WELCOME RACE FANS!!.......... 74TH SEASON OPENER PRESENTED BY SIMPSON SALUTE APRIL 25TH MW, OLM, MOD, SS, C, CV, L, ACE........... Monday, April 20th Ohio's Fun Place to Race!! 2026 Race Season Mid-Season Trophies Claimed At Midvale July 12, 2008 Double points and Mid-Season Championship trophies were up for grabs and one of the healthiest fields of drivers showed up to compete. 22 Late Models, 10 Sport Stocks, 18 Pure Stocks, 45 Compacts, and 8 Figure 8 competitors were in action. In the McIntosh Oil Company Late Model division 25-lap feature, 20 drivers lined up for the green flag. With a small inversion, sixth and fifth fast qualifiers Bryant Smith and Rich Marcum led the field at the start. Marcum raced into the lead and closed the door on the Late Model rookie. Despite the large field, drivers kept the race going until lap four, when a car running deep in the field spun to bring out the yellow. From this point on, the race got a little sloppy with plenty of cautions. During the small green flag runs, top qualifier Ryan Tedesco was working his way from sixth. On lap four, Tedesco took fifth. One lap later he took fourth, on lap eight, Tedesco was third and on lap eleven, the defending Late Model champion moved into second. Many thought Tedesco could muster up the run needed to get by Marcum, but the East Sparta, Ohio driver fended off challenge after challenge, never making a mistake and put his Marcum Racing #27 into the Downtown Ford victory lane for the first time. Following him to his first career feature win were Tedesco, Bubba Smith, Mike Miller, and Doug McMillen. The rest of the top ten were Mark Willison, Bob Schneider, Jr., Greg Beule, Bob Eichel, and Dave Watson. Tom Garbrandt, Eichel, and Farmer Smith won the heats. Pole sitter Gabe Pringle led the first two circuits in the Tusco Net Sport Stock feature. Second place starter, Scott Archer, took over the lead on lap three, but it was short lived as well when Kevin McClintock made his way out front. McClintock immediately pulled into a decent lead and was in comfortable control as the field raced behind him. Fans had their eyes glued to the Pringle, Nick Grubbs, Blake Mackey, and Ron McBride battle for second. Even with a couple of mishaps closing the field up, McClintock led to the finish, while Grubbs, Pringle, Mackey, and McBride finished off the top five. Also following the Federated Auto Parts/Broadrun Cheesehouse #38 were top ten finishers Ron Dague, Archer, Hank Massaro, Jerry McNealy, and Chris Miller. McBride won the heat, while Dague set fast time. The Midvale Speedway Pure Stock feature was an entertaining event, as expected. Teddy Oliver raced out front from his front row starting position, but was sent pitside moments later with a mechanical leak. Over the first couple of laps, Tory Gibbs picked up a number of spots to move into second. On lap four, Gibbs took the lead from Bob Passwaters, Sr. and raced into a huge lead. Top qualifier Rich Schweitzer, much like he did in the fast heat earlier, picked off a car at a time to move into second. Gibbs lead looked insurmountable, but Schweitzer’s car was on a rail and closing in quickly. Just as Schweitzer caught Gibbs, a caution bunched up the whole field. Over the last few circuits, Gibbs held off the veteran and went on to claim his fourth feature win of the year. Following the Port Washington, Ohio driver were Schweitzer, Joe Oliver, Todd Miller, and Doug Higgins. The rest of the top ten were Lee McCreery, Phil Bunton, Jr., Chris Smith, Passwaters, and Dan Hall. Schweitzer and Bunton were heat winners. Chris Bloom started