; 5. 9R-Logan Riehl[7] ; 6. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[8] ; 7. 2-Brenden Torok[4] ; 8. 3X-Blayne Keckler[3] ; 9. 8K-Zach Kramer[12] ; 10. 12-Dylan Watson[15] ; 11. 0-Bradley Bateson[17] ; 12. X15-Kasey Ziebold[6] ; 13. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[13] ; 14. 36-Seth Schneider[19] ; 15. 26S-Lee Sommers[21] ; 16. 19R-Steve Rando[18] ; 17. 63-Randy Ruble[14] ; 18. 18-Ben Watson[11] ; 19. 51M-Haldon Miller[16] ; 20. 1W-Paul Weaver[20] ; 21. 85-Dustin Feller[22] ; 22. 319-Steven Watts[5]
Late Models - Dirt Nerds Podcast
Qualifying
1.15B-Mike Bores, 14.788; 2.91-Rusty Schlenk, 14.856; 3.92-Justin Chance, 14.931; 4.1N-Casey Noonan, 14.935; 5.14JR-JR Gentry, 14.958; 6.1*-Kyle Moore, 14.974; 7.2C-Clint Coffman, 15.047; 8.74-Jeff Warnick, 15.090; 9.51-Devin Shiels, 15.155; 10.RH03-Gregg Haskell, 15.196; 11.46-Colin Shipley, 15.198; 12.11-Austin Gibson, 15.410; 13.27-Ken Hahn, 15.464; 14.28-Kent Brewer, 15.524; 15.57-Steve Kester, 15.831;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 74-Jeff Warnick[1] ; 2. 1N-Casey Noonan[3] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[5] ; 4. 92-Justin Chance[4] ; 5. 57-Steve Kester[8] ; 6. 46-Colin Shipley[6] ; 7. 2C-Clint Coffman[2] ; 8. 11-Austin Gibson[7]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 1*-Kyle Moore[1] ; 2. 15B-Mike Bores[4] ; 3. 91-Rusty Schlenk[3] ; 4. RH03-Gregg Haskell[5] ; 5. 14JR-JR Gentry[2] ; 6. 28-Kent Brewer[7] ; 7. 27-Ken Hahn[6]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1*-Kyle Moore[1] ; 2. 15B-Mike Bores[5] ; 3. 91-Rusty Schlenk[4] ; 4. 1N-Casey Noonan[3] ; 5. 51-Devin Shiels[7] ; 6. 57-Steve Kester[9] ; 7. RH03-Gregg Haskell[8] ; 8. 46-Colin Shipley[11] ; 9. 74-Jeff Warnick[2] ; 10. 27-Ken Hahn[14] ; 11. 92-Justin Chance[6] ; 12. 11-Austin Gibson[15] ; 13. 2C-Clint Coffman[13] ; 14. 14JR-JR Gentry[10] ; 15. 28-Kent Brewer[12]
Reutzel and Goos Jr. Hustle to Jackson Motorplex Wins During The Livewire Printing Company 360 Shootout Presented by Tweeter Contracting
Inside Line Promotions - JACKSON, Minn. (July 25, 2024) - Aaron Reutzel and Lee Goos Jr. charged to victories on Thursday evening at Jackson Motorplex, which hosted The Livewire Printing Company 360 Shootout presented by Tweeter Contracting.
Reutzel powered from the fourth starting position into the lead on the opening lap and never looked back during the 25-lap Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series/Midwest Power Series 360 Sprint Cars Wieskus Memorial. Cautions on Lap 7 and Lap 12 bunched the field together, but Reutzel was strong on the restarts as well as navigating through traffic to win by 3.357 seconds.
"The track was phenomenal," he said. "Hats off to the track crew there. It was a good crowd tonight. It's an awesome night.
"It's awesome to win memorial races; to honor someone, it's great. It's a big deal when you're name's on a memorial race."
Cameron Martin earned a second-place result, which is his career-best outing at Jackson Motorplex.
"We've always been really fast here and it's finally good to put a full night together," he said.
Kaleb Johnson rounded out the podium.
"I'm happy with it," he said. "A third-place run is very good for our team, especially starting seventh. I'm proud of this team. It's a big memorial race tomorrow night and I'm looking forward to it."
Chase Randall finished fourth and Tanner Holmes was fifth.
Reutzel set quick time during qualifying before Matt Juhl, Martin and Chris Martin posted heat race wins.
Goos Jr. put on a show during the 20-lap Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing main event as he rallied from 16 th to score the impressive triumph.
Johnny Sullivan paced the field for the first dozen laps. Meanwhile, Goos Jr. climbed into seventh by the first caution of the race on Lap 3. He took over the runner-up position following a restart on Lap 10 before he made the race-winning pass on the bottom exiting turn two on Lap 13. Goos Jr. pulled away to win by 2.159 seconds.
"I think I just got a little bit lucky," he said. "Those starts were great for me. Nine cars in two laps, that's what really helped. I figured we'd be lucky to crack the top 10."
Sullivan finished second with Koby Werkmeister placing third. Jeremy Kerzman was fourth and Joe Miller ended fifth.
Brandon Allen, Bill Johnson, Werkmeister, Matt Johnson and Miller were the heat race winners. Goos Jr. and Dylan Waxdahl posted B Main victories.
Jackson Motorplex hosts The Merle Johnson Memorial Border Battle presented by New Fashion Pork & SW Broadband on Friday night. The Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing will both be in action. The gates open at 5 p.m. with hot laps at 7:30 p.m.
Race tickets are available online at https://mpv.tickets.com/schedule/?agency=JKMV_PL_MPV&orgid=55369#/?view=list&includePackages=true .
THE LIVEWIRE PRINTING COMPANY 360 SHOOTOUT PRESENTED BY TWEETER CONTRACTING RESULTS AT JACKSON MOTORPLEX (July 25, 2024) -
Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series/Midwest Power Series 360 Sprint Cars
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel (4); 2. 4-Cameron Martin (1); 3. 22-Kaleb Johnson (7); 4. 2KS-Chase Randall (2); 5. 18T-Tanner Holmes (3); 6. 24T-Christopher Thram (8); 7. 83JR-Sam Henderson (9); 8. 35-Skylar Prochaska (13); 9. 23W-Scott Winters (10); 10. 09-Matt Juhl (6); 11. 44-Chris Martin (11); 12. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (17); 13. 96-Blaine Stegenga (12); 14. 17B-Ryan Bickett (15); 15. 8-Micah Slendy (21); 16. 4W-Matt Wasmund (18); 17. 18-Corbin Erickson (20); 18. 101-Chuck McGillivray (19); 19. (DNF) 2-Dylan Opdahl (16); 20. (DNF) 20-Brant O'Banion (22); 21. (DNF) 11M-Brendan Mullen (5); 22. (DNF) 32-Riley Valantine (23); 23. (DNS) 86-Jacob Hughes.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 09-Matt Juhl (1); 2. 2KS-Chase Randall (2); 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel (4); 4. 11M-Brendan Mullen (3); 5. 35-Skylar Prochaska (5); 6. G5-Gage Pulkrabek (6); 7. 18-Corbin Erickson (7); 8. (DNS) 32-Riley Valantine.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Cameron Martin (2); 2. 18T-Tanner Holmes (3); 3. 96-Blaine Stegenga (5); 4. 24T-Christopher Thram (4); 5. 2-Dylan Opdahl (6); 6. 101-Chuck McGillivray (7); 7. (DNF) 86-Jacob Hughes (1); 8. (DNF) 20-Brant O'Banion (8).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Chris Martin (1); 2. 23W-Scott Winters (2); 3. 22-Kaleb Johnson (4); 4. 83JR-Sam Henderson (3); 5. 17B-Ryan Bickett (5); 6. 4W-Matt Wasmund (6); 7. 8-Micah Slendy (7).
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:13.482 (21); 2. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:13.603 (13); 3. 22-Kaleb Johnson, 00:13.630 (5); 4. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:13.637 (19); 5. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 00:13.729 (7); 6. 83JR-Sam Henderson, 00:13.732 (23); 7. 2KS-Chase Randall, 00:13.782 (4); 8. 4-Cameron Martin, 00:13.783 (12); 9. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:13.806 (1); 10. 09-Matt Juhl, 00:13.819 (9); 11. 86-Jacob Hughes, 00:13.826 (15); 12. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.831 (8); 13. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 00:13.901 (3); 14. 96-Blaine Stegenga, 00:13.975 (2); 15. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 00:14.126 (22); 16. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:14.143 (20); 17. 2-Dylan Opdahl, 00:14.299 (16); 18. 4W-Matt Wasmund, 00:14.351 (6); 19. 18-Corbin Erickson, 00:14.397 (18); 20. 101-Chuck McGillivray, 00:14.414 (17); 21. 8-Micah Slendy, 00:14.463 (14); 22. 32-Riley Valantine, 00:14.782 (10); 23. 20-Brant O'Banion, 00:15.607 (11).
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series presented by Heser Auto & Detailing
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17-Lee Goos Jr (16); 2. 91X-Johnny Sullivan (2); 3. 31-Koby Werkmeister (4); 4. 3K-Jeremy Kerzman (6); 5. 53X-Joe Miller (1); 6. 14SS-Jody Rosenboom (14); 7. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (7); 8. 30-Matt Johnson (10); 9. 10-Trevor Serbus (15); 10. 23-Brandon Bosma (18); 11. 19-Nate Eakin (13); 12. 13MJ-Brandon Halverson (20); 13. 05-Brandon Allen (9); 14. 1300-Brett Allen (11); 15. X-Dylan Waxdahl (17); 16. 43-Jake Greenwood (12); 17. 9-Laney Moore (5); 18. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (19); 19. 28G-Gracyn Masur (3); 20. (DNF) 56-Bill Johnson (8); 21. (DNS) 3D-Dan Griep.
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Lee Goos Jr (3); 2. 3D-Dan Griep (1); 3. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (2); 4. 41-Jeff Wilke (5); 5. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (11); 6. 33S-Jeremy Schultz (10); 7. 28-Madi Miller (12); 8. 9X-Ramsie Shoenrock (9); 9. 12L-John Lambertz (8); 10. (DNF) 13G-Gaige Weldon (7); 11. (DNF) 23C-Ben Crees (4); 12. (DNF) 23L-Aydin Lloyd (6); 13. (DNS) 85-Mathew Jasper; 14. (DNS) 15-Laela Eisenschenk.
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. X-Dylan Waxdahl (1); 2. 23-Brandon Bosma (4); 3. 13MJ-Brandon Halverson (2); 4. 80P-Jacob Peterson (8); 5. 25-Gunnar Pike (5); 6. 9A-Hunter Hanson (10); 7. 4S-Mike Stien (7); 8. 90-Eric Schulz (9); 9. 81-Kyla Anderson (6); 10. 6-Logan Moore (3); 11. 62J-Jay Masur (12); 12. (DNF) 81X-Jared Jansen (13); 13. (DNF) 35X-Jeff Lackey (11).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Brandon Allen (1); 2. 9-Laney Moore (2); 3. 1300-Brett Allen (4); 4. 3D-Dan Griep (3); 5. 6-Logan Moore (6); 6. 23L-Aydin Lloyd (5); 7. 80P-Jacob Peterson (8); 8. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (9); 9. (DNF) 81X-Jared Jansen (7).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 56-Bill Johnson (1); 2. 28G-Gracyn Masur (2); 3. 43-Jake Greenwood (5); 4. X-Dylan Waxdahl (4); 5. 23C-Ben Crees (6); 6. 81-Kyla Anderson (3); 7. 9X-Ramsie Shoenrock (7); 8. 35X-Jeff Lackey (8); 9. (DNS) 15-Laela Eisenschenk.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Koby Werkmeister (1); 2. 91X-Johnny Sullivan (2); 3. 19-Nate Eakin (3); 4. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (5); 5. 23-Brandon Bosma (8); 6. 13G-Gaige Weldon (6); 7. 90-Eric Schulz (4); 8. 28-Madi Miller (7).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Matt Johnson (1); 2. 3K-Jeremy Kerzman (2); 3. 14SS-Jody Rosenboom (5); 4. 13MJ-Brandon Halverson (8); 5. 41-Jeff Wilke (4); 6. 4S-Mike Stien (6); 7. 33S-Jeremy Schultz (3); 8. 62J-Jay Masur (7).
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 53X-Joe Miller (2); 2. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (1); 3. 10-Trevor Serbus (4); 4. 17-Lee Goos Jr (5); 5. 25-Gunnar Pike (6); 6. 12L-John Lambertz (7); 7. 9A-Hunter Hanson (8); 8. 85-Mathew Jasper (3).
UP NEXT -
Friday for The Merle Johnson Memorial Border Battle presented by New Fashion Pork & SW Broadband featuring the Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing
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Three Straight for Gorden on Speedweek
7/24/24
By Kaleb Hart
Lebanon, OR - After four rounds of the 2024 Northern Speedweek Tour “Tribute to Fred Brownfield”, Dominic Gorden has established himself as the man to beat following a third straight win at Willamette Speedway on Wednesday night.
Tyler Thompson looked like he would have a hometown crowd leaving happy as he set out to a decent sized lead. While Thompson was leading, Gorden worked on chasing him down, experimenting with multiple race lines and finding excellent forward drive off the bottom of turn four. With slower traffic looming, Thompson left the low side open off turn four on lap 19 and Gorden took advantage, making the race winning pass off the corner. Thompson would rally back for one more shot at Gorden coming to the checkered flag but in the end, it was Gorden taking the $3,000 top prize. Thompson settled for his third straight runner up finish and Dominic Scelzi was third for the second straight race.
Robbie Price was fast time on the night, just a couple of tenths off a track record at 12.370 seconds. Heat race wins went to Luke Didiuk, Thompson and Scelzi.
Gorden leads the current speedweek points and the pass master standings.
Northern Speedweek Tour Night 4 - Willamette Speedway
15 Entries
7/23/24
Fast Time - Robbie Price 12.370
Heat 1 - Luke Didiuk
Heat 2 - Tyler Thompson
Heat 3 - Dominic Scelzi
A Main - Dominic Gorden, Tyler Thompson, Dominic Scelzi, Cam Smith, Robbie Price, Colby Thornhill, Levi Klatt, Chase Goetz, Luke Didiuk, Trever Kirkland, Aydan Saunders, Destry Miller, Brian Boswell, Ian Myers, Kyle Alberding
Lap Leaders - Thompson 1-18 Gordon 19-25
“Racing Back to School Night” held at Double X Speedway.
The annual “Racing Back to School Night” at Double X Speedway was held Sunday July 21, 2024. This annual event organized by The Tyler Utz family and racing friends provides back packs full of school supplies to all school age kids in attendance at the evening’s races. For 2024 organizers had almost 200 backpacks available for distribution. In addition to the school supply giveaway there was also some great racing action on the track for fans enjoyment as well.
The night saw the return of the 305 Winged Sprint Cars, courtesy of Clennin Farm Supply, to Double X for the final time in 2024. With rain showers around the mid Missouri area, a field of 31 cars and drivers signed in for the evening.
The Super Stocks led off the evening’s competition with two heat races. In the first heat veteran Dale Berry moved to the early lead and was in control through lap four when he got against the back stretch wall. Clayton Campbell, who had been chasing the leader since the start took over the top spot with Eddie Keeran and Adam Halley giving chase. At the checkered it was Campbell leading Keeran and Berry across the stripe. Adam Halley and John Shane completed the field. Heat two saw the division points leaders on the front row. James Nighswonger took the lead on the drop of the green with Steve Beach applying pressure. A lap four caution for Ryan Shikles bunched the field as the #409 retired to the pit area. Nighswonger would sail to the victory with Beach in second and Fred Kilmer in third. In the 305 Sprint Car action, quick Jack Thomas of Bates City picked up where he left off on his last visit to Double X winning the heat race over Tipton, MO driver Brett Combs. Veteran Randy Martin charged from seventh to third at the stripe, Tyler Elliott was fourth and Natalie Doney completed the top five. The 360 Winged Sprint Cars completed two heat races for their opening act. In heat one it was Australian Todd Moule bringing the “Sunday Night Thunder from Down Under” taking the win in comfortable fashion. Samuel Wagner would finish second with Taylor Walton taking the number three spot, Jack Wagner would finish fourth and Aubrey Smith completed the top five. In the second heat, point leader Ben Brown would take the win with Garrett Benson in second. Broc Elliott was end his race long charge in the third spot with Miles Paulus fourth and Natalie Doney in fifth.
The Super Stock Feature led off the second half of the evening’s card. With hard chargers James Nighswonger and Clayton Campbell on the front row the race would shape up to be a good one. After a close side by side duel with Campbell low and Nighswonger high for the opening circuits, Nighswonger would gain a small advantage until a lap eight caution would bring the field to the rear bumper of the #44. On the restart Nighswonger held the lead but a bobble in turn two allowed Campbell to pull alongside. The #44 of Nishwonger stayed committed to the low line so Campbell went to the cushion keeping his momentum up. The white flag waved as the leaders sped into turn one the #44 on the bottom and the #30C on the cushion. Exiting turn two Nighswonger washed up the track and Campbell pounced turning off the cushion down the track and makes the pass down the back stretch. Nighswonger would close but Campbell held on for a win by less than a car length. Eddie Keeran drove a strong race to take home the third spot, with Dale Berry taking fourth and Steve Beach completing the top five. Fred Kilmer and Adam Halley completed the running order.
The middle event on the feature card was the 305 Winged Sprint Car Feature event. “Fast” Jack Thomas of Bates City put his #63 to the point and looked to be on cruise control. The first ten laps went by quickly before a caution for the #5T of James Turnbull brought out the events first caution closing the field on the rear bumper of the leader. On the restart cagy veteran Martin pulled alongside the #63 in turn two but the leader pulled ahead in turn three. The second caution flew after lap 11 was complete as Brett Combs got over the cushion in turn 4 and looped it around. As the green flag racing resumed the running order was unchanged. Natalie Doney started pressuring Tyler Elliott for the third spot and Brett Combs started to work his way back up the ranks. The feature would stay green the duration of the event with Thomas picking up another win at Double X. Randy Martin would finish second, Natalie Doney finished a strong third, Tyler Elliott was fourth, Doug Fry crossed in fifth and Brett Combs completed the running order in sixth.
The 360 Winged Sprint Cars wrapped up the evening as they always do. Aussie invader Todd Moule making his first visit to Double X starts on the pole alongside weekly competitor Ben Brown. Moule would set the pace running the cushion as Brown would put on the pressure, briefly taking the lead on lap six but the Aussie would power back by. A caution after lap seven would bunch the field. Moule would take off on the restart and open an 8 car length lead over Brown but a caution on lap 12 would slow the pace once again. Back to green flag racing and Brown makes a strong bid on the bottom but Moule would keep the momentum with his right rear dancing on the cushion. Brown would keep digging and on lap 22 take over the top spot. A caution one lap later would see Moule retire to the pit area. Brown would lead the distance to pick up the victory with Garrett Benson claiming the runner up and Broc Elliott finishing out the podium in third. Casey Shuman would post a season best fourth place and Taylor Walton finished fifth.
Nest week the B Modifieds will make their final appearance of the season at Double X, joining the 360 Winged Sprints and the Super Stocks. Sunday August 4 will conclude the season for 2024 at Double X Speedway. The Super Stocks, Pure Stocks and 360 Winged Sprint Cars will be in competition.
Double X Speedway
California, MO
July 21, 2024
Complete Results—
Super Stocks-
Feature- 1. 30C- Clayton Campbell, Otterville; 2. 44-James Nighswonger, Osawotamie, KS; 3. 87-Eddie Keeran, California; 4. 05-Dale Berry, Tuscumbia; 5. 10-Steve Beach, Eldon; 6. 10RFK-Fred Kilmer; 7. 8H-Adam Halley, New Haven; 8. (DNS) 707-John Shane, Florence; 9. (DNS) 409-Ryan Shikles, Enon
Heat 1- 1. Campbell; 2. Keeran; 3. Berry; 4. Halley; 5. Shikles (DNF)
Heat 2- 1. Nishwonger; 2. Beach; 3. Kilmer; 4. Florence
305 Sprint Cars-
Feature- 1. 63-Jack Thomas, Bates City; 2. 14- Randy Martin, California; 3. 74-Natalie Doney, Odessa; 4. 49-Tyler Elliott, California; 5. 61A-Doug Fry, Wheatland; 6. 4-Brett Combs, Tipton; 7. (DNF)-5T-James Turnbull, Billings
Heat-1. Thomas; 2. Combs; 3. Martin; 4. T. Elliott; 5. Doney; 6. Fry; 7. Turnbull
360 Winged Sprint Cars-
Feature- 1. 7B-Ben Brown, Marshall; 2. 2B-Garrett Benson, Concordia; 3. 00-Broc Elliott, California; 4. 24-Casey Shuman, Tempe AZ; 5. 93-Taylor Walton, Odessa; 6. 0-Miles Paulus, Marshall; 7. 74-Natalie Doney, Odessa; 8. 52-Blake Bowers, Knob Noster; 9. 9S-Aubrey Smith, Houstonia; 10. 88-Riley Scott, Quincy,IL; 11. (DNF) AU26-Todd Moule, Australia; 12. (DNF) 73-Samuel Wagner, Lone Jack; 13. (DNF) 61A-Doug Fry, Wheatland; 14. (DNF)-77 Jack Wagner, Lone Jack.
Heat 1- 1. Moule; 2. S. Wagner; 3. Walton; 4. J. Wagner; 5. Smith; 6. Shuman; 7. Bowers
Heat 2- 1. Brown; 2. Benson; 3. B. Elliott; 4. Paulus; 5. Doney; 6. Scott; 7. Fry.
Shane Golobic wins Speedweek finale at Placerville/ Andy Forsberg brings home championship
By Gary Thomas
Placerville, CA…A dramatic battle for the SCCT Speedweek title came right down to the wire on Saturday, which saw Auburn’s Andy Forsberg fend off Oakley’s Dylan Bloomfield by four slim points to wrap up the championship.
Fremont’s Shane Golobic also held off a hard-charging Justin Sanders of Aromas to win a thrilling Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour main event at Placerville Speedway on Saturday night. Colfax driver Ben Wiesz brought home victory in the Nor-Cal Dwarf Car Association feature.
The 35-lap SCCT Speedweek finale showcased an entertaining contest with action all over the Placerville Speedway bullring. Golobic jumped out front at the waving of the Ron Stahl green flag, as he looked to make it three wins in a row during SCCT Western Sprint Speedweek.
The action behind him was as good as it gets however, with Andy Forsberg and Dylan Bloomfield locked into several battles while going after the overall championship. Plenty of side-by-side racing was seen and positions changed on the the regular during the main event.
The Speedweek title also switched hands on several occasions, while the race for the top-spot heated up as well. Aromas driver Justin Sanders closed in on Golobic as lapped traffic came into play. The fight for the race win and the Speedweek victory kept fans on the edge of their seats in the waning laps.
Sanders hounded Golobic and looked to find a way past but couldn’t get an opening as Golobic grabbed his third Speedweek win in a row. It marked his 16th career SCCT triumph, which ranks number one all-time. Lincoln’s Tanner Carrick had also closed in on the front duo over the closing laps and on the final corner, made the move to nip Sanders at the line for second.
Sanders, Hanford’s Michael Faccinto and High Sierra Industries Dash winner Austin Wood completed the top-five. Rounding out the top-10 were Chance Grasty, Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Sean Becker, Dylan Bloomfield, Andy Forsberg and Colby Copeland.
As the race wound down, Bloomfield looked to be in position for the SCCT Speedweek title but caught the cushion a couple times and lost just enough spots to allow Forsberg the opportunity.
When all was said and done, Forsberg brought home the $3,000 championship by just four points over Bloomfield, and 14-markers ahead of Shane Hopkins, who also gave it a valiant run all week long. Corbin Rueschenberg and Colby Copeland finished fourth and fifth respectively in the week-long race.
Dunnigan’s Luke Hayes began the evening by earning his first career Sierra Foothills Wine Services Fast Time Award, pacing the 28-car field with a lap of 11.029.
The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour will now take an extended break, before resuming things on Saturday September 21st with the annual Adobe Cup at Petaluma Speedway. Placerville Speedway returns to action this coming Saturday July 27th with the annual Carnett Clash.
Results
Sprint Car Challenge Tour
Placerville Speedway
July 20, 2024
A Main 35 Laps | 00:33:25.802
1. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 2. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 3. 4SA-Justin Sanders[3]; 4. X1-Michael Faccinto[8]; 5. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 6. 1-Chance Grasty[4]; 7. 35-Sean Becker[14]; 8. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[6]; 9. 92-Andy Forsberg[10]; 10. 5V-Colby Copeland[15]; 11. 21-Shane Hopkins[18]; 12. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[19]; 13. 61-Travis Labat[9]; 14. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[11]; 15. 93-Stephen Ingraham[22]; 16. 94-Greg Decaires V[12]; 17. 9-Dustin Freitas[17]; 18. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[21]; 19. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[13]; 20. 8-Aydan Saunders[23]; 21. 9L-Luke Hayes[7]; 22. 12J-John Clark[16]; 23. 51-Jake Morgan[20]; 24. 2-Cody Spencer[24]
B Feature 12 Laps | 00:04:31.312
1. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[2]; 2. 93-Stephen Ingraham[3]; 3. 8-Aydan Saunders[4]; 4. 2-Cody Spencer[5]; 5. 17-Anthony Snow[1]; 6. 85-AJ Alderman[6]; 7. 75-Bill Smith[8]; 8. 81-Gauge Garcia[7]
Dash 6 Laps | 00:01:14.106
1. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 2. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 3. 4SA-Justin Sanders[3]; 4. 1-Chance Grasty[5]; 5. 83T-Tanner Carrick[6]; 6. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[4]; 7. 9L-Luke Hayes[7]; 8. X1-Michael Faccinto[8]
Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:04:03.742
1. 4SA-Justin Sanders[2]; 2. 61-Travis Labat[1]; 3. 9L-Luke Hayes[4]; 4. 12J-John Clark[5]; 5. 9-Dustin Freitas[3]; 6. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[6]; 7. 85-AJ Alderman[7]
Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:01:56.599
1. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[1]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg[2]; 3. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[3]; 4. X1-Michael Faccinto[4]; 5. 21-Shane Hopkins[5]; 6. 93-Stephen Ingraham[6]; 7. 81-Gauge Garcia[7]
Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:01:59.470
1. 17W-Shane Golobic[1]; 2. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[2]; 3. 35-Sean Becker[5]; 4. 83T-Tanner Carrick[4]; 5. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[6]; 6. 17-Anthony Snow[3]; 7. 8-Aydan Saunders; 8. 75-Bill Smith[7]
Heat 4 10 Laps | 00:02:16.635
1. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 2. 94-Greg Decaires V[2]; 3. 5V-Colby Copeland[3]; 4. 1-Chance Grasty[4]; 5. 51-Jake Morgan[5]; 6. 8-Aydan Saunders[7]; 7. 2-Cody Spencer[6]
Qualifying | 00:00:32.799
1. 9L-Luke Hayes, 00:11.029[2]; 2. X1-Michael Faccinto, 00:11.071[3]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 00:11.092[10]; 4. 1-Chance Grasty, 00:11.107[5]; 5. 61-Travis Labat, 00:11.113[1]; 6. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 00:11.120[15]; 7. 17W-Shane Golobic, 00:11.124[11]; 8. 2A-Austin Wood, 00:11.138[8]; 9. 4SA-Justin Sanders, 00:11.156[27]; 10. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:11.161[7]; 11. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:11.173[16]; 12. 94-Greg Decaires V, 00:11.175[28]; 13. 9-Dustin Freitas, 00:11.180[4]; 14. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez, 00:11.233[18]; 15. 17-Anthony Snow, 00:11.272[14]; 16. 5V-Colby Copeland, 00:11.337[6]; 17. 12J-John Clark, 00:11.412[12]; 18. 21-Shane Hopkins, 00:11.456[17]; 19. 35-Sean Becker, 00:11.510[25]; 20. 51-Jake Morgan, 00:11.565[21]; 21. 33T-Jimmy Trulli, 00:11.588[19]; 22. 93-Stephen Ingraham, 00:11.608[26]; 23. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:11.651[20]; 24. 2-Cody Spencer, 00:11.715[22]; 25. 85-AJ Alderman, 00:11.722[9]; 26. 81-Gauge Garcia, 00:11.935[13]; 27. 75-Bill Smith, 00:11.985[23]; 28. 8-Aydan Saunders, 00:11.985[24]
Dwarf Cars 24 Entries
A Feature 20 Laps | 00:28:30.073
1. 57N-Ben Wiesz[2]; 2. 31N-Dylan Shrum[6]; 3. 50N-Brenden Shrum[11]; 4. 72N-Mike Reeder[8]; 5. 42N-Isaak Geil[18]; 6. 41N-Brandon Aylesworth[15]; 7. 69N-Cody Shrum[7]; 8. 99N-Gage Meyers[13]; 9. 9N-Kevin Bender[10]; 10. 05N-Tim Dodson[20]; 11. 52N-Chuck Conover[16]; 12. 8N-Aron Mosier[14]; 13. 35R-Patrick Timmons[23]; 14. 57-Hailey Wiesz[19]; 15. 59N-Austin Struthers[1]; 16. 12N-Mike Grenert[22]; 17. 16N-Brian Quilty[5]; 18. 29N-Corey Eaton[4]; 19. 94N-Denny Hannel[17]; 20. 40N-Eric Fromong[24]; 21. 88DD-Travis Day[3]; 22. 76D-Glenn Sciarani[9]; 23. 508N-Steve Costello[21]; 24. 15N-Shawn Whitney[12]
Bard’s Scores First Career 410 Sprint Victory on Familiar Turf
Mill Hall, PA - Garrett Bard of Wells Tannery, PA earned his first career 410 Sprint Car victory at a track that he is very familiar. Bard is a two-time track champion at the 1/3 mile oval in the RaceSaver Sprint Car division. He has supported every 410 show held at Clinton, since moving to the premier division, and earned the win over Mark Smith of Sunbury and Chris Frank of Wellsville. Colton Friese of Spring Run won the East Coast Legends and Zak Kline won the 4 Cylinders.
Mark Smith and Garrett Bard led the field of sprint cars to the green flag for the start of the 25 lap feature event. Smith led the first two circuits until Bard powered around the outside to make a pass for lead. By the completion of lap number five, Bard was leading, Smith, Chris Frank, Chad Trout and Josh Beamer. The first caution of the event occurred on lap number eighteen as the leaders had just started racing through lapped traffic. The caution occurred for JT Ferry who stopped on the speedway. Bard held off the challenges of Smith for two more laps, when the caution flag came out again when Dakota Schweikart’s car spun.
Bard once again raced hard into turns one and two with Smith, Frank, Trout and Beamer in the top five. Bard quickly caught the rear of the field once again and began to weave this way through lapped traffic. On lap number 20, Trout and Beamer were in a contested battle for the fourth postion. Beamer managed to secure fourth place on lap number 21.
Bard crossed the line with a margin of victory of 2.4 seconds over Smith, Frank, Beamer, and Trout. Australian Jessie Attard finished sixth followed by Ryan Smith, Dale Blaney, Tyler Rutherford, and Dale Schweikart. Heat races were won by Mark Smith, Bard, Schweikart, and Beamer. Mark Smith set fast time with a lap of 12.631.
Justin Wagaman and Grady McGrew were the front row starters for the East Coast Legends feature event. Fourth place starter, Colton Friese raced his way to the front by the completion of lap number one. McGrew held the second spot and Dalton Friese was running in third. Dalton Friese moved into the runner up postion on lap number four with Scott Houdeshell taking over the third spot. The next lap, Houdeshell took the runner up postion.
On lap number 7 the caution came out for Dalton Friese. With the restart, Colton Friese was again quick on the gas with Houdeshell, Grady McGrew in tow. As the laps winded down, Colton Friese held his postion out in front to lead every lap and earn his second win of the season at the speedway. Houdeshell, McGrew, Justin Wagaman and Scott Spidle rounded out the top five. Sixth through tenth were Dave Benner, Hunter McElroy, Daren Lucas, Dalton Friese and Eric Hurst. Heat races were won by Colton Fries and Dalton Friese
Polesitter, John Stringfellow raced into the early lead of the 4 Cylinder feature event. By the completion of lap number four, Zak Kline raced this way to the front and made a pass for the lead as Coty Maines moved into second place, shuffling Stringfellow back to third place. A three car incident on lap number eight slowed the field, with Kline leading the way for the restart. Kyle Laughbaugh, who started 15th raced his way up to third by lap number ten. Kline held off Maines for the win, over Laughbaugh, Terry Karicher and John Stringfellow. Sixth through tenth were Garrett Lucas, Chase Weaver, Dalton Lucas, Kyle Strouse and Matt Weaver. Heat races were won by Kline and Lucas.
The Clinton County Speedway is off this coming Friday, July 26th as the Clinton County Fair Association prepares for the annual Fair. The speedway will have two events during Fair Week. The first is a Tuesday night special on July 30th featuring the Limited Late Models, Pro Stocks, 270 Micro Sprints and Four Cylinders. Then on Friday, August 2nd, the USCA East Coast Wingless Sprints will be the headline division with the Pro Stocks, Micro Sprints, and Four Cylinders. Gates each night open at 5PM and hot laps begin at 7PM. For the latest speedway information visit the speedways website at clintoncountyspeedway.com
410 Sprint Cars: 1. Garrett Bard 2. Mark Smith 3. Chris Frank 4. Josh Beamer 5. Chad Trout 6. Jessie Attard 7. Ryan Smith 8. Dale Blaney 9. Tyler Rutherford 10. Dale Schweikart 11. Kody Hartlaub 12. Bob Felmlee 13. Aaron Ott 14. Mike Thompson 15. Billy Dietrich 16. JT Ferry 17. Aidan Borden 18. Derek Swartz 19. Dustin Prettyleaf 20. Logan Rumsey 21. Dakota Schweikart 22. Daryl Stimeling 23. Tanner Brown 24. Wyatt Walizer 25. Hayden Miller
DNS: Dustin Baney, Adam Carberry, Will Brunson, Karl Walizer, Chris Smith
Flick Comes From the Back to Get Sprint Car Victory; Reitz, Rehbergen, and Laskey Also Score at Tri City Raceway Park
(Franklin, PA July 21, 2024): A.J. Flick came from the rear to win the final tune-up for the Krill Recycling 410 Sprints before the FAST on Dirt Sprint Series event coming up at the Tri City Raceway Park. Also joining him in Victory Lane were Chad Reitz (21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds), Brent Rhebergen (4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Cars), and Rod Laskey (Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks).
Tyler Esh and Andy Priest paced the Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars to the start of the twenty-five laps for the A Main. Denny Peebles and Logan McCandless were in row two, with Jeremy Weaver and Bob Felmee right behind. Jack Sodeman, Jr. and last week’s winner, Mark Smith, aligned in row four. Body McClintock and Vivian Jones made up row five. Then came Andy Cavanaugh and Nathan McDowell. Starting in sixteenth was two-time and defending track champion, A.J. Flick.
Newcomers Esh and Priest led the way on the opening lap. Weaver, McCandless, and Peebles were in the top five. They were followed by Smith, Felmlee, Flick, Vivian Jones, McClintock, and Roman Jones.
Priest did a complete 360 spin in turn two just three laps into the event, but he was able to keep his car moving. The call was made for a flagman’s caution, so Priest regained his position for the restart.
Three laps later, a caution for Aaron Murano closed the field up again. Esh still held control when the race resumed, followed by Priest, Smith, Flick, McCandless, and Weaver trailed him.
Then next fifteen laps were completed under the green. By lap fifteen, Flick advanced to second, and he had the leader in his sights. Two laps later, the front three cars were running nose-to-tail as they tried to negotiate through lapped traffic.
Flick remained in second, and he gained the lead on lap nineteen. Just one lap later, the final caution was displayed for a spin by Dusty Larson at the entry to turn two.
Flick had Smith on his tail for the last restart, but Flick got away cleanly. Smith got second, ahead of McCandless, Esh, and Priest. Weaver, Sodeman, Peebles, Felmlee, and McClintock rounded out the top ten.
Taking the wins in the pair of Krill Recycling Sprint heat races were Jeremy Weaver and Andy Priest. There was no B Main.
Chad Reitz used a lap eight restart to pass Jimmy Holden on the inside of turn one to lead the way in the 21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds. Reitz remained out front for the final dozen laps to get the win.
Max Smoker returned to the speedway after a long absence. He was on the pole, with Jimmy Holden by his side. Reitz and Hayden Holden made up row two. They were followed by Jeremy Beichner and Frank Guidace. Ryan Riffe and Makayla Shannon occupied row four. The final row matched Troy McGregor and Garrett Krummert.
Jimmy Holden rode the cushion in turns one and two to take the early lead ahead of Reitz, Smoker, Hayden Holden, and Guidace. The first five remained in that order through the first caution, on lap seven, for McGregor. Another caution slowed the pace on lap eight.
The lap eight restart created the opportunity for Reitz to slip into the lead. Jimmy Holden stayed in second, ahead of Smoker, Guidace, and Beichner.
The final caution came out on lap fifteen for McGregor. Reitz drove away from the field on the restart. The contested position was fourth, with Guidace looking high and low to try to overtake Smoker.
When the checkers flew, it was Reitz, Jimmy Holden, Smoker, Guidace, and Beichner. McGregor, Shannon, and Hayden Holden were the other finishers.
Grabbing the 21st Century Energy Group 358 Modified heat was Chad Reitz. There was no B Main.
In the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Cars, Brent Rhebergen picked up the win over John Mollick.
Blaze Myers and Rhebergen brought the field to the green for the first of fifteen laps. Arnie Kent and Charles McClintock were in the second row, with Joe Buccola and and Mollick had row three. Trent Marshall and Charlie Utsinger paired up in row four. Devon Deeter and Ricky Tucker, III were in row five. Tyler Clark and Logen Lockhart occupied row six.
Rhebergen powered to the front of the line at the drop of the green. Myers, Mollick, Kent, and Buccola raced in the top five. Mollick moved into the second spot just before the halfway mark. Mollick closed in on Rhebergen in the second half of the race, but he could not draw up next to the leader.
Rhebergen, Mollick, Myers, Kent, and Buccola made the top five. The next racers across the line were Marshall, Utsinger, Deeter, Lockhart, and Tucker.
The 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Cars presented two heats, with the victories going to first-time winner Charles McClintock, and current points leader John Mollick. There was no B Main.
The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks were the last event of the night. Rod Laskey chased down Josh Seippel for the win.
Laskey and Doug Iorio, II had the front row, with Seippel and Pat Fielding in the second. Russ Coyne and Jason Kimmy were in the third row. The final starter was Aaron Smith.
Iorio and Seippel raced to the front, followed by Laskey, Fielding, and Coyne. Laskey moved into second by lap five, and he was leading at the halfway mark.
Laskey led Seippel to the finish. Fielding overtook Iorio late in the race for third. Coyne was fifth. Smith and Kimmy were the final two finishers.
Pat Fielding won the only heat race for the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks. There was no B Main.
In the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge, John Mollick became the new leader with five heat wins to his credit. Tim Bish remains second with four. Three racers are tied with three wins.
Next week, the FAST on Dirt Sprint Car Series rolls into Tri City Raceway Park for its last appearance of the 2024 racing season. This will be a must-see event for fans of the winged Sprint Cars. Also on the card will be the 21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds and the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks. The 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprints will have the week off due to a scheduling commitment at another area track. Taking their place will be the RUSH Sportsmen Modifieds.
Then, kicking off the month of August, Tri City Raceway Park will be a normal Sunday Thunder program. Special events will follow on August 11 for the ULMS Late Models and August 18 for the BRP Modified Tour for the Ryder Memorial.
The divisional sponsors of Tri City Raceway Park for 2024 are: Krill Recycling, LLC (410 Sprint Cars), 21st Centure Energy Group (358 Modifieds), Hovis Auto & Truck Supply (Pro Stocks), and 4 Your Car Connection (RUSH Sprint Cars).
All competitors at Tri City Raceway Park will be eligible for the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge. The driver that wins the most heat races over the courseof the season, regardless of the class, will receive a special award.
Other marketing partners of Tri City Raceway Park for 2024 include: Erie Beer, Wab-Tec (manufacturer of locomotive engines), Schaeffer Lubricants, Keystone Transit (school buses), Blue Ox Timbers (buyers of timberland timber land management), Constable Refuse (residential and commercial garbage collectors), First Rate Realty (real estate sales), Landscape Connection (portable toilets and landscape supplies), KEI-Klapec Express Inc. (trucking company), BKI-Bert Klapec Inc. (excavation and demolition), Shambaugh Towing, Gibson Hill Automotive (auto repair), McCandless Ford Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), McCandless Trailer Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), Big Dog RC (remote controlled cars and race track), McGregor Excavating, Les Frickshun (lubricants and undercoating), Bish Heating & Cooling, Wet Hose LLC (pressure washing), Heffern Septic Service, Tionesta Builders Supply (located in Tionesta and Shippenville), UCIP-United Community Independence Program (housing and services for the handicapped), Close Racing Supply, Billy’s Garage & Towing, Oakland-Rampart Equipment (makers of centrifugal dryers, wash systems, and separators), Shaw Industries (machine shop), Welding Technologies, Froggie Radio, and Hards Welding.
Remember that you will need to check the Facebook page, Tri City Raceway Park, for current information. The former website is not updated and will soon be replaced.
Tri-City Raceway Park is located just a few miles north of Franklin, PA, at 3430 State Route 417 in Oakland Township. Professional auto racing will be presented in a family friendly atmosphere most Sunday evenings from May through Labor Day weekend.
Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars: A.J. Flick, Mark Smith, Logan McCandless, Tyler Esh, Andy Priest, Jeremy Weaver, Jack Sodeman, Jr., Danny Peebles, Bob Felmlee, Bodey McClintock, Andy Cavanaugh, Jazlyn Boyles, Dusty Larson, Aaron Murano, Vivian Jones, Roman Jones, Nathan McDowell.
Gordon Wins Hall of Fame Battle Royal, Night Two of Speedweek at Grays Harbor Raceway
7/21/24
Elma, WA - Big wins have been piling up for Dominic Gordon of Clovis, CA this past month but none have been bigger than a win at Grays Harbor Raceway in the 360 Hall of Fame Battle Royal. The win on night number two of the Northwest Speedweek Tour paid $5,000 to win.
Dominic Scelzi led the feature for the first 13 laps before he slowed with an unknown mechanical issue in turn two. This turned the lead over to Dominic Gordon, who despite the best efforts of Tyler Thompson, would go the rest of the distance to take the win. Thompson made a couple of charges at Gordon, while also having to keep Colton Heath at bay to roll to a second place finish while Heath was third. The first three heat race wins went to Robbie Price, Levi Kuntz and Jordi Meese, while the second set of heat race wins went to Johnny Burke, Chase Goetz and Colton Heath.
The 2024 Northwest Speedweek Tour “Tribute to Fred Brownfield” continues on to Southern Oregon Speedweek on Tuesday night. Full Speedweek points as well as an update to the Pass Master points will post shortly
Northern Speedweek Tour Night 2 - 360 Hall of Fame Battle Royal Night 2
20 Entries
7/21/24
Heat 1 - Robbie Price Heat 2 - Levi Kuntz Heat 3 - Jordi Meese Heat 4 - Johnny Burke Heat 5 - Chase Goetz Heat 6 - Colton Heath A Main - Dominic Gordon, Tyler Thompson, Colton Heath, Colby Thornhill, Robbie Price, Levi Klatt, Levi Kuntz, Chase Goetz, Cam Smith, Tony Gomes, Ayden Saunders, Johnny Burke, Luke Didiuk, Jeff Dunlap, Jordi Meese, Tim Martin, TJ Richman, Dominic Scelzi, Destry Miller Dustin Gehring Lap Leaders - Scelzi 1-13 Gordon 14-30
Danny Varin Gets It Done at Albany-Saratoga
By Curtis Berleue (Malta, NY) | As the summer months keep rolling on, Danny Varin keeps getting hotter and hotter, earning his second Empire Super Sprints victory in a row and third of the 2024 season on Friday night at Albany-Saratoga Speedway.
Pinnacle Pole Award winner Emily VanInwegen and Shawn Donath would bring the field to green, with Donath using the outside to his advantage and leading lap one.
As the lap counter clicked lap 5, it was still Donath out in front, with Jordan Poirier in second and Billy VanInwegen in third. By lap 7. Donath had caught the tail of the field and began to work lap traffic with Poirier hot on his heels.
A caution on lap 11 for leader Shawn Donath with mechanical issues handed the lead to Poirier. On the ensuing restart Poirier jumped out to the lead. Danny Varin, who had restarted in 6th, got a huge run off turn 2 and by the time he reached turn 3 was in second.
The next lap, Varin threw a slide job on Poirier, took the lead and began to check out from the rest of the field.
With 5 laps to go, the battle for third began to heat up between Davie Franek and Jason Barney. Barney was able to clear Franek, but just one lap later Matt Tanner slipped past Barney and set his sights on second place running Poirier. With a lap to go, Tanner got by Poirier for second, but it was Varin who crossed the finish line first, by a margin of just over 4 seconds.
“What a phenomenal racetrack,” said Varin. “That was elbows up, pounding the cushion, slidejob city. We’ve been leading five features here, and never finished one. This has been a long one coming.”
“That cushion was treacherous, you try to run it hard but you knew you could jump it, and be over it. You had to be patient, you’re leading, and let someone show you their nose before you put everything out there.”
Matt Tanner crossed the line in second after a last lap pass on Jordan Poirier.
“We were pretty bad all night, the guys just kept plugging away at it there,” said Tanner. “Even the first 15 laps of this race we weren’t that good. Three seconds in a row is starting to get old, but at least we’re in the hunt.”
After spending much of the race running second, Jordan Poirier rounded out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium in third.
“We weren’t too good early on, after that yellow the first two laps I was good and then I started getting loose in three and four,” said Poirier. “I tried to venture out, I tried to find some other lane and I just couldn’t do anything. By the end, I was just trying to block and do something. We’re just a tiny bit off or something.”
22 cars signed into the pits for action on the night. Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards went to Jordan Thomas, Danny Varin and Jordan Poirier. Matt Tanner, Danny Varin and Davie Franek picked up E&V Energy heat race wins, while Dale Gosselin won the We Know Tools – Paul Wehnau Snap-on dash.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is Saturday July 20th at the Fonda Speedway in Fonda, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Saturday, July 20 – Fonda Speedway – Fonda, NY ($2,000 to Win Earl Halaquist Memorial)
Friday, July 26 – Outlaw Speedway - Dundee, NY ($4,000 to Win Outlaw Summer Nationals)
Saturday, July 27 – Woodhull Raceway – Woodhull, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Full Results:
A-Main: 1. 01-Danny Varin[7]; 2. 90-Matt Tanner[8]; 3. 28-Jordan Poirier[3]; 4. 87-Jason Barney[12]; 5. 28F-Davie Franek[6]; 6. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[4]; 7. #79-Jordan Thomas[11]; 8. #88C-Chad Miller[5]; 9. 19EM-Emily VanInwegen[1]; 10. #9-Josh Pieniazek[14]; 11. #3Z-John Smith IV[9]; 12. #3G-Dale Gosselin[13]; 13. 3A-Jeff Trombley[10]; 14. 33-Lacey Hanson[15]; 15. 19-Floyd Billington[21]; 16. 29-Dylan Menditto[22]; 17. 22M-Tomy Moreau[17]; 18. 54-Fred Proctor[20]; 19. 12-Alex Bergeron[19]; 20. 13E-Evan Reynolds[16]; 21. 53-Shawn Donath[2]; 22. (DNS) 13T-Trevor Years
We Know Tools – Paul Wehnau Snap-on Dash: 1. #3G-Dale Gosselin[1]; 2. #9-Josh Pieniazek[3]; 3. 33-Lacey Hanson[6]; 4. 13E-Evan Reynolds[2]; 5. 22M-Tomy Moreau[5]; 6. 13T-Trevor Years[4]
E&V Energy Heat 1: 1. 90-Matt Tanner[2]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 3. #79-Jordan Thomas[6]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[5]; 5. #3G-Dale Gosselin[1]; 6. 13T-Trevor Years[4]; 7. 12-Alex Bergeron[7]; 8. 29-Dylan Menditto[8]
E&V Energy Heat 2: 1. 01-Danny Varin[6]; 2. 19EM-Emily VanInwegen[1]; 3. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[5]; 4. #88C-Chad Miller[4]; 5. 13E-Evan Reynolds[2]; 6. 22M-Tomy Moreau[3]; 7. 54-Fred Proctor[7]
E&V Energy Heat 3: 1. 28F-Davie Franek[4]; 2. 3A-Jeff Trombley[2]; 3. #3Z-John Smith IV[5]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier[6]; 5. #9-Josh Pieniazek[3]; 6. 33-Lacey Hanson[1]; 7. 19-Floyd Billington[7]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #79-Jordan Thomas; #01-Danny Varin; #28-Jordan Poirier
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #90-Matt Tanner; #01-Danny Varin; #28F-Davie Franek
Cobra Coaches / Paul Wehnau Snap-on Dash Winner ($125): #3G-Dale Gosselin
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #19EM-Emily VanInwegen
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #87-Jason Barney (+8)
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #13E-Evan Reynolds
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #3Z-Johnny Smith
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #01-Danny Varin; #90-Matt Tanner; #28-Jordan Poirier
Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #13T-Trevor Years
Capital Area Rider Training 15th Place ($250): #19-Floyd Billington
Danny Varin Continues Sprint Car Dominance at Fonda Speedway
By Curtis Berleue (Fonda, NY) | For the 8th time in the last 9 trips to the Fonda Speedway for the Empire Super Sprints, it was Danny Varin sitting in victory lane at the end of the night. Leading 17 of 25 laps, Varin earned $2,000 for his victory Saturday night, which was also his third tour win in a row and fourth on the season.
Josh Pieniazek and Billy VanInwegen brought the field to green, with Pieniazek taking the lead off of turn two. That lead was short lived, however, as VanInwegen fought back on the outside in turns three and four to lead lap one.
A red flag for an incident in turn one on lap one put Pieniazek and VanInwegen side-by-side again on the ensuing restart, though this time it was Pieniazek who jumped out to the lead. Danny Varin made quick work of VanInwegen and moved into the second spot with two laps down.
For the next handful of laps, Varin stalked the #9 of Pieniazek, searching around the track for a little more speed. Working the bottom on lap 8, Varin was able to get alongside Pieniazek entering turn 3 and by the time the duo reached the flag stand, Varin was in sole possession of the lead.
With Varin checked out on the field, VanInwegen continued working on finding his way around Pieniazek for second place, and was successful on lap 15. Just one lap later, Jordan Thomas would also find his way by Pieniazek and take over third.
For the second time in two nights, Varin had completely checked out on the field and crossed the finish line first uncontested with a 6 second margin of victory.
“I tell you what, my arms are ready to fall off,” said Varin. “What a fun race track. It was touch and go on the bottom, but man that was fast.”
“This team has been firing on all cylinders. We feel really good, 87 Speed has got us really rolling. These guys are making all of the right adjustments in the pits. It’s easy to dial yourself out, but right now these guys are doing a really good job.”
Billy VanInwegen brought his #10V machine home in second place.
“Danny has dominated this place for so many years, so to run second to him, we can’t hang our head about that,” said VanInwegen. “I really wish we could have closed that one out, I think we had a great race car tonight.”
Finishing third was Harding, Pennsylvania’s Jordan Thomas.
“We’ve been pretty fast the last couple of weeks, Speedweek we were fast every night,” said Thomas. “Luck didn’t go our way that week, and here we are again, last night we were fast, and again tonight.”
“I think it would have been tonight to make any moves, Danny’s so fast and everyone kinda has this place figured out.”
The field was split into two timed hot lap groups to start the night, with Jordan Thomas and Danny Varin earning Rifenburg Fast Time awards. E&V Energy heat races were won by Jordan Thomas and Davie Franek, while Kyle Smith won the One Zee Tees dash.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is this coming Friday July 26th at the Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Friday, July 26 – Outlaw Speedway - Dundee, NY ($4,000 to Win Outlaw Summer Nationals)
Saturday, July 27 – Woodhull Raceway – Woodhull, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Friday, August 2 – Can-Am Speedway – LaFargeville, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Full Results:
A-Main: 1. 01-Danny Varin[4]; 2. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[2]; 3. #79-Jordan Thomas[3]; 4. 28F-Davie Franek[7]; 5. 90-Matt Tanner[6]; 6. #9-Josh Pieniazek[1]; 7. 28-Jordan Poirier[5]; 8. #88C-Chad Miller[10]; 9. 17J-Kyle Smith[9]; 10. 87-Jason Barney[8]; 11. 13E-Evan Reynolds[16]; 12. 53-Shawn Donath[12]; 13. 19EM-Emily VanInwegen[15]; 14. 33-Lacey Hanson[13]; 15. 3A-Jeff Trombley[11]; 16. 6K-Kyle Dutcher[14]
One Zee Tees Dash: 1. 17J-Kyle Smith[2]; 2. #88C-Chad Miller[1]; 3. 3A-Jeff Trombley[3]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[4]
E&V Energy Heat 1: 1. #79-Jordan Thomas[2]; 2. #9-Josh Pieniazek[1]; 3. 90-Matt Tanner[3]; 4. 87-Jason Barney[4]; 5. #88C-Chad Miller[5]; 6. 3A-Jeff Trombley[7]; 7. 33-Lacey Hanson[6]; 8. 19EM-Emily VanInwegen[8]
E&V Energy Heat 2: 1. 28F-Davie Franek[1]; 2. 01-Danny Varin[2]; 3. 28-Jordan Poirier[4]; 4. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[3]; 5. 17J-Kyle Smith[5]; 6. 53-Shawn Donath[6]; 7. 6K-Kyle Dutcher[7]; 8. 13E-Evan Reynolds[8]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #79-Jordan Thomas; #01-Danny Varin
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #79-Jordan Thomas; #28F-Davie Franek
Cobra Coaches / One Zee Tees Dash Winner ($125): #17J-Kyle Smith
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #9-Josh Pieniazek
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #13E-Evan Reynolds
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #13E-Evan Reynolds
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #13E-Evan Reynolds
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #01-Danny Varin; #10v-Billy VanInwegen; #79-Jordan Thomas
Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #13E-Evan Reynolds
Spithaler sizzles and Rudolph rumbles to twin $3000 410 sprint and BRP modified Michaels memorial wins. Priest(305 sprints), Cipriano (crate mods) and Thompson (minis) return to victory lane.
By Jim Balentine (Mercer,Pa)
On a beautiful mid July Saturday night, Michaels Mercer Raceway held the Michaels memorial which featured twin $3000 to win events for the 410 sprint cars and the BRP modified tour. Brandon Spithaler would take a popular win in the 410 Sprint cars and Erick Rudolph would capture another BRP modified tour win. Veteran Andy priest would dominate the racesaver 305 sprint car feature for his 14th career 305 win, Aiden Cipriano would capture his third career 602 crate modified Mercer feature, and Andy Thompson would return to victory Lane in the mini stocks, capturing his 19th career mini stock feature. 100 cars in 5 divisions would grace the pit area.
22 410 cars would compete for the 3000 to win special with Mark Smith who won last weekend in Western Pennsylvania and Dan Kuriger on the front row. Kuriger would take the lead from the start and would hold Smith at bay for the first half of the race leading by 1.5 seconds at one point. Brandon Spithaler who was driving a borrowed Brent Matus sprint car who was on his way to win a lernerville the previous night until he lost control over turn number three began closing in from his fourth starting position on the 2 leaders. On lap 14 in the nonstop affair Spithaler would make a daring move in turns one and two to get around both leaders and would come out with the lead in turn number three. Kuriger would then fall back to 3rd as Smith would get around at the same time. Smith would then set his sights on the leader getting within half a second, but then on the white flag lap, caution would come out to punch up the field for a one lap shootout. Spithaler would hit his marks perfectly and would take the popular win defeating Smith by .304 to pick up his 12th career winged sprint Mercer checker and $3000.
