Low Temps Create High Excitement at Wayne County!

By: William Burkhart

After mother nature delayed 3 events, Orrville’s historic dirt oval finally gets it’s 2024 season underway.

The evening began with the Pine Tree Towing and Recovery sprint cars. Chris Meyers and Ricky Peterson would lead the 17 car field to the green. Caution would come out for a spin on lap 2 where the suspension on Meyers 38K collapsed. Lap 8 would see another regular having bad luck this time being Henry Malcuit on his side in the 70 car along with the 31C of PA traveler Chase Matheny. Once green flag action commenced it was all Ricky Peterson with Lee Jacobs in pursuit until a late race yellow would bunch up the field. Peterson continued to run his line and claim his first victory of 2024 with Jacobs and Spithaler finishing second and third respectively.

The Malcuit’s Tavern UMP late models took center stage next. Doug Drown and Kyle Moore would lead the field to the green. The Lap 1 curse struck again as Moore lost power entering turn 3. It had appeared to be all Doug Drown until Rusty Schlenk came alive in the latter stages of the race. Drown kicked the car back up to claim his second win in 2024 and second of the weekend. Rusty Schlenk and JR Gentry finishing behind Drown.

The Flynn’s Tire & Auto Center modifieds would see Late Model veteran Ryan Markham and young gun Vinnie DePizzo lead the field to their 20-lap feature. DePizzo would take the early lead as second place was a revolving door of drivers. Around lap 8 Loudonville’s Jimmy Humphrey would find some speed and go door to door with the Youngstown driver until lap 12 when Humphrey would finally secure the Lead. A late race yellow would stack up the field. On the final restart Ryan Markham found a ton of speed to rocket past DePizzo and Humphrey and steal the win.

The newly sponsored Glass House Super Stocks saw a couple of racing veterans duke it out for 15 laps with Charlie Duncan in the Fred Snyder 77 and Doug Drown in the Bob Daugherty 21D. Duncan seemed to find a run on the bottom lap after lap but couldn’t get by Drown who was working that top side. Drown ripped the lip to hard fought win over Duncan with Braden Tucke in third.

The Joyride Transport Mini Stocks would be the closing act for our evening of racing. Blowout prelim winner Zach Hershey and former opening night winner Johnny Bruce led the field to the green. Hershey would pull off after a pair of laps with engine issues and after some beating and bumping Anthony Collins would lead the charge with Bruce in pursuit. Lap 8 is where Robert Searls in the Markey owned 420 would go a vicious flip into the turn four wall. He was thankfully uninjured. The 4 lap dash would end with Collins picking up the win. Defending track champion Doug Hensel in second place. Johnny Bruce fought off many drivers to secure a third place spot.

WCS will be back in action this Saturday April 26th for another exciting Fast Five program!

Media Results for 4/20/2024 at Wayne County Speedway – Orrville, OH

Pine Tree Towing & Recovery 410 Sprints 16 Entries

A Feature 25 Laps | 00:28:35.286

1. 2P-Ricky Peterson[1]; 2. 22-Brandon Spithaler[5]; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs[3]; 4. 5E-Bobby Elliott[8]; 5. 38-Leyton Wagner[7]; 6. 6J-Jonah Aumend[15]; 7. 20B-Cody Bova[9]; 8. 8S-Brayton Phillips[10]; 9. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[12]; 10. 22R-Ryan Fredericks[14]; 11. 8T-Tanner Tecco[16]; 12. 9-Lance Heinberger[13]; 13. (DNF) 7-Troy Kingan[11]; 14. (DNF) 70-Henry Malcuit[6]; 15. (DNF) 31C-Chase Metheney[4]; 16. (DNF) 38K-Chris Myers[2]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:39.652

1. 2P-Ricky Peterson[4]; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs[2]; 3. 22-Brandon Spithaler[1]; 4. 38-Leyton Wagner[3]; 5. 20B-Cody Bova[5]; 6. 7-Troy Kingan[6]; 7. 9-Lance Heinberger[7]; 8. (DNF) 6J-Jonah Aumend[8]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:04:32.452

