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Dewease tames Attica All Stars.
ATTICA, Ohio - What do you do when the track conditions are literally
changing every lap? If you're Lance Dewease, you rely on your years of
experience and a little bit of luck.
The Fayetteville, Pennsylvania driver tamed Attica Raceway Park Saturday to
win the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions feature to kick off the
track's 20th anniversary season in front of a huge crowd for the Coors Light
Spring Clash. Heavy rains over the past month made for a heavy, rough
racetrack. Defending Attica champion Byron Reed's equipment failure gave
Dewease the lead with seven laps to go and he went on to the victory and the
All Star point lead.
"The track was changing every lap. You'd find a groove and a lap later it
would change so you had to adapt. That's where experience comes in," said
Dewease beside his Advance Development Services sponsored #30c. "My hats off
to the track crew here. They could have gave up and called this race, but
they kept working at it and we got to put on a show for these great fans."
Brian Ellenberger grabbed the initial lead, but found himself flipping off
into the mud a lap later enterting turn three. That gave Dewease the lead as
the racing up front was fast and furious, with slide jobs left and right
despite the tough track surface.Dewease continued to lead over Randy
Hannigan, Bob Felmlee, Reed and Lee Jacobs when the caution flew for a
stalled Rod George. On the restart, Dewease pulled out to a sizeable lead
with the action for second heating up between Hannigan and a fast-closing
Reed. Reed got around Hannigan on lap 10 and began to close the gap on
Dewease. By lap 14, Reed and Dewease were racing side by side, with Reed
gaining the top spot at the halfway mark.
Dewease would use the lapped machine of Paul McMahon as a pick to move
around Reed exiting turn two on lap 23, but the move was nullified when
third-place running Hannigan stopped to bring out the final caution. But
Reed's lead was short-lived as he exited the track to the work area for a
fuel pump problem, handing the top spot back to Dewease.
Again in front, Dewease, a multiple track champion in the tough central
Pennsylvania curcuit, would pull away while the battle for second heated up
between defending All Star champion Greg Wilson, former two-time All Star
champion Dale Blaney and Dean Jacobs.
At the checkered it was Dewease over Blaney while Jacobs edged Wilson at the
flag for third. Thirteenth starter Ed Lynch Jr. would round out the top
five.
"We don't seem to start so good. We just hung around and tried to keep the
car in one piece and finish and here we are in second," said Blaney of his
runner-up finish aboard the George Fisher Racing entry.
"I love racing on heavy rough tracks...that was a lot of fun," said Jacobs
beside his Jessup Racing entry. "It was definitely tiring."
In the Service Drive Solutions Attica Late Models, Bellevue's Ryan Missler
took the lead on lap 10 and held off a late race challenge to claim the
$1,000 top prize aboard his Missler Industries, Taze DJ Service #50 entry.
"I'm wore out...that was nerve racking," said Missler, who married Amber
just three weeks ago."That's a nice wedding present for Amber."
Wayne Maffett Jr. grabbed the early lead, but stopped on the backstretch a
lap later, giving Jeremy Canada the top spot. Canada lead while Missler
battled Dustry Moore for second. When Canada bobbled in the rough stuff on
lap 10, Missler pounced. But Missler about returned the favor a couple of
laps later when he bobbled while receiving pressure from Moore and Larry
Kingseed.
Missler regained his composure and held onto the top spot and went on to his
sixth career Attica victory over Kingseed, Ernie Haynes, Canada and Steve
Kester.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, April 11, with True Value
of Woodville Night featuring the American Late Model Series, the 305
sprints, and dirt trucks (rain date of Saturday, April 12).
For more information on "Ohio's Finest Racing" venue, log onto
www.atticaracewaypark.com.
Attica Raceway Park (4-5-08)
O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions
Coors Light Spring Clash
Qualifying - Kistler Engines
1. 20E-Brian Ellenberger, 12.692; 2. 30C-Lance Dewease, 12.751; 3. 6F-Bob
Felmlee, 12.760; 4. 16-Lee Jacobs, 12.789; 5. 1X-Randy Hannagan, 12.790; 6.
