Whether they were defending their backyard turf or performing on the road, sprint car drivers from the Local.News area put on quite the show last weekend.
We counted at least six drivers with local ties who drove to Victory Lane, with four of those drivers taking wins at Path Valley Speedway in Spring Run, which hosted a two-day “Rumble in the Valley” racing program on Friday and Saturday.
The first night of Rumble in the Valley saw Fayetteville’s Cameron Defenderfer drive to the win in the Thunder Cars feature, while Chambersburg’s Craig Myers finished on top of the 270 Sprints race. Defenderfer earned victory over a field that included Chambersburg’s Kevin Bard (5th) and Fayetteville’s Roger Traxler (8th), while Myers secured his win over a group of drivers that included Greencastle’s Bradyn Kuhn (4th) and Cory Myers (8th). Also on Friday, Chambersburg’s Malachi Doyle drove to a third-place finish in the Strictly Stocks race.
Two more area winners were produced on Night 2 of the Rumble in the Valley: Hagerstown’s Kameron Morral (600 Sprints) and Fayetteville’s Cory Myers (270 Sprints). Other top finishers from Saturday include Chambersburg’s Devin Friese (2nd in East Coast Legends Series), Kevin Bard (3rd in Thunder Cars), and Craig Myers (3rd in 270 Sprints), Fayetteville’s Mike Kelley (4th in East Coast Legends Series makeup race)
There were 29 cars in a loaded Late Model Sportsman field at Hagerstown Speedway on Saturday, but none reached the finish line before DJ Myers. The Greencastle driver surged to victory over a group of drivers that included Greencastle’s Cody Kershner (7th) and Hagerstown’s Wesley Bonebrake (12th). The Pure Stocks feature saw Keith Reed, of Hagerstown, land in fourth place.
While things were looking great on the home front, Scott Palmer and Lance Dewease made sure Franklin County was well-represented on the road. Greencastle’s Palmer earned a Late Models win at BAPS Motor Speedway in Abbottstown, while Sprint Car Hall of Famer Dewease, of Fayetteville, earned a runner-up finish at Port Royal Speedway.
Below is a speedway-by-speedway, race-by-race look at how area drivers performed last weekend:
FEATURE RESULTS
Path Valley Speedway
May 31
600 Sprints: 1. Jim Young (Johnstown), 2. Travis Keiser (Thomasville), 3. Jason Sechrist (Myerstown), 4. Dakota Sheaffer (Gardners), 5. Randy Kunkle Jr. (Dover), 6. Haydin Ort (Etters), 7. Brayden Mickley (Biglerville), 8. Chase Robinson (Dover), 9. Dylan Anderson (Three Springs), 10. Tanner Pressley, 11. Dawson Walls (St. Thomas), 12. Cole Thompson (Etters), 13. Kodiak Hockensmith (Biglerville), 14. Aden Myers (Hanover), 15. Matthew Morrissey.
Thunder Cars: 1. Cameron Defenderfer (Fayetteville), 2. Robert McQuade (McConnellsburg), 3. Aaron Updegraff (Elizabethtown), 4. Jake Shoup, 5. Kevin Bard (Chambersburg), 6. Jackson Eutzy (Shippensburg), 7. Jeremy Eutzy (Shippensburg), 8. Roger Traxler (Fayetteville), 9. Jason Erwin (Shade Gap), 10. Jesse Daniels, 11. Tara Kerlin (Greencastle), 12. Bill Seibert, 13. Charlie Stallman (Mount Union), 14. Kenny Hill, 15. Brock Foster, 16. Brian Pecht, 17. William Sterner, 18. Michael Danner (Prescott Valley, Ariz.), 19. James Arcq, 20. Jeremy Shoup, 21. Nicholas Barthalow (Shippensburg), 22. Brian Smith, 23. Travis Burkholder, 24. Eric Seibert (Orbisonia).
