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ELDORA USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS
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BOESPFLUG A ONE-HIT WONDER NO MORE; RECORDS 2ND CAREER WIN IN ELDORA'S #LETSRACETWO
Rossburg, Ohio May 7 ... It's been nearly three years since Chad Boespflug last visited victory lane in USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car competition. On Saturday night, the Hanford, California veteran driver put an end to that drought with an exclamation point, leading all 30 laps to claim his second career series victory and his first on the legendary high banks of Rossburg, Ohio's Eldora Speedway.
From the get-go of the 30-lap feature event, pole-sitter Boespflug showed his prowess on starts, immediately pulling away from outside front row starter Kody Swanson for a quarter-straightaway advantage as the field hit turn three on the opening lap.
At the start, the man on the move was ProSource Fast Qualifier Chris Windom, already seizing the third spot from his sixth starting position by the end of lap one.
However, on lap four, fourth-running Robert Ballou attempted a turn-one slider on Windom for third, but ended up making contact with Windom, sending Windom helicoptering through the air before landing on all fours as Ballou rolled to a stop on the back straightaway and Clauson spun to avoid the carnage. Only Clauson would restart, while Windom and Ballou took home disappointing 22nd and 23rd place finishes, respectively.
As he routinely did throughout the event, Boespflug gapped the field on the restart, building a full-straightaway lead over Swanson just seven laps in. As Boespflug was making his way through lapped traffic, Bacon made a turn three slider on Swanson stick for the second position on the 13th lap as Meseraull tracked down Swanson, swapping the spot back-and-forth with each other until Meseraull lost ground after climbing the wall between turns three and four at the midway point.
After a caution for debris with 13 laps to go closed the interval, Bacon was able to make some headway on Boespflug, closing the distance between the two considerably, to within three car links, before a flat right rear tire on the car of Tony DiMattia brought out the yellow with just nine to go.
The war of attrition continued on the lap 23 restart when Dallas Hewitt, replacing Justin Grant in the Baldwin Bros. Racing machine on this night, made contact with the wall between turns one and two, resulting in a collapsed front end. As Hewitt's car slowed on the highside of turn two without its steering, another car ran over his left front wheel, it sent Hewitt flipping end-over-end at the exit of turn two. Cole Ketcham, with no place to go, plowed into Hewitt, vaulting him into a series of flips.
Boespflug once again was dialed-in on the restart, pulling out to a healthy five car length lead over Bacon and extending his lead during the final stretch to take his first feature victory of the year in his NineEight Motorsports-EZR/Creative Finishing - Midwest Shades/Maxim/Claxton over Bacon, Meseraull, C.J. Leary, Tyler Courtney, Clauson, Swanson, Carson Short, Chase Stockon and Scotty Weir.
For Boespflug, it was an extremely rewarding victory considering his new team with Chuck Eberhardt and Fred Zirzow came together mere months ago.
"Man, this is huge," exclaimed Boespflug. "Over the winter last year, I did some ride-jumping and luckily Chuck, Fred and I were able to team up this year. I had my mind set last year that I kind of wanted to do my own thing. It's extremely hard and costs a lot of money. To get another USAC win, especially here, I kept telling people I didn't want to be a one-hit-wonder. I guess we're not that now."
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's Brady Bacon ran second in his Dynamics, Inc./Mean Green - Lykins Oil/Triple X/Williams Mopar, staying within striking distance of point leader Meseraull as the series heads into an off-weekend before visiting Indiana's Gas City I-69 Speedway and Brownstown Speedway on back-to-back nights May 20 and 21.
Meseraull's birthday celebration didn't go as well as planned early on in the night after climbing the wheel of Leary and flipping into the catchfence during the second heat race, destroying his ride. Meseraull, of San Jose, California, not only made the backup car work well enough to take third in the feature in his Amati Racing/Marion Underground Construction - Zeller Construction/DRC/Dynotech, he also was able to retain his USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car point lead over Bacon in the latest standings.
"After we tore the car up in the heat race, I'm happy to have the balls to get back on the top (of the racetrack)," Meseraull admitted. "After that, I don't think anybody in their right mind goes out and bangs the fence for 30 laps. Ultimately, I'm not that smart, so I gave it a try. We destroyed the car we qualified with, so we pulled out the backup car. I had no faith in the backup car, but here we are up on the podium."
Fourth-place finisher C.J. Leary of Greenfield, Indiana earned KSE "Hard Charger" of the race honors after storming from 14th to 4th in the feature in his Michael Dutcher Motorsports/Griffin's Propane - Indiana Underground /Maxim/Fisher, finishing off a solid weekend on the high banks that netted him finishes off 2nd and 4th despite a rough start to his Saturday night.
"Thomas (Meseraull) and I got together in the heat race there and we crashed pretty hard," Leary recalled. "Luckily, we were able to pull out a backup car and make it through the B-Main. I think we had something for the leaders there at the end, but we just ran out of laps. The yellows kind of helped us and hurt us at the same time. Every time I seemed to make a pass, the yellow would come out and they'd get their spot back."
Saturday night's contingency award winners included Chris Windom (ProSource Fast Qualifier), Scotty Weir (Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner), Shane Cottle (Competition Suspension, Inc. Second Heat Winner), Robert Ballou (Benic Enterprises Third Heat Winner), Dallas Hewitt (Indy Race Parts Fourth Heat Winner), C.J. Leary (KSE Racing Products Hard Charger) and Dave Darland (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Finisher).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 7, 2016 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - #Let'sRaceTwo
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Chris Windom, 40, Hery-15.983; 2. Thomas Meseraull, 66, Amati-15.985; 3. Robert Ballou, 1, Ballou-16.027; 4. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-16.048; 5. Bryan Clauson, 63, Dooling/Hayward-16.056; 6. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-16.057; 7. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-16.106; 8. Kody Swanson, 63x, DePalma-16.113; 9. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-16.123; 10. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Rock Steady-16.147; 11. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-16.190; 12. Tyler Courtney, 23c, TOPP-16.198; 13. Carson Short, 21, Short-16.204; 14. C.J. Leary, 17GP, Dutcher-16.204; 15. Tony DiMattia, 50, DiMattia-16.218; 16. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-16.363; 17. Aric Gentry, 10, GBR-16.369; 18. Shane Cottle, 57, Hazen-16.394; 19. Landon Simon, 24, LSR-16.475; 20. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-16.543; 21. Scotty Weir, 18x, Keen-16.546; 22. Matt Westfall, 38, Baumgartner-16.583; 23. Brandon Whited, 15, Whited-16.724; 24. Dallas Hewitt, 5, Baldwin-16.750; 25. Cole Ketcham, 41K, Ketcham-16.881; 26. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-16.980; 27. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-17.410; 28. Riley VanHise, 96, VanHise-17.655.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Weir, 2. Boespflug, 3. C.Short, 4. Windom, 5. Clauson, 6. Gentry, 7. Ketcham. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Stockon, 3. Westfall, 4. Cummins, 5. Leary, 6. Meseraull, 7. Mellenberndt. NT
BENIC ENTERPRISES THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Simon, 3. DiMattia, 4. Farney, 5. Whited, 6. Goodnight, 7. Bacon. NT
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Darland, 3. Courtney, 4. Swanson, 5. Chapple, 6. VanHise, 7. McGhee. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Clauson, 3. Meseraull, 4. Leary, 5. Ketcham, 6. Whited, 7. Chapple, 8. Gentry, 9. Mellenberndt, 10. McGhee, 11. Goodnight, 12. VanHise. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chad Boespflug, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Thomas Meseraull, 4. C.J. Leary, 5. Tyler Courtney, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Kody Swanson, 8. Carson Short, 9. Chase Stockon, 10. Scotty Weir, 11. Brandon Whited, 12. Aaron Farney, 13. Dave Darland, 14. Shane Cottle, 15. Dallas Hewitt, 16. Tony DiMattia, 17. Cole Ketcham, 18. Max McGhee, 19. Kyle Cummins, 20. Matt Westfall, 21. Landon Simon, 22. Chris Windom, 23. Robert Ballou. NT
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**Meseraull and Leary flipped during the second heat. McGhee flipped during the fourth heat. Hewitt and Ketcham fipped on lap 23 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Boespflug.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: C.J. Leary
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Meseraull-590, 2-Bacon-585, 3-Stockon-569, 4-Cummins-512, 5-Darland-507, 6-Leary-506, 7-Boespflug-481, 8-Ballou-463, 9-Clauson-428, 10-McGhee-416.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: May 20 - Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway - "May Meltdown"
Attica Raceway Park Results
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Contact: Brian Liskai
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ATTICA, Ohio – Matt Irey just needed one little break Friday, May 6 at Attica Raceway Park on Bazell Fuels/Croghan Colonial Bank Night. He got it on a restart with just six laps to go.
