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Artic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions
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Winner Gerard McIntyre (Mike Petrucci Photo)
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Gerard McIntyre scores $7,000 at Lebanon Valley for first-ever All Star victory
WEST LEBANON, N.Y. (August 19, 2018) - For the first time in his career, Gerard McIntyre is a main event winner with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1, forced to out-duel All Star and Destiny Motorsports newcomer, Brock Zearfoss, during a green-white-checkered finish to do so, also scoring $7,000 in the process. McIntyre, driver of Mark Coldren Motorsports, No. 07 sprint car, led all but the first three circuits around Lebanon Valley Speedway’s high-banked, half-mile oval on Sunday night, ultimately inheriting the top spot on lap four after the top-two made contact while battling for the lead. Although gifted the point position, McIntyre’s campaign at the front of the field was constantly under pressure, soon forced to withstand multiple takeover attempts by Sammy Swindell and eventually Brock Zearfoss.
“I’m just really happy to have this opportunity,” an elated Gerard McIntyre said in Lebanon Valley Speedway victory lane. “The first part of the season wasn’t too hot for us, but during the last five races or so, we’ve really been able to pick things up and progress. Tonight played out in our favor. It was tough to pass and I was in the right place at the right time. It all worked out in the end and I am happy.”
Staring third on the feature grid, McIntyre’s big beak occurred just after a restart with three laps in the books. Aaron Reutzel, who started the 25-lap turned 26-lap program alongside pole-sitter Paul McMahan, attempted to slide McMahan for the lead as the pair entered turns one and two on lap four. Contact was made soon thereafter sending McMahan hard into the outside retaining wall. The unintentional contact also caused issues to Reutzel’s machine sending him pit side to replace a flat, right rear tire. Reutzel eventually returned to the speedway but McMahan would not. From that point forward, it was all McIntyre at the front of the field.
Although jumping out to a respectable advantage, McIntyre was soon forced to deal with Swindell, who was aboard the Jared Zimbardi-owned, No. 35 sprinter. A caution on lap 10 and pair of back-to-back cautions on lap 22 bunched the field back together giving Swindell a trio of opportunities to work around McIntyre. The New Oxford, Pa., native proved to be too strong on the ensuing restarts, keeping Swindell at bay even when the former World of Outlaws champion was able to peek his nose under him.
Jonestown, Pennsylvania’s Brock Zearfoss, who fought his way from seventh to third as early as lap ten, finally had the opportunity to battle his way around Swindell for second. The former Pennsylvania Posse representative turned All Star executed a perfect move at the exit of turn two to get around the Germantown, Tenn., native on lap 24.
Unfortunately for McIntyre, a caution on the final circuit resulted in a fuel stop giving Zearfoss an opportunity to restart on the tailtank of the familiar No. 07. All Star Circuit of Champions rules state that feature competition must end with two consecutive green flag laps, therefore, the field would utilize a green-white-checkered finish. Although close, Zearfoss was not able to capitalize, allowing McIntyre to escape to a .7 second margin of victory at the finish. The “Jonestown Jet” battled back to the line to finish second, followed by Sammy Swindell, Tony Stewart and Carson Macedo.
Only five events remain on the August schedule for the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1, four of which will be conducted in the Keystone State on August 23-26; four events in four days at four different facilities. Tony Stewart’s All Stars will visit Grandview Speedway, Williams Grove Speedway, Lincoln Speedway, and BAPS Motor Speedway, respectively, during their four-day trek through Posse Country, chasing a total winner’s share exceeding $20,000.
Adding extra hype to an already action-packed weekend, the visit to Williams Grove Speedway on Friday, August 24, will feature twin 20-lap features for the traveling All Stars. Dubbed the Jack Gunn Memorial, each of the twin features will award a $4,000 top prize.
More information pertaining to the All Star visit to Central Pennsylvania will be posted in the near-future. Fans are encouraged to stay alert via social media and online at www.allstarsprint.com.
