4.11.14 Results BAZELL RACE FUELS NIGHT

Wood County Racers Take The Loot at Attica

By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) It was good to be a race car driver who resides in Wood County, Ohio Friday night at Attica Raceway Park. All three feature winners are friends who reside within 10 miles of each other.

Wayne, Ohio’s Jeff Babcock survived a last lap tangle in the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Model feature and took the victory. Not to be outdone, Bradner, Ohio’s Nate Dussel led all 25 laps to claim the Foster’s Auto Body 305 Sprint feature. Then, Risingsun, Ohio’s Shawn Valenti drove the elder Babcock’s dirt truck to the feature win.

In the 25-lap late model feature it looked like John Garvin Jr. would claim his first ever Attica win on Bazell Race Fuel Night. But, Babcock was pressuring and as they raced into turn three on the final lap, with lapped cars racing ahead of them, one of the lapped cars got loose and Garvin made contact as Babcock drove through the crash and went on to score his fifth career late model win at Attica.

“That was crazy. I didn’t have anything for that four car (Garvin) but when we got into lapped traffic it slowed him down quite a bit so that we could get to him. I’m not sure what happened there…it looked like someone was spinning and he got into him and I got into it. Definitely kind of got one given to us tonight,” said Babcock beside his Best Performance Motorsports/Bulk Material Lift.com/Professional Drywall/Craig Miller Trucking backed #1.

“I have to thank Shane and Jennifer Halcomb, Dick Pica, Tommy, a kid who works on the car,” added Babcock in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.

In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature, Dussel, who has claimed the past three track championships, could not shake off opening night winner John Ivy, but he picked his way through traffic and went on to claim his 12th career win at Attica.

“That makes up for last week. I was starting to wonder if I still had it. The performance I put on last week…it was 100 percent my fault. We were pretty much out to lunch from the beginning. This definitely feels good to get this turned around,” said Dussel beside his Berrier Fabrication/Gressman Powersports/Foster Fabrication/Design Graphics Group backed #1.

“It was nice to get to race with Paul Weaver and John Ivy tonight. Those guys I can trust running wheel to wheel. I can be thankful it was my birthday this week. I got bailed out. I lost vision for a little bit and all of a sudden I’m off the race track. Thank God the caution came out and got the lead back. I didn’t know if I had enough to get back around him (Ivy). Thankful for everyone who helps out on this,” continued Dussel. “I have to thank Craig and Mike and Bobby and Jeff and Scott and Bill and my dad…I had these guys working from the time we unloaded last week…I put them through hell last week so this is the least I could do.”

After an opening lap tangle took out the front row of the Fremont Fence Dirt Truck feature, Valenti would inherit the lead and would dominate all 15 laps – the feature when caution free after two crashes before a lap could be completed.

“That first accident took out quite a few trucks and when you have a track like this with a cushion and put me on the front row it’s pretty much just making laps,” said Valenti. “I got lucky on the start. Last second I saw they might touch so I went up top and I cleared it. I have to thank Jeff Babock and all the Babcocks for putting me in this thing and putting me in their stock car and believing in me. We closed out Attica and Fremont with wins last year so we’re picking right back up.”
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Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models – Jeff Babcock #1
Garvin and Brandon Thirlby would bring the late model field to the green with Garvin bolting out front. Action would slow on lap three when third running Rusty Schlenk would coast to a rest on the front stretch. He would go pit side.

On the restart Garvin powered away while Thirlby had his hands full with Chris Keller and a closing Babcock. Garvin hit lapped traffic by the 9th circuit with Babcock working into second while Thirlby was locked in a great battle for third with opening week winner Ryan Markham, Dona Marcoullier and Eric Spangler. The caution flew on lap 10 for a Scott Phillips spin.

The green was short lived on the restart as debris necessitated another yellow. With a clear track, Garvin powered away from Babcock with Thirlby still battling Markham and Marcoullier. Marcoullier would take third on lap 17 as the leaders raced back into lapped traffic.

Garvin avoided disaster on lap 21 as the lapped machine of Ky Harper got sideways right in front of the leader in turn four. Harper went to the infield and green stayed out but the mishap allowed Babcock to close to within a car length of Garvin. With two laps to go Garvin was mired in heavy traffic and Babcock was ready to pounce. As they took the white flag, Garvin and Babcock were nose to tail as they tried to maneuver through lapped cars.

Entering turn three for the final time Garvin tried to duck under a lapped car as Babock went high. The lapped machine got sideways and collected Garvin as Babcock also made contact but was able to keep rolling. Babock stormed to the checkers over Marcoullier, Thirlby, Markham and Spangler.

