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Duncan makes decision pay off with first UNOH All Star win at NAPA Wayne County Speedway

Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013

Contact: Brian Liskai

Liskai2x@roadrunner.com

By Brian Liskai

ORRVILLE, Ohio – After the weekend he had, Cole Duncan and his family had thought about just sitting at home Sunday. Good thing the Lockbourne, Ohio driver changed his mind.

Duncan took the lead with just two laps to go after race-long leader Jac Haudenschild blew a left rear tire, and went on to score his first career University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions victory at the NAPA Wayne County Speedway. Haudenschild, driving for fellow hall-of-famer Rick Ferkel lead the first 26 laps of the 30 lap feature before his left rear tire blew.

During the two day show at Attica on Friday and Saturday, Duncan’s family own team suffered a motor problem Friday and then broke a rear-end on Saturday.

“Oh my God…I don’t even know what to say. We weren’t even going to come today. We woke up and unloaded it out of the trailer and we were going to leave it in the shop for the week and go at it next week. Holy crap I’m glad we came,” said Duncan, whose father Rodney was a staple on the UNOH All Star circuit in the 1980s and 1990s.

“I didn’t even see Jac leave the track. I saw the tire laying on the back stretch…man I hate that for Rick (Ferkel, Jac’s car owner for the night) and Jac and those guys. Especially Rick…he works so hard and he deserved this win. But we’ll take it after the weekend we’ve had,” continued Duncan beside his Bobby Labonte Racing/Motorcity Auto Transport/CnB Mushroom Farms/Wolfden Carbonfiber Products/Industrial Special Powdercoating/Hoosier Tire backed #22.

“We raced with Andrew (Palker) a lot here last year…he’s a good racer obviously as he’s won the track championship twice in the last two years…that’s pretty impressive. To get to race with him…we raced each other clean and it was a hell of a lot of fun,” continued Palker. “First I have to thank my Mom and Dad and my two grandpas and my crew…they worked their asses off to get us here. I’ve been waiting a long time for this.”

Local driver Dean Jacobs capped off a great weekend and celebrated his 50th birthday in style by bringing the Joe and Diane Seeling owned #97 home in second.

“They were telling me I was getting old and I had to prove them wrong. We were good…I actually thought I was better than Cole. You couldn’t hardly see to enter this corner (turn one) from the dust but if you could get in there you could run the crap out of the thing. Cole was doing the exact same thing that I was and that’s why he beat me I guess,” said Jacobs beside his Northwest Ohio Towing and Recovery/NAPA Truck and Auto Center/Sugar Street Bar and Grill backed machine. “We needed this. Joe and Diane Seeling have given me a nice race car and I try my hardest. Sometimes it bites you and sometimes you have good results like tonight. Now we’re going to go celebrate my birthday and have a lot of fun.”

“I thought I had run fourth and we came around and saw that Cole won. I don’t know if I was happy I ran second or just as happy that he won. I raced a lot of races with his dad and his dad beat me a lot. I was just telling him the other night because he was so good at Attica that as soon as he gets that first one they will start coming. Let me tell you…that boy is going to win a lot of races,” added Jacobs.

Track champion Andrew Palker kept his impressive run going with a third place finish after running second through much of the race.

“I just didn’t hear Cole up top and I should have put up there in the crap and cooled that tire off but I spent too much time on the bottom. And I got my right rear too hot and there at the end it was just too hot and I had nothing left. I can’t say enough about this team and Kistler Racing Products and Brian Kemenah and Paul Kistler…they are helping us out a bunch. We are sure learning a lot out here right now and it’s really showing when we came back home,” said Palker beside his Albreight Trucking/King Inspection/J&J Auto Racing/Weld Wheels backed #57x.

Newly crowned Lernerville Speedway champion Brandon Spithaler and Haudenschild would bring the field to green with Haudenschild rim-riding into the lead. Just three laps in third place running Lee Jacobs would spin with Brad Haudenschild stopping to avoid a collision. On the restart Haudenschild would rocket away from Spithaler with Duncan, Palker, Jacobs, Dale Blaney and Trey Gustin in tow.

Palker would move into third on lap six and would take second two circuits later. The caution would fly on lap nine for a Caleb Helms spin. On the restart Haudenschild would again blast into a commanding lead with Palker comfortably in second while Spithaler, Duncan, Blaney and Jacobs battled for third.

The caution would come out again on lap 12 as Lee Jacobs’ mount stopped on the front stretch with brake issues. The restart order was Haudenschild, Palker, Blaney, Duncan, Spithaler and Dean Jacobs. The field didn’t stay under green long as Jack Sodeman Jr. and Shawn Hubler got together on lap 12.

When the green reappeared Palker dove under Haudenschild in turns one and two, but “The Wild Child” rocketed off the cushion to pull away. As the laps ticked off Haudenschild built a sizeable lead over Palker as Blaney, Duncan and Jacobs battled for third.

The leaders would catch the back of the field on lap 18 and as most of the field ran the bottom, Haudenschild used the very top groove to pick off the lapped cars. Disaster nearly struck for Haudenschild with five laps to go as he jumped the heavy cushion in turn four and nearly got into the front stretch fence. That allowed Palker, Blaney, Duncan, Dean Jacobs and a closing Tim Shaffer to make up ground.

With seven laps to go Blaney would retire to the infield with mechanical woes, moving Duncan into third. As Haudenschild exited turn two on lap 27, his left rear tire would explode and he limped his mount back to the pits, handing the lead to Palker with Duncan, Dean Jacobs and Shaffer ready to pounce.

Duncan would drive around Palker for the lead with just two laps to go with Jacobs sneaking by on the white flag lap for second.

Duncan would drive to the win over Jacobs, Palker, Shaffer (from 11th), Rob Chaney, Danny Holtgraver (from 20th), Danny Mumaw (from 22nd), Brock Martin (from 16th), Spithaler and Gustin.

The UNOH All Stars will wrap up their Eastern Region points with a double-header at the Port Royal Speedway in Pennsylvania Sept. 6 and 7 before returning to Ohio for the Jim Ford Classic at Fremont Speedway Sept. 13 and 14.

After Sunday’s race at the NAPA Wayne County Speedway, the point’s battle for the UNOH All Star championship and the Ohio Region title are getting interesting with Dale Blaney’s lead shrinking as Shaffer seeks his unprecedented fifth straight series title. Blaney is also trying to earn his fourth career series championship.

For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com

Wayne County Speedway - 9/1/2013

UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (30 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 80-Trey Gustin, 14.925; 2. 22-Cole Duncan, 14.974; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs, 15.037; 4. O-Jac Haudenschild, 15.128; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs, 15.135; 6. 22S-Brandon Spithaler, 15.158; 7. 2-Dale Blaney, 15.167; 8. 83-Tim Shaffer, 15.207; 9. 57X-Andrew Palker, 15.247; 10. 9X-Rob Chaney, 15.292; 11. 38K-Brad Haudenschild, 15.298; 12. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 15.322; 13. 40-Caleb Helms, 15.385; 14. 5K-Adam Kekich, 15.407; 15. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 15.423; 16. 83M-Broc Martin, 15.468; 17. 787-Jimmy Pooler, 15.481; 18. 11-Shawn Hubler, 15.487; 19. W20-Greg Wilson, 15.489; 20. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr., 15.510; 21. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 15.556; 22. 1B-Aaron Middaugh, 15.643; 23. 5M-Max Stambaugh, 15.680; 24. 70-Danny Mumaw, 15.689; 25. 54-Cap Henry, 15.769; 26. 15H-Mitch Harble, 15.843; 27. 23-Nick Patterson, 16.148; 28. 60-Kory Crabtree, 16.439; 29. 49-Kris Davis, 16.498; 30. 59J-Kirk Jeffries, 99.990

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 45-Danny Holtgraver[1] ; 2. 57X-Andrew Palker[4] ; 3. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 4. 81-Lee Jacobs[5] ; 5. 80-Trey Gustin[6] ; 6. 54-Cap Henry[7] ; 7. 787-Jimmy Pooler[2] ; 8. 49-Kris Davis[8]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 9X-Rob Chaney[4] ; 2. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[5] ; 3. 22-Cole Duncan[6] ; 4. 11-Shawn Hubler[2] ; 5. 5K-Adam Kekich[3] ; 6. 1B-Aaron Middaugh[1] ; 7. 15H-Mitch Harble[7]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. W20-Greg Wilson[2] ; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[5] ; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs[6] ; 4. 5M-Max Stambaugh[1] ; 5. 46AU-Stuart Williams[3] ; 6. 38K-Brad Haudenschild[4] ; 7. 23-Nick Patterson[7]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 70-Danny Mumaw[1] ; 2. O-Jac Haudenschild[6] ; 3. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[2] ; 4. 83M-Broc Martin[3] ; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4] ; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer[5] ; 7. 60-Kory Crabtree[7]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[11] ; 2. O-Jac Haudenschild[7] ; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs[9] ; 4. 22-Cole Duncan[3] ; 5. 80-Trey Gustin[1] ; 6. 97-Dean Jacobs[5]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 38K-Brad Haudenschild[2] ; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[1] ; 3. 54-Cap Henry[5] ; 4. 15H-Mitch Harble[6] ; 5. 787-Jimmy Pooler[3] ; 6. 60-Kory Crabtree[8] ; 7. 1B-Aaron Middaugh[4] ; 8. 23-Nick Patterson[7] ; 9. 49-Kris Davis[9] ; 10. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[-]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)

1. 22-Cole Duncan[4]; 2. 97-Dean Jacobs[6]; 3. 57X-Andrew Palker[8]; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[11]; 5. 9X-Rob Chaney[9]; 6. 45-Danny Holtgraver[20]; 7. 70-Danny Mumaw[22]; 8. 83M-Broc Martin[16]; 9. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[1]; 10. 80-Trey Gustin[5]; 11. 35-Stuart Brubaker[10]; 12. W20-Greg Wilson[18]; 13. 5M-Max Stambaugh[21]; 14. 5K-Adam Kekich[14]; 15. 38K-Brad Haudenschild[12]; 16. 40-Caleb Helms[13]; 17. 46AU-Stuart Williams[15]; 18. 15H-Mitch Harble[24]; 19. O-Jac Haudenschild[2]; 20. 2-Dale Blaney[7]; 21. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[19]; 22. 11-Shawn Hubler[17]; 23. 81-Lee Jacobs[3]; 24. 54-Cap Henry[23]

Hard Charger: 70-Danny Mumaw[+15]

UNOH All Stars to have busy Labor Day weekend

By Brian Liskai

CAMARGO, Ill. – The teams of the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions will have a busy Labor Day weekend with three straight nights of racing in Ohio.

It all kicks off Friday, Aug. 30th and Saturday Aug. 31st with the traditional Attica Ambush. On Friday the UNOH All Stars are teamed up with the Lucas Oil Late Model Series on Detroit Chocolat Night. The late models will be running for $10,000 to win while the All Star sprints will battle for $3,000 to win. On Saturday, thanks to the Baumann Auto Group and Attica Raceway Park, the UNOH All Stars will be gunning for $5,500 to win. Also thanks to the Baumann Auto Group the 305 sprints will battle for $1,000 to win thanks to Ron McComas and MRE of Ohio and the UMP late models $1,500 to win with the dirt trucks gunning for $600 to win.

The UNOH All Stars then head to the NAPA Wayne County Speedway near Orrville, Ohio on Sunday, Sept. 1 for their second appearance of the season. The late models and super stocks will also be on the racing card.

The All Stars will be making their 100th and 101st appearance at Attica as the track wraps up its 25th anniversary season. Earlier this year three time series champion Dale Blaney scored the win during the Attica Spring Nationals and former track champion Chris Andrews picked up his first UNOH All Star win at the track to open the 31st Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek.

Blaney, who is looking to become only the third driver in All Star history to have four series championships, has 17 career wins at Attica to sit fifth on the track’s all-time win list. Blaney has five All Star wins in 2013 and is tied with hall of famer Kenny Jacobs for most career series wins with 98. Blaney also has a narrow lead in the series’ Ohio Region points, just 38 ahead of four-time national and defending All Star champion Tim Shaffer. Ironically Shaffer has yet to score a series win in 2013.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Danny Holtgraver is coming off the latest UNOH All Star win, that coming at Mercer Raceway Park last weekend. He has three series wins in 2013 and six career All Star wins at Attica. He currently sits third in the All Star’s national and Ohio Region points.

Cap Henry, who calls nearby Bellevue, Ohio home, has always had good runs at Attica but has been bitten by bad luck on several occasions while leading late. He is looking for his first All Star win but has a couple of non-sanctioned victories in 2013 and is coming off an impressive run in the Knoxville Nationals. Henry is fourth in the All Star’s national and Ohio Region points.

Third generation driver Caleb Helms of Findlay, Ohio is in his first season of competition with the UNOH All Stars and is fifth in the national and Ohio Region standings. Another youngster in his first year of racing with the All Stars, Trey Gustin, sits sixth in the series’ national points and eighth in the Ohio Region standings.

Since the Attica Ambush began in 1989 some of the biggest names in sprint car racing have taken the win including Steve Kinser, Dave Blaney, Sammy Swindell, Joey Saldana, Frank Kerr, Mark Kinser, Kevin Gobrecht, Terry McCarl, Jeff Shepard, Chad Kemenah, Danny Smith, Greg Wilson, Mark Keegan, Alvin Roepke, Dale Blaney, Stevie Smith and Tim Shaffer (2010 and 2011). Local driver Phil Gressman picked up the win in the event in 2012.

There have been 12 different winners of the 13 events contested this season at Attica. Brian Lay has had a break-out season at the track, garnering two wins. Other winners include six time track champion Byron Reed who is second on the track’s all-time win list with 29 victories; Brian Smith, Holtgraver and Shane Stewart in the twin 25s in May; two time Kistler Racing Products FAST (Fremont Attica Sprint Title) champion Bryan Sebetto; two time and 2013 track champion Craig Mintz; young chargers Travis Philo and Sheldon Haudenschild; and the most recent winner, Brad Bowman. Blaney and Andrews scored the two All Star wins.

Other local drivers to look out for include Caleb Griffith who finished second in the track’s points and picked up the 360/305 sprint challenge win at the track; rookie D.J. Foos; Duane Zablocki, 2012 rookie of the year Stuart Brubaker, Stuart Williams, Brandon Martin; former track champion Dean Jacobs; Greg Wilson, a former two time All Star champion who sits fourth on the track’s all-time win list with 19 victories; Cole Duncan and a host of other local and regional talent.

When the UNOH All Stars head to the NAPA Wayne County Speedway Sunday, they will again encounter a very tough field of local competitors.

During the Ohio Sprint Speedweek event at the track, Bixby, Oklahoma’s Shane Stewart picked up the All Star win. Two time and 2013 track champion Andrew Palker, who scored a non-sanctioned win at Lernerville Speedway last weekend and if not for a last lap pass by Holtgraver, would have picked up his first ever All Star win at Mercer, will be force to be reckoned with Sunday. Also to watch out for is local driver Danny Mumaw who has four wins at the track in 2013. Another driver who lives near the track, Broc Martin, has scored two wins at the NAPA Wayne County Speedway in 2013. Other drivers scoring wins at the track in 2013 include Cory Crabtree and the legendary hall of famer Jac Haudenschild who has posted two All Star wins in 2013. Not to be outdone, Jac’s son, Sheldon, has two non-wing BOSS series wins at the NAPA Wayne County Speedway in 2013, including just last week.

Other drivers to watch at the NAPA Wayne County Speedway include local driver Lee Jacobs whose great-grandfather built the facility; Jason Dolick; Bob Lime; Jimmy Pooler, Mitch Harble; Nick Patterson; Shawn Hubler; Aaron Middaugh; Chris Myers and a host of other tough weekly competitors.

All three of the Labor Day weekend events are part of the $20,000-to-win Ohio Region of the UNOH All Stars. There will be only three Ohio Region point shows left after the weekend – a double header for the traditional Jim Ford Classic, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 13 and 14 at Fremont Speedway, and the season ending event at Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway on Oct. 12. Other than those shows, the UNOH All Stars have only two other events, both Eastern Region point races at the Port Royal Speedway, Sept. 6 and 7.

For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com. For times and ticket information about this weekend’s events go to www.atticaracewaypark.com; and www.waynecountyspeedway.com

By Brian Liskai

MERCER, Pa (Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013) – Danny Holtgraver had one of the worst two weeks of his young racing career just a few weeks ago. Mechanical issues and bad racing luck had his team down. But, when the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions headed to Mercer Raceway Park Saturday for the 24th Annual Western Pennsylvania Sprint Car Championship, the confidence returned to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania driver.

Holtgraver used lapped traffic to make a last lap pass of Andrew Palker to steal his third UNOH All Star win of the season. Holtgraver has raced at Mercer five times in 2013 and has won all five features including an All Star victory early in July.

“Boy did this team need that. After the Thunder Through the Plains and Knoxville Nationals we were all kind of beat up. This is a huge win for us,” said Holtgraver beside his Canton Erectors/Berlin Natural Bakery/Classic Ink/DKW Transport/Kistler Engines/J&J Auto Racing backed #45. “When we got into heavy lapped traffic Andrew had trouble getting around them and I didn’t that was the difference.”

For Palker, who recently wrapped up his second consecutive track championship at the NAPA Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, Ohio, the last lap pass was heart-breaking. He also won Friday night at Lernerville Speedway.

“Lapped traffic screwed me. One guy decided he wanted to race me. I slid him and he would slide me back. Lapped cars aren’t supposed to do that. It’s just very frustrating. I had a great car and to lose because of that…oh well I guess we’ll take second and try again next week,” said Palker beside his Kistler Racing Products/Kistler Engines/King Inspection Services/Albreight Trucking/J&J Auto Racing/Weld Wheels backed #57x. “I can’t thank Paul Kistler enough for the great engine.”

Current UNOH All Star national and Ohio region point leader Dale Blaney would charge from his seventh starting spot to a third place finish.

“We just weren’t in a good position all night. We went out next to last qualifying and I didn’t lay down a very good lap so I had to start seventh in the feature. Palker and Holtgraver had a heck of a race…I had the best seat in the house to watch it. I just don’t run that good here for some reason. We’ll take third and look forward to Attica next weekend,” said Blaney beside his Ti22 Performance/GF1 Chassis backed #2.

Holtgraver and Palker would bring the field to green for the 30-lap feature with Holtgraver gaining the advantage. But, Palker would rim-ride to the front on lap two with Holtgraver, Tim Shaffer, Cole Duncan, Blaney, Paige Polyak, Lee Jacobs and Trey Gustin in tow.

Palker would pull away slightly as Holtgraver and Shaffer ran comfortably in second and third while Duncan and Blaney were locked in a great battle for fourth. But the caution would fly on lap 10 for Scott Priester who hit the guardrail on turn 3.

On the restart Palker had a couple of lapped machines insulating him from Holtgraver so he was able to open up a lead. But, another caution just two laps later would bunch up the field, putting Holtgraver right on Palker’s rear bumper. But, the West Salem, Ohio resident used the clean air to pull away again as Shaffer challenged Holtgraver for second with Blaney moving into fourth.

The final 18 laps would tick off without any further interruptions. That meant Palker and company had to contend with lapped traffic. As Palker, Holtgraver, Shaffer and Blaney picked their way through traffic, Holtgraver tried high and low to get pas Palker but nothing seemed to work. With just a few laps remaining Holtgraver got a break. He and Palker got by a pair of cars fighting for position and it appeared they might not reach the next couple of cars to put them a lap down before the end of the race. That opened up the bottom line for Holtgraver who threw caution to the wind as he tried to regain the lead.

Holtgraver inched closer and closer to Palker in the waning laps. He dove low entering turn one on the final lap and got next to Palker who was riding the rim. Holtgraver got a nose ahead of Palker coming off turn two and pulled away as they raced toward turn three. Palker slid a little high and got his right rear over the edge of the speedway, ensuring Holtgraver would enter the final turn uncontested.

Holtgraver was able to slide into the lead in turns three and four and drive to the win over Palker, Blaney, Shaffer and Duncan.

The UNOH All Stars will head to Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio for a double header Friday and Saturday, Aug. 30 and 31 and then head to the NAPA Wayne County Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 1.

For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com

All Star Circuit of Champions (28 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 57X-Andrew Palker, 13.606; 2. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 13.727; 3. 81P-Paige Polyak, 13.987; 4. 40-Caleb Helms, 14.004; 5. 22-Cole Duncan, 14.040; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer, 14.049; 7. 80-Trey Gustin, 14.091; 8. 2-Dale Blaney, 14.116; 9. 81-Lee Jacobs, 14.123; 10. 5K-Adam Kekich, 14.158; 11. 10-Carl Bowser, 14.262; 12. 56-Ralph Spithaler, 14.395; 13. 7-Eric Williams, 14.400; 14. 15-Scott Priester, 14.422; 15. 23S-Russ Sansosti, 14.426; 16. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr., 14.478; 17. 54-Cap Henry, 14.610; 18. 38-Dennis Wagner, 14.615; 19. O8-Dan Kuriger, 14.633; 20. 13-Brandon Matus, 14.656; 21. 52-Jim Shuster, 14.748; 22. O-Andy McKisson, 14.821; 23. 66-Chris Best, 14.954; 24. 33-Brent Matus, 15.297; 25. 49-Bob Howard, 15.368; 26. 49H-Brad Howard, 15.560; 27. 74-John McCracken, 16.595; 28. 1R-Gale Ruth, 99.999

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[1] ; 2. 57X-Andrew Palker[6] ; 3. 7-Eric Williams[2] ; 4. O-Andy McKisson[8] ; 5. 80-Trey Gustin[4] ; 6. 49-Bob Howard[9] ; 7. 5K-Adam Kekich[3] ; 8. 40-Caleb Helms[5] ; 9. O8-Dan Kuriger[7]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 54-Cap Henry[1] ; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[4] ; 3. 45-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 4. 15-Scott Priester[2] ; 5. 10-Carl Bowser[3] ; 6. 22-Cole Duncan[5] ; 7. 13-Brandon Matus[7] ; 8. 66-Chris Best[8] ; 9. 49H-Brad Howard[9]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 38-Dennis Wagner[1] ; 2. 23S-Russ Sansosti[2] ; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs[4] ; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[5] ; 5. 56-Ralph Spithaler[3] ; 6. 81P-Paige Polyak[6] ; 7. 52-Jim Shuster[7] ; 8. 74-John McCracken[9] ; 9. 33-Brent Matus[8]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 45-Danny Holtgraver[2] ; 2. 57X-Andrew Palker[4] ; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[1] ; 4. 22-Cole Duncan[6] ; 5. 81P-Paige Polyak[3] ; 6. 80-Trey Gustin[5]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 40-Caleb Helms[1] ; 2. 5K-Adam Kekich[2] ; 3. 13-Brandon Matus[4] ; 4. 33-Brent Matus[7] ; 5. 66-Chris Best[6] ; 6. 52-Jim Shuster[5] ; 7. 49H-Brad Howard[8] ; 8. 74-John McCracken[9]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)

1. 45-Danny Holtgraver[1]; 2. 57X-Andrew Palker[2]; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[7]; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[3]; 5. 22-Cole Duncan[4]; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs[8]; 7. 81P-Paige Polyak[5]; 8. 56-Ralph Spithaler[10]; 9. 10-Carl Bowser[9]; 10. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[16]; 11. O-Andy McKisson[21]; 12. 80-Trey Gustin[6]; 13. 5K-Adam Kekich[12]; 14. 54-Cap Henry[17]; 15. 40-Caleb Helms[11]; 16. 23S-Russ Sansosti[15]; 17. 7-Eric Williams[13]; 18. 38-Dennis Wagner[18]; 19. 66-Chris Best[22]; 20. 49-Bob Howard[24]; 21. 33-Brent Matus[23]; 22. 52-Jim Shuster[20]; 23. 15-Scott Priester[14]; 24. 13-Brandon Matus[19]

Hard Charger: O-Andy McKisson[+10]

By Brian Liskai

Quincy, Michigan (Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013) – Dave Blaney has been around racing long enough to know you have to put yourself in a position to win every time you hit the track.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup driver did just that Saturday at the Butler Motor Speedway. When early leader Shane Stewart had problems “The Buckeye Bullet” was there to capitalize and then held off his brother Dale to score his 45th career victory with the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions. It’s Dave’s first UNOH All Star win since 1996 and moves him into 7th on the series’ all-time win list.

“We got a good number to run the dash and we won that to put us up front for the feature. The outside was the place to be and Shane (Stewart) got the jump. I didn’t know if I could have caught him unless he had a problem and he did and we were there to take advantage,” said Blaney of his Heavy Duty Industrial Services/Lelands.com/Roush Yates Engines backed #10.

