Saturday, May 11, 2013
Millersburg, Ohio
By Mike Swanger
The racing action opened up with mostly cloudy conditions then ended with the sky unloading the rain and cutting short the nights action at Hilltop Speedway. Loudonville's George Lee dominated the Holmes Tire late model action as he set the Dzugan Fire & Rescue fast time, won the dash to start on the pole of the feature and led all the way in the 25 lap event to post his first win of the season aboard the Cowen Truck Line, LSI, and Mudslinger Coffee #61. Charlie Duncan would challenge the 'General' early on, but he and Brad Malcuit dueled for second with an intense battle going on behind them that consisted of Ryan Markham, Rick Bond, JR. Gentry, heat winners Todd Brennan and Tyler Carpenter along with Ty Myers. Through the middle part of the race they were three wide and changing positions and lines all race lond as Lee drove away and Duncan secured second. With five to go, Gentry dropped with mechanical problems as Malcuit, Carpenter and Myers went three wide down the front stretch with Carpenter and Malcuit touching and sending Malcuit into the wall, ending his night with Carpenter also going pitside. On the restart, Lee would again speed away as Myers, who started ninth, tried to chase down Duncan for second and Bond and Brennan would bend some fenders before finishing in that order.
Mansfield's Bob Daugherty and John Wilson posted the heat wins to start on the front row of the Street Stock feature and they would run 1and 2 for the first two laps when Kyle Moore took over second with Brandon Gardner taking third from Wilson. Moore tried every line he could to get around the Char's Cars and Met's Machine Shop #21d of Daugherty and then on lap 11 got tangled up with the lapped car of Brian Simpson, ending their race. Daugherty held off Gardner on the restart to collect his second win of the season as Wilson claimed third with 14th starting Ryan Wisecarver taking fourth over Kyle Dickinson.
John Large started on the pole of the Bugs-R- Gone Truck race but spun out on the first lap and went to the back of the line on the restart as Warsaw's Cole Lillibridge took over and he never looked back and chalked up his third win of the season in the #52 truck with Rolly Heyder, Kevin Potts, John Large and Moose Workman filling out the top five as rain started to fall at the end of the feature. Heat winners were Large and Lillibridge.
Tracy Fritter of Zanesville zoomed into the lead at the drop of the green flag for the Modlite feature and he would never be challenged as Kenny Meadows was in pursuit with Kevin Nicolino, Tyler Frankenberry, Doug Stanley, David Innes and Brian Stuhldreher dicing for third. With a light rain falling, Nicolino would spin on lap ten to bring out the caution. Two more laps would get recorded before the rain picked up and the race was called complete just three laps short of the scheduled 15 laps with Fritter, Meadows, Frankenberry, Stanley and Innes the top five. Meadows and Fritter won the heats.
The Mike's Service Mini Wedge youngsters continue to impress as Millersburg's Tristen Brown and Braxton Wilson, the two heat winners, went side by side and back and forth in their feature with Brown sling shotting out of turn four to edge Wilson for the win at the finish line. Nick Large ran a close third with Karyssa Beagle and Brook Dawson rounding out the top five.
The rain caused the Raceday Photo Modifieds and the Thompson's Garage Mini Stocks features to be postponed until next week as they will have double features as next Saturday, May 18th will bring in the ADRA Late Models going for $2,000 to win, the Street Stocks along with the Mini Wedges as the Bugs-R-Gone trucks take the night off. For more information, check the website at http://www.hilltopspeedway.org/
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Saturday, May 11, 2013
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier George Lee 14.297
Dash Lee, Brad Malcuit, Charlie Duncan, Ryan Markham, JR Gentry, Rick Bond dns
Heat 1 Todd Brennan, Ty Myers, Eric Smitley, David Liles, Travis Leyda, Mike Swansiger
Heat 2 Tyler Carpenter, Wayne Maffett Jr., Justin Patterson, Billy Goerz, Cody Smith, Dan Snyder
Feature George Lee, Charlie Duncan, Ty Myers, Rick Bond, Todd Brennan, Ryan Markham, Wayne Maffett Jr., David Liles, Billy Goerz, Mike Swansiger, Dan Snyder, Tyler Carpenter, Brad Malcuit, JR Gentry, Eric Smitley, Travis Leyda, Cody Smith, Justin Patterson
STREET STOCKS
Heat 1 Bob Daugherty, Kyle Moore, Brandon Gardner, Chaz O'Dell, Bob Chilcote, Tom Wilson, Cliff Staley, Todd Swim
Heat 2 John Wilson, Kyle Dickinson, Mitch Caskey, Brian Simpson, Jason Shairer, Gary Hensel Sr., Ryan Wisecarver, Dave Giaugue
Feature Bob Daugherty, Brandon Gardner, John Wilson, Ryan Wisecarver, Kyle Dickinson, Chaz O'Dell, Mitch Caskey, Bob Chilcote, Brian Simpson, Jason Shairer, Cliff Staley, Kyle Moore, Tom Wilson, Gary Hensel Sr.
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS
Heat 1 John Large, David Potts, Moose Workman, Brad Phillips, Josey Lillibridge, Jerry Gardner
Heat 2 Cole Lillibridge, Rolly Heyder, Kevin Potts, Jim Large, Dewey Powell, Travis Winterringer
Feature Cole Lillibridge, Rolly Heyder, Kevin Potts, John Large, Moose Workman, Brad Phillips, Jerry Gardner, Dewey Powell, Jim Large, Josey Lillibridge, Travis Winterringer, David Potts
MOD LITES
Heat 1 Kenny Meadows, Doug Stanley, Tyler Frankenberry, David Innes, Brian Stuhldreher, John McNutt, Jeff Burns
Heat 2 Tracy Fritter, Kevin Nicolino, Nick Crider, Danny Mumaw, Wayne Kintz, Joe Burkhead, JB Barton
Feature Tracy Fritter, Kenny Meadows, Tyler Frankenberry, Doug Stanley, David Innes, Brian Stuhldreher, Nick Crider, Danny Mumaw, Wayne Kintz, Kevin Nicolino, Joe Burkhead, JB Barton, John McNutt, Jeff Burns
MIKE'S SERVICE MINI WEDGES
Heat 1 Braxton Wilson, Hannah Rose, Zoe Stafford, Brooke Dawson, Chase Settles, Billy Dawson, Aiden Fritter
Heat 2 Tristen Brown, Destinie Bates, Nick Large, Logan Duncan, Taylor Huggins, Karyssa Beagle, Cadien Black
Feature Tristen Brown, Braxton Wilson, Nick Large, Karyssa Beagle, Brooke Dawson, Destinie Bates, Aiden Fritter, Hannah Rose, Logan Duncan, Taylor Huggins, Zoe Stafford, Billy Dawson, Cadien Black, Chase Settles
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS
Fast Qualifier Anthony Kinkade 15.483
Dash Robin Duston, Matt Samples, Kevin Morehouse, Kinkade, Nathan Loney, Norm Aronhalt
Heat 1 Rick Mardis, Bruce Miller, Eric Singhaus, Tim Arnold, Robert Page
Heat 2 John Sluka, Vic Hottinger, Hilton Eppley, Pauly Hess, Nick Cox dns
Feature Rained out Race on May 18th
THOMPSON'S GARAGE MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Billy Parsons, Gary Hensel Jr., Blaine Markey, JR Carpenter, Dustin Daugherty, Tim Workman, Arlen Kemp, Jeff Barker
Heat 2 Brad Hensel, James Priebe, Jason St. John, Mike Rose, Terry Adkins, Jimmy Fitzwater, Jerry Adkins
Heat 3 Jordan James, Kevin Markey, Trae Schonauer, Jeff Edwards, Lenny Orr, Kenny Long, Colton Priebe
Feature Rained out Race on May 18th
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Millersburg, Ohio
By Mike Swanger
Millersburg's Charlie Duncan has been knocking on victory circles door all season long and Saturday night it finally opened as he won the dash to start on the pole of the feature and then beat Ty Myers into turn one at the start and then led all the way aboard Hall's Auto Sales, Sluss Realty and Malcuit engines #240 for his first win of the year. As Duncan would enlarge his lead on each lap, Ryan Markham challenged Myers for second and they would go back and forth until Markham grabbed second for good on lap 17. A caution on lap twenty would bunch the field together and Markham would make a run on Duncan on the restart but came up short as Myers held on to third with JR Gentry, who was driving the #83 of Justin Patterson, finishing fourth as Brad Malcuit held off Dzugan Fire & Rescue fast qualifier George Lee for fifth. Wayne Maffett Jr. posted his second heat win of the season.
Jesse Wisecarver had won the first four Raceday Photo Modified races and was looking like he was on his way to another win after taking the point from Lance Elson on lap three of the feature. Anthony Kinkade and dash winner Elson battled for second until lap eight when fast qualifier Norm Aronhalt and heat winner Kevin Morehouse moved past Elson. A caution flag with five to go put the field in single file and on the restart Aronhalt and his Service Welding and Dari Hut #309 went to the highside and made quick work of Kinkade and then rocketed by Wisecarver coming out of turn four with four to go to pocket his first win of the year. Kinkade held off Morehouse for third as Robin Duston filled out the top five. Vic Hottinger also picked up a heat win.
Heat winners Brandon Gardner and Steve Wolford paced the Street Stock feature to the green flag and it was Miamisburg's Brandon Gardner taking control with last week's winner, Kyle Moore, sliding into second. Gardner and his Schaffer Oil, Innovative Graphics and GLR #27g built up a comfortable lead and drive to his third win of the season and his 41st all time victory at Hilltop. Moore was challenged late by Ryan Wisecarver for second but held on as Wolford took fifth and John Wilson out dueled Bob Chilcote for fifth.
Dustin Daugherty was looking for his second win of the season as he led the way for the opening three laps of the Thompson's Garage Mini Stock feature but it was Wooster's Brad Hensel slipping the Sportsman Bar and DJ Directional Services #28 to the top spot at that point and then held off Daugherty the rest of the way for his first win. Eighth starting Jerry Adkins moved past Billy Parsons with two to go for third as Gary Hensel Jr. claimed fifth. Daugherty, Hensel and Parsons topped the heats.
The Bugs-R-Gone Trucks heat winners of Rolly Heyder and Cole Lillibridge start on the front row with Heyder leading the first lap and Lillibridge taking over from there with Kevin Potts and John Large racing for third. A caution flag on the white flag lap would make it a one lap shoot out and as the field took the green flag, Heyder would pull up beside Lillibridge and as they came out of turn two made contact but kept going and as they came to the finish line Heyder was shown the black flag for rough driving giving the apparent win to Lillibridge but his truck did not pass post race inspection, giving the win to Sunbury's Potts and his Tickets Galore, Welders on Wheels and Proscape Landscaping #8k. John Large, Tom Garlick, Jim Large and Travis Winterringer rounded out the top five.
Colliers WVa's Phil Bubeck went flag to flag to pocket his second Mini Wedge victory of the season as Blake Morris ran second with Braxton Wilson, Tristen Brown and Chase Settles filling out the top five. In the second feature Jeromesville's Hannah Rose led all the way with Zoe Stafford, Nick Large, Caiden Black and Noah Bubeck trailing. Morris, P. Bubeck and Brown won the heats.
Starting next Saturday, racing will begin at 7:30 pm at Hilltop Speedway with Hot Laps and Qualifying at 6 pm at it will be another regular show with the Modlites returning to action. On Saturday, May 18th, the ADRA Late Models will roll into Hilltop Speedway with a $2,000 to win show.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Saturday, May 4, 2013
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier George Lee 14.399
Dash Charlie Duncan, Ty Myers, JR Gentry, Ryan Markham, Brad Malcuit, Lee
Heat 1 Wayne Maffett Jr., Rick Bond, Bryan Casey, Weston Hutchinson, Aaron Phillis, Scott Smith, Jimmy Morey, Steve Prince, Brian Giaugue
Feature Duncan, Markham, Myers, Gentry, Malcuit, Lee, Hutchinson, Maffett Jr., Phillis, Casey, Morey, Bond, Smith, Giaugue dns, Prince dns
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS
Fast Qualifier Norm Aronhalt 15.561
Dash Lance Elson, Anthony Kinkade. Jesse Wisecarver, Aronhalt, Jimmy Smith, Matt Samples
Heat 1 Vic Hottinger, Robin Duston, Beau Bradley, Aaron Scott, John Sluka, Rick Mardis, Pauly Hess
Heat 2 Kevin Morehouse, Mike Mizer, Rory Reed, Tim Arnold, Casey Fritz, Tyler Evans
Feature Aronhalt, Wisecarver, Kinkade, Morehouse, Duston, Sluka, Mardis, Samples, Reed, Bradley, Arnold, Hottinger, Hess, Smith, Elson, Mizer, Scott, Fritz, Evans
STREET STOCKS
Heat 1 Brandon Gardner, Kyle Moore, Ryan Wisecarver, John Wilson, Dave Haven Jr., Dave Giaugue, Allan Rodehaver
Heat 2 Steve Wolford, Bob Chilcote, Chad Craver, Brian Simpson, Tom Wilson, Gary McGregor, Cliff Staley
Feature Gardner, Moore, Wisecarver, Wolford, Wilson, Chilcote, Craver, Haven Jr., Giaugue, Simpson, Staley, Wilson, Rodehaver, McGregor dns
THOMPSON'S GARAGE MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Dustin Daugherty, James Priebe, Jason King, Jason St. John, Tim Workman, Samantha St. John, Jordan James
Heat 2 Brad Hensel, Gary Hensel Jr., Jerry Adkins, Kevin Markey, Steve Foley, Arlen Kemp, Kenny Long, Kevin Matthew
Heat 3 Billy Parsons, Mike Rose, Blain Markey, JC Carpenter, Trae Schonauer, Matt Kemp, Mark Barone, #73
Feature Hensel, Daugherty, Adkins, Parsons, Hensel Jr., Priebe, Rose, B. Markey, J. St. John, Carpenter, King, Schonauer, K. Markey, Foley, M. Kemp, Long, A. Kemp, #73, Matthew, Workman, Barone, S. St. John, James dns
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS
Heat 1 Rolly Heyder, Tom Garlick, Ben Brannon, Josey Lillibridge, Travis Winterringer, Moose Workman, Jerry Gardner
Heat 2 Cole Lillibridge, John Large, Kevin Potts, Dewey Powell, Brad Phillips, Jim Large
Feature Potts, Jo. Large, Garlick, Ji. Large, Winterringer, Phillips, Gardner, Powell, Workman, J. Lillibridge, Brannon, Heyder bf, C. Lillibridge dq'd
MINI WEDGES
Heat 1 Blake Morris, Taylor Huggins, Logan Duncan, Brayden Renfrew, Noah Bubeck, Billy Dawson dns
Heat 2 Tristen Brown, Tyler Tennant, Chase Settles, Zoe Stafford, Brooke Dawson, Cadien Black
Heat 3 Phil Bubeck, Charity Bubeck, Braxton Wilson, Destinie Bates, Hannah Rose, Nick Large
Feature 1 P. Bubeck, Morris, Wilson, Brown, Settles, Tennant, Duncan, C. Bubeck dq'd, Huggins dns
Feature 2 Rose, Stafford, Large, Black, N. Bubeck, Bates, Renfrew dq'd, Br. Dawson dns, Bi. Dawson dns
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, April 27, 2013
By Mike Swanger
The warmest weather of the year brought another big crowd and some more fast racing to Hilltop Speedway Saturday night. Zanesville's Jesse Wisecarver started the Raceday Photo's Modifieds night out by setting fast time but it was dash winner Tanner Wilson and Norm Aronhalt leading the field to the green flag for their feature with Tanner setting the pace for the first two laps as Wisecarver pulled into second at the drop of the green. Following caution on lap 2, Wisecarver powered past Wilson on the restart with Aronhalt, Kevin Morehouse and Jess Hartman doing the same. Those three would change positions during the next 6 laps when Morehouse would secure second and begin tracking down Wisecarver at the halfway mark as Aronhalt and Hartman dueled for third. Using the low groove, Morehouse closed in on Wisecarver through the corners but the Decker's Auto Service and Russ James Excavating #101 would pull away down the straightaways and win his fourth in a row by a couple of car lengths over Morehouse with Aronhalt, Hartman and Wilson following. Lance Elson and Jimmy Smith topped the heats with Beau Bradley claiming the last chance win.
Holmes Tire Late Model dash winner Rick Bond lead the way for the opening five circuits of the feature before JR Gentry took over with Charlie Duncan in third followed by fast qualifier Doug Drown, who timed in at 13.809, less than 3 tenths of a second off the track record. Bond would spin on lap nine and on the Delaware restart, Drown moved past Duncan and challenged Gentry for the lead and took over at the halfway point but Gentry came right back two laps later to regain the lead. Wooster's Drown, who started fifth, used the highside and reclaimed the top place with eight laps to go and held off the low groove running Gentry the rest of the way to put the Weekley Electric and Wooster Glass # 63 in victory lane for the second time this year. Duncan held on to third as ninth starting Ty Myers grabbed fourth in front of Ryan Markham. Bryan Casey and George Lee won the heats.
With 2 cautions and one red flag happenning before one lap was complete, half the field was eliminated from the Street Stock feature before it recorded the first lap. A four car pile up on the back stretch that saw Bryan Simpson on his side caused the red flag but all driver were OK. Steve Wolford was on the pole to start the race but it was Mansfield's Kyle Moore charging into turn one for the lead and go flag to flag for his first win aboard the Moore Auto Sales and Hall's Auto Sales #2. With the win, Moore becomes the first driver to win in three different class' at Hilltop as he has won in the Mini Stocks and the Cruisers division's. Bob Daugherty took second from Wolford on lap seven as Wolford had to battle Ryan Wisecarver for third and successfully did with Bob Chilcote rounding out the top five.
Dustin Daugherty was looking for his second win in a row for the Thompson's Garage Mini Stock's and led the way for the opening seven laps when Jerry Adkins took over. His lead only lasted two laps as Loudonville's Jordan James took over from his fourth starting position and then finished out the race in front driving the Lochevale Farms and 1st Choice Stump Grinding #83. Adkins held off Jason St. John for second as Brad Hensel and Daugherty filled out the top five. Heat winners were Daugherty, Adkins and Hensel with Chris Priebe scoring the last chance win.
Warsaw's Cole Lillibridge repeated his opening night actions by winning his heat and the leading all the way in the Bugs-R-Gone Trucks race for his second win in 2013. Rolly Heyder kept the pressure on the #52 truck of Lillibridge but settled for second as Kevin and David Potts ran third and fourth with Jerry Gardner taking fifth. Travis Winterringer was also a heat winner.
Blake Morris of Zanesville won his heat and then went flag to flag for the win for his second Mini Wedge victory, Heat winners Tanner McLoughlin and Tristen Brown ran second and third with Cadien Black and Zoe Stafford rounding out the top five. Destinie Bates won the second feature over C.J. Kinneer, Logan Duncan, Brooke Dawson and Livia Large.
All six class' will be in action next Saturday night at Hilltop Speedway
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Saturday, April 27, 2013
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier Doug Drown 13.809
Dash Rick Bond, Charlie Duncan, JR Gentry, Ryan Markham, Shane McLoughlin
Heat 1 Bryan Casey, Ty Myers, John Wyer, Brad Malcuit, Mike Bores, Doug Smith, Todd Brennan
Heat 2 George Lee, Stev Prince, Wayne Maffett Jr., Eric Smitley, Blaine Aber, Weston Hutchinson
Feature Drown, Gentry, Duncan, Myers, Markham, Lee, Prince, Malcuit, Wyer, Bores, Hutchinson, Bond, Maffett Jr., Casey, Aber, Smitley, McLoughlin, Smith dns, Brennan dns
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS
Fast Qualifier Jesse Wisecarver 15.470
Dash Tanner Wilson, Norm Aronhalt, Wisecarver, Hartman, Morehouse, Rick Mardis
Heat 1 Lance Elson, John Sluka, Vic Hottinger, Casey Fritz, Eric Singhaus, Tim Arnold, Beau Bradley, Bob Page dns
Heat 2 Jimmy Smith, Matt Samples, Nathan Loney, Mike Mizer, Bruce Miller, Tom King, Mark Enos, Rory Reed
L.C.#1 Bradley, King, Reed, Arnold, Enos, Page dns
Feature Wisecarver, Morehouse, Aronhalt, Hartman, Wilson, Smith, Loney, Bradley, Sluka, Mardis, King, Singhaus, Miller, Fritz, Elson, Samples, Mizer, Hottinger
STREET STOCKS
Heat 1 Steve Wolford, Ryan Wisecarver, Kyle Dickinson, Tom Wilson, Jason Shairer, Mark Fergunson, Allen Rodehaver
Heat 2 Kyle Moore, Bob Daugherty, Bob Chilcote, Bryan Simpson, Dave Giaugue, Cliff Staley
Feature Moore, Daugherty, Wolford, Wisecarver, Chilcote, Shairer, Rodehaver, Dickinson, Staley, Fergunson, Simpson, Giaugue, Wilson
THOMPSON'S GARAGE MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Dustin Daugherty, Jordan James, Trae Schonauer, Tim Workman, Mike Rose, Kevin Markey, Chris Priebe, Billy Parsons, James Priebe
Heat 2 Jerry Adkins, Gary Hensel Jr., Jason St. John, Blaine Markey, Terry Adkins, Kenny Long, JR Carpenter, Samantha St. John, Mike Beckert
Heat 3 Brad Hensel, Greg Thompson, Dee Adkins, Jason King, Jeremy Lamp, Steve Foley, Colton Priebe, Tim Justice
L.C.#1 Ch. Priebe, J. Priebe, Parsons, Long, Carpenter, Co. Priebe, Justice, S. St. John, K. Markey, Foley, Beckert dns
Feature James, J. Adkins, J. St. John, Hensel, Daugherty, D. Adkins, B. Markey, Hensel Jr., Thompson, J. Priebe, Ch. Priebe, Parsons, Rose, King, Workman, Lamp, Schonauer, T. Adkins dns
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS
Heat 1 Travis Winterringer, Tom Garlick, Brad Phillips, Jim Large, Dewey Powell, Jerry Gardner, Josey Lillibridge
Heat 2 Cole Lillibridge, John Large, Kevin Potts, Rolly Heyder, Moose Workman, David Potts
Feature C. Lillibridge, Heyder, K. Potts, D. Potts, Gardner, Winterringer, Ji. Large, Garlick, Workman, Powell, Jo. Large, Phillips, J. Lillibridge dns
MINI WEDGES
Heat 1 Blake Morris, Braxton Wilson, Hannah Rose, Destinie Bates, Nick Large, Billy Dawson
Heat 2 Tristen Brown, Zoe Stafford, Chase Settles, Logan Duncan, Livia Large, Karyssa Beagle dns,
Heat 3 Tanner McLoughlin, Cadien Black, CJ Kinneer, Brooke Dawson, Brayden Renfrew dns
'A' Feature Morris, McLoughlin, Brown, Black, Stafford, Settles, Rose, Wilson
'B' Feature Bates, Kinneer, Duncan, Br. Dawson, L. Large, Beagle, Bi. Dawson
Saturday, April 20, 2013
By Mike Swanger
For the second year in a row, the Edge Renegades of Dirt kick off their season at Hilltop Speedway in front of a cold but big crowd with 40 modifieds checking into the pits. Tanner Wilson would start the night by setting the 2 Brothers Motorsports fast time as the heat wins went to Jesse Wisecarver, Kyle Strickler, Kevin Morehouse and Jess Hartman while Rick Aukland and John Sluka posted the last chance races. Wisecarver of Zanesville won the first two features at Hilltop in his own car but tonite drove the UNOH, South Point, and 2 Brothers Motorsports #62. Starting on the outside front row, Wisecarver beat Hartman into turn one but a caution, the only one of the race, for Nascar's Kenny Schrader who spun Deanna Groves around. The second start saw the same thing as Wisecarver grabbed the lead with Morehouse pulling into second in front of Hartman. Morehouse and Hartman battled for second as Wisecarver would lead but as lapped traffic came into play, Morehouse was able to pull alongside Wisecarver on a couple of occasions but could never find the opening to get around Wisecarver's machine as he picked his way through the backmarkers and post his third win of the season at Hilltop. Morehouse and Hartman finished second and third as Mark Dickson and Anthony Kincade rounded out the top five.
