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Aaron Reutzel wins at Lernerville for second All Star victory of 2018
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Aaron Reutzel wins at Lernerville for second All Star victory of 2018
SARVER, Pa. (June 1, 2018) - Aaron Reutzel cruised to his second Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory of the 2018 season on Friday night at Lernerville Speedway, leading all but the first two circuits to ink his name on the $5,000 winner’s check.
Reutzel, who started second on the feature grid, nearly swept the entire evening program at the Sarver, Pa., 4/10-mile oval, not only recording the fastest time of the night during hot laps and qualifying time trials, but also earning a dash victory. The main event win allowed the Clute, Texas, native to extend his All Star driver championship point lead, now with a 28-point advantage over the “Wild Child” Jac Haudenschild.
The “Steel City Outlaw” Tim Shaffer used a late surge to power to second at the final checkers, followed by Parker Price-Miller, Carson Macedo, and defending Series champion, Chad Kemenah.
“We’ve been working really hard at getting our cars to go where other people can’t,” Reutzel said in victory lane, driver of the Baughman-Reutzel Motorsports No. 87. “I knew it was going to take a really fast race car to beat us here tonight. I felt that if we didn’t make any mistakes, we were going to be really good. It’s really cool to come to a place you’ve never raced at before and get a win. We really didn’t know what to expect.”
Despite showing the way for the vast majority of the 30-lapper, it was pole sitter, Dave Blaney, who got the early jump, using the bottom line around Lernerville Speedway to lead the first two laps. Wasting little time before making his first, official bid for the top spot, Reutzel chased Blaney for the first two circuits, eventually squeezing underneath the former World of Outlaws champion at the entrance of turn one. The squeeze tactic worked, gaining the top spot to officially lead lap three.
“I knew the bottom was going to be good, but I also knew the top was going to stay good over here in turns three and four,” Reutzel continued. “I just wanted to make sure we weren’t bottom-dependent. I could even roll through the middle pretty good. I had to use the bottom to get by Blaney, but when I stayed down there, I was forced to slow down a lot. That’s when I decided to start rolling through the middle and top.”
Tim Shaffer’s charge to the runner-up spot started from the outside of row four. Strong right from the drop of the initial green, the nearby Aliquippa, Pa., native was solidly inside the top-five just before the midpoint of the 30-lap program, eventually driving around a pair of cars battling for position, Dave Blaney and Jac Haudenschild, to move into second on lap 16.
Forced to battle in traffic for the next four circuits, Shaffer and Haudenschild exchanged positions again on lap 20, just before the main event’s third and final caution appeared on lap 21. A sound restart attempt allowed Shaffer to battle back by Haudenschild, and that is where he stayed.
Parker Price-Miller also used the evening’s last caution to gain positions in the running order, bouncing ahead from fifth to third by the completion of lap 23.
The first two cautions of the main event appeared on the opening circuit and lap nine, respectively. The caution during the opening green involved seven competitors, ultimately forcing a complete restart.
The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will conclude their two-race tour of the Keystone State with a stop at Bedford Speedway in Bedford, Pa., on Sunday, June 3. The $5,000-to-win Roy Morral Classic will headline action at the Bedford Fairgrounds half-mile; the first and only appearance by Tony Stewart's All Stars in 2018.
Bedford Speedway in Bedford, Pa., will open pit gates at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 3. A mandatory All Star meeting will take shape at 5:30 p.m., followed by hot laps at 6 p.m. Those seeking additional news and notes regarding the Roy Morral Classic should visit Bedford Speedway on the Web at www.bedfordspeedway.com.
Contingency Awards/Results: Lernerville Speedway - Friday, June 1, 2018:
EMi Driver’s Meeting: 36 entries
State Water Heaters Warm-Ups: Aaron Reutzel - 13.451 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Aaron Reutzel - 13.126 seconds
Ford Performance Heat #1: Tim Shaffer
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Dave Blaney
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Carson Macedo
Mobil 1 Heat #4: Paul McMahan
JE Pistons Dash #1: Dave Blaney
Wix Filters Dash #2: Aaron Reutzel
Classic Ink USA B-Main: Brandon Spithaler
Daido Engine Bearings Main Event Winner: Aaron Reutzel
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Brandon Spithaler (+8)
(Lincoln Electric, Daido Engine Bearings, MSD Performance: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 13.126; 2. 4-Parker Price-Miller, 13.322; 3. 98-Carl Bowser, 13.490; 4. 49x-Tim Shaffer, 13.546; 5. 7K-Cale Conley, 13.643; 6. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 13.872; 7. 2-AJ Flick, 13.991; 8. 33-Brent Matus, 14.359; 9. 1R-Gale Ruth Sr., 15.064
Group (B)
1. 70-Dave Blaney, 13.564; 2. 51-John Garvin, 13.885; 3. 40-George Hobaugh, 13.990; 4. 8-Jared Zimbardi, 14.158; 5. 29-Scott Barris, 14.245; 6. O8-Dan Kuriger, 14.443; 7. 24-Jeremy Hill, 15.392; 8. 91-Sadie Siegel, 99.120; 9. 23-Darren Pifer, NT
Group (C)
1. 3G-Carson Macedo, 13.557; 2. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 13.579; 3. 7KS-Dan Shetler, 13.640; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 13.831; 5. 55-Gary Kriess, 13.881; 6. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 13.898; 7. 35-Tyler Esh, 13.949; 8. 4N-Jim Morris, 14.239; 9. C1-Clay Riney, 14.241
Group (D)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.501; 2. 13-Paul McMahan, 13.538; 3. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr., 13.834; 4. 2L-Sye Lynch, 13.895; 5. 13M-Brandon Matus, 13.956; 6. 11-Ryan Smith, 13.973; 7. 46-Michael Bauer, 14.211; 8. 76-David Jones, 14.367; 9. 4K-William Kiley, 15.250
Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 2. 4-Parker Price-Miller [3]; 3. 98-Carl Bowser [2]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 5. 7K-Cale Conley [5]; 6. 22-Brandon Spithaler [6]; 7. 2-AJ Flick [7]; 8. 1R-Gale Ruth Sr. [9]; 9. 33-Brent Matus [8]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 70-Dave Blaney [4]; 2. 8-Jared Zimbardi [1]; 3. 40-George Hobaugh [2]; 4. 51-John Garvin [3]; 5. 29-Scott Barris [5]; 6. O8-Dan Kuriger [6]; 7. 91-Sadie Siegel [8]; 8. 24-Jeremy Hill [7]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 3G-Carson Macedo [4]; 2. 3-Jac Haudenschild [3]; 3. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [1]; 4. D4-Danny Holtgraver [6]; 5. 35-Tyler Esh [7]; 6. 7KS-Dan Shetler [2]; 7. 4N-Jim Morris [8]; 8. 55-Gary Kriess [5]; 9. C1-Clay Riney [9]