1. 38K-Chris Myers[2]; 2. 31C-Chase Metheney[1]; 3. 70-Henry Malcuit[4]; 4. 5E-Bobby Elliott[6]; 5. 8S-Brayton Phillips[5]; 6. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[3]; 7. 22R-Ryan Fredericks[7]; 8. 8T-Tanner Tecco[8]

Qualifying 8 Laps | 00:02:10.399

1. 2P-Ricky Peterson, 00:14.660[5]; 2. 70-Henry Malcuit, 00:14.871[10]; 3. 38-Leyton Wagner, 00:14.900[9]; 4. 7DK-Dylan Kingan, 00:15.090[3]; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs, 00:15.117[13]; 6. 38K-Chris Myers, 00:15.174[14]; 7. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 00:15.231[4]; 8. 31C-Chase Metheney, 00:15.259[7]; 9. 20B-Cody Bova, 00:15.486[16]; 10. 8S-Brayton Phillips, 00:15.658[8]; 11. 7-Troy Kingan, 00:15.840[1]; 12. 5E-Bobby Elliott, 00:16.103[2]; 13. 9-Lance Heinberger, 00:16.188[11]; 14. 22R-Ryan Fredericks, 00:16.787[15]; 15. 6J-Jonah Aumend, 00:17.155[12]; 16. 8T-Tanner Tecco, 00:18.793[6]

Malcuit Tavern UMP Late Models 18 Entries

A Feature 25 Laps | 00:14:44.229

1. 12-Doug Drown[1]; 2. 91-Rusty Schlenk[6]; 3. 14JR-JR Gentry[4]; 4. 10-Nathan Loney[8]; 5. 20-Todd Brennan[5]; 6. 27-Eric Spangler[3]; 7. 5M-Ryan Markham[7]; 8. 59-Larry Bellman[9]; 9. 98-Tim Sabo[16]; 10. 2C-Clint Coffman[10]; 11. 21-Wes Morrison[12]; 12. 61-Tony Paynter[11]; 13. 11-Austin Gibson[13]; 14. 69R-Doug Baird[18]; 15. J28-Jason Henderson[14]; 16. (DNF) 22J-Dylan Spears[15]; 17. (DNF) 1*-Kyle Moore[2]; 18. (DNS) 317-Blake Creech

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:50.507

1. 12-Doug Drown[4]; 2. 27-Eric Spangler[2]; 3. 20-Todd Brennan[3]; 4. 5M-Ryan Markham[1]; 5. 59-Larry Bellman[6]; 6. 61-Tony Paynter[7]; 7. 11-Austin Gibson[8]; 8. 22J-Dylan Spears[9]; 9. (DNF) 317-Blake Creech[5]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:04:07.554

1. 1*-Kyle Moore[3]; 2. 14JR-JR Gentry[2]; 3. 91-Rusty Schlenk[1]; 4. 10-Nathan Loney[4]; 5. 2C-Clint Coffman[5]; 6. 21-Wes Morrison[6]; 7. J28-Jason Henderson[7]; 8. 98-Tim Sabo[9]; 9. 69R-Doug Baird[8]

Qualifying 8 Laps | 00:01:21.653

1. 12-Doug Drown, 00:16.655[14]; 2. 10-Nathan Loney, 00:16.799[12]; 3. 20-Todd Brennan, 00:16.893[6]; 4. 1*-Kyle Moore, 00:17.036[4]; 5. 27-Eric Spangler, 00:17.134[11]; 6. 14JR-JR Gentry, 00:17.172[17]; 7. 5M-Ryan Markham, 00:17.275[7]; 8. 91-Rusty Schlenk, 00:17.456[15]; 9. 317-Blake Creech, 00:17.494[16]; 10. 2C-Clint Coffman, 00:17.559[10]; 11. 59-Larry Bellman, 00:17.593[8]; 12. 21-Wes Morrison, 00:17.800[13]; 13. 61-Tony Paynter, 00:18.285[9]; 14. J28-Jason Henderson, 00:18.398[3]; 15. 11-Austin Gibson, 00:18.940[2]; 16. 69R-Doug Baird, 00:19.188[5]; 17. 22J-Dylan Spears, 00:20.431[1]; 18. (DNS) 98-Tim Sabo, 00:50.000