“We have my dad’s memorial race coming up Tuesday (at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio) and I wanted to get some more laps in this thing before that. We’re up here for the Cup race so we brought the sprint car to have some fun. Winning will make tomorrow’s race (NASCAR Sprint Cup at Michigan International) at lot more enjoyable,” added Blaney.

For Dale Blaney, his second place run was important as he tries to claim his fourth UNOH All Star championship.

“It was a typical Butler track. I don’t think anyone was going to catch Shane if he didn’t blow that tire. Every time we got to traffic where I might be able to do something the caution would come out. Dave ran a good race…there wasn’t much I could do with him. My tires were almost bald at the end,” said Dale of his Ti22 Performance/GF1 Chassis backed #2.

Dave Blaney and Stewart would bring the field to the green for the 30-lap feature with Stewart gaining the upper hand. Brady Bacon and Kody Kinser would get together on the first lap to bring out the caution. Shortly after the green flew Cap Henry would spin and Paige Polyak would stop on the track to bring out the yellow. The running order was Stewart, Dave Blaney, Dale Blaney, Tim Shaffer, Danny Holtgraver, Trey Gustin, Cole Duncan, Bryan Sebetto and Caleb Helms.

The race had a difficult time getting rolling as cautions slowed the pace. Soon after the green flew Holtgraver and Helms would spin for the fourth caution of the event with Stewart leading Dave Blaney, Dale Blaney, Shaffer, Duncan, Sebetto and Gustin. Before another lap could be recorded another spin would bring out the red for a fuel stop on lap 8.

Stewart would go pit side during the stoppage so the restart running order was now Dave Blaney, Dale Blaney, Shaffer, Duncan, Sebetto and Gustin. A short time later and another caution with Dave and Dale Blaney leading Shaffer, Sebetto and Duncan.

When the green flew the race would go the rest of the way under green with Dave Blaney taking the win over Dale Blaney, Shaffer, Duncan and Cap Henry who rebounded from his early race spin.

The UNOH All Stars pay their second visit of the year to Mercer Raceway Park on Saturday, Aug. 25. When the series competed at Mercer on July 6, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Danny Holtgraver picked up the victory.

For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com

Butler Motor Speedway - 8/17/2013

UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (31 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 11.897; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer, 11.991; 3. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.004; 4. 80-Trey Gustin, 12.066; 5. 22-Cole Duncan, 12.196; 6. 3G-Shane Stewart, 12.202; 7. 24H-Bryan Sebetto, 12.223; 8. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.223; 9. 10-Dave Blaney, 12.312; 10. 99-Brady Bacon, 12.396; 11. 81-Paige Polyak, 12.429; 12. 54-Cap Henry, 12.605; 13. 4M-Kody Kinser, 12.704; 14. 17-Scott Euler, 12.706; 15. 27-Brad Lamberson, 12.728; 16. 48-Scott Hull, 12.748; 17. 17H-Jared Horstman, 12.822; 18. 16-Ryan Ruhl, 12.847; 19. 51-Roger Cambell, 12.867; 20. 39M-Matt Merrill, 12.922; 21. 19-Doug Zimmerman, 13.014; 22. 4T-Josh Turner, 13.081; 23. 25M-Kenny Mackey, 13.146; 24. 9E-Tim Evilsizer, 13.362; 25. 12B-Mike Baker, 13.547; 26. 1A-Mark Aldrich, 13.589; 27. 4P-Logan Jarrett, 13.924; 28. 50B-Mike Burns, 14.432; 29. 47-Robert Bulloch, 14.631; 30. 5QB-Quentin Blonde, 14.917; 31. O-Stuart Brubaker, 99.999

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 17H-Jared Horstman[2] ; 2. 19-Doug Zimmerman[1] ; 3. 4M-Kody Kinser[3] ; 4. 10-Dave Blaney[4] ; 5. 45-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 6. 22-Cole Duncan[5] ; 7. 47-Robert Bulloch[8] ; 8. 12B-Mike Baker[7]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 16-Ryan Ruhl[2] ; 2. 99-Brady Bacon[4] ; 3. 3G-Shane Stewart[5] ; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 5. 4T-Josh Turner[1] ; 6. 17-Scott Euler[3] ; 7. 1A-Mark Aldrich[7]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 51-Roger Cambell[2] ; 2. 81-Paige Polyak[4] ; 3. 25M-Kenny Mackey[1] ; 4. 27-Brad Lamberson[3] ; 5. 4P-Logan Jarrett[7] ; 6. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[5] ; 7. 40-Caleb Helms[6]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 39M-Matt Merrill[2] ; 2. 54-Cap Henry[4] ; 3. 9E-Tim Evilsizer[1] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[5] ; 5. 80-Trey Gustin[6] ; 6. 48-Scott Hull[3] ; 7. 50B-Mike Burns[7]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 10-Dave Blaney[2] ; 2. 3G-Shane Stewart[1] ; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[3] ; 5. 45-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 6. 80-Trey Gustin[5]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 40-Caleb Helms[1] ; 2. 22-Cole Duncan[2] ; 3. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[3] ; 4. 17-Scott Euler[4] ; 5. 48-Scott Hull[5] ; 6. 12B-Mike Baker[6] ; 7. 50B-Mike Burns[8] ; 8. 5QB-Quentin Blonde[10] ; 9. 1A-Mark Aldrich[7] ; 10. 47-Robert Bulloch[9]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)

1. 10-Dave Blaney[1]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[4]; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[3]; 4. 22-Cole Duncan[12]; 5. 54-Cap Henry[9]; 6. 80-Trey Gustin[6]; 7. 45-Danny Holtgraver[5]; 8. 16-Ryan Ruhl[17]; 9. 81-Paige Polyak[8]; 10. 17-Scott Euler[14]; 11. 51-Roger Cambell[18]; 12. 17H-Jared Horstman[16]; 13. 4M-Kody Kinser[10]; 14. 9E-Tim Evilsizer[23]; 15. 40-Caleb Helms[11]; 16. 27-Brad Lamberson[15]; 17. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[13]; 18. 25M-Kenny Mackey[22]; 19. 39M-Matt Merrill[19]; 20. 19-Doug Zimmerman[20]; 21. 4P-Logan Jarrett[24]; 22. 3G-Shane Stewart[2]; 23. 4T-Josh Turner[21]; 24. 99-Brady Bacon[7]

Hard Charger: 16-Ryan Ruhl[+9]

Thomas Kennedy over powers UNOH All Stars

By Brian Liskai

GLYNDON, Minn. (Sunday, July 28, 2013) – The butterflies were the size of eagles in Thomas Kennedy’s stomach with three laps to go in the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions feature at Buffalo River Race Park Sunday night. The 23-year-old had worked his way from eighth to the lead when the red flag flew.

“I’m sitting there thinking ‘this is crazy…don’t screw up just don’t screw up,” said Kennedy. “I had to keep telling myself when we pushed back off not to screw up cause I had two really, really, really good racers behind me.”

Kennedy didn’t “screw up’ and the Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada driver went on to score the biggest win of his six year sprint car racing career.

“My plan was to finish in the top five. The first half of the race I was taking my time through traffic and being smart. As the 25 car (Cory Mack) began to fade and I caught him and moved into third I was like ‘I could get a top three out of this.’ Then I caught the 83 (Tim Shaffer) and I was like ‘holy crap I might lead this thing.’ I got rolling really well around the top and used a lapped car to get around for the lead,” continued Kennedy beside his Team Boss Flue, Flexitec, Shamrock Surfaces, Kennedy Flooring, General Sign backed #20k.

For current UNOH All Star point leader Dale Blaney it was another top five run.

“It’s cool to see a young guy get his first All Star win and how excited he was. I told him not to do it again,” joked Blaney beside his Ti22 Performance/GF1 Chassis backed machine.

“His tire choice was better than ours. When the track took rubber I about six laps in I was in second and I got conservative trying to save my tire. I was like ‘good ahead Shaf (Tim Shaffer) go burn your tire off but then Thomas drove by and I knew I was in trouble,” continued Blaney. “We’ve been really good. The last seven All Star races we’ve had five quick times and except for Husets we were in the top five. I’m pretty pleased with how we are going right now.”

Tim Shaffer and Cory Mack would bring the field to the green for the 30-lap feature with Shaffer gaining the upper hand. Mack would drive into the lead on lap two as Shaffer had his hands full with Blaney with Danny Holtgraver, Trey Gustin, Casey Mack and Kennedy in pursuit.

Shaffer would retake the lead on lap 9 bringing Blaney into second while Mack slipped to third. But all eyes were on Kennedy as he would drive around Mack for third on lap 12. As Shaffer continued to lead, Blaney and Kennedy were locked in a duel for second with Kennedy taking the spot on lap 16. Kennedy quickly closed on Shaffer and would pass the four time UNOH All Star champion for the lead on lap 22. Blaney would grab second from Shaffer on the next circuit.

Following a race stoppage with three laps to go, Kennedy would drive to the victory over Blaney, Shaffer, Mack and Scott Winters. All Star regulars Caleb Helms and Cap Henry would come home sixth and seventh with Casey Mack, All Star regular Danny Holtgraver – who came from the tail after problems on lap seven, and Chris Ranten rounding out the top 10.

There remains just one more race in the UNOH All Stars annual Thunder Through the Plains – Aug. 11 at Huset’s Speedway. Blaney leads the $10,000-to-win Western Region points for the All Stars.

Buffalo River Race park - 7/28/2013

UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (22 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.368; 2. 25-Cory Mack, 12.397; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer, 12.457; 4. 80-Trey Gustin, 12.547; 5. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 12.568; 6. 8-Casey Mack, 12.649; 7. 21K-Lou Kennedy, 12.652; 8. 20K-Thomas Kennedy, 12.846; 9. 99-Jordan Graham, 12.946; 10. 82-Scott Winters, 13.060; 11. 92-Mitch Mack, 13.113; 12. 40-Caleb Helms, 13.254; 13. 54-Cap Henry, 13.268; 14. 27-Chris Ranten, 13.391; 15. 13-Ty Hanten, 13.403; 16. 26-Blake Egeland, 13.557; 17. 5-Dave Glennon, 13.598; 18. 20A-Jordan Adams, 13.599; 19. 10TRB-Bob Martin, 13.817; 20. 35-Brenden Wilde, 14.014; 21. 14-Tom Egeland, 14.027; 22. 22-Tanner Wisk, 14.407

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 54-Cap Henry[2] ; 2. 21K-Lou Kennedy[4] ; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 4. 82-Scott Winters[3] ; 5. 80-Trey Gustin[5] ; 6. 26-Blake Egeland[1] ; 7. 10TRB-Bob Martin[7] ; 8. 22-Tanner Wisk[8]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 20K-Thomas Kennedy[4] ; 2. 45-Danny Holtgraver[5] ; 3. 27-Chris Ranten[2] ; 4. 5-Dave Glennon[1] ; 5. 25-Cory Mack[6] ; 6. 92-Mitch Mack[3] ; 7. 35-Brenden Wilde[7]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 20A-Jordan Adams[1] ; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 3. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 4. 13-Ty Hanten[2] ; 5. 8-Casey Mack[5] ; 6. 99-Jordan Graham[4] ; 7. 14-Tom Egeland[7]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 83-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 2. 25-Cory Mack[1] ; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[4] ; 4. 45-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 5. 8-Casey Mack[3] ; 6. 80-Trey Gustin[5]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)

1. 20K-Thomas Kennedy[8]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[3]; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[1]; 4. 25-Cory Mack[2]; 5. 82-Scott Winters[10]; 6. 40-Caleb Helms[12]; 7. 54-Cap Henry[13]; 8. 8-Casey Mack[5]; 9. 45-Danny Holtgraver[4]; 10. 27-Chris Ranten[14]; 11. 21K-Lou Kennedy[7]; 12. 5-Dave Glennon[17]; 13. 92-Mitch Mack[11]; 14. 20A-Jordan Adams[18]; 15. 99-Jordan Graham[9]; 16. 80-Trey Gustin[6]; 17. 35-Brenden Wilde[20]; 18. 10TRB-Bob Martin[19]; 19. 13-Ty Hanten[15]; 20. 14-Tom Egeland[21]; 21. 26-Blake Egeland[16]; 22. 22-Tanner Wisk[22]

Hard Charger: 20K-Thomas Kennedy[+7]

Whitney holds off Haudenschild for first UNOH All Star win

By Brian Liskai

JACKSON, Minn. (Saturday, July 27, 2013) – Travis Whitney has watched several University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions victories slip through his hands. But on Saturday everything fell went his way and the Minneapolis, Minn. driver stormed to his first career series win during the 145th edition of the Jackson County Fair.

The second ever visit of the UNOH All Stars highlighted the All Star Triple Play night of races thanks to AGCO of Jackson, AGCO’s Intivity Center, State Bank of Fairmont and Loren Fick Farms.

Whitney started on the front row with UNOH All Star regular Caleb Helms of Findlay, Ohio. And after the first start was called back, Whitney got the advantage on the second start and benefitted from cautions at opportune times to score his first win of 2013. It wasn’t easy though, as Wooster, Ohio’s Jac Haudenschild tried a last lap, last corner move.

“I’ve had so many of these All Star races get away from me…I’ve been chasing this for a long, long time. I probably should have won one back in 1997 and had so many stupid things like flat tires, or ignition wires come off. This is awesome to finally get an All Star win. I was so nervous that my stomach was still in knots half the drive home,” said Whitney beside his DeWall Enterprises/LevWings/Hoosier Tire/Weld Wheels/Oakley backed machine.

“Once I got into the lead I just tried not to make a stupid mistake. I got to traffic and it took me a lap or two to figure out how to get around him and then the caution came out. I decided after that I wasn’t going to mess around with traffic any more. The cautions broke the race up into three nice segments that helped me. The longer I ran the looser I got. The cautions let my tires cool,” added Whitney.

Wooster, Ohio’s Jac Haudenschild continued his season-long good runs with the UNOH All Stars aboard the Tom Leidig owned #59. “The Wild Child” would get to Whitney in traffic but could not find a way to make the pass for the lead and settled for a runner-up finish.

“We are going pretty good. Bonzai and I have just worked together so long…he knows what I like in a car. We started seventh and it took a few laps to get going but once we got rolling the car was good. Travis got through traffic pretty good and the cautions fell his way,” said Haudenschild beside his Rick’s Auto Body/ Southern Pacific Farms/Auto Electric backed machine. “I got to him in the last corner, but he was just too strong.”

Current UNOH All Star national point leader Dale Blaney would salvage a third place finish to hold on to the series’ $10,000-to-win Western Region point lead.

“There’s just some tracks where a driver feels good at and some where a driver struggles. I haven’t raced at this place much, but I seem to struggle here. I think we over-adjusted the car between the dash and the feature and I was too free. Balance is very critical with sprint cars right now. We were just a little off all night. I was in a position to do very well but Jac got by us and Travis ran a great race,” said Blaney beside his Ti22 Performance/GF1 Chassis backed #2.

All Star regulars Danny Holtgraver and Cap Henry were fast throughout the night but suffered engine woes. Henry was scheduled to start on the pole of the dash which determines the starting position of the first three rows of the feature, but had engine issues.

Jackson Speedway - 7/27/2013

UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (19 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 2-Dale Blaney, 15.917; 2. 16-Travis Whitney, 15.921; 3. 40-Caleb Helms, 15.973; 4. 82-Scott Winters, 15.975; 5. 83-Tim Shaffer, 16.069; 6. 54-Cap Henry, 16.167; 7. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 16.223; 8. 93-Derrik Lusk, 16.373; 9. 35-Skyler Prochaska, 16.378; 10. 80-Trey Gustin, 16.397; 11. 21K-Lou Kennedy, 16.469; 12. 75C-Casey Heser, 16.573; 13. 97-Alan Gilbertson, 16.680; 14. 4W-Matt Wasmund, 16.710; 15. 4X-Eric Schulz, 17.343; 16. 7-Kaley Gharst, 17.670; 17. O9-Matt Juhl, 17.776; 18. 33GL-Nick Lusk, 18.274; 19. 45-Danny Holtgraver , 99.999

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 97-Alan Gilbertson[2] ; 2. 59-Jac Haudenschild[4] ; 3. 82-Scott Winters[5] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 5. 80-Trey Gustin[3] ; 6. 7-Kaley Gharst[1] ; 7. 45-Danny Holtgraver [7]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 83-Tim Shaffer[5] ; 2. 21K-Lou Kennedy[3] ; 3. 4W-Matt Wasmund[2] ; 4. 16-Travis Whitney[6] ; 5. 93-Derrik Lusk[4] ; 6. O9-Matt Juhl[1]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 75C-Casey Heser[3] ; 2. 35-Skyler Prochaska[4] ; 3. 54-Cap Henry[5] ; 4. 40-Caleb Helms[6] ; 5. 4X-Eric Schulz[2] ; 6. 33GL-Nick Lusk[1]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 2. 16-Travis Whitney[2] ; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 4. 82-Scott Winters[5] ; 5. 2-Dale Blaney[4] ; 6. 54-Cap Henry[1]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)

1. 16-Travis Whitney[2]; 2. 59-Jac Haudenschild[7]; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[5]; 4. 40-Caleb Helms[1]; 5. 83-Tim Shaffer[3]; 6. 35-Skyler Prochaska[9]; 7. 93-Derrik Lusk[8]; 8. 75C-Casey Heser[12]; 9. 45-Danny Holtgraver [19]; 10. 7-Kaley Gharst[16]; 11. 4W-Matt Wasmund[14]; 12. 80-Trey Gustin[10]; 13. 4X-Eric Schulz[15]; 14. 82-Scott Winters[4]; 15. 21K-Lou Kennedy[11]; 16. 54-Cap Henry[6]; 17. 97-Alan Gilbertson[13]

Hard Charger: 45-Danny Holtgraver [+10]

Husets Speedway - 7/21/2013 UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (25 Cars) [#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines 1. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 10.861; 2. 24-Terry McCarl, 10.894; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer, 10.948; 4. 18-Ian Madsen, 10.995; 5. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 11.041; 6. 44-Chris Martin, 11.089; 7. 54-Cap Henry, 11.110; 8. 2-Dale Blaney, 11.168; 9. 82-Clint Garner, 11.191; 10. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 11.217; 11. 24R-Rico Abreu, 11.242; 12. 80-Trey Gustin, 11.246; 13. 40-Caleb Helms, 11.257; 14. 97G-Jody Rosenboom, 11.303; 15. 12-Lynton Jeffrey, 11.313; 16. 4K-Paul Jeffrey, 11.326; 17. 25-Dylan Peterson, 11.339; 18. 91-Dusty Zomer, 11.357; 19. 12L-John Lambertz, 11.563; 20. 1B-Robby Wolgang, 11.578; 21. 9M-Donovan Peterson, 11.583; 22. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 11.657; 23. O-Alex Schriever, 11.666; 24. 51-Tony Rusted, 12.164; 25. 101-Chuck McGillvry, 12.857

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 4K-Paul Jeffrey[1] ; 2. 45-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 3. 54-Cap Henry[4] ; 4. 18-Ian Madsen[5] ; 5. 13-Mark Dobmeier[6] ; 6. 17B-Ryan Bickett[8] ; 7. 12L-John Lambertz[7] ; 8. 101-Chuck McGillvry[9] ; 9. 40-Caleb Helms[2]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 25-Dylan Peterson[1] ; 2. 97G-Jody Rosenboom[2] ; 3. 24R-Rico Abreu[3] ; 4. 59-Jac Haudenschild[5] ; 5. 2-Dale Blaney[4] ; 6. 24-Terry McCarl[6] ; 7. 1B-Robby Wolgang[7] ; 8. O-Alex Schriever[8]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 91-Dusty Zomer[1] ; 2. 82-Clint Garner[4] ; 3. 12-Lynton Jeffrey[2] ; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 5. 80-Trey Gustin[3] ; 6. 9M-Donovan Peterson[7] ; 7. 44-Chris Martin[5] ; 8. 51-Tony Rusted[8]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature 1. 13-Mark Dobmeier[2] ; 2. 18-Ian Madsen[3] ; 3. 44-Chris Martin[1] ; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 5. 59-Jac Haudenschild[6] ; 6. 24-Terry McCarl[5]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps) 1. 18-Ian Madsen[2]; 2. 13-Mark Dobmeier[1]; 3. 59-Jac Haudenschild[5]; 4. 24-Terry McCarl[6]; 5. 54-Cap Henry[7]; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer[4]; 7. 2-Dale Blaney[8]; 8. 24R-Rico Abreu[11]; 9. 82-Clint Garner[9]; 10. 97G-Jody Rosenboom[14]; 11. 17B-Ryan Bickett[22]; 12. 44-Chris Martin[3]; 13. 40-Caleb Helms[13]; 14. 4K-Paul Jeffrey[16]; 15. 12L-John Lambertz[19]; 16. O-Alex Schriever[23]; 17. 101-Chuck McGillvry[25]; 18. 80-Trey Gustin[12]; 19. 9M-Donovan Peterson[21]; 20. 45-Danny Holtgraver[10]; 21. 1B-Robby Wolgang[20]; 22. 51-Tony Rusted[24]; 23. 91-Dusty Zomer[18]; 24. 12-Lynton Jeffrey[15]; 25. 25-Dylan Peterson[17] Hard Charger: 17B-Ryan Bickett[+11]

UNOH All Stars defeat IRA stars as Blaney scores 97th series win

WILMOT, WI (Saturday, July 20, 2013) By Brian Liskai- Some say confidence is everything in racing. Others add that a little luck is also needed. But most racers will feel they can create their own luck if they have confidence in their car. Hartford, Ohio's Dale Blaney did just that Saturday at Wilmot Raceway.

"The Low Rider" searched around the track during the 30 lap feature and found a groove that propelled him into the lead and he went on to score the 97th win of his career with the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions to open the annual Thunder Through The Plains. Blaney is just one victory away from tying Kenny Jacobs for the series all-time career win lead. It was his fourth UNOH All Star win of 2013 and adds to his series point lead as he looks to become only the fourth driver in All Star History to win four championships.

In the Bumper to Bumper IRA/UNOH All Star duel, the All Stars took the top three finishing positions as four time and defending All Star champion Tim Shaffer came home second with Danny Holtgraver, who sits third in the All Star points, nailing down the final podium finish.

"It was an interesting night. I didn't feel that confident all night. But, we got into lapped traffic and I found the bottom of one and two and got by Shaffer, Haud (Jac Haudenschild) and Holtgraver in the same place and I got fortunate in lapped traffic. George had the car good and I was able to move around in traffic. I was confident coming into the race because we won here last year, but I didn't feel that good after qualifying and the heat race. But that's how racing is sometimes. Earlier in week in New York I was very confident. We were a half second faster than everyone and we did one little chance to the car and went from first to fifth. Tonight I just got a little bit of luck and got out front," said Blaney beside his Ti22 Performance/GF1 Chassis #2.

For Shaffer, the streak continues. The Alliquippa, Pennsylvania driver keeps racking up top five finishes but has yet to break into victory lane with the UNOH All Stars.

"I was the first loser again tonight," quipped Shaffer beside his Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook owned #83. "I felt pretty confident all night. Dale just got by in traffic and I just couldn't return the favor. I'm proud of my guys. The keep working hard and something good eventually has to come of that."

Holtgraver was proud of the UNOH All Star podium sweep.

"Their guy was fourth so that is good. Dale, Tim, Jac and I were all right there the entire race. I was just waiting for one of them to screw up but those guys are the best and that doesn't happen very often if at all," said Holtgraver beside his Bryan Grove/Rob Hunter owned #45.

"I just had to follow those guys. I was running fourth and Jac got into a tire and knocked the front end out of it and then I just followed Tim and Blaney drove under us. From there it was just on cruise," added Holtgraver of his Berlin Natural Bakery/Canton Erectors/DKW Transport backed machine.

