Kraylek takes 305 loot; Kingseed doubles up in lates; Ward wins first in trucks

by Brian Liskai 

Attica, Ohio (Friday, Aug. 4, 2006) - Kelly Kinser made the right adjustments to his sprint car as he dominated the 410 feature at Attica Raceway Park on Burns Electric Night Presents Family Fun Night.

Scott Kraylek waited to show his hand until the last lap as he took the lead from Kevin Lee and went on to take the big payout in the 305 sprints,claiming the $1,500 top prize in the 305 Engine Builders Challenge. It was Kraylek's second win in as many weeks at "Ohio's Finest Racing" venue.

Defending and four-time Attica track champion Larry Kingseed doubled up in the limited late models, winning the make-up feature from July 21 and then the regular night's feature event. It marked Kingseed's fourth and fifth feature wins of the season at ARP.

Bellevue's Cory Ward led all 15 laps of the dirt truck main to claim his first career feature win.

"I had forgotten they run a Goodyear spec tire here on their weekly shows...I thought I might be in trouble," said Kinser beside his Crone Lumber/Kinser Timber sponsored #4k. "We just keep adjusting on her all night and she responded."

"I cried and cried to my engine builder (O'Flaherty Engines) this past week. We just didn't have the horsepower some of these other guys had...my engine was tired. He freshened it up for me this week and it made a world of difference," said Kraylek beside his Lincoln Mortgage Beckensun Trucking sponsored #21. "I made up my mind on that last restart I was going up top, but I didn't want to show my hand too soon...but when I saw the white I knew I had to get up there and run'er wide open."

"We put a freshened this old cast-ironed Smith Automotive engine last night and it paid off," said Kingseed beside his Strawberry Hill/John M. Allen Company sponsored #21. "I have to thank my wife and kids for all they sacrifice so I can do this and my crew for working so hard."

"This is awesome...to finally get a win in this tough division. I have to thank my dad (Jim)....he started racing this truck while I was in the other one and when I had trouble, he stepped out and let me in his truck and here we are," said Ward on his first career victory beside his Budweiser/Excuses Lounge sponsored #18w.

In the 410 sprint 30-lap main, it was pole-sitter Craig Mintz who jumped into the lead, with outside front row starter Kinser tucking right in on his bumper. Kinser would utilize his familiar bottom groove to drive under Mintz and into the lead a circuit later, with Todd Kane and Mike Linder in tow. Kane would move around Mintz into the runner-up slot on lap five, but Mintz would return the favor five laps later.

At the halfway mark, Bloomington, Indiana's Kinser had checked out, but the action for second through sixth was exciting, as Mintz, Linder, Kane, Bryan Scott, Phil Gressman and Lee Jacobs swapping those positions at nearly every lap.

Kinser would score his fifth career ARP victory in the non-stop event, with Mintz settling for second, Linder third, and Scott and Jacobs rounding out the top five.

In the 305 Engine Builders' Challenge (O'Flaherty Engines, Hampshire Engines, Gressman Powersports, Griff's Engines and Levell Performance), Tiffin's Coty Runion jumped into the early lead and looked strong through the early going, with Mark Whaley, Mark Pridemore and Kevin Lee in tow. The first caution would fly on lap 12 with the running order Runion, Lee, Kraylek (up from sixth starting spot), Whaley, Brad Bowman, Dustin Keegan, Andy Shammo and Paul Weaver. On the restart, Runion could not shake Lee, who executed the perfect slide job in turn four to take the top spot on lap 15.

The caution would fly again on lap 16 with the running order Lee, Runion, Kraylek, Shammo and Weaver. When the green flew again, Weaver went to the high side to move into fourth and was challenging for third when he spun in turn four on lap 18. Lee would continue to lead, with Kraylek moving into second, followed by Runion, Shammo and Bryan Sebetto.

The running order would remain that way until the white flag flew. Kraylek would move to the rim of the track and drive around Lee to take the lead and the win, the 9th of his career at ARP, moving him into a tie for ninth on the 305 all-time win list. Behind Kraylek would be Lee, Shammo, Runion and Sebetto.

In the make-up limited late model feature, it became a survival of the fittest, as only 9 of the starting 20 finished the 20 laps which took 50 minutes to get in due to several crashes.

Bellevue's Ryan Missler would jump into the early lead as Bill Hahn and Kingseed battled for second. Kingseed would dispose of Hahn by lap 7 and drive under Missler on lap 9 for the lead.

Kingseed would survive a couple of yellows and two reds to pick up the win, with Mike Bores, Missler, Jeff McCoy (up from 19th in Mike Marteneny's #45) and Hahn rounding out the top five.

In the regular portion of the program, Bores would lead the first lap with Hahn, Kingseed and Tim Sabo battling behind his rear bumper. Kingseed would move around Hahn on the second lap and drive under Bores for the lead on lap three. He would survive two yellows to claim the win, his 21st career victory at ARP.

