Winged Sprints on Asphalt Racing Series (WSoA)
Race #12- Columbus
Motor Speedway - October 8, 2005
Press Release, by Heather Garrepy
Scott Picks up First WSoA Win
Columbus, Ohio (October 8) -Regular dirt race, Bryan Scott picked up his first
Winged Sprints on Asphalt (WSoA) victory Saturday night in the twenty-five lap
feature event at Columbus Motor Speedway after race leader Danny Brown took a
hard hit into the fourth turn wall on lap twenty-four.
At the drop of the green, outside pole sitter, Mark Pridemore took the early
lead. By lap six, two time WSoA Champion, Danny Brown had caught up to Pridemore
and overtook the lead on lap seven. Pridemore and Doug Berryman would race side
by side for second position before Pridemore would slip high on the racetrack
and loose several positions. Once Berryman got past Pridemore, he began chasing
down Brown. Meanwhile, rookie drivers, Bryan Nuckles and Trent Stephens were
racing side by side
for third. The field would be slowed by a caution on lap fourteen for Mike
McVettawith mechanical problems.
On the restart, Berryman was right on Brown's tail tank followed by Stephens.
Behind the trio, dirt regulars Bryan Scott and Mike Linder were challenging
Nuckles for forth. However, on lap seventeen the caution waved once again for
Cortney Gallogly who came to a stop in turn four.
When racing resumed, Scott got the jump over Nuckles for forth, leaving Nuckles
and Linder to race side by side. On the eighteenth circuit, Scottpassed Stephens
for third and quickly closing in on Brown and Berryman. Within several laps,
Scott had caught up with Berryman, while the duo battled for the runner up spot,
leader Brown pulled away from the duo. However on lap twenty-four Brown would
run over the tire a lapped car and shoot head first in to the turn four
retaining wall. Brown was transported to a local hospital for precautionary
measures, but was later released with nothing more then minor scraps and
bruises.
After a lengthy delay in cleaning up the accident, the green and white flag
waved together for Berryman, who inherited the lead. However Berryman's time in
the lead would be short lived as Scott passed him going into turn one. At the
line it was Scott, Berryman, Stephens, Linder and Nuckles rounding out the top
five.
Bryan Scott had fast time with a lap of 12.180. Heat races went to Jason Kemp,
Mike McVetta and Danny Brown. B-main checkers went to Jonathan Kettlewell.
Jonathan Kettlewell is the 2005 WSoA Champion, by four points over rookie Bryan
Nuckles. Todd Buchanan earned the WSoA Ohio Driver of the Year Award.
Qualifying:
1. Bryan Scott, 12.180, 2. Mike Linder, 12.223, 3. Todd Buchanan, 12.341, 4.
Jonathan Kettlewell, 12.358, 5. Terry Gibson, 12.428, 6. Tyler Dunn, 12.473, 7.
Trent Stephens, 12.480, 8. Craig Sharfenberg Jr, 12.495, 9. Doug Berryman,
12.532, 10. Bryan Nuckles, 12.610, 11. Mark Pridemore, 12.635, 12. Danny Brown,
12.658, 13. Jason Kemp, 12.678, 14. Mike McVetta,
12.801, 15. Cortney Gallogly, 12.883, 16. John Bartlome, 12.969, 17. Jim Payne,
13.041, 18. Chris Michael, 13.132, 19. Dustin Keegan, 13.160, 20. Jeff Gibson,
13.184, 21. Tom Geren, 13.249, 22. Aaron Price, 13.338, 23. Paul Buckingham,
13.339, 24. John Patynko, 13.362, 25. Larry Sherer, 13.420, 26. Jimmy Judd,
13.580, 27. Brad Keckler, 14.242, 28. Craig Sharfenberg Sr, DNQ
Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 5 transfer to A)
1. Kemp, 2. Stephens, 3. Bartlome, 4. Nuckles, 5. Scott, 6. Kettlewell, 7.
Sherer, 8. Price, 9. Keegan
Heat 2
1. McVetta, 2. Payne, 3. Pridemore, 4. Linder, 5. T. Gibson, 6. J. Gibson, 7.
Sharfenberg, Jr. 8. Judd, 9. Buckingham
Heat 3
1. Brown, 2. Berryman, 3. Michael, 4. Buchanan, 5. Dunn, 6. Gallogly, 7. Geren,
8. Keckler, 9. Patynko
B-main (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A)
1. Kettlewell, 2. J. Gibson, 3. Sharfenberg, Jr, 4. Gallogly, 5. Price, 6.
Sherer, 7. Keckler, 8. Judd, 9. Patynko, 10. Keegan, 11. Geren, 12. Buckingham
A Feature (25 Laps)
1. Bryan Scott, 2. Doug Berryman, 3. Trent Stephens, 4. Mike Linder, 5. Bryan
Nuckles, 6. Todd Buchanan, 7. Tyler Dunn, 8. Terry Gibson, 9. Jason Kemp, 10.
John Bartlome, 11. Jonathan Kettlewell, 12. Jim Payne, 13. Jeff Gibson, 14.
Craig Sharfenberg Jr, 15. Mark Pridemore, 16. Danny Brown, 17. Chris Michael,
18. Aaron Price, 19. Cortney Gallogly, 20. Mike McVetta
Mansfield, Ohio - October 1st, 2005
Long night of Cavalcade Day 1 Racing
by Travis Apple
After two caution filled races, the sprints almost went green flag to checkered
in a 30-lap feature. A late caution came out but that didn’t stop Frank Neill,
who had a great car as he lapped over half the field, earn his first career
victory at Mansfield Speedway.
“We had a great car and we were able to stay out of
the way of lap traffic and get it,” said Neill. “We came close several times
this year but we could never get it, it’s a great feeling to finally get one.”
The rest of the top five was Tyler Dunn (2nd), Tim
Buchanan (3rd), Doug Berryman (4th), and Adam McLellan (5th). Neill was also a
heat winner and Martin Robinson was the other heat winner. Dunn was the fastest
qualifier as he set a new track record with a time of 14.155.
Mansfield, Ohio - September 17th, 2005
Leedy, McCune win big at Fall National at MMS
By Travis Apple
In
the 30-lap sprint feature, Jimmy McCune jumped to the lead of pack on lap 1 and
he would never look back as he took home a $6,000 first place check. There were
three cautions and each time McCune got off to a great restart and sped away
from the field.
However, the fastest qualifier Tyler Dunn, who had drawn a 12 car invert,
started from that 12th position and made it all the way up to second place.
Frank Neill finished in third, Bryan Scott in fourth, and Tim Buchanan in fifth.
The Sprint results are unofficial as they were still being checked at press
time. “I would like to thank the Rebman Truck Services for giving me a ride,”
stated McCune. “I knew that if we could get to a lead we would be in good shape
because we had a great car. I knew the guys were there at the end but I was just
running as hard as I could.”
“We had a really fast car and I think if we would have had a couple more laps we
could have come close to passing,” added Dunn. “It was definitely a race of
patience with the lapped cars and sometimes second is better than nothing.”
