By Tyler Altmeyer
WAYNESFIELD, Ohio (June 18, 2016) – For a second consecutive season, Wooster, Ohio’s Sheldon Haudenschild scored an Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket victory at Waynesfield Raceway Park, this time holding off pole sitter and Ohio Sprint Speedweek opening night winner Kyle Larson during a hard fought battle in traffic. Haudenschild, who started third on the Arctic Cat All Star feature grid, survived an epic three car battle during the late stages of the 35-lap main event, keeping Larson and the “Steel City Outlaw” Tim Shaffer in his rearview mirror. The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions victory increased Haudenschild’s season total to three, also bumping his career win total with the series to nine.
“That was really intense,” explained Sheldon Haudenschild in victory lane. “Especially knowing that Kyle Larson was right behind me, that made it really intense. You get to lapped cars so fast here and it really makes it hard to figure out where to go. Those guys are racing for positions, also, sometimes three and four wide right in front of you. Racing in traffic actually allowed Kyle (Larson) to get underneath me at one point. Luckily, I was able to slide back underneath him in three and four and make it stick. I didn’t see him much after that. That was a lot of fun.”
The “Wild Child” Jac Haudenschild led the first five circuits at Waynesfield Raceway Park on Saturday evening, eventually losing the lead to NASCAR Sprint Cup series regular Kyle Larson on the bottom side of the speedway on lap six. Sheldon Haudenschild made his first bid for the top spot on laps 12 and 13, officially leading lap 13, driving by Larson in traffic. The pair dueled nearly nose to tail for the next six circuits before the main event’s first caution appeared on lap 20. Caution flags appeared once again on lap 21, disrupting the feature field for the second and final time of the evening.
Green flag conditions returned for good with Sheldon Haudenschild back on the point. The last 14 laps proved to be more than challenging for the pilot of the Southern Pacific Farms/No. 93, pressured on several occasions by Kyle Larson and Tim Shaffer, all while attempting to negotiate heavy traffic. Despite the pressure, Haudenschild prevailed, keeping the point position despite multiple slide job attempts by Kyle Larson and challenges by Tim Shaffer. Even after making accidental contact with Tim Shaffer during the closing circuits, Larson would hang on to finish in the runner-up position, followed by the “Steel City Outlaw.”
“I just can’t thank my guys enough for their hard work,” said Sheldon Haudenschild. “They work their tails off to keep everything in shape and ready to go. I owe this all to them. Tonight was a lot of fun. Hopefully we can keep this going tomorrow night at Millstream.”
Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket will continue with round three on Sunday evening, June 19, at the Millstream Speedway near Findlay, Ohio. The Randy and Lisa Hammer promoted half-mile did not host an Ohio Sprint Speedweek program last season, but did host the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions on two separate occasions in 2015, one during the month of July and one in September. Cody Darrah and Dale Blaney were the victors, each scoring $5,000 victories.
Millstream Speedway will open pit gates at 2:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, June 19. A mandatory drivers meeting will be conducted at 4:45, followed by Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions hot laps at 5:30. Racing is scheduled to hit the half-mile at 6:30. Those seeking additional information should visit Millstream Speedway live on the Web at www.millstreamspeedway.net.
Contingency Awards/Results – Waynesfield Raceway Park – Saturday, June 18, 2016:
Event: Ohio Sprint Speedweek Night #2
EMi Driver’s Meeting: 47 Entries
State Water Heaters Warm-Ups: Tim Shaffer – 10.534 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Dale Blaney – 10.438 seconds
Kistler Racing Products Heat #1: Kyle Larson
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Tim Shaffer
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Dean Jacobs
Kistler Racing Products Heat #4: Byron Reed
JE Pistons Dash: Kyle Larson
Daido Engine Bearings Main Event Winner: Sheldon Haudenschild
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Cale Thomas (+10)
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 5th Place Finisher: Travis Philo
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 10th Place Finisher: Dean Jacobs
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 15th Place Finisher: Cap Henry
(Lincoln Electric, Daido Engine Bearings, MSD Performance, Outback Steakhouse; Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Randy Hannagan won the K&L Ready Mix National Racing Alliance feature Saturday night at Waynesfield Raceway Park. Butch Schroeder, Max Stambaugh, Kyle Sauder, and J.R. Stewart rounded out the top five.
