Bailey Sneaks Out Big Win in Waterford

Staff Report | Monday, October 18th, 2021

Photo Credit: TK Race Photos

WATERFORD, CT- Joey Bailey extended his points lead by earning a huge victory at The New London-Waterford Speedbowl during the Saturday portion of the Speedbowl’s ‘Fall Finale’ weekend.

A dozen of the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuel’s finest made the long trek north to Waterford, CT this weekend for the penultimate race in the 2021 championship points paying season. Even with a threatening forecast, a big crowd was able to witness a full card of fast and furious TQ Midget action at the 3/8th mile oval.

Buddy Sload (#36, Spitfire) got the big jump from 5th to 1st to win the opening heat of the afternoon. Jeff Kot (#95, Behrents Performance Warehouse) earned the victory in the second heat.

Heading into the feature, the two story lines involved two major championship points battles. Five drivers were mathematically eligible to win the overall championship, while two drivers remained in a tight battle to earn RYNO.co Rookie Contender Honors.

RYNO.co Rookie Points leader Brianna Page (#76 Stavola Companies, A&A Truck Parts) led the field to green, with rookie contender Tyler Ferris (#33 Hamer Heating & Cooling) started in third. However, it was 5X ATQMRA Champion Ryan Tidman (#51T, Yuhas Chassis) getting the big break out of the 2nd starting position to power to the lead.

Kyle Taraska (#22 Chick-fil-A, Personal Comfort) rolled from 4th to 2nd on the start behind Tidman, before his teammate Joey Bailey (#1B, Boyd Chassis) crossed over Taraska down the backstretch and into turn 3 on the opening lap. For much of the early stages, Tidman led the way with Bailey and Taraska rounding out the podium.

By the end of the third lap, both Sload and Kot made big moves through the field to move up to 4th and 5th respectively. The championship five were nose to tail with much of the feature remaining.

An intense rookie battle through the one third mark of the feature shaped up between points leader Page, championship competitor Ferris, and fellow RYNO.co Rookie Contender Tyler Wagner.

While Wagner is not mathematically eligible to earn Rookie honors this season, Wagner had a big day not only making his debut at Waterford, but also in Alan Mollot’s #51 Badger.

As the rookies battled hard from sixth through eighth, the first caution of the evening came out on lap 8 for debris from Cole Mullen (#73, Geese Patrol). This unfortunately ended Mullen’s afternoon early. The former ATQMRA feature winner was making his 2nd start of 2021.

Back to the green flag, Sload made an outside power move on Taraska for third, while Tidman kept his nose clean and remained the leader ahead of Bailey.

Tidman, looking to earn his first feature victory since November of last year, drove a hard race managing his equipment and lapped traffic.

A major shake up in the points rookie battle occurred with four laps to go when Brianna Page made contact with the outside wall in turn 3. The driver was ok. However, the car was too damaged to finish the race. This opened the door for a big points opportunity for Ferris, and another big opportunity for Bailey to get one more shot at Tidman for the lead.

Speaking of that opportunity, Bailey took full advantage as he pounded up through the gears one more time on the restart, and powered past Tidman on the inside heading into turn 1 on the restart. In what became a total heartbreak for Tidman and the #51T team, Bailey went on to win in thrilling fashion, to earn his 2nd victory of the season by leading the final 3 laps at Waterford.

Ryan Tidman would finish in 2nd. Buddy Sload and Kyle Taraska entered turn 3 on the final lap side by side, but Sload was able to hang on to round out the podium. Taraska would finish in 4th. RYNO.co Rookie Tyler Wagner had a fantastic Waterford debut to round out the top-5.

Jeff Kot 6th, and Tyler Ferris finished 7th in his Waterford debut.

Steve Craig (#55C, Craig Bulk Carriers) put another solid top-10 run together bringing his TQ Midget home in 8th.

