SOUTH AMHERST — The thunderstorms that pushed through northern Ohio on Friday may have muddied the infield at Lorain County Speedway, but they could not dampen the spirits of the fans and drivers Saturday night. The storms moved out in time for a full night of racing.
Elyria’s Rick Page outlasted a bevy of caution flags to win the E-Mod feature, while Grafton’s Charlie Wells won the Charger feature, Madison’s Chuck Phillips the Sportsman main and Shawn Winters the Street Stock feature
Once preliminary dashes and heats were completed, the
E-Mods, Sportsmen, Street Stocks and Chargers took turns on the track for divisional pursuits. These short races are elimination-style, meaning that once a car is passed, it must head back to the pits until one car is left or the required laps have been completed.
After Wooster’s Brad Copen (E-Mods), Philips, Elyria’s Steve Harmon (Street Stock) and Wells collected pursuit victories, the drivers shifted their focus to the feature races.
The caution flag flew nine times in the E-Mod feature, helping Page fend off the pack in his rearview mirror. On the last yellow, Columbia’s Tigh Shaffer had a run on second place, but did not complete the pass on top qualifier Matt Marlowe of Elyria in time and had to settle for third.
Wells won the 15-lap Charger race over Kevin McCall, while Phillips beat out Lorain’s Roland Sheppard in the Sportsmen feature. Winters drove his blue-and-white Street Stock to the win over Josh Way.
The Chargers ended the night with a 10-lap figure eight race through the infield which was won by McCall.

Chargers

Fastest Qualifier: Charlie Wells (Grafton) 18.86.
Dash: Kevin McCall; Michael Parks (Vermilion); John Buderer; Wells.
Heat 1: Mike Mathes (Elyria); Bill McLendon (Wickliffe); Shawn Bubsey (Cleveland); Brian Smith.
Heat 2: Wells; Parks; John Konzelman (Elyria); Buderer.
Pursuit: Wells; Konzelman; Buderer.
Feature (15 laps, 10 cars): Wells; McCall; Buderer; Parks; Konzelman.
Figure 8 Race: McCall; Parks; Steve Blevins; Buderer.

E-Mods

Fastest Qualifier: Matt Marlowe (Elyria) 15.03.
Dash: Tigh Shaffer (Columbia Station); Joe Shannon (Tallmadge); Marlowe; Rick Page (Elyria).
Heat 1: Andy Hoskinson (Elyria); Tim Gregory; Rich Smith; Brad Copen (Wooster).
Heat 2: Kurt Hennings; Shaffer; Amber Gerken (Grafton); Marlowe.
Pursuit: Copen; Shaffer; Smith
Feature (30 laps): Page; Marlowe; Shaffer; Hennings; Troy Bonnema (Eastlake).

Sportsmen

Fastest Qualifier: Chuck Philips (Madison) 16.12.
Dash: Joe Coursen (Painesville); Ray Smith; Philips; Brian Taylor.
Heat: Coursen; Philips; Ryan Gullatta; Brian McCall (North Royalton).
Pursuit: Philips; Gullatta.
Feature (20 laps, 8 cars): Philips; Roland Sheppard (Lorain); Taylor; Coursen; Gullatta

Street Stock

Fastest Qualifier: Shawn Winters.
Dash: Bill Sprague (Painesville); Matt Wilson (Brecksville); Winters; Josh Way.
Heat 1: Randy Page (Elyria); Tim Knapp (Elyria); L.J. Stanley; Ben Zywiec (Parma).
Heat 2: Keith Platz Jr. (Eastlake); Steve Harmon (Elyria); Sprague; Chad Lemmerman (Macedonia).
Pursuit: Harmon; Sprague; Wilson.
Feature (20 laps, 13 cars): Winters; Way; Wilson; Sprague; Harmon.

