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Reed, Shammo win 4th at Attica; Valenti, Missler score 2nd wins.
By Brian Liskai
The point leaders in the 410 sprints and 305 sprints protected their turf on
Lengendz Sports Bar & Grill Night at Attica Raceway Park Friday, while the
feature winners in the late models and trucks helped tighten those point
battles.
Monclova's Byron Reed, the 2003, 2005 and 2006 Attica champion, dominated
the second half of the 30-lap feature to pad his lead in the point standings
for the World Auto Parts of Huron/Cleveland 410 Sprints. It was Reed's
fourth win of 2007 at "Ohio's Finest Racing" speedplant.
Defending co-champion in the 305 sprints, Andy Shammo of Millbury, Ohio,
also increased his point lead - ever so slightly - by claiming his fourth
victory of 2007 at ARP during the non-stop 25-lap feature. Second place
point man Bryan Sebetto finished second. Shammo and Sebetto have won all but
one 305 sprint feature at ARP in 2007.
Bellevue's Ryan Missler, who entered the night third in the Fultz
Fabrications & Speedshop Attica Late Model point standings, led all 20 laps
of the feature to claim his second victory of 2007, tightening the point
battle as he closed on leader Ken Han and second place point man Larry
Kingseed.
Risingson's Shawn Valenti entered the night's racing fourth in the dirt
truck point standings. He too closed the gap with his second victory, edging
third place point man Bob Dible by a fender with a last lap, last corner
pass. Point leader Art Ball dropped out while running second.
"This win goes to the crew. They had this car so perfect...it was easy to
drive. Hats off to the track crew too...this race track was awesome. You
could run anywhere you wanted. I have to thank Barry Jackson and JEI
Chassis...they have us on a roll right now," said Reed beside his Reebar
Diecasting/Schoenfeld Mufflers, Weld Wheels backed #5.
"The car rolled around the bottom well and when I needed to get up on the
cushion to get around lapped traffic it was good up there too," said Shammo
beside his Advanced Speciality Contractor/Herman-Kinn Funeral Home backed
#48s. "I have to thank our great sponsors and Level Performance for such a
great motor."
"Those yellow flags late in the race hurt. The car went from 190 degrees to
250 degrees there at the end. It helps to start up front. We came here
tonight determined to get back into the point battle," said Missler beside
his McElwain Construction, Taze DJ & Karaoke, MIssler Industries Machine
Shop backed late model.
"I apologize for getting into Bob (Dible) down the backstretch...but hey,
that was for the win. I watched the sprint cars and they were fast going
high in 3 and 4 and low in 1 and 2 and that's what I did," said Valenti
beside his Kern Tool, Dymond Motorsports & Fabrication backed dirt truck.
In the 410 sprint feature, there were two misques at the start that sent
Scott Curran, Caleb Griffith, Ed Neumeister and Mike Linder to the rear due
to spins. Once the race got underway, Craig Mintz bolted into the lead from
his third starting spot. While Mintz built a sizeable lead, John Ivy, Chris
Andrews, Brock Mayes, Lee Jacobs and Byron Reed battled back and forth
behind.
Mintz hit lapped traffic by lap 9, allowing Ivy and Mayes to close. Mayes
would move into second on lap 10 and would use a lapped machine as a pick to
drive around Mintz for the top spot a lap later. Ivy, Reed and Andrews would
swap positions each corner before Reed would execute a low move in turns 1
and 2 to go from fourth to second in one lap. Reed drive around Mayes
exiting turn 4 on lap 14 to grab the lead.
While Reed sliced his way through traffic like a surgeon, Mayes, Ivy, Mintz,
Andrews and now Brandon Martin would stage a torrid battle behind. Action
would halt on lap 21 for a stalled Lee Jacobs, with the running order Reed,
Mayes, Ivy, Martin and Andrews as Mintz began to fade.
Reed would pull away on the restart and would take his 21st career Attica
victory to move into second on the all-time win list behind Mark Keegan's 54
triumphs. Mayes, Ivy, 11th-starter Greg Wilson and 12th-starter Martin would
round out the top five.
Coty Runion would grab the early lead in the non-stop 25-lap 305 sprint
feature with Dustin Dinan, Bryan Sebetto, Shammo and Scott Kraylek in tow.
Shammo would move under Sebetto on lap 3 and past Dinan into second a lap
later. Runion and Shammo would race side by side the next five laps before
Shammo gained the top spot on lap 9. Sebetto would move into second a lap
later, but couldn't reel in Shammo.
While Shammo picked his way through traffic, Runion fought back to reclaim
second on lap 15. Runion would bobble three laps later, allowing Sebetto to
move back into the runner-up spot and close briefly on Shammo. The car on
the move was Stuart Brubaker, who climbed from his 7th-starting position to
fourth by lap 14 and would move into third by lap 19.
Shammo would take the checkered over Sebetto, Brubaker, Runion and Benny
Bowman.
In the 20-lap late model feature, Missler grabbed the early lead with Devin
Shiels, John Mayes Jr., Curtis Diesenroth and Hans Gross in tow. Missler
would continue to lead when the first yellow flew on lap 10. The car on the
move was Randy Scott, who had worked his way up to third from his
11th-starting position behind Missler and Mayes.
While Missler continued to lead, Mayes and Scott would battle back and forth
for second with Scott taking the position on lap 14 as the yellow flew
again. Missler would build a big lead once again, only to see it vanish as
he took the white flag which was replaced by yellow for a spinning Ernie
Haynes. As the white and green came out together on the restart, Missler
stayed out front for the win, with Scott, new point leader Ken Hahn, Mayes
and Gross rounding out the top five.
Dible, who had won the last two features at Attica, grabbed the lead at the
drop of the green in the 15-lap dirt truck feature. Chuck Roelle wouldn't
let him get away though, staying right on his bumper. Art Ball, who was
recovering from a brief hospital stay for surgery to remove his gall bladder
earlier in the week, utilized the bottom groove to move from fifth to second
by lap five. Dible and Ball raced door to door the next eight laps until
Ball left with what appeared to be mechanical woes as the final yellow would
fly. Dible continued to lead over Roelle, 9th-starter Valenti and
10th-starter Cory Ward. Valenti would dispose of Roelle as they took the
white flag. He and Dible would touch exiting turn two as they raced hard
down the back stretch. Dible would change his high land to the bottom in 3
and 4, trying to stop Valenti's assault, but Valenti drove to the outside as
they raced side by side to the checkered flag.
Valenti edged Dible by a half-funder for the win, with Roelle, Steve
Endicott and Ward rounding out the top five.
Attica Raceway Park will not be in action Friday, Aug. 10 as the Attica
Independent Fair is held. Racing for the remainder of the season takes place
on Saturdays, Aug. 18, 25 and Sept. 1.
For more information log onto www.atticaracewaypark.com or call
419-680-5606.
Attica Raceway Park (8-3-07)
Legendz Sports Bar & Grill Night
World Auto Parts of Huron & Cleveland 410 Sprints
Heat 1 - Bell Helmets (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 3L-Mike Linder; 2. O9-Craig Mintz; 3. 2M-Dustin Daggett; 4. 16-Lee
Jacobs; 5. X-Mark Keegan; 6. 69-Scott Curren; 7. 5T-Travis Philo; 8. 1W-Paul
Weaver
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 96AU-Bruce White; 2. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 3. 5R-Byron Reed; 4. 15C-Chris
Andrews; 5. 12-Caleb Griffith; 6. 10S-Roger Shammo; 7. 91-Aaron Middaugh
Heat 3 - Friendship Food Stores Tin Lizzy Collision of Tiffin (8 laps, top 5
transfer to A-Main)
1. 51-John Ivy; 2. 11M-Brandon Martin; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes; 4. M20-Gregg
Wilson; 5. O-Gus Wasson; 6. 3T-Tony Beaber; 7. 11N-Ed Neumeister
A-main Starting Position [#]
1. 5R-Byron Reed[8]; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes[5]; 3. 51-John Ivy[2]; 4. M20-Gregg
Wilson[11]; 5. 11M-Brandon Martin[12]; 6. X-Mark Keegan[13]; 7. 15C-Chris
Andrews[1]; 8. O-Gus Wasson[15]; 9. O9-Craig Mintz[3]; 10. 2M-Dustin
Daggett[10]; 11. 16-Lee Jacobs[6]; 12. 12-Caleb Griffith[14]; 13. 3T-Tony
Beaber[18]; 14. 96AU-Bruce White[7]; 15. 69-Scott Curren[16]; 16. 98-Bruce
Robenalt[9]; 17. 91-Aaron Middaugh[20]; 18. 10S-Roger Shammo[17]; 19.
3L-Mike Linder[4]; 20. 11N-Ed Neumeister[21]; 21. 5T-Travis Philo[19]
305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Bell Helmets (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 55S-Benny Bowman; 2. 49-Coty Runion; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 25P-Mark
Pridemore; 5. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 6. 25-Chris Pifher; 7. 51S-John Taylor;
8. 67M-Matt Ferrell
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 4. 29-Chris
Lang; 5. 18-Todd Heuerman; 6. 66L-Brad Bowman; 7. 4T-Jim Taddeo; 8. 12-Brett
Lane
Heat 3 - Friendship Food Stores - Tin Lizzy Collision of Tiffin (8 laps,
top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 21-Scott Kraylek; 3. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 4. 40-Bobby
Clark; 5. 23-Kevin Lee; 6. 65-Mark Lang; 7. 311-Aaron Moloney
Heat 4 - Pepsi (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O4-Cap Henry; 2. 1A-Matt Lucius; 3. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 4. 13-Larry
Felver Jr.; 5. 15H-Mitch Harble; 6. M28-Josh Muntz
B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 66L-Brad Bowman; 3. 23-Kevin Lee; 4. 15H-Mitch
Harble; 5. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 6. M28-Josh Muntz; 7. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 8.
