by Gerry Keysor
As the intense heat wave in the midwest continues, it got even hotter at Waynesfield Raceway Park on Tuesday July 3rd with the running of the Inaugural Bob Reynolds Memorial. A total of 123 Racing machines filled the pit area between the 360 Sprints, Non Wing Sprints, and UMP Modifieds, with Tim Shaffer snagging the $6000 top prize in the 360 Sprints, Thomas Meseraull winning the $1500 Non wing feature, and Matt Westfall picking up the $1000 UMP Modified win.
Kicking off racing action were the NRA/SOD 360 Sprints. After preliminary events, including a pair of 8 lap dashes to line up the first 6 rows of the 30 Lap A Main, #2m Dustin Daggett, and #11 Tim Allison would lead the field to green. Daggett would jump out to the early lead with Allison and #83 Tim Shaffer in tow. #17 Jared Horstman would fall in line and begin his charge to the front. On lap 12, Shaffer would use his experience shine through as he made his way past the top 2 in lapped traffic and grab the lead. Meanwhile, Horstman crept his way to the 2nd spot, and began to close on Shaffer until making contact with the turn 3 wall and bringing out the yellow. On the restart, #40G Caleb Griffith would lose a wheel and roll on the backstretch, prompting a red flag. The additional caution would allow Horstman’s crew to repair the damage on the #17 and roll him back out on the track with 9 laps remaining, but his quest to sweep the 360 events at WRP in 2012 would be over. In the end, Shaffer proved to be the class of the field, taking home the $6000 winner’s check with Allison 2nd, #B20 Butch Schroeder 3rd, #6S JR Stewart 4th, and #22H Randy Hannagan completing the top 5.
Next up were the Buckeye Machine Non Wing Sprint Cars in A Main action. #22s Kyle Simon and #37 Dustin smith would lead the field to green, with Simon taking off with the point, meanwhile, #18 Thomas Meseraull would begin his charge from his 7th starting spot, working the razor thin cushion at the top of the speedway to perfection. Meseraull would surge to the lead on lap 14, looking to pick up his first checkered flag in nearly a month. T-Mez would first have to survive a handful of cautions in the closing laps, one of which saw #12x Robert Ballou and #40 Justin Grant making contact with Grant spinning and making contact with the turn 4 wall. Grant would show his displeasure with Ballou under caution, slinging his helmet at the #12x machine as it passed by. In the end Meseraull would win over Ballou, with Simon 3rd, Matt Westfall 4th in the Nelson #9n, and #37 Dustin Smith rounding out the top 5.
Completing the nights racing action would be the Post Agri Service UMP Modifieds. Carnage nearly ensued on lap one as pole sitter Rob Williams’ #11w machine would break and slow dramatically in front of the field. Williams would make it to the pit area safely and action would continue. #67 Eddie Shaner would jump out front and looked to be on his way to his 2nd career victory, but #20w Matt Westfall had other plans. Westfall would muscle his way past Shaner on lap 14 and grab the win. #40 Terry Hull would come home 2nd, with #5x Jerry Bowersock 3rd, Shaner 4th, and UNOH Racer #1 Cody Weisner completing the top 5. Notably, defending track champ #44 Zach Schroeder would finish 8th after a poor pill draw left him behind the eight ball and having to race his way through one of 3 B Mains for the Mods.
Waynesfield Raceway Park returns to action this Saturday July 7th with the running of the 2nd Annual Dick Spencer Memorial for the Buckeye Machine Non Wing Sprints in an event co-santioned by the B.O.S.S. Series. Also in action will be the Post Agri Service UMP Modifieds, Block Thunder Stock Cars, Dave’s Reliable Motors Tough Trucks, Performance Powder Coating 1000cc Mini Sprints, and JR and Sons Service Center Compacts. Pit gates open at 4PM, Grandstand gates open at 5PM, Hot Laps at 6PM and Racing at 7PM. General admission for ages 16 and older is $12, ages 11 to 15 is $6, with kids 10 and under admitted FREE, and Seniors admitted for $10. Pit passes for all ages are $25. **Bring your wristband from the Bob Reynolds Memorial for $2 off your General Admission ticket**