Heat #4 - Group (D) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 13-Paul McMahan [3]; 2. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr. [2]; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah [4]; 4. 11-Ryan Smith [6]; 5. 13M-Brandon Matus [5]; 6. 2L-Sye Lynch [1]; 7. 46-Michael Bauer [7]; 8. 76-David Jones [8]; 9. 4K-William Kiley [9]
Dash #1 (4 Laps)
1. 70-Dave Blaney [1]; 2. 13-Paul McMahan [4]; 3. 98-Carl Bowser [3]; 4. 8-Jared Zimbardi [2]; 5. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr. [5]
Dash #2 (4 Laps)
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel [1]; 2. 3-Jac Haudenschild [4]; 3. 3G-Carson Macedo [3]; 4. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 5. 4-Parker Price-Miller [5]
B-Main (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 22-Brandon Spithaler [2]; 2. 7KS-Dan Shetler [1]; 3. 2-AJ Flick [5]; 4. 2L-Sye Lynch [3]; 5. 4N-Jim Morris [7]; 6. 33-Brent Matus [14]; 7. 46-Michael Bauer [6]; 8. O8-Dan Kuriger [4]; 9. 76-David Jones [10]; 10. C1-Clay Riney [13]; 11. 91-Sadie Siegel [8]; 12. 1R-Gale Ruth Sr. [11]; 13. 24-Jeremy Hill [12]; 14. 4K-William Kiley [15]; 15. 55-Gary Kriess [9]
A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel [2]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer [8]; 3. 4-Parker Price-Miller [10]; 4. 3G-Carson Macedo [6]; 5. 10H-Chad Kemenah [11]; 6. 3-Jac Haudenschild [4]; 7. 70-Dave Blaney [1]; 8. 13-Paul McMahan [3]; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [12]; 10. 51-John Garvin [14]; 11. 98-Carl Bowser [5]; 12. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr. [9]; 13. 22-Brandon Spithaler [21]; 14. 8-Jared Zimbardi [7]; 15. 13M-Brandon Matus [19]; 16. 35-Tyler Esh [18]; 17. 7K-Cale Conley [17]; 18. 40-George Hobaugh [13]; 19. 29-Scott Barris [20]; 20. 2-AJ Flick [23]; 21. 11-Ryan Smith [16]; 22. D4-Danny Holtgraver [15]; 23. 2L-Sye Lynch [24]; 24. 7KS-Dan Shetler [22]
Lap Leaders: Dave Blaney (1-2) Aaron Reutzel (3-30)
2018 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings: (as of 6/1/2018)
1. Aaron Reutzel - 1186
2. Jac Haudenschild - 1158
3. Carson Macedo - 1130
4. Chad Kemenah - 1128
5. Parker Price-Miller - 1114
6. Dave Blaney - 1110
7. Tim Shaffer - 1014
8. Carl Bowser - 1002
9. Cale Conley - 992
10. Brandon Spithaler - 984
About the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1:
All Star Enterprises, LLC, wholly owned by Tony Stewart, d/b/a the All Star Circuit of Champions, is a winged sprint car series. The All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is one of the oldest traveling 410 sprint car organizations and is a staple of grassroots, open-wheel racing. Formed in 1970 by Bud Miller, the series has largely been considered the first 'outlaw' Sprint Car organization of the modern era. Motorsports entrepreneur Tony Stewart agreed to terms with Guy Webb to become the sole owner of the original winged sprint car tour in January of 2015. In 2018, MAVTV Motorsports Network will be the official television home of the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 and will broadcast eight high-profile events.
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Thunder News
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CONTACT: BOB MILLER 443 513 4456
THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES
AMSOIL USAC NON-WING SPRINTS 12TH ANNUAL EASTERN STORM TO OPEN AT GRANDVIEW THURSDAY, JUNE 14
BECHTELSVILLE, PA – If you have never seen the USAC non-wing sprint cars at Grandview, block the date of Thursday night, June 14 and plan to attend the Thunder on the Hill Racing Series event at the Grandview Speedway. The always exciting one-third mile high banked oval is the perfect venue for the exciting and well known USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series. The Eastern Storm, now in its’ twelfth season, and as tradition, will open at the Grandview Speedway.
The USAC non-wing sprints with a 410 motor have a reputation for wheel-banging, rooster tails and slide jobs and its’ all just part of the show. At Grandview Speedway, the USAC drivers are most comfortable grazing the outside boiler plate with their rear bumper taking the longest route around the track.
For all of the reasons mentioned, this event is one of the hottest tickets of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series. Along with the nationally known USAC Stars, the local favorites of the 358 Modifieds will be on the racing program. Both divisions will compete in qualifying leading up to the 40 lap $6,000 to win Jesse Hockett USAC Non-Wing Classic and a 30 lap, $3,000 to win modified main event.
It all started In 2007 when Thunder on the Hill special events promoter, Bob Miller and the Rogers Family, brought the nation’s longest touring Sprint Car group back to Pennsylvania after a nearly 30-year absence from the region.
“I vividly remember USAC being such an integral part of the Reading Fairgrounds history,” Miller recollects. “In some ways, my love of Reading made me so passionate about bringing USAC back to the east coast and specifically back to Berks County at Grandview.”
USAC came back in full force and remains one of the must-see events of the racing season.
Forty Eastern Storm events have been held since the debut of the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship in 2007. Levi Jones and Bryan Clauson are tied with the most wins of Eastern Storm history with six victories each. Five different drivers reached victory lane in 2017 – three for the first time in Storm history — while Chris Windom went on to win the Eastern Storm Championship.
Heading into the 12th Eastern Storm, the Bechtelsville, PA dirt track opens the tour with the Jesse Hockett Classic, a 40 lap battle for the non-wing 410 sprint cars joined by the 358 modifieds in this Double Header. Gates open at 5 PM with race time set or 7:30 PM. Grandview and Thunder on the Hill are the only facility to have held a USAC event in every year of Eastern Storm history. Defending winner of this event on the hill is Brady Bacon.
The series heads to Mechanicsburg, PA’s Williams Grove Speedway on Friday, June 15, while Port Royal Speedway brings the series into night number three on Saturday, June 16.
York Haven, PA’s Susquehanna Speedway lands on the schedule for the sixth consecutive year, on Sunday, June 17. For the first time, United States Auto Club drivers head to Bridgeport Speedway on Monday, June 18 and the Storm concludes on Tuesday, June 19 at Weedsport Speedway.
Past Eastern Storm winners like Robert Ballou – who swept all three 2015 events, Brady Bacon – who holds wins at Grandview Speedway and Port Royal Speedway, Chad Boespflug, and Chase Stockon are expected for competition.