Contingency Awards/Results: Lebanon Valley Speedway - Sunday, August 19, 2018:
Arctic Cat All Stars at ‘The Valley of Speed’
EMi Driver’s Meeting: 22 Entrants
State Water Heaters Warm-Ups: Sammy Swindell - 16.394 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Sammy Swindell - 16.235 seconds
Ford Performance Heat #1: Anthony Fiore
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Paul McMahan
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Gerard McIntyre
JE Pistons Dash: Paul McMahan
Daido Engine Bearings Main Event Winner: Gerard McIntyre
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Ryan Smith (+7)
(Lincoln Electric, Daido Engine Bearings, MSD Performance: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 16.294; 2. 4-Brock Zearfoss, 16.386; 3. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 16.669; 4. 91-Anthony Fiore, 16.767; 5. 7K-Cale Conley, 16.890; 6. 14B-Brett Wright, 18.097; 7. 88C-Chad Miller, 18.507; 8. 706-Mark Sasso, 19.086
Group (B)
1. 35Z-Sammy Swindell, 16.235; 2. 13-Paul McMahan, 16.246; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 16.355; 4. 11-Ryan Smith, 16.540; 5. 70-Dave Blaney, 16.733; 6. 10-Joe Kata, 17.163; 7. 35T-Travis Esh, 20.655
Group (C)
1. 14-Tony Stewart, 16.391; 2. 3G-Carson Macedo, 16.393; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 16.419; 4. O7-Gerard McIntyre, 16.686; 5. 35-Tyler Esh, 16.857; 6. i07-Darren Schott, 19.008; 7. 41U-Rick Stone, 19.195
Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer
1. 91-Anthony Fiore [1]; 2. 4-Brock Zearfoss [3]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 4. 7K-Cale Conley [5]; 5. 22-Brandon Spithaler [2]; 6. 14B-Brett Wright [6]; 7. 88C-Chad Miller [7]; 8. 706-Mark Sasso [8]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer
1. 13-Paul McMahan [3]; 2. 3-Jac Haudenschild [2]; 3. 35Z-Sammy Swindell [4]; 4. 70-Dave Blaney [5]; 5. 10-Joe Kata [6]; 6. 11-Ryan Smith [1]; 7. 35T-Travis Esh [7]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer
1. O7-Gerard McIntyre [1]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah [2]; 3. 14-Tony Stewart [4]; 4. 3G-Carson Macedo [3]; 5. 35-Tyler Esh [5]; 6. i07-Darren Schott [6]; 7. 41U-Rick Stone [7]
Dash #1 (6 Laps)
1. 13-Paul McMahan [2]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel [1]; 3. O7-Gerard McIntyre [3]; 4. 91-Anthony Fiore [4]; 5. 35Z-Sammy Swindell [7]; 6. 3-Jac Haudenschild [5]; 7. 4-Brock Zearfoss [8]; 8. 10H-Chad Kemenah [6]
A-Main (25 Laps)
1. O7-Gerard McIntyre [3]; 2. 4-Brock Zearfoss [7]; 3. 35Z-Sammy Swindell [5]; 4. 14-Tony Stewart [9]; 5. 3G-Carson Macedo [10]; 6. 10H-Chad Kemenah [8]; 7. 70-Dave Blaney [11]; 8. 91-Anthony Fiore [4]; 9. 11-Ryan Smith [16]; 10. 87-Aaron Reutzel [2]; 11. 22-Brandon Spithaler [13]; 12. 10-Joe Kata [15]; 13. 35-Tyler Esh [14]; 14. 13-Paul McMahan [1]; 15. 3-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 16. 7K-Cale Conley [12]; 17. i07-Darren Schott [21]; 18. 35T-Travis Esh [22]; 19. 14B-Brett Wright [17]; 20. 88C-Chad Miller [18]; 21. 706-Mark Sasso [20]; 22. 41U-Rick Stone [19]
Lap Leaders: Paul McMahan (1-3), Gerard McIntyre (4-26)
All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings: (after Lebanon Valley Speedway)
1. Carson Macedo - 3848
2. Aaron Reutzel - 3842
3. Chad Kemenah - 3832
4. Jac Haudenschild - 3658
5. Dave Blaney - 3646
6. Paul McMahan - 3630
7. Parker Price-Miller - 3466
8. Cale Conley - 3362
9. Brandon Spithaler - 3130
10. Carl Bowser - 2998
About the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1:
All Star Enterprises, LLC, wholly owned by Tony Stewart, d/b/a the All Star Circuit of Champions, is a winged sprint car series. The All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is one of the oldest traveling 410 sprint car organizations and is a staple of grassroots, open-wheel racing. Formed in 1970 by Bud Miller, the series has largely been considered the first 'outlaw' Sprint Car organization of the modern era. Motorsports entrepreneur Tony Stewart agreed to terms with Guy Webb to become the sole owner of the original winged sprint car tour in January of 2015. In 2018, MAVTV Motorsports Network will be the official television home of the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 and will broadcast eight high-profile events.
