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........... Tuesday, April 14th Ohio's Fun Place to Race!! 2026 Race Season Ford Takes Exciting Compact Feature Win August 21, 2004 108 drivers were in the pits to compete for race wins on Ferris Chevrolet/Texas Roadhouse night at Midvale Speedway. Late Models, Modifieds, Sport Stocks, Pure Stocks, Compacts, and the wild Minivan Figure 8’s all raced on a great night of entertainment. The fast feature in the Compact division was the race of the night, maybe the season. Jim Miller and his son-in-law Kenny Ford made up the first row for the 15-lap feature. With the race under green, Miller and Ford raced alongside each other, with really no one taking control. Behind them, drivers were shuffling for position trying to get to the front. In all, the top ten cars, in rows of two, three, and even four battled for the fast feature victory. Lap-after-lap the drivers continued to race this way with very little contact ever taking place. Russell Grandison put on an impressive show in the outside lane, as he tried to win using a three-wide outside pass. However, each time he attempted, the cars of Miller and Ford were able to slide back out front. At flagman Bernie Booth’s checkered flag, Ford surprised his father-in-law by taking the top spot and his sixth win of the year in a four-wide finish, while Miller, Grandison, Tom Barrett, and Tye Kelly completed the top five. The rest of the top ten were Kelly McNutt, Bryant Smith, Jason Morgan, Eric Anderson, and Adam Mishler. In the Performance Race Fuels Late Model feature, Bob Schneider, Jr. and Darrel Dexter started up front. On the original start, Dexter raced out front, but yellow flew as the top two got together in the third turn. That created a complete restart and new hope for Schneider, as he took the lead on that start. The car on the move was that of Tom Garbrandt’s. The veteran driver had just moved the nose of his car in the lead when Schneider slipped up the banking in the second turn. The car of Garbrandt spun, but neither driver felt that the accident was of their doing, so they both went to the back. That handed Farmer Smith the lead and most thought that the race would be boring and basically over from that point on. However, Garbrandt put on a great show to eventually move all the way back into the second spot. At the finish, Garbrandt, Dexter, Bear Schwartz, and Schneider followed Smith, in the J.D. Byrider/Martin Homes #7 to his third feature win. Bob Scott, Tom Feller, Jr., Greg Beule, Bob Gainer, and Rich Marcum completed the top ten. Marcum and Eichel won the heats, while Gainer set fast time. For the second week in a row, Mark Willison and Glen Jewell started at the back of the Tolloti Pipe Modified feature. Last week, Jewell beat Willison to the front in a clinic the two drivers put on. This week, both drivers were racing to the front again, but in a different outcome, as Willison, the top qualifier, was able to get by Jewell and into the lead first. It came after a great side-by-side battle between Jim Beatty, Jr., Rick Elkins, Jr. and Mark Enos, as the three drivers race for the lead. However, Elkins slid up allowing Willison by and shortly thereafter, Beatty and Enos were taken out of contention with a turn three contact/spin. On the restart, Willison was the new leader, while Elkins and Jewell followed. Willison quickly pulled away, while Jewell raced around Elkins for second. By the finish, Jewell had run down Willison but never pulled alongside, as Willison picked up his seventh feature victory of the season, tying him with Jewell for the most. The Minerva, Ohio driver in his Selway Heating & Cooling car was followed by Jewell, Elkins, Enos, and Dave