UNOH SPRINTACULAR CONVERTED TO SPECTACULAR AS 119 SPRINT CARS JAM PIT AREA

Haudenschild (All Stars), Swindell (NRA Sprint Invaders and Bacon (BOSS) Capture Wild Wins

 

ROSSBURG, OH (October 12) –Jac Haudenschild (All Star Sprints) lived up to his moniker as ‘the wild child’, while Kevin Swindell (NRA Sprint Invaders) threaded a needle that no one else dare try and Brady Bacon (BOSS Sprints)rode the wall for 25 laps Saturday night as 119 Sprint Cars jammed the Eldora Speedway pit area for the UNOH Sprintacular.

 

After capturing the six-lap dash race, Haudenschild earned himself the pole starting position for the All Stars’ 30-lap season-ending event.   With his mastery of the Eldora .500-mile clay oval well chronicled, everyone predicted a yawner.

Haudenschild didn’t let the naysayers down, as he darted into nearly a full straightaway lead over the field. 

 

That lead was minimized when Sam Hafertepe, Jr. and Caleb Helms collided in turn one to bring out the red flag and halt the race.  In the melee, Kevin Swindell protected his runner-up positioning by doing a series of spins and narrowly missing the stopped cars.   In doing that; however, Swindell suffered some wing damage that virtually took him out of the running.

 

On the restart, Haudenschild again showed his prowess but lapped traffic soon came into play, and the field inched their way into Haudenschild’s playground.  Randy Hannagan was the first to show his cards and narrow the lead.   He brought with him Shane Stewart which led to a three-way battle that had the crowd literally on their feet.  

 

With ten laps to go the trio swapped the lead multiple times around the track, pulling the infamous Eldora ‘slide job’ on each other, yet when they would cross the finish line, Haudenschild would manage to inch back out front.

 

It continued that way right up to the closing laps, as eventual series champion Dale Blaney decided to join the fun; bringing with him Tim Shaffer to set up a wild five car battle to the checkered.

 

In the waning laps, all five had heavy lapped traffic enter the mix; finding them using the entire 90’ width of Eldora.

Actually tagging the wall coming out of turn four, Haudenschild nosed ahead of Hannagan to take the victory, his ninth career All Star win at Eldora, by .047 seconds over Hannagan.   Blaney, who swapped engines after time trials, crossed the line third, followed in close order by Stewart and Shaffer.

 

Multiple caution periods added to the attrition rate during the NRA night capper, but that didn’t diminish the intensity of the race; particularly up front.   Butch Schroeder, who captured the NRA title last month, shot into the early lead and looked to be en route to his fifth career NRA event on the Eldora high banks.

 

But, enter Kevin Swindell.   Fresh from the All Star race, Swindell had insider knowledge on the track conditions, and near the half-way point of the 20-lap chase, reeled in Schroeder.

 

After Swindell pulled up alongside Schroeder to identify himself as a contender, the defense was on.   Schroeder and Swindell slid each other through the turns, and then, with seven laps to go, the pair encroached upon lapped traffic which sent both of them to the low side.   Schroeder, in trying to save his lead, went what seemed as low as you could go in turn three.   Swindell was convinced there was even more room there and somehow put his car between Schroeder and the inside wall to take the lead he was to hold to the finish.

 

Schroeder hung on for second, while Chuck Hebing came in as a newcomer and pulled off a strong third place finish.   Jared Horstman and Bryan Sebetto completed the top five.

 

As the winged warriors of speed completed their final laps of the 2013 season at Eldora, the non-winged BOSS (Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series) moved to the track with their 24-car starting field that had been pared down from the 54 entries.

 

Thinking that the previous two features had set a standard unable to be beat, the non-wingers proved that to be a fallacy.    Luke Hall out powered Matt Westfall at the dropping of the green flag on, what was soon to be, a 25-lap non-stop affair. 

 

Westfall never let Hall out of his sight, and waged a wild battle up front that was quickly joined by Bacon.   As Westfall and Bacon fought for the runner-up honor, Hall looked to be in clear sailing.  However, Westfall and Bacon found themselves getting quicker in their battle and soon perched themselves on Hall’s tail.   In a daring, up against the wall move, Bacon swept by both of them on lap nine.

 

That momentum remained with Bacon as he began to upon up some distance over the field.   And, as quick was Bacon became, Chris Windom became even quicker.  Buried deep in the field (12^th) at the start, Windom had his work cut out for him, but he was relentless in his charge to the front.   He disposed of Hall and then challenged Westfall in a battle that he won out with ten laps to go.

 

He tried to get up to Bacon, but ran out of time and had to settle for runner-up honors, as Westfall hung on to third.   Dallas Hewitt and Gary Taylor came on strong in the closing laps to complete the top five.

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                -ES-

 

 

Date: October 12, 2013

All Star Sprint

TIME TRIALS - 1. 22-Cole Duncan [13.172]; 2. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [13.153]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [13.197]; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney [13.218]; 5. 71-Kevin Swindell [13.246]; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs [13.369]; 7. 13-Mark Dobmeier [13.334]; 8. 51-Roger Campbell [14.230]; 9. 3G-Shane Stewart [13.305]; 10. 15-Brandon Ferguson [13.884]; 11. 22S-Brandon Spithaler [99.999]; 12. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [13.186]; 13. 57X-Andrew Palker [13.583]; 14. M1-Mark Smith [13.530]; 15. 7K-Justin Henderson [13.391]; 16. 9W-Lucas Wolfe [13.319]; 17. 2-Dale Blaney [13.237]; 18. 11N-Randy Hannagan [13.281]; 19. 71M-Paul May [13.622]; 20. 15MH-Mitch Harble [13.518]; 21. 33-Brent Matus [14.420]; 22. 00-Jim Nier [13.470]; 23. 6N-Cody Gardner [14.706]; 24. 5T-Travis Philo [13.764]; 25. 13M- Brandon Matus [14.092]; 26. 2S-Nathan Skaggs [13.648]; 27. 59J-Kirk Jeffries [14.497]; 28. 80-Trey Gustin [14.935]; 29. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild [13.565]; 30. 35-Ron Blair [13.806]; 31. 24H-Brandon Wimmer [13.390]; 32. 83-Tim Shaffer [13.382]; 33. 97-Dean Jacobs [99.999]; 34. 59-Jac Haudenschild [13.032]; 35. 99-Brady Bacon [13.480]; 36. 55-Trey Starks [13.443]; 37. 40-Caleb Helms [13.569]; 38. 54-Cap Henry [14.135];

 

HEAT 1 - 1. 59-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs [3]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [5]; 4. 11N-Randy Hannagan [4]; 5. 55-Trey Starks [2]; 6. 71M-Paul May [7]; 7. 22S-Brandon Spithaler [DNF]; 8. 33-Brent Matus [DNF]; 9. M1-Mark Smith [DNS]; 10. 15-Brandon Ferguson [DNS];

 

