BARRON ROARS TO FIRST-EVER FLAT ROCK WIN

Flat Rock, MI-May 18, 2019: Caleb Barron grew up watching and crewing for his late grandfather, Bob Rae, as a youngster at Flat Rock Speedway. Several years ago, with Bob at his side, Caleb and his brother, Collin, took over the driving duties of the #103. Bob has passed on, but he was certainly smiling down on his grandson Saturday night, as Caleb edged out Greg Studt and Rob Randa to win the ARCA DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stock A Main 25 lap feature.

Ian Jezylo, Billy Earley, Robb Remick and Joel Smith also visited the Monroe Asphalt Winner's Circle on Kid's Night at the track. All kids to age 12 were admitted free to the grounds and also received a free hot dog.

The field of Street Stocks at "The Rock" is very tough already this season. Fast qualifier Guy Fire (13:258), pulled an 11 for the inversion, putting Caleb on the pole. Barron motored out front at the drop of the green flag and stayed there for the entire 25 lap distance, while the action behind the leader heated up. Greg Studt and Rob Randa began to close in on Barron as the laps wound down, but Caleb held on, setting up an emotional victory lane celebration with his family and crew. Studt ended up second, Randa was third, Clarity Patton fourth and Ethan Stadniczuk fifth, followed by Scott Selmi, Kyle Worley, Fire, David Liaeff and Arnold Kirsch.

Ian Jezylo grabbed his second win in 3 tries with a victory in the 15 lap DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stock B Main contest. Ian started at the back of the pack and worked his way to the front to take the lead and the win over LJ Farmer, Gary Navarre, Rich Abel, Adam Jezylo, Leroy Farmer, Taylor Papineau and Justin Peterman. Peterman pounded the turn 3 wall in the event, resulting in heavy damage to his machine, while he was ok.

Navarre led the B field in qualifying at 14:198. Patton, Worley, Chris Diovardi and LJ Farmer took the heat race wins.

Billy Earley returned to action after a week off and picked up the win in the 20 lap ARCA Victory Lane Quick Oil Change Figure 8 feature race. Jeremy Vanderhoof, who encountered engine woes in practice, jumped behind the wheel of his cousin James' machine and took second, with Dennis Whisman Jr. third, Joe Vanderhoof fourth and Dennis Whisman fifth. Whisman and Ethen Lambert tangled at the intersection, sending both cars spinning and then continuing on. Dave Lambert, Ethen Lambert and Stephanie Bradley were next in line at the finish. Earley set quick time at 20:665, with Joe Vanderhoof taking the heat win.

3-time champion Robb Remick pulled away in the late going to score the win in The Vault Antiques and Treasures 250 lap Enduro race. Matt Ringger, Ed Case, Jacob Thomas (with a great run), Rick Bennett, Kyle Metdepenningen, Cody Remick, Nathan Sprotberry, Troy Brehmer and Dillon Zalenski rounded out the top 10 finishers in the 25 car starting field. Metdepenningen set quick time at 13:842, a track record for the Enduro class.

Joel Smith battled to win the Bandolero feature over Killian McMahon.

Saturday, May 25 is the date for the Varsity Automotive Group Joy Fair Memorial 100. The ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Models will battle in the 100 lap contest, which is the first point race of the season for the ARCA Late Model Gold Cup Series. It's Retro Night for the Street Stocks, with 4 car dashes and pursuit races on the schedule. The track will also hold its annual Racer's Reunion. Race time is 7 p.m.

O'LEARY IV SAILS TO TOLEDO VICTORY

Toledo, Ohio-May 18, 2019: Third-generation driver Tommy O'Leary IV kicked off the 2019 ARCA Late Model Sportsman season with a victory in the 35 lap feature race at Toledo Speedway Saturday afternoon. The event was part of Pole Day at the ½ mile paved oval for the ARCA Menards Series Stock Cars.

O'Leary started on the pole via the 5 car inversion and led every lap in the all-green flag event, as Tommy grabbed the win and visited the Monroe Asphalt Winner's Circle. Ron Allen came home second, Mike Young was third, rookie Grant Hedges was fourth and Kent McCloskey was fifth, followed by Andy Harding, Robert Meiring, Howard Kelley Jr., Adam Plonski and Jimmy Wall.

Allen had a tire go down after taking the checkered flag as he slid into turn 1. Kelley, the defending champ of the class, had engine trouble while running in second spot, ending his day early.

Hedges, at the wheel of Jim Froling's #46, set fast time at 17:069.

The division returns to action Friday night, May 31 at Toledo as part of the race card for the Night of Destruction event. A School Bus Figure 8 race, Boat Figure 8, The Vault Antiques and Treasures Factory Stocks and....MEGASAURUS, the car-crushing, fire-breathing dinosaur are also on the schedule of events. The Monroe Superstore, Great Clips and Marco's Pizza are sponsoring the night of family fun and entertainment.

Tickets are now on sale by calling the track at 419-727-1100. Race time is 7:30 p.m. May 31.

CUMMINS, MAY, BEADLES COLLECT WINS TO OPEN THE SEASON

Haubstadt, IN -May 18, 2019 - It was a victorious night for four

time champion Kyle Cummins of Princeton, IN. The veteran sprint car

racer made a clean sweep of the BRANDEIS Midwest Sprint Car Series

portion of the MIDWEST MADNESS event at Tri-State Speedway Saturday

night. Cummins set fast time to start the evening and then won his

heat race and the 25 lap feature event. That victory was worth

$2,500. The sweep also gave Cummins the point lead at the start of

the season.

Despite lining up fourth for the feature in a starting field with the

top six heat race transfers inverted, Cummins took the lead on lap

one. Then he put the Rock Steady Racing sprinter into auto-motion.

He quickly pulled away from the field. Cummins lapped car after car.

The other top five finishers were the only drivers on the lead lap

at the finish.

Cummins was at the wheel of a Mach 1 Sprint sponsored by Debra Corn

Foster Care, Tim Mason Remax, and Greenwell Auto Body. The car is

owned by Hank Byram of Dupont, IN. Tim Spindler serves as the crew

chief.

Donny Brackett of Ft. Branch, IN, would finish second. He held off

2018 MIDWEST MADNESS winner Stephen Schnapf along with Kent Schmidt,

and Brady Short. The four competitors completed the top five. Aric

Gentry recovered to finish sixth after being involved in an accident

in turn four. Gentry was forced to make a quick visit to the work

area under red flag conditions with only 10 laps to go. His car had

turned over as he was unable to avoid another car driven by Dustin

Christie. Dakota Jackson, Chet Williams, Brian Karraker, and Collin

Ambrose rounded out the top ten.

Stephen Schnapf became the first driver to win the new $100

Certified Rentals Hard Charger Award. The Evansville, IN, driver

gained 9 hard fought spots in the feature. The Wilwood Tuff Brakes

Award was presented to Jadon Rogers. The first and second heats For

the BRANDEIS MSCS Sprints were won by Kent Schmidt and Donny

Brackett.

In the Built Ford Tough MOWA Winged Sprints, Paul May of Terre Haute,

IN, took the feature victory in a battle with Cory Bruns. It was a

$2,000 pay day for May! Critter Malone was third followed by Clinton

Boyles and Jeremy Standridge. Malone had started 13th and was on the

move! The three MOWA heat races were victories for Paul Nienhiser,

Paul May, and Clinton Boyles. The only sprint car driver present to

compete with a winged and a non-wing car was Chayse Hayhurst. His

best finish in the two back to back features was a 12th with the MSCS

series.

In the UMP Open Wheel Modifieds Stan Beadles of Owensville, IN,

collected the victory along with the $600 feature prize money.

Beadles had some strong competition in the form of runner-up Levi

Kissinger and Zach Fair who finished third. It was the closest

finish of the program. Dustin Beck and Lance Foreman rounded out the

top five. Heat race winners were Dustin Beck and Stan Beadles.

The next race at Tri-State Speedway will be The Memorial Weekend

Classic on Sunday May 26th featuring the MSCS Sprints, MMSA Mini

Sprints, and the UMP Modifieds.

Provided as News and Information for Tri-State Speedway & MSCS.

RACE SUMMARY - MIDWEST MADNESS

Tri-State Speedway, Haubstadt, IN, May 18, 2019

BRANDEIS MSCS SPRINTS (20 entries):

Top Overall Qualifier - Kyle Cummins, 13:392 seconds

FIRST HEAT - 5K Kent Schmidt, 3 Dakota Jackson, 11P Brady Short, 14 Jadon

Rogers,

45 Eric Perrott, 7H Kyle Hathaway, 98 Brandon Morin-DNS

SECOND HEAT - 4B Donny Brackett, 10 Aric Gentry, 23 Brian Karraker,

70 Jordan Kinser, 75 Dustin Christie, 79 Matt Humphrey, 20 Chayse

Hayhurst

THIRD HEAT - 3R Kyle Cummins, 38 Chet Williams, 36 Collin Ambrose,

61 Stephen Schnapf, 28 Brandon Mattox, 7R Ryan Bond

FEATURE (25 Laps) - 3R Kyle Cummins, 4B Donny Brackett, 61M Stephen Schnapf,

5K Kent Schmidt, 11P Brady Short, 10 Aric Gentry, 3 Dakota Jackson,

38 Chet Williams, 23 Brian Karraker, 36 Collin Ambrose, 14 Jadon Rogers,

20 Chayse Hayhurst, 28 Brandon Mattox, 79 Matt Humphrey, 7H Kyle Hathaway,

45 Eric Perrott, 70 Jordan Kinser, 75 Dudtin Christie, 7R Ryan Bond, 98

Morin-DNS

MOWA WINGED SPRINTS (23 entries):

FIRST HEAT - Paul Nienhiser, Cory Bruns, Brayton Lynch, Kody Kinser, Jim

Moughan,

Paul Hart, Kendall Ruble, George Crawford

SECOND HEAT - Paul May, Joey Moughan, Jeremy Standridge, Jacob Patton,

Critter Malone, Brayden Fox, Chayse Hayhurst, Robbie Standridge

THIRD HEAT - Clinton Boyles, Cale Thomas, Jason Keith, Dustin Barks,

Mike Terry Jr., Kyle Schuett, Zach Hampton

FEATURE - May, Bruns, Malone, Boyles, J. Standridge, Kinser, Joey Moughan,

Thomas, Ruble, Lynch, Patton, Barks, Fox, Schuett, Hayhurst, Crawford,

Hampton,

Jim Moughan, Terry Jr., Nienhiser, Keith, Hart

UMP OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS (17 entries)

TOP OVERALL QUALIFIER - 84 Stan Beadles, 15.769 seconds

FIRST HEAT - 75 Dustin Beck, 95z Zach Fair, 8K Levi Kissinger, 41 Lance

Foreman,

mB4 Marty Lindeman, 55 Alex Love, 42K Neal Kramer, 35s Matthew Smith,

21H Michael Hussman

SECOND HEAT -84 Stan Beadles, 14J John Baker, 07 Dane Heilman, 91K Jason

Kibby,

87 Samantha Beadles, 71 Ricky Frasure, 0s Shannon Kissinger, 15

Brandon Justus

FEATURE (25 Laps) - 84 Stan Beadles, 8K Levi Kissinger, 95z Zach Fair,

75 Dustin Beck, 41 Lance Foreman, 91K Jason Kibby, 07 Dane Heilman,

14J John Baker, 15 Brandon Justus, 55 Alex Love, 0s Shannon Kissinger,

71 Ricky Frasure, mB4 Marty Lindeman, 35s Matthew Smith, 87 Samatha

Beadles,

42K Neal Kramer

pAUCH CLAIMS FIRST WIN ON BRIDGEPORT'S DESIGN FOR VISION/SUNGLASS CENTRAL 3/8TH MILE

Billy Pauch, Wayne Weaver, Eric Kormann and Tom Wills, Jr. shared the limelight as they all picked up their first wins on Bridgeport's Design for Vision/Sunglass Central 3/8th mile track during Saturday night's racing program sponsored by Sunbelt Rentals.

It was Pauch's first win on the 3/8th mile track but his second win of the season at Bridgeport. This time, his dominant victory came with his Big Block K&A Excavating No. 1 with sail panels. "If you want to sail, you've got to have sail panels. Right?," Pauch quipped after picking up the win in the twenty-five lap feature event for the Spirit Auto Center Big Block Modifieds.

Polesitter, Roger Manning grabbed the lead at the wave of the green and then led the first three laps as Pauch made quick work from his fourth place starting position. Pauch immediately began to distance himself from the rest of the field as Mike Franz and Richie Pratt, Jr. battled for second. Pratt took the runner-up spot on lap six with the Danny's Pizza Pizzazz No. 51 but was challenged by Franz several times during the event. Neal Wiliams raced into fourth by half way. It was the fifth place spot that saw the most heated competition as Manning, Ryan Anderson and Brett Ballard raced three wide for the position.

At the end of twenty-five laps, it was Pauch who led Pratt, Franz, Williams and Ballard to the checkered flag. Anderson, Manning, Dominick Buffalino, Ryan Watt (who raced his way through the field after a mid-race flat) and David Hunt completed the top ten in the running order at the checkered flag.

Pauch talked about the racing on the 3/8th mile. "It's just a matter of getting used to it and getting set-up for it," Pauch explained. "It sure is easier on the motors." noting that there were no engine issues on this race night as compared to other races on the 5/8th mile track.

Wayne Weaver led the first lap of the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Crate/Sportsman feature event last week before the rain forced the cancellation of the remainder of the show. Weaver picked up where he left off one week earlier and led every lap to capture the held-over event, his first win on the 3/8th mile surface. "It's neat to win on this track," Weaver commented following his win. Steve Kemery finished second followed by Jim Gallagher, Matt Peck and Andrew Belmont.

In the second 602 Crate Sportsman feature event, Eric Kormann put an end to his winless streak, taking the win in the twenty lap event. "I was one of the biggest critics of this track," Kormann exclaimed from Victory Lane, "And here I sit in Victory Lane!". It was Kormann's first win on the Design for Vision/Sunglass Central surface and his first Bridgeport victory since July of 2016. Weaver finished second followed by Rich Wenger, Matt Peck and James Hill.

Rich Stinson, Jr. led the first four laps of the Sunbelt Rentals Outlaw Stock feature event before Tom Wills, Jr. won the challenge for the lead on lap five. Wills led the rest of the way with Stinson finishing second. Gary Klimeczak crossed the line in third with Brian Ludwig and Billy Wrobel rounding out the top five.

Justin Moench was the winner in the DA's Auto Body & Repair Rookie feature event. It was Moench's second win of the season but first on the 3/8th mile track. Scott Maher, Jr. finished second with Jonathan John taking third.

The Xcel 600 Modifieds made their first appearance on the Design for Vision/Sunglass Central 3/8th mile track. Polesitter, Sam Sciccitano led all twenty laps to capture the win over Brian Blankenbiller and Matt Warner.

Racing returns to Bridgeport's Design for Vision/Sunglass Central Speedway when the World of Outaws NOS Energy Sprint cars come to town on Tuesday evening for a doubleheader with the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Crate Sportsman. Racing gets underway at 7:30. Then it's the All American 40 on Sunday for the second hand of the 2019 Poker Series, featuring the Big Block Modifieds, 602 Crate Sportsman, USAC East Coast Wingless Sprint Cars and 8 Cylinder Enduros with racing getting underway at 7pm.

AUTO CENTER SPEEDWAY BIG BLOCK MODIFIEDS (25 laps) –

1. Billy Pauch, Sr., 2. Richie Pratt, Jr., 3. Mike Franz, 4. Neal Williams, 5. Brett Ballard, 6. Ryan Anderson, 7. Roger Manning, 8. Dominick Buffalino, 9. Ryan Watt, 10. David Hunt, 11. Tommy Beamer, 12. Joseph Watson, 13. Scott Ambruster, 14. Gary Hager, 15. Matt Stangle, 16. Bob Sarkisian, 17. Ron Roberts, 18. Bobby Firth, 19. Kyle Borror, 20. Jim Britt, 21. Bill Lasko, 22. Todd Neiheiser

SOUTH JERSEY OVERHEAD DOORS 602 CRATE SPORTSMAN MAKE-UP FEATURE FROM 5/11 (20 laps) –

1. Wayne Weaver, 2. Steve Kemery, 3. Jim Gallagher, Jr., 4. Matt Peck, 5. Andrew Belmont, 6. Eric Kormann, 7. Rich Wegner, Jr., 8. James Hill, 9. Pete Serra, 10. David Hartman, 11. Brett Belmont, 12. Darren Cox, 13. Scott Maher, Jr., 14. John Cavallaro, 15. Tom Holding, 16. Travis Hill, 17. Tom Moore, Jr. 18. Tyler Hulmes, 19. Bobby Bracall, 20. Scott Hulmes, DNS - Roger Gaskill

SOUTH JERSEY OVERHEAD DOORS 602 CRATE SPORTSMAN (20 laps) – 1. Eric Kormann, 2. Wayne Weaver, 3. Rich Wegner, Jr., 4. Matt Peck, 5. James Hill, 6. Andrew Belmont, 7. Pete Serra, 8. Jim Gallagher, Jr., 9. Darren Cox, 10. Brett Belmont, 11. Tom Holding, 12. Justin Lilick, 13. Jim Cheesman, 14. Scott Maher, Jr., 15. Steve Kemery, 16. David Hartman, 17. Tyler Hulmes, 18. Matthew Luzi, 19. John Cavallaro, 20. Travis Hill, 21. Tom Moore, Jr.

SUNBELT RENTALS OUTLAW STOCKS (15 laps) –

1. Tom Wills, Jr., 2. Rich Stinson, 3. Gary Klimeczak, 4. Brian Ludwig, 5. Billy Wroble, 6. Justin Nowlen, 7. Mike Creamer, 8. Ken Moren, 9. Nick Sandone, III, 10. Terry Sammons, 11. Spider Ensinger, 12. Keith McKinley, 13. Lee Allen, 14. Andrew Joslin

D.A.’S AUTO BODY AND REPAIR ROOKIES (8 laps) –

1. Justin Moench, 2. Scott Maher, Jr., 3. Jonathan John, 4. Kathy Buzby

600 MODIFIEDS (20 laps) –

1. Sam Sciccitano, 2. Brian Blankenbiller, 3. Matt Warner, 4. Brandon Graner, 5. Keith Inglin, 6. Ilivia Schmeltzer, 7. Marty Shurr, 8. Jessica Michel, 9. Shawna Schibilia, 10. Grant Schibilia, DNS – Matt Bruns, Korey Inglin

Little DCRP Day of Firsts – Eight Capture Initial Feature Wins!

Lonnie Wheatley, DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 19, 2019) – It was a day of firsts at Dodge City Raceway Park on Sunday with the first event completed atop the newly-constructed 1/7-mile Little DCRP clay oval.

The original attempt to christen the Little DCRP clay oval was interrupted after heat race action by inclement weather.

A total of 52 competitors took part in Micro Sprint and Kart action on Sunday with eight drivers etching their names into the record books as first time Little DCRP winners, including some in unprecedented fashion.

Little DCRP will be back in action with Round Three on Sunday, June 2, with racing to begin at 4:00 p.m.

Winged “A” Class

Tanner Johnson was the class of the field all day, winning both is heat race and his qualifier and then pacing the field the entire feature distance with Zak Moore fending off Kohl Ricke for runner-up honors.

The finish: 1. 86-Tanner Johnson, 2. 49-Zak Moore, 3. 65-Kohl Ricke, 4. 15m-Mercedies Vogts, 5. 23-John Todd, 6. 08-David Witzke, 7. 4-Cecil Milhon, 8. 46-Chris Hickman, 9. 12-Jim Witzke (DNS), 10. 80-Cody Caldwell (DNS).