Wingless Super Sportsman: 1. Craig Perigo (Stoystown), 2. Brandon Shearer (Mount Joy), 3. Brad Mellott (Needmore), 4. Dexter Ehrenzeller (McAllisterville), 5. Trent Yoder (Dillsburg), 6. Eric Walker (Gettysburg), 7. Luke Lenker (Mechanicsburg), 8. Transtan Stoner (Greencastle), 9. Brad Cowan (Neelyton), 10. Kevin Gutshall (Mechanicsburg), 11. Steve Wilbur (Mechanicsburg), 12. Jordan Fulton (Newport), 13. Dennis Perigo (Stoystown), 14. Cooper Shue (York), 15. Curt Stroup (Richfield), 16. Chris Henry (Newville), 17. Roy Denike (Nex Oxford), 18. Jason Gindlesperger (Lancaster).
270 Sprints: 1. Craig Myers (Chambersburg), 2. Brent Bull (Hanover), 3. Colton McAndrew (Apollo), 4. Bradyn Kuhn (Greencastle), 5. Jason Houtz (Mifflintown), 6. Cory Thorton, 7. Glenn Macomber (Belvidere, N.J.), 8. Cory Myers (Fayetteville), 9. Sean McAndrew (Apollo), 10. Zach Glass (Fort Loudon), 11. Nolan Higgins (Hazleton), 12. Marshall Labuda (Fogelsville), 13. Mason McAndrew (Apollo), 14. Jason Paisley (Hazleton), 15. Ryan McAndrew (Apollo), 16. Travis Hodge (Lewistown), 17. Noelle Ebersole (Williamsburg), 18. Jordan Knable, 19. Steve Bull (Hanover), 20. Jamie Connelly, 21. Tyler Brown (Carlisle), 22. Mark Snyder, 23. Brady Paull (Littlestown), 24. Nadia Ebersole (Williamsburg).
Strictly Stocks: 1. Justin Williamson (Huntingdon), 2. Josh Norton (Tunnel Hill, Ga.), 3. Malachi Doyle (Chambersburg), 4. Anthony Varner (Three Springs), 5. Jason Goss, 6. Bryce Fisher, 7. Kavin Stine, 8. Don Betres, 9. Matthew Kauffman, 10. Dustin Stimeling (Bendersville), 11. Tyler Denike (New Oxford), 12. Jesse Matney (Mapleton Depot), 13. Tianna Anderson, 14. Tyler Stine (Shippensburg), 15. Caden Gobrecht (New Oxford), 16. Raymond Goss, 17. Chris Anderson (Rockhill), 18. Codey Beaver, 19. Ronnie Garlock III (Mapleton), 20. Jeff Foster (Gardners), 21. Bruce Long (Dalmatra), 22. Rusty Garlock (Mapleton), 23. Shawn Williamson (Mapleton), 24. Matthew Duvall (Robertsdale).
June 1
East Coast Legends Series (makeup race): 1. Colton Friese (Spring Run), 2. Logan Carbaugh (Gettysburg), 3. Bill Diehl (Wrightsville), 4. Mike Kelley (Fayetteville), 5. Scott Montgomery (Radnor), 6. Scott Spidle (Etters), 7. Grady McGrew (Gettysburg), 8. Kelby Friese (Chambersburg), 9. Hunter McElroy (Spring Grove), 10. Dalton Friese (Mercersburg), 11. Eric Hurst (Stevens), 12. Dave Benner (Danville), 13. Mike Perkins (Quakertown), 14. Ben Morrow, 15. Matt Grebe (Mercersburg), 16. Logan Jones (Greencastle), 17. Scott Musselman (York), 18. Donald Stoudt (Lebanon), 19. Devin Friese (Chambersburg).
