April 8th and 9th Races Cancelled, All Stars Rescheduled For April 15

ATTICA (April 5, 2016) – With extremely cold temperatures forecasted for Saturday, April 9, in Attica, Ohio, Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions and Attica Raceway Park officials have decided to postpone Saturday night’s portion of the HD Supply Spring Nationals to Friday night, April 15. Temperatures are forecasted to only reach the mid 30s on Saturday, with the low temperature dipping as far down as the low 20s.

“With the weather becoming an obvious factor for the weekend, it’s in our best interest to postpone the event to April 15th,” explained Rex LeJeune, Director of Operations at Attica Raceway Park. “We want everyone to have a positive and enjoyable experience at the home of ‘Ohio’s Finest Racing.’ Our goal is to maximize this event’s potential and rescheduling will certainly help that. We hope to see everyone here to support the Arctic Cat All Stars on Friday, April 15.”

The rescheduled HD Supply Spring Nationals presented by UUI & Fisher Performance will ignite what is now a triple-header weekend for the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions through Ohio and Pennsylvania. After their visit to Attica Raceway Park on Friday night, April 15, Arctic Cat All Star teams will travel east to the Wayne County Speedway near Orrville, OH on Saturday, April 16, followed by a visit to the Bedford Fairgrounds Speedway near Bedford, PA on Sunday, April 17.

Attica Raceway Park will open pit gates at 3:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon, April 15, with racing scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m., sharp. Ticket prices include $22 for adults, $20 for seniors, $10 for children ages 11-15, with kids 10 years of age and younger granted admission at no charge. Pit passes will be $35. As an added bonus, the ALMS Late Models will also be on the April 15 program, along with the 305 sprint cars; the Dirt Trucks have been removed.

Those seeking additional information should visit Attica Raceway Park live on the web at www.atticaracewaypark.com, as well as on all of the available social media including Twitter: https://twitter.com/atticaracewyprk and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atticaracewaypark/?fref=ts

Additional Series Info:

Those seeking additional information regarding the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions should visit their official online home at www.allstarsprint.com. Series updates and breaking news will be posted regularly on the official Twitter account of the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions: https://twitter.com/ASCoC. Find full text results from each and every event, as well as an up-to-date schedule, online at www.allstarsprint.com/schedule/.

About the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions:

All Star Enterprises, LLC, wholly owned by Tony Stewart, d/b/a the All Star Circuit of Champions, is a winged sprint car series. The All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is one of the oldest traveling 410 sprint car organizations and is a staple of grassroots, open-wheel racing. Formed in 1970 by Bud Miller, the series has largely been considered the first ‘outlaw’ Sprint Car organization of the modern era. After a 10 year stint as owner of the All Stars, Miller passed control of the series to Bert Emick in 1980; a reign that would continue through 2002. Guy Webb then purchased the series from Emick in the summer of 2002 and served as the series President for the next 12 years. Motorsports entrepreneur Tony Stewart agreed to terms with Guy Webb to become the sole owner of the original winged sprint car tour in January of 2015.

About Arctic Cat:

The Arctic Cat brand is among the most widely recognized and respected in the recreational vehicle industry. The company designs, engineers, manufactures and markets all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), side-by-sides and snowmobiles, in addition to related parts, garments and accessories under the Arctic Cat® and Motorfist® brand names. Arctic Cat Inc.’s world headquarters is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “ACAT.” More information about Arctic Cat and its products is available at www.ArcticCat.com.

Contact: Tyler Altmeyer

Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions

(724) 954-4915 / [email protected]

March 26th 2016 Results

By Brian Liskai

ATTICA, Ohio – For Caleb Griffith (410 sprints), Mike Bores (late models) and Jason Keckler (305 sprints) opening night at Attica Raceway Park was a big success. All three earned their second career feature wins in front of a huge crowd on Construction Equipment and Supply Night.

Sandusky, Ohio’s Griffith survived a restart with six laps to go – the only caution in the 30-lap O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprint feature – to take the win over six-time Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions titlest Dale Blaney and Brian Lay. Griffith, Attica’s 2014 track champion, led every lap of the feature.