The Mansfield, Ohio driver took advantage of leader Devin Shiels slight bobble on the cushion in turns three and four to drive into the lead. He then held off a late race rally by Shiels to score his second career win at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant in the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Model division. It was the first race of the season for the Attica/Wayne County Speedway Late Model Series Challenge.
“The car was good all night. I knew the top would be treacherous…I saw that cushion building and building and I saw him (Shiels) bobble and knew I had to go for it. I switched chassis this year and I love it,” said Irey beside his Sensmeier Oil, Fultz Fabrication, Sluss Realty and Robin Jackubic, Rod Eddleblute’s Garage backed machine.
“I have to thank my mom and dad too. Actually my mom is in Vegas tonight so she has missed both my wins now. I always tell her ‘maybe you should stay home, I have better luck,’” Irey joked.
In the Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature Paul Weaver would utilize the high line to take the lead on lap 12, survived a couple of late race cautions and held off Kyle Capodice for his 34th career win in the division. Weaver leads the 305 sprint division in all-time wins at Attica.
“I got it right on the cushion 10 out of 25 laps. I saw that young kid (Capodice) behind me and I said to myself ‘he can’t win two in a row.’ Luck was on my side tonight. We changed the tires tonight…I couldn’t stand the other ones and I changed the top wing, and that helped a bunch,” said Weaver beside his M&L Excavating, Hampshire Racing Engines, Schiets Motorsports, Weaver Performance Center backed sprint car.
Fremont, Ohio’s Keith Sorg has been racing six years in the dirt trucks without a win. A couple of weeks ago he got his first at Fremont Speedway. He scored his second straight win Friday at Attica after a great battle with Cory McCaughey throughout the feature.
“It doesn’t get any better than this. That battle with Cory wore me out. I have to thank my mom and dad, Fremont Fence, Advance Auto, Westend Tire, M&L Excavating and Level Performance,” said Sorg.
Ryan Markham and Shiels brought the field to green for the 25-lap late model feature. Shiels would gain the advantage over Markham, Rob Anderzack, Cody Scott and Dave Hornikel. Action would grind to a halt when John Bores got out of shape in turn two with J.R. Gentry making contact and flipping onto the car of Ken Hahn. No one was hurt.
When the race resumed Shiels continued to lead Markham who had his hands full with Anderzack while Scott, Hornikel, Rick Bond and Irey gave chase. Rocky Owens would stop on the track with three laps in for another caution. On the restart Markham and Anderzack both applied pressure to Shiels with Scott, Bond, Hornikel and Irey in tow.
Markham continued to hound Shiels when a debris caution flew on lap 10. Meanwhile Irey, who started seventh, had worked his way to fourth. Another car on the move was Doug Drown. A late arrival at the track, Drown had started last in the B-main and won, and started the A-main in 16th and had worked his way to seventh by lap 10.
On the ensuing restart Shiels got a great jump while Markham had to deal with Anderzack and Irey. With 13 laps scored Markham was racing right on Shiels’ rear bumper. But, a costly stumble on the cushion in turn two on lap 16 by Markham allowed Shiels to get away as Anderzack raced into second.
With seven laps to go Shiels held a four car length lead while Anderzack, Irey, Markham and Drown waged an entertaining battle for second. Irey would move into second on lap 19 as Anderzack spun, collecting Drown. That would wipe out a comfortable lead for Shiels.
When the green flew, Shiels would make a costly error on the cushion in turns three and four as Irey drove into the lead with Markham taking second and Shiels moving back to third. As the laps wound down, Shiels and Markham began to close on Irey. Irey would hold them off for the win with Scott coming home fourth and Bond rounding out the top five.
In the 25 lap 305 sprint feature Trey Jacobs and Trevor Baker brought the field to green with Jacobs – who plans to run mostly 410 sprints this year – taking the lead. Seth Schneider would make contact with an infield tire on lap three to keep the field close.
On the restart Jacobs would continue to lead Baker while Kyle Capodice and Paul Weaver battled for third. Weaver would rim-rid into third on lap five and after a great battle with Baker, took second on lap 10 as Baker made contact with an infield barrier, ending his night.
When the green flew Weaver drove to Jacobs’ outside and would drive into the lead on lap 12 with Capodice staying close in third. Meanwhile Dustin Dinan had charged from his 13th starting spot to fourth with Dan McCarron, Dustin Stroup, Steve Rando and Jamie Miller giving chase.
Just as Weaver began to pull away, another caution would fly for Luke Griffith on lap 14. Jacobs would drive to Weaver’s inside on the restart with Capodice, McCarron, Dinan and Stroup staying close. Capodice would take second on lap 16 and closed on Weaver.
With just four laps to go Thomas Schinderle would stop setting up a four lap shoot out. Weaver would go right to the cushion on the restart with Capodice continuing to drive the bottom groove. The pair ran side by side to the end. Weaver would get the close victory with Jacobs settling for third and Dinan and McCarron rounding out the top five.
Sorg and McCaughey would lead the charge to the green in the 15-lap dirt truck feature. After an opening lap incident involving Brian Arnold and John Jones, the race would go green the rest of the distance.
McCaughey grabbed the early lead but Sorg applied pressure with Dustin Keegan and Brad Stuckey staying close. McCaughey and Sorg race each other clean and hard over the first eight laps until Sorg finally got past on lap nine.
Sorg would hold off McCaughey for his first career Attica win with Stuckey taking third over Keegan and Curt Inks.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, May 13 for the Eric Phillips 28th Anniversary Classic presented by American Powersports and Merrill Lynch. It will be a Kistler Racing Products FAST Championship Series Presented by KS Sales and Service point night for the 410 sprints and a JLH General Contractor FAST 305 Sprint Championship Series Presented by Engine Pro for the 305 sprints as they vie for $1,000 to win thanks to Gressman Powersports. The UMP Late Models will also be in action.
For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com, follow the track on Twitter at twitter.com/atticaracewyprk and Facebook at www.facebook.com/atticaracewaypark.
