Seemingly without fail, Mother Nature has found a way to interfere with just about every sprint car racing weekend this spring.
But local drivers and the speedways they perform on have been trying to maintain a sunny outlook this season, making the most out of the few clear-skied outings they’ve had.
We’ve counted just a handful of racing programs over the past two weeks, but those races have given us a glimpse at the excitement that could be in store for us once the weather decides to cooperate.
Hagerstown Speedway has had to cancel three of its last four programs, but it was able to put on a four-feature program on May 18 that was highlighted by sharp driving from area drivers. Hagerstown’s Keith Reed conquered the 17-car field in the Pure Stocks feature, while Mason Booze, of Greencastle, as a seventh-place finisher in the Crate Late Model Sportsman race. The Late Model Sportsman race saw Hagerstown’s Wesley Bonebrake take ninth place.
Path Valley Speedway was off for Memorial Day Weekend, but on the previous weekend, the quarter-mile banked-clay oval made some history, hosting the World of Outlaws for the first time. The WoO Late Models race saw Bobby Pierce take the win over Mason Zeigler and Brandon Sheppard.
Hagerstown’s Dylan Shatzer finished sixth in the 305 Sprints at BAPS Motor Speedway, while Greencastle’s DJ Myers added a sixth-place finish of his own in the Limited Late Models at Port Royal.
Finally, Greencastle’s Bradyn Kuhn and his MBK Motorsports team handled the weather issues by hauling out to a different speedway altogether. On Friday, Kuhn visited Clinton County Speedway and was moving forward in the 270 Sprints all night. He moved from ninth to second in his heat race, before advancing from 10th to fourth in the feature.
Below is a speedway-by-speedway look at how local drivers have performed in recent weeks:
FEATURE RESULTS
Hagerstown Speedway
May 18
IMCA Racesaver Sprint: 1. Timmy Bittner (Beach Creek), 2. Kenny Heffner (Watsontown), 3. Josh Spicer (Julian), 4. Ken Duke Jr. (Winfield), 5. Colton Hendershot (Clear Spring, Md.), 6. Erin Statler (Carlisle), 7. Zach Rhodes (McVeytown), 8. Mike Melair (Warrington), 9. Jay Fry (Garrett), 10. John Scarborough (Bomoseen, Vt.), 11. Brad Mellott (Needmore), 12. Kasey Weaver (Everett), 13. Owen Dimm (Mifflintown), 14. Matt Tebbs (Cogan Station), 15. Jerald Harris (Rockingham, Va.), 16. Braeden Varner (Mifflintown), 17. Hunter McFaddden, 18. Dale Schweikert (Linden), 19. Daren Bolac (Moyock, N.C.), 20. Alan Rhodes (Belleville), 21. Austin Reed (Newberrytown), 22. Michael Alleman (Port Royal), 23. Fred Arnold (Richfield), 24. Reed Thompson (Petersburg), 25. Dylan Shatzer (Hagerstown, Md.), 26. Kolby Weaver (Everett).
Late Model Sportsman: 1. Kyle Lear (Severna Park, Md.), 2. Shawn Shoemaker (Mt. Union), 3. Jonathan Raley (Hollywood, Md.), 4. Danny Atherton (Three Springs), 5. Sam Archer (Waldorf, Md.), 6. Jonathan DeHaven (Winchester, Va.), 7. Michael Walls (St. Thomas), 8. Austin Warrenfeltz (Williamsport, Md.), 9. Wesley Bonebrake (Hagerstown, Md.), 10. Pat McNeal (Essex, Md.), 11. Eric Cronise (Boonsboro, Md.), 12. Lee Zeger (Huntingdon), 13. Ray Ciccarelli (Upperco, Md.), 14. James Lichliter (Mauertown, Va.), 15. Daniel Garrett (Freeland, Md.), 16. Gunnar Walls (Chambersburg), 17. Devin Frey (Richland), 18. Mason Strait (St. Thomas).
Crate Late Model Sportsman: 1. Ray Love (La Plata, Md.), 2. Tyler Horst (Rohrsburg), 3. Davin Kaiser (Winchester, Va.), 4. Aaron Drummond (Winchester, Va.), 5. Codey Breeden (Fairplay, Md.), 6. Jacob Whitt (Stephens City, Va.), 7. Mason Booze (Greencastle), 8. Dylan High (Winchester, Va.), 9. Scott Sweeney Jr. (Stephens City, Va.), 10. Allen Whitt Jr. (Stephens City, Va.), 11. Treyton Lee (Mercersburg), 12. Wes Hurd (Waynesboro), 13. Jim Pownall (Augusta, W.Va.), 14. Steven Powell (Capon Bridge, W.Va.), 15. Brayden Anderson (Bunker Hill, W.Va.), 16. Craig Parrill (Clearbrooke, Va.).