on the pole of the fast Parkway Suzuki Compact feature. Bloom held off Derek Grewell for a number of laps before Johnny Campbell took over second on lap 13. Over the final couple of paces, Bloom held a solid lane, Campbell tried high but couldn’t get by and the Dennison, Ohio driver claimed his first career Compact fast feature. Campbell, Grewell, Kelly McNutt, and A.J. Diano took top fives behind the HI 5 racing entry. Rich Dunlap, Don Rufener, Jr., Adam Mishler, Jason Morgan, and Kyle Rector finished off the top ten. The Compact B feature had a number of different leaders. Jason Anthony was out front at the completion of lap one before Jake Albright assumed the top spot for the next five. The third leader of the race was Tim Westerfield, Jr. Westerfield was out front until lap thirteen when Compact veteran John McNutt became the final leader. McNutt raced his way to another feature win, while Jesse Page, Ron Myers, Cliff Cox, and Kyle Grove. Other top ten finishers were Jeffrey Orr, Bob Passwaters, Jr., Jim Campbell, Anthony, and Larry Ennis. Kenny Jewell won by inches over Mike Belknap in the Compact third feature. Following them to the finish in the top ten were Doug Milburn, Tim Frederick, Paul Stull, Joe Slentz, Dale Lawson, Ronald Bunton, Pat Carnes, and Billy Nicholas. Compact preliminary wins were claimed by Max McCartney, Ron Myers, Jesse Page, Earl Scranton, and Kenny Jewell. A.J. Diano was the night’s fast qualifier. The Midvale Speedway Figure 8’s had eight drivers take the green flag. Gene Morgan raced into the top spot at the start and continued to hold a sizable lead until halfway. Moments later, a collision at the intersection involving he and his son, Jason, took both drivers out of the event and handed the lead to Don Rufener, Jr. Rufener went on to claim the feature win, while Kenny Jewell, Earl Scranton, Brad Henry, and Tim Frederick were still running at the finish. This coming Saturday, July 19th, Midvale Speedway will host its annual racecar rides for kids at intermission. All kids will have the opportunity to ride in a racecar with one of their favorite drivers. Late Models, Sport Stocks, Pure Stocks, Compacts, and Legends will all be in action. Pit gates open at 2:30, hotlaps and grandstands at 3:00, qualifying at 4:30, and racing at 6:30. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $6 for kids 6-15, and children 5 and under are free. Wristbands and rainchecks will still be valid from the partial rainout of a few weeks ago. More information may be available at midvalespeedway.com. Results For Midvale Speedway McIntosh Oil Company Late Models Top Qualifier – Ryan Tedesco 14.58 Heat #1 – Tom Garbrandt, Rich Marcum, Mike Miller, Bubba Smith, John Sluka Heat #2 – Bob Eichel, Dave Watson, Doug McMillen, Mark Willison, Bob Schneider, Jr. Heat #3 – Farmer Smith, Darrel Dexter, Gary Hoopingarner, Dave McAlicker, Chris Grubbs Feature – Rich Marcum, Ryan Tedesco, Bubba Smith, Mike Miller, Doug McMillen, Mark Willison, Bob Schneider, Jr., Greg Beule, Bob Eichel, Dave Watson, Farmer Smith, John Sluka, Darrel Dexter, Tom Garbrandt, Bryant Smith, Chris Grubbs, Nick Grubbs, William Robinson, Dave McAlicker, Kenny Cantrell Tusco Net Sport Stocks Top Qualifier – Ron Dague 15.24 Heat – Ron McBride, Ron Dague, Blake Mackey, Scott Archer, Kevin McClintock Feature – Kevin McClintock, Nick Grubbs, Gabe Pringle, Blake Mackey, Ron McBride, Ron Dague, Scott Archer, Hank Massaro, Jerry McNealy, Chris Miller Midvale Speedway Pure Stocks Top Qualifier – Rich Schweitzer 16.74 Heat #1 – Rich Schweitzer, Todd Miller, Brian Oliver, Joe Oliver, Tory