The Eastern Storm kicks off on Thursday, June 14 with the Jesse Hockett Classic – dedicated to the memory of the 2009 Grandview race winner. On that night, Hockett thrilled the crowd winning both feature events in the same night.
Key sponsors are returning for the 29th season of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series. Joining NAPA Auto Parts is Pioneer Pole Buildings, Levan Machine and Truck Equipment and GALCO Business Communications.
Advance tickets for the Grandview Speedway USAC/358 Modified event are available by calling 443-513-4456. Callers are required to leave their name, phone number, and the number of tickets requested. We will call you back only if we have questions. Callers may then pick-up and pay for their tickets at the Grandview Speedway’s Will-Call Window after 4 PM. Advance ticket holders may enter the grandstands at 4:30 PM – a full 30 minutes before tickets go on sale to the public. Advance tickets must be ordered prior to race day.
Tickets are $30 for adults, $10 children 6 to 11 and kids five and under will be admitted for free. Pit admission is $35 and a license is not required.
Grandview Speedway is located at 43 Passmore Road, Bechtelsville, PA just minutes off Route 100.
NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series can be found on the web at www.ThunderontheHillRacingSeries.com. You can follow along all of the Thunder on the Hill events on Facebook, and on Twitter and Instagram @tothracing.
Grandview Speedway
GPS USERS: 43 Passmore Road, Bechtelsville, PA 19505
Located less than a mile off Route 100, 10 miles north of Pottstown, PA
Speedway Phone: 610-754-7688
Thunder on the Hill Racing Series Phone: 443-513-4456
Thunder Series Website: Track Website: www.grandviewspeedway.com
Twitter/Instagram: @TOTHRACING
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thunderonthehill
About Grandview Speedway
Grandview Speedway is a high-banked one-third mile clay oval, celebrating their 56th Anniversary season in 2018. The facility offers free parking, quality food at reasonable prices (be sure to try the french fries), a program book, Grandview Speedway and Thunder on the Hill race wear and great viewing from every seat in the house. Race fans may take part in the Inside/Out promotion, where you can sign up (no charge) to watch warm-ups from inside turn four. Race fans are also invited to victory lane following the racing program and, race fans may enter the pits after the races to meet the drivers. Be ready to enjoy the spine-tingling fireworks salute on the feature event parade lap. For more information visit: www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com
Brad Sweet Wins Memorial Day Thriller at Lawrenceburg
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Brad Sweet Wins Memorial Day Thriller at Lawrenceburg
LAWRENCEBURG, IN – May 28, 2018 – Brad Sweet came from eighth and passed Donny Schatz on Lap 26 to take the lead in a thriller at Lawrenceburg Speedway and never looked back for his second win of the 2018 season. Schatz, who led 15 laps, settled for second with David Gravel completing the podium in the Memorial Day Spectacular presented by KOI Auto Parts.
Paul McMahan won the Sears Craftsman Dash to earn the pole of the 35 lap Feature alongside Jason Johnson as both veterans looked for their first Outlaw wins of the year. McMahan led the opening circuit and continued to lead through a pair of cautions in the first handful of laps.
The tricky Lawrenceburg cushion got the better of Sheldon Haudenschild after the young Wooster, OH native pulled a massive slider for fourth on Lap 3.
When action resume, McMahan led as Schatz and Kyle Larson stalked closely behind. Brad Sweet established himself as a threat early moving by his good friend and fellow California native Larson for third on Lap 5.
As lapped traffic intensified, Paul McMahan bobbled out of turn two on the ninth circuit and Schatz and Sweet both pounced, shuffling the Nashville, TN driver back to third. Larson and McMahan waged war for the third position as Sweet began chasing down Schatz.
As is typical at The Burg, slide jobs were plentiful as The Greatest Show on Dirt lived up to its name in the fullest on Memorial Day. Schatz was masterful in traffic as always, but Sweet was just as good as the duo sliced and diced their way through slower traffic. Simultaneously, McMahan and Larson exchanged multiple slide jobs for the third position, with Larson finally wrestling the position away on Lap 21.
After clearing a handful of lapped cars, the top three were nose-to-tail with 10 laps remaining. Sweet gained on Schatz on an open track and made multiple bids for the lead, before completing the pass on the nine-time Series Champion in turn two to lead Lap 26.
A lap later Larson battled hard with Schatz for the runner-up position and had it as they crossed the line. Larson and Schatz continued to battle, but the Lawrenceburg cushion got the better of the California phenom as Larson spun in turn four, leaving fourth-place running McMahan nowhere to go as the caution waved with seven circuits remaining.
On the restart, Sweet showed the speed that got him to the lead from eighth and powered away from the field as David Gravel went side-by-side with Schatz for second and grabbed the position before the final caution flew with three laps remaining for Ian Madsen, who succumbed to a flat tire ending his top-ten run.
Gravel took a look underneath Sweet on the restart, opening the door for Schatz to steal second back from the CJB Motorsports No.5. Schatz had nothing left in the tank to come back after Sweet, as ‘The Big Cat’ crossed the line 1.460 seconds ahead of the Series Points Leader.
“I had a really good race car. It’s better to be in second sometimes, it allows you to move around,” Sweet said in Victory Lane about his pass for the lead. “We were terrible in the Dash going from sixth to eighth, but I was able to try some different lines, allowing us to make some changes for the Feature. We kept getting better and better as the race went on. It’s great to get this NAPA Auto Parts team in Victory Lane where they belong, hopefully we can keep this momentum up in the upcoming summer months,” Sweet said with positivity.
Schatz settled for second and endlessly thanked his Textron Off Road team for their continued work and was thankful to finally have the whole crew back, a rare occasion this season.
“I tried to go for the lead on the restart and lost a spot. We’ll take third, I can’t thank my guys and car owners enough for this opportunity,” Gravel, who set fast time during Qualifying, said. “Hopefully we can continue to qualify well and build off of this going forward.
Shane Stewart finished fourth, ending his winning streak at Lawrenceburg with Parker Price-Miller coming from 16th to complete the top five. Aaron Reutzel earned KSE Hard Charger honors advancing 15 positions, from 22nd to finish seventh.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series continues its 40th Anniversary Season Wednesday, May 30 with the Series’ inaugural visit to Fairbury American Legion Speedway (FALS) in Illinois. Tickets for the can’t miss event at FALS can be purchased here. The Series then treks to I-96 Speedway in Michigan on Friday before heading to Wilmot in Wisconsin to conclude the weekend. If you can’t make it to the track, be sure to watch all the action LIVE on DIRTVision.com!
