By Daniel Nelligan
REW, Pa.

Bradford Speedway hosted one of its most anticipated nights in recent memory as the track started a brand-new tradition with the inaugural King of the Ring presented by Close Racing Supply. On a crisp Sunday evening, fans were treated to the return of divisions not seen at the bullring in years—Super Late Models, Open Modifieds, Pro Stocks—and the much-anticipated debut of the RUSH Stock Cars, alongside the Fan Favorite SCDRA Mini Stocks.

The spotlight belonged to Jon Lee, who made his first-ever trip to Bradford Speedway a flawless one. From hot laps to qualifying to his heat race and finally the feature, Lee was untouchable but wasn’t without pressure. Local great Greg Oakes and seasoned competitor Ryan Montgomery kept the pressure on, with Garrett Mott impressing once again in his RUSH Late Model by finishing fourth overall against the bigger motors.

The night also marked a milestone with the first-ever Woah Nellie Modified event at Bradford. Wyatt Scott added another chapter to his growing resume, outdueling Steve Dixon on Dixon’s home turf and holding off a late charge from father-son duo Zach and Greg Johnson of Busti, N.Y. The win was Scott’s fourth career Woah Nellie Modified victory, his first Woah Nellie 25 title, and remarkably, the third different division he has now won in at Bradford Speedway.

In Pro Stock action, Kyle Couchenour was nothing short of dominant. After seizing control on the opening lap over Dean Gibson Jr., Couchenour never looked back, sweeping every session on his way to an $800 payday in the division’s return to the bullring.

A homecoming moment came with the debut of the RUSH Stock Cars, where former Kids Class champion Raiddan Wilson made his return to Bradford in storybook fashion by scoring the first-ever Stock Car feature win in track history.

Closing out the program, Logan Ganoung once again proved his dominance of the bullring, driving a flawless race to collect yet another Mini Stock victory and cap off the inaugural King of the Ring.

Next up for Bradford Speedway: Championship Recognition Night on September 28!

SCDRA Mini Stocks

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 26-Logan Ganoung[1]; 2. 73-Bill Weatherley[2]; 3. 42H-Dennis Harrison[3]; 4. 4P-Trever Putt[5]; 5. 4T1-Allen Robison[4]; 6. 89JR-Jacob Tubbs[6]; 7. 13G-Khloe Griffin[7]; 8. 69-Jaeden Tarr[10]; 9. (DNF) 7P-Shaine Putt[8]; 10. (DNF) 1B-Devon Tarr[9]; 11. (DNS) 0BS-Sherman Gage

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42H-Dennis Harrison[2]; 2. 4T1-Allen Robison[4]; 3. 73-Bill Weatherley[6]; 4. 13G-Khloe Griffin[5]; 5. 1B-Devon Tarr[1]; 6. 0BS-Sherman Gage[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Logan Ganoung[1]; 2. 4P-Trever Putt[2]; 3. 89JR-Jacob Tubbs[5]; 4. 7P-Shaine Putt[3]; 5. 69-Jaeden Tarr[4]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 73-Bill Weatherley, 00:18.937[11]; 2. 4T1-Allen Robison, 00:19.319[7]; 3. 0BS-Sherman Gage[5]; 4. 26-Logan Ganoung[2]; 5. 13G-Khloe Griffin[9]; 6. 42H-Dennis Harrison[3]; 7. 7P-Shaine Putt[6]; 8. 4P-Trever Putt[4]; 9. 1B-Devon Tarr[1]; 10. 69-Jaeden Tarr[8]; 11. 89JR-Jacob Tubbs[10]

15 entries

Woah Nellie Modifieds

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 3-Wyatt Scott[4]; 2. 105-Zach Johnson[11]; 3. 05-Greg Johnson[7]; 4. 92-Joel Watson[6]; 5. 5B-Andrew Beatman[8]; 6. 66-Ian Degolier[5]; 7. 61-Chad Silleman[3]; 8. 41-Joel Lanphere[15]; 9. (DNF) 14R-Chad Ramsey[13]; 10. (DNF) 33Y-Steve Dixon[1]; 11. (DNF) 33-Josh Canfield[10]; 12. (DNF) 48-Cody VanGuilder[12]; 13. (DNF) 68-Andrew Hammond[14]; 14. (DNS) 22-Zain Harvey; 15. (DNS) 17X-Richard Michael Jr