Dunn was the fastest qualifier on Friday with a time of 14.248. The Sprints
didn’t have any other mains besides the 35 car starting field. On Friday, Jason
Kemp, Jimmy Taylor, Mike Linder, and Dustin Keegan were all heat winners.
After a huge weekend at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, the track will have a
week of rest and will be back in action for another big event weekend on October
1st and 2nd. It’s the Mansfield Motorsports Speedway Cavalcade. On Saturday, day
1, the ISMA SuperModifieds, the 305 Sprints, Late Models, and Pure Stocks will
all be in action. On Sunday, day 2, the MSA SuperModifieds, HOSS 410 Sprints,
Modifieds, and the Stockers will be in action. For more information, weekly
polls, pictures, and much more please visit our website at
www.mansfield-speedway.com
Mansfield, Ohio - September 11th, 2005
Parsley, Kemp lead green to checkered in Wins
By TRAVIS APPLE
MANSFIELD, Oh * Both Bobby Parsley and Jason Kemp were able to lead every single
lap in two separate features to earn victory lane honors at Mansfield
Motorsports Speedway. Parsley started on the pole in the Championship Racing
Association Mansfield 100 and Kemp started third in the 25 lap Mountain Dew
Xtreme Sprints race and earned his second consecutive win.
The Mt. Dew Xtreme Sprints were also in fast racing action on the .44 mile
track. Kemp who finished second in points in the 2005 season started in the
third position and got to the front of the pack by lap 2.
However, just like the CRA race, it wasn’t easy for Kemp as he Frank Neill right
on his tail for much of the race. It appeared as Neill would get around Kemp a
few times but the three time winner was able to him off. Kemp was even able to
hold him off on the final lap as Neill get by for a split second but Kemp put
the pedal down and got to victory lane.
He was running very strong and I just needed to keep where I wanted to be,”
added Kemp. “It all worked out in the end and it was a very good race. I just
hope next week our car stays like this and we can get three in a row.” The top
five finishers were Neill in second, Jimmy Taylor in third, Adam McLellan in
fourth, and Tyler Dunn in fifth. Neill was also the fastest qualifier at 14.481.
Winged Sprints on Asphalt Racing Series (WSoA)
Race #11 -
Columbus Motor Speedway - September 10, 2005
Press Release, by Heather Garrepy
Rookie Gets First Win
Columbus, Ohio (September 10) - Years ago ABC's Wide Word of Sports would start
each broadcast out with moniker "The trill of victory, the agony of defeat."
Nothing could be more appropriate to describe the Winged Sprints on Asphalt
(WSoA) twenty-five lap feature event at Columbus Motor Speedway on Saturday,
September 10th. Point leader Jonathan Kettlewell dominated the first twenty-one
lap before his right-rear tire went flat - handing the lead over to rookie of
the year candidate, Bryan Nuckles, giving him is first career sprint car win.
At the start of the feature, it was the father/son duo of Craig Sharfenberg
Senior and Junior leading the field to the green. Sharfenberg Jr would get the
initial lead; however his position out front would be short lived as sixth place
Jonathan Kettlewell would overtake the lead going into the first turn of lap
two. From that point on it appeared that Kettlewell had the car to beat as he
quickly established a full straight-a-way lead over second place of Bryan
Nuckles. Lapped cars proved
to be no obstacle for Kettlewell either, as his car was fast in every grove of
the track, allowing him to go two and three wide to pass lapped traffic.
The first yellow of the race would fly on lap twelve for pole sitter Sharfenberg
Sr, who slowed in the infield; he would be done for the evening. On the restart,
Kettlewell once again jumped out to an impressive lead, as three lapped cars
were between him and Nuckles. However, racing would once again be slowed as Jeff
Gibson hit the turn one pit entrance gate hard. Gibson was uninjured but would
be done for the evening with extensive damage done to his racer. When the green
flag flew again, Kettlewell once again got a jump on the field, however Nuckles
was not going to let him get away, and followed several car lengths behind.
However, on lap twenty, Kettlewell began slowing on the backstretch, and on lap
twenty one, would come to a complete stop in turn one with a flat right rear
tire. This gave the lead to Nuckles, who would lead the remaining four laps
unchallenged. Behind him, Rebman Motorsports teammates, Tyler Dunn and Jason
Kemp were battling side by side for second
place, but coming around for the checkers; Dunn would spin into the infield and
end up ninth. Following Nuckles to the strip was Kemp, Danny Brown, Terry Gibson
and Jim Payne - who earned his best finish of the year.
Jonathan Kettlewell had fast time with a lap of 12.455 seconds, and heat race
wins went to Jeff Gibson and Jason Kemp.
The next race for the WSoA will be on October 8th at Columbus Motor Speedway for
the Open Wheel Oktoberfest in conjunction with the USAC National Midget Series.
Going into the season - double points - race, Kettlewell still holds a ten point
lead over Bryan Nuckles. For more information please visit the WSoA website at
www.wsoa.us
Qualifying:
1. Jonathan Kettlewell, 98. 12.455; 2. Tyler Dunn, 17, 12.728; 3. Danny Brown,
2a, 12.748; 4. Jason Kemp, 7x, 12.752; 5. Cortney Gallogly, 12.757; 6. Bryan
Nuckles, 12.800; 7. Jeff Gibson, 3, 12.863; 8. Jim Payne, 100, 12.897; 9. Aaron
Price, 35, 12.944; 10. Jimmy Judd, j4, 13.110; 11. Craig Sharfenberg Jr, 28,
13.241; 12. Craig Sharfenberg Sr, 99, 13.271; 13. Terry Gibson, 0, 13.319; 14.
Paul Buckingham, 105, 13.833
Heat 1 (8 Laps)
1. J. Gibson, 2. Sharfenberg Jr, 3. Kettlewell, 4. Brown, 5. T. Gibson, 6.
Gallogly, 7. Price
Heat 2
1. Kemp, 2. Nuckles, 3. Sharfenberg Sr, 4. Dunn, 5. Payne, 6. Buckingham, 7.
Judd
A Feature (25 Laps)
1. Bryan Nuckles, 2. Jason Kemp, 3. Danny Brown, 4. Terry Gibson, 5. Jim Payne,
6. Craig Sharfenberg Jr, 7. Paul Buckingham, 8. Aaron Price, 9. Tyler Dunn, 10.
Jimmy Judd, 11. Jonathan Kettlewell, 12. Cortney Gallogly, 13. Jeff Gibson, 14.
Craig Sharfenberg, Sr
Winged Sprints on Asphalt Racing Series (WSoA)
Race #10 - Lake Erie
Speedway - September 2, 2005
Press Release, by Heather Garrepy
Buchanan Takes Erie Checkers
Columbus, Ohio (August 13) - Todd Buchanan picked up his second Winged Sprints
on Asphalt (WSoA) Racing Series win of the season on Friday, September 2nd at
Lake Erie Speedway.