Waynesfield Raceway Park – 7/3/2012
Inaugural Bob Reynolds Memorial
NRA – ASCS/SOD 360 Sprint Cars(46 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 – Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7K-Kyle Sauder[2] ; 2. 27-Beau Stewart[7] ; 3. 22H-Randy Hannagan[8] ; 4. 31-Andy Teunessen[3] ; 5. 34H-Luke Hall[6] ; 6. 11W-Chris Ackland[5] ; 7. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[4] ; 8. 98J-John Kettlewell[1]
Heat 2 – Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 2. 11-Tim Allison[4] ; 3. 4-Danny Smith[3] ; 4. 35-Ron Blair[5] ; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[2] ; 6. 16-Ryan Ruhl[8] ; 7. 4T-Josh Turner[7] ; 8. 16C-Greg Wheeler[1]
Heat 3 – Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 6S-JR Stewart[2] ; 2. 5M-Max Stambaugh[1] ; 3. 23-Devon Dobie[3] ; 4. 22D-Dennis Yoakum[7] ; 5. 10-Mitchell Brown[6] ; 6. 40-Caleb Helms[8] ; 7. 24J-Jeremy Keegan[5] ; 8. 12-Kent Wolters[4]
Heat 4 – Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 49T-Gregg Dallman[7] ; 2. B20-Butch Schroeder[1] ; 3. 40G-Caleb Griffith[2] ; 4. 7-Darren Long[6] ; 5. 2G-Joe Geibe[4] ; 6. 23M-Jack Miller[3] ; 7. 11N-Ed Neumeister[5] ; 8. 9J-Jessie McCreary[8]
Heat 5 – Heat 5 (8 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 2MD-Dustin Daggett[5] ; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[6] ; 3. 3T-Tony Beaber[2] ; 4. 3W-Brett Mann[7] ; 5. 10J-Jarrod Delong[4] ; 6. 34-Jimmy Snead[3] ; 7. 57-Gary Edwards[1]
Heat 6 – Heat 6 (8 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 24-DJ Foos[2] ; 2. 49-Shawn Dancer[4] ; 3. 28H-Hud Horton[6] ; 4. 18-Todd Heuerman[1] ; 5. OOG-Ryan Grubaugh[7] ; 6. 48-Brad Haudenschild[5] ; 7. 33K-Kyle Patrick[3]
Dash #1 (8 Laps – Finishing order determines inside of first 6 rows in A Main)
1. 2md-Dustin Daggett[1] ; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[4] ; 3. 7k-Kyle Sauder[6] ; 4. 27-Beau Stewart[2] ; 5. 6S-JR Stewart[3] ; 6. 5M-Max Stambaugh[5]
Dash #2 (8 Laps – Finishing order determines outside of first 6 rows in A Main)
1. 11-Tim Allison[1] ; 2. 83-Tim shaffer[3] ; 3. 24-DJ Foos[2] ; 4. 49T-Gregg Dalman[5] ; 5. B20-Butch Schroeder[4] ; 6. 49-Shawn Dancer[6]
B-Main #1 – (10 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 4-Danny Smith ; 2. 22H-Randy Hannagan ; 3. 35-Ron Blair
B-Main #2 – (12 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 40G-Caleb Griffith ; 2. 22d-Dennis Yoakum ; 3. 40-Caleb Helms
B-Main #3 – (10 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 28H-Hud Horton ; 2. 3w-Brett Mann ; 3. 00g-Ryan Grubaugh
A-Main – (30 Laps)
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[4]; 2. 11-Tim Allison[2]; 3. b20-Butch Schroeder[10]; 4. 6s-JR Stewart[9]; 5. 22h-Randy Hannagan[16]; 6. 2md-Dustin Daggett[1]; 7. 24-DJ Foos[6]; 8. 5m-Max Stambaugh[11]; 9. 4-Danny Smith[13]; 10. 49-Shawn Dancer[12]; 11. 35-Ron Blair[19]; 12. 40-Caleb Helms[20]; 13. 27-Beau Stewart[7]; 14. OOG-Ryan Grubaugh[21]; 15. 17-Jared Horstman[3]; 16. 22d-Dennis Yoakum[17]; 17. 28h-Hud Horton[15]; 18. 40g-Caleb Griffith[14]; 19. 49t-Gregg Dallman[8]; 20. 3w-Brett Mann[18]; 21. 7k-Kyle Sauder[5]
Hard Charger: 22h-Randy Hannagan[+11]
Buckeye Machine Non Wing Sprints (32 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 – Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 9N-Matt Westfall[6] ; 2. 40-Justin Grant[2] ; 3. 30-CJ Leary[4] ; 4. 3T-Tony Beaber[7] ; 5. 83-Adam Cruea[3] ; 6. 52-Mark Silva[5] ; 7. 97-Devon Dobie[8] ; 8. 12-Jamie Davis[1]
Heat 2 – Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 18-Thomas Meseraull[3] ; 2. 57X-Casey Shuman[2] ; 3. 2K-Kevin Klatte[1] ; 4. 2G-Mike Galajda[7] ; 5. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[6] ; 6. 44-Jason Soudrette[5] ; 7. 31M-Tom Rhoades[4] ; 8. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[8]
