9.1.12 Results BAUMANN AUTO GROUP PRESENTS THE ATTICA AMBUSH

Gressman Survives Wild UNOH All Star Event To Tame Attica Raceway Park

By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) It was a wild and wacky finish to the 2012 season at Attica Raceway Park Saturday. And when the rain started falling it was Fremont , Ohio ’s Phil Gressman who was standing in victory lane for his fifth career University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car win.

The night started with a two hour rain delay. As officials pushed the show rapidly along, it appeared the 40-lap feature on Baumann Auto Group Night would be exciting. It turned into an event-filled race with five red flags and four cautions. And just when it looked like Dean Jacobs would earn the victory after leading the first 36 laps, he either ran out of fuel or suffered some other mechanical woe, handing the lead to Gressman. Gressman had to fend off Danny Holtgraver the final four circuits to score his 7th career Attica victory.

For Gressman, who destroyed a car a few weeks ago battling up front at Attica , it was his first win of the season. The UNOH All Star win is his first since 2004, with all five of his career series victories coming at different tracks.

“We will take them any way we can get them. I thought I had a pretty good car…I was just kind of bidding my time. I thought later in the race we would be better. I felt like before that tangle between Sebetto (Brian), Chaney (Rob) and Dale (Blaney) that I was closing in on them and I felt pretty good. Forty laps is a long time…we hung in there and here we are,” said Gressman beside his Ludwig Propane, Kear’s Speed Shop, Level Performance backed #53.

“I feel like I can still race with these guys…it’s just putting it all together. Marilyn Genzman has stuck behind us through thick and thin…without her this would be impossible and we greatly appreciate what she does. It’s a lot of hard work Monday through Friday…I don’t know why we had to wait until the last race of the year to get this win,” added Gressman.

A steady rain fell after the sprint feature, forcing the cancellation of the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Model and Bob’s Machine Shop Dirt Truck features.

Coming off his second UNOH All Star win of the season the previous night, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ’s Danny Holtgraver would score a runner-up finish. Holtgraver earned his first ever series win at Attica in June.

“Everything has been going good. We struggled in our heat race but there wasn’t much passing going on. We didn’t make it through and had to run the B and made it. We really got lucky…we were pretty good but I couldn’t really run around the top like I probably needed to. A lot of good cars in front of us got wrecked but we’ll take it. I tried for it at the end but I knew I wouldn’t clear him so I didn’t try to take him all the way to the fence and take out a home town guy. I have to thank everyone, my dad, Brian (Kemenah), Pup, Chris…just everyone that helps us out,” said Holtgraver beside his Kargo Quality Cars/Alternative Power Sources/DKW Transport backed machine.

For the second straight night, Bellevue, Ohio ’s Cap Henry made a charge from mid-pack to the front. The former UNOH All Star rookie of the year charged from his 14th starting position to a third place finish.

“We had a really good car. With that last red on the restart when Phil threw that big slider on me something broke in the bakes and I had no brakes. And then, with two to go something broke in the rear end and it was dragging the left rear frame rail. So I’ll take third,” said Henry beside his Lucas Oil/FK Rod Ends/Fragola Performance Systems/GME Nields Steering backed #54.

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UNOH All Star Sprints – Phil Gressman #53
Because of the threatening weather, qualifying was cut to just one lap, and the dash was cancelled and replaced with a pill draw for the top six starting positions. Rob Chaney and Jacobs would bring the field to the green with Jacobs grabbing the lead over Chaney, Bryan Sebetto, Dale Blaney, Paul McMahan, Greg Wilson and Gressman. Sheldon Haudenschild would spin after the opening lap for the first caution.

On the restart Jacobs would pull away from a tremendous battle for second between Chaney and Sebetto with Blaney, McMahan, Wilson and Gressman in tow. Just as Jacobs was about to encounter heavy lapped traffic – racing three wide in front of him, Duane Zablocki would tumble in turn four.

UNOH All Star officials would open the red flag for crews to add fuel and check tire pressures.

Now, with a clear track in front of him, Jacobs would pull away slightly from that fantastic battle for second between Sebetto and Chaney with Blaney within striking distance while McMahan, Gressman, Wilson and Cole Duncan locked in a good fight for fifth.

Sebetto would take the runner-up spot on lap eight and was soon closing on Jacobs who again was getting close to heavy lapped traffic. Haudenschild would spin again on lap 14, again handing Jacobs a clear track.

On the restart Jacobs would have his hands full with Sebetto and Chaney. But after completing the 15th circuit, Sebetto would slip off the high side of turn two, and rocket back onto the track into Chaney with Blaney being collected and ending up on his side.

