Date Change for Dirt Classic at Attica

Kasey Kahne Foundation Logo
ATTICA, Ohio – Leveling up. It’s the exact concept that the Dirt Classic is based around.

Taking things to the next level isn’t always easy, but it’s exactly what the Dirt Classic Ohio promoters have in mind with the announcement the race at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio, will be changing dates from Wednesday, August 3 to Saturday, September 3.

The unique, high-competition event, held for the first time at Attica Raceway Park, will now be run under the Arctic Cat All Star Sprint Circuit of Champions sanctioning.

“When we looked at the feedback from the industry and had the opportunity to clinch the Saturday of Labor Day weekend with the All Stars, John Bores, Rex LeJeune and I felt we couldn’t pass that up for the fans and for the racers,” Dirt Classic Promoter Jarrod Adams said.

The event offers a Golden Ticket guaranteed starting spot to the marquee $20,000-to-win Dirt Classic at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, PA later in the month. Fans should expect to see the top talent from the All Stars including Dale Blaney, Chad Kemenah, Sheldon Haudenschild and more, in addition to the always-competitive local talent and travelers.

“We feel the date change allows us to take the event to the next level for racers and fans,” Adams said. “That’s important to all of us as a brand, especially for our first foray into the highly competitive Ohio market.”

The addition of the Dirt Classic to the Sept. 3 event at Attica makes it a truly marquee weekend at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” venue to wrap up the track’s 2016 season. On Morgan Stanley Night, Friday, Sept. 2, the Lucas Oil Late Model Series will battle for $10,000 to win with the Kistler Racing Products FAST Championship Series Presented by KS Sales and Service 410 sprints racing for $5,000 to win for the 410 sprints

Besides the Dirt Classic on All Pro Aluminum Heads Night, Saturday, Sept. 3, the UMP late models will be in action and it is part of the Attica Raceway Park/Wayne County Speedway Late Model Challenge Series. The 305 sprints will also be in action. Unfortunately, the dirt trucks have been dropped from the racing card.

Also, the Attica Fair Board 50/50 drawing on Saturday will benefit the Kasey Kahne Foundation.

Tickets are available for all Dirt Classic events, including the Dirt Classic Ohio, and can be purchased by visiting DirtClassic.com.

The Dirt Classic brand added Ohio to the list of new states to visit in 2016, in addition to Nebraska at I-80 Speedway in May, and Indiana at Kokomo Speedway with the All Star Sprint Circuit of Champions on July 22nd and 23rd.

Iowa’s Terry McCarl and Pennsylvania’s Greg Hodnett have already clinched Golden Tickets and guaranteed $1,000 starting monies for the Dirt Classic on Saturday, September 24 by winning Dirt Classic I-80 and the Dirt Classic Showcase Race, respectively.

Originally presented by sprint car advocate Kasey Kahne, the Dirt Classic began as a single-race event in 2014 at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, PA. Boasting the largest winner’s payout in the track’s storied history, the race attracted more than 50 teams. Stevie Smith won the inaugural race to pick up a cool $20,000, while Brian Montieth was able to best Smith in a lap-for-lap battle in 2015 to collect the winning check and custom trophy.

Fans and teams should expect additional announcements on format, payouts, social media promotions and more for the Dirt Classic Ohio.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com

July 1st 2016 Results

By Brian Liskai: ATTICA, Ohio – Four drivers scored their first wins of the season at Attica Raceway Park Friday, July 1 in front of a standing room only crowd.

Genoa, Ohio’s Brian Lay earned his first in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprint feature that was a make-up event from a May 20 rain-out. In the Baumann Auto Group Night feature for the division Millersburg’s Rob Chaney would score his first win of 2016. Ontario, Ohio’s Cody Scott took the lead with just four laps to go to earn his first victory of the year in the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models while Fremont, Ohio’s Dustin Keegan nursed his dirt truck to his first victory. Sandusky, Ohio’s Kyle Capodice took the lead with four laps to go to score his second win of his career and of the season in the Fremont Fence 305 Sprints.

In the 410 make-up feature, Lay’s engine began to sputter from over-heating with just a hand full of laps remaining but he was able to nurse it home ahead of a charging Byron Reed for his third career Attica win.

“She was getting a little warm there. She was 230 on that last restart with 10 laps to go and there was no way I was pulling off. We crossed the line at 240…hopefully everything is alright,” said Lay beside his Robert Mucha Law; Seagate Sandblasting; Varga Farms; American Quality Stripping; Dave Story Equipment; Wood County Collision backed machine.

“The cautions fell perfect for me. I was just getting into lapped traffic and just starting to move through cars and I knew they had to be catching me. The caution would come out and I was like ‘thank you, thank you, thank you. We’ve had a really consistent year this year. Last year was just one of those years you just have to forget and this is how you do that,” added Lay.

In the night’s regular feature for the 410 sprints Chaney would survive after he and DJ Foos got together while battling for the lead in lapped traffic which also collected third place Reed with 11 laps to go. Chaney was able to keep going while Foos and Reed spun. Chaney then had to hold off Travis Philo who went to the tail after an opening lap tangle.

