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Jacobs gets last lap, last corner pass for Attica win
ATTICA, Ohio — They say lapped traffic can really hurt the leader of a race.
However, it was THE LACK of lapped traffic that may have cost Mike Linder.
He led for 29 and 7/8 laps at Attica Raceway Park Friday night. But it was
Lee Jacobs who led the most important 1/8 of a lap...the last bit of
straight-away to claim the 410 sprint feature on Burns Electric Mid-Season
Championship Night.
Attica rules put lapped cars to the tail on yellow flags, so that the
leaders can battle for the top spot, thus giving fans a thrilling show. And
thrilling it was.
Linder had built up a substantial lead, but late race cautions would take
away the advantage he had of having lapped machines between himself and his
closest competitors.
Following a restart with three laps remaining, Jacobs drove to the high side
to power around Paul McMahan and Linder in the final two turns and won the
drag race to the checkered flag.
“I knew we had the car to beat on that yellow with seven laps to go. Then I
screwed up on the restart and drove off the race track down the back stretch
and lost a couple of positions,” said Jacobs beside his Stephen P. Mapus
Productive Tool & Equipment sponsored, Burmeister owned #16.
Jacobs ran behind Linder, McMahan, Byron Reed and Caleb Griffith until the
yellow fly on the 27th circuit for a Chris Andrews’ spin. On the restart,
while Linder and McMahan went to the bottom of the track, Jacobs set sail up
top, driving around Griffith and Reed into the third spot. As Linder was
fighting to hold off McMahan, Jacobs drove hard into the cushion on the
final two turns and flew up beside Linder and beat him the last 10 yards to
the flags.
“When that yellow came out at the end, I knew if Mike and Paul went to the
bottom I had a shot. I just concentrated and hit my marks and the car was
awesome. Hats off to John Bores and his track prep crew...they have given us
a racy track every week,” said Jacobs of his second career Attica victory.
Behind Jacobs at the finish was Linder, McMahan, Chad Blonde and Greg Wilson
to round out the top five.
With severe weather hitting all around the race track, the program was put
on the fast track. All track side victory lane interviews were cancelled.
When pole-sitter Cap Henry developed steering problems on the opening lap,
it was outside front-row starter Bobby Clark who took the advantage. The
Fremont driver led all 25 laps in his Fremont Fence, Al Davis Carpeting #40
to record his second victory of the season at “Ohio’s Finest Racing”
speedplant. Stuart Brubaker would drive from his ninth starting spot to
finish second with Brad Haudenschild, Todd Heuerman and Dan Hammond rounding
out the top five.
It was Clark’s fifth career 305 sprint victory at the track.
In the Service Drive Solutions UMP Attica Late Models, Bellevue’s Ryan
Missler would work his way up from his 12th starting spot to grab the lead
on the 13th lap and held off a hard charge from Mike Marteney to claim his
second win of the season at Attica and his eighth career victory. Missler’s
eighth career ARP victory came aboard his Missler Industries, Hawk’s Auto
Reconditioning, Taze DJ & Karaoke backed late model.
Rounding out the top five were Marteney, Jamie Reed, Nate Potts and Curtis
Deisenroth.
The 15-lap dirt truck main was a barn-burner, with Art Ball, Brian Arnold
and Cory Ward battling side by side throughout the race. Ward took the lead
for good on lap 10 and would hold off Ball, Arnold, Bob Dible and Dan
Henning for his second win of the year and seventh career victory at Attica.
Ward’s victory came aboard the TJ Hosang Construction, Excuses Lounge,
Precision Body and Frame backed truck.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, June 13 for Quality
Welding Night with the 410 sprints, 305 sprints, late models and dirt trucks
in action.
For more information log onto www.atticaracewaypark.com
Attica Raceway Park
Burns Electric Night
June 6, 2008
410 Sprints
Heat 1 - All Pro Heads (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 16-Lee Jacobs; 2. W20-Greg Wilson; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes; 4. 6-Mike Dussel
(R); 5. 15C-Chris Andrews; 6. 48S-Andy Shammo; 7. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 8.
5T-Travis Philo
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 24H-Rob Chaney; 2. 312-Mike Linder; 3. O-Paul McMahan; 4. 98-Bruce
Robenalt; 5. 83-Phil Gressman; 6. X-Mark Keegan; 7. 1W-Paul Weaver; 8.
11N-Ed Neumeister; 9. 63AU-Roddy Bellbowen
Heat 3 - Bell Racing (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5R-Byron Reed; 2. 12-Caleb Griffith; 3. 5B-Chad Blonde; 4. D7-Tony
Beaber; 5. 75-Mike Hogan; 6. 11M-Brandon Martin; 7. O9-Craig Mintz; 8.
10-David Harrison; 9. 60-Jody Keegan
B-main - Computer Man Inc.(10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo; 3. 11M-Brandon Martin; 4. 10-David
Harrison; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver; 6. O9-Craig Mintz; 7. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 8.
11N-Ed Neumeister; 9. 60-Jody Keegan; 10. 63AU-Roddy Bellbowen; 11.
5T-Travis Philo
A-main Starting Position [#]
1. 16-Lee Jacobs[6]; 2. 312-Mike Linder[1]; 3. O-Paul McMahan[3]; 4. 5B-Chad
Blonde[9]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[7]; 6. 5R-Byron Reed[5]; 7. 11B-Brock
Mayes[8]; 8. 24H-Rob Chaney[10]; 9. 75-Mike Hogan[15]; 10. 12-Caleb
Griffith[2]; 11. 6-Mike Dussel (R)[4]; 12. 15C-Chris Andrews[13]; 13.
