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Daryn Pittman Scores 8th Win of 2018 in Dramatic Fashion at Calistoga
CALISTOGA, CA – September 14, 2018 – Daryn Pittman held off Logan Schuchart by a car-length to win his 8th World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Feature of 2018 Friday night at Calistoga Speedway. Pittman led all 25 laps but shredded a right rear immediately after the checkered and limped his Kasey Kahne Racing No.9 to the scales and to Victory Lane. Schuchart settled for second, just 0.133 seconds behind Pittman, with Rico Abreu completing the podium.
Daryn Pittman drew the pole for the Sears Craftsman Dash and won the six-lap event to earn the pole for the 25-Lap Feature. Pittman used a strong start to lead the first two laps before a Red Flag for Sheldon Haudenschild and Willie Croft halted the action. Both drivers were uninjured. Haudenschild was able to return and run a few laps but was forced back to the pits with lingering issues.
The ensuing double-file restart saw Donny Schatz get by Logan Schuchart for third and begin to put pressure on Abreu for second.
Cory Eliason brought out the Yellow with seven laps complete running sixth.
As Pittman and Abreu powered away from the field, Schuchart was able to get back by Schatz for third on the restart down the backstretch.
The remaining 18 laps went non-stop allowing Pittman to reach the back of the field, forcing the Owasso, OK native to slow his pace out front. Abreu, Schuchart and Schatz closed in on Pittman as the racing surface became locked down. Schatz took third back from Schuchart with five laps remaining and looked poised to make a late-race charge.
With two laps remaining, the top four were nose-to-tail entering turn one. Schuchart muscled his way underneath Schatz to take third down the backstretch, then hit the rubber perfectly off of turn four to take second from Abreu coming to the White Flag.
Schuchart got a big run off turn two and took a peak underneath Pittman for the lead down the backstretch but thought better of it entering turn three. Schuchart turned the car hard left off turn four to try and steal the win but came up .133 short as Pittman collected his 8th win of 2019.
As Pittman went into turn one after the Checkered, his right rear tire blew, and he had to limp his KKR No.9 to the scales.
“I knew something was wrong the last three laps, I must have hit something,” Pittman said about the dramatic ending. “Hopefully we can continue to pick up wins and land a sponsor on this thing, it’s been a good stretch for Kasey Kahne Racing, Brad [Sweet] has obviously been really good this year. I’m so blessed to be able to be out here with my family doing this for a living,” Pittman said as his two daughters hugged him.
Logan Schuchart matched his career-best at the historic Calistoga Speedway with a second-place finish, “It was one of those deals where you wish it would have been one more lap,” the Hanover, PA native said with a smile. “I’m really proud of this team and hopefully we can finish one spot better tomorrow.”
Rico Abreu was the highest finishing local, coming home third with Donny Schatz, who set Fast Time and Brad Sweet completing the top-five.
Joey Saldana was strong all evening finishing sixth with Shane Stewart, 14th-starting Brent Marks, Gio Scelzi and Jacob Allen completing the top-ten. Shane Golobic earned KSE Hard Charger honors, coming from 19th to finish 12th.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series concludes the West Coast portion of its 40th Anniversary Season at Calistoga Speedway tomorrow evening. Tickets are still available. As always, if you can’t make it to the track, watch all the action LIVE on DIRTVision.com!
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1][$8,000]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3][$4,000]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [2][$2,500]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [6][$2,200]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [4][$2,100]; 6. 26-Joey Saldana [7][$2,000]; 7. 2-Shane Stewart [5][$1,800]; 8. 19-Brent Marks [14][$1,600]; 9. 41S-Giovanni Scelzi [10][$1,500]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [8][$1,300]; 11. 18-Ian Madsen [11][$1,200]; 12. 17W-Shane Golobic [19][$1,100]; 13. 5-David Gravel [13][$1,000]; 14. O-Bud Kaeding [12][$700]; 15. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [18][$600]; 16. 83-Cory Eliason [9][$600]; 17. 11K-Kraig Kinser [22][$600]; 18. 88N-DJ Netto [24][$600]; 19. 45-Austen Wheatley [23][$600]; 20. 7S-Jason Sides [16][$600]; 21. 37-Mitchell Faccinto [21][$600]; 22. W20-Greg Wilson [20][$600]; 23. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [17][$600]; 24. 29-Willie Croft [15][$600]; Lap Leaders: Daryn Pittman 1-25; KSE Hard Charger Award: 17W-Shane Golobic[+7]
Qualifying: 1. 15-Donny Schatz, 15.968; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 15.982; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 16.031; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman, 16.088; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen, 16.091; 6. 83-Cory Eliason, 16.144; 7. 41S-Giovanni Scelzi, 16.208; 8. 2-Shane Stewart, 16.229; 9. 24-Rico Abreu, 16.281; 10. 26-Joey Saldana, 16.3; 11. 18-Ian Madsen, 16.3; 12. O-Bud Kaeding, 16.309; 13. 5-David Gravel, 16.31; 14. 19-Brent Marks, 16.316; 15. 88N-DJ Netto, 16.327; 16. 7S-Jason Sides, 16.373; 17. W20-Greg Wilson, 16.396; 18. 29-Willie Croft, 16.407; 19. 17W-Shane Golobic, 16.41; 20. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 16.45; 21. 83JR-Kyle Hirst, 16.634; 22. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 16.678; 23. 45-Austen Wheatley, 16.83; 24. 37-Mitchell Faccinto, 16.843
Heat #1 (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer: 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 3. 26-Joey Saldana [4]; 4. 41S-Giovanni Scelzi [3]; 5. 5-David Gravel [5]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 7. 17W-Shane Golobic [7]; 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser [8]
Heat #2 (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer: 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [4]; 5. 19-Brent Marks [5]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 8. 45-Austen Wheatley [8]
Heat #3 (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer: 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [3]; 3. 83-Cory Eliason [2]; 4. O-Bud Kaeding [4]; 5. 29-Willie Croft [6]; 6. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [7]; 7. 37-Mitchell Faccinto [8]; 8. 88N-DJ Netto [5]
Sears Craftsman Dash (6 Laps): 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [3]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 5. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz [6]
KEVIN HIRTHLER WINS FREEDOM 38 WHILE BISHOP TOPS MASS SPRINTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT GRANDVIEW
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NEWS FROM THE ROGERS FAMILY OPERATED GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY, BECHTELSVILLE, PA
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Race results written by Randy Kane
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QUICK NEWS ON FREEDOM 76: Donnie and Patti Miller have posted $100 for the drivers that finish 9th and 16th in the 48th Annual Freedom 76 in the name of their late son Chad who would have celebrated his birthday on 9/16. Much appreciated!!!
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KEVIN HIRTHLER WINS NON-STOP FREEDOM-38 SPORTSMAN RACE AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY
AUSTIN BISHOP TOPS MASS 305 SPRINT CAR FEATURE FIELD
BECHTELSVILLE, PA September 15, 2018 . . . NASCAR T.P.Trailers 358 Modified regular Kevin Hirthler, who started from fourth-place by luck of the draw for the 26-car starting field aboard his self-owned No. 117 Crate powered Sportsman entry, took the lead on Lap 7 from Ken Eckert Jr. and raced off with a dominating performance to capture the checkered flag in the fifth annual Freedom 38’er Friday night at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, PA.
The Boyertown, PA based driver lapped up to the eleventh-place finisher and won the non-stop 38-lapper by a full straightaway in a time of 10:11.28, taking home $1,500 for his efforts.
Hirthler became the fifth different winner in the 5-years, now, that the event has been raced.
For Hirthler, it was his second career Sportsman feature win at the track this season, his first since April 14, 2018, at the popular high-banked third-mile dirt track promoted by the Rogers family.
“With the rainout last Saturday night,” explained the 38-year-old second-generation car owner and driver, “the 358 Modified car is pretty much ready to go, so, that gave us some extra time to do a little extra work this past week on the Sportsman car and we got things done, scaled loaded up and just got things done in time to get he by maybe 4 o’clock.
“We just got the Crate engine in it back today. It is legit. It’s a GM Crate engine in it. It is my brothers back up engine and we had nothing but troubles with it the past two-years. After nothing but struggling with the engine it’s hitting on all eight cylinders tonight. We finally got things straightened out. It’s legit. Not a cheater. The engine has all the seals on it and when the track slicks up like it did tonight, it’s easy to drive and it has all kinds of power. Anybody is welcome to check the engine out after the races tonight if they have questions about it,” announced Hirthler.
The top 12 qualifiers out of the heat races redrew for starting positions, with Brian Mady from Milford, PA starting on the pole. Mady grabbed the lead for the first two tours, with Eckert Jr., who started outside the front row, whistling by to become the new race leader on Lap 3.
On Lap 7, Hirthler ducked in underneath Eckert Jr. exiting Turn 2 and motored out in front down the backstretch, as Eckert Jr., Mady, Dean Bachman and Craig Whitmoyer trailed.
With 14 complete, Whitmoyer advanced to fourth-place and the 43-year-old veteran took third-place a circuit later.
With 18 in the record books, Whitmoyer climbed into the runner-up role, however, Hirthler was pulling away as the laps quickly clicked off.
With 28-laps recorded, Hirthler was now a full straightaway out in front of Whitmoyer, who was running second in front of Eckert Jr. and Mady.
“I have no idea where second-place was because I never saw anybody,” offered Hirthler in victory lane. “You had to pick your way through the field and all the lapped cars because they were out there racing for position too. You had to maneuver up high or go low and if you could hit the inside slime just right going through the corners, your car would slide up a little, giving you room to get under some cars. I came up off the corners a few times and it wasn’t easy picking a way through the lapped traffic.”
Hirthler went basically unchallenged after he got out in front, easily winning the event over Whitmoyer of Hamburg, PA, Eckert Jr. of Orwigsburg, PA, Mady and Dylan Swinehart of Fleetwood, PA.
A total of four heat races for 45 Sportsman cars were won by Andrew Kries, John McGovern, Hirthler and Swinehart, with a pair of consolation races going out to Cale Ross and Brad Grim.
“We had real good draws in, both, the heat and the feature tonight and that certainly was a help in where we ended things,” revealed Hirthler.
With 23 MASS 305 Sprint Cars on hand, everyone qualified, with Austin Bishop, Tim Tanner Jr. and Rick Stief winning the heat races. There was no consolation needed.
In the 25-lap main event, it was Andy Best blasting from the pole position into the lead with the green waving, with Eddie Wagner and Bishop, who started from third, in tow.
Lap 6 and again on Lap 7, Chad Connor spun to bring out the caution flag.
When racing resumed it was still Best showing the way, with Bishop now second in front of Brendon Poff out of Richboro, PA for Lap 8.
A caution for Bryant Davis stopping in Turn 3 bunched up the field again after 9-laps. A circuit later, Davis went high through Turn 4, caught the outside boiler plate exiting Turn 4 and flipped wildly near the starters stand to bring out a red flag on Lap 10. Davis walked away uninjured.
Again it was Best on top, on the restart, for Lap 11, but a lap later it was Bishop rocketing underneath Best exiting Turn 2 to become the new race leader racing down the back part of the speedway.
Lap 16 saw the leaders get caught up with lapped traffic, knocking out the second and fourth-place cars as a result, as the caution reappeared.
With the new green it was Bishop over Poff, Wagner and Tom Carberry.
By Lap 19, Bishop was nearly a full straightaway out in front, as he easily went on to score his second win on the tour, this season, and his first career victory at Grandview Speedway. Bishop was celebrating his 20th birthday, a great birthday present.
“If I win, usually, it is on other driver’s birthdays and never on my own,” offered the race winner. “It is a nice little way to reward myself. Normally I don’t have the best of luck, but tonight the track was really racy all night long. It got a little rubbered down and I saw Andy started to wash up through the corner and I ducked in there underneath and got him to get the lead.”
Runner-up was Poff, with Carberry, Wagner and Jason Dunn following.
Tim Tanner Jr. was crowned as the MASS 305 Sprint Car 2018 champion, with CJ Faison winning Rookie of The Year honors for 2018.
Some 32 358 Modified racers showed up to run several practice sessions in order to prepare for the upcoming Freedom 76 event the following night, paying $25,000 to the winner.
Kevin Hirthler and many other top Modified talents will be back in racing action tonight at 7 p.m. with the running of the 48th Annual Freedom 76 Modified Classic paying $25,000 to win. There are qualifying heat races, Cash Dash paying $1,000 to win, Schaffer Racing Minuteman 20 and THEN the Freedom 76.
Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series MASS 305 Sprint Cars (25-laps) – 1) Austin Bishop, 2) Brendon Poff, 3) Tom Carberry, 4) Eddie Wagner, 5) Jason Dunn, 6) Tim Tanner Jr., 7) CJ Faison, 8) Ryan Stillwagon, 9) Dave Brown, 10) Tyler Reinhardt, 11) Rick Stief, 12) Zack Burd, 13) Jonathan Haegele, 14) Keith Anderson, 15) Christopher Moll, 16) Tom Tanner, 17) Andy Best, 18) Larry McVay, 19) Mike Haggenbottom, 20) Jeff Geiges, 21) Bryant Davis, 22) Chad Connor, 23) Daniel Leaper
Sportsman (38-laps) – 1) Kevin Hirthler, 2) Craig Whitmoyer, 3) Ken Eckert Jr., 4) Brian Mady, 5) Dylan Swinehart, 6) Ryan Beltz, 7) Dean Bachman, 8) John McGovern, 9) Andrew Kries, 10) Billy Osmun III, 11) Mark Kemmerer, 12) Brad Grim, 13) Mike Kellner, 14) Nate Klinger, 15) Jim Housworth, 16) Brian Hirthler, 17) Louden Reimert, 18) Mike Lisowski, 19) Cale Ross, 20) Brad Arnold, 21) Lex Shive, 22) Mike Mammana, 23) Ryan Higgs, 24) Ryan Lilick, 25) Jesse Landis, 26) Brad Brightbill
Racing action is set for tonight, Saturday, at 7 p.m. with the running of the 48th Annual Freedom 76 Modified Classic paying $25,000 to win. There are qualifying heat races, Cash Dash paying $1,000 to win, Schaffer Racing Minuteman 20 and THEN the Freedom 76.
Friday, Sept. 14, 2018
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By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio - It's been a very long time since "The Wild Child" Jac Haudenschild visited victory lane at Fremont Speedway. The 60-year-old hall-of-famer did just that Friday, Sept. 14 to open the 11th Annual Jim and Joanne Ford Classic on All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Night.
A crowd favorite, Haudenschild, from Wooster, Ohio, had to hold off last year's opening night Jim Ford Classic winner Tim Shaffer who had charged from 16th starting spot. An fuel stop with four laps to go put Shaffer right on Haudenschild's rear bumper but the veteran hit his marks perfectly to take home the $3,000 payday and his fourth career win at "The Track That Action Built."
"I can't remember when the last time I won at Fremont. We won an All Star show this year and now this and it helps a ton. I saw the 49 started about last and was second so I knew he was on it. When things are working good like this it's still fun. I have to thank all my sponsors; if it wasn't for them we couldn't do this deal," Haudenschild said beside his Southern Pacific Farms, Whistle Stop Bar and Grill, Finzer Farms, Ron Jacobs Trucking, Triple X Race Company, Performance Foot and Ankle backed #3.
