Someone buy a drink — make that a chocolate milk — for Aidan Crouse, a rising junior at Greencastle-Antrim who earned the first dirt track racing win of his career at Path Valley Speedway on Saturday.
Competing in the 270 Sprints, Crouse blasted off for victory over the 22-car field. Crouse, also a member of the Blue Devils wrestling squad, earned his win over fellow Greencastle driver Bradyn Kuhn, as well as Alex Lukacs. Zach Glass, of Fort Loudon, took fifth.
Path Valley’s race program featured another local winner in Chambersburg’s Kevin Bard, who cruised to victory in the Thunder Cars race and was chased to the finish line by St. Thomas’ Doug Sales (4th) and Fayetteville’s Roger Traxler (5th).
Also at Path Valley, Chambersburg’s Trevor Gach took fourth in the 600 Sprints, while three area drivers landed in the Top 10 in the Limited Late Models: St. Thomas’ Gunner Walls (3rd) and Greencastle’s DJ Myers (6th) and Brandon Bard (8th).
National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Lance Dewease had quite the weekend of racing at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday and Port Royal Speedway on Saturday.
The “Fayetteville Flyer” won the 410 Sprints during Friday’s Lynn Paxton Classic and claimed $8,000 in the process. Dewease started on the pole and immediately slipped to second place behind Ryan Smith, but he reclaimed his lead on the sixth lap. Dewease faced a late challenge from 11th-starter Danny Dietrich, but held on to win the 20-lap feature by .875 seconds.
One day later, Dewease was starting from the eighth spot at Port Royal. He jumped six spots to finish as the runner-up behind Logan Wagner.
Below is a track-by-track, feature-by-feature look at last weekend’s races that included drivers from the Local.News1 coverage area:
FEATURE RESULTS
Williams Grove Speedway
Friday, June 6
410 Sprints: 1. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 2. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 3. Ryan Smith (Fleetwood), 4. Chase Dietz (York), 5. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville), 6. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 7. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 8. Justin Whittall (Vincentown, N.J.), 9. Chad Trout (Dover), 10. Kody Hartlaub (East Berlin), 11. Kalib Henry (Sacramento, Calif.), 12. Cameron Smith (Spring Grove), 13. Zane DeVault (Plymouth, Ind.), 14. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 15. Devon Borden (Raymond, Wash.), 16. Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg), 17. Darin Naida (Adrian, Mich.), 18. Cale Thomas (Fountaintown, Ind.), 19. Ryan Taylor (Perkasie), 20. Ashton Torgerson (Glendale, Ariz.), 21. Preston Lattomus (Lewes, Del.), 22. Trey Jacobs (Wooster, Ohio), 23. Aaron Bollinger (Birdsboro) DNF, 24. Austin Bishop (Morgantown) DNF, 25. Doug Hammaker (Grantville) DNF, 26. Dylan Norris (Hanover) DNF.
Path Valley Speedway
Saturday, June 7
270 Sprints: 1. Aidan Crouse (Greencastle), 2. Bradyn Kuhn (Greencastle), 3. Alex Lukacs (Strasburg), 4. Cory Thorton, 5. Zach Glass (Fort Loudon), 6. Caden Forsythe, 7. Brady Paull (Littlestown), 8. Jamie Connelly, 9. Travis Hodge (Lewistown), 10. Chase Roberts (Berwick), 11. Stephanie Welk (Blairs Mills), 12. Cameron McClure (Huntingdon), 13. Eric Christman, 14. Jon Williams (Blairs Mills), 15. Mark Knable, 16. Mark Gordon DNF, 17. Mac Wert (Milroy) DNF, 18. Brad Cowan (Neelyton) DNF, 19. Brett Kauffman DNF, 20. Stacey Galanis (Hedgesville, W.Va.) DNF, 21. Jason Houtz (Mifflintown) DNF, 22. Cory Myers (Fayetteville) DNF.
Modifieds: 1. Kirk Baker (Hustontown), 2. Reese Fedder (Elliottsburg), 3. Beau Aikey (Everett), 4. Sam Reeder (Burnt Cabins), 5. Darin Hoover (Huntingdon), 6. Dan Patterson (Bedford), 7. Todd Goss, 8. Jake Shoup, 9. Doug Ostwald (Lambertville, N.J.).
Limited Late Models: 1. Trent Merkel (Boyertown), 2. Jaxton Garman (Elliottsburg), 3. Gunner Walls (St. Thomas), 4. Kenny Yoder (Allensville), 5. Taylor Farlling (Newville), 6. DJ Myers (Greencastle), 7. Frankie Gordon (Mercersburg), 8. Brandon Bard (Greencastle), 9. Cayden Ranck (Thompsontown), 10. Michael Blazer, 11. Steve Lowery (Chambersburg), 12. Michael Walls (St. Thomas), 13. Brandon Little (Newville), 14. Trenton Beasom (Mifflintown), 15. Brad Benton (Duncansville), 16. Darrel Henry (Elliottsburg) DNF, 17. Daniel Beatty (Alexandria) DNF, 18. Shawn Liddick (Mechanicsburg) DNF.
