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Chamberlain sweeps ALMS at Attica; Sebetto claims 5th 305 sprint win; Ball edges Dible for truck victory.
By Brian Liskai
ATTICA, Ohio (Friday, June, 22, 2007) - Duane Chamberlain was having a bad
racing month. What he needed was a shot in the arm, some confidence. He got
that and more Friday at Attica Raceway Park, as the Richmond, Indiana driver
won both the Sunoco American Late Model Series feature events - the make-up
from the May 25 Fultz Fabrications & Speedshop that was rained out, and the
regular show on Wynn's Automotive/Service Drive Solutions Night.
Fremont's Bryan Sebetto scored his third straight 305 sprint feature win at
"Ohio's Finest Racing" venue.
Tiffin's Art Ball literally won by a bumper in the dirt truck A-Main.
Chamberlain lead both 30-lap late model features wire to wire, surviving a
crash-filled A-main in the make-up feature, and an ill-handling car in the
final feature. The wins were his fifth and sixth of the season and his third
and fourth in the Sunoco American Late Model Series.
"We haven't been very good at all this month...our luck has been horrible.
We got to start up front and that was a huge difference. In the first
feature, I just had to stay up against the cushion. With all those yellows
(six) in the first feature, I was wondering when something would happen to
the car," said Chamberlain beside his CW Excavating sponsored #1c. "In the
second one, I got into a lapped car about half-way through and must have
broke something in the front, because it was a handful. My wife is seven
months pregnant, so somebody must have known I needed these wins."
Sebetto drove his Gressman Powersports #01 around the high side of Matt
Lucius exiting turn 4 on lap 10 and never looked back as he sailed to his
fifth win at Attica for the season.
"This thing is just so good around the high side of three and four...I could
almost flat-foot it around there," said Sebetto beside his Frosty's
Put-In-Bay Bar sponsored sprinter. "We had our fingers crossed this motor
would last...we broke something in the oil pump ealier in the night. That's
just tells you how good a motor Scott Gressman builds."
The truck feature once again was unbelieveable, as Ball and Dible raced side
by side the last five laps of the feature before Ball would edge Dible at
the start-finish line. It marked Ball's third win of the season at Attica in
the last four weeks of racing. He now has five victories in his career in
the dirt trucks at Attica to lead all drivers.
"I didn't know who won. I kind of got in cruise control early on and then
something woke me up and told me it was time to race," said Ball beside his
Chaney Roofing, Clouse Construction, All In One Home Improvement backed
truck. "I have to give Bob Dible credit....he raced me as hard as anyone has
ever raced me and he did it as clean as anyone has."
In the make-up ALMS feature, Chamberlain jumped into the early lead from his
outside front row starting spot with Ryan Markham and Dusty Moore giving
chase. Four yellows would stop the action in the first 10 laps, continuously
giving Chamberlain a clear track. The real battle was for second between
Markham, Aaron Scott, Brian Ruhlman and Ronnie Perrin Jr.
At the half-way mark of the 30-lap event, Chamberlain lead over Markham,
Perrin, Ryan Missler and Tim Sabo. Perrin would get around Markham on lap
18, but would retire to the pits with mechanical woes three laps later.Casey
Noonan and Jerry Bowersocks would pick up their pass in the closing six
laps, but it was too little too late, as Chamberlain powered away to the
win. Markham, Missler, Bowersocks and 16th-starter Keith Berner would round
out the top five. However, Missler's car would come up light at the scales
and he would be scored last.
Chamberlain would again start in the outside front row for the Wynn's
Automotive/Service Drive Solution A-main and would once again use the
outside groove to build a lead. And, once again, the action behind him was
fantastic between Markham, Ruhlman, Eric Myers, Tyler Boggs and Rick Combs.
Unlike the first feature, this one saw only two yellows, but they would fall
at opportune times for Chamberlain as was getting into heavy lapped traffic.
Chamberlain would get some pressure from Ruhlman by lap 24, but once he
clearned traffic he would build his lead to five car lengths. Ruhlman would
finish second with Markham, Combs and Boggs rounding out the top five.
