Linder, Foos, Maffett, Ward Get Attica Wins; Reed, Brubaker,
Deisenroth, Ward Take Championships
By Brian Liskai
 (Attica,
OH) Mike Linder described his 2008 season as "miserable," but
the Fremont, Ohio driver can find two bright spots - 410 sprint feature
wins at Attica Raceway Park, including Saturday, Aug. 23, on Kistler
Race Engines Night.
While Linder won the battle, Byron Reed won the war, claiming his fourth
straight track championship with a second place run in the feature.
"I'm happy for my crew...they've had to work their tails off because of
all he crashes," said Linder beside his Linder's Speed Equipment, R&R
Used Auto Sales, State Street Consignment sponsored #312. "I'm happy to
win on Kistler night...Paul builds us one heck of an engine."
"You can't find any better racing than Attica and Fremont on a weekly
basis. My family loves coming here and that's special to me. It's hard
to believe we've won four championships in a row," said Byron Reed about
the fifth track title in the last six years at Ohio's Finest Racing
speedplant.
Rookie D.J. Foos is looking like a seasoned veteran as the 18-year-old
won his second 305 sprint feature of the season, battling hard
throughout the 25-lap affair with Benny Bowman and Duane Zablocki.
"I just can't believe we have won two of these. Coming into the season I
would have been happy just to make the feature," said Foos beside his
Burger King, Fremont Auto Parts, Linder's Speed Equipment backed #11F.
Stuart Brubaker came from the back of the pack to finish sixth and claim
his first track championship in the 305 sprints. The Helena, Ohio driver
won four features at Attica in 2008...the first of his career.
"I have to give credit to Joe Laugherty for all the hard work he has put
into this team. I can't believe the season we've had. To win four
features here against this competition is unbelievable. And to get a
track championship....wow! We'll be back next year to defend this title
and we're going to win more races," said Brubaker beside his Brubaker
Auction Services backed #35.
 Mansfield's
Wayne Maffett Jr. battled Ken Hahn and Curtis Deisenroth the last 12
laps of the Service Drive Solutions Attica Late Model feature before
edging out Hahn for his 32nd career Attica win and the third of the
season.
"This is the greatest track in Ohio...this is home to me," said Maffett
beside his Wright Choice Auto Sales, Lucas Day Racing, Fultz
Fabrications & Speedshop backed #40. "That was one heck of a race. That
was good clean, side-by-side racing with the right outcome."
Another driver that had a dream season is 22-year-old Curtis Deisenroth
of Oak Harbor with his third place finish in the feature, he wrapped up
the 2008 Attica track title in the late model division.
"We got our first two wins here and then to get the track championship
is a dream come true. I can't thank my sponsors B2B Racing Zeller
Towing, Z-Graphics, Riverside Machine and everyone who helps out," said
Deisenroth.
Sandusky's Cory Ward put all doubts about the Attica championship in the
dirt trucks to rest with his sixth feature win of the season.
"I know everyone else has said it has been a dream season, but it truly
is for me. I have to thank my dad, my grandpa and my uncle Jeff, my wife
and kids and all the sponsors," said Ward of his first track title
beside his T.J. Hosang Construction, Budweiser, Excuses Lounge backed
#18w.
 In
the 30-lap 410 sprint feature, Linder jumped out to a big lead from his
pole starting spot, setting a blistering pace that saw him hit lapped
traffic by the fifth circuit. The battle was for second between Mike
Dussel, Byron Reed and Troy Vaccaro. Linder's fast pace slowed
significantly due to heavy lapped traffic racing two and sometimes three
wide in front of him. He had to slice his way through carefully allowing
Reed and Dussel to close.
Once free of some of the traffic, Linder continued to hold about a
10-car length advantage of Reed who had pulled away from Dussel who had
to battle Vaccaro. As the laps ticked by, the car on the move was David
Harrison who climbed from his ninth starting spot to fourth at the half
way mark.
The only halt to the action came on lap 27 when Dussel and Harrison got
together on the front stretch while battling for third, sending Harrison
flipping (he was okay) and Dussel to the work area with suspension
damage.For the second straight week, the car on the move late in the
race was John Ivy who once again came from 18th to third with the
elimination of Dussel and Harrison.
