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Winner Aaron Reutzel (Rick Rarer/SprintCarNews.com Photo)
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Aaron Reutzel sweeps I-79 Summer Shootout with victory at Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (July 21, 2018) - For the fourth time in five events, Aaron Reutzel earned his way to Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory lane, this time by taming “Dirt’s Monster Half-Mile” at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway (PPMS) during the second and final leg of the 2018 I-79 Summer Shootout.
For Reutzel, his evening in Western Pennsylvania was nearly flawless, not only leading all 25 laps of the All Star main event, but also kicking-off the evening with the fastest time during qualifying time trials, as well as earning an impressive heat race win. The victory, Reutzel’s seventh of the 2018 All Star Circuit of Champions season, concluded a model weekend for the Clute, Texas, native that also included a victory on Friday night at Eriez Speedway. Reutzel is now the owner of two perfect weekends in 2018, actually winning back-to-back events at Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway and Dirt Oval (Ill.) at Route 66 on June 29 & 30.
“We are doing one heck of a job right now,” Aaron Reutzel explained in victory lane, driver of the Baughman-Reutzel Motorsports/Folkens Bros. Trucking/Hollywood Blasting & Coating/No. 87 sprint car. “Our cars have been fantastic, as well as holding together. When nights go as smooth as this, you can’t ask for much more.”
After finishing second during the evening’s dash, his only defeat at PPMS, Aaron Reutzel lined up on the outside of row one for the start of the 25-lap main event. Although flawless for most of the program, immediately gaining the lead after the initial start, Reutzel did encounter a few hazards, mostly in the form of lapped traffic which nearly cost Reutzel his lead. Reutzel’s first, and perhaps his most challenging situation during the 25-lapper occurred on lap 8 when the driver of the Baughman-Reutzel Motorsports entry nearly made contact with a lapped car twice while trying to work around him.
Although unable to keep up with Reutzel for the first few circuits, Carson Macedo, who started from the pole position by way of dash victory, was able to chase down Reutzel as the pair encountered lapped traffic. Reutzel’s near-mishap was just what Macedo needed, using his momentum to pull even with the Texan as the duo battled through turns one and two on lap 10. Luckily for Reutzel, the potential lead change was negated after caution flags flew for a slowing Tyler Esh.
After the feature’s first and only caution appeared, action resumed with Reutzel still in command of the field over Macedo and Cole Duncan. Periods of heavy traffic came into play once again with less than ten circuits remaining thus allowing Macedo to close the gap once more. Although Macedo made a tremendous effort to track down Reutzel, the former ASCS national champion was just as strong, if not stronger in traffic.
“The top of the speedway was pretty dominant tonight. You were able to carry a lot of momentum up there,” Carson Macedo explained. “I kept trying to get closer in traffic, but (Aaron Reutzel) was really good, too. He made good, consistent laps.”
“There were a couple of guys out there that made things tricky; bottom to top then back to the bottom,” Reutzel said about traffic. “They were making me a little nervous. I really didn’t know which way to go, but luckily we got through them without getting into any trouble.”
Up next on the calendar, the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will conclude the month of July with a four-pack of events across the Midwest beginning with action at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis., on Thursday, July 26. The four-day, three-state trek will continue at Jackson (Minn.) Motorplex on Friday, July 27, followed by a two-day stop in Iowa where Tony Stewart’s All Stars will invade the world-famous Knoxville Raceway on Saturday, July 28, followed by a stop at 34 Raceway on Sunday, July 29.
More information pertaining to the All Star trip west will be published in the coming days. Fans should stay tuned on the Web at the official online home of the All Star Circuit of Champions - www.allstarsprint.com.
