MUMAW, BRENNAN, GOFF & KUGEL POST WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY DIRT BLOWOUT WINS; CROPPER CLAIMS SAM HUFFMAN MEMORIAL SPORT COMPACT CHECKERED FLAG

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MUMAW, BRENNAN, GOFF & KUGEL POST WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY DIRT BLOWOUT WINS; CROPPER CLAIMS SAM HUFFMAN MEMORIAL SPORT COMPACT CHECKERED FLAG
Orrville, Ohio
Saturday, September 26, 2026
By Mike Swanger
 Night two of the Bob Schippers Memorial Dirt Blowout Weekend at O’Reilly’s Auto Parts Wayne County Speedway was a night where the drivers were  going to go all out no matter what to get to the Summit Racing victory circle and a lot of drivers didn’t make it that far. Wooster’s Danny Mumaw would start on the pole of the Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association/ Pine Tree Towing and Recovery feature and he would lead all 25 laps. The first few lap would see Jordan Ryan and T J Michael in pursuit of Mumaw with Tyler Street moving into fourth on lap 6. The red flag appeared on the next circuit as Wayne McPeek, Josh Davis and Shawn Hubler coming together on the front stretch with Hubler and Davis tumbling down the track. All drivers were ok and as the green flag reappeared, Street made several challenges on Mumaw as Henry Malcuit powered past Ryan and Michael for third. After a lap 14 caution, Mumaw and his ABR Farms, Hawkins Logging, Chaser’s Drive Thru and Victory Railway #16 would tap the wall in turn four as Street and Malcuit closed in and as those two raced for second, Mumaw opened up a small lead. With the laps clicking off, lap traffic became an issue for the threesome and going into turns three and four, Street went for a slide job on Mumaw but Malcuit slipped under neath of Street to steal second place away as Ryan finished fourth and Bryan Nuckles was fifth. For Mumaw, it was his first win of the season and his second Dirt Blowout win when he won in 2016.
 It was a caution filled opening laps for the Malcuit Tavern Super Late Models as Justin Jones caused the first one and then on the restart Ryan Markham and Justin Chance got tangled up ending their night early. Zanesville’s Todd Brennan led the way once the green flag waved as Doug Drown and J R Gentry followed. On lap six, they went three wide in turn one and coming out of turn two, Drown and Gentry made contact and sent both sliding into the infield. Drown went to the Triple B Heating & Cooling Hot Pit and would return for a couple of laps before he went pit side. Gentry would go to the tail and start to work his way back to the front as Brennan and his Hot Shot 107, B & H Towing, Bella Freight and Fullmoon Contracting #20 had Tyler Evans, Larry Bellman and Matt Aber trailing. Gentry moved into third on lap 14 as Evans ran second with Brennan starting to pull away. With three laps to go, Gentry finally got by Evans for second and closed in on Brennan but ran out of time as the checkered flag waved. Evans finished third followed buy Bellman and Emma Markham scoring her first top five. It was Brennan’s first win of the year at Orrville’s Historic Oval and his third Dirt Blowout win with wins in 2021 and 2022.
 Flemingsburg Ky’s Gage Cropper took the lead from the outside front row and went flag to flag for the Sam Huffman Memorial SCDRA Joyride Transport Sport Compact win. Cautions and a red flag kept he field bunched together as the red came out on lap three as a lot of contact between several cars going down the back stretch into turn four would see Johnny Bruce going into the guardrail and flipping several times and Brayden Watts, Friday’s winner, also rolling over and David Potter’s car receiving damage but he would continue. As the green flag waved again, Chris Wise would keep the pressure on Cropper with Zach Kisner in third as Cody Musselman and Brad Hensel kept swapping fourth and fifth. Wise smacked the turn one wall with three laps to go ending his chance of a win. Cropper and his Camargo Tire Outlet, Skipper’s River Cafe & Steamboat Marina, A A Safe Storage and Creekside Spirits & More pulled away for his first ever win at WCS. Zach Kisner finished second as Musselman out dueled Hensel for third with Patrick Willbarger rounding out the top five.
 A pair of Zanesville drivers battled for the Flynn’s Tire & Auto Modified win with Brad Goff collecting his first win of the year and his third Dirt Blowout as he had back to back wins in 2023 and 2024. Driving the Zanesville Dumpsters, BGT, and Stakt #41, Goff kept Jess Hartman and bay, who had Jason King on his bumper. King would take second away from Hartman on lap 15 and then on the next circuit would edge past Goff for the lead. King’s time out front lasted less than a lap as in turn four, he would get sideways and allow both Goff and Hartman to get back around. Goff held off Hartman on the last lap for the win as King held on to third ahead of Josh Hlad and Ron Hamlin.
 Braden Tucke started on the pole of the Canton Glass House Super Stock feature and led the way for the first two laps until Rocky Kugel took over. The  Calcutta native and his Myers Service Center, Wells Investments, Kosar Excavating and Schaffer Racing Oil #0 held off hard charging Jose Marsh and Jason Flory, who both had to come from the back of the field after spinning out at the same time in turn one on the second lap. Lap five would see both Marsh and Flory up to second and third. Both had chances but Kugel would hold them off and notch his third win of the season and his first Dirt Blowout win. Flory finished second as Tucke got back around Marsh for third as Matt Hensel filled out the top five.

