Fifteen cars took the starting line. And by the time the dust cleared from Saturday’s 270 Sprints feature at Path Valley Speedway, only four vehicles remained.
It was that kind of night at the quarter-mile in Spring Run. The 270s race lost two drivers right from the start as Hunter Forsythe Jr.’s car left the track and went into the infield before coming to a stop by a pole. Ambulance and track personnel came to his aid, as did his father Hunter Forsythe Sr., who also dropped out of the race.
After the crowd applauded the well-being of the younger Forsythe, action resumed for eight laps, before two more cars were sent to the pits after a tie-up on the fourth turn. Another car fell out of the race on the 11th lap, and two more after that called it quits by the 16th lap.
The Myers brothers — Chambersburg’s Craig Myers and Fayetteville’s Cory Myers — guided the front of the shrinking field through the chaos until one lap remained. That’s when Cory Myers’ car came to a stop on the backstretch, and needed to be pushed to the pits.
Craig Myers held on to secure victory over Dylan Pryor and Stephanie Welk, with Noelle Ebersole coming in as the fourth and final finisher. Thanks to his win, Craig Myers is second in the points standings with 467 points, just behind his brother who leads with 470.
Transtan Stoner put forth a solid effort in the Wingless Super Sportsman feature at Path Valley, with the Greencastle driver moving from the third position to the lead in the early stages of the race. Stoner remained up front until the 16th lap, when he was usurped by Trent Yoder. Stoner kept running strong and held on for the runner-up finish behind Yoder.
Kameron Morral, of Hagerstown, Md., had a big night at Path Valley in the 600 Sprints, driving to a second-place finish after starting the race in ninth.
On Sunday, Hagerstown Speedway hosted a pair of Super Late Models features for the Frank Sagi Tribute, and Greencastle’s Gary Stuhler had to hustle just to make it to the main event. Stuhler finished sixth in his heat race, meaning his only ticket to the feature would be a Top 2 finish in the B Main. Stuhler came through, winning the B Main to earn a spot in the back of the field for the feature. Starting from the 21st spot, Stuhler zipped ahead 12 spots over the 20-lapper to earn a ninth-place finish. Stuhler finished even better in the second feature with an eighth-place showing.
The feared World of Outlaws visited BAPS Motor Speedway on Wednesday, before making the trip to Williams Grove Speedway on Friday and Saturday. Sprint Car Hall of Famer Lance Dewease, known as the “Fayetteville Flyer,” was on hand to help the Pennsylvania Posse defend their turf. The first two nights didn’t go as planned for Dewease, who missed out on the features after back-to-back fifth-place finishes in the B Main races. Dewease put it all together on the third night, however, and logged an eighth-place finish in the main event.
Also at BAPS, Chambersburg’s Devin Friese took third in the East Coast Legends feature, while Greencastle’s Scott Palmyer took fifth in the Late Models race.
Below is a speedway-by-speedway, feature-by-feature look at how area drivers performed last weekend:
FEATURE RESULTS
BAPS Motor Speedway
July 24
410 Sprints (B Main): 1. Kody Hartlaub (East Berlin), 2. Carson Macedo (Lemoore, Calif), 3. Tyler Ross (Lincoln University), 4. Aaron Bollinger (Elverson), 5. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 6. Reese Nowotarski (Leesport), 7. Jessie Attard (Mangrove Mountain, NSW), 8. Kelby Watt (Adel, Iowa), 9. Kraig Kinser (Bloomington, Ind.), 10. Landon Crawley (Benton, Ark.), 11. Brett Strickler (York), 12. Logan Rumsey (Manchester), 13. Jeff Halligan (Ephrata).
July 27
358 Sprints (B Main): 1. Justin Foster (Harrisburg), 2. Chris Frank (Wellsville), 3. Jude Siegel (New Oxford), 4. Andrew Hake (Manchester), 5. Cole Knopp (Street, Md.), 6. Jacob Galloway (Gardners), 7. Bo Gordon Jr. (Waynesboro), 8. Josh Harner (Newberrytown), 9. Brian Wolf Jr. (East Berlin), 10. Cole Small (Quarryville), 11. Adin Daniels (Breezewood), 12.
Late Models: 1. Coleby Frye (Dover), 2. Lane Snook (Mifflintown), 3. Travis Mease (Harrisburg), 4. Hunter Fulton (Carlisle), 5. Scott Palmer (Greencastle), 6. Chase Billet (Dover), 7. Travis Horan (Dover), 8. Meade Hahn (Millerstown), 9. Wayne Pfeil (Elverson), 10. Lou Egrie (Willow Grove), 11. Jared Miller (Palmyra), 12. Mike Potts (York Haven), 13. Trent Merkel (Boyertown), 14. Lucas Adams (New Cumberland), 15. Cole Slanker (Strinestown), 16. Bryan Benton (Claysburg), 17. Drew Weisser (Reading), 18. Daulton Bigler (Mechanicsburg) DNF, 19. Matt Murphy (Bel Air, Md.) DNF, 20. Matt Adams (Etters) DNF, 21. Jake Moser (East Berlin) DNF, 22. Brandon Bard (Greencastle) DNF.