Wilmot Raceway - 7/20/2013

All Star Circuit of Champions (41 Cars) [#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines 1. 83-Tim Shaffer, 12.912; 2. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 13.142; 3. 1MM-Jim Moughan, 13.252; 4. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 13.266; 5. 2-Dale Blaney, 13.307; 6. 40-Caleb Helms, 13.313; 7. 1M-Phillip Mock, 13.376; 8. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 13.402; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.409; 10. 19-Todd Daun, 13.462; 11. 7-Scott Uttech, 13.467; 12. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.471; 13. 10V-Matt Vandervere, 13.495; 14. 80-Trey Gustin, 13.500; 15. 8A-Nick Aiden, 13.532; 16. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 13.585; 17. 79-Blake Nimee, 13.587; 18. 53W-Bill Wirth, 13.635; 19. 11K-Rick Kelsey, 13.674; 20. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 13.696; 21. 83S-Tommy Sexton, 13.697; 22. 4K-Chris Spitz, 13.697; 23. 41-Dennis Spitz, 13.717; 24. 54-Cap Henry, 13.760; 25. 68-Dave Utteh, 13.793; 26. 23-Russ Borland, 13.827; 27. 22-Brett Triplett, 13.828; 28. 56-Ryan Irwin, 13.904; 29. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 13.958; 30. O1-Chris Dodd, 13.985; 31. 7F-Lance Fassbender, 14.002; 32. 94-Brandon Thone, 14.008; 33. 11-Darrell Dodd, 14.033; 34. 12-Mike Decker, 14.085; 35. 3X-Scott Semmelman, 14.092; 36. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 14.119; 37. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski, 14.143; 38. 97-Todd King, 14.152; 39. 38-Allen Hafford, 14.311; 40. 8-Rusty Egan, 14.444; 41. 71-Chad Tessman, 15.613

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 83S-Tommy Sexton[1] ; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[5] ; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[2] ; 5. 68-Dave Utteh[7] ; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[8] ; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4] ; 8. 11-Darrell Dodd[9] ; 9. 71-Chad Tessman[11] ; 10. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[10]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 53W-Bill Wirth[2] ; 2. 19-Todd Daun[4] ; 3. 59-Jac Haudenschild[6] ; 4. 40-Caleb Helms[5] ; 5. 4K-Chris Spitz[1] ; 6. O1-Chris Dodd[8] ; 7. 23-Russ Borland[7] ; 8. 97-Todd King[10] ; 9. 12-Mike Decker[9] ; 10. 80-Trey Gustin[3]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 8A-Nick Aiden[3] ; 2. 11K-Rick Kelsey[2] ; 3. 41-Dennis Spitz[1] ; 4. 1M-Phillip Mock[5] ; 5. 1MM-Jim Moughan[6] ; 6. 7-Scott Uttech[4] ; 7. 7F-Lance Fassbender[8] ; 8. 22-Brett Triplett[7] ; 9. 3X-Scott Semmelman[9] ; 10. 38-Allen Hafford[10]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 17B-Bill Balog[4] ; 2. 54-Cap Henry[1] ; 3. 45-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 4. 80K-Mike Kertscher[5] ; 5. 56-Ryan Irwin[7] ; 6. 5H-Patrick Haynes[2] ; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[3] ; 8. 94-Brandon Thone[8] ; 9. 43-Jereme Schroeder[9] ; 10. 8-Rusty Egan[10]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature 1. 83-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 2. 59-Jac Haudenschild[4] ; 3. 45-Danny Holtgraver[1] ; 4. 40-Caleb Helms[6] ; 5. 2-Dale Blaney[5] ; 6. 1MM-Jim Moughan[3]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1] ; 2. 7-Scott Uttech[2] ; 3. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[5] ; 4. 22-Brett Triplett[8] ; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[9] ; 6. 80-Trey Gustin[4] ; 7. 23-Russ Borland[7] ; 8. 97-Todd King[17] ; 9. O1-Chris Dodd[10] ; 10. 38-Allen Hafford[18] ; 11. 7F-Lance Fassbender[11] ; 12. 94-Brandon Thone[12] ; 13. 12-Mike Decker[13] ; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder[15] ; 15. 71-Chad Tessman[20] ; 16. 10V-Matt Vandervere[3] ; 17. 5H-Patrick Haynes[6] ; 18. 8-Rusty Egan[19] ; 19. 3X-Scott Semmelman[14] ; 20. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[16]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps) 1. 2-Dale Blaney[5]; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[1]; 3. 45-Danny Holtgraver[3]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[10]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[11]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech[12]; 7. 19-Todd Daun[9]; 8. 83S-Tommy Sexton[18]; 9. 80K-Mike Kertscher[8]; 10. 53W-Bill Wirth[16]; 11. 1M-Phillip Mock[7]; 12. 22-Brett Triplett[23]; 13. 41-Dennis Spitz[20]; 14. 8A-Nick Aiden[13]; 15. 4K-Chris Spitz[19]; 16. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[14]; 17. 40-Caleb Helms[4]; 18. 54-Cap Henry[21]; 19. 2W-Scott Neitzel[25]; 20. 59-Jac Haudenschild[2]; 21. 68-Dave Utteh[22]; 22. 11K-Rick Kelsey[17]; 23. 56-Ryan Irwin[24]; 24. 79-Blake Nimee[15]; 25. 1MM-Jim Moughan[6] Hard Charger: 22-Brett Triplett[+11]

By Brian Liskai

FONDA, N.Y. (Thursday, July 18, 2013) – Sometimes last minute decisions pay off.

Such was the case Thursday for Aspers, Pennsylvania’s Danny Dietrich. After racing at Fulton Speedway in New York on Wednesday, Dietrich was heading back to the Keystone State to compete at Lincoln Speedway. But, about 20 minutes down the road the team decided to turn around and head to Fonda Speedway to run with the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of champions.

It was the right choice.

Dietrich took the lead when a multi-car crash occurred on lap four involving then leader Stewart Friesen. He then had to hold off three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart and Cap Henry on a late race restart to score his first career victory in the New York state. It was the second UNOH All Star win of the season for Dietrich who now has four career series wins.

“We were on our way home and we weren’t going to make it there (Lincoln Speedway) in time. We got some insight from a few people and we came back. I guess it was meant to be,” said Dietrich beside his Gary Kauffman Racing #48 with sponsorship help from Sandoe’s Fruit Market/Racers Used Parts Warehouse/Mark Bell Trucking/Drop of Ink Tattoo and Body Piercing/Moritz Machine Repairs/Hickory Run Orchards.

Stewart would rim-ride around Henry late in the race and closed on Dietrich as they drove into lapped traffic with five laps to go. But, Dietrich’s low line would be enough to score the win.

“We got going on the top finally, but I’m still not sure if it is seven or eight corners out there…however many it was we were making them,” said Stewart beside his Chevrolet/Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops backed #14. “It got really racy there. The lapped traffic kind of helped us get caught up to those two guys. I was just hoping they got stuck a little longer there. Danny does a great job in traffic.”

For Henry, the podium finish was a great birthday present as he celebrates his 23rd birthday Friday.

“I was committed to the bottom and when we got into traffic Danny and I got stuck and Tony just rolled around the top,” said Henry beside his K&N Filters/FK Rod Ends/Champion Oil/Kistler Engines/Outerwears/Keizer Wheels backed #54.

“We have a lot of momentum going into Thunder Through the Plains. A week ago we weren’t going to be able to afford to go, but we sold our truck and trailer this week and the new owners are letting us use it to go out west and now we have the finances to be able to do it. I’m excited to take our team out there,” added Henry.

Dietrich and Friesen would bring the field to the green for the 30-lap feature with Dietrich leading the first lap before Friesen powered to the front on lap two. However, Friesen, coming off a second place run the previous night at Fulton Speedway in his first 410 sprint car race, would get caught up in a multi-car wreck on lap four as he caught the back of the field. Mark Coldren would spin right in front of Friesen as Jessica Zemken, who was running third; Trey Gustin, Brad Howard and Scott Wilson were also involved. Zemken was able to return to action after a short pit stop, but her night would end on the restart when she and Coldren got together on the front stretch and came to stop locked together in turn one.

On the ensuing restart Dietrich was in command over Henry, Dale Blaney and Stewart. With 10 laps scored, Danny Holtgraver would spin, bringing out the caution with the running order Dietrich, Henry, Blaney, Stewart and Justin Barger.

When the green flew again, Dietrich pulled away slightly as Henry had his hands full with Blaney and Stewart. With 10 laps to go, Blaney’s challenge would end as he pulled into the infield with motor issues.

Now it was Stewart on the charge as he found the high side to his liking, quickly closing the gap on Henry. He made the pass for the runner-up spot in traffic with four laps remaining and moved in on Dietrich. However, Dietrich found a line through the back-markers to hold on for the win.

"We were tight all night and I couldn't pass very well at the end," Dietrich said. "Then I think I saw Tony there in turn four and figured I had to find a way past or I was going to lose the lead in the final laps."

Behind Dietrich, Stewart and Henry was Barger, Dave Blaney, Lance Dewease, Danny Smith, defending race winner Tim Shaffer, Caleb Helms and Steve Buckwalter.

With just two races remaining for the UNOH All Stars Eastern Region points, Dewease, the region’s 2011 champion, holds a 58 point lead over Dale Blaney and Shaffer who are tied for second with Dietrich and Henry rounding out the top five in points. As the UNOH All Stars head west for their annual Thunder Through the Plains, Blaney, a three time series champion, has a slim 23 point lead over four time and defending All Star champion Tim Shaffer in the national points with Holtgraver, Henry and Helms rounding out the top five.

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Fonda Speedway - 7/18/2013

UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (26 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 2-Dale Blaney, 17.424; 2. 1Z-Jessica Zemken, 17.462; 3. 33-Stewart Friesen, 17.569; 4. 54-Cap Henry, 17.671; 5. 14-Tony Stewart, 17.719; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich, 17.911; 7. 5-Justin Barger, 18.055; 8. 40-Caleb Helms, 18.089; 9. 10-Dave Blaney, 18.104; 10. 83-Tim Shaffer, 18.251; 11. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 18.331; 12. 27-Lance Dewease, 18.610; 13. 4-Danny Smith, 18.632; 14. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 18.651; 15. O7-Mark Coldren, 18.779; 16. 3P-Josh Pieniazek, 18.815; 17. O7P-Danny Varn, 18.897; 18. 49-Bob Howard, 18.952; 19. 27J-Jamie Russel, 19.107; 20. 29-Dick Spadaro, 19.170; 21. 80-Trey Gustin, 19.292; 22. 3A-Warren Alexson, 19.357; 23. O-Chris Myers, 19.529; 24. 49H-Brad Howard, 19.536; 25. 38-Scott Wilson, 19.848; 26. X2-Curt Bradshaw, 99.999

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 3P-Josh Pieniazek[1] ; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 3. 4-Danny Smith[2] ; 4. 54-Cap Henry[5] ; 5. 5-Justin Barger[4] ; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 7. 80-Trey Gustin[8] ; 8. 49H-Brad Howard[9] ; 9. X2-Curt Bradshaw[7]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[2] ; 2. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[6] ; 3. 14-Tony Stewart[5] ; 4. O7P-Danny Varn[1] ; 5. 40-Caleb Helms[4] ; 6. 45-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 7. 3A-Warren Alexson[8] ; 8. 27J-Jamie Russel[7] ; 9. 38-Scott Wilson[9]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 27-Lance Dewease[3] ; 2. 33-Stewart Friesen[6] ; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich[5] ; 4. 10-Dave Blaney[4] ; 5. O-Chris Myers[8] ; 6. 29-Dick Spadaro[7] ; 7. O7-Mark Coldren[2] ; 8. 49-Bob Howard[1]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 48-Danny Dietrich[1] ; 2. 33-Stewart Friesen[3] ; 3. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[2] ; 4. 54-Cap Henry[6] ; 5. 14-Tony Stewart[5] ; 6. 2-Dale Blaney[4]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)

1. 48-Danny Dietrich[1]; 2. 14-Tony Stewart[5]; 3. 54-Cap Henry[4]; 4. 5-Justin Barger[7]; 5. 10-Dave Blaney[9]; 6. 27-Lance Dewease[12]; 7. 4-Danny Smith[13]; 8. 83-Tim Shaffer[10]; 9. 40-Caleb Helms[8]; 10. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[14]; 11. 45-Danny Holtgraver[11]; 12. O7P-Danny Varn[17]; 13. O-Chris Myers[23]; 14. 27J-Jamie Russel[19]; 15. 49-Bob Howard[18]; 16. 2-Dale Blaney[6]; 17. 29-Dick Spadaro[20]; 18. O7-Mark Coldren[15]; 19. 33-Stewart Friesen[2]; 20. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[3]; 21. 3P-Josh Pieniazek[16]; 22. 3A-Warren Alexson[22]; 23. 38-Scott Wilson[25]; 24. 80-Trey Gustin[21]; 25. 49H-Brad Howard[24]

Hard Charger: O-Chris Myers[+10]

All Star Circuit of Champions (26 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 27-Lance Dewease[3] ; 2. 33-Stewart Friesen[6] ; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich[5] ; 4. 10-Dave Blaney[4] ; 5. O-Chris Myers[8] ; 6. 29-Dick Spadaro[7] ; 7. O7-Mark Coldren[2] ; 8. 49-Bob Howard[1]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 48-Danny Dietrich[1] ; 2. 33-Stewart Friesen[3] ; 3. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[2] ; 4. 54-Cap Henry[6] ; 5. 14-Tony Stewart[5] ; 6. 2-Dale Blaney[4]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)

Hard Charger: O-Chris Myers[+10]

By Brian Liskai

FULTON, N.Y. (Wednesday, July 17, 2013) – Lance Dewease dominated the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions event at Fulton Speedway, leading all 30 laps for his first series win since 2011.

The win, coupled with Dale Blaney’s fifth place finish, increases Dewease’s lead in the UNOH All Star’s Eastern Region standings with just three races left. Dewease, who claimed the $20,000 Eastern Region championship in 2011, now has 30 career UNOH All Star wins. The win was the second overall victory of 2013 for the Fayetteville, Pennsylvania resident to raise his career total to 295.

“We had some challenges there from Tim Shaffer…he was running a different line than everyone else. I changed lines and was able to keep him behind me,” said Dewease beside his Lelands.com/Pasquariello’s Auto Shop/Conduit Connections/Diversified Machine Inc./Penske Racing Shocks/Wings Unlimited/Brown and Miller Racings Solutions backed machine.

“Mike (Hefner, car owner) won the All Stars Eastern title last year with Daryn (Pittman), and I won it the year before that. I really want to give him another one. I have to thank my mechanic Matt Cramer. It’s just us two out here and he busts his butt for me. It’s really hard on everyone out here in this heat,” added Dewease.

While Dewease put on a dominating performance, it was young Canadian Stewart Friesen who was the story. Competing in his first ever 410 sprint car race, the modified driver stormed from his 10th place starting spot to finish second in Doug Emery’s #33. Friesen’s team borrowed a motor from the driver’s girlfriend Jessica Zemken.

“That was a lot of fun. To race with Tim Shaffer, Dale Blaney and those guys…wow,” said Friesen. “We ran 90 to 100 modified races the last couple of years and this year we’ve had a hand full of 360 sprint races and we got a win a couple of weeks ago at Brewerton. Doug and his wife Barb are great people to be around and they worked to get us some sponsorship to rent a motor from Jessica. I would certainly like to run more sprint car races. These things are a blast to drive. Doug knows what he is doing around a sprint car…he makes me feel very comfortable every time I hit the track.”

Four time UNOH All Star champion Tim Shaffer challenged for the win early and settled for a third place finish.

“I may have showed Lance something too early. When he moved up the track he was a lot better,” said Shaffer who has yet to record an All Star win in 2013 aboard the Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook owned #83.

“It’s getting very frustrating. We’re so close to getting wins. My guys…James, Cody and Jim…have been working their tails off. We won’t give up. We just need a break,” added Shaffer beside his Kistler Engines/J&J Auto Racing/VRP Shocks backed machine.

Dewease started outside of current UNOH All Star national points leader Dale Blaney and immediately jumped into the lead at the drop of the green. The caution would fly on lap five when NASCAR champion Tony Stewart spun in turn four. The running order was Dewease, Blaney, Danny Holtgraver and Tim Shaffer.

When the green flew again Dewease checked out while the action behind him was heating up between Blaney, Shaffer, Holtgraver and a charging Friesen. The rest of the field had one more shot at Dewease when Mark Coldren spun on lap 17. With 13 laps remaining the restart order was Dewease, Shaffer, Blaney, Friesen and Holtgraver.

With a clear track Dewease was able to pull away for the win. Friesen would get by both Blaney and Shaffer late to score his runner-up finish with Shaffer, Holtgraver and Dale Blaney rounding out the top five.

Fulton Speedway - 7/17/2013

UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (25 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 2-Dale Blaney, 14.632; 2. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 14.716; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich, 14.963; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer, 15.010; 5. 10-Dave Blaney, 15.286; 6. 27-Lance Dewease, 15.325; 7. 1Z-Jessica Zemken, 15.401; 8. 40-Caleb Helms, 15.414; 9. 54-Cap Henry, 15.468; 10. 33-Stewart Friesen, 15.624; 11. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 15.629; 12. 99L-Larry Wight, 15.653; 13. 5-Justin Barger, 15.771; 14. 1A-Jacob Allen, 15.797; 15. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 15.926; 16. 4-Danny Smith, 15.986; 17. 49-Bob Howard, 16.079; 18. 14-Tony Stewart, 16.103; 19. O7-Mark Coldren, 16.154; 20. 36-Mike Stelter, 16.284; 21. 80-Trey Gustin, 16.450; 22. 38-Scott Wilson, 16.750; 23. O-Chris Myers, 16.900; 24. 49H-Brad Howard, 17.295; 25. 29-Dick Spadaro , 99.999

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 33-Stewart Friesen[3] ; 2. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[4] ; 3. 5-Justin Barger[2] ; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[5] ; 5. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 6. 4-Danny Smith[1] ; 7. O7-Mark Coldren[7] ; 8. 38-Scott Wilson[8]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 40-Caleb Helms[4] ; 2. 45-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen[2] ; 4. 10-Dave Blaney[5] ; 5. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[3] ; 6. O-Chris Myers[8] ; 7. 49-Bob Howard[1] ; 8. 36-Mike Stelter[7]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 14-Tony Stewart[1] ; 2. 54-Cap Henry[4] ; 3. 27-Lance Dewease[5] ; 4. 99L-Larry Wight[3] ; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich[6] ; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2] ; 7. 80-Trey Gustin[7] ; 8. 49H-Brad Howard[8]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 2-Dale Blaney[1] ; 2. 27-Lance Dewease[2] ; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 4. 45-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich[5] ; 6. 10-Dave Blaney[6]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)

1. 27-Lance Dewease[2]; 2. 33-Stewart Friesen[10]; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[3]; 4. 45-Danny Holtgraver[4]; 5. 2-Dale Blaney[1]; 6. 10-Dave Blaney[6]; 7. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[7]; 8. 54-Cap Henry[9]; 9. 40-Caleb Helms[8]; 10. 99L-Larry Wight[12]; 11. 48-Danny Dietrich[5]; 12. 14-Tony Stewart[18]; 13. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[11]; 14. 4-Danny Smith[16]; 15. 5-Justin Barger[13]; 16. 1S-Logan Schuchart[15]; 17. 1A-Jacob Allen[14]; 18. O-Chris Myers[23]; 19. 36-Mike Stelter[20]; 20. 80-Trey Gustin[21]; 21. O7-Mark Coldren[19]; 22. 49-Bob Howard[17]; 23. 49H-Brad Howard[24]; 24. 38-Scott Wilson[22]

Hard Charger: 33-Stewart Friesen[+8]

By Brian Liskai

LIMA, Ohio – There’s just something about high banked race tracks with a cushion inches off the wall that brings out the best in Jac Haudenschild.

The Wooster, Ohio driver took over the lead on lap six after the previous two front runners – Shane Stewart and Jac’s son, Sheldon – crashed, and drove away the remaining 33 laps for his second win of the 31st Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek. For Jac, who won Saturday at Eldora Speedway which also featured a slick groove inches from the outside wall, it was his 25th career University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions victory. The win was Haudenschild’s second career All Star win at Limaland which has now hosted the series 28 times since 1983.

“The car felt good and the track was definitely the way I like it…slick and to the wall. My mechanic Bonsai had the car really good tonight. Tom Leidig…I just want to thank him for putting me in a car this year. It’s nice to have a good ride,” said Haudenschild beside his Auto Electric backed #59. “It really is nice to be in Ohio racing during speedweek. I love racing around here….it’s where I started. It’s great to win at Limaland.”

For Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Danny Holtgraver second place continues his hot streak during speedweek of top 10 runs and puts him in contention to claim the Ohio Speedweek championship. It all will come down to Saturday’s $10,000-to-win finale at Fremont as Holtgraver and Tim Shaffer are within a handful of points of one another.

“I had a little bit of trouble getting through traffic…I got caught up behind one. This place is like a mini-Eldora and Jac’s best at Eldora so why not be good here. It was a fun race. I just wish I could have gotten closer at the end. The car was awesome. I have to thank my guys, Brian, Chris, Rob, my dad, Rob Hunter and Bryan Grove…a lot of awesome people who have given me a great opportunity and I’m having a good time here,” said Holtgraver beside his Canton Erectors/Berlin Natural Bakery./DKW Transport/Classic Ink backed #45.

After having to change a tire and go to the tail just 7 laps into the race, four time UNOH All Star champion Tim Shaffer charged to a third place finish.

“I think the tire went flat right off the bat. It was laying on the right rear hard. I was telling Cody (Jacobs, crew chief) on that yellow ‘I think my tire is low.’ And then when that red came out I asked that guy and he said it was really low. I didn’t know what to do…either we try to stay out or go get it fixed. It worked out great. I’m really proud of my guys, the whole CH Motorsports team. We’re banging on the door and getting closer and closer to getting a win. We’ll keep working harder,” said Shaffer beside his Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook owned machine with sponsorship from J&J Auto Racing, Kistler Engines/VRP Shocks and Champion Oil.

“Tomorrow is another race and we have to do our homework tomorrow. Everything seems to change. It’s about getting the car really awesome. Fremont has been good to me and it’s always fun to race there so hopefully we can come out of there with our first All Star win this season,” added Shaffer who inches closer to Dale Blaney for the UNOH All Star national and Ohio region point lead.

Sheldon Haudenschild and Shane Stewart would bring the field to the green for the 40-lap feature with Stewart bolting into the lead with Sheldon Haudenschild, Jac Haudenschild, Holtgraver, Danny Smith, Dale Blaney and Randy Hannagan in tow. Just three laps into the race Stewart would jump the cushion in turn one and flip, handing the lead to Sheldon.

Sheldon would lead on the restart over Jac, as Holtgraver and Blaney battled hard for third with Hannagan, Byron Reed, Smith and Cole Duncan staying close. As they came out of turn four on lap five, Sheldon would jump the cushion, flipping his mount. That handed the lead to Jac with Holtgraver, Blaney, Hannagan, Reed and Duncan in tow. On the restart, D.J. Foos would crash in turn. A lap later a multi-car pile-up involving Greg Wilson, Caleb Helms, Bryan Sebetto and Dallas Hewitt would necessitate a fuel stop during which time Shaffer went pit side to change the flat right rear tire.

The restart order was Jac Haudenschild, Holtgraver, Blaney, Hannagan, Reed, Smith, Duncan, Dean Jacobs, Brandon Martin and Cap Henry. With a clear track on the restart, Haudenschild rocketed away while Holtgraver battled with Blaney for second and behind them Hannagan and Reed were locked in a tremendous duel for fourth.

The race would go non-stop the remaining distance.

Haudenschild would move into lapped traffic on lap 15 and began picking them off one at a time as Holtgraver got a little hung up and couldn’t gain ground. At the half-way point, Haudenschild encountered heavy lapped traffic that was racing side by side in front of him. Holtgraver closed quickly with Blaney, Reed and Hannagan also making up ground. Once clear of the traffic with 15 laps remaining, Haudenschild pulled away.

Meanwhile Shaffer, who had restarted on lap 7 in the 17th position, had worked his way up to fifth by lap 30. With five to go Haudenschild had a comfortable lead over Holtgraver with Blaney, Hannagan and Shaffer giving chase. Shaffer would move into fourth with just three laps remaining and took third as they raced to the white flag.

Haudenschild would rim-ride to the checkered over Holtgraver, Shaffer, Blaney and Hannagan.

