Mark Keegan Finds Attica Victory Lane
For 56th Time; D.J. Foos Claims 3rd 305 Win; Arnold Takes Trucks
 By
Brian Liskai
(Attica, OH) Mark Keegan is
having a pretty darn good week. Last Saturday he was inducted into the
Fremont Speedway Hall of Fame. Then on June 7, he celebrated his 52nd
birthday. It’s also the 15th anniversary of his biggest win, when he
passed Steve Kinser and took the Ohio Sprint Speedweek win at Attica in
1995. To cap off the week, he scored his 56th career feature win in a
410 sprint at Attica Raceway Park Friday on American Power Sports of
Findlay Night.
Keegan, who has more feature wins at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speed plant
than any other driver – Byron Reed is second with 24 victories – showed
his experience on the one-third mile oval, setting up Chris Andrews for
the winning pass on lap 22. Keegan had hounded Andrews, the defending
Attica track champion, from lap 8 on, racing right on his rear bumper.
Then Keegan shot off the top of turn 2 on lap 22 and dove under Andrews
in turn three for the lead.
Mark Keegan - FAST 410 Sprints
“I kind of forgot how to get up here…but it doesn’t
take long to remember,” joked Keegan in victory lane beside his Midwest
Transportation backed #X. “It’s been awhile since I’ve been here. The
trouble is there’s all these young kids that just mash on the gas and
they’re fast. Tonight we had a little bit of luck. We didn’t have to
start in the back of the heat and we didn’t have to run the B and we
didn’t have to start in the back of the feature. This is a brand new JEI
car and boy it’s pretty nice.”
“Dale (Blaney) was putting some pressure on me for second. Thank God for
the caution. I was able to roll the wing back a little and it made the
car better. I knew that I had to get past Chris (Andrews) because Dale
was there. When the caution came out I saw Dale in the infield and I
thought ‘boy this could be my night,’” added Keegan, who is from
Fremont, Ohio.
In the Fremont Fence 305 Sprints, Fremont’s D.J. Foos passed Paige
Polyak on lap 10 and cruised to his third Attica win of 2010.
“This is amazing…I don’t think I could have ever dreamed of this,” said
Foos beside his Burger King, Level Performance, Buckshot Farms backed
#11F. “Dad gives me a good race car every time and I just drive the
wheels off the thing.
Brian Arnold - Dirt Trucks
Tiffin’s Brian Arnold, fresh off his second place run
last week in the Computer Man Dirt Trucks, battled with Alex Weichman
door to door for two laps before getting under him for the lead on lap
5. The pair continued to battle side by side until Weichman spun on lap
11. Arnold then pulled away the remaining four laps for his first win of
the season and eighth of his career.
“We’ve had a long dry spell, but it’s still fun. Last week we finally
got some tires on her and its been good since,” said Arnold beside his
Make-A-Wish Foundation, Air Cooled Engines, Burns Electric, Gingrich
Automotive backed #33 truck.At the drop of
the green for the 30-lap 410 sprint feature, Scott Euler rocketed into
the lead from his outside front row starting spot with Andrews, Jamie
Miller and Keegan in tow. Miller would drive under both Andrews and
Euler to grab the lead on lap three, with Andrews, Keegan, Dale Blaney
challenging. Andrews would execute a slide job exiting turn four to take
the lead on lap 7, with the caution then flying for David Harrison’s
stalled car. On the restart Andrews could not shake Keegan as Miller and
Blaney raced side by side for third. Phil Gressman would drive past
Blaney into fourth on lap 9 while Keegan continued to race right on
Andrews’ rear bumper for the lead.
Following a lap 10 caution for Todd Heller, Keegan
resumed his pressure on Andrews with Blaney making it a three-car battle
for the lead. Behind them Miller, Lee Jacobs, Gressman and Brock Mayes
waged a tremendous war for fourth. Something went amiss on Blaney’s
mount on lap 16 as he coasted to a rest, bringing out the caution. The
running order was now Andrews, Keegan, Gressman, Jacobs, Miller, Byron
Reed and Mayes. All eyes were glued on Bryan Sebetto, who jumped in the
Robenalt #98 after the engine let go in his normal #16 ride in his heat,
came from the tail of the B-main to finish third and had climbed from
19th starting spot in the A to 9th by lap 17.
