Hawkins Scores Big Win In DIRTcar Fall Nationals by Allstar Performance At Eldora

Controversial Contact Leaves Stickler Angry and In the Mud; Pierce Writes Another Eldora Headline

ROSSBURG, Ohio (October 4, 2015) – Jacob Hawkins drove his car beneath Kyle Stickler’s machine battling for the lead and the $5,000 payday in Sunday’s rain-delayed DIRTcar Fall Nationals by Allstar Performance at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

 

Coming off turn four with 11 laps to go Hawkins car bumped Strickler’s machine which caused Strickler to spin out on the mainstretch and be done for the afternoon. Hawkins, from Fairmont, West Virginia, led the rest of the way to win, while Strickler, from Mooresville, North Carolina, voiced his displeasure with Hawkins on track and afterward.

 

“We had our hands full,” said Hawkins. “The car was great. We ran Kyle (Stickler) down there from a long ways and everyone got stacked up there on the cushion. He went to turn down there and I was there. It’s one of those racing deals. It feels good to get the win here at Eldora.”

 

Stickler finished a disappointing 25^th.

 

Former NASCAR driver David Stremme was second, while Nick Stroupe, Nick Hoffman and Travis Stemler rounded out the top-five.

 

Stemler, from Ionia, Michigan, won the UMP Modified Eldora points championship.

 

“This is just amazing,” Stemler said. “Not only to win a feature and a heat race, but now the championship. Jerry (Bowersock) gave me a heck of fight. The people that run Modifieds around here weekly are pretty awesome to be around.”

 

In the UMP Late Model A-Feature, Bobby Pierce started fourth, but quickly took the lead from Eddie Carrier Jr., eight laps in and never looked back en route to victory in the 40-lap race. Pierce, from Oakwood, Illinois, beat Carrier, from Salt Rock, West Virginia, by 2.3 seconds.

 

“It’s awesome,” Pierce said. “I’m out of breath. I loved the track. It was fast and rough. I rode the cushion a little bit. It was tricky, but we got the win.”

 

Pierce finished second in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in July and second in the 45^th World 100 in September.

 

Eldora favorite Jeep VanWormer was second on lap 15, but hit the turn two wall and was done for the day.

 

Devin Moran was second, while Carrier Jr., was third. Josh Rice and Jon Henry rounded out the top-five.

 

Matt Westfall, from Pleasant Hill, Ohio finished ninth, but captured the Eldora Late Model title. He won the Eldora Modified title in 2014.

 

“It’s pretty cool to win it,” Westfall said. “Especially after winning the Modified deal last year. It’s nice to be able to come out this year and win this.”

 

Next Saturday, the final race of the 2015 schedule takes place at Eldora. The UNOH Sprintacular will feature the winged All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars, non-winged BOSS (Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series) and the winged NRA (National Racing Alliance) Sprint Invaders.

 

DIRTcar UMP Fall Nationals by Allstar Performance 
October 4, 2015

 

DIRTcar UMP Modifieds 

 

E-Main  -  (15 Laps)
1. 20J-Carlos Jaramillo[1] ; 2. 6-Ryan Ayers[7] ; 3. 77L-Darrell Lowe[10] ; 4. 52G-Colin Green[6] ; 5. 21S-Denny Schwartz[9] ; 6. 00-Will Norris[5] ; 7. 1RW-Rob Williams[3] ; 8. 57-Tyler Fitzpatrick[11] ; 9. 15G-Richard Gibson[8] ; 10. 2-David Mitchell[2] ; 11. 757-Kurt Allison[4] ; 12. 79-Shane Unger[12]

 

D-Main  -  (15 Laps)
1. 52-Weasel Phlipot[2] ; 2. 21A-Nick Allen[5] ; 3. 64JR-Billy Workman Jr[13] ; 4. 65-Todd Sherman[11] ; 5. 71O-Joel Ortberg[4] ; 6. P0-Brody Pompe[3] ; 7. 36V-Brandon Vaughan[1] ; 8. 20J-Carlos Jaramillo[17] ; 9. 1AS-Andrew Sprague[7] ; 10. 11PH-Pete Holt[6] ; 11. 5X-Tim Richardson[14] ; 12. 57-Tyler Fitzpatrick[24] ; 13. 00-Will Norris[22] ; 14. 01-Jared Spalding[9] ; 15. 86-Andrew Smith[10] ; 16. 19B-Chad Bauer[15] ; 17. 20M-Josh Morton[16] ; 18. 52G-Colin Green[20] ; 19. 77L-Darrell Lowe[19] ; 20. 6-Ryan Ayers[18] ; 21. 1RW-Rob Williams[23] ; 22. 15X-Rich Robinson Jr[8] ; 23. 19C-Andrew Corbin[12]

 

C-Main  -  (20 Laps)
1. 6B-David Baldwin[2] ; 2. 91R-Derrick Ramey[7] ; 3. 1A-Andy Galgoci[1] ; 4. 9V-Shawn Valenti[5] ; 5. 22TL-Bill Lewis[11] ; 6. 52-Weasel Phlipot[17] ; 7. 22T-Tony Anderson[4] ; 8. 4B-John Burdett[6] ; 9. 21A-Nick Allen[18] ; 10. 34X-Andy Bibler[16] ; 11. 11H-Mike Hohlbein[10] ; 12. P0-Brody Pompe[22] ; 13. 47-Collin Thirlby[15] ; 14. 20J-Carlos Jaramillo[24] ; 15. 71O-Joel Ortberg[21] ; 16. 36V-Brandon Vaughan[23] ; 17. 225-Jesse Bitterling[12] ; 18. 64JR-Billy Workman Jr[19] ; 19. 3W-Dylan Woodling[13] ; 20. 1SW-Scott Williams[14] ; 21. 10L-Nathon Loney[9] ; 22. 65-Todd Sherman[20] ; 23. 18-Ryan Sutter[8]

 

B-Main  -  (20 Laps)
1. 67-Garret Stewart[2] ; 2. 10B-Scott Bowersock[4] ; 3. 4-Jason Kinney[6] ; 4. 11R-Ed Roley[5] ; 5. 5-Jess Hartman[1] ; 6. 72-Brian Lynn[14] ; 7. 51-Brandon Green[10] ; 8. 91R-Derrick Ramey[18] ; 9. OJ-Bryce Jewell[15] ; 10. 9V-Shawn Valenti[20] ; 11. 1A-Andy Galgoci[19] ; 12. 21A-Nick Allen[24] ; 13. 22T-Tony Anderson[23] ; 14. 9*-Jordan Bauer[9] ; 15. 22TL-Bill Lewis[21] ; 16. 24M-Zeke McKenzie[12] ; 17. 21C-Taylor Cook[13] ; 18. 7B-Jeff Babcock[11] ; 19. 9-Ken Schrader[7] ; 20. 52-Weasel Phlipot[22] ; 21. 6B-David Baldwin[17] ; 22. 111-Curt Spalding[3] ; 23. 36L-Jamie Lomax[16] ; 24. 16-Jeff Koz[8]

 

A-Main  -  (30 Laps)
1. 13-Jacob Hawkins[3] ; 2. 35S-David Stremme[10] ; 3. 45S-Nick Stroupe[18] ; 4. 2NH-Nick Hoffman[15] ; 5. 2TS-Travis Stemler[5] ; 6. 116-Jerry Bowersock[12] ; 7. 49-Brian Ruhlman[7] ; 8. 10Y-Trent Young[8] ; 9. 87-David Mielke[9] ; 10. 44-KC Burdette[16] ; 11. 01L-Patrick Lyon[19] ; 12. 1G-Devin Gilpin[20] ; 13. K9-Will Krup[6] ; 14. 91R-Derrick Ramey[28] ; 15. 16-Jeff Koz[30] ; 16. 5-Jess Hartman[25] ; 17. 10B-Scott Bowersock[22] ; 18. 15B-Dave Baker Jr[13] ; 19. 14-Joe Godsey[11] ; 20. 72-Brian Lynn[26] ; 21. 188-Aaron Orr[17] ; 22. 11R-Ed Roley[24] ; 23. 111-Curt Spalding[32] ; 24. 4-Jason Kinney[23] ; 25. 8-Kyle Strickler[1] ; 26. 51-Brandon Green[27] ; 27. 77B-Ray Bollinger[4] ; 28. 25N-Tyler Nicely[2] ; 29. 36L-Jamie Lomax[31] ; 30. 17R-Brandon  Ramsey[14] ; 31. 65-Todd Sherman[29] ; 32. 67-Garret Stewart[21]

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Sunoco American Late Models

 

Qualifying (listed by overall time)
1.88-Andrew Reaume, 16.050; 2.32S-Chad Stapleton, 16.182; 3.11-Josh Rice, 16.201; 4.15H-Jon Henry, 16.221; 5.32P-Bobby Pierce, 16.267; 6.28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. , 16.284; 7.11S-Rusty Schlenk, 16.300; 8.54W-Matt Westfall, 16.402; 9.55-Jeep VanWormer, 16.550; 10.99M-Devin Moran, 16.625; 11.5N-Dustin Nobbe, 16.654; 12.19-Chad Smith, 16.656; 13.49-Brian Ruhlman, 16.704; 14.15A-Phil Ausra, 16.886; 15.21-Robby Hensley, 17.093; 16.9N-Ted Nobbe, 17.118; 17.1G-Devin Gilpin, 17.217; 18.31-Nick Latham, 17.250; 19.M14-Brandon Thirlby, 17.319; 20.45-Kyle Hammer, 17.492; 21.2D-Curtis Deisenroth, 17.756; 22.M4-Collin Thirlby, 18.207; 23.1M-Benjamin Mott, 18.828; 24.6B-David Baldwin , 18.983; 25.79K-Nick Kurtz, 99.999; 26.79U-Shane Unger, 99.999;

 

Heat 1, Group A -  (8 Laps)
1. 21-Robby Hensley[1] ; 2. 55-Jeep VanWormer[4] ; 3. 99M-Devin Moran[3] ; 4. 15A-Phil Ausra[2] ; 5. 31-Nick Latham[6] ; 6. 1G-Devin Gilpin[5] ; 7. M14-Brandon Thirlby[7] ; 8. 1M-Benjamin Mott[8] ; 9. 6B-David Baldwin [9]

 

Heat 2, Group B -  (8 Laps)
1. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. [2] ; 2. 32P-Bobby Pierce[3] ; 3. 11-Josh Rice[4] ; 4. 9N-Ted Nobbe[6] ; 5. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[7] ; 6. M4-Collin Thirlby[8] ; 7. 79K-Nick Kurtz[10] ; 8. 54W-Matt Westfall[1] ; 9. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[5] ; 10. 5-Justin Pauley[9]

 

Heat 3, Group C -  (8 Laps)
1. 15H-Jon Henry[2] ; 2. 11S-Rusty Schlenk[1] ; 3. 49-Brian Ruhlman[7] ; 4. 45-Kyle Hammer[8] ; 5. 32S-Chad Stapleton[3] ; 6. 19-Chad Smith[6] ; 7. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[5] ; 8. 88-Andrew Reaume[4] ; 9. 79U-Shane Unger[9]

 

A-Main  -  (40 Laps)
1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[4] ; 2. 99M-Devin Moran[7] ; 3. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. [2] ; 4. 11-Josh Rice[8] ; 5. 15H-Jon Henry[5] ; 6. 49-Brian Ruhlman[9] ; 7. 21-Robby Hensley[1] ; 8. 31-Nick Latham[13] ; 9. 54W-Matt Westfall[23] ; 10. 32S-Chad Stapleton[15] ; 11. 11S-Rusty Schlenk[3] ; 12. 1G-Devin Gilpin[16] ; 13. M14-Brandon Thirlby[19] ; 14. 79K-Nick Kurtz[20] ; 15. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[21] ; 16. 9N-Ted Nobbe[11] ; 17. 45-Kyle Hammer[12] ; 18. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[14] ; 19. 15A-Phil Ausra[10] ; 20. 19-Chad Smith[18] ; 21. 6B-David Baldwin [25] ; 22. 55-Jeep VanWormer[6] ; 23. 1M-Benjamin Mott[22] ; 24. M4-Collin Thirlby[17] ; 25. 79U-Shane Unger[24]

 

Stemler, Ruhlman, Strickler and Nicley Win Day One UMP Modified A-Features At Eldora

UMP Modifieds Take To The Track For Day One of Three At Eldora; Racing Continues on Friday

ROSSBURG, Ohio (October 1, 2015) – Four UMP National Modified drivers won A-Features on day one of the DIRTcar Fall Nationals by Allstar Performance at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

 

There were 104 entrants representing a dozen states and Canada that took part in eight heat races, four B-Features and   four A-Features with the winners taking home $1,000 each.