Chris Hirt (#97) made his first ATQMRA start of the season and brought his car home in 9th. It was great to have Chris representing the “New England Invaders” this weekend.

Ronnie Mullen (#39, Geese Patrol) made the long trek up north, kept his car clean, and finished a respectable 10th. This was Mullen’s first official start of the season.

With their noted issues, Brianna Page and Cole Mullen rounded out the field in 11th and 12th.

Joey Bailey’s victory capped off an afternoon full of racing, where he successfully made a triple-duty attempt between NEMA Midget, NEMA Lites, and the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA. His second victory of the season is timely, as he extended his championship points lead to 56, heading into Bethel Motor Speedway on November 6th.

Brianna Page leads Tyler Ferris by 32 points heading into Bethel in the RYNO.co Rookie Contender Standings.

The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels will be off for 2 weekends, before returning to action on Saturday November 6th, at Bethel Motor Speedway for the 2021 ATQMRA Championship finale.

The 2021 ATQMRA season will officially conclude on Saturday, November 27th for the non-points, Turkey Derby XLVIII at Wall Stadium Speedway.

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Race Results:

Heat 1:

1. #36 Buddy Sload

2. #51T Ryan Tidman

3. #1B Joey Bailey

4. #22 Kyle Taraska

5. #55C Steve Craig

6. #39 Ronnie Mullen

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Heat 2:

1. #95 Jeff Kot

2. #33 Tyler Ferris

3. #51 Tyler Wagner

4. #76 Brianna Page

5. #97 Chris Hirt

6. #73 Cole Mullen

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Feature (25 Laps)

1. #1B Joey Bailey

2. #51T Ryan Tidman

3. #36 Buddy Sload

4. #22 Kyle Taraska

5. #51 Tyler Wagner

6. #95 Jeff Kot

7. #33 Tyler Ferris

8. #55C Steve Craig

9. #97 Chris Hirt

10. #39 Ronnie Mullen

11. #76 Brianna Page

12. #73 Cole Mullen

Sload Continues Winning Ways in 2nd Annual JJ Lane Memorial

Staff Report | Monday, September 27th, 2021

Photography Credit: Eric Storch, Scott Racz, Tommy Lane, Sean Case

Tommy Lane, JJ’s brother, brings the crowd to their feet for the Missing Man Formation.

WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ- Buddy Sload (#36) earned his sixth Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels feature of the season by defending his crown in the 2nd Annual JJ Lane Memorial at Wall Stadium Speedway.

Fifteen drivers would ultimately take the green in what is quickly becoming a marquee event for the ATQMRA. Drivers spent time with fans in the concourse area prior to the feature event, signing autographs to the delight of the fans.

RYNO.co Rookie Contender points leader Brianna Page (#76) was the star of the early evening leading wire to wire to earn her first career ATQMRA heat race victory. It was a great way to kick off an evening of racing for her team, who had hundreds of folks from her sponsor Stavola Companies in attendance.

Buddy Sload (#36) would win the second eight lap heat of the evening.

In honor of our dear friend and late-Wall Stadium photographer JJ Lane, the Lane family, including father Ace, mother Michelle brother Tommy were in attendance to give the command to fire engines for the 25-lap feature.

In a race designed to honor JJ, became much more meaningful due to unprecedented events in recent weeks. The ATQMRA honored not only JJ, but Wall Stadium Pastor and legend Bob Menschner, and long-time ATQMRA supporters Bob Emmons and Bud Sload with a 4-wide, missing man formation.

Steve Craig (#55) and Brianna Page led the field to green in what would become an exciting race for the lead. Page made an initial power move on the outside of Craig to take the lead, only to get passed by 5X Champion Ryan Tidman (#51T) by the completion of lap one.

Championship contenders Buddy Sload, Kyle Taraska (#22), Jeff Kot (#95) and championship leader Joey Bailey (#1B) sliced and diced amongst themselves fighting for every position and every point available.