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Foster Auto Body 305 Sprints – Nate Dussel #1
Ivy and Dussel brought the field to the green in the 305 sprint feature with Dussel gaining a very slight advantage. Paul Weaver would join the battle up front as rookie Trey Jacobs, Jordan Ryan and Seth Schneider gave chase. Ryan would take third on lap six just before the caution flew for Jacobs who jumped the cushion in turn four. He would rejoin the field at the tail.

Steve Rando would bring out the caution on lap nine but that would be followed by a lengthy green flag run. Dussel would continue to lead but Ivy ran right in his tire tracks with Ryan, Weaver, Schneider, Jimmy Colvin, Bobby Clark, Dustin Dinan and D.J. Foos in pursuit. Two cars that started towards the back of the pack – Tyler Gunn who set a new track record in group qualifying and started 17th and Alvin Roepke who started 19th – were on the move as they ran 8th and 9th by lap 17.

The leaders finally caught lapped traffic on the 19th circuit but Dussel picked his way through with Ivy and Ryan staying close. The final caution would fly on lap 22 for a Jim Taddeo spin, giving Dussel a clear track.

Dussel was able to pull away the final three circuits with Ivy, Ryan, a hard charging Clark and Colvin rounding out the top five.

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Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks – Shawn Valenti #7B
Dana Fry and Ivy would pace the field for the 15-lap dirt truck feature. But, as the field stormed into turn four on the first lap a five-truck pile-up brought out the caution and took out Ivy and Brian Arnold as Matt Foos, Frey and Brad Keckler were able to make repairs and rejoin the rear of the field.

On the second attempt at green, Brian Melnek and Cory McCaughey got together, necessitating a third try. This time when the green flew the race would go the distance uninterrupted.

Valenti would bolt into the lead and pulled away unchallenged for the win. Steve Endicott would hold on to second the entire race with Foos storming back for third with McCaughey fourth and Frey fifth.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, April 18 on True Value of Woodville Night with the American Late Model Series in action along with the 2014 opener for the Kistler Racing Products FAST (Fremont Attica Sprint Title) Championship Series for the 410 sprints and the JLH General Contractor 305 FAST Championship Series for the 305 sprints.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com

Attica Raceway Park – 4/11/2014
Bazell Race Fuels Night

Summit Racing Equipment Late Models (28 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 1-Jeff Babcock, 15.072; 2. 50Y-Ryan Missler, 15.124; 3. 48-John Bores, 15.157; 4. 5M-Ryan Markham, 15.237; 5. O1-Justin Chance, 15.247; 6. 26-Sid Danals, 15.724; 7. 42S-Bob Mayer, 16.645; 8. 6M-Dona Marcoullier, 14.698; 9. 92-Cody Scott, 14.779; 10. OO-Chris Keller, 15.057; 11. 91-Rusty Schlenk, 15.150; 12. 20-Doug Drown, 15.469; 13. 5J-Josh Haynes, 15.553; 14. 50-Scott Phillips, 15.568; 15. J4-John Garvin Jr., 14.503; 16. 36-Matt Irey, 14.766; 17. 240-Charlie Duncan, 14.775; 18. 15B-Mike Bores, 14.797; 19. 23C-Jeremy Canada, 15.336; 20. 45-Nate Potts, 15.692; 21. 16-Steve Sabo, 16.035; 22. 27-Eric Spangler, 14.701; 23. M14-Brandon Thirlby, 14.819; 24. 51-Devin Shiels, 15.045; 25. 34-Ky Harper, 15.116; 26. 12-Kyle Perry, 17.349; 27. 69R-Doug Baird, 19.594; 28. 75-Dusty Moore, nt

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1-Jeff Babcock[4] ; 2. 5M-Ryan Markham[1] ; 3. 50Y-Ryan Missler[3] ; 4. O1-Justin Chance[5] ; 5. 42S-Bob Mayer[7] ; 6. 26-Sid Danals[6] ; 7. 48-John Bores[2]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. OO-Chris Keller[2] ; 2. 91-Rusty Schlenk[1] ; 3. 6M-Dona Marcoullier[4] ; 4. 92-Cody Scott[3] ; 5. 20-Doug Drown[5] ; 6. 50-Scott Phillips[7] ; 7. 5J-Josh Haynes[6]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. J4-John Garvin Jr.[4] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[3] ; 3. 240-Charlie Duncan[2] ; 4. 15B-Mike Bores[1] ; 5. 23C-Jeremy Canada[5] ; 6. 45-Nate Potts[6] ; 7. 16-Steve Sabo[7]