Contingency Awards/Results:
Pittsburgh’s Pa. Motor Speedway - Saturday, July 21, 2018:
I-79 Summer Shootout
EMi Driver’s Meeting: 23 Entrants
State Water Heaters Warm-Ups: Aaron Reutzel - 15.722 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Aaron Reutzel - 16.024 seconds
Ford Performance Heat #1: Tony Stewart
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Paul McMahan
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Aaron Reutzel
JE Pistons Dash: Carson Macedo
Daido Engine Bearings Main Event Winner: Aaron Reutzel
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Lee Jacobs (+13)
(Lincoln Electric, Daido Engine Bearings, MSD Performance: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 49x-Tim Shaffer, 16.207; 2. 22C-Cole Duncan, 16.216; 3. 14-Tony Stewart, 16.227; 4. 70-Dave Blaney, 16.264; 5. 11-Gary Taylor, 16.340; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs, 16.444; 7. 13M-Brandon Matus, 16.730; 8. 51-John Garvin, 17.052
Group (B)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 16.468; 2. 13-Paul McMahan, 16.603; 3. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 16.819; 4. 35-Tyler Esh, 16.896; 5. 98-Carl Bowser, 17.120; 6. 7K-Cale Conley, 17.178; 7. 40-George Hobaugh, 17.482; 8. 1R-Gale Ruth Sr., 20.534
Group (C)
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 16.024; 2. 3G-Carson Macedo, 16.150; 3. 4-Parker Price-Miller, 16.572; 4. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 16.689; 5. 42-Sye Lynch, 17.317; 6. 33-Brent Matus, 18.692; 7. 55-Gary Kriess, NT
Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer
1. 14-Tony Stewart [2]; 2. 70-Dave Blaney [1]; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer [4]; 4. 22C-Cole Duncan [3]; 5. 11-Gary Taylor [5]; 6. 13M-Brandon Matus [7]; 7. 81-Lee Jacobs [6]; 8. 51-John Garvin [8]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer
1. 13-Paul McMahan [3]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah [4]; 3. 35-Tyler Esh [1]; 4. 22-Brandon Spithaler [2]; 5. 40-George Hobaugh [7]; 6. 98-Carl Bowser [5]; 7. 1R-Gale Ruth Sr. [8]; 8. 7K-Cale Conley [6]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 8 Transfer
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 2. 3G-Carson Macedo [3]; 3. 4-Parker Price-Miller [2]; 4. 42-Sye Lynch [5]; 5. 3-Jac Haudenschild [1]; 6. 33-Brent Matus [6]
Dash #1 (6 Laps)
1. 3G-Carson Macedo [1]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel [3]; 3. 13-Paul McMahan [2]; 4. 22C-Cole Duncan [5]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer [7]; 6. 14-Tony Stewart [8]; 7. 10H-Chad Kemenah [4]; 8. 70-Dave Blaney [6]
A-Main (25 Laps)
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel [2]; 2. 3G-Carson Macedo [1]; 3. 70-Dave Blaney [8]; 4. 13-Paul McMahan [3]; 5. 10H-Chad Kemenah [7]; 6. 22C-Cole Duncan [4]; 7. 81-Lee Jacobs [19]; 8. 49X-Tim Shaffer [5]; 9. 4-Parker Price-Miller [9]; 10. 3-Jac Haudenschild [14]; 11. 11-Gary Taylor [13]; 12. 14-Tony Stewart [6]; 13. 98-Carl Bowser [17]; 14. 42-Sye Lynch [12]; 15. 7K-Cale Conley [22]; 16. 33-Brent Matus [18]; 17. 22-Brandon Spithaler [11]; 18. 1R-Gale Ruth Sr. [20]; 19. 35-Tyler Esh [10]; 20. 13M-Brandon Matus [16]; 21. 51-John Garvin [21]; 22. 40-George Hobaugh [15] Lap Leaders: Aaron Reutzel (1-25)
All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings: (after 7/21/2018)
1. Carson Macedo - 3188
2. Aaron Reutzel - 3186
3. Chad Kemenah - 3158
4. Jac Haudenschild - 3100
5. Dave Blaney - 3016
6. Paul McMahan - 2984
7. Parker Price-Miller - 2950
8. Cale Conley - 2802
9. Carl Bowser - 2620
10. Brandon Spithaler - 2578
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Sammy Swindell Wires ASCS Mid-South At Riverside International Speedway
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Winner Sammy Swindell (Larry Chase Photo)
Sammy Swindell Wires ASCS Mid-South At Riverside International Speedway
Bryan Hulbert - WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (July 21, 2018) Returning to the famed Riverside International Speedway on Saturday night, local racing legend Sammy Swindell led start to finish for the night's $2,000 prize with the ASCS Mid-South Region.
Wheeling the A.G. Rains owned No. 3 to Victory Lane, Swindell's win is his third overall with the ASCS Mid-South Region and fifth triumph on the season.
With as much as a straightaway on the field at times, a caution working the white flag lap still wasn't enough to give anyone a shot at the wily veteran.
Moving to second on Lap 11, Howard Moore would hold onto the silver position despite the repeated attempts by Derek Hagar who would have the settle for the bronze. Dale Howard in fourth was trailed by Ernie Ainsworth to round out the top-five. Ainsworth was also the night's Stealth Recovery Hard Charger.
Tim Crawley grabbed sixth with Justin Webb in seventh. Brandon Hinkle, Kevin Hinkle, and Rick Kahler made the top-ten.
A couple notes from the night, all driver draw fees were paid by Justin Webb and Southern Coatings. Giving back to the community, Ronnie Pitts Motorsports and Tim Crawley originally planned to raffle off two Backpacks with School Supplies at Saturday's race. With support from across the country, a total of 65 Backpacks were given away at Riverside.
The next event for the ASCS Mid-South Region is Saturday, July 28 with the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Red River Region presented by Smiley's Racing Products at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark.
For other news, notes, and information on the American Sprint Car Series, from the National Tour to any of the Regional Tours that make up the over 150 across the ASCS Nation in 2018, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com, follow on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Twitter (@LucasOilASCS).
