WELCOME RACE FANS!!.......... NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION APRIL 18TH! PRESENTED BY AULTMAN AULTCARE...........74TH SEASON OPENER PRESENTED BY SIMPSON SALUTE APRIL 25TH MW, OLM, MOD, SS, C, CV, L, ACE........... Sunday, April 12th Ohio's Fun Place to Race!! 2026 Race Season McMillen Scores Victory In Late Model Debut April 10, 2004 The 2004 racing season at Midvale Speedway officially took its first green flag this past Saturday night, April 10. Late Models, Modifieds, Sport Stocks, Pure Stocks, and Compacts were the divisions on hand that raced for double points. Tusco Net and Smith’s Auto Sales were the presenting sponsor of a very exciting night of racing. The first feature of 2004 was the Performance Race Fuels 25-lap event. Long-time Detroit Iron/Pro Stock driver Doug McMillen started on the pole in his first Late Model feature and took the lead for the first lap. In the first couple of laps, three rows stayed two wide, but a caution on lap two re-sorted the field, as Bob Eichel and Rich Marcum had problems on the speedway. It was the second time of the night the two drivers tangled. Eichel climbed from his racer and displayed his frustration for the solid crowd on hand, despite the frigid temps. After the green dropped on the lap 2 restart, yellow did not fly again. McMillen, Kenny Cantrell, and Todd Ripley ran nose-to-tail throughout the final portion of the event, with no one making a serious challenge to McMillen. The New Philadelphia, Ohio driver went on to win his first Late Model feature event in the Pangrazio’s Pizza/Tusco Net #78, while Cantrell, Ripley, top qualifier Bear Schwartz, and Ryan Tedesco completed the top five. Rounding out the top ten were Tom Garbrandt, Farmer Smith, Darrel Dexter, Duane Dunn, and Mike Enos. Ripley and Eichel won the heats. Mike Bowers and Jim McCune brought the Tolloti Pipe Modifieds in for the start of their 20-lap feature event. McCune easily took the lead on the first lap, using the outside lane. However, top qualifier, Glen Jewell went to the outside of Mark Willison for second on lap two, and shot into the lead by the start of lap four. Jewell, with a dominating run, moved from his sixth starting spot to first in less than four laps. The Texas Roadhouse/J.D. Byrider #24 had a huge lead built up when a yellow fell, and as soon as the green again flew, he stretched it out just like before being slowed. At the finish, Jewell beat McCune, Jeff Smith, John Wilson, and Dave Watson to the stripe. Mel Robinson, Ron McBride, Mark Willison, Mike Bowers, and Keith Thomas completed the top ten. Jim McCune won the heat, while Glen Jewell was top qualifier. The Tusco Net Sport Stock feature had a father-son duo starting on the front row. Roger Linard, who made an excellent move to get around his son Joe in the heat, started on the pole with his son alongside. When the green dropped, it was clear to see that Roger Linard was the man to beat. He raced away from the field, while cars raced behind him for position. After a couple of yellows, Linard was still the class of the field. The only driver strong enough to challenge was Late Model feature winner Doug McMillen. McMillen started sixth in the Sport Stock feature and raced into second with two to go. However, as he entered turn three on the white flag lap, he and the lapped car of George Miller made contact and both slammed the turn three wall. At the finish it was Dover, Ohio driver Roger Linard, Joe Linard, Kurt Waller, Gabe Pringle, and Greg Mazzoleni. Don Rufener, Jr., Roger Butler, Doug McMillen, George Miller, and Tammy Rufener completed the top ten. R. Linard and Butler won the heats, while Kevin McClintock set fast time. Next on the track was the 15-lap Papa John’s Pure Stock feature. 