Meseraull Takes 8th Jack Hewitt Classic
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WAYNESFIELD, OH (8/6/16) – Now retired, Jack Hewitt chooses to spend his days watching the next generation of drivers make their mark on the sport of dirt track racing. The hall of famer who clocked in more than 260 victories in his career was honored for his hard work and dedication to the sport Saturday night at Waynesfield Raceway Park in Waynesfield, Ohio. The yearly flagship event brings together such of the best open wheel racecar drivers throughout the Midwest wanting to add their name to a win list under in Jack’s honor.
The Satellite Connections Non Wing Sprint Cars headlined the Jack Hewitt Classic racing for a $3000 payday. The 30 lap A-main was led to green by the 9X of Thomas Meseraull and the 39 Matt Goodnight. Meseraull took the lead into turn one and began to establish the lead in the opening laps. By lap five, Meseraull had a three second lead over the field. Dustin Stroup in the 1M made his way into second spot ready to make a run on Meseraull. The distance between Meseraull and Stroup began to shrink as Meseraull got deep into lap traffic slowing his momentum. As laps began to wind down, Meseraull found the cushion and managed to push through heavy lap traffic. The push allowed Meseraull’s distance over Stroup to increase. Leading every lap of the A-main, Meseraull took home the victory by 4.1 seconds over Stroup. Kyle Simom came home third. In victory lane, Meseraull spoke very highly of his car owner who gave him a chance. “I used to suck but got better…this is awesome”, said Meseraull. Todd Keen set the quick time during qualifying with a 12.101 second lap. Kyle Simon, Thomas Meseraull, Scotty Weir, and Dustin Stroup took the heat race wins. Thomas Meseraull took the dash win with Paul Dues taking the B-main victory.
The Quest Federal Credit Union UMP Modifieds took the track next for a $1000 payday. Weasel Phlipot and Scottie Williams led the field of 20 to the opening green. Phlipot and Williams went wheel-to-wheel down the back stretch before Williams could pull away and claim the opening lap. Lima’s Jeff Koz shook up the field a bit as his 16 began to slow exiting turn four. The car managed to limp back to the pit area and keep the A-main green. Current point leader Josh Scott took over the runner-up spot. With Williams as the target, Scott was ready to make a run for the lead. The move was successful moving Scott to the lead with 7 laps in the books. With Phlipot back to third, a three-way battle for the position developed. Scott Gerdeman took the worse beating in the battle with Ryan Barr and Phlipot. Despite the contact, Gerdeman took the spot and made a run for second. The run for second was a success with just 7 laps to go. Gerdeman could not track Scott down giving him his fourth Waynesfield win on the season. Scott Gerdeman finished second with Weasel Phlipot finishing third. Zach Schroeder set a new track record with a lap time of 13.787. Three other drivers managed to squeeze under the former track record in addition to Schroeder. Zach Schroeder, Josh Scott, Scottie Williams, and Scott Gerdeman took home the heat races. Weasel Phlipot took the dash victory with Casey Luedeke taking the B-main.
After two consecutive A-mains going wall-to-wall green, The Performance Powder Coating AMSA Mini Sprints and the USAC Midwest Thunder Midgets took the track for their 20 lap A-main. Delphos, Ohio’s Gunnar Lucius and Piqua, Ohio’s Ryan Barr led the field to the opening green flag. Barr took the lead and claimed the opening lap. Lucius took the lead back and led the second lap of the A-main. Lap three saw Barr, Lucius and Kobe Allison in a three-way battle for the lead. Allison’s run for the lead ended when his car went around bringing out the caution. On the restart, Brad Racer got a great start and nudged his way into the second spot. A series of cautions followed as the track started to slicken up. Lima’s Ty Tilton used a mid-race restart to move into the third spot. With 13 laps remaining, Racer’s patience paid off allowing him to jump into the lead. A late race tip over by Ron Kimmel set the field up for a shout out to the finish. Tilton and Christopher Whipple made contact out of turn four with just two laps remaining battling for second. Once the dust settled, Brad Racer took home the A-main win. Christopher Whipple came home second. Ty Tilton finished third. Kobe Allison, Ty Tilton, Christopher Whipple, and Corey Bedwell took home the heat race wins. Gage Etgen claimed the B-main win.