Attica's rules put all lapped machines to the tail so fans can see a
shoot out among the top runners.However, Linder pulled away easily for
the win with Reed, Ivy, 12th starter Phil Gressman and Vaccaro rounding
out the top five.
"That lapped traffic was crazy...it seemed we ran the entire race in
traffic and it was a lot of work," said Linder of his 9th career Attica
win. "I'm not a big fan of sending the lapped cars to the tail...it
probably has cost us two or three features this season. But, I can see
how it creates excitement for the fans and they are spending their
hard-earned bucks to come here so I guess it's not all bad. But when
that red came out I knew that five car (Reed) had to be behind me. I saw
my brother (Steven) signal to keep digging so I just kept driving her as
hard as I could."
 The
start of the 25-lap 305 sprint feature saw three lead changes in the
first three laps between Benny Bowman an Matt Ferrell before Bowman
would take a slight lead. Fifth starter Foos would move into third on
the second lap and into the runner-up slot by lap five. He would race
side by side with Bowman the next five laps before pulling into the lead
running the very bottom of the track. Bowman would then have to battle
with a hard-charging Zablocki as they stayed within a bumper of Foos.
The first caution would fly on lap 20 with the running order Foos,
Zablocki, Bowman, Dustin Dinan and Coty Runion.They were able to get
another lap in before the final caution. On the restart Foos would stick
to the bottom with Zablocki blasting around the rim. Foos was able to
hold on for the win with Zablocki, Bowman, Dinan and Dustin Keegan
rounding out the top five.
"I knew I was getting close to those tractor tires in turns one and
two...I counted four close calls," said Foos of his low riding line.
At the drop of the green for the 20-lap late model feature, Deisenroth
jumped into the lead but defending track champion Ken Hahn served notice
he was going to be a force to reckon with, racing side by side for the
top spot. It was a four car battle up front throughout the first half of
the race with Ryan Missler and 7th-starter Maffett joining Deisenroth
and Hahn.
Hahn would drive under Deisenroth for the lead on lap 13, but Deisenroth
fought back to the outside with Maffett sticking his nose under Hahn.
Maffett would take second on lap 17 and would get a good bite exiting
turn two to take the lead on the next circuit. Maffett would hold off
Hahn's last lap charge for the win with Deisenroth, Jeff McCoy and
Missler rounding out the top five.
"We've won a lot of races at this place, but that was probably the
hardest I've had to work for it," said Maffett.
 In
the 15-lap dirt truck feature, Bob Dible grabbed the initial lead and
then raced side by side with Ward until driving off the top of the track
in turns three and four on lap six. Ward would take the top spot, but
wasn't able to shake 12th-starter Art Ball who raced him side by side
from lap eight until Ball spun on lap 11.
Ward could not pull away and took the checkered by less than a truck
length over Dave Brewer, Brian Arnold, Dan Hennig and Paul Dymond.
"More and more of these guys are stepping up their game. They are racing
me clean and hard," said Ward.
Attica Raceway Park wraps up the 2008 season on Saturday, Aug 30 as the
Baumann Auto Group, Aaron's Sales & Lease & Ohio CAT Presents the Attica
Ambush featuring the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions along with
the Attica Late Models and dirt trucks. Gates open at 4 p.m. with racing
underway at 7:30 p.m.
For more information log onto www.atticaracewaypark.com
Attica Raceway Park (8-23-08)
Kistler Engines Season Championship Night
410 Sprints
Heat 1 - All Pro Heads (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 2. 22-Cole Duncan; 3. 9X-Phil Gressman; 4. 16-Bryan
Sebetto; 5. 55-John Ivy; 6. 12-Caleb Griffith; 7. 4M-Jamie Miller; 8.
14-Willie Keegan
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 10-David Harrison; 2. 45-Brian Lay; 3. 75-Mike Hogan; 4. O2-Brian
Smith; 5. X-Mark Keegan; 6. 5T-Travis Philo; 7. 18-Josh Yenser; 8.