22 cars lined up for the event, as a last chance race had to be held earlier in the night to determine a portion of the starting field. Russ Moore, Jr. and Chris Miller made up the first row for the main event, and on the opening start, they had problems racing for the lead. As the two made contact, the track was blocked and 14 other cars were involved, making turn one look like the backstretch at Daytona, after the big one. However, only two cars were damaged to the point of retiring – Rick Elkins, Jr. and Gordon Conway. On the restart, the Magnolia driver Miller used the outside lane to take the lead. On the move were Al Street and Doug Higgins. Street took over the second spot, but spun to the infield, while Higgins tore the top spot away from Miller. A caution flew near halfway for a spin by Tom Feller, Jr. That created a race between Higgins, Larry Smith, and top qualifier and track record holder Doug Decker for the top spot. With a few laps to go, Decker raced into the lead, and in convincing style, pulled away from the rest of the Pure Stock finishers. Following the Twin City Automotive/Service Auto #64 were Smith, Randy Smart, Greg Grove, and Rich Schweitzer who picked up eight spots from the start. Rounding out the top ten were Blake Mackey, Teddy Oliver, Chris Miller, John Leasure, and Dave Fox, Jr. Victorious in the heats were Al Street, Curtis Collins, and Mike Martin. Bob Passwaters, Jr. won the last chance race. In the Wild & Crazy Compact fast feature, fifteen cars took the green flag. Russell Grandison, the polesitter, jumped into the top spot to lead the field around the 3/10-mile asphalt oval, while John McNutt was taking second. By the 1/3-mark of the race, McNutt used the track’s second groove to move alongside, and within a lap, pass Grandison for the lead. McNutt started to pull away, but another of his racing teammates, Terry Colletti, had come from the eighth spot to challenge him for the trophy. McNutt’s #35 racer ended up being too strong for Colletti, though, as he held on for the victory. Following the Uhrichsville, Ohio driver across the line were Colletti, Kelly McNutt, Grandison, and Willie Grove. Josh Grove, Jack Grove, Tom Barrett, Adam Mishler, and Perry Nave. Jason Morgan was out front, racing all by himself, when a caution came out. That put cousin Bubba Smith and fellow racer Josh Irwin right behind him for a three car lead battle. With a couple to go, Morgan slid sideways in turn two allowing Irwin to the lowside and Smith to the outside. Irwin and Morgan made contact, with the latter spinning, and Smith taking the lead. As the field crossed the line at the checkers, Smith, Eric Feister, Josh Irwin, Bryant Smith, and Kenny Jewell were the top five. However, in post-race inspection, Smith’s #12 had camber on the right front, disallowing the win. Feister was given the win, while Irwin, Bryant Smith, Jewell, and J.T. Turner were the official top five. Tracy Lovell, Jesse Page, Steven Feister, Kyle Grewell, and Jason Morgan completed the top ten. Feature three was real interesting, as