Waynesfield Raceway Park is back in action next Saturday night, August 13th. The event will feature all five weekly classes as the point chase nears the end. The Performance Powder Coating AMSA Mini Sprints will lineup the A-main utilizing a King of the Hill format. Additionally, all Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club members will be admitted at a discounted rate. Pit side gates open at 4PM; grandstands at 5PM. Hot laps get underway at 6PM with racing following at 7PM.
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Non Wings – Satellite Connections
Qualifying
1.18K-Todd Keen, 12.101; 2.21K-Kody Swanson, 12.180; 3.18X-Scotty Weir, 12.226; 4.14C-Cooper Clouse, 12.312; 5.23S-Kyle Simon, 12.470; 6.24-Landon Simon, 12.635; 7.0-Steve Irwin , 12.697; 8.74-Drew Rader, 12.705; 9.69R-Mike Miller, 12.719; 10.87-Paul Dues, 12.771; 11.39-Matt Goodnight, 12.830; 12.9N-Luke Hall, 12.865; 13.5A-Toby Alfrey, 12.907; 14.9x-Thomas Mezzeraul, 12.932; 15.2DI-Dustin Ingle, 12.940; 16.1M-Dustin Stroup, 13.053; 17.17-Kevin Myers, 13.132; 18.5-Chris Window, 13.208; 19.32M-Derek Hasting, 13.331; 20.14-Chad Wilson, 13.522; 21.53-Steve Little, 13.586; 22.54-Matt Westfall, 13.626; 23.74S-J.T. Stapp, 13.772; 24.24L-Lee Underwood, 13.863; 25.63-Houston Hewitt, 13.992; 26.63D-Jim Dues, 14.114; 27.19-Matt Cooley, 14.136; 28.71C-Barney Craig, 14.369; 29.23L-Corbin Loggins, 14.854; 30.21DH-Dallas Hewitt, 99.991;
Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 23S-Kyle Simon[3] ; 2. 69R-Mike Miller[2] ; 3. 53-Steve Little[6] ; 4. 5A-Toby Alfrey[1] ; 5. 17-Kevin Myers[5] ; 6. 63-Houston Hewitt[7] ; 7. 18K-Todd Keen[4] ; 8. 23L-Corbin Loggins[8]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 9x-Thomas Mezzeraul[1] ; 2. 24-Landon Simon[3] ; 3. 5-Chris Window[5] ; 4. 21K-Kody Swanson[4] ; 5. 54-Matt Westfall[6] ; 6. 87-Paul Dues[2] ; 7. 63D-Jim Dues[7] ; 8. 21DH-Dallas Hewitt[8]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps)
1. 18X-Scotty Weir[4] ; 2. 39-Matt Goodnight[2] ; 3. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[1] ; 4. 0-Steve Irwin [3] ; 5. 74S-J.T. Stapp[6] ; 6. 32M-Derek Hasting[5] ; 7. 19-Matt Cooley[7]
Heat 4 – (8 Laps)
1. 1M-Dustin Stroup[1] ; 2. 9N-Luke Hall[2] ; 3. 14C-Cooper Clouse[4] ; 4. 74-Drew Rader[3] ; 5. 24L-Lee Underwood[6] ; 6. 14-Chad Wilson[5] ; 7. 71C-Barney Craig[7]
Dash – (0 Laps)
1. 9x-Thomas Mezzeraul[5] ; 2. 39-Matt Goodnight[2] ; 3. 1M-Dustin Stroup[1] ; 4. 24-Landon Simon[3] ; 5. 69R-Mike Miller[6] ; 6. 23S-Kyle Simon[4] ; 7. 18X-Scotty Weir[8] ; 8. 9N-Luke Hall[7]
B-Main 1 – (12 Laps)
