A collection of shots from track photographers Elaine & Jim Collum of Action Photos. See more of their shots here: actionphotosfremont.smugmug.com
By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) Rick Eckert displayed his cool even when nothing was going right for the York, Pennsylvania driver Friday, July 30 at Attica Raceway Park. After turning the fourth quick time, his car blew up! He really should have had a mechanic in Arvada inspect the vehicle for problems, or maybe he did but just pushed his car way too far.
Either way, the sudden turn of events ended up forcing him to the tail of his heat in a backup car. He had to race through the B-main to gain an 18th starting spot in the feature. Then, a hole in his radiator caused his crew to quickly change the water cooling device during a red flag, sending him to the tail. He then steadily worked his way to the front using the extreme bottom groove, passing Josh Richards with just three laps remaining to earn his second World of Outlaws Late Model victory of the season at Attica Raceway Park Friday, July 30.
“Scrub” Eckert used the extreme bottom groove throughout the 40-lap, $10,000 to win Cat A-main while most of the other competitors were blasting around the top in what can be described as one of the most unbelievable World of Outlaw Late model races so far in 2010.
Image”We had a really good car and that red flag came out and the crew said ‘hey are you parked on water?’ I said I don’t think so…I said see if it’s warm and they took the hood off and water was leaking out of the radiator…had a hole in the bottom core. I said let’s just go to the pits and there was a big crash so we’ll gain a few spots back. I said we got a car good enough to win and damn if we didn’t,” said Eckert beside his J&K Salvage, Raye Vest, All Star Performance, York Excavating Company backed #24. I wonder what kind of insurance they have on those cars. Speaking of insurance, if you’re interested in saving money on your car insurance, find out more here.
In the 410 sprint feature, Rob Chaney took the early lead, and then lost it to Brandon Martin in a tremendous three car battle involving Craig Mintz as well. A caution flag on lap 22 gave Chaney a clean shot on the high side to drive back by Martin and into the lead and he pulled away for the $3,000 prize.
“The caution came out just at the right time for me. Those guys were getting fast on the bottom and when I came up on the last cars they were throwing some dust up on the top and I really didn’t want to move and the caution came out when I needed it and got a clean track,” said Chaney beside his Bryan Grove owned, Canton Erectors backed #45.
At the drop of the green for the late model feature, Russell King powered into the lead with Gregg Satterlee, Matt Miller, Tim McCreadie, Josh Richards and Clint Smith in tow. King, who recorded a top 10 finish a few weeks earlier at Attica during the UMP Summer Nationals, would begin to pull away, as Miller moved into second on lap two, bringing McCreadie to third. By lap five, King lead Miller by half a straight away with sixth-starting Richards in third. There was a tremendous battle for fourth between McCreadie, Steve Francis, Satterlee, Smith and Lanigan.
King would hit lapped heavy lapped traffic by lap nine and escaped disaster on lap 11 when Mike Knight spun in front of him as he stopped to avoid a collision. On the restart, Richards would execute a daring move to drive between Miller and King to take the lead as McCreadie also went by Miller into third. McCreadie steadily pulled as King continued to run second with eighth-starting Lanigan moving into third by lap 15. The caution would fly on lap 22 when King drove off the track exiting turn two with the running order Richards, Lanigan, Miller, Satterlee and Shane Clanton.
On the restart, all hell broke lose as Richard drove from the top to the bottom out of turn four, everyone else checked up and that sparked a multi-car crash involving at least a dozen race cars on the front stretch with Chub Frank betting upside down. During the red, Eckert, who had worked his way up to 10th, went pit side with a broken radiator.
On the restart the running order was Richards, Lanigan, Francis, Clanton, McCreadie, Clint Smith and Tim Fuller. Richards could not shake Lanigan who continued to drive right up to his rear bumper with Francis, Clanton, McCreadie and Smith right there as well. With 20 laps to go, Richards continued to lead while Francis had moved into second. However, Francis would drive off the high side of turn two, losing several spots on lap 32, handing the runner-up spot back to Lanigan with Clanton third and Smith fourth.
