FAST Titles Up For Grabs After Exciting Night At Attica; Griffith, Babcock, Dussel & Valenti Score The Wins

By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) The coveted Kistler Racing Products FAST (Fremont Attica Sprint Title) Championship for the 410 sprints and JLH General Contractor FAST Championship for the 305 sprints is coming right down to the wire after an exciting night of action Friday at Attica Raceway Park.

Castalia, Ohio’s Caleb Griffith passed race-long leader Greg Wilson on the last lap to score his first ever O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 sprint win at Attica on Ohio Logistics Night. The win moved Griffith into second in the $10,000-to-win FAST points with a hand full of events left in 2014. Chris Andrews came into the night leading the FAST and Attica points and stormed from his 12th starting spot for a third place finish to maintain the point leads but by just 14 markers over Griffith.

“The restart previous to the last one (with two to go) I kind of spun the tires so I knew I had to do something different. We weren’t getting a good run like he (Wilson) was down through the bottom. I got such a good run off the top I thought I’d have to slide him because if I got stuck in the middle coming off of four…I didn’t want to see someone dive bomb both of us and pass us coming off of four. I thought he would double turn me and come underneath me,” said Griffith of his winning move aboard the Al David Carpet/McDonald’s Restaurants/JLH General Contractor/Shelluke’s Bar/Crown Battery/Fremont Fence/B&L Plumbing/Griff’s Engines/Donny Atkinson/Erlin Trader/Bethesda Care Center/Ballville EZ Shop backed machine.

The night looked bleak for Griffith early as he experienced mechanical woes during qualifying.

“The Lord really blessed us tonight. We doused two mag boxes with power steering fluid and found some plugged nozzle lines. It was an uphill battle since we unloaded tonight. My guys are some of the oldest in the pits but no one works harder,” added Griffith of his Tackle Box 2/Williams & Son Masonry/Fremont Roofing/Meggit Farms/Chuck’s Lawn care/Fremont Athletic Supply/Precision Machine Ship/Burns Petroleum/Vickery Transportation/Rod End Supply/OC Shocks sponsored car.

For the third time this season the Wood County Connection came through – three drivers who live within 10 miles of one another all won features in their respective divisions at Attica. Wayne, Ohio’s Jeff Babcock would win a thriller in the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models while Bradner, Ohio’s Nate Dussel would take the Foster’s Auto Body 305 Sprint win and Risingsun, Ohio’s Shawn Valenti would get the exciting Fremont Fence Dirt Truck victory.

The Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models put on a whale of a show with Jeff Babcock and Rusty Schlenk battling side by side the last 14 laps before Babcock prevailed for his fourth win of the year at Attica. It was his eighth career victory and moves him into fourth on the track’s all-time win list for the division.

“That’s normal for the 91 and the 1… we just run into each other,” said Babcock surviving the crumpled up right rear fender of his Best Performance Motorsports/Bulk Material Lift.com/Professional Drywall/Craig Miller Trucking backed #1.

“It was a pretty exciting race from inside the seat…I can imagine what the fans got to see. That’s pretty awesome,” continued Babcock. “I was trying to save my tires because it was slicker than I actually thought it was. So I trying to conserve them and then that old 91 went sailing by and I was like I’d better find something here. We’ve struggled the past two months. We started off good and had a bad spell so it’s good to finally get a win.”

In the 305 sprint feature Nate Dussel would grab the lead from Paul Weaver on lap two and pulled away on a late race restart to record his third win of the season at Attica. It is the defending track champion’s 14th career victory at the track, moving him into a tie with Bobby Clark for 7th in the division’s all-time win list.

“Jordan (Ryan) has been lights out this year and he’s a hell of a race car driver and I knew he was going to be down there. Man the second lap there on that restart (with 10 laps to go) I missed it bad. And I thought there goes the 5R but he didn’t. I really concentrated on hitting my marks. I’m sure the brake rotor had to be glowing…my left foot hurts…I was on the brake more than I was the gas,” said Dussel beside his Berrier Fabrication/Gressman Powersports/Kistler Racing Products/Design Graphics Group/Dussel Welding/Conrad Transport backed machine.

Not to be outdone, Valenti, Kent Brewer and Dan Roepke Jr. battled for the lead from lap 2 to the end before Valenti won by half a truck length over Brewer. The victory is the fourth on the year at Attica for Valenti who has 14 total in 2014. It was his eighth career victory in the dirt trucks at Attica.

“Kent is one tough competitor. He snuck by me on the bottom and I decided to go into protect mode. I know it wasn’t the prettiest thing but we have four wins here in one season. I can’t say enough about the guy who puts me in this thing (Jeff Babcock),” said Valenti beside his Craig Miller Trucking/Best Performance Motorsports/Conrad Transport/Day Dream and Memories Crafts and Antiques/KS Sales and Service/JP Enterprises/Gressman Powersports backed truck.

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O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints – Caleb Griffith #40DD
In the 30-lap 410 sprint feature Duane Zablocki and Greg Wilson brought the field to green with Wilson gaining the advantage. Wilson would pull away from Zablocki with Brian Lay, Caleb Helms, Rob Chaney, Byron Reed, Griffith, Travis Philo and Craig Mintz in tow. Helms would spin on lap four to bring out the caution.

