Bradyn Kuhn gave everything he had on Friday night at Path Valley Speedway, but the Greencastle 270 Sprints driver was let down by his new ride, which was seeing action in just its second race of the summer.
One day later — after hours of having its engine rebuilt — Kuhn’s car repaid him in full, and with interest, with a win at Path Valley. The victory, worth $500, was Kuhn’s third of the season.
It was a happy ending to a story that began with a nervewracking twist. Everything was going right for Kuhn on Friday when he set fast time in qualifying and built a comfortable lead over some tough competition in his heat race, but that all changed when an engine cylinder broke. The malfunction, called a “catastrophic failure” by the MBK Motorsports team, put Kuhn and his squad in a tough spot.
With very little time to work after being forced to the consolation race, Kuhn’s team changed out the engine just as the rest of the cars were taking the green flag. Kuhn was a half track behind by the time he got started, but he blasted off for victory in the B-Main to earn the 22nd-starting spot in the feature. From there, he zoomed up 13 spots to take ninth, earn the Hard Charger Award, and set the tone for the next day.
Saturday wasn’t nearly as stressful for Kuhn. He zipped to Victory Lane over Zach Glass, of Fort Loudon, and Teegan Kauffman. On Facebook, the MBK Motorsports team commented on their car, “We’re starting to figure it out and find some good speed with it.”
Kuhn wasn’t the only local standout from a busy weekend at Path Valley.
Friday’s program saw Thunder Cars driver Cameron Defenderfer, of Fayetteville, take second in the Butch Shatzer Memorial makeup race. He was chased by Chambersburg’s Rodney Walls (3rd) and Kevin Bard (6th), and Fayetteville’s Roger Traxler (8th). Another Butch Shatzer makeup race saw Greencastle’s Transtan Stoner roll to a third-place finish in a Wingless Super Sportsman race.
The regularly-scheduled race program on Friday saw Defenderfer and Bard finish third and fifth, respectively, in the Thunder Cars, with Fayetteville’s Cory Myers taking fourth in the 270 Sprints.
Saturday’s program at Path Valley featured several Top 10 finishes from drivers in the Local.News1 coverage area. Stoner posted a third-place finish in the Wingless Super Sportsman feature for the second night in a row, while Gunner Walls took second in the Limited Late Models race and was followed by fellow St. Thomas driver Michael Walls, who took ninth. The Thunder Cars feature was highlighted by top finishes from Greencastle’s Parker Starr (3rd) and Bard (4th).
Hagerstown Speedway hosted the Frank Sagi Tribute on Saturday, with Greencastle’s Gary Stuhler winning the Super Late Models B-Main. He went on to finish 22nd in the feature.
Below is a track-by-track, feature-by-feature look at races from last weekend that included drivers from the Local.News1 coverage area:
Feature results
Path Valley Speedway
Friday, July 11
Wingless Super Sportsman: 1. Tony Jackson (Newville), 2. Steve Wilbur (Mechanicsburg), 3. Brett Perigo (Stoystown), 4. Troy Rhome (Marysville), 5. Dexter Ehrenzeller (McAlisterville), 6. Brandon Shearer (Mount Joy), 7. Cliff Brian Jr. (Ephrata), 8. Eric Walker (Gettysburg), 9. Brad Cowan (Neelyton), 10. Jason Failor (Newville), 11. Luke Lenker (Mechanicsburg), 12. Transtan Stoner (Greencastle), 13. Wyatt Rotz (Spring Run), 14. Donnie Farlling (New Paris), 15. Brad Mellott (Needmore), 16. Dennis Perigo (Stoystown), 17. Billy Doyle (Dry Run), 18. Sam Leonard (Marysville) DNF, 19. Gerry Strawser (Camp Hill) DNF, 20. Brad Kling (Mount Union) DNF.