Non-Wing “A” Class

Zak Moore and Kohl Ricke split heat and qualifying race wins before Moore held the latter off for the feature win. Moore goes down as the first ever Little DCRP feature winner as the Non-Wing main event kicked off the eight features.

The finish: 1. 49-Zak Moore, 2. 65-Kohl Ricke, 3. 15m-Mercedies Vogt, 4. 9-Jaden Holden.

Restricted “A” Class

After winning his heat and his qualifier, Trey Zorn chose to start tailback and took command midway through when Ace Moore looped it in turn two.

The finish: 1. 3z-Trey Zorn, 2. 49-Ace Moore, 3. 15h-Harley Vogts.

Junior Sprints

Briggs Williams literally drove the wheels off his car in the Advanced Junior Sprints, with a left rear tire flying off as he exited turn four with the checkered flag in sight. After a quick loop, Williams motored it across the finish line on three wheels to secure the win while Jayce Caldwell spun out of the runner-up position simultaneously.

Meanwhile, in the Novice Junior Sprints, Deekan McRoberts was an unstoppable force all day.

The finishes:

Advanced (9-12): 1. 49-Briggs Williams, 2. 3k-Keenan Hernandez, 3. 14-Jayce Caldwell, 4. 57a-Aidan Cox.

Novice (5-8): 1. 75-Deekan McRoberts, 2. 98-Maddox Tabor, 3. 77-Brody Caldwell, 4. 05J-Jett Pack, 5. 8-Maiz Blackburn, 6. 57b-Bryan Isenbart (DNS).

Adult Karts

Teejay Janousek withstood race long pressure from Ryan Richmeier to post the victory.

The finish: 1. 10-Teejay Janousek, 2. 0-Ryan Richmeier, 3. 21-Jaden Smith, 4. 5-Gage Robertson, 5. 212-Daniel Williams, 6. 12-Caleb Crockett, 7. 9x-Dakota Schellhammer, 8. 7b-Brian May, 9. 3L-Austin Lampe, 10. 44-Jonathan Smith, 11. 13-Derek Robbins, 12. 75-Randle McRoberts, 13. 57-Tanner Brunson.

Junior Karts

After Aidan Correll topped the initial heat, Caleb Berthof made the most of his first day of racing by winning the qualifier and then romping to victory lane in the feature.

The finish: 1. 21c-Caleb Berthof, 2. 38-Kyle Ricke, 3. 22p-Perkins, 4. 22-Adian Correll, 5. 1x-Reise Ochs, 6. 8T-Travis Pack, 7. 4-Kinser Schaffer.

Outlaw Cage Karts

Rex Garrison cashed in on Chad Garrison’s misfortune, taking command for keeps in the closing rounds when the latter suffered with a balky motor after dominating the early portion.

The finish: 1. 43-Rex Garrison, 2. 11x-Michael Cummins, 3. 6-Chad Garrison, 4. 20-Joshua Neitling, 5. 9-Dustin Lampe (DNS).

Dodge City Raceway Park and the Little DCRP clay oval is located on the south edge of Dodge City, KS, on US 283, then 0.9 miles west on US 56, then 0.1 miles south. For more information, contact the track at 620-225-3277 or check www.dodgecityraceway.com.

Jake Karklin Wins Wild TriboDyn Lubricants Carolina Sprint Tour Event at Harris Speedway

Inside Line Promotions - HARRIS, N.C. (May 19, 2019) - Jake Karklin captured an action-packed TriboDyn Lubricants Carolina Sprint Tour feature event on Saturday at Harris Speedway.

Karklin is the only driver to finish on the podium during both races this season.

Brandon McLain finished in the runner-up position with John Karklin placing third, Mike Jackson fourth and Mike Sellers fifth.

One of the biggest moments of the night came just after the midpoint of the 25-lap main event as Sean Vardell's engine cut off coming out of turn four. As he drifted up the track to get out of the way of his fellow competitors, the fourth car in line - Bronzie Lawson - wasn't able to spot Vardell until it was too late. Lawson hopped Vardell's right rear tire and flipped down the frontstretch. Lawson did go to the hospital, but has been released.

Vardell and George Blaney were the heat race winners.

The next TriboDyn Lubricants Carolina Sprint Tour race is a non-points event next Friday and Saturday at Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, Md.

The next points race for the series is June 8 at 311 Speedway in Pine Hall, N.C. That event will have one of the biggest paying purses in the history of the series. The winner will receive $1,000 with second earning $550 and third $475. It pays $311 to start the A Main.

VP Racing Fuels is putting up one free drum of M1 methanol to the team with the longest haul.

The event will be the first of several live streamed events through Total Sports Network. The series will host qualifying that night. The Fast Time Award pays $50 and one oil change from TriboDyn Lubricants.

TRIBODYN LUBRICANTS CAROLINA SPRINT TOUR RESULTS AT HARRIS SPEEDWAY (May 18, 2019) -

A Main : 1. Jake Karklin; 2. Brandon McLain; 3. John Karklin; 4. Mike Jackson; 5. Mike Sellers; 6. Bobby Komisarski; 7. Shawn Mott; 8. Sonny Stroud; 9. George Blaney; 10. Sean Vardell; 11. Bronzie Lawson; 12. Chaz Woodward; 13. Frank Peters.

Heat 1 : 1. Sean Vardell; 2. Sonny Stroud; 3. Mike Sellers; 4. John Karklin; 5. Frank Peters; 6. Chaz Woodward; 7. Mike Jackson.

Heat 2 : 1. George Blaney; 2. Brandon McLain; 3. Bobby Komisarski; 4. Bronzie Lawson; 5. Jake Karklin; 6. Shawn Mott.

Meseraull Tops Sprint Car Feature

In ‘Open-Wheel Madness’ Show Friday

At Gas City I-69 Speedway

GAS CITY, Ind., May 18 — Thomas Meseraull of Waveland, Ind. captured the headlining 25-lap non-wing sprint car feature Friday night at Gas City I-69 Speedway’s “Open-Wheel Madness” show. It was a bit like heaven on earth for open-wheel fans, as with four classes the program offered the most diverse night of open-wheel racing in Indiana.

Anton Hernandez of Arlington, Texas won the first IMCA Racing Xcaliber Graphics Indiana RaceSaver 305 winged sprint car feature ever held at the quarter-mile dirt oval. Also a 25-lapper, it was co-sanctioned by CRS Sprints. Tyler Nelson of Indianapolis won the 20-lap open-competition midget feature, and Joey Paxson of Connersville, Ind. topped the 15-lap UMRA three-quarter-midget’s main event during “Hoosier Auto Racing Fans (HARF) Night.”

There were 30 non-wing sprint cars, 24 305 winged sprint cars, 34 midgets and 17 TQ midgets on hand.

“T Mez” started fifth in the 20-car non-wing sprint car feature in the No. 47, a DRC chassis which is owned by Tom Eades of Sharpsville, Ind., powered by a Stensland-prepared Chevy engine, sponsored by Physical Medicine Consultants of Fort Wayne, Ind., and wrenched by Allen Brown of Kokomo, Ind.

Polesitter Matt Westfall of Pleasant Hill, Ohio led the first 16 laps in the Ray Marshall Motorsports No. 33M Maxim until Meseraull took the lead in Turn 2. Defending track champion Clinton Boyles of Lees Summit, Mo. started 11th in Paul Hazen’s DRC but steadily moved up until he powered under Westfall for second in Turn 3 on lap 19. Westfall hung on for third followed by Shane Cottle of Kansas, Ill. in Jamie and Michelle Paul’s DRC and Tyler Hewitt of Marion, Ind. in the One More Time Motorsports Maxim. The people’s champion, Dave Darland of Atlanta, Ind., who was making his first start since flipping hard in a USAC sprint race at Eldora Speedway in Ohio on May 10, finished sixth in his wife Brenda’s DRC.

Michael Koontz of Bloomington, Ind. flipped in Turn 4 with 10 laps down, but climbed out of his car under his own power and later finished second in the midget feature.

Alex Nalon led the first eight laps of the 305 winged sprint car feature until Hernandez took the lead with a move to the outside as they went down the backstretch. There were two yellows and a red later in the race and lapped traffic made Hernandez’s job harder, but the 21-year-old driver took the checkered over Bradley Sterrett, Nalon, Jackson Slone and Ethan Barrow in a sprint car sponsored by Velocita-USA and Big D’s Pizza, among other companies.

The red flag in that race with 18 laps down was for the most bizarre accident of the night. Andy Bradley, who was fourth at the time, flipped in Turn 2, and Jordan Welch, who was sixth, flipped in Turn 4. Luckily neither needed the assistance of the ambulance crew and they’ll hope for better luck when the series returns to Gas City on Oct. 5.

Nelson came from the fifth starting spot to nab his first Gas City feature victory in the midget main event. Polesitter Michael Koontz led the first two laps before Chris Baue passed him on a restart after Oliver Akrad stopped between Turns 3 and 4. After a three-way battle for the lead between Koontz, Baue and Nelson, the latter emerged at the head of the pack on lap four and led the rest of the way. Koontz, Nick Spiedel, Aaron Leffel and Hernandez, who was doing double duty, rounded out the top five. Leffel’s effort was particularly noteworthy, as he started 15th.

Paxson started second in the TQ feature, got the jump on his teammate, Johnny Goff, at the start, and led all 15 laps. He was able to build up a huge lead, lost his advantage twice due to yellows, but still held off Tate Martz to become the fourth different winner in as many UMRA TQ midget features so far this year. Cory Clay, Matt Hedrick and Goff rounded out the top five.

The races were covered by Speed Shift TV. The beginning of the show was delayed an hour and a half due to rain.

Tomorrow (Sunday) the American Ethanol late models and modifieds will stage a show at Gas City in a program that will also include a non-points hornets race. The late model feature winner will receive $4,000 and the modified winner $1,500.

Next Friday night is the track’s “Salute to the Military” show for the Memorial Day weekend. Non-wing sprint cars, UMP modifieds, street stocks, super streets and hornets will provide the action. Those five divisions plus the first appearance of the tough trucks class will be on the card on Friday, May 31 before the USAC NOS national midgets highlight a mid-week show on Wednesday, June 5 that will also include non-wing sprint cars and 600cc non-wing mini sprints.

Fans can see the 2019 schedule and get additional information on the track’s website at GasCityI69Speedway.com. Fans can also follow it on Facebook (@GasCitySpeedwayOnTheGas), Twitter (@GasCitySpeedway) and Instagram (@GasCitySpeedway).

The results:

Non-Wing Sprint Heat 1 (8 laps; 4 transferred): 1. Tim Creech, 2. Tyler Hewitt, 3. Cody White, 4. Dallas Hewitt, 5. Adam Byrkett, 6. Evan Mosley, 7. Luke Hall, 8. Shawn Swim.

Non-Wing Sprint Heat 2 (8 laps; 4 transferred): 1. Michael Koontz, 2. Matt Westfall, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Koby Barksdale, 5. Shawn Westerfeld, 6. Kyle Simon, 7. Landon Simon, 8. Kevin Blue.

Non-Wing Sprint Heat 3 (8 laps; 4 transferred): 1. Shane Cottle, 2. Thomas Meseraull, 3. Clinton Boyles, 4. Kyle Robbins, 5. Garrett Abrams, 6. Derek Crane, 7. Gary Dunkle.

Non-Wing Sprint Heat 4 (8 laps; 4 transferred): 1. J.J. Hughes, 2. Brandon Rose, 3. Anthony D’Alessio, 4. Paul Dues, 5. Tyler Kendall, 6. Brayden Clark, 7. Tim Foster.

Non-Wing Sprint B Main 1 (10 laps, 4 transferred): 1. Shawn Westerfeld, 2. Garrett Abrams, 3. Adam Byrkett, 4. Landon Simon, 5. Kyle Simon, 6. Brayden Clark, 7. Luke Hall, 8. Derek Crane, 9. Shawn Swim, 10. Evan Mosley, 11. Kevin Blue, 12. Tyler Kendall, 13. Gary Dunkle (DNS), 14. Tim Foster (DNS)

Non-Wing Sprint Feature (25 laps): 1. Thomas Meseraull, 2. Clinton Boyles, 3. Matt Westfall, 4. Shane Cottle, 5. Tyler Hewitt, 6. Dave Darland, 7. J.J. Hughes, 8. Dallas Hewitt, 9. Landon Simon, 10. Anthony D’Alessio, 11. Tim Creech, 12. Paul Dues, 13. Kyle Robbins, 14. Koby Barksdale, 15. Garrett Abrams, 16. Brandon Rose, 17. Adam Byrkett, 18. Cody White, 19. Shawn Westerfeld, 20. Michael Koontz.

RaceSaver 305 Winged Sprint Heat 1 (8 laps, 5 transferred): 1. Rod Henning, 2. Ethan Barrow, 3. Bradley Sterrett, 4. Patrick Kren, 5. A.J. Carlson, 6. Jordan Welch, 7. John Gurley, 8. Jack James.

RaceSaver 305 Winged Sprint Heat 2 (8 laps, 5 transferred): 1. Jackson Slone, 2. Scott Bradley, 3. Mason Day, 4. Ryan Tusing, 5. Jeff Wimmenauer, 6. Eli Lankin, 7. Saban Bibent, 8. Pete Johnson.

RaceSaver 305 Winged Sprint Heat 3 (8 laps, 5 transferred): 1. John Paynter Jr., 2. Alex Nalon, 3. Anton Hernandez, 4. Davey Ray, 5. Kevin Champoux, 6. Coleman Chasteen, 7. Colette Mann, 8. Justin Clark.

RaceSaver/CRS 305 Winged Sprint Feature (25 laps): 1. Anton Hernandez, 2. Bradley Sterrett, 3. Alex Nalon, 4. Jackson Slone, 5. Ethan Barrow, 6. John Paynter Jr., 7. A.J. Carlson, 8. Eli Lankin, 9. Justin Clark, 10. Scott Bradley, 11. Ryan Tusing, 12. Saben Bibent, 13. Jack James, 14. Patrick Kren, 15. Mason Day, 16. John Gurley, 17. Coleman Chasteen, 18. Colette Mann, 19. Jeff Wimmenauer, 20. Davey Ray, 21. Jordan Welch, 22. Pete Johnson, 23. Kevin Champoux, 24. Rod Henning.

Open Midget Heat 1 (8 laps, 5 transferred): 1. Emerson Axsom, 2. Nick Spiedel, 3. Justin Dickerson, 4. Stratton Briggs, 5. John Heydenreich, 6. Gunnar Lucius, 7. Chris Bounds, 8. Don Bigelow, 9. Zane Briggs, 10. Adam Schmenk, 11. Bryce Dues, 12. Alex Cogley.

Open Midget Heat 2 (8 laps, 5 transferred): 1. Tyler Nelson, 2. Anton Hernandez, 3. Alex Watson, 4. Ian Creager, 5. Jeff Beasley, 6. Matt Cogley, 7. Kyle Kriegbaum, 8. Tyler Key, 9. Tim Key, 10. Kevin Blue, 11. Chett Gherke.

Open Midget Heat 3 (8 laps, 5 transferred): 1. Michael Koontz, 2. Chris Baue, 3. Oliver Akrad, 4. Jeff Wimmenauer, 5. Anthony Haas, 6. Aaron Leffel, 7. Tom Bigelow, 8. Chuck Taylor, 9. Jon Steed, 10. Cory Guingrich, 11. Davey Ray.

Open Midget B Main (10 laps, 5 transferred): 1. Gunnar Lucius, 2. Aaron Leffel, 3. Chris Bounds, 4. Tom Bigelow, 5. Chuck Taylor, 6. Kyle Kriegbaum, 7. Tim Key, 8. Don Bigelow, 9. Bryce Dues, 10. Tim Key, 11. Davey Ray, 12. Tyler Key, 13. Matt Cogley (DNS), 14. Zane Briggs (DNS), 15. Jon Steed (DNS), 16. Alex Cogley (DNS), 17. Kevin Blue (DNS), 18. Cory Guingrich (DNS), 19. Chett Gherke (DNS).

Open Midget Feature (20 laps): 1. Tyler Nelson, 2. Michael Koontz, 3. Nick Spiedel, 4. Aaron Leffel, 5. Anton Hernandez, 6. Gunar Lucius, 7. John Heydenreich, 8. Justin Dickerson, 9. Stratton Briggs, 10. Chris Baue, 11. Jeff Wimmenauer, 12. Chris Bounds, 13. Jeff Beasley, 14. Ian Creager, 15. Tom Bigelow, 16. Oliver Akrad, 17. Chuck Taylor, 18. Anthony Haas, 19. Kyle Kriegbaum, 20. Emerson Axsom (DNS), 21. Alex Watson (DNS).

UMRA TQ Midget Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. Matt Lux, 2. Matt Hedrick.

UMRA TQ Midget Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. Ron Combs, 2. Tate Martz.

UMRA TQ Midget Feature (15 laps): 1. Joey Paxson, 2. Tate Martz, 3. Cory Clay, 4. Matt Hedrick, 5. John Goff, 6. Ron Combs, 7. Robbie Roland, 8. Anthony Lawrence, 9. Matt Lux, 10. Layne Beard, 11. Stephen Arnold, 12. Rick Robinson, 13. Ashlea Albertson, 14. Stephen Davis, 15. Josh Derrickson, 16. Devin Fairchild, 17. Kris Brown.

Kofoid scores exciting 410 win at Fremont; Weaver tames 305s, Valenti again in trucks

By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio - Michael "Buddy" Kofoid had only raced at Fremont Speedway twice, including Saturday, May 18. But, the 17-year-old Penngrove, California driver looked like a long-time veteran, handling a tricky track surface, passing for the lead late in the 410 sprint feature and holding off a challenger to score his first ever win at "The Track That Action Built" on Kistler Engines Night.

Kofoid, who looked to be heading for his first win in Ohio the previous night at Attica Raceway Park only to suffer a minor issue and finish third, tracked down race long leader Travis Philo with 10 laps to go to take the lead and then held off fast qualifier Justin Peck to score the $4,000 win thanks to Spanky's Pizza of Carey. Kofoid unofficially takes the lead in the point standings in All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series (AFCS) Presented by the Baumann Auto Group.

"That was probably the most physically and mentally tough race I've ever run. I was so determined and I had so much adrenaline and it keeps you going in the seat. My hands are so cramped right now I can barely pull a tear off and pull myself out of my car. Yesterday at Attica we had a lot of speed and probably should have won but had some issues but having that much speed gave me a big momentum boost. I had to sack up and run the rough stuff. I felt like I knew I was making it work in three and four a car width higher than them and a couple of times I tried way to high and almost blew myself into the turn four wall. I figured it out right through the middle above those guys," said an exhausted Kofoid in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.

"I can't thank Ed Neumeister enough for giving me an amazing opportunity for me to fulfill my dream and come out here and race full time. Of course the Linders for all their help and letting me live with them. Also thanks to Gill Construction, CK Plumbing, Linder's Speed Equipment, DMI, AL Driveline, ProShocks...without those guys I wouldn't be standing here," Kofoid added.

Former Fremont Speedway track champion Paul Weaver battled with Luke Griffith throughout the opening half of the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature before grabbing the lead on lap 12 and holding off Jamie Miller for his 48th career victory at the track. Weaver is tied for seventh on the track's all-time win list. The victory puts Weaver in the running for the championship of the KS Sales and Service AFCS presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer sales.

