Second Win for Vaccaro at WCS

ORRVILLE, OH - May 23 - After three straight rain outs race fans were more than ready for the high speed “Sideways in the Dirt” excitement only Federated Auto Parts Wayne County Speedway can deliver. In preliminary action Mason Radcliff handily took the Cruiser heat and Jordan James the Mini Stock. Sheldon Haudenschild wowed the fans when he performed a 360 out of turn four and still finished fourth without bringing out a caution in a heat won by Danny Mumaw while Kory Crabtree ran away with the dash. Even with a misfiring engine Travis Menshing easily won the dash and Jeremy Lynch had to be disappointed after losing the Pure Stock heat to Don Baney. In the Late Models Clint Coffman earned his pole starting position by winning the dash over B. A. Malcuit, Mark Gardiner claimed an exciting heat win that saw Dave Hornikel come from last to steal third from JR Gentry on the last corner. More great racing sure to follow.

The Late Model feature began three wide with Wayne Maffett, Clint Coffman, and Brad Malcuit fighting for the lead in turns one and two, flat out down the back stretch until Coffman gets loose in turn four, Maffett now in control of the lead. To no ones surprise Ryan Markham takes the high side of the track, around Coffman, then Malcuit for second before chasing down Maffett and into the lead by lap seven. The tenth circuit a caution tightens the field and Malcuit uses this opportunity to challenge Maffett for second only to be turned away while Jason Flory makes the pass on Coffman for fourth before another caution period. The field turned loose it’s Markham firmly in the lead, Malcuit up high and Maffett down low Flory looks down the middle but thinks better of the move and with two laps to go Dave Hornikel has driven from dead last to steal a top five finish away from Coffman by race end. Markham is a three time WCS Late Model champ and carries sponsorship from CC Performance Racing Engines and Thrifty Muffler.

In the Sprint main and from outside pole, Kirk Jeffries jumped into the early lead over Kory Crabtree who then fell to Troy Vaccaro by lap five. Jeffries appeared to be a sure contender for a win and soon began working through lapped traffic. On the tenth circuit Jack Sodeman passes Crabtree for third and begins to close in on Vaccaro as the race fans roar with approval. Jeffries uses the low groove as he approaches a lapped car, Vaccaro traps him behind and steals the lead with only four to go. With the white flag in hand a yellow waves instead setting up a three lap showdown but Vaccaro is too strong and holds onto the lead over Jeffries, Sodeman, then Crabtree. In a surprise last lap battle Broc Martin steals a top five finish from Danny Mumaw bringing the crowd to their feet as the checkers fall. This was the second win for Vaccaro at Wayne County, his Precision Body and Frame Sprint Car worked the 3/8ths mile clay oval to perfection.

The Pure Stock feature began with a drag race between Travis Menshing and Brandon Gardner before turning into a side by side battle between Gardner and Troy Anderson for the lead with Anderson eventually taking the win. Chad Craver and Brad Channell fought race long to finish third and fourth while Don Baney edged out the Fremont Truck of Dan Henning for a top five. It was all Jordan James in the Mini Stock Feature while Steve Hinton scored his first ever WCS Cruiser win over a strong running Mike Amstutz. We hope you will join us next Saturday night at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville Ohio as we present this areas finest dirt track racing. For more information please visit our website at www.waynecountyspeedway.com



SUMMARY
Orrville, OH - May 23, 2009
WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY

SUPER LATE MODELS
Top Qualifier: Ryan Markham 18:051
1st Heat: Mark Gardiner, Ryan Eddleblute, Dave Hornikel
2nd Heat: Jason Flory, Thomas Baker, Todd Werntz
Dash: Clint Coffman, Wayne Maffett Jr., Markham,
Brad Malcuit, Corey Conley, Rick Bond
A Main: Markham, Malcuit, Maffett, Flory, Hornikel, Coffman,
Baker, JR Gentry, Don Conley, Kristen Flory, Cody Scott,
Coby Bartrum, Eddleblute, Werntz, Ron Stuart, Mark Gardiner,
Corey Conley, Jeremy Canada, Bond

SPRINTS
Top Qualifier: Jack Sodeman 16:311
1st Heat: Danny Mumaw, Eric Williams, Broc Martin
Dash: Kory Crabtree, Kirk Jeffries, Sodeman,
Troy Vaccaro, Aaron Middaugh, Aaron Shaffer
A Main: Vaccaro, Jeffries, Sodeman, Martin, Mumaw,
Sheldon Haudenschild, Crabtree, Shaffer, Williams, Nick Patterson
Jim Nicely, Middaugh, Chris Best, Gary Feller, Zach Ames, Butch Beasley

PURE STOCKS
Top Qualifier: Brandon Gardner 21:620
1st Heat: Don Baney, John Suthland, Rich Frame
Dash: Travis Menshing, Gardner, Troy Anderson
Chad Craver, Brad Channell, Dan Henning
A Main: Anderson, Gardner, Craver, Channell, Baney, Henning,
Jeremy Lynch, Frame, Suthland, Paul Whitten, Chris Albright,
Danny Brown, Menshing, Shawn Wassom,

MINI STOCKS
Heat: Jordan James, John Raber, Chad Young
A Main: James, Raber, Chad Young, Brad Hensel,
Chase Alexander, Cyrus, Kyle Pogue,

CRUISERS
1st Heat: Mason Radcliff, Steve Hinton, Charlie Dawson
A Main: Hinton, Mike Amstutz, Dawson, Radcliff,
Terry Myers, Warren Short, Charles Short, Doug Parrish