“We actually silently started getting good with this car …we had a 15th here and I know it sounds funny but we felt like we had made progress. Then we ran seventh at Wayne County. We took speedweek off…that was disappointing but we just weren’t organized, we were having troubles and we needed to regroup. Obviously it worked,” said Chaney beside his Stan Cortad Racing, Custom Chrome Plating backed machine.

“Hats off to Stan and his guys obviously we brought a nice piece. It’s good to be up here…it’s been awhile. These races get harder and harder to win. We struggled for a year and half…we had no speed and tonight we had speed all night. We figured some stuff out with our cars and it’s made me comfortable and I can drive them again,” added Chaney.

In a wild late model feature that saw first Doug Drown and Mike Bores tangle while battling for the lead in lapped traffic and then Bores and Devin Shiels get together late in the race battling for the lead with Bores spinning and then Scott charging around Matt Irey with just four laps to go to score his second career win at Attica.

“I kept trying to show him (Irey) my nose a little bit. We definitely had some luck with Doug and Mikey but we’ll take it. We’ve been down on ourselves for awhile. We took a month and half off to regroup and figure out what we’re doing. This one is sweeter than my first one,” said Scott beside his MR Trucking; CLR Truck Repair; Fultz Fabrication; Innovative Graphics; JC Racing Parts; Malcuit Racing Engines backed #92.

“Ever since I was little my dad preached patience. Running the bottom I kept going in too hard and skated across the track and I did it on the last lap and I thought someone was going to get by. I want to thank my family…they are over working on this all the time. We got tore up at Oakshade last weekend and they were working on the car before I even got off work,” Scott added.

Capodice would drive under race long leader Paul Weaver with just four laps to go and drove to his second win in the 305 sprint feature that went non-stop and took only six minutes to complete the 25 laps.

“I knew I couldn’t get off the bottom. I was looking at the high side and there really wasn’t anything up there. I can’t thank Jimmy Phelps and Jamie Adams for coming on board a couple of races ago. He’s been a big help to us. And my dad…he works his tail off each and every night. I have to thank my girlfriend and my brother and my whole family. This one is for my grandma whose battling cancer,” said Capodice beside his Darmofal Racing; Franklin Sanitation; Fred Wolff Auctioneer; Synergy General Trades backed #12.

Dustin Keegan, a former Attica track champion, saw something fly through the hood of his dirt truck with just a lap to go. The motor started missing but Keegan held off Cory McCaughey for his first ever Attica win.

“I saw something fly through the hood and it started missing. I don’t think it blew up because it was still running. I didn’t care if it blew up…I wasn’t quitting. I wanted my first win at Attica so bad,” said Keegan beside his Snyder’s Floor Covering; LST Excavating; Kevin Walby Construction, Green Creek Lawn Care; ProTops Custom Canvanses; Firestone Complete Auto Care; York Fabrication backed #17x.

Lay and Reed brought the field to green for the make-up 410 feature with Lay gaining the advantage. Lay would begin pulling away from Reed, D.J. Foos, Chris Andrews, Tyler Gunn and Trey Jacobs until the caution flew on lap three. When the green flew so did Lay with Reed trying to hold off Andrews for second.

Just as Lay was entering lapped traffic with 10 laps scored the caution would fly giving him a clear track. When the green flew so did Lay as Reed continued to have his hands full with Andrews while Foos, Trey Jacobs, Dean Jacobs and 15th starter Rob Chaney giving chase.

Just past the half way point the leaders encountered heavy lapped traffic and Lay’s lead began to disappear as Reed closed. But, a caution with 10 laps to go would give Lay the open track he needed. Lay got a great restart and pulled away while Reed had to once again contend with Andrews with Dean Jacobs, Chaney, Foos and Trey Jacobs in pursuit.

With five laps to go Lay’s engine started to misfire and Reed closed once again with Dean Jacobs racing into third. As they took the white flag Reed was all over Lay’s rear bumper. Lay was able to nurse his car home for the win with Reed, Dean Jacobs, Andres and Chaney rounding out the top five.

In the night’s regular 30-lap 410 sprint feature Trey Jacobs and Gunn brought the field to green. Near disaster was avoided when Gunn got sideways in front of the field, collecting Caleb Griffith and Travis Philo. Gunn was done for the night but Griffith and Philo made repairs and rejoined the field. On the ensuing green Foos grabbed the lead over Trey Jacobs, Andrews, Chaney, Jimmy Colvin, Duane Zablocki, Dean Jacobs and Stuart Brubaker.

Andrews grabbed second on lap six but Trey Jacobs and Chaney would make it a three way battle as Foos began to pull away. Chaney took third on lap eight just as the caution flew. On the restart Foos was again able to pull away while Andrews worked hard to try and hold off Chaney, Trey Jacobs and Dean Jacobs. Chaney moved into the runner-up spot on lap 13.

By lap 16 the leaders raced into heavy lapped traffic and Chaney quickly closed on Foos. On lap 18 as they battled for the lead and sliced and diced in traffic, Foos and Chaney would make contact exiting turn four with Foos spinning and collecting third place Reed. Foos and Reed were able to rejoin the tail of the field but Chaney now held the point.

