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Burkin wins BOSS feature; Sheppard, Morehouse and Gardner also winners at NAPA AUTO PARTS WCS
By Ryan Pearson
Orrville, Ohio (May 18, 2012) Under beautiful skies officials at NAPA AUTO PARTS Wayne County Speedway swung open the gates for our first installment of the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series; Lias Tire Super Late Models; Bremenour Electric Modifieds and the Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks. The fans were treated to door handle to door handle racing in all divisions. Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic sponsored the evening’s action.
Dallas Hewitt and Wooster, Ohio Danny Mumaw lead the field down to the green flag for the start of the B.O.S.S feature event. As the cars fired off contact ensued between Hewitt and Mumaw in front of the entire starting field. Mumaw took the brunt of incident which resulted in the fan favorite to retire for the evening with extensive front end damage. All other sprint cars dodged the wreaking sprints and were able to continue. A complete restart was on tap which saw Tom Rhoades and Tony Beaber moved to the front row. Flagman Jason Flory waved the green flag high in the air and Rhoades jumped to the lead. An early caution flew for Grafton, West Virginia’s Andre Layfield who spun by himself. By lap five Rhoades held a comfortable lead ahead of Beaber and Fenton, Michigan’s Steve Irwin. Beaber attempted to hold off Irwin but Irwin slipped past Beaber. As Rhoades held a sizeable lead eyes were on the white and green sprinter of Mike Burkin who started fifteenth. On lap five Burkin had made his way to fourth. Burkin on a tear to the front had joined the battle that was waging for the second position making it a three car battle with Irwin, Beaber and Burkin. As these three cars sliced and diced for position Landon Simon joined the fray to also wage war with the leaders. Rhoades lead disappeared and on lap eleven Irwin caught Rhoades and applied pressure to the leader. As the leaders raced into turn three Irwin dove under Rhoades and executed a perfect slide job to snag the lead on lap twelve. On lap fourteen Burkin moved into to second getting around Simon; Irwin held point ahead of Burkin, Simon, Beaber and Kirk Jefferies. On lap sixteen the leaders closed in on the back markers. Burkin chased down Irwin and on lap nineteen he jammed in hard under Irwin making a text book slide job to wrestle the lead away from Irwin. On lap twenty the caution flag flew for Simon who was running third. Layfield rode the cushion to rip through the field and on lap twenty he found himself sitting sixth after starting shotgun on the field and causing an early caution. On the restart Burkin went back to his favorite groove around the cushion as Irwin dove under trying to make the inside line work for him. Burkin drove away from Irwin to take the win. Burkin was followed to the checkers by Irwin, Rhoades, Layfield and Beaber. Simon, Rhoades and Irwin won heats.
It was a former track champion front row as Ryan Markham and Charlie Duncan led the stout field of Lias Tire Super Late Models to the green flag. Duncan used the high side to power ahead of Markham. On lap four Duncan led Russ King, Ron Davies, George Lee and Dave Hornikle. Five laps in and things got interesting at the front as Duncan led but King and Davies both were putting pressure on the leader. Davies took to the high side to try to pass King and Duncan. King kept peeking under Duncan. The epic battle for the lead continued for several laps as the top three cars were waging a full on battle. With the great battle up front eighth starting Brandon Sheppard from Farmer City Illinois found the cushion in turn one and two to his liking and moved up to fourth. King kept working on Duncan and eventually motored past Duncan to take the lead with Davies in tow. Davies had to slip by Duncan by working the middle of the track. On lap twelve the caution flew for Rick Armstrong who spun. Under caution Duncan retired to the pits with mechanical issues. When the racing resumed eyes turned back to the Rocket house car being piloted by Sheppard who closed up on Davies. Sheppard several times had a great run on Davies but the veteran shut the door each time. Sheppard pulled the ole okey doke as they flew down the back stretch it looked as he was going to go high then a the last second dove under Davies to get beside him. He then completed the pass in as they raced off turn four and set his sights on King. Sheppard slipped past Davies by using the low side of the race track but he quickly returned to the cushion throwing a rooster tail of dirt on the guard rail as he raced off turn two each lap. On lap eighteen King was feeling the heavy pressure of Sheppard. King fighting off the hard charger couldn’t hold him off any longer relinquished the lead to Sheppard. At the checker flag Sheppard came home the winner. He was followed by King, Davies, George Lee, Cory Conley and Shane McLoughlin. King, Markham and Duncan won heat races.
In the Bremenour Electric Modifieds Norm Aronhalt and Kyle Brown who made his first start of the 2012 season brought the field to the green flag. Last week feature winner Aronhalt again jumped to the lead ahead of Brown and Kevin Morehouse. On the third lap the leader Aronhalt spun in turn four bringing out the caution and handing the lead to Morehouse. That is all Morehouse needed as he ran away from the field. Aronhalt worked his way back to second after going to the tail and attempted to catch Morehouse. It was too little to late as Morehouse took the checkers. Aronhalt, Brown, Jim Nicely and Larry Kugel rounded out the top five. Winning heat races were Brown and Aronhalt.
