Things won’t always go your way, but if you stay focused and keep on grinding, those breaks just might start to turn in your favor.
Such was the case for Keith Reed, the winner of the Pure Stocks feature at last weekend’s Hub City Nationals, hosted by Hagerstown Speedway.
Reed, from Hagerstown, took care of business in his heat race, but drew the No. 8 spot for the dash. He made no forward progress there, resulting in an eighth-starting position for the main event.
Reed regrouped and spent his time in the 24-lap feature chipping away at the leaders. He moved all the way up, but fell just short of victory with a runner-up finish. That’s when Reed caught his big break: Race winner Jason Wilkins failed a post-race technical inspection. The victory, and $2,444 winner’s purse, went to Reed. He was chased to the finish line by Hagerstown’s Blake Reed, who finished in fifth.
In the Semi Late Models feature, Dylan Rutherford blasted off for a $2,500 win over Hagerstown’s Brady Neff, who finished as the runner-up after starting in the 13th position. Greencastle’s Brian Booze was another big mover at Hagerstown, as he drove from eighth to third in the Crate Late Models feature, a race that was won by Kyle Hardy.
A trio of winners from the Local.News area emerged from Path Valley Speedway on Saturday. Greencastle driver DJ Myers won the Limited Late Models feature and Hagerstown’s Kameron Morral conquered the 600 Sprints, while the 270 Sprints race saw Chambersburg’s Craig Myers and Greencastle’s Bradyn Kuhn finish first and second, respectively.
Finally, at BAPS Motor Speedway, Greencastle driver Logan Jones piloted his ride to a fifth-place finish in an East Coast Legend Series race.
Below is a speedway-by-speedway, feature-by-feature look at how area drivers performed last weekend:
Feature results
Hagerstown Speedway
Sept. 14
Crate Late Models: 1. Kyle Hardy (Stephens City, Va.), 2. Logan Roberson (Waynesboro, Va.), 3. Brian Booze (Greencastle), 4. Tyler Hoy (Stuarts Draft, Va.), 5. Brayden Anderson (Bunker Hill, W.Va.), 6. Jonathan DeHaven (Winchester, Va.), 7. Levi Crowl (Clear Spring, Md.), 8. Ed Pope III (Hanover, Md.), 9. Codey Breeden (Fairplay, Md.), 10. Gregory Carrico (Winchester, Va.), 11. Noah Brunell (New Alexandria), 12. Davin Kaiser (Winchester, Va.), 13. Steve Payne (Bunker Hill, W.Va.), 14. Scott Sweeney Jr. (Stephens City, Va.), 15. Chuck Bowie (Welcome, Md.), 16. Jacob Whitt (Stephens City, Va.), 17. Tommy Armel (Winchester, Va.), 18. Chase Hardy (Stephens City, Va.).
Semi Late Models: 1. Dylan Rutherford (Front Royal, Va.), 2. Brady Neff (Hagerstown, Md.), 3. Rob Nichols (Winchester, Va.), 4. Adam Breeden (Stanardsville, Va.), 5. Steve Kent (Woodsboro, Md.), 6. Jason Stoner (Mercersburg), 7. Walter Crouch (Remington, Va.), 8. Brandon Lowery (Clear Brook, Va.), 9. Scotty Nelson (Leonardtown, Md), 10. Trent Holmes (Berryville, Va.), 11. BJ Jenkins Jr. (Front Royal, Va.), 12. Jimmy Combs (Aberdeen, Md.), 13. Cale Martin (Clearville), 14. Greg Hainsey (Altoona), 15. Ryan Bloom (East Earl), 16. Rick Potter (Everett), 17. Joey Zambotti III (Kittanning), 18. Bryan Kerns (Cross Junction, Va.), 19. Isaiah Miller (Greencastle).