A joyous Spithaler would say, “it’s just pretty cool to put the 33 on the frontchute and maybe they’ll (Brent and Jackie Matus) let me do it again sometime!! we went out to Indiana for the FAST sprint show and we hurt an engine out there in the 22 and so because of that we’re down and we have to concentrate on the points races since we’re leading the points with fast so the 22 will be out some of the year, but it only will be out for FAST points races and a couple outlaw shows so maybe I can get a couple more nights in this thing. I knew Mark Smith was faster than Dan Kuriger and I wanted to make sure that when I finally got by Mark, I knew I was better than him at the time and I know he kind of was pretty decent at the end too, but I wanted to strike as quick as I could to get Kuriger surprised in traffic and then hopefully try to run away with it!” Smith would settle for second Kuriger third, AJ flick would move up from 6th to 4th and Brandon Matus would move up one spot to 5th.
In the BRP modified tour Ransomville New York’s Erick Rudolph has been dominating the tour for the past couple years and last night was no exception as he came from his eighth starting spot to pick up the $3000 Michaels memorial in the 35 lap affair. Shannon Whaley would lead the first 2 laps from the outside pole until former BRP mod Mercer winner Garrett Krummert would take over in lap 3. While Krummert was looking for another BRP mod tour win eighth starting spot Erick Rudolph with methodically work his way up through traffic in his usual style. He would be up to fourth by lap number four and then overtook veteran Dave Murdick for second on lap number 11. It would then turn into the Rudolph Krummert show as Rudolph would chip away at Krummert’s lead going from 2.2 seconds back to just .044 on lap 20 and then it would be go time as he would get around Krummert on lap 21 and would then dominate leading the rest of the 35 lap affair winning by 2.7 seconds over Krummert. Canadian Tyler Willard would get around Murdick for 3rd on lap 28, Murdick would finish 4th and Rex King Jr., who would come from the rear of the field after suffering a flat tire would make his way all the way back to fifth at the finish
Rudolph would say, “We actually had a flat tire at the end. That’s what took me so long to come back out so we didn’t ruin the wheel, but my guys gave me an awesome car tonight you know we had to put her together and figure out a way to get through those rollers out there and able to put something together I thought we might had something and we were pretty good out there in the feature.”
Andy Priest who began his racing career in 1982 at his home track at Mercer nabbed his 14th career racesaver 305 sprint car feature last night dominating after he took the lead on lap number four. 2019 champ Jake Gomola would lead the first 4 until Priest took over. Wow priest was starting to pull away. The real battle would be for second as 8 time winner Gomola, nine time winner Jeremy Kornbau and 7 time winner Greg Dobrosky would slice and dice for position lap after lap utilizing the entire wide racing surface. A red would come out for a violent flip on lap 14 by Hunter Hite in turn 2 would slow the field. Hite was OK after the incident. On the restart, Priest would takeoff and win by 2.7 seconds over Gomola. Kornbau would finish 3rd Dobrosky 4th and Jim Pattock
Andy would say “My goodness I’m old. I don’t have any hair. I can’t see so the bright white wall helped!! these cars are pretty fast so it makes it fun. There’s not a lot of adjustments to make. You can use a lot of the used stuff from the 410 other than the right rear tire, which makes it a lot easier. I have always been a high side guy, so I get bored on the bottom.. things are turning around here so please continue to support this track!”
18 year old Ayden Cipriano withstood several challenges by longtime Mercer veterans to pick up his 3rd career 602 crate modified feature. Even though he led the entire way, it would not be easy at 16 time winner and multi time track champion Eric Gabany would follow in his trail the entire 20 lap distance but could not get around as Cipriano won by 2.0 over the veteran. Jeff Schaffer Sr., who had to put for a flat tire on the first lap would come from the tail to finish 3rd. Ryan Guthrie crossed the line in 4th but unfortunately did not to go tech after so he was put to last place moving Caden Petry to 4th and previous winner Pat Lane from 8th to 5th.
Cipriano would state,”I was focusing on hitting my marks and staying on the bottom against them. I’m always scared that he’s (Gabany) gonna be right behind me. He has proved many times to me and everybody else that he is one of the fastest people in Pennsylvania!! I’m just glad I was able to hold them off tonight!! they are always tough to race against especially because I’m so young but I’m glad that I’ve been able to build a good bond with all the guys that I race with and I’m just glad that we were able to take it home tonight. We race so much that at the end of the day you’re not going to get anything if you don’t practice and we probably practice the most out of everyone around here.”
Randy Ealy would lead the 15 lap mini stock nightcapper until lap 4 when 18 time winner Andy Thompson would overtake him. Devin Haley would get around Ealy on lap 7. The top 6 would be under a blanket as Mike Kelly would come out of nowhere riding the high side around the pack. Kelly would take 2nd on lap 11 over Ealy but then Ealy would regain 2nd on lap 13 and try to catch Thompson but Thompson was too far ahead and won his 19th career mini stock feature by 1.39. Kelly finished 3rd, Corey Bice 4th and 2 time winner Carl Ealy 5th.
“I knew the competition was stiff tonight.” Thompson said, “Everybody stepping their game up. I gotta give hats off to the track crew the track was great. There’s a lot of bite. I’ve been traveling around because Mercer has been taking a few weeks off and this is probably the best place we’ve been this year. These cars are all homemade they’re not bought they’re built..We don’t buy motors, We don’t buy cars, We build them all!
Racesaver305 Sprints - Winged 17 Entries A Feature 1 20 Laps 1. 21N-Andy Priest[4]; 2. 4J-Jacob Gomola[1]; 3. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[3]; 4. 88-Greg Dobrosky[2]; 5. 42-Jim Pattock[8]; 6. 82M-Roman Jones[5]; 7. 25-Jarrett Rosencrance[7]; 8. 20M-Vivian Jones[15]; 9. 25G-Nolan Groves[9]; 10. 17S-Shane Heath[6]; 11. 71-Joe Coggin[12]; 12. 72-Mike Mathieson[11]; 13. 34M-Aaron Marano[17]; 14. 4B-Walt TutaK Jr[13]; 15. 15-Lacey Shuttlesworth[16]; 16. 30-Jazlyn Boyles[14]; 17. 21-Hunter Hite[10]
Heat 1 8 Laps 1. 21N-Andy Priest[1]; 2. 88-Greg Dobrosky[4]; 3. 82M-Roman Jones[3]; 4. 25-Jarrett Rosencrance[2]; 5. 25G-Nolan Groves[5]; 6. 72-Mike Mathieson[8]; 7. 34M-Aaron Marano[9]; 8. 30-Jazlyn Boyles[7]; 9. 15-Lacey Shuttlesworth[6]
Heat 2 8 Laps 1. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[3]; 2. 4J-Jacob Gomola[4]; 3. 17S-Shane Heath[2]; 4. 42-Jim Pattock[8]; 5. 21-Hunter Hite[5]; 6. 71-Joe Coggin[6]; 7. 4B-Walt TutaK Jr[7]; 8. 20M-Vivian Jones[1]
BRP MODIFIED TOUR 1. 25-Erick Rudolph[7]; 2. 29-Garrett Krummert[3]; 3. 777-Tyler Willard[6]; 4. 61-Dave Murdick[4]; 5. 165-Rex King Jr[12]; 6. 9-Will Thomas[8]; 7. 5C-Ayden Cipriano[11]; 8. 11R-Brad Rapp[15]; 9. 20P-Mike Kinney[10]; 10. 44-Shannon Whaley[2]; 11. 13-Rick Regalski Jr[16]; 12. 18-Colton Walters[9]; 13. 3K-Shawn Kozar[21]; 14. 64-Rodney Beltz[20]; 15. 25B-Steve Barr[17]; 16. 60-Tom Holden[1]; 17. 74-Kevin Green[19]; 18. 8M-Macey Adamik[22]; 19. 6F-Kyle Fink[5]; 20. 35-Steve Slater[13]; 21. 18JR-Jeff Walters[18]; 22. 9R-Chad Reitz[14]; 23. (DNS) JD57-Jordan Ehrenberg
Heat 1 | 00:03:40.270 1. 25-Erick Rudolph[2]; 2. 44-Shannon Whaley[4]; 3. 60-Tom Holden[1]; 4. 35-Steve Slater[3]; 5. 25B-Steve Barr[6]; 6. 3K-Shawn Kozar[5]
Heat 2 | 00:05:47.611 1. 165-Rex King Jr[5]; 2. 6F-Kyle Fink[1]; 3. 18-Colton Walters[6]; 4. 9R-Chad Reitz[2]; 5. 18JR-Jeff Walters[4]; 6. 8M-Macey Adamik[3]
Heat 3 | 00:02:36.341 1. 29-Garrett Krummert[4]; 2. 61-Dave Murdick[3]; 3. 20P-Mike Kinney[2]; 4. 11R-Brad Rapp[5]; 5. 74-Kevin Green[6]; 6. (DNS) JD57-Jordan Ehrenberg
Heat 4 | 00:02:39.062 1. 777-Tyler Willard[2]; 2. 9-Will Thomas[3]; 3. 13-Rick Regalski Jr[1]; 4. 64-Rodney Beltz[5]; 5. (DNS) 5C-Ayden Cipriano
mini stocks 19 Entries A Feature 1 15 Laps 1. 5-Andy Thompson[5]; 2. 38-Randy Ealy[1]; 3. 6-Mike Kelley[8]; 4. 10-Corey Bice[9]; 5. 0-Carl Ealy[12]; 6. 45-Andrew Thompson[11]; 7. 13S-Chaz Smith[4]; 8. 10J-Bill Fuchs[10]; 9. 02-Devin Haley[3]; 10. 60-Dillon Thorne[7]; 11. 02D-Chuck Davis[6]; 12. 54-Tim Callahan[2]; 13. 10S-Trevn Schaffer[13]; 14. 309-Jordan Reges[17]; 15. 9A-Ben Aley[14]; 16. 325Z-Zack Swartz[15]; 17. (DNS) 13-Joshua Funkhouser; 18. (DNS) 9M-Lucas Moro; 19. (DNS) 64-Summer Reges
Heat 1 6 Laps 1. 38-Randy Ealy[2]; 2. 13S-Chaz Smith[5]; 3. 0-Carl Ealy[6]; 4. 10-Corey Bice[1]; 5. 10S-Trevn Schaffer[4]; 6. 64-Summer Reges[7]; 7. 13-Joshua Funkhouser[3]
Heat 2 6 Laps 1. 54-Tim Callahan[1]; 2. 5-Andy Thompson[6]; 3. 60-Dillon Thorne[5]; 4. 10J-Bill Fuchs[4]; 5. 9A-Ben Aley[2]; 6. 309-Jordan Reges[3]
Heat 3 6 Laps 1. 02-Devin Haley[2]; 2. 02D-Chuck Davis[1]; 3. 6-Mike Kelley[5]; 4. 45-Andrew Thompson[3]; 5. 325Z-Zack Swartz[6]; 6. 9M-Lucas Moro[4]
602 crate modified 19 Entries A Feature 1 20 Laps 1. 5C-Ayden Cipriano[1]; 2. 4S-Eric Gabany[4]; 3. 14-Jeff Schaffer Sr[11]; 4. 7P-Caden Petry[2]; 5. 1-Jim Bryce[17]; 6. 71-Gage Priester[7]; 7. 1R-Brandon Ritchey[5]; 8. 28J-Jacob Jordan[6]; 9. 12L-Patrick Lane[8]; 10. 7-Brenten Kay[12]; 11. 02-Jeremy Beichner[13]; 12. 07L-Mark Sevin[16]; 13. 9H-Jake McElravy[19]; 14. 51R-Thomas Rogers[18]; 15. 77-Shawn Fleeger[14]; 16. 41-Brian Schaffer[3]; 17. 404-Gary R Smoker[15]; 18. 717-Bill Adams[9]; 19. (DQ) 312-Ryan Gutherie[10]
Heat 1 8 Laps 1. 71-Gage Priester[3]; 2. 1R-Brandon Ritchey[4]; 3. 41-Brian Schaffer[7]; 4. 7P-Caden Petry[5]; 5. 717-Bill Adams[1]; 6. 14-Jeff Schaffer Sr[6]; 7. 02-Jeremy Beichner[2]; 8. 404-Gary R Smoker[8]; 9. 1-Jim Bryce[9]; 10. 9H-Jake McElravy[10]
Heat 2 8 Laps 1. 28J-Jacob Jordan[1]; 2. 4S-Eric Gabany[5]; 3. 12L-Patrick Lane[3]; 4. 5C-Ayden Cipriano[9]; 5. 312-Ryan Gutherie[7]; 6. 7-Brenten Kay[2]; 7. 77-Shawn Fleeger[6]; 8. 07L-Mark Sevin[8]; 9. 51R-Thomas Rogers[4]
410 Sprints - Winged 22 Entries A Feature 1 25 Laps 1. 33-Brandon Spithaler[4]; 2. M1-Mark Smith[1]; 3. 08-Danny Kuriger[2]; 4. 2-AJ Flick[5]; 5. 13-Brandon Matus[3]; 6. 5K-Adam Kekich[6]; 7. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr[9]; 8. 46-Michael Bauer[8]; 9. 6-Bob Felmlee[11]; 10. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[12]; 11. 21-Bryan Salisbury[7]; 12. 11-Carl Bowser[15]; 13. 3-Denny Peebles[10]; 14. 12J-Tyler Esh[14]; 15. 12G-Tommy Jasen[22]; 16. 47-Dusty Larson[13]; 17. 11M-Nathen McDowell[17]; 18. 19M-Bodey McClintoch[21]; 19. 4W-Eric L Williams[16]; 20. 8-Natalie Brannon[19]; 21. (DNS) 20B-Cody Bova; 22. (DNS) 24-Gale Ruth Jr
Heat 1 8 Laps 1. 5K-Adam Kekich[1]; 2. 13-Brandon Matus[3]; 3. 21-Bryan Salisbury[2]; 4. 3-Denny Peebles[5]; 5. 47-Dusty Larson[6]; 6. 4W-Eric L Williams[7]; 7. 8-Natalie Brannon[8]; 8. 12G-Tommy Jasen[4]
Heat 2 8 Laps 1. 2-AJ Flick[1]; 2. 08-Danny Kuriger[2]; 3. 46-Michael Bauer[3]; 4. 6-Bob Felmlee[4]; 5. 12J-Tyler Esh[5]; 6. 11M-Nathen McDowell[6]; 7. 20B-Cody Bova[7]
Heat 3 8 Laps 1. 33-Brandon Spithaler[1]; 2. M1-Mark Smith[3]; 3. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr[4]; 4. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[2]; 5. 11-Carl Bowser[5]; 6. 24-Gale Ruth Jr[6]; 7. 19M-Bodey McClintoch[7]
SCHUETT STRIKES FOR FIRST CAREER MOWA WIN
Saturday’s Tom Knowles Memorial at Spoon River Speedway produced another first time winner with the Morrow Brothers Ford MOWA Sprint Car Series. Philo, Illinois racer Kyle Schuett started the race in the ninth position and found himself in victory lane at the end of the 25-lap affair.
Luke Verardi and Ryan Bunton led the field to green, with Bunton taking command of the field on lap one. As Bunton raced around the ⅜-mile oval, drivers behind were swapping for position with Paul Nienhiser putting his #9X on the topside of the speedway as he looked to overtake Bunton.On lap four, Nienhiser made a move to take over the top spot, only to have his bid withdrawn as Shelby Bosie spun at the bottom of turn two, reverting to the last scored lap. Bunton knew that Nienhiser was close behind and he went into defense mode.
When the field returned to green, Bunton changed his line to protect the top shelf while Nienhiser moved to the bottom side of the track. By lap six, Nienhiser had moved his way past Bunton to overtake the top spot. With Nienhiser pulling away, the battle behind ensued as Kyle Schuett had worked from his ninth starting spot to third by lap ten. Will Armitage and polesitter Luke Verardi were trading lines for the fourth and fifth just as the field slowed for a spinning Shelby Bosie.
Paul Nienhiser led the field back to green at lap ten with Kyle Schuett in tow. A three way battle for third between Will Armitage, Ryan Bunton and Luke Verardi caught the eyes of many, allowing the top two drivers to pull away. Schuett, running second, quickly made up ground on Paul Nienhiser by lap 15 as he made a daring move past Nienhiser into turn three to take the lead. Will Armitage then found a hint of speed and quickly moved past Nienhiser to overtake the runner up spot. Schuett’s pace never seemed to slow as he held a nearly 1.5-second lead over Will Armitage and Paul Nienhiser with two laps remaining. Knowing time was running out, Armitage gave it one last-ditch effort and nearly overtook Schuett as the two raced back to the checkered, ultimately coming up short.
Schuett crossed under the checkers ahead of Will Armitage, Paul Nienhiser, Luke Verardi and Ryan Bunton. “It’s pretty cool to win (the Knowles), I knew starting ninth it was going to be tough but the car handled great all night. I saw (Will) Armitage’s shadow behind me and I told myself, “Don’t screw up”, and it paid off”, said Kyle Schuett in victory lane.
Feature Finish: 1. Kyle Schuett [9], 2. Will Armitage [5], 3. Paul Nienhiser [6], 4. Luke Verardi [1], 5. Ryan Bunton [2], 6. Brayton Lynch [12], 7. Korey Weyant [15], 8. Karter Sarff [7], 9. Preston Perlmutter [11], 10. Joey Moughan [10], 11. Kameron Key [8], 12.Paul Haley [13], 13, Logan Faucon [16], 14. Austin Archdale [20], 15. Trevin Littleton [21], 16. Jarrett Weyant [19], 17. Tyler Shoemaker [18], 18. Colton Fisher [17], 19. Jeremy Standridge [3], 20. John Barnard [4], 21. Shelby Bosie [14], 22. Cory Bruns [22]
Rhodes repeats as ‘Power’ winner
07-21-2024
Thanks to a couple of rainouts, it took the River Valley Builders PA Sprint Series until midseason to make its first appearance at its oldest stop, the quarter-mile Path Valley Speedway bullring, but Zach Rhodes and his fellow IMCA/RaceSaver competitors made sure the large crowd remembered why PASS keeps coming back.
The McVeytown driver in the Weaver Racing/Renegade Race Fuels/Raze Energy Drink #31Z fought his way past Mike Alleman of Port Royal to take the lead with five laps remaining in the 25-lap feature and won the PASS portion of the special Dr. Crouse’s Night of Power program for the second consecutive year.
The margin of victory was three-quarters of a second.
Doug Dodson of Middletown, who charged from tenth starting position, also got past Alleman on the next-to-last lap and finished second, while Alleman, who was oh-so-close to his first feature victory since taking his only career checkered flag at this track 23 years ago, came home third.
Jeff Weaver of Lock Haven came home fourth, and Jerald Harris of Dayton, Va., was fifth.
Timmy Bittner, Austin Reed, Larry McVay, Ken Duke Jr., and Kenny Heffner rounded out the top ten. Reed and McVay were the only drivers other than Rhodes who finished in the top ten last year as well.
Heffner, of Watsontown, claimed the W.C. Eshenaur & Son Hard Charger Award, advancing 11 positions after starting 21st. Dodson’s advance through the top 10 also was noteworthy, as was Bittner’s charge of seven spots. Drew Ritchey of Everett also had an impressive move through the field, but his night ended with mechanical failure after 16 laps.
Rhodes had shown his potential with his 2.5-second win over Weaver in the first heat race, and when he drew the outside front row starting position, he became an obvious favorite, but it was Alleman, to his inside, who took the early lead and held a slim-but-significant margin. The leaders began to encounter traffic on lap seven, but Kruz Kepner stopped on the backstretch and brought out a caution less than a minute later, giving Alleman an open track after he executed a strong restart.
By lap 15, traffic again became an issue, and Rhodes began to challenge for the lead. On the 19th lap, he slipped past Alleman’s #46, but the veteran RaceSaver competitor – who ran in the series’ first event in 1999 – came back to grab the top spot half a lap later.
In the same spot on lap 20, Rhodes slipped past again, and this time his lead held.
The 17-lap green-flag run saw wholesale changes of position throughout the field. At the end, 19 of the 24 starters remained on the track.
The win was Rhodes’ fifth with PASS (he has wins with other RaceSaver groups as well), second of the season, and second at Path Valley. All have come since his alliance with Weaver Racing last season, when the team finished second in River Valley Builders PASS championship points.
Besides Rhodes, Reed, Owen Dimm, and Dylan Shatzer took heat race wins as the 31-car field was trimmed to 24 starters. Heffner won the B-Main. Highlights in the preliminary events included Shatzer’s last-lap pass of Ryan Lynn for victory in the fourth heat, Jarrett Cavalet’s charge from eighth starting position to a qualifying/redraw third spot at the finish, and Ritchey’s run from ninth starting spot to second in the B-Main.
Mike Melair and Ritchey tangled in the first heat, but Melair was able to continue, and Ritchey came back to qualify through the B-Main. The only significant incident in the feature was on the first effort at starting it, when Matt Kline took a hard bounce after hitting one of the infield tires.
Racing for the River Valley Builders PASS tour was scheduled to continue Saturday with the once-postponed Keystone RaceSaver Challenge at Port Royal Speedway.
Next weekend, PASS will make its first-ever visit to Winchester Speedway in Virginia for a race-co-sanctioned by the Virginia Sprint Series and Laurel Highlands Sprint Series.
The tour is scheduled to return to Path Valley on August 17.
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Results from Path Valley Speedway, Friday, July 19
HEAT 1 – 1. 31Z-Zach Rhodes; 2. 52-Jeff Weaver; 3. J9-Jerald Harris; 4. 01-Timmy Bittner; 5. 21M-Hunter McFadden; 6. 36-Mike Melair; 7. 53W-Jimmy White; 8. 880-Drew Ritchey (DNF).
HEAT 2 – 1. 34-Austin Reed; 2. 20-Doug Dodson; 3. 83-Larry McVay; 4. 67-Ken Duke Jr.; 5. 89-Nick Sweigart; 6. 1R-Christian Rumsey; 7. 32A-Austin Greenland; 8. J2-John Smith.
HEAT 3 – 1. 17-Owen Dimm; 2. 46-Mike Alleman; 3. 21C-Jarrett Cavalet; 4. 7H-Kyle Hart; 5. 25K-Matt Kline; 6. 97-Kenny Heffner; 7. 79-Ian Cumens (DNF); 8. 88-Fred Arnold (DNF).
HEAT 4 – 1. 71-Dylan Shatzer; 2. 26-Ryan Lynn; 3. 19-Kruz Kepner; 4. 14-Logan Spahr; 5. 1M-Paul Moyer; 6. 21-Andrew Boyer; 7. 6-Caleb Harris.
B-MAIN – 1. 97-Kenny Heffner; 2. 880-Drew Ritchey; 3. 21-Andrew Boyer; 4. 32A-Austin Greenland; 5. 1R-Christian Rumsey; 6. 53W-Jimmy White; 7. 79-Ian Cumens; 8. 6-Caleb Harris; 9. J2-John Smith; 10. 36-Mike Melair (DNF). DNS – 88-Fred Arnold.
FEATURE – 1. 31Z-Zach Rhodes; 2. 20-Doug Dodson; 3. 46-Mike Alleman; 4. 52-Jeff Weaver; 5. J9-Jerald Harris; 6. 01-Timmy Bittner; 7. 34-Austin Reed; 8. 83-Larry McVay; 9. 67-Ken Duke Jr.; 10. 97-Kenny Heffner; 11. 21C-Jarrett Cavalet; 12. 7H-Kyle Hart; 13. 89-Nick Sweigart; 14. 71-Dylan Shatzer; 15. 14-Logan Spahr; 16. 21M-Hunter McFadden; 17. 21-Andrew Boyer; 18. 32A-Austin Greenland; 19. 1M-Paul Moyer; 20. 17-Owen Dimm (DNF); 21. 880-Drew Ritchey (DNF); 22. 26-Ryan Lynn (DNF); 23. 19-Kruz Kepner (DNF); 24. 25K-Matt Kline (DNF). DNQ – 1R-Christian Rumsey; 53W-Jimmy White; 79-Ian Cumens; 6-Caleb Harris; J2-John Smith; 36-Mike Melair; 88-Fred Arnold.
Cannon McIntosh Maneuvers to the Top with POWRi National Midgets and Xtreme at Spoon River Speedway
Belleville, IL. (7/20/24) Cannon McIntosh would ride the high line to success
of Spoon River Speedway to earn his twenty-fifth career feature win with the
POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with Xtreme Outlaw Midget
Series presented by Toyota, on Saturday Night’s exhilarating action after
leading the final ten laps.
Early on-track excitement with twenty top-notch and eager entries to the
POWRi National Midgets, running in conjunction with Xtreme Outlaw Midgets, would
find Hayden Reinbold start the action off with a quick-time in group hot-lap
qualifying with a time of 13.591-second as Gavin Miller, Ryan Timms, and Ashton
Torgerson would each notch heat racing victories.
Setting the feature field would find the high-point qualifier Ryan Timms roll
an invert of six to set Ashton Torgerson and Tyler Edwards on the front row
leading the field as the green flag flew with Tyler Edwards gaining the initial
advantage on the opening lap as Ashton Torgerson, Hayden Reinbold, Cannon
McIntosh, and Chase McDermand battled inside the early top five.
Overtaking for the lead on lap two would find Ashton Torgerson moving into
the top position briefly as Hayden Reinbold would move past using a speedy low
line on lap three.
Leading intently, Hayden Reinbold would appear to be on a rail as intense
battles would be displayed behind the leader with Ashton Torgerson staying
within striking distance and Gavin Miller and Cannon McIntosh rounded out the
running top positions.
Briefly retaking the top spot for a pair of laps Ashton Torgerson and Hayden
Reinbold would each run a very different line with Reinbold’s low line regaining
the first position on lap nine as Gavin Miller moved into third with McIntosh,
McDermand, Zach Daum, and Jacob Denney all showing speed.
Flying into the lead with a daring lap twenty-one maneuver would find Cannon
McIntosh using high-side momentum in turns one and two to get around the
low-running Hayden Reinbold with Chase McDermand, Zach Daum, and the
hard-charging Jacob Denney moving into the top five.
Bunching the field back together after a lap twenty-two caution would find
Cannon McIntosh setting the pace on the restart as McIntosh would defend the
front of the field through the final eight laps with outstanding battles to gain
his third seasonal victory with one-time leader Hayden Reinbold holding onto the
runner-up spot as Jacob Denney finalized the podium placements in a hard-fought
feature from starting eleventh.
“The first step is not giving it away when I get into the car, I had a goal
to move forward no matter what and go where they weren’t” said current POWRi
point leader and victor Cannon McIntosh in the Spoon River winner’s circle.
Adding, “I’d say mid-way through the race I figured out the top side then I had
to switch up my line after the caution and I can’t thank this team for giving me
such an amazing car.”
Flying through the field would find Zach Daum finish fourth with night one
winner Ryan Timms rounding out the POWRi National Midget League, running in
conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, top-five
finishers at Spoon River Speedway.
POWRi National Midgets & Xtreme | Spoon River Speedway | 7/20/24:
Hoosier Racing Tire Quick Group Qualifying Time: 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold(13.591)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 97-Gavin Miller
Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race 2 Winner: 67-Ryan Timms
MVT Services Heat Race 3 Winner: 67K-Ashton Torgerson
Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 67-Ryan Timms
Meru Safety Hard Charger: 25-Jacob Denney(+8)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 71K-Cannon McIntosh
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[8]; 2. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[3]; 3.
25-Jacob Denney[11]; 4. 7U-Zach Daum[7]; 5. 67-Ryan Timms[6]; 6. 67K-Ashton
Torgerson[1]; 7. 40-Chase McDermand[4]; 8. 56D-Mitchell Davis[10]; 9. 97-Gavin
Miller[5]; 10. 21K-Karter Sarff[13]; 11. 98-Gunnar Setser[15]; 12. 55-Trevor
Cline[12]; 13. 14S-Tyler Edwards[2]; 14. 7T-Adam Taylor[16]; 15. 8-Zach
Wigal[9]; 16. 66-Jayden Clay[17]; 17. 1K-Brayton Lynch[14]; 18. 00-John
Heitzman[20]; 19. 57-Mark McMahill[18]; 20. 83-Will Armitage[19].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Gavin Miller[2]; 2. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[1]; 3.
14S-Tyler Edwards[4]; 4. 21K-Karter Sarff[5]; 5. 55-Trevor Cline[3]; 6. 7T-Adam
Taylor[6]; 7. 00-John Heitzman[7].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Ryan Timms[2]; 2. 7U-Zach Daum[1]; 3. 19AZ-Hayden
Reinbold[4]; 4. 25-Jacob Denney[3]; 5. 1K-Brayton Lynch[5]; 6. 57-Mark
McMahill[6]; 7. 83-Will Armitage[7].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[1]; 2. 40-Chase McDermand[3]; 3.
56D-Mitchell Davis[2]; 4. 8-Zach Wigal[4]; 5. 98-Gunnar Setser[5]; 6. 66-Jayden
Clay[6].
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 14S-Tyler Edwards, 00:13.693[2]; 2. 55-Trevor
Cline, 00:13.710[5]; 3. 97-Gavin Miller, 00:13.852[4]; 4. 71K-Cannon McIntosh,
00:13.860[6]; 5. 21K-Karter Sarff, 00:13.917[3]; 6. 7T-Adam Taylor,
00:14.139[7]; 7. 00-John Heitzman, 00:14.978[1].
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold, 00:13.591[6]; 2. 25-Jacob
Denney, 00:13.686[1]; 3. 67-Ryan Timms, 00:13.716[2]; 4. 7U-Zach Daum,
00:13.785[4]; 5. 1K-Brayton Lynch, 00:13.792[3]; 6. 57-Mark McMahill,
00:14.357[5]; 7. 83-Will Armitage[7].
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 8-Zach Wigal, 00:13.653[3]; 2. 40-Chase McDermand,
00:13.685[2]; 3. 56D-Mitchell Davis, 00:13.829[4]; 4. 67K-Ashton Torgerson,
00:13.881[6]; 5. 98-Gunnar Setser, 00:13.941[1]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay,
00:14.296[5].
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Shane Golobic claims first career Tyler Wolf Memorial victory
By Gary Thomas
Chico, CA…Fremont’s Shane Golobic has grabbed several special wins in his Sprint Car career and on Friday night the veteran added another, by scoring the $5,000 top prize at the Tyler Wolf Memorial in Chico. It was Golobic’s second consecutive triumph during SCCT Western Speedweek and marked his 15th all-time victory with the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour.
Special thanks to Demo Mitty of Mittry Construction, along with Gary Perkins and Keith Arellano for bumping up the winners share at the 11th running of the Tyler Wolf Memorial.
The Silver Dollar Speedway showcased a terrific atmosphere during the penultimate round of Speedweek and the drivers certainly gave the fans on hand an intriguing feature.
Paradise driver John Michael Bunch began the evening by setting a new SCCT track record, before winning the High Sierra Industries Dash. One of the biggest roars of the night came when Bunch decided to take the Tyler Wolf Challenge and forgo his pole position, in favor of heading back to start 19th and have a shot at making some extra cheddar.
The 35-lap finale came to the line with Chico’s Kenny Allen and Golobic sharing the front row. A big pileup occurred on the opening lap however, and Bunch was among the drivers that needed to head for the work area. Once things got going it was Allen who jumped into the lead impressively and fended off every challenge that Golobic threw his way.
The former Silver Dollar Speedway Rookie of the Year hasn’t raced much the last couple years and did a fantastic job out front leading some of the top names in California Sprint Car racing. Golobic was patient as always though and waited for the opportunity to pounce, which came on lap 16.
With Allen getting a bit tight on the cushion Golobic dove below and grabbed the lead. After that he pulled away from the field but the action behind him was as hot as the weather outside. Dylan Bloomfield and Tanner Carrick were worth the price of admission on this night, battling back and forth for numerous laps.
Bloomfield solidified the runner up spot on lap 29 and then began to reel in the leader. The 18-year-old from Oakley looked like a rocket ship as he came after Golobic and when the white flag waved, he was right there. Rounding the final set of corners it looked to be a classic finish, only to have the yellow lights flash on, bringing things to a halt.
It set up a two-lap shootout that saw Golobic hit his marks to bring home the win ahead of Bloomfield, Carrick, Justin Sanders and Andy Forsberg. Finishing sixth through 10th were Chance Grasty, Shane Hopkins, Corbin Rueschenberg, Nick Parker and Allen. John Clarke earned the Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Award, while Bunch was able to finish 16th after taking the Tyler Wolf Challenge.
Thanks to the graciousness of several people during the night, extra money was added to the hard charger and the 19th place finisher among others. A strong field of 42 cars competed with SCCT on Friday night. Bunch took home a total of $300 for setting the Sierra Foothills Wine Services Fast Time to begin the program.
The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour finishes off Speedweek tonight at Placerville Speedway. Auburn’s Andy Forsberg brings the point lead into the grand finale. He holds a seven-point advantage over a two way tie for second between Dylan Bloomfield and Shane Hopkins.
Results
Sprint Car Challenge Tour Silver Dollar Speedway Tyler Wolf Memorial July 19, 2024
A Main 35 Laps | 00:42:39.514
1. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 2. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[3]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick[4]; 4. 4SA-Justin Sanders[5]; 5. 92-Andy Forsberg[8]; 6. 1-Chance Grasty[6]; 7. 21-Shane Hopkins[11]; 8. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg[9]; 9. 15-Nick Parker[12]; 10. 76K-Kenny Allen[1]; 11. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[14]; 12. 38-Colby Johnson[7]; 13. 2A-Austin Wood[13]; 14. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[18]; 15. 12J-John Clark[22]; 16. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[19]; 17. 01-Nick Larsen[16]; 18. 28-Gauge Garcia[10]; 19. 51-Jake Morgan[15]; 20. 7B-Sean Becker[17]; 21. 55D-Dawson Hammes[20]; 22. X1-Michael Faccinto[21]; 23. 54S-Ryan Bernal[24]; 24. 25S-Seth Standley[23]
B Main 12 Laps | 00:11:19.583
1. X1-Michael Faccinto[2]; 2. 12J-John Clark[4]; 3. 25S-Seth Standley[1]; 4. 54S-Ryan Bernal[11]; 5. 9-Dustin Freitas[14]; 6. 9L-Luke Hayes[3]; 7. 2XM-Max Mittry[9]; 8. 76-Jennifer Osborne[15]; 9. 61-Travis Labat[5]; 10. 7W-Dennis Scherer[13]; 11. 8A-Aydan Saunders[8]; 12. 21M-Michael Ing[6]; 13. 57B-Bobby Butler[10]; 14. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[7]; 15. 71W-Mike Wasina Jr[12]
C Feature 10 Laps | 00:02:31.614
1. 9-Dustin Freitas[1]; 2. 76-Jennifer Osborne[6]; 3. 8-William Fielding[5]; 4. 93-Stephen Ingraham[7]; 5. 2S-Jayce Steinberg[9]; 6. 75-Bill Smith[3]; 7. 91J-Justin Henry[2]; 8. 11S-Steel Powell[4]; 9. 5V-Colby Copeland[8]
Dash 6 Laps | 00:01:25.427
1. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[2]; 2. 76K-Kenny Allen[1]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 4. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[4]; 5. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 6. 4SA-Justin Sanders[7]; 7. 1-Chance Grasty[6]; 8. 38-Colby Johnson[8]
Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:03:31.993
1. 38-Colby Johnson[2]; 2. 4SA-Justin Sanders[4]; 3. 92-Andy Forsberg[1]; 4. 15-Nick Parker[3]; 5. 01-Nick Larsen[6]; 6. 9L-Luke Hayes[5]; 7. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[8]; 8. 54S-Ryan Bernal[10]; 9. 9-Dustin Freitas[7]; 10. 8-William Fielding[9]; 11. 2S-Jayce Steinberg[11]
Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:04:11.313
1. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[1]; 2. 1-Chance Grasty[4]; 3. 28-Gauge Garcia[5]; 4. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[2]; 5. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[3]; 6. 61-Travis Labat[8]; 7. 2XM-Max Mittry[6]; 8. 7W-Dennis Scherer[10]; 9. 75-Bill Smith[9]; 10. 93-Stephen Ingraham[7]
Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:03:58.163
1. 83T-Tanner Carrick[1]; 2. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg[2]; 3. 11VS-John Michael Bunch[4]; 4. 2A-Austin Wood[5]; 5. 7B-Sean Becker[7]; 6. 12J-John Clark[9]; 7. 21M-Michael Ing[6]; 8. 57B-Bobby Butler[11]; 9. 91J-Justin Henry[8]; 10. 76-Jennifer Osborne[10]; 11. X1-Michael Faccinto[3]
Heat 4 10 Laps | 00:08:21.530
1. 76K-Kenny Allen[1]; 2. 21-Shane Hopkins[5]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[4]; 4. 51-Jake Morgan[8]; 5. 55D-Dawson Hammes[9]; 6. 25S-Seth Standley[2]; 7. 8A-Aydan Saunders[10]; 8. 71W-Mike Wasina Jr[7]; 9. 11S-Steel Powell[6]; 10. 5V-Colby Copeland[3]
Qualifying A | 00:00:34.000
1. 4SA-Justin Sanders, 00:11.808[1]; 2. 1-Chance Grasty, 00:11.899[14]; 3. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:11.949[13]; 4. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 00:11.994[9]; 5. 38-Colby Johnson, 00:12.019[18]; 6. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez, 00:12.032[19]; 7. 15-Nick Parker, 00:12.055[10]; 8. 35KM-Tyler Thompson, 00:12.078[12]; 9. 9L-Luke Hayes, 00:12.097[11]; 10. 28-Gauge Garcia, 00:12.097[8]; 11. 01-Nick Larsen, 00:12.098[21]; 12. 2XM-Max Mittry, 00:12.136[3]; 13. 9-Dustin Freitas, 00:12.176[2]; 14. 93-Stephen Ingraham, 00:12.197[4]; 15. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:12.226[6]; 16. 61-Travis Labat, 00:12.261[16]; 17. 8-William Fielding, 00:12.359[7]; 18. 75-Bill Smith, 00:12.366[20]; 19. 54S-Ryan Bernal, 00:12.369[5]; 20. 7W-Dennis Scherer, 00:12.392[15]; 21. 2S-Jayce Steinberg, 00:12.619[17]
Qualifying B | 00:00:43.036
1. 11VS-John Michael Bunch, 00:11.676[10]; 2. 17W-Shane Golobic, 00:11.866[21]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 00:11.988[18]; 4. 76K-Kenny Allen, 00:12.000[1]; 5. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:12.036[13]; 6. 25S-Seth Standley, 00:12.046[5]; 7. X1-Michael Faccinto, 00:12.079[17]; 8. 5V-Colby Copeland, 00:12.088[7]; 9. 2A-Austin Wood, 00:12.104[6]; 10. 21-Shane Hopkins, 00:12.132[2]; 11. 21M-Michael Ing, 00:12.178[3]; 12. 11S-Steel Powell, 00:12.230[9]; 13. 7B-Sean Becker, 00:12.279[15]; 14. 71W-Mike Wasina Jr, 00:12.322[14]; 15. 91J-Justin Henry, 00:12.397[16]; 16. 51-Jake Morgan, 00:12.418[12]; 17. 12J-John Clark, 00:12.489[20]; 18. 55D-Dawson Hammes, 00:12.516[19]; 19. 76-Jennifer Osborne, 00:12.535[8]; 20. 8A-Aydan Saunders, 00:12.731[4]; 21. 57B-Bobby Butler, 00:13.012[11]
Nickles wins the ‘Run For The Rabbit’, Sherman doubles up in Thunderstocks and Modifieds at Limaland
July 19, 2024
Lima, OH
By Gerry Keysor
After being postponed twice due to weather, the ‘Run For The Rabbit’, the annual event honoring the memory of Limaland favorite Travis “The Rabbit” Miller, was held at Limaland Motorsports park Friday night under beautiful weather conditions.
Harrod, Ohio’s Jac Nickles piloted his yellow No.31 to victory in the GLSS Ohio CAT Sprint Car Series A feature. In Lock Sixteen Thunderstock feature action it was No. 60 Todd Sherman picking up the win, then jumping in his No. 65 DIRTcar UMP Modified to win that feature as well.
Kicking off feature action were the Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks with their 15 lap A Main. No. 74D Craig Dippman and No. 1 Dylan Drake would lead the field to the initial green, with No. 60 Todd Sherman being the victim of the field checking up in front of him and spinning, forcing him to go to the tail as the field would face a complete restart. Dippman would lead the initial 5 laps before slowing with mechanical problems, forcing him out of the race. No. 82 Chris Douglas would inherit the lead with Drake in second until Drake would spin in turn 4 on lap six, bringing out the caution once again. Sherman put on a clinic making his way thru the field to take the lead on lap eight, and would survive multiple cautions to pick up the win. Douglas would finish second, with No. 22T Tony Anderson third, UNOH Racer Houston Null fourth in the No. 11, and No. 8 Zach Rush completing the top 5.
Next up was the GLSS Ohio CAT Sprint Car 25 lap A Main honoring the memory of Travis Miller, who competed in the 360 Sprint Cars until he passed away in 1999. Wapakoneta, Ohio’s Devon Dobie in the No. 23 and Jac Nickles in No. 31 would lead the 21-car field to the green flag with Dobie taking the early lead. Nickles would slip past Dobie to grab the top spot on lap 2, before action was slowed a lp later for a 3-car pileup in turn 2 that saw the No. 20i of Kelsey Ivy tip onto it’s side, bringing out the red flag. Ivy would walk away unharmed. As racing resumed, Kasey Jedrzejek would power by on the outside of Nickles in turn one, looking to grab his second straight Limaland victory in the Ed Neumeister owned No. 11N. Nickles would keep Jedrzejek in striking distance, while having to hold off challenges from the No. X of Mike Keegan. On lap 20, Nickles found his opportunity to slip past Jedrzejek on the inside of turn 4, taking the lead and cruising to his first GLSS victory. Jedrzejek would finish second, with No. 71H Max Stambaugh third, Keegan fourth and No. 22H Randy Hannagan fifth.
Completing the night were the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds in their 20-lap feature event. No. 4 Jason Kinney and UNOH Racer Brayden Weller in the UNOH No. 01 would make up the front row. Kinney would lead early, with Weller second, as UNOH Racer Randy Giroux in the No. 1 would battle with No. 65 Todd Sherman for third. Caution flags on lap two, three, and four would slow competition, until the field ran green to the finish, Sherman would battle past Weller for second, and No. 16 Jeff Koz would do the same to grab third. Sherman would take the lead on lap 7, and never look back, winning over Koz, No. 5X Jerry Bowersock, Kinney and Giroux.
Limaland Motorsports Park will be back in action next Friday July 26th for Season Championship Night, presented by Alexander and Bebout. Join us as we wrap up the season points standings for 2024 in both the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds, and Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks. Also in action will be the always exciting Dirt Track Truck Series. Pit gates open at 4:30PM, Grandstand Gates open at 5:00PM, Hot laps at 6:30PM, and racing at 7:30PM. General Admission for ages 16 and older is $12, ages 11 to 15 is $6, and kids 10 and younger admitted FREE. Pit passes for all ages are $30. For details on this and all events, visit www.limaland.com
LOCK SIXTEEN THUNDERSTOCKS - 16 entries
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 60-Todd Sherman[4]; 2. 82-Chris Douglas[6]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson[5]; 4. 11-Houston Null[7]; 5. 8-Zach Rush[10]; 6. 7-Dan Wooten[12]; 7. 27-Frank Paladino[3]; 8. 17H-Devon Helmig[11]; 9. 01-Tyler Matheny[13]; 10. 1W-Mark Wooten[9]; 11. 00-Jayden Brooking[14]; 12. 26-Justin Long[15]; 13. 28V-Shawn Valenti[8]; 14. 1-Dylan Drake[2]; 15. 74D-Craig Dippman[1]; 16. 00P-Dean Pitts[16]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 60-Todd Sherman[4]; 2. 1-Dylan Drake[1]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson[3]; 4. 11-Houston Null[5]; 5. 1W-Mark Wooten[6]; 6. 17H-Devon Helmig[8]; 7. 01-Tyler Matheny[7]; 8. (DNF) 26-Justin Long[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Frank Paladino[1]; 2. 74D-Craig Dippman[4]; 3. 82-Chris Douglas[2]; 4. 28V-Shawn Valenti[3]; 5. 8-Zach Rush[5]; 6. 7-Dan Wooten[6]; 7. 00-Jayden Brooking[7]; 8. (DNF) 00P-Dean Pitts[8]
Qualifying 1: 1. 60-Todd Sherman, 00:14.998[15]; 2. 74D-Craig Dippman, 00:15.271[16]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson, 00:15.478[12]; 4. 28V-Shawn Valenti, 00:15.587[1]; 5. 26-Justin Long, 00:15.683[7]; 6. 82-Chris Douglas, 00:15.710[5]; 7. 1-Dylan Drake, 00:15.748[8]; 8. 27-Frank Paladino, 00:15.947[4]; 9. 11-Houston Null, 00:15.969[11]; 10. 8-Zach Rush, 00:15.997[10]; 11. 1W-Mark Wooten, 00:16.100[9]; 12. 7-Dan Wooten, 00:16.110[2]; 13. 01-Tyler Matheny, 00:16.270[6]; 14. 00-Jayden Brooking, 00:16.370[14]; 15. 17H-Devon Helmig, 00:16.415[13]; 16. 00P-Dean Pitts, 00:16.783[3]
GREAT LAKES SUPER SPRINTS - 21 entries
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 31-Jac Nickles[2]; 2. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[4]; 3. 71H-Max Stambaugh[6]; 4. X-Mike Keegan[3]; 5. 22H-Randy Hannagan[9]; 6. 85-Dustin Daggett[5]; 7. 66-Chase Dunham[11]; 8. 7C-Phil Gressman[13]; 9. 11G-Luke Griffith[10]; 10. 2S-Matt Foos[12]; 11. 49T-Gregg Dalman[15]; 12. 37-Noah Dunlap[16]; 13. 17-Jared Horstman[8]; 14. 23-Devon Dobie[1]; 15. 88N-Frank Neill[17]; 16. 24-Kobe Allison[19]; 17. 83-Adam Cruea[20]; 18. 11H-Caleb Harmon[7]; 19. 18-Brian Razum[21]; 20. 19P-Brady Parmeley[18]; 21. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[14]
Engler Machine Tool Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[4]; 2. 71H-Max Stambaugh[2]; 3. 22H-Randy Hannagan[3]; 4. 2S-Matt Foos[6]; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[5]; 6. 37-Noah Dunlap[7]; 7. (DNS) 24-Kobe Allison
Howard Johnson Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Jac Nickles[1]; 2. 11H-Caleb Harmon[2]; 3. 11G-Luke Griffith[5]; 4. X-Mike Keegan[4]; 5. 49T-Gregg Dalman[3]; 6. 88N-Frank Neill[6]; 7. 83-Adam Cruea[7]
Ohio Cat The Rental Store Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Dustin Daggett[3]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[1]; 3. 66-Chase Dunham[2]; 4. 7C-Phil Gressman[5]; 5. 23-Devon Dobie[4]; 6. 19P-Brady Parmeley[7]; 7. 18-Brian Razum[6]
Qualifying 1 (99 Laps): 1. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:11.710[7]; 2. 24-Kobe Allison, 00:11.879[5]; 3. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 00:11.914[1]; 4. 22H-Randy Hannagan, 00:11.930[3]; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy, 00:11.952[6]; 6. 2S-Matt Foos, 00:12.164[2]; 7. 37-Noah Dunlap, 00:12.399[4]
Qualifying 2 (99 Laps): 1. X-Mike Keegan, 00:11.807[5]; 2. 31-Jac Nickles, 00:12.259[6]; 3. 11H-Caleb Harmon, 00:12.378[4]; 4. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 00:12.410[1]; 5. 11G-Luke Griffith, 00:12.502[7]; 6. 88N-Frank Neill, 00:12.528[3]; 7. 83-Adam Cruea, 00:12.705[2]
Qualifying 3 (99 Laps): 1. 23-Devon Dobie, 00:11.954[2]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman, 00:11.964[1]; 3. 66-Chase Dunham, 00:12.026[6]; 4. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:12.294[7]; 5. 7C-Phil Gressman, 00:12.349[3]; 6. 18-Brian Razum, 00:12.920[4]; 7. 19P-Brady Parmeley, 00:13.351[5]
Hot Laps 1 (99 Laps): 1. 23-Devon Dobie, 00:11.730[6]; 2. X-Mike Keegan, 00:11.966[14]; 3. 7C-Phil Gressman, 00:12.030[9]; 4. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:12.123[19]; 5. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:12.172[21]; 6. 24-Kobe Allison, 00:12.275[13]; 7. 31-Jac Nickles, 00:12.282[17]; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy, 00:12.311[16]; 9. 17-Jared Horstman, 00:12.312[3]; 10. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 00:12.342[1]; 11. 2S-Matt Foos, 00:12.351[4]; 12. 88N-Frank Neill, 00:12.396[8]; 13. 11G-Luke Griffith, 00:12.409[20]; 14. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 00:12.481[2]; 15. 11H-Caleb Harmon, 00:12.486[11]; 16. 22H-Randy Hannagan, 00:12.500[7]; 17. 37-Noah Dunlap, 00:12.583[10]; 18. 83-Adam Cruea, 00:12.682[5]; 19. 19P-Brady Parmeley, 00:13.399[15]; 20. 18-Brian Razum, 00:14.051[12]; 21. (DNS) 66-Chase Dunham
Ryan Timms Reigns Supreme with POWRi National Midgets and Xtreme at Spoon River Speedway
Belleville, IL. (7/19/24) Ryan Timms would make the overnight trip from wing
racing in Eldora worth the haul to Spoon River Speedway to earn his sixth career
feature win with the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, on Friday Night’s exhilarating
action after leading all twenty-five feature laps.
Early on-track excitement with twenty top-notch entries to the POWRi National
Midgets running in conjunction with Xtreme Outlaw Midgets would find Tyler
Edwards start the action off with a track record quick time in group hot-lap
qualifying with a 13.377-second lap as Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms, and Chase
McDermand would each notch heat racing victories.
Setting the feature field would find the high-point qualifier Cannon McIntosh
roll an invert of zero to set himself and Ryan Timms on the front row leading
the field as the green flag flew with Ryan Timms gaining the initial advantage
on the opening lap as Chase McDermand, Cannon McIntosh, Tyler Edwards, and
Hayden Reinbold battled inside the early top five.
Quickly separating from the field, the top three with Ryan Timms, Chase
McDermand, and Cannon McIntosh would start to search for speed around Spoon
River Speedway with Hayden Reinbold and Tyler Edwards in tow within the top five
as Kale Drake and Zach Daum battled intently behind.
Checking out to over a two-second advantage, Ryan Timms would appear to be
the fastest of the field with Chase McDermand and Cannon McIntosh keeping Hayden
Reinbold and Kale Drake at bay inside the running top five as Tyler Edwards,
Zach Daum, Ashton Torgerson, Gavin Miller, and Jacob Denney, from starting rear
in a back-up car, rounded out the running top ten.
Bunching the field back together with a lap sixteen caution would see Ryan
Timms pacing the competition with nine laps left as Cannon McIntosh would shoot
to second on the restart with Chase McDermand, Hayden Reinbold, and Tyler
Edwards stalking the leading Timms.
Separating again by over three seconds in the closing laps of the feature,
Ryan Timms would not be denied in gaining his second seasonal victory with
Cannon McIntosh solidifying the runner-up spot as a late-closing hard-charging
Gavin Miller finalized the podium placements in a hard-fought feature.
“I knew starting outside pole was going to be really convenient with the high
line getting the early jumps, I saw Chase early but I just felt so fast and
comfortable out front.” said the victorious Ryan Timms in the Spoon River
winner’s circle. Adding, “I felt like running the wing car at Eldora actually
helped here because I was able to just stand on it can keep this car as straight
as I could.”
Flying through the field would find Hayden Reinbold finish fourth with Chase
McDermand rounding out the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction
with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, top-five finishers at
Spoon River Speedway.
POWRi National Midgets & Xtreme | Spoon River Speedway | 7/19/24:
Hoosier Racing Tire Quick Group Qualifying Time: 14S-Tyler Edwards(13.377)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 71K-Cannon McIntosh
Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race 2 Winner: 67-Ryan Timms
MVT Services Heat Race 3 Winner: 40-Chase McDermand
Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 71K-Cannon McIntosh
Meru Safety Hard Charger: 97-Gavin Miller(+6)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 67-Ryan Timms
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 67-Ryan Timms[2]; 2. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[1]; 3.
97-Gavin Miller[9]; 4. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[6]; 5. 40-Chase McDermand[3]; 6.
14S-Tyler Edwards[4]; 7. 25-Jacob Denney[10]; 8. 7U-Zach Daum[5]; 9. 97K-Kale
Drake[11]; 10. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[8]; 11. 21K-Karter Sarff[7]; 12.
56D-Mitchell Davis[12]; 13. 55-Trevor Cline[13]; 14. 1K-Brayton Lynch[16]; 15.
66-Jayden Clay[18]; 16. 7T-Adam Taylor[15]; 17. 43-Gunnar Setser[14]; 18.
42-Kevin Battefeld[20]; 19. 83-Will Armitage[17]; 20. 98-Elijah Gile[19].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[3]; 2. 21K-Karter Sarff[2]; 3.
14S-Tyler Edwards[4]; 4. 56D-Mitchell Davis[7]; 5. 43-Gunnar Setser[1]; 6.
1K-Brayton Lynch[5]; 7. 98-Elijah Gile[6].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Ryan Timms[3]; 2. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[2]; 3. 7U-Zach
Daum[4]; 4. 97K-Kale Drake[1]; 5. 7T-Adam Taylor[5]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay[6]; 7.
42-Kevin Battefeld[7].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Chase McDermand[3]; 2. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[1]; 3.
97-Gavin Miller[2]; 4. 55-Trevor Cline[5]; 5. 25-Jacob Denney[4]; 6. 83-Will
Armitage[6].
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 14S-Tyler Edwards, 00:13.377[4]; 2. 71K-Cannon
McIntosh, 00:13.394[3]; 3. 21K-Karter Sarff, 00:13.525[1]; 4. 43-Gunnar Setser,
00:13.569[7]; 5. 1K-Brayton Lynch, 00:13.576[6]; 6. 98-Elijah Gile,
00:13.618[2]; 7. 56D-Mitchell Davis, 00:13.643[5].
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 7U-Zach Daum, 00:13.410[1]; 2. 67-Ryan Timms,
00:13.418[3]; 3. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold, 00:13.500[5]; 4. 97K-Kale Drake,
00:13.625[7]; 5. 7T-Adam Taylor, 00:13.872[6]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay, 00:14.099[4];
7. 42-Kevin Battefeld, 00:14.584[2].
Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 25-Jacob Denney, 00:13.544[6]; 2. 40-Chase
McDermand, 00:13.558[5]; 3. 97-Gavin Miller, 00:13.596[1]; 4. 67K-Ashton
Torgerson, 00:13.603[4]; 5. 55-Trevor Cline, 00:13.697[2]; 6. 83-Will Armitage,
00:13.968[3].