HEAT 2 - 1. 83-Tim Shaffer [3]; 2. 3G-Shane Stewart [4]; 3. 00-Jim Nier [2]; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney [5]; 5. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 6. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [6]; 7. 2S-Nathan Skaggs [7]; 8. 13M- Brandon Matus [8]; 9. 59J-Kirk Jeffries [DNS];

 

HEAT 3 - 1. 40-Caleb Helms [1]; 2. 99-Brady Bacon [2]; 3. 9W-Lucas Wolfe [4]; 4. 24H-Brandon Wimmer [3]; 5. 2-Dale Blaney [5]; 6. 22-Cole Duncan [6]; 7. 5T-Travis Philo [7]; 8. 6N-Cody Gardner [DNF]; 9. 54-Cap Henry [DNS];

 

HEAT 4 - 1. 15MH-Mitch Harble [2]; 2. 57X-Andrew Palker [1]; 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier [4]; 4. 71-Kevin Swindell [5]; 5. 7K-Justin Henderson [3]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [6]; 7. 80-Trey Gustin [9]; 8. 51-Roger Campbell [8]; 9. 35-Ron Blair [7];

 

DASH - 1. 59-Jac Haudenschild [4]; 2. 71-Kevin Swindell [2]; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan [1]; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney [6]; 5. 18-Ian Madsen [5]; 6. 2-Dale Blaney [DNF];

 

B-FEATURE - 1. 22-Cole Duncan [2]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [3]; 3. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [1]; 4. M1-Mark Smith [4]; 5. 71M-Paul May [5]; 6. 80-Trey Gustin [16]; 7. 5T-Travis Philo [7]; 8. 51-Roger Campbell [12]; 9. 33-Brent Matus [13]; 10. 6N-Cody Gardner [15]; 11. 13M- Brandon Matus [DNF]; 12. 2S-Nathan Skaggs [DNF]; 13. 15-Brandon Ferguson [DNS]; 14. 22S-Brandon Spithaler [DNS]; 15. 35-Ron Blair [DNS]; 16. 54-Cap Henry [DNS]; 17. 59J-Kirk Jeffries [DNS];

 

A FEATURE - 1. 59-Jac Haudenschild [1]; 2. 11N-Randy Hannagan [3]; 3. 2-Dale Blaney [6]; 4. 3G-Shane Stewart [7]; 5. 83-Tim Shaffer [14]; 6. 9X-Rob Chaney [4]; 7. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [11]; 8. 9W-Lucas Wolfe [8]; 9. 18-Ian Madsen [5]; 10. 71-Kevin Swindell [2]; 11. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild [22]; 12. 81-Lee Jacobs [10]; 13. 22-Cole Duncan [12]; 14. 24H-Brandon Wimmer [15]; 15. 55-Trey Starks [17]; 16. 99-Brady Bacon [19]; 17. 13-Mark Dobmeier [9]; 18. M1-Mark Smith [21]; 19. 57X-Andrew Palker [24]; 20. 7K-Justin Henderson [16]; 21. 00-Jim Nier [18]; 22. 15MH-Mitch Harble [20]; 23. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [13]; 24. 40-Caleb Helms [23];

 

NRA Sprint

TIME TRIALS - 1. 22H-Randy Hannagan [14.141]; 2. 22D-Brady Bacon [14.268]; 3. B20-Butch Schroeder [14.278]; 4. 45-Chuck Hebing [14.287]; 5. 49-Shawn Dancer [14.311]; 6. 17-Jared Horstman [14.328]; 7. 71-Kevin Swindell [14.339]; 8. 2MD-Dustin Daggett [14.347]; 9. 16-Ryan Ruhl [14.376]; 10. 11-Tim Allison [14.411]; 11. M1-Mark Smith [14.459]; 12. 29-Shane Stewart [14.470]; 13. 7C-Hud Horton [14.506]; 14. 35-Ron Blair [14.582]; 15. 2MS-Bryan Sebetto [14.583]; 16. 27-Beau Stewart [14.601]; 17. 6S-Max Stambaugh [14.642]; 18. 12R-Nick Roberts [14.658]; 19. 220Z-Aaron Shaffer [14.805]; 20. 6-Tim Shaffer [14.844]; 21. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [14.863]; 22. 9W-Lucas Wolfe [14.943]; 23. 23-Devon Dobie [15.167]; 24. 23P-Nick Patterson [15.167]; 25. 19-Jimmy Snead [15.213]; 26. 10S-Jay Steinebach [15.591]; 27. 1A-Mark Aldrich [15.687]; 28. 10J-Cj Jones [16.151]; 29. 2W-Chad Mcinturff [99.999];

 

HEAT 1 - 1. 16-Ryan Ruhl [4]; 2. 27-Beau Stewart [2]; 3. 22H-Randy Hannagan [6]; 4. 49-Shawn Dancer [5]; 5. 6-Tim Shaffer [1]; 6. 7C-Hud Horton [3]; 7. 19-Jimmy Snead [7]; 8. 2W-Chad Mcinturff [8];

 

HEAT 2 - 1. 11-Tim Allison [4]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman [5]; 3. 22D-Brady Bacon [6]; 4. 6S-Max Stambaugh [2]; 5. 35-Ron Blair [3]; 6. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [1]; 7. 10S-Jay Steinebach [7];

 

HEAT 3 - 1. 71-Kevin Swindell [5]; 2. B20-Butch Schroeder [6]; 3. 12R-Nick Roberts [2]; 4. 2MS-Bryan Sebetto [3]; 5. 1A-Mark Aldrich [7]; 6. M1-Mark Smith [DNF]; 7. 9W-Lucas Wolfe [DNS];

 

HEAT 4 - 1. 23-Devon Dobie [3]; 2. 29-Shane Stewart [4]; 3. 2MD-Dustin Daggett [5]; 4. 45-Chuck Hebing [6]; 5. 23P-Nick Patterson [1]; 6. 10J-Cj Jones [7]; 7. 220Z-Aaron Shaffer [DNF];

 

B-FEATURE - 1. M1-Mark Smith [1]; 2. 7C-Hud Horton [2]; 3. 35-Ron Blair [3]; 4. 6-Tim Shaffer [5]; 5. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [6]; 6. 23P-Nick Patterson [8]; 7. 19-Jimmy Snead [9]; 8. 10S-Jay Steinebach [10]; 9. 10J-Cj Jones [12]; 10. 1A-Mark Aldrich [11]; 11. 2W-Chad Mcinturff [13]; 12. 220Z-Aaron Shaffer [4]; 13. 9W-Lucas Wolfe [DNS];

 

A FEATURE - 1. 71-Kevin Swindell [7]; 2. B20-Butch Schroeder [4]; 3. 45-Chuck Hebing [3]; 4. 17-Jared Horstman [1]; 5. 2MS-Bryan Sebetto [12]; 6. M1-Mark Smith [17]; 7. 6S-Max Stambaugh [15]; 8. 7C-Hud Horton [18]; 9. 35-Ron Blair [19]; 10. 11-Tim Allison [10]; 11. 6-Tim Shaffer [20]; 12. 23-Devon Dobie [13]; 13. 2MD-Dustin Daggett [8]; 14. 29-Shane Stewart [11]; 15. 12R-Nick Roberts [16]; 16. 49-Shawn Dancer [2]; 17. 22H-Randy Hannagan [6]; 18. 16-Ryan Ruhl [9]; 19. 22D-Brady Bacon [5]; 20. 27-Beau Stewart [14];