Behind Kingseed at the checkered were John Mayes Sr., Missler, Hahn and Sabo.

Pole-sitter Ward would jump into the lead of the dirt truck 15-lap feature, but he couldn't shake Paul Dymond or last week's winner Art Ball who hounded him until lap 12 when Dymond would spin. Ward would hold off several challenges from Ball over the last three laps for the win. Brian Arnold, Bob Dible and Ron Kepling would round out the top five.

Attica Raceway Park will be off Aug. 11 for the Attica Independent Fair. Racing will resume with the Second Annual Attica Summer Nationals on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 18 and 19. Friday's show will feature the 410 winged sprints, 305 sprints and American Late Model Series. Saturday will be an all open-wheel affair as Kear's Speedshop Presents the Open-Wheel Onslaught featuring the 410 sprints, NRA 360 sprints and 305 sprints.

Long onto www.atticaracewaypark.com or call 419-426-8911 for more information.

Attica Raceway Park (8-4-06)

410 Super Sprints
Heat 1 - Budweiser (top 5 to A)
1. 8S-Craig Mintz; 2. 5R-Bryon Reed; 3. 15M-Jamie Martin; 4. 14H-Todd Heller; 5. 10S-Roger Shammo; 6. 83-Bobby Clark; 7. X-Mark Keegan; 8. 67-Chad Levingston

Heat 2 - Ramsey Trucking (top 5 to A)
1. 2H-Tim Hunter; 2. 37Z-Bryan Scott; 3. 1R-Phil Gressman; 4. 10-David Harrison; 5. 12-Caleb Griffith; 6. 7B-Jamie Miller; 7. 60-Jody Keegan

Heat 3 - Bell Helmets  (top 5 to A)
1. 4K-Kelly Kinser; 2. 78-Todd Kane; 3. 16-Lee Jacobs; 4. 3L-Mike Linder; 5. 75-Mike Hogan; 6. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 7. 91-Aaron Middaugh

B-main - Computer Man Inc.(top 5 to A)
1. 7B-Jamie Miller; 2. 83-Bobby Clark; 3. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 4. 60-Jody Keegan; 5. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 6. 67-Chad Levingston; 7. 3B-Tim Bottles

A-main-30laps Starting Position []
1. 4K-Kelly Kinser[2]; 2. 8S-Craig Mintz[1]; 3. 3L-Mike Linder[5]; 4. 37Z-Bryan Scott[11]; 5. 16-Lee Jacobs[9]; 6. 1R-Phil Gressman[12]; 7. 78-Todd Kane[4]; 8. 5R-Bryon Reed[8]; 9.14H-Todd Heller[3]; 10. 15M-Jamie Martin[10]; 11. 10-David Harrison[7]; 12. 10S-Roger Shammo[13]; 13. 2H-Tim Hunter[6]; 14. 12-Caleb Griffith[14]; 15. 98-Bruce Robenalt[18]; 16. 83-Bobby Clark[17]; 17. 7B-Jamie Miller[16]; 18. 60-Jody Keegan[19]; 19. 75-Mike Hogan[15]; 20. 91-Aaron Middaugh[20]

305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Budweiser (top 4 to A)
1. 34-Mark Whaley; 2. 27-Stuart Brubaker; 3. 55-Brad Bowman; 4. 48S-Andy Shammo; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 3J-Bobby Foster; 7. 70-Chad Laux; 8. 4T-Jim Taddeo

Heat 2 -  Advanced Limo (tp 4 to A)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews; 3. O2-Kevin Lee; 4. 31-Chad Gullett; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond; 7. 29-Chris Lang; 8. 11-Shawn Colvin

Heat 3 -  Bell Helmets (top 4 to A)
1. 49-Coty Runion; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 4. 65-Mark Lang; 5. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 6. 7M-Evan Myers; 7. 55S-Benny Bowman; 8. 39-Matt Merrill

Heat 4 -  Griffs Engines (top 4 to A)
1. 21-Scott Kraylek; 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 3. 17X-Dustin Keegan; 4. 18-Jim Dunhum; 5. 14-Chad Wilson; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 7. 15H-Mitchell Harble

B-Main (top 4 to A)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 3J-Bobby Foster; 3. 71-Bill Kraylek; 4. 14-Chad Wilson; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond; 7. 70-Chad Laux; 8. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 9. 39-Matt Merrill; 10. 29-Chris Lang; 11. 7M-Evan Myers; 12. 55S-Benny Bowman; 13. 4T-Jim Taddeo; 14. 11-Shawn Colvin; 15. 15H-Mitchell Harble