Race Results:
ASCS Mid-South
Riverside International Speedway - West Memphis, Ark.
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Howard Moore, [1]; 2. 3-Sammy Swindell, [7]; 3. 47-Dale Howard, [4]; 4. 21B-Brandon Hinkle, [6]; 5. 91A-Ernie Ainsworth, [8]; 6. 21K-Kevin Hinkle, [3]; 7. 44-Ronny Howard, [5]; 8. 21-Spencer Meredith, [2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9JR-Derek Hagar, [2]; 2. 1X-Tim Crawley, [7]; 3. 31-Justin Webb, [1]; 4. 72K-Rick Kahler, [4]; 5. 2H-Wally Henson, [3]; 6. 8C-LeRoy Carley, [8]; 7. 26-Marshall Skinner, [6]
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 3-Sammy Swindell, [1]; 2. 40-Howard Moore, [3]; 3. 9JR-Derek Hagar, [6]; 4. 47-Dale Howard, [2]; 5. 91A-Ernie Ainsworth, [9]; 6. 1X-Tim Crawley, [5]; 7. 31-Justin Webb, [7]; 8. 21B-Brandon Hinkle, [8]; 9. 21K-Kevin Hinkle, [11]; 10. 72K-Rick Kahler, [4]; 11. 44-Ronny Howard, [13]; 12. 8C-LeRoy Carley, [16]; 13. 26-Marshall Skinner, [12]; 14. 2H-Wally Henson, [10]; 15. 21-Spencer Meredith, [14]; (DNS) 39-Brad Bowden,
Races cancelled tonight Saturday July 21st.
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BIG DIAMOND USAC EAST COAST SPRINT RESULTS
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Joey Biasi celebrates his win at Big Diamond (Steve Koletar Photo)
BIG DIAMOND SPRINT GOES TO BIASI
Pottsville, PA........Joey Biasi of Mary D, Pa. won Friday night's 25-lap USAC East Coast Sprint race at Big Diamond Speedway. He passed Steven Drevicki on lap 12 and led the rest of the way to beat Drevicki, Trevor Kobylarz, Ryan Godown and Chandler Leiby. The series now heads for Saturday's race at Path Valley Speedway in Spring Run, Pa.
USAC EAST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 20, 2018 - Pottsville, Pennsylvania - Big Diamond Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Trevor Kobylarz (#14 Kobylarz), 2. Kyle Lick (#8 Lick), 3. Ryan Godown (#4 Freyer), 4. Chandler Leiby (#119 Leiby), 5. Bill Unglert (#33B Unglert), 6. Carmen Perigo (#21 Stehman), 7. Trey Hivner (#7 TH Racing), 8. Heidi Hedin (#3H Hedin), 9. Chris Dyson (#20 Dysaon/Michael), 10. Bobby Sandt Jr, (#131). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Eddie Strada (#5G Gallagher), 2. Joey Biasi (#B1 Biasi), 3. Steven Drevicki (#19 Drevicki), 4. Coleman Gulick (#14c Gulick), 5. Eric Jennings (#32 Neiger/Hamilton), 6. Chris Allen Jr. (#71 Allen), 7. Ryan Quackenbush (#5Q RQR Racing), 8. Kyle Purks (#B1 Biasi), 9. Brian Riccio (#09 Riccio), 10. Jason Cherry (#67c Cherry). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Joey Biasi, 2. Steven Drevicki, 3. Trevor Kobylarz, 4. Ryan Godown, 5. Chandler Leiby, 6. Kyle Lick, 7. Carmen Perigo, 8. Eddie Strada, 9. Bill Unglert, 10. Chris Allen Jr., 11. Coleman Gulick, 12. Eric Jennings, 13. Chris Dyson, 14. Trey Hivner, 15. Heidi Hedin, 16. Brian Riccio, 17. Jason Cherry, 18. Ryan Quackenbush, 19. Bobby Sandt Jr., 20. Kyle Purks. NT
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**Quackenbush flipped on lap 20 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Drevicki, Laps 12-25 Biasi.
FRANK'S FINE SWINE & BEEF HARD CHARGER: Carmen Perigo (#11th-7th)
NEW USAC EAST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Drevicki-438, 2-Biasi-405, 3-Strada-380, 4-Leiby-370, 5-Godown-347, 6-Kobylarz-279, 7-Quackenbush-267, 8-Mark Bitner-246, 9-Unglert-222, 10-Jennings-220.
NEXT USAC EAST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: July 21 - Spring Run, PA - Path Valley Speedway
World of Outlaws
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Winner Lance Dewease (Paul Arch Photo)
Lance Dewease Becomes Winningest Driver in Williams Grove History with World of Outlaws Triumph on Night One of Summer Nationals
MECHANICSBURG, PA – July 20, 2018 – Lance Dewease got better with each restart and passed Donny Schatz on Lap 20 to win his 91st career Feature at Williams Grove Speedway and 14th World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series triumph. Schatz settled for second with Brian Montieth completing the podium.
