Reed defends “northern turf” against southern invaders at Attica

By Brian Liskai ATTICA, Ohio – Byron Reed wasn’t planning on chasing any points in 2016. The seven time and defending Attica Raceway Park Champion and three time and defending Kistler Racing Products FAST Championship Series titlist planned on missing some races to spend time with family and maybe travel to other tracks. After Friday on Burns Electric/Gordon Lumber Night at Attica Raceway Park those plans may change.

Reed grabbed the lead on lap 21 of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprint A-main and drove away to his first win of the year at Attica. However, it is Reed’s third FAST victory of 2016 and vaulted him into the point lead of the $10,000-to-win series.

Reed now has 32 career wins at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” venue and sits second in all-time victories at the track. The win opened the “North Verses South” battle of the FAST series and Ohio Sprint Car Series.

“We said to start the year we were not going to race for points. There are some races and tracks I’d really like to go to. I love Attica and Fremont, but I love Kokomo Speedway and it was on our schedule and even thought about going to Knoxville this year. It’s going to be a hard decision as good as we’re running around here. I’ve done this so long and I only have so many years left and I’d like to do other things before I’m done so we’ll have to make a decision in the next couple of weeks,” Reed said.

The Fremont Fence 305 Sprints ran two features – the make-up event from the rained out feature of May 20, and the night’s regular show.

In the make up feature Fremont’s Paul Weaver would take the lead on lap 11 and drove away for his second win of the year at Attica. It was his 35th career victory at the track as he leads all drivers in wins in the 305 sprint division.

The win was even more special considering Weaver destroyed a car a week ago at Fremont when a rear axel broke. Weaver brought out an old back-up car to get the win.

“I bought this car off of Bob Hampshire. It’s a ’09 and I actually sold it to Jamie Miller this winter but he never came and got it. He said I could run it. It’s a really tight car but I had it freed up where it was good for this race but we’re really going to have to work with it for later on because it will be way different,” said Weaver beside his Hampshire Engines, M&L Excavating, Schiets Motorsports, Weaver Performance Center backed #1W.

In the night’s regular 305 sprint feature, Fremont’s Bobby Clark would lead all 25 laps to score his second win of the season. It was Clark’s 21st career victory at Attica and ties him with Bryan Scott for third on the track’s all-time win list for the 305 sprints.

Clark, the defending JLH General Contractor FAST 305 Sprint Series Presented by Engine Pro champion, takes over sole possession of the series point lead with his second FAST win of 2016. Three drivers – Clark, Nate Dussel and Weaver – came into the night tied atop the standings.

“We’ve started at the back a lot this year and it was Dave’s (Foos, crew chief) turn to draw and he got a two and that really helped tonight,” Clark said beside his Fremont Fence, Kear’s Speed Shop, Shelluke’s Bar, Big D’s Pizza, B&L Plumbing backed machine.

“The car was really sticking I just had to be careful. I watched quite a bit of that 410 feature and I knew the bottom was where I had to be. I just had to be careful not to give it up,” added Clark of his Nagy Equipment Sales, Willie’s Towing, Schiets Motorsports, Miller Rigging sponsored #8.

Over the past couple season’s Toledo’s Cory McCaughey has led a lot of laps in the dirt trucks and finished second a lot. He finally got his first dirt win. McCaughey would lead all 15 laps but early on Jeff Ward didn’t make it easy. But McCaughey would pull away and dominate for his first Attica victory.

“Twelve second places…that’s how many….12. The last few laps all I kept thinking was ‘how am I going to finish second again.’ I have to thank A&D Auto Parts, John’s Fourth Season, IPS Rooter Pro, Central Collision, Ron Miller Race Cars and my dad…we did it on dirt dad,” McCaughey said.

It was a rough start to the 30-lap $3,000-to-win 410 sprint feature. Rob Chaney caused a caution before a lap could be completed. When the green flew again, Brian Lay grabbed the lead from Caleb Griffith with Chad Kemenah, Travis Philo, Byron Reed and Dale Blaney in tow. After a lap was scored Chris Andrews spun, collecting Chaney whose night was done.

On the ensuing restart Andrews spun again, ending his feature. When the green flew again the race would go to the end caution-free.

Lay bolted back into the lead with Griffith being challenged by Kemenah while Reed slipped around Philo and Blaney. Lay pulled away slightly with Kemenah taking second on lap five. Kemenah quickly caught Lay and the pair battled hard over the next two laps before Kemenah grabbed the lead on lap eight.

Meanwhile a heck of a battle ensued for third involving Griffith, Reed, Blaney and TJ Michael. Kemenah could not shake Lay who continually raced to his inside to challenge. As the leaders entered lapped traffic, Lay drove under Kemenah to regain the lead on lap 15 with Reed, Blaney and Michael in tow.

Lay and Kemenah continued to battle with Reed reeling them in while Blaney, Michael, Griffith and Sheldon Haudenschild gave chase. With 13 laps to go Reed caught the lead duo. Reed grabbed second on lap 18 as the leaders drove into heavy lapped traffic.

Reed made his winning move on lap 21, driving under Lay who was trying to get around lapped cars. Once in the lead Reed pulled away for the win. Lay, Kemenah, Blaney and Michael would round out the top five.