On the ensuing restart, Andrews continued to race the bottom to middle
of the track while Keegan remained tied to his rear bumper. Keegan was
better on the top side of turns one and two used that to his advantage
to set up the winning pass on lap 22 as the lead pack raced into lapped
traffic. Andrews tried to recover in turns three and four, but spun
while trying to pass a lapped machine and regain the lead. On the
restart, it was all Keegan, as Gressman ran comfortably in second with
Jacobs, Mayes and Reed battling for third. Behind that trio,
Kevin Lee, Dean Jacobs and Sebetto
would race hard, trading position nearly every lap.
When the checkered flew, Keegan had a five-car-length advantage over
Gressman as Lee Jacobs, Reed and Mayes would round out the top five.
Sebetto’s unbelievable run would net him a 7th place finish behind
Kevin Lee.
It was another Kistler Racing Products Fremont Attica Sprint Title
Championship race, which means Keegan and Gressman inched closer to
point leader Reed.
D.J. Foos - 305 Sprints
Paige Polyak drove into the lead of the 25-lap 305
sprint feature with Foos blasting from his fifth place starting spot
into second by lap 2. Polyak and Foos would race side by side over the
next eight laps before Foos would drive under her for the lead exiting
turn four on lap 10. Foos would pull away as Polyak and Brad Bowman
battled for second while behind that duo Matt Merrill, Nate Dussel and
Stuart Brubaker traded the fourth spot back and forth.
Foos caught the back of the field on lap 12, but they were racing three
wide. The young driver used patience and followed them, allowing Polyak
and Bowman to close. Once the traffic spread out, Foos began picking his
way through and again built a sizeable lead while Polyak and Bowman
continued to race side by side for second with Dussel closing in to make
it a three-car battle.
The only caution would fly on lap 22 when Bowman, while battling for
second, made contact with the front stretch wall, ending his night. On
the restart and a clear track ahead, Foos pulled away for the win with
Polyak, Dussel, Brubaker and 16th starter Zack Kramer rounding out the
top five.
Brian Sorg would lead the first lap of the dirt truck feature with Alex
Weichman, Arnold, Cory Ward and Dan Hennig in tow. Weichman would drive
under Sorg for the lead a lap later, with Arnold grabbing second on lap
three. Arnold would race side by side with Weichman over the next nine
laps until Weichman stop on lap 11. With four laps remaining, the
running order was Arnold, Ward, Hennig, Kent Brewer and Bob Dible.
Arnold was able to pull away for the win with Ward, Hennig, Brewer and
Dible rounding out the top five.
Attica Raceway Park will kick off the 27th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek
on Friday, June 18th featuring the O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit
of Champion Sprints. Gates will open at 4 p.m. with racing underway at
7:45 p.m.
For more information log onto http://www.atticaracewaypark.com
Attica Raceway Park - 6/11/2010
American Power Sports of Findlay Night
410 Sprints (33 Cars)
Heat 1 - Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 3J-Kevin Lee[1]; 2. 53-Phil
Gressman; 3. 28-Shawn Valenti; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 5. 47-Caleb
Helms; 6. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 7. 26-Cody White; 8. 60-Jody Keegan; 9.
98-Bryan Sebetto
Heat 2 - Bell Racing (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes; 4. 14H-Todd
Heller; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 6. 45-Brian Lay; 7. 11D-Bryce Dickson; 8.
312-Mike Linder
Heat 3 - Friendship Food Stores (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 24H-Lee Jacobs; 2. 5R-Byron Reed; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs; 4. 9X-Rob
Chaney; 5. 10-David Harrison; 6. 28K-Todd Kane; 7. 2+-Brian Smith; 8.
5T-Travis Philo
Heat 4 - Tin Lizzy Collision (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 5M-Jamie Miller; 3. 27-Scott Euler; 4. OM-Bill
Morrison; 5. O-Brandon Wimmer; 6. 11M-Brandon Martin; 7. 20X-Craig
Mintz; 8. 16-Bryan Sebetto
B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 2. 10-David Harrison; 3. 98-Bryan Sebetto; 4.
45-Brian Lay; 5. 28K-Todd Kane; 6. 2+-Brian Smith; 7. 47-Caleb Helms; 8.
312-Mike Linder; 9. 60-Jody Keegan; 10. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 11. 26-Cody
White; 12. 11D-Bryce Dickson
A-Main - (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. X-Mark Keegan[6]; 2. 53-Phil Gressman[8]; 3. 24H-Lee Jacobs[5]; 4.
5R-Byron Reed[9]; 5. 11B-Brock Mayes[11]; 6.
