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Thunder on the Hill 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE---THANK YOU
July 1, 2014
CONTACT: BOB MILLER 443 513 4456
NAPA AUTO PARTS THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES
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NAPA AUTO PARTS THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES & PIONEER POLE BUILDINGS PRESENTS. . . . .
410 SPRINTS & ROC MODIFIEDS SPECTACULAR DOUBLE HEADER AT THUNDER ON THE HILL TUESDAY NIGHT, JULY 1 AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY
410 Sprints Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week Series 35 laps, $5,000 to win! & Race of Champions Modifieds 60 laps, $5,000 to win!
Date: Tuesday, July 1
Time: Gates open at 5 PM Race Time Set for 7:30 PM
Where: Grandview Speedway 43 Passmore Road Bechtelsville, PA 19505
Phone: Track 610-754-7688
Admission: Adults $25, Children 6-11 $10 5 and under Free $30 Pit Fee (no license required)
Things to know:
*Advance tickets may be reserved by calling 443 513 4456. Provide you name and number of tickets you will need. Tickets may be picked up and paid for at the track after 3:30 PM
*Advance ticket holders may enter the grandstand at 4:30 PM, one half hour before general admission tickets go on sale.
*General admission tickets go on sale at 5 PM
*Check out the ¼ midget display at the main gate
*Meet & Greet featuring Ryan Watt (modified) and Ryan Smith (410 sprint) 4:30 to 5:45 PM at the main gate.
*Pre-Race Pit Tours ( free) Please sign up at the front gate
*Inside/Out Promotion (free) Watch the warm-ups from inside turn four. Please sign up at the front gate
*Win a date with Miss Motorsports Cassi Pinder. You and 5 friends will get Thunder VIP treatment at the Thunder Series event July 29
*Top sprint drivers to include, Greg Hodnett, Brady Bacon, Lance Dewease, Brett Marks, Mark Smith, Brian Montieth, Alan Krimes,
*Top modified drivers to include, Duane Howard, Matt Sheppard, Craig VonDohren, Bobby Varin, Danny Johnson, Stewart Friesen, Keith Flach, MeMe DeSantis,
*Frisbee give aways
*Koosie give aways
*Free Thunder T-shirts
*Spa treatment certificates
*Fireworks on the parade laps
*Visit the pits after the races to meet your favorite drivers
Websites: www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com or www.grandviewspeedway.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @TOTHRacing
Thunder on the Hill fans are encouraged to engage on social media platforms using the hashtag #TOTHRacing before, after and during racing events. #TOTHRacing content will be promoted across the Thunder on the Hill official social media platforms on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thunderonthehill, Twitter: @TOTHRacing and Instagram: @TOTHRacing.
Pioneer Pole Buildings will be the sponsor for the night as the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series presents a huge sprint car and modified double-header. Additional event sponsors include MACH 1 Chassis, Window World of the Lehigh Valley and GALCO Business Communications. Pioneer Pole Buildings is the premier builder of post frame buildings in PA, NJ, DE, MD, WV, VA, and NY. Pioneer was founded in 1998, and has since built their business and quality reputation on providing customers with top quality buildings at very competitive prices. PPB place a high priority on creating a superior building experience for our customers, BEFORE... DURING... and AFTER construction.
Thunder fans anxious for pre-race action can sign up for free tours of the pit area, where selected drivers will be available to sign autographs, answer questions, and boast about their plans to conquer the famed 1/3-mile clay oval. Tours leave the grandstand area every 15 minutes with sign-ups available just inside the main entrance.
For fans looking for something a bit more exhilarating, there’s not a lot in life that can compare to watching a 410 Sprint Car blast past from just a few feet away. The Thunder on the Hill ‘Inside Out Experience’ gets fans inside the action – literally. Fans can sign-up free of charge to watch pre-race warm ups from inside turn four of the Grandview Speedway.
These unique opportunities lead to the co-main events: the 410 Sprint Cars and Race of Champions Big Block Modifieds will present a double header of exciting racing action. Time trials and qualifying races will set the lineup for the 35-lap 410 Sprint Car feature, while the Modifieds will draw for their qualifying race positions and compete in a 60-lap feature event.
All this coupled with games, prizes, contests, give-a-ways (and who can forget ‘Joe the Pizza Dude’ presenting full pies to lucky Thunder fans.) – will round out the evening. Fans are always encourage to visit the pits after the races for an up close meet and greet with their favorite drivers.
The Thunder on the Hill Racing Series has presented 111 events since 1990, paying out in excess of $3.7 million dollars at the Grandview Speedway located on Passmore Road in Bechtelsville, PA NAPA Auto Parts, the long standing Series Sponsor will have a picnic celebration at the first turn pavilion, with a large turnout of business partners and customers attending this event.
Trevor Alspach Wins the Garden State Classic at Wall Stadium
Posted by: | CommentsWALL TOWNSHIP, NJ- Trevor Alspach won the action-packed 54th annual Garden State Classic Modified feature at Wall Stadium Saturday night (June 28th).
Twenty-five cars answered the call for the 125-lap Garden State Classic Modified feature. Steven Reed was the fastest qualifier with a time of 12.276. The top ten qualifiers redrew for position. This put Christian LaCicero and Andrew Krause on the front row.
Krause took the early lead followed by C. LaCicero. Krause rather quickly opened up a lead c. LaCicero. On lap 10 T. Alspach went under C. LaCicero for second place. C. LaCicero was quickly freight trained and slid back many positions. Krause and T. Alspach then battled nose to tail for position until caution on lap 19 when C. LaCicero slowed to a stop in turns one and two.
On the restart Krause resumed the lead as T. Alspach and Steven Reed raced door to door for the lead. Jason Hearne got the upper hand and took second. Two laps later the caution came out for a single car incident.
On the restart Mauriello jumped the start and the field was called back for a second attempt at the restart. Krause surged to the lead once more followed closely by Mauriello and T. Alspach. A rash of cautions slowed the race but each time Krause held off Mauriello to maintain the lead with T. Alspach close behind them in third place. On lap 64, the red flag came out when Renee Dupuis wiggled coming out of turn four and made hard contact with the frontstretch wall. She walked away apparently okay.
Once more Krause and Mauriello dueled door to door for the lead on the restart with Krause gaining the upper hand once more. This time Reed was challenging Mauriello for second place. The three pulled away from the field and raced nose to tail for position.
On lap 77, the caution came out for a single car spin. Although the lap times for the leaders had fallen off, the three leaders had yet to pit. On the restart Krause resumed the lead with Reed in second place and Mauriello close behind him.
The second red flag came out on lap 80 when several cars in the rear of the pack made contact in turns three and four. When the dust settled, half a dozen cars were involved. One of the drivers involved was defending champion Chas Okerson who had just finished pitting. His car came to a rest on top of Christian LaCicero. All the drivers involved were okay. Still the first and second place cars didn’t pit for new tires.
On the first attempt at restart, the pack stacked up coming through turn two. Third place Mauriello was the unlucky driver in that mix and spun.
Zack Alspach, who had started in the rear of the pack, had worked his way quietly through the field into third place.
On the next attempt at restart, Krause and Reed dueled door to door for the lead for a lap and a half until Krause edged his way into the lead with Reed in second, Hearne in third and Sesely in fourth place.
On lap 88 Hearne made an impressive dive inside of Reed to take second place. Later in that lap, Z. Alspach slid to a stop in turn one bringing out the caution once more. When the pits opened, second place Reed pitted for tires but leader Krause did not.
On lap 92 Krause and Hearne restarted on the front row. As they came down the take the green, the cars in third through fifth positions bounced off each other. Suddenly the front stretch was filled with spinning cars bringing out the red flag. Only Krause and Sesely appeared to have escaped the carnage unscathed. For several top contenders, their day was over.
After the cleanup, the race was restarted. As they came to the green several cars made contact coming to the green as the leaders bounced off each other. After watching numerous replays from several camera angles, the race control officials made a call. They ruled that fourth place Zeiner pushed Sesely coming through turn four causing Sesely to turn sideways into Krause, causing heavy front end damage to Krause. Since Krause was unable to continue, Zeiner was parked.
On the restart Sesely took the lead with the Alspach brothers Trevor and Zack Alspach close behind challenging for the lead. By lap 103, four cars were nose to tail fighting for the lead as Reed had caught the rear bumper of third place Z. Alspach.
As the laps wound down, Sesely, the two-time champion of this race did his best to hold off the strong advances of T. Alspach. Reed passed Z. Alspach on lap 106 to take third place. On lap T. Alspach found the opening that he was waiting for and made an inside pass on Sesely to take the lead. At the same time, his brother Z. Alspach got squirrely on lap 110 and drop from third place and out of contention.
T. Alspach began to open up a small gap on Reed, behind him Sesely and Okerson battled nose to tail for third and fourth place. The final caution waved with just nine laps to go. T. Alspach took the lead once more and opened up a gap on the rest of the pack. Reed and Okerson raced nose to tail as they battled for second place. This was a remarkable comeback considering Okerson had been involved in one of the earlier red flag incidents in the race and had ended up on top of another car.
T. Alspach went on to take the checkered flag followed by Reed, Okerson, Sesely and Shaun Carrig rounding out the top five.
In victory lane T. Alspach said “It (the race) felt like a marathon. I’m glad I won it. My neck is so sore I can hardly move it. Once I got out front I was resting my head on the side of the seat. I knew I had a real good car, but after being involved in so much out there I didn’t think I had a chance to win. I want to thank Rob Ormsbee, my brother, Tom Martino for the motor and everyone who works on this car. We made a lot of stops tonight and they worked very hard to get me back out on the track and in contention.”
Robert Sutphin won a hard-fought victory over Ken Matlach in the 30-lap Sportsman feature. Heat winner Matt Langbein had the early lead followed by Sutphin and Davison. Sutphin looked low under Langbein several times but was unable to find an opening to make a challenge for the lead until the caution came out on lap nine for the spun car of Chris Lane. On the restart Sutphin surged to the lead past Langbein. A caution two laps later by another spinning car set the complexion for the rest of the race. On the restart Matlach moved into second place on the restart and began to challenge Sutphin repeatedly for the lead spot. Matlach looked inside time and again, sometimes racing door to door with Sutphin with Sutphin keeping a narrow lead. As the race came down to the five to go, a single car spin brought out the caution and set the stage for a five lap shootout. Sutphin and Matlach raced side by side for the lead. On lap 27 both wiggled coming through turns three and four but they regained control of their cars. Sutphin held onto the lead and went on to take the win over Matlach.