47-Caleb Helms
Heat 3 - Bell Racing (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 6-Mike Dussel (R); 2. 5R-Byron Reed; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews;
4. 3J-Kevin Lee; 5. O4-Cap Henry; 6.
8K-Scott Curren; 7. 61-Chad Gullett; 8. 91-Aaron Middaugh
Heat 4 - Friendship Food Stores (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 312-Mike Linder; 2. D7-Tony Beaber; 3. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 4. 1-Doug
Berryman; 5. 48S-Mke Burkin; 6. 27-Scott Euler; 7. 11-Josh Harrison; 8.
67-Chris Plascak
B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 55-John Ivy; 3. O4-Cap Henry; 4. 4M-Jamie Miller;
5. 5T-Travis Philo; 6. 48S-Mke Burkin; 7. 27-Scott Euler; 8. 8K-Scott
Curren; 9. 18-Josh Yenser; 10. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 11. 47-Caleb Helms;
12. 67-Chris Plascak; 13. 14-Willie Keegan; 14. 11-Josh Harrison; 15.
12-Caleb Griffith; 16. 61-Chad Gullett
A-Main Starting Position [#]
1. 312-Mike Linder[1]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[6]; 3. 55-John Ivy[18]; 4.
9X-Phil Gressman[12]; 5. 7T-Troy Vaccaro[2]; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews[10];
7. 75-Mike Hogan[5]; 8. 16-Bryan Sebetto[13]; 9. 6-Mike Dussel (R)[4];
10. O2-Brian Smith[14]; 11. O4-Cap Henry[19]; 12. 22-Cole Duncan[11];
13. 4M-Jamie Miller[20]; 14. X-Mark Keegan[17]; 15. 98-Bruce
Robenalt[7]; 16. 45-Brian Lay[8]; 17. 3J-Kevin
Lee[15]; 18. 10-David Harrison[9]; 19. D7-Tony Beaber[3]; 20.
1-Doug Berryman[16]
305 Sprints
Heat 1 - All Pro Heads (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 55-Benny Bowman; 2. 27-Paige Polyak; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 4.
22D-Dan Hammond; 5. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 6. 13-Larry Felver Jr.; 7.
80-Jake Trevino; 8. 71-Bill Kraylek; 9. X-Dustin Stroup (R); 10.
5D-Craig Kays
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 3. 66L-Brad Bowman; 4. 1-Nate
Dussel; 5. 8K-Zack Kramer (R); 6. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 7. 82-Travis Hoffbauer;
8. 596-Zack Ames (R); 9. 4T-Jim Taddeo; 10. 24X-Tom Nichols
Heat 3 - Bell Racing (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 11F-D.J. Foos (R); 2. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 3. 49-Coty Runion; 4. 3X-Brad
Keckler; 5. 28-Shaun Valenti (R); 6. 29-Chris Lang; 7. 65-Mark Lang; 8.
83X-Nate Reeser; 9. 33-Tim Kern; 10. 29D-Steve Daniels
Heat 4 - Friendship Food Stores (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 40-Bobby Clark; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 3. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 4.
19R-Steve Rando; 5. 18-Todd Heuerman; 6. 15H-Mitch Harble; 7. 23-Chaud
Laux; 8. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 9. 47-Josh Muntz
B-Main 1 - Computer Man Inc. (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 80-Jake Trevino; 2. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 3. 71-Bill Kraylek; 4. 13-Larry
Felver Jr.; 5. 8K-Zack Kramer (R); 6. X-Dustin Stroup (R); 7. 4T-Jim
Taddeo; 8. 24X-Tom Nichols; 9. 5D-Craig Kays; 10. 82-Travis Hoffbauer;
11. 596-Zack Ames (R)
B-Main 2 - Computer Man Inc. (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 15H-Mitch Harble; 3. 28-Shaun Valenti (R); 4.
47-Josh Muntz; 5. 23-Chaud Laux; 6. 65-Mark Lang; 7. 29-Chris Lang; 8.
