By Mike Swanger
For the first time this season, all five classes took on Orrville’s Historic Oval with a huge display of fireworks, thanks to Doug Drown and crew, just past night fall as each feature winner took home trophies thanks to O’Reilly’s Auto Parts as employees of the Hill International Truck Company were in attendance. In the Pine Tree Towing & Recovery Sprint feature, Strasburg’s Henry Malcuit grabbed the lead as Trey Jacobs would keep the pressure on as Chris Myers, Danny Mumaw and Seth Sabo were close behind in a race for third. With five laps to go, Jacobs dropped from the action and then two laps later, Mumaw would break a left front wheel to end his night. On the restart, Malcuit and his Sugarcreek Cartage, McIntosh Oil and Red Malcuit Inc. #70 would pull away as Sabo edged past Myers for second but ran out of laps trying to catch Malcuit. Jacob Begenwald and Rayce Jacobs filled out the top five.
J.R Gentry and Kyle Moore tossed the lead back and forth in the opening laps of the Malcuit Tavern Super Late Model main. Mansfield’s Moore would put the McKenzie Concrete, Kepling Flooring and Team Midwest Paint #1* in the lead for good on lap 8. Several cautions would keep the field bunched together for most of the race and on a lap 21 restart, Gentry would stop in turn one, giving up second place and putting Doug Drown in second as Caiden Black was now in third. Neither could mount a challenge on Moore and with the win, he has a guaranteed spot in the upcoming Summer Nationals on Sunday, July 12. Drown and Black would finish second and third as Ryan Markham recovered from an early caution to take fourth as Larry Bellman pocketed fifth.
Following the fireworks display, the Canton Glass House Super Stocks took to the track and Rocky Kugel of Calcutta would set the pace with Braden Tucke in hot pursuit until lap 13 when mechanical woes put him out of the race. Brandon Craver would move into second but could not challenge Kugel and his Myers Service Center, Well’s Investment Properties and Kozar Excavating #0. Jose Marsh worked his way into a third place finish with Ryan Top and Matt Hensel rounding out the top five.
Mikey Wilson and Michael Altobelli dueled back and forth for the lead at the start of the Flynn’s Tire & Auto Modified feature as Mansfield’s Kyle Moore powered his way to third from his fifth starting spot. A red flag came out at the halfway mark for David Bodkins and on the restart, Moore quickly zipped past Wilson and Altobelli, who would pull off with three laps to go, and take the Shortstop, United Concrete and Joyride Transport #21d to the Summit Racing Victory Circle. Wilson would win the race for second over Arp as Took Wiles secured fourth ahead of Michael Amick.
For all fifteen laps of the Joyride Transport Sport Compact feature, it was a two car battle for the win as Jeromesville’s Kyle Petit had David Potter on his rear bumper the whole race as Potter tried every trick in the book but never could overtake the Down and Dirty Cleaning Services, Friendly Wholesale and Hardridge Restoration #23p of Petit. Peyton Davis, Bryan Baker and Jacob Syx filled in the top five.
Next Saturday night the Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association will add to the Pine Tree Towing & Recovery Sprint along with the Malcuit Tavern Super Late Models, the Flynn’s Tire & Auto Modifieds, the Canton Glass House Super Stock and the Joyride Transport Sport Compacts as gates will open at 3 pm and racing at 7 pm.
WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday. June 27, 2026
PINE TREE TOWING & RECOVERY SPRINTS
Fast Qualifier Henry Malcuit 14.874 seconds
Henthorn Golf Cart Sales Heat 1 Henry Malcuit, Danny Mumaw, Seth Sabo, Jacob Begenwald, Cody Stillion, Jamie Myers, Tyler Street
TruForm Race Products Heat 2 Trey Jacobs, Chris Myers, Tanner Tecco, Rayce Jacobs, Shawn Hubler, Anthony Gaskins
Feature Henry Malcuit, Seth Sabo, Chris Myers, Jacob Begenwald, Rayce Jacobs, Cody Stillion, Shawn Hubler, Danny Mumaw, Trey Jacobs, Jamie Myers, Tyler Street
MALCUIT TAVERN SUPER LATE MODELS
Fast Qualifier J R Gentry 17.407 seconds
Henthorn Golf Cart Sales Heat 1 J R Gentry, Larry Bellman, Wes Morrison, Justin Chance, Doug Hensel, Todd Brennan
TruForm Race Products Heat 2 Kyle Moore, Cody Scott, Ryan Markham, Billy Dawson, Jim Gingery, Emma Markham
Hutch Xtrem e Race Photos Heat 3 Caiden Black, Doug Drown, Mike Bores, Nick Cox, Race Gardiner, Tom Denzinger
Feature Kyle Moore, Doug Drown, Caiden Black, Ryan Markham, Larry Bellman, J R Gentry, Todd Brennan, Mike Bores, Nick Cox, Cody Scott, Billy Dawson, Wes Morrison, Race Gardiner, Doug Hensel, Tom Denzinger, Justin Chance, Emma Markham, Jim Gingery
FLYNN’S TIRE & AUTO MODIFIEDS
Fast Qualifier Mikey Wilson 18.567 seconds
Henthorn Golf Cart Sales Heat 1 Mikey Wilson, Nathaniel Arp, Matt Holcomb, Michael Amick, D J Miller, Ron Hamlin, David Casey
TruForm Race Products Heat 2 Michael Altobelli, Kyle Moore, Tristen Bickford, Jimmy Humphrey, Ethan Eckelbarger, Ron Miller, Jesse Griffitts
Hutch Xtreme Race Photos Heat 3 Took Wiles, Mitchell Lam, Josh Hlad, Denny Benjamin, David Bodkins, Mayla Johnson
Feature Kyle Moore, Mikey Wilson, Nathaniel Arp, Took Wiles, Michael Amick, Jimmy Humphrey, Tristen Bickford, Mitchell Lam, Josh Hlad, Jesse Griffitts, D J Miller, Denny Benjamin, Matt Holcomb, Ron Miller, Ron Hamlin, Michael Altobelli, David Bodkins, Ethan Eckelbarger, Mayla Johnson, David Casey
CANTON GLASS HOUSE SUPER STOCKS
Fast Qualifier Josh Morrow 20.517 seconds
Henthorn Golf Cart Sales Heat 1 Rocky Kugel, Codee Schneider, Colton Cook, Josh Morrow, Denny Shear, Dusty Tuttle, Carl Coleman
TruForm Race Products Heat 2 Braden Tucke, Brandon Craver, Billy Dawson, Jose Marsh, Matt Hensel, Jason Jones, Larry Baldwin, Ryan Tope, Mark Edwards
Feature Rocky Kugel, Brandon Craver, Jose Marsh, Ryan Tope, Matt Hensel, Colton Cook, Carl Coleman, Braden Tucke, Dusty Tuttle, Larry Baldwin, Jason Jones. Billy Dawson, Denny Shear, Josh Morrow, Codee Schneider, Mark Edwards
JOYRIDE TRANSPORT SPORT COMPACTS
Henthorn Golf Cart Sales Heat 1 David Potter, Moose Workman, Bryan Baker, Jacob Syx, Don Lehman, Zachary Carter
TruForm Race Products Heat 2 Kyle Pettit, Doug Hensel, Trent Bishop, Peyton Davis, Todd Gallion, Johnny Bruce
Feature Kyle Petit, David Potter, Peyton Davis, Bryan Baker, Jacob Syx, Zachary Carter, Don Lehman, Moose Workman, Doug Hensel, Trent Bishop, Todd Gallion, Johnny Bruce
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