Attica Raceway Park
Bazell Race Fuels/Croghan Colonial Bank Night
May 6, 2016
Starting position [*]
Fremont Fence 305 Sprints -
Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 10X-Dustin Stroup[2] ; 2. 41-Thomas Schinderle[5] ; 3. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[1] ; 4. 1X-Dustin Dinan[8] ; 5. 4*-Tyler Street[4] ; 6. 27-Cody Gallogly[9] ; 7. 7M-Brandon Moore[7] ; 8. 7-Dylan Kingan[6] ; 9. 2L-Landon LaLonde[3]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1XX-Trey Jacobs[1] ; 2. 22M-Dan McCarron[7] ; 3. 18N-Frank Neill[4] ; 4. 66-Jamie Miller[8] ; 5. 25-Jason Keckler[6] ; 6. 11G-Luke Griffith[5] ; 7. 13-Jeremy Duposki[2] ; 8. 6-Ray Thurston[3]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 36-Seth Schneider[6] ; 2. 12-Kyle Capodice[5] ; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[4] ; 4. 77I-John Ivy[7] ; 5. 8-Bobby Clark[1] ; 6. 14-Rick Daugherty[2] ; 7. 75-Jerry Dahms[8] ; 8. 94K-Kevin Mingus[3]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[6] ; 2. 2-Ricky Peterson[4] ; 3. 45-Trevor Baker[3] ; 4. 87-Brian Gibbs[1] ; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[5] ; 6. 44-Kyle Farmer[2] ; 7. 39C-Scott Riley[7] ; 8. 9R-Dustin Rall[8]
B-Main 1 - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 2. 4*-Tyler Street[1] ; 3. 11G-Luke Griffith[4] ; 4. 27-Cody Gallogly[3] ; 5. 13-Jeremy Duposki[6] ; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[5] ; 7. 2L-Landon LaLonde[9] ; 8. 6-Ray Thurston[8] ; 9. 7-Dylan Kingan[7]
B-Main 2 - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 8-Bobby Clark[1] ; 2. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[2] ; 3. 44-Kyle Farmer[4] ; 4. 14-Rick Daugherty[3] ; 5. 39C-Scott Riley[6] ; 6. 9R-Dustin Rall[8] ; 7. 94K-Kevin Mingus[7] ; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[5]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[10] ; 2. 12-Kyle Capodice[4] ; 3. 1XX-Trey Jacobs[1] ; 4. 1X-Dustin Dinan[13] ; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron[6] ; 6. 10X-Dustin Stroup[7] ; 7. 19R-Steve Rando[8] ; 8. 66-Jamie Miller[14] ; 9. 8-Bobby Clark[18] ; 10. 2-Ricky Peterson[12] ; 11. 36-Seth Schneider[11] ; 12. 77I-John Ivy[15] ; 13. 4*-Tyler Street[19] ; 14. 11G-Luke Griffith[21] ; 15. 25-Jason Keckler[17] ; 16. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[20] ; 17. 41-Thomas Schinderle[3] ; 18. 44-Kyle Farmer[22] ; 19. 18N-Frank Neill[5] ; 20. 87-Brian Gibbs[16] ; 21. 45-Trevor Baker[2] ; 22. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[9]
Hard Charger: Paul Weaver +9
Summit Equipment UMP Late Models -
Qualifying:
1.36-Matt Irey, 14.562; 2.15B-Mike Bores, 14.607; 3.71-Dave Hornikel, 14.771; 4.240-Doug Drown, 14.798; 5.92-Cody Scott, 14.800; 6.007-Rick Bond, 14.811; 7.29-Rocky Owens, 14.865; 8.48-John Bores, 14.993; 9.51-Devin Shiels, 14.998; 10.5M-Ryan Markham, 15.003; 11.1N-Casey Noonan, 15.052; 12.21-Larry Kingseed, 15.145; 13.8-Rob Anderzack, 15.190; 14.00-Mathew Chapman, 15.342; 15.RH21-Gregg Haskell, 15.465; 16.14-JR Gentry, 15.493; 17.03-Jim Gingery, 15.501; 18.27-Ken Hahn, 15.505; 19.95-Jerry Bowersock, 15.574; 20.97-Greg Walters, 15.591; 21.30-Nate Potts, 15.657; 22.12-Kent Brewer, 15.760; 23.12M-Bobby Michaels, 16.029; 24.6-Graeme Short, 16.134; 25.24-Jerry Aber, 16.186; 26.69R-Doug Baird, 16.476;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 36-Matt Irey[4] ; 2. 51-Devin Shiels[2] ; 3. 29-Rocky Owens[3] ; 4. 27-Ken Hahn[5] ; 5. 97-Greg Walters[6] ; 6. 03-Jim Gingery[1] ; 7. 30-Nate Potts[7] ; 8. 12-Kent Brewer[8] ; 9. 6-Graeme Short[9]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 8-Rob Anderzack[2] ; 2. 5M-Ryan Markham[3] ; 3. 007-Rick Bond[4] ; 4. 14-JR Gentry[6] ; 5. 95-Jerry Bowersock[7] ; 6. 00-Mathew Chapman[1] ; 7. RH21-Gregg Haskell[5] ; 8. 12M-Bobby Michaels[8] ; 9. 24-Jerry Aber[9]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 92-Cody Scott[1] ; 2. 71-Dave Hornikel[3] ; 3. 15B-Mike Bores[4] ; 4. 48-John Bores[5] ; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed[7] ; 6. 1N-Casey Noonan[6] ; 7. 69R-Doug Baird[8]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 240-Doug Drown[11] ; 2. 1N-Casey Noonan[3] ; 3. 00-Mathew Chapman[2] ; 4. 03-Jim Gingery[1] ; 5. RH21-Gregg Haskell[5] ; 6. 30-Nate Potts[4] ; 7. 12-Kent Brewer[7] ; 8. 12M-Bobby Michaels[8] ; 9. 24-Jerry Aber[10] ; 10. 6-Graeme Short[9] ; 11. 69R-Doug Baird[6]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 36-Matt Irey[7] ; 2. 51-Devin Shiels[2] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[1] ; 4. 92-Cody Scott[4] ; 5. 007-Rick Bond[6] ; 6. 21-Larry Kingseed[14] ; 7. 71-Dave Hornikel[5] ; 8. 1N-Casey Noonan[17] ; 9. 8-Rob Anderzack[3] ; 10. 15B-Mike Bores[10] ; 11. 95-Jerry Bowersock[13] ; 12. 240-Doug Drown[16] ; 13. 97-Greg Walters[15] ; 14. 00-Mathew Chapman[18] ; 15. RH21-Gregg Haskell[20] ; 16. 29-Rocky Owens[8] ; 17. 48-John Bores[9] ; 18. 14-JR Gentry[12] ; 19. 27-Ken Hahn[11] ; 20. 03-Jim Gingery[19]
Hard Charger: Casey Noonan +9
Dirt Trucks -
Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 5S-Brad Stuckey[1] ; 2. 4S-Keith Sorg[6] ; 3. 7F-Dana Frey[4] ; 4. 17X-Dustin Keegan[5] ; 5. 9-Curt Inks[7] ; 6. 8KB-Kody Brewer[3]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 33-Brian Arnold[2] ; 2. 36M-Cory McCaughey[1] ; 3. 22-Brandon Leighton[6] ; 4. 33W-Jeff Ward[5] ; 5. 26-Kyle Lagrou[3] ; 6. J7-John Jones[4]
A-Main 1 - (15 Laps)
1. 4S-Keith Sorg[3] ; 2. 36M-Cory McCaughey[2] ; 3. 5S-Brad Stuckey[6] ; 4. 17X-Dustin Keegan[7] ; 5. 9-Curt Inks[9] ; 6. J7-John Jones[12] ; 7. 8KB-Kody Brewer[11] ; 8. 22-Brandon Leighton[4] ; 9. 33W-Jeff Ward[8] ; 10. 26-Kyle Lagrou[10] ; 11. 33-Brian Arnold[5]
Hard Charger: John Jones +6
Kerry Madsen Beats Outlaws in #LetsRaceTwo Opener at Eldora
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Kerry Madsen Beats Outlaws in #LetsRaceTwo Opener at Eldora
Dave Blaney treated and released from local hospital following crash in qualifying
ROSSBURG, Ohio - May 6, 2016 - Kerry Madsen dominated Friday night's #LetsRaceTwo opener at Eldora Speedway as he bested his former World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series colleagues and beat back a challenge from All Star Circuit of Champions regular Chad Kemenah to score his first series win since August 2014.
Madsen was on a mission in the night's feature, after starting on the pole in his No. 29 Keneric Health car, he was the class of the field. Kemenah, who charged forward from a 10th place starting position, got within one half second at one point, but was never able to make the pass on the Aussie.
"I've never ran a race out there where it was so slow out there - not typically our strong suit," Madsen said. "So the guys worked so hard on the car all night. The car was unbelievable. Just couldn't be happier with the win."
After winning the Dash, Madsen joined reigning series champion Donny Schatz on the front row of the 30-lap feature. As main event kicked off, Madsen jumped out to sizable early lead as Kemenah began his run forward. He very quickly picked off several cars and by lap one was in sixth. By lap two, he was in fourth.