Results from Lawrenceburg Speedway:
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet [8][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3][$5,500]; 3. 5-David Gravel [5][$3,200]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [7][$2,800]; 5. 4-Parker Price-Miller [16][$2,500]; 6. 41-Jason Johnson [2][$2,300]; 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel [22][$2,200]; 8. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [14][$2,100]; 9. 5B-Christopher Bell [10][$2,050]; 10. 26-Joey Saldana [21][$2,000]; 11. 9-Daryn Pittman [17][$1,500]; 12. 99-Brady Bacon [18][$1,200]; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart [19][$1,100]; 14. 11K-Kraig Kinser [9][$1,050]; 15. 7K-Cale Conley [20][$1,000]; 16. 18-Ian Madsen [12][$900]; 17. 57-Kyle Larson [4][$800]; 18. 13X-Paul McMahan [1][$800]; 19. 1A-Jacob Allen [11][$800]; 20. A79-Brandon Wimmer [24][$800]; 21. 49X-Tim Shaffer [23][$800]; 22. 11-Dominic Scelzi [15][$800]; 23. 20-Hunter Schuerenberg [13][$800]; 24. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [6][$800]; 25. 13-Clyde Knipp [25][$800]; Lap Leaders: Paul McMahan 1-9, Donny Schatz 10-25, Brad Sweet 26-35; KSE Hard Charger Award: 87-Aaron Reutzel[+15]
Qualifying: 1. 5-David Gravel, 11.835; 2. 57-Kyle Larson, 11.847; 3. 13X-Paul McMahan, 11.89; 4. 41-Jason Johnson, 11.947; 5. 49-Brad Sweet, 11.961; 6. 2-Shane Stewart, 11.972; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 11.974; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 12; 9. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.032; 10. 71-Giovanni Scelzi, 12.034; 11. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.037; 12. 4-Parker Price-Miller, 12.054; 13. 20-Hunter Schuerenberg, 12.063; 14. 5B-Christopher Bell, 12.081; 15. 1A-Jacob Allen, 12.11; 16. 18-Ian Madsen, 12.114; 17. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 12.133; 18. 5X-Justin Peck, 12.146; 19. 11-Dominic Scelzi, 12.174; 20. 26-Joey Saldana, 12.183; 21. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 12.185; 22. 99-Brady Bacon, 12.207; 23. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 12.208; 24. 7K-Cale Conley, 12.23; 25. 9-Daryn Pittman, 12.235; 26. A79-Brandon Wimmer, 12.249; 27. 19P-Paige Polyak, 12.286; 28. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.294; 29. 19-Brent Marks, 12.318; 30. 30-CJ Leary, 12.459; 31. 2S-Nathan Skaggs, 12.463; 32. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.522; 33. 13-Clyde Knipp, 12.802; 34. 21X-Carson Short, NT
Heat #1 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 11K-Kraig Kinser [3]; 4. 20-Hunter Schuerenberg [4]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [7]; 6. 49X-Tim Shaffer [5]; 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel [6]; 8. 19-Brent Marks [8]; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp [9]
Heat #2 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 57-Kyle Larson [1]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 3. 5B-Christopher Bell [4]; 4. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [3]; 5. 99-Brady Bacon [6]; 6. A79-Brandon Wimmer [7]; 7. 21X-Carson Short [9]; 8. 30-CJ Leary [8]; 9. 5X-Justin Peck [5]
Heat #3 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 13X-Paul McMahan [1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 4. 11-Dominic Scelzi [5]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 6. 3-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 7. 19P-Paige Polyak [7]; 8. 2S-Nathan Skaggs [8]
Heat #4 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson [1]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 4. 4-Parker Price-Miller [3]; 5. 7K-Cale Conley [6]; 6. 26-Joey Saldana [5]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides [7]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [8]
Sears Craftsman Dash (8 Laps): 1. 13X-Paul McMahan [2]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson [1]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 57-Kyle Larson [8]; 5. 5-David Gravel [3]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [5]; 7. 2-Shane Stewart [7]; 8. 49-Brad Sweet [6]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer: 1. 26-Joey Saldana [3][-]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4][-]; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1][-]; 4. A79-Brandon Wimmer [6][-]; 5. 5X-Justin Peck [2][$300]; 6. 3-Jac Haudenschild [5][$250]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides [8][$225]; 8. 21X-Carson Short [14][$200]; 9. 30-CJ Leary [10][$200]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson [12][$200]; 11. 19-Brent Marks [9][$200]; 12. 13-Clyde Knipp [13][$200]; 13. 19P-Paige Polyak [7][$200]; 14. 2S-Nathan Skaggs [11][$200]
Christopher Bell wins inaugural Bob Hampshire Classic at Waynesfield Raceway Park
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Christopher Bell wins inaugural Bob Hampshire Classic at Waynesfield Raceway Park
WAYNESFIELD, Ohio (May 27, 2018) - Norman, Oklahoma’s Christopher Bell put fans on their feet on Sunday night at Waynesfield Raceway Park, utilizing the top and bottom grooves around the high-banked, 1/3-mile oval to master traffic, ultimately battling passed the “Brownsburg Bullet” Joey Saldana to earn the inaugural Bob Hampshire Classic triumph against the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1. The $5,000 victory raised Bell’s career win total to four against Tony Stewart’s All Stars, his first-ever at Waynesfield Raceway Park.
Paul McMahan chased Bell to the final checkers, followed by early race leader, Joey Saldana, six-time and defending Series champion, Chad Kemenah, and ninth-starting, Gio Scelzi.
“I hope you guys enjoyed that one because that was a ton of fun to drive,” Christopher Bell said, driver of the Linder’s Speed Equipment/Dough-Si-Dough Shoppe/Fisher Performance/No. 11N. “I’ll tell you what, I think we need to have more sprint car races here at Waynesfield.”
Capitalizing on his outside-front row starting position, Bell commenced his hunt for the top spot early by maintaining the runner-up position at the drop of the green flag. Despite Saldana earning the early advantage from the pole position, Bell never left his tail tank, keeping himself within striking distance for the first five circuits. Bell made his first bid for the top spot on lap six, working his way under the Rudeen Racing entry at the exit of turn four. With Bell immediately stuck behind a cluster of lapped cars at the entrance of turn one, Saldana was able to return the favor and work back around Bell to regain control.
The feature’s only caution halted action on lap 17, thus allowing Bell to restart on the back bumper of Saldana. The fresh start proved to be beneficial for the Chili Bowl Nationals champion, soon working back underneath Saldana on the 21st circuit. Paul McMahan, who battled in the third position the entire distance up until that point, followed Bell around Saldana to take the second spot officially on lap 22.
