Cap Henry Claims Duffy Smith Memorial At Wayne County; Second Win Of Ohio Sprint Speedweek

Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS – ORRVILLE, OH – Becoming the first repeat winner of 2020 Cometic Gasket Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Hercules Tires featuring the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1, Republic, Ohio’s Cap Henry found himself back in the Speedweek limelight on Monday night at Wayne County Speedway, doing so by tracking down race-long leader, Cale Conley, and completing a winning pass with two laps remaining to secure the $6,000-to-win Duffy Smith Memorial.

Now fifth in the Ohio Sprint Speedweek standings, Henry opened the nine-race Speedweek campaign with a victory at Attica Raceway Park on Friday evening, July 3.

“When we took the checkered, I didn’t even know we took the checkered. I actually thought a caution came out and I started to get really antsy. Then, when Eric (Walls) came over the radio and said ‘top three to the scale,’ I knew the race was over,” Cap Henry laughed in Wayne County Speedway victory lane, driver of the Brett and Patty Lane-owned/Dragon’s Milk White/Beer Barrel Bourbon/Pro Auto Wraps/FK Rod Ends/No. 4 sprint car. “Man, I can’t thank this team enough. They presented me with an incredible opportunity a few years back and it has been great ever since. I’m happy we’ve been able to come out here and take advantage.”

Utilizing an inside-second row starting position, Henry, now a two-time All Star winner at ‘Orrville’s Historic Oval,’ was a contender right from the drop of the green, getting away third after the initial start before taking over second from Zeb Wise on lap eight. At the time, Cale Conley was the race leader, earning the early jump after starting second on the 30-lap grid.

Despite getting the opportunity to show his nose to Conley on several occasions, and having the chance to restart on the tail tank of the Vienna, West Virginia-native twice, once on lap ten and again on lap 13, it was not until lap 27 when Henry was presented with his first, true takeover attempt.

Throwing a slider that did not stick on lap 27, Henry made the next attempt work, this time using slower traffic as a pick to drive underneath Conley at the exit of turn four on lap 28.

“I could see the bottom was starting to come in there, so we moved down and I noticed I was starting to make some gains on Conley,” Cap Henry continued. “Even when we got to traffic there at the end, that groove was still working. It almost looked like Cale (Conely) lost his brakes because he was so committed to the top and wouldn’t come down.”

Cale Conley held on to finish second on Monday evening, followed by Rico Abreu, Jac Haudenschild and Justin Peck. Elk Grove, California’s Kyle Larson charged from 21st to finish sixth earning the evening’s Hercules Tires Hard Charger Award.

What’s Next:
After a previously scheduled rain date of Tuesday, July 7, the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will continue Cometic Gasket Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Hercules Tires on Wednesday evening, July 8, at Brushcreek Motorsports Complex in Peebles, Ohio. The midweek headliner will award a $5,000 top prize.

Contingency Awards/Results: Wayne County Speedway – July 6, 2020:
Event: Cometic Gasket Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Hercules Tires
Entries: 40
C&R Racing Warm-Ups: Kyle Larson – 14.287
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Josh Baughman – 14.382
Ford Performance Heat #1 Winner: Trey Jacobs
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2 Winner: Cale Conley
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3 Winner: Cap Henry
Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: Rico Abreu
Kear’s Speed Shop Dash #1 Winner: Zeb Wise
Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Dash #2 Winner: Cale Conley
Classic Ink USA Screenprinting & Embroidery B-Main Winner: Kyle Larson
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Jordan Harble
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet A-Main Winner: Cap Henry
Hercules Tire A-Main Hard Charger: Kyle Larson (+15)

Qualifying

Group (A)
1. 17-Josh Baughman, 14.331; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 14.371; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs, 14.741; 4. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 14.877; 5. 23-Cole Macedo, 14.906; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 14.961; 7. 14Z-Wyatt Zimmerman, 15.960; 8. 6-Frank Rodgers, 16.429; 9. 1-Nate Dussel, 99.400; 10. 9J-Dean Jacobs, 99.600

Group (B)
1. 57-Kyle Larson, 14.382; 2. 11N-Buddy Kofoid, 14.544; 3. 26-Cory Eliason, 14.545; 4. 3C-Cale Conley, 14.606; 5. 18J-RJ Jacobs, 14.704; 6. 83M-Broc Martin, 14.878; 7. 70-Sye Lynch, 14.888; 8. 8M-TJ Michael, 14.896; 9. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.916; 10. 15-Mitch Harble, 15.395