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Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series News from BAPS Motor Speedway
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RAIN POSTPONES PASS/MASS CO-SANCTION EVENT AT BAPS MOTOR SPEEDWAY TO SUNDAY AUGUST 26TH
YORK HAVEN, PA
By ERIKA PALMAI WAGNER
Mother Nature struck too soon on Saturday Night when scattered pop up showers forced BAPS Motor Speedway officials to postpone the Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series/PA Sprint Series Co-Sanctioned Event to Sunday, August 26th.
"Along with the rescheduled make-up feature that is tentatively planned to run right after the All Star Circuit of Champions time trial sessions, we will continue the night with a complete program for the IMCA/Racesaver Sprints," Kolten Gouse of BAPS Motor Speedway commented.
With 36 Racesaver/IMCA 305 Sprint Cars signed in at the back gate - including thirteen Delaware Auto Exchange Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series teams, four heat races were completed with Austin Bishop, John Scarborough, Kyle Smith, and Darren Miller taking home victories for each qualifying event, and two b-main wins going to Rick Stief and Tim Tanner Jr. before the rains came.
A complete redraw sponsored by CRC Industries, had the top twelve finishers "draw a can" of CRC Brakleen for their spot, with Dave Grube and Jaremi Hanson set to start on the front row of the twenty lap feature.
“I want to thank all of the teams that traveled to BAPS on Saturday for our co-sanction event, and unfortunately Mother Nature played a factor into the evening, but we look forward to having everyone back with the All Star Sprints on Sunday!” Gouse said.
“We would really like to add more PASS/MASS co-sanction events in 2019 at BAPS to continue our support for the Racesaver/IMCA 305 Sprint Series here in Central Pennsylvania".
With just three points races remaining (including this Sunday's make-up event at BAPS) until the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series Champion is crowned at Grandview Speedway Inc. on Friday, September 14th, next up on the schedule is Bridgeport Speedway this coming Saturday, August 25th.
For more information on upcoming events, LIVE race day coverage, and exclusive interviews with drivers, visit our Facebook page Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series, on Instagram and Twitter @masprints305 and our website www.masprintseries.com.
FEATURE LINE-UP 8/26 (20 LAPS): Dave Grube, Jaremi Hanson, Jason Dunn, Andy Best, Darren Miller, Kyle Smith, Billy Ney, Zachary Newlin, Austin Bishop, Cj Faison, Jon Haegele, John Scarborough, Jeff Geiges, Jay Krout, John Fiore Racing 91J, Larry Mc Vay, Rick Stief, Tim Tanner Jr., Tyler Reinhardt, Eddie Wagner, Colton Hoover, Devin Adams, Stephanie Dodson, Nick Sweigart
DNQ: Kassidy Kreitz, John Wanchalk, Landon Price, Wally Eshenaur, Tim Stallings, Tom Carberry, Erin Statler, Kenny Heffner, David Graber, Kristen Hess, Ryan Lynn, Reid Mitchell
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The Points Battle Is On At New Egypt!
Posted by: | CommentsDonny Schatz Sweeps Weekend at Home with 17th Win of 2018 at Red River Valley
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Contact: Anthony Corini
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Winner Donny Schatz (Dave Biro Photo)
Donny Schatz Sweeps Weekend at Home with 17th Win of 2018 at Red River Valley
WEST FARGO, ND – August 18, 2018 – Donny Schatz completed the weekend sweep of his home state of North Dakota, taking the lead on Lap 23 to win his 17th World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Feature of 2018 Saturday night at Red River Valley Speedway. Jacob Allen finished second as he continues to close in on his first career Outlaw win with Kerry Madsen completing the podium for the second consecutive night.
David Gravel won the Sears Craftsman Dash to the earn the pole for the 30-lap Feature alongside Shane Stewart. Gravel got the jump on the initial start and led the opening circuit. Jacob Allen worked his way forward from fourth to take second away from Donny Schatz on Lap 5 and two laps later Allen got by Gravel to take command of the field.
Allen led for four laps before bobbling in lapped traffic, trying to split a pair of lapped cars, on Lap 12, allowing Gravel to steal the lead back and Schatz to move into second. The trio captivated the large Red River Valley Speedway crowd as they jockeyed for the lead.
