(SOUTH AMHERST, OH) The second edition of the Jackpot Nationals at The County is now in the books and when the dust settled, the second edition might be the best yet.
Friday’s program kicked off the Jackpot Nationals Weekend with 40 Modifieds in the pit area Friday afternoon, the 2-day event started with Sliman’s of Amherst Modified Qualifying just after a brief rain shower hit the track. With cooler temperatures that all day Inaugural Jackpot Nationals at The County winner Spencer Stineman set fast time with a lap of 15.182 seconds. Terry Groner, Jonathan Gatton, Bryce Allensworth, and Zack Miller picked up Heat Race wins and punched their ticket to the $7500 to Win Jackpot Nationals Feature event. Parker Ennes and Nathan Embree won the Duel Races.
44 Compacts were also on hand to try their luck with the Jackpot. Sheldon Sommers took top honors in qualifying with a lap of 16.486 seconds. Tim Kalp, Alex Coursen, LJ Stanley, and Seth Yehl won the four heat races punching their ticket to the $2500 to win Compact Jackpot. Erik Johnson and Zach Myers won the Compact Duels.
The Perfection Fabricators Grand Nationals joined the Friday portion of the event and it was Will Yuravak taking the Feature Win over Joe Pugh. Dan Smith (3rd), Brenton Beal (4th) and Aaron White (5th) completed the top five Brenton Beal and Joe Pugh scored heat race victories.
The Factory Stocks completed the Friday portion of the Jackpot Nationals, Ernest Phillips was able to complete the clean sweep of the night, taking the fast qualifier award, winning the heat and taking the Feature win. Tim Jayes (2nd), Roy Lowe (3rd), Shawn Bubsey (4th) and Veronica Jayes (5th) completed the top five.
Saturday brought a much warmer day, and a full night of racing with the late addition of the Perfection Fabricators Grand Nationals to the program. The Sliman’s Modifieds and Compacts would run a Features only program featuring the A and B Mains.
Chase Wiggins was able to hit the Jackpot first, winning the action packed Perfection Fabricators Grand National Feature event over Dan Smith (2nd), Trent Aslaksen (3rd), Brenton Beal (4th) and Josh Ansell (5th). Wiggins and Rich Dewitt, Jr scored the Heat Race victories.
The main event, The Jackpot Nationals At The County 75 lap $7,500 to win feature event was next. Initially Colt Locker raced his easy into the Jackpot Nationals but was disqualified in technical inspection following the B-Main, second place finisher John Gatton, Jr. was then moved to the A-Main. With a field of 25 set, Parker Ennes and Nathan Embree, by way of their Duel Wins Friday night were set to lead the field to green. Ennes and Embree battled for the lead but ultimately Jordan Gatton took the lead away. Gatton held onto the lead for nearly half of the race. As the race neared the 2/3rd mark, Matt Dimit, who had raced through the field from the 12th starting position to second. Dimit tried high and low, but Gatton held on to the lead. Dimit committed to the top groove and made the pass stick on Gatton on lap 48. From there Dimit drove away through a clean finish to the race. As the laps wound down, Dimit extended his lead to over 2 seconds as Gatton dropped back and other contenders emerged. When the checkered flag flew, Dimit had a 2.8 second lead over second place Brian Nester, who battled from the 13th starting position. Defending Jackpot Winner Spencer Stineman finished third, Jordan Gatton held on to fourth with Nick Clemons completing the top five finishers.
Brandon Weigel scored the Compact Jackpot Feature win after watching two leaders go up in clouds of smoke. Both Justin Phillips and Zach Myers appeared to be on their way to victory in the 50 lap Compact A-Main before Phillips broke an axle and Myers lost an engine. Following Weigel across the finish line were second place Matt Elsey, Sr., who started 24th, Ben Watson (3rd) after a late race trip over the turn 3 hill, Vinny Cicconetti (4th) and Hayden Nails (5th) completed the top five. Richie Gregory scored the B-Main victory and started at the tail of the 50 lap Compact Jackpot A-Main.
Lorain Raceway Park is back in action Saturday, July 5th with the Ohio Wheelman Series taking to the ⅜ mile. The Perfection Fabricators Grand Nationals and Factory Stocks will complete the program with a Juicebox race at intermission.