On the restart Wilson again pulled away with Zablocki holding off Lay for second with a wild battle for fourth between Chaney, Reed, Griffith, Chris Andrews and Mintz. Chaney would take third on lap six but could not close on Zablocki as Wilson held a comfortable lead. The battle for fourth continued between Lay, Griffith, Reed, Andrews and Mintz.

Helms would tumble in turn four on lap 11 to bring the action to a halt. He was unharmed but done for the night. The restart was wild with Wilson leading Zablocki while Chaney got crossed up and fell back four spots. Griffith now ran third with Lay, Reed, Andrews, Chaney and Mintz in pursuit.

At the half-way point the running order was Wilson, Zablocki, Griffith, Lay, Andrews, Reed and Mintz. By lap 17 Griffith was racing to Zablocki’s outside to challenge for second and he would finally take the runner-up spot on lap 19. With 7 laps to go Wilson found heavy lapped traffic racing in his bottom line and that allowed the high flying Griffith to close quickly with Zablocki holding off Andrews for third while Mintz rounded out the top five.

Just as Griffith was going to make his move for the lead the caution flew with five laps to go when Dain Naida and Cap Henry tangled. It seemed with a clear track Wilson had the race in hand as it took Griffith a few laps to get his momentum on the high side.

When the green flew Wilson went back to the bottom and Griffith sailed to his outside to challenge with Andrews sliding around Zablocki for third with Mintz, Lay and Reed in pursuit. Again, just as Griffith had gotten his momentum to challenge the caution would fly with two laps to go for an Andrew Palker spin.

When the green flew Griffith raced to Wilson’s outside with Andrews, Lay, Zablocki and Mintz staying close. After taking the white flag Griffith executed a slider under Wilson in turns one and two to grab the lead. Griffith then sailed around the high line of the final turns to take the win over Wilson, Andrews, Mintz and Lay.

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Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models – Jeff Babcock #1
Larry Bellman and Ryan Markham paced the field for the 25-lap late model main. Markham, a three time Attica winner, would take the lead over Bellman, Ky Harper, Ryan Missler, Babcock and Devin Shiels. Babcock would slide into third on lap three and took second a circuit later.

Markham continued to lead as Babock chased him down and raced side by side with him by lap seven with Bellman in third and a closing Rusty Schlenk fourth. Schlenk would move into third on lap eight and immediately closed on Markham and Babcock.

The caution flew for a Tim Sabo spin on lap 9 and on the restart Babock drove under Markham to take the lead with Schlenk ready to pounce while Missler and Shiels stayed within striking distance. Schlenk took second on lap 11 and immediately raced to Babcock’s outside to challenge for the lead just as the caution flew for a Brandon Thirlby spin.

On the ensuing restart Babcock stayed glued to the bottom while Schlenk raced to his outside with Markham, Bellman, Shiels, Matt Irey and Missler in tow. Shiels would take fourth on lap 13 and drove into third a lap later just as Schlenk took the lead. Schlenk would lead the next four laps with Babock racing to his inside while Shiels, Markham, Irey, Missler, Harper, Larry Kingseed and Mike Bores gave chase.

Missler would stop on the high side of turn four on lap 16 to bring out the caution. On the restart Schlenk and Babcock continued their torrid battle for the lead with Shiels, Irey, Markham, Harper, Kingseed and Bores racing hard for third. Babcock was able to squeeze by Schlenk to regain the lead on lap 18 but the pair wasn’t done, battling side by side the remaining seven laps.

Babcock would edge Schlenk by half a car length for the win with Irey nailing down third while Shiels and Kingseed rounded out the top five.

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Foster Auto Body 305 Sprints – Nate Dussel #1
Dussel and Paul Weaver would pace the field in the 25-lap 305 sprint feature with Weaver gaining the advantage to lead lap one. Dussel would race under Weaver for the lead a circuit later as Brandon Moore ran third followed by Jordan Ryan, Luke Griffith, Tyler Gunn, Ricky Peterson and Steve Rando.

Dussel was able to pull away from Weaver with Moore trying to hold off Ryan for third while 12th starter Dustin Dinan racing into fifth by lap five. Dussel would hit heavy lapped traffic by lap 9 and Weaver closed as Ryan moved into third. Ryan would drive into second on lap 11 but couldn’t close on Dussel while Weaver, Moore, Alvin Roepke and Dinan gave chase.

The first caution flew for a Peterson spin on lap 15 just as Ryan had begun to close on Dussel. On the restart Dussel rocketed off the bottom to pull away from Ryan while Weaver, Roepke, Dinan, John Ivy and Moore gave chase.

Dussel would pull away for the win while Ryan, Roepke, Dinan and Weaver rounded out the top five.

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Fremont Fence Company Dirt Trucks – Shawn Valenti #7B
In the 15-lap dirt truck feature, Kyle Cline and Art Ball brought the field to green but before a lap could be completed Brandon Leighton would spin. On the restart Cline got the advantage over Ball, Brewer, Roepke and Dustin Keegan. Brewer would drive off the bottom to take the lead on lap two with Ball, Kline, Roepke and Valenti in pursuit. The caution would fly for a Jeff Warnick spin after two laps were recorded. On the restart Ball would spin, handing second to Roepke with Valenti now third.