Heat 4 – Bell Racing Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. M14-Brandon Thirlby[3] ; 2. 27-Eric Spangler[8] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[2] ; 4. 75-Dusty Moore[7] ; 5. 34-Ky Harper[1] ; 6. 69R-Doug Baird[6] ; 7. 12-Kyle Perry[5]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 20-Doug Drown[2] ; 2. 34-Ky Harper[4] ; 3. 50-Scott Phillips[6] ; 4. 23C-Jeremy Canada[3] ; 5. 42S-Bob Mayer[1] ; 6. 5J-Josh Haynes[10]

A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 1-Jeff Babcock[6]; 2. 6M-Dona Marcoullier[10]; 3. M14-Brandon Thirlby[2]; 4. 5M-Ryan Markham[7]; 5. 27-Eric Spangler[5]; 6. 240-Charlie Duncan[11]; 7. 50Y-Ryan Missler[9]; 8. 36-Matt Irey[8]; 9. OO-Chris Keller[3]; 10. 51-Devin Shiels[12]; 11. 92-Cody Scott[14]; 12. O1-Justin Chance[13]; 13. 15B-Mike Bores[15]; 14. 75-Dusty Moore[16]; 15. J4-John Garvin Jr.[1]; 16. 42S-Bob Mayer[20]; 17. 34-Ky Harper[17]; 18. 23C-Jeremy Canada[19]; 19. 50-Scott Phillips[18]; 20. 91-Rusty Schlenk[4]; 21. J4-John Garvin Jr.[1]

Hard Charger: 6M-Dona Marcoullier[+8]

Foster Auto Body 305 Sprints (29 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.410; 2. 1-Nate Dussel, 13.434; 3. 8I-John Ivy, 13.445; 4. 5R-Jordan Ryan, 13.462; 5. 913-Junior Felver, 13.464; 6. 36-Seth Schneider, 13.537; 7. 9-Jimmy Colvin, 13.569; 8. 25-Jason Keckler, 13.590; 9. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.606; 10. 7A-Alvin Roepke, 13.607; 11. 8-Bobby Clark, 13.638; 12. 29-D.J. Foos, 13.713; 13. 19R-Steve Rando, 13.728; 14. 8M-T.J Michael, 13.772; 15. 22M-Dan McCarron, 13.773; 16. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 13.818; 17. 12-Kyle Capodice, 13.896; 18. 22D-Dan Hammond, 13.921; 19. 32-Dan Hennig, 13.935; 20. 4T-Jim Taddeo, 13.966; 21. 13D-Jeremy Duposki, 13.972; 22. 2-Ricky Peterson, 13.974; 23. 7M-Brandon Moore, 14.026; 24. 11G-Luke Griffith, 14.124; 25. 39C-Scott Riley, 14.202; 26. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh, 14.445; 27. 4G-Bill Griffith, 14.544; 28. 22TM-Tyler Moore, 99.990; 29. 6-Dustin Dinan, nt

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 19R-Steve Rando[1] ; 2. 8I-John Ivy[4] ; 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin[3] ; 4. 29-D.J. Foos[2] ; 5. 8M-T.J Michael[5] ; 6. 12-Kyle Capodice[6] ; 7. 4G-Bill Griffith[7] ; 8. 22TM-Tyler Moore[8]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 36-Seth Schneider[2] ; 2. 5R-Jordan Ryan[3] ; 3. 6-Dustin Dinan[7] ; 4. 22M-Dan McCarron[1] ; 5. 68G-Tyler Gunn[4] ; 6. 11G-Luke Griffith[6] ; 7. 32-Dan Hennig[5]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 3J-Trey Jacobs[2] ; 2. 8-Bobby Clark[3] ; 3. 13D-Jeremy Duposki[1] ; 4. 2-Ricky Peterson[5] ; 5. 7A-Alvin Roepke[4] ; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[6] ; 7. 39C-Scott Riley[7]

Heat 4 – Bell Racing Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1] ; 2. 1-Nate Dussel[4] ; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 4. 913-Junior Felver[3] ; 5. 4T-Jim Taddeo[6] ; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond[5] ; 7. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[7]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 68G-Tyler Gunn[2] ; 2. 8M-T.J Michael[1] ; 3. 7A-Alvin Roepke[3] ; 4. 4T-Jim Taddeo[4] ; 5. 11G-Luke Griffith[6] ; 6. 12-Kyle Capodice[5] ; 7. 7M-Brandon Moore[7] ; 8. 22D-Dan Hammond[8] ; 9. 22TM-Tyler Moore[13] ; 10. 39C-Scott Riley[11] ; 11. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[12] ; 12. 32-Dan Hennig[10] ; 13. 4G-Bill Griffith[9]