1. 87-Paul Dues[2] ; 2. 14-Chad Wilson[5] ; 3. 17-Kevin Myers[3] ; 4. 54-Matt Westfall[6] ; 5. 24L-Lee Underwood[8] ; 6. 74S-J.T. Stapp[7] ; 7. 63D-Jim Dues[10] ; 8. 32M-Derek Hasting[4] ; 9. 71C-Barney Craig[12] ; 10. 19-Matt Cooley[11] ; 11. 63-Houston Hewitt[9] ; 12. 18K-Todd Keen[1] ; 13. 23L-Corbin Loggins[13] ; 14. 21DH-Dallas Hewitt[14]
A-Main 1 – (30 Laps)
1. 9x-Thomas Mezzeraul[1] ; 2. 1M-Dustin Stroup[3] ; 3. 23S-Kyle Simon[6] ; 4. 54-Matt Westfall[20] ; 5. 21K-Kody Swanson[14] ; 6. 9N-Luke Hall[8] ; 7. 14C-Cooper Clouse[12] ; 8. 18X-Scotty Weir[7] ; 9. 5-Chris Window[10] ; 10. 14-Chad Wilson[18] ; 11. 24-Landon Simon[4] ; 12. 39-Matt Goodnight[2] ; 13. 74-Drew Rader[16] ; 14. 69R-Mike Miller[5] ; 15. 53-Steve Little[9] ; 16. 87-Paul Dues[17] ; 17. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[11] ; 18. 5A-Toby Alfrey[13] ; 19. 17-Kevin Myers[19] ; 20. 0-Steve Irwin [15]
AMSA Mini Sprints – Performance Powder Coating
Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 22A-Kobe Allison[1] ; 2. 21B-Ryan Barr[2] ; 3. 92-Frank Beck[3] ; 4. 328-Becca Stiefel[4] ; 5. e99-Gage Etgen[7] ; 6. 14s-Jacob Stickle[5] ; 7. 48D-Dylan Troyer[6]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 42-Ty Tilton[4] ; 2. 22-Gunnar Lucius[1] ; 3. 81H-Anthony Haas[2] ; 4. IV0-Andrew Heitkamp[6] ; 5. 28K-Ron Kimmel[5] ; 6. 1H-Korbyn Hayslett[7] ; 7. 4X-Bradley Ashford[3]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps)
1. 44-Christopher Whipple[4] ; 2. 65-Chris Bounds[5] ; 3. 11T-Jacob Taylor[3] ; 4. 7M-Mike Hessel[7] ; 5. 3D-Cody Downard[6] ; 6. 41-Jon Watson[2] ; 7. 29-Aaron Leffel[1]
Heat 4 – (8 Laps)
1. 11-Corey Bedwell[4] ; 2. 22b-Brad Racer[5] ; 3. 2-Cory Guingrich[1] ; 4. 5-Bob Jordan[6] ; 5. 7X-Taylor Cox[2] ; 6. 3w-Alex Swanson[3]
B-Main 1 – (10 Laps)
1. e99-Gage Etgen[1] ; 2. 48D-Dylan Troyer[9] ; 3. 7X-Taylor Cox[4] ; 4. 28K-Ron Kimmel[2] ; 5. 3w-Alex Swanson[8] ; 6. 4X-Bradley Ashford[10] ; 7. 1H-Korbyn Hayslett[6] ; 8. 14s-Jacob Stickle[5] ; 9. 3D-Cody Downard[3] ; 10. 41-Jon Watson[7] ; 11. 29-Aaron Leffel[11]
A-Main 1 – (20 Laps)
1. 22b-Brad Racer[8] ; 2. 44-Christopher Whipple[4] ; 3. 42-Ty Tilton[5] ; 4. 22-Gunnar Lucius[1] ; 5. e99-Gage Etgen[17] ; 6. 65-Chris Bounds[7] ; 7. 92-Frank Beck[9] ; 8. 81H-Anthony Haas[10] ; 9. 28K-Ron Kimmel[20] ; 10. 48D-Dylan Troyer[18] ; 11. 11-Corey Bedwell[3] ; 12. 2-Cory Guingrich[12] ; 13. 5-Bob Jordan[16] ; 14. 7M-Mike Hessel[15] ; 15. 11T-Jacob Taylor[11] ; 16. 21B-Ryan Barr[2] ; 17. 328-Becca Stiefel[13] ; 18. IV0-Andrew Heitkamp[14] ; 19. 22A-Kobe Allison[6] ; 20. 7X-Taylor Cox[19]
UMP Modifieds – Quest Federal Credit Union
Qualifying