 

BOSS Non-Winged Sprint Cars

HEAT 1 - 1. 04-Drew Abel [1]; 2. 19-Joe Bares [7]; 3. 74M-Tony Main [2]; 4. 15-Brandon Whited [4]; 5. 11X-David Applegate [3]; 6. 48-Mike Burkin [10]; 7. 21-Travis Hery [6]; 8. 4G-Bill Griffith [9]; 9. 5-Bob Mcmillin [8]; 10. 13- Brandon Matus [DNS];

 

HEAT 2 - 1. 14-Dallas Hewitt [1]; 2. 27-Justin Grant [5]; 3. 11-Chris Windom [10]; 4. 59J-Kirk Jeffries [3]; 5. 91X-Aaron Middaugh [6]; 6. 82-Nick Landon [4]; 7. 3J-Tony Beaber [11]; 8. 97X-Tyler Hewitt [7]; 9. 32M-Derek Hastings [8]; 10. 4-Michael Fischesser [9]; 11. 9X-Mike Brecht [DNS];

 

HEAT 3 - 1. 18-Jarett Andretti [3]; 2. 0-Steve Irwin [8]; 3. 83-Adam Cruea [5]; 4. 17B-Brett Burdette [6]; 5. 2K-Kevin Klatte [9]; 6. 71C-Barney Craig [11]; 7. 13D-Jeremy Duposki [1]; 8. 22W-Mike Weber [2]; 9. 63-Huston Hewitt [DNF]; 10. 1M-Mike Moore [DNF]; 11. 33-Brent Matus [DNS];

 

HEAT 4 - 1. 54-Matt Westfall [2]; 2. 12-Kody Swanson [3]; 3. 40-Gary Taylor [9]; 4. 82M-Mike Miller [6]; 5. 41-Thomas Meseraull [5]; 6. 48X-Dustin Smith [8]; 7. 7P-Brandon Moore [DNF]; 8. 5S-Mark Silva [DNF]; 9. 5M-Kent Wolters [DNF]; 10. 20-Steve Thomas [DNF];

 

HEAT 5 - 1. 9-Brady Bacon [7]; 2. 9N-Luke Hall [1]; 3. 31-Chuck Wilson [3]; 4. 57B-Brandon Spithaler [10]; 5. 24M-Adam Miller [4]; 6. 74-Jt Stapp [8]; 7. 71-Dwayne Spille [6]; 8. 10S-Roger Shammo [2]; 9. 8-Lewie Christian [9]; 10. 32-Garrett Abrams [DNS];

 

B-FEATURE 1 - 1. 48X-Dustin Smith [5]; 2. 24M-Adam Miller [3]; 3. 82-Nick Landon [4]; 4. 97X-Tyler Hewitt [9]; 5. 7P-Brandon Moore [10]; 6. 2K-Kevin Klatte [2]; 7. 11X-David Applegate [1]; 8. 21-Travis Hery [6]; 9. 13D-Jeremy Duposki [7]; 10. 5-Bob Mcmillin [11]; 11. 1M-Mike Moore [12]; 12. 8-Lewie Christian [13]; 13. 33-Brent Matus [14]; 14. 71-Dwayne Spille [8];

 

B-FEATURE 2 - 1. 41-Thomas Meseraull [2]; 2. 3J-Tony Beaber [6]; 3. 4-Michael Fischesser [13]; 4. 91X-Aaron Middaugh [1]; 5. 48-Mike Burkin [3]; 6. 32M-Derek Hastings [11]; 7. 74-Jt Stapp [5]; 8. 10S-Roger Shammo [10]; 9. 22W-Mike Weber [9]; 10. 5S-Mark Silva [DNF]; 11. 71C-Barney Craig [DNF]; 12. 13- Brandon Matus [DNF]; 13. 4G-Bill Griffith [DNF];

 

A FEATURE -1.  9-Brady Bacon(8) 2. 11-Chris Windom [12]; 3. 54-Matt Westfall [4]; 4. 14-Dallas Hewitt [10]; 5. 40-Gary Taylor [14]; 6. 27-Justin Grant [1]; 7. 9N-Luke Hall [2]; 8. 18-Jarett Andretti [6]; 9. 15-Brandon Whited [16]; 10. 12-Kody Swanson [7]; 11. 83-Adam Cruea [13]; 12. 41-Thomas Meseraull [22]; 13. 59J-Kirk Jeffries [17]; 14. 82M-Mike Miller [19]; 15. 0-Steve Irwin [5]; 16. 74M-Tony Main [11]; 17. 3J-Tony Beaber [24]; 18. 57B-Brandon Spithaler [20]; 19. 19-Joe Bares [9]; 20. 31-Chuck Wilson [15]; 21. 24M-Adam Miller [23]; 22. 04-Drew Abel [3]; 23. 17B-Brett Burdette [18]; 24. 48X-Dustin Smith [21];

 

 

FAST FACTS –
The Race:	The  Divisions / Distances / Payoff:
UNOH Sprintacular	All Star Sprints – 30 laps / $5,000 to win
The Date:	NRA Sprint Invaders – 20 laps / $2,000 to win
Saturday – October 12, 2013	BOSS Sprints – 25 laps / $1,500 to win
The Time:
Hot Laps 4:30 / Racing 6 p.m.

 

storylines:

 

* Smorgasbord of Sprints to Close Out Eldora’s 60^th Season

* Three Point Champions to be Crowned Following Saturday’s Competition

* Cooler Fall Nights Prompt Earlier Start Time for Eldora Finale

 

SMORGASBORD OF SPRINTS TO CLOSE OUT ELDORA’S 60^TH SEASON

ROSSBURG, OH (October 8) – A smorgasbord of Sprint Car racing will close out Eldora Speedway’s 60^th season of racing Saturday night (October 12) in grand style with the UNOH Sprintacular.   The bountiful menu includes three touring sanctioning bodies (All Star Sprints, NRA Sprint Invaders, BOSS Sprints), winged (All Stars, NRA) and non-winged (BOSS) Sprint Cars, engine sizes of 410 (All Stars, BOSS) and 360 cubic inches (NRA) and two season-ending point chases (All Stars, BOSS).

 

Of the three groups, the All Star Sprints have the most storied history.   Since Brad Doty won their debut on May 3, 1981, the All Stars have competed an additional 131 times, with 41 different drivers advancing to victory lane.  Headlining that list is Kenny Jacobs with 21 triumphs, followed in order by Joey Saldana with 11 and the groups most recent Eldora winner (June 22), Jac Haudenschild with eight.

 

The 360 Sprint division came on the scene in 1994, and after swapping around sanctioning bodies over the first five years, the NRA Sprint Invaders was established as the group of choice in 1999.   Since the April 23, 1994 debut won by Rick Daugherty, the 360 Sprints have contested 114 feature events, with 36 different drivers sharing victory honors.  Tim Allison heads up that list with 14 checkered flags, while Phil Gressman sits closely behind at 13 wins and Kyle Sauder rests in third with 11.

