Gressman Wins Battle Of Slide Jobs To Take Attica
FAST 410 Sprint Win; Moore In Right Place To Grab Late Model Victory;
Clark Tames 305 Field
By Brian Liskai
 (Attica,
OH) Phil Gressman and Brock Mayes put on a slide-job clinic the
last eight laps of the 410 sprint feature at Attica Raceway Park Friday
night, trading the lead at every corner, drawing “oohs and aahs” from
the large crowd. Gressman would ultimately prevail for his fifth career
feature on Fisher Performance, Merrill Lynch Night.
Not to be outdone, the Fultz Fabrications and Speed Shop UMP Late Models
waged an exciting battle, with Dusty Moore inheriting the lead when on
lap 19 when Rusty Schlenk experienced mechanical woes, and then held off
a hard-charging Jon Henry for his first career super late model victory
at “Ohio’s Finest” speedplant.
Bobby Clark held off several restart challenges from Paul Weaver to earn
his second Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature victory of 2010.
“That’s what you people spend your hard-earned dollars to see…a race
like that,” said Gressman beside his Genzman Enterprises, Level
Performance backed #53. “I kept searching around for a place on the
track and every time I did someone was there to slide up in front of me.
That was as an exciting, fun race as I’ve battled in for a long time. I
have to thank Dee and Marilyn Genzman for everything they’ve done for me
and my crew, Bill and Jamie and my dad…they have worked their tails off.
I told them we have passed a lot of cars this year and if we ever get to
start up front we’ll have something for them.”
“We have dug ourselves a hole on this FAST (Kistler Racing Products
Fremont Attica Sprint Title) deal with some mechanical problems last
week. And I can tell you the rest of these guys won’t lie down… this is
some of the toughest competition you’ll find week in and week out. So
we’ll have to keep working hard if we’re going to challenge for that
championship,” added Gressman.
Phil Gressman - FAST 410 Sprints
Gressman would grab the early lead of the 30-lap 410
sprint feature from his outside front row starting spot. But on lap five
fifth starter Craig Mintz had moved into second and raced under Gressman
to challenge for the lead. Gressman and Mintz would exchange slide jobs
over the next six laps with Mintz gaining the upper hand with a move in
turns three and four on lap 11. Gressman would return the favor in turns
one and two and Mintz would follow suit in three and four over the next
couple of laps. Gressman would regain the lead with a slide job of his
own exiting turn four on lap 15, but Mintz wouldn’t give up and would
continuously drive under Gressman.
Disaster struck for Mintz coming down to complete lap 21 when he smacked
the outside concrete exiting turn four. He kept rolling, but Jody Keegan
went up against the wall to bring out the yellow. Mintz would retire to
the pits with a broken race car. On the restart, Brock Mayes, who had
been in a tremendous battle for third with 12th starter Dean Jacobs and
9th starter Byron Reed, would get his elbows up and execute the slide
job in turns one and two to take the top spot on lap 23. Gressman kept
his composure and returned the favor the next lap and the excitement was
boiling over in the stands. Mayes would again drive under and slide up
in front of Gressman to lead laps 26 and 27. With three laps to go, Reed
made it a three-car battle for the lead with the trio nearly hitting the
front stretch wall exiting turn four. Gressman would slide in front of
Mayes on lap 28 and would stay up top to take his fifth career victory
at ARP. Reed would get by Mayes on the last lap with Mark Keegan and
Bryan Sebetto rounding out the top five.
Dusty Moore - UMP Late Models
To start the 25-lap late model feature, first it was
Wayne Maffett Jr., Moore and Rusty Schlenk, who came into the night the
national UMP point leader, battling for the lead. Then it was Maffett
and Schlenk who raced side-by-side from laps 4 through eight as a
handful of cautions slowed the excitement. On a lap 9 restart Moore
would execute the slider to take the lead and began to pull away, while
Maffett, Moore, Henry, Rick DeLong, Ernie Hayes, Ryan Markham and Ryan
Missler waged a torrid battle behind. After a caution for Missler who
slid off the banking in turns 3 and 4 on lap 13. Maffett began to once
again pressure Schlenk for the lead. But, with 9 laps to go, Maffett
would pull into the infield with mechanical woes, moving Moore into
second and Henry up to third. Schlenk was then on cruise control, but he
too would slow with problems on lap 19, handing the lead to Moore.
Moore was not out of the woods yet, as Henry would drive to his inside
as the two raced side-by-side over the final five laps. As the pair
exited turn four for the checkers, Henry would drive off the bottom
right beside Moore . Moore would get the win by a nose over Henry with
DeLong, Ken Hahn and Haynes rounding out the top five.
