By Brian Liskai

ATTICA, Ohio – Sheldon Haudenschild overcame an early race incident and passed Byron Reed on lap 20 and survived late race cautions to claim the biggest win of his young sprint car career. The Wooster, Ohio native scored his 7th Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions win of 2016 at Attica Raceway Park Saturday and earned a $10,000 payday for the first Dirt Classic Ohio.

For Haudenschild, who is third in the All Star point standings, it was the 13th career series win, two of which have come at Attica. He gave the huge crowd a thrilling “spin to win” victory on All Pro Cylinder Heads Night, the third of his career at the track, to close Attica’s 2016 season.

Haudenschild lead the first eight laps and upon entering heavy lapped traffic and battling Dale Blaney and Byron Reed, he spun in turn four but was able to keep going and dropped to third. He would quickly rebound and took second on lap 15 and drove around Reed for the lead for good on lap 20.

“I just pinned it and kept it running. I knew on this track if I could just keep it going I’d get a top five. The track was awesome…hats off to those guys. I spun out there and I kind of had to regroup and make sure I wasn’t spinning my tires and get through the first half and be there at the end. Dale (Blaney) actually made a mistake in turn four and about jumped the top which was definitely easy to do. I saw Dale entering a little lower in turn one and I tried to do that a couple of times once I got to second and I figured I’d just rail it and see what I could do. I ended up getting a good run on Byron (Reed) into three and had a pretty good slide job and tried to hit my marks from there. I still made a couple of mistakes…I got to the lappers and I thought Byron would be there. I just kept ripping it,” said Haudenschild beside his Southern Pacific Farms, Finzer Farms, Callies Performance Products, Finish Line Auto Body, Willwood, Smith Titanium, Walker Filtration, GME, BMRS backed machine.

As for the $10,000 payday? Haudenschild says it all goes back into the team. “All our money goes back to our crew and this race car. That’s the only way we stay out here and keep racing. We have to win and make a little bit of money to keep going,” he added.

For Reed, who won his eighth Attica track championship this season and picked up the victory Friday night, a second place run continued his strong run in 2016.

“I’m really happy. I think I’ve finished second at every All Star race here this year. When I saw the top was so good I knew we were in trouble with Sheldon. He’s so good on the top. Would have liked to have seen a little traffic. I think I might have made it interesting. I think I was maybe a little more maneuverable than he was but he was killing us on the top. But overall I’m pretty happy. It’s been a great year. The most win’s I’ve ever had in a season and hopefully it’s not over yet,” said Reed beside his Crown Battery, Ken Gill Construction backed #5.

Blaney’s third place run vaulted him into the All Star point lead though it is slim over Chad Kemenah. Kemenah came back from an early flat tire and drove to a 10th place finish to stay within six points of Blaney.

“The track had a few ripples in it getting into both corners and getting into three I couldn’t get to where I wanted to. I was just kind of holding on and the middle went away getting into one. We were fair…pretty good all night long really. If we can finish on the podium for the rest of the year we’ll be there at the end of this thing. It’s a good night overall for us and Janet and CH Motorsports and Muddy and Big Game and Penske Shocks, Gf1, Fisher Racing Engines…everyone does a great job with our team,” said Blaney.

Ashland, Ohio’s Ryan Markham used lapped traffic to take the lead from JR Gentry on lap eight of the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Model feature and then held off challenges from Doug Drown and Mike Bores as he drove to his third win of the season at Attica. It was his 10th career win at the track and kept him atop the Attica Raceway Park-Wayne County Speedway Late Model Series Challenge point lead. Markham has won three of the five point races in 2016.

“I just had to get up on the wheel. It’s a little treacherous up there…I kept getting tight down here (turns one and two) and got a little push. But, if you slow down it’s harder to drive so better to go a little faster. Since we put this Swartz Chassis together we have three wins here and three second places with it. We had a good run here last night until we had a tire go down,” said Markham beside his H&T Demolition; Harriger Towing; Accu-Force; Innovative Graphics; Cool-It Thermo Tec. Backed #5M.