Gibbs Heat #2 – Phil Bunton, Jr., Dan Hall, Dick Aubihl, Luther Chambers, Brian Minard Feature – Tory Gibbs, Rich Schweitzer, Joe Oliver, Todd Miller, Doug Higgins, Lee McCreery, Phil Bunton, Jr., Chris Smith, Bob Passwaters, Sr., Dan Hall, Bill Shimko, Brian Minard, Tim Lynn, Teddy Oliver, Mike Hostetler, Dick Aubihl, Brian Oliver Parkway Suzuki Compacts Top Qualifier – A.J. Diano 18.16 Heat #1 – Max McCartney, Rich Dunlap, Jay Hunt, Don Rufener, Jr., A.J. Diano Heat #2 – Ron Myers, Derek Grewell, Cliff Cox, Kyle Rector, Jason Morgan Heat #3 – Jesse Page, John McNutt, Kyle Grove, Jake Albright, Joe Fitch Heat #4 – Earl Scranton, Jason Anthony, Mike Belknap, Mike Lawson, Larry Ennis Heat #5 – Kenny Jewell, Isaac Ferrebee, Paul Stull, Tim Frederick, Pat Carnes Feature #1 – Chris Bloom, Johnny Campbell, Derek Grewell, Kelly McNutt, A.J. Diano, Rich Dunlap, Don Rufener, Jr., Adam Mishler, Jason Morgan, Kyle Rector, Rich Hess, Max McCartney, Brad Henry, Jay Hunt Feature #2 – John McNutt, Jesse Page, Ron Myers, Cliff Cox, Kyle Grove, Jeffrey Orr, Bob Passwaters, Jr., Jim Campbell, Jason Anthony, Larry Ennis, Tammy Rufener, Jake Albright, Tim Westerfield, Jr., Jaimie Huebner, Joe Fitch Feature #3 – Kenny Jewell, Mike Belknap, Doug Milburn, Tim Frederick, Paul Stull, Joe Slentz, Dale Lawson, Ronald Bunton, Pat Carnes, Billy Nicholas, Felicia Myers, Earl Scranton, Mike Lawson Midvale Speedway Figure 8’s Feature – Don Rufener, Jr., Kenny Jewell, Earl Scranton, Brad Henry, Tim Frederick, Gene Morgan, Jason Morgan, Jaimie Huebner Written by: Adam Mackey Driver Results Late Models Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 100 27 Rich Marcum 2 96 70 Ryan Tedesco 3 92 12 Bubba Smith 4 88 53 Mike Miller 5 84 54 Doug McMillen 6 80 18 Mark Willison 7 76 17 Bob Schneider, Jr. 8 72 21 Greg Beule 9 68 69 Bob Eichel 10 64 22 Ron Jaberg, Jr. 11 60 55 Farmer Smith 12 56 76 John Sluka 13 52 7 Darrel Dexter 14 48 30 Tom Garbrandt 15 44 1 Bryant Smith 16 40 26 Chris Grubbs 17 36 48 Slentz Racing 18 32 14 William Robinson 19 28 47 Dave McAlicker 20 24 O7 Kenny Cantrell DNS 0 2 Kenny Stevens DNS 0 98 Mark Willison, Jr.   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 16 30 Tom Garbrandt 2 14 27 Rich Marcum 3 12 53 Mike Miller 4 10 12 Bubba Smith 5 8 76 John Sluka   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 10 69 Bob Eichel 2 8 22 Ron Jaberg, Jr. 3 6 54 Doug McMillen 4 4 18 Mark Willison 5 2 17 Bob Schneider, Jr.   Heat #3 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 10 55 Farmer Smith 2 8 7 Darrel Dexter 3 6 48 Slentz Racing 4 4 47 Dave McAlicker 5 2 26 Chris Grubbs   Pure Stocks Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 100 10 Tory Gibbs 2 96 84 Rich Schweitzer 3 92 50 Joe Oliver 4 88 77 Todd Miller 5 84 13 Doug Higgins 6 80 32 Keith Anderson 7 76 79 Phil Bunton, Jr. 8 72 34 Luther Chambers 9 68 75 Bob Passwaters, Sr. 10 64 42 Dan Hall 11 60 93 Bill Shimko 12 56 51 Brian Minard 13 52 22 Tim Lynn 14 48 49 Teddy Oliver 15 44 98 H.P. Performance 16 40 55 Dick Aubihl 17 36 48 Brian Oliver DNS 0 3 Tad Grove   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 16 84 Rich Schweitzer 2 14 77 Todd Miller 3 12 48 Brian Oliver 4 10 50 Joe Oliver 5 8 10 Tory Gibbs   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 10 79 Phil Bunton, Jr. 2 8 42 Dan Hall 3 6 55 Dick Aubihl 4 4 34 Luther Chambers 5 2 51 Brian Minard   Sport Stocks Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 100 38 Kevin McClintock 2 96 24 Nick Grubbs 3 92 88 Gabe Pringle 4 88 7 Blake Mackey 5 84 11 Ron McBride 6 80 75 Ron Dague 7 76 28 Scott Archer 8 72 