“That was a perfect race for me. I was just praying there wouldn’t be a caution there at the end. Once we got racing I got to over driving the car and was losing ground. Once I got settled down it got going really good. I have to thank my long time sponsor now Crown Battery but I also have to thank my brand new sponsor Ken Gill Construction…Ray Brooks and his boys are here tonight so it’s a great way to start the sponsorship off for those guys,” Reed said.

In the first 305 sprint A-main, Jamie Miller and Ricky Peterson brought the field to green and that duo battled each other tough over the opening handful of laps. Behind them Kyle Capodice and seventh starter Weaver raced side by side for third with Weaver taking the spot on lap three. Weaver drove under Miller for second on lap six and closed quickly on Peterson.

Peterson encountered lapped traffic by the ninth circuit and he and Weaver would bump wheels for the lead. Weaver grabbed the top spot on lap 11 and began to pull away. Peterson, Miller and Capodice gave chase with a fantastic battle fifth ensuing with Seth Schneider, Dan McCarron and Steve Rando.

Weaver encountered heavy lapped traffic with eight laps to go, but he muscled is way through and drove to the win over Peterson with Miller holding off Capodice for third. Schneider won the battle for fifth.

In the night’s regular feature for the 305 sprints, Clark quickly bolted into the lead at the drop of the green over Weaver, Tyler Street, Capodice, McCarron, Brandon Moore and Nate Dussel. Capodice grabbed second on lap seven just before the caution flew for Ray Thurston.

When the green flew so did Clark, pulling away from Capodice with Weaver in tow. Nate Dussel would drive from sixth to third on the restart and closed quickly on Capodice. The caution flew again on lap 14 for a Matt Foos spin with the running order Clark, Capodice, Dussel, Weaver, Street, Moore, McCarron and Dustin Dinan.

Clark would get a great restart and pulled away as Capodice had his hands full with Dussel. Dussel would take second on lap 17. With seven laps to go the car on the move was Jamie Miller who had driven from his 18th starting spot to seventh. Miller moved into the top five with six laps remaining.

Disaster struck for Dussel on lap 22 as he spun while battling with Capodice. When the green flew Clark drove away for the win over Capodice, Weaver, Miller and Dinan.

In the non-stop 15 lap dirt truck feature McCaughey and Ward battled for the lead early with Brad Stuckey, Dustin Keegan and Brian Arnold staying close. Once McCaughey was able to settle down and hit his marks, he pulled away.

Stuckey drove into second on lap four but could not close on McCaughey who would win by a straight-away over Stuckey, Ward, Keegan and Dana Fry who started 11th.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, June 17 to kick off the 34th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedway with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions on Kistler Engines/Ohio Cat Night. The UMP late models will also be racing as they not only will run a regular program but their May 20th rained out feature.

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Attica Raceway Park
Friday, June 10, 2016
Gordon Lumber/Burns Electric
Starting spot [*]

O’Reilly Auto Parts
410 Sprints
40 cars

Qualifying
1.93-Sheldon Haudenschield, 12.440; 2.1-Dale Blaney, 12.542; 3.40-Caleb Helms, 12.561; 4.45L-Brian Lay, 12.616; 5.73-Chris Andrews, 12.623; 6.09-Craig Mintz, 12.656; 7.22-Cole Duncan, 12.669; 8.10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.764; 9.9R-Jordan Ryan, 12.812; 10.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.907; 11.5R-Byron Reed, 12.924; 12.16-Stuart Brubaker, 12.927; 13.23-DJ Foos, 12.959; 14.9x-Rob Chaney, 12.980; 15.60-Jody Keegan, 12.996; 16.83M-Broc Martin, 13.021; 17.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.023; 18.6M-Jac Haudenschild, 13.043; 19.97-Dean Jacobs, 13.079; 20.7-Shawn Valenti, 13.125; 21.27Z-Sean Zemunik, 13.175; 22.25M-Ken Mackey, 13.191; 23.22B-Ryan Broughton, 13.194; 24.56R-Ryan Myers, 13.203; 25.59-Bryan Nuckles, 13.271; 26.7S-Joe Swanson, 13.277; 27.5T-Travis Philo, 13.314; 28.33M-Caleb Griffith, 13.335; 29.8M-TJ Michael, 13.353; 30.12-Daniel Harding, 13.441; 31.46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.512; 32.83X-Nate Reeser, 13.542; 33.8-David Smith, 13.559; 34.4-Danny Smith, 13.605; 35.38-Max Stambaugh, 13.625; 36.89-George Hawkins, 13.643; 37.8J-Jess Stiger, 13.668; 38.40I-Mark Imler, 13.922; 39.22D-Josh Davis, 13.953; 40.96AU-Bruce White, 14.034;

Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[2] ; 2. 09-Craig Mintz[4] ; 3. 9R-Jordan Ryan[3] ; 4. 27Z-Sean Zemunik[1] ; 5. 56R-Ryan Myers[6] ; 6. 25M-Ken Mackey[5] ; 7. 8-David Smith[8] ; 8. 83X-Nate Reeser[7]

Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 45L-Brian Lay[2] ; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschield[4] ; 3. 22-Cole Duncan[1] ; 4. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 5. 9x-Rob Chaney[5] ; 6. 7-Shawn Valenti[6] ; 7. 46AU-Stuart Williams[8] ; 8. 7S-Joe Swanson[7]

Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 73-Chris Andrews[3] ; 2. 1-Dale Blaney[4] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[2] ; 4. 23-DJ Foos[5] ; 5. 16-Stuart Brubaker[1] ; 6. 83M-Broc Martin[6] ; 7. 97-Dean Jacobs[7] ; 8. 59-Bryan Nuckles[8]

Heat 4, Group D – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 8M-TJ Michael[1] ; 2. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 3. 60-Jody Keegan[4] ; 4. 12-Daniel Harding[5] ; 5. 38-Max Stambaugh[6] ; 6. 22D-Josh Davis[7] ; 7. 96AU-Bruce White[8] ; 8. 68G-Tyler Gunn[3]

Heat 5, Group E – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 33M-Caleb Griffith[1] ; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[4] ; 3. 22B-Ryan Broughton[2] ; 4. 4-Danny Smith[5] ; 5. 8J-Jess Stiger[7] ; 6. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[3] ; 7. 89-George Hawkins[6] ; 8. 40I-Mark Imler[8]

B-Main 1 – (10 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 23-DJ Foos[2] ; 2. 83M-Broc Martin[7] ; 3. 9x-Rob Chaney[4] ; 4. 4-Danny Smith[3] ; 5. 46AU-Stuart Williams[9] ; 6. 25M-Ken Mackey[6] ; 7. 40I-Mark Imler[13] ; 8. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[8] ; 9. 83X-Nate Reeser[11] ; 10. 38-Max Stambaugh[5] ; 11. 96AU-Bruce White[10] ; 12. 59-Bryan Nuckles[12]

B-Main 2 – (10 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 97-Dean Jacobs[9] ; 2. 40-Caleb Helms[1] ; 3. 56R-Ryan Myers[3] ; 4. 16-Stuart Brubaker[4] ; 5. 68G-Tyler Gunn[12] ; 6. 12-Daniel Harding[2] ; 7. 7-Shawn Valenti[6] ; 8. 8-David Smith[8] ; 9. 89-George Hawkins[10] ; 10. 7S-Joe Swanson[11] ; 11. 8J-Jess Stiger[5] ; 12. 22D-Josh Davis[7]

A-Main 1 – (30 Laps)
1. 5R-Byron Reed[5] ; 2. 45L-Brian Lay[1] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 4. 1-Dale Blaney[6] ; 5. 8M-TJ Michael[11] ; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschield[12] ; 7. 33M-Caleb Griffith[2] ; 8. 5T-Travis Philo[3] ; 9. 22-Cole Duncan[8] ; 10. 97-Dean Jacobs[17] ; 11. 09-Craig Mintz[10] ; 12. 40-Caleb Helms[19] ; 13. 9R-Jordan Ryan[13] ; 14. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[7] ; 15. 60-Jody Keegan[14] ; 16. 83M-Broc Martin[18] ; 17. 56R-Ryan Myers[21] ; 18. 22B-Ryan Broughton[15] ; 19. 73-Chris Andrews[9] ; 20. 9x-Rob Chaney[20]
Hard Charger: 97-Dean Jacobs +7

Fremont Fence 305 Sprints

Heat 1 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 2F-Matt Foos[1] ; 2. 22M-Dan McCarron[8] ; 3. 7M-Brandon Moore[3] ; 4. 6-Ray Thurston[2] ; 5. 2-Ricky Peterson[9] ; 6. 99-Alvin Roepke[5] ; 7. 39C-Scott Riley[7] ; 8. 7-Dylan Kingan[4] ; 9. 45-Trevor Baker[6]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1X-Dustin Dinan[1] ; 2. 8-Bobby Clark[4] ; 3. 11G-Luke Griffith[2] ; 4. 77I-John Ivy[7] ; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[8] ; 6. 32H-Dan Hennig[6] ; 7. 9R-Dustin Rall[5] ; 8. 10X-Dustin Stroup[3]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[5] ; 3. 12-Kyle Capodice[7] ; 4. 22-Seth Schneider[2] ; 5. 75-Jerry Dahms[6] ; 6. 14-Rick Daugherty[8] ; 7. 41-Thomas Schinderle[4] ; 8. 47-Matt Lucius[3]

Heat 4 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[1] ; 2. 4*-Tyler Street[3] ; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[7] ; 4. 2L-Landon LaLonde[2] ; 5. 66-Jamie Miller[8] ; 6. 20B-Cody Bova[4] ; 7. 94K-Kevin Mingus[6] ; 8. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[5]

B-Main 1 – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[2] ; 2. 2-Ricky Peterson[1] ; 3. 99-Alvin Roepke[3] ; 4. 32H-Dan Hennig[4] ; 5. 39C-Scott Riley[5] ; 6. 45-Trevor Baker[9] ; 7. 9R-Dustin Rall[6] ; 8. 7-Dylan Kingan[7] ; 9. 10X-Dustin Stroup[8]