 

For the upstart BOSS (Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series) group, this will be their second Eldora appearance.  The three-year old group made their Eldora debut during last year’s Blue Collar Base, with Luke Hall taking home that win.

 

THREE POINT CHAMPIONS TO BE CROWNED FOLLOWING SATURDAY’S COMPETITION

ROSSBURG, OH (October 8) – Saturday’s (October 12) UNOH Sprintacular will be the deciding factor in three point chases.   On the line will be the All Star Sprints National and Ohio Region titles, while the BOSS Sprints will bring their hotly contested point battle to the .500-mile clay oval.  Rounding out the ‘all Sprint Car’ tripleheader will be the NRA Sprint Invaders, who crowed their 2013 champion, Butch Schroeder, earlier this fall.

 

Dale Blaney enters Saturday’s fray with a 37 point margin over defending champion Tim Shaffer in the All Star Sprints national point chase, while Shaffer holds a slim three-point margin over Blaney in the group’s Ohio Region point battle.

 

For Blaney, a championship title would be number four for him, and tie him with Frankie Kerr, Kenny Jacobs, Chad Kemenah and Shaffer who sit on top of the championship roster with that many crowns.   If Shaffer drives out of Eldora with the All Star Sprints championship, it would be title number five and put him on the top of the list.

 

After a brief introduction in 2011, last season marked the first point-chasing schedule for the non-winged BOSS (Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series), with Dustin Smith taking home that initial championship.   The 2013 campaign has not been as successful for Smith, who is buried 13^th in the cumulative chase.   Coming into Saturday’s contest, five drivers have a legitimate shot at capturing the BOSS championship.

 

Second generation driver Tony Beaber is clinging to an eighteen point margin over Brandon Spithaler, who in turn sits sixteen markers ahead of Mike Miller.   Completing the top five are Aaron Middaugh, 51 points from the top and Kirk Jeffries, 80 points away from a title.  

 

It will a non-points event for the NRA Sprint Invaders; however 2013 champion Butch Schroeder will take to Eldora’s famed high banks in search of career win number five.  Schroeder’s championship found him leading J.R. Stewart, Beau Stewart, Jared Horstman and Shawn Dancer.

 

COOLER FALL NIGHTS PROMPTS EARLIER START TIME FOR ELDORA FINALE

ROSSBURG, OH (October 8) – With the crisp air and cooler temperatures that annually invade the Buckeye state at this time of the year, Eldora Speedway officials have announced an earlier start time for Saturday’s (October 12) season finale; an ‘all Sprint Car’ tripleheader.   The UNOH Sprintacular, featuring All Star Sprints, NRA Sprint Invaders and BOSS Sprints will see the hot laps getting underway at 4:30 p.m. and the first race taking the green flag at 6 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

Complete event and ticket information for the UNOH Sprintacular may be obtained by visiting the track’s website www.EldoraSpeedway.com, or by calling the speedway office at (937) 338-3815.   Additionally, race fans and race teams can get behind-the-scenes access by following @EldoraSpeedway on Twitter, hitting ‘Like’ at Facebook.com/EldoraSpeedway and view video highlights at YouTube.com/EldoraSpeedwayInc.  The Eldora Speedway app for the iPhone, iPad and Android is available for download via iTunes and Google Play.

RAIN AND WEATHER FORECAST CREATE POSTPONEMENT OF UMP DIRTcar NATIONALS

Modified/Late Model Event Inked for April 12, 2014

 

ROSSBURG, OH (October 5) – Heavy Saturday morning rains, combined with a dire Saturday evening/Sunday morning forecast prompted Eldora/UMP DIRTcar officials to postpone day number three of the UMP DIRTcar National Championships.  The event has been moved to April 12, 2014, with full details for the Modified and Late Model competition to be announced soon.

 

Prior to the rains, eight-$1,000 to win Modified features were completed over the course of Thursday and Friday, with Brian Ruhlman doubling up for two wins.   Single wins were captured by Bryan Barber, Devin Gilpin, Jerry Bowersock, Jonathan Taylor, Matt Mevert and Kent Robinson.

 

Persons holding tickets for Saturday’s scheduled race meet can use them at face value for the April 12 rescheduled date or any other Eldora event through May 25, 2014.

 

Eldora will conclude its 2013 race season Saturday, October 12 with the Sprintacular featuring Sprint Cars of the All Star Circuit of Champions, BOSS and NRA Sprint Invaders.   Event and ticket information may be found online at www.EldoraSpeedway.com.

 

 

 

A QUARTET OF $1,000 WINNERS KICK-OFF ELDORA’S UMP DIRTcar NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Barber, Bowersock, Gilpin and Ruhlman Prevail Over 116 Cars from Ten States and Canada

 

ROSSBURG, OH (October 3) – On a typical race night, about one-third of the field gets to compete in the headlining feature event.   The certainly wasn’t the caseThursday night in Eldora Speedway’s opening leg of the UMP DIRTcar National Championships, as 96 of the 116 competing Modifieds advanced to not one, but four headliners.  Capturing $1,000 pay days were Bryan Barber, Jerry Bowersock, Devin Gilpin and Brian Ruhlman.

 

The route to those four main events entailed eight preliminary heat races and four B-Features and that will be the same map to be used Friday night in leg number two of the three-day event. 

 

A driver’s best finish over the two nights will then be used to line-up Saturday’s ‘alphabet soup’ of feature events; with the best 20 locked into one of the 32-starting positions.   The balance will come from the preceding features, along with four ‘point provisional’ positions.  

 

That bodes well for Barber, Bowersock, Gilpin and Ruhlman who pretty much locked themselves in Thursday.   The balance of the field that represented ten states and Canada will get shot number two on Friday.   Joining the Modifieds Saturday will be the UMP DIRTcar Late Models as both feature events that night reward the winner with $5,000.

 

Barber kicked off the night with a strong run that was made a little more difficult in the closing laps.   He had built up a comfortable margin over Ray Bollinger and Aaron Orr that was eliminated two laps from the finish as a spinning car collected both of them and relegated them to the pit area.   That moved up Chad Kinder and Jacob Hawkins into second and third, and when the checkered flag flew that was how they crossed the line.

 

Bowersock used his knowledge of Eldora and his multiple championships to ride him to a strong win over Andy Sprague and Jimmy Payne, while Gilpin’s thrilling victory came at the expense of Dean Hoffman and Matt Mevert.

 

Closing out the night was Ruhlman in a daring last-lap pass over Matt Westfall, with a rapidly closing Kent Robinson right there in third.

                                                                                                               

Complete event information, time schedules and ticket purchase opportunities for the Friday and Saturday legs of the National Championships may be found onwww.EldoraSpeedway.com.