The leaders caught lapped traffic on lap six and Kemenah took advantage as he closed in on Donny Schatz in second. A two lap battle commenced with Kemenah eventually using a lapped car as a pick. He dove low off of four and got around Schatz as they crossed the start/finish line. Schatz fired back, running back to Kemenah and getting wheel-to-wheel off turn four, but the No. 10H Brilex/Seneca Energy car pulled away.
With Madsen slowed by traffic, Kemenah closed the gap to under one half second. He looked for the opportunity but as traffic cleared, Madsen again pulled away from him, widening the gap again by a second.
"When I got to lapped cars, I couldn't quite rip around them and then I knew it was time to move but I'm not patient enough to stay down there," said Madsen, a St. Marys, New South Wales, Australia native. "It doesn't feel very fast."
Back in third, Schatz had his hands full with the driver he had passed to take over that position initially, David Gravel. Gravel drove his No. 5 Big Game Treestands car to Schatz on lap 15 and cleared him to take the spot on lap 16.
Through the remaining laps, Kemenah tried to run down Madsen as Gravel tried to do the same to Kemenah. Ultimately, it was Madsen who became the ninth different series winner of the season.
"It was a great win," said Madsen, who led flag-to-flag. "The guys worked so hard. We've been pulling our hair out trying to get fast and it's nice to get it done tonight. This thing was a rocket ship."
The win was the 18th series win of Madsen's career. His last series win came in August 2015 at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Neb.
For Kemenah, a former series regular and native of Elvada, Ohio, the second place run was a boost for his team.
"I've got a really, really good race team right now," Kemenah said. "I've got quite a bit of confidence and that pays huge dividends for me. We're just having fun right now and that's what matters.
Gravel's third place run was a rebound from Wednesday at Jacksonville when he failed to make the feature. The 23-year-old driver said Eldora has always been good to him.
"It was a really good rebound from the other night," Gravel said. "Our balance was a little off early but once we burned that fuel load off and learned how to run one and two, the car came on really good. I thought we probably had the best car those last couple of laps. King's Royal is 40 laps, so I'm looking forward to that, but I really can't complain with a podium finish."
Greg Wilson was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 16 positions to finish in seventh while Joey Saldana picked up his fourth quick time award of the season, the most of any series drivers.
Earlier in the night, Dave Blaney, the 1995 World of Outlaws champion, had a violent crash in turn one during qualifying. Blaney was transported to an area hospital for evaluation and was subsequently released.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series returns to action tomorrow night for the finale of #LetsRaceTwo at Eldora Speedway. For more information and to learn how to purchase tickets, visit WoOSprint.com/Eldora-Speedway.
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Eldora Speedway Notebook
RACE NOTES: Kerry Madsen's last World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory came at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Neb. on Aug. 18, 2015… Madsen is the ninth different winner of the season… The win is Madsen's first at Eldora since winning the King's Royal in 2014… Greg Wilson was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 16 positions to finish in seventh… Joey Saldana now has four quick time awards, the most of any driver so far this season… Jason Johnson became the first driver of the season to use a provisional.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Jason Johnson; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Kerry Madsen; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Chad Kemenah; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Brady Bacon; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Bryan Clauson; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Super Flow ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Kerry Madsen; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Greg Wilson; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Kerry Madsen; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Joey Saldana; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Joey Saldana.
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 5 (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); Brad Sweet - 5 (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); Daryn Pittman - 3 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18); Joey Saldana - 3 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4); Shane Stewart - 2 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23); David Gravel - 1 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24); Kerry Madsen - 1 (Eldora Speedway on May 6); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26).
World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Eldora Speedway; Rossburg, Ohio; May 6, 2016.
A-Main - (30 Laps) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [1] [$10,000]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah [10] [$5,000]; 3. 5-David Gravel [4] [$3,000]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [6] [$2,700]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [12] [$2,500]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5] [$2,200]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [23] [$2,000]; 8. 99-Brady Bacon [3] [$1,800]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz [2] [$1,600]; 10. 22-Cole Duncan [7] [$1,450]; 11. 17W-Bryan Clauson [13] [$1,300]; 12. 49-Brad Sweet [8] [$1,200]; 13. 7S-Jason Sides [18] [$1,100]; 14. 49X-Tim Shaffer [17] [$1,000]; 15. 1ST-Gary Taylor [24] [$950]; 16. 83-Joey Saldana [9] [$900]; 17. 82-Dusty Zomer [11] [$850]; 18. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [20] [$750]; 19. 2-Shane Stewart [14] [$725]; 20. 1-Sammy Swindell [22] [$700]; 21. 71-Jamie Veal [19] [$700]; 22. 7-Paul McMahan [15] [$700]; 23. 41-Jason Johnson [25] [$]; 24. 23-Trey Starks [21] [$700]; 25. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [16] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: W20-Greg Wilson [+16]
Qualifying - 1. 83-Joey Saldana, 13.947; 2. 22-Cole Duncan, 14.097; 3. 49-Brad Sweet, 14.168; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen, 14.367; 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 14.478; 6. 7-Paul McMahan, 14.515; 7. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 14.547; 8. 71-Jamie Veal, 14.600; 9. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 14.614; 10. 82-Dusty Zomer, 14.672; 11. 23-Trey Starks, 14.808; 12. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 14.950; 13. 19M-Brent Marks, 15.044; 14. 21-Cap Henry, 15.129; 15. 33M-Caleb Griffith, 15.200; 16. 23C-Tyler Courtney, 15.315; 17. 5T-Travis Philo, 15.357; 18. 97-Dean Jacobs, 15.447; 19. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 15.538; 20. 1A-Jacob Allen, 15.545; 21. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 16.152; 22. 57-Gary Edwards, 17.275; 23. 9-Daryn Pittman, 14.271; 24. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 14.312; 25. 5-David Gravel, 14.376; 26. 99-Brady Bacon, 14.417; 27. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 14.426; 28. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 14.485; 29. 2-Shane Stewart, 14.501; 30. 1-Sammy Swindell, 14.552; 31. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.577; 32. 41-Jason Johnson, 14.609; 33. 7S-Jason Sides, 14.705; 34. 6M-Jac Haudenschild, 14.827; 35. 71MX-Paul May, 14.881; 36. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 15.007; 37. O7-Jacob Wilson, 15.131; 38. 23X-D.J. Foos, 15.132; 39. 19-Paige Polyak, 15.185; 40. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 15.347; 41. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 15.431; 42. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 15.539; 43. 40-Caleb Helms, 15.654; 44. 35X-Wes Mcglupmhy, 17.050; 45. 71M-Dave Blaney, 14.493
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 3. 83-Joey Saldana [1]; 4. 17W-Bryan Clauson [4]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer [5]; 6. 23-Trey Starks [6]; 7. 33M-Caleb Griffith [8]; 8. 19M-Brent Marks [7]; 9. 11N-Randy Hannagan [10]; 10. 5T-Travis Philo [9]; 11. 35-Stuart Brubaker [11]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 22-Cole Duncan [1]; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 3. 82-Dusty Zomer [5]; 4. 7-Paul McMahan [3]; 5. 71-Jamie Veal [4]; 6. 1ST-Gary Taylor [6]; 7. 21-Cap Henry [7]; 8. 23C-Tyler Courtney [8]; 9. 97-Dean Jacobs [9]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [10]; 11. 57-Gary Edwards [11]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 5-David Gravel [2]; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah [3]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 7. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [10]; 8. 40-Caleb Helms [11]; 9. 19-Paige Polyak [9]; 10. O7-Jacob Wilson [8]; 11. 71MX-Paul May [7]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 2. 99-Brady Bacon [2]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3]; 4. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 5. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]; 6. 1-Sammy Swindell [4]; 7. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [10]; 8. 23X-D.J. Foos [8]; 9. 41-Jason Johnson [5]; 10. 35X-Wes Mcglupmhy [11]; 11. 70-Danny Holtgraver [9]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 3. 99-Brady Bacon [1]; 4. 5-David Gravel [3]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman [7]; 7. 22-Cole Duncan [6]; 8. 49-Brad Sweet [8]
C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature) - 1. 11N-Randy Hannagan [3] [-]; 2. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [4] [-]; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs [1] [$150]; 4. 40-Caleb Helms [8] [$150]; 5. 70-Danny Holtgraver [2] [$150]; 6. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [6] [$125]; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker [7] [$125]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [5] [$125]; 9. 35X-Wes Mcglupmhy [10] [$125]; 10. 57-Gary Edwards [9] [$125]; 11. 71M-Dave Blaney [11] [$125]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 23-Trey Starks [1] [-]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [2] [-]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [4] [-]; 4. 1ST-Gary Taylor [3] [-]; 5. 5T-Travis Philo [13] [$300]; 6. 19M-Brent Marks [5] [$250]; 7. 41-Jason Johnson [6] [$225]; 8. 21-Cap Henry [7] [$200]; 9. 11N-Randy Hannagan [15] [$200]; 10. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [16] [$200]; 11. 71MX-Paul May [8] [$200]; 12. 23C-Tyler Courtney [11] [$200]; 13. 19-Paige Polyak [14] [$200]; 14. 33M-Caleb Griffith [9] [$200]; 15. O7-Jacob Wilson [10] [$200]; 16. 23X-D.J. Foos [12] [$200]
ELDORA USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 6, 2016 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - #Let'sRaceTwo" - "Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic"
CLAUSON COMES UP CLUTCH;CLAIMS FIRST ELDORA USAC SPRINT VICTORY
Rossburg, Ohio - May 6, 2016 ... Bryan Clauson's continually growing list of accomplishments got a little bit larger after the Noblesville, Indiana driver claimed his first career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature victory at the famed Eldora Speedway in Friday night's "#LetsRaceTwo" / "Don Branson-Jud Larson Classic."
