Ryan Godown Wins Modified Feature At Georgetown Speedway Friday Evening

Story By: CHRIS MOORE / GEORGETOWN SPEEDWAY – GEORGETOWN, DE – Ringoes, N.J.’s Ryan Godown used a restart with eight laps remaining to slide by Wurtsboro, N.Y.’s Danny Creeden and ultimately scoot away with the $3,000 prize Friday night in the Modified feature at Georgetown Speedway.

“Our speed has been there this year,” Godown proclaimed. “We had the fourth here (Georgetown) a couple weeks ago and we were running up front at Port Royal (Pa.) and the rear broke… it just feels good to have the night go right for us.”

Godown, who won last year’s Millman’s NAPA Modified Championship by just three points, was searching for his first Georgetown victory in nearly a year.

“We had a lot of seconds and thirds in the second half of last year,” he explained. “It’s nice to get one especially after we were really off in the heat and got some damage.”

Creeden, who started on the pole, raced out to a healthy advantage while Godown quickly raced to second and stalked Creeden for much of the early going.

The two paced the field into lap traffic before the first yellow flew on lap 17.

Creeden chose the outside groove, which turned out to be the difference. Godown stayed with Creeden when the green came back out and got the bite off the second corner to clear Creeden.

Creeden would ultimately fade to fifth, as Billy Pauch Jr., Alex Yankowski, and Ryan Krachun all slid by the driver of the No. 16x.

A late-race restart gave both Pauch Jr. and Yankowski chances to take the win away, but Godown was up to the challenge.

Pauch Jr., of Frenchtown, N.J., and Covington Township, Pa.’s Yankowski rounded out the podium. Neshanic Station, N.J.’s Krachun came home fourth and Creeden completed the top five.

Pauch Jr. and Krachun were the heat winners.

Boyertown, Pa.’s Logan Watt won the Blue Hen Dispose-All Crate 602 Sportsman feature event after battling with Spencertown, N.Y.’s Dylan Madsen in the early going.

Watt continued his hot start to the season, claiming the $1,000 victory, one week after winning the $4,000 ‘Speed Showcase’ at Port Royal.

Greg Humlhanz, Bryce Bashore, Michael White, and Zac Weller, who started last, were the top five.

Georgetown, Del.’s Matt Hill won the opener for the First State Chevrolet RUSH Late Models after racing from the fourth starting position.

Hill took the lead away on the fourth circuit and led the rest of the remaining 16 laps for the $1,000 victory.

Rob Pitcher, Derek Magee, Ben Scott, and Nick Davis rounded out the top five.

Jamie Eichholz kicked off the Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Car Club season with a win in the Late Model division while Harold Sylvester claimed the Modified portion.

The two stretched out a healthy advantage over the rest of the competition by the end of the 12-lap feature.

Melvin Joseph Jr. dominated the 12-lap Little Lincoln feature, winning by over a straightaway on the rest of the field.

Jordan Herbert and Dylan Betts rounded out the top three.

Robert Smith won a thrilling side-by-side battle for the Delaware Super Truck win after a caution plagued 12-lap affair. T.J. Williams came up just shy in second and Tony Guinta rounded out the top three.

The Delmarva Chargers also had a caution plagued 12-lap feature, with Jay Lowman setting a pace the rest of the field could not maintain. Lowman picked up the win with Randy Merritt and Randy Galloway completing the podium.

Georgetown Speedway action resumes on Friday, April 5 as the USAC East Coast Sprint Cars make their first appearance of 2024. The Millman’s NAPA Modifieds co-headline the Friday night affair. Also on the card are the Blue Hen Dispose-All Crate 602 Sportsman, Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Cars, Little Lincolns, Delaware Super Trucks, and Feebs Distilling Delmarva Chargers.

Georgetown Speedway, originally constructed by Melvin L. Joseph in 1949, is located at the intersection of Route 113 and Speedway Road in Georgetown, Del., just miles from the Delaware beaches and less than a 40-minute drive from Ocean City, Md.

