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Blaney Wins the Battle; Hannagan Wins the War
ROSSBURG , OH (6-28-08) by Bryan Autullo – All Star PR Director
The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions finally got a break from Mother Nature on the Ohio Speedweek finale at Tony Stewart;s Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH. For the first time this week – there was sunshine! There were 36 cars who made the tow to the monster ˝ mile in Western Ohio , some of which had not seen a lap here in a very long time.
Western PA star Ed Lynch Jr. set the Kistler Engines quick time for the evening. Lynch picked up the Speedweek finale win in 2007 and returned to try to repeat that feat over a very stellar All Star field.
Heat races were won by Greg Wilson, Lance Dewease, Kenny Jacobs, and Butch Schroeder. Dale Blaney took the checkers in the O’Reilly All Star Dash. With the Eldora track crew doing a phenomenal job in prepping the track surface despite a week of constant rain passing over the Buckeye State , the dust was down, the speeds were up, and the racing was as exciting as I have ever seen at The Big E.
B-main action was as intense as any racing that has taken place all week long. Brian Ellenberger diced it out with Aussie Troy Little until Jeremy Campbell made his way to second place in the Rick Ferkel #0. Paul may finished 3rd as Mike Dussel edged out Little on the final lap to transfer to the A-main.
The 30 lap A-main went wire to wire as Ed Lunch Jr. jumped out to an early lead as Blaney chased him through the high banks and Brock Mayes hot on Blaney’s tail. Mayes took the second spot away from Blaney and eventually put a slider on Lynch to lead on lap six. Mayes ran a masterful race trhough traffic as he held off several challenges from Blaney who got past Lynch early on. Mayes and Blaney checked out, but the two put on a show as the were nose to tail or side by side for 20 laps.
Mayes bobbled a bit in turn two on lap 24 and that was all Blaney needed to get around the 11b. Mayes stayed on him to the checkers, but never mounted a final challenge before Blaney crossed the line $10,000 richer.
Randy Hannagan came home in 5th place, which was just enough to give him the 2008 Ohio Speedweek championship for being one of the most consistent finisher of the week.
Eldora Speedway (6-27-08) O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions
Qualifying - Kistler Engines
1. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr., 13.656; 2. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.803; 3. 2-Dale Blaney, 13.942; 4. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.945; 5. 20AU-Troy Little, 14.009; 6. 6X-Todd Kane, 14.077; 7. 20E-Brian Ellenberger, 14.106; 8. 20X-Brian Smith, 14.197; 9. 45-Tim Shaffer, 14.241; 10. 71-Paul May, 14.270; 11. 55-Dean Jacobs, 14.346; 12. O9-Craig Mintz, 14.373; 13. 30C-Lance Dewease, 14.432; 14. 1X-Randy Hannagan, 14.453; 15. 7K-Blake Feese, 14.474; 16. B20-Butch Schroeder, 14.491; 17. 96AU-Bruce White, 14.509; 18. 5B-Chad Blonde, 14.518; 19. 59-Kenny Jacobs, 14.537; 20. 2H-Tim Hunter, 14.560; 21. 84-Jimmy Stinson, 14.582; 22. 9X-Jesse Hockett, 14.637; 23. 11M-Brandon Martin, 14.693; 24. 97-Todd King, 14.712; 25. 24H-Rob Chaney, 14.736; 26. 15C-Chris Andrews, 14.826; 27. 0-Jeremy Campbell , 14.857; 28. 96X-Ian Louden, 14.884; 29. 6D-Mike Dussell, 14.889; 30. 34-Luke Hall, 14.893; 31. 56R-Ryan Myers, 15.045; 32. 16-Lee Jacobs, 15.169; 33. 16S-Lee Stark, 15.233; 34. 82-Mike Miller, 15.469; 35. 10-David Harrison , 15.650; 36. 4M-Jamie Miller, nt;
Heat 1 - All Pro Heads
1. 30C-Lance Dewease; 2. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.; 3. 84-Jimmy Stinson; 4. 45-Tim Shaffer; 5. 24H-Rob Chaney; 6. 20AU-Troy Little; 7. 6D-Mike Dussell; 8. 96AU-Bruce White; 9. 16S-Lee Stark;
Heat 2 - Engler Machine & Tool
1. W20-Greg Wilson; 2. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 3. 5B-Chad Blonde; 4. 9X-Jesse Hockett; 5. 6X-Todd Kane; 6. 71-Paul May; 7. 34-Luke Hall; 8. 15C-Chris Andrews; 9. 82-Mike Miller;
Heat 3 - Hoosier Tire
1. 59-Kenny Jacobs; 2. 55-Dean Jacobs; 3. 7K-Blake Feese; 4. 2-Dale Blaney; 5. 11M-Brandon Martin; 6. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 7. 0-Jeremy Campbell ; 8. 56R-Ryan Myers;
Heat 4 - Hank's Performance Products
1. B20-Butch Schroeder; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. 20X-Brian Smith; 4. 97-Todd King; 5. 16-Lee Jacobs; 6. O9-Craig Mintz; 7. 96X-Ian Louden; 8. 2H-Tim Hunter;
Dash - O'Reilly Auto Parts
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. W20-Greg Wilson; 4. 55-Dean Jacobs; 5. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 6. 30C-Lance Dewease;
B-main - University of Northwestern Ohio
1. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 2. 0-Jeremy Campbell ; 3. 71-Paul May; 4. 6D-Mike Dussell; 5. 20AU-Troy Little; 6. 2H-Tim Hunter; 7. O9-Craig Mintz; 8. 96X-Ian Louden; 9. 82-Mike Miller; 10. 16S-Lee Stark; 11. 34-Luke Hall; 12. 15C-Chris Andrews; 13. 96AU-Bruce White; 14. 56R-Ryan Myers;
A-main - MSD Ignition Starting Position [x]
1. 2-Dale Blaney[2]; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes[4]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 4. 55-Dean Jacobs[8]; 5. 1X-Randy Hannagan[10]; 6. 59-Kenny Jacobs[16]; 7. 20X-Brian Smith[6]; 8. 24H-Rob Chaney[21]; 9. 6X-Todd Kane[3]; 10. 0-Jeremy Campbell [22]; 11. 5B-Chad Blonde[15]; 12. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.[1]; 13. 30C-Lance Dewease[9]; 14. B20-Butch Schroeder[14]; 15. 71-Paul May[12]; 16. 9X-Jesse Hockett[18]; 17. 6D-Mike Dussell[23]; 18. 16-Lee Jacobs[24]; 19. 7K-Blake Feese[13]; 20. 20E-Brian Ellenberger[11]; 21. 11M-Brandon Martin[19]; 22. 84-Jimmy Stinson[17]; 23. 97-Todd King[20]; 24. 45-Tim Shaffer[7];
UNOFFICIAL OHIO SPEEDWEEK POINTS
Pl.
Car
Driver
Total
Points
1
1x
Randy Hannagan
394
2
2
Dale Blaney
390
3
w20
Greg Wilson
372
4
11b
Brock Mayes
372
5
45
Tim Shaffer
360
6
30c
Lance Dewease
345
7
24h
Rob Chaney
343
8
20e
Brian Ellenberger
342
9
59
Kenny Jacobs
341
10
11m
Brandon Martin
340
11
5b
Chad Blonde
334
12
O9
Craig Mintz
331
13
16
Lee Jacobs
331
14
55
Dean Jacobs
324
15
20x
Brian Smith
315
16
15c
Chris Andrews
313
17
7k
Blake Feese
309
18
2h
Tim Hunter
299
19
96x
Ian Louden
292
20
20au
Troy Little
289
21
5
Byron Reed
284
22
16s
Lee Stark
269
23
97
Todd King
267
24
6d
Mike Dussell
264
25
4
Danny Smith
263
26
83g
Phil Gressman
252
27
56r
Ryan Myers
250
28
6x
Todd Kane
250
29
96au
Bruce White
235
30
98
Dan Shetler
216
31
34
Luke Hall
205
32
1w
Paul Weaver
198
33
0
Jeremy Campbell
176
34
9g
Chad Goff
169
35
84
Jimmy Stinson
167
36
10
David Harrison
166
37
22
Cole Duncan
161
38
9x
Jesse Hockett
157
39
91
Aaron Middaugh
143
40
3c
Cole Conley
143
41
4m
Jamie Miller
141
42
22b
Ben Gregg
137
43
28
Brian Paulus
133
44
X
Mark Keegan
131
45
4k
Kody Kinser
125
46
69
Scott Curren
119
47
27j
Cody Jacobs
119
48
O0
Jim Nier
95
49
38k
Duffy Smith
85
50
60
Jody Keegan
84
51
2m
Dustin Daggett
82
52
27
Scott Euler
78
53
7a
Dave Dickson
78
54
10j
Brad Haudenschild
77
55
22d
Josh Davis
76
56
312
Mike Linder
74
57
D12
Jason Dolick
74
58
51
Aaron Higgins
73
59
82
Mike Miller
72
60
55
John Ivy
71
61
33s
Keith Baxter
69
62
5t
Travis Philo
69
63
18y
Josh Yenser
67
64
7dm
Tony Beaber
66
65
98
Bruce Robenalt
65
66
1s
Wayne McPeek
65
67
38m
Nick Mulheim
63
68
10s
Roger Shammo
60
69
40
Mark Imler
59
70
27
Bill Ault
58
71
28x
Hud Horton
58
72
7t
Troy Vaccaro
58
73
45
Bryan Lay
57
74
11
Josh Harrison
55
75
83
Brock Martin
55
76
12
Caleb Griffith
54
77
OO1
Greg Mitchell
54
78
48
Andy Shammo
52
79
60
Kory Crabtree
50
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