It can’t be easy being the son of a National Sprint Car Hall of Famer, but Cole Dewease carries the family name well and sometimes — like last weekend at Path Valley Speedway — he even outperforms his dad, Lance, the “Fayetteville Flyer” himself.
The younger Dewease showcased his talents on the quarter-mile banked clay oval in Spring Run on Saturday, April 26, blasting off Victory Lane in the 600 Sprints feature. He captured the win over Dakota Sheaffer and Chase Robinson, while St. Thomas’ Dawson Walls landed in the seventh spot.
Also at Path Valley, Fayetteville’s Cory Myers and Bradyn Kuhn finished 1-2 in the 270 Sprints feature, while Chambersburg’s Kevin Bard conquered the Thunder Cars race. Three area drivers landed Top 10 finishes in the Limited Late Models feature: Chambersburg’s Steve Lowery (8th) and Rodney Walls (9th), and St. Thomas’ Mike Walls (10th).
Lance Dewease, while he didn’t snag a win like his son, still had a big weekend in the 410 Sprints at Port Royal on Saturday and BAPS Motor Speedway on Sunday. At Port Royal, he drove from 12th to third in the 30-lap feature. Dewease followed a similar blueprint at BAPS, driving from eighth to fourth in the 30-lapper.
Another legendary driver from the Local.News1.org coverage area, National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer Gary Stuhler, celebrated his 70th birthday earlier this month. He kept the party going with main event finishes at Hagerstown Speedway on Saturday and Port Royal on Sunday.
Stuhler kicked off his weekend by fighting to earn a spot in the Conocheague 50 at Hagerstown. He punched his ticket to the race with a third-place finish in the B-Main, before driving from 22nd to 16th in the feature. One day later at Port Royal, Stuhler was once again saddled with a 22nd-starting spot, but once again he made lemonade out of lemons, as navigated the 40-lap race to a 12th-place finish.
Also at Port Royal, Greencastle’s DJ Myers drove to a seventh-place finish in the Limited Late Models race.
Below is a track-by-track, feature-by-feature look at last weekend’s auto races that featured drivers from the Local.News1 coverage area:
Feature results
Hagerstown Speedway
Saturday, April 26
Super Late Models (Conococheague 50): 1. Ricky Thornton Jr. (Chandler, Ariz.), 2. Garrett Alberson (Las Cruces, N.M.), 3. Daulton Wilson (Fayetteville, N.C.), 4. Gregg Satterlee (Indiana), 5. Brandon Sheppard (New Berlin, Ill.), 6. Jonathan Davenport (Blairsville, Ga.), 7. Tyler Erb (Waverly, Tex.), 8. Hudson O’Neal (Martinsville, Ind.), 9. Rick Eckert (York), 10. Ross Robinson (Georgetown, Del.), 11. Devin Moran (Dresden, Ohio), 12. Carson Ferguson (Lincolnton, N.C.), 13. Daniel Hilsabeck (Earlham, Iowa), 14. Donald McIntosh (Dawsonville, Ga.), 15. Spencer Hughes (Meridian, Miss.), 16. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle), 17. Dan Ebert (Lake Shore, Minn.), 18. Justin Weaver (Clear Spring, Md.), 19. Kyle Hardy (Stephens City, Va.), 20. Trever Feathers (Winchester, Va.), 21. Dylan Yoder (Middleburg), 22. Mason Zeigler (Chalk Hill), 23. Brandon Overton (Evans, Ga.), 24. Trevor Collins (Seaford, Del.), 25. Clay Harris (Jupiter, Fla.).
Super Late Models (B-Main II): 1. Trever Feathers (Winchester, Va.), 2. Trevor Collins (Seaford, Del.), 3. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle), 4. Dale Hollidge (Clements, Md.), 5. Dan Ebert (Lake Shore, Minn.), 6. Bryan Bernheisel (Jonestown), 7. Cory Lawler (Hanover), 8. Wayne Johnson (Hancock, Md.).
