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[WMP]

Horton, St Myers, Zappardo, and Cornett Open 2007 Season at Waynesfield with Victory. While the fans and competitors arrived to a race track with sunny skies and warm temperatures Mother Nature tried to rain on our parade. She thankfully was unsuccessful in her attempt to wash the night away but there was about an hour delay. Four drivers grabbed opening feature wins and began their drive for a Waynesfield Motorsports Park track title. First up in the Mini-Sprint feature Jared Horstman had a significant lead and was looking at lapping the entire field when suddenly he stopped under caution. Reports from the pits say that he ran out of fuel. After the caution it was Hud Horton who then took control of the race grabbing the checkered flag at the end of the twenty lap feature. Our four-cylinder trucks were up next and from the beginning Anthony Zappardo and “Wild Bill” Harman set the tone for the entire feature trading the lead back and forth several times during the race. Late in the race lapped traffic were having their own battle for position when the 21z went high to take the lead for good and along with that the A-Main victory. In the Modifieds A the 4s of Doug St. Myers and the 18 of Jon Henry were clearly the class of the field with each spending time at the point. During the early to mid-point of the race it was Henry at times legging out the advantage using lapped traffic to perfection to grab a big lead. St. Myers though kept his patience clawing his way back to the front taking the lead for good in the late stages of the race giving him a large cushion at the end to stand on the highest step of the podium. Last up for the evening was the Stock Car portion of our program and even though the car count was low for the evening the racing did not disappoint. The 35 of Tim Cornett along with the 58p of James Post battled for the lead back and forth throughout the entire feature. To go with that William Gross and Mark “Bonzai” Burns spent the A-Main trading third and forth with each other. In the end the 35 with a rear fender that seemingly waived at the crowd with each pass of the grandstands was too strong and took the feature win. The entire staff at Waynesfield Motorsports Park would like to thank all of our fans and competitors for waiting out the rain delay. Mini-Sprint Heat 1 Horstman, Horton, Keen, Stiefel, Dobie, Jeffries, Hesson, Bendele, Hayslett Mini-Sprint Heat 2 Smalley, Conttrell, Henning, Jenkins, McCreary, Yenser, Paul, Meyers Trucks Heats 1 Dick, Keysor, Crossley, Philpot, G Twining, Shackelford, Voisard, M Twining Trucks Heat 2 Harman, Hicks, Sutter, Moore, Stauffer, Porter, Brackney, Schick Trucks Heat 3 Zappardo, Mailhot, Kelly, Fisher, Hunnaman, 9j, Wagner Jr Modifieds Heat 1 Henry, O Conner, Reed, Ordway, McIntyre, Vaughan, Mox, Bowlby, Keeler Modifieds Heat 2 St. Myers, Luedeke, Banks, Post, Duty, Jimison, Conley, Jacobs, Halcomb Stock Cars Heat 1 Cornett, Smith, Gross, Hardesty, Burns II, Post, Burchett, 2r Mini-Sprint Feature Horton 28, Keen 18, Cottrell 51, Henning 26, Jenkins 24j, Yenser 2, Dobie 12, Hesson 7t, Hayslett 6, Horstman 20, Smalley 4, McCreary 9j, Jeffries 63j, Stiefel 328, Paul 24p, Bendele 40 Trucks Feature Zappardo 21z, Harman 9c, Hicks 33, Dick 18b, Mailhot 4, Kelly 31, Crossley 65, Keysor 48, Philpot 20, Moore 85y, Shackelford 11, Stauffer 5s, Schick 36, Brackney 10b, Porter 84x, Hunnaman 52h, Fisher 4f, G Twining 25g, Sutter 13, Wagner Jr 35x Modifieds Feature St Myers 4s, Henry 18, Banks 2b, O Conner 21, Luedeke L5, Ordway 19, Post 45p, Halcomb 1, Reed 0, Jimison 23j, Duty 23d, Bowlby 36, Keeler 20k, McIntyre m1, Jacobs 10b, Vaughan 36v, Conley 72c Stock Car Feature Cornett 35, Post 58p, Gross 9g, Burns II 23j, Smith 22x, Hardesty 04e Be sure to check out our schedule and see that May 18-19 we will be having our the 1st Annual Truck-Off, June 9th the NRA Invaders, and on Tuesday June 26 the third leg of Ohio Speedweek for the All Star Circuit of Champions. Waynesfield Motorsports Park is located in Waynesfield, Ohio at 15811 Waynesfield Road. Please feel free to visit our website at www.waynesfieldmotorsportspark.net. The track phone is 419-568-3201.

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so what was the track surface like? did the rain seem to have a big impact on the surface?

[rogk01]

For as much rain that we had Saturday on top of all the rain before it, I would have to say they did a good job just to get the races in. The track got very rough, we actually broke the right front spring in 2 pieces but I still have to give them the credit they deserve because if that would have been Limaland they would have called it . So at least Cub and his crew gave it there best shot and tried to give all of us a track that we could race on.

[injunear]

For as much rain that we had Saturday on top of all the rain before it, I would have to say they did a good job just to get the races in. The track got very rough, we actually broke the right front spring in 2 pieces but I still have to give them the credit they deserve because if that would have been Limaland they would have called it . So at least Cub and his crew gave it there best shot and tried to give all of us a track that we could race on.

Agreed, the track was as rough as we've ever seen it. We also had some minor suspension damage, but DITTO, Hats off to CUB & CREW, for doing their best with what they had to work with. ALOT of work done at the track this past week!!!!!!!! excellent job.

[OGRE]

Yes.....great job all week by the WMP management!! The work that you are doing is much appreciated and we look forward to seeing all of the new additions each week. The track was rough after the rain delay but that was to be expected......prior to the delay the track was fast! Congrats to Pete Zuppardo on his first truck A-Main win.........you deserve it Pete. Also, I think the raceceivers will be a nice addition for safety purposes and I'm looking forward to having them. Thanks again WMP.

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ogre after listening in at eldora they are a big help on safety and lineups. worth the money spent.