5/3/2014
Kears Speed Shop
Kyle Simmons Wins Waynsfield Opener
The Buckeye Machine Non Wing Sprints took the track with a strong field of twenty for their twenty-five lap A-Main. The feature started off on a rough note as the 25B of Mark Blausey went upside by the entrance of the pit area as cars were being pushed off for the A-Main. The red flag was thrown and Blausey climbed out under his own power. Reports say Blausey was trying to get some heat is his tires when he made light contact with another competitor that sent up the banking and upside down. The car was removed with a wreaker as cars were pushed off again. Jimmy Snead and Andy Conley brought the field to Adam Brimmer’s green flag with Conley winning the drag race into turn two. It did not take long for turn two to act up again bringing out the only caution for the 41J of Jeremy Powley. Powley was pushed off and racing resumed. On the restart track officials noticed a bright red glow coming from the wheel of Jerry Duposki. It was confirmed to be a hot rotor and Duposki was alerted via his one-way communication radio. Back at the front of the field, the 23S of Kyle Simon and the 2B of Mike Dunlap began to catch Andy Conley who was beginning to get caught up in lap traffic. After numerous lead changes and slide jobs, Kyle Simon came away with victory, Mike Dunlap in second, and Andy Conley in third.
In the Performance Powder Coating AMSA Mini Sprints, twenty-two competitors signed in with eighteen of those taking the green flag of the 20 lap feature event. Micheal Helterbran and Riley VanHise led the field to green flag with Helterbran winning the drag race off turn one. The sole female competitor, Becca Stiefel and veteran driver Rod Henning began closing in on Helterbran early in the A-Main. The 28H of Rod Henning, who was sitting a few positions back, watched the action unfold and waited to make his move on the leader. As the halfway signal was given to the field, Henning began to make his move on the lead pack. He took off like a rocket ship and slid his way right through the lead pack. Time was running out for Henning as he set his sites on the leader Helterbran. Henning managed to get right on Helterbran’s tail with the white flag in the air. He tried one final slide job off of turn four to no success giving Michael Helterbran the victory. Rod Henning finished in second with Becca Stiefel, 2013 runner-up in points, finishing in third.
Submitted By: ANN TUSING
Article Media