Semi Late Models: 1. Bryan Kerns (Cross Junction, Va.), 2. Steve Kent (Woodsboro, Md.), 3. Dillon Wilson (Cassville), 4. Rick Potter (Everett), 5. Michael Grady (Winchester, Va.), 6. Kris Eaton (Winchester, Va.), 7. Shane McQuay (Sykesville, Md.), 8. Trent Holmes (Berryville, Va.), 9. Jeremy Mills (Berkeley Springs, W.Va.), 10. Tony Hugueley (Frederick, Md.), 11.S
Path Valley Speedway
Saturday, April 26
270 Sprints: 1. Cory Myers (Fayetteville), 2. Bradyn Kuhn (Greencastle), 3. Brad Cowan (Neelyton), 4. Aidan Crouse, 5. Eric Forsythe Sr. (McClure), 6. Stephanie Welk (Blairs Mills), 7. Hunter Forsythe (McClure), 8. Eric Chrisman, 9. Jamie Connelly DNF, 10. Jason Houtz (Mifflintown) DNF, 11. Grady Rinehart (Ellwood City) DNF, 12. Brett Kauffman DNF, 13. Craig Myers (Chambersburg) DNF, 14. Zach Glass (Fort Loudon) DNF, 15. Matthew Dixson (Julian) DNF, 16. Cayden Forsythe (York) DNF, 17. Mason McAndrew (Apollo) DNF, 18. Quinton McAndrew (Apollo) DNF, 19. Colton McAndrew (Apollo) DNF, 20. Mark Gordon DNF.
Limited Late Models: 1. Trent Merkel (Boyertown), 2. Jake Piper, 3. Jaxton Garman (Elliottsburg), 4. Ray Kable Jr. (Sykesville, Md.), 5. Shyann Smith, 6. Taylor Farlling (Newville), 7. Cody Lear (Manchester, Md.), 8. Steve Lowery (Chambersburg), 9. Rodney Walls (Chambersburg), 10. Mike Walls (St. Thomas), 11. Randy Burkholder (Chambersburg), 12. Bryan Benton (Claysburg), 13. Cayden Ranck (Thompsontown), 14. Trenton Beasom (Mifflintown), 15. Brandon Little (Newville), 16. Mike Blazer, 17. Brad Benton (Duncansville), 18. DJ Myers (Greencastle) DNF.
Modifieds: 1. Darin Hoover (Huntingdon), 2. Sam Reeder (Burnt Cabins), 3. Kirk Baker (Hustontown), 4. Greg Belyea (Frankford, Ont.), 5. Reese Fedder (Elliottsburg), 6. David Green (Hyndman) DNF, 7. Doug Ostwald (Lambertville, N.J.) DNF, 8. Dean Hoffman (Troy, Ill.) DNF, 9. David Stremme (Mifflintown) DNF, 10. Jake Shoup DNF.
600 Sprints: 1. Cole Dewease (Fayetteville), 2. Dakota Sheaffer (Gardners), 3. Chase Robinson (Dover), 4. Randy Kunkle Jr. (Dover), 5. Dylan Anderson (Three Springs), 6. Ben Freels (Dillsburg), 7. Dawson Walls (St. Thomas), 8. Taylor Smith, 9. Matthew Morrisey, 10. Michael Cicanne, 11. Carter Mickley (Biglerville), 12. Aiden Myers, 13. Jim Young (Johnstown), 14. Heath Walton (Mifflintown) DNF, 15. Vincent Gaudiosi DNF, 16. Tony Nickes DNF.
Thunder Cars: 1. Kevin Bard (Chambersburg), 2. Nicholas Bartholow (Shippensburg), 3. Matt Williamson (Saltillo), 4. Charlie Stallman (Mount Union), 5. Jackson Eutzy (Shippensburg), 6. Jeremy Eutzy (Shippensburg), 7. Logan Eppley, 8. Brock Foster (McVeytown), 9. Roger Traxler (Fayetteville), 10. Robert McQuade (McConnellsburg), 11. Jeremy Shoup, 12. Doug Sales (St. Thomas), 13. Ronnie Garlock (Mapleton), 14. Dustin Moore, 15. Kenny Hill, 16. Wes Young, 17. Brittany Arcq, 18. Michael Danner (Duncannon) DNF, 19. Kenny Yoder (Allensville) DNF, 20. Shaun Linn DNF
Strictly Stocks: 1. Rusty Garlock (Mapleton), 2. Matt Duvall, 3. Justin Williamson (Huntingdon), 4. Jason Goss, 5. Matthew Kauffman, 6. Nate Wray, 7. Tyler Lockhart, 8. Anthony Varner (Three Springs), 9. Corbin Rosenberry, 10. Brandon Foust, 11. Nevin Rosenberry, 12. Koltan Martin, 13. Shawn Wise (McAllisterville) DNF, 14. Steven Jacobs DNF, 15. Robert Cutshall (Three Springs) DNF, 16. Shawn Williamson (Mapleton) DNF, 17. Jaymen Goss DNF, 18. Josh Norton DNF, 19. Brandon Fisher (Liverpool) DNF, 20. Tianna Anderson DNF, 21. Jesse Matney (Mapleton Depot) DNF, 22. Malachi Doyle (Chambersburg) DNF.