“I want to thank Paul Harriger. I think he got a speeding ticket on his way up here to help me tonight. It’s a good thing he got here because we got the nose boogered up. I have to give a big shout out to Bret Chance. He did a little shock stuff for me last night and we put it on today and it was pretty good. I want to thank Accu-Force for all the work they do for me and Malcuit Engines,” added Markham.

Fremont, Ohio’s Matt Foos, a former Attica dirt truck champion, continued his fantastic rookie year in the Fremont Fence 305 Sprints. Foos would take the lead on lap 10 after fellow rookie Trevor Baker spun but kept going. Foos picked his way through traffic like a seasoned veteran the last five laps to score his second win of the year.

“This is unbelievable. This is my dad’s (Dave, crew chief) 50th win with all the guys he’s had working together. It’s so awesome. My dad’s been on me pretty hard bout being easy on the right foot,” said Foos beside his Rich and Shelly Farmer owned machine with sponsorship help from Level Performance, Fremont Auto Parts, Automatic Fire Protection, Big D’s Pizza.

When asked what the biggest thing he has learned in his rookie sprint car season, Foos replied, “It’s not about even driving. It’s about becoming a better person. Settling yourself down and having composure. Not letting anything bother you. You are here to do a job.”

The 40-lap All Star feature got off to a rocky start. First Reed would be penalized a row for jumping the initial start. On the second attempt Stuart Brubaker and Duane Zablocki got together after a lap was completed. On the ensuing restart D.J. Foos would stop on the track and Cole Duncan would spin. After three laps were scored eighth running Chris Andrews coast to a stop. On the restart Haudenschild would rocket away with Blaney and Reed battling for second while Craig Mintz, Tim Shaffer, Chad Kemenah and Brent Marks gave chase.

Haudenschild encountered extremely heavy lapped traffic by the ninth circuit and he would spin in turn four but kept his car under power and fell back to third with Blaney taking over the point. Reed would drive under Blaney for the top spot on lap 13 with Blaney and Haudenschild staying within striking distance. Broc Martin brought out the caution on lap 16 with Reed maintaining the lead over Haudenschild, Blaney, Mintz, Shaffer, Marks and Kemenah.

When the green reappeared Reed drove to the bottom while Haudenschild blasted away around the top. Haudenschild rim-rode into the lead on lap 20 with Reed, Blaney, Mintz and 14th place starter Travis Philo in tow. Andrews would bring out the caution again on lap 22. On the ensuing restart Cap Henry and Shaffer would tangle with Henry ending up on his side. When the green came back out Haudenschild rocketed away, building up a lead over Reed, Blaney, Mintz, Marks, Philo and Danny Holtgraver who started 20th.

Haudenschild narrowly avoided disaster on lap 31 when he made hard contact while trying to lap Broc Martin, sending Martin crashing into the fourth turn fence. Once again with a clear track, Haudenschild pulled away on the restart with Reed, Blaney, Marks, Mintz, Philo, Lee Jacobs (up from 26th) and Holtgraver giving chase.

Haudenschild built a 2.5 second lead and cruised to the win over Reed, Blaney, Marks, Mintz and Philo.

Markham and Gentry brought the field to green for the 25 lap late model feature and the pair battled hard for the lead with Rick Bond and Mike Bores side by side right behind. Gentry got the slight advantage over Markham with Bores and Bond trading the third spot over the first six laps. Markham drove into the lead on lap eight but Gentry, Bores and now Doug Drown were within half a car length. Markham utilized the high line to begin to pull away slightly as Bores and Drown raced side by side over the next four laps for second.

Drown began eating away at Markham’s lead but a bobble on the cushion in turn three cost him valuable real estate. The first caution flew on lap 14 for Nick Cox. On the restart Markham was able to pull away from Drown with Bores, Matt Irey and Brad Malcuit in pursuit. Bores drove under Drown for second on lap 18 just before the caution flew for a Malcuit spin. On the ensuing restart Bores ducked under Markham but couldn’t get by with Drown racing right off their rear bumpers.

With two laps to go Drown was within half a car length of Markham. But, Markham would hit his marks perfectly and drove to the win over Drown, Bores, Irey and 15th place starter Dave Hornikel.