Lorain Raceway Park is located in South Amherst, Ohio just 35 minutes west of Cleveland and just minutes away from the Ohio Turnpike (I-80) exit for Ohio Route 58. For 76 years, Lorain Raceway Park has been the “Fastest Party in Lorain County”. With action and activities for all ages, Lorain Raceway Park is your destination for “Fast & Affordable Family Fun”.
Saturday Results
Modifieds
A Feature 1 (75 Laps): 1. 7D-Matt Dimit[12]; 2. 11-Brian Nester[13]; 3. 37-Spencer Stineman[7]; 4. 88-Jordan Gatton[4]; 5. 34-Nick Clemens[6]; 6. 12-Bubba Smith[14]; 7. 89-Johnathon Gatton[18]; 8. 07-Parker Ennes[1]; 9. 331-Michael Stone[8]; 10. 30-Preston Walker[10]; 11. 16-Rick Groetsch[23]; 12. 51-Rick Elkins[15]; 13. 13-Kenny Feister Jr[11]; 14. 10-Nathan Embree[2]; 15. 21A-Bryce Allensworth[19]; 16. 86-Zack Miller[20]; 17. 00-Terry Groner[17]; 18. 25-Steven Drew[24]; 19. 27-Matthew Winningham[21]; 20. 31-Doug Meyer[5]; 21. 64-Brandon Lemmerman[9]; 22. 66-Jeremy Menninger[16]; 23. 99-John Gatton Jr[25]; 24. 37T-TJ Stineman[3]; 25. 32-Norm Taylor[22]
B Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 99-John Gatton Jr[4]; 2. 82-Bob Sibila Jr[7]; 3. 93-Thomas Mays[1]; 4. 26-Jason Drew[5]; 5. 61-Brad Springer[11]; 6. 21-Sam Bigham[13]; 7. 16W-Adam White[3]; 8. 7X-Andy Booten[8]; 9. 38-Shawn Lewis[12]; 10. 11W-Jimmy Whittredge[10]; 11. 79-Steve Jones[6]; 12. 17-Kurt Hennings[9]; 13. (DQ) 51L-Colt Locker[2]
44 entries
Chargers
A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 01-Brandon Weigel[9]; 2. 36-Matt Elsey Sr[26]; 3. 18W-Ben Watson[11]; 4. 25-Vinny Cicconetti[8]; 5. 3-Hayden Nails[12]; 6. 17-Jaden McCall[3]; 7. 07-LJ Stanley[19]; 8. 753-Trey Gregory[24]; 9. 92-Chris Nicastro[22]; 10. 3NY-Zach Myers[2]; 11. 12-Justin Philips[4]; 12. 57-Blaze Bacon[14]; 13. 12P-Coty Phillips[23]; 14. 47-Erik Johnson[1]; 15. 8NY-Dylan Napier[10]; 16. 27-Matthew Elsey Jr[27]; 17. 58-Andrew McCall[7]; 18. 37-Kenny Betts Jr[6]; 19. 8Y-Seth Yehl[20]; 20. 8-Bryant McCoy[5]; 21. 3C-Alex Coursen[18]; 22. 45T-Tim Kalp II[17]; 23. 00G-Richie Gregory[25]; 24. 00-Russ Bulger Jr[15]; 25. (DNS) 87-Sheldon Sommers; 26. (DNS) 15-Kyle Finlayson; 27. (DNS) 18-Andrew Phillips
B Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 00G-Richie Gregory[7]; 2. 9-Gavin Roup[6]; 3. 88-Clay Lusk[9]; 4. 77M-Mikey Oldenburgh[3]; 5. 11-Kerek Ball[5]; 6. 13-Wayne Anielski III[10]; 7. 77S-Jason Stanfield[1]; 8. 08-Nathan Perez[2]; 9. 28-James Morrison[4]; 10. (DNS) 47S-Erik Johnson BU
17 entries
Grand Nationals
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 22-Chase Wiggins[6]; 2. 71-Dan Smith[5]; 3. 3-Trent Aslaksen[10]; 4. 79-Brenton Beal[3]; 5. 320-Josh Ansell[1]; 6. 83B-Doug Beall[8]; 7. 16-Rich Dewitt Jr[2]; 8. 29-Shane Moyers[9]; 9. 15-Will Yuravak[7]; 10. (DNS) 51-Carl Smith