A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[2]; 2. 8I-John Ivy[1]; 3. 5R-Jordan Ryan[6]; 4. 8-Bobby Clark[8]; 5. 9-Jimmy Colvin[9]; 6. 1W-Paul Weaver[3]; 7. 7A-Alvin Roepke[19]; 8. 36-Seth Schneider[5]; 9. 29-D.J. Foos[13]; 10. 68G-Tyler Gunn[17]; 11. 8M-T.J Michael[18]; 12. 19R-Steve Rando[7]; 13. 25-Jason Keckler[12]; 14. 22M-Dan McCarron[14]; 15. 2-Ricky Peterson[15]; 16. 13D-Jeremy Duposki[11]; 17. 4T-Jim Taddeo[20]; 18. 3J-Trey Jacobs[4]; 19. 913-Junior Felver[16]; 20. 6-Dustin Dinan[10]

Hard Charger: 7A-Alvin Roepke[+12]

Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks (17 Trucks)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 17-Steve Endicott[3] ; 2. O1-Art Ball[2] ; 3. 3X-Brad Keckler[1] ; 4. 33-Brian Arnold[6] ; 5. 7-Dana Frey[7] ; 6. 22J-Josh Kiser[9] ; 7. 69-Jeff Warnick[4] ; 8. 45-Brian Melnek[8] ; 9. 33C-Kyle Cline[5]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[2] ; 2. OO-John Ivy[1] ; 3. 2-Matt Foos[3] ; 4. D1-Dustin Keegan[4] ; 5. 4S-Keith Sorg[5] ; 6. 36M-Cory McCaughey[6] ; 7. 22-Brandon Leighton[7]

A-Main – (15 Laps)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[4]; 2. 17-Steve Endicott[3]; 3. 2-Matt Foos[12]; 4. 36M-Cory McCaughey[8]; 5. 7-Dana Frey[1]; 6. 3X-Brad Keckler[9]; 7. 69-Jeff Warnick[11]; 8. 22-Brandon Leighton[14]; 9. D1-Dustin Keegan[10]; 10. O1-Art Ball[6]; 11. 4S-Keith Sorg[5]; 12. OO-John Ivy[2]; 13. 33-Brian Arnold[7]; 14. 45-Brian Melnek[13]; 15. 33C-Kyle Cline[15]

Hard Charger: 2-Matt Foos[+9]

©2014 – Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH

4.5.14 Results CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY/ HD SUPPLY SPRING NATIONALS

Blaney Scores 100th All-Star Win With Victory At Attica; Markham Takes Late Model Win; Ivy Earns 305 Sprint Victory

By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) Dale Blaney rewarded his new car owner with a $10,000 victory Saturday to open Attica Raceway Park’s 2014 season. “The Low Rider” led all 40 laps of the Construction Equipment and Supply/ HD Supply Spring Nationals to score his 100th career University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions win.

It wasn’t easy for Blaney, as reminiscent of the 2012 Spring Nationals when he and Craig Mintz put on an exciting show for the two nights, Mintz again challenged Blaney late. But, Blaney came alive the final seven circuits to score the win aboard his Tony Kennedy owned #14h. The victory is Blaney’s 18th career win at Attica of which 14 have been UNOH All Star triumphs.

“Thanks to George (Fisher) he does all the work on this thing. I’m awful happy to get number 100 with Tony…our first win together. To make it 100 and to make it here at this race is pretty special. I love this place. Western Ohio has been very good to me,” said Blaney beside his Ti22 Performance/Penske Shocks, Kennedy Cattle Company backed machine.

“We were really good on the short runs. I really wasn’t that great after about 10 laps. I kind of got stuck behind Sebetto (Bryan) and he and Chris Bell were racing. I saw the 09 beside me in one and two and I knew where he was running at so I just picked the pace up a little bit and was really, really fortunate to go down into three and Chris Bell moved to the middle and it left me with the bottom and after that I was running like a scared dog. Craig (Mintz) runs really good here so to get that one is cool,” added Blaney, a four time and defending UNOH All Star champion.

“I think Dale was kind of just pacing himself. When he picked up the pace I didn’t have anything for him. I burned everything up trying to catch him,” said Mintz beside his Real Geese Decoys/Erie Shore Propane/KS Sales and Service backed #09. “That’s why he has 100 victories because he got through that lapped traffic a little bit better than we did.”

Four time UNOH All Star champion Tim Shaffer would continue his early season strong runs with a third place finish in the Bryan Grove #45.

“Hats off to Bryan Grove, James Chambers and everyone that’s helping us. When you have everybody behind you 100 percent….it’s showing. We missed it a little bit in the feature but we’re in it every night,” said Shaffer beside his Canton Erectors backed machine.

In the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Model main Ashland, Ohio’s Ryan Markham held off several challenges from Rusty Schlenk and Chris Keller to score his second career Attica victory.