Pole sitter Cortney Gallogly quickly jumped out to an early lead over the rest
of the field. She would remain on point until lap seventeen when seventh place
starter Todd Buchanan passed her on the low side on the backstretch after the
duo battled for several laps. The first yellow of the night would wave on lap
twenty-one when Paul Buckingham spun out in turn four. On the restart it was
still Buchanan in the lead followed by Gallogly, however the field would once
again be slowed as Gallogly and Trent Stephens got together in turn three.
Stephens was done for the night with extensive damage to the front of his racer,
Gallogly was able to restart, but quickly pulled into the infield as she had
bent a rim from the altercation. Frank Neill was also involved; however no
damage was done to his ride.
Buchanan rode out the remaining laps unchallenged and was followed across the
line by Jason Kemp, Craig Sharfenberg Sr, John Bartlome and Chris Michael
rounding out the top five.
Quick time went to Trent Stephens, who set a new track record with a blistering
lap of 12.682. Heat races went to John Bartlome, Chris Michael and Jonathan
Kettlewell.
Jonathan Kettlewell went into this race with a mere 4 point lead over Bryan
Nuckles, however after the unfortunate luck of Nuckles, Kettlewell has extended
his point lead to sixteen points.
The next race for the WSoA will be on September 10th at Columbus Motor Speedway,
which will have a special starting time. Gates will open at noon, with
qualifying at 3 and racing at 4. For more information please visit the WSoA
website at www.wsoa.us
Qualifying:
1. Trent Stephens, 12.682, 2. Todd Buchanan, 13.032, 3. Craig Sharfenberg Sr,
13.211, 4. Tyler Dunn, 13.314, 5. Frank Neill, 13.353, 6. Jonathan Kettlewell,
13.397, 7. John Bartlome, 13.490, 8. Jeff Gibson, 13.583, 9. Cortney Gallogly,
13.657. 10. Brad Wade, 13.679, 11. Jason Kemp, 13.691, 12. Danny Brown, 13.705,
13. Bryan Nuckles, 13.714, 14. Chris Michael, 13.900, 15. Aaron Price, 14.021,
16. Kurt Huber, 14.095, 17. John Patynko, 14.260, 18. Craig Sharfenberg Jr,
14.439, 19. Paul Buckingham, 14.605, 20. Mike McVetta, 14.811, 21. Jimmy Judd,
14.842, 22. Terry Gibson, 15.009
Heat 1 (8 Laps)
1.Bartlomel, 2.Dunn, 3. Stephens, 4.Nuckles, 5. Wade, 6. Huber, 7. Buckingham,
8. T. Gibson
Heat 2
1. Michael, 2. Kemp, 3. Buchanan, 4. Neill, 5. J. Gibson, 6. Patynko, 7. McVetta
Heat 3
1. Kettlewell, 2. Sharfenberg Sr, 3. Price, 4. Gallogly, 5. Sharfenberg Jr, 6.
Judd, 7. Brown
A Feature (25 Laps)
1. Todd Buchanan, 2. Jason Kemp, 3. Craig Sharfenberg Sr, 4. John Bartlome, 5.
Chris Michael, 6. Tyler Dunn, 7. Brad Wade, 8. Frank Neill, 9. Jonathan
Kettlewell, 10. Aaron Price, 11. Jeff Gibson, 12. Craig Sharfenberg Jr, 13. John
Patynko, 14. Jimmy Judd, 15. Terry Gibson, 16. Cortney Gallogly, 17. Trent
Stephens, 18. Kurt Huber, 19. Paul Buckingham, 20. Bryan Nuckles, 21. Danny
Brown, 22. Mike McVetta
Winged Sprints on Asphalt Racing Series (WSoA)
Race #9 - Auto City
Speedway - August 13, 2005
Press Release, by Heather Garrepy
Michael Gets First Win
Columbus, Ohio (August 13) - After twenty-one years of racing, Chris Michael
finally got that ever elusive, first win, Saturday night in the twenty-five lap,
Winged Sprints on Asphalt (WSoA) feature event at Auto City Speedway in Clio,
Michigan.
Michael, who started third, battled with front row starter Aaron Price for
several laps before taking over the top spot and quickly pulling away from the
rest of the field. Meanwhile, last weeks feature winner, Trent Stephens, who
started on the tail of the field after suffering mechanical issues during
qualifying, had moved his way up to fifth and put on an exciting battle with
Jonathan Kettlewell for fourth. While battling side by side, the duo of Stephens
and Kettlewell passed Highside Motorsports teammates Danny Brown and Aaron
Price, to take over second and third respectively.
By lap fifteen, Michael had established a half a track lead, with several lapped
car between him and second place Kettlewell. However, on lap sixteen, Dave Saxer
hit the front stretch wall hard, almost tipping over his racer, coming to a stop
in turn one. Saxer was uninjured in the wild ride; however the same could not be
said for his ride. On the restart, Kettlewell and Stephens would quickly get
around the lapped cars between them and Michael. On lap sixteen, the yellow
would fly for Danny Brown who spun out in tricky turn two. When the race went
back to green, Kettlewell was right on Michael's tail-tank with a lapped car
separating Kettlewell and Stephens. For the next several laps, Kettlewell
remained right behind Michael, but it wasn't until lap twenty-three that he
would put the pressure on Michael for the top spot. For the remaining two laps,
the duo
battled side by side, with Stephens right behind. As Kettlewell and Michael came
out of turn four for the checkered flag the two split a lapped car, and came
down the front stretch side by side, and at the line, it was Michael by half a
car over Kettlewell. Stephens came home third, only a car length behind
Kettlewell. Rookie Bryan Nuckles finished fourth and Aaron Price, with another
impressive run, picked up his first top five.
Jonathan Kettlewell had quick time with a blistering lap of 14.79 seconds. Heat
races went to Kettlewell and Chris Michael.
The next race for the WSoA will be on September 2nd at Lake Erie (PA) Speedway,
which will over the second highest purse ever for the WSoA, with $1000 to win,
and $325 to start. For more information please visit the WSoA website at
www.wsoa.us
Qualifying:
1. Jonathan Kettlewell, 98, 13.79; 2. Dave Saxer Jr, 93, 14.01 3. Bryan Nuckles,
57s, 14.03 4. Chris Michael, 11s, 14.15; 5. Danny Brown, 2a, 14.16; 6. John
Patynko, 7p, 14.49; 7. Jim Payne, 100, 14.52; 8. Aaron Price, 35, 14.74; 9. Tom
Geren, 11, 14.78; 10. Jimmy Judd, j4, 14.97; 11. Paul Buckingham, 105, 15.38;
12. Trent Stephens, 58, DNQ
Heat 1 (8 Laps)
1.Kettlewell, 2. Nuckles, 3. Geren, 4. Brown, 5. Payne, 6. Buckingham
Heat 2
1. Michael, 2. Stephens 3. Saxer, 4. Price 5. Judd 6. Patynko
A Feature (25 Laps)
1. Chris Michael, 2. Jonathan Kettlewell, 3. Trent Stephens, 4. Bryan Nuckles,
5. Aaron Price, 6. Jimmy Judd, 7. Danny Brown, 8. Tom Geren, 9. John Patynko,
10. Jim Payne, 11. Paul Buckingham, 12. Dave Saxer
Winged Sprints on Asphalt Racing Series (WSoA)
Race #8 -
Columbus Motor Speedway, Saturday, August 6, 2005
Press Release, by Heather Garrepy
Columbus, Ohio (August 6) - Sprint car rookie, Trent
Stephens took his second checkered flag of the season, in the twenty-five lap,
Winged Sprints on Asphalt (WSoA) Racing Series feature, Saturday at Columbus
Motor Speedway.