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Rich Dewitt Jr[4]; 2. 79-Brenton Beal[5]; 3. 320-Josh Ansell[3]; 4. 83B-Doug Beall[2]; 5. 29-Shane Moyers[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Chase Wiggins[3]; 2. 71-Dan Smith[2]; 3. 51-Carl Smith[1]; 4. 15-Will Yuravak[4]
Qualifying 1: 1. 15-Will Yuravak, 00:17.061[17]; 2. 22-Chase Wiggins, 00:17.183[16]; 3. 71-Dan Smith, 00:17.314[14]; 4. 51-Carl Smith, 00:17.496[13]; 5. 79-Brenton Beal, 00:17.517[3]; 6. 16-Rich Dewitt Jr, 00:17.524[5]; 7. 320-Josh Ansell, 00:17.881[1]; 8. 83B-Doug Beall, 00:18.112[4]; 9. 29-Shane Moyers, 00:18.625[9]; 10. (DNS) 3-Trent Aslaksen; 11. (DNS) 5-Brandon Halcomb; 12. (DNS) 7-Bobby Justice; 13. (DNS) 58-Jared McCullough; 14. (DNS) 72-Charlie Parker; 15. (DNS) 50-Joe Pugh; 16. (DNS) 72S-Brad Smith; 17. (DNS) 8-Aaron White
Friday Results
Modifieds
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 00-Terry Groner[1]; 2. 27-Matthew Winningham[3]; 3. 7X-Andy Booten[2]; 4. 99-John Gatton Jr[4]; 5. 17-Kurt Hennings[5]; 6. 21-Sam Bigham[6]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 89-Johnathon Gatton[1]; 2. 32-Norm Taylor[2]; 3. 82-Bob Sibila Jr[3]; 4. 16W-Adam White[5]; 5. 11W-Jimmy Whittredge[4]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 21A-Bryce Allensworth[1]; 2. 16-Rick Groetsch[3]; 3. 79-Steve Jones[5]; 4. 51L-Colt Locker[2]; 5. 61-Brad Springer[4]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 86-Zack Miller[1]; 2. 25-Steven Drew[3]; 3. 26-Jason Drew[2]; 4. 93-Thomas Mays[5]; 5. 38-Shawn Lewis[4]
Qualifying 1: 1. 37-Spencer Stineman, 00:15.182[33]; 2. 7D-Matt Dimit, 00:15.232[5]; 3. 11-Brian Nester, 00:15.270[28]; 4. 66-Jeremy Menninger, 00:15.276[25]; 5. 31-Doug Meyer, 00:15.334[26]; 6. 12-Bubba Smith, 00:15.348[31]; 7. 51-Rick Elkins, 00:15.350[8]; 8. 30-Preston Walker, 00:15.361[37]; 9. 13-Kenny Feister Jr, 00:15.399[11]; 10. 331-Michael Stone, 00:15.402[35]; 11. 64-Brandon Lemmerman, 00:15.404[20]; 12. 34-Nick Clemens, 00:15.409[4]; 13. 07-Parker Ennes, 00:15.412[10]; 14. 88-Jordan Gatton, 00:15.418[14]; 15. 37T-TJ Stineman, 00:15.427[34]; 16. 24-Buddy Gray, 00:15.432[15]; 17. 10-Nathan Embree, 00:15.443[9]; 18. 00-Terry Groner, 00:15.444[17]; 19. 89-Johnathon Gatton, 00:15.455[13]; 20. 21A-Bryce Allensworth, 00:15.455[1]; 21. 86-Zack Miller, 00:15.467[27]; 22. 7X-Andy Booten, 00:15.496[3]; 23. 32-Norm Taylor, 00:15.511[36]; 24. 51L-Colt Locker, 00:15.519[22]; 25. 26-Jason Drew, 00:15.530[6]; 26. 27-Matthew Winningham, 00:15.539[40]; 27. 82-Bob Sibila Jr, 00:15.542[30]; 28. 16-Rick Groetsch, 00:15.565[16]; 29. 