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CHAMBERLAIN, SCHROEDER AND WOODARD TAKE APPLESEED WINS
ROSBURG, OH (May 24) – Duane Chamberlain (Sunoco American Late Model Series), Butch Schroeder (National Racing Alliance Sprint Invaders) and Earnie Woodard (Stock Cars) ruled supreme over a stout field of 107 race cars Sunday night at Eldora Speedway, as the 39th annual Johnny Appleseed Classic entered itself into the record books.
Before the 22-car ALMS field could complete the first lap, a three-car spin off of turn four created a complete restart, but after that, it was non-stop action for 25 quick laps around Eldora’s one-half mile clay oval.
Greg Johnson jumped into the early lead, with Chamberlain, Donnie Moran and Aaron Scott in pursuit.
Johnson’s lead was short-lived, as a pumped up Chamberlain powered past him coming off the fourth turn as the field completed lap four. From that point forward, Chamberlain appeared to be putting on a driving clinic as no one could match his set-up or finesse.
Behind him, Johnson and Moran set up their own duel that continued through the late stages of the event. Moran was able to get by Johnson with five laps to go, but at that point Chamberlain had checked out and without the aid of a caution flag Moran was unable to reel him in.
Following Chamberlain, Moran and Johnson across the line, were Wayne Chinn and Aaron Scott.
The NRA Sprint headliner, run in conjunction with the Sprints on Dirt (SOD), again turned the heads of the veteran railbirds as 20 quick laps rolled off non-stop.
Dustin Daggett bested J.R. Stewart into the first turn, with Schroeder third and Ben Rutan hot on his heels.
It took Schroeder three laps to dust off Stewart for runner-up honors and then another three laps before he could duplicate the trick on Daggett. Then, from that point forward, it was all his race – leaving the rest to duke it out for positioning.
By the seventh circuit, the field was in lapped traffic, which played into Schroeder’s hands even more so.
As the laps peeled off, Schroeder was on a roll, leaving Daggett to defending himself for runner-up honors, a battle he lost on the final circuit, when Stewart shot past him. Daggett was able to redeem himself for third, with Rutan crossing the line fourth and Dale Blaney in fifth.
Earlier in the night, it look as if Woodard’s night might be shortened, as smoke rolled off his Stock Car in the closing laps of his heat race. The issue was determined to be a drive shaft complication that was corrected in time for the feature to roll off, and that left bad news for the balance of the field, as Woodard was determined to best Lady Luck.
That determination paid off in big style, as, following a long absence from victory lane, he was able to make the regular jaunt from Georgetown, KY pay off in big style with a convincing win.
Scott Bowersock came on like gangbusters in the closing laps to nearly stop Woodard’s parade, but time fell short and he had to settle for second. Rob Trent, Chad Barr and Jason Kinney followed in close pursuit to complete the top five.
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Johnny Appleseed Classic - May 24, 2009
Sunoco American Late Model Series - 45 cars
Fast Qualifier: Ben Adkins - 16.165
Heat 1:
1. Wayne Chinn 2. Shawn Negangard 3. Ben Adkins 4. Chad Ruhlman 5. Brian Ruhlman 6. Cruz Pedregon 7. Tommy Kerr 8. Kerry Mathew 9. Scott Baker 10. Rob Starkey 11. CJ Heskett 12. Jon Henry
Heat 2:
1. Aaron Scott 2. Richard Neiser 3. Tom Sprague 4. Rusty Seaver 5. Chris Ross 6. Kevin Reeve 7. Dean Anderson 8. Adam Thrush 9. Jason Keltner 10. Ky Harper 11. Rick DeLong
