By T.J. Buffenbarger
Attica, OH — Dale Blaney scored his 77th career All Star Circuit of Champions victory Saturday night at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio. Blaney patently waited in the top five during the first half of the 40-lap affair before challenging Byron Reed for the lead with 10 laps to go. When Blaney got a run down low off of turn two Reed hit the cushion and flipped off the track in turn two. Blaney went on to motor away to the victory driving George Fisher’s Ti22 chassis.
“I felt bad for Bryon there, but saw on the replay he hit the cushion,” said BLaney. “It’s been a while since we’ve won here (at Attica). It feels good to be back in victory lane.”
Lucas Wolfe motored into the lead early on as the early laps were interrupted by multiple cautions that included a spin by Jac Haudenschild that collected Johnny Mackison, two spins by Cordy Darrah, and a Cole Duncan spinning after Danny Holtgraver got sideways off of turn four.
Once the field settled down Wolfe opened up a sizeable advantage over McMahan, Blaney, and Reed. Just past the halfway point in the feature McMahan and Reed caught Wolfe. Reed found a line around McMahan on lap 21 to take second. Reed then caught Wolfe for the lead, swapping the position multiple times before Reed took over the top spot.
Once Reed secured the lead he opened up a straightway advantage while Blaney moved around Wolfe, and McMahan for second. As Reed caught slower traffic Blaney closed the gap. Reed and BLaney raced side by side for two laps before Reed’s flip on lap 31. Reed emerged from the car under his own power after the rough end over end tumble.
After crews refueled the cars under the red flag Blaney motored away the last nine laps to victory. Kasey Kahne Racing teammates McMahan and Joey Saldana finished second and third. Saldana’s run from 13th was a recovery after spinning out of a transfer spot on the last lap of his heat race. Defending Knoxville Nationals champion Tim Shaffer and Holtgraver rounded out the top five.
Paul Weaver won the Fremont Fence 305 Sprint Car feature over Jimmy Colvin, Junior Felver, Nate Dussel, and Stuart Brubaker
Attica Raceway Park – 4/9/2011
HD Supply Spring Nationals
O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Sprints (48 Cars)
Qualifying – Kistler Engines 1. 97-Dean Jacobs, 12.195; 2. 89G-David Gravel, 12.258; 3. 83M-Paul McMahan, 12.281; 4. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.302; 5. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.309; 6. 22-Cole Duncan , 12.322; 7. 91-Cody Darrah, 12.323; 8. 9-Joey Saldana, 12.330; 9. 5W-Lucus Wolfe, 12.350; 10. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 12.351; 11. 83-Tim Shaffer, 12.355; 12. 7K-Kyle Sauder, 12.366; 13. 53-Phil Gressman, 12.387; 14. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.495; 15. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 12.501; 16. 6-Jac Haudenschild, 12.524; 17. 3J-Kevin Lee, 12.541; 18. 16-Bryan Sebetto, 12.604; 19. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.607; 20. 65-Johnny Mackison, 12.611; 21. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.618; 22. O-Chris Andrews, 12.638; 23. 78-Todd Kane, 12.688; 24. 12-Jarred Ridge, 12.711; 25. 45-Rob Chaney, 12.711; 26. 