Blaney Grabs All-Star Loot

CHILLICOTHE, OHIO-Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio, earned his tenth UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions main event victory of the 2015 season on Saturday night during the “Open Wheel Championship” at Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio. It was a fourth consecutive UNOH All Star victory for the GoMuddy.com, Big Game Treestands, CH Motorsports, No. 1 operation, with Blaney now increasing his career win total to 125 with the series. Blaney earned $10,000 for his “Open Wheel Championship” finale win on Saturday night.
Kerry Kinser, Bloomington, Indiana won the 305 Racesaver $1,000 payday with a narrow win over Friday night’s winner Kevin Huntley. Kenny Johnson waltzed to the AMRA Modified Precision Grading $2,000 victory.
Blaney’s combined victories Friday and Saturday boosted his weekend win total to $15,000. “The Low Rider” opened the UNOH All Star weekend with an “Open Wheel Championship” preliminary victory at Atomic Speedway on Friday night, July 31.
“I’m at a loss for words right now” said Dale Blaney, “We’ve been having a great time. Everyone involved with this race team is awesome. We’re going to try to stay competitive and keep this going. Our plan is to head to Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania Motor Speedway) tomorrow and put ourselves in another great position. We haven’t lost too many races in this car. There’s a big race coming up in a couple weeks so hopefully we can go out west and put ourselves in a good position and do the best we can.”
“The King of the Outlaws” Steve Kinser and Chillicothe, Ohio native Ryan Broughton paced the “Open Wheel Championship” starting grid to green on Saturday night. Kinser controlled the first few circuits before losing command to Wooster, Ohio’s Sheldon Haudenschild with five laps in the books. Haudenschild, who started on the outside of row two, maintained the top spot for much of the 35-lap main event.
The three-time UNOH All Star winner in 2015 navigated heavy traffic on the very rim of the speedway before being tracked down by the “Kunkletown Kid” Ryan Smith and third row starter Dale Blaney. Blaney, the all-time win leader with the UNOH All Stars, would find his mark through the middle of the speedway and work around Ryan Smith for second with 26 laps recorded. “The Low Rider” made his winning move around the outside of Sheldon Haudenschild with 32 laps on the counter.
Blaney, the defending UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions titlist and current point leader, led the remaining three circuits to earn his place back in Atomic Speedway victory lane. Ryan Smith followed Blaney around Sheldon Haudenschild in the closing laps to finish second; Haudenschild would hold on to claim the last spot on the podium. Cale Thomas and “The Bulldog” Kevin Swindell completed the top-five. There were 42 UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions sprint cars entered for action on Saturday, August 1. The entire 35-lap main event went caution free.
Rounding out the top ten were 1. 1-Dale Blaney[6] ; 2. 94-Ryan Smith[3] ; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4] ; 4. 91-Cale Thomas[5] ; 5. 13-Kevin Swindell[7] ; 6. 22-Cole Duncan[9] ; 7. 22B-Ryan Broughton[2] ; 8. 45-Tim Shaffer[8] ; 9. 3G-James McFadden[16] ; and 10. W20-Greg Wilson[22].
Rick Fraley, West Portsmouth, Ohio flipped in the B-main but was uninjured. Greg Wilson came off the tail of the B- to finish second behind Bryan Nuckles. Wilson also charged from 22nd to 10th in the A-feature, passing the most cars of the evening.
Dale Blaney kicked off the “Open Wheel Championship” weekend at Atomic Speedway with a dominating victory on Friday night, July 31. “The Low Rider” earned the $5,000 payday after starting on the inside of the fourth row.
Kerry Kinser in the Kinser Air Filters #99 was behind the 8-ball all night long. Arriving late, he did not get to hot lap or qualify, having to start on the tail of his heat where he finished 5th. That gave him a ninth place start in the feature against a field of competitive cars from four different states.
Despite the adversity Kinser made it work.
Ethan Fleetwood, Bloomington, Indiana, was looking for the clean sweep by winning his heat and setting a new track record for the 305’s in qualifications.
Fleetwood blitzed to a healthy lead, but two cautions slowed the action in the first ten laps. After the second caution, Fleetwood’s mount was never the same.
