From Mike Swanger
Orrville, OH — (July 9, 2016) — It was another night of action packed racing on the tacky fast racing surface of NAPA Wayne County Speedway with the Harriger Towing Super Late Models in the spotlight with race #4 of the Attica Raceway Park/Wayne County Speedway series on Malcuit Tavern night. For the first 19 laps of the feature, pole sitter Brad Malcuit would set the pace with Wooster’s Doug Drown quickly taking second on the opening lap from his 6th starting position. As the two heat winners were pulling away from the rest of the field, Ryan Markham was working his way through the field from his ninth starting spot and took third from Rick Bond on lap nine. A caution on lap 11 would bunch the field together and Malcuit would lead the way again as Drown stayed in his tire tracks until lap 19 when Malcuit would slip coming out of turn four and Drown pounced on the opening and drove by to take the lead. A yellow flag with two laps to go would give Malcuit a chance as he went low in turn one but Drown and his Hall’s Auto Sales, Wooster Glass and Kar Connection #240 was on the highside and would drive away for his third win of the season. Malcuit would finish with a season best second and take the tracks point lead. Markham’s third place finish would move him into the points lead of the ARP/WCS series with two races to go. Those will be contested in September. Bond would hold off Kirk Baker for fourth.
Wrecking his car on Friday night, Newark’s Mitch Harble would set in the drivers seat of the Kempthorn Auto, Fire & Ice Pub and All Things Retro #38k and go wire to wire for his first win of the season and his second career win in the Fisher Performance Sprint feature. Although Harble lead all the way, a lot of action was going on behind him as 1st heat winner, Shawn Hubler, Jimmy Colvin, Nick Patterson and Danny Mumaw would spend time in second place. Colvin would take second from Hubler on lap three but a flat tire 7 circuits later put a hiccup in Colvin’s run as Patterson inherited second. Mumaw, who started ninth and was to 4th on lap three, would power slide Patterson on lap 13 for second. With a caution with two to go. Mumaw had one last chance but Harble pulled away from Mumaw but on the last lap going down the backstretch, Harble would rub tires with the lapped car of Jeremy Duposki with Harble hanging on to get the win as Duposki ended up sideways, blocking the track exit as the race finished. Patterson would take third behind Mumaw as 2nd heat winner Chris Myers collected 4th as Colvin recovered to take fifth.
Bob Daugherty grabbed the lead from the outside pole in the Action Auto Body Super Stock main with points leader Tyler Thompson and Paul Holmes right on his rear bumper. With numerous caution flags in the race that kept the field packed together, the top three positions would stay the same until a lap 12 restart, when Thompson made a move to the outside of Daugherty, who was glued to the low groove all race long. The Streetsboro driver got the run coming out of turn two to take the lead and then park the Action Auto Body, Nella Enterprises and Ofex of Ohio #T2 for the fifth time this season. On the same lap Holmes got sideways and last several positions and that allowed Tyler Nicely to take third behind Daugherty as Jordan James and Cliff Staley filled out the top five. Daugherty and Thompson claimed the heat wins.
Following the races only caution flag on lap 12, Cortland’s Eric Wilson took the lead from Justin Chance on the restart of the Kar Connection Rush Late Model feature to post his second win of the season. Chance, who led from the drop of the green flag, would take the outside line on the double file restart and slid high in turn two and that allowed heat winner Wilson and his Mark Thomas Ford, Hovis Tire & Automotive and Pennzoil #27w to go low and take the lead for good. Dave Airgood would finish third behind Chance as Alan Dellinger and Matt Aber rounded out the top five.
Smithville’s Brad Hensel would take the lead from Michael Workman on lap three of the WQKT Mini Stock main and then hold off Doug Hensel late in the race and win his third feature of the season aboard the JoyRide Transportation, M&S Concrete, and DJ Directional Services #28. Eighth starting Chris Priebe finished third with Stephen Crowe claiming fourth as Wes Staley picked his way through the field to take fifth after starting 11th. Heat winners were Crowe, Workman and Doug Hensel.
Jamie Johnson pocketed the Flat Track Cart win over Austin Johnson, Justin Chance, Daryl Conkle and Coty Conway.
Contingency Connection Racer Rewards worth over $100,000 for the season were available to all drivers once again at NAPA Wayne County Speedway.
Next Saturday night, July 16 will have the WQKT Mini Stocks chasing after a $1,000 to win feature in one of their ‘Summer Series’ races while the Action Auto Body Super Stocks will also run a ‘Summer Series’ race that will pay the winner $500. The Harriger Towing Super Late Models,the Kar Connection Rush Late Models and the Flat Track Carts are also on the racing card.