When the green flag flew, it was outside pole-sitter, Aaron Price getting the
early lead, over pole-sitter, Doug Berryman. While Price slowly pulled away from
the rest of the field, Berryman and Stephens would battle side by side for
second for several laps. By lap five, Stephens had overtaken second from
Berryman and was quickly closing in on Price.
On lap seven, the duo of Price and Stephens crossed
the start/finish line side-by-side, but the next time by, Stephens would have a
several car length lead over Price. Meanwhile, Danny Brown, who started eighth,
was on the move and by lap ten had taken over third place from Berryman and was
closing in on teammate and son, Price. With Price getting caught up in lapped
traffic, Brown shortened the distance to only several car lengths. The
father/son duo started to put on an exciting battle for second, before the
caution flew on lap thirteen for Paul Buckingham who went spinning into the
infield. On the restart, Brown would get a better restart then Price and take
second.
Lapped traffic and experience once again played in Brown's favor as leader
Stephens came upon lapped traffic on lap 21 allowing Brown to close in on
Stephens. However, the night would turn from good to bad for Highside
Motorsports as Brown looped it coming out of turn four on lap 21, then on the
restart, Price who was looking very impressive in his second year of racing,
slapped the backstretch retaining wall, ending his evening.
When the field finally went back to green, Stephens once again pulled away from
the field. Behind him, Chris Michael and Jonathan Kettlewell put on an exciting
battle for second, with Michael coming out on top. Kettlewell crossed the line
third; Dave Saxer put on an impressive run and ended up fourth, followed by Jeff
Gibson. After spinning out, Brown battled his way back to finish eighth.
Todd Buchanan had quick time with a lap of 12.507 seconds. Danny Brown took the
checkers in the dash, while Aaron Price picked up his first win, by winning the
first heat race and Trent Stephens took home the checkers in the second heat
race.
The next race for the WSoA will be on August 13th at Auto City (MI) Speedway For
more information please visit the WSoA website at www.wsoa.us
Qualifying:
1. Todd Buchanan, 5, 12.373; 2. Jonathan Kettlewell, 98, 12.423; 3. Dave Saxer
Jr, 93, 12.445 4. Danny Brown, 2a, 12.466.98; 5. Bryan Nuckles, 57s, 12.493.10;
6. Terry Gibson, 0, 12.553; 7.Chris Michael, 11s, 12.571; 8. Trent Stephens, 58
12.608; 9. Jeff Gibson, 3, 12.730; 10. Jim Payne, 100, 12.890; 11. Aaron Price,
35, 12.898; 12. Doug Berryman, 2, 12.936;, 13. John Patynko, 7p, 13.350; 14.
Paul Buckingham, 105, 13.513; 15. Jimmy Judd, j4, 13.549; 16. Dwayne Smith, 37,
DNQ
Dash (4 laps)
1. Brown, 2. Saxer, 3. Kettlewell, 4. Buchanan
Heat 1 (8 Laps)
1.Price, 2. J. Gibson, 3.Michael, 4. Nuckles, 5. Saxer, 6. Buchanan, 7. Patynko
Heat 2
1. Stephens, 2. Berryman 3. Brown, 4. Kettlewell 5. T. Gibson, 6. Payne, 7.
Smith, 8. Buckingham
A Feature (25 Laps)
1. Trent Stephens, 2. Chris Michael, 3. Jonathan Kettlewell, 4. Dave Saxer Jr,
5. Jeff Gibson, 6. Todd Buchanan 7. Bryan Nuckles, 8.Danny Brown, 9. Terry
Gibson, 10. John Patynko, 11.Jim Payne 12. Doug Berryman, 13. Dwayne Smith 14.
Aaron Price, 15. Paul Buckingham
Winged Sprints on Asphalt Racing Series (WSoA)
Race #7 - Sandusky
Speedway, Saturday, July 30, 2005
Press Release, by Heather Garrepy
Columbus, Ohio (July 30) - Todd Buchanan won his third consecutive Hy-Miler
Nationals sprint car win in the twenty-five lap feature sanctioned by the Winged
Springs on Asphalt Racing Series (WSoA) Saturday Night at Sandusky Speedway.
"This is such a big win, I couldn't of done without my guys" said Buchanan in
victory lane. "These things [Hy-Miler Nationals] don't get any easier the more
you've won, you always want one more."
Rick Brewer jumped out to the early lead and appeared to be the man to beat, as
he quickly established an impressive lead over the rest of the field. Behind
Brewer, Tim Buchanan and Paul Hemrick Jr were putting on an impressive battle
for second, and within a few laps, the 25 of John
Bartlome to make it a three car battle for second. Further back in the field,
Todd Buchanan, brother Tim and John Bartlome put on an exciting battle for
second place. After several laps, Todd Buchanan was able to pull away from the
other Buchanan and Bartlome and set his sights on the X of Brewer, who had an
impressive straight away lead, with several lapped cars between him and second
place. On lap seventeen, Brewer and Buchanan were dead-even crossing the
start/finish line and by the backstretch, Buchanan would have the lead.
The only caution of the night flew on lap twenty, for Craig Sharfenberg Sr and
Kurt Huber who got together in turn three. On the restart, Todd Buchanan pulled
away from the rest of the field along with Tim Buchanan and Bartlome, but
neither driver had anything for Todd Buchanan and would
have to settle for second and third respectively. Dave Saxer Jr had an
impressive run finishing fourth, followed by rookie Bryan Nuckles.
Todd Buchanan has fast time on the field during qualifying with a lap of 15.68.
Danny Brown, Terry Gibson and Brian Buchanan all took heat race checkers, with
Larry Sherer picking up the B-Main win.
The next race for the WSoA will be on August 6th at Columbus Motor Speedway. For
more information please visit the WSoA website at www.wsoa.us
Qualifying:
1. Todd Buchanan, 5, 15.68; 2. Dave Saxer Jr, 93, 15.85; 3. John Bartlome, 25,
15.94; 4. Bryan Nuckles, 57s, 15.98; 5. Trent Stephens, 58, 16.10; 6. Tim
Buchanan, 99x, 16.13; 7. Rick Brewer, X, 16.16; 8. Paul Hemrick Jr, 44, 18.18;
9. Jonathan Kettlewell, 98, 16.19; 10. Chris Michael, 11s, 16.22; 11. Mike
McVetta, 7, 16.24; 12. Jeff Gibson, 3, 16.26, 13. Danny Brown, 2a, 16.31; 14.