B-Main 2 – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 66-Jamie Miller[2] ; 2. 20B-Cody Bova[4] ; 3. 14-Rick Daugherty[3] ; 4. 41-Thomas Schinderle[5] ; 5. 94K-Kevin Mingus[6] ; 6. 47-Matt Lucius[7] ; 7. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[8] ; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[1]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 8-Bobby Clark[2] ; 2. 12-Kyle Capodice[6] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[4] ; 4. 66-Jamie Miller[18] ; 5. 1X-Dustin Dinan[7] ; 6. 19R-Steve Rando[11] ; 7. 7M-Brandon Moore[8] ; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron[3] ; 9. 4*-Tyler Street[1] ; 10. 11G-Luke Griffith[12] ; 11. 99-Alvin Roepke[21] ; 12. 25-Jason Keckler[9] ; 13. 20B-Cody Bova[20] ; 14. 77I-John Ivy[14] ; 15. 2-Ricky Peterson[19] ; 16. 22-Seth Schneider[15] ; 17. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[17] ; 18. 1-Nate Dussel[10] ; 19. 14-Rick Daugherty[22] ; 20. 2F-Matt Foos[5] ; 21. 2L-Landon LaLonde[16] ; 22. 6-Ray Thurston[13]
Hard Charger: 66-Jamie Miller +14

Dirt Trucks –

Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 36M-Cory McCaughey[1] ; 2. 5S-Brad Stuckey[4] ; 3. 17X-Dustin Keegan[6] ; 4. 16-Steve Sabo[3] ; 5. 72-Eric Potridge[2] ; 6. 7F-Dana Frey[7] ; 7. 2-Matt Foos[5]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 33W-Jeff Ward[5] ; 2. 33-Brian Arnold[1] ; 3. J7-John Jones[4] ; 4. 13-Len Benyak[6] ; 5. 4S-Keith Sorg[2] ; 6. 8KB-Kody Brewer[3]

A-Main 1 – (15 Laps)
1. 36M-Cory McCaughey[1] ; 2. 5S-Brad Stuckey[4] ; 3. 33W-Jeff Ward[2] ; 4. 17X-Dustin Keegan[6] ; 5. 7F-Dana Frey[11] ; 6. 4S-Keith Sorg[10] ; 7. 33-Brian Arnold[5] ; 8. 16-Steve Sabo[7] ; 9. 13-Len Benyak[8] ; 10. 72-Eric Potridge[9] ; 11. J7-John Jones[3]
Hard Charger: 7F-Dana Frey +6

305 Sprints
Make-up from May 20

Heat 1 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 11G-Luke Griffith[1] ; 2. 22M-Dan McCarron[3] ; 3. 66-Jamie Miller[2] ; 4. 2-Ricky Peterson[4] ; 5. 77I-John Ivy[7] ; 6. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[6] ; 7. 19R-Steve Rando[8] ; 8. 7M-Brandon Moore[5]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 10X-Dustin Stroup[1] ; 2. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 3. 87-Brian Gibbs[3] ; 4. 9R-Dustin Rall[4] ; 5. 14-Rick Daugherty[6] ; 6. 4*-Tyler Street[8] ; 7. 42-Kevin Shirey[5] ; 8. 39C-Scott Riley[7]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 2. 12-Kyle Capodice[3] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[5] ; 4. 45-Trevor Baker[4] ; 5. 8-Bobby Clark[7] ; 6. 18N-Frank Neill[6] ; 7. 75-Jerry Dahms[8] ; 8. 1X-Dustin Dinan[2]

B-Main 1 – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 19R-Steve Rando[4] ; 2. 4*-Tyler Street[2] ; 3. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[1] ; 4. 18N-Frank Neill[3] ; 5. 7M-Brandon Moore[7] ; 6. 42-Kevin Shirey[5] ; 7. 39C-Scott Riley[8] ; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[6] ; 9. 1X-Dustin Dinan[9]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[7] ; 2. 2-Ricky Peterson[2] ; 3. 66-Jamie Miller[1] ; 4. 12-Kyle Capodice[3] ; 5. 36-Seth Schneider[6] ; 6. 22M-Dan McCarron[11] ; 7. 19R-Steve Rando[15] ; 8. 10X-Dustin Stroup[5] ; 9. 77I-John Ivy[12] ; 10. 45-Trevor Baker[9] ; 11. 25-Jason Keckler[4] ; 12. 11G-Luke Griffith[8] ; 13. 8-Bobby Clark[14] ; 14. 4*-Tyler Street[16] ; 15. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[17] ; 16. 9R-Dustin Rall[10] ; 17. 14-Rick Daugherty[13] ; 18. 39C-Scott Riley[19] ; 19. 75-Jerry Dahms[20] ; 20. 7M-Brandon Moore[18]
Hard Charger: 19R-Steve Rando +8

By Brian Liskai

ATTICA, Ohio – On a slick race track there are few better than Hartford, Ohio’s Dale Blaney. “The Low Rider” proved it again Friday at Attica Raceway Park as he threw a “slider” on Chad Kemenah on a restart with five laps to go and went on to score his 130th career Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions victory.