As Brewer led, Roepke and Valenti ran to his outside. At times the lead trio raced three wide. Valenti took second on lap five and grabbed the lead a circuit later but Brewer continued to race to his inside with Roepke also right there. The final caution flew on lap 10 with Valenti leading Brewer, Roepke, Matt Foos, Cline, Dustin Keegan, Dana Fry and Ball.

The lead trio continued to battle over the final five laps with Valenti scoring the narrow victory over Brewer with Roepke, Foos and Ball rounding out the top five.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, Aug. 1 on Edward Jones of Clyde/Mike Neill Financial Advisor Night with all four divisions in action. It will be a FAST point night for the 410 and 305 sprints. For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com

Attica Raceway Park – 7/25/2014
Ohio Logistics Night

O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints (24 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.331; 2. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.373; 3. 16-Chris Andrews, 12.395; 4. 53-Cap Henry, 12.399; 5. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.411; 6. 9X-Rob Chaney, 12.503; 7. 45L-Brian Lay, 12.548; 8. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.580; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.580; 10. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 12.603; 11. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.614; 12. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.629; 13. 57X-Andrew Palker, 12.658; 14. 97-Bryan Sebetto, 12.679; 15. O7X-Dain Naida, 12.703; 16. 11X-Brandon Martin, 12.727; 17. 9-Dean Jacobs, 12.758; 18. 40DD-Caleb Griffith, 12.847; 19. 60-Jody Keegan, 12.872; 20. 83M-Broc Martin, 13.018; 21. 5-Jordan Harble, 13.225; 22. 8-Kevin Shelbo, 13.377; 23. 96AU-Bruce White, 13.407; 24. 97X-Rodney Hurst, 99.990

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[4] ; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1] ; 4. 53-Cap Henry[3] ; 5. 97-Bryan Sebetto[6] ; 6. 11X-Brandon Martin[7] ; 7. 57X-Andrew Palker[5] ; 8. 9-Dean Jacobs[8]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. W20-Greg Wilson[2] ; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[4] ; 3. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[5] ; 4. 60-Jody Keegan[6] ; 5. O7X-Dain Naida[1] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[3] ; 7. 8-Kevin Shelbo[7] ; 8. 96AU-Bruce White[8]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 2. 9X-Rob Chaney[2] ; 3. 45L-Brian Lay[1] ; 4. 16-Chris Andrews[4] ; 5. 83M-Broc Martin[6] ; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 7. 5-Jordan Harble[7] ; 8. 97X-Rodney Hurst[8]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 11X-Brandon Martin[1] ; 2. 46AU-Stuart Williams[2] ; 3. 57X-Andrew Palker[4] ; 4. 9-Dean Jacobs[7] ; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 6. 5-Jordan Harble[6] ; 7. 96AU-Bruce White[8] ; 8. 8-Kevin Shelbo[5] ; 9. 97X-Rodney Hurst[9]

A-Main – (30 Laps)
1. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[7]; 2. W20-Greg Wilson[2]; 3. 16-Chris Andrews[12]; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[9]; 5. 45L-Brian Lay[4]; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[17]; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1]; 8. 9-Dean Jacobs[19]; 9. 5R-Byron Reed[5]; 10. 5T-Travis Philo[8]; 11. 11X-Brandon Martin[16]; 12. 9X-Rob Chaney[6]; 13. 97-Bryan Sebetto[13]; 14. 83M-Broc Martin[15]; 15. 35-Stuart Brubaker[20]; 16. 53-Cap Henry[10]; 17. 60-Jody Keegan[11]; 18. 57X-Andrew Palker[18]; 19. O7X-Dain Naida[14]; 20. 40-Caleb Helms[3]

Hard Charger: 46AU-Stuart Williams[+11]

Summit Racing Equipment Late Models (24 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 92-Cody Scott[2] ; 2. 34-Ky Harper[1] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[3] ; 4. 59-Larry Bellman[4] ; 5. 98-Tim Sabo[7] ; 6. 27-Ken Hahn[8] ; 7. 77-Coby Bartram[6] ; 8. X-Mike Swansiger[5]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 5M-Ryan Markham[1] ; 2. M14-Brandon Thirlby[3] ; 3. 1-Jeff Babcock[5] ; 4. 36-Matt Irey[8] ; 5. O3-Jim Gingery[2] ; 6. 5J-Josh Haynes[4] ; 7. O1-Justin Chance[6] ; 8. 24-Jerry Aber[7]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 91-Rusty Schlenk[4] ; 2. 21-Larry Kingseed[3] ; 3. 50Y-Ryan Missler[5] ; 4. 48-John Bores[1] ; 5. 15B-Mike Bores[7] ; 6. 16-Steve Sabo[8] ; 7. 69R-Doug Baird[2] ; 8. 76-Skip McKinney[6]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 27-Ken Hahn[1] ; 2. O1-Justin Chance[5] ; 3. 5J-Josh Haynes[2] ; 4. 24-Jerry Aber[8] ; 5. 16-Steve Sabo[3] ; 6. 77-Coby Bartram[4] ; 7. X-Mike Swansiger[7] ; 8. 69R-Doug Baird[6] ; 9. 76-Skip McKinney[9]

