Hall storms to BOSS win at Attica
By Brian Liskai ATTICA, Ohio – Luke Hall survived several late race restarts to claim the Rick’s Truck and Equipment Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS) win at Attica Raceway Park Friday. Hall, who owns two 360 sprint wins at Attica Raceway Park, can now boast a non-wing victory.
It has been 13 years since non-wing sprints have competed at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant and 42 BOSS sprinters signed in to compete on Central Ohio Farmers/Sutton Bank Night.
Hall, of Ludlow Falls, Ohio, used the high line to take the lead on lap six and then survived two cautions in the last six laps to hold off Little 500 winner Kody Swanson for his first Attica non-wing victory.
“This is awesome. This BOSS series is tough with Swanson, Westfall…the list goes on and on. To get one up here for the Nelsons is great. Ron and Jon Nelson, Gary, Ronnie…everyone that helps. It’s been a long road. Those yellows…I thought it was going to kill me,” said Hall beside his Lightening Electric backed machine.
Ashland, Ohio’s Ryan Markham put a new Swartz Race Car together this past week and it paid huge dividends. Markham led all 25 laps of the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Model feature to score his first win of the season at Attica. It is his eighth career win at the track and gives him valuable points in the chase for the Attica/Wayne County Speedway Late Model Series Challenge title.
“To roll out a brand new race car and have things go our way tonight…we started up front. Sometimes you just need a little bit of luck on your side and not wear your stuff out trying to get to the front. This one I was a little bit nervous with a brand new race car. It was a storybook ending,” said Markham beside his H&T Demolition; Harriger Towing; Accu-Force; Innovative Graphics; Cool-It Thermo Tech backed #5m.
“My neighbors came tonight. It’s the first time they’ve ever been to the race track and Jim and Julie are all excited,” added Markham.
Fremont, Ohio’s Jamie Miller would rim-ride into the lead of the Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature on lap five and never looked back, dominating for his first win of the season. It is his 13th career win at Attica.
“I was kind of up there wasn’t I…I hung the right rear over the ledge a couple of times. The track was perfect for me tonight. Everybody was trying to run the bottom and they left the top side wide open for me. You have to take advantage of that when there’s a nice cushion on one end and the other end wasn’t bad either,” Miller said beside his Western Lake Erie Insulation Industry, Fostoria Mod Shop, Advanced Industrial Services, Crown Battery, Pioneer Quick Lube, Quarterback Transportation, Jamie Miller Trucking, Dick’s Auto Supply backed #66.
Chad Wilson and Stuart Brubaker would lead the field to green for the 25 lap BOSS feature with Wilson gaining the advantage over Brandon Spithaler, Hall, Brubaker, Andy Feil and Swanson. Hall would power into second on the second circuit as Wilson continued to lead. Spithaler, Brubaker, Swanton and Matt Westfall waged a terrific battle for third.
Hall would shoot around the high side to take the lead on lap six with Wilson, Swanton and Shawn Westerfeld giving chase. The caution would fly with nine laps in for Todd Keen who stopped in turn three. Hall would pull away on the restart while Wilson had to deal with Swanson. Swanton took second on lap 11, bringing Westerfeld into third.
A multi-car incident in turn one on lap 13 would result in Dustin Ingle taking a nasty flip. He was uninjured but done for the night. When the green returned Wilson would blast from fourth to second with Swanson, Westerfeld, Brubaker and Dustin Stroup in tow.
With 10 laps to go Hall had pulled away while Wilson, Swanson and Westerfeld put on a fantastic battle. Swanson would regain second on lap 17 with Westerfeld moving into third a lap later just as the caution flew for a Mike Burkin spin. Hall would get a great restart but it was all for naught as a lap later Cooper Clouse would bring out another caution.
When the green flew for the five lap battle to the checkers, Hall pulled away again from Swanson, Westerfeld, Wilson, Matt Westfall and Brubaker. Hall hit his marks perfectly the final five circuits for the win over Swanson, Westerfeld, Westfall and Stroup.