On the restart Reed would stop on the track. When the green flew again Chaney pulled away from Andrews, Dean Jacobs, Trey Jacobs and a fast closing Philo. While everyone – except Chaney – was utilizing the bottom of the track, Philo worked to top to drive into second with nine laps to go.

Chaney held a minimal lead over Philo as Andrews and Dean Jacobs battled for third. Lapped traffic would come into play with three laps remaining but Chaney picked his way through to drive to the win over Philo, Dean Jacobs, Andrews and Trey Jacobs.

The 25 laps late model feature would see pole-sitter Mike Bores grab the early lead but Doug Drown would grab the top spot on lap two with Matt Irey, Scott and Steve Kester in tow. Following a lap three caution, Drown and Bores would pull away slightly from Irey who had his hands full with Scott. Behind the top four a terrific battle ensued involving Kester, Ryan Markham, Mathew Chapman and Devin Shiels.

As the laps ticked off Drown couldn’t shake Bores who ran within a car length while Irey, Scott and Shiels entertained with their battle for third. Just as the leaders were racing into lapped traffic, Drown got held up and slide up the track and Bores drove under in turn three and the pair made contact, sending Drown spinning.

On the restart Bores led Irey, Shiels and Scott. Over the next hand full of laps it was a tremendous battle for the lead. Shiels would grab second on lap 14 and he and Irey would pressure Bores. With five laps to go Shiels would get into the back of Bores entering turn two with Bores spinning.

When the green flew Shiels now had to deal with Irey for the lead with Scott, Mathew Chapman, Markham, Larry Kingseed and Brad Malcuit in pursuit. With four laps to go it was Irey who would get into the back of Shiels as Irey grabbed the lead with Scott moving into second.

Scott would be patient and stayed glued to the bottom of the track and drove into the lead with three laps to go. Irey would mount a last lap challenge but Scott held on for the win. Irey, Shiels, Markham and Malcuit would round out the top five.

Luke Griffith and Paul Weaver brought the field to green for the 25 lap 305 sprint feature with Weaver gaining the advantage. Weaver set a torrid pace, driving into lapped traffic by the 10th circuit. Griffith would close with John Ivy, Rick Peterson and Capodice staying close as well. Capodice drove into third on lap 15 as Weaver sliced through traffic with Griffith closing to within a car length on several occasions.

With six laps remaining Capodice was able to take second and two laps later drove under Weaver for the lead. Capodice stayed on the bottom of the track and took the checkers over Weaver, Griffith, Peterson and Ivy.

Keegan and McCaughey brought the field to green for the 15-lap dirt truck feature with Keegan gaining the advantage. A couple of early race yellows were the only thing to slow a great battle between Keegan and McCaughey. Keegan and McCaughey would run nose to tail and on occasion side by side while Dana Fry, Keith Sorg, Brandon Leighton and Jeff Ward gave chase.

Keegan’s truck began to slow with three laps remaining and McCaughey tried everything to get around. Keegan hit his marks perfectly and held on for the win over McCaughey, Fry, Sorg and Ward.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action on Sutton Bank/Central Ohio Farmers Night, Friday, July 8 with the Rick’s Truck and Equipment Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS) non-wing sprinters coming to town along with the late models as part of the Attica Raceway Park/Wayne County Speedway Late Model Series Challenge and the 305 sprints.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com

Attica Raceway Park
Baumann Auto Group Night
Friday, July 1, 2016
Starting Position [*]

410 Sprints – O’Reilly Auto Parts

Heat 1 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 9x-Rob Chaney[2] ; 2. 97-Dean Jacobs[5] ; 3. 33M-Caleb Griffith[6] ; 4. 3J-Trey Jacobs[1] ; 5. 5R-Byron Reed[8] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[9] ; 7. 11-Shawn Hubler[7] ; 8. 27Z-Sean Zemunik[4] ; 9. 22-Cole Duncan[3]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 16-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 2. 68G-Tyler Gunn[2] ; 3. 46AU-Stuart Williams[8] ; 4. 73-Chris Andrews[4] ; 5. 40-Mark Imler[1] ; 6. 14H-Todd Heller[6] ; 7. 96AU-Bruce White[3] ; 8. 14-Daryl Daugherty[7] ; 9. 2+-Brian Smith[9]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 9R-Jordan Ryan[3] ; 2. 23-DJ Foos[6] ; 3. 9C-Jimmy Colvin[1] ; 4. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[4] ; 5. 45L-Brian Lay[8] ; 6. 7-Shawn Valenti[5] ; 7. 60-Jody Keegan[2] ; 8. 8J-Jess Stiger[7]

B-Main 1 – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 2. 14H-Todd Heller[2] ; 3. 7-Shawn Valenti[3] ; 4. 27Z-Sean Zemunik[6] ; 5. 11-Shawn Hubler[4] ; 6. 2+-Brian Smith[8] ; 7. 14-Daryl Daugherty[7] ; 8. 96AU-Bruce White[5]

