Shaffer puts on dominating
performance at Millstream
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Contact: Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net
FINDLAY, Ohio - Tim Shaffer didn't exactly open up the 27th Annual Ohio
Sprint Speedweek the way he wanted to, but he got back on a roll on night #2
at Millstream Speedway Sunday. The Aliquippa, Pa. driver put on a dominating
performance in front of a huge crowd and a big field of 60 410 sprint cars
for his fourth O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions win of the season on
Kistler Racing Engines Night.
Shaffer drove around Rob Chaney on the fifth lap and then withstood several
cautions and a fuel stop to claim his seventh 410 sprint car win of 2009
aboard the Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook owned #83. The previous night at Eldora
Speedway, the Kistler Racing Engines, J&J Chassis, Hoosier Tires backed car
experienced some mechanical difficulties that the team worked hard to
overcome.
"Brian (Kemenah, crew chief) and guys gave me a great race car. Kistler,
J&J, VRP Shocks, Hoosier Tires...just everything fell into place tonight.
That was just a great car to drive," said Shaffer, the current O'Reilly All
Star Circuit of Champions point leader.
"Last night was just part of this game...one night you're down and the next
night you're on top. You just never know. I have great owners and great
people behind me in Aaron Call and Janet Holbrook...just the whole team has
been really awesome," added Shaffer, who at this time last year had just
lost his World of Outlaws ride and by the end of Speedweek became the driver
of the Call Motorsports car. "That's part of this game too...one night you
have a ride and the next you're looking. It just turned out the timing was
right and I hooked up with Brian and we clicked right off the bat and it
just keeps getting better and better.
The start of the 30-lap feature was an omen of bad things to come, as Daron
Clayton got upside down on the start. Once the green flew, fast qualifier
Rob Chaney bolted into the lead with third starting Shaffer sliding into
second while Brock Mayes, Brandon Wimmer, Randy Hannagan and Paul McMahan
staged a torrid battle for third. Shaffer would execute his winning move in
turns three and four coming down to complete the fifth circuit.
The first of several cautions would fly on lap six for Wimmer's stalled
machine. That was followed a lap later for a Dale Blaney, Danny Smith spin.
Once the green flew again, Shaffer pulled away while Chaney had his hands
full with Brock Mayes, Hannagan and a fast Greg Wilson. Another caution
would fly on lap 11 for a stalled Kenny Jacobs, followed by another yellow a
lap later for Cale Conley. Another lap and another caution as Terry McCarl
and Chad Kemenah stopped with flat left front tires.
On the lap 14 restart, Shaffer again pulled away while Chaney now had to
contend with Hannagan while Wilson moved into fourth. Another caution would
come out on lap 18 for a stalled Lee Jacobs. Several drivers were reporting
problems with their one-way radios and would not fall into line which
prompted a stoppage on lap 18 for fuel.
The race would then go the remaining 12 laps under green with Shaffer
setting a torrid pace. Meanwhile, the fans were treated to a great battle
for second as Chaney and Hannagan ran side-by-side for next eight laps
before Hannagan would take the runner-up spot on lap 28. At the checkered
Shaffer won by six car lengths over Hannagan, Chaney, Wilson and Stevie
Smith.
"We struggled early this year, but Dave (Jessup) and I are really beginning
to communicate and we're figuring this thing out and the results are
starting to show that," said Chaney of his third place run aboard the Triple
A Auto Club, Lonestar Pawn Shop backed #7K.
In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature, Todd Heuerman also put on a dominating
performance, leading all 25 laps for his second career Millstream victory.
However, Heuerman did have a very close call late in the race, as he brushed
the outside retaining wall with three laps remaining, but gathered it back
in to go on to the win.
"I don't know what it is...it seems we can come here and do about anything
and it works. That makes it easy," said Heuerman beside his P.W. Chamberlin
Trucking, Schroeder Plastering and Drywall, Sam Gerdeman Construction, Denny
Niese Transportation backed sprinter. "If I didn't hit it just right you
could drift up there pretty easy...I just stood on the gas and hoped if I
hit it I could just bounce off of it.
While Heuerman was on cruise control up front,
Kevin Lee, Paul Weaver and
Stuart Brubaker put on a terrific battle for second. At the checkered,
Weaver finished in the runner-up spot with Brubaker claiming third, 17th
starter Chad Wilson would ride home fourth and Lee
would round out the top
five.