In victory lane Sutphin said, “Wow, This is tough competition, this motor is three years old and we were giving it all we got.” This victory was especially sweet for Sutphin after his axel woes of two weeks ago. Tim Stephens loaned Sutphin his #52 car when the #50 was sidelined by those axel woes. This week the #50 was back in victory lane.
Randy Hart won his first career 4 Cylinder feature from a tenth place starting spot. Ron Becker had the early lead. On lap 20 Alonzo Morales and Becker became locked in an exciting battle for the lead as Morales looked inside and outside for a chance to take the lead. Three laps later both spun after making contact. On the restart Hart took the lead and went on to take the checkered flag.
Fan favorite Mike “The Rooster” Tillett took the 25-lap Limited Late Model feature. He held off Brian Doyle and Bill Vanderveen to take the win.
Finishing order-
Modified-Trevor Alspach, Chas Okerson, Anthony Sesely, Shaun Carrig, Shawna Ingraham, Zack Alspach, Richie Cooper, Jason Hearne, Scott Brannick, Derek Hopkinson, Chris Lane, Chris Reynolds, Andrew Krause, Zane Zeiner, Jonathan Mandato, Eric Mauriello, Chad Churilla, Adam LaCicero, Jason Treat, Christian LaCicero, Renee Dupuis, Ryan Cottrell, Glenn Slocum, Kevin Davison
Sportsman Feature-Robert Sutphin, Ken Matlach, Kenny Van Wickle, Andrew Krause, Kevin Davison, Chris Lane, Matt Langbein, Larry Ericson, Jason Caruso, Jeff Lane, Ron Lane Jr, Joe Cocca, Robert Silver
4 Cylinder- Randy Hart, Alonzo Morales, Ron Becker, Mike Wahl, Cole Ormsbee, Rich Massaro, Travis Sutphin, Corey Stockert, James Meyers
Limited Late Model- Mike Tillett, Brian Doyle, Bill Vanderveen, John Vullo, Kyle Lochrow, Michelle Moorman, Glen Conk, John Parker, Ronnie Mullin
Blaney wraps up Ohio Sprint Speedweek title with $10,000 Fremont payday
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UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Contact: Brian Liskai
Liskai2x@roadrunner.com
FREMONT, Ohio – Coming into the 32nd Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek Dale Blaney had only one University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions win, that coming in April. Now he wishes every week could be speedweek.
“The Low Rider” took the lead from James McFadden on lap 42 and drove to his fourth win of speedweek and a $10,000 payday at Fremont Speedway on Ludwig Propane Night. Blaney NEVER finished out of the top two in the six speedweek events (3 nights were lost to rain). He now has 104 career All Star victories. It was his third win of the season at Fremont and he now has 22 career victories at “The Track That Action Built,” 16 of which are All Star wins.
For Blaney, the week was worth around $30,000 in earnings. He and car owner Tony Kennedy agreed to donate $1,500 to the Kick-It Foundation to help combat childhood cancer. Fremont Speedway has a goal to raise at least $50,000 by September for the foundation.
For Blaney, he becomes the first five time Ohio Sprint Speedweek champion (also in 1995, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2014) and took a huge step in becoming the first five time UNOH All Star national champion.
“We should have speedweek every week. I love coming to all these Ohio tracks…they’ve been really great to me and the fans have really been great to me and I appreciate it more than you know. My guys are awesome. George (Fisher, crew chief) is unbelievable right now. We’re working so good together and Tony has put together a great team and I’m the lucky guy who gets to drive this thing,” said Blaney of his Kennedy Cattle/Ti22 Performance/GF1 Chassis/Penske Shocks backed #14K.
“Every time I would get a run on him (McFadden) the caution would come out. I thought for sure he’d move up a little bit but it worked out. What we earned this week will pay for a year in college for my daughter I guess,” joked Blaney. “I’m very, very happy. Those guys (the crew) have earned it. Tony’s risked a lot and we’re doing pretty well right now. I hope we can keep it rolling. We have a lot of big races coming up…the Doty, the Royal. We’re looking forward to the next race but we have a big opportunity to do some good here.”
“Nobody’s won five Ohio Sprint Speedweek titles…that’s another notch to be up there with the likes of Frankie Kerr. I’m proud of the All Stars and teams and Rich Farmer has done a fantastic job with Fremont,” added Blaney.
For Australian driver James McFadden, who up until a month ago had never laid eyes on Fremont Speedway, his second place finish was a bit of a disappointment after having lead the first 41 laps. However, in three appearances at Fremont he has a fourth, a $10,000 win and a second place finish at “The Track That Action Built.”
“Dale Blaney is pretty much the master around this joint. This is the second time he’s gotten around us with 10 to go. I’m disappointed in myself. I screwed up and hit the tires there and that was the race right there. I feel bad for the boys…they give me a great car and I just stepped on it,” said McFadden beside his Tim Norman/Joe Gaerte owned machine. “We’ve got great car speed…I just can’t finish it off.”
“I’ll go back to the drawing board to see what I can do different to beat that 14 car. It’s awesome to race with him…he’s probably my favorite driver and he also clean to race with. It’s cool to see another Australian up here (Jamie Veal finished third). It proves how good our racing is back home and hopefully some of these fans can come over and visit us,” added McFadden beside his Gaerte Engines/XYZ Machining/Red Line Oil/Hoosier Tires/All Star Performance backed machine.
Veal had a coming out party for the Ohio crowd during speedweek, adding another podium finish.
“I feel good to finish third especially against James and Dale Blaney, two of the best sprint car drivers in the world to race against. It was a pretty good week and I hope to keep it rolling over the next few weeks with the big races coming up,” said Veal beside his SWI Engineering #35AU.
On Thursday John Ivy crashed his 305 sprint car and the crew had to spend the previous day thrashing to get a car ready for Saturday. The Fremont, Ohio driver rewarded the effort by holding off a hard-charging Bobby Clark to earn his first win of the season in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints. For Ivy, the track’s defending division champion, it is his 46th career Fremont win and he is sixth on the track’s all-time win list.
“I was wondering what to do there with about five to go. I didn’t know whether I should stay here (on the bottom) or move up a little bit so I just let it roll up there a little bit. I think the tire started to seal up there at the end,” said Ivy beside his Fremont Fence/B&L Heating and Plumbing/Little Bar on the Prairie/Sonny’s Machining and Welding/Big D’s Pizza/Kistler Engines/Nagy Equipment Sales/Willey’s Towing/Kear’s Speed Shop backed machine.
“I didn’t think we’d ever get here. I saw that caution come out there on lap 18 and I was saying to myself ‘I’ve been here before and I hope it doesn’t end up the same way.’ I have to thank Joey and my brother and big Kenny and everybody on this car. Those guys busted their busts yesterday to get this back together,” said Ivy in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.
Not to be outdone by the exciting feature finishes, the AAA Ohio Auto Club Dirt Trucks put on a whale of a show. Shawn Valenti, who has eight wins at Fremont this season, and the track’s all-time winningest driver, Art Ball, had the fans on their feet the final four laps as they raced door to door. When the checkered flew, it was 75-year-old Ball in the Engine Pro Victory Lane for the second time this season and for the 76th time of his career at Fremont Speedway.
“Honestly that was a whole lot of fun,” said a very happy Ball beside his Chaney Roofing/Distel’s Septic Service/Harley and Bev Lee/Ritzler Accounting/Faber Sub-Contracting/Lash Family Racing/Handy Graphix/TA Custom Cabinetry/Pierce Engineering backed truck.
It was a restart with five laps to go when Ball went for the lead.
“He (Valenti) wanted the top and I wanted the bottom and it worked. He always races clean and that’s what I like about Shawn. I have one more win than my age now and that means I can come back and not lose one if I don’t win a feature next year,” added Ball with a grin from ear to ear.
McFadden and Danny Holtgraver brought the field of 24 to green for the 50-lap All Star feature. The race would stay green through the first 35 laps.
McFadden took the lead over Holtgraver, Rob Chaney, Caleb Griffith, Brian Lay and Veal. Griffith would drive into third on lap two and around Holtgraver for second a lap later. With five laps in McFadden had a comfortable lead over Griffith, Holtgraver, Veal, Chaney, Lay, Chad Kemenah and 9th starter Blaney.
As the leaders prepared to encounter heavy lapped traffic that was racing side by side by lap 15, Griffith closed on McFadden with Veal, Holtgraver, Chaney and Blaney in tow. McFadden picked his way through the lapped cars with Griffith and Veal locked in a great battle for second. Veal would take the runner-up spot on lap 19 but Griffith stayed close as the two battled back and forth over the next 8 laps.
At the half-way point McFadden was unchallenged for the lead while Veal and Griffith continued to battle for second while Chaney was fighting with Blaney for fourth. Blaney, utilizing the bottom groove, would move into fourth on lap 26 and closed on Griffith two laps later, taking third on lap 29.
With 15 laps to go McFadden, Veal and Blaney were locked in a tremendous race for the lead as they sliced through traffic. Max Stambaugh would stop on the back stretch on lap 36 to bring out the first caution. The restart order was McFadden, Veal, Blaney, Griffith and Chaney. When the green flew McFadden got an excellent restart with Blaney driving under Veal for second. But, Lee Jacobs would spin to necessitate another restart. After another lap was completed Brian Smith would spin. A lap and another caution when Byron Reed stopped on the track.
So, with 10 laps to go, the restart order was McFadden, Blaney, Chaney (who had moved into third on the previous restart), Veal, Griffith, Holtgraver and D.J. Foos who had worked his way up from the 17th starting spot. Again McFadden would get a tremendous restart over Blaney. But, on lap 42 McFadden would make a small bobble in turns three and four and Blaney pounced, shooting to his outside to drive into the lead.
