5/1/26
Friday night at Bedford Speedway was a race against the elements as much as it was against the field. Kyle Lear and Cole Dewease managed to stay one step ahead of both, securing the Late Model Sportsman and 305-Winged Sprint victories before the skies had a chance to end the night.
Kyle Lear put in some work during Friday night’s Late Model Sportsman feature event. Lear originally started third in the race but quickly found himself fighting for ground in the middle of the pack. By lap 12 he managed to overtake previous feature winner, Gunnar Walls, jumping from sixth to fourth where he spent a handful of laps challenging Bryan Benton for more ground. Brad Benton had dominated the field from the start leading the pack, but Lear was hot on his tail. Lear closed in and took the lead with two laps to go managing to claim the checkered flag on lap 20 and claiming his place on the speedway stage for the first time in the 2026 season. Lear was followed by Brad Benton, Brian Booze, Gunnar Walls and Bryan Benton.
Late Model Sportsman Heat Race Winners: Brad Benton and Bryan Benton.
The 305-Winged Sprint car division returned for their second visit of the season to the speedway on Friday night. Cole Dewease held off a feisty field to take home his first 305 victory at the track. Josh Spicer, the previous 305 feature winner at the track, had his sights set on Dewease from the start jumping from his fourth place start to second in the first two laps of the race. Dewease held strong and walked off with the win. Dewease was followed by Josh Spicer, Timmy Bittner, Kasey Weaver and Donnie Hendershot.
305 Sprint Heat Race Winners: Cole Dewease and Donnie Hendershot.
The Semi Lates took to the track as intermittent rain drops fell in the area. Garrett Keifer, originally having started fifth, maneuvered his way around the field quickly taking the lead on lap 3 and holding off competitor Cody Jarvie for the duration. Keifer and Jarvie were followed by Brian Weyandt, Ryan Sager and Dave Brown.
Semi Late Heat Race Winners: Chubby Childers and Dave Brown.
The 4-Cylinders were plagued by rain delays throughout the evening but the tenacious field didn’t let the rain ruin their double feature fun. The first event of the night was a make-up feature from April 10th that brought Josh Corbin across the finish line. He was followed by Jason Diehl, Tom Brady, Isaac Kormanski and Braden Powell. This was to be the first of a pair of wins for Josh Corbin in the night as he started 8th in the main feature event of the night and once more rose to the front of the pack. Corbin was followed by Isaac Kormanski, Tom Brady, Wayne Brenize and Jason Diehl.
4-Cylinder Heat Race Winners: Tom Brady and Josh Corbin
Results:
Late Model Sportsman – 20 Laps
1.1MD-Kyle Lear[3]; 2. 51-Brad Benton[2]; 3. B2-Brian Booze[6]; 4. 85-Gunnar Walls[8]; 5. 32X-Bryan Benton[4]; 6. 14-Codey Breeden[7]; 7. 72-Kaiden Bard[1]; 8. 13-Brian Lowery[9]; 9. 21M-Matt Murphy[11]; 10. 01-Jayce Piper[5]; 11. 94-Brandon Bard[10]; 12. (DNS) 7-Travis Fleegle; 13. (DNS) 88-Devin Weyandt; 14. (DNS) 7D-Ryan Dixon
305-Winged Sprints – 20 Laps
1.61D-Cole Dewease[1]; 2. 71-Josh Spicer[4]; 3. 01-Timmy Bittner[5]; 4. 4W-Kasey Weaver[8]; 5. 31-Donnie Hendershot[2]; 6. 26-Ryan Lynn[9]; 7. 51-Shelby Kelly[7]; 8. 21C-Jarrett Cavalet[10]; 9. 5W-Kolby Weaver[6]; 10. 46C-Colton Hendershot[3]
Semi Lates – 15 Laps
1.111-Garrett Keifer[5]; 2. 26-Cody Jarvie[1]; 3. 88JR-Brian Weyandt Jr[9]; 4. 22*-Ryan Sager[6]; 5. 12C-Dave Brown[2]; 6. 28-Kyle Deneen[8]; 7. 8E-Andrew Stough[10]; 8. 3-Greg Cornell[12]; 9. 66-Dalton Weyant[7]; 10. 36M-Cale Martin[13]; 11. 88-Kyle Weyant[4]; 12. 8-Braydale Bauman[14]; 13. 36-Travis Calhoun[11]; 14. (DNS) 65-Phillip Childers
4-Cylinders – 12 Laps
1.2C-Josh Corbin[8]; 2. 29-Isaac Kormanski[3]; 3. 16-Tom Brady Jr[4]; 4. 22-Wayne Brenize[5]; 5. 21-Jason Diehl[1]; 6. 50-Colin Welsh[9]; 7. 42-Garet Mcintyre[16]; 8. 8M-Jeff Marlett[7]; 9. 0-Seth Jezeskie[6]; 10. 19R-Jimmy Delozier[13]; 11. 16P-Cara Perino[14]; 12. 8-Braden Powell[2]; 13. 14W-Chris Singer[12]; 14. 24R-Rob Ritchey[10]; 15. 31Z-Zachary Ling[15]; 16. 12-Decoma Pattillo[11]; 17. (DNS) 10-Dominick Heeter; 18. (DNS) 15-Colton Mundorff
4-Cylinders MakeUp 4/10/26 Feature – 12 Laps
1.2C-Josh Corbin; 2. 21-Jason Diehl; 3. 16-Tom Brady Jr; 4. 29-Isaac Kormanski; 5. 8-Braden Powell; 6. 31Z-Zachary Ling; 7. 24R-Rob Ritchey; 8. 19R-Jimmy Delozier; 9. 14W-Chris Singer; 10. 42-Garet Mcintyre; 11. 15-Colton Mundorff; 12. 10-Dominick Heeter; 13. (DNS) 10X-Bryce Pensyl