Limaland Motorsports Park - 6/28/2013

UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (34 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 97-Dean Jacobs, 10.752; 2. W20-Greg Wilson, 10.790; 3. 54-Cap Henry, 10.829; 4. 40-Caleb Helms, 10.851; 5. 3G-Shane Stewart, 10.852; 6. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild, 10.869; 7. 2-Dale Blaney, 10.901; 8. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 10.902; 9. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 10.926; 10. 4-Danny Smith, 10.988; 11. 7K-Cole Duncan, 10.993; 12. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 10.993; 13. 83-Tim Shaffer, 11.023; 14. 5R-Byron Reed, 11.064; 15. 11X-Brandon Martin, 11.074; 16. 53-DJ Foos, 11.099; 17. 24H-Bryan Sebetto, 11.118; 18. 35R-Ronnie Blair, 11.174; 19. 99-Brady Bacon, 11.193; 20. 9W-Brandon Wimmer, 11.214; 21. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 11.221; 22. 55-Brad Bowman, 11.236; 23. 80-Trey Gustin, 11.253; 24. 2M-Dallas Hewitt, 11.280; 25. 5T-Travis Philo, 11.363; 26. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 11.371; 27. O-Justin Henderson, 11.416; 28. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr., 11.493; 29. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 11.518; 30. 69-Scott Curren, 11.621; 31. 29T-Robin Dawkins, 11.940; 32. 27-Brad Lamerson, 11.969; 33. 92-Sam Ashworth, 12.080; 34. 96AU-Bruce White, 12.104

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1] ; 2. 59-Jac Haudenschild[4] ; 3. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[2] ; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 5. 3G-Shane Stewart[5] ; 6. 97-Dean Jacobs[6] ; 7. 5T-Travis Philo[7] ; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[8] ; 9. 92-Sam Ashworth[9]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 55-Brad Bowman[1] ; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[3] ; 3. 4-Danny Smith[4] ; 4. 35R-Ronnie Blair[2] ; 5. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild[5] ; 6. W20-Greg Wilson[6] ; 7. 46AU-Stuart Williams[7] ; 8. 96AU-Bruce White[9] ; 9. 69-Scott Curren[8]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 99-Brady Bacon[2] ; 2. 11X-Brandon Martin[3] ; 3. 7K-Cole Duncan[4] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[5] ; 5. 80-Trey Gustin[1] ; 6. O-Justin Henderson[7] ; 7. 54-Cap Henry[6] ; 8. 29T-Robin Dawkins[8]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[1] ; 2. 11N-Randy Hannagan[4] ; 3. 9W-Brandon Wimmer[2] ; 4. 53-DJ Foos[3] ; 5. 45-Danny Holtgraver[5] ; 6. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[7] ; 7. 27-Brad Lamerson[8] ; 8. 40-Caleb Helms[6]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild[1] ; 2. 3G-Shane Stewart[3] ; 3. 45-Danny Holtgraver[5] ; 4. 59-Jac Haudenschild[7] ; 5. 4-Danny Smith[9] ; 6. 2-Dale Blaney[11]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 97-Dean Jacobs[1] ; 2. 40-Caleb Helms[4] ; 3. 54-Cap Henry[3] ; 4. W20-Greg Wilson[2] ; 5. 5T-Travis Philo[5] ; 6. O-Justin Henderson[7] ; 7. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[8] ; 8. 29T-Robin Dawkins[11] ; 9. 96AU-Bruce White[14] ; 10. 46AU-Stuart Williams[6] ; 11. 27-Brad Lamerson[12] ; 12. 92-Sam Ashworth[13] ; 13. 69-Scott Curren[10] ; 14. 35-Stuart Brubaker[9]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (40 Laps)

1. 59-Jac Haudenschild[4]; 2. 45-Danny Holtgraver[3]; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[9]; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[6]; 5. 11N-Randy Hannagan[8]; 6. 5R-Byron Reed[10]; 7. 97-Dean Jacobs[11]; 8. 7K-Cole Duncan[7]; 9. 55-Brad Bowman[22]; 10. 54-Cap Henry[13]; 11. 99-Brady Bacon[19]; 12. 11X-Brandon Martin[15]; 13. 9W-Brandon Wimmer[20]; 14. 4-Danny Smith[5]; 15. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[21]; 16. 35R-Ronnie Blair[18]; 17. 80-Trey Gustin[23]; 18. W20-Greg Wilson[12]; 19. 40-Caleb Helms[14]; 20. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[17]; 21. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[24]; 22. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 23. 53-DJ Foos[16]; 24. 3G-Shane Stewart[2]

Hard Charger: 55-Brad Bowman[+13]

By Brian Liskai

WAYNESFIELD, Ohio – Brad Sweet isn’t a big guy. But, he has a big racing heart and a strong desire to win and that propelled him to victory Sunday night at Waynesfield Raceway Park for night #3 of the 31st Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Ohio Logistics.

On a physically demanding, lightening fast, high banked one-third mile track, Sweet was faced with constant traffic while having to hold off a charging Kyle Larson. A brief rain shower right before the final heat race was completed left a very fast track. When the checkered flew for the 40-lap feature, Sweet had lapped up to the sixth place car!

It marked the third career University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions victory for the Grass Valley, California native. He is also two for two at Waynesfield, having won in 2009 during the Ohio Speedweek event at “The Field.”

“Those cautions came at good times…I needed a breather there. I work out and I’m in pretty good shape but this place is grueling and with guys like Kyle Larson and Shane Stewart chasing you you know have to be on the wheel every lap,” said Sweet beside his Kasey Kahne Racing/Ollie’s Bargain Outlet/ASE/Great Clips/Sage Fruit backed #49.

“My guys gave me a great car. We were able to get out front and get through lapped traffic pretty good. I knew I was setting a pretty good pace but like I said with Kyle and Shane you just never know so I drove every lap like it was a qualifying lap. It worked out for us. It’s pretty cool to come back here and defend our win here last time….I’m really starting to like this place,” added Sweet, also thanking Factory Kahne Shocks and Speedway Engines. “It’s our last race for the week so it’s great to end it with a win.”

For Larson, he too felt the affects of the race’s quick pace. The Elk Grove, California resident had to not only battle lapped traffic but a broken race car as he tried to hunt Sweet down. Larson, who made his first appearance of Ohio Speedweek to much success last year – winning the first two races he entered – caught Sweet several times in traffic but could not execute the pass.

“We were really good. I thought we had a better car than Brad. He got through traffic good and I was chasing in there and we were getting through it just about as good as each other and then Sheldon (Haudenschild) fell off the backstretch there and came back on and I thought he was going to run the top so I ran down in the bottom and ran right into the side of him and bent our wheel and knocked the jacobs-ladder off. It was a hand full after that. I was bouncing around a lot and just tough to drive. But we still finished second,” said Larson beside his Abreu Vineyards/Stadelhoffer Construction/Butlerbuilt Seats backed #1k. “I have to thank Steve Suchey and all the guys on the car…Dave Abreu and all the sponsors. I want to thank the fans for sticking around all day…this is pretty cool.”

Bixby, Oklahoma’s Shane Stewart had competed in a sprint car race in the Northwest and had to catch a flight to Ohio to compete Sunday. Even with a little jet lag, Stewart battled with Danny Holtgraver throughout the feature before coming home third.

“It’s a busy race track. It’s fast and it feels fast. I told the guys after the dash you kind of just lean your head against the head rest and gas it. This was just driver error on my part. When we got to traffic I felt like I had a decent enough car to stay with Brad and I left off a little bit and it got on the right front and drove me straight off the track. I wasn’t ready for it. We were lucky to come back and salvage a podium finish,” said Stewart beside his Gaerte Engines/XYZ Machining /Red Line Oil/All Star Performance backed #3g.

“I flew in from Seattle today to be here and I’m pretty spun out. I don’t know what time zone I’m on or where I’m at,” joked Stewart. “I have to thank Gaerte Engines and Tim and Cindy and Joe and all the guys that help us on this car and the Cool Chassis. It’s just one of those tracks where once we got going it was momentum, momentum…that was the key. Hopefully we can pick up some wins this week.”

Sweet and Stewart would bring the field to the green for the 40-lap feature, but before they could get a lap in, fourth starter Dale Blaney, who came into the event leading the UNOH All Stars’ national and Ohio region points along with the Ohio Speedweek points, took a hard tumble in turn four. Blaney was unhurt.

When the green came out for the second time, Sweet bolted into the lead over Stewart, Holtgraver, Larson, Tim Shaffer and Cap Henry. Sweet set a blistering pace, catching the rear of the field by lap five as Larson moved into third and took second on lap seven. The caution flew on lap 10 when Cap Henry spun. On the restart Sweet had a lapped car separating him from Larson with a couple more lapped cars till third place running Holtgraver.

On the restart Sweet rocketed away with Larson trying to keep pace while Holtgraver and Stewart continued their battle for third with Shaffer right on their rear bumper. Again it only took a handful of laps before the leaders were in lapped traffic and Larson quickly closed on Sweet. The pair battled hard, dicing through lapped cars until the 26th circuit when Larson made contact with Haudenschild, allowing Sweet to pull away.

However, the caution would fly on lap 28 when Justin Henderson coasted to a stop. Again on the restart Sweet would have a lapped car between himself and Larson with another lapped machine separating Larson from Holtgraver and Stewart. With 12 laps to go there were only eight cars left on the lead lap!

When the green flew once again, Sweet used the clear track to pull away as Larson was battling a beat up race car. Meanwhile Holtgraver and Stewart continued their fantastic battle for third while Shaffer was locked in a tussle with 12th starter Byron Reed for fifth. The final caution would fly with just three laps remaining for debris. This time Sweet had a pair of lapped cars separating him and Larson.

On the restart Sweet pulled away from Larson as Stewart got round Holtgraver for third. That is how they finished with Holtgraver and Reed rounding out the top five.

Waynesfield Raceway Park - 6/23/2013

UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (45 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 49-Brad Sweet, 10.363; 2. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 10.366; 3. 1K-Kyle Larson, 10.423; 4. 2-Dale Blaney, 10.510; 5. 5T-Travis Philo, 10.514; 6. 3S-Shane Stewart, 10.531; 7. 83-Tim Shaffer, 10.580; 8. 40DD-Caleb Griffith, 10.584; 9. 54-Cap Henry, 10.584; 10. 5-Byron Reed, 10.602; 11. 53-DJ Foos, 10.605; 12. 24H-Bryan Sebetto, 10.608; 13. 97-Dean Jacobs, 10.610; 14. 9W-Brandon Wimmer, 10.622; 15. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 10.678; 16. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild, 10.687; 17. 40-Caleb Helms, 10.692; 18. W20-Greg Wilson, 10.708; 19. 7K-Cole Duncan, 10.728; 20. 2M-Dallas Hewitt, 10.728; 21. 6-Jac Haudenschild, 10.753; 22. 1A-Jacob Allen, 10.766; 23. 80-Trey Gustin, 10.767; 24. 22B-Ryan Broughton, 10.813; 25. 4M-Kody Kinser, 10.836; 26. 4-Danny Smith, 10.860; 27. O-Justin Henderson, 10.864; 28. 10-Dave Blaney, 10.870; 29. 40T-Gary Taylor, 10.877; 30. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 10.882; 31. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 10.915; 32. 15-Adam Wilt, 10.929; 33. 60C-Kory Crabtree, 10.947; 34. 29T-Robin Dawkins, 11.001; 35. 9X-Rob Chaney, 11.016; 36. 15H-Mitch Harble, 11.090; 37. 55-Brad Bowman, 11.099; 38. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 11.202; 39. 1s-Logan Schuchart, 11.206; 40. 787-Jimmy Pooler, 11.252; 41. 99-Brady Bacon, 11.347; 42. 69-Scott Curren, 11.427; 43. 96AU-Bruce White, 11.626; 44. 97X-Rodney Hurst, 11.669; 45. 5H-Jordon Harble, 12.225

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 54-Cap Henry[4] ; 2. 6-Jac Haudenschild[1] ; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs[3] ; 4. 40-Caleb Helms[2] ; 5. 49-Brad Sweet[6] ; 6. 40T-Gary Taylor[8] ; 7. 55-Brad Bowman[10] ; 8. 5T-Travis Philo[5] ; 9. 99-Brady Bacon[11] ; 10. 4M-Kody Kinser[7] ; 11. 5H-Jordon Harble[12] ; 12. 60C-Kory Crabtree[9]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. W20-Greg Wilson[2] ; 2. 45-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 3. 9W-Brandon Wimmer[3] ; 4. 3S-Shane Stewart[5] ; 5. 4-Danny Smith[7] ; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen[1] ; 7. 29T-Robin Dawkins[9] ; 8. 69-Scott Curren[11] ; 9. 5-Byron Reed[4] ; 10. 9z-Duane Zablocki[8] ; 11. 22-Brandon Spithaler[10]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 1K-Kyle Larson[6] ; 2. 7K-Cole Duncan[2] ; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[5] ; 4. 53-DJ Foos[4] ; 5. O-Justin Henderson[7] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[8] ; 7. 80-Trey Gustin[1] ; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart[10]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 22B-Ryan Broughton[1] ; 2. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[2] ; 3. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild[3] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 5. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[5] ; 6. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[4] ; 7. 15-Adam Wilt[8] ; 8. 10-Dave Blaney[7] ; 9. 15H-Mitch Harble[9] ; 10. 97X-Rodney Hurst[11] ; 11. 787-Jimmy Pooler[10]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 49-Brad Sweet[1] ; 2. 3S-Shane Stewart[4] ; 3. 45-Danny Holtgraver[2] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[3] ; 5. 1K-Kyle Larson[5] ; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer[6]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[2] ; 3. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[3] ; 4. 10-Dave Blaney[8] ; 5. 80-Trey Gustin[6] ; 6. 4M-Kody Kinser[7] ; 7. 99-Brady Bacon[21] ; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[10] ; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen[5] ; 10. 22-Brandon Spithaler[18] ; 11. 15-Adam Wilt[12] ; 12. 46AU-Stuart Williams[11] ; 13. 55-Brad Bowman[17] ; 14. 97X-Rodney Hurst[24] ; 15. 15H-Mitch Harble[16] ; 16. 40T-Gary Taylor[9]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (40 Laps)

1. 49-Brad Sweet[1]; 2. 1K-Kyle Larson[5]; 3. 3S-Shane Stewart[2]; 4. 45-Danny Holtgraver[3]; 5. 5-Byron Reed[12]; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer[6]; 7. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[7]; 8. 9W-Brandon Wimmer[14]; 9. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild[15]; 10. 54-Cap Henry[8]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson[17]; 12. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[19]; 13. 97-Dean Jacobs[10]; 14. 53-DJ Foos[9]; 15. 40-Caleb Helms[16]; 16. 22B-Ryan Broughton[21]; 17. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[13]; 18. O-Justin Henderson[23]; 19. 10-Dave Blaney[24]; 20. 4-Danny Smith[22]; 21. 7K-Cole Duncan[18]; 22. 6-Jac Haudenschild[20]; 23. 2-Dale Blaney[4]; 24. 5T-Travis Philo[11]

Hard Charger: 5-Byron Reed[+7]

Jac Haudenschild's knowledge of Eldora takes him to Ohio Speedweek victory

ELDORA 2013 SPEEDWEEKROSSBURG, Ohio (6-22-13) By Brian Liskai - A well-known sprint car driver once said he learned more about how to drive Eldora Speedway from following Jac Haudenschild for 10 laps then he had learned in all his races at the track combined. When Eldora is slick and the racing groove is inches off the wall...no one can drive the famous oval better than "The Wild Child."

He proved it Saturday for Night #2 of the 31st Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek. The Wooster, Ohio driver blasted around Tim Shaffer on lap seven and made daring moves in lapped traffic late in the race to score his 24th career University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions victory. It was the eighth series win of Haudenschild's career at the half-mile track.

"We have had an up and down year. Last night we had some motor issues. But I knew when the track got slick like this I'd be okay. My crew chief Bonzai and I have been together off and on for a lot of years and he knows what I like here. I have to thank my owner Tom Leidig is from Florida and he has given us a great opportunity to race...I can't thank him enough," said Haudenschild beside his Rick's Auto Body/Southern Pacific Farms/Auto Electric backed #59. "I knew Shaffer (Tim) was back there on those restarts and I couldn't give him an inch."

Four time All Star Champion Tim Shaffer would begin to reel in Haudenschild as they approached lapped traffic, but a caution would seem to always fly.

"I had the best seat in the house to watch Jac Haudenschild run around the wall at Eldora....he is awesome here. It was old school here tonight to run that hard against the wall. My guys are working hard and we are getting better and better every night out. One of these days I'm going to win an All Star race here," said Shaffer beside his Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook owned, Kistler Engines, J&J Auto Racing, VRP Shocks, Champion Oil backed #83.

It had been five years since the UNOH All Stars visited Eldora for Ohio Sprint Speedweek. A big crowed and 35 sprint cars came to the historic speedway Saturday for the 132nd appearance of the UNOH All Stars at Eldora - which has hosted the series more than any other track. There have been 41 different winners in UNOH All Star competition at Eldora, and Haudenschild's eight series wins now has him third on the track's all-time win list for the series. It was Haudenschild's first UNOH All Star win at Eldora since 2006.

Shaffer and Brad Sweet would bring the field to the green with Shaffer gaining the advantage as fourth starting Haudenschild shot into second with Sweet third followed by Dave Blaney, Danny Holtgraver and Cap Henry. Blaney would take third the second circuit. With six laps in, Shaffer had already caught the back of the pack and Haudenschild closed quickly. On lap seven Haudenschild executed the patented "Eldora Slider" in turns three and four to take the lead.

Sweet and Blaney would battled hard for third as Haudenschild and Shaffer pulled away. Behind the top four there was a great battle among Holtgraver, Randy Hannagan (in the Ed Neumiester #11n), Brandon Wimmer and Dale Blaney, who lost a tire in his heat and had to transfer through the B-main. Sheldon Haudenschild would coast to a stop on lap 11 for the first caution with the running order Jac Haudenschild, Shaffer, Sweet, Dave Blaney, Hannagan, Wimmer, Holtgraver and Dale Blaney. When the green flew, Haudenschild pulled away from Shaffer as Sweet and Dave Blaney battled for third. At the half-way point, Haudenschild held a 7 car length advantage over Shaffer as Sweet ran comfortably in third with Hannagan, Wimmer and Dale Blaney in pursuit.

Wimmer's run would end with a flat tire on lap 17. On the restart Dale Blaney dove low and advanced to fourth and would grab third a lap later. Haudenschild and Shaffer had pulled away and with five laps to go Shaffer was closing as they prepared to enter lapped traffic. Shaffer was closing rapidly and was about ready to pounce with three laps to go when Haudenschild showed why they call him "The Wild Child." Haudenschild blasted into turn three and split two lapped cars at full speed and slid up to the wall and pulled away for the win.

Shaffer, Sweet, Dale Blaney and Hannagan would round out the top five.

Event: OHIO SPRINT SPEEDWEEK Date: June 22, 2013 Starting position in [] All Star Sprint

Kistler Engines TIME TRIALS - 1. 9X-Rob Chaney [13.727]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [13.234]; 3. 59-Jac Haudenschild [13.342]; 4. 2-Dale Blaney [13.401]; 5. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [13.403]; 6. 54-Cap Henry [13.421]; 7. 83-Tim Shaffer [13.488]; 8. 10-Dave Blaney [13.638]; 9. 00-Jim Nier [13.645]; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart [13.661]; 11. 11N-Randy Hannagan [13.669]; 12. 9W-Brandon Wimmer [13.674]; 13. 24H-Bryan Sebetto [13.678]; 14. 40T-Gary Taylor [13.682]; 15. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild [13.735]; 16. 97-Dean Jacobs [13.783]; 17. 27-Paige Polyak [13.793]; 18. 7K-Cole Duncan [13.808]; 19. 40-Caleb Helms [13.818]; 20. W20-Greg Wilson [13.833]; 21. 4-Danny Smith [13.846]; 22. 5T-Travis Philo [13.848]; 23. 53-D.j. Foos [13.880]; 24. 0-Justin Henderson [13.896]; 25. 9Z-Duane Zablocki [13.942]; 26. 46AU-Stuart Williams [13.954]; 27. 80-Trey Gustin [14.019]; 28. 15H-Mitch Harble [14.033]; 29. 15W-Adam Wilt [14.035]; 30. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [14.051]; 31. 35B-Stuart Brubaker [14.213]; 32. 1A-Jacob Allen [14.361]; 33. 5-Jordon Harble [15.006]; 34. 96AU-Bruce White [15.349]; 35. T29-Robin Dawkins [15.398]; Kear's Speed Shop HEAT 1 (8 laps, top 5 to A) - 1. 4-Danny Smith [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 3. 54-Cap Henry [5]; 4. 27-Paige Polyak [2]; 5. 40T-Gary Taylor [3]; 6. 15W-Adam Wilt [8]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki [7]; 9. 5-Jordon Harble [9];

Al Pro Cylinder Heads HEAT 2 (8 laps, top 5 to A)- 1. 5T-Travis Philo [1]; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer [5]; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan [4]; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney [3]; 5. 59-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 6. 7K-Cole Duncan [2]; 7. 46AU-Stuart Williams [7]; 8. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [8]; 9. 96AU-Bruce White [9];

Dragon Race Fuel HEAT 3 (8 laps, top 5 to A) - 1. 40-Caleb Helms [2]; 2. 9W-Brandon Wimmer [4]; 3. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 4. 10-Dave Blaney [5]; 5. 53-D.j. Foos [1]; 6. 2-Dale Blaney [6]; 7. 35B-Stuart Brubaker [8]; 8. 80-Trey Gustin [7]; 9. T29-Robin Dawkins [DNF]; Kinsler Fuel Injection HEAT 4 (8 laps, top 5 to A) - 1. W20-Greg Wilson [2]; 2. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [6]; 3. 24H-Bryan Sebetto [4]; 4. 97-Dean Jacobs [3]; 5. 0-Justin Henderson [1]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [8]; 7. 15H-Mitch Harble [7]; 8. 00-Jim Nier [DNF];

Howard Johnson's of Lima DASH (finish determines starting positions in A) - 1. 83-Tim Shaffer [3]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 3. 10-Dave Blaney [5]; 4. 59-Jac Haudenschild [4]; 5. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [1]; 6. 54-Cap Henry [2];

MSD Ignitions B-FEATURE j(12 laps, top 4 to A) - 1. 2-Dale Blaney [3]; 2. 00-Jim Nier [12]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 4. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [10]; 5. 7K-Cole Duncan [2]; 6. 15W-Adam Wilt [1]; 7. 15H-Mitch Harble [8]; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki [9]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 10. 80-Trey Gustin [11]; 11. 46AU-Stuart Williams [6]; 12. 5-Jordon Harble [13]; 13. 96AU-Bruce White [14]; 14. 35B-Stuart Brubaker [DNF]; 15. T29-Robin Dawkins [DNS];

UNOH A FEATURE (30 laps)- 1. 59-Jac Haudenschild [4]; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer [1]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 4. 2-Dale Blaney [11]; 5. 11N-Randy Hannagan [7]; 6. 10-Dave Blaney [3]; 7. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [5]; 8. 9X-Rob Chaney [14]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [19]; 10. 40T-Gary Taylor [10]; 11. 40-Caleb Helms [18]; 12. 27-Paige Polyak [17]; 13. 97-Dean Jacobs [16]; 14. 9W-Brandon Wimmer [8]; 15. 53-D.j. Foos [22]; 16. 5T-Travis Philo [21]; 17. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [24]; 18. 4-Danny Smith [20]; 19. 24H-Bryan Sebetto [DNF]; 20. 54-Cap Henry [DNF]; 21. 0-Justin Henderson [DNF]; 22. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild [DNF]; 23. 1S-Logan Schuchart [DNF]; 24. 00-Jim Nier [DNF]

Jac Haudenschild's knowledge of Eldora takes him to Ohio Speedweek victory

Four time All Star Champion Tim Shaffer would begin to reel in Haudenschild as they approached lapped traffic, but a caution would seem to always fly.

Shaffer, Sweet, Dale Blaney and Hannagan would round out the top five.

Event: OHIO SPRINT SPEEDWEEK Date: June 22, 2013 Starting position in [] All Star Sprint

Chris Andrews opens Ohio Speedweek with first career UNOH All Star Win

ATTICA, Ohio – There’s just something about Attica Raceway Park and Ohio Sprint Speedweek that brings out the best in racers.

Last year it was Danny Holtgraver who scored his first career University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions win at Attica to open speedweek. This year, Sandusky, Ohio’s Chris Andrews earned the biggest win of his career, holding off three time UNOH All Star champion Dale Blaney to score his first ever series win to begin the 31st Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek.

Andrews, the 2009 Attica champion, has struggled somewhat this year, but with four laps to go, he kept his composure on a restart and went on to score his four career win at Attica.

“It felt like I drove to California and back that’s how long that race felt like. Especially that last lap…I just wanted to get that over with,” said Andrews beside his Burmeister Racing/K&N Filters/Lucas Oil/Schiets Motorsports/Kistler Racing Products/Adkins Sanitation backed machine.

“The car was good and the track wasn’t looking too good earlier today but they really did a good job smoothing it out and making it racy. Hats off to my guys…we haven’t been running too well this season. Paul Kistler has given us awesome motors and Mikey (Sommers) spinning the wrenches and Sonny and Sharon Burmeister…I can’t thank them enough for the ride,” added Andrews.

“I knew I was in his (Blaney’s) territory and as long as I stayed there I knew I minimized my chances of him passing me. Dale’s the best on the bottom and I was just trying to hit my marks,” concluded Andrews in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.