at least three drivers were given the black flag for going under their times. Eventually, Dale Beatty crossed the line as the supposed winner. However, in post race inspection, the top two cars, Beatty’s and Paul Stull’s were both found to have camber on their left front wheels, disqualifying them from the event. That gave the win to Mike Roth, in his first race at Midvale. Richard Duvall came home second, while Mickey Green, Kenny Griffith, and Bruce Stull completed the top five. The rest of the top ten were Lennie Orr, Randy Jeffers, Waylon Orr, Kenny Ford, and Ray Hoover. Compact heat race winners were Tom Barrett, Jason Morgan, Bryant Smith, and Lennie Orr. The top qualifier was Josh Grove. After one night of racing, the point leaders are Todd Ripley (Late Models), Glen Jewell (Modifieds), Roger Linard (Sport Stocks), Doug Decker (Pure Stocks), and Terry Colletti and John McNutt (Compacts). Racing will continue this coming Saturday night, April 17. Late Models, Modifieds, Sport Stocks, Pure Stocks, and Compacts will be in action. Qualifying begins at 4:00, while the racing action will start at 6:30. For more information, go to midvalespeedway.com. Results For Midvale Speedway Performance Race Fuels Late Models Top Qualifier – Bear Schwartz 14.76 Heat #1 – Todd Ripley, Ryan Tedesco, Farmer Smith, Bear Schwartz, Kenny Cantrell Heat #2 – Bob Eichel, Doug McMillen, Duane Dunn, Mike Enos, Darrel Dexter Feature – Doug McMillen, Kenny Cantrell, Todd Ripley, Bear Schwartz, Ryan Tedesco, Tom Garbrandt, Farmer Smith, Darrel Dexter, Mike Enos, Rich Marcum, Bob Eichel Tolloti Pipe Modifieds Top Qualifier – Glen Jewell 14.79 Heat – Jim McCune, Mark Willison, John Wilson, Glen Jewell, Keith Thomas Feature – Glen Jewell, Jim McCune, Jeff Smith, John Wilson, Dave Watson, Mel Robinson, Ron McBride, Mark Willison, Mike Bowers, Keith Thomas Tusco Net Sport Stocks Top Qualifier – Kevin McClintock 15.75 Heat #1 – Roger Linard, Joe Linard, Kevin McClintock, Doug McMillen, Kurt Waller Heat #2 – Roger Butler, Gabe Pringle, George Miller, Don Rufener, Jr., Tammy Rufener Feature – Roger Linard, Joe Linard, Kurt Waller, Gabe Pringle, Greg Mazzoleni, Don Rufener, Jr., Roger Butler, Doug McMillen, George Miller, Tammy Rufener, Kevin McClintock, Bill Aubihl Papa John’s Pure Stocks Top Qualifier – Doug Decker 17.30 (NTR) Heat #1 – Al Street, Doug Decker, Tom Feller, Jr., Teddy Oliver, Blake Mackey Heat #2 – Curtis Collins, Dave Fox, Jr., John Leasure, Rich Schweitzer, Russ Moore, Jr. Heat #3 – Mike Martin, Will Miller, Bob Passwaters, Jr., Gordon Conway, Bob Passwaters, Sr. Last Chance – Bob Passwaters, Jr., Mike Martin, Bob Passwaters, Sr., Gordon Conway, Will Miller, Joe Fewkes Feature – Doug Decker, Larry Smith, Randy Smart, Greg Grove, Rich Schweitzer, Blake Mackey, Teddy Oliver, Chris Miller, John Leasure, Dave Fox, Jr., Russ Moore, Jr., Mike Martin, Tom Feller, Jr., Vince Martin, Bob Passwaters, Jr., Bob Passwaters, Sr., Doug Higgins, Al Street, Will Miller, Rick Elkins, Jr., Curtis Collins, Gordon Conway Compacts Top Qualifier – Josh Grove 18.35 Heat #1 – Tom Barrett, John McNutt, Terry Colletti, Russell Grandison, Josh Grove Heat #2 – Jason Morgan, Josh Irwin, Randy Hahn, Jamie Leslie Heat #3 – Bryant Smith, John Wissman, Kyle Grewell, Steve Cooper Heat #4 – Lennie Orr, Ray Hoover, Kenny Ford, Richard Duvall, Chris Grubbs Feature #1 – John McNutt, Terry Colletti, Kelly