 

Travis Stemler, from Ionia, Michigan, won the first A-Feature after battling with Devin Gilpin for much of the event. Gilpin took the lead from Stemler and held a car length lead when a caution came out with two laps to go. Suddenly, Gilpin, from Columbus, Indiana, pulled into the pits with a broken shock mount and was out of the race.

 

This gave Stemler the lead and he held off Joe Godsey to win the first A-Feature.

 

Kenny Wallace was third, while David Mielke and Ken Schrader rounded out the top five. 

 

“This is awesome,” Stemler said. “We know we are in the show on Saturday. You can’t beat winning at Eldora. Devin’s a hell of a race driver and it sucks what happened to him, but we’ll take whatever we can get.”

 

Brian Ruhlman dominated the second A-Feature after starting second. He jumped to the lead and the Clark Lake, Michigan native lead every lap and beat veteran Jerry Bowerstock by .8 of a second.  It was his 33^rd career win at Eldora.

 

“I’m working on two hours of sleep,” Ruhlman said. “We worked on this car until 4 a.m., and then got back at it at 7 a.m. Just got it done in time to get here. This car was a hot rod.”

 

Will Krup was third, while Jess Hartman and Brandon Green were fourth and fifth.

 

The third A-Feature was quite interesting as Trent Young, from Crofton, Kentucky, started second but took the early lead. But it only lasted for four laps as he hit the wall in turn two and his chance at victory was gone.

 

Dean Hoffman, from Troy, Illinois, started fifth, but inherited the lead when Young fell out. His lead only lasted for four laps as he too hit the wall in turn four. He was out of the race. 

 

That put Kyle Strickler, from Mooresville, North Carolina, in the lead after starting third and he held off his teammate and polesitter David Stremme to win by. 3 of a second.

 

“The race car was pretty good,” said Strickler. “I saw Trent get in the wall and then Dean got into the fence. I knew I wasn’t going to win the battle against the fence, so I just kind of puttered around the top and knew it be tough to get around me. This car is pretty good. Looking forward to the rest of the weekend.”

 

Nick Stroupe was third while Aaron Orr and Jordan Bauer rounded out the top five.

 

Tyler Nicely, from Owensboro, Kentucky, led ever lap and won the final A-Feature by 2.9 seconds over Brandon Ramsey.

 

“I knew I had a real good car,” Nicely said. “I had to make sure I didn’t get caught up in lapped traffic there. This chassis has been good all year. It’s our first victory here. I told my boys this summer that we are going to win a race at Eldora. This means a lot, standing on this stage. Hopefully we can get a couple more this weekend.”

 

Patrick Lyon was third, while Scott Bowersock and Ed Roley were fourth and fifth.

 

The format for the Modifieds remains the same on Friday with four A-Features that will again pay out $1,000 each. On Saturday, there are up to seven preliminary races or “Alphabet Soup Features” that drivers can work their way through to get to the 30-lap A-Feature paying $5,000-to-win.

 

For the late models, they will race a full racing program on Saturday, with qualifying, heat races, last chance races and another $5,000-to-win A-Feature.

 

DIRTcar UMP Fall Nationals by Allstar Performance 
October 1, 2015

DIRTcar UMP Modifieds

Qualifying (listed by overall times)
1.45S-Nick Stroupe, 18.267; 2.10Y-Trent Young, 18.284; 3.87-David Mielke, 18.294; 4.49-Brian Ruhlman, 18.308; 5.8-Kyle Strickler, 18.339; 6.13-Jacob Hawkins, 18.375; 7.2TS-Travis Stemler, 18.417; 8.1G-Devin Gilpin, 18.439; 9.5-Jess Hartman, 18.470; 10.16-Jeff Koz, 18.478; 11.188-Aaron Orr, 18.485; 12.36W-Kenny Wallace, 18.520; 13.2NH-Nick Hoffman, 18.550; 14.64JR-Billy Workman Jr, 18.586; 15.1DH-Dean Hoffman, 18.612; 16.14-Joe Godsey, 18.621; 17.116-Jerry Bowersock, 18.628; 18.9-Ken Schrader, 18.661; 19.1S-Brian Shaw, 18.680; 20.67-Garret Stewart, 18.687; 21.21A-Nick Allen, 18.713; 22.65-Todd Sherman, 18.715; 23.K9-Will Krup, 18.22; 24.11H-Mike Hohlbein, 18.727; 25.25N-Tyler Nicely, 18.741; 26.35S-David Stremme, 18.755; 27.225-Jesse Bitterling, 18.765; 28.15B-Dave Baker Jr, 18.770; 29.21C-Taylor Cook, 18.785; 30.9*-Jordan Bauer, 18.793; 31.10L-Nathon Loney, 18.818; 32.21D-Danny Schwartz, 18.827; 33.4B-John Burdett, 18.836; 34.111-Curt Spalding, 18.839; 35.17R-Brandon  Ramsey, 18.848; 36.17R-Brandon  Ramsey, 18.848; 37.11PH-Pete Holt, 18.875; 38.18-Ryan Sutter, 18.878; 39.1SW-Scott Williams, 18.884; 40.90-Jason Beaulieu, 18.895; 41.77B-Ray Bollinger, 18.918; 42.05-David Smith, 18.936; 43.12-Jeff Curl, 18.939; 44.51-Brandon Green, 18.945; 45.757-Kurt Allison, 18.948; 46.6-Ryan Ayers, 18.955; 47.52G-Colin Green, 18.967; 48.52-Weasel Phlipot, 19.010; 49.45P-Brian Post, 19.020; 50.5X-Tim Richardson, 19.021; 51.D1-Lance Dehm, 19.026; 52.6B-David Baldwin, 19.051; 53.36V-Brandon Vaughan, 19.055; 54.78-Gabe Menser, 19.063; 55.98-Shon Flanary, 19.074; 56.47-Collin Thirlby, 19.085; 57.P0-Brody Pompe, 19.087; 58.1AS-Andrew Sprague, 19.097; 59.09-Cullen Breeden, 19.101; 60.21S-Denny Schwartz, 19.123; 61.3W-Dylan Woodling, 19.132; 62.5H-Jason Hoogerhyde, 19.136; 63.1RW-Rob Williams, 19.141; 64.91R-Derrick Ramey, 19.142; 65.71O-Joel Ortberg, 19.146; 66.10B-Scott Bowersock, 19.165; 67.20J-Carlos Jaramillo, 19.178; 68.9V-Shawn Valenti, 19.181; 69.17W-Tanner Wilson, 19.190; 70.15X-Rich Robinson Jr, 19.196; 71.2-David Mitchell, 19.198; 72.32B-T.D. Burger, 19.209; 73.36L-Jamie Lomax, 19.228; 74.00-Will Norris, 19.238; 75.72-Brian Lynn, 19.254; 76.1A-Andy Galgoci, 19.256; 77.11R-Ed Roley, 19.260; 78.01L-Patrick Lyon, 19.285; 79.44-KC Burdette, 19.290; 80.7B-Jeff Babcock, 19.323; 81.20M-Josh Morton, 19.343; 82.22T-Tony Anderson, 19.347; 83.83-Kasey Schrock, 19.352; 84.09D-Joel Dick, 19.358; 85.22TL-Bill Lewis, 19.375; 86.8L-Jimmy Lennex Jr., 19.389; 87.19C-Andrew Corbin, 19.416; 88.24M-Zeke McKenzie, 19.440; 89.57-Tyler Fitzpatrick, 19.470; 90.4-Jason Kinney, 19.526; 91.77L-Darrell Lowe, 19.573; 92.16P-Rick Pauley, 19.601; 93.19B-Chad Bauer, 19.624; 94.7M-Lonnie McIntyre, 19.625; 95.34X-Andy Bibler, 19.652; 96.79-Shane Unger, 19.676; 97.86-Andrew Smith, 19.695; 98.15G-Richard Gibson, 19.705; 99.59N-Chad Evans, 19.796; 100.58P-James Post, 19.833; 101.01-Jared Spalding, 19.865; 102.89W-Rick Weitekamp, 19.912; 103.71H-Chris Hicks, 20.053; 104.17-Nick Rosselit, 99.991; 105.OJ-Bryce Jewell, 99.992;

 

Heat 1, Group A -  (8 Laps)
1. 21C-Taylor Cook[2] ; 2. 16-Jeff Koz[4] ; 3. 10L-Nathon Loney[1] ; 4. 77B-Ray Bollinger[5] ; 5. 36W-Kenny Wallace[3] ; 6. 757-Kurt Allison[6] ; 7. 09-Cullen Breeden[9] ; 8. 6B-David Baldwin[8] ; 9. D1-Lance Dehm[7] ; 10. 71O-Joel Ortberg[10] ; 11. 58P-James Post[13] ; 12. 7B-Jeff Babcock[12] ; 13. 20J-Carlos Jaramillo[11]

 

Heat 2, Group B -  (8 Laps)
1. 1G-Devin Gilpin[2] ; 2. 14-Joe Godsey[1] ; 3. 2TS-Travis Stemler[3] ; 4. 87-David Mielke[4] ; 5. 1SW-Scott Williams[6] ; 6. 9-Ken Schrader[5] ; 7. OJ-Bryce Jewell[13] ; 8. 24M-Zeke McKenzie[10] ; 9. 22T-Tony Anderson[9] ; 10. 36V-Brandon Vaughan[8] ; 11. 89W-Rick Weitekamp[11]

 

Heat 3, Group C -  (8 Laps)
1. K9-Will Krup[1] ; 2. 116-Jerry Bowersock[4] ; 3. 51-Brandon Green[7] ; 4. 225-Jesse Bitterling[5] ; 5. 21A-Nick Allen[2] ; 6. 67-Garret Stewart[3] ; 7. 15B-Dave Baker Jr[6] ; 8. 17W-Tanner Wilson[11] ; 9. 1RW-Rob Williams[10] ; 10. 52G-Colin Green[8] ; 11. 1AS-Andrew Sprague[9] ; 12. 71H-Chris Hicks[13]

 

