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[AK1]

Westfall wins 6th feature of 2011. Mike Hicks wins inaugural Bill Gross Memorial August 20, 2011 By Gerry Keysor Waynesfield Raceway Park was the site of another great night of racing on Saturday as 123 race vehicles filled the pit area. Opening ceremonies were held with VFW Post 9381 Chaplain and retired United States Army Command Sergeant Major Allen Conley delivering the invocation, with two members of Bill Gross’ family, Adam and Jason Brunson singing the National Anthem in an emotional start to what would be a great night of racing. The only damper on the night was a brief rain delay during UMP Modified heat race action that left the track tacky and fast all night long. Leg 2 of the Ohio vs. Michigan Challenge, featuring the Lane Automotive MTS Sprints taking on WRP’s S&H Nerfs Non Wing Sprints, kicked off feature action. It was “The Flyin’ Buckeye” Matt Westfall in family owned #54 picking up his 6th win of the year in dominating fashion over #19 Joe Bares. #37k Dustin Smith, #5J Joss Moffatt, and #2H Dallas Hewitt completed the top 5. Westfall was able to take the lead from his outside front row starting spot in a non-stop 20 lap feature that showcased the best Non Wing Sprint Car Drivers that Ohio and Michigan have to offer. Next up were the Dave’s Reliable Motors Tough Trucks in the inaugural Bill Gross Memorial A Main feature. “The Enforcer” Mike Hicks picked the win in the #33 over a charging #1x of Jerry Butler. Earlier in the evening, the Tough Trucks took part in time trials for the first time ever, with Butler setting the quick time and new track record of 16.516 seconds. Before the A Main started the field fell into a “missing man” formation for a parade lap to honor the late Bill Gross who passed away during the off season. Bill’s family and friends on hand released balloons as the field took the green flag. #25G Gabe Twining led the first half of the race before making contact with a lapped truck and losing the lead to Mike Hicks. Hicks tried to pull away, but in the closing laps, Butler would close to within a truck length, but that would be as close as he could get. Gabe Twining was 3rd with his brother #1w “Fat” Matt Twining 4th, and #37 “Racin Roy” Miller in 5th. The Gross family joined the Hicks’ in victory lane, and an emotional Larry Gross thanked all of the drivers, teams, and fans for helping honor his late father. Next up were the Block Thunder Stock Cars in their 15 lap A Main, and it was #7B Shawn Valenti picking up his 2nd WRP win of the season. #58p Jim Post jumped out to the early race lead, but #22T Tony Anderson took over on lap 4. Valenti found a groove he liked and took off on lap 5. The field got bunched back up as Post, #27 Frank Paladino, and #19 Bill Reimund piled up in turn 4, bringing out the caution on lap 9. Valenti would hold off Anderson for the win, with #16 Jeff Koz 3rd, #71 Keith Ralston 4th, and #48 Tim Cole completing the top 5. In Post Agri Service UMP Modified action, it was #ZERO Brent hole picking up his 2nd win of the year at Waynesfield Raceway Park in a caution filled A Main. Hole made his way to the front despite 5 cautions throughout the race. #5x Jerry Bowersock would finish2nd with #22T Tony Anderson third as he pulled double duty. #112 Chris Ullery was 4th and #20B Brad Hess finished 5th. #36 Brandon Vaughan joined the field as first alternate when #20H Matt Westfall scratched from the event. The Performance Powder Coating 