A-main  (25 laps) Starting Position []
1. 21-Scott Kraylek[6]; 2. O2-Kevin Lee[5]; 3. 48S-Andy Shammo[13]; 4. 49-Coty Runion[1]; 5. O1-Bryan Sebetto[10]; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews[12]; 7. 5-Dustin Dinan[17]; 8. 55-Brad Bowman[3]; 9. 3J-Bobby Foster[18]; 10. 14-Chad Wilson[20]; 11. 34-Mark Whaley[4]; 12. 25P-Mark Pridemore[2]; 13. 27-Stuart Brubaker[8]; 14. O4-Cap Henry[7]; 15. 1W-Paul Weaver[11]; 16. 17X-Dustin Keegan[9]; 17. 18-Jim Dunhum[16]; 18. 31-Chad Gullett[14]; 19. 71-Bill Kraylek[19]; 20. 65-Mark Lang[15]
 
 

Limited Late Models (Make-up from 7-21-06)
A-main  (20 laps) Starting Position []
1. 21-Larry Kingseed[3]; 2. 15B-Mike Bores[5]; 3. 50-Ryan Missler[1]; 4. 45-Jeff McCoy[19]; 5. 27-Bill Hahn[2]; 6. 69-John Mayes Jr.[7]; 7. 48-John Bores[11]; 8. 92-Brandon Perkins[6]; 9. 77C-Craig Corfman[18]; 10. 20-Troy Hahn[12]; 11. 12M-Mike Marteney[20]; 12. 99S-Steve Sabo[16]; 13. O1-Art Ball[4]; 14. 7-Michael Winters[9]; 15. 8K-Kevin Koerper[13]; 16. 99M-John Mayes[8]; 17. 5H-Ernie Haynes[10]; 18. 18-Jamie Reed[15]; 19. O3-Jim Gingery[14]; 20. 23-Ben Elliott[17]

Late Models
Heat 1 - Budweiser & Griff's Engines (top 4 to A)
1. 27-Bill Hahn; 2. 92-Brandon Perkins; 3. 15B-Mike Bores; 4. 30-Nate Potts; 5. 7A-Scott Gonion; 6. O3J-Clint Jamison; 7. 29-Matt Potts; 8. 99S-Steve Sabo

Heat 2 - Tin Lizzy Collision of Tiffin (top 4 to A)
1. 21-Larry Kingseed; 2. 45-Mike Marteney; 3. 99M-John Mayes Sr.; 4. 20-Troy Hahn; 5. 55-J.C. Harder

Heat 3 - Bell Helmets (top 4 to A)
1. 98-Tim Sabo; 2. 48-John Bores; 3. 69-John Mayes Jr.; 4. 25-Chuck Hummer; 5. 9-Roger Inks; 6. 23-Ben Elliott; 7. 76-Skip Mckinney

Heat 4 -  Computer Man Inc (top 4 to A)
1. 50-Ryan Missler; 2. 101-Chester Fitch; 3. 47-Jeremy Grover; 4. C4-Bill Clapp Jr.; 5. 77C-Craig Corfman

B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (top 4 to A)
1. O2-Jeff Mccoy; 2. 76-Skip Mckinney; 3. 23-Ben Elliott; 4. 55-J.C. Harder; 5. 77C-Craig Corfman; 6. 29-Matt Potts; 7. 9-Roger Inks; 8. 7A-Scott Gonion

A-main  (20 laps) Starting Position []
1. 21-Larry Kingseed[3]; 2. 99M-John Mayes Sr.[7]; 3. 50-Ryan Missler[6]; 4. 27-Bill Hahn[2]; 5. 98-Tim Sabo[5]; 6. 15B-Mike Bores[1]; 7. 101-Chester Fitch[8]; 8. 69-John Mayes Jr.[9]; 9. 92-Brandon Perkins[4]; 10. C4-Bill Clapp Jr.[16]; 11. 47-Jeremy Grover[11]; 12. 25-Chuck Hummer[15]; 13. 76-Skip Mckinney[18]; 14. 45-Mike Marteney[12]; 15. 30-Nate Potts[13]; 16. 77C-Craig Corfman[20]; 17. O2-Jeff Mccoy[17]; 18. 20-Troy Hahn[14]; 19. 48-John Bores[10]; 20. 55-J.C. Harder[19]
 

Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - Davis Brothers Carpeting
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 18W-Cory Ward; 3. 52-Aaron Schatzinger; 4. 37-Eric Devanna; 5. 55B-Bill Bruen; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs; 7. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 8. 62-Dave Severs

Heat 2 - Pepsi
1. O1-Art Ball; 2. 38-Paul Dymond; 3. 2R-Ron Kepling; 4. 28-Shawn Valenti; 5. 4X-Brian Sorg; 6. 8-Steve Endicott; 7. 92-Loren Schwochow

Heat 3 - Bell Helmets
1. 33-Brian Arnold; 2. 69-Mark Warnick; 3. 78-Dave Brewer; 4. 96-Alex Wiechman; 5. O7-Greg Harmon; 6. 7C-Codey Renfro; 7. 22-Todd Keegan