Wayne County Speedway
May 3, 2013
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MUMAW, CONLEY, HOLBROOK, GARDNER, SHAW & STAFFORD SNARE CHECKERS AT NAPA WCS

by Mike Swanger
ORRVILLE, OH (May 3) - Warmer temps and tightly contested races had the crowd on their feet most of the night at NAPA Wayne County Speedway on Pepsi night. Wooster's Danny Mumaw drew the #1 pill to start on the pole of the Fisher Performance Sprint feature with last season's track champion, Andrew Palker right beside. At the drop of the green flag, Mumaw took the point as a lap two caution for third running Josh Davis slowed the action. On the restart, Mumaw set sail as Palker had to deal with Danny Smith for second as Dean Jacobs and Caleb Helms battled for fourth with last weeks winner, Kory Crabtree on their bumpers. Smith moved into second on lap 10 and had a straightaway gap to catch up to Mumaw's Finishline Autobody, Hitchcock Excavating and Coblentz Trucking #16. Mumaw would get slowed up by some slower cars and allowed Smith to close the gap. Jacobs powered past Palker with eight laps to go with Helms still in fifth. Chris Smith spun with two laps to go to bunch the field up but Mumaw darted away from Danny Smith to score his first win of the season as Jacobs, Palker and Helms filled out the top five. Jacobs was the Dzugan Fire & Rescue quick timer as he and Helms won the Saldana Racing Products heats.
 
Brad Malcuit and Wellsburg WVa's Corey Conley drew front row for the Lias Tire Late Model main with Conley taking control of the race right away. The Ballato's Towing, Wheeling Auto Body and Poske's Performance #14 would lead all the way in the caution filled race. Charlie Duncan started fourth but slipped off the back side of the backstretch to drop back to eighth as last years champ, Shane McLoughlin, Rick Bond, Ryan Markham and George Lee were changing positions every lap. Eyes were on 18th starting JR Gentry, who had to change cars for the feature and start last and in three laps had moved up ten spots and was moving up fast. Duncan had recovered from his early slip and at the ten lap mark, had moved into second and closing on Conley with Malcuit, McLoughlin and Markham in the top five with Bond and Lee close behind. Using the highside, Gentry was still picking his way through the pack and moved to third on lap 15 when the caution flew. Although everything looked good with the #240, Duncan took his ride pitside at that time and would put Gentry into second and he would pursue Conley. Gentry's run came to screeching halt on lap 23 when he went too high into turn three and slammed into the guardrail at the end of the straightaway, bringing out the red flag, ending his night but was ok. On the last restart, Markham, who had just passed Malcuit, could not make a run at Conley as Lee moved by Malcuit on the white flag lap to claim third as Bond took fifth. Lee and Duncan topped the Summit Racing Equipment heats as Lee was also the Dzugan Fire & Rescue fast qualifier.
 
Newark's Larry Holbrook took the lead on lap four from last week's winner, Nathan Loney and then put the One on One Fitness, RCD Sales and Xtreme Chassis #L19 into victory lane of the NAPA Auto Parts Modified main. Chris Basich moved by Loney with five laps to finish second for the scond week in a row while 8th starting Mark Gardiner used the high side to take third from Loney the next circuit with Jeff Votaw grabbing fifth. Loney picked up the Dzugan Fire & Rescue fast qualifier money as Basich won the VP Racing Fuel Heat win.
  
Numerous cautions filled the Thrifty Muffler Super Stock feature but it was action packed as Miamisburg's Brandon Gardner would fend off early challenges from last weeks winner, Kyle Moore and a late charge by Bob Daugherty. Moore would spin himself on lap 8 to go to the tail and Daugherty would get charged for hitting and spinning Gardner on a restart on the next to last lap and exited the track at that point. The Schaeffer Oil, Rowtec, and GLR #27g of Gardner kept last years track champion, Brandon Craver, at bay on the last lap for the win as Moore recovered to take third with Shawn Cains and Jeremy Lynch filling out the top five. Moore won the Dzugan Fire & Rescue quick timer money as he and Daugherty won the Summit Racing Equipment heats.
 