Gravel worked his way through traffic, before the first caution of the event flew for Thomas Kennedy, who ended up backwards in turn one after battling with Sides for sixth with 18 laps complete.
Allen edged back in front of Schatz on the restart, but Schatz slid the young Hanover, PA native to take second back at the line. A lap later, Ian Madsen slowed with a flat tire, ending his top-ten run. Brad Sweet also headed pit side with a flat tire.
With tires going down, the decision was made to go with single-file restarts the rest of the night, which allowed David Gravel to steadily lead with 11 to go. Schatz reeled in Gravel with a big run off of turn two and shot underneath him down the backstretch to take the lead on Lap 23. As it turns out, Gravel was nursing an ailing tire as he slowed with a flat right rear the next lap, bringing out the final caution of the evening.
Allen stayed right with Schatz on the restart and looked for a way around the nine-time Series Champion, to no avail. Schatz hit his marks, didn’t make any mistakes and went on to win his 17th Feature of the season and extend his points lead.
When asked about what it means to win in front of his hometown crowd, Schatz kept it simple, “It’s what you live for. You hope when you roll near home to put on a good show, have some good runs and win some races.”
“I’m so fortunate for my team, they are the reason I’m standing here. We’ve been together for a long time and we have a lot of fun doing this,” Schatz added before thanking the track crew for their efforts to provide a multiple-groove racing surface and the large crowd for coming out and supporting.
Jacob Allen continues to impress, finishing second and while he was a little disappointed to not seal the deal, he was still pleased with the run.
“Donny is a legend and to compete with him for a win was a lot of fun. I’ve ran second quite a few times this year and I want to win one so bad. One of these days, I’m going to bag on,” Allen said convincingly.
For the second consecutive night, Kerry Madsen completed the podium and was in good spirts. “I’ve always loved coming up here [to North Dakota]. My team works really hard and we’re happy with two podiums this weekend,” Madsen said before thanking the fans for coming out, letting them know his appreciation for the racing support in the area.
Greg Wilson was humming on the bottom of the speedway and charged from 13th to fourth. Logan Schuchart went up in smoke in his Heat, relegating him to the Last Chance Showdown, which he won with ease. Schuchart charged from 19th to complete the top five in the Feature, earning KSE Hard Charger Honors.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series continues its 40th Anniversary Season with a return to the Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, SD next Friday, August 24 before making the trek over to Big Sky Speedway in Billings, MT on Saturday, August 25. If you can’t make it to the track, watch all the action LIVE on DIRTVision.com!
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz [3][$10,000]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [4][$5,500]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen [5][$3,200]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [13][$2,800]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [19][$2,500]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [2][$2,300]; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman [14][$2,200]; 8. 24-Rico Abreu [8][$2,100]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [7][$2,050]; 10. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [15][$2,000]; 11. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [17][$1,500]; 12. 19-Brent Marks [21][$1,200]; 13. 13-Mark Dobmeier [11][$1,100]; 14. 11K-Kraig Kinser [18][$1,050]; 15. 49-Brad Sweet [9][$1,000]; 16. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [10][$900]; 17. 18-Ian Madsen [6][$800]; 18. 5-David Gravel [1][$800]; 19. 13T-Ty Hanten [23][$800]; 20. 9N-Wade Nygaard [20][$800]; 21. 8H-Jade Hastings [16][$800]; 22. 20A-Jordan Adams [24][$800]; 23. 21K-Thomas Kennedy [12][$800]; 24. 19P-Paige Polyak [22][$800]; Lap Leaders: David Gravel 1-7, 12-22; Jacob Allen 8-11; Donny Schatz 23-30; KSE Hard Charger Award: 1S-Logan Schuchart[+14]
Qualifying: 1. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.23; 2. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 13.287; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.326; 4. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.334; 5. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.406; 6. 5-David Gravel, 13.496; 7. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 13.685; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.698; 9. 21K-Thomas Kennedy, 13.774; 10. 8H-Jade Hastings, 13.801; 11. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.807; 12. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 13.848; 13. 6N-Greg Nikitenko, 13.944; 14. 9N-Wade Nygaard, 14.004; 15. 49-Brad Sweet, 14.018; 16. 18-Ian Madsen, 14.111; 17. 19-Brent Marks, 14.256; 18. 31-Shane Roemeling, 14.268; 19. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 14.334; 20. 9-Daryn Pittman, 14.436; 21. 13T-Ty Hanten, 14.45; 22. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.473; 23. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg, 14.494; 24. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 14.599; 25. 19P-Paige Polyak, 14.624; 26. 20A-Jordan Adams, 14.64; 27. 14K-Tori Knutson, 15.135; 28. 1AJ-Trevor Mell, 15.309