"Running second wasn't bad...your focus was on getting into the lead and you really didn't think about the track. But once you got into the lead then it got really rough. I want to thank Bob Hampshire and Dave Rice for the motor on this deal, my nephew Daniel, Schiets Motorsports, B&B Drain...they just come on board, Russ Adkins come on this year to help out...I can't thank them enough," said Weaver.

While the stat sheet will show Fostoria, Ohio's Shawn Valenti led all 20 laps of the Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck feature it wasn't easy as former track champion Kent Brewer challenged him the entire distance. But, Valenti was able to hold on for the win, his 48th career victory at the track to tie him with Weaver for seventh on the all-time win list. It was his second victory of the year at Fremont and third overall of 2019 in the truck division, having scored the win at Attica the previous week.

"The track was something else tonight but I know these guys are working on it to make it the best they can be and hopefully now we can get the bad weather behind us and get some racing in. The top looks like the smoothest but Kent stuck his nose down there so I had to go down there. I have to thank the Babcocks for everything they do for me, Craig Miller Trucking, Speedways Bar and Grill out of Bradner, Gressman Powersports, Best Performance Motorsports, A Plus Auto Center and everyone who helps out," said Valenti.

At the drop of the Silver Top Bar and Grill Green Flag for the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint 30-lap A-main outside front row starter Travis Philo jumped into the lead but after a lap was completed a three car tangle involving Jac Haudenschild, Byron Reed and Trey Jacobs slowed the pace. On the restart Philo pulled away from Dale Blaney, Justin Peck, Joey Saldana, Nate Dussel and Kofoid. While Kofoid pulled away, Blaney and Peck battled hard for second with Peck taking the spot on lap six and quickly closed on Philo. That left Blaney to battle Saldana for third with Kofoid joining in on that fun by lap 10.

As Philo and Peck ran nose to tail, Saldana took third on lap 11 with Blaney and Kofoid continuing to apply pressure. The leaders raced into lapped traffic just before the half way point when Kofoid used the middle groove to take third from Saldana three laps latter. With 10 laps to go it was now a three car battle for the lead involving Philo, Kofoid and Peck. Kofoid once again used the middle line to grab the lead on lap 21, with Peck taking second a lap later. Peck tried lap after lap to get around Kofoid but to no avail.

Kofoid took the checkers half a car length over Peck with Philo, Saldana and Nate Dussel rounding out the top five.

In the 305 feature outside front row starter Luke Griffith grabbed the early lead over Jimmy McGrath, Weaver and Seth Schneider. Weaver quickly moved into second but Griffith started to pull away as Schneider took third and Jamie Miller and Tyler Street rounding out the top five. Weaver used lapped traffic to reel Griffith in and took the lead on lap 12 just as the caution flew for a Schneider spin. On the restart Miller drove around Griffith into second and stayed within striking distance of Weaver. The veteran Weaver worked his way through the lapped cars and drove to the win over Miller, Griffith, Street and John Ivy.

Valenti, who started outside the front row, quickly took the lead in the dirt truck feature over Keith Sorg, Brewer and Jim Holcomb. Brewer took second on a restart on lap four and hounded Valenti until a caution slowed the pace with four laps to go. In the shoot out Valenti was able to hold off both Brewer and Holcomb for the win with John Brooks and Sorg rounding out the top five.

Fremont Speedway has a big Memorial Day weekend double-header. It begins Saturday, May 25 as the FAST 410 Series invades along with the 305 sprints. General admission is only $10 for adults. The following night, Sunday, May 26, Tony Stewart's Ollie's Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions Presented by Mobile 1 return to "The Track That Action Built" after a three year absence. The dirt trucks join the card on Sunday.

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Kistlers uses of state-of-the art equipment, the highest standard quality parts and invest in constant research and development. Customers powered by Kistler engines have set numerous quick times, track records and have also won on the local level as well as on national traveling series such as the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, All Star Circuit of Champions and USAC.

Fremont Speedway

Kistler Engines Night

Saturday, May 18, 2019

410 Sprints - Fort Ball Pizza Palace

Qualifying
1.5X-Justin Peck, 13.424; 2.09-Craig Mintz, 13.515; 3.3-Jac Haudenschild, 13.554; 4.11-Dale Blaney, 13.619; 5.19-Paige Polyak, 13.637; 6.6-Joey Saldana, 13.647; 7.83M-Broc Martin, 13.660; 8.4-Cap Henry, 13.699; 9.5T-Travis Philo, 13.703; 10.1-Nate Dussel, 13.709; 11.99-Skylar Gee, 13.743; 12.81-Lee Jacobs, 13.753; 13.5-Byron Reed, 13.758; 14.16-DJ Foos, 13.808; 15.25M-Chris Andrews, 13.808; 16.11N-Buddy Kofoid, 13.811; 17.3J-Trey Jacobs, 13.820; 18.23X-John Ivy, 13.832; 19.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.855; 20.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.926; 21.14-Chad Wilson, 13.950; 22.17B-Bill Balog, 13.995; 23.45-Brian Lay, 14.003; 24.70X-Spencer Bayston, 14.008; 25.97-Caleb Helms, 14.013; 26.23-Max Stambaugh, 14.061; 27.8M-TJ Michael, 14.081; 28.20I-Kelsey Ivy, 14.230; 29.9J-Dean Jacobs, 14.254; 30.W20-Greg Wilson, 14.372; 31.2+-Brian Smith, 14.629; 32.88N-Frank Neil, 14.682; 33.11E-Ed Neumeister, 14.720; 34.22B-Ryan Broughton, 14.792; 35.33W-Caleb Griffith, 99.620;

Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 5-Byron Reed[1] ; 2. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 3. 5X-Justin Peck[4] ; 4. 3J-Trey Jacobs[5] ; 5. 97-Caleb Helms[7] ; 6. 9J-Dean Jacobs[8] ; 7. 14-Chad Wilson[6] ; 8. 11E-Ed Neumeister[9] ; 9. 19-Paige Polyak[3]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 16-DJ Foos[1] ; 2. 1-Nate Dussel[2] ; 3. 6-Joey Saldana[3] ; 4. 09-Craig Mintz[4] ; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[8] ; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[6] ; 7. 22B-Ryan Broughton[9] ; 8. 23-Max Stambaugh[7] ; 9. 23X-John Ivy[5]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 99-Skylar Gee[2] ; 2. 25M-Chris Andrews[1] ; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild[4] ; 4. 83M-Broc Martin[3] ; 5. 68G-Tyler Gunn[5] ; 6. 33W-Caleb Griffith[9] ; 7. 8M-TJ Michael[7] ; 8. 45-Brian Lay[6] ; 9. 2+-Brian Smith[8]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps)
1. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[1] ; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs[2] ; 3. 11-Dale Blaney[4] ; 4. 70X-Spencer Bayston[6] ; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[7] ; 6. 88N-Frank Neil[8] ; 7. 4-Cap Henry[3] ; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5]

B-Main 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 97-Caleb Helms[1] ; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[4] ; 3. 9J-Dean Jacobs[3] ; 4. 22B-Ryan Broughton[6] ; 5. 23-Max Stambaugh[8] ; 6. 14-Chad Wilson[5] ; 7. 11E-Ed Neumeister[7] ; 8. W20-Greg Wilson[2] ; 9. 23X-John Ivy[10]

B-Main 2 - (10 Laps)
1. 33W-Caleb Griffith[3] ; 2. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[2] ; 3. 4-Cap Henry[6] ; 4. 68G-Tyler Gunn[1] ; 5. 8M-TJ Michael[5] ; 6. 45-Brian Lay[7] ; 7. 88N-Frank Neil[4] ; 8. 2+-Brian Smith[9]

A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[10] ; 2. 5X-Justin Peck[6] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 4. 6-Joey Saldana[3] ; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[1] ; 6. 11-Dale Blaney[4] ; 7. 33W-Caleb Griffith[16] ; 8. 16-DJ Foos[8] ; 9. 09-Craig Mintz[14] ; 10. 99-Skylar Gee[9] ; 11. 17B-Bill Balog[19] ; 12. 83M-Broc Martin[15] ; 13. 97-Caleb Helms[17] ; 14. 25M-Chris Andrews[11] ; 15. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[18] ; 16. 81-Lee Jacobs[12] ; 17. 3-Jac Haudenschild[5] ; 18. 5-Byron Reed[7] ; 19. 3J-Trey Jacobs[13] ; 20. 70X-Spencer Bayston[20]

Hard Charger: 33W-Caleb Griffith +9

305 Sprints - Fremont Federal Credit Union

Qualifying
1.26-Jamie Miller, 14.335; 2.25-Jason Keckler, 14.415; 3.99-Alvin Roepke, 14.503; 4.75-Jerry Dahms, 14.645; 5.4*-Tyler Street, 14.672; 6.1W-Paul Weaver, 14.700; 7.36-Seth Schneider, 14.713; 8.11G-Luke Griffith, 14.840; 9.5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr, 14.864; 10.7-Shawn Valenti, 14.927; 11.7M-Brandon Moore, 14.931; 12.77I-John Ivy, 14.974; 13.21-Larry Kingseed JR, 15.083; 14.9R-Dustin Rall, 15.092; 15.8-Bobby Clark, 15.102; 16.X-Mike Keegan, 15.106; 17.12-Kyle Capodice, 15.127; 18.09-Justin Adams, 15.129; 19.47-Matt Lucius, 15.264; 20.1H-Zeth Sabo, 15.341; 21.3V-Chris Verda, 15.399; 22.3X-Bradon Riehl, 15.473; 23.97-Kyle Peters, 15.689; 24.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 15.716; 25.28-Tad Peck, 15.788; 26.Z10-Kevin Mingus, 99.910;

Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[2] ; 3. 7-Shawn Valenti[1] ; 4. 75-Jerry Dahms[3] ; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[5] ; 6. 47-Matt Lucius[7] ; 7. X-Mike Keegan[6] ; 8. 3X-Bradon Riehl[8] ; 9. 28-Tad Peck[9]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 7M-Brandon Moore[1] ; 2. 11G-Luke Griffith[2] ; 3. 4*-Tyler Street[3] ; 4. 12-Kyle Capodice[6] ; 5. 25-Jason Keckler[4] ; 6. 97-Kyle Peters[8] ; 7. 9R-Dustin Rall[5] ; 8. 1H-Zeth Sabo[7] ; 9. Z10-Kevin Mingus[9]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr[2] ; 2. 77I-John Ivy[1] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 4. 8-Bobby Clark[5] ; 5. 99-Alvin Roepke[4] ; 6. 3V-Chris Verda[7] ; 7. X15-Kasey Zieboled8] ; 8. 09-Justin Adams[6]

B-Main 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 97-Kyle Peters[2] ; 2. 3V-Chris Verda[3] ; 3. 1H-Zeth Sabo[8] ; 4. Z10-Kevin Mingus[11] ; 5. 47-Matt Lucius[1] ; 6. X-Mike Keegan[4] ; 7. X15-Kasey Ziebold[6] ; 8. 9R-Dustin Rall[5] ; 9. 28-Tad Peck[10] ; 10. 09-Justin Adams[9] ; 11. 3X-Bradon Riehl[7]

A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[4] ; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[6] ; 3. 11G-Luke Griffith[2] ; 4. 4*-Tyler Street[5] ; 5. 77I-John Ivy[8] ; 6. 99-Alvin Roepke[15] ; 7. 97-Kyle Peters[16] ; 8. 7M-Brandon Moore[7] ; 9. 8-Bobby Clark[12] ; 10. 7-Shawn Valenti[9] ; 11. 12-Kyle Capodice[11] ; 12. 25-Jason Keckler[14] ; 13. 36-Seth Schneider[3] ; 14. 3V-Chris Verda[17] ; 15. 5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr[1] ; 16. 1H-Zeth Sabo[18] ; 17. Z10-Kevin Mingus[19] ; 18. 75-Jerry Dahms[10] ; 19. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[13] ; 20. 47-Matt Lucius[20]

Hard charger: 99-Alvin Roepke +9

Dirt Trucks - Burmeister Trophy

Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 22-Brandon Leighton[1] ; 2. 3X-Brad Keckler[7] ; 3. 9-Curt Inks[4] ; 4. 115-Ben Good[6] ; 5. 8W-Allen White[8] ; 6. 2X-Chris Bitters[2] ; 7. 3-Gaige Slaven[5] ; 8. 5-Jim Mcgrath[3]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 16-Jim Holcomb[7] ; 2. 4s-Keith Sorg[6] ; 3. 1-John Brooks[1] ; 4. 23m-Brad Mitten[4] ; 5. 83-Noah Wagner[2] ; 6. 0H-Derek Halka[5] ; 7. 11-Austin Gibson[3] ; 8. 75-Adam Dible[8]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[4] ; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer[3] ; 3. 0-Andy Keegan[2] ; 4. 911-Mark Kachnmeister[5] ; 5. 37-Eric DeVanna[7] ; 6. 36M-Cory Mccaughey[1] ; 7. 14T-Cody Truman[8]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps)
1. 2-Steve Endicott[4] ; 2. 5s-Brad Stuckey[3] ; 3. 17x-Dustin Keegan[6] ; 4. P51-Paul Brown JR[1] ; 5. 26-Kyle Lagrou[8] ; 6. 7X-Dana Frey[2] ; 7. 32-Kevin Phillips[5] ; 8. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr[7]

B-Main 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 26-Kyle Lagrou[4] ; 2. 36M-Cory Mccaughey[7] ; 3. 7X-Dana Frey[8] ; 4. 83-Noah Wagner[2] ; 5. 14T-Cody Truman[11] ; 6. 11-Austin Gibson[10] ; 7. 8W-Allen White[1] ; 8. 5-Jim Mcgrath[13] ; 9. 32-Kevin Phillips[12] ; 10. 2X-Chris Bitters[5] ; 11. 0H-Derek Halka[6] ; 12. 37-Eric DeVanna[3]

A-Main 1 - (20 Laps)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[2] ; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer[5] ; 3. 16-Jim Holcomb[6] ; 4. 1-John Brooks[12] ; 5. 4s-Keith Sorg[1] ; 6. 23m-Brad Mitten[14] ; 7. 36M-Cory Mccaughey[18] ; 8. 2-Steve Endicott[8] ; 9. 911-Mark Kachnmeister[15] ; 10. 17x-Dustin Keegan[7] ; 11. 3X-Brad Keckler[3] ; 12. 9-Curt Inks[11] ; 13. 7X-Dana Frey[19] ; 14. 115-Ben Good[13] ; 15. 5s-Brad Stuckey[10] ; 16. 83-Noah Wagner[20] ; 17. 22-Brandon Leighton[9] ; 18. 26-Kyle Lagrou[17] ; 19. P51-Paul Brown JR[16] ; 20. 0-Andy Keegan[4]

Hard charger: 36M-Cory McCaughey +11

Little Takes Feature on Armed Forces Night

By BZ

(Macon, IL) Jake Little and his uncle Ryan are active members in the Illinois National Guard and the US Army. On Armed Forces Night, Jake Little reigned supreme in the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Model Feature at Macon Speedway. Little missed out on a possible championship in 2018 when he was sent overseas for active duty in August into September and missed many of the final races to take away his points lead. Ryan Little doesn't have much of a chance to race enough for a championship because of his active status which has forced him away from the racecar for the majority of the 2019 season.

Both Little drivers started in the front row and looked prepared to take the race but Jake Little knew he had to get to the high side and run away from the group. He was able to do just that. Dakota Ewing, starting from the 13th position due to a DNF in his heat race due to a near rollover and a flat tire, broke through the pack and challenged for a top five finish. Ewing would finish third in the 20-lap feature and nearly finish in the runner-up spot.

Tommy Sheppard, Jr. won the feature in the BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds. The race was his for the entire event but a late caution set up a bumper-to-bumper restart with Rodney Standerfer behind Sheppard. Standerfer pulled close-to-even with the leader but couldn't find a way to make the pass and Sheppard took another checkered flag.

Wes O'Dell was sharp in the Sportsman class. After winning his heat by a half lap ahead of the second place finisher, O'Dell started on the front row outside position and blasted off ahead of Scott Landers and the rest of the cars. The former champion looked dominate and made an impact in the Sportsman points standings as points leader Dennis Vandermeersch was not part of the 12-car field.

Terry Reed took another Archer's Alley Street Stocks feature win. Two weeks ago, his brother Gene Reed won the feature and Terry took the Opening Night checkered flag. It was a Reed Win-Place-Show as Gene took second place and Joe Reed finished third in the field.

Tim Hancock was on his A-game once again as he took control of his heat race and then ran off with the Neal Tire & Auto Pro Modified feature. For Hancock, he has taken the checkered flag in three of the first four events during the 2019 season.

Wrapping up the show Saturday night was the Hornets. A new winner took to the winner's circle in Anthony Sunshine, a driver from St. Louis, Missouri. Sunshine's home track has been flooded out due to much of the spring rains so a trip north to Macon gave him plenty of competition and a chance to race. Brady Reed, starting tenth due to winning the last Hornet feature, rushed towards the front and challenged for the top spot. Another Missouri driver, Joshua Hawkins from Imperial, finished in third during his first trip to the track in 2019.

Among the six racing classes was another solid night of cars in the pit area, 90, so Macon Speedway brings forth quality in numbers during all the classes so far during the first four weeks of the season. Macon Speedway takes a rare scheduled Saturday night off to prep for a monster week at the track beginning on Memorial Day Monday. The annual event, Miller Lite Beer Twin 50s, is on tap for the Decatur Building Trade Pro Late Models and the Neal Tire & Auto Pro Modifieds. A full stock car racing show is scheduled. Thursday, May 30th, is the second-ever 95Q Up On The Wheel Modified 100--a 100-lap feature for the BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds plus the MOWA Sprints. The week is capped off with a fan-favorite, the Five Buck Night. General admission is just $5 plus it will be the kids bicycle giveaway night along with a full program.

Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models--1. Jake Little (Springfield), 2. Ryan Little (Springfield), 3. Dakota Ewing (Warrensburg), 4. Logan Moody (Catlin), 5. Donny Koehler (Macon), 6. Colby Sheppard (Williamsville), 7. Kyle Van Dorn (New Berlin), 8. Roy Beal (Springfield), 9. Brianna Sheppard (New Berlin), 10. Blake Damery (Blue Mound)

BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds--1. Tommy Sheppard, Jr. (New Berlin), 2. Rodney Standerfer (Summerfield), 3. TIm Hancock (Mt. Olive), 4. Steve Meyer, Jr. (Staunton), 5. Michael Rauch (Decatur), 6. Jared Thomas (Edinburg), 7. Guy Taylor (Springfield), 8. Katie Lord (Zionsville, IN), 9. Jordan Warren (Medora), 10. Alan Crowder (Elwin)

Sportsman--1. Wes O'Dell (Springfield), 2. Scott Landers (Taylorville), 3. Mitch Ringler (Taylorville), 4. Tim Bedinger (Taylorville), 5. Connor Klay (Stonington), 6. Rick Roedel (Shelbyville), 7. Joel Irvin (Harristown), 8. Stefan Bedinger (Taylorville), 9. Bill Berghaus (Chapin), 10. Terry Myers (Buffalo)

Archer's Alley Street Stocks--1. Terry Reed (Cerro Gordo), 2. Gene Reed (Hammond), 3. Joe Reed (Decatur), 4. Shawn Ziemer (Boody), 5. Larry Russell, Jr. (Decatur), 6. Joshua Beal (Springfield), 7. Fredie Thomas (Macon), 8. Jonathon Hall (Harristown), 9. Jerit Murphy (Lodge), 10. Brian Dasenbrock (Decatur)

Neal Tire & Auto Pro Modifieds--1. Tim Hancock (Mt. Olive), 2. Nick Justice (Decatur), 3. Rob Timmons (Centralia), 4. Tommy Sheppard, Jr. (New Berlin), 5. Billy Nail (Decatur), 6. Zack Bunning (Decatur), 7. Tim Riech (Petersburg), 8. Nathan Lynch (Hillsboro), 9. Kevin Rench (Hillsboro), 10. Billy Adams (Shelbyville)

Hornets--1. Anthony Sunshine (St. Louis, MO), 2. Brady Reed (Decatur), 3. Joshua Hawkins (Imperial, MO), 4. Dallas Strauch (East Peoria), 5. Carter Dart (Springfield), 6. John Lewis (Cerro Gordo), 7. Cook Crawford (Lincoln), 8. Delane Orr (Springfield), 9. Debbie Seitz (Decatur), 10. Michael Abbott (Taylorville)

DCRP vs URSS Sprint Car Clash Falls Victim to Rain – Reset for June 1

DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 18, 2019) – Saturday night’s DCRP vs. URSS Sprint Car Clash atop the 3/8-mile Dodge City Raceway Park clay oval fell victim to severe thunderstorms that hit the facility an hour before the schedule 7:30 p.m. start time.

