Wayne County Speedway
August 29, 2015
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MUMAW, MARKHAM, DELLINGER & PRIEBE MAKE 1ST TRIPS TO WCS WINNERS CIRCLE; HOLMES, JOHNSON & DUNCAN ADD TO WIN TOTALS

by Mike Swanger
ORRVILLE, OH (August 29) - The final night of points racing with track championships on the line made for some exciting racing at Wayne County Speedway on Lowe’s and Pepsi night Saturday. One of the tightest races for the championship crown was the Fisher Performance Sprints with Brad Haudenschild needing a ninth place finish or better to clinch the championship. Jordan Ryan would grab the lead from the pole with Shawn Hubler, Nick Patterson, Jimmy Colvin and Lee Jacobs in tow as ninth starting Haudenschild would be 7th at lap five with 16th starting Andrew Palker and 17th starter Danny Mumaw on the move behind Haudenschild. The caution would wave on lap six when 6th running Mitch Harble and Jacobs made contact on the front stretch sending Harble sliding into the infield and ending his night. With the race back to green, Ryan would open up a half straightaway lead as Haudenschild and Mumaw would gain positions on each lap. Driving the highside of the track, Haudenschild would track down Ryan with 10 laps to go and made the pass in turns one and two on the next circuit. As that lap got recorded, Jordan Harble would take a tumble off the guardrail in turn 4 to stop the action. As the green flag flew for the restart, Haudenschild pulled away from Ryan and Hubler with Mumaw would power past Hubler on lap 18 and then take second from Ryan with five to go and set sail for the leader. With the Mumaw Tree Stump Service, Finishline Autobody and Guerne Heights Drive Inn #16 of Mumaw closing in, front axle problems for Haudenschild’s sprinter forced him to drop out with three laps to go, giving the lead to Mumaw and the Wooster driver, who has had his share of mechanical problems, finally made it to victory circle. Ryan held on to second, his best finish at WCS as Hubler recorded his third third place finish. A fourth place finish for Colvin was his best finish of the season as Lee Jacobs took fifth. Jamie Myers, Colvin and Hubler were the heat winners. Haudenschild’s 15th place finish ended up being good enough to win the championship by 13 points over Nick Patterson who finished sixth in the feature.

Doug Drown just needed to start the Lias Tire Super Late Model feature to secure the championship and as their 25 lap feature got underway, heat winner Matt Irey lead the opening lap with Ashland’s Ryan Markham taking over on lap two. Irey would keep the pressure on as Brad Malcuit and Drown dueled for third. Drown would win that battle and reeled in Irey and when he bobbled in turn two Drown slipped by for second. As the laps dwindled down, Markham and his H & T Demolition, Cool-It Thermotec and Accu Force Shocks #5m would encounter some lap traffic that allowed Drown to close in and as the checkered flag was in sight, Drown would try a powerslide in turns three and four but could not finish the deal as Markham roared out of turn four to win his first Super Late Model win of the season. Following Drown was Irey, Malcuit and heat winner Kirk Davis.

Nick Smith was in the same position Drown was as all he needed to do to win the Aamco Transmission Super Stock title was to start the feature which he did. Chase Alexander opened up the feature by leading the first lap but after that, Canton’s Paul Holmes took over aboard the #68 and he would spend the next 14 laps fending off Alexander, Bob Daugherty and Smith. Numerous times all four were within two car lengths of each other. Daugherty would take second for good just past the halfway mark and look for an opening to take the lead from Holmes as Alexander would keep Smith and bay. On the last lap, Daugherty would make a move to the high side of Holmes and as they drag raced to the finish line, Holmes won his third feature of the year by less than six inches over Daugherty. Alexander held third as track champion Smith was fourth followed bt Frank Oriti. Heat winners were Daugherty, Alexander and Tyler Thompson.

Starting the feature of the Harriger Towing Rush Late Models would win the crown for Charlie Duncan but like all the other drivers would race for the win. Ryan Markham was looking for a double win night and looked good for the opening five laps of the feature but when he jumped the cushion in turn one on lap six, Hermitage’s Pa’s Alan Dellinger and his #8 car would take over with Duncan and Justin Chance all getting by as Markham would drop from competition on lap nine. Duncan would make several attempts in the last half of the 20 lap event to overtake Dellinger but he would be denied every time as Dellinger scored his first win of the season. Chance, the heat winner, would finish third followed by Jamie Wrightsman and Jim Nicely.

Despite having bad finishes the last three weeks, Doug Hensel had built up a big enough points lead in the WQKT Mini Stock points chase that he just needed to start the feature race to take home the crown and a 14 place finish was good enough for the title. Killbuck’s Chris Priebe would lead all the way for his first win at WCS as early on six time winner Michael Workman would pester Priebe for the lead but Workman went pitside during a lap eight caution to end his chance at another win. Billy Parsons would move into second but could never make a run at Priebe as he would finish second with as Gary Hensel Jr., Brad Hensel and Kevin Markey rounded out the top five. Heat wins went to Priebe, Parsons and Brad Hensel.

Billy Dawson was in the drivers seat of the Mini Wedge points championship as he needed to take the green flag for the crown and like the other drivers who had the chance to win the crown still wanted to win the race but that would go to the heat winner, Logan Duncan as the Fredricksburg youngster would go flag to flag for his third win of the season aboard the Green Leaf Restaurant, Scanlon Enterprises and El Campensino Restaurant #015. Dawson would pick his way through the field from his 6th starting spot to finish second with Donnie Danley, Kyla Dillion and Jolene Voshel filling out the top five. The season awards for the Mini Wedges will be given out at the Blowout on Saturday, September 26th.