                                                                                                               

 

A-Feature 1:  1)Bryan Barber 2)Chad Kinder 3)Jacob Hawkins 4)Kyle Strickler 5)Bart Hartman 6)Curt Spalding 7)Danny Schwartz 8)Brian Lynn 9)Ed Roley 10)Jeff Leka 11)Nathon Loney 12)Jon Henry 13)Jim Farris, Sr. 14)Dave Wietholder 15)David Shain 16)Aaron Raby 17)Mario Toniolo 18)Jeff Daniels 19)Marvin Burton 20)Lynn Johns 21)Ray Bollinger 22)Aaron Orr 23)Andrew Corbin 24)Will Krup

 

A-Feature 2:  Jerry Bowersock, Andy Sprague 3)Jimmy Payne 4)Jacob Poel 5)Travis Stemler 6)Nick Stroupe 7)Kody Weisner 8)Bryce Jewell 9)Jamie Lomax 10)Doug Adkins 11)Zach Schroeder 12)Steve Dixon 13)Jonathan Taylor 14)Jess Hartman 15)Lance Dehm 16)Mark Kowarsch 17)Steve Billenstein 18)Justin Matson 19)Eric Shepherd 20)Corey Bevard 21)Louis Clements 22)Eddie Shaner 23)Stephen Schnapf 24)Mike Dirksen

 

A-Feature 3:  1)Devin Gilpin 2)Dean Hoffman 3)Matt Mevert 4)Jeff Curl 5)Jeff Babcock 6)Nick Hoffman 7)Rusty Griffaw 8)Collin Thirlby 9)Scott Williams 10)Rob Williams 11)Nick Allen 12)Tyler Nicely 13)Chad Rosenbeck 14)Gary Eicher 15)Joey Kramer 16)Andrew Terrill 17)Chad Osterhoff 18)Nick Kurtz 19)Joel Watson 20)Tyler Deibert 21)Tim Richardson 22)John Phlipot, Jr. 23)Dylan Woodling 24)Dwight Niehoff

 

A-Feature 4:  1)Brian Ruhlman 2)Matt Westfall 3)Kent Robinson 4)Trent Young 5)Kenny Wallace 6)Evan Taylor 7)Tanner Wilson 8)Brand Vaughan 9)Jeff Hamby 10)Ryan Sutter 11)Todd Sherman 12)David Mielke 13)John Brooks 14)Kevin Miller 15)Jared Spalding 16)Tim Dalman 17)Gary Turpin 18)Adam Thrush 19)Tom Treon 20)David Treon, Jr. 21)Derrick Austin 22)David Stremme 23)Joel Dick 24)Jacoby Hines

 

WINDOM (TWICE) AND ABREU GET FIRST TASTES OF ELDORA VICTORY LANE

Three USAC National Divisions Impress Heart Four Crown Nationals Crowd

 

ROSSBURG, OH (Sept. 21)  -- Eldora Speedway’s 32^nd annual Four Crown Nationals produced some new faces in victory lane Saturday night, as Chris Windom (Sprint, Silver Crown) and Rico Abreu (Midget) wheeled to impressive wins.

 

With Friday’s card falling to the weather, it was an all USAC (United States Auto Club) affair, as the Indianapolis based sanctioning body boasted their three National divisions before a hearty crowd.

 

The Midget division kicked off the evening’s feature events on the .500-mile clay oval with Bryan Clauson shooting out front, followed by Bobby East and Abreu.   Clauson began increasing his lead as Abreu moved into challenge East, with a quickly approaching Christopher Bell up to fourth.

 

Suddenly Clauson dropped off the pace with a broken water pump, allowing Abreu to inherit the lead, with Bell tagging right behind.   That duo instantly set up a battle that had the crown on their feet.   Back and forth they swapped the lead, only inches from the concrete wall.   Abreu would be in command at the finish line, but the balance of the trip around the legendary oval, it was back and forth.

 

Time ran out for Bell, despite a last lap effort; crossing the line .245 seconds behind Abreu.   Tracy Hines moved up to third at the finish, followed by East and Dave Darland.

 

For Hines, that was the highlight of his night, as things went downhill from that point.

 

When the green flag flew on the Sprint Car finale, it was Daron Clayton taking total command of the early running.   And then, it was a strange turn of events that had the outcome of the finish in doubt right through the checkered flag.  

 

First it was Chase Stockon, who after mounting a challenge on Clayton for the top spot, retired suddenly to the pit area during a caution period to allow Hines a shot at Clayton.   Hines repeatedly moved in close, but could never complete the deal.   However, after making contact with a lapped car six laps from the finish, Clayton flipped violently in turn two.   

 

That turned the lead over to Hines, with Windom and Jac Haudenschild completing the top three.   Windom was reeling in Hines with Haudenschild in tow, and then coming down for the checkered flag, Hines made contact with the turn three wall to send him into a series of wild flips and out of the race.

 

After that turn of events, and knowing the veteran Haudenschild was on his tail, Windom was aggressively cautious on the final lap; the lap the produced his first-ever Eldora win.   Haudenschild finished .613 seconds behind in runner-up, with Darland, Clauson and Robert Ballou completing the top five.

 

Like many drivers doing double and triple duty throughout the night, Windom dashed from the Sprint Car victory lane to get behind the wheel of his Silver Crown machine and the final race on the busy card.

 

It was Bobby East darting into the early lead of the night capper, with Bell right behind him and Windom in third.   East slipped off the pace somewhat on lap three, allowing a rocketing Windom to dart from third to first in one-half of a lap.   After tasting victory once, Windom was hungry for more and he set sail towards the checkered.

 

However, it was Hines again mounting a challenge towards the front, in hopes of erasing the memories of the race just prior.   Hines inched closer and closer, but with two laps to go in the 50-lap chase, he again made contact with the outer wall and again flipped viciously off of turn four, in an almost identical location as a few minutes prior.

 

As he walked dejectedly back to the pit area, Windom was able to hold off Matt Westfall in the final two laps to take his second Eldora win within an hour.   Shane Cockrum, Taylor Ferns and Dave Darland completed the top five.

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Event: FOUR CROWN NATIONALS
Date: September 21, 2013

USAC Sprints

TIME TRIALS – 1. 4-Tracy Hines [15.081]; 2. 69-Brady Bacon [15.341]; 3. 32-Chase Stockon [15.410]; 4. 71P-Dave Darland [15.431]; 5. 22S-Jac Haudenschild [15.489]; 6. 35-Daron Clayton [15.528]; 7. 27A-Justin Grant [15.583]; 8. 20-Bryan Clauson [15.608]; 9. 10E-Jerry Coons, Jr [15.612]; 10. 11-Chris Windom [15.617]; 11. 66-Jon Stanbrough [15.661]; 12. 12-Robert Ballou [15.669]; 13. 54-Matt Westfall [15.732]; 14. 17RW-Kevin Thomas, Jr. [15.736]; 15. 21X-Kyle Cummins [15.740]; 16. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [15.766]; 17. 18-Scotty Weir [15.777]; 18. 83-Wes Mcintyre [15.820]; 19. 40-Gary Taylor [15.841]; 20. 6-Bill Rose [15.907]; 21. 9XB-Mike Brecht [15.921]; 22. 30-C.j. Leary [16.022]; 23. 18A-Jarett Andretti [16.117]; 24. 29-Logan Jarrett [16.204]; 25. 9N-Luke Hall [16.247]; 26. 5M-Tim Hunter [16.280]; 27. 23C-Tyler Courtney [16.281]; 28. 55-Nick Drake [16.329]; 29. 82-Mike Miller [16.357]; 30. 15F-Aaron Farney [16.391]; 31. 83X-Adam Cruea [16.516]; 32. 15-Brandon Whited [16.547]; 33. 32M-Derek Hastings [16.957]; 34. 2X-Mike Galajda [17.210]; 35. 5A-Toby Alfrey [17.578]; 36. 1M-Mitch Wissmiller [99.999];

