Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS – ORRVILLE, OH – Persistence and patience certainly paid off for Monrovia, Indiana’s Justin Peck on Monday night at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, Ohio, ultimately cashing in for a $6,000 payday in night four of Cometic Gasket Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Hercules Tires.
Peck, now a three-time winner with the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 in 2022, took command of the 25-lap Duffy Smith Memorial program on lap 15, utilizing a slider through turns one and two to put race-long leader, Cory Eliason, in his rearview mirror. It took not only one, but three tries for Peck to take control over the Rudeen Racing No. 26 entry, first attempting a slider on lap 13, then again on lap 14. Needless to say, Peck’s persistence eventually worked in his favor.
“I feel like we’ve always been fast at Wayne County, just could never get the job done,” an elated Justin Peck said after his Wayne County victory. “I think I’ve finished in every position but first, so this is pretty cool. I was praying that the motor would hold because it was starting to get pretty warm. Luckily, it all worked out. I can’t say enough about these Buch Motorsports guys. They bust their tails and it’s paying off.”
Once in control, it was smooth sailing for the ace of the Buch Motorsports/Coastal Race Parts No. 13 entry, even withstanding a last-ditch effort by Cale Thomas, who showed Peck his nose after a lap 21 restart.
“I knew the top was the way to go down in one and two. I saw Cale’s (Thomas) nose there below me, but I knew if I could keep my momentum on the top that he wasn’t going to drive by, or if he did slide me, I would be able to turn back underneath,” Peck added. “I figured my safe bet from that point forward was to just rip the top and keep my wing speed. Cale usually gets around this place pretty good.”
Thomas held on to finish second, followed by current All Star points leader, Tyler Courtney, round three winner, Zeb Wise, and Rudeen Racing’s Cory Eliason.
Cometic Gasket Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Hercules Tires will move further east and invade Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 14.
SPEEDWEEK AGENDA:
Tuesday, June 14
Sharon Speedway | $6,000
Pit Gates: 3:00 p.m.
Driver’s Meeting: 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 15
Atomic Speedway | $6,000
Pit Gates: 3:00 p.m.
Driver’s Meeting: 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 16
Waynesfield Raceway Park | $6,000
Pit Gates: 3:00 p.m.
Driver’s Meeting: 5:30 p.m.
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: Wayne County Speedway | June 13, 2022:
Cometic Gasket Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Hercules Tires
Night #4: Duffy Smith Memorial | $6,000
Kistler Racing Products Pill Draw | Entries: 42
Nunzi’s Advertising Hot Laps: Trey Jacobs | 14.978
Dixie Vodka Fast Qualifier: Zeb Wise | 14.516
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #1 Winner: Justin Peck
Competition Suspension Inc Heat #2 Winner: Hunter Schuerenberg
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #3 Winner: Tyler Courtney
Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: Kyle Reinhardt
Kistler Racing Products Heat #5 Winner: Danny Dietrich
Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash Winner: Cory Eliason
Classic Ink USA B-Main Winner: Christopher Bell
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Alex Bowman
Tezos A-Main Winner: Justin Peck (3)
Hercules Tires A-Main Hard Charger: Cap Henry (+12)
Carquest Perseverance Award: Greg Wilson
Qualifying
Group (A)
18-Cole Macedo, 14.614; 2. 13-Justin Peck, 14.782; 3. 49X-Ian Madsen, 14.946; 4. 38K-Chris Myers, 14.969; 5. 4S-Tyler Street, 14.973; 6. 25R-Jordan Ryan, 15.058; 7. 23-Tim Shaffer, 15.088; 8. 16-DJ Foos, 15.397; 9. 7DK-Dylan Kingan, 15.876
Group (B)
10-Zeb Wise, 14.516; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 14.820; 3. 70-Henry Malcuit, 14.904; 4. 101-Lachlan McHugh, 14.930; 5. 11K-Buddy Kofoid, 14.963; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 15.122; 7. 38-Leyton Wagner, 15.589; 8. 25-Jamie Myers, 16.143; 9. 14Z-Wyatt Zimmerman, 17.003