Now the restart order was Jacobs, Gressman, Duncan, McMahan, Wilson, Holtgraver and Henry. Again Jacobs would rocket away from the field on the restart with Duncan pressuring Gressman for second. And once again, just as Jacobs was going to have to figure out a way through heavy lapped traffic on lap 22, the red would fly when Andrew Palker tumbled off turn one.

The restart order was Jacobs, Duncan, Gressman, McMahan, Wilson, Henry, Holtgraver, Stevie Smith (up from his 19th starting spot), David Gravel and Danny Smith. This time Jacobs wouldn’t be able to run away when the green flew as Duncan stuck to his rear bumper. With 10 laps to go, Jacobs was about to hit lapped traffic again. But, on lap 32, Chris Andrews and Blaney made contact right in front of the leaders, with Jacobs narrowly getting by. Duncan wasn’t as lucky as he plowed into Andrews, flipping his mount.

That would put Gressman into second with Henry third followed by Holtgraver and Smith. When the green came back out it appeared Jacobs had the race in control, as he pulled away from the exciting battle for second between Gressman and Henry. Henry would take the runner-up spot on lap 35, but as they raced to complete the 36th circuit, the caution flew for a stalled Randy Hannagan.

On the restart, Jacobs would coast to a stop on the back stretch, handing the lead to Gressman with Holtgraver, Henry, Smith, McMahan and Haudenschild in tow. Gressman and Holtgraver would battle side-by-side over the remaining four laps with Gressman taking the checkered by half a car length over Holtgraver. Henry, Smith and McMahan would round out the top five.

The event closed the season for Attica Raceway Park . It was the 97th appearance of the UNOH All Stars at the track since 1988.

All Star Circuit of Champions (38 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 24H-Bryan Sebetto, 12.187; 2. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 12.271; 3. 29-Rob Chaney, 12.395; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.445; 5. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.478; 6. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.553; 7. 45-Paul McMahan, 12.570; 8. 53-Phil Gressman, 12.609; 9. 97-Dean Jacobs, 12.622; 10. 22-Cole Duncan , 12.629; 11. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.632; 12. 89G-David Gravel, 12.647; 13. 57X-Andrew Palker, 12.661; 14. 4-Danny Smith, 12.663; 15. 54-Cap Henry, 12.664; 16. 3L-Mike Linder, 12.672; 17. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.679; 18. O-Christopher Bell, 12.688; 19. 16-Chris Andrews, 12.690; 20. 19-Stevie Smith, 12.696; 21. 83-Tim Shaffer, 12.699; 22. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.702; 23. 2M- Dallas Hewitt, 12.738; 24. 9X-Brandon Martin, 12.760; 25. 1X-Randy Hannagan, 12.796; 26. 11N-Ed Neumeister, 12.827; 27. 55-Brad Bowman, 12.857; 28. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.871; 29. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.896; 30. 15H-Mitch Harble, 13.112; 31. 11F-D.J. Foos, 13.207; 32. 60C-Kory Crabtree, 13.290; 33. 4K-Kody Kinser, 13.373; 34. 22B-Ryan Broughton, 13.381; 35. 4AU-Jack Lee, 13.495; 36. 70-Pete Grove, 14.139; 37. 9W-Lance Webb, 14.226; 38. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 99.999

Heat 1 – Kears Speed Shop (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O9-Craig Mintz[2] ; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[1] ; 3. 57X-Andrew Palker[3] ; 4. 97-Dean Jacobs[4] ; 5. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[6] ; 6. 1X-Randy Hannagan[7] ; 7. 40-Caleb Helms[5] ; 8. 4K-Kody Kinser[9] ; 9. 5R-Byron Reed[8] ; 10. 9W-Lance Webb[10]

Heat 2 – All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O-Christopher Bell[2] ; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1] ; 3. 22-Cole Duncan [4] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[5] ; 5. 4-Danny Smith[3] ; 6. D4-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 7. 22B-Ryan Broughton[9] ; 8. 11N-Ed Neumeister[7] ; 9. 15H-Mitch Harble[8]

Heat 3 – Dragon Race Fuel (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 16-Chris Andrews[2] ; 2. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[1] ; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [4] ; 4. 45-Paul McMahan[5] ; 5. 29-Rob Chaney[6] ; 6. 54-Cap Henry[3] ; 7. 55-Brad Bowman[7] ; 8. 11F-D.J. Foos[8] ; 9. 4AU-Jack Lee[9]

