Drown And Morehouse Win 1st Icon Memorial Tour At WCS

Orrville, Ohio
Friday, June 14, 2013
By Mike Swanger

The first ever ICON Memorial Tour featuring the Late Models and the Renegades of Dirt Modifieds presented by Weekly Electric pulled into NAPA Wayne County Speedway on White-Maibach Ford night as Wooster’s Doug Drown, in the Weekly Electric, Wooster Glass and DJ Directional Services #63, led all the way to win the Late Model Freedom Fighters 40 as Jared Miley made a run at Drown during the last five laps of the race following the race’s only caution flag on lap 35. Miley passed fast qualifier Donnie Moran on the restart for second as Keith Berner finished fourth after running second the first half of the race. Keith Barbara rounded out the top five. JR Gentry won the dash and Miley and Charlie Duncan were the heat winners and Larry Bellman topped the last chance race.

Before the first lap of the Modified main was in the books, Kyle Strickler spun out giving up his pole position to Tanner Wilson who would lead the way for the first four laps but then it was Hanover’s Kevin Morehouse and the Ports Petroleum, Morehouse Logging and Sam’s Used Cars #r88 taking over and he would cruise to the win. Jesse Wisecarver, who started the night off by setting a new track record (18.866) would out duel Rick Aukland for second as Corey Conley edged past Wilson for fourth. Strickler, Wilson and Morehouse notched the heat wins as Kevin Miller scored the last chance win. For a complete recap of these two races, go to www.edgeconnect.co or www.renegadesofdirt.com

Bryce Dickson took the lead from Chris Myers on the second lap of the Fisher Performance Sprint feature and put some distance between Myers, Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier Andrew Palker, Broc Martin, Mitch Harble and Danny Mumaw. Myers would go flying off the track on lap six as he got off the back side of the straightaway, went into the pits and came back out on the track. He would spend the rest of the race working his way through the field and finish fifth. Dickson would start to build up a lead on the restart but when he jumped the cushion in turn two on lap 15, Martin, Palker and Mumaw jumped ahead of him and as they ran three wide, Martin would collide with a retaining tire in turn four to end his night. Palker, of Lodi, would then use his King Inspection, Albrecht Trucking and El Campesino Restaurent #57x to hold off a late charge by Danny Mumaw, who was driving the #38k, and pocket his first win of the season. Mitch Harble and Dickson went back and forth for third with Harble winning out. Palker, Martin and Mumaw notched the heat wins as Pete Grove captured the last chance win.

Kyle Dickinson, Kyle Moore and Brad Eagle won the heat races for the Thrifty Muffler Super Stocks but it was Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier Larry Baldwin drawing the #1 pill to start on the pole and he would drive the #7UP into victory lane for the first time this year. Dickinson, Eagle and Jeremy Lynch put early pressure on Baldwin but a flat tire for Dickinson and Eagle and Lynch spinning out on different laps stopped their chances. A red flag for Tyler Nicely’s car catching on fire on the last lap would give Bob Daugherty a last chance run on Baldwin, but as they were in turn four with the checkered flag waving, Daugherty spun and the field got around him with little contact with Brandon Gardner getting second as Brandon Craver claimed third with Tony Cline and Allan Baker rounding out the top five. Kelly Kaufmann secured the last chance win.

Wooster’s Doug Hensel went flag to flag to tally his second WQKT Mini Stock feature of the season. Two time winner Jason Shaw pestered Hensel, who also won the heat race, early on but his car began to sputter and Mitch Reichard picked up the challenge on Hensel but never got the lead. Lester Berry finished third as Randy Gibson took fourth with Jeff Barker claiming fifth. The race ended two laps short of the 10 laps scheduled when Shaw’s car came to a stop on the front stretch leaving a big puddle of oil on the track.
Tanner McLoughlin likes the short Mini Wedge track as he won the heat race and lead all the way for his third victory of the year aboard the Zanesville based, McLoughlin Used Cars #59. Logan Duncan takes home second for the fourth straight time as Brooke Dawson finished third followed by the #73x and Matthew Moore grabbing fifth.

The next action at NAPA Wayne County Speedway will come on Monday, June 24th for the Duffy Smith Memorial featuring the UNOH All Star Sprint Speedweek show with the Lias Tire Late Model in action also. For more information, go to the website at www.waynecountyspeedway.com

NAPA WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY RESULTS
Friday, June 14, 2013
ICON MEMORIAL TOUR LATE MODELS
Fast Qualifier Donnie Moran
Dash JR Gentry, Doug Drown, Keith Berner, Keith Barbara, Moran, Shane McLoughlin
Heat 1 Jared Miley, Ryan Markham, Devin Moran, Rick Aukland, Brad Malcuit, Larry Bellman, Charlie Maloney, Travis Mensching, Jeff Wages, Jerry Aber
Heat 2 Charlie Duncan, Rick Bond, Corey Conley, George Lee, David Liles, Blaine Aber, Doug Kenworthy, Josh Miller, Justin Patterson
L.C. #1 Larry Bellman, Travis Mensching, Blaine Aber, Justin Patterson, Charlie Maloney, Jeff Wages, Jerry Aber, Doug Kenworthy, Josh Miller
Feature Doug Drown, Jared Miley, Donnie Moran, Keith Berner, Keith Barbara, Charlie Duncan, Ryan Markham, Corey Conley, Devin Moran, Brad Malcuit, George Lee, Rick Bond, David Liles, Rick Aukland, Travis Mensching, Shane McLoughlin, JR Gentry, Blaine Aber, Justin Patterson, Larry Bellman