A series of self-spins throughout the field caused multiple cautions in the early stages. The most notable caution was heat race winner Brianna Page, who entered turn one a little too hot and spun across the track while running second. In what was a heartbreaking turn of events, Brianna would still ultimately recover to earn a strong 7th place finish in her Stavola, A&A Truck Parts TQ Midget.

Page’s caution set up an intense battle between championship favorites, and a near collision between Tidman and Sload in the third turn on the restart. Tidman overshot the entry and pushed up into Sload, opening the door for Taraska to make a daring three wide move to the bottom for the lead.

One final restart just prior to the halfway point saw leader Sload break away from the pack first, with Taraska, Tidman, Kot and Bailey in tow.

Tidman ultimately faded, as Taraska began to chase down Sload, Kot began to chase down Taraska. Jeff Kot and the Behrents Performance Warehouse machine would back up practice by earning the Hoosier Hot Lap award of the race with a lap time of 13.051 seconds. Kot was the only driver to break into the 13.0’s all day.

Lapped traffic almost became a factor, but it would be Buddy Sload hanging on for another victory on Wall Stadium’s inner 1/5th mile oval.

Kyle Taraska and Jeff Kot put on a tremendous show for second. However, the Chick-fil-A, Personal Comfort Team held onto second, with Kot rounding out the podium.

A quiet night for his standards, Championship Leader Joey Bailey brought his car home in fourth for Donna and Lenny Boyd. Ryan Tidman rounded out the top five. Bailey will retain his championship lead as he seeks his second career championship.

Steve Craig’s Craig Bulk Carriers car ended the evening is sixth. Craig was ecstatic post-race with his overall performance and pace. It is great to see Steve Craig to continue to put strong runs together on a consistent basis.

As noted, Brianna Page recovered to finish seventh. In what was one of her strongest showings to-date in her ATQMRA career, Page’s successful evening ended with her finishing as the top RYNO.co Rookie Contender of the race. Page will remain the Rookie Points Leader with two races remaining

Robert Willis (#27) finished a career best 8th place finish. Willis, another rookie, continues to improve each race in his Supreme Manufacturing entry.

Cole Mullen (#73) made his first start of 2021 to earn a 9th place finish.

The feel good story involved the collaboration between Ronnie Mullen and Tyler Ferris (#39). Ferris, normally the driver of the #33 Hamer Heating and Cooling car, experienced a mechanical failure in practice. Mullen gave up his seat in what would have been his first start of the 2021 season, to Ferris, to keep him in the Rookie points battle. Ferris rounded out the top-10.

Chris Pelcher (#44), Bobby Watkins (#91), Rich Barlow (#09), Bill Force Jr. (#26) and Mike Glaser (#2) rounded out the field of fifteen.

Buddy Sload has officially locked up the VP Checkered Flag Award for the 2021 season by earning his sixth victory of the season. Sload’s Spitfire Racing entry has won all of the races they finished this season.

Sload, along with the rest of the ATQMRA, was very appreciative to have the Lane Family in attendance in the 2nd Annual event to honor their late-son. Sload is the back-to-back champion of the race.

Five drivers will remain mathematically eligible to earn a championship, when The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels returns to action on Saturday, October 16th, 2021 at The New London-Waterford Speedbowl.

The championship points season will wrap up on Saturday November 6th at Bethel Motor Speedway, prior to the prestigious running of the non-points, Turkey Derby XLVIII Thanksgiving weekend.