Rookie Trevor Baker jumped into the lead of the 305 sprint feature and built a sizeable lead as Ricky Peterson, Foos, Jamie Miller, Dan Hennig and Steve Rando gave chase. Foos took the second position on lap three just prior to the caution for Kyle Capodice who slowed to a stop. Baker got a great restart and pulled away from Foos, Peterson, Miller, Rando, Jordan Ryan, Hennig and Dustin Dinan.

Disaster struck for Baker on lap nine as he spun in turn two but kept going, falling back to fifth. Now in the lead, Foos used the middle line to build a bit of a lead over Peterson, Miller and Rando. Dinan would coast to a stop on lap 12. Foos again got a great restart and pulled away from Peterson while Miller and Rando battled for third with Ryan, Baker, Brandon Moore, Luke Griffith and Josh Harrison in tow. With 10 laps to go Rando would take third while Peterson began to inch closer to Foos.

Foos encountered lapped traffic with five laps to go but picked his way through and drove to the win over Peterson, Rando, Miller and Ryan.

The first Dirt Classic Ohio was deemed a huge success. Since 2014, the event, which began at Lincoln Speedway in Pennsylvania as a way to get more money into the hands of race teams, has paid out nearly a half million dollars, nearly $200,000 this year alone. And, through the Kasey Kahne Foundation, which was created by the NASCAR star to help charities supporting chronically ill children and their families, over $60,000 has been raised through the Dirt Classic. The Attica Fair Association sold 50/50 raffle tickets to benefit the Kasey Kahne Foundation, raising over $1,600 Saturday. The 50/50 winner then donated $1,000 of his winnings to former 305 sprint driver Junior Felver and his wife Sara and their four-year-old daughter Peyton who is fighting a rare form of cancer.

Attica Raceway Park Promoter John Bores and his staff would like to thank all the race teams, fans, marketing partners, push truck and wrecker operators and safety personnel for their support in 2016 and look forward to more excitement in 2017.

Attica Raceway Park
Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Night
Denotes starting position – [*]

Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions

Qualifying
1.10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.466; 2.19m-Brent Marks, 12.480; 3.21-Cap Henry, 12.592; 4.1-Dale Blaney, 12.595; 5.57X-Andrew Palker, 12.623; 6.73-Chris Andrews, 12.647; 7.49-Tim Shaffer, 12.677; 8.23-DJ Foos, 12.685; 9.O9-Craig Mintz, 12.710; 10.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.727; 11.5-Byron Reed, 12.729; 12.16-Stuart Brubaker, 12.756; 13.33M-Max Stambaugh, 12.799; 14.97-Gary Taylor, 12.812; 15.9X-Cole Duncan, 12.840; 16.40-Caleb Helms, 12.843; 17.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.893; 18.60K-Jody Keegan, 12.899; 19.45L-Brian Lay, 12.901; 20.81-Lee Jacobs, 12.917; 21.5T-Travis Philo, 12.933; 22.8M-TJ Michael, 12.943; 23.11N-Randy Hannagan, 12.970; 24.7C-Caleb Armstrong, 12.986; 25.49H-Bradley Howard, 13.017; 26.83M-Broc Martin, 13.050; 27.38-Dean Jacobs, 13.101; 28.11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.171; 29.9-Jordan Ryan, 13.180; 30.70-Danny Holtgraver, 13.477; 31.84-Brandon Hanks, 13.491; 32.33K-Kyle Patrick, 13.642; 33.60-Kory Crabtree, 13.646; 34.49D-Shawn Dancer, 14.109; 35.49E-Bob Howard, 14.510;

Heat 1, Group A – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 16-Stuart Brubaker[1] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[2] ; 3. 23-DJ Foos[3] ; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[6] ; 6. 40-Caleb Helms[5] ; 7. 81-Lee Jacobs[7] ; 8. 9-Jordan Ryan[8] ; 9. 60-Kory Crabtree[9]

Heat 2, Group B – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 1-Dale Blaney[2] ; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[1] ; 3. 21-Cap Henry[3] ; 4. 19m-Brent Marks[4] ; 5. 97-Gary Taylor[6] ; 6. 33M-Max Stambaugh[5] ; 7. 9X-Cole Duncan[7] ; 8. 11N-Randy Hannagan[8] ; 9. 49D-Shawn Dancer[9]

