Wayne County Speedway
September 24, 2011
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Moran wins the DJ Directional Services, LLC and Mars Trucking Freedom Fighters 40 at Wayne County Speedway

by Ryan Pearson
ORVILLE, Ohio (September 24) - The fans and race teams came out in droves and were treated to dirt slinging action packed racing all night long. DJ Directional Services, LLC and Mars Trucking sponsored the racing festivities.

In the Super Late Model division Millersburg, Ohio Keith Berner jumped out to the early lead from the pole position just ahead of Ryan Missler, Corey Conley, Donnie Moran and Ryan Markham. Berner stretched his lead over the field but a lap seven caution for Shane McGloughlin erased the advantage Berner held. The racing resumed for a few laps but the red flag flew for John Mollick who flipped several times. With the field bunched up Moran slipped past Markham and Missler to take second place and set his sights on Berner. The caution again flew this time for George Lee who had a flat tire. Lee was battling for sixth place after starting seventieth. At the drop of the green flag Berner again pulled away from the field and stretched his lead. On lap twenty-six Moran closed in on Berner and began looking under him trying to make the pass. Berner felt the pressure but continued to hold off Moran who moved up and ran up against the cushion in turn one and two. On lap thirty eight Moran dove low under Berner to complete the pass and take the lead. As Berner passed the flag stand it was evident his engine had a miss and slowed him down. With the white flag flying Conley too slipped pass Berner to take second place. Conley closed on Moran but was unable to take the lead. At the checkered flag it was Moran taking the win and $4000.00 paycheck ahead of Conley, Berner, Markham and Missler. Winning heat races were Berner, Markham, J.R.Gentry and Missler. Lee and Charlie Maloney won B-Mains."Berner was running real well, this kind of race track fits his driving style" stated Moran in victory lane. "We gave it a good shot and with B.A. Malcuit supplying the power under this car and Custom Cutters and Eddie Sunoco our crew and family just want to say thanks to everyone". Presenting the winner his check was D.J. Miller, sponsor and owner of DJ Directional Services LLC.

At the drop of the green flag several cars tangled in the 410 Winged Sprints involving Cole Duncan, Rob Chaney, Beau Stewart and Danny Mumaw. Stewart and Mumaw retired for the night due to damage to their race cars. Duncan took evasive action and dove to the infield but had a nerf bar pushed into his right rear tire and Chaney took a wild ride but never stopped on the track. On the restart Lee Jacobs pulled ahead of the field to take the early lead ahead of Andre Layfield, Travis Philo, Caleb Helms, Rob Chaney and Aaron Shaffer. Layfield who was running second spun coming off turn two; he kept it going by completing four additional 360’s but never stopped and regained control running in fifth place. By lap eleven Jacobs held a commanding lead over Philo, Chaney, Helms, Layfield and seventeenth starting Kory Crabtree. By mid race Chaney began his march forward as he rim rode around Philo for second and began chasing down Jacobs. A tight battle ensued for third with Philo and Helms running side by side for several laps. Up front Chaney reeled in Jacobs and again used the cushion to sling shot his way around Jacobs for the lead. The checkered flag waved it was Chaney coming home the winner. He was followed by Jacobs, tenth starting Helms, Layfield, Crabtree, Duncan and Philo. Heat race winners were Jacobs, Chaney and Layfield. Jason Dolick won the B-Main.

In the Tri-State Modifieds it was Mark Dickson claiming the early lead ahead of Norm Aronhalt, Rory Reed, Larry Kugel and Travis Dickson. On lap eleven Aronhalt put heavy pressure on Mark Dickson for the lead which continued for several laps. On lap fourteen Aronhalt tried to duck under Mark Dickson but was unable to make the pass and Mark Dickson held the lead. On lap 19 the caution flew for Travis Dickson and Kevin Morehouse. Both Morehouse and T.Dickson would retire for the evening. A tight battle waged in the late stages between Corey Conley and Doug Drown. When the checkered flag flew it was Mark Dickson coming in the winner. He was followed by Aronhalt, Reed, Conley, Drown and fourteenth starting Rick Mardis.

In the Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks it was Larry Baldwin who powered to the lead. Baldwin was chased by Shawn Valenti, Kyle Dickinson, Timmy Glassburn and Ed Leasure. Dickinson jumped up to second place and put Baldwin in his sights. Dickinson began to pressure Baldwin and eventually motored to the lead. Dickinson making his first appearance ever at Wayne County Speedway came home the winner ahead of Leasure, Valenti, Steve White and tenth starting Justin Patterson. Winning heat races were White, Jeremy Dickerson and Glassburn.

In the Mini Stock division Kyle Moore blasted to the lead over Chase Alexander, Michael Rose and Dustin Daugherty. Alexander retired early due to mechanical issues and wouldn’t be able to continue. Moore stretched his lead over the field but a lap nine caution for Jason Gentry bunched the field. When the racing resumed Moore again took a commanding lead ahead of the field. When the checkered flag flew it was Moore coming home the winner, he was followed by Rose, Daugherty, Lester Berry and Gentry. Alexander won the heat race.

Super Late Models (40 Cars)
Heat 1:  1. Keith Berner 2. Donnie Moran 3. John Mollick 4. Devon Moran 5. George Lee 6. Eric Myers 7. Charlie Duncan 8. Kirk Mizer 9. Doug Dodd 10. Larry Bellman
Heat 2:  1. Ryan Markham 2. Corey Conley 3. Shane McGlothlin 4. Weston Hutchison 5. Dave Hornikle 6. John Bores 7. Richard Frazier 8. Wayne Maffett Jr. 9. Norm Aronholt 10. David Liles
Heat 3:  1. JR Gentry 2. Doug Drown 3. Rick Aukland 4. DJ Cline 5. Charlie Maloney 6. Rick Bond 7.Mike Bores 8. Doug Kenworthy 9. Bob Moskey 10. Mark Gardner
Heat 4:  1. Ryan Missler 2. Dusty Moore 3. Matt Aber 4. Ernie Haynes 5. DJ Miller 6. Kyle Bates 7. Brandon Leyda 8. Jeremy Canada 9. Chester Elliot 10. Mark Gardner
B-Main #1 (Top 2 Transfer):  1. George Lee 2. Dave Hornikle 3. Eric ‘Spud’ Myers 4. Richard Frazier 5. Kirk Mizer 6. David Liles 7. Larry Bellman 8. Wayne Maffett Jr. 9. Charlie Duncan 10. John Bores DNS:Doug Dodd, Norm Aronhalt
B-Main #2:  1. Charlie Maloney 2. Kyle Bates 3. D.J. Miller 4. Mark Gardiner 5. Mike Bores 6. Rick Bond 7. Jeremy Canada 8. Brandon Leyda 9. Bob Moskey 10. Doug Kenworthy DNS:Chester Elliott, Brad Malcuit
Super Late Model Feature:  1. Donnie Moran 2. Cory Conley 3. Keith Berner 4. Ryan Markham 5. Ryan Missler 6. Dusty Moore 7. Ernie Haynes 8. Weston Hutchinson 9. Kyle Bates 10. Shane McGloughlin 11. D.J. Cline 12. Devin Moran 13. Charlie Maloney 14. Matt Bee Aber 15. Doug Drown 16. Dave Hornikle 17. George Lee 18. J.R. Gentry 19. John Mollick 20. Rick Aukland

410 Winged Sprints (28 Cars)
Heat 1:  1. Lee Jacobs 2. Cole Duncan 3. Travis Philo 4. Caleb Helms 5. Andrew Palker 6. Jason Dolick 7. Hud Horton 8. Jay Howe 9. Greg Mitchell 10. Butch Beasley
Heat 2:  1. Rob Chaney 2. Beau Stewart 3. Danny Mumaw 4. Bryce Dickson 5. Bob Lime 6. Shawn Hubler 7. Kory Crabtree 8. Jerod Delong 9. Scott Euhler
Heat 3:  1. Andre Layfield 2. Jamie Myers 3. Chris Smith 4. Aaron Shaffer 5. Aaron Middaugh 6. Nick Patterson (#33) 7. Nick Patterson (#23) 8. Brandon Spithaler 9. Jeremy Aumend
B Main (Top 5 Transfer to A-Main):  1. Jason Dolick 2. Kory Crabtree 3. Hud Horton 4. Shawn Hubler 5. Nick Patterson (#33) 6. Scott Euler 7. Greg Mitchell 8. Jerod Delong 9. Jeremy Aumend 10. Jay Howe 11. Nick Patterson (#23) 12. Brandon Spithaler
Sprint Car Feature:  1. Rob Chaney 2. Lee Jacobs 3. Caleb Helms 4. Andre Layfield 5. Kory Crabtree 6. Cole Duncan 7. Travis Philo 8. Andrew Palker 9. Jamie Myers 10. Jason Dolick 11. Bob Lime 12. Bryce Dickson 13. Shawn Hubler 14. Hud Horton 15. Nick Patterson 16. Aaron Shaffer 17. Aaron Middaugh 18. Chris Smith 19. Beau Stewart 20. Danny Mumaw