A-Main 1 – (30 Laps)
1. 9x-Rob Chaney[5] ; 2. 5T-Travis Philo[16] ; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs[9] ; 4. 73-Chris Andrews[6] ; 5. 3J-Trey Jacobs[1] ; 6. 16-Stuart Brubaker[10] ; 7. 33M-Caleb Griffith[3] ; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[7] ; 9. 46AU-Stuart Williams[12] ; 10. 23-DJ Foos[4] ; 11. 9C-Jimmy Colvin[8] ; 12. 40-Mark Imler[14] ; 13. 14H-Todd Heller[17] ; 14. 7-Shawn Valenti[18] ; 15. 45L-Brian Lay[15] ; 16. 27Z-Sean Zemunik[19] ; 17. 5R-Byron Reed[13] ; 18. 11-Shawn Hubler[20] ; 19. 9R-Jordan Ryan[11] ; 20. 68G-Tyler Gunn[2]
Hard Charger: 5t-TravisPhilo +14

Make-up Feature from May 20
A-Main 1 – (30 Laps)
1. 45L-Brian Lay[1] ; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[2] ; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs[12] ; 4. 73-Chris Andrews[4] ; 5. 9x-Rob Chaney[15] ; 6. 23-DJ Foos[3] ; 7. 33M-Caleb Griffith[9] ; 8. 3J-Trey Jacobs[6] ; 9. 16-Stuart Brubaker[13] ; 10. 5T-Travis Philo[18] ; 11. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[19] ; 12. 9R-Jordan Ryan[17] ; 13. 9-Jimmy Colvin[11] ; 14. 7B-Shawn Valenti[14] ; 15. 40-Mark Imler[10] ; 16. 22-Cole Duncan[7] ; 17. 68G-Tyler Gunn[5] ; 18. 14H-Todd Heller[16] ; 19. 60-Jody Keegan[8] ; 20. 8J-Jess Stiger[20]
Hard Charger: 97-Dean Jacobs +9

305 Sprints – Fremont Fence

Heat 1 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 19R-Steve Rando[1] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 3. 66-Jamie Miller[5] ; 4. 22M-Dan McCarron[4] ; 5. 10X-Dustin Stroup[8] ; 6. 32H-Dan Hennig[2] ; 7. 39C-Scott Riley[7] ; 8. 25-Jason Keckler[9] ; 9. 47-Matt Lucius[6]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 12-Kyle Capodice[4] ; 2. 2-Ricky Peterson[5] ; 3. 94K-Kevin Mingus[8] ; 4. 6-Ray Thurston[2] ; 5. 2L-Landon LaLonde[9] ; 6. 75-Jerry Dahms[7] ; 7. 14-Rick Daugherty[1] ; 8. 7-Dylan Kingan[3]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 45-Trevor Baker[1] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[2] ; 3. 77I-John Ivy[5] ; 4. 11G-Luke Griffith[7] ; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[3] ; 6. 4*-Tyler Street[8] ; 7. 97-Kyle Peters[6] ; 8. 9R-Dustin Rall[4]

B-Main 1 – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 4*-Tyler Street[3] ; 2. 32H-Dan Hennig[1] ; 3. 1X-Dustin Dinan[11] ; 4. 25-Jason Keckler[7] ; 5. 39C-Scott Riley[4] ; 6. 9R-Dustin Rall[9] ; 7. 47-Matt Lucius[10] ; 8. 97-Kyle Peters[6] ; 9. 14-Rick Daugherty[5] ; 10. 75-Jerry Dahms[2] ; 11. 7-Dylan Kingan[8]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 12-Kyle Capodice[8] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[2] ; 3. 11G-Luke Griffith[1] ; 4. 2-Ricky Peterson[5] ; 5. 77I-John Ivy[3] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[11] ; 7. 22M-Dan McCarron[12] ; 8. 19R-Steve Rando[9] ; 9. 66-Jamie Miller[10] ; 10. 4*-Tyler Street[16] ; 11. 10X-Dustin Stroup[13] ; 12. 45-Trevor Baker[6] ; 13. 25-Jason Keckler[19] ; 14. 32H-Dan Hennig[17] ; 15. 1X-Dustin Dinan[18] ; 16. 94K-Kevin Mingus[7] ; 17. 39C-Scott Riley[20] ; 18. 6-Ray Thurston[4] ; 19. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[15] ; 20. 2L-Landon LaLonde[14]
Hard Charger: 12-Kyle Capodice +7

Late Models – Summit Racing Equipment

Heat 1 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 21-Larry Kingseed[4] ; 2. 15B-Mike Bores[6] ; 3. 92-Cody Scott[5] ; 4. 20-Doug Eck[7] ; 5. 30-Nate Potts[2] ; 6. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[3] ; 7. 60-Dale Glassford[8] ; 8. 12M-Bobby Michaels[1]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 77-Steve Kester[2] ; 2. 79-Brad Malcuit[4] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[3] ; 4. 51-Devin Shiels[8] ; 5. 007-Rick Bond[6] ; 6. 3-Shaun Cains[1] ; 7. 12-Kent Brewer[5] ; 8. 03-Jim Gingery[7]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 240-Doug Drown[2] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[7] ; 3. 00-Mathew Chapman[1] ; 4. RH21-Gregg Haskell[5] ; 5. 71-Dave Hornikel[8] ; 6. 27-Ken Hahn[4] ; 7. 2*-Kyle Moore[6] ; 8. 69R-Doug Baird[3]