Doug Drown and Tyler Carpenter were the feature winners in the first two weeks of the Holmes Tire Late Models at Hilltop and those two went at it for the win this week. Charlie Duncan and Carpenter won the heats to start on the front row with dash winner Ryan Markham and Dzugan Fire and Rescue fast qualifier Drown in the second row. At the drop of the green flag, Carpenter jumped into the lead with Drown on his bumper and the race was on as each lap they would out maneuver each other to swap the lead on each lap. As they pulled away from the field, Duncan, Markham and JR Gentry dueled for third with Scott Peltz, Steve Prince and Shane McLoughlin all bunched together. With four laps to go, Carpenter of Parkersburg WVa put his Pro Tech and Kryptonite Race Cars #28 secured the lead from Drown for the last time to pocket his second win in a row. Markham finished third with Peltz and Prince working their way into a top five finish.
Kyle Moore and Ryan Wisecarver won the heats of the Street Stocks to earn the right to start on the front row of their feature but Moore did not answer the bell for the start and that would move Miamisburg's Brandon Gardner to the pole and he would take the Innovative Graphics, Schaffer Oil, and GLR #27g and drive away from the field for his 40th all time win at Hilltop. The only thing that made it close was a caution flag on the last lap. Jason Jarrett ran second all race with challenges from Bob Daugherty, Kyle Dickinson and Todd Swim as the finished in that order.
Lakeville's Dustin Daugherty and Jerry Adkins must have been watching the Late Model feature closely as the went back and forth all race long in the Thompson's Garage Mini Stock Main with Daugherty and his Loudonville Tire #23d edging out Adkins for his first ever win at Hilltop. Jason St. John ran a close third as the chance to overtake the leaders never came about. Brad Hensel finished fourth as last chance winner and 16th starting Jordan James worked his way into fifth. Daugherty, Adkins and Blain Markey topped the heats.
Racing continues next Saturday, April 27th with the Late Models, Modifieds, Street Stocks Mini Stocks, Trucks, and Min Wedges all in action.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Saturday, April 20, 2013
RENEGADE'S OF DIRT MODIFIEDS
2 Brothers Motorsports Fast Qualifier Tanner Wilson 15.627
Heat 1 Jesse Wisecarver, Wilson, Travis Dickson, Gary Clark, Rick Aukland, Scott Stiffler, Kyle Warner, Tim Arnold, Bud Watson, Robin Duston
Heat 2 Kyle Strickler, Anthony Kincade, Deanna Groves, Dave McWilliams, Hilton Eppley, Kevin Miller, Beau Bradley, Vic Hottinger, Justin Hart, Brian Douglas dns
Heat 3 Kevin Morehouse, Rich Michaels, Ken Schrader, Kyle Brown, Amanda Stiffler, Mark Enos, Lance Elson, Nathan Loney, Nick Cox, Eric Singhaus dns
Heat 4 Jess Hartman, Mark Dickson, Taylor Cook, John Sluka, Joel Watson, Rick Mardis, Casey Fritz, Bob Page, Kevin Mattingly, Jeremy Sluka dns
L.C. #1 Auckland, Clark, S. Stiffler, Bradley, Duston, Warner, Arnold, Miller, Hart, Hottinger, B. Watson, Eppley, McWilliams, Douglas dns
L.C. #2 J. Sluka, Brown, J. Watson, Singhaus, Page, Fritz, A. Stiffler, Elson, Cox, Enos, Loney, Mardis, Mattingly dns, Je. Sluka dns
Feature Wisecarver, Morehouse, Hartman, M. Dickson, Kincade, Wilson, T. Dickson, Cook, J. Watson, Aukland, Michaels, S. Stiffler, Clark, Loney, Groves, Strickler, Schrader, Elson, Brown, McWilliams, J. Sluka dns
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier Doug Drown 14.569
Dash Ryan Markham, Drown, Matt Irey, JR Gentry
Heat 1 Charlie Duncan, Scott Peltz, Steve Prince, Eric Smitley, Josh Haynes, Doug Smith, Scott Smith
Heat 2 Tyler Carpenter, Aaron Phillis, Shane McLoughlin, Wayne Maffett Jr., Keith Tish, Hiriam Bachmann, Brian Giaugue
Feature Carpenter, Drown, Markham, Peltz, Prince, McLoughlin, Gentry, Maffett Jr., Smitley, Tish, Bachmann, Irey, Duncan, Phillis, Giaugue, D. Smith, S, Smith, Haynes
STREET STOCKS
Heat 1 Kyle Moore, Jason Jarrett, Bob Chilcote, Brandon Craver, Jason Shairer, Nathan Goodman, Pauly Hess dns
Heat 2 Ryan Wisecarver, Todd Swim, Bob Daugherty, Mitch Caskey, Scott Richardson, Brian Simpson, Dustin Warner
Heat 3 Brandon Gardner, Colt Maxwell, Brad Eagle, Kyle Dickinson, Chaz O'Dell, Dave Giaugue, Mark Fergunson
Feature Gardner, Jarrett, Daugherty, Wisecarver, Swim, Maxwell, Dickinson, Caskey, O'Dell, Craver, Giaugue, Eagle, Chilcote, Simpson, Richardson, Hess, Goodman, Fergunson, Shairer, Warner, Moore dns
THOMPSON'S GARAGE MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Jerry Adkins, Chris Priebe, Jason St. John, Billy Parsons, Kenny Long, Tim Workman, Jordan James, Terry Adkins dns
Heat 2 Dustin Daugherty, James Priebe, Jason King, Brad Hensel, Kevin Mathew, Samantha St. John, Gary Hensel Jr. dns
Heat 3 Blain Markey, Trae Schonaur, Mike Rose, Kevin Markey, Matt Kemp, Arlen Kemp, Moose Workman
L.C. #1 James, Hensel Jr., A. Kemp, T. Workman, M. Workman, S. St. John, T. Adkins dns
Feature Daugherty, J. Adkins, J. St. John, B. Hensel, James, Hensel Jr., King, Rose, Parsons, B. Markey, Long, J. Priebe, Mathew, K. Markey, C. Priebe, A. Kemp, M. Kemp, Schonaur
Saturday, April 6, 2013
By Mike Swanger
Driving the ProTech and Kryptonite Race Cars X car, Parkersburg's Tyler Carpenter won the dash of the Holmes Tire Late Models and then at the drop of the green for the feature, drove away from the field for win in front of another full house at the Holmes County speedplant. Dzugan Fire and Rescue quick qualifier Devon Moran started outside front row and ran a distant second while George Lee fended off every move heat winner Corey Conley had to finish third for the second week in a row. Charlie Duncan rounded out the top five as Shane McLoughlin won the other heat. For the second week in a row, the feature went non stop, this week in less than nine minutes.
Jess Hartman won the dash of the Raceday Photos Modifieds but it was fast qualifier from Zanesville, Jesse Wisecarver grabbing the lead going into turn one and then hold off early challenges from Hartman and then Nathan Loney and Tanner Wilson as both got by Hartman on lap five as they would duel for second. The caution filled feature would never let Wisecarver and his Russ James Excavating #101 build up a big lead. Wilson would exit with five laps to go as Robin Duston, Rory Reed and Hartman, who had dropped back to seventh at the halfway mark, battled for third. Reed would spin on the last lap to lose out on a top five position. Picking up his second win of the season, Wisecarver held off Loney as Hartman came back to claim third as Duston finished fourth with John Sluka scoring his second straight fifth place. Loney and Duston topped the heats.
Heat winners Bob Daugherty and Brandon Gardner led the Street Stock main to the green flag with last week's winner, Gardner, taking the point but mechanical issues put him pitside on lap two. Daugherty of Mansfield, who dropped out early last week, inherited the lead with Bob Chilcote putting the heat on the Char's Cars and Met's Machine Shop #21d, early on. Working his way through the field was 13th starting Ryan Wisecaver as at the halfway mark was fourth. He and Mitch Caskey along with Todd Swim went toe to toe for third. A caution with three to go bunched the field together and on the restart, Wisecarver powered past Chilcote, who finishes third for second week in a row, with Swim overtaking Caskey, who records his second straight fifth place finish.
Greg Thompson gave up to the lead to Loudonville's Jordan James on lap two of the Thompson's Garage Mini Stock main and then put the 1st Choice Stump Grinding and Thompson Memorials #83 in victory lane. Brad Hensel would work through the field from his eighth starting place and edge out Thompson at the line for second. Last weeks winner, James Priebe finished fourth as Jerry Adkins rounded out the top five. Heat wins went to Terry Adkins, Thompson, James and Gary Hensel Jr. with Jeff Barker pacing the last chance race.
The Bugs-R-Gone Trucks would see the father-son combination of Kevin and David Potts win the heats and then Dad Kevin go flag to flag aboard the Sunbury based Proscape Landscaping and Tickets Galore #8k for the win as David would follow in his tire tracks.Rolly Heyder made a couple of runs on David Potts for second but settled for third as John Large running fourth and last weeks winner, Cole Lillibridge, rounding out the top five.
The Mod Lites took to Hilltop Speedway for the first time this year and it was Deerfield's Kenny Meadows and his Job Rite Pool and Spa's #10t leading all the way for the win. Jay Dye ran uncontested for second while Kevin Nicolino held off Brian Stuhldreher and David Innes for third. Meadows and Dye won the heats races.
Twenty two Mini Wedges pulled into the pits with Levi Bowen, Blake Morris, Triston Brown, and Phil Bubeck posting the heat wins. They were divided up to make two features and Zanesville's Morris and his Morris Trucking #1 out racing Bowen, who spun on the last lap, for the win as Braxton Wilson finished second with Hannah Rose, Bubeck and Tanner McLoughlin filling out the top five of the first feature. In the second feature, Destinie Bates took the lead on lap two from Tyler Tennant who would come back on the next lap to regain the lead and go on the park in victory lane. Dan Selway finished second as Brooke Dawson edged out Karyssa Beagle for third as Chase Settles settled for fifth.
Hilltop Speedway will not be racing next week, April 13th, but will be back in action on Saturday, April 20th with the Renegades of Dirt Modified tour rolling in for a $2,000 to win show and the Holmes Tire Late Models also going for a $2,000 to win feature. The Street Stocks, Mini Stocks and the Mini Wedges also on the docket as the Bugs-R-Gone Trucks take the night off. Check out the website at http://www.hilltopspeedway.net/ for the latest updates.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Saturday, April 6, 2013
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier Devon Moran 15.574
Dash Tyler Carpenter, Moran, George Lee, JR Gentry
Heat 1 Corey Conley, Charlie Duncan, Brad Malcuit, Ty Myers, Keith Tish, Bryan Casey, Justin Patterson, Josh Miller
Heat 2 Shane McLoughlin, Wayne Maffett Jr., Steve Prince, Jesse Wisecarver, Dan Snyder, Aaron Phillis, Eric Smitley
Feature Carpenter, Moran, Lee, Conley, Duncan, Prince, McLoughlin, Gentry, Maffett Jr., Myers, Malcuit, Casey, Tish, Smitley, Snyder, Patterson, Miller, Wisecarver, Phillis
RACEDAY PHOTO MODIFIEDS
Fast Qualifier Jesse Wisecarver 16.512
Dash Jess Hartman, Wisecarver, Vic Hottinger, Jimmy Smith
Heat 1 Nathan Loney, Rick Mardis, Hilton Eppley, John Sluka, Matt Samples, Bruce Miller, Robert Page, Mark Enos
Heat 2 Robin Duston, Tanner Wilson, Tim Arnold, Lance Elson, Casey Fritz, Nick Cox, Rory Reed, Kyle Woods dns
Feature Wisecarver, Loney, Hartman, Duston, Sluka, Fritz, Arnold, Reed, Wilson, Mardis, Page, Miller, Enos, Hottinger, Eppley, Samples, Smith dns, Elson dns, Woods dns, Cox dns
STREET STOCKS
Heat 1 Bob Daugherty, Mitch Caskey, Todd Swim, Pauly Hess, Dave Giaugue, Rob Scott, Ryan Wisecarver, Brad Eagle, Kyle Moore
Heat 2 Brandon Gardner, Bob Chilcote, Brandon Welker, Tom Wilson, Brian Simpson, Kelly Kaufman, Scott Richardson, Cliff Staley, Chaz O'Dell dns
Feature Daugherty, Wisecarver, Chilcote, Swim, Caskey, Moore, Hess, Giaugue, Welker, Kaufman, Richardson, Simpson, Staley, Scott, Wilson, Gardner, Eagle dns, O'Dell dns
THOMPSON'S GARAGE MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Terry Adkins, Mark Adkins, Mitch Ling, Michael Rose, Jeff Barker, Tim Workman, Arlen Kemp
Heat 2 Greg Thompson, Blain Markey, Matt Kemp, Jeremy Lucas, Samantha St. John, Logan Martin, Kenny Long dns
Heat 3 Jordan James, James Priebe, Jerry Adkins, Chris Priebe, Trae Shoenauer, Billy Parsons, Kevin Markey
Heat 4 Gary Hensel Jr., Brad Hensel, Dustin Daugherty, Jason St. John, Kevin Matthew, KC Butler
L.C. 1 Barker, Parsons, K. Markey, Long, Butler, Matthew, A. Kemp, Workman, S.St. John, Martin dns, Shoenauer dns
Feature James, Hensel, Thompson, J. Priebe, J. Adkins, J. St. John, B. Markey, Daugherty, Lucas, Parsons, C. Priebe, M. Kemp, Barker, Hensel Jr., M. Adkins, T. Adkins, Ling, Rose
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS
Heat 1 David Potts, Brad Phillips, Jim Large, Dewey Powell, Cole Lillibridge
Heat 2 Kevin Potts, John Large, Rolly Heyder, Travis Winterringer, Tom Garlick
Feature K. Potts, D. Potts, Heyder, Jo. Large, Lillibridge, Phillips, J. Large, Garlick, Winterringer, Powell
MINI WEDGES
Heat 1 Levi Bowen, Braxton Wilson, Hannah Rose, Daniel Selway, Zoe Stafford, Noah Bubeck
Heat 2 Blake Morris, Nick Large, Tanner McLouglin, Tyler Tennant, Brayden Renfrew, Chase Settles
Heat 3 Triston Brown, Billy Dawson, CJ Kinneer, Karyssa Beagle, Cadien Black
Heat 4 Phil Bubeck, Jeff Dovenbarger, Destinie Bates, Brooke Dawson, Logan Burns
Feature 1 Morris, Wilson, Rose, P. Bubeck, McLouglin, Bi. Dawson, CJ Kinneer, Large, Bowen, Brown, Dovenbarger
Feature 2 Tennant, Renfrew, Br. Dawson, Beagle, Settles, N. Bubeck, Bates, Burns, Stafford, Black, Selway
MOD LITES
Heat 1 Jay Dye, Braden Dillinger, Tyler Frankenberry, Wayne Kintz, Nick Crider, Josh Crider, Michael Stewart, Danny Mumaw
Heat 2 Kenny Meadows, Kevin Nicolino, Brian Stuhldreher, David Innes, Joe Burkhead, Rich Bevington, John Schneider
Feature Meadows, Dye, Nicolino, Stuhldreher, Innes, Frankenberry, Burkhead, Kintz, Bevington, Schneider, Stewart, J. Crider, Dillinger, Mumaw dns, N. Crider dns
Saturday, March 30, 2013
By Mike Swanger
Hilltop Speedway swung open the gates for a full house on the first night of the season on a cool night but the action was mid season form. Charlie Duncan led the Holmes Tire Late Models to the green flag and set the pace for the opening three circuits before Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier Doug Drown of Wooster powered past to take the point. Duncan would hang tough for the next five laps but Drown would start to pull away as George Lee started to pester Duncan for second. Lee could never get past Duncan and in the closing laps, Steve Prince challenged Lee for third but came up short to take fourth as heat winner Wayne Maffett Jr. ran fifth. For Drown, driving the Weekley Electric #63, it was his 20th all time win at Hilltop.
Heat winners Kevin Morehouse and Gary Clark started on the front row of the Raceday Photos Modified main with Morehouse grabbing the lead as Fast Timer and Dash winner Jesse Wisecarver charged into second. The Zanesville driver would take the lead from Morehouse on lap 6 and never look back aboard the Outlaw 101. At the halfway mark, Jess Hartman slipped past Morehouse for second and they would go side by side for the next three laps with Hartman claiming second. Vic Hottinger and John Sluka filled out the top five.
Brandon Gardner and Bob Daugherty posted the heat wins for the Street Stocks to start on the front row of their feature with Gardner of Miamisburg jumping into the lead at the drop of the green. Kyle Moore quickly took over second and spent the whole race trying to track down the #27g of Gardner to no avail as he would post his 39th win all time at Hilltop. Bob Chilcote and Ryan Wisecarver dueled for third with Chilcote winning the battle as Mitch Caskey rounded out the top five.
Mechanical woes knocked out first lap leader Dustin Daugherty in the Thompson Garage Mini Stock feature as Killbuck's James Priebe would inherit the lead and then fend off Jerry Adkins all race long to put the #7 in victory lane. Finishing second to Billy Parsons in the Last Chance race, Brad Hensel climbed through the field from 18th starting spot to grab third in the feature. A three way battle for fourth saw Terry Adkins hold off brothers Blaine and Kevin Markey. Heat winners were Daugherty, Priebe, T. Adkins and B. Markey. A 4th lap red flag for Chris Priebe, who rolled over as Greg Thompson hit a ute tire straight on at full speed and went ovet top of the tire. Thompson was transported fo observatory reasons.
Warsaw's Cole Lillibridge ended last season with a feature win in the Bugs-R-Gone Trucks and started out this season by going flag to flag for the opening night win aboard the #52 truck. John Large gave a race long run in second as it got a little testy in the final few laps between Rolly Heyder and David Potts as Potts bounced of the back stretch wall as Heyder was black flagged for rough driving. Kevin Potts finished third with David Potts hanging on to fourth with Brad Phillips bringing home fifth. Lillibridge and D. Potts won the heats.
Phil Bubeck and Blake Morris started in the second row of the Mini Wedge main but both were one-two by the end of the first lap and they would go back and forth all race long for the lead and when the checkered flag waved, Colliers W.Va's Bubeck #4 won by inches over Morris. Nick Large, Braxton Wilson and Hannah Rose rounded out the top five as Tyler Tennant, Large and Morris topped the heats.
Regular action continues next Saturday night at Hilltop Speedway with the Mod Lites added to the racing card.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Saturday, March 30, 2013
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier- Doug Drown 15.163
Dash Charlie Duncan, Steve Prince, Drown, George Lee
Heat 1 Wayne Maffett Jr., Bryan Casey, JR Gentry, Aaron Phillis, Justin Patterson, Doug Smith
Feature Drown, Duncan, Lee, Prince, Maffett Jr., Casey, Gentry, Phillis, Patterson, Smith
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS
Fast Qualifier- Jesse Wisecarver 16.174
Dash Wisecarver, Jess Hartman, Matt Samples, Vic Hottinger
Heat 1 Kevin Morehouse, Robin Duston, Larry Kugel, Hilton Eppley, Tim Arnold, Kyle Woods dns
Heat 2 Gary Clark, John Sluka, Rick Mardis, Mark Enos, Nathan Loney, Pauly Hess dns
Feature Wisecarver, Hartman, Morehouse, Hottinger, Sluka, Samples, Kugel, Eppley, Mardis, Arnold, Clark, Duston, Loney, Enos dns, Woods dns, Hess dns
STREET STOCKS
Heat 1 Brandon Gardner, Bob Chilcote, Ryan Wisecarver, Jason Jarrett, Mitch Caskey, Darrick Hubbard Jr., Brian Simpson
Heat 2 Bob Daugherty, Kyle Moore, Pauly Hess, Chaz O'Dell, Cliff Staley, Mark Ferguson, Swim dns
Feature Gardner, Moore, Chilcote, Wisecarver, Caskey, O'Dell, Jarrett, Hess, Hubbard Jr., Staley, Daugherty, Swim, Simpson, Ferguson dns
THOMPSON GARAGE MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Dustin Daugherty, Chris Priebe, Kevin Markey, Jeff Barker, Bill Parsons, Brad Workman, Brad Hensel
Heat 2 James Priebe, Jerry Adkins, Arlen Kemp, Michael Rose, Trae Schonauer, Kevin Matthew, Samantha St. John
Heat 3 Terry Adkins, Jordan James, Kenny Long, JR Carpenter, Matt Kemp, Tim Workman, Colten Priebe
Heat 4 Blain Markey, Greg Thompson, Dee Adkins, Jeremy Lucas, Jason St. John, Mike Beckert, Gary Hensel Jr.
L.C. #1 Parsons, B. Hensel, M. Kemp, J. St. John, Schonauer, T. Workman, B. Workman, Beckert, S. St. John, Matthew, C. Priebe dns, Hensel Jr. dns
Feature J. Priebe, J. Adkins, Hensel, T. Adkins, B. Markey, K. Markey, Lucas, Long, Parsons, Barker, A. Kemp, Thompson, Cr. Priebe, Rose, Daugherty, Carpenter, D. Adkins, M. Kemp
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS
Heat 1 Cole Lillibridge, John Large, Kevin Potts, Jim Large, Rolly Heyder, Dwayne Powell,
Heat 2 David Potts, Brad Phillips, Travis Winterringer, Josey Lillibridge, Moose Workman
Feature C. Lillibridge, Jo. Large, K. Potts, D. Potts, Phillips, Winterringer, Powell, Ji. Large, Workman, Heyder bf, J. Lillibridge dns
MINI WEDGES
Heat 1 Tyler Tennant, Phil Bubeck, Triston Brown, Brayden Renfrew, Zoe Stafford, Jolene Voshel
Heat 2 Nick Large, Braxton Wilson, Destinie Bates, Logan Duncan, Billy Dawson
Heat 3 Blake Morris, Hannah Rose, Jeff Dovenbarger, Brooke Dawson, Caiden Black
Feature Bubeck, Morris, Large, Wilson, Rose, Tennant, Brown, Stafford, Black, Duncan, Renfrew, Br. Dawson, Bi. Dawson, Voshel, Dovenbarger, Bates dns
DRIVERS COLLECT AWARDS AT HILLTOP SPEEDWAY 2012 BANQUET
Millersburg, Ohio
November 4, 2012
The annual Hilltop Speedway awards banquet was held Saturday night at the Wooster American Legion as the top ten drivers in the six divisions received their awards. JR Gentry collected his first Holmes Tire Late Model championship trophy as he nipped Charlie Duncan by just one point for the crown. Gentry slipped past Duncan at the finish line on Season Championship night to gain the title as he totaled seven top five’s with two feature wins. This years Raceday Photos Modified crown is worn by Ryan West, his first, as he was the points leader for the most of the second half of the season and ended with seven top five’s and a 46 point bulge over Vic Hottinger. The Street Stock championship went to Kenny Daughriety Jr. for the second year in a row as he compiled one feature win and ten top five’s. John Wilson finished second in the points race for the third year in a row. Grabbing the feature win on opening night, Terry Adkins never looked back to reel in his first Hilltop Mini Stock title as he ended up with five feature wins and 14 top five’s to beat out Jerry Adkins. Seven wins and 14 top five’s propelled Kevin Potts to his third straight title in the Bugs-R-Gone Trucks as John Large finished second in the points. Seven year old Cody Stillion dominated the action on the track with 5 wins and 13 top five’s to claim his first Putt-N-Stuff wedge championship as Braxton Wilson, another seven year old, was second.
The awards followed the great meal and Promoter Jesse Wardell’s speech to inform everyone that more clay is in the process of being put on the track surface, next year will see money in the points fund, the early registration fee of $100 is now available for the 2013 season until March 1st, 2013 and opening night will be Saturday, March 30th with a practice season the week before.
HUTCHINSON & HENSEL HAUL IN BIG WINS AT HILLTOP’S WEEK-END ON THE HILL
Millersburg, Ohio
Sunday, September 30, 2012
By Mike Swanger
Eight class’ of cars competed in the 3rd annual Week-end on the Hill presented by Holmes Tire as the Mini Stocks were the featured class that started on Saturday night with Brett Adkins setting fast time of 18.779 of the 24 cars checking in. Brad Hensel, Blaine Markey and Greg Thompson posted the heat wins as track champion Terry Adkins topped the dash. Sunday’s action would begin with Don Ruffner lll captured the last chance race setting up the field for the 30 lap, $1,000 to win feature. Getting the first lap in took three attempts as top contenders Blaine and Kevin Markey, Thompson and Terry Adkins would all end up pitside before the first lap was completed. Once the race went and stayed green, Wooster’s Brad Hensel set the pace with Gary Hensel Jr. on his rear bumper with Brett Adkins pressuring the two front runners with Jerry Adkins and Jason St. John in pursuit. At the halfway mark, St. John powered his way to third and challenged Hensel Jr. for second as Brad Hensel kept his DJ Directional Services and Sportsman Bar #28 out front. The front five had pulled away from the rest of the field until a lap 16 caution flew and when the green reappeared, the rest of the field was bunched back up and the action heated up as both Jerry and Brett Adkins would tag the turn one guardrail and lose positions to Dustin Daugherty and Doug Hensel late in the race. As the white flag waved, Hensel Jr. and St. John made one last run at Brad Hensel but came up short as Brad Hensel pocketed his first win of the year and collected the big payday and the Bunker Pottery trophy.