Heat 4 – Kinsler Fuel Injection (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 19-Stevie Smith[2] ; 2. 9X-Brandon Martin[1] ; 3. 3L-Mike Linder[3] ; 4. 53-Phil Gressman[5] ; 5. 89G-David Gravel[4] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[7] ; 7. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[6] ; 8. 60C-Kory Crabtree[8] ; 9. 70-Pete Grove[9]

B-Main – MSD Ignition (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1X-Randy Hannagan[5] ; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2] ; 3. D4-Danny Holtgraver[1] ; 4. 54-Cap Henry[4] ; 5. 55-Brad Bowman[7] ; 6. 11F-D.J. Foos[11] ; 7. 5R-Byron Reed[9] ; 8. 4K-Kody Kinser[13] ; 9. 4AU-Jack Lee[15] ; 10. 70-Pete Grove[16] ; 11. 5T-Travis Philo[8] ; 12. 15H-Mitch Harble[10] ; 13. 11N-Ed Neumeister[6] ; 14. 22B-Ryan Broughton[14] ; 15. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 16. 9W-Lance Webb[17]

A-Main – University of Northwestern Ohio (40 Laps)
1. 53-Phil Gressman[5]; 2. D4-Danny Holtgraver[11]; 3. 54-Cap Henry[14]; 4. 19-Stevie Smith[19]; 5. 45-Paul McMahan[6]; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[12]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [8]; 8. 89G-David Gravel[9]; 9. 83-Tim Shaffer[20]; 10. 9X-Brandon Martin[23]; 11. 4-Danny Smith[13]; 12. O9-Craig Mintz[16]; 13. 3L-Mike Linder[15]; 14. 2-Dale Blaney[3]; 15. 97-Dean Jacobs[2]; 16. 1X-Randy Hannagan[24]; 17. 22-Cole Duncan [7]; 18. 16-Chris Andrews[18]; 19. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[22]; 20. 57X-Andrew Palker[10]; 21. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[4]; 22. 29-Rob Chaney[1]; 23. O-Christopher Bell[17]; 24. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[21]

Hard Charger: 19-Stevie Smith[+15]

Summit Racing Equipment Late Models (19 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 36-Matt Irey[2] ; 2. 99-Steve Sabo[3] ; 3. 50-Scott Phillips[5] ; 4. O2-Jeff McCoy[4] ; 5. 15B-Mike Bores[8] ; 6. 99M-John Mayes Sr.[6] ; 7. 29K-Garrett Krummett[9] ; 8. 2-Justin Chance[10] ; 9. 12M-Wayne Miller[7] ; 10. 5H-Josh Haynes[1]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 18-Keith Berner[2] ; 2. 15-Jon Henry[8] ; 3. OO7-Rick Bond[1] ; 4. 69-John Mayes Jr.[4] ; 5. 5M-Ryan Markham[3] ; 6. 21-Larry Kingseed[7] ; 7. 48-John Bores[6] ; 8. O3-Jim Gingery[9] ; 9. 1F-Justin Collet[5]
Bob Machine Shop Dirt Trucks (15 Trucks)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 33-Brian Arnold [4] ; 2. O-Andy Keegan[1] ; 3. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[6] ; 4. 95-Keith Sorg[2] ; 5. 94-John Ivy[8] ; 6. O1-Art Ball[5] ; 7. 39-Dwight Waltermier[7] ; 8. X-Dana Frey[3]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. D1-Dustin Keegan[6] ; 2. 3R-Chuck Roelle[7] ; 3. 4X-Brian Sorg[1] ; 4. P51-Willie Keegan[4] ; 5. 33C-Kyle Cline[2] ; 6. 45-Brain Melnek Jr.[5] ; 7. 22J-Josh Kiser[3]

©2012 – Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont , OH

All Star Sprints 2012 Labor Day Weekend Preview

By Brian Liskai – UNOH All Star Championship Racing PR (Camargo, IL) The battle for the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions championship in the Ohio Region – and its $20,000 top prize – is heating up with just a handful of races remaining in 2012. And the pressure will mount as the teams prepare for a big Labor Day Weekend triple-header.

The teams will head to Sarver, Pa. to the Lernerville Speedway on Friday, August 31st. The following day they will help Attica Raceway Park close out its 2012 season on Saturday, September 1st, followed the next day, Sunday, September 2nd, with the second appearance of the series at the NAPA Auto Parts Wayne County Speedway near Orrville, Ohio.

