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Posted by: | CommentsHamlin, PA - Cole Stangle Scores Big With Two Victories In Exciting Hamlin Speedway Racing Action
By: Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media
The beautiful warm summer weather of the Pocono Mountains was the perfect backdrop for an evening of speed presented by Hamlin Speedway Promoters Randy and Denise Smith. Getting back on track after suffering the fourth rainout of the season a week ago, the speedway was primed and in impeccable condition for the stars of the speedway to ignite the standing room only crowd. The evening ran off in machine gun like fashion and the last feature was completed by 10:30. More than one hundred talented race car drivers came to Hamlin on Saturday to ply their trade and when the final curtain came down it would be some newcomers plus some familiar names at the speedway rising to the top of the heap in the coveted Victory Circle.
One of the up and coming young stars in motorsports, Cole Stangle earned two wins on Saturday night as he captured the Hampton RV And Trailer Sales Stage One Modified win and then backed that up with a win in the Junior Slingshot division. "The Oxford Express" Dale Kober scored his first win of the season in the Super Slinger finale topping Wes Hearn who came into the event with eight straight victories in the division. "Kid Wicked" Tyler Pirone enjoyed a solid win in the All Star Slingshot main event narrowly defeating Chris Kurtz. "Bad" Chad Sandt made it two consecutive wins in the 600 Sprint main with a close win over Joel Smith. Paul Richards Jr added his fifth win of the season in the 270 Sprint main. "The Young Rustler" Jacob Balliet earned his second win of the season in one of the Rookie 600 Sprint mains and Allentown's Tim Bauer was spot on in winning his first Rookie 600 Sprint feature event.
The parade of eight feature runs for the evening began with the Stage One Modifieds. Cole Stangle grabbed the lead at the drop of the green flag and that move proved to be the hot ticket as he led all twenty laps to capture his first Stage One Modified feature win. Damon Paul put tons of pressure on early in the event and then faced a stiff challenge from Joel Smith but managed to hold off Smith for runner-up honors while Smith settled for third. Bill Dianella was fourth and Chloe Andreas rounded out the top five. Will Casazza, Caitlin Henneforth, Charlie Bodine, Janell Geary and Michael Samony completed the field.
Dale Kober left nothing to chance as he jumped out front at the start of the Super Slinger feature, held off a stiff challenge from Wes Hearn early on and then cruised away to his first win of the season. Hearn was runner-up with the returning Greg Zellman finishing third, Steve Pirone fourth and John Mirabelli completing the top five. Ryan Lacoe, Mike Jablonka, Jim Conroy and Jeff Haduck completed the field.
The winged warriors of the 270 Sprint division moved onto the speedway for their feature attraction. Paul Richards Jr has owned the division in 2016 and he took off at the drop of the green flag and would lead all of the way in claiming his fifth win of the season. Glenn Macomber enjoyed a solid run to earn runner-up honors with Kyle Ferrucci third and newcomers Randy Gombert and Steve Weirich completing the field.
The "stars of tomorrow" in the Junior Slingshot division continued to put on another great show as "TVD" Tanner Van Doren led the first two laps before yielding to "The Hurricane" Hunter Lapp who would lead for two more. Cole Stangle made his first bid count as he seized command of the lead on lap five and would go on to win his third Junior Slingshot feature of the season. Lapp finished second with Jared Silfee third, the returning Reese Nowotarski fourth and VanDoren completing the top five. Shelby McLaughlin headed up the second five with Ty Kelly, JJ Rice, Emily Fleming and Jake Mason following.
The first Rookie 600 Sprint main event found Tim Bauer blasting into the lead at the start of the event and he showed his tailpipes to everyone as he cruised the speedway with consistent 12.3 second laps to claim his first ever main event at Hamlin. Jakson Ring kept pace but settled for second place. Kyle Exley made a great charge to finish third with Scott Slater fourth and Jesse James Bartleson completing the top five. "The Highside Hustler" Justin Mills shook down his new ride and finished sixth in the recently completed hot rod. Justin Hartz, Savannah Leggio and Ron Bosga completed the field.
The second Rookie 600 Sprint feature found Jacob Balliet in command from the start. Geordan Marrero kept the pressure on Balliet and took over the lead on lap thirteen but just as quickly came into contact with the slower car of newcomer Cody Powell and Powell went upside down in the incident with the officials placing Marrero to the rear of the field on the restart. Powell was uninjured in the incident. On the restart Balliet took off and raced to his second win of the season. Brett Altemose was second with Joe Howey racing from the rear to grab up third place. Tony Parlanti was fourth and Marrero fought back to complete the top five. Garden State Modified talent Clay Butler made a rare appearance and was sixth in his brother's hot rod. Carmen Leggio Sr was seventh.
The headliner for the All Star Slingshots found the best Slingshot drivers in the country duking it out on the Hamlin Speedway real estate in the MA Gold Tour event. The early going found Tyler Pirone blasting out of the starting blocks to lead the event but knocking on his door came "The Midge" Chris Kurtz as he found a racing channel he liked to pull behind Pirone and the chase was on. The two driving stars dominated the event as they hit slower traffic and Pirone lost the lead momentarily but a caution flag and a revert back to the previous lap put Pirone back up front. Pirone made no more errors as he executed a perfect game plan to remain in front as he scored his first Hamlin win of the season. Kurtz had a great drive for second with the returning Alex Yankowski in third, Dale Kober fourth and Tyler Peet fifth. Mike McLaughlin headed up the second five with Wes Hearn, Matt Henneforth, Austin Silfee and Russell Benke completing the top ten. Brett Bieber, Alan Selemba, Nick Vinciguerra, Josh Marcus and Henry Anderson completed the top fifteen and 19-cars finished all 30-laps of the main event.
Chad Sandt seized command at the start of the 600 Sprint main headliner and zipped off some 12.3 second laps to lead the way but a persistent and hard charging "Nickel Man" Joel Smith kept pace to make it a close fought contest. Sandt would score his second consecutive win with Smith close behind in second. Ryan Quackenbush was smooth as silk to run third with "The Rockaway Rocket" Danny Buccafusca fourth and "The Travelin Man" Mick D'Agostino completing the top five. "The Conductor" Bobby Butler rim rode the speedway for sixth place while JD Casazza, Colin White, Joseph Smith and Ryan Neil completed the top ten.
PEARL JAMS:
Randy Smith had the speedway in great shape and the kept pace with the speedway surface throughout the evening and his hard work made all of the feature events classic stuff in racing channels. A short rain shower halted the racing action for a few minutes and the staff hustled the Junior Slingshots off of the speedway to wait it out. Once the rain ceased about five minutes later the 270 Sprints ran their feature before bringing the youngsters back out to complete their event.
Dale Kober knows the short way around the Hamlin facility and posted the top time in the Super Slingshots with a 14.081 second lap just nipping Roger Collins who went 14.131 seconds. Joel Smith was the quick timer in the Stage One Modifieds with a 12.956 second time.
Two rounds of heat races were needed for the Tour event for the All Star Slingshots and winners of the heats included, Tyler Pirone, Alex Yankowski and Russell Benke in the first round and Tyler Peet, Wes Hearn and Austin Silfee earning victories in the second round. Jacob Balliet, Tim Bauer and Justin Hartz were victorious in the Rookie 600 Sprint heats. The 600 Sprints ran two heats with Joel Smith and Chad Sandt claiming victories. Paul Richards Jr emerged victorious in the 270 Sprint heat event. Junior Slingshot heats were won by Reese Nowotarski and Jared Silfee.
Roger Collins escaped injury when he was pinched into the outside Jersey barrier and executed a series of barrel rolls down the backstretch. Collins was shaken but climbed out of his wounded race car with a wave to the fans.
Some new names were added to the Hamlin roster list last evening with Randy Gombert and Steve Weirich in the 270 Sprints, Clayton Davey, Tom Arntz, Alan Kober, Alex Yankowski and Joe Toth in the All Star Slingshots. Slingers. The Butler Boys, Bobby and Clay, made rare appearances with both performing extremely well. Bobby is a former track champion at Hamlin and it is always great to see him return. Happy birthday wishes go out to Clay Butler as he turns 30 this week. Clay was accompanied to the speedway by his girlfriend former Miss Accord Speedway Loralyn Brinster. The crewchief for Clay Butler is former Lake Mocatek Speedway modified racer Bernie Kelly. Jake Fox was a new addition to the 600 ranks and the veteran Don Colaluce and "The Big Dogg" Steve Reynolds was back in action but Reynolds was slowed by a balky race car.
Matriarch Evelyn Smith was on hand to enjoy the racing action.