In the 305 sprint feature, Matt Lucius would utilize the bottom groove to
grab the early lead over Dustin Dinan, Chris Lang, Duane Zablocki and Brad
Bowman. All eyes were on 9th-starter Sebetto and 15th-starter Andy Shammo as
they picked their way through traffic. Sebetto would crack the top five on
lap 6, with Shammo moving into sixth place as the first yellow flew on lap
8. The running order was Lucius, Dinan, Lang, Sebetto, Bowman and Shammo.
When the green came back out, Sebetto would drive to the cushion in turns 3
and 4 and move from 4th to second in one corner. He would use the same
groove to power past Lucius on lap 10 and built a huge lead. Meanwhile,
Shammo continued his march forward and moved into second on lap 16. By then,
Sebetto's lead was nearly half a lap as he worked his way through traffic.
At the checkered flag, it was Sebetto over Shammo, Dinan, Lucius and
17th-starter Cody Runion to round out the top five.
In the 15-lap dirt truck main, Ball would lead the first lap before Dible
would drive around the high side to take the top spot a lap later. Dible
would continue to lead with Ball and Steve Endicott putting on constant
pressure. At times the three ran side by side battling for the lead.
As the race settled into a rhythm, Dible seemed to have it in control. But,
with four laps remaining, Ball got up on the steering wheel and pulled along
side Dible as the duo raced door to door the remaining laps with Ball
squeaking out the narrow victory. Dible, 10th-starter Cory Ward, Shawn
Valenti and 12th-starter Chuck Roelle would round out the top five.
Attica Raceway Park (5-25-07 Make-up)
Fultz Fabrications & Speedshop Night
Sunoco American Late Model Series
Wynns Auto Parts Heat 1 - (10 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 55-Jeep Vanwormer; 2. 6NM-Hillard Miller; 3. 20M-Eric Myers; 4. 9F-Mark
Frazier; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed; 6. 27-Ken Hahn; 7. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 8.
29-Rocky Owens; 9. 12S-Mike Stiltner Sr.
Wynns Auto Parts Heat 2 - (10 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5M-Ryan Markham; 2. 75-Dusty Moore; 3. 1RZ-Brian Ruhlman; 4. 11J-Jerry
Bowersox; 5. 84-Tim Sabo; 6. 96F-Keith Berner; 7. 6M-Mike McKnight; 8.
12-Michael Stiltner; 9. 34-Ky Harper
Wynns Auto Parts Heat 3 - (10 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 19-Steve Casebolt; 2. 1S-Aaron Scott; 3. OJ-Ronnie Perrine Jr.; 4.
B4U-Brad Eitnear; 5. 2C-Clint Coffman; 6. 1N-Casey Noonan; 7. 48-John Bores;
8. 25-Bill Hahn
Wynns Auto Parts Heat 4 - (10 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1C-Duane Chamberlain; 2. 91-Rusty Schlenk; 3. 50-Ryan Missler; 4.
23C-Jeremy Canada; 5. 61-John Horner; 6. 15B-Mike Bores; 7. 3-Rick Delong
B1-Main (8 laps, top 6 transfer to A-Main)
1. 11J-Jerry Bowersox; 2. 84-Tim Sabo; 3. 9F-Mark Frazier; 4. 96F-Keith
Berner; 5. 27-Ken Hahn; 6. 34-Ky Harper; 7. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 8. 6M-Mike
McKnight; . 12-Michael Stiltner; . 21-Larry Kingseed; . 12S-Mike Stiltner
Sr.
B2-Main (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1N-Casey Noonan; 2. 25-Bill Hahn; 3. 48-John Bores; 4. 3-Rick Delong; 5.