The DCRP vs. URSS Sprint Car portion of the event has been reset for Saturday, June 1, along with a full slate of IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Hobby Stocks.

The 1/7-mile Little DCRP clay oval is an action with Round Two on Sunday, May 19, with a full slate of Micro Sprint Cars and Karts.

The complete slate of 2019 events at DCRP is available at https://www.dodgecityraceway.com/schedule/.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Dodge City located at 201 4th Avenue is the official lodging partner of Dodge City Raceway Park. Race fans staying at the Holiday Inn & Suites Dodge City will want to request the special DCRP rate for their visit when making reservations. Contact the Holiday Inn Express at 620-225-1000.

Dodge City Raceway Park is located on the south edge of Dodge City, KS, on US 283, then 0.9 miles west on US 56, then 0.1 miles south. For more information, contact the track at 620-225-3277 or check www.dodgecityraceway.com.

Chasteen Takes Big Ten Super Late Model Opener At Lincoln Speedway

(Lincoln, IL) A talented field of Midwest Big Ten Super Late Model drivers gathered at Lincoln Speedway, in Lincoln, IL this past Friday, May 17 for their opening race of the 2019 season. For Lincoln Speedway, it was the fourth race of the season and the first of two this year which will feature the high powered racecars.

2018 Summer Nationals champion, Brian Shirley, of Chatham, IL, was the favorite coming into the night. He didn’t disappoint in qualifying, setting quick time over local favorite Myles Moos, former Big Ten champion Brian Diveley, Ryan Unzicker, and Mike Chasteen, Jr. Heat race action saw Shirley and Unzicker claim the wins.

When it came time for the feature, Shirley and Unzicker led the field to green. Shirley raced out, while Unzicker tried to make a go of it in the outside lane. The car to watch, though, was one that pulled in on an open trailer earlier in the night. It was also one running pump gas for his steel headed engine. It was the #2 car of Mike Chasteen, Jr. The Peoria, IL driver was hooked up on the bottom lane of the dry-slick track and raced past Unzicker before putting Shirley behind him as well. The race went green until lap 19 before the first yellow waved, bunching the field. Back to racing for the final six laps, Chasteen again made easy work of the field to claim the impressive victory. Unzicker, Shirley, Jose Parga, and Diveley completed the top five.

In the DIRTcar Modified class, Mike Brooks and Steven Brooks brought the field to green. As always, the field was full of talented drivers and a win would be tough to come by. Steven Brooks took the early lead, while track regular, Austin Lynn, was working hard behind him. Lynn pulled alongside and took the top spot as drivers raced side-by-side on the low lanes of the track, looking for grip. The major challenge for Austin Lynn came from Donovan Lodge. The Andover, IL driver pulled into second from his fourth starting spot and gave it a valiant effort. In fact, Lodge made a pass relatively late in the race. Lynn would not be denied, however, as he pulled back alongside in the next turn and took the top spot back. From that point on it was Lynn holding the advantage. Coming to the checkered, Lodge got a great run off of turn four and pulled almost even with Lynn at the line. For Lynn, the key word was almost, as he hung on for the strong victory. Following the Mason City, IL driver were Lodge, Tommy Sheppard, Jr. who picked up six spots to take third, Steven Brooks, and Kenny Wallace

The DIRTcar Street Stocks were the first feature of the night and they didn’t disappoint with some really good racing. Rudy Zaragoza led for a good while at the front of the pack as Terry Reed and Robert Cottom were right behind. Unfortunately for Reed, on one of his pass attempts, some very slight contact ensued, which cut down his right front tire. Reed was forced to pit for a tire change and restart from the tail. Meanwhile, Cottom was able to take the lead in the middle portion of the race, making a run to the inside of Zaragoza. As the laps wound down, Cottom stayed out front but everyone watched as the #5 of Reed worked from the back to take second. Following Cottom and Reed were Zaragoza, Braden Bilger, and Nolan Kaufman.

Lincoln, IL driver Bret Tripplett led the early laps of the Nutech Seed DII Midget feature before Mason City, IL’s Andy Baugh drove to the inside. Baugh got traction on the exit of turn two and rocketed past going down the backstretch. For Baugh, it was pretty easy sailing from that point on, for his third feature win in four tries this year. Tripplett, Tyler Roth, Jeff Sparks, and Karter Sarff rounded out the top five. No one took the Nutech Seed Front Row Challenge so the bonus goes to $400 at the next race.

The final race of the night was the DIRTcar Hornet feature and it was another good one. The division has been very competitive this year with a number of driver threatening for a victory. This time it was Pekin, IL’s Danny Oates laying claim to the feature trophy. Oates held off a charging David Lauritson, Brady Reed, Dallas Strauch, and Eric Vanapeldoorn. The Hornets will be racing for $1,000 to win in the Ed Cain Trucking Hornet Challenge at the June 7 event. It’s part of a weekend doubleheader which will also see $1,000 on the line Saturday, June 8 at Macon Speedway.

Also on track Friday night were the Abe Lincoln Quarter Midget Association kids. Nearly 20 different youngsters brought their quarter midgets out to the track to show off their rides and take some laps at intermission.

For Lincoln Speedway, it will be a few weeks before the next race on Friday, June 7. In addition to the $1,000 to win Hornet race, the Pro Late Models will be back with Modifieds, Nutech Seed DII Midgets, and KidModz. It will be a busy month of June for the track as the POWRi Midgets invade for Speedweek on Sunday, June 16 followed by the Graue Chevrolet Showdown for the Summer Nationals on Sunday, June 30.

For more information and a full schedule, visit www.lincolnspeedwayil.com.

FEATURE RUNDOWNS (Top 10’s)

Midwest Big Ten Super Late Models

1. 2-Mike Chasteen Jr,, Peoria, IL; 2. 24-Ryan Unzicker, El Paso, IL; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley, Chatham, IL; 4. 6P-Jose Parga, New Berlin, IL; 5. 11D-Brian Diveley, Springfield, IL; 6. 84-Myles Moos, Lincoln, IL; 7. 15-Kolby Vandebergh, Ashland, IL; 8. 27-Greg Kimmons, Pleasant Plains, IL; 9. J12-Jason Wagner, Morton, IL; 10. 32M-Cody Maguire, Carlinville, IL

DIRTcar Modifieds

1. 72A-Austin Lynn, Mason City, IL; 2. 32-Donovan Lodge, Andover, IL; 3. T6-Tommy Sheppard Jr, New Berlin, IL; 4. 5-Steven Brooks, New Lenox, IL; 5. 36-Kenny Wallace, St. Louis, MO; 6. 14-Brian Lynn, Mason City, IL; 7. 3-Mike Brooks, Peoria, IL; 8. 57-Tim Hamburg, Dixon, IL; 9. 37-Derrick Carlson, Murrayville, IL; 10. 27-Brody Pompe, Philomath, OR

DIRTcar Street Stocks

1. 1-Robert Cottom, Galesburg, IL; 2. 5-Terry Reed, Cerro Gordo, IL; 3. 67-Rudy Zaragoza, Jacksonville, IL; 4. 17B-Braden Bilger, Jacksonville, IL; 5. 83K-Nolan Kaufman, Marquette Heights, IL; 6. 21-Jaret Duff, Maroa, IL; 7. 227-Justin Thomas, Streator, IL; 8. 2Z-Andy Zahnd, White Heath, IL; 9. 27-Bailey Aukland, Streator, IL; 10. (DNF) 29-Chris Osborne Jr, East Peoria, IL

Nutech Seed DII Midgets

1. 6B-Andy Baugh, Mason City, IL; 2. 7X-Bret Tripplett, Lincoln, IL; 3. 18-Tyler Roth, Unknown, IL; 4. 55-Jeff Sparks, Mason City, IL; 5. 51-Karter Sarff, Mason City, IL; 6. 23-Patrick Ryan, Springfield, IL; 7. 7B-Dave Baugh, Bloomington, IL; 8. 19E-Daltyn England, Springfield, IL; 9. 27-Bo Harrison, Chandlerville, IL; 10. 11-Brandon Smith, Mason City, IL

DIRTcar Hornets

1. 41-Danny Oates, Pekin, IL; 2. 15-David Lauritson, Normal, IL; 3. 32B-Brady Reed, Decatur, IL; 4. 24D-Dallas Strauch, East Peoria, IL; 5. E77-Eric Vanapeldoorn, Clinton, IL; 6. 26A-Michael McKay, Springfield, IL; 7. 21-Mike Eskew, Springfield, IL; 8. D7-Carter Dart, Springfield, IL; 9. 64CK-Cook Crawford, Lincoln, IL; 10. 28F-Mike Foster, Pekin, IL

Haudenschild gets late race Attica AFCS win; Drown and Ivy notch 2nd victories of year in late models and 305 AFCS sprints

By Brian Liskai

ATTICA, Ohio - It was patented Jac Haudenschild. The National Hall of Fame inductee from Wooster, Ohio, utilized Attica Raceway Park's extreme high line to pass Joey Saldana coming to the white flag of the 410 sprint feature Friday and went on to score his third career victory at the track on American Powersports/AmeriGas Night.

The victory was worth $4,000 for Haudenschild on an All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series (AFCS) Presented by the Baumann Auto Group point night.

Not to be outdone, the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models saw a tremendous battle between Wooster, Ohio's Doug Drown and McClure, Ohio's Rusty Schlenk - who ironically came into the night tied with 25 career Attica wins to sit atop the division all-time victory mark. The duo raced side by side, slicing through lapped traffic the final five laps with Drown prevailing for his second win of the year and the 26th of his career at Attica on an Attica/Wayne County Speedway Challenge Series point night.

To finish out the exciting night, Fremont, Ohio's John Ivy used the low groove to get around race-long leader Jimmy McGrath with just four laps to go to score his second Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature win and the $1,000 Gressman Powersports check. It was Ivy's 17th career 305 victory at Attica putting him seventh on the division's all-time victory list. It was also a valuable point night for Ivy in the chase for the KS Sales & Service AFCS Presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales title.

Haudenschild grabbed the early lead of the Callie's Performance Products 410 Sprint A-main, battling early with Buddy Kofoid who took the point on lap six. Kofoid seemed to have things in hand as Craig Mintz and Saldana battled with Haudenschild. Kofoid suffered some sort of issue with eight laps to go, dropping to fourth as Saldana inherited the lead over Mintz and Haudenschild right before the caution flew. Saldana, Mintz and Haudenschild battled for the lead with "The Wild Child" driving into second with four laps to go and blasted around Saldana exiting turn four coming to the white flag and driving to the close win.

"Joey and Craig and Buddy got me pretty good there at the start...I was searching around a little bit because when you start on the front row I didn't really know where to run for sure. I had to get up on the cushion and go there at the end. Zach (Ames) had the car pretty good. We are a little loose in the heat but Zach worked on it and had the car really good any where on the track," said Haudenschild beside his Finzer Farms/Ron Jacobs Trucking/Performance Foot & Ankle/Triple X Racing backed #3.

Pole sitter Mike Bores jumped to the early lead of the 25 lap late model feature but faced constant pressure from Devin Shiels. Meanwhile eighth starter Drown worked his way to third by lap seven and after a great few lap battle with Shiels moved into second and drove around Bores on lap 13 to take the lead. Meanwhile Schlenk, who started 11th, worked his way into third with nine laps remaining and took second from Bores a lap later. When the five to go signal was given Drown and Schlenk were mired in heavy lapped traffic as the pair raced door to door trying to maneuver around lapped cars. As they crossed the white flag they were side by side with lapped cars all around. Drown would hold off Schlenk for the win.

"That's what everybody wants to see...Rusty and myself battling like it's been for many many times here. That's why I wasn't getting off the top. I knew if anyone was going to run up there and be able to peddle the car he would be the one. The lapped cars were kind of my blockers. I have to thank Ely Road Reel, BAR Farms, 89 Homes, Wooster Blass, Chubb Frank Racing for giving us this machine, Cody for building the car and working on it every week, my wife for her support, my dad, my uncle, Steve or tire guy and Hoosier Racing Tire, AccuForce and everyone who helps out on this car," Drown said.

McGrath led the first 21 of the 25 lap 305 feature while seventh starter Ivy steadily moved his way tot he front, taking second on lap 10. A red for last week's winner Kyle Capodice who tipped over with eight laps to go put Ivy right on McGrath's rear bumper. McGrath got a great restart and looked like he might be on his way to his first career sprint win, but the veteran Ivy methodically ate away at the lead and drove off the bottom of turn four on lap 22 to take the lead and drove to the win.

"I'm glad we had that red flag there...I was sucking wind pretty bad," said Ivy who also drove in the 410 sprint feature. "This thing wouldn't take off real good on the restart. I just tried to bide my time and settle down and make sure I made my right move. I have to thank all my guys. I made it hard on them tonight going back and forth to the 410 car and they do it all the time for me," said Ivy beside his L&R Farms/C&N Supply/Rohr Lawncare/Sonny's Welding & Machine/Welty Financial Services/Atkinson Farms/Story Equipment backed #77i

Haudenschild and Kofoid brought the field to green for the 25 lap 410 sprint feature but before a lap could be completed Caleb Griffith stopped necessitating a complete restart. When the green flew again Haudenschild gained the advantage over Kofoid, Chris Andrews, Ivy, Mintz, Saldana, Tony Stewart and DJ Foos. Kofoid continued to pressure Haudenschild while Mintz drove into third. Kofoid took the lead on lap six with a slider in turn one. Kofoid began to pull away slightly as Haudenschild had his hands full with Mintz, Saldana, Andrews, Ivy, Stewart and Greg Wilson who had charged from 18th.

Kofoid encountered lapped traffic by lap 11 with Haudenschild, Mintz and Saldana battling for second with Mintz taking the spot on lap 14. Saldana slipped by Haudenschild for third on lap 17 as heavy lapped traffic appeared. With 10 laps to go Kofoid was still in command while Saldana got around Mintz for second. Something appeared to happen to Kofoid in turn four with eight laps to go as he slowed dramatically, handing the lead to Saldana as Mintz and Haudenschild also got around the California driver.

Other than the initial start, the feature's only caution flew for a Skylar Gee spin with seven laps to go. On the restart Mintz pressured Saldana with Haudenschild joining the fun a lap later. Haudenschild drove around Mintz on lap 26 and quickly close don Saldana. Haudenschild rocked off the high side of turn four coming to the white flag and went on to take the win over Saldana, Kofoid, Mintz and Andrews.

"We had a really really good car. I had a terrible start and fell back and I just kept with it and kept with it. The top wasn't cleaned off early and right there at the end I saw the top cleaned and I was like 'oh shit Haud.' If anyone's going to try it he's going to and look, it paid off and he won. If they don't have the yellow I think we win the race. We had a car good enough because we could move through traffic really really good and they couldn't get through traffic as good as me. At the end...that's called experience..Haud knows what to do. You only have one shot and it worked and I lost," said Saldana.

Bores and Shiels brought the field to green for the 25 lap late model feature with Bores, who already has a win this season, holding off Shiels for the lead with Larry Bellman, Matt Irey and Drown locked in a torrid battle for third.A quick caution on lap four saw the running order Bores, Shiels, Irey, Drown, Bellman, last week's winner Ryan Missler, Steve Kester and Schlenk.Bores began to pull away when the green came back out while Shiels was trying to fend off Drown and Irey. Drown took the runner-up position on lap 10 and quickly closed on Bores.

Bores was glued to the bottom and Drown used the high line to take the lead on lap 13 but Bores and Shiels didn't give up, challenging over the next couple of laps. Meanwhile Schlenk had moved into fourth. With nine laps to go it was a great four car battle up front with Drown leading Bores, Shiels and Schlenk. With five laps to go a lapped car held up Drown and Schlenk took the lead but a circuit later Drown regained the top spot. Drown and Schlenk raced side by side in traffic the remaining four laps with Drown getting the narrow win over Schlenk, Shiels, Bores and Missler.

McGrath and Shawn Valenti brought the field to green for the 25 lap 305 sprint A-main with McGrath getting the top spot over Valenti, Matt Lucius, Dustin Rall, Tyler Street, Ivy and Luke Griffith. McGrath and Valenti raced side by side over the next hand full of laps before McGrath started to pull away. Meanwhile Lucius, Rall, Street and Ivy were battling hard for third when the caution flew on lap nine. On the restart Ivy took second and started to close on McGrath.

Last week's winner Kyle Capodice and Rall tangled with eight laps to go. When the green flew McGrath got an excellent restart and pulled away slightly from Ivy with Valenti, Street, Bobby Clark, Lucius, Paul Weaver, Griffith and Jamie Miller giving chase. McGrath and Ivy ran side by side over the next few laps until Ivy utilized the bottom groove to take the lead on lap 22. Ivy drove to the win over McGrath, Valenti, Street and Weaver.

The Ollie's Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions Presented by Mobile 1 invade Attica Raceway Park on Friday, May 24 on Foster Auto Body/Steinle Chevrolet-Buick in Clyde/Adkins Group Night. The UMP late models and 305 sprints are also in competition. Gates open at 4 p.m. with racing under way at 7:45 p.m.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com or follow the track on Twitter @atticaracewyprk or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ atticaracewaypark and Instagram at attica_raceway_park.