Hot Laps 1: 1. 43-Gunnar Setser, 00:13.552[7]; 2. 56D-Mitchell Davis,
00:13.581[5]; 3. 71K-Cannon McIntosh, 00:13.649[3]; 4. 14S-Tyler Edwards,
00:13.672[4]; 5. 1K-Brayton Lynch, 00:13.688[6]; 6. 98-Elijah Gile,
00:13.853[2]; 7. 21K-Karter Sarff, 00:14.095[1].
Hot Laps 2: 1. 67-Ryan Timms, 00:13.305[3]; 2. 7U-Zach Daum, 00:13.421[1]; 3.
97K-Kale Drake, 00:13.465[7]; 4. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold, 00:13.596[5]; 5.
66-Jayden Clay, 00:14.018[4]; 6. 7T-Adam Taylor, 00:14.070[6]; 7. 42-Kevin
Battefeld, 00:14.626[2].
Hot Laps 3: 1. 67K-Ashton Torgerson, 00:13.395[4]; 2. 40-Chase McDermand,
00:13.425[5]; 3. 97-Gavin Miller, 00:13.464[1]; 4. 25-Jacob Denney,
00:13.579[6]; 5. 55-Trevor Cline, 00:13.699[2]; 6. 83-Will Armitage,
00:13.835[3].
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Shane Golobic surges to 14th career SCCT win on Thursday at Marysville Raceway
By Gary Thomas
Marysville, CA…Shane Golobic made his first start of SCCT Speedweek count on Thursday night at Marysville Raceway, as he drove to his 14th career Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour triumph.
With the win the Fremont native now moves back out front all by himself as the all-time leader in SCCT victories.
“It’s nice to get a win during our first start of SCCT Speedweek here in Marysville,” Golobic said following the race. “It was a tricky track tonight, but luckily, we were able to get out front and set the pace. Hopefully we can carry the momentum into Chico tomorrow and Placerville on Saturday.”
SCCT Western Sprint Speedweek Round two and three winner Colby Copeland jumped out front at the waving of the green flag in the 35-lapper. Early on Harrisburg, Oregon driver Tyler Thompson hounded the rear of the VSR No. 5v, as he looked for his second victory of Speedweek.
Lapped traffic created some excitement during the opening stages of the feature and on lap 10, Shane Golobic went two for one, getting by both Thompson and Golobic in one fell swoop. Several yellows slowed the flow of the contest after that, but through it all, Golobic remained calm, cool and collected.
The driver of the NOS Energy Drink No. 17w had his way with things out front and went on to cross under the Darin Stahl checkered flag for victory.
Auburn’s Andy Forsberg made a late pass to secure the runner up position and in doing so, became the brand new SCCT season long point leader. It also marked his third podium of SCCT Speedweek. Thompson, Shane Hopkins and Dylan Bloomfield rounded out the top-five.
Completing the top-10 in the main event were Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Tanner Carrick, who came from 17th to sixth over Copeland, Nick Parker, Dawson Hammes and Steel Powell.
With four rounds complete in SCCT Speedweek, Colby Copeland continues to lead the standings by 13-points over Tyler Thompson. Forsberg sits 15-digits back in third, with Shane Hopkins 19-points behind in fourth. Dylan Bloomfield rounds out the top-five.
The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour will continue Western Sprint Speedweek at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico on Friday. The event marks the annual Tyler Wolf Memorial.
Results
Sprint Car Challenge Tour
Marysville Raceway
July 18, 2024
A Main 35 Laps | 00:35:12.257
1. 17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg[9]; 3. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[2]; 4. 21-Shane Hopkins[6]; 5. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[14]; 6. 83T-Tanner Carrick[17]; 7. 5V-Colby Copeland[1]; 8. 15-Nick Parker[10]; 9. 55D-Dawson Hammes[12]; 10. 11S-Steel Powell[7]; 11. 8-William Fielding[16]; 12. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[21]; 13. 25S-Seth Standley[13]; 14. 61-Travis Labat[8]; 15. 88-Brad Bumgarner[20]; 16. 46-Jeremy Wilson[22]; 17. 12J-John Clark[19]; 18. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr[24]; 19. 54-Carson Hall[15]; 20. 91J-John Sullivan[23]; 21. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[4]; 22. 6W-Billy Wallace[18]; 23. X1-Michael Faccinto[5]; 24. 8JR-Brian McGahan Jr[11]
Dash 6 Laps | 00:01:25.871
1. 5V-Colby Copeland[4]; 2. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[1]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[8]; 4. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[6]; 5. X1-Michael Faccinto[2]; 6. 21-Shane Hopkins[3]; 7. 11S-Steel Powell[7]; 8. 61-Travis Labat[5]
Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:07:21.438
1. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[4]; 2. 61-Travis Labat[2]; 3. 55D-Dawson Hammes[1]; 4. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[5]; 5. 6W-Billy Wallace[3]; 6. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[6]
Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:02:22.047
1. X1-Michael Faccinto[2]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg[1]; 3. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[4]; 4. 54-Carson Hall[5]; 5. 12J-John Clark[3]; 6. 46-Jeremy Wilson[6]
Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:04:29.698
1. 21-Shane Hopkins[1]; 2. 15-Nick Parker[2]; 3. 25S-Seth Standley[3]; 4. 8-William Fielding[5]; 5. 11S-Steel Powell[4]; 6. 91J-John Sullivan[6]
Heat 4 10 Laps
1. 5V-Colby Copeland[2]; 2. 8JR-Brian McGahan Jr[1]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[4]; 4. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 5. 88-Brad Bumgarner[3]; 6. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr[6]
Qualifying | 00:00:25.487
1. 35KM-Tyler Thompson, 00:12.616[4]; 2. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:12.697[3]; 3. 11S-Steel Powell, 00:12.730[1]; 4. 17W-Shane Golobic, 00:12.776[6]; 5. 55D-Dawson Hammes, 00:12.824[2]; 6. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:12.931[10]; 7. 21-Shane Hopkins, 00:12.983[13]; 8. 8JR-Brian McGahan Jr, 00:13.014[12]; 9. 61-Travis Labat, 00:13.057[8]; 10. X1-Michael Faccinto, 00:13.084[17]; 11. 15-Nick Parker, 00:13.108[11]; 12. 5V-Colby Copeland, 00:13.156[21]; 13. 6W-Billy Wallace, 00:13.179[5]; 14. 12J-John Clark, 00:13.215[15]; 15. 25S-Seth Standley, 00:13.238[19]; 16. 88-Brad Bumgarner, 00:13.338[16]; 17. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 00:13.356[9]; 18. 54-Carson Hall, 00:13.357[22]; 19. 8-William Fielding, 00:13.482[20]; 20. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 00:13.530[18]; 21. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:13.733[23]; 22. 46-Jeremy Wilson, 00:13.844[14]; 23. 91J-John Sullivan, 00:14.029[7]; 24. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr, 00:14.527[24]
Colby Copeland goes back-to-back in SCCT Speedweek action at The Douglas County Dirt Track
By Gary Thomas
Roseburg, Oregon…For the second consecutive night with SCCT Speedweek it was the Colby Copeland show, as the Roseville driver checked out and cruised to victory at The Douglas County Dirt Track on Wednesday.
Copeland was able to stretch his Speedweek point lead to 21-markers over Tyler Thompson heading into tomorrow’s show at Marysville Raceway. His win in Roseburg, Oregon was career triumph number five with the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour.
The initial start of the 30-lap finale saw Medford, Oregon’s Bailey Hibbard get upside down to bring out a red flag. He emerged okay but was done for the event.
When things got going again it was Langley, BC driver Levi Klatt leading the opening lap, before Copeland shot by to grab the point.
Despite Copeland rocketing away from the field, the action behind him remained extremely entertaining, as cars sliced and diced on the well-prepared surface. Yuba City youngster Seth Standley drove another impressive race jumping into second on lap six.
Standley hung onto second until lap 21 when Corbin Rueschenberg made the pass. Shortly after that, a red flag period occurred and during it, Standley had a fuel leak that put an unfortunate end to his feature.
There was no stopping Copeland up front who blitzed away and hid for the win. Rueschenberg crossed the stripe in second to earn his second straight runner up finish, while Dominic Gorden kept things exciting, as he rode the high side to a third-place result.
Levi Klatt and Oregon racer Garen Linder rounded out the top-five. Completing the top-10 were Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Shane Hopkins, who carved his way from 15th to sixth over Dylan Bloomfield, Tyler Thompson, Braden Chiaramonte and Andy Forsberg.
Chiaramonte also thrilled the crowd on hand by running the fonz until getting into the wall and suffering a flat tire while battling around the top-five. After going to the work area, he rebounded in ninth to maintain his SCCT point lead.
A total of 24 cars competed on night three of SCCT Speedweek. Andy Forsberg began the evening by earning the Sierra Foothills Wine Services Fast Time Award with a lap of 13.274.
The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour will continue Western Sprint Speedweek at the Marysville Raceway on Thursday July 18th.
Results
Sprint Car Challenge Tour –
The Douglas County Dirt Track
July 17, 2024
A Main 30 Laps
1. 5V-Colby Copeland[2]; 2. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg[6]; 3. 10-Dominic Gorden[9]; 4. 77-Levi Klatt[1]; 5. 22-Garen Linder[3]; 6. 21-Shane Hopkins[15]; 7. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[10]; 8. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[12]; 9. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[11]; 10. 92-Andy Forsberg[7]; 11. 21X-Johnny Burke[13]; 12. 33-Kyle Alberding[17]; 13. 26F-Shane Forte[20]; 14. 14-Mariah Ede[18]; 15. 34-TJ Richman[23]; 16. 5R-Ryan Rocha[8]; 17. 25S-Seth Standley[5]; 18. 4D-Pat Desbiens[21]; 19. 75X-Brian Boswell[24]; 20. 12-Steven Snawder[19]; 21. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[16]; 22. 75-Tony Gomes[14]; 23. 1-Bailey Hibbard[4]; 24. 40-Kyle Woodcock[22]
Dash 6 Laps
1. 77-Levi Klatt[3]; 2. 5V-Colby Copeland[2]; 3. 22-Garen Linder[1]; 4. 1-Bailey Hibbard[6]; 5. 25S-Seth Standley[4]; 6. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg[7]; 7. 92-Andy Forsberg[8]; 8. 5R-Ryan Rocha[5]
Heat 1 10 Laps
1. 1-Bailey Hibbard[1]; 2. 10-Dominic Gorden[3]; 3. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[2]; 4. 92-Andy Forsberg[4]; 5. 33-Kyle Alberding[5]; 6. 4D-Pat Desbiens[6]
Heat 2 10 Laps
1. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg[2]; 2. 25S-Seth Standley[4]; 3. 21X-Johnny Burke[6]; 4. 21-Shane Hopkins[1]; 5. 14-Mariah Ede[3]; 6. 40-Kyle Woodcock[5]
Heat 3 10 Laps
1. 77-Levi Klatt[3]; 2. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[2]; 3. 75-Tony Gomes[1]; 4. 22-Garen Linder[4]; 5. 12-Steven Snawder[5]; 6. 34-TJ Richman[6]
Heat 4 10 Laps
1. 5V-Colby Copeland[1]; 2. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[2]; 3. 5R-Ryan Rocha[4]; 4. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[3]; 5. 26F-Shane Forte[6]; 6. 75X-Brian Boswell[5]
Qualifying 2 Laps | 00:00:29.000
1. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:13.274[2]; 2. 25S-Seth Standley, 00:13.413[7]; 3. 22-Garen Linder, 00:13.476[5]; 4. 5R-Ryan Rocha, 00:13.556[4]; 5. 1-Bailey Hibbard, 00:13.570[1]; 6. 21-Shane Hopkins, 00:13.577[11]; 7. 75-Tony Gomes, 00:13.682[6]; 8. 5V-Colby Copeland, 00:13.753[19]; 9. 35KM-Tyler Thompson, 00:13.858[16]; 10. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:13.884[20]; 11. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 00:13.949[14]; 12. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:13.969[18]; 13. 10-Dominic Gorden, 00:14.053[21]; 14. 14-Mariah Ede, 00:14.111[10]; 15. 77-Levi Klatt, 00:14.140[23]; 16. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez, 00:14.316[8]; 17. 33-Kyle Alberding, 00:14.415[22]; 18. 40-Kyle Woodcock, 00:14.422[13]; 19. 12-Steven Snawder, 00:14.487[15]; 20. 75X-Brian Boswell, 00:14.561[12]; 21. 4D-Pat Desbiens, 00:14.703[9]; 22. 21X-Johnny Burke, 00:14.959[17]; 23. 34-TJ Richman, 00:15.021[3]; 24. 26F-Shane Forte, 00:15.381[24]
Colby Copeland strikes for Coos Bay Speedway victory Tuesday with SCCT
By Gary Thomas
Coos Bay, Oregon…Roseville’s Colby Copeland started from the pole and dominated the main event en route to his fourth career SCCT victory on Tuesday night at Coos Bay Speedway.
In doing so, the driver of the Van Lare Steering Repair No. 5v machine also took over the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour Speedweek point lead with two rounds complete.
“We had a great car tonight and it’s awesome to be up here in victory lane at another Speedweek race,” Copeland said. “I want to thank Jim and Annette Van Lare, the entire 5v team and all you fans for coming out to support tonight’s race.”
Race teams and fans battled through a couple of rain delays early on, before Mother Nature cooperated and allowed things to get underway.
Copeland jumped into the lead at the waving of the green flag in the 35-lapper after claiming the High Sierra Industries Dash and was never seriously challenged. Yuba City driver Seth Standley was on the move early as he took over third on lap five. The 18-year-old then proceeded to slice his way into second with 11 circuits complete.
Another youngster, however, in the form of Arizona racer Corbin Rueschenberg found a nice line a little higher than most and fought his way into second on lap 21. Shortly after that, Standley encountered unfortunate issues that left him parked in turn four.
Copeland easily pulled away from the field over the remaining distance and crossed the stripe for victory. His fourth career SCCT triumph ties him with Andy Forsberg and Rico Abreu on the all-time win list. Rueschenberg came home in second to score his best career SCCT finish.
Auburn’s Andy Forsberg rounded out the podium to snag his second straight top-three result to begin Speedweek. Placerville’s Shane Hopkins put together another fine run in fourth after starting from the outside of row six. It was good enough to net him the Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Award.
Monday night winner Tyler Thompson of Harrisburg, Oregon completed the top-five. Finishing sixth through 10th were Oakley’s Dylan Bloomfield, El Cajon’s Braden Chiaramonte, Langley, BC driver Levi Klatt, Hanford’s Ryan Rocha and Wilton’s Ashlyn Rodriguez.
Heat race wins went to Copeland, Rueschenberg and Seth Standley. Tyler Thompson opened the night by setting a new Coos Bay Speedway track record with a lap of 11.501.
The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour will continue Western Sprint Speedweek at The Douglas County Dirt Track in Roseburg, Oregon on Wednesday July 17th.
Results
Sprint Car Challenge Tour –
Coos Bay Speedway
July 16, 2024
A Main 35 Laps
1. 5V-Colby Copeland[1]; 2. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg[2]; 3. 92-Andy Forsberg[3]; 4. 21-Shane Hopkins[12]; 5. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[6]; 6. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[7]; 7. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[11]; 8. 77-Levi Klatt[9]; 9. 5R-Ryan Rocha[15]; 10. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[5]; 11. 5P-RJ McGahuey[13]; 12. 33-Kyle Alberding[8]; 13. 14-Mariah Ede[10]; 14. 75-Brian Boswell[16]; 15. 25S-Seth Standley[4]; 16. 26F-Shane Forte[14]; 17. 54-Drake Standley[17]; 18. 34-TJ Richman[18]
Dash 6 Laps | 00:01:39.670
1. 5V-Colby Copeland[1]; 2. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg[2]; 3. 92-Andy Forsberg[3]; 4. 25S-Seth Standley[4]; 5. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[5]; 6. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[6]
Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:02:16.444
1. 5V-Colby Copeland[1]; 2. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[2]; 3. 14-Mariah Ede[3]; 4. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[4]; 5. 5P-RJ McGahuey[6]; 6. 75-Brian Boswell[5]
Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:02:11.942
1. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg[1]; 2. 33-Kyle Alberding[3]; 3. 92-Andy Forsberg[4]; 4. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[2]; 5. 26F-Shane Forte[6]; 6. 54-Drake Standley[5]
Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:02:19.503
1. 25S-Seth Standley[1]; 2. 77-Levi Klatt[2]; 3. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[4]; 4. 21-Shane Hopkins[3]; 5. 5R-Ryan Rocha[5]; 6. 34-TJ Richman[6]
Qualifying
1. 35KM-Tyler Thompson, 00:11.501[1]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:11.514[16]; 3. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez, 00:11.692[11]; 4. 5V-Colby Copeland, 00:11.710[12]; 5. 94-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:11.726[6]; 6. 25S-Seth Standley, 00:11.762[15]; 7. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 00:11.775[4]; 8. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:11.797[5]; 9. 77-Levi Klatt, 00:11.803[13]; 10. 14-Mariah Ede, 00:11.929[2]; 11. 33-Kyle Alberding, 00:12.011[17]; 12. 21-Shane Hopkins, 00:12.042[3]; 13. 75-Brian Boswell, 00:12.069[18]; 14. 54-Drake Standley, 00:12.122[10]; 15. 5R-Ryan Rocha, 00:12.430[8]; 16. 5P-RJ McGahuey, 00:12.511[9]; 17. 26F-Shane Forte, 00:12.627[7]; 18. 34-TJ Richman, 00:12.727[14]
Paul Nienhiser Rallies Late At Indee For His Fifth Sprint Invaders Victory of 2024
Independence IA (July 16th) - Winning for the fifth time in nine events on the 2024 schedule, it can be said that Chapin, Illinois, driver Paul Nienhiser is having a dominating season with the Mohrfeld Solar Sprint Invaders. However, on Tuesday night at the Independence Motor Speedway, Paul's route to victory lane was anything but easy despite starting from the outside of the front row in the twenty-five lap main event.
Pole-sitter Colton Fisher would battle Nienhiser wheel-to-wheel down the backstretch on the opening lap before sliding up in front of the series point leader to snare the race lead. And then the third-starting Ryan Bunton would soon power under Nienhiser to move to second before taking up the chase on the leader. As the top two closed in on the back of the field on lap ten, Bunton was able to pull even with the rim riding Fisher in turn four only to have Colton ward him off and that same scenario would play out again on lap eleven with Fisher now having to deal with the soon to be lapped cars as well as the challenge from Bunton.
As Colton scored what would have been lap thirteen, he would drop his right rear wheel off the lip of the banked front stretch and that would then steer him off the track and into a wild spin that would see him get on his side before slamming into the guardrail outside of turn one. The only things that was injured on the up and coming young driver was his pride as he knew that he had let this one get away from him.
Bunton would assume the lead for the restart with the hope of getting his first career victory with the Sprint Invaders despite the fact that he is the defending series champion after finishing in the top ten of every event on the schedule in 2023. With Ryan entering the turns low and then exiting toward the top, Nienhiser would now pound the cushion on both ends bringing him ever closer to the leader as the laps counted down. And, with just six laps remaining, that high side momentum would pay off as Paul would sail around Bunton for the lead on the back stretch.
Lapped traffic would come into play again in the closing laps and when the leader made contact with the rear bumper of Tanner Gebhardt entering turn three while coming to the white flag, it would send Gebhardt for a spin with the caution setting up a two lap shootout for the win. Tasker Phillips had just taken second away from Bunton before the caution so he would make a run at the leader in turn one on the restart only to see Nienhiser drive away for the win and to have Bunton slip by him on the outside to regain second at the checkers. Terry McCarl who had won each of the two previous appearances of the Sprint Invaders here at Independence made a nice run from eleventh to fourth while two-time series champion Cody Wehrle filled out the top five.
It was an emotional victory for Nienhiser who dedicated the win to his longtime friend and supporter of his racing career, Ralph Willhite, who lost his life in an accident at the Jacksonville Speedway in Illinois just a few weeks ago.
Next up for the Mohrfeld Solar Sprint Invaders will be another Tuesday night trip, this time to the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway on July 30th that will serve as an appetizer for the Knoxville 360 Nationals that will start its three day run just two nights later.
Results (Started)
Randall's Performance 1st Heat - 1. Jake Glasgow, West Burlington (1); 2. Paul Nienhiser, Chapin IL (2); 3. Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville (5); 4. Tyler Lee, Cedar Rapids (3); 5. Cody Wehrle, Burlington (7); 6. Terry McCarl, Altoona (6); 7. McCain Richards, Burlington (4)
Joshua Denning & Associates 2nd Heat - 1. Dustin Clark, Agency (1); 2. Colton Fisher, Mediapolis (3); 3. Ryan Bunton, Morton IL (2); 4. Chase Richards, Burlington (4); 5. Garrett Benson, Concordia MO (6); 6. Riley Valentine, Terrill (7); 7. Tanner Gebhardt, Burlington (5)
Agriland FS Dash - 1. Fisher (1); 2. Nienhiser (3); 3. Bunton (4); 4. Clark (2); 5. Glasgow (5); 6. Phillips (6)
Shottenkirk Automotive Group A-Main - 1. Nienhiser (2); 2. Bunton (3); 3. Phillips (6); 4. McCarl (11); 5. Wehrle (7); 6. Clark (4); 7. Lee (9); 8. Glasgow (5); 9. Benson (10); 10. Gebhardt (13); 11. C. Richards (8); 12. M. Richards (12); 13. Valentine (14); 14. Fisher (1)
Contingencies
King Racing Products - Colton Fisher
DMI - Tanner Gebhardt
Saldana Racing Products - Cody Wehrle
BMRS - Jake Glasgow
KSE Hard Charger - Terry McCarl
Next Event - Thursday, July 30th, Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway, Bloomfield,
Iowa
Gravel comes on strong to get 2nd Brad Doty Classic win at Attica
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
By Brian Liskai
ATTICA, Ohio – David Gravel searched all over the one-third clay mile of Attica Raceway Park Tuesday, July 16 during the 36th running of the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by dac Pet Products. When he found his lane and his rhythm, he took the lead on lap 17 and drove away for the $15,000 pay day, his 10th World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink victory of 2024.
The win was the Watertown, Connecticut native’s second Brad Doty Classic win and third career win at Attica.
“I was just bidding my time. Carson (Macedo) was racing pretty defensive. I think he knew he was in trouble of getting passed. I was running a lot of different lines just trying to figure out what the best line was before I could get the lead. You’re just guessing out there…all these cautions…I don’t know how many cautions there were but there were way too many. It was hard to get into a rhythm and you had no one to base it off of with lapped traffic so it was really hard to know where to be in one and two. Every other lap I tried a different lane and the car started getting free and it just kept getting slicker and slicker every lap…40 laps here the track changes so much. Cody (Jacobs, crew chief) gave me a really good card…something I didn’t have to push too hard and I could run my own race. I’m happy to get a Brad Doty Classic for Cody because I stole one from him when I was in the CJB car and he working for Tim Shaffer. Steven and Zack worked real hard in the heat,” said Gravel beside his Huset’s Speedway/Billion Auto.com/Jackson Motorplex/High Performance Lubricants/JRC backed #2.
The early portions of the 40-lap feature saw several cautions. Carson Macedo led laps 1-7 before three time Doty Classic winner Kyle Larson took the lead on lap eight only to see Macedo regain the top spot a circuit later. Gravel, who started third, drove into the lead on lap 17.
Gravel built a nearly three second lead when the caution flew on lap 26. The race for second had been fantastic involving Macedo, Logan Schuchart and Larson.
Following a fuel stop, Gravel continued to lead while 11th starter Donny Schatz with a bent up front wing, charged into second while Larson, Macedo, Cory Day and Giovanni Scelzi battled hard for third. With five laps to go Gravel had caught the back of the pack and Schatz closed in but ran out of time as Gravel took the checkers. Schatz, Larson, Macedo and Day rounded out the top five.
Schatz, a 10 time World of Outlaws champion,
“I’m surprised we didn’t change the nose wing but that’s not my call. It really didn’t effect it like everyone thinks. We’re not on the gas that hard here and there are parts of the race track where it would help. Ultimately I think I would have liked to have had it there to see what would have happened but all and all a good effort. The guys got things rolling and working and this is the type of race tracks you have in the summer. Everyone is digging,” said Schatz beside his CarQuest/Ford Performance/Curb/Sage Fruit/Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts backed #15.
Larson had one bobble on a restart and he felt that may have cost him a shot at his fourth Brad Doty Classic win.
“I wish I could have that last restart back. I knew all I could do was blitz the top. Gravel was really good. I got my right rear hung off the ledge and fell back to fourth and battled Carson and Cory to get back to third. I was hoping for another caution to reset. My car felt pretty good early but got kind of off in the middle but got better later but messed up that restart,” said Larson of his Findley Farms/Folkens Bros. Trucking/FloRacing/JVI Group/Glenn Styres Racing backed #57.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, July 26 with the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group, the NAPA of Bryan AFCS presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales 305 sprints and the Attica/Oakshade UMP Late Model Challenge Series in action.
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Attica Raceway Park
Brad Doty Classic
World of Outlaws
NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[11]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[3]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 5. 14-Corey Day[5]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[7]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 9. 25-Daison Pursley[10]; 10. 26-Zeb Wise[15]; 11. 23-Cale Thomas[23]; 12. 5T-Ryan Timms[19]; 13. 28M-Conner Morrell[20]; 14. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[18]; 15. 9-Trey Jacobs[22]; 16. 15K-Creed Kemenah[13]; 17. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[21]; 18. 1S-Logan Schuchart[6]; 19. 29-Zeth Sabo[12]; 20. 97-Cole Macedo[24]; 21. 101-Kalib Henry[16]; 22. W20-Greg Wilson[17]; 23. 22-Brandon Spithaler[14]; 24. 99-Skylar Gee[9]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[3]; 2. 9-Trey Jacobs[4]; 3. 23-Cale Thomas[13]; 4. 97-Cole Macedo[2]; 5. 7S-Landon Crawley[6]; 6. 16-DJ Foos[5]; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[8]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog[12]; 9. 18T-Tanner Holmes[9]; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7]; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews[14]; 12. 6-Kelby Watt[15]; 13. 7N-Darin Naida[10]; 14. 70-Kraig Kinser[11]; 15. 33W-Cap Henry[1]
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 15C-Chris Andrews[2]; 2. 6-Kelby Watt[3]; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[4]; 4. 4-Zane DeVault[1]; 5. 09-Craig Mintz[10]; 6. 45-Landon Brooks[11]; 7. 45B-Devon Borden[9]; 8. 12-Luke Griffith[13]; 9. 26AU-Todd Moule[5]; 10. 14R-Sean Rayhall[6]; 11. 19-TJ Michael[7]; 12. 32-Bryce Lucius[8]; 13. X-Mike Keegan[12]
Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[4]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 5. 14-Corey Day[3]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[8]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid[5]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[7]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 2. 14-Corey Day[2]; 3. 99-Skylar Gee[4]; 4. 15K-Creed Kemenah[3]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[6]; 6. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[10]; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker[8]; 8. 70-Kraig Kinser[9]; 9. 4-Zane DeVault[7]; 10. 26AU-Todd Moule[12]; 11. 45B-Devon Borden[11]; 12. 33W-Cap Henry[5]
Milton Hershey School Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 4. 26-Zeb Wise[3]; 5. 5T-Ryan Timms[5]; 6. 16-DJ Foos[6]; 7. 18T-Tanner Holmes[8]; 8. 23-Cale Thomas[9]; 9. 6-Kelby Watt[10]; 10. 19-TJ Michael[7]; 11. 45-Landon Brooks[11]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 3. 25-Daison Pursley[5]; 4. 22-Brandon Spithaler[6]; 5. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[7]; 6. 9-Trey Jacobs[4]; 7. 97-Cole Macedo[3]; 8. 7N-Darin Naida[10]; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews[8]; 10. 14R-Sean Rayhall[9]; 11. 09-Craig Mintz[11]; 12. 12-Luke Griffith[12]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[3]; 3. 29-Zeth Sabo[5]; 4. 101-Kalib Henry[4]; 5. 28M-Conner Morrell[2]; 6. 7S-Landon Crawley[6]; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[7]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog[9]; 9. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[10]; 10. 32-Bryce Lucius[11]; 11. X-Mike Keegan[8]
Sea Foam Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.211[16]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.373[7]; 3. 14-Corey Day, 00:13.376[4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.454[14]; 5. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.458[12]; 6. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:13.573[19]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.589[2]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.646[22]; 9. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:13.697[18]; 10. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:13.743[10]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.768[13]; 12. 16-DJ Foos, 00:13.786[1]; 13. 4-Zane DeVault, 00:13.790[5]; 14. 19-TJ Michael, 00:13.816[21]; 15. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:13.843[15]; 16. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 00:13.853[6]; 17. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:13.885[23]; 18. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:13.910[8]; 19. 19H-Joel Myers Jr, 00:13.971[3]; 20. 6-Kelby Watt, 00:13.980[20]; 21. 45B-Devon Borden, 00:14.023[11]; 22. 45-Landon Brooks, 00:14.122[9]; 23. 26AU-Todd Moule, 00:14.187[17]
Sea Foam Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:13.514[2]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.643[10]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.658[17]; 4. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.743[7]; 5. 97-Cole Macedo, 00:13.772[16]; 6. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.790[13]; 7. 9-Trey Jacobs, 00:13.795[12]; 8. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:13.893[5]; 9. 25-Daison Pursley, 00:13.899[20]; 10. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:13.918[3]; 11. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 00:13.951[23]; 12. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:13.988[22]; 13. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:13.999[11]; 14. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:14.022[4]; 15. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:14.030[9]; 16. X-Mike Keegan, 00:14.039[18]; 17. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:14.075[6]; 18. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:14.130[19]; 19. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:14.154[15]; 20. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:14.155[14]; 21. 09-Craig Mintz, 00:14.155[21]; 22. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:14.229[8]; 23. 12-Luke Griffith, 00:14.338[1]
Hot Laps: 1. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.144[7]; 2. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.205[36]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.257[33]; 4. 14-Corey Day, 00:13.264[4]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.292[2]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.309[16]; 7. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:13.358[28]; 8. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:13.385[25]; 9. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:13.409[19]; 10. 9-Trey Jacobs, 00:13.418[35]; 11. 19H-Joel Myers Jr, 00:13.456[3]; 12. 4-Zane DeVault, 00:13.456[5]; 13. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.512[22]; 14. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:13.537[18]; 15. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:13.542[34]; 16. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.548[30]; 17. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.569[40]; 18. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:13.573[26]; 19. 19-TJ Michael, 00:13.628[21]; 20. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.630[14]; 21. 6-Kelby Watt, 00:13.635[20]; 22. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:13.639[8]; 23. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:13.650[23]; 24. 45B-Devon Borden, 00:13.654[11]; 25. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:13.656[31]; 26. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:13.663[15]; 27. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.712[13]; 28. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 00:13.713[6]; 29. 45-Landon Brooks, 00:13.713[9]; 30. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:13.719[10]; 31. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:13.772[37]; 32. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.788[27]; 33. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:13.807[38]; 34. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:13.822[32]; 35. 26AU-Todd Moule, 00:13.825[17]; 36. 97-Cole Macedo, 00:13.866[39]; 37. 09-Craig Mintz, 00:13.904[44]; 38. 7S-Landon Crawley, 00:13.909[45]; 39. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 00:13.956[46]; 40. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.958[42]; 41. 12-Luke Griffith, 00:13.966[24]; 42. 16-DJ Foos, 00:13.969[1]; 43. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.992[12]; 44. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:14.014[29]; 45. 25-Daison Pursley, 00:14.044[43]; 46. X-Mike Keegan, 00:14.195[41]
Tyler Thompson scores first career SCCT win on Monday in Cottage Grove
By Gary Thomas
Cottage Grove, Oregon…Tyler Thompson has been logging many valuable laps with the Main Motorsports team over recent weeks and on Monday night at Cottage Grove Speedway, the Oregon driver snagged his initial Sprint Car Challenge Tour triumph.
Thompson, driving the H.A.M. Construction No. 35KM mount battled early with Andy Forsberg, before cruising at the end to open SCCT Speedweek in victorious fashion.
“I’ve always wanted to win one of these NW Speedweek races and it feels great to finally get it done at Cottage Grove Speedway tonight,” Thompson said on the front stretch. “I have to think Adam Main and this entire 35KM team for giving me a great car as always. We have had a lot of speed, so it’s nice to pick up another win in front of the home crowd.”
The front row for the 35-lap Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour main event was comprised of High Sierra Dash winner Andy Forsberg and Thompson. At the waving of the green flag the duo fought for the top-spot in exciting fashion, as Forsberg ran high, and Thompson rode the low line.
Thompson eventually began to pull away, as the rest of the field battled for position on the quarter mile. With the Harrisburg, Oregon wheelman having his way up front, Forsberg drove a smooth race in second picking his way through lapped cars as well.
Some of the best action came between SCCT point leader Braden Chiaramonte of El Cajon, Placerville’s Shane Hopkins, Roseville’s Colby Copeland and Oakley’s Dylan Bloomfield. The four drivers raced high and low while exchanging positions towards the end.
Thompson held a steady lead as he crossed under the checkered flag ahead of Forsberg. Chiaramonte solidified third with just a few laps remaining and was the night’s Pit Stop USA Hard Charger after starting 11th. Hopkins and Copeland rounded out the top-five.
Completing the top-10 on Monday were Bloomfield, Oregon’s Bailey Hibbard, Langley, BC driver Levi Klatt, Hanford’s Ryan Rocha and Yuba City’s Seth Standley.
As noted, Forsberg captured the High Sierra Industries Dash. He also claimed the Tiner-Hirst Ent. opening heat race. Bailey Hibbard won BR Motorsports/ King Racing Products heat two, while Drake Standley won A.R.T. Speed Equipment heat three.
Colby Copeland began the evening by earning the Sierra Foothills Wine Services Fast Time Award with a lap of 11.637.
The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour will continue Western Sprint Speedweek at Coos Bay Speedway in Oregon on Tuesday July 16th.
Results
Sprint Car Challenge Tour –
Cottage Grove Speedway
July 15, 2024
A Main 35 Laps
1. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[3]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg[1]; 3. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[11]; 4. 21-Shane Hopkins[2]; 5. 5V-Colby Copeland[4]; 6. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[8]; 7. 1H-Bailey Hibbard[5]; 8. 77-Levi Klatt[14]; 9. 5R-Ryan Rocha[7]; 10. 25S-Seth Standley[9]; 11. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[15]; 12. 33-Kyle Alberding[12]; 13. 21B-Johnny Burke[18]; 14. 14-Mariah Ede[13]; 15. 54S-Drake Standley[6]; 16. 26F-Shane Forte[16]; 17. 34-TJ Richman[17]; 18. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[10]
Dash 6 Laps
1. 92-Andy Forsberg[1]; 2. 21-Shane Hopkins[2]; 3. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[4]; 4. 5V-Colby Copeland[5]; 5. 1H-Bailey Hibbard[3]; 6. 54S-Drake Standley[6]
Heat 1 10 Laps
1. 92-Andy Forsberg[1]; 2. 5V-Colby Copeland[4]; 3. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[3]; 4. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[2]; 5. 14-Mariah Ede[5]; 6. 26F-Shane Forte[6]
Heat 2 10 Laps
1. 1H-Bailey Hibbard[2]; 2. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[4]; 3. 25S-Seth Standley[5]; 4. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[3]; 5. 77-Levi Klatt[1]; 6. 34-TJ Richman[6]
Heat 3 10 Laps
1. 54S-Drake Standley[2]; 2. 5R-Ryan Rocha[3]; 3. 21-Shane Hopkins[4]; 4. 33-Kyle Alberding[1]; 5. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[5]; 6. 21B-Johnny Burke[6]
Qualifying
1. 5V-Colby Copeland[9]; 2. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[1]; 3. 21-Shane Hopkins[5]; 4. 92-Andy Forsberg[10]; 5. 77-Levi Klatt[4]; 6. 33-Kyle Alberding[8]; 7. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[11]; 8. 1H-Bailey Hibbard[17]; 9. 54S-Drake Standley[3]; 10. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[16]; 11. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[13]; 12. 5R-Ryan Rocha[18]; 13. 14-Mariah Ede[15]; 14. 25S-Seth Standley[14]; 15. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[7]; 16. 26F-Shane Forte[12]; 17. 34-TJ Richman[6]; 18. 21B-Johnny Burke[2]
11th Annual “Race for Riley “ at Double X Speedway victories to Wilson, Campbell, Fisher and Schultz
Double X Speedway
California, MO
July 14, 2024
By: Dean Reichel
The 11th Annual “Race for Riley”, Riley Hudson Memorial Race was held on Sunday July 14th at Double X Speedway on the outskirts of California, MO after rain postponed the event for a week. Family, friends and racers alike gathered at the quarter mile dirt oval to honor a young race fan with a personality as big as the world. This year would have been Riley’s 21st birthday and her memory was honored with all classes running 21 laps in their feature events. To go along with the racing action the night is on the calendar of many young racing fans as Riley’s family and friends make the night all about the kids. Bike giveaways, special prizes for young fans in attendance along with a Frisbee toss and more are always on tap at this special event.
The B modifieds were few in number but were strong in quality. Terry Schultz took the lead on lap 4 and would hold off a strong running Adam Hall to claim the heat race win. Following the lead duo were Rylan Gibbs in third and Chad Staus in fourth. With three of the four drivers having won feature events previously at Double X odds were good it would be a repeat winner. At the end of the feature event it was veteran Terry Schultz standing in victory lane. Schultz was challenged the entire distance by Adam Hall who would claim the runner up spot. Chad Staus finished third and Rylan Gibbs would take fourth.
The Pure Stocks were the featured cars and drivers for the 11th edition of the “Race for Riley” and a good number signed in for the evening. The first heat race saw Ted Welschmeyer pick up the victory over Chris Messerli and Darin Porter. Heat two found Trevor Wilson picking up the win with Ryan Oerly and PJ Turpin crossing the strip in second & third. Trevor Wilson would claim the Dash for Cash in the division. In the special 21 lap feature Ted Welschemeyer moved out to the early and commanding lead until his transmission decided it no longer wanted to participate heading down the back stretch. On the restart Trevor Wilson would be the leader and he made the most of the opportunity running smooth consistent laps with Chris Messerli and Darin Porter providing the pressure. At the checkers the running order was the same, Wilson, Messerli and Porter the top three, Curt Turpin claimed fourth at the stripe with Jeff Turpin completing the top five.
In the Super Stock class the racing was fast and entertaining as usual. Eddie Keeran, running the only leaf spring chassis in the class, put his #87 Camaro to the point and led the distance in heat one besting Clayton Campbell and Dale Berry. Heat two saw the top two in points in the class finish first and second. Veteran Steve Beach picked up the win over Kansas traveler James Nighswonger. Smokin Joe Miller of Centertown finished third in heat #2. Nighswonger would redeem himself by winning the Dash for Cash in the division. The feature event saw long time competitors Eddie Keeran and Steve Beach leading the field to green. Beach would take the early lead on the high side but Clayton Campbell hugging the inside would take the lead on lap three. A lap six caution would bunch the field behind the leader. On the restart Nighswonger made a charge for the second position but slid up the track into Beach bringing out a caution as the #10 was forced to come to a halt to avoid hitting the outside wall. The #44 would restart at the tail. Green flag racing resumed with Campbell comfortably in control, Beach in second with Derek Wiss, Dean Willie and Dale Berry running in the top five. Campbell would survive the duration of the event even with another caution or two. At the finish it was Clayton Campbell in victory lane once again at Double X this season. Dean Willie drove a steady race to take second, James Nighswonger charged back to claim the third spot, Steve Beach would finish fourth and Dale Berry would complete the top five.
The Winged Sprint Cars had a fast track for their heat races. In heat race number one teenage Phenom Garrett Benson picked up a decisive victory over a strong running Josh Fisher in second and an equally strong Ben Brown in third. The second heat saw Miles Paulus and Tyler Blank on the front row after a caution on the initial start. Paulus would put the hammer down at the green and move to the point. Once Blank got his #75 lined out he began gaining on the leader but would settle for second at the checkered with Samuel Wagner finishing third. A couple of “young guns” led the Winged Sprint Car feature and it was Garrett Benson getting the hole shot followed by third starting Josh Fisher. A red on lap three for the tangle of Tucker Daly and Rob Rimel brought a stoppage to action as both cars required a hook to return to the pit area. On the restart Benson and Fisher took off with Paulus and Tyler Blank joining the mix. Benson and Paulus would run the bottom with Fisher and Blank charging around the top. Fisher would take over the top spot on lap seven holding Benson at bay. A caution on lap eight would bring the field to Fisher’s rear bumper with Benson, Blank, Paulus and Ben Brown holding the top five spots. The track surface would prove to be a challenge as a lap ten caution flew for Samuel Wagner spinning in turn four. On the ensuing restart Fisher would again command the high line with Tyler Bank using the same line to move into second on lap 14. Blank began closing on the leader as Ben Brown moved into third on lap 15 using the top shelf as well. By lap 18 Blank had reeled in the leader and was beginning to plan a pass when the caution flew one more time for Aubrey Smith in turn 3. A three lap dash to the finish awaited the field. Fisher remained glued to the cushion as Ben Brown tried a low side pass for second but Blank was able to use the high line to hold off the challenge. At the checkers it was Fisher, Blank, Brown, Benson and Casey Shuman completing the top 5.
Next Sunday night is the “Racing Back to School” backpack and school supply giveaway night. Thanks to Tyler Utz Family Racing and friends for this annual event. The Clenin Farm Supply 305 Sprint Cars will be on the card along with the Super Stocks and 360 Winged Sprint Cars.
Double X Speedway Results
“Race for Riley”
California, MO
July 14, 2024
Pure Stocks-
Feature- 1. 30-Trevor Wilson, Fulton; 2. 88-Chris Messerli, Latham; 3. 21-Darin Porter, California; 4. 15-Curt Turpin, Eldon; 5. 21t- Jeff Turpin, Jefferson City;
6. 99- Ryan Oerly, Jamestown; 7. TJ-Trenton Masters, Columbia; 8. 707-John Shane, Florence; 9.4- PJ Turpin, Jefferson City; 10.(DNF) 50B- Brandon Smith, Ashland; 11.(DNF) 136-Charles Baldwin, Jr. Garden City; 12.(DNF) 12W-Ted Welschmeyer, Tebbetts; 13.(DNS) 17-Shayne Healea, California
Heat 1- 1. 12w-Welschmeyer; 2. 88-Messerli; 3. 21-Porter; 4. TJ-Masters; 5. 15-C. Turpin; 6. 50B-Smith; 7. 136-Baldwin
Heat 2- 1. 30-Wilson; 2. 99-Oerly; 3. 4-PJ Turpin; 4. 21T-J. Turpin; 5. 17- Healea; 8. 707-Shane
Dash- 1. Wilson; 2. Welschmeyer; 3. Porter; 4. Messerli; 5. Oerly; 6. PJ Turpin
Super Stocks-
Feature- 1 30C Clayton Campbell, Otterville; 2. 68-Dean Willie, Warrensburg; 3. 44-James Nighswonger, Osawotamie,KS; 4. 10-Steve Beach, Eldon; 5. 05-Dale Berry, Tuscumbia; 6. 8D-Darek Wiss, Centralia; 7. 09-Joe Miller, Centertown; 8. 2A-Ace O’Neill, Lake Ozark; 9. 87-Eddie Keeran, California; 10. 12P-Darin Porter, California; 11. 8H-Adam Halley, New Haven; 12. 10RK- Alan Kilmer, Syracuse
Heat 1-1. Keeran; 2. Campbell; 3. Berry; 4. Willie; 5. Halley; 6. Porter; 7. Kilmer
Heat 2-1. Beach; 2. Nighswonger; 3. Miller; 4.Wiss; 5.O’Neill; 6. Shikles
Dash- 1. Nighswonger; 2. Campbell; 3. Keeran; 4. Beach; 5. Berry; 6. Miller
Winged Sprint Cars-
Feature-1. 9C-Josh Fisher, Jefferson City; 2. 75-Tyler Blank. California; 3. 7B-Ben Brown, Marshall; 4. 2B-Garrett Benson, Concordia; 5. 24-Casey Shuman, Tempe, AZ; 6. 0-Miles Paulus, Marshall; 7. 77-Jack Wagner, Lone Jack; 8. 73- Samuel Wagner, Lone Jack; 9. 9S-Aubrey Smith, Houstonia; 10. 61A-Doug Fry, Wheatland; 11. 32D-Darren Langford, Kearney; 12. (DNF) 99D-Tucker Daly, Hallsville; 13. (DNF) 7K-Rob Rimel, California; 14. (DNS) Taylor Walton, Odessa
Heat 1- 1. Benson; 2. Fisher, 3. Brown; 4 Smith; 5. Shuman; 6. Rimel; 7. DNS-Walton
Heat 2- 1. Paulus; 2. Blank; 3. S. Wagner; J. Wagner; 5. Daly; 6. Fry; 7. Langford (DNF)
B Modifieds
Feature- 1. 90-Terry Schultz, Sedalia; 2. 574-Adam Hall, Columbia; 3. C3-Chad Staus, Otterville; 4. 1R-Rylan Gibbs, Osceola
Heat- 1 Schultz, 2. Hall; 3. Gibbs; 4. Staus
Duke right at home with Selinsgrove win
07-14-2024
Ken Duke Jr. has been the model of consistency so far in the 2024 River Valley Builders PA Sprint Series, building a healthy early lead in championship points by finishing in the top ten in all but one of the year’s first ten events.
Saturday night at his home track of Selinsgrove Speedway, he tweaked that characterization a bit and was consistently unbeatable, becoming the year’s first three-time winner overall and the first repeat winner at Selinsgrove with a flag-to-flag victory in the 20-lap feature for the IMCA/RaceSaver sprinters.
It also was his 25th career PASS victory, extending his lead as the winningest active driver in the series.
A fortunate redraw for feature starting position put Duke on the outside front row for the race, and he outran rookie Kolby Weaver of Everett in turns one and two of the opening lap to take the lead he’d never give up. However, it took some charging from the rear to reach that point: Duke’s draw for heat race starting position put him on the outside of the fourth row for his preliminary, and he had to pass five drivers to claim a third-place finish, which put him in the redraw.
That showed the Fairfield Chevrolet/River Valley Builders/Susquehanna Valley Auto Glass #67 would be in the hunt for the night.
Getting to the lead wasn’t the end of his work, either. Defending PASS Champion Logan Spahr of Lewisberry quickly moved into the runner-up spot early in the feature, and Austin Reed of Etters came from eighth starting spot to third in just five laps to show he was capable of a challenge.
Duke, however, was not to be denied. Entering traffic on lap eight didn’t seriously reduce his lead, and when the race’s only caution – for a car stopped on the backstretch – gave his challengers a shot on the lap 13 restart, he quickly pulled away.
At the end, it was Duke, Spahr, Reed, Kruz Kepner of nearby Kreamer, and Doug Dodson of Middletown.Kepner came from eighth starting position and Dodson from 10th in a race that had plenty of passing.
Mike Melair, Kasey Weaver, Zach Rhodes, Drew Young, and Braeden Varner completed the top ten.
Rhodes’ charge from 22nd starting position, after finishing second in the B-Main, earned him the W.C. Eshenaur & Son Hard Charger Award. That completed a weekend that also saw him win the Nitany 40 Laurel Highlands Sprint Series RaceSaver event Friday night at Clinton County Speedway.
Heat races for the 34-car field were won by Dodson, Reed, Kepner, and Tim Iulg of Bridgeton, N.J. Josh Spicer of Julian claimed the 14-car B-Main.
Mia Koponen of Ludlow, Vt., was the VP Racing Fuels “Race-Ready Award” winner after being saddled with he worst draw for heat race starting position.
The night’s racing was nearly incident-free for the PASS teams. All four heats and the B-Main ran off non-stop, with Eric Mathiot of Elizabethtown the only driver not finishing a heat. His problems continued in the B-Main, where Danny Buccafusca or Rockaway, N.J., also failed to finish. The feature’s only caution was for a car stopped on the track.
This weekend will be special for the River Valley Builders PASS competitors. On Friday, they take part in Dr. Crouse’s Night of Power at Path Valley Speedway, where ULMS late models headline a program that also includes modifieds.
Then, at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday, the 2024 Keystone RaceSaver Challenger has been rescheduled after being rained out last month. This is the biggest event of the season for the PASS tour. 410 sprints and wingless super sportsman cars also will be featured.
PASS is dedicated to the heritage of RaceSaver with stable and enforceable rules, consistent rules application and fair purse distribution paying 24th place one half of first place. Learn about our policy and how to support the series at pasprintseries.com and the heritage of RaceSaver at frenchgrimes.com. We're on social media at Facebook and X.
Results from Selinsgrove Speedway, Saturday, July 13
HEAT 1 – 1. 20-Doug Dodson; 2. 46-Mike Alleman; 3. 5-Braeden Varner; 4. 83-Larry McVay; 5. 11-Ryan Stillwagon; 6. 01-Timmy Bittner; 7. 97-Kenny Heffner; 8. 98-Chad Phillips; 9. 69-Eric Mathiot (DNF).
HEAT 2 – 1. 34-Austin Reed; 2. 5W-Kolby Weaver; 3. 36-Mike Melair; 4. 2-Erin Statler; 5. 25-Dustin Young; 6. 71-Josh Spicer; 7. 31Z-Zach Rhodes; 8. 19B-Danny Buccafusca; 9. 21VT-Mia Koponen.
HEAT 3 – 1. 19-Kruz Kepner; 2. 4W-Kasey Weaver; 3. 67-Ken Duke Jr.; 4. 7-Drew Young; 5. 1M-Paul Moyer; 6. 461-Colton Hendershot; 7. 47-Ben Miklos; 8. 98-Croix Beasom.
HEAT 4 – 1. 19-Tim Iulg; 2. 89-Nick Sweigart; 3. 5-Logan Spahr; 4. 28R-Jason Roush; 5. 14-Colton Moyer; 6. 54M-Todd Lynn; 7. 06K-Eric Knopp; 8. 87-Kyle Knopp.
B-MAIN – 1. 71-Josh Spicer; 2. 31Z-Zach Rhodes; 3. 01-Timmy Bittner; 4. 97-Kenny Heffner; 5. 461-Colton Hendershot; 6. 98-Chad Phillips; 7. 98-Croix Beasom; 8. 06K-Eric Knopp; 9. 47-Ben Miklos; 10. 54M-Todd Lynn; 11. 21VT-Mia Koponen; 12. 87-Kyle Knopp; 13. 19B-Danny Buccafusca (DNF); 14. 69-Eric Mathiot.
FEATURE – 1. 67-Ken Duke Jr.; 2. 5-Logan Spahr; 3. 34-Austin Reed; 4. 19-Kruz Kepner; 5. 20-Doug Dodson; 6. 36-Mike Melair; 7. 4W-Kasey Weaver; 8. 31Z-Zach Rhodes; 9. 7-Drew Young; 10. 5-Braeden Varner; 11. 5W-Kolby Weaver; 12. 1M-Paul Moyer; 13. 11-Ryan Stillwagon; 14. 19-Tim Iulg; 15. 461-Colton Hendershot; 16. 25-Dustin Young; 17. 2-Erin Statler; 18. 28R-Jason Roush; 19. 98-Croix Beasom; 20. 97-Kenny Heffner; 21. 01-Timmy Bittner (DNF); 22. 14-Colton Moyer; 23. 71-Josh Spicer (DNF); 24. 89-Nick Sweigart (DNF); 25. 46-Mike Alleman (DNF); 26. 98-Chad Phillips (DNF). DNS – 83-Larry McVay. DNQ – 98-Croix Beasom; 06K-Eric Knopp; 47-Ben Miklos; 54M-Todd Lynn; 21VT-Mia Koponen; 87-Kyle Knopp; 19B-Danny Buccafusca; 69-Eric Mathiot.
Bogucki, Bosma and Hanisch Join Winner's List at Huset's Speedway During Huset's Hall of Fame Night
Inside Line Promotions - BRANDON, S.D. (July 14, 2024) - Scott Bogucki, Brandon Bosma and Craig Hanisch each earned their first feature triumph of the season at Huset's Speedway on Sunday during the Huset's Hall of Fame Night.
Bogucki swept the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars program as he set quick time during qualifying, won a heat race and captured the main event for his first career victory at the track.
"I can't thank my guys enough," he said. "We did a great job and I'm proud for this team. Consistency was key tonight."
The main event, which went 26 laps because of a caution on the final scheduled lap, was wild as it showcased three official leaders, three red flags and five additional cautions as the race lasted nearly an hour before the checkered flag was waved.
Christopher Thram led the first six laps before Bogucki passed him on the bottom in turn four on Lap 7. Thram got upside down entering turn one on the ensuing lap. Red flags on Lap 15 and Lap 17 were followed by cautions on Lap 19, Lap 21, Lap 25 and twice during a green-white-checkered restart.
Bogucki's car stumbled on one of the final restarts, which bunched up several drivers behind him with third-running Dusty Zomer, who led Lap 15, and fourth-running Mark Dobmeier crashing. Points leader Kaleb Johnson was also caught up in the incident, but kept his car going. A fuel stop ensued and Bogucki pulled away riding the top groove the final two laps for the win.
"I was running out for four or five laps," he said after becoming the eighth different division winner in eight races this year. "I was trying to keep the car straight. It started stumbling. It played out how it played out. I'm proud to get the win."
Ryan Timms posted a runner-up result.
"Scott, he was extremely fast," he said. "I couldn't run my car any harder. I couldn't keep up with him on the starts. Once I got going I could kind of start reeling him in again. I'll take a second and we'll go onto the next one."
Johnson extended his lead in the championship standings with a third-place run following the near crash late in the race.
"I feel like there in the feature we had a fifth-place car, but somehow made it through the mess in turn four," he said. "I thought I was going to be stalled, but the next thing I knew I hit the gas and kept going. We'll keep trying our best and hopefully one of these days knock on the door of a win."
Scott Winters charged from 15 th to fourth and Brendan Mullen recorded a fifth-place finish.
Jacob Hughes and Timms were the other heat race winners besides Bogucki.
Seventh-starting Bosma led the final seven laps to win the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series A Main, which featured three different leaders during the 20-lap race.
Gaige Weldon paced the field for the first five laps before Dusty Ballenger took over the top spot on Lap 6. The first of two cautions occurred on Lap 13 with Bosma executing a slide job in turn three on Lap 14 to grab the lead - a race-winning move that made him the eighth different feature winner in as many races this season.
"It was better to be running second," he said. "I found the rubber in (turns) three and four and it kept moving down. Dusty slipped up there and it gave me enough room to clear him. We just got lucky to get around him right there."
Ballenger was the runner up with Trefer Waller placing third. Tyler Rabenberg ended fourth and Shayle Bade was fifth.
Weldon, Cole Vanderheiden and Rabenberg were the heat race winners.
Hanisch led all but the opening lap to score his 33 rd career triumph at Huset's Speedway during the Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks feature. It marked his first win at the track since July 2016.
"It feels good," he said. "All we have is motor problems and I think we lost another one tonight, but I wasn't shutting her down until I seen the checkered flag."
Billy Prouty powered to the top spot on the opening lap before Hanisch used the bottom groove to his advantage on the second circuit. While Hanisch maintained a comfortable lead, Prouty ran second for most of the race before Dan Jensen and points leader J.J. Zebell both passed him on Lap 16.
Jensen ended second with 10th-starting Zebell placing third. Zach Olivier was fourth and Prouty rounded out the top five.
The heat races were won by Hanisch and Prouty.