83 Hank Massaro 9 68 1 Jerry McNealy 10 64 70 Chris Miller   Heat Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 16 11 Ron McBride 2 14 75 Ron Dague 3 12 7 Blake Mackey 4 10 28 Scott Archer 5 8 38 Kevin McClintock   Compacts Feature #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 100 151 Chris Bloom 2 96 27 Johnny Campbell 3 92 149 Derek Grewell 4 88 36 Kelly McNutt 5 84 O9 A.J. Diano 6 80 17 Rich Dunlap 7 76 47 Don Rufener, Jr. 8 72 65 Adam Mishler 9 68 2 Jason Morgan 10 64 22 Kyle Rector 11 60 19 Rich Hess 12 56 5 Max McCartney 13 52 87 Brad Henry 14 48 33 Jay Hunt   Feature #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 72 35 John McNutt 2 68 O2 Jesse Page 3 64 4 Ron Myers 4 60 70 Cliff Cox 5 56 3 Kyle Grove 6 52 8 Jeffrey Orr 7 48 74 Bob Passwaters, Jr. 8 44 127 Jim Campbell 9 40 77 Jason Anthony 10 36 20 Larry Ennis 11 32 7 Tammy Rufener 12 28 10 Jake Albright 13 24 OO Tim Westerfield, Jr. 14 20 58 Jaimie Huebner 15 16 51 Joe Fitch   Feature #3 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 40 76 Kenny Jewell 2 36 49 Mike Belknap 3 32 26 Doug Milburn 4 28 41 Tim Frederick 5 24 O5 Paul Stull 6 20 46 Joe Slentz 7 16 6 Kyle Lawson 8 12 81 Chasity Crawford 9 8 79 Pat Carnes 10 4 132 Billy Nicholas 11 2 133 Joe Konovsek 12 2 O3 Earl Scranton 13 2 O6 Mike Lawson DNS 0 115 Howard Bartholow   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 16 5 Max McCartney 2 14 17 Rich Dunlap 3 12 33 Jay Hunt 4 10 47 Don Rufener, Jr. 5 8 O9 A.J. Diano   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 10 4 Ron Myers 2 8 149 Derek Grewell 3 6 70 Cliff Cox 4 4 22 Kyle Rector 5 2 2 Jason Morgan   Heat #3 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 10 O2 Jesse Page 2 8 35 John McNutt 3 6 3 Kyle Grove 4 4 10 Jake Albright 5 2 51 Joe Fitch   Heat #4 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 10 O3 Earl Scranton 2 8 77 Jason Anthony 3 6 49 Mike Belknap 4 4 O6 Mike Lawson 5 2 20 Larry Ennis   Heat #5 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 10 76 Kenny Jewell 2 8 91 Isaac Ferrebee 3 6 O5 Paul Stull 4 4 41 Tim Frederick 5 2 79 Pat Carnes   Figure 8 Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 100 47 Don Rufener, Jr. 2 96 76 Kenny Jewell 3 92 O3 Earl Scranton 4 88 87 Brad Henry 5 84 41 Tim Frederick 6 80 1 Gene Morgan 7 76 12 Jason Morgan 8 72 58 Jaimie Huebner   Top 07/12/2008 Race Late Models Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Marcum, Rich 2. Tedesco, Ryan 3. Smith, Bubba 4. Miller, Mike 5. McMillen, Doug 6. Willison, Mark 7. Schneider, Jr., Bob 8. Beule, Greg 9. Eichel, Bob 10. Jaberg, Jr., Ron More   07/12/2008 Race Pure Stocks Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Gibbs, Tory 2. Schweitzer, Rich 3. Oliver, Joe 4. Miller, Todd 5. Higgins, Doug 6. Anderson, Keith 7. Bunton, Jr., Phil 8. Chambers, Luther 9. Passwaters, Sr., Bob 10. Hall, Dan More   07/12/2008 Race Sport Stocks Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. McClintock, Kevin 2. Grubbs, Nick 3. Pringle, Gabe 4. Mackey, Blake 5. McBride, Ron 6. Dague, Ron 7. Archer, Scott 8. Massaro, Hank 9. McNealy, Jerry 10. Miller, Chris More   07/12/2008 Race Compacts Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Bloom, Chris 2. Campbell, Johnny 3. Grewell, Derek 4. McNutt, Kelly 5. Diano, A.J. 6. Dunlap, Rich 7. Rufener, Jr., Don 8. Mishler, Adam 9. Morgan, Jason 10. Rector, Kyle More   07/12/2008 Race Figure 8 Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Rufener, Jr., Don 2. Jewell, Kenny 3. Scranton, Earl 4. Henry, Brad 5. Frederick, Tim 6. Morgan, Gene 7. Morgan, Jason 8. Huebner, Jaimie