Millman’s NAPA Modifieds

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 26-Ryan Godown[4]; 2. 1-Billy Pauch Jr[3]; 3. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[6]; 4. 29-Ryan Krachun[7]; 5. 16X-Danny Creeden[1]; 6. 6B-Danny Bouc[9]; 7. 4-Anthony Perrego[2]; 8. 30-HJ Bunting[5]; 9. 31-Ryan Riddle[8]; 10. 51-Jordan Watson[17]; 11. 65-Austin Hubbard[13]; 12. 14W-Ryan Watt[11]; 13. 74W-John Willman[14]; 14. 4W-Brandon Watkins[10]; 15. 28-Thomas Solderich[12]; 16. 9N-Greg Nailor[15]; 17. 05-Sean Metz[18]; 18. 91W-Carson Wright[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Billy Pauch Jr[1]; 2. 4-Anthony Perrego[6]; 3. 30-HJ Bunting[7]; 4. 16X-Danny Creeden[9]; 5. 26-Ryan Godown[8]; 6. 14W-Ryan Watt[5]; 7. 65-Austin Hubbard[2]; 8. 9N-Greg Nailor[3]; 9. 51-Jordan Watson[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Ryan Krachun[1]; 2. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[5]; 3. 6B-Danny Bouc[6]; 4. 31-Ryan Riddle[4]; 5. 4W-Brandon Watkins[2]; 6. 28-Thomas Solderich[9]; 7. 74W-John Willman[7]; 8. (DNF) 91W-Carson Wright[8]; 9. (DNS) 05-Sean Metz

Hot Laps: 1. 6B-Danny Bouc, 00:19.184[1]; 2. 29-Ryan Krachun, 00:19.230[6]; 3. 30-HJ Bunting, 00:19.382[2]; 4. 1-Billy Pauch Jr, 00:19.412[9]; 5. 16X-Danny Creeden, 00:19.499[3]; 6. 26-Ryan Godown, 00:19.556[4]; 7. 4-Anthony Perrego, 00:19.677[10]; 8. 91W-Carson Wright, 00:19.739[17]; 9. 51-Jordan Watson, 00:19.779[14]; 10. 05-Sean Metz, 00:19.850[7]; 11. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:19.927[18]; 12. 65-Austin Hubbard, 00:19.942[5]; 13. 31-Ryan Riddle, 00:19.992[11]; 14. 14W-Ryan Watt, 00:20.291[15]; 15. 28-Thomas Solderich, 00:20.374[12]; 16. 4W-Brandon Watkins, 00:20.490[13]; 17. 74W-John Willman, 00:21.913[16]; 18. (DNS) 9N-Greg Nailor

Blue Hen Dispose-All Crate 602 Sportsman

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 4M-Logan Watt[1]; 2. 02-Greg Humlhanz[3]; 3. 5B-Bryce Bashore[8]; 4. 43-Michael White[4]; 5. 1*-Zac Weller[19]; 6. 187-Steve Young[9]; 7. 21-Greg Reed[20]; 8. 51-Matt Peck[10]; 9. 94J-Jacob King[14]; 10. 89-Dylan Madsen[2]; 11. 97-Matt Smith[28]; 12. 17D-Mike Loney[11]; 13. 37-Chris Martinez[15]; 14. 39-Richie Walls Jr[18]; 15. 10-Adam White[16]; 16. 17T-Kris Thompson[7]; 17. 142-Justin Zook[17]; 18. 25-Ashley Metz[5]; 19. 52M-Jason Musser[6]; 20. 15H-Scott Hitchens[13]; 21. 23H-Troy Hopkins[24]; 22. 2-John Burton[21]; 23. 91-Luke Bunting[22]; 24. 7M-Jarod Millman[26]; 25. (DNS) 23-Devin Dodson; 26. (DNS) J94-Jordn Justice; 27. (DNS) 9A-Howard Huepfel; 28. (DNS) 59M-Tom Moore Jr

