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There were over 100 cars were in the pits and plenty of action on the track Saturday Night at Portsmouth Raceway Park. RJ Conley, Jeremy Rayburn, Shane Bailey, Jason Spillman, and Paul Weaver all logged feature wins in their respective classes.

On an evening that saw 23 entries in the Giovanni's Pizza Late Model Division, Wheelersburg's RJ Conley held off Brandon Fouts to record his fourth win of the season. Delmas Conley started fourth, fell back to seventh, and fought his way back up to third. Dash winner and pole sitter Kenny Christy finished fourth, Robbie Lewis placed fifth. Rounding out the top five were Shannon Thornsberry, Rod Conley, Jackie Boggs, Kevin Wagner, and Mark Frazier.

RJ Conley took the lead on lap 2 of the 25-lap A-Main passing Christy on the high side off of turn 4. From that point forward, Conley, a four-time PRP track champ, never found himself locked in a serious battle for position. However, he did make one of the better moves of the race avoiding a spinning lapped car on lap 7.

RJ Conley remains third in the PRP Late Model point standings, but his victory allowed him to draw within five points of second-place Kevin Wagner and 130 points of leader Shannon Thornsberry.

One of the two Late Model Heats was won by Thornsberry. Boggs captured the other. Fouts was the quick qualifer.

The conclusion of the R.W. Rental & Supply Modified A-Main presented as much drama as any race throughout the evening. Like with Conley in the Late Models, Modified driver Jeremy Rayburn captured his fourth PRP win of the year, and he certainly had to work for it.

The Lucasville native and 2017 PRP champ started on the pole and led the entire race, but heading into turn 3 on the white flag lap, he got tagged by second-place Austin Francis. The incident forced the top three cars to spin. Francis was charged with rough driving, which enabled Rayburn and third-placing running Travis Dickson to get their positions back.

The race ended with a one-lap shootout to the finish. Rayburn, the night's Dynamic Shock Service quick qualifier, held off Dickson to the checkers. Ervin Vance, Davey Warnock, and Justin Jacobs rounded out the top five. Tony DeHart, Adam Jordan, Craig Christian, Adam Colley, and John Burdette completed the remainder of the top 10.

In the O'Reilly Auto Parts Limited Late Models, Shane Bailey from Grayson, KY nabbed his second victory of the season. Jacob Curnutte climbed from ninth to second. Evyian Terry moved up from 11th to finish third. Alan Salisbury placed fourth, and John Melvin was fifth. Kent Keyser, Ritchie Edwards, Harold Terry, Billy Staker, and Mike Meyers made up the remainder of the top 10.

Piketon's Jason Spillman claimed his first feature victory of the season in the EMC2 Party Rentals & Inflatables Sport Mod A-Main. Spillman held off Zack Pendleton to take the win. Luke Jordan finished third. Derek Richmond was fourth, and Cody Gifford placed fifth. Brennan Bobst, Danny Hamilton Jr, Jeromy Brady, Rick Butler, and Chuck Yeley rounded out the top 10.

The Sport Mod points battle is the tightest of all PRP divisions. Ten points separate the top three. Pendleton leads. Spillman is second five points back, and Richmond is third 10 points behind.

The highest paying race of the evening was The Ohio Pest Control 305 Winged Sprint Car A-Main, which provided the winner with $3,000. Paul Weaver took the checkers. He was followed by Tyler Street, Justin Clark, Kyle Capodice, Luke Griffith, Dustin Rall, John Paynter Jr, Chris Fraley, Jay Dunaway, and Wade Fraley.

This coming Saturday The Lucas Oil Dirt Late Models return to PRP for the Bob Miller Memorial River Days 50 presented by Pepsi which will pay $12,000 to the winner. Also on the card will be Modifieds and Sport Mods. Pit Gates will open at 2 p.m. General Admission Gates will open at 4 p.m. Qualifying will start at approximately 7 p.m. For more details log on to www.portsraceway.com.