Flynn’s Tire & Auto Service UMP Modifieds 15 Entries

A Feature 20 Laps | 00:28:41.060

1. 5-Ryan Markham[1]; 2. 60-Jimmy Humphrey[8]; 3. 1-Vincent DePizzo[2]; 4. 16-Caden Alexander[5]; 5. 187-Mitch Caskey[3]; 6. 36-Brent Coffman[11]; 7. 3K-Kyle Payne[6]; 8. 20-Alex Siekkinen[10]; 9. 27C-Dwayne Powell[9]; 10. (DNF) 33-Robbie Ledger[7]; 11. (DNF) 22G-Jesse Griffitts[15]; 12. (DNF) 21J-Justin Cutshall[14]; 13. (DNF) 78-Richard Grogg[13]; 14. (DNS) 32-Scott Boyd Jr; 15. (DNS) 911-Colton Lehman

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:04:29.335

1. 5-Ryan Markham[3]; 2. 187-Mitch Caskey[4]; 3. 16-Caden Alexander[2]; 4. 33-Robbie Ledger[1]; 5. 27C-Dwayne Powell[5]; 6. 36-Brent Coffman[6]; 7. 78-Richard Grogg[7]; 8. 22G-Jesse Griffitts[8]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:07:14.122

1. 1-Vincent DePizzo[4]; 2. 32-Scott Boyd Jr[2]; 3. 3K-Kyle Payne[3]; 4. 60-Jimmy Humphrey[1]; 5. 20-Alex Siekkinen[5]; 6. 911-Colton Lehman[6]; 7. (DNF) 21J-Justin Cutshall[7]

Qualifying 8 Laps | 00:01:30.097

1. 187-Mitch Caskey, 00:18.978[14]; 2. 1-Vincent DePizzo, 00:19.098[13]; 3. 5-Ryan Markham, 00:19.129[10]; 4. 3K-Kyle Payne, 00:19.328[4]; 5. 16-Caden Alexander, 00:19.725[1]; 6. 32-Scott Boyd Jr, 00:19.737[3]; 7. 33-Robbie Ledger, 00:20.467[5]; 8. 60-Jimmy Humphrey, 00:20.501[2]; 9. 27C-Dwayne Powell, 00:20.572[12]; 10. 20-Alex Siekkinen, 00:20.630[7]; 11. 36-Brent Coffman, 00:20.728[8]; 12. 911-Colton Lehman, 00:20.998[9]; 13. 78-Richard Grogg, 00:21.121[6]; 14. 21J-Justin Cutshall, 00:23.124[11]; 15. (DNS) 22G-Jesse Griffitts, 00:50.000

The Glass House Super Stocks 8 Entries

A Feature 15 Laps | 00:08:42.774

1. 21D-Doug Drown[1]; 2. 77-Charlie Duncan[3]; 3. 18-Braden Tucke[2]; 4. J1-Jeff Matheny[4]; 5. U4-Paul McVicker[5]; 6. 45-Denny Shear[6]; 7. 51-John Lane[7]; 8. (DNF) 23-Brian Lewis[8]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:04:04.000

1. 21D-Doug Drown[4]; 2. 18-Braden Tucke[2]; 3. 77-Charlie Duncan[8]; 4. J1-Jeff Matheny[3]; 5. U4-Paul McVicker[1]; 6. 45-Denny Shear[5]; 7. 51-John Lane[6]; 8. (DNF) 23-Brian Lewis[7]