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Race Results:

Heat 1:

1. #76 Brianna Page

2. #1B Joey Bailey

3. #22 Kyle Taraska

4. #2 Mike Glaser

5. #44P Chris Pelcher

6. #73 Cole Mullen

7. #09 Rich Barlow

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Heat 2:

1. #36 Buddy Sload

2. #51T Ryan Tidman

3. #95 Jeff Kot

4. #55C Steve Craig

5. #27 Robert Willis

6. #91 Bobby Watkins

7. #39 Tyler Ferris

8. #26 Bill Force Jr. DNS

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Feature:

1. #36 Buddy Sload

2. #22 Kyle Taraska

3. #95 Jeff Kot

4. #1B Joey Bailey

5. #51T Ryan Tidman

6. #55C Steve Craig

7. #76 Brianna Page

8. #27 Robert Willis

9. #73 Cole Mullen

10. #39 Tyler Ferris

11. #44P Chris Pelcher

12. #91 Bobby Watkins

13. #09 Rich Barlow

14. #26 Bill Force Jr.

15. #2 Mike Glaser

Sload Wins Emotional Feature at Wall

Staff Report | Monday, September 13th, 2021

Photo Credit: Eric Storch Photography

WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ- In the wake of the recent passing of his late-father, Buddy Sload out dueled Joey Bailey to earn his 5th victory of the 2021 Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels Season.

For the first time since July 31st, the weather forecast was favorable for the “Premier TQ Midget Racing Division” on the sacred evening of the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 Terrorist attacks. Wall Stadium Speedway hosted a phenomenal pre-race show to honor those who had fallen, featuring The Garden State Quarter Midget Club. Each of the fifteen ATQMRA vehicles were adorned with an American Flag this weekend.

Kyle Taraska and the #22 Chick-fil-A, Personal Comfort Team won the opening heat race of the evening. Taraska set the Hoosier Hot Lap of both heat races combined. Buddy Sload and the #36 Spitfire Racing Team won the second, 8 lap heat of the evening.

The #55C Craig Bulk Carriers team of Steve Craig led the field to the green flag for the start of the 25 lap feature. After an impressive showing in his heat, RYNO.co Rookie Contender #27 Supreme Manufacturing machine of Robert Willis brought out the first caution. Willis entered turn 3 a little too hard and looped his car around. Willis would continue as he experienced no damage from the incident.

On the complete restart, the RYNO.co Rookie Contenders remained the story. #33 Hamer Heating and Cooling TQ Midget of Tyler Ferris powered around the veteran Steve Craig off of turn two to lead the opening lap. Sload followed close in tow for second. Fellow rookie contender #76 Stavola Companies, A&A Trucking Team of Brianna Page was roughed up a bit as her car came to a stop in turn 4 on the second lap. Page, understandably frustrated after finishing an impressive 2nd in her heat, would continue on inside the top 10 in the laps to follow.

The caution set up an intense battle between Buddy Sload and Championship Points Leader, Joey Bailey. Sload and Bailey raced nerf bar to nerf bar, lap after lap bringing a near capacity crowd to their feet. Right when Bailey stormed his #1B Boyd Built-Chassis to the lead, a caution came out again for a single car incident in turn 2. It was deemed by race officials that the field did not complete a full lap under green after Bailey earned the lead, ultimately handing the lead back to Sload on the restart.

“The Jersey Jet” Joey Payne made a remarkable run from 10th to 3rd and was charging through the field before drive shaft failure ended his night.

The battle for 3rd heated up as multi-time champion #51T Ryan Tidman felt pressure from the #95 of Kot. Tidman, fighting a tight car, opened the door for Kot to take 3rd and join the battle for the lead.

The race remained green to the finish. Joey Bailey kept Sload honest, but Buddy Sload preserved and claimed another Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Fuels feature victory on Wall Stadium’s 1/5th mile inner oval.

Bailey, the biggest mover of the race, finished 2nd. The next biggest mover of the race was the #95 Behrents Performance Warehouse Machine of Jeff Kot. Kot, who ran the Hoosier Hot Lap of the feature with a time of 13.084 seconds continues to knock on the door each week for victories. The #51T of Ryan Tidman finished in fourth, and RYNO.co Top Rookie of the race was Tyler Ferris. Ferris has now finished in the top-5 in back to back feature events.