Late Model A-Main

1. 71C-RJ Conley, 20:13.520[2]; 2. 81-Brandon Fouts, 20:14.593[3]; 3. 71-Delmas Conley, 20:15.141[4]; 4. C7-Kenny Christy, 20:15.689[1]; 5. 48L-Robbie Lewis, 20:16.567[5]; 6. 17-Shannon Thornsberry, 20:16.965[7]; 7. 71R-Rod Conley, 20:17.306[9]; 8. 4B-Jackie Boggs, 20:17.663[8]; 9. 33-Kevin Wagner, 20:18.230[12]; 10. 9F-Mark Frazier, 20:19.016[11]; 11. 1-Audie Swartz, 20:19.667[10]; 12. 6-Travis Carr, 20:19.853[16]; 13. 159-Avery Taylor, 20:20.640[21]; 14. 94-Randy Ross, 20:21.032[22]; 15. CJ1-Charlie Jude, 20:22.007[15]; 16. 22-Joe Mayabb, 20:22.495[20]; 17. 32A-Robert Starret, 20:22.658[17]; 18. 71D-Dave Hornikel, 15:14.880[13]; 19. 99-Brian Skaggs, 06:28.908[6]; 20. 159B-Butch Dowdy Jr, 06:31.483[18]; 21. 15W-Ralph Withem, 06:27.825[14]; 22. 14-Raymond Alley, 01:30.860[19]; (DNS) 21L-Dennis Little, 01:30.860

Heat 1

1. 17-Shannon Thornsberry, 02:42.589[1]; 2. 71R-Rod Conley, 02:44.865[2]; 3. 9F-Mark Frazier, 02:47.066[4]; 4. 71D-Dave Hornikel, 02:48.408[3]; 5. CJ1-Charlie Jude, 02:52.262[6]; 6. 32A-Robert Starret, 02:54.585[7]; 7. 14-Raymond Alley, 02:57.588[8]; 8. 159-Avery Taylor, 01:28.597[5]; (DNS) 21L-Dennis Little, 01:28.597

Heat 2

1. 4B-Jackie Boggs, 05:22.190[2]; 2. 1-Audie Swartz, 05:23.157[1]; 3. 33-Kevin Wagner, 05:27.064[5]; 4. 15W-Ralph Withem, 05:27.822[3]; 5. 6-Travis Carr, 05:28.916[4]; 6. 159B-Butch Dowdy Jr, 05:31.741[7]; 7. 22-Joe Mayabb, 05:34.017[6]; 8. 94-Randy Ross, 05:34.627[8]

Qualifying 1

1. 81-Brandon Fouts, 00:14.916[13]; 2. 71C-RJ Conley, 00:15.034[11]; 3. 48L-Robbie Lewis, 00:15.407[1]; 4. 99-Brian Skaggs, 00:15.494[5]; 5. 71-Delmas Conley, 00:15.530[18]; 6. C7-Kenny Christy, 00:15.537[3]; 7. 17-Shannon Thornsberry, 00:15.595[23]; 8. 1-Audie Swartz, 00:15.615[14]; 9. 71R-Rod Conley, 00:15.644[16]; 10. 4B-Jackie Boggs, 00:15.648[8]; 11. 71D-Dave Hornikel, 00:15.667[9]; 12. 15W-Ralph Withem, 00:15.823[4]; 13. 9F-Mark Frazier, 00:16.029[24]; 14. 6-Travis Carr, 00:16.143[15]; 15. 159-Avery Taylor, 00:16.222[20]; 16. 33-Kevin Wagner, 00:16.232[7]; 17. CJ1-Charlie Jude, 00:16.318[2]; 18. 22-Joe Mayabb, 00:16.547[10]; 19. 32A-Robert Starret, 00:16.551[19]; 20. 159B-Butch Dowdy Jr, 00:16.589[17]; 21. 14-Raymond Alley, 00:16.835[22]; 22. 94-Randy Ross, 00:17.199[6]; 23. (DNF) 21L-Dennis Little, [21]

DASH

1. C7-Kenny Christy, [1]; 2. 71C-RJ Conley, [5]; 3. 81-Brandon Fouts, [6]; 4. 71-Delmas Conley, [2]; 5. 48L-Robbie Lewis, [4]; 6. 99-Brian Skaggs, [3]