25-Steven Drew, 00:15.587[7]; 30. 99-John Gatton Jr, 00:15.606[12]; 31. 11W-Jimmy Whittredge, 00:15.634[39]; 32. 61-Brad Springer, 00:15.640[32]; 33. 38-Shawn Lewis, 00:15.699[21]; 34. 17-Kurt Hennings, 00:15.770[18]; 35. 16W-Adam White, 00:15.775[38]; 36. 79-Steve Jones, 00:15.795[19]; 37. 93-Thomas Mays, 00:15.820[23]; 38. 21-Sam Bigham, 00:16.023[2]; 39. (DNS) 66M-Louis McGrath; 40. (DNS) 4-Gage Sauer
Special 1 (10 Laps): 1. 07-Parker Ennes[2]; 2. 37T-TJ Stineman[1]; 3. 31-Doug Meyer[6]; 4. 37-Spencer Stineman[8]; 5. 64-Brandon Lemmerman[3]; 6. 13-Kenny Feister Jr[4]; 7. 11-Brian Nester[7]; 8. 51-Rick Elkins[5]
Special 2 (10 Laps): 1. 10-Nathan Embree[1]; 2. 88-Jordan Gatton[2]; 3. 34-Nick Clemens[3]; 4. 331-Michael Stone[4]; 5. 30-Preston Walker[5]; 6. 7D-Matt Dimit[8]; 7. 12-Bubba Smith[6]; 8. 66-Jeremy Menninger[7]
44 entries
Chargers
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 45T-Tim Kalp II[2]; 2. 18-Andrew Phillips[4]; 3. 00G-Richie Gregory[1]; 4. 77M-Mikey Oldenburgh[3]; 5. (DNS) 47S-Erik Johnson BU
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 3C-Alex Coursen[1]; 2. 92-Chris Nicastro[2]; 3. 9-Gavin Roup[3]; 4. 13-Wayne Anielski III[4]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 07-LJ Stanley[2]; 2. 12P-Coty Phillips[1]; 3. 11-Kerek Ball[3]; 4. 08-Nathan Perez[4]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 8Y-Seth Yehl[1]; 2. 753-Trey Gregory[2]; 3. 28-James Morrison[3]; 4. 77S-Jason Stanfield[4]
Qualifying 1: 1. 87-Sheldon Sommers, 00:16.486[38]; 2. 3NY-Zach Myers, 00:16.549[25]; 3. 01-Brandon Weigel, 00:16.595[42]; 4. 8NY-Dylan Napier, 00:16.679[27]; 5. 47-Erik Johnson, 00:16.696[18]; 6. 25-Vinny Cicconetti, 00:16.699[8]; 7. 58-Andrew McCall, 00:16.701[21]; 8. 12-Justin Philips, 00:16.712[31]; 9. 3-Hayden Nails, 00:16.746[26]; 10. 8-Bryant McCoy, 00:16.746[23]; 11. 18W-Ben Watson, 00:16.750[41]; 12. 15-Kyle Finlayson, 00:16.798[14]; 13. 17-Jaden McCall, 00:16.912[22]; 14. 57-Blaze Bacon, 00:17.068[2]; 15. 37-Kenny Betts Jr, 00:17.091[5]; 16. 00-Russ Bulger Jr, 00:17.091[6]; 17. 00G-Richie Gregory, 00:17.144[16]; 18. 3C-Alex Coursen, 00:17.207[10]; 19. 12P-Coty Phillips, 00:17.374[33]; 20. 8Y-Seth Yehl, 00:17.488[43]; 21. 45T-Tim Kalp II, 00:17.769[19]; 22. 92-Chris Nicastro, 00:17.791[28]; 23. 07-LJ Stanley, 00:17.874[40]; 24. 753-Trey Gregory, 00:17.936[17]; 25. 77M-Mikey Oldenburgh, 00:17.945[29]; 26. 9-Gavin Roup, 00:18.004[36]; 27. 11-Kerek Ball, 00:18.098[3]; 28. 28-James Morrison, 00:18.354[24]; 29. 18-Andrew Phillips, 00:18.565[32]; 30. 13-Wayne Anielski III, 00:18.976[1]; 31. 08-Nathan Perez, 00:19.216[30]; 32. 77S-Jason Stanfield, 00:19.372[39]; 33. 47S-Erik Johnson BU, 00:19.383[44]; 34. (DNS) 3B-Kyle Bates; 35. (DNS) 11NY-John Byrd; 36. (DNS) 25BU-Vinny Cicconetti BU; 37. (DNS) 8D-Jason Deal; 38. (DNS) 36-Matt Elsey Sr; 39. (DNS) 27-Matthew Elsey Jr; 40. (DNS) 59-Brayden Furbay; 41. (DNS) 88-Clay Lusk; 42. (DNS) 87NY-Evan Reardon; 43. (DNS) 68X-Corbin Robinson; 44. (DNS) 33-Daniel Simons
