By Tyler Altmeyer
Wilmot, WI (July 25th, 2015) – Dale Blaney concluded the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions road trip through Michigan and Wisconsin with yet another main event victory; this time during the All Star/IRA “Sprintacular” at the Wilmot Raceway near Wilmot, Wisconsin. The current UNOH All Star point leader earned the $5,000 “Sprintacular” payday on Saturday, July 25th, over a stacked field of 38 Bumper-to-Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series and UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions sprint cars. Blaney survived two cautions during main event competition, as well as periods of heavy lapped traffic and a last-ditch effort slide job by Cody Darrah to earn his eighth UNOH All Star victory of the 2015 season. “The Lowrider” now has 123 career series victories.
“It was a pretty good night for us” said Blaney, “I just want to thank all of my guys. They work really hard and give me a great car. It’s always special to get back to victory lane.”
Dale Blaney and Blake Nimee led the field to green at Wilmot Raceway. Nimee, who entered the evening sixth in the current IRA Outlaw Sprint Series point standings, controlled the first four circuits of the 30-lap program before losing the top spot to Dale Blaney. The pilot of the GoMuddy.com, Big Game Treestands, CH Motorsports, #1 paced the field until the main event’s first caution on lap ten for Ryan Irwin.
Green flag conditions would return with Dale Blaney setting the tone out front. Cody Darrah, who started sixth on the main event grid, worked his way forward and chased Blaney for the next 13 laps; navigating heavy traffic until the caution lights reappeared for Kyle Martin with 23 laps in the books. Blaney brought the field back to green once again with only seven circuits remaining. Despite clean air and an open track for the defending UNOH All Star champion, Darrah still managed to keep pace with “The Lowrider” and would attempt one last slide job to take over the top spot with less than five laps remaining. Darrah, a Red Lion, Pennsylvania native, completed the textbook slider, but could not make it stick, as Blaney was able to drive back around the familiar J&K Salvage, #89. Blaney would go on to win the All Star/IRA “Sprintacular” at Wilmot Raceway with Cody Darrah hanging on to finish second.
“We just tried to fill the holes” said Blaney, “I knew Cody (Darrah) was going to work as hard as he could to get around me. I just tried to make myself wide and fill in all of the holes.”
“We had a good night tonight and a pretty good weekend all together” Darrah said, “The track was pretty tricky tonight. The cushion was a little too technical for me to make it work. Hats off to my guys. They work hard and it shows.”
Greg Wilson, the 2015 Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket champion, rallied from fifth to finish third at Wilmot Raceway. “The Kunkletown Kid” Ryan Smith would roll home where he started on Saturday night and cross under the checkers fourth in the running order. Early leader Blake Nimee completed the top-five.
The UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions will move ahead and prepare for a three-race stretch in Ohio and Pennsylvania on July 31st – August 2nd. The Atomic Speedway near Chillicothe, Ohio will host the regional travelers on Friday, July 31st and Saturday, August 1st for the “Open Wheel Championships.” The two-day marquee event will feature back-to-back UNOH All Star programs with Friday paying $5,000 to the main event winner, followed by a $10,000 grand prize being awarded on Saturday evening, August 1st. The long weekend will conclude on Sunday, August 2nd with a visit to Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial, Pennsylvania. Be sure to stay tuned at www.allstarsprint.com for more information regarding these events.