“There were a couple of laps where I missed and got sloppy in traffic and I’m thinking ‘Dale’s (Blaney) going to make you pay so you had better get up on the wheel.’ Then the yellow comes out and I see Red 45 (Lay) is running second and Stewie (Brubaker) is running third and I’m thinking ‘yeah we got local fellows up on the podium tonight.’ I don’t know how it ended up but Red (Lay) rolled under me a lap or two on the restart but once we got rolling I figured we had enough to go the distance,” said Griffith beside his Ray Marshall Motorsports, Buckeye Machine Fabricators, J&J Auto Racing, K&N Filters, Fastenal of Kenton, John and Tammy Updegraff’s Blue Room, DPI Ink, Hempy Water of Forest, Lima Powdercoating backed #33m.

“This is huge. I’ve wanted to win an opener for as long as I’ve been doing this. This is huge for this race team, Ray Marshall, Jamie Adams, Craig Brickner, Vic Eilrich my old crew chief came on to help for a couple of nights to help get us off on the right foot,” added Griffith.

It took a few tries to get the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Model feature rolling but when it did, so did Bellevue, Ohio’s Mike Bores as he led all 25 laps. He had a couple of tense moments though. While trying to lap his father, John, the pair made contact and then there was a restart with only one lap to go.

“My helmet was fogging up and I was like ‘come on let’s get this thing going.’ He (John Bores) would go to the high side and I’d go to the bottom and he would pinch me off and I was like what’s going on and I don’t know where the 27 (Eric Spangler) is…I gotta go. This is pretty cool to come out with a new car and get the opening night win. I would like to thank Roeder Racing, Underground Utilities, Fultz Fabrication, York Fabrications, Cam Tech, Accu Force, Burns Electric, Brent and Eddie and all my guys,” said Bores.

In the Fremont Fence 305 sprint feature it looked like Bobby Clark was on his way to another feature win. But, Fremont, Ohio’s Jason Keckler would find the high line to his liking and took the lead with five laps to go to score the victory. For Keckler the win was even more special as he had contemplated quitting racing over the winter.

“We were 90 percent done and in late January we decided to get a new car and try it. I’m trying to get over the fact that I passed Bobby Clark to win a race. The car was pretty good all night long. Driver error was the biggest thing. After that last caution (with 10 laps to go) I just moved up a foot and it just took off and I started catching Bobby. Once I got to him it was like ‘don’t mess up, don’t mess up.’ Then when I got ahead of him I messed up almost ever lap after. I have to thank my mom and dad…he puts a ton of work into this…Rick, my sister, my grandparents, Meggit Farms, Level Performance, Bob Foos,” said Keckler.

“What probably got us racing again was at the end of January my grandfather passed away so to be able to win the first race after his passing means a whole lot to me,” added Jason Keckler.

Griffith and Jody Keegan led the field to green for the 30-lap 410 sprint feature with Griffith rim-ridding into the lead. Lay would drive into second on lap two with Keegan, Chris Andrews, Stuart Brubaker, Blaney, Brandon Matus and Max Stambaugh in tow. Griffith would catch the back of the pack by lap five and had a comfortable lead over Lay, Keegan, Brubaker and Andrews. Brubaker would drive into third on lap six with Blaney moving into fifth by lap seven.

With just 10 laps scored, Griffith encountered heavy lapped traffic as he continued to lead Lay, Brubaker, Blaney, Keegan, Byron Reed (up from his 15th starting position) and Andrews. Griffith patiently picked his way through the traffic as Lay, Brubaker and Blaney gave chase. Reed would crack the top five by lap 13 and was closing on Blaney until he spun on lap 24 for the feature’s only caution. Griffith now had a clear track but had Lay and Brubaker on his rear bumper. The car on the move now was Travis Philo who had worked his way to six from his 12th starting spot.

When the green flew Lay tried to drive under Griffith several times but his front wing collapsed and Griffith was able to pull away the remaining three laps. Blaney would nip Lay at the checkers for second with Brubaker and Philo rounding out the top five.

