WAYNESFIELD, Ohio (June 16, 2022) - Defending Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 champion, Tyler Courtney, earned his way back to victory lane on Thursday night, earning top honors in round seven of Cometic Gasket Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Hercules Tires at Waynesfield Raceway Park.
The victory, Sunshine’s fourth of the season against the traveling All Stars, also bumping his career total to 12, was accomplished from the front row, utilizing the pole position by way of dash finish to ultimately lead every circuit of the 30-lap Rick Ferkel Classic.
Despite being basically untouchable in A-Main action, Courtney, who is currently third in the Ohio Sprint Speedweek championship standings, did face some challenges, most of which in the form of lapped traffic. In fact, the final five circuits were packed to the brim with traffic, ultimately allowing Buch Motorsports’ Justin Peck to power himself within a few car lengths of the Clauson Marshall Racing No. 7BC. Peck’s last-ditch effort would fail, allowing Courtney to secure his first-ever Speedweek victory.
“Definitely some weight lifted off our shoulders here tonight. It’s been a trying last few months for this NOS Energy team, but my guys haven’t given up and I’m really proud of their efforts,” Tyler Courtney said in victory lane. “This win feels a lot more special than some other ones, only because of the situation we’ve had to overcome to get here. The car was so good from start to finish and I owe that all to my guys.”
Myerstown, Pennsylvania’s Brent Marks finished just behind Peck in third, followed by Hunter Schuerenberg and Bill Balog. Peck remains in control of the Ohio Sprint Speedweek standings, holding down a 40-point margin over Republic, Ohio’s Cap Henry.
Cometic Gasket Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Hercules Tires will continue with a $6,000 program at Limaland Motorsports Park on Friday, June 17. The All Star Circuit of Champions will conclude the 40th edition of Ohio Sprint Speedweek with Portsmouth Raceway Park’s highly sought after Dean Knittel Memorial on Saturday, June 18.
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SPEEDWEEK AGENDA:
Friday, June 17
Limaland Motorsports Park | $6,000
Pit Gates: 4:30 p.m.
Driver’s Meeting: 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 18
Portsmouth Raceway Park | $20,554
Pit Gates: 2:00 p.m.
Driver’s Meeting: 5:30 p.m.
Contingency Awards/Results: Waynesfield Raceway Park | June 16, 2022:
Cometic Gasket Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Hercules Tires
Night #7 | Rick Ferkel Classic | $6,000
Kistler Racing Products Pill Draw | Entries: 36
Nunzi’s Advertising Hot Laps: Brent Marks | 10.634
Dixie Vodka Fast Qualifier: Parker Price-Miller | 10.493
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #1 Winner: Bill Balog
Competition Suspension Inc Heat #2 Winner: Lachlan McHugh
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #3 Winner: Brent Marks
Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: Skylar Gee
Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash Winner: Tyler Courtney
Classic Ink USA B-Main Winner: Travis Philo
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Ian Madsen
Tezos A-Main Winner: Tyler Courtney (4)
Hercules Tires A-Main Hard Charger: Danny Dietrich (+6)
Carquest Perseverance Award: Sam Hafertepe Jr.