“I wanted to get into lapped traffic and kind of weasel my way through there. I think my car was pretty good on the bottom but I wanted to keep it up top to keep an eye on them on my inside,” said Markham beside his H & T Demolitions/Fultz Fabrications/Accu-Force Shocks/Innovative Graphics backed #5m.

“When you’re up there flirting with that cushion you don’t want to push it too hard but when a guy shows you his nose you have to give it everything you got. That was a pretty good race…two and three wide. My wife is going to be mad…it was too cold for her to come,” joked Markham.

John Ivy made a daring move late in the 25 lap Foster’s Auto Body 305 Sprint feature, splitting two lapped cars in turn one while holding off Jordan Ryan. Ivy would lead all 25 laps to score his 12th career Attica 305 sprint win.

“That was the only way I was going to win it. I saw him sticking his nose and I said ‘man I have to go for this one.’ It helps to start up front. I have to thank Joey, my brother, Sony…Big Kenny and Karen and everyone involved in this,” said Ivy beside his Nagy Equipment Sales/Fremont Fence/Little Bar on the Prairie/B&L Heating and Air Conditioning/Kistler Engines/Big D’s Pizza #8i.
In the 40-lap UNOH All Star feature Blaney and Andrew Palker would bring the field to the green with Blaney gaining the advantage. Palker would run comfortably in second with Shaffer, Danny Holtgraver, Duane Zablocki and Mintz in tow. Mintz would move into fifth on lap five and would take fourth on lap 8 as the leaders raced into lapped traffic.

Blaney continued to lead unchallenged with Palker, Shaffer, Mintz, Holtgraver, Zablocki and Dean Jacobs in pursuit. Mintz grabbed third on lap 10 as the race’s only caution flew for Brandon Wimmer who stopped on the track. With a clear track, Blaney would drive away from the field as Palker now had his hands full with Mintz. Mintz drove into the runner-up spot on lap 13 with Palker, Shaffer, Holtgraver, Jacobs and Chad Kemenah in tow.

The leaders would hit lapped traffic again on lap 19 allowing Mintz to close the gap on Blaney. Palker, Shaffer and Holtgraver were also battling hard for third with Shaffer gaining the position on lap 22. The only change in the top five over the next few laps saw Holtgraver and Jacobs get around Palker.

With seven laps to go, Blaney was in heavy lapped traffic and Mintz closed quickly. On lap 34 Mintz drove to Blaney’s outside in turns one and two, but Blaney was able to hold him off and then picked up the pace to pull away fro the win. Mintz, Shaffer, Holtgraver and Jacobs – who flipped hard in his heat race – would round out the top five.

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Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models – Ryan Markham #5M
Cody Scott and Markham brought the field to the green in the 25-lap late model main with Markham taking the lead while Schlenk drove into second while Chris Keller, Scott and Matt Irey gave chase. With just four laps in, Schlenk continually challenged Markham for the lead, driving to his inside lap after lap. As the leaders hit lapped traffic on lap 7, Keller now joined the fun.

The caution flew on lap 7 for a Jeremy Canada and Josh Haynes tangle. On the restart Haynes would get into Doug Baird, necessitating another restart. Markham would get an excellent jump when the green flew as Schlenk had his hands full with Keller while Irey, Dona Marcoullier, Scott and Eric Spangler gave chase. A Canada spin on lap nine stopped the tremendous battle up front. But when the green reappeared, so did the fight for the lead with Markham, Schlenk, Keller and now Marcoullier.

The side-by-side and often times three-wide battle up front continued as the leaders raced into traffic again by lap 16. Keller would take second a circuit later and immediately drove to Markham’s inside. But, the caution would fly one final time on lap 18 when Jeff Babcock tangled with the lapped machine of Baird.

When the green flew again, Keller dove to Markham’s inside but couldn’t make the pass as Schlenk again joined the battle. But, with three laps to go Markham began to pull away slightly and went on to score the victory. Schlenk would rebound for second followed by Keller, Marcoullier and Irey.

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Foster Auto Body 305 Sprints – John Ivy #8I
John Ivy and Bobby Clark brought the field to the green in the 25 lap 305 sprint main with Ivy immediately grabbing the advantage. Clark, Jordan Ryan, Dan McCarron, Seth Schneider, Brandon Moore and Jason Keckler gave chase. Ryan would move into second on lap three and started to real in Ivy as they raced into lapped traffic by the 9th circuit.

On lap 11 Clark would tangle with the lapped machine of Jim Taddeo, bringing out the caution and ending Clark’s night. After the green flew and a lap later, Nate Dussel would end up on his side, collecting Dan Hammond. On the ensuing restart Ivy pulled away slightly from Ryan with McCarron, Keckler, Paul Weaver and Schneider in pursuit. Keckler would grab third on lap13, bringing Weaver into fourth.