Tri-State Modifieds (23 Cars)
Heat 1:  1. Jimmy Smith 2. Rory Reed 3. Coy Conley 4. Kevin Crawford 5. Josh Pyers 6. Nathan Loney 7. Bob Page 8. Hilton Eppley
Heat 2:  1. Travis Dickson 2. Norm Arnohalt 3. Larry Kugel 4. Kevin Morehouse 5. Rick Mardis 6. Jason Morey 7. Justin Morey 8. Scott Clantz
Heat 3:  1. Jesse Wisecarver 2. Doug Drown 3. Mark Dickson 4. Jeff Votaw 5. Jason Graham 6. Eddie Wilson 7. Melissa Haskins
Tri-State Modifieds Feature:  1. Mark Dickson 2. Norm Aronhalt 3. Rory Reed 4. Cory Conley 5. Doug Drown 6. Rick Mardis 7. Kevin Crawford 8. Hilton Eppley 9. Josh Pyers 10. Justin Morey 11. Jason Morey 12. Jason Graham 13. Eddie Wilson 14. Bob Page 15. Scott Clantz 16. Larry Kugel 17. Jeff Votaw 18. Kevin Morehouse 19. Travis Dickson 20. Jimmy Smith 21. Melissa Haskins 22. Jesse Wisecarver DNS:Nathan Loney

Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks (25 Cars)
Heat 1:  1. Steve White 2. Ed Leasure 3. Dave Harvey Jr 4.Justin Patterson 5. Todd Werntz 6. Ron Lute 7. Derrick Hutchison 8. Charlie Dawson 9. Gary Hoopingarner
Heat 2:  1. Jeremy Dickerson 2. Shawn Valenti 3. Josh Miller 4. Paul Seaman 5. Randy Ryan 6. Todd Gallion 7. Victor Bunt DNS. Tory Gibbs
Heat 3:  1. Timmy Glassburn 2. Kyle Dickinson 3. Larry Baldwin 4. Brandon Craver 5. Roger Drouhard 6. Tommy Fantin 7. Gary McGregor DNS. Glen Underwood
Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stock Feature:  1. Kyle Dickinson 2. Ed Leasure 3. Shawn Valenti 4. Steve White 5. Justin Patterson 6. Tory Gibbs 7. Timmy Glassburn 8. Roger Drouhard 9. Brandon Craver 10. Gary Hoopingarner 11. Glen Underwood 12. Todd Werntz 13. Victor Bunt 14. Ron Lute 15. Charlie Dawson 16. Josh Miller 17. Larry Baldwin 18. Randy Ryan 19. Dave Haven Jr. 20. Derrick Hutchison 21. Paul Seaman 22. Gary McGreegor 23. Jeremy Dickerson 24. Todd Gallion 25. Tommy Fantin

Mini Stocks
Heat 1:  1. Chase Alexander 2. Kyle Moore 3. Mike Rose 4. Lester Berry 5. Dustin Daugherty 6. Jason Gentry 7. Steve Miller 8. Andy Sampsel 9. Tim Cecil 10. Nick Simon
Mini Stock Feature:  1. Kyle Moore 2. Michael Rose 3. Dustin Daugherty 4. Lester Berry 5. Jason Gentry 6. Andy Sampsel 7. Tim Cecil 8. Steve Miller 9. Chase Alexander DNS:Nick Simon

Wayne County Speedway will be back in action with a topless Saturday, October 8th. On the racing card is the B.O.S.S. Wingless Sprint Series racing for $1,500 to win, topless Super Late Models $1,500 to win, TSMA Modifieds and Outlaw Pure Stocks. The Pure Stocks purse will be increased, final amount to be determined. Bonus money will be given to the highest finishing Modified and Pure Stock running without a roof. Gate times will be announced this week so keep posted to www.waynecountyspeedway.com for details and rules. General admission $10.00, pit pass $30.00 and kids 12 and under free.

For additional information contact Jason or Kristin Flory at: 330-465-2365, or email at kristinu2@yahoo.com. For news, updates and schedule visit the Wayne County Speedway website at www.waynecountyspeedway.com. Wayne County Speedway is located nine miles east of Wooster, or 15 miles west of Massillon on US Rt. 30, then one mile north on Carr Road.