5.23.08 Results 305 ENGINE BUILDERS CHALLENGE

Clark Nabs 305 Attica Loot; Schlenk Back In Victory Lane; Ward Scores Truck Win

By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) Bobby Clark has raced 410 sprints, 360 sprints and 305 sprints, and it’s the later that is providing him with a lot of fun and putting him in victory lane again.

The Fremont, Ohio driver led all 30 laps to take the $1,200 in the 305 Engine Builders’ Challenge at Attica Raceway Park Friday night. Engine builders Gressman Powersports, Griff’s Engines and Level Performance sponsored the highest paying purse at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” venue for the 305 sprints.

“The car was very good once again. This thing has been a blast to drive all year…we’ve passed a lot of cars. These guys (Davis brothers) like to have fun at the track…that’s what it is all about,” said Clark beside his Crown Battery, Fremont Fence, Jenny’s Copper Penny, B&L Plumbing backed sprinter.

Clark held off several late race challenges by both Bryan Sebetto and fast qualfier and new track-record holder Todd Heuerman for his second victory of the season and fourth overall in the 305 sprint division.

“Those two guys worked me over pretty good. I would go low to block the 18 car (Heuerman) and I could hear Sebetto up top. I didn’t know which way to go. The tires started to fade at the end, but it was just such a great car tonight,” said Clark.

Image Jackson, Michigan’s Rusty Schlenk proved his early season Attica win was no fluke, using a great restart on the ninth lap to take the lead and the victory in the Service Drive Solutions UMP Attica Late Models. Lapped traffic almost cost Schlenk the win, as Tyler Boggs nearly got under him coming down for the checkered.

“This win goes to Brad Eitnear and his owners. We grenaded our engine last week at Oakshade and they let us borrow one to race tonight,” said Schlenk beside his Racers Connection, CJ Rayburn Racecars, Maint Company backed late model.

“Normally this place only pays $500 to win and look at the competition that draws. This is some of the toughest late model racing in this area on a weekly basis,” said Schlenk having won $1,000 for his efforts.

Sandusky, Ohio’s Cory Ward took the lead on the second lap and went on to score a convincing win in the 15-lap dirt truck feature. It was his second victory of the season at Attica and sixth overall at the speedplant, putting him just one win behind the division’s leader in wins, Art Ball.

“I don’t like to get out into the lead that early…I don’t know who’s coming. But the truck was so good tonight…it was just easy to drive,” said Ward beside his Excuses Lounge, Budweiser, TJ Hosang Construction, Precision Body & Frame backed track.

Clark, who started on the pole for the 305 sprint feature by virtue of his win in the dash which pitted the eight fastest qualifiers who transfered to the feature, bolted to the early lead with Heuerman, who broke the 16-year-old track record earlier, and Benny Bowman in tow.

Image While Heuerman kept Clark in his sights, the racing behind he duo was action-packed between 7th place starter Sebetto, point leader Cap Henry, Stuart Brubaker and Dustin Dinan. Several cautions kept the leaders from getting to lapped traffic early in the race.

Sebetto would finally get around Heuerman utilizing his familiar high groove on lap eight and would race side by side with Clark over the next 10 laps before Heuerman would slip back by on lap 21. Things would heat up on lap 23 when the leaders finally encountered lapped traffic.

However, Henry and Brubaker would get together fighting for fourth apot on lap 27, with Henry going back pitside with front end damage. That gave Clark a clear track, but he still could not shake Sebetto and Heuerman. Clark was forced to alter his racing groove – from low in turns 1 and 2 and high in turns 3 and 4, to hug the bottom nearly every lap to stop Heuerman’s advance. Sebetto used the opportunity to bounce off the top cushion in turns 3 and 4 and pull even with Clark for the lead.

Clark was able to hold on for the win, with Sebetto, Heuerman, 13th place starter Kevin Lee and Dinan rounding out the top five.

Brad Eitnear would grave the early lead in the 25-lap late model main, with Tyler Boggs, John Mayes Sr., Ernie Haynes and Chuck Hummer following. Schlenk, who started 9th, would move into fifth by the second lap and drive between Hummer and Mayes into the third spot on lap eight.

Following a yellow on lap 9, Schlenk would get a great restart to drive around both Boggs and Eitnear to grab the lead. He would flirt with disaster nearly every lap, bouncing off the big top side cushion. While Schlenk led, Boggs would drive under Eitnear into the runner-up spot. Over the next 13 laps the top three remained Schlenk, Boggs and Eitnear, with Hummer battling with Haynes and a fast closing Dusty Moore for fourth.