Huset's Speedway showcases four straight nights of racing this week during the 14 th annual Silver Dollar Nationals presented by MyRacePass. It begins on Wednesday with Bargain Barn Tire Center Night featuring the Ben Nothdurft Memorial with the Tri-State Late Models and IMCA Stock Cars. Racing on Thursday features the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Tri-State Late Models; Friday features the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Malvern Bank SLMR Series; and Saturday is Kwik Star Night featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Malvern Bank SLMR Series.
HUSET'S HALL OF FAME NIGHT RESULTS AT HUSET'S SPEEDWAY (July 14, 2024) -
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 10-Scott Bogucki (2); 2. 5T-Ryan Timms (3); 3. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (5); 4. 14H-Scott Winters (15); 5. 11M-Brendan Mullen (7); 6. 64-Andy Pake (13); 7. 16-Brooke Tatnell (6); 8. 95-Tyler Drueke (23); 9. 44-Chris Martin (16); 10. 14T-Tim Estenson (9); 11. 17B-Ryan Bickett (20); 12. 22-Riley Goodno (18); 13. 13-Mark Dobmeier (12); 14. 5G-Gage Pulkrabek (17); 15. 8-Jacob Hughes (8); 16. (DNF) 3J-Dusty Zomer (4); 17. (DNF) 10X-Trevor Serbus (19); 18. (DNF) 45X-Jace Park (10); 19. (DNF) 96-Blaine Stegenga (14); 20. (DNF) 86-Brandon Halverson (21); 21. (DNF) 17G-Lee Goos Jr (11); 22. (DNF) 78-Bill Wagner (25); 23. (DNF) 83JR-Sam Henderson (22); 24. (DNF) 09-Matt Juhl (24); 25. (DNF) 24T-Christopher Thram (1); 26. (DNS) 83-Justin Henderson.
Heat 1 - TJ FORGED (8 Laps): 1. 10-Scott Bogucki (4); 2. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (2); 3. 96-Blaine Stegenga (7); 4. 64-Andy Pake (6); 5. 17G-Lee Goos Jr (1); 6. 14H-Scott Winters (5); 7. 86-Brandon Halverson (8); 8. 78-Bill Wagner (9); 9. (DNF) 09-Matt Juhl (3).
Heat 2 - KND SAFETY (8 Laps): 1. 8-Jacob Hughes (1); 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen (3); 3. 24T-Christopher Thram (4); 4. 14T-Tim Estenson (2); 5. 44-Chris Martin (6); 6. 10X-Trevor Serbus (8); 7. 5G-Gage Pulkrabek (5); 8. 83JR-Sam Henderson (7); 9. (DNS) 83-Justin Henderson.
Heat 3 - SMITH TI (8 Laps): 1. 5T-Ryan Timms (2); 2. 45X-Jace Park (1); 3. 3J-Dusty Zomer (3); 4. 13-Mark Dobmeier (5); 5. 16-Brooke Tatnell (4); 6. 17B-Ryan Bickett (8); 7. 22-Riley Goodno (6); 8. (DNF) 95-Tyler Drueke (7).
Nordica Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 10-Scott Bogucki, 00:11.310 (7); 2. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:11.336 (2); 3. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.344 (3); 4. 09-Matt Juhl, 00:11.370 (1); 5. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:11.394 (8); 6. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:11.412 (16); 7. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:11.417 (12); 8. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:11.449 (10); 9. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:11.589 (20); 10. 17G-Lee Goos Jr, 00:11.610 (9); 11. 8-Jacob Hughes, 00:11.621 (18); 12. 45X-Jace Park, 00:11.631 (15); 13. 14H-Scott Winters, 00:11.631 (17); 14. 5G-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:11.676 (11); 15. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:11.700 (24); 16. 64-Andy Pake, 00:11.702 (4); 17. 44-Chris Martin, 00:11.743 (22); 18. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:11.781 (26); 19. 96-Blaine Stegenga, 00:11.827 (21); 20. 83JR-Sam Henderson, 00:11.827 (25); 21. 95-Tyler Drueke, 00:11.850 (13); 22. 86-Brandon Halverson, 00:11.942 (5); 23. 10X-Trevor Serbus, 00:11.943 (19); 24. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 00:12.286 (23); 25. 78-Bill Wagner, 00:12.527 (14); 26. 83-Justin Henderson, 00:12.555 (6).
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks
A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 45-Craig Hanisch (1); 2. 98-Dan Jensen (6); 3. 29Z-JJ Zebell (10); 4. 71-Zach Olivier (8); 5. 51-Billy Prouty (2); 6. 12-Mike Chaney (4); 7. 64-Cory Yeigh (9); 8. 40-Tim Dann (12); 9. 3-Matt Steuerwald (7); 10. 55-John Hoing (11); 11. 83-Nick Janssen (14); 12. 21-Ron Howe (5); 13. 9-Kyle DeBoer (13); 14. (DNF) 1X-Aaron Foote (15); 15. (DNF) 86-Tracy Halouska (3).
Fastenal Heat 1 - Fastenal (8 Laps): 1. 45-Craig Hanisch (1); 2. 12-Mike Chaney (4); 3. 29Z-JJ Zebell (8); 4. 98-Dan Jensen (6); 5. 71-Zach Olivier (7); 6. 55-John Hoing (5); 7. 9-Kyle DeBoer (2); 8. 83-Nick Janssen (3).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 2 - Midwest Oil (8 Laps): 1. 51-Billy Prouty (1); 2. 86-Tracy Halouska (2); 3. 21-Ron Howe (4); 4. 3-Matt Steuerwald (6); 5. 64-Cory Yeigh (7); 6. 40-Tim Dann (5); 7. (DNF) 1X-Aaron Foote (3).
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 23-Brandon Bosma (7); 2. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (4); 3. 32-Trefer Waller (6); 4. 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (3); 5. 03-Shayle Bade (9); 6. 31-Koby Werkmeister (12); 7. 34DD-Brady Donnohue (16); 8. 45-Monty Ferriera (18); 9. 18-Corbin Erickson (14); 10. 15V-Cole Vanderheiden (8); 11. 23L-Aydin Lloyd (5); 12. 17V-Casey Abbas (17); 13. 80P-Jacob Peterson (11); 14. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (15); 15. 14-Nick Barger (10); 16. 12L-John Lambertz (23); 17. 3-Jeremiah Jordahl (13); 18. 81-Jared Jansen (22); 19. X-Dylan Waxdahl (19); 20. 62J-Jay Masur (24); 21. 05-Bill Wiese (20); 22. (DNF) 6B-Bayley Ballenger (2); 23. (DNF) 13G-Gaige Weldon (1); 24. (DNF) 48-Cole Olson (21).
Gunderson Racing Heat 1 - Gunderson Racing (8 Laps): 1. 13G-Gaige Weldon (1); 2. 23-Brandon Bosma (5); 3. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (3); 4. 14-Nick Barger (7); 5. 3-Jeremiah Jordahl (4); 6. 34DD-Brady Donnohue (6); 7. (DNF) 48-Cole Olson (2); 8. (DNF) 12L-John Lambertz (8).
Saldana Racing Products Heat 2 - Saldana Racing (8 Laps): 1. 15V-Cole Vanderheiden (5); 2. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (2); 3. 80P-Jacob Peterson (7); 4. 31-Koby Werkmeister (8); 5. 18-Corbin Erickson (3); 6. 17V-Casey Abbas (6); 7. X-Dylan Waxdahl (4); 8. (DNF) 62J-Jay Masur (1).
Vahlco Wheels Heat 3 - Vahlco Wheels (8 Laps): 1. 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (2); 2. 32-Trefer Waller (4); 3. 03-Shayle Bade (5); 4. 23L-Aydin Lloyd (3); 5. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (6); 6. 45-Monty Ferriera (1); 7. 05-Bill Wiese (8); 8. (DNF) 81-Jared Jansen (7).
2024 HUSET'S SPEEDWAY WEEKLY DIVISION FEATURE WINNERS -
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars :
Scott Bogucki - 1(July 14);Tyler Drueke- 1(May 19); Tim Kaeding - 1 (May 27); Anthony Macri - 1 (June 2); Austin McCarl - 1 (June 9); Daison Pursley - 1 (May 26); Ryan Timms - 1 (June 16); and Garet Williamson - 1 (July 7)
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks:
Zach Olivier - 2 (May 27 and June 9); Cory Yeigh - 2(May 26 and June 2); Tim Dann - 1 (June 16); Brylee Gough- 1(May 19); Craig Hanisch - 1 (July 14); and J.J. Zebell - 1 (July 7)
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series:
Dusty Ballenger- 1(May 19); Nate Barger - 1 (June 16); Brandon Bosma - 1 (July 14); Brady Donnohue - 1 (July 7); Monty Ferriera - 1 (May 27); Zach Patterson - 1 (June 9); Andrew Sullivan - 1 (June 2); and Cole Vanderheiden - 1 (May 26)
UP NEXT -
The 14 th annual Silver Dollar Nationals presented by MyRacePass - Wednesday for Bargain Barn Tire Center Night featuring the Ben Nothdurft Memorial with the Tri-State Late Models and IMCA Stock Cars; Thursday featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Tri-State Late Models; Friday featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Malvern Bank SLMR Series; and Saturday for Kwik Star Night featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Malvern Bank SLMR Series
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Schneider Penn Ohio Star At Tri City Raceway Park; Smith, Krummert, and Mollick Also Win
(Franklin, PA July 14, 2024): The spotlight was on the Pro Stock Division at Tri City Raceway Park, as the Penn Ohio Pro Stock Series was in to challenge the track’s Hovis Auto & Truck Supply regulars. Taking the win was Chris Schneider. The $1,000 he earned will certainly help him repair the battle damage that his mount sustained during the course of the feature event.
Also getting wins were Mark Smith (Krill Recycling 410 Sprints), Garrett Krummert (21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds), and John Mollick (4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprints).
Bobby Whitling returned to action this week and he started from the pole position. Next to him was Jackson Humanic. Chris Schneider and Josh Seippel were in row two, with Randy Wyant and Curtis J. Bish in row three. Behind them were Rod Laskey, last week’s winner, and Brandon Connor. Tim Bish and Jason Fosnaught were in row five. Departing from row six were Brent McDonald and Matt Bernard.
The race amounted to two distinct halves. Bobby Whitling dominated the first half, leading all ten laps, with Chris Schneider nipping at his heels. Curtis J. Bish ran in third until Randy Wyant slipped by on the inside to take third just before the midpoint in the race.
It looked as though the complexion of the race was going to change just after the leaders took the crossed flags. Tim Bish and Chris Schneider got together, and Schneider did a remarkable job to save the car from spinning. He did lose several positions. However, the debris left from Schneider’s battered car caused a yellow, so Schneider got his position back for the restart.
On the restart, Schneider dropped to the inside and he powered past Whitling. Now, the roles were reversed, and Whitling was chasing Schneider for the remainder of the race.
Although Whitling got close on a couple of occasions, Schneider had power in reserve and he was always able to pull away from any of Whitling's challenges.
Tim Bish was third, followed by Curtis J. Bish and Jackson Humanic. Curtis Bish and Humanic staged a close battle through the last seven laps or so. Jason Fosnaught, Rod Laskey, Josh Seippel, Brandon Connor, and Brett McDonald completed the top ten.
The trio of heat winners were Whitling, Seippel, and Curtis J. Bish. There was no B Main.
Mark Smith celebrated his fifty-third birthday by completing a weekend hat trick in Western Pennsylvania. After wins at two other area speedways on Friday and Saturday, Smith raced to victory in the non-stop twenty-five lapper for the Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars.
Jack Sodeman, Jr. and Adam Kekich were on the front row, with Bob Felmlee and Smith in row two. The third row was made up of Jeremy Weaver and A.J. Flick. The fourth row had Carl Bowser and Michael Bauer. In row five were Andy Cavanaugh and Dusty Larson. Taking the sixth row were Bodey McClintock and Chase Metheney.
Sodeman raced out to an early lead, with Kekich, Flick, Felmlee, and Weaver following. Sodeman retained the lead as he started to pick off some lapped cars. Smith took several runs at his, but Sodeman always seemed to time perfectly his approach on the slower traffic.
However, when he reached some open space on the race track, Smith was able to capitalize when he launched off turn two. He sailed into the lead by making a slider work in turn three with twelve laps complete.
Smith led Sodeman the rest of the way. However, the fight was on for the remaining positions in the top five. Flick made his move into fourth by lap twenty and in the five remaining laps, he worked up to second. He was aided somewhat by Sodeman’s malfunction with the nose wing.
Sodeman held on for third, with Weaver getting fourth and Kekich fifth. Bowser, Bauer, Felmlee, Larson, and Cavanaugh completed the top ten.
There were two heat races for the Krill Recycling Sprinters. The winners were Sodeman and FLick. There was no B Main.
The 21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds went non-stop as well. Taking the win was a super-sub, Garrett Krummert, who was at the controls of Steve Slater’s machine.
Jimmy Holden and Hayden Holden occupied the front row. Chad Reitz and Krummert made up the second row. In the third row were Ryan Riffe and Chip Ritchey. The fourth belonged to Frank Guidace and Mark Sevin. The fifth had Bill Milbert and Thomas Rodgers.
Hayden Holden swooped out to the early lead, with Krummert, Reitz, and Guidace in the top five. Krummert dialed up the power coming off turn two and he grabbed the lead heading toward turn three on lap three.
Krummert stretched out his advantage as the laps clicked off. Reitz wrestled
second away from Hayden Holden early in the second half of the contest. Jimmy
closed in on his son in the final five laps, but did not make a pass. Riffe was
fifth. Ritchey, Guidace, Sevin, Milbert, and Rodgers completed the top ten.
Krummert was also the heat race winner. for the 21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds. There was no B Main.
The final feature of the night was for the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Cars. That race also went non-stop. John Mollick climbed from sixth on the grid to the lead just before the midpoint in the race and he led the rest of the way.
Arnie Kent and Blaze Myers led the way to the final green flag of the night.
Brent Rhebergen and Joe Buccola were in row two. They were followed by Devon
Deeter and Mollick. Ricky Tucker, III and Luke Mullichak were in the fourth row.
Zack Wilson and Tyler Clark were in row five.
Myers led the early going, but Mollick was on the move. After Mollick took control, he completed the remaining laps without incident.
Myers followed him across the scoring loop. Kent, Buccola, and Rhebergen. Mullichak, Deeter, Tucker, Charles McClintock, and Wilson completed the top ten.
The heat winners were Mollick and Myers. There was no B Main for the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Cars.
In the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge, Tim Bish and John Mollick are tied for the lead with four wins apiece. Three racers are tied for second with three heat wins.
Next week, Tri City Raceway Park will present a Sunday Thunder program, consisting of the Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars, the 21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds, the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks, and the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Cars. There will also be bicycle races for the children. Helmets are required for all competitors. Then, on July 28, the FAST on Dirt Sprint Car Series will make its second appearance of the season at the track.
The divisional sponsors of Tri City Raceway Park for 2024 are: Krill Recycling, LLC (410 Sprint Cars), 21st Centure Energy Group (358 Modifieds), Hovis Auto & Truck Supply (Pro Stocks), and 4 Your Car Connection (RUSH Sprint Cars).
All competitors at Tri City Raceway Park will be eligible for the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge. The driver that wins the most heat races over the courseof the season, regardless of the class, will receive a special award.
Other marketing partners of Tri City Raceway Park for 2024 include: Erie Beer, Wab-Tec (manufacturer of locomotive engines), Schaeffer Lubricants, Keystone Transit (school buses), Blue Ox Timbers (buyers of timberland timber land management), Constable Refuse (residential and commercial garbage collectors), First Rate Realty (real estate sales), Landscape Connection (portable toilets and landscape supplies), KEI-Klapec Express Inc. (trucking company), BKI-Bert Klapec Inc. (excavation and demolition), Shambaugh Towing, Gibson Hill Automotive (auto repair), McCandless Ford Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), McCandless Trailer Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), Big Dog RC (remote controlled cars and race track), McGregor Excavating, Les Frickshun (lubricants and undercoating), Bish Heating & Cooling, Wet Hose LLC (pressure washing), Heffern Septic Service, Tionesta Builders Supply (located in Tionesta and Shippenville), UCIP-United Community Independence Program (housing and services for the handicapped), Close Racing Supply, Billy’s Garage & Towing, Oakland-Rampart Equipment (makers of centrifugal dryers, wash systems, and separators), Shaw Industries (machine shop), Welding Technologies, Froggie Radio, and Hards Welding.
Remember that you will need to check the Facebook page, Tri City Raceway Park, for current information. The former website is not updated and will soon be replaced.
Tri-City Raceway Park is located just a few miles north of Franklin, PA, at 3430 State Route 417 in Oakland Township. Professional auto racing will be presented in a family friendly atmosphere most Sunday evenings from May through Labor Day weekend.
Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars: Mark Smith, A.J. Flick, Jack Sodeman, Jr., Jeremy Weaver, Adam Kekich, Carl Bowser, Michael Bauer, Bob Felmlee, Dusty Larson, Andy Cavanaugh, Jazlyn Boyles, Brandon McWilliams, Chase Metheney, Bodey McClintock.
21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds: Garrett Krummert, Chad Reitz, Hayden Holden, Ryan Riffe, Chip Ritchey, Frank Guidace, Mark Sevin, Bill Milbert, Thomas Rodgers.
4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Cars: John Mollick, Blaze Myers, Arnie Kent, Joe Buccola, Brent Rhebergen, Luke Mullichak, Devon Deeter, Ricky Tucker, III, Charles McClintock, Zack Wilson, Tyler Clark.
Penn Ohio Pro Stocks vs. Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks: Chris Schneider, Bobby Whitling, Tim Bish, Curtis J. Bish, Jackson Humanic, Jason Fosnaught, Rod Laskey, Josh Seippel, Brandon Connor, Brett McDonald, Aaron Smith, Scott Malone, Mike Bordt, Jason Kimmy, William Baker, Jr., Cameron Kramer, Randy Wyant, Pat Fielding, Matt Bernard, Andrew Hammond (DNS).
BRYANT BELL COMPLETES SWEEP OF WESTERN MIDGET RACING AT KAEDING CLASSIC
WITH $1200 SATURDAY WIN
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (July 14, 2024) – Bryant Bell of Oakley, Calif.
completed the Western Midget Racing weekend sweep on Saturday night at the 14th
annual Howard Kaeding Classic, claiming the $1200 to win, 25-lap feature at
Watsonville’s Ocean Speedway. The sweep of the weekend’s features extends Bell’s
championship lead in WMR. It also gives him the lead in the WMR Triple Crown
series as well.
Bell won the pole position after winning the fast heat race against the six
locked in cars from Friday night. Santa Cruz’ Logan Mitchell won the second heat
race to earn the seventh starting position. Payette, Idaho’s Teddy Bivert drove
around the outside of Bell at the green flag to lead lap one. Bell then
challenged Bivert on the inside to retake the lead on lap seven.
Delano’s Terry Nichols used a strong charge on the outside line to close in
on Bivert for second as the field navigated traffic by lap 12.
A red flag flew for a serious crash in turn one when Mitchell and
Sacramento’s Isaiah Vasquez tangled. Vasquez flipped side over side off the edge
of the speedway and Mitchell tipped over as well. Vasquez was transported for
further evaluation after initially walking away.
Nichols completed the pass for second place on the restart then turned his
attention to Bell. The pair went side-by-side for the lead on lap 20 and
remained in lockstep. Nichols and Bell then collided in turn two, sending
Nichols into a wild tumble to end his event on lap 23. He was able to walk away.
Bell fended off a side-by-side challenge from his Boscacci Racing teammate
Anthony Bruno of San Jose to claim the big win. The victory marks Bell’s fourth
in the last five races for WMR. Bivert finished third followed by Roseville’s
Jerry Kobza and Todd Hawse of Moorpark.
The 2024 Western Midget Racing Triple Crown is brought to you by Sunland Wood
Products, Mead Performance, Extreme Mufflers, Pasillas Tire, West Evans
Motorsports, Lance Pierovich, and Hoosier Tire West.
Western Midget Racing returns to action on July 26 and 27 at Ocean Speedway
and Antioch Speedway. For more information visit www.WesternMidgetRacing.com
RESULTS: Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic July 13, 2024
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 09-Bryant Bell[1]; 2. 9-Anthony Bruno[3]; 3. 11-Teddy
Bivert[2]; 4. 35-Jerry Kobza[5]; 5. 18-Todd Hawse[6]; 6. 20-Kyle Hawse[9]; 7.
15-Adam Weisberg[10]; 8. 6X-Taylor Hall[12]; 9. 68-Ron Hazelton[13]; 10. 57-Ray
Richards[11]; 11. 1K-Terry Nichols[4]; 12. 96X-Logan Mitchell[7]; 13. 4-Isaiah
Vasquez[8]; 14. 1T-Scott Hall[14]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 09-Bryant Bell[1]; 2. 11-Teddy Bivert[2]; 3. 9-Anthony
Bruno[5]; 4. 1K-Terry Nichols[3]; 5. 35-Jerry Kobza[4]; 6. 18-Todd Hawse[6]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 96X-Logan Mitchell[6]; 2. 4-Isaiah Vasquez[1]; 3. 20-Kyle
Hawse[3]; 4. 15-Adam Weisberg[5]; 5. 57-Ray Richards[8]; 6. 6X-Taylor Hall[2];
7. 68-Ron Hazelton[4]; 8. (DNS) 1T-Scott Hall
2024 WMR Schedule – Subject to Change
March 16 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Anthony Bruno
March 29 Ocean Speedway – RAIN OUT
March 30 Marysville Raceway – RAIN OUT
April 20 Bakersfield Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 4 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
May 17 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 18 Petaluma Speedway w/ BCRA Tom Manning Memorial – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
June 7 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
June 8 Petaluma Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
June 22 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
July 12 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic** - WINNER: Bryant Bell
July 13 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic** - WINNER: Bryant Bell
July 26 Ocean Speedway
July 27 Antioch Speedway
August 9 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic**
August 10 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic**
September 21 Bakersfield Speedway
October 25 Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway October Classic**
October 26 Ventura Raceway**
** indicates Triple Crown event
JUSTIN SANDERS EARNS SECOND CAREER HOWARD KAEDING CLASSIC TRIUMPH
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (July 13, 2024) – Justin Sanders of Aromas won his
20th career Northern Auto Racing Club 410 Sprint Car Series win and his second
Howard Kaeding Classic, claiming Saturday night’s 30-lap feature at Ocean
Speedway in Watsonville. The victory in the 14th edition of the HK Classic paid
$6900 to win.
“Our car was pretty close. We were really good there in the midpoint of the
race. (Our season) could turn around in an instant but we’ll go and enjoy this
win,” Sanders said. “It was hard to know what to do on the restarts. It was hard
with the top is that far around but also the bottom is so dirty.”
Templeton’s Kaleb Montgomery and San Jose’s Bud Kaeding split Automotive
Racing Products qualifying honors on a split field against the 30 entrants on
hand. Lemoore’s Cole Macedo then topped Sanders in the Beacon Wealth Strategies
Dash to score the pole position for the coveted feature. Macedo and Sanders
entered the evening tied in the NARC championship standings and entertained the
full house at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds dirt track in a thrilling
feature event.
Macedo charged past Sanders to the lead in turn one over the 24-car field,
but the move was nullified when Clovis’ Dominic Gorden spun on the backstretch.
Macedo led the way on the following restart as well despite Sanders attempt to
turn underneath him on the backstretch.
Sanders then pulled off a slide job in turn one to move past Macedo to lead
lap two. Sanders led Macedo into traffic by just the sixth lap. Macedo took
advantage of traffic, showing his nose on both laps 10 and 12.
Jeremy Chisum of Salinas spun in turn two for a caution on lap 12. Macedo
dove inside of Sanders in turn three on the restart, driving alongside Sanders
to be credited with the lead on lap 13. Macedo’s lead lasted a few hundred feet
before Sanders soared underneath him to retake it in turn one. Sanders
officially had control of the event on lap 14. 2021 HK Classic winner Sean
Becker of Roseville emerged in third on the restart as well.
Sanders paced Macedo by a few car lengths in traffic before the final caution
of the night when Gauge Garcia of Lemoore faltered with a mechanical issue in
turn one. Sanders led the final seven circuits for victory over Macedo, Becker,
Bud Kaeding, and Tim Kaeding.
Bryant Bell of Oakley, Calif. completed the Western Midget Racing weekend
sweep by claiming the $1200 to win, 25-lap feature. The win also kicked off the
Triple Crown Series for the WMR division.
Bell won the pole position after winning the fast heat race against the six
locked in cars from Friday night. Santa Cruz’ Logan Mitchell won the other heat
race. Payette, Idaho’s Teddy Bivert drove around the outside of Bell to lead lap
one. Bell then challenged Bivert on the inside to retake the lead on lap seven.
Delano’s Terry Nichols used the outside to close in on Bivert for second as
the field navigated traffic on lap 12. A red flag flew for a serious crash in
turn one when Mitchell and Sacramento’s Isaiah Vasquez tangled. Vasquez flipped
side over side off the edge of the speedway and Mitchell tipped over as well.
Vasquez was transported for further evaluation after initially walking away.
Nichols completed the pass for second place on the restart then turned his
attention to Bell. The pair went side-by-side for the lead on lap 20 and
remained in lockstep. Nichols and Bell then collided in turn two, sending
Nichols into a wild tumble to end his event on lap 23. He was able to walk away.
Bell fended off a side-by-side challenge from his Boscacci Racing teammate
Anthony Bruno of San Jose to claim the big win. Bivert finished third followed
by Roseville’s Jerry Kobza and Todd Hawse of Moorpark.
Oakley’s Jacob Mallet, Jr. won the IMCA Modified 25-lap feature. Todd
Hermosillo of Watsonville led the first three laps before Mallet took over. Jim
Pettit II of Prunedale followed him into second position as well.
Austin Burke and 2023 Pettit Shootout winner Troy Foulger of Oakley collided
in a bid for fifth, sparking a multi-car crash involving Ryan Porter of Atwater
and Markus Frazier of Santa Maria for a caution flag on lap eight. On the
restart, Andrew Peckham of Grass Valley took an off-road path through the apron
in turn two then had no steering in turn three to draw a caution. Cautions
continued to plague the event on the next attempt when Hermosillo and Foulger
tangled hard on the backstretch.
Mallet paced a fast-paced final 17 circuits to win comfortably over Pettit,
Porter, Fred Lind of Prunedale, and Frazier.
2023 Hobby Stock champion Joe Gallaher returned from a spin on Friday night
to win on Saturday night in a 20-lap feature. Watsonville’s Adriane Frost led
the first seven laps until the fourth starting Gallaher took control of the
race.
Friday winner DJ Keldsen of Newman, Matt Kile of San Jose, and Rob Gallaher
of San Jose rounded out the top-five finishers.
Ocean Speedway races again on Friday night July 19 with the IMCA Sport
Modifieds, South Bay Dwarf Cars, Four Bangers, and Police-in-Pursuit competing.
For more information, visit www.OceanSpeedway.com
Ocean Speedway July 13, 2024 14th annual Howard Kaeding Classic – Race Results
NARC Sprint Cars A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2X-Justin Sanders[2]; 2. 21-Cole
Macedo[1]; 3. 7B-Sean Becker[4]; 4. 29-Bud Kaeding[3]; 5. 0-Tim Kaeding[13]; 6.
24-Chase Johnson[5]; 7. 17W-Shane Golobic[8]; 8. X1-Michael Faccinto[22]; 9.
3-Kaleb Montgomery[7]; 10. 73-Ryan Bernal[12]; 11. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[14]; 12.
15-Nick Parker[6]; 13. 42X-Justyn Cox[17]; 14. 88A-Joey Ancona[11]; 15. 88N-DJ
Netto[21]; 16. 121-Caeden Steele[10]; 17. 2K-Gauge Garcia[15]; 18. 10-Dominic
Gorden[9]; 19. 26-Billy Aton[18]; 20. 12J-John Clark[19]; 21. 72W-Kurt
Nelson[16]; 22. 25Z-Jason Chisum[20]; 23. 12-Jarrett Soares[23]; 24. 8-Jeremy
Chisum[24]
IMCA Modifieds A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 127-Jacob Mallet Jr[3]; 2. 6-Jim Pettit
II[4]; 3. 14P-Ryan Porter[9]; 4. 77-Fred Lind[12]; 5. 15F-Markus Frazier[8]; 6.
01-Raymond Keldsen Jr[14]; 7. 55H-Mickey Hill[13]; 8. 28T-Matt Kampfraat[1]; 9.
20-Cody Burke[7]; 10. 75-Andrew Peckham[6]; 11. 3-Todd Hermosillo[2]; 12.
49-Troy Foulger[10]; 13. 25-Austin Burke[5]; 14. (DNS) 46-Kyle Bryan
Hobby Stocks A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 1-Joe Gallaher[4]; 2. 22-Adriane Frost[1];
3. 01-DJ Keldsen[11]; 4. 5-Matt Kile[3]; 5. X-Rob Gallaher[6]; 6. 57W-Sam
Kennedy[7]; 7. 55F-Shane Freeman[5]; 8. 31W-Steve Remde[2]; 9. (8)-Cody
Keldsen[8]; 10. X1-Bobby Gallaher[9]; 11. 39-Matt Ehler[10]
Western Midget Racing A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 09-Bryant Bell[1]; 2. 9-Anthony
Bruno[3]; 3. 11-Teddy Bivert[2]; 4. 35-Jerry Kobza[5]; 5. 18-Todd Hawse[6]; 6.
20-Kyle Hawse[9]; 7. 15-Adam Weisberg[10]; 8. 6X-Taylor Hall[12]; 9. 68-Ron
Hazelton[13]; 10. 57-Ray Richards[11]; 11. 1K-Terry Nichols[4]; 12. 96X-Logan
Mitchell[7]; 13. 4-Isaiah Vasquez[8]; 14. 1T-Scott Hall[14]
Tony Gomes, Jacob Tuttle, Nick Baldwin and Mike Miller win on Kings Meats Night
By Gary Thomas
Placerville, CA…Modesto’s Tony Gomes took the lead on lap two and held off a hard charging Andy Forsberg to claim his fifth career Placerville Speedway Winged Sprint Car victory on Saturday.
Fellow winners on Kings Meats Burger Night included Jacob Tuttle with the Joe Hunt Magnetos Wingless Tour, Nick Baldwin with the Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks and Mike Miller with the Mountain Democrat Mini Trucks. All four winners went home with a lucrative and loaded meat box thanks to presenting sponsor Kings Meats.
At the waving of the green flag in the Thompson’s Family of Dealerships Winged 360 Sprint Car finale it was a battle between Shane Hopkins and Tony Gomes up front. Hopkins led the initial lap, before Gomes took over as they completed lap two.
The first 13 circuits clicked off caution free in fast and furious fashion, prior to a yellow for Chris Masters. On the restart nine-time track champion Andy Forsberg carved his way into the runner up spot and gave chase after the leader. On the initial green flag run Gomes worked lapped traffic to perfection and did so once again during the final half.
A couple of close moments in traffic caused Gomes to have catlike reflexes, however. As the race wound down Forsberg cut into the lead and when the white flag waved, he was right there on the tail tank of the C&M Motorsports No. 7c. A hair raising moment then occurred for the leaders heading down the backstretch, as a lapped car shot across the groove directly in front of the top duo.
Somehow, both Gomes and Forsberg were able to sneak by without worry, much to the amazement of the crowd on hand. Gomes crossed under the Ron Stahl checkered flag for his first win of the season over Forsberg, Hopkins, Chance Grasty and hard charger Jimmy Trulli.
Rounding out the top-10 were Corbin Rueschenberg, Austin Wood, Bubba Decaires, Braden Chiaramonte and Stephen Ingraham. Andy Forsberg now finds himself up front in the standings by one slip point over Shane Hopkins and just five markers ahead of Bubba Decaires.
The Joe Hunt Magnetos Wingless Sprint Cars made their initial appearance of the season on the red clay Saturday. In the end it was Oakley’s Jacob Tuttle who brought home the victory after leading all 20-laps in the feature.
The main event was plagued with several slow downs that didn’t allow drivers to get into much of a constant flow. High Sierra Wingless winner last month Josh Young tried to keep pace with the leader and brought home a second-place finish, ahead of DJ Johnson, Shawn Arriaga and Evan Gularte in the top-five.
Completing the top-10 were Trey Walters, Bob Newberry, Mark Hanson, Cody Meyer and Tyler Cato. Another healthy field of 29 Wingless Sprint Cars competed with the Hunt Tour on Saturday.
The Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks put on one of the best races of the evening in their 20-lap finale. Several cars battled up front during the contest and kept fans on the edge of their seats for much of it. Tyler Lightfoot jumped out front and set the pace but had numerous drivers breathing down his neck.
Five-time Placerville Speedway champion and current point leader Nick Baldwin then charged his way into the lead on lap 14 and never looked back. The Oakley driver crossed the stripe for his 29th career triumph at the track. Lightfoot scored another consistent finish in second, with Kevin Jinkerson, Tommy Sturgeon and Arnita Bradshaw completing the top-five.
The 20-lap Mountain Democrat Mini Truck main event featured three different leaders, all with the last name Miller. The opening lap was led by Paige Miller, before Paizlee Miller was able to slip by for the top-spot on lap two.
Paizlee looked to have the speed up front to bring home the win however, had an issue during a lap 13 restart, which saw Mike Miller shoot from third to first. At the checkered it was Mike Miller followed by Luke Costa, Paige Miller, Paizlee Miller and Tyler Goggin.
Placerville Speedway returns to action this coming Saturday July 20th with the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour and Dwarf Cars. The evening of racing will finish off SCCT Western Sprint Speedweek, which begins Monday in Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Results
Placerville Speedway Burger Night presented by Kings Meats July 13, 2024
Winged Sprint Cars:
1. 7C-Tony Gomes[2]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg[5]; 3. 21-Shane Hopkins[1]; 4. 1-Chance Grasty[6]; 5. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[9]; 6. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[4]; 7. 2A-Austin Wood[3]; 8. 94-Greg Decaires V[12]; 9. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[10]; 10. 93-Stephen Ingraham[13]; 11. 9L-Luke Hayes[7]; 12. 8JR-Brian McGahan Jr[8]; 13. 1F-DJ Freitas[11]; 14. 15-Michael Sellers[16]; 15. 98-Chris Masters[19]; 16. 34-Dakota Albright[18]; 17. 2-Cody Spencer[17]; 18. 24S-Izaak Sharp[14]; 19. 85-AJ Alderman[20]; 20. 5-Kenny Wanderstadt[15]
Hunt Wingless Sprints:
1. 3F-Jacob Tuttle[2]; 2. 7EJ-Josh Young[4]; 3. 33DJ-DJ Johnson[6]; 4. 32-Shawn Arriaga[3]; 5. 17M-Evan Gularte[9]; 6. 1W-Trey Walters[10]; 7. X-Bob Newberry[11]; 8. 79-Mark Hanson[13]; 9. 21-Cody Meyer[20]; 10. 38-Tyler Cato[15]; 11. 31P-Eathon Lanfri[16]; 12. 47-Brent Steck[17]; 13. 95-Joshua Wooten[18]; 14. 9-Paul Vandenberg[14]; 15. 8-Peter Paulson[12]; 16. 17T-Braden Tenora[19]; 17. 23-Rob Lindsey[1]; 18. 24N-Nick Larson[8]; 19. 63-Dylan Newberry[5]; 20. 33-Heath Holdsclaw[7]
Pure Stocks:
1. 17-Nick Baldwin[3]; 2. 23-Tyler Lightfoot[1]; 3. 30-Kevin Jinkerson[6]; 4. 16-Tommy Sturgeon[4]; 5. 27B-Arnita Bradshaw[2]; 6. 91-Andrew Brulez[7]; 7. 27-William Upton[9]; 8. 43-Dan Jinkerson[5]; 9. X86-David Silvia[10]; 10. (DNS) 12J-Jason Ramos
Mini Trucks:
1. 16-Mike Miller[5]; 2. 7-Luke Costa[6]; 3. 21-Paige Miller[1]; 4. 26-Paizlee Miller[4]; 5. 07-Tyler Goggin[10]; 6. 03-Bobby Clark[2]; 7. 65X-Brian Tremblay[8]; 8. 24K-Michael Barreno[7]; 9. 70-Austin Struthers[3]; 10. 28-Howard Miller[9]
BRYANT BELL RETAKES WMR POINTS LEAD WITH FRIDAY NIGHT KAEDING CLASSIC WIN
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (July 13, 2024) – 2023 Western Midget Racing champion
Bryant Bell of Oakley took over the points lead for the 2024 series with a big
win, taking Friday’s 20-lap opener for the WMR Triple Crown and the Howard
Kaeding Classic. The victory paid $500 with a $1200 to win feature looming on
Saturday night.
Incoming points leader Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz and Bell shared the front
row for the feature. Bell got a launch on the outside line and drove to the
inside in turn one. The pair collided, relegating Mitchell to restarting at the
rear of the field for a restart. On the restart, Mitchell spun for his second
caution to end his night. The points swing takes Mitchell from an eight point
lead to an 18 point deficit.
Bell faced a challenge from Payette, Idaho’s Teddy Bivert on the restart but
Bell was able to fend him off. The red flag flew on lap seven when Lodi’s Nate
Wait flipped on the backstretch while battling Roseville’s Jerry Kobza for
fifth. He was uninjured.
Bell led the final 13 laps of competition for his fifth career Ocean WMR win
followed by Bivert, Terry Nichols of Delano, Kobza, and San Jose’s Anthony
Bruno. They join sixth place finisher Todd Hawse of Moorpark for Saturday’s fast
heat race while the rest of the field will race for starting positions seventh
on back in the second heat race. Bell spun a zero inversion for the fast heat
race in victory lane as well.
The 2024 Western Midget Racing Triple Crown is brought to you by Sunland Wood
Products, Mead Performance, Extreme Mufflers, Pasillas Tire, West Evans
Motorsports, Lance Pierovich, and Hoosier Tire West.
For more information visit www.WesternMidgetRacing.com
RESULTS: Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic July 12, 2024
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 09-Bryant Bell[2]; 2. 11-Teddy Bivert[5]; 3. 1K-Terry
Nichols[4]; 4. 35-Jerry Kobza[7]; 5. 9-Anthony Bruno[6]; 6. 18-Todd Hawse[11];
7. 15-Adam Weisberg[3]; 8. 20-Kyle Hawse[12]; 9. 4R-Taylor Hall[10]; 10. 57-Ray
Richards[14]; 11. 68M-Nathan Moore[9]; 12. 35W-Nate Wait[8]; 13. 1T-Scott
Hall[13]; 14. 96X-Logan Mitchell[1]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 96X-Logan Mitchell[4]; 2. 15-Adam Weisberg[1]; 3.
11-Teddy Bivert[5]; 4. 35-Jerry Kobza[3]; 5. 68M-Nathan Moore[7]; 6. 18-Todd
Hawse[6]; 7. 1T-Scott Hall[2]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 09-Bryant Bell[1]; 2. 1K-Terry Nichols[2]; 3. 9-Anthony
Bruno[6]; 4. 35W-Nate Wait[4]; 5. 4R-Taylor Hall[7]; 6. 20-Kyle Hawse[5]; 7.
57-Ray Richards[3]
2024 WMR Schedule – Subject to Change
March 16 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Anthony Bruno
March 29 Ocean Speedway – RAIN OUT
March 30 Marysville Raceway – RAIN OUT
April 20 Bakersfield Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 4 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
May 17 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 18 Petaluma Speedway w/ BCRA Tom Manning Memorial – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
June 7 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
June 8 Petaluma Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
June 22 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
July 12 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic** - WINNER: Bryant Bell
July 13 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic**
July 26 Ocean Speedway
July 27 Antioch Speedway
August 9 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic**
August 10 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic**
September 21 Bakersfield Speedway
October 25 Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway October Classic**
October 26 Ventura Raceway**
Kalib Henry earns 2nd 410 Fremont win; Stroup gets 2nd straight 305 victory
Saturday, July 13, 2024
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio – There’s just something about Fremont Speedway presented by Gill Construction that brings out the best in sprint car drivers from California. A few years ago California driver Buddy Kofoid claimed the track championship and recently brothers Cole and Caron Macedo scored victories at “The Track That Action Built.” That California connection continued Saturday, July 13 on Crown Battery Night as Kalib Henry from Sacramento, California scored his second 410 sprint win of the season at Fremont.
DJ Foos led the first six laps of the 30 lap Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint A-main until defending track champion Cap Henry drove into the top spot. Meanwhile sixth start Kalib Henry took second on lap eight and started to reel in Cap Henry, driving into the lead on lap 13 just as the caution flew. On the restart Cap Henry regained the top spot but at the half-way point Kalib Henry retook the lead. Cap Henry stayed right on Kalib Henry’s rear bumper until suffering mechanical issues with five laps to go. Trey Jacobs, who ran in the top five the entire race, closed in the final few laps but Henry powered to the win. Jacobs, Zeth Sabo, TJ Michael and Cale Thomas rounded out the top five.
Kalib Henry’s win pads his division point lead at Fremont while Thomas’ 10th consecutive top 10 finish increases his lead in the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group standings.
“Really can’t thank the Muth family enough for giving me this awesome opportunity. Kevin busts his ass and we got Connor here this week giving us a hand and taking a little bit of a load of me tonight. I kind of had a feeling tonight we were going to be good from the git…I guess when you have that feeling good things come true,” said Henry beside his Running Boxer Farms, Harris Distributing Company, Valvoline, K1, Berryman Racing Shocks, Chalkstix backed #101.
Kasey Ziebold led the first 11 laps of the 25-lap Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint A-main before third starter Dustin Stroup drove to the point. Following a caution on lap 14, six starter Jamie Miller moved into second and the battle for the lead was on. Stroup and Miller ran side by side lap after lap until a caution with four laps remaining. When the green flew that battle between Stroup and Miller continued right to the very end. Stroup earned his second straight win, the 11th of his career at the track, with Miller, Ziebold, Brenden Torok and Chad Wilson rounding out the top five.
Stroup gained a few points on Miller in the battle for the title of the NAPA of Bryan AFCS presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales.
“I don’t like to win like that….that was too close for me. I could hear him (Miller) ripping it on the top. Me and Jamie are good buddies…that was a good hard race. I felt real good off the bottom but the crew guys were telling me to go to the top but I didn’t want to go there. I took the lead where we were running the car just felt good. I have to thank Jamie and Renee for letting me drive this car, my mom and dad, my girlfriend Katie and my daughter, Tracey and all the sponsors,” said Stroup beside his Sulfur Town Pub, BSE Welding, Meru Safety, Velocity Print, The Pizza House, Sunrise Designs, Momma Dukes from Shelluke’s Bar and Grill, GCE LLC, Handy Grafix, Mitten Painting, Myers Racing Engines, Rohr Total Lawn Care, Eye Candy Custom Cycles, DJ Johnson & Family, GWH, Advance Auto Parts, BRS, J&J Auto backed #12x.
After Jamie Miller lead the opening lap of the 20-lap Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck A0main, fifth starter Shawn Valenti took the lead but Miller and he raced side by side over the next five laps. Following a spat of cautions, Valenti pulled away slightly from Miller and drove to his fourth consecutive feature win. Miller earned his fourth second place finish of the year with Keith Sorg, Kent Brewer and Andy Keegan rounding out the top five. Valenti, a four time truck track champion, now has 78 career wins at Fremont, putting him just two behind all-time feature winner Paul Weaver.
“I could get used to this winning stuff again. I kind of stuck on the top there too long last week and learned my lesson. Awesome truck once again from my guys, Nick, Noah, Jeff Babcock, Squirrel…it’s pretty amazing,” said Valenti beside his Craig Miller Trucking, Conrad Transportation, Dave Story Equipment, A Plus Auto Center, Concrete Material Supply, S&S Hauling and Excavating #7B.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, July 27 for Ladies Night featuring the AFCS 410 and 305 sprints and dirt trucks.
All events at Fremont Speedway Presented by Gill Construction in 2024 will be streamed on DirtVision. Keep up to date with Fremont Speedway by going to www.fremontohspeedway.com or on Facebook at www.facebook/FremontSpeedway or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FremontSpeedway or follow on My Race Pass at www.myracepass.com
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Located on Majestic Drive in Fremont, Ohio, Crown Battery’s operating principle – “The Power Behind the Performance” – represents Crown Battery’s commitment to providing power to millions of people around the world – power that makes life easier, and raises standards of living, health and safety for the communities we serve. These values have driven Crown Battery for over 80 years and will continue to represent our strategy for long-term growth and sustainability.
Crown Battery has 14 sales and distribution offices throughout North America, 615 employees and a network of authorized business partners, distributors and dealers throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asian-Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. Wherever industries need to start working, they turn to the dependable power of Crown Batteries. That’s why you will find Crown Batteries in heavy-duty equipment on and off highways all over the world.
Around the world Crown Batteries are powering the railroad industry, underground mining equipment, steel mills, renewable energy installations, recreational marine and automotive industries, aerial access equipment and more. Whether it’s floor care equipment at work in New York City or Tokyo, or an electric truck lift operating in Flint, Michigan, Crown Batteries can be found getting the work done right.
Fremont Speedway
Crown Battery Night
Saturday, July 13, 2024
410 Sprints – Fort Ball Pizza Palace
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 101-Kalib Henry[6]; 2. 9J-Trey Jacobs[1]; 3. 29-Zeth Sabo[5]; 4. 19-TJ Michael[8]; 5. 23-Cale Thomas[3]; 6. 4S-Tyler Street[7]; 7. 16-DJ Foos[2]; 8. 15C-Chris Andrews[10]; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker[14]; 10. 38-Leyton Wagner[15]; 11. 22M-Dan McCarron[9]; 12. 5-Kody Brewer[18]; 13. 10SR-Keith Sheffer Jr[12]; 14. 17S-Tylar Rankin[16]; 15. 14-Sean Rayhall[13]; 16. 26W-Cody White[17]; 17. X-Mike Keegan[19]; 18. 33W-Cap Henry[4]; 19. 2+-Brian Smith[20]; 20. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[11]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 38-Leyton Wagner[1]; 2. 17S-Tylar Rankin[8]; 3. 26W-Cody White[2]; 4. 5-Kody Brewer[4]; 5. X-Mike Keegan[3]; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[5]; 7. 12-Luke Griffith[11]; 8. 98-Robert Robenalt[13]; 9. 3V-Chris Verda[9]; 10. 13-Jeremy Duposki[6]; 11. 9-Lance Heinberger[10]; 12. (DNS) 13G-Van Gurley Jr; 13. (DNS) 75-Jerry Dahms
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4S-Tyler Street[1]; 2. 29-Zeth Sabo[3]; 3. 23-Cale Thomas[2]; 4. 15C-Chris Andrews[4]; 5. 14-Sean Rayhall[7]; 6. X-Mike Keegan[8]; 7. 7M-Brandon Moore[6]; 8. 17S-Tylar Rankin[9]; 9. (DNS) 38-Leyton Wagner
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 101-Kalib Henry[4]; 2. 19-TJ Michael[1]; 3. 9J-Trey Jacobs[2]; 4. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[6]; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3]; 6. 26W-Cody White[5]; 7. 13-Jeremy Duposki[9]; 8. 3V-Chris Verda[8]; 9. 12-Luke Griffith[7]; 10. 98-Robert Robenalt[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33W-Cap Henry[2]; 2. 16-DJ Foos[4]; 3. 22M-Dan McCarron[1]; 4. 10SR-Keith Sheffer Jr[3]; 5. 2+-Brian Smith[6]; 6. 5-Kody Brewer[5]; 7. 13G-Van Gurley Jr[9]; 8. 9-Lance Heinberger[7]; 9. (DNS) 75-Jerry Dahms
Qualifying 1 (1 Laps): 1. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:12.632[4]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:12.662[19]; 3. 16-DJ Foos, 00:12.753[9]; 4. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:12.769[18]; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:12.818[2]; 6. 10SR-Keith Sheffer Jr, 00:12.869[11]; 7. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:12.891[14]; 8. 9J-Trey Jacobs, 00:12.940[17]; 9. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:12.960[29]; 10. 4S-Tyler Street, 00:13.039[16]; 11. 19-TJ Michael, 00:13.052[13]; 12. 22M-Dan McCarron, 00:13.091[22]; 13. 38-Leyton Wagner, 00:13.106[26]; 14. 26W-Cody White, 00:13.113[6]; 15. 5-Kody Brewer, 00:13.167[28]; 16. 5T-Travis Philo, 00:13.181[23]; 17. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:13.330[10]; 18. 2+-Brian Smith, 00:13.352[12]; 19. 7M-Brandon Moore, 00:13.375[5]; 20. 12-Luke Griffith, 00:13.385[3]; 21. 9-Lance Heinberger, 00:13.470[8]; 22. 14-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.473[7]; 23. 3V-Chris Verda, 00:13.534[24]; 24. 75-Jerry Dahms, 00:13.540[15]; 25. X-Mike Keegan, 00:13.980[20]; 26. 13-Jeremy Duposki, 00:14.170[27]; 27. 13G-Van Gurley Jr, 00:15.190[1]; 28. (DNS) 17S-Tylar Rankin; 29. (DNS) 98-Robert Robenalt
Australian Pursuit (8 Laps): 1. 9J-Trey Jacobs[1]; 2. 23-Cale Thomas[2]; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4]; 4. 101-Kalib Henry[7]; 5. 19-TJ Michael[9]; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews[8]; 7. 29-Zeth Sabo[5]; 8. 10SR-Keith Sheffer Jr[3]; 9. 16-DJ Foos[6]
305 Sprints – Fremont Federal Credit Union
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 12X-Dustin Stroup[3]; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[6]; 3. X15-Kasey Ziebold[2]; 4. 2-Brendan Torok[1]; 5. 39M-DJ Foos[4]; 6. 6W-Chad Wilson[5]; 7. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[15]; 8. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[17]; 9. 1W-Paul Weaver[8]; 10. 3X-Blayne Keckler[9]; 11. 9R-Logan Riehl[12]; 12. 78-Austin Black[13]; 13. 28-Shawn Valenti[11]; 14. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[10]; 15. 4X-Logan Mongeau[14]; 16. 63-Randy Ruble[20]; 17. 26S-Lee Sommers[18]; 18. 51M-Haldon Miller[16]; 19. 0-Bradley Bateson[19]; 20. 19R-Steve Rando[7]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[2]; 2. 0-Bradley Bateson[1]; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[5]; 4. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[3]; 5. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr[6]; 6. 8-Jim Leaser[7]; 7. 98-Dave Hoppes[9]; 8. 11TS-Tate Schiets[8]; 9. (DNF) 52-Chris Smith[4]
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 26S-Lee Sommers[2]; 2. 63-Randy Ruble[4]; 3. 18R-Brian Razum[7]; 4. 11-Brayden Harrison[3]; 5. 1S-James Saam[5]; 6. 8K-Zack Kramer[1]; 7. 44-Jason Young[6]; 8. (DNS) 34-Judson (Jud) Dickerson
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12X-Dustin Stroup[2]; 2. 2-Brendan Torok[4]; 3. 3X-Blayne Keckler[3]; 4. 78-Austin Black[1]; 5. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[7]; 6. 0-Bradley Bateson[5]; 7. 36-Seth Schneider[6]; 8. 8-Jim Leaser[8]; 9. 98-Dave Hoppes[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19R-Steve Rando[1]; 2. 6W-Chad Wilson[3]; 3. 28-Shawn Valenti[2]; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[4]; 5. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[6]; 6. 52-Chris Smith[5]; 7. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr[7]; 8. 11TS-Tate Schiets[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Jamie Miller[4]; 2. X15-Kasey Ziebold[2]; 3. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[3]; 4. 4X-Logan Mongeau[1]; 5. 26S-Lee Sommers[5]; 6. 63-Randy Ruble[6]; 7. 44-Jason Young[8]; 8. 18R-Brian Razum[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1]; 2. 39M-DJ Foos[4]; 3. 9R-Logan Riehl[2]; 4. 51M-Haldon Miller[6]; 5. 11-Brayden Harrison[7]; 6. 1S-James Saam[8]; 7. 8K-Zack Kramer[3]; 8. (DNS) 34-Judson (Jud) Dickerson
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 2-Brendan Torok, 00:13.414[6]; 2. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath, 00:13.778[5]; 3. 3X-Blayne Keckler, 00:13.854[12]; 4. 6W-Chad Wilson, 00:13.888[14]; 5. 12X-Dustin Stroup, 00:13.929[4]; 6. 28-Shawn Valenti, 00:13.957[16]; 7. 78-Austin Black, 00:13.961[8]; 8. 19R-Steve Rando, 00:14.004[10]; 9. 0-Bradley Bateson, 00:14.010[3]; 10. 52-Chris Smith, 00:14.020[9]; 11. 36-Seth Schneider, 00:14.100[15]; 12. 2S-Jackson Sebetto, 00:14.147[13]; 13. 5DD-Dustin Dinan, 00:14.205[11]; 14. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr, 00:14.237[1]; 15. 8-Jim Leaser, 00:14.645[7]; 16. 11TS-Tate Schiets, 00:14.654[17]; 17. 98-Dave Hoppes, 00:14.994[2]
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 26-Jamie Miller, 00:13.489[3]; 2. 39M-DJ Foos, 00:13.733[10]; 3. 10TS-Tyler Schiets, 00:13.945[14]; 4. 8K-Zack Kramer, 00:13.972[16]; 5. X15-Kasey Ziebold, 00:13.979[2]; 6. 9R-Logan Riehl, 00:13.998[12]; 7. 4X-Logan Mongeau, 00:14.049[11]; 8. 1W-Paul Weaver, 00:14.118[6]; 9. 26S-Lee Sommers, 00:14.155[4]; 10. 34-Judson (Jud) Dickerson, 00:14.170[9]; 11. 63-Randy Ruble, 00:14.273[1]; 12. 51M-Haldon Miller, 00:14.473[13]; 13. 18R-Brian Razum, 00:14.521[15]; 14. 11-Brayden Harrison, 00:14.764[7]; 15. 44-Jason Young, 00:15.212[5]; 16. 1S-James Saam, 00:15.327[8]
COLE MACEDO GRABS OPENING NIGHT OF 14TH ANNUAL HOWARD KAEDING CLASSIC IN
WATSONVILLE
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (July 12, 2024) – Lemoore’s Cole Macedo returned to
Ocean Speedway and returned to victory lane, claiming the 30-lap feature for the
Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo on Friday night. Macedo’s win opens the
14th Annual Howard Kaeding Classic at the Watsonville, Calif. dirt track
featuring Saturday’s NARC 410 Sprint Car Series feature. Macedo currently is
tied for the championship lead with Aromas’ Justin Sanders heading into the
$6900 to win contest.
“Drew Warner and the guys had my car really dialed there,” Macedo said. “I
love coming to Watsonville. My last time I was here was early last year and we
ended up getting a win. Coming here the night before (the NARC race) is key and
getting a good base package. It was in our best interest to come here and try
some off the wall stuff we wouldn’t normally try.”
Macedo topped time trials at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds but it was
Dominic Gorden of Clovis who won the dash to start on the pole for the nightcap
feature.
Gorden led Macedo into lapped traffic by lap six. 2023 series champion Kurt
Nelson of Gilroy then slid over the edge in turn two and into the wall for a
caution on lap ten.
On the restart, Macedo executed a slidejob underneath Gorden into turn one
that stuck. He officially had the lead on lap 11. Macedo earned a quick and
comfortable advantage over Gorden, but it tightened in lapped traffic just past
halfway. Brief cautions on lap 19 for DJ Netto spinning and on lap 23 for
Bradley Dilland getting sideways in turn four did not deter Macedo. Macedo
topped Gorden at the checkered flag for the Ocean Sprints victory. Bud Kaeding
won a thrilling heat race earlier in the night, then finished off a successful
evening by finishing in third. Gauge Garcia of Lemoore and Templeton’s Kaleb
Montgomery rounded out the top-five.