After what started off as another promising afternoon, Kyle Taraska finished sixth. Mike Glaser and the #2 Aqua Solutions TQ Midget finished comfortably in the top-10 in seventh. Robert Willis and Brianna Page both recovered from early race incidents to finish eight and ninth respectively. Steve Craig rounded out the top-10.

Bill Force Jr. made his second start of the year and brought his car home in 11th, and Ken Moody finished our his birthday weekend bringing the #01 Rez Beverage, Doug Heveron Tribute car in 12th.

#51 Joey Payne finished in 13th. Mark Yoder experienced a braking issue to finish 14th.

Rookie Rich Barlow made his official ATQMRA debut this weekend and rounded out the field in 15th.

Since our last feature event, the ATQMRA lost two of their own. ‘Big Bud’ Sload, father of Buddy Sload, passed away in recent weeks. It was great to have many members of the Sload Family and the entire #36 team at the track this weekend. Buddy and his team raced with a heavy heart, and pulled off a tremendous victory in Big Bud’s honor. The ATQMRA raised over $200 through Memorial Stickers made in Bud’s honor, to be fully donated to the SPCA in Bud’s name.

This week, long-time sponsor and supporter of the ATQMRA Bob Emmons passed away as well. While Mr. Emmons supported many racers throughout the years, his relationship with the Boyd Family was unmatched- a friendship dating back to the mid-1970’s. As Mr. Emmons impact goes well beyond motorsports, he was (and forever will be) an integral part of the Boyd Racing Team and ATQMRA. Bob Emmons will be missed dearly by his peers.

Godspeed Bud Sload and Bob Emmons.

The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels will return to action on Saturday, September 25th at Wall Stadium Speedway for the JJ Lane Memorial.

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Race Results:

Heat 1:

1. #22 Kyle Taraska

2. #33 Tyler Ferris

3. #95 Jeff Kot

4. #1B Joey Bailey

5. #27 Robert Willis

6. #26 Bill Force Jr.

7. #01 Ken Moody Jr.

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Heat 2:

1. #36 Buddy Sload

2. #76 Brianna Page

3. #51 Joey Payne

4. #51T Ryan Tidman

5. #55C Steve Craig

6. #75 Mark Yoder

7. #2 Mike Glaser

8. #09 Rich Barlow

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Feature:

1. #36 Buddy Sload

2. #1B Joey Bailey

3. #95 Jeff Kot

4. #51T Ryan Tidman

5. #33 Tyler Ferris

6. #22 Kyle Taraska

7. #2 Mike Glaser

8. #27 Robert Willis

9. #76 Brianna Page

10. #55C Steve Craig

11. #26 Bill Force Jr.

12. #01 Ken Moody Jr.

13. #51 Joey Payne

14. #75 Mark Yoder

15. #09 Rich Barlo

Sload Dominant at Wall in Latest Victory

Staff Report | Monday, August 2nd, 2021

Photography presented by Sean Case & Eric Storch

WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ- Buddy Sload and the #36 Spitfire Racing Team found themselves in a familiar place after earning another Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels victory at Wall Stadium Speedway.

A strong car count of sixteen entered the pit area Saturday afternoon, with eventually fifteen taking the green flag for the 25 lap feature.

Prior to the feature, Jeff Kot and the Behrents Performance TQ Midget earned a heat victory in heat one and set the fastest lap of the afternoon. Buddy Sload went on to win a wild heat two, with much of the action happening behind him. Sload won the heat, but the young and aggressive RYNO Classifieds Rookie Contender Tyler Ferris made many risky moves on his way to a third place finish.

After taking a brief hiatus, Mark Yoder’s #75 Ames Construction Team returned to the grid this weekend and led the field to green. A mistimed jump by Sload and Ferris caused a stack up of the outside lane, with championship points leader Joey Bailey taking advantage. Bailey jumped from tenth to third by the completion of lap one, as he tried to carry the momentum for the Boyd Family from his recent feature victory at Bethel Motor Speedway.