At the checkered flag, Schlenk held off a last turn challenge by Boggs, with Moore, Eitnear and Jeremy Canada rounding out the top five.

Chester Fitch grabbed the early lead in the 15-lap truck main, with Ward, Alex Weichman, Brian Sorg and Dan Henning following. Ward would drive to Fitch’s outside on the second lap to take the lead. He held off teammates Bob Dible and Steve Endicott on a couple of yellow flag restarts to secure the win. Endicott, Dible, Henning and Brian Arnold – who came from the back after an early race altercation and two flat tires – rounding out the top five.

The Advance Auto Part World of Outlaw Sprints invade Attica Raceway Park on Friday, May 30. Reserve seating is available by logging onto www.atticaracewaypark.com or call 419-680-5606.

Attica Raceway Park (5-23-08)
305 Engine Builders Challenge

305 Sprints

Qualifying
1. 18-Todd Heuerman, 13.616; 2. 40-Bobby Clark, 13.786; 3. O1-Bryan Sebetto, 13.866; 4. 14-Chad Wilson, 13.868; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan, 13.874; 6. 19R-Steve Rando, 13.902; 7. O4-Cap Henry, 13.910; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.980; 9. 1-Nate Dussel (R), 13.991; 10. 49-Coty Runion, 14.001; 11. 82-Travis Hoffbauer, 14.038; 12. 55-Benny Bowman, 14.066; 13. 11F-D.J. Foos (R), 14.077; 14. 29-Chris Lang, 14.102; 15. 66L-Brad Bowman, 14.120; 16. 3J-Kevin Lee, 14.128; 17. 10-Brad Haudenschild, 14.142; 18. 71-Bill Kraylek, 14.162; 19. 3X-Brad Keckler, 14.245; 20. 15H-Mitch Harble, 14.247; 21. 22D-Dan Hammond, 14.269; 22. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 14.289; 23. 11-Shawn Colvin, 14.298; 24. 67M-Matt Ferrell, 14.336; 25. 39-Matt Merrill, 14.404; 26. 23-Willie Keegan, 14.424; 27. M28-Josh Muntz, 14.591; 28. 36X-Dustin Keegan, 14.599; 29. 25P-Mark Pridemore, 14.603; 30. 13-Junior Felver, 14.634; 31. 65-Mark Lang, 14.678; 32. X-Dustin Stroup (R), 14.689; 33. 47-Josh Burdette, 14.822; 34. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh, 14.864; 35. 28-Shaun Valenti (R), 14.875; 36. 596-Zack Ames (R), 15.216; 37. 8K-Zack Kramer (R), NT

Heat 1 – All Pro Heads (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 2. 18-Todd Heuerman; 3. 1-Nate Dussel (R); 4. 11F-D.J. Foos (R); 5. 5-Dustin Dinan; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond; 7. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 8. 39-Matt Merrill; 9. 47-Josh Burdette

Heat 2 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 3. 40-Bobby Clark; 4. 49-Coty Runion; 5. 19R-Steve Rando; 6. 23-Willie Keegan; 7. 13-Junior Felver; 8. 29-Chris Lang; 9. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh

Heat 3 – Bell Racing (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 3X-Brad Keckler; 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 3. O4-Cap Henry; 4. M28-Josh Muntz; 5. 11-Shawn Colvin; 6. 66L-Brad Bowman; 7. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 8. 65-Mark Lang; 9. 28-Shaun Valenti (R)

Heat 4 – Friendship Food Stores (8 laps, top 4transfer to A-Main)
1. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 2. 3J-Kevin Lee; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 4. 55-Benny Bowman; 5. 15H-Mitch Harble; 6. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 7. X-Dustin Stroup (R); 8. 596-Zack Ames (R); 9. 14-Chad Wilson

Dash 1
1. 40-Bobby Clark; 2. 55-Benny Bowman; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 4. 18-Todd Heuerman; 5. 49-Coty Runion; 6. O4-Cap Henry; 7. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 8. 1-Nate Dussel (R)

B-Main – Computer Man Inc.
1. 19R-Steve Rando; 2. 15H-Mitch Harble; 3. 23-Willie Keegan; 4. 29-Chris Lang; 5. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 6. 11-Shawn Colvin; 7. 28-Shaun Valenti (R); 8. 47-Josh Burdette; 9. 65-Mark Lang