Heat 4, Group D -  (8 Laps)
1. 49-Brian Ruhlman[4] ; 2. 1S-Brian Shaw[2] ; 3. 5-Jess Hartman[3] ; 4. 21S-Denny Schwartz[8] ; 5. 90-Jason Beaulieu[5] ; 6. 65-Todd Sherman[1] ; 7. 9V-Shawn Valenti[9] ; 8. P0-Brody Pompe[7] ; 9. 5X-Tim Richardson[6] ; 10. 8L-Jimmy Lennex Jr.[10] ; 11. 34X-Andy Bibler[13] ; 12. 19B-Chad Bauer[11] ; 13. 7M-Lonnie McIntyre[12]

 

Heat 5, Group E -  (8 Laps)
1. 1DH-Dean Hoffman[2] ; 2. 9*-Jordan Bauer[5] ; 3. 35S-David Stremme[1] ; 4. 13-Jacob Hawkins[4] ; 5. 2NH-Nick Hoffman[3] ; 6. 52-Weasel Phlipot[10] ; 7. 18-Ryan Sutter[8] ; 8. 45P-Brian Post[11] ; 9. 4B-John Burdett[6] ; 10. 91R-Derrick Ramey[12] ; 11. 05-David Smith[9] ; 12. 11PH-Pete Holt[7] ; 13. 2-David Mitchell[13]

 

Heat 6, Group F -  (8 Laps)
1. 188-Aaron Orr[1] ; 2. 8-Kyle Strickler[2] ; 3. 10Y-Trent Young[3] ; 4. 45S-Nick Stroupe[4] ; 5. 64JR-Billy Workman Jr[5] ; 6. 111-Curt Spalding[8] ; 7. 11H-Mike Hohlbein[6] ; 8. 47-Collin Thirlby[9] ; 9. 3W-Dylan Woodling[10] ; 10. 09D-Joel Dick[11] ; 11. 01-Jared Spalding[13]

 

Heat 7, Group G -  (8 Laps)
1. 25N-Tyler Nicely[4] ; 2. 17R-Brandon  Ramsey[3] ; 3. 44-KC Burdette[9] ; 4. 98-Shon Flanary[1] ; 5. 4-Jason Kinney[11] ; 6. 11R-Ed Roley[8] ; 7. 78-Gabe Menser[2] ; 8. 59N-Chad Evans[13] ; 9. 15X-Rich Robinson Jr[5] ; 10. 83-Kasey Schrock[10] ; 11. 00-Will Norris[6] ; 12. 79-Shane Unger[12] ; 13. 72-Brian Lynn[7]

 

Heat 8, Group H -  (8 Laps)
1. 36L-Jamie Lomax[1] ; 2. 10B-Scott Bowersock[2] ; 3. 01L-Patrick Lyon[6] ; 4. 5H-Jason Hoogerhyde[3] ; 5. 12-Jeff Curl[4] ; 6. 22TL-Bill Lewis[8] ; 7. 1A-Andy Galgoci[5] ; 8. 19C-Andrew Corbin[9] ; 9. 20M-Josh Morton[7] ; 10. 86-Andrew Smith[12] ; 11. 16P-Rick Pauley[11] ; 12. 77L-Darrell Lowe[10] ; 13. 15G-Richard Gibson[13]

 

B-Main 1 -  (10 Laps)
1. 71O-Joel Ortberg[1] ; 2. 58P-James Post[3] ; 3. 7B-Jeff Babcock[5] ; 4. 36V-Brandon Vaughan[2] ; 5. 89W-Rick Weitekamp[4] ; 6. 20J-Carlos Jaramillo[7] ; 7. 6-Ryan Ayers[6] ; 8. 17-Nick Rosselit[8]

 

B-Main 2 -  (10 Laps)
1. 52G-Colin Green[1] ; 2. 8L-Jimmy Lennex Jr.[2] ; 3. 34X-Andy Bibler[4] ; 4. 1AS-Andrew Sprague[3] ; 5. 19B-Chad Bauer[6] ; 6. 71H-Chris Hicks[5] ; 7. 32B-T.D. Burger[7] ; 8. 7M-Lonnie McIntyre[8]

 

B-Main 3 -  (10 Laps)
1. 91R-Derrick Ramey[1] ; 2. 05-David Smith[3] ; 3. 11PH-Pete Holt[5] ; 4. 09D-Joel Dick[2] ; 5. 01-Jared Spalding[4] ; 6. 2-David Mitchell[7] ; 7. 57-Tyler Fitzpatrick[8]

 

B-Main 4 -  (10 Laps)
1. 72-Brian Lynn[7] ; 2. 83-Kasey Schrock[1] ; 3. 00-Will Norris[3] ; 4. 15G-Richard Gibson[8] ; 5. 77L-Darrell Lowe[6] ; 6. 86-Andrew Smith[2]

 

A-Main 1 -  (20 Laps)
1. 2TS-Travis Stemler[1] ; 2. 14-Joe Godsey[2] ; 3. 36W-Kenny Wallace[9] ; 4. 87-David Mielke[5] ; 5. 9-Ken Schrader[12] ; 6. OJ-Bryce Jewell[14] ; 7. 22T-Tony Anderson[18] ; 8. 10L-Nathon Loney[4] ; 9. 1SW-Scott Williams[10] ; 10. 24M-Zeke McKenzie[16] ; 11. 21C-Taylor Cook[6] ; 12. 16-Jeff Koz[3] ; 13. 09-Cullen Breeden[13] ; 14. 6B-David Baldwin[15] ; 15. 58P-James Post[20] ; 16. 71O-Joel Ortberg[19] ; 17. 757-Kurt Allison[11] ; 18. D1-Lance Dehm[17] ; 19. 36V-Brandon Vaughan[22] ; 20. 89W-Rick Weitekamp[23] ; 21. 1G-Devin Gilpin[7] ; 22. 7B-Jeff Babcock[21] ; 23. 20J-Carlos Jaramillo[24] ; 24. 77B-Ray Bollinger[8]

 

A-Main 2 -  (20 Laps)
1. 49-Brian Ruhlman[2] ; 2. 116-Jerry Bowersock[4] ; 3. K9-Will Krup[1] ; 4. 5-Jess Hartman[6] ; 5. 51-Brandon Green[8] ; 6. 67-Garret Stewart[11] ; 7. 9V-Shawn Valenti[14] ; 8. 1S-Brian Shaw[5] ; 9. 90-Jason Beaulieu[10] ; 10. 17W-Tanner Wilson[15] ; 11. P0-Brody Pompe[16] ; 12. 225-Jesse Bitterling[7] ; 13. 15B-Dave Baker Jr[13] ; 14. 65-Todd Sherman[12] ; 15. 1AS-Andrew Sprague[22] ; 16. 8L-Jimmy Lennex Jr.[20] ; 17. 5X-Tim Richardson[18] ; 18. 19B-Chad Bauer[23] ; 19. 21A-Nick Allen[9] ; 20. 34X-Andy Bibler[21] ; 21. 71H-Chris Hicks[24] ; 22. 21S-Denny Schwartz[3] ; 23. 1RW-Rob Williams[17] ; 24. 52G-Colin Green[19]

 

A-Main 3 -  (20 Laps)
1. 8-Kyle Strickler[3] ; 2. 35S-David Stremme[1] ; 3. 45S-Nick Stroupe[8] ; 4. 188-Aaron Orr[4] ; 5. 9*-Jordan Bauer[7] ; 6. 05-David Smith[20] ; 7. 111-Curt Spalding[12] ; 8. 4B-John Burdett[17] ; 9. 47-Collin Thirlby[16] ; 10. 11H-Mike Hohlbein[14] ; 11. 13-Jacob Hawkins[6] ; 12. 09D-Joel Dick[22] ; 13. 3W-Dylan Woodling[18] ; 14. 01-Jared Spalding[23] ; 15. 64JR-Billy Workman Jr[10] ; 16. 2-David Mitchell[24] ; 17. 45P-Brian Post[15] ; 18. 91R-Derrick Ramey[19] ; 19. 52-Weasel Phlipot[11] ; 20. 18-Ryan Sutter[13] ; 21. 11PH-Pete Holt[21] ; 22. 1DH-Dean Hoffman[5] ; 23. 10Y-Trent Young[2] ; 24. 2NH-Nick Hoffman[9]

 

A-Main 4 -  (20 Laps)
1. 25N-Tyler Nicely[2] ; 2. 17R-Brandon  Ramsey[5] ; 3. 01L-Patrick Lyon[7] ; 4. 10B-Scott Bowersock[1] ; 5. 11R-Ed Roley[11] ; 6. 72-Brian Lynn[19] ; 7. 36L-Jamie Lomax[3] ; 8. 4-Jason Kinney[9] ; 9. 22TL-Bill Lewis[12] ; 10. 12-Jeff Curl[10] ; 11. 1A-Andy Galgoci[14] ; 12. 98-Shon Flanary[8] ; 13. 15X-Rich Robinson Jr[17] ; 14. 83-Kasey Schrock[20] ; 15. 19C-Andrew Corbin[16] ; 16. 20M-Josh Morton[18] ; 17. 5H-Jason Hoogerhyde[6] ; 18. 00-Will Norris[21] ; 19. 59N-Chad Evans[15] ; 20. 15G-Richard Gibson[22] ; 21. 86-Andrew Smith[24] ; 22. 77L-Darrell Lowe[23] ; 23. 78-Gabe Menser[13] ; 24. 44-KC Burdette[4]

Championships To Be Decided At DIRTcar Fall Nationals by Allstar Performance At Eldora

UMP Late Model & Modified Titles to be Crowned at the Legendary Half-Mile; Schrader & Wallace Set to Compete

ROSSBURG, Ohio (September 30, 2015) – Three days of hard racing with four championships to be decided, will make up the DIRTcar Fall Nationals by Allstar Performance scheduled forThursday, Friday and Saturday at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

 

The UMP National Modifieds will race all three days with the UMP Late Models joining them on Saturday night.

 

The Eldora Speedway Modified championship will be determined this weekend, while for the Late Models, three titles are on the line. The UMP Late Model National, the Sunoco American Late Model Series and the Eldora Late Model championships will all be decided.

 

Mike Harrison, from Highland, Illinois, has already clinched the UMP Modified National Championship with his victory last week at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois. He will battle local Eldora favorites Jerry Bowersock, who holds a one point lead over Travis Stemler as they battle for the Eldora Speedway Modified championship.

 

The format for the Modifieds is unique as there are four A-Features on Thursday and four on Friday that pay out $1,000 each. On Saturday, there are up to seven preliminary races or “Alphabet Soup Features” that drivers can work their way through to get to the 30-lap A-Feature paying $5,000-to-win.

 

For the late models, they will race a full racing program on Saturday, with qualifying, heat races, last chance races and another $5,000-to-win A-Feature.

 

Bobby Pierce leads Rusty Schlenk by 40 points and appears on his way to his second consecutive UMP Late Model National Championship. Pierce, from Oakwood, Illinois, also competed in his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora where he started on the pole and finished second.

 

On the strength of seven top-10 finishes in 10 races Matt Westfall leads the Eldora Late Model points by 31 points over Josh Rice. Westfall, from Ludlow Falls, Ohio, won the 2014 Eldora Modified championship.

 

Schlenk and 2014 Sunoco America Late Model champion Brandon Thirlby are tied in points heading in to Eldora.

 

Thirlby, from Traverse City, Michigan, and Schlenk, from Jackson, Michigan, will decide who the champion is going to be this weekend at Eldora.

 

Former NASCAR stars Kenny Schrader and Kenny Wallace are expected to compete all three nights in the Modified division along with several local and nationals stars.

 

This is the penultimate race on Eldora’s schedule, as the Modifieds and Late Model divisions will be making their final 2015 appearance, the open-wheeled Sprint Cars have one more event on Saturday, October 10.