“Don’t every let anyone tell you luck doesn’t mean anything. I mean I
was cruising there in third and was content to go home with that. Then
all of a sudden I’m getting covered with oil from Maffett and Schlenk.
Hey, you have to be there to take advantage of that. Then I saw Henry on
the bottom and I wasn’t going to let him get me,” said Moore beside his
WD 40, Markey Ambulance Rental, Dominator Race Products, Warpaint
Graphics backed #WD40.
Bobby Clark - 305 Sprints
Nate Dussel would grab the early lead in the 305
sprint main with Dustin Stroup, Clark and Weaver in tow. On lap two
Clark and Weaver would drive around Stroup, with D.J. Foos entering the
fray on lap three. Dussel and Clark would race side-by-side over the
next two laps with Clark executing the slide job for the lead exiting
turn 4 on lap 6. Weaver would do the same to take second a lap later,
bringing Foos up to third.
Following a couple of cautions, Weaver would attempt the slide job on
Clark on the restart, but Clark was too strong up top and continued to
lead. Just as the leaders were getting ready to hit heavy lapped traffic
on lap 14, the caution would fly. Clark would again hold of Weaver on
the restart with Foos having his hands full with Zack Kramer, Steve
Rando and 15th place starter Matt Merrill. With a clear track ahead,
Clark would drive away for his 13th career 305 sprint victory with
Weaver second, followed by Rando, Kramer and Foos.
“The car wasn’t as good as I like it here. The trick was to get to the
top and keep it there. I have to thank my owner Al Davis and all my
crew…they worked their tails off tonight to make the car better,” said
Clark beside his Fremont Fence, Crown Battery, Jenny’s Copper Penny,
Erlin Trader, B&L Plumbing backed #40.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, May 7 for the 305
Engine Builder’s Challenge on R&R Auto Wrecking Night. The UMP late
models and dirt trucks will be in action. For more information log onto
www.atticaracewaypark.com
Attica Raceway Park - 4/30/2010
Fisher Performance / Merrill Lynch Night
410 Sprints
Night #3: Kistler Racing Products F.A.S.T. Championship Series
Heat 1 - Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps - Top 5
Transfer)
1. 97-Dean Jacobs; 2. 27-Scott Euler; 3. 4K-Kody Kinser; 4. 11B-Brock
Mayes; 5. 28-Shawn Valenti; 6. 2+-Brian Smith; 7. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 8.
98-Bruce Robenalt; 9. 11N-Ed Neumeister
Heat 2 - Bell Racing (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 16-Bryan Sebetto; 3. 28K-Todd Kane; 4. 11M-Brandon
Martin; 5. 3J-Kevin Lee[3]; 6.
26-Cody White; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8. 47-Caleb Helms; 9. 5T-Travis
Philo; 10. 312-Mike Linder
Heat 3 - Friendship Food Stores (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 24H-Lee Jacobs; 2. 5R-Byron Reed; 3. 20X-Craig Mintz; 4. 53-Phil
Gressman; 5. 15C-Chris Andrews; 6. 60-Jody Keegan; 7. 10-David Harrison
; 8. 45-Rob Chaney; 9. O-Bill Morrison
B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 10-David Harrison ; 2. 14H-Todd Heller; 3. 60-Jody Keegan; 4. 45-Rob
Chaney; 5. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 6. 47-Caleb Helms; 7. 5T-Travis Philo; 8.
9Z-Duane Zablocki; 9. 26-Cody White; 10. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 11. 98-Bruce
Robenalt; 12. O-Bill Morrison; 13. 2+-Brian Smith
A-Main - (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 53-Phil Gressman[2]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[9]; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes[1]; 4.
X-Mark Keegan[10]; 5. 16-Bryan Sebetto[8]; 6. 11M-Brandon Martin[3]; 7.
10-David Harrison [16]; 8. 24H-Lee Jacobs[11]; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews[15];
10. 4K-Kody Kinser[7]; 11. 3J-Kevin Lee[14];
12. 14H-Todd Heller[17]; 13. 27-Scott Euler[4]; 14. 91-Aaron
Middaugh[20]; 15. 28-Shawn Valenti[13]; 16. 97-Dean Jacobs[12]; 17.
20X-Craig Mintz[5]; 18. 60-Jody Keegan[18]; 19. 45-Rob Chaney[19]; 20.
