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Stewart Wins Memorial Day Thriller at Lawrenceburg
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Stewart Slides to Victory at Lawrenceburg Speedway
Holds off challenges from David Gravel and Rico Abreu in Memorial Day thriller
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. - May 30, 2016 - After dominating on Friday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte and coming up one spot short of the win, Shane Stewart managed to overcome the heartache to score his third World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the 2016 season on Monday night in a Memorial Day thriller at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway.
Stewart, whose most recent win came at Devil's Bowl Speedway over a month ago, had to hold off challenges from NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver, Rico Abreu, and David Gravel to capture the checkered flag.
"I try to drive hard every night, and sometimes it probably doesn't look like it," Stewart said. "I'm just happy I can win on Memorial Day - I know it's a special weekend for some and probably not so special for others, but I just got to thank all the men and women that served our country and have given us the opportunity to come out here and do what we love."
With just a handful of laps remaining, Gravel in the Big Game Treestands/JRC No. 5, muscled his way around Abreu for the second position and challenged Stewart for the win, but came up just short of the victory as he captured his second podium finish since winning at Tri-State Speedway on May 14.
"We have a lot of podium finishes this year, it seems every time we start on the front row, we win," Gravel said. "Hopefully we can get a win when we don't start on the front row, but I think we found something tonight and I am really happy how we ended the feature there."
Abreu, who joined NASCAR stars Kyle Larson, Kasey Kahne and Christopher Bell in the feature at Lawrenceburg, finished third, which is his best World of Outlaws finish of the season.
"I was just really searching [at the end of the race]," Abreu said. "You can't really run the same line as these guys - it's really hard because of all the turbulence these wings make. You just have to search and that's the benefit of running second, because you can see what the guy in front of you is doing."
To start the night, Joey Saldana claimed his series-leading seventh quick time award when he bested Gravel and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver, and Larson Marks Racing co-owner, Kyle Larson, with a lap of 12.185 seconds.
When the heat races started, the first three were dominated by the driver that started on the pole as the track continued to rubber up. The final heat race provided a better preview of the racing to come later in the night as Stewart, in the American Born Moonshine/Eneos Oil No. 2, rocketed around pole-sitter Daryn Pittman to score the win.
Finishing second in the fourth heat proved to be a lucky break for Pittman, as an invert draw of eight placed the Kasey Kahne Racing with Mike Curb driver on the pole for the six-lap dash. Again, Pittman could not capitalize on the front-row starting position, as he finished second to Abreu, who utilized the famous dirt track slide job to score the victory and the pole for the 35-lap feature.
Abreu started on the pole for the feature race, with Pittman starting to his outside, but when the green flag dropped, it was Pittman who jumped out front. Even with two early cautions, Pittman was able to control the top spot for the beginning of the race.
Pittman led the opening four laps, but fell victim to changing track conditions, as he was passed by Stewart, who had made his way to the top spot from the third starting position.
Déjà vu began to set in for the native of Bixby, Okla., as he dominated the mid-stages of the race before he hit lapped traffic, which allowed second place Abreu, in the Abreu Vineyards/Alpine Stars No. 24, to close the gap.
Stewart could not hold off Abreu who took the lead on lap 25. Unlike a few nights earlier at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Stewart did not fade down the stretch, instead he stayed glued to Abreu's rear bumper and took the lead back on lap 27.Over the course of five laps, Stewart and Abreu swapped the lead back-and-forth four times before Stewart captured the lead for the final time on lap 29.
"My car was pretty good but my right rear tire was shot, and I knew that," Stewart said. "I felt pretty good in one and two, but I was a lot in three and four, and just when I thought I had a little bit of breathing room, here came Rico again, throwing me a slider.
"That's the thing, you can't relax, and I did when we got to lapped traffic. Sometimes you're a sitting duck when you're the leader and you don't know how far to pace yourself and you kind of have to judge off of lapped cars. It got to a point where I wasn't getting around them and I started taking a little rubber off the cushion one and two, and that honestly saved me."
Stewart did not have the luxury of coasting to his third World of Outlaws victory of the season, as a hard-charging Gravel made his way around Abreu for second and quickly closed in on the leader.
In the end, Stewart was able to hold off a last lap charge by Gravel to secure the checkered flag in a Memorial Day thriller at Lawrenceburg Speedway.
"These young kids are so good, and as you can tell they just have tons of talent," Stewart said. "It doesn't matter what they jump into, they're going to be competitive.
"I knew Kyle [Larson] and Christopher [Bell] were coming to run with us - they do a heck of a job and they made me earn that one for sure."
Gravel returns to the podium following a two-race skid in which the Watertown, Conn. driver failed to finish inside the top five.
"Rico and Shane were putting on a hell of a battle and I was just kind of watching those guys," Gravel said. "I found something down low - it was taking a little bit of rubber - and if we had another lap or two I think I could've gotten him. We were all over him there at the checkered, but just a little too late.
Abreu led laps early and was the highest finishing NASCAR star, as Larson (fifth), Bell (seventh) and Kahne (14th) each started the feature but did not finish as well as the St. Helena, Calif. driver.
"Thanks to all the fans, you know its Memorial Day and a Monday night and there's a lot of dedicated fans here," Abreu added. "I'm happy to be able to race in front of all you guys, and once again, thank you all for coming out."
Seven-time World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz continues to cut into points leader Brad Sweet's lead, as he finished sixth while Sweet finished eighth. Sweet now sits just 37 points ahead of Schatz.
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Lawrenceburg Speedway Notebook
RACE NOTES: Joey Saldana captures his series-leading seventh quick time award...Within the last two events, Shane Stewart has led 53 total laps which gives him 82 laps led so far in 2016, the fourth most among all drivers...Since winning at Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Donny Schatz has an average finish of seventh over the last three races.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Paul McMahan; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Brady Bacon; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; Super Flow ($50 cash): Jason Johnson; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Rico Abreu;KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Gary Taylor; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Shane Stewart; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Jason Johnson; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Paul McMahan.
SEASON WINNERS: ); Donny Schatz - 7 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22); Brad Sweet - 6 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13); Daryn Pittman - 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24); Shane Stewart - 3 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30); David Gravel - 2 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14); Joey Saldana - 2 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22); Lance Dewease - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27).
World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway; May 30, 2016.
A-Main - (35 Laps) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [3][$10,000]; 2. 5-David Gravel [4][$5,500]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [1][$3,200]; 4. 57-Kyle Larson [6][$2,800]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [2][$2,500]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz [10][$2,300]; 7. 67-Christopher Bell [8][$2,200]; 8. 49-Brad Sweet [11][$2,100]; 9. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [15][$2,050]; 10. 83-Joey Saldana [7][$2,000]; 11. 99-Brady Bacon [16][$1,500]; 12. A67-Brandon Wimmer [19][$1,200]; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart [13][$1,100]; 14. 4-Kasey Kahne [18][$1,050]; 15. 1ST-Gary Taylor [24][$1,000]; 16. O9-Carson Macedo [17][$900]; 17. 41-Jason Johnson [20][$800]; 18. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [12][$800]; 19. 11K-Kraig Kinser [21][$800]; 20. 49D-Shawn Dancer [23][$800]; 21. 7-Paul McMahan [5][$800]; 22. 23C-Tyler Courtney [22][$800]; 23. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [14][$800]; 24. 22-Cole Duncan [9][$800]. Lap Leaders: Daryn Pittman 1-4; Shane Stewart 6-24, 27, 29-35; Rico Abreu 25-26, 28. KSE Hard Charger Award: 1ST-Gary Taylor [+9]
Qualifying - 1. 83-Joey Saldana, 12.185; 2. 5-David Gravel, 12.233; 3. 57-Kyle Larson, 12.247; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman, 12.248; 5. 22-Cole Duncan, 12.279; 6. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.302; 7. 24-Rico Abreu, 12.309; 8. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.319; 9. 67-Christopher Bell, 12.328; 10. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 12.392; 11. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 12.482; 12. 99-Brady Bacon, 12.488; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.497; 14. 7-Paul McMahan, 12.510; 15. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.537; 16. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 12.543; 17. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.577; 18. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 12.605; 19. 23C-Tyler Courtney, 12.614; 20. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 12.646; 21. 71M-Paul May, 12.651; 22. 4-Kasey Kahne, 12.666; 23. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.670; 24. 41-Jason Johnson, 12.750; 25. O9-Carson Macedo, 12.755; 26. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.756; 27. A67-Brandon Wimmer, 12.772; 28. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 12.911; 29. 1A-Jacob Allen, 12.943; 30. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.012; 31. 6-Bill Rose, 13.216; 32. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.285; 33. 4K-Kody Kinser, 13.291; 34. 10P-Jim Perricone, 14.042
Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 83-Joey Saldana [1]; 2. 67-Christopher Bell [3]; 3. 22-Cole Duncan [2]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 5. O9-Carson Macedo [7]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5]; 7. 71M-Paul May [6]; 8. 4K-Kody Kinser [9]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [8]
Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 5-David Gravel [1]; 2. 7-Paul McMahan [4]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 4. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [3]; 5. 4-Kasey Kahne [6]; 6. 10H-Chad Kemenah [7]; 7. 11N-Randy Hannagan [5]; 8. 10P-Jim Perricone [9]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [8]
Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 57-Kyle Larson [1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [6]; 5. A67-Brandon Wimmer [7]; 6. 23C-Tyler Courtney [5]; 7. 49D-Shawn Dancer [3]; 8. 6-Bill Rose [8]
Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 3. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [4]; 4. 99-Brady Bacon [3]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [6]; 6. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [5]; 7. 1ST-Gary Taylor [7]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [8]
Dash - (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 24-Rico Abreu [2]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 4. 5-David Gravel [7]; 5. 7-Paul McMahan [3]; 6. 57-Kyle Larson [6]; 7. 83-Joey Saldana [8]; 8. 67-Christopher Bell [4]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2][-]; 2. 23C-Tyler Courtney [4][-]; 3. 49D-Shawn Dancer [1][-]; 4. 1ST-Gary Taylor [8][-]; 5. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [5][$200]; 6. 10H-Chad Kemenah [7][$200]; 7. 11N-Randy Hannagan [3][$200]; 8. 4K-Kody Kinser [12][$200]; 9. 6-Bill Rose [10][$200]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson [11][$200]; 11. 1A-Jacob Allen [9][$200]; 12. 10P-Jim Perricone [13][$200]; 13. 71M-Paul May [6][$200]; 14. 7S-Jason Sides [14][$200].
The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Bad Boy Off Road (Official Side-by-Side Vehicle), Craftsman (Official Tool), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), Morton Buildings (Official Building), Sears (Official Home Store), The Kenny Wallace Dirt Racing Experience (Official Racing Experience) and VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Edelbrock, JE Pistons, KSE Racing Products, MSD, Penske Shocks, and Superflow Dynos; along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Impact Racing Products, Intercomp, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo and TNT Rescue.
Swanson caps off great week with Fremont BOSS win
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Contact: Brian Liskai – liskai2x@roadrunner.com
FREMONT, Ohio – What a week for Kingsburg, California’s Kody Swanson. It started Thursday with a win in the Hoosier Hundred champ car race, continued Friday with a second place run behind his brother at the Carb Night Classic in a sprint car on the pavement in Brownsburg, Indiana. Saturday Kody would win the Little 500 on the pavement in Anderson, Indiana in a sprint car and ended the week with a victory Sunday on Fremont Speedway’s clay oval in a sprint car for the Mike Hensel Memorial Presented by Budweiser and Maple City Ice.
Sunday’s $5,000 victory at Fremont was Swanson’s second Mike Hensel Memorial victory.
Sunday at Fremont, Swanson would take the lead from Shane Cottle on lap 16 and drove away for his second career Rick’s Truck & Equipment Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS) win.
“What an unbelievable week. It’s hard to put into words. The Hensel family…I won this race two years ago and met them, what an awesome group of people. You see them throughout race tracks wherever we’re at…crown races, saw them at the Hoosier 100 and the Little 500…what great people to have in the sport,” said Swanson. “I’m so thankful to be a part of this event to honor Mike.
“I’m not that good at all. I’m so lucky to be driving this week for three fantastic race teams, the DePalma 63, the Hoffman 69 and tonight Kent Wolters 21…what an unbelievable group of guys. My career was in shambles and probably over and Kent picked me up and gave me another chance and I’m happy to put this in victory lane for him,” added Swanson.
Fremont’s Paul Weaver would dominate the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature for his second win in as many nights at Fremont. Both wins were worth $1,000 each for Weaver who not has 38 career victories at Fremont Speedway.
Weaver’s win Sunday also garnered him valuable points in the chase for the JLH General Contractor FAST 305 Sprint Series presented by Engine Pro title.
“That was a lot easier than last night…I don’t know why,” said Weaver beside his Schiets Motorsports, Weaver Performance Center, M&L Excavating, Hampshire Engines backed #1w.
In a race cut short by just six laps due to curfew constraints, Tiffin’s Chester Fitch would garner his second win of the hear in the McCullough Industries 602 Late Models. Fitch led every lap for his fifth career Fremont victory.
“The car felt good and felt like it was finally ready to run and be a race car,” said Fitch beside his Tiffin Auto Auction, Westside Auto Sales, Hi-Way 101 Auto Parts, Danner’s Recycling backed #101.
Shane Cottle and Swanson would bring the field to green for the 33-lap Mike Hensel Memorial. Robert Ballou would spin necessitating another start. Cottle would grab the early lead over Swanson, DJ Foos (making only his third non-wing sprint start), Brady Bacon, Cooper Clouse, Thomas Meseraull and Dave Darland.
On lap 3 Dustin Stroup and Paul Dues would get together to halt the action. On the restart Sodeman and Dues would spin. When the green reappeared Cottle and Swanson pulled away slightly as Bacon moved into third with Foos, Meseraull, Clouse and Darland battling for fourth. Meseraull would take fourth on lap eight.
The big cushion in turn four kept the field close and often jumbled the running order from third on back.
On lap 11 the red would appear when Mike Burkin spun sending Tyler Gunn hard into the soft wall in turn three. He was okay but done for the night. Prior to the red Bacon hit the curb in turn four hard and dropped several positions. The restart order was Cottle, Swanson, Foos, Darland, Meseraull, Clouse and Bacon.
After following Cottle for the first 15 laps, Swanson made his move to the lead on lap 16 just before the caution would fly for Clouse who won the BOSS event a few weeks ago at Fremont.
On lap 19, Foos and Meseraull would tangle while battling for third, with Foos spinning. That would necessitate a fuel stoppage. The race would go the last 14 laps non-stop.
On the restart Swanson began pulling away from Cottle. The car on the move was Ballou who stormed from the rear of the field following his opening lap spin to fourth by lap 20. By lap 24 Swanson had built a sizeable lead while Cottle battled with Meseraull, Ballou and Bacon.
With seven laps remaining Swanson’s lead was over three seconds with Cottle, Meseraull and Ballou waging a very entertaining battle for second. Meseraull would grab second on lap 28 but Swanson held a commanding lead.
Swanson would drive to the checkers over Meseraull, Cottle, Ballou and Landon Simon.
In the 25 lap 305 sprint feature Dustin Dinan and Ricky Peterson would bring the field to green. Dustin Stroup would bring out the caution before a lap could be completed. Once the green flew again the race would go non-stop.
Peterson would grab the early lead over Weaver, Dinan, Jamie Miller, Steve Rando, Luke Griffith and Jason Keckler. Weaver would drive to Peterson’s outside to take the lead on lap three.
Despite encountering heavy lapped traffic by the eighth circuit, no one could catch Weaver as Peterson tried to fend off Miller and Rando. With 10 laps to go Weaver’s lead was five seconds over Miller with Peterson, Rando, Keckler, Dinan, Nate Dussel and Bobby Clark in pursuit.
By lap 20, Weaver had built a seven second lead with Rando and Miller trading the second and third spot over the next few laps.
Weaver drove away to the win over Rando, Miller, Peterson and Keckler.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Friday, June 3 as the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series invades. The 305 sprints will all run feature events – odds in the point standings and evens in the point standings.
For ticket information got to www.fremontohspeedway.com
Fremont Speedway
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Budweiser/Maple City Ice/Hensel Family
BOSS Sprints
Qualifying
1.57-Shane Cottle, 14.935; 2.1-Robert Ballou, 14.968; 3.82-Mike Miller, 15.025; 4.89-Shawn Westerfeld, 15.036; 5.11-Dave Darland, 15.190; 6.99-Brady Bacon, 15.231; 7.21-Carmen Perigo, 15.271; 8.9X-Thomas Meseraull, 15.274; 9.91x-Aaron Middaugh, 15.282; 10.2DI-Dustin Ingle, 15.289; 11.21K-Kody Swanson, 15.294; 12.68G-Tyler Gunn, 15.327; 13.23s-Kyle Simon, 15.406; 14.77-Dustin Smith, 15.529; 15.16-Dallas Hewitt, 15.535; 16.0-Steve Irwin, 15.544; 17.4-Michael Fischesser, 15.571; 18.24-Landon Simon, 15.573; 19.48-Mike Burkin, 15.594; 20.14C-Cooper Clouse, 15.612; 21.23JR-Jack Sodeman, 15.637; 22.9N-Luke Hall, 15.643; 23.96-Riley Vanhise, 15.777; 24.4J-Justin Owen, 15.812; 25.14-Chad Wilson, 15.848; 26.87-Paul Dues, 15.893; 27.74-Drew Rader, 15.943; 28.59J-Kirk Jeffries, 15.976; 29.08-Andy Feil, 15.986; 30.35-Stuart Brubaker, 16.001; 31.53-Steve Little, 16.054; 32.63D-Jim Dues, 16.086; 33.1M-Dustin Stroup, 16.153; 34.5-Bob McMillen, 16.164; 35.3-Joe Butera, 16.196; 36.97-Scott Hardman, 16.297; 37.0C-Chris Vandewiele, 16.388; 38.7-Shawn Valenti, 16.481; 39.71-Straton Briggs, 16.529; 40.23-DJ Foos, 16.768; 41.48M-Mike Moore, 16.840; 42.33-Brent Matus, 16.868; 43.18N-Frank Neill, 16.995; 44.19-George Prosser, 17.089; 45.24A-Austin Troyer, 17.125; 46.13-Brandon Matus, 17.186; 47.25B-Mark Blausey, 17.295; 48.5K-Dave Ackerman, 17.645; 49.J1-Mark Shultz, 17.660; 50.23L-Corbin Loggins, 99.150; 51.7M-Brandon Moore, 99.630;
Heat 1, Group A (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 57-Shane Cottle[6] ; 2. 48-Mike Burkin[2] ; 3. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[4] ; 4. 87-Paul Dues[1] ; 5. 21-Carmen Perigo[5] ; 6. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[3] ; 7. 0C-Chris Vandewiele[8] ; 8. 3-Joe Butera[7] ; 9. 25B-Mark Blausey[9] ; 10. 5K-Dave Ackerman[10] ; 11. J1-Mark Shultz[11]
Heat 2, Group B (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 14C-Cooper Clouse[2] ; 2. 9X-Thomas Meseraull[4] ; 3. 16-Dallas Hewitt[3] ; 4. 23JR-Jack Sodeman[1] ; 5. 82-Mike Miller[6] ; 6. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[5] ; 7. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[8] ; 8. 97-Scott Hardman[9] ; 9. 96-Riley Vanhise[7] ; 10. 23L-Corbin Loggins[10]
Heat 3, Group C (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 99-Brady Bacon[5] ; 2. 11-Dave Darland[6] ; 3. 68G-Tyler Gunn[4] ; 4. 23s-Kyle Simon[3] ; 5. 0-Steve Irwin[1] ; 6. 1M-Dustin Stroup[10] ; 7. 14-Chad Wilson[8] ; 8. 63D-Jim Dues[9] ; 9. 77-Dustin Smith[2] ; 10. 4-Michael Fischesser[7]
Heat 4, Group D (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1-Robert Ballou[6] ; 2. 4J-Justin Owen[4] ; 3. 24-Landon Simon[5] ; 4. 08-Andy Feil[2] ; 5. 53-Steve Little[1] ; 6. 33-Brent Matus[9] ; 7. 48M-Mike Moore[8] ; 8. 74-Drew Rader[3] ; 9. 13-Brandon Matus[10] ; 10. 5-Bob McMillen[7]
Heat 5, Group E (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 23-DJ Foos[1] ; 2. 9N-Luke Hall[5] ; 3. 21K-Kody Swanson[6] ; 4. 71-Straton Briggs[2] ; 5. 19-George Prosser[8] ; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4] ; 7. 18N-Frank Neill[7] ; 8. 24A-Austin Troyer[9] ; 9. 7-Shawn Valenti[3] ; 10. 7M-Brandon Moore[10]
Dash 1 (8 Laps, determines A-main line-up)
1. 57-Shane Cottle[2] ; 2. 21K-Kody Swanson[1] ; 3. 23-DJ Foos[3] ; 4. 99-Brady Bacon[8] ; 5. 9X-Thomas Meseraull[5] ; 6. 14C-Cooper Clouse[10] ; 7. 11-Dave Darland[7] ; 8. 24-Landon Simon[6] ; 9. 1-Robert Ballou[9] ; 10. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[4]
B-Main 1 (12 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[4] ; 2. 21-Carmen Perigo[1] ; 3. 77-Dustin Smith[12] ; 4. 0-Steve Irwin[2] ; 5. 0C-Chris Vandewiele[6] ; 6. 19-George Prosser[3] ; 7. 14-Chad Wilson[7] ; 8. 97-Scott Hardman[9] ; 9. 18N-Frank Neill[8] ; 10. 25B-Mark Blausey[11] ; 11. J1-Mark Shultz[16] ; 12. 33-Brent Matus[5]
B-Main 2 (12 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[3] ; 2. 1M-Dustin Stroup[4] ; 3. 53-Steve Little[2] ; 4. 63D-Jim Dues[9] ; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 6. 82-Mike Miller[1] ; 7. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[6] ; 8. 4-Michael Fischesser[14] ; 9. 2+-Brian Smith[16] ; 10. 24A-Austin Troyer[10] ; 11. 7M-Brandon Moore[15] ; 12. 96-Riley Vanhise[11] ; 13. 3-Joe Butera[8] ; 14. 48M-Mike Moore[7] ; 15. 13-Brandon Matus[12] ; 16. 5K-Dave Ackerman[13]
A-Main 1 (33 Laps)
