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Stevie Smith Takes Round #3 of All Star Fall Brawl; Wilson Regains Point Lead.
MILLERSBURG, OH (9-2-07) – The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions
drove back to the top of the mountain in Central Ohio on Sunday night to
the recently re-opened Hilltop Speedway to complete Round #3 of the All
Star Fall Brawl Labor Day weekend. Broken Arrow, OK’s Stevie Smith would
prove to be king of the mountain as he rolled to his second win of the
weekend in the 40 lap event.
It wasn’t an easy victory by any means as early leader Paul May set a
torrid pace as Greg Wilson and Brandon Martin hunted him down. Chad
Blonde, who won the Ohio Speedweek event at Hilltop, was ready to pounce
on the top three when the first caution flew. Wilson and Martin battled
side by side for second place for several laps as Stevie Smith was
nipping at Blondes heels for fourth.
May continued to lead as Martin, who has won two non-sanctioned races at
Hilltop, began to put heavy pressure on the Terre Haute, IN driver.
Martin finally got by May and brought Blonde with him as May dropped to
third. Blonde then began to pressure Martin in traffic as the two set a
blistering pace around the high banked oval. Blonde tried the high side
off of turn four lap after lap and Martin slammed the door shut each
time altering Blonde’s momentum and allowing Martin to pull away. The
two raced each other clean and nearly touched wheels on multiple passing
attempts until Blonde got loose in turn two and looped it out in front
of the field, nearly clipping Stevie Smith and Greg Wilson, as the
caution flag flew.
Although Blonde did not stop on the track, by All Star rules he was sent
to the tail for causing the caution as the crowd booed the decision.
Safety of the drivers on the track is the #1 concern of the flagman who
must use his own judgment to make the decision to throw the caution. It
was unfortunate for Blonde as he was fighting hard for the lead and
putting on a whale of a show in front of the packed house.
The running order on the final restart was Martin, S. Smith, May,
Wilson, and Rob Chaney. Martin took the green flag and drove the wheels
off his machine, but veteran driver Stevie Smith was able to get by and
pull away for the win. Martin held on to second as May held off Wilson
for third. Chaney rounded out the Top Five.
“We’ve had a lot of fun out here this weekend racing with the All
Stars,” said Smith in victory lane. “They’re all good, clean racers and
it’s hard to just drive by these guys because they all have good
equipment and they’re so close.”
Second place finisher Martin said, “I’m a little disappointed, but we’ll
take a second place behind Stevie Smith. He’s one of the best drivers in
the country. It’s tough to be leading at the end with that many
restarts. I left the bottom wide open for him and he just did a hell of
a job.”
The bigger story of the evening was that season points leader Danny
Smith came into the event just 11 points ahead of defending champion
Greg Wilson. This was the third and final double points event of 2007
and Wilson made it pay off by finishing two spots ahead of Smith in the
A-main and picking up two more points than Smith in his heat race. Greg
Wilson now leads the season championship race by just three points going
into the Hoosier Fall Classic at Lawrenceburg Speedway on September
14^th and 15^th . There is $50,000 on the line and these two will go
head to head to determine the winner for the remainder of the season.
For more info on the All Stars, visit www.allstarsprint.com
or go to www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com
for information about the Hoosier
Fall Classic event.
*Hilltop Speedway - 9-2-07 - O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions
Statistical Report*
Huggins Cams Qualifying
1. 5B-Chad Blonde, 12.941; 2. 7K-Dean Jacobs, 12.956; 3. 2-Dale Blaney,
13.039; 4. 11M-Brandon Martin, 13.040; 5. 24H-Rob Chaney, 13.045; 6.
W20-Greg Wilson, 13.119; 7. 71M-Paul May, 13.178; 8. 19-Stevie Smith,
13.215; 9. 4-Danny Smith, 13.257; 10. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.276; 11. 0-Gus
Wasson, 13.339; 12. 56R-Ryan Myers, 13.387; 13. 20E-Brian Ellenberger,
13.432; 14. 38M-Nick Mulheim, 13.522; 15. 75-Lee Jacobs, 13.535; 16.
O0-Nick Nabor, 13.582; 17. M20-Chris Andrews, 13.665; 18. 83-Broc
Martin, 13.675; 19. 22-Jimmy Stinson, 13.677; 20. 16M-Danny Mumaw,
13.770; 21. 51-Aaron Higgins, 13.773; 22. 2H-Tim Hunter, 13.777; 23.
22D-Josh Davis, 13.806; 24. 28-Brian Paulus, 13.818; 25. 91-Aaron
Middaugh, 13.843; 26. D12-Jason Dolick, 13.894; 27. O9-Craig Mintz,
14.562; 28. 22A-Will Ault, 14.846; 29. 27A-Bill Ault, 14.869;
Outerwears Heat Race 1
1. 5B-Chad Blonde; 2. 4-Danny Smith; 3. 24H-Rob Chaney; 4. M20-Chris
Andrews; 5. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 6. 51-Aaron Higgins; 7. 27A-Bill
Ault; 8. 91-Aaron Middaugh;
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat Race 2
1. W20-Greg Wilson; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. 2H-Tim Hunter; 4. D12-Jason
Dolick; 5. 83-Broc Martin; 6. 7K-Dean Jacobs; 7. 38M-Nick Mulheim;
Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race 3
1. 75-Lee Jacobs; 2. 0-Gus Wasson; 3. 22D-Josh Davis; 4. 71M-Paul May;
5. 2-Dale Blaney; 6. 22-Jimmy Stinson; 7. O9-Craig Mintz;
CarMate Heat Race 4
1. O0-Nick Nabor; 2. 11M-Brandon Martin; 3. 19-Stevie Smith; 4. 56R-Ryan
Myers; 5. 28-Brian Paulus; 6. 16M-Danny Mumaw; 7. 22A-Will Ault;
O'Reilly All Star Dash
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. W20-Greg Wilson; 3. 24H-Rob Chaney; 4. 11M-Brandon
Martin; 5. 71M-Paul May; 6. 4-Danny Smith;
University of Northwest Ohio B-main
1. 7K-Dean Jacobs; 2. 38M-Nick Mulheim; 3. 16M-Danny Mumaw; 4. 22-Jimmy
Stinson; 5. 51-Aaron Higgins; 6. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 7. 27A-Bill Ault; 8.
22A-Will Ault; 9. O9-Craig Mintz
MSD Ignition A-main Starting Position [#]
1. 19-Stevie Smith[7]; 2. 11M-Brandon Martin[4]; 3. 71M-Paul May[1]; 4.
W20-Greg Wilson[2]; 5. 24H-Rob Chaney[3]; 6. 4-Danny Smith[8]; 7.
7K-Dean Jacobs[11]; 8. 0-Gus Wasson[10]; 9. 75-Lee Jacobs[15]; 10.
5B-Chad Blonde[6]; 11. 22-Jimmy Stinson[19]; 12. M20-Chris Andrews[17];
13. 28-Brian Paulus[23]; 14. 16M-Danny Mumaw[20]; 15. 11B-Brock
Mayes[9]; 16. 2H-Tim Hunter[21]; 17. 2-Dale Blaney[5]; 18. 38M-Nick
Mulheim[14]; 19. D12-Jason Dolick[24]; 20. 22D-Josh Davis[22]; 21.
83-Broc Martin[18]; 22. 56R-Ryan Myers[12]; 23. 20E-Brian
Ellenberger[13]; 24. O0-Nick Nabor[16];
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