A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 1-Jeff Babcock[5]; 2. 91-Rusty Schlenk[9]; 3. 36-Matt Irey[12]; 4. 51-Devin Shiels[6]; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed[7]; 6. 34-Ky Harper[4]; 7. 5M-Ryan Markham[2]; 8. 15B-Mike Bores[15]; 9. 92-Cody Scott[11]; 10. 59-Larry Bellman[1]; 11. 27-Ken Hahn[16]; 12. 98-Tim Sabo[13]; 13. 16-Steve Sabo[20]; 14. O1-Justin Chance[17]; 15. 5J-Josh Haynes[18]; 16. O3-Jim Gingery[14]; 17. 24-Jerry Aber[19]; 18. 48-John Bores[8]; 19. 50Y-Ryan Missler[3]; 20. M14-Brandon Thirlby[10]

Hard Charger: 36-Matt Irey[+9]

Foster Auto Body 305 Sprints (28 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 5R-Jordan Ryan, 13.708; 2. 8M-T.J Michael, 13.788; 3. 1-Nate Dussel, 13.795; 4. 19R-Steve Rando, 13.803; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.809; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.811; 7. 25-Jason Keckler, 13.817; 8. 6-Dustin Dinan, 13.843; 9. 11G-Luke Griffith, 13.845; 10. 36-Seth Schneider, 13.893; 11. 8I-John Ivy, 13.896; 12. 22M-Dan McCarron, 13.910; 13. 7A-Alvin Roepke, 13.947; 14. 913-Junior Felver, 13.979; 15. 32-Dan Hennig, 13.989; 16. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 14.007; 17. 2-Ricky Peterson, 14.082; 18. 12-Kyle Capodice, 14.116; 19. 8-Bobby Clark, 14.169; 20. 13-Jeremy Duposki, 14.188; 21. 7M-Brandon Moore, 14.241; 22. 39C-Scott Riley, 14.326; 23. 4T-Jim Taddeo, 14.344; 24. O3-Jim Cushing, 14.443; 25. 22D-Dan Hammond, 14.470; 26. 94K-Kurt Huber, 14.547; 27. 29-Kyle Farmer, 14.810; 28. 4G-Bill Griffith, 15.292

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 5R-Jordan Ryan[4] ; 2. 11G-Luke Griffith[2] ; 3. 8I-John Ivy[1] ; 4. 8M-T.J Michael[3] ; 5. 913-Junior Felver[5] ; 6. 13-Jeremy Duposki[6] ; 7. 39C-Scott Riley[7]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 68G-Tyler Gunn[3] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[4] ; 3. 22M-Dan McCarron[2] ; 4. 3J-Trey Jacobs[5] ; 5. 12-Kyle Capodice[6] ; 6. 94K-Kurt Huber[7] ; 7. 32-Dan Hennig[1]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 19R-Steve Rando[4] ; 2. 7M-Brandon Moore[1] ; 3. 7A-Alvin Roepke[2] ; 4. 25-Jason Keckler[3] ; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond[6] ; 6. 4T-Jim Taddeo[5] ; 7. 4G-Bill Griffith[7]

Heat 4 – Bell Racing Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[4] ; 2. 2-Ricky Peterson[1] ; 3. 6-Dustin Dinan[3] ; 4. 8-Bobby Clark[5] ; 5. 36-Seth Schneider[2] ; 6. O3-Jim Cushing[6] ; 7. 29-Kyle Farmer[7]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 913-Junior Felver[1] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[4] ; 3. 22D-Dan Hammond[3] ; 4. 12-Kyle Capodice[2] ; 5. 4T-Jim Taddeo[7] ; 6. 32-Dan Hennig[10] ; 7. 29-Kyle Farmer[12] ; 8. 4G-Bill Griffith[11] ; 9. 39C-Scott Riley[9] ; 10. 94K-Kurt Huber[6] ; 11. 13-Jeremy Duposki[5] ; 12. O3-Jim Cushing[8]

A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[1]; 2. 5R-Jordan Ryan[7]; 3. 7A-Alvin Roepke[11]; 4. 6-Dustin Dinan[12]; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[2]; 6. 8M-T.J Michael[13]; 7. 8I-John Ivy[9]; 8. 8-Bobby Clark[16]; 9. 3J-Trey Jacobs[14]; 10. 36-Seth Schneider[18]; 11. 19R-Steve Rando[5]; 12. 7M-Brandon Moore[3]; 13. 25-Jason Keckler[15]; 14. 11G-Luke Griffith[4]; 15. 2-Ricky Peterson[8]; 16. 22M-Dan McCarron[10]; 17. 22D-Dan Hammond[19]; 18. 12-Kyle Capodice[20]; 19. 68G-Tyler Gunn[6]; 20. 913-Junior Felver[17]

Hard Charger: 7A-Alvin Roepke[+8]

Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks (15 Trucks)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 9 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 8KB-Kent Brewer[8] ; 2. D1-Dustin Keegan[1] ; 3. O-Andy Keegan[3] ; 4. O1-Art Ball[6] ; 5. 85S-Brandon Stuckey[5] ; 6. 69-Jeff Warnick[4] ; 7. 22-Brandon Leighton[2] ; 8. 7-Dana Frey[7]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 9 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[4] ; 2. 7B-Shawn Valenti[7] ; 3. 3X-Brad Keckler[1] ; 4. 33C-Kyle Cline[5] ; 5. 2-Matt Foos[3] ; 6. 33-Brian Arnold[6] ; 7. 4S-Keith Sorg[2]

