By Gerry Keysor
WAYNESFIELD, Ohio
July 24, 2010
By Gerry Keysor
It was “Sprints Gone Wild” at Waynesfield Raceway Park on Saturday night July 31st. Thanks to Ray Marshall at Buckeye Machine Fabricators Incorporated, the Ohio Cycleworx 360 Sprint Cars joined the racing program along with the Lee’s Hydraulics Non Wing Sprint Cars, Post Agri Service UMP Modifieds, and the JR and Sons Service Center Compacts. It was also corporate night for Tim Hogan’s Carpet Outlet in Lima, Ohio. Ron Hammons and his bunch were on hand under the hospitality tent having a great time, and we were glad to have them!
Starting off the racing action were the Ohio Cycleworx 360 Sprint Cars. The Monster Energy sponsored # 48 of Tommy Kerce would lead the field to the green flag, but getting a great start from inside row number 2 was “The Hurricane” Randy Hannagan, aboard the Dennis Yoakum owned #22d. Hannagan flew to the front of the field as caution waved after lap 1 for the Team Fenner, Wertz Hardware #34 of “The Ohio Hammer” Luke Hall for a flat right front tire. When racing resumed, Hannagan held down the point over a charging “Mr. Excitement” Tim Allison in the Ohio Cycleworx #11 and “The Bellefontaine Bandit” JR Stewart, in the Ron Hammons owned #6s. Caution would wave again on lap four for the #17 of Jared “Hurricane” Horstman, who came to a stop in turn 4 with rear end problems. When the green flag flew again, Tim Allison made a strong challenge on Hanngan through the next lap, until the red flag flew for the upside down car #6z of Zach Ames. Ames would walk away under his own power, but his car was finished for the evening. This time when the green flew again Hannagan was able to get a better restart, and took off with the lead. JR Stewart was able to get by Allison for second and made several attempts to get by Hannagan in lapped traffic, but time ran out as Hannagan picked up the feature win followed by Stewart, Allison, #28h Hud Horton, and #6 Mike Dussel rounding out the top 5. Heat races were won by #34 Luke Hall, #11 Tim Allison, and #6s JR Stewart. Special recognition goes out to #34b Donald “Bounce” Ryder, making his first ever appearance in a sprint car. Bounce is a lifelong friend of Jack Hewitt and is the band director for the “Pride of the Southland” marching band at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Ryder had nothing but high praise for his competitors, the Team Fenner crew and the staff at Waynesfield.
The Lee’s Hydraulics Non Wing Sprint feature will be made up on Saturday August 14th at the beginning of racing action. Heat races were won by #57 Thomas Meseraull, #54 Matt Westfall, and #8b Mike Brecht.
Waynesfield Raceway Park will return to action next Saturday July 31st with a tremendous racing program featuring 5 classes of racing including the Ohio Cycleworx 360 Sprints, Fowler and Hadding 1000cc Mini Sprints, Post Agri-Service UMP Modifieds, Miracle Motorsports Tuff Trucks, and JR and Sons Service Center Compacts. Double Features for the Modifieds and Compacts as the make up features from July 24th will be ran to start the evenings racing action. Special Thanks to Kurt Frazier from Frazier’s Garage in Ridgeway, Ohio for contributing the purse money for the modifieds to be added to this show. Also we will be welcoming in the folks from St. Marys Chrysler Dodge Jeep in St. Marys, Ohio for their corporate night. One lucky fan will win a pair of tickets to all 3 nights of racing at the 360 Nationals at the Knoxville(IA)Raceway courtesy of Tim’s Landscaping and Tim’s Dirt Track Simulators. Pit gates will open at 4PM, Grandstand gates will open at 5PM, Hot laps at 6:15, Racing at 7PM. General Admission $12 for ages 16 and older, $6 for ages 11 to 15, and ages 10 and under get in FREE! Pit Passes $25 for all ages. Don’t miss out on this great night of racing action at Waynesfield Raceway Park.
Waynesfield Raceway Park Results
July 24, 2010
Ohio Cycleworx 360 Sprints
Heat 1 – 8 Laps, All Transfer to A Main
1. 34-Luke Hall; 2. 22d-Randy Hannagan; 3. 62-Dwain Leiber; 4. 17-Jared Horstman; 5. 32m-Derek Hastings; 6. 2m-Ethan Hoy; 34b-Bounce Ryder
Heat 2
1. 11-Tim Allison; 2. 35-Ronnie Blair; 3. 6-Mike Dussel; 4. 28h-Hud Horton; 5. 6z-Zach Ames; 6. 21-Travis Hery
Heat 3
1. 6s-JR Stewart; 2. 48-Tommy Kerce; 3. 7c-Tim Hunter; 4. 5w-Jeff Williams; 5. 1-Kent Wolters; 6. 4-Andrew Bowsher
A Main – 25 Laps, Starting Position in Parentheses
1. 22d-Randy Hannagan(3); 2. 6s-JR Stewart(4); 3. 11-Tim Allison(5); 4. 28h-Hud Horton(11); 5. 6-Mike Dussel(8); 6. 7c-Tim Hunter(9); 7. 48-Tommy Kerce(1); 8. 62-Dwain Leiber(7); 9. 5w-Jeff Williams(12); 10. 1-Kent Wolters(15); 11. 4-Andrew Bowsher(18); 12. 21-Travis Hery(17); 13. 2m-Ethan Hoy(16); 14. 32m-Derek Hastings(13); 15. 34b-Bounce Ryder(19); 16. 6z-Zach Ames(14); 17. 17-Jared Horstman(10); 18. 35-Ronnie Blair(2); 19. 34-Luke Hall(6)
Lee’s Hydraulics Non Wing Sprint Cars
Heat 1 – 8 Laps, All Transfer to A Main
1. 57-Thomas Meseraull; 2. 00E-Curtis Edney Jr; 3. 37k-Kyle Conaway; 4. 82-Nick Landon; 5. 40-Travis Hery; 6. 21-Tyler Hewitt; 7. 43g-Chad Grear; 8. 42-Rick Horne
Heat 2
1. 54-Matt Westfall; 2. 18k-Todd Keen; 3. 34-Luke Hall; 4. 31-Chuck Wilson; 5. 0-Steve Irwin; 6. 63-Jim Dues; 7. 24-Landon Simon
Heat 3
1. 8b-Mike Brecht; 2. 7-Dustin Trost; 3. 41-Steve Ott; 4. 8c-Lewie Christian; 5. 9n-Jon Nelson; 6. 14- Chad Wilson; 7. 18b-Tim Dick
A Main Lineup – Will be ran on Saturday August 14th.
1. 7-Dustin Trost; 2. 18k-Todd Keen; 3. 00e-Curtis Edney Jr.; 4. 8b-Mike Brecht; 5. 54-Matt Westfall; 6. 57-Thomas Meseraull; 7. 37k-Kyle Conaway; 8. 34-Luke Hall; 9. 41-Steve Ott; 10. 82-Nick Landon; 11. 31-Chuck Wilson; 12. 8c-Lewie Christian; 13. 40-Travis Hery; 14. 0-Steve Irwin; 15. 9n-Jon Nelson; 16. 21-Tyler Hewitt; 17. 63-Jim Dues; 18. 14-Chad Wilson; 19. 43g-Chad Grear; 20. 24-Landon Simon; 21. 18b-Tim Dick; 22. 42-Rick Horne