Brad Wade, 23, 16.31, 15. Brain Buchanan, 14, 16.33; 16. Craig Sharfenberg, Sr,
99, 16.40; 17. Terry Gibson, 0, 16.50; 18. Brad Keckler, 3k, 16.62, 19. Larry
Shere, 6L, 16.66; 20. Scott Bartlome, 27, 16.71; 21. Ross Rollins, 22, 16.73;
22. Kurt Huber, 94, 16.79, 23. Brian Welch, 57, 16.81; 24. Doug Berryman, 2,
16.88; 25. Jimmy Judd, J4, 16.94; 26. Charlie Stephens, 53, 16.97; 27. Paul
Buckingham, 105, 17.03; 28. Brian Eagle, 51, 17.07; 29, John Patynko, 7p, 17.15;
30. Ryan Gillenwater, 20, 17.14; 31. Bill Zipay, 3z, 17.50; 32. Brian Rusch Jr,
54, 17.55; 33. Paul Trash, 5t, 17.75; 34. Joel Trent, Xt, DNQ; 35. Dwayne Smith,
37, DNQ
Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 6 transfer to A)
1. Brown, 2. Sharfenberg Sr, 3.Todd Buchanan, 4. Brewer, 5. Michael, 6. Nuckles,
7. Sherer, 8. Judd, 9. Huber, 10. Eagle, 11. Zipay
Heat 2
1. T. Gibson, 2. Wade, 3. McVetta, . 4. Saxer, 5. T. Stephens, 6. Hemrick, 7.S.
Bartlome, 8. C. Stephens, 9. Welch, 10. Patynko, 11. Rusch Jr
Heat 3
1. B. Buchanan, 2. Tim Buchanan 3. Keckler, 4. Berryman, 5. Kettlewell, 6. J
Bartlome 7. J. Gibson, 8. Rollins, 9. Gillenwater, 10. Trash, 11. Buckingham
B-Main (10 laps, top 6 transfer to A)
1. Sherer, 2. J. Gibson 3. S. Bartlome, 4. Rollins, 5. C. Stephens, 6. Huber 7.
Judd, 8. Patynko, 9. Gillenwater, 10.Eagle, 11.Welch, 12. Zipay, 54. Rusch Jr
A Feature (25 Laps)
1. Todd Buchanan, 2. Tim Buchanan, 3. J. Bartlome, 4. Saxer Jr, 5. Nuckles, 6.
Kettlewell 7. Michael, 8. Berryman, 9.McVetta, 10. Hemrick, 11. Brown, 12.
Sherer, 13. Wade, 14. J. Gibson, 15. C. Stephens, 16. Patynko, 17. S. Bartlome,
18. Rollins, 19. Welch, 20. Brewer, 21. B. Buchanan, 22. Sharfenberg Sr, 23. T.
Stephens, 24. T. Gibson, 25. Huber, 26. Keckler
Mansfield, Ohio - July31, 2005
Dunn Win Big at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway
By TRAVIS APPLE
When it came to the Mt. Dew Xtreme Sprints, another huge win took place and that
victory had a couple dollar signs by the name. Mansfield Motorsports Speedway
decided to give the fastest qualifier the chance to start at the tail of the 25
lap feature race and if they were able to move all the way up front and win,
they would win $1700 all together. The fastest qualifier was points leader Jimmy
Taylor and he decided to take the challenge. However, he wrecked in the heat
race and that gave way to Tyler Dunn who was the second fastest qualifier.
Dunn in only his sixth race ever in a Sprint car decided his car was good enough
and rose to the challenge. As Adam McLellan quickly jumped to the head of the
pack and led the first 17 laps, Dunn also quickly moved up in the field and by
lap 13 he was in second place. After a caution flag came out, Dunn scooted ahead
of McLellan on the restart and gained a big lead and took it all the way to
victory lane.
“I knew I had a good car and this just feels awesome,” added Dunn. “I dedicated
this race to Don Townsend, he has taught me everything I know. This is just
overwhelming that I was able to win my first ever Sprint race and win this big
race as I was able to get to the front after starting at the tail.”
Rounding out the top five in the feature was McClellan (2nd), Cortney Gallogly
(3rd), Jeff Gibson (4th), Dustin Keegan (5th). The heat races were won by Jason
Kemp and Dunn. Taylor’s fastest qualifying time was 14.461.
Don Townsend’s 77R car was back on the track for the very last time on Sunday as
his son Don Townsend Jr. competed in it. After the race the number 77R was
retired. After a big doubleheader weekend, Mansfield Motorsports Speedway will
return to action next Saturday, August 6 for Regular Show #15. For more
information, weekly polls, pictures, and much more please visit our website at
www.mansfield-speedway.com.
Winged Sprints on Asphalt Racing Series (WSoA)
Race #6 -
Columbus Motor Speedway, Saturday, July 23, 2005
Press Release, by Heather Garrepy
Brown Dominates Columbus - Again
Columbus, Ohio (July 23) - Danny Brown picked up his second Winged Sprints on
Asphalt (WSoA) feature win of the season, Saturday night at Columbus Motor
Speedway, leading all twenty-five laps. In victory lane, Brown dedicated this
win to Don Townsend Sr, who lost his life two weeks again in a racing accident.
"This win is especially sweet tonight" said an emotional Brown in victory lane.
"Donnie Sr taught me how to drive, he's the reason I'm standing here in victory
lane tonight. He was on class act."
Brown took the lead at the drop of the green over polestitter David Saxer and
within several laps had established almost a straight away lead over the rest of
the field. On lap five, the yellow would wave for the 105 of Paul Buckingham who
went spinning into the infield. On the restart, Brown once again jump out to an
impressive lead, however the race for fifth place would keep the fans on the
edge of their seats as Mike McVetta, Todd Buchanan, Bryan Nuckles and Trent
Stephens battled side by side for several laps, at times going two and three
wide on the narrow third-mile
track.
The field would be slowed again on lap ten as Craig Sharfenberg Sr, in his first
race back after suffering a heart attack in May, slammed hard into the turn four
wall. Sharfenberg Sr was uninjured, but the same could not be said for his
racer.
The field would go back to green for five laps before the caution flew again for
Craig Sharfenberg Jr. On the restart, Buchanan proved to be the man on the move
as he easily took third place over from Doug Berryman, and quickly set his
sights on the second place of Jeff Gibson. The forth and final yellow would wave
on lap twenty-three for Bryan Nuckles who spun out in turn three. When the green
flag flew for the final time, with Brown out-front, it was Gibson and Buchanan
putting on the show battling for second place, going three-wide around lapped
cars, with Buchanan edging Gibson out by a nose at the checkered flag. Mike
McVetta came across the line fourth, followed by Jonathan Kettlewell.
Todd Buchanan has fast time on the field during qualifying with a lap of 12.438,
with the dash going to Terry Gibson. Jeff Gibson and Danny Brown took the
checkers in the heat races.
