Heat 1
1. Seth Bourassa/Cardinal Health - 5'10" 314 (A 500 ROOKIE, and the 1st person who registered for this year's race! | Has conquered the Thurman Cafe's 'Thurmanator!')
2. Patrick Weber/Texas Road House-Newark - 6'6" 315 (2nd 500 | once polished off 5 lbs of banana pudd'in in a single setting)
3. Josh Rogers/University Corp - 5'8" 330 (3rd 500 | NEW Eating Feat .. a 4.5 lb Porterhouse, baked tater and half of a Donato's Large pizza)
4. George Hardbarger/Weltman, Weinberg & Reis - 5-something 315 (5th 500 | 64 oz steak, twice; 280 shrimp at Red Lobster; Ohio Deli's 'Dagwood Challenge' - twice!)
Heat 2
1. Dan 'The Big Nasty' Holton/BIRI - Ht unkown, 375 (A 500 ROOKIE!)
2. Josh 'Big Johnson' Johnson/Trucking Owner-Operator - 6'1" 315 (Only his 2nd 500, but the Defending Runner-UP!)
3. Chris Leaper/Employment .. Height, both unknown .. but clocks in at 420 lbs (3rd 500, running last year & 2010 | Has conquered the 'Melt Challenge')
4. Matt 'Hillbilly' Rausenberg/drives for 1st Advanced EMS - 6'1" 375 (4th 500 in a row | owns our strangest eating feat of all .. once at eight paint balls!)
Heat 3
1. Wes Moser ' Pipes'/place of employment .. he listed a phone number - 5'7" 326 (A 500 ROOKE | Once ate a 48-oz steak in 20 minutes!)
2. Jesse Fannon/Electrical Engineer - Height, unknown .. but comes in at svelt 365 lbs this year)
3. Paul Davidson 'Bat the Clown'/Mega Productions - 6'3" 385 (3rd 500; Once ate an ENTIRE White Castle Crave Case in a single setting!)
4. 'Big Dick' Hoffman/Star Leasing - 6'1" 407 hard-earned lbs (6th 500; Has eaten two Large Joseppie's Pizzas in a setting)
Heat 4
1. Aaron 'Big Dude' Hoffman/Flyer's Pizza & Subs - 6'3" 370 (500 ROOKIE; he's polished off 50 of Rooster's Super Killer Wings in one gorging)
2. Brian Thompson/Inventory Control - 6'1" 345 (500 ROOKIE; once ate a 2-foot sub in 20 minutes!)
3. Wes Likens/Employment .. unknown - 6'3" 380 (2nd 500; His 'Eating Motto?' "Don't stop 'till it's all gone")
4. Scott Withrow/Kinetics Noise Control - 5'10" 350 (8th 500; finished 3rd in '08!)
Heat 5
1. Kevin Murphy/Champion Real Estate - 6'1" 345 (500 ROOKIE; but an impressive eater .. has eaten 90 wings at QS&L, and conquered 'The Thurmanator!')
2. Gene Hogg/Employment .. listed a phone number .. 5'11" 300 (500 ROOKIE; Has done the Hog Trough with Farrell's Ice Cream)
3. Jonathan Leach/works for a Law Office .. 6'1" 398 (500 ROOKIE; Once polished off 50 wings and a bottle of Greg Goose!)
4. Justin Boren/Denver Broncos OL, 3-yr Buckeye starter, All Big-10 OL - 6'3" 319 (500 ROOKIE! Once kicked out of a KFC buffet ... at age SEVEN!)
Heat 6
1. Chuck Davis "Junior"/Has not worked in the past year to focus on this year's race .. 5'11" 318 (A 500 ROOKIE!)
2. Greg Banks "Big Beefy"/pushes Pharmaceuticals .. 6'6" 385 (A 500 ROOKIE!)
3. Josh Ross/Executive Protection - 6'8 340 (3rd 500 | Once ate 50 wings and 15 beers in 2 hrs!)
4. Donnie Renner/retired - 5'7" 362 (4th 500 - finished 3rd in last year's Race; and a 3-time Cols Motor Speedway Super Late Model Winner!)