10C-Tyler Boggs; 6. 23C-Jeremy Canada; 7. 61-John Horner; 8. 15B-Mike Bores
A-main - 30 Laps Starting Position [#]
1. 1C-Duane Chamberlain[2]; 2. 5M-Ryan Markham[1]; 3. 11J-Jerry
Bowersox[10]; 4. 96F-Keith Berner[16]; 5. 1N-Casey Noonan[9]; 6. 9F-Mark
Frazier[14]; 7. 34-Ky Harper[20]; 8. 25-Bill Hahn[11]; 9. 10C-Tyler
Boggs[17]; 10. 3-Rick Delong[15]; 11. 55-Chuck Hummer[21]; 12. OJ-Ronnie
Perrine Jr.[8]; 13. 84-Tim Sabo[12]; 14. 27-Ken Hahn[18]; 15. 1S-Aaron
Scott[3]; 16. 20M-Eric Myers[6]; 17. 6M-Mike McKnight[19]; 18. 48-John
Bores[13]; 19. 1RZ-Brian Ruhlman[5]; 20. 75-Dusty Moore[4]; 21. 50-Ryan
Missler[7]
Wynns Automotive/Service Drive Solutions Night
Sunoco American Model Series (6-22-07)
Wynns Auto Parts Heat 1 - (10 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5M-Ryan Markham; 2. 20M-Eric Myers; 3. 27H-Bill Hahn; 4. 33-Bryan Koebbe;
5. 6M-Mike McKnight; 6. 77-Steve Kester; 7. 1W-Brian Orth; 8. 31-Bill Clapp
Jr.; 9. 12P-Mike Stiltner Sr.; 10. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth
Wynns Auto Parts Heat 2 - (10 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 49-Brian Ruhlman; 2. 75-Dusty Moore; 3. 9F-Mark Frazer; 4. 11C-Clint
Jamison; 5. X3-Dan Wallace; 6. 3-Rick Delong; 7. 55-Chuck Hummer; 8.
48B-John Bores
Wynns Auto Parts Heat 3 - (10 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 10C-Tyler Boggs; 2. 48-Ryan Missler; 3. 45-Mike Marteney; 4. 96F-Keith
Berner; 5. 11J-Jerry Bowersox; 6. 21-Larry Kingseed; 7. 15B-Mike Bores; 8.
23C-Jeremy Canada; 9. 69-John Mayes Jr.; 10. 1B-Fred Wahl
Wynns Auto Parts Heat 4 - (10 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1C-Duane Chamberlain; 2. 53-Hillard Miller; 3. 26-Rick Combs; 4. OO-Aaron
Scott; 5. 1N-Casey Noonan; 6. 84-Tim Sabo; 7. 34-Ky Harper; 8. 12-Michael
Stiltner; 9. 61-John Horner
B1-Main
1. 33-Bryan Koebbe; 2. X3-Dan Wallace; 3. 3-Rick Delong; 4. 2D-Curtis
Deisenroth; 5. 55-Chuck Hummer; 6. 48B-John Bores; 7. 77-Steve Kester; 8.
11C-Clint Jamison; . 6M-Mike McKnight; . 1W-Brian Orth; . 31-Bill Clapp Jr.
B2-Main
1. 96F-Keith Berner; 2. OO-Aaron Scott; 3. 11J-Jerry Bowersox; 4. 21-Larry
Kingseed; 5. 34-Ky Harper; 6. 84-Tim Sabo; 7. 23C-Jeremy Canada; 8. 1N-Casey
Noonan; 9. 15B-Mike Bores; 10. 69-John Mayes Jr.; 11. 12-Michael Stiltner;
12. 61-John Horner; 13. 1B-Fred Wahl
A-main Starting Position [#]
1. 1C-Duane Chamberlain[2]; 2. 49-Brian Ruhlman[1]; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[4];
4. 26-Rick Combs[12]; 5. 10C-Tyler Boggs[3]; 6. 75-Dusty Moore[6]; 7.
48-Ryan Missler[7]; 8. 96F-Keith Berner[14]; 9. 20M-Eric Myers[5]; 10.
9F-Mark Frazer[10]; 11. 53-Hillard Miller[8]; 12. 27H-Bill Hahn[9]; 13.
3-Rick Delong[17]; 14. OO-Aaron Scott[16]; 15. 34-Ky Harper[22]; 16.
