Hall Handles Attica, Swanson Sweeps Waynesfield
The Rick's Truck & Equipment BOSS traditional sprint car tour wrote a whole new chapter into the history books by running their inaugural event at Attica Raceway Park on Friday night. One night later, the traveling band of true outlaw racers rolled into Waynesfield Raceway Park for the 6th annual "Dick Spencer Memorial" event. Very nice crowds were on hand at both venues and excellent car counts treated the fans to some fantastic racing.
Friday night at Attica Raceway Park was the first time traditional wingless sprints had run Attica Fairgrounds oval since 2003. A tremendous field of 42 race cars signed in for battle. The five heat race events alone were worth the price of admission. Promoter Rex LeJune had the track fast from top to bottom. Heat races were won by Cody Gardner, Todd Keen, Kody Swanson, Luke Hall and Matt Westfall. Twin B-Main events were scored by Mike Miller and Steve Little.
The 24 car A-Main roared to green with "Chocolate" Chad Wilson blasting out to an early lead from his pole starting position. However, 4th starting Luke Hall was on the hunt early, quickly reeling in Wilson. Working lap #6, Hall wrestled the lead away and began to assert command. The first of 4 caution flew on lap 9 when "Superman" Arnie Kent spun.
Back under green, Hall set the pace with a determined Wilson trying to fend off the challenges of 5th starting Kody Swanson. The race's only red flag would come out on lap 13 when Dustin Ingle couldn't avoid a melee in turn 1 and went flipping off the end of the track. He emerged unhurt.
On the restart, Hall again could rocket out to a sizable margin, but California native Swanson finally stole 2nd place from Wilsom. He would get to Hall on long green flag runs but could get no help from the rest of the field as 3 more cautions would fly for Andy Feil, Mike Burkin and Aaron Middaugh.
At the stripe, it was Hall holding on for the win in the Jon Nelson #9N over a fast closing Kody Swanson in the Kent Wolters #12. Rounding out the top 5 were Shawn Westerfeld, Matt Westfall, Dustin Stroup. The rest of the top were Chad Wilson, Justin Owen, Cooper Clouse, Stuart Brubaker, Drew Rader. Owen was the Bridge Restaurant "Hard Charger" of the event. He was one of 3 drivers advancing 9 positions, but was the highest of the 3 finishers.
On Saturday, the tour traveled southwest to Greg and Tami Shobe's Waynesfield Raceway Park for the 6th annual Dick Spencer Memorial. This was the fourth time the event has been sanctioned by BOSS. 34 wingless sprint cars registered to battle on the quarter mile bullring. The four heat races were won by Matt Westfall, Kody Swanson, Luke Hall and tour points leader and defending champ Shawn Westerfeld. The twin B-Main events were taken by Jim Dues and Mike Miller.
The 22 car / 25 lap Dick Spencer Memorial feature saw Luke Hall and Chad Wilson on the front row and it appeared the two may be in store for a replay of the previous nights battle. This time it was Hall jumping out to the early lead and once again, the first leader would lead laps 1-5. However, it was Kody Swanson's turn to get the lap 6 lead that he would never relinquish.
Two caution flags on laps 9 and 11 for Toby Alfrey and Jim Dues spins were the only things to slow Swanson down. The lap 11 restart found Swanson open up a brief lead before Hall closed in for his only real challenge. For 3 laps from laps 16 through 18, Hall applied heavy pressure and actually slid Swanson for the lead, but Swanson was able to cross over and regain the lead to officially lead every lap from 6-25.
In the closing laps, Swanson encountered HEAVY lapped traffic allowing Hall to close in one more time. On the final lap, the fans rose to their feet as Hall threw the "hail mary" at Swanson in turns 1 and 2 but slid up and off the edge of the track allowing Dallas Hewitt to sneak through and steal second as Swanson raced on to victory. Behind Swanson, Hewitt and Hall were Westfall and Michael Fischesser completing the top 5. The rest of the top 10 were Justin Owen, Cooper Clouse, Chad Wilson, Shawn Westerfeld and Lee Underwood. For the second night in a row, Justin Owen was the race's "hard charger" this time advancing 8 positions.
The tour now takes its only weekend off in the month of July before a return to action at another new tour venue. The much anticipated inaugural event at Portsmouth Raceway Park will take place on Saturday, July 23rd. The scenic 3/8 mile oval is located right along the Ohio River and has not hosted a sprint car event in nearly ten years. Wingless sprint cars have not been there since 1995 when Mark Cassella won a USAC race driving the Savoy #96.