Clauson made the winning pass on C.J. Leary with just four laps to go to earn his 37th career USAC Sprint win, tying the late Sheldon Kinser for eighth on the all-time list.
Among the highlights on Clauson's impressive resume coming into Friday night's event were three career USAC wins (two Silver Crown, one Midget), but nary a Sprint Car triumph. Clauson, the night's ProSource Fast Qualifier, rolled off from the sixth spot in the feature while a pair of drivers looking to earn their first series win, Dallas Hewitt and Leary, occupied the front row.
At the drop of the green, Hewitt jolted out to the lead as the Troy, Ohio native looked to become the first driver with the surname "Hewitt" to pull into victory lane in USAC competition at Eldora since his uncle Jack claimed all four crowns of the "4-Crown Nationals" in 1998.
After a slider for the lead that didn't quite stick one lap earlier, Leary attempted the same move on Hewitt for the lead in turn one once again one lap later, this time pulling it off successfully, and darting off to a substantial advantage as he edged closer to lapped traffic by lap 10.
As Leary threaded the needle on the high side past the backmarkers, Thomas Mesearull, winner of Eldora's most recent USAC Sprint event in September of 2015, began to reel him in at the halfway point as Clauson stayed within striking distance in third.
Meseraull attempted a slider on Leary for the lead with 12 to go, nearly pulling it off, as the trio of Leary, Meseraull and Clauson ran the highline separated from each other by mere car links.
With five to go, Clauson got by Meseraull for the second spot and had his radar locked on Leary for the lead as he split between a gaggle of lapped cars at the flagstand with just a fraction of a hair to spare.
One lap later, Clauson zeroed in right on Leary's tail tank. Clauson dove low in turn three as Leary treaded the high line, pulling off a patented Eldora slide job to take the point with just 4 laps remaining.
Robert Ballou's race came to a halt with three laps to go after tagging the wall and flipping between turns one and two, collecting Jarett Andretti in the process, and resetting the field for one final three-lap dash to the checkered.
On the restart, Clauson jumped out to the advantage, but Leary was able to remain in the hunt with just three car lengths separating the two as they both rode inches from the wall on the thin cushion. Entering turn 4 on lap 28, Clauson nearly threw it away, banging the right rear hard off the wall, shooting sparks into the air, stumbling him a bit, before regaining control which caused Leary to check up ever so slightly and unable to capitalize.
Clauson led the remaining laps to win by a half second over Leary, Meseraull, Hewitt, Brady Bacon, Tyler Courtney, Chad Boespflug, Shane Cottle, Dave Darland and Kody Swanson.
Clauson, who along with his feature victory also claimed the night's KSE "Hard Charger" Award in his Dooling-Hayward/B & H Contractors - Cancer Treatment Centers of America/Spike/Stanton Mopar, collected his third USAC National Sprint feature of the season and his eighth overall USAC victory of 2016.
"We've been so close here a number of times and we were close again to giving it away," Clauson admitted. "But after getting through those last few laps, we were finally able to get the monkey off our back. Our car was good, but it was really hard to make enough speed to finish the slider on the guys who were really good. We hit lapped traffic a little bit there and were able to make some moves at the end. The car was flawless! Man, it feels good to win a sprint car race at Eldora!"
C.J. Leary of Greenfield, Indiana nearly avenged his final lap defeat in last May's Eldora USAC Sprint feature, but came up just a few laps short after leading a combined 52 of the last 60 laps in "LetsRaceTwo" openers the last two years with a pair of second place finishes to his credit, including tonight in his Michael Dutcher Motorsports/Griffin's Propane - Indiana Underground/Maxim/Fisher.
"We led a lot of this race again, but you know, I let it go there at the end," Leary said. "I thought we might have had something there for him at the end, but when Bryan made that mistake, we were too close behind to capitalize."
By virtue of his third place finish, San Jose, California's Thomas Meseraull takes over the series point lead in his Amati Racing/Marion Underground Construction - Zeller Construction/DRC/Dynotech.
"I've ran 10th through 18th for like five years before this, so I know what it's like to be getting dusty in the back," Meseraull recalled of his past Eldora visits. "We've been really good here lately and I've got a lot of people to thank for making sure the car's fast."