Things would get very interesting on lap 21 as the leaders found lapped traffic. This allowed Ryan to move right in on Ivy’s rear bumper. Ivy was hung up behind two lapped cars who were battling as they flew into turn one with two laps to go. Ivy split the lapped cars as Ryan had to back off the throttle. Ivy would hold off Ryan for the win while Keckler, Weaver and McCarron rounded out the top five.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action on Friday, April 11th on Bazel Race Fuel Night with the UMP Late Models, 305 sprints and dirt trucks in action.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com

Attica Raceway Park – 4/5/2014
Construction Equipment & Supply / HD Supply Night

O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints (36 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.380; 2. 10H-Danny Holtgraver, 12.535; 3. 57X-Andrew Palker, 12.562; 4. 14K-Dale Blaney, 12.580; 5. 787-Dean Jacobs, 12.662; 6. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.663; 7. 60K-Jody Keegan, 12.678; 8. 45-Tim Shaffer, 12.696; 9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.697; 10. 63-Chad Kemenah, 12.716; 11. 77-Shane Stewart, 12.884; 12. 16-Chris Andrews, 12.985; 13. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.046; 14. 81-Lee Jacobs, 13.064; 15. 45L-Brian Lay, 13.068; 16. 24H-Brandon Wimmer, 13.105; 17. 55-Brad Bowman, 13.122; 18. 21-Dallas Hewitt, 13.133; 19. 4-Danny Smith, 13.138; 20. 40DD-Caleb Griffith, 13.199; 21. 53C-Christopher Bell, 13.231; 22. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.246; 23. 11X-Brandon Martin, 13.263; 24. 9W-Jac Haudenschild, 13.292; 25. 33M-Bryan Sebetto, 13.293; 26. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.317; 27. 80-Trey Gustin, 13.330; 28. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.408; 29. 83-Stevie Smith, 13.444; 30. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.471; 31. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.474; 32. 17-Scott Euler, 13.548; 33. 2-Nathan Skaggs, 13.570; 34. 53-D.J. Foos, 13.665; 35. O7X-Dain Naida, 13.699; 36. 7-Troy Kingan, 14.502

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 53C-Christopher Bell[1] ; 2. 55-Brad Bowman[2] ; 3. 22-Cole Duncan[3] ; 4. 33M-Bryan Sebetto[7] ; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[4] ; 6. 2-Nathan Skaggs[9] ; 7. 83-Stevie Smith[8] ; 8. 787-Dean Jacobs[5] ; 9. 40-Caleb Helms[6]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 81-Lee Jacobs[3] ; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[1] ; 3. 63-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 4. 10H-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 5. O9-Craig Mintz[5] ; 6. 21-Dallas Hewitt[2] ; 7. 5T-Travis Philo[8] ; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7] ; 9. 53-D.J. Foos[9]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 4-Danny Smith[2] ; 2. 11X-Brandon Martin[1] ; 3. 45L-Brian Lay[3] ; 4. 77-Shane Stewart[4] ; 5. 57X-Andrew Palker[6] ; 6. 60K-Jody Keegan[5] ; 7. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[8] ; 8. 80-Trey Gustin[7] ; 9. O7X-Dain Naida[9]

Heat 4 – Bell Racing Products (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[2] ; 2. 45-Tim Shaffer[5] ; 3. 9W-Jac Haudenschild[1] ; 4. 16-Chris Andrews[4] ; 5. 14K-Dale Blaney[6] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[7] ; 7. 17-Scott Euler[8] ; 8. 7-Troy Kingan[9]

Dash – R & R (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature
1. 14K-Dale Blaney[2] ; 2. 57X-Andrew Palker[1] ; 3. 45-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 4. 10H-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 5. O9-Craig Mintz[3] ; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[5]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 787-Dean Jacobs[2] ; 2. 40-Caleb Helms[1] ; 3. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[4] ; 4. 60K-Jody Keegan[3] ; 5. 83-Stevie Smith[9] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[8] ; 7. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[11] ; 8. 53-D.J. Foos[14] ; 9. 5T-Travis Philo[10] ; 10. 80-Trey Gustin[7] ; 11. O7X-Dain Naida[15] ; 12. 2-Nathan Skaggs[13] ; 13. 7-Troy Kingan[16] ; 14. 21-Dallas Hewitt[5] ; 15. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6] ; 16. 17-Scott Euler[12]