Modified A-Main

1. 12R-Jeremy Rayburn, 19:54.259[1]; 2. 24-Travis Dickson, 19:55.377[4]; 3. P20-Ervin Vance, 19:55.434[3]; 4. 44-Davey Warnock, 19:56.144[6]; 5. 20J-Justin Jacobs, 19:56.201[7]; 6. 35-Tony DeHart, 19:56.456[13]; 7. 13-Adam Jordan, 19:56.849[12]; 8. 2020-Craig Christian, 19:57.214[2]; 9. 11C-Adam Colley, 19:57.789[19]; 10. 149-John Burdette, 19:58.062[15]; 11. 75-Brayden Berry, 19:58.544[11]; 12. 43K-Kevin Hall, 19:58.941[20]; 13. 5-Tim Tribbey, 19:59.540[18]; 14. 9F-Brian Sammons Jr, 20:00.095[9]; 15. 26-Jason Bilyeu, 20:00.724[14]; 16. S25-Pete Caplinger, 20:01.418[16]; 17. 2-Anthony Slusher, 12:55.946[8]; 18. 11-Austin Francis, 12:52.347[5]; 19. S21-Seth Daniels, [10]; 20. 11S-Tyler Smith, [17]

B-Main 1

1. 11S-Tyler Smith, 04:40.462[1]; 2. 11C-Adam Colley, 04:40.496[3]; 3. X-Jason Montgomery, 04:40.712[4]; 4. 7-Doug Adkins, 04:41.739[2]; 5. 12N-Rick Neace, 04:43.067[5]; 6. 20H-Tyler Hendrix, 04:43.157[7]; 7. 51*-Jimmy Spillman, 04:45.327[11]; 8. 7T-Tommy McClain, 04:26.285[9]; 9. 2G-Don Good, 01:45.557[8]; (DNS) 83-Briana Robinson, 01:45.557; (DNS) 1T-Tom Taylor, 01:45.557

B-Main 2

1. 5-Tim Tribbey, 09:35.732[1]; 2. 43K-Kevin Hall, 09:35.931[2]; 3. D4-David Jamison, 09:36.760[3]; 4. 32-Greg Bentley, 09:38.679[5]; 5. 44R-Peter Ripato, 09:39.187[8]; 6. 44H-Joe Hamon, 09:40.151[10]; 7. 4-James Dickess, 09:51.937[6]; 8. 22-Randy Taylor, 09:34.145[9]; 9. 4C-Ronnie Conley, [4]; 10. 14F-David Fitzpatrick, [7]

Heat 1

1. 12R-Jeremy Rayburn, 02:56.319[1]; 2. 11-Austin Francis, 02:58.063[2]; 3. 9F-Brian Sammons Jr, 03:02.308[5]; 4. 35-Tony DeHart, 03:02.512[3]; 5. 11S-Tyler Smith, 03:02.657[4]; 6. 11C-Adam Colley, 03:03.272[6]; 7. 12N-Rick Neace, 03:06.571[10]; 8. 20H-Tyler Hendrix, 03:07.057[7]; 9. 7T-Tommy McClain, 03:08.261[8]; 10. 51*-Jimmy Spillman, 03:10.764[9]

Heat 2

1. 2020-Craig Christian, 02:55.498[1]; 2. 44-Davey Warnock, 02:56.861[3]; 3. S21-Seth Daniels, 02:58.914[2]; 4. 26-Jason Bilyeu, 03:01.553[4]; 5. 5-Tim Tribbey, 03:02.423[5]; 6. D4-David Jamison, 03:04.700[6]; 7. 32-Greg Bentley, 03:05.549[7]; 8. 14F-David Fitzpatrick, 03:10.253[8]; 9. 22-Randy Taylor, 02:57.696[9]

Heat 3

1. P20-Ervin Vance, 03:14.033[1]; 2. 20J-Justin Jacobs, 03:14.418[2]; 3. 75-Brayden Berry, 03:16.484[4]; 4. 149-John Burdette, 03:16.534[3]; 5. 7-Doug Adkins, 03:17.547[6]; 6. X-Jason Montgomery, 03:18.086[5]; 7. 83-Briana Robinson, 03:21.568[7]; 8. 2G-Don Good, 03:25.473[8]; 9. 1T-Tom Taylor, 01:32.832[9]

Heat 4

1. 24-Travis Dickson, 02:56.361[2]; 2. 2-Anthony Slusher, 02:58.646[1]; 3. 13-Adam Jordan, 03:00.470[5]; 4. S25-Pete Caplinger, 03:02.928[3]; 5. 43K-Kevin Hall, 03:03.540[6]; 6. 4C-Ronnie Conley, 03:10.621[8]; 7. 4-James Dickess, 03:01.986[9]; 8. 44R-Peter Ripato, 01:55.043[4]; (DNS) 44H-Joe Hamon, 01:55.043