B-Main 1 – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[1] ; 2. 60-Dale Glassford[4] ; 3. 27-Ken Hahn[3] ; 4. 12-Kent Brewer[5] ; 5. 2*-Kyle Moore[6] ; 6. 03-Jim Gingery[8] ; 7. 69R-Doug Baird[9] ; 8. 3-Shaun Cains[2] ; 9. 12M-Bobby Michaels[7]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 92-Cody Scott[5] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[2] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[9] ; 4. 5M-Ryan Markham[7] ; 5. 79-Brad Malcuit[11] ; 6. 00-Mathew Chapman[8] ; 7. 240-Doug Drown[3] ; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed[10] ; 9. 007-Rick Bond[14] ; 10. 77-Steve Kester[6] ; 11. 20-Doug Eck[12] ; 12. 71-Dave Hornikel[15] ; 13. RH21-Gregg Haskell[4] ; 14. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[16] ; 15. 30-Nate Potts[13] ; 16. 12-Kent Brewer[19] ; 17. 15B-Mike Bores[1] ; 18. 2*-Kyle Moore[20] ; 19. 60-Dale Glassford[17] ; 20. 03-Jim Gingery[18]
Hard Charger: 51-Devin Shiels +6

Dirt Trucks –

Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 7F-Dana Frey[1] ; 2. 17X-Dustin Keegan[3] ; 3. 22-Brandon Leighton[4] ; 4. 16-Jim Halcomb[5] ; 5. J7-John Jones[6] ; 6. 33-Brian Arnold[7] ; 7. 26-Kyle Lagrou[2]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 36M-Cory McCaughey[6] ; 2. 33W-Jeff Ward[2] ; 3. 4S-Keith Sorg[3] ; 4. 5S-Brad Stuckey[5] ; 5. 4X-Brian Sorg[4] ; 6. 8KB-Kody Brewer[1]

A-Main 1 – (15 Laps)
1. 17X-Dustin Keegan[1] ; 2. 36M-Cory McCaughey[2] ; 3. 7F-Dana Frey[3] ; 4. 4S-Keith Sorg[4] ; 5. 33W-Jeff Ward[5] ; 6. 22-Brandon Leighton[6] ; 7. 16-Jim Halcomb[7] ; 8. J7-John Jones[9] ; 9. 8KB-Kody Brewer[12] ; 10. 26-Kyle Lagrou[13] ; 11. 4X-Brian Sorg[10] ; 12. 5S-Brad Stuckey[8] ; 13. 33-Brian Arnold[11]

June 17th 2016 Results

By Brian Liskai

ATTICA, Ohio – NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Larson doesn’t get many opportunities to wheel a sprint car, but when he does he is usually very successful. That was the case Friday as Larson drovethe Paul Silva machine in his first ever appearance at Attica Raceway Park to a victory on Kistler Engines/Ohio CAT Night. Larson, from Elk Grove, California, took the $5,000 payday to open the 34th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions.

In a field that included NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kasey Kahne with fellow NASCAR competitor Tony Stewart in attendance overseeing his All Star organization, Larson would take the lead on a lap five restart and had a few close calls in lapped traffic before earning his third career All Star win.

“That was a fun race. This is a great race track…really racey. I know the racing was good throughout the pack because the lappers were racing hard in front of me. It was just fun. I’ve always wanted to race here and haven’t had the chance to,” said Larson beside his Finley Farms, XYZ Machining, Probuilt Construction, Lucas Oil backed #57.

“Paul Silva did a really good job. I’ve never been here before and he’s only been here a couple of times and for us to put it in victory lane is pretty special,” Larson added to the approval of the standing-room-only crowd.

Reed, who won at Attica the previous week, drove his Crown Battery, Ken Gill Construction backed machine to a second place finish.

“I didn’t get a really good restart…spun my tires bad coming off of two and that was it. I told Kyle we were really rooting for him down in NASCAR land but I don’t know why we had to root for him tonight,” joked Reed.

Chad Kemenah closed on Reed several times but settled for third.

“If we stay up here long enough the wins will start coming. Me and my brother always took pride with the UUI #15 car that we consistently stayed up front to start consistently winning,” said Kemenah beside his Hunter Racing, Seneca Energy, Knight Hawk Holdings, Brilex LLC, JRC Transport, Bonnell’s Rod Shop backed #10H

The Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models ran two features – the regular show on the make-up feature from a May 20 rain out. The results were the same – Wooster’s Doug Drown in victory lane. Drown has five wins at Attica in 2016 and his career total is now at 18 as he sits second on the all-time win list.

In both features Drown would lead all 25 laps and in both Chub Frank would apply pressure but would finish second.