Lucas Wolfe won the Sears Craftsman Dash, earning the pole for the 25-Lap Feature, but it was fellow front row starter, Donny Schatz that got the jump on the initial start to lead the opening lap.
Ian Madsen brought out the first caution of the evening on Lap 3. Lance Dewease, who started fourth, used the restart to move into second by Wolfe. Greg Hodnett moved by Wolfe into third a lap later.
Dewease closed in on Schatz as the duo established themselves as the class of the field. Schatz negotiated lapped traffic with ease, before a caution for Sheldon Haudenschild on Lap 16 bunched the field together.
Schatz cleared Dewease on the following double-file restart, but a caution for Jim Siegel set up a single-file restart. Dewease took a look underneath Schatz for the top spot, but couldn’t make it stick. A lap later Jacob Allen went up in smoke, setting up another double-file restart.
Once again, Schatz kept Dewease at bay on the restart. One lap later, Trey Starks was backwards, setting up the final restart with seven laps remaining.
This time, Dewease stayed right Schatz. Dewease followed Schatz on the top for a lap before making his move with a slide job in turn one to lead down the backstretch to the delight of the large Williams Grove Speedway crowd.
Dewease extended the lead and went on to win by 1.201 seconds for his 14th career Outlaw win and to become the winningest driver in Williams Grove history.
“It just feels great to be in Victory Lane and to beat Donny Schatz, he’s one of the best racers to ever drive these cars and he races you as clean as anybody. I hope my pass on him was as clean as he races all of us,” Dewease said in Victory Lane, deflecting the attention away from his record-breaking win at the facility. Dewease acknowledged his great car owners and teams that have helped him to get to this point in his career, including his current team which is assembled with 3 Hall of Famers – himself, Car Owner Don Kreitz, Jr. and Crew Chief Davey Brown.
“Every start I got a little better off of four and I finally got a big run at him,” Dewease said of his winning pass on Schatz. “For all of you fans that come out and support us every week, this is for you,” Dewease added to a chorus of “Posse” chants from the local faithful.
“If you come around here and race with Lance for the win, you’re doing something right. No excuses, he beat us,” Schatz said to track announcer Bruce Ellis. “You do the best you can and tonight was second. It was still a good night for us.”
Brian Montieth finished third and was in good spirits, “We got going a little better at the end, my guys gave me a great car. Hats off to them, we wrecked a car last week and had to build a new one and it paid off.”
Hodnett finished fourth with 11th-starting Logan Schuchart completing the top five.
Wolfe finished sixth with Outlaw Regulars 15th-starting David Gravel, Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman and Shane Stewart completing the top ten. The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series returns to Williams Grove Speedway tomorrow night for the conclusion of the Summer Nationals, which will pay $20,000 to the winner.If you can’t make it to the track, be sure to watch all the action LIVE on DIRTVision.com!
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 69K-Lance Dewease [4][$13,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [2][$4,000]; 3. 21-Brian Montieth [5][$2,500]; 4. 27-Greg Hodnett [3][$2,200]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [11][$2,100]; 6. 24-Lucas Wolfe [1][$2,000]; 7. 5-David Gravel [15][$1,800]; 8. 49-Brad Sweet [9][$1,600]; 9. 9-Daryn Pittman [12][$1,500]; 10. 2-Shane Stewart [7][$1,300]; 11. 3-James McFadden [10][$1,200]; 12. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [17][$1,100]; 13. 48-Danny Dietrich [13][$1,000]; 14. 19-Brent Marks [24][$700]; 15. 11K-Kraig Kinser [18][$600]; 16. 58-Jim Siegel [25][$600]; 17. 55K-Robbie Kendall [14][$600]; 18. 39M-Anthony Macri [21][$600]; 19. 7S-Jason Sides [22][$600]; 20. 44-Trey Starks [6][$600]; 21. 18-Ian Madsen [16][$600]; 22. 1A-Jacob Allen [8][$600]; 23. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [20][$600]; 24. 39-Cory Haas [19][$600]; 25. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [23][$600]; Lap Leaders: Donny Schatz 1-17, Lance Dewease 18-25; KSE Hard Charger Award: 19-Brent Marks[+10]
Qualifying: 1. 21-Brian Montieth, 16.666; 2. 69K-Lance Dewease, 16.676; 3. 27-Greg Hodnett, 16.685; 4. 44-Trey Starks, 16.717; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen, 16.757; 6. 24-Lucas Wolfe, 16.767; 7. 3-James McFadden, 16.784; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 16.805; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 16.832; 10. 2-Shane Stewart, 16.832; 11. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 16.832; 12. 9-Daryn Pittman, 16.835; 13. 18-Ian Madsen, 16.841; 14. 55K-Robbie Kendall, 16.886; 15. 5-David Gravel, 16.95; 16. 48-Danny Dietrich, 16.965; 17. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 16.987; 18. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 17.039; 19. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 17.056; 20. 39-Cory Haas, 17.147; 21. 39M-Anthony Macri, 17.155; 22. 87-Alan Krimes, 17.16; 23. 7S-Jason Sides, 17.213; 24. W20-Greg Wilson, 17.272; 25. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 17.336; 26. 19-Brent Marks, 17.35; 27. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 17.372; 28. 58-Jim Siegel, 17.595; 29. 27G-Jay Galloway, 17.942; 30. 75-Nicole Bower, 18.247; 31. 12W-Troy Fraker, 18.518