Heat 3:
1. Rusty Schlenk 2. Greg Johnson 3. John Mason 4. Scott Orr 5. Brad Eitniear 6. Ryan VanderVeen 7. Casey Noonan 8. Steve Kester 9. Bill Lewis 10. Brandon Perkins 11. Dusty Moore
Heat 4:
1. Duane Chamberlain 2. Donnie Moran 3. Jerry Bowersock 4. Curtis Roberts 5. Shawn Toczek 6. Andrew Reaume 7. Tyler Boggs 8. Joey Tackett 9. Justin McNeill 10. Steve Dimmick 11. Chuck Roelle
B Main 1:
1. Brian Ruhlman 2. Chris Ross 3. Tommy Kerr 4. Jason Keltner 5. Kevin Reeve 6. Cruz Pedregon 7. Dean Anderson 8. Kerry Mathew 9. Rob Starkey 10. Adam Thrush 11. CJ Heskett 12. Scott Baker 13. Ky Harper 14. Rick DeLong
B Main 2:
1. Shawn Toczek 2. Casey Noonan 3. Brad Eitniear 4. Andrew Reaume 5. Tyler Boggs 6. Ryan VanderVeen 7. Steve Dimmick 8. Justin McNeill 9. Joey Tackett 10. Steve Kester 11. Bill Lewis 12. Brandon Perkins 13. Dusty Moore 14. Chuck Roelle
A Main :
1. Duane Chamberlain 2. Donnie Moran 3. Greg Johnson 4. Wayne Chinn 5. Aaron Scott 6. Shawn Negangard 7. Chad Ruhlman 8. Rusty Schlenk 9. Jerry Bowersock 10. Ben Adkins 11. Brian Ruhlman 12. John Mason 13. Casey Noonan 14. Chris Ross 15. Jon Henry 16. Rusty Seaver 17. Curtis Roberts 18. Tom Sprague 19. Ky Harper 20. Richard Neiser 21. Scott Orr 22. Shawn Toczek
NRA Sprint Invaders - 34 cars
Fast Qualifer: Greg Wilson - 14.534
Heat 1:
1. Dean Jacobs 2. Greg Wilson 3. Don Young 4. Tim Hunter 5. Jared Horstman 6. Dave Glennon 7. Mike Dunlap 8. Brent Gehr 9. Jimmy Horton
Heat 2:
1. Luke Hall 2. Dale Blaney 3. Tim Allison 4. Dustin Daggett 5. Rob Chaney 6. Ron Blair 7. Kent Wolters 8. Alain Bergeron 9. Robert Hoisken
Heat 3:
1. Butch Schroeder 2. Dallas Hewitt 3. Neil Shepherd 4. JR Stewart 5. Ryan Ruhl 6. Mark Hery 7. Bob Carman 8. Tim Norman
Heat 4:
1. Brett Mann 2. Ben Rutan 3. Greg Dalman 4. Dennis Yoakam 5. Pete Ischi 6. Bob Gehr Sr. 7. Mike Miller 8. Cale Conley
B Main 1:
1. Kent Wolters 2. Cale Conley 3. Jimmy Horton 4. Ryan Ruhl 5. Dave Glennon 6. Mark Hery 7. Mike Dunlap 8. Brent Gehr 9. Bob Carman
B Main 2:
1. Rob Chaney 2. Ron Blair 3. Robert Hoisken 4. Tim Norman 5. Pete Ischi 6. Jared Horstman 7. Bob Gehr Jr. 8. Mike Miller
A Main :
1. Butch Schroeder 2. JR Stewart 3. Greg Wilson 4. Dustin Daggett 5. Ben Rutan 6. Tim Hunter 7. Dale Blaney 8. Brett Mann 9. Greg Dalman 10. Luke Hall 11. Ron Blair 12. Kent Wolters 13. Don Young 14. Jimmy Horton 15. Tim Allison 16. Robert Hoisken 17. Dallas Hewitt 18. Dennis Yoakam 19. Neil Shepherd 20. Dean Jacobs
Eldora Stocks - 28 cars
Heat 1:
1. Doug Tiemann 2. Chad Barr 3. Brandon Gardener 4. Craig Dippman 5. Luke Timmerman 6. Adam Schaeff 7. Mike Barr 8. Jon Mark Runyon 9. Perry Jones 10. Todd Gross
Heat 2:
1. Rob Trent 2. Shawn Phillippi 3. Jeff Babcock 4. Mike Dirksen 5. Jeremy Creech 6. Anthony Goode 7. Rodney Lacey 8. Brandy Schultz 9. Eric Sandlin
Heat 3:
1. Earnie Woodard 2. Jason Kinney 3. Scott Bowersock 4. Mike Kruger 5. Barney Craig 6. Jeff Koz 7. Kyle Brandewie 8. Drew Meadows 9. Jamie Heiser
B Main :
1. Jeff Koz 2. Mike Barr 3. Brandy Schultz 4. Jamie Heiser 5. Kyle Brandewie 6. Drew Meadows 7. Todd Gross 8. Anthony Goode 9. Adam Schaeff 10. Rodney Lacey 11. Jon Mark Runyon 12. Perry Jones 13. Eric Sandlin
A Main :
1. Earnie Woodard 2. Scott Bowersock 3. Rob Trent 4. Chad Barr 5. Jason Kinney 6. Barney Craig 7. Doug Tiemann 8. Craig Dippman 9. Jeremy Creech 10. Jeff Koz 11. Brandy Schultz 12. Adam Schaeff 13. Mike Dirksen 14. Shawn Phillippi 15. Jamie Heiser 16. Mike Kruger 17. Kyle Brandewie 18. Todd Gross 19. Mike Barr 20. Luke Timmerman 21. Jeff Babcock 22. Drew Meadows
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