Three-time UNOH All Star champion Dale Blaney currently leads three-time series champion Tim Shaffer by just 73 points in the Ohio Region. Shaffer looks to become only the third driver in the history of the UNOH All Stars to win his fourth straight national title. Blaney had eight series wins in 2012 to run his career total to 92, just six away from tying hall-of-famer Kenny Jacobs atop the all-time win list. Shaffer has five series wins in 2012 and now has 50 for his career.

When the UNOH All Stars head to Attica on Saturday, they will again be faced with tackling the track’s tough weekly competition. Earlier this year, Craig Mintz, who looks to become the track’s champion for 2012 and has three wins this season, passed Blaney on the last lap to score his first ever All Star win. Blaney got a late race pass of Stevie Smith the previous night during the Spring Nationals, to score the win. Then, to open the Ohio Sprint Speedweek, Danny Holtgraver took the win when race-long leader Cap Henry crashed with a lapped car late in the race. The night’s sponsor – the Baumann Auto Group – is putting up extra cash for the event as well. Three lucky fans will walk out of the gates at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speed plant $200 richer.

Shaffer has picked up the Attica Ambush win the past two seasons, with Blaney and Stevie Smith winning in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

Throw in Bryan Sebetto, who has four wins at Attica in 2012; six-time track champion Byron Reed; Phil Gressman; former track champion Chris Andrews; Mike Linder, Travis Philo; 2011 champion Dean Jacobs; two time All Star champion Greg Wilson and a host of other contenders, and the UNOH All Stars will have their hands full.

For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com

8.25.12 Results KISTLER RACING PRODUCTS SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT RESULTS

Martin, Missler, Ryan, Roepke Get Attica Wins; Mintz, Missler, Dussel, Keegan Earn Track Titles

By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) Brandon Martin dominated the 410 sprint feature at Attica Raceway Park on Kistler Racing Products Presents the Mark Keegan Classic Season Championship Night Saturday. The Attica native led all 30 laps to claim his third career feature at “ Ohio ’s Finest Racing” speed plant.

And with his second place finish, Gibsonburg , Ohio ’s Craig Mintz wrapped up his first ever track championship in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints. Mintz, who leads Fremont Speedway’s points and was that track’s 2010 champion along with earning the 2009 Kistler Racing Products FAST (Fremont Attica Sprint Title), has scored three wins in 2012 at Attica.

In the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models, Bellevue , Ohio ’s Ryan Missler would take the lead in the feature on lap 11 and never looked back as he stormed to his second win of the season. Missler also claimed his fourth straight track championship with his ninth career Attica win.

Castalia, Ohio’s Jordan Ryan, only 15 years old, passed race-long leader Steve Rando with just three laps to go, and then avoided disaster on the last lap when he struck one of the infield tractor tires, and drove to his first career sprint car win.

And when D.J. Foos, who came into the night leading the Fremont Fence 305 Sprint point standings, was caught up in an opening lap crash, Nate Dussel was able to take home a third place finish to earn his second straight track championship.

Woodville, Ohio’s Dan Roepke Jr. drove to his second straight win in the Bob’s Machine Shop Dirt Trucks. But, Andy Keegan would drive home in second to earn his first ever track championship.

Martin would jump into the lead of the 30-lap 410 sprint feature from his outside front row starting spot. Only a handful of cautions would slow Martin’s progress as he dominated in his Stan Cortad Racing #9x.

“This is good…this is real good. I about gave it away there on one of those restarts. I had my mind made up this thing was either going to go on a wrecker or on the horse track,” said Martin beside his Terry Hawk Engineering, Burns Electric backed machine. “We’ve been fast in my car and Stan’s been doing some non-wing racing. He’s got top-notch stuff but we’ve kind of struggled a little bit but we got it rolling tonight. It’s tough starting on the front row. This is the biggest win of my career and to do it with Mark Keegan (12 time track champion) here…if it wasn’t for him and his whole family I wouldn’t be racing. I was five or six years old here helping him out. It’s real special for him to be here.”

For Mintz, the track title gives him confidence going into the last race of the season against the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions.

“This means a lot. This place has always eluded me. To compete with these guys at Attica ….I think we had a two year dry spell here,” said Mintz beside his Real Geese Decoys, R2C Filters, Ti22, GF1, Keller Chevrolet, Erie Shore Propane, KS Sales and Service machine. “We’re ready for the All Stars next week.”

Missler held a slim 25 point lead over Mike Bores going into the championship night, and the pair would start on the front row of the feature. Missler would lead the first lap and then Bores would drive into the lead as the pair raced side-by-side until lap 13 when the caution flew and Bores would go pit side with mechanical woes. Only a hand full of cautions in the last 11 laps would slow Missler’s march to the track championship and his ninth career win.

