Davey Akers
Davey Akers

Davey Akers
Waverly, OH

August 3 2024 Results
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8/6/2024

8/6/2024

Portsmouth Raceway Park


August 3 2024 Results

Portsmouth Raceway Park hosted the annual Lemley Motorsports Mod Squad Spectacular Saturday. Parkersburg, WV's KC Burdette claimed the win leading from flag to flag en route to his third PRP victory of the season. Miles Cook II took the checkers in the Limited Lates. Davey Akers won the Sport Mod A-Main, and Quade Schoonover prevailed in the Legends Cars.

The Gampp's Outdoor Power Equipment Modifieds took center stage as the annual Mod Squad paid $3,000 to the winner. Burdette was dominant throughout the evening setting fast time, winning his heat, and leading every lap of the 25-lap A-main.

Former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series regular Austin Wayne Self from Statesville, NC rolled into PRP and fought his way from seventh to second in The Mod Squad Spectacular. "The Buckeye Bullet" Bradon Berry from West Portsmouth placed third. Wheelersburg's Miles Cook II finished fourth, and Stout's Derek Richmond was fifth. Rounding out the top 10 were Brandon Smith, Zach Carr, Danny Ferguson, Brian Whiteman, and Jody Puckett.

Brian Skaggs was the second-fastest qualifier and won his heat but got caught up in an accident early on in the feature ending his night.

Wheelersburg's Miles Cook II had a busy evening, as the 19-year-old and recent high school graduate competed in both the Modified and Limited Late Model Divisions. He followed up a solid top-5 finish in the Modified A-Main with his first-ever Limited Late Model Feature victory at PRP. Cook started third and got past Albert Butcher with three laps remaining on his way to claiming the checkers in the O-Reilly Auto Parts Limited Late Model A-main presented by WB Metals.

Rounding out the top 10 were Jacob Curnutte, Mike Meyers, Evyian Terry, Kevin Terry, Dakota Pennington, Matt Yates, Mike Steele, and Robert Hoffstadt.

Waverly's Davey Akers won The Stealth Chassis Sport Mod A-main and led every lap from start to finish. Jamey Adams, John Brady Jr, Luke Jordan, Cody Price, Adam Jordan, Tucker Adams, Rob Lemaster, Danny Hamilton Jr, and Brandon Colley completed the top 10.

Eighteen-year-old Quade Schoonover of Peebles charged up through the field from a 13th-place start to win The Ohio Valley Roofers Legends Car Series Race. The remainder of the top 10 consisted of Levi Morris, Zach Schuler, Cale Maybin, Doug Fawley, Ryan Swisshelm, William Wetzl, Shane McKinley, Rob Schuler, and Greg Arthur.

Portsmouth Raceway Park will have two days of racing over Labor Day Weekend. PRP's next race will be Friday, August 30th. That'll be the night of the annual Boone Coleman Gator 50 Late Model Race, which will be sanctioned by The Valvoline Iron Man Series. This year's Boone Coleman Memorial "Gator 50" will pay $7,500 to win and will be presented by Berndt-Murfin Insurance and other area businesses. Also on the card will be Modifieds and Limited Lates. The Mods will run The Jim McGraw Memorial. The winner will receive an additional $200 courtesy of Ryan McGraw. Gates will open at 4 p.m. with racing at approximately 7:30.

The very next day on Saturday, August 31st, PRP will welcome The Lucas Oil Late Model Series for The River Days Rumble 50 paying $15,000 to the winner. Also on the card will be Sport Mods. The Pit Gate will open at 2 p.m. The Main Gate will open at 4 p.m. Hot Laps are slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. All tickets will be sold at the gates on race day.

For more details, log on to www.portsraceway.com.