Special 1 (10 Laps): 1. 47-Erik Johnson[6]; 2. 17-Jaden McCall[2]; 3. 8-Bryant McCoy[4]; 4. 58-Andrew McCall[5]; 5. 01-Brandon Weigel[7]; 6. 18W-Ben Watson[3]; 7. 87-Sheldon Sommers[8]; 8. 00-Russ Bulger Jr[1]
Special 2 (10 Laps): 1. 3NY-Zach Myers[8]; 2. 12-Justin Philips[5]; 3. 37-Kenny Betts Jr[1]; 4. 25-Vinny Cicconetti[6]; 5. 8NY-Dylan Napier[7]; 6. 3-Hayden Nails[4]; 7. 57-Blaze Bacon[2]; 8. (DNS) 15-Kyle Finlayson
15 entries
Grand Nationals
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 15-Will Yuravak[8]; 2. 50-Joe Pugh[3]; 3. 71-Dan Smith[7]; 4. 79-Brenton Beal[1]; 5. 8-Aaron White[2]; 6. 320-Josh Ansell[12]; 7. 72S-Brad Smith[9]; 8. 83B-Doug Beall[13]; 9. 3-Trent Aslaksen[6]; 10. 22-Chase Wiggins[5]; 11. 58-Jared McCullough[11]; 12. 29-Shane Moyers[14]; 13. 51-Carl Smith[4]; 14. (DNS) 72-Charlie Parker
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Brenton Beal[7]; 2. 320-Josh Ansell[3]; 3. 72S-Brad Smith[6]; 4. 58-Jared McCullough[4]; 5. 72-Charlie Parker[5]; 6. (DNS) 29-Shane Moyers; 7. (DQ) 83B-Doug Beall[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Joe Pugh[2]; 2. 15-Will Yuravak[7]; 3. 22-Chase Wiggins[4]; 4. 3-Trent Aslaksen[5]; 5. 71-Dan Smith[6]; 6. 51-Carl Smith[3]; 7. 8-Aaron White[1]
Qualifying 1: 1. 15-Will Yuravak, 00:17.006[15]; 2. 71-Dan Smith, 00:17.046[12]; 3. 3-Trent Aslaksen, 00:17.148[2]; 4. 22-Chase Wiggins, 00:17.184[14]; 5. 51-Carl Smith, 00:17.202[11]; 6. 50-Joe Pugh, 00:17.284[9]; 7. 8-Aaron White, 00:17.362[13]; 8. 79-Brenton Beal, 00:17.413[3]; 9. 72S-Brad Smith, 00:17.726[10]; 10. 72-Charlie Parker, 00:17.841[8]; 11. 58-Jared McCullough, 00:17.992[6]; 12. 320-Josh Ansell, 00:18.219[1]; 13. 83B-Doug Beall, 00:18.233[4]; 14. 29-Shane Moyers, 00:19.693[7]; 15. (DNS) 7-Bobby Justice
6 entries
Factory Stocks
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 91-Ernest Phillips[4]; 2. 80-Tim Jayes[2]; 3. 19-Roy Lowe[3]; 4. 70-Rebel Clapp[6]; 5. 60-Veronica Jayes[1]; 6. (DNS) 68-Jerry Ward
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Ernest Phillips[4]; 2. 19-Roy Lowe[3]; 3. 80-Tim Jayes[2]; 4. 60-Veronica Jayes[1]; 5. 70-Rebel Clapp[6]; 6. (DNS) 68-Jerry Ward
Qualifying 1: 1. 91-Ernest Phillips, 00:18.383[4]; 2. 19-Roy Lowe, 00:18.545[3]; 3. 80-Tim Jayes, 00:18.715[1]; 4. 60-Veronica Jayes, 00:18.943[2]
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