By taking the green flag Gibsonburg, Ohio's Craig Mintz earned his third championship and the $10,000 payday for the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads FAST 410 Championship Series Presented by Ohio Logistics. Mintz also earned his third career Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Fremont Speedway track championship.
"I just drive the race car, these guys behind me make it happen. The RPM Chassis, Elite Wings, Kistler Engines...you put those three together and it's a pretty good deal," said Mintz of his titles.
The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 sprint A-main came down to the last corner of the last lap and Fremont's Paul Weaver used a lapped car as a pick to take the $1,000 win from race long leader Kyle Peters. It was Weaver's second win of the year at Fremont Speedway and his eighth overall victory of 2018. Weaver now sits seventh on the track's all-time win list with 47 career feature wins.
"He (Peters) did the right move. I was going to haul it in there...I wasn't going to wreck him. When he decided to go to the bottom I thought hopefully he comes to a stop and I kept my momentum and it worked," said Weaver adding his 10-year-old race shows came apart and the heal kept getting hung up on the brake pedal.
"I have to thank Daryl Schiets, and Bob Hampshire and Dave Rice...if it wasn't for them I wouldn't be here," added Weaver beside his Hampshire Racing Engines, M&L Excavating, Weaver Performance Center, Schiets Motorsports, Seagate Sandblasting, Miller Rigging backed machine.
Fremont, Ohio's John Ivy was also honored for his third career 305 sprint Fremont Speedway track champion. It is Ivy's seventh overall track title as he has three 410 sprint championships and a dirt truck title as well.
Woodville, Ohio's Troy Hahn made is debut in the McCullough Industries Limited Late Models a night to remember at Fremont Speedway as he scored his first career victory.
"This one is for my uncle Bill (Hahn, a former track champion). He got us all into this a long time ago. He's in the hall of fame here. There's a lot of parts and pieces on this car from his old car and I put one of Kenny Hahn's cars back together. This means a lot to the Hahn family. We specifically built this car for this track. I have to thank Rich Farmer for everything he has done for the late models and I now he's planning on retiring but I hope they continue this deal...there's more guys interested in the division," said Hahn beside his L&K Truck and Auto, High Side Design, Wojo's Heating & Air Conditioning, Fremont Chiropractic, Key Realty backed #20.
Fremont, Ohio's Dustin Keegan was recognized for winning the late model track championship to go with his 2017 dirt truck title at Fremont Speedway.
Haudenschild and Stuart Brubaker brought the field to green for the 30-lap 410 sprint feature but before a lap could be completed Chance Morton, making his winged sprint car debut, spun. On the second attempt at a start Brubaker grabbed the lead over Haudenschild, Lee Jacobs, Mintz, Buddy Kofoid, Travis Philo and Dan McCarron.
With three laps scored Nate Dussel spun with the restart order Brubaker, Haudenschild, Jacobs, Mintz, Kofoid, Philo. Disaster struck on lap six for Brubaker who stopped on the speedway, handing the lead to Haudenschild. With seven laps scored DJ Foos took a wild flip in turn three and was uninjured while Mintz and Philo tangled battling for fourth with Mintz coming to a stop. On the restart Haudenschild pulled away from Jacobs, Kofoid, Philo and Cap Henry.
By lap 10 the car on the move was Shaffer who had moved from 16th to sixth. Haudenschild encountered heavy lapped traffic by the 13th circuit allowing Jacobs to close with Kofoid, Shaffer and Henry in tow. Shaffer took third at the half way point and with eight laps to go leader Haudenschild was struggling with lapped traffic allowing Jacobs to close once again.
Morton spun with seven laps to go, giving Haudenschild a clear track. On the restart Shaffer took second from Jacobs and closed quickly on Haudenschild. Once Haudenschild got his rhythm he pulled away from Shaffer with Jacobs, Kofoid, Henry and Philo giving chase.
With just four laps to go Dussel brought out the caution, necessitating a fuel stop. When the race resumed Haudenschild had to deal with Shaffer with Jacobs, Kofoid, Philo, Cole Duncan and McCarron staying close. Haudenschild had one brief scare as he got over the cushion in turn two with two laps to go, but gathered it back in and drove to the win over Shaffer, Jacobs, Kofoid and Henry rounding out the top five.
In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature, Tyler Street and Peters paced the field with Peters grabbing the lead over Street, Weaver, Jamie Miller, John Ivy and Alvin Roepke. Peters and Street battled had for the lead until Chase Dunham had a front end break and hit the front stretch wall. On the restart Peters and Street resumed their battle with Weaver, Miller and Ivy staying close.
Mike Keegan coasted to a stop with six laps scored and when the green flew it was a five car battle for the lead involving Peters, Street, Weaver, Miller and Ivy. Joe Armbruster spun with nine laps scored and on the restart Justin Adams got side ways. A lap later and Jordan Ryan took a tumble in turn one and was uninjured. When the green flew Peters and Street continued to fight for the lead while Weaver and Miller ran nose to tail for third and fourth.
Peters and Street raced side by side from lap 12 to lap 17 when Weaver joined in the battle. Those three put on quite the performance as they entered lapped traffic with three laps to go. Weaver took second on lap 23 and closed on Peters who was trying to navigate through the traffic. After taking the white flag Peters drove into turn three and tried to block Weaver on the bottom but lapped cars slowed his momentum and Weaver blasted to the outside and took the lead exiting turn four and drove to the win over Peters, Ivy, Street and Miller.
Miller and Dana Fry brought the field to green for the 15 lap late model A-main with Miller gaining the advantage with fifth starter Hahn quickly moving into second just before the caution flew for Josh Kiser and Jerry Creeger tangle. On the restart Hahn grabbed the lead over Miller, John Mayes and Steve Sabo.
The car on the move was Chester Fitch who moved into third on lap four but promptly spun. Another caution for Collin Shipley on lap seven allowed Hahn to stay in front of Mayes, Miller, Bill Clapp Jr. and Sabo.
Hahn steadily pulled away and took the win over Sabo, Mayes, Miller and Shipley.
Fremont Speedway will wrap up the 2018 season Saturday, Sept. 15 with the 11th Annual Jim and Joanne Ford Classic paying the 410 feature winner $10,000. The 305 sprints and Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks will also be in action.
Gates open at 4 p.m. with racing at 7 p.m.