Full Results: Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, Wisconsin – Saturday, July 25th, 2015:
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Tim Shaffer 13.513
Kistler Racing Products Heat #1: Cody Darrah
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Danny Smith
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Greg Wilson
Kistler Engines Heat #4: Travis Philo
JE Pistons Dash: Dale Blaney
Daido Engine Bearings Main Event Winner: Dale Blaney
7/25/2014 All Stars Wilmot Speedway
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 1-Dale Blaney[1]; 2. 89-Cody Darrah[6]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson[5]; 4. 94-Ryan Smith[4]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 6. 10H-Chad Kemenah[7]; 7. 45-Tim Shaffer[10]; 8. 4-Danny Smith[9]; 9. 64-Scotty Thiel[16]; 10. 6R-Bill Rose[3]; 11. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[21]; 12. 5T-Travis Philo[8]; 13. 35-Ben Schmidt[11]; 14. 4B-Scott Biertzer[15]; 15. 70-Raymond Hensley[18]; 16. 19-Todd Daun[12]; 17. 99-Kyle Martin[14]; 18. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[13]; 19. 2W-Scott Neitzel[24]; 20. 1M-Phillip Mock[20]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz[23]; 22. 48H-Mike Reinke[19]; 23. 11K-Rick Kelsey[17]; 24. 56-Ryan Irwin[22]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]; 2. 56-Ryan Irwin[2]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz[3]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[6]; 5. 44-Jason Johnson[8]; 6. 53W-Bill Wirth[4]; 7. 23-Russell Borland[10]; 8. 12W-Josh Walter[7]; 9. 10V-Matt Vandervere[14]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech[12]; 11. 8A-Nick Alden[11]; 12. 2B-Jimmy Sivia[16]; 13. 0-John Fahl[5]; 14. 12-Michael Decker[13]; 15. 43-Jereme Schroeder[17]; 16. 41-Dennis Spitz[9]; 17. 38-Allen Hafford[15]; 18. 7-Scott Uttech[18]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 89-Cody Darrah; 2. 45-Tim Shaffer; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt; 4. 99-Kyle Martin; 5. 11K-Rick Kelsey; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz; 7. 8A-Nick Alden; 8. 12W-Josh Walter; 9. 41-Dennis Spitz; 10. 0-John Fahl
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 4-Danny Smith[1]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 3. 19-Todd Daun[2]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer[5]; 5. 70-Raymond Hensley[4]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[7]; 7. 44-Jason Johnson[8]; 8. 53W-Bill Wirth[6]; 9. 12-Michael Decker[10]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech[9]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. W20-Greg Wilson[1]; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah[4]; 3. 94-Ryan Smith[2]; 4. 6R-Bill Rose[3]; 5. 48H-Mike Reinke[5]; 6. 23-Russell Borland[7]; 7. 2B-Jimmy Sivia[8]; 8. 56-Ryan Irwin[6]; 9. 7-Scott Uttech[9]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 5T-Travis Philo[3]; 2. 1-Dale Blaney[4]; 3. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[2]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel[6]; 5. 1M-Phillip Mock[1]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder[9]; 8. 10V-Matt Vandervere[7]; 9. 38-Allen Hafford[8]
Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 45-Tim Shaffer, 13.513; 2. 1-Dale Blaney, 13.588; 3. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.601; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.634; 5. 6R-Bill Rose, 13.679; 6. 94-Ryan Smith, 13.693; 7. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.724; 8. 35-Ben Schmidt, 13.736; 9. 48H-Mike Reinke, 13.753; 10. 70-Raymond Hensley, 13.784; 11. 89-Cody Darrah, 13.790; 12. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 13.825; 13. 1M-Phillip Mock, 13.827; 14. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.834; 15. 79-Blake Nimee, 13.856; 16. 11K-Rick Kelsey, 13.966; 17. 56-Ryan Irwin, 14.007; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 14.051; 19. 19-Todd Daun, 14.113; 20. 4-Danny Smith, 14.116; 21. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 14.129; 22. 53W-Bill Wirth, 14.131; 23. 99-Kyle Martin, 14.145; 24. 0-John Fahl, 14.159; 25. 64-Scotty Thiel, 14.160; 26. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 14.165; 27. 12W-Josh Walter, 14.186; 28. 44-Jason Johnson, 14.197; 29. 41-Dennis Spitz, 14.209; 30. 23-Russell Borland, 14.298; 31. 8A-Nick Alden, 14.319; 32. 68-Dave Uttech, 14.345; 33. 12-Michael Decker, 14.374; 34. 10V-Matt Vandervere, 14.522; 35. 38-Allen Hafford, 14.577; 36. 2B-Jimmy Sivia, 14.949; 37. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 15.037; 38. 7-Scott Uttech, 31.082