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Ohio's Fun Place to Race!!
2026 Race Season |
 | May 6, 2006 |
 Five divisions of racing were on the card this past Saturday night, May 6 at Midvale Speedway. The night saw cool conditions, another flag-to-flag Late Model feature, and slick conditions for the final five features.
The first feature of the night was the Northern Ohio Legends 20 lapper. Tom Spisak and Bryan Casey brought the field down for the race’s first green flag with Spisak moving into the lead. After a couple of circuits, though, Jason Knox raced out front to pace the field. Meanwhile, all eyes were on the night’s fastest qualifier, Dennis Knox. The Tallmadge, Ohio driver was looking for his fifth win of the season in his five starts. Knox came from his eighth starting position to move into second in the early going. After running down his nephew, he shot by on the inside to take the lead and go on to his fifth victory of the season. Jason Knox finished second, Spisak third, Jake Francis fourth, and Steve Rector came home fifth. The rest of the top ten were Randy Burns, Bob Petry, Jeff Burton, Bob Gindlesperger, Jr., and John Burns. Jason Knox and Shawn Szep won the heats, while Dennis Knox also set fast time.
In Performance Race Fuels Late Model action, Doug McMillen and Tom Garbrandt started on the first row for the 25-lapper as a small dice roll inverted a number of six qualifiers earlier in the night. When the race started, McMillen moved into lead and looked to be settling in for his first Late Model feature win of the year. However, top qualifier and point leader Mike Miller and seventh fast qualifier, Ryan Tedesco, who started seventh after missing the inversion, were moving up in the outside lane. After Miller moved into the top few spots, he settled into the inside lane. That gave Tedesco the opening he needed to race on the highside of Miller, Garbrandt, and Jaberg to fly into the second spot. Miller would later follow. Tedesco then ran down the race leader only to come up short after overheating the brakes during his strong run. With the cars crossing the stripe in an exciting caution free race, McMillen picked up his first victory in Late Model action and his second overall this season after taking a Sport Stock win in week two. Tedesco, Miller, Jaberg, and Garbrandt finished off the top five. Duane Dunn, Bob Schneider, Jr., Ed Middaugh, Jimmy Carter, and John Sandquist rounded out the top ten. McMillen completed his clean sweep by winning the fast heat, while Mark Willison took the second heat race win.
That brought the Tusco Net Sport Stocks onto the track. Chris Kail and Josh Grove were front row starters in the 20-lap main event but it didn’t take long for problems to take place mid-pack. As cars entered turn two on the first circuit, Will Walker and Kurt Waller ended up locked up in an accident towards the middle of the turns. Walker’s car was leaking oil from the accident and the puddle turned out be a nuisance the rest of the evening. After officials put drying agent on the spot, the synthetic oil worked back to the surface. Again, the track crew tried their best to remedy the problem only to fall short again as the Sport Stock drivers could not race on the slick conditions. After a long delay, the Sport Stocks were sent pitside to allow for the Compact features to run the track in.
The fast feature for the Trails End Sports Compacts was exciting as always. Steven Feister and Jimmy Orr started up front for the 15-lap grind and Feister took the lead for the second week straight. Moving quickly toward the front was Neil Rolli as he raced in the outside lane. As Rolli was making his move on Feister, Blake Mackey darted between the two cars to take second. A lap or two later, Mackey was out front after edging past the early leader. As the laps were clicked off, Mackey had extended his lead to several car lengths. However, Ron Myers, the night’s top qualifier and track record holder moved into second. Despite the fast Myers in second, Mackey looked to be en route to his first Compact feature win, but a lap 12 caution changed the scenario. As the green waved for a three lap shootout, Mackey slid sideways in turn one and Myers took the opportunity to race alongside. Racing for a lap, the drivers remained side-by-side before Myers was able to move out front. Crossing the stripe at Terry Colletti’s checkered flag, Myers picked up his first feature victory of the year in his Legacy Homes/legacyhomes.com #44. Don Rufener, Jr. picked up another strong finish for second, while Mackey, Troy McMath, and John McNutt completed the top five. Steven Feister, Jimmy Orr, Jason Morgan, Mike Hostetler, and Neil Rolli completed the top ten.
Jesse Page used a late race pass of Mike Roth to pick up his second feature win of the season. Roth came home a close second, while Tammy Rufener, Mike Gribble, and Kenny Jewell were top five finishers. Jason Anthony, Bob Passwaters, Jr., Paul Stull, Ryan Kopp, and Earl Scranton completed the top ten.