East Coast Legends Series: 1. Tanner Jones, 2. Devin Friese (Chambersburg), 3. Scott Houdeshell (Enola), 4. Ryan Walls (St. Thomas), 5. Chris Transeau (Abbottstown), 6. Colton Friese (Spring Run), 7. Bob Stough (New Oxford), 8. Grady McGrew (Gettysburg), 9. Logan Jones (Greencastle), 10. Kelby Friese (Chambersburg), 11. Mike Racine (Hanover), 12. Dalton Friese (Mercersburg), 13. Eric Hurst (Stevens), 14. Scott Montgomery (Radnor), 15. Hunter McElroy (Spring Grove), 16. Donald Stoudt (Lebanon), 17. Dave Benner (Danville), 18. Scott Spidle (Etters), 19. Mike Kelley (Fayetteville), 20. Scott Musselman (York), 21. Ron Dick (Carlisle), 22. Wayne Dutterer Jr. (East Berlin), 23. Logan Carbaugh (Gettysburg), 24. Kirk Martin (Chambersburg).
600 Sprints: 1. Kameron Morral (Hagerstown, Md.), 2. Randy West (Boyertown), 3. Dylan Anderson (Three Springs), 4. Randy Kunkle Jr. (Dover), 5. Chase Robinson (Dover), 6. Cody West (Boyertown), 7. Trevor Teats (Kreamer), 8. Brad Weber, 9. Jim Young (Johnstown), 10. Travis Keiser (Thomasville), 11. Tanner Pressley, 12. Jason Sechrist (Myerstown), 13. Dakota Sheaffer (Gardners), 14. Kinser Lightner (Dillsburg), 15. Chase Bixler (Lebanon), 16. Josh Smith, 17. Dawson Walls (St. Thomas), 18. Cole Armstong (Duncannon), 19. Matthew Morrissey, 20. Rick McMichael, 21. Cole Thompson (Etters), 22. Rodney Westhaffer (Mechanicsburg), 23. Ben Freels (Dillsburg), 24. Taylor Smith, 25. Aden Myers (Hanover), 26. Zach Huff.
Thunder Cars: 1. Justin Rasp, 2. Jeremy Eutzy (Shippensburg), 3. Kevin Bard (Chambersburg), 4. Aaron Updegraff (Elizabethtown), 5. Jackson Eutzy (Shippensburg), 6. Robert McQuade (McConnellsburg), 7. Terry Perry, 8. Jason Erwin, 9. Cameron Defenderfer (Fayetteville), 10. Roger Traxler (Fayetteville), 11. Kenny Hill, 12. Eric Seibert (Orbisonia), 13. Brock Foster, 14. Bill Seibert, 15. Tara Kerlin (Greencastle), 16. Jeff Koser, 17. William Sterner, 18. Dustin Moore, 19. Jeremy Shoup, 20. Logan Eppley, 21. Michael Danner, 22. Charlie Stallman (Mount Union), 23. Matt Dixson.
Wingless Super Sportsman: 1. Trent Yoder (Dillsburg), 2. Steve Wilbur (Mechanicsburg), 3. Craig Perigo (Stoystown), 4. Eric Walker (Gettysburg), 5. Jason Failor (Newville), 6. Brandon Shearer (Mount Joy), 7. Brian Nace (Gardners), 8. Luke Lenker (Mechanicsburg), 9. Transtan Stoner (Greencastle), 10. Brad Cowan (Neelyton), 11. Jordon Fulton, 12. Chris Henry (Newville), 13. Jason Gindlesperger, 14. Cooper Shue (York).
270 Sprints: 1. Cory Myers (Fayetteville), 2. Sean McAndrew (Apollo), 3. Craig Myers (Chambersburg), 4. Glenn Macomber (Belvidere, N.J.), 5. Austin Garby, 6. Jason Houtz (Mifflintown), 7. Marhsall Labuda (Fogelsville), 8. Colton McAndrew (Apollo), 9. Bradyn Kuhn (Greencastle), 10. Ross Perchak, 11. Alex Reinnsmith, 12. Cory Thorton, 13. Nathan Bacon, 14. Brady Paull (Littlestown), 15. Tyler Brown (Carlisle), 16. Jason Paisley (Hazleton), 17. Mason McAndrew (Apollo), 18. Mark Sndyer, 19. Brett Kauffman, 20. Zach Glass (Fort Loudon), 21. Nolan Higgins (Hazleton) 22. Ryan McAndrew (Apollo) 23. Travis Hodge (Lewistown), 24. Dylan Pryor.