Chuck Conway and Mike Winters split the lead for the first half of the Flat Track Cart feature but the last half of the race and win went to Jamie Johnson, his fourth win of the year. Johnson, who won the heat race was followed by Conway, Brandon Russell, Winters and Zach Myers.

Once again the Contingency Connection Awards were up for grabs for the drivers with nearly $100,000 worth of awards from national companys available.

Sunday, September 6th will see both the UNOH All Star Sprints and the Sweeney Rush Late Model Tour making their third and final visits to Wayne County Speedway in 2015. The Aamco Transmissions Super Stocks will also be in action with the usual starting times. For more information on this race and the season ending Blowout on September 26th, Check the website at www.waynecountyspeedway.com

WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Saturday, August 29, 2015

FISHER PERFORMANCE SPRINTS
Heat 1 Jamie Myers, Lee Jacobs, George Prosser, Russ Sansosti, Jason Dolick, Andrew Palker, Danny Mumaw
Heat 2 Jimmy Colvin, Nick Patterson, Mitch Harble, Brad Haudenschild, Shawn Minor, Clay Riney, Troy Kingan
Heat 3 Shawn Hubler, Jordan Ryan, Jordan Harble, Kirk Jeffries, Jeremy Shambaugh, Aaron Fry, Scott Riley
Feature Danny Mumaw, Jordan Ryan, Shawn Hubler, Jimmy Colvin, Lee Jacobs, Nick Patterson, Andrew Palker, Jason Dolick, Clay Riney, George Prosser, Russ Sansosti, Kirk Jeffries, Jeremy Shambaugh, Troy Kingan, Brad Haudenschild, Aaron Fry, Shawn Minor, Scott Riley, Jordan Harble, Mitch Harble, Jamie Myers dns

LIAS TIRE SUPER LATE MODELS
Heat 1 Matt Irey, Ryan Markham, Brad Malcuit, JR Gentry, Jim Nicely, Levi Flesher, Ricky Holderbaum
Heat 2 Kirk Baker, Doug Drown, David Liles, Larry Bellman, Kyle Moore, Corey Hornikel
Feature Ryan Markham, Doug Drown, Matt Irey, Brad Malcuit, Kirk Baker, JR Gentry, Kyle Moore, David Liles, Larry Bellman, Jim Nicely, Levi Flesher, Ricky Holderbaum, Corey Hornikel dns

AAMCO TRANSMISSIONS SUPER STOCKS
Heat 1 Bob Daugherty, Paul Holmes, Nick Smith, Gary Hensel Jr., Paul Kern, Ryan Leathers, Derek Lewton, Trae Schoenauer
Heat 2 Chase Alexander, Frank Oriti, Chris Albright, Brandon Craver, Don Rutt, Tyler Nicely, Dustin Daugherty, Cliff Staley, Steve Ott
Heat 3 Tyler Thompson, Mike Lonas, Dennis Amstutz, Brian Simpson, Paul McVicker, Roger Drouhard, Bob Fry, Jerry Miller dns
Feature Paul Holmes, Bob Daugherty, Chase Alexander, Nick Smith, Frank Oriti, Chris Albright, Tyler Nicely, Gary Hensel Jr., Tyler Thompson, Paul McVicker, Dennis Amstutz, Dustin Daugherty, Brandon Craver, Brian Simpson, Trae Schoenauer, Don Rutt, Bob Fry, Cliff Staley, Paul Kern, Derek Lewton, Mike Lonas, Ryan Leathers, Roger Drouhard dns, Steve Ott dns, Jerry Miller dns

HARRIGER TOWING RUSH LATE MODELS
Heat 1 Justin Chance, Charlie Duncan,, Alan Dellinger, Ryan Markham, Paul Harriger, Jim Nicely, Vern Mardis, Jamie Wrightsman, Hiram Bachmann
Feature Alan Dellinger, Charlie Duncan, Justin Chance, Jamie Wrightsman, Jim Nicely, Paul Harriger, Hiram Bachmann, Ryan Markham, Vern Mardis

WQKT MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Chris Priebe, Nova Martin, Brad Workman, Stephen Crowe, James Priebe, Mitch Reichard, Tim Workman, Jess Hensel
Heat 2 Billy Parsons, Jason St. John, Brian Dawson, Gary Hensel Jr., Dakota Wells, Caleb Spencer, Jeff Edwards, Casey Butler
Heat 3 Brad Hensel, Michael Workman, Kevin Markey, Doug Hensel, Wes Staley, John Mackey, Jim Burns
Feature Chris Priebe,, Billy Parsons, Gary Hensel Jr., Brad Hensel, Kevin Markey, Brian Dawson, Brad Workman, James Priebe, Casey Butler, Mitch Reichard, John Mackey, Jeff Edwards, Jim Burns, Doug Hensel, Jess Hensel, Dakota Wells, Michael Workman, Wes Staley, Jason St. John, Stephen Crowe, Nova Martin, Caleb Spencer, Tim Workman

MINI WEDGES
Heat 1 Logan Duncan, Donnie Danley, Kyla Dillon, Austin Pyle, Connor Hess, Jolene Voshel, Billy Dawson dns, Caitlin Johnson dns
Feature Logan Duncan, Billy Dawson, Donnie Danley, Kyla Dillon, Jolene Voshel, Austin Pyle, Caitlin Johnson, Connor Hess dns

FLAT TRACK CARTS
Heat 1 Jamie Johnson, Chuck Conway, Mike Winters, Steve Reed, Dan Delaney, #21, Brandon Russell dns, Zach Myers dns, #25
Feature Jamie Johnson, Chuck Conway, Brandon Russell, Mike Winters, Zach Myers, Steve Reed, Dan Delaney