WELCOME RACE FANS!!.......... 74TH SEASON OPENER PRESENTED BY SIMPSON SALUTE APRIL 25TH MW, OLM, MOD, SS, C, CV, L, ACE........... Sunday, April 19th Ohio's Fun Place to Race!! 2026 Race Season Saturday Racing Complete Wednesday Racing At Starts 8 May 30, 2009 For the seventh time in eight tries, Midvale Speedway drivers were able to complete a night of racing in 2009. For the track it is such a blessing, as in 2008 the speedway didn't complete its seventh event until July 4, due to unfavorable weather. Late Models, Sport Stocks, Pure Stocks, all were racing plus a radio personality event at intermission. The McIntosh Oil Company Late Models had another stellar field on hand, topping out at 19. 17 cars started the feature, as Doug McMillen was involved in a heat race crash and Emerson Huffman experienced engine trouble in practice. Bryant Smith and Mike Miller were the benefactors of a small dice roll after qualifying and started on the front row. On the original green, Smith, while trying to stay along Miller going into three, spun the car resulting in a complete restart. The second time went without a hitch, as Miller raced into the lead via the outside lane. Smith settled comfortably into the second spot. On lap two, Ernie Shook, the night's second fast qualifier looped it coming off of four. Ryan Tedesco, driving the Todd Ripley ride, got on the binders hard saving his car, but Darrel Dexter tried to go low and slammed into the ride resulting in heavy damage. The race ran rather quietly to the checkered with Mike Miller claiming his second win of 2009 in his A-1 Auto & Spring/Bob's Auto Sales #53. Smith, Mark Willison, Tedesco, and Greg Beule were top five finishers. Others in the top ten were Bubba Smith, Tom Garbrandt, Bob Sibila, Jr., Bob Schneider, Jr., and George Riddle. Beule, Garbrandt, and Duane Dunn were the heat winners, while Tedesco set a new track record with a 14.30. Kevin Locker and Randy Smart brought a small field of Tusco Net Sport Stocks to the green. Smart quickly moved out front to set the early pace. Ron Dague, who had won 5 of 6 features coming in, took second on lap number two and started to track down Smart. On lap nine, Dague got a run on Smart coming out of four. Entering turn one, the two made contact, Smart spun, as the duo continued to make contact going up the track. Dague was sent pitside for what officials termed "overly aggressive driving". The two also had issues in the earlier heat race and numerous times this season and last. To the checkered, Smart claimed his first victory in 2009 followed by Kevin Locker and Kevin McClintock. Kevin Locker won the heat. The Integrity Auto Sales/Conrad Insurance Pure Stock 20-lap feature had Teddy Oliver, Jr. and Brett Lalonde starting up front. Oliver, racing the first feature of his career, moved out front with Chris Smith taking second in the V-6. Smith led for just one pace before Lee McCreery raced by. McCreery started deep in the field but worked quickly to the front to lead laps four to nine. The night's top qualifier Tad Grove again had his car blistering the track. At the halfway mark, Grove shot by McCreery to take the lead away. Coming to the finish, the J.D. Byrider/Greg's Recovery #3 was followed by McCreery, Todd Miller, Brian Minard, and Ronald Bunton. Bob Passwaters, Sr., Bob Passwaters, Jr., Chris Smith, Oliver, Jr., and Lalonde finished off the top ten. Grove and Pat Moore were heat winners. Grove also set fast time. Rich Hess set the early pace in the Parkway Auto Group Compact fast feature after moving