Heat 3, Group C – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 49-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 2. 73-Chris Andrews[3] ; 3. 45L-Brian Lay[5] ; 4. 57X-Andrew Palker[4] ; 5. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[7] ; 6. 38-Dean Jacobs[9] ; 7. 8M-TJ Michael[6] ; 8. 49H-Bradley Howard[8]

Heat 4, Group D – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 83M-Broc Martin[2] ; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[3] ; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser[1] ; 5. 70-Danny Holtgraver[5] ; 6. 84-Brandon Hanks[6] ; 7. 33K-Kyle Patrick[7]

Dash 1 – (6 Laps, determines A-main starting positions)
1. 1-Dale Blaney[1] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[4] ; 3. 49-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[5] ; 5. 19m-Brent Marks[2] ; 6. 73-Chris Andrews[6] ; 7. 10H-Chad Kemenah[8] ; 8. O9-Craig Mintz[7]

B-Main 1 – (12 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 2. 9X-Cole Duncan[2] ; 3. 33M-Max Stambaugh[1] ; 4. 11N-Randy Hannagan[6] ; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs[4] ; 6. 8M-TJ Michael[5] ; 7. 38-Dean Jacobs[8] ; 8. 49H-Bradley Howard[7] ; 9. 33K-Kyle Patrick[11] ; 10. 49D-Shawn Dancer[13] ; 11. 84-Brandon Hanks[10] ; 12. 49E-Bob Howard[14] ; 13. 60-Kory Crabtree[12] ; 14. 9-Jordan Ryan[9] ; 15. 60K-Jody Keegan[15]

A-Main 1 – (40 Laps)
1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[2] ; 3. 1-Dale Blaney[1] ; 4. 19m-Brent Marks[5] ; 5. O9-Craig Mintz[8] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[14] ; 7. 81-Lee Jacobs[26] ; 8. 70-Danny Holtgraver[20] ; 9. 11K-Kraig Kinser[16] ; 10. 10H-Chad Kemenah[7] ; 11. 11N-Randy Hannagan[24] ; 12. 8M-TJ Michael[21] ; 13. 40-Caleb Helms[23] ; 14. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[19] ; 15. 97-Gary Taylor[18] ; 16. 21-Cap Henry[12] ; 17. 45L-Brian Lay[13] ; 18. 83M-Broc Martin[10] ; 19. 16-Stuart Brubaker[9] ; 20. 73-Chris Andrews[6] ; 21. 33M-Max Stambaugh[25] ; 22. 49-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 23. 57X-Andrew Palker[15] ; 24. 9X-Cole Duncan[22] ; 25. 23-DJ Foos[11] ; 26. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[17]
Hard Charger: 81-Lee Jacobs +19

305 Sprints – Fremont Fence

Heat 1 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 1XX-Jordan Ryan[2] ; 2. 66-Jamie Miller[7] ; 3. 11G-Luke Griffith[3] ; 4. 9R-Dustin Rall[6] ; 5. 10-Josh Harrison[5] ; 6. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[1] ; 7. 36-Seth Schneider[8] ; 8. 39C-Scott Riley[9] ; 9. 13-Jeremy Duposki[4]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 2F-Matt Foos[6] ; 2. 32H-Dan Hennig[1] ; 3. 45-Trevor Baker[3] ; 4. 47-Matt Lucius[2] ; 5. 20B-Cody Bova[7] ; 6. 4T-James Taddeo[8] ; 7. 25-Jason Keckler[9] ; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[5] ; 9. 77I-John Ivy[4]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 1X-Dustin Dinan[1] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[4] ; 3. 7M-Brandon Moore[2] ; 4. 2-Ricky Peterson[7] ; 5. 2L-Landon LaLonde[3] ; 6. 12-Kyle Capodice[8] ; 7. 4*-Tyler Street[5] ; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[9] ; 9. 51-Chase Dunham[6]

