Horstman Grabs Run For The Rabbit Win At Limaland

6/14/19 by Gerry Keysor – Lima OH

After losing the entire month of May to weather, Limaland Motorsports Park swung open the gates for the 2nd consecutive week to great weather, a great crowd, and some fantastic racing. Cloverdale Ohio’s Jared Horstman picked up the win in the 18th Annual Run for the Rabbit in the family owned No. 17 360 Sprint car, with No 21 Taylor Cook grabbing the Northwest Physical Therapy UMP Modified feature win, and No. 7C Jordan Conover picking up his 2nd consecutive feature victory in Budweiser Thunderstocks action.

Kicking off the night were the K&L Ready Mix NRA Sprint Invaders in their 25 lap A Main honoring Travis “The Rabbit” Miller. The fans were treated to a 4 abreast parade lap before the feature with No. 17 Jared Horstman pulling out front to lead the field in memory of Miller who also ran the No. 17 during his time in Sprint car racing at Limaland. No. 5W Jeff Williams and Horstman would bring the field to green with Williams leading thru turns 1&2 but Horstman would use a slide job in turns 3 and 4 to take the lead. The action stayed furious through the field with No 22H Randy Hannagan making his move to 2nd on lap 2 and trying to close on Horstman. No. 49 Shawn Dancer of Delphos Ohio would make his way to 3rd on lap 13, but could climb no higher. Horstman got held up by lapped traffic late in the race which allowed Hannagan to close in, but laps would run out as Horstman would go wire to wire, winning over Hannagan, Dancer, Williams, and No. 12H Luke Hall. Quick time was set by Horstman. Heat races were won by Horstman, Williams and Dancer

In Northwest Physical Therapy UMP Modified feature action, No. 21 Taylor Cook and No. 17T Michael Tarlton would pace the field to the green flag. Tarlton would grab the lead and hold it thru multiple cautions with a patient Cook hanging just a couple car lengths back and staying within striking distance throughout the 20 lap feature. The final caution would wave on lap 18, and on the restart, Cook made a diving move to Tarltons inside in turns one and 2, Tarlton battled back down the straight away, and would battle alongside Cook for the white flag. When the leaders came around the final time to turns 3 and 4, Tarlton went for a slidejob with Cook crossing over and holding on to take an exciting win. Tarlton would finish 2nd, with No. 34x Shane O’Connor 3rd, No. 95j Jerry Bowersock 4th, and No. 65 Todd Sherman completing the top 5. Heat races were won by Tarlton, Cook, O’Connor and No. 2B Darryl Banks. B Mains were won by No. 16 Jeff Koz, and No. 463 Daniel Sanchez.

Completing the nights action were the Bud Thunderstocks in their 15 lap feature. UNOH Racer No. 00 Brandon Pralley and No. 82 Chris Douglas would bring the field to green with Douglas grabbing the early lead. The caution flag would fly on lap 1, 3 and 4, keeping the field bunched up, and not allowing Douglas to get away. On lap 7, No. 7C Conover would challenge Douglas for the lead and would take it for good on lap 8, grabbing his 2nd consecutive feature win. Douglas would finish 2nd, with No. 22T Tony Anderson 3rd, No. 463 Daniel Sanchez 4th, and Pralley rounding out the top 5. Heat races were won by No. J1 Jeff Matheny, Anderson, and Douglas.

Limaland Motorosports Park is back in action next Friday night June 21st when Ohio Logistics presents Leg #8 of the 37th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek, featuring Tony Stewart’s Ollie Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars. Also in action will be the Northwest Physical Therapy UMP Modifieds.

Grandstand Gates Open at 5:00 p.m., Pit Gates Open 4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Warm Ups @ 6:30 p.m., Racing @ 7:30 p.m.

Adult general admission – $22
Young Adults (11-15) – $11
Children 10 & Under – Free
Pit Pass(all ages) – $40

Limaland Motorsports Park – 6/14/2019
Anheuser Busch Sales of Lima Busch Clash, and Run for the Rabbit presented by Tim Hogan’s Dalton Georgia Carpet Outlet

K&L Ready Mix NRA Sprints
Qualifying –
1. 17-Jared Horstman, 12.930; 2. 35-Ron Blair, 13.095; 3. 28H-Hud Horton, 13.123; 4. 18-Todd Heuerman, 13.461; 5. 5W-Jeff Williams, 13.484; 6. 66-Chase Dunham, 13.553; 7. 22H-Randy Hannagan, 13.592; 8. 23-Devon Dobie, 13.656; 9. 18J-Rj Jacobs, 13.669; 10. 12-Luke Hall, 13.677; 11. 7-Shawn Valenti, 13.849; 12. 11-Tim Allison, 13.870; 13. 24-Kobe Allison, 13.875; 14. 17M-Max Stambaugh, 13.959; 15. 49-Shawn Dancer, 13.992; 16. 14-Luke Daugherty, 14.009; 17. 2X-Mike Grigsby, 14.035; 18. 16B-Ricky Peterson, 14.309; 19. 37-Noah Dunlap, 14.533

Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 8 Transfer)
1. 17-Jared Horstman; 2. 22H-Randy Hannagan; 3. 12-Luke Hall; 4. 18-Todd Heuerman; 5. 24-Kobe Allison; 6. 14-Luke Daugherty; 7. 37-Noah Dunlap

Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 8 Transfer)
1. 5W-Jeff Williams; 2. 23-Devon Dobie; 3. 7-Shawn Valenti; 4. 17M-Max Stambaugh; 5. 2X-Mike Grigsby; 6. 35-Ron Blair

Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 8 Transfer)
1. 49-Shawn Dancer; 2. 66-Chase Dunham; 3. 28H-Hud Horton; 4. 16B-Ricky Peterson; 5. 11-Tim Allison; 6. 18J-Rj Jacobs

A-Main – (15 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 17-Jared Horstman[2]; 2. 22H-Randy Hannagan[3]; 3. 49-Shawn Dancer[4]; 4. 5W-Jeff Williams[1]; 5. 12-Luke Hall[7]; 6. 16B-Ricky Peterson[12]; 7. 17M-Max Stambaugh[11]; 8. 66-Chase Dunham[6]; 9. 18-Todd Heuerman[10]; 10. 23-Devon Dobie[5]; 11. 28H-Hud Horton[9]; 12. 35-Ron Blair[17]; 13. 11-Tim Allison[15]; 14. 24-Kobe Allison[13]; 15. 2X-Mike Grigsby[14]; 16. 14-Luke Daugherty[16]; 17. 37-Noah Dunlap[19]

Northwest Physical Therapy UMP Modifieds
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 17T-Michael Tarlton; 2. 95J-Jerry Bowersock; 3. 65-Todd Sherman; 4. 19B-Brandon Ordway; 5. 3W-Dylan Woodling; 6. 22T-Tony Anderson; 7. 1X-Jj Butler; 8. M1G-Matt Twining; 9. 17-Jarrod Klay

Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 21-Taylor Cook; 2. 9C-Troy Cattarene; 3. 11H-Mike Hohlbein; 4. 10-Scott Bowersock; 5. 16-Jeff Koz; 6. 27-Frank Paladino; 7. 92-Kyle Shaffer; 8. 71H-Chris Hicks

Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 34X-Shane O’Connor; 2. 10L-Nathon Loney; 3. 1-Brenden Rassel; 4. 9PG-Percy Gendreau; 5. 20K-Bill Keeler; 6. 18-Ryan Sutter; 7. 6-Ryan Dickey; 8. K9-Scott Gerdeman

Heat 4 – (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer)
1. 2B-Darryl Banks; 2. 21C-Drew Charlson; 3. 7-Drew Smith; 4. 36V-Brandon Vaughan; 5. 463-Daniel Sanchez; 6. 71-Scott Fritz; 7. 975-Rodney Hurst; 8. 32-Scott Boyd Jr

B-Main #1 – (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer)
1. 16-Jeff Koz; 2. 3W-Dylan Woodling; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson; 4. 1X-Jj Butler; 5. 92-Kyle Shaffer; 6. 17-Jarrod Klay; 7. M1G-Matt Twining; 8. 27-Frank Paladino; 9. 71H-Chris Hicks

B-Main #2 – (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer)
1. 463-Daniel Sanchez; 2. 20K-Bill Keeler; 3. 18-Ryan Sutter; 4. 71-Scott Fritz; 5. 975-Rodney Hurst; 6. 32-Scott Boyd Jr; 7. 6-Ryan Dickey; 8. K9-Scott Gerdeman

A-Main – (20 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 21-Taylor Cook[1]; 2. 17T-Michael Tarlton[2]; 3. 34X-Shane O’Connor[3]; 4. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[5]; 5. 65-Todd Sherman[9]; 6. 9C-Troy Cattarene[6]; 7. 2B-Darryl Banks[4]; 8. 10L-Nathon Loney[7]; 9. 16-Jeff Koz[17]; 10. 1-Brenden Rassel[11]; 11. 20K-Bill Keeler[20]; 12. 10-Scott Bowersock[14]; 13. 19B-Brandon Ordway[13]; 14. 3W-Dylan Woodling[19]; 15. 7-Drew Smith[12]; 16. 9PG-Percy Gendreau[15]; 17. 463-Daniel Sanchez[18]; 18. 36V-Brandon Vaughan[16]; 19. 21C-Drew Charlson[8]; 20. 11H-Mike Hohlbein[10]

Bud Thunderstocks
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 8 Transfer)
1. J1-Jeff Matheny; 2. OO-Brandon Pralley; 3. 463-Daniel Sanchez; 4. 89-Keith Shockency; 5. 27-Frank Paladino; 6. 1-Chad Coleman; 7. 1W-Mark Wooten; 8. 7B-Shawn Valenti

Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 8 Transfer)
1. 22T-Tony Anderson; 2. 7C-Jordan Conover; 3. 57-Jeffery Jessup; 4. 23-Casey Barr; 5. 7W-Dan Wooten; 6. J2-Rob Trent; 7. 87-Andy Welch

Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 8 Transfer)
1. 82-Chris Douglas; 2. 2-Cody Anderson; 3. 26-Justin Long; 4. 17H-Devon Helmig; 5. O1-Bryce Nichols; 6. 88-Tod Sturgeon; 7. 77-Corey Wooten

A-Main – (15 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 7C-Jordan Conover[5]; 2. 82-Chris Douglas[2]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson[3]; 4. 463-Daniel Sanchez[7]; 5. OO-Brandon Pralley[1]; 6. 57-Jeffery Jessup[8]; 7. J1-Jeff Matheny[4]; 8. 26-Justin Long[9]; 9. 89-Keith Shockency[10]; 10. 1W-Mark Wooten[19]; 11. 23-Casey Barr[11]; 12. O1-Bryce Nichols[15]; 13. 2-Cody Anderson[6]; 14. 27-Frank Paladino[13]; 15. 77-Corey Wooten[21]; 16. 17H-Devon Helmig[12]; 17. 7W-Dan Wooten[14]; 18. 1-Chad Coleman[16]; 19. 87-Andy Welch[20]; 20. J2-Rob Trent[17]