ahead of front row co-starter Wes Ennis. Hess led comfortably for the first four laps, but Kyle Grove was on the move. The youngster was able to move into the top spot on lap five and pull away from his competitors. Don Rufener, Jr., the current point leader, took second on lap nine, which turned out to be extremely important in the end. Coming to the white flag, Grove was clocked under his qualifying time for the second lap of the race, resulting in a speeding ticket. That gave the lead and win to Rufener, his second of the season. Rich Dunlap finished second, while Rich Hess, Tammy Rufener, and John McNutt completed the top five. Other top ten finishers were Johnny Campbell, Kelly McNutt, Max McCartney, Kyle Rector, and Tim Westerfield, Jr. Tim Frederick led the first ten laps of the Compact second feature. Derek Grewell, who had already won four features this season, assumed the lead on lap eleven, while Tom Barrett moved into second. At the checkered, Grewell was followed by Barrett, Tim Westerfield, Tim Frederick, and Jay Hunt. Brad Henry, Jason Anthony, Chris Bloom, Neil Rolli, and Billy Nicholas were top ten finishers. The final Compact feature had Todd Walker out front until he went under his qualifying time. After given the black flag on lap three, Kyle Lawson inherited the lead. The Minerva, Ohio driver led the rest of the way to claim the win. Kenny Jewell, Taylor Moore, Howard Bartholow, and Pat Carnes were top five finishers. At intermission of the evening program, area radio personalities competed in a special race. Driving Compact division racecars were Brad Shupe from 99.9 WTUZ, Bill Morgan from 1450 WJER, Steve Kelly from Sunny 95 in Columbus and formerly of WJER, and Adam Mackey from 1540 WBTC and 95.9 WNPQ. Before the event, the night's announcer Blake Mackey came to the track to introduce the cars. Mackey decided that his brother, Adam, had an unfair advantage due to previous racing experience. Therefore, he started him one lap down in a ten lap race. With the green waving, Mackey quickly worked around Kelly and Morgan to get out front. As the three raced with each other, Mackey was trying to get back around to make passes against his lead lap competitors. He first caught Kelly for third, just past the halfway mark. By lap seven, he had run down Morgan for second and made the pass in the outside lane, setting his sights on Shupe. Moments later, he was out front to the ire of flagman Terry Colletti who showed the black flag, in fact, throwing it onto the speedway at the #157 car. At the finish, it was Mackey, Shupe, Morgan, and Kelly completing the ten lap event. Coming up Wednesday, June 3, Midvale Speedway will hold its fan appreciation night, with $5 grandstand admission. Midgets, Pure Stocks, Compacts, Figure 8's, and Powder Puff racing will be held. Heats, Pursuits, and Features will be run. Pit gates open at 5, qualifying is at 6:30, and racing will begin at 8. Competing in the Midget race will be Mario Diano, Ryan Tedesco, Kevin Herron, Ron McBride, Brian Stamm, Brian Swinderman, and Nate Stokey, plus one other to be announced. The cars are just slightly bigger than quarter midgets and will fly around one circle of the Figure 8 track. More information may be found at www.midvalespeedway.com. Results For Midvale Speedway McIntosh Oil Company Late Models Top Qualifier - Ryan Tedesco 14.30 NTR Heat #1 - Greg Beule, Ernie Shook, Mark Willison, Bubba Smith, Ryan Tedesco Heat #2 - Tom Garbrandt, Mike Miller, Bob Sibila, Jr., Bob Eichel, Darrel Dexter Heat #3 - Duane Dunn, Kenny