By Bob Buffenbarger
Rossburg,Oh.- The SOD/NRA three race Ohio Weekend concluded Sunday night as part of the annual “Johnny Appleseed Classic” at Eldora Speedway, and Ron Blair put his stamp on this one as he dominated the 20 lap feature.
With a big crowd on hand, Blair shot out front at the green from his outside front row start. Fourth starting Butch Schroeder quickly moved into 2nd with Michigan’s Ryan Ruhl looking strong in the early going. The only caution of the event came on the 4th lap and Schroeder closed in on Blair as the green waved once again. However, Blair would have none of that and motored out to a substantial lead using the top of the track near the wall.
At the halfway point Ruhl was still 3rd behind the leaders with Jared Horstman on his tail. Brandon Wimmer was stalking cars and by lap 14 had made his way to 3rd. In the late stages of the feature Horstman was able to dispose of Ruhl but Blair was in his own zone as he left everyone racing for position.
In victory lane Blair exclaimed, “FINALLY, a win at Eldora” and thanked his parents for the help and a smooth driving car. Behind Blair was Schroeder, Wimmer, Horstman and Ruhl.
Heats for the 33 cars on had were won by Wimmer who won heat #1 after Kyle Sauder flipped while leading.(Sauder was okay), Dustin Daggett, Beau Stewart and Schroeder. Todd Heuerman won the B main.
Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP
Eldora Speedway – Rossburg,Oh.
May 26, 2013
TIME TRIALS – 1. 22H-Randy Hannagan [14.216]; 2. 7KD-Cole Duncan [14.460]; 3. 17-Jared Horstman [14.538]; 4. B20-Butch Schroeder [14.541]; 5. 16-Ryan Ruhl [14.548]; 6. 11-Tim Allison [14.629]; 7. 35-Ron Blair [14.638]; 8. 7-Darren Long [14.648]; 9. 9W-Brandon Wimmer [14.653]; 10. 49-Shawn Dancer [14.669]; 11. 18-Todd Heuerman [14.699]; 12. 16C-Greg Wheeler [14.737]; 13. 2S-Kyle Sauder [14.740]; 14. 220Z-Aaron Shaffer [14.758]; 15. 00N-Jim Nier [14.774]; 16. 00-Ryan Grubaugh [14.775]; 17. 28H-Hud Horton [14.786]; 18. 2MD-Dustin Daggett [14.822]; 19. 27-Beau Stewart [14.842]; 20. 49T-Gregg Dalman [14.862]; 21. 6JS-Jr Stewart [14.896]; 22. 12-Kent Wolters [14.918]; 23. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [14.927]; 24. 34H-Luke Hall [14.933]; 25. 31-Andy Teunnessen [14.965]; 26. 12R-Nick Roberts [15.148]; 27. 23-Devon Dobie [15.148]; 28. 23G-Joe Geibe [15.368]; 29. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall [15.531]; 30. 20A-Andy Chehowski [15.603]; 31. 46-Robert Huisken [15.622]; 32. 19-Jimmy Snead [16.161]; 33. 4-Eric Smith [16.674];
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 9W-Brandon Wimmer [4]; 2. 6JS-Jr Stewart [1]; 3. 16-Ryan Ruhl [5]; 4. 28H-Hud Horton [2]; 5. 31-Andy Teunnessen [7]; 6. 4-Eric Smith [9]; 7. 2S-Kyle Sauder [DNF]; 8. 22H-Randy Hannagan [DNF]; 9. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall [DNF
All Star Performance / Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 2MD-Dustin Daggett [2]; 2. 49-Shawn Dancer [4]; 3. 7KD-Cole Duncan [6]; 4. 12-Kent Wolters [1]; 5. 23-Devon Dobie [7]; 6. 220Z-Aaron Shaffer [3]; 7. 11-Tim Allison [5]; 8. 20A-Andy Chehowski [8
Speed Pro Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Beau Stewart [2]; 2. 35-Ron Blair [5]; 3. 00N-Jim Nier [3]; 4. 17-Jared Horstman [6]; 5. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [1]; 6. 18-Todd Heuerman [4]; 7. 12R-Nick Roberts [7]; 8. 46-Robert Huisken [8]
ARP Fastners Heat Race #4 (8 Laps): 1. B20-Butch Schroeder [6]; 2. 49T-Gregg Dalman [2]; 3. 34H-Luke Hall [1]; 4. 7-Darren Long [5]; 5. 16C-Greg Wheeler [4]; 6. 19-Jimmy Snead [8]; 7. 23G-Joe Geibe [7]; 8. 00-Ryan Grubaugh [DNF
Engine Pro B-Main (10 Laps): (First four finishers in the B-Main transfers to the A-Main) 1. 18-Todd Heuerman [3]; 2. 23-Devon Dobie [10]; 3. 16C-Greg Wheeler [4]; 4. 11-Tim Allison [2]; 5. 00-Ryan Grubaugh [7]; 6. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [8]; 7. 31-Andy Teunnessen [9]; 8. 220Z-Aaron Shaffer [6]; 9. 46-Robert Huisken [15]; 10. 23G-Joe Geibe [12]; 11. 12R-Nick Roberts [DNF]; 12. 20A-Andy Chehowski [14]; 13. 19-Jimmy Snead [16]; 14. 22H-Randy Hannagan [DNS]; 15. 2S-Kyle Sauder [DNS]; 16. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall [DNS]; 17. 4-Eric Smith [DNS]
A FEATURE – 1. 35-Ron Blair [2]; 2. B20-Butch Schroeder [4]; 3. 9W-Brandon Wimmer [7]; 4. 17-Jared Horstman [5]; 5. 16-Ryan Ruhl [3]; 6. 2MD-Dustin Daggett [11]; 7. 49-Shawn Dancer [8]; 8. 7-Darren Long [1]; 9. 18-Todd Heuerman [17]; 10. 7KD-Cole Duncan [6]; 11. 00N-Jim Nier [9]; 12. 27-Beau Stewart [DNF]; 13. 6JS-Jr Stewart [DNF]; 14. 12-Kent Wolters [DNF]; 15. 28H-Hud Horton [DNF]; 16. 23-Devon Dobie [DNF]; 17. 16C-Greg Wheeler [DNF]; 18. 11-Tim Allison [DNF]; 19. 34H-Luke Hall [DNF]; 20. 49T-Gregg Dalman [DNF]