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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Friday, Sept. 14, 2018
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410 Sprints - Fort Ball Pizza Palace
Qualifying
1.39-Chance Morton, 12.204; 2.81-Lee Jacobs, 12.204; 3.35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.215; 4.3-Jac Haudenschild, 12.218; 5.22-Cole Duncan, 12.233; 6.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.246; 7.5-Byron Reed, 12.268; 8.49X-Tim Shaffer, 12.282; 9.09-Craig Mintz, 12.284; 10.23-DJ Foos, 12.293; 11.11N-Buddy Kofoid, 12.372; 12.5T-Travis Philo, 12.451; 13.22M-Dan McCarron, 12.472; 14.7V-Shawn Valenti, 12.486; 15.71-Ayrton Olsen, 12.490; 16.4H-Cap Henry, 12.545; 17.7J-Joe Swanson, 12.557; 18.97-Broc Martin, 12.566; 19.3J-Trey Jacobs, 12.589; 20.1-Nate Dussel, 12.613; 21.57X-Andrew Palker, 12.631; 22.7-Zane Devault, 12.632; 23.16-Chris Andrews, 12.637; 24.16X-Ryan Ruhl, 12.669; 25.8J-Jess Stiger, 12.709; 26.20I-Kelsey Ivy, 12.714; 27.68G-Tyler Gunn, 12.791; 28.2+-Brian Smith, 12.792; 29.45-Trevor Baker, 12.813; 30.13-Brandon Matus, 12.819; 31.83X-Nate Reeser, 12.889; 32.08-Dan Kuriger, 13.174; 33.41-Thomas Schinderle, 13.435; 34.33-Brent Matus, 14.317;
Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 09-Craig Mintz[2] ; 2. 22M-Dan McCarron[1] ; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs[4] ; 4. 22-Cole Duncan[3] ; 5. 57X-Andrew Palker[6] ; 6. 41-Thomas Schinderle[9] ; 7. 45-Trevor Baker[8] ; 8. 8J-Jess Stiger[7] ; 9. 7J-Joe Swanson[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 23-DJ Foos[2] ; 2. 7V-Shawn Valenti[1] ; 3. 39-Chance Morton[4] ; 4. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[3] ; 5. 13-Brandon Matus[8] ; 6. 97-Broc Martin[5] ; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[7] ; 8. 33-Brent Matus[9] ; 9. 7-Zane Devault[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[2] ; 2. 71-Ayrton Olsen[1] ; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4] ; 4. 16-Chris Andrews[6] ; 5. 5-Byron Reed[3] ; 6. 3J-Trey Jacobs[5] ; 7. 68G-Tyler Gunn[7] ; 8. 83X-Nate Reeser[8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 2. 4H-Cap Henry[1] ; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild[4] ; 4. 49X-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[5] ; 6. 16X-Ryan Ruhl[6] ; 7. 2+-Brian Smith[7] ; 8. 08-Dan Kuriger[8]
B-Main 1 (12 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 57X-Andrew Palker[1] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[2] ; 3. 68G-Tyler Gunn[6] ; 4. 8J-Jess Stiger[7] ; 5. 7J-Joe Swanson[9] ; 6. 83X-Nate Reeser[8] ; 7. 3J-Trey Jacobs[4] ; 8. 41-Thomas Schinderle[3] ; 9. 45-Trevor Baker[5]
B-Main 2 (12 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[2] ; 2. 13-Brandon Matus[1] ; 3. 97-Broc Martin[3] ; 4. 16X-Ryan Ruhl[4] ; 5. 08-Dan Kuriger[8] ; 6. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[5] ; 7. 7-Zane Devault[9] ; 8. 2+-Brian Smith[6] ; 9. 33-Brent Matus[7]
A-Main 1 (30 Laps)
1. 3-Jac Haudenschild[1] ; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer[16] ; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs[4] ; 4. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[7] ; 5. 4H-Cap Henry[12] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[8] ; 7. 22-Cole Duncan[13] ; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron[9] ; 9. 71-Ayrton Olsen[11] ; 10. 16-Chris Andrews[15] ; 11. 5-Byron Reed[19] ; 12. 09-Craig Mintz[5] ; 13. 13-Brandon Matus[20] ; 14. 1-Nate Dussel[18] ; 15. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[14] ; 16. 7V-Shawn Valenti[10] ; 17. 39-Chance Morton[3] ; 18. 23-DJ Foos[6] ; 19. 35-Stuart Brubaker[2] ; 20. 57X-Andrew Palker[17]
Hard Charger: 49X-Tim Shaffer +14
305 Sprints - Fremont Federal Credit Union
Qualifying
1.1W-Paul Weaver, 13.185; 2.26-Jamie Miller, 13.239; 3.97-Kyle Peters, 13.277; 4.4*-Tyler Street, 13.298; 5.8-Bobby Clark, 13.423; 6.1BB-Jordan Ryan, 13.434; 7.66D-Chase Dunham, 13.448; 8.19R-Steve Rando, 13.450; 9.77I-John Ivy, 13.482; 10.25-Jason Keckler, 13.502; 11.73-Joe Armbruster, 13.657; 12.5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr, 13.665; 13.99-Alvin Roepke, 13.714; 14.12-Kyle Capodice, 13.745; 15.7M-Brandon Moore, 13.751; 16.14*-Ricky Peterson, 13.776; 17.47-Matt Lucius, 13.812; 18.9R-Dustin Rall, 13.819; 19.75-Jerry Dahms, 13.820; 20.36-Seth Schneider, 13.895; 21.46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.983; 22.X-Mike Keegan, 14.031; 23.09-Justin Adams, 14.256; 24.70-Rick Donovan, 14.342; 25.48-Mike Burkin, 14.400; 26.5M-Mike Moore, 14.430; 27.61-Chuck May, 14.535; 28.1H-Zeth Sabo, 14.564; 29.29-Kyle Farmer, 14.639; 30.28-Tad Peck, 14.659; 31.X15-Kasey Ziebole, 15.221; 32.21-Larry Kingseed JR, 16.192;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr[1] ; 2. 73-Joe Armbruster[2] ; 3. 8-Bobby Clark[4] ; 4. 1BB-Jordan Ryan[3] ; 5. 12-Kyle Capodice[5] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[6] ; 7. 29-Kyle Farmer[8] ; 8. 61-Chuck May[7]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 77I-John Ivy[2] ; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 3. 09-Justin Adams[1] ; 4. 66D-Chase Dunham[3] ; 5. 5M-Mike Moore[6] ; 6. 70-Rick Donovan[5] ; 7. 28-Tad Peck[7] ; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[8]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 99-Alvin Roepke[1] ; 2. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 3. 4*-Tyler Street[4] ; 4. 14*-Ricky Peterson[5] ; 5. 19R-Steve Rando[3] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[7] ; 7. 75-Jerry Dahms[6] ; 8. 1H-Zeth Sabo[8]
Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 7M-Brandon Moore[2] ; 2. 97-Kyle Peters[3] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[4] ; 4. 47-Matt Lucius[1] ; 5. X-Mike Keegan[6] ; 6. 48-Mike Burkin[7] ; 7. 9R-Dustin Rall[5] ; 8. X15-Kasey Ziebold[8]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 12-Kyle Capodice[1] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[2] ; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[4] ; 4. 46AU-Stuart Williams[3] ; 5. 1H-Zeth Sabo[8] ; 6. 75-Jerry Dahms[6] ; 7. 29-Kyle Farmer[5] ; 8. 61-Chuck May[7]
B-Main 2 - (10 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. X-Mike Keegan[2] ; 2. 9R-Dustin Rall[6] ; 3. 48-Mike Burkin[4] ; 4. 5M-Mike Moore[1] ; 5. 70-Rick Donovan[3] ; 6. X15-Kasey Ziebold[8] ; 7. 28-Tad Peck[5] ; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[7]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[4] ; 2. 97-Kyle Peters[2] ; 3. 77I-John Ivy[6] ; 4. 4*-Tyler Street[1] ; 5. 26-Jamie Miller[3] ; 6. 99-Alvin Roepke[7] ; 7. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr[5] ; 8. 19R-Steve Rando[19] ; 9. 8-Bobby Clark[11] ; 10. 25-Jason Keckler[10] ; 11. 12-Kyle Capodice[17] ; 12. 14*-Ricky Peterson[15] ; 13. 47-Matt Lucius[16] ; 14. 9R-Dustin Rall[20] ; 15. 09-Justin Adams[12] ; 16. X-Mike Keegan[18] ; 17. 7M-Brandon Moore[8] ; 18. 1BB-Jordan Ryan[13] ; 19. 73-Joe Armbruster[9] ; 20. 66D-Chase Dunham[14]
Hard Charger: 19R-Steve Rando +11
Limited Late Models - McCullough Industries
Heat 1 (8 Laps)
1. 101-Chester Fitch[2] ; 2. 4C-Bill Clapp JR[1] ; 3. 20-Troy Hahn[5] ; 4. 16-Steve Sabo[7] ; 5. 44-Collin Shippley[6] ; 6. X16-Cody Truman[4] ; 7. 22J-Josh Kiser[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps)
1. 69-John Mayes[3] ; 2. 75-Dana Frey[1] ; 3. 4M-Jamie Miller[5] ; 4. 17x-Dave Hoppes[6] ; 5. 1H-Zeth Sabo[4] ; 6. 27K-Jerry Creeger[2]
A-Main 1 (15 Laps)
1. 20-Troy Hahn[5] ; 2. 16-Steve Sabo[7] ; 3. 69-John Mayes[3] ; 4. 4M-Jamie Miller[1] ; 5. 44-Collin Shippley[8] ; 6. 17x-Dave Hoppes[13] ; 7. 75-Dana Frey[2] ; 8. X16-Cody Truman[10] ; 9. 101-Chester Fitch[4] ; 10. 4C-Bill Clapp JR[6] ; 11. 1H-Zeth Sabo[9] ; 12. 27K-Jerry Creeger[11] ; 13. 22J-Josh Kiser[12]
Carson Macedo on top at Outlaw Speedway
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Winner Carson Macedo (Trent Gower Photography Photo)
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Carson Macedo on top at Outlaw Speedway
DUNDEE, N.Y. (September 14, 2018) - Lemoore, California’s Carson Macedo has certainly become fond of the state of New York, now with three Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victories in the Empire State, his third of the year accomplished in fantastic fashion during action at Outlaw Speedway in Dundee on Friday evening.