Cantrell, George Riddle, Bob Schneider, Jr., William Robinson Feature - Mike Miller, Bryant Smith, Mark Willison, Ryan Tedesco, Greg Beule, Bubba Smith, Tom Garbrandt, Bob Sibila, Jr., Bob Schneider, Jr., George Riddle, Bob Eichel, Duane Dunn, Kenny Cantrell, William Robinson, Darrel Dexter, Ernie Shook, Jonathan Reitter Tusco Net Sport Stocks Top Qualifier - Kevin McClintock 15.27 Heat - Kevin Locker, Ron Dague, Randy Smart, Ron Kirkpatrick, Kevin McClintock Feature - Randy Smart, Kevin Locker, Kevin McClintock, Ron Kirkpatrick, Ron Dague Integrity Auto/Conrad Insurance Pure Stocks Top Qualifier - Tad Grove 16.49 Heat #1 - Tad Grove, Brian Minard, Todd Miller, Lee McCreery, Bob Passwaters, Sr. Heat #2 - Pat Moore, Bob Passwaters, Jr., Brett Lalonde, Teddy Oliver, Jr., Josh Flesher Feature - Tad Grove, Lee McCreery, Todd Miller, Brian Minard, Ronald Bunton, Bob Passwaters, Sr., Bob Passwaters, Jr., Chris Smith, Teddy Oliver, Jr., Brett Lalonde, Pat Moore, Josh Flesher Parkway Auto Group Compacts Top Qualifier - Johnny Campbell 17.96 Heat #1 - Kyle Grove, Don Rufener, Jr., Tammy Rufener, John McNutt, Kelly McNutt Heat #2 - Jay Hunt, Adam Mishler, Tom Barrett, Tim Westerfield, Jr., Max McCartney Heat #3 - Neil Rolli, Tim Westerfield, Jason Anthony, Brad Henry, Tim Frederick Heat #4 - Howard Bartholow, Isaac Ferrebee, Paul Stull, Taylor Moore, Kenny Jewell Heat #5 - Todd Walker, Charles Storesina, Ashlee Page, Kyle Lawson, Bruce Gibson Feature #1 - Don Rufener, Jr., Rich Dunlap, Rich Hess, Tammy Rufener, John McNutt, Johnny Campbell, Kelly McNutt, Max McCartney, Kyle Rector, Tim Westerfield, Jr., Jesse Page, Adam Mishler, Wes Ennis, Kyle Grove Feature #2 - Derek Grewell, Tom Barrett, Tim Westerfield, Tim Frederick, Jay Hunt, Brad Henry, Jason Anthony, Chris Bloom, Neil Rolli, Billy Nicholas, Cliff Cox, Joe Linard, Isaac Ferrebee, Don Rufener, III, Jeffrey Orr Feature #3 - Kyle Lawson, Kenny Jewell, Taylor Moore, Howard Bartholow, Pat Carnes, Paul Stull, Ashlee Page, Charles Storesina, Todd Walker Media Race Feature - Adam Mackey, Brad Shupe, Bill Morgan, Steve Kelly Written by: Adam Mackey Driver Results Late Models Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 50 53 Mike Miller 2 48 1 Bryant Smith 3 46 18 Mark Willison 4 44 OO Todd Ripley 5 42 21 Greg Beule 6 40 12 Bubba Smith 7 38 30 Tom Garbrandt 8 36 63 Bob Sibila, Jr. 9 34 17 Bob Schneider, Jr. 10 32 0 George Riddle 11 30 69 Bob Eichel 12 28 22 Ron Jaberg, Jr. 13 26 O7 Kenny Cantrell 14 24 14 William Robinson 15 22 55 Darrel Dexter 16 20 122 Ernie Shook 17 18 28 Jonathan Reitter DNS 0 90 Emerson Huffman DNS 0 54 Doug McMillen   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 8 21 Greg Beule 2 7 122 Ernie Shook 3 6 18 Mark Willison 4 5 12 Bubba Smith 5 4 OO Todd Ripley   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 5 30 Tom Garbrandt 2 4 53 Mike Miller 3 3 63 Bob Sibila, Jr. 4 2 69 Bob Eichel 5 1 55 Darrel Dexter   Heat #3 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 5 22 Ron Jaberg, Jr. 2 4 O7 Kenny Cantrell 3 3 0 George Riddle 4 2 17 Bob Schneider, Jr. 5 1 14 William Robinson   Pure Stocks Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 50 3 Tad Grove 2 48 2 Lee McCreery 3 46 77 Todd Miller 4 44 51 Brian Minard 5 42 95 Ronald Bunton 6 40 75 Bob Passwaters, Sr. 7 38 74 Bob Passwaters, Jr. 8 36 94 Chris Smith 9 34 49 Teddy Oliver 10 32 47 Brett Lalonde 11 30 80 Pat Moore 12 28 28 Josh Flesher DNS 0 79 Phil Bunton, Jr. DNS 0 34 Luther Chambers   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 8 3 Tad Grove 2 7 51 Brian Minard 3 6 77 Todd Miller 4 5 2 Lee McCreery 5 4 75 Bob Passwaters, Sr.   