Heat #1 (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer: 1. 44-Trey Starks [2]; 2. 21-Brian Montieth [1]; 3. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 4. 3-James McFadden [3]; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich [6]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [5]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]; 8. 51-Freddie Rahmer [9]; 9. 58-Jim Siegel [10]; 10. 87-Alan Krimes [8]; 11. 12W-Troy Fraker [11]
Heat #2 (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer: 1. 69K-Lance Dewease [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 5. 55K-Robbie Kendall [5]; 6. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [6]; 7. 39-Cory Haas [7]; 8. 19-Brent Marks [9]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [8]; 10. 27G-Jay Galloway [10]
Heat #3 (8 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer: 1. 27-Greg Hodnett [1]; 2. 24-Lucas Wolfe [2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 5. 5-David Gravel [5]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 7. 39M-Anthony Macri [7]; 8. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [9]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [8]; 10. 75-Nicole Bower [10]
Sears Craftsman Dash (6 Laps): 1. 24-Lucas Wolfe [3]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 3. 27-Greg Hodnett [2]; 4. 69K-Lance Dewease [6]; 5. 21-Brian Montieth [4]; 6. 44-Trey Starks [5]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) - Top 6 Transfer: 1. 39-Cory Haas [2][-]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [1][-]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri [3][-]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [5][-]; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [9][-]; 6. 19-Brent Marks [8][-]; 7. 51-Freddie Rahmer [7][$300]; 8. 58-Jim Siegel [10][$250]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [6][$225]; 10. 27G-Jay Galloway [11][$200]; 11. 12W-Troy Fraker [13][$200]; 12. 75-Nicole Bower [12][$200]; 13. 87-Alan Krimes [4][$200]
Aaron Reutzel passes Cole Duncan late for All Star victory at Eriez Speedway
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Winner Aaron Reutzel (All Star Media Photo)
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Aaron Reutzel passes Cole Duncan late for All Star victory at Eriez Speedway
ERIE, Pa. (July 20, 2018) - Lockbourne, Ohio’s Cole Duncan was just four circuits away from claiming a second consecutive Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory at Eriez Speedway on Friday night when Clute, Texas’ Aaron Reutzel stepped-up and stole the show. Utilizing lapped traffic during the closing circuits of the 30-lapper, Reutzel, who started fourth on the feature grid, was able to drive underneath Duncan at the exit of turn two on lap 27, ultimately ending a high paced, nose-to-tail chase around Eriez Speedway.
Still well in command of the All Star Circuit of Champions’ season win list, the I-79 Summer Shootout victory increased Reutzel’s win total to six on the year with all six occurring at different facilities. In addition, Reutzel became the fifth different driver in five All Star Circuit of Champions starts to earn a trip to Eriez Speedway victory lane.
The “Wild Child” Jac Haudenschild crossed under the final checkers just behind Duncan and Reutzel, followed by Dave Blaney and Tim Shaffer.
“For the most part, we were pretty equal tonight,” Aaron Reutzel said of Cole Duncan. “It was going to take lapped traffic for me to get around him. It just played out perfect for us. It was one of those nights where we were better off running second.”
Jumping to third after the initial green, Reutzel’s chase for the top spot commenced with just a few laps recorded, actually sneaking around Tyler Esh to take the second spot officially on lap two. Showing signs of potential early, Reutzel’s first, official bid for the top spot occurred on lap six, utilizing a slide job through turns three and four to get by Cole Duncan. Unfortunately for Reutzel, the pass was negated due to a caution just as the leaders were about to cross by the flagstand.
In clean air, Duncan was dominant, keeping a safe distance between himself and the field for the first 14 circuits, especially after caution flags reappeared on lap 11 clearing the track ahead of him. By lap 21, traffic started to become an obvious factor allowing Reutzel to cut down on Duncan’s advantage. The pair raced nearly nose-to-tail for the next six circuits before Reutzel made his winning move, capitalizing on Duncan’s failed attempt to maneuver around slower cars as the duo battled off of turn two on lap 27.
From that point forward, it was all Aaron Reutzel at the front of the field, eventually driving away from his fellow frontrunners during the final three circuits to earn a trip to the frontstretch victory lane.