B-Main – Computer Man Inc.
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 3. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 4. 39-Matt Merrill; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond; 6. 66L-Brad Bowman; 7. 13-Junior Felver; 8. X-Dustin Stroup (R); 9. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 10. 596-Zack Ames (R)

A-Main Starting Position [#]
1. 40-Bobby Clark[1]; 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto[7]; 3. 18-Todd Heuerman[4]; 4. 3J-Kevin Lee[13]; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan[9]; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[18]; 7. 55-Benny Bowman[2]; 8. 19R-Steve Rando[10]; 9. 49-Coty Runion[5]; 10. 3X-Brad Keckler[16]; 11. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3]; 12. 1-Nate Dussel (R)[8]; 13. M28-Josh Muntz[20]; 14. 67M-Matt Ferrell[19]; 15. 36X-Dustin Keegan[22]; 16. 29-Chris Lang[21]; 17. 71-Bill Kraylek[15]; 18. O4-Cap Henry[6]; 19. 11F-D.J. Foos (R)[12]; 20. 10-Brad Haudenschild[14]; 21. 15H-Mitch Harble[17]; 22. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[11]

Service Drive Solutions UMP Attica Late Models

Heat 1 – Tin Lizzy Collision (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 2. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 3. 45-Mike Marteney; 4. 99M-John Mayes Sr.; 5. X3-Dan Wallace; 6. 48-John Bores; 7. 63-Cody Scott; 8. 33-Bryan Koebbe; 9. 12H-Joe Hartlaub (R); 10. 50-Ryan Missler

Heat 2 – Ultra Shield Race Products (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 25-Chuck Hummer; 2. B4U-Brad Eitnear; 3. 15B-Mike Bores; 4. 23C-Jeremy Canada; 5. 75-Dusty Moore; 6. 27-Ken Hahn; 7. 88D-Larry Kingseed; 8. 3R-Chuck Rolle (R); 9. 99-Steve Sabo

Heat 3 – Bell Racing (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 91-Rusty Schlenk; 2. 1-Tyler Boggs; 3. 12-Michael Stiltner; 4. 92-Brandon Perkins; 5. 1M-John Mayes Jr.; 6. 18-Jamie Reed; 7. 83-Noah Wagner (R); 8. 77C-Craig Corfman; 9. 77-Steve Kester

B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 27-Ken Hahn; 2. 88D-Larry Kingseed; 3. 77-Steve Kester; 4. 18-Jamie Reed; 5. 99-Steve Sabo; 6. 77C-Craig Corfman; 7. 3R-Chuck Rolle (R); 8. 63-Cody Scott; 9. 83-Noah Wagner (R); 10. 12H-Joe Hartlaub (R)

A-Main Starting Position [#]
1. 91-Rusty Schlenk[9]; 2. 1-Tyler Boggs[3]; 3. 75-Dusty Moore[10]; 4. B4U-Brad Eitnear[2]; 5. 23C-Jeremy Canada[7]; 6. 25-Chuck Hummer[6]; 7. 5H-Ernie Haynes[1]; 8. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[11]; 9. 99M-John Mayes Sr.[4]; 10. X3-Dan Wallace[13]; 11. 50-Ryan Missler[20]; 12. 27-Ken Hahn[15]; 13. 77-Steve Kester[17]; 14. 99-Steve Sabo[19]; 15. 88D-Larry Kingseed[14]; 16. 12-Michael Stiltner[8]; 17. 77C-Craig Corfman[18]; 18. 18-Jamie Reed[16]; 19. 1M-John Mayes Jr.[12]; 20. 15B-Mike Bores[5]

Dirt Trucks

Heat 1 – Tin Lizzy Collision (8 laps)
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. 56-Alex Wiechman; 3. 17-Bob Dible; 4. 32H-Dan Hennig; 5. 91-Roger Inks; 6. 88-Jim Brewer; 7. P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 8. 92-Loren Schwochow; 9. 84-Russ Stahl; 10. 8K-Kent Brewer

Heat 2 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps)
1. O1-Art Ball; 2. 33-Brian Arnold; 3. 18W-Cory Ward; 4. 101-Chester Fitch; 5. 30-Dave Gibbs; 6. 4X-Brian Sorg; 7. 62-Dave Severs; 8. 22J-Josh Kiser; 9. 69-Mark Warnick; 10. 2R-Ron Kepling

A-Main Starting Position [#]
1. 18W-Cory Ward[6]; 2. 8-Steve Endicott[11]; 3. 17-Bob Dible[7]; 4. 32H-Dan Hennig[5]; 5. 33-Brian Arnold[9]; 6. 4X-Brian Sorg[1]; 7. 88-Jim Brewer[10]; 8. 92-Loren Schwochow[15]; 9. 91-Roger Inks[12]; 10. 30-Dave Gibbs[8]; 11. 56-Alex Wiechman[4]; 12. 62-Dave Severs[14]; 13. 101-Chester Fitch[2]; 14. O1-Art Ball[3]; 15. P51-Paul Brown Jr.[13]; 16. 2R-Ron Kepling[20]; 17. 84-Russ Stahl[17]; 18. 69-Mark Warnick[18]

5.16.08 Results WORLD OF OUTLAW LATE MODELS and 410 SPRINTS

Richards Takes World of Outlaws Late Model Thriller at Attica; Weaver Holds Off Challenge for 410 Sprint Win

(Attica, OH) Josh “Kid Rocket” Richards gave his mom, Tina, a great birthday present – his second World of Outlaws Late Model feature win of the season Friday, May 16, at Attica Raceway Park.

Richards, a rising 20-year-old star from Shinnston, W.Va., followed veteran Chub Frank for most of the race, waiting for “Chubzilla” to make a mistake. The opportunity came on lap 44 of the 50-lap feature when Frank went to the bottom of the track to try and block Richards’ advance. Richards drove around the outside exiting turn 4 to grab the lead and the win.

Image”That was one of the funnest races I’ve ran in awhile. My hats off to the crew…they worked hard in the shop this week. They put a new rearend, new transmission and new engine in this car and it paid off,” said Richards beside his Mark Richards Racing Enterprises/Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket No. 1.

“This was an awesome trace track…it suits the way I like to drive,” added Richards of the World of Outlaws first ever appearance at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant.

Richards earned $10,150 for his eighth career triumph on the WoO LMS. He became the second repeat winner in 10 tour events this season, joining four-time victor Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark. The driver also completed a clean sweep of the night’s action. Earlier in the program he set fast time in qualifying with a lap of 14.587 seconds and won his heat race.

“It was just a great night,” said Richards, whose previous WoO LMS win this season came in the tour’s opener on Feb. 14 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. “We worked hard all week – until midnight a couple nights – trying to get this car dialed in and ready to go. We’ve been experimenting the last couple weeks, and we decided to get back to just bone-stock, old stuff, and it worked out for us all night.”

The 410 sprint feature was just as entertaining and exciting as the late model main. Fremont, Ohio’s Paul Weaver battled with Brock Mayes and Dale Blaney the last 10 laps before prevailing for his third career victory in the 30-lap, non-stop affair.

“I was thinking about hanging it up…we were really struggling this year. But, Andy Potter knows how to get a car hooked up on slick race tracks and here we are. I’ll keep racing if it stays this much fun,” said Weaver beside his Genzman Racing, Ludwig Propane backed sprinter.

ImageAt the start of late model main, Frank grabbed the early lead with Richards, Clint Smith, Shane Clanton and Shannon Babb in tow. The action would slow for the first of three yellow flags on lap 8 with the running order Frank, Richard, Babb, Clanton and Smith.When the race resumed, Frank could not shake Richards, who had his hands full with Babb. The leaders hit lapped traffic by the 16th circuit when the yellow would fly again on lap 17. The top five remained Frank, Richard, Babb, Clanton and Darrell Lanigan.

On the restart, again Frank jumped to the outside cushion with Richards running in his tire tracks and Babb following. Just past the halfway mark, the car on the move was Lanigan as he drove around Babb for third. When the leaders hit lapped traffic again by lap 32, Frank had a slight cushion over Richards, with Lanigan and Babb battling hard for third.

The action up front heated up on lap 38, as lapped traffic held up Frank, allowing Richards to drive under him and race side by side for the lead. The pair of aces raced nip and tuck the next six laps. Then Frank made his mistake. He dove low to try to stop Richards’ momentum exiting turn four on lap 44, alllowing Richards to drive to his outside and into the lead and take the win..

Frank, 46, settled for his second runner-up finish of the season, ending the race 2.113 seconds behind Richards after leading laps 1-43 in his Lester Buildings Rocket car.

“We were probably a little softer on the left-rear tire (than Richards), and I’d say it probably gave up the last eight or 10 laps,” said Frank, whose previous second-place finish in WoO LMS action this season came on Feb. 16 at Volusia Speedway Park. “I tried to run as high as I could in (turns) three and four without getting against the cushion, but I got too tight to drive in there and run the top like he could – and when I tried to move down, I just didn’t have enough traction.

“Josh did a very good job,” he added. “He was very patient. He didn’t do anything that would’ve wrecked either one of us. He took his shots when he thought he had ’em, and when he couldn’t clear me on those ‘sliders’ he got out of the gas and let me go. I think that was very good for him to see that patience sometimes is better than being aggressive.”

Lanigan of Union, Ky., placed third in his gottarace.com Rocket after holding off the late-race challenges of Moweaqua, Ill.’s Babb. It was the best WoO LMS finish of the 2008 season for Lanigan, who has secured consecutive top-five finishes after going without one for the first eight events of the campaign.

Babb crossed the finish line fourth in NASCAR Sprint Cup star Clint Bowyer’s Traeger Grills Rocket, and Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., repelled the dogged bids of Wooster, Ohio’s Doug Drown to complete the top five in his RSD Enterprises Rocket.

Echoing Frank’s thoughts, Richards viewed his triumph as a sign of increased maturity behind the wheel.

“The last couple years I feel like I’ve gotten a lot more patient and a lot more comfortable in certain conditions that I hadn’t been before,” said Richards, the 2005 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year. “It’s tough to be patient. You get close to the lead in one of these races and you just want to go for it, but I’ve learned that you just have to stay smooth.”

ImageFinishing in positions 6-10 was Drown, who earned the $500 WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ prize for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a tour A-Main and wasn’t ranked among the top-12 in the points standings; 14th-starter Tim Dohm of Cross Lanes, W.Va.; defending WoO LMS champion Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky.; 2006 tour titlist Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y.; and Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.

In the 30-lap sprint car main, Weaver would grab the early lead with Brock Mayes, Brandon Martin, Andy Shammo and Byron Reed in tow. Weaver would hit lapped traffic by lap 10, with Mayes in second and eighth place starter Dale Blaney starting to mount a challenge. Just past the halfway mark, Mayes moved to the bottom groove and began to put pressure on Weaver, as Blaneykept them in his sights.

When Weaver crossed the start-finish line to complete the 20th lap, things started to get interesting. Mayes would pull under him on several occasions, only to see Weaver slingshot around the top side to maintain the lead. That allowed Blaney to close on the top two. With just three laps remaining, Blaney would drive under Mayes and Weaver in a daring move, nearly taking all three of them out of the race. Coming to the checkers, Blaney tried one last ditch move, but Weaver diamond off the exit of turn four to slow Blaney’s momentum and take the win. Blaney, Mayes, Martin and Mike Linder would round out the top five.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, May 23 for the 305 Engine Builders Challenge, paying the 305 sprint feature winner $1,200. The Service Drive Solutions UMP Attica Late Models will also be running for $1,000 to win and the dirt trucks will battle for $500 for the top spot. Adult general admission is only $10.

Results of WoO Late Model Series at Attica Raceway Park
(Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (1) Josh Richards/50 $10,150
2. (2) Chub Frank/50 $5,100
3. (3) Darrell Lanigan/50 $3,000
4. (6) Shannon Babb/50 $2,500
5. (4) Shane Clanton/50 $2,000
6. (9) Doug Drown/50 $2,200
7. (14) Tim Dohm/50 $1,400
8. (12) Steve Francis/50 $1,300
9. (7) Tim McCreadie/50 $1,200
10. (5) Clint Smith/50 $1,100
11. (23) Tim Fuller/50 $1,050
12. (8) Donnie Moran/50 $1,000
13. (11) Eddie Carrier Jr./50 $950
14. (15) Vic Coffey/50 $1,150
15. (18) John Blankenship/50 $850
16. (17) Jeep VanWormer/49 $800
17. (22) Jerry Bowersock/49 $770
18. (13) Wayne Maffett Jr./49 $750
19. (16) Danny Johnson/49 $730
20. (20) Brian Ruhlman/49 $700
21. (24) Joe Isabell/48 $700
22. (21) Tyler Boggs/47 $700
23. (10) Rick Eckert/16 $700
24. (19) Rocky Owens/16 $700