Go to www,waynecountyspeedway.com for the latest news on Orrville’s Historic Oval.
NAPA WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Saturday, July 9, 2016
HARRIGER TOWING SUPER LATE MODELS
Heat 1 Doug Drown, Rick Bond, Matt Irey, Larry Bellman, Ryan Markham, Allan Baker, Jason Skelly
Heat 2 Brad Malcuit, Larry Kingseed, Kirk Baker, Jim Nicely, Jerry Aber, Andrew Myers
Feature Doug Drown, Brad Malcuit, Ryan Markham, Rick Bond, Kirk Baker, Larry Bellman, Allan Baker, Jim Nicely, Andrew Myers, Matt Irey, Jerry Aber, Jason Skelly, Larry Kingseed
FISHER PERFORMANCE SPRINTS
Heat 1 Shawn Hubler, Mitch Harble, Troy Kingan, Jason Dolick, Danny Mumaw, Jamie Myers, Tyler Dunn, Butch Beasley, Andy Fike
Heat 2 Chris Myers, Nick Patterson, Jimmy Colvin, Dan Shetler, Jordan Ryan, Clay Riney, Jeremy Duposki, Kris Davis, Dylan Kingan
Feature Mitch Harble, Danny Mumaw, Nick Patterson, Chris Myers, Jimmy Colvin, Jamie Myers, Clay Riney, Jeremy Duposki, Butch Beasley, Troy Kingan, Shawn Hubler, Tyler Dunn, Kris Davis, Andy Fike, Dan Shetler, Dylan Kingan, Jason Dolick, Jordan Ryan
ACTION AUTO BODY SUPER STOCKS
Heat 1 Bob Daugherty, Nick Smith, Jordan James, Brandon Craver, Cliff Staley, Don Baney, Paul Kern, Eric Gravius, Tod Beviloqua
Heat 2 Tyler Thompson, Paul Holmes, Tyler Nicely, Chris Albright, Gary McGregor, Steve Ott, Todd Sherwin, Don Ott, Gary Hensel Jr.
Feature Tyler Thompson, Bob Daugherty, Tyler Nicely, Jordan James, Cliff Staley, Don Baney, Paul Holmes, Brandon Craver, Nick Smith, Chris Albright, Eric Gravius, Gary McGregor, Steve Ott, Gary Hensel Jr., Paul Kern, Don Rutt, Tod Beviloqua, Todd Sherwin
KAR CONNECTION RUSH LATE MODELS
Heat 1 Eric Wilson, Charlie Duncan, Justin Chance, Alan Dellinger, Matt Aber, Jamie Wrightsman, Scott Delaney, Dave Airgood, Hiram Bachmann, Bob Fry
Feature Eric Wilson, Justin Chance, Dave Airgood, Alan Dellinger, Matt Aber, Jamie Wrightsman, Scott Delaney, Bob Fry, Charlie Duncan, Hiram Bachmann
WQKT SPORTS COUNTRY MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Stephen Crowe, Dustin Daugherty, Jason Shaw, Briana Hensel, Johnny Bruce, Eugene Arkenburgh, Rick Bays, Colton Priebe
Heat 2 Michael Workman, Brad Hensel, Chris Priebe, Wes Staley, Mitch Reichard, Dakota Wells, Jess Hensel, Cory Staley dns
Heat 3 Doug Hensel, Zach Chaffin, Gary Hensel Jr., Braden Wert, Brent Boreman, Brian Tomblin, Jim Burns
Feature Brad Hensel, Doug Hensel, Chris Priebe, Stephen Crowe, Wes Staley, Dustin Daugherty, Zach Chaffin, Braden Wert, Gary Hensel Jr., Briana Hensel, Mitch Reichard, Dakota Wells, Brent Boreman, Brian Tomblin, Jim Burns, Eugene Arkenburgh, Jason Shaw, Michael Workman, Johnny Bruce, Jess Hensel, Rick Bays, Colton Priebe dns, Cory Staley dns
FLAT TRACK CARTS
Heat 1 Chris Hoffer, Chuck Conway, Coty Conway, Justin Chance, Jamie Johnson, Austin Johnson, Booga Hoffer, Jack Lamborn, Daryl Conkle, Jolene Voshel dns
Feature Jamie Johnson, Austin Johnson, Justin Chance, Daryl Conkle, Coty Conway, Chuck Conway, Chris Hoffer, Jack Lamborn, Booga Hoffer, Jolene Voshel