In the late model feature, Mike Bores and Eric Spangler would bring the field to green. After a lap was completed Bobby Michaels would spin. On the restart Scott Phillips and Kent Brewer would tangle. On the ensuing restart Phillips and Dave Hornikel would spin. When lap two was finally scored Bores led Spangler, Matt Irey, Cody Scott and Jon Henry. With four laps scored Nate Potts, Hornikel and Doug Baird would tangle for another caution with the running order Bores, Spangler, Irey, Henry and Ryan Markham.

When the green reappeared Bores would pull away slightly from Spangler with Irey comfortably in third while Markham and Henry waged a great battle for fourth. Bores would catch the rear of the field by lap 11 but Spangler could not close with Irey, Markham, Henry and Devin Shiels in tow. Bores would catch up to his father with five laps to go and made contact as he tried to lap him. Spangler closed to within a couple of car lengths with Irey and Markham also closing. Once he got by, Mike Bores pulled away once again. It was, however, short lived as Michaels would spin on the white flag lap.

Bores would hold off Spangler, Markham, Irey and Shiels the final lap for the win.

Tyler Street and Seth Schneider would bring the field to green for the 25 lap 305 sprint feature but before a lap could be completed Dan McCarron made contact with the front stretch wall and flipped. He was not injured. On the ensuing restart Dustin Dinan would slide off turn one, necessitating a third start. This time fourth starting Clark would vault into the lead over Street, Keckler, Luke Griffith, George Englert and Ricky Peterson.

The caution would fly on lap four for Thomas Schinderle who would bring out another caution a lap later. Matt Foos would spin on lap seven to slow the pace of the race. Clark would continue to lead on the ensuing restart over Street, Keckler, Griffith, Kyle Capodice, Englert, John Ivy and Paul Weaver. Dinan would bring out the final caution on lap 14. On the restart Keckler would drive around Street for second and started to close quickly on Clark.

With five laps to go Keckler was racing to Clark’s outside as they entered heavy lapped traffic. Keckler would drive into the lead on lap 21 with Clark, Street, Ivy and Griffith giving chase. Once in the lead, Keckler would continue to rim-ride to the checkers with Clark, Street, Ivy and Steve Rando rounding out the top five.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, April 1. Racing on Fisher Performance Night will be the 410 and 305 sprints and late models. For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com, follow the track on Twitter at twitter.com/atticaracewyprk and Facebook at www.facebook.com/atticaracewaypark.

Attica Raceway Park
Construction Equipment and Supply Night
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Starting position [*]

O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints –

Qualifying
1.73-Chris Andrews, 13.225; 2.33M-Caleb Griffith, 13.226; 3.1-Dale Blaney, 13.257; 4.6-Bill Rose, 13.343; 5.5T-Travis Philo, 13.422; 6.19-Doug Zimmerman, 13.475; 7.16-Stuart Brubaker, 13.481; 8.13-Brandon Matus, 13.502; 9.67-Tanner Thorson, 13.507; 10.45L-Brian Lay, 13.525; 11.5M-Max Stambaugh, 13.532; 12.60-Jody Keegan, 13.608; 13.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.620; 14.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.746; 15.23-DJ Foos, 13.751; 16.5R-Byron Reed, 13.859; 17.49-Shawn Dancer, 13.959; 18.94R-Robbie Pribnow, 13.994; 19.9-Jordan Ryan, 14.049; 20.33K-Kyle Patrick, 14.310; 21.33-Brent Matus, 14.478; 22.3J-Trey Jacobs, 14.554; 23.7-Shawn Valenti, 14.592; 24.51-Johnny Garvin, 14.597; 25.8J-Jess Stiger, 14.626; 26.11R-Chase Ridenour, 14.706;

Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 33M-Caleb Griffith[3] ; 2. 13-Brandon Matus[1] ; 3. 73-Chris Andrews[4] ; 4. 68G-Tyler Gunn[6] ; 5. 67-Tanner Thorson[5] ; 6. 94R-Robbie Pribnow[7] ; 7. 33-Brent Matus[8] ; 8. 51-Johnny Garvin[9] ; 9. 19-Doug Zimmerman[2]

Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 5M-Max Stambaugh[2] ; 2. 16-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 3. 60-Jody Keegan[1] ; 4. 6-Bill Rose[4] ; 5. 3J-Trey Jacobs[8] ; 6. 49-Shawn Dancer[6] ; 7. 23-DJ Foos[5] ; 8. 11R-Chase Ridenour[9] ; 9. 33K-Kyle Patrick[7]

Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 45L-Brian Lay[2] ; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1] ; 3. 1-Dale Blaney[4] ; 4. 5T-Travis Philo[3] ; 5. 5R-Byron Reed[5] ; 6. 9-Jordan Ryan[6] ; 7. 8J-Jess Stiger[8] ; 8. 7-Shawn Valenti[7]

B-Main 1 – (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 94R-Robbie Pribnow[1] ; 2. 49-Shawn Dancer[2] ; 3. 9-Jordan Ryan[3] ; 4. 23-DJ Foos[5] ; 5. 33-Brent Matus[4] ; 6. 8J-Jess Stiger[6] ; 7. 11R-Chase Ridenour[8] ; 8. 51-Johnny Garvin[7] ; 9. 33K-Kyle Patrick[11] ; 10. 7-Shawn Valenti[9] ; 11. 19-Doug Zimmerman[10]

A-Main 1 – (30 Laps)
1. 33M-Caleb Griffith[1] ; 2. 1-Dale Blaney[7] ; 3. 45L-Brian Lay[3] ; 4. 16-Stuart Brubaker[4] ; 5. 5T-Travis Philo[12] ; 6. 73-Chris Andrews[5] ; 7. 5R-Byron Reed[15] ; 8. 13-Brandon Matus[6] ; 9. 94R-Robbie Pribnow[16] ; 10. 60-Jody Keegan[2] ; 11. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[10] ; 12. 23-DJ Foos[19] ; 13. 3J-Trey Jacobs[14] ; 14. 67-Tanner Thorson[13] ; 15. 6-Bill Rose[8] ; 16. 9-Jordan Ryan[18] ; 17. 49-Shawn Dancer[17] ; 18. 33-Brent Matus[20] ; 19. 5M-Max Stambaugh[9] ; 20. 68G-Tyler Gunn[11]

Fremont Fence 305 Sprints –

Heat 1 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 8-Bobby Clark[4] ; 2. 1X-Dustin Dinan[6] ; 3. 12-Kyle Capodice[3] ; 4. 77I-John Ivy[7] ; 5. 9R-Dustin Rall[8] ; 6. 97-Kyle Peters[1] ; 7. 2F-Matt Foos[2] ; 8. 20P-Eric Persch[9] ; 9. 7J-Andy Priest[5]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[7] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[6] ; 3. 2-Ricky Peterson[4] ; 4. 7M-Brandon Moore[3] ; 5. 41-Thomas Schinderle[1] ; 6. 15-Gary Benjamin[2] ; 7. 7-Dylan Kingan[8]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 25-Jason Keckler[1] ; 2. 22M-Dan McCarron[4] ; 3. 11X-George Englert[6] ; 4. 18-Frank Neill[2] ; 5. 10X-Dustin Stroup[5] ; 6. 13-Jeremy Duposki[3] ; 7. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[7] ; 8. 87-Brian Gibbs[8]

Heat 4 – (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 11G-Luke Griffith[2] ; 2. 4*-Tyler Street[3] ; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[6] ; 4. 39C-Scott Riley[5] ; 5. 75-Jerry Dahms[7] ; 6. 94K-Kevin Mingus[8] ; 7. 42-Kevin Shirey[1]

B-Main 1 – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 41-Thomas Schinderle[2] ; 2. 9R-Dustin Rall[1] ; 3. 2F-Matt Foos[5] ; 4. 97-Kyle Peters[3] ; 5. 7-Dylan Kingan[6] ; 6. 20P-Eric Persch[7] ; 7. 15-Gary Benjamin[4]

