From Limaland Motorsports Park
Lima, OH — (August 12, 2011) — An important aspect of motorsports has always been to put your self in a position to win late in the race. For defending Engine Pro NRA Sprint Invaders champion Butch Schroeder, that was never more a reality than the NRA – 305 Challenge presented by Cappies Sports Wear, as he took advantage of a restart with four laps remaining to pass primary leader Luke Hall and post his first win of the season at Limaland Motorsports Park. It also qualifies Schroeder for a spot in the coveted King of the Quarter Mile event during the August 26 season championship night.
Luke Hall used his outside front row starting position to secure the race lead through a series of early restarts. The handful of cautions saw veteran Jared Horstman and leading 305 contender Stuart Brubaker get knocked out of the 25-lap feature just three laps into the event.
Hall ran the high side cushion of the ¼-mile oval and was unchallenged through the first 21 circuits. His #34 machine flawlessly sliced through lapped traffic from around the tenth thru 21st lap although fellow front row starter Mike Miller, Butch Schroeder, 3-time 2011 winner Kyle Sauder and current NRA point’s leader Randy Hannagan were all in hot pursuit.
Schroeder was skillfully passing cars during the numerous restarts to gradually move up in the field from his inside row five starting position. “I really had to work my butt off out there tonight,” said Schroeder, after holding off the hard charging Hannagan at the finish line. “The last move I really had to reach, real deep, as I kept my foot on it. Through all the restarts, I could get a car every time. Fortunately we are in victory lane and now in the King.”
The Budweiser Thunderstocks 15-lap feature saw front row starter Kevin Gossard dominate the opening ten laps, with Shawn Valenti the only driver offering a genuine threat. Gossard then had a mechanical break allowing Valenti to take over on lap 11 and roar to his second consecutive win.
“I really have momentum going into these last two races, with trying to make up the points,” exclaimed Valenti afterward. “We were racing Kevin hard as he had a fast car. I think he had a drive shaft come out. It’s just awesome for me to be here on the front stretch”
Valenti was a close third in the points chase entering the evening, behind Keith Ralston and race runner-up Tony Anderson. There are two events remaining on the 2011 calendar.
Indiana’s Tommy Beezley was another of the outside front row starters that found the high side racing groove to his liking. He led all 20 laps of the K & N UMP Modified feature, but not after holding off a serious threat from veteran Jeff Babcock.
“It was awesome up there on the top,” said Beezley, after his second feature win of the season. “It was the first I’ve really been up there all year and I was able to hold off Jeff as he was coming pretty hard. I thought he might slide by me, but here we are.” Point’s leader Todd Sherman finished tenth after starting 17th. He was involved in a collision at the start of his heat race that forced needed repairs.
Actions resumes on Friday, August 19, as Limaland Motorsports Park will host the annual Fan Appreciation Night / NASCAR Double Feature with the visiting Tuff Trucks, K & N UMP Modifieds and the Budweiser Thunderstocks. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. with hot laps beginning at 6:30 p.m. Racing starts promptly at 7:30 p.m.
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Limaland Motorsports Park – 8/12/2011
Engine Pro NRA – 305 Challenge
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 34-Luke Hall 2. 3T-Tony Beaber 3. B20-Butch Schroeder 4. 7C-Tim Hunter
5. 1-Nate Dussel 6. 17-Jared Horstman 7. 10J-Jarrod Delong 8. 27-Beau Stewart
9. 22DH-Dan Hammond
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 82-Mike Miller 2. 35S-Stuart Brubaker 3. 2H-Dallas Hewitt 4. 11-Tim Allison
5. 2M-Matt Westfall 6. 5M-Max Stambaugh 7. 40G-Caleb Griffith
8. 32M-Derek Hasting