RESULTS:
All Star Slingshots: (MA Gold Tour) Tyler Pirone, Chris Kurtz, Alex Yankowski, Dale Kober, Tyler Peet, Mike McLaughlin, Wes Hearn, Matt Henneforth, Austin Silfee, Russell Benke III, Brett Bieber, Alan Selemba, Nick Vinciguerra, Josh Marcus, Henry Anderson, Taylor Mills, Tommy Arntz, Tess Horvath, Joe Toth, Ashley Kober, Amanda Buchel, Steve Pirone, Anthony Recchio, Justin Mills, Alan Kober, Clayton Davey, Roger Collins (DNS), Ryan Neiger (DNS)
270cc Sprints: Paul Richards Jr, Glenn Macomber, Kyle Ferrucci, Randy Gombert, Stephen Weirich, Don Schmidt
600cc Wingless Sprints: Chad Sandt, Joel Smith, Ryan Quackenbush, Danny Buccafusca, Mick D'Agostino, Bobby Butler, JD Casazza, Colin White, Joseph Smith, Ryan Neil, Carmen Leggio Jr, Rick Calvert, Mike Van Pelt, Don Colaluce, Brandon Azzalina, Dylan Martin, Sam Kravitsky, Stephen Reynolds, Jake Fox, Paul Richards Sr
Hampton RV And Trailer Stage One Modifieds: Cole Stangle, Damon Paul, Joel Smith, Bill Dianella, Chloe Andreas, Will Casazza, Caitlin Henneforth, Charlie Bodine, Janell Geary, Michael Samony
Junior Slingshots: Cole Stangle, Hunter Lapp, Jared Silfee, Reese Nowotarski, Tanner Van Doren, Shelby McLaughlin, Ty Kelly, JJ Rice, Emily Fleming, Jake Mason, Tommy Stillo, Colton Geary, James Costlow, James Hendricks
Super Slingshots: Dale Kober, Wes Hearn, Greg Zellman, Steve Pirone, John Mirabelli, Ryan Lacoe, Mike Jablonka, Jim Conroy, Jeff Haduck
Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: (2) Jacob Balliet, Brett Altemose, Joe Howey, Tony Parlanti, Geordan Marrero, Clay Butler, Carmen Leggio Sr, JR Williams, Joe Nemeth, Cody Powell
Rookie 600cc Wingless Sprints: (1) Tim Bauer, Jakson Ring, Kyle Exley, Scott Slater, Jesse James Bartleson, Justin Mills, Justin Hartz, Savannah Leggio, Ron Bosga, Kevin Weiand
Racing every Saturday evening from April through September. The next event on the Hamlin Speedway schedule is set for July 23rd when all Divisions will be in action plus the Mini Series for the 270 Sprints going Wingless on the 1/5th mile clay cushioned oval. Make sure to check the Hamlin Speedway website for additional information. Pit Gates open at the speedway at 3 PM; Drivers Meeting at 5:45; Hot Laps are at 6:00 and the racing begins at 7 PM sharp. Admission Prices for regular shows are: Adults $10.00; Senior Citizens $5.00 Children under 6 are Free
Please support the many great sponsors who assist in working and sponsoring the season long events at the speedway. Tilcon, Yankowski Enterprises, Triple Cities Mack, Dickie Keiper Speed Supplies, Ron Brown Hauling, Classic Cycles, Kim's Kreations, RockAuto.com, Howe's Comfort Inn and Santarelli And Sons Oil Company are all part of the advertising family at the speedway and we graciously thank them for their support.
For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Hamlin Speedway, logon to their well documented website at: http://www.hamlinspeed.com or call the speedway hotline at: 570 420 5500.
The Hamlin Speedway Is The "Pearl" In The Poconos
PFEIL WINS CHAPMAN AUTO FIRECRACKER 40, WEISS AND PAPIEZ ALSO WIN AT GRANDVIEW
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NEWS FROM NASCAR SANCTIONED GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY, BECHTELSVILLE, PA
Track promoter: Bruce Rogers @ 610.754.7688
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Race results written by Vicki Gehris with additions from Ernie Saxton
WAYNE PFEIL WINS CHAPMAN AUTO GROUP OF HORSHAM FIRECRACKER 40 BRC LATE MODEL RACE, KYLE WEISS AND BRIAN PAPIEZ ALSO VISIT VICTORY LANE AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY
21 DIFFERENT FEATURE WINNERS SO FAR THIS SEASON
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. July 17,2016 . . . Wayne Pfeil, behind the wheel of his own/J & H Automotive & Custom Exhaust No. 72, scored the biggest win of his career when he took home the $2,000 first prize money in the Chapman Auto Group Firecracker 40 NASCAR BRC Late Model feature on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway. He dedicated his first win of the season to his dad, a former racer, who was at home with some health issues. “The car has been good all season, but we just had bad luck.” He gave a lot of credit to his crew because they stick by him and continue to try to make improvements to the car. He collected the Dan’s Deli ½-way hoagie bonus in addition to $100 from T. P. Trailers, Limerick.
The 30-Lap T.P. Trailers NASCAR 358 Modified All-American Racing Series 30-Lap was up for grabs right until the wave of the checkered and it was Kyle Weiss, the “Jalapa Jet” standing in victory lane for the first time of the season. He was happy how good the car was working since he and the crew spent several hours preparing the Blue Knob Auto No. 21K. In addition to the top prize, he also received $250 from T.P. Trailers.
Brian Papiez, a rookie this season in the NASCAR Sportsman division, held off the challenges of another rookie Andrew Kreis, who destroyed his car a few weeks ago, but had rebuilt the car and returned to the racing wars, to win his second 25-Lap feature. Papiez also received the $100 T.P. Trailers monetary award and the Dan’s Deli ½-way hoagie bonus.
Twenty one different drivers have visited victory lane this season in the three divisions of NASCAR stock car racing.
Coming up on Saturday, July 23rd is the always popular Hatfield Quality Meats Night featuring a visit by Smiley, their famous mascot; plus t-shirts and hot dogs being shot into the grandstands. And they will have product samples in the first turn grandstand area early in the evening. Featured will be the TP Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman. The weekly Meet and Greet featuring drivers and cars near the main gate entrance starts at 5 p.m. Spectator gates open at 5:30 p.m. with actual racing competition starts at 7:30 p.m. Adults are admitted for $15 while youngsters under 12 enter free.
Then on Sunday, July 24th, 1 p.m. the Outlaw Enduro racers will be in action along with Blast from the Past Vintage Car racing events. Adult admission is just $10.
Devin Frey took the early lead in the Late Model main event with Steve Todorow, who returned to action four weeks ago; Ron Kline, the 2009 and 2011 winner; Drew Weisser, a 2016 feature winner and Pfeil in tow.
It didn’t take Frey long to build up a commanding lead and encounter lap traffic by the eighth lap.
Dan Green regrouped the pack when he stopped in the fourth turn with tire issues. It was still Frey in command when action resumed, but by this time Pfeil advanced to second putting his bids in for the lead.
The lead changed hands on the 14th lap when Pfeil motored to the front of the pack.
Frey’s second place run ended abruptly when a puff of smoked poured from his car causing him to stop in turn two and the yellow out. Pfeil continued his dominance of the event on the restart.
Behind Pfeil, a four-way battle for second ensued between Todorow, Dave Ogin, Randy Stoudt and Sean Merkel. With Chuck Schutz trying to join in the mix.
Ogin moved into second on the 29th lap and within no time he erased the gap Pfeil built up to challenge for the lead.
Pfeil held the high line while Ogin was working the low groove trying to overtake him. Waiting in the wins for a miscue were last years’ winner S. Merkel, Schutz, who won the race two times and six-time race winner Randy Stoudt.
Pfeil really worked to stay in front and the determination paid off when he pulled into the winner’s circle 0.406 second ahead of Ogin who was followed by S. Merkel, Schutz and R. Stoudt. Sixth through tenth were Todorow, Cory Merkel, Weisser, Lou Egrie and Dean Stoudt.
Heats were won by Pfeil and Kline.
Polesitter Justin Grim motored into the early lead on the onset of the Modified feature followed by Chris Esposito, John Willman, Steve Swinehart and Brian Houseknecht.
By the Dan’s Deli ½-way hoagie mark, Justin Grim was still first, but a five-way heated battle for second continued between S. Swinehart, Willman, Kenny Gilmore, Weiss and Jordan Umbenhauer and neither was ready to give an inch.
Weiss made it a three-wide battle for the lead between Grim and Swinehart by the 23rd lap, one lap later he was second and with five laps to go Weiss dove underneath Grim coming off the fourth turn and was the new leader.
Weiss never relinquished first and went on to score his third career win at the 1/3-mile, banked clay oval. Second through fourth place finishers S. Swinehart, J. Grim and Umbenhauer scored their best runs of the season with Gilmore claiming fifth.
Mike Gular, S. Swinehart and Jeff Strunk won the heats. The consi went to Ryan Grim.
In the Sportsman feature polesitter Kreis led for two laps before Papiez got around him on the outside for the top spot. Kreis didn’t give in easily and stuck right with him trying to regain control. Behind these two rookies, Dylan Swinehart, another rookie, held down third with Brandon Whitmoyer and Jesse Landis, also a rookie completing the top five.
Papiez did manage to open daylight between himself and the others, but that was erased when Mark Kemmerer and Chad Kohler tangled between the first and second turn bringing out the caution on the 19th lap. The restart was void for a fourth turn multi-car tangle. Papiez and Kreis stayed one and two on the restart, but Swinehart got shuffled back to sixth as Ryan Lilick, Ken Eckert Jr. and Brad Arnold moved by.
Papiez was having handling problems coming off the fourth turn as the car was tight and numerous times it looked like Kreis would overtake him, but to no avail.
The lead never changed and Papiez scored his second win of the year. Second through fifth were Kreis, R. Lilick, Arnold and Eckert Jr.
Kreis, Papiez and Brian Hirthler won the heats. The consi was won by Steve Young.
RACE RESULTS
Chapman Auto Group BRC Late Model Feature (40 Laps): 1. Wayne Pfeil, 2. Dave Ogin, 3. Sean Merkel, 4. Chuck Schutz, 5. Randy Stoudt, 6. Steve Todorow, 7. Cory Merkel, 8. Drew Weisser, 9. Lou Egrie, 10. Dean Stoudt, 11. Dan Green, 12. Jason Miller, 13. Bryon Sipe, 14. Joe Fanelli, 15. Jordan Knepp, 16. Chris Wojnar, 17. Dirk Rimrott, 18. Devin Frey, 19. Shawn Horning, 20. Ron Kline, 21. George Irwin.
T.P. Trailers Modified Feature (30 Laps): 1. Kyle Weiss, 2. Steve Swinehart, 3. Justin Grim, 4. Jared Umbenhauer, 5. Kenny Gilmore, 6. Craig Von Dohren, 7. Mike Gular, 8. Jeff Strunk, 9. John Willman, 10. Brian Houseknecht, 11. Frank Cozze, 12. Danny Erb, 13. Chris Esposito, 14. Tim Buckwalter, 15. Kevin Hirthler, 16. Kyle Borror, 17. Doug Manmiller, 18. Ryan Grim, 19. Glenn Owens, 20. Bobby Gunther-Walsh, 21. Ron Haring Jr., 22. Ron Seltmann Jr., 23. Colt Harris, 24. Nate Christman, 25. Ray Swinehart, 26. Kory Fleming, 27. Brett Kressley, 28. Eric Biehn. DNQ: Don Norris Jr. and Blaine Bracelin Jr.