1. 21K-Kody Swanson[2] ; 2. 9X-Thomas Meseraull[5] ; 3. 57-Shane Cottle[1] ; 4. 1-Robert Ballou[9] ; 5. 24-Landon Simon[8] ; 6. 99-Brady Bacon[4] ; 7. 23s-Kyle Simon[18] ; 8. 21-Carmen Perigo[23] ; 9. 48-Mike Burkin[11] ; 10. 11-Dave Darland[7] ; 11. 14C-Cooper Clouse[6] ; 12. 4J-Justin Owen[12] ; 13. 23-DJ Foos[3] ; 14. 71-Straton Briggs[20] ; 15. 9N-Luke Hall[13] ; 16. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[22] ; 17. 08-Andy Feil[19] ; 18. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[10] ; 19. 68G-Tyler Gunn[15] ; 20. 1M-Dustin Stroup[24] ; 21. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[21] ; 22. 87-Paul Dues[16] ; 23. 23JR-Jack Sodeman[17] ; 24. 16-Dallas Hewitt[14]
Hard Charger: 21-Carmen Perigo +15
305 Sprints - Fremont Federal Credit Union
Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 19R-Steve Rando[4] ; 2. 11G-Luke Griffith[2] ; 3. 1X-Dustin Dinan[1] ; 4. 77I-John Ivy[5] ; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron[3] ; 6. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath[6] ; 7. 14-Rick Daughtery[7] ; 8. 9R-Dustin Rall[8]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[2] ; 2. 66-Jamie Miller[4] ; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig[1] ; 4. 1xx-DJ Foos[8] ; 5. 12-Kyle Capodice[6] ; 6. 2F-Matt Foos[7] ; 7. 75-Jerry Dahms[3] ; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[5]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 2-Ricky Peterson[2] ; 2. 10X-Dustin Stroup[3] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[6] ; 4. 99-Alvin Roepke[5] ; 5. 10-Josh Harrison[4] ; 6. 4*-Tyler Street[8] ; 7. 20B-Cody Bova[7] ; 8. 10J-CJ Jones[1]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 7M-Brandon Moore[1] ; 2. 25-Jason Keckler[4] ; 3. 8-Bobby Clark[8] ; 4. 94K-Kevin Mingus[2] ; 5. 45-Trevor Baker[7] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[6] ; 7. 44-Kyle Farmer[5] ; 8. 15-Gary Benjamin[3]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 22M-Dan McCarron[1] ; 2. 10-Josh Harrison[2] ; 3. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath[3] ; 4. 4*-Tyler Street[4] ; 5. 9R-Dustin Rall[7] ; 6. 20B-Cody Bova[6] ; 7. 14-Rick Daughtery[5] ; 8. 10J-CJ Jones[8]
B-Main 2 - (10 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 12-Kyle Capodice[1] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[4] ; 3. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[7] ; 4. 2F-Matt Foos[3] ; 5. 45-Trevor Baker[2] ; 6. 44-Kyle Farmer[6] ; 7. 15-Gary Benjamin[8] ; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[5]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[8] ; 3. 66-Jamie Miller[4] ; 4. 2-Ricky Peterson[2] ; 5. 25-Jason Keckler[5] ; 6. 8-Bobby Clark[9] ; 7. 1-Nate Dussel[11] ; 8. 99-Alvin Roepke[15] ; 9. 1xx-DJ Foos[14] ; 10. 77I-John Ivy[13] ; 11. 1X-Dustin Dinan[1] ; 12. 10X-Dustin Stroup[12] ; 13. 12-Kyle Capodice[18] ; 14. 22M-Dan McCarron[17] ; 15. 11G-Luke Griffith[6] ; 16. 7M-Brandon Moore[7] ; 17. 32H-Dan Hennig[10] ; 18. 36-Seth Schneider[20] ; 19. 10-Josh Harrison[19] ; 20. 94K-Kevin Mingus[16]
Hard Charger: 99-Alvin Roepke +7
602 Late Models - McCullough Industries
Heat 1 (6 Laps)
1. 44-Matt Shipley[2] ; 2. 34-Ky Harper[5] ; 3. 00-John Brooks[6] ; 4. 4M-Jamie Miller[1] ; 5. 01-Brandon Perkins[3] ; 6. 04-Jeff Hites[4]
Heat 2 (6 Laps)
1. 98-Tim Sabo[2] ; 2. 101-Chester Fitch[4] ; 3. 16-Steve Sabo[3] ; 4. 17x-Dustin Keegan[5] ; 5. 43K-Louis Alan[1] ; 6. 32-Brandon Myers[6]
A-Main 1 (12 Laps)
1. 101-Chester Fitch[1] ; 2. 44-Matt Shipley[2] ; 3. 00-John Brooks[3] ; 4. 34-Ky Harper[4] ; 5. 01-Brandon Perkins[9] ; 6. 16-Steve Sabo[5] ; 7. 04-Jeff Hites[11] ; 8. 32-Brandon Myers[12] ; 9. 4M-Jamie Miller[7] ; 10. 43K-Louis Alan[10] ; 11. 98-Tim Sabo[6] ; 12. 17x-Dustin Keegan[8]
New Egypt Speedway
New Egypt Speedway
Route 539, New Egypt, NJ
Track Phone: 609-758-1900
Website: www.newegyptspeedway.net
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Contact: Mike Wisniewski – Wiz Motorsports Communications, 856-982-5137
COMING EVENTS:
Sat 6/4 – Super Hero Night with 358 Modifieds (May Modified Madness Series - Dirty Dozen Round), Crate Sportsman, Street Stocks and Lyons Construction/Metal Fab Rookies.
3:00 p.m. – Pit gates open
4:00 p.m. – Grandstand gates open
5:00 p.m. – Hot laps start
6:00 p.m. – Racing starts
PAUCH JR. TAKES THE OPENING ROUND OF THE MAY MODIFIED MADNESS SERIES AT NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY
New Egypt, NJ (May 29, 2016) – On Military Appreciation Night at New Egypt Speedway, Billy Pauch, Jr. took the opening round of the May Modified Madness Series by winning the 30-lap 358 Modified feature. Brandon Grosso bested the field in the Sportsman feature. Bobby Butler was the victor in the Burlington County Overhead Door NEWS Sprints main event while Chris Allen took top honors in the TSRS Sprint Car feature.
Polesitter PJ Oliver grabbed the lead as the 30-lap Modified feature got underway with Danny Bouc and Andrew Bohn next in line. With four circuits completed, Bouc was closing in on the leader when a yellow flag was displayed for a multi-car tangle in turn one. During this caution period, Bouc headed to the pits with a broken right rear shock. When action got underway, Bohn worked his way past Oliver to become the new leader. Following a fifth lap multi-car accident, Ryan Godown, who started the race in fifteenth place, motored into second behind Bohn with Willie Osmun taking third and Billy Pauch, Jr. advancing to fourth. Over the next few laps, two positional duels began to develop on the track as Godown pressured Bohn for first and Pauch, Jr. pressed Osmun for third. On the eleventh lap, Pauch, Jr. moved by Osmun and into third place. One revolution later, Godown slipped underneath Bohn coming out of the fourth turn to gain the lead. Following a fourteenth circuit caution for a slowing Chris Grbac, Pauch, Jr. sped past Bohn for second with Godown still in charge. With ten laps remaining, Pauch, Jr. was getting closer to the leader with Osmun now in third. On the twenty-first circuit, Doug Ostwald made contact with the outside wall in turn two and the caution lights were illuminated. When green flag racing resumed, Pauch, Jr. swept by Godown for the lead and Osmun followed him to take over second as Godown’s car began to develop handling issues. As Godown continued to lose positions in the final laps, Pauch, Jr. remained in front for the remainder of the contest to collect his first 358 Modified feature victory of the season. Osmun came home in second place. Bohn’s strong run resulted in a third place finish. John McClelland came from thirteenth place on the starting grid to complete the race in fourth. Fifth place was taken by Bryan Kuhl. The Modified heat races were taken by PJ Oliver, Danny Bouc and Willie Osmun. The consolation event was won by Steve Davis.
After motoring by Dakota Kessler on the eleventh tour, Brandon Grosso would lead the remaining circuits to win the 20-lap Sportsman contest. The early pacesetter, Joe Dill, retired from the event during a caution period after leading the opening five laps. Following Dill’s withdrawal, Kessler inherited the top running position and remained there until the twelfth place starting Grosso assumed command. Kessler completed the race in second. JR Fulper, Bill Liedtka and Ryan Simmons rounded out the top five. Brandon Grosso, JR Fulper and Pat Wall captured victories in the Sportsman qualifying races. Cale Ross took the checkered flag in the consolation contest.
Following his overtaking of Rich Mellor on the third tour, Bobby Butler out raced his foes the rest of the way to collect the win in the 20-lap main event for the Burlington County Overhead Door NEWS Sprints. Mellor held off a hard charging Brian Spencer to finish in second. With Spencer taking third, Wayne Weaver came home in fourth. Fifth place went to Tom Fraschetta, who was making his first start in the class. Butler was the heat race winner in the Burlington County Overhead Door NEWS Sprints division.
By knifing his way through heavy lap traffic around the midway point, Chris Allen was able to maintain his start to finish lead to capture the 20-lap TSRS Sprint Car feature. Mark Bitner followed Allen across the finish line to take second place. Tim Tanner, Kevin Nagy and Mike Haggenbottom completed the top five. TSRS Sprint Car qualifying races went to Stefanie Palmai, Eddie Wagner and Jeff Geiges.
On Saturday, June 4, Super Hero: Heroes vs. Villains Night will be held as the 358 Modifieds, Crate Sportsman, Street Stocks and Lyons Construction/Metal Fab Rookies are on the racing agenda. The Modified Madness Series will continue as the “Dirty Dozen” Round of 12 takes place. On this evening, fans who dress up as their favorite Hero or Villain will receive free grandstand admission and can participate in an intermission costume contest with prizes awarded for the top three costumes. Plus, plenty of Super Hero themed giveaways will be distributed throughout the evening, including tickets to the new Suicide Squad movie. Pit gates swing open at 3:00 p.m. with the grandstand turnstiles unlocking at 4:00 p.m. Warm-ups start at 5:00 p.m. with racing getting underway at 6:00 p.m. Admission to the grandstand is $20 for adults, $18 for seniors 65 and older, $10 for teens 12-15, $10 for military personal and their spouses with ID, and no charge for children 11 and under. Pit admission is $30 with a New Egypt Speedway license and $40 with no license.
New Egypt Speedway is located on Route 539 just minutes from Six Flags Great Adventure and the New Jersey Turnpike. A racy 7/16-mile D-shaped dirt oval, New Egypt Speedway serves Garden State race fans with some of the best competition in the country. New Egypt’s state-of-the-art facilities feature daylight-quality lighting and excellent sightlines from any seat in the house. The grandstands are fully wheelchair accessible with wide, clear, and well-groomed walkways. Concession facilities serve up everything from roast beef sandwiches to ice cream treats at family-friendly prices.
For more information, visit online: www.newegyptspeedway.net, “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/newegyptspeedwayofficial, or follow us on Twitter @nesspeedway.
NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY RESULTS – SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2016
358 Modifieds
Heat 1 - 1. PJ Oliver 2. Ryan Godown 3. John McClelland 4. Bryan Kuhl 5. Rick Laubach 6. Tad Cox
Heat 2 - 1. Danny Bouc 2. Andrew Bohn 3. Dominick Buffalino 4. Lou Cicconi 5. Billy Pauch, Jr. 6. Clay Butler
Heat 3 - 1. Willie Osmun 2. Tommy Farrell 3. David Van Horn 4. Doug Ostwald 5. Ryan Krachun 6. DJ Ruppert
Consolation – 1. Steve Davis 2. Chad Barney 3. Mike Butler 4. Chris Grbac 5. Kevin Vaclavicek 6. John Pakenham
358 MODIFIEDS - 30 LAPS FEATURE
1. BILLY PAUCH. JR. 2. Willie Osmun 3. Andrew Bohn 4. John McClelland 5. Bryan Kuhl 6. Steve Davis 7. Ryan Godown 8. Rick Laubach 9. Dominick Buffalino 10. Ryan Krachun 11. Lou Cicconi 12. Tommy Farrell 13. Chad Barney 14. Clay Butler 15. Kevin Vaclavicek 16. Tad Cox 17. PJ Oliver 18. Mike Butler 19. Doug Ostwald 20. Danny Bouc 21. David Van Horn 22. John Pakenham 23. Chris Grbac 24. DJ Ruppert
DNQ: Brian Roemer, Billy Pauch, Sr.
Sportsman
Heat 1 - 1. Brandon Grosso 2. Dakota Kessler 3. Art Liedl 4. Jimmy Amato 5. Frank Dorry, Jr. 6. TJ Lilly
Heat 2 - 1. JR Fulper 2. Bob Lineman, Jr. 3. Billy Osmun 4. Marty Saxton 5. Alan Bleacher 6. Tom Tanner
Heat 3 - 1. Pat Wall 2. Ryan Simmons 3. Derek Krum 4. John Aumick 5. Bill Liedtka 6. Mickey Kessler
Consolation - 1. Cale Ross 2. Lou Farina 3. Dan Fleming 4. Marty Saxton 5. Marty Resnick 6. Jesse Dill
SPORTSMAN - 20 LAPS FEATURE
1. BRANDON GROSSO 2. Dakota Kessler 3. JR Fulper 4. Bill Liedtka 5. Ryan Simmons 6. Pat Wall 7. Billy Osmun 8. Tom Tanner 9. Frank Dorry, Jr. 10. Bob Lineman, Jr. 11. Mickey Kessler 12. Jesse Dill 13. Dan Fleming 14. John Aumick 15. Jimmy Amato 16. Marty Resnick 17. Marty Saxton 18. Alan Bleacher 19. Lou Farina 20. Art Liedl 21. Cale Ross 22. TJ Lilly 23. Joe Dill 24. Derek Krum
DNQ: Alonzo Morales, Chuck Potts, JT Trstensky, Andy Visinski
Burlington County Overhead Door NEWS Sprints
Heat 1 - 1. Bobby Butler 2. Rich Mellor 3. Lou Cicconi 4. Brian Spencer 5. Johnny Cornell 6. Wayne Weaver
BURLINGTON COUNTY OVERHEAD DOOR NEWS SPRINTS - 20 LAPS FEATURE
1. BOBBY BUTLER 2. Rich Mellor 3. Brian Spencer 4. Wayne Weaver 5. Tom Fraschetta 6. Lee Nardelli 7. Heidi Heddin 8. Molly Chambers 9. Johnny Cornell 10. Lou Cicconi
TSRS Sprint Cars
Heat 1 – 1. Stefanie Palmai 2. Kevin Nagy 3. Mark Bitner 4. Harris Kohen 5. John Barnett 6. David Bonner
Heat 2 - 1. Eddie Wagner 2. Gabe Fox 3. Tim Tanner 4. Brandon Poff 5. Bob DeVault 6. David Brown
Heat 3 - 1. Jeff Geiges 2. Mike Haggenbottom 3. Sam Lieberman 4. Chris Allen, Jr. 5. Kyle Purks 6. Karl Freyer
TSRS Sprint Cars - 20 LAPS FEATURE
1. CHRIS ALLEN 2. Mark Bitner 3. Tim Tanner 4. Kevin Nagy 5. Mike Haggenbottom 6. Jeff Geiges 7. Eddie Wagner 8. John Barnett 9. Kyle Purks 10. Zack Byrd 11. Karl Freyer 12. Sam Lieberman 13. Gabe Fox 14. Joe Kay 15. Joe Lord 16. Dave Garber 17. David Bonner 18. Stefanie Palmai 19. David Brown 20. Bob DeVault 21. Brandon Poff 22. Harris Kohen 23. Logan Diehl
Blaney gets late race pass for All Star win at Attica
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ATTICA, Ohio Friday, May 27, 2016– On a slick race track there are few better than Hartford, Ohio’s Dale Blaney. “The Low Rider” proved it again Friday at Attica Raceway Park as he threw a “slider” on Chad Kemenah on a restart with five laps to go and went on to score his 130th career Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions victory.
Blaney’s win on Tusing Builders/Kear’s Speed Shop Night is the 25th of his career at Attica of which 18 have been All Star victories.
“That was a hell of a race and a hell of a win. I apologize to James (McFadden) for getting into him. We were both racing really, really hard and I was coming pretty hard at that point and we were going for the same spot. We collected each other…fortunate enough I got through it. We will have some more runs…he’s here for about four months so I know we’ll race hard again,” said Blaney beside his Muddy Outdoor and Hunting Equipment, Big Game Tree Stands, Penske Shocks, Ti22 Performance, GF1 Chassis backed machine.
“I have to thank my guys George and Skippy and Donny…they do an unbelievable job. This is a brand new car. We put it together this week. We really haven’t been running very good, but this was flawless. First time in a long time from lap 20 on I got better,” added Blaney, a six time All Star champion.
Seven time Attica champion Byron Reed from Monclova, Ohio, would get around Kemenah late for a second place finish.
“We’ve had a really good year. We’ve been fast every night out. It felt good. I made one mistake and that’s where Dale got by me. I don’t know if he was a lot faster than me. I think maybe if I didn’t make that mistake it might have been different. I’m happy with what we did,” said Reed beside his Crown Battery, Kistler Engines backed #5.
Kemenah, from Alvada, Ohio, led laps 5 through 35, but would record a third place finish
“We keep hanging around the top five and we get better every time we come here. When it gets to the ‘creeper’ deal like that…that’s where he (Blaney) shines. We weren’t bad…not bad at all. We’ll keep working at it and get better. Every time we run in top five it adds up and the team gets better. You hang around long enough and the wins come in bunches,” said Kemenah beside his Hunter Racing, Seneca Energy, Brilex LLC, JRC Transport, DKW Transport, Champion Oil, Bonnel’s Rod Shop, Nighthawk Holdings backed #10H.
In the Sunoco American Late Model Series “Hammer Down” Doug Drown from Wooster, Ohio would hold off Matt Irey for his third win of the season at Attica. It is his 16th career victory at the track. But the night wasn’t easy as mechanical issues early had the team scrambling to make repairs
“We’ve won four out of the six races we’ve run. This Swartz Race Car is phenomenal. I don’t know why other people haven’t switched to them sooner. They are definitely a pretty damn good piece. I went a little harder on tires than the other guys,” said Drown beside his Hall’s Auto Sales, Kar Konnections, Malcuit Racing Engines, Nationwide Vehicle Protection, Wooster Glass backed #240.
“The guys worked their butts off. We broke a header in hot laps. We welded one up…thanks to Byron Reed and Mike Bores for letting us borrow their welder. My son brought me another one from the house…it’s been an adventure in the pits for us. But the car was just phenomenal,” Drown added.
The Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature was a barn-burner with Jason Keckler, Jamie Miller, Paul Weaver and Brandon Moore battling throughout. Keckler would withstand a restart with four laps to go to grab his second win of the season. It was the third of his career at Attica.
“I was a little bit nervous on that restart knowing Paul (Weaver) was behind me. I was wondering ‘is he up top or on the bottom.’ Paul’s usually on the top but I saw someone under me and I didn’t know if it was him or Jamie (Miller). I really didn’t want that yellow…especially when I saw who was behind me and how far back he had come from and knowing how good he is when the track gets like this,” said Keckler beside his Meggit Farms, Uncle Bob’s Paint Shop backed #25.
Broc Martin and Brady Bacon would bring the field to green for the 40-lap All Star feature with Martin gaining the advantage. Kemenah would quickly challenge Bacon for second as Martin pulled away slightly. The car on the move early was James McFadden. The Australian would drive into fourth on lap three and took third a circuit later.
Kemenah would drive to the high side of turn four on lap five to take the lead from martin with Bacon and McFadden trading the third spot lap after lap while Cap Henry and Byron Reed stayed close. McFadden would take third on lap seven and two laps later drove into second.
Following a caution on lap nine for a Bradley Howard spin, the racing up front would get very entertaining. Kemenah held on to the lead over McFadden, martin, Bacon, Henry, Blaney, Reed and Trey Jacobs. Henry would storm into third on lap 12 with Reed grabbing fourth a circuit later.
With 15 laps recorded Kemenah’s commanding lead began to dissipate as he drove into lapped traffic. McFadden was comfortably in second while Henry, Reed, and Blaney battled for third. At the half-way point, Kemenah would lead but the race for second had the huge crowd on the edge of their seats between McFadden, Henry, Reed and Blaney.
Henry would take the runner-up spot on lap 22 with McFadden, Blaney, Reed and Trey Jacobs in tow. Blaney and McFadden would make contact on lap 26, sending McFadden off the high side of turn three. On the restart Kemenah lead Henry, Blaney, Reed, Jacobs and Chris Andrews.
Kemenah narrowly avoided disaster with 10 laps to go when he jumped the cushion in turn four. He would gather it back up and maintained the lead over a closing Henry with Blaney, Reed, Jacobs and Andrews in pursuit. Howard and Martin would spin on opposite ends of the track on lap 32.
When the green reappeared Blaney and Reed would get around Henry. With five laps to go Bacon would spin. On the restart Blaney threw a slider at Kemenah and it stuck as “the Low Rider” took the lead. Kemenah would have his hands full now with Reed with Henry, Andrews and Jacobs staying close.
Reed would grab second on lap 38 but ran out of time to reel in Blaney.
“Cap was showing Chad his nose a little bit off of four and two. On the yellow with eight laps to go Chad dropped to the bottom of one and two. That left top open for me and I drove by Cap and it got me in a good spot. I wasn’t very good around the bottom. I couldn’t stop and go very good. Luckily enough he (Kemenah) kept running the bottom of one and two and it gave me an opportunity. It was up in the air what he was going to do on that restart. I thought he would drop but I didn’t know and it gave me a good run at him and I threw it across there and it stuck. I thought I’d see him back under me,” said Blaney of his winning move.
