WEEDSPORT, NY (June 25, 2021) – Weedsport Kartway’s first installment of Thursday Night Thunder saw beautiful weather and a packed pit area for the Pencils Down Showdown presented by Stirling Lubricants and Champion Racing Oil.
Nearly 80 entries filed through the pit gates on Thursday evening for eight divisions of racing, with fans at home able to tune in live via the Weedsport Productions Facebook page.
The night kicked off with the Kartway’s youngest division, Jr. Red Clone. Joey Williams and Derek Bird Jr. took the green in the 15-lap main event with Williams rolling to the win in his No. 19L. Bird took the runner-up position in his first ever visit to Weedsport, driving the No. 44.
Defending Weedsport track champion, Levi Herriven, returned to Weedsport victory lane on Thursday, claiming the win in Jr. Green Clone. Herriven’s No. 20 topped Connor Allen, Blake Banek and Wyatt Mullen.
Jr. Purple Clone was competitive all evening long with the No. 99 of Grayson Adderley pulling into victory lane. Adderley edged defending Purple Clone track champion, Parker Allen, for the win ahead of Colt Kimball, Savannah Simmons and Timmy Axton.
Jr. Blue Clone went green to checker with Brittney Hackett taking the checkered flag in the No. 14. Hackett topped heat race winner, Jacob Hutton, as well as Tyler Emmons and Kirsten Swartz.
Jr. Unrestricted saw a bumper-to-bumper finish at the front as Casey Pietrzak claimed the win in the No. 54 over Austin Harmer. Owen Bird took third ahead of Jack Kennedy, Brian Kline and Tyler Raner.
Nick McGill continued his winning ways in Weedsport’s Clone Super Heavy division, pulling away over Josh Ostrander to take the win on Thursday evening. Justin Pier finished in the third position over Jordan Sullivan and Chance Weaver in the front five positions.
Clone Heavy produced a 1-2-3 finish for Hammer Karts, as Doug Stearly made his first trip to Weedsport in 2021, and went to victory lane in the No. 471. Reed Hatchett finished in the runner-up position with Mike Adderley, Devon McGill and Weedsport’s Kart Cup champion, Jamie Shutts, completing the top five.
Tanner Emmons was the winner in Clone Light with Hatchett and Stearly earning podium positions over Adderley and Chris Natoli in the top five.
Weedsport’s Thursday Night Thunder will return on Thursday, July 15, following the same format. Pit gates will open on July 15 at 4:30 p.m. with practice set for 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7:15 p.m.
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About Weedsport Speedway: Officially opened for the first time on July 24, 1955 – the Weedsport Speedway 3/8 mile dirt oval has produced a legendary list of drivers and champions including Will Cagle, Danny Johnson, Bob McCreadie, Alan Johnson, Jack Johnson, and Dave Lape to name a few. In 2018, Weedsport introduced the all-new Weedsport Kartway, just outside of the Speedway’s main pit area, to begin to foster the next generation of racers, crew members and race fans. Couple the racing with state-of-the-art camping and track amenities, unmatched on-site television production capabilities, plus the ability for large scale concert productions and Weedsport is one of the marquee entertainment venues in the country.
Weedsport Kartway
Weedsport, NY
Thursday Night Thunder
Pencils Down Showdown
Thursday, June 24
Box Score (77 total entries)
Jr. Red Clone A-Main (15-laps): 1. 19L – JOEY WILLIAMS, 2. 44 – Derek Bird Jr.
Jr. Red Clone Heat Race (6-laps): 1. 19L – Joey Williams, 2. 44 – Derek Bird Jr.
