It seems like Path Valley Speedway, known as the “Little Track with Big Action,” won’t be a hidden local gem for long.
The quarter-mile, banked-clay oval had a brush with mainstream sprint car racing when the High Limit Racing series made its maiden voyage to Spring Run last weekend. Fans were treated to a 35-lap, 410 Sprints feature and by the time the dust settled, Oklahoma invader Tanner Thorson was $12,000 richer after nailing down his second High Limit win in two weeks.
Thorson started in the fifth spot and ran a patient race. He took over the top spot on the 22nd lap, and held off a relentless Brady Bacon for a 0.933-second win. Pennsylvania’s highest finisher in the race was Gettysburg’s Danny Dietrich, who took fourth.
The excitement at Path Valley salvaged a weekend of racing that had taken a hit from Mother Nature. Race programs at Hagerstown and Selinsgrove Speedways were both rained out, but two other tracks did host programs on Friday.
McGrewBid Motoplex held racing, much to the delight of Chambersburg teenager Trevor Gach, who raced to third- and fourth-place finishes, respectively, in the 600cc Winged and Wingless Micros. It was a day of forward movement from Gach, who moved up from seventh to fourth in the Winged feature and advanced from fourth to third in the Wingless race.
Williams Grove Speedway was also in action Friday and hosted the World of Outlaws Tune Up. Fayetteville’s Lance Dewease competed in the 410 Sprints and took 12th in the B-Main.
Below is a speedway-by-speedway, feature-by-feature look at races from last weekend that included drivers from the Local.News1 coverage area:
FEATURE RESULTS
Williams Grove Speedway
Friday, Sept. 26
410 Sprints (B-Main): 1. Ryan Newton (Sunshine Coast, QLD), 2. Logan Rumsey (Manchester), 3. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.), 4. Doug Hammaker (Grantville), 5. Ryan Smith (Fleetwood), 6. Ashton Torgerson (Glendale, Ariz.), 7. Steve Buckwalter (Royersford), 8. Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg), 9. Devon Borden (Raymond, Wash.), 10. Kaleb Johnson (Sioux Falls, S.D.), 11. Samuel Miller (York Springs), 12. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 13. Matt Campbell (Fawn Grove).
McGrewBid Motoplex
Friday, Sept. 26
600cc Winged Micros: 1. Brian Kramer (Lititz), 2. Cayden Blair (Martinsburg, W.Va.), 3. Jeremy Harshman (Myersville, Md.), 4. Trevor Gach (Chambersburg), 5. Randy Kunkle Jr. (Dover), 6. Dakota Sheaffer (Gardners), 7. Connor Fetrow (Manchester), 8. Brad Weber, 9. Brayden Benjamin (Berwick), 10. Chase Robinson (Dover), 11. Brielle Stern (Hanover), 12. Jase Henise (York), 13. Peyton Faust (Sykesville, Md.), 14. Tanner Pressley (Lewisberry) BF, 15. Ashen Glazier (McConnellsburg) DNF, 16. Liam Kane (Ellerbe, N.C.) DNF.
600cc Wingless Micros: 1. Mason Beinhower (Dillsburg), 2. Grady McGrew (Gettysburg), 3. Trevor Gach (Chambersburg), 4. Jase Smith (Boyertown), 5. Chase Robinson (Dover), 6. Haydin Ort (Etters), 7. Brian Leedy (Mechanicsburg) DNF.
Path Valley Speedway
Sunday, Sept. 28
410 Sprints: 1. Tanner Thorson (Broken Arrow, Okla.), 2. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.), 3. Giovanna Scelzi (Fresno, Calif.), 4. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 5. Ashton Torgerson (Glendale, Ariz.), 6. Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, Calif), 7. Chase Dietz (York), 8. Hunter Schuerenberg (Sikeston, Mo.), 9. Justin Peck (Monrovia, Ind), 10. Brenham Crouch (Lubbock, Tex.), 11. Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.), 12. Cameron Smith (Spring Grove), 13. Sye Lynch (Cowansville), 14. Brent Marks (Myerstown), 15. Rico Abreu (St. Helena, Calif.), 16. Danny Sams III (North Port, Fla.), 17. Aaron Reutzel (Clute, Tex.), 18. Chase Randall (Waco, Tex.), 19. Kaleb Johnson (Sioux Falls, S.D.), 20. Kyle Moody (Wellsville), 21. Dylan Norris (Hanover), 22. Brandon Spithaler (Butler), 23. Jordan Strickler (York), 24. Logan Rumsey (Manchester), 25. Ryan Smith (Fleetwood), 26. Ryan Timms (Oklahoma City, Okla.), 27. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown).