Pure Stock: 1. Keith Reed (Hagerstown, Md.), 2. Mike Fuller (Fort Loudon), 3. Nick Fogle (Myersville, Md.), 4. Nathaniel Younker (Berkeley Springs, W.Va.), 5. William Ecton Jr. (Mercersburg), 6. Lincoln Sutphin (Round Hill, W.Va.), 7. Dustin Proctor (Hedgesville, W.Va.), 8. Andrew Saffelle (Winchester, Va.), 9. William Ecton Sr. (Greencastle), 10. William Crook (Myersville, Md.), 11. Carter Shank (Greencastle), 12. James Speelman (Fayetteville), 13. Glenn Grimm (Fairplay, Md.), 14. Cody Sumption (Stephens City, Va.), 15. David Thompson (Hagerstown, Md.), 16. Tyler Fisher (Fairplay, Md.), 17. Blake Reed (Hagerstown, Md.).
Path Valley Speedway
May 19
World of Outlaws Late Models: 1. Bobby Pierce (Oakwood, Ill.), 2. Mason Zeigler (Chalk Hill), 3. Brandon Sheppard (New Berlin, Ill.), 4. Ryan Gustin (Marshalltown, Iowa), 5. Dennis Erb (Carpentersville, Ill.), 6. Kyle Bronson (Brandon, Fla.), 7. Nick Hoffman (Mooresville, N.C.), 8. Tristan Chamberlain (Richmond, Ind.), 9. Dustin Sorenson, 10. Kyle Hardy (Stephens City, Va.), 11. Cade Dillard (Robeline, La.), 12. Tyler Bruening (Decorah, Iowa), 13. Jamie Lathroum (Mechanicsville, Md.), 14. Max McLaughlin (Mooresville, N.C.), 15. Daniel Hilsabeck (Earlham, Iowa), 16. Brent Larson (Lake Elmo, Minn.), 17. Cody Overton (Thomson, Ga.), 18. Keith Jackson (Martinsburg, W.Va.), 19. Kyle Lee (Mercersburg), 20. Brian Shirley (Chatham, Ill.), 21. Dustin Walker (Polk, Mo.), 22. Parker Martin (Mount Pleasant, Tenn.), 23. Tyler Emory (King George, Va.), 24. Rick Eckert (York), 25. Chris Madden (Gray Court, S.C.).
V-8 Street Stocks: 1. Kody Sites (Hamburg), 2. Sammy Rial (Etters), 3. Ryan Smith (Kunkletown), 4. Noah Kissinger, 5. Mike Goodwin (Wellsville), 6. Mike Fuller (Fort Loudon), 7. Jack Brenner, 8. Rick Potter (Everett), 9. Russel Shoop (York), 10. Chris Transeau (Abbottstown), 11. Tommy Dawson, 12. Jim Farley (West Milton), 13. Jason Ammons (Morgantown, W.Va.), 14. Mark Shorb (Westminster, Md.), 15. John Catlett (Hagerstown, Md.), 16. Scott Dunham (Selinsgrove), 17. Kris Orwig.
Port Royal Speedway
May 18
410 Sprints: 1. Tyler Courtney (Indianapolis, Ind.), 2. Spencer Bayston (Lebanon, Ind.), 3. Austin Bishop (Morgantown), 4. Brent Marks (Myerstown), 5. Garrett Bard (Wells Tannery), 6. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 7. Dylan Cisney (Port Royal), 8. Jake Karklin (Middleburg), 9. Chase Dietz (York), 10. Cory Eliason (Visalia, Calif.), 11. Logan Wagner (Harrisonville), 12. Blane Heimbach (Selinsgrove), 13. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 14. Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg), 15. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 16. Mike Wagner (Harrisonville), 17. Kody Lehman (Enola), 18. Dallas Schott (Myerstown), 19. Devon Borden (Raymond, Wash.), 20. Gerard McIntyre Jr. (New Oxford), 21. Callum Williamson (Geraldton, WAU), 22. Derek Hauck (Allenwood), 23. Mark Smith (Sunbury)
Super Late Models: 1. Colton Flinner (Allison Park), 2. Trever Feathers (Winchester, Va.), 3. Dylan Yoder (Middleburg), 4. Coleby Frye (Dover), 5. Andrew Yoder (Middleburg), 6. Keith Jackson (Martinsburg, W.Va.), 7. Shaun Jones (Shermans Dale), 8. Rick Eckert (York), 9. Matt Cosner (Ridgeley, W.Va.), 10. Justin Kann (Huntingdon), 11. John Garvin Jr. (Sarver), 12. Dillan Stake (Mapleton Depot), 13. Chad Myers (Hampstead, Md.), 14. Nathan LaSalle (Everett), 15. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle), 16. Scott Flickinger (Elliottsburg), 17. Jason Schmidt (Lewistown), 18. Larry Neiderer (Landisville), 19. Hayes Mattern (Beavertown), 20. Jeff Rine (Danville), 21. Tim Wilson (Lewistown), 22. Bryan Bernheisel (Jonestown), 23. Dan Stone (Thompson), 24. Nick Dickson (McVeytown).