 

The UNOH Sprintacular will feature the winged All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars, non-winged BOSS (Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series) and the winged NRA (National Racing Alliance) Sprint Invaders.

Bell Scores USAC Midget and Silver Crown Wins; Meseraull Comes Up Victorious in Sprint Cars

Big Crowd Watches Four Crown Nationals; Bell Also Won NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race in July at Eldora

 

ROSSBURG, Ohio (September 26, 2015) – Christopher Bell may be only 20 years old, but he looked like a long time veteran in winning the USAC Midget and Silver Crown races as part of the Four Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. 

 

Bell dominated the Silver Crown race after starting on the pole and led every lap and he led most of the laps after starting fourth in the USAC Midget race earlier in the night.

 

“This feels good,” Bell said. “This Silver Crown deal has been so tough on me. I’ve been fast a couple times, but just couldn’t get the job done. It’s cool to be able to come out here and win. This is my third year in the Midgets and I’ve been good all three years, but finished second both times. It’s nice to be able to win two races.”

 

Kody Swanson was second in the USAC Silver Crown division while Chris Windom was third. Shane Cottle, who started ninth, was fourth while Brady Bacon was fifth.

 

In the Midget race, Rico Abreu was second followed by veteran Tracy Hines. Tanner Thorson and Kevin Thomas Jr rounded out the top-five.

 

The USAC Sprint Car race was quite entertaining as Swanson took the early lead, but on lap four Chase Stockon, who started sixth, passed him for the lead. He held the lead until lap nine when Bryan Clauson shot past him on the outside on the mainstretch to take the point.

 

It appeared to be Clauson’s race to win, but on lap 15, he bushed the wall in turn two and cut his tire as he entered turn four.  He went to the work area to replace it, but had to restart 22^nd.

 

Stockon took the lead because of Clauson’s misfortune, but right after the restart Meseraull, from San Jose, California, passed him on the frontstretch and led the rest of the way to take the victory.

 

It was Meseraull’s first National Sprint Car win.

 

“This is my first National Sprint Car win,” Meseraull said. “You can take that to the bank. Just super excited to be in front of these awesome fans her at the house that Earl (Baltes) built. Eldora is the race to win and I can’t believe I won it.”

 

The race was red flagged midway through when Kevin Thomas Jr., flipped wildly in turn one. He was checked and released from the care center.

 

Swanson, from Kingsburg, California, finished second, while Dave Darland, from Lincoln, Indiana was third. Clauson rallied to finish an impressive fourth, while Scotty Weir was fifth.

 

The penultimate race on Eldora Speedway’s calendar is next week at the UMP Fall Nationals for the Modifieds come to Eldora for a three day show starting on October 1.  Tickets can be purchased at www.EldoraSpeedway.com or by calling (937) 338-3815.

 

 

34^th Annual Four Crown Nationals (Night 2)
September 26, 2015

 

USAC National Midgets

Qualifying
1.63-Bryan Clauson, 16.886; 2.97-Rico Abreu, 16.962; 3.71-Christopher Bell, 17.110; 4.67-Tanner Thorson, 17.254; 5.24-Tracy Hines, 17.377; 6.67K-Kevin Thomas Jr, 17.389; 7.19-Steve Drevicki, 17.488; 8.25-Steve Buckwalter, 17.523; 9.27-Thomas Meseraull, 17.523; 10.91T-Tyler Thomas, 17.543; 11.50-Tony DiMattia, 17.570; 12.39-Spencer Bayston, 17.591; 13.37-Brady Bacon, 17.664; 14.4-Ryan  Greth, 17.680; 15.52-Issac Chapple, 17.680; 16.23-Davey Ray, 17.705; 17.91-Austin Nemire, 18.177; 18.74-Todd Wills, 18.282; 19.9-Kevin Wills, 18.294; 20.5-Gary Gipson, 18.705; 21.71X-Robert Bell, 99.999;

 

Heat 1 -  (8 Laps)
1. 67-Tanner Thorson[5] ; 2. 63-Bryan Clauson[6] ; 3. 23-Davey Ray[1] ; 4. 37-Brady Bacon[2] ; 5. 19-Steve Drevicki[4] ; 6. 91T-Tyler Thomas[3] ; 7. 9-Kevin Wills[7]

 

Heat 2 -  (8 Laps)
1. 97-Rico Abreu[6] ; 2. 24-Tracy Hines[5] ; 3. 27-Thomas Meseraull[4] ; 4. 50-Tony DiMattia[3] ; 5. 52-Issac Chapple[2] ; 6. 91-Austin Nemire[1] ; 7. 5-Gary Gipson[7]

 

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps)
1. 71-Christopher Bell[6] ; 2. 25-Steve Buckwalter[4] ; 3. 67K-Kevin Thomas Jr[5] ; 4. 4-Ryan  Greth[2] ; 5. 39-Spencer Bayston[3] ; 6. 74-Todd Wills[1] ; 7. 71X-Robert Bell[7]

 

A-Main  -  (25 Laps)
1. 71-Christopher Bell[4] ; 2. 97-Rico Abreu[5] ; 3. 24-Tracy Hines[2] ; 4. 67-Tanner Thorson[3] ; 5. 67K-Kevin Thomas Jr[1] ; 6. 19-Steve Drevicki[7] ; 7. 39-Spencer Bayston[12] ; 8. 50-Tony DiMattia[11] ; 9. 27-Thomas Meseraull[8] ; 10. 4-Ryan  Greth[15] ; 11. 91T-Tyler Thomas[10] ; 12. 37-Brady Bacon[13] ; 13. 91-Austin Nemire[17] ; 14. 52-Issac Chapple[14] ; 15. 23-Davey Ray[16] ; 16. 74-Todd Wills[18] ; 17. 63-Bryan Clauson[6] ; 18. 71X-Robert Bell[21] ; 19. 9-Kevin Wills[19] ; 20. 25-Steve Buckwalter[9]

 

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USAC National Sprint Cars

Qualifying
1.32-Chase Stockon, 16.204; 2.66-Thomas Meseraull, 16.378; 3.63X-Bryan Clauson, 16.541; 4.69-Brady Bacon, 16.555; 5.18X-Scotty Weir, 16.675; 6.10E-Jerry Coons Jr, 16.678; 7.63-Kody Swanson, 16.720; 8.12-Robert Ballou, 16.740; 9.17N-Nick Bilbee, 16.841; 10.71P-Dave Darland, 16.859; 11.11-Hunter Schuerenberg, 16.886; 12.15-Brandon Whited, 16.890; 13.20N-Chad Boespflug, 16.902; 14.2M-Brandon Spithaler, 16.953; 15.17RW-Kevin Thomas Jr, 16.997; 16.81-Jon Stanbrough, 17.007; 17.21S-Dallas Hewitt, 17.072; 18.24P-Shane Cockrum, 17.084; 19.5-Justin Grant, 17.086; 20.4-Tracy Hines, 17.087; 21.15F-Aaron Farney, 17.087; 22.57-Shane Cottle, 17.111; 23.89-Shawn Westerfeld, 17.126; 24.46-Cody Gardner, 17.135; 25.24-Landon Simon, 17.153; 26.4F-Michael Fischesser, 17.303; 27.27-Beau Stewart, 17.322; 28.32M-Derek Hastings, 17.344; 29.18-Jarett Andretti, 17.349; 30.21H-Travis Hery, 17.349; 31.23E-Tyler Courtney, 17.393; 32.21X-Chris Windom, 17.404; 33.50-Tony DiMattia, 17.435; 34.66J-Josh Spencer, 17.499; 35.30-CJ Leary, 17.500; 36.1-Jake Scott, 17.514; 37.24X-Kyle Simon, 17.572; 38.42-AJ Hopkins, 17.596; 39.9N-Luke Hall, 17.600; 40.44-Dickie Gaines, 17.612; 41.17R-Kyle Robbins, 17.662; 42.77-Dustin Smith, 17.684; 43.14X-Chad Wilson, 17.696; 44.12X-Kent Wolters, 17.706; 45.7M-Brandon Moore, 17.722; 46.2-Dustin Ingle, 17.725; 47.14-Cooper Clouse, 17.729; 48.53-Steve Little, 17.832; 49.97X-Tyler Hewitt, 17.850; 50.39-Matt Goodnight, 18.029; 51.71-Robert Bell, 18.420; 52.96-Riley VanHise, 18.634; 53.37-Aaron Pierce, 99.999;

 

Heat 1 -  (8 Laps)
1. 4-Tracy Hines[1] ; 2. 32-Chase Stockon[6] ; 3. 21S-Dallas Hewitt[2] ; 4. 18X-Scotty Weir[5] ; 5. 18-Jarett Andretti[8] ; 6. 20N-Chad Boespflug[3] ; 7. 17N-Nick Bilbee[4] ; 8. 24-Landon Simon[7] ; 9. 50-Tony DiMattia[9] ; 10. 24X-Kyle Simon[10] ; 11. 17R-Kyle Robbins[11] ; 12. 7M-Brandon Moore[12]

 

 

Heat 2 -  (8 Laps)
1. 71P-Dave Darland[4] ; 2. 66-Thomas Meseraull[6] ; 3. 57-Shane Cottle[1] ; 4. 10E-Jerry Coons Jr[5] ; 5. 2M-Brandon Spithaler[3] ; 6. 24P-Shane Cockrum[2] ; 7. 4F-Michael Fischesser[7] ; 8. 2-Dustin Ingle[12] ; 9. 77-Dustin Smith[11] ; 10. 42-AJ Hopkins[10] ; 11. 21H-Travis Hery[8] ; 12. 66J-Josh Spencer[9]

 

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps)
1. 11-Hunter Schuerenberg[4] ; 2. 63X-Bryan Clauson[6] ; 3. 63-Kody Swanson[5] ; 4. 17RW-Kevin Thomas Jr[3] ; 5. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[1] ; 6. 5-Justin Grant[2] ; 7. 9N-Luke Hall[10] ; 8. 23E-Tyler Courtney[8] ; 9. 14-Cooper Clouse[12] ; 10. 27-Beau Stewart[7] ; 11. 14X-Chad Wilson[11] ; 12. 30-CJ Leary[9]

 

Heat 4 -  (8 Laps)
1. 15F-Aaron Farney[2] ; 2. 81-Jon Stanbrough[3] ; 3. 12-Robert Ballou[5] ; 4. 21X-Chris Windom[8] ; 5. 46-Cody Gardner[1] ; 6. 15-Brandon Whited[4] ; 7. 44-Dickie Gaines[10] ; 8. 53-Steve Little[12] ; 9. 32M-Derek Hastings[7] ; 10. 12X-Kent Wolters[11] ; 11. 69-Brady Bacon[6] ; 12. 1-Jake Scott[9]

 

C-Main  -  (8 Laps)
1. 9N-Luke Hall[7] ; 2. 30-CJ Leary[3] ; 3. 14-Cooper Clouse[15] ; 4. 44-Dickie Gaines[8] ; 5. 50-Tony DiMattia[1] ; 6. 2-Dustin Ingle[14] ; 7. 42-AJ Hopkins[6] ; 8. 24X-Kyle Simon[5] ; 9. 14X-Chad Wilson[11] ; 10. 66J-Josh Spencer[2] ; 11. 17R-Kyle Robbins[9] ; 12. 7M-Brandon Moore[13] ; 13. 53-Steve Little[16] ; 14. 97X-Tyler Hewitt[17] ; 15. 71-Robert Bell[19] ; 16. 1-Jake Scott[4] ; 17. 37-Aaron Pierce[21] ; 18. 39-Matt Goodnight[18] ; 19. 96-Riley VanHise[20]

 

B-Main  -  (12 Laps)
1. 69-Brady Bacon[1] ; 2. 24P-Shane Cockrum[6] ; 3. 17N-Nick Bilbee[2] ; 4. 15-Brandon Whited[3] ; 5. 23E-Tyler Courtney[16] ; 6. 24-Landon Simon[10] ; 7. 18-Jarett Andretti[14] ; 8. 44-Dickie Gaines[20] ; 9. 9N-Luke Hall[17] ; 10. 20N-Chad Boespflug[4] ; 11. 30-CJ Leary[18] ; 12. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[8] ; 13. 46-Cody Gardner[9] ; 14. 4F-Michael Fischesser[11] ; 15. 32M-Derek Hastings[13] ; 16. 2M-Brandon Spithaler[5] ; 17. 14-Cooper Clouse[19] ; 18. 27-Beau Stewart[12] ; 19. 21H-Travis Hery[15] ; 20. 5-Justin Grant[7]

 

A-Main  -  (30 Laps)
1. 66-Thomas Meseraull[5] ; 2. 63-Kody Swanson[1] ; 3. 71P-Dave Darland[10] ; 4. 63X-Bryan Clauson[4] ; 5. 18X-Scotty Weir[3] ; 6. 32-Chase Stockon[6] ; 7. 21S-Dallas Hewitt[15] ; 8. 12-Robert Ballou[8] ; 9. 21X-Chris Windom[23] ; 10. 10E-Jerry Coons Jr[2] ; 11. 23E-Tyler Courtney[22] ; 12. 17N-Nick Bilbee[9] ; 13. 11-Hunter Schuerenberg[11] ; 14. 44-Dickie Gaines[24] ; 15. 24P-Shane Cockrum[16] ; 16. 57-Shane Cottle[19] ; 17. 15-Brandon Whited[12] ; 18. 81-Jon Stanbrough[14] ; 19. 18-Jarett Andretti[21] ; 20. 4-Tracy Hines[18] ; 21. 69-Brady Bacon[7] ; 22. 15F-Aaron Farney[17] ; 23. 17RW-Kevin Thomas Jr[13] ; 24. 24-Landon Simon[20] ; 25. 30-CJ Leary[25]

 

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USAC Silver Crown 

Qualifying
1.99-Christopher Bell, 17.125; 2.63-Kody Swanson, 17.385; 3.48-Brady Bacon, 17.705; 4.98-Chris Windom, 17.754; 5.20-Jerry Coons Jr, 17.942; 6.71-Shane Cockrum, 17.981; 7.30-CJ Leary, 17.995; 8.17-Kevin Thomas Jr, 18.000; 9.81-Shane Cottle, 18.043; 10.8-Justin Grant, 18.130; 11.19-Dave Darland, 18.173; 12.26-Aaron Pierce, 18.303; 13.14-Chase Stockon, 18.365; 14.53-Steve Buckwalter, 18.395; 15.00-Terry Babb, 18.636; 16.3-AJ Fike, 18.692; 17.91-Austin Nemire, 18.747; 18.40-David Byrne, 18.885; 19.21-Kent Wolters, 19.507; 20.89-Chris Fetter, 99.999;

 

A-Main  -  (50 Laps)
1. 99-Christopher Bell[1] ; 2. 63-Kody Swanson[2] ; 3. 98-Chris Windom[4] ; 4. 81-Shane Cottle[9] ; 5. 48-Brady Bacon[3] ; 6. 8-Justin Grant[10] ; 7. 71-Shane Cockrum[6] ; 8. 30-CJ Leary[7] ; 9. 53-Steve Buckwalter[14] ; 10. 20-Jerry Coons Jr[5] ; 11. 3-AJ Fike[16] ; 12. 40-David Byrne[18] ; 13. 21-Dallas Hewitt[19] ; 14. 14-Chase Stockon[13] ; 15. 26-Aaron Pierce[12] ; 16. 91-Austin Nemire[17] ; 17. 17-Tanner Thorson [8] ; 18. 19-Dave Darland[11] ; 19. 89-Chris Fetter[20] ; 20. 0-Terry Babb[15]

Ohio’s Wilson Comes From Ninth To Score First Career World of Outlaws Victory At Eldora

Abreu, Stewart Challenge Wilson in Fierce Battle Throughout 30-Lap Portion of #4Crown Nationals

 

ROSSBURG, Ohio (September 25, 2015) – Greg Wilson, who lives just 80 miles northwest from Eldora Speedway, held off Rico Abreu and Shane Stewart to win his first career World of Outlaws race at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

 

Wilson, who won an All Star Circuit of Champions race at Eldora in June, started ninth, but quickly worked his way up to the front and led the last half of the race.

 

“I want to thank everybody,” said Wilson who hails from Benton Ridge, Ohio. “This has been a long time coming. I’m a blessed dude and to win at Eldora – I was in tears. If you’re going to win somewhere, this is the place to do it in front of the best fans in the world.”

 

Pole sitter Chad Kemenah, from Alveda, Ohio took the early lead but was passed by Abreu just past the 10-lap mark. Abreu and Stewart then battled for the lead just past the 15-lap mark, but all of a sudden, Wilson shot by on the low side and got by both of them.

 

Wilson then rode the bottom all the way to the finish to score his historic victory.

 

“This is the World of Outlaws,” Wilson said. “I just turned 40 years old. You’re not going to wipe this smile off my face.”

 

Stewart was second, Abreu was third, while Donny Schatz and Dale Blaney rounded out the top-five. Blaney came from 21^st to fifth.

 

Several drivers, including Abreu and Stewart made their way to victory lane to congratulate the first time winner.

 

In the UMP Modified race, Travis Stemler also came from ninth to first to claim his first win at Eldora Speedway.

 

Stemler, from Ionia, Michigan, is now set for next weekend’s three day UMP Fall Nationals also held at Eldora. 

 

“For about three weeks I’ve just been on fire,” Stemler said. “I appreciate everyone’s help. You always dream of being in victory lane at Eldora. This is just a dream come true and I don’t think I’ll sleep tonight.”

 

Zeke McKenzie, from Claypool, Indiana, finished second, while Jerry Bowersock, Aaron Orr and Jonathan Taylor rounded out the top-five.

 

The #4Crown continues tomorrow with the United States Auto Club (USAC) Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget Cars national tours joining together at a speedway USAC has called home since 1962.

 

34^th Annual Four Crown Nationals (Night 1)
September 25, 2015

World of Outlaws Sprint Cars

 

Time Trials
1.2-Shane Stewart, 13.099; 2.45-Tim Shaffer, 13.277; 3.10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.306; 4.24-Rico Abreu, 13.368; 5.W20-Greg Wilson, 13.433; 6.17W-Bryan Clauson, 13.448; 7.9-Daryn Pittman, 13.478; 8.7-David Gravel, 13.518; 9.7S-Jason Sides, 13.524; 10.15-Donny Schatz, 13.543; 11.11-Steve Kinser, 13.544; 12.51-Paul McMahan, 13.554; 13.49-Brad Sweet, 13.555; 14.11K-Mikey Kuemper, 13.562; 15.71M-Joey Saldana, 13.582; 16.11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.582; 17.1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.615; 18.19P-Paige Polyak, 13.615; 19.41-Jason Johnson, 13.617; 20.1A-Jacob Allen, 13.632; 21.99-Brady Bacon, 13.654; 22.29-Kerry Madsen, 13.663; 23.67-Christopher Bell, 13.712; 24.1B-Dale Blaney, 13.734; 25.89-Cody Darrah, 13.768; 26.71A-RJ Johnson, 13.940; 27.82-Dusty zomer, 13.998; 28.1ST-Gary Taylor, 14.007; 29.21-Cap Henry, 14.043; 30.38-Jared Horstman, 14.093; 31.33M-Caleb Griffith, 14.945; 32.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 99.991;

 

Heat 1 -  (8 Laps)
1. 49-Brad Sweet[1] ; 2. 2-Shane Stewart[4] ; 3. 7S-Jason Sides[2] ; 4. W20-Greg Wilson[3] ; 5. 21-Cap Henry[8] ; 6. 89-Cody Darrah[7] ; 7. 99-Brady Bacon[6] ; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5]

 

Heat 2 -  (8 Laps)
1. 15-Donny Schatz[2] ; 2. 45-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 3. 29-Kerry Madsen[6] ; 4. 17W-Bryan Clauson[3] ; 5. 11K-Mikey Kuemper[1] ; 6. 19P-Paige Polyak[5] ; 7. 38-Jared Horstman[8] ; 8. 71A-RJ Johnson[7]

 

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps)
1. 71M-Joey Saldana[1] ; 2. 11-Steve Kinser[2] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 4. 67-Christopher Bell[6] ; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman[3] ; 6. 82-Dusty zomer[7] ; 7. 41-Jason Johnson[5]

 

Heat 4 -  (8 Laps)
1. 51-Paul McMahan[2] ; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[4] ; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan[1] ; 4. 1B-Dale Blaney[6] ; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen[5] ; 6. 7-David Gravel[3] ; 7. 1ST-Gary Taylor[7]

 

Dash -  (6 Laps)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah[2] ; 2. 45-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[1] ; 4. 2-Shane Stewart[4] ; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[5] ; 6. 51-Paul McMahan[6] ; 7. 49-Brad Sweet[7] ; 8. 71M-Joey Saldana[8]

 

B-Feature  -  (12 Laps)
1. 7-David Gravel[1] ; 2. 41-Jason Johnson[4] ; 3. 89-Cody Darrah[6] ; 4. 1ST-Gary Taylor[9] ; 5. 19P-Paige Polyak[3] ; 6. 82-Dusty zomer[8] ; 7. 38-Jared Horstman[10] ; 8. 71A-RJ Johnson[7] ; 9. 99-Brady Bacon[5]

 

A-Feature -  (30 Laps)
1. W20-Greg Wilson[9] ; 2. 2-Shane Stewart[4] ; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[3] ; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[5] ; 5. 1B-Dale Blaney[21] ; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman[11] ; 7. 7S-Jason Sides[13] ; 8. 10H-Chad Kemenah[1] ; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen[18] ; 10. 49-Brad Sweet[7] ; 11. 51-Paul McMahan[6] ; 12. 45-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 13. 67-Christopher Bell[20] ; 14. 7-David Gravel[12] ; 15. 89-Cody Darrah[22] ; 16. 21-Cap Henry[24] ; 17. 29-Kerry Madsen[19] ; 18. 17W-Bryan Clauson[10] ; 19. 71M-Joey Saldana[8] ; 20. 11N-Randy Hannagan[16] ; 21. 1ST-Gary Taylor[23] ; 22. 11-Steve Kinser[14] ; 23. 41-Jason Johnson[17] ; 24. 11K-Mikey Kuemper[15]

 

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DIRTcar UMP Modifieds

 

Heat 1 -  (8 Laps)
1. 05-David Smith[5] ; 2. 18-Ryan Sutter[8] ; 3. 1-Scott Williams[6] ; 4. 36-Brandon Vaughan[3] ; 5. 87-David Shain[9] ; 6. 35-Bobby Stremme[2] ; 7. 17-Nick Roselit[4] ; 8. 30-Jon Raney[7] ; 9. 1G-Devin Gilpin[1]

 

Heat 2 -  (8 Laps)
1. 2-Travis Stemler[8] ; 2. 16-Jeff Koz[6] ; 3. 111-Curt Spalding[4] ; 4. 116-Jerry Bowersock[7] ; 5. 3W-Dylan Woodling[9] ; 6. 20K-Bill Keeler[1] ; 7. 79-Shane Unger[3] ; 8. 66W-Jask Waldfogel[5] ; 9. 0%-Derrick Austin[2]

 

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps)
1. 10-Scott Bowersock[1] ; 2. 24M-Zeke McKenzie[8] ; 3. 4-Jason Kinney[2] ; 4. 11H-Mike Hohlbein[4] ; 5. 65-Todd Sherman[7] ; 6. 55-Justin Matson[3] ; 7. 71D-Anthony Davis[9] ; 8. 9V-Shawn Valenti[5] ; 9. 43-Bill Griffith[6]

 

Heat 4 -  (8 Laps)
1. 5-Jonathan Taylor[4] ; 2. 188-Aaron Orr[6] ; 3. 11R-Ed Roley[3] ; 4. 52-Weasel Phlipot[1] ; 5. 20-Josh Morton[8] ; 6. 5X-Tim Richardson[5] ; 7. 96-Peter Wormcastle[2] ; 8. 57-Tyler Fitzpatrick[7]

 

B-Feature  -  (12 Laps)
1. 65-Todd Sherman[3] ; 2. 87-David Shain[1] ; 3. 5X-Tim Richardson[8] ; 4. 55-Justin Matson[7] ; 5. 71D-Anthony Davis[11] ; 6. 35-Bobby Stremme[5] ; 7. 9V-Shawn Valenti[15] ; 8. 17-Nick Roselit[9] ; 9. 96-Peter Wormcastle[12] ; 10. 79-Shane Unger[10] ; 11. 57-Tyler Fitzpatrick[16] ; 12. 30-Jon Raney[13] ; 13. 43-Bill Griffith[19] ; 14. 0%-Derrick Austin[18] ; 15. 66W-Jask Waldfogel[14] ; 16. 3W-Dylan Woodling[2] ; 17. 20-Josh Morton[4] ; 18. 20K-Bill Keeler[6]

 

A-Feature  -  (20 Laps)
1. 2-Travis Stemler[9] ; 2. 24M-Zeke McKenzie[4] ; 3. 116-Jerry Bowersock[6] ; 4. 188-Aaron Orr[3] ; 5. 5-Jonathan Taylor[7] ; 6. 1-Scott Williams[2] ; 7. 4-Jason Kinney[11] ; 8. 11H-Mike Hohlbein[15] ; 9. 11R-Ed Roley[12] ; 10. 16-Jeff Koz[5] ; 11. 05-David Smith[10] ; 12. 65-Todd Sherman[17] ; 13. 52-Weasel Phlipot[16] ; 14. 87-David Shain[14] ; 15. 10-Scott Bowersock[8] ; 16. 36-Brandon Vaughan[13] ; 17. 9V-Shawn Valenti[23] ; 18. 71D-Anthony Davis[21] ; 19. 35-Bobby Stremme[18] ; 20. 55-Justin Matson[20] ; 21. 5X-Tim Richardson[19] ; 22. 96-Peter Wormcastle[24] ; 23. 17-Nick Roselit[22] ; 24. 111-Curt Spalding[1]

 

Four Crown Nationals Celebrates America’s Love of Open Wheel Cars, Brave Racers and High-Speeds at Eldora

Tickets Available for 34^th #4Crown; World of Outlaws on Friday; USAC Silver Crown, Sprints & Midgets on Saturday

 

ROSSBURG, Ohio (September 23, 2015) – If you like open wheel racing, this is your weekend at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

 

The 34^th Four-Crown Nationals are set for September 25 and 26 at the half-mile dirt track. Friday night, the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Cars will take to the track along with the UMP Modified division. Saturday will see the United States Auto Club (USAC) Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget Cars national tours join together at a place that they’ve run since 1962. 

 

On top of that, the future stars of racing will be race during the day at with their USAC .25 midgets on the adjoining Little Eldora Speedway. Also, the Vintage American Race Cars (VARC) members will be on hand with their biggest display of the year to bench race and retell the history of their restored racecars.

 

It makes for an exciting weekend of racing and tickets can be purchased at www.EldoraSpeedway.com or by calling (937) 338-3815.

 

The World of Outlaws will run their fifth and final event at Eldora on Friday night and they have put on some excellent races at the half-mile.

 

Donny Schatz swept the two WoO races in May and then Shane Stewart won both races in July as part of the 32^nd Kings Royal.  Schatz, from Minot, North Dakota, and Stewart, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, are the top two in the championship standings but Schatz has dominated and will be going for his 30^th victory of the season on Friday night.

 

The UMP Modifieds will also battle on Friday and are prepping for next week’s UMP Nationals which will determine their championship. Seven drivers are within 14 points of each other with veteran Jerry Bowersock, from Wapakoneta, Ohio, leading by four points over Jeff Koz and Travis Stemler.

 

On Saturday, the USAC drivers will hit the dirt with their top three divisions.

 

Shane Cockrum, from Benton, Illinois, won the last Silver Crown race in DuQuoin, Illinois, but will be challenged by brothers Kody and Tanner Swanson who each have multiple victories this year. 

 

In the Sprint Car division, Dave Darland, from Kokomo, Indiana, has won four times this season and has five wins at Eldora including in April 2014.

 

Tracy Hines, from New Castle, Indiana, is tied for the second most victories at Eldora with nine and he last won in September 2012. Should he win this week, he will be within three races of the Eldora’s favorite son Jack Hewitt, who has won 13 times at the half-mile.

 

For the midgets, it should be Rico Abreu, Bryan Clauson and Tanner Thorson fighting for the win as all three drivers have won this season.

 

Hewitt is the only driver to win the Four Crown as in 1998 he won all three USAC races plus the UMP Modified race.  Kyle Larson won the three USAC divisions in 2011 after the World of Outlaws were added running as Crown #1 of the Friday/Saturday weekend.

 

 

Davenport Comes From 18^th To Claim Historic Victory In 45^th World 100 at Eldora Speedway

Becomes Fourth Driver to Sweep Dirt Late Model Dream and World 100; Takes Home $48,000 in Front of Huge Crowd

 

ROSSBURG, Ohio (September 12, 2015) – Jonathan Davenport won the 45^th World 100 and became just the fourth driver to sweep the major dirt late model races at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

 

Davenport, who won the Dirt Late Model Dream and $100,000 in June passed Jared Landers for good on lap 66 and won the $48,000 payout for the World 100 in front of a huge and enthusiastic crowd.

 

Donnie Moran swept the races in 1996 and 1998, while Billy Moyer did so in 2010.

 

It was an incredible race for Davenport as he started 18^th, but worked his way to the front to win his first World 100.

 

“How about coming from 18^th?” Davenport said. “This thing started circling on that bottom and I knew we were going to have a race car then. I just kept circling that bottom and circling that bottom and when the track cleaned up I knew it was time for me to go to the top. I love this place and I love this car. I had great horsepower as well.”

 

Jared Landers started second, but took the lead over pole sitter Scott Bloomquist at the start. Landers led for the first 61 laps before Davenport, from Williamston, South Carolina, battled him for the next five laps.

 

They traded slide jobs throughout most of the racing surface, making contact once when Landers re-passed Davenport, before Davenport cleared him on lap 64. Landers was with him for two more laps before Davenport pulled away.

 

From there he led the rest of the way and beat young Bobby Pierce, who started fifth.

 

“I have to thank all you fans,” Davenport said. “You guys are great. This is unbelievable. We have a dream season and now we have a world season.”

 

Pierce was second, while four-time World 100 winner Bloomquist was third. Landers, from Batesville, Arkansas, was fourth, while Steve Francis, who started 13^th, finished fifth.

 

The race was made possible by the hard work of the Eldora employees who worked for hours on the track after rain canceled Friday night’s racing action.

 

The racing started at 10:30 am (EDT) on Saturday and they ran the scheduled Friday show before completely reconditioning the track again for the Saturday night show.

 

The next event at Eldora is the 34^th Annual Four Crown Nationals. The World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds are featured on September 25. The USAC National Midget, Sprint and Silver Crown tours are showcased on Saturday, September 26.

 

45^th Annual World 100
September 12, 2015

DIRTcar UMP Late Models

 

Heat 1 -  (15 Laps)
1. 44M-Chris Madden[3] ; 2. 71C-RJ Conley[1] ; 3. 15F-Steve Francis[4] ; 4. 81JR-Jason Riggs[10] ; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie[6] ; 6. 1H-Vic Hill[9] ; 7. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr. [2] ; 8. B5-Brandon Sheppard[5] ; 9. 86R-Rick Rickman[11] ; 10. 18K-Brandon Kinzer[17] ; 11. 240-Doug Drown[7] ; 12. 27-Lauren Longbrake[16] ; 13. 42-Doug Sanders[12] ; 14. 51G-Cameron Guidi[13]

 

Heat 2 -  (15 Laps)
1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[2] ; 2. 75P-Terry Phillips[1] ; 3. 17M-Dale McDowell[4] ; 4. 21B-Chris Brown[6] ; 5. 11-Josh Rice[7] ; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[5] ; 7. 49-Brian Ruhlman[8] ; 8. 33-Tim Manville[9] ; 9. R1-Riley Hickman[10] ; 10. 89-Mike Spatola[12] ; 11. 11A-Austin Smith[11] ; 12. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh[13] ; 13. 4C-Ernie Cordier[17] ; 14. 7R-Kent Robinson[3]

 

Heat 3 -  (15 Laps)
1. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.[2] ; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[4] ; 3. 1*-Chub Frank[6] ; 4. 29-Darrell Lanigan[5] ; 5. 99M-Devin Moran[3] ; 6. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[7] ; 7. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[10] ; 8. 45H-Don Hammer[16] ; 9. 15C-Wayne Chinn[14] ; 10. 93-Jay Johnson[8] ; 11. 25L-Steve Lance[13] ; 12. 9N-Ted Nobbe[12] ; 13. 11R-James Rice[11] ; 14. 22F-Chris Ferguson[9] ; 15. 7W-Ricky Weiss[1]

 

Heat 4 -  (15 Laps)
1. 21-Billy Moyer[2] ; 2. 25C-Shane Clanton[4] ; 3. 28M-Jimmy Mars[3] ; 4. 55-Jeep VanWormer[5] ; 5. R5-Chris Simpson[6] ; 6. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. [7] ; 7. D8-Dustin Linville[1] ; 8. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[10] ; 9. 97-Michael Chilton[8] ; 10. 88-Andrew Reaume[12] ; 11. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[9] ; 12. 17T-Shannon Thornsberry[15] ; 13. 76K-Butch Kruckeberg[13] ; 14. 8A-Rob Anderzack[16] ; 15. 14H-Rodney Hamblin[17]

 

Heat 5 -  (15 Laps)
1. 777-Jared Landers[2] ; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr. [1] ; 3. 18B-Shannon Babb[3] ; 4. 5-Don O'Neal[5] ; 5. 54W-Matt Westfall[4] ; 6. 14M-Morgan Bagley[7] ; 7. F5-Garrett Alberson[9] ; 8. 8V-Craig Vosbergen[8] ; 9. 32H-Austin Hubbard[10] ; 10. 51M-Mack McCarter[11] ; 11. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[12] ; 12. 9-Jason Croft[14] ; 13. 69-Jonny Huck[13] ; 14. 3c-Charlie LaPlant[17] ; 15. 07-Brian Ledbetter[16] ; 16. 79-Shane Unger[15]