East Coast Legends Series: 1. Bob Stough (Harrisburg), 2. Logan Carbaugh (Gettysburg), 3. Devin Friese (Chambersburg), 4. Mike Racine (Hanover), 5. Bill Diehl (Wrightsville), 6. Scott Houdeshell (Enola), 7. Jeremy Ott (Carlisle), 8. Lincoln Kearchner (Fairfield), 9. Tyler Rampmeyer (Frederick, Md.), 10. Seth Kearchner (Fairfield), 11. Ryan Walls (St. Thomas), 12. Kelby Friese (Chambersburg), 13. Wayne Dutterer Jr. (East Berlin), 14. Colton Friese (Spring Run), 15. Logan Jones (Greencastle), 16. Grady McGraw (Gettysburg), 17. Dalton Friese (Spring Run), 18. Cory Phillips (Lebanon), 19. Hunter McElroy (Spring Grove), 20. Kirk Martin (Chambersburg), 21. Scott Musselman (York), 22. Chris Nicoll (York), 23. Dave Benner (Danville), 24. Moses Goetz (Saint Thomas), 25. Eric Hurst (Stevens), 26. Connor Tracy (Westminster, Md.), 27. Andrew Mowen (St. Thomas), 28. Eddie Mehl (Plain City, Ohio), 29. Tracy Linn (St. Thomas) DNF, 30. Ben Morrow (Chambersburg) DNF, 31. Jimmy Eicher (Osterburg) DNF.
Williams Grove Speedway
July 26
410 Sprints (B Main): 1. Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg), 2. Cory Eliason (Visalia, Calif.), 3. Michael Kofoid (Penngrove, Calif.), 4. Kraig Kinser (Bloomington, Ind.), 5. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 6. Kody Hartlaub (East Berlin), 7. Bill Balog (North Pole, Alaska), 8. Jessie Attard (Mangrove Mountain, NSW), 9. Steve Buckwalter (Royersford), 10. Landon Crawley (Benton, Ark.), 11. Aaron Bollinger (Elverson), 12. Austin Bishop (Morgantown), 13. Chad Trout (Dover), 14. Michael Walter (Selinsgrove).
July 27
410 Sprints: 1. David Gravel (Watertown, Conn.), 2. Donny Schatz (Fargo, N.D.), 3. Brent Marks (Myerstown), 4. Daryn Pittman (Owasso, Okla.), 5. Justin Peck (Monrovia, Ind.), 6. Giovanni Scelzi (Fresno, Calif.), 7. Carson Macedo (Lemoore, Calif.), 8. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 9. Sheldon Haudenschild (Wooster, Ohio), 10. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 11. Cory Eliason (Visalia, Calif.), 12. Michael Kofoid (Penngrove, Calif.), 13. Chase Dietz (York), 14. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 15. Anthony Macri (Dillsburg), 16. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville), 17. Spencer Bayston (Lebanon, Ind.), 18. Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg), 19. Justin Whittall (Vincentown, N.J.), 20. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 21. Logan Schuchart (Hanover), 22. Jacob Allen (Hanover), 23. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 24. Kelby Watt (Adel, Iowa), 25. Austin Bishop (Morgantown).
Path Valley Speedway
July 27
600 Sprints: 1. Chase Robinson (Dover), 2. Kameron Morral (Hagerstown, Md.), 3. Dakota Sheaffer (Gardners), 4. Steve Whary (Lebanon), 5. Jim Young (Johnstown), 6. Randy Kunkle, Jr. (Dover), 7. Dylan Anderson (Three Springs), 8. Keith Blumenstein Jr. (York Springs), 9. Aiden Lutz (Lebanon), 10. Kinser Lightner (Dillsburg), 11. Dawson Walls (St. Thomas), 12. Scott Becky Jr. (Mechanicsburg), 13. Karter Adams (Lebanon), 14. Brayden Mickley (Biglerville), 15. Ben Freels (Dillsburg), 16. Matthew Morrissey, 17. Cole Thompson (Etters), 18. Taylor Smith, 19. Rick McMicheal DNF, 20. Aiden Myers DNF, 21. Josh Smith (Asper) DNF.
270 Sprints: 1. Craig Myers (Chambersburg), 2. Dylan Pryor, 3. Stephanie Welk (Blairs Mills), 4. Noelle Ebersole (Williamsburg), 5. Cory Myers (Fayetteville) DNF, 6. Zach Glass (Fort Loudon) DNF, 7. Eric Christman DNF, 8. Matthew Dixson DNF, 9. Jamie Connelly DNF, 10. Nadia Ebersole (Williamsburg) DNF, 11. Jason Houtz (Mifflintown) DNF, 12. Eric Forsythe Sr. (McClure) DNF, 13. Hunter Forsythe (McClure) DNF, 14. Mark Gordon DNF, 15. Mark Snyder DNF.