Heat #1 (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer: 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [6]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [2]; 4. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [3]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [8]; 6. 8H-Jade Hastings [4]; 7. 19P-Paige Polyak [9]; 8. 1AJ-Trevor Mell [10]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [7]; 10. 6N-Greg Nikitenko [5]
Heat #2 (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer: 1. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 4. 13-Mark Dobmeier [1]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [7]; 6. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [8]; 7. 19-Brent Marks [6]; 8. 9N-Wade Nygaard [5]; 9. 20A-Jordan Adams [9]
Heat #3 (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer: 1. 5-David Gravel [2]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen [4]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [5]; 4. 21K-Thomas Kennedy [3]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [8]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 7. 31-Shane Roemeling [6]; 8. 13T-Ty Hanten [7]; 9. 14K-Tori Knutson [9]
Sears Craftsman Dash (6 Laps): 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]; 5. 2M-Kerry Madsen [4]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [6]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer: 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5][-]; 2. 9N-Wade Nygaard [2][-]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [3][-]; 4. 19P-Paige Polyak [7][-]; 5. 13T-Ty Hanten [6][-]; 6. 20A-Jordan Adams [8][-]; 7. 31-Shane Roemeling [4][$300]; 8. 14K-Tori Knutson [9][$250]; 9. 1AJ-Trevor Mell [10][$225]; 10. 6N-Greg Nikitenko [1][$200]
KTJ Makes it Three in 2018 with Fourth Annual Camfield Memorial Win
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KTJ Makes it Three in 2018 with Fourth Annual Camfield Memorial Win
Macon, IL - In a race that kept fans on the edge of their seat, Kevin Thomas, Jr. claimed his third win of 2018 with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, the Fourth Annual Rich Camfield Memorial. Thomas Jr.'s other two wins include his sweep of POWRi's Inaugural Sunshine State Midget Challenge in Florida.
Starting outside row three, Thomas, Jr. had his work cut out for him when the green flag flew as pole sitter Tanner Carrick set a blistering pace with Tyler Thomas and Zach Daum in tow. Enduring a series of cautions, Carrick maintained a health lead for a majority of the race all the way until heavy lap traffic with a handful of laps to go.
As battles through the field were thick, Thomas, Jr. caught Carrick and narrowly edged him for the lead after picking the better line, taking control with three to go. Winning by a couple car lengths, Thomas, Jr.'s Petry Motorsports Toyota-powered Spike edged Tanner Carrick with fellow Petry Motorsports teammate Jerry Coons, Jr. rounding out the podium. Tyler Thomas took fourth with Petry Motorsports' Jason McDougal in fifth.
"That was awesome," commented Kevin Thomas, Jr. "I've never actually got to run a feature here at Macon. They did a little bit of track work there and kind of dried it off and it made for a hell of a race. I've got to thank Bob Sargent for that, having the balls to come out there and do that and take a chance on the racetrack. It's fun to be back out here in the Petry car. I think we've won three out of four races that we've been together. It's really fun working with everybody and thanks to Scott Petry for letting me run this weekend. The state of Illinois has treated me well today."
"It's just tough when you've got the lead and you're a sitting duck out there behind the lap cars," stated Tanner Carrick. "I'll take a second place any day and we'll go on to tomorrow, my favorite track. Hopefully we can get another win there."
"That was pretty exciting," said Jerry Coons, Jr. "I tried to take half the field out early in the race in turn four and fell back to around eighth, so I had my work cut out for me. Terry and the guys have this Petry Motorsports car working well and I just kept digging. But, like I said, I made a big mistake down there and it cost us a lot of track position. Who knows, we had a pretty good racecar there and if we would have gotten into traffic, we might have had a shot at it, but we'll come home with third."