Port Royal Speedway
Saturday, April 26
410 Sprints: 1. Ryan Smith (Kunkletown), 2. Chase Dietz (York), 3. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 4. Anthony Macri (Dillsburg), 5. Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg), 6. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 7. Justin Whittall (Vincentown, N.J.), 8. Kasey Kahne (Enumclaw, Wash.), 9. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 10. Logan Wagner (Harrisonville), 11. Jeff Halligan (Ephrata), 12. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 13. Brenham Crouch (Lubbock, Tex.), 14. Gerard McIntyre Jr. (New Oxford), 15. Michael Walter (Selinsgrove), 16. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 17. Kody Lehman (Enola), 18. Jake Karklin (Middleburg), 19. Doug Hammaker (Grantville), 20. Ashton Torgerson (Glendale, Ariz.), 21. Ryan Newton (Meridan Plains, QLD), 22. Garrett Bard (Wells Tannery), 23. Devin Adams (Lebanon), 24. Robbie Kendall (New Freedom).
Sunday, April 27
Super Late Models: 1. Ricky Thornton Jr. (Chandler, Ariz.), 2. Jonathan Davenport (Blairsville, Ga.), 3. Devin Moran (Dresden, Ohio), 4. Garrett Alberson (Las Cruces, N.M.), 5. Gregg Satterlee (Indiana), 6. Carson Ferguson (Lincolnton, N.C.), 7. Tyler Erb (New Waverly, Tex), 8. Michael Norris (Sarver), 9. Hudson O’Neal (Martinsville, Ind.), 10. Rick Eckert (York), 11. Brandon Overton (Evans, Ga.), 12. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle), 13. Justin Weaver (Clear Spring, Md.), 14. Mason Zeigler (Chalk Hill), 15. Daniel Hilsabeck (Earlham, Iowa), 16. Alex Ferree (Saxonburg), 17. Donald McIntosh (Dawsonville, Ga.), 18. Daulton Wilson (Fayetteville, N.C.), 19. Spencer Hughes (Meridian, Miss.), 20. Clay Harris (Jupiter, Fla.), 21. Colton Flinner (Allison Park), 22. Dan Ebert (Lake Shore, Minn.), 23. Chad Myers (Hampstead, Md.), 24. Matt Cosner (Ridgeley, W.Va.), 25. Drake Troutman (Hyndman), 26. Ross Robinson (Georgetown, Del.), 27. Dillan Stake (Mapleton Depot), 28. Brandon Sheppard (New Berlin, Ill.).
Super Late Models (B-Main II): 1. Brandon Overton (Evans, Ga.), 2. Chad Myers (Hampstead, Md.), 3. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle), 4. Dan Ebert (Lake Shore, Minn.), 5. Dylan Yoder (Middleburg), 6. Ross Robinson (Georgetown, Del.), 7. Cory Lawler (Hanover), 8. Shaun Jones (Shermans Dale).
Limited Late Models: 1. Andrew Yoder (Middleburg), 2. Taylor Farlling (Newville), 3. Ryan Zook (Mifflintown), 4. Jaxton Garman (Elliottsburg), 5. Shawn Shoemaker (Mt. Union), 6. Lane Snook (Mifflintown), 7. DJ Myers (Greencastle), 8. Brad McGinnis (Huntingdon), 9. George Dixon (Shirleysburg), 10. Casey Steinhoff (Millville), 11. Jeremy Pilkerton (Loveville, Md.), 12. Tommy Slanker (York), 13. Matt Murphy (Bel Air, Md.), 14. Keith Walls (St. Thomas), 15. Brandon Bard (Greencastle), 16. Wayne Pfeil (Elverson), 17. Trenton Beasom (Mifflintown), 18. Jennifer Lesher (Halifax), 19. Chase Bowsman (Mifflin), 20. Tristin Neiderer (Landisville), 21. Devin Weyandt (East Freedom), 22. Lucas Adams (New Cumberland).
BAPS Motor Speedway
Sunday, April 27
410 Sprints: 1. Ashton Torgerson (Glendale, Ariz.), 2. Chase Dietz (York), 3. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 4. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 5. Anthony Macri (Dillsburg), 6. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 7. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 8. Kyle Moody (Wellsville), 9. Kody Hartlaub (East Berlin), 10. Doug Hammaker (Grantville), 11. Billy Dietrich (Aspers), 12. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville), 13. Cameron Smith (Spring Grove), 14. Tyler Ross (Lincoln University), 15. Dylan Norris (Hanover), 16. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 17. Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg), 18. Austin Bishop (Morgantown), 19. Mike Thompson (Newtown), 20. Derek Hauck (Allenwood), 21. Davie Franek (Wantage, N.J.), 22. Ryan Newton (Meridan Plains, QLD) DNF, 23. Brett Strickler (York) DNF, 24. Reese Nowotarski (Leesport) DNF.