In the Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks Brandon Gardner and Charlie Duncan led the field to the green flag. Gardner stepped out ahead of Duncan who usually drives the Halls Auto Sales Super Late Model to take the lead. Gardner lead but a tight fierce battle waged for fourth as Tory Gibbs and Josh Miller raced door handle to door handle for several laps. On lap eight the caution flew as both Gibbs and Miller spun in turn three. Duncan closed on the rear bumper of Gardner and tried to pass on the outside lane. Gardner held him off. On the final lap Duncan made a bonsai move and dove under Gardner. The pass wouldn’t stick and Gardner pulled ahead to take the win. Duncan, Tony Cline, Gary Hoopingarner and Shaun Cains rounded out the top five. Duncan and Gardner won heat races.
For additional information contact Jason or Kristin Flory at: 330-465-2365, or email at kristinu2@yahoo.com. For news, updates and schedule visit the Wayne County Speedway website at www.waynecountyspeedway.com. Wayne County Speedway is located nine miles east of Wooster, or 15 miles west of Massillon on US Rt. 30, then one mile north on Carr Road.
B.O.S.S. Wingless Sprints (20 Cars)
Heat #1
1. Landon Simon 2. Danny Mumaw 3. Chuck Wilson 4. Nick Patterson 5. Lewie Christian 6. Alec Martin DNS: Andre Layfield
Heat #2
1. Tom Rhoades 2. Tony Beaber 3. Dallas Hewitt 4. Aaron Middaugh 5. Mark Cassella 6. Duffy Smith 7. Rob Chaney
Heat #3
1. Steve Irwin 2. Dustin Smith 3. Derek Hastings 4. Kirk Jeffries 5. Mike Burkin 6. Brandon Spithaler
Feature:
1. Mike Burkin 2. Steve Irwin 3. Tom Rhoades 4. Andre Layfield 5. Tony Beaber 6. Kirk Jefferies 7. Dallas Hewitt 8. Derek Hastings 9. Dustin Smith 10. Nick Patterson (#23) 11. Lewie Christian 12. Chuck Wilson 13. Alec Martin 14. Aaron Middaugh 15. Landon Simon 16. Rob Chaney 17. Mark Cassella 18. Duffy Smith 19. Danny Mumaw DNS: Brandon Spithaler
Lias Tire Super Late Models (26 Cars)
Heat #1
1. Ryan Markham 2. Dave Hornikle 3. Cory Conley 4. DJ Cline 5. David Liles 6. Thomas Baker 7. Eric Smitley 8. Chester Elliott 9. Blaine Aber
Heat #2
1. Charlie Duncan 2. George Lee 3. Brandon Sheppard 4. John Lobb 5. Travis Mensching 6. JR Gentry 7. Larry Baldwin 8. Johnny Moore
Heat #3
1. Russ King 2. Ron Davies 3. Shane McLoughlin 4. Mark Gardiner 5. Rick Bond 6. Rick Armstrong 7. Larry Bellman 8. Don Conley
B-Main
1. JR Gentry 2. Rick Armstrong 3. Thomas Baker 4. Blaine Aber 5. Larry Bellman 6. Don Conley 7. Larry Baldwin 8. Chester Elliott
Feature:
1. Brandon Sheppard 2. Russ King 3. Ron Davies 4. George Lee 5. Cory Conley 6. Shane McLoughlin 7. Ryan Markham 8. Dave Hornikle 9. JR Gentry 10. DJ Cline 11. John Lobb 12. Rick Bond 13. David Liles 14. Eric Smitley 15. Travis Mensching 16. Blaine Aber 17. Charlie Duncan 18. Rick Armstrong 19. Mark Gardiner 20. Thomas Baker
Bremenour Electric Modifieds (13 Cars)
Heat #1
1. Norm Aronhalt 2. Kevin Morehouse 3. Nathon Loney 4. Eric Singhaus 5. Larry Kugel 6. Jon Sluka 7. Charlie Summers
Heat #2
1. Kyle Brown 2. Bruce Miller 3. Sid Danials 4. Jim Nicely 5. Rory Reed 6. Dave Bodkins
Feature:
1. Kevin Morehouse 2. Norm Aronhalt 3. Kyle Brown 4. Jim Nicely 5. Larry Kugel 6. Bruce Miller 7. Nathon Loney 8. Sid Danials 9. Charlie Summers 10. Dave Bodkins 11. Eric Singhaus 12. Rory Reed 13. Jon Sluka
Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks (16 Cars)
Heat #1
1. Brandon Gardner 2. Jeremy Lynch 3. Tory Gibbs 4. Josh Miller 5. Gary Hoopingarner 6. Todd Gallion 7. Roger Drouhard
Heat #2
1. Charlie Duncan 2. Tony Cline 3. Jeremy Dickerson 4. Shaun Cains 5. Brandon Craver 6. Tyler Nicely 7. Dennis Amstutz
Feature:
1. Brandon Gardner 2. Charlie Duncan 3. Tony Cline 4. Gary Hoopingarner 5. Shaun Cains 6. Brandon Craver 7. Josh Miller 8. Roger Drouhard 9. Todd Gallion 10. Tyler Nicely 11. Dennis Amstutz 12. Tory Gibbs 13. Jeremy Lynch DNS: Chase Alexander, Jon Preston and Mike Hudson
Mumaw makes last corner pass to take win; Davies, Dickerson and Aronhalt also victorious at NAPA AUTO PARTS Wayne County Speedway.