Friday night's contingency award winners included Bryan Clauson (ProSource Fast Qualifier & KSE Racing Products Hard Charger), Dave Darland (Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner), Chris Windom (Competition Suspension, Inc. Second Heat Winner & Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Finisher), Cody Gardner (Benic Enterprises Third Heat Winner) and Shane Cottle (Indy Race Parts Fourth Heat Winner).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 6, 2016 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - #LetsRaceTwo" - "Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic"
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Bryan Clauson, 63, Dooling/Hayward-16.611; 2. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-16.805; 3. Thomas Meseraull, 66, Amati-16.867; 4. Scotty Weir, 18x, Keen-16.898; 5. Tyler Courtney, 23c, TOPP-17.039; 6. C.J. Leary, 17GP, Dutcher-17.068; 7. Dallas Hewitt, 16, Hewitt-17.122; 8. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-17.125; 9. Robert Ballou, 1, Ballou-17.267; 10. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-17.303; 11. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-17.420; 12. Shane Cottle, 57, Hazen-17.547; 13. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-17.575; 14. Kody Swanson, 63x, DePalma-17.646; 15. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4J, 4J Motorsports-17.661; 16. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-17.677; 17. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-17.719; 18. Chris Windom, 40, Hery-17.823; 19. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-17.879; 20. Tony DiMattia, 50, DiMattia-17.952; 21. Carson Short, 21, Short-18.136; 22. Lee Underwood, 24L, Underwood-18.176; 23. Cody Gardner, 46, Gardner-18.186; 24. Cole Ketcham, 41k, Ketcham-18.189; 25. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-18.263; 26. Landon Simon, 24, LSR-18.395; 27. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-18.621; 28. Riley VanHise, 96, VanHise-18.725; 29. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-18.736; 30. Brandon Whited, 15, Whited-18.760; 31. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Rock Steady-18.811; 32. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-18.981; 33. Aric Gentry, 10, GBR-19.116; 34. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-19.218; 35. Matt Westfall, 38, Baumgartner-NT.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Ballou, 3. C.Short, 4. Clauson, 5. Stockon, 6. Courtney, 7. Farney, 8. Gentry, 9. Jarrett. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Boespflug, 3. Leary, 4. Grant, 5. Swanson, 6. Whited, 7. Underwood, 8. Chapple, 9. Simon. NT
BENIC ENTERPRISES THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Hewitt, 3. Meseraull, 4. Thomas, 5. McGhee, 6. Cummins, 7. Westfall, 8. Mellenberndt, 9. Coons. NT
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Bacon,3. Andretti, 4. Weir, 5. DiMattia, 6. Ketcham, 7. VanHise, 8. Goodnight. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Courtney, 2. Swanson, 3. McGhee, 4. Coons, 5. Farney, 6. DiMattia, 7. Simon, 8. Cummins, 9. Stockon, 10. Whited, 11. Westfall, 12. VanHise, 13. Underwood, 14. Chapple, 15. Goodnight, 16. Gentry, 17. Mellenberndt, 18. Ketcham. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. C.J. Leary, 3. Thomas Meseraull, 4. Dallas Hewitt, 5. Brady Bacon, 6. Tyler Courtney, 7. Chad Boespflug, 8. Shane Cottle, 9. Dave Darland, 10. Kody Swanson, 11. Max McGhee, 12. Chase Stockon, 13. Chris Windom, 14. Scotty Weir, 15. Kevin Thomas Jr., 16. Kyle Cummins, 17. Justin Grant, 18. Aaron Farney, 19. Carson Short, 20. Jerry Coons Jr., 21. Cody Gardner, 22. Robert Ballou, 23. Jarett Andretti, 24. Tony DiMattia. NT
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**Jarrett flipped during the first heat. Ballou flipped on lap 29 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Hewitt, Laps 4-26 Leary, Laps 27-30 Clauson.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Bryan Clauson
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Meseraull-519, 2-Stockon-515, 3-Bacon-514, 4-Cummins-482, 5-Darland-463, 6-Leary-444. 7-Ballou-429, 8-Boespflug-404, 9-Grant-401, 10-McGhee-386.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: May 7 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - #LetsRaceTwo
Joey Saldana Scores Win in Battle at Jacksonville Speedway
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Joey Saldana Scores Win in Battle at Jacksonville Speedway
Scores his third World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. - May 4, 2016 - The road to Joey Saldana's third World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the season was not an easy one, but Saldana did what he had to, overcoming fierce challenges and near misses Wednesday night at Jacksonville Speedway.
"It was one thing I learned here tonight - if you do get into trouble, just be patient with the bottom," Saldana said. "Just stick with it. So I just tried to do a better job than what I've been doing in the past and it paid off tonight."
Saldana, who started from the pole after a Dash inversion of eight put him in position, lost the lead in the feature on lap eight to Aaron Reutzel and slipped back to third. He battled back around Shane Stewart and then Reutzel to regain the lead ten laps later and avoided getting tangled in the various cautions and red flags.
Saldana said the win is a big boost for his No. 83 Roth Motorsports team on a challenging short track following struggles in California through the last two months.
"Luckily Dennis and Teresa (Roth) were patient with us and with me and we've definitely turned it around here because this is a true short track," Saldana said. "We did everything right tonight and I can't thank everyone at Roth enough for what they do for us - giving the opportunity to compete at this level."
Saldana joins Christopher Bell as the only two winners of a World of Outlaws event at Jacksonville.
Logan Schuchart kicked off the night's action after taking the qualifying quick time with a lap of 10.805 over 45 other entered cars - the largest field of the season, so far.
Saldana and Reutzel led the field to the green flag on the tight, 1/4 mile bullring. Saldana jumped out to the early lead through the first three laps until a caution flag flew. Back to green, Reutzel needed just four laps and a slip up from Saldana as he exited turn four to take over the lead.
Stewart followed up Reutzel and threw a slider on Saldana as the two drivers worked their way through turns three and four to take over the second position on lap 10. The move for Stewart was short-lived though as Saldana used a lapped car as a pick and got back around Stewart's No. 2 Eneos/Larson Marks machine.
"I went from first to third. I just had to be real patient on the bottom," Saldana said. "It was easy to miss it, so I just started running on the bottom, patient with that. And then just run the top in open track. I figured if I hit my marks it was going to be tough for them to get by me."
With Reutzel back in Saldana's sights, he began to close back on the lead. Just short of halfway, Saldana made his move, getting around Reutzel to retake the lead as the two drivers drove off of turn four. The next lap by, Stewart got around Reutzel for second.
With traffic in play, the leaders stayed close to each other, with Stewart looking for a line around Saldana.
Back in the field, Brad Sweet, who started in fifth and Donny Schatz, who started in 16th and would go on to take the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger Award, were moving forward. Sweet was in fourth and Schatz was picking off his opponents, moving into third by lap 26.
As the battle intensified up front, multiple cautions and a red flag changed the complexion of the night as it tightened the field back up and forced Saldana to go on defense.
One final caution came out with three laps remaining as Sheldon Haudenschild spun in front of the leaders - all were able to avoid the No. 93 car.
On the final restart, Saldana jumped out to a safe lead as Stewart and Sweet battled for the second position with Schatz just behind. Ultimately, it was Stewart who took the position. Sweet finished in third in his No. 49 Razorback Professional tools car and Schatz fourth.
"Brad kind of snookered me there on that one restart and got by me," Stewart said. "I felt like I had five or six bad laps there and I felt like if I could have done that differently, the outcome may have been a little different. Once you get out front your car acts so different. Joey had a great car so congrats to him and his team."
Stewart, who sits in second in the championship standings has been the picture of consistency throughout the season. He has two wins, including seven podium finishes, as well as 13 top-five finishes and 20 top-10 finishes.
Sweet, the current championship points leader, picked up his 12th podium finish of the season, the most of any driver. Tonight, Sweet said, was all about finding the right line.
"You're always searching for grip and the right line and they're hard to win because of that," Sweet said. "There's always someone behind you searching for the right line. We had a good car. We had a car capable of winning, I just didn't do a good job on that last restart and let Shane get back by me. We'll take a top three out of here. There's a lot of cars here, a lot of competition, a lot of mayhem and that's short track racing at its finest."
Saldana's win tonight was his 97th career World of Outlaws victory. That mark, which places him sixth on the all-time wins list, puts him just 10 wins short of Doug Wolfgang, who sits fifth with 107 wins.
"I'm just thankful to be here and now we're off to one of my favorite tracks," Saldana said. "Hopefully we can carry this momentum into Eldora."
The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series returns to action at Eldora Speedway for the #LetsRaceTwo double-header on Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7. For more information and to learn how to purchase tickets, visit WoOSprint.com/Eldora-Speedway.
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Jacksonville Speedway Notebook
RACE NOTES: Joey Saldana's win tonight makes him just the second ever series winner at the track. In the series' only ever appearance at Jacksonville Speedway, Christopher Bell won… Donny Schatz was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 12 positions to finish in fourth… Logan Schuchart picked up his first quick time award of the season after a lap of 10.805 seconds around the small bullring… After tonight, Brad Sweet has 12 podium finishes so far this season - the most of any driver.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Kody Kinser; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Aaron Reutzel; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Greg Wilson; Super Flow ($50 cash): Jason Johnson; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Aaron Reutzel; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Donny Schatz; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Joey Saldana; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jason Johnson; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Kody Kinser.
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 5 (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); Brad Sweet - 5 (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); Daryn Pittman - 3 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18); Joey Saldana - 3 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4); Shane Stewart - 2 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23); David Gravel - 1 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26).
World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Jacksonville Speedway; Jacksonville, Ill.; May 4, 2016.