Pure Stocks: 1. Keith Reed (Hagerstown, Md.), 2. Nathaniel Younker (Berkeley Springs, W.Va.), 3. Kristopher Hutton (Boyce, Va.), 4. Evan Foust (Knoxville, Md.), 5. Blake Reed (Hagerstown, Md.), 6. Tom Caravello (Baltimore, Md.), 7. Justin Hottle (Winchester, Va.), 8. Nick Fogle (Myersville, Md.), 9. Dalton Weyant (Bedford), 10. Dylan Beavers (Hedgesville, W.Va.), 11. Andrew Saffelle (Winchester, Va.), 12. Braydale Bauman (Claysburg), 13. William Ecton Jr. (Mercersburg), 14. Denver Dishong (Imler), 15. Matt Ney (Gordon), 16. Cody Sumption (Stephens City, Va.), 17. Tyler Fisher (Fairplay, Md.), 18. Kevin Boyer (Frederick, Md.), 19. Sam Hoffman (Strasburg, Va.), 20. David Thompson (Hagerstown, Md.), 21. Randy Linaburg (Winchester, Va.), 22. Robert Wilson (Clear Brook, Va.), 23. Danny Walters (Abingdon, Md.).
Pure Stocks (B Main): 1. Matt Ney (Gordon), 2. Tyler Fisher (Fairplay, Md.), 3. David Thompson (Hagerstown, Md.), 4. Robert Wilson (Clear Brook, Va.), 5. Dave Friedrich (Greencastle), 6. William Ecton Sr. (Greencastle), 7. Rodney Miner (Boonsboro, Md.).
Path Valley Speedway
Sept. 14
600 Sprints: 1. Kameron Morral (Hagerstown, Md.), 2. Chase Robinson (Dover), 3. Dakota Sheaffer (Gardners), 4. Justin Yohn (Duncannon), 5. Dylan Anderson (Three Springs), 6. Jason Sechrist (Myerstown), 7. Dan Souder (Green Lane), 8. Randy Kunkle Jr. (Dover), 9. Frank Gentile, 10. Chris Keshishian (Littlestown), 11. Kyler Plummer (Littlestown) DNF, 12. Aden Myers (Hanover) DNF, 13. Dawson Walls (St. Thomas) DNF, 14. Jim Young (Johnstown) DNF, 15. Darrin Adair DNF, 16. Cole Armstrong (Duncannon) DNF, 17. Darren Kauffman (Waynesboro) DNF, 18. Lauren Stringfellow DNF.
Modifieds: 1. Darin Hoover (Huntingdon), 2. Arden Fedder, 3. Kirk Baker (Hustontown), 4. Sam Reeder (Burnt Cabins), 5. Alyssa Cullum, 6. Brady Daniels (Harrisonville), 7. Todd Goss, 8. Justin Millburn, 9. Matthew Williamson (Saltillo), 10. Doug Ostwald (Lambertville, N.J.), 11. Dean Hoffman (Troy, Ill.), 12. Ed Vogel (Meyersville), 13. Austin Berry (Mifflin) DNF, 14. Josh Gustaf (Shade Gap) DNF.
Thunder Cars: 1. Parker Starr (Shippensburg), 2. Aaron Updegraff (Elizabethtown), 3. Kevin Bard (Chambersburg), 4. Cameron Defendefer (Fayetteville), 5. Tara Sales, 6. Jackson Eutzy (Shippensburg), 7. Austin Betz, 8. Nicholas Barthalow (Shippensburg), 9. Robert McQuade (McConnellsburg), 10. Logan Eppley, 11. Justin Rasp, 12. Jason Erwin, 13. William Sterner (Elliottsburg), 14. Brock Foster (McVeytown), 15. Michael Danner (Duncannon), 16. Jeremy Shoup, 17. Brian Smith, 18. Roger Traxler (Fayetteville) DNF, 19. Lex Seibert DNF, 20. Jamie Rhone DNF, 21. Rodney Walls (Chambersburg) DNF, 22. Kenny Hill DNF, 23. Jeremy Eutzy (Shippensburg) DNF, 24. Charlie Stallman (Mount Union) DNF.