Event #10 of 22
Attica Raceway Park
Friday, July 8, 2016
Starting Position[*]
Buckeye Machine of Forest, OH Heat 1 - (8 Laps, Top 4 to A)
1. 9G-Cody Gardner[1] ; 2. 22s-Brandon Spithaler[5] ; 3. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[7] ; 4. 4J-Justin Owen[9] ; 5. 82-Mike Miller[8] ; 6. 18N-Frank Neill[4] ; 7. 63D-Jim Dues[2] ; 8. 3-Joe Butera[6] ; 9. 24L-Lee Underwood[3]
Lias Tire / American Racer Heat 2 - (8 Laps, Top 4 to A)
1. 18T-Todd Keen[4] ; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 3. 32M-Derek Hastings[2] ; 4. 0c-Chris VanDeWiele[8] ; 5. 53-Steve Little[6] ; 6. 69-Todd Kane[1] ; 7. 13-Jeremy Duposki[5] ; 8. 7K-Dallas Hewitt[9] ; 9. 15H-Mitch Harble[7]
Hoosier Race Tire Heat 3 - (8 Laps, Top 4 to A)
1. 21K-Kody Swanson[3] ; 2. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[7] ; 3. 1M-Dustin Stroup[4] ; 4. 48-Mike Burkin[2] ; 5. 4-Michael Fischesser[6] ; 6. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[5] ; 7. 71-Stratton Briggs[8] ; 8. 97-Scott Hardman[1]
Southeast Harley Davidson Heat 4 - (8 Laps, Top 4 to A)
1. 9N-Luke Hall[3] ; 2. 14-Chad Wilson[1] ; 3. 2-Mike Galajda[2] ; 4. 74-Drew Rader[5] ; 5. 48M-Mike Moore[4] ; 6. 5-Bob McMillin[6] ; 7. 18D-Bobby Distel[8] ; 8. 97J-Andy Fike[7]
Superior Bearing & Supply Heat 5 - (8 Laps, Top 4 to A)
1. 54-Matt Westfall[5] ; 2. 08-Andy Feil[2] ; 3. 9x-Cooper Clouse[6] ; 4. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[4] ; 5. 18-Arnie Kent[8] ; 6. 87-Brian Gibbs[1] ; 7. J1-Mark Shultz[7] ; 8. 7M-Brandon Moore[DNS]
Griff's Engines B-Main #1 - (10 Laps, Top 2 to A)
1. 82-Mike Miller[1] ; 2. 7K-Dallas Hewitt[9] ; 3. 18-Arnie Kent[3] ; 4. 69-Todd Kane[4] ; 5. 4-Michael Fischesser[2] ; 6. 71-Stratton Briggs[7] ; 7. 63D-Jim Dues[6] ; 8. 5-Bob McMillin[5] ; 9. 97J-Andy Fike[10] ; 10. J1-Mark Shultz[8] ; 11. 24L-Lee Underwood[DNS]
Fast Signs B-Main #2 - (10 Laps, Top 2 to A)
1. 53-Steve Little[1] ; 2. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[4] ; 3. 18N-Frank Neill[3] ; 4. 87-Brian Gibbs[5] ; 5. 13-Jeremy Duposki[6] ; 6. 48M-Mike Moore[4] ; 7. 97-Scott Hardman[9] ; 8. 3-Joe Butera[8] ; 9. 18D-Bobby Distel[7] ; 10. 7M-Brandon Moore[10] ; 11. 15H-Mitch Harble[DNS]
Rick's Trucks and Equipment of Kenton, OH A-Main - (25 Laps)
1. 9N-Luke Hall[4] ; 2. 21K-Kody Swanson[5] ; 3. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[8] ; 4. 54-Matt Westfall[9] ; 5. 1M-Dustin Stroup[13] ; 6. 14-Chad Wilson[1] ; 7. 4J-Justin Owen[16] ; 8. 9x-Cooper Clouse[15] ; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker[2] ; 10. 74-Drew Rader[19] ; 11. 9G-Cody Gardner[7] ; 12. 08-Andy Feil[6] ; 13. 53-Steve Little[22] ; 14. 2-Mike Galajda[14] ; 15. 32M-Derek Hastings[12] ; 16. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[24] ; 17. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[11] ; 18. 48-Mike Burkin[18] ; 19. 0c-Chris VanDeWiele[17] ; 20. 7K-Dallas Hewitt[21] ; 21. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[20] ; 22. 82-Mike Miller[23] ; 23. 22-Brandon Spithaler[3] ; 24. 18T-Todd Keen[10]
The Bridge Restaurant of Sidney, OH - $50 Hard Charger - Justin Owen +9
The JF Construction of Bucyrus, OH - $50 Hard Luck Award - Mitch Harble
The Hochstetler Trucking of Ashland, OH - $50 Perseverance Award - Dallas Hewitt
The A Plus Automatic Transmission of Mansfield, OH - $50 Steel Block Bonus - Kody Swanson
The Apple Metal Polishing of Eldorodo, OH - $50 Lucky Pill Draw - Jim Dues