Modifieds 21 Entries
A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:21:30.914

  1. 44-KC Burdette[1]; 2. 23Z-Austin Self[7]; 3. B75-Bradon Berry[3]; 4. 18C-Miles Cook II[4]; 5. 34-Derek Richmond[10]; 6. 244-Brandon Smith[8]; 7. 7-Zach Carr[6]; 8. CR12-Danny Ferguson[15]; 9. 52-Brian Whiteman[13]; 10. J3-Jody Puckett[5]; 11. 29-Danny Moore[17]; 12. P20-Ervin Vance[18]; 13. 26-Jason Bilyeu[11]; 14. 35-Tony DeHart[16]; 15. 23H-Matt Holcomb[9]; 16. 55S-Jim Szekacs[20]; 17. 20S-Brian Skaggs[2]; 18. 11C-Adam Colley[12]; 19. 42-Mark Jamison[19]; 20. (DNS) B1-Mason Bilyeu; 21. (DNS) 12-Jeremy Rayburn

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:51.105

  1. 44-KC Burdette[1]; 2. 18C-Miles Cook II[2]; 3. 23Z-Austin Self[3]; 4. 34-Derek Richmond[4]; 5. 52-Brian Whiteman[6]; 6. 35-Tony DeHart[5]; 7. 42-Mark Jamison[7]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:13.106

  1. 20S-Brian Skaggs[1]; 2. J3-Jody Puckett[2]; 3. 244-Brandon Smith[3]; 4. 26-Jason Bilyeu[4]; 5. B1-Mason Bilyeu[5]; 6. 29-Danny Moore[6]; 7. 55S-Jim Szekacs[7]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:02:53.818

  1. B75-Bradon Berry[2]; 2. 7-Zach Carr[1]; 3. 23H-Matt Holcomb[3]; 4. 11C-Adam Colley[4]; 5. CR12-Danny Ferguson[6]; 6. P20-Ervin Vance[5]; 7. (DNS) 12-Jeremy Rayburn

Qualifying 1 | 00:07:39.000

  1. 44-KC Burdette, 00:16.444[17]; 2. 20S-Brian Skaggs, 00:16.750[18]; 3. 7-Zach Carr, 00:16.832[13]; 4. 18C-Miles Cook II, 00:16.947[8]; 5. J3-Jody Puckett, 00:16.957[21]; 6. B75-Bradon Berry, 00:16.976[14]; 7. 23Z-Austin Self, 00:17.019[11]; 8. 244-Brandon Smith, 00:17.168[7]; 9. 23H-Matt Holcomb, 00:17.173[1]; 10. 34-Derek Richmond, 00:17.280[20]; 11. 26-Jason Bilyeu, 00:17.365[19]; 12. 11C-Adam Colley, 00:17.389[9]; 13. 35-Tony DeHart, 00:17.507[2]; 14. B1-Mason Bilyeu, 00:17.542[5]; 15. P20-Ervin Vance, 00:17.585[15]; 16. 52-Brian Whiteman, 00:17.590[16]; 17. 29-Danny Moore, 00:17.624[4]; 18. CR12-Danny Ferguson, 00:18.085[10]; 19. 42-Mark Jamison, 00:18.158[6]; 20. 55S-Jim Szekacs, 00:18.865[3]; 21. 12-Jeremy Rayburn, 00:18.865[12]

Limited Late Models 10 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:05:31.103

  1. 18C-Miles Cook II[3]; 2. 25-Albert Butcher[1]; 3. 5J-Jacob Curnutte[6]; 4. 10M-Mike Meyers[9]; 5. 58-Evyian Terry[2]; 6. 97C-Kevin Terry[4]; 7. 11P-Dakota Pennington[10]; 8. 112-Matt Yates[5]; 9. 555-Mike Steele[8]; 10. 5C-Robert Hoffstadt[7]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:12:01.322

  1. 25-Albert Butcher[1]; 2. 58-Evyian Terry[6]; 3. 18C-Miles Cook II[9]; 4. 97C-Kevin Terry[10]; 5. 112-Matt Yates[4]; 6. 5J-Jacob Curnutte[5]; 7. 5C-Robert Hoffstadt[2]; 8. 555-Mike Steele[8]; 9. 10M-Mike Meyers[7]; 10. 11P-Dakota Pennington[3]