The next race for the WSoA will be on July 30th at Sandusky Speedway, in
conjunction with the Hi-Miler Nationals. For more information please visit the
WSoA website at www.wsoa.us
**Pit Side Notes**
*Don Townsend Jr, a regular in the sportsman division at Columbus, was pulling
double duty tonight driving his sportsman as well as a sprint car, in memory of
his late father.
When asked his motivation for strapping into a sprint car, something he has not
done in two years, his reply was: "It's what Dad would have wanted, I'm not out
here to prove anything tonight, just to fulfill Dad's dream. I'm racing with his
gloves tonight, so hopefully he will give me a hand."
Townsend Jr had an impressive run with a 8th quick time, a 4th place heat race
finish and 11th in the main in the sprint car, and a second place finish in the
sportsman main. After tonight's race, the number 77r will be retired by Rebman
Motorsports, Don Sr's car owner for the last several years.
*Jim Payne looked to be having his best run of the season until a heat race
accident ended his night. Heading into turn 1 of the first heat race, several
cars checked up, leaving Payne no where to go and ended up lightly tipping his
car over. All involved were ok, however extensive damage was done to Payne's
car.
Qualifying:
1. Todd Buchanan, 5, 12.438; 2. Jonathan Kettlewell, 98, 12.579; 3. Terry
Gibson, 0, 12.621; 4. Bryan Nuckles, 57s, 12.708; 5. Jim Payne, 100, 12.723; 6.
Trent Stephens, 58, 12.765; 7. Mike McVetta, 7, 12.777; 8. Don Townsend Jr, 77r,
13.523; 9. Tom Geren, 11, 13.018; 10. Doug Berryman, 2, 13.022; 11. Jeff Gibson,
7p, 13.070; 12. Danny Brown, 2a, 13.098, 13. Dave Saxer Jr, 93, 13.307; 14.
Craig Sharfenberg Sr, 99, 13.311, 15. Aaron Price, 35, 13.312; 16. Jimmy Judd,
j4, 13.330; 17. Paul Buckingham, 105, 13.536; 18. John Patynko, 7p, 13.589, 19.
Craig Sharfenberg, Jr, DNQ
Dash
1. T. Gibson, 2. Nuckles, 3. Kettlewell, 4. Buchanan.
Heat 1 (8 Laps)
1. J. Gibson, 2. McVetta, 3. Buchanan, 4. T. Gibson, 5. Saxer, 6. Geren, 7.
Payne, 8. Sharfenberg Jr, 9. Buckingham
Heat 2
1. Brown, 2. Berryman, 3. Kettlewell. 4. Townsend Jr, 5. Nuckles, 6. Judd, 7.
Sharfenberg Sr, 8. Patynko
A Feature (25 Laps)
1. Brown, 2. Buchanan, 3. J. Gibson, 4. McVetta, 5. Kettlewell, 6. Stephens, 7.
Judd, 8. Geren, 9. Price, 10. Nuckles, 11. Townsend, Jr, 12. Berryman, 13. Saxer,
14. Buckingham, 15. Patynko, 16. Sharfenberg Jr, 17. Sharfenberg Sr, 18. T.
Gibson
Lap Leaders: 1 - 25 Brown
Mansfield, Ohio - June 4, 2005
Free Fan Appreciation Day brought great crowd and great racing
by Travis Apple
In the final race of the night, it was a
very good race and very heart warming. The Mountain Dew Xtreme Sprints
took the track for the first time since racing legend Don Townsend
passed away in an accident.
In the race, Adam McLellan led the first 21 laps and then points leader
Jimmy Taylor took the lead and then the white flag. The sprint car
drivers decided to honor the race on the white flag lap and give Don
Townsend the checkered flag. Even when it came to victory lane honors,
Taylor stopped several feet short of the victory lane because he
believed it belonged to Don. “Don taught me how to race and we are going
to miss him a lot,” added Taylor. “We’re going to go and keep racing
because I know that’s what Don wants us to do. We are all so glad and we
want to thank everyone for their support and donations. I was just glad
we could put on a great race for him.”
Rounding out the top fiver was McLellan in second, Tyler Dunn in third,
Jason Kemp in fourth, and Frank Neill in fifth. Kemp and Dunn were the
heat winners. Taylor was the fastest qualifier at 14.576.
Columbus, Ohio -
June 25, 2005
High-schooler Claims WSoA Feature at Sandusky Speedway
by Heather Garrepy
It only took sixteen-year old Trent Stephens five
races to claim that ever elusive first win as he took home the checkers in the
twenty-five lap, Winged Sprints on Asphalt (WSoA) feature event at Sandusky
Speedway tonight.
"It is great to finally win one, I've had two seconds, and a third so far this
year so I've been very close several times" said Stephens in victory lane.
On the start of the feature event, pole sitter Chris Michael took the initial
lead. The yellow would wave on lap four for defending Sandusky Speedway Track
Champion, Tim Buchanan as he slowed on the backstretch. Buchanan would be done
for the evening with mechanical issues.
On the restart, the running order was Michael, Stephens, Doug Berryman, Rick
Brewer and Todd Buchanan rounding out the top five. When the green flag flew,
Todd Buchanan had an impressive restart would be up to third by the time the
lead pack reached turn two.
Michael, Stephens and Todd Buchanan would give the fans a exciting three car
battle for the lead, with Stephens eventually taking the top spot on lap ten.
Stephens had no trouble getting through lapped traffic and by lap eighteen had
established a three second lead over second place Todd Buchanan.
The field was once again slowed on lap twenty for a spun Paul Buckingham. Once
the track retuned to action, it would an exciting five lap dash to the end, as
Todd Buchanan would quickly get by the lapped cars that were between him and
Stephens. However, the veteran had nothing for the youngster and would have to
settle for second when the checkered waved. Michael would hang on for third,
followed by Berryman and Brewer.
Tim Buchanan had quick time with a lap of 15.730 seconds. Dash checkers went to
Brewer, with heats going to Michael, Larry Sherer and Danny Brown respectively.
Bryan Nuckles won the B-main.
Qualifying: 1. Tim Buchanan, 15.730, 2. Todd Buchanan, 15.930, 3. Rick Brewer,
16.140, 4. John Bartlome, 16.270, 5. Trent Stephens, 16.410, 6. Dave Saxer Jr,
16.410, 7. Doug Berryman, 16.463, 8. Chris Michael, 16.469, 9. Bryan Nuckles,
16.469, 10. Jonathan Kettlewell, 16.630, 11. Ross Rollins, 16.667, 12. Larry
Sherer, 16.960, 13. Danny Brown, 16.770, 14. Terry Gibson, 16.900, 15. Ryan
Gillenwater, 16.950, 16. Jeff Gibson, 16.978 17. Jim Blagg, 17.020, 18. John
Patynko, 17.100, 19. Brian Welch, 17.170, 20. Craig Sharfenberg Jr, 17.230, 21.
Paul Buckingham, 17.230, 22. Brian Eagle, 17.270, 23. Jim Payne, 17.300, 24.