2023 Western Midget Racing champion Bryant Bell of Oakley took over the
points lead for the 2024 series with a big win, taking Friday’s 20-lap feature
worth $500 to win.
Incoming points leader Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz and Bell shared the front
row for the feature. Bell got a launch on the outside line and drove to the
inside in turn one. The pair collided, relegating Mitchell to restarting at the
rear of the field for a restart. On the restart, Mitchell spun for his second
caution to end his night early. The points swing takes Mitchell from an
eight-point lead to an 18 point deficit.
Bell faced a challenge from Payette, Idaho’s Teddy Bivert on the restart but
Bell was able to fend him off. The red flag flew on lap seven when Lodi’s Nate
Wait flipped on the backstretch while battling Roseville’s Jerry Kobza for
fifth. He was uninjured.
Bell led the final 13 laps of competition for his fifth career Ocean WMR win
followed by Bivert, Terry Nichols of Delano, Kobza, and San Jose’s Anthony
Bruno. They join sixth place finisher Todd Hawse of Moorpark for Saturday’s fast
heat race while the rest of the field will race for starting positions seventh
on back in the second heat race. Saturday’s WMR main pays $1200 to win.
Matthew Frazier of Santa Maria won the IMCA Sport Modified 20-lap contest
over a 16-car field. Jeff Mead of Watsonville led the opening lap after starting
third. Frazier started seventh and used a restart on lap two to advance to
second. A caution on lap four allowed Frazier to challenge Mead for the lead.
Frazier jumped inside to lead lap five.
Points leader Emali VanHoff of Chowchilla and Mead battled for second place
through a series of cautions in a challenging race. Frazier got away cleanly on
a green-white-checkered finish attempt which was nullified by a mechanical
failure for Prunedale’s Max Baggett. Frazier earned the yellow checkered victory
over Mead, VanHoff, multi-time Hobby Stock track champion Rob Gallaher of San
Jose, and Tyler Tucker of Delhi.
DJ Keldsen of Newman won his first Hobby Stock main event of the season after
20 laps of racing. 2023 champion Joe Gallaher paced the action from the pole
position. Keldsen challenged Gallaher with the pair making contact in turn four.
Gallaher then spun in turn one, handing the lead to Keldsen on lap seven.
Keldsen never relinquished the top spot followed by Adriane Frost of
Watsonville, Matt Kile of San Jose, Sam Kennedy of Watsonville, and Joe Gallaher.
The 14th annual Howard Kaeding Classic continues Saturday night from the
Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. NARC 410 Sprint Cars will race for $6900 to win
along with $1200 to win WMR Midgets, IMCA Modifieds, and Hobby Stocks.
Ocean Speedway July 12, 2024 14th annual Howard Kaeding Classic – Race Results
Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 21-Cole
Macedo[2]; 2. 10-Dominic Gorden[1]; 3. 29-Bud Kaeding[3]; 4. 28-Gauge Garcia[4];
5. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[8]; 6. 3D-Caleb Debem[12]; 7. 121-Caeden Steele[7]; 8.
88N-DJ Netto[6]; 9. 15-Nick Parker[5]; 10. 38-Colby Johnson[9]; 11. 8-Jeremy
Chisum[13]; 12. 3M-Adam Kaeding[15]; 13. 72S-Bradley Dillard[10]; 14. 88-Koen
Shaw[16]; 15. 76-Jennifer Osborne[14]; 16. 98-Vince Giannotta[17]; 17. 34B-Glenn
Bryan[18]; 18. 72W-Kurt Nelson[11]
IMCA Sport Mods A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 15F-Matthew Frazier[7]; 2. 16M-Jeff
Mead[3]; 3. 4M-Emali VanHoff[6]; 4. X-Rob Gallaher[11]; 5. 44T-Tyler Tucker[13];
6. 22X-Jim DiGiovanni[10]; 7. 6K-Mike Kofnovec Jr[1]; 8. 54R-Brian Baggett[17];
9. 22W-Charlie Hunter[15]; 10. 34-Cody Bryan[14]; 11. 42B-Max Baggett[2]; 12.
15-David Crocker[16]; 13. 33-Mike Gil[12]; 14. 9B-Igor Gandzuk[4]; 15. 39-Steven
Allee[5]; 16. (DNS) 6S-Mike Kofnovec SR; 17. (DNS) 3G-Chuck Golden
Hobby Stocks A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 01-DJ Keldsen[3]; 2. 22-Adriane
Frost[2]; 3. 5-Matt Kile[5]; 4. 57W-Sam Kennedy[4]; 5. 1-Joe Gallaher[1]; 6.
X1-Bobby Gallaher[12]; 7. 31W-Steve Remde[7]; 8. 5N-Allen Neal[9]; 9. 55F-Shane
Freeman[10]; 10. 9-Wally Kennedy[11]; 11. X2-Joyce Gallaher[13]; 12. 51-Norm
Ayers[8]; 13. (DNS) (8)-Cody Keldsen
Western Midget Racing A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 09-Bryant Bell[2]; 2. 11-Teddy Bivert[5]; 3. 1K-Terry Nichols[4]; 4. 35-Jerry Kobza[7]; 5. 9-Anthony Bruno[6]; 6. 18-Todd Hawse[11]; 7. 15-Adam Weisberg[3]; 8. 20-Kyle Hawse[12]; 9. 4R-Taylor Hall[10]; 10. 57-Ray Richards[14]; 11. 68M-Nathan Moore[9]; 12. 35W-Nate Wait[8]; 13. 1T-Scott Hall[13]; 14. 96X-Logan Mitchell[1]
Bogucki and Rosenboom Triumphant at Jackson Motorplex During Joel Pingeon Trucking 410 Shootout Presented by C & B Operations
Inside Line Promotions - JACKSON, Minn. (July 12, 2024) - Scott Bogucki and Jody Rosenboom delivered winning performances on Friday evening at Jackson Motorplex, which hosted the Joel Pingeon Trucking 410 Shootout presented by C & B Operations during its first race of the season.
Bogucki was strong throughout the 25-lap Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars main event as he powered into the runner-up position on the second lap before using a slide job in turn three to take the lead on Lap 6.
A close call occurred on Lap 10 when Bogucki got into the back of a car he was attempting to lap. The contact knocked Bogucki sideways into turn one, but he was able to save it and maintain the lead. Bogucki then built a nearly five-second advantage before the only caution came out on Lap 23. That didn't matter to Bogucki, who pounded the cushion the final three laps to pull away for his first career victory at the track.
"We just waited for the track to clean off a bit and got the miles per hour going," he said before describing the close incident. "They slowed up and I should have anticipated it. We're just lucky we saved it."
Kaleb Johnson advanced from sixth to earn a second-place result.
"I just got a really good start there and used the bottom until it wasn't there," he said. "I didn't have much for Scott. Congrats to him and his team. I thought I could stay close at the end, but he kinda drove away. I grew up racing here and in front of my family so I'm glad we were able to get a good run."
Matt Juhl, who led the first five laps, placed third.
"It's too bad not to capitalize on something like that," he said. "Running top three is good, but not where we wanted to be. This will be a good start to hopefully better finishes."
Tanner Holmes scored a fourth-place finish and Christopher Thram used a last-lap pass to garner a fifth-place result.
Thram, Scott Broty and Estenson each won a heat race. Skylar Prochaska was the dash winner.
Rosenboom led the final eight laps of the 20-lap Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing A Main.
Monty Ferriera held the top spot for the first dozen laps. He entered traffic on Lap 12, which allowed Rosenboom and third-running Chris Graf to quickly erase more than a two-second deficit. The top three were bunched up going by the flag stand on Lap 13. Rosenboom dove low and powered into the lead in turn two as he executed the race-winning move.
"Monty is a good racer," he said. "In clean air he was really, really good. We needed something if I was going to get to him.
"With these things it's like restrictor plate racing. You have to keep your foot in it, use your brake a lot, keep it straight. I can't thank everybody enough who helps get this car here."
Graf made the same move on Ferriera for second place on the ensuing lap and chased Rosenboom through traffic for several laps. The lone caution of the race occurred on Lap 18 when John Lambertz slowed while running sixth. Rosenboom was strong on the restart en route to the triumph.
Graf placed second with Ferriera rounding out the podium. Brandon Bosma hustled from 16 th to fourth place and Lee Goos Jr. rallied from 13 th to fifth.
A total of 44 drivers signed in and the heat races were won by Amelia Eisenschenk, Ferriera, Graf, Rosenboom and Jake Greenwood. Bosma and Nate Eakin were the B Main winners.
Racing returns to Jackson Motorplex in two weeks with back-to-back nights. The Livewire Printing Company 360 Shootout presented by Tweeter Contracting featuring the Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing is July 25.
The following night is the Merle Johnson Memorial Border Battle presented by New Fashion Pork featuring the Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 sprint cars and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing.
Race tickets are available online at https://mpv.tickets.com/schedule/?agency=JKMV_PL_MPV&orgid=55369#/?view=list&includePackages=true .
JOEL PINGEON TRUCKING 410 SHOOTOUT PRESENTED BY C & B OPERATIONS RESULTS AT JACKSON MOTORPLEX (July 12, 2024) -
Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars
ACS Roofing / Westover Masonry A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 10-Scott Bogucki (3); 2. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (6); 3. 09-Matt Juhl (2); 4. 18T-Tanner Holmes (5); 5. 24T-Christopher Thram (7); 6. 14T-Tim Estenson (4); 7. 16-Skylar Prochaska (1); 8. 2KS-Chase Randall (12); 9. 27B-Jake Bubak (16); 10. 14H-Scott Winters (9); 11. 27-Emerson Axsom (15); 12. 44-Chris Martin (11); 13. 11M-Brendan Mullen (17); 14. 51A-Koby Werkmeister (18); 15. 83-Sam Henderson (20); 16. 96-Blaine Stegenga (24); 17. 4-Cameron Martin (19); 18. 10X-Trevor Serbus (25); 19. 80P-Jacob Peterson (21); 20. 4W-Matt Wasmund (23); 21. (DNF) 95-Tyler Drueke (13); 22. (DNF) 33-Scott Broty (8); 23. (DNF) 17B-Ryan Bickett (14); 24. (DNF) 78-Bill Wagner (26); 25. (DNF) 18-Corbin Erickson (22); 26. (DNF) 64-Andy Pake (10).
ACS Roofing / Westover Masonry Dash (6 Laps): 1. 16-Skylar Prochaska (2); 2. 09-Matt Juhl (1); 3. 10-Scott Bogucki (5); 4. 14T-Tim Estenson (6); 5. 18T-Tanner Holmes (3); 6. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (8); 7. 24T-Christopher Thram (7); 8. 33-Scott Broty (4).
GRP Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24T-Christopher Thram (1); 2. 09-Matt Juhl (4); 3. 10-Scott Bogucki (7); 4. 2KS-Chase Randall (5); 5. 27-Emerson Axsom (2); 6. 11M-Brendan Mullen (3); 7. 4-Cameron Martin (6); 8. 83-Sam Henderson (8); 9. 80P-Jacob Peterson (9).
GRP Motorsports Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Scott Broty (2); 2. 16-Skylar Prochaska (4); 3. 44-Chris Martin (3); 4. 18T-Tanner Holmes (8); 5. 95-Tyler Drueke (6); 6. 27B-Jake Bubak (5); 7. 51A-Koby Werkmeister (7); 8. 4W-Matt Wasmund (1); 9. 18-Corbin Erickson (9).
GRP Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14T-Tim Estenson (3); 2. 64-Andy Pake (2); 3. 14H-Scott Winters (5); 4. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (8); 5. 17B-Ryan Bickett (6); 6. (DNF) 96-Blaine Stegenga (4); 7. (DNF) 10X-Trevor Serbus (7); 8. (DNF) 78-Bill Wagner (1).
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series presented by Heser Auto & Detailing
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14SS-Jody Rosenboom (3); 2. 24G-Chris Graf (5); 3. 45-Monty Ferriera (2); 4. 23-Brandon Bosma (16); 5. 17-Lee Goos Jr (13); 6. 90-Eric Schulz (1); 7. 43-Jake Greenwood (9); 8. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (4); 9. 30-Matt Johnson (12); 10. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (15); 11. 81-Jared Jansen (7); 12. 15-Laela Eisenschenk (6); 13. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (10); 14. 91X-Johnny Sullivan (11); 15. X-Dylan Waxdahl (18); 16. 19-Nate Eakin (17); 17. 24B-Brandon Buysse (14); 18. 56-Bill Johnson (20); 19. 41-Jeff Wilke (21); 20. 12L-John Lambertz (8); 21. 55R-Ryan Serrao (19).
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 23-Brandon Bosma (1); 2. X-Dylan Waxdahl (2); 3. 56-Bill Johnson (4); 4. 05-Brandon Allen (3); 5. 9-Dominic Dobesh (6); 6. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (12); 7. 26G-Hannah Graf (8); 8. 23C-Ben Crees (5); 9. 28G-Gracyn Masur (10); 10. 97-Jackson Weber (9); 11. 28-Madi Miller (14); 12. 88-Nathan Thelen (11); 13. (DNF) 1300-Brett Allen (7); 14. (DNS) 9A-Hunter Hanson; 15. (DNS) 20T-Travis Christensen.
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 19-Nate Eakin (1); 2. 55R-Ryan Serrao (2); 3. 41-Jeff Wilke (7); 4. 23L-Aydin Lloyd (8); 5. 6-Logan Moore (4); 6. 9X-Laney Moore (10); 7. 65X-Sawyer Grogan (3); 8. 15K-Keagan McCarty (9); 9. 47-Kyra Weber (11); 10. 3D-Dan Griep (14); 11. (DNF) 61-Riley Valentine (13); 12. (DNF) 17D-Dillon Bickett (6); 13. (DNS) 4SS-Brandon Halverson; 14. (DNS) 53X-Joe Miller.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk (2); 2. 15-Laela Eisenschenk (4); 3. 91X-Johnny Sullivan (5); 4. 23-Brandon Bosma (8); 5. 65X-Sawyer Grogan (1); 6. 23C-Ben Crees (3); 7. 41-Jeff Wilke (6); 8. 97-Jackson Weber (7); 9. 47-Kyra Weber (9).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Monty Ferriera (4); 2. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (2); 3. 30-Matt Johnson (8); 4. 19-Nate Eakin (6); 5. 56-Bill Johnson (9); 6. 17D-Dillon Bickett (1); 7. 26G-Hannah Graf (7); 8. 9X-Laney Moore (5); 9. 88-Nathan Thelen (3).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24G-Chris Graf (4); 2. 12L-John Lambertz (1); 3. 17-Lee Goos Jr (8); 4. X-Dylan Waxdahl (3); 5. 6-Logan Moore (2); 6. 9-Dominic Dobesh (6); 7. 23L-Aydin Lloyd (5); 8. 28G-Gracyn Masur (7); 9. 20T-Travis Christensen (9).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 14SS-Jody Rosenboom (5); 2. 90-Eric Schulz (3); 3. 24B-Brandon Buysse (4); 4. 55R-Ryan Serrao (6); 5. (DNF) 2D-Dusty Ballenger (7); 6. (DNF) 61-Riley Valentine (9); 7. (DNS) 9A-Hunter Hanson; 8. (DNS) 53X-Joe Miller; 9. (DNS) 3D-Dan Griep.
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 43-Jake Greenwood (2); 2. 81-Jared Jansen (7); 3. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (5); 4. 05-Brandon Allen (8); 5. 4SS-Brandon Halverson (1); 6. 1300-Brett Allen (6); 7. 15K-Keagan McCarty (3); 8. (DNF) 28-Madi Miller (4).
UP NEXT -
July 25 for the Livewire Printing Company 360 Shootout presented by Tweeter Contracting featuring the Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing
July 26 for the Merle Johnson Memorial Border Battle presented by New Fashion Pork featuring the Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing
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Varin Wins Battle, Poirier Wins War in ESS CNY Speedweek Finale at Weedsport
By Curtis Berleue (Weedsport, NY) | After a grueling week of action at tracks across NY state, the 2024 version of the Empire Super Sprints CNY Speedweek concluded Sunday night at the Weedsport Speedway in Weedsport, NY. Sitting atop victory hill when the dust settled was Danny Varin, $2,500 richer for his efforts.
Pinnacle Pole Award winner Jordan Thomas brought the field to the green flag and jumped out to an early lead over Matt Tanner and Jonathan Preston.
Working the extreme high side of the track, the lead trio caught lap traffic on lap 8, and Thomas was able to extend his lead navigating the slower cars with ease. By lap 12, he had extended his advantage over Matt Tanner to nearly half a track.
As the laps wound down, however, Thomas’ early lead had vanished, and while battling for position with Matt Tanner, his night would end in the fourth turn wall on the last lap.
The ensuing restart set up a one-lap duel between Tanner and Varin, with Varin emerging victorious.
“At the end, I was going to put it in the fence or try to win it,” said Varin. “We just had to pull that wing forward and give it everything we had there for the lap and it paid off.”
“We got about an hour’s worth of sleep last night; drove all the way back to Fonda, pulled two motors out, put one back in – it was just a huge effort and I couldn’t do it without this whole team.”
Matt Tanner would cross the line in second, and Jonathan Preston rounded out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium in third.
34 winged warriors signed in for action on the final night of CNY Speedweek, splitting the field into four timed hot lap groups. Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards went to Cory Turner, Jordan Thomas, Danny Varin and Larry wight. E&V Energy heat races were won by Jason Barney, Jordan Poirier, Danny Varin and Larry Wight. The Lacaillade Masonry B-Main went to Kelly Hebing, while Johnny Smith won The Wildcat dash.
After one rainout and four straight nights of action, Jordan Poirier was crowned the 2024 CNY Speedweek champion. The St. Mathieu de Beloeil, Quebec driver was consistent all week, with a second-place finish at Utica-Rome, third at Brewerton, sixth at Fulton and fourth at Weedsport to round out the week.
Davie Franek finished the week second in points, followed by Jason Barney in third, Danny Varin and Matt Tanner to round out the top five.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is Friday July 19th at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Thursday, July 11 – Ohsweken Speedway – Ohsweken, ONT ($5,000 to win NASCAR Night – no points)
Friday, July 12 – Ohsweken Speedway – Ohsweken, ONT ($10,000 to win Northern Summer Nationals – no points)
Friday, July 19 – Albany-Saratoga Speedway – Malta, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Saturday, July 20 – Fonda Speedway – Fonda, NY ($2,000 to Win Earl Halaquist Memorial)
Full Results:
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. #01-Danny Varin[10]; 2. 90-Matt Tanner[3]; 3. 22-Jonathan Preston[4]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier[5]; 5. #99L-Larry Wight[7]; 6. 28F-Davie Franek[17]; 7. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[12]; 8. 87-Jason Barney[9]; 9. 17X-Cory Turner[8]; 10. 96X-Chad Phelps[22]; 11. 98-Joe Trenca[2]; 12. #41-Dalton Rombough[19]; 13. 0-Glenn Styres[15]; 14. #79-Jordan Thomas[1]; 15. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[16]; 16. 53-Shawn Donath[14]; 17. 4P-Chase Moran[25]; 18. 36-Logan Crisafulli[20]; 19. 33-Lacey Hanson[24]; 20. 3-Parker Evans[11]; 21. 10-Kelly Hebing[21]; 22. 13E-Evan Reynolds[26]; 23. #3Z-John Smith IV[13]; 24. #4-Emily VanInwegen[6]; 25. #88C-Chad Miller[18]; 26. 46-Ryan Coniam[23]
Lacaillade Masonry B-Main (10 Laps): 1. 10-Kelly Hebing[1]; 2. 96X-Chad Phelps[3]; 3. 46-Ryan Coniam[2]; 4. 33-Lacey Hanson[5]; 5. 4P-Chase Moran[7]; 6. #25G-Tyler Graves[10]; 7. 2-Dave Axton[6]; 8. 13E-Evan Reynolds[13]; 9. 13-Keith Granholm[14]; 10. 23-Eric Cartier[11]; 11. X-Dan Bennett[8]; 12. 29-Dylan Menditto[4]; 13. (DNS) 66-Jordan Hutton; 14. (DNS) 13T-Trevor Years
The Wildcat Dash (4 Laps): 1. #3Z-John Smith IV[4]; 2. 53-Shawn Donath[2]; 3. 0-Glenn Styres[1]; 4. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[3]
E&V Energy Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 2. 17X-Cory Turner[1]; 3. 90-Matt Tanner[2]; 4. 0-Glenn Styres[5]; 5. 28F-Davie Franek[4]; 6. 10-Kelly Hebing[6]; 7. 33-Lacey Hanson[9]; 8. 66-Jordan Hutton[7]; 9. 13E-Evan Reynolds[8]
E&V Energy Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[2]; 2. #79-Jordan Thomas[1]; 3. 3-Parker Evans[3]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[7]; 5. #88C-Chad Miller[6]; 6. 46-Ryan Coniam[4]; 7. 2-Dave Axton[5]; 8. #25G-Tyler Graves[9]; 9. 13-Keith Granholm[8]
E&V Energy Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. #01-Danny Varin[1]; 2. 98-Joe Trenca[2]; 3. 22-Jonathan Preston[4]; 4. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[6]; 5. #41-Dalton Rombough[3]; 6. 96X-Chad Phelps[5]; 7. 4P-Chase Moran[7]; 8. 23-Eric Cartier[8]
E&V Energy Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. #99L-Larry Wight[1]; 2. #4-Emily VanInwegen[2]; 3. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[8]; 4. #3Z-John Smith IV[5]; 5. 36-Logan Crisafulli[3]; 6. 29-Dylan Menditto[4]; 7. X-Dan Bennett[7]; 8. (DNS) 13T-Trevor Years
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #17X-Cory Turner; #79-Jordan Thomas; #01-Danny Varin; #99L-Larry Wight
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #87-Jason Barney; #28-Jordan Poirier; #01-Danny Varin; #99L-Larry Wight
Cobra Coaches / The Wildcat Dash Winner ($125): #3Z-Johnny Smith
Lacaillade Masonry B Main Winner ($50): #10-Kelly Hebing
PJC Spray Foam First Non-Qualifier ($50): #25G-Tyler Graves
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #79-Jordan Thomas
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #96x-Chad Phelps (+12)
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #13E-Evan Reynolds
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #98-Joe Trenca
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #01-Danny Varin; #90-Matt Tanner; #22-Jonathan Preston
Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #28-Jordan Poirier
Williamson, Donnohue and Zebell Earn First Huset's Speedway Wins of Season During Metro Construction Night
Inside Line Promotions - BRANDON, S.D. (July 7, 2024) - Garet Williamson, Brady Donnohue and J.J. Zebell each maneuvered to their first feature victory of the season at Huset's Speedway on Sunday during Metro Construction Night.
The three new winners now make 20 different winners in 22 main events at the high-banked track this season.
Williamson led the final 11 laps of the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars and Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars main event, which saw a green-white-checkered finish as Williamson was in turn four on the final scheduled lap when the caution came out.
"The car was phenomenal," he said after pulling away to a comfortable triumph following the late restart. "That was a blast to drive. Tonight we put a whole night together. We were really great. When everything clicks, it's really nice."
Justin Henderson paced the field for the first dozen laps before Kerry Madsen powered from third into the lead on the bottom of turns one and two on Lap 13. On the ensuing lap, Madsen narrowly made contact with a sideways car he was attempting to lap, spinning out in turns one and two. That gave the top spot back to Henderson, who led for the next lap before Williamson drove around him in turns three and four.
Despite thick traffic and a late-race restart, Williamson was efficient to score his second career victory at the track. He became the division's seventh different winner in seven weekly races this season.
"The track was phenomenal," he said. "It opened up really nice. I love racing here. It's really fun. We've been struggling so this one is really big. It's so hard to win a race; it doesn't matter where you go."
Chase Randall finished with a runner-up result for the third time at the track this season.
"It was a great night, all in all," he said. "We had a strong car."
Mark Dobmeier recorded his first podium finish of the season at Huset's Speedway with a third-place outing.
"It was a nice, solid night for us," he said. "I think I had a car that could have won the feature. We've been tweaking on it all year and kinda all last year as well. We're going in the right direction."
Henderson placed fourth and Tim Estenson tied a career-best result at Huset's Speedway with a fifth-place finish.
Madsen and Henderson each set quick time in their group's qualifying session to open the night. The heat races were won by points leader Kaleb Johnson, Estenson, Dobmeier and Randall. Scott Winters was the B Main winner.
Donnohue used the top of the track to take the lead near the midpoint of the 20-lap Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series main event to garner his first career triumph at the track. He is the seventh different division victor this year.
"I didn't really expect to win my first year out," he said. "That turned out to be a really good track. It slicked off nice and was awesome."
Taylor Forbes led early and focused on the bottom lane before multiple drivers began using the top of the track to move forward. Donnohue, who started seventh, pounced shortly after a red flag on Lap 5 with Brandon Bosma and Shayle Bade making waves on the outside line as well. The final caution occurred on Lap 16 when Bosma spun after he and Bade made contact entering turn one.
Bade finished with a charge from 10 th to second place. Cole Vanderheiden maneuvered from 13 th to third. Trefer Waller was fourth and Koby Werkmeister rallied from 18 th to fifth.
Waller, Bayley Ballenger, Bade and Jay Masur picked up heat race wins. The B Mains were won by Jacob Peterson and Werkmeister.
Zebell hustled from 13 th to capture his eighth career Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks feature victory at Huset's Speedway.
"That's what I've worked on this year is being patient," he said. "I just weaved my way through and had a couple of good luck (moments)."
Kinzer Glanzer led the first six laps before he and second-running Tracy Halouska connected and came to a stop in turns one and two. Garet Deboer inherited the top spot and held the point for a trio of laps before he spun entering turn one on a restart on Lap 10. Zebell moved into the lead and held off 11th-starting Matt Steuerwald to extend his lead in the championship standings.
Cory Yeigh rallied from 12 th to third with John Hoing advancing from 16 th to fourth. Mike Chaney rounded out the top five.
Billy Prouty, Halouska and Brett Martin were the heat race winners.
The next race at Huset's Speedway is Sunday for Huset's Hall of Fame Night featuring the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars, Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series.
METRO CONSTRUCTION NIGHT RESULTS AT HUSET'S SPEEDWAY (July 7, 2024) -
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars/MSTS 410 Sprint Cars
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 23-Garet Williamson (3); 2. 2KS-Chase Randall (2); 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier (4); 4. 83-Justin Henderson (1); 5. 14T-Tim Estenson (9); 6. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (5); 7. 16-Brooke Tatnell (11); 8. 45-Landon Brooks (8); 9. 14H-Scott Winters (21); 10. 95-Tyler Drueke (19); 11. 24T-Christopher Thram (7); 12. 11M-Brendan Mullen (23); 13. 09-Matt Juhl (24); 14. 22-Riley Goodno (20); 15. 3J-Dusty Zomer (13); 16. 8-Jacob Hughes (10); 17. 83JR-Sam Henderson (15); 18. 44-Chris Martin (16); 19. 55-Kerry Madsen (6); 20. 4-Cameron Martin (12); 21. 74N-Luke Nellis (22); 22. 64-Andy Pake (18); 23. 96-Blaine Stegenga (14); 24. (DNF) 10-Scott Bogucki (17).
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 14H-Scott Winters (1); 2. 74N-Luke Nellis (2); 3. 11M-Brendan Mullen (3); 4. 09-Matt Juhl (6); 5. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (7); 6. 17B-Ryan Bickett (8); 7. 17G-Lee Goos Jr (5); 8. 5G-Gage Pulkrabek (10); 9. 101-Chuck McGillivray (11); 10. 8X-Micah Slendy (13); 11. (DNF) 10X-Trevor Serbus (4); 12. (DNF) 9-Dominic Dobesh (12); 13. (DNS) J2-John Carney II; 14. (DNS) 78-Bill Wagner.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (1); 2. 24T-Christopher Thram (3); 3. 55-Kerry Madsen (4); 4. 10-Scott Bogucki (5); 5. 83JR-Sam Henderson (2); 6. 11M-Brendan Mullen (6); 7. 17G-Lee Goos Jr (8); 8. J2-John Carney II (7); 9. 8X-Micah Slendy (9).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14T-Tim Estenson (1); 2. 23-Garet Williamson (3); 3. 4-Cameron Martin (2); 4. 95-Tyler Drueke (5); 5. 14H-Scott Winters (6); 6. 3J-Dusty Zomer (4); 7. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (7); 8. 101-Chuck McGillivray (8).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Mark Dobmeier (3); 2. 83-Justin Henderson (4); 3. 8-Jacob Hughes (2); 4. 64-Andy Pake (5); 5. 44-Chris Martin (1); 6. 10X-Trevor Serbus (8); 7. 17B-Ryan Bickett (7); 8. 74N-Luke Nellis (6); 9. (DNF) 78-Bill Wagner (9).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2KS-Chase Randall (2); 2. 96-Blaine Stegenga (1); 3. 45-Landon Brooks (4); 4. 16-Brooke Tatnell (3); 5. 22-Riley Goodno (5); 6. 09-Matt Juhl (6); 7. 5G-Gage Pulkrabek (7); 8. 9-Dominic Dobesh (8).
Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:10.682 (17); 2. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:10.686 (11); 3. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:10.792 (1); 4. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:10.792 (15); 5. 83JR-Sam Henderson, 00:10.794 (3); 6. 4-Cameron Martin, 00:10.895 (5); 7. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:10.951 (8); 8. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:10.962 (2); 9. 10-Scott Bogucki, 00:10.997 (4); 10. 95-Tyler Drueke, 00:11.019 (10); 11. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:11.027 (6); 12. 14H-Scott Winters, 00:11.047 (9); 13. J2-John Carney II, 00:11.109 (13); 14. 10J-Justin Jacobsma, 00:11.228 (12); 15. 17G-Lee Goos Jr, 00:11.507 (14); 16. 101-Chuck McGillivray, 00:11.964 (7); 17. 8X-Micah Slendy, 00:11.975 (16).
Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 83-Justin Henderson, 00:10.784 (3); 2. 45-Landon Brooks, 00:10.934 (9); 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:11.056 (15); 4. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.086 (5); 5. 8-Jacob Hughes, 00:11.135 (11); 6. 2KS-Chase Randall, 00:11.202 (4); 7. 44-Chris Martin, 00:11.202 (2); 8. 96-Blaine Stegenga, 00:11.214 (7); 9. 64-Andy Pake, 00:11.230 (12); 10. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:11.235 (14); 11. 74N-Luke Nellis, 00:11.308 (16); 12. 09-Matt Juhl, 00:11.317 (8); 13. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 00:11.407 (1); 14. 5G-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:11.433 (13); 15. 10X-Trevor Serbus, 00:11.555 (17); 16. 9-Dominic Dobesh, 00:11.624 (10); 17. 78-Bill Wagner, 00:12.588 (6).
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 29Z-JJ Zebell (13); 2. 3-Matt Steuerwald (11); 3. 64-Cory Yeigh (12); 4. 55-John Hoing (16); 5. 12-Mike Chaney (9); 6. 40-Tim Dann (10); 7. 71-Zach Olivier (17); 8. 1X-Aaron Foote (3); 9. 98-Dan Jensen (15); 10. 1K-Kinzer Glanzer (1); 11. 3M-Brett Martin (8); 12. 99-Ryan DeBoer (18); 13. 21-Ron Howe (14); 14. 9-Kyle DeBoer (6); 15. 86-Tracy Halouska (2); 16. 33-Garet Deboer (5); 17. (DNF) 15-Brandon Ferguson (7); 18. (DNS) 51-Billy Prouty; 19. (DNS) 83-Nick Janssen.
Fastenal Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Billy Prouty (2); 2. 1K-Kinzer Glanzer (1); 3. 3-Matt Steuerwald (6); 4. 40-Tim Dann (5); 5. 29Z-JJ Zebell (7); 6. 55-John Hoing (4); 7. 99-Ryan DeBoer (3).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 86-Tracy Halouska (1); 2. 33-Garet Deboer (2); 3. 15-Brandon Ferguson (3); 4. 12-Mike Chaney (4); 5. 21-Ron Howe (5); 6. 71-Zach Olivier (6).
Midwest Oil / VP Fuels Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3M-Brett Martin (3); 2. 64-Cory Yeigh (6); 3. 1X-Aaron Foote (1); 4. 9-Kyle DeBoer (2); 5. 98-Dan Jensen (5); 6. (DNF) 83-Nick Janssen (4).
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 34DD-Brady Donnohue (7); 2. 03-Shayle Bade (10); 3. 15V-Cole Vanderheiden (13); 4. 32-Trefer Waller (5); 5. 31-Koby Werkmeister (18); 6. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (9); 7. 81-Jared Jansen (12); 8. 3-Jeremiah Jordahl (2); 9. X-Dylan Waxdahl (16); 10. 48F-Taylor Forbes (1); 11. 23L-Aydin Lloyd (4); 12. 80P-Jacob Peterson (17); 13. 12L-John Lambertz (19); 14. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (6); 15. 23-Brandon Bosma (11); 16. 4D-Logan Domagala (20); 17. 14-Nick Barger (15); 18. 48-Cole Olson (14); 19. 62J-Jay Masur (3); 20. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (8).
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 80P-Jacob Peterson (1); 2. 12L-John Lambertz (2); 3. 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (6); 4. 18-Corbin Erickson (3); 5. 88-Nate Thelen (5); 6. (DNF) 18D-Dalton Domagala (8); 7. (DNF) 35X-Jeff Lackey (7); 8. (DNS) 55R-Ryan Serrao; 9. (DNS) 7L-Jesse Lindberg.
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 31-Koby Werkmeister (2); 2. 4D-Logan Domagala (1); 3. 28-Nicholas Winter (4); 4. 05-Brandon Allen (3); 5. 9A-Hunter Hanson (6); 6. 3J-Jeridan Jordahl (7); 7. 65X-Sawyer Grogan (5); 8. 28G-Gracyn Masur (9); 9. (DNS) 11X-Logan Kafka.
Gunderson Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Trefer Waller (4); 2. 23-Brandon Bosma (7); 3. 23L-Aydin Lloyd (3); 4. 15V-Cole Vanderheiden (6); 5. 80P-Jacob Peterson (8); 6. 18-Corbin Erickson (5); 7. 88-Nate Thelen (1); 8. 35X-Jeff Lackey (9); 9. (DQ) 18D-Dalton Domagala (2).
Saldana Racing Products Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6B-Bayley Ballenger (4); 2. 34DD-Brady Donnohue (5); 3. 81-Jared Jansen (8); 4. 48-Cole Olson (3); 5. 12L-John Lambertz (7); 6. 55R-Ryan Serrao (1); 7. 18T-Tyler Rabenberg (6); 8. (DNS) 7L-Jesse Lindberg.
Vahlco Wheels Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 03-Shayle Bade (6); 2. 2D-Dusty Ballenger (5); 3. 3-Jeremiah Jordahl (2); 4. 14-Nick Barger (7); 5. 4D-Logan Domagala (4); 6. 05-Brandon Allen (8); 7. 65X-Sawyer Grogan (1); 8. 3J-Jeridan Jordahl (3); 9. (DNF) 28G-Gracyn Masur (9).
Maxim Chassis Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 62J-Jay Masur (2); 2. 48F-Taylor Forbes (1); 3. 23V-Michalob Voeltz (5); 4. X-Dylan Waxdahl (4); 5. 31-Koby Werkmeister (7); 6. 28-Nicholas Winter (3); 7. 9A-Hunter Hanson (6); 8. (DNF) 11X-Logan Kafka (8).
2024 HUSET'S SPEEDWAY WEEKLY DIVISION FEATURE WINNERS -
Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars :
Tyler Drueke- 1(May 19); Tim Kaeding - 1 (May 27); Anthony Macri - 1 (June 2); Austin McCarl - 1 (June 9); Daison Pursley - 1 (May 26); Ryan Timms - 1 (June 16); and Garet Williamson - 1 (July 7)
Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks:
Zach Olivier - 2 (May 27 and June 9); Cory Yeigh - 2(May 26 and June 2); Tim Dann - 1 (June 16); Brylee Gough- 1(May 19); and J.J. Zebell - 1 (July 7)
Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series:
Dusty Ballenger- 1(May 19); Nate Barger - 1 (June 16); Brady Donnohue - 1 (July 7); Monty Ferriera - 1 (May 27); Zach Patterson - 1 (June 9); Andrew Sullivan - 1 (June 2); and Cole Vanderheiden - 1 (May 26)
UP NEXT -
Sunday for Huset's Hall of Fame Night featuring the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars, Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series
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Andy Forsberg, Michael Faccinto, Josef Ferolito and Nick Baldwin claim Placerville Speedway wins
By Gary Thomas
Placerville, CA…Auburn’s Andy Forsberg snagged the lead on an early restart and dominated the remainder of the way to grab his 72nd career Placerville Speedway Winged Sprint Car triumph on Saturday night.
Sharing victory lane on Red Hawk Casino Night were Michael Faccinto with the USAC/BCRA Midgets, Josef Ferolito with the BCRA Lightning Sprints and Nick Baldwin with the Pure Stocks.
The 25-lap Thompson’s Family of Dealerships Winged Sprint Car main event saw current point leader Bubba Decaires jump in front after battling Oregon driver Tyler Thompson on the opening circuit. The pilot of the Morrison Concrete No. 94 set the pace as racers battled for position behind him.
Andy Forsberg climbed into second on lap seven however and took advantage of a restart to rocket past Decaires for the top spot. Once out front the nine-time track champion pulled away from the field with ease. Forsberg ran the cushion to perfection and went on to cross under the Ron Stahl checkered flag for his third win of the season at Placerville Speedway.
Placerville’s Shane Hopkins continued his stellar start to the campaign by finishing in the runner up spot, followed by Decaires, Sacramento’s Austin Wood and Thompson. Rounding out the top-10 were Justin Peck, Michael Faccinto, Ashlyn Rodriguez, Izaak Sharp and Blaine Craft.
The USAC Western States/ BCRA Midget feature came to the line with husband-and-wife duo of Michael and Danika Jo Faccinto sharing the front row. M. Faccinto moved out front at the waving of the green flag. Around lap five though all eyes were glued to current USAC point leader Cade Lewis, who ran the cushion like a veteran.
Lewis charged by Faccinto to snag the lead on lap nine, with Arizona racer Drake Edwards following along for second a few circuits later. Edwards then attempted a super slider with four laps remaining but got sideways and resulted in Lewis climbing over him, ending in a nasty set of barrel rolls. Luckily, Lewis was okay but done for the night, as was Edwards.
Michael Faccinto then inherited the lead and led the final four laps for the victory over Brandon Wiley, Dane Colver, Dalten Gabbard and Robby Flock.
Modesto’s Josef Ferolito brought home his second straight Placerville Speedway victory with the BCRA Wingless Lightning Sprints on Saturday. Dakota Albright ran second, followed by Matt Land, Hunter Kinney and Greg Dennett.
The Red Hawk Casino Pure Stock feature saw Placerville’s Tyler Lightfoot blast his way into the lead at the start. Lightfoot set the early pace but had five-time track champion Nick Baldwin coming like a house of fire.
Baldwin made the move on lap seven and went to score his 28th career Placerville Speedway win. Lightfoot tallied a runner up finish at the checkered with Kevin Jinkerson, Tommy Sturgeon and Anthony Vigna completing the top-five.
Placerville Speedway returns to action with Burger Night presented by Kings Meats on Saturday July 13th. All burgers will be half price during the evening.
Results
Placerville Speedway
Red Hawk Casino Night
July 6, 2024
Winged Sprint Cars:
1. 92-Andy Forsberg[3]; 2. 21-Shane Hopkins[4]; 3. 94-Greg Decaires V[1]; 4. 2A-Austin Wood[6]; 5. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[2]; 6. 17P-Justin Peck[7]; 7. X1-Michael Faccinto[9]; 8. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[12]; 9. 24S-Izaak Sharp[11]; 10. 97-Blaine Craft[16]; 11. 17-Anthony Snow[14]; 12. 85-AJ Alderman[15]; 13. 25JR-Cody Johnson[17]; 14. 7C-Tony Gomes[8]; 15. 45-Jake Morgan[13]; 16. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[10]; 17. 7P-Jake Andreotti[5]
USAC/BCRA Midgets:
1. 14T-Michael Faccinto[2]; 2. 14-Brandon Wiley[6]; 3. 50-Dane Colver[7]; 4. 77-Dalten Gabbard[4]; 5. 19W-Robby Flock[8]; 6. 13-Danika Jo Faccinto[1]; 7. 65-Ben Covich[10]; 8. 101-Cade Lewis[5]; 9. 3P-Drake Edwards[3]; 10. 1X-Jim Aveggio[12]; 11. (DNF) 1K-Terry Nichols[9]; 12. (DNF) 18-Floyd Alvis[11]; 13. (DNF) 00-Jake Andreotti[13]; 14. (DNF) 68-Marvin Mitchell[14]; 15. (DNS) 1T-Dakota Albright; 16. (DNS) 78-Ron Hazelton
BCRA Lightning Sprints:
1. 18-Josef Ferolito[1]; 2. 35JR-Dakota Albright[4]; 3. 91-Matt Land[3]; 4. 3F-Hunter Kinney[6]; 5. 47-Greg Dennett[2]; 6. 00-Bradley Schmidt[5]; 7. 27-Tyler Gerdes[8]; 8. 51-Cameron Martin[9]; 9. 21-Tom Schmidt[10]; 10. 22-Jason Schostag[7]
Price Shows The Way In Front of Packed Skagit Speedway House
7/6/24
By Kaleb Hart
Alger, WA - With a packed house watching on, Robbie Price found Skagit Speedway success on Saturday Night with his first win of the year. With Les Schwab supporting the racing action and fireworks to follow, it was Price, Jeff Westergard and Colin Sims taking home feature wins.
Price and Colton Heath started the main event in row one and after swapping moves and race lines multiple times in the first two laps, Robbie found the forward bite he needed to pull away and establish a strong lead. Heath settled into second and spent most of the race trying to keep Price from ditching him in traffic - Robbie had just finished lapping 11th place when a lap 24 caution bunched the field. Heath had cut Robbie’s lead in half right before the caution came out, but on the ensuing restart, chaos erupted from second on back, as Jesse Schlotfeldt and Jason Solwold had monster restarts that pushed them into podium finishing positions. No one could catch Price who rolled on to win the features ahead of Schlotfeldt and Solwold. Trey Starks set quick time. Heat races were won by Chase Goetz, Garen Linder, Schlotfeldt and Cam Smith.
Jeff Westergard won his first Skagit Aggregates Modifieds main event at Skagit Speedway. Westergard took the lead from Brent Morris on lap 12 and went on to win his first feature of the season at his home track. Alan Grimbly ran second with Ben Gunderson taking third. Grimbly and Gunderson were heat winners along with Austin Smith.
In the Hornet class, Colin Sims held off a strong challenge from Steve Peters to win the A Feature. Peters would try every line he could find, but Sims had the right defensive move for each attempt to stay ahead and win the race. Peters and Brian Michelson rounded out the podium. Michelson was fast time while heat race wins went to Howard Vos and Tazio Andreasson.
360 Sprints
Fast Time - Trey Starks 11.977
Heat 1 - Chase Goetz
Heat 2 - Garen Linder
Heat 3 - Jesse Schlotfeldt
Heat 4 - Cam Smith
Main - Robbie Price, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Jason Solwold, Colby Thornhill, Cam Smith, Colton Heath, Chase Goetz, Levi Hillier, Tanner Holm, Jordan Milne, Jordi Meese, Levi Klatt, Kai Dixon, Reece Goetz, Bill Rude, Dustin Gehring, Trey Starks, Brock Lemley, Axel Oudman, Garen Linder, Levi Kuntz, Mike Brown, Colin Mackey, Dallas Melby
Lap Leaders - Price 1-30
Hornets
Fast Time - Brian Michelson 18.754
Heat 1 - Howard Vos
Heat 2 - Tazio Andreasson
Main - Colin Sims, Steve Peters, Brian Michelson, Wyatt Covert, Raven Skaugrud, David Dykstra, Tazio Andreasson, Ian Buck, Robert Hays, Leanne King, Scott Henry, Dave Hill, Howard Vos, Dan O’Keefe, Brandt Burress, Braxton Houseman, William Zottneck, Jeff Woolsey, Brent Shetler, Mike Guffey
Lap Leaders - Sims 1-18
Skagit Aggregates Modifieds
Heat 1 - Austin Smith
Heat 2 - Alan Grimbly
Heat 3 - Ben Gunderson
Main - Jeff Westergard, Alan Grimbly, Ben Gunderson, James Bundy, Kevin Smith, Trevor Labarge, Steve Peters, Dan Butenschoen, Ben Malmstadt, Rick Smith, Brent Morris, TJ Larsen, Lee Swift, Adam Holtrop, Branden Nutter, Greg Hibma, Austin Smith, Jakob Smith
Lap Leaders - Morris 1-11 Westergard 12-16
Farnham and Jones Win Thrillers at Tri City Raceway Park; Mollick, Gomola, and Laskey Also Prevail
(Franklin, PA July 7, 2024): Matt Farnham captured the victory at Tri City Raceway Park in a thrilling finish in the Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars. Farnham got by Michael Bauer on the last lap, while A.J. Flick was closing fast on them both.
In another close battle, Roman Jones made a winning move in turns three and four on the final lap to score in the regularly scheduled feature for the Allegheny Sprint Tour 305 Sprints. Jake Gomola won the make-up feature for that class.
John Mollick and Rod Laskey also smiled in victory lane for the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprints and the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks, respectively.
Farnham and Bauer paced the field for the twenty-five lap Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars. Jeremy Weaver started third, with Gale Rulth, Jr. as his dance partner. Bob Felmlee and Dale Blaney made up row three. A.J. Flick and last week’s winner, Carl Bowser, were in row four. Brandon Spithaler and Jack Sodeman, Jr. paired up in row five, with Dan Kuriger making his first 2024 start from the inside of row six. Next to him was Zach Morrow.
Bauer jumped out to the early lead, with Farnham close in second. Ruth, Weaver, Flick, and Blaney followed. Before teh racers settled in, there were a pair of cautions. When the race got going again, it ran the remaining laps without any further interruptions.
Bauer held control, and it appeared as though he might get his first win of the season at Tri City Raceway Park. But Farhnham kept chipping away at the lead. When Bauer got hung up behind a lapper, Farnham seized upon the opportunity to make his move. He scooted by Bauer heading into turn one on the final lap. Bauer tried to launch a counterattack in turn three on the final lap, but he could not hold his line.
Flick was also coming on at the end. He may have had a shot ant both Bauer and Farnham on the final lap, but the presence of the lapped car would have made such a move quite difficult. So, He settled for third with a lot of what ifs on his mind.
Blaney was fourth, with Ruth in fifth. Bowser, Felmlee, Kuriger, Chase Metheney, and Dusty Larson rounded out the top ten.
Heat winners for the Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars were Dale Blaney and Jeremy Weaver. There was no B Main.
The 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Cars had teen Logen Lockhart and veteran John Mollick bring the field to the green. Brent Rhebergen and Zack Wilson were in row two. The third consisted of Joe Buccola and Arnie Kent. Luke Mullichak and Blaze Myers were in row four. The fifth row paired Tyler Clark and Rickie Tucker, III. The sixth row presented Devon Deeter and Charles McClintock.
Mollick surged ahead at the start of the fifteen lap feature. As the laps clicked off, Blaze Myers moved ahead, reaching second by lap eight. By then, Mollick had a commanding lead. Myers closed in on the veteran, but he could not attempt a pass for the lead.
At the checkers, it was Mollick once again, followed by Myers, Rhebergen, Buccola, and Kent. Wilson, Mullichak, Billy Myers, and Charles McClintock followed.
The twin heats for the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprints went to Luke Mullichak and John Mollick. There was no B Main.
In the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks, Shane Applebee and Brett McDonald were at the head of the field. Behind them were Doug Iorio, II and Travis Norman. The third row matched Rod Laskey with Jackson Humanic, who was subbing for Josh Seippel. Pat Fielding and and Jake Whitling made up row four. Mike Bordt and Andrew Hammond had row five. Aaron Smith and Jason Kinney held the sixth.
Laskey raced his way to the front early in the fifteen lapper. Humanic followed into the second position by lap four. Humanic was persistent, but he could not get by the veteran racer.
Laskey maintained his advantage despite two cautions that bunched up the field. Fielding, Bordt, and McDonald completed the top five. The next finishers were Applebee, Russ Coyne, Smith, Whitling, and Hammond.
The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks ran two heat races, which were won by Humanic and McDonald. There was no B Main.
In the regular show for the Allegheny Sprint Tour 305 Sprint Cars, Zack Wilson and Roman Jones staked their claims to row one. Then came Jeremy Kornbau and Jim Pattock. Row three matched Greg Dobrosky and Timmy Bittner. Andy Priest and Jake Gomola were in row four, followed by Vivian Jones and Shane Shook. Jarret Rosencrance and Roman Gephart occupied row six.
Rhodes grabbed the lead at the drop of the green and led until turn three on the final lap. Roman Jones drove deep into the corner and the two racers were wheel to wheel through the final corners. Jones powered ahead comin off turn four to get his first win of the season.
Interestingly, Jones telegraphed the winning move just before the final caution came out. The caution set him back to second for the restart. Rhodes got away cleanly, but Jones had enough in reserve to repeat the maneuver when it counted.
Gomola took third, followed by Priest and Pattock. Groves, Bittner, Hunter Hite, Shamus O’Donnell, and Lacey Shuttleworth rounded out the top ten.
The Allegheny Sprint Tour also presented two heats. The winners were Priest and Kornbau. There was no B Main.
In the make-up feature for the Allegheny Sprint Tour 305 Sprint Cars, Jake Gomola and Jeremy Kornbau brought the field to the green. Roman Gephart and Andy Priest lined up in the second row, followed by Timmy Bittner and James Pattock. Nolan Groves and Greg Dobrosky made up row four. Then came Jarrett Rosencrance and Jazlyn Boyles. Seth Harrelson and Vivian Jones were in row six.
Gomola made a power move around the outside of turn two following a lap six restart to take the lead from Kornbau, who led from the start of the event. Kornbau’s car began to overheat in the second half of the race and he lost power, eventually finishing third behind Gomola and Andy Priest.
Fourth went to Nolan Groves and fifth to Jarrett Rosencrance. Vivian Jones, Aaron Murano, James Pattock, Shamus O’Donnell, and Timmy Bittner were sixth trough tenth based upon laps completed.
The line-up for this event was set on May 26, before the rains came. No new cars were added.
Tim Bish still leads the way in the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge, with four victories to his credit.
Next week, Tri City Raceway Park will hold the first Quad Extravaganza from July 8 to July 12. Please check the speedway’s social media for for more details. On the oval, the next program will be July 14, for a Sunday Thunder event, however, the Pro Stock portion of the program will be conducted under the Penn Ohio Pro Stock Series rules. Then, on Saturday, July 20, there will be a Demolition Derby and an Enduro. The Oval will be back in action on July 21 for Sunday Thunder, plus Kids Bicycle Races. All children must have helmets. July 28 will close out the month with the second appearance of the FAST on Dirt Sprint Cars. Taking the place of the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprints in the rotation will be the RUSH Modified Sportsmen.
Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars: Matt Farnham, Michael Bauer, A.J. Flick, Dale Blaney, Gale Ruth, Jr., Carl Bowser, Bob Felmlee, Dan Kuriger, Chase Metheney, Dusty Larson, Andy Cavanaugh, Cameron Nastasi, Bodey McClintock, Jeremy Weaver, Michael Lutz, Jr., Jack Sodeman, Jr., Brandon Spithaler, Zach Morrow, Shamus O’Donnell.
4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprint Cars: John Mollick, Blaze Myers, Brent Rehbergen, Joe Buccola, Arnie Kent, Zach Wilson, Luke Mullichak, Logen Lockhart, Billy Myers, Charles McClintock, Curt Emigs. Ricky Tucker, III, Devon Deeter, Tyler Clark; Trent Marshall (DNS).
Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks: Rod Laskey, Jackson Humanic, Pat Fielding, Mike Bordt, Brett McDonald, Shane Applebee, Russ Coyne, Aaron Smith, Jake Whitling, Andrew Hammond, Jason Kimmy, Doug Iorio, II, Travis Norman; Joey Zambotti (DNS).
Allegheny Sprint Tour 305 Sprint Cars: Roman Jones, Zack Rhodes, Jake Gomola, Andy Priest, James Pattock, Nolan Groves, Timmy Bittner, Hunter Hite, Shamus O’Donnell, Lacey Shuttleworth, Aaron Murano, Greg Dobrosky, Jarrett Rosencrance, Shane Shook, Vivian Jones, Jeremy Kornbau, Roman Gephart, Seth Harrison, Alex Clute, Jazlyn Boyles.
Allegheny Sprint Tour 305 Sprint Car Make-up Feature: Jacob Gomola, Andy Priest, Jeremy Kornbau, Nolan Groves, Jarrett Rosencrance, Vivian Jones, Aaron Murano, James Pattock, Shamus O’Donnell, Timmy Bittner, Greg Dobrosky, Roman Gephart, Jazlyn Boyles, Seth Harrelson, Roman Jones; DNS: Jeffrey Weaver, Mike Mathieson.
WESTBROOK, BEGOLO, BAILEY, AND COOPER WIN ON BIKE NIGHT AT OHSWEKEN
Article Credit: Brent Otchere
OHSWEKEN, Ont. (July 5, 2024) – Strickland’s Brantford GM and Hunsinger's Plumbing, HVAC, & Electrical presented Drive Safe, Ride Safe, Race Safe Bicycle Night at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday; Dylan Westbrook, Brent Begolo, Dave Bailey, and Jeremy Cooper took A-Main wins.
Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars
Cory Turner and Eric Gledhill brought the 22 car field to the green flag for the
360 Sprint Car A-Main. Cory Turner set the pace, leading the opening laps while
drivers in the midfield were battling for positions. Points leader Dylan
Westbrook hunted down Cory Turner for the lead on lap seven, just before a
caution came out due to Todd Hoddick spinning to a stop off turn one. Westbrook
assumed the lead once more after the restart, quickly building a gap of over
eight seconds to second and third place runners Cory Turner and Ryan Turner
respectively.
After it was all said and done, Westbrook found himself back in victory lane picking up his fifth win of the season and furthering his points lead. Rounding out the top five were Cory Turner in second, Ryan Turner third, Eric Gledhill fourth, and Darren Dryden fifth. Gledhill set a new track record of 13.010 seconds in hot laps earlier in the evening, besting the fastest recorded 360 Sprint Car lap in track history set by Tom Huppunen in 2009.
Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
Sheldon Bender started on pole with Brent Begolo next to him for the 20 lap
Crate Sprint Car A-Main. Begolo rocketed ahead of Bender, quickly becoming the
favourite to win as his pace could not be matched by the field running a higher
downforce setup. A.J. Lewis spun to a stop on lap four, bringing out the
caution. Begolo once again got away from the pack unscathed, however.
Lap ten saw a red flag incident as multiple drivers were involved in an incident in which Steve Murdock’s car took significant damage; all the involved drivers were unharmed. Two more cautions came out in the latter half of the race but Begolo still remained in the lead, holding off the previous week’s winner Brett Stratford despite the restarts. Begolo went on to lead all 20 laps, picking up his second career Crate Sprint Car win. Next to cross the line were Stratford in second, Ryan Fraser third, Johnny Miller fourth, and Bender fifth.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
Freshstone Brands, Nitro 54 Variety, and Sit’n Bull Tire present the first night
of Thunder on the Grand on Thursday, July 11, featuring the NASCAR Canada
Series, Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, Empire Super Sprints, Great Lakes
Super Sprints, Southern Ontario Sprints, and Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars.
Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.ca for more information.
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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, July 5, 2024
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Sponsors: Strickland’s Brantford GM and
Hunsinger's Plumbing, HVAC, & Electrical
Total Entries: 111
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Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (22 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[3]; 2. 17X-Cory Turner[1]; 3. 15-Ryan Turner[15]; 4.
7-Eric Gledhill[2]; 5. 12DD-Darren Dryden[5]; 6. 68-Aaron Turkey[4]; 7. 88H-Josh
Hansen[12]; 8. 45-Nick Sheridan[7]; 9. 7NY-Matt Farnham[8]; 10. 9-Liam
Martin[13]; 11. 87X-Shone Evans[6]; 12. 19D-Allan Downey[16]; 13. 71-Mike
Bowman[22]; 14. 5-DJ Christie[9]; 15. 77T-Tyeller Powless[11]; 16. 94-Todd
Hoddick[10]; 17. 0-Glenn Styres[21]; 18. 21K-Kyle Phillips[19]; 19. 46-Kevin
Pauls[18]; 20. 81-Derek Jonathan[14]; 21. (DNF) 0C-Cole MacDonald[17]; 22. (DNS)
84L-Mike Lichty
Hard Charger – Ryan Turner +12
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 1:48.027
1. 7NY-Matt Farnham[2]; 2. 17X-Cory Turner[3]; 3. 77T-Tyeller Powless[1]; 4.
5-DJ Christie[6]; 5. 88H-Josh Hansen[7]; 6. 15-Ryan Turner[8]; 7. 0-Glenn
Styres[4]; 8. 71-Mike Bowman[5]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 1:48.065
1. 7-Eric Gledhill[2]; 2. 12DD-Darren Dryden[3]; 3. 68-Aaron Turkey[4]; 4.
94-Todd Hoddick[5]; 5. 9-Liam Martin[7]; 6. 46-Kevin Pauls[1]; 7. 21K-Kyle
Phillips[6]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 1. 45-Nick Sheridan[1]; 2. 87X-Shone Evans[5]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[7]; 4.
81-Derek Jonathan[3]; 5. 19D-Allan Downey[4]; 6. 0C-Cole MacDonald[2]; 7. (DNF)
84L-Mike Lichty[6]
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Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars (36 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 71-Brent Begolo[2]; 2. BS39-Brett Stratford[5]; 3. 94-Ryan Fraser[4]; 4.
20-Johnny Miller[3]; 5. 97-Sheldon Bender[1]; 6. 16X-Keegan Baker[18]; 7.
50LS-Adrian Stahle[6]; 8. 74-Rob Neely[15]; 9. 52-Jesse Costa[19]; 10. 88-Lance
Erskine[16]; 11. 45-Curtis Gartly[11]; 12. 29W-Tyler Ward[10]; 13. 9C-Brian
Nanticoke[22]; 14. 98-Jonah Mutton[21]; 15. 28T-Cameron Thomson[7]; 16.
51-Trevor Young[23]; 17. 11W-Jeremy Hughes[25]; 18. 72-Tanner Podwinski[27]; 19.
777O-Cameron Olm[14]; 20. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[13]; 21. 24A-AJ Lewis[20]; 22.
1V-Josh Verne Jr[26]; 23. MK8-Matt Hill[17]; 24. 38-Melissa Miller[12]; 25.
(DNF) 52RHR-Matt Billings[8]; 26. (DNF) 24K-Kiana Teal[9]; 27. (DNF) 14-Larry
Gledhill[28]; 28. (DNF) 2M-Steve Murdock[24]
Hard Charger – Keegan Baker +12
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 98-Jonah Mutton[2]; 2. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[3]; 3. 51-Trevor Young[1]; 4.
2M-Steve Murdock[12]; 5. 11W-Jeremy Hughes[4]; 6. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[13]; 7.
72-Tanner Podwinski[5]; 8. 14-Larry Gledhill[7]; 9. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[8]; 10.
4B-Darrell Pelletier[16]; 11. 53-Logan Shwedyk[9]; 12. 2-Travis Hofstetter[15];
13. 69K-Ken Hamilton[11]; 14. 3-Devon Bacher[14]; 15. 27-Niko Hansen[6]; 16.
(DNF) 14B-Broden Weiler[10]
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 1:59.587
1. 28T-Cameron Thomson[2]; 2. 24K-Kiana Teal[1]; 3. 74-Rob Neely[3]; 4.
16X-Keegan Baker[4]; 5. 777O-Cameron Olm[8]; 6. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[6]; 7.
27-Niko Hansen[7]; 8. (DNF) 14B-Broden Weiler[5]; 9. (DNS) 4B-Darrell Pelletier
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 1:59.916
1. 94-Ryan Fraser[2]; 2. 29W-Tyler Ward[1]; 3. 45-Curtis Gartly[4]; 4. 88-Lance
Erskine[5]; 5. 52-Jesse Costa[6]; 6. 72-Tanner Podwinski[3]; 7. 14-Larry
Gledhill[7]; 8. 53-Logan Shwedyk[9]; 9. 2M-Steve Murdock[8]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:00.048
1. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[1]; 2. BS39-Brett Stratford[5]; 3. 38-Melissa Miller[4];
4. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[6]; 5. 71-Brent Begolo[9]; 6. 51-Trevor Young[8]; 7.
85C-Cam MacKinnon[7]; 8. 3-Devon Bacher[2]; 9. 2-Travis Hofstetter[3]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 52RHR-Matt Billings[2]; 2. 97-Sheldon Bender[4]; 3. MK8-Matt Hill[1]; 4.
20-Johnny Miller[7]; 5. 24A-AJ Lewis[6]; 6. 11W-Jeremy Hughes[5]; 7. 98-Jonah
Mutton[9]; 8. 69K-Ken Hamilton[3]; 9. (DNF) 1V-Josh Verne Jr[8]
Spithaler Holds off Peterson For Wayne County Win
Defending Ti22 Performance FAST On Dirt champion, Brandon Spithaler, waged a torrid battle with current tour leader, Zane DeVault last night at Wayne County Speedway. Spithaler would emerge victorious in the 30-lap Rick Susong Memorial after DeVault tangled with lapped traffic while leading the race.
The action began with thirty-one-winged 410 sprint cars signed in for the night. Spithaler laid down the quickest overall lap in ARP Fasteners qualifying with a 14.548 to pace flight B. Cody Bova led flight A with a lap of 15.000. Heat race action saw Dale Blaney, Ricky Peterson, Leyton Wagner and Chris Myers picking up wins. The B Main was won by Jamie Myers.
The 30-lap main event was brought to green by Cody Bova and Zane DeVault and the pair drag raced to turn one. DeVault would lead the early stages but third starting Spithaler was there to do battle. Travis Philo was the first of three serious contenders out of the event, then, pole starter Bova got some help finding the inside implement tires on the back straight, doing serious damage to his car.
A late race restart found DeVault, Spithaler, Peterson, Wagner and Gunn all battling for the lead up front. Spithaler and DeVault swapped the lead before DeVault pulled away to a 10-car length lead. With victory on the horizon, he approached slower traffic, only to make contact and spin into the guardrail in turn three.
Back under green for the final seven laps, Spithaler fended off the challenge of Ricky Peterson with Leyton Wagner completing the podium. Tyler Gunn and Henry Malcuit rounded out a very strong top five. Dale Blaney, Chris Myers, Jordan Ryan, Darin Naida and Dylan Kingan completed the top ten.
Next up for the Ti22 Performance FAST tour is this coming weekend, a Hoosier state doubleheader. Friday, July 12 at Circle City Raceway near Indianapolis and Saturday, July 13 at Paragon Speedway. Watch for event details to be posted in the coming days.
BOX SCORE
FAST On Dirt - Event #5 Wayne County Speedway ; Orrville, Ohio Saturday, July 6, 2024 31 Entries
ARP Fasteners Qualifying Flight A (Heat 1 and 2) : 1. 20B-Cody Bova 15.000, 2. 4-Zane DeVault 15.073, 3. 5T-Travis Philo 15.122, 4. 2-Ricky Peterson 15.245, 5. 32-Dale Blaney 15.252, 6. 7DK-Dylan Kingan 15.363, 7. 5-Jeremy Weaver 15.636, 8. 6J-Jonah Aumend 15.936, 9. 23jr-Jack Sodeman Jr 16.184, 10. 1-Jamie Myers 16.211, 11. 3TN-Tyler Newhart 16.285, 12. 7-Troy Kingan 16.379, 13. 2x-Gage Etgen 16.522, 14. 1A-Mark Aldrich 16.823, 15. 2-Joe Adorjan 17.143, 16. 9H-Lance Heinberger 17.229
Flight B (Heat 3 and 4): 1. 22-Brandon Spithaler 14.548, 2. 91-Tyler Gunn 14.794, 3. 38-Leyton Wagner 14.997, 4. 25R-Jordan Ryan 14.999, 5. 70-Henry Malcuit 15.115, 6. 38K-Chris Myers 15.234, 7. 7N-Darin Naida15.259, 8. 9z-Duane Zablocki 15.520, 9. 5E-Bobby Elliott 15.615, 10. 6-Bob Felmlee 15.812, 11. 11-Shawn Hubler 16.036, 12. 35-Jared Zimbardi 16.204, 13. 8T-Tanner Tecco 16.479, 14. 91x-Aaron Middaugh 16.854, 15. 13-Jeremy Duposki 18.422
NAPA of Fremont - Heat 1: 1. 32-Blaney[2] ; 2. 5T-Philo[1] ; 3. 20B-Bova[4] ; 4. 5-Weaver[3] ; 5. 3TN-Newhart[6] ; 6. 23jr-Sodeman[5] ; 7. 2-Adorjan[8] ; 8. 2x-Etgen[7]
ALLmobility of Dayton - Heat 2: 1. 2-Peterson[1] ; 2. 4-DeVault[4] ; 3. 7DK-D.Kingan[2] ; 4. 7-T.Kingan[6] ; 5. 1-J.Myers[5] ; 6. 6J-Aumend[3] ; 7. 1A-Aldrich[7] ; 8. 9H-Heinberger[8]
All Pro Cylinder Heads - Heat 3: 1. 38-Wagner[1] ; 2. 22-Spithaler[4] ; 3. 70-Malcuit[2] ; 4. 7N-Naida[3] ; 5. 5E-Elliott[5] ; 6. 8T-Tecco[7] ; 7. 11-Hubler[6] ; 8. 13-Duposki[8]
Victory Fuel - Heat 4: 1. 38K-C.Myers[2] ; 2. 91-Gunn[4] ; 3. 25R-Ryan[1] ; 4. 9z-Zablocki[3] ; 5. 35-Zimbardi[6] ; 6. 6-Felmlee[5] ; 7. 91x-Middaugh[7]
MSD Ignitions - B Main: 1. 1-J.Myers[4] ; 2. 6-Felmlee[2] ; 3. 35-Zimbardi[5] ; 4. 8T-Tecco[8] ; 5. 23jr-Sodeman[6] ; 6. 2-Adorjan[9] ; 7. 2x-Etgen[13] ; 8. 6J-Aumend[7] ; 9. 11-Hubler[11] ; 10. 13-Duposki[15] ; 11. 91x-Middaugh[12] ; 12. 9H-Heinberger[14] ; 13. 1A-Aldrich[10] ; 14. 5E-Elliott[1] ; 15. 3TN-Newhart[3]
Ti22 Performance - A Main: 1. 22-Spithaler[3] ; 2. 2-Peterson[6] ; 3. 38-Wagner[4] ; 4. 91-Gunn[8] ; 5. 70-Malcuit[11] ; 6. 32-Blaney[5] ; 7. 38K-C.Myers[4] ; 8. 25R-Ryan[12] ; 9. 7N-Naida[15] ; 10. 7DK-D.Kingan[10] ; 11. 8T-Tecco[20] ; 12. 23jr-Sodeman[21] ; 13. 9z-Zablocki[16] ; 14. 6-Felmlee[18] ; 15. 35-Zimbardi[19] ; 16. 2-Adorjan[22] ; 17. 7-T.Kingan[14] ; 18. 4-DeVault[2] ; 19. 1-J.Myers[17] ; 20. 5-Weaver[13] ; 21. 20B-Bova[1] ; 22. 5T-Philo[9]
Helms & Sons Construction - Hard Charger: 8T - Tanner Tecco +9
Helms & Sons Construction - Hard Luck: 5E - Bobby Elliott
Franek Flies to Fulton Victory Lane
By Curtis Berleue (Fulton, NY) | For the second time in 2024, ‘No Panic’ Davie Franek found himself in victory lane on Saturday night with the Empire Super Sprints. Earning $2,500 for his efforts, the New Jersey native took the lead on lap 5 and never looked back.
Starting on the Pinnacle Pole, Franek fell into second place early behind outside polesitter Shawn Donath. On lap 5, Franek was able to slip by on Donath to take the lead.
While running second, troubles with the ignition on lap 11 resulted in a DNF for the #53 of Donath, which handed over the runner up position to Matt Tanner.
With everyone moving up a position as a result, that meant Billy VanInwegen would take over the final podium position moving into third, where he spent the next handful of laps.
Meanwhile, eventual A-Verdi Storage Containers hard charger award recipient Jason Barney was working his way through the pack. Starting in 25th position after getting upside down in his heat race and more misfortune in the B-Main, Barney passed 22 cars, the final being VanInwegen on lap 23 to slip into third.
Nobody had anything for Franek, however, as he crossed the checkers first with just shy of a 3.5 second advantage on lap 25.
“Restarts were definitely not good for me tonight,” said Franek in victory lane.
“Obviously I got the lead there, but it was tough in the cockpit, the motor stumbled a little bit and really didn’t have the car the way we wanted. Its just great to be standing here.”
Matt Tanner was able to hold on for second, while Jason Barney rounded out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium in third. Billy VanInwegen was fourth, and Johnny Smith completed the top five.
32 cars lined the pits for the 4th night of the 2024 CNY Speedweek, with the field being split into four timed hot lap groups. Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards went to Davie Franek, Johnny Smith, Ryan Coniam and Danny Varin. E&V Energy heat race winners were Matt Tanner, Jordan Poirier, Billy VanInwegen and Shawn Donath. The East Coast Sealcoat dash was won by Jordan Thomas, while Robbie Stillwaggon picked up the Lacaillade Masonry B-Main.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is Sunday, July 7th at the Weedsport Speedway in Weedsport, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Sunday, July 7 – Weedsport Speedway – Weedsport, NY ($2,500 to Win CNY Speedweek)
Thursday, July 11 – Ohsweken Speedway – Ohsweken, ONT ($5,000 to win NASCAR Night – no points)
Friday, July 12 – Ohsweken Speedway – Ohsweken, ONT ($10,000 to win Northern Summer Nationals – no points)
Full Results:
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 28F-Davie Franek[1]; 2. 90-Matt Tanner[3]; 3. 87-Jason Barney[25]; 4. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[6]; 5. #3Z-John Smith IV[7]; 6. 28-Jordan Poirier[9]; 7. 22-Jonathan Preston[17]; 8. #41-Dalton Rombough[23]; 9. 96X-Chad Phelps[18]; 10. #89-Robbie Stillwaggon[21]; 11. 10-Kelly Hebing[19]; 12. #79-Jordan Thomas[13]; 13. #25G-Tyler Graves[24]; 14. 66-Jordan Hutton[26]; 15. 0-Glenn Styres[12]; 16. 4P-Chase Moran[20]; 17. #5H-Chris Hile[16]; 18. 13T-Trevor Years[22]; 19. 36-Logan Crisafulli[14]; 20. 46-Ryan Coniam[4]; 21. 3-Parker Evans[10]; 22. #99L-Larry Wight[5]; 23. 53-Shawn Donath[2]; 24. #01-Danny Varin[11]; 25. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[8]; 26. 98-Joe Trenca[15]
Lacaillade Masonry B-Main (10 Laps): 1. #89-Robbie Stillwaggon[2]; 2. 13T-Trevor Years[4]; 3. #41-Dalton Rombough[3]; 4. #25G-Tyler Graves[6]; 5. 33-Lacey Hanson[7]; 6. #4-Emily VanInwegen[10]; 7. 13-Keith Granholm[1]; 8. 13E-Evan Reynolds[5]; 9. 66-Jordan Hutton[8]; 10. 29-Dylan Menditto[12]; 11. 23-Eric Cartier[9]; 12. 87-Jason Barney[11]
East Coast Sealcoat Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. #79-Jordan Thomas[2]; 2. 36-Logan Crisafulli[1]; 3. 98-Joe Trenca[3]; 4. #5H-Chris Hile[4]
E&V Energy Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 90-Matt Tanner[5]; 2. 0-Glenn Styres[1]; 3. 28F-Davie Franek[6]; 4. 36-Logan Crisafulli[3]; 5. 22-Jonathan Preston[4]; 6. 13-Keith Granholm[7]; 7. 13E-Evan Reynolds[2]; 8. 23-Eric Cartier[8]
E&V Energy Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[4]; 2. #99L-Larry Wight[2]; 3. #3Z-John Smith IV[6]; 4. #79-Jordan Thomas[3]; 5. 96X-Chad Phelps[7]; 6. #89-Robbie Stillwaggon[5]; 7. #25G-Tyler Graves[1]; 8. #4-Emily VanInwegen[8]
E&V Energy Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[7]; 2. 46-Ryan Coniam[6]; 3. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[3]; 4. 98-Joe Trenca[1]; 5. 10-Kelly Hebing[2]; 6. #41-Dalton Rombough[5]; 7. 33-Lacey Hanson[8]; 8. 87-Jason Barney[4]
E&V Energy Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 53-Shawn Donath[3]; 2. 3-Parker Evans[1]; 3. #01-Danny Varin[6]; 4. #5H-Chris Hile[5]; 5. 4P-Chase Moran[4]; 6. 13T-Trevor Years[2]; 7. 66-Jordan Hutton[7]; 8. 29-Dylan Menditto[8]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #28F-Davie Franek; #3Z-Johnny Smith; #46-Ryan Coniam; #01-Danny Varin
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #90-Matt Tanner; #28-Jordan Poirier; #10v-Billy VanInwegen; #53-Shawn Donath
Cobra Coaches / East Coast Sealcoat Dash Winner ($125): #79-Jordan Thomas
Lacaillade Masonry B Main Winner ($50): #89-Robbie Stillwaggon
PJC Spray Foam First Non-Qualifier ($50): #33-Lacey Hanson
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #28F-Davie Franek
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #87-Jason Barney (+22)
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #13T-Trevor Years
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #10-Kelly Hebing
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #28F-Davie Franek; #90-Matt Tanner; #87-Jason Barney
Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #36-Logan Crisafulli
Hunter Schuerenberg Sweeps Weekend Wins with POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints at Lake Ozark Speedway
Eldon, MO. (7/6/24) Hunter Schuerenberg would flex his racing might once
again with the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint in Night Two of the Independence
Celebrations presented by Start2Finish TV to notch his third league victory and
pocket the payday in an outstanding twenty-five lap feature event at Lake Ozark
Speedway.
Flying onto the smooth surface with thirty talented entrants of the POWRi
410’s would see Jace Park set a quick qualifying time of 11.629-second lap with
Joe B Miller, Gunner Ramey, Chase Porter, and Roger Crockett each earning heat
racing victories.
Captivating the crowd on the initial green flag start with high-point
qualifier Hunter Schuerenberg and Jace Park lined up in the front row would find
Jace Park gain the lead on the opening lap with Hunter Schuerenberg, Joe B
Miller, Xavier Doney, and Jake Bubak all raced within the top five.
Overtaking for the top position when occurring lap traffic would find Hunter Schuerenberg using a precise high line to take the lead from Jace Park with Joe B Miller following suite into the runner-up positioning with Park fading to third.
Setting the stage for late race drama, caution would wave with four laps remaining with Joe B Miller attempting to take the top-spot using a slider line on the restart with Schuerenberg protecting the lead with perfection.
Leading the final twenty revolutions, Hunter Schuerenberg would not be denied in earning his third-straight career POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint victory in an action-packed main event with Joe B Miller hustling into the runner-up position.
“The track was more technical tonight and I hate being up front leading when the rubber starts to show, it’s like I’m a sitting duck,” said an elated Hunter Schuerenberg in the Eldon Missouri victory lane ceremony celebrations. Adding, “I really appreciate all the support and I hope we get to do this again really soon”.
Challenging closely behind would find one-time leader of five laps Jace Park placing on the final podium placement from the starting second position on the initial green flag. Eighth-starting Sam Hafertepe Jr would be among the frontrunners all feature to fourth as Jake Bubak would round out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints in Night Two of the Independence Celebrations at Lake Ozark Speedway.
Lake Ozark Speedway | POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint Series | 7/6/24:
Start2Finish TV Quick Qualifying Time: 45X-Jace Park(11.629)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 51B-Joe B Miller
Eibach Racing Heat Race 2 Winner: 21-Gunner Ramey
Auto Meter Heat Race 3 Winner: 2-Chase Porter
Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race 4 Winner: 12X-Roger Crockett
MVT Services Semi-Feature Winner: 97-Scotty Milan
Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 19-Hunter Schuerenberg
Meru Safety Hard Charger: 3-Ayrton Gennetten(+13)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 19-Hunter Schuerenberg
Toyota Racing Development TRD A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 19-Hunter Schuerenberg[1]; 2. 51B-Joe B Miller[6]; 3. 45X-Jace Park[2]; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[8]; 5. 27B-Jake Bubak[5]; 6. 21-Gunner Ramey[11]; 7. 52-Blake Hahn[18]; 8. 74-Xavier Doney[4]; 9. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[22]; 10. 87-Reed Whitney[16]; 11. 1JR-Steven Russell[20]; 12. 79-Gage Montgomery[9]; 13. 97-Scotty Milan[17]; 14. 14T-Tim Estenson[7]; 15. 12X-Roger Crockett[14]; 16. 2-Chase Porter[13]; 17. 31-Zach Daum[15]; 18. 12-Corbin Gurley[12]; 19. 37-Bryce Norris[10]; 20. 98P-Miles Paulus[19]; 21. 31M-Kameron Key[3]; 22. 00-Broc Elliott[21].
Max Papis Innovations MPI B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 97-Scotty Milan[6]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[9]; 3. 98P-Miles Paulus[11]; 4. 1JR-Steven Russell[13]; 5. 00-Broc Elliott[7]; 6. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[2]; 7. 8S-Steve Short[12]; 8. 122-Lane Warner[8]; 9. 7A-Will Armitage[3]; 10. 93-Taylor Walton[1]; 11. 1T-Trevin Littleton[4]; 12. 14-Jacob Bloodworth[5]; 13. 77-Jack Wagner[10]; 14. 50K-Kyle Bellm[14].
Flying A Motorsports Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[2]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney[3]; 3. 45X-Jace Park[4]; 4. 87-Reed Whitney[6]; 5. 93-Taylor Walton[7]; 6. 14-Jacob Bloodworth[8]; 7. 52-Blake Hahn[5]; 8. 77-Jack Wagner[1].
Eibach Racing Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Gunner Ramey[1]; 2. 79-Gage Montgomery[2]; 3. 14T-Tim Estenson[3]; 4. 27B-Jake Bubak[4]; 5. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[5]; 6. 97-Scotty Milan[7]; 7. 98P-Miles Paulus[6]; 8. (DNS) 50K-Kyle Bellm.
Auto Meter Auto Meter Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Chase Porter[1]; 2. 19-Hunter Schuerenberg[4]; 3. 12-Corbin Gurley[2]; 4. 37-Bryce Norris[3]; 5. 7A-Will Armitage[5]; 6. 00-Broc Elliott[6]; 7. 1JR-Steven Russell[7]..
Engler Machine Tool Engler Machine & Tool Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 12X-Roger Crockett[1]; 2. 31M-Kameron Key[4]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[3]; 4. 31-Zach Daum[2]; 5. 1T-Trevin Littleton[5]; 6. 122-Lane Warner[7]; 7. 8S-Steve Short[6].
Start2Finish Qualifying: 1. 45X-Jace Park, 00:11.629[3]; 2. 27B-Jake Bubak, 00:11.710[13]; 3. 19-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:11.798[17]; 4. 31M-Kameron Key, 00:11.801[22]; 5. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:11.863[19]; 6. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:11.869[21]; 7. 37-Bryce Norris, 00:11.877[7]; 8. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:11.928[18]; 9. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:11.944[4]; 10. 79-Gage Montgomery, 00:12.012[2]; 11. 12-Corbin Gurley, 00:12.016[10]; 12. 31-Zach Daum, 00:12.068[12]; 13. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:12.072[11]; 14. 21-Gunner Ramey, 00:12.101[8]; 15. 2-Chase Porter, 00:12.105[1]; 16. 12X-Roger Crockett, 00:12.132[24]; 17. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:12.139[23]; 18. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:12.229[27]; 19. 7A-Will Armitage, 00:12.232[5]; 20. 1T-Trevin Littleton, 00:12.372[20]; 21. 87-Reed Whitney, 00:12.496[29]; 22. 98P-Miles Paulus, 00:12.581[30]; 23. 00-Broc Elliott, 00:12.600[6]; 24. 8S-Steve Short, 00:12.668[15]; 25. 93-Taylor Walton, 00:12.675[16]; 26. 97-Scotty Milan, 00:12.802[25]; 27. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:12.815[26]; 28. 122-Lane Warner, 00:13.341[28]; 29. 14-Jacob Bloodworth, 00:14.075[14]; 30. (DNS) 50K-Kyle Bellm, 01:00.000.
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Brubaker breaks through for 1st 410 win of year at Fremont; Stroup dominates 305s; Valenti tames trucks
Saturday, July 6, 2024
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio – There were times during the 2024 racing season that Stuart Brubaker probably thought about quitting as his family-owned 410 sprint team struggled with performance and crashes, switching chassis and set-ups trying to find speed. But, the veteran didn’t give up and it finally paid off at Fremont Speedway Presented by Gill Construction Saturday, July 6 in thrilling fashion on Roots Poultry Night.
A three-time Fremont Speedway 305 track champion, Brubaker, from Helena, Ohio, watched an over four second lead evaporate as he struggled with lapped traffic late in the caution-free 30-lap Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint feature. Brubaker held off a charging Cap Henry to score his first win of the season by just .196 seconds. DJ Foos, Larry Kingseed and Mike Keegan rounded out the top five. It was Brubaker’s 9th career victory at “The Track That Action Built.”
“I was a little bit faster than the lapped cars but if I moved off the bottom then I opened a lane for him (Henry) and them guys ain’t afraid of crashing. To say we’ve struggled this year is a huge understatement. We’ve tried different cars… we changed everything and this car is the one we started the year with. It’s my guys, Bill and Brad and Ron…they never gave up. They have been busting their asses all year trying to get me better,” said Brubaker beside his Pit Stop, Black Swamp H&C, Story Equipment, Josh Kromer’s Seamless Gutters, Finish Line Race Fuels, Gressman Powersports backed #35.
With his second place finish Henry, the 2023 All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group champion, closes the gap on Cale Thomas and Zeth Sabo who entered the night one and two in the series’ standings as Thomas finished 10th and Sabo 13th at Fremont.
Just like Brubaker, Fremont, Ohio’s Dustin Stroup has struggled at Fremont Speedway in 2024. A night after his car suffered a rear end issue at Attica Raceway Park, Stroup was able to dominate the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature that saw only one caution flag for his first win of 2024 at the track. Stroup’s 10th career victory at Fremont came in dominating fashion as he won by six seconds over Jamie Miller, Tyler Schiets, Zack Kramer and Kasey Ziebold.
“Last night we blew a rear-end up at Attica so Dad and I stayed up late and got it all changed and Jamie and the guys came over and we got it all squared away. I felt really good but not six seconds good…that’s awesome. I gotta thank everyone on this thing…Jamie and Renee for letting me drive their car. My mom and dad and my girlfriend Katie and my daughter Layla, Tracey…everybody that helps out,” said Stroup beside his Sulfur Town Pub, BSE Welding, Meru Safety, Velocity Print, The Pizza House, Sunrise Designs, Momma Dukes from Shelluke’s Bar and Grill, GCE LLC, Handy Grafix, Mitten Painting, Myers Racing Engines, Rohr Total Lawn Care, Eye Candy Custom Cycles, DJ Johnson & Family, GWH, Advance Auto Parts, BRS, J&J Auto backed #12x.
Miller’s second place run will keep him atop the NAPA of Bryan Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales standings though Stroup’s win will narrow that gap.
Despite a lot of cautions, the 20-lap Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck feature was very entertaining up front. Dustin Keegan led the first two laps before Steve Miller took the lead for four circuits. Keith Sorg drove into the top spot on lap seven before surrendering it to Shawn Valenti on lap 12. Sorg inched back ahead for lap 14 before Valenti regained the lead on lap 15. Valenti ran the top shelf while Sorg hugged the bottom and pair raced side by side the last five laps and coming to the checkers Valenti edged Sorg by .083 seconds for his third win at Fremont in 2024 with Dan Hennig, Keegan and Kent Brewer rounding out the top five.
Valenti’s third straight truck win is the 77th of his career at Fremont and puts him in second on the all-time win list, surpassing hall of famer the late Art Ball and just three behind Paul Weaver.
“I grew up watching Art Ball and got to race with him with him quite a bit and I think his last win…he got me on that one. To surpass him…hats off to his career. It’s amazing to be up here with that many wins. Hats off to Babcock and all my guys on this brand new truck…the thing is amazing. I wasn’t sure if I should leave the top on either end and obviously I shouldn’t have…he (Sorg) drove it in there pretty hard on the last lap,” said Valenti beside his Craig Miller Trucking, Conrad Transportation, Dave Story Equipment, A Plus Auto Center, Concrete Material Supply, S&S Hauling and Excavating backed #7B.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, July 13 with the AFCS 410 and 305 sprints and dirt trucks in action on Crown Battery Night.
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About Root’s Poultry - https://www.rootspoultry.com
Wayne Root was stringing phone lines when the Great Depression hit. To support his family, Root began buying produce and other foods from local farmers and taking them to market in the Cleveland area. In Cleveland, he would purchase products to bring back and sell to the farmers. At some point Wayne started raising his own chickens to butcher and take to market and that evolved into a chicken processing facility.
The facility where Roots Poultry is located today near Fremont opened in early 1956. It still had an area in the back where chickens were brought in, a processing area in the middle and, in the front, a retail store. Due to a change in federal law, Wayne quit raising and dressing his own chickens and Roots became a processor. Later, Wayne’s grandchildren Mark and Mike Damschroder were working in the business and in 1985 bought it from their grandmother.
The company had evolved to the point that it was producing ready-to-eat chicken products. Shredded chicken became the company’s bread-and-butter product, but later the company added barbeque pork and other pork and beef products under the Daisyfield brand. Today Roots produces over two dozen products and all can be found in the freezer section at area retail stores.
Fremont Speedway
Saturday, July 6, 2024
410 Sprints - Winged 25 Entries
A Feature 30 Laps | 00:12:44.307
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1]; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[5]; 3. 16-DJ Foos[3]; 4. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[9]; 5. X-Mike Keegan[2]; 6. 9-Trey Jacobs[6]; 7. 101-Kalib Henry[8]; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron[11]; 9. 14-Sean Rayhall[4]; 10. 23-Cale Thomas[7]; 11. 5-Kody Brewer[14]; 12. 19-TJ Michael[13]; 13. 29-Zeth Sabo[17]; 14. 15C-Chris Andrews[16]; 15. 4-Josh Turner[12]; 16. 2+-Brian Smith[18]; 17. 28M-Conner Morrell[15]; 18. 4S-Tyler Street[10]; 19. 7M-Brandon Moore[19]; 20. 13-Van Gurley Jr[20]
B Feature 10 Laps | 00:13:04.391
1. 15C-Chris Andrews[1]; 2. 29-Zeth Sabo[3]; 3. 2+-Brian Smith[2]; 4. 7M-Brandon Moore[7]; 5. 13-Van Gurley Jr[4]; 6. 17S-Shelby Rankin[9]; 7. 3V-Chris Verda[6]; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[5]; 9. 98-Robert Robenalt[8]; 10. (DNS) 88JR-Jimmy McCune
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:18.000
1. 33W-Cap Henry[2]; 2. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[1]; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3]; 4. 4S-Tyler Street[4]; 5. 19-TJ Michael[5]; 6. 29-Zeth Sabo[9]; 7. 3V-Chris Verda[7]; 8. 2+-Brian Smith[6]; 9. 88JR-Jimmy McCune[8]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:04:39.000
1. 23-Cale Thomas[2]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry[4]; 3. 9-Trey Jacobs[3]; 4. 22M-Dan McCarron[1]; 5. 5-Kody Brewer[5]; 6. 13-Van Gurley Jr[6]; 7. 7M-Brandon Moore[7]; 8. 17S-Shelby Rankin[8]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:05:42.000
1. 16-DJ Foos[2]; 2. 14-Sean Rayhall[3]; 3. X-Mike Keegan[5]; 4. 4-Josh Turner[6]; 5. 28M-Conner Morrell[4]; 6. 75-Jerry Dahms[8]; 7. 98-Robert Robenalt[7]; 8. 15C-Chris Andrews[1]
Qualifying 1 1 Laps | 00:00:26.000
1. 4S-Tyler Street, 00:13.060[2]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:13.069[3]; 3. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.114[23]; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:13.165[16]; 5. 9-Trey Jacobs, 00:13.166[10]; 6. 14-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.167[19]; 7. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:13.169[5]; 8. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:13.200[12]; 9. 16-DJ Foos, 00:13.316[25]; 10. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:13.335[24]; 11. 22M-Dan McCarron, 00:13.363[18]; 12. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:13.432[14]; 13. 19-TJ Michael, 00:13.467[1]; 14. 5-Kody Brewer, 00:13.538[7]; 15. X-Mike Keegan, 00:13.583[20]; 16. 2+-Brian Smith, 00:13.667[13]; 17. 13-Van Gurley Jr, 00:13.776[21]; 18. 4-Josh Turner, 00:13.825[15]; 19. 3V-Chris Verda, 00:13.861[22]; 20. 7M-Brandon Moore, 00:13.968[6]; 21. 98-Robert Robenalt, 00:13.990[17]; 22. 88JR-Jimmy McCune, 00:14.042[11]; 23. 17S-Shelby Rankin, 00:14.251[8]; 24. 75-Jerry Dahms, 00:17.222[4]; 25. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:17.436[9]
305 Sprints - Winged 28 Entries
A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:13:33.484
1. 12X-Dustin Stroup[2]; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[7]; 3. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[1]; 4. 8K-Zack Kramer[4]; 5. X15-Kasey Ziebold[3]; 6. 01-Bryan Sebetto[8]; 7. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath[6]; 8. 2-Brendan Torok[9]; 9. 1W-Paul Weaver[5]; 10. 78-Austin Black[12]; 11. 3X-Blayne Keckler[11]; 12. 8DD-Dustin Dinan[15]; 13. 9R-Logan Riehl[10]; 14. 0-Bradley Bateson[13]; 15. 26S-Lee Sommers[19]; 16. 7M-Brandon Moore[17]; 17. 19R-Steve Rando[14]; 18. 28-Shawn Valenti[18]; 19. 12-Dylan Watson[16]; 20. 51M-Haldon Miller[20]
B Feature 12 Laps | 00:18:07.000
1. 12-Dylan Watson[2]; 2. 7M-Brandon Moore[4]; 3. 28-Shawn Valenti[3]; 4. 26S-Lee Sommers[6]; 5. 51M-Haldon Miller[8]; 6. 3M-Logan Mongeau[9]; 7. 8-Jim Leaser[1]; 8. 18-Ben Watson[7]; 9. 11-Brayden Harrison[11]; 10. 98-Dave Hoppes[12]; 11. 85-Dustin Feller[5]; 12. (DNS) 1S-James Saam; 13. (DNS) 88-Jimmy McCune Jr
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:11:34.000
1. 12X-Dustin Stroup[2]; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[4]; 3. 2-Brendan Torok[1]; 4. 9R-Logan Riehl[3]; 5. 0-Bradley Bateson[5]; 6. 28-Shawn Valenti[7]; 7. 85-Dustin Feller[9]; 8. 18-Ben Watson[6]; 9. 1S-James Saam[8]; 10. (DNS) 88-Jimmy McCune Jr
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:09:06.000
1. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[2]; 2. 01-Bryan Sebetto[4]; 3. 8K-Zack Kramer[3]; 4. 3X-Blayne Keckler[6]; 5. 19R-Steve Rando[7]; 6. 12-Dylan Watson[5]; 7. 8-Jim Leaser[1]; 8. 51M-Haldon Miller[9]; 9. 11-Brayden Harrison[8]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:34.000
1. X15-Kasey Ziebold[1]; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[4]; 3. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath[3]; 4. 78-Austin Black[2]; 5. 8DD-Dustin Dinan[6]; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[8]; 7. 26S-Lee Sommers[7]; 8. 3M-Logan Mongeau[5]; 9. 98-Dave Hoppes[9]
Qualifying 1 2 Laps | 00:16:45.000
1. 26-Jamie Miller, 00:13.818[12]; 2. 01-Bryan Sebetto, 00:13.934[4]; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver, 00:14.056[8]; 4. 9R-Logan Riehl, 00:14.073[24]; 5. 8K-Zack Kramer, 00:14.075[1]; 6. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath, 00:14.076[14]; 7. 12X-Dustin Stroup, 00:14.254[26]; 8. 10TS-Tyler Schiets, 00:14.283[13]; 9. 78-Austin Black, 00:14.295[2]; 10. 2-Brendan Torok, 00:14.295[23]; 11. 8-Jim Leaser, 00:14.333[3]; 12. X15-Kasey Ziebold, 00:14.345[19]; 13. 0-Bradley Bateson, 00:14.346[6]; 14. 12-Dylan Watson, 00:14.438[25]; 15. 3M-Logan Mongeau, 00:14.490[5]; 16. 18-Ben Watson, 00:14.555[11]; 17. 3X-Blayne Keckler, 00:14.555[18]; 18. 8DD-Dustin Dinan, 00:14.565[21]; 19. 28-Shawn Valenti, 00:14.571[22]; 20. 19R-Steve Rando, 00:14.576[20]; 21. 26S-Lee Sommers, 00:14.590[9]; 22. 1S-James Saam, 00:14.608[17]; 23. 11-Brayden Harrison, 00:14.638[7]; 24. 7M-Brandon Moore, 00:14.703[27]; 25. 85-Dustin Feller, 00:14.774[15]; 26. 51M-Haldon Miller, 00:14.807[28]; 27. 98-Dave Hoppes, 00:14.948[10]; 28. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr, 00:17.709[16]
Dirt Trucks 25 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:29:51.569
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[8]; 2. 8-Keith Sorg[6]; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig[5]; 4. 17X-Dustin Keegan[1]; 5. 8KB-Kent Brewer[9]; 6. 88-Cory McCaughey[2]; 7. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[4]; 8. 28-Cody Laird[13]; 9. 7X-Dana Frey[12]; 10. 8S-Brandon Stukey[19]; 11. 34-Todd Warnick[11]; 12. 4M-Jamie Miller[7]; 13. 7XP-Cyle Poole[14]; 14. 18S-Randy Swiecicki[18]; 15. 9-Curt Inks[10]; 16. 20-Caleb Shearn[20]; 17. 1M-Scott Milligan[16]; 18. 99-Eric Potridge[15]; 19. 95-Steve Miller[3]; 20. 9S-Tony Parker[17]; 21. 51-Dave Bankey[21]; 22. (DNS) P51-Dave Golembiewski
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:10:17.000
1. 95-Steve Miller[3]; 2. 88-Cory McCaughey[5]; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig[4]; 4. 9-Curt Inks[1]; 5. 28-Cody Laird[9]; 6. 1M-Scott Milligan[7]; 7. 8S-Brandon Stukey[8]; 8. P51-Dave Golembiewski[2]; 9. 51-Dave Bankey[6]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:06:16.000
1. 4M-Jamie Miller[3]; 2. 8-Keith Sorg[2]; 3. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[1]; 4. 34-Todd Warnick[4]; 5. 7XP-Cyle Poole[5]; 6. 9S-Tony Parker[7]; 7. 35-Ron Miller[6]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:12:00.248
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[3]; 2. 17X-Dustin Keegan[2]; 3. 8KB-Kent Brewer[1]; 4. 7X-Dana Frey[4]; 5. 99-Eric Potridge[7]; 6. 18S-Randy Swiecicki[5]; 7. 20-Caleb Shearn[6]
Qualifying 1 2 Laps | 00:01:04.000
1. 32H-Dan Hennig, 00:17.870[12]; 2. 4M-Jamie Miller, 00:17.902[18]; 3. 7B-Shawn Valenti, 00:17.910[9]; 4. 95-Steve Miller, 00:17.972[20]; 5. 8-Keith Sorg, 00:18.016[17]; 6. 17X-Dustin Keegan, 00:18.025[6]; 7. P51-Dave Golembiewski, 00:18.054[7]; 8. 26-Kyle Lagrou, 00:18.117[19]; 9. 8KB-Kent Brewer, 00:18.195[15]; 10. 9-Curt Inks, 00:18.238[23]; 11. 5S-Bradley Stuckey, 00:18.329[16]; 12. 67-Ben Clapp, 00:18.360[3]; 13. 88-Cory McCaughey, 00:18.442[13]; 14. 34-Todd Warnick, 00:18.553[10]; 15. 7X-Dana Frey, 00:18.683[21]; 16. 51-Dave Bankey, 00:18.748[8]; 17. 7XP-Cyle Poole, 00:18.767[14]; 18. 18S-Randy Swiecicki, 00:18.952[2]; 19. 1M-Scott Milligan, 00:19.075[5]; 20. 35-Ron Miller, 00:19.227[11]; 21. 20-Caleb Shearn, 00:19.236[25]; 22. 8S-Brandon Stukey, 00:19.290[24]; 23. 9S-Tony Parker, 00:19.318[4]; 24. 99-Eric Potridge, 00:19.332[1]; 25. 28-Cody Laird, 00:19.547[22]
Hunter Schuerenberg Snags Repeat Victory with POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints at Lake Ozark Speedway
Eldon, MO. (7/5/24) Hunter Schuerenberg would seize the opportunity to return
to victory lane with the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint in Night One of the
Independence Celebrations presented by Start2Finish TV to notch his
second-straight league victory and pocket the payday in an action-packed feature
event at Lake Ozark Speedway.
Flying onto the smooth surface with thirty-one talented entrants of the POWRi
410’s would see Jake Bubak set a quick qualifying time of 11.507-second lap with
Tim Estenson, Kyle Bellm, Garet Williamson, and Hunter Schuerenberg each earning
heat racing victories as well as Max Guilford grabbing the lone semi-feature
victory.
Captivating the crowd on the initial green flag start with high-point
qualifier Hunter Schuerenberg and Emerson Axsom lined up in the front row as
Schuerenberg would shoot to the lead on the opening lap with Axsom, Joe B
Miller, Jake Bubak, and Blake Hahn all racing within the early top five.
Overtaking for the top-spot would find Emerson Axsom leading the pack of
hungry POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprinters for a total of seventeen laps while appearing
to be in a class above the competition with Hunter Schuerenberg settling into
the runner up position as Joe B Miller continued to stalk in third.
Setting the stage for late-race dramatics, Hunter Schuerenberg would use
perfect timing on a choose-cone restart to slide into the front-scored spot and
hold the final revolutions with Axsom racing rapidly to recover in runner-up
placement.
Going back-to-back in victories, Hunter Schuerenberg would not be denied
leading eight laps and earning his second career POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint victory
in an action-packed main event with Emerson Axsom settling for the runner-up
position late.
“You just have to play the hand that is dealt to you. This track was a bit
dryer, faster, and trickier than we expected tonight, I made one mistake in lap
traffic and Emerson was right there to get by me. That last restart was key and
I knew I had to get to the bottom before he could shut the door because the top
was curby and tough” said the elated Hunter Schuerenberg in the Eldon Missouri
victory lane ceremony celebrations. Adding, “These young kids can race hard but
clean so that makes this so much better”.
Challenging closely behind would find Jake Bubak placing on the final podium
placement from the starting fifth on the initial green flag. Ayrton Gennetten
would be among the frontrunners late in the feature to finish fourth as Roger
Crockett would round out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints
in Night One of the Independence Celebrations at Lake Ozark Speedway.
Lake Ozark Speedway | POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint Series | 7/5/24:
Start2Finish TV Quick Qualifying Time: 27B-Jake Bubak(11.507)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 14T-Tim Estenson
Eibach Racing Heat Race 2 Winner: 50K-Kyle Bellm
Auto Meter Heat Race 3 Winner: 23-Garet Williamson
Driven Midwest Heat Race 4 Winner: 19-Hunter Schuerenberg
Max Papis Innovations Semi-Feature Winner: 79G-Max Guilford
Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 19-Hunter Schuerenberg
Meru Safety Hard Charger: 79-Gage Montgomery(+15)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 19-Hunter Schuerenberg
Toyota Racing Development TRD A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 19-Hunter
Schuerenberg[1]; 2. 27-Emerson Axsom[2]; 3. 27B-Jake Bubak[5]; 4. 3-Ayrton
Gennetten[12]; 5. 12X-Roger Crockett[7]; 6. 51B-Joe B Miller[6]; 7. 45X-Jace
Park[15]; 8. 79-Gage Montgomery[22]; 9. 23-Garet Williamson[14]; 10. 74-Xavier
Doney[11]; 11. 50K-Kyle Bellm[13]; 12. 52-Blake Hahn[8]; 13. 98P-Miles
Paulus[10]; 14. 14T-Tim Estenson[3]; 15. 77-Jack Wagner[18]; 16. 37-Bryce
Norris[4]; 17. 1JR-Steven Russell[20]; 18. 21-Gunner Ramey[9]; 19. 7A-Will
Armitage[16]; 20. 1T-Trevin Littleton[21]; 21. 93-Taylor Walton[19]; 22. 79X-Max
Guilford[17].
Max Papis Innovations MPI B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 79X-Max Guilford[1]; 2.
77-Jack Wagner[3]; 3. 93-Taylor Walton[2]; 4. 1JR-Steven Russell[7]; 5.
1T-Trevin Littleton[9]; 6. 79-Gage Montgomery[13]; 7. 28-Luke Verardi[4]; 8.
12-Corbin Gurley[5]; 9. 97-Scotty Milan[14]; 10. 87-Reed Whitney[6]; 11.
8S-Steve Short[8]; 12. 00-Broc Elliott[15]; 13. 122-Lane Warner[10]; 14. (DNS)
15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr; 15. (DNS) 52F-Logan Faucon.
Flying A Motorsports Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14T-Tim
Estenson[2]; 2. 45X-Jace Park[1]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[3]; 4. 79X-Max
Guilford[5]; 5. 27B-Jake Bubak[4]; 6. 12-Corbin Gurley[6]; 7. 1T-Trevin
Littleton[7]; 8. 00-Broc Elliott[8].
Eibach Racing Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50K-Kyle Bellm[1]; 2.
21-Gunner Ramey[2]; 3. 12X-Roger Crockett[3]; 4. 27-Emerson Axsom[4]; 5. 77-Jack
Wagner[5]; 6. 87-Reed Whitney[7]; 7. 122-Lane Warner[8]; 8. 97-Scotty Milan[6].
MVT Services MVT Services Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Garet Williamson[1]; 2.
98P-Miles Paulus[2]; 3. 52-Blake Hahn[3]; 4. 37-Bryce Norris[4]; 5. 93-Taylor
Walton[7]; 6. 8S-Steve Short[6]; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[8]; 8. 79-Gage
Montgomery[5].
Driven Midwest Driven Midwest Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Hunter Schuerenberg[4];
2. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[2]; 3. 7A-Will Armitage[1]; 4. 74-Xavier Doney[3]; 5.
28-Luke Verardi[6]; 6. 1JR-Steven Russell[5]; 7. 52F-Logan Faucon[7].
Start2Finish Qualifying: 1. 27B-Jake Bubak, 00:11.507[4]; 2. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:11.530[14]; 3. 37-Bryce Norris, 00:11.570[9]; 4. 19-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:11.621[22]; 5. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:11.727[26]; 6. 12X-Roger Crockett, 00:11.766[5]; 7. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:11.807[21]; 8. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:11.809[28]; 9. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:11.872[2]; 10. 21-Gunner Ramey, 00:11.923[11]; 11. 98P-Miles Paulus, 00:11.937[17]; 12. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:11.952[29]; 13. 45X-Jace Park, 00:11.966[12]; 14. 50K-Kyle Bellm, 00:11.972[1]; 15. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.972[27]; 16. 7A-Will Armitage, 00:11.979[8]; 17. 79X-Max Guilford, 00:11.979[30]; 18. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:11.981[18]; 19. 79-Gage Montgomery, 00:11.995[23]; 20. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:12.084[20]; 21. 12-Corbin Gurley, 00:12.121[19]; 22. 97-Scotty Milan, 00:12.128[24]; 23. 8S-Steve Short, 00:12.241[6]; 24. 28-Luke Verardi, 00:12.305[10]; 25. 1T-Trevin Littleton, 00:12.332[31]; 26. 87-Reed Whitney, 00:12.407[15]; 27. 93-Taylor Walton, 00:12.452[3]; 28. 52F-Logan Faucon, 00:12.666[13]; 29. 00-Broc Elliott, 00:13.056[16]; 30. 122-Lane Warner, 00:13.323[25]; 31. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 01:00.000[7].
Friesen Finds Victory Lane in CNY Speedweek Night One
By Curtis Berleue (Vernon, NY) | Making a rare sprint car start, NASCAR Truck
series driver Stewart Friesen picked up his fourth CNY Speedweek victory and
first since 2015 on Thursday night at Utica-Rome Speedway. Driving for Glenn
Styres, the now Sprakers, NY driver fended off multiple charges from Jordan
Poirier for the $2,500 victory.
Pinnacle pole award winner Stewart Friesen brought the field to green with
Jordan Poirier on his outside. Going into turn one, Poirier took the early
advantage on the outside. Before a lap could be completed, however, the first
caution flew for multiple slowing cars.
The ensuing restart saw another caution before the field could reach turn 3,
this time for Josh Pieniazek in turn 1. The third restart was the charm, though,
as a lap was able to be completed and Friesen was able to jump out to the lead.
As Friesen clicked off lap 5, he started navigating lap traffic, with Poirier,
Billy VanInwegen, Danny Varin and Jordan Thomas in tow. The next lap, however,
another caution flew, this time for a slowing Chris Hile.
Poirier was able to take full advantage of the restart, as he got a good run
around the top and took the lead from Friesen. Behind the leaders, Matt Tanner
was the star of the show as he had worked his way from the 22nd starting
position to 9th in the first 10 laps.
Another caution on lap 12 slowed the field again, and it spelled heartbreak for
Tanner as an issue under caution ended his march to the front.
Friesen was able to re-take the lead from Poirier on the restart, working the
high side. Danny Varin followed in third, with Billy VanInwegen now in fourth
and Joe Trenca rounding out the top 5.
With Friesen opening up his lead over Poirier, all eyes were on the battle for
5th as Trenca and Davie Franek would trade slide jobs on each end of the track.
Friesen was able to continue pulling away from the rest of the field and crossed
under the checkers with over a 5 second lead.
“That was a blast, big thanks to Glenn and the whole GSR crew, they’re building
these cars and motors in house now, and they were great” said Friesen in victory
lane. “I didn’t fire off real good on the bottom on restarts. I would overshoot
turn one and then Jordan would get me.”
“The track was great though, even with as slick as it was we could race all over
it.”
Jordan Poirier crossed the line in second, a solid start to CNY Speedweek.
“I tried to start slow, I knew if I started slow I could have the momentum on
the top side,” said Poirier. “I knew if he got out in front of me, it was going
to be tough to pass him.”
“He was super fast in 3 and 4, and it seemed like my car was just a little bit
tighter. Hopefully tomorrow will go just like tonight and we can finish up
front.”
Rounding out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium was Danny Varin.
“It was tough tonight,” said Varin. “When you start with those guys on the front
row its going to be tough to beat them. Hats off to those guys, we made our car
better all night but we were just off a little bit at the beginning of the night
and were just trying to catch up a little bit.
With 37 cars signed in on the night, the field was split into four timed hot lap
groups. Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards went to Joe Trenca, Jason Barney,
Jordan Poirier, and Matt Farnham. E&V Energy heat race winners were Joe Trenca,
Jason Barney, Jordan Poirier and Jordan Thomas. Shawn Donath picked up the
Kinney’s Kar Kare dash, and Alex Therrien won the Lacaillade Masonry B-Main.
The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is tonight, July 5 at the
Brewerton Speedway in Brewerton, NY. For the latest news, information, and
schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series
website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super
Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).
The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for
their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier
Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Fondations 4
Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI
Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products,
DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.
The ESS Road Ahead:
Friday, July 5 – Brewerton Speedway – Brewerton, NY ($2,500 to Win CNY Speedweek)
Saturday, July 6 – Fulton Speedway – Fulton, NY ($2,500 to Win CNY Speedweek)
Sunday, July 7 – Weedsport Speedway – Weedsport, NY ($2,500 to Win CNY Speedweek)
Full Results:
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 0F-Stewart Friesen[1]; 2. 28-Jordan Poirier[2]; 3.
#01-Danny Varin[4]; 4. 10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[3]; 5. 28F-Davie Franek[11]; 6.
98-Joe Trenca[10]; 7. #79-Jordan Thomas[8]; 8. 87-Jason Barney[5]; 9. 4P-Chase
Moran[9]; 10. 53-Shawn Donath[13]; 11. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[16]; 12. 21T-Alex
Therrien[21]; 13. 0-Glenn Styres[19]; 14. #89-Robbie Stillwaggon[18]; 15.
#5H-Chris Hile[25]; 16. 17J-Kyle Smith[20]; 17. 36-Logan Crisafulli[15]; 18.
13T-Trevor Years[26]; 19. 10-Kelly Hebing[14]; 20. 3-Parker Evans[23]; 21.
#7NY-Matt Farnham[12]; 22. 90-Matt Tanner[22]; 23. 21-Jonathan Preston[7]; 24.
#41-Dalton Rombough[6]; 25. #9-Josh Pieniazek[17]; 26. 13-Keith Granholm[24]
Lacaillade Masonry B-Main (10 Laps): 1. 21T-Alex Therrien[1]; 2. 90-Matt
Tanner[5]; 3. 3-Parker Evans[2]; 4. 13-Keith Granholm[10]; 5. 46-Ryan Coniam[3];
6. #5H-Chris Hile[13]; 7. 13T-Trevor Years[6]; 8. #4-Emily VanInwegen[4]; 9.
84-Tyler Rand[9]; 10. #88C-Chad Miller[17]; 11. 11J-Chris Jones[7]; 12. 6K-Kyle
Dutcher[14]; 13. 33-Lacey Hanson[15]; 14. X-Dan Bennett[8]; 15. 13E-Evan
Reynolds[11]; 16. 23-Eric Cartier[16]; 17. 29-Dylan Menditto[12]
Kinneys Kar Kare Dash (4 Laps): 1. 53-Shawn Donath[3]; 2. 10-Kelly Hebing[1]; 3.
36-Logan Crisafulli[4]; 4. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[2]
E&V Energy Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 98-Joe Trenca[2]; 2. #01-Danny Varin[1]; 3.
10V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[6]; 4. 10-Kelly Hebing[4]; 5. #9-Josh Pieniazek[7]; 6.