King would bring out the final caution on lap 35. Richards led Lanigan, Clanton, Smith, McCreadie and Eckert. Richards again used the high line to pull away on the restart while Lanigan and Clanton battled for second with Smith trying to hold off the low-riding Eckert for fourth. The capacity crowd were on their feet, sensing something special was going to happen as Eckert continued to race the extreme bottom groove and moved into third on lap 38. With nine laps to go, it was now a three car battle for the lead between Richards, Lanigan and Eckert.
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Rick Eckert – WoO Late Models
Eckert would dispose of Lanigan on lap 43 and began to hunt down Richards. With four laps to go, Eckert drove to Richards inside as they raced side by side to the flag stand. On the next circuit, Eckert powered off the bottom of turn four to take the lead. Eckert would drive away the last three laps for the win with Richards, Lanigan, Clanton and Smith rounding out the top five.
“I just got a good rhythm around the bottom there and got to where I could drive off really hard. And I got to fifth there and thought ‘that’s pretty good’ and I got to Darrell (Lanigan) and he raced me pretty hard and I got to Josh (Richards) and got my entry better and that helped my exit and that’s what it took,” added Eckert.
For Richards, it was a solid second place run.
“I always enjoy coming here. We were able to get up to the front early but I looked up on the board and saw #24 and I knew he came from the back and kept seeing someone stick their nose up under me. I was more comfortable just carrying my speed up top and keep my momentum up. But Rick was able to stick it on the bottom and make it work. I don’t know if I could have gone down there and stay in the front,” said Richards of Shinnston, W. Va. , the defending World of Outlaws champion beside his Rocket Chassis, Cornett Engines, Seubert Calf Ranches backed #1
For Union , Kentucky ‘s Lanigan, third broke a string of two straight World of Outlaw victories.
“We were a little loose there at the end. Rick had a good car and Josh was running awful well too, so to come home third we’ll be happy with it,” said Lanigan beside his Gottarace.com, X-treme Graphics, Port City Racing, Performance Rod and Custom, Rocket Chassis, Cornett Thunder backed late model. ”
ImageIn the 410 sprint main, Brandon Martin would grab the early lead over Sheldon Haudenschild, Chaney and Mark Keegan. While Martin worked the low line, Chaney would drive around Haudenschild into second on lap 2 and around Martin into the lead on lap four. Martin would continue to hound Chaney as Mark Keegan, Haudenschild, fifth-starter Craig Mintz, Dale Blaney and Chris Andrews followed. Keegan would challenge Martin for second as they followed in Chaney’s tire tracks.
Just as the leaders were set to hit lapped traffic, the caution would fly for a Duane Zablocki spin. On the restart, Chaney would fly up top with Martin still hugging the bottom with Mintz blasting around Keegan into third. On lap 14, Mintz would drive to Martin’s outside to grab second and was right on the rear bumper of Chaney. Martin was finding a rhythm on the bottom and soon it was a three-car battle for the lead.
Martin would regain the second spot on lap 19 with Mintz, Blaney, Keegan, Bryan Sebetto, Dean Jacobs, Phil Gressman, Haudenschild, and Byron Reed following. Martin would drive under Chaney to lead the 21st lap, but Chaney would drive back by for the top spot as the caution would fly on lap 22. On the restart, with a clean track in front of him, Chaney would drive away while Margin now had his hands full with Mintz and Blaney. Blaney would take third on lap 23 and steal second on lap 26, but he could not catch Chaney. Following Chaney to the checkered were Blaney, Mintz, Martin and Keegan.
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Rob Chaney – FAST 410 Sprints
“We’ve just been working really well together. Bryan kind of puts his input in but he basically lets me do what I think and it’s working really well right now. When I was pushing up for the feature I was thinkin’ I’ve won a lot of races at different places but there’s nowhere harder to win than this race track,” said Chaney of his eighth career Attica victory.