The Holmes Tire Late Models would make their first appearance ever in the Week-end on the Hill on Sunday as Fast Freddie Carpenter would be the Team Dzugan Fire & Rescue quick qualifier and collect the $50 award. Weston Hutchinson, Eric Smitley and Wayne Maffett Jr. chalked up the heat wins as Charlie Duncan claimed the dash win as those four would make up the front two rows of the 30 lap, $2,000 to win main event. Mechanical problems for Maffett Jr. sidelined him on the opening lap as Hutchinson would speed out to a big lead as Smitley ran second with Duncan in a battle for third with Tyler Carpenter. As everyone was running the low groove on the slick surface, tenth starting George Lee decided to go high siding and started to pick up positions, and when the caution came out with four laps to go, not only erasing Hutchinson’s straightaway lead, but Lee was now in fourth behind Smitley and Duncan. With the green back out, Hutchinson reopened an 8 car length lead as Lee quickly disposed of Smitley and Duncan for second and closed the gap on Hutchinson but as the checkered flag flew, the Zanesville based Able Electric, Heating & Cooling, Adams Brothers Concrete, and Lowry Well Testing #12h won by a car length over Lee. Duncan held on to third as Freddie Carpenter edged past Smitley for fourth.
The Outlaw Mini Stocks made their yearly visit on Sunday with Randy Baker taking the lead from pole position but his hood popped up on his modified looking 4-cylinder and spun after running a lap with limited visiabilty, That would put Williamsport’s Chip Mack into the lead on the restart of lap three and the #95 late model looking machine would lead the rest of the way for the win. Kyle Moyer and Jeremy Krouskopf dueled for second while trying to keep up with Mack and in the end, Moyer took second over Krouskopf as Mike Linn came from his 11th starting spot to take fourth as Don Ruffner Sr. filled out the top five. Baker, Steve Cruze and Don Ruffner Jr. notched the heat wins.
The Modlites rounded out Sunday’s action with heat winners Cody Bova and Tracy Fritter topping the heats and earning front row starting spots for their feature. Numerous cautions slowed the early laps of the feature but once the green stayed out, Zanesville’s Fritter and his #29 cruised to the win as Bova ran second. It was a real battle for the rest of the top five as drivers were in and out of those place throught the race before Doug Stanley, who rolled over in his heat, ended up third, as Joe Burkhead and Nick Crider filled out the top five.
Saturday nights action saw the Raceday Photos Modifieds back in action with Kevin Morehouse being the fast timer as Josh Pyers, Ryan West and Nathan Loney securing the heat wins as Jesse Wisecarver locked up the dash win. Starting fourth in the feature, it took Wisecarver less than two laps to get by the three heat winner and grab the point as Morehouse took second on lap five. Disaster struck Wisecarver on lap nine as he smacked the wall in turn one, ending his night. On the restart, Newark’s Morehouse would pull away in the Port’s Petroleum #28 and never be challenged to pick up his second win of the season, opening night was his first, and 35th all time at Hilltop. West, this years track champ, and Vic Hottinger, 2nd in points, battled for second with West taking second with last chance winner and 16th starting, Rick Mardis taking fourth ahead of Eric Singhaus.
Driving the track champion Service Welding Supplies #20 car of Kenny Daughierty Jr, Matt Shroyer went flag to flag for the Street Stock victory, his first at Hilltop. Bob Daugherty ran second as Tory Gibbs out ran Glen Underwood and Brandon Craver for third. Shroyer, Brad Parker and Daugherty claimed the heat wins as Tom Wilson topped the last chance race.
Warsaw’s John Large beat fellow heat winner and track champ, Kevin Potts into turn one and led all the way to pick up his 4th Bugs-R-Gone truck feature of the season aboard the L&L Motors and Advance Auto Parts #17. Kevin Potts finished second ahead of son David as youngsters Mitch Caskey and Cole Lillibridge rounded out the top five.
Maybe the best feature of the week-end was the Putt-N-Stuff Wedges as lap one leader Blake Morris dropped out on lap two and then Zanesville’s Landon Wetzel and Tiffany Jackson traded the lead at least twice on every lap and when the checkered flag flew, Wetzel and his #11 snared his second win of the season. Jackson was a close second with Phil Bubeck right behind for third as track champ Cody Stillion in fourth followed by Trevor Graham. Heat wins went to Bubeck and Morris.
All the feature winners were presented trophies donated by Jim Large in memory of Pastor Jerry Reed who was the former track chaplain before passing away earlier in September.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY WEEK-END ON THE HILL PRESENTED BY HOLMES TIRE RESULTS
Saturday & Sunday September 29th & 30th
MINI STOCKS - 24 cars
Fast Qualifier Brett Adkins 18.779
Dash Terry Adkins, Gary Hensel Jr., Jerry Adkins, Brett Adkins
Heat 1 Brad Hensel, Dee Adkins, Mitch Reichard, Billy Parsons, Arlen Kemp, Sam Jones, Don Ruffner lll
Heat 2 Blaine Markey, Kevin Markey, Matt Kemp, James Priebe, JR Carpenter, Allen Swim, Tanner Stokovich
Heat 3 Greg Thompson, Jason St. John, Dustin Daugherty, Doug Hensel, Kenny Long, Donnie Wamsley
L.C. #1 Ruffner lll, Carpenter, Wamsley, Swim, Jones, A. Kemp, Stokovich (dns), Long (dns)
Feature B. Hensel, Hensel Jr., St. John, Daugherty, D. Hensel, Ruffner lll, J. Adkins, Carpenter, D. Adkins, Parsons, Wamsley, B. Adkins, M. Kemp, Priebe, Reichard, K. Markey, B. Markey, T. Adkins
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS - 22 cars
Team Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier Freddie Carpenter 15.963
Dash Charlie Duncan, Steve Prince, Tyler Carpenter, Freddie Carpenter
Heat 1 Weston Hutchinson, Casey Burdette, Ryan Markham, Dave Hornikel, Justin Chance, Brian Giaugue
Heat 2 Eric Smitley, Rick Bond, JR Gentry, Keith Tish, Hiriam Bachmann, Brandon Patton
Heat 3 Wayne Maffett Jr., George Lee, Devon Moran, Ty Myers, Aaron Phillis, Jim Morey
Feature Hutchinson, Lee, Duncan, F. Carpenter, Smitley, Burdette, T. Carpenter, Moran, Bond, Markham, Chance, Prince, Tish, Bachmann, Myers, Gentry, Morey, Hornikel, Phillis, Giaugue, Maffett Jr., Patton
OUTLAW MINI STOCKS - 20 cars
Heat 1 Randy Baker, Chip Mack, Chris Priebe, Dustin Daugherty, Keith Brofford, Steve Miller, Sam Jones
Heat 2 Steve Cruze, Kyle Moyer, Jeremy Krouskopf, Mike Linn, Brad Gebhart, Brian Nickles, John Schooler
Heat 3 Don Ruffner Jr., Don Ruffner Sr., Joe Johnson, Clint Carsey, Jay Sidinger, Jamey Baker
Feature Mack, Moyer, Krouskopf, Linn, Ruffner Sr., Johnson, Sidinger, Carsey, Miller, R. Baker, Gebhart, Daugherty, Cruze, Schooler, Nickles, Brofford, Ruffner Jr., Priebe, J. Baker (dns), Jones (dns)
MODLITES - 17 cars
Heat 1 Cody Bova, Nick Crider, Tim Hawkins, Brian Stuhldreher, Joe Burkhead, Jim Good, Wayne Kintz, Andy Hart, Levi Walters
Heat 2 Tracy Fritter, Chris Logan, Jim Gump, Dan Demyan, Andy Heath, Jacob Bova, David Innes, Doug Stanley
Feature Fritter, C. Bova, Stanley, Burkhead, Crider, Demyan, Logan, Good, J. Bova, Walters, Kintz, Gump, Stuhldreher, Hawkins, Hart, Heath, Innes (dns)
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS - 26 cars
Fast Qualifier Kevin Morehouse 15.358
Dash Jesse Wisecarver, Tanner Wilson, Morehouse, Robin Duston (dns)
Heat 1 Josh Pyers, Vic Hottinger, Tom King, Rory Reed, Lorain Lauvary, Jason Graham, Jesse Hartman, Robin Lashley
Heat 2 Ryan West, Rob Melzer, Eric Singhaus, Bob Sims, Kevin Potts, Bob Page, Virgil Eaches
Heat 3 Nathan Loney, Casey Fritz, Eddie Wilson, Randy Pennington, Jim Gerbasi, Dave Sampsel, Rick Mardis
L.C. #1 Mardis, Graham, Potts, Sampsel, Lashley, Page, Gerbasi, Lauvary, Hartman (dns), Eaches (dns)
Feature Morehouse, West, Hottinger, Mardis, Singhaus, Melzer, Reed, Pennington, Sims, Potts, King, Wisecarver, T. Wilson, Pyers, E. Wilson, Fritz, Graham, Duston (dns)
STREET STOCKS - 25 cars
Heat 1 Matt Shroyer, Kyle Dickinson, Todd Swim, Glen Underwood, Scott Richardson, Tom Ebert, Brandon Craver, Cody Krebs, Gary Hensel Sr.
Heat 2 Brad Parker, Bob Chilcote, Scott Wolford, Jason Hinton, Robert Smith, Bob Fry, Joe Spearman, Mark Fergunson
Heat 3 Bob Daugherty, Tory Gibbs, Charlie Dawson, Matt Wallick, Dave Haven Jr., Danny Gotschall, Tom Wilson, Cole Elkins
L.C. #1 Wilson, Gotschall, Craver, Fry, Ebert, Spearman, Krebs, Hensel Sr., Fergunson, Elkins (dns)
Feature Shroyer, Daugherty, Gibbs, Underwood, Craver, Smith, Wilson, Richardson, Gotschall, Ebert, Parker, Hinton, Dawson, Chilcote, Dickinson, Swim, Wallick, Fry (dns), Wolford (dns)
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS - 13 trucks
Heat 1 John Large, David Potts, Mitch Caskey, Gordon Zimmer, Ben Brannon, Cole Lillibridge, Travis Winterringer
Heat 2 Kevin Potts, Tom Garlick, Brad Phillips, Jerry Gardner, Jim Large, Logan Brannon
Feature Jo. Large, K. Potts, D. Potts, Caskey, Lillibridge, Garlick, Zimmer, Gardner, L. Brannon, B. Brannon, Ji. Large, Winterringer, Phillips
PUTT-N-STUFF WEDGES - 14 cars
Heat 1 Phil Bubeck, CJ Kinneer, Tiffany Jackson, Trevor Graham, Brayden Morey, Taylor Huggins, Nick Large
Heat 2 Blake Morris, Landon Wetzel, Braxton Wilson, Cody Stillion, Tyler Tennant, Evan Large, Caiden Black
Feature Wetzel, Jackson, Bubeck, Stillion, Graham, Huggins, N. Large, Wilson, E. Large, Tennant, Morey, Kinneer, Black, Morris
2012 RESULTS
GARDNER GARNISHES HILLTOP’S STREET STOCK GRAND; LEE & ARONHALT FLY TO CHECKERS
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, August 11, 2012
By Mike Swanger
Mother Nature decided to clear out and the cooler temps made for some fast racing on Susan’s Sportswear night at Hilltop Speedway as the Street Stocks were the featured class. Colt Maxwell set fast time with a 16.583 lap as Miamisburg’s Brandon Gardner, Kyle Dickinson and Todd Swim topped the heats with Jeremy Dickerson sprinting to the dash win. Gardner and Dickinson would pace the field to the green flag of the 20 lap event with Dickerson taking second on lap three as Matt Schroyer moved into third two laps later. Maxwell would bring out a caution on lap eight as he smacked the turn one guardrail as he was running fifth, that ended his night. As the race went back to green, Dickerson was working every line lap after lap to try to pass Gardner as Timmy Glassburn and Swim dueled for fifth. With the laps winding down, Gardner and his GLR, Innovative Graphics, and Schaeffer Oil #27g kept Dickerson at bay with Schroyer in third. Glassburn edged past Swim for fifth with seven laps to go and then went wheel to wheel with Dickinson for fourth. As the checkered flag flew, Gardner collected his sixth win of the season and his 38th career win at Hilltop with Dickerson glued to his back bumper. Schroyer finished third and Glassburn nipped Dickinson at the line for fourth. John Wilson bested the last chance race.
Heat winners George Lee and Dave Hornikel would start on the front row of the Holmes Tire Late Model main with Lee sliding up to the high side of the speedway and Hornikel falling in behind Lee going into turn two on the opening lap. Dash winner Rick Bond and quick timer Doug Drown with Corey Conley riding fifth. Lee of Loudonville steadily pulled away from Hornikel as Bond was able to hang on to third until the halfway mark when Drown was able to power past him. When the checkered flag waved, the Cowen Trucking, LSI, Edge Racing Engines #61 of Lee picked up his sixth win of the season and 20th career victory at Hilltop. Hornikel finished second ahead of a fast closing Drown with Bond and Conley trailing. Charlie Duncan and JR Gentry started the night one –two in the points standings with Duncan holding just a one point lead. Both had troubles in the feature but finished right behind each other (10th & 11th) and will set up a season championship showdown next week with Duncan leading.
The Raceday Photos Modified main saw Jimmy Smith and Warsaw’s Norm Aronhalt, the heat winners, start up front but on the second lap, Jesse Wisecarver took over second from Smith. Aronhalt, driving the Finish Line Auto Body, Tri State Trailer Leasing, Tom Conley owned #309, dashed off to a big lead using the guardrail tickling line and was never challenged to post his fourth win of the year and his 23rd career modified win at Hilltop. Wisecarver and Smith finished second and third as points leader and dash winner Ryan West, Vic Hottinger, fast qualifier Chris Basich and Beau Bradley had a race long battle before finishing in that order.
Shreve’s Moose Workman and his #47w fought off several challenges by Brett Adkins to go flag to flag to post his first ever feature win in the Mini Stock feature. Following them across the line were Matt Kemp, Jerry Adkins and Mark Adkins as the 12 lap race went caution free. Workman, Kemp and Jerry Adkins chalked up the heat wins.
John Large swept the Bugs-R-Gone Trucks as he won the heat race and lead all the way in the feature as the Warsaw driver and his L&L Motors and Advance Auto Parts #17 parked in victory lane for the third time this season. Points leader Kevin Potts was second with Jerry Gardner, Jim Large and David Potts rounding out the top five.
Two features were run for the Putt-N-Stuff Wedges as St. Clairsville’s Brady Reed made his first trip to Hilltop this season a good one as he put the Dairy Queen #15 into the victory circle of the 1st feature as Destinie Bates, Blake Morris, Chase Osbourne and Josey Lillibridge followed. Cody Stillion of Richville and the A-1 Towing and Sign Guys #25 charged to his fifth win in the 2nd feature as Tristen Brown, Tristen Lillibridge, Lucas Shaw and Nick Large in pursuit. Osbourne, Reed, and Morris captured the heat wins.
After squeeking past on the last lap to win the Mod Lite heat race, East Canton’s Brian Stuhldreher led all the way in his #17 machine to notch his second win of the year. KC Campbell finished second as Joe Burkhead, Wayne Kintz and Andy Heath followed.
Next Saturday, August 18th will be Season Championship night for all six class’ at Hilltop Speedway. Also tickets for the Awards Banquet will be available starting next week as the Banquet will be on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at the Wooster American Legion. Information on the Week end on the Hill on September 29th and 30th will be released later this week.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Saturday, August 11, 2012
STREET STOCKS - 31 CARS
Fast Qualifier Colt Maxwell 16.583
Dash Jeremy Dickerson, Matt Schroyer, Maxwell, Timmy Glassburn
Heat 1 Brandon Gardner, Larry Jarrett, Tyler Sines, Joe Spearman, Dave McMillen, Jason Shairer, Denny Shear, Caleb Knotts, Charlie Dawson
Heat 2 Kyle Dickinson, Tony Cline, Josh Miller, Kyle Moore, John Wilson, Bob Chilcote, Dave Giaugue, Heath Jessup, Brock Burcher
Heat 3 Todd Swim, Justin Patterson, Chad Craver, Billy Goerz, Mark Bee, Tyley Daft, Scott Richardson, Dustin Warner, Fergunson (dns)
L. C. #1 Wilson, Chilcote, Shear, Giaugue, Shairer, Bee, Jessup, McMillen, Richardson, Daft, Dawson, Burcher, Fergunson (dns), Knotts (dns), Warner (dns)
Feature Gardner, Dickerson, Schroyer, Glassburn, Dickinson, Patterson, Wilson, Craver, Cline, Sines, Shear, Swim, Giaugue, Maxwell, Spearman, Moore, Chilcote, Jarrett
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS - 21 CARS
Fast Qualifier Doug Drown 14.570
Dash Rick Bond, Drown, Corey Conley, Ryan Markham
Heat 1 George Lee, Mark Gardiner, Charlie Duncan, JR Gentry, Jesse Wisecarver, David Liles, Hiriam Bachmann, Brandon Leyda, Rick Armstrong
Heat 2 Dave Hornikel, DJ Miller, Wayne Maffett Jr., Travis Mensching, Aaron Phillis, Eric Smitley, Blaine Aber, Larry Bellman
Feature Lee, Hornikel, Drown, Bond, Conley, Markham, Gardner, Mensching, Wisecarver, Duncan, Gentry, Miller, Liles, Aber, Phillis, Smitley, Armstrong, Maffett Jr., Leyda, Bellman, Bachmann
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS - 19 CARS
Fast Qualifier Chris Basich 15.769
Dash Ryan West, Jesse Wisecarver, Beau Bradley, Basich
Heat 1 Jimmy Smith, DJ Cline, Eddie Wilson, Kyle Warner, Matt Samples, Kevin Shairer, Lorain Lauvray, Virgil Eaches (dns)
Heat 2 Norm Aronhalt, Vic Hottinger, Robert Page, Rick Mardis, Josh Pyers, Jeremy Sluka, Luke Freed
Feature Aronhalt, Wisecarver, Smith, West, Hottinger, Basich, Bradley, Wilson, Page, Warner, Sluka, Cline, Lauvray, Freed, Pyers, Shairer, Mardis, Samples (dns), Eaches, (dns)
MINI STOCKS - 18 CARS
Heat 1 Moose Workman, Brett Adkins, Dustin Daugherty, Gary Hensel Jr., Doug Hensel, Adam Garver
Heat 2 Matt Kemp, Terry Adkins, Mark Adkins, Jason King, Kenny Long, Trae Schonauer
Heat 3 Jerry Adkins, Kevin Markey, Arlen Kemp, Logan Martin, Brad Hensel, Tim Workman
Feature M. Workman, B. Adkins, M. Kemp, J. Adkins, M. Adkins, Hensel Jr., D. Hensel, Daugherty, King, A, Kemp, Markey, Martin, Garver, Long, T. Workman, Schonauer, T. Adkins, B. Hensel (dns)
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS - 8 TRUCKS
Heat 1 John Large, Kevin Potts, Rolly Heyder, Jerry Gardner, Jim Large, Cole Lillibridge, Brad Phillips, David Potts
Feature Jo. Large, K. Potts, Gardner, Ji. Large, D. Potts, Phillips, Lillibridge, Heyder
PUTT-N-STUFF WEDGES - 16 CARS
Heat 1 Chase Osbourne, Josey Lillibridge, Levi Bowen, Braxton Wilson, Nick Large, Logan Burns
Heat 2 Brady Reed, Destinie Bates, Taylor Huggins, Cody Stillion, Tristen Lillibridge
Heat 3 Blake Morris, Hannah Rose, Tristen Brown, Lucas Shaw, Evan Large
Feature #1 Reed, Bates, Morris, Osbourne, J. Lillibridge, Huggins, Rose, Bowen
Feature #2 Stillion, Brown, T. Lillibridge, Shaw, N. Large, Burns, E. Large, Wilson
MOD LITES - 6 CARS
Heat 1 Brian Stuhldreher, KC Campbell, Wayne Kintz, Joe Burkhead, Andrew Hart, Andy Heath
Feature Stuhldreher, Campbell, Burkhead, Kintz, Heath, Hart
WISECARVER TOPS HILLTOP RENEGADES; MARKHAM SCORES LATE MODEL WIN
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, August 4, 2012
By Mike Swanger & Renegades of Dirt
It was Kids Night at Hilltop Speedway but there was no kidding around on the race track on Holmes Tire night as the Renegades of Dirt was back at Hilltop for night two of the “Duel on Dirt” week end for the regions newest open wheel touring series. Threatening skies pressured a flawless track crew all evening long but mother nature played nice and allowed the race fans to grab their seats for the evenings festivities. Thirty Renegade of Dirt open wheel warriors signed in to do battle for the near standing room only crowd which impressively watched the modified portion of the show to it’s completion just before 9:30 pm. Current points leader Bobby Kitchen continued to top the talented field as he took the Two Brothers Motorsports Quick Time Award turning a lap of 15.571. Heat number one for the tour set the pace for the evening as Kitchens quickly jumped out of the gate from his fourth starting spot and took over the runner up position behind the 101 of Jesse Wisecarver. Kitchens applied the pressure but was unable to make the pass as Wisecarver grabbed the heat one win. Heat two was paced to the green by Todd Higgins and Mark Dickson who fired into turn one and rapidly grabbed the point powereing his way to the caution free heat two win. He was followed across the line by Matt Samples, Kevin Morehouse, Higgins and Brian Douglas who battled through the entire event behind the leader for the final four transfer spots. Heat number three rolled onto the speedway and was lead by last weeks Hilltop winner, Lance Elson and as the green dropped, the ‘Reaper’ Bart Hartman tunneled his way down the backstretch and into the lead from his fourth starting spot and brought the #2 of Deana Groves with him as the duo went one-two in the final qualifier. The Integra Shocks and Springs B- Main quickly sped onto the track for the final three positions into the evenings field. Travis Dickson moved into the top spot followed by Vic Hottinger and Chris Basich. As stormy weather was looming on the horizon, the Renegades of Dirt Modified Tour Arizona Shirts A-Main made it’s way onto the speedway to a standing ovation from the Holmes County crowd. Wisecarver and Mark Dickson would lead the 21 car field to the green flag with Wisecarver jumping to the early advantage through turns one and two holding back multiple challenges from Dickson throughout the beginning stages of the 25 lap event. All the while, the “Bartman” picked the high line and worked the cushion with precision quickly reeling in and overtaking Dickson for second. Not Stopping there, the #75 turned his sights on the #101 of Wisecarver at the halfway mark. Wisecarver continued to paint the wall with his rear quarter panel like a work of art with Hartman right in tow until lap 20 caution for debris. The duo re-fired down the front stretch neck and neck with Wisecarver carefully working his way around the top side of the racetrack. Out of turn three and four for the final time, the crowd rose and applauded Wisecarver as he grabbed the Renegade of Dirt “Duel on Dirt” night two win as he was followed by Hartman, Mark Dickson, Morehouse and a hard charging Norm Aronhalt. In victory lane, the “Outlaw” stated “ I really love to run the high side her and we run it well and the car worked great up there. We’ve had nothing but bad luck on this tour but it feels nice to turn that around and finally get this one tonight. Plus now I have some bragging rights on Bart, him and I work together and this win with him following me will allow me to rub it in a little” joked the laughing and excited Zanesville driver.
So far this season, the pieces of the puzzle have not come together for Ashland’s Ryan Markham but they did Saturday night as he sat on the pole of the Holmes Tire Late Model feature as fellow heat winner Dave Hornikel was right beside but Markham seized the lead coming out of turn two on the opening lap and then held off several early tries from dash winner, Mark Gardiner. After a lap five caution for Hornikel, Markham would start to pull away in his Accuforce Shock Dyno, Malcuit Racing Enginesand Rocket Chassis #5m as Gardiner would be tested by fast qualifier, Charlie Duncan as Rick Bond, Eric Smitley and Wayne Maffett Jr. danced around for fourth. As the final laps clicked off, Markham had a straightawat lead over Gardiner for his first win of the season as Duncan held third with Bond taking fourth as Smitley held on to fifth.