Sportsman Feature (25 Laps): 1. Brian Papiez, 2. Andrew Kreis, 3. Ryan Lilick, 4. Brad Arnold, 5. Ken Eckert Jr., 6. Dylan Swinehart, 7. Brandon Whitmoyer, 8. Jordan Henn, 9. Brett Gilmore, 10. Brian Hirthler, 11. Craig Whitmoyer, 12. Mike Lisowski, 13. Paul Kline, 14. Dean Bachman, 15. Jack Butler, 16. Joe Funk III, 17. Nathan Mohr, 18. Mark Kemmerer, 19. Chad Kohler, 20. Mike Koffel, 21. Jesse Landis, 22. Steve Young, 23. Kyle Lilick, 24. Rich Jones, 25. Brad Grim, 26. Ryan Beltz. DNQ: Kenny Bock, Brad Brightbill, B.J. Joly, Derrick Smith and Ryan Higgs.
Grandview Speedway, a one-third-mile, banked clay track, is located on Passmore Road just off Route 100 in Bechtelsville, PA, 10 miles north of Pottstown. A full assortment of great concessions and novelty items are available. Free parking on the grounds. Fans are invited to the competition area after the events are completed to meet the racers. For information telephone 610.754.7688 or check in at www.grandviewspeedway.com, Twitter@GrandviewSpeedway and www.facebook.com/grandviewspeedway along with Rainedout.com (for rainout information).
COMING EVENTS:
Saturday, July 23, 7:30 p.m. Hatfield Quality Meats Night featuring the TP Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman.
Sunday, July 24, 1 p.m. Outlaw Enduro Racing plus Blast from the Past Vintage Racing. Twin 75s for Big Cars and Twins 75s for Small Cars, Ladies race, Junkyard race and Vintage races.
Tuesday, July 26, 7:30 p.m. Thunder on the Hill Racing Series featuring 410 Sprints and 358 Modifieds including continuation of events postponed from June 28th.
Saturday, July 30, 7:30 p.m. WNPV-1440 AM Radio Night featuring TP Trailers Modifieds, BRC Late Models, Sportsman and Blast from the Past Vintage car racing.
Saturday, August 6, 7:30 p.m. Bernheisel Night featuring TP Trailers 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman.
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BLOOMINGTON BELONGS TO BEAUCHAMP; BECOMES USAC SPRINTS' 3RD NEW WINNER IN ISW
Bloomington, Indiana July 15, 2016 ..... In a week chock-full of veteran drivers entering USAC victory lane for the first time, Brent Beauchamp became the latest to break through after prevailing in a classic duel with Dave Darland throughout the majority of the 30-lap event during round five of "Indiana Sprint Week" at Bloomington Speedway's 28th annual "Sheldon Kinser Memorial." A race that featured the most lead changes in a USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car race in 15 years!
Beauchamp would start third in the 30-lap event, directly behind Dave Darland who began his race from the pole position for the second consecutive night.
As the green flag flew, Darland drew first blood, sliding up in front of outside front row starter Brady Bacon as the 24-car field filed into turn one.
Immediately, Darland gained company as Beauchamp utilized the bottom of the racetrack to pull even with Darland entering turn three, resulting in a dead heat at the line at the conclusion of lap one.
With Beauchamp up on the high line and Darland hugging the infield tires, the two engaged in a side-by-side war lap-after-lap with neither driver able to put more than a half car length's advantage between each other at the flag stand for the first eight laps of the feature.
Though credited with only three "official" lead changes at the start/finish line during the first one-third of the race, Darland and Beauchamp swapped the top spot a dozen times in the first eight laps. Darland's strong suit was on his entry into turns one and three where he was able to pull ahead by a car length midway through the corner while Beauchamp was able to propel himself off the exit of turns two and four to pull even on the inside of Darland down the front and back straightaways.
The two put on a show for the ages, running several identical-looking, side-by-side laps resulting in numerous photo finishes at the line with each successive circuit appearing as if the two were on a high-speed pace lap.
Without either able to break away up front, Beauchamp was able to edge ahead of Darland by mere inches at the scoring loop on lap five, but the lead would be short-lived as Darland fought back to claim the top spot at the stripe on the sixth and seventh laps.
On lap eight, Beauchamp got a titanic run on the bottom that lunged him forward off the exit of turn four and into the lead, putting a five-car-length gap between himself and Darland in the ensuing laps.
After the stoppage of Chase Stockon brought out a caution at the halfway mark, the lap 15 restart saw Darland find his second wind. Just as the topside of the red clay surface appeared to fade, Darland quickly proved there was still something left up top as he clawed his way back on the outside to beat Beauchamp to the line on lap 16 by 14-thousandths of a second.
Meanwhile, Beauchamp drove his machine as straight as an arrow on the bottom, re-taking the lead by a car length on the 17th lap before Darland found another bullet in the chamber, reloading for another run at Beauchamp to reclaim the lead by a car length on laps 18 and 19.
By lap 20, the exit of turn two began to slip away as Darland was still able to pull even alongside Beauchamp between turns one and two, but was unable to find any moisture at the top of the second turn, hindering his forward motion as he faded and Beauchamp raced by on the inside and distanced himself from the rest of the field in the waning laps.
In the last 10 laps, it was all Brent Beauchamp, who pulled away to join Tyler Courtney and Kyle Cummins as the third different driver to claim his first career USAC victory during 2016 ISW over Brady Bacon, who slipped by Darland for second on the final lap. Kevin Thomas, Jr., a 2012 Bloomington ISW winner, was fourth while Thomas Meseraull drove the Landon Simon Racing car to its second straight fifth place finish.
Bloomington Speedway, the only track to host an ISW event in each year of the series' existence dating back to 1988, has now produced six first-time USAC National Sprint Car feature winners during its ISW round over the years: Brad Fox (1997), Cory Kruseman (1999), A.J. Anderson (2001), Brady Short (2006), Kevin Thomas, Jr. (2012) and now Beauchamp.
The spectacular 30-lap affair featured the most lead changes in a USAC National Sprint Car race since Lincoln Park Speedway's "Indiana Sprint Week" feature at Lincoln Park Speedway on July 21, 2001 that also involved Dave Darland. In that event, Jon Stanbrough got by Dave Darland on the final corner of the final lap to take a photo finish victory.
However, this night belonged to Beauchamp, the Avon, Indiana native who came into Friday night's race with only one career top-five finish in USAC National Sprint Car competition - a third at Bloomington's ISW round in 2012. He drove his Jeff Olson/Concrete Connection - Brownsburg Mufflers/Spike/J & D to a 1.85-second victory that was not indicative of the fierce battle that was waged between first-time winner Beauchamp and Darland, the winningest ISW and USAC National Sprint Car driver of all-time.
"I can't put this into words," Beauchamp said. "I said last night that winning a 'Sprint Week' race would be something that I literally would not be able to describe and, to do it here- a place that has eluded me for so long- it's a place I've wanted to win at so bad, but to do it during 'Sprint Week,' it's amazing. I felt like I was running a Kenyon car at the Speedrome when I was down there on the bottom. I just tried to roll it smooth and not get off the tires. I knew Dave was out there and I could sense that if I just hit my marks that I was better and could get away from him. When I got to the lapped cars, I just told myself not to do anything dumb and stuck it on bottom and then went wide coming to the checkered to try and block any sort of run. I am just so excited. This is amazing!"
In "Indiana Sprint Week," every little thing matters. Though he's run spectacularly all week, earlier in the night, during the Indy Race Parts fourth heat, ISW point leader Courtney skated over the turn one cushion and embarked on a wild series of flips over the backside of the banking. Though Courtney returned in a backup car for the semi-feature, he was unable to transfer, thus missing the feature and having to stand on the sidelines to witness his 32-point lead coming into Friday night quickly evaporate.
Courtney's misfortune was all Bacon's gain, as the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma driver's second place finish helped him leapfrog past Courtney to take over the ISW point lead heading into the final two races on Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt and Sunday night at the Terre Haute Action Track in his Dynamics, Inc./Mean Green - Lykins Oil/Triple X/Williams Mopar.
"We caught a break when Hodges went by me and we got a yellow," Bacon admitted. "I calmed down after that and just tried to run the bottom and not make too many mistakes. I thought the top was going to be the place to be, but the bottom was just too good and the top was treacherous. Hats off to the track prep crew, though. To go through 50 cars in the middle of the summer without any prep breaks is fantastic. These last three tracks are three of our best, so we've got some momentum. We had to battle back all week, but tonight, we could get to the front and just sort of hang out, so that was nice. But I padded my bank account a little bit this week, so, hopefully, we can keep it up these last two nights."
It was a valiant effort for Lincoln, Indiana's Darland, who led on four different occasions for a total of nine laps and finished a strong third in his Jeff Walker-Curb-Agajanian Racing/Jam-It-In Storage - Hoosier Tire/Maxim/Claxton.
"We've been decent this year, but we're still learning," Darland acknowledges. "Jeff (Walker) and I are getting better. We were good last night and then tonight, obviously, too. We could get around Brent (Beauchamp) a few times, but the cushion just got so tough to run. I slipped the right rear over the edge a couple times in turn two, and then would just get hung up, so it was difficult. I had to shoot off of it a little early as we got going towards the end. But we were good tonight, so it's a step in the right direction."