Behind Blaney, Reed and Kemenah, Henry and Andrews would round out the top five with rookie Trey Jacobs, Danny Holtgraver, Kraig Kinser (up from 26th starting spot), Dean Jacobs (up from 20th starting spot) and Travis Philo rounding out the top 10.
Drown and Devin Shiels led the field to green for the 30-lap late model feature. Drown would grab the lead over Matt Irey, Shiels, Brad Malcuit, Rob Anderzack, Ryan Markham and Mike Bores before a caution was displayed for a Larry Bellman, Nate Potts tangle.
On the restart Drown would be hounded by Irey with Shiels, Malcuit, Markham and Bores waging a terrific battle for third. With five laps in Drown had pulled away slightly from Irey with Shiels, Malcuit, Markham, Bores and Jon Henry in pursuit.
The final caution flew on lap 15 for a multi-car crash. This time on the restart Drown couldn’t shake Irey as the pair would run nose to tail the last half of the race. Meanwhile, the race for third continued to entertain between Shiels, Malcuit, Bores, Markham and Henry.
Henry was the car on the move as he drove into sixth with six laps remaining and into fourth by lap 26. No one was going to touch Drown as he drove to the win over Irey, Henry, Shiels and Bores.
“I had a little bit of a respect issue…on those restarts they hit me in the rear a little bit. I don’t understand. That’s why I locked them up. If you can’t pass on the race track you shouldn’t have to wreck somebody. I’m a little upset about that. But other than that the car was phenomenal,” Drown said.
Brandon Moore and Keckler brought the field to green for the 25-lap 305 sprint feature but before a lap could be scored Dan McCarron and Thomas Schinderle would spin. On the ensuing restart Moore would grave the lead over Keckler, Kelsey Ivy and Seth Schneider.
Keckler would close on Moore by lap four and drove around him into the lead a lap later. Behind them was a great battle involving Ivy, Schneider, Jamie Miller and Paul Weaver. Miller took third on lap five and started to close on Keckler and Moore.
With 14 laps scored the battle for the lead was intense between Keckler, Miller, Moore and Weaver. It would have the fans on the edge of their seats until the caution flew with four laps to go for a Steve Rando spin.
The restart order was Keckler, Weaver, Miller, Moore and Ivy. Miller would regain second when the green flew but Weaver and Moore stayed close while Kyle Capodice moved into the top five. Keckler wouldn’t make a mistake and drove to the win over Miller, Weaver, Moore and Capodice.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action, Friday, June 10 on Burns Electric/Gordon Lumber Night. It will be a point night for the Kistler Racing Products FAST Championship Series Presented by KS Sales and Service for the 410 sprints and for the JLH General Contractor 305 FAST Championship Series Presented by Engine Pro. The 305 sprints will also make up their rained out A-main from May 20. The dirt trucks will also be in action.
For a complete schedule of events go to www.atticaracewaypark.com and follow the track on Twitter @atticaracewyprk and like Attica Raceway Park on Facebook.
Attica Raceway Park
Friday, May 27, 2016
Tusing Builders/Kear’s Speed Shop Night
Starting position [*]
410 Sprints - Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions
Qualifying
1.73-Chris Andrews, 12.595; 2.99-Brady Bacon, 12.616; 3.24-Rico Abreu, 12.659; 4.1-Dale Blaney, 12.749; 5.6M-Jac Haudenschild, 12.771; 6.81-Lee Jacobs, 12.808; 7.83M-Broc Martin, 12.822; 8.10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.833; 9.87-Aaron Reutzel, 12.854; 10.70-Danny Holtgraver, 12.854; 11.9x-Rob Chaney, 12.864; 12.8-Bryan Sebetto, 12.865; 13.21-Cap Henry, 12.901; 14.7C-Caleb Armstrong, 12.918; 15.9R-Jordan Ryan, 12.928; 16.23-DJ Foos, 12.954; 17.09x-Carson Macedo, 13.041; 18.11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.098; 19.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.119; 20.5-Byron Reed, 13.159; 21.57X-Andrew Palker, 13.217; 22.3G-James McFadden, 13.323; 23.40-Caleb Helms, 13.328; 24.60K-Jody Keegan, 13.337; 25.3J-Trey Jacobs, 13.349; 26.95-Hunter Mackison, 13.388; 27.45L-Brian Lay, 13.404; 28.5T-Travis Philo, 13.456; 29.16-Stuart Brubaker, 13.469; 30.97-Dean Jacobs, 13.481; 31.27Z-Sean Zemunik, 13.553; 32.9-Jimmy Colvin, 13.662; 33.40i-Mark Imler, 13.682; 34.60-Kory Crabtree, 13.721; 35.46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.829; 36.8J-Jess Stiger, 13.835; 37.8M-TJ Michael, 13.889; 38.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.956; 39.7-Shawn Valenti, 13.987; 40.49H-Bradley Howard, 14.034; 41.33M-Caleb Griffith, 14.065; 42.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 14.137; 43.5B-Chad Blonde, 14.209; 44.19-Joe Kubiniec, 14.315; 45.25M-Ken Mackey, 14.380; 46.1080-Jordan Mackison, 99.550;
Heat 1, Group A - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 83M-Broc Martin[1] ; 2. 73-Chris Andrews[4] ; 3. 1-Dale Blaney[3] ; 4. 70-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 5. 9x-Rob Chaney[7] ; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel[5] ; 7. 8-Bryan Sebetto[8] ; 8. 23-DJ Foos[9] ; 9. 40i-Mark Imler[12] ; 10. 95-Hunter Mackison[11] ; 11. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[2] ; 12. 60K-Jody Keegan[10]
Heat 2, Group B - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 21-Cap Henry[1] ; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah[2] ; 3. 99-Brady Bacon[4] ; 4. 09x-Carson Macedo[7] ; 5. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[5] ; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs[3] ; 7. 9R-Jordan Ryan[6] ; 8. 9-Jimmy Colvin[10] ; 9. 11K-Kraig Kinser[8] ; 10. 60-Kory Crabtree[11] ; 11. 8J-Jess Stiger[12] ; 12. 27Z-Sean Zemunik[9]
Heat 3, Group C - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 2. 3J-Trey Jacobs[2] ; 3. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 4. 16-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 5. 49H-Bradley Howard[8] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[6] ; 7. 5B-Chad Blonde[10] ; 8. 24-Rico Abreu[4] ; 9. 19-Joe Kubiniec[11] ; 10. 7-Shawn Valenti[7] ; 11. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[9]
Heat 4, Group D - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 3G-James McFadden[1] ; 2. 57X-Andrew Palker[2] ; 3. 5-Byron Reed[3] ; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4] ; 5. 97-Dean Jacobs[6] ; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn[8] ; 7. 8M-TJ Michael[7] ; 8. 45L-Brian Lay[5] ; 9. 33M-Caleb Griffith[9] ; 10. 25M-Ken Mackey[10] ; 11. 1080-Jordan Mackison[11]
Dash 1 - (8 Laps, determines feature starting line-up)
1. 83M-Broc Martin[1] ; 2. 99-Brady Bacon[2] ; 3. 21-Cap Henry[4] ; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah[5] ; 5. 3G-James McFadden[8] ; 6. 73-Chris Andrews[3] ; 7. 1-Dale Blaney[6] ; 8. 57X-Andrew Palker[7]
C-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 2 to B)
1. 60-Kory Crabtree[1] ; 2. 46AU-Stuart Williams[2] ; 3. 8M-TJ Michael[4] ; 4. 68G-Tyler Gunn[5] ; 5. 5B-Chad Blonde[9] ; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[8] ; 7. 8J-Jess Stiger[3] ; 8. 1080-Jordan Mackison[12] ; 9. 7-Shawn Valenti[6] ; 10. 19-Joe Kubiniec[10] ; 11. 25M-Ken Mackey[11] ; 12. 33M-Caleb Griffith[7]
B-Main 1 - (12 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 24-Rico Abreu[1] ; 2. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[2] ; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4] ; 4. 81-Lee Jacobs[3] ; 5. 9R-Jordan Ryan[6] ; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser[8] ; 7. 8-Bryan Sebetto[5] ; 8. 9-Jimmy Colvin[13] ; 9. 46AU-Stuart Williams[16] ; 10. 23-DJ Foos[7] ; 11. 40i-Mark Imler[14] ; 12. 60-Kory Crabtree[15] ; 13. 27Z-Sean Zemunik[12] ; 14. 60K-Jody Keegan[9] ; 15. 95-Hunter Mackison[10] ; 16. 45L-Brian Lay[11]
A-Main 1 - (40 Laps)
1. 1-Dale Blaney[7] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[12] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 4. 21-Cap Henry[3] ; 5. 73-Chris Andrews[6] ; 6. 3J-Trey Jacobs[9] ; 7. 70-Danny Holtgraver[13] ; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser[26] ; 9. 97-Dean Jacobs[20] ; 10. 5T-Travis Philo[10] ; 11. 8M-TJ Michael[25] ; 12. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[16] ; 13. 24-Rico Abreu[21] ; 14. 81-Lee Jacobs[24] ; 15. 9x-Rob Chaney[17] ; 16. 09x-Carson Macedo[14] ; 17. 40-Caleb Helms[11] ; 18. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[18] ; 19. 87-Aaron Reutzel[23] ; 20. 99-Brady Bacon[2] ; 21. 16-Stuart Brubaker[15] ; 22. 83M-Broc Martin[1] ; 23. 3G-James McFadden[5] ; 24. 49H-Bradley Howard[19] ; 25. 57X-Andrew Palker[8] ; 26. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[22]
Hard Charger: 11K-Kraig Kinser +18
Fremont Fence 305 Sprints -
Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[2] ; 2. 12-Kyle Capodice[4] ; 3. 41-Thomas Schinderle[6] ; 4. 39C-Scott Riley[3] ; 5. 6-Ray Thurston[1] ; 6. 75-Jerry Dahms[5] ; 7. 9R-Dustin Rall[7]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 10X-Dustin Stroup[2] ; 2. 25-Jason Keckler[1] ; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[6] ; 4. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 5. 11G-Luke Griffith[4] ; 6. 22M-Dan McCarron[5] ; 7. 97-Kyle Peters[7]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 66-Jamie Miller[3] ; 2. 4T-James Taddeo[2] ; 3. 7M-Brandon Moore[4] ; 4. 4*-Tyler Street[6] ; 5. 8-Bobby Clark[7] ; 6. 14-Rick Daugherty[1] ; 7. 1X-Dustin Dinan[5]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 77I-John Ivy[2] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 3. 49-Coty Runion[4] ; 4. 2-Ricky Peterson[6] ; 5. 45-Trevor Baker[7] ; 6. 7-Dylan Kingan[3] ; 7. 94K-Kevin Mingus[5]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 6 to A)
1. 11G-Luke Griffith[2] ; 2. 8-Bobby Clark[3] ; 3. 22M-Dan McCarron[6] ; 4. 6-Ray Thurston[1] ; 5. 45-Trevor Baker[4] ; 6. 97-Kyle Peters[10] ; 7. 14-Rick Daugherty[7] ; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[5] ; 9. 94K-Kevin Mingus[12] ; 10. 7-Dylan Kingan[8] ; 11. 1X-Dustin Dinan[11] ; 12. 9R-Dustin Rall[9]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 2. 66-Jamie Miller[6] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[14] ; 4. 7M-Brandon Moore[1] ; 5. 12-Kyle Capodice[10] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[5] ; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[3] ; 8. 10X-Dustin Stroup[12] ; 9. 77I-John Ivy[9] ; 10. 4*-Tyler Street[15] ; 11. 8-Bobby Clark[18] ; 12. 22M-Dan McCarron[19] ; 13. 4T-James Taddeo[8] ; 14. 39C-Scott Riley[13] ; 15. 11G-Luke Griffith[17] ; 16. 2-Ricky Peterson[16] ; 17. 19R-Steve Rando[11] ; 18. 41-Thomas Schinderle[7] ; 19. 45-Trevor Baker[21] ; 20. 97-Kyle Peters[22] ; 21. 49-Coty Runion[4] ; 22. 6-Ray Thurston[20]
Hard Charger: 1W-Paul Weaver +11
Sunoco ALMS Late Models -
Heat 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 51-Devin Shiels[2] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[3] ; 3. 7-Dave Hornikel[5] ; 4. 15B-Mike Bores[7] ; 5. 14-JR Gentry[8] ; 6. 007-Rick Bond[1] ; 7. 03-Jim Gingery[6] ; 8. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[4]
Heat 2 - (10 Laps)
1. 79-Brad Malcuit[3] ; 2. 8A-Rob Anderzack[5] ; 3. 15-Jon Henry[6] ; 4. 59-Larry Bellman[1] ; 5. 00-Mathew Chapman[7] ; 6. B4U-Brad Eitniear[4] ; 7. 12-Kent Brewer[2]
Heat 3 - (10 Laps)
1. 240-Doug Drown[2] ; 2. 5M-Ryan Markham[5] ; 3. 53M-Hillard Miller[6] ; 4. 21-Larry Kingseed[3] ; 5. 30-Nate Potts[7] ; 6. 13-Scott Smith[4] ; 7. 12M-Bobby Michaels[1]
A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 240-Doug Drown[1] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[4] ; 3. 15-Jon Henry[8] ; 4. 51-Devin Shiels[2] ; 5. 15B-Mike Bores[10] ; 6. 79-Brad Malcuit[3] ; 7. 5M-Ryan Markham[6] ; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed[12] ; 9. B4U-Brad Eitniear[17] ; 10. 00-Mathew Chapman[14] ; 11. 8A-Rob Anderzack[5] ; 12. 007-Rick Bond[16] ; 13. 14-JR Gentry[13] ; 14. 53M-Hillard Miller[9] ; 15. 12-Kent Brewer[20] ; 16. 30-Nate Potts[15] ; 17. 59-Larry Bellman[11] ; 18. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr[22] ; 19. 12M-Bobby Michaels[21] ; 20. 13-Scott Smith[18]
Wilson Wins Wild Race at The Dirt Track at Charlotte
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Wilson Wins Wild Race at The Dirt Track at Charlotte
Captures Circle K/NOS Energy Drink Outlaw Showdown for second career series win
CONCORD, N.C. - May 27, 2016 - A caution with six-laps remaining helped propel 2016 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year contender Greg Wilson to his second career World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory in the Circle K/NOS Energy Drink Outlaw Showdown at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on Friday night.