Heavy traffic came into play shortly thereafter giving McMahan a few opportunities to work underneath Bell. Soon enough, Bell, who was making use of the top and middle grooves primarily, switched lanes and began working the very bottom of the corners, especially in turns three and four. The lane swap was enough to keep all momentum, even dodging a near-mishap with a lapped car to drive on to score the All Star victory over McMahan and Saldana.
“I really don’t know what happened there,” Bell said about the near-tangle with a lapped car. “We got bottled up pretty good. I don’t have a bunch of laps at this place, but I’ve watched a bunch here. There always seems to be a lot of lapped traffic, and this place is really fast. Even when it slicks off like tonight, you’re still scooting around here pretty good. Joey (Saldana) was really good there at the beginning. I knew I was good, too. I just kept tugging on that wing. The lapped cars started running really good on the bottom. They were pulling away from me coming off of four. I figured if they can do it, I can do it. It all worked out.”
“Bob Hampshire is a special guy,” Bell continued. “It’s a real honor to be able to win his race.”
The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will move on down the highway and continue their 2018 campaign with a pair of rescheduled starts in Pennsylvania, kicking-off the month of June with visits to Lernerville Speedway in Sarver and Bedford Speedway in Bedford on Friday and Sunday, June 1 & 3, respectively. The All Stars will visit Lernerville and Bedford only once in 2018, each awarding a $5,000 top prize.
Those seeking additional news and notes should visit each facility live on the Web at www.lernerville.com and www.bedfordspeedway.com.
Contingency Awards/Results: Waynesfield Raceway Park - Sunday, May 27, 2018:
Inaugural Bob Hampshire Classic
EMi Driver’s Meeting: 37 entries
State Water Heaters Warm-Ups: Paul McMahan - 10.672 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Paul McMahan - 10.538 seconds
Ford Performance Heat #1: Joey Saldana
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Brady Bacon
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Chad Kemenah
Mobil 1 Heat #4: Cap Henry
JE Pistons Dash #1: Joey Saldana
Wix Filters Dash #2: Christopher Bell
Classic Ink USA B-Main: Mitch Harble
Daido Engine Bearings Main Event Winner: Christopher Bell
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Aaron Reutzel (+11)
(Lincoln Electric, Daido Engine Bearings, MSD Performance: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 13-Paul McMahan, 10.538; 2. 19-Mitch Harble, 10.826; 3. 26-Joey Saldana, 10.844; 4. 4-Parker Price-Miller, 10.882; 5. 21-Spencer Bayston, 10.990; 6. 3G-Carson Macedo, 11.004; 7. 5J-Jake Hesson, 11.472; 8. 51-John Garvin, 11.530; 9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 11.665; 10. 20i-Kesley Ivy, 12.083
Group (B)
1. 99-Brady Bacon, 10.874; 2. 7K-Cale Conley, 11.073; 3. 70-Dave Blaney, 11.090; 4. 22B-Ryan Broughton, 11.183; 5. 57-Dean Jacobs, 11.213; 6. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 11.271; 7. 98-Carl Bowser, 11.595; 8. 22M-Ray Miller, 12.240; 9. 81-Lee Jacobs, 99.000
Group (C)
1. 23-DJ Foos, 10.964; 2. 83X-Cory Eliason, 11.072; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 11.124; 4. 91-Cale Thomas, 11.236; 5. 9M-Jordan Ryan, 11.664; 6. 59N-Bryan Nuckles, 11.925; 7. 83-Adam Cruea, 12.355; 8. 11n-Christopher Bell, 99.270; 9. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 99.280
Group (D)
1. 71X-Gio Scelzi, 10.986; 2. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 10.995; 3. 22C-Cole Duncan, 11.099; 4. 4L-Cap Henry, 11.263; 5. 17-Caleb Helms, 11.322; 6. 49x-Tim Shaffer, 11.366; 7. 11-Dominic Scelzi, 11.618; 8. 35-Tyler Esh, 11.710; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak, 11.802
Heat #1 - Group (A) (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 26-Joey Saldana [2]; 2. 4-Parker Price-Miller [1]; 3. 3G-Carson Macedo [6]; 4. 13-Paul McMahan [4]; 5. 21-Spencer Bayston [5]; 6. 51-John Garvin [8]; 7. 20I-Kesley Ivy [10]; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki [9]; 9. 19-Mitch Harble [3]; 10. 5J-Jake Hesson [7]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 99-Brady Bacon [4]; 2. 22B-Ryan Broughton [1]; 3. 7K-Cale Conley [3]; 4. 70-Dave Blaney [2]; 5. 22-Brandon Spithaler [6]; 6. 98-Carl Bowser [7]; 7. 57-Dean Jacobs [5]; 8. 22M-Ray Miller [8]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah [2]; 2. 11N-Christopher Bell [8]; 3. 91-Cale Thomas [1]; 4. 9M-Jordan Ryan [5]; 5. 83-Adam Cruea [7]; 6. 23-DJ Foos [4]; 7. 83X-Cory Eliason [3]; 8. 59N-Bryan Nuckles [6]; 9. 87-Aaron Reutzel [9]
Heat #4 - Group (D) (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 4L-Cap Henry [2]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer [6]; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild [5]; 4. 71X-Gio Scelzi [4]; 5. 11-Dominic Scelzi [7]; 6. 22C-Cole Duncan [3]; 7. 17-Caleb Helms [1]; 8. 35-Tyler Esh [8]
Dash #1 (4 Laps)
1. 26-Joey Saldana [2]; 2. 4-Parker Price-Miller [1]; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah [3]; 4. 99-Brady Bacon [4]; 5. 71X-Gio Scelzi [5]
Dash #2 (4 Laps)
1. 11N-Christopher Bell [5]; 2. 13-Paul McMahan [2]; 3. 4L-Cap Henry [4]; 4. 22B-Ryan Broughton [1]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer [3]
B-Main (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 19-Mitch Harble [1]; 2. 22C-Cole Duncan [3]; 3. 83X-Cory Eliason [6]; 4. 98-Carl Bowser [5]; 5. 51-John Garvin [4]; 6. 57-Dean Jacobs [7]; 7. 20I-Kesley Ivy [9]; 8. 35-Tyler Esh [11]; 9. 87-Aaron Reutzel [13]; 10. 23-DJ Foos [2]; 11. 17-Caleb Helms [8]; 12. 5J-Jake Hesson [14]; 13. 9Z-Duane Zablocki [10]
A-Main (35 Laps)
1. 11N-Christopher Bell [2]; 2. 13-Paul McMahan [4]; 3. 26-Joey Saldana [1]; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah [5]; 5. 71X-Gio Scelzi [9]; 6. 99-Brady Bacon [7]; 7. 3-Jac Haudenschild [11]; 8. 3G-Carson Macedo [12]; 9. 70-Dave Blaney [15]; 10. 49X-Tim Shaffer [10]; 11. 91-Cale Thomas [14]; 12. 7K-Cale Conley [13]; 13. 22C-Cole Duncan [21]; 14. 87-Aaron Reutzel [25]; 15. 21-Spencer Bayston [17]; 16. 4L-Cap Henry [6]; 17. 9M-Jordan Ryan [16]; 18. 22B-Ryan Broughton [8]; 19. 83X-Cory Eliason [22]; 20. 22-Brandon Spithaler [24]; 21. 98-Carl Bowser [23]; 22. 35-Tyler Esh [26]; 23. 11-Dominic Scelzi [19]; 24. 4-Parker Price-Miller [3]; 25. 83-Adam Cruea [18]; 26. 19-Mitch Harble [20] Lap Leaders: Joey Saldana (1-5) Christopher Bell (6) Joey Saldana (7-20) Christopher Bell (21-35)
2018 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings: (as of 5/27/2018)
1. Aaron Reutzel - 1036
2. Jac Haudenschild - 1020
3. Carson Macedo - 988
4. Chad Kemenah - 988
5. Dave Blaney - 974
6. Parker Price-Miller - 970
7. Cale Conley - 876
8. Carl Bowser - 874
9. Tim Shaffer - 868
10. Brandon Spithaler - 860
About the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1:
All Star Enterprises, LLC, wholly owned by Tony Stewart, d/b/a the All Star Circuit of Champions, is a winged sprint car series. The All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is one of the oldest traveling 410 sprint car organizations and is a staple of grassroots, open-wheel racing. Formed in 1970 by Bud Miller, the series has largely been considered the first 'outlaw' Sprint Car organization of the modern era. Motorsports entrepreneur Tony Stewart agreed to terms with Guy Webb to become the sole owner of the original winged sprint car tour in January of 2015. In 2018, MAVTV Motorsports Network will be the official television home of the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 and will broadcast eight high-profile events.