Contingency award winners at Bloomington Speedway included Chad Boespflug (ProSource Fast Qualifier), Chris Windom (Simpson Race Products First Heat Race Winner), Chase Stockon (Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI) Second Heat Race Winner), Logan Jarrett (Benic Enterprises Third Heat Race Winner), Hunter Schuerenberg (Indy Race Parts Fourth Heat Race Winner), Robert Ballou (KSE Racing Products/B&W Auto Mart Hard Charger) & A.J. Hopkins (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 15, 2016 - Bloomington, Indiana - Bloomington Speedway - "Indiana Sprint Week" - "Sheldon Kinser Memorial"
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-10.737; 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4J, 4J Motorsports-10.846; 3. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-10.858; 4. C.J. Leary, 17GP, Dutcher-10.961; 5. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-10.974; 6. Thomas Meseraull, 24, LSR-10.981; 7. Brent Beauchamp, 34, Olson-10.986; 8. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-10.988; 9. Tony DiMattia, 50, DiMattia-10.988; 10. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-11.005; 11. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-11.005; 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-11.026; 13. Tyler Thomas, 04, Burton-11.038; 14. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-11.043; 15. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Rock Steady-11.046; 16. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2E, Epperson-11.061; 17. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-11.062; 18. Brady Short, 11p, Pottorff-11.074; 19. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-11.085; 20. Tyler Courtney, 23c, TOPP-11.085; 21. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-11.087; 22. Robert Ballou, 1, Ballou-11.124; 23. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-11.129; 24. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-11.136; 25. A.J. Hopkins, 14H, Hopkins-11.144; 26. Jordan Kinser, 70, Hurst-11.158; 27. Shane Cottle, 57, Hazen-11.161; 28. Justin Grant, 71p, Phillips-11.211; 29. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-11.231; 30. Jeff Bland Jr., 38, Bland-11.247; 31. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-11.267; 32. Cole Ketcham, 41k, Ketcham-11.270; 33. Cole Smith, 29s, Smith-11.282; 34. Aric Gentry, 10, GBR-11.312; 35. Jon Stanbrough, 66, Amati-11.322; 36. Daylan Chambers, 4c, Chambers-11.329; 37. Kent Schmidt, 5k, Schmidt-11.355; 38. Dickie Gaines, 44, Soudrette-11.417; 39. Nick Bilbee, 17N, Bilbee-11.453; 40. Riley Kreisel, 90, Smith-11.489; 41. Matt McDonald, 5M, McDonald-11.508; 42. Tom Harris, 5E, East-11.661; 43. Jamie Williams, 31, Williams-11.688; 44. Nate McMillin, 15J, Johnson-11.790; 45. Chris Babcock, 35, Babcock-11.798; 46. Matt Brannin, 27, Brannin-11.945; 47. Lukas Smith, 61, Smith-11.971; 48. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-12.046.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Mattox, 3. Boespflug, 4. Hopkins, 5. DiMattia, 6. McGhee, 7. Andretti, 8. T.Thomas, 9. C.Smith, 10. Schmidt, 11. McDonald, 12. Babcock. 1:53.43
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Darland, 3. Ballou, 4. B.Short, 5. Bland, 6. Kinser, 7. K.Thomas Jr., 8. Meseraull, 9. Gaines, 10. Harris, 11. Brannin, 12. Gentry. 1:55.18
BENIC ENTERPRISES THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jarrett, 2. Cummins, 3. Beauchamp, 4. Hodges, 5. Mellenberndt, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Williams, 8. Chapple, 9. L.Smith, 10. S.Cottle, 11. Jackson, 12. Bilbee, NT
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Bacon, 3. Coons, 4. Leary, 5. Farney, 6. Grant, 7. Kreisel, 8. McMillin, 9. Chambers, 10. Ketcham, 11. Bell, 12. Courtney. NT
C-MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. C.Smith, 3. Kreisel, 4. Chambers, 5. Gaines, 6. Harris, 7. McMillin, 8. Williams, 9. McDonald, 10. Babcock, 11. L.Smith, 12. Schmidt. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. K.Thomas Jr., 2. Meseraull, 3. T.Thomas, 4. Andretti, 5. Jackson, 6. Kinser, 7. Mellenberndt, 8. C.Smith, 9. Farney, 10. McGhee, 11. Chapple, 12. Kreisel, 13. Chambers, 14. DiMattia, 15. Courtney, 16. Stanbrough, 17. Grant, 18. Bland. 2:35.32
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brent Beauchamp, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 5. Thomas Meseraull, 6. C.J. Leary, 7. Josh Hodges, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Jarett Andretti, 10. Robert Ballou, 11. Chad Boespflug, 12. Brady Short, 13. A.J. Hopkins, 14. Chris Windom, 15. Brandon Mattox, 16. Kyle Cummins, 17. Jon Stanbrough, 18. Isaac Chapple, 19. Chase Stockon, 20. Logan Jarrett, 21. Tyler Thomas, 22. Jordan Kinser, 23. Dakota Jackson, 24. Hunter Schuerenberg. NT
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**Jackson flipped during the third heat. Courtney flipped during the fourth heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Darland, Lap 5 Beauchamp, Laps 6-7 Darland, Laps 8-15 Beauchamp, Lap 16 Darland, Lap 17 Beauchamp, Laps 18-19 Darland, Laps 20-30 Beauchamp.
KSE/B & W AUTO MART HARD CHARGER: Robert Ballou (17th to 10th)
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Bacon-1,808, 2-Ballou-1,625, 3-Meseraull-1,619, 4-Stockon-1,578, 5-Darland-1,508, 6-Leary-1,445, 7-Boespflug-1,437, 8-Windom-1,294, 9-McGhee-1,178, 10-Farney-996.
NEW USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Bacon-317, 2-Ballou-295, 3-Courtney-288, 4-Windom-267, 5-K.Thomas Jr.-263, 6-Coons-239, 7-Stockon-237, 8-Boespflug-233, 9-Andretti-230, 10-Meseraull-215.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 16 - Haubstadt, IN - Tri-State Speedway - "Indiana Sprint Week"
Daryn Pittman Tops in Knight Before the Kings Royal Victory
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Daryn Pittman Tops in Knight Before the Kings Royal Victory
Donny Schatz and Rico Abreu repeat their previous night’s performance
ROSSBURG, Ohio - July 15, 2016 - Daryn Pittman dominated the Knight Before the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway on Friday night, as he cruised to his sixth World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the season.
For Pittman, the win was his first at the historic half-mile oval in Rossburg, Ohio since May 4, 2013. Even with the victory, Saturday night's $50,000-to-win Kings Royal, one of the most coveted wins in all of motorsports, was on Pittman's mind.
"Hats off to this Great Clips team. We had a really great car," Pittman said. "It doesn't matter how good you are tonight. We can't do exactly what we did, tomorrow night. Tomorrow night is a new race track. Try to go after my second Kings Royal. It was a pretty special win in 2008."
The win did not come without a little adversity for the No. 9 Great Clips team though. Pittman, started on the outside front row and battled to the lead on the opening lap. As he put distance between he and second-place Joey Saldana, he bounced off the wall in turn four.
"I was out front and I was slow and I didn't think I was getting through three and four fast enough and tried to pick up the pace a little bit," Pittman said. "I didn't think I was close to the fence, and I hit it and hit it hard. I ran about the next three laps thinking I was going to have a flat or did some damage but luckily the car held on."
Donny Schatz was charging in his No. 15 Bad Boy Off Road/Chevrolet Performance/J&J. After dispensing with Shane Stewart, Schatz caught the No. 83 of Joey Saldana and looked for a line around. The two were side-by-side as they worked to complete lap 10 but Saldana held the spot. A lap later, Schatz got another run on Saldana and took over second as the two dove into turn three.
As Pittman worked his way through traffic, Schatz closed the gap briefly but then Pittman began to pull away again.
"The (No. 9) car was awful good," Schatz said. "I couldn't even get through traffic… (We were gaining on Pittman) until the fuel load came off."
Rico Abreu, who started ninth in his No. 24 Abreu Vineyards machine, worked his way through the field and by lap 16 was challenging Saldana for third. Three laps later, Abreu got around Saldana to take over the final podium position.
"I searched around and searched around and found the happy medium on my car," Abreu said. "I moved the wing back a little sooner than some other cars and that's how I gained those spots."
Through the closing laps, Pittman adeptly worked his way through traffic and built a sizeable gap on Schatz, Abreu and the field.
When the checkered flag fell, Pittman scored his sixth win of the season. Schatz and Abreu matched their finishing positions from the night before at Eldora.
"It's a dream come true to come drive for this team and I'm just doing my part to try to stay in it," Pittman said of Kasey Kahne Racing with Mike Curb. "It was a great win for us."
Schatz said his Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing team tried some things in the Dash that did not quite work out. He said that coupled with a slick racing surface made for a challenging night.
"You never know what tomorrow night will bring. We'll look forward to a good day tomorrow," Schatz said.
David Gravel, who won the inaugural Jokers Wild on Thursday night scored his third quick time award of the season on Friday after posting a qualifying lap of 13.600 seconds. Brad Sweet was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing eight positions to finish in fifth.
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Eldora Speedway Notebook
RACE NOTES: Daryn Pittman's win tonight was the sixth of the season for his Kasey Kahne Racing with Mike Curb team… Pittman last stood in victory lane at the legendary Eldora Speedway on May 4, 2013… Donny Schatz continued to extend his points lead on Friday night. He now leads Brad Sweet in second by 186 points… Brad Sweet was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing eight positions to finish in 12th… Donny Schatz and Rico Abreu repeated their performances from the Jokers Wild the night before, standing in victory lane in the second and third positions… David Gravel picked up his third quick time award of the season after posting a lap of 13.600 seconds around the half-mile oval.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Brent Marks; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Chad Kemenah; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Trey Starks; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Super Flow ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Bryan Clauson/Trey Starks; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Brad Sweet; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Daryn Pittman; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Logan Schuchart; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Brent Marks.
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 14 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8, Knoxville Raceway on June 11, River Cities Speedway on June 17, Rockford Speedway on June 29, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 3, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9, Attica Raceway Park on July 12); Brad Sweet - 7 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 2); Daryn Pittman - 6 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, Jackson Motorplex on June 24, Eldora Speedway on July 15); Shane Stewart - 5 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30, Granite City Speedway on June 15, Brown County Speedway on June 19); David Gravel - 4 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6, Eldora Speedway on July 14); Joey Saldana - 4 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4, I-80 Speedway on June 22); Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7);Bill Balog - 1 (Beaver Dam Raceway on June 25); Lance Dewease - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20);Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24);Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10); Logan Schuchart - 1 (Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27).
World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Eldora Speedway; Rossburg, Ohio; July 15, 2016.