Mike Campbell photo
410 Sprints – Winged | All Star Circuit of Champions
A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 3. 49-Tim Shaffer[4]; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah[12]; 5. 5T-Travis Philo[11]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser[6]; 7. 11N-Randy Hannagan[16]; 8. 71-Jamie Veal[7]; 9. 91-Cale Thomas[19]; 10. 97-Dean Jacobs[9]; 11. 81-Lee Jacobs[14]; 12. 5-Byron Reed[10]; 13. 4-Kasey Kahne[18]; 14. 1-Dale Blaney[21]; 15. 21-Cap Henry[20]; 16. 35-Stuart Brubaker[8]; 17. 8M-T.J. Michael[15]; 18. 38-D.J. Foos[13]; 19. 70-Danny Holtgraver[23]; 20. 48-Danny Dietrich[22]; 21. O7-Jacob Wilson[24]; 22. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[2]; 23. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg[17]; 24. 60-Kory Crabtree[25]; 25. 40-Caleb Helms[5]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 1-Dale Blaney[1]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich[2]; 3. 70-Danny Holtgraver[4]; 4. O7-Jacob Wilson[3]; 5. 41X-Dominic Scelzi[14]; 6. 60-Kory Crabtree[12]; 7. 16M-Danny Mumaw[7]; 8. 73-Chris Andrews[5]; 9. 12-Daniel Harding[15]; 10. 57X-Andrew Palker[6]; 11. 33M-Caleb Griffith[13]; 12. 22-Cole Duncan[8]; 13. 8-Bryan Sebetto[9]; 14. 4K-Kody Kinser[10]; 15. 49D-Shawn Dancer[11]; 16. 46AU-Stuart Williams[16]
C Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 12-Daniel Harding[2]; 2. 46AU-Stuart Williams[1]; 3. 25AU-Jack Lee[4]; 4. 4S-Danny Smith[7]; 5. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[8]; 6. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[6]; 7. 46-Michael Bauer[9]; 8. 49H-Bradley Howard[5]; 9. 96AU-Bruce White[12]; 10. AUS96-Andrew Caruana[10]; 11. 5M-Max Stambaugh[3]; 12. 27-Cody Gallogly[11]; 13. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[13]
Dash 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[4]; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 4. 49-Tim Shaffer[6]; 5. 40-Caleb Helms[3]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser[8]; 7. 71-Jamie Veal[5]; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[4]; 2. 40-Caleb Helms[1]; 3. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[3]; 4. 38-D.J. Foos[2]; 5. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg[7]; 6. 4K-Kody Kinser[8]; 7. 73-Chris Andrews[6]; 8. 60-Kory Crabtree[9]; 9. O7-Jacob Wilson[5]; 10. 46AU-Stuart Williams[10]; 11. 49H-Bradley Howard[11]; 12. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[12]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 49-Tim Shaffer[2]; 2. 71-Jamie Veal[3]; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1]; 4. 81-Lee Jacobs[7]; 5. 4-Kasey Kahne[5]; 6. 1-Dale Blaney[4]; 7. 49D-Shawn Dancer[8]; 8. 12-Daniel Harding[9]; 9. 5M-Max Stambaugh[10]; 10. 25AU-Jack Lee[11]; 11. AUS96-Andrew Caruana[12]; 12. 16M-Danny Mumaw[6]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 97-Dean Jacobs[2]; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser[4]; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[9]; 4. 8M-T.J. Michael[6]; 5. 91-Cale Thomas[5]; 6. 41X-Dominic Scelzi[8]; 7. 4S-Danny Smith[10]; 8. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[11]; 9. 46-Michael Bauer[12]; 10. 22-Cole Duncan[1]; 11. 48-Danny Dietrich[3]; 12. 33M-Caleb Griffith[7]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 5-Byron Reed[1]; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[7]; 4. 11N-Randy Hannagan[6]; 5. 21-Cap Henry[8]; 6. 70-Danny Holtgraver[4]; 7. 8-Bryan Sebetto[5]; 8. 57X-Andrew Palker[3]; 9. 96AU-Bruce White[10]; 10. 27-Cody Gallogly[9]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 1-Dale Blaney, 10.438; 2. 57-Kyle Larson, 10.500; 3. 71-Jamie Veal, 10.575; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 10.617; 5. 49-Tim Shaffer, 10.658; 6. 6M-Jac Haudenschild, 10.667; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 10.681; 8. 38-D.J. Foos, 10.691; 9. 48-Danny Dietrich, 10.697; 10. 4-Kasey Kahne, 10.703; 11. 40-Caleb Helms, 10.737; 12. O7-Jacob Wilson, 10.750; 13. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 10.753; 14. 73-Chris Andrews, 10.794; 15. 57X-Andrew Palker, 10.828; 16. 16M-Danny Mumaw, 10.855; 17. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 10.858; 18. 97-Dean Jacobs, 10.859; 19. 22-Cole Duncan, 10.876; 20. 81-Lee Jacobs, 10.885; 21. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 10.886; 22. 5-Byron Reed, 10.909; 23. 8-Bryan Sebetto, 10.918; 24. 4K-Kody Kinser, 10.947; 25. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 10.959; 26. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 10.970; 27. 60-Kory Crabtree, 10.978; 28. 91-Cale Thomas, 10.991; 29. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 10.996; 30. 8M-T.J. Michael, 11.009; 31. 33M-Caleb Griffith, 11.059; 32. 21-Cap Henry, 11.069; 33. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 11.133; 34. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 11.136; 35. 12-Daniel Harding, 11.177; 36. 5M-Max Stambaugh, 11.202; 37. 25AU-Jack Lee, 11.212; 38. 5T-Travis Philo, 11.229; 39. 49H-Bradley Howard, 11.319; 40. 59J-Kirk Jeffries, 11.324; 41. 4S-Danny Smith, 11.341; 42. 22S-Brandon Spithaler, 11.549; 43. 46-Michael Bauer, 11.715; 44. AUS96-Andrew Caruana, 11.901; 45. 27-Cody Gallogly, 12.419; 46. 96AU-Bruce White, 12.811; 47. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 99.720