11J-Jerry Bowersox[18]; 17. 45-Mike Marteney[11]; 18. 2D-Curtis
Deisenroth[19]; 19. 33-Bryan Koebbe[13]; 20. X3-Dan Wallace[15]; 21.
1N-Casey Noonan[21]; 22. 21-Larry Kingseed[20]
305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Bell Helmets (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 2. 66L-Brad Bowman; 3. 1A-Matt Lucius; 4. 10-Brad
Haudenschild; 5. 49-Coty Runion; 6. 21-Scott Kraylek; 7. 1J-Jeremy
Shambaugh; 8. 25-Chris Pifher; 9. 51S-John Taylor
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. M28-Josh Muntz; 2. O2-Kevin Lee; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 82-Travis
Hoffbauer; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 7. 36X-Dustin Keegan;
8. 92-Brandon Perkins; 9. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath
Heat 3 - Friendship Food Stores - Tin Lizzy Collision of Tiffin (8 laps,
top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 29-Chris Lang; 3. 5-Dustin Dinan; 4. 48S-Andy
Shammo; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 6. 55-Benny Bowman; 7. 40-Bobby Davis; 8.
15H-Mitch Harble
Heat 4 - Pepsi (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 31-Chad Gullett; 2. 13-Larry Felver Jr.; 3. O4-Cap Henry; 4. 34-Mark
Whaley; 5. 65-Mark Lang; 6. 311-Aaron Moloney; 7. 18C-Jason Crispen; 8.
4T-Jim Taddeo
B1 Main - Computer Man Inc (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 49-Coty Runion; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. 21-Scott Kraylek; 4. 25P-Mark
Pridemore; 5. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 6. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 7. 92-Brandon
Perkins; 8. 25-Chris Pifher; 9. 51S-John Taylor
B2-Main - Computer Man Inc (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 55-Benny Bowman; 3. 65-Mark Lang; 4. 40-Bobby
Davis; 5. 15H-Mitch Harble; 6. 18C-Jason Crispen; 7. 311-Aaron Moloney; 8.
4T-Jim Taddeo
A-main Starting Position [#]
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto[9]; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo[15]; 3. 5-Dustin Dinan[3]; 4.
1A-Matt Lucius[2]; 5. 49-Coty Runion[17]; 6. 29-Chris Lang[1]; 7. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki[4]; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[18]; 9. 66L-Brad Bowman[5]; 10. 55-Benny
Bowman[20]; 11. 67M-Matt Ferrell[12]; 12. M28-Josh Muntz[6]; 13. 71-Bill
Kraylek[19]; 14. 13-Larry Felver Jr.[11]; 15. 10-Brad Haudenschild[13]; 16.
34-Mark Whaley[16]; 17. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[14]; 18. 31-Chad Gullett[7]; 19.
O2-Kevin Lee[8]; 20. O4-Cap Henry[10]
Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - Bell Helmets (8 laps)
1. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 2. 17-Bob Dible; 3. 18W-Corey Ward; 4. 55B-Bill Bruen;
5. 8K-Zack Kramer; 6. 4-Donald Fitch; 7. 7C-Jacob Dick; 8. 37-Eric Devanna
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps)
1. 28-Shawn Valenti; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. 8-Steve Endicott; 4. 1-Joe Hartlaub;
5. X-Steve Sabo; 6. 33-Brian Arnold
A-main - 15Laps - Starting Position []
1. O1-Art Ball[1]; 2. 17-Bob Dible[2]; 3. 18W-Corey Ward[10]; 4. 28-Shawn
Valenti[4]; 5. 3R-Chuck Roelle[12]; 6. 8-Steve Endicott[3]; 7. 55B-Bill
Bruen[7]; 8. 1-Joe Hartlaub[8]; 9. 37-Eric Devanna[9]; 10. 8K-Zack
Kramer[6]; 11. X-Steve Sabo[5]; 12. 99-Jesse Worcester[13]; 13. 4-Donald
Fitch[11]
"I didn't know who won...it was that close," said Ball
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