In a sixteen car VS2000 grid, it was John Thompson who topped the charts in qualifying, demoralizing the field with a lap that was 1.162 faster than any of his competition. Rob Sherwood clocked the second-best time to line up outside row one while Brent Gernert was third. Thompson went on to win race one of the weekend as he outpaced Sherwood to the checkered flag by .680. Henry Payne V was able to find his way to the third step oof the podium just ahead of Samuel Payne and Mark Coombs as the top-five were separated by less than three seconds after the 17-lap race. Race two of the weekend saw Sherwood jump to the top of the results sheet as he dominated the Sunday morning race. Taking the win by more than ten seconds, Sherwood was the class of the field. John Thompson was the best of the rest in second as he narrowly beat Henry Payne V for the second step of the podium. Henry Payne a
nd Samuel Payne put three Paynes in the top-five as Nate Scigliano had a tremendous race advancing forward from 15th on lap one to finish in the sixth position. Sherwood continued his winning ways in race three on Sunday as he was able to run away and take the checkered flag by 1.456 over Henry Payne V. Henry Payne put a pair of Paynes on the podium with his third-place finish and three in the top-five again as Samuel Payne finished in fifth, just behind the fourth-place runner of Rodney Kendall.
Mid-Ohio Saturday 5/1/2021
Race 1
S2
John Thompson
Rob Sherwood
Henry Payne V
VS2
Bryan Gernert
Jack Freehoff
Jim Hanna
HS2
Tom LaCosta
Mid-Ohio Sunday 5/2/2021
Race 2
S2
Rob Sherwood
John Thompson
Henry Payne V
VS2
Jim Hanna
Jack Freehoff
Bryan Gernert
HS2
Tom LaCosta
And as always there were plenty of more winners
Sponsor Supported goodies:
Hoosier Rear Tires - Nate Scigliano
Hoosier Front Tires - Bryan Gernert
Dave Free Certificate - Glenn Jividen
Pegasus Certificate - Dan Tinley
Quicksilver Certificate - Brent Gernert
Scotty Young Certificate - Rodney Kendall
Motorsports Composites – Rob Sherwood
Velario Certificate - Marc Coombs
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