11M-Brandon Martin, 12.728; 27. 2M-Dustin Daggett, 12.763; 28. 60-Jody Keegan, 12.794; 29. 11D-Bryce Dickson, 12.830; 30. 10-Brad Haudenschild, 12.833; 31. 312-Mike Linder, 12.848; 32. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.894; 33. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.910; 34. 4K-Kody Kinser, 12.915; 35. O4-Cap Henry, 12.921; 36. 51-Brad Bowman, 12.928; 37. 1Z-Jessica Zemken, 12.975; 38. 27-Scott Euler, 13.096; 39. 4-Danny Smith, 13.101; 40. 3-Pete Miller, 13.222; 41. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.267; 42. 11N-Ed Neumeister, 13.272; 43. 15H-Mitch Harble, 13.301; 44. 22K-Mike Keumper, 13.337; 45. 91X-Aaron Middaugh, 13.389; 46. 60C-Cory Crabtree, 13.468; 47. 28-Shawn Valenti, 99.000; 48. 51C-Roger Campbell , nt
Heat 1 – Kear’s Speed Shop (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 5W-Lucus Wolfe[4] ; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[1] ; 3. 3J-Kevin Lee[2] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[5] ; 5. 53-Phil Gressman[3] ; 6. 97-Dean Jacobs[6] ; 7. 11D-Bryce Dickson[8] ; 8. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[12] ; 9. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[9] ; 10. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[11] ; 11. 45-Rob Chaney[7] ; 12. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[10]
Heat 2 – All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. W20-Greg Wilson [3] ; 2. 16-Bryan Sebetto[2] ; 3. D4-Danny Holtgraver[4] ; 4. 11M-Brandon Martin[7] ; 5. 22-Cole Duncan [5] ; 6. 10-Brad Haudenschild[8] ; 7. 4K-Kody Kinser[9] ; 8. O-Chris Andrews[1] ; 9. 60C-Cory Crabtree[12] ; 10. 11N-Ed Neumeister[11] ; 11. 27-Scott Euler[10] ; 12. 89G-David Gravel[6]
Heat 3 – MSD Ignitions (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O9-Craig Mintz[2] ; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 3. 78-Todd Kane[1] ; 4. 83M-Paul McMahan[6] ; 5. 91-Cody Darrah[5] ; 6. 2M-Dustin Daggett[7] ; 7. 4-Danny Smith[10] ; 8. 13-Mark Dobmeier[3] ; 9. O4-Cap Henry[9] ; 10. 312-Mike Linder[8] ; 11. 28-Shawn Valenti[12] ; 12. 15H-Mitch Harble[11]
Heat 4 – Kinsler Fuel Injection (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 6-Jac Haudenschild[3] ; 2. 7K-Kyle Sauder[4] ; 3. 12-Jarred Ridge[1] ; 4. 5R-Byron Reed[6] ; 5. 65-Johnny Mackison[2] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[8] ; 7. 60-Jody Keegan[7] ; 8. 51-Brad Bowman[9] ; 9. 3-Pete Miller[10] ; 10. 22K-Mike Keumper[11] ; 11. 9-Joey Saldana[5]
Outerwear’s Performance Products Dash
(6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature
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1. 83M-Paul McMahan[2] ; 2. 5W-Lucus Wolfe[4] ; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 4. 5R-Byron Reed[3] ; 5. 22-Cole Duncan [1] ; 6. 91-Cody Darrah[5]
C-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature)
1. 4-Danny Smith[1] ; 2. 11N-Ed Neumeister[4] ; 3. 28-Shawn Valenti[9] ; 4. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[7] ; 5. 22K-Mike Keumper[6] ; 6. 15H-Mitch Harble[5] ; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[3] ; 8. 3-Pete Miller[2] ; 9. 60C-Cory Crabtree[8] ; 10. 51C-Roger Campbell [10]