For Blaney, he was catching Andrews in the middle of the race, but just couldn’t get there as cautions interrupted his momentum. Then he was locked in a great battle with Tim Shaffer at the end of the race for second.

“In open traffic he (Andrews) was a little better than we were. I felt I was as good and getting better there in the middle of the race. I felt like I was maybe gaining a little bit on him. But, he ran a good race and never made a mistake. I was hoping to get to traffic and never did. It was all I could do to hang on to second. I know Shaffer was there and it was a good race,” said Blaney beside his Ti22 Performance/GF1 Chassis #2.

Caleb Griffith would come on strong at the end of the race to score a third place finish.

“I really have to give it to my crew. We timed in sixth which is really good for us and then the driver went out and laid an egg in the heat race so we had to come back from adversity all night. Had to come out of the B and blew a brake line in the B…it was just a thrash. To come from where we were to run third is a great night for us,” said Griffith beside his Al Davis Carpet/McDonald’s Restaurant/Young’s Batter Mix/Crown Battery #40DD.

D.J. Foos and Andrews would bring the field to the green for the 40 lap feature, but it was defending track champion Craig Mintz who shot into the lead from his fourth starting spot. Mintz began to pull away slightly as Andrews, Foos, Blaney, Shaffer and Stuart Williams gave chase.

Brad Sweet would coast to a stop on lap four to bring out the yellow flag and when the green flew again Blaney snuck under Foos for third. Foos would spin in turn four on lap six and on the ensuing restart, Andrews drove to Mintz’ outside to challenge with Blaney, Shaffer, Williams and Rob Chaney in tow.

Just as Mintz was set to hit heavy lapped traffic on lap 13, something broke in the front of his car and he stopped exiting turn four, handing the lead to Andrews. A lap and a caution for Brad Bowman who suffered a flat tire. The restart running order was Andrews, Blaney, Shaffer, Brand Martin (up from 15th), Chaney, Greg Wilson, Williams and Griffith.

Cap Henry would spin on lap 17 with the running order Andrews, Blaney, Shaffer, Martin, Chaney and Wilson. The running order stayed that way until Caleb Helms spun on lap 24. On the ensuing restart Bryan Sebetto smacked the fourth turn fence, bringing out another caution which led to a red flag fuel stop. The restart running order was Andrews, Blaney, Shaffer, Martin, Wilson and Griffith. Wilson and Griffith would get around Martin on lap 28.

Sheldon Haudenschild would spin on lap 29 just as Blaney and Shaffer were inching closer to Andrews. On the restart Andrews would pull away slightly while Blaney and Shaffer battled hard for second while Griffith moved into fourth as Martin drove back by Wilson for fifth. Someone clipped one of the infield tires on lap 36, necessitating another caution.

That gave Blaney and Shaffer one last shot at Andrews. On the restart Andrews stuck to his bottom grove as Brandon Martin executed a bonsai move and nearly took out Shaffer and Griffith. Griffith moved into third with Martin, Dean Jacobs and Shaffer regrouping.

Andrews would hit his marks perfectly the last four laps to take the win. Blaney, Griffith, Martin and Jacobs would round out the top five.

Attica Raceway Park - 6/21/2013

Ohio Caterpillar Night

O'Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints (41 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 54-Cap Henry, 12.272; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer, 12.297; 3. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.306; 4. 16-Chris Andrews, 12.331; 5. 53-DJ Foos, 12.387; 6. 40DD-Caleb Griffith, 12.409; 7. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.410; 8. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 12.423; 9. 9W-Brandon Wimmer, 12.428; 10. 9x-Rob Chaney, 12.443; 11. 97-Dean Jacobs, 12.502; 12. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.503; 13. w20-Greg Wilson, 12.518; 14. 24H-Bryan Sebetto, 12.531; 15. 11X-Brandon Martin, 12.539; 16. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 12.540; 17. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 12.624; 18. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.629; 19. 7K-Cole Duncan, 12.632; 20. 15H-Mitch Harble, 12.643; 21. 45L-Brian Lay, 12.648; 22. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.657; 23. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.703; 24. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.716; 25. 2m-Dallas Hewitt, 12.717; 26. 15-Adam Wilt, 12.717; 27. 5t-Travis Philo, 12.726; 28. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.737; 29. 10-Dave Blaney, 12.743; 30. 4-Danny Smith, 12.749; 31. 55-Brad Bowman, 12.758; 32. 40T-Gary Taylor, 12.759; 33. 5-Byron Reed, 12.829; 34. O-Justin Henderson, 12.841; 35. 27P-Paige Polyak, 12.989; 36. 1a-Jacob Allan, 13.213; 37. 5H-Jordon Harble, 13.219; 38. 97x-Rodney Hurst, 13.448; 39. 80-Trey Gustin, 13.468; 40. 787-Jimmy Pooler, 13.673; 41. 96AU-Bruce White, 13.685

Heat 1 – Kear’s Speed Shop (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 45L-Brian Lay[1] ; 2. w20-Greg Wilson[3] ; 3. 9W-Brandon Wimmer[4] ; 4. 53-DJ Foos[5] ; 5. 5-Byron Reed[9] ; 6. 2m-Dallas Hewitt[7] ; 7. 5H-Jordon Harble[10] ; 8. 54-Cap Henry[6] ; 9. 10-Dave Blaney[8]

Heat 2 – All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1] ; 2. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[3] ; 3. 9x-Rob Chaney[4] ; 4. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild[2] ; 5. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 6. O-Justin Henderson[9] ; 7. 4-Danny Smith[8] ; 8. 15-Adam Wilt[7] ; 9. 97x-Rodney Hurst[10] ; 10. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[5]

Heat 3 – Dragon Race Fuel (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 7K-Cole Duncan[2] ; 2. 11X-Brandon Martin[3] ; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[5] ; 5. 97-Dean Jacobs[4] ; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1] ; 7. 5t-Travis Philo[7] ; 8. 55-Brad Bowman[8] ; 9. 27P-Paige Polyak[9] ; 10. 80-Trey Gustin[10]

Heat 4 – Kinsler Fuel Injection (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 40-Caleb Helms[1] ; 2. 45-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 3. 16-Chris Andrews[6] ; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[4] ; 5. 46AU-Stuart Williams[5] ; 6. 40T-Gary Taylor[8] ; 7. 1a-Jacob Allan[9] ; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[7] ; 9. 787-Jimmy Pooler[10] ; 10. 15H-Mitch Harble[2]

Dash – Outerwear’s Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 53-DJ Foos[2] ; 2. 16-Chris Andrews[4] ; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[1] ; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[3] ; 5. 46AU-Stuart Williams[6] ; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer[5]

B-Main – MSD Ignitions (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 54-Cap Henry[1] ; 2. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[2] ; 3. 5t-Travis Philo[8] ; 4. 55-Brad Bowman[12] ; 5. 15-Adam Wilt[7] ; 6. 2m-Dallas Hewitt[6] ; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[9] ; 8. 4-Danny Smith[11] ; 9. 40T-Gary Taylor[13] ; 10. 27P-Paige Polyak[15] ; 11. 80-Trey Gustin[19] ; 12. 1a-Jacob Allan[16] ; 13. 97x-Rodney Hurst[18] ; 14. 787-Jimmy Pooler[20] ; 15. 96AU-Bruce White[21] ; 16. 5H-Jordon Harble[17] ; 17. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 18. 15H-Mitch Harble[4] ; 19. O-Justin Henderson[14] ; 20. 10-Dave Blaney[10] ; 21. 59-Jac Haudenschild[3]

UNOH A-Main - (40 Laps)

1. 16-Chris Andrews[2]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[3]; 3. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[12]; 4. 11X-Brandon Martin[15]; 5. 97-Dean Jacobs[9]; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer[6]; 7. 5-Byron Reed[24]; 8. 45-Danny Holtgraver[16]; 9. w20-Greg Wilson[13]; 10. 53-DJ Foos[1]; 11. 1S-Logan Schuchart[20]; 12. 45L-Brian Lay[19]; 13. 9W-Brandon Wimmer[7]; 14. 46AU-Stuart Williams[5]; 15. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[14]; 16. 54-Cap Henry[11]; 17. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild[17]; 18. 40-Caleb Helms[21]; 19. 9x-Rob Chaney[8]; 20. 55-Brad Bowman[23]; 21. 5t-Travis Philo[22]; 22. O9-Craig Mintz[4]; 23. 7K-Cole Duncan[18]; 24. 49-Brad Sweet[10]

Hard Charger: 5-Byron Reed[+17]

Ohio Sprint Speedweek

By Brian Liskai

CAMARGO, Ill. – Ohio Sprint Speedweek usually determines who will wear the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions’ crown at season’s end. This year, the 31st Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek features eight racing events over nine days at seven different race tracks in the Buckeye State.

It all kicks off Friday, June 21 as Kistler Engines Presents the Ohio Sprint Speedweek on TPC Food Services/Ohio Cat Night at Attica Raceway Park. This will mark the 99th UNOH All Star show at Attica. Earlier this year current All Star point leader Dale Blaney, a four time Ohio Sprint Speedweek champion, took the victory at Attica. Blaney now has 13 series wins at Attica and has 95 total All Star victories for his career, just three behind tying Kenny Jacobs for the series all-time feature wins.

Last year at Attica’s speedweek event, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Danny Holtgraver scored his first career UNOH All Star victory. Race-long leader Cap Henry spun trying to avoid a flipping car with just four laps remaining. Currently Holtgraver, who has scored four sprint feature wins in non-All Star racing this season, sits fourth in the series’ national points and second in the Ohio Region standings. Henry, who has two non-sanctioned sprint car wins in 2013, is third in the UNOH All Star national points and fifth in the Ohio Region.

There is a little extra incentive at Attica as the top two finishers in the feature event that are running Kistler Engines will receive $500 from the engine build.

The All Star drivers always have their hands full with the Attica regulars like six time track champion Byron Reed, who is coming off a weekend sweep at Attica and Fremont Speedway. Defending track champion Craig Mintz has run consistently in the top five every week at Attica. Throw in Caleb Griffith, who scored the win at the track in the 360/305 sprint challenge, Bryan Sebetto, who has an All Star win at Fremont this season and a non-sanctioned win at Attica, currently sits fourth in the series’ Ohio Region points, rookie D.J. Foos, Brian Smith who has a win at the track, and a host of others and you have a recipe for excitement. Holtgraver has a non-sanctioned win at Attica in 2013 as does Shane Stewart. And former track champion Dean Jacobs is expected to be behind the wheel of a new ride for speedweek.

The UMP Late models will also be in competition at Attica. Gates will open at 4 p.m. with racing underway at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are $22 for adults; $20 for seniors; $10 for teens ages 11-15; with kids 10 and under getting in free. Pit passes are $30.

For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com

Night #2 will be at Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway. No other track in the country has hosted more of the series' races than Eldora. The Speedweek event will be the 132nd of the UNOH All Stars at the famous half-mile. The last time the UNOH All Stars visited “The Big E,” in 2011, Blaney took the victory, the sixth series’ win at the track of his career.

The UMP DIRTcar Modifieds and Eldora Stocks will also be in competition for the June 22 event. Tickets will go on sale at 3:30 with gates opening at 4 p.m. and racing getting underway at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for those ages 13 and older; $4 for ages 12 and under with pit passes at $25.

For more information go to www.eldoraspeedway.com

On Sunday, June 23, Speedweek moves to Waynesfield Raceway Park near Lima, Ohio. The one-third mile bullring has produced some of the most exciting speedweek shows in recent years. Last year, for the second night in a row, Henry looked headed to victory, but Stevie Smith passed him with eight laps to go to score the victory, the 200th sprint car win of Smith’s career. The win, coupled with consistent runs throughout speedweek would propel Smith to his second Ohio Sprint Speedweek championship.

Ohio Logistics Presents the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions Ohio Sprint Speedweek at “The Field” with pit gates opening at 4 p.m. with grandstand gates open at 5 p.m. and racing underway at 7 p.m. Go to www.waynesfieldmotorsportspark.com for more information.

The NAPA Wayne County Speedway near Orrville, Ohio will host the UNOH All Stars on Monday, June 24. The track was one of the original speedweek destinations when the concept began 31 years ago. Last year, phenom Kyle Larson passed Blaney on lap 13 and went on to score his second straight speedweek feature, having won the night before at Cannonball Speedway.

This year’s Duffy Smith Memorial – run in honor of the former racer who passed away following the speedweek show in 2012 – will also include the Lias Tire Late Models for a $2,000 to win feature. Gates will open at 3 p.m. with racing at 7:30 p.m.

For more information go to www.waynecountyspeedway.com

Tuesday finds the UNOH All Stars at Sharon Speedway near Hartford, Ohio. Another of the tracks that was part of the first Ohio Sprint Speedweek 31 years ago, the 3/8th mile oval was the scene of a marathon race last year. Tire wear was the culprit and it was young Brandon Matus who nursed his tires enough to score his first career UNOH All Star victory.

Gates will open at Sharon at 4 p.m. The Econ-Mods and Mini Stocks will also be in competition. Tickets are $22 for adults with kids 13 and under getting in free. Pit passes are $35.

For more information go to www.sharonspeedway.com

Wednesday, June 26 is an off day before Ohio Sprint Speedweek blasts into the weekend beginning Thursday, June 27 at Fremont Speedway. This will mark the 108th visit of the UNOH All Stars at “The Track That Action Built,” located in the Sandusky County Fairgrounds. Earlier this year Sebetto and Blaney posted All Star wins at Fremont. Blaney has the most series’ wins at the track with 12 and swept both speedweek events at Fremont last year.

Fremont is another track the All Stars have to battle with a tough contingent of weekly drivers. Reed won this past week and is a three time track champion. Former All Star champion Greg Wilson has a pair of victories at Fremont in 2013. Tim Shaffer, who has won the last four All Star championships, also has a win in non-sanctioned racing at the track this season. Shaffer, the 2011 Ohio Sprint Speedweek champion, has eight career series’ wins at Fremont. Henry posted a non-sanctioned win at Fremont this season and Griffith also picked up a weekly feature win.

The 305 sprints and dirt trucks will also be in competition on DB3 Imaging Night.

Gates will open at 4 p.m. with racing underway at 7 p.m. Go to www.fremontohspeedway.com for more information.

On Friday, June 28th Ohio Sprint Speedweek heads to the high banked quarter-mile of Limaland Motorsports Park, presented by Elwer Fence. Last year’s event fell victim to rain as heavy thunderstorms hit the area. In 2011 Kyle Sauder would score his first ever All Star win during the Lima speedweek event. In 2010 David Gravel earned his first ever All Star win at Lima during speedweek as he claimed the Ohio Speedweek championship that year.

The track’s tough weekly 360 race teams will also give the All Stars a great challenge.

The K&N Modifieds will also be in competition.

Pit gates will open at 4 p.m. with spectator gates open at 5 p.m. and racing underway at 7:30 p.m.

Go to www.limaland.com for more information.

The 31st Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek wraps up Saturday, June 29th at Fremont Speedway for the $10,000-to-win finale on Ludwig Propane Night. There is a rain date of Sunday, June 30th if needed.

Also during each speedweek event, drivers will go through the stands collecting donations for Jason Leffler’s five-year-old son Charlie. Leffler, a versatile driver who won championships in USAC and competed in each of NASCAR’s three national series, died last Wednesday after a crash in a 410 sprint car at a track in New Jersey.

Ohio Speedweek always draws in the best talent from the Midwest, western Pennsylvania, along with the All Star regulars and usually a few surprises. In seasons past NASCAR Sprint Cup stars Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne competed at several speedweek events. Larson may pop in for a few races as well.

As in the past, speedweek could also produce some first time winners with young drivers like Caleb Helms, Justin Henderson, Trey Gustin and more looking to put their names in the record books.

For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com.

Krimes picks up first career UNOH All Star win in dominating fashion at Lincoln

By Brian Liskai

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA. – As a kid Alan Krimes always dreamed of winning an All Star or World of Outlaws race. He accomplished half of his childhood dream Saturday, dominating the 30-lap University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions feature at Lincoln Speedway.

The $5,000 win was the first UNOH All Star victory of Krimes’ career. The Denver, PA. driver led all 30 laps and took the checkers four second ahead of second place Danny Dietrich.

“As a kid I always dreamed about racing with the All Stars or World of Outlaws and beating those guys. They are the best in the business and to beat them means you’re doing something right. I like racing with the All Stars…they are a class organization with talented drivers,” said Krimes beside his Krimes Machine Shop/VRP Shocks/Conestoga Valley Garage backed #87.

After finishing second in the dash, Krimes started beside Stevie Smith on the front row of the feature. He beat Smith to the first turn and was never seriously challenged.

“Getting him (Smith) on the start was everything there. I was actually surprised I could turn in off his right rear and pass him down there,” said Krimes. “That was the biggest move of the race as far as I’m concerned. Getting ahead of Stevie, because he’s a hell of a driver.”

“You’re never sure how far you are ahead of everybody else when you’re running out there. We were getting through lapped traffic pretty good, and I knew somebody else was going to have to be really good to beat us. We actually started slowing down there at the end,” said Krimes, “But I was hoping I had enough of lead to hold them off at the end.”

Krimes didn’t know that everyone else was slowing down at the end, too. Krimes maintained a three-to-four second lead over the entire second half of the 30-lap event.

If Krimes was half of the show, Danny Dietrich was the other half.

Dietrich, who scored the UNOH All Star win the previous night at Williams Grove – his fifth total win of 2013 - started sixth and bounced off the second turn wall several times in catching Lance Dewease for third on lap 18 and Smith for the runner-up spot on lap 22.

“Danny must have been real good,” added Krimes, who has three wins so far in 2013. “The track was pretty tough to pass on. To come from sixth to second was a great job.”

The last 24 laps of the race went non-stop, with the only caution of the night for a spin by Steve Storrie and Greg Hodnett after colliding in turn one of lap six.

Smith settled for third, with Dewease and tenth-starting Fred Rahmer completing the top five. Rahmer, the current Central PA and Lincoln point series leader, continued his amazing streak of top-ten finishes, which now sits at 28 straight races.

“We’re doing the best we can to get rolling after putting this team together this far into the season. We’re making real good progress…we’re heading in the right direction,” said Smith of his Spectro/All Star Performance/Bear’s Tree Service/Butler Built Seats backed machine.

Next up for the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions is the 31st Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek, featuring eight racing events over 9 nights at 7 different tracks across the Buckeye State.

For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com

Sat., June 15, 2013

LINCOLN SPEEDWAY

Abbottstown, PA

ALL-STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps) – 1. 87-Alan Krimes ($5,000); 2. 48-Danny Dietrich; 3. 19-Stevie Smith; 4. 27-Lance Dewease; 5. 20S-Fred Rahmer; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer; 7. 19M-Brent Marks; 8. 2-Dale Blaney; 9. 59-Jim Siegel; 10. 25-Aaron Ott; 11. 21-Brian Montieth; 12. 15-Adam Wilt; 13. 45-Danny Holtgraver; 14. 11C-Cory Haas; 15. 0-Justin Henderson; 16. 92-Ryan Smith; 17. 54-Cap Henry; 18. 14-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 19. 59-Jac Haudenschild; 20. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 21. 95-Hunter Mackison; 22. 75-Nicole Bower (DNF); 23. 39-Greg Hondett (DNF); 24. 0S-Steve Storrie (DNF). No Time

Lap Leaders – Alan Krimes (1-30)

Kears Speed Shop Heat 1 (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 14-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 2. 59-Jim Siegel; 3. 20S-Fred Rahmer; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer; 5. 95-Hunter Mackison; 6. 40-Caleb Helms; 7. 45N-Kevin Nagy; 8. 21T-Scott Fisher; 9. 07-Mark Coldren. Time – 2:27.351

All Pro Aluminum Heads Heat 2 (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 59-Jac Haudenschild; 2. 19M-Brent Marks; 3. 15-Adam Wilt; 4. 27-Lance Dewease; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 6. 2-Dale Blaney; 7. 11C-Cory Haas; 8. 80-Trey Gustin; 9. 3B-Randy Baughman. Time – 2:26.167

Dragon Race Fuel Heat 3 (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 75-Nicole Bower; 2. 92-Ryan Smith; 3. 39-Greg Hodnett; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich; 5. 19-Stevie Smith; 6. 1080-Jordon Mackison; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen; 8. 54-Cap Henry. Time – 2:32.678

Kinsler Fuel Injection Heat 4 (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 21-Brian Monteith; 2. 25-Aaron Ott; 3. 0-Justin Henderson; 4. 87-Alan Krimes; 5. 0S-Steve Storrie; 6. 50-Tim Glatfelter; 7. 45-Danny Holtgraver; 8. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe. Time – 2:31.099

Outerwears Performance Products Dash (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. Stevie Smith; 2. 87-Alan Krimes; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer; 4. 27-Lance Dewease; 5. 25-Aaron Ott; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich. Time – 1:30.516

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 45-Danny Holtgraver; 3. 11c-Cory Haas; 4. 54-Cap Henry; 5. 1080-Jordon Mackison; 6. 50-Tim Glatfelter; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen; 8. 21T-Scott Fisher; 9. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe; 10. 80-Trey Gustin; 11. 07-Mark Coldren; 12. 45N-Kevin Nagy (DNF); 13. 40-Caleb Helms (DNF); DNS – 3B-Randy Baughman. No Time

Kistler Engines Time Trials – 1. 83-Tim Shaffer, 13.286-seconds (101.611 MPH); 2. 27-Lance Dewease, 13.295; 3. 19-Stevie Smith, 13.353; 4. 87-Alan Krimes, 13.359; 5. 40-Caleb Helms, 13.455; 6. 2-Dale Blaney, 13.479; 7. 48-Danny Dietrich, 13.507; 8. 25-Aaron Ott, 13.542; 9. 59s-Jim Siegel, 13.545; 10. 19m-Brent Marks, 13.574; 11. 92-Ryan Smith, 13.622; 12. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 13.677; 13. 20s-Fred Rahmer, 13.709; 14. 15-Adam Wilt, 13.724; 15. 39-Greg Hodnett, 13.844; 16. 21-Brian Monteith, 13.878; 17. 14-Gerard McIntyre,Jr., 13.905; 18. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 13.914; 19. 75-Nicole Bowers, 13.923; 20. 0s-Steve Storrie, 13.958; 21. 95-Hunter Mackison, 13.969; 22. 1s-Logan Schuchart, 13.978; 23. 1080-Jordan Mackison, 14.003; 24. 0-Justin Henderson, 14.025; 25. 45n-Kevin Nagy, 14.031; 26. 11c-Cory Haas, 14.065; 27. 54-Cap Henry, 14.070; 28. 50-Tim Glatfelter, 14.136; 29. 21t-Scott Fisher, 14.196; 30. 80-Trey Gustin, 14.206; 31. 1a-Jacob Allen, 14.265; 32. 2w-Glenndon Forsythe, 14.273; 33. 07-Mark Coldren, 14.323; 34. 8-Billy Dietrich, NT; 35. 3b-Randy Baughman, NT.