Blaney could not shake McFadden as Veal and Chaney battled for third with Holtgraver, Griffith and Foos in tow. With three laps to go McFadden closed on Blaney but the Low Rider was able to fend off the challenge to take the win. Behind Blaney, McFadden and Veal at the finish were Chaney, Griffith, Foos, Holtgraver, Kemenah, Lay and Derek Hagar.
In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature Ivy and Thursday night’s winner Paul Weaver brought the field to green with Ivy gaining the advantage over Weaver, Clark, Jimmy Colvin, Dustin Dinan and Josh Harrison. Brandon Moore would bring the caution out after one lap was recorded.
On the restart Ivy pulled away from Weaver who had his hands full with Clark while Colvin, Dinan, Harrison, Jason Keckler, Nate Dussel and Alvin Roepke put on a show for fourth. The running order didn’t change much until the leaders caught the back of the pack by lap 10 but Kyle Peters would spin to give everyone a clear track.
The restart order was Ivy, Weaver, Clark, Colvin, Dinan, Dussel, Roepke, Harrison, Jordan Ryan, Keckler and Seth Schneider. When the green flew so did Ivy. With nine laps to go Ivy led Weaver and Clark with the battle for fourth going on between Colvin, Dinan, Dussel and Roepke.
Just as Clark passed Weaver for second, Peters would spin again, giving everyone a shot at Ivy. When the green flew Clark drove to Ivy’s outside with Weaver, Dinan, Roepke and Ryan in pursuit. With three laps to go Ivy and Clark were side by side. Coming to the white flag Ivy drifted up to block Clark’s advance as they exited turn four and that caused Clark to get a bad entry to turn one on the final lap.
Ivy would drive to the win over Clark, Weaver, Dinan and Ryan.
Matt Foos and Valenti brought the field to green for the 20-lap AAA Ohio Auto Club Dirt Truck feature and right away the crowd new they were in for a thriller as Foos, Valenti, Cory Ward and Ball raced side by side and nose to tail for the lead. However, after a lap was completed Andrew Lutman stopped on the track for a caution.
When the green flew the quartet of Foos, Valenti, Ward and Ball continued their battle. After Foos led by a bumper the first three laps, Valenti would slip by and begin to pull away as Foos, Ward and Ball continued to battle for second. Ball would finally take the second spot on lap 14 as they raced into lapped traffic.
Kent Brewer would stop in turn one on lap 15 to set up a fantastic finish. The restart order was Valenti, Ball, Foos, Ward, Jimmy McGrath Jr., Brad Keckler and Jim McGrath Sr. When the green flew Valenti went to the top with Ball racing to his inside. The pair raced door to door over the next three laps.
As they raced to the white flag Ball drove under Valenti to lead by a bumper with Ward getting around Foos. Valenti would bobble ever so slightly in turn two on the final lap, giving Ball an advantage. However, as they raced into the final two corners, Valenti regained his momentum and it was a drag race to the checkers. Ball would win by less than half a truck length over Valenti with Ward, McGrath Jr. and Foos rounding out the top five.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, July 5 on Miller Rigging Night. It will be a Classic Car Cruise-In Night as well with fans encouraged to bring their classic cars out to put on display. It will be a Kistler Racing Products FAST (Fremont Attica Sprint Title) Championship Series event for the 410 sprints which will reward the champion with a $10,000 payday at the end of the season. The 305 sprints and dirt trucks will also be in action.
For more information go to www.fremontohspeedway.com or www.fastondirt.com
Fremont Speedway - 6/28/2014
Ludwig Propane Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints (44 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 3G-James McFadden, 12.940; 2. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 12.964; 3. 45L-Brian Lay, 13.037; 4. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.057; 5. 40DD-Caleb Griffith, 13.065; 6. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.067; 7. 9X-Rob Chaney, 13.072; 8. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 13.080; 9. 10H-Danny Holtgraver, 13.080; 10. 35AU-Jamie Veal, 13.119; 11. 63-Chad Kemenah, 13.160; 12. 70-Derek Hagar, 13.162; 13. 60K-Jody Keegan, 13.170; 14. 14K-Dale Blaney, 13.174; 15. 83M-Broc Martin, 13.195; 16. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.209; 17. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.212; 18. 6M-Max Stambaugh, 13.256; 19. 11F-D.J. Foos, 13.316; 20. 45-Tim Shaffer, 13.362; 21. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.363; 22. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.401; 23. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.431; 24. 81-Lee Jacobs, 13.443; 25. 57X-Andrew Palker, 13.471; 26. 71AU-Ryan Davis, 13.509; 27. 83-Stevie Smith, 13.550; 28. 97-Bryan Sebetto, 13.556; 29. 19P-Paige Polyak, 13.615; 30. 78-Todd Kane, 13.627; 31. 24H-Brandon Wimmer, 13.667; 32. 53-Cap Henry, 13.727; 33. 16-Chris Andrews, 13.797; 34. 2+-Brian Smith, 13.806; 35. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.844; 36. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.844; 37. 40I-Mark Imler, 13.983; 38. 44W-Austin Wheatley, 13.989; 39. 9-Dean Jacobs, 14.013; 40. O7X-Dain Naida, 14.031; 41. 22B-Ryan Broughton, 14.411; 42. 83X-Nate Reeser, 14.423; 43. 9W-Jac Haudenschild, 14.584; 44. 39M-Matt Merrill, 16.360
Heat 1 – Kear’s Speed Shop (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 10H-Danny Holtgraver[4] ; 2. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[5] ; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[2] ; 4. 16-Chris Andrews[9] ; 5. 3G-James McFadden[6] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[1] ; 7. 57X-Andrew Palker[7] ; 8. 22B-Ryan Broughton[11] ; 9. 40I-Mark Imler[10] ; 10. 19P-Paige Polyak[8] ; 11. 60K-Jody Keegan[3]
Heat 2 – All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 35AU-Jamie Veal[4] ; 2. 6M-Max Stambaugh[2] ; 3. 14K-Dale Blaney[3] ; 4. W20-Greg Wilson[1] ; 5. 2+-Brian Smith[9] ; 6. 11N-Randy Hannagan[6] ; 7. 14H-Todd Heller[5] ; 8. 44W-Austin Wheatley[10] ; 9. 83X-Nate Reeser[11] ; 10. 71AU-Ryan Davis[7] ; 11. 78-Todd Kane[8]
Heat 3 – Dragon Race Fuels (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 2-Shane Stewart[1] ; 2. 45L-Brian Lay[6] ; 3. 11F-D.J. Foos[2] ; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney[5] ; 5. 63-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 6. 83M-Broc Martin[3] ; 7. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[8] ; 8. 9W-Jac Haudenschild[11] ; 9. 83-Stevie Smith[7] ; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker[9] ; 11. 9-Dean Jacobs[10]
Heat 4 – Kinsler Fuel Injection (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 45-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 2. 22-Cole Duncan[3] ; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs[1] ; 4. 70-Derek Hagar[4] ; 5. 97-Bryan Sebetto[7] ; 6. 53-Cap Henry[8] ; 7. 1ST-Gary Taylor[5] ; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[9] ; 9. 5T-Travis Philo[6] ; 10. O7X-Dain Naida[10] ; 11. 39M-Matt Merrill[11]
Dash – Howard Johnsons of Lima (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature
1. 3G-James McFadden[3] ; 2. 10H-Danny Holtgraver[5] ; 3. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[1] ; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney[4] ; 5. 35AU-Jamie Veal[2] ; 6. 45L-Brian Lay[6]
B-Main – MSD Ignitions (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 11N-Randy Hannagan[1] ; 2. 14H-Todd Heller[3] ; 3. 1ST-Gary Taylor[4] ; 4. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 5. 57X-Andrew Palker[8] ; 6. 83M-Broc Martin[6] ; 7. 83-Stevie Smith[10] ; 8. 9-Dean Jacobs[19] ; 9. 53-Cap Henry[14] ; 10. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[16] ; 11. 46AU-Stuart Williams[7] ; 12. 35-Stuart Brubaker[15] ; 13. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[13] ; 14. 40I-Mark Imler[17] ; 15. 22B-Ryan Broughton[21] ; 16. 9W-Jac Haudenschild[23] ; 17. 83X-Nate Reeser[22] ; 18. 71AU-Ryan Davis[9] ; 19. 39M-Matt Merrill[24] ; 20. 44W-Austin Wheatley[18] ; 21. 78-Todd Kane[12] ; 22. 19P-Paige Polyak[11]
A-Main - UNOH (50 Laps)
1. 14K-Dale Blaney[9]; 2. 3G-James McFadden[1]; 3. 35AU-Jamie Veal[5]; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney[4]; 5. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[3]; 6. 11F-D.J. Foos[17]; 7. 10H-Danny Holtgraver[2]; 8. 63-Chad Kemenah[7]; 9. 45L-Brian Lay[6]; 10. 70-Derek Hagar[8]; 11. 22-Cole Duncan[10]; 12. 11N-Randy Hannagan[11]; 13. W20-Greg Wilson[19]; 14. 14H-Todd Heller[13]; 15. 5T-Travis Philo[12]; 16. 81-Lee Jacobs[21]; 17. 1ST-Gary Taylor[14]; 18. 2+-Brian Smith[24]; 19. 45-Tim Shaffer[18]; 20. 5R-Byron Reed[15]; 21. 16-Chris Andrews[23]; 22. 97-Bryan Sebetto[22]; 23. 6M-Max Stambaugh[16]; 24. 2-Shane Stewart[20]