Qualifying 1

1. 12R-Jeremy Rayburn, 00:16.476[2]; 2. 2020-Craig Christian, 00:16.640[12]; 3. P20-Ervin Vance, 00:16.678[3]; 4. 2-Anthony Slusher, 00:16.745[6]; 5. 11-Austin Francis, 00:16.779[15]; 6. S21-Seth Daniels, 00:16.809[5]; 7. 20J-Justin Jacobs, 00:16.885[24]; 8. 24-Travis Dickson, 00:16.930[36]; 9. 35-Tony DeHart, 00:17.145[18]; 10. 44-Davey Warnock, 00:17.155[22]; 11. 149-John Burdette, 00:17.205[32]; 12. S25-Pete Caplinger, 00:17.225[10]; 13. 11S-Tyler Smith, 00:17.244[26]; 14. 26-Jason Bilyeu, 00:17.261[27]; 15. 75-Brayden Berry, 00:17.263[9]; 16. 44R-Peter Ripato, 00:17.356[11]; 17. 9F-Brian Sammons Jr, 00:17.366[21]; 18. 5-Tim Tribbey, 00:17.392[7]; 19. X-Jason Montgomery, 00:17.415[25]; 20. 13-Adam Jordan, 00:17.467[23]; 21. 11C-Adam Colley, 00:17.483[29]; 22. D4-David Jamison, 00:17.529[37]; 23. 7-Doug Adkins, 00:17.541[31]; 24. 43K-Kevin Hall, 00:17.551[33]; 25. 20H-Tyler Hendrix, 00:17.686[30]; 26. 32-Greg Bentley, 00:17.828[8]; 27. 83-Briana Robinson, 00:17.896[34]; 28. 44H-Joe Hamon, 00:17.940[28]; 29. 7T-Tommy McClain, 00:17.973[13]; 30. 14F-David Fitzpatrick, 00:18.431[4]; 31. 2G-Don Good, 00:18.760[35]; 32. 4C-Ronnie Conley, 00:18.817[20]; 33. 51*-Jimmy Spillman, 00:19.004[17]; 34. 22-Randy Taylor, 00:19.322[1]; 35. 1T-Tom Taylor, 00:19.322[16]; 36. 4-James Dickess, 00:21.386[19]; 37. 12N-Rick Neace, [14]

Limited Late Model A-Main

1. 1-Shane Bailey, 19:55.525[3]; 2. 31-Jacob Curnutte, 19:56.408[9]; 3. 58-Evyian Terry, 19:56.982[11]; 4. A17-Alan Salisbury, 19:57.851[4]; 5. 81-John Melvin, 19:58.901[2]; 6. 702-Kent Keyser, 19:59.242[10]; 7. 64R-Ritchie Edwards, 20:00.433[6]; 8. M-1-Harold Terry, 20:03.650[12]; 9. 7S-Billy Staker, 17:18.993[7]; 10. 10M-Mike Meyers, 16:25.821[1]; 11. 81M-Matt Melvin, 05:47.074[5]; 12. 4B-Greg Thompson, 06:00.950[8]

Heat 1

1. 10M-Mike Meyers, 02:57.665[4]; 2. 1-Shane Bailey, 02:59.512[2]; 3. 81M-Matt Melvin, 03:01.120[3]; 4. 7S-Billy Staker, 03:02.334[6]; 5. 31-Jacob Curnutte, 03:02.981[5]; 6. 58-Evyian Terry, 03:05.174[1]

Heat 2

1. 81-John Melvin, 06:36.102[3]; 2. A17-Alan Salisbury, 06:37.978[2]; 3. 64R-Ritchie Edwards, 06:40.122[6]; 4. 4B-Greg Thompson, 06:41.541[5]; 5. 702-Kent Keyser, 06:44.706[4]; 6. M-1-Harold Terry, 06:46.875[1]