A-Main - (40 Laps) - 1. 83-Joey Saldana [1] [$6,000]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [3] [$3,500]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [5] [$2,000]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [16] [$1,800]; 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel [2] [$1,500]; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman [4] [$1,400]; 7. 7-Paul McMahan [11] [$1,350]; 8. 82-Dusty Zomer [9] [$1,300]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6] [$1,250]; 10. 71-Jamie Veal [12] [$1,200]; 11. 7S-Jason Sides [13] [$900]; 12. W20-Greg Wilson [15] [$800]; 13. O5-Brad Loyet [7] [$700]; 14. 18-Ian Madsen [23] [$650]; 15. 4-Danny Smith [17] [$600]; 16. 41-Jason Johnson [10] [$550]; 17. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [8] [$500]; 18. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [18] [$500]; 19. 2B-Spencer Bayston [20] [$500]; 20. 51B-Joe B Miller [21] [$500]; 21. 2H-Jimmy Hurley [19] [$500]; 22. 4K-Kody Kinser [24] [$500]; 23. 6-Bill Rose [22] [$500]; 24. 22-Bret Tripplett [14] [$500]. Lap Leaders: Joey Saldana KSE Hard Charger Award: 15-Donny Schatz [+12]
Qualifying Flight 1 - 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 10.805; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 10.819; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 10.866; 4. O5-Brad Loyet, 10.915; 5. 6-Bill Rose, 10.978; 6. 7-Paul McMahan, 11.019; 7. 82-Dusty Zomer, 11.187; 8. 51B-Joe B Miller, 11.245; 9. 4K-Kody Kinser, 11.274; 10. W20-Greg Wilson, 11.293; 11. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 11.308; 12. 1M-Jim Moughan, 11.315; 13. 7S-Jason Sides, 11.345; 14. 29-Kerry Madsen, 11.419; 15. 44-A.J. Bruns, 11.509; 16. 2H-Jimmy Hurley, 11.514; 17. 8D-Terry Babb, 11.542; 18. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman, 11.558; 19. 4-Danny Smith, 11.569; 20. 1A-Jacob Allen, 11.620; 21. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 11.643; 22. 77U-Chris Urish, 11.687; 23. 25-Jacob Blackhurst, 11.777;
Qualifying Flight 2 - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman, 10.862; 2. 2-Shane Stewart, 10.874; 3. 49-Brad Sweet, 10.909; 4. 83-Joey Saldana, 10.948; 5. 22-Bret Tripplett, 10.978; 6. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.005; 7. 41-Jason Johnson, 11.008; 8. 71-Jamie Veal, 11.086; 9. O7-Jacob Wilson, 11.248; 10. 29M-Joey Moughan, 11.316; 11. 18-Ian Madsen, 11.343; 12. 2B-Spencer Bayston, 11.393; 13. 17B-Bill Balog, 11.398; 14. 52F-Logan Faucon, 11.461; 15. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 11.474; 16. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 11.504; 17. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 11.512; 18. 5-David Gravel, 11.568; 19. 99-Brady Bacon, 11.726; 20. 79J-Jacob Patton, 11.892; 21. 10S-Jeremy Standridge, 11.942; 22. 10-Dusty Homan, 13.537; 23. 84-Ben Wagoner, .001
Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 3. 82-Dusty Zomer [4]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [7]; 5. 4-Danny Smith [10]; 6. 6-Bill Rose [3]; 7. 25-Jacob Blackhurst [12]; 8. 8D-Terry Babb [9]; 9. 11K-Kraig Kinser [11]; 10. 44-A.J. Bruns [8]; 11. 4K-Kody Kinser [5]; 12. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [6]
Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. O5-Brad Loyet [2]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel [1]; 3. 7-Paul McMahan [3]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 5. 2H-Jimmy Hurley [8]; 6. 51B-Joe B Miller [4]; 7. 1M-Jim Moughan [6]; 8. 29-Kerry Madsen [7]; 9. 77U-Chris Urish [11]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [10]; 11. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman [9]
Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 3. 41-Jason Johnson [4]; 4. 22-Bret Tripplett [3]; 5. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [8]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [6]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog [7]; 8. 99-Brady Bacon [10]; 9. O7-Jacob Wilson [5]; 10. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [9]; 11. 10S-Jeremy Standridge [11]; 12. 84-Ben Wagoner [12]
Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 83-Joey Saldana [2]; 3. 71-Jamie Veal [4]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 5. 2B-Spencer Bayston [6]; 6. 5-David Gravel [9]; 7. 29M-Joey Moughan [5]; 8. 17W-Bryan Clauson [8]; 9. 52F-Logan Faucon [7]; 10. 79J-Jacob Patton [10]; 11. 10-Dusty Homan [11]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 83-Joey Saldana [8]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel [3]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 7. O5-Brad Loyet [7]; 8. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [5]
C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature) - 1. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [2] [-]; 2. 5-David Gravel [4] [-]; 3. 99-Brady Bacon [6] [$150]; 4. 8D-Terry Babb [3] [$150]; 5. 79J-Jacob Patton [8] [$150]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [7] [$125]; 7. 10-Dusty Homan [12] [$125]; 8. 10S-Jeremy Standridge [10] [$125]; 9. 44-A.J. Bruns [1] [$125]; 10. 2-Shane Stewart [-] [$125]; 11. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [-] [$125]; 12. O5-Brad Loyet [-] [$125]; 13. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman [5] [$125]; 14. 11K-Kraig Kinser [9] [$125]; 15. 77U-Chris Urish [11] [$125]; 16. 25-Jacob Blackhurst [13] [$125]; 17. 84-Ben Wagoner [14] [$125]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 51B-Joe B Miller [3] [-]; 2. 6-Bill Rose [1] [-]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [6] [-]; 4. 4K-Kody Kinser [5] [-]; 5. 29M-Joey Moughan [4] [$300]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog [8] [$250]; 7. 17W-Bryan Clauson [12] [$225]; 8. 5-David Gravel [14] [$200]; 9. 29-Kerry Madsen [11] [$200]; 10. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [7] [$200]; 11. O7-Jacob Wilson [2] [$200]; 12. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [13] [$200]; 13. 52F-Logan Faucon [10] [$200]; 14. 1M-Jim Moughan [9] [$200]
The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Bad Boy Buggies (Official Side-by-Side Vehicle), Craftsman (Official Tool), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), Morton Buildings (Official Building), Sears (Official Home Store), The Kenny Wallace Dirt Racing Experience (Official Racing Experience) and VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Edelbrock, JE Pistons, KSE Racing Products, MSD, Penske Shocks, and Superflow Dynos; along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Impact Racing Products, Intercomp, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo and TNT Rescue.
ACCORD SPEEDWAY NEWS
Posted by: | CommentsAccord, NY - Accord Speedway Initiates Changes As Month Of May Begins With Arkel Motors Night
By: Steve Pados, Accord Speedway Media
The Tri-State area saw many speedways fall victim to the unpredictable spring weather last week including the Accord Speedway. With the racing activity being scrubbed out for the evening, Promoters Gary and Donna Palmer addressed some important issues the drivers and owners brought forth at some of the pitside driver meetings. With that being said, some changes to the rules and an additional racing division will meet the great Accord Speedway racing fans as the month of May restarts the speedway schedule at the pristine quarter mile facility this coming Friday evening, May 6th. The evening of speed will be sponsored by longtime speedway sponsor Arkel Motors, who also sponsor the Pure Stock racing division at the speedway. Website: www.arkelmotors.com
The changes in the speedway rules will reflect to the now combined Open and Crate Sportsman division. After two weeks of the season and some major concerns by the drivers, Promoter Gary Palmer remarked, "The Crate Sportsman drivers and owners were not enthusiastic about the combined division so we haven taken a long look at it and have come up with some changes we feel will provide more balance and level out the competition within the class."
Starting with the Friday event, the weights have been adjusted with a 2350 pound weight for the Crate motors, 2450 pounds for the Open motors and 2500 pounds for the Open motors with ported heads. Accord Speedway follows the OCFS Crate rules. Hunt's seals are not required and Hoosier Tires will be allowed for the first two appearances of a new driver competing at the speedway.