B-Main 1 – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 4T-James Taddeo[2] ; 2. 12-Kyle Capodice[3] ; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[4] ; 4. 4*-Tyler Street[6] ; 5. 25-Jason Keckler[5] ; 6. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[9] ; 7. 77I-John Ivy[11] ; 8. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[1] ; 9. 39C-Scott Riley[7] ; 10. 13-Jeremy Duposki[10] ; 11. 75-Jerry Dahms[8] ; 12. 51-Chase Dunham[12]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 2F-Matt Foos[3] ; 2. 2-Ricky Peterson[1] ; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[5] ; 4. 66-Jamie Miller[8] ; 5. 1XX-Jordan Ryan[11] ; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[7] ; 7. 45-Trevor Baker[2] ; 8. 10-Josh Harrison[13] ; 9. 11G-Luke Griffith[10] ; 10. 9R-Dustin Rall[12] ; 11. 20B-Cody Bova[14] ; 12. 25-Jason Keckler[20] ; 13. 36-Seth Schneider[18] ; 14. 32H-Dan Hennig[4] ; 15. 4*-Tyler Street[19] ; 16. 4T-James Taddeo[16] ; 17. 2L-Landon LaLonde[15] ; 18. 47-Matt Lucius[6] ; 19. 1X-Dustin Dinan[9] ; 20. 12-Kyle Capodice[17]
Hard Charger: 25-Jason Keckler +8

Late Models – Summit Racing Equipment

Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 15B-Mike Bores[3] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[7] ; 3. 007-Rick Bond[1] ; 4. 5M-Ryan Markham[8] ; 5. 13-Scott Smith[6] ; 6. 69-John Mayes Jr.[5] ; 7. 7-Nick Cox[2] ; 8. 71-Dave Hornikel[4]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 240-Doug Drown[2] ; 2. 14-JR Gentry[3] ; 3. 79-Brad Malcuit[5] ; 4. 59-Larry Bellman[4] ; 5. 24-Jerry Aber[7] ; 6. 3-Shaun Cains[1] ; 7. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[6]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 5M-Ryan Markham[1] ; 2. 240-Doug Drown[8] ; 3. 15B-Mike Bores[3] ; 4. 36-Matt Irey[5] ; 5. 71-Dave Hornikel[15] ; 6. 007-Rick Bond[4] ; 7. 59-Larry Bellman[6] ; 8. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[14] ; 9. 24-Jerry Aber[10] ; 10. 13-Scott Smith[9] ; 11. 14-JR Gentry[2] ; 12. 79-Brad Malcuit[7] ; 13. 7-Nick Cox[11] ; 14. 3-Shaun Cains[12] ; 15. 69-John Mayes Jr.[13]
Hard Charger: 71-Dave Hornikel +10

By Brian Liskai

 

ATTICA, Ohio – Blairsville, Georgia’s Jonathan Davenport put recent misfortunes aside and drove to his ninth Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win Friday at Attica Raceway Park.Davenport, the defending Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion, used lapped traffic to wrestle the lead away from defending Attica track champion Doug Drown on lap 14 and scored the $10,000 win on Morgan Stanley Night to open the Attica Ambush weekend.

 

It was the first ever win at Attica for the driver known as “Superman.”

 

Dennis Erb Jr. charged from his 12 starting spot to finish second, Drown, who has seven wins on the year at Attica, had the huge crowd on its feet, storming into the lead at the drop of the green from his fourth starting spot. He led the first 13 circuits and finished third. New track record holder Darrell Lanigan was fourth and Jimmy Owens, who won the first time the series raced at Attica three years ago, finished fifth.

Davenport, who is currently second in the series’ point standings and had not finished the last three Lucas Oil events, was relieved to be back in victory lane.

“I about forgot what this feels like. This is awesome. This win goes to Kevin (Rumley) and my guys, Jerome and Heath…they have worked their tails off the last two weeks. Everybody knows we haven’t been running good. We ain’t dead and we are not done yet.  We are just going to keep on working and trying to find stuff to get that little bit of an edge,” said Davenport, thanking his sponsors, Troy Baird of Baird Transport, Elite Concrete, Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, the Labontes, who were back at the shop building a new car for the World 100, and Lee Roy Rumley who is at the shop building a new engine.

