(Video Highlights from DirtVision.com)
7/16/24
Attica Raceway Park
Attica, OH
Brad Doty Classic
WoO
46 cars
The cars were divided into two groups with the first group making up heats one and two, and the second group comprising heats three and four. Carson Macedo (7th car out to time) set quick time in the first group and overall at 13.373 seconds on the 1/3-mile oval. Corey Day (4th car out to time) was second quick, followed by Gio Scelzi (16th), Donny Schatz (22nd) and Creed Kemenah (12th). Kyle Larson (2nd car out) was quickest in the second group, followed by Buddy Kofoid (10th), Sheldon Haudenschild (17th), Conner Morrell (7th) and Cole Macedo (16th).
Heat one (started) (10 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 2. 14-Corey Day[2]; 3. 99-Skylar Gee[4]; 4. 15K-Creed Kemenah[3]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[6] / 6. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[10]; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker[8]; 8. 70-Kraig Kinser[9]; 9. 4-Zane DeVault[7]; 10. 26AU-Todd Moule[12]; 11. 45B-Devon Borden[11]; 12. 33W-Cap Henry[5]
10-lap heats took the top five to the feature and the top two to the Dash. Corey Day led early over Scelzi, Gee, Kemenah and Henry. Moule spun two laps in to set up a restart. Day chose the inside line at the green, but Scelzi surged to the lead and won it. Henry got by Kemenah for 4th, but pulled off the track at the halfway point and went pitside. Wilson inherited the final transfer.
Milton Hershey School Heat two (started) (10 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 4. 26-Zeb Wise[3]; 5. 5T-Ryan Timms[5] / 6. 16-DJ Foos[6]; 7. 18T-Tanner Holmes[8]; 8. 23-Cale Thomas[9]; 9. 6-Kelby Watt[10]; 10. 19-TJ Michael[7]; 11. 45-Landon Brooks[11]
Schuchart was penalized a row for jumping the first start, but got around Schatz to run second behind Macedo on lap one. Schatz took third from Wise on lap two. Timms snatched the final transfer from Foos on lap six.
Heat three (started) (10 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 3. 25-Daison Pursley[5]; 4. 22-Brandon Spithaler[6]; 5. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[7] / 6. 9-Trey Jacobs[4]; 7. 97-Cole Macedo[3]; 8. 7N-Darin Naida[10]; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews[8]; 10. 14R-Sean Rayhall[9]; 11. 09-Craig Mintz[11]; 12. 12-Luke Griffith[12]
Larson led the distance. Pursley was the show in this one taking third from Jacobs on lap two. Spithaler grabbed the final transfer on lap four. A caution at that point set up a restart that saw Pursley slide in front of Haudenschild for second. Haudenschild drove under Pursley on lap six and forced him up the track, taking the spot back. Jacobs was shuffled back on the restart and Jedrzejek grabbed the final transfer.
Heat four (started) (10 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[3]; 3. 29-Zeth Sabo[5]; 4. 101-Kalib Henry[4]; 5. 28M-Conner Morrell[2] / 6. 7S-Landon Crawley[6]; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[7]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog[9]; 9. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[10]; 10. 32-Bryce Lucius[11]; 11. X-Mike Keegan[8]
Kofoid led Gravel, Morrell, Sabo and Crawley early. Crawley had the middle working and passed Sabo for fourth, but it was negated when Keegan came to a stop. It would cost him, because the restart was a mess that saw Kofoid, Gravel, Sabo, Henry and Morrell emerge int eh top five. Henry and Sabo traded third a couple of times.
C main (started) (10 Laps): 1. 15C-Chris Andrews[2]; 2. 6-Kelby Watt[3] / 3. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[4]; 4. 4-Zane DeVault[1]; 5. 09-Craig Mintz[8]; 6. 45-Landon Brooks[9]; 7. 45B-Devon Borden[7]; 8. 12-Luke Griffith[10]; 9. 26AU-Todd Moule[5]; 10. 14R-Sean Rayhall[6]; DNS - 19-TJ Michael, 32-Bryce Lucius, X-Mike Keegan
The 10-lapper saw the top two go to the B. Andrews led Kingseed, DeVault and Watt erly. Watt used the middle to high side to wrestle third away from DeVault on lap three. It became an 11-lapper when Rayhall got over the top of the turn four berm on lap nine. The restart allowed Watt to work the high side around Kingseed and nab the final transfer to the B.
Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[4]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 5. 14-Corey Day[3]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart[8]; 7. 83-Michael Kofoid[5]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[7]
The 8-lapper set up the top four rows of the feature. Car. Macedo led wire to wire. Haudenschild spun on lap three and collected Kofoid. The restart saw Ca. Macedo lead Gravel, Larson, Day and Scelzi. Day and Larson had a great race the rest of the way, trading sliders for the third spot.
B main (started) (12 Laps): 1. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[2]; 2. 9-Trey Jacobs[3]; 3. 23-Cale Thomas[12]; 4. 97-Cole Macedo[1] / 5. 7S-Landon Crawley[5]; 6. 16-DJ Foos[4]; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[7]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog[11]; 9. 18T-Tanner Holmes[8]; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6]; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews[13]; 12. 6-Kelby Watt[14]; 13. 7N-Darin Naida(9]; 14. 70-Kraig Kinser[10]; DNS - 33W-Cap Henry
The 12-lapper took the top four to the A. Myers led Jacobs, Co Macedo and Foos early. Foos took third from Co Macedo on lap three, but both Co Macedo and Crawley got back by him for third and fourth on lap four. Meanwhile, Thomas was on the move from row six. He gained a top five spot with five to go, took fourth from Crawley on lap eight and gained third from Co Macedo with three to go.
A main (started) (40 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[11]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[3]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 5. 14-Corey Day[5]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[7]; 7. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[8]; 9. 25-Daison Pursley[10]; 10. 26-Zeb Wise[15]; 11. 23-Cale Thomas[23]; 12. 5T-Ryan Timms[19]; 13. 28M-Conner Morrell[20]; 14. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[18]; 15. 9-Trey Jacobs[22]; 16. 15K-Creed Kemenah[13]; 17. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[21]; 18. 1S-Logan Schuchart[6]; 19. 29-Zeth Sabo[12]; 20. 97-Cole Macedo[24]; 21. 101-Kalib Henry[16]; 22. W20-Greg Wilson[17]; 23. 22-Brandon Spithaler[14]; 24. 99-Skylar Gee[9]
The 40-lapper saw Haudenschild spin after contact with Scelzi before a lap could get in. Gee was collected and retired. Schatz also made contact and continued with nose wing damage. There is always tons of action at Attica, and this was no exception. Two pages of notes for the feature alone attest, but we never got to lapped traffic because of cautions. Macedo led Gravel and Larson on lap one, before Spithaler spun and Schatz drove through the infield tire and kept driving, retaining his spot. Larson took second from Gravel on lap three before a caution on lap six involved the exiting cars of Spithaler and Wilson. Henry spun on lap seven, bringing another yellow, and that’s when Larson led a lap after the restart. On lap 9, both Macedo and Gravel got back by Larson in intense action in the top three, as Schuchart took fourth. Morrell stopped twelve laps in bringing another caution. On lap 13 and 14, Schuchart and Larson traded sliders for third. Up front, Gravel took the point from Macedo on lap 17 before Co Macedo blew his left rear tire sky high. Schuchart again moved into third behind Gravel and Ca Macedo on that restart, and then passed for second on lap 23. Larson followed him into third. Schatz was also on the move, entering the top five, and then passing Ca Macedo for fourth on lap 25. A lap later, Sabo brought the caution, and while under yellow, Schuchart came to a stop and could not continue, surrendering second and his bid for the win. At this point, too many laps under caution caused an open red. Gravel led Larson, Schatz, Ca Macedo and Scelzi. All hell broke loose on the restart and Gravel emerged the leader, ahead of Schatz, Ca Macedo Day and Larson Larson took fourth from Day on lap 28, and chaos ensued the final 12 laps, with plenty of action from third through seventh back and forth the rest of the way. Up front, Gravel pulled away for the win ahead of Schatz. Thomas was the official hard-charger in a group of chargers.