“That was the longest ever 25-lap race ever. My crew was giving me signals, telling me to go high and I didn’t know how far ahead I was getting. During every caution there was another guy running in second and it seemed like they were dumping it off the end trying to pass me,” said Missler beside his York Fabrication, Quality Welding, Taze DJ Service, Level Performance backed machine. “I have to thank Jerry Huff…if it weren’t for him we couldn’t do this. I want to thank all the fans for coming out all year.”

Ryan would drive the bottom of the track to perfection and slid past Steve Rando to lead lap 23 and then after taking the white flag, hit an infield tractor tire in turn one, but maintained the top spot and drove to the win.

“I was like ‘oh man, I shouldn’t have done that.’ I gave myself a heart attack,” said Ryan beside his J&J Automotive, Village Pizza House, Griff’s Engines, Kistler Racing Products, Frosty Frog, Walton’s Cutting Crew backed machine. “I have to thank my dad, and everyone that helps me out.”

Dussel came into the night figuring he had no chance at backing up his track championship. But when Foos got caught up in a multi-car crash on the second attempt at starting the race, the championship was Dussel’s to take.

“After seeing D.J. up there, coming down for the next green flag…it was hard for me to focus. That’s not how I wanted to win it…I feel sorry for D.J,” said Dussel beside his Berrier Fabrication, Gressman Powersports, Kylynn Manufacturing, Jeff’s Bar & Grill backed machine. “Congratulations to Jordan Ryan…the kid’s probably the cleanest racer out there. I like how he goes about his business.”

“I thought there was just no way we had a shot to win the championship the way D.J. started off the year (five wins). We got our old reliable back out and started running consistent again and that’s what it takes to win championships,” added Dussel.

Roepke would drive into the lead of the 15-lap dirt truck feature at the get-go and never looked back as he claimed his third career victory at Attica .

“This thing is just really good on the bottom here. The guys gave me an awesome truck,” said Roepke beside his Perkin’s Tree Service, Village Inn, Johnny’s Electric backed #88.

For Keegan, who scored two wins in 2012 at Attica , his second place run was good enough to edge Roepke and Art Ball for the track title.

“We don’t get to run a lot here, so you have to be consistent and we were always in the top three here this year. Heck, you have one DNF and there goes the championship. This is for my wife…she’s my hero. She gave birth today and is in the hospital,” said Keegan beside his G&H Restoration, Log Home Dreams backed #0.

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O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints – Brandon Martin #9X
Cole Duncan and Brandon Martin would bring the field to the green in the 30-lap 410 sprint feature, with Martin grabbing the lead over Phil Gressman, Mintz, Byron Reed and Duncan. After a lap was complete, Rob Chaney would bring out the caution. On the restart, Martin would pull away from Gressman who had his hands full with Mintz and Reed with Mike Linder, Duncan , Brian Smith and Jared Ridge in tow.

Just as Martin was about ready to hit lapped traffic, the caution flew on lap six for a Stuart Brubaker spin. Again Martin would pull away when the green came out, with Gressman and Mintz battling for second. Mintz would take the runner-up spot on lap 10 just as the caution flew for Duane Zablocki spinning in turn two.

Again with a clear track, Martin would pull away from Mintz as Gressman and Reed battled for third with Smith, Linder, Christopher Bell and Chris Andrews in tow. Reed would take third on lap 14 as the caution soon flew for Bell who spun off turn three.

The cautions kept Martin out of lapped traffic, but on the ensuing restart, Mintz tried a slide job in turns one and two to get around Martin who drove back into the lead exiting turn two. Martin would catch lapped traffic by the 22nd lap, but Mintz could not close as he had his hands full with Reed while Gressman, Linder, Andrews, Smith, Chaney and Travis Philo were in pursuit.

Martin would pull away the remaining eight laps for the win over Mintz, Reed, Gressman and Linder.

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Summit UMP Late Models – Ryan Missler #50Y
Missler and Bores would bring the field to the green in the 25 lap late model feature, but before a lap could be completed Justin Chance brought out the caution. On the second try at the start, Missler would grab the point with Bores racing to his inside with Troy Cattarene, Ky Harper, John Mayes Jr. and Cody Scott in tow.

Bores would drive into the lead on lap two as he and Missler would then race side-by-side with Harper right on their bumper. Missler would retake the lead on lap 11 with Bores racing to his inside while Harper, Garrett Krummert, Cattarene, Mayes and Scott gave pursuit.