The All Star Circuit of Champions will continue I-79 Summer Shootout weekend with a Saturday night visit to “Dirt’s Monster Half-Mile.”
Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway (PPMS), located just minutes from downtown Pittsburgh, will host Tony Stewart’s All Stars on just one occasion in 2018; the final Western Pennsylvania visit for the Series this season. Incidentally, All Star Circuit of Champions owner, Tony Stewart, earned the top prize at PPMS one year ago, claiming the $5,000 payday over Lemoore, California’s Carson Macedo and 1881 Racing’s Lee Jacobs on Monday, July 24.
Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway will allow pit access beginning at 12 p.m. A mandatory All Star drivers meeting will take shape at 6 p.m., followed by hot laps at 6:40 p.m. Those seeking additional news and notes should visit PPMS live on the Web at www.ppms.com.
Contingency Awards/Results:
Eriez Speedway - Friday, July 20, 2018:
I-79 Summer Shootout
EMi Driver’s Meeting: 19 entrants
State Water Heaters Warm-Ups: Aaron Reutzel - 13.838 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Carson Macedo - 13.912 seconds
Ford Performance Heat #1: John Garvin, Jr.
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Tim Shaffer
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Aaron Reutzel
JE Pistons Dash: Cole Duncan
Daido Engine Bearings Main Event Winner: Aaron Reutzel
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Cale Conley (+9)
(Lincoln Electric, Daido Engine Bearings, MSD Performance: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 70-Dave Blaney, 13.932; 2. 35-Tyler Esh, 13.952; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 14.151; 4. 51-John Garvin, 14.172; 5. 126-Bryan Salisbury, 14.272; 6. 4-Parker Price-Miller, 14.694; 7. 1R-Gale Ruth Sr., 15.562
Group (B)
1. 3G-Carson Macedo, 13.912; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs, 14.020; 3. 49x-Tim Shaffer, 14.181; 4. 98-Carl Bowser, 14.530; 5. 13-Paul McMahan, 14.539; 6. 11-Gary Taylor, 14.646
Group (C)
1. 22C-Cole Duncan, 14.095; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 14.115; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 14.138; 4. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 14.243; 5. 7K-Cale Conley, 14.249; 6. 14-Tony Stewart, 14.260
Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 7 Transfer
1. 51-John Garvin [1]; 2. 3-Jac Haudenschild [2]; 3. 35-Tyler Esh [3]; 4. 70-Dave Blaney [4]; 5. 4-Parker Price-Miller [6]; 6. 126-Bryan Salisbury [5]; 7. 1R-Gale Ruth Sr. [7]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 7 Transfer
1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 2. 3G-Carson Macedo [4]; 3. 13-Paul McMahan [5]; 4. 81-Lee Jacobs [3]; 5. 11-Gary Taylor [6]; 6. 98-Carl Bowser [1]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 7 Transfer
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel [2]; 2. 22C-Cole Duncan [4]; 3. 22-Brandon Spithaler [1]; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah [3]; 5. 14-Tony Stewart [6]; 6. 7K-Cale Conley [5]
Dash #1 (6 Laps)
1. 22C-Cole Duncan [2]; 2. 35-Tyler Esh [1]; 3. 51-John Garvin [4]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel [6]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer [5]; 6. 3-Jac Haudenschild [3]; 7. 3G-Carson Macedo [8]; 8. 70-Dave Blaney [7]
A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 2. 22C-Cole Duncan [1]; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 4. 70-Dave Blaney [8]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer [5]; 6. 13-Paul McMahan [10]; 7. 7K-Cale Conley [16]; 8. 35-Tyler Esh [2]; 9. 14-Tony Stewart [13]; 10. 3G-Carson Macedo [7]; 11. 10H-Chad Kemenah [12]; 12. 81-Lee Jacobs [11]; 13. 51-John Garvin [3]; 14. 4-Parker Price-Miller [15]; 15. 22-Brandon Spithaler [9]; 16. 126-Bryan Salisbury [17]; 17. 98-Carl Bowser [18]; 18. 1R-Gale Ruth Sr. [19]; 19. 11-Gary Taylor [14] Lap Leaders: Cole Duncan (1-26), Aaron Reutzel (27-30)
All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings: (after 7/20/2018)
1. Carson Macedo - 3042
2. Aaron Reutzel - 3036
3. Chad Kemenah - 3018
4. Jac Haudenschild - 2970
5. Dave Blaney - 2872
6. Paul McMahan - 2842
7. Parker Price-Miller - 2818
8. Cale Conley - 2682
9. Carl Bowser - 2496
10. Brandon Spithaler - 2462
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BACON DODGES THE PLYMOUTH RAIN TO WIN ISW OPENER
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Brady Bacon picked up the opening night victory of NOS Energy 'Indiana Sprint Week' Friday night at Plymouth Speedway. (Ryan Sellers Photo)
BACON DODGES THE PLYMOUTH RAIN TO WIN ISW OPENER
By: Richie Murray - USAC Media
Plymouth, Indiana..... July 20, 2018 - Brady Bacon actually had multiple races to contend with at Friday night's NOS Energy Drink "Indiana Sprint Week" opener at Plymouth Speedway.
