Layfield, McLoughlin, Hartman and Frame victorious at WCS
“We had a nice field of cars and the fans came out tonight,” stated General Manager Jason Flory after the races. Tonight, victory lane was graced with a first-time feature winner, someone making his first visit here and a 2011 repeat winner.
In the 410 Winged Sprints it was Grafton, W.Va.’s Andre Layfield and Dalton’s Lee Jacobs leading the pack to the green flag. Layfield jumped ahead of Jacobs on the start. The caution flew on the opening lap for Nick Patterson, who spun and collected Broc Martin and Shawn Hubler. Martin finish with damage to his race car.
When the racing resumed, it again was Layfield on the point as he was being chased by Jacobs and Jason Dolick, Danny Mumaw and Arlington, Va.’s Aaron Shaffer. Layfield would try to pull away from Jacobs, but Jacobs used the high side in turn one and two to blast down backstretch and keep the advantage minimal. An early race spin by Chris Smith would erase any advantage Layfield had over the field. Jacobs again put his 410 Winged Sprint Car up against the guardrail in turns one and two to try to slip past Layfield, but was unable to make the pass.
As Layfield held a comfortable lead, last week’s feature winner Mumaw would start working his way through the field and on lap 13 would power into third place. At the blistering pace Layfield was running, he was maneuvering lapped traffic like a pro. Mumaw would catch Jacobs and on lap 14 dipped under Jacobs for second place and set his eyes on Layfield. As the leaders would slice inside and out of lapped traffic it appeared Mumaw was catching Layfield as the laps clicked off. At one point, Layfield narrowly split two back markers to regain his lead over Mumaw. On lap 20, Mumaw was still driving as hard as he could to catch Layfield. As the checker flag flew, it was Layfield coming home victorious over Mumaw, Jacobs, Dolick and Crabtree. Heat race winners were Dolick and Mumaw.
In the Super Late Models it was Zanesville’s Shane McLoughlin jumping out to the lead over David Liles, Travis Menshing, Ryan Markham and Wellsburg, W. Va.’s Cory Conley. McLoughlin would power out to a lead, but the racing behind him was tight as several cars were pressing forward. On lap 5, sixth-running Conley would retire to the infield with mechanical issues. Multi-time Wayne County Speedway track champion Markham caught Liles and started applying pressure. He stuck his car under Liles and motored past, setting sail for the leader. The running order out front remained the same, but a door-handle-to-door-handle battle for fifth place, which saw eighth-starting Rick Armstrong duel with 10th-starting Mark Gardiner. Armstrong tried to hold off Gardiner but Gardiner was able to drive in hard under Armstrong and pass him clean for fifth place.
As the race wound down, Markham would still try to close the distance to McLoughlin. Markham would come up just short and as the checker flag flew it was McLoughlin, Markham, Liles, JR Gentry and Gardiner. This was McLoughlin’s second feature win at WCS this season. Winning heat races were Liles and Conley.
In the Tri-State Modifieds, it was Jesse Wisecarver who led the 18-car field down to the green flag. His lead would be short lived as Jess Hartman would slip past him for the lead and try to run away from the field. On lap five, Wisecarver wasn’t giving up as he was pasted to Hartman’s rear bumper applying heavy pressure. On lap 10, Hartman held his lead over Wisecarver, Mark Gardiner, Darrick Hubbard and ninth-starting Mark Dickson.
As the leaders remained the same, all eyes were on the race cars of M. Dickson and 10th-starting Kevin Morehouse as they were moving forward. A mid-race caution flew which bunched the field, but it didn’t matter as Hartman would just blast out to a lead again. Wisecarver attempted a late race push but came up short. Coming home victorious was Hartman over Wisecarver, Gardiner, M. Dickson and Morehouse. Heat race winners were Hubbard, Hartman and Gardiner. Larry Kugel won the B-Main.
In the Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks Rich Frame and Jeremy Lynch led the 23-car starting field down to the green flag. On lap two, Frame would duck under Lynch to take lead with Glen Underwood, Paul Whitten and Chad Craver rounding out the top five. An early race caution would fly from Underwood who made contact with the front stretch guardrail. Setting a blazing pace as he raced through the field was tenth starting Brandon Gardner who made it to second place by lap ten. Gardner would look to the high side then slice under Frame looking for any opening to make a pass. Frame was undaunted as Gardner would stick his nose under frame as they would dive into the turns. Each time, Frame would pull away ever so slightly and hold a narrow advantage.
A late race caution flew for a spin. As the race was under caution, second place Gardner had mechanical issues and had to be towed off the track thus handing second over to Lynch. As the green flag dropped, the racing was intense for second place. Lynch, Craver and seventh-starting Don Baney would drag race down the back stretch and as they got into turn three, they were three wide. Craver slipped past Lynch through the middle but as they raced down the front straight, Baney would overtake Craver for second. Baney tried to pressure Frame, but was unable to make the pass. At the line it was Frame for his first ever feature win. He was followed by Baney, Craver, Lynch and 16th-starting Canode. Winning heat races were Craver, Underwood and Gardner.
Wayne County Speedway will be back in action on Friday, August 12, running 410 Winged Sprints, Super Late Models, Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks and Mini Stocks. Pit gates open at 4 p.m., grandstands at 5 p.m., hot laps at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7:45 p.m. sharp.