The McMillin Apiaries of Wampum, PA - $25 Sweet Move of the Night - Jon Nelson (Luke Hall)
Lias Tire / American Racer of Indiana, PA - Free American Racer Tire - Kody Swanson
Hoosier Racing Tire of Lakeville, IN - Free Hoosier Tire - Shawn Westerfeld
Event #11 of 22
Waynesfield Raceway Park
Saturday, July 9, 2016
Starting Position[*]
Buckeye Machine of Forest, OH Heat 1 - (8 Laps, Top 4 to A)
1. 54-Matt Westfall[3] ; 2. 7K-Dallas Hewitt[7] ; 3. 24L-Lee Underwood[4] ; 4. 5A-Toby Alfrey[8] ; 5. 63D-Jim Dues[1] ; 6. 19-Matt Cooley[9] ; 7. 74-Drew Rader[5] ; 8. 63-Huston Hewitt[2] ; 9. 08-Andy Feil[6]
Lias Tire / American Racer Heat 2 - (8 Laps, Top 4 to A)
1. 21K-Kody Swanson[5] ; 2. 14-Chad Wilson[8] ; 3. 9x-Cooper Clouse[7] ; 4. 4J-Justin Owen[6] ; 5. 82-Mike Miller[3] ; 6. 0c-Chris VanDeWiele[2] ; 7. 24A-Austin Troyer[9] ; 8. 21-Travis Hery[4] ; 9. 3H-Brian Gray[1]
Hoosier Race Tire Heat 3 - (8 Laps, Top 4 to A)
1. 9N-Luke Hall[5] ; 2. 18T-Todd Keen[3] ; 3. 5J-Joss Moffatt[8] ; 4. 18-Arnie Kent[4] ; 5. 5-Bob McMillin[6] ; 6. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[7] ; 7. 71c-Barney Craig[2] ; 8. 3-Joe Butera[1]
Southeast Harley Davidson Heat 4 - (8 Laps, Top 4 to A)
1. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[4] ; 2. 4-Michael Fischesser[6] ; 3. 9G-Cody Gardner[5] ; 4. 71-Stratton Briggs[3] ; 5. 53-Steve Little[8] ; 6. 18D-Bobby Distel[1] ; 7. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[2] ; 8. 17-Kevin Myers[7]
Superior Bearing & Supply B-Main #1 - (10 Laps, Top 3 to A)
1. 63D-Jim Dues[1] ; 2. 19-Matt Cooley[3] ; 3. 5-Bob McMillin[2] ; 4. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[4] ; 5. 71c-Barney Craig[6] ; 6. 3-Joe Butera[8] ; 7. 74-Drew Rader[5] ; 8. 08-Andy Feil[9] ; 9. 63-Huston Hewitt[DNS]
FAST Signs B-Main #2 - (10 Laps, Top 3 to A)
1. 82-Mike Miller[1] ; 2. 53-Steve Little[2] ; 3. 18D-Bobby Distel[4] ; 4. 0c-Chris VanDeWiele[3] ; 5. 21-Travis Hery[7] ; 6. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[6] ; 7. 17-Kevin Myers[8] ; 8. 3H-Brian Gray[9] ; 9. 24A-Austin Troyer[DNS]
Rick's Trucks and Equipment of Kenton, OH A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 21K-Kody Swanson[4] ; 2. 7K-Dallas Hewitt[5] ; 3. 9N-Luke Hall[1] ; 4. 54-Matt Westfall[6] ; 5. 4-Michael Fischesser[8] ; 6. 4J-Justin owen[14] ; 7. 9x-Cooper Clouse[10] ; 8. 14-Chad Wilson[2] ; 9. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[7] ; 10. 24L-Lee Underwood[9] ; 11. 5J-Joss Moffatt[11] ; 12. 82-Mike Miller[18] ; 13. 19-Matt Cooley[19] ; 14. 53-Steve Little[20] ; 15. 71-Stratton Briggs[16] ; 16. 18D-Bobby Distel[22] ; 17. 9G-Cody Gardner[12] ; 18. 5-Bob McMillin[21] ; 19. 18-Arnie Kent[15] ; 20. 63D-Jim Dues[17] ; 21. 18T-Todd Keen[3] ; 22. 5A-Toby Alfrey[13]
The Bridge Restaurant of Sidney, OH - $50 Hard Charger - Justin Owen +8
The JF Construction of Bucyrus, OH - $50 Hard Luck Award - Andy Feil
The Hochstetler Trucking of Ashland, OH - $50 Perseverance Award - Matt Cooley
The A Plus Automatic Transmission of Mansfield, OH - $50 Steel Block Bonus - Kody Swanson
The Apple Metal Polishing of Eldorodo, OH - $50 Lucky Pill Draw - Cody Gardner
The McMillin Apiaries of Wampum, PA - $25 Sweet Move of the Night - Cody Gardner
Lias Tire / American Racer of Indiana, PA - Free American Racer Tire - Kody Swanson
Hoosier Racing Tire of Lakeville, IN - Free Hoosier Tire - Dallas Hewitt