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 5 80 Pat Moore 2 4 74 Bob Passwaters, Jr. 3 3 47 Brett Lalonde 4 2 49 Teddy Oliver 5 1 28 Josh Flesher   Sport Stocks Feature Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 50 17 Randy Smart 2 48 13 Kevin Locker 3 46 38 Kevin McClintock 4 44 64 Ron Kirkpatrick Disqualified 0 75 Ron Dague DNS 0 22 Keith Anderson DNS 0 1 Jerry McNealy   Heat Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 8 13 Kevin Locker 2 7 17 Randy Smart 3 6 64 Ron Kirkpatrick 4 5 38 Kevin McClintock Disqualified 0 75 Ron Dague   Compacts Feature #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 50 47 Don Rufener, Jr. 2 48 17 Rich Dunlap 3 46 19 Rich Hess 4 44 7 Tammy Rufener 5 42 35 John McNutt 6 40 27 Johnny Campbell 7 38 36 Kelly McNutt 8 36 5 Max McCartney 9 34 22 Kyle Rector 10 32 28 Tim Westerfield, Jr. 11 30 O2 Jesse Page 12 28 65 Adam Mishler 13 26 118 Wes Ennis 14 24 3 Kyle Grove   Feature #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 36 95 Derek Grewell 2 34 157 Tom Barrett 3 32 43 Tim Westerfield, Sr. 4 30 41 Tim Frederick 5 28 33 Jay Hunt 6 26 87 Brad Henry 7 24 77 Jason Anthony 8 22 151 Chris Bloom 9 20 46 Neil Rolli 10 18 132 Billy Nicholas 11 16 72 Russell Grandison 12 14 20 Larry Ennis 13 12 91 Isaac Ferrebee 14 10 O7 Don Rufener, III 15 8 8 Jeffrey Orr DNS 0 37 Cliff Cox   Feature #3 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 20 6 Kyle Lawson 2 18 76 Kenny Jewell 3 16 O8 Taylor Moore 4 14 115 Howard Bartholow 5 12 79 Pat Carnes 6 10 O5 Paul Stull 7 8 14 Ashlee Page 8 6 O1 Charles Storesina 9 4 42 Todd Walker DNS 0 34 Kandi Chambers DNS 0 83 Gary Gibson DNS 0 119 Perk Pyle   Heat #1 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 8 3 Kyle Grove 2 7 47 Don Rufener, Jr. 3 6 7 Tammy Rufener 4 5 35 John McNutt 5 4 36 Kelly McNutt   Heat #2 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 5 33 Jay Hunt 2 4 65 Adam Mishler 3 3 157 Tom Barrett 4 2 28 Tim Westerfield, Jr. 5 1 5 Max McCartney   Heat #3 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 5 46 Neil Rolli 2 4 43 Tim Westerfield, Sr. 3 3 77 Jason Anthony 4 2 87 Brad Henry 5 1 41 Tim Frederick   Heat #4 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 5 115 Howard Bartholow 2 4 91 Isaac Ferrebee 3 3 O5 Paul Stull 4 2 O8 Taylor Moore 5 1 76 Kenny Jewell   Heat #5 Finished Position Points Earned Car No. Driver 1 5 42 Todd Walker 2 4 O1 Charles Storesina 3 3 14 Ashlee Page 4 2 6 Kyle Lawson 5 1 32 Bruce Gibson   Top 05/30/2009 Race Late Models Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Miller, Mike 2. Smith, Bryant 3. Willison, Mark 4. Ripley, Todd 5. Beule, Greg 6. Smith, Bubba 7. Garbrandt, Tom 8. Sibila, Jr., Bob 9. Schneider, Jr., Bob 10. Riddle, George More   05/30/2009 Race Pure Stocks Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Grove, Tad 2. McCreery, Lee 3. Miller, Todd 4. Minard, Brian 5. Bunton, Ronald 6. Passwaters, Sr., Bob 7. Passwaters, Jr., Bob 8. Smith, Chris 9. Oliver, Teddy 10. Lalonde, Brett More   05/30/2009 Race Sport Stocks Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Smart, Randy 2. Locker, Kevin 3. McClintock, Kevin 4. Kirkpatrick, Ron 5. Dague, Ron 6. McNealy, Jerry 7. Anderson, Keith   05/30/2009 Race Compacts Listings Finish Pos. Driver 1. Rufener, Jr., Don 2. Dunlap, Rich 3. Hess, Rich 4. Rufener, Tammy 5. McNutt, John 6. Campbell, Johnny 7. McNutt, Kelly 8. McCartney, Max 9. Rector, Kyle 10. Westerfield, Jr., Tim More