The caution would fly on lap 13 when Chester Fitch and Jeff McCoy got together. During the yellow, Bores would go pit side with mechanical woes. A lap and another caution, this one involving McCoy and Ken Hahn. On the restart, Krummert would blast around Harper for second. But, it seemed like no one could hold onto the runner-up spot, as Krummert spun on lap 17, moving Harper back to second with Cattarene, Mayes, Larry Kingseed and Scott in tow.

The caution would fly for debris on the restart, and then after another lap was completed, the caution flew again. Then after lap 19 went in the books, Harper would bring out the caution, moving Kingseed into second. On the ensuing restart, the caution would fly again for debris, setting up a six lap dash to the finish.

Missler would pull away from Kingseed who had his hands full with Cattarene with Scott and Krummert in pursuit. Missler would drive to the checkers over Kingseed, Cattarene, Scott and Krummert.

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Fremont Fence 305 Sprints – Jordan Ryan #5R
In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature, Steve Rando and Ross Moore would bring the field to the green, but before a lap could be completed, Moore would spin in turn two. On the ensuing complete restart, Junior Felver would spin in turn one, collecting Seth Schneider, D.J. Foos and Dustin Stroup, with Foos going pit side with damage.

The third time was the charm as Rando bolted into the lead with Nate Dussel, Tyler Gunn, Jess Stiger, Jordan Ryan and Jamie Miller in tow. After two laps were recorded, Stiger would spin, collecting Dan Hammond. On the restart, Dussel would drive under Rando to battle for the lead while Ryan had worked his way into third after a heated battle with Miller.

Rando would drive the outer rim of the track to maintain the lead as Dussel continued to apply pressure as Miller moved into third on lap five. Ryan would regain third on lap seven with the caution flying for a Nate Reeser spin on lap eight. On the restart, Ryan would drive under Dussel for second and immediately applied pressure to Rando.

Moore would spin on lap 12 to bring out the final caution of the event with the running order Rando, Ryan, Dussel, Miller, Dustin Dinan, Jimmy Colvin, Gunn and Paul Weaver. When the green came back out, Rando pulled away slightly from Ryan as Dussel ran comfortably in third.

As the race went on, the fans could see Ryan’s car come to life as he closed in on Rando lap after lap. With five to go, Ryan was running under Rando as they raced side-by-side for the lead with Dussel, Dinan, Weaver and Stroup in tow. As they raced into lapped traffic with just two laps to go, Ryan was able to take the lead. Ryan could not shake Rando though, and after taking the white flag, made hard contact with the infield tractor tire.

Ryan was able to gather it back up and held the lead. The youngster would drive to his first career win over Rando, Dussel, Dinan and Weaver.

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BMS Dirt Trucks – Dan Roepke Jr. #88
Keith Sorg and Roepke would pace the field to the green in the 15-lap dirt truck feature, with Roepke taking command over Andy Keegan, Sorg , Kent Brewer, Dustin Keegan and Chuck Roelle. Brewer would take third on the second circuit when the caution flew for a John Ivy spin. After another lap was complete, the caution would fly for Brandon Stuckey.

Roepke would pull away on the restart with Keegan comfortably in second while Roelle moved into third with Brewer, Art Ball, Dustin Keegan and Willie Keegan in pursuit. Josh Kiser would spin on lap six and after another lap was completed, Kiser would again spin.

On each restart, Roepke was able to drive away from Keegan who now had his hands full with a challenge by Roelle. Roelle would take the runner-up spot on lap 11 as the final caution flew for a stalled Cory Ward. Roepke pulled away on the restart and drove to the win as Keegan rebounded to take second with Ball third and Roelle and Willie Keegan rounding out the top five.

Attica Raceway Park will wrap up its 2012 season with the Attica Ambush Presented by the Baumann Auto Group on Saturday, Sept. 1 featuring the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com

Attica Raceway Park – 8/25/2012
Kistler Racing Products Night

O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints (29 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 12-Jarred Ridge[2] ; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[4] ; 3. 9X-Brandon Martin[6] ; 4. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[3] ; 5. 15H-Mitch Harble[1] ; 6. 69-Scott Curren[7] ; 7. 73-Joe Armbruster[5] ; 8. 3F-Dean Kester[8]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 29-Rob Chaney[1] ; 2. O-Chris Bell[2] ; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[4] ; 4. 16-Chris Andrews[7] ; 5. 14-Chad Wilson [3] ; 6. 11N-Ed Neumeister[5] ; 7. 5T-Travis Philo[6]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 2+-Brian Smith[1] ; 2. 22-Cole Duncan [3] ; 3. 14H-Todd Heller[2] ; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[5] ; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [6] ; 6. 60-Jody Keegan[4] ; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7]