By Ryan Pearson
Orrville, Ohio (May 11, 2012) Under beautiful skies the packed grandstands at NAPA AUTO PARTS Wayne County Speedway race fans were treated to an exciting night of racing one that feature slide jobs, door to door and last corner passes for the win. “Our fans were treated to a show tonight” stated General Manager Jason Flory after the races. “If that sprint feature didn’t get you excited as a race fan then nothing will; I am a late model guy but that Sprint race was exciting”Flory continued.
In the Fisher Performance 410 Sprints Andrew Palker and Bryce Dickson lead the field to the green flag from their front row. Palker found the inside groove to his liking as he bolted past Dickson to take the lead. On lap four the field got settled in Palker held the point over Dickson, Mitch Harble, Danny Mumaw and Cole Duncan. As the front runners were working the inside Mumaw found the cushion next to the guardrail in turn one and two his preferred line enabling him to gain ground on the leaders. On lap seven Mumaw looked like he was riding a rocket flew down the back stretch and dove under Harble as they entered turn three. When it appeared he would be content with third. He pushed his sprint car hard under Dickson snagging two positions in one turn. Mumaw set his sights on the Palker as the laps clicked down. On lap thirteen Mumaw caught Palker and slid under him in turn three; Palker not giving up dove back under Mumaw as they drag raced down the front stretch. Palker narrowly held onto the lead over Mumaw for lap fourteen. A late race caution for Broc Martin who spun in turn two bunched the field. When the racing resumed Palker jumped out to the lead and started to stretch his lead to nearly 10 car lengths. As the final laps clicked down Mumaw again took to the high side in turns one and two and could gain valuable ground on the leader. On the final lap Mumaw caught Palker and slid under him to take the lead. But just as before Palker came back under Mumaw to regain the lead then as they entered turn four to take the checkers Mumaw slid back under and held off Palker to take the win. Rounding out the top five were Palker, Duncan, Harble and Dickson. Palker and Dickson won heat races.
In the Lias Tire Super Late Models Shane McLoughlin and Warren Pennsylvania’s Ron Davies brought the field to the green flag. McLoughlin jumped ahead of Davies to take the early lead. On lap three Davies ran the middle groove to sling shot around McLoughlin to take the lead. A tight battle ensued for the second position as Millersburg, Ohio’s Keith Berner pulled along McLoughlin trying to the second position away. As Davies began to stretch his lead, Berner continued to put pressure on McLoughlin as he they rode side by side for several laps. With Davies out front and McLoughlin in second on lap fifteen Berner again started peeking on the outside of McLoughlin for second place. McLoughlin keep his cool and held steady and kept Berner at bay. With a large lead Davies caught the back markers which allowed McLoughlin and Berner to close up on the leader. Davies kept the blistering pace and took the checker flag ahead of McLoughlin, Berner, seventh starting Corey Conley and George Lee. Markham, McLoughlin and Davies won heats and Mark Gardiner won the B-Main.
In the Bremenour Electric Modifieds Jim Nicely and Norm Aronhalt led the field to the green flag. Aronhalt powered out to the lead ahead of Nicely, Larry Kugel, Mitch Bascich and Bruce Miller. Aronhalt set a torrid pace with Nicely and Kugel in tow battling for second. Kugel closed the gap on Nicely and began putting pressure for the second position. Kugel powered past Nicely to snag the second position and tore after the leader. Aronhalt stretched is head over the field as Kugel, Nicely and Bascich attempted to chase him down. Aronhalt crossed the finish line taking the win ahead of Kugel, Nicely, Bascich and Eric Singhaus who snagged fifth place with a last lap pass. Aronhalt and Nicely won heat races.
In the Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks Jeremy Dickerson and Brandon Gardner brought the field to the green flag. From the beginning Dickerson and Gardner waged a dog fight for the lead. Side by side door handle to door handle these two waged war for the lead. Dickerson found the inside line his favorite way around the track and Gardner made the high side to his liking to hold with Dickerson. A few cautions bunched the field and when racing resumed the epic battle continued to wage. Dickerson held a narrow advantage as he and Gardner raced side by side. Tony Cline, Josh Miller, Brandon Craver round out the top five on lap seven. At the front it was still door handle to door handle for the lead as Dickerson and Gardner attempted to pull ahead of each other. On lap ten Gardner wrestled away the lead from Dickerson. On lap eleven the caution flag flew for Todd Gallion; while under caution Gardner pulled to the infield with a flat tire handing the lead back to Dickerson. Gardner took his race car pitside, changed a tire and returned to the action at the tail of the field. In the remaining laps Cline set sail for Dickerson trying to take the lead but he was unable to do so in the closing laps. Dickerson took the checkers ahead of Cline, Jeremy Lynch, Josh Miller and Brandon Craver. Gardner fought his way back to a sixth place finish. Miller, Dickerson and Gardner won heat races.