Wilson, who won his first World of Outlaws race at the 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway in 2015, led just one lap of the 30-lap feature, after he passed race leader Shane Stewart on the final lap to capture the checkered flag.
"I've never dreamt in my wildest dreams that I would ever get this opportunity," Wilson said. "I have been blessed to run with the World of Outlaws this year. To do this in Charlotte, in front of all these fans, this is badass and that's all there is to it!"
Stewart, who led a race-high 25 laps, settled for a runner-up finish after he easily controlled the top spot for much of the feature.
"Greg [Wilson] is new to the Outlaw deal and it's always cool to see someone get their first Outlaw win - I'm not sure if he's won an Outlaw race before or not," Stewart said. "We hated to lose a race like that, but hats off to Greg."
Earlier in the night, Stewart, in the No. 2 American Born Moonshine/Eneos Oil car, captured his first quick-time of the 2016 season when he clocked in at 13.913 seconds. In his heat race, Stewart finished second to Wilson, which created a preview for the feature later in the night.
Both drivers earned positions in the six-lap dash, but an unfortunate invert draw of six sent Wilson to the rear and placed Paul McMahan on the pole.
McMahan did not hold the top spot in the dash once the green flag dropped, as Daryn Pittman, who started in the fourth position, rocketed to the front of the field. Pittman, the most recent winner on the World of Outlaws tour at New Egypt Speedway on Tuesday night, claimed the dash victory which placed him on the pole position for the feature.
Even though Pittman started on the pole-position, he never led a lap as second-place starter Cole Duncan, in the Helms Construction/Motor City Auto Transport No. 22, took the lead when the green flag fell.
Duncan, a Lockbourne, Ohio -native, controlled the top spot for the opening four laps until Stewart, who started in the fourth position, utilized the outside line to build up enough momentum to capture the lead on lap five.
Stewart opened up a sizeable lead early in the race, and held off challenges on a mid-race caution on lap 12. Stewart appeared to be cruising to his third victory in 2016, but a caution with six laps left created late-race drama.
The Hercules Tire/Ohio Logistics No. W20 driven by Wilson restarted in the third position behind Duncan and Stewart. The top three remained glued nose-to-tail with little room separating the three drivers from the top spot.
Wilson, who found grip on the bottom of the track, powered around Duncan for second and set his sights on the leader with just a few laps remaining. When the white flag was displayed, Wilson had Stewart firmly in his crosshairs for a race-winning pass.
Exiting turn two, Wilson accelerated in front of Stewart and captured the lead with only two turns to go in the feature. Wilson held off Stewart and claimed his first checkered flag of his rookie campaign in 2016.
"It's a little surreal right at the moment...I'm just in shock," An emotional Wilson said. "I am racing with the best sprint car drivers in the world, night-in and night-out. We missed that show in New Egypt and looked like maybe we shouldn't even be out here, and then we turned it around tonight.
"That's dedicated work by our team and all of the people that are a part of this. I am truly grateful. Once again, if you're not a Wilson fan, thank you for spending your hard-earned money to be here tonight."
Even though Stewart was hoping for a win, a second-place finish was well deserved after a rough stretch of races through Indiana and Pennsylvania, in which the driver wrecked his primary car and only scored two top-tens in four races.
"It was good to have Justin [Marks] and Kyle [Larson] in the house, and to have a good finish for them," Stewart added. "There's a lot of Eneos Oil people back at the trailer too, so just a good solid finish for everybody at Larson Marks Racing. I love all these fans - it's always a joy to come here to Charlotte."
Completing an Ohioan domination of the podium, Duncan secured the third-place finish after leading laps early.
"We're just proud to be here, and thanks to all the fans for coming out," Duncan said. "We rolled across the scales with a flat tire - it was starting to go there at the end. It might've cost us one but I am happy for Greg, if anybody deserves to win one, it's him.
"We've been fast all year but just can't seem to find victory lane yet, but they got to be coming. We are pretty consistent and we keep putting the time and effort in. We'll go back to the drawing board, we don't have to change much but just try to figure out how to keep the tires on there."
Point's leader Brad Sweet finished in the 10th position, five positions behind Donny Schatz who is now just 41 markers behind Sweet for the top spot in the championship battle.
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The Dirt Track at Charlotte Notebook
RACE NOTES: Greg Wilson captured his second career World of Outlaws victory and becomes the 10th different winner in 2016...Shane Stewart scored his first quick-time of the season...Brent Marks picked up 11 spots to score tonight's KSE Hard Charger Award, which is the most spots gained by a driver since David Gravel advanced 11 spots at Plymouth Speedway exactly two weeks ago.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Wayne Dadetto; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Greg Wilson; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Logan Schuchart; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Jacob Allen; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Brad Sweet; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): David Gravel; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Super Flow ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Cole Duncan; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Brent Marks; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Greg Wilson; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Tim Shaffer; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Clyde Knipp.
SEASON WINNERS: ); Donny Schatz - 7 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22); Brad Sweet - 6 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13); Daryn Pittman - 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24); David Gravel - 2 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14); Joey Saldana - 2 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22); Shane Stewart - 2 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23); Lance Dewease - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20);Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27).
World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; The Dirt Track at Charlotte; Concord, N.C.; May 27, 2016.
A-Main - (30 Laps) - 1. W20-Greg Wilson [5][$12,000]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [4][$5,700]; 3. 22-Cole Duncan [2][$3,500]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [1][$3,000]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [7][$2,600]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [8][$2,400]; 7. 19M-Brent Marks [18][$2,300]; 8. 83-Joey Saldana [6][$2,200]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [17][$2,150]; 10. 49-Brad Sweet [10][$2,100]; 11. 5-David Gravel [13][$1,600]; 12. 1x-Randy Hannagan [14][$1,350]; 13. 23-Trey Starks [15][$1,300]; 14. 7-Paul McMahan [3][$1,200]; 15. 41-Jason Johnson [11][$1,100]; 16. 13X-Tim Shaffer [9][$1,000]; 17. 7S-Jason Sides [12][$900]; 18. 7WD-Logan Wagner [16][$850]; 19. 98-Joe Trenca [19][$800]; 20. 8-Kevin Shelbo [21][$800]; 21. 67-Jake McLain [22][$800]; 22. 21B-Brandon McLain [23][$800]; 23. 13-Clyde Knipp [20][$800]; 24. 36D-Wayne Dadetto [24][$800]. Lap Leaders: Cole Duncan 1-4, Shane Stewart 5-29, Greg Wilson 30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 19M-Brent Marks [+11].
Qualifying - 1. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.913; 2. 83-Joey Saldana, 13.995; 3. 22-Cole Duncan, 14.084; 4. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.171; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen, 14.258; 6. 7-Paul McMahan, 14.262; 7. 49-Brad Sweet, 14.270; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 14.276; 9. 7S-Jason Sides, 14.291; 10. 7WD-Logan Wagner, 14.330; 11. 41-Jason Johnson, 14.330; 12. 13X-Tim Shaffer, 14.354; 13. 15-Donny Schatz, 14.380; 14. 9-Daryn Pittman, 14.398; 15. 23-Trey Starks, 14.432; 16. 5-David Gravel, 14.444; 17. 1x-Randy Hannagan, 14.556; 18. 19M-Brent Marks, 14.589; 19. 36D-Wayne Dadetto, 15.030; 20. 98-Joe Trenca, 15.066; 21. 13-Clyde Knipp, 15.130; 22. 67-Jake McLain, 15.168; 23. 8-Kevin Shelbo, 15.524; 24. 21B-Brandon McLain, 16.035; 25. 13K-Andrew Korte, 17.224
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. W20-Greg Wilson [2]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 5. 5-David Gravel [6]; 6. 7WD-Logan Wagner [4]; 7. 36D-Wayne Dadetto [7]; 8. 67-Jake McLain [8]; 9. 13K-Andrew Korte [9]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 83-Joey Saldana [1]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [5]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 4. 41-Jason Johnson [4]; 5. 1x-Randy Hannagan [6]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 7. 98-Joe Trenca [7]; 8. 8-Kevin Shelbo [8]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 22-Cole Duncan [1]; 2. 7-Paul McMahan [2]; 3. 13X-Tim Shaffer [4]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 5. 23-Trey Starks [5]; 6. 19M-Brent Marks [6]; 7. 13-Clyde Knipp [7]; 8. 21B-Brandon McLain [8]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 2. 22-Cole Duncan [4]; 3. 7-Paul McMahan [1]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 6. 83-Joey Saldana [5]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 98-Joe Trenca [2][-]; 2. 13-Clyde Knipp [3][-]; 3. 8-Kevin Shelbo [5][-]; 4. 67-Jake McLain [4][-]; 5. 21B-Brandon McLain [6][-]; 6. 36D-Wayne Dadetto [1][-]; 7. 13K-Andrew Korte [7][$125].