In the 25 lap late model feature Brad Malcuit and Larry Bellman brought the field to green but it was fourth starter Markham who drove into the lead. Markham couldn’t shake Malcuit with Irey taking third. A yellow for debris on lap three saw the restart order of Markham, Malcuit, Irey, Dave Hornikel, Devin Shiels and Doug Drown.
Markham began to pull away as Irey, Malcuit and Drown battled for second. Markham raced into lapped traffic by the 10th circuit and held a comfortable lead over Irey, Drown, Malcuit, Hornikel and Shiels. Another caution would bunch up the field with 14 laps in.
When the green flew so did Markham, once again stretching out his lead. But, a caution with 17 laps in wiped out his lead. Just like the previous restarts Markham would pull away when the green flew over Irey, Drown, Shiels, Cody Scott, Mike Bores and Malcuit.
A final caution with five laps remaining would give the field another shot at Markham. But, “Flyin’ Ryan” would hit his marks perfectly and pulled away for the victory. Irey and Drown waged a terrific battle during the closing laps for second with Irey taking the spot. Drown, Shiels and Scott rounded out the top five.
Ricky Peterson and John Ivy brought the field to green for the 25 lap 305 sprint feature with Peterson gaining the advantage over Ivy, Dustin Dinan, Kyle Capodice, Miller, Paul Weaver and Tyler Street. Miller utilized the extreme high line to drive into third by the third lap and into second a circuit later. Miller drove around Peterson into the lead on lap five and began to pull away but a caution for Kyle Peters and Scott Riley tangle bunched the field back up.
Miller pulled away when the green flew as Peterson battled with Dinan for second while Ivy, Weaver and Dustin Stroup stayed close. Only a caution with nine laps scored for a stalled Landon LaLonde would prevent Miller from powering away from the field.
When the green flew Miller drove away again with Peterson and Dinan continuing their battle for second. Miller drove into lapped traffic by the 16th lap and had a couple of close calls. Peterson now had to contend with Ivy for second.
With five laps to go Miller held nearly a half track lead over Peterson, Ivy, Weaver, Dinan and Stroup. Weaver would come on strong and took third on lap 22. Miller drove to the checkers over Weaver who nipped Peterson at the line with Ivy and Dinan rounding out the top five.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Tuesday, July 12 for the 28th Annual Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic Presented by Racing Optics featuring the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com
Attica Raceway Park
Central Ohio Farmers/ Sutton Bank Night
Friday, July 8, 2016
Indicates starting position [*]
BOSS non-wing sprints
Heat 1 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 9G-Cody Gardner[1] ; 2. 22-Brandon Spithaler[5] ; 3. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[7] ; 4. 4J-Justin Owens[9] ; 5. 82-Mike Miller[8] ; 6. 18N-Frank Neill[4] ; 7. 63D-Jim Dues[2] ; 8. 3-Joe Butera[6] ; 9. 24L-Lee Underwood[3]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 18T-Todd Keen[4] ; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 3. 32M-Derek Hastings[2] ; 4. 0C-Chris Vanderwiele[8] ; 5. 53-Steve Little[6] ; 6. 69-Todd Kane[1] ; 7. 13-Jeremy Duposki[5] ; 8. 7K-Dallas Hewitt[9] ; 9. 15H-Mitch Harble[7]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 21K-Kody Swanson[3] ; 2. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[7] ; 3. 22M-Dustin Stroup[4] ; 4. 48-Mike Burkin[2] ; 5. 4-Michael Fischesser[6] ; 6. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[5] ; 7. 71-Stratton Briggs[8] ; 8. 97-Scott Hardman[1]