Jaimie Huebner is celebrating his second feature win after holding off Mark Willison, Jr. in the third Compact feature. Willison came home second, Bruce Gibson third, Mickey Green fourth, and Howard Bartholow fifth. Rounding out the top ten were Richard Duvall, Joe Fitch, Kelly Wissman, Jay Hunt, and Tammy Ondo.
Compact preliminary wins went to Don Rufener, Jr., Tammy Rufener, Kenny Jewell, Cody Shuss, and Joe Fitch. Ron Myers track record lap was a 17.90.
With that, the track conditions had improved just enough to allow for the Sport Stocks to re-enter the track. Josh Grove raced into the early lead, as Chris Kail dropped into second. Looking for his second feature win of the night, Doug McMillen was later able to get past Kail for the runner-up position, while Keith Thomas followed into the third spot. Grove, however, had built up a big lead to pick up the dominating feature win. All-in-all, the Sport Stock drivers ran a pretty clean race despite the slick conditions of turn two. Following the Hartzler’s Quality Housing/J.D. Byrider #4 of Grove were McMillen, Thomas, Kail, and Ron Dague. Kevin McClintock, Bill Aubihl, Nick Grubbs, John Sluka, and Bob Passwaters, Sr. finished off the top ten. Dague and Grubbs raced to heat victories, while Thomas set fast time for the second straight week.
With Chester McMasters leading the Papa John’s Pure Stock feature, Rick Elkins, Jr. was picking cars off to close in. After catching the leader, Elkins drove to the outside lane and challenged McMasters each circuit. On the final lap of a very exciting race, Elkins had a great run off of turn four to just edge McMasters by inches. Both drivers ran an extremely clean and exciting race with each other for the top two spots to put on a good show for the fans the stuck around for the final event. Elkins was followed by McMasters, Randy Smart, Teddy Oliver, and Jimmy Orr. Doug Decker, Ryan Tedesco, Rich Schweitzer, Chuck Elkins, and Keith Anderson finished off the top ten. McMasters won the fast heat, while Tedesco charged from the back of heat #2 in David Breehl’s #49 to take the victory. Randy Smart was again fast qualifier for the fifth week straight. Smart set a new track record with a 16.95.
Racing continues this coming Saturday, May 13 with the return of the Compact Figure 8 class for their second event. Late Models, Sport Stocks, Pure Stocks, and Compact will all be in action. Admission prices will remain the same at $10 for adults, $8 for seniors 62+, $6 for kids 6-15, and children 5 and under are free. Pits will open at 2:00, hotlaps will start at 2:30, qualifying will be at 4:20, and racing will start at 6:30. For more information on racing at Midvale, go to www.midvalespeedway.com.
Results For Midvale Speedway
Northern Ohio Legends
Top Time – Dennis Knox 16.06
Heat #1 – Jason Knox, Tom Spisak, Dennis Knox, Bryan Casey, Randy Burns
Heat #2 – Shawn Szep, Bob Gindlesperger, Jr., Mike McDonald, Jeff Burton, John Burns
Feature – Dennis Knox, Jason Knox, Tom Spisak, Jake Francis, Steve Rector, Randy Burns, Bob Petry, Jeff Burton, Bob Gindlesperger, Jr., John Burns, Shawn Szep, Stephen Mitcham, Mike McDonald, Larry Young, Billy Richards, Bryan Casey
Performance Race Fuels Late Models
Belknap’s Body Shop Top Time – Mike Miller 14.69
Heat #1 – Doug McMillen, Ron Jaberg, Jr., Mike Miller, Jimmy Carter, Tom Garbrandt
Heat #2 – Mark Willison, Duane Dunn, Darrel Dexter, Ed Middaugh, Bob Eichel
Feature – Doug McMillen, Ryan Tedesco, Mike Miller, Ron Jaberg, Jr., Tom Garbrandt, Duane Dunn, Bob Schneider, Jr., Randy Burns, Jimmy Carter, John Sandquist, Mark Willison, Bob Eichel, Greg Beule, Darrel Dexter, Dan Stemple
Tusco Net Sport Stocks
Belknap’s Body Shop Top Time – Keith Thomas 15.42
Heat #1 – Ron Dague, Kevin McClintock, Doug McMillen, Keith Thomas, Josh Grove
Heat #2 – Nick Grubbs, Bill Aubihl, Kurt Waller, John Sluka, Bob Passwaters, Sr.