4T-Jim Taddeo; 9. 71-Bill Kraylek; 10. 311-Aaron Moloney; 11. 25-Chris
Pifher; 12. 12-Brett Lane; 13. 65-Mark Lang; 14. 51S-John Taylor
A-main Starting Position [#]
1. 48S-Andy Shammo[3]; 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto[4]; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7]; 4.
49-Coty Runion[1]; 5. 55S-Benny Bowman[8]; 6. O4-Cap Henry[11]; 7. 21-Scott
Kraylek[5]; 8. 40-Bobby Clark[15]; 9. 5-Dustin Dinan[2]; 10. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki[12]; 11. 1A-Matt Lucius[10]; 12. 18-Todd Heuerman[17]; 13.
36X-Dustin Keegan[6]; 14. 29-Chris Lang[14]; 15. 66L-Brad Bowman[18]; 16.
23-Kevin Lee[19]; 17. 25P-Mark Pridemore[13]; 18. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[9];
19. 13-Larry Felver Jr.[16]; 20. 15H-Mitch Harble[20]
Fultz Fabrications & Speed Shop Late Models
Heat 1 - Bell Helmets (8 laps)
1. 21-Larry Kingseed; 2. 63-Randy Scott; 3. 7H-Hans Gross; 4. 51-Devin
Shiels; 5. 50-Ryan Missler; 6. 69-John Mayes Jr.; 7. 45-Mike Marteney; 8.
15B-Mike Bores; 9. 8K-Ernie Haynes
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps)
1. 55-Chuck Hummer; 2. 48-John Bores; 3. 27-Ken Hahn; 4. 2D-Curtis
Deisenroth; 5. 99-Steve Sabo; 6. 1-Jim Fleming; 7. 12P-Jeff Pelton; 8.
12-Michael Stiltner; 9. 77C-Craig Corfman
A-main Starting Position [#]
1. 50-Ryan Missler[2]; 2. 63-Randy Scott[11]; 3. 27-Ken Hahn[9]; 4. 69-John
Mayes Jr.[1]; 5. 7H-Hans Gross[6]; 6. 1-Jim Fleming[10]; 7. 21-Larry
Kingseed[12]; 8. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[3]; 9. 45-Mike Marteney[13]; 10.
51-Devin Shiels[4]; 11. 48-John Bores[7]; 12. 8K-Ernie Haynes[17]; 13.
12P-Jeff Pelton[14]; 14. 77C-Craig Corfman[18]; 15. 99-Steve Sabo[8]; 16.
12-Michael Stiltner[16]; 17. 55-Chuck Hummer[5]; 18. 15B-Mike Bores[15]
Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - Bell Helmets (8 laps)
1. 18W-Corey Ward; 2. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 3. 33-Brian Arnold; 4. 92-Loren
Schwochow; 5. 3X-Darrin Dukeshire; 6. 4X-Brian Sorg; 7. 55B-Bill Bruen
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps)
1. 83B-Jeff Borys; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. 8-Steve Endicott; 4. 30-Dave Gibbs; 5.
34M-Kevin Miller; 6. 99-Jesse Worcester
Heat 3 - Friendship Food Stores - Tin Lizzy Collision of Tiffin (8 laps)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 28-Shawn Valenti; 3. P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 4. 29-Dan
Hennig; 5. 37-Eric Devanna; 6. 56-Alex Wiechman; 7. 4-Donald Fitch
A-main Starting Position [#]
1. 28-Shawn Valenti[9]; 2. 17-Bob Dible[4]; 3. 3R-Chuck Roelle[2]; 4.
8-Steve Endicott[11]; 5. 18W-Corey Ward[10]; 6. 55B-Bill Bruen[19]; 7.
56-Alex Wiechman[18]; 8. P51-Paul Brown Jr.[3]; 9. 29-Dan Hennig[6]; 10.
30-Dave Gibbs[7]; 11. 37-Eric Devanna[15]; 12. 4-Donald Fitch[20]; 13.
99-Jesse Worcester[17]; 14. 4X-Brian Sorg[16]; 15. 92-Loren Schwochow[8];
16. 3X-Darrin Dukeshire[13]; 17. O1-Art Ball[5]; 18. 83B-Jeff Borys[1]; 19.
34M-Kevin Miller[14]; 20. 33-Brian Arnold[12]
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