Wayne County Speedway
July 12, 2013
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MARTIN, BERNER, CLINE, WEST, MARKEY & McLOUGHLIN CHARGE TO NAPA WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY MID SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP WINS

by Mike Swanger
ORRVILLE, OH (July 12) - With all the rain the past week soaking into the track to make it good and fast plus double points for Mid Season Championships, it was set up to be some exciting racing on Malcuit Tavern Night at NAPA Wayne County Speedway and that it was. Andrew Palker set a new track record for the Fisher Performance Sprints with a time of 14.616 seconds but that would be the highlight of his night. Brad Haudenschild and Wooster’s Broc Martin would bring the field to the green flag as Palker quickly jumped into second place but the powerplant of the #57x would expire before he could complete the second lap. As Palker was coasting into the infield, Jordan Harble took a tumble in turn one to bring out the red flag and he would be transported to the hospital with a neck injury. On the restart, Martin grabbed the lead with Haudenschild hounding him and as they worked their way through the back of the field, Haudenschild could pull along side Martin’s Jim Smith Enterprises, SCFN, and Santmyer Oil #83, but could never inch ahead. With Martin using the low groove and Haudenschild running high side until the white flag waved when Haudenshild tried the low groove in turn two, only to spin himself and lose second place. Lee Jacobs could not make a run on Martin, who claimed his second win of the year, on the last lap after the restart as Mitch Harble took third with 12th starting Jason Dolick claiming fourth followed by Aaron Middaugh. Heat wins went to Haudenschild and Jacobs.

Charlie Duncan outhustled DJ Cline into turn one of the Lias Tire Late Model main with Millersburg’s Keith Berner swiping second away from Cline on lap five and then hounded Duncan for the lead. Doing everything he could, Berner took advantage of Duncan’s bobble in turn four on lap 18 to squeeze into the lead and the pull away in his Bud’s Place, Village Motors and Massillon Transmission #18 for his first win of the season. Ryan Markham nipped Duncan at the finish line for second as points leader Corey Conley took fourth ahead of Cline. Duncan and Berner topped the heats as Rick Bond was the quick timer.

It was a three car battle for the NAPA Modified feature as Nathan Loney, points leader Chris Basich and St. Clairville’s DJ Cline all were bunched together with Loney leading the first 19 laps but it was Cline and his Cline’s Sweeper and Cline’s Auto Body #4 inching past Loney coming out of turn four on the last lap to notch his first win of the season. Basich held on to third with Scott Stiffler and Kevin Crawford filling out the top five. Heat winners were Stiffler and Loney while Cline was the fast qualifier, just missing the track record by nine thousandths of a second.

Don Baney set the pace for the opening four circuits of the Thrifty Muffler Super Stock feature when Kyle Moore made a move to take over but got sideways in front of the pack to bring out the caution and Ryan West of West Lafayette would inherit the lead and breezed to the win aboard the Power Wash Plus, Johnson Plumbing & Heating and Ken Adams Transfer #9. Points leader Brandon Gardner finished second with Baney, Jeremy Lynch and Brandon Craver rounding out the top five. Fast qualifier Larry Baldwin won a heat as did Moore and West.

Killbuck’s Blaine Markey took the lead after Mike Rose and Billy Parsons could not hang on to the top spot for the first four laps of the WQKT Mini Stock Main but following a caution on the next lap, Markey and his Loudonville Tire  #177 would slip all the way back to sixth place before storming his way back up front to pocket his first win. Jason King finished second with Jeff Barker in third as Brad Hensel finished fourth followed by Logan Martin. Brad Hensel and Markey posted the heat wins.

12 year old Tanner McLoughlin led all the way in both the heat race and feature of the Mini Wedge races as the Zanesville youngster drove the 2 Brothers Motorsports and McLoughlin Auto Sales #59 to his fourth victory of the season. Zoe Stafford, the only other feature winner at NAPA Wayne County Speedway, was second with Brooke Dawson finishing third with her brother, Billy, in fourth followed by Danny Selway.

