7/4/14
Attica Raceway Park
Attica, OH
26 410s
23 305s
410s
Huge crowd was in the house for “Fan Appreciation Night” at Attica. Drivers drew into heat races and then timed according to what heat they were in, with three cars on the track at a time. Heats were inverted by four, taking the top five to the feature, with the top three finishers redrawing for their starting positions.
Chris Andrews (20th car to time) set quick time overall on the 1/3-mile oval at 12.521 seconds. He was followed by Caleb Griffith (3rd car out), Brandon Martin (2nd), Brian Lay (12th), Duane Zablocki (1st), Bryan Sebetto (22nd), Jamie Veal (16th), Jody Keegan (14th), Byron Reed (8th) and Caleb Helms (6th). Dean Jacobs went up in smoke in time trials and scratched for the night.
Heat one (started): 1. Helms 40 (5) 2. Reed 5 (1) 3. Martin 11x (3) 4. Cap Henry 53 (6) 5. Zablocki 9z (2) / 6. Stuart Williams 46AU (7) 7. Griffith 40DD (4) 8. Todd Heller 14H (8) 9. Rodney Hurts 97x (9)
Reed led early. Griffith was shuffled back out of a transfer before getting over the berm on lap seven while running sixth. Helms dove under Reed coming out of four on the last lap for the win.
Heat two (started): 1. Cole Duncan 22 (1) 2. Veal 35AU (3) 3. Lay 45 (4) 4. Keegan 60 (2) 5. Dain Naida 07x (5) / 6. Taylor Ferns 55F (7) 7. Kevin Shelbo 8 (8) 8. Kirk Jeffries 59J (6) DNS – Dean Jacobs 9
Duncan led Veal and Keegan early in the 8-lapper. Ferns spun to bring the caution with two laps down. Lay used the restart to shoot by Keegan into third.
Heat three (started): 1. Travis Philo 5T (1) 2. Sebetto 97 (3) 3. Andrews 16 (4) 4. Stuart Brubaker 35 (2) 5. Jim Nier 00 (6) / 6. Cale Thomas 91 (5) 7. Bruce White 96AU (7) 8. Paul Dues 87 (8)
Philo led early over Sebetto and Brubaker. Andrews took third on lap three, before Dues got over the top of turn two with five laps down. Philo led the rest of the way, white Nier made a transfer in a rare Attica appearance after a duel with Thomas.
B main (started): 1. Griffith (4) 2. Williams (1) 3. Thomas (3) 4. Heller (7) 5. Ferns (2) / 6. Jeffries (10) 7. Shelbo (5) 8. White (6) 9. Dues (8) 10. Hurst (9) DNS – Jacobs
Dues would spin before a lap could be completed, and Hurst exited with a foul sounding motor. Williams led Griffith and Ferns early on. On lap 6 of the 10-lapper, Williams would pull a 360 wpin out of the lead, but maintain second. Griffith went on to win, while Heller did nicely to move up a few spots into fourth.
A main (started): 1. Andrews (3) 2. Lay (1) 3. Helms (5) 4. Reed (4) 5. Sebetto (6) 6. Henry (10) 7. Duncan (7) 8. Griffith (16) 9. Nier (15) 10. Brubaker (12) 11. Naida (14) 12. Williams (17) 13. Philo (8) 14. Zablocki (13) 15. Martin (9) 16. Ferns (20) 17. Heller (19) 18. Keegan (11) 19. Veal (2) 20. Thomas (18)
Thomas spun before a lap could be completed in the 30-lapper. Lay shot out to the early lead over Andrews and Veal. Helms shot by Veal for third on the second go-around, in what would be a good battle between the two throughout. Thomas spun again on lap nine, ending his night. Lay led Andrews, Helms, Veal and Reed back to green. While the low side yielded the best groove, Sebetto hit the high side to move into the top five on lap 11. Andrews snatched the lead from Lay on lap 13 right before the caution flew for a stopped Philo. The battled waged for third between Helms and Veal until the latter performed a 360 spin, losing several spots. Martin spun on lap 25, bringing out the final caution. Andrews led Helms, Lay, Reed and Sebetto back to green with five laps to go. Lay was able to reclaim second, while Andrews cruised to the win in the Burmeister #16. Griffith, who won the B, grabbed hard-charger honors.
305s
Heat one (started): 1. Nate Dussel 1 (6) 2. Dustin Dinan 6 (1) 3. Bobby Clark 8 (2) 4. Tyler Gunn 68G (3) 5. Ricky Peterson 2 (8) 6. Jim Taddeo 4T (4) 7. Dan Hennig 32 (7) 8. Brandon Moore 7m (5)
Heat two (started): 1. Steve Rando 19R (2) 2. Jason Keckler 25 (1) 3. Seth Schneider 36 (5) 4. Dan McCarron 22m (3) 5. Trey Jacobs 3J (4) 6. Jim Colvin 9 (6) 7. Paul Weaver 1w (7) 8. Landon Lalonde 2L (8)
Heat three (started): 1. Jordan Ryan 5 (2) 2. John Ivy 8II (1) 3. TJ Michael 8m (5) 4. Kyle Capodice 12 (3) 5. Luke Griffith 11G (4) 6. Dan Hammond 22D (7) 7. Kurt Huber 94K (6)
A main (started): 1. Ryan (7) 2. Clark (2) 3. Rando (9) 4. Dinan (3) 5. Michael (10) 6. Capodice (1) 7. Keckler (8) 8. Griffith (15) 9. Jacobs (14) 10. Colvin (17) 11. Ivy (4) 12. Weaver (20) 13. McCarron (5) 14. Dussel (6) 15. Gunn (11) 16. Moore (22) 17. Schneider (12) 18. Peterson (13) 19. Hammond (18) 20. Taddeo (16) 21. Hennig (19) 22. Huber (21) DNS – Lalonde
Capodice led the 25-lapper early over Clark and Dinan. Clark shot to the lead two laps later, while Ryan moved into fifth on lap five. Dussel spun while running fourth on lap 12, bringing a yellow. The restart saw Clark leading Dinan, Ryan, Capodice and Keckler back to green. Ryan snuck under Dinan for second on lap 14, before Schneider went over the turn four berm on lap 15. Ryan and Dinan battled back and forth for second. Meanwhile, Rando stormed on the high side from sixth to third. In lapped traffic coming to the white flag, Ryan snuck under Clark for an exciting win.