A-Main - (30 Laps) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [2] [$12,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3] [$5,700]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [9] [$3,500]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [10] [$3,000]; 5. 5-David Gravel [5] [$2,600]; 6. 83-Joey Saldana [1] [$2,400]; 7. 1B-Dale Blaney [11] [$2,300]; 8. 2-Shane Stewart [4] [$2,200]; 9. 10H-Chad Kemenah [16] [$2,150]; 10. 49X-Tim Shaffer [12] [$2,100]; 11. 23-Trey Starks [6] [$1,600]; 12. 49-Brad Sweet [20] [$1,350]; 13. 17W-Bryan Clauson [7] [$1,300]; 14. 14-Christopher Bell [13] [$1,200]; 15. 1-Sammy Swindell [23] [$1,100]; 16. 1S-Logan Schuchart [19] [$1,000]; 17. 3-James McFadden [8] [$900]; 18. 1A-Jacob Allen [21] [$850]; 19. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [18] [$800]; 20. 7S-Jason Sides [22] [$800]; 21. 18-Ian Madsen [15] [$800]; 22. 19M-Brent Marks [24] [$800]; 23. 70-Danny Holtgraver [14] [$800]; 24. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [17] [$800]. Lap Leaders: Daryn Pittman 1-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 49-Brad Sweet [+8]
Qualifying Flight #1 - 1. 5-David Gravel, 13.600; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.736; 3. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 13.856; 4. 83-Joey Saldana, 13.885; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.928; 6. 1B-Dale Blaney, 13.935; 7. 14-Christopher Bell, 13.958; 8. 49-Brad Sweet, 14.002; 9. 71-Jamie Veal, 14.041; 10. 18-Ian Madsen, 14.045; 11. 33-Danny Lasoski, 14.066; 12. 1-Sammy Swindell, 14.083; 13. 24-Rico Abreu, 14.094; 14. 41-Jason Johnson, 14.153; 15. 19M-Brent Marks, 14.205; 16. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 14.208; 17. 6M-Jac Haudenschild, 14.395; 18. 17-Josh Baughman, 14.479; 19. 12-Daniel Harding, 14.578; 20. 2M-Dustin Daggett, 14.616; 21. OO-Dane Lorenc, 14.978; 22. 22D-Josh Davis, 15.676; 23. 40-Caleb Helms, 40.000; 24. 29-Kerry Madsen, 50.000;
Qualiflying Flight #2 - 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 14.312; 2. 21-Brian Brown, 14.442; 3. 23-Trey Starks, 14.451; 4. 2-Shane Stewart, 14.473; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman, 14.482; 6. 3-James McFadden, 14.528; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 14.555; 8. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 14.570; 9. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 14.613; 10. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 14.623; 11. 7-Paul McMahan, 14.628; 12. 7S-Jason Sides, 14.654; 13. 5T-Travis Philo, 14.712; 14. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 14.797; 15. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 14.918; 16. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.937; 17. 21C-Cap Henry, 15.049; 18. 71M-Dave Blaney, 15.196; 19. 94-Ryan Smith, 15.251; 20. 13-Clyde Knipp, 15.550; 21. 8M-T.J. Michael, 15.551; 22. 7W-Tasker Phillips, 15.592; 23. 57X-Andrew Palker, 15.771; 24. 83X-Adam Cruea, 16.399; 25. 38-D.J. Foos, nt
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 83-Joey Saldana [2]; 2. 5-David Gravel [1]; 3. 14-Christopher Bell [3]; 4. 71-Jamie Veal [4]; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell [5]; 6. 19M-Brent Marks [6]; 7. 17-Josh Baughman [7]; 8. OO-Dane Lorenc [8]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [5]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 4. 11N-Randy Hannagan [6]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 6. 12-Daniel Harding [7]; 7. 22D-Josh Davis [8]; 8. 29-Kerry Madsen [3]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1B-Dale Blaney [2]; 2. 17W-Bryan Clauson [1]; 3. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [5]; 6. 2M-Dustin Daggett [7]; 7. 33-Danny Lasoski [4]; 8. 40-Caleb Helms [8]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 3. 70-Danny Holtgraver [4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 6. 5T-Travis Philo [5]; 7. 94-Ryan Smith [7]; 8. 7W-Tasker Phillips [8]; 9. 38-D.J. Foos [9]
Heat 5 - (8 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer [3]; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah [5]; 4. 7-Paul McMahan [4]; 5. 21C-Cap Henry [6]; 6. 57X-Andrew Palker [8]; 7. 13-Clyde Knipp [7]; 8. 21-Brian Brown [1]
Heat 6 - (8 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 3-James McFadden [2]; 2. 23-Trey Starks [1]; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [4]; 5. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [5]; 6. 8M-T.J. Michael [7]; 7. 83X-Adam Cruea [8]; 8. 71M-Dave Blaney [6]
Dash #1 - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 83-Joey Saldana [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 3. 5-David Gravel [4]; 4. 17W-Bryan Clauson [6]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu [5]; 6. 1B-Dale Blaney [3]
Dash #2 - (6 Laps - Top finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 3. 23-Trey Starks [6]; 4. 3-James McFadden [3]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 6. 49X-Tim Shaffer [5]
D-Main - (8 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the C-Main) - 1. 7W-Tasker Phillips [4] []; 2. 8M-T.J. Michael [2] []; 3. 22D-Josh Davis [3] [$125]; 4. OO-Dane Lorenc [1] [$125]; 5. 83X-Adam Cruea [7] [$125]; 6. 40-Caleb Helms [5] [$125]; 7. 57X-Andrew Palker [6] [$125]; 8. 38-D.J. Foos [8] [$125]; 9. 29-Kerry Madsen [9] [$125]
C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the Last Chance Showdown) - 1. 19M-Brent Marks [1] [-]; 2. W20-Greg Wilson [2] [-]; 3. 94-Ryan Smith [8] [$150]; 4. 17-Josh Baughman [5] [$150]; 5. 11N-Randy Hannagan [3] [$150]; 6. 21C-Cap Henry [4] [$125]; 7. 12-Daniel Harding [7] [$125]; 8. 7W-Tasker Phillips [11] [$125]; 9. 8M-T.J. Michael [12] [$125]; 10. 2M-Dustin Daggett [9] [$125]; 11. 71M-Dave Blaney [6] [$125]; 12. 13-Clyde Knipp [10] [$125]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4] [-]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [3] [-]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [1] [-]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [8] [-]; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell [9] [-]; 6. 19M-Brent Marks [13] [-]; 7. 71-Jamie Veal [5] [$300]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [14] [$250]; 9. 5T-Travis Philo [10] [$225]; 10. 7-Paul McMahan [6] [$200]; 11. 41-Jason Johnson [11] [$200]; 12. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [12] [$200]; 13. 21-Brian Brown [2] [$200]; 14. 33-Danny Lasoski [7] [$200]
ACCORD SPEEDWAY NEWS
Posted by: | CommentsAccord, NY- Anthony Perrego Captivates Crowd With Stunning Topside, Three Wide Maneuver To Score First Win In Accord Speedway Modifieds
By: Steve Pados, Accord Speedway Media
A beautiful summer day in the Catskill Mountains of New York brought in a great crowd of fans on Friday evening as the Accord Speedway hosted a seven feature event race card that was completed by 11 PM. Thursday night rains inundated the speedway racing surface but quick and decisive work all day Friday and a never say die attitude from Promoter Gary Palmer had the racetrack ship-shape and very racy after the hot lap sessions were completed. The three and four lane wide racing action throughout the evening saw some familiar faces as well as some new winners being showcased in the Lucas Oil Products Victory Lane. The evening of speed was sponsored by the good folks at Emmanuel's Marketplace located in Stone Ridge, New York. For more information regarding Emmanuel's Marketplace, folks can check out their extensive website at: www.emmanuelsmarketplace.com Upstate Auto was the Checkered Flag sponsor for the evening.
When the racing was completed it was "The Montgomery Missile" Anthony Perrego standing tall in the Lucas Oil Products Victory Lane after having secured his first Accord win of the season with a brassy move the racing railbirds will talk about for weeks to come in the United Pump & Tank Modified division. The Healey Brothers Group Sportsman main was captured by "Jammin" Jimmy Wells for his eighth win of the season. The Ruge's Performance NEWS Sprint Car main event found former Quad Champion at the speedway Eric Jennings, mastering the oval for his first career sprint car win at Accord. The Arkel Motors Pure Stock division feature had outside invader Kevin Skelly coming in and out hustling a solid field of talent in capturing his first win of the season. The WRWD Radio Junior Slingshot event found John Kendall hitting on all cylinders to capture his third consecutive win of the season. The Ruge's GM Parts Center Rookie Sportsman main was captured by a high flying Tighe Sherlock as he sped to his second win of the season. Dave Donovan made it two wins in a row in the Emmanuel's Marketplace Four Cylinder Fireball Enduro event.
Chad Loiodice and Mark Pullen brought the United Pump & Tank Modified field to the line to kick off the thirty lap headliner. Loiodice, a first year campaigner at the speedway, jumped into the lead and would surge out front for the first five laps. A skirmish brought the field to halt and when racing resumed it was "PrimeTime" Scott Ferrier grabbing the lead from the topside and tried to race away from the field but fast moving Danny Creeden and Anthony Perrego were not going to let that happen. The trio of racers broke away from the field and the racing action was classic as each driver had his favorite seam of the raceway and attacked the speedway methodically for the ever so precious real estate in front of them. While the racing action upfront was superb, the drivers working their way forward were putting on a show of their own as again the typical two and three wide action found Mike Ricci, Danny Tyler and outside invader Mike Butler on the quick way forward.
Danny Creeden worked to inside of Ferrier on a number of occasions but Ferrier had enough pedal to remain in front. Meanwhile, it was Perrego in the catbird's seat as he remained tight to the leaders while riding in third place. With five laps to go and a clear winner in doubt, Ferrier driving the middle, Creeden working the bottom and Perrego with the best seat in the house bolted to the top of the raceway with a daring top brass maneuver through turns one and two and came away with the lead down the backstretch. Perrego would go on to win with Ferrier in second, Loiodice in third and "Iron" Mike Ricci in fourth from 11th starting spot. "Showtime" Danny Tyler finished fifth after coming back through the field twice. Garden Stater "Iron" Mike Butler came from 20th staring position to finish sixth in a solid drive forward in his Short Load Concrete sponsored hot rod. Jesse Marks, Ed Dachenhausen, Mark Pullen and Danny Creeden completed the top ten.
Recent feature winner Travis Brockner grabbed the lead at the start of the Arkel Motors Pure Stock encounter and led through the first two laps before yielding to "The Intimidator" Ray Tarantino. Tarantino would lead though lap nine when a flat tire forced him pit side. Kevin Skelly inherited the lead and would battle it out the rest of the way with Steve Williams as Skelly would prevail and garner his first Accord win of the season. Williams settled for second with Bob Sleight racing from 19th to grab third place. Chris Kanuk and Harry Bachman completed the top five. Gary Ronk headed up the second five with Livy Johnson, Jimmy Sykes, Mike DuBois Jr and newcomer Johnny Miracle completing the top ten.