Jason Shaw and his Finishline Motors #1 held off early runs by Brad and Doug Hensel and then sped away to post the WQKT Mini Stock win. The Hensel's would run side by side most of the race with Brad taking second and Doug third. Mitch Reichard held off Lester Berry for fourth place. Brad Hensel scored the heat win.
 
Tanner McLoughlin looked like he was going to win his second Mini Wedge feature but spun out on the last lap that allowed Zoe Stafford to take over the lead and she would hang for her first win aboard the Coshocton based, Flint Run Valley Farms #31. Logan Duncan, Billy Dawson, Danny Selway and McLoughlin, the heat winner, filled out the top five.
 
Next Friday night will be a Mother's Day Special with all the divisions in action beginning at 7:45 pm. Check out the website at http://www.waynecountyspeedway.com/ for all the latest at the track.
 
NAPA AUTO PARTS WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Friday, May 3, 2013

LIAS TIRES LATE MODELS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier   George Lee  17.553
Summit Racing Equipment Heat 1  Lee, Shane McLoughlin, Brad Malcuit, JR Gentry, Allan Baker, Blaine Aber, Steve White, Jeff Wages, Chester Elliott
Summit Racing Equipment Heat 2  Charlie Duncan, Corey Conley, Rick Bond, Ryan Markham, Larry Bellman, Brandon Gardner, Justin Patterson, Josh Miller, Jerry Aber
Feature  Conley, Markham, Lee, Malcuit, Bond, McLoughlin, Baker, Gardner, B. Aber, J. Aber, Gentry, Bellman, White, Wages, Miller, Duncan, Elliott, Patterson

FISHER PERFORMANCE SPRINTS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier   Dean Jacobs  15.056
Saldana Racing Products Heat 1  Jacobs, Danny Mumaw, Kory Crabtree, Josh Davis, Jason Dolick, Nick Patterson, Pete Grove, Chris Smith, David Smith, Butch Beasley
Saldana Racing Products Heat 2  Caleb Helms, Danny Smith, Andrew Palker, Bob Lime, Jordan Harble, Wes McGlumphy, Jimmy Pooler, Shawn Hubler, Mitch Harble
Feature   Mumaw, Da Smith, Jacobs, Palker, Helms, Crabtree, Davis, Lime, McGlumphy, Hubler, Grove, Patterson, Dolick, C. Smith, Pooler, Beasley, J. Harble, M. Harble, Dv. Smith dns
 
NAPA AUTO PARTS MODIFIEDS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier   Nathan Loney  19.211
VP Racing Fuel Heat  1  Chris Basich, Loney, Holbrook, Jim Nicely, Eric Singhaus, Tim Arnold, Jeff Votaw, Mark Gardiner, Pauly Hess
Feature   Holbrook, Basich, Gardiner, Loney, Votaw, Singhaus, Arnold, Hess, Nicely
 
THRIFTY MUFFLER SUPER STOCKS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier   Kyle Moore  20.363
Summit Racing Equipment Heat 1  Moore, Brandon Gardner, Brandon Craver, Chase Alexander, Tyler Nicely, Todd Gallion, Cliff Staley, Chaz O'Dell, Troy Anderson
Summit Racing Equipment Heat 2  Bob Daugherty, Jeremy Lynch, Shawn Cains, Chris Gibbs, Mitch Caskey, Kelly Kaufman, Brad Eagle, Jon Preston, Chuck Issac dns
Feature   Gardner, Craver, Moore, Cains, Lynch, Alexander, Whitten, O'Dell, Gallion, Nicely, Gibbs, Eagle, Staley, Daugherty, Kaufman, Caskey, Preston, Anderson, Issac
 
WQKT MINI STOCKS
Heat  1  Brad Hensel, Jason Shaw, Doug Hensel, Mitch Reichard, Jeff Barker, Lester Berry, Jeff Edwards, Randy Gibson, Ron Cogan, Adam Kern, Mitch Ling
Feature  Shaw, B. Hensel, D. Hensel, Reichard, Berry, Barker, Edwards, Kern, Gibson, Cogan, Ling dns
 
MINI WEDGES
Heat  1  Tanner McLoughlin, Zoe Stafford, Danny Selway, Logan Duncan, Billy Dawson, Matthew Moore
Feature  Stafford, Duncan, Dawson, Selway, McLoughlin, Moore