Qualifying 8 Laps | 00:07:43.000

1. 21D-Doug Drown, 00:19.976[8]; 2. J1-Jeff Matheny, 00:20.185[7]; 3. 18-Braden Tucke, 00:21.229[4]; 4. U4-Paul McVicker, 00:21.618[2]; 5. 45-Denny Shear, 00:23.391[1]; 6. 51-John Lane, 00:23.507[6]; 7. 23-Brian Lewis, 00:23.712[5]; 8. (DNS) 77-Charlie Duncan, 00:23.712

Joyride Transport Mini Stocks 23 Entries

A Feature 12 Laps | 00:14:23.666

1. 71-Anthony Collins[9]; 2. 18-Doug Hensel[6]; 3. 311-Johnny Bruce Sr[1]; 4. F7-Josh Ramirez[11]; 5. 29-Mitch Reichard[8]; 6. 711-Kenny Long[5]; 7. 18X-Dustin Bedlion[10]; 8. 11-Trent Bishop[15]; 9. 41-Gene Arkenburgh[7]; 10. 12-JR Graser[13]; 11. 8-Cory Brown[18]; 12. 54C-Clayton Evans[16]; 13. 49B-Jimmy Burns[17]; 14. 05D-Colten Davis[21]; 15. (DNF) 420-Robert Searls[14]; 16. (DNF) 23R-Scott Randolph[19]; 17. (DNF) 33S-Justin Shreve[4]; 18. (DNF) 43D-Peyton Davis[22]; 19. (DNF) 7C-Billy Dawson[12]; 20. (DNF) 278-Zack Hershey[2]; 21. (DNF) 31-Valek Menough[20]; 22. (DNF) 2-Justin Cranmore[3]; 23. (DNS) 1-Geno Cizmadia

Heat 1 6 Laps | 00:02:18.772

1. 311-Johnny Bruce Sr[6]; 2. 33S-Justin Shreve[2]; 3. 41-Gene Arkenburgh[4]; 4. 18X-Dustin Bedlion[7]; 5. 12-JR Graser[5]; 6. 54C-Clayton Evans[3]; 7. 23R-Scott Randolph[1]; 8. 43D-Peyton Davis[8]

Heat 2 6 Laps

1. 278-Zack Hershey[3]; 2. 711-Kenny Long[2]; 3. 29-Mitch Reichard[1]; 4. F7-Josh Ramirez[6]; 5. 420-Robert Searls[7]; 6. 49B-Jimmy Burns[5]; 7. (DNF) 31-Valek Menough[8]; 8. (DNF) 1-Geno Cizmadia[4]

Heat 3 6 Laps | 00:03:49.210

1. 2-Justin Cranmore[2]; 2. 18-Doug Hensel[4]; 3. 71-Anthony Collins[5]; 4. 7C-Billy Dawson[6]; 5. 11-Trent Bishop[1]; 6. 8-Cory Brown[3]; 7. 05D-Colten Davis[7]

Hot Laps 8 Laps | 00:25:41.920

1. 278-Zack Hershey[8]; 2. 711-Kenny Long[5]; 3. 2-Justin Cranmore[6]; 4. 7C-Billy Dawson[18]; 5. 29-Mitch Reichard[2]; 6. 18-Doug Hensel[12]; 7. 71-Anthony Collins[15]; 8. 420-Robert Searls[21]; 9. 33S-Justin Shreve[4]; 10. F7-Josh Ramirez[17]; 11. 12-JR Graser[13]; 12. 8-Cory Brown[9]; 13. 54C-Clayton Evans[7]; 14. 41-Gene Arkenburgh[10]; 15. 23R-Scott Randolph[1]; 16. 05D-Colten Davis[23]; 17. 43D-Peyton Davis[20]; 18. (DNS) 11-Trent Bishop; 19. (DNS) 1-Geno Cizmadia; 20. (DNS) 49B-Jimmy Burns; 21. (DNS) 311-Johnny Bruce Sr; 22. (DNS) 18X-Dustin Bedlion; 23. (DNS) 31-Valek Menough

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