While Bailey jumped to third, heat race winner Jeff Kot sliced and diced his way to second from the seventh starting position. Sload led from nearly the jump of the green flag, but it was Kot and Bailey who kept him honest, taking advantage of the early struggles of the cars in front of them and chased Sload down as the race approached the halfway point.

Hard racing continued as you could have thrown a blanket over fourth through eighth, including the likes of Joey Payne, rookies Tyler Ferris and Brianna Page, Kyle Taraska and Ryan Tidman.

After taking some time off, Mike Glaser and the #2 Aqua Solutions Team returned to Wall Stadium this weekend. Unfortunately, the weekend didn’t go as planned for the team. Glaser spun off the exit of turn two to bring out the only caution of the evening with ten laps remaining.

Sload commanded a single file restart and never looked back, to go on and earn his fourth feature victory of the 2021 Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels season. Jeff Kot finished second and Joey Bailey rounded out the podium, finishing close to where all these drivers ran for the majority of the race.

Late-race drama between Ferris and J. Payne, earned Ferris the fourth spot and J. Payne falling back to sixth due to hard contact in turn three coming to the checkered. Kyle Taraska’s #22 Chick-fil-A, Personal Comfort Team was the beneficiary of the skirmish, to earn a fifth place finish.

As noted, Joey Payne finished sixth and Ryan Tidman had a quiet night for his standards in seventh. Brianna Page spent much of the evening racing in the top-five, however, she resulted in a competitive eighth for the Stavola, A&A Truck Parts #76 Team. Pole sitter Mark Yoder finished ninth, and making his season debut Anthony Payne rounded out the top-10.

Steve Craig finished 11th, and rookie Robert Willis finished 12th. Mike Glaser finished 13th. Bill Force Jr., another driver to make his 2021 debut finished 14th. Rookie Chris Pelcher rounded out the field. Ken Moody unfortunately experienced motor issues in practice, derailing his efforts prior to qualifying.

Buddy Sload continues his feast of famine season, winning the four races his car has finished this season. Sload’s three non-wins all resulted in DNF’s for various reasons. Sload has a tough hill to climb in the championship to catch up to the very consistent, and defending series champ Joey Bailey. Bailey expanded his lead to 40 points over the field this weekend.

The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels returns to action on Saturday, August 21st at Wall Stadium Speedway.

Race Results:

Heat 1:

1. #95 Jeff Kot

2. #51 Joey Payne

3. #75 Mark Yoder

4. #76 Brianna Page

5. #55C Steve Craig

6. #27 Robert Willis -DNS

7. #6 Bill Force Jr. -DNS

Heat 2:

1. #36 Buddy Sload

2. #1B Joey Bailey

3. #33 Tyler Ferris

4. #51 Ryan Tidman

5. #22 Kyle Taraska

6. #12 Anthony Payne

7. #2 Mike Glaser

8. #44P Chris Pelcher

Feature:

1. #36 Buddy Sload

2. #95 Jeff Kot

3. #1B Joey Bailey

4. #33 Tyler Ferris

5. #22 Kyle Taraska

6. #51 Joey Payne

7. #51T Ryan Tidman

8. #76 Brianna Page

9. #75 Mark Yoder

10. #12 Anthony Payne

11. #55C Steve Craig

12. #27 Robert Willis

13. #2 Mike Glaser

14. #6 Bill Force Jr.

15. #44P Chris Pelcher

Bailey Wins First Race of Season at Bethel; Extends Points Lead

Staff Report | Monday, July 12th, 2021

Photo credit: Melissa Brush Photography

SWAN LAKE, NY- Joey Bailey was the hard charger of the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels feature at Bethel Motor Speedway, going from seventh to first to earn his first victory of the 2021 season.

Ryan Tidman and Buddy Sload were the winners of their respective heat races, that went clean and green from start to finish. RYNO Classifieds Rookie Contender Tyler Wagner finished second, in the second heat. With the great result, Wagner qualified for his handicap and earned the pole position for the 25 lap feature.

Drama occurred even before Wagner led the field to green, when Buddy Sload’s bad luck continued as a mechanic failure occurred during the scuff laps. In a season that has become feast or famine for the #36 team, Sload was credited with 12th place points for the event.

However, not all was bad for the Sload family this weekend. Former ATQMRA Champion Alison Sload won her 2nd career super modified feature in Oswego, NY on Saturday.

Back to the action in Bethel, where it did not take long for the veteran Ryan Tidman to our duel front row rookies Wagner and Tyler Ferris for the lead on the opening lap.

While many eyes were on Tidman, the story of the race was already developing as Joey Bailey shot out of a cannon from the fourth starting row. The determined Bailey made every move possible from going three wide outside to almost four wide inside to chase down leader Tidman in the opening stages.

A tight duel with the Behrents Performance TQ Midget Jeff Kot kept fans on the edge of their seats, as Bailey took over the second position.

A caution for RYNO Rookie Contender Tyler Ferris after a turn 4 spin would bunch the field up near the halfway point of the race, and it was all that Bailey needed to duel with Tidman for the lead on the restart

Tensions were high and the racing was tight, as the last time the ATQMRA competed at Bethel, Tidman and Bailey tangled while fighting for the lead. While the racing remained tight, the racing stayed clean as Bailey eventually overtook the lead from Tidman and never looked back.

Joey Bailey driving the #1B Boyd Chassis earned his first victory of the season at Bethel Motor Speedway. Ryan Tidman and Jeff Kot rounded out the podium.

A tight battle between the #22 Chick-fil-A, Personal Comfort car Kyle Taraska and the #23 Badger of Avery Stoehr came down to the final lap. Taraska overtook Stoehr for fourth coming back to the white flag. Stoehr, driving for the DiMario Family, finished a strong fifth in their 2021 season debut.

Brianna Page an the A&A Truck Parts, Stavola Companies #76 team was the top finishing RYNO Classifieds Rookie Contender in sixth. After starting on the pole, fellow rookie competitor Tyler Wagner put on a great showing running all the laps and finishing an ATQMRA career high seventh.

Steve Craig closed his championship points gap to fifth place Buddy Sload this weekend by finishing in 8th. Last race’s winning owner returned to the driver seat, as Paul Dodorico and the Martha Baker D.M.D, Checkwon Manufacturing TQ Midget finished in ninth.

After experiencing the noted mid-race spin, Tyler Ferris rounded out the top-10.

Rookie Chris Pelcher made the long haul from Pittsburgh, PA to make his career debut to finish 11th. Pelcher was the last car running, as Sload rounded out the field in 12th with pre-race troubles.

The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels will be racing at Wall Stadium Speedway, on Saturday July 17th, 2021. This will begin a stretch of six races in a row at the speedway, spanning from July through September.

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Race Results:

Heat 1:
1. #51T Ryan Tidman

2. #1B Joey Bailey

3. #95 Jeff Kot

4. #23 Avery Stoehr

5. #55 Paul Dodorico

6. #55C Steve Craig

Heat 2:
1. #36 Buddy Sload

2. #32 Tyler Wagner

3. #22 Kyle Taraska

4. #33 Tyler Ferris

5. #76 Brianna Page

6. #44P Chris Pelcher

Feature:
1. #1B Joey Bailey

2. #51T Ryan Tidman

3. #95 Jeff Kot

4. #22 Kyle Taraska

5. #23 Avery Stoehr

6. #76 Brianna Page

7. #32 Tyler Wagner

8. #55C Steve Craig

9. #55 Paul Dodorico

10. #33 Tyler Ferris

11. #44P Chris Pelcher

12. #36 Buddy Sload