B-Main 2 – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 10X-Dustin Stroup[1] ; 2. 75-Jerry Dahms[2] ; 3. 13-Jeremy Duposki[3] ; 4. 45-Trevor Baker[8] ; 5. 94K-Kevin Mingus[4] ; 6. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[5] ; 7. 87-Brian Gibbs[7] ; 8. 42-Kevin Shirey[6]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 25-Jason Keckler[7] ; 2. 8-Bobby Clark[4] ; 3. 4*-Tyler Street[1] ; 4. 77I-John Ivy[13] ; 5. 19R-Steve Rando[10] ; 6. 11G-Luke Griffith[3] ; 7. 1W-Paul Weaver[12] ; 8. 2-Ricky Peterson[6] ; 9. 12-Kyle Capodice[8] ; 10. 7M-Brandon Moore[14] ; 11. 10X-Dustin Stroup[20] ; 12. 11X-George Englert[11] ; 13. 2F-Matt Foos[19] ; 14. 13-Jeremy Duposki[22] ; 15. 9R-Dustin Rall[18] ; 16. 18-Frank Neill[15] ; 17. 39C-Scott Riley[16] ; 18. 1X-Dustin Dinan[9] ; 19. 41-Thomas Schinderle[17] ; 20. 36-Seth Schneider[2] ; 22. 75-Jerry Dahms[21]

Summit Equipment UMP Late Models –

Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 15-Jon Henry[5] ; 2. 5M-Ryan Markham[6] ; 3. 87-Josh Knoll[4] ; 4. 12M-Bobby Michaels[3] ; 5. P33-Josh Robertson[7] ; 6. 30-Nate Potts[1] ; 7. 1F-Justin Collet[2]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 15B-Mike Bores[3] ; 2. 92-Cody Scott[2] ; 3. 36-Matt Irey[6] ; 4. 27-Eric Spangler[5] ; 5. 12-Kent Brewer[1] ; 6. 69-Doug Baird[7]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps)
1. 71-Dave Hornikel[2] ; 2. 51-Devin Shiels[1] ; 3. 007-Rick Bond[5] ; 4. 00-Mathew Chapman[3] ; 5. 48-John Bores[4] ; 6. 50-Scott Phillips[7] ; 7. 06-Jake Rendel[6]

A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 15B-Mike Bores[1] ; 2. 27-Eric Spangler[2] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[8] ; 4. 36-Matt Irey[4] ; 5. 51-Devin Shiels[11] ; 6. 00-Mathew Chapman[9] ; 7. 15-Jon Henry[10] ; 8. 92-Cody Scott[5] ; 9. 007-Rick Bond[12] ; 10. 48-John Bores[15] ; 11. 30-Nate Potts[16] ; 12. 06-Jake Rendel[20] ; 13. 69-Doug Baird[17] ; 14. 12M-Bobby Michaels[3] ; 15. 71-Dave Hornikel[6] ; 16. 87-Josh Knoll[7] ; 17. 12-Kent Brewer[14] ; 18. 50-Scott Phillips[18] ; 19. P33-Josh Robertson[13]

2016 Attica Raceway Park Season Opener Moved To Saturday

ATTICA, Ohio – Cold conditions have forced Attica Raceway Park to move it’s 2016 season opener to Saturday, March 26. Gates will open Saturday at 3 p.m. with hot laps at 5 p.m. and racing slated to get underway at 6 p.m. on Construction Equipment and Supply Night.

“It’s only going to get into the low 40s during the day Friday and lows Friday night in the 30s. Saturday’s forecast is high temperatures in the mid 50s. We didn’t want our fans and race teams to have to deal with that cold. And, with the rain we are getting today (Thursday), it gives our crew an extra day to get things ready,” said Rex LeJeune, ARP Director of Operations.

Racing Saturday will be the O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints, the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models and the Fremont Fence 305 Sprints. Again, fans should take note that gates will open Saturday at 3 p.m. with racing at 6 p.m.

Adult general admission tickets are $15 with senior citizens tickets at $13; teens (ages 11-15) at $10 and kids 10 and under get in free. Pit passes will remain at $30.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com