Meanwhile, Kinser had charged from 9th to second by lap five, while Kevin Huntley, who started scratch, worked his way up to fourth. Huntley had won the second heat, but weighed in light giving the win to Kendall Ruble.
Four cars were all within twenty feet of one another battling for the win–Kinser, Danny Smith, Huntley, and Fleetwood. For five laps the quartet thrashed in seriously close quarters, jostling for position.
Smith took the lead on lap twelve with Huntley in tow, shuffling Kinser back to fourth behind Fleetwood. A lap later Huntley took the lead on the high side as Kinser moved into third. Kinser bagged Smith on lap 14 then began a six lap side by side dash with Huntley to the finish. Kinser officially led lap 17 to the finish, but Huntley was right there every inch of the way in the exciting A-main event.
Kinser’s mount was a bit retro in that his entire car body was made from clear lexan plexiglass, allowing fans to see the driver in the car and the engine under the hood. Kinser clarified his relationship to the racing Kinser clan–“I am first cousins with Kelly (Kinser) and Steve fits in there somewhere. There are a lot of us.”
“We tightened up the car between the heat and the feature and that really got us going,” noted Kinser. “I just have to thank everyone who works on the car– especially my Dad Roger– and all those who help get us here. To come to a place like this and win is a great feeling.”
Rounding out the top ten were Kerry Kinser, Kevin Huntley, Ethan Fleetwood, Danny Smith, Sean Hosey, Kendall Ruble, Mike Downs, Dustin Hammond, Robby Bartchy, and Randy Sterling.
In the 305 Racesaver second heat Cherry Hill, New Jersey driver Jeff Taylor flipped violently end-for-end ten times while challenging for the lead. Taylor was stunned but emerged after being attended to by the track emergency crew.
The AMRA Modified main was competitive in the early going, but a three-wide thread the needle pass by Kenny Johnson made the difference in the race. Johnson squirted through a small hole between Dave Pinkerton and heat winner Donnie Miller to take the lead and never look back.
“Donnie and Fireball were racing hard and really leaning on one another. A hole opened up and I went for it, but I have to say it closed fast and I was a bit puckered ’til I made it through.”
Mark Dickson tackled Pinkerton and Miller then set his sights on Johnson. Dickson for a time was the quickest car on the track, and began to close the gap, but late in the race Johnson picked up the pace and blitzed on to the easy win.
“You never know how far head you are so you keep giving it everything you have,” said Johnson. “I saw Coop (crew chief Tim Cooper) pointing to his head, so I figured he meant “be smart”. I didn’t think I was driving that wild–actually I thought we were smooth and fast.”
“Once again thanks to Brad and crew for a great race track and for all these great fans.”
Johnson has four wins this year, all at Atomic Speedway.
Rounding out the top ten were Kenny Johnson, Mark Dickson, Donnie Miller, Greggie Oliver, Travis Dickson, Dave Fireball Pinkerton, John Burdette, James Dennis, and Jimmy Lennex.
August’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series visit to Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio, has been expanded to two events, setting up an Aug. 21-22 WoO LMS doubleheader at the 3/8-mile track. The additional Atomic event, which replaces a recently canceled race at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., gives the national tour a three-race weekend with Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa., set to host the series on Sun., Aug. 23. The weekend opener at Atomic on Fri., Aug. 21 will pay $8,000 to the winner, while the event on Sat., Aug. 22 will pay $10,000. Modifieds and Sport Mods are on the program each night.
For more information please call 740-703-9749 or visit the Atomic Speedway website at <<< www.atomicspeedway.net >>> Atomic is located 12 miles South of Chillicothe, Ohio off SR 23, two miles out Blain Highway between Chillicothe, Ohio and Waverly, Ohio at Alma.