 

Heat 6 -  (15 Laps)
1. 0-Scott Bloomquist[4] ; 2. 3s-Brian Shirley[1] ; 3. 6-Jonathan Davenport[5] ; 4. 25F-Jason Feger[3] ; 5. 31-Nick Latham[6] ; 6. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[8] ; 7. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr. [2] ; 8. 15H-Jon Henry[7] ; 9. 47-Alex Ferree[9] ; 10. 49C-Chad Ruhlman[11] ; 11. 1N-Casey Noonan[17] ; 12. 86B-Neil Baggett[10] ; 13. 28W-Jeff Wolfenbarger[13] ; 14. 68-Dan Shepherd[14] ; 15. 11B-Tommy Bailey[15] ; 16. 96-John Mayes[12] ; 17. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[16]

 

B-Feature 1 - (20 Laps)
1. 157-Mike Marlar[8] ; 2. 29-Darrell Lanigan[3] ; 3. 21B-Chris Brown[2] ; 4. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr. [10] ; 5. 33-Tim Manville[14] ;

 

B-Scramble 1 – (5 Laps)
1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[13] ; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie[4] ; 3. 1H-Vic Hill[7] ; 4. 81JR-Jason Riggs[1] ; 5. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[9] ; 6. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[6] ; 7. 93-Jay Johnson[18] ; 8. 89-Mike Spatola[20] ; 9. 49-Brian Ruhlman[11] ; 10. 15C-Wayne Chinn[15] ; 11. 25L-Steve Lance[21] ; 12. 45H-Don Hammer[12] ; 13. 27-Lauren Longbrake[22] ; 14. 11A-Austin Smith[23] ; 15. 18K-Brandon Kinzer[19] ; 16. 11-Josh Rice[5] ; 17. 9N-Ted Nobbe[24] ; 18. R1-Riley Hickman[17] ; 19. 86R-Rick Rickman[16]

 

B-Feature 2 -  (20 Laps)
1. 5-Don O'Neal[2] ; 2. 55-Jeep VanWormer[1] ; 3. 25F-Jason Feger[3] ; 4. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. [7] ; 5. R5-Chris Simpson[4] ; 

B-Scramble 2 - (5 Laps)
1. 54W-Matt Westfall[5] ; 2. D8-Dustin Linville[10] ; 3. 47-Alex Ferree[18] ; 4. 31-Nick Latham[6] ; 5. F5-Garrett Alberson[11] ; 6. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr. [12] ; 7. 14M-Morgan Bagley[8] ; 8. 49C-Chad Ruhlman[21] ; 9. 15H-Jon Henry[15] ; 10. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[13] ; 11. 32H-Austin Hubbard[17] ; 12. 1N-Casey Noonan[24] ; 13. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[22] ; 14. 51M-Mack McCarter[20] ; 15. 8V-Craig Vosbergen[14] ; 16. 97-Michael Chilton[16] ; 17. 88-Andrew Reaume[19] ; 18. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[23] ; 19. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[9]

 

World 100 -  (100 Laps)
1. 6-Jonathan Davenport[18] ; 2. 32P-Bobby Pierce[5] ; 3. 0-Scott Bloomquist[1] ; 4. 777-Jared Landers[2] ; 5. 15F-Steve Francis[13] ; 6. 17M-Dale McDowell[14] ; 7. 44M-Chris Madden[6] ; 8. 25C-Shane Clanton[10] ; 9. 28M-Jimmy Mars[16] ; 10. 157-Mike Marlar[21] ; 11. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. [28] ; 12. 18B-Shannon Babb[17] ; 13. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.[4] ; 14. R5-Chris Simpson[30] ; 15. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr. [11] ; 16. 71C-RJ Conley[7] ; 17. 3s-Brian Shirley[12] ; 18. 25F-Jason Feger[26] ; 19. 29-Darrell Lanigan[23] ; 20. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr. [27] ; 21. 55-Jeep VanWormer[24] ; 22. 21B-Chris Brown[25] ; 23. 99M-Devin Moran[20] ; 24. 1*-Chub Frank[15] ; 25. 33-Tim Manville[29] ; 26. 21-Billy Moyer[3] ; 27. 75P-Terry Phillips[8] ; 28. 20-Jimmy Owens[9] ; 29. 22F-Chris Ferguson[19] ; 30. 5-Don O'Neal[22]

McDowell and Sheppard Score Big Wins in First Night of World 100 Weekend

Sunny Skies And Great Weather Greet Competitors As They Race Toward Historic $48,000 Payout

 

ROSSBURG, Ohio (September 10, 2015) – Veteran Dale McDowell and young gun Brandon Sheppard rolled to impressive preliminary feature victories on the opening night of Eldora Speedway's 45^th World 100, splitting Thursday night's two 25-lap DIRTcar-sanctioned races at the historic half-mile oval.

The $5,000-to-win triumphs put McDowell of Chickamauga, Georgia and Sheppard of New Berlin, Illinois, in prime position for Saturday’s $48,000-to-win World 100. Saturday’s heat races for the crown jewel event will be set based on drivers’ performances on Thursday and in a second night of preliminary action on Friday.

McDowell, who won the World 100 in 2005 and finished second last year, started fourth and battled early with defending World 100 champion Scott Bloomquist and Wheelersburg, Ohio’s RJ Conley. But his car quickly came to life and he found the low line and took the lead. He never looked back and took the checkered flag.

 

“That’s my preferred line, McDowell said. “I think that’s the best place to take care of your tires. Brandon (Sheppard) looked awfully good around the top, so I think it’s just where you get your car balanced. Our package just seems to work in the middle to the bottom - although in the heat race I was able to run up top.

 

“It takes two different style race cars, two different style setups to run the top and the bottom and be the best at either one. We’ll just have to see what the track conditions are, what the preparation is, what the weather may do.”

 

Darrell Lanigan, of Union, Kentucky charged to a second place finish while Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tennessee flirted with Eldora’s famous wall to finish third. Last minute entry Chris Madden, of South Carolina, who started 12^th, worked his way to fourth, while Georgian and current World of Outlaws Late Models Series point leader Shane Clanton rounded out the top-five.

Illinois’ Sheppard, who is just 22, started second in A-Feature number two but took the victory.

Early on however, he was in a fierce battle with Eldora favorite Jeep VanWormer of Pinconning, Michigan as the two fought for control. Making contact on a few occasions, they battled for several laps before Sheppard found speed on the top and pulled away for the victory.

“It feels awesome,” said Sheppard. “It’s a really prestigious racetrack and my father and grandfather put a lot of hard earned money in my program. It means a lot to them and it means a lot to me because I’ve put a lot of hard work into the cars and the program.

“We were sitting at Rocket Chassis (in Shinnston, West Virginia) on Tuesday with basically a bare frame and two crew guys and I got it ready and left at midnight and made it here at 7 a.m., on Wednesday. It’s a lot of hard work and dedication.”

Two-time World 100 winner Jimmy Owens worked his way up to second followed by VanWormer. Dennis Erb Jr., was fourth with 2015 Dream winner Jonathan Davenport finishing fifth.

The 45^th World 100 Weekend continues on Friday with a second night of preliminary competition. The 106-car field will again be split into two groups for heat races, B-Mains and 25-lap features that will both pay $5,000 to the winners.

The blockbuster weekend concludes Saturday night with World 100 heat races, B-Mains and the 100-lap, $48,000-to-win main event. Fans can obtain tickets information for the World 100 by going online to www.EldoraSpeedway.com or contacting the Eldora offices at 937-338-3815.

Fans who can’t make it to Eldora in person this weekend can still watch all the action live by purchasing the live Pay-Per-View video broadcast of all three nights of action that is available atlive.eldoraspeedway.com.

 

45^th Annual World 100 – Night #1
Thursday, September 10, 2015

DIRTcar UMP Late Models

 

Qualifying (listed overall by time)
1.1-Josh Richards, 16.604; 2.777-Jared Landers, 16.681; 3.25C-Shane Clanton, 16.755; 4.6-Jonathan Davenport, 16.845; 5.25F-Jason Feger, 16.993; 6.21-Billy Moyer, 17.010; 7.1P-Earl Pearson Jr., 17.024; 8.157-Mike Marlar, 17.032; 9.21JR-Billy Moyer Jr. , 17.109; 10.29-Darrell Lanigan, 17.123; 11.22S-Gregg Satterlee, 17.151; 12.15F-Steve Francis, 17.163; 13.C9-Steve Casebolt, 17.208; 14.D8-Dustin Linville, 17.243; 15.R1-Riley Hickman, 17.259; 16.21B-Chris Brown, 17.264; 17.R5-Chris Simpson, 17.273; 18.99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr. , 17.283; 19.7R-Kent Robinson, 17.288; 20.44M-Chris Madden, 17.290; 21.5-Don O'Neal, 17.291; 22.39-Tim McCreadie, 17.316; 23.32P-Bobby Pierce, 17.318; 24.17M-Dale McDowell, 17.319; 25.18J-Chase Junghans, 17.330; 26.0-Scott Bloomquist, 17.333; 27.28E-Dennis Erb Jr. , 17.338; 28.20-Jimmy Owens, 17.355; 29.1H-Vic Hill, 17.370; 30.25Z-Mason Zeigler, 17.382; 31.54W-Matt Westfall, 17.405; 32.7W-Ricky Weiss, 17.428; 33.11A-Austin Smith, 17.430; 34.71C-RJ Conley, 17.445; 35.28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. , 17.451; 36.11R-James Rice, 17.455; 37.83-Scott James, 17.470; 38.75P-Terry Phillips, 17.480; 39.116-Randy Weaver, 17.487; 40.33-Tim Manville, 17.489; 41.3s-Brian Shirley, 17.495; 42.22-Chris Ferguson, 17.510; 43.99M-Devin Moran, 17.543; 44.32-Austin Hubbard, 17.585; 45.28M-Jimmy Mars, 17.599; 46.B5-Brandon Sheppard, 17.645; 47.93-Jay Johnson, 17.666; 48.9-Jason Croft, 17.677; 49.14M-Morgan Bagley, 17.712; 50.1*-Chub Frank, 17.769; 51.95J-Jerry Bowersock, 17.770; 52.55-Jeep VanWormer, 17.815; 53.31-Nick Latham, 17.819; 54.20C-Duane Chamberlain, 17.854; 55.18K-Brandon Kinzer, 17.857; 56.11G-Gordy Gundaker, 17.862; 57.15H-Jon Henry, 17.903; 58.1N-Casey Noonan, 17.920; 59.18-Shannon Babb, 17.948; 60.7M-Donald McIntosh, 17.975; 61.11S-Rusty Schlenk, 17.990; 62.17-Shannon Thornsberry, 18.025; 63.86R-Rick Rickman, 18.045; 64.81JR-Jason Riggs, 18.060; 65.15V-Kolby Vandenbergh, 18.064; 66.86B-Neil Baggett, 18.077; 67.49-Brian Ruhlman, 18.110; 68.11-Josh Rice, 18.126; 69.B4U-Brad Eitnear, 18.137; 70.47-Alex Ferree, 18.184; 71.240-Doug Drown, 18.192; 72.99L-Scott Lewis, 18.197; 73.28W-Jeff Wolfenbarger, 18.217; 74.F5-Garrett Alberson, 18.244; 75.21D-Dan Stone, 18.248; 76.89-Mike Spatola, 18.251; 77.97-Michael Chilton, 18.305; 78.45H-Don Hammer, 18.325; 79.25L-Steve Lance, 18.333; 80.11B-Tommy Bailey, 18.339; 81.88-Andrew Reaume, 18.350; 82.3c-Charlie LaPlant, 18.360; 83.69-Jonny Huck, 18.418; 84.49C-Chad Ruhlman, 18.427; 85.15C-Wayne Chinn, 18.443; 86.8V-Craig Vosbergen, 18.472; 87.42-Doug Sanders, 18.516; 88.76K-Butch Kruckeberg, 18.531; 89.51M-Mack McCarter, 18.596; 90.9N-Ted Nobbe, 18.652; 91.5*-Bryant Dickinson, 18.742; 92.8A-Rob Anderzack, 18.887; 93.96-John Mayes, 19.249; 94.14H-Rodney Hamblin, 19.603; 95.4C-Ernie Cordier, 19.610; 96.27-Lauren Longbrake, 19.610; 97.07-Brian Ledbetter, 19.657; 98.79-Shane Unger, 19.723; 99.51G-Cameron Guidi, 20.040; 100.54N-Chris Nash, 99.991; 101.90-Brian Rickman, 99.992; 102.4B-Jackie Boggs, 99.993; 103.5N-Dustin Nobbe, 99.994; 104.87-Walker Arthur, 99.995; 105.68-Dan Shepherd, 99.996; 106.30-Mark Voigt, 99.997;