Group (C)
1. 11-Zeb Wise, 14.703; 2. 4-Cap Henry, 14.715; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 14.939; 4. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 14.946; 5. O7-Gerard McIntyre, 14.952; 6. 19R-Jordan Ryan, 15.020; 7. 70M-Henry Malcuit, 15.149; 8. 99-Skylar Gee, 15.299; 9. 41-Thomas Schinderle, 15.578; 10. 29-Steve Butler, 15.768

Group (D)
1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 14.700; 2. 24-Rico Abreu, 14.718; 3. 28-Tim Shaffer, 14.823; 4. 13-Paul McMahan, 14.832; 5. 5x-Justin Peck, 14.923; 6. 38k-Chris Myers, 15.181; 7. 4S-Tyler Street, 15.361; 8. 22B-Ryan Broughton, 15.452; 9. 5h-Jordan Harble, 15.586; 10. 16-Danny Mumaw, 15.994

Heat #1 – Group (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 3J-Trey Jacobs [1]; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs [2]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel [3]; 4. 17-Josh Baughman [4]; 5. 23-Cole Macedo [5]; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker [6]; 7. 14Z-Wyatt Zimmerman [7]; 8. 6-Frank Rodgers [8]

Heat #2 – Group (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 3C-Cale Conley [1]; 2. 26-Cory Eliason [2]; 3. 70-Sye Lynch [7]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [9]; 5. 83M-Broc Martin [6]; 6. 8M-TJ Michael [8]; 7. 18J-RJ Jacobs [5]; 8. 15-Mitch Harble [10]; 9. 11N-Buddy Kofoid [3]; 10. 57-Kyle Larson [4]

Heat #3 – Group (C) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 4-Cap Henry [3]; 2. 3-Jac Haudenschild [2]; 3. 22-Brandon Spithaler [1]; 4. 19R-Jordan Ryan [6]; 5. 11-Zeb Wise [4]; 6. O7-Gerard McIntyre [5]; 7. 70M-Henry Malcuit [7]; 8. 99-Skylar Gee [8]; 9. 41-Thomas Schinderle [9]; 10. 29-Steve Butler [10]

Heat #4 – Group (D) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 24-Rico Abreu [3]; 2. 28-Tim Shaffer [2]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [4]; 4. 5X-Justin Peck [5]; 5. 13-Paul McMahan [1]; 6. 5H-Jordan Harble [9]; 7. 22B-Ryan Broughton [8]; 8. 16-Danny Mumaw [10]; 9. 4S-Tyler Street [7]; 10. 38K-Chris Myers [6]

Dash #1 (4 Laps)
1. 11-Zeb Wise [2]; 2. 4-Cap Henry [3]; 3. 3J-Trey Jacobs [1]; 4. 17-Josh Baughman [5]; 5. 26-Cory Eliason [4]

Dash #2 (4 Laps)
1. 3C-Cale Conley [1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [2]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel [3]; 4. 81-Lee Jacobs [4]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [5]

B-Main (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. 57-Kyle Larson [1]; 2. 11N-Buddy Kofoid [2]; 3. O7-Gerard McIntyre [4]; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker [5]; 5. 5H-Jordan Harble [6]; 6. 8M-TJ Michael [3]; 7. 18J-RJ Jacobs [7]; 8. 70M-Henry Malcuit [8]; 9. 99-Skylar Gee [11]; 10. 22B-Ryan Broughton [9]; 11. 41-Thomas Schinderle [15]; 12. 29-Steve Butler [17]; 13. 14Z-Wyatt Zimmerman [10]; 14. 6-Frank Rodgers [13]; 15. 4S-Tyler Street [14]

A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 4-Cap Henry [3]; 2. 3C-Cale Conley [2]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 4. 3-Jac Haudenschild [12]; 5. 5X-Justin Peck [16]; 6. 57-Kyle Larson [21]; 7. 26-Cory Eliason [9]; 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel [6]; 9. 17-Josh Baughman [7]; 10. 22-Brandon Spithaler [14]; 11. 23-Cole Macedo [20]; 12. 13-Paul McMahan [18]; 13. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [10]; 14. 81-Lee Jacobs [8]; 15. 11-Zeb Wise [1]; 16. O7-Gerard McIntyre [23]; 17. 19R-Jordan Ryan [17]; 18. W20-Greg Wilson [15]; 19. 70-Sye Lynch [13]; 20. 99-Skylar Gee [25]; 21. 3J-Trey Jacobs [5]; 22. 11N-Buddy Kofoid [22]; 23. 83M-Broc Martin [19]; 24. 35-Stuart Brubaker [24]; 25. 28-Tim Shaffer [11] Lap Leaders: Cale Conley (1-27), Cap Henry (28-30)