28K-Todd Kane[6]
Fultz Fabrication & Speed Shop UMP Late Models
Heat 1 - Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps
- Top 5 Transfer)
1. 5M-Ryan Markham; 2. 27-Ken Hahn; 3. 99-Steve Sabo; 4. 5H-Ernie
Haynes; 5. 51-Devin Schiels; 6. 666-Chester Fitch; 7. 41-Randy Pollock;
8. 92-Brandon Perkins; 9. 30-Nate Potts; 10. 22-Mike Stiltner
Heat 2 - Bell Racing (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 50Y-Ryan Missler; 2. X3-Dan Wallace; 3. 48-John Bores; 4. 40-Wayne
Maffett Jr.; 5. 29-Rocky Owens; 6. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 7. 69-John
Mayes Jr.; 8. 92S-Cody Scott; 9. 12-Michael Stiltner Ii; 10. 77-Steve
Kester
Heat 3 - Friendship Food Stores (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. WD40-Dusty Moore; 2. 91-Rusty Schlenk; 3. 3-Rick Delong; 4. 15-Jon
Henry; 5. 23C-Jeremy Canada ; 6. 1-Jeff Babcock; 7. 21-Larry Kingseed;
8. 15B-Mike Bores; 9. 12M-Bobby Michaels
B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 2. 666-Chester Fitch; 3. 1-Jeff Babcock; 4.
21-Larry Kingseed; 5. 92S-Cody Scott; 6. 69-John Mayes Jr.; 7.
92-Brandon Perkins; 8. 12-Michael Stiltner Ii; 9. 41-Randy Pollock; 10.
77-Steve Kester; 11. 12M-Bobby Michaels; 12. 15B-Mike Bores; 13. 22-Mike
Stiltner; 14. 30-Nate Potts
A-Main - (25 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. WD40-Dusty Moore [1]; 2. 15-Jon Henry[4]; 3. 3-Rick Delong[6]; 4.
27-Ken Hahn[9]; 5. 5H-Ernie Haynes[7]; 6. 5M-Ryan Markham[8]; 7.
21-Larry Kingseed[19]; 8. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[14]; 9. 1-Jeff
Babcock[16]; 10. 50Y-Ryan Missler[11]; 11. 29-Rocky Owens[12]; 12.
99-Steve Sabo[10]; 13. 51-Devin Schiels[13]; 14. 91-Rusty Schlenk[5];
15. 666-Chester Fitch[17]; 16. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr.[2]; 17. 23C-Jeremy
Canada [15]; 18. 92S-Cody Scott[18]; 19. X3-Dan Wallace[20]; 20. 48-John
Bores[3]
Fremont Fence 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Ultra Schield Race Products (8 Laps
- Top 5 Transfer)
1. 19R-Steve Rando; 2. 8K-Zack Kramer; 3. 83X-Nate Reeser; 4. 51-Brad
Bowman; 5. M28-Josh Muntz; 6. 14-Chad Wilson ; 7. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 8.
25-Jason Keckler; 9. 55-Benny Bowman
Heat 2 - Bell Racing (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 40-Bobby Clark ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver; 3. 94-John Ivy; 4. 41-Dustin
Dinan; 5. 13-Junior Felver; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 7. 22D-Dan Hammond ;
8. 8J-Jess Stiger
Heat 3 - Friendship Food Stores (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 10X-Dustin Stroup; 2. 27-Paige Polyak; 3. 1-Nate Dussel; 4. 11F-D.J.
Foos; 5. 39-Matt Merrill; 6. 31-Chuck Wilson ; 7. 23-James Page; 8.
87-Ryan Hetrick
B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 14-Chad Wilson ; 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 4.
23-James Page; 5. 31-Chuck Wilson ; 6. 25-Jason Keckler; 7. 8J-Jess
Stiger; 8. 22D-Dan Hammond ; 9. 55-Benny Bowman; 10. 87-Ryan Hetrick
A-Main - (25 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 40-Bobby Clark [4]; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[3]; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[6]; 4.
8K-Zack Kramer[9]; 5. 11F-D.J. Foos[7]; 6. 39-Matt Merrill[15]; 7.
1-Nate Dussel[2]; 8. 94-John Ivy[8]; 9. 41-Dustin Dinan[12]; 10.
27-Paige Polyak[11]; 11. 10X-Dustin Stroup[1]; 12. 31-Chuck Wilson [20];
13. 35-Stuart Brubaker[16]; 14. M28-Josh Muntz[13]; 15. 83X-Nate
Reeser[10]; 16. 51-Brad Bowman[5]; 17. 23-James Page[19]; 18. 9-Jimmy
Colvin[18]; 19. 14-Chad Wilson [17]; 20. 13-Junior Felver[14]
©2010 - Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont , OH |