A-Main – (15 Laps)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[6]; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer[5]; 3. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[4]; 4. 2-Matt Foos[10]; 5. O1-Art Ball[2]; 6. 33C-Kyle Cline[1]; 7. D1-Dustin Keegan[3]; 8. 7-Dana Frey[15]; 9. 4S-Keith Sorg[14]; 10. 33-Brian Arnold[12]; 11. O-Andy Keegan[7]; 12. 22-Brandon Leighton[13]; 13. 69-Jeff Warnick[11]; 14. 3X-Brad Keckler[8]

Hard Charger: 7-Dana Frey[+7]

©2014 – Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH

Zeigler Dominates Hell Tour Stop At Attica; Mintz Comes Back Strong For Sprint Victory; Baker Gets Modified Win

By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) Though he had never before seen Attica Raceway Park, Mason Zeigler looked like a seasoned veteran Friday for the 32nd night of the UMP Late Model Summer Nationals Hell Tour. The Chalk Hill, Pennsylvania driver led all 40 non-stop laps to score his second straight Hell Tour victory worth $5,000 on Central Ohio Farmers/Summit Racing Equipment Night.

“I have to thank my crew (James Buckley and Darell Meyers) and my family and everyone who helps me. We’ve tried so hard. It’s taken us seven years to get to this point and we’re finally on the right path. Kevin Rumley and all the guys down there at Longhorn Chassis that have been helping me and getting me in line to be standing here. I praise those guys and thank the Lord every time before I go out on the race track,” said Zeigler beside his Commonwealth Marketing Group/Oldmill Farms/Ohiopyle Vacation Rentals/Insurance Services/Budweiser/Pro Power/Stone House Restaurant backed machine.

“Ever since we got into this car I feel like I can feel the changes I’m making. After last year I worked with Austin Hargrove a little bit and I really started to understand the cars. And at this point now I can actually relate to what the car’s feeling and I can talk to Kevin about it and I can make the car do what I feel it needs to do which may not be the same as Davenport or anyone else in these things but it seems to be working for us,” added Zeigler.

On June 13 Craig Mintz was involved in a multi-car crash in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 sprints feature. The Gibsonburg, Ohio driver had been having a fantastic season up to that point. The crash left him with injuries to his back and sidelined him until this Friday. And he came back with a vengeance, leading all 30 laps for the $3,000 payday.

It wasn’t easy for Mintz, a crash on the last lap set up a one-lap battle for the checkers. Christopher Bell executed a slide job in the final two corners on the restart but Mintz turned back under and drove to his third win of the year at Attica. It was his 12th career victory at Attica and moves him to 10th on the track’s all-time win list.

It was also a Kistler Racing Products FAST (Fremont Attica Sprint Title) Championship Series points event. And when point leader Chris Andrews was involved in a late race crash, the chase to the Kistler Cup will tighten up.

“I had a lot of naysayers saying it’s just a small injury and stuff like that. This proves we can run here with anybody and for them naysayers…we’re on the horse track,” said Mintz beside his Damschroder Roofing/Real Geese Decoys/Dave Story Equipment Repair/Gf1 Chassis/Kistler Engines/KS Sales and Service/Design Graphics Group backed #09.

“He (Bell) is one of the best in the country in anything he gets into. I knew he was coming and he surprised me…if that’s not dirt track excitement I don’t know what is,” added Mintz.

In the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Modified Hell Tour feature, it looked like it would come down to Jeff Babcock and Taylor Cook. But, when the two – who had been battling since the drop of the green – made contact with two laps to go and were sent to the tail, Dave Baker was there to take advantage. The Grand Rapids, Michigan driver would hold off Brad Wilson the final two circuits for his first Attica win.

“We got lucky but hey, we’ll take it,” said Baker beside his Borma-Hamm Insurance/Xtreme Performance Parts/Varney’s Automotive/RAS Automation backed #15B.

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UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals – Mason Zeigler #25Z
Duane Chamberlain and Zeigler would bring the field of 22 to the green for their 40-lap feature. Zeigler served notice early he was the car to beat as he pulled away from Chamberlain, Dan Stone, Brian Shirley and Devin Moran. While Zeigler stretched his lead and Chamberlain ran comfortably in second, the battle for third was phenomenal between Stone, Shirley, Jason Riggs, Moran and Rusty Schlenk.

Zeigler would catch the back of the pack on lap 12 with Chamberlain holding off Shirley and Stone. Action would heat up on lap 15 as Moran drove from fourth to second in one corner with Stone taking third two laps later. At the half-way point Zeigler was picking his way through traffic with Moran closing somewhat while Shirley, Chamberlain and Stone waging a battle for third.

Zeigler, just 21 years old, worked his way through traffic like a seasoned veteran and began pulling away again from Moran with Shirley, Stone, Riggs, Doug Drown, Chamberlain and a closing Ryan Unzicker.

Zeigler would go unchallenged the remaining way, but the battle from second through eighth was entertaining to say the least.

When the checker fell, Zeigler had a 3.6 second lead with Moran, Shirley, Stone and Riggs rounding out the top five. Unzicker would come home sixth followed by 19th place starter Shannon Babb, Drown, Brandon Sheppard and Chamberlain completing the top 10.