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4M-Logan Watt[8]; 2. 5B-Bryce Bashore[1]; 3. 02-Greg Humlhanz[3]; 4. 23-Devin Dodson[2]; 5. 15H-Scott Hitchens[4]; 6. 10-Adam White[9]; 7. 1*-Zac Weller[7]; 8. 91-Luke Bunting[6]; 9. 9A-Howard Huepfel[5]; 10. 97-Matt Smith[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Dylan Madsen[9]; 2. 17D-Mike Loney[1]; 3. 52M-Jason Musser[5]; 4. 25-Ashley Metz[2]; 5. 94J-Jacob King[8]; 6. 142-Justin Zook[3]; 7. 21-Greg Reed[6]; 8. J94-Jordn Justice[7]; 9. 7M-Jarod Millman[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 43-Michael White[1]; 2. 51-Matt Peck[8]; 3. 187-Steve Young[9]; 4. 17T-Kris Thompson[7]; 5. 37-Chris Martinez[2]; 6. 39-Richie Walls Jr[3]; 7. 2-John Burton[5]; 8. 23H-Troy Hopkins[6]; 9. 59M-Tom Moore Jr[4]

Hot Laps: 1. 4M-Logan Watt, 00:20.291[23]; 2. 97-Matt Smith, 00:20.562[20]; 3. 02-Greg Humlhanz, 00:20.574[8]; 4. 89-Dylan Madsen, 00:20.645[12]; 5. J94-Jordn Justice, 00:20.662[9]; 6. 1*-Zac Weller, 00:20.799[24]; 7. 59M-Tom Moore Jr, 00:20.847[16]; 8. 187-Steve Young, 00:20.997[27]; 9. 23-Devin Dodson, 00:21.142[4]; 10. 52M-Jason Musser, 00:21.174[17]; 11. 43-Michael White, 00:21.178[26]; 12. 5B-Bryce Bashore, 00:21.250[1]; 13. 21-Greg Reed, 00:21.289[19]; 14. 17T-Kris Thompson, 00:21.293[21]; 15. 142-Justin Zook, 00:21.307[28]; 16. 9A-Howard Huepfel, 00:21.316[7]; 17. 94J-Jacob King, 00:21.328[10]; 18. 91-Luke Bunting, 00:21.335[2]; 19. 25-Ashley Metz, 00:21.353[14]; 20. 10-Adam White, 00:21.448[25]; 21. 37-Chris Martinez, 00:21.449[13]; 22. 39-Richie Walls Jr, 00:21.644[22]; 23. 17D-Mike Loney, 00:21.671[11]; 24. 2-John Burton, 00:22.009[3]; 25. 23H-Troy Hopkins, 00:22.157[6]; 26. 7M-Jarod Millman, 00:22.705[15]; 27. 51-Matt Peck, 00:28.063[18]; 28. (DNS) 15H-Scott Hitchens

First State Chevrolet Crate Late Models

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 84-Matt Hill[4]; 2. 17-Rob Pitcher[3]; 3. 96-Derek Magee[1]; 4. 80-Ben Scott[6]; 5. 92-Nick Davis[2]; 6. 121-Tristin Neiderer[9]; 7. 01-Robert Smith[8]; 8. 72-Trevor Collins[5]; 9. 27-Donnie Tingle[10]; 10. 47-David Smith[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Rob Pitcher[1]; 2. 92-Nick Davis[4]; 3. 84-Matt Hill[8]; 4. 96-Derek Magee[9]; 5. 72-Trevor Collins[6]; 6. 80-Ben Scott[2]; 7. 47-David Smith[3]; 8. 01-Robert Smith[10]; 9. 121-Tristin Neiderer[5]; 10. 27-Donnie Tingle[7]

