Attica, OH – (March 31, 2012) – Dale Blaney avoided an wild opening lap crash and out dueled Phil Gressman to pick up the 2012 season opening victory at Attica Raceway Park. Blaney regained the lead with a daring, three wide pass in turn four on lap 13 and motored on to the victory.
A pair of drivers named Chris, Myers and Andrews, started on the front row for the 25-lap feature event. The feature got off to a wild start when Andrews was tagged by Brian Lay on the start and caused a massive pile up on the front stretch that took out all of the cars in the first two rows before the flag stand. Lay flipped high into the hair with Jody Keegan also getting upside down. Greg Wilson, Stuart Brubaker, and Bryan Sebetto also suffered damage in the accident.
After the accident cleanup Blaney and Lee Jacobs started on the front row with Blaney taking the early lead. Gressman asserted himself early sweeping around Jacobs for second and setting out after Blaney. One lap later Gressman threw a slide job at Blaney for the lead. Blaney crossed over and pulled a wheel stand down the front stretch trying to counter. Gressman and Blaney continued to battle for one more lap before Gressman took the lead.
Gressman and Blaney continued to battle for the lead through lapped traffic until Gressman encountered the lapped car of Kris Spitz in turn four. Blaney saw the opportunity as Gressman had to hesitate and swept around the outside of both cars to take the lead on lap 13.
After a caution for debris Blaney continued to motor away from Gressman and Jacobs. Blaney encountered lapped traffic, but it was not a factor as Blaney motored to another victory at Attica. Gressman, Jacobs, Tim Shaffer from 13th and Danny Holtgraver driving Brian Grove’s #45 for the first time rounded out the top five.
Gressman, Sebetto, Lay, and Jacobs won heat race events for the 410 Sprint Cars. Caleb Helms won the B-Main event.
Attica Raceway Park – 3/31/2012
Columbus Equipment Night
O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints (32 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 – Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 53-Phil Gressman[2] ; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[1] ; 3. 60-Jody Keegan[3] ; 4. 54-Cap Henry[6] ; 5. 40-Caleb Helms[4] ; 6. 22-Cole Duncan[5] ; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[7] ; 8. 91-Aaron Middaugh[8]
Heat 2 – Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 24H-Brian Sebetto[1] ; 2. 16-Chris Andrews[6] ; 3. 14H-Todd Heller[4] ; 4. 55-Brad Bowman[3] ; 5. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[5] ; 6. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[7] ; 7. 17-Jared Horstman[8] ; 8. 60C-Kory Crabtree[2]
Heat 3 – Bell Racing (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 45-Brian Lay[1] ; 2. 4K-Kris Spitz[4] ; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[7] ; 4. 70-Brad Haudenschild[5] ; 5. 45H-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 6. 14-Chad Wilson[6] ; 7. 48-Mike Burkin[8]
Heat 4 – Friendship Food Stores (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O-Lee Jacobs[1] ; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[4] ; 3. 25-Chris Myers[3] ; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[7] ; 6. 3-Mike Linder[8] ; 7. 2+-Brian Smith[6] ; 8. 9J-Jesse McCreary[2]
B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 40-Caleb Helms[1] ; 2. W20-Greg Wilson[4] ; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2] ; 4. 45H-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 5. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[6] ; 6. 22-Cole Duncan[5] ; 7. 2+-Brian Smith[12] ; 8. 17-Jared Horstman[10] ; 9. 48-Mike Burkin[11] ; 10. 5T-Travis Philo[16] ; 11. 14-Chad Wilson[7] ; 12. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[9] ; 13. 60C-Kory Crabtree[14] ; 14. 91-Aaron Middaugh[13] ; 15. 3-Mike Linder[8]
A-Main – (30 Laps)