Blaney’s win on Tusing Builders/Kear’s Speed Shop Night is the 25th of his career at Attica of which 18 have been All Star victories.

“That was a hell of a race and a hell of a win. I apologize to James (McFadden) for getting into him. We were both racing really, really hard and I was coming pretty hard at that point and we were going for the same spot. We collected each other…fortunate enough I got through it. We will have some more runs…he’s here for about four months so I know we’ll race hard again,” said Blaney beside his Muddy Outdoor and Survival Cooking Hunting Equipment, Big Game Tree Stands, Penske Shocks, Ti22 Performance, GF1 Chassis backed machine.

“I have to thank my guys George and Skippy and Donny…they do an unbelievable job. This is a brand new car. We put it together this week. We really haven’t been running very good, but this was flawless. First time in a long time from lap 20 on I got better,” added Blaney, a six time All Star champion.

Seven time Attica champion Byron Reed from Monclova, Ohio, would get around Kemenah late for a second place finish.

“We’ve had a really good year. We’ve been fast every night out. It felt good. I made one mistake and that’s where Dale got by me. I don’t know if he was a lot faster than me. I think maybe if I didn’t make that mistake it might have been different. I’m happy with what we did,” said Reed beside his Crown Battery, Kistler Engines backed #5.

Kemenah, from Alvada, Ohio, led laps 5 through 35, but would record a third place finish

“We keep hanging around the top five and we get better every time we come here. When it gets to the ‘creeper’ deal like that…that’s where he (Blaney) shines. We weren’t bad…not bad at all. We’ll keep working at it and get better. Every time we run in top five it adds up and the team gets better. You hang around long enough and the wins come in bunches,” said Kemenah beside his Hunter Racing, Seneca Energy, Brilex LLC, JRC Transport, DKW Transport, Champion Oil, Bonnel’s Rod Shop, Nighthawk Holdings backed #10H.

In the Sunoco American Late Model Series “Hammer Down” Doug Drown from Wooster, Ohio would hold off Matt Irey for his third win of the season at Attica. It is his 16th career victory at the track. But the night wasn’t easy as mechanical issues early had the team scrambling to make repairs

“We’ve won four out of the six races we’ve run. This Swartz Race Car is phenomenal. I don’t know why other people haven’t switched to them sooner. They are definitely a pretty damn good piece. I went a little harder on tires than the other guys,” said Drown beside his Hall’s Auto Sales, Kar Konnections, Malcuit Racing Engines, Nationwide Vehicle Protection, Wooster Glass backed #240.

“The guys worked their butts off. We broke a header in hot laps. We welded one up…thanks to Byron Reed and Mike Bores for letting us borrow their welder. My son brought me another one from the house…it’s been an adventure in the pits for us. But the car was just phenomenal,” Drown added.

The Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature was a barn-burner with Jason Keckler, Jamie Miller, Paul Weaver and Brandon Moore battling throughout. Keckler would withstand a restart with four laps to go to grab his second win of the season. It was the third of his career at Attica.

“I was a little bit nervous on that restart knowing Paul (Weaver) was behind me. I was wondering ‘is he up top or on the bottom.’ Paul’s usually on the top but I saw someone under me and I didn’t know if it was him or Jamie (Miller). I really didn’t want that yellow…especially when I saw who was behind me and how far back he had come from and knowing how good he is when the track gets like this,” said Keckler beside his Meggit Farms, Uncle Bob’s Paint Shop backed #25.

Broc Martin and Brady Bacon would bring the field to green for the 40-lap All Star feature with Martin gaining the advantage. Kemenah would quickly challenge Bacon for second as Martin pulled away slightly. The car on the move early was James McFadden. The Australian would drive into fourth on lap three and took third a circuit later.

Kemenah would drive to the high side of turn four on lap five to take the lead from martin with Bacon and McFadden trading the third spot lap after lap while Cap Henry and Byron Reed stayed close. McFadden would take third on lap seven and two laps later drove into second.

Following a caution on lap nine for a Bradley Howard spin, the racing up front would get very entertaining. Kemenah held on to the lead over McFadden, martin, Bacon, Henry, Blaney, Reed and Trey Jacobs. Henry would storm into third on lap 12 with Reed grabbing fourth a circuit later.

With 15 laps recorded Kemenah’s commanding lead began to dissipate as he drove into lapped traffic. McFadden was comfortably in second while Henry, Reed, and Blaney battled for third. At the half-way point, Kemenah would lead but the race for second had the huge crowd on the edge of their seats between McFadden, Henry, Reed and Blaney.

Henry would take the runner-up spot on lap 22 with McFadden, Blaney, Reed and Trey Jacobs in tow. Blaney and McFadden would make contact on lap 26, sending McFadden off the high side of turn three. On the restart Kemenah lead Henry, Blaney, Reed, Jacobs and Chris Andrews.

Kemenah narrowly avoided disaster with 10 laps to go when he jumped the cushion in turn four. He would gather it back up and maintained the lead over a closing Henry with Blaney, Reed, Jacobs and Andrews in pursuit. Howard and Martin would spin on opposite ends of the track on lap 32.