21T-Alex Therrien[10]; 7. 90-Matt Tanner[9]; 8. 84-Tyler Rand[8]; 9. #5H-Chris
Hile[3]; 10. #88C-Chad Miller[5]
E&V Energy Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 87-Jason Barney[2]; 2. #41-Dalton Rombough[5];
3. 4P-Chase Moran[1]; 4. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[4]; 5. #89-Robbie Stillwaggon[3];
6. 3-Parker Evans[6]; 7. 13T-Trevor Years[7]; 8. 13-Keith Granholm[8]; 9.
6K-Kyle Dutcher[9]
E&V Energy Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[2]; 2. 0F-Stewart Friesen[1];
3. 28F-Davie Franek[5]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[4]; 5. 0-Glenn Styres[7]; 6. 46-Ryan
Coniam[3]; 7. 11J-Chris Jones[6]; 8. 13E-Evan Reynolds[9]; 9. 33-Lacey Hanson[8]
E&V Energy Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. #79-Jordan Thomas[1]; 2. #7NY-Matt Farnham[2];
3. 21-Jonathan Preston[4]; 4. 36-Logan Crisafulli[3]; 5. 17J-Kyle Smith[5]; 6.
#4-Emily VanInwegen[7]; 7. X-Dan Bennett[6]; 8. 29-Dylan Menditto[9]; 9. 23-Eric
Cartier[8]
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #98-Joe Trenca; #87-Jason Barney;
#28-Jordan Poirier; #7NY-Matt Farnham
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): #98-Joe Trenca; #87-Jason Barney; #28-Jordan
Poirier; #79-Jordan Thomas
Cobra Coaches / Kinney’s Kar Kare Dash Winner ($125): #53-Shawn Donath
Lacaillade Masonry B Main Winner ($50): #21T-Alex Therrien
PJC Spray Foam First Non-Qualifier ($50): #46-Ryan Coniam
Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #0X-Stewart Friesen
A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #5H-Chris Hile
Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #3-Parker Evans
Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): #17-Sammy Reakes IV
Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #0X-Stewart Friesen,
#28-Jordan Poirier; #01-Danny Varin
Thomas gets 3rd 410 win at Attica; Moore earns third late model victory; Sebetto drives to 2nd 305 win at Attica
Friday, July 5, 2024
By Brian Liskai
ATTICA, Ohio – Cale Thomas took the lead with only five laps to go in the 410 sprint feature Friday, July 5 at Attica Raceway Park and drove to his third win of the year at the track on Heidelberg Materials/Sutton Bank Fan Appreciation Night.
Thomas, from Fairland, Indiana, now has five total wins in 2024. Attica’s point leader increases his advantage in the points with the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group. Thomas’ win aboard the Jay Kiser Racing #23 is his sixth podium run of the year at Attica Raceway Park. He now has five career victories at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speed plant.
Darin Naida led the opening lap of the Callie’s Performance Products 410 Sprint A-main but third starter Zeth Sabo bolted into the top spot a lap later. Sabo built up a 1.5 second lead by the half-way point with Naida, Thomas, Cap Henry and Kalib Henry in tow. With 9 laps to go Thomas disposed of Naida and began closing on Sabo, driving into the lead on lap 25. While Thomas pulled away, the action for second was wild involving Naida, Sabo, Cap Henry and Kalib Henry. At the checkers behind Thomas, Sabo, Cap Henry, Kalib Henry and Naida rounded out the top five.
“I was struggling there at the beginning. The motor was 140 degrees…we had a problem with our engine heater before we went out. These things don’t like being cold and it kind of made it a hand full even when I got myself situated and the motor was good I couldn’t keep the front end down on this thing. Once we got the fuel load off a little bit and got closer to dirty air and I seemed to stay about the same speed when it slowed those other guys down,” said Thomas beside his Spanky’s Pizza, Shelluke’s Bar & Grill, Automatic Fire Protection, Ohio Refrigeration, Ohio Heating, Engler Machine, BH 41, TMH Holdings, Berryman Racing Shocks, Keizer Wheels backed machine.
Colin Shipley led the first 15 laps of the Whistle Stop Presents the Dirt Nerds Podcast Powered by Propane UMP Late Model A-main before Kyle Moore drove around the high side to take the point and drive away for his second straight win at Attica. It’s Moore’s third victory of 2024 at Attica and an incredible eighth straight podium finish at the track. Shipley, JR Gentry, Devin Shiels and Ryan Markham rounded out the top five.
“I was watching Colin but there wasn’t too much I could do…he was letting it hang out getting in and I couldn’t diamond it off in one and two. I followed him and he left a lot of room getting into turn four. I got a run and it was like here it is. We took the point lead and we got another win and this is awesome,” said Moore beside his Kepling Flooring, Tye Tworg Longhorn, Joyride Transportation, Smitley Towing, Short Stop, Malcuit Race Engines, Wilson Realty, Robin Jakubick, RL Bond Septic, Hepthorn Golf Cart Sales, House of Spud, K&B Septic Service, Coffman Composites, Team Midwest Paint, Platinum Design backed #1*
Steve Rando led the first lap of the Fremont Fence 305 Sprints A-main before five time track champion Jamie Miller drove to the lead. Miller built up a nearly three second lead but while slicing through lapped traffic with 10 laps to go, a pair spun, collecting Miller. Rando led on the restart but eighth starter Bryan Sebetto drove under him and took the top spot on lap 17. Sebetto drove away to his second win of the season at Attica and his 16th career victory in the division at the track. It was also Sebetto’s fifth overall victory of 2024.
Rando, Logan Riehl, Brenden Torok and Miller, who drove from the tail after his mid race mishap, rounded out the top five. Miller’s efforts ensure he will remain atop the NAPA of Bryan Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales standings.
“We got off of what we were doing at the beginning of the year there for a little stretch just trying to get better and we were actually getting worse. We went back to what we know and what was working. Guy and Chase and Kevin have this car so good and so driveable right now. We’re at a point where we are just fine tuning here and there. Doug Berryman built us a new left rear shock to try tonight and it was really good,” said Sebetto beside his Sandusky Bay Remodeling, JLH General Contractor, Sandusky Bay RV Rentals, KH Suspension, Race Ready Apparrel, NAPA of Fremont, Clay Keim, Depot Pizza, CA Kustoms, Level Performance backed #01.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Tuesday, July 16 for the 36th Annual Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic Presented by dac Pet Products featuring the World of Outlaw NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.
For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.comor follow the track on Twitter
@atticaracewyprk or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/atticaracewaypark and Instagram at
attica_raceway_park. Attica Raceway Park events are streamed on DirtVision.
Attica Raceway Park
Friday, July 5, 2024
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410 Sprints - Callie's Performance Products
Qualifying
1.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.308; 2.14R-Sean Rayhall, 13.350; 3.33W-Cap Henry, 13.436; 4.101-Kalib Henry, 13.466; 5.15C-Chris Andrews, 13.472; 6.5T-Travis Philo, 13.521; 7.28M-Conner Morrell, 13.522; 8.19-TJ Michael, 13.557; 9.8M-TJ Michael, 13.557; 10.21K-Larry Kingseed Jr, 13.594; 11.23-Cale Thomas, 13.640; 12.7N-Darin Naida, 13.643; 13.16-DJ Foos, 13.650; 14.29-Zeth Sabo, 13.656; 15.4*-Tyler Street, 13.656; 16.W20-Greg Wilson, 13.699; 17.2-Ricky Peterson, 13.733; 18.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.803; 19.9-Trey Jacobs, 13.804; 20.15K-Creed Kemenah, 13.830; 21.5E-Bobby Elliott, 13.853; 22.5-Kody Brewer, 13.898; 23.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.909; 24.X-Mike Keegan, 14.006; 25.13-Van Gurley, Jr., 14.012; 26.26W-Cody White, 14.115; 27.17S-Shelby Rankin, 14.147; 28.2+-Brian Smith, 14.184;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 7N-Darin Naida[1] ; 2. 23-Cale Thomas[2] ; 3. 19-TJ Michael[3] ; 4. 4*-Tyler Street[5] ; 5. 9-Trey Jacobs[7] ; 6. W20-Greg Wilson[6] ; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[8] ; 8. 17S-Shelby Rankin[9] ; 9. 14R-Sean Rayhall[4]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 15C-Chris Andrews[2] ; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[3] ; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4] ; 4. 28M-Conner Morrell[1] ; 5. 68G-Tyler Gunn[6] ; 6. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[5] ; 7. 5E-Bobby Elliott[7] ; 8. X-Mike Keegan[8] ; 9. 26W-Cody White[9]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 29-Zeth Sabo[1] ; 2. 16-DJ Foos[2] ; 3. 101-Kalib Henry[4] ; 4. 5T-Travis Philo[3] ; 5. 2-Ricky Peterson[5] ; 6. 2+-Brian Smith[9] ; 7. 5-Kody Brewer[7] ; 8. 15K-Creed Kemenah[6] ; 9. 13-Van Gurley, Jr.[8]
B-Main 1 - (8 Laps)
1. W20-Greg Wilson[1] ; 2. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[2] ; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[4] ; 4. 5E-Bobby Elliott[5] ; 5. 15K-Creed Kemenah[9] ; 6. 14R-Sean Rayhall[10] ; 7. 5-Kody Brewer[6] ; 8. 13-Van Gurley, Jr.[12] ; 9. 26W-Cody White[11] ; 10. 17S-Shelby Rankin[7] ; 11. X-Mike Keegan[8] ; 12. 2+-Brian Smith[3]
A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 23-Cale Thomas[1] ; 2. 29-Zeth Sabo[3] ; 3. 33W-Cap Henry[6] ; 4. 101-Kalib Henry[4] ; 5. 7N-Darin Naida[2] ; 6. 16-DJ Foos[8] ; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 8. 28M-Conner Morrell[11] ; 9. 4*-Tyler Street[10] ; 10. 9-Trey Jacobs[13] ; 11. 19-TJ Michael[9] ; 12. 15C-Chris Andrews[7] ; 13. 2-Ricky Peterson[15] ; 14. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[17] ; 15. 68G-Tyler Gunn[14] ; 16. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[18] ; 17. 15K-Creed Kemenah[20] ; 18. 5E-Bobby Elliott[19] ; 19. 5T-Travis Philo[12] ; 20. W20-Greg Wilson[16]
305 Sprints - Fremont Fence Co.
Qualifying
1.01-Bryan Sebetto, 13.833; 2.2-Brenden Torok, 14.030; 3.9R-Logan Riehl, 14.092; 4.26-Jamie Miller, 14.118; 5.3X-Blayne Keckler, 14.288; 6.12X-Dustin Stroup, 14.306; 7.8K-Zach Kramer, 14.307; 8.10TS-Tyler Schiets, 14.308; 9.7M-Brandon Moore, 14.309; 10.61-Tyler Shullick, 14.339; 11.85-Dustin Feller, 14.363; 12.2S-Jackson Sebetto, 14.366; 13.51M-Haldon Miller, 14.395; 14.12-Dylan Watson, 14.425; 15.29-Rich Farmer, 14.436; 16.19R-Steve Rando, 14.445; 17.18-Ben Watson, 14.461; 18.0-Bradley Bateson, 14.464; 19.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 14.465; 20.5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr., 14.474; 21.63-Randy Ruble, 14.534; 22.36-Seth Schneider, 14.536; 23.78-Austin Black, 14.547; 24.319-Steven Watts, 14.617; 25.3M-Logan Mongeau, 14.664; 26.5DD-Dustin Dinan, 14.783; 27.26S-Lee Sommers, 14.811; 28.18Z-Brian Razum, 14.900; 29.11-Brayden Harrison, 15.062; 30.11TS-Tate Schiets, 15.211; 31.1S-Keith Whaley, 15.474; 32.2T-Tony Alvarez, 15.888; 33.5M-Mike Moore, 99.999;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 2. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[2] ; 3. 3X-Blayne Keckler[3] ; 4. 9R-Logan Riehl[4] ; 5. 26S-Lee Sommers[5] ; 6. 18Z-Brian Razum[6] ; 7. 2T-Tony Alvarez[8] ; 8. 11-Brayden Harrison[7]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 01-Bryan Sebetto[4] ; 2. 12X-Dustin Stroup[3] ; 3. 12-Dylan Watson[1] ; 4. 0-Bradley Bateson[5] ; 5. 3M-Logan Mongeau[8] ; 6. 51M-Haldon Miller[2] ; 7. 319-Steven Watts[7] ; 8. 63-Randy Ruble[6]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 7M-Brandon Moore[3] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[1] ; 3. 2-Brenden Torok[4] ; 4. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[2] ; 5. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[6] ; 6. 18-Ben Watson[5] ; 7. 11TS-Tate Schiets[7] ; 8. 1S-Keith Whaley[8]
Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps)
1. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 2. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[7] ; 3. X15-Kasey Ziebold[6] ; 4. 61-Tyler Shullick[2] ; 5. 78-Austin Black[8] ; 6. 29-Rich Farmer[5] ; 7. 8K-Zach Kramer[3] ; 8. 85-Dustin Feller[1]
B-Main 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 26S-Lee Sommers[1] ; 2. 3M-Logan Mongeau[2] ; 3. 78-Austin Black[4] ; 4. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[3] ; 5. 8K-Zach Kramer[12] ; 6. 63-Randy Ruble[14] ; 7. 18-Ben Watson[7] ; 8. 51M-Haldon Miller[6] ; 9. 11-Brayden Harrison[13] ; 10. 29-Rich Farmer[8] ; 11. 85-Dustin Feller[16] ; 12. 18Z-Brian Razum[5] ; 13. 1S-Keith Whaley[15] ; 14. 11TS-Tate Schiets[11] ; 15. 319-Steven Watts[10] ; 16. 2T-Tony Alvarez[9]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 01-Bryan Sebetto[8] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[1] ; 3. 9R-Logan Riehl[4] ; 4. 2-Brenden Torok[10] ; 5. 26-Jamie Miller[3] ; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[2] ; 7. 36-Seth Schneider[6] ; 8. 61-Tyler Shullick[16] ; 9. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[7] ; 10. X15-Kasey Ziebold[13] ; 11. 8K-Zach Kramer[21] ; 12. 3M-Logan Mongeau[18] ; 13. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[20] ; 14. 0-Bradley Bateson[14] ; 15. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[15] ; 16. 63-Randy Ruble[22] ; 17. 12-Dylan Watson[12] ; 18. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[9] ; 19. 78-Austin Black[19] ; 20. 3X-Blayne Keckler[11] ; 21. 26S-Lee Sommers[17] ; 22. 12X-Dustin Stroup[5]
Late Models - Dirt Nerds Podcast
Qualifying
1.91-Rusty Schlenk, 14.859; 2.51-Devin Shiels, 14.923; 3.46-Colin Shipley, 15.106; 4.94-Mike Bores, 15.145; 5.1*-Kyle Moore, 15.148; 6.5M-Ryan Markham, 15.173; 7.92B-Austin Bright, 15.293; 8.14JR-JR Gentry, 15.305; 9.92-Justin Chance, 15.426; 10.1N-Casey Noonan, 15.433; 11.14C-Clint Coffman, 15.587; 12.51B-Brayden Shiels, 15.634; 13.74-Jeff Warnick, 15.667; 14.28-Kent Brewer, 15.701; 15.2C-Dave Hornikel, 15.701; 16.RH03-Gregg Haskell, 15.837; 17.11-Austin Gibson, 15.840; 18.27-Ken Hahn, 15.857; 19.20H-Troy Hahn, 16.208; 20.16-Steve Sabo, 16.223; 21.16H-Cody Truman, 22.317;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 1N-Casey Noonan[1] ; 2. 14JR-JR Gentry[2] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[3] ; 4. 46-Colin Shipley[4] ; 5. 27-Ken Hahn[7] ; 6. 14C-Clint Coffman[5] ; 7. 11-Austin Gibson[6]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 91-Rusty Schlenk[4] ; 2. 94-Mike Bores[2] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[3] ; 4. RH03-Gregg Haskell[6] ; 5. 28-Kent Brewer[5] ; 6. 51B-Brayden Shiels[1] ; 7. 20H-Troy Hahn[7]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 74-Jeff Warnick[1] ; 2. 1*-Kyle Moore[4] ; 3. 92-Justin Chance[2] ; 4. 2C-Dave Hornikel[5] ; 5. 16-Steve Sabo[6] ; 6. 92B-Austin Bright[3] ; 7. 16H-Cody Truman[7]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1*-Kyle Moore[2] ; 2. 46-Colin Shipley[1] ; 3. 14JR-JR Gentry[5] ; 4. 51-Devin Shiels[4] ; 5. 5M-Ryan Markham[9] ; 6. 91-Rusty Schlenk[3] ; 7. 94-Mike Bores[8] ; 8. RH03-Gregg Haskell[11] ; 9. 74-Jeff Warnick[6] ; 10. 1N-Casey Noonan[7] ; 11. 92-Justin Chance[10] ; 12. 2C-Dave Hornikel[12] ; 13. 14C-Clint Coffman[16] ; 14. 27-Ken Hahn[13] ; 15. 92B-Austin Bright[18] ; 16. 28-Kent Brewer[14] ; 17. 16-Steve Sabo[15] ; 18. 51B-Brayden Shiels[17] ; 19. 11-Austin Gibson[19] ; 20. 16H-Cody Truman[21] ; 21. 20H-Troy Hahn[20]
KASEY JEDRZEJEK WINS 4TH ANNUAL "MR. EXCITEMENT" TIM ALLISON TRIBUTE RACE
Elida, OH - Honoring sprint car legend Tim Allison tonight at Limaland Motorsports Park, the Great Lakes Super Sprints presented by Engine Pro & ARP had 19 cars on hand. Kasey Jedrzejek (Lagrange, OH) sliced and diced through lap traffic for his third GLSS victory on the 2024 season.
Chase Dunham (Lepisic, OH) led the first couple laps of the race and then rode the cushion a little to hard and ended up in the wall of turn 2. Thankfully Dunham was alright and was able to keep racing. Kasey took this opportunity to charge up a total of 5 spots past Dustin Daggett (Portland, MI) and bring home the Tim Allison 4th Annual Memorial Race.
Early in the night during qualifying we lost two drivers, the 16b of Justin Clark (Hamersville, OH) who ended up in the wall during qualifying and the 49t of Gregg Dalman (Bellevue, MI) who pulled off during qualifying due to motor issues.
Tonight's Ti22 Performance Fast Qualifier was Zane DeVault (Plymouth, IN), putting in a lap time of 11.410 seconds. Daggett wins the Engler Machine & Tool Heat 1, while Brad Lamberson (Parma,MI) wins the Howard Johnson of Lima, OH Heat 2 and Phil Gressman (Fremont, OH) takes home the win in the Ohio CAT the Rental Store Heat 3.
Zane DeVault was tonight's Operating Engineers 324 Hard Charger, moving up a total of 8 spots. Caleb Harmon (Elida,OH) takes home the Engine Pro Lucky Dog!!
Great Lakes Super Sprints presented by Engine Pro and ARP will be back in action Saturday, July 6th at Tri-City Motor Speedway!
Ohio CAT A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:19:45.608
11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[6]; 2. 85-Dustin Daggett[1]; 3. 17-Jared Horstman[3]; 4. 23-Devon Dobie[7]; 5. 7C-Phil Gressman[5]; 6. 44-Zane DeVault[14]; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[13]; 8. 71H-Max Stambaugh[10]; 9. 11A-Abby Hohlbein[12]; 10. 37-Noah Dunlap[11]; 11. 27-Brad Lamberson[4]; 12. 35-Ron Blair[8]; 13. 66-Chase Dunham[2]; 14. 11X-Caleb Harmon[16]; 15. 88N-Frank Neill[15]; 16. 19P-Brady Parmeley[17]; 17. 24-Kobe Allison[9]; 18. (DNS) 49T-Gregg Dalman; 19. (DNS) 16B-Justin Clark
Engler Machine and Tool Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:39.218
85-Dustin Daggett[1]; 2. 23-Devon Dobie[3]; 3. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[4]; 4. 71H-Max Stambaugh[6]; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[2]; 6. 11X-Caleb Harmon[5]; 7. (DNS) 16B-Justin Clark
Howard Johnson of Lima, OH Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:03.136
27-Brad Lamberson[1]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[2]; 3. 24-Kobe Allison[3]; 4. 37-Noah Dunlap[5]; 5. 44-Zane DeVault[4]; 6. (DNS) 49T-Gregg Dalman
Ohio CAT the Rental Store Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:07:31.962
7C-Phil Gressman[2]; 2. 35-Ron Blair[1]; 3. 66-Chase Dunham[4]; 4. 11A-Abby Hohlbein[5]; 5. 88N-Frank Neill[3]; 6. 19P-Brady Parmeley[6]
Qualifying 1 99 Laps | 00:00:23.462
11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:11.616[5]; 2. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:11.700[2]; 3. 20I-Kelsey Ivy, 00:11.710[1]; 4. 23-Devon Dobie, 00:11.745[4]; 5. 11X-Caleb Harmon, 00:11.880[3]; 6. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 00:11.934[6]; 7. 16B-Justin Clark, 00:12.236[7]
Qualifying 2 99 Laps | 00:00:22.837
44-Zane DeVault, 00:11.410[1]; 2. 27-Brad Lamberson, 00:11.614[4]; 3. 17-Jared Horstman, 00:11.672[3]; 4. 24-Kobe Allison, 00:11.949[5]; 5. 37-Noah Dunlap, 00:12.251[2]; 6. (DNS) 49T-Gregg Dalman, 00:12.251
Qualifying 3 99 Laps | 00:00:31.338
66-Chase Dunham, 00:11.772[5]; 2. 35-Ron Blair, 00:11.879[6]; 3. 7C-Phil Gressman, 00:11.888[2]; 4. 88N-Frank Neill, 00:12.130[4]; 5. 11A-Abby Hohlbein, 00:12.164[3]; 6. 19P-Brady Parmeley, 00:12.967[1]
Hot Laps 1 | 00:01:07.038
44-Zane DeVault[2]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[8]; 3. 24-Kobe Allison[14]; 4. 7C-Phil Gressman[6]; 5. 71H-Max Stambaugh[16]; 6. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[1]; 7. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[13]; 8. 23-Devon Dobie[10]; 9. 66-Chase Dunham[15]; 10. 11A-Abby Hohlbein[9]; 11. 27-Brad Lamberson[11]; 12. 35-Ron Blair[18]; 13. 88N-Frank Neill[12]; 14. 85-Dustin Daggett[4]; 15. 11X-Caleb Harmon[7]; 16. 49T-Gregg Dalman[17]; 17. 37-Noah Dunlap[5]; 18. 16B-Justin Clark[19]; 19. 19P-Brady Parmeley[3]
To catch past GLSS races, head over to the Great Lakes Super Sprints YouTube page. Stay updated by following us on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and X. For the latest news, schedules, results, and points, visit www.greatlakessprints.com and choose your favorite class.
Check out Michigan CAT at https://www.michigancat.com/ and Ohio CAT at https://www.ohiocat.com/
Thank you to our sponsors and partners who are the ones that allow us to bring a great show to your local tracks. Please help us by supporting the sponsors listed below…. PErfit Corporation Engine Pro & ARP Racing Michigan CAT Ohio CAT Operating Engineers Local 324 MacAllister Rental Beacon & Bridge Markets Hoosier Racing Tires Engler Machine & Tool Home Pro Roofing Jim Coffey and Sons Plumbing & Heating Howard Johnsons by Wyndham Specialty Fuels & Logistics Environmental Waste & Recovery Service Precision Engine Works Rescue Resources LLC.
KEEGAN WINS HIS SECOND JACK HEWITT CLASSIC
Waynesfield, OH - Fremont Ohio native, Mike Keegan, secures his first feature win of the season tonight at Waynesfield Raceway Park! The Great Lakes Super Sprints presented by Engine Pro & ARP rolled into WRP to take part in the annual All Sprints Jack Hewitt Classic.
Taking the track last for qualifying the GLSS drivers still had a super fast track with Max Stambaugh (Elida, OH) being the Ti22 Performance Fast Qualifier with a blistering 11.524.
Rolling out for the Engine Pro Feature, Keegan jumped out for the lead early with past champion Phil Gressman (Fremont, OH) and Kasey Jedrzejek (Lagrange, OH) staying on his tail as they quickly caught up to lap traffic. Keegan made it around the lap traffic with Zane DeVault (Plymouth, IN) right on his tale. Keegan takes the checkered for his first GLSS win on the 2024 season. Kobe Allison (Lima, OH) was tonight's Operating Engineers 324 Hard Charger moving up 9 spots. Frank Neill (Vickery, OH) takes home tonight's Engine Pro Lucky Dog.
Engine Pro A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:19:28.620
X-Mike Keegan[1]; 2. 44-Zane DeVault[4]; 3. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[3]; 4. 29S-Zeth Sabo[8]; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[10]; 6. 7C-Phil Gressman[2]; 7. 71H-Max Stambaugh[5]; 8. 66-Chase Dunham[7]; 9. 27-Brad Lamberson[17]; 10. 85-Dustin Daggett[6]; 11. 17-Jared Horstman[14]; 12. 24-Kobe Allison[21]; 13. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[9]; 14. 49T-Gregg Dalman[12]; 15. 29-Rich Farmer[13]; 16. 83-Adam Cruea[15]; 17. 11A-Abby Hohlbein[20]; 18. 88N-Frank Neill[22]; 19. 37-Noah Dunlap[18]; 20. 11H-Caleb Harmon[19]; 21. 12B-Luke Hall[11]; 22. 23-Devon Dobie[23]; 23. 11-Ed Neumeister[16]
Engler Machine and Tool Heat 1:
11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[5]; 2. 66-Chase Dunham[1]; 3. 71H-Max Stambaugh[4]; 4. 12B-Luke Hall[3]; 5. 29-Rich Farmer[6]; 6. 11-Ed Neumeister[7]; 7. (DNF) 31-Jac Nickles[2]; 8. (DNS) 70-Eli Lakin; 9. (DNS) 13S-Drew Siferd Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:20.000
Howard Johnson of Lima Ohio Heat 2:
X-Mike Keegan[1]; 2. 29S-Zeth Sabo[2]; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[3]; 4. 44-Zane DeVault[4]; 5. 17-Jared Horstman[5]; 6. 27-Brad Lamberson[7]; 7. 11H-Caleb Harmon[8]; 8. 24-Kobe Allison[6]; 9. (DNS) 23-Devon Dobie Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:03:21.000
Ohio CAT the Rental Store Heat 3:
85-Dustin Daggett[1]; 2. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[2]; 3. 7C-Phil Gressman[4]; 4. 49T-Gregg Dalman[3]; 5. 83-Adam Cruea[5]; 6. 37-Noah Dunlap[7]; 7. 11A-Abby Hohlbein[6]; 8. 88N-Frank Neill[8]
Qualifying 1 99 Laps | 00:00:38.000
71H-Max Stambaugh, 00:11.524[3]; 2. 66-Chase Dunham, 00:11.773[4]; 3. 31-Jac Nickles, 00:11.902[5]; 4. 12B-Luke Hall, 00:12.167[6]; 5. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:12.483[1]; 6. 29-Rich Farmer, 00:12.595[7]; 7. 11-Ed Neumeister, 00:13.279[2]; 8. (DNS) 70-Eli Lakin, 00:13.279; 9. (DNS) 13S-Drew Siferd, 00:13.279
Qualifying 2 99 Laps | 00:00:36.000
44-Zane DeVault, 00:11.663[1]; 2. X-Mike Keegan, 00:11.702[3]; 3. 29S-Zeth Sabo, 00:11.717[6]; 4. 1-Nate Dussel, 00:11.796[2]; 5. 17-Jared Horstman, 00:11.802[7]; 6. 24-Kobe Allison, 00:12.130[4]; 7. 27-Brad Lamberson, 00:12.184[9]; 8. 11H-Caleb Harmon, 00:12.362[5]; 9. (DNS) 23-Devon Dobie, 00:12.362
Qualifying 3 99 Laps | 00:00:36.000
7C-Phil Gressman, 00:11.868[2]; 2. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:11.926[8]; 3. 20I-Kelsey Ivy, 00:12.196[1]; 4. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 00:12.283[5]; 5. 83-Adam Cruea, 00:12.414[6]; 6. 11A-Abby Hohlbein, 00:12.560[7]; 7. 37-Noah Dunlap, 00:12.561[3]; 8. 88N-Frank Neill, 00:12.638[4]
Hot Laps 1 99 Laps | 00:15:01.000
11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[1]; 2. 44-Zane DeVault[2]; 3. 24-Kobe Allison[11]; 4. 71H-Max Stambaugh[7]; 5. X-Mike Keegan[8]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[5]; 7. 27-Brad Lamberson[26]; 8. 17-Jared Horstman[20]; 9. 66-Chase Dunham[10]; 10. 7C-Phil Gressman[6]; 11. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[3]; 12. 12B-Luke Hall[16]; 13. 85-Dustin Daggett[24]; 14. 29-Rich Farmer[19]; 15. 11A-Abby Hohlbein[21]; 16. 49T-Gregg Dalman[15]; 17. 31-Jac Nickles[13]; 18. 83-Adam Cruea[18]; 19. 88N-Frank Neill[12]; 20. 37-Noah Dunlap[9]; 21. 11H-Caleb Harmon[14]; 22. 23-Devon Dobie[23]; 23. 11-Ed Neumeister[4]; 24. 29S-Zeth Sabo[17]; 25. 13S-Drew Siferd[22]; 26. (DNS) 70-Eli Lakin
Great Lakes Super Sprints presented by Engine Pro and ARP will be back in action Friday, July 5th at Limaland Motorsports Park and Tri-City Motor Speedway on July 6th!
To catch past GLSS races, head over to the Great Lakes Super Sprints YouTube page. Stay updated by following us on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and X. For the latest news, schedules, results, and points, visit www.greatlakessprints.com and choose your favorite class.
Check out Michigan CAT at https://www.michigancat.com/ and Ohio CAT at https://www.ohiocat.com/
Thank you to our sponsors and partners who are the ones that allow us to bring a great show to your local tracks. Please help us by supporting the sponsors listed below…. PErfit Corporation Engine Pro & ARP Racing Michigan CAT Ohio CAT Operating Engineers Local 324 MacAllister Rental Beacon & Bridge Markets Hoosier Racing Tires Engler Machine & Tool Home Pro Roofing Jim Coffey and Sons Plumbing & Heating Howard Johnsons by Wyndham Specialty Fuels & Logistics Environmental Waste & Recovery Service Precision Engine Works Rescue Resources LLC.
PADDOCK SCORES FIRST CAREER CRSA VICTORY AT LAND OF LEGENDS
Race Report By: Marty Czekala – July 5, 2024
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. – Land of Legends Raceway just loves first-time winners.
May 18, it was Matt Rotz’s time to score his first career victory.
On Independence Day? It was Dillon Paddock.
The No. 8 took the checkered flag for his first career CRSA victory to become the 79th different winner in CRSA history.
“It’s about time,” Paddock said post-race. “I feel like it was long overdue. All my guys and sponsors stick with me. No one gives up. They want to see us do good and we keep coming out no matter what happens the week prior.”
Paddock had a two-second lead over Darryl Ruggles with two laps to go. As he came to the white flag, a caution waved for fifth place running Tyler Chartrand and Dustin Sehn, colliding in turn three.
"I don't really think too much [about it,]" said Paddock on the final yellow. "I didn’t know I had that much of a lead. Makes me get a lot more confidence in the car.”
This stacked the field back up for a green-white-checkered. Ruggles went low while Paddock stayed high, using the outside as momentum to pull away and take the win.
Paddock and Tomy Moreau started on the front row for the second DisBatch Brewing Company Challenge race. The No. 8 wasted no time getting to the front with Ruggles behind. The Land of Legends Wall of Famer would throw a slidejob into turn one to his No. 48jr out front on lap three. The two would go wheel-to-wheel in the opening circuits with Ruggles.
Lap five would bring out the feature's first yellow for Ethan Gray, who suffered a mechanical issue.
On the restart, "The Motorized Madman," Ruggles held serve and opened a gap after Paddock had a risky restart. That lead of up to a second wouldn’t last long as on lap 13 into turn three, Paddock threw a slide job to snatch the lead back.
When in lapped traffic, Paddock was cruising past backmarkers like it was a Sunday drive, increasing the lead to 2.7 seconds, the race’s biggest lead. But then with two to go, Chartrand and Sehn brought out the race’s second and final yellow.
Ruggles grabbed an opportunity to go for the lead, but Paddock would take his first career win by 1.4 seconds.
The battle for the win brought déjà vu to both Paddock and Ruggles as June 1 in weekly action at Land of Legends saw the two race each other hard for the win, with Ruggles taking the checkers for the 48th time at his home track in a 305 Sprint.
This time? Paddock leveled the score.
“I stuck to what I was doing, ripping the top and keeping my momentum up,” Paddock said. “Darryl was getting a little snug where I would catch him and put the move on. Felt good to pass someone like Darryl who has so many wins and is one of the top guys here every week.”
“Dillon’s a good, clean driver and runs very well,” stated Ruggles post-race. “I was just a little tight the whole race. I got out front, he saw where I was running. He was really fast and due for one.”
Tomy Moreau also was a factor at one point. The No. 22 driver kept his car within the top five all night and, at one point, with nine to go, closed in on Paddock and Ruggles for the lead before getting too high in turns one and two. It was still a good points night for "The Canadian Kid," finishing ahead of Jordan Hutton and the latter finished fifth.
“I got to thinking about points racing too because we’re racing Saturday,” explained Moreau. “I can’t crash the car. I felt we were as fast as Darryl and Dillon but at times I couldn’t make the pass each deal. Pretty happy and going to try again Saturday.”
John Cunningham was the feature’s Powdertech Powdercoating Hard Charger, starting 23rd and finishing 11th.
Blake Warner’s last lap pass to win heat four was named the Maguire Family of Dealerships “Magnificent Move of the Race.”
Shane Golobic, Anthony Slaney and Kevin Jinkerson claim 4th of July wins in Placerville
By Gary Thomas
Placerville, CA…Fremont’s Shane Golobic made the move by Dylan Bloomfield on lap 13 and went on to claim his 15th career Placerville Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Car victory on Independence Day.
A large and vocal crowd during the 4th of July special also witnessed Diamond Springs’ Kevin Jinkerson and Martinez driver Anthony Slaney scoop wins with the Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks and Mountain Democrat Late Models respectively.
Oakley’s Dylan Bloomfield set the early pace in the 25-lap Thompson’s Winged Sprint Car feature. The action was hot and heavy in the opening stages of the contest as drivers battled on every square inch of the quarter mile.
Golobic, however, ran smooth and calculated laps, until turning up the heat by moving into second on lap 11, before snatching the lead around the outside on lap 13. Once in front the former World of Outlaws winner at Placerville dominated things and grabbed the checkered flag for victory. By doing so he tied Billy Wallace and Colby Wiesz on the all-time Winged 360 win list at the track.
Bloomfield crossed the stripe in second followed by Tony Gomes, row 9 started Michael Faccinto and Austin Wood in the top-5. Completing the top-10 were Dominic Gorden, Bubba Decaires, Justin Peck, Ashlyn Rodriguez and Tyler Thompson.
In the Mountain Democrat Ltd. Late Model finale, it was Auburn’s Ray Trimble who jumped out front. Trimble led for a couple laps until Anthony Slaney powered by to grab the point. After that it was all Slaney, who pulled away for his third victory of the year at the track.
Dan Brown Jr. came home in second followed by Jay Norton, Kiely Ricardo and Tyler Lightfoot.
The Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks provided an entertaining 20-lap feature on Independence Day. The Jinkerson brothers, Kevin and Dan, battled for the lead early with Nick Baldwin right there with them every step of the way.
Kevin Jinkerson took the point and had Baldwin all over him right down to the wire. Jinkerson picked up the win for his second straight triumph at Placerville Speedway and in doing so, took over the point lead. Baldwin finished second ahead of Tommy Sturgeon, Wayne Trimble and Jason Ramos.
Placerville Speedway returns with Red Hawk Casino Night on Saturday. The program will start one hour later than usual with the warm temps forecasted. The front gate will open at 4pm with cars on track around 6:15.
Results
Placerville Speedway
Freedom Fireworks
July 4, 2024
Winged Sprint Cars:
1. 17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 2. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[1]; 3. 7C-Tony Gomes[13]; 4. X1-Michael Faccinto[17]; 5. 2A-Austin Wood[4]; 6. 10-Dominic Gorden[8]; 7. 94-Greg Decaires V[11]; 8. 17P-Justin Peck[19]; 9. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[10]; 10. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[2]; 11. 1F-DJ Freitas[16]; 12. 38-Colby Johnson[9]; 13. 1-Chance Grasty[14]; 14. 24S-Izaak Sharp[21]; 15. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[18]; 16. 21-Shane Hopkins[6]; 17. 7P-Jake Andreotti[20]; 18. 92-Andy Forsberg[7]; 19. 45-Jake Morgan[15]; 20. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[12]; 21. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[5]
2024 PIRTEK UMSS
New Richmond, WI, June 29th, 2024
The Pirtek Renegades were back at their home track of Cedar Lake Speedway on Saturday with the Winged Sprints competing in World of Outlaw Showdown. Thirty-four teams filled the pits, with the Adams Estates heat #1 going to Ronnie Erickson. Brett Peterson claimed the Kikis Salsa heat race #2, James Ackerley Construction heat 3 went to Owen Carlson, and the Rapid Press Printing Heat 4 went to Casey Lang. The Dream car Brandon Allen drove from sixth position to second, in heat #2, earning 113 passing points.
The 3TK car of Tony Kaus drove into Pirtek/Hoosier Tire victory lane for the B feature, to stage up for the A feature, along with the 46H car of Ken Hron, 61 of Mike Mueller and the 13A of Ryan Anondson. Lining up for battle in the A feature on the pole position was Chase Viebrock, followed by John Vaillancourt, Lang, Allen, and Mark Chevalier. It was a green, white, and checkered flag race, giving the fans an “exhilarating” show to watch. After twenty laps were completed, the 50 car of Viebrock parked it in the Pirtek/Hoosier Tire victory lane, cruising in behind him was the 05 of Allen, 07 of Carlson, P1 of Chevalier, and the 42X of Brett Peterson.
The Pirtek Renegades next event will be Saturday, July 27th, when the Traditionals and Winged sprints return to Cedar Lake Speedway. More information on upcoming events for the Pirtek Renegades, as well as links to other Renegades series, can be found at www.umsprints.com, or on facebook.
RESULTS: Pirtek/Hoosier Tire A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 50-Chase Viebrock[1]; 2. 05-Brandon Allen[4]; 3. O7-Owen Carlson[10]; 4. P1-Mark Chevalier[5]; 5. 42X-Brett Peterson[8]; 6. 95-John Vaillancourt[2]; 7. 609-Casey Lang[3]; 8. 03-Jamey Ogston[14]; 9. 62-Ronnie Erickson[6]; 10. 9C-Cole Stella[11]; 11. 46H-Ken Hron[20]; 12. 3K-Jeremy Kerzman[9]; 13. 11J-Jori Hughes[15]; 14. 3TK-Tony Kaus[19]; 15. 63-Todd Hansen[13]; 16. 4K-Dominic Kerzman[24]; 17. 2J-John Lowe[17]; 18. 57-Ryan Buck[16]; 19. 13A-Ryan Anondson[22]; 20. 7X-Dan Atchison[23]; 21. (DNF) 2V-Chris Vogel[12]; 22. (DNF) 61-Mike Mueller[21]; 23. (DNF) 93-Brad Peterson[7]; 24. (DNS) 53-Dustin Pittman
Bowser Gets First Victory of Season at Tri City; Three in a Row for Rudolph; Seippel and Myers also Win
(Franklin, PA June 30, 2024): Carl Bowser got his first win in the Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars, and Erick Rudolph nabbed his third in the 21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds. Getting back to victory lane were Josh Seippel in the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks and Blaze Myers in the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprints.
Brandon Matus and Carl Bowser paced the Krill Recycling 410 Sprints for the start of their A Main. Jack Sodeman, Jr. and Zach Morrow wee in row two. Brandon Spithaler and Dale Blaney were set to go from row three, but Blaney experienced a mechanical problem on the pace lap and he was unable to make repairs in time to join the field at the tail. Bob Felmlee and Zane DeVault were in row four and Jeremy Weaver and Chase metheney were in row five. Logan McCandless and Matt Farnham were slotted to row six.
Bowser sailed into turn one and took control of the cushion on the opening lap. Brandon Matus tried to stay with him, but a brake failure hampered his effort to keep the car in the bottom groove. Sodeman, Spithaler, Felmee, and DeVault made up the top six in the early going.
Spithaler moved into third on lap sevenand he reaced second by the first caution, which appeared on lap eleven. It seemed as though the fans would see a battle between Bowser and Spithaler, but DeVault threw his hat into the ring. He was up to second by the halfway mark.
A red was displayed on lap fifteen for a flip in turn two by the most recent feature winner and current point leader, Jeremy Weaver. He was unhurt, but his night ended prematurely.
The final ten laps went off without any complications. Bowser led the way, with DeVault finishing second. Spithaler held on for third, with Sodeman and McCandless completing the top five. Farnham, Felmlee, Brandon Matus, Metheney, and Adam Kekich rounding outthe top ten.
A banner field of twenty-nine 410 Sprint Cars checked in for the event. The three heats went to Spithaler, Bowser, and DeVault. The B Main winner was Matthew Swift.
In the 21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds, Eric Beggs and Jimmy Holden brought the field to the green for the twenty lapper. Hayden Holden and Eric Gabany made up the second row. Brandon Ritchey and Eric Reitz paired up in row three. Makayla Shannon and Erick Rudolph had row four to themselves, followed by Mark Sevin and Ryan Riffe. Troy McGregor and Jeremy Beichner had row six.
Jimmy Holden and Gabany led the opening lap, followed by Beggs, Rudolph, and Reitz. The top five remained intact through the first caution. At the halfway mark, Jimmy Holden stall had control, but Rudolph was into the second position. Beggs, Reitz, Gabany, and Richey made up the top six.
There was a restart on lap ten, and Rudolph used that to power into the lead coming off turn two.Jimmy Holden followed in second, ahead of Reitz, Gabany, and Ritchey.
A caution with two laps remaining gave JImmy Holden a clear shot at the leader, but he could not capitalize on the opportunity. Rudolph, Jimmy Holden, Reitz, Gabany, and Ritchey made the top five. The next finishers were Shannon, Riffe, Hayden Holden, Sevin, and Beichner completed the top ten.
There were a pair of heats. The wins went to Hayden Holden and Reitz. There was no B Main.
The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks went for fifteen laps in their feature. Josh Seippel and Joey Zambotti were on the front row, with Russ Coyne and Rod Laskey behind them. Andrew Hammond and Jake Whitling were in row three. Chris Schneider and Bobby Whitling were matched in row four. The fifth row presented Doug Iorio, II and Scott Malone, and the sixth had Pat Fielding and Kyle Corah.
The initial start was called back because Zambotti spun in row two. On the second try, Seippel assumed control and he led the entire distance despite a caution that set up a two lap dash to the checkers.
Seippel completed the task, but the balance of the top five were shuffled in the final two laps. Schneider made it to second, with Bobby Whitling also displacing Laskey. Fifth went to Jake Whitling. Coyne, Hammond, Corah, Jason Kimmy and Pat Fielding were the next five finishers.
The 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprints were the final race of the night. Brent Rhebergen and Arnie Kent made a veteran front row. Gale Ruth, Jr. and Blaze Myers were in row two. Joe Buccola and John Mollick had the third row. The fourth was made up by Trent Marshall and Zack Wilson. Devon Deeter and Ricky Tucker, III were in row five. Charles McClintock and Luke Mullichak were in row six.
Kent led the first two laps of the contest, with Myers, Mollick, Rhebergen, and Ruth in tow. But Myers and Mollick were pressing Kent. Myers went low in turn three to take the lead on the third lap and Mollick tried the outside but he was unable to make the pass. A few laps later, Mollick completed the pass before the midpoint in the race.
In the final half of the fifteen lapper, Mollick shadowed Myers. Mollick did nose ahead of Myers briefly, but Myers was able to regain control befor ethe alp was completed.
Myers, Mollick, Kent, Rhebergen, and Ruth made up the top five. Buccola, Marshall, Mullichak, Wilson, and Deeter rounded out the top ten.
The heat races went to Kent and Mollick. There was no B Main.
Tim Bish still leads the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge with four wins. Eleven racers are tied for second with two wins. Fifteen racers have a single heat race victory.
Next weekend, Tri-City Raceway Park will have three sprint car divisions contesting four feature events. The Krill Recycling 410 Sprints, Allegheny Sprint Tour 305 Sprints will have double features, and the 4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprints will be on hand. The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks will complete the card. The 21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds will have the night off.
The divisional sponsors of Tri City Raceway Park for 2024 are: Krill Recycling, LLC (410 Sprint Cars), 21st Centure Energy Group (358 Modifieds), Hovis Auto & Truck Supply (Pro Stocks), and 4 Your Car Connection (RUSH Sprint Cars).
All competitors at Tri City Raceway Park will be eligible for the Marsh Heating & Cooling Heat Race Challenge. The driver that wins the most heat races over the courseof the season, regardless of the class, will receive a special award.
Other marketing partners of Tri City Raceway Park for 2024 include: Erie Beer, Wab-Tec (manufacturer of locomotive engines), Schaeffer Lubricants, Keystone Transit (school buses), Blue Ox Timbers (buyers of timberland timber land management), Constable Refuse (residential and commercial garbage collectors), First Rate Realty (real estate sales), Landscape Connection (portable toilets and landscape supplies), KEI-Klapec Express Inc. (trucking company), BKI-Bert Klapec Inc. (excavation and demolition), Shambaugh Towing, Gibson Hill Automotive (auto repair), McCandless Ford Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), McCandless Trailer Sales (located in Mercer and Meadville), Big Dog RC (remote controlled cars and race track), McGregor Excavating, Les Frickshun (lubricants and undercoating), Bish Heating & Cooling, Wet Hose LLC (pressure washing), Heffern Septic Service, Tionesta Builders Supply (located in Tionesta and Shippenville), UCIP-United Community Independence Program (housing and services for the handicapped), Close Racing Supply, Billy’s Garage & Towing, Oakland-Rampart Equipment (makers of centrifugal dryers, wash systems, and separators).
Remember that you will need to check the Facebook page, Tri City Raceway Park, for current information. The former website is not updated and will soon be replaced.
Tri-City Raceway Park is located just a few miles north of Franklin, PA, at 3430 State Route 417 in Oakland Township. Professional auto racing will be presented in a family friendly atmosphere most Sunday evenings from May through Labor Day weekend.
Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars: Carl Bowser, Zane DeVault, Brandon Spithaler, Jack Sodeman, Jr., Logan McCandless, Matt Farnham, Bob Felmlee, Brandon Matus, Chase Metheney, Adam Kekich, Zach Morrow, Andy Cavanaugh, Brent Matus, Rod Jones, Shane Shook, jeremy Weaver, Tyler Newhart, Bodey McClintock, Dusty Larson, Vivian Jones, Brett Brunkenhoefer, Ron Aurand, Dale Blaney. DNS: Jazlyn Boyles, Aaron Marano, Steve Bright, A.J. Flick, John Jerich, Matthew Swift.
21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds: Erick Rudolph, Jimmy Holden, Chad Reitz, Eric Gabany, Brandon Ritchey, Makayla Shannon, Ryan Riffe, Hayden Holden, Mark Sevin, Jeremy Beichner, Eric Beggs, Anthony Antus, Troy mcGregor, James Parenti, Jr. DNS: Kevin Green.
Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Pro Stocks: Josh Seippel, Chris Schneider, Bobby Whitling, Rod Laskey, Jake Whitling, Russ Coyne, Andrew Hammond, Kyle Corah, Jason Kimmy, Pat Fielding, Doug Iorio, II, Joey Zambotti, Scott Malone, Matt Bernard.
4 Your Car Connection RUSH Sprints: Blaze Myers, John Mollick, Arnie Kent, Brent Rherbergen, Gale Ruth, Jr., Joe Buccola, Trent Marshall, Luke Mullichak, Zach Wilson, Devon Deeter, Charles McClintock, Logen Lockhart, Ricky Tucker, III
KASEY JEDRZEJEK STRIKES AGAIN AT CRYSTAL MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Crystal , MI - Lagrange, OH native Kasey Jedrzejek wins his second Feature Race with the Great Lakes Super Sprints presented by Engine Pro & ARP Saturday night. Jedrzejek was hoping to bring home his second GLSS win tonight at Crystal and he was able to pull it off!
The moment Jedrzejek hit the track, he dominated! By the end of the first lap, he had overtaken Max Stambaugh (Elida, OH), who had started in pole position. It was a remarkably clean race, with 23 caution-free laps. On the 22nd lap, Stambaugh was hot on Jedrzejek's tail and nearly passed him before the yellow flag came out. During the restart, Kasey maintained his lead for the final two laps. With the good fortune of drawing the second position in the redraw, Kasey skillfully navigated through lap traffic to clinch his second Michigan CAT Sprint Division win of the 2024 season! Gary Taylor took home tonight's Operating Engineer's 324 Hard Charger moving up a total of five positions.
PERFIT A Feature 25 Laps
11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[2]; 2. 71H-Max Stambaugh[1]; 3. 85-Dustin Daggett[4]; 4. 51-Gary Taylor[9]; 5. 17-Jared Horstman[10]; 6. 01-Chase Ridenour[5]; 7. 7C-Phil Gressman[3]; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[7]; 9. 24-Kobe Allison[14]; 10. 22M-Dan McCarron[11]; 11. 49T-Gregg Dalman[6]; 12. 27-Brad Lamberson[16]; 13. 23-Devon Dobie[18]; 14. 66-Chase Dunham[13]; 15. 38-Max Frank[15]; 16. 17H-Hud Horton[12]; 17. 88N-Frank Neill[19]; 18. 16B-Justin Clark[21]; 19. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[20]; 20. 11H-Caleb Harmon[17]; 21. 27K-Zac Broughman[24]; 22. 14A-Alex Clute[22]; 23. 67-Kevin Martens[23]; 24. 70-Eli Lakin[8]
Engler Machine & Tool Heat 1 8 Laps
85-Dustin Daggett[4]; 2. 49T-Gregg Dalman[1]; 3. 70-Eli Lakin[2]; 4. 22M-Dan McCarron[5]; 5. 24-Kobe Allison[6]; 6. 27-Brad Lamberson[3]; 7. 88N-Frank Neill[7]; 8. 14A-Alex Clute[8]
Beacon & Bridge Markets Heat 2 8 Laps
71H-Max Stambaugh[1]; 2. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[4]; 3. 51-Gary Taylor[2]; 4. 17H-Hud Horton[3]; 5. 38-Max Frank[5]; 6. 11H-Caleb Harmon[6]; 7. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[7]; 8. 67-Kevin Martens[8]
Coffey & Sons Plumbing and Heating Heat 3 8 Laps
7C-Phil Gressman[1]; 2. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[3]; 3. 17-Jared Horstman[2]; 4. 66-Chase Dunham[5]; 5. 01-Chase Ridenour[4]; 6. 23-Devon Dobie[6]; 7. 16B-Justin Clark[7]; 8. 27K-Zac Broughman[8]
Qualifying Engler Machine 2 Laps
85-Dustin Daggett, 00:12.450[4]; 2. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 00:12.766[6]; 3. 70-Eli Lakin, 00:12.783[2]; 4. 27-Brad Lamberson, 00:12.910[5]; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron, 00:13.002[7]; 6. 24-Kobe Allison, 00:13.059[8]; 7. 88N-Frank Neill, 00:13.496[3]; 8. (DNS) 14A-Alex Clute, 00:13.496
Qualifying B&B Markets 2 Laps
11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:12.687[4]; 2. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 00:12.785[6]; 3. 51-Gary Taylor, 00:12.820[5]; 4. 17H-Hud Horton, 00:13.131[7]; 5. 38-Max Frank, 00:13.140[1]; 6. 11H-Caleb Harmon, 00:13.350[2]; 7. 3A-Mike Astrauskas, 00:13.823[3]; 8. 67-Kevin Martens, 00:14.046[8]
Qualifying Coffey & Sons 2 Laps
01-Chase Ridenour, 00:12.847[6]; 2. 7C-Phil Gressman, 00:12.988[2]; 3. 17-Jared Horstman, 00:13.079[8]; 4. 20I-Kelsey Ivy, 00:13.130[1]; 5. 66-Chase Dunham, 00:13.198[7]; 6. 23-Devon Dobie, 00:13.318[5]; 7. 16B-Justin Clark, 00:13.551[3]; 8. 27K-Zac Broughman, 00:13.619[4]
Hot Laps 1 |
11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[11]; 2. 85-Dustin Daggett[10]; 3. 51-Gary Taylor[14]; 4. 71H-Max Stambaugh[17]; 5. 70-Eli Lakin[4]; 6. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[3]; 7. 27-Brad Lamberson[13]; 8. 7C-Phil Gressman[6]; 9. 17-Jared Horstman[24]; 10. 38-Max Frank[2]; 11. 24-Kobe Allison[22]; 12. 22M-Dan McCarron[19]; 13. 23-Devon Dobie[15]; 14. 49T-Gregg Dalman[16]; 15. 16B-Justin Clark[9]; 16. 11H-Caleb Harmon[5]; 17. 88N-Frank Neill[7]; 18. 17H-Hud Horton[20]; 19. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[8]; 20. 67-Kevin Martens[23]; 21. 66-Chase Dunham[21]; 22. 14A-Alex Clute[1]; 23. (DNS) 27K-Zac Broughman; 24. (DNS) 01-Chase Ridenour
The next upcoming races are going to be on July 3rd at Waynesfield Raceway Park, July 5th at Limaland Motorsports Park, and July 6th for All Sprint night at Tri-City Motor Speedway!!
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Courtney takes command late to capture Kubota High Limit Diamond Classic Night One feature victory
WHEATLAND, MO. (June 28, 2024) - Tyler Courtney took the lead with five laps remaining Friday night and went on to capture Night One of the Kubota High Limit Racing Diamond Classic at Lucas Oil Speedway.
Courtney, of Indianapolis, roared from third and into the lead after a lap 24 restart and went on to earn $10,000 with his fourth Kubota High Limit Racing feature win of the season. He beat Brad Sweet at the finish with James McFadden capturing third.
The series returns for Saturday night's Diamond Classic finale with $25,000 awaiting the feature winner.
"The last time I ran here, I won in a Midget (in 2016) and it's pretty cool to come back in a winged car and have success," the ninth-starting Courtney said in victory lane. "That was fun, a lot of fun."
Courtney, driving for Clauson Marshall Racing, finished two seconds clear at the checkers as he pulled away from Brad Sweet and the rest after taking the lead on lap 25. He was the fourth and final leader of the 30-lapper.
"The track was quite a bit different than the heats, but I don't think you could ask for much more than that," Courtney said of the action-packed event. "There was racing everywhere. A hot day, but a great day."
Courtney picked up an additional $4,500 along with lucky fan Patrick Walker after the Durst Dice Roll, which was a nine - and Courtney won from ninth.
Sye Lynch won the drag race with fellow front-row starter Corey Day and grabbed the lead at the drop of the green, with Sweet settling into third. The top three were separated by only one second when the first caution flew on lap three.
Day grabbed the lead away from Lynch on the restart and used the cushion on the high side to open a 1.7-second lead in just four laps. He soon was dealing with lapped traffic and suddenly slowed to a crawl entering turn three on lap 10.