Millstream Speedway - 6/21/2009
Kister Racing Engines Night
All Star Circuit of Champions
Qualifying -
1. 7K-Rob Chaney, 14.628; 2. 47-Caleb Helms, 14.692; 3. 1X-Randy Hannagan,
14.729; 4. 3C-Cale Conley, 14.742; 5. 83-Tim Shaffer, 14.784; 6. 45-Paul
McMahan, 14.828; 7. 5R-Byron Reed, 14.842; 8. 11B-Brock Mayes, 14.852; 9.
O-Brandon Wimmer, 14.863; 10. 59-Lee Jacobs, 14.884; 11. 23-Jack Sodeman
Jr., 14.900; 12. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.909; 13. 2H-Tim Hunter, 14.914; 14.
17-Daryn Pittman, 14.950; 15. 25-Kenny Jacobs, 14.968; 16. 60-Jody Keegan,
14.986; 17. 5T-Travis Philo, 15.029; 18. 41-Jason Johnson, 15.041; 19.
312-Mike Linder, 15.074; 20. 2-Dale Blaney, 15.091; 21. 24-Terry McCarl,
15.096; 22. 92-Daron Clayton, 15.099; 23. 63-Chad Kemenah, 15.102; 24.
16-Bryan Sebetto, 15.106; 25. 45AU-Steve Lines, 15.141; 26. 91E-Brad Sweet,
15.150; 27. 1-Stevie Smith, 15.154; 28. 4-Danny Smith, 15.186; 29. 78-Todd
Kane, 15.205; 30. 9X-Phil Gressman, 15.207; 31. OS-Glenn Styres, 15.214; 32.
7AU-Roddy Bellbowen, 15.231; 33. 20X-Craig Mintz, 15.292; 34. 24H-Chad
Blonde, 15.298; 35. 27-Scott Euler, 15.304; 36. 56R-Ryan Myers, 15.363; 37.
15C-Chris Andrews, 15.386; 38. 4K-Kody Kinser, 15.448; 39. 21AU-Brooke
Tatnell, 15.450; 40. 6R-Ryan Bunton, 15.467; 41. 1B-Keith Baxter, 15.488;
42. 97-Dean Jacobs, 15.495; 43. 22B-Ben Gregg, 15.511; 44. 10-David
Harrison, 15.515; 45. 3J-Kevin Lee[59],
15.561; 46. 53-John Ivy, 15.567; 47.
11M-Brandon Martin, 15.668; 48. 7C-Niel Sheppard, 15.750; 49. 60C-Kory
Crabtree, 15.888; 50. 89G-David Gravel, 15.939; 51. O4-Cap Henry, 15.985;
52. 81-Criaig Folmer, 16.097; 53. O4X-Brian Smith, 16.268; 54. 22K-Mikey
Kuemper, 16.407; 55. 91-Aaron Middaugh, 16.814; 56. 43G-Chad Greer, 17.399;
57. 51-Kaley Gharst, 98.000; 58. 22-Cole Duncan, 98.000; 59. 4M-Jamie
Miller, 99.000; 60. 69-Scott Curren, 99.100
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 24-Terry McCarl; 2. O-Brandon Wimmer; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer; 4. 7K-Rob
Chaney; 5. 78-Todd Kane; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews; 7. 45AU-Steve Lines; 8.
20X-Craig Mintz; 9. 53-John Ivy; 10. 1B-Keith Baxter; 11. 2H-Tim Hunter
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 92-Daron Clayton; 2. 41-Jason Johnson; 3. 17-Daryn Pittman; 4. 59-Lee
Jacobs; 5. 45-Paul McMahan; 6. 91E-Brad Sweet; 7. 24H-Chad Blonde; 8.
97-Dean Jacobs; 9. 9X-Phil Gressman; 10. 4K-Kody Kinser; 11. 60C-Kory
Crabtree; 12. 47-Caleb Helms
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 63-Chad Kemenah; 2. 25-Kenny Jacobs; 3. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 4. 23-Jack
Sodeman Jr.; 5. 1-Stevie Smith; 6. 5R-Byron Reed; 7. 21AU-Brooke Tatnell; 8.
312-Mike Linder; 9. 22B-Ben Gregg; 10. OS-Glenn Styres;
11. 3J-Kevin Lee[12];
12. 27-Scott Euler
Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 4-Danny Smith; 3. W20-Greg Wilson; 4. 11B-Brock Mayes;
5. 10-David Harrison; 6. 7AU-Roddy Bellbowen; 7. 6R-Ryan Bunton; 8. 56R-Ryan
Myers; 9. 7C-Niel Sheppard; 10. 60-Jody Keegan; 11. 3C-Cale Conley; 12.
16-Bryan Sebetto
Dash - (6 Laps - Top - Transfer)
1. 83-Tim Shaffer; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. 59-Lee Jacobs; 4. O-Brandon
Wimmer; 5. 1X-Randy Hannagan
Last Chance Race - (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 53-John Ivy; 2. 60C-Kory Crabtree; 3. 3J-Kevin
Lee[1]; 4. 7C-Niel Sheppard;
5. O4-Cap Henry; 6. 81-Criaig Folmer; 7. 22K-Mikey Kuemper; 8. 91-Aaron
Middaugh; 9. 43G-Chad Greer; 10. O4X-Brian Smith; 11. 89G-David Gravel; 12.
11M-Brandon Martin; 13. 51-Kaley Gharst
C-Main - (12 Laps - Top 2 Transfer)
1. 21AU-Brooke Tatnell; 2. 22B-Ben Gregg; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs; 4. 6R-Ryan
Bunton; 5. 1B-Keith Baxter; 6. O4-Cap Henry; 7. 3J-Kevin Lee; 8. 60C-Kory
Crabtree; 9. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 10. O4X-Brian Smith
B-Main - (15 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 3C-Cale Conley; 2. 5R-Byron Reed; 3. 60-Jody Keegan; 4. 21AU-Brooke
Tatnell; 5. 45AU-Steve Lines; 6. 24H-Chad Blonde; 7. 91E-Brad Sweet; 8.
9X-Phil Gressman; 9. 16-Bryan Sebetto; 10. 7AU-Roddy Bellbowen; 11. 27-Scott
Euler; 12. OS-Glenn Styres; 13. 2H-Tim Hunter; 14. 47-Caleb Helms; 15.
15C-Chris Andrews; 16. 22B-Ben Gregg
A-Main - (30 Laps)
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[3]; 2. 1X-Randy Hannagan[6]; 3.
7K-Rob Chaney[1]; 4.
W20-Greg Wilson[9]; 5. 1-Stevie Smith[20]; 6. 17-Daryn Pittman[10]; 7.
2-Dale Blaney[16]; 8. 45-Paul McMahan[5]; 9. 63-Chad Kemenah[19]; 10.
24-Terry McCarl[17]; 11. 5R-Byron Reed[12]; 12. 4-Danny Smith[21]; 13.
41-Jason Johnson[15]; 14. 78-Todd Kane[22]; 15. 11B-Brock Mayes[2]; 16.
3C-Cale Conley[11]; 17. 21AU-Brooke Tatnell[23]; 18. 10-David Harrison[24];
19. 59-Lee Jacobs[7]; 20. 25-Kenny Jacobs[13]; 21. O-Brandon Wimmer[4]; 22.
23-Jack Sodeman Jr.[8]; 23. 60-Jody Keegan[14]; 24. 92-Daron Clayton[18]
Fremont Federal Credit Union - 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 51-Brad Bowman; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver; 4. 28-Shawn
Valenti; 5. 49-Coty Runion; 6. 80-Jake Trevino; 7. 13-Junior Felver; 8.
41-Dustin Dinan
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 11F-D.J. Foos; 2. 40-Bobby Clark; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 4. 1-Nate
Dussel; 5. 3X-Josh Burdette; 6. 14-Chad Wilson; 7. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 8.
M28-Josh Muntz
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 8K-Zack Kramer; 2. 94-John Ivy; 3. 3J-Kevin
Lee[6]; 4. 2-Tim Kern; 5.
9-Jimmy Colvin; 6. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 7. 31-Chuck Wilson; 8. 7C-Jim
Peterman
A-Main - (25 Laps)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman[3]; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[6]; 3.
35-Stuart Brubaker[11]; 4.
14-Chad Wilson[17]; 5. 3J-Kevin Lee[2];
6. 11F-D.J. Foos[4]; 7. 8K-Zack
Kramer[8]; 8. 40-Bobby Clark[5]; 9. M28-Josh Muntz[22]; 10. 1-Nate
Dussel[10]; 11. 28-Shawn Valenti[1]; 12. 9-Jimmy Colvin[15]; 13. 49-Coty
Runion[13]; 14. 13-Junior Felver[19]; 15. 31-Chuck Wilson[21]; 16.
36X-Dustin Keegan[20]; 17. 3X-Josh Burdette[14]; 18. 2-Tim Kern[7]; 19.
82-Travis Hoffbauer[18]; 20. 80-Jake Trevino[16]; 21. 94-John Ivy[12]; 22.
51-Brad Bowman[9]