When the green reappeared Blaney and Reed would get around Henry. With five laps to go Bacon would spin. On the restart Blaney threw a slider at Kemenah and it stuck as “the Low Rider” took the lead. Kemenah would have his hands full now with Reed with Henry, Andrews and Jacobs staying close.

Reed would grab second on lap 38 but ran out of time to reel in Blaney.

“Cap was showing Chad his nose a little bit off of four and two. On the yellow with eight laps to go Chad dropped to the bottom of one and two. That left top open for me and I drove by Cap and it got me in a good spot. I wasn’t very good around the bottom. I couldn’t stop and go very good. Luckily enough he (Kemenah) kept running the bottom of one and two and it gave me an opportunity. It was up in the air what he was going to do on that restart. I thought he would drop but I didn’t know and it gave me a good run at him and I threw it across there and it stuck. I thought I’d see him back under me,” said Blaney of his winning move.

Behind Blaney, Reed and Kemenah, Henry and Andrews would round out the top five with rookie Trey Jacobs, Danny Holtgraver, Kraig Kinser (up from 26th starting spot), Dean Jacobs (up from 20th starting spot) and Travis Philo rounding out the top 10.

Drown and Devin Shiels led the field to green for the 30-lap late model feature. Drown would grab the lead over Matt Irey, Shiels, Brad Malcuit, Rob Anderzack, Ryan Markham and Mike Bores before a caution was displayed for a Larry Bellman, Nate Potts tangle.

On the restart Drown would be hounded by Irey with Shiels, Malcuit, Markham and Bores waging a terrific battle for third. With five laps in Drown had pulled away slightly from Irey with Shiels, Malcuit, Markham, Bores and Jon Henry in pursuit.

The final caution flew on lap 15 for a multi-car crash. This time on the restart Drown couldn’t shake Irey as the pair would run nose to tail the last half of the race. Meanwhile, the race for third continued to entertain between Shiels, Malcuit, Bores, Markham and Henry.

Henry was the car on the move as he drove into sixth with six laps remaining and into fourth by lap 26. No one was going to touch Drown as he drove to the win over Irey, Henry, Shiels and Bores.

“I had a little bit of a respect issue…on those restarts they hit me in the rear a little bit. I don’t understand. That’s why I locked them up. If you can’t pass on the race track you shouldn’t have to wreck somebody. I’m a little upset about that. But other than that the car was phenomenal,” Drown said.

Brandon Moore and Keckler brought the field to green for the 25-lap 305 sprint feature but before a lap could be scored Dan McCarron and Thomas Schinderle would spin. On the ensuing restart Moore would grave the lead over Keckler, Kelsey Ivy and Seth Schneider.

Keckler would close on Moore by lap four and drove around him into the lead a lap later. Behind them was a great battle involving Ivy, Schneider, Jamie Miller and Paul Weaver. Miller took third on lap five and started to close on Keckler and Moore.

With 14 laps scored the battle for the lead was intense between Keckler, Miller, Moore and Weaver. It would have the fans on the edge of their seats until the caution flew with four laps to go for a Steve Rando spin.

The restart order was Keckler, Weaver, Miller, Moore and Ivy. Miller would regain second when the green flew but Weaver and Moore stayed close while Kyle Capodice moved into the top five. Keckler wouldn’t make a mistake and drove to the win over Miller, Weaver, Moore and Capodice.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action, Friday, June 10 on Burns Electric/Gordon Lumber Night. It will be a point night for the Kistler Racing Products FAST Championship Series Presented by KS Sales and Service for the 410 sprints and for the JLH General Contractor 305 FAST Championship Series Presented by Engine Pro. The 305 sprints will also make up their rained out A-main from May 20. The dirt trucks will also be in action.

For a complete schedule of events go to www.atticaracewaypark.com and follow the track on Twitter @atticaracewyprk and like Attica Raceway Park on Facebook.

Attica Raceway Park
Friday, May 27, 2016
Tusing Builders/Kear’s Speed Shop Night
Starting position [*]

410 Sprints – Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions

Qualifying
1.73-Chris Andrews, 12.595; 2.99-Brady Bacon, 12.616; 3.24-Rico Abreu, 12.659; 4.1-Dale Blaney, 12.749; 5.6M-Jac Haudenschild, 12.771; 6.81-Lee Jacobs, 12.808; 7.83M-Broc Martin, 12.822; 8.10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.833; 9.87-Aaron Reutzel, 12.854; 10.70-Danny Holtgraver, 12.854; 11.9x-Rob Chaney, 12.864; 12.8-Bryan Sebetto, 12.865; 13.21-Cap Henry, 12.901; 14.7C-Caleb Armstrong, 12.918; 15.9R-Jordan Ryan, 12.928; 16.23-DJ Foos, 12.954; 17.09x-Carson Macedo, 13.041; 18.11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.098; 19.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.119; 20.5-Byron Reed, 13.159; 21.57X-Andrew Palker, 13.217; 22.3G-James McFadden, 13.323; 23.40-Caleb Helms, 13.328; 24.60K-Jody Keegan, 13.337; 25.3J-Trey Jacobs, 13.349; 26.95-Hunter Mackison, 13.388; 27.45L-Brian Lay, 13.404; 28.5T-Travis Philo, 13.456; 29.16-Stuart Brubaker, 13.469; 30.97-Dean Jacobs, 13.481; 31.27Z-Sean Zemunik, 13.553; 32.9-Jimmy Colvin, 13.662; 33.40i-Mark Imler, 13.682; 34.60-Kory Crabtree, 13.721; 35.46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.829; 36.8J-Jess Stiger, 13.835; 37.8M-TJ Michael, 13.889; 38.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.956; 39.7-Shawn Valenti, 13.987; 40.49H-Bradley Howard, 14.034; 41.33M-Caleb Griffith, 14.065; 42.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 14.137; 43.5B-Chad Blonde, 14.209; 44.19-Joe Kubiniec, 14.315; 45.25M-Ken Mackey, 14.380; 46.1080-Jordan Mackison, 99.550;