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Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series
Mother Nature needs to move on out, because there's another storm brewing in the Bechtelsville, PA hills tonight!
The Delaware Auto Exchange Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series will be heading to Grandview Speedway Inc. for the first time this season, to be a part of the Thunder on the Hill Traffic Jam Memorial Day Weekend event! Pit gates are set to open at 2:30PM, with the grandstands opening for fans at 5PM. Warm-ups are slated to begin at 6:30PM, and the first green flag of the evening is set to wave at 7:30PM.
Pre-Race festivities - which begin at 5PM - include the Low Down and Dirty Meet & Greet that will include MASS Sprint Car driver, Johnny Yanek and his S.L.Y Racing #Q2 Sprinter, as well a free cozie give-away to the first 150 fans that enter the grandstand gates, sponsored by our primary sponsor, the Delaware Auto Exchange!
Sponsoring the event will be MASS's primary marketing partner, the Delaware Auto Exchange and also MASS’s associate sponsor Diversified Machine, Inc. / DMI / BullDog Rears, who has come back on board for 2018, gifting the series with a brand new complete front axle to be raffled off at the end of the year banquet. MASS's additional associate sponsor Engler Machine and Tool, will also be sponsoring the front row starters for all the MASS feature events. The pole sitters each night will be rewarded with two tickets for the fuel injection raffle.
Additional contingency awards include $50 cash to each heat race winner presented by Professional Design Services, Freiberger Excavating, and Bruce's Auto Body, a $50 gift certificate to Keizer Sprint Wheels for the worst pill draw of the night, the $25 Bitner Automotive 'Lightning Fast Time of the Night' bonus, 5 gallons of fuel to the winner of each heat race winner courtesy of Kelly Racing Fuels, a $25 Todd's Performance gift certificate, and the CRC Industries Brakleen feature redraw concludes the list of extras up for grabs for members of the Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series.
Expect the talent to be present this evening, with last year's Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series Thunder On The Hill Racing Series winner Ryan Stillwaggon to be on hand to defend victory lane from 2017 MASS Champion and also the winner of the last two events Eddie Wagner from making it 3 in a row tonight! Additional hot shoes on tap for tonight include DOWNTOWN Dave Brown, "THE FLYIN' MUNCHKIN" Jeff Geiges, TNT Tim Tanner, Rookie of the Year contenders Cj Faison, Jason Dunn, Dan Leaper, Chloe Andreas and Chad Connor, along with Tyler Reinhardt, Rick Stief, Bryant Davis and Brendon Poff to name a few.
For more information on upcoming events, LIVE race day coverage, and exclusive interviews with drivers, visit our Facebook page Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series, on Instagram and Twitter @masprints305 and our website www.masprintseries.com.
Mintz earns $5,000 payday at Fremont by .057 seconds over Bacon
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By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio - Coming to the checkers for a $5,000 pay day Craig Mintz and Brady Bacon were side by side at Fremont Speedway. At the line, Mintz earned his third straight win by .057 seconds on American Powersports Night.
“I really wasn’t sure where that lapped car was going to go. The lap before he ran the top so I had no idea where to go. I saw Brady under me but I was already committed. I just laid the throttle on the floor and hoped. I’ve never won three in a row. Heck there’s been times I haven’t won three total all year. This crew behind me built a new car after we hurt one at Attica two weeks ago,” said Mintz beside his Eagle Ignition Leads; Real Geese; Design Graphics Group; KS Sales & Service; Anjulina’s; Linder’s Speed Equipment backed #09
“I saw earlier today Robert Ballou tweet we need heavy, wet tracks with some holes. This proved tonight you can have a heavy track that’s smooth. That close of a race is fun. That’s why we do this to put on a show for the people in the stands. I’d rather have a race like that then win by 50 seconds,” Mintz added in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.
Mintz, a two time Fremont track champion, expands his lead in the chase for a third All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads FAST 410 Championship Series presented by Ohio Logistics championship.
The K&L Ready Mix NRA Sprint Invader A-main was equally entertaining as Brantford, Ontario, Canada’s Jake Brown and Lima, Ohio’s Max Stambaugh swapped the lead while dicing through lapped traffic for six laps toward the end of the A-main. The pair even touched, which resulted in Stambaugh getting a flat left rear tire. A caution with three laps to go put Jake’s brother Mitch right on his rear bumper but Jake drove to his first career Fremont Speedway win.
“I got together with Max and I feel horrible for that. It was close quarters racing in traffic…I’m not that kind of a driver. I have to thank all my guys, my brother, Brantford Hyundai, Strodes Barbecue, Brown Auto Sales and Service, Hills Tire and Gas. What a great race track and awesome fans. We need racing like this in Canada,” Hill said.
The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints ran their 25 lap feature without any cautions and completed it in just over six minutes. Lindsey, Ohio’s Steve Rando utilized a lapped car as a pick to take the lead from Tyler Street with just 11 laps to go to score his first win of the season, holding off a late race charge from Dustin Stroup. Rando also has a win at Attica Raceway Park in 2018.
