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

Weaver Takes Rich 305 Win At Attica; Bores Gets 1st Late Model Victory; Brewer Earns 1st truck Win

By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) Paul Weaver was struggling during the early part of this season. He teamed up with a former 305 track champion and even switched chassis a couple of times. But, within the past couple of weeks the Fremont, Ohio driver has found something to his liking. He led all 30 laps Friday to win the 305 sprint Engine Builders Challenge worth $1,200 at Attica Raceway Park.

It was Weaver’s first win of the season at Attica after having posted a win a couple of weeks ago at Fremont Speedway. It was Weaver’s 30th career win at Attica, tops all-time in the Foster’s Auto Body 305 Sprint division.

“I just had trouble with these Hoosier tires on the black slick. When it’s wet like this I can go. The bottom….I just don’t want to do it. I only had fun on half the track tonight,” said Weaver beside his Hampshire Racing Engines/Buckeye Mobile Coatings/Fostoria Mod Shop/Weaver Performance Karts and Parts/M&L Excavating/Sunny Farms Landfill/Tender Touch Car Wash backed #1w. “It’s been a long time since I was in victory lane here…was wondering if I could ever get here again. I wanted lapped traffic but then again I didn’t.”

Bellevue, Ohio’s Mike Bores has been inching his way closer to a win all season in the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models. He took the lead from Larry Kingseed at the half-way point and picked his way through traffic to score his first ever late model win at the track promoted by his father.

“When I took the lead I said it’s time to go. You have to be patient only so long with lapped cars and then you have to move them. I have to thank Trent, Brent and Eddie…they work their tails off for me,” said Bores beside his York Fabrication/Cam Tech Industrial Services/Hawk’s Auto Reconditioning/Peans Subs and Suds backed #15B.

The Fremont Fence Dirt Truck feature was a dandy with Kent Brewer, Dan Roepke Jr. and Shawn Valenti battling the entire distance. Brewer would hold a slim lead by lap 7 and held on to record his first ever win at Attica.

“I can’t believe we finally got a win. It takes a really good truck to race with these guys. These guys are really tough competitors. We finally got lucky tonight. I was on the gas. I saw that fender and I was like I’m not losing this tonight,” said Brewer beside his Kent’s Transmissions/Fremont Fence/Hummel Auto Service backed #8kb.
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Foster Auto Body 305 Sprints – Paul Weaver #1W
The first six rows of the starting grid for the 305 sprint feature were set by the finish of two dashes. Weaver and Steve Rando would bring the field of 22 to the green for the 30-lap affair. But, before a lap could be completed Dan Hennig would stop on the back stretch. On the ensuing restart Seth Schneider would spin. The third time was the charm and Weaver would gain the advantage over Rando, Dean Jacobs, Jordan Ryan, Nate Dussel and Zack Kramer.

With five laps recorded Trey Jacobs would spin and the ensuing restart order was Weaver, Rando, Ryan, Jacobs, Dussel, Kramer, and Dustin Dinan. When the green flew Weaver held a slim lead over Rando as Ryan, Jacobs and Dussel battled for fourth. By lap 8 Ryan was racing under Rando for second as Weaver continued to lead. Rando and Ryan raced side by side over the next hand full of laps. Weaver would catch the back of the pack by lap 13 with Rando and Ryan closing while Dussel, Jacobs, Dinan, Kramer, Jason Keckler, T.J. Michael, Bobby Clark and John Ivy in tow.

As Weaver tried to work through lapped traffic, Ryan slid into second on lap 14. Schneider would tumble in turn three right in front of the leaders on lap 16. Now with a clear track, when the green flew, so did Weaver, pulling away slightly from Ryan, Rando, Dussel, Dinan, Jacobs, Kramer and Keckler. With 11 laps to go, the battle on the track was for fourth between Dussel and Dinan. Weaver held a slim lead over Ryan, Rando, Dussel and Dinan with 10 laps to go.

As Weaver blasted away up top, Ryan ran the bottom and Rando cruised the outside line to close with Dinan and Dussel continuing their battle for fourth. Action ground to a halt on lap 23 when Dan McCarron flipped off turn two. The restart order was Weaver, Ryan, Rando, Dinan and Dussel. When the green flew Ryan challenged Weaver, racing to his inside with Rando close. Once Weaver got his rhythm back he pulled away as Rando challenged Ryan for second.

Weaver would take the checker as Ryan held on for second with Rando, Dussel and Dinan rounding out the top five.