1.55S-Zach Schroeder, 13.787; 2.11JS-Josh Scott, 13.873; 3.18L-Randy Lines, 13.919; 4.16-Jeff Koz, 14.076; 5.50-Buzz Jacobs, 14.167; 6.L5-Casey Luedeke, 14.223; 7.112-Chris Ullery, 14.248; 8.K9-Scott Gerdeman, 14.273; 9.95J-Jerry Bowersock, 14.329; 10.20K-Bill Keeler, 14.349; 11.52-Weasel Phlipot, 14.380; 12.35-Tim Cornett, 14.388; 13.10H-Brad Hess, 14.395; 14.M1G-Matt Twining, 14.435; 15.1-Scottie Williams, 14.441; 16.9G-Ernie Gingerich, 14.459; 17.ZERO-Brent Hole, 14.625; 18.0%-Derrick Austin, 14.675; 19.12-Tom Jacobs, 14.736; 20.36-Brandon Vaughan, 14.758; 21.24-Terry Grilliot, 14.767; 22.92-Kyle Shaffer, 15.006; 23.17-Nick Felkey, 15.216; 24.31-Ed Minnich, 15.349; 25.97A-Reed Hurst, 15.464; 26.23H-Shonda Harbin, 16.723; 27.1X-JJ Butler, 99.992;
Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 55S-Zach Schroeder[4] ; 2. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[2] ; 3. ZERO-Brent Hole[5] ; 4. 10H-Brad Hess[1] ; 5. 24-Terry Grilliot[6] ; 6. 97A-Reed Hurst[7] ; 7. 50-Buzz Jacobs[3]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 11JS-Josh Scott[4] ; 2. 20K-Bill Keeler[2] ; 3. M1G-Matt Twining[1] ; 4. 0%-Derrick Austin[5] ; 5. 92-Kyle Shaffer[6] ; 6. 23H-Shonda Harbin[7] ; 7. L5-Casey Luedeke[3]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps)
1. 1-Scottie Williams[1] ; 2. 52-Weasel Phlipot[2] ; 3. 18L-Randy Lines[4] ; 4. 112-Chris Ullery[3] ; 5. 12-Tom Jacobs[5] ; 6. 1X-JJ Butler[7] ; 7. 17-Nick Felkey[6]
Heat 4 – (8 Laps)
1. K9-Scott Gerdeman[3] ; 2. 16-Jeff Koz[4] ; 3. 9G-Ernie Gingerich[1] ; 4. 35-Tim Cornett[2] ; 5. 36-Brandon Vaughan[5] ; 6. 31-Ed Minnich[6]
Dash – (0 Laps)
1. 52-Weasel Phlipot[2] ; 2. 1-Scottie Williams[1] ; 3. 11JS-Josh Scott[5] ; 4. K9-Scott Gerdeman[3] ; 5. 20K-Bill Keeler[4] ; 6. 55S-Zach Schroeder[8] ; 7. 16-Jeff Koz[6] ; 8. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[7]
B-Main 1 – (10 Laps)
1. L5-Casey Luedeke[2] ; 2. 36-Brandon Vaughan[4] ; 3. 24-Terry Grilliot[5] ; 4. 17-Nick Felkey[7] ; 5. 1X-JJ Butler[11] ; 6. 97A-Reed Hurst[9] ; 7. 12-Tom Jacobs[3] ; 8. 50-Buzz Jacobs[1] ; 9. 92-Kyle Shaffer[6] ; 10. 31-Ed Minnich[8] ; 11. 23H-Shonda Harbin[10]
A-Main 1 – (20 Laps)
1. 11JS-Josh Scott[3] ; 2. K9-Scott Gerdeman[4] ; 3. 52-Weasel Phlipot[1] ; 4. ZERO-Brent Hole[9] ; 5. 55S-Zach Schroeder[6] ; 6. 1-Scottie Williams[2] ; 7. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[8] ; 8. 20K-Bill Keeler[5] ; 9. 9G-Ernie Gingerich[12] ; 10. L5-Casey Luedeke[17] ; 11. M1G-Matt Twining[10] ; 12. 36-Brandon Vaughan[18] ; 13. 35-Tim Cornett[16] ; 14. 112-Chris Ullery[15] ; 15. 10H-Brad Hess[13] ; 16. 0%-Derrick Austin[14] ; 17. 24-Terry Grilliot[19] ; 18. 17-Nick Felkey[20] ; 19. 18L-Randy Lines[11] ; 20. 16-Jeff Koz[7]
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