Thunder Cars: 1. Aaron Updegraff (Elizabethtown), 2. Jackson Eutzy (Shippensburg), 3. Doug Sales (St. Thomas), 4. Parker Starr (Shippensburg), 5. Charlie Stallman (Mount Union), 6. Roger Traxler (Fayetteville), 7. Robert McQuade (McConnellsburg), 8. Tara Kerlin (Greencastle), 9. Kenny Hill, 10. Jeremy Shoup, 11. Logan Eppley, 12. Brock Foster, 13. Dustin Moore, 14. William Sterner, 15. Jeremy Eutzy (Shippensburg), 16. Rhyann Arcq, 17. Jesse Daniels DNF, 18. Michael Danner DNF, 19. Jamie Rhone DNF, 20. Matt Dixson Sr. DNF, 21. Colby Adams DNF, 22. Jason Erwin DNF.
Wingless Super Sportsman: 1. Trent Yoder (Dillsburg), 2. Transtan Stoner (Greencastle), 3. Steve Wilbur (Mechanicsburg), 4. Eric Walker (Gettysburg), 5. Brad Cowan (Neelyton), 6. Sam Leonard (Marysville), 7. Brandon Shearer (Mount Joy), 8. Jason Failor (Newville), 9. Brett Perigo (Stoystown), 10. Tony Hampton (Spring Run), 11. Wyatt Rotz (Spring Run), 12. Craig Perigo (Stoystown), 13. Rohan Beasley (Mechanicsburg), 14. Luke Lenker (Mechanicsburg), 15. Roy Denike (New Oxford) DNF, 16. Adam Meier (Orrtanna) DNF.
Strictly Stocks: 1. Justin Williamson (Hungtingdon), 2. Bruce Betres (Mapleton Depot), 3. Rusty Garlock (Mapleton), 4. Tiana Anderson, 5. Malachi Doyle (Chambersburg), 6. Jason Goss, 7. Koltan Martin, 8. Don Betres, 9. Matthew Kauffman, 10. Corbin Rosenberry, 11. Cody Hetrick, 12. Shawn Williamson (Mapleton), 13. Travis Semple (Mount Union) DNF, 14. Josh Norton DNF, 15. Tyler Stine (Shippensburg) DNF, 16. Jesse Matney (Mapleton Depot) DNF, 17. Shawn Wise (McAlisterville) DNF, 18. Blaine Strait DNF, 19. Brandon Fisher (Liverpool) DNF, 20. Tyler Denike (New Oxford) DNF, 21. Raymond Goss DNF, 22. Cadan Gobrecht DNF.
Hagerstown Speedway
July 28
Super Late Models (Feature I): 1. Kyle Hardy (Stephens City, Va.), 2. Drake Troutman (Hyndman), 3. Ross Robinson (Georgetown, Del.), 4. Dylan Yoder (Middleburg), 5. Kyle Lee (Mercersburg), 6. Andrew Yoder (Middleburg), 7. Shaun Jones (Shermans Dale), 8. Gene Knaub (Dover), 9. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle), 10. Andy Anderson (Bunker Hill, W.Va.), 11. Danny Snyder (Green Lane), 12. Tyler Bare (Rockbridge Baths, Va.), 13. Barry Miller (Three Springs), 14. Jakob Piper (Mercersburg), 15. Matt Sponaugle (Wiley Ford, W.Va.), 16. Trever Feathers (Winchester, Va.), 17. Jamie Lathroum (Mechanicsville, Md.), 18. Jason Covert (York Haven), 19. Gregg Satterlee (Indiana), 20. Roy Deese Jr. (Laurel, Md.), 21. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 22. Austin Warrenfeltz (Williamsport, Md.), 23. Mason Zeigler (Clark Hill), 24. Coleby Frye (Dover), 25. Bryan Bernheisel (Jonestown), 26. Keith Jackson (Martinsburg, W.Va.).
Super Late Models (Feature II): 1. Dylan Yoder (Middleburg), 2. Kyle Lee (Mercersburg), 3. Andrew Yoder (Middleburg), 4. Kyle Hardy (Stephens City, Va.), 5. Drake Troutman (Hyndman), 6. Andy Anderson (Bunker Hill, W.Va.), 7. Shaun Jones (Shermans Dale), 8. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle), 9. Tyler Bare (Rockbridge Baths, Va.), 10. Jakob Piper (Mercersburg), 11. Danny Snyder (Green Lane), 12. Barry Miller (Three Springs), 13. Matt Nailor (Shermans Dale), 14. Chad Julius (Harrisburg), 15. Brandon Little (Carlisle), 16. Gene Knaub (Dover), 17. Bryan Bernheisel (Jonestown), 18. Ross Robinson (Georgetown, Del.).
Super Late Models (B Main I): 1. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle), 2. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 3. Brandon Little (Carlisle), 4. Chad Julius (Harrisburg), 5. Greg Diehl (New Cumberland), 6. Tyler Hershey (Mercersburg).
