Shady Bowl Honors Local Driver And Car Owner

DeGraff OH (7/7): Shady Bowl Speedway opened it gates Saturday to a full pit area as four divisions of stock cars tackled the rural oval. The Bowl honored the memory of Sidney car builder Denny Shatto and local driver Neal Sceva. Sceva from Urbana posted over 600 feature wins during a star studded career. Some of the areas top drivers drove cars built by Shatto to victory lane. The Dave Nagel Excavating Shatto Memorial saw the top four qualifiers locked into the 20 lap. The top three finishers in the two heat races also were locked in to the 10 car feature. Columbus driver Jacob Muncy led the entire way to the notch the win and take home $1110.00. The win was far from easy as Muncy, who also won a heat race was pressured by Quincy resident Josh Smith. Smith had got around Muncy once, only to have a yellow come out. The field fell back to the last completed lap, which gave the lead back to Muncy. Muncy was behind the wheel of Curt Fraziers outlaw bodied stocker. Rookie Nic Burnside turned in a top notch job of driving as he won the dash and was third in the feature. Fast qualifier Mike Ward was fourth with Jim Lewis Jr. fifth.
The 51 lap Neal Sceva Memorial saw twenty three cars take the green flag. Jason Mahaffey led the first lap before giving way to Rodney Roush. Roush held the lead until Quincy’s Josh Smith sped by on lap twenty eight. Smith was behind the wheel of the N&W garage Camaro owned by Darrell Dexter. Smith, who also won the dash held off Chad Small II, Rob Schaeff, Phil Gussler Jr and Josh Longstreth to post his first street stock feature of the season. Corey Plunkett, Longstreth and Jim Lewis Jr posted heat wins. Joshua Poore was fast qualifier. Smith picked up $1051.00 for his efforts. Gussler won the DeGraff Service Center Hard Charger Award.
The Biggins Small Engine Repair modified feature saw Cedarville driver Mike Carroll lead all the way to win the event. The win was the first of 2018 for Carroll in his Miamisburg Auto Service sponsored car. Carroll also was a heat winner. Ross Klingelhoffer was second , with Daniel McPherson third. Sean McNeeley fourth and Brad Yelton fifth. McNeeley was the dash winner with Doug Hewitt Jr. also winning a heat. Greg Stapleton set quick time.
The 100 lap Summertime Shootout for the Buckeye FWD Mini Stocks was an exciting race with 19 cars taking the green. Curtis Noble led the first early laps before giving way to Aaron Chatfield. Noble came back to retake the lead on lap twelve. Ryan Tamburro took the lead next, but was passed by Justin Pope. Jimmy McElfresh came to the front to lead lap sixty nine. Pope soon retained his lead back and went on to notch the win. Tamburro was second. With McElfresh third, Eddie Kemp fourth and Jimmy Huffman fifth. Pope also was fast qualifier.
This Saturday (7/14) the Bowl will hold the make up 62 lap Ken Stookey Classic for the street stocks as well as the Bill Lewis Memorial for modifieds. The second leg of the Van Hoy Oil Shoot Out Series will run a 50 lap feature. There will also be a 100 lap enduro. The spectator drags will round out the action. Racing will start at 7.

Excavating Late Models Denny Shatto Memorial
Fast qualifier: Mike Ward 13.583
Dash winner : Nic Burnside
Heat winners top three advance to “A” main:
First heat: 1. Ross Klingelhoffer 2. Jim Lewis Jr. 3. Buddy Townsend
Second heat: 1.Jacob Muncy 2. Matt Jackson 3. Mathew Parsons
Denny Shatto Memorial 20 lap “A” main: 1. Jacob Muncy 2. Josh Smith 3. Nic Burnside 4. Mike Ward 5. Jim Lewis Jr. 6. Don Mahaffey Jr. 7. Matt Jackson 8. Buddy Townsend 9. Ross Klingelhoffer 10. Mathew Parsons
Biggins Small Engine Repair Modifieds;
Fast qualifier: Greg Stapleton 13.714
Dash winner: Shawn McNeeley
Heat race winners: Mike Carroll and Doug Hewitt Jr
Feature 30 laps: 1. Mike Carroll 2. Ross Klingelhoffer 3. Daniel McPherson 4. Chris Parker 5. Brad Yelton 6. Shawn McNeeley 7. Jerry Stapleton 8. Bill Burba 9. Buddy Townsend 10. Doug Hewitt Jr. 11. Mike Schaffer 12. Greg Stapleton 13. Logan McPherson 14. Steve Snapp 15. Brian Brandyberry
Buckeye FWD Mini Stocks:
Fast qualifier: Justin Pope 16.539
Summertime Shoot Out 100 lap feature: 1. Justin Pope 2. Ryan Tamburro 3. Jimmy McElfresh 4. Eddie Kemp 5. Jimmy Huffman,6. Aaron Chatfield 7. Curtis Noble 8. Matthew Hogood 9. Bill McElfresh 10. Bryan Temple 11. Tim Hines 12. Rob Fraley 13. Andrea Swink 14. Bobbie Joe Perez 15. Rob Taylor 16. Josh Foltz 17. Nick Barrett 18. Justin Kemp 19: Kevin Baggett
Street Stocks:
Fast qualifier: Joshua Poore 14.575
Dash Josh Smith
Heat winners: Jim Lewis Jr , Josh Longstreth and Corey Plunkett
Feature 51 lap Neal Sceva Memorial: 1. Josh Smith 2. Chad Small II 3. Rob Schaeff 4. Phil Gussler Jr. 5. Josh Longstreth 6. Jason Mahaffey 7. Chad Brandyberry 8. Jacob Heckman 9 Joshua Poore 10. Richard Roush 11. Corey Plunkett 12. Robert Roush 13. Jacob Muncy 14. Rodney Roush 15. Jason Drummond 16. Chandler Little 17. Brian Cottrill 18. Aliza Snapp 19. Chester Frazier 20. John Hicks 21. Mike Carroll 22. Josh Sage 23. Buck Purtee