Kyle Dickinson was looking to put his #101 back into victory circl to match Wisecarver, the pair had done it a couple of weeks ago, as he set the pace for the first four laps before points leader Kenny Daughriety Jr. wrestled the lead away for a lap before Dickinson reclaimed it on the next circuit. A broken brake caliper helped flatten the right rear tire of Dickinson’s machine on lap eight to end his chances of victory. Following a lap three flat tire, Miamisburg’s Brandon Gardner had worked his way back through the field and coming out of turn four on the last lap, the Schaeffer Oil, Rowtac and GLR #27g squeezed under Daughriety Jr. and swiped the win at the line for his fifth win of the season at Hilltop. John Wilson, Bob Chilcote and Joe Spearman rounded out the top five as Dickinson and Dustin Warner topped the heats.
Moose Workman and Terry Adkins won the heats for the Mini Stocks and after going side by side for the opening two laps of the feature, Adkins pulled away from Workman and the Killbuck driver put the points leading #49 in victory lane for the fifth time this year. Workman held off Brett Adkins for second as the feature winner of the last two weeks, Jason St. John took fourth ahead of Jerry Adkins in the caution free race.
The Putt-N-Stuff Wedges put on one of the best features in any division as each lap, the top six places would not stay the same at anytime. Although Richville’s Cody Stillion and his A-1 Towing and Sign Guys #25 would be first to the checkered flag for the fourth time this year, Konner Thomas, Destinie Bates, Hannah Rose and Josey Lillibridge all had a taste of first place at one time or another before finishing in that order. Stillion and Bates chalked up the heat wins.
Street Stocks will take center stage next Saturday night, August 11th with $1,000 headed to the winner as all regular division’s plus the Mod Lites will be back at Hilltop Speedway.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Saturday, August 4, 2012
RENEGADES OF DIRT MODIFIEDS -30 cars
Fast Qualifier Bobby Kitchens 15.571
Heat 1 Jesse Wisecarver, Kitchens, Beau Bradley, Norm Aronhalt, Robin Duston, Travis Dickson, Bob Page, Kevin Miller, Eddie Wilson, Tom Martineck
Heat 2 Mark Dickson, Matt Samples, Kevin Morehouse, Todd Higgins, Brian Douglas, Vic Hottinger, Nathon Loney, Tom King, Ty Samples, Jimmy Smith (dns)
Heat 3 Bart Hartman, Deana Groves, Jess Hartman, Lance Elson, Rick Mardis, Chris Basich, Denny Benjamin, Bruce Miller, Lorain Lauvray, Ryan West
‘B‘-Main T. Dickson, Hottinger, Basich, Smith, King, B. Miller, Wilson, Martineck, Page, Lauvary, K. Miller, Loney, Benjamin, T. Samples, West
“Duel on Dirt Night #2 Wisecarver, B. Hartman, M. Dickson, Morehouse, Aronhalt, Groves, J. Hartman, M. Samples, Bradley, Smith, T. Dickson, Hottinger, Mardis, Higgins, Wilson, K. Miller, Kitchens, Douglas, Basich, Elson, Duston
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS -16 cars
Fast Qualifier Charlie Duncan 14.608
Dash Mark Gardiner, Rick Bond, George Lee, Duncan
Heat 1 Ryan Markham, JR Gentry, Eric Smitley, Aaron Phillis, Larry Bellman, Mike Graber
Heat 2 Dave Hornikel, Wayne Maffett Jr., Keith Tish, Randy Pollock, Hiriam Bachmann, Brandon Leyda
Feature Markham, Gardiner, Duncan, Bond, Smitley, Maffett Jr., Gentry, Tish, Pollock, Bachmann, Bellman, Graber, Phillis, Lee, Leyda, Hornikel
STREET STOCKS -15 cars
Heat 1 Kyle Dickinson, Jeremy Dickerson, John Wilson, Robert Smith, Brandon Gardner, Shawn Page, Mark Bee, Tom Ebert (dns)
Heat 2 Dustin Warner, Kenny Daughriety Jr., Bob Chilcote, Joe Spearman, Dave Giaugue, Jason Shairer, Todd Swim
Feature Gardner, Daughriety Jr., Wilson, Chilcote, Spearman, Smith, Giaugue, Bee, Dickinson, Page, Warner, Shairer, Dickerson, Swim, Ebert (dns)
MINI STOCKS -14 cars
Heat 1 Moose Workman, Brett Adkins, Rick Thompson, Dustin Daugherty, Dee Adkins, Mike Rose, JR Carpenter
Heat 2 Terry Adkins, Blaine Markey, Jason St. John, Jerry Adkins, Gary Hensel Jr., Kevin Markey, Tim Workman
Feature T. Adkins, M. Workman, B. Adkins, St. John, J. Adkins, Thompson, Hensel Jr., Daugherty, Carpenter, K. Markey, D. Adkins, T. Workman, Rose, B. Markey
PUTT-N-STUFF WEDGES -11 cars
Heat 1 Cody Stillion, Triston Brown, Taylor Huugins, Braxton Wilson, Nick Large, Logan Duncan
Heat 2 Destinie Bates, Konner Thomas, Josey Lillibridge, Hannah Rose, Triston Lillibridge
Feature Stillion, Thomas, Bates, Rose, J. Lillibridge, T. Lillibridge, Brown, Huggins, Large, Duncan, Wilson
MAFFETT JR. MASTERFUL IN HILLTOP LATE MODEL WIN; ELSON, DICKERSON, ST. JOHN, K. POTTS & BATES RETURN TO VICTORY CIRCLE
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, July 28, 2012
By Mike Swanger
A late afternoon shower put the racing surface of Hilltop Speedway into excellent condition and made for another night of fast and furious action in all divisions. The Holmes Tire Late Model main was like last week’s race with the top three less than a second apart for all 25 laps but this week it was Mansfield’s Wayne Maffett Jr., George Lee and Ryan Markham in the hunt for the win. Charlie Duncan and Maffett Jr., the heat winners, brought the field to the green flag as Maffett Jr. grabbed the point as dash winner Ryan Markham and quick timer George Lee slipped past Duncan on lap two. Markham and Lee would go the next half dozen laps side by side before Lee took control of second on lap eight. As Maffett Jr. ran the low groove and Lee running his favorite high line through the middle laps of the race, Maffett Jr. decided to put his Sluss Realty, Fultz Fabrication and Lucas-Day Racing #40 to the high side and block Lee’s path. For the second week in a row, Lee would have to try different lines to get past the leader as Markham would continue to be right behind the two front runners. With the laps winding down, Lee was able to get along side Maffett Jr. coming out of the corners but Maffett Jr. had Lee covered down the straightaways. With the crowd on their feet at the checkered flag, Maffett Jr. held on for his first win of the season with Lee second and Markham third as those three were just .75 of a second apart. With most eyes on the top three, there was a great race for fourth as ninth starting Eric Smitley and Duncan dueled the last half of the race with Smitley securing fourth with three laps to go as Duncan settled for fifth.
After a couple of aborted starts, Nathan Loney set the pace for the first lap of the Raceday Photos Modified feature before sixth starting and fast qualifier Lance Elson roared past on lap two with dash winner Kevin Morehouse taking second a circuit later. Those two would leave the rest of the field in the distance as Morehouse tried to stay with the Unique Walls & Ceilings and Mack’s Dry Wall #17e of Elson but the closest he could get was on the restarts of following a couple of cautions on laps seven and eleven. It would be Elson’s second win of the year as the Wellsburg WVa won the Renegades of Dirt May race at Hilltop and is ready for next weeks RoD show. Jimmy Smith finished third as points leader Ryan West claimed fourth with Beau Bradley in fifth. Heat winners were Loney, Bradley and Smith.
After a couple weeks of mechanical issues, Mansfield’s Jeremy Dickerson had his Ohio Door & Sash, Imperial Truck & Repair and Lias Tires #44d back together as he took the outside front row starting position and pulled away from the Street Stock field to collect his fifth feature win of the season at Hilltop. The race for second was a back and forth battle all race long between Joe Spearman and John Wilson with Spearman winning that tussle as Tony Cline was right behind that pair for fourth. After causing a caution on lap five, points leader Kenny Daughriety Jr. hustled back to finish fifth. Spearman and Dickerson notched the heat wins.
It was side by side and back and forth for the two heat winners of the Mini Stocks with Jason St. John being scored the leader of the first three laps of the feature with points leader Terry Adkins leading the way for the next five laps before St. John reclaimed the lead for the final four laps as the Glenmont driver would put the Tobacco Hut, Palmer Mechanical Contractors and Finish Line Auto Body & Towing #45 into victory circle for the second week in a row. Jerry Adkins ran a strong third as Moose Workman held off Brett Adkins for fourth.
Gordon Zimmer led the way for the opening five laps of the Bugs-R-Gone Truck main and that’s when Sunbury’s Kevin Potts took over for the rest of the race and place the Tickets Galore, Welders on Wheels and JWC Electrical Services #8k in victory lane for the 7th time this season. That ties him with Jeff Funk for the most wins in one year in the Trucks. Zimmer held off David Potts for second as Tom Garlick ran fourth as 80 year old Jim Large finished fifth. Zimmer and John Large won the heats but Large’s truck had mechanical woes as he finished the heat and did not start the feature.
Coshocton’s Destinie Bates and Cody Stillion won the heats of the Putt-N-Stuff Wedges to start up front for their feature but it was Bates (aka the Throttle Monster) leading all the way in her A&B Roofing, Moose Lodge #935 and Elliot’s Excavating #500 for her second win. Stillion ran second as Braxton Wilson beat out Triston Brown for third as first timer Konner Thomas filled out the top five.
A BIG Saturday night is on tap for August 4th as it will be Kid’s Night, the Renegades of Dirt Modified series plus a OOM Quad shootout and all the regular class’ on hand at Hilltop Speedway. Check out the website at www.hilltopspeedway.org for all the news at the track.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Saturday, July 28, 2012
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS - 14 Cars
Fast Qualifier George Lee 14.709
Dash Ryan Markham, Lee, Rick Bond, Justin Chance
Heat 1 Charlie Duncan, JR Gentry, Eric Smitley, Blaine Aber, Aaron Phillis
Heat 2 Wayne Maffett Jr., Dave Hornikel, Mike Lonas, Cody Smith, Hiriam Bachmann
Feature Maffett Jr., Lee, Markham, Smitley, Duncan, Lonas, Chance, Bond, Aber, Phillis, Smith, Gentry, Hornikel, Bachmann
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS - 21 Cars
Fast Qualifier Lance Elson 15.883
Dash Kevin Morehouse, Ryan West, Elson, Vic Hottinger
Heat 1 Nathan Loney, Denny Benjamin, Jeff Dovenbarger, Rick Mardis, John Sluka, Eddie Wilson
Heat 2 Beau Bradley, Rob Melzer, Bob Page, Vern Mardis, Ron Kahler, DeWayne Wright
Heat 3 Jimmy Smith, Robin Duston, Mark Gardiner, Justin Morey, Jason Morey
Feature Elson, Morehouse, Smith, West, Bradley, Hottinger, Duston, Benjamin, Melzer, Page, Kahler, Wright, Loney, Dovenbarger, Gardiner, R. Mardis, V. Mardis, Ju. Morey, Ja. Morey, Sluka, Wilson (dns)
STREET STOCKS - 16 Cars
Heat 1 Joe Spearman, John Wilson, Bob Chilcote, Tony Cline, Robert Smith, Jason Shairer, Heath Jessup, Dave Giaugue
Heat 2 Jeremy Dickerson, Kenny Daughriety Jr., Dustin Warner, Tim Coen, Dave McMillen, Scott Richardson, Brandon Welker, Mark Ferguson
Feature Dickerson, Spearman, Wilson, Cline, Daughriety Jr., Warner, McMillen, Coen, Giaugue, Jessup, Welker, Smith, Richardson, Chilcote, Shairer, Ferguson (dns)
MINI STOCKS - 16 Cars
Heat 1 Jason St. John, Jerry Adkins, Moose Workman, Jordon James, Matt Kemp, Mike Beckert, Greg Thompson, Tim Workman
Heat 2 Terry Adkins, Brett Adkins, JR Carpenter, Elliot Robinson, Tim Dockery, Jason King, Logan Martin, Kevin Markey
Feature St. John, T. Adkins, J. Adkins, M. Workman, B. Adkins, James, Markey, King, Robinson, Carpenter, Kemp, Beckert, Dockery, T. Workman, Martin (dns), Thompson (dns)
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS - 10 Trucks
Heat 1 John Large, David Potts, Kevin Potts, Jim Large, Cole Lillibridge
Heat 2 Gordon Zimmer, Tom Garlick, Brad Phillips, Jerry Gardner, Dustin Miller
Feature K. Potts, Zimmer, D. Potts, Garlick, Ji. Large, Phillips, Miller, Lillibridge, Gardner (dns), Jo. Large (dns)
PUTT-N-STUFF WEDGES -13 Cars
Heat 1 Destinie Bates, Triston Brown, Taylor Huggins, Triston Lillibridge, Josey Lillibridge, Evan Large
Heat 2 Cody Stillion, Braxton Wilson, Brayden Morey, Kyler Kidd, Nick Large, Logan Duncan, Konner Thomas
Feature Bates, Stillion, Wilson, Brown, Thomas, Huggins, Kidd, J. Lillibridge, J. Lillibridge, Morey, N. Large, Duncan, E. Large (dns)
GENTRY GRABS 2nd LATE MODEL WIN AT HILLTOP; TEAM OUTLAW 101 POCKETS BONUS BUCKS
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, July 21, 2012
By Mike Swanger
The fans were treated to another action packed night of racing on Bugs-R-Gone night on the ‘Hill’. Dave Hornikel and Wooster’s JR Gentry won the heats to start on the front row of the Holmes Tire Late Model feature and those two would go side by side for the opening two laps before Gentry eased into the lead with fast qualifier and dash winner George Lee then challenging Hornikel for second. All three were bumper to bumper on the high side of the track until a lap eight caution. On the restart, Lee went low and powered past Hornikel for second with Rocky Owens pestering Hornikel for third as Mark Gardiner set up shop in fifth. Two different incidents happened on lap 14 as the caution would be for Larry Bellman in the back of the field but Gardiner and Ryan Markham ahead of that got tangled together in turn two and ending both of their nights. As the green reappeared, Gentry and his El Campesino Restaurant, Quality Fiberglass and Pittstop Auto Clinic #14 used the highline as Lee and Hornikel were both in his tire tracks. With laps winding down, Lee tried the low groove to get around Gentry but Gentry’s momentum on the highside kept him out front with Hornikel holding third as Owens and Wayne Maffett Jr. dueled for fourth. With the checkered flag up, Gentry, the points leader, crossed the line first with Lee and Hornikel following as the difference between the top three was only .89 of a second. Owens won the battle for fourth over Maffett Jr.
In the Raceday Photos Modified main, Vic Hottinger and John Sluka started on the front row via their heat wins with Sluka taking early control but quick timer and dash winner Jesse Wisecarver took over on lap four. The Zanesville driver and his Creno’s Pizza East, Formation Cementing and Jewett Motorsports #101 would build up a straight away lead with Sluka in second as Jimmy Smith, Beau Bradley and Robin Duston raced for third. Running the high groove, Wisecarver may have tapped the wall on a lap as after a lap 12 caution, he was noticeably slower in the finishing laps but was able to sustain a ten car length lead over Sluka by 1.75 seconds and win for the third time this year at Hilltop and pick up the bonus money after winning on Friday at Wayne County Speedway. In victory lane, Wisecarver discovered he had broke a ball joint. Smith, Bradley and Duston filled out the top five as Norm Aronhalt started 18th and finished 6th in the Tom Conley owned #27c. Robert Page won the last chance race.
Kyle Dickinson also had a chance to collect some bonus dollars after winning Friday at WCS and he and fellow heat winner Colt Maxwell started on the front row of the Street Stock feature. Jeremy Dickerson moved into second on lap two and took the lead away from Dickinson on lap five with Maxwell in hot pursuit. Two laps later, Dickinson of Nashport, would reclaim the lead in his Creno’s Pizza East, Matt LaPage Race Engine’s, Jewitt Motorsports #101. Maxwell would do a textbook slide job on Dickerson with four laps to go with Dickerson bumping the wall and breaking the #44d and ending his night. Maxwell made a final lap charge on Dickinson to no avail as Dickinson claimed his first win at Hilltop and the bonus money. Tony Cline ran a strong third with Bob Chilcote and John Wilson rounding out the top five.
For a while it looked like three #101’s were going to park in victory lane as Jerry Adkins led the first two-thirds of the Mini Stock Main, but it was Glenmont’s Jason St. John powereing past at that point and then holding off Adkins on the final lap to put the Tobacco Hut, Palmer Mechanical Contractors and Finnishline Auto Body #45 in victory lane for the first time this year. Points leader Terry Adkins finished third followed by Brett Adkins and Moose Workman. Heat winners were St. John and Jerry Adkins as Gary Hensel Jr. bested the last chance race.
For the second week in a row, Sunbury’s David Potts parked his Tickets Galore, Eagle Insurance and ProScape Landscaping #26 in victory lane for the Bugs-R-Gone Trucks. John Large lead on the second and third laps but hit the turn one wall on lap four to end his evening as points leader Kevin Potts pulled into second behind his son, as Gordon Zimmer, Jim Large and Cole Lillibridge filled out the top five. David Potts also won the heat race.
Hannah Rose of Jeromesville led all the way for her second Putt-N-Stuff Wedge win of the season. Driving the Fultz Fabrication #42 was chased by Tristen Brown, Taylor Huggins, Braxton Wilson and Josey Lillibridge. Rose and Brown paced the heat races.
Next Saturday night, July 28th, another regular night of action is on tap for Hilltop Speedway with all six divisions on the racing card.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, July 21, 2012
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS -18
Fast Qualifier George Lee 14.640
Dash Lee, Rocky Owens, Ryan Markham, Mark Gardiner
Heat 1 Dave Hornikel, Wayne Maffett Jr., Eric Smitley, Aaron Phillis, Cody Smith, Thomas Baker, Hiram Bachmann
Heat 2 JR Gentry, Charlie Duncan, Blaine Aber, Don Conley, Larry Bellman, Mike Graber, Travis Leyda
Feature Gentry, Lee, Hornikel, Owens, Maffett Jr., Smitley, Duncan, Aber, Phillis, Conley, Baker, Bachmann, Smith, Graber, Gardiner, Markham, Bellman, Leyda
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS -21
Fast Qualifier Jesse Wisecarver 15.575
Dash Wisecarver, Jimmy Smith, Beau Bradley, Ryan West
Heat 1 Vic Hottinger, Robin Duston, Eddie Wilson, Denny Benjamin, Kevin Shairer, Vern Mardis, Eddie Rose, Lorain Lauvray, Justin Morey
Heat 2 John Sluka, Ty Samples, Darrick Hubbard, Matt Samples, Tom Conley, Eric Singhaus, Robert Page, Jason Morey
L.C. #1 Page, Ja. Morey, Rose, Ju. Morey, Lauvray (dns)
Feature Wisecarver, Sluka, Smith, Bradley, Duston, Aronhalt, Wilson, Hubbard, M. Samples, West, Benjamin, T. Samples, Singhaus, Page, Mardis, Shairer, Hottinger, Ju. Morey
STREET STOCKS -16
Heat 1 Kyle Dickinson, Tony Cline, Bob Chilcote, Butch Butcher, Bob Fry, Charlie Dawson, Jason Shairer, John Wilson
Heat 2 Colt Maxwell, Jeremy Dickerson, Joe Spearman, Robert Smith, Dave Giaugue, Mark Bee, Nathan Harris, Kenny Daughriety Jr.
Feature Dickinson, Maxwell, Cline, Chilcote, Wilson, Smith, Butcher, Giaugue, Dawson, Bee, Shairer, Dickerson, Spearman, Harris, Fry, Daughriety Jr. (dns)
MINI STOCKS -23
Heat 1 Jerry Adkins, Jordan James, Greg Thompson, Dustin Daugherty, Tim Workman, Nick Coy, Logan Martin, Chris Priebe
Heat 2 Jason St. John, Matt Kemp, Blaine Markey, Terry Adkins, Kevin Markey, Tim Dockery, Arlen Kemp, Doug Hensel
Heat 3 Moose Workman, Brett Adkins, JR Carpenter, Brad Hensel, Lester Berry, Gary Hensel Jr., Kenny Long
L.C. #1 Hensel Jr., Dockery, D. Hensel, Long, A. Kemp, Martin, Coy (dns), Priebe (dns)
Feature St. John, J. Adkins, T. Adkins, B. Adkins, M. Workman, James, M. Kemp, Hensel Jr., Carpenter, B. Hensel, Thompson, K. Markey, Daugherty, Dockery, D. Hensel, Berry, B. Markey, T. Workman
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS -8
Heat 1 David Potts, John Large, Kevin Potts, Gordon Zimmer, Cole Lillibridge, Logan Brannon, Jim Large, Brad Phillips
Feature D. Potts, K. Potts, Zimmer, Jim Large, Lillibridge, Phillips, Brannon, Jo. Large
PUTT-N-STUFF WEDGES -10
Heat 1 Tristen Brown, Brayden Morey, Taylor Huggins, Josey Lillibridge, Logan Duncan
Heat 2 Hannah Rose, Braxton Wilson, Kylar Wolford, Nick Large, Evan Large
Feature Rose, Brown, Huggins, Wilson, Lillibridge, Duncan, Morey, Wolford, N. Large, E. Large
LEE DOMINATES HILLTOP’S ADRA MID-SEASON FEATURE
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, July, 14, 2012
By Mike Swanger
For the first time ever, the ADRA Late Model series pulled into Hilltop Speedway for their Mid-Season Championship presented by Weekly Electric with 30 cars checking into the pits for the 40 lap, $3,000 to win event. Ross Nicastri, the Fast 8 winner and Loudonville’s George Lee would bring the field to the green flag with Lee sprinting into the lead. Nicastri would be quickly challenged by fast qualifier Doug Drown for second with Drown taking control on lap 5 with Zach Dohm and Nicastri flip flopping third for the next ten circuits with Wayne Maffett Jr. on their rear bumpers. A caution flag for KC Burdette would wave at the halfway mark just as the front runners were getting into the back markers. On the restart, Lee would build up a five car lead over Drown as Dohm and Maffett Jr. were joined by Devin Moran for the battle for third. With Lee running the highside and Drown in his tire tracks lap after lap, they would catch up to the back of the field with ten laps to go and Drown used the low groove to move in on Lee as Dohm and Maffett Jr. also closed in on the leaders. As the white flag, flew Drown made his final charge on Lee as he was able to get along side coming out of turn four for the checkered flag but Lee’s high side momentum was enough to claim the win by a car length as Dohm edged out Maffett Jr. for third with Moran nipping hard charging Dave Hornikel for fifth as Hornikel had started 16th. For Lee and his LSI, Cowen Truck Line, Bert Transmission’s #61, it would be his second big money win of the season as he had won the All Star show earlier in the year and it was his fifth overall win at Hilltop Speedway. Mark Gardiner, Keith Berner and Donnie Moran won the heats as KC Burdette and Hornikel won the last chance races. Drown picked up the $1,000 bonus with the best finishing average from the two day event as he finished third at MCS the night before as Zach Dohm was second best ($300) with a fourth place and third finish with Lee getting third ($200) for his tenth and win.
Points leader Kenny Daughriety Jr. went flag to flag for his first win of the season in the Street Stock feature as the Mt. Vernon driver and his Service Welding Supplies #20 was challenged early by Kyle Dickinson but pulled away as Dickinson and Timmy Glassburn would exchange second place several times with Dickinson winning that position as Tony Cline and Billy Goerz would fill out the top five. Daughriety Jr., Bob Chilcote and Dickinson won the heats.
Gary Hensel Jr. won the first half of the Mini Stock Main but winning the last half of the race and the lap that counted the most, the last one, it was Millersburg’s Jerry Adkins as he parked the TH MFG #101 in victory lane for the fourth time this year. Jordan James made an early attempt for the lead but dropped to third as Jason St. John moved up four places to take fourth with Moose Workman taking fifth. The red flag came out on lap nine when the middle of the field was four wide down the back stretch and with some contact, low running Blaine Markey slid into the infield, hit a retaining tire and rolled over but was ok. Hensel Jr., Kevin Markey and James topped the heat races.