Feature – Josh Grove, Doug McMillen, Keith Thomas, Chris Kail, Ron Dague, Kevin McClintock, Bill Aubihl, Nick Grubbs, Greg Beule, Bob Passwaters, Sr., Mike Ravenscroft, Kurt Waller, Will Walker
Papa John’s Pure Stocks
J.D. Byrider Top Time – Randy Smart 16.95 NTR
Heat #1 – Chester McMasters, Rick Elkins, Jr., Randy Smart, Jimmy Orr, Chuck Elkins
Heat #2 – Ryan Tedesco, Chris Miller, Brock Burcher, Keith Anderson, Joe Sanford, Jr.
Feature – Rick Elkins, Jr., Chester McMasters, Randy Smart, Teddy Oliver, Jimmy Orr, Doug Decker, Ryan Tedesco, Rich Schweitzer, Chuck Elkins, Keith Anderson, Chris Miller, Tim Oliver, Tim Rodgers, Joe Sanford, Jr., Charles Ritch, Brock Burcher
Trails End Sports Compacts
East High Arby’s Top Time – Ron Myers 17.90 NTR
Heat #1 – Don Rufener, Jr., Adam Mishler, Tad Grove, John McNutt, Troy McMath
Heat #2 – Tammy Rufener, Mike Hostetler, Jack Grove, Steven Feister, Jason Morgan
Heat #3 – Kenny Jewell, Mike Gribble, Jason Dotson, Steve Roth, Paul Stull
Heat #4 – Cody Shuss, Mickey Green, Earl Scranton, Pat Moore, Richard Duvall
Heat #5 – Joe Fitch, Jaimie Huebner, Tammy Ondo, Jay Hunt, Howard Bartholow
Feature #1 – Ron Myers, Don Rufener, Jr., Blake Mackey, Troy McMath, John McNutt, Steven Feister, Jimmy Orr, Jason Morgan, Mike Hostetler, Neil Rolli, Jack Grove, Adam Mishler, Johnny Campbell, Brad Henry, Chris Bloom, Tad Grove
Feature #2 – Jesse Page, Mike Roth, Tammy Rufener, Mike Gribble, Kenny Jewell, Jason Anthony, Bob Passwaters, Jr., Paul Stull, Ryan Kopp, Earl Scranton, Steve Roth, Jason Dotson, Jill Harshey, Otto Polilli, Jason Grewell, Larry Ennis, C.J. Campbell, Billy Nicholas
Feature #3 – Jaimie Huebner, Mark Willison, Jr., Bruce Gibson, Mickey Green, Howard Bartholow, Richard Duvall, Joe Fitch, Kelly Wissman, Jay Hunt, Tammy Ondo, John Reihl, Pat Moore, Cody Shuss
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 200 | 54 | Doug McMillen |
| 2 | 190 | 70 | Ryan Tedesco |
| 3 | 180 | 53 | Mike Miller |
| 4 | 170 | 22 | Ron Jaberg, Jr. |
| 5 | 160 | 64 | Tom Garbrandt |
| 6 | 150 | 32 | Duane Dunn |
| 7 | 140 | 17 | Bob Schneider, Jr. |
| 8 | 130 | 84 | Ed Middaugh |
| 9 | 120 | 44 | Jimmy Carter |
| 10 | 110 | 66 | John Sandquist |
| 11 | 100 | 18 | Mark Willison |
| 12 | 90 | 69 | Bob Eichel |
| 13 | 80 | 21 | Greg Beule |
| 14 | 70 | 55 | Darrel Dexter |
| 15 | 60 | 29 | Dan Stemple |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 40 | 54 | Doug McMillen |
| 2 | 30 | 22 | Ron Jaberg, Jr. |
| 3 | 20 | 53 | Mike Miller |
| 4 | 10 | 44 | Jimmy Carter |
| 5 | 0 | 64 | Tom Garbrandt |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 40 | 18 | Mark Willison |
| 2 | 30 | 32 | Duane Dunn |
| 3 | 20 | 55 | Darrel Dexter |
| 4 | 10 | 84 | Ed Middaugh |
| 5 | 0 | 69 | Bob Eichel |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 200 | 53 | Larry Smith |
| 2 | 190 | 81 | Chester McMasters |
| 3 | 180 | 17 | Troy Conrad |