“I could see where he was going and he couldn’t see where I was coming from and luckily it worked out for me. I thought I was going to get passed there at the end when I couldn’t get around the lapped cars,” Rando said beside his Davis Fabricators, North Coast Asphalt, North Coast Sealing, Garza Construction, Parkmount Wealth, Attitudes Hair Salon backed #19R.
“We put a new car together over the winter…we actually ran it three nights last year and it’s working pretty good. I think we have some things figured out,” Rando added. “I want to thank my mom and dad, my girlfriend Kayleah, Scott, Chris, Leroy, Tony and Dawn and Scott Gressman.”
The 40-lap Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints were brought to green by Tyler Gunn and Mintz with Mintz gaining the slight advantage over Gunn, TJ Michael, Bacon, Travis Philo and Spencer Bayston. Mintz set a blistering pace, encountering heavy lapped traffic by the sixth circuit which allowed Gunn and Bacon to close.
Bacon finally took second on lap seven while Gunn, Bayston, Michael and Cap Henry waged an entertaining race for third. Just as Bacon and Mintz began racing side by side for the lead Philo spun on lap 18. Two laps later and Bayston’s run to the front came to a halt as he spun in turn two. Another two laps under green and a pile-up involving DJ Foos, Dan McCarron and Thomas Schinderle on the back stretch brought out the red but thankfully all involved were okay.
With a clear track when the green came back out Mintz pulled away slightly from Bacon, Gunn, Henry and Byron Reed. Once again Mintz quickly found lapped traffic by lap 28 and that allowed Bacon to close. Duane Zablocki spun with 11 laps to go, handing Mintz a clear track.
Mintz again pulled away slightly from Bacon and Gunn and Henry bumped and banged for the third spot. With seven laps remaining Bacon mounted another charge at Mintz. As the pair raced into lapped traffic with two laps to go, Mintz bobbled on the cushion in turn four and Bacon ducked to his inside. The pair raced side by side to the white flag and entering the final two turns a lapped car held Mintz up ever so slightly and it was a drag race to the checkers with Mintz winning by a whisper. Henry, Gunn and Reed rounded out the top five.
Stambaugh and Jake Brown brought the field to green for the 25 lap, $2,000 to win NRA A-main but before a lap could be scored Jeff Williams and Cory Turner got together. On the second attempt to start the race Brown got the advantage over Stambaugh, Devin Dobie, Butch Schroeder and Jared Horstman. Horstman, who won the previous night at Limaland Motorsports Park, would flip after two laps were scored, collecting Matt Westfall who also tumbled. Both were uninjured.
When the green flew Brown had his hands full with Stambaugh with Dobie holding off Mitch Brown for third. A caution for Aaron Robnolte on lap seven kept the field close as Jake Brown led Stambaugh, Dobie, Mitch Brown, Schroeder, Kyle Sauder, Cody Bova and Tim Allison.
When Jake Brown encountered heavy lapped traffic with 11 laps to go Stambaugh and Dobie closed quickly. Stambaugh used a lapped car to take the lead on lap 17 but he and Brown made contact and Stambaugh’s left rear tire started to go low. Dobie would pull to the infield seeking medical attention on lap 19 for a broken power steering line and Stambaugh ducked into the pits to change the tire handing the lead back to Jake Brown.
When the green reappeared Jake Brown pulled away from Mitch Brown, Schroeder, Sauder, Bova and Allison. A caution for Kobe Allison with three laps to go gave Mitch a final shot at Jake. Jake executed a great restart and drove to the win over Mitch Brown, Schroeder, Allison and Bova.
Rando and Street paced the field for the 25 lap 305 sprint A-main with Street grabbing the early lead over Rando, Dustin Stroup and Matt Foos. Street encountered heavy lapped traffic by lap eight and Rando and Stroup closed.
When Street had difficulty getting around a lapped machine on lap 15 Rando pounced, taking the lead. Stroup was able to take second on lap 19 and started to eat into Rando’s lead. A bobble by Stroup exiting turn two with three laps to go may have been the deciding factor in the race. Stroup rebounded to pull beside Rando coming to the checkers but Rando hung on for his 11th career Fremont win over Stroup, Street, Foos and John Ivy.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, June 2 for Vision Quest Night. Prior to the night’s racing the 10th class will be inducted into the Fremont Speedway Hall of Fame. Gates will open at 1 p.m. with the ceremony to get underway at 2:30 p.m. Those planning to attend need to purchase a ticket which also gets you into the night’s racing which features the FAST 410 sprints; 305 sprints, dirt trucks and late models.
For more information go to www.fremontohspeedway.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FremontSpeedway or on Twitter https://twitter.com/FremontSpeedway
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Fremont Speedway
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Starting Position – [*]
410 Sprints – Fort Ball Pizza Palace
Qualifying