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UPCOMING EVENTS AT ATOMIC SPEEDWAY
Friday August 21st – World of Outlaw Late Models $8,000 to win plus AMRA Modifieds and Sport Mods
Saturday August 22nd – World of Outlaw Late Models $10,000 to win plus AMRA Modifieds and Sport Mods
Saturday August 29th – USAC HPD Midgets, OVSCA Sprints, AMRA Late Models and Brushcreek Legends
Saturday September 5th – Fan Appreciation Night #2 – $5 General Admission – OVSCA Sprints, AMRA Modifieds, Race Saver 305 Sprints and Sport Mods plus Enduro
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THE SUMMARY: Night Two Open Wheel Championships August 1, 2015
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410 Sprints – UNOH (42)
Qualifying
1.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 11.763; 2.11-Steve Kinser, 11.874; 3.59-Danny Holtgraver, 11.878; 4.22-Cole Duncan, 11.942; 5.1-Dale Blaney, 11.973; 6.56R-Ryan Myers, 11.976; 7.98H-Dave Blaney, 12.005; 8.10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.020; 9.81-Lee Jacobs, 12.021; 10.6M-Jac Haudenschild, 12.039; 11.89-Cody Darrah, 12.044; 12.21-DJ Foos, 12.059; 13.3G-James McFadden, 12.075; 14.59N-Bryan Nuckles, 12.088; 15.40-Caleb Helms, 12.093; 16.13-Kevin Swindell, 12.105; 17.97A-Brandon Wimmer, 12.108; 18.W20-Greg Wilson, 12.134; 19.9x-Rob Chaney, 12.204; 20.11N-Randy Hannagan, 12.304; 21.5T-Travis Philo, 12.309; 22.35R-Ronnie Blair, 12.309; 23.45-Tim Shaffer, 12.315; 24.94-Ryan Smith, 12.333; 25.4-Danny Smith, 12.366; 26.78-Todd Kane, 12.397; 27.91-Cale Thomas, 12.451; 28.4X-Jimmy Stinson, 12.454; 29.22B-Ryan Broughton, 12.594; 30.57X-Andrew Palker, 12.629; 31.7C-Caleb Armstrong, 12.642; 32.60K-Kory Crabtree, 12.793; 33.9W-Lance Webb, 12.968; 34.84-Nathan Skaggs, 13.014; 35.22D-Josh Davis, 13.026; 36.40i-Mark Imler, 13.069; 37.A79-RJ Perkins, 13.277; 38.11E-Ed Neumeister, 13.332; 39.3F-Rick Fraley, 13.337; 40.O8-Brandon Conkel, 17.394; 41.4K-Kody Kinser, 99.330; 42.7A-Dave Dickson, 99.990;
Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah[1] ; 2. 59-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4] ; 4. 3G-James McFadden[5] ; 5. 97A-Brandon Wimmer[6] ; 6. 9W-Lance Webb[7] ; 7. 56R-Ryan Myers[2] ; 8. O8-Brandon Conkel[8]
Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps)
1. 1-Dale Blaney[2] ; 2. 11-Steve Kinser[4] ; 3. 22-Cole Duncan[3] ; 4. 81-Lee Jacobs[1] ; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[7] ; 6. 21-DJ Foos[5] ; 7. 59N-Bryan Nuckles[6] ; 8. 40i-Mark Imler[8] ; 9. A79-RJ Perkins[9]
Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps)
1. 4-Danny Smith[1] ; 2. 94-Ryan Smith[2] ; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan[3] ; 4. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[4] ; 5. 4K-Kody Kinser[8] ; 6. 22D-Josh Davis[6] ; 7. 78-Todd Kane[5] ; 8. 11E-Ed Neumeister[7]
Heat 4, Group D – (8 Laps)
1. 91-Cale Thomas[6] ; 2. 13-Kevin Swindell[2] ; 3. 4X-Jimmy Stinson[7] ; 4. 89-Cody Darrah[4] ; 5. 35R-Ronnie Blair[5] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 7. 84-Nathan Skaggs[8] ; 8. 40-Caleb Helms[3]
Heat 5, Group E – (8 Laps)
