MERCER, PA – The master of Mercer Ralph Quarterson was honored with the 3rd memorial race for him with twin 33 laps features for the 410 sprints and BRP big block modifieds both paying $3300 to win each. 16 year old Leyton Wagner won the biggest race of his career holding off Logan McCandless in the 410s and Garrett Krummert winning the BRP modified portion. Jake Gomola took his 2nd Racesaver 305 sprint win; Brian Schaffer his 5th Fastrak modified; and Andy Thompson his 6th mini stock event this season.
The Wagner name has been around Mercer for many many years and third generation driver leyton picked up the biggest winner of his career but it was not easy as Logan McCandless would hound Wagner for the duration of the event. Wagner would lead from his pole position with McCandless in tow going back-and-forth for the lead doing slide job after slide job on each other. Meanwhile surprise visitor Dale Blaney would battle with Brandon Spithaler for the 3rd position. A yellow on lap 11 would bunch up the field but on the restart Wagner would still be battling McCandless back and forth for the lead but would end up leading every lap to add his name to the historic western pa sprint car championship winners list winning by .387 seconds. McCandless would be 2nd; Dale Blaney 3rd ; Brandon Spithaler 4th and Adam Kekich from the tail would be 5th.
“I started getting nervous on the restarts..he (Logan) was right behind me and I heard him coming but I didn’t know where to run either the top or bottom but I’m proud that I won!!!This means everything for this season ..I wasn’t performing and dad give me a great car at and I’m glad I could win this for the family. The $3300 will definitely help out with this operation. I want to thank the kid who pulled the #1 pill for me as well!!”
McCandless would pick up the $500 dash for cash sponsored by Derek Snyder and self made racing and homer’s sanitary.
Garrett Krummert would overtake Canadian invader Tyler Willard on lap 21 to win the BRP modifed portion of the Ralph Quarterson memorial from his 8th starting position and $3300 dollars.
Garrett would say in victory lane “we were good…when I started 8th I thought I’d be in trouble especially with Rudolph and King and Murdick all knowing how to get around this place. I think we were just a little better on the bottom and the cautions were timed just right.10 years ago we used to race here all the time and raced on the bottom so we just did that again and it worked out!” Rex King jr was 2nd; Dave Murdick 3rd; Erick Rudolph from the pits was 4th and Rick Regalski 5th.
Racesaver 305 sprint 2019 division champ Jake Gomola was not to be denied his 2nd feature win of the year and his 7th career by dominating from the pole position. A 3 car crash in turn 2 which would bunch up the field would be the only way that 14 time winner Jimmy Morris could get around Gomola but it was to no avail as he won by 1.22 seconds over Morris. Vivian Jones finished 3rd; point leader Jeremy Kornbau was 4th and Lance Christie was 5th.
The Fastrak/602 Crate mods would be a survival of the fittest with many cars going off on the hook. Michal Kristyak would lead from the pole and was running a good race until Brian Schaffer from 5th would pass him for the lead on lap 6. Caution would fly and then on the Restart Nathaniel Bale locked his rear end bars with Makayla Guidace’s front end in turn one.Once the cars were untangled a red came out for a hard 3 car pile up involving jolene Smith, Don Cornelius, and Shayne Izzo in turn 4. No driver was injured. One the restart Schaffer was on cruise control winning by 2.68 seconds over Kristyak. Gage Priester, Caden Petry, and Makayla Guidace-Shannon would be 3rd 4th and 5th respectively.
Andy Thompson continued his dominance of the mini stock division by winning his 6th feature of the year. The event got off to a bad start when at least eight cars got together in turn 4 before a lap was even completed. Devin Haley was running strong at the beginning of the race setting the sights on his first career win in the division leading the first five laps until Thompson took over for good on lap six. A few more cautions with one of the race but Thompson would eventually take the win easily by 2.90 seconds over Haley’s as his car erupted into a ball of flame on the pit exit chute.he was OK once the fire was extinguished.Nick robie had his best career finish with 3rd, Will Aley 4th and Josh Eackman 5th.
Scheduled for next week will be a regular four division show plus the 410 sprints come back for 3000 to win.