1. 2-Dale Blaney[6]; 2. 53-Phil Gressman[10]; 3. O-Lee Jacobs[8]; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[11]; 5. 54-Cap Henry[13]; 6. 45H-Danny Holtgraver[20]; 7. 24H-Brian Sebetto[5]; 8. 40-Caleb Helms[17]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson[18]; 10. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[19]; 11. 16-Chris Andrews[2]; 12. O9-Craig Mintz[7]; 13. 25-Chris Myers[1]; 14. 35-Stuart Brubaker[16]; 15. 70-Brad Haudenschild[15]; 16. 14H-Todd Heller[12]; 17. 4K-Kris Spitz[9]; 18. 55-Brad Bowman[14]; 19. 60-Jody Keegan[3]
Hard Charger: 45H-Danny Holtgraver[+14]
Summit Racing Equipment Late Models (25 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 – Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 18R-Chris Ross[2] ; 2. O1-Justin Chance[7] ; 3. 20W-Matt Westfall[4] ; 4. 34-Ky Harper[5] ; 5. 92-Cody Scott[3] ; 6. 15H-Jon Henry[9] ; 7. 23C-Jeremy Canada[6] ; 8. 15-Phil Ausra[8] ; 9. 42K-Bob Mayer[1]
Heat 2 – Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 27-Ken Hahn[1] ; 2. 15B-Mike Bores[3] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[8] ; 4. 50Y-Ryan Missler[6] ; 5. 99M-John Mayes Jr.[4] ; 6. 36-Matt Irey[7] ; 7. 48-John Bores[5] ; 8. X3-Dan Wallace[2]
Heat 3 – Bell Racing (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 56-B.J. Gregory[2] ; 2. 27S-Eric Spangler[5] ; 3. 5H-Ernie Haynes[4] ; 4. 21-Larry Kingseed[8] ; 5. 6-Kyle Perry[3] ; 6. 99-Steve Sabo[1] ; 7. 12-Michael Stiltner Jr.[6]
B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 15H-Jon Henry[1] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[2] ; 3. 15-Phil Ausra[7] ; 4. 12-Michael Stiltner Jr.[6] ; 5. 99-Steve Sabo[3] ; 6. 42K-Bob Mayer[9] ; 7. 23C-Jeremy Canada[4] ; 8. 48-John Bores[5]
A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 51-Devin Shiels[2]; 2. 18R-Chris Ross[6]; 3. 56-B.J. Gregory[4]; 4. 27-Ken Hahn[5]; 5. 34-Ky Harper[9]; 6. 5H-Ernie Haynes[10]; 7. 15H-Jon Henry[16]; 8. O1-Justin Chance[7]; 9. 20W-Matt Westfall[1]; 10. 27S-Eric Spangler[11]; 11. 15B-Mike Bores[12]; 12. 15-Phil Ausra[18]; 13. 36-Matt Irey[17]; 14. 92-Cody Scott[13]; 15. 6-Kyle Perry[15]; 16. 21-Larry Kingseed[8]; 17. 99-Steve Sabo[20]; 18. 99M-John Mayes Jr.[14]; 19. 50Y-Ryan Missler[3]; 20. 12-Michael Stiltner Jr.[19]
Hard Charger: 15H-Jon Henry[+9]
Fremont Fence 305 Sprints (25 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 – Engine Pro (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 11F-D.J. Foos[3] ; 2. 40-Caleb Griffith[7] ; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[5] ; 4. 72C-Ross Moore[6] ; 5. 23-Jim Cushing[2] ; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond[4] ; 7. 22M-Dan McCarron[8] ; 8. 68G-Tyler Guhn[9] ; 9. 7X-Jay Howe[1]
Heat 2 – Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 5R-Jordan Ryan[2] ; 2. 4M-Jamie Miller[3] ; 3. 8J-Jess Stiger[1] ; 4. 9-Jimmy Colvin[7] ; 5. 36X-Dustin Keegan[6] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[5] ; 7. 717-Trey Jacobs[8] ; 8. 6L-Talon Stephen[4]
Heat 3 – Bell Racing (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan[2] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[5] ; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[1] ; 4. 1-Nate Dussel[8] ; 5. 39-Matt Merrill[4] ; 6. 8K-John Ivy[7] ; 7. 10X-Dustin Stroup[6] ; 8. 83X-Nate Reeser[3]
B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 8K-John Ivy[3] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[2] ; 3. 22M-Dan McCarron[4] ; 4. 10X-Dustin Stroup[6] ; 5. 68G-Tyler Guhn[7] ; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond[1] ; 7. 717-Trey Jacobs[5] ; 8. 83X-Nate Reeser[9] ; 9. 7X-Jay Howe[10] ; 10. 6L-Talon Stephen[8]
A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 11F-D.J. Foos[11]; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[6]; 3. 8K-John Ivy[16]; 4. 4M-Jamie Miller[10]; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan[8]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[7]; 7. 36X-Dustin Keegan[14]; 8. 5R-Jordan Ryan[4]; 9. 9-Jimmy Colvin[2]; 10. 36-Seth Schneider[17]; 11. 8J-Jess Stiger[9]; 12. 68G-Tyler Guhn[20]; 13. 22M-Dan McCarron[18]; 14. 72C-Ross Moore[12]; 15. 40-Caleb Griffith[3]; 16. 23-Jim Cushing[13]; 17. 39-Matt Merrill[15]; 18. 10X-Dustin Stroup[19]; 19. 19R-Steve Rando[1]; 20. 25-Jason Keckler[5]
Hard Charger: 8K-John Ivy[+13]