Heat 4 – Bell Racing Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[1] ; 2. 53-Phil Gressman[3] ; 3. 3-Mike Linder[4] ; 4. 55-Brad Bowman[2] ; 5. 45L-Brian Lay[5] ; 6. 51-Roger Campbell [6] ; 7. 98-Robert Robenalt[7]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. W20-Greg Wilson [3] ; 2. 45L-Brian Lay[4] ; 3. 60-Jody Keegan[7] ; 4. 5T-Travis Philo[10] ; 5. 14-Chad Wilson [2] ; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[11] ; 7. 15H-Mitch Harble[1] ; 8. 11N-Ed Neumeister[6] ; 9. 51-Roger Campbell [8] ; 10. 73-Joe Armbruster[9] ; 11. 98-Robert Robenalt[12] ; 12. 69-Scott Curren[5] ; 13. 3F-Dean Kester[13]

A-Main – (30 Laps)
1. 9X-Brandon Martin[2]; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[4]; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[6]; 4. 53-Phil Gressman[3]; 5. 3-Mike Linder[8]; 6. 16-Chris Andrews[14]; 7. 29-Rob Chaney[9]; 8. 2+-Brian Smith[7]; 9. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[12]; 10. 5T-Travis Philo[20]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson [17]; 12. 45L-Brian Lay[18]; 13. 60-Jody Keegan[19]; 14. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[15]; 15. 35-Stuart Brubaker[22]; 16. 55-Brad Bowman[16]; 17. 14H-Todd Heller[11]; 18. 14-Chad Wilson [21]; 19. 22-Cole Duncan [1]; 20. 12-Jarred Ridge[5]; 21. O-Chris Bell[10]; 22. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[13]

Hard Charger: 5T-Travis Philo[+10]

Summit Racing Equipment Late Models (23 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 50Y-Ryan Missler[6] ; 2. 2-Justin Chance[3] ; 3. 9C-Troy Cattarene[1] ; 4. 20J-Jerry Bowersock[5] ; 5. 48-John Bores[7] ; 6. O6-Kyle Perry[4] ; 7. 99-Steve Sabo[2] ; 8. 101-Chester Fitch[8]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 34-Ky Harper[1] ; 2. O1P-Brandon Perkins[6] ; 3. 15B-Mike Bores[4] ; 4. 36-Matt Irey[3] ; 5. O3-Jim Gingery[2] ; 6. 5H-Josh Haynes[5] ; 7. 1J-Jason Stancil[7]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 29-Garrett Krummert[3] ; 2. 92-Cody Scott[5] ; 3. 69-John Mayes Jr.[1] ; 4. 21-Larry Kingseed[2] ; 5. 27-Ken Hahn[4] ; 6. 23J-Mike Hudson [7] ; 7. 76-Skip McKinney [8] ; 8. O2-Jeff McCoy[6]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O6-Kyle Perry[1] ; 2. 99-Steve Sabo[4] ; 3. 101-Chester Fitch[7] ; 4. O2-Jeff McCoy[8] ; 5. 76-Skip McKinney [6] ; 6. 23J-Mike Hudson [3] ; 7. 5H-Josh Haynes[2]

A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 50Y-Ryan Missler[1]; 2. 21-Larry Kingseed[7]; 3. 9C-Troy Cattarene[6]; 4. 92-Cody Scott[5]; 5. 29-Garrett Krummert[11]; 6. 69-John Mayes Jr.[3]; 7. 2-Justin Chance[4]; 8. 34-Ky Harper[8]; 9. O1P-Brandon Perkins[9]; 10. 99-Steve Sabo[17]; 11. 36-Matt Irey[10]; 12. 101-Chester Fitch[18]; 13. O3-Jim Gingery[14]; 14. 20J-Jerry Bowersock[12]; 15. O6-Kyle Perry[16]; 16. 27-Ken Hahn[15]; 17. O2-Jeff McCoy[19]; 18. 15B-Mike Bores[2]; 19. 76-Skip McKinney [20]; 20. 48-John Bores[13]

Hard Charger: 99-Steve Sabo[+7]