B-Main – University of Northwestern Ohio (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 9-Joey Saldana[3] ; 2. 97-Dean Jacobs[1] ; 3. 2M-Dustin Daggett[7] ; 4. 89G-David Gravel[2] ; 5. 10-Brad Haudenschild[10] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[12] ; 7. 4-Danny Smith[19] ; 8. 13-Mark Dobmeier[4] ; 9. 51-Brad Bowman[16] ; 10. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[17] ; 11. 312-Mike Linder[11] ; 12. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[13] ; 13. 27-Scott Euler[18] ; 14. 11D-Bryce Dickson[9] ; 15. O-Chris Andrews[5] ; 16. 60-Jody Keegan[8] ; 17. O4-Cap Henry[15] ; 18. 4K-Kody Kinser[14] ; 19. 45-Rob Chaney[6] ; 20. 11N-Ed Neumeister[20]
A-Main – (40 Laps)
1. 2-Dale Blaney[3]; 2. 83M-Paul McMahan[1]; 3. 9-Joey Saldana[13]; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[8]; 5. D4-Danny Holtgraver[7]; 6. 7K-Kyle Sauder[9]; 7. 5W-Lucus Wolfe[2]; 8. 3J-Kevin Lee[16]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [14]; 10. 2M-Dustin Daggett[24]; 11. 53-Phil Gressman[10]; 12. 22-Cole Duncan [5]; 13. O9-Craig Mintz[18]; 14. 91-Cody Darrah[6]; 15. 16-Bryan Sebetto[17]; 16. 11M-Brandon Martin[23]; 17. 49-Brad Sweet[20]; 18. 12-Jarred Ridge[22]; 19. 6-Jac Haudenschild[15]; 20. 97-Dean Jacobs[11]; 21. 5R-Byron Reed[4]; 22. 78-Todd Kane[21]; 23. 89G-David Gravel[12]; 24. 65-Johnny Mackison[19]
Hard Charger: 2M-Dustin Daggett[+14]
Fremont Fence Sprints (28 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 – Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 13-Junior Felver[6] ; 2. 10X-Dustin Stroup[9] ; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 4. 27P-Paige Polyak[3] ; 5. 83X-Nate Reeser[7] ; 6. 5R-Jordon Ryan[5] ; 7. 40-Justin Franks[4] ; 8. 39-Matt Merrill[2] ; 9. 11F-D.J. Foos[10]
Heat 2 – Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[1] ; 2. 67M-Matt Ferrell[2] ; 3. M28-Josh Muntz[6] ; 4. 82-Paul Weaver[3] ; 5. 8J-Jess Stiger[7] ; 6. 48-Mike Burkin[9] ; 7. 22D-Dan Hammond [4] ; 8. OO-Bryan Scott[5] ; 9. 72C-Ross Moore [8]
Heat 3 – Bell Racing (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 9-Jimmy Colvin[5] ; 2. 8B-Bobby Clark [2] ; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[4] ; 4. 5-Dustin Dinan[8] ; 5. 8K-Zack Kramer[7] ; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 7. 19R-Steve Rando[6] ; 8. 717-Cody Jacobs[1] ; 9. 30-Adam Ollom[9]
B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 2. 48-Mike Burkin[2] ; 3. 5R-Jordon Ryan[1] ; 4. 11F-D.J. Foos[10] ; 5. 19R-Steve Rando[6] ; 6. 39-Matt Merrill[7] ; 7. 40-Justin Franks[4] ; 8. 22D-Dan Hammond [5] ; 9. 27-Jim Cushing[13] ; 10. 72C-Ross Moore [11] ; 11. 717-Cody Jacobs[9] ; 12. 30-Adam Ollom[12]
A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 82-Paul Weaver[4]; 2. 9-Jimmy Colvin[2]; 3. 13-Junior Felver[3]; 4. 1-Nate Dussel[5]; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[16]; 6. 25-Jason Keckler[6]; 7. 8K-Zack Kramer[15]; 8. 5-Dustin Dinan[11]; 9. M28-Josh Muntz[7]; 10. 11F-D.J. Foos[19]; 11. 10X-Dustin Stroup[9]; 12. 8B-Bobby Clark [8]; 13. 67M-Matt Ferrell[12]; 14. 19R-Steve Rando[20]; 15. 36-Seth Schneider[1]; 16. 8J-Jess Stiger[14]; 17. 27P-Paige Polyak[10]; 18. 5R-Jordon Ryan[18]; 19. 48-Mike Burkin[17]; 20. 83X-Nate Reeser[13]
Hard Charger: 35-Stuart Brubaker[+11]
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