Wingless Super Sportsman (Butch Shatzer Memorial): 1. Brandon Shearer (Mount Joy), 2. Tony Jackson (Newville), 3. Transtan Stoner (Greencastle), 4. Brett Perigo (Stoystown), 5. Troy Rhome (Marysville), 6. Brad Mellott (Needmore), 7. Steve Wilbur (Mechanicsburg), 8. Sam Leonard (Marysville), 9. Dexter Ehrenzeller (McAlisterville), 10. Eric Walker (Gettysburg), 11. Cliff Brian Jr. (Ephrata), 12. Brad Cowan (Neelyton), 13. Wyatt Rotz (Spring Run), 14. Jason Failor (Newville), 15. Luke Lenker (Mechanicsburg), 16. Brad Kling (Mount Union), 17. Taylor Farlling (Newville), 18. Billy Doyle (Dry Run).
Thunder Cars: 1. Charlie Stallman (Mount Union), 2. Jackson Eutzy (Shippensburg), 3. Cameron Defenderfer (Fayetteville), 4. Kenny Yoder (Allensville), 5. Kevin Bard (Chambersburg), 6. Jeremy Eutzy (Shippensburg), 7. Corey Wagner, 8. Jason Erwin, 9. Brock Foster (McVeytown), 10. Robert McQuade (McConnellsburg), 11. Rodney Walls (Chambersburg), 12. Dustin Moore, 13. Jake Shoup, 14. Doug Sales (St. Thomas), 15. David Yoder, 16. Wesley Young, 17. Jeremy Shoup, 18. Shaun Linn (Shippensburg), 19. Brian Smith, 20. Ronnie Garlock III (Mapleton), 21. Roger Traxler (Fayetteville), 22. Logan Eppley DNF, 23. Michael Danner (Duncannon) DNF, 24. Matt Williamson (Saltillo) DNF.
Thunder Cars (Butch Shatzer Memorial): 1. Robert McQuade (McConnellsburg), 2. Cameron Defenderfer (Fayetteville), 3. Rodney Walls (Chambersburg), 4. Jeremy Eutzy (Shippensburg), 5. Charlie Stallman (Mount Union), 6. Kevin Bard (Chambersburg), 7. Jackson Eutzy (Shippensburg), 8. Roger Traxler (Fayetteville), 9. Brock Foster (McVeytown), 10. Dustin Moore, 11. Kenny Yoder (Allensville), 12. Michael Danner (Duncannon), 13. William Sterner (Elliottsburg), 14. Jeremy Shoup, 15. Jake Shoup, 16. David Yoder, 17. Shaun Linn (Shippensburg), 18. Wesley Young, 19. Brian Smith, 20. Ronnie Garlock III (Mapleton), 21. Earl Tabb DNF.
270 Sprints: 1. Bill Laughman (New Oxford), 2. Ross Perchak, 3. Sean McAndrew (Apollo), 4. Cory Myers (Fayetteville), 5. Mason McAndrew (Apollo), 6. Brett Kauffman, 7. Jason Paisley (Hazleton), 8. Brady Paull (Littlestown), 9. Bradyn Kuhn (Greencastle), 10. Dakota Yeingst (Shippensburg), 11. Travis Hodge (Lewistown), 12. Aidan Crouse (Greencastle), 13. Cameron McClure (Huntingdon), 14. Stephanie Welk (Blairs Mills), 15. Jordan Knable, 16. Chanler Heasley (New Oxford), 17. Mark Gordon, 18. Eric Christman, 19. Stacey Galanis (Hedgesville, W.Va.), 20. Jon Williams (Blairs Mills) DNF, 21. Zach Glass (Fort Loudon) DNF, 22. Gaitlin Kauffman DNF, 23. Teegan Kauffman (McClure) DNF.
Saturday, July 12
Thunder Cars: 1. Jeremy Ott (Carlisle), 2. Aaron Updegraff (Elizabethtown), 3. Parker Starr (Greencastle), 4. Kevin Bard (Chambersburg), 5. Justin Rasp, 6. Jeremy Eutzy (Shippensburg), 7. Nicholas Seibert, 8. Dustin Moore, 9. Devin Thomas (Mercersburg), 10. Cheyenne Ingram, 11. Ronnie Buck (Annville), 12. Bill Sterner (Elliottsburg), 13. Tyler Stine (Shippensburg), 14. Terry Perry, 15. Jackson Eutzy (Shippensburg), 16. Doug Sales (St. Thomas), 17. Jamie Rhone, 18. Michael Danner (Duncannon), 19. Robert McQuade (McConnellsburg) DNF, 20. Kenny Hill DNF, 21. Charlie Stallman (Mount Union) DNF, 22. Corey Wagner DNF, 23. Tara Sales DNF, 24. Brock Foster (McVeytown) DNF.