Heat 7
1. Donnie Parsons III "Left Side Weight"/Mechanic - 5'8 330 (500 ROOKIE!)
2. Jeff 'Big Country' Marteney/Parker Hydraulics - 6'8" 360 (500 ROOKIE!)
3. Tony 'BACON' Spinosi/Cardinal Health - 6'4" 405 (4th 500, our most colorful racer ever .. has come dressed as a Sock Puppet, Evil Knievel and Elvis in previous years)
4. 'Big Fry' Brad Fry/Cols Diesel Supply - 6'6" 390 (9th 500, our ’06 Winner; ’05 Runner-Up | once at 100 Hooter's wings on a bet .. to see some Hooters)
Heat 8
1. Ray 'Outlaw' Pemberton/Jack Maxton Chevrolet - 6' 335 (A 500 ROOKIE!)
2. Zach Young/STNA - 5'11" 301 (A 500 ROOKIE!)
3. 'Heavy D' Dan Burns/Brinks .. 5'6" 320 (Running in his 6th Woody 500!)
4. Mike Northrup/TP Mechanical - 6'3" 360 (Running in his 6th Woody 500!)
Heat 9
1. George Plummer/A Route Driver - 6'1" 307 (A 500 ROOKIE!)
2. Christian Barnett/Chartwells - 6' 320 (A 500 ROOKIE!)
3. Big, Bad John Kuehnder/OSU - 6'2" 340 (A 500 ROOKE | Once conquered the Hoggies Challenge!)
4. "Dirty" Dave Potts/BST & G & Tri Twnshp Fire Depts - 6'0 320 (9th straight 500, a 4-time Woody 500 champion, including our 2012 winner! Our most hated racer ever!)
Heat 10
1. George O'Neill/Rusty's Towing Service - 6'3" 401 (A 500 ROOKIE! | Demolished the Ohio Deli's 'Dagwood Challenge' in 12 minutes!)
2. Josh Scott/1st Advanced EMS - 5'12" 405 (4th 500 | Once kicked out of Golden Corral for 'improper food in the Chocolate Wonderfall!')
3. Harold 'Inter' Loper/Garda - 6'6" 458 .. (Running in his 8th Woody 500!)
4. 'Biiiiig Daddy' George Parker - 6'5" 465 (Making his 11th Woody 500 appearance .. decided to ride his bike to D.C. for Rolling Thunder, missing last year's race!)
[ This will be our H E A V I E S T heat in Woody 500 history .. never before have we featured four (4), 400-pounders in ONE HEAT! ONE of them HAS to advance!]
Heat 11
1. Chris 'Fatboy' Steigerwald/T-N-T Equipment - 6' 1 1/2" 370 (A 500 ROOKIE! | Claims to be a 'Dagwood' addict at the Ohio Deli)
2. Big Rick Stollard/Retired - 5'11 330 (3rd 500; Finished 3rd in 2011!)
3. Keith Lohr/Norfolk & Southern Railroad - 6'8" 270 (4th 500 .. appears to have lost 50 lbs since last year, but still once ate a whole pie in two minutes!)
4. Big Greg Hubbert/BGS & T Fire Dist - 6'3" 357 (Running in his Record-setting 12 Woody 500! | Once polished off 50 sliders in a single setting)
Heat 12
1. "Rev Cookie" Judd Henderson/Commercial Parts & Services - 6'4" 310 (A 500 ROOKIE! | Claims to have eaten the 'Dagwood' & the 'Thurmanator' in the SAME DAY!)
2. Jeff Gamble/Not working - 5'8" 310 (A 500 ROOKIE!)
3. Brent Francis/Factory Supervisor - 6'4" 385 (Running just his 2nd 500 .. ran last year | A Rooster's Wing Eating Champion!)
4. Jobie McCoy/JTS Tree & Landscape - 6' 340 (Our 2011 Champion .. running in his 6th 500 | Once ate an entire Crave Case, order of Onion Chips & a Fish Nibbler)