Strictly Stocks: 1. Jesse Matney (Mapleton Depot), 2. David Moore, 3. Matthew Duvall (Robertsdale), 4. Tyler Stine (Shippensburg), 5. Rusty Garlock (Mapleton), 6. Tyler Denike (New Oxford), 7. Malachi Doyle (Chambersburg), 8. Tianna Anderson, 9. Bruce Betres (Mapleton Depot), 10. Jimmy Moyer, 11. Travis Semple (Mount Union), 12. Kala Varner (Three Springs), 13. Don Betres, 14. Corbin Rosenberry, 15. Josh Norton, 16. Koltan Martin, 17. Matthew Coger, 18. Chris Anderson (Rockhill), 19. Jason Goss Jr., 20. Matthew Kauffman, 21. John Bumbaugh (Waynesboro) 22. Jed Nessinger, 23. Codey Beaver.
Hagerstown Speedway
June 1
Late Model Sportsman: 1. DJ Myers (Greencastle), 2. Ryan Zook (Mifflintown), 3. Shawn Shoemaker (Mount Union), 4. Andy Fries (Mercersburg), 5. Devin Hart (Port Royal), 6. Kyle Lear (Severna Park, Md.), 7. Cody Kershner (Greencastle), 8. Austin Warrenfeltz (Williamsport, Md.), 9. Danny Atherton (Three Springs), 10. Jonathan Raley (Hollywood, Md.), 11. Andy Anderson (Bunker Hill, W.Va.), 12. Wesley Bonebrake (Hagerstown), 13. Frankie Gordon (Mercersburg), 14. Daniel Garrett (Freeland, Md.), 15. Casey Steinhoff (Millville), 16. Gerald Davis (Augusta, W.Va.), 17. Ray Ciccarelli (Upperco, Md.), 18. Eric Cronise (Boonsboro, Md.), 19. Gunnar Walls (Chambersburg), 20. Brad Omps (Winchester, Va.), 21. Bryan Benton (Claysburg), 22. George Dixon (Shirleysburg), 23. Kenny Yoder (Allensville), 24. Pat McNeal (Essex, Md.), 25. Brandon Bard (Greencastle), 26. Michael Carter (Winchester, Va.), 27. Lee Zeger (Huntingdon), 28. Curtis Dunn (East Waterford), 29. Steve Lowery (Chambersburg).
UMP Modified: 1. Gregory Moore (Defiance), 2. Jimmy Jesmer (Pasadena, Md.), 3. George Dixon (Shirleysburg), 4. Cody Oliver (Severn, Md.), 5. Darin Hoover (Huntingdon), 6. Kirk Baker (Hustontown), 7. Travis Clower (Romney, W.Va.), 8. Mike Corbin (Winchester, Va.), 9. Ryan Dolan (Keyser, W.Va.), 10. Harry Hendershot (Big Cove Tannery), 11. Brad Kling (Mount Union), 12. Donnie Farlling (New Paris).
Semi Late Models: 1. Dillon Wilson (Cassville), 2. Jason Stoner (Mercersburg), 3. Kody Sites (Hamburg), 4. Steve Kent (Woodsboro, Md.), 5. Jasen Geesaman (Annville), 6. Deakon Snyder (Hancock, Md.), 7. Rob Nichols (Winchester, Va.), 8. Brady Neff (Hagerstown, Md.), 9. Walter Crouch (Remington, Va.), 10. Travis Calhoun (Everett), 11. Isaiah Miller (Greencastle), 12. Chris Derr (Jonestown), 13. Jeremy Mills (Berkeley Springs, W.Va.), 14. Bryan Kerns (Cross Junction, Va.), 15. Jason Wilkins (Strasburg, Va.), 16. Shane McQuay (Sykesville, Md.), 17. Kevin Koontz (Williamsport, Md.).