Limited Late Models: 1. Trent Merkel (Boyertown), 2. Gunner Walls (St. Thomas), 3. Taylor Farlling (Newville), 4. Kyle Moser (East Berlin), 5. Kenny Yoder (Allensville), 6. Gerald Davis (Augusta, W.Va.), 7. Sammy Rial (Etters), 8. Brad McGinnis (Huntingdon), 9. Michael Walls (St. Thomas), 10. Austin Berry (Mifflin), 11. Dawson Walls (St. Thomas), 12. Jennifer Lesher (Halifax), 13. DJ Groft (Woodbine, Md.), 14. Harold Ranck Jr. (Thompsontown), 15. Dalton Bachman (Selinsgrove), 16. Steve Lowery (Chambersburg), 17. Darrel Henry (Elliottsburg), 18. Arden Fedder (Elliottsburg) DNF, 19. John Moser (East Berlin) DNF, 20. Scott Palmer (Greencastle) DNF, 21. Dylan Brown (Manchester, Md.) DNF, 22. Shyann Smith DNF, 23. Cayden Ranck (Thompsontown) DNF, 24. Tyler Bowman (Whitehall) DNF.
Wingless Super Sportsman: 1. Tony Jackson (Newville), 2. Brad Mellott (Needmore), 3. Transtan Stoner (Greencastle), 4. Steve Wilbur (Mechanicsburg), 5. Sam Leonard (Marysville), 6. Brandon Shearer (Mount Joy), 7. Craig Perigo (Stoystown), 8. Eric Walker (Gettysburg), 9. Brad Cowan (Neelyton), 10. Wyatt Rotz (Spring Run), 11. Luke Lenker (Mechanicsburg), 12. Dexter Ehrenzeller (McAlisterville), 13. Jordan Fulton (Newport), 14. Troy Rhome (Marysville), 15. Jason Failor (Newville), 16. Brad Kling (Mount Union), 17. Donnie Farlling (New Paris), 18. Gerry Strawser (Camp Hill), 19. Billy Doyle (Dry Run), 20. Josh Smith (Asper) DNF, 21. Kirk Baker (Hustontown) DNF.
270 Sprints: 1. Bradyn Kuhn (Greencastle), 2. Zach Glass (Fort Loudon), 3. Teegan Kauffman (McClure), 4. Dakota Yeingst (Shippensburg), 5. Brady Paull (Littlestown), 6. Cameron McClure (Huntingdon), 7. Jason Paisley (Hazleton), 8. Brett Kauffman, 9. Jordan Knable, 10. Travis Hodge (Lewistown), 11. Stephanie Welk (Blairs Mills), 12. Brycen Doyle, 13. Mark Gordon, 14. Eric Christman, 15. Jason Houtz (Mifflintown) DNF, 16. Stacey Galanis (Hedgesville, W.Va.) DNF, 17. Aidan Crouse (Greencastle) DNF, 18. Mark Knable DNF.
600 Sprints: 1. Heath Walton (Mifflintown), 2. Connor Fetrow (Manchester), 3. Randy Kunkle Jr. (Dover), 4. Taylor Smith, 5. Jason Sechrist (Myerstown), 6. Dylan Anderson (Three Springs), 7. Tanner Pressley (Lewisberry), 8. Dakota Sheaffer (Gardners), 9. Travis Keiser (Thomasville), 10. Jeremy Harshman (Myersville, Md.), 11. Kaden Wenger (East Berlin), 12. Matthew Morrissey, 13. Brielle Stern (Hanover) DNF, 14. Cole Dewease (Fayetteville) DNF, 15. Cole Armstrong (Duncannon) DNF, 16. Mike Rankin (Elizabethtown) DNF, 17. Aden Myers (Hanover) DNF, 18. Ben Irvin DNF, 19. Cole Thompson (Etters) DNF.