Williams Grove Speedway - 6/14/2013

All Star Circuit of Champions (34 Cars) [#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines 1. 2-Dale Blaney, 16.799; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer, 16.895; 3. 27-Lance Dewease, 16.968; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich, 17.023; 5. 87-Alan Krimes, 17.041; 6. 15-Adam Wilt, 17.093; 7. 5L-Chad Layton, 17.173; 8. 14-Gerard McIntyre, 17.206; 9. 20S-Fred Rahmer, 17.253; 10. 1S -Logan Schuchart, 17.262; 11. 21-Brian Montieth, 17.263; 12. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 17.280; 13. 11C-Cory Haas, 17.318; 14. 19M-Brent Marks, 17.331; 15. 19-Stevie Smith , 17.336; 16. 39-Greg Hodnett, 17.346; 17. 25-Aaron Ott, 17.359; 18. 40-Caleb Helms, 17.410; 19. 69K-Don Kreitz, 17.452; 20. 69-Ryan Smith, 17.569; 21. 5G-Curt Michael, 17.698; 22. 75-Nicole Bower, 17.754; 23. 2S-Jim Siegel, 17.762; 24. O-Justin Henderson, 17.768; 25. 44-Rodney Westhafer, 17.774; 26. 20-Ryan Taylor, 17.796; 27. 747-Davey Sammons, 17.804; 28. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 17.830; 29. 54-Cap Henry, 17.871; 30. 71-Jessica Anderson, 17.985; 31. 1A-Jacob Allen, 18.408; 32. 80-Trey Gustin, 18.477; 33. O7-Mark Coldren, 18.547; 34. 3-Pat Cannon, 99.999

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 5G-Curt Michael[1] ; 2. 87-Alan Krimes[5] ; 3. 25-Aaron Ott[2] ; 4. 20S-Fred Rahmer[4] ; 5. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 6. 11C-Cory Haas[3] ; 7. 54-Cap Henry[8] ; 8. O7-Mark Coldren[9] ; 9. 44-Rodney Westhafer[7]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 40-Caleb Helms[2] ; 2. 1S -Logan Schuchart[4] ; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 4. 15-Adam Wilt[5] ; 5. 19M-Brent Marks[3] ; 6. 75-Nicole Bower[1] ; 7. 3-Pat Cannon[9] ; 8. 20-Ryan Taylor[7] ; 9. 71-Jessica Anderson[8]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 69K-Don Kreitz[2] ; 2. 21-Brian Montieth[4] ; 3. 19-Stevie Smith [3] ; 4. 2S-Jim Siegel[1] ; 5. 27-Lance Dewease[6] ; 6. 5L-Chad Layton[5] ; 7. 747-Davey Sammons[7] ; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen[8]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 69-Ryan Smith[2] ; 2. O-Justin Henderson[1] ; 3. 39-Greg Hodnett[3] ; 4. 59-Jac Haudenschild[7] ; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich[6] ; 6. 45-Danny Holtgraver[4] ; 7. 14-Gerard McIntyre[5] ; 8. 80-Trey Gustin[8]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature 1. 48-Danny Dietrich[1] ; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 3. 27-Lance Dewease[6] ; 4. 15-Adam Wilt[4] ; 5. 87-Alan Krimes[3] ; 6. 2-Dale Blaney[5]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 5L-Chad Layton[1] ; 2. 14-Gerard McIntyre[2] ; 3. 11C-Cory Haas[4] ; 4. 45-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 5. 75-Nicole Bower[5] ; 6. 747-Davey Sammons[8] ; 7. 20-Ryan Taylor[7] ; 8. 44-Rodney Westhafer[6] ; 9. 80-Trey Gustin[12] ; 10. 71-Jessica Anderson[10] ; 11. O7-Mark Coldren[13] ; 12. 1A-Jacob Allen[11] ; 13. 54-Cap Henry[9] ; 14. 3-Pat Cannon[14]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps) 1. 48-Danny Dietrich[1]; 2. 27-Lance Dewease[3]; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[2]; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[6]; 5. 19M-Brent Marks[10]; 6. 87-Alan Krimes[5]; 7. 21-Brian Montieth[9]; 8. 1S -Logan Schuchart[8]; 9. 20S-Fred Rahmer[7]; 10. 11C-Cory Haas[14]; 11. 19-Stevie Smith [15]; 12. 39-Greg Hodnett[16]; 13. 14-Gerard McIntyre[12]; 14. 69K-Don Kreitz[19]; 15. 25-Aaron Ott[17]; 16. 45-Danny Holtgraver[13]; 17. 69-Ryan Smith[20]; 18. 40-Caleb Helms[18]; 19. 59-Jac Haudenschild[24]; 20. 5L-Chad Layton[11]; 21. 5G-Curt Michael[21]; 22. 2S-Jim Siegel[22]; 23. O-Justin Henderson[23]; 24. 15-Adam Wilt[4] Hard Charger: 19M-Brent Marks[+5]

Fans can support Jason Leffler's family during Ohio Sprint Speedweek

FREMONT, Ohio – Following the tragic death of racer Jason Leffler earlier this week, many race fans have expressed a desire to help his family – particularly his five-year-old son, Charlie.

Fremont Speedway is organizing all the tracks that are hosting races during the 31st Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek coming up at the end of the month, to collect funds for Leffler’s family.

“We wanted to show Jason’s family…his son, that racing is a great sport filled with caring, wonderful people. We know all of the fans and all of the tracks will embrace Jason’s family and will be very generous with their support,” said Fremont Speedway Promoter Rich Farmer.

Leffler, a versatile driver who won championships in USAC and competed in each of NASCAR’s three national series, died Wednesday night after a crash in a 410 sprint car at a track in New Jersey. The Long Beach, California native was affectionately known as “LEFturn” and had the nickname stenciled above his driver’s side window.

Farmer said there are still details to be ironed out, but so far all of the tracks involved in Speedweek are on board with having drivers go through the stands seeking donations for Leffler’s family. Also, beginning this weekend, racer Craig Mintz and his dad, Les, through their business Design Graphics Group, have donated stickers in Jason’s memory that will be sold at various tracks.

Ohio Sprint Speedweek, which features the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions, kicks off Friday, June 21 at Attica Raceway Park then travels to Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway on Saturday, June 22 and Waynesfield Raceway Park near Lima on Sunday, June 23. From there the series heads to the NAPA Wayne County Speedway near Orville, Ohio on Monday, June 24 and then to Sharon Speedway near Hartford, Ohio on Tuesday, June 25. After an off day on Wednesday, Speedweek stops at Fremont Speedway on Thursday, June 27 followed by Limaland Motorsports Park on Friday, June 28 and a big finale at Fremont Speedway on Saturday, June 29.

For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com

By Brian Liskai

RIPLEY, W. VA. – Don’t look now, but a new sprint car team is starting to gel and it could mean trouble for the competitors on the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions tour.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Danny Holtgraver capped a fantastic weekend Saturday at I-77 Raceway Park in Ripley, W. Va., by taking his fourth career UNOH All Star win. On Friday, Holtgraver won one of the two features at Attica Raceway Park to add to his King of the 360s win earlier this year in Florida and an open win at Mercer Speedway a couple of weeks ago.

It wasn’t easy for the former Lernerville track champion Saturday. It looked like UNOH All Star point leader Dale Blaney would pick up the win, but after taking the white flag, his car quit running and coast to a stop on the back stretch. Blaney said it appears his Ti22 Performance machine suffered some sort of engine problem and he did not run out of fuel as some had speculated.

All Star officials called for a fuel stop, setting up a green, white, checkered finish and Holtgraver held off 410 rookie Paige Polyak of Tiffin, Ohio to score the victory.

“I thought we were going to have to settle for second. Dale and I raced hard throughout that deal. Then we come out of two on the last lap and I see him stopped. I knew I just had to hit my marks on the restart and we’d be fine,” said Holtgraver of his Bryan Grove/Rob Hunter owned #45. “This is huge for us…it’s a big confidence booster.”

Holtgraver said it just took time for the new team to come together. “We had a new team, new tires…I think I just put too much pressure on myself. Bryan or Rob didn’t put any pressure on me. I just needed to communicate with Brian (Kemenah, crew chief) and relax and drive the car,” he said. “I have to thank Canton Erectors, Berlin Natural Bakery, DKW Transport, Kistler Engines, J&J Racing, Classic Ink and VRP Shocks for all of their support…we couldn’t do this without them.”

Blaney and Jim Stinson would bring the field to the green for the 30-lap feature with Blaney grabbing the top spot while Holtgraver drove from fourth into second. Blaney and Holtgraver were off and running while the action behind them heated up. Stinson and Bryan Sebetto battled for third before Sebetto jumped the cushion and smacked the wall, ending his run.

Later, Blaney would bobble on the cushion, allowing Holtgraver to shoot buy and take the lead.

Meanwhile Polyak, who is the first female to win a sprint car race at Fremont Speedway, Attica Raceway Park and Eldora Speedway while driving a 305 sprint, was moving to the front. After a spirited battle with Cory Crabtree early, she caught Stinson for third and the pair ran side by side for several laps and were closing on Holtgraver and Blaney.

When the leaders caught lapped traffic, Blaney made his move to regain the top spot and seemed headed to his second UNOH All Star win of 2013. But, after taking the white flag, Blaney’s machine shut off down the back stretch, necessitating the fuel stoppage and the green, white, checkered finish.

Holtgraver held off Polyak for the win with Stinson, Cole Duncan and 12th starter Cap Henry rounding out the top five. Henry’s performance was a shot in the arm as the team suffered three blown trailer tires getting to the track, and then Henry got upside down in his heat with the crew making quick repairs to get him to the B-main where he would earn a feature transfer spot.

For Polyak, the experience of a new track with tough competition was a confidence booster.

“This place reminded me a lot like Lima. It was a fine line between being aggressive and wrecking. I talked to my dad before we went out for the feature and I decided to take my time. In the middle of the race I started slowing my entrance to the corners and the car worked well. It was a lot of fun. I can’t wait to race with the All Stars at Fremont next weekend. I have to thank John and Duane and my sister for coming down here with me,” said Polyak beside her Steyer Seeds/H.E. Rudy Trucking/JLH General Contractor/Handy Graphix/Circle H Tire/NAPA of Bryan/Pitstop/Meggitt’s Powdercoating backed #27.

The UNOH All Stars head to the historic Fremont Speedway for a two-day battle on Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 26, with Sunday’s finale paying $10,000 to win.

For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com

I-77 Raceway Park - 5/18/2013

UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (29 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 83-Tim Shaffer, 11.190; 2. A79-Aaron Higgins, 11.200; 3. 2-Dale Blaney, 11.214; 4. 60C-Kory Crabtree, 11.243; 5. 84-Jim Stinson, 11.272; 6. 24H-Bryan Sebetto, 11.280; 7. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 11.340; 8. 27P-Paige Polyak, 11.356; 9. 54-Cap Henry, 11.404; 10. 4-Danny Smith, 11.408; 11. 40-Caleb Helms, 11.460; 12. 22-Cole Duncan, 11.504; 13. 22S-Brandon Spithaler, 11.558; 14. 22D-Josh Davis, 11.571; 15. 22B-Ryan Broughton, 11.571; 16. 92-Sam Ashworth, 11.581; 17. O-Justin Henderson, 11.590; 18. 40I-Mark Imler, 11.663; 19. 25-Chris Myers, 11.708; 20. 49-Bob Howard, 11.917; 21. 12D-Jason Dolick, 11.949; 22. 80-Trey Gustin, 11.962; 23. 7A-Dave Dickson, 11.998; 24. 3F-Rick Fraley, 12.017; 25. 35-Wes McGlumphy, 12.037; 26. 9J-Jesse McCreary, 12.041; 27. 2S-Nathan Skaggs, 12.102; 28. 41-Randy Fink, 12.551; 29. A76-John Shewbrooks, 12.739

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 92-Sam Ashworth[1] ; 2. 4-Danny Smith[3] ; 3. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[2] ; 4. 45-Danny Holtgraver[4] ; 5. 60C-Kory Crabtree[5] ; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 7. 80-Trey Gustin[8] ; 8. 25-Chris Myers[7] ; 9. 35-Wes McGlumphy[9] ; 10. 41-Randy Fink[10]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. O-Justin Henderson[1] ; 2. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 3. 84-Jim Stinson[5] ; 4. 22D-Josh Davis[2] ; 5. 27P-Paige Polyak[4] ; 6. 49-Bob Howard[7] ; 7. 7A-Dave Dickson[8] ; 8. A79-Aaron Higgins[6] ; 9. A76-John Shewbrooks[10] ; 10. 9J-Jesse McCreary[9]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 22-Cole Duncan[3] ; 2. 40I-Mark Imler[1] ; 3. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[5] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 5. 2S-Nathan Skaggs[9] ; 6. 12D-Jason Dolick[7] ; 7. 54-Cap Henry[4] ; 8. 3F-Rick Fraley[8] ; 9. 22B-Ryan Broughton[2]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 2-Dale Blaney[2] ; 2. 84-Jim Stinson[1] ; 3. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[4] ; 4. 45-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 5. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 6. 60C-Kory Crabtree[5]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. A79-Aaron Higgins[1] ; 2. 54-Cap Henry[2] ; 3. 80-Trey Gustin[5] ; 4. 7A-Dave Dickson[6] ; 5. 25-Chris Myers[4] ; 6. 35-Wes McGlumphy[8] ; 7. A76-John Shewbrooks[11] ; 8. 3F-Rick Fraley[7] ; 9. 41-Randy Fink[10] ; 10. 22B-Ryan Broughton[3] ; 11. 9J-Jesse McCreary[9]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)

1. 45-Danny Holtgraver[4]; 2. 27P-Paige Polyak[7]; 3. 84-Jim Stinson[2]; 4. 22-Cole Duncan[10]; 5. 54-Cap Henry[12]; 6. 60C-Kory Crabtree[6]; 7. O-Justin Henderson[16]; 8. 83-Tim Shaffer[5]; 9. 22D-Josh Davis[14]; 10. 25-Chris Myers[18]; 11. 92-Sam Ashworth[15]; 12. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[13]; 13. 7A-Dave Dickson[22]; 14. 80-Trey Gustin[21]; 15. 40I-Mark Imler[17]; 16. 40-Caleb Helms[9]; 17. 2S-Nathan Skaggs[24]; 18. A79-Aaron Higgins[11]; 19. 2-Dale Blaney[1]; 20. 49-Bob Howard[19]; 21. 4-Danny Smith[8]; 22. 12D-Jason Dolick[20]; 23. 35-Wes McGlumphy[23]; 24. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[3]

Hard Charger: O-Justin Henderson[+9]

CAMARGO, IL (5-8-13) By Brian Liskai If the results from this past weekend are any indication, the teams of the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions are more than ready to battle the regional drivers of Western Pennsylvania on Friday, May 10 at Lernerville Speedway and Mercer Raceway Park on Saturday, May 11.

During this past weekend, several of the UNOH All Star teams tuned up for the big weekend during regular weekly events at the two tracks. On Friday, May 3, former Lernerville track champion Danny Holtgraver, who sits fourth in the UNOH All Star national points, looked to have the feature in hand at his home track. But, it was UNOH All Star regular Cap Henry, who is third in the series� national points, who got around Holtgraver late in the feature and scored his second ever 410 sprint win.

Not to be outdone, the following night, Holtgraver held off Henry for the win at Mercer Raceway Park.

But, things won�t be easy for the two young chargers, as they will have to face former Lernerville champions Dale Blaney and Tim Shaffer this time around.

Blaney has one All Star win this season, coming last month at Attica Raceway Park, the 94th of his career with the series. Blaney, who leads the national, eastern and Ohio region All Star points, is a three time series champion and scored the Steel City Stampede win at Lernerville on April 14.

Shaffer, another former Lernerville champion, has been held winless in series competition so far in 2013. �The Steel City Outlaw� has scored the last four straight UNOH All Star championships and has 51 career series wins. Shaffer did record a win at Fremont Speedway during weekly competition last month. He sits second in the All Star national points and fourth in the Ohio region standings.

Jack Sodeman Jr. has scored the only other win at Lernerville Speedway this season. Eric Williams leads the track�s points over Sodeman, Brandon Spithaler, Dan Kuriger and Dan Shetler.

Brandon Spithaler has scored the only other win at Mercer Raceway Park this season. Sodeman leads the track�s points over Scott Priester, Williams, Kuriger and Bill Jones Jr.

Look for locals like Brandon Matus, Brian Ellenberger, Brent Matus, Jimmy Light. Adam Kekich, Dennis Wagner, Rod George, Carl Bowser and a host of others to challenge the UNOH All invaders. Other young, up-and-comers for the UNOH All Stars include Caleb Helms of Findlay, Ohio, and Justin Henderson. Look for some of the Central Pennsylvania teams to possibly show up for the two shows such as Lance Dewease, Logan Schuchart, and outsiders like Danny Lasoski and Jac and Sheldon Haudenschild.

Last year at the early Mercer Raceway Park, Shaffer scored the win over Holtgraver, Blaney, Ed Lynch Jr. and Henry. Then in August for the 23rd Western Pennsylvania Championship at Mercer, Daryn Pittman took the win over Holtgraver, Shaffer, Blaney and George.

During the August race in 2012 at Lernerville, Holtgraver would score the win over Shaffer, Henry, Stevie Smith and Ellenberger.

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PORT ROYAL, PA. (4-29-2013) By Brian Liskai � Doug Esh loves the challenge of a big race.

The ingredients were there for him Saturday at the 10th Annual Bob Weikert Memorial at Port Royal Speedway - a huge crowd, some of the best race drivers in the country; the PA Posse verses the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions, and the possibility of a very rich payday.

Esh has won several big races during his career at Port Royal including two Tuscarora 50 victories. He added another one to that list Saturday, driving by NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver Brad Sweet to claim the hefty $12,200 prize.

�I felt pretty good in the dash and we did a bunch of things to the car and actually changed back,� said Esh beside his Tom and Fran Chiappelli owned #98.

�There was some tough competition up front there. We started going and Brad Sweet started hanging a little bit and we about got in trouble down there in four. I got to lapped traffic and we were way more maneuverable than those guys,� added Esh about his Golden Flavor Sesame Sticks/Macri Concrete/Leach�s Automotive/Keystate Transport backed machine. �I wanted to win this for Pennsylvania guys and I didn�t have much help up there. We got it done and PA Posse stands victorious against the All Stars once again.�

Grass Valley, California�s Brad Sweet, piloting a Kasey Kahne Racing machine, earned the pole for the 30-lap Weikert Memorial main, flanked by four time and defending UNOH All Star champion Tim Shaffer. All Star regular Cap Henry and Esh lined up in row two.

When the green dropped, Sweet took the lead over Shaffer and Esh. After running the bottom early, Sweet changed lanes abruptly to the cushion to try to hold off a charging Shaffer but bobbled in the top groove, allowing �The Steel City Outlaw� to pass on lap six for the lead.

The leaders were setting a blistering pace on the fast surface which saw five drivers surpass the track record during qualifications. Shaffer entered lapped traffic on the seventh circuit while Sweet and Esh stayed close. Esh, who recorded a regular season win at Port Royal earlier this year, was blasting around the top of the speedway and made an impressive pass of both Sweet and Shaffer on the ninth tour to take command.

Sweet got back around Shaffer a lap later just before the caution would appear for a lapped Ryan Taylor who spun on the backstretch in front of Shaffer who looped his car in an effort to avoid heavy contact. That would advance three time All Star champion and current series point leader Dale Blaney to third for the restart.

When the green came back out, California�s Tim Kaeding, who has three World of Outlaw wins this season, rolled to a stop on the front chute. Only one more lap could be completed before another caution for defending Weikert Memorial winner Greg Hodnett, with series officials calling for a refueling stop.

During the stoppage, the crowd was abuzz about the progress of Kyle Larson, who has USAC, World of Outlaw and All Star wins along with a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and several top five runs in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The California driver was already up to ninth after starting 22nd in the field. He would blast by Lance Dewease and Mike Wagner when action resumed and was challenging Steve Buckwalter for sixth on the 16th lap when he spun in turn four after having a piece of debris lodge in his brakes, rendering them inoperable.

When the green reappeared, Esh took off with Sweet and Blaney in tow while Danny Lasoski drove by Henry for fourth. Esh would hit lapped traffic again with seven laps to go, allowing Sweet to close. With two laps to go, Esh slipped up over the cushion in the second corner and again in turn four, as Sweet ran right on his rear bumper. But, Esh was able to keep his composure and drove to his second career UNOH All Star win, taking home $12,200 including lap money, which was posted at $100 each.

Sweet would come home second in his Ollie�s Bargain Outlet/Team ASE/Sage backed machine, pleased with his effort after never seeing Port Royal Speedway before the night�s racing. He took home an additional $500 in lap money.

Blaney would finish third followed by Lasoski and Henry.

�We�re always good at the Port. I think we have top three finishes the last five All Star races here. We qualified well and had a good heat and that put us in a position to do well in the feature. I think Shaffer had a top three car and just got caught up with a lapped car. I don�t know if I could have gotten him or not. But, it was a good weekend for the All Star guys against the Posse,� said Blaney beside his Ti22 performance backed #2. �We head to Eldora next weekend and hopefully have a good showing against the Outlaws�

Qualifications for the Weikert Memorial saw five drivers break the one lap track record set earlier this season by Mike Erdley. Logan Schuchart, driving a replica Weikert�s Livestock #29 sprinter, ended up setting the new record of 15.376 and took home $200 for the effort. The other four drivers under Erdley�s previous track record of 15.634 were Danny Holtgraver, Sweet, Shaffer and Esh.

2013 Bob Weikert Memorial Sponsors: Weikert�s Livestock, Fairfield, PA; TBK Installations, Fairfield, PA; Cin-Tash Properties LLC., Fairfield, PA; 21 Feeders, Allen, KS.; Holtapp Trucking, Pomeroy, IA.; DF Bryant Trucking, Fairfield, PA.; Heritage Cattle Inc., Garden City, KS.; Seth Snyder � Stone Ridge Manor, Gettysburg, PA; Flying W Express Inc., Fairfield, PA.; Nicholas Meats, Loganton, PA; Bill & Bonnie McLeod � Antelope Springs Ranch, Blackwell, TX; Puckett Livestock, Brookneal, VA.; JAB Livestock, Jersey Shore, PA.; Scott�s Body Shop, Gettysburg, PA.; Jason Roth Cattle Co., Fresno, CA.; Dennis & Teresa Roth � Roth Motorsports, Fresno, CA.; Hy-Plains Feedyard, LLC., Montezuma, KS.; Minnix Cattle Company LLC., Buchanan, VA.; Folkens Brothers Hauling, Lester, IA; Steven K Bierly Trucking, Mill Hall, PA; Virginia Cattle Co. � Gary Vance, Moorefield, WV; South Branch Valley Livestock � Gary Vance, Moorefield, WV; Greencastle Livestock Market Inc., Greencastle, PA; Miller & Associates Real Estate, LLC. � Marty Miller, Gettysburg, PA; Upper Marsh Creek Farm, Orrtanna, PA; Virginia Livestock, Front Royal, VA; JW Treuth & Sons, Baltimore, MD.; Roadcap Livestock, Quicksburg, VA; S & G Express, Herndon, PA.; Wayne F. Craig & Sons Livestock, Shippensburg, PA.; Richard Grim Trucking, Gettysburg, PA; Mik Vis, Valley Springs, SD; Gary Dennis, Biglerville, PA; S & B Livestock Dealer Inc., Herndon, PA., Omaha Commodities, Omaha, NE.

Port Royal - 4/27/2013 UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (39 Cars) [#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines 1. 29-Logan Schuchart, 15.376; 2. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 15.516; 3. 49-Brad Sweet, 15.548; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer, 15.564; 5. 98-Doug Esh, 15.620; 6. 2-Dale Blaney, 15.645; 7. 83K-Tim Kaeding, 15.651; 8. 54-Cap Henry, 15.667; 9. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 15.687; 10. 55-Mike Wagner, 15.733; 11. 11-Mike Erdley, 15.761; 12. 1Z-Danny Lasoski, 15.779; 13. 747-Davey Sammons, 15.815; 14. 13-Jason Leffler, 15.826; 15. 27-Lance Dewease, 15.875; 16. 75-Nicole Bower, 15.898; 17. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 15.901; 18. 39-Greg Hodnett, 15.914; 19. 12-Blane Heimbach, 15.917; 20. O7 i-Cliff Brian, 15.923; 21. O-Justin Henderson, 15.929; 22. 56-Nate Snyder, 15.971; 23. 20-Ryan Taylor, 15.984; 24. 5-Dylan Cisney, 15.985; 25. 1K-Kyle Larson, 15.987; 26. 18-Ryan Bohlke, 16.006; 27. O7-Mark Coldren, 16.022; 28. 44-Joey Hershey, 16.054; 29. 7K-Dan Shetler, 16.113; 30. 40-Caleb Helms, 16.123; 31. 3-Pat Cannon, 16.146; 32. 8H-Keith Kauffman, 16.154; 33. 7-Chad Layton, 16.170; 34. OL-Rick Lafferty, 16.234; 35. 52-Jim Shuster, 16.247; 36. 33-Curt Stroup, 16.255; 37. 80-Trey Gustin, 16.258; 38. 48-Danny Dietrich, 16.350; 39. 8R-Mike Ruttkamp, 17.772

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[4] ; 2. O-Justin Henderson[1] ; 3. 98-Doug Esh[5] ; 4. 747-Davey Sammons[3] ; 5. 7-Chad Layton[9] ; 6. 29-Logan Schuchart[6] ; 7. 80-Trey Gustin[10] ; 8. 1K-Kyle Larson[7] ; 9. 7K-Dan Shetler[8] ; 10. 59-Jac Haudenschild[2]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 39-Greg Hodnett[2] ; 2. 55-Mike Wagner[4] ; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[5] ; 4. 56-Nate Snyder[1] ; 5. 18-Ryan Bohlke[7] ; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich[10] ; 7. 13-Jason Leffler[3] ; 8. OL-Rick Lafferty[9] ; 9. 45-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 10. 40-Caleb Helms[8]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 27-Lance Dewease[3] ; 2. 12-Blane Heimbach[2] ; 3. 20-Ryan Taylor[1] ; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[6] ; 5. 83K-Tim Kaeding[5] ; 6. 3-Pat Cannon[8] ; 7. 52-Jim Shuster[9] ; 8. O7-Mark Coldren[7] ; 9. 11-Mike Erdley[4]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 5-Dylan Cisney[1] ; 2. 1Z-Danny Lasoski[4] ; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 4. O7 i-Cliff Brian[2] ; 5. 54-Cap Henry[5] ; 6. 8H-Keith Kauffman[8] ; 7. 33-Curt Stroup[9] ; 8. 44-Joey Hershey[7] ; 9. 75-Nicole Bower[3]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature 1. 49-Brad Sweet[1] ; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 3. 54-Cap Henry[3] ; 4. 98-Doug Esh[5] ; 5. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[6] ; 6. 2-Dale Blaney[4]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 45-Danny Holtgraver[2] ; 2. 29-Logan Schuchart[1] ; 3. 1K-Kyle Larson[7] ; 4. 59-Jac Haudenschild[6] ; 5. 7K-Dan Shetler[10] ; 6. 13-Jason Leffler[4] ; 7. OL-Rick Lafferty[14] ; 8. 40-Caleb Helms[11] ; 9. O7-Mark Coldren[8] ; 10. 75-Nicole Bower[5] ; 11. 52-Jim Shuster[15] ; 12. 33-Curt Stroup[16] ; 13. 80-Trey Gustin[17] ; 14. 8H-Keith Kauffman[13] ; 15. 44-Joey Hershey[9] ; 16. 11-Mike Erdley[3]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps) 1. 98-Doug Esh[4]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[1]; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[6]; 4. 1Z-Danny Lasoski[8]; 5. 54-Cap Henry[3]; 6. 55-Mike Wagner[7]; 7. 27-Lance Dewease[10]; 8. 59-Jac Haudenschild[14]; 9. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[5]; 10. 12-Blane Heimbach[16]; 11. O-Justin Henderson[18]; 12. 45-Danny Holtgraver[13]; 13. 7-Chad Layton[24]; 14. 83K-Tim Kaeding[11]; 15. 747-Davey Sammons[9]; 16. 83-Tim Shaffer[2]; 17. 1K-Kyle Larson[22]; 18. 5-Dylan Cisney[21]; 19. O7 i-Cliff Brian[17]; 20. 18-Ryan Bohlke[23]; 21. 56-Nate Snyder[19]; 22. 39-Greg Hodnett[15]; 23. 20-Ryan Taylor[20]; 24. 29-Logan Schuchart[12] Hard Charger: 7-Chad Layton[+11]

�2012 - Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH

Kreitz of old defeats UNOH All Stars at Williams Grove"

By Brian Liskai

MECHANICSBURG, PA. – When a dirt track’s racing surface is heavy and wet, it’s often the younger driver who show case their talents. But, when a track surface gets wide and slick like it did Friday at Williams Grove Speedway, it’s veterans like Don Kreitz Jr. who show they can still be tough to beat.

