WAYNESFIELD, Ohio — Paul May was a happy and somewhat unpopular winner on the third night of Ohio Sprint Speedweek June 26 at Waynesfield Motor Sports Park.
May pocketed $5,000 for winning a crash-marred 50-lap feature in the series’s first visit to the quarter-mile dirt track.
May led throughout, but had to survive a late challenge from Byron Reed that saw him booed in victory lane.
On the final restart, Reed charged under May heading into the first turn, but May shut the door, sending Reed spinning. Reed recovered to finish ninth, but nonetheless May was showered by boos in victory lane.
Shane Stewart finished second, with Dean Jacobs, Mike Brecht and Rob Chaney rounding out the top five.
The summary:
Fast time: Dean Jacobs, 10.557 seconds (41 cars).
First Heat: Brock Mayes, John Ivy, Ben Gregg, Paul May, Dean Jacobs, Kenny Jacobs, Cory Seeling, Scott Curren, Bill Rose, Caleb Griffith.
Second Heat: Lance Dewease, Phil Gressman, Mark Keegan, Rob Chaney, Mike Brecht, Bruce White, Gregg Dalman, Chris Andrews, Chuck Wilson, Ryan Grubaugh.
Third Heat: Shane Stewart, Gus Wasson, Brian Ellenberger, Craig Mintz, Brian Paulus, Mike Miller, David Doherty, Greg Wilson, Mike Linder, Chad Blonde.
Fourth Heat: Brandon Martin, Dale Blaney, Dustin Daggett, Byron Reed, Neil Shepherd, Aaron Higgins, Keith Baxter, Ed Neumeister, Kelly Kinser, Danny Smith.
B Main: Blonde, K. Jacobs, Andrews, Linder, Rose, Smith, Miller, G. Wilson, White, Doherty, Grubaugh, Curren, Dalman, Griffith, C. Wilson, Higgins, Neumeister, Kinser, Baxter, Seeling.
Feature: May, Stewart, Paulus, D. Jacobs, Brecht, Chaney, Smith, Gressman, Reed, K. Jacobs, Martin, Blaney, Gregg, Keegan, Dewease, Andrews, Mayes, Ellenberger, Shepherd, Mintz, Blonde, Linder, Daggett, Wasson.