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Attica Raceway Park

American Powersports/AmeriGas Night

Friday, May 17, 2019
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410 Sprints - Callie's Performance Products

Qualifying
1.11N-Buddy Kofoid, 12.710; 2.14-Tony Stewart, 12.713; 3.11-Dale Blaney, 12.714; 4.70X-Spencer Bayston, 12.732; 5.5X-Justin Peck, 12.858; 6.3-Jac Haudenschild, 12.869; 7.23-Max Stambaugh, 12.883; 8.45L-Brian Lay, 12.906; 9.09-Craig Mintz, 12.925; 10.5T-Travis Philo, 12.948; 11.8J-Jess Stiger, 12.950; 12.25M-Chris Andrews, 12.954; 13.6-Joey Saldana, 12.965; 14.35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.971; 15.99-Skyler Gee, 12.985; 16.5-Byron Reed, 12.985; 17.83M-Broc Martin, 13.005; 18.8M-TJ Michael, 13.013; 19.16-DJ Foos, 13.047; 20.71-Aryton Olsen, 13.066; 21.33W-Caleb Griffith, 13.087; 22.81-Lee Jacobs, 13.103; 23.W20-Greg Wilson, 13.109; 24.4-Cap Henry, 13.121; 25.1-Nate Dussel, 13.134; 26.97-Caleb Helms, 13.167; 27.9X-Ricky Peterson, 13.207; 28.3J-Trey Jacobs, 13.208; 29.22B-Ryan Broughton, 13.240; 30.2+-Brian Smith, 13.241; 31.23X-John Ivy, 13.457; 32.27B-Boston Mead, 13.462; 33.21N-Frankie Nervo, 13.487; 34.20I-Kelsey Ivy, 13.490; 35.14W-Chad Wilson, 13.613; 36.70-Henry Malcuit, 13.712; 37.29-Steve Butler, 13.855; 38.88N-Frank Neill, 13.865; 39.59-Bryan Nuckles, 99.990;

Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 83M-Broc Martin[1] ; 2. 09-Craig Mintz[3] ; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild[4] ; 4. 8J-Jess Stiger[2] ; 5. 4-Cap Henry[5] ; 6. 2+-Brian Smith[6] ; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[7] ; 8. 88N-Frank Neill[8]

Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 99-Skyler Gee[3] ; 2. 23X-John Ivy[1] ; 3. 9X-Ricky Peterson[2] ; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4] ; 5. 27B-Boston Mead[5] ; 6. 14W-Chad Wilson[6] ; 7. 29-Steve Butler[7] ; 8. 59-Bryan Nuckles[8]

Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 6-Joey Saldana[1] ; 2. 45L-Brian Lay[2] ; 3. 23-Max Stambaugh[3] ; 4. 70X-Spencer Bayston[4] ; 5. 5-Byron Reed[5] ; 6. 8M-TJ Michael[6] ; 7. 22B-Ryan Broughton[8] ; 8. 71-Aryton Olsen[7]

Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 2. 14-Tony Stewart[3] ; 3. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[4] ; 4. 11-Dale Blaney[2] ; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs[5] ; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[6] ; 7. 97-Caleb Helms[7] ; 8. 21N-Frankie Nervo[8]

Heat 5, Group E - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 16-DJ Foos[2] ; 2. 25M-Chris Andrews[3] ; 3. 33W-Caleb Griffith[1] ; 4. W20-Greg Wilson[5] ; 5. 5X-Justin Peck[4] ; 6. 3J-Trey Jacobs[6] ; 7. 70-Henry Malcuit[7]

B-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 70X-Spencer Bayston[2] ; 2. W20-Greg Wilson[3] ; 3. 2+-Brian Smith[6] ; 4. 8J-Jess Stiger[1] ; 5. 3J-Trey Jacobs[8] ; 6. 8M-TJ Michael[7] ; 7. 27B-Boston Mead[4] ; 8. 71-Aryton Olsen[12] ; 9. 88N-Frank Neill[11] ; 10. 29-Steve Butler[9] ; 11. 97-Caleb Helms[10] ; 12. 81-Lee Jacobs[5]

B-Main 2 - (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1] ; 2. 11-Dale Blaney[2] ; 3. 4-Cap Henry[3] ; 4. 5-Byron Reed[4] ; 5. 5X-Justin Peck[5] ; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[7] ; 7. 14W-Chad Wilson[6] ; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[8] ; 9. 70-Henry Malcuit[10] ; 10. 22B-Ryan Broughton[9] ; 11. 21N-Frankie Nervo[12] ; 12. 59-Bryan Nuckles[11]

A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 3-Jac Haudenschild[1] ; 2. 6-Joey Saldana[6] ; 3. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[2] ; 4. 09-Craig Mintz[5] ; 5. 25M-Chris Andrews[3] ; 6. 4-Cap Henry[21] ; 7. W20-Greg Wilson[18] ; 8. 14-Tony Stewart[8] ; 9. 11-Dale Blaney[19] ; 10. 16-DJ Foos[7] ; 11. 5T-Travis Philo[9] ; 12. 83M-Broc Martin[12] ; 13. 70X-Spencer Bayston[16] ; 14. 5-Byron Reed[23] ; 15. 23-Max Stambaugh[14] ; 16. 35-Stuart Brubaker[17] ; 17. 33W-Caleb Griffith[15] ; 18. 99-Skyler Gee[11] ; 19. 23X-John Ivy[4] ; 20. 2+-Brian Smith[20] ; 21. 8J-Jess Stiger[22] ; 22. 9X-Ricky Peterson[13] ; 23. 45L-Brian Lay[10]

Hard Charger: 4-Cap Henry +15

Late Models - Summit Racing Equipment

Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 50-Ryan Missler[1] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[2] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[3] ; 4. 69W-Jeff Warnick[6] ; 5. 92-Justin Chance[8] ; 6. X3-Dan Wallace[7] ; 7. 17X-Dustin Keegan[4] ; 8. 23H-Craig Hartong[5]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 94-Mike Bores[4] ; 2. 77-Steve Kester[6] ; 3. 59-Larry Bellman[3] ; 4. 5Y-Josh Haynes[5] ; 5. 1N-Casey Noonan[7] ; 6. 11H-Darrick Hubbard Jr[8] ; 7. 20H-Troy Hahn[1] ; 8. 25-Ryan Eddleblute[2]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 5M-Ryan Markham[5] ; 2. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk[7] ; 3. 69M-John Mayes Jr.[2] ; 4. 41-Jason Playter Jr[4] ; 5. 30-Nate Potts[3] ; 6. 42*-Bob Mayer[1] ; 7. 16-Steve Sabo[6] ; 8. 101-Chester Fitch[8]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 12-Doug Drown[1] ; 2. 55-TJ Watson[4] ; 3. 28-Kent Brewer[3] ; 4. 6-Jimmie Ward[6] ; 5. 41G-Austin Goon[2] ; 6. 69R-Doug Baird[5] ; 7. 75-Dana Frey[7]

B-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1N-Casey Noonan[2] ; 2. 92-Justin Chance[1] ; 3. 30-Nate Potts[3] ; 4. X3-Dan Wallace[5] ; 5. 42*-Bob Mayer[7] ; 6. 101-Chester Fitch[15] ; 7. 23H-Craig Hartong[13] ; 8. 17X-Dustin Keegan[9] ; 9. 11H-Darrick Hubbard Jr[6] ; 10. 16-Steve Sabo[11] ; 11. 75-Dana Frey[12] ; 12. 41G-Austin Goon[4] ; 13. 20H-Troy Hahn[10] ; 14. 69R-Doug Baird[8] ; 15. 25-Ryan Eddleblute[14]

A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 12-Doug Drown[8] ; 2. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk[11] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[2] ; 4. 94-Mike Bores[1] ; 5. 50-Ryan Missler[9] ; 6. 36-Matt Irey[5] ; 7. 5M-Ryan Markham[10] ; 8. 69W-Jeff Warnick[13] ; 9. 92-Justin Chance[18] ; 10. 59-Larry Bellman[3] ; 11. 55-TJ Watson[4] ; 12. 5Y-Josh Haynes[14] ; 13. 28-Kent Brewer[12] ; 14. 1N-Casey Noonan[17] ; 15. X3-Dan Wallace[20] ; 16. 30-Nate Potts[19] ; 17. 6-Jimmie Ward[16] ; 18. 77-Steve Kester[7] ; 19. 69M-John Mayes Jr.[6] ; 20. 41-Jason Playter Jr[15]

Hard Charger: CJ1-Rusty Schlenk +9

305 Sprints - Fremont Fence

Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 2. 4*-Tyler Street[6] ; 3. 77I-John Ivy[3] ; 4. 47-Matt Lucius[2] ; 5. 12-Kyle Capodice[5] ; 6. 1W-Paul Weaver[8] ; 7. 25-Jason Keckler[7] ; 8. 7M-Brandon Moore[9] ; 9. 3X-Brandon Riehl[1]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 97-Kyle Peters[2] ; 2. 9R-Dustin Rall[3] ; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[5] ; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[7] ; 5. Z10-Kevin Mingus[6] ; 6. 1H-Zeth Sabo[8] ; 7. X15-Kasey Ziebold[1] ; 8. 22-Justin Lusk[9] ; 9. 48-Mike Burkin[4]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[1] ; 2. 11G-Luke Griffith[6] ; 3. 8-Bobby Clark[4] ; 4. 36-Seth Schneider[8] ; 5. 09-Justin Adams[7] ; 6. 5-Kody Brewer[2] ; 7. 75-Jerry Dahms[5] ; 8. 3V-Chris Verda[3]

B-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1] ; 2. 1H-Zeth Sabo[2] ; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[4] ; 4. 7M-Brandon Moore[7] ; 5. 5-Kody Brewer[3] ; 6. 75-Jerry Dahms[6] ; 7. X15-Kasey Ziebold[5] ; 8. 3X-Brandon Riehl[10] ; 9. 22-Justin Lusk[8] ; 10. 3V-Chris Verda[9] ; 11. 48-Mike Burkin[11]

A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 77I-John Ivy[7] ; 2. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[1] ; 3. 7B-Shawn Valenti[2] ; 4. 4*-Tyler Street[5] ; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[16] ; 6. 8-Bobby Clark[12] ; 7. 97-Kyle Peters[9] ; 8. 11G-Luke Griffith[8] ; 9. 7M-Brandon Moore[19] ; 10. 26-Jamie Miller[10] ; 11. 47-Matt Lucius[3] ; 12. 36-Seth Schneider[11] ; 13. 25-Jason Keckler[18] ; 14. 09-Justin Adams[15] ; 15. Z10-Kevin Mingus[14] ; 16. 12-Kyle Capodice[13] ; 17. 1H-Zeth Sabo[17] ; 18. 9R-Dustin Rall[4] ; 19. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[6] ; 20. 5-Kody Brewer[20]

Hard Charger: 1W-Paul Weaver +11

The DCRP Title Chases at the Quarter Pole

Lonnie Wheatley, DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 17, 2019) – Approximately one-quarter through the 2019 championship chase season at Dodge City Raceway Park, a handful of drivers hold the early lead in pursuit of the hardware.

And, of those five leaders, none are reigning champions although three have captured a DCRP track championship in the past.

Saturday night offers up the fourth round of action for all five divisions including the Precise Racing Products DRP Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Hobby Stocks. The event that his headlined by the DCRP vs. URSS Sprint Car Clash goes green at 7:30 p.m.

Leading the way into Saturday’s action in their respective classes are Luke Cranston (DCRP Sprint Cars), Clay Sellard (IMCA Modifieds), Dakota Sproul (IMCA Sport Modifieds), Angel Munoz (IMCA Stock Cars) and Cody Ghumm (IMCA Hobby Stocks). Cranston, Sellard and Munoz have each captured DCRP track championships in the past.

Adult admission for Saturday’s card is only $15 with children 11 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult. It kicks off a weekend double that also includes the Round Two atop the newly-constructed Little DCRP clay oval on Sunday afternoon for Micro Sprints and Karts.

A look at the 2019 DCRP championship chases is as follows:

Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars:

Opening night winner and 2015 track champ Luke Cranston holds the early advantage, but defending titlist Steven Richardson has cut the gap down to just 19 points after a win the last time out.

Feature Winners: Luke Cranston 1, Brian Herbert 1, Steven Richardson 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Luke Cranston 433, 2. Steven Richardson 419, 3. Jeremy Huish 387, 4. Tyler Knight 372, 5. Jordan Knight 355, 6. Kyler Johnson 353, 7. Kris Moore 339, 8. Ross Essenburg 313, 9. Brian Herbert 288, 10. Koby Walters 280.

IMCA Modifieds:

Clay Money has gone two for three so far, but it’s 2017 champ Clay Sellard leads the way by 51 points over Jesse Smith and defending champion Nick Link, who are tied for second.

Feature Winners: Clay Money 2, Brendon Gemmill 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Clay Sellard 427, 2. (tie) Nick Link and Jesse Smith 376, 4. William Nusser 364, 5. Jake Schroeder 361, 6. Trent Gray 358, 7. Kale Beavers 357, 8. Joel Lane 351, 9. Kevin Gray 334, 10. Ryan Keller 308.

IMCA Sport Modifieds:

Travis Burger made the trip from Manhattan last time out on May 4 and put a stop to Dakota Sproul’s three-race win streak that dated back to last year’s season finale. But the Hays racer still holds a 17-point edge over Brian May and multi-time track champion Jeff Kaup.

Feature Winners: Dakota Sproul 2, Travis Burger 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Dakota Sproul 438, 2. (tie) Jeff Kaup and Brian May 421, 4. Bart Baker 393, 5. Mike Lunow 380, 6. Mike Appel 362, 7. (tie) Alex Wiens and Kyle Wiens 352, 9. Luke Stallbaumer 280, 10. Travis Burger 279.

IMCA Stock Cars:

Forced into a second Baird entry after wiping out his primary ride the previous night, Angel Munoz’ run of two wins in a row was stopped by Kyle Pfeifer last time out at the Stock Car Shootout. Still, with a third-place finish, Munoz holds a 54 point advantage over Ondre Rexford with Chris Oliver and Marlin Hogie another three points back.

Feature Winners: Angel Munoz 2, Kyle Pfeifer 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Angel Munoz 441, 2. Ondre Rexford 387, 3. (tie) Chris Oliver and Marlin Hogie 384, 5. Donald Kaup 362, 6. Gerald Walker 361, 7. Tyler Walker 357, 8. Josh Siebert 352, 9. Jason Rogers 290, 10. Mike Petersilie 276.

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

Duane Wahrman surrendered the points lead the last time out. But not by much as Cody Ghumm sits atop the point charts with a mere three-point advantage.

Feature Winners: Tathan Burkhart 2, Duane Wahrman 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Cody Ghumm 411, 2. Duane Wahrman 408, 3. Reagan Sellard 397, 4. Chad Kelley 374, 5. Sheri Berger 373, 6. Brian Thomas 371, 7. Skeets Salazar 363, 8. Tom Reed 357, 9. Derrick Sprott 315, 10. Tathan Burkhart 300.

In total, the 2019 season atop the 3/8-mile Dodge City Raceway Park clay oval is slated for 18 nights of action along with another eight Sunday cards atop the newly-constructed 1/7-mile Little DCRP clay oval.

The complete slate of 2019 events at DCRP is available at https://www.dodgecityraceway.com/schedule/.

Will Bristle Prevails in Legends Shootout

Will Bristle on track during practice at Carteret County Speedway on Saturday. (Andy Marquis photo)

PELETIER, NC – Will Bristle survived a series of late race restarts to pick up the victory in Saturday night’s Legends Short Track Shootout at Bobby Watson’s Carteret County Speedway.

Zach Miller, who won a race at Carteret County Speedway earlier this year, led in the early laps of the 35-lap, $2,500-to-win feature. Bristle was able to make the move, from the fourth starting position, to take the lead inside the first 15 laps and led from there out. It was not easy for Bristle, however, as he had to survive challenges from Miller, Spencer Saunders, Daniel Silvestri and others in a series of late race restarts.

After the race, Bristle said he considered this to be the biggest win of his career.

“Oh man, I’ve got to thank Dillon Spain Motorsports for building this piece for me,” Bristle said. “We work extremely hard on our stuff to make it this fast. It’s really showing. I’ve got to thank all these guys for racing me clean there except for trying to run over me that one time. I’ve just got to thank everyone that’s involved. It’s a huge win. I think we’re ready for the Nationals.”

Preparing for the Legends Asphalt Nationals, which will take place at Carteret County Speedway from October 17th through October 19th, was the main goal for Bristle and the 37 other cars in the event.

“This is the closest race to what compares to what the Nationals are going to be in October,” Bristle remarked. “Really stiff competition. Just a fun race overall. Came from fourth to the front and never looked back.”

Virginia driver Spencer Saunders finished in the second position for the second straight race at Carteret County Speedway. Despite coming up just short of a $2,500 payday, Saunders was ecstatic with the result.

“This one feels pretty good,” Saunders commented. “We had a good night tonight. Second place is a good run for us. This means a lot more than a couple weeks ago the first time here. Felt like we had a car to win, we just got to beating and banging there on those restarts. That’s just how it goes. When you’re stuck on the outside, you’re pretty much done.”

Zach Miller finished third while pole sitter Daniel Silvestri came in fourth and Caleb Heady rounded out the top-five.

Nick Woodall picked up the win in the Consolation feature, while Bryson Ruff and Brenton Irving scored heat race victories.

Chris Burns and James Horner swapped the lead back and forth throughout the duration of the Street Stock feature, but when the checkered flag waved, it was Burns picking up the win – his third consecutive victory in the Street Stock division at Carteret County Speedway.

Kris Hetu was able to capitalize on Brandon Clements’ misfortunes to score the victory in the Mini-Stock feature. Clements had dominated during the early stages of the race, but a mechanical problem sidelined him, allowing Hetu to take the win over Stephen Sanders and Gary Murphy.

Steve Sullivan scored the victory in U-CAR competition with a last lap pass while Andrew Jackson and Curtis Lanier rounded out the top-three. Sean Wales prevailed in a Champ Kart photofinish, while Justin Hall and Morgan Odum picked up victories in the Coastal Carolina Mini Cup Series Senior and Junior Mini Cup features.

Racing will return to Carteret County Speedway on Sunday, May 26th with the Memorial Classic, headlined by Limited Late Model racing and the Southern Ground Pounders Vintage Racing Club.

For more information about Bobby Watson’s Carteret County Speedway, visit the track’s official website at www.carteretspeedway.com , “like” Carteret County Speedway on Facebook or follow @carteretcoswy on Twitter .

Official Results

Legends

Will Bristle
Spencer Saunders
Zach Miller
Daniel Silvestri
Caleb Heady
Sam Butler
Cody Hall
Tyler Lester
Ryan Matthews
Jordan Lamothe
Conner Jones
Bryson Ruff
DJ Canipe
Landon Rapp
Peter Bennett
Zack Brown
Tucker Jones
Aaron Crumpler
Jim Smith
Ryan Dimartini
Alex McCollum
Kyle Beattie
Mike Alcaro
Jason Austin
Brian Sullivan
Eric Courtney
Brenton Irving
Chase Scott

Legends Consolation Race

Nick Woodall
Adam Berberich
Chris Byerly
Dwayne Holder
Trevor Thacker
Jaiden Reyna

Battlefield Tire Pros Street Stock

Chris Burns
James Horner
John Sharp
Gary Rochelle, Jr.
Dennis Woehrle
Mike Cooper - DQ

Sportsman's Wholesale Mini-Stock

Kris Hetu
Stephen Sanders
Gary Murphy
Duane Walker
Travis Provost
Brandon Clements
Adam Resnick - DQ

U-CAR

Steve Sullivan
Andrew Jackson
Curtis Lanier
Joe Lanier
Brian Mattice
Neil Mason
David Marshall
Abby Jolly
Travis Miller - DQ

CCMCS Mini Cups

Justin Hall
Chase Singletary
Matthew Brewer
Chris Brewer
Matthew Corbett
Scott Brooks
Charles Pudenz
Charles Hassinger
Steve Murray
Roy Combs, III
Wes Ipock
Bubba Todd

CCMCS Jr. Minis

Morgan Odum
Carmen Odum
Dominic Chisholm
Simon Sanders
Scotty Benford
Alexis Steffan
Caleb Braswell

Champ Kart

Sean Wales

Wesley Lewis

Timothy Giesen

Cory Dimauro

Doug Luper

Gaston Davis

VRSEK NOTCHES 1ST EVER FLAT ROCK WIN

Flat Rock, MI-May 11, 2019: Carleton, MI driver Jeff Vrsek led every lap on his way to his first-ever win in the 50 lap ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Model feature Saturday night at Flat Rock Speedway. Dennis Whisman, Nick Shanks and LJ Farmer also visited the Monroe Asphalt Winner's Circle on ArborOakland Group Night. Debbie Majchrzak, representing ArborOakland, presented the trophies to the winners.