McNutt, Russell Grandison, Willie Grove, Josh Grove, Jack Grove, Tom Barrett, Adam Mishler, Perry Nave, Randy Hahn, Jamie Leslie, Jason Grewell, Brian Wilson, Ryan Kopp Feature #2 – Eric Feister, Josh Irwin, Bryant Smith, Kenny Jewell, J.T. Turner, Tracy Lovell, Jesse Page, Steven Feister, Kyle Grewell, Jason Morgan, Jason Anthony, Phil Veno, Steve Cooper Feature #3 – Mike Roth, Richard Duvall, Mickey Green, Kenny Griffith, Bruce Stull, Lennie Orr, Randy Jeffers, Waylon Orr, Kenny Ford, Ray Hoover, Mike Gribble, Cody Shuss, Chris Grubbs Written by: Adam Mackey Driver Results Late Models Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 400 78 Doug McMillen 2 380 O7 Kenny Cantrell 3 360 22 Greg Beule 4 340 77 Bear Schwartz 5 320 1 Ryan Tedesco 6 300 64 Tom Garbrandt 7 280 7 Farmer Smith 8 260 55 Darrel Dexter 9 240 32 Duane Dunn 10 220 29 Dan Stemple 11 200 27 Rich Marcum 12 180 69 Bob Eichel   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 80 22 Greg Beule 2 60 1 Ryan Tedesco 3 40 7 Farmer Smith 4 20 77 Bear Schwartz 5 0 O7 Kenny Cantrell   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 80 69 Bob Eichel 2 60 78 Doug McMillen 3 40 32 Duane Dunn 4 20 29 Dan Stemple 5 0 55 Darrel Dexter   Modifieds Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 400 24 Glen Jewell 2 380 22 Jim McCune 3 360 34 Jeff Smith 4 340 33 John Wilson 5 320 1 Dave Watson 6 300 72 Mel Robinson 7 280 13 Ron McBride 8 260 18 Mark Willison 9 240 O2 Mike Bowers 10 220 17 Keith Thomas   Heat Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 80 22 Jim McCune 2 60 18 Mark Willison 3 40 33 John Wilson 4 20 24 Glen Jewell 5 0 17 Keith Thomas   Pure Stocks Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 400 64 Craig Coventry 2 380 48 Larry Smith 3 360 17 Randy Smart 4 340 3 Greg Grove 5 320 84 Rich Schweitzer 6 300 7 Blake Mackey 7 280 49 Teddy Oliver 8 260 70 Chris Miller 9 240 12 John Leasure 10 220 92 Dave Fox, Jr. 11 200 62 Rocky Moore 12 180 6 Mike Martin 13 160 31 Tom Feller, Jr. 14 140 10 Vince Martin 15 120 74 Bob Passwaters, Jr. 16 100 77 Bob Passwaters, Sr. 17 80 13 Doug Higgins 18 60 73 Al Street 19 40 O7 Will Miller 20 20 53 D.J. Radanovich 21 20 66 Curtis Collins 22 20 99 Gordon Conway DNS 0 O1 Joe Fewkes DNS 0 O5 Shawanna Myers   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 80 73 Al Street 2 60 64 Craig Coventry 3 40 31 Tom Feller, Jr. 4 20 49 Teddy Oliver 5 0 7 Blake Mackey   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 80 66 Curtis Collins 2 60 92 Dave Fox, Jr. 3 40 12 John Leasure 4 20 84 Rich Schweitzer 5 0 62 Rocky Moore   Heat #3 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 80 6 Mike Martin 2 60 O7 Will Miller 3 40 74 Bob Passwaters, Jr. 4 20 99 Gordon Conway 5 0 77 Bob Passwaters, Sr.   Last Chance Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 0 74 Bob Passwaters, Jr. 2 0 6 Mike Martin 3 0 77 Bob Passwaters, Sr. 4 0 99 Gordon Conway 5 0 O7 Will Miller 6 0 O1 Joe Fewkes DNS 0 26 Dave Knepper DNS 0 29 Dan Moore DNS 0 22 Tim Rodgers   Sport Stocks Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 400 2 Roger Linard 2 380 5 Team 5 Racing 3 360 18 Kurt Waller 4 340 8 Gabe Pringle 5 320 19 Greg Mazzoleni 6 300 7 Don Rufener, Jr. 7 280 OO Roger Butler 8 260 54 Doug McMillen 9 240 13 George Miller 10 220 O7 Tammy Rufener 11 200 38 Kevin McClintock 12 180 31 Bill Aubihl   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 80 2 