Davenport praised third place finisher and early leader Drown for his run.

“I don’t know if I could have ever gotten by him without that lapped traffic. He went a little softer (tire) than I did. Me and him are good buddies and we talked before the race about tires and what we were going to do. He pulled a fast one on me. He told me he was going to go with one thing and he went with something else. That’s what you have to do,” jokedDavenport. “He was actually telling me about a line he runs here sometimes and I seen him do it a couple of times when I was behind him and I couldn’t get around the top so good. So once he got behind me I knew where he was going to be so I tried to do the same thing to him and it worked out for us.”

Erb in the Vomac Truck Sales/J.R. McBride Leasing/Black Diamond Chassis was happy with his performance with his second place run.

“It was a good run. We started pretty far back and the race track came to me. We kept plugging away and ended up second. The car was working very well on the bottom,” Erb said.

Drown had the car that nearly pulled off the upset.

“I felt like if I was going to keep up with these guys I better go softer on the tires. The way the moisture was coming back through the track…I thought I would be a little bit smarter than those guys….I wasn’t It was cool as hell to get the lead like we did. I’m very happy. We wanted a top five tonight and we accomplished that. To race with these guys…you have a World 100 winner and a Dream winner sitting up here. To be in that mix…I’m very happy,” said the driver of the Halls Auto Sales; Malcuit Racing Engines; Nationwide Vehicle Protection; Wooster Glass; Kar Konnections machine

In the O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 sprints, recently crowned track champion Byron Reed would grab the lead at the white flag just before a red flag, and held on the final one lap shoot out to score his fourth win of the year at Attica. It was the 35^th career win at the track for the eight time champion. And, it pads his point lead in the $10,000-to-win Kistler Racing Products FAST Championship Series presented by KS Sales and Service with just one point night left, that at Fremont Speedway in a couple of weeks.

“The slower you enter on the bottom, the better you come off. It was good racing…good guys to race with. It’s tough to be the leader in lapped traffic (Craig Mintz) and I was able to go where they weren’t,” said Reed beside his Crown Battery, Ken Gill Construction backed machine.

In the 50 lap late model feature, Drown bolted from his fourth starting spot to take the lead on the very first lap much to the approval of the large crowd on hand for the event. The first few laps of the feature were married with cautions and even a red. After a red for a Timothy Culp flip on the third lap, the race laps would begin to tick away with Drown blasting away on the cushion to pull away.

Drown raced into heavy lapped traffic by the 10^th circuit and that allowed Davenport and Darrell Lanigan to close. Davenport would use the lapped cars to drive under Drown into the lead on lap 14. Drown would stay close for a while and even had a shot at Davenport when the caution flew on lap 20. But, when the green flew again so did Davenport as he began pulling away. With 15 laps to go Davenport held a commanding lead over Drown, Lanigan, Jimmy Owens, Don O’Neal, and Erb. With 10 laps to go all eyes were on Erb who had charged into third. Drown and Erb waged a terrific battle over the next five laps before Erb took the runner-up position with five to go.

Davenport drove to the win over Erb, Drown, Lannigan, Owens, O’Neal, 23^rd starting Brandon Sheppard, Earl Pearson Jr., Attica track champion, Matt Irey and Devin Moran.

The sprint feature got off to a rough start with a multi-car crash involving Shawn Valenti, Duane Zablocki, Brandon Spithaler, Dan McCarron and Stuart Brubaker on the opening lap. Former Attica track champion Dean Jacobs would lead the first six laps though Broc Martin challenged continuously. Martin would take the lead when Jacobs bobbled on the cushion in turn two on lap seven. That also allowed Parker Price-Miller to race into second.

With 12 laps scored it was a tremendous three car battle for the lead with Martin, Price-Miller and Craig Mintz. Reed would join the fracas by lap 15. Mintz drove into the lead on lap 16 with Martin and Reed challenging. The four car battle up front got very interesting as they raced into heavy lapped traffic by lap 17. That allowed Travis Philo to close. A caution would halt the tremendous action on lap 20 with Mintz leading Reed, Price-Miller, Philo and Tim Shaffer.