1.8M-TJ Michael, 12.910; 2.16-Chris Andrews, 12.993; 3.99-Brady Bacon, 13.065; 4.4H-Cap Henry, 13.141; 5.09-Craig Mintz, 13.176; 6.5-Byron Reed, 13.190; 7.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.237; 8.21-Spencer Bayston, 13.287; 9.5T-Travis Philo, 13.300; 10.78-Todd Kane, 13.354; 11.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.354; 12.5K-Adam Kekich, 13.416; 13.1-Nate Dussel, 13.459; 14.7-Shawn Valenti, 13.576; 15.22M-Dan McCarron, 13.629; 16.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.678; 17.4T-Tracy Hines, 13.706; 18.20I-Kelsey Ivy, 13.709; 19.19-Paige Polyak, 13.749; 20.8J-Jess Stiger, 13.852; 21.91x-Aaron Middaugh, 13.991; 22.41-Thomas Schinderle, 14.020; 23.14H-Todd Heller, 14.137; 24.23-DJ Foos, 43.999;
Heat 1 (8 laps)
1. 68G-Tyler Gunn[2] ; 2. 78-Todd Kane[1] ; 3. 8M-TJ Michael[4] ; 4. 4H-Cap Henry[3] ; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[6] ; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[5] ; 7. 41-Thomas Schinderle[8] ; 8. 19-Paige Polyak[7]
Heat 2 (8 laps)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1] ; 2. 09-Craig Mintz[3] ; 3. 21-Spencer Bayston[2] ; 4. 16-Chris Andrews[4] ; 5. 7-Shawn Valenti[5] ; 6. 8J-Jess Stiger[7] ; 7. 4T-Tracy Hines[6] ; 8. 14H-Todd Heller[8]
Heat 3 (8 laps)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 2. 99-Brady Bacon[4] ; 3. 5K-Adam Kekich[1] ; 4. 5-Byron Reed[3] ; 5. 23-DJ Foos[8] ; 6. 22M-Dan McCarron[5] ; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[6] ; 8. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[7]
A-Main 1 (40 Laps)
1. 09-Craig Mintz[2] ; 2. 99-Brady Bacon[3] ; 3. 4H-Cap Henry[10] ; 4. 68G-Tyler Gunn[1] ; 5. 5-Byron Reed[12] ; 6. 8M-TJ Michael[4] ; 7. 7-Shawn Valenti[14] ; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 9. 5K-Adam Kekich[9] ; 10. 4T-Tracy Hines[20] ; 11. 16-Chris Andrews[11] ; 12. 21-Spencer Bayston[8] ; 13. 1-Nate Dussel[16] ; 14. 5T-Travis Philo[6] ; 15. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[13] ; 16. 8J-Jess Stiger[17] ; 17. 19-Paige Polyak[22] ; 18. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[21] ; 19. 23-DJ Foos[15] ; 20. 22M-Dan McCarron[18] ; 21. 41-Thomas Schinderle[19] ; 22. 14H-Todd Heller[23] ; 23. 78-Todd Kane[7] ; 24. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[24]
Hard Charger: 4t-Tracy Hines +10
360 NRA Sprint Invaders
Qualifying
1.17-Jared Horstman, 13.302; 2.5M-Max Stambaugh, 13.378; 3.B20-Butch Schroeder, 13.529; 4.2-Kyle Sauder, 13.591; 5.20B-Cody Bova, 13.604; 6.24-Kobe Allison, 13.747; 7.33M-Matt Westfall, 13.771; 8.10-Mitch Brown, 13.788; 9.5W-Jeff Williams, 13.813; 10.23-Devon Dobie, 13.819; 11.7J-Joe Swanson, 13.829; 12.1-10-Jake Brown, 13.894; 13.18-Tood Heuerman, 13.910; 14.11A-Tim Allison, 13.948; 15.02-Brandon Long, 13.967; 16.77X-Alex Hill, 14.018; 17.97-Cory Turner, 14.068; 18.22D-Aaron Robnolte, 14.088; 19.22H-Randy Hannagan, 14.177; 20.51T-John Taylor, 15.171;
Heat 1 (8 Laps)
1. 17-Jared Horstman[4] ; 2. 23-Devon Dobie[1] ; 3. 2-Kyle Sauder[3] ; 4. 33M-Matt Westfall[2] ; 5. 18-Tood Heuerman[5] ; 6. 22H-Randy Hannagan[7] ; 7. 77X-Alex Hill[6]
Heat 8 Laps)
1. 10-Mitch Brown[2] ; 2. 5M-Max Stambaugh[4] ; 3. 20B-Cody Bova[3] ; 4. 11A-Tim Allison[5] ; 5. 97-Cory Turner[6] ; 6. 7J-Joe Swanson[1] ; 7. 51T-John Taylor[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps)
1. 1-10-Jake Brown[1] ; 2. B20-Butch Schroeder[4] ; 3. 02-Brandon Long[5] ; 4. 5W-Jeff Williams[2] ; 5. 22D-Aaron Robnolte[6] ; 6. 24-Kobe Allison[3]
A-Main 1 (25 Laps)
1. 1-10-Jake Brown[2] ; 2. 10-Mitch Brown[5] ; 3. B20-Butch Schroeder[4] ; 4. 11A-Tim Allison[11] ; 5. 20B-Cody Bova[8] ; 6. 2-Kyle Sauder[7] ; 7. 5M-Max Stambaugh[1] ; 8. 18-Tood Heuerman[13] ; 9. 22H-Randy Hannagan[16] ; 10. 02-Brandon Long[9] ; 11. 7J-Joe Swanson[17] ; 12. 77X-Alex Hill[19] ; 13. 24-Kobe Allison[18] ; 14. 22D-Aaron Robnolte[15] ; 15. 23-Devon Dobie[3] ; 16. 51T-John Taylor[20] ; 17. 17-Jared Horstman[6] ; 18. 33M-Matt Westfall[10] ; 19. 5W-Jeff Williams[12] ; 20. 97-Cory Turner[14]
Hard Charger: 11A-Tim Allison +7
305 Sprints - Fremont Federal Credit Union
Qualifying
1.21-Dustin Stroup, 13.655; 2.2F-Matt Foos, 13.715; 3.4*-Tyler Street, 13.858; 4.19R-Steve Rando, 13.908; 5.47-Matt Lucius, 13.918; 6.1W-Paul Weaver, 13.934; 7.36-Seth Schneider, 13.957; 8.5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr, 13.995; 9.Z10-Kevin Mingus, 14.000; 10.12-Kyle Capodice, 14.009; 11.26-Jamie Miller, 14.068; 12.77I-John Ivy, 14.092; 13.8-Bobby CLark, 14.167; 14.9R-Dustin Rall, 14.202; 15.7M-Brandon Moore, 14.305; 16.97-Kyle Peters, 14.309; 17.09-Justin Adams, 14.355; 18.99-Alvin Roepke, 14.380; 19.250-Jared Mcfarland, 14.594;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 8-Bobby CLark[2] ; 2. 4*-Tyler Street[4] ; 3. 9R-Dustin Rall[1] ; 4. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr[3] ; 5. 99-Alvin Roepke[5] ; 6. 250-Jared Mcfarland[6]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[3] ; 3. 21-Dustin Stroup[4] ; 4. 77I-John Ivy[6] ; 5. Z10-Kevin Mingus[5] ; 6. 1W-Paul Weaver[2]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 12-Kyle Capodice[2] ; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[1] ; 3. 2F-Matt Foos[4] ; 4. 97-Kyle Peters[6] ; 5. 47-Matt Lucius[3] ; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[5] ; 7. 09-Justin Adams[7]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 19R-Steve Rando[1] ; 2. 21-Dustin Stroup[4] ; 3. 4*-Tyler Street[2] ; 4. 2F-Matt Foos[3] ; 5. 77I-John Ivy[11] ; 6. 8-Bobby Clark[5] ; 7. 12-Kyle Capodice[7] ; 8. 26-Jamie Miller[8] ; 9. 36-Seth Schneider[6] ; 10. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr[10] ; 11. 7M-Brandon Moore[18] ; 12. 97-Kyle Peters[12] ; 13. 1W-Paul Weaver[17] ; 14. 99-Alvin Roepke[13] ; 15. 09-Justin Adams[19] ; 16. Z10-Kevin Mingus[14] ; 17. 250-Jared Mcfarland[16] ; 18. 47-Matt Lucius[15] ; 19. 9R-Dustin Rall[9]
Hard Charger: 7M-Brandon Moore +7