The Late Model feature ran straight green flag, allowing Vrsek to take control at the start and build up a sizable lead. Moran Chevy fast qualifier Harold Fair Jr. (11:460), starting 5th, reeled in Jeff in the final 10 laps but to no avail. Vrsek zipped along to the big victory over Fair Jr., Steve Cronenwett Jr., Paul Pelletier, Dennis Strickland, Stan Yee Jr., Frank Jiovani, Chris Benson, Connor Zbozien, Dennis Rederstorf, Craig Everage, Hayden Sprague, Jeff Metdepenningen and Dan Trosen Jr. Heat winners were Strickland and Trosen Jr.

Make it 2 for 2 for Dennis Whisman as he grabbed the win in the 20 lap ARCA Victory Lane Quick Oil Change Figure 8 feature race. The entire distance was filled with spins, fender-banging and near-misses at the intersection. Ethen Lambert led the first 6 laps until Jacob Lee took the point. That was short-lived, as Whisman motored by on lap 10 and held the field at bay for the "W". Dennis Whisman Jr. made a late-race charge to take second to his father, Lee held on for third, with James Vanderhoof, John Lambert, Dave Lambert, Ethen Lambert, Stephanie Bradley and Joe Vandehoof next in line at the stripe. Whisman Jr. set fast time at 21:020. John Lambert took the heat race win.

Nick Shanks withstood challenge after challenge on several re-starts as he claimed top honors in the 25 lap ARCA DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stock A Main. The yellow flag was displayed way too many times due to on-track multi-car incidents. Ethan Stadniczuk made several bids for the lead on the cold night, using the outside lane. Rob Randa also took a shot at the top spot but Shanks stayed strong in the low groove to take the win. Stadniczuk was second, Scott Selmi made a late charge to take third, Greg Studt was fourth and Jim Froling fifth, followed by Randa, Jeff Luttermoser, Lonnie York, Vaughn Chambless and Caleb Barron.

LJ Farmer led all 15 laps to win the DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stock B Main, holding back a strong charge from James Pankow and Alan Kennedy on the way to victory. Fourth was Ian Jezylo and fifth was Adam Jezylo, followed by Rich Abel, rookie Douglas Litogot (in his first-ever stock car race), Taylor Papineau, rookie Justin Peterman and Gary Navarre. Studt set quick time at 13:141, while B Main fast time went to Kennedy at 13:802. David Liaeff, Rob Moore, Chambless, Ian Jezylo and Leroy Farmer took the heat wins.

Joel Smith and Killian McMahon raced their Bandolero cars, with Smith taking the win.

The Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club presented a helmet bag to Street Stock driver Jerry Farmer. The Farmer team includes his father, Leroy, and sons, LJ and Trevor. The track also hosted their annual Monroe County 4-H Youth Night and Autograph Night. The hardy crowd braved a cool evening with a chilly breeze, and light rain began to fall at the end of the Street Stock A Main. The elements stayed away just long enough as the show was completed. The TKC Go-Kart Club kicked off the night with an exhibition race.

Saturday, May 18 is Kids Night at Flat Rock Speedway! Kids to age 12 will be admitted FREE and receive a FREE hot dog. The ARCA DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stocks, the Victory Lane Quick Oil Change Figure 8's and the first The Vault 250 lap Enduro race is on the slate, along with the Bandoleros. The pit gates open at 3:30, practice begins at 5, the front gates open at 5 and race time is 7 p.m.

Afternoon Rain & Cold Temps Force Macon Speedway Cancellation

(Macon, IL) Unseasonable weather continued to plague Central Illinois on Saturday, May 11, as high temperatures in the low 50’s and wet weather forced the cancellation of the first POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget visit of 2019 to Macon Speedway. Four other divisions were also on schedule.

For the Macon, IL track, it’s the second rainout in five tries this season, with the other being the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. In the three events that the track has held, car counts and crowds have been strong. So far, Macon Speedway has averaged 110+ cars per night with great racing in all divisions.

For the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, the rainout comes after a Friday night at Belle-Clair Speedway, in Belleville, IL that saw Austin Brown claim the feature win. In upwards of 40 cars were on hand. The Midgets have three more events scheduled at Macon. The remaining dates are June 15, August 17, and September 14.

Up next for Macon Speedway is Armed Forces night on Saturday, May 18. Retired and active military members will receive free admission after showing proper ID at the ticket window. The Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models, BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds, Neal Tire & Auto Pro Mods, DIRTcar Sportsman, Archer’s Alley Street Stocks, and DIRTcar Hornets will be in action.

For Macon Speedway, the month of May is a busy one with Armed Forces night then a doubleheader holiday week. On Memorial Day Monday, May 27, the Miller Lite Twin 50’s will be held for the Midwest Big Ten Super Late Models and Neal Tire & Auto Pro Mods. Each event will race 50 laps. In addition, the BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds, Archer’s Alley Street Stocks, Micros By Bailey Chassis, and Hornets will be in action. Then on Thursday, May 30, the BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds will run in the 95Q Up On The Wheel 100. The Built Ford Tough MOWA Sprint Cars and Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models will also race.

For more information on upcoming events, visit www.maconracing.com.

Missler defends home sturf to nab American Ethanol Late Model Series win

By Brian Liskai

ATTICA, Ohio - Ryan Missler defended the home turf Friday, May 10 at Attica Raceway Park. The Bellevue, Ohio driver - a five time Attica track champion - scored the biggest win of his career, besting the American Ethanol Late Model Tour to nab the $4,000 payday in the Buckeye 40 on Stillwater Metal/Bazell Race Fuels Night.

Missler battled with Doug Drown early in the 40-lap affair and then had to deal with Greg Satterlee as well later on. With 14 laps to go, Missler used lapped cars to his advantage and charged from third to first and drove to his 14th career victory at Attica, placing him in a three way tie for third on the track's all-time win list for the UMP late models.

"After the restart (on lap 13) I thought oh crap the car isn't firing the way it was before. But as the laps went on the car kept getting better and better and better and I was so comfortable in that thing...it was awesome. The car just picked where it wanted to go and it was good any where I wanted to put it. I have to thank all my guys. Matt Carmody for putting this thing together...it's his birthday and his wife's birthday on the same day...how about that for a present? This is the biggest race I've ever won. We've only ever won a $2,000 to win race. We defended our home turf," said Missler beside his Handy Grafix, Rick Delong Racecars, Keizer Wheels, Wilson's Barber Shop, NAPA of Bryan, King Industrial Supply, Terry McConnel Excavating, Accuforce Shocks, 3D Racing, Missler Sweets backed #50.

Indiana, Pennsylvania's Satterlee would hold off Drown for the runner-up finish, though blaming himself for "making too many mistakes."

"Drown and Missler were both really good. I just made too many mistakes. Drown pushed off the corner there once and needed to take advantage and had made a bad corner myself and I let him get back by me. I got to where I was hanging at the end and just couldn't go near as hard as I could the first 25 laps. It's a step in the right direction. We haven't had a real good season so far. It was a lot of fun and and an awesome race track tonight," said Satterlee.

Drown, from nearby Wooster, Ohio, came home third. "I just cruised too long. I was looking over my shoulder and saw them and they were down on the bottom and normally on the bottom you will wear out a tire so I was just cruising. Ryan had a good car and could manuever anywhere," said Drown.

Sandusky, Ohio's Kyle Capodice was in the right place at the right time to capitalize when early race contenders suffered mechanical woes in the Fremont Fence 305 sprint feature. For much of the 25 laps main event it looked like the race woud come down to Jamie Miller or Kyle Peters but first Peters retired with mechanical problems and then Miller suffered the same fate with just six laps remaining and Capodice drove to the win, the fourth of his career at Attica.

"We were better on the long runs and I just really wanted to win. We went through a drought last year and I can't thank Franlin Sanitation, Greber Racing Components, Barnes Nursery, Fred Wolf, Rob Butts and Lynette Lawless, Burns Electric, my fiancee Kylie, my Dad and Tyler Crump who isn't here tonight because he just became a dad," said Capodice.

Fostoria, Ohio's Shawn Valenti knows a great race vehicle when he drives one and his dirt truck was unstoppable at Attica as he drove to a dominating feature win, the 16th of his career in the division at the track.

"This truck has 50 some wins. I'm not sure what makes it so good. It's unbelieveable it's able to keep doing what it's doing," said Valenti beside his Best Performance Motorsports, A Plus Auto Center, Craig Miller Trucking, KS Sales & Service, Gressman Powersports backed #7B.

Drown and Missler brougth the field to green for the 40 laps American Ethanol Late Model Tour main event with Drown gaining the advantage over Missler, Steve Kester, Zach Dohm, David Mielke, Ryan Markham and Devin Shiels. While Drown and Missler pulled away, a tremendous battle ensued involving Kester, Shiels and Dohm. Shiels was able to take the third spot on lap four and closed on Drown and Missler while Dohm now had his hands full with Satterlee.

Just as Drown was struggling to put several cars a lap down, the only caution of the feature fly for a Chad Finley spin on lap 13 just after Satterlee had worked his way into third. On the restart, Drown, Missler and Satterlee had the crowd on their feet as the trio put on a whale of a show. Satterlee was able to take second a lap later but Missler continued to apply pressure. Things settled down somewhat over the next hand full of laps as Drown, Satterlee and Missler ran nose to tail with Shiels locked in a battle with Markham for fourth. However, at the half-way point Satterlee began applying pressure to Drown with Missler closing five laps later.

As the leaders raced into lapped traffic, Missler made his move, driving around both Satterlee and Drown to take the lead exiting turn two. Missler was able to drive any where on the racing surface and pulled away as Satterlee and Drown battled for second with Shiels and defending AELMT champion Brandon Thirlby who had stormed from his 11th starting spot, battling for fourth. As the white flag flew Missler had only a one car length advantage as Satterlee, Drown and Thirlby battled hard for second. Missler got through traffic and took the win over Satterlee, Drown, Thirlby and Shiels.

In the 25 lap 305 sprint A-main opening night winner Kyle Peters and former track champion Jamie Miller brought the field to green with Miller and Peters quickly establishing themselves as the cars to beet with Capodice battling with John Ivy and Paul Weaver for third. A caution flew when Kevin Mingus and Shawn Valenti came to a stop on the speedway on lap four. When the green flew Miller pulled away slightly from Peters with Capodice holding the advantage over Weaver, Ivy and Tyler Street for third. Jerry Dahms tipped over on lap 10 just as the leaders were racing into lapped traffic.

When the green flew again Miller used the clean air to pull away as Peters drove into the infield with mechanical issues handing second to Capodice as Street moved into third. Miller found lapped traffic with eight laps to go but seemed headed to the win. But disaster struck for Miller on lap 19 as he pulled to the pits putting Capodice into the lead. Capodice hit his marks perfectly to take the win over a closing Street with Weaver, Ivy and Brandon Moore rounding out the top five.

The 15 lap dirt truck feature saw outside front row starter Cory McCaughey jump into the early lead with Valenti, Brad Stuckey and Jimmy McGrath Jr. staying close. Valenti drove to the outside of McCaughey to take the lead on lap three and the only thing that slowed his march to victory lane was a couple of cautions with three laps to go. While Valenti drove away, the battle for second was very entertaining the entire feature involving McCaughey, McGrath, Stuckey and John Brooks. When the dust settled Valenti had the win with McCaughey earning second over Brooks, McGrath and Stuckey.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, May 17 for the Eric Phillips 31st Anniversary Classic presented by American Powersports of Findlay and Sandusky and AmeriGas. The Kistler Racing Products/All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Attica Fremont Championship Series Presented by the Baumann Auto Group for the 410 sprints will pay $4,000 to win while the KS Sales & Service AFCS Presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales for the 305 sprints will pay $1,000 to win thanks to Gressman Powersports. The Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models will also be in action as part of the Attica/Wayne County Speedway Late Model Series Challenge.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com or follow the track on Twitter @atticaracewyprk or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/atticaracewaypark and Instagram at attica_raceway_park.

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Attica Raceway Park

Friday, May 10, 2019

Stillwater Metal/Bazell Race Fuels Night

Starting position [*]

American Ethanol Late Model Tour

Qualifying
1.94-Mike Bores, 14.477; 2.12-Doug Drown, 14.580; 3.5M-Ryan Markham, 14.627; 4.M14-Brandon Thirlby, 14.632; 5.22-Gregg Satterlee, 14.653; 6.87M-David Mielke, 14.730; 7.27-Eric Spangler, 14.736; 8.17-Zack Dohm, 14.746; 9.CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 14.748; 10.51-Devin Shields, 14.816; 11.42-Chad Finley, 14.854; 12.36-Matt Irey, 14.881; 13.21B-Rich Bell, 14.907; 14.77-Steve Kestter, 14.912; 15.79-Nick Kurtz, 14.931; 16.50-Ryan Missler, 14.931; 17.44-Matt Shipley, 14.946; 18.5Y-Josh Haynes, 14.982; 19.C9-Steve Casebolt, 15.118; 20.1W-Mike Laberta, 15.177; 21.21A-Logan Arntz, 15.216; 22.X3-Dan Wallace, 15.250; 23.RH21-Gregg Haskell, 15.292; 24.23W-Brad Wade, 15.361; 25.42*-Bob Mayer, 15.408; 26.75-Dana Frey, 15.439; 27.28-Kent Brewer, 15.458; 28.10-Brett Miller, 15.462; 29.69-Jeff Warnick, 15.616; 30.25-Ryan Eddleblute, 15.834; 31.41-Austin Goon, 16.196; 32.17x-Dustin Keegan, 16.445; 33.30-Nate Potts, 16.505; 34.69R-Doug Baird, 16.637;

Heat 1, Group A - (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 77-Steve Kester[2] ; 2. 44-Matt Shipley[1] ; 3. RH21-Gregg Haskell[5] ; 4. X3-Dan Wallace[4] ; 5. 28-Kent Brewer[6] ; 6. 41-Austin Goon[7] ; 7. 6-Jimmie Ward[9] ; 8. 75-Dana Frey[8] ; 9. 94-Mike Bores[3]

Heat 2, Group B - (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 12-Doug Drown[3] ; 2. 87M-David Mielke[1] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[2] ; 4. 27-Eric Spangler[4] ; 5. 36-Matt Irey[5] ; 6. 23W-Brad Wade[7] ; 7. 10-Brett Miller[9] ; 8. 75x-Dusty Moore[8] ; 9. 1W-Mike Laberta[6]

Heat 3, Group C - (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 22-Gregg Satterlee[2] ; 2. 17-Zack Dohm[1] ; 3. M14-Brandon Thirlby[3] ; 4. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk[4] ; 5. 21B-Rich Bell[5] ; 6. 79-Nick Kurtz[6] ; 7. 69-Jeff Warnick[7] ; 8. 69R-Doug Baird[9] ; 9. 21A-Logan Arntz[8] ; 10. 92-Justin Chance[10]

Heat 4, Group D - (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 50-Ryan Missler[1] ; 2. 51-Devin Shields[3] ; 3. 42-Chad Finley[2] ; 4. C9-Steve Casebolt[5] ; 5. 2S-Travis Stemler[10] ; 6. 5Y-Josh Haynes[4] ; 7. 25-Ryan Eddleblute[7] ; 8. 30-Nate Potts[9] ; 9. 42*-Bob Mayer[6] ; 10. 17x-Dustin Keegan[8]

B-Main 1 - (12 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 21B-Rich Bell[2] ; 2. 79-Nick Kurtz[4] ; 3. 69-Jeff Warnick[6] ; 4. 94-Mike Bores[9] ; 5. 21A-Logan Arntz[10] ; 6. 28-Kent Brewer[1] ; 7. 6-Jimmie Ward[5] ; 8. 69R-Doug Baird[8] ; 9. 41-Austin Goon[3] ; 10. 75-Dana Frey[7]

B-Main 2 - (12 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 36-Matt Irey[1] ; 2. 2S-Travis Stemler[2] ; 3. 23W-Brad Wade[3] ; 4. 25-Ryan Eddleblute[6] ; 5. 10-Brett Miller[5] ; 6. 5Y-Josh Haynes[4] ; 7. 30-Nate Potts[8] ; 8. 42*-Bob Mayer[10] ; 9. 17x-Dustin Keegan[11] ; 10. 1W-Mike Laberta[9] ; 11. 75x-Dusty Moore[7]

A-Main 1 - (40 Laps)
1. 50-Ryan Missler[2] ; 2. 22-Gregg Satterlee[7] ; 3. 12-Doug Drown[1] ; 4. M14-Brandon Thirlby[11] ; 5. 51-Devin Shields[8] ; 6. 17-Zack Dohm[5] ; 7. 5M-Ryan Markham[10] ; 8. 87M-David Mielke[6] ; 9. 77-Steve Kestter[3] ; 10. 27-Eric Spangler[14] ; 11. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk[15] ; 12. 21B-Rich Bell[17] ; 13. 2S-Travis Stemler[20] ; 14. 21A-Logan Arntz[21] ; 15. RH21-Gregg Haskell[9] ; 16. X3-Dan Wallace[13] ; 17. 44-Matt Shipley[4] ; 18. 79-Nick Kurtz[19] ; 19. C9-Steve Casebolt[16] ; 20. 42-Chad Finley[12] ; 21. 36-Matt Irey[18]

Hard Charger: M14 Brandon Thirlby +7

305 Sprints - Fremont Fence

Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 19R-Steve Rando[3] ; 2. 8-Bobby Clark[1] ; 3. 26-Jamie Miller[6] ; 4. 78-Justin Clark[4] ; 5. 11G-Luke Griffith[8] ; 6. 28-Tad Peck[2] ; 7. 01-Dustin Hammond[5] ; 8. 3V-Chris Verda[7]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 97-Kyle Peters[1] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[8] ; 3. X-Mike Keegan[3] ; 4. 4*-Tyler Street[6] ; 5. 75-Jerry Dahms[7] ; 6. 8C-Lewie Christian[5] ; 7. 3X-Brandon Riehl[4] ; 8. 9R-Dustin Rall[2]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 77I-John Ivy[8] ; 2. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[2] ; 3. 09-Justin Adams[4] ; 4. 25-Jason Keckler[5] ; 5. Z10-Kevin Mingus[7] ; 6. 7T-Tyler Hesson[1] ; 7. X15-Kasey Ziebold[6] ; 8. 5-Kody Brewer[3]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 12-Kyle Capodice[1] ; 2. 7M-Brandon Moore[3] ; 3. 7B-Shawn Valenti[5] ; 4. 36-Seth Schneider[4] ; 5. 1H-Zeth Sabo[7] ; 6. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[2] ; 7. 47-Matt Lucius[6]

B-Main 1 - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 11G-Luke Griffith[1] ; 2. Z10-Kevin Mingus[2] ; 3. 28-Tad Peck[3] ; 4. 01-Dustin Hammond[5] ; 5. 5-Kody Brewer[8] ; 6. X15-Kasey Ziebold[6] ; 7. 7T-Tyler Hesson[4] ; 8. 3V-Chris Verda[7]

B-Main 2 - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 75-Jerry Dahms[1] ; 2. 1H-Zeth Sabo[2] ; 3. 9R-Dustin Rall[7] ; 4. 47-Matt Lucius[6] ; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[4] ; 6. 3X-Brandon Riehl[5] ; 7. 8C-Lewie Christian[3]