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O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints – Craig Mintz #09
Mintz and Sheldon Haudenschild would lead the field of 20 to the green with Mintz gaining the advantage over Cap Henry, Haudenschild, Christopher Bell, Andrews, Caleb Armstrong and James McFadden. Haudenschild would drive back into second on lap two as Henry also stayed close. Andrews would move into fourth on lap six as Mintz pulled away from Haudenschild and Henry.

Mintz set a blistering pace, hitting lapped traffic by just the ninth lap as the traffic allowed Henry to catch Haudenschild. Henry drove into the runner-up spot on lap 10 as Andrews grabbed third. Henry and Andrews would tangle a lap later, as Andrews lost three positions.

The first caution flew on lap 13 for an Armstrong spin. The restart order was Mintz, Henry, Bell, Haudenschild, McFadden and Andrews. When the green flew Mintz pulled away from Henry and Bell as Andrews blasted back into fourth. With 10 laps to go Mintz was comfortably in the lead while Henry and Bell battled for second with Andrews trying to hold off McFadden for fourth with Caleb Griffith, Byron Reed, Dean Jacobs and Travis Philo in tow.

With seven laps to go again Mintz caught lapped traffic and that allowed Henry and Bell to close with Andrews, McFadden, Griffith, Philo and Jacobs giving chase. Bell would move into second on lap 26 with Henry now trying to hold off Andrews for third. It looked like Mintz was on cruise control when he took the white flag as Bell was several car lengths behind. But, Henry and Andrews would tangle once again in turn four with Andrews ending up on his lid with McFadden also involved. Henry was done while Andrews’ crew patched his machine together to restart.

When the green and white flew together, Mintz got through turns one and two well with Bell right on his bumper with Philo, Griffith, Reed and Jacobs in tow. Bell would dive under Mintz in turn three and slide up in front. But, Mintz turned back down and rocketed off the corner to take the win over Bell, Philo, Griffith and Jacobs.

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Summit Racing Equipment UMP Modified Natioanls – Dave Baker
In the 20-lap modified feature, Babcock and Cook brought the field to the green with Babcock having a slight advantage over Cook with Baker, Collin Thirlby and Mark Anderson in tow. Just as Babcock and Cook began racing side by side for the lead, the caution flew for a Dean Taylor spin with two laps recorded. On the ensuing green Cook, who won the Hell Tour race at Attica in 2012, would drive under Babcock for the lead with Baker, Thirlby, Anderson and Brad Wilson in pursuit.

The caution would fly again on lap six for Taylor and Cody Basinger. On the restart Dave Golembrewski would spin. When the green came back out Cook lead with Babcock searching the track for the faster lane with Baker, Thirlby, Anderson, Nathan Loney, Brad Wilson and Jason Kinney in tow. Wilson would blast into fifth on lap 11.

While Cook was glued to the bottom groove, Babock would find the top side to his liking and closed when the caution flew on lap 13 for another Golembrewski spin. On the restart Babcock charged to Cook’s outside as the pair raced side by side with Wilson, Thirlby, Anderson and Kinney giving chase. With two laps to go Babock tried to slide under Cook for the lead in turn one and contact was made with Cook spinning and Babcock continuing. UMP officials put both drivers on the tail and they would both go pit side.

That handed the lead to Baker with Wilson, Thirlby, Kinney, Anderson and Zachary Schroeder giving chase. Baker would hold off Wilson the final two laps for the win with Thirlby, Kinney and Anderson rounding out the top five.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action on Friday, July 25 on Ohio Logistics Night with the 410 and 305 sprints, late models and dirt trucks in action. It is a FAST point night for both the 410 and 305 sprints.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com

Attica Raceway Park – 7/18/2014
Central Ohio Farmers – Summit Racing Equipment Night

O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints (28 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.568; 2. 16-Chris Andrews, 12.708; 3. 3G-James McFadden, 12.947; 4. 96AU-Bruce White, 13.725; 5. 8-Kevin Shelbo, 13.788; 6. 60-Jody Keegan, 13.801; 7. 97X-Rodney Hurst, 14.914; 8. 55F-Taylor Ferns, 12.789; 9. 63-Chad Kemenah, 13.040; 10. 53C-Christopher Bell, 13.072; 11. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.167; 12. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.222; 13. O7X-Dain Naida, 13.277; 14. 91-Cale Thomas, 13.355; 15. 45L-Brian Lay, 12.926; 16. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.959; 17. 7C-Caleb Armstrong, 13.014; 18. 23-Jimmy Light, 13.110; 19. 40I-Mark Imler, 13.393; 20. 9-Dean Jacobs, 13.419; 21. 25AU-Jack Lee, 13.983; 22. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.858; 23. 40DD-Caleb Griffith, 12.921; 24. 53-Cap Henry, 13.074; 25. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.129; 26. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.242; 27. 1-Chad Blonde, 13.317; 28. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.932

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O9-Craig Mintz[4] ; 2. 16-Chris Andrews[3] ; 3. 3G-James McFadden[2] ; 4. 60-Jody Keegan[6] ; 5. 96AU-Bruce White[1] ; 6. 8-Kevin Shelbo[5] ; 7. 97X-Rodney Hurst[7]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[1] ; 2. 53C-Christopher Bell[2] ; 3. 55F-Taylor Ferns[4] ; 4. 63-Chad Kemenah[3] ; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 6. 91-Cale Thomas[7] ; 7. O7X-Dain Naida[6]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[2] ; 2. 5T-Travis Philo[3] ; 3. 23-Jimmy Light[1] ; 4. 9-Dean Jacobs[6] ; 5. 45L-Brian Lay[4] ; 6. 25AU-Jack Lee[7] ; 7. 40I-Mark Imler[5]