Heat 1, Group A – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 83M-Broc Martin[1] ; 2. 73-Chris Andrews[4] ; 3. 1-Dale Blaney[3] ; 4. 70-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 5. 9x-Rob Chaney[7] ; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel[5] ; 7. 8-Bryan Sebetto[8] ; 8. 23-DJ Foos[9] ; 9. 40i-Mark Imler[12] ; 10. 95-Hunter Mackison[11] ; 11. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[2] ; 12. 60K-Jody Keegan[10]

Heat 2, Group B – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 21-Cap Henry[1] ; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah[2] ; 3. 99-Brady Bacon[4] ; 4. 09x-Carson Macedo[7] ; 5. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[5] ; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs[3] ; 7. 9R-Jordan Ryan[6] ; 8. 9-Jimmy Colvin[10] ; 9. 11K-Kraig Kinser[8] ; 10. 60-Kory Crabtree[11] ; 11. 8J-Jess Stiger[12] ; 12. 27Z-Sean Zemunik[9]

Heat 3, Group C – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 2. 3J-Trey Jacobs[2] ; 3. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 4. 16-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 5. 49H-Bradley Howard[8] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[6] ; 7. 5B-Chad Blonde[10] ; 8. 24-Rico Abreu[4] ; 9. 19-Joe Kubiniec[11] ; 10. 7-Shawn Valenti[7] ; 11. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[9]

Heat 4, Group D – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 3G-James McFadden[1] ; 2. 57X-Andrew Palker[2] ; 3. 5-Byron Reed[3] ; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4] ; 5. 97-Dean Jacobs[6] ; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn[8] ; 7. 8M-TJ Michael[7] ; 8. 45L-Brian Lay[5] ; 9. 33M-Caleb Griffith[9] ; 10. 25M-Ken Mackey[10] ; 11. 1080-Jordan Mackison[11]

Dash 1 – (8 Laps, determines feature starting line-up)
1. 83M-Broc Martin[1] ; 2. 99-Brady Bacon[2] ; 3. 21-Cap Henry[4] ; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah[5] ; 5. 3G-James McFadden[8] ; 6. 73-Chris Andrews[3] ; 7. 1-Dale Blaney[6] ; 8. 57X-Andrew Palker[7]

C-Main 1 – (10 Laps, top 2 to B)
1. 60-Kory Crabtree[1] ; 2. 46AU-Stuart Williams[2] ; 3. 8M-TJ Michael[4] ; 4. 68G-Tyler Gunn[5] ; 5. 5B-Chad Blonde[9] ; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[8] ; 7. 8J-Jess Stiger[3] ; 8. 1080-Jordan Mackison[12] ; 9. 7-Shawn Valenti[6] ; 10. 19-Joe Kubiniec[10] ; 11. 25M-Ken Mackey[11] ; 12. 33M-Caleb Griffith[7]

B-Main 1 – (12 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 24-Rico Abreu[1] ; 2. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[2] ; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4] ; 4. 81-Lee Jacobs[3] ; 5. 9R-Jordan Ryan[6] ; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser[8] ; 7. 8-Bryan Sebetto[5] ; 8. 9-Jimmy Colvin[13] ; 9. 46AU-Stuart Williams[16] ; 10. 23-DJ Foos[7] ; 11. 40i-Mark Imler[14] ; 12. 60-Kory Crabtree[15] ; 13. 27Z-Sean Zemunik[12] ; 14. 60K-Jody Keegan[9] ; 15. 95-Hunter Mackison[10] ; 16. 45L-Brian Lay[11]

A-Main 1 – (40 Laps)
1. 1-Dale Blaney[7] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[12] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 4. 21-Cap Henry[3] ; 5. 73-Chris Andrews[6] ; 6. 3J-Trey Jacobs[9] ; 7. 70-Danny Holtgraver[13] ; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser[26] ; 9. 97-Dean Jacobs[20] ; 10. 5T-Travis Philo[10] ; 11. 8M-TJ Michael[25] ; 12. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[16] ; 13. 24-Rico Abreu[21] ; 14. 81-Lee Jacobs[24] ; 15. 9x-Rob Chaney[17] ; 16. 09x-Carson Macedo[14] ; 17. 40-Caleb Helms[11] ; 18. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[18] ; 19. 87-Aaron Reutzel[23] ; 20. 99-Brady Bacon[2] ; 21. 16-Stuart Brubaker[15] ; 22. 83M-Broc Martin[1] ; 23. 3G-James McFadden[5] ; 24. 49H-Bradley Howard[19] ; 25. 57X-Andrew Palker[8] ; 26. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[22]
Hard Charger: 11K-Kraig Kinser +18

