Williams Grove Results and Stories

Matt Campbell 9/22/17
 
Williams Grove Speedway
Mechanicsburg, PA
 
29 410’s
27 358’s
 
410’s
 
TJ Stutts (1st car out to time) set quick time on the ½-mile at 16.941 seconds.  Greg Hodnett (16th car out) was second quick, followed by Lance Dewease (12th), Trey Starks (2nd), Matt Campbell (3rd), James McFadden (20th), Brian Brown (15th), Dale Blaney (4th), Kerry Madsen (23rd) and Freddie Rahmer (14th).  Jay Reichard blew a motor in hot laps and was done for the night.
 
Heat one (started): 1. Stutts 11 (1) 2. Brown 21B (3) 3. Starks 44s (2) 4. Rahmer 51 (4) 5. Cory Haas 39 (7) 6. Dave Blaney 71m (5) / 7. Chad Trout 1x (8) 8. Tim Wagaman 1* (6) 9. Jordan Givler 13K (9) 10. Troy Fraker 12w (10)
 
The WoO format was used with 8-lap heats lined straight-up by time and the top two transferring to the Dash and the top six heading for the A.  Stutts led Starks and Brown early on.  Brown would get under Starks in turn four to get to second on lap two.  He ran down the leader but couldn’t quite get by him.
 
Heat two (started): 1. Hodnett 27 (1) 2. Campbell 16 (2) 3. Lucas Wolfe 24 (4) 4. Dale Blaney 1 (3) 5. Brock Zearfoss 58 (6) 6. Steve Buckwalter 38 (9) / 7. Tim Kaeding 3K (8) 8. Anthony Macri 39m (5) 9. Chris Arnold 23 (7) DNS – Jay Reichard 15R
 
Hodnett led the distance.  Wolfe bested Blaney for third on lap four coming off the bottom of four.  The best racing was for the final transfer, with Buckwalter getting by Kaeding for the spot late.
 
Heat three (started): 1. McFadden 3 (2) 2. Dewease 69K (1) 3. Madsen 2m (3) 4. Brian Montieth 21 (6) 5. Alan Krimes 87 (7) 6. Rodney Westhafer 44 (4) / 7. Danny Dietrich 48 (5) 8. Nicole Bower 75 (8) 9. Jay Galloway 27G (9)
 
The lead trio, McFadden, Dewease and Madsen separated themselves early.  Dietrich came to a stop after one lap.  He would climb back to seventh and was all over Westhafer for the final transfer, but couldn’t quite get there.
 
Dash (started): 1. Hodnett (3) 2. Brown (1) 3. McFadden (2) 4. Dewease (6) 5. Stutts (4) 6. Campbell (5)
 
Brown led Hodnett and McFadden early in the 6-lapper.  Hodnett ran a lower groove than Brown and reeled him in over the course of the race.  He would make his winning pass on the last lap in turn two.

Greg Hodnett B main (started): 1. Macri (1) 2. Dietrich (2) 3. Trout (5) 4. Wagaman (3) 5. Arnold (4) 6. Givler (8) / 7. Fraker (10) 8. Bower (7) 9. Galloway (9) 10. Kaeding (6) DNS – Reichard
 
Macri led Dietrich and Wagaman early. Trout took over third on lap two.  Four laps in, Givler worked by Kaeding for the last transfer spot.  Kaeding would tip over in turn four on the same lap.  Macri led Dietrich, Trout, Wagaman, Arnold and Givler back to green and that’s how the top six would look.  Galloway flipped after suffering a flat nine laps in.  It was the third turnover of the night for the family team (see the 358’s).
 