Mercer 8.13 results
410 Sprints – Winged 14 Entries
A Feature 1
1. 38-Leyton Wagner[1]; 2. 29-Logan McCandless[2]; 3. 32-Dale Blaney[4]; 4. 22-Brandon Spithaler[5]; 5. 5K-Adam Kekich[7]; 6. 6-Bob Felmlee[9]; 7. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr[3]; 8. 11-Carl Bowser[11]; 9. 33-Brent Matus[14]; 10. 08-Danny Kuriger[8]; 11. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[10]; 12. 11J-David Kalb[6]; 13. 13-Brandon Matus[12]; 14. (DNS) 11X-George Englert
Heat 1
1. 29-Logan McCandless[2]; 2. 32-Dale Blaney[1]; 3. 22-Brandon Spithaler[3]; 4. 5K-Adam Kekich[6]; 5. 6-Bob Felmlee[4]; 6. 11-Carl Bowser[7]; 7. 11X-George Englert[5]
Heat 2
1. 38-Leyton Wagner[1]; 2. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr[3]; 3. 11J-David Kalb[2]; 4. 08-Danny Kuriger[4]; 5. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[5]; 6. 13-Brandon Matus[6]; 7. 33-Brent Matus[7]
305 Sprints – Winged 12 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps
1. 4J-Jacob Gamola[2]; 2. 16-Jim Morris[4]; 3. 20M-Vivian Jones[3]; 4. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[6]; 5. 42L-Lance Christie[7]; 6. 82M-Roman Jones[5]; 7. 3-John Jerich[12]; 8. 42-James Pattock[10]; 9. 25-Jarrett Rosencrance[9]; 10. 88-Greg Dobrosky[1]; 11. 12G-Tommy Jasen[8]; 12. 17S-Shane Shook[11]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 88-Greg Dobrosky[1]; 2. 20M-Vivian Jones[2]; 3. 82M-Roman Jones[3]; 4. 42L-Lance Christie[6]; 5. 25-Jarrett Rosencrance[5]; 6. 17S-Shane Shook[4]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 4J-Jacob Gamola[1]; 2. 16-Jim Morris[3]; 3. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[2]; 4. 12G-Tommy Jasen[4]; 5. 42-James Pattock[6]; 6. 3-John Jerich[5]
Sport Compact 20 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps
1. 5-Andy Thompson[10]; 2. 02-Devin Haley[4]; 3. 31-Nick Robie[17]; 4. 9-William Aley[6]; 5. 55-Josh Eakman[16]; 6. 66M-Matt Miller[15]; 7. 79-John McCraken[13]; 8. 33-Brianna Parker[18]; 9. 17J-Mike Salsgiver[14]; 10. 10-Corey Bice[9]; 11. 27B-Nancy Boughner[20]; 12. 23MP-Michael Porterfield[2]; 13. 64-Jordan Reges[1]; 14. C4-Alex Claypoole[3]; 15. 38-Randy Ealy[5]; 16. 029-Ben Aley[8]; 17. 999-Adam Aley[7]; 18. 12N-Joshua Funkhouser[11]; 19. 16-Daniel Hostetler[12]; 20. 10S-trevn schaffer[19]
Heat 1 6 Laps
1. 5-Andy Thompson[1]; 2. 38-Randy Ealy[6]; 3. 23MP-Michael Porterfield[2]; 4. 10-Corey Bice[5]; 5. 79-John McCraken[7]; 6. 55-Josh Eakman[4]; 7. 10S-trevn schaffer[3]
Heat 2 6 Laps
1. 999-Adam Aley[2]; 2. 02-Devin Haley[3]; 3. 64-Jordan Reges[1]; 4. 12N-Joshua Funkhouser[6]; 5. 17J-Mike Salsgiver[5]; 6. 31-Nick Robie[7]; 7. 27B-Nancy Boughner[4]
Heat 3 6 Laps
1. 9-William Aley[1]; 2. C4-Alex Claypoole[4]; 3. 029-Ben Aley[2]; 4. 16-Daniel Hostetler[3]; 5. 66M-Matt Miller[5]; 6. 33-Brianna Parker[6]
Limited Modified 15 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps
1. 41-Brian Schaffer[5]; 2. 404-MIchael Kristyak[2]; 3. 71-Gage Priester[6]; 4. 7P-Caden Petry[1]; 5. 1M-Makayla Guidace[11]; 6. 93-Phill Kapcewich[13]; 7. 02-Jeremy Beichner[12]; 8. 12L-Patrick Lane[9]; 9. 01-Nathaniel Bale[3]; 10. 7-Scott Kay[4]; 11. 14-Jeff Schaffer Jr[8]; 12. 86-Shayne Izzo[7]; 13. 113-Don Cornelius[10]; 14. 25-Jolene Smith[14]; 15. (DNS) 29A-Anthony Antus
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 86-Shayne Izzo[1]; 2. 41-Brian Schaffer[6]; 3. 7-Scott Kay[3]; 4. 404-MIchael Kristyak[7]; 5. 12L-Patrick Lane[4]; 6. 1M-Makayla Guidace[5]; 7. 93-Phill Kapcewich[8]; 8. 29A-Anthony Antus[2]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 71-Gage Priester[1]; 2. 14-Jeff Schaffer Jr[4]; 3. 01-Nathaniel Bale[2]; 4. 7P-Caden Petry[6]; 5. 113-Don Cornelius[3]; 6. 02-Jeremy Beichner[5]; 7. 25-Jolene Smith[7]
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Media Results for 8/13/2022 at Michaels Mercer Raceway – Mercer, PA
410 Sprints – Winged 14 Entries
A Feature 1
1. 38-Leyton Wagner[1]; 2. 29-Logan McCandless[2]; 3. 32-Dale Blaney[4]; 4. 22-Brandon Spithaler[5]; 5. 5K-Adam Kekich[7]; 6. 6-Bob Felmlee[9]; 7. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr[3]; 8. 11-Carl Bowser[11]; 9. 33-Brent Matus[14]; 10. 08-Danny Kuriger[8]; 11. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[10]; 12. 11J-David Kalb[6]; 13. 13-Brandon Matus[12]; 14. (DNS) 11X-George Englert
Heat 1
1. 29-Logan McCandless[2]; 2. 32-Dale Blaney[1]; 3. 22-Brandon Spithaler[3]; 4. 5K-Adam Kekich[6]; 5. 6-Bob Felmlee[4]; 6. 11-Carl Bowser[7]; 7. 11X-George Englert[5]
Heat 2
1. 38-Leyton Wagner[1]; 2. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr[3]; 3. 11J-David Kalb[2]; 4. 08-Danny Kuriger[4]; 5. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[5]; 6. 13-Brandon Matus[6]; 7. 33-Brent Matus[7]