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Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models – Mike Bores #15B
In the 25-lap late model feature, Larry Kingseed and Mike Bores would lead the pack to the green, but before a lap could be completed John Bores would have mechanical issues and stop on the track. On the ensuing complete restart Kingseed powered into the lead over Mike Bores, Shane McLoughlin, Devin Shiels, Keith Berner, Matt Irey and Jeff Babcock. After a lap was scored a multi-car pile-up in turn two involving Bobby Michaels, Jim Gingery, John Mayes Jr. and Nate Potts brought out the race’s final caution.

When the green flew Kingseed would lead Bores as they ran nose to tail. Berner would move into fourth on lap two and would challenge McLoughlin for third by lap five, taking the position a circuit later.

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Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks – Kent Brewer #8KB
Kingseed and Bores ran nose to tail over the next hand full of laps with Berner, Irey and McLoughlin battling hard for third with Shiels, Ryan Markham, Babcock and Ryan Missler in tow. Berner and Irey would run side by side around the entire track for several laps. With 10 laps recorded, Bores started to show his nose under Kingseed and after two slide job attempts, would finally grab the lead on lap 12 with Irey in third followed by Berner, McLoughlin, Markham, Shiels, Babcock and Missler.

Bores would catch the back of the pack by lap 16 and patiently worked his way through with Irey moving into second on lap 17 with Kingseed, Berner, McLoughlin, Markham, Shiels and Babcock giving chase. With five laps to go Irey was slowly eating into Bores’ lead. Bores would finally dispatch a couple of lapped cars and drove away for the win. Irey, Kingseed, Berner and McLoughlin would round out the top five.

Dan Roepke Jr. and Shawn Valenti paced the field for the 15-lap dirt truck feature. It was evident this would become a three truck battle from the get-go. Roepke would lead the first lap by a bumper over Brewer and Valenti with Kyle Cline and Jeff Ward in tow. Roepke, Valenti and Brewer would race three wide over the first three laps until a caution flew for debris. The action picked right back up when the green flew as the trio continued to race three wide in the corners. Brewer would edge Roepke by a fender for the lead on lap five with Valenti also a half truck back at the stripe. Roepke would lead lap six by a bumper and Brewer returned the favor on lap seven as the caution flew for Matt Foos.

The restart order was Brewer, Roepke, Valenti, Kline, Ward, Brad Keckler and Art Ball. On the ensuing green Keckler and Ward tangled for another caution. When the green flew again the trio of Brewer, Roepke and Valenti continued their awesome battle. Brewer continued with a slight advantage as Valenti grabbed second by a half a truck length on lap 8 with Roepke continuing to race to his inside. The caution flew again on lap 10 for debris and unfortunately fourth running Art Ball ran over the bumper, ending his night.

The green flew for the final five laps and Brewer, Valenti and Roepke continued their three wide racing with Andy Keegan and Dustin Keegan rounding out the top five. Brewer would start to pull away ever so slightly and drove to the win over Valenti, Roepke, Andy Keegan and Dustin Keegan.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action for the UMP Late Model Summer Nationals Hell Tour on Friday, July 18. It is also the UMP Summer Nationals Hell Tour for the modifieds and a Kistler Racing Products Fremont Attica Sprint Title (FAST) Championship Series event for the 410 sprints on Central Ohio Farmers/Summit Racing Equipment Night.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com

Attica Raceway Park – 7/11/2014
Level Performance \ Gressman Powersport Night

Foster Auto Body 305 Sprints (30 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 18-Zack Kramer, 13.528; 2. 9-Jimmy Colvin, 13.715; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.749; 4. 68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.809; 5. 7A-Alvin Roepke, 13.865; 6. 39-Dean Jacobs, 13.866; 7. 36-Seth Schneider, 13.875; 8. 1-Nate Dussel, 13.878; 9. 6-Dustin Dinan, 13.896; 10. 8-Bobby Clark, 13.919; 11. 19R-Steve Rando, 13.930; 12. 25-Jason Keckler, 13.994; 13. 13-Jeremy Duposki, 13.995; 14. 7M-Brandon Moore, 14.015; 15. 32-Dan Hennig, 14.046; 16. 5R-Jordan Ryan, 14.048; 17. 8M-T.J Michael, 14.052; 18. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 14.171; 19. 2-Ricky Peterson, 14.172; 20. 22M-Dan McCarron, 14.183; 21. 8I-John Ivy, 14.213; 22. 12-Kyle Capodice, 14.237; 23. 22D-Dan Hammond, 14.346; 24. 39C-Scott Riley, 14.359; 25. 11G-Luke Griffith, 14.429; 26. 94K-Kurt Huber, 14.555; 27. 29P-Mark Pinksi, 14.759; 28. O3-Jim Cushing, 15.040; 29. 2L-Landon Lalonde, 15.166; 30. 29-Rich Farmer, 99.999