Macedo, driver of the familiar Gaerte/Norman No. 3G, earned his trip to victory lane with less than two circuits remaining, utilizing a slide job through turns three and four to gain the advantage over race-long leader, Ryan Smith. The $5,000 payday bumped Macedo’s All Star win count to six during his young, but storied career, five occurring during the 2018 season.
Ryan Smith chased the former Gold Cup and King of the West champion to the final checkers after leading the first 28 circuits, followed by Aaron Reutzel, Brock Zearfoss and Paul McMahan.
“We are starting to like these small, slick race tracks,” Carson Macedo explained, who also owns New York victories at Stateline Speedway and Weedsport Speedway. “I just can’t thank my team and all of my supporters enough for their hard work this year. Joe Gaerte, Tim and Cindy Norman; they do a great job with this race car. They make my job easy.”
Carson Macedo’s march toward the front started right from the drop of the initial green, actually advancing from sixth to third before the first lap was complete. Although not advancing another position until lap 25, Macedo pressured the two front-runners, Aaron Reutzel and Ryan Smith, on multiple occasions, using a restart after the main event’s first and only caution on lap 15 to set-up his eventual takeover.
By lap 21, the top-three encountered traffic once again which eventually erased all of Ryan Smith’s advantage. Using slower cars as a roadblock, Macedo capitalized and worked by Aaron Reutzel for second before the completion of lap 25. Continuing to use the topside as a momentum boost, Macedo reeled Smith in to a car-length by the completion of lap 28. As the pair approached turn one, Macedo dived to the bottom of the speedway with the intent to sneak by Smith, only to turn the denied takeover attempt into a side-by-side battle for the lead. As the pair reached turn three, Macedo tried to slide Smith once again, but this time his attempt succeeded, soon crossing under the white flag with Smith and Reutzel in tow.
The final circuit remained unchanged with Macedo crossing under the final checkers by a margin of victory equaling just over one second.
“I was getting a ton of side bite. I knew I was really good through the top of three and four, so when I got a run on Ryan [Smith], I figured I better go ahead and give it a shot,” Macedo explained. “It all worked out.”
The All Star Circuit of Champions will continue their New York/Pennsylvania road trip with a stop at Selinsgrove Speedway in Selinsgrove, Pa., on Saturday, September 15. Awarding a $10,000 top prize, Tony Stewart’s All Stars will headline the Jim Nace Memorial/36th Annual National Open; the final Pennsylvania appearance for the All Star Circuit of Champions of 2018.
Selinsgrove Speedway in Selinsgrove, Pa., will open pit gates at 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 15. A mandatory All Star drivers meeting will take shape at 5:45 p.m., followed by hot laps at 6:30 p.m. Those seeking additional news and notes regarding the Jim Nace Memorial/National Open worth $10,000 should visit Selinsgrove Speedway live on the Web at www.selinsgrovespeedway.com.
Contingency Awards/Results:
Outlaw Speedway - September 14, 2018:
EMi Driver’s Meeting: 21 entrants
State Water Heaters Warm-Ups: Ryan Smith - 11.540 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Aaron Reutzel - 11.590 seconds **NTR
Ford Performance Heat #1: Brock Zearfoss
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Gerard McIntyre
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Carl Bowser
JE Pistons Dash: Ryan Smith
Daido Engine Bearings Main Event Winner: Carson Macedo
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Tony Stewart (+8)
(Lincoln Electric, Daido Engine Bearings, MSD Performance: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 11-Ryan Smith, 11.596; 2. 13-Paul McMahan, 11.747; 3. 4-Brock Zearfoss, 11.808; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 11.816; 5. 14-Tony Stewart, 11.926; 6. 70-Dave Blaney, 12.014; 7. 33-Michael Bauer, 12.445
Group (B)
1. 3G-Carson Macedo, 11.849; 2. 35-Tyler Esh, 12.118; 3. O7-Gerard McIntyre, 12.129; 4. 2L-Sye Lynch, 12.197; 5. 29-Dan Shetler, 12.283; 6. 91-Anthony Fiore, 12.311; 7. 9-Ryan Linder, 12.392
Group (C)
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 11.590; 2. 7K-Cale Conley, 11.884; 3. 11C-Carl Bowser, 12.134; 4. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 12.439; 5. 49H-Bradley Howard, 12.565; 6. 40-George Hobaugh, 12.850; 7. iO7-Mark Coldren, 13.806
Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer
1. 4-Brock Zearfoss [2]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah [1]; 3. 11-Ryan Smith [4]; 4. 13-Paul McMahan [3]; 5. 14-Tony Stewart [5]; 6. 33-Michael Bauer [7]; 7. 70-Dave Blaney [6]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer
1. O7-Gerard McIntyre [2]; 2. 3G-Carson Macedo [4]; 3. 35-Tyler Esh [3]; 4. 29-Dan Shetler [5]; 5. 2L-Sye Lynch [1]; 6. 91-Anthony Fiore [6]; 7. 9-Ryan Linder [7]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer
1. 11C-Carl Bowser [2]; 2. 22-Brandon Spithaler [1]; 3. 49H-Bradley Howard [5]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 5. 7K-Cale Conley [3]; 6. 40-George Hobaugh [6]; 7. IO7-Mark Coldren [7]
Dash #1 (6 Laps)
1. 11-Ryan Smith [3]; 2. 11C-Carl Bowser [1]; 3. 22-Brandon Spithaler [2]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 5. 4-Brock Zearfoss [5]; 6. 3G-Carson Macedo [6]; 7. O7-Gerard McIntyre [7]; 8. 10H-Chad Kemenah [8]
A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 3G-Carson Macedo [6]; 2. 11-Ryan Smith [1]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 4. 4-Brock Zearfoss [5]; 5. 13-Paul McMahan [11]; 6. 14-Tony Stewart [14]; 7. 22-Brandon Spithaler [3]; 8. O7-Gerard McIntyre [7]; 9. 7K-Cale Conley [13]; 10. 10H-Chad Kemenah [8]; 11. 70-Dave Blaney [19]; 12. 11C-Carl Bowser [2]; 13. 49H-Bradley Howard [10]; 14. 29-Dan Shetler [12]; 15. 35-Tyler Esh [9]; 16. 2L-Sye Lynch [15]; 17. 33-Michael Bauer [17]; 18. 91-Anthony Fiore [16]; 19. 40-George Hobaugh [18]; 20. 9-Ryan Linder [20]; 21. IO7-Mark Coldren [21] Lap Leaders: Ryan Smith (1-28), Carson Macedo (29, 30)
All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings: (after Outlaw Speedway on 9/14/2018)
1. Aaron Reutzel - 5184
2. Carson Macedo - 5172
3. Chad Kemenah - 5060
4. Paul McMahan - 4918
5. Dave Blaney - 4756
6. Cale Conley - 4502
7. Brandon Spithaler - 4230
8. Jac Haudenschild - 3952
9. Tyler Esh - 3948
10. Parker Price-Miller - 3848
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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BACON POURS IT ON IN HURTUBISE CLASSIC VICTORY
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Brady Bacon captured his second career 'Jim Hurtubise Classic' victory Friday night at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track. (Ryan Sellers Photo)
BACON POURS IT ON IN HURTUBISE CLASSIC VICTORY
By: Richie Murray - USAC Media
Terre Haute, Indiana......September 14, 2018 - It's certainly been a whirlwind week-plus of highs for Brady Bacon.