410 Sprints – Winged 29 Entries

A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:25:13.908

1. 16-Danny Mumaw[2]; 2. 70-Henry Malcuit[5]; 3. 7*-Tyler Street[4]; 4. 25R-Jordan Ryan[3]; 5. 59-Bryan Nuckles[12]; 6. 8T-Tanner Tecco[7]; 7. 19-TJ Michael[1]; 8. 81-Rayce Jacobs[18]; 9. 1-Jamie Myers[13]; 10. 1B-Keith Baxter[10]; 11. 31-Jac Nickles[11]; 12. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[19]; 13. 25-Cody Stillion; 14. 27-Zach Morrow; 15. 00K-Anthony Gaskins[20]; 16. 83X-Nate Reeser[9]; 17. 5E-Bobby Elliott[8]; 18. 1MC-Wayne McPeek[16]; 19. 11-Shawn Hubler[14]; 20. 4U-Josh Davis[17]; 21. 9-Lance Heinberger[15]

B Feature 1 10 Laps | 00:03:59.392

1. 4U-Josh Davis[1]; 2. 81-Rayce Jacobs[3]; 3. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[4]; 4. 00K-Anthony Gaskins[8]; 5. 27-Zach Morrow[12]; 6. 18SR-Brian Razum[11]; 7. 25-Cody Stillion[7]; 8. 14-Trinity Ramseyer[6]; 9. 10C-Chris Plascak[2]; 10. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[5]; 11. (DNS) 38K-Chris Myers; 12. (DNS) 22-Brandon Spithaler; 13. (DNS) B51-Billy Morris

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:04:36.785 | Bazell Race Fuel

1. 19-TJ Michael[1]; 2. 70-Henry Malcuit[2]; 3. 83X-Nate Reeser[5]; 4. 1-Jamie Myers[6]; 5. 4U-Josh Davis[4]; 6. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[7]; 7. 38K-Chris Myers[3]; 8. (DNS) B51-Billy Morris

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:19.147 | DMI Racing Products / Bulldog Rearends

1. 16-Danny Mumaw[1]; 2. X-Mike Keegan[4]; 3. 1B-Keith Baxter[5]; 4. 11-Shawn Hubler[3]; 5. 10C-Chris Plascak[6]; 6. 14-Trinity Ramseyer[7]; 7. (DNS) 22-Brandon Spithaler

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:02:12.077 | SCS Gears

1. 25R-Jordan Ryan[1]; 2. 8T-Tanner Tecco[2]; 3. 31-Jac Nickles[3]; 4. 9-Lance Heinberger[4]; 5. 81-Rayce Jacobs[5]; 6. 25-Cody Stillion[6]; 7. 18SR-Brian Razum[7]

Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:04:57.292

1. 7*-Tyler Street[2]; 2. 5E-Bobby Elliott[1]; 3. 59-Bryan Nuckles[4]; 4. 1MC-Wayne McPeek[3]; 5. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[7]; 6. 00K-Anthony Gaskins[6]; 7. 27-Zach Morrow[5]

Qualifying 1 | 00:09:57.000

1. 70-Henry Malcuit, 14.828[18]; 2. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 14.984[6]; 3. 8T-Tanner Tecco, 15.016[24]; 4. 7*-Tyler Street, 15.151[22]; 5. 19-TJ Michael, 15.280[10]; 6. 16-Danny Mumaw, 15.343[17]; 7. 25R-Jordan Ryan, 15.427[19]; 8. 5E-Bobby Elliott, 15.607[25]; 9. 38K-Chris Myers, 15.687[21]; 10. 11-Shawn Hubler, 15.693[8]; 11. 31-Jac Nickles, 15.858[27]; 12. 1MC-Wayne McPeek, 16.029[23]; 13. 4U-Josh Davis, 16.115[16]; 14. X-Mike Keegan, 16.259[13]; 15. 9-Lance Heinberger, 16.306[29]; 16. 59-Bryan Nuckles, 16.405[9]; 17. 83X-Nate Reeser, 16.449[2]; 18. 1B-Keith Baxter, 16.541[4]; 19. 81-Rayce Jacobs, 16.575[15]; 20. 27-Zach Morrow, 16.620[1]; 21. 1-Jamie Myers, 16.880[20]; 22. 10C-Chris Plascak, 17.076[12]; 23. 25-Cody Stillion, 17.155[14]; 24. 00K-Anthony Gaskins, 17.378[3]; 25. 91X-Aaron Middaugh, 17.603[11]; 26. 14-Trinity Ramseyer, 17.746[5]; 27. 18SR-Brian Razum, 17.990[7]; 28. (DNS) 7DK-Dylan Kingan; 29. (DNS) B51-Billy Morris

DIRTcar UMP Modifieds 16 Entries

A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:26:23.927

1. 41-Brad Goff[3]; 2. 5A-Jess Hartman[2]; 3. 89-Jason King[6]; 4. 327-Josh Hlad[10]; 5. 16H-Ron Hamlin[9]; 6. 29-Danny Moore[13]; 7. 22G-Jesse Griffitts[12]; 8. 185-Ron Miller[11]; 9. 25S-Tim Siddle[15]; 10. 21D-Doug Drown[4]; 11. 16-Caden Alexander[5]; 12. 42JR-Chaz Dawson Jr[7]; 13. 01-Denny Benjamin[14]; 14. 11-Jason Brennan[1]; 15. (DNS) 5-Ryan Markham; 16. (DNS) 42P-Mark Jamison

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:04:23.296 | Henthorn Sales & Service

1. 41-Brad Goff[1]; 2. 11-Jason Brennan[2]; 3. 16-Caden Alexander[3]; 4. 42JR-Chaz Dawson Jr[4]; 5. 16H-Ron Hamlin[7]; 6. 185-Ron Miller[6]; 7. 29-Danny Moore[5]; 8. 25S-Tim Siddle[8]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:06:33.649 | TruForm Race Products

1. 5A-Jess Hartman[2]; 2. 21D-Doug Drown[1]; 3. 89-Jason King[5]; 4. 5-Ryan Markham[3]; 5. 327-Josh Hlad[4]; 6. 22G-Jesse Griffitts[6]; 7. 01-Denny Benjamin[8]; 8. 42P-Mark Jamison[7]

Qualifying 1 | 00:06:07.136

1. 41-Brad Goff, 18.116[10]; 2. 21D-Doug Drown, 18.178[7]; 3. 11-Jason Brennan, 18.892[9]; 4. 5A-Jess Hartman, 18.972[3]; 5. 16-Caden Alexander, 19.309[6]; 6. 5-Ryan Markham, 19.311[14]; 7. 42JR-Chaz Dawson Jr, 19.389[1]; 8. 327-Josh Hlad, 19.540[4]; 9. 29-Danny Moore, 19.781[2]; 10. 89-Jason King, 19.991[5]; 11. 185-Ron Miller, 20.245[13]; 12. 22G-Jesse Griffitts, 20.361[15]; 13. 16H-Ron Hamlin, 20.427[12]; 14. 42P-Mark Jamison, 20.486[11]; 15. 25S-Tim Siddle, 20.902[16]; 16. 01-Denny Benjamin, 25.299[8]