“When I saw Chub I knew he was better than me on the bottom. I just can’t slow down enough to run the bottom. It just isn’t me. Chub is one of the first guys to help me get started so it’s kind of fun to be able to race with him. I knew I had to search around on the track if I was going to stay in front of him. This whole family, Leroy, Tim, my family, my wife….it’s just a great thing,” said Drown beside his Halls Auto Sales, Malcuit Racing Engines, Wooster Glass, Kar Konnections, Hoosier Tire, Swartz Race cars backed #240.

Drown also dedicated the wins to sprint car driver Brad Haudenschild who is fighting health issues.

“I hope people keep Brad in their prayers and help his family out financially. They aren’t rich but the family is diehard racers and hopefully we can come together as a racing family and help them get through this,” Drown said.

In the 40-lap All Star feature Caleb Helms and Reed brought the field to green with Helms gaining the advantage. Reed would still the lead on lap two with Larson driving around Helms a lap later. The caution flew on lap four for a TJ Michael spin. On the ensuing restart Larson would execute a classic slider in turns three and four to take the lead.

Larson pulled away slightly from Reed with Kemenah staying close. Helms, Cale Thomas, Lee Jacobs and Dean Jacobs waged a terrific battle for fourth. Michael would spin again on lap eight, keeping Larson out of heavy lapped traffic.

By lap 10 Larson had pulled away as Reed and Kemenah gave chase and the battle continued for fourth with Lee Jacobs, Thomas and Dean Jacobs. The leaders would encounter very heavy lapped traffic by lap 16 but a caution for a Danny Holtgraver spin would give them a clear track on lap 17.

When the green flew so did Larson, building his lead to 1.17 second by lap 22. Meanwhile Reed and Kemenah began battling for second with Thomas, Lee Jacobs, and now Stuart Brubaker in pursuit. Larson would again hit heavy lapped traffic with 15 laps to go but Reed and Kemenah couldn’t close.

Larson got a scare on lap 28 when he made contact with a lapped machine, which allowed Reed to close to within .5 seconds. Larson then got more aggressive in traffic and pulled away for the win over Reed and Kemenah.

“I knew with 40 laps it would clean off and we would get some grip. I got a better start than I thought I would and we had that restart and Byron (Reed) slipped up off the bottom just a little bit and spun his tires and I was able to get a big run down the back stretch and slide him. From there I just had to hit my marks every time. The bottom was getting narrower and narrower. Especially on exit there in turn two. The last seven laps or so I thought I could see him once or twice running lower than me in three and four. I wasn’t closing on lappers out of turn two any more. It was tough running in their dirty air and the dirty track and I started to lose grip. I stayed cautious and we were able to get the lead early enough and I was able to run my own pace,” Larson said.

In the first 25 lap late model feature pole-sitter Drown would grab the lead at the drop of the green and only a couple of cautions would keep him from a huge win. Drown was never seriously challenged as he took the win over Frank, Ryan Markham, Doug Eck and Rick Bond.

In the night’s regular feature, Drown again drew the pole starting spot and battled Matt Irey at the drop of the green. Frank would take second on lap four and closed on Drown. Drown would then make the move of the race, going from the middle lane to the cushion and he began to pull away from Frank.

Lapped traffic at the half-way mark would cause Drown to move to the bottom groove and that allowed Frank to close. Meanwhile a tremendous battle ensued for third involving Irey, Cody Scott, Larry Kingseed, JR Gentry, Bond and Ryan Markham. Scott took third on lap 15 and began to close on Drown and Frank.

Once clear of the traffic Drown would move back to the cushion and drove to the win over Frank, Kingseed who got around Scott at the checkers and Irey.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, July 1 on Baumann Auto Group Night. General admission is just $10. There will be a complete program of 410 and 305 sprints, late models and dirt trucks. The 410 sprints will also run their make-up feature from the May 20th rained out affair.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com

Attica Raceway Park
Friday, June 17, 2016
Kistler Engines/Ohio CAT Night
Starting position [*]

410 Sprints – Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions

Qualifying
1.49-Tim Shaffer, 12.525; 2.40-Caleb Helms, 12.532; 3.81-Lee Jacobs, 12.569; 4.57-Kyle Larson, 12.687; 5.4-Kasey Kahne, 12.746; 6.22-Cole Duncan, 12.753; 7.73-Chris Andrews, 12.774; 8.60K-Jody Keegan, 12.798; 9.9-Jordan Ryan, 12.927; 10.10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.932; 11.33M-Caleb Griffith, 12.960; 12.71-Jamie Veal, 12.988; 13.91-Cale Thomas, 13.011; 14.21-Cap Henry, 13.028; 15.16-Stuart Brubaker, 13.028; 16.41X-Dominic Scelzi, 13.069; 17.5-Byron Reed, 13.076; 18.1-Dale Blaney, 13.100; 19.3J-Trey Jacobs, 13.127; 20.97-Dean Jacobs, 13.130; 21.45L-Brian Lay, 13.137; 22.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.143; 23.8M-TJ Michael, 13.240; 24.O7-Jacob Wilson, 13.250; 25.8-Bryan Sebetto, 13.257; 26.7C-Taylor Ferns, 13.272; 27.38-DJ Foos, 13.342; 28.16M-Danny Mumaw, 13.355; 29.12-Daniel Harding, 13.399; 30.46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.489; 31.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.602; 32.5T-Travis Philo, 13.607; 33.70-Danny Holtgraver, 13.620; 34.22S-Brandon Spithaler, 13.639; 35.60-Kory Crabtree, 13.645; 36.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.744; 37.57X-Andrew Palker, 13.952; 38.8J-Jess Stiger, 14.186; 39.11K-Kraig Kinser, 14.188; 40.51-Roger Campbell, 14.420; 41.7-Joe Swanson, 14.512; 42.59N-Bryan Nuckles, 14.707; 43.59-Jac Haudenschild, 14.912; 44.49H-Bradley Howard, 14.935; 45.AUS96-Andy Caruana, 15.099; 46.96AU-Bruce White, 15.402; 47.27Z-Sean Zemunik, 99.420;