The Healey Brothers Sportsman feature found Chris Stevens gunning into the lead from his front row starting spot and kept his racer out front through the first 19-laps. Jimmy Wells, who is having a dream season at the speedway, began in fifth position but steadily worked his way into contention. Using the baseline as his guide, Wells powered off of the bottom of the race track to pull even with Stevens and outraced him to turn three where he took over the lead for good. Wells would score his eighth win of the season. Stevens had a great drive in the runner-up role with Brandon McGill enjoying a tremendous run for third place. Collin DuBois and newcomer Milton Mann completed the top five with Vinnie Gress sixth.
Hunter Lapp led the first four laps of the WRWD Radio Junior Slingshot encounter before yielding to John Kendall via a slide job. Once in front, Kendall built up a five car lead that began to dwindle in the last five laps of the event. Kendall went on to record his third consecutive win at the speedway. Lapp was the runner-up with Michael Corbin third, Jake Mason Fourth, Jaden Sleight fifth and Ashton Dewitt Sixth.
In the Ruge's Rookie Sportsman clash, Tighe Sherlock powered into the lead on the first lap and showed his tailpipes to the rest of the field on his way to his second win of the season. Jim Kraus and Jason Feinberg kept pace to finish behind Sherlock and recent winner Stan Vishinski was fourth and Matt Shultz fifth. Steve Plumstead, RJ Daley, Kevin Stevens, Ryan McCarthy John Dewitt and Sarah Smith completed the field.
Eric Jennings grabbed the lead at the start of the Ruge's NEWS Sprint main and dirt tracked his way to his very first victory in full size cars. Larry Ricci provided plenty of competition with a fine runner-up performance while Modified driver Richard Smith was third and Jesse James Bartleson fourth.
In another typical knockdown, drag'em out four cylinder showdown presented by Emmanuel's Markeplace, Dave Donovan made it two wins in a row as he used the top of the raceway for the most part, went downstairs when he needed to and just plain drove his way to a solid victory at Accord over another two time winner George Zeininger. Newcomer Cody Suitter was third.
GEMSTONES:
The heavy rain that fell throughout Thursday evening had Gary Palmer working over time and then some to have the track ready for the evening of racing. Palmer kept pace with the track surface and had the track racy throughout the evening, offering up to four avenues of racing channels for the solid roster of entries.
Heat races again provided some great racing entertainment for the fans as Travis Brockner, Ray Tarantino and Steve Williams recorded wins in the Pure Stock division. Sportsman heat events were claimed by Chris Stevens and Brandon McGill. Rookie Sportsman heats found Jim Kraus and Tighe Sherlock notching wins. The Junior Slingshot division offered up one heat with Michael Corbin recording the win. Eric Jennings captured the heat win in the NEWS Sprints. Modified heats were claimed by Joe Judge, Scott Ferrier and Ken Ferrier.
New faces at the speedway were abundant as 36 Four Cylinder Enduros came to play. New Modifieds included Mike Butler, Eric Acquaro and a new mount for Ed Dachenhausen. Milton Mann was a new entry and enjoyed a good run in the Sportsman. Steve Plumstead was new Rookie driver. The Pure Stocks came out in full force and it was good to see as Ton Hausman, John Woinoski, Kevin Skelly, Bill Moylan, Jim Smith, Johnny Miracle, Curt Ayers and Kyle Welsh were all new entries.
Happy Birthday wishes go out to Mason Demorest.
The Fireworks Extravaganza and Chicken BBQ has been moved to Labor Day weekend, September 2nd. More information will follow shortly.
The Food Concessions were kept busy all night long with the temperature reaching near ninety degrees.
Grandma Anne's Pies were distributed to all of the feature winners. Thank you to Wright's Farm Market, John Liggan Insurance, Sunday Rosendale Farmers Market and Cousin Pete Donohue for their assistance.
RESULTS:
United Pump & Tank Modifieds: Anthony Perrego, Scott Ferrier, Chad Loiodice, Mike Ricci, Danny Tyler, Mike Butler, Ricci, Jesse Marks, Ed Dachenhausen, Mark Pullen, Danny Creeden, Brad Rothaupt, Richie Eurich, Joe Judge, Dan Humes, Eric Acquaro, Lenny Helmich, Jeff Heotzler Sr, Corey Lowitt, Ken Ferrier, Brett Graham, Robbie Green
Healey Brothers Group Sportsman: Jimmy Wells, Chris Stevens, Brandon McGill, Collin DuBois, Milton Mann, Vinnie Gress, Corey Cormier, Phil Goetchius, Connor Otten, Nick Plumstead, Dave Demorest
Ruge's Performance Center NEWS Sprint Cars: Eric Jennings, Larry Ricci, Richard Smith, Jesse James Bartleson, Fred Proctor (DNS)
Arkel Motors Pure Stocks: Kevin Skelly, Steve Williams, Bob Sleight, Chris Kanuk, Harry Bachman, Gary Ronk, Livy Johnson, Jimmy Sykes, Mike DuBois Jr, Johnny Miracle, Curt Ayers, Travis Brockner, John Woinoski, Bill Moylan, Tom Hausman, Jim Smith, Kyle Welsh, Ray Tarantino, Lenny Helmich III, Jame Goetchius (DNS), Tim Southard (DQ)
Ruges Parts Center Rookie Crate Sportsman: Tighe Sherlock, Jim Kraus, Jason Feinberg, Stan Vishinski IV, Matt Shultz, Steve Plumstead, RJ Daley, Kevin Stevens, Ryan McCartney, John Dewitt, Sarah Smith
WRWD Radio Junior Slingshots: John Kendall, Hunter Lapp, Michael Corbin, Jake Mason, Jaden Sleight, Ashton Dewitt
Emmanuel's Marketplace 4 Cylinder Enduro: Dave Donovan, George Zeininger, Cody Suitter
Racing is on tap every Friday night at Accord Speedway from April through September. Pit Gates open at 4:30; Spectator Gates open at 5:00; Hot Laps are at 6:30 and the racing begins at 7 PM. Admission for Adults $14.00; Seniors (65+) $12.00; Children $3.00 (11+ under) Indoor Seating $20.00; Family four pack special: 2 Adults + 2 Children and $20.00 in Accord Bucks for $44.00 (a savings of $10.00) Special event shows do have an increase in admission.
Next week, Friday, July 22nd is Ruge's GM Parts Night at the speedway with all divisions ready to do battle.
For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Accord Speedway, log on to their well documented website at: http://www.accordspeedway.com or call the speedway hotline at: 845 626 3478.
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A TRAIL OF DIRT LEADS RIGHT TO OUR DOOR
BACK FROM VACATION; SHORT RETURNS TO VICTORY LANE IN ISW NIGHT FOUR AT PUTNAMVILLE
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BACK FROM VACATION; SHORT RETURNS TO VICTORY LANE IN ISW NIGHT FOUR AT PUTNAMVILLE
Putnamville, Indiana July 14, 2016 ......After being absent from the first three races of "Indiana Sprint Week," Brady Short made his triumphant return to the seven-race series a memorable one, quickly picking his way through the field one-by-one from his 11th starting position before taking the lead on lap 12 from Dave Darland and pulling away to go virtually unchallenged down the stretch to take the victory Thursday night at Putnamville, Indiana's Lincoln Park Speedway.
Winning an Indiana Sprint Week event is one of the most daunting tasks a USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car competitor will face all season, but on Thursday night, Short and the Pottorff number 11p worked in perfect harmony as the Bedford, Indiana driver collected his fifth career ISW victory at a fifth different racetrack exactly 10 years to the day of his very first ISW triumph at Bloomington Speedway in 2006.
Aside from Bloomington and Lincoln Park, Short has also scored ISW wins at Lawrenceburg Speedway in 2008, Brownstown Speedway in 2010 and Tri-State Speedway in 2015, moving him into a tie for eighth on the all-time ISW win list alongside Kevin Briscoe, Tony Elliott and Kevin Thomas.
After a torrential downpour hit Lincoln Park Speedway throughout late Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, the 5/16-mile dirt oval became "Lake Putnamville" for a period of time. Due to the incredible effort by Joe Spiker and the rest of the LPS crew, the track was in tip-top shape by the time hot laps began and throughout the night, provided a smooth, racy, multiple-lane surface.
Regardless, in this stacked field, Short would have to get his elbows up to reach victory lane on Thursday night from his 11th starting spot. Though, he wouldn't have to come from as far back as he did one year ago when he earned hard charger honors after storming from 22nd to 5th during the feature.
Up front at the beginning of the 30-lap affair were Chase Stockon and Dave Darland. The two battled back-and-forth throughout the first circuit until Stockon lunged ahead for the lead at the exit of turn two on lap two.
However, just moments later as the field funneled into turn three, ISW point leader Tyler Courtney hopped over the right rear tire of Justin Grant while battling for fourth. Courtney slid a lengthy distance over the turn three banking toward the pit exit guardrail before coming to a stop. Courtney would restart from the tail of the field in the 24th position, the very same spot he began his charge from six days earlier during his spectacular come-from-behind victory at Gas City I-69 Speedway.
On the restart, Darland, the winningest driver in the history of "Indiana Sprint Week," engaged in a war for the lead with Stockon. On the third lap, Darland crossed over off the turn four banking, sweeping inside of Stockon, beating him by a bumper in a drag race to the flag stand.
Stockon countered with a slider on Darland at the entrance of one, briefly securing the lead before Darland crossed over to the inside of Stockon once again, driving by him to grab the top spot for good down the back straightway.
Meanwhile, Short's steady, methodical drive through the middle in turns one and two and the bottom in turns three and four put him in the top-three by lap nine. On lap 11, Short worked the low groove to slip by Stockon for second by the length of a wheel at the line. Just one lap later, Short threw his machine toward the bottom of turns one and two to pull even with Darland. The two battled down the back straight with Short outracing Darland to turn three before motoring off with the lead and a stranglehold on the top spot.
