For Keith Reed, it was a roller coaster of a Saturday night at Hagerstown Speedway that only got wilder when the work week kicked in on Monday.
On the track Hagerstown’s Reed, a driver in the Pure Stocks division, had a tough start to his day. After posting the slowest time in hot laps, Reed was disqualified from his heat race as a result of aggressive driving. The DQ pushed Reed to the tail end of the 14-car field to start the feature.
That’s when his luck seemed to turn around.
Against all odds Reed blasted forward 13 spots over the course of the 15-lapper to not only win the Hard Charger Award, but also the feature itself. Reed finished on top of the podium above Nathaniel Younker and Sam Hoffman, with his son Blake taking fourth place.
It was a rough-and-tumble evening at the office, but Reed was able to enjoy the win — his fifth of the season — if only for a few nights.
On Monday Hagerstown Speedway announced via its Facebook page that Reed had been issued a one-week suspension, effective immediately, due to “extremely aggressive driving.” The track’s website still lists Reed as the winner of the race, and it does not appear he’s been docked in the points race, where he is currently tied for second place with Younker. Reed has competed in eight features at Hagerstown this season and has landed Top 5 finishes in all eight races.
Also at Hagerstown Speedway Brian Booze, the points leader in the Late Model Sportsman division, maintained his top spot with a fifth-place finish on Saturday. Booze was chased by Hagerstown’s Wesley Bonebrake (6th) and fellow Greencastle driver Brandon Bard (10th). The FWD 4 Cylinder feature included Top 10 finishes from Waynesboro’s Eric Moats (6th) and Chambersburg’s Malachi Doyle (10th), while Hagerstown’s Graham Brezler posted an eighth-place finish in the Crown Vic feature.
At Path Valley Speedway, the Limited Late Models feature saw four drivers from the Local.News1 coverage area land in the Top 10: St. Thomas’ Mike Walls (2nd) and Gunner Walls (10th), and Chambersburg’s Steve Lowery (5th) and Randy Burkholder (7th). Kameron Morral, of Hagerstown, finished fourth in the 600 Sprints.
Earlier in the week, at McGrewBid Motoplex on Tuesday, Greencastle’s Todd Walls raced to a runner-up finish in the PA Micro Midgets 500cc feature. Wesley Walls, of St. Thomas, finished in seventh.
BAPS Motor Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway both had programs rained out last weekend.
Below is a track-by-track, feature-by-feature look at races from last week that included drivers from the Local.News1 coverage area:
Feature results
McGrewBid Motoplex
Tuesday, July 22
PA Micro Midgets 500cc: 1. Chris Lennox (Eagle Bridge, N.Y.), 2. Todd Walls (Greencastle), 3. CJ Kimm (Fredericksburg), 4. Ryan Rost (Delta), 5. Josh Forry (Spring Grove), 6. Mason Noble (Seven Valleys), 7. Wesley Walls (Saint Thomas), 8. Ryan Wells (Jonestown), 9. Andrew Ketterman (Taneytown, Md.), 10. Andrew Landis (Boiling Springs), 11. Bobby Geiman (Felton), 12. Brady Wilt (York Springs), 13. Jeremy Sperlein (Littlestown), 14. Chason Hauck (York), 15. Byron Urey (York Haven), 16. Lily Barrett (Fleetwood), 17. Jim Rost Jr. (Darlington, Md.), 18. Justin Care (Pottstown), 19. Landon Godfrey (Loganville), 20. Chase Frey (Airville), 21. Daniel Feltch (Quarryville), 22. Denny Gross (Freedom), 23. Nick Decker (Halifax).
BAPS Motor Speedway
Wednesday, July 23
410 Sprints: 1. Anthony Macri (Dillsburg), 2. David Gravel (Watertown, Conn.), 3. Bill Balog (North Pole, Alaska), 4. Michael Kofoid (Penngrove, Calif.), 5. Brent Marks (Myerstown), 6. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville), 7. Hunter Schuerenberg (Sikeston, Mo.), 8. Garet Williamson (Columbia, Mo.), 9. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 10. Sheldon Haudenschild (Wooster, Ohio), 11. Donny Schatz (Fargo, N.D.), 12. Cameron Smith (Spring Grove), 13. Ashton Torgerson (Glendale, Ariz.), 14. Carson Macedo (Lemoore, Calif.), 15. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 16. Logan Schuchart (Hanover), 17. Cory Eliason (Visalia, Calif.), 18. Tyler Ross (Lincoln University), 19. Cole Macedo (Lemoore, Calif.), 20. Emerson Axsom (Franklin, Ind.), 21. Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.), 22. Skylar Gee (Leduc, AB), 23. Conner Morrell (Bradenton, Fla.), 24. Zach Hampton (Mooresville, Ind.), 25. Chase Dietz (York), 26. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 27. Ryan Smith (Fleetwood).
Hagerstown Speedway
Saturday, July 26
Late Model Sportsman: 1. Kyle Lear (Severna Park, Md.), 2. Codey Breeden (Fairplay, Md.), 3. Justin Weaver (Clear Spring, Md.), 4. Jakob Piper (Mercersburg), 5. Brian Booze (Greencastle), 6. Wesley Bonebrake (Hagerstown, Md.), 7. Danny Atherton (Three Springs), 8. Keith Koontz (Boonsboro, Md.), 9. Treyton Lee (Mercersburg), 10. Brandon Bard (Greencastle), 11. Matt Murphy (Bel Air, Md.), 12. Zach Kauffman (York Haven), 13. Scott Palmer (Greencastle), 14. Matt Nailor (Hanover), 15. Eric Cronise (Boonsboro, Md.), 16. Cody Lear (Manchester, Md.), 17. Lee Zeger (Huntingdon), 18. Scott Sweeney Jr. (Stephens City, Va.), 19. Chuck Cox III (Nottingham, Md.), 20. Brayden Anderson (Bunker Hill, W.Va.), 21. DJ Myers (Greencastle), 22. Dan Zechman (Littlestown), 23. Mike Steck (Edinburg, Va.).
