By Brian Liskai
HIBBING, MN. (July 24, 2012) – Dale Blaney was in the right
place at the right time. “The Low Rider” led all 40 laps Tuesday at Hibbing
Raceway to claim his second straight University of Northwestern Ohio All
Star Circuit of Champions victory.
The win pads Blaney’s point lead in the UNOH All Star’s Great Plains
Region, which will pay the champion $10,000 as part of the annual Thunder
Through the Plains. It was his series’ leading eighth victory of 2012 as
the three time UNOH All Star champion has won nearly one third of the total
features held this season. Blaney, who recorded eight UNOH All Star wins in
all of 2011, now has 92 career victories with the series, just six away
from tying hall-of-famer Kenny Jacobs for the most all-time wins.
“I was in the right place at the right time. The track was good for the
heats, it was slick from top to bottom and you could pass. Then they went
out and tilled just the bottom prior to the feature. Everyone ran down
there and threw the dust up on the rest of the track so you couldn’t run up
there. So with everyone running the bottom, it took rubber and I was lucky
enough to start on the pole,” said Blaney beside his Ti22 Performance
backed #2. “The track has great potential. It’s a neat little
joint….reminded me a lot of Waynesfield (in Ohio) or the old Lawrenceburg
(in Indiana).”
Veteran Paul McMahan from Nashville, Tenn., would bring the Bryan Grove
Racing #45 home in second.
“We have been going better as of late. We changed some things…got back to
the basics. Right now it’s just me and a buddy of mine out here. It’s a lot
of work, but it’s what I do and the results are starting to come around,”
said McMahan of his Berlin Natural Bakery, Canton Erectors backed machine.
For Henry, who sits fifth in the UNOH All Star’s National points and came
into the event third in the Great Plains region, a third place run was just
what the team needed.
“We’ve run good all year and just have had bad luck. The results haven’t
really shown what this team has accomplished. So, we will take a third and
be thankful and move on to the next challenge. I can’t wait till we get to
Huset’s (July 29 and Aug. 12)…I always run good there and now we have
some momentum,” said Henry beside his FK Rod Ends, Lucas Oil, K&N Filters
backed #54.
Blaney and Paul McMahan would bring the field to the green for the first
ever appearance of the UNOH All Stars at Hibbing Raceway, with Blaney
grabbing the lead over McMahan, Cap Henry, Danny Lasoski and Cody Hahn,
Mark Dobmeier and Jac Haudenschild in tow.
While the top four did not change the rest of the feature, Jac “The Wild
Child” Haudenschild would make things exciting for the fans. After getting
together with Dobmeier in the dash, Haudenschild would have to start sixth
in the feature. He would fall back to 7th at the start, but would then move
into sixth on lap three and take fifth the following lap, where he would
finish.
Also thrilling the crowd was four time World of Outlaws champion Donny
Schatz, who earned the feature’s “hard-charger” honor by blasting from his
18th starting position to a ninth place finish.
Hibbing Raceway – 7/24/2012
All Star Circuit of Champions (24 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 11.720; 2. 45-Paul McMahan, 11.909; 3. 54-Cap
Henry, 12.000; 4. 13G-Cody Hahn, 12.067; 5. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.069; 6.
13-Mark Dobmeier, 12.076; 7. 33-Danny Lasoski, 12.104; 8. 56-Davey Heskin,
12.122; 9. 8-Casey Mack, 12.189; 10. 89G-David Gravel, 12.223; 11. 83-Tim
Shaffer, 12.225; 12. 24-Terry McCarl, 12.283; 13. 17-Marty Perovich,
12.423; 14. 1AU-Brooke Tatnell, 12.443; 15. 92-Mitch Mack, 12.485; 16.
17A-Austin McCarl, 12.532; 17. 35AU-Jamie Veal, 12.580; 18. 15-Donny
Schatz, 12.583
19. 25-Cory Mack, 12.590; 20. 81-Austin Johnson, 12.594; 21. 40-Caleb
Helms, 12.662; 22. 9-Jared Goerges, 12.693; 23. 19-Lee Grosz, 12.736; 24.
5-Dave Glennon, 12.766
Heat 1 – Kears Speed Shop (10 Laps – Top 8 finishers transfer to the
A-feature)
1. 89G-David Gravel[3]; 2. 59-Jac Haudenschild[6]; 3. 33-Danny Lasoski[4];
4. 17-Marty Perovich[2]; 5. 13G-Cody Hahn[5]; 6. 25-Cory Mack[7]; 7.
17A-Austin McCarl[1]; 8. 9-Jared Goerges[8]
Heat 2 – All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps – Top 8 finishers transfer to the
A-feature)
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[3]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[5]; 3. 45-Paul McMahan[6]; 4.
56-Davey Heskin[4]; 5. 1AU-Brooke Tatnell[2]; 6. 35AU-Jamie Veal[1]; 7.
81-Austin Johnson[7]; 8. 19-Lee Grosz[8]
Heat 3 – Dragon Race Fuel (10 Laps – Top 8 finishers transfer to the
A-feature)
1. 15-Donny Schatz[1]; 2. 5-Dave Glennon[8]; 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier[5]; 4.
8-Casey Mack[4]; 5. 24-Terry McCarl[3]; 6. 92-Mitch Mack[2]; 7. 40-Caleb
Helms[7]; 8. 54-Cap Henry[6]
Dash – Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined
first 6 starting positions of A-feature
1. 45-Paul McMahan[1]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[6]; 3. 54-Cap Henry[5]; 4. 13G-Cody
Hahn[2]; 5. 13-Mark Dobmeier[3]; 6. 59-Jac Haudenschild[4]
A-Main – University of Northwestern Ohio (40 Laps)
1. 2-Dale Blaney[2]; 2. 45-Paul McMahan[1]; 3. 54-Cap Henry[3]; 4. 33-Danny
Lasoski[7]; 5. 59-Jac Haudenschild[6]; 6. 13-Mark Dobmeier[5]; 7. 83-Tim
Shaffer[11]; 8. 24-Terry McCarl[12]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz[18]; 10. 13G-Cody
Hahn[4]; 11. 89G-David Gravel[10]; 12. 35AU-Jamie Veal[17]; 13. 17-Marty
Perovich[13]; 14. 19-Lee Grosz[23]; 15. 81-Austin Johnson[20]; 16. 40-Caleb
Helms[21]; 17. 92-Mitch Mack[15]; 18. 9-Jared Goerges[22]; 19. 8-Casey
Mack[9]; 20. 56-Davey Heskin[8]; 21. 5-Dave Glennon[24]
22. 25-Cory Mack[19]; 23. 17A-Austin McCarl[16]; 24. 1AU-Brooke
Tatnell[14]; Hard Charger: 15-Donny Schatz[+9]