Jedrzejek returns

SANDUSKY — Tim Jedrzejek, who returned to racing fulltime this season after a three-year layoff, also returned to the winner’s circle Saturday night at Sandusky Speedway, winning the 30-lap feature in the Midwest Supermodified Association’s season debut at the track.
A violent crash three years ago almost ended Jedrzejek’s career, forcing him to sit out the last few seasons.
On Saturday the former MSA president proved that he has returned to full strength, leading the last 21 laps of the PPG Vibrance Collection MSA event in the Reed’s Salvage roadster.
He passed Bobby Dawson for second on lap nine before the field was tightened up by the race’s only caution flag.
On the restart, Jedrzejek rocketed around leader Denny Fisher and was never challenged. Fisher finished second, followed by Lorain’s Charlie Schultz, Dave Shullick Jr. of North Ridgeville and Dawson.
“I’ve been out for three years. Now we’ve got a good package as a team with a good car and an unbelievable group of guys behind me,” said Jedrzejek. “These guys wanted to win just as much as I did. I just wanted to know what it felt like to get back to victory lane. Tonight the stars were aligned for us.”
It was Jedrezejek’s seventh career feature win at Sandusky.

E-Mods

Fast Qualifier: Dave Dobbins 18.08.
Dash: Nick Grodi, Steve Jones, Andy Carroll, Dobbins.
Heat 1: Ed Colburn, Chuck Haney, Bryan Brown, Rich Clingan, Jones.
Heat 2: Kenny Phillips, Carroll, Bernie Cook, Grodi, Stan Czworkowski
Feature: Brown, Cook, Phillips, Dobbins, Clingan, Jones, Colburn, Carroll, Czworkowski, Grodi, Haney, Ali Kern

Sprints

Heat 1: Scott Hart, Eric Shirey, Levi Youster, Zach Gibson, Kurt Huber.
Heat 2: Todd Buchanan, Talon Stephens, Frank Neill, Tim Buchanan, Mike McVetta;
Feature: Zach Gibson, Hart, McVetta, Tim Buchanan, Youster, Todd Buchanan, Talon Stephens, Trent Stephens, Shirey, Josh Burdette, Kurt Huber, Terry Gibson, Todd McQuillen, Tim Ensign, Dustin Keegan, Ted Saxer, Frank Neill, Nathan Yates

Supermodifieds

Fast Qualifier: Timmy Jedrzejek 14.98
Heat 1: Bobby Dawson, Tim Ice, Dave Shullick Jr., Pat Shullick, Jack Smith, Charlie Schultz, Shaun Sauer, Jim Paller, Dave Mumaw, Robert Stacic.
Heat 2: Jedrzejek, Denny Fisher, Randy Burch, Kyle Edwards, Moe Lilje, Jon Henes, Brandon Fisher, Terry Gibson, Matt Palmer, Robby Evans
Feature: Jedrzejek, Fisher, Schultz, D. Shullick, Dawson, Lilje, P. Shullick, Burch, Ice, Smith, Henes, Edwards, Paller, Palmer, Mumaw, Gibson, Fisher, Stacic, Evans, Sauer

Spectator stocks

Fast Qualifier: Jeremy Champion 22.45.
Dash: Champion, Justin Cranmore, Robert Callipare, Kevy Jaycox.
Heat 1: Toots Hart, Callipare, Julia Buckles, Cranmore, Austin White.
Heat 2: Champion, Darius Randall, Louis Ralston, Dave Wallencheck, Jeb McFarland.
Feature: Champion, Randall, Cranmore, Ralston, Jaycox, McFarland, Buckles, Callipare, Wallencheck, Hart, White

Pure stocks

Fast Qualifier: Mike Sheppard 20.57 (track record).
Dash: Sheppard, Kenny Calhoun, Josh Way, Stephen Schlea.
Heat 1: Josh Way, Gary Perram, Calhoun, Dylan Napier, Dylan Kramer.
Heat 2: Sheppard, Kyle Watson, Schlea, Clayton Karl, Chris Burke
Feature: Rain

Sportsman

Fast Qualifier: Rodney Saunders 19.77.
Dash: Tom Clingan, Mike Sims, Greg Sharp, Saunders.
Heat 1: Roger Briere, Clingan, Sims, Rollie Alvers, Nick Bucklel.
Heat 2: Rodney Saunders, Leo Cicerrella, Randy Dawson, Sharp, Steve Saunders
Feature: Rain

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