Watson as top five finishers. The rest of the finishing cars were Mel Robinson, Beatty, and Mike Bowers. Beatty won the heat race. In the Tusco Net Sport Stock feature, Larry Pringle led the early laps of the 20-circuit grind. However, mechanical problems sent him to the infield, as Keith Thomas raced out front from his sixth starting position. Thomas, filling in for Kurt Waller for the rest of the season, easily picked up the feature victory, while Doug McMillen, Bill Aubihl, Gabe Pringle, and Kevin McClintock finished off the top five. Don Rufener, Jr., Paul Murray, Rich Stalnaker, Bill Weaver, and Steve Lute completed the top ten. Thomas and McMillen won the heats, while McClintock set fast time. Rob Scott, the polesitter, led the early stages of the 20-lap Papa John’s Pure Stock feature. Rich Schweitzer, using the outside lane, was able to take the spot away, while Teddy Oliver took second right before a yellow came out. Josh Grove and Scott Archer both made strong runs at Schweitzer, but the outside lane was not to the liking of many drivers in the Pure Stock race, as an earlier liquid spill in the first turn was not drying real well. Schweitzer, in his Roundhouse Auto Tech/Sugarcreek Industries #84, held on for the victory over Randy Smart, Grove, Craig Coventry, and Blake Mackey. Al Street, Rob Scott, Bob Passwaters, Jr., Larry Smith, and Paul Parson completed the top ten. Mackey, Schweitzer, and Kenny Feister won the heats, while Smart set fast time. The Dale’s Heating & Cooling Minivan Figure 8 feature turned out to be as exciting a figure 8 feature as the track has seen this season. Shawn Smarsh led every lap but the final one as Bubba Smith came from the back to make a three wide pass of Smarsh and a lapped van on the final lap for a final margin victory of a bumper cover. Following the J.D. Byrider van of Smith were Smarsh, Chip Fry, and Jason Morgan. In the second Compact feature, Kenny Jewell picked up the win, as Jesse Page, James Domer, Bubba Smith, and Billy Hilliker followed. Eric Feister, Chris Smith, Bob Viertel, Linda Morgan, and Mike Roth completed the top ten. Compact preliminary wins went to Russell Grandison, Perry Nave, Bubba Smith, and James Domer. Kelly McNutt set fast time. Racing will continue this Saturday, August 28, as all five divisions will be on hand with a sixth division, the Legend cars. Entertainment starts before racing begins with a classic car show in the parking lot from 4-6:30. At intermission of the night’s program a kids ride in racecar night will be held for all kids in the audience. Qualifying begins at 4, while racing will start at 6:30. Results For Midvale Speedway Performance Race Fuels Late Models Top Qualifier – Bob Gainer 14.83 Heat #1 – Rich Marcum, Greg Beule, Farmer Smith, Bear Schwartz, Tom Garbrandt Heat #2 – Bob Eichel, Darrel Dexter, Bob Scott, Tom Feller, Jr., William Robinson Feature – Farmer Smith, Tom Garbrandt, Darrel Dexter, Bear Schwartz, Bob Schneider, Jr., Tom Feller, Jr., Greg Beule, Bob Gainer, Rich Marcum, William Robinson, Bob Eichel Tolloti Pipe Modifieds Top Qualifier – Mark Willison 14.67 Heat – Jim Beatty, Jr., Glen Jewell, Mark Willison, Mel Robinson, Dave Watson Feature – Mark Willison, Glen Jewell, Rick Elkins, Jr., Dave Watson, Mel Robinson, Jim Beatty, Jr., Mike Bowers Tusco Net Sport Stocks Top Qualifier – Kevin McClintock 15.70 Heat #1 – Keith Thomas, Bill Aubihl, Joe Linard, Don Rufener, Jr., Gabe Pringle Heat #2 – Doug McMillen, Larry Pringle, Joe Sanford, Jr., Rich Stalnaker, Bill Weaver Feature – Keith Thomas, Doug McMillen, Bill Aubihl, Gabe Pringle, Kevin McClintock, Don Rufener, Jr., Paul Murray, Rich Stalnaker, Bill Weaver, Steve Lute, Terry Colletti, Chris Kail, Joe Linard, Larry