As it was a Kistler Racing Products Fremont Attica Sprint Title (FAST) Championship Series event, Keegan’s finish would eat into point leader Reed’s huge point lead ever so slightly as Reed would come home eighth.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, Aug. 6 with the FAST 410 sprints, UMP late models and Fremont Fence 305 Sprints. It will be a full card of racing as the remainder of the July 23 late model feature and the entire July 23 305 sprint feature that was rained out will also be contested.
For more information log onto www.atticaracewaypark.com
Attica Raceway Park – 7/30/2010
Cat Night
World of Outlaws Late Model Series (45 Cars)
Qualifying – Hualmark Trailers
1. 15-Steve Francis, 14.30; 2. 7-Matt Miller, 14.32; 3. 29-Darrell Lanigan, 14.36; 4. 24-Rick Eckert, 14.42; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie, 14.47; 6. 71D-Ron Davies, 14.53; 7. 22S-Gregg Satterlee, 14.59; 8. 44-Clint Smith, 14.61; 9. 1S-Chub Frank, 14.61; 10. 1-Josh Richards, 14.64; 11. 15H-Jon Henry, 14.65; 12. 56-Russ King, 14.68; 13. 9K-Mike Knight, 14.68; 14. 19H-Austin Hubbard, 14.77; 15. 19-Tim Fuller, 14.81; 16. 99-Donnie Moran, 14.85; 17. 99B-Boom Briggs, 14.87; 18. 72-John Mason, 14.87; 19. W11-Robbie Blair, 15.00; 20. 25-Shane Clanton, 15.07; 21. 8-Craig Vosbergen, 15.07; 22. 50Y-Ryan Missler, 15.08; 23. 22-Jill George, 15.12; 24. 29R-Rocky Owens, 15.15; 25. 3-Brent Robinson, 15.20; 26. 15B-Mike Bores, 15.24; 27. 51-Devin Schiels, 15.26; 28. 21-Larry Kingseed, 15.31; 29. 23C-Jeremy Canada , 15.37; 30. B22-Bump Hedman, 15.38; 31. X3-Dan Wallace, 15.44; 32. 1N-Casey Noonan, 15.46; 33. 93T-Jeff Esbenshade, 15.52; 34. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr., 15.53; 35. 27-Ken Hahn, 15.53; 36. 1B-Jeff Babcock, 15.69; 37. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth, 15.75; 38. 83-Bill Hahn, 15.79; 39. 36-Matt Irey, 15.93; 40. 48-John Bores, 16.33; 41. 12-Michael Stiltner II, 16.45; 42. O6-Kyle Perry, 16.82; 43. 22M-Bobby Michaels, 16.85; 44. 1DJ-Doug Drown, 99.00; 45. 5H-Ernie Haynes, 99.10
Heat 1 – Ultra Schield Race Products (10 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 15-Steve Francis; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie; 3. 1S-Chub Frank; 4. 9K-Mike Knight; 5. 3-Brent Robinson; 6. 23C-Jeremy Canada ; 7. 93T-Jeff Esbenshade; 8. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 9. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 10. 12-Michael Stiltner II; 11. 99B-Boom Briggs; 12. 8-Craig Vosbergen
Heat 2 – Bell Racing (10 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 7-Matt Miller; 2. 1-Josh Richards; 3. 19H-Austin Hubbard; 4. 72-John Mason; 5. 50Y-Ryan Missler; 6. 15B-Mike Bores; 7. B22-Bump Hedman; 8. 71D-Ron Davies; 9. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr.; 10. 83-Bill Hahn; 11. O6-Kyle Perry
Heat 3 – Friendship Food Stores (10 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 29-Darrell Lanigan; 2. 22S-Gregg Satterlee; 3. 15H-Jon Henry; 4. W11-Robbie Blair; 5. 22-Jill George; 6. X3-Dan Wallace; 7. 27-Ken Hahn; 8. 36-Matt Irey; 9. 51-Devin Schiels; 10. 19-Tim Fuller; 11. 22M-Bobby Michaels
Heat 4 – Tin Lizzy Collision (10 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 56-Russ King; 2. 44-Clint Smith; 3. 25-Shane Clanton; 4. 99-Donnie Moran; 5. 24-Rick Eckert; 6. 1DJ-Doug Drown; 7. 29R-Rocky Owens; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed; 9. 1N-Casey Noonan; 10. 48-John Bores; 11. 1B-Jeff Babcock
B-Main #1 – Computer Man Inc. (12 Laps – Top 3 Transfer)
1. B22-Bump Hedman; 2. 3-Brent Robinson; 3. 99B-Boom Briggs; 4. 71D-Ron Davies; 5. 50Y-Ryan Missler; 6. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr.; 7. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 8. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 9. 83-Bill Hahn; 10. O6-Kyle Perry; 11. 12-Michael Stiltner II; 12. 23C-Jeremy Canada ; 13. 93T-Jeff Esbenshade; 14. 15B-Mike Bores
B-Main #2 – Computer Man Inc. (12 Laps – Top 3 Transfer)
1. 24-Rick Eckert; 2. 1DJ-Doug Drown; 3. 51-Devin Schiels; 4. 27-Ken Hahn; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed; 6. X3-Dan Wallace; 7. 22-Jill George; 8. 36-Matt Irey; 9. 48-John Bores; 10. 22M-Bobby Michaels; 11. 29R-Rocky Owens; 12. 1B-Jeff Babcock; 13. 1N-Casey Noonan
A-Main – (50 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 24-Rick Eckert[18]; 2. 1-Josh Richards[6]; 3. 29-Darrell Lanigan[8]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton[12]; 5. 44-Clint Smith[7]; 6. 15-Steve Francis[5]; 7. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 8. 19H-Austin Hubbard[10]; 9. 19-Tim Fuller[23]; 10. 99B-Boom Briggs[21]; 11. 99-Donnie Moran[16]; 12. W11-Robbie Blair[15]; 13. 56-Russ King[2]; 14. 72-John Mason[14]; 15. B22-Bump Hedman[17]; 16. 1DJ-Doug Drown [20]; 17. 22-Jill George[24]; 18. 15h-Jon Henry [11]; 19. 7-Matt Miller [4]; 20. 22s-Gregg Satterlee [1]; 21. 1*-Chubb Frank [9]; 22. 3-Brent Robinson [19]; 23. 51-Devin Shiels [22]; 24. 9k-Mike Knight [13]
Hard Charger: 24-Rick Eckert[+17]
410 Sprints (31 Cars)
Nights #17: Kistler Racing Products FAST Championship Series
Heat 1 – Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 2+-Brian Smith; 2. 97-Dean Jacobs; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 4. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 5. 60-Jody Keegan; 6. 78L-Kirk Jeffries; 7. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 8. 70-Steven Lines
Heat 2 – Bell Racing (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 5R-Byron Reed; 3. 45C-Rob Chaney; 4. 3J-Kevin Lee; 5. 22-Cole Duncan ; 6. 45L-Brian Lay; 7. 5M-Jamie Miller; 8. 27-Scott Euler
Heat 3 – Friendship Food Stores (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 11M-Brandon Martin; 2. 16-Bryan Sebetto; 3. 53-Phil Gressman; 4. 1X-Matt Linder; 5. 5T-Travis Philo; 6. 40-Mark Imler; 7. 39-Alex Martin; 8. 98-Bruce Robenalt
Heat 4 – Tin Lizzy Collision (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews; 3. 20X-Craig Mintz; 4. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 5. 1R-Chad Blonde; 6. 14H-Todd Heller; 7. 28-Shawn Valenti
B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 22-Cole Duncan ; 2. 1R-Chad Blonde; 3. 45L-Brian Lay; 4. 14H-Todd Heller; 5. 78L-Kirk Jeffries; 6. 28-Shawn Valenti; 7. 39-Alex Martin; 8. 40-Mark Imler; 9. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 10. 27-Scott Euler; 11. 5M-Jamie Miller; 12. 5T-Travis Philo; 13. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 14. 60-Jody Keegan
A-Main – (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 45C-Rob Chaney[4]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[9]; 3. 20X-Craig Mintz[5]; 4. 11M-Brandon Martin[1]; 5. X-Mark Keegan[3]; 6. 97-Dean Jacobs[12]; 7. 16-Bryan Sebetto[8]; 8. 5R-Byron Reed[7]; 9. 53-Phil Gressman[11]; 10. 15C-Chris Andrews[6]; 11. 14H-Todd Heller[20]; 12. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 13. 2+-Brian Smith[10]; 14. 1X-Matt Linder[15]; 15. 1R-Chad Blonde[18]; 16. 91-Aaron Middaugh[13]; 17. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[16]; 18. 45L-Brian Lay[19]; 19. 3J-Kevin Lee[14]; 20. 22-Cole Duncan [17]
Hard Charger: 14H-Todd Heller[+9]
©2010 – Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH
By Kevin Kovac -World of Outlaws Late Model Series PR Director
(Attica, OH) Doug Drown has a pretty good idea how he would feel if he were able to pull off an upset victory this Friday night (July 30) in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Attica Raceway Park.
“I would probably be speechless,” said the 28-year-old driver from Wooster, Ohio. “Winning a World of Outlaws race would put us in a different group of regional racers. It would be unreal.”
Drown, of course, also happens to have a pretty good idea of how difficult it is to reach the finish line first in a WoO LMS A-Main. A driver has absolutely no room for error – a fact he learned first-hand when the national tour visited the one-third-mile Attica oval last year.
The talented young Buckeye State racer had an impressive night going during the 2009 program, qualifying second-fastest in time trials and finishing second in his heat to earn a berth in the feature redraw. But a critical mistake cost him dearly: he reported late to the A-Main lineup, forcing officials to demote him from the eighth starting spot to the rear of the field. His promising evening ended with a 23rd-place finish after he retired on lap 10 of the 50-lapper.
“That was real disappointing,” recalled Drown. “I was in the car and ready to go in the pits, but my guys had the car jacked up to change all four tires at the last minute and we ended up being late (to staging). In the end, it was the wrong decision too – we were too hard (with tire compound) and were absolutely horrible, and I just pulled off.
“If we had just left on (the tires) we were originally going to run, I think we could’ve at least run top-five. What we had on originally was what most of the top guys had on.”
Drown is hoping to avoid such hiccups in Friday’s WoO LMS show, which is topped by a 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 to win. He enters the action confident that he can be a contender, having already won two weekly DIRTcar-sanctioned features this season at Attica and run well in his recent travels to WoO LMS and DIRTcar Summer Nationals shows.
“We’ve had a pretty good year – better than I ever expected it to be actually,” said Drown, who campaigns family-owned equipment. “We struggled a lot last year, so I didn’t come into this season with any expectations. But we’ve been running good almost everywhere we go and I’m looking forward to racing with the Outlaws.”
Drown is carving out a successful 2010 season with a relatively bare-bones effort. He has just a single ’09 Bernheisel Lazer Chassis and one engine at his disposal – and he hurt his Malcuit 430 cubic inch Ford powerplant in last month’s Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., forcing him to borrow motors to keep racing until he gets his repaired piece back. Fellow racer D.J. Myers loaned him an engine to use during his recent two-week excursion on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals trail and he’s secured a 415 Ford motor from builder Brad Malcuit for this week’s WoO LMS Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek events.
“A lot of people think we have more (equipment) than we do,” said Drown, who also plans to enter Ohio-Pennsylvania Speedweek shows on July 27 at Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, Pa., July 28 at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, and July 31 at Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Ohio (where he’s won in the past). “We don’t have a lot, so we gotta take care of what we have to make it last.”
Drown does a pretty good job of that – and he has to since he’s effectively a fulltime race car driver this year. Back home living with his parents after a recent divorce and just 11 months removed from the fire that destroyed the Wooster restaurant he had been operating, Drown has demonstrated a renewed concentration on racing as well as thinking of attending autoshows, (like those in this article here.)
“I decided to take a couple years and focus on the goal of doing this racing deal fulltime,” said Drown, who is still waiting for help from his insurance company to rebuild his Country Harvest Restaurant. Unlike some aspects of car insurance (discussed in this article here) it can take a long time for those claims to be settled. “If we can get some more support next year we’d like to branch out and run a series regularly.”
Drown’s best opportunity to attract some major attention for his future endeavors is with Friday’s WoO LMS event at Attica, a track that’s rapidly become one of his favorites. His first start there came in May 2008 when the facility hosted the full-fender Outlaws for the first time and Drown recorded a career-best WoO LMS finish of sixth.
“I kind of fell in love with the place that night,” said Drown, whose top WoO LMS finish in five A-Main starts this year is a ninth in both of last month’s Firecracker 100 preliminary features at Lernerville. “It’s a great track for drivers and for fans. There’s usually a couple grooves, so you can start at the tail of a heat and still get up to the front.”
Drown will lead the army of regional and local racers against a star-studded field of Outlaws at Attica, including former WoO LMS champions Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who won the tour’s 2008 A-Main at Attica, Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., and Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky.
The traveling WoO LMS roster also includes Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., and rookie Jill George of Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Friday program, which also includes a $3,000-to-win feature for Attica’s weekly 410 Sprint Car division, is scheduled begin with hot laps shortly after 6 p.m. Gates are set to open at 4 p.m. and race time is 7:45 p.m.
Adult general admission is $30, ages 11-15 are $15 and kids 10-and-under will be admitted free of charge. Pit passes are $35.
Additional information on Attica Raceway Park can be obtained by logging on to www.atticaracewaypark.com or calling 419-680-5606.
For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.
The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and Chizmark Larson Insurance; in addition to contingency sponsors Eibach Springs, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, Pink Carburetors, Pro Power Engines, Quartermaster, Rocket Chassis, R2C Performance and Wrisco Aluminum.
A collection of shots from track photographers Elaine & Jim Collum of Action Photos. See more of their shots here: actionphotosfremont.smugmug.com
(Attica, OH) Last year Byron Reed just couldn’t get a break. This year, everything seems to be going his way.
The Monclova, Ohio driver, who posted only one victory in 2009, had everything fall into place for him Friday, July 23 at Attica Raceway Park, as he raced to his fifth victory of the season. The win stretches out his point lead in not only the track’s championship standings, but the Kistler Racing Products Fremont Attica Sprint Title (FAST) Championship Series as well.
Reed’s night didn’t start out too promising. He drew a bad pill and had to start sixth in his heat. Things got worse as on the first lap he spun off the track and had to go to the tail. That must have been the wake-up call for the five-time Attica champion, as he stormed from last to a third place finish, making him eligible for the redraw for the A-main line-up. His luck would continue to improve as he drew a #2 pill putting him on the outside front row.
From there, Reed battled with first Todd Heller and then Bryan Sebetto to grab second, and then on a lap 20, he drove under race-long leader Mark Keegan with a perfect slide-job exiting turn two to grab the lead. Reed avoided disaster on the next lap as he hit the back of the field, Bruce White looped it out right in front of him and Reed had to drive off the banking to avoid crashing. Reed then drove his Reebar Diecasting, Weld Wheels backed #5 away from the field to his 27th career feature win on Quality Welding/Aaron’s Sales and Service Night.
With threatening skies overhead, the post-race interview was delayed and the Fultz Fabrications and Speed Shop UMP DIRTcar Late Models hit the track for their A-main. Defending track champion Ryan Missler, who came into the night tied with Larry Kingseed atop the track’s point standings, grabbed the early lead. As the caution flew on lap 7 for a Michael Stiltner spin, the skies opened up, postponing the end of the feature. So with 18 laps remaining, Missler leads Devin Shiels, Jeff Babock, Doug Drown and Rocky Owens.
ImageThe Fremont Fence 305 Sprints also have an A-main to run as they were in the staging area when the rains came.
The conclusion of the late model feature and the A-main for the 305 sprints will be held on Friday, Aug. 6. The night will feature a complete program of 410 sprints, late models and 305 sprints, the remaining 18 laps of the late model feature from July 23 and a second 25-lap make-up feature for the 305 sprints.
In Friday’s 410 sprint feature, pole-sitter Mark Keegan stormed into the lead, looking for his 57th career win at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant and his second victory of 2010. Todd Heller slipped under Reed for second with Brandon Wimmer, Sheldon Haudenschild and Bryan Sebetto in tow. Early on it was difficult for the race to get going with a spat of caution flags slowing the pace. The first would fly on lap four for a Bruce White spin. A lap later another caution for a Jody Keegan spin. Another lap and another caution, this time for Haudenschild. Another lap and yet another caution for a Steve Lines, Cody White tangle.
Meanwhile, on each of the ensuing restarts, Keegan would drive to the high side to maintain his lead while the battle for second was awesome between Heller, Reed, Wimmer and Sebetto. Sebetto would blast from sixth to third from lap five to lap six. On the lap seven restart he drove under Reed for second and began to close on Keegan. Just as the race was heating up for the lead between Keegan, Sebetto and Reed, the caution would come out on lap 11 for a Duane Zablocki spin.
On the restart Reed would drive under Sebetto to take second, but Sebetto wasn’t done and neither was Wimmer, who made it a four car battle for the lead with 11th starter Phil Gressman on the move in fifth. Keegan, Reed, Sebetto and Wimmer would wage an exciting battle over the next seven laps. Reed was making steady ground on Keegan, driving low in turns one and two and following Keegan up top in turns three and four. It was the low groove in turn two after completing lap 20 that gave Reed the lead.
But Reed’s adventurous night would not come to an end quickly. Just as he completed lap 21 and was entering turn one, coming up on the rear of the field, Bruce White spun right in front of him. Reed had to drive off the high side of the track and somehow kept the car straight to maintain the lead. On the restart Reed was just too strong as he drove away from the field.
Meanwhile, the battle for second continued to be a dandy between Keegan, Wimmer, Sebetto, Gressman and 13th place starter Dean Jacobs. Sebetto would begin to fade with six laps remaining. At the checkered it was Reed over Keegan, Gressman, Wimmer, Jacobs, Sebetto and Craig Mintz.
Attica Raceway Park will host the World of Outlaws Late Models on Friday, July 30 on Ohio Cat Night, paying $10,000 to the winner. The 410 sprints will also compete for $3,000 to win.
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Attica Raceway Park – 7/23/2010
Quality Welding Inc./ Aaron’s Sales & Lease Night
410 Sprints (25 Cars)
Night #15: Kistler Racing Products FAST Championship Series
Heat 1 – Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 70-Steven Lines; 2. 16-Bryan Sebetto; 3. 5R-Byron Reed; 4. 14H-Todd Heller; 5. 97-Dean Jacobs; 6. 5T-Travis Philo; 7. 60-Jody Keegan; 8. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 9. 5M-Jamie Miller
Heat 2 – Bell Racing (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 20X-Craig Mintz; 2. O-Brandon Wimmer; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 4. 312-Mike Linder; 5. 28-Shawn Valenti; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews; 7. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 8. OM-Bill Morrison
Heat 3 – Friendship Food Stores (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 53-Phil Gressman; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 3. 2+-Brian Smith; 4. X-Mark Keegan; 5. 26-Cody White; 6. 3J-Kevin Lee; 7. 96AU-Bruce White; 8. 45-Brian Lay
B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 5T-Travis Philo; 2. 3J-Kevin Lee; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews; 4. 60-Jody Keegan; 5. 96AU-Bruce White; 6. OM-Bill Morrison; 7. 5M-Jamie Miller; 8. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 9. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 10. 45-Brian Lay
A-Main – (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 5R-Byron Reed[2]; 2. X-Mark Keegan[1]; 3. 53-Phil Gressman[11]; 4. O-Brandon Wimmer[5]; 5. 97-Dean Jacobs[13]; 6. 16-Bryan Sebetto[4]; 7. 20X-Craig Mintz[9]; 8. 14H-Todd Heller[3]; 9. 2+-Brian Smith[10]; 10. 3J-Kevin Lee[17]; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews[18]; 12. 28-Shawn Valenti[14]; 13. 70-Steven Lines[12]; 14. 5T-Travis Philo[16]; 15. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[7]; 16. 312-Mike Linder[6]; 17. 96AU-Bruce White[20]; 18. 26-Cody White[15]; 19. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 20. 60-Jody Keegan[19]
Hard Charger: 53-Phil Gressman[+8]
Fultz Fabrication & Speed Shop UMP Late Models (26 Cars)
Heat 1 – Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 12D-Doug Drown; 2. 29-Rocky Owens; 3. 50Y-Ryan Missler; 4. 23C-Jeremy Canada ; 5. X3-Dan Wallace; 6. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 7. 99-Steve Sabo; 8. 22X-Kerry Rouse; 9. 22-Bobby Michaels
Heat 2 – Bell Racing (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr.; 2. 51-Devin Schiels; 3. 1-Jeff Babcock; 4. 84-Tim Sabo; 5. 15B-Mike Bores; 6. 12-Michael Stiltner; 7. 171-Joe Smith; 8. 8-Craig Vosbergen; 9. 1C-Mike Stiltner Sr
Heat 3 – Friendship Food Stores (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 27-Ken Hahn; 2. 11-Keith Berner; 3. 92-Cody Scott; 4. 85-Roddy Schroyer; 5. 36-Matt Irey; 6. 30-Nate Potts; 7. 21-Larry Kingseed; 8. 48-John Bores
B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 8-Craig Vosbergen; 2. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 3. 12-Michael Stiltner; 4. 48-John Bores; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed; 6. 99-Steve Sabo; 7. 22-Bobby Michaels; 8. 22X-Kerry Rouse
Fremont Fence 305 Sprints (30 Cars)
Heat 1 – Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 55-Benny Bowman; 3. 22D-Dan Hammond ; 4. 94-John Ivy; 5. 10S-Roger Shammo; 6. M28-Josh Muntz; 7. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 8. 71-Bill Kraylek; 9. 72C-John Bartlome; 10. 25-Jason Keckler
Heat 2 – Bell Racing (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 2. 5X-Dustin Dinan; 3. 27-Paige Polyak; 4. 1-Nate Dussel; 5. 39M-Matt Merrill; 6. 8K-Zack Kramer; 7. 13-Junior Felver; 8. 30-Adam Ollom; 9. 77J-Jim Sipe; 10. 87-Ryan Hetrick
Heat 3 – Friendship Food Stores (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 11F-D.J. Foos; 2. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver; 4. 51-Brad Bowman; 5. 80-Jake Travino; 6. 19R-Steve Rando; 7. 40-Bobby Clark ; 8. 8J-Jess Stiger; 9. 5-Jordan Ryan; 10. 83X-Nate Reeser
B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)
1. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 2. M28-Josh Muntz; 3. 40-Bobby Clark ; 4. 8K-Zack Kramer; 5. 19R-Steve Rando; 6. 71-Bill Kraylek; 7. 25-Jason Keckler; 8. 87-Ryan Hetrick; 9. 5-Jordan Ryan; 10. 72C-John Bartlome; 11. 30-Adam Ollom; 12. 77J-Jim Sipe; 13. 13-Junior Felver; 14. 8J-Jess Stiger; 15. 83X-Nate Reeser