Roger Linard 2 60 5 Team 5 Racing 3 40 38 Kevin McClintock 4 20 54 Doug McMillen 5 0 18 Kurt Waller   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 80 OO Roger Butler 2 60 8 Gabe Pringle 3 40 13 George Miller 4 20 7 Don Rufener, Jr. 5 0 O7 Tammy Rufener   Compacts Feature #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 400 35 John McNutt 2 380 27 Terry Colletti 3 360 36 Kelly McNutt 4 340 72 Russell Grandison 5 320 21 Willie Grove 6 300 4 Josh Grove 7 280 5 Jack Grove 8 260 157 Tom Barrett 9 240 65 Adam Mishler 10 220 49 Perry Nave 11 200 88 Randy Hahn 12 180 OO Jamie Leslie 13 160 101 Jason Grewell 14 140 182 Brian Wilson 15 120 52 Ryan Kopp DNS 0 44 Ron Myers   Feature #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 300 16 Eric Feister 2 280 89 Josh Irwin 3 260 20 Bryant Smith 4 240 76 Kenny Jewell 5 220 24 J.T. Turner 6 200 40 Tracy Lovell 7 180 O2 Jesse Page 8 160 18 Steven Feister 9 140 199 Kyle Grewell 10 120 2 Jason Morgan 11 100 6 Jason Anthony 12 80 85 Phil Veno 13 60 124 Steve Cooper Disqualified 0 12 Bubba Smith DNS 0 42 Allen Andrews DNS 0 O1 John Wissman   Feature #3 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 200 148 Mike Roth 2 180 48 Richard Duvall 3 160 38 Mickey Green 4 140 29 Kenny Griffith 5 120 102 Bruce Stull 6 100 8 Lennie Orr 7 80 41 Randy Jeffers 8 60 173 Waylon Orr 9 40 67 Kenny Ford 10 20 117 Ray Hoover 11 10 11 Mike Gribble 12 10 118 Cody Shuss 13 10 144 Chris Grubbs Disqualified 0 97 Dale Beatty Disqualified 0 90 Nick Grubbs Disqualified 0 O5 Paul Stull   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 80 157 Tom Barrett 2 60 35 John McNutt 3 40 27 Terry Colletti 4 20 72 Russell Grandison 5 0 4 Josh Grove   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 80 2 Jason Morgan 2 60 89 Josh Irwin 3 40 88 Randy Hahn 4 20 OO Jamie Leslie   Heat #3 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 80 20 Bryant Smith 2 60 O1 John Wissman 3 40 199 Kyle Grewell 4 20 124 Steve Cooper   Heat #4 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 80 8 Lennie Orr 2 60 117 Ray Hoover 3 40 67 Kenny Ford 4 20 48 Richard Duvall 5 0 144 Chris Grubbs   Top 04/10/2004 Race Late Models Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. McMillen, Doug 2. Cantrell, Kenny 3. Beule, Greg 4. Schwartz, Bear 5. Tedesco, Ryan 6. Garbrandt, Tom 7. Smith, Farmer 8. Dexter, Darrel 9. Dunn, Duane 10. Stemple, Dan More   04/10/2004 Race Modifieds Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Jewell, Glen 2. McCune, Jim 3. Smith, Jeff 4. Wilson, John 5. Watson, Dave 6. Robinson, Mel 7. McBride, Ron 8. Willison, Mark 9. Bowers, Mike 10. Thomas, Keith More   04/10/2004 Race Pure Stocks Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Coventry, Craig 2. Smith, Larry 3. Smart, Randy 4. Grove, Greg 5. Schweitzer, Rich 6. Mackey, Blake 7. Oliver, Teddy 8. Miller, Chris 9. Leasure, John 10. Fox, Jr., Dave More   04/10/2004 Race Sport Stocks Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Linard, Roger 2. 5 Racing, Team 3. Waller, Kurt 4. Pringle, Gabe 5. Mazzoleni, Greg 6. Rufener, Jr., Don 7. Butler, Roger 8. McMillen, Doug 9. Miller, George 10. Rufener, Tammy More   04/10/2004 Race Compacts Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. McNutt, John 2. Colletti, Terry 3. McNutt, Kelly 4. Grandison, Russell 5. Grove, Willie 6. Grove, Josh 7. Grove, Jack 8. Barrett, Tom 9. Mishler, Adam 10. Nave, Perry More