Hard Charger: 11F-D.J. Foos[+11]
Fremont Federal Credit Untion 305 Sprints (24 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 - American Power Sports (8 Laps - Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[7] ; 2. 8I-John Ivy[5] ; 3. 10S-Roger Shammo[2] ; 4. 10-Josh Harrison[6] ; 5. 36-Seth Schneider[3] ; 6. 12-Kyle Capodice[8] ; 7. O2-Kevin Lee[4] ; 8. 32-Ryan French[1]
Heat 2 - Kistler Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 25-Jason Keckler[1] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[3] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[2] ; 4. 6-Dustin Dinan[4] ; 5. 7A-Alvin Roepke[6] ; 6. 8M-T.J Michael[7] ; 7. 11G-Luke Griffith[8] ; 8. 29P-Mark Pinski[5]
Heat 3 - Hoosier Racing Tires (8 Laps - Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 9-Jimmy Colvin[1] ; 2. 8-Bobby Clark[2] ; 3. 3J-Trey Jacobs[4] ; 4. 7M-Brandon Moore[3] ; 5. 5R-Jordan Ryan[7] ; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn[5] ; 7. 22M-Dan McCarron[6] ; 8. 1X-KylePeters[8]
A-Main - (25 Laps)
1. 8I-John Ivy[1]; 2. 8-Bobby Clark[3]; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[2]; 4. 6-Dustin Dinan[7]; 5. 5R-Jordan Ryan[15]; 6. 7A-Alvin Roepke[14]; 7. 1-Nate Dussel[11]; 8. 9-Jimmy Colvin[4]; 9. 25-Jason Keckler[9]; 10. 10-Josh Harrison[6]; 11. 36-Seth Schneider[13]; 12. 12-Kyle Capodice[16]; 13. 68G-Tyler Gunn[18]; 14. O2-Kevin Lee[19]; 15. 22M-Dan McCarron[21]; 16. 11G-Luke Griffith[20]; 17. 8M-T.J Michael[17]; 18. 32-Ryan French[22]; 19. 7M-Brandon Moore[8]; 20. 10S-Roger Shammo[12]; 21. 29P-Mark Pinski[23]; 22. 1X-KylePeters[24]; 23. 3J-Trey Jacobs[10]; 24. 19R-Steve Rando[5]
Hard Charger: 5R-Jordan Ryan[+10]
AAA Auto Club Dirt Trucks (20 Trucks)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 - American Power Sports (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[2] ; 2. 36M-Cory McCaughey[1] ; 3. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[9] ; 4. 18W-Cory Ward[4] ; 5. O-Jim Keegan[7] ; 6. 4S-Keith Sorg[5] ; 7. 85S-Bradley Stuckey[10] ; 8. 8KB-Kent Brewer[6] ; 9. 18R-Duffy Rubel[3] ; 10. 79-Andrew Lutman[8]
Heat 2 - Kistler Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 2-Matt Foos[2] ; 2. 3X-Brad Keckler[1] ; 3. O1-Art Ball[9] ; 4. 37-Eric Devanna[4] ; 5. 5-Jim McGrath[3] ; 6. D1-Dustin Keegan[7] ; 7. 7-Dana Frey[8] ; 8. 33-Jeff Ward[10] ; 9. 22-Brandon Leighton[6] ; 10. 3-Andy Earnhart[5]
A-Main - (20 Laps)
1. O1-Art Ball[3]; 2. 7B-Shawn Valenti[2]; 3. 18W-Cory Ward[4]; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[6]; 5. 2-Matt Foos[1]; 6. 3X-Brad Keckler[8]; 7. 33-Jeff Ward[16]; 8. 5-Jim McGrath[7]; 9. 4S-Keith Sorg[9]; 10. 7-Dana Frey[14]; 11. D1-Dustin Keegan[12]; 12. 22-Brandon Leighton[18]; 13. 85S-Bradley Stuckey[11]; 14. 3-Andy Earnhart[19]; 15. 8KB-Kent Brewer[13]; 16. 37-Eric Devanna[10]; 17. 18R-Duffy Rubel[15]; 18. 36M-Cory McCaughey[20]; 19. O-Jim Keegan[5]; 20. 79-Andrew Lutman[17]
Hard Charger: 33-Jeff Ward[+9]
©2014 - Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH
Blaney on a hot streak, wins third Ohio Speedweek show
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Saturday, June 28, 2014
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LIMA, Ohio (Friday, June 27, 2014) – Dale Blaney won his 100th career University of All Star Circuit of Champions feature in April. He was held winless until the 32nd Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek. On Friday “The Low Rider” recorded his third win out of the five speedweek events including Friday’s stop at Limaland Motorsports Park.
Blaney inherited the lead when Jamie Veal smacked the front stretch wall on lap 27 and went on to record his 103rd career UNOH All Star victory. It was Blaney’s fourth series win of 2014 and he now has five All Star wins at Limaland.
“We had a good car. It didn’t take off the best but I knew we were going to have a good car by 40 laps. We kind of picked our way and I saw where they were running and the car got better and better. I can’t say enough about Tony (Kennedy, car owner). He’s put together a great team and we’re having some fun. George (Fisher, crew chief) is focused as I’ve ever seen him,” said Blaney beside his Kennedy Cattle/Ti22 Performance/GF1 Chassis/Penske Shocks/Tom’s Sewer and Septic Service backed machine.
“I’ve made so many laps around here and I know the track’s going to move. I knew when I had to get up on the track and to the middle. The guys give me a great car and it’s second nature for me to go do those spots,” added Blaney.
Greg Wilson, who started in the fourth row next to Blaney, would close on Blaney late in traffic, but had to settle for second.
“We fell back there early but man we had a bad fast race car there at the end. Dale and George and the Kennedy team…they’re a team to beat anywhere in the country. To run second to them…it sucks but we had a car that could run with them tonight and I’m proud of that for our team,” said Wilson beside his Hercules Tire/All Star Plumbing and Heating/Ohio Logistics/DNC Hydraulics backed #W20. “But damn I wanted to win that thing.”
“But, as long as we good here in a couple of weeks at the Doty (Brad Doty Classic on July 9)…we want to win that race. That’s pretty important to us. I want to really thank all the fans for coming out here and paying the prices to come and watch us race. I’m a blessed man to get to do this with my girls and my wife and it’s damn good to be standing on the front stretch,” added Wilson.
Byron Reed would finish third and considering how up and down his year has been, this may be the shot in the arm his team needed.
“This feels good. I’ve been doing this a lot of years and it can be very humbling. Sometimes I wonder if I know what I’m doing any more. But I know now we can still do this and I just need to get the confidence up,” said Reed of his Crown Battery/Kistler Engines backed machine. “We got beat by two better cars but they weren’t a lot better. We’re getting there. Hopefully we can build on this.”
Friday’s Ohio Sprint Speedweek visit was the 29th appearance at Limaland for the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions. The field of 45 cars was narrowed to the 24-car starting field for the 40-lap feature with Duane Zablocki and Stevie Smith comprising the front row.
When the green flew Zablocki would jump to the lead over Smith, Jamie Veal, Rob Chaney, Travis Philo, Reed and Blaney. Veal would grab second on lap 2 and immediately pressured Zablocki for the top spot. Veal would slide in front of Zablocki on lap five before the caution flew for Paul May.
On the ensuing restart Veal led Zablocki, Chaney, Reed, Philo, Smith and Blaney. After a lap was completed Ronnie Blair would stop with suspension damage. On the restart Sheldon Haudenschild and Derek Hagar would get together for another caution. When the green flew so did Veal as he pulled away from a tremendous battle for second between Zablocki, Reed, Chaney and Philo with Blaney staying close. Reed would take second on lap 10 with Chaney and Philo also getting around Zablocki.
Blaney would move into fifth by lap 11 with Veal pulling away from Reed with Chaney and Philo having a great battle for third. Philo would gain the position on lap 14.
By lap 15 the leaders were approaching heavy lapped traffic and Reed closed quickly on Veal with Philo third and Blaney in fourth. At the half-way point lapped cars were really coming into play with Veal leading Reed, Philo, Blaney, James McFadden, Wilson, Chaney and Smith.
Before Reed could try to get to Veal, Philo would challenge him for second and with 15 laps to go it was a tremendous three car battle for second with Blaney joining in. McFadden and Wilson would also close on the leaders. Blaney would drive by Phil for third on lap 26 and ran beside Reed for second. As the leaders came off turn four to complete lap 27 Veal bounced off the outside retaining wall as Blaney shot below to steal the lead.
Veal would stop on the front stretch, ending his great run. The restart order was Blaney, Reed, Philo, McFadden, Wilson, Chaney and Smith. When the green flew so did Blaney as Reed tried to stay close. Meanwhile Philo had his hands full with McFadden and Wilson as the trio traded sliders. Wilson would move into third with 10 laps to go.
Reed slowly ate into Blaney’s lead as Wilson also closed and with four laps to go Wilson ducked under Reed to take second. Wilson closed to within two car lengths of Blaney but ran out of time as “The Low Rider” drive to the win. Behind Blaney, Wilson and Reed were Philo and McFadden to round out the top five.
In the five Ohio Sprint Speedweek events, Blaney has not finished outside of the top two as he looks to wrap up his fifth speedweek title at the finale at Fremont Saturday. Blaney’s three Ohio Speedweek wins also puts him in a very good position to become the first ever five time UNOH All Star national champion.