HEAT 1 – 1. 4-Tracy Hines [6]; 2. 9XB-Mike Brecht [1]; 3. 54-Matt Westfall [3]; 4. 22S-Jac Haudenschild [5]; 5. 32M-Derek Hastings [9]; 6. 10E-Jerry Coons, Jr [4]; 7. 18-Scotty Weir [2]; 8. 82-Mike Miller [8]; 9. 9N-Luke Hall [7];

HEAT 2 – 1. 35-Daron Clayton [5]; 2. 11-Chris Windom [4]; 3. 69-Brady Bacon [6]; 4. 17RW-Kevin Thomas, Jr. [3]; 5. 83-Wes Mcintyre [2]; 6. 15F-Aaron Farney [8]; 7. 23C-Tyler Courtney [7]; 8. 2X-Mike Galajda [9]; 9. 30-C.j. Leary [DNF];

HEAT 3 – 1. 40-Gary Taylor [2]; 2. 32-Chase Stockon [6]; 3. 66-Jon Stanbrough [4]; 4. 21X-Kyle Cummins [3]; 5. 18A-Jarett Andretti [1]; 6. 83X-Adam Cruea [8]; 7. 5M-Tim Hunter [7]; 8. 5A-Toby Alfrey [9]; 9. 27A-Justin Grant [DNF];

HEAT 4 – 1. 12-Robert Ballou [4]; 2. 6-Bill Rose [2]; 3. 20-Bryan Clauson [5]; 4. 55-Nick Drake [7]; 5. 15-Brandon Whited [8]; 6. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [DNF]; 7. 29-Logan Jarrett [DNF]; 8. 71P-Dave Darland [DNF]; 9. 1M-Mitch Wissmiller [DNS];

B-FEATURE – 1. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [4]; 2. 71P-Dave Darland [19]; 3. 9N-Luke Hall [7]; 4. 27A-Justin Grant [2]; 5. 18A-Jarett Andretti [5]; 6. 83-Wes Mcintyre [3]; 7. 30-C.j. Leary [6]; 8. 82-Mike Miller [12]; 9. 83X-Adam Cruea [14]; 10. 15-Brandon Whited [13]; 11. 15F-Aaron Farney [11]; 12. 5M-Tim Hunter [9]; 13. 23C-Tyler Courtney [10]; 14. 29-Logan Jarrett [8]; 15. 5A-Toby Alfrey [18]; 16. 2X-Mike Galajda [15]; 17. 32M-Derek Hastings [16]; 18. 1M-Mitch Wissmiller [DNS]; 19. 10E-Jerry Coons, Jr [DNS];

A FEATURE – 1. 11-Chris Windom [8]; 2. 22S-Jac Haudenschild [3]; 3. 71P-Dave Darland [24]; 4. 20-Bryan Clauson [1]; 5. 12-Robert Ballou [10]; 6. 66-Jon Stanbrough [9]; 7. 40-Gary Taylor [16]; 8. 27A-Justin Grant [7]; 9. 17RW-Kevin Thomas, Jr. [12]; 10. 18A-Jarett Andretti [20]; 11. 9XB-Mike Brecht [18]; 12. 83-Wes Mcintyre [15]; 13. 21X-Kyle Cummins [13]; 14. 6-Bill Rose [17]; 15. 54-Matt Westfall [11]; 16. 9N-Luke Hall [21]; 17. 30-C.j. Leary [19]; 18. 55-Nick Drake [22]; 19. 23C-Tyler Courtney [25]; 20. 4-Tracy Hines [DNF]; 21. 35-Daron Clayton [DNF]; 22. 82-Mike Miller [DNF]; 23. 32-Chase Stockon [DNF]; 24. 69-Brady Bacon [DNF]; 25. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [DNF];

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USAC Silver Crown

TIME TRIALS – 1. 10-Bobby East [16.517]; 2. 16-Tracy Hines [16.598]; 3. 19-Matt Westfall [16.750]; 4. 17-Chris Windom [16.879]; 5. 27-Jerry Coons, Jr [17.031]; 6. 25-Kody Swanson [17.163]; 7. 21-Chris Bell [17.177]; 8. 26-Dave Darland [17.207]; 9. 15-Shane Cockrum [17.589]; 10. 77-Chris Urish [17.817]; 11. 99-Joe Liquori [18.137]; 12. 35-Taylor Ferns [18.140]; 13. 14-Jarett Andretti [18.267]; 14. 2-Patrick Lawson [18.413]; 15. 91-John Hunt [18.509]; 16. 176-Jerry Nemire [18.763]; 17. 76-Kellen Conover [19.024]; 18. 84-Tad Roach [19.255]; 19. 63-Robert Ballou [99.999];

A FEATURE – 1. 17-Chris Windom [4]; 2. 19-Matt Westfall [3]; 3. 15-Shane Cockrum [9]; 4. 35-Taylor Ferns [12]; 5. 26-Dave Darland [8]; 6. 10-Bobby East [1]; 7. 99-Joe Liquori [11]; 8. 25-Kody Swanson [6]; 9. 16-Tracy Hines [2]; 10. 2-Patrick Lawson [14]; 11. 14-Jarett Andretti [13]; 12. 176-Jerry Nemire [16]; 13. 63-Robert Ballou [19]; 14. 27-Jerry Coons, Jr [5]; 15. 21-Chris Bell [7]; 16. 84-Tad Roach [18]; 17. 91-John Hunt [15]; 18. 76-Kellen Conover [17]; 19. 7-Mitch Wissmiller [20]; 20. 77-Chris Urish [10];

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USAC Midgets

TIME TRIALS – 1. 67A-Rico Abreu [16.441]; 2. 24-Tracy Hines [16.476]; 3. 3-Darren Hagen [16.523]; 4. 17RW-Dave Darland [16.534]; 5. 39-Bryan Clauson [16.570]; 6. 4-Bobby East [16.587]; 7. 63-Jerry Coons, Jr [16.607]; 8. 71-Chris Bell [16.665]; 9. 10-Brad Kuhn [16.667]; 10. 5-Brady Bacon [16.709]; 11. 7A-Dalton Armstrong [16.775]; 12. 7C-Caleb Armstrong [16.831]; 13. 3F-Chris Windom [16.843]; 14. 67-Tanner Thorson [16.873]; 15. 77-Alex Brecht [16.973]; 16. 55-Taylor Ferns [17.128]; 17. 14C-Shane Cockrum [17.135]; 18. 99G-Justin Grosz [17.620]; 19. 10B-Stratton Briggs [17.707]; 20. 76-Kellen Conover [19.073];