For additional information contact Jason or Kristin Flory at: 330-465-2365, or email at kristinu2@yahoo.com. For news, updates and schedule visit the Wayne County Speedway website at www.waynecountyspeedway.com. Wayne County Speedway is located nine miles east of Wooster, or 15 miles west of Massillon on US Rt. 30, then one mile north on Carr Road.
Fisher Performance 410 Sprints (19 cars)
Heat #1
1. Andrew Palker 2. Danny Mumaw 3. Jason Dollick 4. Rob Chaney 5. Matt Warner 6. Bob Lime 7. Jordan Harble
Heat #2
1. Bryce Dickson 2. Cole Duncan 3.Chris Myers 4. Jamie Myers 5. Nick Patterson 6. Bill Ault
Heat #3
1. Mitch Harble 2. Broc Martin 3. Shawn Hubler 4. Chris Smith 5. Zach Ames 6. Alec Martin
Feature:
1. Danny Mumaw 2. Andrew Palker 3.Cole Duncan 4. Mitch Harble 5. Bryce Dickson 6. Jason Dollick 7. Chris Myers 8. Rob Chaney 9.Alec Martin 10. Jamie Myers 11.Shawn Hubler 12. Chris Smith 13. Jordan Harble 14. Broc Martin 15. Matt Warner 16. Bill Ault 17. Nick Patterson 18. Zack Ames
Lias Tire Super Late Models (26 cars)
Heat #1
1. Shane McLouglin 2. Keith Berner 3. Corey Conley 4. Charlie Duncan 5. Dave Hornikle 6. Rick Bond 7. Don Conley 8. Larry Bellman
Heat #2
1. Ron Davies 2.Russ King 3.Brad Malcuit 4. Rick Armstrong 5. Lance Elson 6.Mark Gardiner 7. Hiram Bachmann 8.Chester Elliott 9.Ben Mott
Heat #3
1. Ryan Markham 2. George Lee 3. JR Gentry 4.Matt Bee Aber 5. Allan Baker 6. Eric Myers 7.Mike Basich 8.Kyle Moore 9. Johnny Moore
B-Main (Top 5 transfer to feature):
1. Mark Gardiner 2. Rick Bond 3. Eric Myers 4.Kyle Moore 5.Hiram Bachmann 6. Johnny Moore 7. Mike Basich 8. Don Conley 9. Ben Mott 10. Travis Menshing 11. Larry Belman 12. Chester Elliott
Feature:
1. Ron Davies 2. Shane McLouglin 3.Keith Berner 4. Corey Conley 5. George Lee 6. Russ King 7. Brad Malcuit 8. Ryan Markham 9. Charlie Duncan 10. Mark Gardiner 11. Dave Hornicle 12. Eric Myers 13. Rick Bond 14. Rick Armstrong 15. Matt Bee Aber 16. Hiram Bachmann 17. JR Gentry 18. Allan Baker 19. Lance Elson 20. Kyle Moore
Bremenour Electric Modifieds (14 cars)
Heat#1
1. Norm Aronhalt 2. Larry Kugel 3. Eric Singhaus 4. Ron Bruce Miller 5. Josh Pyers 6. Tigh Shaffer 7. Mark Pogue
Heat #2
1. Jim Nicely 2. Mitch Basich 3. Loney Nathan 4. Sid Danials 5. Rory Reed 6. Sampsel David 7. Dave Bodkins
Feature:
1. Norm Aronhalt 2. 27 Larry Kugel 3. Jim Nicely 4. Mitch Basich 5. Eric Singhaus 6. Ron Bruce Miller 7. Nathon Loney 8. Josh Pyers 9. Rory Reed 10.Sid Danials 11. Tigh Shaffer 12. Dave Bodkins 13. Mark Pogue 14.Dave Sampsel
Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks (19 cars)
Heat #1
1. Brandon Gardner 2. Tony Cline 3. Gary Hoopinger 4. Tyler Nicely 5. Dennis Armutz 6. Brandon Craver 7. Kyle Pogue
Heat #2
1. Jeremy Dickerson 2. Jeremy Lynch 3. Paul Whitten 4. Gary Hensel 5. Howard Specht 6. Don Baney 7. Brandon Craver
Heat #3
1. Josh Miller 2. Shaun Cains 3. Todd Gallion 4. Roger Drouhard 5.Victor Bunt 6. Andrew Myers
Feature:
1. Jeremy Dickerson 2. Tony Cline 3. Jeremy Lynch 4. Josh Miller 5. Brandon Craver
6. Brandon Gardner 7. Shaun Cains Shaun 8. Roger Drouhard 9. Victor Bunt 10. Todd Gallion 11. Dennis Armutz 12. Tyler Nicely 13. Kyle Pogue 14. Gary Hensel 15.Howard Specht 16. Paul Whitten 17. Gary Hoopinger 18. Andrew Myers
Rain forces cancellation at NAPA AUTO PARTS WCS Friday, May 4th
By Ryan Pearson
For additional information contact Jason or Kristin Flory at: 330-465-2365, or email at kristinu2@yahoo.com. For news, updates and schedule visit the Wayne County Speedway website at www.waynecountyspeedway.com. Wayne County Speedway is located nine miles east of Wooster, or 15 miles west of Massillon on US Rt. 30, then one mile north on Carr Road.