Pringle Papa John’s Pure Stocks Top Qualifier – Randy Smart 17.43 Heat #1 – Blake Mackey, Josh Grove, Teddy Oliver, Randy Smart, Craig Coventry Heat #2 – Rich Schweitzer, Chris Miller, Rob Scott, D.J. Radanovich, Bob Passwaters, Jr. Heat #3 – Kenny Feister, Tim Oliver, Richard Hambleton, Vic Paul, Jeff Anthony Feature – Rich Schweitzer, Randy Smart, Josh Grove, Craig Coventry, Blake Mackey, Al Street, Rob Scott, Bob Passwaters, Jr., Larry Smith, Paul Parson, Bob Passwaters, Sr., Scott Archer, Chris Miller, Tim Rodgers, Teddy Oliver, Tim Oliver, Richard Hambleton, Kenny Feister, Doug Higgins, Dave Fox, Jr., Vic Paul, Jeff Anthony Compacts Top Qualifier – Kelly McNutt 18.29 Heat #1 – Russell Grandison, Tom Barrett, Kenny Ford, Bryant Smith, Kelly McNutt Heat #2 – Perry Nave, Charles Ritch, Gary Musick, Tammy Rufener, Lissa Courtney Heat #3 – Bubba Smith, Kenny Jewell, Richard Duvall, Jesse Page, Mike Gribble Heat #4 – James Domer, Mike Roth, Chris Smith, Jason Anthony, Linda Morgan Feature #1 – Kenny Ford, Jim Miller, Russell Grandison, Tom Barrett, Tye Kelly, Kelly McNutt, Bryant Smith, Jason Morgan, Eric Anderson, Adam Mishler, Lissa Courtney, Charles Ritch, Perry Nave, Earl Scranton, Gary Musick, Kelly Wissman, Tammy Rufener, Jim Poole Feature #2 – Kenny Jewell, Jesse Page, James Domer, Bubba Smith, Billy Hilliker, Eric Feister, Chris Smith, Bob Viertel, Linda Morgan, Mike Roth, Jason Anthony, Richard Duvall, John Wissman, Jr., Mike Gribble, Cody Shuss, Josh Truxall, Tad Grove Dale’s Heating & Cooling Minivan Figure 8 Feature – Bubba Smith, Shawn Smarsh, Chip Fry, Jason Morgan Written by: Adam Mackey Driver Results Late Models Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 200 7 Farmer Smith 2 190 64 Tom Garbrandt 3 180 55 Darrel Dexter 4 170 77 Bear Schwartz 5 160 17 Bob Schneider, Jr. 6 150 44 Bob Scott 7 140 47 Tom Feller, Jr. 8 130 22 Greg Beule 9 120 23 Bob Gainer 10 110 27 Rich Marcum 11 100 14 William Robinson 12 90 69 Bob Eichel DNS 0 78 Doug McMillen   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 27 Rich Marcum 2 30 22 Greg Beule 3 20 7 Farmer Smith 4 10 77 Bear Schwartz 5 0 64 Tom Garbrandt   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 69 Bob Eichel 2 30 55 Darrel Dexter 3 20 44 Bob Scott 4 10 47 Tom Feller, Jr. 5 0 14 William Robinson   Modifieds Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 200 18 Mark Willison 2 190 24 Glen Jewell 3 180 30 Rick Elkins, Jr. 4 170 O Mark Enos 5 160 1 Dave Watson 6 150 72 Mel Robinson 7 140 80 Jim Beatty, Jr. 8 130 O2 Mike Bowers DNS 0 22 Jim McCune DNS 0 23 Tim Skinner DNS 0 15 Will Walker DNS 0 33 John Wilson   Heat Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 80 Jim Beatty, Jr. 2 30 24 Glen Jewell 3 20 18 Mark Willison 4 10 72 Mel Robinson 5 0 1 Dave Watson   Pure Stocks Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 200 84 Rich Schweitzer 2 190 17 Randy Smart 3 180 3 Greg Grove 4 170 64 Craig Coventry 5 160 7 Blake Mackey 6 150 73 Al Street 7 140 40 Rob Scott 8 130 74 Bob Passwaters, Jr. 9 120 48 Larry Smith 10 110 44 Paul Parson 11 100 77 Bob Passwaters, Sr. 12 90 28 Scott Archer 13 80 70 Chris Miller 14 70 22 Tim Rodgers 15 60 49 Teddy Oliver 16 50 8 Tim Oliver 17 40 15 Richard Hambleton 18 30 41 Kenny Feister 19 20 13 Doug Higgins 20 10 92 Dave Fox, Jr. 21 10 26 Dave Knepper 22 10 90 Jeff Anthony DNS 0 O7 Will Miller DNS 0 53 D.J. Radanovich   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 7 Blake Mackey 2 30 3 Greg Grove 3 20 49 Teddy Oliver 4 10 17 Randy Smart 5 0 64 Craig Coventry   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 84 Rich Schweitzer 2 30 70 Chris Miller 3 20 40 Rob Scott 4 10 53 D.J. Radanovich 5 0 77 Bob Passwaters, Sr.   