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 39-Dean Jacobs[1] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin[4] ; 4. 7A-Alvin Roepke[2] ; 5. 2-Ricky Peterson[6] ; 6. 32-Dan Hennig[5] ; 7. 94K-Kurt Huber[8] ; 8. 39C-Scott Riley[7]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[3] ; 2. 68G-Tyler Gunn[4] ; 3. 8M-T.J Michael[1] ; 4. 8-Bobby Clark[2] ; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron[5] ; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond[6] ; 7. 29-Rich Farmer[8] ; 8. 29P-Mark Pinksi[7]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 5R-Jordan Ryan[1] ; 2. 6-Dustin Dinan[3] ; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[4] ; 4. 11G-Luke Griffith[5] ; 5. 7M-Brandon Moore[2] ; 6. O3-Jim Cushing[6] ; 7. 2L-Landon Lalonde[7]

Heat 4 – Bell Racing Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 19R-Steve Rando[3] ; 2. 18-Zack Kramer[4] ; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 4. 8I-John Ivy[6] ; 5. 13-Jeremy Duposki[1] ; 6. 3J-Trey Jacobs[5] ; 7. 12-Kyle Capodice[7]

Dash #1 – Computer Man Inc.
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 2. 39-Dean Jacobs[1] ; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[2] ; 4. 68G-Tyler Gunn[4] ; 5. 8M-T.J Michael[5] ; 6. 9-Jimmy Colvin[6]

Dash #2 – Computer Man Inc.
1. 19R-Steve Rando[2] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 3. 5R-Jordan Ryan[3] ; 4. 18-Zack Kramer[5] ; 5. 25-Jason Keckler[4] ; 6. 6-Dustin Dinan[6]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 2-Ricky Peterson[1] ; 2. 3J-Trey Jacobs[8] ; 3. 22M-Dan McCarron[2] ; 4. 12-Kyle Capodice[11] ; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond[6] ; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[3] ; 7. 32-Dan Hennig[5] ; 8. 29-Rich Farmer[10] ; 9. 13-Jeremy Duposki[4] ; 10. 94K-Kurt Huber[9] ; 11. 29P-Mark Pinksi[13] ; 12. 39C-Scott Riley[12] ; 13. O3-Jim Cushing[7] ; 14. 2L-Landon Lalonde[14]

A-Main – (30 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1]; 2. 5R-Jordan Ryan[6]; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[2]; 4. 1-Nate Dussel[5]; 5. 6-Dustin Dinan[12]; 6. 18-Zack Kramer[8]; 7. 8M-T.J Michael[9]; 8. 25-Jason Keckler[10]; 9. 8-Bobby Clark[14]; 10. 8I-John Ivy[16]; 11. 7A-Alvin Roepke[13]; 12. 2-Ricky Peterson[17]; 13. 68G-Tyler Gunn[7]; 14. 3J-Trey Jacobs[18]; 15. 12-Kyle Capodice[20]; 16. 11G-Luke Griffith[15]; 17. 22D-Dan Hammond[21]; 18. 32-Dan Hennig[22]; 19. 22M-Dan McCarron[19]; 20. 39-Dean Jacobs[3]; 21. 36-Seth Schneider[4]; 22. 9-Jimmy Colvin[11]

Hard Charger: 6-Dustin Dinan[+7]

Summit Racing Equipment UMP DIRTcar Late Models (25 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 21-Larry Kingseed, 14.733; 2. 9-Shane McLoughlin, 14.757; 3. 1-Jeff Babcock, 14.916; 4. 51-Devin Shiels, 14.965; 5. 15B-Mike Bores, 15.007; 6. 48-John Bores, 15.051; 7. 5M-Ryan Markham, 15.102; 8. 36-Matt Irey, 15.147; 9. 18-Keith Berner, 15.188; 10. 1DJ-DJ Miller, 15.231; 11. 50Y-Ryan Missler, 15.272; 12. 59-Larry Bellman, 15.308; 13. 92-Cody Scott, 15.500; 14. 29-Rocky Owens, 15.553; 15. 69-John Mayes Jr., 15.562; 16. 98-Tim Sabo, 15.570; 17. O2-Jason Flory, 15.581; 18. O3-Jim Gingery, 15.745; 19. 34-Ky Harper, 15.838; 20. X-Mike Swansiger, 16.055; 21. 45-Nate Potts, 16.127; 22. U2-Kristen Flory, 16.170; 23. 12-Bobby Michaels, 16.221; 24. 16-Steve Sabo, 16.749; 25. 69R-Doug Baird, 16.872