Thunder Cars: 1. Kevin Bard (Chambersburg), 2. Jeremy Eutzy (Shippensburg), 3. Jackson Eutzy (Shippensburg), 4. Doug Sales (St. Thomas), 5. Roger Traxler (Fayetteville), 6. Tara Sales, 7. Jamie Rhone, 8. Dustin Moore, 9. Tyler Stine (Shippensburg), 10. Jeff Koser, 11. Bill Seibert, 12. Matt Dixson (Julian), 13. William Sterner (Elliottsburg), 14. Brian Smith, 15. Jeremy Shoup, 16. Shaun Linn, 17. Justin Bucher, 18. Charlie Stallman (Mount Union), 19. Brock Foster DNF, 20. Kenny Hill DNF, 21. Ronnie Garlock III (Mapleton) DNF, 22. Robert McQuade (McConnellsburg) DNF, 23. Wesley Young DNF.
600 Sprints: 1. Dakota Sheaffer (Gardners), 2. Randy Kunkle Jr. (Dover), 3. Taylor Smith, 4. Trevor Gach (Chambersburg), 5. Chase Robinson (Dover), 6. Cody West (Boyertown), 7. Aden Myers (Hanover), 8. Jim Young (Johnstown), 9. Jarret Cavalet (Hollidaysburg), 10. Cayden Blair (Martinsburg, W.Va.), 11. Mike Sherman (Mechanicsburg), 12. Cole Thompson (Etters), 13. Mike Rankin (Elizabethtown), 14. Vincent Gaudiosi, 15. Ben Irvin, 16. Dylan Anderson (Three Springs) DNF, 17. Cole Armstrong (Duncannon) DNF.
Strictly Stocks: 1. Rusty Garlock (Mapleton), 2. Robert Cutshall (Three Springs), 3. Justin Williamson (Huntingdon), 4. Latavin Spriggs, 5. Jason Goss Sr., 6. Brandon Fisher (Liverpool), 7. Jimmy Moyer, 8. Tyler Lockhart, 9. Matthew Kauffman, 10. Jimmy Delozier (Altoona), 11. Corbin Rosenberry DNF, 12. Skylar Goss DNF, 13. Anthony Varner Jr. (Three Springs) DNF, 14. Josh Norton (Lewistown) DNF, 15. Jason Goss Jr. DNF, 16. Nevin Rosenberry DNF, 17. Jaymen Goss DNF, 18. Nate Wray (Burnham) DNF, 19. Ron McCartney DNF.
Port Royal Speedway
Saturday, June 7
410 Sprints: 1. Logan Wagner (Harrisonville), 2. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 3. Justin Whittall (Vincentown, N.J.), 4. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 5. Michael Walter (Selinsgrove), 6. Gerard McIntyre Jr. (New Oxford), 7. Doug Hammaker (Grantville), 8. Austin Bishop (Morgantown), 9. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 10. Jeff Halligan (Ephrata), 11. Jake Karklin (Middleburg), 12. Derek Hauck (Allenwood), 13. Devin Adams (Lebanon), 14. JT Ferry (Drums), 15. Nash Ely (Sinking Springs), 16. Kassidy Kreitz (Sinking Springs), 17. Kody Lehman (Enola), 18. Alex Attard (Mangrove Mountain, NSW), 19. Trenton Sheaffer (Richfield), 20. Dustin Baney (Selinsgrove), 21. Brett Strickler (York), 22. Kyle Keen (Carlisle), 23. Mike Thompson (Newtown), 24. Dan Shetler (Jonestown).
Super Late Models: 1. Gregg Satterlee (Indiana), 2. Jared Miley (Pittsburgh), 3. Trever Feathers (Winchester, Va.), 4. Coleby Frye (Dover), 5. Trevor Collins (Seaford, Del.), 6. Hayes Mattern (Beavertown), 7. Dillan Stake (Mapleton Depot), 8. Jeff Rine (Danville), 9. Dan Stone (Thompson), 10. Bryan Bernheisel (Jonestown), 11. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle), 12. Shaun Jones (Shermans Dale), 13. Derick Quade (Mechanicsville, Md.), 14. Ross Robinson (Georgetown, Del.), 15. Rick Eckert (York), 16. Justin Weaver (Clear Spring, Md.), 17. Kyle Lee (Mercersburg), 18. Andrew Yoder (Middleburg), 19. Dylan Yoder (Middleburg), 20. Chad Homan (Penfield, N.Y.), 21. Dale Hollidge (Clements, Md.), 22. Colton Flinner (Allison Park), 23. Jakob Piper (Mercersburg), 24. Jason Covert (York Haven), 25. Alex Ferree (Saxonburg).
Super Late Models (B-Main): 1. Dale Hollidge (Clements, Md.), 2. Ross Robinson (Georgetown, Del.), 3. Kyle Lee (Mercersburg), 4. Dylan Yoder (Middleburg), 5. Rick Eckert (York), 6. Amanda Robinson (Georgetown, Del.), 7. Chad Julius (Harrisburg), 8. Jason Schmidt (Lewistown), 9. Randy Christine Jr. (Manchester), 10. Randy Burkholder (Chambersburg), 11. Nathan LaSalle (Everett), 12. Austin Berry (Mifflin).