Heat #3 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 41 Kenny Feister 2 30 8 Tim Oliver 3 20 15 Richard Hambleton 4 10 26 Dave Knepper 5 0 90 Jeff Anthony   Sport Stocks Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 200 18 Kurt Waller 2 190 54 Doug McMillen 3 180 31 Bill Aubihl 4 170 8 Gabe Pringle 5 160 38 Kevin McClintock 6 150 7 Don Rufener, Jr. 7 140 20 Paul Murray 8 130 59 Rich Stalnaker 9 120 94 Bill Weaver 10 110 15 Will Walker 11 100 77 Terry Colletti 12 90 10 Chris Kail 13 80 2 Roger Linard 14 70 19 Greg Mazzoleni DNS 0 9 Joe Sanford, Jr. DNS 0 12 Bubba Smith   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 18 Kurt Waller 2 30 31 Bill Aubihl 3 20 2 Roger Linard 4 10 7 Don Rufener, Jr. 5 0 8 Gabe Pringle   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 54 Doug McMillen 2 30 19 Greg Mazzoleni 3 20 9 Joe Sanford, Jr. 4 10 59 Rich Stalnaker 5 0 94 Bill Weaver   Compacts Feature #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 200 167 Kenny Ford 2 190 25 Jim Miller 3 180 72 Russell Grandison 4 170 157 Tom Barrett 5 160 9 Tye Kelly 6 150 36 Kelly McNutt 7 140 20 Bryant Smith 8 130 2 Jason Morgan 9 120 57 Eric Anderson 10 110 65 Adam Mishler 11 100 191 Lissa Courtney 12 90 23 Charles Ritch 13 80 49 Perry Nave 14 70 O3 Earl Scranton 15 60 O7 Gary Musick 16 50 98 Kelly Wissman 17 40 7 Tammy Rufener 18 30 14 Jim Poole DNS 0 18 Steven Feister   Feature #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 150 76 Kenny Jewell 2 140 O2 Jesse Page 3 130 91 James Domer 4 120 12 Bubba Smith 5 110 46 Billy Hilliker 6 100 73 Barb Feister 7 90 94 Chris Smith 8 80 26 Bob Viertel 9 70 1 Linda Morgan 10 60 148 Mike Roth 11 50 6 Jason Anthony 12 40 48 Richard Duvall 13 30 O6 John Wissman, Jr. 14 20 11 Mike Gribble 15 10 118 Cody Shuss 16 5 61 Josh Truxall 17 5 3 Tad Grove DNS 0 32 Bruce Gibson   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 72 Russell Grandison 2 30 157 Tom Barrett 3 20 167 Kenny Ford 4 10 20 Bryant Smith 5 0 36 Kelly McNutt   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 49 Perry Nave 2 30 23 Charles Ritch 3 20 O7 Gary Musick 4 10 7 Tammy Rufener 5 0 191 Lissa Courtney   Heat #3 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 12 Bubba Smith 2 30 76 Kenny Jewell 3 20 48 Richard Duvall 4 10 O2 Jesse Page 5 0 11 Mike Gribble   Heat #4 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 91 James Domer 2 30 148 Mike Roth 3 20 94 Chris Smith 4 10 6 Jason Anthony 5 0 1 Linda Morgan   Top 08/21/2004 Race Late Models Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Smith, Farmer 2. Garbrandt, Tom 3. Dexter, Darrel 4. Schwartz, Bear 5. Schneider, Jr., Bob 6. Scott, Bob 7. Feller, Jr., Tom 8. Beule, Greg 9. Gainer, Bob 10. Marcum, Rich More   08/21/2004 Race Modifieds Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Willison, Mark 2. Jewell, Glen 3. Elkins, Jr., Rick 4. Enos, Mark 5. Watson, Dave 6. Robinson, Mel 7. Beatty, Jr., Jim 8. Bowers, Mike 9. Walker, Will 10. McCune, Jim More   08/21/2004 Race Pure Stocks Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Schweitzer, Rich 2. Smart, Randy 3. Grove, Greg 4. Coventry, Craig 5. Mackey, Blake 6. Street, Al 7. Scott, Rob 8. Passwaters, Jr., Bob 9. Smith, Larry 10. Parson, Paul More   08/21/2004 Race Sport Stocks Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Waller, Kurt 2. McMillen, Doug 3. Aubihl, Bill 4. Pringle, Gabe 5. McClintock, Kevin 6. Rufener, Jr., Don 7. Murray, Paul 8. Stalnaker, Rich 9. Weaver, Bill 10. Walker, Will More   08/21/2004 Race Compacts Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Ford, Kenny 2. Miller, Jim 3. Grandison, Russell 4. Barrett, Tom 5. Kelly, Tye 6. McNutt, Kelly 7. Smith, Bryant 8. Morgan, Jason 9. Anderson, Eric 10. Mishler, Adam More