"Hardy's Winning Ways Continue In Winchester Junior Boone Memorial"

"Cole Dewease Scores Career First in 305 Sprints, Brannon and Wilkins Add to Win totals"

By Doug Watson

Winchester VA, Kyle Hardy continued his career season with his victory in the 40-lap "Junior Boone Memorial" Saturday at Winchester Speedway. The win for Hardy, aboard his Mike Hurley owned Rocket Chassis No.99, was worth a cool $6000 payday and would be his 10th overall Winchester feature win of the season and his third straight with the teams Super Late Model at the fabled Virginia oval.
Hardy and first time 2026 visitor Drake Troutman shared the front row for the start of the event with Hardy surging into the race lead on the first lap and would go on to dominate the race as he would lead all 40-laps. "Like I've said all season Mike and Becky Hurley have provided us with the best equipment we've ever had." Hardy stated in the Winchester victory lane. "We knew Drake (Troutman) was going to be here tonight and he's an Outlaw guy so I figured he would be tough to beat with his new ride, but we got our car pretty good for the feature." Late race lapped traffic made Hardy work for the win. "We had a good track to race on tonight but the lapped cars were tough to pass but we were able to make it through without any problems." Troutman eventually finished in the runner-up spot with Devin Brannon, Jakob Piper and 8th starting Craig Parrill completing the top five. Heats went to Roy Deese Jr, Wesley Bonebrake and Craig Parrill.
Fayetteville Pa's Cole Dewease drove a flawless race to post his first career Winchester feature win in the nonstop 25 lap 305 Sprint Car feature. Dewease took the lead from Dylan Shatzer on the fifth lap and would then navigate through the field to post the popular victory. "This is a neat little place and the track raced pretty good." Cole offered post race. "I kind of waited to see what line Dylan was going to run and then we went to the top in our car was really good up there, it's been a great season for us." Cole's stellar season has also seen him in victory Lane at the Pennsylvania ovals of Bedford, Lincoln and Williams Grove Speedways. Shatzer settled for second, Matt Mullins took third with Donnie Hendershot and AJ Barton trailing at the finish. Heats went to Dewease and Mullins.
In the 15 lap Semi Late feature, Allen Brannon drove to his 4th win of the season in his Lester Nichols owned No.11 over eventual runner-up and defending track champion Walter Crouch. Tony Johnson, Dylan Rutherford and Trent Holmes completed the top five. Heats went to Rutherford, Brannon and Crouch.
In the nightcap 15 lap Hobby Stock contest Jason Wilkins steered his ARC race cars No.9 to his division leading 10th victory of the season. Randy Linaburg, Chris Sumption, Dylan Rutherford and Justin Hottle rounded at the top five. Heats went Sumption, Wilkins and Hottle.

Late Models (40-laps)
Kyle Hardy, Drake Troutman, Devin Brannon, Jakob Piper, Craig Parrill, Willie Milliken, Jonathan DeHaven, Chuckie Johnson, JT Spence, Roy Deese Jr, Mike Franklin, Austin Yarbrough, Brad Omps, Tyler Horst, Keith Koontz, Scott Sweeney, Wesley Bonebrake, Charles Smith, Jordan Malanowski, Rob Schirmer, Mike Steck DNS-John Davidson

305 Sprints (25-laps)
Cole Dewease, Dylan Shatzer, Matt Mullins, Donnie Hendershot, AJ Barton, Matthew Kline, Ryan Lynn, Brady Beavers, Caleb Harris, Daren Bolac, Alyssa Cullum, Chris Ware, Colton Hendershot, Matthew Leach, Jerald Harris, Aaron Leach, John Smith

Semi Lates (15-laps)
Allen Brannon, Walter Crouch, Tony Johnson, Dylan Rutherford, Trent Holmes, Brian Luttrell, Dwayne Snyder, Keith Herring, Bryan Kerns, Nathan Broughman, Andrew Kerr, Kevin Koontz, Andy Adkins, Lee Herring, Robert Holmes, Gary Frye Jr, Kyle Bray, Rob Nichols, Scott Cyrus, BJ Jenkins Jr.

Hobby Stocks (15-laps)
Jason Wilkins, Randy Linaburg, Chris Sumption, Dylan Rutherford, Justin Hottle, Tyler Fisher, Aiden Meade, Kristopher Kerr, Donald Keesee, Marcus Andrews, Kiley Eaton, Steve Jones II, Brad Dyer, Robert Marra, Andy Hunt, Bradick Wheeler, Brad Strawderman, Grant Sutphin, Larry Smith Jr, Chance Harrison, Shane McQuay DNS- Larry Clinedinst Jr