Super Stocks 12 Entries

A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:20:48.243

1. 0-Rocky Kugel[6]; 2. U4-Jason Flory[4]; 3. 77-Braden Tucke[1]; 4. 99-Jose Marsh Jr[3]; 5. 36-Matt Hensel[8]; 6. ONE17C-Brian Dawson[10]; 7. 1LL-David Liston[11]; 8. 69-Colton Shaw[7]; 9. 910-Don Rutt[2]; 10. 771-Brandon Craver[5]; 11. E32-Mark Edwards[9]; 12. (DNS) 37-Dusty Tuttle

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:05:46.706 | Henthorn Sales & Service

1. 0-Rocky Kugel[2]; 2. U4-Jason Flory[1]; 3. 910-Don Rutt[5]; 4. 69-Colton Shaw[3]; 5. E32-Mark Edwards[4]; 6. 1LL-David Liston[6]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:05:42.026 | TruForm Race Products

1. 771-Brandon Craver[1]; 2. 99-Jose Marsh Jr[3]; 3. 77-Braden Tucke[2]; 4. 36-Matt Hensel[4]; 5. ONE17C-Brian Dawson[6]; 6. (DNS) 37-Dusty Tuttle

Qualifying 1 | 00:05:39.285

1. U4-Jason Flory, 20.311[1]; 2. 771-Brandon Craver, 20.472[7]; 3. 0-Rocky Kugel, 20.583[6]; 4. 77-Braden Tucke, 20.998[3]; 5. 69-Colton Shaw, 21.220[9]; 6. 99-Jose Marsh Jr, 21.518[10]; 7. E32-Mark Edwards, 21.633[5]; 8. 36-Matt Hensel, 21.776[4]; 9. 910-Don Rutt, 22.530[2]; 10. 37-Dusty Tuttle, 22.847[8]; 11. 1LL-David Liston, 24.210; 12. ONE17C-Brian Dawson, 24.640

 

DIRTcar Late Models 14 Entries

A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:35:41.135

1. 20-Todd Brennan[1]; 2. 14-JR Gentry[5]; 3. 17-Tyler Evans[6]; 4. 59-Larry Bellman[9]; 5. 5EM-Emma Markham[11]; 6. 4-DJ Cline[8]; 7. 81-Matt Aber[10]; 8. 79-Doug Drown[3]; 9. 27J-Justin Jones[14]; 10. 12R-Race Gardiner[12]; 11. C9-Brandon Morrow[2]; 12. 69R-Doug Baird[13]; 13. 96F-Justin Chance[7]; 14. 5M-Ryan Markham[4]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:27.210 | Henthorn Sales & Service

1. 20-Todd Brennan[2]; 2. 79-Doug Drown[1]; 3. 14-JR Gentry[3]; 4. 96F-Justin Chance[5]; 5. 59-Larry Bellman[4]; 6. 5EM-Emma Markham[6]; 7. 69R-Doug Baird[7]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:57.435 | TruForm Race Products

1. C9-Brandon Morrow[2]; 2. 5M-Ryan Markham[1]; 3. 17-Tyler Evans[3]; 4. 4-DJ Cline[5]; 5. 81-Matt Aber[7]; 6. 12R-Race Gardiner[4]; 7. 27J-Justin Jones[6]

Qualifying 1 | 00:03:18.865

1. 79-Doug Drown, 17.222[13]; 2. 5M-Ryan Markham, 17.487[8]; 3. 20-Todd Brennan, 17.551[12]; 4. C9-Brandon Morrow, 17.568[2]; 5. 14-JR Gentry, 17.749[14]; 6. 17-Tyler Evans, 18.102[10]; 7. 59-Larry Bellman, 18.402[5]; 8. 12R-Race Gardiner, 18.590[11]; 9. 96F-Justin Chance, 18.857[9]; 10. 4-DJ Cline, 19.038[7]; 11. 5EM-Emma Markham, 20.183[1]; 12. 27J-Justin Jones, 21.171[6]; 13. 69R-Doug Baird, 23.047[4]; 14. (DNS) 81-Matt Aber