A-Main – (40 Laps)
1. 14K-Dale Blaney[1]; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[5]; 3. 45-Tim Shaffer[3]; 4. 10H-Danny Holtgraver[4]; 5. 787-Dean Jacobs[12]; 6. 77-Shane Stewart[8]; 7. 63-Chad Kemenah[7]; 8. 22-Cole Duncan[10]; 9. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[19]; 10. 16-Chris Andrews[9]; 11. 57X-Andrew Palker[2]; 12. 5R-Byron Reed[21]; 13. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[6]; 14. 45L-Brian Lay[15]; 15. 33M-Bryan Sebetto[24]; 16. 81-Lee Jacobs[14]; 17. 53C-Christopher Bell[20]; 18. 40-Caleb Helms[11]; 19. 11X-Brandon Martin[22]; 20. 9W-Jac Haudenschild[23]; 21. 4-Danny Smith[18]; 22. 60K-Jody Keegan[13]; 23. 55-Brad Bowman[17]; 24. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[16]

Hard Charger: 40DD-Caleb Griffith[+10]

Summit Racing Equipment Late Models (23 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 6M-Dona Marcoullier[2] ; 2. 1-Jeff Babcock[7] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[1] ; 4. 36-Matt Irey[6] ; 5. O1-Justin Chance[5] ; 6. 21-Larry Kingseed[4] ; 7. 51-Devin Shiels[8] ; 8. 5J-Josh Haynes[3]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 56-Russ King[5] ; 2. 27-Eric Spangler[6] ; 3. 42S-Bob Mayer[2] ; 4. 15B-Mike Bores[7] ; 5. 45-Nate Potts[4] ; 6. 69R-Doug Baird[8] ; 7. 1W-Brain Orth[1]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 91-Rusty Schlenk[1] ; 2. OO-Chris Keller[7] ; 3. 92-Cody Scott[3] ; 4. 16-Steve Sabo[4] ; 5. 23C-Jeremy Canada[6] ; 6. 34-Ky Harper[5] ; 7. J4-John Garvin Jr.[2]

A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 5M-Ryan Markham[2]; 2. 91-Rusty Schlenk[4]; 3. OO-Chris Keller[3]; 4. 6M-Dona Marcoullier[7]; 5. 36-Matt Irey[6]; 6. 27-Eric Spangler[8]; 7. 56-Russ King[11]; 8. 15B-Mike Bores[9]; 9. 51-Devin Shiels[17]; 10. O1-Justin Chance[13]; 11. 21-Larry Kingseed[16]; 12. 34-Ky Harper[18]; 13. 45-Nate Potts[14]; 14. 42S-Bob Mayer[12]; 15. 16-Steve Sabo[5]; 16. 1-Jeff Babcock[10]; 17. 69R-Doug Baird[19]; 18. 23C-Jeremy Canada[15]; 19. 92-Cody Scott[1]; 20. 5J-Josh Haynes[20]

Hard Charger: 51-Devin Shiels[+8]

Foster Auto Body 305 Sprints (23 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 8I-John Ivy[3] ; 2. 8-Bobby Clark[1] ; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[4] ; 4. 19R-Steve Rando[8] ; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[5] ; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn[6] ; 7. 11G-Luke Griffith[2] ; 8. 13-Jeremy Duposki[7]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[2] ; 2. 5R-Jordan Ryan[8] ; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[3] ; 4. 7M-Brandon Moore[6] ; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond[5] ; 6. 39C-Scott Riley[1] ; 7. 32-Dan Hennig[4] ; 8. 2-Ricky Peterson[7]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 22M-Dan McCarron[1] ; 2. 8M-T.J Michael[4] ; 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin[6] ; 4. 12-Kyle Capodice[2] ; 5. 4T-Jim Taddeo[7] ; 6. 3J-Trey Jacobs[3] ; 7. 4G-Bill Griffith[5]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 68G-Tyler Gunn[1] ; 2. 11G-Luke Griffith[4] ; 3. 3J-Trey Jacobs[3] ; 4. 13-Jeremy Duposki[7] ; 5. 2-Ricky Peterson[8] ; 6. 39C-Scott Riley[2] ; 7. 32-Dan Hennig[5] ; 8. 4G-Bill Griffith[6]

A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 8I-John Ivy[1]; 2. 5R-Jordan Ryan[4]; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[5]; 4. 1W-Paul Weaver[11]; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron[3]; 6. 9-Jimmy Colvin[7]; 7. 19R-Steve Rando[10]; 8. 8M-T.J Michael[9]; 9. 68G-Tyler Gunn[16]; 10. 2-Ricky Peterson[20]; 11. 36-Seth Schneider[6]; 12. 7M-Brandon Moore[8]; 13. 13-Jeremy Duposki[19]; 14. 1-Nate Dussel[13]; 15. 3J-Trey Jacobs[18]; 16. 11G-Luke Griffith[17]; 17. 12-Kyle Capodice[12]; 18. 4T-Jim Taddeo[15]; 19. 22D-Dan Hammond[14]; 20. 8-Bobby Clark[2]

Hard Charger: 2-Ricky Peterson[+10]

©2014 – Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH

2014 Spring Nationals Opener Rained Out

By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) Heavy rains throughout Thursday night forced the cancellation of the first night of the HD Supply/Construction Equipment and Supply Spring Nationals at Attica Raceway Park for Friday. However, Saturday’s racing is still on at Attica.