Midgets
Speedway Motors Heat Race Winners:
Heat 1: 35 - KEVIN THOMAS, JR.,
Heat 2: 91T - TYLER THOMAS,
Heat 3: 15 - JASON MCDOUGAL,
Heat 4: 5D - ZACH DAUM
Toyota Semi Feature Winner: 91 - DANIEL ROBINSON
Mesilla Valley Transportation Feature Winner: 35 - KEVIN THOMAS, JR.
POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League Feature Results (30 laps): 1. 35 - KEVIN THOMAS, JR. 2. 71K - TANNER CARRICK 3. 25 - JERRY COONS, JR. 4. 91T - TYLER THOMAS 5. 15 - JASON MCDOUGAL 6. 67 - LOGAN SEAVEY 7. 5D - ZACH DAUM 8. 97 - MARIA COFER 9. 55 - NICK KNEPPER 10. 91 - DANIEL ROBINSON 11. 21KS - KARTER SARFF 12. 88 - TYLER NELSON 13. 37 - TERRY BABB 14. 71 - RYAN ROBINSON 15. 39BC - ZEB WISE 16. 27 - TUCKER KLAASMEYER 17. 3N - JAKE NEUMAN 18. 9K - KYLE SCHUETT 19. 77W - JOEY WIRTH 20. 50 - DANIEL ADLER 21. 72 - SAM JOHNSON 22. 67F - KYLE O'GARA 23. 51B - ADAM TAYLOR 24. 16C - DAVID CAMFIELD
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Henry continues hot streak, earns FAST Sharon victory
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Contact: Brian Liskai
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HARTFORD, Ohio - Cap Henry continued his hot streak Saturday, Aug. 18 by claiming his fourth straight overall victory and his third consecutive All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads FAST 410 Championship Series Presented by Ohio Logistics win. Fresh off a $20,000 payday a week ago at Mansfield Motor Speedway, Henry scored his first career win at Sharon, holding off hall-of-famer Dale Blaney the final 10 laps for the $3,000 win.
Henry, who came into the night third in the FAST point standings, became the seventh different winner in seven 410 sprint car events at Sharon in 2018 and now has 5 total wins in 2018, including 4 FAST races. Current series point leader Craig Mintz took a huge step toward his third FAST title with a sixth place finish.
"This is pretty incredible," expressed the 28-year-old Republic, Ohio driver. "It just shows how hard these guys are working. Man we struggled there for awhile, but now we're winning races and having a lot of fun. You never know when streaks like this are going to end so you just enjoy it when you have it. I heard him (Blaney), I saw him. Those lapped cars are hard to get around. Sye Lynch was setting a good pace so I just got back to his fuel tank and was like 'well I guess Dale is going to have to be spectacular if he wants it.' I made the wrong choice in turn one and that's when Dale let me know there were no more mistakes to be made."
The feature got off to slow start when the inside row got jammed up forcing Lee Jacobs spinning into the infield, Stuart Brubaker ended up on his side, and heavy front end damage for Michigan racer, Dan McCarron, who was making his second straight start. Jacobs, Brubaker, and Brandon Matus would all pit and return to action, while McCarron was done for the night.
Hobaugh, who won his first career 410 sprint feature two weeks ago, drew the pole and quickly bolted into the lead over Max Stambaugh, Blaney, and fifth starting Henry when racing got underway. Tyler Gunn started sixth and passed Broc Martin for fifth on the opening lap then dropped Henry back to fifth on lap two. Gunn and Blaney raced side-by-side with Gunn powering around on the outside for third on lap three. Henry put a slider on Blaney on lap four for fourth.
A spin for Russ Sansosti spun to slow action with five laps completed. Gunn powered high into turn one on the ensuing restart trying to get around Stambaugh, but hopped his wheel sending him flipping hard into the catch fence. He was okay, but ended what was a fine looking run. That would be the final stoppage of the event as the final 25 laps went caution-free.
Henry was all over Stambaugh on lap 11 and put a big slider on the fellow Ohio racer in turn two to grab second on lap 12. Henry then ran down Hobaugh and caught the leader on lap 13. Henry made a breathtaking move on lap 15 racing off the top of turn two to pass Hobaugh for the lead and the two lapped cars of Jacobs and Bryan Salisbury.