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Limaland Motorsports Park - 6/27/2014
UNOH Night
All Star Circuit of Champions (45 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Qualifying - Kistler Engines
1. 9X-Rob Chaney, 11.569; 2. 83-Stevie Smith, 11.715; 3. 35R-Ronnie Blair, 11.799; 4. 16-Danny Maumaw, 11.996; 5. 71MX-Paul May, 12.017; 6. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.029; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.031; 8. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.066; 9. 35AU-Jamie Veal, 12.074; 10. 67-Christopher Bell, 12.116; 11. 14K-Dale Blaney, 12.185; 12. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.204; 13. 3G-James McFadden, 12.214; 14. 40I-Mark Imler, 12.234; 15. 57X-Andrew Palker, 12.287; 16. 9-Dean Jacobs, 12.314; 17. 6M-Max Stambaugh, 12.318; 18. 70-Derek Hagar, 12.322; 19. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 12.330; 20. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.331; 21. 10H-Danny Holtgraver, 12.353; 22. 63-Chad Kemenah, 12.368; 23. 45-Tim Shaffer, 12.374; 24. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 12.394; 25. 24H-Brandon Wimmer, 12.441; 26. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr., 12.688; 27. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.731; 28. 9W-Jac Haudenschild, 12.765; 29. 44W-Austin Wheatley, 12.820; 30. 55F-Taylor Ferns, 12.852; 31. 97-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 12.885; 32. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.981; 33. 78-Todd Kane, 12.987; 34. 81-Lee Jacobs, 13.004; 35. 28H-Hud Horton, 13.048; 36. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 13.087; 37. 5-Dave Glennon, 13.109; 38. 15-Brandon Ferguson, 13.291; 39. 96AU-Bruce White, 13.292; 40. 59-Bryan Nuckles, 13.303; 41. 38-Dennis Wagner, 13.360; 42. 41K-Cole Ketchem, 13.384; 43. 19P-Paige Polyak, 99.991; 44. 53-Cap Henry, 99.992; 45. 71AU-Ryan Davis, 99.993
Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 6M-Max Stambaugh[2] ; 2. 10H-Danny Holtgraver[1] ; 3. 3G-James McFadden[3] ; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney[6] ; 5. 35AU-Jamie Veal[4] ; 6. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[7] ; 7. 71MX-Paul May[5] ; 8. 78-Todd Kane[9] ; 9. 44W-Austin Wheatley[8] ; 10. 71AU-Ryan Davis[12] ; 11. 5-Dave Glennon[10] ; 12. 38-Dennis Wagner[11]
Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 70-Derek Hagar[2] ; 2. 5T-Travis Philo[5] ; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs[9] ; 4. 83-Stevie Smith[6] ; 5. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr.[7] ; 6. 55F-Taylor Ferns[8] ; 7. 40I-Mark Imler[3] ; 8. 15-Brandon Ferguson[10] ; 9. 41K-Cole Ketchem[11] ; 10. 63-Chad Kemenah[1] ; 11. 67-Christopher Bell[4]
Heat 3 - Dragon Racing Fuels (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 45-Tim Shaffer[1] ; 2. 14K-Dale Blaney[4] ; 3. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild[7] ; 4. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[5] ; 5. 57X-Andrew Palker[3] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[2] ; 7. 35R-Ronnie Blair[6] ; 8. 28H-Hud Horton[9] ; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak[11] ; 10. 96AU-Bruce White[10]
Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 2-Shane Stewart[2] ; 2. W20-Greg Wilson[4] ; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan[1] ; 4. 9-Dean Jacobs[3] ; 5. 5R-Byron Reed[5] ; 6. 1ST-Gary Taylor[9] ; 7. 9W-Jac Haudenschild[7] ; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[8] ; 9. 59-Bryan Nuckles[10] ; 10. 16-Danny Maumaw[6]
Dash - Howard Johnson Hotel - Lima, OH (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature
1. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1] ; 2. 83-Stevie Smith[3] ; 3. 35AU-Jamie Veal[5] ; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney[2] ; 5. 5T-Travis Philo[6] ; 6. 5R-Byron Reed[4]
C-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature)
1. 41K-Cole Ketchem[4] ; 2. 96AU-Bruce White[1] ; 3. 59-Bryan Nuckles[2] ; 4. 71AU-Ryan Davis[6]
B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 71MX-Paul May[3] ; 2. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[8] ; 3. 35R-Ronnie Blair[1] ; 4. 9W-Jac Haudenschild[9] ; 5. 1ST-Gary Taylor[16] ; 6. 63-Chad Kemenah[7] ; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker[13] ; 8. 46AU-Stuart Williams[6] ; 9. 44W-Austin Wheatley[10] ; 10. 78-Todd Kane[14] ; 11. 5-Dave Glennon[17] ; 12. 40I-Mark Imler[5] ; 13. 55F-Taylor Ferns[11] ; 14. 41K-Cole Ketchem[20] ; 15. 15-Brandon Ferguson[18] ; 16. 28H-Hud Horton[15]
A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (40 Laps)
1. 14K-Dale Blaney[7]; 2. W20-Greg Wilson[8]; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[6]; 4. 5T-Travis Philo[5]; 5. 3G-James McFadden[9]; 6. 9X-Rob Chaney[4]; 7. 83-Stevie Smith[2]; 8. 2-Shane Stewart[16]; 9. 6M-Max Stambaugh[14]; 10. 57X-Andrew Palker[10]; 11. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[20]; 12. 9-Dean Jacobs[13]; 13. 11N-Randy Hannagan[19]; 14. 81-Lee Jacobs[24]; 15. 9W-Jac Haudenschild[23]; 16. 10H-Danny Holtgraver[17]; 17. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1]; 18. 45-Tim Shaffer[18]; 19. 35AU-Jamie Veal[3]; 20. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr.[21]; 21. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild[22]; 22. 70-Derek Hagar[15]; 23. 35R-Ronnie Blair[11]; 24. 71MX-Paul May[12]
Hard Charger: 81-Lee Jacobs[+10]
©2014 - Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH
Blaney rediscovers Fremont victory lane for second Ohio Sprint Speedweek win
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
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FREMONT, Ohio – Fremont Speedway was Dale Blaney’s personal ATM in 2013. But, after opening the track’s season with a win in April, “The Low Rider” has been held winless at “The Track That Action Built.” That all changed Thursday during night #4 of the 32nd Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek with the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions.
The four time and defending UNOH All Star Champion took a major step to claiming an unprecedented fifth series title by blasting past James McFadden on a restart at the half-way point of the feature and driving to his second Ohio Sprint Speedweek win. The victory is Blaney’s 102nd career UNOH All Star win and the third series victory of 2014. He now has 21 career victories at Fremont, of which, 15 have been All Star triumphs.
Blaney now holds a commanding lead in the Ohio Sprint Speedweek point standings as he looks to claim that title for the fifth time in his career. In fact, he has not finished out of the top three in any of the four speedweek events. He also pads his point lead in the UNOH All Star’s national and Ohio region points.
“I was really really tight entering the corners. Him (McFadden) in front of me…it had me all balled up. I was able to get a good run on him in one and two and in three he saw me and he had been running down and he caught it and I got around him and moved to the top. The car got really good the last 12 laps. I was able to get off two really well,” said Blaney beside his Kennedy Cattle/Penske Shocks/Ti22 Performance/GF1 Chassis #14k.
“George and Tony and Donny and Skippy…they do an awesome job with this thing. It’s such a pleasure for me to drive this right now. Those guys do 80 percent of the work and the credit should go to them…I just get to drive it,” added Blaney in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.
For McFadden, Fremont Speedway has been fantastic to the Australian driver as he scored a $10,000-to-win victory back in May at the track and followed with a second place run Thursday on “I’m Your Guy Water Proofing Night.” The battle he had with Jac Haudenschild for second the last hand full of laps kept the big crowd entertained to say the least.
“I really like this track…it’s a lot like home. The track’s a little bit flatter but slicker than I’m used to. The team gave me an awesome car and it’s a pleasure to drive and it’s easy to get around here,” said McFadden beside his Tim Norman/Joe Gaerte owned #3G.
“It is always fun racing with someone like Jac. I probably used him up a little too much coming into three…didn’t expect to move up as much as I did…it kind of got away from me and I’m sorry about that. But, this gives us a lot of momentum going into the last two races,” added McFadden beside his Gaerte Engines/XYZ Machining/Red Line Oil/All Star Performance backed machine.
Haudenschild, who won the speedweek event the previous night at Atomic Speedway, is happy with the direction of his Rick Rodgers backed team.
“James and I had a real good race there…we slid back and forth a couple of times. That was fun. We’re getting better here and I’m looking forward to coming back here in a couple of days. I said it about a month ago…this team is starting to gel,” said Haudenschild beside his Mondak Portables/Triple X Racing/Renegade Rentals/Champion Oil/Destiny Racing backed #9w.
In a crash marred Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature, Fremont’s Paul Weaver would hold off Steve Rando for his first win of the season. The victory is Weaver’s 34th career win at the track and ties him with Al Franks for 10th on the track’s all-time win list. It wasn’t easy for Weaver, who said he ran out of fuel on the last lap.
“I ran out of fuel but I’m sure others did too. It just wouldn’t go down the straight away and we were slipping and sliding. I couldn’t find a good way into one. It was almost like close your eyes and where it ends up it ends up. We have been doing everything we could and Jamie Miller came along to help me including putting another car together. We put this one back together and right off the bat we win,” said Weaver beside his Hampshire Racing Engines/Buckeye Mobile Coatings/Weaver Performance Karts and Parts/Fostoria Mod Shop/M&L Excavating/Tender Touch Car Wash backed machine.
In the AAA Ohio Auto Club Dirt Trucks, Risingsun, Ohio’s Shawn Valenti battled the first half of the race with Art Ball and Matt Foos and then with Jimmy McGrath Jr. At the end, he held off a charging Daniel Roepke to score his 8th win of the season at Fremont. The victory is his 17th career win at the track.
“I have to thank Joe and Mike Burkin for putting me in their sprint car tonight and Jeff Babcock for this awesome truck. The truck is rolling the cushion nice,” said Valenti beside his Craig Miller Trucking/Conrad Transport/Dave Story Equipment Repair/Day Dream and Memories Crafts and Antiques/KS Sales and Service backed #7b.
After the field of 51 UNOH All Star Sprint Cars – second highest car count of the week – was whittled down to the 24-car starting grid for the 40-lap feature, McFadden and Lee Jacobs would make up the front row. Jacobs, who holds the track record at Fremont Speedway, would bolt into the lead over McFadden, Blaney, Gary Taylor, Cap Henry and Haudenschild.
Jacobs set a blistering pace, hitting lapped traffic by the 7th circuit with McFadden, Blaney and Taylor closing. Taylor would use the lapped cars to steal third on lap 8. As Jacobs and McFadden tried to negotiate through the traffic, Taylor and Blaney closed. As Jacobs tried to maintain the lead and get around the lapped car of Brandon Wimmer, the two touched wheels with Jacobs slamming into the front stretch wall, ending his night and handing the lead to McFadden. Taylor too would suffer a flat tire and relinquished his second running spot to Blaney.
The restart order was McFadden, Blaney, Henry, Haudenschild, Christopher Bell, Chad Kemenah and Randy Hannagan. Haudenschild would move into third on lap 13 with Bell taking fourth by lap 16, bringing Kemenah to fifth. Travis Philo would spin on lap 19 to bunch up the field and on the restart; Blaney drove around the high side of McFadden in turns one and two to grab the lead.
