The annual Bedford fallfest weekend, the Troutman memorial, opened Thursday night with 2024 consistent winners Chubby Childers and Wayne Brenize capturing wins. Childers took the Pure Stock event and Brenize was the 4 Cylinder winner. Also on the program was a one off visit of Crown Vics won by Josh Ringer.
Chubby Childers was the Pure Stock pole sitter after post season pill draws After having won several events this season from deep in the pack starts as a high point man, Childers made the most of his good luck.
Childers took the lead at the start and led the distance. Childers quickly was chased by Dalton Weyant and Denver Dishong but he gamely held on to lead every lap. Dishong finally got by Weyant, who retired a few laps later, and he chased Childers for the remaining distance but could not prevail.
The event was interrupted rather spectacularly with a few laps to go as Brad Boyd had a malfunction and his car burst into flames under the flag stand. The fire was quickly extinguished and Childers held off Dishong the remaining laps for the win. Charlie Clise, Braydale Bauman and Mark Shope completed the top 5. Weyant and Dishong won the heats.
Shawn Smith led the early 4 Cylinder laps hounded by Isaac Kormanski. Wayne Brenize charged from deep in the pack to join the lead duo but Smith hung on lap after lap. Things radically changed after halfway as Smith’s car suddenly faltered on the back stretch. In the moment, Kormanski dove to the left to get by and Brenize went to the right.
With that dramatic move, Brenize took the lead and then held off Kormanski for the win. Tom Brady, Todd Price and Darren Howsare trailed. Brenize and Smith won the heats.
Twenty four Crown Vics arrived for their first ever appearance, most driven by people making their first ever Bedford starts and it showed. It took three tries to get the field underway and seven more cautions and two red flags dotted the 15 lap event.
During the chaos, Josh Ringer took the lead early and then led EMod driver David Stremme to the finish. Michael Beluvia and Carter Krause trailed. Quinten Breman and Brady Chobal won the heats.
PURE STOCKS 20 LAPS Chubby Childers, Denver Dishong, Charlie Clise, Braydale Bauman, Mark Shope, Dominic Weyandt, Barry Clark, Brad Boyd, Darian Ritchey, Dalton Weyant, Madison Miller, Jay Talley, Anthony Troutman, DNS Kyle Beckett
4 CYLINDER 20 LAPS Wayne Brenize, Isaac Kormanski, Tom Brady, Todd Price, Darren Howsare, Matthew Jones, William Flick, Javid Fairall, Colin Welsh, Matt Kauffman, Shawn Smith, Nevaeh Helsel, Seth Jezeski, Cody Hetrick.
CROWN VIC 15 LAPS Josh Ringer, David Stremme, Michael Beluvia, Carter Krause, Allen Harding, Chris Patterson, Jake Waught, J C Hillegas, Will Heim, Madison Sponaugle, Travis Kause Shawn Metty, Doug Winnary, Jamison Over, Jason Mortimore, Brady Chobal, Brennan Shroyer, Tyler Varnish, Ed Vogel, Jonathan Habersack, Michael Kneeland, Quinten Beeman, DNS Michael Hemminger