All eyes now shifted back to Blaney, who had gotten around Stambaugh for third, then went to the top to drive around Hobaugh for second on lap 17. Blaney, who was fresh off his season's first win one week ago at Sharon, had a straightaway deficit by the time he got to second, but began to close on lap 20. By lap 24, Blaney was right on Henry's bumper and the two raced side-by-side. Henry made the right moves to continue to lead. Blaney though would once again pull alongside Henry in traffic on lap 27, but again Henry had the momentum and was excellent in traffic to maintain the lead and would go on for the win over Blaney in the Lane Racing-owned, Beer Barrel Bourbon/Metropolitan Landscaping/Crown Concrete/Popalle Coffee/Geck-sponsored #4.
Stambaugh passed Hobaugh for third on lap 27, but Hobaugh would regain the spot one lap later for another great run at Sharon. Hobaugh has finished in the top five for four of the five non-sanctioned shows this season in addition to his runner-up finish at the "Lou Blaney Memorial" with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions on July 7. Martin was fifth. Mintz,went 10th to sixth in his first appearance of the season. Twelfth starting Dan Shetler got as high as fifth at one point until settling for a seventh place finish. Dan Kuriger and defending FAST champion DJ Foos were eighth and ninth. FAST rookie of the year contender Kelsey Ivy had a great run in her first ever Sharon start finishing 10th after starting 19th.
The All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads FAST 410 Championship Series Presented by Ohio Logistics has just two remaining races in 2018 - Sept. 8 at Fremont Speedway in Fremont, Ohio, and Sept. 14 at Fremont Speedway in Fremont, Ohio.
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FAST 410 winners 2018
April 21, Fremont Speedway – Craig Mintz
May 4, Attica Raceway Park – Byron Reed
May 5, Fremont Speedway – Craig Mintz (2)
May 18, Attica Raceway Park – Stuart Brubaker
May 25, Fremont Speedway – Craig Mintz (3)
June 1, Attica Raceway Park – Cap Henry
June 2, Fremont Speedway – Craig Mintz (4)
June 29, Attica Raceway Park – Broc Martin
June 30, Fremont Speedway – Chris Andrews
July 3, Waynesfield Raceway Park – Cale Conley
July 7, Fremont Speedway – Chris Andrews (2)
July 27, Attica Raceway Park – Travis Philo
Aug. 4, Fremont Speedway - Cap Henry (2)
Aug. 11, Mansfield Motor Speedway - Cap Henry (3)
Aug. 18, Sharon Speedway - Cap Henry (4)
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads
FAST 410 Championship Series
Presented by Ohio Logisitics
Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018
Sharon Speedway
Starting position [*]
Qualifying: 1. 23-DJ Foos, 13.629; 42-Sye Lynch, 13.698; 3. 4N-Dale Blaney, 13.706; 4. 81-Lee Jacobs, 13.792; 5. 09-Craig Mintz, 13.858; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.870; 7. 40-George Hobaugh, 13.881; 8. 97-Broc Martin, 13.893; 9. 5M-Max Stambaugh, 13.915; 10. 23jr-Jack Sodeman Jr., 13.935; 11. 126-Bryan Salisbury, 13.965; 12. 45-Trevor Baker, 14.012; 13. 20i-Kelsey Ivy, 14.036; 14. 68G-Tyler Gunn, 14.071; 15. 08-Dan Kuriger, 14.090; 16. 1-Nate Dussel, 14.164; 17. 4-Cap Henry, 14.179; 18. 51-John Garvin Jr., 14.180; 19. 9z-Duane Zablocki, 14.217; 20. 20B-Cody Bova, 14.228; 21. 7K-Dan Shelter, 14.299; 22. 22m-Dan McCarron, 14.324; 23. 13.Brandon Matus, 14.360; 24. Gary Kriess Jr., 14.365; 25. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau, 14.399; 26. 38-Dennis Wagner, 14.430; 27. 23s-Russ Sansosti, 14.455; 28. 23-Darren Pifer, 14.456; 29. 4h-Travy Hines, 14.465; 30. 8J-Jess Stiger, 14.608; 31. 33-Brent Matus, 14.842; 32. 4W-Eric L. Williams, 14.918; 33. 8J-Joe Sylvester, 15.064; 34. G1-Mike Miller, 15.107; 35. 4c-Paul Kish, 15.580; 36. 1R. Gale Ruth Sr., 15.707; 37. 12x-Brett Brunkenhoefer, 16.175; 38. 250-Jared McFarland (did not scale); 39. 16-Chris Andrews (did not scale).