Hot Laps: 1. 84-Matt Hill, 00:19.561[3]; 2. 96-Derek Magee, 00:20.010[4]; 3. 72-Trevor Collins, 00:20.093[1]; 4. 92-Nick Davis, 00:20.357[2]; 5. 17-Rob Pitcher, 00:20.442[6]; 6. 27-Donnie Tingle, 00:20.927[10]; 7. 80-Ben Scott, 00:21.308[7]; 8. 121-Tristin Neiderer, 00:21.737[5]; 9. (DNS) 47-David Smith; 10. (DNS) 01-Robert Smith

Feebs Distilling Delmarva Chargers

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 2A-Jay Lowman[4]; 2. 62-Randy Merritt[5]; 3. 44R-Randy Gallaway[3]; 4. 4-Tyler Hottle[7]; 5. 15-Derek Neal[14]; 6. 92-Robbie Strain[1]; 7. 72-Billy Cummings[9]; 8. 67-Ron Falkner[2]; 9. 10-Craig Kelly[12]; 10. 18X-Eddie Ashwell[16]; 11. 37C-Reese Carey[15]; 12. 61-Ashley Merritt[8]; 13. 51-Dennis Nelson[13]; 14. 5G-Garren Morris[10]; 15. 12-John Healy[11]; 16. (DNS) 27W-Wyatt Cummings

Qualifying: 1. 2A-Jay Lowman, 00:24.140[8]; 2. 44R-Randy Gallaway, 00:24.403[4]; 3. 67-Ron Falkner, 00:24.915[3]; 4. 92-Robbie Strain, 00:25.034[12]; 5. 62-Randy Merritt, 00:25.338[10]; 6. 27W-Wyatt Cummings, 00:25.546[2]; 7. 4-Tyler Hottle, 00:25.842[6]; 8. 61-Ashley Merritt, 00:26.083[9]; 9. 72-Billy Cummings, 00:26.782[1]; 10. 15-Derek Neal, 00:27.741[15]; 11. 37C-Reese Carey, 00:27.821[14]; 12. 5G-Garren Morris, 00:28.566[11]; 13. (DNS) 12-John Healy; 14. (DNS) 10-Craig Kelly; 15. (DNS) 18X-Eddie Ashwell

Delaware Super Trucks

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 01-Robert Smith[5]; 2. 84-TJ Williams[9]; 3. 68-Tony Guinta[2]; 4. 29-LJ Walbert[6]; 5. 16-Nick Rust[17]; 6. 34-Scott Trice[8]; 7. 89-Thomas Jackson[12]; 8. 00-Mackenzie Williams[1]; 9. 31-TJ Hazlewood[10]; 10. 13-Joshua Wilson[13]; 11. 7-Tyrell Burkett[16]; 12. 77-Tim Williams[3]; 13. 4-Carl Walker[14]; 14. 23-Troy Hopkins[4]; 15. 71Q-Tim Quay[7]; 16. 50-Erin Wilson[18]; 17. 327-Chase Carter[15]; 18. (DNS) 27-Michelle Collins

Little Lincolns

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 49-Mel Joseph Jr[3]; 2. 47-Jordan Herbert[1]; 3. 65-Dylan Betts[2]; 4. 14A-Nathan Austin[5]; 5. 3W-Wayne White[8]; 6. 6-Scott Calhoun[4]; 7. 55-Bryan Piercy[6]; 8. 53J-James Harmon[7]

Southern Delaware Vintage Late Models & Modifieds

Vintage LM & Mod Feature (15 Laps): 1. 21-Jamie Eichholz[3]; 2. 04M-Harold Sylvester[12]; 3. 15-Jamie Schirmer[7]; 4. 1-Cale Pettyjohn[9]; 5. 71-Garrit Reagan[6]; 6. 0M-Richie Pratt[10]; 7. 20-Roscoe Clough[1]; 8. 32-Maddy Jefferson[5]; 9. 24-Luke Dill[2]; 10. 2-Dale Kirklin[8]; 11. 66M-John Gladman[11]; 12. (DNS) 19-Jason Cahall