The father-son duo of Kevin and David Potts won the heats to start front row of the Bugs-R-Gone Truck feature with son David taking control at the drop of the green flag. As David Potts would keep the Sunbury based Pro Scape Landscaping, Eagle Insurance and D&D Agri Hauling #26 out front all race long for his second win of the year, Cole Lillibridge, Kevin Potts and Gordon Zimmer would wheel and deal for second all race long and would finish in that order with John Large filling out the top five.
The Putt-n-Stuff Wedges would run two features with Zanesville’s Landon Wetzel nipping Blake Morris at the line for his first Hilltop win of the year as they were followed by Destinie Bates, Tanner McLoughlin and Hannah Rose. Cody Stillion of Richville made a last lap pass of Braxton Wilson to claim his third win of the season as Tristen Lillibridge, Josey Lillibridge and Levi Roberts rounded out the top five. Levi Bowen, Morris and Rose scored the heat wins.
Regular racing continues next Saturday night, July 21 with the Holmes Tire Late Models, Raceday Photos Modifieds, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, and the Bugs-R-Gone Trucks. No Racing for the Putt-n-Stuff Wedges for this week. Always check out the website at www.hilltopspeedway.org for the latest information and points.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, July 14, 2012
ADRA LATE MODELS (30)
Fast Qualifier Doug Drown 14.507
Fast 8 Dash Ross Nicastri, George Lee, Drown, Wayne Maffett Jr., Zach Dohm, Devin Moran, Eric Smitley, Tim Dohm
Heat 1 Mark Gardiner, Russ Frohnapfel, Brad Malcuit, Eric Myers, Ryan Markham, Keith Tish, Hiriam Bachmann
Heat 2 Keith Berner, Rod Conley, Dave Hornikel, Bryan Casey, Aaron Phillis, Blaine Aber, Brandon Leyda
Heat 3 Donnie Moran, Charlie Duncan, KC Burdette, Weston Hutchinson, Mike Graber, Brandon Perkins
‘B’ 1 Burdette, Malcuit, Markham, Aber, Casey, Bachmann, Perkins
‘B’ 2 Hornikel, Hutchinson, Phillis, Tish, Leyda, Graber, Myers
Feature Lee, Drown, Z. Dohm, Maffett Jr., De. Moran, Hornikel, T. Dohm, Nicastri, Gardiner, Berner, Smitley, Do. Moran, Duncan, Malcuit, Conley, Casey, Hutchinson, Frohnapfel, Burdette, Phillis
STREET STOCKS (20)
Heat 1 Kenny Daughriety Jr., Joe Spearman, Tyler Sines, Quinten Lewis, Jason Shairer, Mark Ferguson, Shawn Page
Heat 2 Bob Chilcote, Billy Goerz, Colt Maxwell, John Wilson, Robert Smith, Jeremy Dickerson, Skip Bright
Heat 3 Kyle Dickinson, Timmy Glassburn, Tony Cline, Dave Giaugue, Tom Wilson, Ron Lute
Feature Daughriety Jr., Dickinson, Glassburn, Cline, Goerz, Lewis, J. Wilson, Smith, Giaugue, Shairer, Lute, Sines, Chilcote, T. Wilson, Maxwell, Spearman, Ferguson, Dickerson (dns), Bright (dns)
MINI STOCKS (17)
Heat 1 Gary Hensel Jr., Matt Kemp, Dustin Daugherty, JR Carpenter, Blaine Markey, Arlen Kemp
Heat 2 Kevin Markey, Jerry Adkins, Jason St. John, Moose Workman, Terry Adkins, Zach Foss
Heat 3 Jordan James, Brett Adkins, Tanner Neel, Greg Thompson, Tim Workman
Feature J. Adkins, Hensel Jr., James, St. John, M. Workman, B. Adkins, Carpenter, M. Kemp, Daugherty, Foss, A. Kemp, Neel, T. Workman, K. Markey, B. Markey, T. Adkins, Thompson
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS (10)
Heat 1 Kevin Potts, Cole Lillibridge, Jerry Gardner, John Large, Ken Duncan
Heat 2 David Potts, Gordon Zimmer, Tom Garlick, Jim Large, Brad Phillips
Feature D. Potts, Lillibridge, K. Potts, Zimmer, Jo. Large, Gardner, Garlick, Duncan, Phillips, J. Large (dns)
PUTT-N-STUFF WEDGES (16)
Heat 1 Levi Bowen, Taylor Huggins, Tristen Brown, Tristen Lillibridge, Braxton Wilson, Cody Stillion
Heat 2 Blake Morris, Landon Wetzel, Destinie Bates, Nick Large, Brayden Morey
Heat 3 Hannah Rose, Tanner McLoughlin, Levi Roberts, Josey Lillibridge, Logan Burns
Feature #1 Wetzel, Morris, Bates, McLoughlin, Rose, Bowen, Huggins, Brown
Feature #2 Stillion, Wilson, T. Lillibridge, J. Lillibridge, Roberts, Burns, Morey, Large
MORAN, ARONHALT, DICKERSON, HENSEL JR., K. POTTS, M. CRIDER, & BATES SCORCH THEIR WAY TO HILLTOP WINS
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, July 7,2012
By Mike Swanger
The racing on the track matched the hot temperature at Hilltop Speedway Saturday night as heat winners Ryan Markham and Ross Nicastri would lead the field of Holmes Tire Late Models to the green flag with dash winner Devin Moran and fast qualifier Doug Drown in the second row. Markham would lead the way for the first lap with Moran squeezing by on the low side on lap two to take over the lead as Markham and JR Gentry dueled for second. Following a lap four caution for Dave Hornikel, Moran, from Dresden, would start to pull away from the field as Gentry slipped past Markham on lap seven for second as Drown took third on the next circuit with Charlie Duncan taking fifth. As Markham and Duncan raced for fourth, 14th starting Wayne Maffett Jr. had moved into the picture and he powered past both on lap ten for that position. Duncan came right back on the next lap to reclaim 4th place as those three battled to the checkered flag for fourth. Up front, Moran and his Custom Cutters, CJ Excavating & Donnie Moran Driving School #99m was building up a straightaway lead over Gentry with Drown in pursuit. As the checkered flag flew, Moran would see it first for the third time this season at Hilltop as points leader Gentry held off Drown for second as Duncan and Maffett Jr. filled out the top five.
Raceday Photos Modified heat winner Matt Samples started on the pole and set the pace for the opening four laps of the feature with quick timer Norm Aronhalt and dash winner Jimmy Smith riding his bumper. Using the unfamilar low groove for him, Aronhalt edged past Samples on lap five with Smith slipping past Samples three laps later for second and then Samples would spin out on the next circuit, giving up third place. As Smith kept pestering Aronhalt and his Ports Petroluem #309 for the lead, Kevin Morehouse, Vic Hottinger and points leader Ryan West were back and forth for third. With the race winding down, Aronhalt, of Warsaw, kept the door closed on Smith to claim his third win of the year as Hottinger claimed his best finish of the season at third followed by Morehouse and West.
Mansfield’s Jeremy Dickerson has been as hot as the weather as he out dragged fellow heat winner Bob Chilcote at the drop of the green flag into turn one and then cruise to his fourth win of the season at Hilltop and pick up the Wayne-Hill bonus money for the second time this year as he won at Wayne County Speedway on Friday night. With the Ohio Door & Sash and Griff’s Engines #44d out front, the fans had their attention on the race for second between Chilcote, John Wilson and points leader Kenny Daughriety Jr. Wilson would edge past Chilcote for second at the halfway mark and with a caution with five to go, would get a shot at Dickerson on the restart, but to no avail as Dickerson sped off for the win. Wilson took home second with Chilcote, Daughriety Jr. and Joe Spearman filling out the top five.
Points leader Terry Adkins and defending track champion Gary Hensel Jr. won the heats of the Mini Stocks to start up front of their feature with Hensel Jr. getting the advantage at the drop of the green flag and then spent all race keeping the McKenzie Concrete, Nold Avenue Bar and DJ Directional Service #28h out front despite several attempts by Adkins to get by as he could pull alongside of Hensel Jr. but could never get by. Jerry Adkins ran third all race long as Brett Adkins, Jason St. John and Moose Workman changed positions nearly every lap before finishing in that order. For Hensel Jr. of Apple Creek, it would be his third win of the season at Hilltop.
Sunbury’s Kevin Potts swept the Bugs-R-Gone Trucks as he won the heat and led flag to flag for his sixth win of the year aboard the Proscape Landscaping, JWC Electrical Services and Welders on Wheels #8k. The points leader was challenged for the first two laps of the feature by Jack Large, who would spin out on the next circuit. David Potts would inherit second place and he would keep John Large at bay for second with Cole Lillibridge recording his best finish of fourth followed by Jack Large.
In the last three Mini Wedge features, Coshocton’s Destiny Bates had finished a close second twice plus a third place finish but Saturday night, she took the lead from points leader Cody Stillion on lap two and never looked back for her first win. Driving the A & B Roofing and Constuction #500, who also won the heat race, she was followed across the finish line by Stillion and a fast closing Taylor Huggins with Tristen Brown and Braxton Wilson rounding out the top five.
Making their second appearance of the season were the ModLites as Millersburg’s Mike Crider took the lead from heat winner George Engelrt on lap two and then hang on to score the win. Josh Crider finished third.
Next Saturday night, July 14th, Hilltop Speedway will host the ADRA Late Models with $3,000 going to the winner. The Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Bugs-R-Gone Trucks and the Mini Wedges will also be in action as the Raceday Photos Modifieds take the night off. Check the website at www.hilltopspeedway.org for more information.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, July 7, 2012
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS -16
Fast Qualifier Doug Drown 15.164
Dash Devin Moran, Drown, JR Gentry, Charlie Duncan
Heat 1 Ryan Markham, DJ Miller, Aaron Phillis, Travis Leyda, Brandon Leyda
Heat 2 Ross Nicastri, Dave Hornikel, Eric Smitley, Mike Lonas, Wayne Maffett Jr., Keith Tish, Thomas Baker
Feature Moran, Gentry, Drown, Duncan, Maffett Jr., Markham, Phillis, Lonas, Nicastri, Baker, Tish, Miller, B. Leyda, T. Leyda, Smitley, Hornikel
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS -13
Fast Qualifier Norm Aronhalt 16.219
Dash Jimmy Smith, Aronhalt, Kevin Morehouse, Ryan West
Heat 1 Matt Samples, Vic Hottinger, Darrick Hubbard, Vern Mardis, Jason Graham, Mike Hutchinson, Eddie Wilson, Ty Samples, Virgil Eaches
Feature Aronhalt, Smith, Hottinger, Morehouse, West, M. Samples, Hubbard, Hutchinson, Mardis, T. Samples, Eaches, Graham, Wilson
STREET STOCKS -11
Heat 1 Bob Chilcote, John Wilson, Butch Butcher, Robert Smith, Jason Shairer, Dave Giaugue
Heat 2 Jeremey Dickerson, Kenny Daughriety Jr., Joe Spearman, Mark Bee, Tom Wilson (dns)
Feature Dickerson, Wilson, Chilcote, Daughriety Jr., Spearman, Butcher, Giaugue, Smith, Bee, Shairer (dns), T. Wilson (dns)
MINI STOCKS -13
Heat 1 Terry Adkins, Jerry Adkins, Moose Workman, Jason St. John, Greg Thompson, Chris Priebe, Tim Workman
Heat 2 Gary Hensel Jr., Brett Adkins, Kevin Markey, Dustin Daugherty, Tim Dockery, Mike Rose
Feature Hensel Jr., T. Adkins, J. Adkins, B. Adkins, St. John, M. Workman, Markey, Daugherty, Rose, Dockery, Thompson, Priebe, T. Workman
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS -6
Heat 1 Kevin Potts, Jack Large, Cole Lillibridge, David Potts, John Large, Brad Phillips
Feature K. Potts, D. Potts, Jo. Large, Lillibridge, Ja. Large, Phillips
MINI WEDGES -8
Heat 1 Destiny Bates, Tristen Brown, Nick Large, Cody Stillion, Taylor Huggins, Braxton Wilson, Josey Lillibridge, Evan Large
Feature Bates, Stillion, Huggins, Brown, Wilson, N. Large, E. Large, Lillibridge
MODLITES -5
Heat 1 George Englert, Mike Crider, Mike Stewart, Josh Crider, Tim Hawkins
Feature M. Crider, Englert, J. Crider, Stewart, Hawkins (dns)
STEWART & MAYER MASTER HILLTOP SPEEDWAY’S SPEEDWEEK SHOW
Millersburg, Ohio
Thursday, June 28, 2012
By Mike Swanger
The Raceday Photos Modifieds feature started with Frazeysburg’s Darrell Mayer grabbing the lead at the drop of the green with fast qualifier Norm Aronhalt on his bumper with Lance Elson, Beau Bradley and Kevin Davis in tow. Aronhalt would scoot past Mayer on lap four as Elson and Mayer went tire to tire for second. Aronhalt set the pace for the next ten laps when right front wheel broke on the Phantom #309 machine, as Mayer reclaimed the lead. Dash winner Elson gave Mayer a run for the top spot for the next three laps when Elson’s #17e suffered a flat tire. The final eight laps was back and forth between Mayer and Bradley as they ran side by side with Bradley being the race leader for a couple of laps but when the checkered flag flew, Mayer and his Service Welding #20x had a half car advantage over Bradley with Jason Graham third followed by Elson and Aronhalt. For Mayer, who won the heat, it was his first Raceday Photos Modified win at Hilltop Speedway and with two Street Stock wins to his credit, became the 15th driver to win in two class’ at Hilltop Speedway.
The next racing action at Hilltop Speedway will be Friday, July 6th with the Ohio Outlaw Motorsports Bikes and Quads as Stock car action returns the next night, Saturday, July 7th with all six regular class’ plus the second appearance of the Modlites. For any information about the track, go to www.hilltopspeedway.org
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Thursday, June 28,2012
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS (14)
Fast Qualifier Norm Aronhalt 15.558
Dash Lance Elson, Tanner Wilson, Aronhalt, Jimmy Smith
Heat 1 Darrell Mayer, Beau Bradley, Kevin Morehouse, Jason Graham, Nathan Loney, Kevin Davis, Rory Reed, Kevin Shairer, Eddie Wilson, Jason Morey
Feature Mayer, Bradley, Graham, Elson, Aronhalt, Reed, Loney, Davis, Wilson, Shairer, Smith, Morey, Wilson, Morehouse
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GENTRY GENERATES 1st HILLTOP LATE MODEL WIN; 2 MODIFIED WINS IN A ROW FOR SMITH; GARDNER, HENSEL JR., & STILLION RETURN TO VICTORY CIRCLE; JACK LARGE TOPS TRUCK MAIN
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, June 23, 2012
By Mike Swanger
JR Gentry has been knocking on the door of victory lane at Hilltop Speedway the last couple of seasons and has two second place finishes this year, but Saturday night he was finally able to knock the door down to victory lane as the popular Wooster driver went flag to flag for his 1st win at Hilltop in front of an enthusiastic crowd. Ryan Markham and Gentry won the heats to start on the front row of the Holmes Tire Late Model feature with Gentry popping into the lead at the drop of the green. The caution flew on lap two when fast qualifier George Lee tagged the turn one wall, ending his night. As the green flag reappeared, Markham and dash winner Mark Gardiner dueled for second behind Gentry and that would last until lap nine when Markham went high in turn three and banged the wall to end his night two laps later as he pulled pitside. Gentry and his El Campensino Restaurent, Pitt Stop Auto Clinic, and Quality Fiberglass #14 started to open a gap from Gardiner as Charlie Duncan started to pressure Gardiner for second as Eric Smitley had pulled into fourth from his ninth starting position as Brad Malcuit, Aaron Phillis and Wayne Maffett Jr. raced for fifth. With five laps to go, Gardiner made contact with a lapped car and was sent to the end of the line, putting Duncan in second. Using the high groove, Gentry held Duncan at bay the last five laps for the win as Smitley took third with Maffett Jr. working his way into fourth during the last five laps as Malcuit hung on to fifth in front of a fast closing Bryan Casey.
It was dejavu for Nashport’s Jimmy Smith in the Raceday Photo’s Modified main as for the second week in a row he won a heat race to start on the front row with fellow heat winner Vic Hottinger and once again Smith powered into the lead and led all the way for his second win in a row aboard the Service Welding and B&G Painting #280. Hottinger would pester Smith for 18 laps but could never wrestle the lead away from Smith. As the fans had one eye on the two front runners, their other eye was on Norm Aronhalt, who had won the dash to start third, but elected to start tail and go for a $400 bonus if he could win. At the halfway mark Aronhalt was challenging for sixth but made contact with Ryan West and had to go tail again. With Smith and Hottinger up front, fast qualifier John Sluka, Eddie Wilson and Beau Bradley was wheeling and dealing for third. West moved into fifth after a lap 13 caution for Wilson and on the restart slipped past Bradley for fourth and then took third from Sluka three circuits later as Aronhalt was on the move again into fifth. Smith got some breathing room with two to go when Hottinger bobbled in turn two that allowed West by as Aronhalt pulled past Sluka and as the checkered flag was waving, Smith won by three car lengths over West who edged out Aronhalt for second as Hottinger and Sluka filled out the top five.
Heat winners Kyle Moore and Kenny Daughriety Jr. set the pace for the Street Stock feature with Moore taking the lead for the first two laps as Miamisburg’s Brandon Gardner moved into second with Jeremy Dickerson testing Daughriety Jr. for third. Dickerson brought out the caution on lap four after spinning as Gardner had just claimed the lead. Daughriety Jr. moved back into second on the restart as Brandon Craver and Joe Spearman trailed. A caution with seven to go for Bob Fry bunched the field up and Dickerson, who had moved back into the top five, was charged with a jump start at the end of the race as it went non stop from that point. For Gardner and the Schaeffer Oil, Rowtac, and GLR #g27 fourth win of the year and his 36th career victory at Hilltop. Daughriety Jr. finished second followed by Craver, Dickerson, after being penalized two places for the jump start, and Spearman.
Applecreek’s Gary Hensel Jr. and his McKenzie Concrete, Albert Miller Garage Doors, and Lechevale Farms #28h led all the way to post his second win of the season in the Mini Stock Main. It was not an easy race to win for Hensel Jr. as Jerry Adkins applied early pressure and then Terry Adkins put the heat on late in the race but could never get by. Jerry Adkins took home third as Brad Hensel squeezed past Greg Thompson on the last lap for fourth. Jerry Adkins and Hensel Jr. won the heats.
With five second place finishes in the Bugs-R-Gone Trucks this season, Warsaw’s Jack Large, who was the heat winner, drove into victory lane for the first time this year by edging points leader Kevin Potts. Jack Large led the way for the first 9 laps as Potts inched past on lap ten but the Performance Auto #x07 reclaimed the point on the next lap and finish out front. John Large was right behind the two leaders for third as Gordon Zimmer and Jerry Gardner rounded out the top five.
Coming out of turn four at the end of lap two of the Wedge feature, Destiny Bates and Richville’s Cody Stillion made contact with Bates spinning and bringing out the caution. On the restart, Stillion and his A-1 Towing #25 pulled away from the field and score his second win of the season and increase his points lead. Braxton Wilson held on to second as Bates was closing fast with Hannah Rose and Tristen Brown filling out the top five. The girls ruled the heat races as Bates and Rose were the winners.
The next action at Hilltop Speedway will be Thursday, June 28th with the UNOH All Star Sprint Speedweek in town with the Raceday Photos Modifieds in action with an increase in their purse. Race time will be at 8 pm. There will be no racing at Hilltop Speedway on Saturday, June 30th.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
June 23, 2012
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS (15)
Fast Qualifier George Lee 14.455
Dash Mark Gardiner, Lee, Charlie Duncan, Brad Malcuit
Heat 1 Ryan Markham, Bryan Casey, Eric Smitley, Blaine Aber, Hiriam Bachmann, April Snyder
Heat 2 JR Gentry, Aaron Phillis, Wayne Maffett Jr., Keith Tish, DJ Cline (dns)
Feature Gentry, Duncan, Smitley, Maffett Jr., Malcuit, Casey, Phillis, Aber, Gardiner, Bachmann, Tish, Snyder, Markham, Lee, Cline (dns)
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS (16)
Fast Qualifier John Sluka 16.246
Dash Norm Aronhalt, Beau Bradley, Sluka, Bruce Miller
Heat 1 Jimmy Smith, Rick Mardis, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Shairer, Mike Hutchinson, Justin Morey
Heat 2 Vic Hottinger, Jason Graham, Ryan West, Eddie Rose, Kevin Davis, Eric Singhaus
Feature Smith, West, Aronhalt, Hottinger, Sluka, Bradley, Miller, Wilson, Shairer, Morey, Graham, Davis, Hutchinson, Singhaus, Mardis (dns), Rose (dns)
STREET STOCKS (14)
Heat 1 Kyle Moore, Brandon Gardner, Joe Spearman, Tink Wilson, Tom Wilson, Dave Giaugue, Robert Smith
Heat 2 Kenny Daughriety Jr., Jeremy Dickerson, Brandon Craver, Bob Chilcote, Charlie Dawson, Jason Shairer, Bob Fry
Feature Gardner, Daughriety Jr., Craver, Dickerson, Spearman, Chilcote, Dawson, Moore, Shairer, Fry, To. Wilson, Smith, Ti. Wilson, Giaugue
MINI STOCKS (15)
Heat 1 Jerry Adkins, Terry Adkins, Doug Hensel, JR Carpenter, Kevin Markey, Tim Dockery, Dustin Daugherty, Kenny Long
Heat 2 Gary Hensel Jr., Greg Thompson, Brett Adkins, Brad Hensel, Matt Kemp, Jason St. John, Arlen Kemp
Feature Hensel Jr., T. Adkins, J. Adkins, B. Hensel, Thompson, B. Adkins, D. Hensel, St. John, Carpenter, M. Kemp, Dockery, Markey, Daugherty, Long, A. Kemp
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS (9)
Heat 1 Jack Large, Kevin Potts, David Potts, John Large, Jerry Gardner, Gordon Zimmer, Brad Phillips, Ben Brannon, Logan Brannon
Feature Ja. Large, K. Potts, Jo. Large, Zimmer, Gardner, B. Brannon, L. Brannon, D. Potts, Phillips
WEDGES (9)
Heat 1 Destiny Bates, Cody Stillion, Braxton Wilson, Tristen Brown, Nick Large
Heat 2 Hannah Rose, Taylor Huggins, Evan Large, Logan Burns
Feature Stillion, Wilson, Bates, Rose, Brown, Huggins, N. Large, E. Large, Burns
DROWN DOUSES HILLTOP LATE MODELS; SMITH SNARES 1st MOD CHECKER; DICKERSON BAGS STREET STOCK BONUS
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, June 16, 2012
By Mike Swanger
It was another close and action packed night of racing at Hilltop Speedway Saturday night that had the crowd buzzing all night. Heat winners Ryan Markham and Mark Gardiner would start on the front row of the Holmes Tire Late Model main with fast qualifier and dash winner Doug Drown in third. As they came out of turn two on the opening lap, they were three wide and with Markham edging into the lead at the end of the 1st lap. Both Gardiner and Drown moved past Markham on the next lap as Gardiner was able to keep Drown in second for the next six circuits. Wooster’s Drown would take to the highside of turns three and four at the end of lap seven and edge past Gardiner for the lead. Behind the three front runners, a five car war between Brad Malcuit, Mike Lonas, Rick Bond, Eric Myers, and Charlie Duncan as they were changing positions on every lap. As the race wore on, Drown, in his second night in the drivers seat of the Weekly Electric & BHR #63 began to pull away to score his 1st win of the year and his 19th career win at Hilltop and his second of the week end after winning at MCS on Friday. Gardiner and Markham would hold their places for second and third as Malcuit would finish fourth. With five laps to go, Bryan Casey was ninth and in final laps, stormed past Duncan, Myers, Bond and Lonas to capture fifth.