5R-Byron Reed, 12.796; 7. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.804; 8. 7K-Dean Jacobs, 12.812;
9. 59-Kenny Jacobs, 12.848; 10. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.878; 11. 11B-Brock
Mayes, 12.891; 12. 24H-Rob Chaney, 12.910; 13. 48S-Andy Shammo, 12.939; 14.
2L-Ed Lynch, 12.946; 15. X-Mark Keegan, 12.960; 16. 6-Mike Dussel, 12.963;
17. 98-Bruce Robenalt, 12.980; 18. 4-Rod George, 12.984; 19. O-Paul McMahan,
12.986; 20. 56R-Ryan Myers, 12.998; 21. 5A-Rob Eyler, 13.013; 22. 23-Ben
Rutan, 13.069; 23. 12-Caleb Griffith, 13.086; 24. 28-Brian Paulus, 13.119;
25. 83-Phil Gressman, 13.124; 26. 16S-Lee Stark, 13.148; 27. 22-Cole Duncan,
13.191; 28. 312-Mike Linder, 13.192; 29. 28H-Hud Horton, 13.202; 30. 60-Jody
Keegan, 13.208; 31. 11M-Brandon Martin, 13.211; 32. 15C-Chris Andrews,
13.256; 33. 27-Scott Euler, 13.330; 34. 91-Aaron Middaugh, 13.456; 35.
B20-Butch Schroeder, 13.503; 36. O4-Cap Henry, 13.563; 37. 1W-Paul Weaver,
13.582; 38. 51-Aaron Higgins, 13.668; 39. 2H-Tim Hunter, 13.802; 40.
81-Craig Folmar, 13.843; 41. 10-David Harrison, 15.549
Heat 1 - All Pro Heads
1. 5A-Rob Eyler; 2. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 3. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 4. 1X-Randy
Hannagan; 5. 83-Phil Gressman; 6. 48S-Andy Shammo; 7. 59-Kenny Jacobs; 8.
1W-Paul Weaver; 9. 28H-Hud Horton; 10. 27-Scott Euler; 11. 10-David Harrison
Heat 2 - Engler Machine & Tool
1. 4-Rod George; 2. W20-Greg Wilson; 3. 2L-Ed Lynch; 4. 5R-Byron Reed; 5.
30C-Lance Dewease; 6. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 7. 51-Aaron Higgins; 8. 16S-Lee
Stark; 9. 60-Jody Keegan; 10. 23-Ben Rutan
Heat 3 - Hoosier Tire
1. 12-Caleb Griffith; 2. O-Paul McMahan; 3. 2-Dale Blaney; 4. 6F-Bob
Felmlee; 5. 11B-Brock Mayes; 6. 11M-Brandon Martin; 7. X-Mark Keegan; 8.
B20-Butch Schroeder; 9. 22-Cole Duncan; 10. 2H-Tim Hunter
Heat 4 - Hank's Performance Products
1. 28-Brian Paulus; 2. 56R-Ryan Myers; 3. 24H-Rob Chaney; 4. 7K-Dean Jacobs;
5. 16-Lee Jacobs; 6. 312-Mike Linder; 7. 6-Mike Dussel; 8. 81-Craig Folmar;
9. O4-Cap Henry; 10. 15C-Chris Andrews
Dash - O'Reilly Auto Parts
1. 6F-Bob Felmlee; 2. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 3. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 4. 2-Dale
Blaney; 5. 30C-Lance Dewease; 6. 5R-Byron Reed
B-main - University of Northwestern Ohio
1. 312-Mike Linder; 2. 59-Kenny Jacobs; 3. B20-Butch Schroeder; 4. O4-Cap
Henry; 5. 15C-Chris Andrews; 6. 6-Mike Dussel; 7. 60-Jody Keegan; 8. 16S-Lee
Stark; 9. 51-Aaron Higgins; 10. 22-Cole Duncan; 11. 1W-Paul Weaver; 12.