Heat 4 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 9N-Luke Hall[3] ; 2. 14W-Chad Wilson[1] ; 3. 2-Mike Galajda[2] ; 4. 74-Drew Rader[5] ; 5. 48M-Mike Moore[4] ; 6. 5-Bob McMillion[6] ; 7. 18D-Bobby Distel[8] ; 8. 97J-Andy Fike[7]
Heat 5 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 54-Matt Westfall[5] ; 2. 08-Andy Feil[2] ; 3. 9X-Cooper Clouse[6] ; 4. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[4] ; 5. 18A-Arnie Kent[8] ; 6. 87-Brian Gibbs[1] ; 7. 7M-Brandon Moore[3] ; 8. J1-Mark Shultz[7]
B-Main 1 – (10 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 7K-Dallas Hewitt[9] ; 2. 82-Mike Miller[1] ; 3. 18A-Arnie Kent[3] ; 4. 69-Todd Kane[4] ; 5. 4-Michael Fischesser[2] ; 6. 71-Stratton Briggs[7] ; 7. 63D-Jim Dues[6] ; 8. 5-Bob McMillion[5] ; 9. 97J-Andy Fike[10] ; 10. 1J-Mark Shultz[8] ; 11. 24L-Lee Underwood[11]
B-Main 2 – (10 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 53-Steve Little[1] ; 2. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[4] ; 3. 18N-Frank Neill[3] ; 4. 87-Brian Gibbs[5] ; 5. 13-Jeremy Duposki[6] ; 6. 48M-Mike Moore[2] ; 7. 97-Scott Hardman[9] ; 8. 3-Joe Butera[8] ; 9. 18D-Bobby Distel[7] ; 10. 7M-Brandon Moore[10] ; 11. 15H-Mitch Harble[11]
A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 9N-Luke Hall[4] ; 2. 21K-Kody Swanson[5] ; 3. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[8] ; 4. 54-Matt Westfall[9] ; 5. 22M-Dustin Stroup[13] ; 6. 14W-Chad Wilson[1] ; 7. 4J-Justin Owens[16] ; 8. 9X-Cooper Clouse[15] ; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker[2] ; 10. 74-Drew Rader[19] ; 11. 9G-Cody Gardner[7] ; 12. 08-Andy Feil[6] ; 13. 53-Steve Little[22] ; 14. 2-Mike Galajda[14] ; 15. 32M-Derek Hastings[12] ; 16. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[24] ; 17. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[11] ; 18. 48-Mike Burkin[18] ; 19. 0C-Chris Vanderwiele[17] ; 20. 7K-Dallas Hewitt[21] ; 21. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[20] ; 22. 82-Mike Miller[23] ; 23. 22-Brandon Spithaler[3] ; 24. 18T-Todd Keen[10]
Hard Charger: 4J-Justin Owens +9
305 Sprints – Fremont Fence
Heat 1 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 2-Ricky Peterson[4] ; 2. 10X-Dustin Stroup[6] ; 3. 22M-Dan McCarron[9] ; 4. 19R-Steve Rando[5] ; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[3] ; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[2] ; 7. 11G-Luke Griffith[8] ; 8. 6-Ray Thurston[1] ; 9. 47-Matt Lucius[7]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 77I-John Ivy[1] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[7] ; 3. 1X-Dustin Dinan[2] ; 4. 45-Trevor Baker[3] ; 5. 9R-Dustin Rall[6] ; 6. 39C-Scott Riley[4] ; 7. 75-Jerry Dahms[9] ; 8. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[8] ; 9. 36-Seth Schneider[5]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 12-Kyle Capodice[2] ; 2. 25-Jason Keckler[3] ; 3. 4*-Tyler Street[6] ; 4. 66-Jamie Miller[5] ; 5. 2L-Landon LaLonde[1] ; 6. 97-Kyle Peters[8] ; 7. 4T-James Taddeo[7] ; 8. 94K-Kevin Mingus[9] ; 9. 13-Jeremy Duposki[4]