A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 12-Kyle Capodice[4] ; 2. 4*-Tyler Street[14] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[7] ; 4. 77I-John Ivy[6] ; 5. 7M-Brandon Moore[10] ; 6. 11G-Luke Griffith[17] ; 7. 09-Justin Adams[8] ; 8. 36-Seth Schneider[16] ; 9. 19R-Steve Rando[11] ; 10. 25-Jason Keckler[15] ; 11. 8-Bobby Clark[5] ; 12. 9R-Dustin Rall[22] ; 13. 7B-Shawn Valenti[9] ; 14. 1H-Zeth Sabo[20] ; 15. X-Mike Keegan[3] ; 16. Z10-Kevin Mingus[19] ; 17. 28-Tad Peck[21] ; 18. 26-Jamie Miller[2] ; 19. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[12] ; 20. 97-Kyle Peters[1] ; 21. 78-Justin Clark[13] ; 22. 75-Jerry Dahms[18]

Hard Charger: 11G-Luke Griffith +11

Dirt Trucks -

Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[1] ; 2. 22-Brandon Leighton[5] ; 3. P51-Paul Brown Jr[3] ; 4. 33A-Brian Arnold[7] ; 5. 17X-Dustin Keegan[4] ; 6. 5-Jimmy McGrath Sr[6] ; 7. 7X-Dana Frey[2] ; 8. 8W-Austin White[8]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[4] ; 2. 1-John Brooks[7] ; 3. 5S-Brad Stuckey[3] ; 4. 9-Curt Inks[2] ; 5. 2-Steve Endicott[6] ; 6. 83-Noah Wagner[8] ; 7. 26-Kyle Lagrou[1] ; 8. 75-Adam Dible[5]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 16-Jim Holcomb[2] ; 2. 23M-Brad Mitten[1] ; 3. 1X-Brad Keckler[6] ; 4. 36M-Cory McCaughey[3] ; 5. 4S-Keith Sorg[5] ; 6. 11-Austin Gibson[7] ; 7. 8KB-Kent Brewer[4]

A-Main 1 - (15 Laps)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[3] ; 2. 36M-Cory McCaughey[2] ; 3. 1-John Brooks[9] ; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[4] ; 5. 5S-Brad Stuckey[1] ; 6. 16-Jim Holcomb[11] ; 7. 23M-Brad Mitten[12] ; 8. 4S-Keith Sorg[15] ; 9. 1X-Brad Keckler[10] ; 10. 2-Steve Endicott[14] ; 11. 17X-Dustin Keegan[13] ; 12. 83-Noah Wagner[17] ; 13. 5-Jimmy McGrath Sr[16] ; 14. 7X-Dana Frey[19] ; 15. 8W-Austin White[22] ; 16. 33A-Brian Arnold[5] ; 17. 9-Curt Inks[8] ; 18. P51-Paul Brown Jr[6] ; 19. 26-Kyle Lagrou[20] ; 20. 22-Brandon Leighton[7] ; 21. 11-Austin Gibson[18] ; 22. 75-Adam Dible[23] ; 23. 8KB-Kent Brewer[21]

Hard Charger: 4S-Keith Sorg +7

Little DCRP Opener Cut Short by Inclement Weather

Lonnie Wheatley, DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 5, 2019) – With the first set of Little DCRP heat races in the books, the balance of Sunday’s inaugural event atop the newly-constructed 1/7-mile clay oval was cut short by threatening weather.

With track prep under way for the qualifying races for the 56 Micro Sprints and Karts on hand, tornadic activity to the west of the track and approaching severe thunderstorms forced the cancellation of the balance of the card.

Pit passes will be good for the next Little DCRP event on Sunday, May 19, or any ensuing Little DCRP event.

The complete slate of 2019 events at DCRP is available at https://www.dodgecityraceway.com/schedule/.

Upcoming events

Saturday, May 11 - 3/8th Mile - Big Block Modifieds, 602 Crate/Sportsman, MASS 305 Sprint Cars, Vintage and Rookies, racing at 6pm

Saturday, May 18 - 3/8th Mile - Big Block Modifieds, 602 Crate/Sportsman, Outlaw Stocks & Rookies, racing at 6:30pm

Tuesday, May 21 - 3/8th Mile - World of Outlaws and 602 Crate Sportsman, racing at 7:30

Sunday, May 26 - 3/8th Mile - Poker Series Hand #2 - All American 40 - Big Block Modifieds, 602 Crate Sportsman & USAC East Coast Wingless Sprints, racing at 7pm

WATT, HILL & WILLS CAPTURE FIRST WINS OF 2019

The first night of the 2019 points at the Bridgeport Speedway produced three new winners for the new season as Ryan Watt, Travis Hill and Tom Wills, Jr. picked up their first wins of 2019 on Massari & Sons Disposal Service night at the Bridgeport Speedway.

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Matt Stangle led the first 24 2/3 laps of the twenty-five lap Spirit Auto Center Big Block Modifieds feature event. After taking the lead on the original start, Stangle was able to pull away from the field. Watt moved into second on lap fifteen but Stangle was long gone at that point as he raced through lapped traffic.

Watt had closed in on Stangle in the final laps but the young racer had his Ace Materials No. 6 out in front by several car lengths as he took the white flag. Stangle went into turn three with the lead and dropped to the inside. Watt took the Roberts Racing No. 14w to the outside and raced into the lead through the corners, leading Stangle to the checkered flag for the win. "You don't want to try to run down the leader here," Watt explained. "You hope for a caution." Watt was surprised when Stangle went to the inside on the final lap. "I hate to leave the bottom open for someone to get a run and slide up into you," Stangle explained.

Tommy Beamer trailed Watt and Stangle to the finish line for third with the Thornton Gulf No. 31. Richie Pratt, Jr. raced to a fourth place finish with the Danny's Pizza Pizazz No. 51 with Small Block power under the hood. Dominick Buffalino made his first start of the season behind the wheel of the Horton No. 76, driving to a fifth place finish.

Ryan Anderson, Neal Williams, Ron Roberts, Jim Britt and Brett Ballard rounded out the top ten.

Travis Hill visited Victory Lane for the first time since April of 2017 when he drove Brett Cogdill's No. 98H for the win in the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Crate Sportsman main event. Hill's last win came with Cogdill's No. 98.

Hill is second on the All Time Feature Winner's list in this division - second behind Richie Pratt, Jr. The win gave Hill his thirty-second Crate Sportsman win.

Hill led from the green flag to the checkered and was able to hold off Jim Gallagher, Jr. who challenged for the lead on several occasions. Gallagher finished second ahead of Eric Kormann. Wayne Weaver's late race charge gave him a fourth place finish ahead of Matt Peck. It was Gallagher's third top three finish in the first three events of the season.

Tom Sherby, Rich Wenger, Bobby Bracall, John Micek and Kyle Belmont finished in sixth through tenth in the first point race of the season.

The South Jersey Overhead Door feature event marked the first time that all three sons of Andy Belmont - Andrew, Kyle and Brett - raced together in the same event. Kyle made a quick trip from Dover and his Penske racing team job to race with his brothers on Saturday night. Kyle took home the bragging rights with his tenth place finish.

2017 Outlaw Stock Champion, Tom Wills, Jr. took home his first win of the season in the Sunbelt Rentals Outlaw Stock feature event. Lee Allen led the way through the first ten laps of the race as Wills and Rich Stinson, Jr. raced into second and third. Wills pressed Allen in turn two on lap eleven and then took the lead one lap later, racing to the inside as the cars headed down the backstretch. Stinson also made his way by Allen.

Wills took the win over Stinson, Allen, Brian Ludwig and Mike Creamer.

Justin Moench took the win in the first race of the season for the DA's Auto Body & Repair Rookies, leading all eight laps. Moench was behind the wheel of the Wenger No. 304. Scott Maher, Jr. closed in on the leader but was not able to mount a challenge.

Bridgeport action moves to the Design for Vision/Sunglass Central 3/8th mile track with the Big Block Modifieds, 602 Crate Sportsman and Mid Atlantic Sprint Series, Vintage and Rookies next Saturday night with racing getting under way at 6pm. The World of Outlaws come to Bridgeport on Tuesday, May 21st for a double header with the 602 Crate Sportsman with racing getting underway at 7:30pm.

SPIRIT AUTO CENTER BIG BLOCK MODIFIEDS (25 laps) –

1. Ryan Watt, 2. Matt Stangle, 3. Tommy Beamer, 4. Richie Pratt, Jr., 5. Dominick Buffalino, 6. Ryan Anderson, 7. Neal Williams, 8. Ron Roberts, 9. Jim Britt, 10. Brett Ballard, 11. Mike Franz, 12. Dave Shirk, 13. Billy Lasko, 14. Billy Pauch, Sr., 15. Bob Sarkisian, 16. Derek Krum, 17. David Hunt, 18. Kyle Borror, 19. Todd Neiheiser, DNS – Roger Manning, Gary Hager

SOUTH JERSEY OVERHEAD DOORS 602 CRATE SPORTSMAN (20 laps) –

1. Travis Hill, 2. Jim Gallagher, Jr., 3. Eric Kormann, 4. Wayne Weaver, 5. Matt Peck, 6. Tom Sherby, 7. Rich Wegner, Jr., 8. Bobby Bracall, 9. John Micek, 10. Kyle Belmont, 11. Jeff Bubori, 12. Tom Moore, Jr., 13. Brett Belmont, 14. Dave Damiano, 15. Andrew Belmont, 16. Dave Hartman, 17. Matt Luzi, 18. John Cavallaro, 19. Tom Holding, 20. Howard Huepfel, 21. Tommy Errico, Jr., 22. Roger Gaskill, 23. Chris Jenkins, 24. Pete Serra, DNS – Tyler Hulmes, Ernie Miles III, Jim Cheesman, Scott Maher, Jr., Scott Hulmes, David Crossman

SUNBELT RENTALS OUTLAW STOCKS (15 laps) –

1. Tom Wills, Jr., 2. Rich Stinson, Jr., 3. Lee Allen, 4. Brian Ludwig, 5. Mike Creamer, 6. Ken Moren, 7. Justin Nowlen, 8. Andrew Joslin, 9. Nick Sandone, 10. Terry Sammons, 11. John Parker, 12. Paul Donahue, DNS – Keith McKinley

D.A.'S AUTO BODY & REPAIR ROOKIES (8 laps) –

1. Justin Moench, 2. Scott Maher, Jr., 3. Kathy Buzby

Bubba Pollard Holds Off Rich Bickle Jr. to Win Joe Shear Classic at Madison

Full Event Results

Senoia, Georgia, is a long way from Oregon, Wisconsin.  In fact, it’s nearly a 900 mile trip.  So when Bubba Pollard decided to make the journey north to race with the best in the Midwest, he made it more than worthwhile as he picked up the win in the 11thannual ARCA Midwest Tour Joe Shear Classic and a $10,000 check.

Twenty-seven of the best took to Wisconsin’s Fastest Half-Mile today as part of an event that honored one of the greatest short track legends, Joe Shear. Shear won four championships at Madison and sixty-six feature wins on the half-mile that celebrates it’s 50thbirthday this season.

Ricky Baker and John DeAngelis Jr. had the honors of bringing this stellar field to the green flag.  DeAngelis Jr. wasted no time as he jumped out to the lead with last year’s winner Austin Nason and Dan Fredrickson up to second and third followed by Pollard and Paul Shafer Jr.

On lap 10 Gabe Sommers passed Shafer Jr. to break into the top five. Rich Bickle Jr. moved into sixth on lap 16 when he worked his way around Shafer Jr.  On lap 18 Pollard powered his way past Fredrickson for the third spot with Ty Majeski taking the seventh spot from Shafer Jr. one lap later.  Five laps later Majeski would wrestle sixth away from Bickle Jr.

Majeski continued his move forward when he passed Sommers for fifth on lap 30. On lap 33 he moved inside of Fredrickson to take over the fourth position.  Majeski and Pollard then battled it out for third as the leaders continued to work their way around lapped traffic.  On lap 45 Majeski took advantage of the slower traffic to work his way past Pollard for third.

Out front DeAngelis Jr. continued to lead Nason by two car lengths with Majeski a distant third.

The first caution flag came out on lap 53 when Shafer Jr. spun on the backstretch.  This meant the first opportunity for controlled pit stops.  Most of the cars electing to pit were in the back half of the field with Fredrickson and Bickle Jr. the only top ten cars at the time of the caution to pit.

For the restart on lap 61, DeAngelis Jr. chose to start on the outside with Nason taking the inside of the first row.  Majeski lined up outside and Pollard inside of row two.  It was a good start for Nason who jumped out to the lead over DeAngelis Jr.

Major trouble happened two laps later when Majeski experienced axle issues on the backstretch that ended his run and led to a multiple car pile-up in turn three involving Dan Fredrickson, Gabe Sommers, Rich Bickle Jr., John Beale,  Carson Kvapil,  and Jeff Van Oudenhoven.  Only Bickle Jr.and Beale were able to continue.

This time for the restart Nason chose the outside with DeAngelis Jr. on the inside.  Nason retained his lead with Jacob Goede, Ryan Farrell, DeAngelis Jr., and Casey Johnson making up the top five.

On lap 74 Goede looked to the inside of Nason but was unable to make the pass.  Four laps later Goede and Nason made contact coming out of turn one causing Nason’s car to spin and bringing out the caution flag.  For their roles in the incident, both Goede and Nason would go to the tail end of the lead lap cars.

For the restart Casey Johnson started on the inside of DeAngelis Jr. with Farrell in third Andrew Morrissey in fourth and Jason Weinkauf in fifth. DeAngelis Jr. was able to jumpe back out in front before the caution flag came out for a spin on lap 93.

This caution flag resulted in nearly everyone coming into the pits for “the stop” as the drivers were preparing for the final 100 laps.

Once again DeAngelis Jr. chose the outside for the restart with Johnson on the inside followed by Morrissey and Farrell in the second row. This time Johnson would gain the advantage and take the point.  DeAngelis Jr. was able to wrestle back the lead from Johnson on lap 113 while Austin Nason, Jacob Goede, and Andrew Morrissey were third through fifth. DeAngelis Jr. appeared to be getting stronger with each lap as he settled in out front.

A spin in turn two on lap 129 brought out the caution and took away some of the advantage DeAngelis Jr. had built over Johnson and the rest of the field.

When the green flag waved again there would be ten cars still on the lead lap.  DeAngelis Jr. jumped back out to the lead followed by Johnson and Nason.  However, the man on the move was Pollard who was up to challenge both Johnson and Nason.  Nason would take second from Johnson with Pollard moving up to third and then overtaking Nason for second on lap 143.  Despite being in the earlier pile up in turn three, Rich Bickle Jr. worked his way up to fourth ahead of Johnson
before the caution flag came out on lap 147 when the car of Ricky Baker experienced mechanical issues.

The front row coming to the green would be Pollard on the inside with DeAngelis Jr. on the outside.  DeAngelis Jr. took the lead back for a lap before Pollard motored by to take over the top spot on lap 159.  Bickle Jr. was moving up fast as he took the second spot and began to chase down the leader.

Pollard and Bickle Jr. separated themselves from the rest of the field while Nason, Murgic, and Johnson were battling for third.

With twenty-five laps to go Pollard’s lead was 1.4 seconds over Bickle Jr. With ten laps to go Pollard had increased his lead to more than two seconds. Despite Bickle’s best efforts, he wouldn’t be able to catch Pollard who cruised to victory lane. Nason, Johnson, and Nick Murgic rounded out the top five.

“This means a lot,” said Pollard.  “I’ve been wanting to win up here and I have a lot of respect for these guys in the Midwest Tour.  I have a lot of respect for the great fans up here too.  These are hard-working racers and you don’t find that too much anymore so that’s why I like coming up here to race”

“We made a change after qualifying and it was game on,” added Pollard. “We decided to take our tires late and it paid off.”

“I wanted to win this race for Joe.  We raced together for 100 laps here back in 1985 with him right on my bumper. I’m probably the only one who raced with Joe who’s racing here today,” said runner-up Bickle Jr.  “I just want everyone to know ‘I’m back.’

Casey Johnson set fast time with a lap of 17.472.  Jacob Goede (17.501), Ty Majeski (17.530), Rich Bickle Jr. (17.538), and Ryan Farrell (17.549) rounded out the top five.

Kyle Pfeifer Wins Stock Car Shootout at DCRP with Richardson, Money, Burger and Burkhart Also Victorious

Lonnie Wheatley, DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 4, 2019) – Saturday night’s Stock Car Shootout presented by Winner’s Circle Feedyards and Factory Direct Fireworks atop the 3/8-mile Dodge City Raceway Park clay oval lived up to its moniker with Hill City’s Kyle Pfeifer battling past Jason Rogers in the closing rounds of the 25-lapper to pocket the $1,000 winner’s share for IMCA Stock Cars.

While Pfeifer topped the Stock Car Shootout, other Saturday night winners included Steve Richardson in Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars, Clay Money in IMCA Modifieds, Travis Burger in IMCA Sport Modifieds and Tathan Burkhart in IMCA Hobby Stocks.

Pfeifer had his work cut out for him the in the 25-lap Stock Car Shootout, gridding the feature field 12th Tyler Walker and Mark Zorn led the way to the green flag.

Walker gunned into the early lead and paced the initial eight circuits before surrendering the point to eighth-starter Jason Rogers. Rogers was busy fending off Angel Munoz over the ensuing circuits wile Pfeifer making his into the top five by the midway point.

Working the top side of the track, Pfeifer made his way to second by the 17th round and then began pressuring Rogers for the lead. After battling side-by-side for several circuits, Pfeifer surged ahead on the 23rd lap and paced the final three circuits to secure the win.

After leading more than half the race, Rogers settled for second with Munoz filling out the podium in third. Mike Petersilie crossed the stripe fourth after starting tenth with Will Bauer rounding out the top five.

In the Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars, defending track champion Steven Richardson led all but the first round in the 20-lapper to become the third different winner of the season in as many rounds.

Starting from the front row outside, the Liberal racer chased opening night winner Steven Richardson for the first lap before racing by on the top side of the track.

Richardson rode the rim flawlessly the rest of the way to secure the win aboard the Poor Boy Kustomz No. 0 Sprint Car. Cranston tried to reel Richardson back in just past the midway point but was unable to fully eliminate the gap.

Cranston settled for second with Ty Williams in third. Kris Moore cracked the top five on the eighth round and took command of fourth for keeps on the 11th lap. Koby Walters outlasted Alexander Ort to round out the top five.

The feature was marred by a wild opening lap crash exiting turn two that eliminated a handful of cars. Colorado’s Buddy Tubbs was transported to a local hospital with undisclosed injuries.

Penokee’s Clay Money became the first repeat winner in the IMCA Modified ranks by making a late move into the lead and then holding off a charging Daniel Gottschalk and Clay Sellard to top the 20-lapper.

While Money worked his way forward from the eighth starting position, Brandon Conkwright paced the initial 14 rounds from the pole position.

Money needed just seven laps to climb to third and then took second away from Jake Schroeder on the tenth. And when Conkwright ran afoul of a pair of lapped cars on the 16th round, Money was there to cash in on the opportunity by racing into the lead.

A caution with just four laps to go put Conkwrigth and Sellard on Money’s rear bumper. Sellard slipped around Conkwright while Gottschalk worked the high side to race past both of them only to fall just short of Money at the line. Gottschalk’s charge was a rebound from an early race incident that sent him to the tail of the field

Sellard settled for third with Conkwright and Schroeder rounding out the top five.

Manhattan’s Travis Burger left little doubt about his first career IMCA Sport Modified feature win, gunning into the lead on the opening lap and leading all 20 rounds in convincing fashion.