1. 22B-Ryan Broughton[1] ; 2. 45-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 3. 9x-Rob Chaney[3] ; 4. 60K-Kory Crabtree[7] ; 5. 98H-Dave Blaney[4] ; 6. 57X-Andrew Palker[5] ; 7. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[6] ; 8. 3F-Rick Fraley[8]
Dash 1 – (6 Laps)
1. 11-Steve Kinser[1] ; 2. 22B-Ryan Broughton[4] ; 3. 94-Ryan Smith[3] ; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[5] ; 5. 91-Cale Thomas[8] ; 6. 1-Dale Blaney[10] ; 7. 13-Kevin Swindell[2] ; 8. 45-Tim Shaffer[12] ; 9. 22-Cole Duncan[7] ; 10. 59-Danny Holtgraver[9] ; 11. 4-Danny Smith[11] ; 12. 10H-Chad Kemenah[6]
B-Main 1 – (12 Laps)
1. 59N-Bryan Nuckles[4] ; 2. W20-Greg Wilson[7] ; 3. 97A-Brandon Wimmer[6] ; 4. 56R-Ryan Myers[1] ; 5. 21-DJ Foos[3] ; 6. 57X-Andrew Palker[11] ; 7. 35R-Ronnie Blair[9] ; 8. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[12] ; 9. 9W-Lance Webb[13] ; 10. 40i-Mark Imler[16] ; 11. O8-Brandon Conkel[20] ; 12. A79-RJ Perkins[17] ; 13. 11E-Ed Neumeister[18] ; 14. 84-Nathan Skaggs[14] ; 15. 5T-Travis Philo[8] ; 16. 98H-Dave Blaney[2] ; 17. 22D-Josh Davis[15] ; 18. 40-Caleb Helms[5] ; 19. 78-Todd Kane[10] ; 20. 4K-Kody Kinser[21] ; 21. 3F-Rick Fraley[19]
A-Main 1 – (35 Laps)
1. 1-Dale Blaney[6] ; 2. 94-Ryan Smith[3] ; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4] ; 4. 91-Cale Thomas[5] ; 5. 13-Kevin Swindell[7] ; 6. 22-Cole Duncan[9] ; 7. 22B-Ryan Broughton[2] ; 8. 45-Tim Shaffer[8] ; 9. 3G-James McFadden[16] ; 10. W20-Greg Wilson[22] ; 11. 4X-Jimmy Stinson[14] ; 12. 10H-Chad Kemenah[12] ; 13. 59-Danny Holtgraver[10] ; 14. 11N-Randy Hannagan[13] ; 15. 60K-Kory Crabtree[20] ; 16. 11-Steve Kinser[1] ; 17. 97A-Brandon Wimmer[23] ; 18. 4-Danny Smith[11] ; 19. 81-Lee Jacobs[17] ; 20. 59N-Bryan Nuckles[21] ; 21. 9x-Rob Chaney[15] ; 22. 89-Cody Darrah[19] ; 23. 56R-Ryan Myers[24] ; 24. 5T-Travis Philo[25] ; 25. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[18]
Precision Grading AMRA MODIFIEDS (21)
Fast Time: Kenny Johnson
Heat One-Dave Pinkerton, Kenny Johnson, Brian Whiteman, Brandon Oliver, Mike Conkle, Eric Arledge, Gary Park
Heat Two-Donnie Miller, Mark Dickson, Travis Dickson, John Burdette, Philip Bapst, Zach Ackley, Jeff Votaw
Heat Three-Greggie Oliver, Seth Daniels, James Dennis, Jimmy Lennex, Clint Keenan, Trevor Chaney, Rick Shutts
Feature: Kenny Johnson, Mark Dickson, Donnie Miller, Greggie Oliver, Travis Dickson, Dave Fireball Pinkerton, John Burdette, James Dennis, Jimmy Lennex, Seth Daniels, Philip Bapst, Mike Conkle, Clint Keenan, Zac Ackley,Rick Shutts, Jeff Votaw, Eric Arledge, Brandon Oliver, Brian Whiteman, Trevor Chaney, Gary Park
305 Racesaver Sprint Cars (15)
Fast Time: Ethan Fleetwood 13:418 New Track Record
Heat One-Ethan Fleetwood, Randy Sterling, Danny Smith, Robby Bartchy, Dustin Hammond, Andy Hill, Mike Ebersbach, Kerry Kinser
Heat Two- Kendall Ruble, Sean Hosey, Mike Downs, John Bott, Lewie Christian, Jeff Taylor, Huntley DNQ (light)
Feature: Kerry Kinser, Kevin Huntley, Ethan Fleetwood, Danny Smith, Sean Hosey, Kendall Ruble, Mike Downs, Dustin Hammond, Robby Bartchy, Randy Sterling, JohnBott, Mike Ebersbach, Andy Hill, Lewie Christian, Jeff Taylor DNS