HEAT 1 – 1. 67-Tanner Thorson [2]; 2. 67A-Rico Abreu [6]; 3. 63-Jerry Coons, Jr [4]; 4. 17RW-Dave Darland [5]; 5. 14C-Shane Cockrum [1]; 6. 7A-Dalton Armstrong [3]; 7. 76-Kellen Conover [DNF];

HEAT 2 – 1. 71-Chris Bell [4]; 2. 39-Bryan Clauson [5]; 3. 24-Tracy Hines [6]; 4. 7C-Caleb Armstrong [3]; 5. 77-Alex Brecht [2]; 6. 99G-Justin Grosz [DNF];

HEAT 3 – 1. 3F-Chris Windom [3]; 2. 5-Brady Bacon [4]; 3. 3-Darren Hagen [6]; 4. 4-Bobby East [5]; 5. 55-Taylor Ferns [2]; 6. 10B-Stratton Briggs [1];

A FEATURE – 1. 67A-Rico Abreu [6]; 2. 71-Chris Bell [8]; 3. 24-Tracy Hines [5]; 4. 4-Bobby East [1]; 5. 17RW-Dave Darland [3]; 6. 67-Tanner Thorson [13]; 7. 63-Jerry Coons, Jr [7]; 8. 77-Alex Brecht [14]; 9. 3-Darren Hagen [4]; 10. 7C-Caleb Armstrong [11]; 11. 55-Taylor Ferns [15]; 12. 14C-Shane Cockrum [16]; 13. 10B-Stratton Briggs [18]; 14. 7A-Dalton Armstrong [10]; 15. 3F-Chris Windom [DNF]; 16. 5-Brady Bacon [DNF]; 17. 39-Bryan Clauson [DNF]; 18. 76-Kellen Conover [DNS]; 19. 99G-Justin Grosz [DNS];

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAST FACTS –
The Race:	The  Divisions / Distances / Payoff:
32nd annual Four Crown Nationals	Fri-World of Outlaws Sprints – 30 laps/$10,000 to win
The Dates:	Fri-UMP DIRTcar Modifieds – 18 laps/$600 to win
Friday/Saturday – September 20/21, 2013	Sat-USAC Midgets – 25 laps/$5,000 to win
The Time:	Sat-USAC Sprints – 30 laps/$5,000 to win
Racing Starts 8:000 p.m. each night	Sat-USAC Silver Crown – 50 laps/$8,000 to win

storylines:

 

* Baltes’ USAC Hall of Fame Induction to Take Place Prior to Saturday’s Four Crown Nationals

* Saldana Enters WoO Portion of Four Crown Nationals With Confidence

* Absolute Parity in Eldora UMP DIRTcar Modified Action – 7 Winners in 7 Features

 

BALTES’ USAC HALL OF FAME INDUCTION TO TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO SATURDAY’S FOUR CROWN NATIONALS

ROSSBURG, OH (Sept. 17) Earlier this year it was announced that legendary Eldora Speedway founder Earl Baltes was joining seven other individuals as 2013 inductees into the USAC (United States Auto Club) Hall of Fame.  Two previous attempts to present Baltes with his distinguished honor have been thwarted; so appropriately, the induction ceremony and presentation will be incorporated into the pre-race ceremonies for Saturday’s (Sept. 21) Four Crown Nationals.

 

The two-day spectacular is the third oldest event on the annual Eldora slate; having begun in 1981 under the guidance of Baltes and Dayton’s (OH) Johnny Vance.  While Saturday’s menu includes all three of USAC’s National divisions (Midget, Sprint & Silver Crown), the busy weekend kicks off the night before (Sept. 20) with a doubleheader featuring the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Series and the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds.

 

During his tenure at the helm of Eldora (1954-2004), Baltes worked closely with USAC and was twice honored as the USAC ‘Race Organizer of the Year’.   After introducing Eldora fans to USAC racing on April 22, 1962, Baltes then presented another 286 USAC events; not only at his beloved Eldora Speedway, but at an additional six different race tracks.

 

Undoubtedly the crowning moment of the Baltes/USAC pairing was in 2003 when the feisty Baltes shocked the world with the ‘Mopar Million’.  With a total payoff of $1,000,000 it became the richest Sprint Car race in history.

 

Baltes stepped away from the promotional reigns at the conclusion of the 2004 racing season when he sold the historic facility to three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart.

 

As was the case through all those years, Earl’s wife, Berneice, will be by his side when he accepts the accolades Saturday evening.

 

SALDANA ENTERS WoO PORTION OF FOUR CROWN NATIONALS WITH CONFIDENCE

ROSSBURG, OH (Sept. 17) – Joey Saldana is anxious for the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series appearance Friday night (Sept. 20) as part of the 32^ndannual Four Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway.   Since the WoO travelling series was incorporated into the two-day Four Crown in 2007 Saldana has won three feature events.  No one else has one more than once.

 

Saldana’s most memorable of those three wins was 2011.   During the July Kings Royal of that year, the Brownsburg, IN veteran was involved in a spectacular crash that left him with serious arm injuries and knocked him out of the driver’s seat until two-days before the Four Crown.   He ventured to Hartford, MI and promptly returned to victory lane; a fete he then duplicated at Eldora.

 

At that time he was wheeling a Kasey Kahne owned Sprint Car, but now steers out of the Dan Motter stable.   Although it is a new team, Saldana brings a level of confidence into Eldora.  Currently fourth in the 2013 cumulative WoO point chase, the second generation driver is the third leading WoO feature winner at Eldora with 11 wins.  His most recent Eldora victory came on the Knight Before the Kings Royal last season.

 

On the WoO trail this season, Saldana has one feature win, but 41 top-ten finishes and five quick time awards.

The WoO Sprints will be joined by the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds in Friday’s doubleheader, while Saturday’s slate includes USAC’s (United States Auto Club) three National divisions – Midget, Sprint and Silver Crown.

 

ABSOLUTE PARITY IN ELDORA UMP DIRTCAR MODIFIED ACTION – 7 WINNERS IN 7 FEATURES

ROSSBURG, OH (Sept. 17) –With Friday’s (Sept. 20) participation in the opening leg of the Four Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway, it will be the UMP DIRTcar Modified’s final opportunity to garner track time prior to the richest Eldora event in their history (UMP DIRTcar National Championships October 3, 4 and 5).   And it comes during the most competitive season in the 23-year history of the division at the legendary speed plant.

 

Thus far into the 2013 campaign there have been seven feature events completed, with an equal number of winners.   No one has duplicated a victory.

 

Ironically of the seven wins, five were collected by former Eldora champions (Jon Henry, Jerry Bowersock, Brian Ruhlman, Joey Kramer and Jeff Babcock), while the other two were by drivers capturing their first-ever Eldora wins (Brian Post and Ryan Sutter).