Fremont Fence 305 Sprints –

Heat 1 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[2] ; 2. 12-Kyle Capodice[4] ; 3. 41-Thomas Schinderle[6] ; 4. 39C-Scott Riley[3] ; 5. 6-Ray Thurston[1] ; 6. 75-Jerry Dahms[5] ; 7. 9R-Dustin Rall[7]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 10X-Dustin Stroup[2] ; 2. 25-Jason Keckler[1] ; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[6] ; 4. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 5. 11G-Luke Griffith[4] ; 6. 22M-Dan McCarron[5] ; 7. 97-Kyle Peters[7]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 66-Jamie Miller[3] ; 2. 4T-James Taddeo[2] ; 3. 7M-Brandon Moore[4] ; 4. 4*-Tyler Street[6] ; 5. 8-Bobby Clark[7] ; 6. 14-Rick Daugherty[1] ; 7. 1X-Dustin Dinan[5]

Heat 4 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 77I-John Ivy[2] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 3. 49-Coty Runion[4] ; 4. 2-Ricky Peterson[6] ; 5. 45-Trevor Baker[7] ; 6. 7-Dylan Kingan[3] ; 7. 94K-Kevin Mingus[5]

B-Main 1 – (10 Laps, top 6 to A)
1. 11G-Luke Griffith[2] ; 2. 8-Bobby Clark[3] ; 3. 22M-Dan McCarron[6] ; 4. 6-Ray Thurston[1] ; 5. 45-Trevor Baker[4] ; 6. 97-Kyle Peters[10] ; 7. 14-Rick Daugherty[7] ; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[5] ; 9. 94K-Kevin Mingus[12] ; 10. 7-Dylan Kingan[8] ; 11. 1X-Dustin Dinan[11] ; 12. 9R-Dustin Rall[9]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 2. 66-Jamie Miller[6] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[14] ; 4. 7M-Brandon Moore[1] ; 5. 12-Kyle Capodice[10] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[5] ; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[3] ; 8. 10X-Dustin Stroup[12] ; 9. 77I-John Ivy[9] ; 10. 4*-Tyler Street[15] ; 11. 8-Bobby Clark[18] ; 12. 22M-Dan McCarron[19] ; 13. 4T-James Taddeo[8] ; 14. 39C-Scott Riley[13] ; 15. 11G-Luke Griffith[17] ; 16. 2-Ricky Peterson[16] ; 17. 19R-Steve Rando[11] ; 18. 41-Thomas Schinderle[7] ; 19. 45-Trevor Baker[21] ; 20. 97-Kyle Peters[22] ; 21. 49-Coty Runion[4] ; 22. 6-Ray Thurston[20]
Hard Charger: 1W-Paul Weaver +11

Sunoco ALMS Late Models –

Heat 1 – (10 Laps)
1. 51-Devin Shiels[2] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[3] ; 3. 7-Dave Hornikel[5] ; 4. 15B-Mike Bores[7] ; 5. 14-JR Gentry[8] ; 6. 007-Rick Bond[1] ; 7. 03-Jim Gingery[6] ; 8. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[4]

Heat 2 – (10 Laps)
1. 79-Brad Malcuit[3] ; 2. 8A-Rob Anderzack[5] ; 3. 15-Jon Henry[6] ; 4. 59-Larry Bellman[1] ; 5. 00-Mathew Chapman[7] ; 6. B4U-Brad Eitniear[4] ; 7. 12-Kent Brewer[2]

Heat 3 – (10 Laps)
1. 240-Doug Drown[2] ; 2. 5M-Ryan Markham[5] ; 3. 53M-Hillard Miller[6] ; 4. 21-Larry Kingseed[3] ; 5. 30-Nate Potts[7] ; 6. 13-Scott Smith[4] ; 7. 12M-Bobby Michaels[1]

A-Main 1 – (30 Laps)
1. 240-Doug Drown[1] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[4] ; 3. 15-Jon Henry[8] ; 4. 51-Devin Shiels[2] ; 5. 15B-Mike Bores[10] ; 6. 79-Brad Malcuit[3] ; 7. 5M-Ryan Markham[6] ; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed[12] ; 9. B4U-Brad Eitniear[17] ; 10. 00-Mathew Chapman[14] ; 11. 8A-Rob Anderzack[5] ; 12. 007-Rick Bond[16] ; 13. 14-JR Gentry[13] ; 14. 53M-Hillard Miller[9] ; 15. 12-Kent Brewer[20] ; 16. 30-Nate Potts[15] ; 17. 59-Larry Bellman[11] ; 18. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[22] ; 19. 12M-Bobby Michaels[21] ; 20. 13-Scott Smith[18]