For additional information contact Jason or Kristin Flory at 330-465-2365, or email kristinu2@yahoo.com. For news, updates and schedule, visit the Wayne County Speedway website at http://www.waynecountyspeedway.com. Wayne County Speedway is located nine miles east of Wooster, or 15 miles west of Massillon on U.S. Route 30, then one mile north on Carr Road.
Results from Friday, August 5
410 Winged Sprints (14 Cars)
Heat #1
1. Jason Dolick
2. Aaron Shaffer
3. Lee Jacobs
4. Nick Patterson (#33)
5. Shawn Hubler
6. Broc Martin
7. Chris Myers
Heat #2
1. Danny Mumaw
2. Andre Layfield
3. Kory Crabtree
4. Butch Beasley
5. Nick Patterson (#23)
6. Chris Smith
7. Pete Grove
Feature:
1. Andre Layfield
2. Danny Mumaw
3. Lee Jacobs
4. Jason Dolick
5. Kory Crabtree
6. Butch Beasley
7. Shawn Hubler
8. Nick Patterson (#33)
9. Pete Grove
10. Chris Smith
11. Aaron Shaffer
12. Broc Martin
13. Nick Patterson (#23)
DNS: Chris Myers
Super Late Model (18 Cars)
Heat Race #1
1. David Liles
2. JR Gentry
3. Travis Mensching
4. Skip Watterman
5. Dave Hornikle
6. Doug Drown
7. Rex Fronapfel
8. George Delenay
9. Thomas Baker
Heat #2
1. Cory Conley
2. Shane McLoughlin
3. Ryan Markham
4. Rick Armstrong
5. Mark Gardiner
6. George Lee
7. Larry Bellman
8. Damon Haught
9. Blaine Aber
Feature:
1. Shane McLoughlin
2. Ryan Markham
3. David Liles
4. JR Gentry
5. Mark Gardiner
6. Rick Armstrong
7. Skip Watterman
8. Doug Drown
9. Dave Hornikle
10. Tom Baker
11. Larry Bellman
12. Travis Mensching
13. Rex Frohnapfel
14. George Lee
15. Damon Haught
16. George Delaney
17. Cory Conley
DNS: Blaine Aber
Tri-State Modifieds (27 Cars)
Heat Race #1
1. Darrick Hubbard
2. Rory Reed
3. Mark Dickson
4. Kevin Morehouse
5. Nick Smith
6. Larry Kugel
7. Eddie Wilson
8. Nathan Loney
9. Ryan Ambrose (DNS)
Heat Race #2
1. Jess Hartman
2. Kyle Brown
3. Mark Gardiner
4. Kevin Crawford
5. Kevin Potts
6. Sid Danals
7. Bruce Miller
8. Vernon Mardis
9. Brandon Morrow
Heat Race #3
1. Jesse Wisecarver
2. Rick Mardis
3. Cory Conley
4. Jack Young
5. Matt Schroyer
6. Justin Morey
7. Kevin Davies
8. Travis Dickson
9. Jason Morey
B-Main (Top 3 Transfer)
1. Larry Kugel
2. Sid Danals
3. Travis Dickson
4. Nathan Loney
5. Justin Morey
6. Eddie Wilson
7. Vernon Mardis
8. Kevin Davies
9. Bruce Miller
DNS - Brandon Morrow, Ryan Ambrose
Feature:
1. Jess Hartman
2. Jesse Wisecarver
3. Mark Gardiner
4. Mark Dickson
5. Kevin Morehouse
6. Rory Reed
7. Cory Conley
8. Larry Kugel
9. Kevin Crawford
10. Jack Young
11. Travis Dickson
12. Kyle Brown
13. Rick Mardis
14. Kevin Potts
15. Sid Danals
16. Darrick Hubbard
17. Nick Smith
18. Matt Schroyer
DNS - Nathan Loney, Justin Morey, Eddie Wilson, Jason Morey, Vernon Mardis, Kevin Davis, Bruce Miller, Brandon Morrow, Ryan Ambrose
Thrifty Discount Muffler Pure Stocks (23 Cars)
Heat Race #1
1. Chad Craver
2. Rich Frame
3. Shaun Cains
4. Gary McGregor
5. Larry Baldwin
6. Donna Canode
7. Howard Spect
8. Victor Bunt
Heat #2
1. Glen Underwood
2. Jermey Lynch
3. Paul Whitten
4. Todd Gallion
5. Gary Hensel Sr.
6. Randy Ryan
7. Mike Amstutz
Heat #3
1. Brandon Gardner
2. Don Baney
3. #03 (no driver listed)
4. Dennis Amstutz
5. Chris Albright
6. Charley Dawson
7. Paul Seamen
8. Steve White
Feature:
1. Rich Frame
2. Don Baney
3. Chad Craver
4. Jeremy Lynch
5. Donna Canode
6. Paul Whitten
7. Chris Albright
8. Gary McGregor
9. Todd Gallion
10. Charley Dawson
11. Gary Hensel Sr.
12. #03 (no driver listed)
13. Mike Amstutz
14. Howard Specht
15. Shaun Cains
16. Brandon Gardner
17. Paul Seamen
18. Randy Ryan
19. Dennis Amstutz
20. Glen Underwood
21. Steve White
22. Victor Bunt
DNS: Larry Baldwin
Published: August 11, 2011