The Sinking Spring, Pa. resident ran the inside groove to perfection and would drive from his 10th starting spot to grab the lead from Fred Rahmer on lap 12 and go on to record his seventh career University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions victory. Kreitz has been running a limited schedule over the past few years, focusing mainly on Williams Grove Speedway. In fact, Friday’s UNOH All Star win is his first with the series since 1999.

“It was a great race for us. Davey (Brown) and the guys made a lot of changes from the heat race and had the car really hooked-up. He’s a big part of the team. He still does the engines and set-up on the car,” said Kreitz beside his Henry R. Sherman Builders, Kreitz Oval Track Parts/RV Workshop.com/Schannauer #69k.

Kreitz sliced through the field from his fifth row starting spot to grab third from four time UNOH All Star champion Tim Shaffer with 11 laps completed. Rahmer, who has been hot so far this season in his new Rob Sell owned team, had started on the pole and after trading the lead with Shaffer early in the 30-lap feature, was fending off Jac Haudenschild for the lead as Kreitz took third. Kreitz would get under “The Wild Child” for second off turn two and then slipped under Rahmer in turns three and four to grab the lead on lap 12.

“I just caught the leaders right,” said Kreitz. “They didn’t know the bottom was coming in and our car was really dialed-in there early and left us getup through.”

After taking the lead, Kreitz would build a big advantage in a race that had only one caution – that coming on lap 14. Kreitz would catch lapped traffic with a seven laps to go and Rahmer closed, but the bottom was the preferred groove and all Rahmer could do was follow Kreitz to the checkered.

“I didn’t want to chance going around them so I waited for them to make a mistake,” said Kreitz of the lapped traffic. “Fred would have deserved to win if he had drive around us. You’re always worried when you get into lapped cars.”

The victory was the 55th of Kreitz’ career at the Grove, to rank third on the track’s all-time win list. It was his first win at the track since September 2010.

“I haven’t won here in a little while and to get a win early here like this is good for our team,” said Kreitz, who was disqualified the last time he won an All Star race at the Grove in 2005 for being under weight.

For Rahmer, the second place run continues his early season great runs and keeps him in the William Grove Speedway points lead.

“Track took some rubber. But, I love these Hoosier tires…they have saved my ass,” said Rahmer beside his Don Ott Racing Engines/Triple X Racing/Art’s Radiator/TruLine Contractors/JM Bullion/Media Camping Center/Trevdan Building Supply/Blue Tree Landscaping/Aran Trading backed #20s. “Don was just too strong on the bottom.”

Shaffer, coming off an open competition win last week at Fremont Speedway, was confident the Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook Racing team has turned the corner and is set for a great season.

“We are communicating well and the driver isn’t screwing up,” joked Shaffer beside his Kistler Engines/J&J Auto Racing/ Weld Wheels/FK Rod Ends/VRP Shocks backed #83. “It was a good race…I may have started racing for the lead too early. But, hats off to Donnie…that’s the Donnie Kreitz of old. He put an ass-whopping to us.”

Shaffer’s third place run narrowed the gap in the UNOH All Star’s National points, moving him to within 27 of Dale Blaney for the lead. In the series’ Eastern Region, Shaffer climbed to within just 3 points of Blaney while Lance Dewease, a former Eastern Region champion and 6 time Williams Grove champion, closed to within 7 points of the lead with his fourth place run.

Williams Grove Speedway - 4/26/2013

UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (43 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 7-Chad Layton, 17.378; 2. 20S-Fred Rahmer, 17.408; 3. M1-Mark Smith, 17.478; 4. 21-Brian Montieth, 17.551; 5. 83K-Tim Kaeding, 17.588; 6. 2-Dale Blaney , 17.612; 7. 87-Alan Krimes, 17.624; 8. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 17.640; 9. 15-Adam Wilt, 17.670; 10. 83-Tim Shaffer, 17.676; 11. 3-Pat Cannon , 17.695; 12. 27-Lance Dewease, 17.695; 13. 19M-Brent Marks, 17.697; 14. 69K-Donny Krietz Jr. , 17.704; 15. OL-Rick Lafferty, 17.714; 16. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 17.715; 17. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 17.775; 18. 1Z-Danny Lasoski , 17.812; 19. 54-Cap Henry, 17.835; 20. 2S-Jim Siegel , 17.841; 21. 28-Brian Paulus, 17.929; 22. 39-Greg Hodnett, 17.940; 23. 49-Brad Sweet, 17.965; 24. 40-Caleb Helms , 17.971; 25. 69-Ryan Smith, 18.000; 26. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 18.049; 27. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 18.100; 28. O-Justin Henderson, 18.135; 29. 20-Ryan Taylor, 18.170; 30. 80-Trey Gustin, 18.255; 31. 1A-Jacob Allen , 18.259; 32. 48-Danny Dietrich, 18.272; 33. 11C-Cory Haas, 18.370; 34. 14-Gerard McIntyre Jr. , 18.391; 35. 13-Jason Leffler, 18.467; 36. 747-Davey Sammons, 18.468; 37. 75-Nicole Bower, 18.530; 38. 5T-Glendon Forsythe , 18.681; 39. 29-Ryan Wilson , 18.777; 40. O7-Mark Coldren , 18.983; 41. 12W-Troy Fraker, 19.200; 42. 14S-Ryan Slothover, 19.369; 43. 47-Eric Riggins Jr., 99.999

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 19M-Brent Marks[3] ; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2] ; 3. 28-Brian Paulus[1] ; 4. 83K-Tim Kaeding[5] ; 5. 7-Chad Layton[6] ; 6. 15-Adam Wilt[4] ; 7. 11C-Cory Haas[9] ; 8. 20-Ryan Taylor[8] ; 9. 69-Ryan Smith[7] ; 10. 12W-Troy Fraker[11] ; 11. 75-Nicole Bower[10]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 39-Greg Hodnett[1] ; 2. 1Z-Danny Lasoski [2] ; 3. 69K-Donny Krietz Jr. [3] ; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 5. 20S-Fred Rahmer[6] ; 6. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[7] ; 7. 2-Dale Blaney [5] ; 8. 5T-Glendon Forsythe [10] ; 9. 80-Trey Gustin[8] ; 10. 14-Gerard McIntyre Jr. [9] ; 11. 14S-Ryan Slothover[11]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 49-Brad Sweet[1] ; 2. OL-Rick Lafferty[3] ; 3. 54-Cap Henry[2] ; 4. 3-Pat Cannon [4] ; 5. M1-Mark Smith[6] ; 6. 87-Alan Krimes[5] ; 7. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[7] ; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [8] ; 9. 13-Jason Leffler[9] ; 10. 29-Ryan Wilson [10] ; 11. 47-Eric Riggins Jr.[11]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 40-Caleb Helms [1] ; 2. 27-Lance Dewease[4] ; 3. 2S-Jim Siegel [2] ; 4. 59-Jac Haudenschild[5] ; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich[8] ; 6. 45-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 7. O-Justin Henderson[7] ; 8. 21-Brian Montieth[6] ; 9. 747-Davey Sammons[9] ; 10. O7-Mark Coldren [10]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 20S-Fred Rahmer[1] ; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 3. 59-Jac Haudenschild[3] ; 4. M1-Mark Smith[2] ; 5. 7-Chad Layton[4] ; 6. 83K-Tim Kaeding[5]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 87-Alan Krimes[3] ; 2. 2-Dale Blaney [2] ; 3. 69-Ryan Smith[6] ; 4. O-Justin Henderson[9] ; 5. 21-Brian Montieth[1] ; 6. 45-Danny Holtgraver[5] ; 7. 11C-Cory Haas[13] ; 8. 13-Jason Leffler[15] ; 9. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[7] ; 10. 75-Nicole Bower[17] ; 11. 20-Ryan Taylor[10] ; 12. 747-Davey Sammons[16] ; 13. 12W-Troy Fraker[21] ; 14. 14-Gerard McIntyre Jr. [14] ; 15. O7-Mark Coldren [20] ; 16. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[8] ; 17. 80-Trey Gustin[11] ; 18. 14S-Ryan Slothover[22] ; 19. 1A-Jacob Allen [12] ; 20. 15-Adam Wilt[4] ; 21. 47-Eric Riggins Jr.[23] ; 22. 29-Ryan Wilson [19] ; 23. 5T-Glendon Forsythe [18]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)

1. 69K-Donny Krietz Jr. [10]; 2. 20S-Fred Rahmer[1]; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[2]; 4. 27-Lance Dewease[8]; 5. 87-Alan Krimes[12]; 6. 83K-Tim Kaeding[6]; 7. 7-Chad Layton[5]; 8. 59-Jac Haudenschild[3]; 9. 3-Pat Cannon [7]; 10. 19M-Brent Marks[9]; 11. 2-Dale Blaney [11]; 12. OL-Rick Lafferty[13]; 13. 1Z-Danny Lasoski [15]; 14. 1S-Logan Schuchart[14]; 15. 69-Ryan Smith[22]; 16. 54-Cap Henry[16]; 17. O-Justin Henderson[23]; 18. 48-Danny Dietrich[24]; 19. 49-Brad Sweet[20]; 20. 40-Caleb Helms [21]; 21. 2S-Jim Siegel [17]; 22. 28-Brian Paulus[18]; 23. M1-Mark Smith[4]; 24. 39-Greg Hodnett[19]

Hard Charger: 69K-Donny Krietz Jr. [+9]

CAMARGO, Ill. � You can�t blame the drivers of the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions if they are a little more excited than usual to head back to Central Pennsylvania. It�s no secret the UNOH All Star drivers have struggled against the tough competition of the drivers known as the �PA Posse.� But last fall, current UNOH All Star point leader Dale Blaney gave the series competitors a shot in the arm when he scored a victory against the Posse at Port Royal Speedway.

�We�re looking forward to going back to Central Pennsylvania�probably more so than we have in a long time. We finally got a win there last year and I have a lot of confidence. The guys have give me a fantastic car every race this year,� said Blaney, who also leads the All Star�s Eastern Region and Ohio Region points.

�I�ve never won at the Grove. I�ve run good there�.have had some top five finished. I know we can do it. A lot of things will have to fall our way, but I�m confident we have the car and the team to get a win there,� added Blaney.

And why wouldn�t the UNOH All Star drivers feel confident? Blaney has a series win this season at Attica and recently scored an open win at Lernerville Speedway. Pennsylvania native Tim Shaffer, who has won the last four straight All Star Championships, is coming off an open win at Fremont Speedway. And, Pennsylvania resident Danny Holtgraver scored a win in February in one of the biggest 360 sprint victories in the country and the new team has shown signs they will be a force to be reckoned with. Cap Henry nearly got his first All Star win at Attica last month and is coming off one of his most successful seasons with the All Stars.

The UNOH All Stars head to the famous Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA. on Friday, April 26 and then head to the prestigious Bob Weikert Memorial at Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, PA. Both events are point races for the UNOH All Star�s Eastern Region which will pay the champion at year�s end $20,000!

The Bob Weikert Memorial � run in honor of the late sprint car owner who fielded cars for some of the most famous drivers in the history of the sport, the famous Beefmobile #29 cars - has quickly become one of biggest races in the history of the track and All Stars over the past few years. This year will be no exception as the feature will pay the winner $10,000.

With a total A-main purse of over $34,000 along with nearly $4,000 in contingency cash to be distributed via lap money, heat wins, fast time award and more, Port Royal is sure to attract the region�s best drivers.

Last year at the Bob Weikert Memorial, Greg Hodnett pocketed $12,900 that included lap money. It was the second win in a row in the prestigious event for Hodnett and third overall. But, All Star regulars Danny Holtgraver and David Gravel completed the podium.

Again this year, each lap of the 30-lap Weikert feature will pay $100 to lead and fast time will be worth $200. Thanks to CRANKWERKZ, a feature hard charger will be awarded $100 to go along with the highest driver in Port Royal points that fails to qualify taking home $100. Each heat race will also pay $100 to win in memory of late motorsports journalist Jere Reigle.

But, while the UNOH All Stars have experienced success at Port Royal, they have yet to break through the win column at Williams Grove. Last year when the series visited the famous track in April, then high school senior Logan Schuchart, grandson of hall of famer Bobby Allen, scored his first ever All Star win and his first victory at the half-mile oval. He defeated Danny Dietrich and Donnie Kreitz. Schuchart is coming off his first career win last weekend at Lincoln Speedway.

Fred Rahmer and his new team have been on fire as of late as he leads the points at Williams Grove. Dietrich also has a win as does Cory Haas. Brian Montieth sits second in the track�s points with Kreitz, Lance Dewease and Ryan Taylor rounding out the top five.

So far this season at Port Royal, NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dave �The Buckeye Bullet� Blaney opened the track�s season with a win. Other winners include Rick Lafferty, Doug Esh, and recently Chad Layton. Blane Heimbach leads the track�s points over Layton, Lafferty, Dylan Cisney and Mike Wagner.

After nearly a month off, the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions are ready to battle the PA Posse this coming weekend.

Go to www.allstarsprint.com for more information.

ATTICA, Ohio (3-31-13) By Brian Liskai Saturday was a good day to be a Blaney.

Early on Saturday, Dave The Buckeye Bulle Blaney a regular with the NASCAR Sprint Cup series - scored the win at Port Royal Speedway in Pennsylvania. Not to be outdone, his brother, Dale The Low Rider Blaney held off a late race challenge from Sheldon Haudenschild to score his 94th career University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions victory to open the track�s 25th anniversary season on HD Supply/Construction Equipment and Supply Spring Nationals.

�I heard Dale got the win at the Port�.he needs to race with us more to get his confidence up�.but I don�t know if that will be a good thing. He could be a pain to all of us if that happens,� joked Dale Blaney beside his Ti22/GF1 backed machine in victory lane

�Cap (Henry) was strong like he has been here the last few times we�ve run at Attica. But George (Fisher) and Troy (Psurny) gave me a good car�I love racing here�the track is always great,� added Blaney.

�Boy Sheldon just keeps getting better and better. During that red George told me I�d better get going or I was going to get my butt kicked. He made some little adjustments to the car and it was fantastic,� continued Blaney, who now is just four wins away from tying Kenny Jacobs for the UNOH All Stars� all time win lead.

Four time and defending UNOH All Star champion Tim Shaffer and Blaney, a three time series champion and current point leader lead the field the green. After a lap was complete Brady Bacon would spin with the running order Blaney, Henry, Caleb Helms, Shaffer and Randy Hannagan. On the restart Henry, the quick qualifier of the night, would rocket past Blaney as Hannagan would drive past Shaffer into fourth.

As Henry prepared to hit the back of the field, Blaney closed with Helms comfortably in third as Hannagan and Shaffer battled four fourth with Danny Smith and Haudenschild in tow. By lap 15, Henry, who nearly took the win at his local track during the Ohio Sprint Speedweek event in 2012, was in heavy lapped traffic, but was picking his way through patiently as Blaney looked for a chance to pounce. At the halfway mark Blaney was now on Henry�s rear bumper with Helms facing a challenge from Haudenschild. Henry and Blaney raced side by side over the next two laps as they tried to negotiate traffic. On lap 23 Blaney would use the lapped machine of Duane Zablocki as a pick and drove around Henry for the lead. Henry tried to make a move in turn two, but he and Zablocki would spin, bringing out the caution.

The restart order was now Blaney, Helms, Haudenschild, Hannagan, Shaffer and Smith. When the green reappeared, Haudenschild wasted little time disposing of Helms and was closing quickly on Blaney when the caution flew on lap 29 for a Jamie Barnes spin. Now with a clear track, Blaney would drive to the bottom on the restart and pulled away slightly from Haudenschild as Hannagan moved into third, bringing Shaffer into fourth with eight laps to go. On the next circuit, Travis Philo would make contact with another car, collapsing the front of his car, and with no where to go, Henry would tag him, flipping on the front stretch. The Bellevue, Ohio driver was okay, but it was another frustrating ending at his home track.

After the open red, the restart order had Blaney over Haudenschild, with a lapped machine in third followed by Hannagan, Shaffer, Helms, Smith, Cole Duncan and 20th place starter Brandon Martin. Again when the green flew, Blaney drove away on the bottom. With just two laps to go, the battle was for third as Hannagan and Shaffer raced side by side. Now all eyes were on 16th place starter and defending Attica champion Craig Mintz who came alive the last five laps, racing into fifth.

As the checkered flew Blaney claimed his fifth Spring Nationals victory in the last seven years. It was his 17th career win at Attica as he sits fifth in the track�s all-time win list. Haudenschild would score his best ever All Star finish with a runner-up performance while Hannagan, Shaffer and Mintz would round out the top five.

�That was a lot of fun. We nearly got a win here late last year before we got tore up. I have to thank my mom and dad and sister for all their support and Ripper for all the hard work tonight,� said Haudenschild beside his Triple X/Wintermyer Auto Salvage backed machine. �I didn�t want to see that red�when you give Dale and George a chance to work on that car, it�s hard to beat them. It just took awhile for the car to get going on restarts. But, I�m really happy with the run�.it�s a great way to start the year.�

For Hannagan and his new ride � the Shane Wade Amati Racing Marion Underground Construction team � it was also a great start to the season.

�We couldn�t ask for a better start to the season. We were good all night and the car got better at the end. I�m really excited for what this team can do,� said Hannagan.

The UNOH All Stars will take on the tough Pennsylvania Posse on April 26 at the legendary Williams Grove Speedway and April 27 at Port Royal Speedway.

For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com

Attica Raceway Park - 3/30/2013 UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (32 Cars) [#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines 1. 54-Cap Henry, 12.705; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.908; 3. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.942; 4. 66-Randy Hannagan, 12.962; 5. 83-Tim Shaffer, 12.974; 6. 29-Cole Duncan, 12.992; 7. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.996; 8. 99-Brady Bacon, 13.023; 9. 4-Danny Smith, 13.082; 10. 97-Phil Gressman, 13.083; 11. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.103; 12. 2M-Dustin Daggett, 13.108; 13. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.141; 14. 9B-Jamie Barnes, 13.165; 15. 53-D.J. Foos, 13.219; 16. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 13.259; 17. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.274; 18. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr., 13.353; 19. O-Justin Henderson, 13.372; 20. 24H-Bryan Sebetto, 13.381; 21. 57X-Andrew Palker, 13.381; 22. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.403; 23. 9X-Brandon Martin, 13.429; 24. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.446; 25. 27P-Paige Polyak, 13.467; 26. 40G-Caleb Griffith, 13.483; 27. 7K-Chad Blonde, 13.493; 28. 55-Brad Bowman, 13.539; 29. 80-Trey Gustin, 13.581; 30. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.630; 31. 16-Chris Andrews, 13.674; 32. 7-Troy Kigan, 99.999

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. O9-Craig Mintz[2] ; 2. 54-Cap Henry[6] ; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[5] ; 4. 4-Danny Smith[4] ; 5. 5R-Byron Reed[3] ; 6. 80-Trey Gustin[8] ; 7. 27P-Paige Polyak[7] ; 8. 57X-Andrew Palker[1]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 9B-Jamie Barnes[3] ; 2. 97-Phil Gressman[4] ; 3. 40G-Caleb Griffith[7] ; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6] ; 5. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[8] ; 7. 29-Cole Duncan[5] ; 8. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[2]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. O-Justin Henderson[2] ; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4] ; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 4. 7K-Chad Blonde[7] ; 5. 40-Caleb Helms[5] ; 6. 16-Chris Andrews[8] ; 7. 9X-Brandon Martin[1] ; 8. 53-D.J. Foos[3]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[2] ; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1] ; 3. 66-Randy Hannagan[6] ; 4. 2M-Dustin Daggett[4] ; 5. 55-Brad Bowman[7] ; 6. 45-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 7. 99-Brady Bacon[5] ; 8. 7-Troy Kigan[8]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature 1. 83-Tim Shaffer[1] ; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[3] ; 3. 40-Caleb Helms[4] ; 4. 54-Cap Henry[5] ; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[2] ; 6. 66-Randy Hannagan[6]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 99-Brady Bacon[2] ; 2. 29-Cole Duncan[1] ; 3. 45-Danny Holtgraver[4] ; 4. 9X-Brandon Martin[7] ; 5. 27P-Paige Polyak[8] ; 6. 53-D.J. Foos[3] ; 7. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[5] ; 8. 16-Chris Andrews[11] ; 9. 46AU-Stuart Williams[10] ; 10. 80-Trey Gustin[9] ; 11. 57X-Andrew Palker[6] ; 12. 7-Troy Kigan[12]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (40 Laps) 1. 2-Dale Blaney[2]; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[9]; 3. 66-Randy Hannagan[6]; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[1]; 5. O9-Craig Mintz[16]; 6. 4-Danny Smith[7]; 7. 40-Caleb Helms[3]; 8. 9X-Brandon Martin[20]; 9. 7K-Chad Blonde[23]; 10. 29-Cole Duncan[11]; 11. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[18]; 12. 5R-Byron Reed[13]; 13. 40G-Caleb Griffith[22]; 14. O-Justin Henderson[17]; 15. 45-Danny Holtgraver[15]; 16. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5]; 17. 2M-Dustin Daggett[10]; 18. 55-Brad Bowman[24]; 19. 99-Brady Bacon[12]; 20. 54-Cap Henry[4]; 21. 5T-Travis Philo[19]; 22. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[21]; 23. 9B-Jamie Barnes[14]; 24. 97-Phil Gressman[8] Hard Charger: 7K-Chad Blonde[+14]

All Star Circuit of Champion Sprint Car Series

By Brian Liskai

ATTICA, Ohio – The stars of the University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) All Star Circuit of Champion Sprint Car Series will duke it out with the tough weekly competitors of Attica Raceway Park during the 22nd Annual HD Supply Spring Nationals on Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30.

The event kicks off the UNOH All Star’s “northern tour” and the Ohio Region of the series and has drawn some of the top stars in racing including three time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart and NASCAR star Kasey Kahne. Several Pennsylvania teams and World of Outlaw teams have shown up for the Spring Nationals as well.

