Jakeb Boxell celebrates winning his first-ever USAC Midget feature at Limaland.
Photo by Campbell Photography
LIMA — Limaland opened its gates on Friday night for the Mike Streicher Memorial presented by Stolly Insurance where the USAC Midwest Thunder Midgets raced to honor the memory of Streicher, the 1991 USAC National Midget Champion.
The Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks, Dirt Track Truck Series and DIRTcar UMP Modifieds were also in action.
Zanesville, Indiana’s own Jakeb Boxell picked up the Streicher Memorial victory in the No. 44JB, his first career midget win after multiple 2nd place runs.
No 74D Craig Dippman from Oregon, Ohio won the Lock Sixteen Thunderstock A Main and Joey Heyder scored his second Limaland Dirt Track Truck Series victory in the No 8 Truck.
Dylan Woodling closed the night with a hard-fought win in the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds.
The USAC Midwest Thunder Midgets kicked off feature action, with No. 63 Cale Coons and No. 10 Stratton Briggs bringing the field to green.
The action was halted quickly when No. 21G Jimmy Guidry flipped violently in turn 2. Guidry walked away from the accident, and field refired for a complete restart.
Briggs grabbed the early lead, but No. 10G Chett Gehrke, Coons, Boxell, and No. 18 Zach Wigal were all chomping at the bit to take a shot at the leader. Gehrke would take the lead on lap 3 with Wigal grabbing the point on lap 5.
Boxell found the edge of the cushion to his liking as he charged to the front on lap 9. Wigal and Gehrke put on a show battling for 2nd until Gehrke pulled off the track late in the race.
Boxell ultimately emerged victorious over Wigal, Coons, “The Ohio Hammer” Luke Hall finished 4th after starting 15th, and No. 35 Bryce Massingill completed the top 5.
Next up were the Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks for their 15 lap feature.
No. 74D Craig Dippman and No. 17H Devon Helmig led the field to the green flag, but the yellow flag waved before the field could complete a lap as a four-car pileup ensued in turn 4 involving No. 00 Houston Null, No. 26 Justin Long, No. 1W Mark Wooten, and No. 60 Todd Sherman.
On the complete restart, Dippman took off with the lead and held on to pick up the win despite overheating issues. No. 28V Shawn Valenti finished second, with Helmig claiming third, No. 82 Chris Douglas fourth, and No. 7 Dan Wooten finishing fifth.
The Dirt Track Truck Series was up next with the 75th feature event since the series’ inception.
“RawHide” Joey Heyder took the win in the No. 8 over No. 10 Rolly Heyder, No. 22T Tony Anderson was third, No. 29C Chris Bitters fourth, and No. 17 Phil Hicks battled his way to finish fifth, after starting tenth in his Warriors Way sponsored truck.
Wrapping up racing action was the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds with their 20-lap feature event.
No. 65 Todd Sherman, and No. 01 Brayden Weller led the field to the green flag, with Sherman grabbing the initial lead. No. 16 Jeff Koz would claw his way to second on lap 2 with No. 3W Dylan Woodling making his way to third.
Koz would power his way to the lead on lap 8, but would lose it just two laps later, as Woodling pulled a slide job on lap 10 to take lead. Koz was forced to pull off with mechanical woes a couple of laps later.
Woodling cruised to victory over No. 21C Drew Charlson, Todd Sherman, No. 36 Brandon Vaughan, and No. 82 Brennan Sherman, who finished fifth.
Limaland Motorsports Park is back in action next Friday, July 5th with Firecracker Friday/Tribute to “Mr. Excitement” Tim Allison presented by T&D Interiors.
The GLSS Ohio CAT Sprint Cars will be in action to honor the late Allison, longtime 360 Sprint racer, and multiple-time champion. Also in action is the DIRTcar UMP Modfieds, and Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks.
Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m., Grandstand Gates open at 5 p.m., Hot laps at 6:30 p.m., and racing at 7:30 p.m.
General Admission for ages 16 and older is $12, ages 11 to 15 is $6, and kids 10 and younger are admitted FREE. Pit passes for all ages are $30.