Heat 4 – Bell Racing Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[3] ; 2. 53-Cap Henry[2] ; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[1] ; 4. 46AU-Stuart Williams[7] ; 5. 1-Chad Blonde[6] ; 6. 40-Caleb Helms[4] ; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[5]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[2] ; 2. 45L-Brian Lay[3] ; 3. 91-Cale Thomas[6] ; 4. 1-Chad Blonde[4] ; 5. 40-Caleb Helms[8] ; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[12] ; 7. O7X-Dain Naida[10] ; 8. 25AU-Jack Lee[7] ; 9. 96AU-Bruce White[1] ; 10. 8-Kevin Shelbo[5] ; 11. 40I-Mark Imler[11] ; 12. 97X-Rodney Hurst[9]

A-Main – (30 Laps)
1. O9-Craig Mintz[1]; 2. 53C-Christopher Bell[5]; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[8]; 4. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[7]; 5. 9-Dean Jacobs[15]; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 7. 5R-Byron Reed[12]; 8. 91-Cale Thomas[19]; 9. 63-Chad Kemenah[14]; 10. 23-Jimmy Light[11]; 11. 3G-James McFadden[9]; 12. 35-Stuart Brubaker[17]; 13. 55F-Taylor Ferns[10]; 14. 16-Chris Andrews[6]; 15. 1-Chad Blonde[20]; 16. 45L-Brian Lay[18]; 17. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[3]; 18. 46AU-Stuart Williams[16]; 19. 53-Cap Henry[4]; 20. 60-Jody Keegan[13]

Hard Charger: 91-Cale Thomas[+11]

Summer Nationals UMP DIRTcar Late Models (37 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 81-Brian Shirley, 14.465; 2. 99M-Devin Moran, 14.592; 3. 18-Shannon Babb, 14.634; 4. 21D-Dan Stone, 14.673; 5. 50Y-Ryan Missler, 14.715; 6. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 14.758; 7. 1B-Jeff Babcock, 14.873; 8. 51S-Devin Shiels, 15.005; 9. 5M-Ryan Markam, 15.076; 10. 29-Rocky Owens, 15.170; 11. 92-Cody Scott, 15.291; 12. 15B-Mike Bores, 15.301; 13. 81JR-Jason Riggs, 15.354; 14. 48B-John Bores, 15.408; 15. 15H-Jon Henry, 15.422; 16. 5J-Josh Haynes, 15.543; 17. 27H-Ken Hahn, 15.624; 18. 45-Nate Potts, 16.119; 19. 16-Steve Sabo, 17.040; 20. 20-Doug Drown, 14.489; 21. 20C-Duane Chamberlain, 14.649; 22. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 14.700; 23. 21K-Larry Kingseed, 14.701; 24. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 14.728; 25. 11-Rusty Schlenk, 14.899; 26. 55-Jeep Van Wormer, 14.918; 27. 96-Tanner English, 14.932; 28. 51-Jamie Oldfield, 15.088; 29. 32J-Jason Jaggers, 15.341; 30. OO-Chris Keller, 15.361; 31. 77K-Steve Kester, 15.372; 32. 34-Herb Reich, 15.709; 33. 25L-Steve Lance Jr, 15.752; 34. O3-Jim Gingery, 15.877; 35. 42*-Bob Mayer, 15.922; 36. 69R-Doug Baird, 16.998; 37. 36-Matt Irey, 99.000

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (10 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 81-Brian Shirley[1] ; 2. 81JR-Jason Riggs[7] ; 3. 50Y-Ryan Missler[3] ; 4. 1B-Jeff Babcock[4] ; 5. 92-Cody Scott[6] ; 6. 15H-Jon Henry[8] ; 7. 27H-Ken Hahn[9] ; 8. 16-Steve Sabo[10] ; 9. 18-Shannon Babb[2] ; 10. 5M-Ryan Markam[5]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (10 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 21D-Dan Stone[2] ; 2. 99M-Devin Moran[1] ; 3. 24-Ryan Unzicker[3] ; 4. 51S-Devin Shiels[4] ; 5. 29-Rocky Owens[5] ; 6. 15B-Mike Bores[6] ; 7. 48B-John Bores[7] ; 8. 45-Nate Potts[9] ; 9. 5J-Josh Haynes[8]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (10 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[2] ; 2. 20-Doug Drown[1] ; 3. 55-Jeep Van Wormer[4] ; 4. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3] ; 5. OO-Chris Keller[6] ; 6. 51-Jamie Oldfield[5] ; 7. 34-Herb Reich[7] ; 8. O3-Jim Gingery[8] ; 9. 69R-Doug Baird[9]

Heat 4 – Bell Racing Products (10 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[1] ; 2. 11-Rusty Schlenk[3] ; 3. 96-Tanner English[4] ; 4. 21K-Larry Kingseed[2] ; 5. 32J-Jason Jaggers[5] ; 6. 36-Matt Irey[9] ; 7. 77K-Steve Kester[6] ; 8. 42*-Bob Mayer[8] ; 9. 25L-Steve Lance Jr[7]

