Swanson wins BOSS feature at Waynesfield

STM_0337 — Kody Swanson. (Jan Dunlap Photo)

WAYNESFIELD, OH (7/9/16) – A great showing of friends and family filled the grandstands for the 6th running of the Dick Spencer Memorial at Waynesfield Raceway Park in Waynesfield, Ohio. Dick Spencer, driver, fan, and personal friend of track owner Greg Shobe, was honored Saturday for his dedication to the sport of dirt track racing. The 6th running of the yearly event welcomed the single appearance for the BOSS non wing sprint cars and the first meeting of the 2016 season for the Waynesfield Mini Sprints and the USAC Midwest Thunder Midgets.

The 25 lap Rick’s Trucks & Equipment BOSS A-main was led by the Spencer family street legal sprint car in honor of Dick as the field went into a four-wide salute. Luke Hall, looking to go two-for-two on the weekend, led the field to the opening green flag alongside Chad “Chocolate” Wilson. Hall won the drag race into turn one and led the opening lap. Hall began to pull away from the field slightly as the opening laps clicked off the board. Kody Swanson who came home third in the event last year began to make a run for the lead. A slide job off of turn four put Swanson into the lead. Two cautions flew just after the pass for Toby Alfrey and Jim Dues. On the restart, Hall got a great jump and gave Swanson a run for the top spot. The drivers traded sliders with under ten laps remaining. Swanson managed to hold off Hall for the victory. Dallas Hewitt muscled into the second spot. Luke Hall came home third. Swanson was emotional in victory lane as he commented on his racing career. “He gave me a chance,” Swanson stated as he reflected on the opportunity he was given to get behind the wheel of the 21K by his car owner. Matt Westfall, Kody Swanson, Luke Hall, and Shawn Westerfield picked up the heat wins. Jim Dues and Mike Miller picked up the B-main victories.

The 2016 running of the Dick Spencer Memorial was presented by Ron Spencer Real Estate, Citizens National Bank, Superior Federal Credit Union, Block Insurance, Armys Towing, Service Master by Case, Earth Safe Leasing, and Cart Customs.

Waynesfield will sit silent next Saturday, July 16th. Racing returns in two weeks for the Open Wheel Showdown on July 23rd. The event will feature nothing but open wheel racing from the Satellite Connections Non Wing Sprints, the K&L Ready Mix NRA Sprint Invaders, and the Quest Federal Credit Union UMP Modifieds. Pit side gates open at 4PM with the first green flag of the night flying at 7PM.

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Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series
Waynesfield Raceway Park
Waynesfield, OH
Saturday July 9, 2016

BOSS – Rick’s Trucks & Equipment

Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 54-Matt Westfall[3] ; 2. 7K-Dallas Hewitt[7] ; 3. 24L-Lee Underwood[4] ; 4. 5A-Toby Alfrey[8] ; 5. 63D-Jim Dues[1] ; 6. 19-Matt Cooley[9] ; 7. 74-Drew Rader[5] ; 8. 63-Houston Hewitt[2] ; 9. 08-Andy Feil[6]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 21K-Kody Swanson[5] ; 2. 14-Chad Wilson[8] ; 3. 9X-Cooper Clouse[7] ; 4. 4J-Justin Owen[6] ; 5. 82-Mike Miller[3] ; 6. 0C-Chris Vandewine[2] ; 7. 24A-Austin Troyer[9] ; 8. 21H-Travis Hery[4] ; 9. 3H-Brian Grey[1]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps)
1. 9N-Luke Hall[5] ; 2. 18T-Todd Keen[3] ; 3. 5J-Joss Moffatt[8] ; 4. 18A-Arnie Kent[4] ; 5. 5-Bob McMillin[6] ; 6. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[7] ; 7. 71C-Barney Craig[2] ; 8. 3-Joe Butero[1]

Heat 4 – (8 Laps)
1. 89-Shawn Westerfield[4] ; 2. 4-Michael Fischesser[6] ; 3. 9G-Cody Gardner[5] ; 4. 71-Stratton Briggs[3] ; 5. 53-Steve Little[8] ; 6. 18D-Bobby Distel[1] ; 7. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[2] ; 8. 17-Kevin Myers[7]

B-Main 1 – (10 Laps)
1. 63D-Jim Dues[1] ; 2. 19-Matt Cooley[3] ; 3. 5-Bob McMillin[2] ; 4. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[4] ; 5. 71C-Barney Craig[6] ; 6. 3-Joe Butero[8] ; 7. 74-Drew Rader[5] ; 8. 08-Andy Feil[9] ; 9. 63-Houston Hewitt[7]

B-Main 2 – (10 Laps)
1. 82-Mike Miller[1] ; 2. 53-Steve Little[2] ; 3. 18D-Bobby Distel[4] ; 4. 0C-Chris Vandewine[3] ; 5. 21H-Travis Hery[7] ; 6. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[6] ; 7. 17-Kevin Myers[8] ; 8. 3H-Brian Grey[9] ; 9. 24A-Austin Troyer[5]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 21K-Kody Swanson[4] ; 2. 7K-Dallas Hewitt[5] ; 3. 9N-Luke Hall[1] ; 4. 54-Matt Westfall[6] ; 5. 4-Michael Fischesser[8] ; 6. 4J-Justin Owen[14] ; 7. 9X-Cooper Clouse[10] ; 8. 14-Chad Wilson[2] ; 9. 89-Shawn Westerfield[7] ; 10. 24L-Lee Underwood[9] ; 11. 5J-Joss Moffatt[11] ; 12. 82-Mike Miller[18] ; 13. 19-Matt Cooley[19] ; 14. 53-Steve Little[20] ; 15. 71-Stratton Briggs[16] ; 16. 18D-Bobby Distel[22] ; 17. 9G-Cody Gardner[12] ; 18. 5-Bob McMillin[21] ; 19. 18A-Arnie Kent[15] ; 20. 63D-Jim Dues[17] ; 21. 18T-Todd Keen[3] ; 22. 5A-Toby Alfrey[13]