83X-Nate Reeser; 9. 29D-Steve Daniels
A-Main Starting Position [#]
1. 11F-D.J. Foos (R)[5]; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[2]; 3. 55-Benny Bowman[1];
4. 5-Dustin Dinan[8]; 5. 36X-Dustin Keegan[10]; 6. 35-Stuart
Brubaker[19]; 7. 40-Bobby Clark[12]; 8. 49-Coty Runion[7]; 9. 80-Jake
Trevino[15]; 10. 67M-Matt Ferrell[3]; 11. 18-Todd Heuerman[18]; 12.
3X-Brad Keckler[13]; 13. 22D-Dan Hammond[11]; 14. 27-Paige Polyak[6];
15. 15H-Mitch Harble[20]; 16. 1-Nate Dussel[14]; 17. 66L-Brad Bowman[9];
18. 25P-Mark Pridemore[4]; 19. 9-Jimmy Colvin[17]; 20. 19R-Steve
Rando[16]
Service Drive Solutions UMP Attica Late Models
Heat 1 - Tin Lizzy Collision (8 laps)
1. 50-Ryan Missler; 2. 15B-Mike Bores; 3. 1-Jim Fleming; 4. 12-Michael
Stiltner; 5. 27-Ken Hahn; 6. 99-Steve Sabo; 7. 83-Noah Wagner (R); 8.
3R-Chuck Rolle (R); 9. 18-Jamie Reed; 10. 30-Nate Potts
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps)
1. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr.; 2. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 3. 45-Mike Marteney;
4. 12H-Jeff Mccoy; 5. 48-John Bores; 6. 77C-Craig Corfman; 7. 41-Randy
Pollock; 8. 25-Ryan Eddleblute; 9. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 10. 12C-Steve
Endicott
A-Main Starting Position [#]
1. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr.[7]; 2. 27-Ken Hahn[3]; 3. 2D-Curtis
Deisenroth[1]; 4. 12H-Jeff Mccoy[10]; 5. 50-Ryan Missler[5]; 6. 99-Steve
Sabo[6]; 7. 15B-Mike Bores[8]; 8. 5H-Ernie Haynes[18]; 9. 83-Noah Wagner
(R)[13]; 10. 12-Michael Stiltner[11]; 11. 45-Mike Marteney[2]; 12.
3R-Chuck Rolle (R)[15]; 13. 18-Jamie Reed[17]; 14. 48-John Bores[4]; 15.
77C-Craig Corfman[9]; 16. 12C-Steve Endicott[20]; 17. 1-Jim Fleming[12];
18. 41-Randy Pollock[14]; 19. 30-Nate Potts[19]; 20. 25-Ryan
Eddleblute[16]
Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - Tin Lizzy Collision (8 laps)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 18W-Cory Ward; 3. 33-Brian Arnold; 4. 32H-Dan Hennig;
5. 92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs; 7. 71-Craig Holland
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 laps)
1. 88-Dave Brewer; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. 84-Steve Endicott; 4. 8K-Rob
Kramer; 5. 91-Roger Inks; 6. 4X-Brian Sorg
Heat 3 - Bell Racing (8 laps)
1. 56-Alex Wiechman; 2. 62-Dave Severs; 3. 1-Paul Dymond; 4. 101-Chester
Fitch; 5. 4D-Donald Fitch; 6. O7-John Harmon; 7. P51-Paul Brown Jr.
A-Main Starting Position [#]
1. 18W-Cory Ward[4]; 2. 88-Dave Brewer[5]; 3. 33-Brian Arnold[9]; 4.
32H-Dan Hennig[8]; 5. 1-Paul Dymond[11]; 6. O1-Art Ball[12]; 7. 56-Alex
Wiechman[3]; 8. 4X-Brian Sorg[17]; 9. 84-Steve Endicott[7]; 10. 91-Roger
Inks[14]; 11. 101-Chester Fitch[10]; 12. 62-Dave Severs[2]; 13. O7-John
Harmon[18]; 14. 17-Bob Dible[1]; 15. 92-Loren Schwochow[13]; 16.
4D-Donald Fitch[15]; 17. P51-Paul Brown Jr.[20]; 18. 71-Craig
Holland[19]; 19. 30-Dave Gibbs[16]; 20. 8K-Rob Kramer[6] |