Kurt Huber 17.320, 25. Aaron Price, 17.670, 26. Mike McVetta, 17.740, 27. Paul
Thrash, 18.139, 28. Clint Regale, No time, 29. Brian Buchanan, DNQ, 30. Jimmy
Judd, DNQ, 31. Brad Wade, DNQ
Dash (4 laps): 1. Brewer, 2. Todd Buchanan, 3. Tim Buchanan, 4. Bartlome
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 to A-Main): 1. Michael, 2. Stephens, 3. Blagg, 4. McVetta,
5. T. Gibson, 6. Rollins, 7. Payne
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 to A-Main): 1. Sherer, 2. Buckingham, 3. Patynko, 4. Saxer,
5. Huber, 6. Nuckles, 7. Gillenwater, 8. Thrash
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 to A-Main): 1. Brown, 2. J. Gibson, 3. Berryman, 4. Eagle,
5. Kettlewell, 6. Welch, 7. Price, 8. Regal, 9. Wade
B-Main (12 laps, top 5 to A-Main): 1. Nuckles, 2. Rollins, 3. Welch, 4. Price,
5. Wade, 6. Thrash, 7. Regal, 8. Payne
A-Main: 1. Stephens, 2. Todd Buchanan, 3. Michael, 4. Berryman, 5. Brewer, 6.
Brown, 7. J. Gibson, 8. McVetta, 9. T. Gibson, 10. Sherer, 11. Saxer, 12.
Patynko, 13. Nuckles, 14. Huber, 15. Rollins, 16. Welch, 17. Buckingham, 18.
Blagg, 19. Price, 20. Bartlome, 21. Kettlewell, 22. Wade, 23. Tim Buchanan, 24.
Eagle
Lap Leaders: 1-9 Michael, 10 - 25 Stephens
Columbus,
Ohio - May 07, 2005
Brown Dominated Columbus in a Back-up Car
by Heather Garrepy
Winged Sprints on Asphalt Racing Series (WSoA)
Race #3 - Columbus Motor Speedway, Saturday, May 07, 2005
Danny Brown picked up his first win of the season, Saturday night at Columbus
Motor Speedway in the twenty-five lap, Winged Sprints on Asphalt (WSoA) Racing
Series feature. Brown was running his back up car, usually piloted by Aaron
Price, after destroying the front end of his primary ride Friday at Toledo.
"This is awesome, I'm very lucky to have a team like this," said Brown in
victory lane. "With tearing up our primary car, tonight was the first time I
ever turned a lap in this car, I just got to thank my guys. We went from zero to
hero this weekend"
Terry Gibson jumped out to an early lead and appeared to be the man to beat as
he quickly pulled away from the rest of the field. While all eyes were on rookie
Bryan Nuckles, who was quickly working his way through the field from his
seventh starting spot, battle with Jonathan Kettlewell and Brad Keckler for
third, Brown slowly erased the distance that Gibson has made. Brown would take
over the top spot on the eleventh circuit, and begin to pull away.
The first caution of the night would wave on lap thirteen for Nuckles who spun
out on the backstretch. When racing action resumed, Brown was quick off the line
and once again pulled away from the rest of the field. However, the distance
would be short lived as the yellow waved once again on the next lap for Jeff
Gibson.
On the restart, Brown, T. Gibson and Jonathan Kettlewell would pull away from
the field, with Gibson and Kettlewell putting on an exciting battle for the
runner up spot. Racing action would halt for the third and final time on lap
eighteen when Nuckles came to a stop on the front stretch with a blown front
tire, ending his evening. When the green flag waved again,
it was Brown, Gibson and Kettlewell in the top three, where they would remain
until the finish. First year WSoA racers, Brad Keckler and Paul Hemrick Jr
rounded out the top five.
Bryan Nuckles had quick time for the evening. Brown once again picked up the
dash and a heat race victory, with the other heat race checkered going to Terry
Gibson.
Championship points after this weekends races have Bryan Nuckles with a three
point lead over Terry Gibson. Jeff Gibson is third, just two points behind his
brother Terry.
The next race for the WSoA will be on May 28th at Midvale Speedway. For more
information please visit the WSoA website at www.wsoa.us
Get well wishes go out to WSoA racer, Craig Sharfenberg Sr who suffered a heart
attack Friday night.
Qualifying:
1. Bryan Nuckles, 57s, 12.592; 2. Jonathan Kettlewell, 98, 12.757; 3. Jeff
Gibson, 3, 13.112; 4. Danny Brown, 35, 13.117; 5. Brandon Rees, 24, 13.173; 6.
John Hemrick Jr, 44, 13.316; 7. Terry Gibson, 0, 13.319; 8. Mark Pridemore, 25p,
13.523; 9. Brad Keckler, 3k, 13.630; 10. Jimmy Judd, j4, 13.732; 11. John
Patynko, 7p, 14.428
Dash
1. Brown, 2. Kettlewell, 3. J. Gibson, 4. Nuckles
Heat 1 (8 Laps)
1. T. Gibson, 2. J. Gibson, 3. Keckler, 4. Nuckles, 5. Rees, 6. Patynko
Heat 2
1. Brown, 2. Kettlewell, 3. Hemrick, Jr. 4. Judd, 5. Pridemore - DQ (breakout)
A Feature (25 Laps)
1. Brown, 2. T. Gibson, 3. Kettlewell, 4. Keckler, 5. Hemrick Jr., 6. Rees, 7.
Pridemore, 8. Judd, 9. Nuckles, 10. Gibson, 11. Patynko
Lap Leaders: 1 - 11, T. Gibson, 12 - 25 Brown
Mansfield, Ohio - May 7, 2005
Great Racing at MMS Before the Big NASCAR Race
By Travis Apple
With less than a week before the NASCAR Craftsman
Truck Series invades the Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, the weekly racing
action on Saturday, May 7 was very exciting. The track featured the Budweiser
Late Models, Advance Auto Parts Modifieds, the Mountain Dew Xtreme Sprints, Ace
Engineering Pure Stocks, and the Kris Radio Quality Stockers.
The last two races saw the same driver lead every single lap. First in the
Mountain Dew Sprints, Todd Buchanan was able to lead from start to finish.
Veteran driver Don Townsend was able to catch up with him on lap 23 of the
25-lap feature but Buchanan was able to hold Townsend off for the victory.
"This is a very fast speedway and I love to race here," added Buchanan. "It's
definitely one of my favorite tracks and I saw Don in the shadow and I knew it
would come down to the end. It feels really good and hopefully this will be a
win I can build on."
After last week's several cautions and bad collisions, this week's race didn't
have any cautions. Townsend ended up finishing in second, Frank Neill third,
Jimmy Taylor fourth, and Jason Kemp fifth. Taylor was driving a replacement car
after his primary ride was damaged severely after the first turn crash a week
ago. Taylor and Townsend won the heat races and Townsend was the fastest
qualifier with a time of 14.701.