| 4 | 170 | 50 | Teddy Oliver |
| 5 | 160 | 28 | Jimmy Orr |
| 6 | 150 | 64 | Doug Decker |
| 7 | 140 | 49 | Pat Moore |
| 8 | 130 | 84 | Rich Schweitzer |
| 9 | 120 | 52 | Chuck Elkins |
| 10 | 110 | 32 | Keith Anderson |
| 11 | 100 | 70 | Chris Miller |
| 12 | 90 | 8 | Tim Oliver |
| 13 | 80 | 1 | Tim Rodgers |
| 14 | 70 | 9 | Joe Sanford, Jr. |
| 15 | 60 | O3 | Charles Ritch |
| 16 | 50 | 75 | Brock Burcher |
| DNS | 0 | 11 | Mike Phillips, Jr. |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 40 | 81 | Chester McMasters |
| 2 | 30 | 53 | Larry Smith |
| 3 | 20 | 17 | Troy Conrad |
| 4 | 10 | 28 | Jimmy Orr |
| 5 | 0 | 52 | Chuck Elkins |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 40 | 49 | Pat Moore |
| 2 | 30 | 70 | Chris Miller |
| 3 | 20 | 75 | Brock Burcher |
| 4 | 10 | 32 | Keith Anderson |
| 5 | 0 | 9 | Joe Sanford, Jr. |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 200 | 4 | Josh Grove |
| 2 | 190 | 54 | Doug McMillen |
| 3 | 180 | 34 | Keith Thomas |
| 4 | 170 | 10 | Chris Kail |
| 5 | 160 | 75 | Ron Dague |
| 6 | 150 | 38 | Kevin McClintock |
| 7 | 140 | 31 | Bill Aubihl |
| 8 | 130 | 24 | Nick Grubbs |
| 9 | 120 | 21 | John Sluka |
| 10 | 110 | 77 | Bob Passwaters, Sr. |
| 11 | 100 | 13 | Virgil Ravenscroft, III |
| 12 | 90 | 18 | Kurt Waller |
| 13 | 80 | 15 | Will Walker |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 40 | 75 | Ron Dague |
| 2 | 30 | 38 | Kevin McClintock |
| 3 | 20 | 54 | Doug McMillen |
| 4 | 10 | 34 | Keith Thomas |
| 5 | 0 | 4 | Josh Grove |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 40 | 24 | Nick Grubbs |
| 2 | 30 | 31 | Bill Aubihl |
| 3 | 20 | 18 | Kurt Waller |
| 4 | 10 | 21 | John Sluka |
| 5 | 0 | 77 | Bob Passwaters, Sr. |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 200 | 44 | Ron Myers |
| 2 | 190 | 47 | Don Rufener, Jr. |
| 3 | 180 | 157 | Tom Barrett |
| 4 | 170 | 64 | Troy McMath |
| 5 | 160 | 35 | John McNutt |
| 6 | 150 | 78 | Steven Feister |
| 7 | 140 | 45 | Mike Pyle |
| 8 | 130 | 2 | Jason Morgan |
| 9 | 120 | 53 | Mike Hostetler |
| 10 | 110 | 46 | Neil Rolli |
| 11 | 100 | 5 | Jack Grove |
| 12 | 90 | 65 | Adam Mishler |
| 13 | 80 | 27 | Johnny Campbell |
| 14 | 70 | 87 | Brad Henry |
| 15 | 60 | 151 | Chris Bloom |
| 16 | 50 | 3 | Tad Grove |
| DNS | 0 | 67 | Kenny Ford |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 150 | O2 | Jesse Page |
| 2 | 140 | 48 | Mike Roth |
| 3 | 130 | 7 | Tammy Rufener |
| 4 | 120 | 11 | Mike Gribble |
| 5 | 110 | 76 | Kenny Jewell |
| 6 | 100 | 6 | Jason Anthony |
| 7 | 90 | 74 | Bob Passwaters, Jr. |
| 8 | 80 | O5 | Paul Stull |
| 9 | 70 | 52 | Ryan Kopp |
| 10 | 60 | O3 | Earl Scranton |
| 11 | 50 | OO | Steve Roth |
| 12 | 40 | 92 | Jason Dotson |
| 13 | 30 | 86 | Jill Harshey |
| 14 | 20 | 43 | Otto Polilli |
| 15 | 10 | 199 | Kyle Grewell |
| 16 | 5 | 20 | Larry Ennis, Sr. |
| 17 | 5 | 127 | Jim Campbell |