 

Sport Compact 24 Entries

A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:47:31.256 | Sam Huffman Memorial

1. 77C-Gage Cropper[2]; 2. 12-Zach Kisner[1]; 3. 7C-Cody Musselman[19]; 4. 28H-Brad Hensel[9]; 5. 73S-Wes Staley[17]; 6. 100-David Potter[7]; 7. 77-Billy Parson[11]; 8. 31-Valek Menough[18]; 9. 87-Bryan Baker[22]; 10. 68-Sonny Arkenbourgh[13]; 11. 6PAC-Chris Wise[3]; 12. 52-Sean Rush[10]; 13. 41W-Moose Workman[14]; 14. 28-Nate Speelman[16]; 15. C19-Patrick Willbarger[8]; 16. 70-Phillip Coffman[23]; 17. 311-Johnny Bruce Sr[4]; 18. 53T-Brayden Watts[6]; 19. 9-Kevin Graap[20]; 20. 43D-Peyton Davis[24]; 21. 49B-Jimmy Burns[15]; 22. 964-Jamie Harper[5]; 23. (DNS) 33S-Justin Shreve; 24. (DNS) 51-Todd Gallion

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:05:10.263 | Henthorn Golf Cart Sales & Serviice

1. 12-Zach Kisner[1]; 2. 311-Johnny Bruce Sr[3]; 3. 100-David Potter[2]; 4. 52-Sean Rush[5]; 5. 68-Sonny Arkenbourgh[8]; 6. 28-Nate Speelman[7]; 7. 7C-Cody Musselman[4]; 8. (DNS) 87-Bryan Baker

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:03.071 | TruForm Race Products

1. 77C-Gage Cropper[1]; 2. 964-Jamie Harper[2]; 3. C19-Patrick Willbarger[3]; 4. 77-Billy Parson[4]; 5. 41W-Moose Workman[5]; 6. 73S-Wes Staley[8]; 7. 9-Kevin Graap[6]; 8. 70-Phillip Coffman[7]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:46.505 | Hutch Xtreme Race Photos

1. 6PAC-Chris Wise[1]; 2. 53T-Brayden Watts[2]; 3. 28H-Brad Hensel[3]; 4. 33S-Justin Shreve[6]; 5. 49B-Jimmy Burns[8]; 6. 31-Valek Menough[4]; 7. 51-Todd Gallion[5]; 8. (DNS) 43D-Peyton Davis

Qualifying 1 | 00:10:04.775

1. 12-Zach Kisner, 21.870[15]; 2. 77C-Gage Cropper, 21.897[4]; 3. 6PAC-Chris Wise, 22.078[5]; 4. 100-David Potter, 22.866[9]; 5. 964-Jamie Harper, 22.967[24]; 6. 53T-Brayden Watts, 23.034[7]; 7. 311-Johnny Bruce Sr, 23.138[21]; 8. C19-Patrick Willbarger, 23.182[16]; 9. 28H-Brad Hensel, 23.402[1]; 10. 7C-Cody Musselman, 23.531[8]; 11. 77-Billy Parson, 23.655[20]; 12. 31-Valek Menough, 24.085[14]; 13. 52-Sean Rush, 24.239[22]; 14. 41W-Moose Workman, 24.538[6]; 15. 51-Todd Gallion, 24.649[17]; 16. 87-Bryan Baker, 24.860[3]; 17. 9-Kevin Graap, 25.300[13]; 18. 33S-Justin Shreve, 25.741[11]; 19. 28-Nate Speelman, 26.180[23]; 20. 70-Phillip Coffman, 26.311[18]; 21. 43D-Peyton Davis, 26.520[10]; 22. 68-Sonny Arkenbourgh, 26.748[12]; 23. 73S-Wes Staley, 27.337[2]; 24. 49B-Jimmy Burns, 28.316[19]