The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Bad Boy Off Road (Official Side-by-Side Vehicle), Craftsman (Official Tool), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), Morton Buildings (Official Building), Sears (Official Home Store), The Kenny Wallace Dirt Racing Experience (Official Racing Experience) and VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Edelbrock, JE Pistons, KSE Racing Products, MSD, Penske Shocks, and Superflow Dynos; along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Impact Racing Products, Intercomp, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo and TNT Rescue.
BACK-TO-BACK FOR BALLOU IN 46TH “TONY HULMAN CLASSIC”
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TERRE HAUTE, IN.........Robert Ballou slid his way into the record books Wednesday night, surpassing A.J. Foyt and Roger McCluskey on the all-time USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car win list with his 24th career series win and becoming just the third driver in the 46-year history of the "Tony Hulman Classic" to win in back-to-back years after outdueling Thomas Meseraull in a torrid race-long battle to collect the coveted rifle at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track.
As the green flag flew at the start of the 30-lap feature, pole-sitter Meseraull shot out to the front of the pack. But, it was second-quickest qualifier and inside row-three starter Ballou who quickly charged to the second spot by lap two, setting the stage for an epic battle between the two for the top spot.
After a pair of cautions slowed the pace with just four laps completed, Meseraull and Ballou rode the cushion, spraying Terre Haute's newly-painted red, white, and blue wall with rooster tails through each of the four turns. On lap nine, Ballou followed Meseraull with a full head of steam into turn three, jetting to the bottom at the entrance of three and throwing a massive slider that stuck, giving him the lead as the two exited turn four.
However, the move was all for naught due to the stoppage of Landon Simon's stalled machine at the top of turns three and four, bringing out the yellow flag.
The yellow did not deter Ballou one iota. As soon as the green dropped on the ensuing restart, Ballou went to the well once again, replicating the same move he made on Meseraull just before the caution fell, diving to the inside guardrail before sliding up to the wall between turns one and two. But Meseraull didn't blink, instead, staying on the throttle with just inches to spare between Ballou's right side Hoosiers and the concrete, taking back the lead as they exited turn two.
A rejuvenated Jon Stanbrough threw his hat in the ring of contenders after slipping past Ballou for 2nd at the flag stand on lap 10. However, Ballou would reload and reclaim the second spot from Stanbrough, the 2002 "Hulman Classic" victor, one lap later and now found Meseraull clearly within sight on his radar.
Ballou and Meseraull engaged in an exhibition of sliders on laps 17 and 18 that put the sizable Wabash Valley crowd on its feet. The two exchanged the lead on three separate occasions in that lap and a half span, as they traded slide jobs at the end of the straightaways at the entrance of turns one and three, culminating with Ballou and Meseraull banging wheels at the exit of four on lap 18 as Mesearull reemerged at the head of the field.
On lap 22, Ballou threw one last jab for good measure, executing a picture-perfect slider on Meseraull for the lead. From that point until the drop of the checkered flag, nobody was game for Ballou's presence down the stretch as the Rocklin, California driver ultimately delivered the final knockout blow, pulling away for a 4.422-second margin of victory over Meseraull, Stanbrough, Bacon, Chris Windom (from the 20th starting spot), Chase Stockon, Shane Cottle, Dave Darland, Jerry Coons, Jr. and Justin Grant.
Ballou was able to add another rifle to his growing collection of "Hulman Classic" hardware after picking up his first series victory in three months in his Ballou Motorsports/MPHG Promotions - Blakesley's Auto/Maxim/Ott. He joined Steve Butler (1987-88) and Levi Jones (2008-09) as a winner of consecutive winners of the classic event and also became just the fourth defending USAC National Sprint Car champ to win the race, adding his name to a list that includes Pancho Carter (1975), Steve Butler (1987-88) and Levi Jones (2009)
"We haven't finished as well as we'd have liked to recently," Ballou admitted. "But we've been really fast and we don't give up. We had to put a motor in this car at 1:30 this morning, and then I was late for qualifying, and it just made me furious for the rest of the night. This car keeps going up and down the road based on our winnings, so it's great that we got another one tonight. I slid Meseraull and knew I didn't have him cleared, and then the last time, we both slid the same corner and he was trying to protect himself; thankfully, we're both standing up here on the front stretch."
Meseraull, of San Jose, California, chopped two markers off of Bacon's lead in the series' standings with his second place finish in the Amati Racing/Marion Underground Construction - Zeller Construction/DRC/Dynotech, now standing just 17 points behind Bacon heading into the six-race "Eastern Storm" series that begins June 7 at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania.
"It was nice to start up front tonight," Meseraull said with relief. "(Crew chief) Donnie (Gentry) had the car awesome tonight. Him and I disagree on things sometimes, but he had it spot-on tonight and that just shows how good Robert (Ballou) was."
Avon, Indiana's Jon Stanbrough scored his first top-three USAC result in nearly a full-calendar year, a second-place at Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Speedway in June of 2015. Stanbrough returned to form in his Jon Stanbrough Racing/Woodland Auto Display - MPHG Promotions/Spike/J & D, running as high as second on the 10th lap and dropping to 4th before rallying just one lap from the finish to take third from point-leader Brady Bacon.
"Lapped traffic was a factor at the end for us, Stanbrough said." But I felt like I got better after Brady (Bacon) passed me. Then, I got back by him and, luckily, the lapped cars played into our favor at the end. To be able to pull out a 3rd is good, but we keep getting better and better every weekend. I thought we had something at (last weekend's race at) Gas City before we tipped over. All I've got to do is keep sitting up in the seat and we'll keep running up front."
"Tony Hulman Classic" contingency award winners included Brady Bacon (ProSource Fast Qualifier), Shane Cottle (Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner), Aaron Farney (Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI) Second Heat Winner), Thomas Meseraull (Benic Enterprises Third Heat Winner), Carson Short (Indy Race Parts Fourth Heat Winner), Chris Windom (KSE Racing Products/B & W Auto Mart Hard Charger) and C.J. Leary (Wilwood Brakes 13th place finisher).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 25, 2016 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - "46th Tony Hulman Classic"
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-20.514; 2. Robert Ballou, 1, Ballou-20.882; 3. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-20.924; 4. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-21.087; 5. Justin Grant, 2E, Epperson-21.176; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-21.219; 7. Thomas Meseraull, 66, Amati-21.219; 8. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Rock Steady-21.234; 9. Mitch Wissmiller, 1w, Wissmiller-21.313; 10. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-21.330; 11. C.J. Leary, 17GP, Dutcher-21.350; 12. Landon Simon, 24, LSR-21.353; 13. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-21.547; 14. Bill Rose, 6R, Rose-21.584; 15. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-21.612; 16. Carson Short, 21, Short-21.631; 17. Shane Cottle, 57, Hazen-21.671; 18. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-21.711; 19. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-21.713; 20. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-21.777; 21. Jimmy Light, 23, Two-Three-22.034; 22. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-22.097; 23. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-22.191; 24. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-22.248; 25. Tony DiMattia, 50, DiMattia-22.465; 26. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-22.687; 27. Cole Ketcham, 41K, Ketcham-22.817; 28. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-22.956; 29. Terry Babb, 8D, KCBJ-29.425; 30. Ken Drangmeister, 27, Drangmeister-NT.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. McGhee, 3. Bacon, 4. Grant, 5. Light, 6. DiMattia, 7. Wissmiller, 8. Babb. 2:49.16
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Farney, 2. Ballou, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Andretti, 5. Hughes, 6. Mellenberndt, 7. Rose, 8. Drangmeister. 2:47.61
BENIC ENTERPRISES THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Darland, 3. Coons, 4. Leary, 5. Stockon, 6. Ketcham, 7. Goodnight. NT
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Short, 2. Windom, 3. Cummins, 4. Boespflug, 5. Jarrett, 6. Simon, 7. Chapple. 2:53.47
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Wissmiller, 3. Simon, 4. Hughes, 5. DiMattia, 6. Rose, 7. Ketcham, 8. Chapple, 9. Jarrett, 10. Light, 11. Mellenberndt, 12. Goodnight. 13. Babb, 14. Drangmeister. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Thomas Meseraull, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Chris Windom, 6. Chase Stockon, 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Justin Grant, 11. Aaron Farney, 12. Chad Boespflug, 13. C.J. Leary, 14. Jarett Andretti, 15. Kyle Cummins, 16. Bill Rose, 17. J.J. Hughes, 18. Max McGhee, 19. Landon Simon, 20. Mitch Wissmiller, 21. Carson Short, 22. Tony DiMattia. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Meseraull, Lap 17 Ballou, Laps 18-21 Meseraull, Laps 22-30 Ballou.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS/B & W AUTO MART HARD CHARGER: Chris Windom (20th to 5th)
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Bacon-804, 2-Meseraull-787, 3-Stockon-712, 4-Darland-684, 5-Leary-673, 6-Cummins-658, 7-Ballou-655, 8-Boespflug-618, 9-McGhee-559, 10-Grant-492.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 7 - Bechtelsville, PA - Grandview Speedway - "Eastern Storm" - "Jesse Hockett Classic"
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UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS
DATE: Tuesday, June 7, 2016
SERIES: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK: Grandview Speedway (Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania) - 1/3-mile, dirt oval
EVENT: "Eastern Storm"/"Jesse Hockett Classic" featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National National Championship and 358 Modifieds
STARTING TIMES: Gates open at 5pm. Racing at 7:30pm.
TICKETS: Adults: $30. Children 6-11: $10. Children 5 and under: FREE! Pit passes: $30 ($35 for non-USAC members).
TRACK ADDRESS: 43 Passmore Rd, Bechtelsville, PA 19505
TRACK PHONE: (610) 754-7688
TRACK WEBSITE:www.grandviewspeedway.com/
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DATE: Wednesday, June 8, 2016
SERIES: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK: Lincoln Speedway (Abbottstown, Pennsylvania) - 3/8-mile, dirt oval
EVENT: "Eastern Storm" featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship 30-lap feature, plus 25-lap make-up feature from 2015 and 358 Sprints
STARTING TIMES:
TICKETS: Pit passes: $30.