| 18 | 5 | 132 | Billy Nicholas |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 100 | 58 | Jaimie Huebner |
| 2 | 90 | 18 | Mark Willison, Jr. |
| 3 | 80 | 32 | Bruce Gibson |
| 4 | 70 | 29 | Mickey Green |
| 5 | 60 | 115 | Howard Bartholow |
| 6 | 50 | 24 | Richard Duvall |
| 7 | 40 | 51 | Joe Fitch |
| 8 | 30 | 98 | Kelly Wissman |
| 9 | 20 | 33 | Jay Hunt |
| 10 | 10 | 97 | Tammy Ondo |
| 11 | 5 | 55 | D.J. Litten |
| 12 | 5 | 80 | Pat Moore |
| 13 | 5 | 118 | Cody Shuss |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 40 | 47 | Don Rufener, Jr. |
| 2 | 30 | 65 | Adam Mishler |
| 3 | 20 | 3 | Tad Grove |
| 4 | 10 | 35 | John McNutt |
| 5 | 0 | 64 | Troy McMath |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 40 | 7 | Tammy Rufener |
| 2 | 30 | 53 | Mike Hostetler |
| 3 | 20 | 5 | Jack Grove |
| 4 | 10 | 78 | Steven Feister |
| 5 | 0 | 2 | Jason Morgan |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 40 | 76 | Kenny Jewell |
| 2 | 30 | 11 | Mike Gribble |
| 3 | 20 | 92 | Jason Dotson |
| 4 | 10 | OO | Steve Roth |
| 5 | 0 | O5 | Paul Stull |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 40 | 118 | Cody Shuss |
| 2 | 30 | 29 | Mickey Green |
| 3 | 20 | O3 | Earl Scranton |
| 4 | 10 | 80 | Pat Moore |
| 5 | 0 | 24 | Richard Duvall |
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| Finished Position | Points Earned | Car No. | Driver |
| 1 | 40 | 51 | Joe Fitch |
| 2 | 30 | 58 | Jaimie Huebner |
| 3 | 20 | 97 | Tammy Ondo |
| 4 | 10 | 33 | Jay Hunt |
| 5 | 0 | 115 | Howard Bartholow |
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05/06/2006 Race
Late Models Listings |
| Finish Pos. | Driver |
| 1. | McMillen, Doug |
| 2. | Tedesco, Ryan |
| 3. | Miller, Mike |
| 4. | Jaberg, Jr., Ron |
| 5. | Garbrandt, Tom |
| 6. | Dunn, Duane |
| 7. | Schneider, Jr., Bob |
| 8. | Middaugh, Ed |
| 9. | Carter, Jimmy |
| 10. | Sandquist, John |
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05/06/2006 Race
Pure Stocks Listings |
| Finish Pos. | Driver |
| 1. | Smith, Larry |
| 2. | McMasters, Chester |
| 3. | Conrad, Troy |
| 4. | Oliver, Teddy |
| 5. | Orr, Jimmy |
| 6. | Decker, Doug |
| 7. | Moore, Pat |
| 8. | Schweitzer, Rich |
| 9. | Elkins, Chuck |
| 10. | Anderson, Keith |
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Sport Stocks Listings |
| Finish Pos. | Driver |
| 1. | Grove, Josh |
| 2. | McMillen, Doug |
| 3. | Thomas, Keith |
| 4. | Kail, Chris |
| 5. | Dague, Ron |
| 6. | McClintock, Kevin |
| 7. | Aubihl, Bill |
| 8. | Grubbs, Nick |
| 9. | Sluka, John |
| 10. | Passwaters, Sr., Bob |
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Compacts Listings |
| Finish Pos. | Driver |
| 1. | Myers, Ron |
| 2. | Rufener, Jr., Don |
| 3. | Barrett, Tom |
| 4. | McMath, Troy |
| 5. | McNutt, John |
| 6. | Feister, Steven |
| 7. | Pyle, Mike |
| 8. | Morgan, Jason |
| 9. | Hostetler, Mike |
| 10. | Rolli, Neil |
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