May 26
Limited Late Models: 1. Brad McGinnis (Huntingdon), 2. Trent Brenneman (Port Royal), 3. Casey Steinhoff (Millville), 4. Devin Hart (Port Royal), 5. Ryan Zook (Mifflintown), 6. DJ Myers (Greencastle), 7. Kenny Yoder (Allensville), 8. Lane Snook (Mifflintown), 9. Jaxton Garman (Elliottsburg), 10. Shawn Shoemaker (Mt. Union), 11. Wesley Bonebrake (Hagerstown, Md.), 12. Tyson Mowery (Selinsgrove), 13. Maddox Smith (Renovo), 14. Hunter Fulton (Carlisle), 15. Zach Fedorchik (Selinsgrove), 16. Dillan Stake (Mapleton Depot), 17. Drew Weisser (Reading), 18. Jared Fulkroad (Port Royal), 19. Mike Potts (York Haven), 20. Meadie Hahn (Millerstown).
410 Sprints B-Main: 1. Sye Lynch (Cowansville), 2. Mike Wagner (Harrisonville), 3. Cory Eliason (Visalia, Calif.), 4. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 5. Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg), 6. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 7. Michael Walter (Selinsgrove), 8. Blane Heimbach (Selinsgrove), 9. Jake Karklin (Middleburg), 10. Dylan Cisney (Port Royal), 11. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 12. Derek Hauck (Allenwood), 13. Kyle Reinhardt (Neptune City, N.J.), 14. Gerard McIntyre Jr. (New Oxford), 15. Brenham Crouch (Lubbock, Tex.), 16. Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.), 17. Steve Buckwalter (Royersford), 18. Jacob Allen (Hanover), 19. Jeff Halligan (Ephrata), 20. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville).
410 Sprints C-Main: 1. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 2. Steve Buckwalter (Royersford), 3. Brenham Crouch (Lubbock, Tex.), 4. Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.), 5. Ryan Newton (Maryborough, QLD), 6. Kody Lehman (Enola), 7. Tanner Thorson (Broken Arrow, Okla.), 8. Ryan Timms (Oklahoma City, Okla.), 9. Devin Adams (Lebanon), 10. Mark Smith (Sunbury), 11. Dylan Norris (Hanover), 12. Domenic Melair (Warrington), 13. Callum Williamson (Geraldton, WAU), 14. Brie Hershey (Dillsburg), 15. Michael Millard (Bremerton, Wash.), 16. Justin Whittall (Vincentown, N.J.), 17. Robbie Kendall (New Freedom).
BAPS Motor Speedway
May 19
305 sprints: 1. Zach Rhodes (McVeytown), 2. Ken Duke Jr. (Winfield), 3. Buddy Schweibinz (Woodbine, N.J.), 4. Doug Dodson (Middletown), 5. Tim Tanner (Warminster), 6. Dylan Shatzer (Hagerstown, Md.), 7. Kruz Kepner (Kreamer), 8. Nick Sweigart (Myerstown), 9. Timmy Bittner (Beech Creek), 10. Landon Price (Fleetwood), 11. Jeff Paulson (Honey Brook), 12. Seth Schnoke (Pine Grove), 13. Owen Dimm (Mifflintown), 14. Andrew Boyer (Port Royal), 15. Logan Spahr (Lewisberry), 16. Dustin Young (Danville), 17. Ken Laureno (Ivyland), 18. Hunter McFadden, 19. Alan Rhodes (Belleville), 20. Dave Brown (Aston), 21. Tim Iulg (Bridgeton, N.J.), 22. Drew Young (Beaver Springs), 23. Mike Melair (Warrington), 24. DJ Tanner Jr. (Warmintster).
Williams Grove Speedway
May 24
410 sprints: 1. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 2. Spencer Bayston (Lebanon, Ind), 3. Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg), 4. Cory Eliason (Visalia, Calif.), 5. Chase Dietz (York), 6. Anthony Macri (Dillsburg), 7. Devon Borden (Raymond, Wash.), 8. Kyle Reinhardt (Neptune City, N.J.), 9. Brian Brown (Higginsville, Mo.), 10. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 11. James McFadden (Alice Springs, NT), 12. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 13. Chad Trout (Dover), 14. Cameron Smith (Spring Grove), 15. Kody Hartlaub (East Berlin), 16. Kyle Moody (Wellsville), 17. Rico Abreu (St. Helena, Calif.), 18. Aaron Bollinger (Elverson), 19. Austin Bishop (Morgantown), 20. Nash Ely (Sinking Springs), 21. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville), 22. Dylan Norris (Hanover), 23. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 24. Brandon Rahmer (Salfordville).