Heat 3 – Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 12X-Robert Ballou[7] ; 2. 37-Dustin Smith[1] ; 3. 48-Mike Burkin[2] ; 4. 2-Dustin Ingle[5] ; 5. 21-Tanner Swanson[3] ; 6. 45-Landon Simon[6] ; 7. 8-Lewie Christian[8] ; 8. 14-Chuck Wilson[4]
Heat 4 – Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 53-Mike Miller[2] ; 2. 22S-Kyle Simon[1] ; 3. 8K-Todd Kane[5] ; 4. 10J-Roger Shammo[4] ; 5. 32M-Derek Hastings[8] ; 6. 24P-Rod Henning[6] ; 7. 17-Kevin Myers[7] ; 8. 48H-Scott Hull[3]
B-Main #1 – (10 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 97-Devon Dobie ; 2. 44-Jason Soudrette
B-Main #2 – (10 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 21-Tanner Swanson[3] ; 2. 24P-Rod Henning
A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 18-Thomas Meseraull[7]; 2. 12X-Robert Ballou[6]; 3. 22S-Kyle Simon[1]; 4. 9N-Matt Westfall[8]; 5. 37-Dustin Smith[2]; 6. 53-Mike Miller[5]; 7. 57X-Casey Shuman[3]; 8. 30-CJ Leary[9]; 9. 3T-Tony Beaber[13]; 10. 48-Mike Burkin[11]; 11. 8K-Todd Kane[12]; 12. 24P-Rod Henning[20]; 13. 97-Devon Dobie[17]; 14. 10J-Roger Shammo[16]; 15. 21-Tanner Swanson[18]; 16. 44-Jason Soudrette[19]; 17. 2K-Kevin Klatte[10]; 18. 2G-Mike Galajda[14]; 19. 2-Dustin Ingle[15]; 20. 40-Justin Grant[4]
Hard Charger: 24P-Rod Henning[+8]
Post AgriService UMP Modifieds (45 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 – Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1-Cody Weisner[1] ; 2. 2B-Andy Bishop[6] ; 3. 22B-Andy Bibler[5] ; 4. 10-Scott Bowersock[8] ; 5. 11S-Jim Szekacs[4] ; 6. 18N-Derrick Noffsinger[9] ; 7. 24-Terry Grilliot[2] ; 8. 17J-Karl Spoores[3] ; 9. K9-Scott Gerdeman[7]
Heat 2 – Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[7] ; 2. 93-Josh Greber[3] ; 3. 55-Justin Matson[4] ; 4. 1W-Scott Williams[6] ; 5. 2-Jason Kinney[2] ; 6. 20K-Bill Keeler[8] ; 7. 112-Chris Ullery[9] ; 8. 116-Jimmie Haager[5] ; 9. 1S-Steve Billenstein[1]
Heat 3 – Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 40-Terry Hull[4] ; 2. 11W-Rob Williams[9] ; 3. 18L-Randy Lines[8] ; 4. 3M-Lonnie Mcintyre[5] ; 5. 4J-David Treon[7] ; 6. 79-Shane Unger[2] ; 7. 6-Dave Sibberson[1] ; 8. 35-Tim Cornett[6] ; 9. 58P-Jim Post[3]
Heat 4 – Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 20W-Matt Westfall[4] ; 2. ZERO-Brent Hole[3] ; 3. 52-Weasel Phlipot[1] ; 4. 36-Brandon Vaughan[6] ; 5. 44-Zach Schroeder[9] ; 6. 4-Mike Chrisman[5] ; 7. O1-Ryan O’Dette[2] ; 8. 31-Ed Minnich[7] ; 9. 21T-Tom Treon[8]
Heat 5 – Heat 5 (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 67-Eddie Shaner[1] ; 2. 65-Todd Sherman[2] ; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson[5] ; 4. L5-Casey Luedeke[6] ; 5. 45P-Brian Post[9] ; 6. M1G-Matt Twining[8] ; 7. 7W-Bill Lewis[4] ; 8. 15-Nick Katterhenry[3] ; 9. 92-Bill Haager[7]
B-Main #1 – (10 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 36-Brandon Vaughan ; 2. 45P-Brian Post
B-Main #2 – (10 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7W-Bill Lewis ; 2. L5-Casey Luedeke
B-Main #3 – (10 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 3M-Lonnie Mcintyre[2] ; 2. 44-Zach Schroeder
A-Main – (20 Laps)
1. 20W-Matt Westfall[5]; 2. 40-Terry Hull[6]; 3. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[7]; 4. 67-Eddie Shaner[4]; 5. 1-Cody Weisner[8]; 6. 65-Todd Sherman[10]; 7. ZERO-Brent Hole[9]; 8. 44-Zach Schroeder[21]; 9. 2B-Andy Bishop[3]; 10. 45P-Brian Post[19]; 11. 55-Justin Matson[12]; 12. 93-Josh Greber[2]; 13. l5-Casey Luedeke[20]; 14. 3M-Lonnie Mcintyre[18]; 15. 22T-Tony Anderson[15]; 16. 36-Brandon Vaughan[16]; 17. 52-Weasel Phlipot[14]; 18. 22B-Andy Bibler[11]; 19. 18L-Randy Lines[13]; 20. 7w-Bill Lewis[17]; 21. 11W-Rob Williams[1]
Hard Charger: 44-Zach Schroeder[+13]
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