Racing Returns To Valley

     The familiar sounds of summer in the Valley returned last weekend as Valley Speedway hosted the annual Mid-State Open Wheel Nationals presented by POWRi. #4a Justin Grant claimed the win, with Thomas Meseraull placing a close second.
     Valley Speedway owner Dennis Shrout was thrilled to see the return of racing and pleased with the cooperation of those in attendance.
     “We cancelled our first 8 events to help with the spread of the virus. This has led to no racing income which makes it tough for any small business. Racing is a seasonal sport and we have already lost 30% of our scheduled races,” Shrout said.
     “It was nice to see the race fans and race teams be able to get out and enjoy a nice weekend outdoors. The fans and teams did a great job of respecting one another and doing a good job of keeping distant as much as possible.”
 
POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League Results:
1. 4A-Justin Grant[1]; 2. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[2]; 3. 35-Tanner Carrick[3]; 4. 19AZ-Logan Seavey[7]; 5. 5-Kevin Thomas Jr[9]; 6. 08-Cannon McIntosh[12]; 7. 44S-Andrew Felker[4]; 8. 32-Trey Marcham[10]; 9. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]; 10. 15-Emerson Axsom[17]; 11. 98-Clinton Boyles[14]; 12. 28-Ace McCarthy[19]; 13. 55K-Karter Sarff[6]; 14. 4-Robert Dalby[20]; 15. 44X-Wesley Smith[16]; 16. 5D-Zach Daum[11]; 17. 42-Hank Davis[13]; 18. 00-Trey Gropp[22]; 19. 19P-Don Droud Jr[15]; 20. 91-Andy Bishop[8]; 21. 21K-Emilio Hoover[23]; 22. 7M-Chance Morton[18]; 23. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[21]
Auto Meter Heat Race 1: Thomas Meseraull #7x
KSE Racing Products Heat 2: Andrew Felker #44s
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 3: Jake Neuman #3n
Schoenfeld Headers Heat 4: Tanner Carrick #35
Hoosier Racing Tire B-Feature: Emerson Axsom #15
Super Clean Hard Charger: Emerson Axsom #15 (+7)
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 15-Emerson Axsom[1]; 2. 7M-Chance Morton[5]; 3. 28-Ace McCarthy[2]; 4. 4-Robert Dalby[12]; 5. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[14]; 6. 00-Trey Gropp[3]; 7. 71-Zac Taylor[4]; 8. 4F-Chad Frewaldt[7]; 9. 26-Tristin Thomas[10]; 10. 8M-Kade Morton[18]; 11. 21K-Emilio Hoover[16]; 12. 19A-Hayden Reinbold[6]; 13. 22-Tanner Allen[11]; 14. 321-Chad Winfrey[9]; 15. 2H-Luke Howard[13]; 16. 5H-Casey Hicks[8]; 17. 11-Shawn Mahaffey[15]; 18. 72-Sam Johnson[17]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[5]; 2. 08-Cannon McIntosh[1]; 3. 19AZ-Logan Seavey[6]; 4. 15-Emerson Axsom[3]; 5. 44X-Wesley Smith[7]; 6. 4F-Chad Frewaldt[4]; 7. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[2]; 8. 4-Robert Dalby[8]; 9. 21K-Emilio Hoover[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44S-Andrew Felker[3]; 2. 5D-Zach Daum[2]; 3. 5-Kevin Thomas Jr[5]; 4. 98-Clinton Boyles[6]; 5. 00-Trey Gropp[4]; 6. 71-Zac Taylor[7]; 7. 7M-Chance Morton[9]; 8. 2H-Luke Howard[8]; 9. 8M-Kade Morton[1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3N-Jake Neuman[3]; 2. 42-Hank Davis[1]; 3. 55K-Karter Sarff[7]; 4. 91-Andy Bishop[8]; 5. 19A-Hayden Reinbold[2]; 6. 5H-Casey Hicks[4]; 7. 26-Tristin Thomas[6]; 8. 11-Shawn Mahaffey[5]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Tanner Carrick[4]; 2. 4A-Justin Grant[8]; 3. 19P-Don Droud Jr[3]; 4. 32-Trey Marcham[7]; 5. 28-Ace McCarthy[6]; 6. 321-Chad Winfrey[1]; 7. 22-Tanner Allen[5]; 8. 72-Sam Johnson[2]
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#4a Justin Grant emerged as the winner of the Mid-State Open Wheel Nationals presented by POWRi.
PHOTO CREDIT: Ryan Black of DTO Photography