Shaffer dominates All Star's Ohio Sprint Speedweek stop at KC Raceway
CHILLICOTHE,
OHIO - (6-19-10) - By Brian Liskai - Aliquippa, Pennsylvania’s Tim Shaffer put
on a sprint car driving clinic Saturday at KC Raceway on night #2 of the Ohio
Sprint Speedweek. The defending champion and current point leader of the
O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions dominated the 30 lap feature.
And, unlike the previous night when he ran out of fuel while leading, he had
such a commanding lead Saturday, he could have coasted around the track to
victory lane.
Shaffer and former KC Raceway champion Todd Kane paced the field to the green.
On the initial start Kyle Sauder got sideways in front of the field, causing
Tyler Walker and Mitch Harble to collide, ending their night while Sauder never
stopped. Shaffer blasted into the lead in his Aaron Call, Janet Holbrook owned
machine on the restart, quickly building a sizeable lead. Four-time Ohio
Speedweek champion Dale Blaney and Kane would grapple for second, with Blaney
utilizing the low line to take the spot by lap 7.
Ron Blair clipped the front stretch wall on lap 11 but was able to continue as
other drivers took evasive action. By this time, Shaffer had nine lapped
machines separating him from Blaney, who was now having to contend with Brandon
Wimmer for the runner-up spot. The two swapped the position lap after lap, with
Wimmer driving Rick Ferkel’s #0 into second with a slide job on lap 17.
The first caution would fly on lap 23 when Cale Conley made contact with another
car, spinning on the front stretch, with former KC champion Keith Baxter also
stopping exiting turn four. The large crowd’s eyes were glued to former KC owner
Jim Neir, who started back in the 24th position, and had worked his way up to
9th.On the restart, Shaffer had five lapped machines between himself and Wimmer.
The “Steel City Outlaw” used the clean air to pull away to another commanding
lead. Meanwhile, Wimmer and Blaney continued their torrid battle, with Blaney
executing a slide job on lap 27 for second, while Neir continued to march
forward.
Shaffer would drive away to his second All Star win of 2010 with Blaney taking
second, Wimmer third, Sauder fourth and David Gravel fifth. Neir would end up
sixth in the final run-down.
“This is the first time I’ve won here…it’s awesome. I had such a great car…I
couldn’t let the guys down with starting on the pole. We’ve been having some
tough times, but this really helps out. It’s awesome to be in victory lane with
family here,” said Shaffer beside his Technique Roofing, Kistler Engines,
Kistler Racing Products backed #83. “With the wall around here, you hear an echo
and it makes you think there’s a car close to you so I just ran it as hard as I
could.
It marked Shaffer’s 21st career victory with the O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star
Circuit of Champions.
Blaney indicated after about four laps into the race he knew he was racing for
second.
“The car was good the first four laps…this was my type of track, wide and slick,
but for some reason we just weren’t very good anywhere on the track after that.
We just missed the set-up. We didn’t have anything for Tim. Brandon (Wimmer) is
just very good on a slick, smooth track so fortunately we were able to get the
pass late for second,” said Blaney beside his Ti22 Performance backed #2.
Wimmer enjoyed his battle with Blaney for second.
“That was a blast. When I got by Dale I knew we were close to the front but
Shaffer was just out of sight. Toward the end the car got a little loose, but
this is a great run. Rick (Ferkel) and all the guys work so hard on this thing
and I’m glad I could bring them a top three,” said Wimmer beside his Shorty’s
Truck Repair, Smith’s Farm backed #0.
Qualifying - Kistler Engines
1. 89G-David Gravel, 11.753; 2. 78-Todd Kane, 11.765; 3. 1-Stevie Smith, 11.835;
4. 9X-Rob Chaney, 11.836; 5. 7K-Kyle Sauder, 11.883; 6. 22-Cole Duncan, 11.884;
7. 2-Dale Blaney, 11.905; 8. 83-Tim Shaffer, 11.915; 9. 6-Bill Rose, 11.920; 10.
O-Brandon Wimmer, 11.950; 11. 24H-Lee Jacobs, 11.975; 12. 97-Dean Jacobs,
12.025; 13. 35-Ron Blair, 12.030; 14. 6X-Nick Nabor, 12.031; 15. 3C-Cale Conley,
12.033; 16. 17-Tyler Walker, 12.036; 17. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.039; 18. 11B-Brock
Mayes, 12.086; 19. O4-Cap Henry, 12.165; 20. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.186; 21.