 

That parity could very well continue into the Four Crown as this week’s announcement regarding the UMP DIRTcar National Championships and a record payoff in excess of $63,000 for the early October event is expected to bring in outsiders in their attempt to gain valuable Eldora track time.

 

Joining the Modifieds in Friday’s doubleheader action will be the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series, while the two-day extravaganza continues Saturday with the three National divisions of the United States Auto Club (USAC) – Midget, Sprint and Silver Crown.

 

Complete information for the Four Crown Nationals and other upcoming events, along with ticket and campsite purchase opportunities, may be obtained by visiting the track’s website www.EldoraSpeedway.com, or by calling the speedway office at (937) 338-3815.   Additionally, race fans and race teams can get behind-the-scenes access by following @EldoraSpeedway on Twitter, hitting ‘Like’ at Facebook.com/EldoraSpeedway and view video highlights at YouTube.com/EldoraSpeedwayInc.  The new Eldora Speedway app for the iPhone, iPad and Android is now available for download via iTunes and Google Play.

 

Eldora Four Crown Facts and Figures

FAST FACTS –
The Race:	The  Divisions / Distances / Payoff:
32nd annual Four Crown Nationals	Fri-World of Outlaws Sprints – 30 laps/$10,000 to win
The Dates:	Fri-UMP DIRTcar Modifieds – 18 laps/$600 to win
Friday/Saturday – September 20/21, 2013	Sat-USAC Midgets – 25 laps/$5,000 to win
The Time:	Sat-USAC Sprints – 30 laps/$5,000 to win
Racing Starts 8:000 p.m. each night	Sat-USAC Silver Crown – 50 laps/$8,000 to win

storylines:

 

* At 32^nd Annual – Four Crown Nationals Holds Honor of Eldora’s Third Oldest Annual Event

* Hewitt’s Four Crown Win Record Not in Imminent Danger; Darland and Hines Attempt to Move Closer

* Pittman and Schatz to Continue Roller Coaster WoO Point Chase at Eldora Four Crown

 

AT 32^nd ANNUAL – FOUR CROWN NATIONALS HOLDS HONOR OF ELDORA’S THIRD OLDEST ANNUAL EVENT

ROSSBURG, OH (Sept. 16) – Already steep in heritage and diversity, Eldora Speedway’s third oldest annual event, the Four Crown Nationals, continues this weekend (September 20 & 21) for rendition number 32.   Twice interrupted by rain, a total of 120 feature events have been contested over the 31 year run, with 57 different drivers sharing victory lane honors.

 

And, as tradition prevails, the busy menu of complete racing programs each night represents a smorgasbord of open wheel racing.

 

Friday will see the travelling World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series in a double header with the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds, while Saturday’s tripleheader features USAC’s (United States Auto Club) three National divisions – Midgets, Sprints and Silver Crown.

 

The five divisions offer race fans quite a spectrum of racing from wheelbase size to engine cubic inch displacement to top mounted aerodynamic wings versus no wings. 

 

With wheelbases ranging from 66 to 76 inches, the Midgets are the smallest of the five classes, while a Sprint Car wheelbase measures between 83 and 90 inches and a Silver Crown car has a 96.5 inch minimum wheelbase.   The Modified chassis comes in as the largest with a wheelbase specification of 108 – 112 inches.

 

Power-wise, the Midget engine measures between 161-174 cubic inches, Sprint Cars max out a 410 cubic inches and Silver Crown cars are limited to 360 cubic inches.   The Modifieds do not have a cubic inch displacement minimum or maximum.

 

The wings are standard for WoO, while USAC policy prohibits their use.

 

HEWITT’S FOUR CROWN WIN RECORD NOT IN IMMINENT DANGER; DARLAND AND HINES ATTEMPT TO MOVE CLOSER

ROSSBURG, OH (Sept. 16) – It may be fifteen years since his historic Four Crown Nationals ‘sweep’ at Eldora, and an equal number of years since visiting the famed speedway’s hallowed victory lane, but Jack Hewitt’s record of all-time leading winner of 31-year old event is not any imminent danger of being broken.

 

Of the 57 drivers that have carried the checkered flag at the end of 120 Four Crown Nationals feature events, Hewitt, of nearby Troy, OH has accomplished the fete 19 times.   Broken down, those wins include three in USAC (United States Auto Club) Midget, five in USAC Sprint, eight in USAC Silver Crown and three in UMP DIRTcar Modified competition.

 

His closest rivals to that total, Dave Darland (7) and Tracy Hines (5) remain active along the USAC trail and are expected to do triple-duty during this weekend’s (September 20 & 21) 32^nd annual running of the Four Crown Nationals, in their attempt to inch closer to Hewitt’s (currently inactive) total.

 

Of that duo, Darland is the most diverse, with Four Crown wins in each of USAC’s National divisions; four Silver Crown, two Midget and one Sprint), while Hines’ five victories have been spread between the Midget (two) and Sprint (three) divisions.

 

Hines recorded a Sprint conquest during last year’s running to up his total; while Darland has not tasted a Four Crown checkered flag since his 2009 Silver Crown success.

 

PITTMAN AND SCHATZ TO CONTINUE ROLLER COASTER WoO POINT CHASE AT ELDORA FOUR CROWN

ROSSBURG, OH (Sept. 16) – Daryn Pittman has led the 2013 World of Outlaws (WoO) STP Sprint Car Series points chase since the onset of the season, and pretty much has had clear sailing towards his first-ever WoO title; at least until five-time champion Donny Schatz began his current hot streak.   It has turned the championship chase into a roller coaster ride for the duo as they enter Friday’s (September 20) 32^nd annual Four Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway.

 

At one time looking insurmountable, Pittman’s lead was reduced to 19 points by Schatz over the Labor Day weekend, but continued steady runs have moved Pittman back to a 70-point advantage as they enter Eldora.

 

On the season, Schatz has 20 victories compared to Pittman’s 8, but consistency in preliminary event competition has proven to be Pittman’s key to success.  The wild point race has seen Pittman capture thirteen quick times this season compared to Schatz’s 3.  However, in heat race action Schatz has amassed 19 wins compared to Pittman’s 10.

 

Pittman returned to Eldora’s victory podium earlier this season during the Outlaw Thunder weekend; while Schatz has not tasted Eldora achievement since wearing the coveted Kings Royal Crown in 2009.

 

The friendly rivalry being shared by the twosome carries over their car owners; each heavily involved in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition.   Kasey Kahne owns Pittman’s team, while Tony Stewart is the pioneer of Schatz’s team.

 

Complete information for the Four Crown Nationals and other upcoming events, along with ticket and campsite purchase opportunities, may be obtained by visiting the track’s website www.EldoraSpeedway.com, or by calling the speedway office at (937) 338-3815.   Additionally, race fans and race teams can get behind-the-scenes access by following @EldoraSpeedway on Twitter, hitting ‘Like’ at Facebook.com/EldoraSpeedway and view video highlights at YouTube.com/EldoraSpeedwayInc.  The new Eldora Speedway app for the iPhone, iPad and Android is now available for download via iTunes and Google Play.