Heat 1, Group A – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 81-Lee Jacobs[2] ; 2. 49-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 3. 22-Cole Duncan[1] ; 4. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 5. 71-Jamie Veal[7] ; 6. 8M-TJ Michael[8] ; 7. 38-DJ Foos[11] ; 8. O7-Jacob Wilson[9] ; 9. 7C-Taylor Ferns[10] ; 10. 16M-Danny Mumaw[12] ; 11. 60K-Jody Keegan[5]

Heat 2, Group B – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah[3] ; 2. 91-Cale Thomas[2] ; 3. 21-Cap Henry[1] ; 4. 4-Kasey Kahne[4] ; 5. 8-Bryan Sebetto[9] ; 6. 3J-Trey Jacobs[6] ; 7. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[8] ; 8. 45L-Brian Lay[7] ; 9. 41X-Dominic Scelzi[5] ; 10. 46AU-Stuart Williams[10] ; 11. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[11] ; 12. 96AU-Bruce White[12]

Heat 3, Group C – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 16-Stuart Brubaker[1] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[5] ; 3. 33M-Caleb Griffith[2] ; 4. 57-Kyle Larson[4] ; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[7] ; 6. 12-Daniel Harding[6] ; 7. 59-Jac Haudenschild[10] ; 8. 8J-Jess Stiger[8] ; 9. 51-Roger Campbell[9] ; 10. AUS96-Andy Caruana[11] ; 11. 27Z-Sean Zemunik[12] ; 12. 73-Chris Andrews[3]

Heat 4, Group D – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 70-Danny Holtgraver[1] ; 2. 97-Dean Jacobs[3] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 4. 1-Dale Blaney[4] ; 5. 60-Kory Crabtree[5] ; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser[8] ; 7. 68G-Tyler Gunn[6] ; 8. 59N-Bryan Nuckles[10] ; 9. 49H-Bradley Howard[11] ; 10. 57X-Andrew Palker[7] ; 11. 7-Joe Swanson[9]

Dash 1 – (8 Laps, determines A-main line-up)
1. 40-Caleb Helms[2] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[1] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 4. 57-Kyle Larson[3] ; 5. 16-Stuart Brubaker[6] ; 6. 91-Cale Thomas[8] ; 7. 81-Lee Jacobs[5] ; 8. 49-Tim Shaffer[7]

C-Main 1 (10 Laps, top 2 to B)
1. 57X-Andrew Palker[2] ; 2. 68G-Tyler Gunn[1] ; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser[4] ; 4. 59-Jac Haudenschild[8] ; 5. 7-Joe Swanson[6] ; 6. 8J-Jess Stiger[3] ; 7. 51-Roger Campbell[5] ; 8. 59N-Bryan Nuckles[7] ; 9. 49H-Bradley Howard[9] ; 10. 27Z-Sean Zemunik[12] ; 11. AUS96-Andy Caruana[10] ; 12. 96AU-Bruce White[11] ; 13. 9-Jordan Ryan[13]

B-Main 1 – (12 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 73-Chris Andrews[1] ; 2. 3J-Trey Jacobs[4] ; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[6] ; 4. 8M-TJ Michael[7] ; 5. 60K-Jody Keegan[2] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[13] ; 7. 41X-Dominic Scelzi[3] ; 8. 16M-Danny Mumaw[11] ; 9. O7-Jacob Wilson[8] ; 10. 68G-Tyler Gunn[16] ; 11. 12-Daniel Harding[12] ; 12. 7C-Taylor Ferns[9] ; 13. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[14] ; 14. 45L-Brian Lay[5] ; 15. 38-DJ Foos[10] ; 16. 57X-Andrew Palker[15]

A-Main 1 – (40 Laps)
1. 57-Kyle Larson[4] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[2] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[3] ; 4. 91-Cale Thomas[6] ; 5. 22-Cole Duncan[11] ; 6. 16-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 7. 1-Dale Blaney[16] ; 8. 33M-Caleb Griffith[13] ; 9. 81-Lee Jacobs[7] ; 10. 21-Cap Henry[12] ; 11. 97-Dean Jacobs[9] ; 12. 40-Caleb Helms[1] ; 13. 3J-Trey Jacobs[22] ; 14. 71-Jamie Veal[19] ; 15. 5T-Travis Philo[14] ; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser[25] ; 17. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[23] ; 18. 8M-TJ Michael[24] ; 19. 60-Kory Crabtree[20] ; 20. 4-Kasey Kahne[17] ; 21. 70-Danny Holtgraver[10] ; 22. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[15] ; 23. 73-Chris Andrews[21] ; 24. 8-Bryan Sebetto[18] ; 25. 49-Tim Shaffer[8] ; 26. 57X-Andrew Palker[26]
Hard Charger: 1-Dale Blaney +9

Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models

Heat 1 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 240-Doug Drown[6] ; 2. 59-Larry Bellman[3] ; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed[2] ; 4. 27-Ken Hahn[5] ; 5. 1DJ-DJ Miller[1] ; 6. 30-Nate Potts[7] ; 7. 2*-Kyle Moore[4]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1*-Chub Frank[4] ; 2. 92-Cody Scott[6] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[2] ; 4. 12M-Bobby Michaels[7] ; 5. 15B-Mike Bores[5] ; 6. 43K-Louis Allan[1]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 51-Devin Shiels[3] ; 2. 03-Jim Gingery[1] ; 3. 14-JR Gentry[6] ; 4. 42*-Bob Mayer[7] ; 5. 12-Kent Brewer[2] ; 6. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[5] ; 7. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[4]

Heat 4 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 36-Matt Irey[3] ; 2. 007-Rick Bond[1] ; 3. RH21-Gregg Haskell[4] ; 4. 99-Doug Eck[6] ; 5. 00-Mathew Chapman[7] ; 6. 01-Justin Chance[2] ; 7. 69R-Doug Baird[5]

B-Main 1 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 00-Mathew Chapman[4] ; 2. 1DJ-DJ Miller[1] ; 3. 12-Kent Brewer[3] ; 4. 01-Justin Chance[8] ; 5. 75-Dusty Moore[12] ; 6. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[7] ; 7. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[10] ; 8. 69R-Doug Baird[11] ; 9. 43K-Louis Allan[6] ; 10. 15B-Mike Bores[2]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 240-Doug Drown[1] ; 2. 1*-Chub Frank[5] ; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed[3] ; 4. 92-Cody Scott[6] ; 5. 36-Matt Irey[2] ; 6. 14-JR Gentry[4] ; 7. 51-Devin Shiels[11] ; 8. 00-Mathew Chapman[17] ; 9. 007-Rick Bond[7] ; 10. 01-Justin Chance[20] ; 11. 5M-Ryan Markham[10] ; 12. 99-Doug Eck[16] ; 13. RH21-Gregg Haskell[9] ; 14. 03-Jim Gingery[8] ; 15. 42*-Bob Mayer[15] ; 16. 12-Kent Brewer[19] ; 17. 27-Ken Hahn[13] ; 18. 59-Larry Bellman[12] ; 19. 1DJ-DJ Miller[18] ; 20. 12M-Bobby Michaels[14]
Hard Charger: 01-Justin Chance +10

May 20 Late Models

Heat 1 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 1X-Chub Frank[1] ; 2. 1N-Casey Noonan[2] ; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed[9] ; 4. 5M-Ryan Markham[7] ; 5. 75-Dusty Moore[5] ; 6. 7-Dave Hornikel[8] ; 7. 79-Brad Malcuit[6] ; 8. RH21-Gregg Haskell[3] ; 9. 12M-Bobby Michaels[4]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 36-Matt Irey[1] ; 2. 14-JR Gentry[2] ; 3. 2*-Kyle Moore[4] ; 4. 00-Mathew Chapman[3] ; 5. 59-Larry Bellman[7] ; 6. 51-Devin Shiels[8] ; 7. 15B-Mike Bores[9] ; 8. 42*-Bob Mayer[6] ; 9. 12-Kent Brewer[5]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 240-Doug Drown[8] ; 2. 007-Rick Bond[1] ; 3. B4U-Brad Eitniear[4] ; 4. 99-Doug Eck[7] ; 5. 03-Jim Gingery[3] ; 6. 2D-Curtis Deisenrott[2] ; 7. 30-Nate Potts[5] ; 8. 69R-Doug Baird[6]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 240-Doug Drown[1] ; 2. 1X-Chub Frank[7] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[3] ; 4. 99-Doug Eck[2] ; 5. 007-Rick Bond[8] ; 6. 59-Larry Bellman[12] ; 7. 21-Larry Kingseed[9] ; 8. 00-Mathew Chapman[6] ; 9. 51-Devin Shiels[14] ; 10. 12M-Bobby Michaels[21] ; 11. 36-Matt Irey[5] ; 12. 12-Kent Brewer[22] ; 13. 14-JR Gentry[4] ; 14. 03-Jim Gingery[13] ; 15. 42*-Bob Mayer[19] ; 16. 2D-Curtis Deisenrott[15] ; 17. 69R-Doug Baird[20] ; 18. RH21-Gregg Haskell[18] ; 19. 75-Dusty Moore[11] ; 20. 15B-Mike Bores[16]
Hard Charger: 12M-Bobby Michaels +11