Fremont Fence 305 Sprints (26 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[6] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[3] ; 3. 8J-Jess Stiger[1] ; 4. 9-Jimmy Colvin[5] ; 5. 27-Paige Polyak[9] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[4] ; 7. 22D-Dan Hammond [8] ; 8. 94K-Kurt Huber[7] ; 9. 4T-Jim Taddeo[2]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 13-Junior Felver[1] ; 2. 5-Dustin Dinan[6] ; 3. 68G-Tyler Gunn[4] ; 4. 72C-Ross Moore [2] ; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[5] ; 6. 25-Jason Keckler[8] ; 7. 13D-Jeremy Duposki[7] ; 8. 48-Mike Burkin[3] ; 9. 15-Gary Benjamin[9]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 4M-Jamie Miller[2] ; 2. 11F-D.J. Foos[1] ; 3. MD1-Mike Dussell[4] ; 4. 5R-Jordan Ryan[7] ; 5. 83X-Nate Reeser[3] ; 6. 10X-Dustin Stroup[6] ; 7. 77S-Jim Sipe[5] ; 8. 39-Matt Merrill[8]

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 10X-Dustin Stroup[3] ; 2. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 4. 39-Matt Merrill[9] ; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond [4] ; 6. 48-Mike Burkin[8] ; 7. 13D-Jeremy Duposki[5] ; 8. 15-Gary Benjamin[11] ; 9. 94K-Kurt Huber[7]

A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 5R-Jordan Ryan[7]; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[1]; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[3]; 4. 5-Dustin Dinan[11]; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[14]; 6. 10X-Dustin Stroup[16]; 7. 4M-Jamie Miller[10]; 8. 27-Paige Polyak[13]; 9. 9-Jimmy Colvin[6]; 10. 25-Jason Keckler[17]; 11. 68G-Tyler Gunn[4]; 12. 39-Matt Merrill[19]; 13. 13-Junior Felver[5]; 14. 83X-Nate Reeser[15]; 15. 36-Seth Schneider[18]; 16. 22D-Dan Hammond [20]; 17. MD1-Mike Dussell[9]; 18. 72C-Ross Moore [2]; 19. 8J-Jess Stiger[8]; 20. 11F-D.J. Foos[12]

Hard Charger: 10X-Dustin Stroup[+10]
Bob’s Machine Shop Dirt Trucks (20 Trucks)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O1-Art Ball[5] ; 2. 3R-Chuck Roelle[6] ; 3. 33-Brian Arnold [2] ; 4. 8KB-Kent Brewer[7] ; 5. 99X-Gene Potridge[1] ; 6. 85S-Brandon Stuckey[4]

Heat 2 – Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps – Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. D1-Dustin Keegan[1] ; 2. P51-Willie Keegan[2] ; 3. 33C-Kyle Cline[3] ; 4. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[6] ; 5. 4X-Brian Sorg[5] ; 6. 39-Dwight Waltermeier[7] ; 7. 9-Curt Inks[4]

Heat 3 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O-Andy Keegan[3] ; 2. 94-John Ivy[4] ; 3. 95-Keith Sorg[1] ; 4. 22J-Josh Kiser[2]

A-Main – (15 Laps)
1. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[2]; 2. O-Andy Keegan[4]; 3. O1-Art Ball[9]; 4. 3R-Chuck Roelle[5]; 5. P51-Willie Keegan[10]; 6. 8KB-Kent Brewer[6]; 7. 94-John Ivy[12]; 8. D1-Dustin Keegan[3]; 9. 33-Brian Arnold [8]; 10. 39-Dwight Waltermeier[16]; 11. 33C-Kyle Cline[11]; 12. 4X-Brian Sorg[14]; 13. 9-Curt Inks[17]; 14. 99X-Gene Potridge[13]; 15. 18W-Cory Ward[19]; 16. 95-Keith Sorg[1]; 17. 22J-Josh Kiser[7]; 18. 85S-Brandon Stuckey[15]

Hard Charger: O1-Art Ball[+6]

Mark Keegan To Be Saluted On 2012 Championship Night

On Saturday, August 25th, Attica Raceway Park pays tribute to its all-time feature winner Mark Keegan with the running of the Mark Keegan Classic on Kistler Racing Products Season Championship Night.

Defending F.A.S.T. Series Champion Bryan Sebetto claimed the Inaugural Mark Keegan Classic feature win last season.

Mark made the front page of racing newspapers with his accolades on the 1/3-mile clay oval and also helped in the rebirth of “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speed plant back in 1988. He’s seen a lot in his years in racing from the rise of Gambler Chassis to the emergence of XXX Race Products, he has raced on McCreary, Hoosier & Goodyear race tires and raced from the days of engineering ingenuity in your garage to when you could buy any part off the shelf at your local speed shop. Mark sure has seen a lot in his years behind the wheel of a sprint car in Northern Ohio.

Take a moment to look back at the many rides that Mark Keegan has driven on his way to collecting 12 track champions and 56 feature wins at Attica Raceway Park!