EDGE Entertainment Corp. Middlebourne, WV(304)758-4411 www.edgeconnect.co Contributed to this press release.
Helms, McLoughlin, Aronhalt and Dickerson winners at NAPA AUTO PARTS Wayne County Speedway
By Ryan Pearson
Orrville, Ohio (April 27, 2012) Under sunny and cool conditions officials at NAPA AUTO PARTS Wayne County Speedway swung open the gates for the second edition of 2012 racing season. Fans were treated to some door handle to door handle racing in all divisions. Orrville Surplus sponsored the evening’s action. “The racing tonight was real fast. These cars weren’t far off the track record.” stated General Manager Jason Flory. “The track was tacky the whole night and the racing was really good” Flory continued.
In the Fisher Performance 410 Sprints Findley, Ohio Caleb Helms and Millersburg, Ohio Rob Chaney brought the field down to the green flag. On the opening lap Chaney bolted to the lead ahead of Helms, Bryce Dickson and Mitch Harble. As Chaney stayed out front eyes were on Danny Mumaw who on lap ten dipped under Harble for third. On lap thirteen Chaney’s left rear tire went flat nearly making the 38k car drift into the turn two guardrail. Chaney was able to keep it off the guardrail but came to rest with the flat tire as he was leading. Helms benefited from Chaneys misfortune as he was handed the lead. When the racing resumed a tight battle broke out between Cole Duncan and Andrew Palker for third. On lap fourteen Palker used the high side to pass Duncan. On lap sixteen Duncan didn’t give up and re-took the position from Palker and set his sights on second place running Mumaw. In the closing laps Helms held the lead over Mumaw, Duncan, Palker and Jason Dolick. As Helms entered turn one Mumaw dove under Helms, contact ensued and Helms spun. Under caution race track officials charged Mumaw with causing the caution and Helms was given his position back. Helms held off a charging Duncan to take the win; Palker, Dolick and Mumaw rounded out the top five. Helms and Chaney won heat races and Nick Patterson (#33) was the hard charger. In NAPA AUTO PARTS Victory lane Helms dedicated his win to a friend who recently passed away.
In the Lias Tire Super Late Model division Cory Conley and Ryan Markham led the field to the green flag. From the drop of the green flag an epic battle waged at the front of the pack between Conley and Markham. For the first three laps side by side, both drivers pushing their machines hard. On lap four Markham took the lead by a nose ahead of Conley. The war waged as Conley fought back and took the lead on lap six. More door handle to door handling racing ensued as Markham was not giving up. As each lap ticked away these two warriors were continuing to duke it out not giving up. Conley then Markham then Markham ahead of Conley a great back and forth battle. On lap ten Markham slightly slid high and Conley cleared him to take the lead. The tight racing up front allowed Shane McLoughlin to quietly stalk the leaders from his third place position. He was followed by Doug Drown, George Lee and Doug Dodd. On the next circuit McLoughlin charged past Markham and closed the gap on Conley. Lap twelve McLoughlin caught Conley and slipped under him to take the lead. The leaders caught lapped traffic on lap fifteen but McLoughlin was able to maneuver through traffic without losing any ground. On lap twenty the races would be halted as the red flag flew over the track for Drown who had mechanical issues and slid out of control and struck a uke tire. Drown was ok but his Rocket chassis suffered severe damage. When racing returned to the track McLoughlin jumped back ahead of Conley and held him off for the win. It was McLoughlins first win at WCS this season. He was followed to the checkers by Conley, Lee, Markham and Rick Bond. Conley, Markham and Drown won heat races. Larry Bellman won the B-Main and Charlie Duncan was the hard charger.
In the Bremenour Electric Modifieds Norm Aronhalt and Jess Hartman led the charge to the green flag. Aronhalt jumped to the lead ahead of Hartman and Kevin Morehouse. The racing was fast and furious for the battle for fourth place as Darrick Hubbard, Jesse Wisecarver and Larry Kugel were battling three wide. Morehouse snuck under Hartman for second and aimed his sights at Aronhalt. Morehouse attempted to close the gap on Aronhalt but Aronhalt held a comfortable lead. On lap nine Aronhalt began to stretch his lead over the field. On lap ten Wisecarver slung shot his way past Morehouse but then retired pit side due to mechanical issues. The caution flag flew for debris erasing the lead Aronhalt had over second place. On the final lap Aronhalt led over Morehouse and Kugel. As the racers charged down the back stretch Morehouse closed up and slightly bumped Aronhalt as the cars entered turn three. It didn’t shake the veteran Aronhalt as he took the checkers ahead of Morehouse, Kugel, ninth starting Rick Aukland and Hartman. Aronhalt, Morehouse and Hartman won heat races.
In the Thrifty Discount Muffler Jeremy Dickerson and Gary Hoopingarner lead the field to the green flag. Dickerson jumped out to the early lead just ahead of Hoopingarner and Brandon Gardner. Dickerson making his inaugural start at NAPA AUTO PARTS Wayne County Speedway this season powered away from the field. The racing through the field was just as intense as the other divisions as seventh starting Jeremy Lynch sliced and diced his way to the front moving ahead of Kyle Dickinson and Gardner for third. Dickinson keeping pushing is race car as he fought back to battle with Lynch for third. Dickerson still lead but Hoopingarner found the inside groove to his liking and began closing on the leader. It was too little too late as Dickerson won narrowly over Hoopingarner, Lynch, Dickinson and Gardner. Dickerson and Hoopingarner won heats races.
Next week at NAPA AUTO PARTS Wayne County Speedway the newly formed “Renegades of Dirt Modified” series will head line the evening events. Also racing are the Fisher Performance 410 Sprints, Lias Tire Super Late Models and Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks. Come see our regular racers in the Bremenour Electric Modifieds take on the travelers. Pit gates open at 4:00 PM, General admission at 5:00 and racing at 7:45 PM Sharp. For additional information contact Jason or Kristin Flory at: 330-465-2365, or email at kristinu2@yahoo.com. For news, updates and schedule visit the Wayne County Speedway website at www.waynecountyspeedway.com. Wayne County Speedway is located nine miles east of Wooster, or 15 miles west of Massillon on US Rt. 30, then one mile north on Carr Road.
Fisher Performance 410 Sprints (16 Cars)
Heat #1
1. Caleb Helms 2. Cole Duncan 3. Mitch Harble 4. Jason Dolick 5. Danny Mumaw 6. Shawn Hubler 7. Bob Lime 8. Nick Patterson (#33)
Heat #2
1. Rob Chaney 2. Bryce Dickson 3. Andrew Palker 4. Jamie Myers 5. Chris Myers 6. Nick Patterson (#23) 7. Chris Smith 8. Alec Martin
Feature:
1. Caleb Helms 2. Cole Duncan 3. Andrew Palker 4. Jason Dolick 5. Danny Mumaw 6. Mitch Harble 7. Shawn Hubler 8. Nick Patterson 9. Bob Lime 10. Nick Patterson (#23) 11. Bryce Dickson 12. Rob Chaney 13. Chris Myers 14. Chris Smith 15. Alec Martin 16. Jamie Myers
Lias Tire Super Late Models (24 Cars)
Heat #1
1. Cory Conley 2. George Lee 3. B.A. Malcuit 4. Rick Bond 5. David Liles 6. Larry Bellman 7. Jeff Wages 8. Kyle Moore
Heat #2
1. Ryan Markham 2. Shane McLoughlin 3. JR Gentry 4. Ricky Conley 5. Eric Smitley 6. Matt Mallet 7. Ben Mott
Heat #3
1. Doug Drown 2. Doug Dodd 3. Travis Mensching 4. Chester Elliot 5. Charlie Duncan 6. Blaine Aber 7. Hiram Bachman
B-Main (Top 5 to Feature)
1. Larry Bellman 2. Hiram Bachman 3. Matt Mallet 4. Matt Aber 5. Jeff Wages 6. Kyle Moore 7. Ben Mott DNS: Don Conley, Larry Baldwin
Feature:
1. Shane McLoughlin 2. Corey Conley 3. George Lee 4. Ryan Markham 5. Rick Bond 6. Doug Dodd 7. JR Gentry 8. Charlie Duncan 9. Travis Mensching 10. B.A. Malcuit 11. David Liles 12. Chester Elliot 13. Larry Bellman 14. Ricky Conley 15. Matt Bee Aber 16. Eric Smitley 17. Doug Drown 18. Matt Mallett 19. Jeff Wages 20. Hiram Bachman
Bremenour Electric Modifieds (20 Cars)
Heat #1
1. Norm Aronhalt 2. Darrick Hubbard 3. Jason Graham 4. Josh Pyers 5. Mitchell Lam 6. Charlie Summers 7. Nathon Loney
Heat #2
1. Jess Hartman 2. Larry Kugel 3. Vic Hottinger 4. Bruce Miller 5. Eric Singhaus 6. Jim Nicely 7. Mark Pogue
Heat #3
1. Kevin Morehouse 2. Jesse Wisecarver 3. Rick Aukland 4. Rick Mardis 5.Eddie Wilson 6. Sid Danals 7.Lance Elson
Feature:
1. Norm Aronhalt 2. Kevin Morehouse 3. Larry Kugel 4. Rick Aukland 5. Jess Hartman 6. Nathon Loney 7. Vic Hottinger 8. Rick Mardis 9. Sid Danals 10. Eddie Willson 11. Jim Nicely 12. Mark Pogue 13. Jesse Wisecarver 14. Jason Graham 15. Darrick Hubbard 16. Eric Singhaus 17. Lance Elson 18. Bruce Miller 19. Mitchell Lam 20. Josh Pyers 21. Charlie Summers
Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks (16 Cars)
Heat #1
1. Jeremy Dickerson 2. Kyle Dickinson 3. Roger Drouhard 4. Jeremy Lynch 5. Butch Butcher 6. Paul Whitten 7. Victor Bunt 8. Josh Miller
Heat #2
1. Gary Hoopingarner 2. Justin Patterson 3. Brandon Gardner 4. Brandon Craver 5. Dennis Amstutz 6. Tyler Nicely 7. Jon Preston 8. Gary McGregor
Feature:
1. Jeremy Dickerson 2. Gary Hoopingarner 3. Jeremy Lynch 4. Kyle Dickinson 5. Brandon Gardner 6. Brandon Craver 7. Dennis Amstutz 8. Victor Bunt 9. Tyler Nicley 10. Paul Whitten 11. Jon Preston 12. Roger Drouhard 13. Butch Butcher 14. Justin Patterson DNS: Josh Miller, Gary McGregor
Palker, King, Kitchen and Gardner victorious at NAPA AUTO PARTS WCS on Malcuit Tavern night
By Ryan Pearson
Orrville, Ohio (April 20, 2012) Exciting racing was the theme of the night for Malcuit Tavern night. The packed grandstands were treated to great door handle to door handle dirt slinging action in all divisions.