The additional change is for a new division at the speedway. After handling and addressing many requests, Starting with the May 6th event, a Rookie Sportsman division will be added to the existing race schedule. This division is targeted for true rookie drivers who have transitioned into Sportsman racing and have not competed or have captured a Sportsman division win to date, no chips required.
The Palmer Family came off an excellent 2015 racing season and is looking forward to another successful season at Accord although the weather has not been overly friendly during the early portion of the 2016 schedule. Seven divisions of racing will greet the fans on Friday evening with the United Pump & Tank sponsored Modifieds, Healey Brothers Group Sportsman, Arkel Motors Pure Stocks, WRWD Junior Slingshots, Want Ad Digest Outlaw Slingshots and the Ruge's Performance Northeast Wingless Sprint Cars. Much interest has centered around the new sprint car series as the division was introduced last year and has gained considerable attention for drivers who are seeking their entry into open wheel competition but doing so in an affordable fashion. Drivers who have won thus far are "The Young Outlaw" Jesse James Bartelson who was victorious on opening night and "The Layton Laser" Brody Adamsky who dominated the action on the secondweek of racing. With more cars being completed in some of the local shops, the new division will be stepping into new territory with each week of the season. Former Hamlin Speedway 600 Sprint Champion, "The Conductor" Bobby Butler has informed track management he will be making a visit to the speedway in the near future.
Five 4-Cylinder Enduro events remain in place at the speedway for 2016 with the next event taking place on May 20th with $2,000.00 going to the winner, $750.00 to second place and $500.00 to third place based on a fifty car minimum. Emmanuel's Marketplace is the sponsor for the six event series. The racing in the past has been wild and zany as the fireballers cowboy up when the green flag drops. George Zeininger has been at the head of the class for many of the Enduro events and captured the first event on April 22nd.
Racing is on tap every Friday night 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. The Palmer Family in keeping true to their racing fans will show no increase in admission at the gate with admission for Adults $14.00; Seniors $12.00 (65+); Children $3.00 (11+ under) Indoor Seating $20.00; Family four pack special: 2 Adults + 2 Children and $20.00 in Food Vouchers for $44.00 (a savings of $10.00). Special Shows will have an increase in admission prices.
For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Accord Speedway, log on to their very well documented website at:www.accordspeedway.com or call the speedway hotline at: 845 626 3478 or through email at: accordspeedway@yahoo.com or the speedway office at: 845 626 1142. At the Accord Speedway............................................
A TRAIL OF DIRT LEADS RIGHT TO OUR DOOR
TSRS Sprint Car News
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NAGY CAPITALIZES ON ALLEN’S MISFORTUNE TO WIN TSRS FEATURE AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY
BRIDGEPORT, NJ
Kevin Nagy, of Wind Gap, PA lucked out this past Saturday night at Bridgeport Speedway when race leader Chris Allen pulled off with three laps to go, allowing him to take his first win of the season. Nagy, who started back in sixth, hustled his way up to second by lap six, and was hoping to put on a show for the fans as he was working on catching Allen before he succumbed to engine issues.
“I was happy for me of course, to be able to be in the right place at the right time,” said Nagy. “But I was sort of bummed because I was catching him, and I would have liked to passed him fair and square. I think I would have maybe got him with a lap to go, but we will take it, especially after what happened last week at New Egypt when we basically lost the win due to a last lap caution that sent us back to second”.
Allen, who held a very strong lead over the rest of the field after taking the front running position from pole sitter Stefanie Palmai, unfortunately was forced to give it away because of late race engine problems.
“I don’t know what happened,” Allen revealed in disappointment. “With four laps to go, the motor just lost power, it was almost like we dropped a cylinder. It made no noise, so it’s gotta be something simple, hopefully small. Hopefully nothing too expensive.”
With Palmai and Allen starting on the front row, the field of twenty 305 sprinters took the first green flag at the South Jersey dirt oval of 2016, and before they reached the first turn, chaos erupted mid field when three cars tangled and flipped viciously upon arrival in turn one bringing out the red flag. Tim Tanner Jr. (18), Rick Stief (9s), and David Bonner (57) were all involved in the horrific wreck, but thankfully they all walked away uninjured. Unfortunately, their cars could not say the same as they suffered significant damage.
“I went to go in on the top side, because I figured that if everyone was going to go to the bottom, it was going to be just a ‘ride around fest’, and I was following Rick (Stief) going into the corner,” explained Tanner who started mid-pack in tenth. “I don’t know whether guys checked up in front of him, but he was kind of in the middle of the track, and he quickly came up into me. I wasn’t expecting him to do that so quickly and I hopped his right rear tire and off we went”.
In a second attempt to restart the feature event, another minor caution delayed the event once more on lap two.
Palmai and Allen would battle for the lead after the green flag waved, with Allen taking over first, but not without a short lived challenge from the 99 car of Palmai. Allen would ultimately maintain control over the top spot, strengthening it as the laps counted down on the infield scoreboard. The battle for second would occur behind the leader, between front runners Mike Haggenbottom, Kevin Nagy and Stefanie Palmai, using all lanes of the race track. Nagy would school both TSRS veterans on the topside in turns one and two on lap six, and he quickly was on his way to post a challenge for the leader.
Allen, who had reached lapped traffic at the halfway point, had no problem maneuvering between the slower cars ahead and he continued to dominate the race.
“Right when we hit lapped traffic, I really got nervous, because this track is not one of my favorite places to run,” mentioned Chris. “I’ve been lucky enough to run here well, but I was just hoping that I could keep my calm and do what I needed to do in order to win. So I settled down, and was able to stay smooth because I know from experience that you have to be smooth here to be fast here”.
With three laps to go, and with lapped traffic in toe, adding extra stress to the first few drivers, Chris Allen suddenly pulled off the track and into the infield, handing over the lead and the victory to Nagy. Mike Haggenbottom and inherit the runner up position, Stefanie Palmai would finish third, Eddie Wagner, who came all the way from twelfth came in fourth and Bryant Davis rounded out the top five.
“We were suppose to go up to Lincoln Speedway tonight to run our 410, but the weather looked funky out there so we opted to stay closer to home,” Nagy commented of his changed plans. “I love running with this class because it more on our team’s budget, and I like being able to play around with this unique mid-rail car I put together last winter. Also the competition is great and it’s just a lot of fun running with these guys!”
There were two heat races won by Chris Allen and Stefanie Palmai. The Thayer Performance “Burning Rubber” hard charger award went to two drivers, Kyle Purks and Scott Frack. They both were also the recipient of the Bruce’s Auto Body hard charger bonus of $25.
Hilborn Fuel Injection, the series sponsor for the TSRS Sprint Cars, announced this week that they were going to add a cash bonus to the top three finishers who run Hilborn Fuel Injection systems. The cars must have a “Hilborn Fuel Injection” contingency sticker on their wing, as well as one of Hilborn’s injections on the motor in order to receive the bonus. First place will receive $50, second place will have an added $35 and third place driver will be given $25 for their efforts.
TSRS will have the week off next weekend, but they will return the following Saturday Night on May 14th at New Egypt Speedway. For more info on what’s happening with the fast growing sprint car series in the nation, go to our website www.tsrs1.us or log on to our Facebook page!
FEATURE RESULTS (20 LAPS): Kevin Nagy, Michael Haggenbottom, Stefanie Palmai, Eddie Wagner, Bryant Davis, Bob Devault, Mark Bitner, Dave Brown, Kyle Purks (HC), Brendon Poff, Scott Frack DNF: Chris Allen, Joe Kay, Logan Diehl, Samantha Lieberman, Karl Fryer, Bobby Sandt Jr, Tim Tanner Jr., Rick Stief, David Bonner
FAST TIME : Mike Haggenbottom (20.003)
Thayer Performance “BURNING RUBBER BONUS” & Bruce's AUTO BODY HARD CHARGER AWARD: Kyle Purks & Scott Frack
