Jacobs Scores Last Lap, Last Turn Pass for Attica Win; Clark Takes 305 Victory; Missler Grabs Late Model Loot; Ward Takes Truck Main
By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) They say lapped traffic can really hurt the leader of a race. However, it was THE LACK of lapped traffic that may have cost Mike Linder. He led for 29 and 7/8 laps at Attica Raceway Park Friday night. But it was Lee Jacobs who led the most important 1/8 of a lap…the last bit of straight-away to claim the 410 sprint feature on Burns Electric Mid-Season Championship Night.
Attica rules put lapped cars to the tail on yellow flags, so that the leaders can battle for the top spot, thus giving fans a thrilling show. And thrilling it was.
Linder had built up a substantial lead, but late race cautions would take away the advantage he had of having lapped machines between himself and his closest competitors.
Following a restart with three laps remaining, Jacobs drove to the high side to power around Paul McMahan and Linder in the final two turns and won the drag race to the checkered flag.
“I knew we had the car to beat on that yellow with seven laps to go. Then I screwed up on the restart and drove off the race track down thback stretch and lost a couple of positions,” said Jacobs beside his Stephen P. Mapus Productive Tool & Equipment sponsored, Burmeister owned #16.
Jacobs ran behind Linder, McMahan, Byron Reed and Caleb Griffith until the yellow fly on the 27th circuit for a Chris Andrews’ spin. On the restart, while Linder and McMahan went to the bottom of the track, Jacobs set sail up top, driving around Griffith and Reed into the third spot. As Linder was fighting to hold off McMahan, Jacobs drove hard into the cushion on the final two turns and flew up beside Linder and beat him the last 10 yards to the flags.
“When that yellow came out at the end, I knew if Mike and Paul went to the bottom I had a shot. I just concentrated and hit my marks and the car was awesome. Hats off to John Bores and his track prep crew…they have given us a racy track every week,” said Jacobs of his second career Attica victory.
Behind Jacobs at the finish was Linder, McMahan, Chad Blonde and Greg Wilson to round out the top five.
With severe weather hitting all around the race track, the program was put on the fast track. All track side victory lane interviews were cancelled.
When pole-sitter Cap Henry developed steering problems on the opening lap, it was outside front-row starter Bobby Clark who took the advantage. The Fremont driver led all 25 laps in his Fremont Fence, Al Davis Carpeting #40 to record his second victory of the season at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant. Stuart Brubaker would drive from his ninth starting spot to finish second with Brad Haudenschild, Todd Heuerman and Dan Hammond rounding out the top five.
It was Clark’s fifth career 305 sprint victory at the track.
In the Service Drive Solutions UMP Attica Late Models, Bellevue’s Ryan Missler would work his way up from his 12th starting spot to grab the lead on the 13th lap and held off a hard charge from Mike Marteney to claim his second win of the season at Attica and his eighth career victory. Missler’s eighth career ARP victory came aboard his Missler Industries, Hawk’s Auto Reconditioning, Taze DJ & Karaoke backed late model.
Rounding out the top five were Marteney, Jamie Reed, Nate Potts and Curtis Deisenroth.
The 15-lap dirt truck main was a barn-burner, with Art Ball, Brian Arnold and Cory Ward battling side by side throughout the race. Ward took the lead for good on lap 10 and would hold off Ball, Arnold, Bob Dible and Dan Henning for his second win of the year and seventh career victory at Attica.
Ward’s victory came aboard the TJ Hosang Construction, Excuses Lounge, Precision Body and Frame backed truck.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, June 13 for Quality Welding Night with the 410 sprints, 305 sprints, late models and dirt trucks in action.
Attica Raceway Park
Burns Electric Night
June 6, 2008
410 Sprints
Heat 1 – All Pro Heads (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 16-Lee Jacobs; 2. W20-Greg Wilson; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes; 4. 6-Mike Dussel (R); 5. 15C-Chris Andrews; 6. 48S-Andy Shammo; 7. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 8. 5T-Travis Philo
Heat 2 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 24H-Rob Chaney; 2. 312-Mike Linder; 3. O-Paul McMahan; 4. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 5. 83-Phil Gressman; 6. X-Mark Keegan; 7. 1W-Paul Weaver; 8. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 9. 63AU-Roddy Bellbowen
Heat 3 – Bell Racing (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5R-Byron Reed; 2. 12-Caleb Griffith; 3. 5B-Chad Blonde; 4. D7-Tony Beaber; 5. 75-Mike Hogan; 6. 11M-Brandon Martin; 7. O9-Craig Mintz; 8. 10-David Harrison; 9. 60-Jody Keegan
B-main – Computer Man Inc.(10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo; 3. 11M-Brandon Martin; 4. 10-David Harrison; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver; 6. O9-Craig Mintz; 7. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 8. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 9. 60-Jody Keegan; 10. 63AU-Roddy Bellbowen; 11. 5T-Travis Philo
A-Main Starting Position [#]
1. 16-Lee Jacobs[6]; 2. 312-Mike Linder[1]; 3. O-Paul McMahan[3]; 4. 5B-Chad Blonde[9]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[7]; 6. 5R-Byron Reed[5]; 7. 11B-Brock Mayes[8]; 8. 24H-Rob Chaney[10]; 9. 75-Mike Hogan[15]; 10. 12-Caleb Griffith[2]; 11. 6-Mike Dussel (R)[4]; 12. 15C-Chris Andrews[13]; 13. 11M-Brandon Martin[18]; 14. X-Mark Keegan[16]; 15. 10-David Harrison[19]; 16. 83-Phil Gressman[14]; 17. 98-Bruce Robenalt[12]; 18. 1W-Paul Weaver[20]; 19. 48S-Andy Shammo[17]; 20. D7-Tony Beaber[11]
305 Sprints
Heat 1 – All Pro Heads (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 22D-Dan Hammond; 2. 40-Bobby Clark; 3. 28-Shaun Valenti (R); 4. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 5. 13-Larry Felver Jr.; 6. 71-Bill Kraylek; 7. 8K-Zack Kramer (R); 8. 29-Chris Lang
Heat 2 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 4. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 5. M28-Josh Muntz; 6. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 7. 5-Dustin Dinan; 8. 596-Zack Ames (R)
Heat 3 – Bell Racing (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 49-Coty Runion; 2. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 3. X-Dustin Stroup (R); 4. 23-Willie Keegan; 5. O2-Kevin Lee; 6. 11F-D.J. Foos (R); 7. 83X-Nate Reeser
Heat 4 – Friendship Food Stores (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1-Nate Dussel; 2. 3X-Brad Keckler; 3. 11-Shawn Colvin; 4. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 5. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 6. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 7. 65-Mark Lang
B-Main – Computer Man Inc.
1. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 2. 5-Dustin Dinan; 3. 71-Bill Kraylek; 4. 8K-Zack Kramer (R); 5. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 6. 65-Mark Lang; 7. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 8. 29-Chris Lang; 9. 83X-Nate Reeser; 10. 13-Larry Felver Jr.; 11. M28-Josh Muntz; 12. O2-Kevin Lee
A-Main Starting Position [#]
1. 40-Bobby Clark[2]; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[9]; 3. 10-Brad Haudenschild[3]; 4. 18-Todd Heuerman[7]; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond[4]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[11]; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[14]; 8. X-Dustin Stroup (R)[5]; 9. 23-Willie Keegan[15]; 10. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[17]; 11. 25P-Mark Pridemore[13]; 12. 49-Coty Runion[10]; 13. 36X-Dustin Keegan[16]; 14. 5-Dustin Dinan[18]; 15. 28-Shaun Valenti (R)[6]; 16. 3X-Brad Keckler[12]; 17. 11-Shawn Colvin[8]; 18. 71-Bill Kraylek[19]; 19. O4-Cap Henry[1]; 20. 8K-Zack Kramer (R)[20]
Service Drive Solutions UMP Attica Late Models
Heat 1 – Tin Lizzy Collision (8 laps)
1. 50-Ryan Missler; 2. 45-Mike Marteney; 3. 18-Jamie Reed; 4. 41-Randy Pollock; 5. 27-Ken Hahn; 6. 83-Noah Wagner (R); 7. 77-Steve Kester; 8. 30-Nate Potts; 9. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 10. 3R-Chuck Rolle (R)
Heat 2 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps)
1. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 2. X3-Dan Wallace; 3. 84-Tim Sabo; 4. 48-John Bores; 5. 77C-Craig Corfman; 6. 12C-Joe Hartlaub (R); 7. 99-Steve Sabo; 8. 12H-Michael Stiltner; 9. 15B-Mike Bores
A-Main Starting Position [#]
1. 50-Ryan Missler[12]; 2. 45-Mike Marteney[1]; 3. 18-Jamie Reed[9]; 4. 30-Nate Potts[15]; 5. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[10]; 6. X3-Dan Wallace[8]; 7. 48-John Bores[5]; 8. 83-Noah Wagner (R)[2]; 9. 27-Ken Hahn[11]; 10. 3R-Chuck Rolle (R)[19]; 11. 84-Tim Sabo[4]; 12. 77-Steve Kester[13]; 13. 15B-Mike Bores[18]; 14. 77C-Craig Corfman[3]; 15. 12C-Joe Hartlaub (R)[7]; 16. 41-Randy Pollock[6]; 17. 5H-Ernie Haynes[17]; 18. 12H-Michael
Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 – Tin Lizzy Collision (8 laps)
1. 33-Brian Arnold; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. 8-Steve Endicott; 4. 32H-Dan Hennig; 5. 88-Jim Brewer; 6. 17-Bob Dible; 7. 22-Paul Brown
Heat 2 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 56-Alex Wiechman; 3. 2R-Ron Kepling; 4. 30-Dave Gibbs; 5. 62-Dave Severs; 6. 4X-Brian Sorg
A-Main Starting Position [#]
1. 18W-Cory Ward[5]; 2. O1-Art Ball[2]; 3. 33-Brian Arnold[1]; 4. 17-Bob Dible[9]; 5. 32H-Dan Hennig[8]; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs[3]; 7. 88-Jim Brewer[7]; 8. 56-Alex Wiechman[4]; 9. 8-Steve Endicott[13]; 10. 4X-Brian Sorg[12]; 11. 62-Dave Severs[10]; 12. 2R-Ron Kepling[6]; 13. 22-Paul Brown Jr.[11]