TRACK ADDRESS: 800 Racetrack Rd, Abbottstown, PA 17301
TRACK PHONE: (717) 624-2755
TRACK WEBSITE:www.lincolnspeedway.com/index.shtml
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DATE: Thursday, June 9, 2016
SERIES: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK: New Egypt Speedway (New Egypt, NJ) - 7/16-mile, dirt oval
EVENT: "Eastern Storm" featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, NEWS Sprints and Modified Invitational
STARTING TIMES:
TICKETS: Pit passes: $30 ($35 for non-USAC members)
TRACK ADDRESS: 720 County Rd 539, New Egypt, NJ 08533
TRACK PHONE: (609) 758-1900
TRACK WEBSITE:www.newegyptspeedway.net/
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DATE: Saturday, June 11, 2016
SERIES: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK: Port Royal Speedway (Port Royal, Pennsylvania) - 1/2-mile, dirt oval
EVENT: "Eastern Storm"/"EMMR/Penn Central Racing Reunion Honoree Night" featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, 355-econo late model championship, PASS/IMCA 305 Sprints.
STARTING TIMES:
TICKETS: Adult general admission: $25. Students age 12-18: $7. Pit passes: $30.
TRACK ADDRESS: 302 6th St, Port Royal, PA 17082
TRACK PHONE: (717) 527-2303
TRACK WEBSITE: http://portroyalspeedway.com/
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DATE: Sunday, June 12, 2016
SERIES: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK: Susquehanna Speedway (York Haven, Pennsylvania) -
EVENT:
"Eastern Storm" featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & ARDC Midgets
STARTING TIMES: Pits open: 4pm. Grandstands open: 5pm. Racing at 7pm.
TICKETS: Pit passes: $30 ($35 for non-USAC members)
TRACK ADDRESS: 690 York Rd, York Haven, PA 17370
TRACK PHONE: (717) 938-9170
TRACK WEBSITE: www.susquehannaspeedway.net/
Pittman Wins Fourth In-A-Row at New Egypt Speedway
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Pittman Rallies for Fourth Consecutive Win at New Egypt
Charges from third starting spot to claim Jersey Outlaw Classic
9 Daryn Pittman (WoS photo)
NEW EGYPT, N.J. - May 24, 2016 - It wasn't easy, but 2013 World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series champion Daryn Pittman managed to charge his way from the third starting position to claim his fourth Jersey Outlaw Classic win in-a-row on Tuesday night at New Egypt (N.J.) Speedway.
Pittman, who won this event in 2013, '14 and '15, secured his fourth win of the season and first since USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz. on April 18.
"I've been really frustrated with myself with how many front-row starts I've had this year and as few wins," Pittman said. "I got up this morning and thought 'Man, third is where I want to start' - I just had that feeling this morning that if I start third I was going to win.
"Things went our way and we ended up starting third."
Pittman had to work around race-long leader Greg Hodnett, who had dominated the feature and the preliminary races up to that point.
"It was a little bit disappointing seeing the late race caution," Hodnett said. "[Pittman] was definitely better than us in traffic, and I was kind of glued to the bottom in turn one and two and he motored around the top.
"I didn't go up there until he passed and then I realized there was a whole other track to run on. fWe kind of caught him again in traffic and passed a couple lapped cars, but we just needed to keep running. He was definaetely the faster car, we just needed him to slow down a little bit through some lapped traffic."
At the start of the night, Hodnett, in the Lelands.com/Eagle Steel No. 27, was the first car out for qualifying and established the quickest lap of the night at 13.926 seconds.
Hodnett continued his early-night dominance by leading every lap of his heat race and advancing to the dash. As if he needed it, Hodnett then received a lucky invert draw of zero, keeping him on the pole-position for the six-lap race.
The Pennsylvania driver kept his clean sweep of the events going by leading every lap and winning the dash to place himself on the pole for the 30-lap feature.
When the green flag dropped, Hodnett again appeared to be the driver to beat, as he easily controlled the top spot and pulled away from his competition to start the race.
As the race marched on, Pittman, in the Great Clips/Sage Fruit No. 9, had trouble advancing from his third-starting position. When the leaders hit lapped traffic around lap 10, Pittman began his charge.
Pittman's first victim was second-place starter Mark Smith in the Mach 1 Chassis No. M1. Smith, who was making his first start with the Outlaws in 2016, fell to the third position with points-leader Brad Sweet close behind him.
It wasn't long before Pittman reeled in the leader and was challenging for the lead near the halfway point in the race. With 14-laps remaining, Pittman rocketed around Hodnett for the lead.
Pittman dictated the top spot for the remainder of the race, as he held off Hodnett and Smith on a late-race caution with just four laps left, to capture the checkered flag at New Egypt for the fourth year in-a-row.
"We haven't been struggling by any means, but we needed a win," Pittman said. "This really makes me feel good, and makes them feel good going back home to Charlotte this week. We've had some pretty bad finishes but hopefully this can erase that and we can get on a better streak of just running up front.
"I felt like I was struggling [later in the race]...Those last four laps, I didn't feel like I made any of them very good, so I wasn't breathing good until I saw them throw the checkered."
Hodnett held onto the runner-up position, as he finished in the second position for the second time in the four days after finishing behind Lance Dewease at Williams Grove Speedway on May, 20.
"It might be an advantage to see what I am doing...I think it's an advantage in one way, but for us to have the lead and give it away, it's very disappointing. We did the same thing Friday [at Williams Grove Speedway] to Lance [Dewease].
In his first race with the Outlaws in 2016, Smith showed speed all night, as he qualified second, won his heat race, finished second in the dash and finished on the podium in the feature.
"I was hoping to come down here and just get a top five, but we got a top three and we're up here on the podium." Smith said. "I kept trying different lanes to try and make some time up on Greg [Hodnett], then I heard somebody, that ended up being Daryn.
"He was a lot better than us and drove by us. We were about the same speed as Greg, but we just couldn't go through lapped traffic like Daryn could."
The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series continues their southern migration as the series heads to The Dirt Track at Charlotte for the Circle K/NOS Energy Drink Outlaw Showdown on Friday, May 27. For more race information and ticket purchasing options, visit: www.CharlotteMotorSpeedway.com.
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New Egypt Speedway Notebook
RACE NOTES: Daryn Pittman wins at New Egypt Speedway for the fourth consecutive year...Donny Schatz's 10th-place finish is his worst finish since missing the feature at Thunderbowl Raceway on March 13...Brad Sweet's fourth-place finish is his first top-five since winning at Plymouth Speedway on May 13.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS - MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Logan Wagner; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Daryn Pittman; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Brent Marks; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Brent Marks; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Tim Shaffer; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Super Flow ($50 cash): Danny Dietrich; Craftsman/Sears ($100 cash): Greg Hodnett; KSE Racing Products ($100 product certificate): Logan Schuchart; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Daryn Pittman; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Logan Schuchart; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Logan Wagner.
SEASON WINNERS: ); Donny Schatz - 7 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22); Brad Sweet - 6 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13); Daryn Pittman - 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24); David Gravel - 2 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14); Joey Saldana - 2 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22); Shane Stewart - 2 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23); Lance Dewease - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26).
World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; New Egypt Speedway; New Egypt, N.J.; May 24, 2016.
A-Main - (30 Laps) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [3][$6,000]; 2. 27-Greg Hodnett [1][$3,500]; 3. M1-Mark Smith [2][$2,000]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [4][$1,800]; 5. 747-Davey Sammons [10][$1,500]; 6. 5-David Gravel [12][$1,400]; 7. 2-Shane Stewart [6]$1,350]; 8. 83-Joey Saldana [5][$1,300]; 9. 19M-Brent Marks [9][$1,250]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz [16][$1,200]; 11. 13X-Tim Shaffer [13][$900]; 12. 7-Paul McMahan [8][$800]; 13. 94-Ryan Smith [14][$700]; 14. 48-Danny Dietrich [11][$650]; 15. 41-Jason Johnson [18][$600]; 16. 28F-Davie Franek [20][$550]; 17. 1S-Logan Schuchart [24][$500]; 18. 7S-Jason Sides [23][$500]; 19. 89-Robbie Stillwagon [17][$500]; 20. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [7][$500]; 21. 21K-Kyle Reinhardt [21][$500]; 22. 7WD-Logan Wagner [19][$500]; 23. 98-Joe Trenca [22][$500]; 24. 45-Kevin Nagy [15][$500]. Lap Leaders: Greg Hodnett 1-16, Daryn Pittman 17-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 1S-Logan Schuchart [+7].
Qualifying - 1. 27-Greg Hodnett, 13.926; 2. M1-Mark Smith, 14.196; 3. 83-Joey Saldana, 14.238; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman, 14.238; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 14.298; 6. 94-Ryan Smith, 14.335; 7. 7-Paul McMahan, 14.367; 8. 2-Shane Stewart, 14.375; 9. 13X-Tim Shaffer, 14.404; 10. 747-Davey Sammons, 14.419; 11. 48-Danny Dietrich, 14.423; 12. 5-David Gravel, 14.446; 13. 19M-Brent Marks, 14.468; 14. 49-Brad Sweet, 14.493; 15. 21K-Kyle Reinhardt, 14.519; 16. 15-Donny Schatz, 14.575; 17. 98-Joe Trenca, 14.615; 18. 41-Jason Johnson, 14.618; 19. 7WD-Logan Wagner, 14.635; 20. 28F-Davie Franek, 14.635; 21. 89-Robbie Stillwagon, 14.838; 22. 7S-Jason Sides, 14.839; 23. W20-Greg Wilson, 15.016; 24. 5T-Tyler Ross, 15.043; 25. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 15.048; 26. 36D-Wayne Dadetto, 15.090; 27. 45-Kevin Nagy, 15.096; 28. 91-Anthony Fiore, 15.177; 29. 1A-Jacob Allen, 15.221; 30. 37-J.J. Grasso, 15.623; 31. 13-Clyde Knipp, 15.936; 32. 10-Joe Kata III, 16.007
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 27-Greg Hodnett [1]; 2. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [2]; 3. 19M-Brent Marks [4]; 4. 13X-Tim Shaffer [3]; 5. 89-Robbie Stillwagon [6]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [8]; 7. 98-Joe Trenca [5]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [7]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. M1-Mark Smith [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 3. 747-Davey Sammons [3]; 4. 94-Ryan Smith [2]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [5]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 7. 36D-Wayne Dadetto [7]; 8. 37-J.J. Grasso [8]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 83-Joey Saldana [1]; 2. 7-Paul McMahan [2]; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich [3]; 4. 45-Kevin Nagy [7]; 5. 7WD-Logan Wagner [5]; 6. 21K-Kyle Reinhardt [4]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [8]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 3. 5-David Gravel [3]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 5. 28F-Davie Franek [5]; 6. 5T-Tyler Ross [6]; 7. 10-Joe Kata III [8]; 8. 91-Anthony Fiore [7]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 27-Greg Hodnett [1]; 2. M1-Mark Smith [2]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 5. 83-Joey Saldana [3]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [8]; 7. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [5]; 8. 7-Paul McMahan [7]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 21K-Kyle Reinhardt [1][-]; 2. 98-Joe Trenca [2][-]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [3][-]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6][-]; 5. 5T-Tyler Ross [5][$125]; 6. 36D-Wayne Dadetto [7][$125]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [9][$125]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [4][$125]; 9. 91-Anthony Fiore [8][$125]; 10. 10-Joe Kata III [11][$125]; 11. 13-Clyde Knipp [10][$125]; 12. 37-J.J. Grasso [12][$125].