“We’re keeping our fingers crossed. The forecast calls for warmer, dryer, windy weather throughout the afternoon Friday and we’re hopeful that provides significant drying and we can get Saturday’s races in,” said Rex LeJeune, Director of Operations at ARP.

LeJeune said Attica officials will make a more definitive decision on Saturday’s racing by Saturday morning.

Gates open Saturday at 3:30 p.m. with racing underway at 7 p.m.

Saturday’s race will be the 102nd appearance of the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions at Attica and they will be gunning for $10,000 to win. The UMP Late Models and 305 sprints are also on the racing card.

More information may be found at www.atticaracewaypark.com

2014 Spring Nationals Preview

By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) It has become one of the most anticipated events in sprint car racing – the Spring Nationals at Attica Raceway Park.

The University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions will kick off the Ohio Region point battle at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” venue on Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5 with the HD Supply/Construction Equipment and Supply Spring Nationals. The event has been held at Attica since 1992. This year’s Spring Nationals will mark the 102nd and 103rd visit to Attica by the UNOH All Stars.

Gates will open Friday for the $3,000-to-win event at 4 p.m. Gates will open for Saturday’s $10,000-to-win affair at 3:30 p.m.

Last year’s Spring Nationals saw the opening night lost to rain but the finale found Dale Blaney in victory lane. Blaney’s 13 All Star wins at Attica are the most by any driver since the first All Star show was held at Ohio ’s Finest Racing speedplant in 1989. The winners of UNOH All Star events at Attica in 2013 were Blaney, Chris Andrews (Ohio Sprint Speedweek) and a sweep of the season-ending August events by Tim Shaffer.

The UNOH All Stars have held three events in 2014 with Dave Blaney, Kerry Madsen and Joey Saldana taking wins. Again the UNOH All Stars will incorporate a regional point system in 2014 – the Ohio Region, Eastern Region, Great Plains Region and over-all championship. So far the 2013 World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year David Gravel leads the Eastern Region and National points for the UNOH All Stars.

Hartford , Ohio ’s Dale Blaney picked up his fourth series title in 2013 and also claimed the Ohio Region championship. Blaney also became the UNOH All Stars’ most prolific winner in 2013, surpassing hall-of-famer Kenny Jacobs in career series wins with 99 total.

Blaney will have his hands full in trying to defend his title in 2014. Besides four time champion Tim Shaffer, who currently sits second in All Star National and Eastern Region points, former four time champion Chad Kemenah is gunning for his fifth title and sits third in the 2014 points.

Danny Holtgraver, who had a break-out year in 2013 with the All Stars, is riding in the fourth place in points followed by Greg Hodnett, Dale Blaney, Jac Haudenschild, Danny Dietrich, Dave Blaney and Caleb Helms.

Others expected to battle for the UNOH All Star championships in 2014 include former national 360 sprint champion Wayne Johnson, two-time Napa Wayne County ( Ohio ) Speedway champion Andrew Palker, and more.

As always, when the UNOH All Stars come to Attica, they will have to battle the tough weekly competition like 2013 champion Craig Mintz, who has 9 career wins at the track; six time track champion Byron Reed who has 29 career Attica wins; former track champion Andrews (4 career wins), Bryan Sebetto (8 career wins), former track champion Dean Jacobs (10 career wins), Lee Jacobs (4 career wins), Brandon Martin (3 career wins), Brian Lay (2 career wins), Brian Smith (2 career wins), Travis Philo (2 career wins) and more.

Throw in two-time All Star champion Greg Wilson, who has 19 career Attica wins, Stevie Smith, who is expected behind the wheel of the Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook #83 machine – Smith has 4 career Attica wins – and the possibility of some of the Pennsylvania Posse teams making the trek to Attica and it could be another exciting weekend.

Of the UNOH All Star contingent of drivers, Kemenah sits third on Attica’s all-time win list with 20 victories followed by Blaney with 17 (5th on the track’s all-time win list); Shaffer with 12 (9th on the track’s all-time win list); and Holtgraver with 2 wins.

The Summit Racing Equipment UMP DIRTcar Late Models and Foster Auto Body 305 Sprints will also be in action both nights of the Attica Spring Nationals.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com or www.allstarsprint.com.