Day, who won two nights earlier at Lake Ozark Speedway, was unable to continue. Lynch re-inherited the lead with Sweet second and Courtney third. Lynch pulled away after the restart to lead by nearly two seconds by lap 15. Action ground to a half at that point as Brent Marks rolled his car in turn four, bringing out the red flag.
Sweet swept to the lead after the restart, coming on the outside of turn four to complete lap 17. Before he could get too far away from Lynch, a lap-20 caution flew as two cars spun in turn four.
Lynch was applying the heat to Sweet with Courtney right behind when a caution appeared on lap 23 for a one-car spin in turn four, leaving seven laps to settle things. Courtney took second away from Lynch on lap 24, then grabbed the top spot the next time around.
Courtney rolled from there, driving away for the victory over series points leader Sweet. McFadden, who started 13th, captured third with 14th-starting Tanner Thorson fourth and Lynch winding up fifth.
"Luckily I was third there and Sye got Brad to moving around," Courtney said. "I just stuck to my guns there and just ran the top as hard as I could and came away with the win."
Sweet said his car was not quite have the car dialed in enough to win.
"I'm happy to get locked into a little bit better spot for tomorrow," Sweet said. "That's important on this prelim nights to run top four. I felt I wasn't quite good enough to win, no matter which line I was trying to run or make work it seemed like someone was pushing me.
"Sye was getting back to my inside, so I committed to the inside. I just wasn't good enough. I had to slow the car down way too much to run the bottom, but running the top I would get spinning on the (turn) exit. Tyler was just clearly a little bit better than us tonight."
Marks of Myerstown, Pa., set the fast qualifying time with a lap of 13.039 seocnds. That came up just shy of the track record held by Garet Williamson, who ran a 12.998 in the POWRi 410 Bandit Sprint Series on Aug. 19, 2023.
Tyler Davis wins Heartland Modifieds: Tyler Davis of Haysville, Kan., took over the lead on lap 21 and held on to beat Tad Davis by half a second in the Heartland Modified Tour feature.
Tad Davis rolled to the lead at the start and opened a 1.1-second lead over Chad Wheeler by lap 10. The leaders hit heavy lapped traffic soon after with Wheeler pulling alongside Tad Davis a couple of times, but was unable to get by.
Tyler Davis joined the battle with Wheeler for second and he was able to take over with four laps to go. Gabe Hodges rallied late to grab third with Wheeler fourth and Kenton Allen coming home in fifth.
The winner said he felt the continuous green-flag run worked to his advantage. Tyler Davis started third, right behind Tad Davis and Wheeler.
"When we first took off, it was kind of humid out here tonight and it's easy to spin the tires," Tyler Davis said. "Once we got rolling, the maneuverability of our car showed. We've got some new stuff we were trying tonight and it was pretty good.
"I'm glad to get back to victory lane. We've been getting our butt kicked lately against the USMTS Tour. I'm just happy to be up here."
The Heartland Modified Tour will again be in action as support class for Saturday's Diamond Classic finale.
LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (June 28, 2024)
Kubota High Limit Racing Diamond Classic
A Feature - 1, Tyler Courtney. 2, Brad Sweet. 3, James McFadden. 4, Tanner Thorson. 5, Sye Lynch. 6, Justin Peck. 7, Hunter Schuerenberg. 8, Chris Windom. 9, Jacob Allen. 10, Zeb Wise. 11, Ryan Timms. 12, Cory Eliason. 13, Kasey Kahne. 14, Spencer Bayston. 15, Rico Abreu. 16, Xavier Doney. 17, Brenham Crouch. 18, Parker Price Miller. 19, Howard Moore. 20, Jace Park. 21, Garet Williamson. 22, Gage Montgomery. 23, Brent Marks. 24, Tyler Blank. 25, Brian Bell. 26, Corey Day.
B Feature - 1. 23B-Brian Bell[2]; 2. 79-Gage Montgomery[3]; 3. 55-Chris Windom[4]; 4. 75-Tyler Blank[10]; 5. 8-Cory Eliason[1]; 6. 12X-Roger Crockett[9]; 7. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[6]; 8. 77-Jack Wagner[15]; 9. 22M-Rees Moran[7]; 10. 50K-Kyle Bellm[14]; 11. 73-Samuel Wagner[8]; 12. 21-Brian Brown[5]; 13. 9P-Parker Price Miller[11]; 14. 42B-Andy Bishop[12]; 15. 8S-Steve Short[13]; 16. 21R-Gunner Ramey[16]
Dash - 1. 42-Sye Lynch[2]; 2. 14-Corey Day[3]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[5]; 4. 13-Justin Peck[8]; 5. 9-Kasey Kahne[1]; 6. 1-Brenham Crouch[4]; 7. 19-Brent Marks[7]; 8. 24-Rico Abreu[6]
Heat 1 - 1. 13-Justin Peck[1]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch[2]; 3. 45X-Jace Park[7]; 4. 19H-Hunter Schuerenberg[3]; 5. 5T-Ryan Timms[6]; 6. 79-Gage Montgomery[8]; 7. 8-Cory Eliason[4]; 8. 12X-Roger Crockett[5]; 9. 8S-Steve Short[9]
Heat 2 - 1. 9-Kasey Kahne[2]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 3. 83-James McFadden[3]; 4. 14-Corey Day[4]; 5. 3M-Howard Moore[6]; 6. 21-Brian Brown[5]; 7. 22M-Rees Moran[9]; 8. 9P-Parker Price Miller[8]; 9. 77-Jack Wagner[7]
Heat 3 - 1. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney[2]; 3. 88-Tanner Thorson[5]; 4. 19-Brent Marks[4]; 5. 5-Spencer Bayston[6]; 6. 23B-Brian Bell[3]; 7. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[7]; 8. 75-Tyler Blank[9]; 9. 50K-Kyle Bellm[8]
Heat 4 - 1. 49-Brad Sweet[2]; 2. 26-Zeb Wise[1]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen[3]; 4. 42-Sye Lynch[4]; 5. 23-Garet Williamson[5]; 6. 55-Chris Windom[6]; 7. 73-Samuel Wagner[8]; 8. 42B-Andy Bishop[7]; 9. 21R-Gunner Ramey[9]
Qualifying Group A - 1. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:13.050[5]; 2. 14-Corey Day, 00:13.136[14]; 3. 13-Justin Peck, 00:13.179[2]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:13.190[18]; 5. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.212[15]; 6. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:13.213[3]; 7. 19H-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:13.223[4]; 8. 83-James McFadden, 00:13.309[12]; 9. 12X-Roger Crockett, 00:13.424[8]; 10. 21-Brian Brown, 00:13.483[11]; 11. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:13.491[16]; 12. 3M-Howard Moore, 00:13.502[1]; 13. 45X-Jace Park, 00:13.523[7]; 14. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:13.623[13]; 15. 79-Gage Montgomery, 00:13.635[9]; 16. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:13.942[10]; 17. 8S-Steve Short, 00:13.959[6]; 18. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:14.050[17]
Qualifying Group B - 1. 19-Brent Marks, 00:13.039[6]; 2. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:13.049[10]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:13.146[14]; 4. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:13.171[16]; 5. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:13.179[12]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:13.183[2]; 7. 23B-Brian Bell, 00:13.223[1]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.258[9]; 9. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:13.292[17]; 10. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.360[13]; 11. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:13.395[4]; 12. 55-Chris Windom, 00:13.450[8]; 13. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:13.555[5]; 14. 42B-Andy Bishop, 00:13.632[7]; 15. 50K-Kyle Bellm, 00:13.678[3]; 16. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:13.689[11]; 17. 75-Tyler Blank, 00:13.717[18]; 18. 21R-Gunner Ramey[15]
Heartland Modified Invitational
Wehr's Machine A Feature - . 65-Tyler Davis[3]; 2. 75D-Tad Davis[2]; 3. 7G-Gabe Hodges[5]; 4. 88-Chad Wheeler[4]; 5. 98-Kenton Allen[7]; 6. 91-Joe Duvall[22]; 7. 75-Terry Phillips[11]; 8. 38C-Jason Pursley[15]; 9. 22B-Rick Beebe[14]; 10. 4W-Tyler Wolff[9]; 11. 18JR-Chase Sigg[16]; 12. 17-Henry Chambers[13]; 13. 21-Ryan Middaugh[24]; 14. 10B-Brandon Givens[26]; 15. 75M-Gunner Martin[19]; 16. 18-Chad Lyle[21]; 17. 247-Jarret Dotson[17]; 18. (DNF) 19R-Chris Kratzer[6]; 19. (DNF) 68-Dean Wille[20]; 20. (DNF) 712-Trevor Hughes[10]; 21. (DNF) 21X-Greg Scheffler[12]; 22. (DNF) 3B-Nic Bidinger[8]; 23. (DNF) 02-Tanner Mullens[18]; 24. (DNF) 37D-Dakota Dale[1]; 25. (DNF) 10P-Dayton Pursley[25]; 26. (DNS) 41-Chevy Coleman
ARMI Contractors Heat 1 - 1. 37D-Dakota Dale[2]; 2. 65-Tyler Davis[7]; 3. 19R-Chris Kratzer[8]; 4. 75-Terry Phillips[6]; 5. 18JR-Chase Sigg[3]; 6. 247-Jarret Dotson[1]; 7. (DNF) 91-Joe Duvall[4]; 8. (DNF) 21-Ryan Middaugh[5]; 9. (DNS) 10B-Brandon Givens
Kenny's Tile Heat 2 - 1. 75D-Tad Davis[3]; 2. 98-Kenton Allen[1]; 3. 3B-Nic Bidinger[5]; 4. 4W-Tyler Wolff[8]; 5. 17-Henry Chambers[6]; 6. 38C-Jason Pursley[9]; 7. 68-Dean Wille[7]; 8. (DNF) 41-Chevy Coleman[2]; 9. (DNF) 10P-Dayton Pursley[4]
S&S Fishing & Rental Heat 3 - 1. 88-Chad Wheeler[1]; 2. 7G-Gabe Hodges[8]; 3. 712-Trevor Hughes[2]; 4. 21X-Greg Scheffler[4]; 5. 22B-Rick Beebe[6]; 6. 02-Tanner Mullens[5]; 7. 75M-Gunner Martin[3]; 8. 18-Chad Lyle[7]
Saturday schedule and autograph session: Action resumes on Saturday with pit gates opening at 4 p.m., grandstands at 4:30 with hot laps at 6:15 and racing at 7:05.
A drivers' autograph session has been added to the Saturday schedule from 5-5:30 p.m. on the midway.
Saturday admission:
Adults (13 and up) - $40
Seniors (62-and-up)/Military - $37
Youth (ages 6-12) - $10
Kids (5-and-under) - FREE
Family pass - $90
Pit pass - $45
Lucius earns 2nd 410 Attica win; Moore dominates late model feature; Miller nabs 5th 305 win
Friday, June 28, 2024
By Brian Liskai
ATTICA, Ohio – Bryce Lucius just had to settle down and let the car come to him Friday, June 28 at Attica Raceway Park. The 17-year-old Findlay, Ohio driver battled with a couple of other racers early and withstood challenges late to score his second Attica win of the season on Smith Family Foods/Columbus Equipment/Etna Supply Night.
Jordan Ryan led the opening lap of the Callie’s Performance Products 410 Sprint A-main with pressure from Lucius and Zeth Sabo. Lucius took over the point on lap two but had Sabo racing to his inside lap after lap before Cale Thomas entered the picture and took second on lap seven. Thomas poked his nose under Lucius several times but could not get clear to take the lead. Lucius, the 2023 national 410 rookie of the year, worked lapped traffic like a seasoned veteran and drove to the win over Thomas, Sabo, Cap Henry and Greg Wilson.
“My dad, Swank (Tyler), Drew and my mom had me good. Luckily we were able to start on the pole. I’m glad Zeth (Sabo) didn’t take me out…I was out of control those first couple of laps. I had to get the wing back and everything. Me and Cale (Thomas) race each other pretty good…I knew I’d be good racing with him for the win,” said Lucius beside his X1 Race Cars, CML Transport, Kistler Engines, Big Red Truck Wash, STP Racing, Bobby Clark Racing, Shelluke’s Bar & Grill, Fremont Floor Covering, S&B Concrete & Excavating, Foster Auto Body, NAPA of Bryan, 87 Speed backed #32.
Mansfield, Ohio’s Kyle Moore seemed comfortable to cruise around the top five early in the 25-lap Whistle Stop Presents the Dirt Nerds Podcast Powered by Propane UMP Late Model feature. Mike Bores led the opening lap with JR Gentry taking over a lap later and pulled out to a substantial lead while Bores, Moore and Devin Shiels battled for second. When Gentry hit lapped traffic just past halfway, Moore shot to the high side of the track and closed, driving by Gentry on lap 16. Moore cruised to his second career Attica win over Gentry, Shiels, Bores and Colin Shipley.
“I wasn’t sure what the hell I was doing early in that race. I was like well I’m going to the top because this ain’t working. That track was hands down the best track I’ve ever been on. I have to thank my brother….man he’s been grinding from day one with me and Tye Tworg for giving me this hot rod. Hands down the best race car I’ve ever drove. My buddy Ben from Ankeny, Iowa. He helps us out a lot…crazy how we met but he helps a lot,” said Moore beside his Kepling Flooring, Tye Tworg Longhorn, Joyride Transportation, Smitley Towing, Short Stop, Malcuit Race Engines, Wilson Realty, Robin Jakubick, RL Bond Septic, Hepthorn Golf Cart Sales, House of Spud, K&B Septic Service, Coffman Composites, Team Midwest Paint, Platinum Design backed #1*.
Fremont, Ohio’s Jamie Miller is having a fantastic season. The four time and defending Attica 305 track champion led all 25 laps Friday to score fifth win of the year – the 44th of his career – at Attica Raceway Park. Coupled with his three wins at Fremont Speedway, Miller has eight total feature wins in 2024.
Following Miller to the checkers were Dustin Stroup, Brenden Torok, Jimmy McGrath and Steve Rando.
“Riehl Custom Fabrication Chassis are bad ass. If you aren’t in one you’re following one. This thing was good and I think I’m finally figuring out how to run the bottom,” said Miller beside his Boca Construction, JLH General Contractors, Kenny Kolb Farms, Tuck Pointing America, Queen of Clean, Smitty’s Pizza, Roberts & Sons Contracting, Pizza Wheel, Crown Battery, Reedtown Tavern, Fostoria Mod Shop, Sandy’s Dad, Gressman Powersports, Phil Rister, Slade Shock Technology backed #26.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, July 5 with the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products 410 Attica Fremont Championship Series Presented by the Baumann Auto Group, the UMP Late Models and the NAPA of Bryan 305 AFCS Presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales in Action. It’s Fan Appreciation Night and general admission is just $15.
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About Columbus Equipment Company – www.columbusequipment.com
On April 1st of 1952, Willis "Bill" Early purchased the firm of Carroll & Edwards (the company for which he had been working as a salesman of heavy construction equipment), officially renaming and incorporating his new venture as Columbus Equipment Company. Throughout Columbus Equipment’s history, our mission has been to ensure that each customer is given "a fair deal every time." As Ohio’s dependable dealer, Columbus Equipment Company is largely owned by Bill Early's family, and also by former and current employees. Columbus Equipment has expanded into 10 locations, and continues to be committed to being the best—the best equipment, the best product support, the best customer service and the best overall experience when it comes to purchasing heavy equipment.
About Etna Supply Company – https://www.etnasupply.com/
Etna is a plumbing products distributor with emphasis on commercial and residential plumbing products. Their Municipal Division provides municipalities with pipe, water meters, fire hydrants, and the related support services. The Underground Division provides contractors with piping supplies for delivery of water and drainage to subdivisions, and major construction projects. The Fire Protection Division is responsible for providing commercial building fire protection systems. This department provides custom pipe flaring and threading, and welding services. The Heating Division provides the material and expertise for all water heating, and snow melt systems. Etna Supply also has logistics capabilities in their Inter Commerce Express Division. Finally, Etna has six infusion kitchen and bath showrooms with on site associates to help customers with the selection and specification of all kitchen and bathroom fixtures. The nearest Etna location is in Toledo, Ohio.
Attica Raceway Park
Friday, June 28, 2024
410 Sprints – Callie’s Performance Products
Qualifying
1.33W-Cap Henry, 12.763; 2.101-Kalib Henry, 13.010; 3.29-Zeth Sabo, 13.026; 4.49X-Tim Shaffer, 13.058; 5.15C-Chris Andrews, 13.087; 6.32-Bryce Lucius, 13.102; 7.28M-Conner Morrell, 13.122; 8.19-TJ Michael, 13.128; 9.7N-Darin Naida, 13.187; 10.25R-Jordan Ryan, 13.189; 11.5AU-Brock Hallett, 13.198; 12.16-DJ Foos, 13.209; 13.9-Trey Jacobs, 13.212; 14.15K-Creed Kemenah, 13.217; 15.5T-Travis Philo, 13.294; 16.W20-Greg Wilson, 13.303; 17.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.303; 18.X-Mike Keegan, 13.308; 19.14R-Sean Rayhall, 13.311; 20.38-Leyton Wagner, 13.317; 21.23-Cale Thomas, 13.328; 22.34-Sterling Cling, 13.350; 23.22M-Dan McCarron, 13.359; 24.21K-Larry Kingseed Jr, 13.450; 25.5-Kody Brewer, 13.478; 26.9X-Ricky Peterson, 13.500; 27.41-Thomas Schinderle, 13.512; 28.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.707; 29.26W-Cody White, 13.739; 30.9L-Lance Heinberger, 13.878;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 7N-Darin Naida[2] ; 2. 5AU-Brock Hallett[1] ; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews[3] ; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6] ; 5. 5T-Travis Philo[5] ; 6. 101-Kalib Henry[4] ; 7. 38-Leyton Wagner[7] ; 8. 41-Thomas Schinderle[8]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 25R-Jordan Ryan[2] ; 2. 23-Cale Thomas[1] ; 3. 19-TJ Michael[3] ; 4. 29-Zeth Sabo[4] ; 5. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[6] ; 6. 22M-Dan McCarron[5] ; 7. 5-Kody Brewer[7] ; 8. 26W-Cody White[8]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 32-Bryce Lucius[2] ; 2. 28M-Conner Morrell[1] ; 3. 33W-Cap Henry[4] ; 4. 9-Trey Jacobs[6] ; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 6. 16-DJ Foos[5] ; 7. 15K-Creed Kemenah[7]
Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps)
1. 34-Sterling Cling[1] ; 2. W20-Greg Wilson[4] ; 3. 14R-Sean Rayhall[2] ; 4. X-Mike Keegan[3] ; 5. 9X-Ricky Peterson[5] ; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn[6] ; 7. 9L-Lance Heinberger[7]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 101-Kalib Henry[4] ; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 3. 9X-Ricky Peterson[3] ; 4. 16-DJ Foos[6] ; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron[5] ; 6. 38-Leyton Wagner[8] ; 7. 68G-Tyler Gunn[7] ; 8. 5-Kody Brewer[9] ; 9. 26W-Cody White[13] ; 10. 41-Thomas Schinderle[12] ; 11. 9L-Lance Heinberger[11] ; 12. 15K-Creed Kemenah[10] ; 13. 21K-Larry Kingseed Jr[1]
A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 32-Bryce Lucius[1] ; 2. 23-Cale Thomas[5] ; 3. 29-Zeth Sabo[3] ; 4. 33W-Cap Henry[6] ; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[8] ; 6. 101-Kalib Henry[17] ; 7. 9-Trey Jacobs[15] ; 8. 34-Sterling Cling[4] ; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews[11] ; 10. 5AU-Brock Hallett[10] ; 11. 49X-Tim Shaffer[18] ; 12. 19-TJ Michael[12] ; 13. 28M-Conner Morrell[7] ; 14. 22M-Dan McCarron[21] ; 15. 16-DJ Foos[20] ; 16. 7N-Darin Naida[9] ; 17. 38-Leyton Wagner[22] ; 18. 9X-Ricky Peterson[19] ; 19. X-Mike Keegan[16] ; 20. 14R-Sean Rayhall[13] ; 21. 35-Stuart Brubaker[14] ; 22. 25R-Jordan Ryan[2]
305 Sprints - Fremont Fence Co.
Qualifying
1.1W-Paul Weaver, 13.847; 2.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 13.924; 3.12X-Dustin Stroup, 13.978; 4.2-Brenden Torok, 13.991; 5.26-Jamie Miller, 14.007; 6.36-Seth Schneider, 14.103; 7.8K-Zach Kramer, 14.105; 8.85-Dustin Feller, 14.122; 9.5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr., 14.156; 10.51M-Haldon Miller, 14.164; 11.3X-Blayne Keckler, 14.171; 12.319-Steven Watts, 14.181; 13.6W-Chad Wilson, 14.221; 14.5DD-Dustin Dinan, 14.225; 15.10TS-Tyler Schiets, 14.235; 16.52-Chris Smith, 14.257; 17.5M-Mike Moore, 14.273; 18.63-Randy Ruble, 14.276; 19.19R-Steve Rando, 14.317; 20.0-Bradley Bateson, 14.365; 21.18-Ben Watson, 14.373; 22.7M-Brandon Moore, 14.382; 23.2S-Jackson Sebetto, 14.410; 24.12-Dylan Watson, 14.421; 25.3M-Logan Mongeau, 14.631; 26.29-Rich Farmer, 14.633; 27.11-Brayden Harrison, 14.639; 28.98-Dave Hoppes, 14.681; 29.44-Jason Young, 14.864; 30.2T-Tony Alvarez, 14.933;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[3] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[4] ; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[6] ; 4. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[1] ; 5. 6W-Chad Wilson[2] ; 6. 52-Chris Smith[5] ; 7. 2T-Tony Alvarez[8] ; 8. 98-Dave Hoppes[7]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 5M-Mike Moore[1] ; 2. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[2] ; 3. 51M-Haldon Miller[3] ; 4. 63-Randy Ruble[5] ; 5. 85-Dustin Feller[4] ; 6. 18-Ben Watson[6] ; 7. 44-Jason Young[8] ; 8. 29-Rich Farmer[7]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 8K-Zach Kramer[1] ; 2. 12X-Dustin Stroup[3] ; 3. 2-Brenden Torok[2] ; 4. 7M-Brandon Moore[6] ; 5. 3X-Blayne Keckler[5] ; 6. 12-Dylan Watson[7] ; 7. X15-Kasey Ziebold[4]
Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps)
1. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[3] ; 3. 319-Steven Watts[2] ; 4. 0-Bradley Bateson[1] ; 5. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[5] ; 6. 3M-Logan Mongeau[6] ; 7. 11-Brayden Harrison[7]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 6W-Chad Wilson[1] ; 2. 3X-Blayne Keckler[3] ; 3. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[4] ; 4. X15-Kasey Ziebold[11] ; 5. 12-Dylan Watson[7] ; 6. 3M-Logan Mongeau[8] ; 7. 85-Dustin Feller[2] ; 8. 18-Ben Watson[6] ; 9. 44-Jason Young[10] ; 10. 52-Chris Smith[5] ; 11. 11-Brayden Harrison[12] ; 12. 98-Dave Hoppes[13] ; 13. 2T-Tony Alvarez[9] ; 14. 29-Rich Farmer[14]
A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 26-Jamie Miller[2] ; 2. 12X-Dustin Stroup[5] ; 3. 2-Brenden Torok[6] ; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[7] ; 5. 19R-Steve Rando[11] ; 6. 8K-Zach Kramer[3] ; 7. 36-Seth Schneider[4] ; 8. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[13] ; 9. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[8] ; 10. 7M-Brandon Moore[15] ; 11. X15-Kasey Ziebold[20] ; 12. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[19] ; 13. 51M-Haldon Miller[9] ; 14. 12-Dylan Watson[21] ; 15. 3M-Logan Mongeau[22] ; 16. 6W-Chad Wilson[17] ; 17. 63-Randy Ruble[14] ; 18. 0-Bradley Bateson[16] ; 19. 5M-Mike Moore[10] ; 20. 319-Steven Watts[12] ; 21. 3X-Blayne Keckler[18] ; 22. 1W-Paul Weaver[1]
Late Models - Dirt Nerds Podcast
Qualifying
1.91-Rusty Schlenk, 14.723; 2.14JR-JR Gentry, 14.943; 3.94-Mike Bores, 14.972; 4.20B-Todd Brennan, 14.988; 5.10-Nathon Loney, 14.999; 6.1*-Kyle Moore, 15.003; 7.56-BJ Gregory, 15.040; 8.92-Justin Chance, 15.057; 9.5M-Ryan Markham, 15.097; 10.59-Larry Bellman, 15.114; 11.RH03-Gregg Haskell, 15.121; 12.92B-Austin Bright, 15.171; 13.46-Colin Shipley, 15.273; 14.74-Jeff Warnick, 15.287; 15.51-Devin Shiels, 15.292; 16.2C-Clint Coffman, 15.400; 17.27-Ken Hahn, 15.552; 18.B4U-Brad Eitniear, 15.553; 19.28-Kent Brewer, 15.593; 20.51B-Brayden Shiels, 15.602; 21.20H-Troy Hahn, 15.704; 22.11-Austin Gibson, 15.758; 23.14C-Chase Coffman, 15.930; 24.16-Steve Sabo, 16.065; 25.57-Tyler Johnson, 18.046; 26.16H-Cody Truman, 18.161;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 20B-Todd Brennan[2] ; 2. 94-Mike Bores[3] ; 3. 91-Rusty Schlenk[4] ; 4. 1*-Kyle Moore[1] ; 5. 74-Jeff Warnick[5] ; 6. 2C-Clint Coffman[6] ; 7. 16-Steve Sabo[9] ; 8. 14C-Chase Coffman[8] ; 9. 28-Kent Brewer[7]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 46-Colin Shipley[1] ; 2. 14JR-JR Gentry[4] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[2] ; 4. 56-BJ Gregory[3] ; 5. 27-Ken Hahn[5] ; 6. 20H-Troy Hahn[6] ; 7. 11-Austin Gibson[7] ; 8. 57-Tyler Johnson[8] ; 9. 16H-Cody Truman[9]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 59-Larry Bellman[2] ; 2. 51-Devin Shiels[6] ; 3. 92-Justin Chance[3] ; 4. RH03-Gregg Haskell[1] ; 5. 92B-Austin Bright[5] ; 6. 51B-Brayden Shiels[8] ; 7. 10-Nathon Loney[4] ; 8. B4U-Brad Eitniear[7]
B-Main 1 - (12 Laps)
1. 10-Nathon Loney[6] ; 2. 2C-Clint Coffman[1] ; 3. 20H-Troy Hahn[2] ; 4. 16-Steve Sabo[4] ; 5. B4U-Brad Eitniear[9] ; 6. 14C-Chase Coffman[7] ; 7. 11-Austin Gibson[5] ; 8. 51B-Brayden Shiels[3] ; 9. 57-Tyler Johnson[8] ; 10. 28-Kent Brewer[10] ; 11. 16H-Cody Truman[11]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1*-Kyle Moore[3] ; 2. 14JR-JR Gentry[2] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[7] ; 4. 94-Mike Bores[1] ; 5. 46-Colin Shipley[6] ; 6. RH03-Gregg Haskell[12] ; 7. 20B-Todd Brennan[8] ; 8. 10-Nathon Loney[16] ; 9. 59-Larry Bellman[4] ; 10. 92-Justin Chance[10] ; 11. 92B-Austin Bright[15] ; 12. 2C-Clint Coffman[17] ; 13. 56-BJ Gregory[11] ; 14. 16-Steve Sabo[19] ; 15. 20H-Troy Hahn[18] ; 16. 5M-Ryan Markham[9] ; 17. 74-Jeff Warnick[13] ; 18. B4U-Brad Eitniear[20] ; 19. 91-Rusty Schlenk[5] ; 20. 27-Ken Hahn[14]
Spahr wins from 11th at Port Royal
06-24-2024
It was a performance reminiscent of a year ago for River Valley Builders PA Sprint Series defending points champion Logan Spahr of Lewisberry. Starting 11th in a strong field of IMCA/RaceSaver sprint cars, Spahr blasted through the field and took the lead from race-long frontrunner Doug Dodson of Middletown with two laps to go, crossing under the checkered flags in front by 2.179 seconds for his second win of 2024.
That’s not in the same league as the Wally Eshenaur-owned KR MacDonald Inc./High Tech Metals/R.L. Snyder Electric #5’s performance last year, when Spahr won seven of the year’s first 10 races (one in his family-owned #14), but it was the team’s second of the year and at the least a hint of better things to come, and it was especially welcome with PASS’s return to Port Royal this weekend for the season’s biggest race, the Keystone RaceSaver Challenge.
Despite the disappointment of not winning, it also was a boost for the veteran Dodson, who had scored top-ten finishes in six of seven starts this year but had no finish higher than fourth.
Performance and luck might go hand-in-hand there. Dodson is notoriously unlucky with redraws for feature starting position, and his draw for the outside front row Saturday was a pleasant shock. He took advantage of it, outgunning Kruz Kepner of Kreamer for the initial lead. Zach Rhodes of McVeytown then engaged Kepner in a prolonged battle for second and secured the position on lap eight. Meanwhile, Spahr was working his way through the field.
The feature’s only caution flew on lap 10, just as the leaders were entering lapped traffic, when John Walp of Wapwallopen slowed on the track and went to the pits. Following the restart, Spahr was able to get past both Kepner and Rhodes and set his sights on the leader.
When Spahr caught up to Dodson, the two waged a fierce, four-lap battle for the lead before the decisive pass.
Behind Spahr and Dodson at the checkered was Rhodes in third, Kepner in fourth, and Drew Young of Beaver Springs took fifth.
Ken Duke Jr., Jeff Paulson, Owen Dimm, Kenny Heffner, and rookie Kolby Weaver completed the top ten.
The passing behind the leaders was incredible, given that the track had already taken more than 100 green-flag laps by 410 sprints and late models. Duke earned the Penns Valley Meat Markets Hard Charger Award for coming from 17th starting position to 6th at the finish. Kasey Weaver also advanced 11 spots, from 24th to 13th, and Kenny Heffner matched Spahr’s 10-position gain, charging from 19th to 9th. Virginian Jerald Harris and Laurel Highlands Sprint Series regular Josh Beamer each moved up eight spots, and Austin Reed and Owen Dimm each advanced six.
Heat races for the 42 IMCA/RaceSaver sprinters on hand went to Rhodes, Kolby Weaver, Dodson, and Erin Statler, with “Nitro” Nick Sweigart besting the 19-car B-Main.
Tim Iulg, one of several New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania drivers who hauled to Port Royal after New Egypt Speedway cancelled its Mid Atlantic Sprint Series racing due to heat concerns, took a wild ride after tangling with another car in turn one of the second heat’s first lap. He was done for the night.
Buddy Schweibinz, another of the New Jersey invaders and the two-time defending Mid-American Champion, was running second in the B-Main when he slowed and went pitside with two laps to go.
This week’s River Valley Builders PA Sprint Series action is special, with the season’s only visit to Big Diamond Speedway on Friday, and then the Keystone RaceSaver Challenge at Port Royal Saturday. This race features the season’s largest overall purse – still faithful to the commitment to having 24th place pay half of what first place pays – and lap and contingency sponsors are still being sought. Anyone interested in making this special event even more special should go to keystoneracesaverchallenge.com for information and a sign-up form.
PASS is dedicated to the heritage of RaceSaver with stable and enforceable rules, consistent rules application and fair purse distribution paying 24th place one half of first place. Learn about our policy and how to support the series at pasprintseries.com and the heritage of RaceSaver at frenchgrimes.com. We're on social media at Facebook and X.
Results from Port Royal Speedway, Saturday, June 22
HEAT 1 – 1. 31Z-Zach Rhodes; 2. 01-Timmy Bittner; 3. 19-Kruz Kepner; 4. 25-Dustin Young; 5. 67-Ken Duke Jr.; 6. 24-Buddy Schweibinz; 7. 85-Josh Beamer; 8. 36-Kenny Laureno; 9. 21-Andrew Boyer; 10. 21M-Hunter McFadden; 11. 99-A.J. Barton (DNF).
HEAT 2 – 1. 5W-Kolby Weaver; 2. 7H-Kyle Hart; 3. 16-Jeff Paulson; 4. 17-Owen Dimm; 5. 34-Austin Reed; 6. 47-Ben Miklos; 7. 4W-Kasey Weaver; 8. 14-Colton Moyer; 9. 32B-Ethan Beasom; 10. 6-Caleb Harris; 11. 19-Tim Iulg (DNF).
HEAT 3 – 1. 20-Doug Dodson; 2. 5-Logan Spahr; 3. 7-Drew Young; 4. 5W-John Walp; 5. 97-Kenny Heffner; 6. 36-Mike Melair; 7. 46-Mike Alleman; 6. 53W-Jimmy White; 9. 48-Derek Swartz; 10. 19AR-Alan Rhodes (DNF).
HEAT 4 – 1. 2-Erin Statler; 2. 12-Roger Irvine; 3. 88-Fred Arnold; 4. 98-Croix Beasom; 5. 32-Austin Greenland; 6. 89-Nick Sweigart; 7. J9-Jerald Harris; 8. 1M-Paul Moyer; 9. 28R-Jason Roush; 10. 19K-Chris Kreider.
B-MAIN – 1. 89-Nick Sweigart; 2. 36-Mike Melair; 3. 85-Josh Beamer; 4. 4W-Kasey Weaver; 5. J9-Jerald Harris; 6. 47-Ben Miklos; 7. 46-Mike Alleman; 8. 14-Colton Moyer; 9. 1M-Paul Moyer; 10. 21-Andrew Boyer; 11. 36-Kenny Laureno; 12. 53W-Jimmy White; 13. 21M-Hunter McFadden; 14. 6-Caleb Harris; 15. 99-A.J. Barton; 16. 28R-Jason Roush; 17. 19AR-Alan Rhodes; 18. 35-Buddy Schweibinz (DNF); 19. 19K-Chris Kreider (DNF). DNS – 32A-Ethan Beasom; 48-Derek Swartz; 19-Tim Iulg.
FEATURE – 1. 5-Logan Spahr; 2. 20-Doug Dodson; 3. 31Z-Zach Rhodes; 4. 19-Kruz Kepner; 5. 7-Drew Young; 6. 67-Ken Duke Jr. 7, 16-Jeff Paulson; 8. 17-Owen Dimm; 9. 97-Kenny Heffner; 10. 5W-Kolby Weaver; 11. 34-Austin Reed; 12. 12-Roger Irvina; 13. 5W-Kasey Weaver; 14. 25-Dustin Young; 15. 85-Josh Beamer; 16. 88-Fred Arnold; 17. J9-Jerald Harris. 18. 01-Timmy Bittner; 19. 2-Erin Statler; 20. 98-Croix Beasom; 21. 7H-Kyle Hart; 22. 32-Austin Greenland; 23. 47-Ben Miklos; 24. 36-Mike Melair (DNF); 25. 5W-John Walp. DNS – 89-Nick Sweigart. DNQ – 46-Mike Alleman; 13-Colton Moyer; 1M-Paul Moyer; 21-Andrew Boyer; 36-Kenny Laureno; 53W-Jimmy White; 21M-Hunter McFadden; 6-Caleb Harris; 99-A.J. Barton; 28R-Jason Roush; 19AR-Alan Rhodes; 35-Buddy Schweibinz; 19K-Chris Kreider; 32A-Ethan Beasom; 38-Derek Swartz; 19-Tim Iulg.
LOGAN MITCHELL SCORES FOURTH WMR WIN OF 2024 WITH VENTURA RACEWAY TRIUMPH
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA (June 23, 2024) – Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz steered
his No. 96x Western Midget Racing entry to his fourth win of the season against
one of the strongest fields of the year on a foggy Saturday night at Ventura
Raceway. Mitchell’s win boosts his championship lead to an eight point advantage
over 2023 champion Bryant Bell of Oakley with the series’ biggest weekend
looming large for the Howard Kaeding Classic in July.
Lodi’s Nate Wait and Sacramento’s Isaiah Vasquez split the eight-lap heat
races. Mitchell and season-opening Ventura winner Anthony Bruno of San Jose
shared the front row for the 20-lap feature. The field of 14 Midgets served as a
the main event of the night at the dirt track along the Pacific Ocean.
After a quick caution at the start of the race, trouble struck for Bruno from
second on the following restart. Bruno stumbled on the restart with his teammate
Bell and Wait spinning in the ensuing melee in turn four. Bell was relegated to
restarting from the rear of the field because of the incident.
Mitchell paced the field the rest of the way with Micro Sprint standout Teddy
Bivert of Idaho making a strong debut in second. Bell was the hardest charger of
the evening, putting on a valiant effort to drive back into third. Vasquez and
Las Vegas’ Kyle Hawse rounded out the top-five finishers.
Western Midget Racing heads to Ocean Speedway in Watsonville on July 12 and
13 for one of its signature events with the two-day Howard Kaeding Classic. They
will be the support division for the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series.
For more information visit www.WesternMidgetRacing.com
RESULTS: Ventura Raceway June 22, 2024
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 96X-Logan Mitchell[1]; 2. 11-Teddy Bivert[5]; 3.
09-Bryant Bell[4]; 4. 4-Isaiah Vasquez[6]; 5. 20-Kyle Hawse[8]; 6. 35W-Nate
Wait[7]; 7. 15-Adam Weisberg[13]; 8. 18-Todd Hawse[3]; 9. 31-Shane
Linenberger[9]; 10. 1K-Terry Nichols[12]; 11. 68-Marvin Mitchell[10]; 12. 57-Ray
Richards[11]; 13. 1T-Jimmy Voitel[14]; 14. 9B-Anthony Bruno[2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35W-Nate Wait[3]; 2. 11-Teddy Bivert[6]; 3. 18-Todd
Hawse[5]; 4. 96X-Logan Mitchell[4]; 5. 31-Shane Linenberger[1]; 6. 57-Ray
Richards[7]; 7. 15-Adam Weisberg[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Isaiah Vasquez[1]; 2. 09-Bryant Bell[6]; 3. 9B-Anthony
Bruno[2]; 4. 20-Kyle Hawse[3]; 5. 68-Marvin Mitchell[7]; 6. 1K-Terry Nichols[4];
7. 1T-Jimmy Voitel[5]
2024 WMR Schedule – Subject to Change
March 16 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Anthony Bruno
March 29 Ocean Speedway – RAIN OUT
March 30 Marysville Raceway – RAIN OUT
April 20 Bakersfield Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 4 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
May 17 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
May 18 Petaluma Speedway w/ BCRA Tom Manning Memorial – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
June 7 Ocean Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
June 8 Petaluma Speedway – WINNER: Bryant Bell
June 22 Ventura Raceway – WINNER: Logan Mitchell
July 12 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic
July 13 Ocean Speedway Howard Kaeding Classic
July 26 Ocean Speedway
July 27 Antioch Speedway
August 9 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic
August 10 Ocean Speedway Johnny Key Classic
September 21 Bakersfield Speedway
October 25 Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway October Classic
October 26 Ventura Raceway
CALEB DEBEM EARNS SECOND CONSECUTIVE OCEAN SPRINTS FEATURE IN WATSONVILLE
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (June 21, 2024) – Ocean Sprints presented by Taco
Bravo points leader Caleb Debem of Salinas scored his second consecutive series
win during Friday night’s action at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville. Debem won the
25-lap feature for the Winged 360 Sprint Cars and was joined by Rob Gallaher,
Terre Rothweiler, and Thomas Cumming as race winners at the Santa Cruz County
Fairgrounds dirt track.
Jake Haulot of Cotati led the Ocean Sprints time trials before Gilroy’s Kurt
Nelson and Brentwood’s Adrianna DeMartini snared the heat races.
Haulot and Debem shared the front row for the feature. Debem worked his way
to the inside of Haulot in turn three on the opening lap to take the lead. Vince
Giannotta of Hollister spun in turn two for the first caution on lap four.
Nelson seized second from Haulot on the restart. Orval Burke of Salinas
suffered a major flip in turn two while running sixth, drawing a red flag on lap
nine. Burke was uninjured.
Debem charged to a comfortable advantage of 1.4 seconds over Nelson,
nullified when Salinas’ Jason Chisum went around on lap 18 in turn two.
Back-to-back cautions on lap 22 saw Haulot and Nelson trade blows for second but
Nelson used the second attempt to successfully defend the position.
Caleb Debem cruised over the final three laps to top Nelson, Haulot, Bradley
Dillard of Oakdale, and DeMartini at the checkered flag.
A solid field of Hobby Stocks endured a full moon marathon of a 20-lap
feature. Outside pole sitter Rob Gallaher of San Jose led all 20-laps and held
court through half a dozen restarts.
The race’s largest incident came on lap two when drivers attempted to go
three-wide for the fourth position. The ensuing crash ended the race for
Watsonville’s Sam Kennedy.
The last of the six cautions fell on lap 15. Gallaher motored ahead for the
win. San Jose’s Matt Kile, who had pitted after an opening lap crash, came back
strong to finish second. Adriane Frost of Watsonville finished third followed by
Bobby Gallaher and 2023 champion Joe Gallaher.
Santa Cruz’ Terre Rothweiler dominated the 20-lap South Bay Dwarf Car
feature, accumulating a half track advantage at the checkered flag. San Jose’s
Mark Biscardi showed his nose inside of Rothweiler heading into turn one on lap
two to no avail. Biscardi’s move ended up being Rothweiler’s closest challenge
of the race.
Concord’s Travis Day finished second followed by Biscardi, Dan Zuger of San
Jose, and Justin Bingman of Castroville.
Four Bangers enjoyed the opportunity to be the nightcap featured event with
their 16 vehicle field, made up of 14 cars and two trucks. The 20-lap feature
opened with a crash on the backstretch involving Shelbie Freeman of Prunedale
and Riley Killian of Prunedale. Freeman was unable to continue.
Polesitter Thomas Cumming of San Jose led the way before the next caution
when Johnny “Cash” Hubbird and Killian tangled on the front stretch. Amaya
Flower of Watsonville collided with Tony Gullo of Watsonville while trying to
avoid the crash, ending her race.
Kenny Stragalinos of Boulder Creek put on a hard charge, winning a long
battle with Gullo for second and then turning his attention to Cumming. Cumming
held on by a few car lengths for the win, followed by Stragalinos, Gullo,
Watsonville’s Lilly Mead, and Peter Vannerus of Felton.
Ocean Speedway returns on Friday night June 28 with Ocean Sprints presented
by Taco Bravo, IMCA Sport Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, and Four Bangers!
Ocean Speedway June 21, 2024 – Race Results
Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 3D-Caleb
Debem[2]; 2. 72W-Kurt Nelson[4]; 3. 7H-Jake Haulot[1]; 4. 72S-Bradley
Dillard[3]; 5. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[5]; 6. 25Z-Jason Chisum[9]; 7. 72JR-Chris
Nelson[6]; 8. 76-Jennifer Osborne[8]; 9. 98-Vince Giannotta[10]; 10. OB1-Orval
Burke[7]
Hobby Stocks A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. X-Rob Gallaher[2]; 2. 5-Matt Kile[6];
3. 22-Adriane Frost[12]; 4. X1-Bobby Gallaher[5]; 5. 1-Joe Gallaher[8]; 6.
55F-Shane Freeman[4]; 7. 51-Norm Ayers[10]; 8. X2-Joyce Gallaher[11]; 9.
23-Jesse Paladino[7]; 10. 8-Wayne Reeder[3]; 11. 01-DJ Keldsen[1]; 12. 57W-Sam
Kennedy[9]
South Bay Dwarf Cars A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 45B-Terre Rothweiler[1]; 2.
88B-Travis Day[4]; 3. 66B-Mark Biscardi[2]; 4. 80N-Dan Zuger[7]; 5. 12-Justin
Bingman[3]; 6. 410-Chris Durden[5]; 7. 0-Jason Lazzerini[8]; 8. 69-Eddy
Claessen[6]; 9. (DNS) 64B-Eric Weisler
Four Banger A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 8-Thomas Cumming[1]; 2. 720-Kenny Stragalinos[7]; 3. 52-Tony Gullo[2]; 4. 16-Lilly Mead[9]; 5. 37-Peter Vannerus[4]; 6. 2-Nicole Beardsley[11]; 7. 112-Travis VanGilder[5]; 8. 51-Ken Keegan[13]; 9. 26-Johnny Hubbird[10]; 10. 10-Amaya Flower[3]; 11. 28J-Joshua Silva[6]; 12. 23X-Riley Killian[16]; 13. 50F-Shelbie Freeman[8]; 14. (DNS) 88-Ryan Bowers; 15. (DNS) 43-Kate Beardsley; 16. (DNS) 5-Bill Beardsley
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST: Reese Nowotarski Survives a Marathon for First URC Win at BAPS
As teams rolled into the Baps Motor Speedway for the first time since April 27th they were greeted with blazing sunshine and high humidity. As hot laps grew closer so did the clouds. A pop up storm dumped for about 15 minutes nearly took all the air out of the crews and teams that's been clamoring to be back racing since April. But a fantastic effort by the entire track crew at Baps to bring the track back around for a great surface. While it felt like a marathon feature. One driver stood tall as Leesport,PA Reese Nowotarski became the 290th different winner in the 76 year history of the United Racing Club. Feature action got underway with Brett Wanner and Tylor Rutherford on the front row. The green wouldn't stay out long as Wanner would spin in turns 3 and 4 bringing out the first yellow. That would move Nowotarski to the front row alongside Rutherford. On the start it was Nowotarski taking the lead but the yellow would immediately return as Cole Knopp would spin in turn 2 and make hard contact with the wall bringing an end to his night. We would finally complete a lap on the next restart as Nowotarski would take the advantage over Rutherford. The green wouldn't stay out long as Fred Kennedy would spin out in turn 3 and bring the yellow back out. Green would return with Nowotarski taking the advantage. But the yellow laundry would fly again on lap 7 with Jon Brennfleck spinning and hard contact with the wall in turn 4 bringing an end to his evening. That would trigger an open red. After the open red it would be single file restarts. On the restart Kyle Smith would try to attempt to pass Rutherford on the inside of the cone. Under URC rules he would be penalized next stoppage of the race. It wouldn't take long as Rutherford would find himself jumping the cushion and flipping in turns 1 and 2 on lap 9. He would be ok. Smith would be docked 2 spots. Next yellow would come out as Kennedy would spin again. He would park it for the night. Finally got some laps together with Nowotarski running away and getting into lap traffic and mastering it beautifully. Behind him Smith and JT Ferry would have a great battle for the 2nd spot with Ken Meisner finding his way into this battle. But then the caution would come out once again with Jake Gallowy spinning in turn 3 on lap 18. The cautions would not be done as Robbie Stillwaggon would spin on lap 23 setting up a green white checkered finish. Nowotarski would get the jump with Ferry and Smith in tow. Smith would seem to lose his breaks and get passed for 3rd by Meisner, But it was all Nowotarski as he would dominate the feature leading all 25 laps for his first career 360 sprint car win. “Its awesome to to get the first sprint car win off the bucket list.”Nowotarski said after the race. “ I have plenty of 410 starts here so i've felt really comfortable coming here. I knew we would be good out of the box and having Ryan Smith and crew doing an amazing job the last month or so we really been clicking.” Josh Weller got the York Excavating hard charger coming from 16th to 4th and Derek Locke would round out the top 5. Next URC race will be Wednesday July 3rd at the Port Royal Speedway apart of Pennsylvania Speedweek. Results for 6/22/2024 at BAPS Motor Speedway - York Haven, PA URC 360 Winged Sprint Cars 27 Entries A Feature 1 8 Laps
10X-Reese Nowotarski[3]; 2. 18J-JT Ferry[4]; 3. 4-Ken Meisner[9]; 4. 63-Josh Weller[16]; 5. 77-Derek Locke[6]; 6. 32-Kyle Smith[5]; 7. 11B-Bryn Gohn[13]; 8. 6-Mike Bittinger[12]; 9. 11H-Hayden Miller[19]; 10. 47-Adam Carberry[10]; 11. 99-Jonathan Swift[11]; 12. 669-Brandon McGough[8]; 13. 17G-Devin Gundrum[21]; 14. 19T-Jacob Galloway[15]; 15. 89-Robbie Stillwaggon[7]; 16. 22R-Ron Helmick[17]; 17. (DNF) 4BC-Brandon Reiblich[20]; 18. (DNF) 74-Vance Berry[24]; 19. (DNF) 56-Fred Kennedy[18]; 20. (DNF) 19R-Tylar Rutherford[2]; 21. (DNF) 51-Jon Brennfleck[22]; 22. (DNF) 48C-Mark Connoly[23]; 23. (DNF) 55W-Randy Wilbert[14]; 24. (DNF) 6K-Cole Knopp[25]; 25. (DNF) 54-Brett Wanner[1]; 26. (DNS) 7-Tyler Ross Specialty Rigging Heat 1 8 Laps 54-Brett Wanner[1]; 2. 18J-JT Ferry[2]; 3. 77-Derek Locke[3]; 4. 47-Adam Carberry[5]; 5. 11B-Bryn Gohn[8]; 6. 63-Josh Weller[7]; 7. 11H-Hayden Miller[6]; 8. 51-Jon Brennfleck[4]; 9. 6-Mike Bittinger[9] Specialty Rigging Heat 2 8 Laps 10X-Reese Nowotarski[2]; 2. 19R-Tylar Rutherford[1]; 3. 669-Brandon McGough[5]; 4. 99-Jonathan Swift[7]; 5. 55W-Randy Wilbert[3]; 6. 22R-Ron Helmick[6]; 7. 4BC-Brandon Reiblich[8]; 8. (DNF) 48C-Mark Connoly[9]; 9. (DNF) 10-Joe Kata[4] Specialty Rigging Heat 3 8 Laps 89-Robbie Stillwaggon[4]; 2. 32-Kyle Smith[1]; 3. 4-Ken Meisner[3]; 4. 6K-Cole Knopp[8]; 5. 19T-Jacob Galloway[6]; 6. 56-Fred Kennedy[2]; 7. 17G-Devin Gundrum[5]; 8. 7-Tyler Ross[7]; 9. 74-Vance Berry[9]
Day Wins Dirt Cup 2024
6/22/24
By Kaleb Hart
Alger, WA - Corey Day wrote his name into Skagit Speedway history with a win at the 52nd Annual Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup. Day became part of the first father/son duo to win Dirt Cup, with his father Ronnie winning in 2000. The win paid Day a total of $79,600 in finish position and laps led money.
Zeb Wise led the opening 11 laps before Day marched into the top spot, using the high groove to whip around Wise for the lead on lap 12. Corey quickly put distance between himself and the field, with Wise falling into a furious battle with Cole Macedo and Jason Solwold for the runner up spot. The group fought for a few laps while Corey built his advantage, with Wise eventually re-securing second. By then, it was far too late as Day had enough track space and slower traffic between the two to drive comfortably to the win. Wise would claim runner up for the second straight year, with Macedo picking up third. Wise was the winner of the pole shuffle. Hunter Schuerenberg won the B Main and Levi Kuntz won the C. Four heat races were run to determine the back half of the pole shuffle starters. Those heat wins went to Jason Solwold, Justyn Cox, Cole Macedo and Colby Copeland.
The dual between Jared Peterson and Shane Smith at the front of the field in the NW Focus Midget series A Main lived up to the billing at the end. Peterson got the jump and set the pace, but as he rolled into traffic, Smith rolled right up to his rear bumper and spent the back half of the main bird dogging him all around the track. Peterson was up to the task, never leaving a large enough gap for Smith to drive under or around him to take the win. Smith was second and Alex Peck was third.
Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup - 41 Entries
Heat 1 - Jason Solwold
Heat 2 - Justyn Cox
Heat 3 - Cole Macedo
Heat 4 - Colby Copeland
C Main - Levi Kuntz, Axel Oudman, Brett McGhie, Mike Brown, Dustin Gehring
B Main - Hunter Schuerenberg, Chase Johnson, Max Mittry, Cam Smith, Ryan Bernal, Tyler Thompson, Bud Kaeding, Evan Margeson, Nick Parker, Skylar Gee, Luke Didiuk, Shane Golobic, Greg Otis, Tanner Carrick, Axel Oudman, Lane Taylor, Kinzer Cox, Levi Kuntz
A Main - Corey Day, Zeb Wise, Cole Macedo, Justin Sanders, Justyn Cox, Jason Solwold, Colby Thornhill, Dominic Gordon, Colby Copeland, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Trey Starks, Shane Golobic, Chase Johnson, Devon Borden, Robbie Price, Tanner Holmes, DJ Netto, Eric Fisher, Willie Croft, Max Mittry, Greg Hamilton, Tanner Carrick, Justin Youngquist, Hunter Schuerenberg, Caeden Steele, Cam Smith
Lap Leaders - Wise 1-11 Day 12-40
NW Focus Midgets - 30 Entries
B Main - Brad Pritchard, Matt Loving, Tyler Luce, Kaden Holm, Mike Roberts, Ayuka Carlson, Morgan Benson, David Mills, Bryanna Peterson, JD Lewis
A Main - Jared Peterson, Shane Smith, Alex Peck, Hannah Lindquist, Nick Evans, Levi Klatt, Tanner Holm, Levi Harless, Ashley Thompson, Chuck Pierce, Stewart Lee, Jayme Barnes, Bryan Murphy, Eric Turner, Ryan Orchard, Stuart MIlner, Brian Holmkvist, Kaden Holm, Matt Loving, Todd Hartmann, Brad Pritchard, Tyler Luce, Kyle Hanson, Chad Kincaid
Lap Leaders - Peterson 1-25
Willison Captures First MSR Sprint Win At Owosso; Henes Rules Midwest Lights
OVID, Mich. (June 22, 2024) – Canadian Aaron Willison dominated to capture his first Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series victory Saturday night at Owosso Speedway.
Willison, a multi-time asphalt sprint car champion from Langley, British Columbia, raced from fifth to first in eight laps at the three-eighths-mile oval and then led the rest of the way in the No. 50m RAM Engineering Midwest sprinter for legendary car owner Dick Myers.
Despite three caution flags during the 40-lap main event, Willison still drove to a mammoth 10.762-second margin of victory over runner-up Joe Liguori, putting together one of the most impressive Must See Racing performances in recent memory.
“Dick and the whole RAM Engineering crew brought an absolutely outstanding race car to the track this weekend,” said Willison in victory lane. “For an old pail, she rolls hard and I’m honored to be driving it. I’ve had a lot of great opportunities lately to contend for wins, and to come out here and get my first Must See Racing win is a great feeling.”
Willison’s winning move came courtesy of an outside sweep in turn one, when he drove around early leader and reigning series champion Jason Blonde in commanding fashion.
“In the warm-up laps before the feature, I got up [in the high lane] and felt around a bit, so from that point I knew we had a stellar piece and the field might be in trouble,” he added with a big grin. “I had that move in my back pocket from the drop of the green and we made it pay off there.”
Behind Willison and Liguori, reigning Must See Racing rookie-of-the-year Kevin Mingus crossed the finish line in third place, earning a career-best finish for his family-owned No. Z10 team and putting himself into the conversation of contenders going forward.
Michigan’s Dorman Snyder was fourth and 2022 series champion Charlie Schultz, who started from the pole but had to rally back from a lap-20 spin in turn four, completed the top five.
Rick Holley, John Inman, Tommy Nichols, Teddy Alberts, and reigning series champion Jason Blonde were the balance of the top-10 finishers.
Blonde was in position to finish third Saturday night, but fell out of contention with a broken water line coming to two laps to go in the main event.
Schultz’s spin at the halfway point caused the only yellow flag during the 410 sprint car feature.
By virtue of his runner-up finish, Liguori assumed the unofficial point lead in the battle for the season championship.
In other racing action Saturday, inaugural Must See Racing Maxima