Columbus, Ohio (May 6, 2005)
Tim Buchanan Picks up 1st Toledo/WSoA Win
WSoA Press Release:
By Heather Garrepy
Tim Buchanan recorded his first Toledo Speedway win
Friday night in the twenty-five lap Winged Sprints on Asphalt (WSoA) Racing
Series main event. The win was also Buchanan's first career WSoA victory.
"I love this track, it's very driver friendly," said a very excited Buchanan in
victory lane. "I can't say that this [driving] is easy, but when dad puts a car
like that under me, it is."
Jeff Gibson took the initial lead over pole-sitter Brad Wade and quickly pulled
away from the field. Danny Brown took over second spot a few laps into the main
with Tim Buchanan in tow, quickly closing the gap that Gibson had established.
Brown and Buchanan would put on an exciting show for second until lap seven when
Brown clipped the inside retaining wall of turn two, bringing out the first and
only yellow of the evening. Brown was uninjured, but extensive damage to the
front end of his ride ended his evening and chance at victory.
On the restart, Gibson tried all that he could to hold of Buchanan, but
Buchanan clearly had the car to beat. Gibson would challenge once again
for the lead at the halfway point when Buchanan came up on lapped traffic,
but would have to settle for second. Mike McVetta came across the strip
third, followed by rookie Bryan Nuckles and Doug Berryman.
Twenty-two cars took qualifying times with Buchanan being the fastest of
the evening. Brown took the checkers in the dash and the first heat race.
Todd Buchanan and McVetta won the second and third heat races
respectively.
Engine woe's ended Jonathan Kettlewell's and Paul Buckingham's evenings
early.
Qualifying: 1) Tim Buchanan, 99x, 14.518; 2) Doug Berryman, 1r, 14.666;
3) Mike McVetta, 7, 14.701; 4) Bryan Nuckles, 57s, 14.725; 5) Terry
Gibson, 0, 14.751; 6) Chris Michael, 11s, 14.983; 7) Danny Brown, 2a,
15.111; 8) Todd Buchanan, 5, 15.143; 9) Jeff Gibson, 3, 15.199; 10) Brad
Wade, 23, 15.314; 11) Paul Hemrick Jr, 44, 15.327; 12) John Patynko, 7p,
15.408; 13) Jimmy Judd, j4, 15.507, 14) Tom Geren, 11, 15.695; 15) Mark
Pridemore, 25p, 15.742; 16) Brad Keckler, 3k, 15.864; 17) David Saxer, 93,
15.897; 18) Aaron Price, 35, 15.963; 19) Ryan Gillenwater, 20, 16.146; 20)
Bryan Welch, 57, 16.196; 21) Craig Scharffenberger Sr, 28, 16.197; 22) Jim
Payne, b4, 17.049; 23) Jonathan Kettlewell, 98, DNQ
Dash: 1. Brown, 2. Nuckles, 3. McVetta, 4. Tim Buchanan
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Brown, 2. Wade, 3. Tim Buchanan, 4. Nuckles, 5.
Keckler, 6. Judd, 7. Gillenwater
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Todd Buchanan, 2. T. Gibson, 3. Berryman, 4. Hemrick
Jr., 5. Saxer, 6. Welch, 7. Geren
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. McVetta, 2. J. Gibson, 3. Michael, 4. Pridemore, 5.
Patynko, 6. Price, 7. Sharfenberg Sr.
Feature (25 Laps): 1. Tim Buchanan, 2. J. Gibson, 3. McVetta, 4. Nuckles,
5. Berryman, 6. Michael, 7. Todd Buchanan, 8. Patynko, 9. T. Gibson, 10.
Saxer, 11. Judd, 12. Hemrick, 13. Price, 14. Pridemore, 15. Welch, 16.
Keckler, 17. Gillenwater, 18. Brown, 19. Wade, 20. Geren, 21. Payne, 22.
Sharfenberg Sr.
April 17, 2005
The WSoA Announces “Ohio Asphalt Sprint Driver of the Year” award.
Winged Sprints on Asphalt (WSoA)
Public Relations and Marketing
www.wsoa.us
COLUMBUS, Ohio (April 17, 2005) - The Winged Sprints on Asphalt is proud
to announce the "Ohio Asphalt Sprint Driver of the Year" Award. The
award will be available to any driver who competes in four specific race
dates, plus any other two on the WSoA schedule. The four specific race
dates are: Toledo Speedway on May 6; Midvale Speedway on May 28;
Sandusky Motor Speedway on June 25; and Columbus Motor Speedway on
October 8.
At the end of the last race, the driver having the best showing at the
four tracks will be awarded the “WSoA Ohio Asphalt Driver of the Year"
Award. Along with the award comes a check for $2500.
We are working on other contingency awards for second through fifth
place, which will be announced as they become available.
This will be a great chance for the premier 305 asphalt drivers showcase
their talents.
Eligibility for the award requires running at least 6 of the ten races
on the WSoA schedule; the four noted above and any other two of the
drivers/owners choice. Rainouts prior to qualifying will not be
considered as races run or attended for eligibility purposes for this
award. Rainouts at Midvale or Sandusky will be moved to the July 23,
Columbus Motor Speedway event. A rainout at Toledo will be moved to the
August 13 event at Auto City. A rainout at the last event will
not be rescheduled and the award will be based on the three events that
have been run.
All scheduled events are $800.00 to win and $225.00 to start.
The WSoA is looking forward to a great season, with great racing with
all of our partner tracks. We have some great facilities and promoters
to work with in 2005.
For more information, please visit the WSoA website at
www.wsoa.us
April 16, 2005
Taylor Wins Second Straight in Caution-Filled Night
By Travis Apple
MANSFIELD, Ohio – It was a great day to enjoy the outdoors and watch
good quality racing. That’s exactly what happened on Saturday, April 16,
2005 at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway as fans came out and watched
several very good races. They were also able to see sprint car driver
Jimmy Taylor of Mansfield pick up his second consecutive victory as the
Budweiser Late Models, Advance Auto Parts Modified, Mountain Dew Xtreme
Sprints, Ace Engineering Pure Stocks, and Kris Radio Quality Stockers
were all in action.
For the second week in a row, Taylor was able to pick up the fastest
qualifier award with a time of 14.231 and then go on to win the 25-lap
feature for the Mountain Dew Xtreme Sprints that included four cautions.
He was able to win the second heat and in the feature Taylor started
eighth and continued his way to the top. With five laps remaining,
leader Don Townsend of Columbus blew his engine and that made way for
Taylor to lead the rest of the way.
“I really like this track and we are running much better than we ever
did on dirt,” stated Taylor. “We continued to work hard this week and
we’re just going to do the best we can all season long.”
Coming in second place was Tim Buchanan with Frank Neill, Todd McQuillen
and Jeff Gibson rounding out the top five. Jason Kemp was the winner of
the first heat race.
February 9th, 2005
The WSoA announced today
they will be running a sanctioned show on October 8, 2005 at Columbus
Motor Speedway with the USAC Midgets as part of the
Rumble Series.
