(Hartford, OH) Brandon Spithaler began his racing career at Sharon Speedway in 2007 in the former Limited Sprint Car division and over the course of three seasons won seven feature events and the track championship in 2009. Spithaler moved up to the “410” Sprint Cars in 2010, but could never find victory lane at Sharon. On Monday night, Spithaler battled with fellow All Star Circuit of Champions regular, Greg Wilson, regaining the lead on lap 13 and held him off over the final 17 laps for his elusive first career Sharon “410” victory worth $4,000!
“This has been a long time coming,” acknowledged the soon-to-be 34-year-old Butler, Pa. driver. “I cut my teeth here in a Limited Sprint. We won a lot of races here before they changed the dirt. It’s gotten a lot slicker since then and I struggled. We’ve gotten a lot better. We’ve had a lot of speed, but was never able to pull one off. This means a lot. I can’t thank the whole Tiger Barris team enough. I’m thankful for this opportunity . They are only 10 minutes up the road so to put the Barris Special in victory lane means a lot.”
Spithaler and Australian Ryan Newton led the 25-car starting field to green with Spithaler racing to the early lead. Two-time 2025 winner, Dale Blaney, started seventh and was up to fourth on lap one. Blaney ducked under All Star racer, Zane DeVault, for third on lap four. By lap seven it was a three-car race for the lead in lapped traffic with Spithaler trying to fend off Newton and Blaney; however, one-lap later, the driveshaft let loose on Blaney’s mount and Blaney would blow a tire. DeVault couldn’t miss the debris and suffered a flat tire.
Racing resumed on lap eight, but two laps later Newton, who won on Friday night at Lernerville Speedway and was trying to win in his Sharon debut, suffered a flat left rear tire after contact with Spithaler battling for the lead down the backstretch. The misfortunes of Blaney, DeVault, and Newton moved eighth starting Wilson to second for the restart.
When green replaced yellow on lap 11, Wilson went after Spithaler. The duo raced side-by-side over the course of the next three laps trading the lead back and forth; Wilson led lap 12 with Spithaler getting back by for good on lap 13. Wilson stayed within striking distance over the final 17 laps, but Spithaler made the right moves in lapped traffic to keep him at bay by 1.290 seconds at the finish. The win came in the Tiger Barris-owned, Barris Truck Supply/McFarland Lumber/Atwell & Perrine Excavating-sponsored #32B.
Sharon Speedway is owned by the Dave Blaney, Ryan Blaney, and Will Thomas III and is a 3/8-mile dirt track located on Custer-Orangeville Road in Hartford, Ohio near the intersection of Routes 7 & 305. For more information, check out the website at www.sharonspeedway.com or call 330-772-5481. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sharonspeedway and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @sharonspdwy.
Sharon Speedway
Hartford, Ohio
Monday, August 11, 2025
Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 29-Logan McCandless[1]
2. 4-Zane DeVault[5]
3. W20-Greg Wilson[4]
4. 22M-Dan McCarron[3]
5. 47L-Dusty Larson[7]
6. 20M-Vivian Jones[9]
7. 3V-Chris Verda[8]
8. 33-Brent Matus[2]
9. 30-Jazlyn Boyles[6]
Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 66-Ryan Newton[1]
2. 32B-Brandon Spithaler[6]
3. 13-Brandon Matus[8]
4. 81-Rayce Jacobs[3]
5. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[4]
6. 5-Jeremy Weaver[7]
7. 16-Jim Morris[2]
8. 7T-David Kalb[5]
Heat Race #3 (8 Laps)
1. 10-Dale Blaney[5]
2. 70-Henry Malcuit[1]
3. 3-John Jerich[2]
4. 14-Sean Rayhall[3]
5. 11-Carl Bowser[8]
6. 08-Danny Kuriger[7]
7. 3J-Jacob Begenwald[4]
8. 4W-Eric L Williams[6]
Hovis Auto Truck Supply A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 32B-Brandon Spithaler[1]
2. W20-Greg Wilson[8]
3. 3-John Jerich[4]
4. 11-Carl Bowser[15]
5. 5-Jeremy Weaver[17]
6. 13-Brandon Matus[3]
7. 14-Sean Rayhall[12]
8. 08-Danny Kuriger[18]
9. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[14]
10. 70-Henry Malcuit[6]
11. 3V-Chris Verda[19]
12. 29-Logan McCandless[9]
13. 20M-Vivian Jones[16]
14. 81-Rayce Jacobs[11]
15. 22M-Dan McCarron[10]
16. 4-Zane DeVault[5]
17. 16-Jim Morris[20]
18. 47L-Dusty Larson[13]
19. 7T-David Kalb[23]
20. 3J-Jacob Begenwald[21]
21. 4W-Eric L Williams[24]
22. 30-Jazlyn Boyles[25]
23. 33-Brent Matus[22]
24. 66-Ryan Newton[2]
25. 10-Dale Blaney[7]