Rains washed away sprint car racing last weekend and are forecasted to do so again this week. But drama awaits on area speedways this season anyway.
At Path Valley Speedway, an intense battle between two brothers has been raging all summer long in the 270 Sprints division. Fayetteville’s Cory Myers is perched atop the points standings with 470, just three points ahead of his sibling Craig, of Chambersburg. Greencastle’s Bradyn Kuhn lurks in third place with 408 points and will have a lot of say into which Myers brother, if either, ends up with the points crown.
In Path Valley’s Modifieds division, Chambersburg’s Alyssa Rowe holds a slight lead over her peers with 158 points, just ahead of Brady Daniels (150) and Sam Reeder (148). Michael Walls, of St. Thomas, and Greencastle’s D.J. Myers are locked in a 198-198 tie for the points lead in the Late Models division, with John Moser in a distant third place with 143. The Thunder Cars points chase features four Franklin County drivers in the Top 10: Chambersburg’s Kevin Bard (4th, 378 points), Fayetteville’s Roger Traxler (7th, 304) and Cameron Defenderfer (10th, 292), and Greencastle’s Tara Kerlin (8th, 302).
At Hagerstown Speedway, the Local.News area boasts a Top 5 driver in all but one division. Waynesboro’s Tyler Horst owns a firm lead in the Crate Late Models, while Hagerstown’s Keith Reed is in control of the Pure Stocks. Wesley Bonebrake, of Hagerstown, sits third in the Late Model Sportsman standings with 619 points, but is within striking distance of leader Shawn Shoemaker, who leads with 644 points. Finally, the Semi Late Models division has a Hagerstown driver in its Top 5 — Brady Neff, who sits in fourth with 692 points.
On the road at Port Royal Speedway, Greencastle’s Gary Stuhler is tied for sixth place in the Super Late Models division. Another Super Late Models driver from Greencastle, Scott Palmer, resides in sixth place at BAPS Motor Speedway.
Sprint Car Hall of Famer Lance Dewease, now a part-time driver, is outside of the Top 10 in 410 Sprints points at Williams Grove Speedway, but he has been making noise in the track’s big-money series. Competing in the Grove’s Hoosier Diamond Series, Dewease is third in the points standings and has a win to his name.
Below is a speedway-by-speedway look at the points races of area raceways, as well as those which bear local interest:
POINTS STANDINGS
Hagerstown Speedway
Late Model Sportsman: 1. Shawn Shoemaker (Mount Union) 644, 2. Ryan Zook (Mifflintown) 632, 3. Wesley Bonebrake (Hagerstown, Md.) 619, 4. Joshua DeHaven (Winchester, Va.) 515, 5. Kyle Lear (Severna Park, Md.) 491, 6. Cody Kershner (Greencastle) 485, 7. Danny Atherton (Three Springs) 481, 8. Scott Palmer (Greencastle) 450, 9. Casey Steinhoff (Millville) 381, 10. Eric Cronise (Boonsboro, Md.) 363.
Crate Late Models: 1. Tyler Horst (Waynesboro) 605, 2. Codey Breeden (Fairplay, Md.) 549, 3. Jacob Whitt (Stephens City, Va.) 528, 4. Craig Parrill (Clearbrooke, Va.) 517, 5. Scott Sweeney Jr. (Stephens City, Va.) 455, 6. Brian Booze (Greencastle) 435, 7. Treyton Lee (Mercersburg) 389, 8. Branson Woodward (Winchester, Va.) 369, 9. Brayden Anderson (Bunker Hill, W.Va.) 319, 10. Elwood Sord (Chambersburg) 278.
UMP Modified: 1. Jimmy Jesmer (Pasadena, Md.) 575, 2. Rick Hulson (Glen Burnie, Md.) 396, 3. Ridge Bookwalter (Huntingdon) 332, 4. Gregory Moore (Defiance) 314, 5. George Dixon (Shirleysburg) 310, 6. Darin Hoover (Huntingdon) 308, 7. Cody Oliver (Severn, Md.) 278, 8. Harry Hendershot (Big Cove Tannery) 227, 9. Glenn Elliott (Westminster, Md.) 192, 10. Brandon Inglish (Cumberland, Md.) 190.
Semi Late Models: 1. Dillon Wilson (Cassville) 836, 2. Steve Kent (Woodsboro, Md.) 792, 3. Jasen Geesaman (Annville) 698, 4. Brady Neff (Hagerstown, Md.) 692, 5. Jeremy Mills (Berkeley Springs, W.Va.) 645, 6. Jason Stoner (Mercersburg) 559, 7. Rob Nichols (Winchester, Va.) 554, 8. Deakon Snyder (Hancock, Md.) 472, 9. Jason Wilkins (Strasburg, Va.) 433, 10. Kody Sites (Hamburg) 416.
Pure Stocks: 1. Keith Reed (Hagerstown, Md.) 1,035, 2. Evan Foust (Knoxville, Md.) 986, 3. Nathaniel Younker (Berkeley Springs, W.Va.) 880, 4. Dylan Beavers (Hedgesville, W.Va.) 804, 5. William Ecton Jr. (Mercersburg) 785, 6. Tyler Fisher (Fairplay, Md.) 771, 7. Randy Linaburg (Winchester, Va.) 730, 8. James Speelman (Fayetteville) 683, 9. William Crook (Myersville, Md.) 643, 10. Mike Fuller (Fort Loudon) 613.