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 5M-Ryan Markham[2] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[1] ; 3. 15B-Mike Bores[4] ; 4. 48-John Bores[3] ; 5. 1DJ-DJ Miller[5] ; 6. 45-Nate Potts[6] ; 7. 12-Bobby Michaels[8] ; 8. 69R-Doug Baird[9] ; 9. U2-Kristen Flory[7]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 50Y-Ryan Missler[2] ; 2. 9-Shane McLoughlin[3] ; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed[4] ; 4. 34-Ky Harper[8] ; 5. 98-Tim Sabo[7] ; 6. 29-Rocky Owens[6] ; 7. 92-Cody Scott[5] ; 8. 59-Larry Bellman[1]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1-Jeff Babcock[4] ; 2. 18-Keith Berner[2] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[3] ; 4. O2-Jason Flory[5] ; 5. 69-John Mayes Jr.[1] ; 6. O3-Jim Gingery[6] ; 7. 16-Steve Sabo[8] ; 8. X-Mike Swansiger[7]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 92-Cody Scott[5] ; 2. O3-Jim Gingery[3] ; 3. 45-Nate Potts[1] ; 4. U2-Kristen Flory[10] ; 5. 12-Bobby Michaels[4] ; 6. 69R-Doug Baird[7] ; 7. 16-Steve Sabo[6] ; 8. 29-Rocky Owens[2]

A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 15B-Mike Bores[2]; 2. 36-Matt Irey[6]; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed[1]; 4. 18-Keith Berner[5]; 5. 9-Shane McLoughlin[3]; 6. 5M-Ryan Markham[7]; 7. 1-Jeff Babcock[9]; 8. 51-Devin Shiels[4]; 9. 50Y-Ryan Missler[8]; 10. 34-Ky Harper[11]; 11. 1DJ-DJ Miller[13]; 12. 98-Tim Sabo[14]; 13. U2-Kristen Flory[19]; 14. O2-Jason Flory[12]; 15. O3-Jim Gingery[17]; 16. 92-Cody Scott[16]; 17. 45-Nate Potts[18]; 18. 12-Bobby Michaels[20]; 19. 69-John Mayes Jr.[15]; 20. 48-John Bores[10]

Hard Charger: U2-Kristen Flory[+6]

Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks (17 Trucks)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 9 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O1-Art Ball[2] ; 2. 33W-Jeff Ward[4] ; 3. 3X-Brad Keckler[5] ; 4. 8KB-Kent Brewer[9] ; 5. 2-Matt Foos[7] ; 6. 7-Dana Frey[3] ; 7. 4S-Keith Sorg[8] ; 8. 22-Brandon Leighton[1] ; 9. 85S-Brandon Stuckey[6]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 9 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[5] ; 2. 33C-Kyle Cline[2] ; 3. O-Andy Keegan[3] ; 4. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[8] ; 5. D1-Dustin Keegan[1] ; 6. 33-Brian Arnold[7] ; 7. 69-Jeff Warnick[4] ; 8. 14-Steve Pocock[6]

A-Main – (15 Laps)
1. 8KB-Kent Brewer[3]; 2. 7B-Shawn Valenti[2]; 3. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[1]; 4. O-Andy Keegan[7]; 5. D1-Dustin Keegan[10]; 6. 33-Brian Arnold[12]; 7. 7-Dana Frey[11]; 8. 22-Brandon Leighton[15]; 9. 14-Steve Pocock[16]; 10. 85S-Brandon Stuckey[17]; 11. 4S-Keith Sorg[13]; 12. O1-Art Ball[5]; 13. 69-Jeff Warnick[14]; 14. 33C-Kyle Cline[6]; 15. 33W-Jeff Ward[4]; 16. 2-Matt Foos[9]; 17. 3X-Brad Keckler[8]

Hard Charger: 22-Brandon Leighton[+7]

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