Time of Race: 24 Mins., 05.014 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 2.113 Secs.
Yellow Flags: 3 (Laps 7, 17, 18)
Lap Leaders: Frank (1-43); Richards (44-50)
Provisional Starters: Fuller, Isabell
Rookie of the Race: Vic Coffey ($250)
WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ Winner: Doug Drown ($500)
Integra Shocks Crew Chief of the Race ($50): Jimmy Frey (Richards)
Chick Hawk Racing Hot Lap Award (half-off tire warmers): Frank

Time Trial Results (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

1. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 14.587
2. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 14.642
3. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 14.685
4. 19-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 14.786
5. B4U-Brad Eitniear/Defiance, OH 14.956
6. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 14.960
7. 99-Donnie Moran/Dresden, OH 14.997
8. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 15.015
9. 11-Rusty Schlenk/Jackson, MI 15.021
10. 6T-Tim Dohm/Cross Lanes, WV 15.091
11. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 15.167
12. 25-Shane Clanton/Locust Grove, GA 15.186
13. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 15.224
14. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 15.238
15. 49-Brian Ruhlman/Clarklake, MI 15.282
16. 27J-Danny Johnson/Phelps, NY 15.335
17. 12-Doug Drown/Wooster, OH 15.342
18. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 15.351
19. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 15.352
20. 45-Mike Marteney/Bellevue, OH 15.407
21. 55-Jeep VanWormer/Pinconning, MI 15.435
22. 51-Devin Shiels/Britton, MI 15.440
23. 18R-Chris Ross/Wallaceburg, ONT 15.447
24. 20-Jerry Bowersock/Wapakoneta, OH 15.449
25. 34-Ky Harper/Holland, OH 15.495
26. 1-Tyler Boggs/Warsaw, IN 15.501
27. 40-Dusty Moore/Swanton, OH 15.516
28. 1-Casey Noonan/Sylvania, OH 15.563
29. 50-Ryan Missler/Bellevue, OH 15.694
30. 6J-Joe Isabell/Pennellville, NY 15.713
31. 88d-Larry Kingseed/Sandusky, OH 15.768
32. 5M-Ryan Markham/Ashland, OH 15.802
33. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr./Mansfield, OH 15.812
34. 27-Ken Hahn/Gibsonburg, OH 15.836
35. 5H-Ernie Haynes/Rising Sun, OH 15.896
36. 48-John Bores/Bellevue, OH 16.041
37. 1-Jim Fleming/Bellevue, OH 16.058
38. 55-Chuck Hummer/Ottawa Lake, MI 16.089
39. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth/Oak Harber, OH 16.113
40. 77-Steve Kester/Holland, OH 16.151
41. 29-Rocky Owens/Mansfield, OH 16.160
42. 93T-Jeff Esbenshade/Ashland, OH 16.202
43. 27-Bill Hahn/Gibsonburg, OH 16.340
44. 92-Brandon Perkins/Republic, OH 16.353
45. 12-Michael Stiltner/Green Springs, OH 16.458
46. 25-Ryan Eddleblute/Mansfield, OH 16.508
47. 63-Randy Scott/Mansfield, OH 16.575
48. 3R-Chuck Roelle/Fostoria, OH 16.840
49. 991-Dave Wirt/Fredericksburg, OH 16.943
50. 30-Nate Potts/Bellevue, OH 17.847
51. 32c-Vic Coffey/Leicester, NY 1:50.855
52. 18s-Sean Beardsley/Central Square, NY N/T

Heat No. 1 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Richards, Frank, Dodd, Maffett, Owens, VanWormer, Eitniear, Harper, Stiltner, Missler, Schlenk, Wirt, Fleming

Heat No. 2 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Lanigan, Babb, Eckert, Dohm, Boggs, K. Hahn, Esbenshade, Shiels, Hummer, Eddleblute, Isabell, Fuller (DNS) Potts

Heat No. 3 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Moran, C. Smith, Carrier, Coffey, Blankenship, Ruhlman, Haynes, Moore, Deisenroth, Kingseed, B. Hahn, Scott, Ross

Heat No. 4 (10 laps – Top 4 Transfer): Clanton, McCreadie, Francis, D. Johnson, Noonan, Bowersock, Marteney, Markham, Kester, Bores, Roelle, Perkins (DNS) Beardsley