The Raceday Photos Modified feature would start with heat winners Darrell Mayer and Nashport’s Jimmy Smith up front with dash winner Norm Aronhalt and Jess Hartman in row two. At the drop of the green flag, Mayer grabbed the lead and held it for the opening two laps but slipped high in turn two on lap three that allowed Smith, Hartman and Aronhalt by. With numerous cautions slowing the pace, Smith held the lead as fast qualifier Jesse Wisecarver moved past Hartman at the halfway mark. During a caution at that time, Aronhalt had to go pitside to change a tire as Kevin Morehouse and Mayer was in the top five now. On the restart, Chris Basich took over fifth from Mayer as Wisecarver was working on Smith for the lead. With four laps to go, Morehouse stopped on the front stretch as the red flag waved. A piece of debris hit Morehouse’s car, bending a roll bar and hitting him in the shoulder, severely bruising it. On the restart, Wisecarver did all he could but Smith and his B&G Painting #280 kept the door shut to post his first Modified win at Hilltop. Aronhalt worked his way back through the field to take third as Basich and Vic Hottinger filling out the top five.
Points leader Kenny Daughriety Jr. started on the pole of the Street Stock Main but it was Mansfield’s Jeremy Dickerson taking the lead at the drop of the green flag. Brandon Gardner moved past Daughrierty Jr. on lap three and moved in on Dickerson’s rear bumper as Scott Wolford and Kyle Dickinson overtook Daughriety Jr. three laps later. Dickerson built up a comfortable lead in his Ohio Door & Sash #44 over Gardner but a caution with two to go for Wolford, bunched the field together. Gardner tried to slide under Dickerson on the restart, but could not make the pass as Dickerson notched his third win of the season and pocketed the bonus money after winning at Wayne County Speedway on Friday. Dickinson, Daughriety Jr. and Larry Jarrett, in his first trip to Hilltop, rounded out the top five. Daughriety Jr., Dickerson and Gardner were the heat winners.
Killbuck’s Terry Adkins jumped into the lead from the outside front row and led all the way to score his fourth Mini Stock win of the season as Brett Adkins and Gary Hensel Jr. wheeled and dealed for second with Brett Adkins winning that duel. Jerry Adkins moved up from his 8th starting position to take fourth from pole starting Jason King. Heat winners were King, Terry Adkins and Dustin Daugherty as Lester Berry won the last chance race.
Jack and John Large won the Bugs-R-Gone Truck heats to start on the front row of their feature and John Large leaped into the top spot when the green flew and never looked back aboard the Warsaw based L &L Motors & Advance Auto Parts #17 to pull into victory circle for the second time this season. Jack Large finished second as son David Potts out ran Dad Kevin Potts for third. Jerry Gardner rounded out the top five.
Last weeks feature winner Cody Stillion and Zanesville’s Tanner McLoughlin was the front row of the Wedge main and as the pair ran side by side on the opening lap, Stillion spun, but kept going, as McLoughlin pulled away and built up a sizable lead and take the 2 Brothers Motorsports & McLoughlin Auto Sales #59 into victory circle for the fourth time in ‘12 at Hilltop Speedway. Destiny Bates finished second as Stillion nipped Tristen Brown at the line for third with Braxton Wilson taking fifth.
Regular racing is set for Saturday, June 23 with all six divisions in action and then on Thursday, June 28th, the UNOH All Star Sprints come in to Hilltop Speedway for the Ohio Sprint Speedweek show with the Raceday Photos Modifieds also on the racing card for that night.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, June 16, 2012
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS (21)
Fast Qualifier Doug Drown 14.303
Dash Drown, Mike Lonas, Brad Malcuit, Rick Bond
Heat 1 Ryan Markham, Eric Myers, Charlie Duncan, Wayne Maffett Jr., Keith Tish, JD Fisher, Shane McLoughlin, Eric Smitley
Heat 2 Mark Gardiner, Bryan Casey, Aaron Phillis, Mike Graber, JR Gentry, Dave Hornikel (dns), Tom Baker (dns), Larry Bellman (dns), Blaine Aber (dns)
Feature Drown, Gardiner, Markham, Malcuit, Casey, Lonas, Bond, Myers, Duncan, Maffett Jr., Smitley, Phillis, Tish, Bellman, Graber, Fisher, Gentry (dns), Hornikel (dns), Baker (dns), Aber (dns), McLoughlin (dns)
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS (20)
Fast Qualifier Jesse Wisecarver 15.579
Dash Norm Aronhalt, Jess Hartman, Kevin Morehouse, Wisecarver
Heat 1 Darrell Mayer, Chris Basich, Ryan West, Eddie Wilson, Larry Kugel, Mike Hutchison, Josh Pyers, Jason Graham
Heat 2 Jimmy Smith, Rick Mardis, Vic Hottinger, Kyle Brown, Bob Page, Kevin Davis, Kevin Shairer, Justin Morey (dns)
Feature Smith, Wisecarver, Aronhalt, Basich, Hottinger, West, Hartman, Kugel, Mayer, Mardis, Brown, Morehouse, Pyers, Wilson, Davis, Shairer, Hutchinson, Page, Graham, Morey (dns)
STREET STOCKS (20)
Heat 1 Kenny Daughriety Jr., Kyle Moore, Scott Wolford, Kyle Dickinson, Larry Jarrett, Quinten Lewis, Raymond Hixon
Heat 2 Jeremy Dickerson, Bob Chilcote, Joe Spearman, Dave Giaugue, Jason Shairer, John Wilson, Tom Wilson
Heat 3 Brandon Gardner, Colt Maxwell, Billy Goerz, Tink Wilson, Cody Daughriety, Robert Smith
Feature Dickerson, Gardner, Dickinson, Daughriety Jr., Jarrett, Maxwell, Goerz, Spearman, Wolford, Giaugue, Lewis, Chilcote, Ti. Wilson, Smith, Shairer, J. Wilson, Hixon, To. Wilson, Moore, Daughriety (dns)
MINI STOCKS (24)
Heat 1 Jason King, Matt Kemp, Jason St. John, Dee Adkins, Mike Rose, Steve Miller, Lenny Quinn, Arlen Kemp
Heat 2 Terry Adkins, Brett Adkins, Jerry Adkins, Tim Dockery, Greg Thompson, Lester Berry, Billy Parsons, Jeff Barker
Heat 3 Dustin Daugherty, Gary Hensel Jr., JR Carpenter, Moose Workman, Chris Priebe, Kevin Markey, Nick Robison, Elliott Robinson
L. C. #1 Berry, Quinn, Barker, Robison, A. Kemp, Markey, Miller (dns), Robison (dns), Robinson (dns)
Feature T. Adkins, B. Adkins, Hensel Jr., J. Adkins, KIng, A. Kemp, Daugherty, Carpenter, Priebe, Workman, D. Adkins, Rose, Dockery, Berry, Quinn, St. John, Barker, Thompson
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS (11)
Heat 1 Jack Large, David Potts, Gordon Zimmer, Brad Phillips, Rebecca Brannon, Mitch Caskey
Heat 2 John Large, Kevin Potts, Jerry Gardner, Tom Garlick, Logan Brannon
Feature Jo. Large, Ja. Large, D. Potts, K. Potts, Gardner, Garlick, L. Brannon, Zimmer, R. Brannon, Caskey, Phillips
WEDGES (10)
Heat 1 Cody Stillion, Tristen Lillibridge, Destiny Bates, Logan Burns, Nick Large
Heat 2 Tanner McLoughlin, Tristen Brown, Josey Lillibridge, Evan Large, Braxton Wilson
Feature McLoughlin, Bates, Stillion, Brown, Wilson, J. Lillibridge, E. Large, N. Large, T. Lillibridge, BurnsBurns
LEE LASERS HILLTOP LATE MODELS; CLINE CLICKS TO MOD CHECKER; GARDNER GRABS BONUS BUCKS; K. POTTS & J. ADKINS REPEAT WINS; STILLION SCORES 1st WEDGE VICTORY
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, June 9, 2012
By Mike Swanger
Mid Season Championships and Fan Appreciation night brought out another big crowd on a warm evening at Hilltop Speedway for another action packed night of racing. Putting in long hours overnight replacing broken parts on the Cowen Truckline, LSI, & Bert Transmissions #61 from the night before, paid off for George Lee as he set fast time, won his heat race and then led flag to flag in the Holmes Tire Late Model main as the Loudonville driver pocketed his 4th win of the season at the Holmes County speedplant. He was challenged early on by Eric Myers and Charlie Duncan, who would spin and bring out the caution on lap five. Lee started to pull away from the field as Myers and Ryan Markham would duel for second as Rick Bond and Mike Lonas trailed them. As the race hit the halfway mark and Lee having a straight away lead, Markham took control of second as eighth starting Jason Flory powered past Bond and Lonas for fourth as Myers kept after Markham. Flory would make it a three way battle for second. As the final laps clicked off and Lee well in front, the fans attention was for second as Markham was able to hold off Flory for second at the finish line with Myers in fourth and Lonas taking fifth as JR Gentry and Duncan was right behind. Lee, Myers and Bond posted the heat wins.
It took three attempts to get the first lap of the Raceday Photos Modified feature recorded as fast qualifier Lance Elson would have DJ Cline, Rick Mardis and Kevin Morehouse hounding him for the lead once the race got going. Coming out of turn four to wrap up lap four, Elson, who won the Renegades of Dirt opener at Hilltop in May, spun out to bring out the caution and ended his chance for the win. That would put Cline of St. Clairsville into the top spot with Morehouse on his rear bumper. As the race wore on, Morehouse tried every inch of the track to swipe the lead away but Cline and his Northstar Polaris, Quicktime Performance Parts, and Ohio Valley Awards #4 hugged the low groove lap after lap and secure his first win at Hilltop. Mardis fended off runs by Vic Hottinger, Nathan Loney, Darrell Mayer and Ryan West for third as Hottinger would claim fourth and West took fifth. Heat winners were Elson, Cline and Mardis.
Heat winners Kenny Daughriety Jr. and Jeremy Dickerson started on the front row of the Street Stock feature but that would not last long as Dickerson banged the front wall at the end of the first lap ending his night and then with Bob Daugherty and Miamisburg’s Brandon Gardner, who started ninth, putting the pressure on Daughriety Jr. for the lead on lap six, Daughriety Jr. spun in turn one. Daugherty would inherit the point and keep it for the next four circuits and then Gardner would take to the top groove and edge past Daugherty coming out of turn with five to go. As the checkered flag flew, Gardner and his Rowtac, Schaeffer Oil, and GLR #g27 had a five car length lead for his third win of the season, the 35th all time win at Hilltop, and the bonus money as he won on Friday night at Wayne County Speedway. Joe Spearman finished a solid third as Daughriety Jr. came back to take fourth as John Wilson rounded the top five.
Millersburg’s Jerry Adkins grabbed the lead from the outside front row of the Mini Stock Main and then spent the rest of the race holding off Brett Adkins for the first two laps as he was replaced in second by Gary Hensel Jr on lap three. Hensel Jr. would try to get by the TH Mfg #101 of Adkins using the extreme high side of the track and with two laps to go, bounced off the front wall and giving up second to Terry Adkins and giving Jerry Adkins some breathing room. Hensel Jr. collected himself and nipped Terry Adkins at the finish line for second. For Jerry Adkins, it was his third trip to victory lane this season. Brett Adkins and Jason St. John filled out the top five. Jerry Adkins, Brett Adkins and Hensel Jr. notched the heat wins.
After an aborted start of the Bugs-R-Gone Trucks feature, John Large would set the pace of the opening eight laps with Mitch Caskey in hot pursuit as he could edge past Large at different times but never was the leader of a lap. Kevin Potts was right behind the two front runners waiting on his chance to make a move on both. That chance came on the completion of lap eight when Large slipped sideways and Caskey went high in turn four, Potts powered past and closed the door on the pair and post his fifth win of the year aboard the Sunbury based Welders on Wheels, Eagle Insurance, and D&D Agri Hauling #8k. Large held on to second over Caskey as Jerry Gardner and Logan Brannon filled out the top five. Jack Large and Caskey headed the heats.
Second heat winner Cody Stillion breezed to his first Mini Wedge win at Hilltop as he lead all the way in the Al’s Towing #25. The Uhrichville seven year old was never challenged as Hannah Rose was a distant second followed by first heat winner, Nick Large, Braxton Wilson and Josey Lillibridge.
Two nights of racing at Hilltop Speedway this week as the Ohio Outlaw Motorsports take over on Friday, June 16th with Motorcycles and Quads and the next night a regular program with the six class’ of cars back in action.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, June 9, 2012
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS (18)
Fast Qualifier George Lee 14.361
Heat 1 Lee, Charlie Duncan, Tom Baker, Keith Tish, Brandon Leyda, Dave Hornikel
Heat 2 Eric Myers, Mike Lonas, Jason Flory, DJ Cline, Travis Leyda, Jimmy Morey
Heat 3 Rick Bond, Ryan Markham, JR Gentry, Coby Bartrum, Aaron Phillis, Hiriam Bachmann
Feature Lee, Markham, Flory, Myers, Lonas, Gentry, Duncan, Baker, Bond, Phillis, Bartrum, Bachmann, B. Leyda, Morey, Hornikel, T. Leyda, Tish, Cline
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS (20)
Fast Qualifier Lance Elson 15.432
Heat 1 Lance Elson, Vic Hottinger, Ryan West, Robin Duston, Sid Danals, Virgil Eaches, Eddie Wilson
Heat 2 DJ Cline, Kevin Morehouse, Darrell Mayer, Hilton Eppley, Jason Graham, Kevin Shairer, Jimmy Smith
Heat 3 Rick Mardis, Nathan Loney, Matt Samples, Robert Page, Kevin Davis, Larry Kugel
Feature Cline, Morehouse, Mardis, Hottinger, West, Mayer, Wilson, Eppley, Graham, Loney, Kugel, Shairer, Elson, Page, Samples, Duston, Danals, Eaches, Davis, Smith
STREET STOCKS (16)
Heat 1 Kenny Daughriety Jr., Bob Daugherty, Bob Fry, Jason Shairer, Brandon Gardner, Cody Daughriety, Tom Wilson, Dave Giaugue
Heat 2 Jeremy Dickerson, Joe Spearman, Quinton Lewis, Bill Goerz, Kenny Daughriety Sr., Raymond Hixon, Robert Smith, John Wilson
Feature Gardner, Daugherty, Spearman, Daughriety Jr., J. Wilson, Fry, Lewis, Giaugue, Daughriety Sr., Smith, C. Daughriety, Goerz, Hixon, Dickerson, Shairer, T. Wilson
MINI STOCKS (20)
Heat 1 Brett Adkins, Kyle Moore, Chris Priebe, Dustin Daugherty, Elliott Robinson, Arlen Kemp, Randall Whicker (dns)
Heat 2 Jerry Adkins, Terry Adkins, Jordan James, Tim Dockery, JR Carpenter, Jason St. John, Steve Miller
Heat 3 Gary Hensel Jr., Kevin Markey, Matt Kemp, Moose Workman, Mike Rose, Greg Thompson
Feature J. Adkins, Hensel Jr., T. Adkins, B. Adkins, St. John, Priebe, M. Kemp, Daugherty, Miller, Robinson, Carpenter, A. Kemp, Markey, James, Moore, Workman, Dockery, Rose, Thompson (dns), Whicker (dns)
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS (10)
Heat 1 Jack Large, Mitch Caskey, John Large, Kevin Potts, David Potts, Jerry Gardner, Logan Brannon, Rebekah Brannon, Stan Braxton, Cole Lillibridge
Feature K. Potts, Jo. Large, Caskey, Gardner, L. Brannon, Braxton, R. Brannon, Ja. Large, D. Potts, Lillibridge (dns)
WEDGES (11)
Heat 1 Nick Large, Livia Large, Logan Burnes, Taylor Huggins, Brayden Morey
Heat 2 Cody Stillion, Hannah Rose, Destiny Bates, Braxton Wilson, Josey Lillibridge, Tristen Lillibridge
Feature Stillion, Rose, N. Large, Wilson, J. Lillibridge, Burnes, T. Lillibridge, Huggins, Morey, Bates, L. Large (dns)
JACOBS, LONAS & STUHLDREHER REGISTER 1st HILLTOP WINS; WISECARVER, DICKERSON & K. POTTS RETURN TO VICTORY CIRCLE
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, June 2, 2012
By Mike Swanger
Despite a heavy rain shower that lasted about 20 minutes just past 4 pm, causing the start of racing to be delayed until after 8 o’clock, the large crowd was not disappointed with the first visit of the season by the Sprints and Modlites at Hilltop Speedway. The Sprint heats took a toll on the field as Rob Chaney would win the third heat but as he crossed the finish line, the powerplant in his machine seized up ending his night while Cole Duncan’s ride did the same in the first heat as he was running second. Chris Smith hit the wall in turn one in the first heat to stop his night early. Shawn Hubler and Lee Jacobs won the first two heats to start on the front row of the feature and before the opening lap was complete, Nick Patterson flipped in turn three. On the restart, Jacobs grabbed the lead with Hubler in pursuit as Caleb Helms, Andrew Palker and Danny Mumaw dealing for third. Palker took third on lap five and closed in on Hubler for second as Jacobs increased his lead. Down the backstretch on lap 19, Palker made a move to the inside of Hubler and the two made contact that sent Hubler sliding sideways into the infield, far enough off the track that no caution flag flew and Palker started to close in on Jacobs as Mumaw took third from Helms. Two laps later, Palker tried to slip under Jacobs for the lead in turn four and the pair touched sending them spinning and collecting Mumaw in the process. Palker’s sprinter was damaged enough to end his night as Jacobs and Mumaw got the places back. On the restart, Mumaw made a run at Jacobs for the lead but came up short on the slide job and Jacobs of Holmesville and his Rick Ferkel owned, Shorty’s Truck Repair, Smith Farms, and www.slapitup.com #0 pulled away the remaining last 8 laps as Helms held on to third in front of Jason Dolick and Broc Martin.
Like the Sprints, the Holmes Tire Late Models lost a couple of cars before the first lap was recorded as the field was three wide going into turn three that caused some bumping to happen and cars go spinning as the second starting row of Ryan Markham and George Lee sustained damage to their vehicles to send them pitside for the race along with Cody Scott. At the drop of the green flag, Lance Elson took control of the race over Wayne Maffett Jr. but Mansfield’s Mike Lonas hustled past Maffett Jr on lap three and quickly reeled in Elson. Lonas used the highside of turn four on lap 8 to storm past Elson for the point as 12 starting JR Gentry moved into third. At the halfway mark, Gentry maneuvered past Elson for second and utilizing the top groove, roared past Lonas on lap 15 for the lead. Lonas and his Smitley Towing, Fultz Fabrication, and Eddleblute Truck Repair #5L, hung with Gentry and with five to go reclaimed the lead when Gentry bobbled in turn four and held on for his first win. Elson took third holdin off Rick Bond and Mark Gardiner. Heat wins were claimed by Maffett Jr., Elson, Lee and Markham as Chester Elliott won the last chance race.
Zanesville’s Jesse Wisecarver went flag to flag for the Raceday Photos Modified win aboard the Formation Cementing, A&W RootBeer, and Ron & Tami Jewett Motorsports #101. Darrick Hubbard took second from Jason Graham on lap four and challenged Wisecarver throughout the middle part of the feature, who would pull away as the laps wound down as Aaron Scott would edge past Hubbard on the last circuit to take second as Larry Kugel and DJ Cline filled out the top five. Wisecarver, Graham, Scott and Hubbard topped the heats with Robert Page scoring the last chance win.
Jeremy Dickerson of Mansfield out raced Kyle Dickinson into turn one of the Street Stock main and never looked back to put the Ohio Door & Sash and Griff’s Racing Engines #44d into the winners circle for the second time this year. Justin Patterson moved past Dickinson on lap two and stayed with Dickerson early on but mechanical woes would slow him late in the race as Kenny Daughriety Jr. and John Wilson took advantage of a Dickinson slip with five to go for second and third. Dickinson held off Roger Drouhard to hang on to fourth. Dickerson and Dickinson won the heats.
Points leader Kevin Potts expanded his point lead in the Bugs-R-Gone Truck feature as he lead all the way for the win. The Sunbury based Proscape Landscaping, Tickets Galore and JWC Electrical Services #8k was hounded by Jerry Gardner as the two heat winners stayed one and two the whole race. David Potts and Jack Large dueled for third with Potts winning that battle as Tom Garlick rounded out the top five
The Modlites made their 2012 debut at Hilltop with East Canton’s Brian Stuhldreher besting the field as he won the heat and then held off Nick Crider in the feature. Crider made a couple of runs at Stuhldreher’s #17 but could never take the lead. Tim Hawkins, Andy Heath and Josh Crider rounded out the top five.
Mid Season championships are set for next Saturday, June 9th for all six regular class’ as race time is 7 pm at Hilltop Speedway
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, June 2, 2012
SPRINTS (19)
Heat 1 Shawn Hubler, Caleb Helms, Mitch Harble, Nick Patterson, Cole Duncan, Jordan Harble, Shelia Rankin
Heat 2 Lee Jacobs, Jason Dolick, Broc Martin, Gary Rankin, Chris Plascak, James Pooler
Heat 3 Rob Chaney, Andrew Palker, Danny Mumaw, Bryce Dickson, Aaron Middaugh, Chris Smith
Feature Jacobs, Mumaw, Helms, Dolick, Martin, Middaugh, G. Rankin, S. Rankin, J. Harble, Pooler, Palker, M. Harble, Dickson, Plascak, Patterson, Hubler (dq), Chaney (dns), Duncan (dns), Smith (dns)
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS (26)
Heat 1 Wayne Maffett Jr., Mark Gardiner, Cody Scott, Garrett Krummert, Chester Elliott, Kyle Moore, Hiriam Bachmann
Heat 2 Lance Elson, Mike Lonas, Matt Robinette, Aaron Phillis, Travis Leyda, David Liles (dns)
Heat 3 George Lee, Rick Bond, DJ Cline, Eric Smitley, Brad Malcuit, James Fisher, James Morey
Heat 4 Ryan Markham, Charlie Duncan, JR Gentry, Keith Tish, Matt Irey, Brandon Leyda
L. C. #1 Elliott, Irey, Morey, B. Leyda, T. Leyda, Fisher, Malcuit (dns), Moore (dns), Bachmann (dns), Liles (dns)
Feature Lonas, Gentry, Elson, Bond, Gardiner, Duncan, Smitley, Irey, Maffett Jr., Tish, Robinette, Elliott, Phillis, Krummert, Cline, Lee, Markham, Scott
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS (25)
Heat 1 Jesse Wisecarver, Matt Samples, Nathan Loney, Josh Morrow, Eddie Wilson, Sid Danals, Kyle Warner
Heat 2 Jason Graham, Ryan West, Robin Duston, Vic Hottinger, Robert Page, Ty Samples
Heat 3 Aaron Scott, DJ Cline, Rob Melzer, Jimmy Smith, Virgil Eaches, Kevin Davis
Heat 4 Darrick Hubbard Sr., Larry Kugel, Beau Bradley, Kevin Shairer, Rick Mardis, John Sluka
L. C. #1 Page, Mardis, Wilson, Danals, T. Samples, Eaches, Davis, Sluka (dns), Warner (dns)
Feature Wisecarver, Scott, Hubbard Sr., Kugel, Cline, West, Hottinger, Graham, Shairer, Page, Bradley, Morrow, Loney, Smith, Mardis, Melzer, Duston, M. Samples
STREET STOCKS (14)
Heat 1 Kyle Dickinson, Roger Drouhard, John Wilson, Kenny Daughriety Jr., Dave Giaugue, Gary Hensel Sr., Scott Richardson
Heat 2 Jeremy Dickerson, Justin Patterson, Joe Spearman, Raymond Hixon, Robert Smith, Jason Shairer, Tom Wilson
Feature Dickerson, Daughriety Jr., J. Wilson, Dickinson, Drouhard, Spearman, Smith, Giaugue, Shairer, Patterson, Hensel, Hixon, T. Wilson (dns), Richardson (dns)
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS (13)
Heat 1 Jerry Gardner, David Potts, Jack Large, Steve Large, Jim Large, John Large, Brad Phillips
Heat 2 Kevin Potts, Mitch Caskey, Cole Lillibridge, Tom Garlick, Logan Brannon, Darrick Hubbard Jr.