Just past the half-way point the running order was Blaney, McFadden, Haudenschild, Kemenah, Bell and Henry. The car on the move was Chris Andrews who started 19th and was up to 7th by lap 24. With 11 laps remaining both McFadden and Haudenschild were closing on Blaney with Kemenah fourth and Andrews fifth.
The final caution would fly with five laps to go when Broc Martin spun. With a clear track Blaney would drive away as McFadden and Haudenschild put on a heck of a show battling for second with Andrews grabbing fourth. Haudenschild would move into second on lap 37 but McFadden squeezed back by a circuit later.
At the checkered it was Blaney over McFadden, Haudenschild, Andrews and Kemenah.
As a way to thank the teams for supporting Fremont Speedway during the Ohio Sprint Speedweek event, track promoter Rich Farmer added extra funds to the B-main.
Rookie Kyle Capodice and Weaver would bring the field to green for the 25-lap 305 sprint feature with Weaver gaining the advantage over Capodice, Steve Rando, Nate Dussel, Dan McCarron, Alvin Roepke, Dan Hammond and John Ivy.
The action ground to a half on lap three when Jordan Ryan tipped over in turn two. The restart order was Weaver, Capodice, Rando, Dussel, Roepke, McCarron, Ivy and Seth Schneider. Rando would take charge of second on lap five, bringing Dussel and Roepke around Capodice. Roepke would bring out the caution on lap 11 when he found one of the infield tractor tires, ending his night. On the restart Ivy was able to drive around Dussel for third.
On lap 13 one of the infield tractor tires was moved into the racing groove to bring out the caution. On the restart Brandon Moore would spin. When the green came back out the running order was Weaver, Rando, Ivy, Dussel and Dustin Dinan. Dan Hammond would spin on lap 15 for another caution. When the green flew again it didn’t hold for too long as Dustin Stroup and Ricky Peterson would tangle on the front stretch necessitating a red. On the ensuing restart Capodice would spin. After lap 19 was recorded with the running order Weaver, Rando, Ivy, Dussel, Dinan and Schneider, McCarron would spin.
On the ensuing restart Dussel and Ivy would collide, sending both upside down. Now the restart order was Weaver, Rando, Dinan, Schneider, Jimmy Colvin, TJ Michael and Bobby Clark. Weaver and Rando pulled away from Dinan and it looked as if Weaver had the race in hand. But, on the final corner of the final lap, his car bobbled slightly and Rando drove to his inside as it was a drag race to the checkers. Weaver held on to win over Rando, Dinan, Schneider and Michael.
Brandon Moore took the Baumann Auto Group Big Bucks Bump Challenge and left his front row starting spot to go to the tail for a chance at a $5,000 bonus. He would come up short, finishing 10th. But, because he accepted the challenge, his 10th spot pay was doubled.
Art Ball and Matt Foos would bring the field to green for the 20-lap dirt truck feature. Right away it was a tremendous three truck battle between Ball, Foos and Valenti. The caution would fly on lap 3 when Brad Keckler tangled with Foos who had gotten a bit sideways in turn three. That handed the lead to Ball with Valenti and Jimmy McGrath locked in a battle for second. Ball, McGrath and Valenti now raced hard for the lead with Roepke and Kent Brewer in tow. McGrath Jr. would take the lead on lap six with Valenti and Ball glued to his bumper. Valenti would drive into second on lap eight and blasted around McGrath for the lead a circuit later.
At the half-way point the running order was Valenti, McGrath Jr., Ball, Roepke, Brewer and Cory Ward. Ball would spin on lap 16, handing third to Roepke who would then drive around McGrath on lap 18. Brandon Leighton would spin on lap 19, setting up a one-lap dash to the checkers. Valenti would hold off Roepke with McGrath Jr., Brewer and Ward rounding out the top five.
For more information about Saturday’s Ohio Sprint Speedweek finale paying $10,000 to win with the dirt trucks and 305 sprints also in action, go to www.fremontohspeedway.com
Art Ball and Jim McGrath
Fremont Speedway - 6/26/2014
UNOH Night
All Star Circuit of Champions (51 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Qualifying - Kistler Engines
1. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 12.234; 2. 63-Chad Kemenah, 12.280; 3. 40DD-Caleb Griffith, 12.285; 4. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 12.317; 5. 77AU-Darren Mollenoyux, 12.353; 6. 14K-Dale Blaney, 12.365; 7. 81-Lee Jacobs, 12.423; 8. 3G-James McFadden, 12.425; 9. 53-Cap Henry, 12.453; 10. 83M-Broc Martin, 12.470; 11. 9W-Jac Haudenschild, 12.480; 12. 67-Christopher Bell, 12.492; 13. 99-Brady Bacon, 12.495; 14. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.502; 15. 45L-Brian Lay, 12.502; 16. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr., 12.506; 17. 70-Derek Hagar, 12.518; 18. 35AU-Jamie Veal, 12.523; 19. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.542; 20. 16-Chris Andrews, 12.572; 21. 45-Tim Shaffer, 12.574; 22. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.579; 23. 48-Danny Dietrich, 12.599; 24. 2+-Brian Smith, 12.604; 25. 11F-D.J. Foos, 12.610; 26. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.614; 27. 24H-Brandon Wimmer, 12.623; 28. 57X-Andrew Palker, 12.627; 29. 60K-Jody Keegan, 12.668; 30. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.668; 31. 49-Cole Duncan, 12.684; 32. 71MX-Paul May, 12.701; 33. 10H-Danny Holtgraver, 12.727; 34. 11X-Brandon Martin, 12.742; 35. 78-Todd Kane, 12.750; 36. 44W-Austin Wheatley, 12.751; 37. 9-Dean Jacobs, 12.780; 38. 21-Dallas Hewitt, 12.800; 39. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.817; 40. 71AU-Ryan Davis, 12.826; 41. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.869; 42. O7X-Dain Naida, 12.888; 43. 97-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 12.906; 44. 83-Stevie Smith, 12.940; 45. 40I-Mark Imler, 12.960; 46. 312-Mike Linder, 12.966; 47. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.023; 48. 38-Dennis Wagner, 13.389; 49. 39M-Matt Merrill, 13.818; 50. 5-Dave Glennon, 99.991; 51. 19P-Paige Polyak, 99.992
Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 45-Tim Shaffer[1] ; 2. 70-Derek Hagar[2] ; 3. 1ST-Gary Taylor[6] ; 4. 99-Brady Bacon[3] ; 5. 53-Cap Henry[4] ; 6. 9-Dean Jacobs[10] ; 7. 77AU-Darren Mollenoyux[5] ; 8. 10H-Danny Holtgraver[9] ; 9. 5R-Byron Reed[11] ; 10. 60K-Jody Keegan[8] ; 11. 11F-D.J. Foos[7] ; 12. 39M-Matt Merrill[13] ; 13. 40I-Mark Imler[12]
Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 2-Shane Stewart[3] ; 2. 35AU-Jamie Veal[2] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 4. 83M-Broc Martin[4] ; 5. 14K-Dale Blaney[5] ; 6. 63-Chad Kemenah[6] ; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[7] ; 8. 21-Dallas Hewitt[10] ; 9. 312-Mike Linder[12] ; 10. O7X-Dain Naida[11] ; 11. 5-Dave Glennon[13] ; 12. 11X-Brandon Martin[9] ; 13. 40-Caleb Helms[8]
Heat 3 - Dragon Racing Fuels (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 48-Danny Dietrich[1] ; 2. 9W-Jac Haudenschild[4] ; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[2] ; 4. 45L-Brian Lay[3] ; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs[5] ; 6. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[6] ; 7. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[7] ; 8. 49-Cole Duncan[8] ; 9. W20-Greg Wilson[10] ; 10. 19P-Paige Polyak[13] ; 11. 46AU-Stuart Williams[12] ; 12. 97-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[11] ; 13. 78-Todd Kane[9]
Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 16-Chris Andrews[2] ; 2. 2+-Brian Smith[1] ; 3. 3G-James McFadden[5] ; 4. 11N-Randy Hannagan[6] ; 5. 67-Christopher Bell[4] ; 6. 83-Stevie Smith[11] ; 7. 57X-Andrew Palker[7] ; 8. 71AU-Ryan Davis[10] ; 9. 38-Dennis Wagner[12] ; 10. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr.[3] ; 11. 44W-Austin Wheatley[9] ; 12. 71MX-Paul May[8]
Dash - Howard Johnson Hotel - Lima, OH (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature
1. 3G-James McFadden[1] ; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs[2] ; 3. 53-Cap Henry[3] ; 4. 14K-Dale Blaney[5] ; 5. 11N-Randy Hannagan[4] ; 6. 1ST-Gary Taylor[6]
C-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature)
1. W20-Greg Wilson[1] ; 2. 83-Stevie Smith[6] ; 3. 97-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[5] ; 4. O7X-Dain Naida[4] ; 5. 46AU-Stuart Williams[9] ; 6. 19P-Paige Polyak[13] ; 7. 40I-Mark Imler[7] ; 8. 39M-Matt Merrill[11] ; 9. 38-Dennis Wagner[10] ; 10. 71AU-Ryan Davis[2] ; 11. 5-Dave Glennon[12]
B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 63-Chad Kemenah[1] ; 2. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[2] ; 3. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr.[4] ; 4. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[7] ; 5. 77AU-Darren Mollenoyux[3] ; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[6] ; 7. 10H-Danny Holtgraver[13] ; 8. 9-Dean Jacobs[17] ; 9. 57X-Andrew Palker[8] ; 10. 83-Stevie Smith[20] ; 11. W20-Greg Wilson[19] ; 12. 44W-Austin Wheatley[16] ; 13. 11X-Brandon Martin[14] ; 14. 78-Todd Kane[15] ; 15. 60K-Jody Keegan[9] ; 16. 49-Cole Duncan[11] ; 17. 21-Dallas Hewitt[18] ; 18. 11F-D.J. Foos[5]