Pure Stocks: 1. Evan Foust (Knoxville, Md.), 2. Andrew Saffelle (Winchester, Va.), 3. Nathaniel Younker (Berkeley Springs, W.Va.), 4. Keith Reed (Hagerstown, Md.), 5. William Ecton Jr. (Mercersburg), 6. Nick Fogle (Myersville, Md.), 7. James Speelman (Fayetteville), 8. William Ecton Sr. (Greencastle), 9. David Thompson (Hagerstown, Md.), 10. William Crook (Myersville, Md.), 11. Blake Reed (Hagerstown, Md.), 12. Tyler Fisher (Fairplay, Md.), 13. Robert Thompson (Sharpsburg, Md.), 14. Lincoln Sutphin (Round Hill, W.Va.), 15. Dylan Beavers (Hedgesville, W.Va.), 16. Sam Hoffman (Strasburg, Va.), 17. Jeffrey Bosley (Martinsburg, W.Va.), 18. Danny Walters (Abingdon, Md.), 19. Glenn Grimm (Fairplay, Md.).
Williams Grove Speedway
May 31
410 Sprints: 1. Daryn Pittman (Owasso, Okla.), 2. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 3. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 4. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 5. Ryan Newton (Maryborough, QLD), 6. Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg), 7. Devon Borden (Raymond, Wash.), 8. Jeff Halligan (Ephrata), 9. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 10. Ryan Taylor (Perkasie), 11. Chad Trout (Dover), 12. Kyle Moody (Wellsville), 13. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville), 14. Austin Bishop (Morgantown), 15. Dylan Cisney (Port Royal), 16. Aaron Bollinger (Elverson), 17. Kody Hartlaub (East Berlin), 18. Kyle Spence (Bridgeton, N.J.), 19. Rick Lafferty (Pennington, N.J.), 20. Kyle Keen (Carlisle), 21. Matt Miller (Stonington), 22. Tony Jackson (Newville).
358 Sprints: 1. Matt Findley (Dillsburg), 2. Steve Owings (Westminster, Md.), 3. Derek Locke (Mechanicsburg), 4. Chris Frank (Wellsville), 5. Cody Fletcher (East Berlin), 6. Logan Rumsey (Manchester), 7. Adam Carberry (Fairless Hills), 8. Doug Hammaker (Grantville), 9. Chad Criswell (Martinsburg, W.Va.), 10. Preston Lattomus (Landenberg), 11. Wyatt Hinkle (East Berlin), 12. Zach Newlin (Millerstown), 13. Cole Young (East Berlin), 14. Bryn Gohn (York), 15. Frankie Herr (Carlisle), 16. Jake Galloway, 17. Tyler Ulrich (Denver), 18. Bradley Howard (Etters), 19. Dwight Leppo (Mechanicsburg), 20. Nick Yinger (Dillsburg), 21. Samuel Miller (York Springs), 22. Andy Best (Dover, Del.), 23. Nat Tuckey (Gardners), 24. Jude Siegel (New Oxford).
BAPS Motor Speedway
June 1
Late Models: 1. Lane Snook (Mifflintown), 2. Devin Frey (Richland), 3. Coleby Frye (Dover), 4. Daulton Bigler (Mechanicsburg), 5. Larry Baer (Dover), 6. Chase Billet (Dover), 7. Chad Smith (Duncannon), 8. Zach Kauffman (York Haven), 9. Matt Murphy (Bel Air), 10. Wayne Pfeil (Elverson), 11. Tommy Slanker (York), 12. Hunter Fulton (Carlisle), 13. Chuck Cox III (Nottingham, Md.), 14. Harold Ranck (Thomspontown), 15. Jared Miller (Palmyra), 16. Jennifer Lesher (Halifax), 17. Kyle Moser (East Berlin), 18. Cole Slanker (Strinestown), 19. Chuck Schutz (Pottstown), 20. Mike Walls (Gettysburg), 21. Travis Mease (Harrisburg), 22. Cuyler Upperman (Greencastle), 23. Matt Adams (Etters), 24. Dan Zechman (Littlestown).