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33Y-Steve Dixon[1]; 2. 3-Wyatt Scott[2]; 3. 05-Greg Johnson[4]; 4. 33-Josh Canfield[3]; 5. 14R-Chad Ramsey[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Zain Harvey[1]; 2. 66-Ian Degolier[2]; 3. 5B-Andrew Beatman[3]; 4. 105-Zach Johnson[4]; 5. 68-Andrew Hammond[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 61-Chad Silleman[2]; 2. 92-Joel Watson[1]; 3. 17X-Richard Michael Jr[4]; 4. 48-Cody VanGuilder[3]; 5. 41-Joel Lanphere[5]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 33Y-Steve Dixon, 00:16.521[7]; 2. 22-Zain Harvey, 00:16.574[5]; 3. 92-Joel Watson, 00:16.620[13]; 4. 3-Wyatt Scott, 00:16.719[3]; 5. 66-Ian Degolier, 00:16.731[1]; 6. 61-Chad Silleman, 00:16.777[4]; 7. 33-Josh Canfield, 00:16.781[11]; 8. 5B-Andrew Beatman, 00:16.853[14]; 9. 48-Cody VanGuilder, 00:16.974[10]; 10. 05-Greg Johnson, 00:16.977[6]; 11. 105-Zach Johnson, 00:17.070[12]; 12. 17X-Richard Michael Jr, 00:17.150[2]; 13. 14R-Chad Ramsey, 00:17.219[15]; 14. 68-Andrew Hammond, 00:17.234[9]; 15. 41-Joel Lanphere, 00:18.430[8]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 61-Chad Silleman, 00:16.552[4]; 2. 22-Zain Harvey, 00:16.574[5]; 3. 92-Joel Watson, 00:16.644[13]; 4. 33Y-Steve Dixon, 00:16.646[7]; 5. 3-Wyatt Scott, 00:16.861[3]; 6. 33-Josh Canfield, 00:16.877[11]; 7. 5B-Andrew Beatman, 00:17.058[14]; 8. 68-Andrew Hammond, 00:17.077[9]; 9. 48-Cody VanGuilder, 00:17.137[10]; 10. 14R-Chad Ramsey, 00:17.402[15]; 11. 66-Ian Degolier[1]; 12. 05-Greg Johnson[6]; 13. 105-Zach Johnson[12]; 14. 41-Joel Lanphere[8]; 15. 17X-Richard Michael Jr[2]

15 entries

Pro Stock

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 299-Kyle Couchenour[2]; 2. X1-Dean Gibson Jr[1]; 3. 513-Gary Fisher[4]; 4. 5B-Jason Black[3]; 5. 17S-Matt Sampson[6]; 6. 55C-Brandon Connor[5]; 7. 21W-Chris Withers[7]; 8. 777-John Boardman[9]; 9. 44-Jim Challingsworth[8]; 10. 157-Tyler Rendell[10]; 11. 50-Ron Boardman[14]; 12. (DNF) 69-Joe Skinner[15]; 13. (DNF) 121-Glen Layfield[13]; 14. (DNF) 24-Anthony Schoonover[12]; 15. (DNF) 27-Dennis Hathaway[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 299-Kyle Couchenour[1]; 2. 513-Gary Fisher[4]; 3. 21W-Chris Withers[5]; 4. 157-Tyler Rendell[2]; 5. 121-Glen Layfield[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. X1-Dean Gibson Jr[5]; 2. 5B-Jason Black[3]; 3. 44-Jim Challingsworth[1]; 4. 27-Dennis Hathaway[4]; 5. 50-Ron Boardman[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55C-Brandon Connor[4]; 2. 17S-Matt Sampson[1]; 3. 777-John Boardman[3]; 4. 24-Anthony Schoonover[2]; 5. 69-Joe Skinner[5]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 299-Kyle Couchenour, 00:16.847[1]; 2. 17S-Matt Sampson, 00:16.988[3]; 3. 55C-Brandon Connor, 00:16.993[12]; 4. 513-Gary Fisher, 00:17.019[10]; 5. 21W-Chris Withers, 00:17.063[13]; 6. 777-John Boardman, 00:17.110[9]; 7. 50-Ron Boardman, 00:17.159[5]; 8. 5B-Jason Black, 00:17.373[8]; 9. 24-Anthony Schoonover, 00:17.388[6]; 10. 44-Jim Challingsworth, 00:17.575[2]; 11. 157-Tyler Rendell, 00:17.613[4]; 12. 69-Joe Skinner[15]; 13. X1-Dean Gibson Jr[14]; 14. 121-Glen Layfield[7]; 15. 27-Dennis Hathaway[11]