Last Thursday, he picked up a victory worth $15,000 in the BC39 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. On Monday, he became a father for the third time with the birth of daughter, Linley. And Friday, he hit the jackpot once again, winning his second career "Jim Hurtubise Classic" USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature at the Terre Haute Action Track.
"They say when it rains, it pours, and we needed some rain on our crops at home," Bacon said. "This has been a good little stretch. For some reason, new kids bring a lot of wins it seems like. We've won two championships the year the last two kids were born and now we got this one. We can win a lot of money from here to the end of the year with a lot of big paying races, so this is a good time to get momentum."
Bacon rolled off fifth in his own Brady Bacon Racing/Fatheadz Eyewear - Tel-Star Technologies/Triple X/Rider Chevy. Pole sitter Shane Cottle set the pace into turn one on the opening lap, but it was outside front row starter C.J. Leary who won the race to turn three to grab the lead where he'd remain for the first five circuits.
On lap six, Nick Bilbee and Josh Hodges tangled in turn one, sending Bilbee hard into the outside concrete to bring out the first stoppage of the night. Both were uninjured, but both were finished for the evening.
The caution closed the gap between Leary and the rapidly climbing Bacon for the lap six restart. Leary held the advantage when racing returned to green, but Bacon was close enough to apply pressure. Leary drifted a bit high on the exit of four and Bacon was there to capitalize on the bottom, ripping the lead away and, immediately, carving out a half-straightaway lead nearing the halfway point when Dave Darland slowed to a stop in turn two on lap 13.
When action resumed, second-place Robert Ballou was able to stay in touch with Bacon, bouncing along the bottom between turns three and four as he trailed five car lengths back.
The 2014 (Bacon) and 2015 (Ballou) "Hurtubise" winners were now set one/two with Bacon relentlessly attacking the top lap-after-lap, four wheels above the cush as Ballou put the chase on. But, with six laps remaining, Bacon nearly lost all those gains on the track and nearly gained a migraine, getting completely sideways between turns one and two. Bacon gathered up his mount and motored on, while Ballou was unable to erase any ground.
'They say when it rains, it pours, and we needed some rain on our crops at home. This has been a good little stretch. For some reason, new kids bring a lot of wins it seems like. We've won two championships the year the last two kids were born and now we got this one. We can win a lot of money from here to the end of the year with a lot of big paying races, so this is a good time to get momentum.' (Dallas Breeze Photo)
"We were kind of getting in above the cushion and got up a little too high," Bacon explained. "There must've been a big clump up there or some heavy stuff and it caught us and turned us sideways. Luckily, we were able to get it pointed straight."
What first appeared like a bout of misfortune turned into good fortune for the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma native as he simultaneously danced with lapped traffic with Ballou hot on the trail.
"I squeezed by the 11 car (James Lyerla) and there wasn't a whole lot of extra room," Bacon recalled. "I had all four wheels above the cushion. But when things are going your way, you can get by with stuff that maybe you shouldn't be able to. Sometimes that's just the way it works and I'm glad it's my turn right now."
Tenth-running Justin Grant's car went up in smoke with five laps remaining to bring out the final yellow. On the ensuing restart, Bacon had the buffer of a lapped car in Isaac Chapple between he and Ballou to break away with any increment of a gain he could pocket. Bacon was as precise as the arc of an Olympic high diver while Ballou got around Chapple with relative ease, but he was playing catchup now and Bacon had no intentions of getting run down on this night, holding a steady interval and never missing a beat down the stretch to win for the 22nd time in his USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car career, tying him for 22nd on the all-time list alongside Rick Hood, Bubby Jones & Sam Sessions.
"We've struggled by my standards here this year," Bacon admitted. "We made some changes of what we thought would make it better and we really had a good racecar. I had a new shock on that we were trying tonight, and it was really good. We could stick anywhere we wanted at the beginning of the race and had a lot of grip into the center. That dictates your speed here, and I could carry momentum and not have to overdrive it to carry a lot of speed. We used our tire up a little bit, but that's kind of part of it here. I felt like if someone challenged me I could've gone a little bit harder, but it was nice to be able to get to the front as quick as we did."
Contingency award winners Friday night at the Terre Haute Action Track were Robert Ballou (Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner), Josh Hodges (Competition Suspension, Inc. Second Heat Winner), Dave Darland (Chalk Stix/Indy Race Parts Third Heat Winner), Kevin Thomas, Jr. (KSE Racing Products Hard Charger), Isaac Chapple (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Finisher) and Carson Short (Roger & Barb Tapy 13th Fastest Qualifier).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 14, 2018 - Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana - "Jim Hurtubise Classic"
QUALIFYING: 1. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-19.621; 2. Brady Bacon, 99, Bacon-19.746; 3. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-19.877; 4. Tyler Courtney, 7BC, Clauson/Marshall/Newman-19.941; 5. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-20.017; 6. Shane Cottle, 5G, Goacher-20.062; 7. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 69, Dynamics-20.099; 8. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-20.126; 9. Dave Darland, 36D, Goodnight/Curb-Agajanian-20.182; 10. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-20.184; 11. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-20.188; 12. Stevie Sussex, 17GP, Dutcher-20.197; 13. Carson Short, 21, RCM-20.211; 14. Nate McMillin, 24m, McMillin-20.234; 15. Nick Bilbee, 17, Bilbee-20.353; 16. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-20.399; 17. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-20.444; 18. Jason McDougal, 71p, Daigh/Phillips-20.579; 19. Brian VanMeveren, 24, VanMeveren-20.712; 20. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR/Chapple-20.788; 21. James Lyerla, 11, JL-20.801; 22. Shawn Arriaga, 56, Arriaga-21.010; 23. Gabe Griffith, 37, Griffith-22.112; 24. Patrick Budde, 90, Budde-22.413.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Ballou, 2. Thomas, 3. Short, 4. Courtney, 5. Rose, 6. Grant, 7. VanMeveren, 8. Arriaga. 2:45.44
COMPETITION SUSPENSION, INC. (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Hodges, 2. Bacon, 3. Windom, 4. Leary, 5. Chapple, 6. McMillin, 7. Andretti, 8. Griffith. NT
CHALK STIX/INDY RACE PARTS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Darland, 2. Bilbee, 3. McDougal, 4. Cottle, 5. Stockon, 6. Sussex, 7. Lyerla, 8. Budde. 2:47.59
FEATURE: (30 laps - starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brady Bacon (5), 2. Robert Ballou (6), 3. Chris Windom (7), 4. C.J. Leary (2), 5. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (12), 6. Shane Cottle (1), 7. Tyler Courtney (3), 8. Chase Stockon (4), 9. Stevie Sussex (11), 10. Jason McDougal (17), 11. Jarett Andretti (10), 12. Bill Rose (15), 13. Isaac Chapple (19), 14. James Lyerla (20), 15. Shawn Arriaga (21), 16. Brian VanMeveren (18), 17. Patrick Budde (23), 18. Carson Short (13), 19. Justin Grant (9), 20. Dave Darland (8), 21. Gabe Griffith (22), 22. Nick Bilbee (14), 23. Josh Hodges (16). NT
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**McMillin flipped during the second heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Leary, Laps 6-30 Bacon.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Kevin Thomas, Jr. (12th to 5th)
WILWOOD BRAKES 13TH PLACE FINISHER: Isaac Chapple
ROGER & BARB TAPY 13TH FASTEST QUALIFIER: Carson Short
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-K. Thomas-2062, 2-Courtney-2056, 3-Windom-2049, 4-Bacon-1817, 5-Darland-1769, 6-Stockon-1761, 7-Leary-1719, 8-Ballou-1687, 9-Grant-1678, 10-Chapple-1128.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: September 15 - Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Indiana - "Haubstadt Hustler"
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NEWS FROM THE ROGERS FAMILY OPERATED GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY, BECHTELSVILLE, PA
TRACK PHONE: 610.754.7688 or visit www.grandviewspeedway.com
MEDIA CONTACT: Ernie Saxton @ esaxton144@aol.com, 215.752.7797 or 267.934.7286
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SPRINTS, SPORTSMAN AND MODIFIEDS AT GRANDVIEW FRIDAY NIGHT; $25K TO WIN 48TH ANNUAL FREEDOM 76 ON SATURDAY; AUTOGRAPH AND PHOTO SESSIONS ANNOUNCED
BECHTELSVILLE, PA September 13, 2018 . . . The excitement continues to build for two big nights of auto racing action at Grandview Speedway this weekend topped by the 48th Annual Freedom 76 Modified Classic that rewards the winner with $25, 000 plus lap money on Saturday night.