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 7K-Kyle Sauder 2. 11F-D.J. Foos 3. 22H-Randy Hannagan 4. 4J-Bob Gehr
5. 40-Caleb Helms 6. 56R-Ryan Myers 7. 4M-Jamie Miller 8. 41J-Jeremy Powley
Heat 4 – (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 6S-Jr Stewart 2. 35-Ron Blair 3. 49T-Gregg Dalman 4. 57-Darren Long
5. 49-Shawn Dancer 6. 22D-Dennis Yoakam 7. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall
8. 8J-Jess Stiger
B-Main #1 – (10 Laps – Top 3 Transfer)
1. 2M-Matt Westfall 2. 5M-Max Stambaugh 3. 17-Jared Horstman
4. 1-Nate Dussel 5. 10J-Jarrod Delong 6. 40G-Caleb Griffith 7. 27-Beau Stewart
8. 22DH-Dan Hammond 9. 32M-Derek Hasting
B-Main #2 – (10 Laps – Top 3 Transfer)
1. 49-Shawn Dancer 2. 22D-Dennis Yoakam 3. 40-Caleb Helms 4. 56R-Ryan Myers
5. 4M-Jamie Miller 6. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall 7. 41J-Jeremy Powley
8. 8J-Jess Stiger
A-Main – (25 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. B20-Butch Schroeder[9] 2. 22H-Randy Hannagan[11] 3. 34-Luke Hall[2]
4. 82-Mike Miller[1] 5. 7K-Kyle Sauder[3] 6. 3T-Tony Beaber[5]
7. 49T-Gregg Dalman[12] 8. 6S-Jr Stewart[4] 9. 2H-Dallas Hewitt[10]
10. 2M-Matt Westfall[17] 11. 11F-D.J. Foos[7] 12. 1-Nate Dussel[22]
13. 11-Tim Allison[14] 14. 5M-Max Stambaugh[19] 15. 4J-Bob Gehr[15]
16. 49-Shawn Dancer[18] 17. 35S-Stuart Brubaker[6] 18. 22D-Dennis Yoakam[20]
19. 35-Ron Blair[8] 20. 17-Jared Horstman[21] 21. 57-Darren Long[16]
Budweiser Thunderstocks
Heat 1 – (8 Laps) 1. 7B-Shawn Valenti 2. 71-Keith Ralston 3. 82-Chris Douglas 4. 1-Matthew Custer 5. 58P-Jim Post 6. 5K-Karl Spoores 7. 26-Justin Long
Heat 2 – (8 Laps) 1. 74D-Craig Dippman 2. 00-Travis Fleshman 3. 3-Randy Crossley 4. 01-Lance Weppler 5. 7-Dan Wooten 6. 27-Frank Paladino 7. 21Z-Pete Zuppardo
Heat 3 – (8 Laps) 1..62-Kevin Gossard 2. 16-Jeff Koz 3. 22T-Tony Anderson 4. 99-Andy King 5. 2-Kevin Rooks 6. 52B-Sam Bodine
A-Main – (16 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[4} 2. 22T-Tony Anderson[9] 3. 74D-Craig Dippman[3]
4. 71-Keith Ralston[1] 5. 16-Jeff Koz[6] 6. 58P-Jim Post[13] 7. 7-Dan Wooten
8. 00-Travis Fleshman[5] 9. 52B-Sam Bodine[18] 10. 5K-Karl Spoores[16]
11. 82-Chris Douglas[7] 12. 3-Randy Crossley[8] 13. 01-Lance Weppler[11]
14. 2-Kevin Rooks 15. 62-Kevin Gossard[2] 16. 27-Frank Paladino[17]
17. 26-Justin Long[19] 18. 21Z-Pete Zuppardo[20] 19.1-Matthew Custer[10]
20. 99-Andy King[12]
K & N UMP Modifieds
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer) 1. 5X-Jerry Bowersock 2. 33-Clint Reagle 3. 28-Shaun Smith 4. 47-Nick Rosselit 5. 1D-Paul Degoey 6. M1G-Gabe Twining 7. 45P-Brian Post 8. 36-Brandon Vaughan 9. 38-Jimmie Mox 10. 65-Todd Sherman
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer) 1. 555-Jeff Babcock 2. 40-Terry Hull 3. 1-Chris Puskus 4. 55S-Zach Schroeder 5. 20K-Bill Keeler 6. 555C-Justin Coulter 7. 18N-Derrick Noffsinger 8. 2-Josh Ulrich 9. 00-Kody Weisner 10. 5-Curtis Coulter
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer) 1. 74-Lenny Guyton 2. L5-Casey Luedeke 3. 69-Tommy Beezley 4. 22B-Andy Bibler 5. 19-Ryan Ordway 6. 22T-Tony Anderson 7. 1BP-Brian Przepiora 8. 28R-Chad Rosenbeck 9. 47E-Jim Ekland
B-Main – (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 555-Justin Coulter 2. 65-Todd Sherman 3. 1BP-Brian Przepiora
4. 22T-Tony Anderson 5. 00-Kody Weisner 6. 2-Josh Ulrich 7. 18N-Derrick Noffsinger
8. 28R-Chad Rosenbeck 9. 5-Curtis Coulter 10. M1G-Gabe Twining 11. 47E-Jim Ekland 12. 45P-Brian Post 13. 36-Brandon Vaughan 14. 38-Jimmie Mox
A-Main – (20 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
69-Tommy Beezley[1] 2. 555-Jeff Babcock[8] 3. 40-Terry Hull[5] 4. 55S-Zach Schroeder[11] 5. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[9] 6. 00-Kody Weisner[20] 7. 74-Lenny Guyton[7] 8. L5-Casey Luedeke 9. 1-Chris Puskus[2] 10. 65-Todd Sherman[17] 11. 22T-Tony Anderson[19] 12. 28-Shaun Smith[3] 13. 20K-Bill Keeler[14] 14. 33-Clint Reagle[6] 15. 555C-Justin Coulter[16] 16. 19-Ryan Ordway[15] 17. 1D-Paul Degoey[13] 18. 47-Nick Rosselit[10] 19. 22B-Andy Bibler[12] 20. 1BP-Brian Przepiora[18]
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