C-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the B-feature)
1. 42*-Bob Mayer[4] ; 2. 5J-Josh Haynes[6] ; 3. O3-Jim Gingery[3] ; 4. 16-Steve Sabo[1] ; 5. 25L-Steve Lance Jr[8] ; 6. 69R-Doug Baird[7] ; 7. 5M-Ryan Markam[9] ; 8. 18-Shannon Babb[5]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (12 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 32J-Jason Jaggers[4] ; 2. 29-Rocky Owens[2] ; 3. 36-Matt Irey[8] ; 4. 15B-Mike Bores[6] ; 5. 51-Jamie Oldfield[7] ; 6. 92-Cody Scott[1] ; 7. 27H-Ken Hahn[9] ; 8. 77K-Steve Kester[12] ; 9. OO-Chris Keller[3] ; 10. 48B-John Bores[10] ; 11. 15H-Jon Henry[5] ; 12. 5J-Josh Haynes[14] ; 13. O3-Jim Gingery[15] ; 14. 34-Herb Reich[11] ; 15. 42*-Bob Mayer[13]

A-Main – (40 Laps)
1. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[2]; 2. 99M-Devin Moran[6]; 3. 81-Brian Shirley[3]; 4. 21D-Dan Stone[4]; 5. 81JR-Jason Riggs[5]; 6. 24-Ryan Unzicker[10]; 7. 18-Shannon Babb[19]; 8. 20-Doug Drown[7]; 9. B5-Brandon Sheppard[15]; 10. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[1]; 11. 11-Rusty Schlenk[8]; 12. 96-Tanner English[12]; 13. 1B-Jeff Babcock[13]; 14. 29-Rocky Owens[18]; 15. 21K-Larry Kingseed[16]; 16. 25L-Steve Lance Jr[22]; 17. 32J-Jason Jaggers[17]; 18. 5M-Ryan Markam[21]; 19. 51S-Devin Shiels[14]; 20. 55-Jeep Van Wormer[11]; 21. 50Y-Ryan Missler[9]; 22. 77K-Steve Kester[20]

Hard Charger: 18-Shannon Babb[+12]

Summit Racing Equipment UMP DIRTcar Modified Nationals (22 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 21-Taylor Cook, 16.176; 2. 7B-Jeff Babcock, 16.468; 3. 43-Mark Anderson, 16.611; 4. 47C-Collin Thirlby, 16.721; 5. 21W-Brad Wilson, 16.920; 6. 55S-Zachary Schroeder, 16.990; 7. 11JS-Josh Scott, 17.122; 8. 18-Ryan Sutter, 17.176; 9. 15B-Dave Baker, 17.196; 10. 10L-Nathan Loney, 17.198; 11. 8C-Corey Bevard, 17.268; 12. 20K-Bill Keeler, 17.371; 13. 31J-Ray Jackson, 17.511; 14. K9-Scott Gerdeman, 17.514; 15. 15G-Jacob Gamber, 18.075; 16. 6-Dave Golembrewski, 18.280; 17. 5-Dean Taylor, 18.331; 18. 4-Jason Kinney, 18.393; 19. 53-Brad Johnson, 18.520; 20. 66W-Jack Waldfogel, 19.086; 21. 73B-Cody Basinger, 19.338; 22. 55H-Jeremy Hoenie, 20.670

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7B-Jeff Babcock[2] ; 2. 21-Taylor Cook[1] ; 3. 18-Ryan Sutter[3] ; 4. 4-Jason Kinney[6] ; 5. K9-Scott Gerdeman[4] ; 6. 5-Dean Taylor[5] ; 7. 66W-Jack Waldfogel[7]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 15B-Dave Baker[3] ; 2. 55S-Zachary Schroeder[2] ; 3. 21W-Brad Wilson[1] ; 4. 20K-Bill Keeler[4] ; 5. 31J-Ray Jackson[5] ; 6. 15G-Jacob Gamber[6] ; 7. 53-Brad Johnson[7]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 47C-Collin Thirlby[2] ; 2. 43-Mark Anderson[1] ; 3. 10L-Nathan Loney[4] ; 4. 8C-Corey Bevard[5] ; 5. 11JS-Josh Scott[3] ; 6. 6-Dave Golembrewski[6] ; 7. 73B-Cody Basinger[7]

A-Main – (20 Laps)
1. 15B-Dave Baker[2]; 2. 21W-Brad Wilson[8]; 3. 47C-Collin Thirlby[3]; 4. 4-Jason Kinney[10]; 5. 43-Mark Anderson[6]; 6. 55S-Zachary Schroeder[5]; 7. 10L-Nathan Loney[9]; 8. 11JS-Josh Scott[15]; 9. 31J-Ray Jackson[14]; 10. 20K-Bill Keeler[11]; 11. 8C-Corey Bevard[12]; 12. 15G-Jacob Gamber[17]; 13. 66W-Jack Waldfogel[19]; 14. 21-Taylor Cook[4]; 15. 7B-Jeff Babcock[1]; 16. K9-Scott Gerdeman[13]; 17. 73B-Cody Basinger[21]; 18. 6-Dave Golembrewski[18]; 19. 53-Brad Johnson[20]; 20. 5-Dean Taylor[16]; 21. 18-Ryan Sutter[7]

Hard Charger: 11JS-Josh Scott[+7]

©2014 – Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH