HILLTOP SPEEDWAY
MAY 7, 2011

DROWN DOMINATES HILLTOP’S HOLMES COUNTY 30

By Mike Swanger
By winning the dash, Wooster’s Doug Drown started the Holmes County 30 on the pole and went flag to flag for the win in the Holmes Tire Super Late Model feature Saturday night at Hilltop Speedway. Driving the DJ Miller owned #1dj, Drown rocketed out to a big lead before the first caution came out for fast qualifier Steve Prince and Eric Myers as they got together while dueling for fourth at the time and Prince was charged with the caution and sent to the tail. As the green flag came back out, Cody Parker tried to stay with Drown with Myers, Shane McLoughlin, and Charlie Duncan in pursuit. At the halfway mark, McLoughlin moved past Myers for third. A debris caution flew on lap 17 to bunch the field back up but on the restart Drown would once again pull away with Parker chasing in second and McLoughlin in third and with ten laps to go Duncan powered past Myers for fourth while Jason Flory took fifth on the next circuit. As the laps ticked off, Drown kept expanding his lead and when the checkered flag flew, had more than a straightaway lead over Parker. McLoughlin held on to third from his eighth starting place while last years track champ, Duncan, was fourth after starting tenth and 11th starting Flory rounded out the top five. Heat wins were claimed by Dave Hornikel, McLoughlin, and Bryan Casey. The last chance race went to Devin Moran.

The Tri State Modifieds had double duty this week with Sunbury’s Rob Stambaugh taking the point on the second lap of the make up feature from Sam Lovejoy and then holding off a late charge from Kevin Morehouse to claim his first win at Hilltop aboard the Dependable Machining #67. Lovejoy kept Norm Aronhalt at bay to finish third while Robin Duston charged from his 11th starting position to grab fifth. Darrick Hubbard and Morehouse would go back and forth for the top spot of the regular feature with the Morehouse Logging #28 grasping the lead for good at the halfway mark as Morehouse would chalk up his 26th career win at Hilltop. Lovejoy, Stambaugh, opening night winner Jesse Wiscarver and Anthony Kincaid were battling for third and at the end Lovejoy held third followed by Wisecarver and Kincaid in the top five. Last years track champ, Hilton Eppley and Aronhalt won the last chance races with Hubbard, Morehouse, Lovejoy and Stambaugh paced the heat races.

Brandon Craver set the early pace for the Street Stock main but when he slipped on lap three, Mansfield’s Bob Daugherty took over and the Char’s Cars #21d fended off a charge by Rich Frame before mechanical woes put Frame out of action with three laps to go. Brad Parker would move into second at that point with Craver, Tim Glassburn, who was the opening night winner, John Wilson and Josh Miller in pursuit as they would finish in that order behind Daugherty. In post race inspection, Parker was disqualified, moving everyone up a place. Posting heat wins were Craver, Glassburn, and Frame with Kenny Daughriety Jr. notching the last chance race.

Killbuck’s Jason St. John, driving a new Bargain Shed #4 after flipping last week, made a last lap pass on race long leader Terry Adkins to take the Guerne Heights Drive Inn Mini Stock feature win. St John had worked all race trying to take the lead from two time winner Adkins. Jerry Adkins, Chase Alexander, Steve Miller and Gary Hensel Jr. were packed together in a race long battle for a top five finish as they crossed the line in that order. Terry Adkins, St. John, and Jerry Adkins chalked up the heat wins.

The Circle Track Trucks also did double duty work with Coshocton’s Jack Large and his Performance Auto #07 leading all the way in the make up main for the win as David Potts trying to chase him down. Kevin Potts worked his way from starting 13th to take third ahead of opening night winner Tom Garlick with Mitch Caskey getting fifth. After winning the heats for the regular program, Sunbury’s Kevin and David Potts put on a family feud for the feature win with Proscape Landscaping #8k of Kevin (Dad) showing Kevin (Son) the way around Hilltop Speedway. Garlick ran third with Jack Large in fourth and Steve Large rounding out the top five.

In his first visit to Hilltop, Zanesville’s Landon Wetzel added his name to the winners list of the Mini Wedges as he took the lead from Dyllyn Wyer on lap three. Driving the Wetzel Motorsports #11, Wetzel was followed by Wyer, Levi Bowen, Tanner Johnson and Donovan Dickerson. topping the heats were Wetzel and Wyer.

The line up for Saturday, May 14th at Hilltop Speedway will be a regular show for all six class’ of cars with the Holmes Tire Super Late Models and the Street Stocks running double features, making up their races from April 30th. General Admission will be $5.00 for this program.

HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, May 7, 2011

HOLMES TIRE SUPER LATE MODELS
Fast Qualifier Steve Prince 15.293
Dash Doug Drown, Eric Myers, George Lee, Cody Parker, Ryan Markham, Prince
Heat 1 Dave Hornikel, Charlie Duncan, Ty Myers, David Liles, Rick Bond, April Snyder, Larry Bellman
Heat 2 Shane McLoughlin, Jason Flory, Kristen Flory, JR Gentry, Justin Chance, Korey Kimble, Kevin Wright
Heat 3 Bryan Casey, Blaine Aber, Alan Baker, Devin Moran, Keith Tish, Brian Giaugue, Tim Lillibridge
L.C. #1 Moran, Gentry, Liles, Chance, Bond, Snyder, Kimble, Bellman, Tish, Giaugue, Hinton, Lillibridge (dns), Wright (dns)
Feature Drown, Parker, McLoughlin, Duncan, J. Flory, Hornikel, E. Myers, Liles, Moran, K. Flory, Aber, Prince, Casey, Markham, Gentry, T. Myers, Baker, Lee

TRI STATE MODIFIEDS
Heat 1 Darrick Hubbard, Kenny Johnson, Matt Schroyer, Jeff Votaw, Verne Mardis, Nathan Loney, Joe Spearman, Josh Cairati, Dustin Wheeler
Heat 2 Kevin Morehouse, Anthony Kincaid, Beau Bradley, Hilton Eppley, Jeff Dovenbarger, Tim Rager, Scott Gibbs, Jimmy Smith, Melissa Haskins
Heat 3 Sam Lovejoy, Robin Duston, Jesse Wisecarver, Brad Crose, Vic Hottinger, Bill Thorla, Virgil Eaches, Rory Reed, Kevin Davis
Heat 4 Rob Stambaugh, Matt Samples, Tanner Wilson, Norm Aronhalt, Ryan West, Eddie Wilson, Josh Pyers, Chad Hamilton, Rick Mardis
L.C. #1 Eppley, V. Mardis, Votaw, Loney, Smith, Spearman, Rager, Gibbs, Wheeler, Dovenbarger, Haskins, Cairati
L.C. #2 Aronhalt, Crose, Hottinger, Reed, Wilson, West, Thorla, Wilson, Hamilton, Pyers, Davis, Eaches
Feature Morehouse, Hubbard, Lovejoy, Wisecarver, Kincaid, Stambaugh, Wilson, Schroyer, Duston, Johnson, Samples, Votaw, Bradley, Hottinger, Eppley, Crose, Aronhalt, V. Mardis
April 30 Feature Stambaugh, Morehouse, Lovejoy, Aronhalt, Duston, Wilson, Kincaid, Schroyer, Johnson, Hubbard, Samples, Reed, R. Mardis, Loney, Wisecarver, West, Smith, Kugel (dns)

STREET STOCKS
Heat 1 Brandon Craver, Bob Daugherty, Josh Miller, John Wilson, Quinten Lewis, Gary McGregor, Jack Large, Kodie Daughriety, Joe Staggers
Heat 2 Timmy Glassburn, Brad Parker, Bob Chilcote, Dave Giaugue, Dennis Amstutz, Robert Smith, Victor Bunt, Todd Swim
Heat 3 Rich Frame, Glen Underwood, Justin Patterson, Brandon Gardner, Kyle Moore, Kenny Daughriety Jr., Bob Fry, Joey Spearman
L.C. #1 Daughriety Jr., Fry, McGregor, Spearman, Ko. Daughriety, Bunt, Smith, Swim, Large, Staggers
Feature Daugherty, Craver, Glassburn, Wilson, Miller, Chilcote, Gardner, Moore, Patterson, Lewis, Daughriety Jr., Giaugue, Fry, Underwood, Amstutz, McGregor, Frame, Parker (dq’ed)

GUERNE HEIGHTS DRIVE INN MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Terry Adkins, Gary Hensel Jr., Steve Miller, Dustin Cyrus, Kevin Markey, Kenny Long, Colton Wilcox
Heat 2 Jason St. John, Chase Alexander, Dustin Daugherty, Brad Hensel, Blain Markey, Jason King
Heat 3 Jerry Adkins, Bryan Lauvray, James Priebe, Chris Priebe, Matt Kemp, Justin Staner
Feature St. John, T. Adkins, J. Adkins, Alexander, Miller, Hensel Jr., Cyrus, B. Markey, Daugherty, K. Markey, Lauvray, King, Kemp, Long, Staner, J. Priebe, B. Hensel, Wilcox, C. Priebe (dns)

CIRCLE TRACK TRUCKS
Heat 1 Kevin Potts, Tom Garlick, Jack Large, Rolly Heyder, Scott Gray, Kyle Cline, Brad Phillips, Stan Braxton, Mitch Ling
Heat 2 David Potts, Steve Large, Mitch Caskey, John Large, Dustin Miller, Tony Wengerd, Logan Brannon, Jerry Gardner, Cole Lillibridge
Feature K. Potts, D. Potts, Garlick, Ja. Large, S. Large, Caskey, Jo. Large, Miller, Gray, Cline, Braxton, Heyder, Wengerd, Brannon, Ling, Gardner (dns), Phillips (dns), Lillibridge (dns)
April 30 Feature Ja. Large, D. Potts, K. Potts, Garlick, Caskey, Cline, Heyder, S. Large, Brannon, Jo. Large, Wengerd, Phillips, Braxton, Gardner, Gray, Lillibridge (dns), Duncan (dns)

MINI WEDGES
Heat 1 Dyllyn Wyer, Blake Morris, Donovan Dickerson, Josey Lillibridge, Taylor Huggins, Kirsten McLoughlin
Heat 2 Landon Wetzel, Tanner Johnson, Triston Lillibridge, Hannah Rose, Levi Bowen, Braxton
Feature Wetzel, Wyer, Bowen, Johnson, Dickerson, Morris, Rose, T. Lillibridge, Braxton, J. Lillibridge, Huggins, McLoughlin (dns)