For details on this and all events, visit www.limaland.com
USAC D2 MIDGETS – 27 entries
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 44JB-Jakeb Boxell[4]; 2. 18-Zach Wigal[8]; 3. 63-Cale Coons[1]; 4. 74-Luke Hall[15]; 5. 35-Bryce Massingill[7]; 6. 5-Matt Lux[5]; 7. 4K-Kayla Roell[10]; 8. 22-Gunnar Lucius[9]; 9. 5M-Michael Magic[18]; 10. 10-Tyler Nelson[11]; 11. 33L-Lucas Lemons[19]; 12. 11T-Ryan Fleming[20]; 13. 36-Ian Creager[13]; 14. OH-Bryce Dues[24]; 15. 49P-Carl Peterson IV[22]; 16. 55S-Brayden Schwartz[17]; 17. 10G-Chett Gehrke[3]; 18. 10B-Stratton Briggs[2]; 19. 01-Ryan Moran[14]; 20. 7M-Cole Morgan[6]; 21. 55-Page Perrine[23]; 22. 3E-Alex Watson[16]; 23. 34-Tate Martz[12]; 24. 21G-Jimmie Guidry[21]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 33L-Lucas Lemons[2]; 2. 11T-Ryan Fleming[1]; 3. 21G-Jimmie Guidry[3]; 4. 11N-Taylor Nibert[8]; 5. 49P-Carl Peterson IV[6]; 6. 55-Page Perrine[4]; 7. OH-Bryce Dues[5]; 8. 97-Jim Jones[7]; 9. 2B-Thomas Bigelow[9]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Matt Lux[2]; 2. 10G-Chett Gehrke[1]; 3. 7M-Cole Morgan[4]; 4. 4K-Kayla Roell[8]; 5. 36-Ian Creager[5]; 6. 3E-Alex Watson[9]; 7. 11T-Ryan Fleming[7]; 8. 55-Page Perrine[3]; 9. 97-Jim Jones[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44JB-Jakeb Boxell[1]; 2. 63-Cale Coons[2]; 3. 22-Gunnar Lucius[5]; 4. 10-Tyler Nelson[8]; 5. 01-Ryan Moran[3]; 6. 55S-Brayden Schwartz[6]; 7. 33L-Lucas Lemons[9]; 8. OH-Bryce Dues[7]; 9. 11N-Taylor Nibert[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Bryce Massingill[1]; 2. 10B-Stratton Briggs[5]; 3. 18-Zach Wigal[3]; 4. 34-Tate Martz[6]; 5. 74-Luke Hall[8]; 6. 5M-Michael Magic[2]; 7. 21G-Jimmie Guidry[9]; 8. 49P-Carl Peterson IV[4]; 9. 2B-Thomas Bigelow[7]
LOCK SIXTEEN THUNDERSTOCKS – 16 entries
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 74D-Craig Dippman[1]; 2. 28V-Shawn Valenti[3]; 3. 17H-Devon Helmig[2]; 4. 82-Chris Douglas[4]; 5. 7-Dan Wooten[9]; 6. 8-Zach Rush[14]; 7. 00-Houston Null[8]; 8. 01-Tyler Matheny[13]; 9. 1-Dylan Drake[15]; 10. J1-Jeff Matheny[5]; 11. 22T-Tony Anderson[7]; 12. 27-Frank
Paladino[16]; 13. 60-Todd Sherman[6]; 14. 26-Justin Long[10]; 15. 1W-Mark Wooten[12]; 16. 11-Aidan Hinds[11]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 60-Todd Sherman[2]; 2. 82-Chris Douglas[1]; 3. 17H-Devon Helmig[3]; 4. 22T-Tony Anderson[8]; 5. 7-Dan Wooten[4]; 6. 11-Aidan Hinds[7]; 7. 01-Tyler Matheny[6]; 8. 1-Dylan Drake[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. J1-Jeff Matheny[2]; 2. 28V-Shawn Valenti[1]; 3. 74D-Craig Dippman[4]; 4. 00-Houston Null[3]; 5. 26-Justin Long[8]; 6. 1W-Mark Wooten[5]; 7. 8-Zach Rush[6]; 8. 27-Frank Paladino[7]