Group (C)
39-Christopher Bell, 14.659; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 14.693; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs, 14.995; 4. 26-Cory Eliason, 15.045; 5. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 15.113; 6. 99-Skylar Gee, 15.273; 7. 97-Greg Wilson, 15.516; 8. 29-Logan McCandless, 15.956
Group (D)
91T-Cale Thomas, 14.552; 2. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 14.963; 3. 19-Chris Windom, 15.244; 4. 8-Zach Ames, 15.323; 5. 16M-Danny Mumaw, 15.522; 6. 9-Ricky Peterson, 15.528; 7. 20-Daniel Burkhart, 16.630; 8. 9J-Andrew Palker, —
Group (E)
11-Parker Price Miller, 14.681; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 14.738; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich, 14.786; 4. 4-Cap Henry, 14.918; 5. 28-Brandon Spithaler, 14.952; 6. 55X-Alex Bowman, 15.043; 7. 17-Carson Short, 15.124; 8. 14-Sean Rayhall, 16.032
Heat 1 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
13-Justin Peck [1]; 2. 49X-Ian Madsen [2]; 3. 18-Cole Macedo [4]; 4. 4S-Tyler Street [5]; 5. 38K-Chris Myers [3]; 6. 16-DJ Foos [8]; 7. 7DK-Dylan Kingan [9]; 8. 25R-Jordan Ryan [6]; 9. 23-Tim Shaffer [7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
55-Hunter Schuerenberg [1]; 2. 10-Zeb Wise [4]; 3. 11K-Buddy Kofoid [5]; 4. 70-Henry Malcuit [2]; 5. 101-Lachlan McHugh [3]; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker [6]; 7. 25-Jamie Myers [8]; 8. 14Z-Wyatt Zimmerman [9]; 9. 38-Leyton Wagner [7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
7BC-Tyler Courtney [1]; 2. 26-Cory Eliason [3]; 3. 99-Skylar Gee [6]; 4. 3J-Trey Jacobs [5]; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs [2]; 6. 39-Christopher Bell [4]; 7. 97-Greg Wilson [7]; 8. 29-Logan McCandless [8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
91-Kyle Reinhardt [1]; 2. 19-Chris Windom [2]; 3. 8-Zach Ames [3]; 4. 91T-Cale Thomas [4]; 5. 9-Ricky Peterson [6]; 6. 16M-Danny Mumaw [5]; 7. 9J-Andrew Palker [8]; 8. 20-Daniel Burkhart [7]
Heat 5 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
48-Danny Dietrich [2]; 2. 11-Parker Price Miller [4]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog [1]; 4. 4-Cap Henry [3]; 5. 17-Carson Short [7]; 6. 55X-Alex Bowman [6]; 7. 14-Sean Rayhall [8]; 8. 28-Brandon Spithaler [5]
Dash (6 Laps)
26-Cory Eliason [2]; 2. 13-Justin Peck [3]; 3. 11-Parker Price Miller [1]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich [6]; 5. 91T-Cale Thomas [4]; 6. 18-Cole Macedo [8]; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [7]; 8. 10-Zeb Wise [9]; 9. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [5]; 10. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [10]
B-main (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
39-Christopher Bell [1]; 2. 17-Carson Short [5]; 3. 101-Lachlan McHugh [2]; 4. 97-Greg Wilson [11]; 5. 55X-Alex Bowman [7]; 6. 9-Ricky Peterson [6]; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker [8]; 8. 14-Sean Rayhall [13]; 9. 23-Tim Shaffer [21]; 10. 9J-Andrew Palker [15]; 11. 7DK-Dylan Kingan [12]; 12. 25-Jamie Myers [14]; 13. 29-Logan McCandless [18]; 14. 14Z-Wyatt Zimmerman [20]; 15. 20-Daniel Burkhart [19]; 16. 25R-Jordan Ryan [17]; 17. 38K-Chris Myers [3]; 18. 16-DJ Foos [9]; 19. 28-Brandon Spithaler [16]
A-main (25 Laps)
13-Justin Peck [2]; 2. 91T-Cale Thomas [5]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [7]; 4. 10-Zeb Wise [8]; 5. 26-Cory Eliason [1]; 6. 4-Cap Henry [18]; 7. 48-Danny Dietrich [4]; 8. 3J-Trey Jacobs [20]; 9. 49X-Ian Madsen [11]; 10. 11K-Buddy Kofoid [14]; 11. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [10]; 12. 17B-Bill Balog [13]; 13. 19-Chris Windom [12]; 14. 97-Greg Wilson [24]; 15. 39-Christopher Bell [21]; 16. 11-Parker Price Miller [3]; 17. 70-Henry Malcuit [17]; 18. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [9]; 19. 101-Lachlan McHugh [23]; 20. 17-Carson Short [22]; 21. 99-Skylar Gee [15]; 22. 18-Cole Macedo [6]; 23. 4S-Tyler Street [19]; 24. 8-Zach Ames [16] Lap Leaders: Cory Eliason (1-14), Justin Peck (15-25)