1000cc Mini Sprints were next up. #7R Nick Daugherty ran away with the win after his brother Luke in the #14, and #7 Drew Pollock both tried to get an early jump on the field and both caused starts to be called back. Third time was the charm for Nick Daugherty, as he made a great move to the inside of the front row, and never looked back. The race was slowed by 1 caution period for debris on the track on lap 7, but Nick Daugherty took off on the restart and picked up the win over Pollock, Luke Daugherty, #23 Devon Dobie, and #55 Rob Winks. The JR and Sons Service Center Compacts completed the nights racing action, with #11 Jordan Iiams picking up his 1st career win in a near photo finish over #31 Jeff Kimes. Iiams jumped out front early, leading the first 3 laps, before #17 Justin Durflinger charged to the front on lap 4 with #31 Jeff Kimes in tow. Iiams would be credited for leading laps 5 and 6 before Kimes led the next 8 laps on the inside of the track while Iiams kept fighting back on the high side. As the pair exited turn 4, Iiams was able to find that “little bit more” out of his #11 and beat Kimes to the line. Kimes was 2nd with Durflinger 3rd, #1s Mike Sawmiller was 4th, with #82 Harvey Yoder rounding out the top 5. Waynesfield Raceway Park will be back in action next Saturday night August 27th with a regular sho featuring the S&H Nerfs Non Wing Sprints, Dave’s Reliable Motors Tough Trucks, Post Agri Service UMP Modifieds, Block Thunder Stock Cars, Performance Powder Coating 1000cc Mini Sprints, and JR and Sons Service Center Compacts! Pit Gates open at 4PM, Grandstand Gates open at 5PM, Hot Laps at 6 PM and Racing at 7PM. General Admission prices for ages 16 and older just $12, ages 11 to 15 $6, and kids 10 and under are always FREE at Waynesfield Raceway Park! Waynesfield Raceway Park - 8/20/2011 S&H Nerfs Non Wing Sprints (34 Cars) [#]-Starting Position Heat 1 - Heat 1 (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 41-Jason Holt[2] ; 2. 54-Matt Westfall[3] ; 3. 17R-Kyle Robbins[4] ; 4. 5J-Joss Moffatt[6] ; 5. 31-Chuck Wilson[7] ; 6. 14-Chad Wilson[9] ; 7. 7R-Nic Rogers[1] ; 8. 3-Mark Irwin[8] ; 9. 100-Jim Payne[5] Heat 2 - Heat 2 (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[2] ; 2. 19-Joe Bares[7] ; 3. 18-Todd Keen[8] ; 4. 34-Luke Hall[4] ; 5. 8C-Lewie Christian[1] ; 6. 32M-Derek Hastings[3] ; 7. 97-Devon Dobie[9] ; 8. 43G-Rob Guy[5] ; 9. 14F-Aaron Fry[6] Heat 3 - Heat 3 (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 2H-Dallas Hewitt[2] ; 2. 21H-Tyler Hewitt[6] ; 3. 1H-Kevin Hawk[4] ; 4. 31M-Tom Rhoades[7] ; 5. 4U-Frankie Luchini[1] ; 6. 42-Rick Horne[5] ; 7. 18B-Jamie Davis[3] ; 8. 48-Tommy Kerce[8] Heat 4 - Heat 4 (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 23S-Kyle Simon[3] ; 2. 37K-Dustin Smith[7] ; 3. 9N-Jon Nelson[4] ; 4. 82-Mike Miller[1] ; 5. OO-Joey Irwin[6] ; 6. 82X-Nick Landon[5] ; 7. 12B-Mike Baker[8] ; 8. O-Steve Irwin[2] B-Main #1 - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 31-Chuck Wilson[1] ; 2. 14-Chad Wilson[3] ; 3. 32M-Derek Hastings[4] ; 4. 97-Devon Dobie[6] ; 5. 8C-Lewie Christian[2] ; 6. 7R-Nic Rogers[5] ; 7. 3-Mark Irwin[7] ; 8. 43G-Rob Guy[8] ; 9. 14F-Aaron Fry[10] ; 10. 100-Jim Payne[9] B-Main #2 - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. O-Steve Irwin[8] ; 2. 48-Tommy Kerce[5] ; 3. 4U-Frankie Luchini[1] ; 4. 12B-Mike Baker[6] ; 5. OO-Joey Irwin[2] ; 6. 42-Rick Horne[3] ; 7. 18B-Jamie Davis[7] ; 8. 82X-Nick Landon[4] A-Main - (20 Laps) 1. 54-Matt Westfall[2]; 2. 