Wimmer Scores In FAST Season Opener At Atomic
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A beautiful spring afternoon greeted race fans at Atomic Speedway for “Ladies Night” with 39 winged FAST On Dirt sprint cars packing the pit area. The temperatures would fall throughout the evening, but the excitement level was on the rise as the evening progressed with a star-studded field of drivers and cars.
Brandon Wimmer and Cole Duncan quick timed their flights in ARP Fasteners time trials. Duncan was overall quickest with a lap of 11.626, despite being one of the final cars to hit the high-banked 3/8 mile track. Kory Crabtree, Zeth Sabo, Jordan Ryan and JJ Hickle scored heat race wins while Nate Reeser and Trey Jacobs scored B Main wins.
The 30 lap main event saw Cole Macedo and Hickle bring the 22 starters to Adam Brimmer’s green flag. Macedo raced to a big early lead and the field was clean and green for 14 laps. While working lapped traffic, Macedo ran over the wheel of another car, flattening his own right rear tire. This left JJ Hickle as the new leader with Macedo relegated to the rear of the lead lap cars.
It was a great night for JJ Hickle, making his FAST series debut, however, this night belonged to fourth starting Brandon Wimmer in the John Shewbrooks A79. With some daring moves in traffic, Wimmer was able to wrestle the lead away and roll on to victory with Hickle, Chris Windom, Cap Henry and Jordan Ryan completing the top 5. The balance of the top 10 included Cole Duncan, Zeth Sabo, Skylar Gee, a hard charging Ricky Peterson and Kory Crabtree.
Next up for the FAST tour is this Saturday at Wayne County Speedway near Orrville, Ohio!
Atomic Speedway
Saturday, April 8, 2023
39 Entries
ARP Fasteners Qualifying
Flight A: 1. A79-Brandon Wimmer 11.659; 2. 50YR-Cole Macedo 11.700; 3. 33w-Cap Henry 11.719; 4. 5T-Travis Philo 11.780; 5. 24D-Danny Sams 11.912; 6. 29-DJ Foos 11.925; 7. 11c-Kory Crabtree 11.999; 8. 23-Zeth Sabo 12.061; 9. 83x-Nate Reeser 12.143; 4u-Josh Davis 12.213; 11. 15-Mitch Harble 12.261; 12. 5J-Jake Hesson 12.262; 13. 22b-Ryan Broughton 12.304; 14. 32L-Bryce Lucius 12.466; 15. 7N-Darin Naida 12.544; 16. 12-Kasey Jedrzejek 12.556; 17. 59-Bryan Nuckles 12.639; 18. 4x-Bradley Ashford 12.977; 19. 11J-James Moore 13.765; 20. 21J-Jaylynn Montgomery 14.143.
Flight B: 1. 22-Cole Duncan 11.626; 2. 4-Chris Windom 11.895; 3. 56R-Ryan Myers 11.914; 4. 99-Skylar Gee 11.915; 5. 25R-Jordan Ryan 11.981; 6. 97- J.J. Hickle 11.986; 7. 19-Sean Rayhall 11.993; 8. 23jr-Jack Sodeman Jr 12.088; 9. 71H-Max Stambaugh 12.108; 10. 5-Jeremy Weaver 12.125; 11. 78-Justin Clark 12.152; 12. 17-Reece Saldana 12.215; 13. 66-Danny Smith 12.256; 14. 22-Brandon Spithaler 12.259; 15. 2-Ricky Peterson 12.293; 16. 9-Trey Jacobs 12.306; 17. 15K-Creed Kemenah 12.323; 18. 55T-McKenna Haase 12.550; 19. 24-Lee Haskins 13.393.
NAPA of Fremont, OH – Heat 1: 1. 11c-Crabtree[1]; 2. 33w-Henry[3]; 3. A79-Wimmer[4]; 4. 24D-Sams[2]; 5. 15-Harble[6]; 6. 83x-Reeser[5]; 7. 7N-Naida[8]; 8. 22b-Broughton[7]; 9. 59-Nuckles[9]; 10. 11J-Moore[10]
Outsider’s Merchandise & Apparel – Heat #2: 1. 23-Sabo[1]; 2. 50YR-Macedo[4]; 3. 5T-Philo[3]; 4. 4u-Davis[5]; 5. 12-Jedrzejek[8]; 6. 5J-Hesson[6]; 7. 32L-Lucius[7]; 8. 4x-Ashford[9] 9. 21J-Montgomery[10]; 10. 29-Foos[2]
Elizabeth Gardner Photography – Heat #3: 1. 25r-Ryan[2]; 2. 19-Rayhall[1]; 3. 22-Duncan[4]; 4. 66-Smith[7]; 5. 2-Peterson[8]; 6. 78-Clark[6]; 7. 56R-Myers[3]; 8. 71H-Stambaugh[5]; 9. 24-Haskins[10]; 10. 15k-Kemenah[9]
E A Home Supply – Heat #4: 1. 97-Hickle[2]; 2. 99-Gee[3]; 3. 4-Windom[4]; 4. 17-Saldana[6]; 5. 9-Jacobs[8]; 6. 5-Weaver[5]; 7. 22-Spithaler[7]; 8. 23jr-Sodeman Jr[1]; 9. 55T-Haase[9]
MSD Ignitions – B-Main #1: 1. 83x-Reeser[3]; 2. 15-Harble[1]; 3. 12-Jedrzejek[2]; 4. 22b-Broughton[7]; 5. 32L-Lucius[6]; 6. 59-Nuckles[9]; 7. 7N-Naida[5]; 8. 4x-Ashford[8]; 9. 11J-Moore[11]; 10. 5J-Hesson[4]; 11. 29-Foos[DNS]; 12. 21J-Montgomery[DNS]
MSD Ignitions – B-Main #2: 1. 9-Jacobs[2]; 2. 78-Clark[3]; 3. 2-Peterson[1]; 4. 56r-Myers[5]; 5. 71H-Stambaugh[7]; 6. 22-Spithaler[6]; 7. 55T-Haase[10]; 8. 24-Haskins[9]; 9. 5-Weaver[4]; 10. 23jr-Sodeman Jr[8]; 11. 15k-Kemenah[DNS]
Ti22Performan Inc. A-Main: 1. A79-Wimmer[4]; 2. 97-Hickle[2]; 3. 4-Windom[8]; 4. 33w-Henry[9]; 5. 25r-Ryan[3]; 6. 22-Duncan[5]; 7. 23-Sabo[7]; 8. 99-Gee[11]; 9. 2-Peterson[22]; 10. 11c-Crabtree[6]; 11. 50YR-Macedo[1]; 12. 19-Rayhall[10]; 13. 4u-Davis[14]; 14. 9-Jacobs[18]; 15. 17-Saldana[16]; 16. 78-Clark[20]; 17. 15-Harble[19]; 18. 83x-Reeser[17]; 19. 12-Jedrzejek[21]; 20. 24D-Sams[13]; 21 5T-Philo[12]; 22. 66-Smith[15]
“Superfan” Jason Imler’s Hard Charger: 2 – Ricky Peterson +13
All Star Performanc Hard Luck: 50YR – Cole Macedo
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