Short continued to stretch out his lead by a country mile in the forthcoming laps and, with less than 10 to go, held a half-lap lead over second-running Stockon, who had just gotten by Darland for the runner-up spot one lap prior. However, that substantial lead would be erased after a Zach Daum 360 spin in turn two with five laps remaining that brought out the yellow flag.
For the restart, Stockon was right on the tail of Short, but as soon as the green flag dropped, Short got an excellent jump, quickly distancing himself from the pack. Just one lap, later, though, the yellow flew for ninth-running Brent Beauchamp, who slid to a stop next to an infield tire in turn two.
On what would prove to be the final restart, Short once again shot out of a proverbial cannon, distancing himself from Stockon and the remainder of the field who had no answer for Short at the end. Short put the race on ice, winning by a second and a half over Stockon, Chad Boespflug, Robert Ballou (from 16th) and KSE Racing Products/B&W Auto Mart Hard Charger Thomas Meseraull who darted his way from 18th to 5th in his debut for Landon Simon Racing.
Courtney, who restarted from the tail of 24-car field with just one lap complete, fought back through the field to salvage an eighth-place finish and, in turn, maintained his solid 32-point lead in the "Indiana Sprint Week" standings with just three events to go.
Throughout the first four ISW events, the winner has started no better the sixth: Courtney (16th at Gas City), Kyle Cummins (6th at Kokomo), Bryan Clauson (6th at Lawrenceburg) and Short (11th at Lincoln Park), putting the average winners' starting position at 9.75. However, Short attributes his success Thursday night to getting off on the right foot in ProSource Qualifying, which set the tone and put himself in a position to be a contender come feature time in his Cam Pottorff/Sipes Body & Glass - Indiana Stone Works/Maxim/SPEC.
"Qualifying was huge tonight, but I went out early and made the best lap I could to give us a good spot," Short said. "When we took off in the heat race, I knew we were going to be one of the good cars and it was going to be up to me. I tried to give it away a couple times, just because I kept missing my marks and overdriving. I was on vacation last week and decided to come run this second week, so it's pretty special. To come here and beat 50 cars, you have to have a lot of luck. I didn't think we'd even be racing today, so that's a credit to Joe Spiker and his crew because they gave us an awesome race track."
Stockon led the first pair of laps during the feature before fading back, running fourth, in fact, with just 10 to go. But the Fort Branch, Indiana, responded in a strong way, making his way back to the second spot at the checkered in his 32-TBI Racing/Superior Tank & Trailer - Dewig Meats/DRC/Fisher.
"I knew we could rip the bottom pretty well, but I had to go somewhere they weren't," Stockon explained. "I thought the cushion would blow completely off, but we freed it up quite a bit and couldn't quite roll the bottom like we needed to. I could run higher up in it in turn one and diamond it off to make up some decent ground. We just tried to maintain in (turns) three and four, but we never gave up and rallied back for a good finish."
Hanford, California's Boespflug returned with a vengeance Thursday night after struggling last Sunday night at Lawrenceburg and followed up his second place run at Lincoln Park on July 1 with another podium finish, bagging third at the finish in his NineEight Motorsports-EZR/Pac Racing Springs - Schroeder Torsion Bars/Maxim/Claxton.
"I thought I'd have something for them when I found something on the bottom in (turns) one and two, but we just had to hang on there at the end," Boespflug said. Overall, though, it was a good night for us and we'll take this momentum to Bloomington. I haven't ever been great there, so hopefully we can keep these strong runs up."
Meseraull, of San Jose, California, stepped into the Landon Simon Racing/Mount Baker Vapor - Club W/DRC/Rider after he and the Amati Racing team parted ways after Lawrenceburg last Sunday. Meseraull was a rocket during the feature, driving from the outside of row nine into the top-five to earn his best finish of ISW 2016.
"This car was on kill tonight," Meseraull exclaimed. "I struggled at the beginning of the week, obviously, but I'm just stoked to have a good run."
Contingency award winners at Lincoln Park Speedway included Tyler Courtney (ProSource Fast Qualifier & Simpson Race Products First Heat Race Winner), Thomas Meseraull (Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI) Second Heat Race Winner), Brady Short (Benic Enterprises Third Heat Race Winner), Robert Ballou (Indy Race Parts Fourth Heat Race Winner), Thomas Meseraull (KSE Racing Products/B&W Auto Mart Hard Charger) & Jarett Andretti (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2016 - Putnamville, Indiana - Lincoln Park Speedway - "Indiana Sprint Week"
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Tyler Courtney, 23c, TOPP-12.670; 2. Brent Beauchamp, 34, Olson-12.697; 3. C.J. Leary, 17GP, Dutcher-13.040; 4. Tyler Thomas, 04, Burton-13.053; 5. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-13.054; 6. Justin Grant, 71p, Phillips-13.100; 7. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-13.142; 8. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-13.154; 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-13.267; 10. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2E, Epperson-13.303; 11. Brady Short, 11p, Pottorff-13.320; 12. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-13.373; 13. Shane Cottle, 57, Hazen-13.415; 14. Jon Stanbrough, 66, Amati-13.450; 15. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-13.458; 16. Robert Ballou, 1, Ballou-13.485; 17. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-13.500; 18. Thomas Meseraull, 24, LSR-13.505; 19. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-13.571; 20. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-13.592; 21. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-13.642; 22. Cole Smith, 29s, Smith-13.678; 23. Casey Shuman, 50x, Barnhill-13.704; 24. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-13.748; 25. Tony DiMattia, 50, DiMattia-13.751; 26. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Rock Steady-13.761; 27. Cole Ketcham, 41k, Ketcham-13.874; 28. Shane Cockrum, 24p, Paul-13.912; 29. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4J, 4J Motorsports-13.916; 30. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-13.953; 31. Colten Cottle, 1RL, Lambertson-13.959; 32. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-13.960; 33. Tom Harris, 5E, East-13.984; 34. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-14.034; 35. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-14.043; 36. Riley Kreisel, 90, Smith-14.134; 37. Tim Creech, 2c, Creech-14.331; 38. Jamie Williams, 31, Williams-13.354; 39. Dickie Gaines, 44, Soudrette-14.426; 40. Lukas Smith, 61, Smith-14.492; 41. Kent Schmidt, 5k, Schmidt-14.495; 42. Nate McMillin, 24x, McMillin-14.599; 43. Daylan Chambers, 4c, Chambers-14.627; 44. Mike Gass, 17G, On The Gass-14.667; 45. A.J. Hopkins, 14H, Hopkins-14.753; 46. Lee Underwood, 24L, Underwood-14.868; 47. Matt Brannin, 27, Brannin-15.031; 48. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-17.996; 49. Jimmy Light, 23, Two-Three-NT; 50. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-NT.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Courtney, 2. Boespflug, 3. Hughes, 4. K.Thomas, 5. DiMattia, 6. Mattox, 7. Hopkins, 8. Schmidt, 9. Light, 10. Coons, 11. S.Cottle, 12. Harris, 13. Creech. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Beauchamp, 3. Windom, 4. Grant, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Schuerenberg, 7. Farney, 8. C.Smith, 9. Williams, 10. Cummins, 11. Underwood, 12. McMillin. NT
BENIC ENTERPRISES THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. B.Short, 2. Bacon, 3. Daum, 4. Stockon, 5. Leary, 6. C.Cottle, 7. Gaines, 8. Shuman, 9. Chambers, 10. Mellenberndt, 11. Ketcham. NT
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Jarrett, 3. Andretti, 4. Darland, 5. Chapple, 6. Cockrum, 7. Hodges, 8. T.Thomas, 9. Gass, 10. Kreisel, 11. L.Smith, 12. McGhee. NT
C-MAIN: (10 laps) 1. C.Cottle, 2. Hopkins, 3. Farney, 4. Hodges, 5. Creech, 6. Williams, 7. Gaines, 8. Mellenberndt, 9. Light, 10. Schmidt, 11. Kreisel, 12. Chambers, 13. Underwood, 14. Gass, 15. Brannin, 16. Chapple, 17. L.Smith. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. T.Thomas, 2. Leary, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Coons, 5. S.Cottle, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Cockrum, 8. Mattox, 9. McGhee, 10. DiMattia, 11. Hodges, 12. Cummins, 13. Farney, 14. Hopkins, 15. Shuman, 16. C.Cottle, 17. C.Smith. 2:48.67
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Short, 2. Chase Stockon, 3. Chad Boespflug, 4. Robert Ballou, 5. Thomas Meseraull, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Tyler Courtney, 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 10. Dave Darland, 11. Brady Bacon, 12. Aaron Farney, 13. Jarett Andretti, 14. Tyler Thomas, 15. Brent Beauchamp, 16. C.J. Leary, 17. Justin Grant, 18. Logan Jarrett, 19. Chris Windom, 20. Zach Daum, 21. Isaac Chapple, 22. Hunter Schuerenberg, 23. J.J. Hughes, 24. Jon Stanbrough. NT
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**Light flipped during qualifying. Harris flipped during the first heat. Ketcham flipped during the third heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Stockon, Laps 3-11 Darland, Laps 12-30 B.Short.
KSE/B & W AUTO MART HARD CHARGER: Thomas Meseraull (18th to 5th)
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Bacon-1,734, 2-Ballou-1,576, 3-Meseraull-1,557, 4-Stockon-1,545; 5-Darland-1,437, 6-Boespflug-1,384, 7-Leary-1,382, 8-Windom-1,251, 9-McGhee-1,168, 10-Farney-986.
NEW USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Courtney-278, 2-Ballou-246, 3-Bacon-243, 4-Windom-224, 5-Stockon-202, 6-K.Thomas Jr.-193, 7-Bryan Clauson-190, 8-Coons-184, 9-S.Cottle-182, 10-Andretti-181.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 15 - Bloomington (IN) Speedway - "Indiana Sprint Week" - "Sheldon Kinser Memorial"
Gravel Takes Jokers Wild Win
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David Gravel Is Nobody’s Fool in Jokers Wild Win at Eldora Speedway
Captures his fourth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season
ROSSBURG, Ohio - July 14, 2016 - David Gravel had his hands full through much of Thursday night's inaugural Jokers Wild at Eldora Speedway, but the 24-year-old driver held tough and scored his fourth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season.