Next Friday night, July 19th at NAPA Wayne County Speedway will see the BRP Big Block Modifieds back for the first time in a decade as the Modlites and the Trucks make their first trip in as the Fisher Performance Sprints and the Thrifty Muffler Super Stocks will also be in action. For the latest at the track, check the website at www.waynecountyspeedway.com
 
NAPA WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Friday, July 12, 2013

FISHER PERFORMANCE SPRINTS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier  Andrew Palker  14.616   NTR
Saldana Racing Products Heat 1   Brad Haudenschild, Andrew Palker, Mitch Harble, Jimmy Pooler, Shawn Hubler, Aaron Middaugh, Joe Armbruster, Nick Patterson, Gary Feller
Saldana Racing Products Heat 2   Lee Jacobs, Broc Martin, Jordan Harble, Kirk Jeffries, Bob Lime, Jason Dolick, Butch Beasley, Ron Hamlin, Pete Grove
Feature   Broc Martin, Lee Jacobs, Mitch Harble, Jason Dolick, Aaron Middaugh, Kirk Jeffries, Shawn Hubler, Brad Haudenschild, Nick Patterson, Jimmy Pooler, Joe Armbruster, Bob Lime, Butch Beasley, Pete Grove, Ron Hamlin, Jordan Harble, Gary Feller, Andrew Palker
 
LIAS TIRE LATE MODELS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier   Rick Bond   17.496
Summit Racing Equipment Heat 1  Charlie Duncan, Rick Bond, Shane McLoughlin, Corey Conley, David Liles, Brad Malcuit, Larry Bellman, Hiriam Bachmann, Jason Skelly
Summit Racing Equipment Heat 2  Keith Berner, Ryan Markham, DJ Cline, JR Gentry, Blaine Aber, Travis Mensching, Jeff Wages, Allan Baker
Feature   Keith Berner, Ryan Markham, Charlie Duncan, Corey Conley, DJ Cline, Rick Bond, JR Gentry, Brad Malcuit, David Liles, Blaine Aber, Larry Bellman, Allan Baker, Travis Mensching, Shane McLoughlin, Hiram Bachmann, Jeff Wages, Jason Skelly
 
NAPA MODIFIEDS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier   DJ Cline  18.875
VP Racing Fuel Heat 1  Scott Stiffler, DJ Cline, Chris Basich, Kevin Crawford, Mark Gardiner, Eric Singhaus, Robert Page, Justin Morey dns, David Bodkins dns
VP Racing Fuel Heat 2  Nathan Loney, Kari Gasser, Bruce Miller, Tim Arnold, John Sutherland, Bryan Metterle, Amanda Stiffler, Pauly Hess, Jim Nicely dns
Feature   DJ Cline, Nathan Loney, Chris Basich, Scott Stiffler, Kevin Crawford, Kari Gasser, Bruce Miller, Mark Gardiner, Eric Singhaus, Pauly Hess, Tim Arnold, Robert Page, John Sutherland, Amanda Stiffler, Bryan Metterle, Justin Morey dns, David Bodkins dns, Jim Nicely dns
 
THRIFTY MUFFLER SUPER STOCKS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier   Larry Baldwin  20.086
Summit Racing Equipment Heat 1  Larry Baldwin, Don Baney, Chase Alexander, Dennis Amstutz, Travis Wilcox, Chuck Issac, Brad Eagle, Todd Swim dns
Summit Racing Equipment Heat 2  Kyle Moore, Brandon Gardner, Brandon Craver, Jeremy Lynch, Chaz O’Dell, Davis Moreland, Cliff Staley, Mitch Caskey
Summit Racing Equipment Heat 3  Ryan West, Tony Cline, Paul Whitten, Gary McGregor, Tyler Nicely, Don Rutt, Shawn Cains, Bob Daugherty
Feature   Ryan West, Brandon Gardner, Don Baney, Jeremy Lynch, Brandon Craver, Tony Cline, Kyle Moore, Larry Baldwin, Paul Whitten, Tyler Nicely, Brad Eagle, Dennis Amstutz, Chaz O’Dell, Travis Wilcox, David Moreland, Don Rutt, Chuck Issac, Cliff Staley, Gary McGregor, Chase Alexander, Shawn Cains dns, Todd Swim dns, Mitch Caskey dns, Bob Daugherty dns
 
WQKT MINI STOCKS
Heat  1   Brad Hensel, Mike Rose, Casey Butler, Mitch Reichard, Doug Hensel, Jeff Barker, Tim Justice dns
Heat  2   Blaine Markey, Billy Parsons, Jason Shaw, Jason King, Logan Martin, Jimmy Fitzwater, Randy Gibson
Feature  Blaine Markey, Jason King, Jeff Barker, Brad Hensel, Logan Martin, Casey Butler, Jimmy Fitzwater, Billy Parsons, Mitch Reichard, Doug Hensel, Mike Rose, Randy Gibson, Jason Shaw dns, Tim Justice dns
 
MINI WEDGES
Heat  1   Tanner McLoughlin, Brooke Dawson, Zoe Stafford, Logan Duncan, Billy Dawson, Danny Selway
Feature  Tanner McLoughlin, Zoe Stafford, Brooke Dawson, Billy Dawson, Danny Selway, Logan Duncan