19-Joe Bares[1]; 3. 37K-Dustin Smith[8]; 4. 5J-Joss Moffatt[13]; 5. 2H-Dallas Hewitt[4]; 6. 41-Jason Holt[6]; 7. 21H-Tyler Hewitt[7]; 8. 23S-Kyle Simon[3]; 9. 18-Todd Keen[10]; 10. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[5]; 11. 31M-Tom Rhoades[15]; 12. 17R-Kyle Robbins[9]; 13. O-Steve Irwin[18]; 14. 9N-Jon Nelson[12]; 15. 34-Luke Hall[14]; 16. 14-Chad Wilson[19]; 17. 82-Mike Miller[16]; 18. 1H-Kevin Hawk[11]; 19. 31-Chuck Wilson[17]; 20. 48-Tommy Kerce[20] Hard Charger: 5J-Joss Moffatt[+9] Dave's Reliable Motors Tough Trucks - Bill Gross Memorial (16 Trucks) [#]-Starting Position Qualifying - 1. 1X-Jerry Butler, 16.516; 2. 71-Chris Hicks, 16.549; 3. 25G-Gabe Twining, 16.604; 4. 1W-Matt Twining, 16.816; 5. 33-Mike Hicks, 16.823; 6. 79-Brian Beach, 16.959; 7. 43-Dan Crowder, 17.147; 8. MT1-Bill Keeler, 17.151; 9. 70-Terry Klopfenstein, 17.171; 10. 17-Ryan Dunlap, 17.205; 11. 37-Roy Miller, 17.216; 12. 55-Greg Stimmel, 17.412; 13. 4-Jack Miller, 17.489; 14. 2B-Randy Hamp, 17.502; 15. X-Liz Jacobs, 18.191; 16. 7D-Devin Carl, 18.239 Heat 1 - Heat 1 (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 1X-Jerry Butler[4] ; 2. 33-Mike Hicks[2] ; 3. 25G-Gabe Twining[3] ; 4. 43-Dan Crowder[1] ; 5. 37-Roy Miller[6] ; 6. 70-Terry Klopfenstein[5] ; 7. 4-Jack Miller[7] ; 8. X-Liz Jacobs[8] Heat 2 - Heat 2 (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 1W-Matt Twining[3] ; 2. 79-Brian Beach[2] ; 3. MT1-Bill Keeler[1] ; 4. 17-Ryan Dunlap[5] ; 5. 71-Chris Hicks[4] ; 6. 2B-Randy Hamp[7] ; 7. 55-Greg Stimmel[6] ; 8. 7D-Devin Carl[8] A-Main - (15 Laps) 1. 33-Mike Hicks[6]; 2. 1X-Jerry Butler[8]; 3. 25G-Gabe Twining[4]; 4. 1W-Matt Twining[7]; 5. 37-Roy Miller[9]; 6. MT1-Bill Keeler[3]; 7. 71-Chris Hicks[10]; 8. 79-Brian Beach[5]; 9. 17-Ryan Dunlap[1]; 10. 43-Dan Crowder[2]; 11. 2B-Randy Hamp[12]; 12. 4-Jack Miller[13]; 13. 55-Greg Stimmel[14]; 14. 7D-Devin Carl[16]; 15. X-Liz Jacobs[15] Hard Charger: 1X-Jerry Butler[+6] Block Thunder Stock Cars (12 Cars) [#]-Starting Position Heat 1 - Heat 1 (8 Laps - Top 9 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 16-Jeff Koz[3] ; 2. 71-Keith Ralston[5] ; 3. 48-Tim Cole[4] ; 4. 82-Chris Douglas[1] ; 5. 19-Bill Reimund[6] ; 6. 27P-Frank Paladino[2] Heat 2 - Heat 2 (8 Laps - Top 9 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[4] ; 2. 22T-Tony Anderson[6] ; 3. 58P-Jim Post[5] ; 4. 62-Jordan Conover[1] ; 5. 3-Randy Crossley[3] ; 6. 27F-BJ Francis[2] A-Main - (15 Laps) 1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[5]; 2. 22T-Tony Anderson[3]; 3. 16-Jeff Koz[6]; 4. 71-Keith Ralston[4]; 5. 48-Tim Cole[2]; 6. 62-Jordan Conover[8]; 7. 3-Randy Crossley[10]; 8. 58P-Jim Post[1]; 9. 27P-Frank Paladino[11]; 10. 19-Bill Reimund[9]; 11. 27F-BJ Francis[12]; 12. 82-Chris Douglas[7] Hard Charger: 7B-Shawn Valenti[+4] Post AgriService UMP Modifieds (34 Cars) [#]-Starting Position Heat 1 - Heat 1 (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 22T-Tony Anderson[2] ; 2. 112-Chris Ullery[1] ; 3. 67-Eddie Shaner[4] ; 4. 35-Tim Cornett[3] ; 5. 45P-Brian Post[6] ; 6. 36-Brandon Vaughan[7] ; 7. 6-Dave Sibberson[5] ; 8. 10-Mike Strausser[8] Heat 2 - Heat 2 (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. ZERO-Brent Hole[2] ; 2. 2ST-Broc Burton[4] ; 3. 20H-Matt Westfall[5] ; 4. M1G-Matt Twining[1] ; 5. 52-Weasel Phlipot[7] ; 6. 4-Mike Chrisman[6] ; 7. 20F-Brent Hess[3] ; 8. 88-Zach Bowen[8] Heat 3 - Heat 3 (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 44-Zach Schroeder[1] ; 2. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[3] ; 3. 20B-Brad Hess[5] ; 4. 20K-Bill Keeler[6] ; 5. 16-Jim Haager[8] ; 6. D4-Kevin Doyle[4] ; 7. K9-Scott Gerdeman[2] ; 8. O5-Brian Orth[7] Heat 4 - Heat 4 (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 15-Nick Katterhenry[1] ; 2. 93-Josh Greber[2] ; 3. 79-Shane Unger[4] ; 4. 47-Nick Rosselit[5] ; 5. 8C-Corey Bevard[7] ; 6. 92-Bill Haager[8] ; 7. 21M-Donnie Miller[6] ; 8. 24-Terry Grilliot[3] B-Main #1 - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 45P-Brian Post[1] ; 2. 52-Weasel Phlipot[2] ; 3. 36-Brandon Vaughan[3] ; 4. 6-Dave Sibberson[5] ; 5. 10-Mike Strausser[7] ; 6. 20F-Brent Hess[6] B-Main #2 - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 16-Jim Haager[1] ; 2. 92-Bill Haager[4] ; 3. O5-Brian Orth[7] ; 4. 8C-Corey Bevard[2] ; 5. D4-Kevin Doyle[3] ; 6. K9-Scott Gerdeman[5] ; 7. 21M-Donnie Miller[6] ; 8. 24-Terry Grilliot[8] A-Main - (20 Laps) 1. ZERO-Brent Hole[5]; 2. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[7]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson[6]; 4. 112-Chris Ullery[2]; 5. 20B-Brad Hess[11]; 6. 67-Eddie Shaner[9]; 7. 44-Zach Schroeder[4]; 8. 20K-Bill Keeler[15]; 9. 15-Nick Katterhenry[3]; 10. 35-Tim Cornett[13]; 11. 52-Weasel Phlipot[19]; 12. 45P-Brian Post[17]; 13. 36-Brandon Vaughan[20]; 14. 92-Bill Haager[18]; 15. 79-Shane Unger[10]; 16. 47-Nick Rosselit[14]; 17. 16-Jim Haager[16]; 18. M1G-Matt Twining[12]; 19. 2ST-Broc Burton[1]; 20. 93-Josh Greber[8] Hard Charger: 52-Weasel Phlipot[+8] Performance Powder Coating 1000cc Mini Sprints (16 Cars) [#]-Starting Position Heat 1 - Heat 1 (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 23-Devon Dobie[2] ; 2. 74-Drew Rader[4] ; 3. 7-Drew Pollack[1] ; 4. 65-Chris Bounds[8] ; 5. 22B-Brad Racer[7] ; 6. 50-Craig Stower[6] ; 7. 2-Chad Mcinturff[3] ; 8. 4M-Tyler Moore[5] Heat 2 - Heat 2 (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 24L-Lee Underwood[4] ; 2. 7R-Nick Daugherty[7] ; 3. 14-Luke Daugherty[3] ; 4. 47-Garry Loney[6] ; 5. 44-Ron Coleman[8] ; 6. 328-Becca Stiefel[5] ; 7. 55-Rob Winks[1] ; 8. 63-Dallas Hunt[2] A-Main - (15 Laps) 1. 7R-Nick Daugherty[3]; 2. 7-Drew Pollack[2]; 3. 14-Luke Daugherty[1]; 4. 23-Devon Dobie[6]; 5. 55-Rob Winks[14]; 6. 24L-Lee Underwood[5]; 7. 22B-Brad Racer[9]; 8. 74-Drew Rader[4]; 9. 65-Chris Bounds[7]; 10. 328-Becca Stiefel[12]; 11. 50-Craig Stower[11]; 12. 44-Ron Coleman[10]; 13. 47-Garry Loney[8]; 14. 63-Dallas Hunt[16]; 15. 2-Chad Mcinturff[13]; 16. 4M-Tyler Moore[15] Hard Charger: 55-Rob Winks[+9] JR and Sons Service Center Compacts (13 Cars) [#]-Starting Position Heat 1 - Heat 1 (8 Laps - Top 9 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 1-Buck Purtee[1] ; 2. 82-Harvey Yoder[3] ; 3. 17-Justin Durflinger[5] ; 4. 11-Jordan Iiams[7] ; 5. 27X-Robbie Tuttle[4] ; 6. 41-Chris Parker[6] ; 7. 21-Cody Kuepfer[2] Heat 2 - Heat 2 (8 Laps - Top 9 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 31-Jeff Kimes[1] ; 2. 1S-Mike Sawmiller[6] ; 3. 1H-Jeff Zwiebel[2] ; 4. 7-Tyler Leas[5] ; 5. 20-Cole Kuepfer[4] ; 6. 1J-JJ Butler[3] A-Main - (15 Laps) 1. 11-Jordan Iiams[2]; 2. 31-Jeff Kimes[7]; 3. 17-Justin Durflinger[4]; 4. 1S-Mike Sawmiller[5]; 5. 82-Harvey Yoder[6]; 6. 7-Tyler Leas[1]; 7. 41-Chris Parker[11]; 8. 1H-Jeff Zwiebel[3]; 9. 20-Cole Kuepfer[10]; 10. 1J-JJ Butler[12]; 11. 1-Buck Purtee[8]; 12. 21-Cody Kuepfer[13]; 13. 27X-Robbie Tuttle[9] Hard Charger: 31-Jeff Kimes[+5] ©2011 - Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH

[Dirtracer48]

I turned a 15.03 last lap of the stock feature, so much for the trucks being faster than the stocks.

[stocker]

Whats the trucks running for times around the track??????

[dscott]

The artical above says 16.516

[Need for Speed]

I turned a 15.03 last lap of the stock feature, so much for the trucks being faster than the stocks.

How can this be verified? They took down the timing lights after the trucks qualified.

[Dirtracer48]

How can this be verified? They took down the timing lights after the trucks qualified.

In car video. There's a margin of error, but not 1.5 seconds.

[grandstand-fan]

Read in the results and seen where Jordan Conover ran a stock car and nothing said about him in the story just in the results. How old is this kid 16-17 and finished 6th in the featuer thats awesome. I remember when this kid was dominant for a few years racing 1/4 midgets @ Fort wayne In the Rumble series. I belive the kid has some pictures of it on his facebook page with Dave Darland and his father winning a race, He won like 5 or 6 races stright in a row could not be beat. I was there Saturday night and never put two and two together all I heard was Conover and thought it was the car owners brother driving, You would think the the anouncer at the track would have talked about this kid before or after the races, Does anyone know or STOCKER is he going to drive the car again this year at Waynesfield?

[AK1]

Read in the results and seen where Jordan Conover ran a stock car and nothing said about him in the story just in the results. How old is this kid 16-17 and finished 6th in the featuer thats awesome.
I remember when this kid was dominant for a few years racing 1/4 midgets @ Fort wayne In the Rumble series.
I belive the kid has some pictures of it on his facebook page with Dave Darland and his father winning a race, He won like 5 or 6 races stright in a row could not be beat.
I was there Saturday night and never put two and two together all I heard was Conover and thought it was the car owners brother driving, You would think the the anouncer at the track would have talked about this kid before or after the races, Does anyone know or STOCKER is he going to drive the car again this year at Waynesfield?

Sorry. With 6 classes, I barely have time to give lineups, let alone announce someone's racing resume. Jordan did not do anything remarkable aside from staying out of trouble for 15 laps, and did not finish top 5. He did finish 6th out of 7 cars remaining, and 7th place was limping pretty bad after being involved in an earlier accident. As far as the story goes, I have a very limited space to fit a brief synopsis of all the classes. If you look at my stories from earlier in the season, they were much more detailed, but I had 3 different publications request that I cut the word count down. Jordan will get more "air-time", as he gets more experience, and his finishes improve. The fact that he wasn't mentioned more also means that he didn't tear anything up or do anything reckless to get noticed, so take that as a plus.

Edited by AK1, 26 August 2011 - 10:49 PM.

[stocker]

Yea he did terrible!!!!!!!! he was passing for 6th when the rest of the field crashed.