First, there was the race against the persistent rain that doused the track's surface with a plethora of moisture and remained a looming threat throughout the feature event.
Secondly, the 30-lap affair consisted of two battles within one: one for the race lead and one he wasn't even aware of until he had already sewn up his third career ISW victory in his Brady Bacon Racing/Elliott's Custom Trailers & Carts - Tony Elliott Foundation/Triple X/Rider Chevy.
"We actually had a tire going down at the end," Bacon said. "It had a hole in it, but that actually helped me a little on the restart. I didn't know I had a hole in the tire until (the crew) told me after the race."
Urgency was at the forefront of matters on this night, but Bacon wasn't sweating it. It was already in the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma driver's playbook regardless of the weather.
"I was trying to go as fast as I could," Bacon said. "I thought we had a decent window there. We got pushed off pretty quickly and the track didn't take long to work in. You try to get to the front as fast as you can always because you never know when a yellow's going to fall or when the track's going to change."
At the start of the 30-lapper, outside front row starter Chase Stockon raced to the lead outside pole sitter Isaac Chapple following a side-by-side battle into turns one and two.
Chapple instantly fought back on the following lap, driving to the inside of Stockon off the exit of two before Stockon stuck the point entering turn three where he paced the field for the entirety of the first half.
By the 15th circuit, Bacon had been making substantial gains a lane higher than Stockon. Stockon managed to fend off the Bacon charge by a wheel at the line to lead the lap. Stockon hurried into turn one, sliding up in front of Bacon. Bacon hunkered down underneath Stockon's lost momentum, snaring the lead for himself on the 16th lap.
"We were good through the middle in the heat race, but I wasn't sure it was going to come in during the feature," Bacon admitted. "It was packed down so hard and it was slicker than I thought it was going to be. Finally, it got worked in enough, so I opened my entry into (turn) one and was slowing down and hitting the bottom coming off and it was getting hard to do that. He kind of slipped up enough for me to get underneath him and stay clear of him."
Bacon made like a tree and got out of there as he stretched out his lead over Stockon. On the 21st lap, Chris Windom became a player in the game as he slipped past Stockon for second and went hunting after Bacon entering lapped traffic. Windom advanced on Bacon to pull within a couple car lengths from the lead. Bacon tussled with the lapped cars of Matt Westfall and Shane Cottle for a time before clearing the airway on lap 23.
The feature's lone yellow flag flew with six to go when 2015 ISW champ Robert Ballou was turned around on the back straightaway while running ninth.
'On the restart, I was a little afraid the top was starting to come in. I thought I was kind of a sitting duck there. I was able to not make too many big mistakes. I made a couple, but none big enough and we were able to hold them off.' - Brady Bacon (Rich Forman Photo)
On the lap 25 restart, wide open spaces on the highway lie ahead for Bacon with traffic not playing a role in how this one would be decided. Bacon ran the middle between turns three and four and the bottom of turns one and two with Windom on the scent a few car lengths back. Though Windom appeared to cut the interval down on the entry into the corner, Bacon always was able to launch off the exits to stretch it out time and time again.
Ultimately, Bacon would be unbeatable down the stretch as he defeated Windom by seven tenths of a second. Dave Darland ran third ahead of Justin Grant and KSE Racing Products/B & W Auto Mart Hard Charger Tyler Courtney, who blitzed from 12th to a 5th place finish.
"I slipped up in lapped traffic a couple times and it slowed me down a little bit, but once I got by them, I knew it was going to be hard for anybody to pass me," Bacon said. "On the restart, I was a little afraid the top was starting to come in. I thought I was kind of a sitting duck there. I was able to not make too many big mistakes. I made a couple, but none big enough and we were able to hold them off."