"It's awesome. It's pretty friggin' surreal," Gravel said in victory lane.
The 24-year-old driver kicked off his dominant run by powering past Donny Schatz in the Dash to take the feature pole position.
Through the opening laps of the 30-lap main event, Gravel pulled out to a steady lead over second place Brian Brown. Through early cautions the field tightened back up.
NASCAR Truck Series stand out and two-time World of Outlaws winner Christopher Bell, who started fourth, powered forward, slipped back and then again made the charge to the front. He had taken over the second spot with the leader in his sights when the caution flew and Bell was forced to the pits with a mechanical issue.
On the restart, Gravel had his hands full with Schatz who looked for a way around the No. 5 Big Game Treestands car. Schatz slid through turns one and two but Gravel held him off. Through three and four, Schatz again slid through the corner and the two crossed each other down the front. Gravel still held the lead.
Through the middle of the feature, the fight for third and fourth heated up as Kerry Madsen worked to hold on to the final podium position and Logan Schuchart and Rico Abreu fought to take it away. Schuchart looked to have a chance but Abreu powered forward on a late restart and with a slider, took over third.
As the laps ticked away, the leaders, Gravel, Schatz and Abreu spread out. That did not last long though as Gravel worked his way through traffic in the final 10 laps, Schatz closed the distance and began looking for a line around.
"Lapped traffic really slowed me down," Gravel said. "I just tried to keep my pace up. I slid (Randy) Hannagan and I know I lost all my speed there."
Schatz continued the assault through the remaining six laps, getting his No. 15 Bad Boy Off Road/Chevrolet Performance car side-by-side with Gravel but Gravel held on.
On lap 28, as the white flag flew signaling the final lap, Schatz gave it one last chance. Staying close off of turn two, Schatz slid Gravel through three and four and nearly got around him, but Gravel powered his CJB Motorsports car across the line. Just .03 seconds separated first and second.
"Donny made me get my elbows up there," Gravel said. "I had to run the top of three and four there and keep my speed up. We got a power steering leak - the power steering was going away and I was getting tired there at the end with my power steering going away.
"I can't thank my team enough - Derek, Barry and Austin. Chad and Jenn Clemens put me in this car. It's been a great season - we've had three bad nights all year. We were good here last time, we tried something a little different and won here tonight. Hopefully we can carry that on all weekend."
Schatz said he thought he had his opportunity at the end of the feature.
"That last corner there I thought we would be able to clear (Gravel) but I didn't use him up - I tried to do the right thing coming to the checkered."
"These guys did an awesome job - it's consistent, it's balanced, so the next couple of nights we'll have a chance."
For Abreu, Eldora has been a place of consistent improvement for him and his No. 24 Abreu Vineyards team. Abreu said the momentum and the seat time would help as they went through the Kings Royal weekend and the upcoming NASCAR truck series race.
"It's good, you've got to keep plugging away. We're right there. It's just one position, one restart away from winning. Really good restarts, really good racecars," Abreu said. "We've got a lot of racing with two more and then the truck race and this track is already badass."
Greg Wilson was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 14 positions to finish in 10th. Kerry Madsen picked up his first quick time award of the season after turning a lap of 13.488 seconds.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series returns to Eldora Speedway Friday night for the Knight Before the Kings Royal. For more information and to learn how to purchase tickets, visit WoOSprint.com/Knight-Before-the-Kings-Royal.
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Eldora Speedway Notebook
RACE NOTES: David Gravel's win tonight was his fourth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season and his first ever at Eldora Speedway… Greg Wilson was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 14 positions to finish in 10th… Kerry Madsen picked up his first quick time of the season with a lap of 13.488 seconds around the half-mile track… Tonight's Jokers Wild was the first ever running of the event at Eldora Speedway.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Brent Marks; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): David Gravel; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Chad Kemenah; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Greg Wilson; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Jason Johnson; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Super Flow ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Brian Brown; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Greg Wilson; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): David Gravel; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Brent Marks; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): N/A.
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 14 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8, Knoxville Raceway on June 11, River Cities Speedway on June 17, Rockford Speedway on June 29, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 3, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9, Attica Raceway Park on July 12); Brad Sweet - 7 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 2); Daryn Pittman - 5 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, Jackson Motorplex on June 24); Shane Stewart - 5 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30, Granite City Speedway on June 15, Brown County Speedway on June 19); David Gravel - 4 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6, Eldora Speedway on July 14); Joey Saldana - 4 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4, I-80 Speedway on June 22); Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7);Bill Balog - 1 (Beaver Dam Raceway on June 25); Lance Dewease - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20);Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24);Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10); Logan Schuchart - 1 (Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27).
World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Eldora Speedway; Rossburg, Ohio; July 14, 2016.
A-Main - (30 Laps) - 1. 5-David Gravel [1] [$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3] [$5,500]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [6] [$3,200]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [7] [$2,800]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [13] [$2,500]; 6. 21-Brian Brown [2] [$2,300]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [11] [$2,200]; 8. 10H-Chad Kemenah [15] [$2,100]; 9. 9-Daryn Pittman [9] [$2,050]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson [24] [$2,000]; 11. 41-Jason Johnson [10] [$1,500]; 12. 2-Shane Stewart [12] [$1,200]; 13. 18-Ian Madsen [5] [$1,100]; 14. 49-Brad Sweet [18] [$1,050]; 15. 83-Joey Saldana [8] [$1,000]; 16. 17W-Bryan Clauson [14] [$900]; 17. 1B-Dale Blaney [16] [$800]; 18. 11N-Randy Hannagan [22] [$800]; 19. 1-Sammy Swindell [21] [$800]; 20. 19M-Brent Marks [20] [$800]; 21. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [23] [$800]; 22. 14-Christopher Bell [4] [$800]; 23. 49X-Tim Shaffer [17] [$800]; 24. 33-Danny Lasoski [19] [$800]. Lap Leaders: David Gravel 1-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: W20-Greg Wilson [+14]
Qualifying Flight #1 - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.488; 2. 14-Christopher Bell, 13.535; 3. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.607; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.637; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.694; 6. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.746; 7. 1-Sammy Swindell, 13.755; 8. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.862; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.890; 10. 33-Danny Lasoski, 13.912; 11. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 13.935; 12. 71-Jamie Veal, 13.935; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.952; 14. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.968; 15. 71M-Dave Blaney, 13.991; 16. 23-Trey Starks, 14.120; 17. 3-James McFadden, 14.273; 18. 6M-Jac Haudenschild, 14.377; 19. 7W-Tasker Phillips, 14.609; 20. 71MX-Paul May, 14.620; 21. 94-Ryan Smith, 14.625; 22. 13-Clyde Knipp, 14.749; 23. OO-Dane Lorenc, 14.764;
Qualifying Flight #2 - 1. 5-David Gravel, 13.671; 2. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.754; 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.854; 4. 18-Ian Madsen, 14.006; 5. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 14.027; 6. 1B-Dale Blaney, 14.047; 7. 49-Brad Sweet, 14.079; 8. 83-Joey Saldana, 14.093; 9. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 14.128; 10. 19M-Brent Marks, 14.151; 11. 21-Brian Brown, 14.178; 12. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.215; 13. 7S-Jason Sides, 14.293; 14. 7-Paul McMahan, 14.331; 15. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 14.404; 16. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 14.433; 17. 12-Daniel Harding, 14.450; 18. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 14.455; 19. 33M-Caleb Griffith, 14.524; 20. 21C-Cap Henry, 14.546; 21. 81-Lee Jacobs, 14.582; 22. 17-Josh Baughman, 14.597
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen [1]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer [6]; 6. 1-Sammy Swindell [4]; 7. 3-James McFadden [9]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [7]; 9. 94-Ryan Smith [11]; 10. OO-Dane Lorenc [12]; 11. 7W-Tasker Phillips [10]; 12. 71M-Dave Blaney [8]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 14-Christopher Bell [1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [3]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2]; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah [4]; 5. 33-Danny Lasoski [5]; 6. 71-Jamie Veal [6]; 7. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]; 8. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [9]; 9. 23-Trey Starks [8]; 10. 71MX-Paul May [10]; 11. 13-Clyde Knipp [11]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [6]; 3. 41-Jason Johnson [2]; 4. 17W-Bryan Clauson [3]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 6. 11N-Randy Hannagan [5]; 7. 70-Danny Holtgraver [8]; 8. 33M-Caleb Griffith [10]; 9. 12-Daniel Harding [9]; 10. 81-Lee Jacobs [11]; 11. 7S-Jason Sides [7]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 2. 83-Joey Saldana [4]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 4. 1B-Dale Blaney [3]; 5. 19M-Brent Marks [5]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 7. 7-Paul McMahan [7]; 8. 17-Josh Baughman [11]; 9. 21C-Cap Henry [10]; 10. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [9]; 11. 49D-Shawn Dancer [8]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 5-David Gravel [2]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [6]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 4. 14-Christopher Bell [3]; 5. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu [7]; 7. 29-Kerry Madsen [5]; 8. 83-Joey Saldana [8]
C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the Last Chance Showdown) - 1. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [1] [-]; 2. 94-Ryan Smith [7] [-]; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs [8] [$150]; 4. 17-Josh Baughman [10] [$150]; 5. 13-Clyde Knipp [9] [$150]; 6. OO-Dane Lorenc [11] [$125]; 7. 7W-Tasker Phillips [3] [$125]; 8. 33M-Caleb Griffith [4] [$125]; 9. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [2] [$125]; 10. 71MX-Paul May [5] [$125]; 11. 21C-Cap Henry [6] [$125]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1-Sammy Swindell [1] [-]; 2. 11N-Randy Hannagan [2] [-]; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [7] [-]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [4] [-]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen [5] [$300]; 6. 71-Jamie Veal [3] [$250]; 7. 70-Danny Holtgraver [10] [$225]; 8. 3-James McFadden [13] [$200]; 9. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [15] [$200]; 10. 7-Paul McMahan [8] [$200]; 11. 23-Trey Starks [11] [$200]; 12. 94-Ryan Smith [16] [$200]; 13. 71M-Dave Blaney [9] [$200]; 14. 12-Daniel Harding [14] [$200]; 15. 49D-Shawn Dancer [12] [$200]; 16. 7S-Jason Sides [6] [$200]
