Saturday, July 19, 2025
By Mike Swanger
On Buckeye Corrugated Inc. at Orrville’s Historic Oval, two drivers picked up their first wins of the season before the rain started and stopped the remaining features to be contested. The Malcuit Tavern Super Late Model feature would see Wooster’s Doug Drown lead the field into turn one with Todd Brennan in his tire tracks while outside front row starter Kyle Moore dropping into third as he and Brennan would battle for second in the early laps. As they went wheel to wheel for second, that gave Drown and his Malcuit Tavern, Ely Manufacturing and JoyRide Transport #79 a chance to open a sizable lead. J R Gentry would close in on Brennan and Moore to make it a three way tussle for second on lap five. Mechanical issues with Brennan’s car would drop him from contention on lap 13 as Moore would start to slice into Drown’s two and a half second lead. With the two leaders weaving through slower cars, Moore would finally get to the back of Drown and made a run coming out of turn four but would come up short at the finish line of the caution free feature ending his seven feature win streak in the O’Reilly’s Auto Parts Race to the Championship points races. Gentry would finish third ahead of Ryan Markham as Race Gardiner posted hid first top five finish.
The Canton Glass House feature saw Brad Hensel out racing Colton Cook into turn one for the top spot as the rain started to fall lightly, Cook tried every which way to get by Hensel but the Smithville driver would keep the #77 out front as the track became slippery enough that the red flag waved on lap nine of the 15 lap event. Despite an attempt to get the track back to racing condition by the track crew, the rain started falling a little harder, ending the rest of the races as the Super Stock feature was over halfway and considered complete giving Hensel his first win of the season .
The Flynn’s Tire and Auto Service Modifieds and the JoyRide Transport Mini Stocks will race double features next week.
It will be Christmas in July as Santa Claus will visit Wayne County Speedway with some gifts as the FAST on Dirt sprints return for the second time this year for the Rick Susong Memorial along with a full program of Late Models, Modifieds, Super Stocks and Mini Stocks as Gated will open at 3 pm and racing at 7 pm.
WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY SUMMARY
Saturday, July 19, 2025
MALCUIT TAVERN SUPER LATE MODELS
Henthorn Golf Cart Sales Heat 1 Doug Drown, J R Gentry, Dave Hornikel, Billy Dawson, Nick Cox, Mike McGinnis, David Giauque, Clint Coffman
TruForm Products Heat 2 Kyle Moore, Todd Brennan, Ryan Markham, Larry Bellman, Tyler Evans, Race Gardiner, Tom Denzinger
Feature Doug Drown, Kyle Moore, J R Gentry, Ryan Markham, Race Gardiner, Larry Bellman, Mike McGinnis, David Giauque, Tyler Evans, Dave Hornikel, Clint Coffman, Todd Brennan, Nick Cox, Billy Dawson, Tom Denzinger dns
CANTON GLASS HOUSE SUPER STOCKS
Henthorn Golf Cart Sales Heat 1 Brad Hensel, Colton Cook, Brandon Craver, Paul McVicker, Denny Shear, Marc Edwards, Codee Schneider
Feature Brad Hensel, Colton Cook, Brandon Craver, Paul McVicker, Denny Shear, Marc Edwards, Codee Schneider dns
FLYNN’S TIRE & AUTO MODIFIEDS
Henthorn Golf Cart Sales Heat 1 Kyle Moore, Caden Alexander, Jimmy Humphrey, Jesse Griffitts, Tyler Wiles, Doug Hensel
TruForm Products Heat 2 Ryan Markham, Ron Miller, Chaz Dawson, Darrick Hubbard, Jim Plance
Feature To be raced July 26
JOYRIDE TRANSPORT MINI STOCKS
Henthorn Golf Cart Sales Heat 1 Cody Musselman, Brock Searls, Jimmy Burns, Colton Davis, Eugene Arkenburgh
TruForm Products Heat 2 Johnny Bruce, Colton St. John, Valek Menough, Moose Workman, Trent Bishop
Feature To be raced July 26