The weekend kicks off with the action packed Freedom 38 for Sportsman stock cars paying the winner of the 38-lapper $1,500. And the Delaware Auto Exchange Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series, featuring the popular 305 Sprints, will have current point leader Tim Tanner leading a large field of entries as they battle in the Delphi Contractors & Demolition sponsored 25-lap main event.
Also on Friday night, action starting at 7:30 p.m., the Modified racers planning to participate in the Freedom 76 will be given practice time during the evening’s events.
Pits open at 3 p.m. and main grandstand gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Adult admission is $12 with youngsters 6 through 11 paying $5 and kids under 6 admitted free.
Advance tickets for the Freedom 76 will be available Friday night for just $35 while on race day they will sell for $40. Youngsters, 6 through 11, on Saturday will pay $10 while kids under 6 are admitted free.
Saturday will see pit gates open at 9 a.m. Advance ticketholders are admitted to the main grandstands at 3 p.m. while the ticket windows open at 3:30 p.m.
Before the action starts on the track Saturday the Grandview Speedway 2018 champions will be featured in an autograph session at the photo stand from 3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Modified champion Mike Gular, Sportsman champion Louden Reimert and Late Model champion Danny Snyder will have their Sharpies ready to sign autographs for the fans. And MS Motorsports Leslie Donegan will be part of the activities.
At 5:30 p.m. there will be a photo session and interviews featuring the 2018 Champions in Victory Lane.
And then it will be on track action as Modified racers warm up, participate in qualifying events, the $1,000 to win Cash Dash, the Schaffer Racing Minuteman 20 and topped off by the 48th edition of the Freedom 76, “The Granddaddy of Modified Stock Car Classics”.
Heading up the Modified action will be many top visiting talents including Stewart Friesen (fresh from action in the Las Vegas NASCAR Camping World Truck race), Billy Pauch Sr. and Jr., Ryan Watt, Rick Laubach, Ryan Godown, Alan Johnson along with others taking on Grandview champion Mike Gular, Craig Von Dohren, Jeff Strunk (last year’s winner), Duane Howard, Jared Umbenhauer, Frank Cozze and so many more. And as always there will be some surprise entries.
Rain date for the Freedom 76 is September 22nd. There is no rain date for the Friday night events.
Additional details, camping info, and more is available at www.grandviewspeedway.com. Check in on Facebook or telephone 610.754.7688.
Grandview Speedway, celebrating 56 years of continuous operation, is located on Passmore Road in Bechtelsville, PA, just off Route 100, 10 miles north of Pottstown.
Brad Sweet Masters Lapped Traffic En Route to $20,000 Placerville Victory
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Winner Brad Sweet (Tim Aylwin Photo)
Brad Sweet Masters Lapped Traffic En Route to $20,000 Placerville Victory
PLACERVILLE, CA – September 12, 2018 – Brad Sweet passed Rico Abreu on Lap 8, was masterful through heavy lapped traffic, and held off Sheldon Haudenschild in a Green-White-Checkered finish to win the 49er Gold Rush Classic Presented by Riebes NAPA Auto Parts at Placerville Speedway. The win was Sweet’s 7th of the season and worth $20,000. Haudenschild kept the fans on the edge of their seat and came home second with local Andy Forsberg, who scored $2000 for setting Quick Time earlier in the evening, completing the podium.
Rico Abreu, fresh off his Gold Cup Race of Champions victory Saturday at Chico, won the Sears Craftsman Dash to earn the pole for the 49-Lap Feature alongside Sweet. Abreu got a good initial start and led the opening circuit and paced the field before Jason Sides brought out the first caution of the event with three laps complete.
Abreu powered away on the restart and reached lapped traffic quickly around the quarter-mile, high-banked oval. Sweet hawked Abreu as the latter entered traffic and made the move to take command of the field off of turn four to lead Lap 8.
A Red Flag for Brent Marks on Lap 14 halted action and took the leaders out of heavy traffic. Marks, who had come forward seven positions to 11th, was uninjured, but done for the evening.
The next 34 laps went non-stop allowing the leaders to endure as heavy of lapped traffic as they will see all season.
Sheldon Haudenschild, who started third, fell back to fifth at the time of the Red Flag for Marks but became the show on the restart. Haudenschild’s go to line was entering high into turn one and diamonding off the bottom of turn two. Haudenschild took fourth with that line from Pittman on the restart. Five laps later Haudenschild got by Eliason off of turn two to grab third and set his eyes on Abreu and leader Brad Sweet.
Abreu bobbled in turn four on the cushion on Lap 28, allowing Haudenschild to move into second. But Haudenschild made the same mistake the following lap as Abreu slid back in front of the young Wooster, OH native to reclaim second at the line.
By Lap 35, there were lapped cars scattered all over the racing surface in front of Sweet, forcing him to slow his pace and allowing the pack to close in. Abreu took a couple of looks underneath Sweet, but the latter remained in the gas and never gave Abreu a chance to slide him.
Lap 45 saw Sweet trying his best to navigate traffic on the cushion with Abreu looking desperately for a way by him and Haudenschild looming as the leaders were nose to tail down the backstretch.
Sweet had a strong three laps, putting two lapped cars in between himself and Abreu and Haudenschild coming to the White Flag. Haudenschild grabbed second at the White Flag and then slid to the top of turn one to maintain momentum. Stuck with nowhere to go, lapped car Jacob Allen flipped off of the top of turn one. Allen was uninjured with the Red Flag setting up a Green-White-Checkered finish.
As the cars came to a stop for the Red Flag, Abreu uncharacteristically rolled into Haudenschild. Abreu got out of his car and informed World of Outlaws officials that the steering broke on his family-owned No.24 and his night was over.