11M-Brandon Martin; 13. X-Mark Keegan; 14. 28H-Hud Horton; 15. 2H-Tim
Hunter; 16. 81-Craig Folmar; 17. 27-Scott Euler; 18. 48S-Andy Shammo; 19.
23-Ben Rutan; 20. 10-David Harrison
A-main - MSD Ignition Starting Position []
1. 30C-Lance Dewease[4]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[7]; 3. 7K-Dean Jacobs[8]; 4.
W20-Greg Wilson[9]; 5. 2L-Ed Lynch[13]; 6. 6F-Bob Felmlee[6]; 7. 16-Lee
Jacobs[2]; 8. B20-Butch Schroeder[23]; 9. 1X-Randy Hannagan[3]; 10. O-Paul
McMahan[16]; 11. 24H-Rob Chaney[12]; 12. 83-Phil Gressman[21]; 13. 11B-Brock
Mayes[10]; 14. 56R-Ryan Myers[17]; 15. O4-Cap Henry[24]; 16. 5R-Byron
Reed[5]; 17. 12-Caleb Griffith[19]; 18. 4-Rod George[15]; 19. 28-Brian
Paulus[20]; 20. 59-Kenny Jacobs[11]; 21. 5A-Rob Eyler[18]; 22. 98-Bruce
Robenalt[14]; 23. 20E-Brian Ellenberger[1]; 24. 312-Mike Linder[22]
Fultz Fabrications & Speed Shop Late ModelsHeat 1 - Bell Helmets (8 laps,
top 10 transfer to A-Main)
1. 75-Dusty Moore; 2. 50-Ryan Missler; 3. 25-Chuck Hummer; 4. 1-Tyler Boggs;
5. 12-Michael Stiltner; 6. 99-Steve Sabo; 7. 48-John Bores; 8. 23-Ben
Elliott; 9. OO-Joel Wildermuth; 10. O-Jeff Pelton
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps, top 10 transfer to A-Main)
1. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr.; 2. 23C-Jeremy Canada; 3. 30-Nate Potts; 4. 77-Steve
Kester; 5. 27-Ken Hahn; 6. 35-Ron Miller; 7. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 8.
71-Rusty Smith; 9. 171-Mark Pollack
Heat 3 - Friendship Food Stores - Tin Lizzy Collision of Tiffin (8 laps, top
10 transfer to A-Main)
1. 88-Larry Kingseed; 2. 71JS-Joe Smith; 3. 83-Bill Hahn; 4. 77C-Craig
Corfman; 5. 3R-Chuck Rolle; 6. 12H-Joe Hartlaub; 7. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 8.
15B-Mike Bores
B-Main - Computer Man Inc.
1. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 2. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 3. 99-Steve Sabo; 4. 48-John
Bores; 5. 35-Ron Miller; 6. 12H-Joe Hartlaub; 7. 23-Ben Elliott; 8. 71-Rusty
Smith; 9. 171-Mark Pollack; 10. O-Jeff Pelton
A-main Starting Position []
1. 50-Ryan Missler[9]; 2. 88-Larry Kingseed[7]; 3. 5H-Ernie Haynes[16]; 4.
23C-Jeremy Canada[3]; 5. 77-Steve Kester[8]; 6. 27-Ken Hahn[14]; 7. 75-Dusty
Moore[12]; 8. 12-Michael Stiltner[13]; 9. 99-Steve Sabo[18]; 10. 77C-Craig
Corfman[4]; 11. 3R-Chuck Rolle[15]; 12. 35-Ron Miller[20]; 13. 2D-Curtis
Deisenroth[17]; 14. 25-Chuck Hummer[6]; 15. 30-Nate Potts[5]; 16. 71JS-Joe
Smith[11]; 17. 48-John Bores[19]; 18. 1-Tyler Boggs[10]; 19. 83-Bill
Hahn[1]; 20. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr.[2]
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