Qualifying
Group (A)
11-Parker Price Miller, 10.493; 2. 4-Cap Henry, 10.674; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 10.679; 4. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 10.735; 5. 25-Chris Myers, 10.797; 6. 19-Chris Windom, 10.839; 7. 23-Chris Andrews, 10.858; 8. 29-Logan McCandless, 10.923; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 11.493
Group (B)
55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 10.785; 2. 17-Carson Short, 10.841; 3. 101-Lachlan McHugh, 10.861; 4. 19AZ-Mitchel Moles, 10.876; 5. 10-Zeb Wise, 10.901; 6. 2-Ricky Peterson, 10.995; 7. 5J-Jake Hesson, 11.001; 8. 11N-Cale Thomas, 11.015; 9. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 11.042
Group (C)
7BC-Tyler Courtney, 10.651; 2. 19M-Brent Marks, 10.759; 3. 39-Christopher Bell, 10.797; 4. 5T-Travis Philo, 10.872; 5. 26-Cory Eliason, 10.873; 6. 55X-Alex Bowman, 10.947; 7. 22-Cole Duncan, 11.030; 8. 16-DJ Foos, 11.473; 9. 14-Gary Taylor, 11.551
Group (D)
13-Justin Peck, 10.927; 2. 1-Nate Dussel, 11.091; 3. 99-Skylar Gee, 11.308; 4. 49X-Ian Madsen, 11.450; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich, 11.512; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 11.556; 7. 5M-Max Stambaugh, 11.712; 8. 97-Greg Wilson, 11.792; 9. 28-Brandon Spithaler, 11.849
Heat 1 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
17B-Bill Balog [2]; 2. 4-Cap Henry [1]; 3. 11-Parker Price Miller [4]; 4. 23-Chris Andrews [7]; 5. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [3]; 6. 25-Chris Myers [5]; 7. 29-Logan McCandless [8]; 8. 19-Chris Windom [6]; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker [9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
101-Lachlan McHugh [2]; 2. 17-Carson Short [1]; 3. 10-Zeb Wise [5]; 4. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [4]; 5. 19AZ-Mitchel Moles [3]; 6. 11N-Cale Thomas [8]; 7. 3J-Trey Jacobs [9]; 8. 2-Ricky Peterson [6]; 9. 5J-Jake Hesson [7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
19M-Brent Marks [1]; 2. 39-Christopher Bell [2]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [4]; 4. 26-Cory Eliason [5]; 5. 16-DJ Foos [8]; 6. 55X-Alex Bowman [6]; 7. 14-Gary Taylor [9]; 8. 5T-Travis Philo [3]; 9. 22-Cole Duncan [7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
99-Skylar Gee [2]; 2. 1-Nate Dussel [1]; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich [5]; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [6]; 5. 13-Justin Peck [4]; 6. 49X-Ian Madsen [3]; 7. 97-Greg Wilson [8]; 8. 28-Brandon Spithaler [9]; 9. 5M-Max Stambaugh [7]
Dash (6 Laps)
7BC-Tyler Courtney [2]; 2. 99-Skylar Gee [1]; 3. 19M-Brent Marks [4]; 4. 13-Justin Peck [6]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog [5]; 6. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [8]; 7. 11-Parker Price Miller [3]; 8. 101-Lachlan McHugh [7]
B-main (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
5T-Travis Philo [2]; 2. 55X-Alex Bowman [3]; 3. 25-Chris Myers [1]; 4. 11N-Cale Thomas [4]; 5. 49X-Ian Madsen [5]; 6. 22-Cole Duncan [13]; 7. 14-Gary Taylor [8]; 8. 2-Ricky Peterson [10]; 9. 97-Greg Wilson [9]; 10. 19-Chris Windom [16]; 11. 5J-Jake Hesson [12]; 12. 35-Stuart Brubaker [14]; 13. 29-Logan McCandless [6]; 14. 3J-Trey Jacobs [7]
A-main (30 Laps)
7BC-Tyler Courtney [1]; 2. 13-Justin Peck [4]; 3. 19M-Brent Marks [3]; 4. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [6]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog [5]; 6. 101-Lachlan McHugh [8]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee [2]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich [14]; 9. 11-Parker Price Miller [7]; 10. 10-Zeb Wise [13]; 11. 4-Cap Henry [9]; 12. 39-Christopher Bell [10]; 13. 1-Nate Dussel [12]; 14. 17-Carson Short [11]; 15. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [18]; 16. 19AZ-Mitchel Moles [19]; 17. 26-Cory Eliason [16]; 18. 16-DJ Foos [20]; 19. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [17]; 20. 23-Chris Andrews [15]; 21. 5T-Travis Philo [21]; 22. 55X-Alex Bowman [22]; 23. 25-Chris Myers [23]; 24. 11N-Cale Thomas [24] Lap Leaders: Tyler Courtney (1-30)