Feature K. Potts, Gardner, D. Potts, Ja. Large, Garlick, Caskey, Hubbard Jr., J. Large, S. Large, Jo. Large, Brannon, Lillibridge, Phillips (dns)
MODLITES (7)
Heat 1 Brian Stuhldreher, Nick Crider, Tim Hawkins, Andy Heath, Wayne Kintz, Donna Hart, Josh Crider
Feature Stuhldreher, N. Crider, Hawkins, Heath, J. Crider, Hart, Kintz
GEORGE LEE CHARGES TO HILLTOP’S ALL STAR CHECKER FLAG
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, May 26, 2012
By Mike Swanger
It was opening night for the UNOH All Star Late Models at Hilltop Speedway and in front of another full house and the bright lights and camera’s of SportsTime Ohio, it was another Hilltop thriller. Heat winners Dave Hornikel, Shane McLoughlin and Ryan Markham would have three youngsters pull for their starting spots in the 40 lap event with Markham and Hornikel leading the field to the green flag. Markham would take the point with a four car rumble behind him as McLoughlin, Hornikel, Mike Lonas and Fast Qualifier George Lee wheeled and dealed for second. As Markham ran the low groove with McLoughlin in his tire tracks, Hornikel and Lee was riding the highside and Lonas in the middle as they would be changing the running order lap after lap behind Markham for the first 15 laps. The caution was waved at that point for Aaron Phillis and the field lined up in the Delaware style restart behind Markham, as Hornikel and Lee cleared McLoughlin and Lonas after the green reappeared. Another yellow flag on lap 19 for Mike Graber and Eric Smitley and on this restart Lonas made a hard dive into turn one to grab second as Hornikel bobbled high in turn two that allowed Lee to power past for third and the Loudonville driver then inched by Lonas on the next circuit. Two laps later, Lee would take his Cowen Truck Line and LSI #61 on a surprise move to the low groove and swipe the lead away from Markham for the first time as now 14th starting Sammy Stile made his appearance into the top five. With 15 to go, Lee started to open up a lead as Hornikel was second with Stile pressuring Markham for third as McLoughlin and Lonas started to fade with Doug Drown, who started 22nd, working his way into the picture. Using the extreme low groove, Stile eased past Hornikel, when he slipped for a second in turn two, with 10 to go. As the final laps clicked off, Lee had a big enough of cushion that Stile, despite closing in on the leader, could not make a serious run for the win, with Hornikel and Markham running third and fourth as Drown squeezed by McLoughlin with four circuits to go for fifth. For the popular driver known as ‘the General’, it was his first UNOH All Star win and his third of the season at Hilltop as Lee now has 17 Late Model career wins at the Holmes County speedplant.
A new winner was for sure in the RaceDay Photos Modifieds as all the previous winners this season were not in attendance and for the opening 15 laps of the feature, Jimmy Smith looked like he was the man but the right rear decided to go flat at that point, ending his run. Newark’s Beau Bradley had spent the whole race trying to get past Smith, would inherit the lead and the Impact Power Coating, Schmidty’s Convenience Store and Bradley’s Oil Production #83 would fend off the run by Ryan West the last five laps to secure his first win of the season and become the 13th driver to win in more than one class of cars at Hilltop Speedway. Bradley and West, who came from the back of the field after spinning on the first lap, were followed by Scott Peltz, Sid Danals, and Darrell Mayer. Bradley, Smith and Peltz pocketed the heat wins.
Jeremy Dickerson and Brandon Gardner won their heats to earn the right to start on the front row of the Street Stock feature and at the drop of the green flag, Gardner of Miamisburg grabbed the point with Kenny Daughriety Jr. taking second as Dickerson filled third. Mechanical problems would sideline Dickerson on lap four as Justin Patterson, John Wilson, Brandon Craver and Ed Leasure challenged for top five positioning. As the race wore on, Gardner and the Schaeffer Oil, Innovative Graphics and GLR #27g machine would extend his lead over Daughriety Jr. and Patterson as Craver and Leasure would drop from contention with tire issues. Wilson would take home fourth as Bob Fry filled out the top five.
Killbuck’s Terry Adkins led all the way in the Mini Stock main to coleect his third win of the season aboard the #49 car. Brett Adkins ran second for the first seven laps and then the right rear tire snapped off his car to curtail his night. That would put Gary Hensel Jr. into the second slot and he would pressure Terry Adkins to the finish but settled for second. Matt Kemp had his best finish of third with Chris Priebe and Kyle Moore rounding out the top five. Terry and Brett Adkins along with Moose Workman, whose car caught on fire in the feature to bring out the red flag, paced the heats with Randall Whicker claiming the last chance race.
Points leader Hannah Rose took the lead from three time winner Tanner McLoughlin on lap three and then pulled away for her first Mini Wedge win of the season. Driving the Jeromesville based, Fultz Fabrication #42,Rose was chased by Destiny Bates, Tristen Brown, Cody Stillion and Josey Lillibridge. Heat wins went to McLoughlin and Rose.
Saturday night, June 2nd will see the Sprint Cars and the Mod Lites take to the Hilltop Speedway surface for the 1st time this season after being rained out earlier this year. The Holmes Tire Late Model, RaceDay Photo Modifieds, Street Stocks and the Bugs-R-Gone Trucks will be in action as the Mini Stocks and Mini Wedges take a night off. Race time is at 7 pm.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, May 26,2012
UNOH ALL STAR LATE MODELS (25)
Fast Qualifier George Lee 14.731
Heat 1 Dave Hornikel, Mike Lonas, JR Gentry, Keith Tish, Mike Graber, Aaron Phillis, Carrie Mason, Doug Drown
Heat 2 Shane McLoughlin, Lee, Mark Gardner, Scott Peltz, Scott Stile, Eric Smitley, Matt Aber, Josh Harris
Heat 3 Ryan Markham, Rick Bond, Brad Malcuit, David Liles, Wayne Maffett Jr., Russ King, Tom Baker, Brandon Perkins, Hiriam Bachmann
Feature Lee, Stile, Hornikel, Markham, Drown, McLoughlin, Lonas, Peltz, Gardner, Bond, Maffett Jr., Baker, Aber, Graber, Tish, Mason, Gentry, Phillis, King, Smitley, Harris, Malcuit, Liles, Perkins (dns), Bachmann (dns)
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS (18)
Heat 1 Beau Bradley, Darrel Mayer, Robin Duston, Ryan West, Josh Cairati, Desi McHenry
Heat 2 Jimmy Smith, Matt Samples, Bob Page, Eddie Wilson, Nathan Loney, Bruce Miller
Heat 3 Scott Peltz, Sid Danals, Kyle Brown, Casey Fritz, Virgil Eaches (dns), Mike Hutchenson (dns)
Feature Bradley, West, Peltz, Danals, Mayer, Wilson, Duston, Page, Eaches, Brown, Smith, Fritz, Miller, Samples, Cairati, Loney, McHenry (dns), Hutchenson (dns)
STREET STOCKS (15)
Heat 1 Jeremy Dickerson, Bob Daugherty, John Wilson, Bob Fry, Joe Spearman, Brandon Craver, Raymond Hixon, Dave Giaugue
Heat 2 Brandon Gardner, Kenny Daughriety Jr., Justin Patterson, Ed Leasure, Robert Smith, Cody Daughriety, Charlie Dawson
Feature Gardner, Daughriety Jr., Patterson, Wilson, Fry, Giaugue, Dawson, Craver, Smith, C. Daughriety, Leasure, Daugherty, Spearman (dns), Hixon (dns)
MINI STOCKS (23)
Heat 1 Terry Adkins, Matt Kemp, Steve Miller, Mike Rose, James Priebe, Randall Whicker, Jeff Rose, Elliott Robinson
Heat 2 Brett Adkins, Gary Hensel Jr., Kevin Markey, Dustin Daugherty, Tyler Wiles, Tyler Rose, Brad Lawhorn, Jason St. John
Heat 3 Moose Workman, Chris Priebe, Greg Thompson, Kyle Moore, Tim Justice, Doug Hensel, Arlen Kemp
L.C. #1 Whicker, D. Hensel, Robinson, T. Rose, Lawhorn, J. Rose (dns), A. Kemp (dns), St. John (dns)
Feature T. Adkins, Hensel Jr., M. Kemp, C. Priebe, Moore, M. Rose, Miller, J. Priebe, Robinson, Whicker, Daugherty, B. Adkins, D. Hensel, Workman, Thompson, Justice, Markey, Wiles (dns)
MINI WEDGES (11)
Heat 1 Tanner McLoughlin, KJ Kidd, Tristen Brown, Logan Burnes, Josey Lillibridge, Braxton Wilson
Heat 2 Hannah Rose, Taylor Huggins, Destiny Bates, Cody Stillion, Nick Large
Feature Rose, Bates, Brown, Stillion, J. Lillibridge, Burnes, Large, McLouglin, Kidd, Wilson, Huggins
McLOUGHLIN’S SWEEP HILLTOP; ARONHALT, DICKERSON, & JERRY ADKINS RETURN TO VICTORY LANE; JOHN LARGE TRUCKS IT TO CHECKER FLAG
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, May 19, 2012
By Mike Swanger
Warm temperatures brought a another big crowd on Driver Autograph night at Hilltop Speedway as the action on the track kept the fans buzzing. By winning the dash for the Holmes Tire Late Models, J R Gentry would start on the pole of the 25 lap feature along side Eric Smitley. Gentry popped into the lead at the drop of the green flag with Nashport’s Shane McLoughlin taking second as Brad Malcuit moved into third on lap three. As the race reached lap eight, Gentry had built a good lead setting a torrid pace as McLoughlin, Malcuit, and Dave Hornikel would scuffle for second as Ryan Markham and Mike Lonas battled for fifth. Gentry’s comfortable lead was erased when a caution flew on lap 20 to bunch the field back up. As the green flag reappeared, McLoughlin and his Riesbeck’s Food Market, McLoughlin Auto Sales and Lias Tires #9 went to the highside of turns one and two and then sling shoted the car under Gentry down the backstretch to snatch the point and then pull away for his first win of the season. Malcuit held off Hornikel for third as Markham finished fifth. Hornikel and Markham won the heats.
Earlier in the evening, Tanner McLoughlin led all the way in the Mini Wedge main to win his third straight feature to make it a father- son sweep. Tanner’s win was not easy as Phil Bubeck was able to get alongside the #59 of McLoughlin’s a couple of times but could never slip past. Charity Bubeck held off Hannah Rose for third as Tristen Brown rounded out the top five. McLoughlin and Brown topped the heat races.
Rick Mardis took the outside front row starting position and set the pace for the first four laps of the Raceday Photos Modified feature as Ryan West followed. Warsaw’s Norm Aronhalt would drop West a spot on lap five and then scoot past Mardis on the next circuit for the top spot. The pace of the race was slowed by numerous cautions that kept the field bunched up and had allowed Kevin Morehouse to move into third from his 16th starting spot just past halfway. After a lap 11 caution, Morehouse powered past West for second and set sail for Aronhalt, who had won the Wayne-Hill challenge last week as Morehouse was trying to do the same this week. With the yellow flying twice in the last three laps, Aronhalt and the Ports Petroluem, & Tye Twarog, #309 ran the highside to perfection to hold off Morehouse’s slide jobs attempts and go to victory lane for the second week in a row. West hit the wall with three to bring out that caution that allowed Gary Clark to take third as pole starting Larry Kugel finished fourth and Vic Hottinger grabbed fifth for the second week in a row. Posting heat wins were Kugel, Mardis and Aronhalt.
Brandon Gardner and Jeremy Dickerson won the heats for the Street Stocks to earn the right to start on the front row of their feature and at the drop of the green flag, it was all Dickerson as the Mansfield driver and his Ohio Door & Sash and Griff’s Racing Engines #44d never looked back to win his first feature at Hilltop Speedway. Gardner, who was trying for the Wayne-Hill challenge money also, had his hands full with Justin Patterson for second and with five to go, succumbed to Patterson’s pressure for second. Dickerson had built up a big enough lead that Patterson could not track him down. With three laps to go Bob Daugherty slipped past Kenny Daughriety Jr. for fourth.
Millersburg’s Jerry Adkins held off early charges from Brett Adkins and Chris Priebe and then stretched his lead as the race wore on to post his second Mini Stock win of the season aboard the TH Mfg #101. Priebe would settle in second place as Terry Adkins tracked down Brett Adkins just past halfway to take third as Jordan James filled out the top five. Brett Adkins, Jerry Adkins and James notched the heat wins.
John Large of Warsaw won the heat race and then went flag to flag for his first win of the season in the Bugs-R-Gone truck main, stopping the Potts’ four week run of wins. Driving the L &L Motors and Advance Auto Parts #17, John was followed by Jack Large and Tom Garlick as Kevin Potts and David Potts rounded out the top five.
Next Saturday night, May 26th, the All Star Late Models pull into Hilltop Speedway with $5,000 awaiting the winner with the Raceday Photos Modifieds, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks and Wedges on the racing card also. Grandstand gates will open at 4 pm with racing starting at 7 pm. Sportstime Ohio TV will be in to tape the All Star Late Models for a future broadcast on the Cleveland based station.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, May 19, 2012
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS (18)
Fast Qualifier Brad Malcuit & Shane McLoughlin 15.265
Dash J R Gentry, Eric Smitley, McLoughlin, Malcuit, Mike Lonas, Wayne Maffett Jr.
Heat 1 Ryan Markham, Charlie Duncan, Mark Gardiner, Keith Tish, Jason Hinton, Larry Bellman
Heat 2 Dave Hornikel, Blaine Aber, Bryan Casey, Aaron Phillis, Justin Chance, J D Fisher
Feature McLoughlin, Gentry, Malcuit, Hornikel, Markham, Lonas, Maffett Jr., Smitley, Gardiner, Chance, Tish, Duncan, Phillis, Aber, Bellman, Casey, Fisher, Hinton
RACEDAY PHOTOS MODIFIEDS (20)
Heat 1 Larry Kugel, Ryan West, Ty Samples, Vic Hottinger, Darrick Hubbard, Kevin Morehouse, Melissa Haskins
Heat 2 Rick Mardis, Kevin Shairer, Tigh Shaffer, Eddie Wilson, Desi McHenry, Matt Samples, Mike Hutchinson
Heat 3 Norm Aronhalt, Gary Clark, Jason Graham, Josh Morrow, Hilton Eppley, Virgil Eaches
Feature Aronhalt, Morehouse, Clark, Kugel, Hottinger, Wilson, Graham, Hubbard, West, Eaches, Morrow, Shaffer, Mardis, M. Samples, Hutchinson, Eppley, T. Samples, Shairer, Haskins, McHenry
STREET STOCKS (12)
Heat 1 Brandon Gardner, Kenny Daughriety Jr., Bob Chilcote, Dave Giaugue, Jason Shairer, Kodie Daughriety
Heat 2 Jeremy Dickerson, Justin Patterson, Joe Spearman, Bob Daugherty, Robert Smith, John Wilson
Feature Dickerson, Patterson, Gardner, Daugherty, Daughriety Jr., Smith, Spearman, Giaugue, Shairer, Wilson, Chilcote, K. Daughriety
MINI STOCKS (25)
Heat 1 Brett Adkins, Chris Priebe, Roger Rush, Dustin Daugherty, Lester Berry, Kevin Markey, Moose Workman, Bill Huntington, Jeff Barker
Heat 2 Jerry Adkins, Mitch Reichard, Tim Justice, Matt Kemp, Tim Dockery, Greg Thompson, Arlen Kemp, Blane Wolford
Heat 3 Jordan James, Terry Adkins, J R Carpenter, Randall Whicker, Elliott Robinson, Jason King, Mike Rose (dns), Tom Keller (dns)
L.C. #1 King, Markey, Huntington, Thompson, A. Kemp, Wolford, Workman, Barker, Rose (dns), Keller (dns)
Feature J. Adkins, Priebe, T. Adkins, B. Adkins, James, M. Kemp, King, Whicker, Berry, Markey, Huntington, Justice, Carpenter, Reichard, Robinson, Daugherty, Rush, Dockey (dns)
BUG-R-GONE TRUCKS (10)
Heat 1 John Large, Jack Large, Tom Garlick, Steve Large, Darrick Hubbard Jr., David Potts, Logan Brannon, Jerry Gardner, Kevin Potts, Cole Lillibridge
Feature Jo. Large, Ja. Large, Garlick, K. Potts, D. Potts, S. Large, Gardner, Brannon, Lillibridge, Hubbard Jr.
MINI WEDGES (16)
Heat 1 Tanner McLoughlin, Phil Bubeck, Hannah Rose, Tristen Lillibridge, Livia Large, Brayden Morey, Josey Lillibridge, Destiny Bates
Heat 2 Tristen Brown, Braxton Wilson, Cody Stillion, Charity Bubeck, Chase Osborne, Taylor Huggins, Nick Large, Logan Burnes
Feature McLoughlin, P. Bubeck, C. Bubeck, Rose, Brown, O. Large, Wilson, Stillion, Morey, Bates, J. Lillibridge, Huggins, Burnes, N. Large, T. Lillibridge, Osborne (dns)
LEE, ARONHALT & GARDNER WIN HILLTOP THRILLERS; T. ADKINS, K. POTTS & McLOUGHLIN RETURN TO VICTORY LANE
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, May 12, 2012
By Mike Swanger
The racing fans that filled the grandstands at Hilltop Speedway got a good workout as they were up and down in their seats for most of the night. In the Holmes Tire Late Model action, George Lee set fast time of 14.347 seconds and then finished second to Brad Malcuit in the dash putting them on the front row of the feature. Driving the LSI, Cowen Truck Line, Bert Transmissions #61, Lee took the high groove and quickly opened up a big lead over the rest of the field. Malcuit and Ryan Markham ran second and third as heat winners Devin Moran, JR Gentry and Norm Aronhalt started to work their way into the top five after starting 7th, 8th and 9th as would tenth starting Charlie Duncan. Using the low way to get around, Moran would power past Markham on lap nine for third as Bryan Casey was hanging on to fifth. As the laps clicked off at a rapid pace, Lee was putting cars a lap down and had a straightaway bulge when Moran edged past Malcuit for second on lap 13. The only caution flag flew on lap 22 as Gentry spun in turn four and with the rules of putting lapped cars to the back came into play, this would put Moran, Markham, Malcuit, Duncan, and Aronhalt in line behind Lee. As the green flag reappeared, Lee would jump to the highside as Moran took the low groove and through the corners, Moran could get alongside Lee who would out power Moran down the straightaways and as they came down to the checker flag, Loudonville’s Lee was a car length in front for his second win of the season. Markham finished third as Duncan and Aronhalt took over fourth and fifth with two to go to claim top five’s. Matt Aber scored the last chance win.
The Tri State Modifieds was as action packed as you can get as Larry Kugel and Norm Aronhalt would start on the front row followed by Beau Bradley and Kevin Morehouse in row two as those four topped the heat races. Aronhalt bolted into the lead with Morehouse taking second on lap two as Jesse Wisecarver slipped into fourth on lap four. With Aronhalt leading, Morehouse used the chrome horn to get Aronhalt out of shape on lap six to take the lead,but Aronhalt would return the favor on the next lap to regain to point as the crowd was on their feet. Wisecarver took third from Kugel just past the halfway mark. On the restart following a lap 13 caution, Wiscarver squeezed past both Aronhalt and Morehouse for the lead and for the next five circuits, Aronhalt tried to get the lead back during that time. Another caution with two to go and the powerplant exploded for Wisecarver just as they hammered down for the restart, ending his run. Warsaw’s Aronhalt held off Morehouse in the last two circuits to pick up his first Hilltop Speedway win of the year and also became the first driver to pick up the bonus money as he won the night before at Wayne County Speedway with the Ports Petroleum #309 machine. Kugel, Bradley and Vic Hottinger filled out the top five as Matt Samples secured the last chance win.
Miamisburg’s Brandon Gardner went flag to flag for his first Street Stock win of the season but he was hounded all race long by Kyle Dickinson who tried different lines all race long to try to pass the Schaeffer Oil, Innovative Graphics, GLR #27g. As the white flag waved, Dickinson tried the extreme low side of turn one to try to slip under the low groove hugging Gardner to no avail. It was a race long battle for a top five finish as six drivers were changing positions every lap to get one of those places and at the end it was Colt Maxwell, Matt Schroyer and Ryan Wisecarver filling out the top five over Kenny Daughriety Jr., Timmy Glassburn and Bob Chilcote.
Brad Hensel set the pace for the first two laps of the Mini Stock feature but after that it was all Killbuck’s Terry Adkins who had to hold off a late run by Jerry Adkins to post his second win of the year. Brad Hensel kept Brett Adkins at bay for third as defending track champion Gary Hensel Jr took fifth. The red flag came out on lap 8 when Tyler Evans’ car slowed and Blain Markey hit the back end of Evans’ car lifting the back end up in the air to the 12 o’clock position and when it came back down hit Elliot Robinson’s car and he was transported and checked out. Heat winners were Terry Adkins and both Hensels.
The Bug-R-Gone Trucks was once again the Potts vs. Large’s in a caution filled feature as the first half of the race would see a complete lap and then a caution. The action picked up in the last half of the race with a steady dose of green flag as Sunbury’s Kevin Potts would lead for the first six laps but John Large edged into the top spot on laps seven and eight before Potts and his Tickets Galore, Eagle Insurance and Welders on Wheels #8k out powered Large in turn four to regain the lead and park in victory circle for the third straight time. David Potts outdueled Jerry Gardner for third as Jack Large passed Mitch Caskey on the last lap for fifth. Kevion Potts and John Large won the heats.
Zanesville’s Tanner McLoughlin picked up a heat win and then went wire to wire in the Mini Wedge main to collect his second win in a row. Hannah Rose was closing fast on McLoughlin to finish second as Cody Stillion took third followed by Triston Lillibridge and first heat winner Taylor Huggins.
Next Saturday night will be Driver Autograph night as the pits will be opened up after hot laps and qualifying for the fans to get autographs and pictures of the drivers before the races start. Grandstand gates open at 4 p.m with hot laps at 5 pm and racing at 7 pm.