Heat 1 (top 5 to A)
1. 4N-Dale Blaney [3]; 2. 4-Cap Henry[6]; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs [2] 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker [1]; 5. 23-DJ Foos [4]; 6. 20B-Cody Bova [7]; 7. 27k-Jeremy Kornbau [8]; 8. 33-Brent Matus [9]; 9. 8J-Joe Sylvester [10]; 10. 1-Nate Dussel [5] (DNS)
Heat 2 (top 5 to A)
1. 1. 08-Dan Kuriger [1]; 2. 5M-Max Stambaugh [4]; 3. 7k-Dan Shetler [6]; 4. 45-Trevor Baker [3]; 5. 20i-Kelsey Ivy [2]; 6. 22m-Dan McCarron [7]; 7. 4h-Tracy Hines [8]; 8. G1-Mike Miller [9]; 9. 9z-Duane Zablocki [5]; 10. 12x-Brett Brunkenhoefer [10]
Heat 3 (top 5 to A)
1. 97-Broc Martin [2]; 2. 09-Craig Mintz [3]; 3. 51-John Garvin Jr. [5]; 4. 126-Bryan Salisburn [1]; 5. 42-Sye Lynch [4]; 6. 13-Brandon Matus [6]; 7. 55-Gary Kriess Jr. [7]; 8. 23-Darren Pifer [9]; 9. 38-Dennis Wagner [8]
Heat 4 (top 5 to A)
1. 68G-Tyler Gunn [2]; 2. 40-George Hobaugh [4]; 3. 23jr.-Jack Sodeman Jr. [3]; 4. 16-Chris Andrews [10]; 5. 23s-Russ Sansosti ]1]; 6. 4W-Eric L. Williams [6]; 7. 8J-Jess Stiger [5]; 8. 4C-Paul Kish [7]; 9. 1R-Gale Ruth Sr. [8]; 10. 250-Jared McFarland [9]
B-main #1 (top 2 to A)
1. 22m-Dan McCarron [2]; 2. 20B-Cody Bova [1]; 3. 4h-Travy Hines [4]; 4. 9z-Duane Zablocki [8]; 5. G1-Mike Miller [6]; 6. 8j-Joe Sylvester [7]; 7. 12x-Brett Brunkenhoefer [9]; 8. 27k-Jeremy Kornbau [3]; 9. 33-Brent Matus [5]; 10. 1-Nate Dussel (DNS)
B-main #2 (top 2 to A)
1. 13-Brandon Matus [1]; 2. 23-Darren Pifer [5]; 3. 55-Gary Kriess Jr. [3]; 4. 8J-Jess Stiger [4]; 5. 4W-Eric L. Williams [2]; 6. 4C-Paul Kish [9]; 7. 1R-Gale Ruth Sr. [8]; 8. 250-Jared McFarland (DNS); 9. 38-Dennis Wagner (DNS)
A-Main (30 laps)
1. 4-Cap Henry [5]; 2. 4N-Dale Blaney [3] 3. 40-George Hobaugh [1]; 4. 5M-Max Stambaugh [2]; 5. 97-Broc Martin [4]; 6. 09-Craig Mintz [10]; 7. 7K-Dan Shetler [12]; 8. 08-Dan Kuriger [9]; 9. 23-D.J. Foos [7]; 10. 20i-Kelsey Ivy [19]; 11. 23jr.-Jack Sodeman, Jr. [14]; 12. 35-Stuart Brubaker [15]; 13. 42-Sye Lynch [8]; 14. 16-Chris Andrews [18]; 15. 13-Brandon Matus [22]; 16. 81-Lee Jacobs [11]; 17. 51-John Garvin, Jr. [13]; 18. 126-Bryan Salisbury [17]; 19. 45-Trevor Baker [16]; 20. 20B-Cody Bova [23] 21. 23-Darren Pifer [24]; 22. 68G-Tyler Gunn [6]; 23. 23s-Russ Sansosti [20]; 24. 22M-Dan McCarron [21]
FAST Hard Charger: 20i-Kelsey Ivy +9
Sharon Speedway is owned by the Blaney, Weller, and Kirila Families and is a 3/8-mile dirt track located on Custer-Orangeville Road in Hartford, Ohio near the intersection of Routes 7 & 305. For more information, check out the website at www.sharonspeedway.com or call 330-772-5481. Become a fan of Sharon Speedway on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sharonspeedway and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sharonspdwy.