13 entries

Dirt Super Late Models

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 5L-Jon Lee[1]; 2. 22-Greg Oakes[3]; 3. 12-Ryan Montgomery[5]; 4. 43X-Garrett Mott[6]; 5. 32-Wesley McCray[7]; 6. 03-Doug Eck[2]; 7. HR1-Rodney Phillips[8]; 8. 89JR-Jacob Tubbs[10]; 9. 61S-Ward Schell[9]; 10. 12B-Andy Boozel[4]; 11. 121-Glen Layfield[11]; 12. (DNS) 7J-Kyle Bedell; 13. (DNS) 4S-Jake Wilber

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5L-Jon Lee[1]; 2. 22-Greg Oakes[4]; 3. 12-Ryan Montgomery[3]; 4. 32-Wesley McCray[2]; 5. 61S-Ward Schell[5]; 6. 121-Glen Layfield[6]; 7. (DNS) 7J-Kyle Bedell

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 03-Doug Eck[4]; 2. 12B-Andy Boozel[1]; 3. 43X-Garrett Mott[3]; 4. HR1-Rodney Phillips[2]; 5. 89JR-Jacob Tubbs[5]; 6. (DNS) 4S-Jake Wilber

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 5L-Jon Lee, 00:15.924[6]; 2. 12B-Andy Boozel, 00:16.148[8]; 3. 32-Wesley McCray, 00:16.173[7]; 4. HR1-Rodney Phillips, 00:16.211[13]; 5. 12-Ryan Montgomery, 00:16.300[10]; 6. 43X-Garrett Mott, 00:16.339[2]; 7. 22-Greg Oakes, 00:16.369[12]; 8. 03-Doug Eck, 00:16.584[1]; 9. 61S-Ward Schell, 00:16.679[3]; 10. 89JR-Jacob Tubbs, 00:16.959[9]; 11. 121-Glen Layfield, 00:17.827[4]; 12. (DNS) 4S-Jake Wilber; 13. (DNS) 7J-Kyle Bedell

Hot Laps 1: 1. 5L-Jon Lee, 00:15.833[6]; 2. 12-Ryan Montgomery, 00:16.138[10]; 3. HR1-Rodney Phillips, 00:16.283[13]; 4. 03-Doug Eck, 00:16.315[1]; 5. 22-Greg Oakes, 00:16.426[12]; 6. 89JR-Jacob Tubbs, 00:16.950[9]; 7. 61S-Ward Schell, 00:17.034[3]; 8. 7J-Kyle Bedell, 00:17.113[11]; 9. 12B-Andy Boozel[8]; 10. 121-Glen Layfield[4]; 11. 32-Wesley McCray[7]; 12. 43X-Garrett Mott[2]; 13. 4S-Jake Wilber[5]

5 entries

RUSH Stock Cars

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 77-Raiddan Wilson[1]; 2. 17-Blaze Harrison[3]; 3. 17X-Kaden Michael[4]; 4. 22C-Cole Strickland[5]; 5. 15*-Darr Diegelman[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15*-Darr Diegelman[3]; 2. 17-Blaze Harrison[1]; 3. 77-Raiddan Wilson[2]; 4. 17X-Kaden Michael[5]; 5. 22C-Cole Strickland[4]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 17-Blaze Harrison, 00:17.585[1]; 2. 17X-Kaden Michael, 00:17.627[5]; 3. 15*-Darr Diegelman, 00:17.642[3]; 4. 77-Raiddan Wilson, 00:17.680[2]; 5. 22C-Cole Strickland, 00:17.937[4]