A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (40 Laps)
1. 14K-Dale Blaney[4]; 2. 3G-James McFadden[1]; 3. 9W-Jac Haudenschild[8]; 4. 16-Chris Andrews[19]; 5. 63-Chad Kemenah[11]; 6. 11N-Randy Hannagan[5]; 7. 67-Christopher Bell[9]; 8. 35AU-Jamie Veal[17]; 9. 45L-Brian Lay[14]; 10. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[12]; 11. 53-Cap Henry[3]; 12. 2-Shane Stewart[13]; 13. 70-Derek Hagar[16]; 14. 1ST-Gary Taylor[6]; 15. 99-Brady Bacon[10]; 16. 48-Danny Dietrich[22]; 17. 5T-Travis Philo[21]; 18. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[24]; 19. 2+-Brian Smith[23]; 20. 83M-Broc Martin[7]; 21. 35-Stuart Brubaker[18]; 22. 81-Lee Jacobs[2]; 23. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr.[15]; 24. 45-Tim Shaffer[20]
Hard Charger: 16-Chris Andrews[+15]
Fremont Federal Credit Untion 305 Sprints (27 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 - American Power Sports (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 8I-John Ivy[1] ; 2. 5R-Jordan Ryan[2] ; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[3] ; 4. 19R-Steve Rando[8] ; 5. 28-Dustin Stroup[6] ; 6. 8-Bobby Clark[7] ; 7. 68G-Tyler Gunn[5] ; 8. 3J-Trey Jacobs[4] ; 9. 11G-Luke Griffith[9]
Heat 2 - Kistler Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[4] ; 2. 12-Kyle Capodice[1] ; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[5] ; 4. 22D-Dan Hammond[3] ; 5. 8M-T.J Michael[7] ; 6. 2-Ricky Peterson[9] ; 7. 25-Jason Keckler[8] ; 8. 10-Josh Harrison[6] ; 9. 32-Ryan French[2]
Heat 3 - Hoosier Racing Tires (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7A-Alvin Roepke[1] ; 2. 6-Dustin Dinan[7] ; 3. 7M-Brandon Moore[3] ; 4. 22M-Dan McCarron[5] ; 5. 9-Jimmy Colvin[8] ; 6. 48-Shawn Valenti[2] ; 7. 10S-Roger Shammo[9] ; 8. 29P-Mark Pinski[4] ; 9. 94K-Kurt Huber[6]
B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 68G-Tyler Gunn[4] ; 2. 8-Bobby Clark[1] ; 3. 2-Ricky Peterson[2] ; 4. 25-Jason Keckler[5] ; 5. 3J-Trey Jacobs[7] ; 6. 11G-Luke Griffith[10] ; 7. 10-Josh Harrison[8] ; 8. 10S-Roger Shammo[6] ; 9. 48-Shawn Valenti[3] ; 10. 29P-Mark Pinski[9] ; 11. 94K-Kurt Huber[12] ; 12. 32-Ryan French[11]
A-Main - (25 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[2]; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[3]; 3. 6-Dustin Dinan[11]; 4. 36-Seth Schneider[7]; 5. 8M-T.J Michael[12]; 6. 8-Bobby Clark[17]; 7. 9-Jimmy Colvin[15]; 8. 12-Kyle Capodice[1]; 9. 25-Jason Keckler[19]; 10. 7M-Brandon Moore[20]; 11. 68G-Tyler Gunn[14]; 12. 8I-John Ivy[10]; 13. 1-Nate Dussel[6]; 14. 22M-Dan McCarron[4]; 15. 22D-Dan Hammond[5]; 16. 2-Ricky Peterson[16]; 17. 28-Dustin Stroup[13]; 18. 7A-Alvin Roepke[8]; 19. 5R-Jordan Ryan[9]
Hard Charger: 8-Bobby Clark[+11]
©2014 - Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH
AAA Auto Club Dirt Trucks (19 Trucks)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 - American Power Sports (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 2-Matt Foos[5] ; 2. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[4] ; 3. 5-Jim McGrath[9] ; 4. 3X-Brad Keckler[1] ; 5. O1-Art Ball[6] ; 6. 4S-Keith Sorg[10] ; 7. 8KB-Kent Brewer[7] ; 8. O-Jim Keegan[3] ; 9. D1-Dustin Keegan[8] ; 10. 22-Brandon Leighton[2]
Heat 2 - Kistler Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 36M-Cory McCaughey[2] ; 2. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[3] ; 3. 7B-Shawn Valenti[7] ; 4. 18W-Cory Ward[4] ; 5. 33-Jeff Ward[8] ; 6. 7-Dana Frey[6] ; 7. 37-Eric Devanna[9] ; 8. 85S-Bradley Stuckey[5] ; 9. 3-Andy Earnhart[1]
A-Main - (20 Laps)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[4]; 2. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[9]; 3. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[6]; 4. 8KB-Kent Brewer[13]; 5. 18W-Cory Ward[7]; 6. 36M-Cory McCaughey[8]; 7. 33-Jeff Ward[5]; 8. 37-Eric Devanna[12]; 9. D1-Dustin Keegan[17]; 10. O-Jim Keegan[15]; 11. O1-Art Ball[1]; 12. 4S-Keith Sorg[11]; 13. 85S-Bradley Stuckey[14]; 14. 22-Brandon Leighton[18]; 15. 7-Dana Frey[10]; 16. 2-Matt Foos[2]; 17. 3X-Brad Keckler[3]; 18. 5-Jim McGrath[19]; 19. 3-Andy Earnhart[16]
Hard Charger: 8KB-Kent Brewer[+9]
©2014 - Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH
Wild Child rim-rides to Atomic Speedweek victory
Posted by: | Comments- UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
Contact: Brian Liskai
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (Wednesday, June 25, 2014) – Jac Haudenschild lived up to his nickname “The Wild Child” at Atomic Speedway Wednesday night. The Wooster, Ohio driver blasted around Dale Blaney with five laps to go and went on to score the win on night #3 of the 32nd Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek with the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions.
Haudenschild used the concrete wall in turns three and four as a cushion to rim-ride to his second All Star win of 2014. It is his 28th career series victory.
“That was really fun. The track was awesome. The fastest way was around the top. I was running up there pretty high. It was a little easier running second. Dale was definitely fast but I was able to see his line and we got there at the end,” said Haudenschild beside his Destiny Racing/Rick Rogers Construction/Mondak Portables/Triple X Racing/Renegade Rentals/Champion Oil backed machine.
“We’ve been getting better every week and hopefully we can keep it up. The car is feeling good and the guys have worked their tails off,” added Haudenschild.
For Blaney, who came into the night leading the UNOH All Star national and Ohio Region points and the 2014 Ohio Sprint Speedweek points, it was another solid night with a second place finish despite leading the first 25 laps.
“It was my mistake. I moved to the middle there a little bit. It almost felt like it was starting to lock down there in the middle and I probably ran a little too conservative there to try and stay in it. He just got a run on me there and after that he was running pretty hard. My mistake for running a little too easy in one and two and being conservative. The guys gave me a great car and I just brought it home in second. Every night we’ve been really good and put ourselves in a good position and that’s what it takes,” said Blaney beside his Kennedy Cattle/GF1 Chassis/Ti22 Performance/Penske Shocks backed #14K.
Randy Hannagan would battle with Blaney for the runner-up position the final four laps before coming home in third.
“Car came on really good the last 10 laps. I missed that corner that one time that I didn’t need to miss it,” said Hannagan beside his Do-Si-Do/Upper Auto/Kenny’s Components backed #11n. “Ed Neumeister gives me an awesome car and my guys, Kent Karhoff and Jonathan Karhoff work their butts off for me. They make me look good.”
After the 62-car field was whittled down to the final 24 A-main starters it would be Blaney and Sheldon Haudenschild who would bring the field to the green for the 30-lap feature. Blaney would grab the lead over Sheldon Haudenschild, Cole Duncan, Jac Haudenschild, Taylor Ferns, Danny Smith, Randy Hannagan, Brady Bacon and Caleb Griffith. Jac Haudenschild would grab third on lap two.
It didn’t take the leaders long to find heavy lapped traffic by lap five but the action would grind to a halt on lap six when Cale Thomas would blow a right rear tire and get into the front stretch wall, getting upside down. On the restart Blaney pulled away slightly as the son and feather battled for second. Jac would take the runner-up spot on lap eight, bringing Duncan into third with Sheldon, Hannagan, Smith and Shane Stewart in tow.
Blaney would find lapped traffic by the 12th circuit with Haudenschild staying within striking distance while Duncan battled with Hannagan with Sheldon Haudenschild, Smith and Griffith in pursuit. Jimmy Stinson would spin to bring out the caution on lap 14 and once again hand the leaders a clear track. Blaney and Jac Haudenschild would pull away from the field and run nose to tail with Duncan, Hannagan, Sheldon Haudenschild, Smith, Griffith, Stewart and Bacon in tow. Bacon would spin in turn one on lap 21 to once again give the leaders a clean track.
On the restart once again Blaney and Jac Haudenschild were glued together and pulled away while Duncan was battling with Hannagan for third. Jac would execute a perfect slider on Blaney in turns three and four to take the lead with five laps to go when the red flew for a pile-up involving Christopher Bell, Danny Holtgraver and Cory Crabtree. On the restart Jac Haudenschild would continue to blast away at the extreme top edge of the track with Blaney now locked in a battle for second with Hannagan while Sheldon Haudenschild was battling with Griffith for fourth.
Jac Haudenschild would drive to the win with Blaney edging Hannagan for second while Griffith and Sheldon Haudenschild rounded out the top five.