“Attica Raceway Park is one of the most exciting tracks the All Stars compete at. With the level of competition that races there every week, and the loyal, intelligent fans that come there, coupled with is its history and proximity to other hot beds of racing….the Spring Nationals has become a ‘must see’ event in the Midwest region,” said Guy Webb, President of the UNOH All Stars. “It’s early enough in the season you just don’t know who will show up. And from what we are hearing, the Ohio Region of the All Stars could be one of the most competitive and exciting in the history of the series.”

After two UNOH All Star events have been completed in 2013 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Florida, three time series champion and 2012 Ohio Region champion Dale “The Low Rider” Blaney of Hartford, Ohio, leads the UNOH All Star point standings. Blaney, who has 93 career All Star wins, just five away from tying hall-of-famer Kenny Jacobs for most wins in series history, opened the 2012 Spring Nationals with a last lap win and sits fifth on Attica’s all-time with list with 16 victories. Blaney also have five victories in Spring Nationals competition.

Watertown, Connecticut’s David Gravel, who has been filling in for the injured Bill Rose along the World of Outlaws trail as of late, recording solid top 10 runs, is currently second in the All Stars national points. Tim “The Steel City Outlaw Shaffer of Aliquippa, Pa., comes into the Spring Nationals third in the series points. Shaffer has won the last four straight All Star championships, a feat only accomplished by Jacobs and Chad Kemenah. Shaffer does have a 360 sprint win in 2013. Shaffer, who sits sixth on the All Stars’ all-time win list with 51 victories, has 10 career wins at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant. Pennsylvania’s Lance Dewease, in a new ride for 2013, sits fourth the All Star points, and claimed the series’ eastern region champion in 2011 and has one career win at Attica. Rounding out the series top five is four series and Attica rookie of the year Cap Henry from nearby Bellevue, Ohio. Henry had a break-out season with the All Stars in 2012, nearly claiming several wins, including a speedweek event at Attica.

Round out the All Stars’ top 10 in points are Paul McMahan, Logan Schuchart, Danny Dietrich, Danny Holtgraver and Steve Buckwalter. Holtgraver scored his first UNOH All Star win at Attica to open the Ohio Speedweek in 2012, and went on to record 3 series wins in 2013.

And while the Attica Spring Nationals has drawn some of the biggest names in racing, it’s the tough weekly competition that makes the event so exciting. In the 2012 spring nationals, Blaney opened with a last lap pass of Attica’s 2012 champion Craig Mintz for the win. On the second night, Mintz, who has 8 career wins at Attica, executed a last lap pass of Stevie Smith, a 2005 Spring Nationals winner, for his first ever All Star win.

Then throw in six-time Attica champion Byron Reed, who has two Spring National wins, Greg Wilson, a two-time All Star champion and three-time Spring Nationals winner with 19 career victories at Attica, 2011 and 2012 FAST (Fremont Attica Sprint Title) Bryan Sebetto who has 7 career wins at Attica, former track champion Dean Jacobs and a host of other tough weekly and regional competitors and you have a recipe for excitement.

For gate times, admission prices and more for the 22nd Annual HD Supply Spring Nationals at Attica Raceway Park, go to www.atticaracewaypark.com

Attica Raceway Park Spring Nationals’ History

1992 Frankie Kerr Frankie Kerr

1993 Mark Keegan

1994 Mark Keegan Frankie Kerr

1995 Dale Blaney Joey Saldana

1996 Bobby Teeple Danny Smith

1997 Gary Wright Butch Schroeder

1998 Jeff Shepard Frankie Kerr

1999 Kenny Jacobs

2000 Craig Dollansky

2001 Byron Reed

2002 Greg Wilson Jeff Shepard

2003 Chad Kemenah Greg Wilson

2004 Chad Kemenah

2005 Stevie Smith Danny Smith

2006 Terry McCarl Greg Wilson

2007 Brock Mayes Dale Blaney

2008 Lance Dewease

2009 Dale Blaney Rained Out

2010 Rained Out Byron Reed

2011 Rained Out Dale Blaney

2012

Dale Blaney

Craig Mintz

Schatz sweeps UNOH All Stars at Bubba Raceway Park

By Brian Liskai

OCALA, FLA. (Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013) – On many nights in racing, it’s all about taking advantage of opportunities when they present themselves. For the second night in a row Donny Schatz did just that as he took the win against the University of Northwest Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions Saturday at Bubba Raceway Park.

When Steve Kinser suffered a flat tire with 10 laps to go Saturday, it caused race leader Dale Blaney, who was locked in a battle with four time UNOH All Star champion Tim Shaffer, to slow ever so slightly and Schatz was there to pounce. Schatz, a five time and defending World of Outlaws champion, drove into the lead in his Tony Stewart Racing/STP/Armor All backed machine. Shaffer regrouped and was able to apply pressure to Schatz as they raced into lapped traffic late in the race. However, Shaffer couldn’t make the pass as Schatz drove to his 11th career UNOH All Star victory.

“What a great weekend. The guys got all the cars and motors running fantastic and it’s a lot of fun. This is what’s fun about racing. I was able to maneuver around and take advantage when Dale and Tim got to racing and they left a spot open for me,” said Schatz. “These new Hoosier tires aren’t like the tires we ran eight years ago, but they have a little forgiveness to them. I can do things in the race car that I haven’t been able to do in while. I can maneuver the car again…it’s exciting to see.”

After being involved in tangle on the opening night, a second place finish was just what Shaffer and his Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook Motorsports team needed.

“This is a tough place to pass. We had a couple of shots at Donny, but he got the breaks and things went his way. After the first night, this is a shot in the arm for us,” said Shaffer, who has won the last four consecutive UNOH All Star championships.

“We know we can compete with these guys. I’m excited to get to Volusia. It won’t be easy there. It’s like Knoxville…everyone has their best stuff and the competition is the best,” added Shaffer beside his Kistler Engines/Kistler Racing Products/VRP Shocks backed #83.

Blaney and Shaffer would bring the field to the green, with Blaney grabbing the lead with Shaffer remaining within striking distance. Meanwhile Schatz and three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart were battling for third with two-time All Star champion Greg Wilson in fifth. As they raced into traffic, Shaffer was able to grab the lead on lap 8, but it was short-lived as Blaney used the same traffic to regain the lead a lap later.

Just past the half-way point, Kinser, who had worked his way from 24th to 13th, had a right rear tire going down. With 10 laps to go as Kinser tried to exit the track, it hindered Blaney and Shaffer, allowing Schatz to drive into the lead with Shaffer in second and Blaney falling back to third. A lap later and Stewart, aboard his Chevy Performance/Mobil 1 #14, would take third from Blaney with Wilson continuing to round out the top five. Shaffer would get to Schatz with less than a handful of laps left, but couldn’t make the pass.

Schatz would drive to the victory over Shaffer, Stewart and Blaney while Daryn Pittman would slip past Wilson with four laps to go to round out the top five finishers.

Bubba Raceway Park - 2/9/2013

UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (32 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.982; 2. 14-Tony Stewart, 12.118; 3. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.216; 4. 51-Paul McMahan, 12.235; 5. 4D-Cody Darrah, 12.251; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer, 12.286; 7. 89G-David Gravel, 12.291; 8. 27-Lance Dewease, 12.309; 9. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.315; 10. 9-Daryn Pittman, 12.376; 11. 48-Danny Dietrich, 12.385; 12. 54-Cap Henry, 12.456; 13. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.470; 14. 1-Danny Lasoski, 12.492; 15. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.526; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.565; 17. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 12.600; 18. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 12.609; 19. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.654; 20. 80-Trey Gustin, 12.669; 21. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 12.670; 22. O-Justin Henderson, 12.677; 23. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 12.717; 24. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr., 12.732; 25. 11-Steve Kinser, 12.798; 26. 13-Jason Leffler, 12.819; 27. 9B-Jamie Barnes, 12.830; 28. 4-Danny Smith, 12.944; 29. O7-Mark Coldren, 12.992; 30. 40I-Mark Imler, 13.366; 31. 5-Glendon Forsythe, 13.383; 32. 18L-Shawn Lawler, 14.141

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 15-Donny Schatz[6] ; 2. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[2] ; 3. 7S-Jason Sides[3] ; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[1] ; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[4] ; 6. 4D-Cody Darrah[5] ; 7. 11-Steve Kinser[7] ; 8. O7-Mark Coldren[8]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 1-Danny Lasoski[3] ; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[5] ; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman[4] ; 4. 45-Danny Holtgraver[2] ; 5. 14-Tony Stewart[6] ; 6. 13-Jason Leffler[7] ; 7. 40I-Mark Imler[8]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 59-Jac Haudenschild[1] ; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich[4] ; 4. 89G-David Gravel[5] ; 5. 40-Caleb Helms[2] ; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3] ; 7. 9B-Jamie Barnes[7] ; 8. 5-Glendon Forsythe[8]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 11K-Kraig Kinser[3] ; 2. 54-Cap Henry[4] ; 3. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[1] ; 4. 51-Paul McMahan[6] ; 5. 4-Danny Smith[7] ; 6. 80-Trey Gustin[2] ; 7. 18L-Shawn Lawler[8] ; 8. 27-Lance Dewease[5]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 2-Dale Blaney[1] ; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[5] ; 4. 14-Tony Stewart[6] ; 5. 89G-David Gravel[3] ; 6. 51-Paul McMahan[4]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 4D-Cody Darrah[1] ; 2. 27-Lance Dewease[2] ; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3] ; 4. 11-Steve Kinser[6] ; 5. 9B-Jamie Barnes[8] ; 6. 80-Trey Gustin[4] ; 7. O-Justin Henderson[5] ; 8. 13-Jason Leffler[7] ; 9. 40I-Mark Imler[10] ; 10. O7-Mark Coldren[9] ; 11. 18L-Shawn Lawler[12] ; 12. 5-Glendon Forsythe[11]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)

1. 15-Donny Schatz[3]; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[2]; 3. 14-Tony Stewart[4]; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[1]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman[8]; 6. 89G-David Gravel[5]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson[7]; 8. 51-Paul McMahan[6]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides[13]; 10. 27-Lance Dewease[12]; 11. 48-Danny Dietrich[9]; 12. 4D-Cody Darrah[11]; 13. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[17]; 14. 54-Cap Henry[10]; 15. 45-Danny Holtgraver[18]; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser[16]; 17. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[20]; 18. 4-Danny Smith[24]; 19. 40-Caleb Helms[19]; 20. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[22]; 21. 11-Steve Kinser[23]; 22. 59-Jac Haudenschild[21]; 23. 1-Danny Lasoski[14]; 24. 1S-Logan Schuchart[15]

Hard Charger: 4-Danny Smith[+6]

Schatz opens UNOH All Star season with win at Bubba Raceway Park

By Brian Liskai

OCALA, FLA. (Friday, Feb. 8, 2013) – In a pre-season media poll, Donny Schatz was tabbed as the favorite to win the 2013 World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series championship. The Fargo, North Dakota driver did nothing to disprove that notion Friday, opening the University of Northwest Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions’ season with a win at Bubba Raceway Park.

Schatz, a five time World of Outlaws champion, passed 2012 UNOH All Star Eastern Region champion Daryn Pittman on the 11th lap and then held off Pittman in traffic to claim his 10th career UNOH All Star victory.

“There’s just nothing like winning. I think the media picking me to win the World of Outlaws title this year takes some of the pressure off. To know the media recognizes how good of a team we have helps us,” said Schatz beside his Tony Stewart Racing/STP/Armor All backed #15. “Bubba has worked very hard on this track trying to make it two grooves and it paid off tonight. The track was as good as I’ve ever seen Ocala.”

Three time UNOH All Star champion Dale Blaney and Pittman would bring the field to the green with Pittman grabbing the lead aboard his new Kasey Kahne Racing ride. Schatz, who drove around Blaney on the second lap to take the runner-up spot, would slip past Pittman for the lead on the 11th lap.

Things really got interesting after Schatz took the lead, as Kerry Madsen put his machine on its side, bringing out the red. On the restart, Schatz would pull away slightly from Pittman as Hanover, Pennsylvania’s Logan Schuchart slid around Blaney for third with Bellevue, Ohio’s Cap Henry getting around David Gravel for fifth.

Schatz’ lead would evaporate in lapped traffic as Pittman closed to within three car lengths. The battle for the fifth spot would heat back up with five laps to go, with Henry, Gravel and Cody Darrah battled.

Schatz would hold off Pittman at the checkers with Schuchart taking third with Blaney and Gravel rounding out the top five.

“There were some lapped cars that give us some problems. I just had to pull out all the stops and puss the issue a little with some of them. Once I did that we were good,” said Schatz.

For Pittman, his debut in the Great Clips/Sage Fruit machine couldn’t have gone much better.

“I’m very pleased with how we ran tonight. It was a bit disappointing to watch Donny go by, but in the same token he didn’t pull away. I was able to hang with him and I think the last five laps I was quicker than he was and I had a shot at him in traffic. I think it helped me to be behind him. I was able to see where I was losing ground to him and where I needed to change my line. I learned a lot following him,” said Pittman.

For Schuchart, it was another good start to a racing season.

“Last year we started strong at Screven but struggled at Ocala. But tonight….I don’t know if it’s the new Hoosier tires or we found something with the car, but I felt good in the car. I could run with the fast guys and that felt really good,” said Schuchart beside his Rich Fogle Custom Pole Buildings/Your Auto Source Inc. /Newman’s Shell backed #1s.

“It was hard to pass tonight. When Blaney and Madsen got together, I was right there with them so on the restart I knew I could race with them. I was able to get to third and I knew I was fast up top. I can’t wait to race tomorrow,” added Schuchart.

For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com

Bubba Raceway Park - 2/8/2013

UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (34 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 9-Daryn Pittman, 11.840; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer, 11.980; 3. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.028; 4. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.039; 5. 4D-Cody Darrah, 12.044; 6. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 12.065; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.088; 8. 29-Kerry Madsen, 12.096; 9. 54-Cap Henry, 12.118; 10. 89G-David Gravel, 12.119; 11. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 12.156; 12. 13-Jason Leffler, 12.221; 13. 4-Danny Smith, 12.258; 14. O7-Mark Coldren, 12.292; 15. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.314; 16. 1-Danny Lasoski, 12.321; 17. 14-Tony Stewart, 12.360; 18. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.367; 19. 27-Lance Dewease, 12.381; 20. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 12.401; 21. 51-Paul McMahan, 12.408; 22. 48-Danny Dietrich, 12.486; 23. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.486; 24. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.508; 25. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr., 12.527; 26. O-Justin Henderson, 12.594; 27. 9B-Jamie Barnes, 12.607; 28. 11-Steve Kinser, 12.656; 29. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 12.714; 30. 40I-Mark Imler, 12.879; 31. 80-Trey Gustin, 12.926; 32. 5-Glendon Forsythe, 13.199; 33. 18L-Shawn Lawler, 14.374; 34. 1A-Jacob Allen, 99.999

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 14-Tony Stewart[2] ; 2. 51-Paul McMahan[1] ; 3. 54-Cap Henry[4] ; 4. 4-Danny Smith[3] ; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman[6] ; 6. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[7] ; 7. 4D-Cody Darrah[5] ; 8. 18L-Shawn Lawler[9] ; 9. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[8]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 48-Danny Dietrich[1] ; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser[2] ; 3. 89G-David Gravel[4] ; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 5. 59-Jac Haudenschild[5] ; 6. O7-Mark Coldren[3] ; 7. O-Justin Henderson[7] ; 8. 40I-Mark Imler[8]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 27-Lance Dewease[2] ; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[6] ; 3. 40-Caleb Helms[1] ; 4. 7S-Jason Sides[3] ; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5] ; 6. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[4] ; 7. 80-Trey Gustin[8] ; 8. 9B-Jamie Barnes[7]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 45-Danny Holtgraver[2] ; 2. W20-Greg Wilson[1] ; 3. 1-Danny Lasoski[3] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen[5] ; 6. 11-Steve Kinser[7] ; 7. 13-Jason Leffler[4] ; 8. 5-Glendon Forsythe[8]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 2-Dale Blaney[2] ; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman[3] ; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[5] ; 4. 59-Jac Haudenschild[4] ; 5. 83-Tim Shaffer[1] ; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[6]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[2] ; 2. 4D-Cody Darrah[1] ; 3. O7-Mark Coldren[4] ; 4. 11-Steve Kinser[8] ; 5. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[5] ; 6. 40I-Mark Imler[10] ; 7. 13-Jason Leffler[3] ; 8. 80-Trey Gustin[11] ; 9. 5-Glendon Forsythe[12] ; 10. 18L-Shawn Lawler[13] ; 11. 9B-Jamie Barnes[7]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)

1. 15-Donny Schatz[3]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman[2]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[6]; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[1]; 5. 89G-David Gravel[9]; 6. 4D-Cody Darrah[11]; 7. 54-Cap Henry[8]; 8. 7S-Jason Sides[14]; 9. 27-Lance Dewease[18]; 10. 14-Tony Stewart[16]; 11. 1-Danny Lasoski[15]; 12. 45-Danny Holtgraver[19]; 13. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[12]; 14. 40-Caleb Helms[22]; 15. 51-Paul McMahan[20]; 16. 48-Danny Dietrich[21]; 17. 11-Steve Kinser[24]; 18. 4-Danny Smith[10]; 19. 29-Kerry Madsen[7]; 20. W20-Greg Wilson[23]; 21. O7-Mark Coldren[13]; 22. 11K-Kraig Kinser[17]; 23. 59-Jac Haudenschild[4]; 24. 83-Tim Shaffer[5]

Hard Charger: 27-Lance Dewease[+9]

UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions bring excitement to 10 states in 2013

CAMARGO, IL (2-7-13) By Brian Liskai The University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars will live up to their moniker Americas Series in 2013. The touring series will entertain fans in 10 states over at least 45 events this season, which kicks off this week with the traditional southern swing in Georgia and Florida.

�Our regional concept has created a lot of excitement all over the Midwest. More drivers are participating in All Star events and that has brought a level of competition to tracks that has attracted more fans. This season will continue our mantra �you never know who will win� when the UNOH All Stars come to town,� said Guy Webb, UNOH All Star CEO.

In 2012, the UNOH All Stars sanctioned 43 races with 22 different winners. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania�s Tim Shaffer scored his fourth consecutive national UNOH All Star championship and picked up six wins along the way. Three-time series champion Dale Blaney took the Ohio Region title for the series, winning a series� best nine times to run his career total to 93, just five behind hall-of-famer Kenny Jacobs for the most All Star wins. Daryn Pittman scored the UNOH All Stars Eastern Region championship with three series wins in 2012.

The UNOH All Stars have 45 races on the 2013 schedule. Highlights include five visits to Attica Raceway Park to help celebrate the track�s 25th anniversary; six stops at Fremont Speedway as �The Track That Action Built� celebrates its 63rd season of racing; taking on the PA Posse at the historic Williams Grove Speedway, Port Royal Speedway and Lincoln Speedway; the 31st Annual Ohio Sprint Speedway week which currently features eight nights of racing over nine days; and two stops at Tony Stewart�s Eldora Speedway. There�s also the annual swing into New York and the Thunder Through the Plains.

Besides Shaffer and Blaney, the UNOH All Stars will continue to show case the young up-and-coming stars like Danny Holtgraver, Cap Henry, David Gravel, Justin Henderson and Caleb Helms.

�When you throw in the local talent in the regions, our events will continue to bring excitement to race fans all over the Midwest,� added Webb.

For more information and the complete schedule go to www.allstarsprint.com

2013 UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions Schedule

2/7 Screven Motor Speedway Sylvania, GA East

2/8 Bubba Raceway Park Ocala, FL East

2/9 Bubba Raceway Park Ocala, FL East

2/13 Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, FL East

2/14 Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, FL East

3/29 Attica Raceway Park Attica, OH Ohio

3/30 Attica Raceway Park Attica, OH Ohio

4/26 Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA East

4/27 Port Royal Speedway Port Royal, PA East

5/10 Lernerville Speedway Sarver, PA Ohio

5/11 Mercer Raceway Park Mercer, PA Ohio

5/18 I-77 Raceway Park Ripley, WV Ohio

5/25 Fremont Speedway Fremont, OH Ohio

5/26 Fremont Speedway Fremont, OH Ohio

6/8 Butler Motor Speedway Quincy, MI Ohio

6/11 Canandaigua Motorsports Park Canandaigua, NY East

6/14 Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA East

6/15 Lincoln Speedway Abbottstown, PA East

OHIO SPRINT SPEEDWEEK

6/21 Attica Raceway Park Attica, OH Ohio

6/22 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH Ohio

6/23 Waynesfield Raceway Park Waynesfield, OH Ohio

6/24 Wayne County Speedway Orville, OH Ohio

6/25 Sharon Speedway Hartford, OH Ohio

6/26 T.B.A. Ohio Ohio

6/27 Fremont Speedway Fremont, OH Ohio

6/28 Limaland Motorsports Park Lima, OH Ohio

6/29 Fremont Speedway Fremont, OH Ohio

7/3 West Virginia Motor Speedway Mineral Wells, WV Ohio

7/17 Fulton Speedway Fulton, NY East

7/18 Fonda Speedway Fonda, NY East

THUNDER THROUGH THE PLAINS

7/20 Wilmot Raceway Wilmot, WI Great Plains

7/21 Husets Speedway Brandon, SD Great Plains

7/23 T.B.A. Minnesota Great Plains

7/27 Jackson Speedway Jackson, MN Great Plains

7/28 Buffalo River Raceway Park Glyndon, MN Great Plains

8/4 T.B.A. Iowa Great Plains

8/11 Husets Speedway Brandon, SD Great Plains

8/16 T.B.A. Michigan Ohio

8/17 Butler Motor Speedway Quincy, MI Ohio

8/24 Mercer Raceway Park Mercer, PA Ohio

8/30 Attica Raceway Park Attica, OH Ohio

8/31 Attica Raceway Park Attica, OH Ohio

9/1 Wayne County Speedway Orville, OH Ohio

9/6 Port Royal Speedway Port Royal, PA East

9/7 Port Royal Speedway Port Royal, PA East

9/13 Fremont Speedway Fremont, OH Ohio

9/14 Fremont Speedway Fremont, OH Ohio

10/12 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH Ohio

Racers and fans can save on hotels during All Stars' southern races

CAMARGO, IL (1-12-13)By Brian Liskai � Race teams and fans who plan to follow the University Of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit Of Champions Sprint Car Series during the season kick-off tour in Georgia and Florida can save money on hotel accommodations by staying at the official UNOH All Star hotel facilities.

When the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions begin their 2013 season with the Third Annual Winter Freeze at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga, on Feb. 7, fans can save by staying at the Holiday Inn Express � Savannah North, 7210 GA Hwy 21, Port Wentworth, Ga 31407. Call 912-964-8900 and use the group code SRE to receive a room for just $79 for Feb. 6 and 7.

The Holiday Inn Express offers truck parking, a hot breakfast, microwave and refrigerator in every room and is within walking distance to bars and restaurants.

When the UNOH All Stars head to Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla. Feb. 8 and 9, the Howard Johnsons in Ocala, 3951 NW Blitchton Road (I-75 Exit 354) will be the series� official hotel. Call 352-629-7021 and mention group code All Star Sprint to receive a room for only $69.99.

Howard Johnsons is newly renovated and offers plenty of parking, a continental breakfast, microwave and refrigerator in every room and a car wash on site.

The UNOH All Stars will wrap up their southern swing Feb. 13 and 14 as part of the 42nd Annual UNOH DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

Fans and race teams can book rooms for Feb. 10-15 at the Clarion Hotel 350 East International Speedway Blvd, DeLand, Fla. 32724. Call 386-738-5200 and mention group code All Star Championship Racing to receive a room for $89.

The Clarion Hotel offers plenty of parking, an on-site lounge and restaurant, and is conveniently located near grocery stores, restaurants and a car wash.

For more information about the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions go to www.allstarsprint.com

UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions sign deal with Hoosier Tire

CAMARGO, IL (11-15-12)By Brian Liskai The University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions and Hoosier Racing Tire Corporation have entered into a five-year agreement making the Indiana-based tire brand the series tire supplier beginning in the 2013 season.

The UNOH All Stars, which annually completes 40 to 50 winged 410 sprint car events, will use Hoosiers in all four positions.

The UNOH All Stars join the World of Outlaws and many tracks throughout the country to have signed an agreement with Hoosier Racing Tire.

�We look forward to working with Hoosier Tire and feel they will provide the best tire that will insure good racing and hopefully save our teams money in the long-run, said Guy Webb, CEO of the UNOH All Stars.

For more information about the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions visit their website at www.allstarsprint.com. More information is also available at www.hoosiertire.com

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