Limited Late Models: 1. DJ Myers (Greencastle), 2. Lane Snook (Mifflintown), 3. Kyle Lear (Severna Park, Md.), 4. Brad McGinnis (Huntingdon), 5. Cayden Ranck (Thompsontown), 6. Ralph Morgan (Mount Union), 7. Kyle Moser (East Berlin), 8. Dylan Brown (Manchester, Md.), 9. Steve Lowery (Chambersburg), 10. DJ Garrett, 11. Shyann Smith, 12. Nicholas Smith, 13. Eddie Cornett (Hagerstown, Md.), 14. Randy Burkholder (Chambersburg) DNF, 15. Michael Walls (St. Thomas) DNF, 16. John Moser (East Berlin) DNF, 17. Kyle Bachman (Selinsgrove) DNF.
270 Sprints: 1. Craig Myers (Chambersburg), 2. Bradyn Kuhn (Greencastle), 3. Jason Houtz (Mifflintown), 4. Brady Paull (Littlestown), 5. Will Karas (Hickory), 6. Stephanie Welk (Blairs Mills), 7. Dylan Pryor, 8. Ian Anders (Enola), 9. Jordan Knable, 10. Jamie Connelly, 11. Matthew Dixson, 12. Mark Gordon (Mendocino, Calif.), 13. Zach Glass (Fort Loudon) DNF, 14. Eric Christman DNF, 15. Nadia Ebersole (Williamsburg) DNF, 16. Cory Myers (Fayetteville) DNF.
BAPS Motor Speedway
Sept. 14
Late Models: 1. Chad Smith (Duncannon), 2. Cameron Benyou (New Cumberland), 3. Chad Earnst (East Berlin), 4. Trent Merkel (Boyertown), 5. Travis Mease (Harrisburg), 6. Daulton Bigler (Mechanicsburg) 7. Jedadiah Latshaw (Dover), 8. Jake Moser (East Berlin), 9. Zach Kauffman (York Haven), 10. Mike Walls (Hanover), 11. Wayne Pfeil (Elverson), 12. Jared Miller (Palmyra), 13. Ross Leinbach (Mohnton), 14. Kyle Nicholas (Mt. Holly Springs), 15. Travis Horan (Dover), 16. Cole Slanker (Strinestown), 17. Mike Potts (York Haven), 18. Lou Egrie (Willow Grove) DNF, 19. Matt Adams (Etters) DNF, 20. Collin Adams (New Cumberland) DNF, 21. Charles Potts (Dover) DNF, 22. Scott Palmer (Greencastle) DNF, 23. Hunter Fulton (Carlisle) DNF, 24. Wes Hurd (Waynesboro) DNF, 25. Eric Tripp (Womelsdorf) DNF, 26. Shawn Liddick (Mechanicsburg) DNF.
East Coast Legend Series: 1. Jeremy Ott (Carlisle), 2. Scott Houdeshell (Enola), 3. Logan Carbaugh (Gettysburg), 4. Colton Friese (Spring Run), 5. Logan Jones (Greencastle), 6. Tanner Jones (Glengardner, N.J.), 7. Devin Friese (Chambersburg), 8. Grady McGrew (Gettysburg), 9. Scott Musselman (York), 10. Kirk Martin (Chambersburg), 11. Scott Montgomery (Radnor), 12. Hunter McElroy (Spring Grove), 13. Ryan Walls (St. Thomas), 14. Richie Dobson Jr. (Shermans Dale), 15. Dave Benner (Danville), 16. Tracy Linn (St. Thomas), 17. Dustin Burnisky (Harpers Ferry, W.Va.), 18. Ben Burnisky (Morrisdale), 19. Ryan Walls Jr. (St. Thomas), 20. Ben Morrow (Chambersburg) DNF, 21. Andrew Mowen (St. Thomas) DNF, 22. Dalton Friese (Spring Run) DNF, 23. Donald Stoudt (Lebanon) DNF, 24. Scott Spidle (Etters) DNF, 25. Zach Martinez (North Kingstown, R.I.) DNF, 26. Kelby Friese (Chambersburg) DNF, 27. Caleb Day (Garner, N.C.) DNF, 28. Eric Hurst (Stevens) DNF, 29. Chris Nicoll (York) DNF, 30. Moses Goetz (Saint Thomas) DNF.