Sweet got an excellent restart, thwarting any chance of Haudenschild’s late race heroics as Sweet went to win, the, now, 50-Lap Feature, by 0.611 seconds.
Sweet, who was a co-promoter of the event, was visibly excited to get the big win in his hometown. “I don’t know if that’s cool or not [that I won my own race], but $20,000 was on the line. It’s great to get the NAPA car in Victory Lane in the Riebes NAPA Auto Parts Race,” Sweet said next to his Kasey Kahne, who was in attendance, owned No.49.
“It’s awesome to come back here in my hometown in front of all my friends and family and get the win. Lapped traffic was really tough, I hope you guys enjoyed the show. We’ll be back next year,” Sweet added.
When asked about the hectic lapped traffic, Sweet said, “I thought I covered most of my lines, but I knew someone was close. You just try to keep your composure and pick off the lapped cars the best you can. The cushion was tricky, kudos to the Russell family, they do a great job here every week and we get to play in their playground once a year.”
Sweet ended with a heartfelt statement, “I have so many people to thank for helping put on this show and I’m very appreciative.”
Sheldon Haudenschild finished second and was equally as appreciative. “Brad did a great job and a huge thanks to him for putting this race on. Thanks to the fans for coming out on a weekday, I know it’s difficult and we appreciate it. Hopefully you all enjoyed the show, I had a blast. This is a beautiful track. I’m definitely grateful to be in this position and to be able to race Sprint Cars for a living,” Haudenschild said next to his NOS Energy Sponsored, Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall No.17.
Andy Forsberg, the current Placerville Speedway 360 Sprint Car points leader, led the local charge finishing third, his third top-ten against the Outlaws in as many starts this season. “This is a 2009 chassis and the youngest guy on my crew is 54 years old and they work their tails off,” Forsberg, who will wrap his 20th points title as a driver this Saturday at Placerville, said with a big smile. “Every once in a while, you can sneak a good run against the Outlaws,” Forsberg added before stating how proud he was of his team for their runs against The Greatest Show on Dirt this week.
Tim Kaeding continued his outstanding success in a second Sides Motorsports entry coming from 10th to fourth with Eliason settling for fifth. David Gravel crashed in the Heat Race was forced to take a Provisional and earned KSE Hard Charger honors coming forward to 13th.
Shane Stewart and Justin Sanders flipped in the Sears Craftsman Dash, forcing Stewart to a backup car and to start at the rear while Sanders start and parked because of the damage. High Sierra Industries put up $1000 cash if a World of Outlaws driver set Quick Time and doubled that if a non-Outlaw set Quick Time, which sent Forsberg home with $2000 extra in his pocket for his 10.282 lap around the bullring.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series concludes its California swing this weekend September 14 and 15 at the beautiful historic Calistoga Speedway. Tickets for the Wine Country Classic are still available. If you can’t make it to the track, watch every lap LIVE on DIRTVision.com!
Feature (50 Laps due to green-white-checkered finish): 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2][$20,000]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3][$6,000]; 3. 92-Andy Forsberg [6][$3,750]; 4. 3-Tim Kaeding [10][$3,250]; 5. 83-Cory Eliason [4][$2,750]; 6. 3C-Tanner Thorson [11][$2,500]; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman [5][$2,400]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart [7][$2,300]; 9. 17W-Shane Golobic [13][$2,200]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz [9][$2,100]; 11. 18-Ian Madsen [21][$1,700]; 12. 22-Mason Moore [8][$1,400]; 13. 5-David Gravel [24][$300]; 14. 31C-Justyn Cox [15][$1,200]; 15. 2-Shane Stewart [23][$1,100]; 16. 25-Bobby McMahan [19][$1,000]; 17. 1A-Jacob Allen [12][$1,000]; 18. 24-Rico Abreu [1][$1,000]; 19. 7-Scott Bogucki [17][$1,000]; 20. 88N-DJ Netto [14][$1,000]; 21. 7S-Jason Sides [16][$1,000]; 22. 19-Brent Marks [18][$1,000]; 23. O-Bud Kaeding [22][$1,000]; 24. 29-Willie Croft [20][$1,000]; 25. 121-Justin Sanders [25][$1,000]; Lap Leaders: Rico Abreu 1-7, Brad Sweet 8-50; KSE Hard Charger Award: 5-David Gravel[+11]
Qualifying: 1. 92-Andy Forsberg, 10.282; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 10.319; 3. 2-Shane Stewart, 10.375; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 10.385; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 10.408; 6. 83-Cory Eliason, 10.448; 7. 24-Rico Abreu, 10.481; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman, 10.481; 9. 25-Bobby McMahan, 10.535; 10. 22-Mason Moore, 10.548; 11. 15-Donny Schatz, 10.55; 12. 19-Brent Marks, 10.555; 13. 121-Justin Sanders, 10.573; 14. 26-Joey Saldana, 10.574; 15. 17W-Shane Golobic, 10.575; 16. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 10.58; 17. 29-Willie Croft, 10.599; 18. O-Bud Kaeding, 10.609; 19. 7-Scott Bogucki, 10.625; 20. 88N-DJ Netto, 10.629; 21. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 10.645; 22. 1A-Jacob Allen, 10.664; 23. 18-Ian Madsen, 10.669; 24. 3-Tim Kaeding, 10.707; 25. 31C-Justyn Cox, 10.733; 26. 7S-Jason Sides, 10.76; 27. W20-Greg Wilson, 10.773; 28. 5-David Gravel, 10.777; 29. 3C-Tanner Thorson, 10.787; 30. 98-Sean Watts, 10.91; 31. 83JR-Kyle Hirst, 10.911; 32. 16A-Colby Copeland, 10.935; 33. 28-Nathan Rolfe, 11.03; 34. 96-Andy Caruana, 11.845
Heat #1 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 92-Andy Forsberg [1]; 2. 121-Justin Sanders [4]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 4. 3C-Tanner Thorson [8]; 5. 31C-Justyn Cox [7]; 6. 29-Willie Croft [5]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 8. 28-Nathan Rolfe [9]; 9. 25-Bobby McMahan [3]
Heat #2 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 83-Cory Eliason [2]; 3. 22-Mason Moore [3]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen [6]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [7]; 6. 98-Sean Watts [8]; 7. 26-Joey Saldana [4]; 8. O-Bud Kaeding [5]; 9. 96-Andy Caruana [9]
Heat #3 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 4. 17W-Shane Golobic [4]; 5. 7-Scott Bogucki [5]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [6]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [7]; 8. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [8]
Heat #4 (10 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer: 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 3. 3-Tim Kaeding [6]; 4. 88N-DJ Netto [5]; 5. 19-Brent Marks [3]; 6. 5-David Gravel [7]; 7. 16A-Colby Copeland [8]; 8. 83T-Tanner Carrick [4]
Sears Craftsman Dash (8 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 4. 83-Cory Eliason [4]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [6]; 6. 92-Andy Forsberg [5]; 7. 121-Justin Sanders [7]; 8. 2-Shane Stewart [8]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer: 1. 25-Bobby McMahan [1][]; 2. 29-Willie Croft [4][]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [7][]; 4. O-Bud Kaeding [5][]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6][$300]; 6. 83JR-Kyle Hirst [10][$250]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [8][$225]; 8. 98-Sean Watts [9][$200]; 9. 28-Nathan Rolfe [12][$200]; 10. 16A-Colby Copeland [11][$200]; 11. 83T-Tanner Carrick [3][$200]; 12. 26-Joey Saldana [2][$200]; 13. 5-David Gravel [14][$200]; 14. 96-Andy Caruana [13][$200]