Back to green and Mintz was holding off Reed with Philo blasting into third, bringing Shaffer to fourth. Following a caution on lap 23, Mintz would find his groove and pulled away slightly as Reed was left to try and fend off Philo with Shaffer, Price-Miller and D.J. Foos giving chase.

With four laps to go, Mintz was racing through lapped traffic, making a fantastic move to split two in the middle of turns three and four. That allowed Reed, who found the extreme bottom groove to his liking, to close quickly. Coming to the white flag Reed rocketed off the bottom to take the lead over Mintz and Philo just as the red flew for a small engine fire on Spithaler’s machine. For the one-lap sprint to the checkers the running order was Reed, Mintz, Philo, Shaffer, Price-Miller, Foos, Randy Hanagan and Jacobs.

Reed got an excellent restart and drove to the win over Mintz, Philo, Shaffer and Price-Miller.

The 2016 season wraps up at Attica Raceway Park on Saturday, Sept. 3 with the first ever Dirt Classic Ohio paying $10,000 to the winner and featuring the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions Sprints with the Attica late models and 305 sprints in competition.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com

Attica Raceway Park

Morgan Stanley Night

Friday, Sept. 2, 2016

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Miller Welders Fast Time Group A: Jonathan Davenport / 14.209 seconds
Miller Welders Fast Time Group B: Darrell Lanigan / 14.187 seconds ***NEW TRACK RECORD***

Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Jonathan Davenport, Don O’Neal, Steve Francis, Dave Hornikel, Craig Vosbergen, Mike Bores, Paul Stubber

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Devin Moran, Jon Henry, Kyle Hardy, Casey Noonan, Scott Smith, Mathew Chapman, Matt Irey

Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Darrell Lanigan, Jimmy Owens, Tim McCreadie, Ryan Markham, Timothy Culp, Cody Scott, Devin Shiels-DNS

QA1 Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Doug Drown, Earl Pearson, Jr., Dennis Erb, Jr., Scott Bloomquist, Brad Malcuit, Colton Flinner, Brandon Sheppard

Fast Shafts B-Main #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 6 Transfer): Craig Vosbergen, Mike Bores, Matt Irey, Timothy Culp, Brad Malcuit, Mathew Chapman, Scott Smith, Colton Flinner, Paul Stubber-DNS, Cody Scott-DNS, Devin Shiels-DNS, Brandon Sheppard-DNS

Feature Finish (50 Laps):

FINISH	START	CAR #	DRIVER NAME	HOMETOWN	EARNINGS
1	1	6	Jonathan Davenport	Mount Airy, NC	$11,000
2	12	28E	Dennis Erb, Jr.	Carpentersville, IL	$6,200
3	4	240	Doug Drown	Wooster, OH	$3,500
4	2	15L	Darrell Lanigan	Union, KY	$3,550
5	6	20	Jimmy Owens	Newport, TN	$3,050
6	5	5	Don O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	$2,600
7	23	B5	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, IL	$2,200
8	8	1	Earl Pearson, Jr.	Jacksonville, FL	$2,100
9	19	36	Matt Irey	Mansfield, OH	$1,200
10	3	99m	Devin Moran	Dresden, OH	$1,100
11	18	15b	Mike Bores	Bellevue, OH	$1,075
12	14	5m	Ryan Markham	Ashland, OH	$1,050
13	9	15F	Steve Francis	Bowling Green, KY	$1,725
14	15	1N	Casey Noonan	Sylvania, OH	$1,000
15	17	8	Craig Vosbergen	Perth, W. Australia	$950
16	24	75	Colton Flinner	Allison Park, PA	$1,025
17	16	0	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg, TN	$1,800
18	11	21*	Kyle Hardy	Stephens City, VA	$875
19	10	39	Tim McCreadie	Watertown, NY	$1,550
20	21	79	Brad Malcuit	Strasburg, OH	$825
21	22	0	Mathew Chapman	Tecumseh, MI	$800
22	13	71	Dave Hornikel	Mansfield, OH	$800
23	20	C8	Timothy Culp	Prattsville, AR	$800
24	7	15H	Jon Henry	Ada, OH	$800