DIRT TRACK TRUCK SERIES – 14 entries
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 8-Joey Heyder[4]; 2. 10-Rolly Heyder[6]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson[3]; 4. 29C-Chris Bitters[1]; 5. 17-Phil Hicks[10]; 6. 1-Kevin Knittle[2]; 7. 0-John Sanford[8]; 8. 15-Dustin Ratliff[12]; 9. 2X-Mike Grigsby[5]; 10. 2-Jonathan Coffee[14]; 11. 82T-Eddie Tucker Jr[7]; 12. 21-Caitlyn Wagoner[9]; 13. 9R-Justin Rapp[11]; 14. (DNS) 44W-Trace Settles
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Joey Heyder[3]; 2. 1-Kevin Knittle[7]; 3. 2X-Mike Grigsby[1]; 4. 82T-Eddie Tucker Jr[5]; 5. 21-Caitlyn Wagoner[6]; 6. 9R-Justin Rapp[4]; 7. 44W-Trace Settles[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22T-Tony Anderson[5]; 2. 29C-Chris Bitters[4]; 3. 10-Rolly Heyder[3]; 4. 0-John Sanford[1]; 5. 17-Phil Hicks[7]; 6. 15-Dustin Ratliff[2]; 7. 2-Jonathan Coffee[6]
UMP MODIFIEDS – 25 entries
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 3W-Dylan Woodling[5]; 2. 21C-Drew Charlson[3]; 3. 65-Todd Sherman[1]; 4. 36-Brandon Vaughan[6]; 5. 82-Brennan Sherman[8]; 6. 18-Brenden Rassel[11]; 7. 22T-Tony Anderson[13]; 8. 4M-Dustin Moore[7]; 9. 1-Randy Giroux[15]; 10. 9C-Troy Cattarene; 11. 9R-Garrett Rons; 12. 27-Jake Ruefer; 13. 17-Jarrod Klay[12]; 14. 9PG-Percy Gendreau; 15. 01-Brayden Weller[2]; 16. 1X-Jerry Butler[14]; 17. 11G-Kevin Grilliot; 18. C4-Alex Siefer[10]; 19. 16-Jeff Koz[4]; 20. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[9]
B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9C-Troy Cattarene[2]; 2. 9R-Garrett Rons[1]; 3. 11G-Kevin Grilliot[6]; 4. 27-Jake Ruefer[3]; 5. 9PG-Percy Gendreau[5]; 6. 78-Andy Welch[8]; 7. 71-Chris Hicks[4]; 8. (DNF) 419-Buzz Jacobs[10]; 9. (DNS) 69JR-Travis White Jr; 10. (DNS) 34X-Shane O’Connor
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Brandon Vaughan[3]; 2. 21C-Drew Charlson[5]; 3. 4M-Dustin Moore[8]; 4. C4-Alex Siefer[2]; 5. 22T-Tony Anderson[7]; 6. 9R-Garrett Rons[6]; 7. 71-Chris Hicks[4]; 8. 69JR-Travis White Jr[9]; 9. 419-Buzz Jacobs[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3W-Dylan Woodling[2]; 2. 01-Brayden Weller[4]; 3. 82-Brennan Sherman[1]; 4. 18-Brenden Rassel[8]; 5. 1X-Jerry Butler[3]; 6. 9C-Troy Cattarene[6]; 7. 9PG-Percy Gendreau[5]; 8. 78-Andy Welch[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Jeff Koz[3]; 2. 65-Todd Sherman[4]; 3. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[6]; 4. 17-Jarrod Klay[5]; 5. 1-Randy Giroux[7]; 6. 27-Jake Ruefer[8]; 7. 11G-Kevin Grilliot[2]; 8. 34X-Shane O’Connor[1]
Gary Keysor wrote this story for LimaScores.com