 

Heat 1, Group A -  (8 Laps)
1. 0-Scott Bloomquist[2] ; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[4] ; 3. 32-Austin Hubbard[1] ; 4. 39-Tim McCreadie[3] ; 5. 86B-Neil Baggett[6] ; 6. 47-Alex Ferree[7] ; 7. 11S-Rusty Schlenk[5] ; 8. 49C-Chad Ruhlman[8] ; 9. 07-Brian Ledbetter[9]

 

Heat 2, Group B -  (8 Laps)
1. 6-Jonathan Davenport[4] ; 2. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr. [3] ; 3. 14M-Morgan Bagley[1] ; 4. C9-Steve Casebolt[2] ; 5. 89-Mike Spatola[7] ; 6. 18-Shannon Babb[6] ; 7. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[5] ; 8. 14H-Rodney Hamblin[8] ; 9. 51G-Cameron Guidi[9]

 

Heat 3, Group C -  (8 Laps)
1. 25C-Shane Clanton[3] ; 2. 29-Darrell Lanigan[1] ; 3. 7R-Kent Robinson[5] ; 4. 1-Josh Richards[4] ; 5. 21-Billy Moyer[2] ; 6. 21D-Dan Stone[8] ; 7. 1N-Casey Noonan[7] ; 8. 45H-Don Hammer[9] ; 9. 18K-Brandon Kinzer[6]

 

Heat 4, Group D -  (8 Laps)
1. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr. [2] ; 2. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr. [1] ; 3. 777-Jared Landers[4] ; 4. 116-Randy Weaver[5] ; 5. R5-Chris Simpson[3] ; 6. 69-Jonny Huck[8] ; 7. 9-Jason Croft[6] ; 8. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh[7]

 

Heat 5, Group E -  (8 Laps)
1. 17M-Dale McDowell[2] ; 2. 54W-Matt Westfall[1] ; 3. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.[4] ; 4. 83-Scott James[7] ; 5. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. [6] ; 6. R1-Riley Hickman[3] ; 7. 11A-Austin Smith[5] ; 8. 99L-Scott Lewis[8] ; 9. 11B-Tommy Bailey[9]

 

Heat 6, Group F -  (8 Laps)
1. 3s-Brian Shirley[1] ; 2. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[3] ; 3. 25F-Jason Feger[4] ; 4. 1H-Vic Hill[2] ; 5. 90-Brian Rickman[7] ; 6. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[9] ; 7. B4U-Brad Eitnear[5] ; 8. 4C-Ernie Cordier[6]

 

Heat 7, Group G -  (8 Laps)
1. 71C-RJ Conley[1] ; 2. 33-Tim Manville[6] ; 3. 7W-Ricky Weiss[2] ; 4. 21B-Chris Brown[4] ; 5. 18J-Chase Junghans[3] ; 6. 87-Walker Arthur[9] ; 7. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[7] ; 8. 11R-James Rice[5] ; 9. 17-Shannon Thornsberry[8]

 

Heat 8, Group H -  (8 Laps)
1. 55-Jeep VanWormer[2] ; 2. 15F-Steve Francis[4] ; 3. 75P-Terry Phillips[3] ; 4. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[1] ; 5. 49-Brian Ruhlman[5] ; 6. 25L-Steve Lance[6] ; 7. 68-Dan Shepherd[9] ; 8. 8A-Rob Anderzack[7] ; 9. 79-Shane Unger[8]

 

Heat 9, Group I -  (8 Laps)
1. 5-Don O'Neal[2] ; 2. 44M-Chris Madden[3] ; 3. D8-Dustin Linville[4] ; 4. 99M-Devin Moran[5] ; 5. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[1] ; 6. 15H-Jon Henry[6] ; 7. 7M-Donald McIntosh[7] ; 8. 15C-Wayne Chinn[8] ; 9. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[9]

 

Heat 10, Group J -  (8 Laps)
1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3] ; 2. 28M-Jimmy Mars[4] ; 3. 1*-Chub Frank[2] ; 4. 11-Josh Rice[5] ; 5. 240-Doug Drown[6] ; 6. 86R-Rick Rickman[1] ; 7. 27-Lauren Longbrake[8] ; 8. 96-John Mayes[7]

 

Heat 11, Group K -  (8 Laps)
1. 31-Nick Latham[2] ; 2. 93-Jay Johnson[3] ; 3. 22-Chris Ferguson[4] ; 4. 28W-Jeff Wolfenbarger[1] ; 5. 97-Michael Chilton[5] ; 6. 3c-Charlie LaPlant[7] ; 7. 88-Andrew Reaume[6] ; 8. 42-Doug Sanders[8]

 

Heat 12, Group L -  (8 Laps)
1. 20-Jimmy Owens[3] ; 2. 81JR-Jason Riggs[2] ; 3. 32P-Bobby Pierce[4] ; 4. F5-Garrett Alberson[1] ; 5. 51M-Mack McCarter[7] ; 6. 76K-Butch Kruckeberg[6] ; 7. 8V-Craig Vosbergen[5] ; 8. 9N-Ted Nobbe[8]

 

B-Main 1 -  (10 Laps)
1. 39-Tim McCreadie[1] ; 2. 1-Josh Richards[2] ; 3. 47-Alex Ferree[7] ; 4. 21-Billy Moyer[5] ; 5. 83-Scott James[3] ; 6. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. [6] ; 7. R1-Riley Hickman[9] ; 8. 11S-Rusty Schlenk[10] ; 9. 86B-Neil Baggett[4] ; 10. 21D-Dan Stone[8] ; 11. 49C-Chad Ruhlman[13] ; 12. 99L-Scott Lewis[15] ; 13. 1N-Casey Noonan[11] ; 14. 18K-Brandon Kinzer[17] ; 15. 11A-Austin Smith[12] ; 16. 45H-Don Hammer[14] ; 17. 07-Brian Ledbetter[16] ; 18. 11B-Tommy Bailey[18]

 

B-Main 2 -  (10 Laps)
1. C9-Steve Casebolt[1] ; 2. R5-Chris Simpson[5] ; 3. 18-Shannon Babb[7] ; 4. 116-Randy Weaver[2] ; 5. 1H-Vic Hill[3] ; 6. 90-Brian Rickman[6] ; 7. 89-Mike Spatola[4] ; 8. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[9] ; 9. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[10] ; 10. 9-Jason Croft[11] ; 11. 69-Jonny Huck[8] ; 12. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh[14] ; 13. 14H-Rodney Hamblin[13] ; 14. 51G-Cameron Guidi[16] ; 15. 4C-Ernie Cordier[15] ; 16. B4U-Brad Eitnear[12]

 

B-Main 3 -  (10 Laps)
1. 21B-Chris Brown[1] ; 2. 99M-Devin Moran[2] ; 3. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[5] ; 4. 18J-Chase Junghans[4] ; 5. 15H-Jon Henry[8] ; 6. 87-Walker Arthur[7] ; 7. 97-Michael Chilton[6] ; 8. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[10] ; 9. 11R-James Rice[13] ; 10. 88-Andrew Reaume[12] ; 11. 28W-Jeff Wolfenbarger[3] ; 12. 7M-Donald McIntosh[11] ; 13. 3c-Charlie LaPlant[9] ; 14. 17-Shannon Thornsberry[16] ; 15. 15C-Wayne Chinn[14] ; 16. 42-Doug Sanders[15] ; 17. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[17]

 

B-Main 4 -  (10 Laps)
1. 240-Doug Drown[5] ; 2. F5-Garrett Alberson[3] ; 3. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[1] ; 4. 11-Josh Rice[2] ; 5. 49-Brian Ruhlman[4] ; 6. 8V-Craig Vosbergen[12] ; 7. 51M-Mack McCarter[6] ; 8. 25L-Steve Lance[7] ; 9. 86R-Rick Rickman[8] ; 10. 76K-Butch Kruckeberg[9] ; 11. 27-Lauren Longbrake[11] ; 12. 9N-Ted Nobbe[15] ; 13. 68-Dan Shepherd[10] ; 14. 8A-Rob Anderzack[13] ; 15. 96-John Mayes[14] ; 16. 79-Shane Unger[16]

 

Twin 25 #1 -  (25 Laps)
1. 17M-Dale McDowell[4] ; 2. 29-Darrell Lanigan[8] ; 3. 157-Mike Marlar[7] ; 4. 44M-Chris Madden[11] ; 5. 25C-Shane Clanton[6] ; 6. 5-Don O'Neal[5] ; 7. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.[15] ; 8. 0-Scott Bloomquist[3] ; 9. 7R-Kent Robinson[14] ; 10. 47-Alex Ferree[23] ; 11. 39-Tim McCreadie[19] ; 12. 99M-Devin Moran[22] ; 13. 54W-Matt Westfall[9] ; 14. 71C-RJ Conley[2] ; 15. 1-Josh Richards[21] ; 16. 21B-Chris Brown[20] ; 17. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[24] ; 18. 93-Jay Johnson[12] ; 19. 22-Chris Ferguson[18] ; 20. 31-Nick Latham[1] ; 21. 7W-Ricky Weiss[16] ; 22. 33-Tim Manville[10] ; 23. 32-Austin Hubbard[13] ; 24. D8-Dustin Linville[17]

 

Twin 25 #2 -  (25 Laps)
1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2] ; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[4] ; 3. 55-Jeep VanWormer[1] ; 4. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr. [8] ; 5. 6-Jonathan Davenport[6] ; 6. 28M-Jimmy Mars[11] ; 7. 15F-Steve Francis[10] ; 8. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr. [5] ; 9. 3s-Brian Shirley[3] ; 10. 25F-Jason Feger[15] ; 11. R5-Chris Simpson[21] ; 12. 75P-Terry Phillips[16] ; 13. 14M-Morgan Bagley[13] ; 14. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[24] ; 15. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr. [7] ; 16. 32P-Bobby Pierce[18] ; 17. 18-Shannon Babb[23] ; 18. C9-Steve Casebolt[19] ; 19. 1*-Chub Frank[17] ; 20. F5-Garrett Alberson[22] ; 21. 777-Jared Landers[14] ; 22. 81JR-Jason Riggs[12] ; 23. 240-Doug Drown[20] ; 24. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[9]