Path Valley Speedway
270 Sprints: 1. Cory Myers (Fayetteville) 470, 2. Craig Myers (Chambersburg) 467, 3. Bradyn Kuhn (Greencastle) 408, 4. Jason Houtz (Mifflintown) 397, 5. Zach Glass (Fort Loudon) 354, 6. Stephanie Welk (Blairs Mills) 241, 7. Mason McAndrew (Apollo) 213, 8. Colton McAndrew (Apollo) 188, 9. Jamie Connelly 186, 10. Brady Paull (Littlestown) 183.
600 Sprints: 1. Randy Kunkle Jr. (Dover) 499, 2. Jim Young (Johnstown) 465, 3. Dakota Sheaffer (Gardners) 377, 4. Tanner Pressley 329, 5. Chase Robinson (Dover) 309, 6. Dawson Walls (St. Thomas) 294, 7. Kameron Morral (Hagerstown, Md.) 270, 8. Cole Dewease (Fayetteville) 230, 9. Brayden Mickley (Biglerville) 203, 10. Jason Sechrist (Myerstown) 202.
Thunder Cars: 1. Aaron Updegraff (Elizabethtown) 488, 2. Jackson Eutzy (Shippensburg) 422, 3. Jeremy Eutzy (Shippensburg) 406, 4. Kevin Bard (Chambersburg) 378, 5. Charlie Stallman (Mount Union) 358, 6. Robert McQuade (McConnellsburg) 335, 7. Roger Traxler (Fayetteville) 304, 8. Tara Kerlin (Greencastle) 302, 9. Jason Erwin 296, 10. Cameron Defenderfer (Fayetteville) 292.
Strictly Stocks: 1. Justin Williamson (Huntingdon) 256, 2. Rusty Garlock (Mapleton) 213, 3. Travis Semple (Mount Union) 197, 4. Jesse Matney (Mapleton Depot) 187, 5. Matthew Duvall (Robertsdale) 182, 6. Tiana Anderson 177, 7. Malachi Doyle (Chambersburg) 172, 8. Jimmy Moyer 156, 8. Josh Norton 156, 10. Chris Anderson (Rockhill) 154.
Super Sportsman: 1. Craig Perigo (Stoystown) 227, 2. Steve Wilbur (Mechanicsburg) 220, 3. Trent Yoder (Dillsburg) 216, 4. Eric Walker (Gettysburg) 196, 5. Luke Lenker (Mechanicsburg) 181, 6. Brandon Shearer (Mount Joy) 146, 7. Dexter Ehrenzeller (McAlisterville) 132, 8. Transtan Stoner (Greencastle) 119, 9. Brett Perigo (Stoystown) 111, 10. Jason Failor (Newville) 107.
Late Models: 1. Michael Walls (St. Thomas) 198, 1. DJ Myers (Greencastle) 198, 3. John Moser (East Berlin) 143, 4. Shyann Smith 141, 5. Steve Lowery (Chambersburg) 136, 6. Kyle Moser (East Berlin) 135, 7. Dylan Brown (Manchester, Md.) 126, 8. Randy Burkholder (Chambersburg) 122, 9. Cayden Ranck (Thompsontown) 111, 10. Jaxton Garman (Elliottsburg) 101.
Modifieds: 1. Alyssa Rowe (Chambersburg) 158, 2. Brady Daniels (Harrisonville) 150, 3. Sam Reeder (Burnt Cabins) 148, 4. Darin Hoover (Huntingdon) 147, 5. Kirk Baker (Hustontown) 141, 6. Amber Mills (Hesston) 139, 7. Spike Moore 103, 8. Justin Millburn 102, 9. Doug Ostwald (Lambertville, N.J.) 100, 10. Brad Kling (Mount Union) 81, 10. Reese Fedder (Elliottsburg) 81.
Port Royal Speedway
Super Late Models: 1. Rick Eckert (York) 2,620, 2. Dylan Yoder (Middleburg) 2,595, 3. Hayes Mattern (Beavertown) 2,445, 4. Andrew Yoder (Middleburg) 2,350, 5. Shaun Jones (Shermans Dale) 2,335, 6. Bryan Bernheisel (Jonestown) 2,290, 6. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle) 2,290, 8. Colton Flinner (Allison Park) 2,265, 8. Dillan Stake (Mapleton Depot) 2,265, 10. Trever Feathers (Winchester, Va.) 1,860.
BAPS Motor Speedway
Super Late Models: 1. Coleby Frye (Dover) 1,370, 2. Travis Mease (Harrisburg) 1,230, 3. Lane Snook (Mifflintown) 960, 4. Travis Horan (Dover) 860, 5. Jared Miller (Palmyra) 820, 6. Scott Palmer (Greencastle) 795, 7. Larry Baer (Dover) 775, 8. Wayne Pfeil (Elverson) 760, 9. Hunter Fulton (Carlisle) 700, 10. Cole Slanker (Strinestown) 665.
Williams Grove Speedway
Hoosier Diamond Series (410 Sprints): 1. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg) 1,200, 2. Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg) 1,060, 3. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville) 1,030, 4. Troy Wagaman, Jr. (Hanover) 1,020, 4. Devon Borden (Raymond, Wash.) 1,020, 6. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville) 950, 7. Chad Trout (Dover) 945, 8. Chase Dietz (York) 940, 9. TJ Stutts (Liverpool) 875, 10. Anthony Macri (Dillsburg) 720.