1B-Keith Baxter, 12.190; 22. X-Mark Keegan, 12.242; 23. 4K-Kody Kinser, 12.261;
24. 15H-Mitch Harble, 12.282; 25. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.290;
26. 3J-Kevin Lee, 12.297; 27. OO-Jimmy Nier,
12.303; 28. 47-Caleb Helms, 12.318; 29. 39-Alec Martin, 12.337; 30. 56R-Ryan
Myers, 12.343; 31. V92-Matthew Reed, 12.395; 32. 12-Jared Ridge, 12.525; 33.
40-Mark Imler, 12.605; 34. 78L-Kirk Jeffries, 12.772; 35. 15C-Chris Andrews,
12.915; 36. 11D-Bryce Dickson, 12.926; 37. O6-Brandy Bower, 12.970; 38. 92-Sam
Ashworth, 12.973; 39. 14-Aaron Fry, 13.517; 40. 41-Randy Fink, 13.930; 41.
3F-Rick Fraley, 14.185
Heat 1 - MSD Ignition (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 5R-Byron Reed; 2. 89G-David Gravel; 3. 1B-Keith Baxter; 4. 35-Ron Blair; 5.
7K-Kyle Sauder; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 7. 40-Mark Imler; 8. O6-Brandy
Bower; 9. 3F-Rick Fraley; 10. 39-Alec Martin; 11. 6-Bill Rose
Heat 2 - Kear's Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. O-Brandon Wimmer; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes; 4. 78-Todd Kane;
5. 3J-Kevin Lee[7]; 6. 22-Cole Duncan; 7.
6X-Nick Nabor; 8. 56R-Ryan Myers; 9. 78L-Kirk Jeffries; 10. 92-Sam Ashworth
Heat 3 - All Pro Heads (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 4K-Kody Kinser; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3. 3C-Cale Conley; 4. 2-Dale Blaney; 5.
24H-Lee Jacobs; 6. 1-Stevie Smith; 7. OO-Jimmy Nier; 8. V92-Matthew Reed; 9.
14-Aaron Fry; 10. 15C-Chris Andrews
Heat 4 - Outerwear's Performance Products (8 Laps - Top 5
Transfer)
1. 15H-Mitch Harble; 2. W20-Greg Wilson; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney; 5.
83-Tim Shaffer; 6. 17-Tyler Walker; 7. 47-Caleb Helms; 8. 11D-Bryce Dickson; 9.
41-Randy Fink; 10. 12-Jared Ridge
Dash - Rubbn' Repair (6 Laps - Top - Transfer)
1. 78-Todd Kane; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer; 3. O-Brandon Wimmer; 4. 24h-Lee Jacobs; 5.
89g-David Gravel; 6. 7k-Kyle Sauder
B-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (12 Laps - Top 4
Transfer)
1. OO-Jimmy Nier; 2. 1-Stevie Smith; 3. 17-Tyler Walker; 4. 6-Bill Rose; 5.
6X-Nick Nabor; 6. 22-Cole Duncan; 7. 47-Caleb Helms; 8. 92-Sam Ashworth; 9.
93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 10. 40-Mark Imler; 11. 78L-Kirk Jeffries; 12. 11D-Bryce
Dickson; 13. 56R-Ryan Myers; 14. O6-Brandy Bower; 15. 14-Aaron Fry; 16. 41-Randy
Fink; 17. 39-Alec Martin; 18. 3F-Rick Fraley; 19. 12-Jared Ridge; 20. 15C-Chris
Andrews; 21. V92-Matthew Reed
A-Main - O'Reilly Auto Parts (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[1]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[5]; 3. O-Brandon Wimmer[7]; 4. 7K-Kyle
Sauder[4]; 5. 89G-David Gravel[6]; 6. OO-Jimmy Nier[24]; 7. 9X-Rob Chaney[3]; 8.
24H-Lee Jacobs[8]; 9. 97-Dean Jacobs[9]; 10. 78-Todd Kane[2]; 11. 11B-Brock
Mayes[16]; 12. 5R-Byron Reed[15]; 13. 1-Stevie Smith[11]; 14. 3C-Cale
Conley[13]; 15. 35-Ron Blair[10]; 16. W20-Greg Wilson[18]; 17. 4K-Kody
Kinser[21]; 18. X-Mark Keegan[20]; 19. 6-Bill Rose[12];
20. 3J-Kevin Lee[23]; 21. 1B-Keith Baxter[19];
22. O4-Cap Henry[17]; 23. 17-Tyler Walker[14]; 24. 15H-Mitch Harble[22]
