34 Raceway
7/29/18
34 Raceway
West Burlington, IA
All Stars
32 cars
The 3/8-mile track was heavy tonight, and Cory Eliason (31st car out to time) set a new track record at 12.235 seconds, besting Steve Kinser’s mark of 12.250 seconds in 2008. Cale Conley (27th car out) was second quick, followed by Spencer Bayston (24th), Paul McMahan (20th), Aaron Reutzel (25th), Sammy Swindell (30th), Carl Bowser (27th), Jac Haudenschild (28th), Ryan Smith (14th) and Willie Croft (32nd). Lynton Jeffrey had the back-up car and suffered some issues that caused him to scratch.
Heat one (started): 1. Joey Saldana 26 (1) 2. Kerry Madsen 2m (2) 3. Rico Abreu 24 (4) 4. Jamie Veal 35V (3) 5. Dave Blaney 70 (6) / 6. Paul Nienhiser 9x (7) 7. Chad Kemenah 10H (10) 8. Bobby Mincer 15 (5)
8-lap heats took the top two to the Dash and the top five to the feature. The track remained heavy lending to little passing. Kemenah brought out the only caution when he got over the top of turn two and came to a stop.
Heat two (started): 1. Austin McCarl 2KS (1) 2. Jake Blackhurst 25 (2) 3. Parker Price-Miller 4 (3) 4. Brandon Spithaler 22 (5) 5. Tim Kaeding 3K (6) / 6. R. Smith 11 (4) 7. Jordyn Brazier 21AU (7) DNS – Lynton Jeffrey 12
Kaeding came to a stop before a lap could be completed. Despite restarting at the rear, he worked his way up to a transfer early. A. McCarl and Blackhurst both won features earlier this year at 34 with the Sprint Invaders.
Heat three (started): 1. Carson Macedo 3G (1) 2. Reutzel 87 (2) 3. Bayston 39 (4) 4. McMahan 13 (3) 5. Tony Stewart 14 (6) / 6. Tyler Esh 35 (5) 7. Sammy Walsh 5H (7) 8. Ryan Jamison 51J (8)
Heat four (started): 1. Swindell 59 (2) 2. Bowser 98 (1) 3. Eliason 83 (4) 4. Conley 7K (3) 5. Croft 29 (6) / 6. Haudenschild 3 (5) 7. Bill Balog 50 (7) 8. Josh Schneiderman 49 (8)
Schneiderman got over the turn two berm at the start. The lead five were decided after lap one.
Dash one (started): 1. Conley (1) 2. Madsen (2) 3. Reutzel (3) 4. Saldana (4) 5. Macedo (5)
Dashes were four laps deciding the inside (Dash one) and outside (Dash two) starting positions in the A main.
Dash two (started): 1. Eliason (2) 2. Swindell (1) 3. A. McCarl (4) 4. Bowser (3) 5. Blackhurst (5)
B main (started): 1. R. Smith (2) 2. Haudenschild (1) 3. Nienhiser (4) 4. Kemenah (8) / 5. Walsh (7) 6. Balog (5) 7. Schneiderman (9) 8. Mincer (10) 9. Esh (3) 10. Brazier (6) 11. Jamison (11)
The 12-lapper took the top four to the A. R. Smith led early over Haudenschild, Nienhiser, Esh and Kemenah. Brazier drove off turn two, stopping and bringing a yellow. The restart saw Kemenah passing Esh for the final transfer spot. Six laps later, Esh would get over the berm himself.
A main (started): 1. Swindell (4) 2. Eliason (2) 3. Macedo (9) 4. Conley (1) 5. Madsen (3) 6. Reutzel (5) 7. Saldana (7) 8. Price-Miller (12) 9. Abreu (13) 10. A. McCarl (6) 11. Stewart (18) 12. Bayston (11) 13. Haudenschild (22) 14. McMahan (14) 15. Nienhiser (23) 16. Spithaler (16) 17. Croft (17) 18. Blackhurst (10) 19. Veal (15) 20. R. Smith (21) 21. Bowser (8) 22. Kemenah (24) 23. Blaney (20) 24. Kaeding (19)
Conley led the 30-lapper early over Eliason, Madsen, Swindell and Reutzel. The leaders were in lapped traffic by lap four ,and Kaeding, Blaney and Kemenah exited early. On lap five, Eliason worked by Conley in traffic. On lap nine, Swindell also worked under Madsen for third. A good race was developing in traffic, but three cautions set up a clean track. Bowser blew a right rear and got into the turn four wall on lap nine. On that restart, Macedo was able to move by Reutzel for fifth. The leaders were back in traffic on lap 16. Swindell would dive under Conley for second on lap 17 before Blackhurst got over turn two berm and brought caution with eight to go. Eliason took off again, while Macedo grabbed fourth from Madsen on lap 19. On lap 27, Sammy ducked under Eliason to take the lead. Despite a last caution for Croft, he would win his first All Star win in exactly one year (Lebanon, NY). Macedo would snag third on the last lap. Haudenschild was the hard-charger.