In the Fisher Performance Sprint car division it was fourth starting Andrew Palker jumping out to the early lead ahead of pole sitter Chris Myers, Andre Layfield and Rob Chaney. During the early stages several cautions came out, but when the green flag dropped on the field Palker again blasted to the lead. On lap five the caution came out for Layfield as he and Chaney were battling for position. On lap seven sixth starting Cole Duncan set a torrid pace to the front as he passed Danny Mumaw and blasted past Chaney for third. By lap ten Duncan had caught Myers and was applying heavy pressure trying to get around the second place Myers. On lap eleven the caution flag flew for Duncan who got into the guardrail. Palker had a comfortable lead but with this caution that was erased. When the racing resumed Palker powered ahead of Myers but in the closing laps Myers closed the distance. On the final lap Myers had caught Palker but it was too little too late as Palker took the checker for the win. He was followed by Myers, Chaney, Mumaw, Kory Crabtree and Mitch Harble. Layfield, Chaney and Duncan won heat races and Jamie Myers won the B-Main.
In the Lias Tire Super Late Models Ryan Markham and Russ King led the field down to the green flag. King used the outside lane to slip around Markham to take the early lead. In the early stages King stretched his lead over Markham but the eyes were on Dave Hornikle as he passed Shane McLoughlin for third and began a full court press on Markham for second. The night took a disappointing turn for Hornikle as he spun while running third. The racing resumed and King flexed his muscles and stretched his lead over Markham. On lap 10 the battle for second has hot and heavy as Cory Conley pressured Markham. Conley used the high side to pull next to Markham but couldn’t complete the pass. On lap sixteen Conley crossed over and slipped under Markham to race door handle to door handle. Conley took the narrow advantage over Markham for second but Markham didn’t give up and fought back on the high side to pressure Conley for the position. King was running in the next area code but the battle for second was still in progress. On lap twenty three Markham who never gave up slipped past Conley but like the intense battle Conley wasn’t giving up easy. George Lee motored around McLoughlin to take fourth position on lap twenty two. King took the checkered flag ahead of Markham, Conley, Lee, McLoughlin, Drown and Devin Moran. King, Donnie Moran and Hornilke won heat races while Brad Malcuit won the B-Main.
In the Bremenour Electric Modifieds Norm Aronhalt took the early lead ahead of Mark Dickson, Kevin Morehouse, Travis Dickson, Deana Groves and Bobby Kitchen. Aronhalt held the lead but M.Dickson was plastered to his bumper waiting for a slip by Aronhalt. Quitely Kitchen had worked his way up to the fourth position at the half way point. The caution flew on lap sixteen for eighth place Jimmy Smith who attempted a harrowing maneuver between Alan Dellinger and a lapped car. Smith lost control as he attempted to hit the closing gap. Under caution Aronhalt took it pit side retiring for the evening with mechanical troubles and handing the lead over to M.Dickson. On lap eighteen Kitchen pulled alongside M.Dickson and took the lead by a nose. Kitchen took the win ahead of M.Dickson, Travis Dickson, Alan Dellinger and Groves. Kevin Morehouse, M.Dickson and Aronhalt were the heat race winners and Eric Singhaus was credited with the B-Main win.
In the Thrifty Discount Mufflers Jeremy Lynch and Todd Gallion led the field to the green flag. Lynch took the lead just ahead of Gallion, Brandon Gardner and Gary Hoopingarner. Lynch held the lead but he had his hands full by lap seven Gardner was putting pressure by peeking to the outside. On lap nine Lynch couldn’t hold Gardner off and they raced side by side for several laps. On lap thirteen Gardner took the lead and wouldn’t look back. He was followed to the checkers by Lynch, Hoopingarner, Justin Patterson, Brandon Craver and Josh Miller. Gary McGregor and Lynch won heats.
For additional information contact Jason or Kristin Flory at: 330-465-2365, or email at kristinu2@yahoo.com. For news, updates and schedule visit the Wayne County Speedway website at www.waynecountyspeedway.com. Wayne County Speedway is located nine miles east of Wooster, or 15 miles west of Massillon on US Rt. 30, then one mile north on Carr Road.