B-Main 1 – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 7M-Brandon Moore[1] ; 2. 39C-Scott Riley[2] ; 3. 11G-Luke Griffith[4] ; 4. 97-Kyle Peters[3] ; 5. 4T-James Taddeo[6] ; 6. 94K-Kevin Mingus[9] ; 7. 36-Seth Schneider[11] ; 8. 47-Matt Lucius[10] ; 9. 6-Ray Thurston[7] ; 10. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[8] ; 11. 75-Jerry Dahms[5]
A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 66-Jamie Miller[6] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[8] ; 3. 2-Ricky Peterson[1] ; 4. 77I-John Ivy[2] ; 5. 1X-Dustin Dinan[4] ; 6. 10X-Dustin Stroup[7] ; 7. 12-Kyle Capodice[3] ; 8. 4*-Tyler Street[5] ; 9. 25-Jason Keckler[9] ; 10. 22M-Dan McCarron[10] ; 11. 7M-Brandon Moore[16] ; 12. 45-Trevor Baker[11] ; 13. 9R-Dustin Rall[14] ; 14. 11G-Luke Griffith[18] ; 15. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[13] ; 16. 2L-Landon LaLonde[15] ; 17. 4T-James Taddeo[20] ; 18. 97-Kyle Peters[19] ; 19. 39C-Scott Riley[17]
Hard Charger: 1W-Paul Weaver +6
Late Models – Summit Racing Equipment
Qualifying
1.79-Brad Malcuit, 15.107; 2.5M-Ryan Markham, 15.171; 3.15B-Mike Bores, 15.185; 4.15-Jon Henry, 15.334; 5.007-Rick Bond, 15.418; 6.21-Larry Kingseed, 15.468; 7.51-Devin Shiels, 15.486; 8.240-Doug Drown, 15.515; 9.71-Dave Hornikel, 15.585; 10.36-Matt Irey, 15.623; 11.92-Cody Scott, 15.669; 12.30-Nate Potts, 15.940; 13.6*-Graeme Short, 15.946; 14.59-Larry Bellman, 16.049; 15.12-Kent Brewer, 16.198; 16.12M-Bobby Michaels, 16.424; 17.40-Wayne Maffett Jr, 16.744; 18.3-Shaun Cains, 16.855; 19.00-Mathew Chapman, 16.989; 20.69R-Doug Baird, 17.077;
Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps)
1. 15-Jon Henry[2] ; 2. 15B-Mike Bores[3] ; 3. 007-Rick Bond[1] ; 4. 6*-Graeme Short[5] ; 5. 92-Cody Scott[7] ; 6. 79-Brad Malcuit[4] ; 7. 12M-Bobby Michaels[6]
Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps)
1. 36-Matt Irey[3] ; 2. 71-Dave Hornikel[4] ; 3. 59-Larry Bellman[2] ; 4. 12-Kent Brewer[1] ; 5. 3-Shaun Cains[7] ; 6. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[6] ; 7. 69R-Doug Baird[5]
Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps)
1. 240-Doug Drown[1] ; 2. 51-Devin Shiels[2] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[4] ; 4. 21-Larry Kingseed[3] ; 5. 00-Mathew Chapman[6] ; 6. 30-Nate Potts[5]
A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 5M-Ryan Markham[4] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[3] ; 3. 240-Doug Drown[10] ; 4. 51-Devin Shiels[8] ; 5. 92-Cody Scott[14] ; 6. 79-Brad Malcuit[1] ; 7. 15B-Mike Bores[7] ; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed[13] ; 9. 71-Dave Hornikel[6] ; 10. 007-Rick Bond[9] ; 11. 12-Kent Brewer[12] ; 12. 30-Nate Potts[19] ; 13. 00-Mathew Chapman[16] ; 14. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[18] ; 15. 6*-Graeme Short[11] ; 16. 59-Larry Bellman[2] ; 17. 12M-Bobby Michaels[17] ; 18. 3-Shaun Cains[15] ; 19. 69R-Doug Baird[20] ; 20. 15-Jon Henry[5]
Hard Charger: 92-Cody Scott +9