Sport Mods 23 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:42:16.535

  1. 51A-Davey Akers[1]; 2. 42A-Jamey Adams[5]; 3. 9-John Brady Jr[7]; 4. 13J-Luke Jordan[2]; 5. 10P-Cody Price[14]; 6. 7J-Adam Jordan[4]; 7. 32T-Tucker Adams[12]; 8. 740-Rob Lemaster[10]; 9. 99-Danny Hamilton Jr[6]; 10. 11B-Branden Colley[8]; 11. 35-Hunter Conley[9]; 12. 19-Andrew Bender[15]; 13. 4J-James Cox[16]; 14. 99X-Phil Cox[13]; 15. 4*-Chris McClain[21]; 16. 53-Noah French[19]; 17. 77-Corey Payton[23]; 18. 25B-Levi Stewart[20]; 19. J3-Brandon Hutchinson[3]; 20. 22R-Hunter Ruckel[17]; 21. 22-Josh Kleinke[22]; 22. 4UE-Dan Fout[18]; 23. B9-Jeromy Brady[11]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:03:03.824

  1. 51A-Davey Akers[4]; 2. 7J-Adam Jordan[2]; 3. 9-John Brady Jr[6]; 4. 740-Rob Lemaster[5]; 5. 99X-Phil Cox[1]; 6. 4J-James Cox[8]; 7. 53-Noah French[3]; 8. 22-Josh Kleinke[7]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:04:22.265

  1. 13J-Luke Jordan[1]; 2. 42A-Jamey Adams[5]; 3. 11B-Branden Colley[6]; 4. B9-Jeromy Brady[3]; 5. 10P-Cody Price[7]; 6. 22R-Hunter Ruckel[4]; 7. 25B-Levi Stewart[8]; 8. 77-Corey Payton[2]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:32.837

  1. J3-Brandon Hutchinson[1]; 2. 99-Danny Hamilton Jr[3]; 3. 35-Hunter Conley[2]; 4. 32T-Tucker Adams[7]; 5. 19-Andrew Bender[5]; 6. 4UE-Dan Fout[6]; 7. 4*-Chris McClain[4]
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Legends 14 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:10:48.063

  1. 18-Quade Schoonover[13]; 2. 80-Levi Morris[4]; 3. 1S-Zach Schuler[6]; 4. 17-Cale Maybin[3]; 5. 11D-Doug Fawley[1]; 6. 520-Ryan Swisshelm[9]; 7. 7W-William Wetzl[11]; 8. 77-Shane McKinley[8]; 9. 4-Rob Schuler[5]; 10. 4A-Greg Arthur[7]; 11. 317-Will Geer[2]; 12. (DNS) 55B-Colton Brock; 13. (DNS) 92-Keaton Hollback; 14. (DNS) 28C-Brayden Cathell

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:15:01.444

  1. 17-Cale Maybin[2]; 2. 11D-Doug Fawley[4]; 3. 4-Rob Schuler[6]; 4. 4A-Greg Arthur[7]; 5. 520-Ryan Swisshelm[3]; 6. 7W-William Wetzl[5]; 7. 18-Quade Schoonover[1]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:07:15.730

  1. 317-Will Geer[1]; 2. 80-Levi Morris[2]; 3. 1S-Zach Schuler[3]; 4. 77-Shane McKinley[5]; 5. 55B-Colton Brock[4]; 6. 92-Keaton Hollback[6]; 7. (DNS) 28C-Brayden Cathell

Qualifying 1 | 00:00:48.384

  1. 18-Quade Schoonover, 00:19.678[4]; 2. 317-Will Geer, 00:20.020[5]; 3. 17-Cale Maybin, 00:20.184[14]; 4. 80-Levi Morris, 00:20.229[3]; 5. 520-Ryan Swisshelm, 00:20.497[12]; 6. 1S-Zach Schuler, 00:20.688[10]; 7. 11D-Doug Fawley, 00:20.848[1]; 8. 55B-Colton Brock, 00:20.932[8]; 9. 7W-William Wetzl, 00:20.991[7]; 10. 77-Shane McKinley, 00:21.049[9]; 11. 4-Rob Schuler, 00:21.060[6]; 12. 92-Keaton Hollback, 00:21.130[13]; 13. 4A-Greg Arthur, 00:21.252[2]; 14. 28C-Brayden Cathell, 00:24.148[11]

Article Credit: Chuck Greenslate

Submitted By: Marcie Barlow

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