Clone Light A-Main (20-laps): 1. 22T – TANNER EMMONS, 2. 47H – Reed Hatchett, 3. 471 – Doug Stearly, 4. 99 – Mike Adderley, 5. 33 – Chris Natoli, 6. 68 – Kyle Hulsizer, 7. 82 – David Hackett Jr., 8. 00M – Jamie Shutts, 9. 505 – Seth Whitney, 10. 87 – Sabrina Palmer, 11. 11 – Devin McGill, 12. 88 – Logan Crisafulli, 13. 24 – Thomas Montgomery, 14. 47 – Matt Matteson, 15. 00 – Kaleb Sidman, 16. 11C – Anthony Scott, 17. 601 – Madison Myers, 18. 11 – Gene Gregoric, 19. 7 – Devon Tonkin, 20. 85 – Rob Humphreys DNS
Clone Light Heat #1 (8-laps, 6-qualify): 1. 99 – Mike Adderley, 2. 7 – Devon Tonkin, 3. 471 – Doug Stearly, 4. 85 – Rob Humphreys, 5. 00M – Jamie Shutts, 6. 68 – Kyle Hulsizer, 7. 87 – Sabrina Palmer, 8. 12 – Taylor Pulver, 9. 88H – Chris Hulsizer
Clone Light Heat #2 (8-laps, 6-qualify): 1. 601 – Madison Myers, 2. 505 – Seth Whitney, 3. 47H – Reed Hatchett, 4. 22T – Tanner Emmons, 5. 47 – Matt Matteson, 6. 11 – Devon McGill, 7. 22 – McAndrew Gamrod, 8. 22S – Tommy Keysa
Clone Light Heat #3 (8-laps, 6-qualify): 1. 88 – Logan Crisafulli, 2. 82 – David Hackett Jr., 3. 33 – Chris Natoli, 4. 24 – Thomas Montgomery, 5. 11 – Gene Gregoric, 6. 00 – Kaleb Sidman, 7. 11C – Anthony Scott, 8. 7K – Kaylee Cooper
Clone Light B-Main (10-laps, 2-qualify): 1. 87 – Sabrina Palmer, 2. 11C – Anthony Scott, 3. 88H – Chris Hulsizer, 4. 12 – Taylor Pulver, 5. 22S – Tommy Keysa, 6. 22 – McAndrew Gamrod, 7. 7K – Kaylee Cooper
Jr. Green Clone A-Main (15-laps): 1. 20 – LEVI HERRIVEN, 2. 30 – Connor Allen, 3. 27 – Blake Banek, 4. 18X – Wyatt Mullen
Jr. Green Clone Heat (6-laps): 1. 20 – Levi Herriven, 2. 30 – Connor Allen, 3. 27 – Blake Banek, 4. 18X – Wyatt Mullen
Jr. Blue Clone A-Main (15-laps): 1. 14 – BRITTNEY HACKETT, 2. 7 – Jacob Hutton, 3. 19 – Tyler Emmons, 4. 24 – Kirsten Swartz
Jr. Blue Clone Heat (8-laps): 1. 7 – Jacob Hutton, 2. 14 – Brittney Hackett, 3. 24 – Kirsten Swartz, 4. 19 – Tyler Emmons
Clone Super Heavy A-Main (20-laps): 1. 13 – NICK MCGILL, 2. 41 – Josh Ostrander, 3. 00 – Justin Pier, 4. 72 – Jordan Sullivan, 5. 45 – Chance Weaver, 6. 4W – Logan Winn, 7. 21 – Robby Eastman, 8. 00P – Jude Parker, 9. 72H – Hunter Hollenbeck, 10. 15 – Tyler Henry, 11. 3R – Ryan Hall
Clone Super Heavy Heat #1 (8-laps): 1. 41 – Josh Ostrander, 2. 13 – Nick McGill, 3. 72H – Hunter Hollenbeck, 4. 72 – Jordan Sullivan, 5. 21 – Robby Eastman, 6. 00P – Jude Parker
Clone Super Heavy Heat #2 (8-laps): 1. 45 – Chance Weaver, 2. 4W – Logan Winn, 3. 15 – Tyler Henry, 4. 3R – Ryan Hall, 5. 00 – Justin Pier DNS
Jr. Purple Clone A-Main (15-laps): 1. 99 – GRAYSON ADDERLEY, 2. 20 – Parker Allen, 3. 2 – Colt Kimball, 4. 98S – Savannah Simmons, 5. 99T – Timmy Axton
Jr. Purple Clone Heat (6-laps): 1. 98S – Savannah Simmons, 2. 99 – Grayson Adderley, 3. 20 – Parker Allen, 4. 2 – Colt Kimball, 5. 99T – Timmy Axton
Jr. Unrestricted A-Main (15-laps): 1. 54 – CASEY PIETRZAK, 2. 55 – Austin Harmer, 3. 12 – Owen Bird, 4. 90 – Jack Kennedy, 5. 96K – Brian Kline, 6. 16 – Tyler Raner
Jr. Unrestricted Heat: 1. 12 – Owen Bird, 2. 54 – Casey Pietrzak, 3. 55 – Austin Harmer, 4. 16 – Tyler Raner, 5. 96K – Brian Kline, 6. 90 – Jack Kennedy (DQ – Light)
Clone Heavy A-Main (20-laps): 1. 471 – DOUG STEARLY, 2. 47H – Reed Hatchett, 3. 99 – Mike Adderley, 4. 7 – Devon Tonkin, 5. 00M – Jamie Shutts, 6. 13 – Nick McGill, 7. 85 – Chris Pier, 8. 11 – Gene Gregoric, 9. 11 – Devin McGill, 10. 505 – Seth Whitney, 11. 00P – Jude Parker, 12. 24 – Thomas Montgomery, 13. 85 – Rob Humphreys, 14. 473 – Mike VonHoltz, 15. 33 – Chris Natoli
Clone Heavy Heat #1 (8-laps): 1. 33 – Chris Natoli, 2. 505 – Seth Whitney, 3. 473 – Mike VonHoltz, 4. 471 – Doug Stearly, 5. 7 – Devon Tonkin, 6. 13 – Nick McGill, 7. 00M – Jamie Shutts, 8. 85 – Rob Humphreys
Clone Heavy Heat #2 (8-laps): 1. 85 – Chris Pier, 2. 11 –Gene Gregoric, 3. 47H – Reed Hatchett, 4. 99 – Mike Adderley, 5. 24 – Thomas Montgomery, 6. 11 – Devin McGill, 7. 00P – Jude Parker