11M-Brandon Martin[18]; 14. X-Mark Keegan[16]; 15. 10-David Harrison[19];
16. 83-Phil Gressman[14]; 17. 98-Bruce Robenalt[12]; 18. 1W-Paul Weaver[20];
19. 48S-Andy Shammo[17]; 20. D7-Tony Beaber[11]
305 Sprints
Heat 1 - All Pro Heads (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 22D-Dan Hammond; 2. 40-Bobby Clark; 3. 28-Shaun Valenti (R); 4. 25P-Mark
Pridemore; 5. 13-Larry Felver Jr.; 6. 71-Bill Kraylek; 7. 8K-Zack Kramer
(R); 8. 29-Chris Lang
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 4. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki; 5. M28-Josh Muntz; 6. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 7. 5-Dustin Dinan; 8.
596-Zack Ames (R)
Heat 3 - Bell Racing (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 49-Coty Runion; 2. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 3. X-Dustin Stroup (R); 4.
23-Willie Keegan; 5. O2-Kevin Lee; 6. 11F-D.J. Foos (R); 7. 83X-Nate Reeser
Heat 4 - Friendship Food Stores (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1-Nate Dussel; 2. 3X-Brad Keckler; 3. 11-Shawn Colvin; 4. 36X-Dustin
Keegan; 5. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 6. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 7. 65-Mark Lang
B-Main - Computer Man Inc.
1. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 2. 5-Dustin Dinan; 3. 71-Bill Kraylek; 4. 8K-Zack
Kramer (R); 5. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 6. 65-Mark Lang; 7. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 8.
29-Chris Lang; 9. 83X-Nate Reeser; 10. 13-Larry Felver Jr.; 11. M28-Josh
Muntz; 12. O2-Kevin Lee
A-main Starting Position [#]
1. 40-Bobby Clark[2]; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[9]; 3. 10-Brad Haudenschild[3];
4. 18-Todd Heuerman[7]; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond[4]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[11]; 7.
9Z-Duane Zablocki[14]; 8. X-Dustin Stroup (R)[5]; 9. 23-Willie Keegan[15];
10. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[17]; 11. 25P-Mark Pridemore[13]; 12. 49-Coty
Runion[10]; 13. 36X-Dustin Keegan[16]; 14. 5-Dustin Dinan[18]; 15. 28-Shaun
Valenti (R)[6]; 16. 3X-Brad Keckler[12]; 17. 11-Shawn Colvin[8]; 18. 71-Bill
Kraylek[19]; 19. O4-Cap Henry[1]; 20. 8K-Zack Kramer (R)[20]
Service Drive Solutions Late Models
Heat 1 - Tin Lizzy Collision (8 laps)
1. 50-Ryan Missler; 2. 45-Mike Marteney; 3. 18-Jamie Reed; 4. 41-Randy
Pollock; 5. 27-Ken Hahn; 6. 83-Noah Wagner (R); 7. 77-Steve Kester; 8.
30-Nate Potts; 9. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 10. 3R-Chuck Rolle (R)
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps)
1. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 2. X3-Dan Wallace; 3. 84-Tim Sabo; 4. 48-John
Bores; 5. 77C-Craig Corfman; 6. 12C-Joe Hartlaub (R); 7. 99-Steve Sabo; 8.
12H-Michael Stiltner; 9. 15B-Mike Bores
A-main Starting Position [#]
1. 50-Ryan Missler[12]; 2. 45-Mike Marteney[1]; 3. 18-Jamie Reed[9]; 4.
30-Nate Potts[15]; 5. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[10]; 6. X3-Dan Wallace[8]; 7.
48-John Bores[5]; 8. 83-Noah Wagner (R)[2]; 9. 27-Ken Hahn[11]; 10. 3R-Chuck
Rolle (R)[19]; 11. 84-Tim Sabo[4]; 12. 77-Steve Kester[13]; 13. 15B-Mike
Bores[18]; 14. 77C-Craig Corfman[3]; 15. 12C-Joe Hartlaub (R)[7]; 16.
41-Randy Pollock[6]; 17. 5H-Ernie Haynes[17]; 18. 12H-Michael
Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - Tin Lizzy Collision (8 laps)
1. 33-Brian Arnold; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. 8-Steve Endicott; 4. 32H-Dan Hennig;
5. 88-Jim Brewer; 6. 17-Bob Dible; 7. 22-Paul Brown
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 56-Alex Wiechman; 3. 2R-Ron Kepling; 4. 30-Dave Gibbs;
5. 62-Dave Severs; 6. 4X-Brian Sorg
A-main Starting Position [#]
1. 18W-Cory Ward[5]; 2. O1-Art Ball[2]; 3. 33-Brian Arnold[1]; 4. 17-Bob
Dible[9]; 5. 32H-Dan Hennig[8]; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs[3]; 7. 88-Jim Brewer[7]; 8.
56-Alex Wiechman[4]; 9. 8-Steve Endicott[13]; 10. 4X-Brian Sorg[12]; 11.
62-Dave Severs[10]; 12. 2R-Ron Kepling[6]; 13. 22-Paul Brown Jr.[11]
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