Hard Charger: B5-Brandon Sheppard +16

410 Sprints – O’Reilly Auto Parts

Starting Position – [*]

Qualifying

1.2-Parker Price-Miller, 12.344; 2.09-Craig Mintz, 12.492; 3.49-Tim Shaffer, 12.528; 4.5R-Byron Reed, 12.559; 5.33M-Max Stambaugh, 12.691; 6.38-Dean Jacobs, 12.724; 7.83M-Broc Martin, 12.730; 8.97-Gary Taylor, 12.741; 9.5T-Travis Philo, 12.749; 10.9X-Cole Duncan, 12.780; 11.68G-Tyler Gunn, 12.790; 12.11N-Randy Hannagan, 12.871; 13.23-DJ Foos, 12.877; 14.5J-Jarrod DeLong, 12.906; 15.16-Stuart Brubaker, 12.915; 16.60-Jody Keegan, 12.924; 17.22M-Dan McCarron, 13.156; 18.19-Brandon Spithaler, 13.170; 19.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.199; 20.45L-Brian Lay, 13.216; 21.8J-Jess Stiger, 13.242; 22.7-Shawn Valenti, 13.313; 23.9-Jordan Ryan, 13.463; 24.33K-Kyle Patrick, 13.535; 25.73-Chris Andrews, 14.303; 26.6-Sean Hosey, 99.990;

Heat 1, Group A –  (8 Laps, top 6 to A)

1. 38-Dean Jacobs[1] ; 2. 49-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[2] ; 4. 2-Parker Price-Miller[4] ; 5. 97-Gary Taylor[5] ; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn[7] ; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[8] ; 8. 8J-Jess Stiger[9] ; 9. 9X-Cole Duncan[6]

Heat 2, Group B –  (8 Laps, top 6 to A)

1. 83M-Broc Martin[2] ; 2. 09-Craig Mintz[4] ; 3. 23-DJ Foos[5] ; 4. 11N-Randy Hannagan[1] ; 5. 33M-Max Stambaugh[3] ; 6. 9-Jordan Ryan[8] ; 7. 60-Jody Keegan[7] ; 8. 5J-Jarrod DeLong[6] ; 9. 73-Chris Andrews[9]

Heat 3, Group C –  (8 Laps, top 6 to A)

1. 16-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 2. 19-Brandon Spithaler[1] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[4] ; 4. 22M-Dan McCarron[2] ; 5. 33K-Kyle Patrick[7] ; 6. 45L-Brian Lay[5] ; 7. 7-Shawn Valenti[6] ; 8. 6-Sean Hosey[8]

B-Main 1 –  (12 Laps, top 6 to A)

1. 60-Jody Keegan[2] ; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1] ; 3. 73-Chris Andrews[8] ; 4. 7-Shawn Valenti[3] ; 5. 9X-Cole Duncan[7] ; 6. 5J-Jarrod DeLong[5] ; 7. 8J-Jess Stiger[4]

A-Main 1 –  (35 Laps)

1. 5R-Byron Reed[10] ; 2. 09-Craig Mintz[3] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[6] ; 4. 49-Tim Shaffer[8] ; 5. 2-Parker Price-Miller[4] ; 6. 23-DJ Foos[5] ; 7. 11N-Randy Hannagan[12] ; 8. 38-Dean Jacobs[1] ; 9. 33M-Max Stambaugh[15] ; 10. 73-Chris Andrews[21] ; 11. 97-Gary Taylor[11] ; 12. 45L-Brian Lay[18] ; 13. 83M-Broc Martin[2] ; 14. 16-Stuart Brubaker[9] ; 15. 33K-Kyle Patrick[16] ; 16. 60-Jody Keegan[19] ; 17. 9-Jordan Ryan[17] ; 18. 68G-Tyler Gunn[14] ; 19. 22M-Dan McCarron[13] ; 20. 5J-Jarrod DeLong[24] ; 21. 19-Brandon Spithaler[7] ; 22. 9X-Cole Duncan[23] ; 23. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[20] ; 24. 7-Shawn Valenti[22]

Hard Charger: 73-Chris Andrews +11