Pure Stocks: 1. Keith Reed (Hagerstown, Md.), 2. Nathaniel Younker (Berkeley Springs, W.Va.), 3. Sam Hoffman (Strasburg, Va.), 4. Blake Reed (Hagerstown, Md.), 5. Dylan Beavers (Hedgesville, W.Va.), 6. Tyler Fisher (Fairplay, Md.), 7. Jesse Daniels (Harrisonville), 8. Lincoln Sutphin (Round Hill, W.Va.), 9. William Ecton Jr. (Mercersburg), 10. Brandon Churchey (Martinsburg, W.Va.), 11. Randy Linaburg (Winchester, Va.), 12. James Speelman (Fayetteville), 13. Dave Freidrich (Greencastle).
FWD 4 Cylinder: 1. Chris Anderson (Rockhill), 2. Robbie Carroll (Gettysburg), 3. Matthew Duvall (Robertsdale), 4. Nick McDaniel (Littlestown), 5. Ricky Weaver Jr. (York), 6. Eric Moats (Waynesboro), 7. Matt Worley (North East, Md.), 8. Brian Racine (Hanover), 9. Justin Gossard (Hagerstown, Md.), 10. Malachi Doyle (Chambersburg), 11. Dustin Stine (St. Thomas), 12. Tiana Anderson (Cassville), 13. Colin Welsh (Flintstone, Md.), 14. Derek Iser (Fort Ashby, W.Va.).
Crown Vic: 1. Jonathan Barron (Three Springs), 2. Quinten Beeman (Stoystown), 3. Allen Harding (Keyser, W.Va.), 4. Shawn Metty (Martinsburg, W.Va.), 5. Brady Chabol (Stoystown), 6. Ed Vogel (Meyersville), 7. Madison Sponaugle (Ridgeley, W.Va.), 8. Graham Brezler (Hagerstown, Md.), 9. Doug Winning (Somerset), 10. Travis Vogel (Meyersdale), 11. Scott Mitchell (Somerset), 12. Ed Vogel Jr. (Meyersdale), 13. Devin Bishop (Hagerstown, Md.), 14. Kainen Brown (Hopewell), 15. Byler Aikey (Breezewood), 16. Dacron Powell (Wiley Ford, W.Va.).
Path Valley Speedway
Saturday, July 26
Wingless Super Sportsman: 1. Steve Wilbur (Mechanicsburg), 2. Brett Perigo (Stoystown), 3. Brad Mellott (Needmore), 4. Tony Jackson (Newville), 5. Craig Perigo (Stoystown), 6. Brandon Shearer (Mount Joy), 7. Eric Walker (Gettysburg), 8. Luke Lenker (Mechanicsburg), 9. Scott Smith (Dallastown), 10. Sam Leonard (Marysville), 11. Transtan Stoner (Greencastle), 12. Chad Baker (Mechanicsburg), 13. Donnie Farlling (New Paris), 14. Brad Kling (Mt. Union), 15. Joey Hershey (Greencastle), 16. Billy Doyle (Dry Run), 17. Josh Smith (Asper), 18. Kirk Baker (Hustontown) DNF, 19. Cooper Shue (York) DNF, 20. Rohan Beasley (Mechanicsburg) DNF.
600 Sprints: 1. Tanner Pressley (Lewisberry), 2. Alec Quiggle (Dover), 3. Brad Weber, 4. Kameron Morral (Hagerstown, Md.), 5. Brian Kramer (Lititz), 6. Travis Keiser (Thomasville), 7. Jason Sechrist (Myerstown), 8. Randy Kunkle Jr. (Dover), 9. Rodney Westhafer (Mechanicsburg), 10. Dakota Sheaffer (Gardners), 11. Brent Ely (Sassamansville), 12. Jim Young (Johnstown), 13. Grady McGrew (Gettysburg), 14. Cole Dewease (Fayetteville), 15. Lauren Stringfellow, 16. Brandon Shearer (Mount Joy), 17. Taylor Smith DNF, 18. Connor Fetrow (Manchester) DNF, 19. Izzy Landis DNF, 20. Chris Gearhart DNF, 21. Mike Sherman (Mechanicsburg) DNF, 22. Chase Robinson (Dover) DNF, 23. Heath Walton (Mifflintown) DNF.
Limited Late Models: 1. Lane Snook (Mifflintown), 2. Mike Walls (St. Thomas), 3. Taylor Farlling (Newville), 4. Jaxton Garman (Elliottsburg), 5. Steve Lowery (Chambersburg), 6. Kenny Yoder (Allensville), 7. Randy Burkholder (Chambersburg), 8. Brandon Little (Newville), 9. Arden Fedder (Elliottsburg), 10. Gunner Walls (St. Thomas), 11. Harold Ranck Jr. (Thompsontown), 12. Dalton Bachman (Selinsgrove) DNF, 13. Dylan Brown (Manchester, Md.) DNF.