B-Main No. 1 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): VanWormer, Owens, Boggs, Esbenshade, Schlenk, Missler, Isabell, K. Hahn, Shiels, Hummer, Wirt, Stiltner, Eddleblute, Harper, Eitniear (DNS) Fleming, Fuller, Potts

B-Main No. 2 (12 laps – Top 3 Transfer): Blankenship, Ruhlman, Bowersock, Noonan, Deisenroth, Haynes, Moore, Marteney, Kester, Kingseed, Ross, Scott, B. Hahn, Bores, Roelle, Perkins, Markham (DNS) Beardsley
410 Sprints

Heat 1 – All Pro Heads (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews; 4. X-Mark Keegan; 5. 10-David Harrison; 6. 6-Mike Dussell (R); 7. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 8. 34-Luke Hall; 9. 75-Mike Hogan; 10. 92V-Mathew Reed; 11. 16S-Lee Stark

Heat 2 – Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 312-Mike Linder; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs; 3. 11M-Brandon Martin; 4. 2H-Tim Hunter; 5. 12-Caleb Griffith; 6. 48-Mike Burkin; 7. D7-Tony Beaber; 8. 3J-Kevin Lee; 9. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 10. 9-Chad Goff

Heat 3 – Bell Racing (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver; 4. 69-Scott Curren; 5. 83-Phil Gressman; 6. 5B-Chad Blonde; 7. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 8. 9X-Kevin Huntley; 9. 97S-Aaron Shaffer; 10. 20X-Brian Smith

Heat 4 – Friendship Food Stores (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. W20-Greg Wilson; 2. 5R-Byron Reed; 3. 22-Cole Duncan; 4. 2M-Dustin Daggett; 5. 24H-Rob Chaney; 6. 23-Ben Rutan; 7. 59-Kirk Jeffries; 8. 5T-Travis Philo; 9. 28-Hud Horton

C-main – Computer Man Inc.
1. 75-Mike Hogan; 2. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 3. 9-Chad Goff; 4. 20X-Brian Smith; 5. 16S-Lee Stark; 6. 92V-Mathew Reed; 7. 97S-Aaron Shaffer

B-main – Computer Man Inc.
1. 24H-Rob Chaney; 2. 83-Phil Gressman; 3. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 4. 5B-Chad Blonde; 5. 6-Mike Dussell (R); 6. 48-Mike Burkin; 7. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 8. D7-Tony Beaber; 9. 9X-Kevin Huntley; 10. 75-Mike Hogan; 11. 34-Luke Hall; 12. 10-David Harrison; 13. 59-Kirk Jeffries; 14. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 15. 3J-Kevin Lee; 16. 5T-Travis Philo; 17. 23-Ben Rutan; 18. 12-Caleb Griffith

A-main [Starting Position]
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[2]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[8]; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes[1]; 4. 11M-Brandon Martin[4]; 5. 312-Mike Linder[9]; 6. 48S-Andy Shammo[3]; 7. 16-Lee Jacobs[10]; 8. 5R-Byron Reed[6]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson[11]; 10. 5B-Chad Blonde[20]; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews[7]; 12. X-Mark Keegan[13]; 13. 24H-Rob Chaney[17]; 14. O4-Cap Henry[12]; 15. 22-Cole Duncan[5]; 16. 83-Phil Gressman[18]; 17. O1-Bryan Sebetto[19]; 18. 2M-Dustin Daggett[16]; 19. 2H-Tim Hunter[14]; 20. 69-Scott Curren[15]

5.16.08 World of Outlaw Late Models Preview

By Kevin Kovac, World of Outlaws Late Model Series PR Director
(Attica, OH) Most of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series stars got their first glimpse of Attica Raceway Park last year.

But their first chance to race on the popular one-third-mile clay oval will come this Friday night (May 16) when the barnstorming national tour makes its inaugural visit to the Buckeye State facility for a 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 to win.

Mother Nature prevented the first attempt by Attica’s management to run a WoO LMS event, washing out last July’s scheduled mid-week date. All of the Outlaws travelers were already parked at the track when the cancellation was made, though – and to a man they were disappointed to miss an opportunity to tackle a speedway they not only had heard so many good things about, but also appeared to be so inviting.

“The first time I ever saw the place was last year in the rain,” said defending WoO LMS champion Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who enters the Attica program tied for second in the trail points standings and still relishing a $50,000 victory in last month’s Circle K Colossal 100 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. “It looked like it could be a real racy track, so I’m looking forward to getting back there.”