Sport Mod A-Main

1. 44-Jason Spillman, 24:56.528[1]; 2. 24Z-Zack Pendleton, 24:57.535[2]; 3. 13J-Luke Jordan, 24:57.673[5]; 4. 34-Derek Richmond, 24:58.054[4]; 5. 88G-Cody Gifford, 24:58.825[9]; 6. 24B-Brennan Bobst, 24:59.225[3]; 7. 99-Danny Hamilton Jr, 25:00.196[16]; 8. B9-Jeromy Brady, 25:00.315[13]; 9. 2K-Rick Butler, 25:03.459[14]; 10. 13-Chuck Yeley, 25:04.797[11]; 11. 25S-Derek Spencer, 25:05.367[7]; 12. 8D-Stevie Thornsberry, 25:28.938[15]; 13. 19-Rodney Jenkins, 22:31.525[18]; 14. 45D-Dylan Litteral, 22:33.076[20]; 15. 16-Mikey Howard, 22:34.205[8]; 16. 4J-Jimmy Cox, 22:16.064[19]; 17. 7J-Casey Jones, 14:45.543[6]; 18. 14-Joe McClain, 05:21.346[10]; 19. 55-Kasey Black, 02:22.148[17]; 20. 24M-Jimmy Spillman, 01:35.737[12]

B-Main

1. 99-Danny Hamilton Jr, 03:53.288[1]; 2. 55-Kasey Black, 03:57.489[4]; 3. 19-Rodney Jenkins, 03:58.646[9]; 4. 4J-Jimmy Cox, 04:00.188[5]; 5. 45D-Dylan Litteral, 04:00.479[7]; 6. 99X-Dillon Hamilton, 04:02.503[10]; 7. 1-Jeremy Cassidy, 04:03.819[2]; 8. 11-Lyle Collier, 04:11.494[6]; 9. 51-JR. SPILLMAN, 01:27.662[3]; (DNS) 45L-Greg Litteral, 01:27.662

Heat 1

1. 44-Jason Spillman, 07:08.805[4]; 2. 34-Derek Richmond, 07:12.131[8]; 3. 25S-Derek Spencer, 07:12.876[9]; 4. 14-Joe McClain, 07:14.329[3]; 5. B9-Jeromy Brady, 07:14.981[7]; 6. 99-Danny Hamilton Jr, 07:15.617[6]; 7. 55-Kasey Black, 07:16.574[5]; 8. 45D-Dylan Litteral, 07:19.032[2]; 9. 99X-Dillon Hamilton, 07:23.875[1]

Heat 2

1. 24Z-Zack Pendleton, 07:43.527[4]; 2. 13J-Luke Jordan, 07:44.582[8]; 3. 16-Mikey Howard, 07:45.725[2]; 4. 13-Chuck Yeley, 07:46.620[7]; 5. 2K-Rick Butler, 07:46.908[6]; 6. 1-Jeremy Cassidy, 07:47.756[3]; 7. 4J-Jimmy Cox, 05:40.091[5]; 8. 45L-Greg Litteral, 05:40.321[1]

Heat 3

1. 24B-Brennan Bobst, 05:00.495[3]; 2. 7J-Casey Jones, 05:01.517[2]; 3. 88G-Cody Gifford, 05:01.817[7]; 4. 24M-Jimmy Spillman, 05:03.594[6]; 5. 8D-Stevie Thornsberry, 05:08.267[5]; 6. 51-JR. SPILLMAN, 05:06.337[1]; 7. 11-Lyle Collier, 05:12.076[8]; 8. 19-Rodney Jenkins, 05:10.532[4]

305 Sprints A-Main

1. 1W-Paul Weaver, [1]; 2. 4*-Tyler Street, [2]; 3. 78-Justin Clark, [3]; 4. 12-Kyle Capodice, [6]; 5. 11G-Luke Griffith, [4]; 6. 9R-Dustin Rall, [8]; 7. 23-John Paynter Jr, [7]; 8. 3F-Chris Fraley, [5]; 9. 8UP-Jay Dunaway, [10]; 10. 3FX-Wade Fraley, [9]

Heat 1

1. 1W-Paul Weaver, 01:14.735[2]; 2. 78-Justin Clark, 01:17.243[5]; 3. 3F-Chris Fraley, 01:19.794[4]; 4. 23-John Paynter Jr, 01:22.598[3]; 5. 3FX-Wade Fraley, 01:24.915[1]

Heat 2

1. 4*-Tyler Street, 04:22.666[1]; 2. 11G-Luke Griffith, 04:25.383[2]; 3. 12-Kyle Capodice, 04:27.216[4]; 4. 9R-Dustin Rall, 04:32.773[5]; 5. 8UP-Jay Dunaway, 04:36.205[3]

• Mindy Pickelsimer on Aug 27, 2019
• Article Date: 8/27/2019 by Chuck Greenslate