Late Models B-Main: 1. Chase Billet (Dover), 2. Daulton Bigler (Mechanicsburg), 3. Hunter Fulton (Carlisle), 4. Jennifer Lesher (Halifax), 5. Cuyler Upperman (Greencastle), 6. Travis Horan (Dover), 7. Charles Potts (Dover), 8. Jake Moser (East Berlin), 9. Eric Tripp (Womelsdorf), 10. Mike Potts (York Haven), 11. Lucas Adams (New Cumberland), 12. Cayden Ranck (Thompsontown).
Late Models (makeup feature): 1. Scott Palmer (Greencastle), 2. Lane Snook (Mifflintown), 3. Travis Mease (Harrisburg), 4. Tommy Slanker (York), 5. Dan Zechman (Littlestown), 6. Larry Baer (Dover), 7. Coleby Frye (Dover), 8. Matt Adams (Etters), 9. Chuck Cox (Nottingham, Md.), 10. Devin Frey (Richland), 11. Matt Murphy (Bel Air, Md.), 12. Hunter Fulton (Carlisle), 13. Mike Potts (York Haven), 14. Jake Moser (East Berlin), 15. Mike Walls (Hanover), 16. Kyle Moser (East Berlin), 17. Wayne Pfeil (Elverson), 18. Jared Miller (Palmyra), 19. John Moser Jr. (East Berlin), 20. Lucas Adams (New Cumberland), 21. Cole Slanker (Strinestown), 22. Jennifer Lesher (Halifax), 23. Travis Horan (Dover), 24. Eric Tripp (Womelsdorf).
Port Royal Speedway
June 1
410 Sprints: 1. Logan Wagner (Harrisonville), 2. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 3. Chase Dietz (York), 4. Jake Karklin (Middleburg), 5. Mike Wagner (Harrisonville), 6. Kody Lehman (Enola), 7. Gerard McIntyre Jr. (New Oxford), 8. Dylan Cisney (Port Royal), 9. Devon Borden (Raymond, Wash.), 10. Jeff Halligan (Ephrata), 11. Michael Walter (Selinsgrove), 12. Steve Buckwalter (Royersford), 13. Kassidy Kreitz (Sinking Spring), 14. Devin Adams (Lebanon), 15. Garrett Bard (Wells Tannery), 16. Rick Lafferty (Pennington, N.J.), 17. Mike Thompson (Newtown), 18. Trenton Sheaffer (Richfield), 19. Kyle Keen (Carlisle), 20. Dustin Baney (Selinsgrove), 21. Derek Hauck (Allenwood), 22. Austin Bishop (Morgantown), 23. Brie Hershey (Dillsburg), 24. Jake Waters (Mifflintown).
Super Late Models: 1. Rick Eckert (York), 2. Andrew Yoder (Middleburg), 3. Dylan Yoder (Middleburg), 4. Justin Weaver (Clear Spring, Md.), 5. Logan Zarin (Hookstown), 6. Kyle Lee (Mercersburg), 7. Trever Feathers (Winchester, Va.), 8. Bryan Bernheisel (Jonestown), 9. Hayes Mattern (Beavertown), 10. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle), 11. Colton Flinner (Allison Park), 12. Gregg Satterlee (Indiana), 13. Jim Yoder (Selinsgrove), 14. Austin Berry (Mifflin), 15. Shaun Jones (Shermans Dale), 16. Jared Miley (Pittsburgh), 17. Justin Kann (Huntingdon), 18. Scott Flickinger (Elliottsburg), 19. Chris Casner (Mifflintown), 20. Tyler Emory (King George, Va.), 21. Chad Julius (Harrisburg), 22. Larry Neiderer (Landisville), 23. Jason Schmidt (Lewistown), 24. Nathan Long (Selinsgrove).