Strictly Stocks: 1. Rusty Garlock (Mapleton), 2. Shane Flaherty (Jonestown), 3. Jesse Matney (Mapleton Depot), 4. Josh Norton (Lewistown), 5. Jimmy Moyer (Lewistown), 6. Shawn Wise (McAlisterville), 7. Jason Goss Sr., 8. Brandon Fisher (Liverpool), 9. Matthew Kauffman, 10. Kolton Martin, 11. Corbin Rosenberry, 12. Justin Williamson (Huntingdon), 13. Jimmy Delozier (Altoona), 14. Nevin Rosenberry, 15. Shawn Williamson (Mapleton) DNF, 16. Malachi Doyle (Chambersburg) DNF, 17. Roger Rhodes III (Gettysburg) DNF, 18. David Shore DNF, 19. Nate Wray (Burnham) DNF, 20. Jaymen Goss DNF, 21. Jed Nessinger (Shermans Dale) DNF.
Hagerstown Speedway
Saturday, July 12
Super Late Models: 1. Gregg Satterlee (Indiana), 2. Matt Cosner (Ridgeley, W.Va.), 3. Trever Feathers (Winchester, Va.), 4. Rick Eckert (York), 5. Kyle Hardy (Stephens City, Va.), 6. Andrew Yoder (Middleburg), 7. Kyle Lee (Mercersburg), 8. Bryan Bernheisel (Jonestown), 9. Kenny Moreland (Waldorf, Md.), 10. Justin Weaver (Clear Spring, Md.), 11. Gene Knaub (Dover), 12. Matt Glanden (Denton, Md.), 13. Matt Sponaugle (Wiley Ford, W.Va.), 14. Shawn Shoemaker (Mount Union), 15. Trevor Collins (Seaford, Del.), 16. Larry Neiderer (Landsivlle), 17. Cody Lear (Manchester, Md.), 18. JT Spence (Winchester, Va.), 19. Braden Jones (Cherryville, N.C.), 20. Brian Booze (Greencastle), 21. Shaun Jones (Shermans Dale), 22. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle), 23. Dave Hollidge (Clements, Md.), 24. Tyler Bare (Rockbridge Baths, Va.), 25. Nathan LaSalle (Everett), 26. Codey Breeden (Fairplay, Md.).
Super Late Models (B-Main): 1. Gary Stuhler (Greencastle), 2. Braden Jones (Cherryville, N.C.), 3. Brian Booze (Greencastle), 4. Nathan LaSalle (Everett), 5. Cody Lear (Manchester, Md.), 6. Codey Breeden (Fairplay, Md.), 7. Dale Murphy (Stevensville, Md.), 8. Wayne Johnson (Hancock, Md.), 9. Kody Lyter (Lewistown), 10. Keith Koontz (Boonsboro, Md.), 11. Danny Snyder (Green Lane), 12. Chase Billet (Dover), 13. Randy Burkholder (Chambersburg).
Port Royal Speedway
Saturday, July 12
410 Sprints: 1. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 2. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 3. Mark Smith (Sunbury), 4. Jake Karklin (Middleburg), 5. Garrett Bard (Wells Tannery), 6. Mike Wagner (Harrisonville), 7. Lucas Wolfe (Mechanicsburg), 8. Logan Wagner (Harrisonville), 9. Michael Walter (Selinsgrove), 10. Gerard McIntyre Jr. (New Oxford), 11. Austin Bishop (Morgantown), 12. Blane Heimbach (Selinsgrove), 13. Derek Hauck (Allenwood), 14. Nash Ely (Sinking Springs), 15. Alex Attard (Mangrove Mountain, NSW), 16. Domenic Melair (Warrington), 17. Devin Adams (Lebanon), 18. Kody Lehman (Enola), 19. Kassidy Kreitz (Sinking Springs), 20. Justin Whittall (Vincentown, N.J.), 21. Mike Thompson (Newtown), 22. Doug Hammaker (Grantville), 23. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 24. Derek Locke (Mechanicsburg).