RENEGADES OF DIRT MODIFIEDS
Fast Qualifier Jesse Wisecarver 18.866 NTR
Heat 1 Kyle Strickler, Wisecarver, Jess Hartman, Nathan Loney, Travis Dickson, Kevin Miller, Denny Benjamin, Kevin Crawford, Robert Page, Amanda Stiffler
Heat 2 Tanner Wilson, Rick Aukland, Chris Basich, Rich Michael, Brian Douglas, Mark Gardiner, Mark Dickson, RJ Otto, Pauly Hess
Heat 3 Kevin Morehouse, Norm Aronhalt, Corey Conley, Anthony Kinkade, Scott Stiffler, Bruce Miller, Josh Morrow, Jim Nicely, Quinten Meadows dns
L.C. #1 Kevin Miller, Mark Gardiner, Bruce Miller, Josh Morrow, RJ Otto, Mark Dickson, Denny Benjamin, Kevin Crawford, Pauly Hess, Jim Nicely, Amanda Stiffler, Robert Page, Quinten Meadows dns
Feature Kevin Morehouse, Jesse Wisecarver, Rick Aukland, Corey Conley, Tanner Wilson, Norm Aronhalt, Travis Dickson, Jess Hartman, Rich Michael, Chris Basich, Kevin Miller, Brian Douglas, Mark Dickson, Nathan Loney, Mark Gardiner, Amanda Stiffler, Bruce Miller, Anthony Kinkade, Kyle Stickler, Josh Morrow dns

FISHER PERFORMANCE SPRINTS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier Andrew Palker 14.682
Heat 1 Palker, Mitch Harble, Lee Jacobs, Nick Patterson, Bob Lime, Troy Kingan, Eric Duposki, Shawn Minor
Heat 2 Broc Martin, Bryce Dickson, Jason Dolick, Shawn Hubler, Jimmy Pooler, Pete Grove, Scott Riley, Jordan Harble dns
Heat 3 Danny Mumaw, Chris Myers, Kirk Jeffries, Joe Armbruster, Tommy Miller, Chris Plascak, Butch Beasley
L.C. #1 Pete Grove, Chris Plascak, Troy Kingan, Scott Riley, Shawn Minor, Butch Beasley, Eric Duposki, Jordan Harble
Feature Andrew Palker, Danny Mumaw, Mitch Harble, Lee Jacobs, Chris Myers, Jason Dolick, Kirk Jeffries, Shawn Hubler, Pete Grove, Troy Kingan, Chris Plascak, Joe Armbruster, Bob Lime, Shawn Minor, Jimmy Pooler, Broc Martin, Scott Riley, Nick Patterson, Tom Miller

THRIFTY MUFFLER SUPER STOCKS
Dzugan Fire & Rescue Fast Qualifier Larry Baldwin 20.416
Heat 1 Kyle Dickinson, Baldwin, Tony Cline, Don Baney, Chase Alexander, Kelly Kaufman, Gary McGregor, Jon Preston, Travis Wilcox
Heat 2 Kyle Moore, Brandon Gardner, Jeremy Lynch, Mitch Caskey, Tyler Nicely, Tommy Fantin Jr., Chris Gibbs, Cliff Staley, Aaron Middaugh
Heat 3 Brad Eagle, Bob Daugherty, Allan Baker, Brandon Craver, Dennis Amstutz, Paul Whitten, Chaz O’Dell, Cody Gibbs,
L.C. #1 Kelly Kaufman, Chris Gibbs, Chaz O’Dell, Paul Whitten, Gary McGregor, Cliff Staley, Cody Gibbs, Jon Preston, Tommy Fantin Jr., Travis Wilcox dns, Aaron Middaugh dns
Feature Larry Baldwin, Brandon Gardner, Brandon Craver, Tony Cline, Allan Baker, Chase Alexander, Mitch Caskey, Kelly Kaufman, Chris Gibbs, Paul Whitten, Dennis Amstutz, Jeremy Lynch, Bob Daugherty, Brad Eagle, Jim Nicely, Kyle Dickinson, Kyle Moore, Chaz O’Dell, Don Baney, Gary McGregor

WQKT MINI STOCKS
Heat 1 Doug Hensel, Billy Parsons, Mitch Reichard, Lester Berry, Jason Shaw, Jeff Barker, Randy Gibson, Adam Kern, Jeff Edwards, Brad Hensel dns, Jimmy Fitzwater dns
Feature Doug Hensel, Mitch Reichard, Lester Berry, Randy Gibson, Jeff Barker, Jason Shaw, Jeff Edwards, Adam Kern, Jimmy Fitzwater, Brad Hensel dns, Billy Parsons dns

MINI WEDGES
Heat 1 Tanner McLoughlin, Zoe Stafford, Billy Dawson, Logan Duncan, #73x, Mason Duncan, Matthew Moore, Brooke Dawson
Feature Tanner McLoughlin, Logan Duncan, Brooke Dawson, #73x, Matthew Moore, Mason Duncan, Billy Dawson, Zoe Stafford