Atomic Speedway - 6/25/2014
UNOH Night
All Star Circuit of Champions (62 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Qualifying - Kistler Engines
1, 4K Dale Blaney, 12.368
2, 49 Cole Duncan 12.370
3, 99 Brady Bacon 12.416
4, 9W Jac Haudenschild 12.449
5, 81 Lee Jacobs 12.451
6, 55F Taylor Ferns 12.483
7, 93 Sheldon Haudenschild 12.501
8, 4 Danny Smith 12.508
9, 40DD Caleb Griffith 12.519
10, 11N Randy Hannagan 12.530
11, 2 Shane Stewart 12.583
12, 60C Kory Crabtree 12.594
13, 33M Christopher Bell 12.702
14, 22 Ryan Broughton 12.726
15, 5T Travis Philo 12.733
16, 35 Stuart Brubaker 12.736
17, 48 Danny Dietrich 12.755
18, 10H Danny Holtgraver 12.757
19, A76 Jimmy Stinson 12.775
20, 45 Tim Shaffer 12.781
21, 5R Byron Reed 12.807
22, 83 Stevie Smith 12.842
23, 24H Brandon Wimmer 12.842
24, W20 Greg Wilson 12.860
25, 1ST Gary Taylor 12.882
26, 9X Rob Chaney 12.917
27, 3G James McFadden 12.942
28, 19P Paige Polyak 12.955
29, 71M Paul May 12.965
30, 91 Cale Thomas 13.050
31, 35AU Jamie Veal 13.068
32, 21 Dallas Hewitt 13.122
33, 78 Todd Kane 13.136
34, 92 Sam Ashworth 13.153
35, 5 Dave Glennon 13.162
36, 77AU Darren Mollenoyux 13.230
37, 44W Austin Wheatley 13.291
38, 22S Brandon Spithaler 13.319
39, 83X Nate Reeser 13.334
40, 3F Brandy Bower 13.335
41, 41 Randy Fink 13.346
42, 57X Andrew Palker 13.391
43, 2S Nathan Skaggs 13.400
44, 40I Mark Imler 13.416
45, 22D Josh Davis 13.517
46, A97 Aaron Higgins 13.624
47, 71AU Ryan Davis 13.769
48, 45C Mark Coleman 13.906
49, 96AU Bruce White 14.173
50, D12 Jason Dolick 14.261
51, 22R Kevin Roberts Jr. 14.362
52, 25AU Jack Lee 17.708
53, 35M Wes McGlumphy 99.995
54, 63 Chad Kemenah 99.996
55, 59 Bryan Nuckles 99.997
56, 3FX Dean Kester 99.998
57, 4X Shawn Petersen 99.999
Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1] ; 2. 14k-Dale Blaney[4] ; 3. 9x-Rob Chaney[6] ; 4. 55F-Taylor Ferns[3] ; 5. 35AU-Jamie Veal[7] ; 6. 5-Dave Glennon[8] ; 7. 3F-Brandy Bower[9] ; 8. 5R-Byron Reed[5] ; 9. 63-Chad Kemenah[12] ; 10. 22D-Josh Davis[10] ; 11. 96AU-Bruce White[11] ; 12. 2-Shane Stewart[2]
Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [3] ; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich[1] ; 3. 49-Cole Duncan[4] ; 4. 3G-James McFadden[6] ; 5. 83-Stevie Smith[5] ; 6. 77AU-Darren Mollenoyux [8] ; 7. 41-Randy Fink[9]; 8.D12-Jason Dolick[11]; 9. 59-Bryan Nuckles[12]; 10. 60c-Cory Crabtree[2]; 11. 98h-Dave Blaney[7]; 12. A97-Aaron Higgins[10]
Heat 3 – Dragon Race Fuels (8 laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 10H-Danny Holtgraver [1]; 2. 33M-Christopher Bell[2]; 3. 99-Brady Bacon[4]; 4. 4-Danny Smith[3]; 5. 44w-Austen Wheatley[8]; 6. 19p-Paige Polyak[6]; 7. 57x-Andrew Palker[9]; 8. 21-Dallas Hewitt[7]; 9. 71AU-Ryan Davis[10]; 10. 22r-Kevin Roberts Jr.[11]; 11. 3FX-Dean Kester[12]; 12. 24H-Brandon Wimmer [5]
Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1.A76-Jimmy Stinson[1]; 2. 9W-Jac Haudenschild[4]; 3. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[3]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson[5]; 5. 71m-Paul May[6]; 6. 78-Todd Kane[7]; 7. 2s-Nathan Skaggs[9]; 8. 22-Ryan Broughton[2]; 9. 22s-Brandon Spithaler[8]; 10. 25AU-Jack Lee[11]; 11. 45C-Mark Coleman[10]; 12. 4x-Shawn Petersen[12]
Heat 5 – UNOH (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 45-Tim Shaffer[1]; 2. 5t-Travis Philo[2]; 3. 11n-Randy Hannagan[3]; 4. 91-Cale Thomas[6]; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs[4]; 6. 1st-Gary Taylor[5]; 7. 83x-Nate Reeser[8]; 8. 40I-Mark Imler[9]; 9. 92-Sam Ashworth[7]; 10. 35m-Wes McGlumphy[11]; 11. 12-Nick Roberts[10]
Dash – Comfort Inn, Chillicothe OH (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature
1. 14k-Dale Blaney[1]; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 3. 9W-Jac Haudenschild[4]; 4. 49-Cole Duncan[3]; 5. 99-Brady Bacon[6]; 6. 55F-Taylor Ferns[5]
C-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature)
1. 2s-Nathan Skaggs[3]; 2. 57x-Andrew Palker[2]; 3. A97-Aaron Higgins[6]; 4. 40i-Mark Imler[4]; 5. 41-Randy Fink[1]; 6. 25AU-Jack Lee[12]; 7. 35m-Wes McGlumphy[13]; 8. 96AU-Bruce White[9]; 9. 22r-Kevin Roberts Jr.[11]; 10. 4x-Shawn Petersen[17]; 11. 22d-Josh Davis[5]; 12. 63-Chad Kemenah[14]; 13. D12-Jason Dolick[10]; 14. 71AU-Ryan Davis[7]; 15. 59-Bryan Nuckles[15]; 16. 3FX-Dean kester[16]; 17. 45c-Mark Coleman[8]
B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 2-Shane Stewart[2]; 2. 60c-Kory Crabtree[3]; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs[1]; 4. 24h-Brandon Wimmer[7]; 5. 22-RyanBroughton[4]; 6. 5r-Byron Reed[5]; 7. 1st-Gary Taylor[8]; 8. 83-Stevie Smith[6]; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak[9]; 10. 35AU-Jamie Veal[11]; 11. 71m-Paul May[10]; 12. 21-Dallas Hewitt[12]; 13. 44w-Austen Wheatley[17]; 14. 92-Sam Ashworth[14]; 15. 78-Todd Kane[13]; 16. 5-Dave Glennon[15]; 17. 83x-Nate Reeser[19]; 18. 77AU-Darren Mollenoyux[16]; 19. 22s-Brandon Spithaler[18]; 20. 3F-Brandy Bower[20]; 21. 57x-Andrew Palker[21];
A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (40 Laps)
1. 9w-Jac Haudenschild [3]; 2. 14K-Dale Blaney[1]; 3. 11n-Randy Hannagan[9]; 4. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[8]; 5. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 6. 49-Cole Duncan[4]; 7. 5t-Travis Philo[14]; 8. 81-Lee Jacobs[11]; 9. 4-Danny Smith[7]; 10. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[20]; 11. 3G-James McFadden[23]; 12. W20-Greg Wilson[21]; 13. 48-Danny Dietrich[16]; 14. 2-Shane Stewart[12]; 15. 35-Stuart Brubaker[15]; 16. 55f-Taylor Ferns[6]; 17. 9X-Rob Chaney[22]; 18. 10H-Danny Holtgraver[17]; 19. 60C-Cory Crabtree[13]; 20. 33m-Christopher Bell[10]; 21. 99-Brady Bacon[5]; 22. 45-Tim Shaffer[19]; 23. A76-Jimmy Stinson[18]; 24. 91-Cale Thomas [24]
Hard Charger: 3G-James McFadden +12
©2014 - Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH
WALL STADIUM MODIFIEDS READY FOR GARDEN STATE CLASSIC THIS SATURDAY (JUNE 28)
Posted by: | CommentsWALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (June 24, 2014) ~ Many of the top drivers in asphalt Modified stock car racing are ready to compete in one of the most prestigious events in the sport as Wall Stadium presents the Garden State Classic this Saturday evening (June 28). Current plans call for spectator seating to open at 5:00 p.m., with qualifying slated for 5:30 p.m. and main event action to follow around 7:00 p.m.
This year’s 125-lap format, offering $3,000 to the winner, plus lap money, is attracting the attention of several racers in the Downs Ford Modified division. Expected to see action are top drivers Andrew Krause of Holmdel, Eric Mauriello of Howell, Jackson’s Jason Treat, Brick’s Shawna Ingraham and Derek Hopkinson of Toms River. Also among expected entries are Adam LaCicero of Lavallette, Chas Okerson of Freehold, Shaun Carrig of Little Falls, Christian LaCicero of Lavallette and Jason Hearne of New Egypt. Even competitors who have not yet raced this season, including Tim Arre and Jonathan Mandato, both of Toms River and Richie Cooper of Long Branch are eyeing this event
In addition to the championship 125-lap Downs Ford Modified race, the Sportsman division cars will compete in a 30-lap main event, while the Limited Late Models and the 4 Cylinder Stocks compete in 25-lap feature races.
Saturday’s schedule will see the competitor pit area open at 1:00 p.m. Regular practice will start at 3:00 p.m., while spectator seating will open at 5:00 p.m.
Qualifying will then begin at 5:30 p.m. to be followed by feature race action for all four divisions slated for 7:00 p.m.
Lap sponsorships, with all money collected going to the drivers in the Garden State Classic, are now available by stopping at the speedway office weekdays or by calling the speedway at 732-681-6400. Lap sponsorships are available at $25, $50 or $100 and are offered to everyone including businesses wishing to promote their services and products and individuals wanting to send a special good luck message to their favorite race driver.
Fans are also advised to prepare for Saturday night, July 5, by working on their artwork for “Banner Night” festivities. Not only will fans have the opportunity to show the grandstand audience who their favorite drivers are, but they will also have the chance to win great prizes that evening.
Wall Stadium Speedway is located on Route 34 in Wall Township, N.J., just one mile north of Garden State Parkway exit 98 and Interstate 195 exit 35B. More information can be obtained by visiting wallspeedwayracing.com. The speedway hotline number is 732-681-6400 and email address is CKMotorsports@aol.com.