Yes, Friday’s stop is one of the most eagerly anticipated shows on this year’s WoO LMS. Attica Raceway Park possesses a well-deserved reputation for producing action-packed competition, and the country’s best dirt Late Model drivers want to experience it for themselves.

Traditionally a home for open-wheel racing, the high-banked oval will continue to build the full-fender side of its program with the visit by the WoO LMS.

“We’re really excited about the World of Outlaws race,” said Rex LeJeune, the operations manager of Attica Raceway Park. “We’re working to bring up our weekly Late Model program and having the World of Outlaws come in here will really get the division some attention.”

Attica has hosted the UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned Sunoco American Late Model Series several times per season for the past decade and is back on the tour’s schedule again in 2008. The speedway has also sanctioned its weekly dirt Late Model competition under the UMP DIRTcar Racing banner for the first time this season, helping attract such young Midwestern talents as Tyler Boggs of Warsaw, Ind., and Rusty Schlenk of Jackson, Mich., to early-season events.

Boggs and Schlenk are among the regional standouts expected to challenge the invading WoO LMS stars at Attica, which has not hosted a touring dirt Late Model series event other than the Sunoco ALMS since a 2004 Northern Xtreme DirtCar Series (formerly Renegade/STARS DIRTcar Series) show won by Donnie Moran of Dresden, Ohio.

The 40-year-old Francis leads the traveling WoO LMS contingent, which features a 2008 driver roster that is arguably the most talented ever to follow the tour. He’s in the early stages of a points battle for the $100,000 tour championship that has the makings of a thriller, with the top-seven drivers separated by a mere 38 points through nine events.
Three-time WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., sits atop the tour’s current points standings, with four victories already to his credit. Francis and Rick Eckert of York, Pa., will tow to Attica tied for second (10 points behind Moyer), followed by Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky. (-24), Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa. (-34) and the dead-locked Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., and Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va. (both -38).

A bit further back in the standings are WoO LMS regulars Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., 2007 Rookie of the Year Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., and John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va.

Friday’s field is also expected to include 2008 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contenders Vic Coffey of Leicester, N.Y., Danny Johnson of Phelps, N.Y., and Joe Isabell of Pennellville, N.Y.

Joining Boggs and Schlenk on the list of regional standouts planning to enter Friday’s action are 2007 WoO LMS A-Main winner Jeep VanWormer of Pinconning, Mich., who captured two Sunoco ALMS features at Attica in 2006; defending Sunoco ALMS champion Brian Ruhlman of Clarklake, Mich.; and 2006 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va.

Friday night’s program will certainly be “a dirt-track race fans dream,” said LeJeune. That’s because Attica’s regular 410 Sprint Car division will run a complete show on the WoO LMS undercard.

Adult general admission for the rare WoO LMS/410 Sprint Car doubleheader is $30 for adults, $15 for students 11-15 and free for kids 10 and under. Pit passes will cost $35.

Pit gates will open on Fri., May 16, at 3:30 p.m., with grandstands gates unlocked at 5 p.m. and racing action heating up at 8 p.m.

The WoO LMS 50-lapper continues the ‘Month of Mayhem’ at Attica Raceway Park, which concludes on Fri., May 30, when the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series visits the track for the 40-lap Kistler Engines Classic.

For more information log onto www.atticaracewaypark.com or call the track office at 419-680-5606.

Additional info on the WoO LMS can be obtained by visiting www.worldofoutlaws.com.

5.9.08 Race Rained Out

By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) Persistent rains brought an end to the racing action at Attica Raceway Park Friday on American Power Sports Night.

A big field of race cars were on hand and three heat races were in the books in the 410 sprints when the skies opened up. Claiming heat race wins were Lee Jacobs, Chad Kemenah and Brandon Martin.

Fans should keep their ticket stubs and pit pass bans and can use them at any race during the 2008 season – for big shows they need to make up the difference in the admission price.

Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, May 16, as the best dirt track late model drivers in the world come to town for the first ever appearance of the World of Outlaw Late Models. And sprint fans aren’t being left out either, as the fire-breathing 410 sprints are also on the racing card.

Gates will open at 5 p.m. with racing action heating up at 8 p.m.

Log onto www.atticaracewaypark.com or call 419-680-5606 for more information.

Attica Raceway Park is located northeast of the U.S. 224 and St. Rt. 4 intersection in the Attica Fairgrounds.