From WMP
Summer doesn’t officially start until Monday, but the weather was already hot and humid, while the action on the racetrack was even hotter Saturday night when the Lane Automotive Michigan Traditional Sprints invaded Waynesfield Raceway Park to take on the Lee’s Hydraulics Non Wing Sprints in what has is an annual Ohio vs. Michigan Shootout.
The Ohio vs. Michigan Shootout featuring the Lane Automotive Michigan Traditional Sprints taking on the Lees Hydraulic non wing Sprints saw a very special entrant in the A Main as racing legend Jack Hewitt took lucky fan Justin Lobdell for the ride of a lifetime, starting 21st in the back seat of Jack’s specially prepared 2 seat sprint car. When the green flag fell it was Leipsic, Ohio’s Mike Brecht in the yellow #8 taking off in the lead from his starting spot on the pole. The racing was hot and heavy battling throughout the pack, but Pleasant Hill, Ohio’s Matt Westfall made his presence known, charging from his sixth place starting spot to second, setting his sights on race leader Brecht. As the 25 lap feature neared the halfway point, Westfall made his move taking the lead from Brecht and setting sail, until lap 15, as the #31 of Chuck Wilson found himself facing the wrong way on the backstretch, bringing out the yellow flag. When racing resumed, Matt Westfall once again showed his mastery of the high banks at Waynesfield taking off and leaving the field. Meanwhile, the battle for second stayed hot throughout the waning laps between Brecht, Thomas Messeraul in the Hazen #57, #5j Joss Moffatt, and #41 Steve Ott. In the end it was Westfall grabbing the win over Moffatt, Brecht, Ott and Messeraul. Heat races were won by Messeraul, Ott, Westfall and Moffatt. B Mains were won by Jamie Miller and Mike Galajda
Heat 1 – top 4 advance
1. 57 Thomas Messeraul, 2. 18K Todd Keen, 3. 26 John Watson, 4. 37D Mike Dunlap, 5. 9N Jon Nelson, 6. 18I Mark Irwin, 7. 37K Kyle Conaway, 8. 15 Brandon Ferguson, 9. 1 Nate Dussel
Heat 2 – Top 4 advance
1. 41 Steve Ott, 2. 48B Mike Burkin, 3. 14 Chad Wilson, 4. 8C Lewie Christian, 5. 20 Tom Rhoades, 6. 5m Jamie Miller, 7. 66 Ernie Kuehneman, 8. 24S Landon Simon, 9. 42 Rick Horne
Heat 3 – Top 4 advance
1. 54 Matt Westfall, 2. 31 Chuck Wilson, 3. 10 Roger Shammo, 4. 63 Jim Dues, 5. 77 Keith Love, 6. 00 Joe Irwin, 7. 24K Jeremy Keegan, 8. 21W Phillip Schneider, 9. 9E Tim Evilsizer
Heat 4 – Top 4 advance
1. 5J Joss Moffatt, 2. 8B Mike Brecht, 3. 22 Kyle Simon, 4. 0 Steve Irwin, 5. 2 Mike Galajda, 6. 7 Dustin Trost, 7. 18B Tim Dick, 8. 40 Travis Hery
B Main #1 – Top 2 advance
1. 5M Jaime Miller, 2. 20 Tom Rhoades, 3. 9N Jon Nelson, 4. 15 Brandon Ferguson, 5. 24S Landon Simon, 6. 18I Mark Irwin, 7. 66 Ernie Kuehneman, 8. 1 Nate Dussel, 9. 42 Rick Horne, 10. 37K Kyle Conaway
B Main #2 – Top 2 advance
1. 2 Mike Galajda, 2. 7 Dustin Trost, 3. 00 Joey Irwin, 4. 77 Keith Love, 5. 40 Travis Hery, 6. 24K Jeremy Keegan, 7. 21W Philip Schneider, 8. 18B Tim Dick, 9. 9E Tim Evilsizer
A Main – Ohio vs. Michigan Shootout
1. 54 Matt Westfall, 2. 5J Joss Moffatt, 3. 8B Mike Brecht, 4. 41 Steve Ott, 5. 57 Thomas Messeraul, 6. 0 Steve Irwin, 7. 18K Todd Keen, 8. 14 Chad Wilson, 9. 22 Kyle Simon, 10. 20 Tom Rhoades, 11. 37D Mike Dunlap, 12. 26 John Watson, 13. 8C Lewis Christian, 14. 2 Mike Galajada, 15. 63 Jim Dues, 16. 5M Jamie Miller, 17. 10 Roger Shammo, 18. 7 Dustin Trost, 19. 31 Chuck Wilson, 20. 48B Mike Burkin, **21. 21 Justin Lobdell