While Burger streaked away from the pack, defending track champion Jeff Kaup made his way past Brian May for second on the eighth lap. By that time though, Burger had opened up nearly straightaway worth of real estate between himself and Kaup.

Kaup closed to within eight car length but ran out of laps to chase down the fleet Burger. Kaup and May rounded out the podium in second and third, respectively, with Dakota Sproul in fourth after wining the first two rounds of championship chase action. Luke Stallbaumer rounded out the top five.

Hays’ Tathan Burkhart reeled off his second IMCA Hobby Stock feature win in as many 2019 tries by leading the final 13 rounds of the 15-lapper.

Burkhart battled past Devon Ghumm for the point on the third round and cruised the rest of the way to the checkered flag with Ghumm holding off Cody Ghumm for runner-up honors. B.J. Rogers was fourth with Sheri Berger rounding out the top five.

The 1/7-mile Little DCRP clay oval will be unveiled on Sunday, May 5, with a full slate of Micro Sprint Cars and Karts while the 3/8-mile Dodge City Raceway Park resumes action on Saturday, May 18, with URSS vs. DCRP Sprint Cars along with IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Stok Cars and IMCA Hobby Stocks.

Dodge City Raceway Park – Stock Car Shootout

May 4, 2019 Results:

IMCA Stock Cars – Stock Car Shootout presented by Winner’s Circle Feedyards and Factory Direct Fireworks:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 20-Tyler Walker, 2. 97x-Ondre Rexford, 3. 33-Marlin Hogie, 4. 3z-Mark Zorn, 5. 57-Dalton Bauer, 6. 21-Josh Siebert, 7. 94b-Brandon Ballard.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 54p-Kyle Pfeifer, 2. 25x-Troy Burkhart, 3. 38-Shaylan Holloway, 4. 16-Will Bauer, 5. 3-Chris Oliver, 6. 99-Gerald Walker, 7. F0-Anthony Finch.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 37-Jason Rogers, 2. 25p-Mike Petersilie, 3. 52s-Angel Munoz, 4. 52T-Travis Baird, 5. 22-Donald Kaup, 6. 42-Zach McLemore, 7. 91b-Richard Knoll.

“A” Main (25 Laps): 1. 54p-Kyle Pfeifer, 2. 37-Jason Rogers, 3. 52s-Angel Munoz, 4. 25p-Mike Petersilie, 5. 16-Will Bauer, 6. 3z-Mark Zorn, 7. 52T-Travis Baird, 8. 33-Marlin Hogie, 9. F0-Anthony Finch, 10. 97x-Ondre Rexford, 11. 99-Gerald Walker, 12. 91b-Richard Knoll, 13. 25x-Troy Burkhart, 14. 57-Dalton Bauer, 15. 21-Josh Siebert, 16. 22-Donald Kaup, 17. 94b-Brandon Ballard, 18. 3-Chris Oliver, 19. 20-Tyler Walker, 20. 42-Zach McLemore, 21. 38-Shaylan Holloway.

Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 95-Buddy Tubbs, 2. 49x-Luke Cranston, 3. 13-Alexander Ort, 4. 33-Koby Walters, 5. 11k-Tyler Knight, 6. 8J-Brandy Jones, 7. 6-Kaden Taylor, 8. 18-Brandon Sprott (DNS), 9. 1x-Cody Lampe (DNS).

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 88J-Jeremy Huish, 2. 0-Steven Richardson, 3. 45x-Kyler Johnson, 4. 911-Ty Williams, 5. 49-Kris Moore, 6. 72-Ray Seemann, 7. 10-Jordan Knight, 8. 51r-Ross Essenburg.

“A” Main (20 Laps): 1. 0-Steven Richardson, 2. 49x-Luke Cranston, 3. 911-Ty Williams, 4. 49-Kris Moore, 5. 33-Koby Walters, 6. 13-Alexander Ort, 7. 11k-Tyler Knight, 8. 1x-Cody Lampe, 9. 45x-Kyler Johnson, 10. 51r-Ross Essenburg, 11. 6-Kaden Taylor, 12. 88J-Jeremy Huish, 13. 95-Buddy Tubbs, 14. 8J-Brandy Jones, 15. 72-Ray Seemann, 16. 10-Jordan Knight, 17. 18-Brandon Sprott (DNS).

IMCA Modifieds:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 57-Joel Lane, 2. 1n-Nick Link, 3. 3h-Ryan Heger, 4. 17-Jake Schroeder, 5. 26-Tom Beavers, 6. A2-Randy Wilson, 7. D14-Derrick Dechant, 8. 94-Jim Graves (DNS).

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 22T-Trent Gray, 2. 24c-Brandon Conkwright, 3. 85c-Clay Sellard, 4. 3d-Daniel Gottschalk, 5. 16-Keivn Gray, 6. 88J-Jack Kirchoff, 7. 7s-David Solberg.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 7-Clay Money, 2. 25-Kale Beavers, 3. 7n-William Nusser, 4. 7b-Curtis Barnes, 5. 01-Jesse Smith, 6. 98-Danny Keller, 7. K17-Ryan Keller.

“A” Main (20 Laps): 1. 7-Clay Money, 2. 3d-Daniel Gottschalk, 3. 85c-Clay Sellard, 4. 24c-Brandon Conkwright, 5. 17-Jake Schroeder, 6. 7n-William Nusser, 7. 7b-Curtis Barnes, 8. 22T-Trent Gray, 9. 3h-Ryan Heger, 10. 25-Kale Beavers, 11. 01-Jesse Smith, 12. 57-Joel Lane, 13. 16-Kevin Gray, 14. A2-Randy Wilson, 15. 88J-Jack Kirchoff, 16. 26-Tom Beavers, 17. 98-Danny Keller, 18. K17-Ryan Keller, 19. D14-Derrick Dechant, 20. 1n-Nick Link, 21. 7s-David Solberg (DNS), 22. 94-Jim Graves (DNS).

IMCA Sport Modifieds:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 08-Dakota Sproul, 2. 2c-Matthew Crowell, 3. 6b-Travis Burger, 4. 37-Bart Baker, 5. 8-Brian May, 6. 28k-Ryan Kirchoff, 7. 22ss-Shay Simoneau, 8. 18-Kyle Wiens, 9. 01-Kent Lampe.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 27g-Kamren Gruber, 2. L26-Luke Stallbaumer, 3. 56m-Mike Appel, 4. 92-Jeff Kaup, 5. 4-Freddy McCoy, 6. 44-Mike Lunow, 7. 10-Alex Wiens, 8. 28-Seth Beard.

“A” Main (20 Laps): 1. 6b-Travis Burger, 2. 92-Jeff Kaup, 3. 8-Brian May, 4. 08-Dakota Sproul, 5. L26-Luke Stallbaumer, 6. 27g-Kamren Gruber, 7. 4-Freddy McCoy, 8. 56m-Mike Appel, 9. 22ss-Shay Simoneau, 10. 37-Bart Baker, 11. 28-Seth Beard, 12. 18-Kyle Wiens, 13. 10-Alex Wiens, 14. 28k-Shay Simoneau, 15. 44-Mike Lunow, 16. 2c-Matthew Crowell, 17. 01-Kent Lampe.

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 1c-Cody Ghumm, 2. 17w-Duane Wahrman, 3. 69-David Berger, 4. 11d-Devon Ghumm, 5. 7-Tom Reed, 6. 19-Brett Copeland, 7. 3-Brian Thomas, 8. 5s-Derrick Sprott.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 2s-Reagan Sellard, 2. 250-Tathan Burkhart, 3. 37-B.J. Rogers, 4. 57-Chad Kelley, 5. 81-Skeets Salazar, 6. 24b-Sheri Berger, 7. 55-Jake Huse.

“A” Main (15 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart, 2. 11d-Devon Ghumm, 3. 1c-Cody Ghumm, 4. 37-B.J. Rogers, 5. 24b-Sheri Berger, 6. 3-Brian Thomas, 7. 5s-Derrick Sprott, 8. 81-Skeets Salazar, 9. 17w-Duane Wahrman, 10. 69-David Berger, 11. 2s-Reagan Sellard, 12. 57-Chad Kelley, 13. 7-Tom Reed, 14. 19-Brett Copeland (DNS), 15. 55-Jake Huse (DNS).

Wallace, Ewing Rewrite Macon Record Books

By BZ

(Macon, IL) Kenny Wallace has his name all over Macon Speedway. He's a co-owner of the track with Ken Schrader, Tony Stewart and Bob Sargent. He's a multi-time feature winner in the BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds class. Now, he can add "Fastest Qualifier" to the list. Wallace set the overall track record, which was broken two weeks ago during the last event at the track, with a time of 11.292. The previous mark was 11.387 which was set on April 20th by Rodney Standerfer. For Wallace, his night was just beginning.

Along with the fast time, Wallace also won his heat and got the front row starting spot in the 20-lap feature. Wallace got out to a lead and had to fend off fellow front row starter Robert Lee during the early and middle parts of the race. Wallace loosened up and Lee got aggressive during a late-race scenario and which caused the two machines to smack into one another. Lee's car was finished for the night and Wallace regained his lead and took hold of the checkered flag for a clean sweep.

That was not the only clean sweep of the evening. Warrensburg's Dakota Ewing also made history while driving in the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Model division. He broke the two-year-old track record of 11.124 with a 10.793 lap. Add in a heat race win and he was lined up for a clean sweep, as well. Ewing was dominate on the bottom of the track as he glided his way through the turns and avoided any and all lapped traffic and coasted to the feature finish line. Jeff Reed, Jr. started opposite Ewing on the front row. A driver error led to a spin out and forced Reed to restart the race from the last place position. Within the final 19 laps, Reed made up position after position and took third place behind Braden Johnson.

An unbelievable field of cars turned out in the Neal Tire & Auto Pro Modified group. 40 cars were signed in for the night which led to five 8-car heat races as well as two 12-car B-Main feature events before the 20-lap A-Main feature event. Billy Knebel was rode up front and looked like it was his race to win. Unfortunately, a lapped car got between Knebel and second place car Owen Steinkoenig and led to a wreck. It led to Knebel wrecking and needing the assistance off the track by the tow truck. Steinkoenig assumed the lead and went the rest of the way to the checkered flag.

Gene Reed of Hammond once again found the winner's circle in the Archer's Alley Street Stocks. The former track champion did all he could to stop Darrell Dick, Larry Russell, Jr. and company from taking away his first place position. Reed was sharp and rode the track as perfectly as he could as he kept Dick away from the top spot. Russell lost power and pulled off the track from the third place position with one lap to go.

Dennis Vandermeersch made it two-for-two in the Sportsman division with feature wins. After running away from the group two weeks ago, Vandermeersch had a tough fight on his hands with Scott Landers. Landers, who rode the top groove most of the 15-lap feature, closed in on the leader, who stuck to the bottom, and as the race closed to a finish, Landers tried to duck low to get to Vandermeersch but couldn't get the traction and it allowed the leader to pull away and take the win.

Brady Reed once again proved to the fastest 4-cylinder Hornet out there as he ran away and hid during the final feature of the program.

As part of a special attraction, the Kid Modz were in the pits as well as on the track and White Heath driver Jeremy Sebens took off the 8-lap race and win.

122 total racecars flooded the pits. Flooded is a difficult word to use knowing how much rain has fallen in central Illinois over the past few days. Despite the grounds being damp and the track needing extra work during the races, there was plenty of sun and wind on Saturday to help allow Macon Speedway to run its program on the first Saturday of May. With three shows in the books, the last two shows have contributed with 120 & 122 total entries. Opening Night had 96 entries. The season is just getting started and drivers and fans alike are flocking to the World's Fastest 1/5th mile dirt oval like never before.

Next Saturday night, Macon Speedway will feature its first look of the 2019 POWRi Midgets & Micro Sprint appearance. The Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models will race a Big Ten Series event, plus Street Stocks & Hornets make up a full show that expects another 100+ racecars in the pit area.

FEATURE RUNDOWNS (Top 10's)

Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models--1. Dakota Ewing (Warrensburg), 2. Braden Johnson (Taylorville), 3. Jeff Reed, Jr. (Blue Mound), 4. Kyle Cooper (Wheatfield, IN), 5. Donny Koehler (Macon), 6. Storm Beiler (Decatur), 7. Roben Huffman (Midland City), 8. Blake Damery (Blue Mound), 9. Tony Harter (Sherman), 10. Kyle Van Dorn (New Berlin)

BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds--1. Kenny Wallace (St. Louis, MO), 2. Tommy Sheppard, Jr. (New Berlin), 3. Jared Thomas (Edinburg), 4. Guy Taylor (Springfield), 5. Alan Crowder (Elwin), 6. Tim Luttrell (Riverton), 7. Joe Strawkas (Buffalo), 8. Michael Rauch (Decatur), 9. Brian Shubirg (Troy), 10. Jerry Thompson (Troy)

Sportsman--1. Dennis Vandermeersch (Springfield), 2. Scott Landers (Taylorville), 3. Tim Bedinger (Taylorville), 4. Wes O'Dell (Springfield), 5. Brad Bedinger (Taylorville), 6. Mitch Ringler (Taylorville), 7. Terry Myers (Buffalo), 8. Stefan Bedinger (Taylorville), 9. Rick Roedel (Shelbyville), 10. Joel Irvin (Harristown)

Archer's Alley Street Stocks--1. Gene Reed (Hammond), 2. Darrell Dick (Monticello), 3. Brian Dasenbrock (Decatur), 4. Andy Zahnd (White Heath), 5. Shawn Ziemer (Boody), 6. Jonathon Hall (Harristown), 7. Fredie Thomas (Macon), 8. Dalton Mannin (Longview), 9. Brian Dasenbrock, Jr. (Decatur), 10. Larry Russell, Jr. (Decatur)

Neal Tire & Auto Pro Modifieds--1. Owen Steinkoenig (Highland), 2. Jordan Bauer (St. Jacob), 3. Tom Krankel (Sappington, MO), 4. Tim Hancock, Jr. (Mt. Olive), 5. Troy Medley (Pevely, MO), 6. Rob Timmons (Centralia), 7. Nick Justice (Decatur), 8. Billy Nail (Decatur), 9. Kyle Helmick (Smithton), 10. Doug Tye (Troy)

Hornets--1. Brady Reed (Decatur), 2. Billy Mason (Brownstown), 3. Eldon Hemken (Sorento), 4. Mike Eskew (Springfield), 5. Michael McKay (Springfield), 6. Carter Dart (Springfield), 7. Danny White (Villa Grove), 8. Marty Sullivan (Decatur), 9. Chris Wright (Vandalia), 10. Kodi Landholt (Buffalo)

Kid Modz--1. Jeremy Sebens (White Heath), 2. Ben Melchers (Pontiac), 3. Audrey Gerberding (Rochester)

JIOVANI-STUDT-JEZYLO-WHISMAN NOTCH FLAT ROCK OPENING NIGHT WINS

Flat Rock, MI-May 4, 2019:

Flat Rock Speedway kicked off its 2019 racing schedule with an action-packed night of entertainment. Jack's Bicycle of Monroe sponsored the night, which included Scout Night. All scouts were guests of the track for the first night of racing.

Frank Jiovani captured the 50 lap ARCA Moran Chevrolet Late Model feature over Craig Everage, Dennis Strickland, Jeff Vrsek and Steve Cronenwett Jr. A lap 47 incident between race leader Paul Pelletier and Justin Schroeder brought out the yellow, with both drivers going to the tail of the field. Jiovani, who started 10th, took the point and zipped to the win. Chris Benson, Pelletier, Schroeder, rookie Connor Zbozien and Joe Hawes completed the top 10. Jiovani also set the Moran Chevrolet Fast time at 11:666.

By lap 8 of the ARCA DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stock A Main, half of the 20 car field had ended their nights due to on-track incidents. Fast qualifier Greg Studt (13:142) was in the lap 4 melee', which brought out the red flag. Greg pitted, while Clarity Patton, Jeff Metdepenningen and Kyle Worley retired for night with damage to their machines. Studt, restarting 16th, went to the high side and slowly picked off car after car, grabbing the lead with 4 to go on his way to the win. Arnold Kirsch took second, rookie Ethan Stadniczuk, who also came from the tail and followed Studt's tracks, used the high groove and got all the way to third at the stripe in a great drive. Rob Randa was fourth and Nick Shanks fifth, followed by Rob Moore Jr., Landon Schuster, Trevor Farmer, Vaughn Chambless and Chris Diovardi.

Defending champion Ian Jezylo sped away to the victory in the 15 lap ARCA DTS Drive Train Specialists B Main, topping Alan Kennedy, Rich Abel, Adam Jezylo, Gary Navarre, Leroy Farmer and George Burgess.

It was all Billy Earley for 15 laps of the ARCA Victory Lane Quick Oil Change Figure 8 feature, but the race was 20 laps. Earley's shut-off switch shut down the engine as the defending champ coasted to off the Figure 8 course. Dennis Whisman inherited the lead and scored the win. Whisman's night started off on a sour note, as he broke something in qualifying and slammed the wall. The crew worked all the way to the feature to get Dennis back out on the track. Joe Vanderhoof was second, James Vanderhoof third, Dave Lambert fourth and Dennis Whisman Jr. fifth. Earley was next in line; Stephanie Bradley did not make the start. Earley set a new track record in time trials at 20:290.

Saturday, May 11 is ArborOakland Group Autograph Night and Monroe County 4-H Youth Night. The Late Models, Figure 8's and Street Stocks, along with the Bandoleros, will be in action. Autographs are at 6:15 and show time is 7 p.m.

Big Time Racing At Fairgrounds Speedway Moved To Sunday, May 5th

Saturday Weather Too Wet; Sunday Forecast Dry

(Nashville, TN) Drivers, teams, and fans from all over the country have converged in the Music City for this weekend’s ARCA Menards Series/Super Late Model doubleheader race at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville. Unfortunately, Saturday weather was too wet so the racing portion of the event has been moved to Sunday afternoon, where the forecast is calling for dry conditions and highs in the 70’s. The green flag for racing is set for just after 1:00 PM. Tickets will be available at the gate.

Sunday’s running of the General Tire Music City 200 presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions will mark the fifth straight year that the ARCA Menards Series has visited the historic track. What makes the show so special, is the fact that ARCA is paired up with three of the top Super Late Model series in the country for a racing doubleheader. The North-South Super Late Model Challenge 100 presented by Team Construction has 35 different competitors entered from three different racing series. The event is co-sanction by the ARCA/CRA Super Series powered by JEGS, the Southern Super Series presented by Sunoco, and the CARS Tour.

Both types of cars were able to complete practice on Saturday before rains hit and will start the event based on practice times. Jasper, GA driver Chandler Smith was fastest in ARCA Menards Series practice and will start from the pole on Sunday. Ty Gibbs, grandson of legendary football coach Joe Gibbs, was second, while Christian Eckes, Bret Holmes, and Michael Self completed the top five.

In Super Late Model practice, Matt Craig ended up at the top of the chart, while Josh Brock, Stephen Nasse, Donnie Wilson, and Johnny VanDoorn completed the top five. 34 different cars took time and will make for a great field on Sunday.

Sunday pit gates will open at 10:00 AM, grandstands at 11:30, ARCA pre-race ceremonies begin at 12:35 PM, with the start of the General Tire Music City 200 presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions scheduled for 1:09 PM. The North-South Super Late Model Challenge 100 presented by Team Construction will follow, with a likely start time around 3:15.

For more information on the event, visit www.trackenterprises.com or www.fairgroundsspeedwaynashville.com .