Rossburg, OH — (July 16, 2015) — Butch Schroeder was able to take advantage of a stumble by the competition to go from third to first in a single corner to win the Jimmy Johnston Classic during the Knight Before the Kings Royal Friday at Eldora Speedway with the K&L Ready Mix National Racing Alliance. Schroeder slid past Dustin Daggett and Ryan Ruhl after Daggett stumbled on the cushion in turn four while leading.
Daggett would start on the pole with Todd Heuerman along side. Daggett lead the first eight laps with fellow Sprints on Dirt competitor Ryan Ruhl close behind in third. 6th starting Schroeder made the pass on Ruhl and Daggett to take the lead on lap eight and was never seriously challenged.
Meanwhile, Daggett and Ruhl had a battle of their own for second for several laps. Daggett eventually took command of second and closed on Schroeder late in the feature but could not catch him during the non stop 20-lap feature. . Tim Shaffer had a fine run finishing fourth after starting 13th with Jared Horstman coming home fifth.
K&L Ready Mix National Racing Alliance
Knight Before the Kings Royal
Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, OH
Friday July 17, 2015
Qualifications:
1. 83 – Kyle Sauder, 14.087
2. 22H – Randy Hannagan, 14.305
3. 17 – Jared Horstman, 14.334
4. B20 – Butch Schroeder, 14.342
5. 35 – Ron Blair, 14.383
6. 28H – Phil Gressman, 14.421
7. 16 – Ryan Ruhl, 14.421
8. 10X – Dustin Stroup, 14.450
9. 18 – Todd Heruerman, 14.459
10. 11N – Ed Neumeister, 14.468
11. 2M – Dustin Daggett, 14.503
12. 12 – 12Nick Roberts, 14.533
13. 79 – Jordan Thomas, 14.573
14. 49 – Shawn Dancer, 14.574
15. 6 – Max Stambaugh, 14.578
16. 22R – Kevin Roberts, Jr. , 14.604
17. 11 – Trey Smith, 14.631
18. 98 – Joe Trenca, 14.641
19. 15 – Brandon Ferguson, 14.655
20. 45 – Tim Shaffer, 14.683
21. 23 – Devon Dobie, 14.693
22. 31 – Ron Henning, 14.822
23. 6S – J.R. Stewart, 14.832
24. 67 – Chris Durand, 14.918
25. 10K – Rob Dietrick, 14.928
26. 8J – Jess Stiger, 15.004
27. 23P – Nick Patterson, 15.043
28. 11 – Tim Allison, 15.062
29. 22 – Troy Betts, 15.072
30. 12J – Tyler Moore, 15.152
Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 22R – Kevin Roberts, Jr. 2. 2M – Dustin Daggett, 3. 16 – Ryan Ruhl, 4. 79 – Jordan Thomas, 5. B20 – Butch Schroder, 6. 31 – Ron Henning, 7. 15 – Brandon Ferguson, 8. 10K – Rob Dietrick, 9. 23P – Nick Patterson. (Top 5 finishers transferred to the A-Main)
Heat Race #2 (# Laps): 1. 11S – Trey Smith, 2. 49 – Shawn Dancer, 3. 45 – Tim Shaffer, 4. 18 – Todd Heuerman, 5. 11 – Tim Allison, 6. 12 – Nick Roberts, 7. 22H – Randy Hannagan, 8. 35 – Ron Blair, 9. 6S – JR Stewart, 10. 12J – Tyler Moore. (Top # finishers transferred to the A-Main)
Heat Race #3 (# Laps): 1. 6 – Max Stambaugh, 2. 17 – Jared Horstman, 3. 98 – Joe Trenca, 4. 23 – Devon Dobie, 5. 28H – Phil Gressman, 6. 11N – Ed Neumeister, 7. 8J – Jess Stiger, 8. 22 – Troy Betts. (Top # finishers transferred to the A-Main)
B-Main #1 (2 Laps): 1. 22H – Randy Hannagan, 2. 35 – Ron Blair, 3. 12R – Nick Roberts, 4. 15 – Brandon Ferguson, 5. 8J – Jess Stiger, 6. 6S – J.R. Stewart, 7. 22B – Troy Betts, 8. 12J – Tyler Moore, 9. 11N – Ed Neumeister, 10. 10K – Rob Dietrick, 11. 23P – Nick Patterson, 12. 31N – Rod Henning. (Top 5 finishers transferred to the A-Main)
A-Main (30 Laps): 1. B20 – Butch Schroeder, 2. 2M – Dustin Daggett, 3. 16 – Ryan Ruhl, 4. 45 – Tim Shaffer, 5. 17 – Jared Horstman, 6. 18 – Todd Heuerman, 7. 28H – Phil Gressman, 8. 49 – Shawn Dancer, 9. 79 – Jordan Thomas, 10. 23 – Devon Dobie, 11. 22H – Randy Hannagan, 12. 6M – Max Stambaugh, 13. 8J – Jess Stiger, 14. 22R – Kevin Roberts, Jr., 15. 98 – Joe Trenca, 16. 35 – Ron Blair, 17. 12R – Nick Roberts, 18. 11S – Trey Smith, 19. 15 – Brandon Ferguson, 20. 11 – Tim Allison.