3J-Kevin Lee[3]; 7. 98-Bryan Sebetto[19]; 8. 97-Dean
Jacobs[12]; 9. 9X-Rob Chaney[15]; 10. 15C-Chris Andrews[1]; 11. 45-Brian
Lay[20]; 12. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[17]; 13. 5M-Jamie Miller[4]; 14. 28-Shawn
Valenti[10]; 15. OM-Bill Morrison[16]; 16. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[13];
17. 2-Dale Blaney[7]; 18. 14H-Todd Heller[14]; 19. 27-Scott Euler[2];
20. 10-David Harrison[18]
Hard Charger: 98-Bryan Sebetto[+12]
Fremont
Fence 305 Sprints (27 Cars)
Heat 1 - Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps
- Top 5 Transfer)
1. 1-Nate Dussel; 2. 10S-Roger Shammo; 3. 27-Paige Polyak; 4. 10X-Dustin
Stroup; 5. 14-Chad Wilson; 6. 8K-Zack Kramer; 7. 1W-Paul Weaver; 8.
72C-John Bartlome; 9. 83X-Nate Reeser
Heat 2 - Bell Racing (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 11F-D.J. Foos; 2. 39M-Matt Merrill; 3. 25-Jason Keckler; 4. 55-Benny
Bowman; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond; 6. 5-Dustin Dinan; 7. 23-James Page; 8.
8J-Jess Stiger; 9. 77J-Jim Sipe
Heat 3 - Friendship Food Stores (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 51-Brad Bowman; 3. 40-Bobby Clark; 4. 94-John
Ivy; 5. M28-Josh Muntz; 6. 19R-Steve Rando; 7. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 8.
71-Bill Kraylek; 9. 87-Ryan Hetrick
B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 8K-Zack Kramer; 2. 5-Dustin Dinan; 3. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 4. 1W-Paul
Weaver; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 23-James Page; 7. 83X-Nate Reeser; 8.
8J-Jess Stiger; 9. 87-Ryan Hetrick; 10. 72C-John Bartlome; 11. 77J-Jim
Sipe; 12. 19R-Steve Rando
A-Main - (25 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 11F-D.J. Foos[5]; 2. 27-Paige Polyak[1]; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[8]; 4.
35-Stuart Brubaker[11]; 5. 8K-Zack Kramer[16]; 6. 94-John Ivy[12]; 7.
39M-Matt Merrill[2]; 8. 5-Dustin Dinan[17]; 9. M28-Josh Muntz[15]; 10.
40-Bobby Clark[10]; 11. 25-Jason Keckler[7]; 12. 10X-Dustin Stroup[6];
13. 1W-Paul Weaver[19]; 14. 22D-Dan Hammond[14]; 15. 10S-Roger
Shammo[4]; 16. 71-Bill Kraylek[20]; 17. 51-Brad Bowman[3]; 18. 67M-Matt
Ferrell[18]; 19. 14-Chad Wilson[13]; 20. 55-Benny Bowman[9]
Hard Charger: 8K-Zack Kramer[+11]
Computer Man Inc. Dirt Trucks (19 Trucks)
Heat 1 - Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps)
1. 33-Brian Arnold; 2. O-Andy Keegan; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig; 4. 8-Steve
Endicott; 5. 18W-Cory Ward; 6. P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 7. 36-Dana Fry; 8.
71-Craig Holland; 9. 9-Curt Inks; 10. 4S-Keith Sorg
Heat 2 - Bell Racing (8 Laps)
1. 8K-Kent Brewer; 2. 56-Alex Weichman; 3. 4X-Brian Sorg; 4. 13S-James
Saam; 5. 84-Ron Kepling; 6. 17-Bob Dible; 7. O1-Art Ball; 8. 39-Dwight
Waltermier; 9. O9-Jeff Wank
A-Main - (15 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 33-Brian Arnold[4]; 2. 18W-Cory Ward[5]; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig[8]; 4.
8K-Kent Brewer[6]; 5. 17-Bob Dible[9]; 6. 39-Dwight Waltermier[16]; 7.
84-Ron Kepling[1]; 8. 8-Steve Endicott[11]; 9. O-Andy Keegan[7]; 10.
36-Dana Fry[13]; 11. O9-Jeff Wank[18]; 12. 56-Alex Weichman[3]; 13.
4S-Keith Sorg[19]; 14. 4X-Brian Sorg[2]; 15. P51-Paul Brown Jr.[12]; 16.
13S-James Saam[10]; 17. 71-Craig Holland[15]
Hard Charger: 39-Dwight Waltermier[+10]
©2010 - Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH |