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday May 12, 2012
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS (27)
Fast Qualifier George Lee 14.347
Dash Brad Malcuit, Lee, Bryan Casey, Ryan Markham, Ty Myers, DJ Cline
Heat 1 Devin Moran, Charlie Duncan, David Liles, Matt Aber, Mike Graber, Hiriam Bachmann, Shane Campbell (dns)
Heat 2 J R Gentry, Steve Prince, Travis Mensching, J D Fisher, Keith Tish, Brandon Leyda, Mike Lonas (dns)
Heat 3 Norm Aronhalt, Mike Bores, Aaron Phillis, Jim Morey, Travis Leyda, Kyle Moore, Jason Hinton
‘B’ Main Aber, Tish, Moore, T. Leyda, Graber, B. Leyda, Fisher, Campbell, Hinton, Bachmann, Lonas, Morey (dns)
Feature Lee, Moran, Markham, Duncan, Aronhalt, Malcuit, Casey, Gentry, Prince, Mensching, Liles, Aber, Moore, Tish, Phillis, Bores, Myers, Cline
TRI-STATE MODIFIEDS (27)
Heat 1 Larry Kugel, Jesse Wisecarver, Nathan Loney, Jason Graham, Eddie Wilson, Robin Duston, Casey Fritz
Heat 2 Norm Aronhalt, Jimmy Smith, Darrick Hubbard, Tom King, Kyle Warner, Matt Samples, Kevin Shairer
Heat 3 Beau Bradley, Vic Hottinger, Eric Singhaus, Verne Mardis, Mike Hutchinson, Dave Sampsel, Virgil Eaches
Heat 4 Kevin Morehouse, Rick Mardis, Ryan West, Hilton Eppley, Desi McHenry, Josh Morrow
‘B’ Main Samples, Warner, Wilson, Hutchinson, Eaches, Shairer, Sampsel, McHenry, Fritz (dns), Morrow (dns), Duston (dns)
Feature Aronhalt, Morehouse, Kugel, Bradley, Hottinger, R. Mardis, Loney, West, Samples, Singhaus, Eppley, King, Hubbard, Warner, Smith, Wisecarver, V. Mardis, Graham
STREET STOCKS (18)
Heat 1 Brandon Gardner, Matt Schroyer, Colt Maxwell, Timmy Glassburn, Robert Smith, Joe Spearman, John Wilson, Dave Giaugue, Scott Richardson
Heat 2 Kyle Dickinson, Kenny Daughriety Jr., Ryan Wisecarver, Bob Chilcote, Butch Butcher, Dustin Warner, Bob Daugherty, Jason Shairer, Bob Fry (dns)
Feature Gardner, Dickinson, Maxwell, Schroyer, Wisecarver, Daughriety Jr., Glassburn, Chilcote, Wilson, Giaugue, Warner, Butcher, Shairer, Spearman, Smith, Richardson, Daugherty (dns), Fry (dns)
MINI STOCKS (22)
Heat 1 Terry Adkins, Jerry Adkins, Dustin Daugherty, Chris Priebe, Blain Markey, Jeff Barker, Ted Archer, Kenny Long
Heat 2 Brad Hensel, Elliot Robinson, Tyler Evans, Randall Whicker, Kevin Markey, Dee Adkins, Tim Dockery (dns)
Heat 3 Gary Hensel Jr., Brett Adkins, Jordan James, J R Carpenter, Jason St. John, Moose Workman, Greg Thompson
Feature T. Adkins, J. Adkins, B. Hensel, B. Adkins, Hensel Jr., Priebe, James, Carpenter, Whicker, Workman, St. John, Daugherty, D. Adkins, K. Markey, Barker, Archer, Evans, B. Markey, Robinson, Long, Thompson, Dockery (dns)
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS (13)
Heat 1 Kevin Potts, David Potts, Jack Large, Steve Large, Logan Brannon, Rolly Heyder, Cole Lillibridge
Heat 2 John Large, Mitch Caskey, Jerry Gardner, Stan Braxton, Darrick Hubbard Jr., Tom Garlick
Feature K. Potts, Jo. Large, D. Potts, Gardner, Ja. Large, Caskey, Braxton, Heyder, Garlick, Brannon, Hubbard Jr., S. Large, Lillibridge
MINI WEDGES (14)
Heat 1 Taylor Huggins, Kyler Kidd, Tristen Brown, Destiny Bates, Kylar Wolford, Josey Lillibridge, Nick Large
Heat 2 Tanner McLoughlin, Cody Stillion, Tristen Lillibridge, Logan Burnes, Braxton Wilson, Hannah Rose, Brayden Morey (dns)
Feature McLoughlin, Rose, Stillion, T. Lillibridge, Huggins, Kidd, Brown, Wilson, Burnes, J. Lillibridge, Bates, Wolford (dns), Large (dns), Morey (dns)
ELSON DOMINATES RENEGADES OF DIRT MODIFIED OPENER; LEE SWIPES LATE MODEL WIN; WISECARVER, HENSEL JR., POTTS & McLOUGHLIN COLLECT CHECKERS
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, May 5, 2012
By Mike Swanger
The pits and grandstands were jammed packed at Hilltop Speedway Saturday night for the 1st ever Renegades of Dirt Modifieds Tour plus all the regular divisions that saw 166 cars put their tires on the fast racing surface. Five different states were represented for the opener of the Renegades of Dirt Modified tour and when the 25 lap main took the green flag, Josh Morrow and Lance Elson led the 20 car field and as the pack was coming out of turn four for the 1st time, Morrow got sideways that collected six other cars to bring out the caution. Everyone was able to restart with Morrow going to the tail. That would move Tyler Carpenter to the pole position alongside Elson and with the green flying again, Elson and his Unique Walls & Ceilings and Mack’s Dry Wall #17e, secured the point with Carpenter, Nick Hoffman, Jeremy Berwanger, and Jesse Hartman in tow. Carpenter, Hoffman and Berwanger wheeled and dealed for second. A lap ten caution flew when Kevin Morehouse got into Jesse Hartman that sent Morehouse to the end of the line. Berwanger dropped out of competition on lap 15 as ninth starting Rick Aukland picked off Jesse Hartman for fourth as Bart Hartman put the pressure on Jesse for fifth. All this time Elson of Wellsburg WVa was extending his lead with Carpenter and Hoffman duking it out for second and with seven circuits to go Bart Hartman moved into fifth ahead of Jesse Hartman. As the checkered flag was raised, Elson had almost a straight away lead over Carpenter who edged out Hoffman for second with Aukland and Bart Hartman, who started 17th, filling out the top five. Fast qualifier was D J Cline as heat winners were Hoffman, Carpenter, Morrow, Elson and Jesse Wisecarver with the three last chance wins going to Larry Kugel, Bart Hartman and Bobby Kitchens.
The Holmes Tire Late Models started with Bryan Casey setting the pace for the opening three laps from the pole but he gave way to Freddy Carpenter with low running KC Burdette and high flying George Lee going back and forth for second two laps later after they both passed Casey, Carpenter was cruising along with a comfortable lead as Burdette and Lee went side by side for second as Corey Conley and two time winner at Hilltop, Devin Moran in fifth. With four laps to go, Carpenter lost air in his right rear, as he stopped to bring out the caution, giving Burdette the lead with Lee in second. With the green waving on the restart, Burdette hugged the bottom groove as Lee went to the high side and as the checkered went up, Lee rammed his foot to the floor of the Cowen Truck Line, LSI #61 and shot past Burdette just before the finish line to pick up the win as the crowd was all on their feet. It was the first win of the season for the popular Loudonville driver and gives the two time track champion 15 all time wins at Hilltop. Chasing Burdette was Conley, Moran and Aaron Phillis. Casey, Carpenter, Conley, Lee and Anthony Huber topped the heats with Rick Conley and Brad Malcuit scoring wins in the last chance races. A nasty wreck on the white flag lap of the second last chance race happened when Eric Smitley touched the front wall with Kyle Moore right behind Smitley. Moore’s car lifted Smitley’s car up and he rolled it over. Both drivers were ok but Smitley’s ride was finished as Moore was able to finish.
Following in the Late Model tire prints, the Street Stocks saw Jesse Wisecarver grab the lead at the drop of the green with Jeremy Dickerson setting up in the high groove with Kyle Dickinson taking the low line and they would battle back and forth for second as Wisecarver inched away from them lap after lap. Driving the Zanesville based, Russ James Contracting, KSA Insurance and Buds Inc #96, Wisecarver collected the win as Dickinson secured second with two laps to go over Dickerson as Matt Shroyer ran a steady fourth as Bob Chilcote slipped past Timmy Glassburn with three circuits to go for fifth. Wisecarver and Dickerson lead the way in the heats.
Another spirited night of action took place in the Mini Stocks as last years champion, Gary Hensel Jr., Steve Miller and Jason St. John scored the heat race wins putting Hensel Jr. on the pole of the feature and he would keep the McKenzie Concrete, Nold Ave. Bar, and J & M Constuction, Applecreek based #28h out front the entire race for his 1st win of the season. Miller would put some early pressure on Hensel Jr. With the laps winding down, 17th starting Terry Adkins had worked his way through the field and with two to go passed Miller for second but ran out of time to challenge Hensel Jr. for the win. Jordan James, who won the last chance race driving the James Priebe #7 finished fourth as St. John took fifth.
Sunbury’s Kevin Potts swept the action in the Bug-R-Gone trucks by winning the heat race and then leading all the way in the feature to put the Proscape Landscaping, Welders on Wheels and D&D Agri Hauling #8k in the winners circle for the second time this year. Jack Large chased KP second as John Large ran third, using his back up truck after snapping an axle in his primary truck in the heat race. Stan Braxton and Darrick Hubbard Jr. rounded out the top five.
Tanner McLouglin of Zanesville muscled past Colton Perrine coming out of turn four on the last lap to post his first Hilltop Mini Wedge win. Chase Osborne, Cody Stillion and Triston Brown filled out the top five. Stillion and McLoughlin notched the heat wins.
Saturday, May 12th at Hilltop Speedway will have a regular show with all six divisions on the card with a 7 pm starting time
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, May 5, 2012
RENEGADES OF DIRT MODIFIEDS (53)
Fast Qualifier DJ Cline 15.754
Heat 1 Nick Hoffman, Jeremy Berwanger, Travis Dickson, Deana Groves, Scott Stiffler, Jason Graham, Cline, Chris Basich, Kevin Davis, Verne Mardis, Shaun Donahue
Heat 2 Tyler Carpenter, Jesse Hartman, Vic Vena, Bart Hartman, Vic Hottinger, Robin Duston, Beau Bradley, Josh Pyers, Robert Page, Brandon Russell, Justin Sinnett
Heat 3 Josh Morrow, Rick Aukland, Kevin Morehouse, Bobby Kitchen, Matt Samples, Scott Peltz, Tom King, Kurt Reck, Eddie Wilson, Ty Samples, Mike Hutchinson
Heat 4 Lance Elson, Gary Clark, Mark Dickson, Larry Kugel, Rick Mardis, Kevin Miller, Kurt Burge, Josh Cairati, Matt Holcomb, Tigh Shaffer
Heat 5 Jesse Wisecarver, Rich Michael, Randy Hall, Darrick Hubbard, Bruce Takach, Sid Danals, Nathan Loney, Eric Singhaus, Bruce Miller, Jimmy Smith
L. C. #1 Kugel, Peltz, Groves, Cline, Hottinger, Singhaus, Pyers, Wilson, Hutchinson, Takach, Shaffer, V. Mardis, Burge (dns)
L. C. #2 B. Hartman, Hubbard, M. Samples, K. Miller, Hall, Graham, Smith, Reck, Davis, Holcomb, Bradley, Russell, Donahue,
L. C. #3 Kitchen, Duston, Stiffler, King, R. Miller, Danals, T. Samples, Cairati, Basich, Page, R. Mardis, Sinnett, Loney (dns)
Feature Elson, Carpenter, Hoffman, Aukland, B. Hartman, J. Hartman, Kugel, M. Dickson, T. Dickson, Hall, Morehouse, Kitchen, R. Mardis, Smith, M. Samples, Morrow, Clark, Vena, Wisecarver, Michael
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS (33)
Heat 1 Bryan Casey, KC Burdette, Steve Prince, Rick Conley, Brad Malcuit, Mike Graber, Doug Smith (dns)
Heat 2 Freddy Carpenter, Devin Moran, Aaron Phillis, Ty Myers, Brandon Leyda, James Fisher, Cody Parker
Heat 3 Corey Conley, Shane McLoughlin, Eric Myers, Darrin Roush, Kyle Moore, Hiriam Bachmann, Shane Campbell
Heat 4 George Lee, Charlie Duncan, Norm Aronhalt, Eric Smitley, Scott Smith, Carrie Mason
Heat 5 Anthony Huber, JR. Gentry, Keith Tish, Coby Bartram, Ben Mott, Johnny Moore
L. C. #1 R. Conley, Roush, Parker, Bartram, Bachmann, J. Moore, Graber, Leyda
L. C. #2 Malcuit, T. Myers, Campbell, Mason, K. Moore, Fisher, Smitley, Mott, Smith (dns)
Feature Lee, Burdette, C. Conley, Moran, Phillis, Casey, Huber, Malcuit, E. Myers, Prince, Aronhalt, Tish, T. Myers, R. Conley, Roush, Carpenter, Duncan, McLoughlin, Gentry
STREET STOCKS (22)
Heat 1 Jesse Wisecarver, Matt Shroyer, Kyle Dickinson, Dave Giaugue, Butch Butcher, Joe Spearman, Steve Wolford, Mark Bee, Robert Smith, Kenny Daughriety Jr., Tink Wilson
Heat 2 Jeremy Dickerson, Brandon Gardner, Bob Chilcote, Timmy Glassburn, Justin Patterson, Bob Daugherty, John Wilson, Shaun Cains, Codie Daughriety, Tom Wilson, Justin Shairer
Feature Wisecarver, Dickinson, Dickerson, Shroyer, Chilcote, Gardner, Daugherty, Daughriety Jr., Cains, Glassburn, Butcher, Bee, Spearman, J. Wilson, Patterson, Shairer, Giaugue, C. Daughriety (dns), Wolford (dns), Smith (dns), T. Wilson (dns), T. Wilson (dns)
MINI STOCKS (32)
Heat 1 Gary Hensel Jr., Brett Adkins, Tim Justice, Zach Foss, Elliott Robinson, Len Quinn, Dee Adkins, Ken Long, Blaine Markey, Moose Workman, Arlen Kemp
Heat 2 Steve Miller, Mitch Reichard, Jason King, Tom Keller, Randell Whicker, Matt Kemp, Roger Rush, Greg Thompson, William Huntington, Terry Adkins, Jeff Rose
Heat 3 Jason St. John, JR Carpenter, Tim Dockery, Dustin Daugherty, Kevin Markey, Jordan James, Tanner Neel, Tyler Wiles, Chris Priebe, Jerry Adkins
L. C. #1 James, T. Adkins, M. Kemp, J. Adkins, Workman, Neel, Rose, Rush, Quinn, A. Kemp, Thompson, Long, B. Markey, Wiles (dns), Huntington (dns), D. Adkins (dns), C. Priebe (dns)
Feature Hensel Jr., T. Adkins, Miller, James, St. John, Robinson, Carpenter, K. Markey, King, Keller, B. Adkins, Daugherty, Whicker, Foss, Reichard, Justice, M. Kemp, Dockery
BUGS-R-GONE TRUCKS (11)
Heat 1 Kevin Potts, Jack Large, Mitch Caskey, Jerry Gardner, Stan Braxton, Gordon Zimmer, Steve Large, Cole Lillibridge, Darrick Hubbard Jr., John Large, David Potts
Feature K. Potts, Ja. Large, Jo. Large, Braxton, Hubbard Jr., S. Large, Gardner, D. Potts, Lillibridge, Caskey, Zimmer (dns)
MINI WEDGES (15)
Heat 1 Cody Stillion, Hannah Rose, Triston Brown, Triston Lillibridge, Kylar Wolford, Livia Large, Colton Perrine, Taylor Huggins
Heat 2 Tanner McLoughlin, Chase Osborne, CJ Kinneer, Braxton Wilson, Logan Burnes, Josey Lillibridge, Nick Large (dns)
Feature McLoughlin, Perrine, Osborne, Stillion, Brown, Huggins, Rose, Wilson, Kinneer, T. Lillibridge, J. Lillibridge, Burnes, L. Large, Wolford (dns), N. Large (dns)
WEATHER 3-PEATS HILLTOP SPEEDWAY’S ACTION
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, April 28, 2012
By Mike Swanger
For the third week in a row, the races at Hilltop Speedway were cancelled because of a drizzling rain and temperatures hovering in the high 30’s. The next action scheduled for the Holmes County speedplant will feature the Renegades of Dirt Modified Series. All regular divisions will also be participating in the Saturday, May 5th night of action. Check out www.renegadesofdirt.com and www.hilltopspeedway.org for more information of next weeks action.
DAY LONG RAINS STOPS HILLTOP SPEEDWAY’S PLANS
Millersburg, Ohio
Saturday, April 14, 2012
By Mike Swanger
Spotty morning showers turned to steady noon time and early afternoon rain with the forecast for more through the evening and night forced Hilltop Speedway officials to cancel the nights races. The Modlites debut at the Holmes County speedplant will now be on Saturday, June 2nd. Next week, Saturday April 21st, the Sprintcars will headline the racing card with $2,000 going to the feature winner. The Holmes Tire Late Model, the TSMA Modifieds, Street Stocks, Ministocks, Bugs-R-Gone Trucks, and the Mini Wedges will all be in action also. For the Sprints, it will be their first visit back since the 2010 season and the only appearance before the All Star’s Ohio Sprint Speedweek on Thurday, June 28. For more info on the track, go to www.hilltopspeedway.org
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, April 7, 2012
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS (15)
Fast Qualifier George Lee 15.794
Heat 1 Doug Drown, George Lee, J R Gentry, Hiriam Bachmann, Coby Bartram, Kyle Moore, Brandon Leyda
Heat 2 Devin Moran, Steve Prince, Charlie Duncan, Dave Hornikel, Aaron Phillis, Scott Smith, Shane Campbell, Bryan Casey (dns)
Feature Moran, Drown, Lee, Duncan, Prince, Gentry, Hornikel, Phillis, Bartram, Bachmann, Leyda, Moore, Smith, Campbell, Casey (dns)
TRI-STATE MODIFIEDS (28)
Heat 1 Jesse Wisecarver, Norm Aronhalt, Ryan West, Rick Mardis, Robin Duston, Vern Mardis, Scott Shellhorn
Heat 2 Vic Hottinger, Bruce Miller, Ty Samples, David Pryor, Mike Hutchinson, Tom King, Casey Fritz
Heat 3 Jimmy Smith, Larry Kugel, Josh Morrow, Matt Samples, Robert Page, Melissa Haskins, Tigh Shaffer (dns)
Heat 4 Kevin Morehouse, Eric Singhaus, Nathan Loney, Rick Aukland, Eddie Wilson, Kyle Moyer, Kevin Shairer
‘B’ Main Duston, Wilson, Moyer, Page, Shairer, King, Haskins, V. Mardis, Shellhorn, Hutchinson (dns), Fritz (dns), Shaffer (dns)
Feature Wisecarver, Aronhalt, Morehouse, Auckland, Kugel, Hottinger, Duston, R. Mardis, Smith, Miller, Singhaus, Wilson, Pryor, Morrow, M. Samples, West, Loney, T. Samples
STREET STOCKS (16)
Heat 1 Kyle Dickinson, Timmy Glassburn, Bob Daugherty, Ryan Wisecarver, Kenny Daughriety Jr., Bob Chilcote, Robert Smith, Mark Bee
Heat 2 John Wilson, Justin Patterson, Steve Wolford, Josh Miller, Dave Giaugue, Matt Shroyer, Kodie Daughriety, Butch Butcher
Feature Patterson, Wisecarver, Glassburn, Wolford, Chilcote, Miller, Daugherty, Wilson, Shroyer, Daughriety Jr., Giaugue, Dickinson, Smith, Bee, Butcher, K. Daughriety (dns)
MINI STOCKS (34)
Heat 1 Jerry Adkins, JR Carpenter, Brad Hensel, Tim Dockery, Tyler Evans, Jeff Barker Jr., Kenny Long, Logan Martin, Joe Howard
Heat 2 Terry Adkins, Nick Price, Moose Workman, Dustin Daugherty, Elliott Robinson, Arlen Kemp, Matt Kemp, Roger Rush, JT Feagan
Heat 3 Jeff Rose, Brett Adkins, Chris Priebe, Tyler Wiles, James Priebe, Tim Workman, Ted Archer, Lester Berry
Heat 4 Gary Hensel Jr., Jason King, Mike Adkins, Mark Adkins, Jason St. John, Doug Hensel, Mitch Reichard, Kevin Markey
L.C. #1 Barker Jr., Dockery, Daugherty, A. Kemp, Robinson, Long, Howard, Martin, Evans (dns), M. Kemp (dns), Rush (dns), Feagan (dns)
L.C. #2 Ma. Adkins, Wiles, St. John, J. Priebe, Reichard, Markey, Workman, D. Hensel, Archer, Berry (dns)
Feature J. Adkins, T. Adkins, Ma. Adkins, B. Adkins, B. Hensel, Price, Workman, Barker Jr., Rose, Hensel Jr., King, Dockery, Wiles, St. John, Daugherty, Carpenter, Mi. Adkins (bf), C. Priebe (bf)
BUG R GONE TRUCKS (14)
Heat 1 Rolly Heyder, Kevin Potts, Mitch Caskey, John Large, David Potts, Stan Braxton, Steve Large
Heat 2 Jack Large, Gordon Zimmer, Jerry Gardner, Tom Garlick, Cole Lillibridge, Dustin Miller, Darrick Hubbard Jr.
Feature K. Potts, Ja. Large, D. Potts, Zimmer, Gardner, Jo. Large, Heyder, Lillibridge, Hubbard Jr., Garlick, Braxton, Caskey, S. Large, Miller (dns)
MINI WEDGES (13)
Heat 1 Charity Bubeck, Phil Bubeck, Triston Lillibridge, Cody Stillion, Logan Duncan, Destiny Bates, Nick Large
Heat 2 Kyler Kidd, Livia Large, Josey Lillibridge, Hannah Rose, Braxton Wilson, Taylor Huggins
Feature Kidd, P. Bubeck, Rose, T. Lillibridge, C. Bubeck, Stillion, J. Lillibridge, Wilson, Duncan, N. Large, Bates, Huggins, L. Large
HILLTOP SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, April 7, 2012
HOLMES TIRE LATE MODELS (15)
Fast Qualifier George Lee 15.794
Heat 1 Doug Drown, George Lee, J R Gentry, Hiriam Bachmann, Coby Bartram, Kyle Moore, Brandon Leyda
Heat 2 Devin Moran, Steve Prince, Charlie Duncan, Dave Hornikel, Aaron Phillis, Scott Smith, Shane Campbell, Bryan Casey (dns)
Feature Moran, Drown, Lee, Duncan, Prince, Gentry, Hornikel, Phillis, Bartram, Bachmann, Leyda, Moore, Smith, Campbell, Casey (dns)
TRI-STATE MODIFIEDS (28)
Heat 1 Jesse Wisecarver, Norm Aronhalt, Ryan West, Rick Mardis, Robin Duston, Vern Mardis, Scott Shellhorn
Heat 2 Vic Hottinger, Bruce Miller, Ty Samples, David Pryor, Mike Hutchinson, Tom King, Casey Fritz
Heat 3 Jimmy Smith, Larry Kugel, Josh Morrow, Matt Samples, Robert Page, Melissa Haskins, Tigh Shaffer (dns)
Heat 4 Kevin Morehouse, Eric Singhaus, Nathan Loney, Rick Aukland, Eddie Wilson, Kyle Moyer, Kevin Shairer
‘B’ Main Duston, Wilson, Moyer, Page, Shairer, King, Haskins, V. Mardis, Shellhorn, Hutchinson (dns), Fritz (dns), Shaffer (dns)
Feature Wisecarver, Aronhalt, Morehouse, Auckland, Kugel, Hottinger, Duston, R. Mardis, Smith, Miller, Singhaus, Wilson, Pryor, Morrow, M. Samples, West, Loney, T. Samples
STREET STOCKS (16)
Heat 1 Kyle Dickinson, Timmy Glassburn, Bob Daugherty, Ryan Wisecarver, Kenny Daughriety Jr., Bob Chilcote, Robert Smith, Mark Bee
Heat 2 John Wilson, Justin Patterson, Steve Wolford, Josh Miller, Dave Giaugue, Matt Shroyer, Kodie Daughriety, Butch Butcher
Feature Patterson, Wisecarver, Glassburn, Wolford, Chilcote, Miller, Daugherty, Wilson, Shroyer, Daughriety Jr., Giaugue, Dickinson, Smith, Bee, Butcher, K. Daughriety (dns)
MINI STOCKS (34)
Heat 1 Jerry Adkins, JR Carpenter, Brad Hensel, Tim Dockery, Tyler Evans, Jeff Barker Jr., Kenny Long, Logan Martin, Joe Howard
Heat 2 Terry Adkins, Nick Price, Moose Workman, Dustin Daugherty, Elliott Robinson, Arlen Kemp, Matt Kemp, Roger Rush, JT Feagan
Heat 3 Jeff Rose, Brett Adkins, Chris Priebe, Tyler Wiles, James Priebe, Tim Workman, Ted Archer, Lester Berry
Heat 4 Gary Hensel Jr., Jason King, Mike Adkins, Mark Adkins, Jason St. John, Doug Hensel, Mitch Reichard, Kevin Markey
L.C. #1 Barker Jr., Dockery, Daugherty, A. Kemp, Robinson, Long, Howard, Martin, Evans (dns), M. Kemp (dns), Rush (dns), Feagan (dns)
L.C. #2 Ma. Adkins, Wiles, St. John, J. Priebe, Reichard, Markey, Workman, D. Hensel, Archer, Berry (dns)
Feature J. Adkins, T. Adkins, Ma. Adkins, B. Adkins, B. Hensel, Price, Workman, Barker Jr., Rose, Hensel Jr., King, Dockery, Wiles, St. John, Daugherty, Carpenter, Mi. Adkins (bf), C. Priebe (bf)
BUG R GONE TRUCKS (14)
Heat 1 Rolly Heyder, Kevin Potts, Mitch Caskey, John Large, David Potts, Stan Braxton, Steve Large
Heat 2 Jack Large, Gordon Zimmer, Jerry Gardner, Tom Garlick, Cole Lillibridge, Dustin Miller, Darrick Hubbard Jr.
Feature K. Potts, Ja. Large, D. Potts, Zimmer, Gardner, Jo. Large, Heyder, Lillibridge, Hubbard Jr., Garlick, Braxton, Caskey, S. Large, Miller (dns)
MINI WEDGES (13)
Heat 1 Charity Bubeck, Phil Bubeck, Triston Lillibridge, Cody Stillion, Logan Duncan, Destiny Bates, Nick Large
Heat 2 Kyler Kidd, Livia Large, Josey Lillibridge, Hannah Rose, Braxton Wilson, Taylor Huggins
Feature Kidd, P. Bubeck, Rose, T. Lillibridge, C. Bubeck, Stillion, J. Lillibridge, Wilson, Duncan, N. Large, Bates, Huggins, L. Large