Contingency award winners Friday night at Plymouth Speedway included C.J. Leary (Bell Helmets Fast Time Award), Dave Darland (Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner), Chase Stockon (Competition Suspension, Inc. Second Heat Winner), Chad Boespflug (Chalk Stix Third Heat Winner), Brady Bacon (Indy Race Parts Fourth Heat Winner), Tyler Courtney (KSE Racing Products/B & W Auto Mart Hard Charger), Brody Roa (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Finisher) and Shane Cockrum (Roger & Barb Tapy 13th Fastest Qualifier).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 20, 2018 - Plymouth Speedway - Plymouth, Indiana - 31st NOS Energy Drink "Indiana Sprint Week"
BELL HELMETS QUALIFYING: 1. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-12.996 (New Track Record); 2. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-13.006; 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 69, Dynamics-13.039; 4. Brady Bacon, 99, Bacon-13.040; 5. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.069; 6. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-13.094; 7. Tony DiMattia, 50, TDM-13.123; 8. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR/Chapple-13.138; 9. Dave Darland, 36D, Goodnight/Curb-Agajanian-13.167; 10. Carson Short, 21, RCM-13.219; 11. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-13.241; 12. Tyler Thomas, 2E, Epperson-13.246; 13. Shane Cockrum, 17GP, Dutcher-13.312; 14. Tyler Courtney, 7BC, Clauson/Marshall/Newman-13.333; 15. Thomas Meseraull, 5B, Briscoe-13.338; 16. Joe Stornetta, 4m, Dawkins-13.338; 17. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-13.370; 18. Timmy Buckwalter, 7, LNB-13.385; 19. R.J. Johnson, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-13.398; 20. Matt Westfall, 33m, Marshall-13.434; 21. Brandon Mattox, 2v, Fitzpatrick-13.439; 22. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.454; 23. Chad Boespflug, 98, NineEight-13.472; 24. Kody Swanson, 3R, Rock Steady-13.474; 25. Shane Cottle, 71p, Daigh/Phillips-13.569; 26. Kyle Cummins, 3c, EZR/Cummins-13.593; 27. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-13.612; 28. Scotty Weir, 17G, On The Gass-13.612; 29. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-13.660; 30. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-13.680; 31. Braydan Willmington, 89BW, RayPro-13.692; 32. Clinton Boyles, 57, Hazen-13.751; 33. Tyler Clem, 21x, Pollock-13.781; 34. Ted Hines, 12H, Hines-13.875; 35. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-13.910; 36. Kyle Robbins, 17R, KR-13.961; 37. Travis Thompson, 28, Mattox/Nigg-14.153.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. Darland, 2. Leary, 3. Cottle, 4. Grant, 5. Mattox, 6. Cockrum, 7. Hodges, 8. Jackson, 9. Clem, 10. Thompson. 2:16.79
COMPETITION SUSPENSION, INC. (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. Stockon, 2. Buckwalter, 3. Windom, 4. Courtney, 5. Roa, 6. Short, 7. J. Swanson, 8. Cummins, 9. Hines. NT
CHALK STIX THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. Boespflug, 2. Meseraull, 3. Ballou, 4. Andretti, 5. DiMattia, 6. Johnson, 7. Willmington, 8. Bell, 9. K. Thomas. NT
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. Bacon, 2. Chapple, 3. Westfall, 4. K. Swanson, 5. Boyles, 6. Weir, 7. Robbins, 8. Stornetta, 9. T. Thomas. NT
SEMI: (12 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. K. Thomas, 2. T. Thomas, 3. Short, 4. Stornetta, 5. Hodges, 6. Roa, 7. DiMattia, 8. Cockrum, 9. Cummins, 10. Johnson, 11. Mattox, 12. J. Swanson, 13. Willmington, 14. Clem, 15. Bell, 16. Robbins, 17. Boyles, 18. Weir, 19. Thompson. 2:43.81 (New Track Record)
FEATURE: (30 laps - starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brady Bacon (4), 2. Chris Windom (5), 3. Dave Darland (8), 4. Justin Grant (3), 5. Tyler Courtney (12), 6. Carson Short (9), 7. Chase Stockon (2), 8. C.J. Leary (6), 9. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (7), 10. Thomas Meseraull (13), 11. Isaac Chapple (1), 12. Tyler Thomas (11), 13. Brody Roa (18), 14. Josh Hodges (15), 15. Jarett Andretti (10), 16. Timmy Buckwalter (16), 17. Joe Stornetta (14), 18. Robert Ballou (22), 19. Chad Boespflug (19), 20. Kody Swanson (20), 21. Matt Westfall (17), 22. Shane Cottle (21), 23. Tony DiMattia (23). NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Stockon, Laps 16-30 Bacon.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS/B & W AUTO MART HARD CHARGER: Tyler Courtney (12th to 5th)
WILWOOD BRAKES 13TH PLACE FINISHER: Brody Roa
BELL HELMETS FAST TIME AWARD: C.J. Leary
ROGER & BARB TAPY 13TH FASTEST QUALIFIER: Shane Cockrum
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Courtney-1323, 2-Windom-1319, 3-Thomas-1308, 4-Bacon-1161, 5-Stockon-1147, 6-Ballou-1135, 7-Darland-1114, 8-Leary-1056, 9-Grant-1051, 10-Boespflug-866.
NEW NOS ENERGY DRINK "INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" POINTS: 1-Bacon-81, 2-Windom-78, 3-Darland-72, 4-Grant-68, 5-Courtney-63, 6-Leary-62, 7-Stockon-61, 8-Short-57, 9-K. Thomas-54, 10-Meseraull-50.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 21 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana - 31st Annual NOS Energy Drink "Indiana Sprint Week"