A main (started): 1. Hodnett (1) 2. Dewease (4) 3. Wolfe (8) 4. Brown (2) 5. Rahmer (10) 6. McFadden (3) 7. Campbell (6) 8. Madsen (9) 9. Montieth (12) 10. Dietrich (20) 11. Stutts (5) 12. Krimes (15) 13. Dale Blaney (11) 14. Starks (7) 15. Haas (13) 16. Zearfoss (14) 17. Dave Blaney (16) 18. Westhafer (18) 19. Buckwalter (17) 20. Macri (19) 21. Trout (21) 22. Arnold (23) 23. Wagaman (22) 24. Givler (24)
 
The 25-lapper went green to checker.  Hodnett led Brown and Dewease early.  Dewease used the low side of two to dispose of Brown and move into second don lap two.  Brown and McFadden battled for third before the leaders entered lapped traffic on lap eight.  Wolfe came on the second half of the race, moving by McFadden into fourth on lap 16, and getting by Brown on lap 20 for third.  Up front, Dewease slowly reeled Hodnett in in traffic.  With two to go, he slid across turn two, but didn’t have enough to clear Hodnett, who won for the 70th time at Williams Grove.

Kevin Nouse 358’s
 
Heat one (started): 1. Kyle Denmyer 38D (1) 2. Troy Wagaman Jr. 19 (4) 3. TJ DeHaven 74 (2) 4. Matt Findley 28 (5) 5. Jake Eldreth 23J (6) 6. Hank Donovan Jr. 22T (3) / 7. Michael Hamer 47 (8) 8. Shai Morris 15s (9) 9. Chad Trout 21m (7)
 
8-lap heats took the top six to the feature.  Denmyer led wire to wire.  Wagaman stole second from DeHaven on lap three.  Trout stopped and retired on lap five.  Wagaman tested the leader on the low side, but settled for second.  Morris brought one more caution when he stopped late in the going.
 
Heat two (started): 1. Brett Wanner 54 (4) 2. Chase Dietz 4R (1) 3. Brent Shearer 12 (6) 4. Rich Eichelberger 8 (3) 5. Steve Drevicki 19s (8) 6. Nyle Berkes 22m (9) / 7. JB Cunningham 39 (2) 8. Brie Hershey 91 (7) 9. Dwight Leppo 4 (5)
 
Wanner stole the lead from Dietz on lap three and never looked back to win convincingly.
 
Heat three (sarted): 1. Kevin Nouse 1J (2) 2. Scott Fisher 21T (1) 3. Steve Owings 35 (3) 4. Chris Frank 00 (6) 5. Cody Fletcher 66A (5) 6. Barry Shearer 12x (8) / 7. Kenny Kuhn 8K (4) 8. Chris Prior 3 (7) 9. Jake Galloway 27 (9)
 
Galloway tipped over before a lap could be complete.  He restarted, but flipped a second time, ending his night.  Nouse would lead the distance, pulling away from the field.  Kuhn spun after a lap was complete to bring the only caution.

Scott Fisher B main (started): 1. Cunningham (1) 2. Trout (7) 3. Hershey (5) 4. Leppo (6) 5. Morris (8) 6. Hamer (1) / 7. Prior (4) 8. Kuhn (3) DNS – Galloway
 
Cunningham led the distance in the 8-lapper.  Hershey moved into second, and Trout took third from the tail on lap two.  Kuhn spun on lap five to bring the only caution.  Trout would get by Hershey for second.
 
A main (started): 1. Fisher (1) 2. Nouse (12) 3. Denmyer (4) 4. Frank (6) 5. Dietz (11) 6. Owings (7) 7. Wanner (8) 8. Berkes (17) 9. Wagaman (10) 10. Drevicki (14) 11. Br. Shearer (5) 12. Cunningham (19) 13. Fletcher (15) 14. Leppo (22) 15. Morris (23) 16. Eldreth (13) 17. Eichelberger (2) 18. Ba. Shearer (18) 19. Hamer (24) 20. Findley (9) 21. Donovan Jr. (16) 22. Hershey (21) 23. Trout (20) 24. DeHaven (3)
 
Fisher led Eichelberger and Denmyer early in the 20-lapper.  DeHaven left while smoking on lap five.  The first 14 went non-stop and the top five held serve.  Trout went up in smoke with 14 down, bringing the first caution.  Eichelberger suffered a flat right rear tire and rejoined the field at the tail after changing it.  Hershey went pitside with issues.  Fisher led Denmyer, Frank and Wanner back to green.  Owings jumped into fourth on the restart, but Nouse was on the move and by him for fourth on lap 16.  Findley spun with 17 laps down, bringing the final caution.  On the restart, Nouse jumped from fourth to second to seal his hard-charger status, while Fisher held on for the win.