Fisher Performance Sprints (23 Cars)
Heat#1 (Top 5 to Feature)
1. Andre Layfield 2. Andrew Palker 3. Mitch Harble 4. Bryce Dickson 5. Bob Lime 6. Jamie Myers 7. Aaron Middaugh 8. Chris Plascak
Heat#2
1. Rob Chaney 2. Zach Ames 3. Danny Mumaw 4. Jason Dolick 5. Alec Martin 6. Joe Armbruster 7. Shawn Hubler 8. Nick Patterson
Heat #3
1. Cole Duncan 2. Chris Myers 3. Kory Crabtree 4. Jimmy Light 5. Matt Warner 6. Nick Patterson (#23) 7. Chris Smith
B-Main (Top 5 to Feature)
1. Jamie Myers 2. Joe Armbruster 3. Nick Patterson (#23) 4. Aaron Middaugh 5. Shawn Hubler 6. Nick Patterson 7. Chris Smith 8. Chris Plascak
Feature:
1. Andrew Palker 2. Chris Myers 3. Rob Chaney 4. Danny Mumaw 5. Kory Crabtree 6. Mitch Harble 7. Bryce Dickson 8. Jason Dolick 9. Jamie Myers 10. Jimmy Light 11. Bob Lime 12. Zach Ames 13. Shawn Hubler 14. Cole Duncan 15. Alec Martin 16. Andre Layfield 17. Joe Armbruster 18. Nick Patterson(#23) 19. Aaron Middaugh 20. Matt Warner
Hard Charger: Jamie Myers +7
Lias Tire Super Late Models (28 Cars)
Heat #1 (Top 5 to Feature)
1. Russ King 2. Cory Conley 3. Doug Dodd 4. JR Gentry 5. Charlie Duncan 6. Rick Bond 7. Larry Baldwin 8. Blaine Aber 9. Eric Smitley 10. Don Conley
Heat #2
1. Donnie Moran 2. Shane McLoughlin 3. George Lee 4. Matt Mallett 5. Greg Oaks 6. David Liles 7. Larry Bellman 8. Travis Mensching 9. Randy Pollock
Heat #3
1. Dave Hornikle 2. Ryan Markham 3. Doug Drown 4. Devin Moran 5. Brad Malcuit 6. Hiram Bachman 7. Jeff Wages 8. Chester Elliot
B-Main (Top 5 to Feature)
1. Brad Malcuit 2. Rick Bond 3. David Liles 4. Larry Bellman 5. Larry Baldwin 6. Hiram Bachman 7. Eric Smitley 8. Travis Mensching 9. Blaine Aber 10. Randy Pollock 11. Jeff Wages 12. Don Conley 13. Chester Elliot
Feature:
1. Russ King 2. Ryan Markham 3. Cory Conley 4. George Lee 5. Shane McLoughlin 6. Doug Drown 7. Devin Moran 8. David Liles 9. Larry Bellman 10. Rick Bond 11. Matt Mallett 12. Norm Aronhalt 13. Charlie Duncan 14. Greg Oaks 15. Donnie Moran 16. Dave Hornikle 17. Doug Dodd 18. Larry Baldwin 19. Brad Malcuit 20. JR Gentry
Hard Charger: David Liles +10
Bremenour Electric Modifieds (23 Cars)
Heat#1
1. Kevin Morehouse 2. Bobby Kitchen 3. Jimmy Smith 4. Alan Dellinger 5. Josh Pyers 6. Eric Singhaus 7. Casey Fritz 8. Dave Sampsel
Heat #2
1. Mark Dickson 2. Travis Dickson 3. Bruce Miller 4. Jack Young 5. Ron Taylor 6. Terry Myers 7. Jess Hartman 8. Nathon Loney
Heat #3
1. Norm Aronhalt 2. Deana Groves 2. Larry Kugel 3. Sid Danals 4. Charlie Summers 5. Jim Nicely 6. Bryan Metterle
B-Main
1. Eric Singhas 2. Terry Myers 3. Jim Nicely 4. Casey Fritz 5. Dave Sampsel DNS: Nathon Loney, Bryan Metterle
Feature:
1. Bobby Kitchen 2. Mark Dickson 3. Travis Dickson 4. Alan Dellinger 5. Deana Groves 6. Bruce Miller 7. Jack Young 8. Josh Pyers 9. Eric Singhaus 10. Charlie Summers 11. Terry Myers 12. Jimmy Smith 13. Norm Aronhalt 14. Dave Sampsel 15. Kevin Morehouse 16. Larry Kugel 17. Sid Danals 18. Casey Fritz 19. Ron Taylor 20. Jim Nicely
Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks (16 Cars)
Heat #1
1. Gary McGregor 2. Todd Gallion 3. Roger Drouhard 4. Justin Patterson 5. Brandon Craver DNS: Don Baney, Howard Specht, Jon Preston
Heat #2
1. Jeremy Lynch 2. Brandon Gardner 3. Josh Miller 4. Gary Hoopingarner 5. Paul Whitten 6. Dennis Amstutz 7. Victor Bunt 8. Jim Nicely
Feature:
1. Brandon Gardner 2. Jeremy Lynch 3. Gary Hoopingarner 4. Justin Patterson 5. Brandon Craver 6. Josh Miller 7. Paul Whitten 8. Gary McGregor 9. Todd Gallion 10. Dennis Amstutz 11. Victor Bunt 12. Jim Nicely 13. Roger Drouhard DNS: Don Baney, Howard Specht, Jon Preston