From Tyler Altmeyer | Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1
Tyler Courtney elbows up for $10,000 in Wayne County’s Duffy Smith Memorial
ORRVILLE, Ohio (June 12, 2023) - It was an elbows-up evening in the Buckeye State for the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1, as round four of Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket took “America’s Series” to a heavily-saturated Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, Ohio. Despite receiving an inch of overnight rain, the show went on as scheduled with “Sunshine” Tyler Courtney earning the $10,000 Duffy Smith Memorial prize. The Speedweek triumph was Courtney’s first of the year, simultaneously bumping his season victory tally to five, as well as 21 for his career.
Courtney, ace of the Clauson Marshall Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 7BC, started third on the 25-lap Duffy Smith grid, using traffic to power beyond Cole Macedo for second on lap eight, all before pouncing on race leader, Cap Henry, on lap nine. Choppy track conditions as the result of heavy rain left much of the racing surface not for the faint of heart, but Courtney powered through, utilizing the very bottom of the speedway for much of his campaign while avoiding rougher patches.
“We just tried to stay as free as we could. I think we were a little too free, but I’m not sure you could be ‘too free’ on a surface like this,” Courtney said. “Just hats off to everyone here at Wayne County Speedway, and a special thanks to all of the fans for coming out and sticking through this. A lot of guys were unsure about tonight, but someone had to leave here with $10,000…it may as well be us.”
Doing everything he could to keep Courtney in range, Republic, Ohio’s Cap Henry would eventually cross the line in second, followed by Ricky Peterson, who earned a first-ever All Star podium finish, local hot shoe Trey Jacobs, and early race leader, Cole Macedo.
“I knew the bottom was where I needed to be,” Courtney added. “I knew if I could keep myself on the bottom, if anyone wanted to get around me, they were going to have to go above me.”
ON DECK:
Traveling further east, weekday Speedweek competition will continue on Tuesday, June 13, with a one-night, $6,000-to-win stop at the always-exciting Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio. Sharon’s program will conclude the first segment of the 2023 edition of Ohio Sprint Speedweek, as an off day will follow on Wednesday, June 14.
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Tezos A Feature (25 Laps):
1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[4]; 3. 2-Ricky Peterson[14]; 4. 9-Trey Jacobs[12]; 5. 29M-Cole Macedo[1]; 6. 23-Zeth Sabo[9]; 7. 91-Tyler Gunn[5]; 8. 5T-Travis Philo[2]; 9. 4-Chris Windom[17]; 10. 55-Michael Kofoid[7]; 11. 45-Tim Shaffer[20]; 12. 19-Sean Rayhall[11]; 13. 22-Brandon Spithaler[21]; 14. (DNF) 97-JJ Hickle[19]; 15. (DNF) 57N-Tyler Newhart[25]; 16. (DNF) 25R-Jordan Ryan[10]; 17. (DNF) 20B-Cody Bova[23]; 18. (DNF) 7DK-Dylan Kingan[13]; 19. (DNF) 101-Cody Maroske[15]; 20. (DNF) 70-Scotty Thiel[6]; 21. (DNF) 11N-Harli White[8]; 22. (DNF) 4S-Tyler Street[24]; 23. (DNF) 38K-Chris Myers[18]; 24. (DNF) W20-Greg Wilson[16]; 25. (DNS) 7N-Darin Naida; 26. (DNS) 26-Zeb Wise LAP LEADERS: Cole Macedo (1-6), Cap Henry (7, 8), Tyler Courtney (9-25)
2023 Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket Standings (As of 6/12):
Zeb Wise - 382
Tyler Courtney - 380
Danny Dietrich - 370
Buddy Kofoid - 368
Cole Macedo - 364
Chris Windom - 360
Cap Henry - 348
JJ Hickle - 338
Brandon Spithaler - 318
Trey Jacobs - 316
2023 All Star Circuit of Champions OWNER Standings (As of 6/12):
Clauson Marshall Racing - 2098
Rudeen Racing - 2062
Lane Racing - 1978
Vermeer Motorsports - 1960
Bryan Grove Racing - 1908
Seeling Motorsports - 1848
Bill McCandless Ford -1842
Premier Motorsports - 1796
D3 Motorsports Group - 1668
2023 All Star Circuit of Champions DRIVER Standings (As of 6/12):
Tyler Courtney - 2098
Chris Windom - 1978
Zeb Wise - 1952
Tim Shaffer - 1908
JJ Hickle - 1848
Scotty Thiel - 1796
Conner Morrell - 1668
Hunter Schuerenberg - 1592
Sye Lynch - 1514
Parker Price-Miller - 1202
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