LINCOLN, Illinois (May 20, 2016) – For the second time in as many starts, Wooster, Ohio’s Sheldon Haudenschild earned a trip to Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions victory lane, this time during a first ever appearance at the Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, Illinois. Haudenschild took advantage of a lap-17 restart to earn his position at the front of the field, driving around pole sitter Parker Price-Miller on a rubbered-up racing surface to clinch a second consecutive, $5,000, Arctic Cat All Star payday. The pilot of the Southern Pacific Farms/No. 93 now has eight career main event victories with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions, raising his 2016 win total to two. Parker Price-Miller would hold on to finish second, followed by “Downtown” Danny Holtgraver, his second consecutive All Star podium finish.
“Feels great to get one more of these,” said Sheldon Haudenschild. “I just can’t thank Bonzai and the guys enough for what they do for this team. They work their butt’s off every week and it clearly shows. I have a lot of great sponsors who back this team. Without their help and support, we wouldn’t be here. I just can’t thank them enough.”
Sheldon Haudenschild raced in a podium position during the entire 35-lap main event, getting away third after the initial start before capturing second from Chad Kemenah on lap two. Haudenschild made early challenges for the top spot by lap four, attempting back-to-back slide jobs on leader Parker Price-Miller, but Price-Miller prevailed and maintained control. It would be lap 17 before Haudenschild could make a bid for the top spot stick, driving around the outside of Parker Price-Miller during a single-file restart. Haudenschild controlled the remaining distance, surviving one additional restart on lap 22.
“I’ve seen my dad do it a few times, so I figured I had a shot to make it work,” explained Haudenschild regarding his winning move. “I figured that was my only shot to make it work. I restarted as close as I could to Parker (Price-Miller), worked around him and it stuck. I’m just happy to be in victory lane. We’ll head to Wilmot Raceway tomorrow and try again.”
The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions will continue their trek through the Midwest on Saturday, May 21, with a visit to the Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wisconsin. Arctic Cat All Star competitors will race head-to-head with the Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Outlaw Sprint Series on Saturday night, dueling for a $5,000 top prize during the Fifth Annual IRA/All Star Sprint Challenge. Dale Blaney, the six-time and defending All Star point champion, will lead the charge into Wisconsin on Saturday evening. The Ohio native has earned the last five Arctic Cat All Star main event victories in the “Badger State,” including four consecutive IRA/All Star Sprint Challenges.
Wilmot Raceway will open pit gates for race teams at 12-noon on Saturday, May 21. A mandatory drivers meeting will be hosted at 5:30 pm, followed by warm-ups at 6:15 pm. Racing is scheduled to hit the speedway at 6:45 pm. Those seeking additional information should visit Wilmot Raceway online at www.wilmotraceway.com.
In the UMP Pro Late Model class, Cory Daugherty started up front and built a sizable advantage early on against a strong 16-car field. With less than five to go, however, things really started to heat up and brought fans to the edges of their seats. As Daugherty was closing on some slower traffic, the rest of the top five was closing on him. With just a couple laps to go, the lead battle was hot with defending division champion, Nick Bauman and Jake Little looking for a way around him. In the end, though, it was the Blue Mound, IL driver fending off the strong advances and racing to his first Pro Late Model win of the season at Lincoln Speedway. Following Daugherty were Bauman, Little, Brian Lynn, and Jose Parga, who was one of the drivers who started at the back after arriving late.
While all racing was very good, the Midwest Technical Institute UMP Modified feature may have been the most exciting down the stretch. NASCAR personality, Kenny Wallace, came to town to run his car, after a wild flip the week before at Quincy. Wallace was outstanding in his heat race, starting back in the pack and claiming the victory, giving him the passing points needed to start on the pole of the feature. Wallace immediately jumped out into the lead and looked dominant early. His first real challenge came after a mid-race restart when many time champion, Brian Lynn drove to the inside and nearly pulled off the slide job in turns one and two. While this effort was thwarted by Wallace, Lynn would get another chance late in the going. With just a couple to go on a restart, Lynn drove to the inside and cleared Wallace in turn three. Wallace drove back to the bottom coming off of four but came up just short in wrestling the lead back. As the checkered waved, Mason City, IL’s Brian Lynn claimed his first victory of the season, while Wallace came home second. Allen Weisser took third, with Austin Lynn fourth. Kewanee, IL driver, Ray Bollinger, who is currently the national point leader in UMP Modified action, had his unbeaten streak of 3-for-3 broken and finished fifth.
The final division to run was the POWRi/Illini D-II Midgets Presented By Nutech Seed. When it comes to Lincoln Speedway, one of the drivers to keep an eye on is Andy Baugh. The defending point champion at the track was fast again on this night, starting on the front row and racing immediately into the lead. Behind him, drivers were shuffling while avoiding a few skirmishes, some of which resulted in some aeronautic displays. In the end, it was Mason City, IL’s Andy Baugh claiming his second victory of the season, while Tyler Vantoll and Austin Archdale claimed podium finishes. Mitchell Davis, driving the 7x on this night, had an impressive drive back through the field after going to the back to claim fourth, while Dave Baugh took fifth. The biggest jump from start to finish, though, was seventh place finisher, Gedd Ross, who started dead last in the impressive 27-car field.
Lincoln Speedway will next be in action on Sunday, June 12 for POWRi Illinois Midget week. On hand will be the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets, POWRi Speedway Motors Micros, POWRi/Illini D-II Midgets Presented By Nutech Seed, and the Midwest Technical Institute UMP Modifieds. Event times will be an hour earlier, due to the Sunday date, therefore the pits will open at 2:30, local pill draw ends at 4:50, hotlaps begin at 5:00, and racing will take the green at 6:00.
For more information, follow Lincoln Speedway online at www.lincolnspeedwayil.com, on Facebook (www.facebook.com/LincolnILSpeedway), and Twitter (@LincolnILSpdwy). Updates are also available by calling the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200.
Lincoln Speedway is located at the Logan County Fairgrounds, in Lincoln, IL. The physical address is 1408 Short 11th St., Lincoln, IL 62656. Lincoln Speedway races a number of UMP classes as well as specials on a near bi-weekly schedule of Friday and Sunday evenings.
5/20/2016 at Lincoln Speedway
All Star Sprints
Qualifying
1.2-Parker Price-Miller, 11.330; 2.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 11.421; 3.57X-Andrew Palker, 11.482; 4.21-Cap Henry, 11.560; 5.10H-Chad Kemenah, 11.708; 6.1-Dale Blaney, 11.708; 7.7C-Caleb Armstrong, 11.769; 8.40-Caleb Helms, 11.786; 9.70-Danny Holtgraver, 11.788; 10.12-Jerrod Hull, 11.791; 11.20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 11.875; 12.42-Cory Bruns, 11.890; 13.44-AJ Bruns, 11.978; 14.81-Lee Jacobs, 11.990; 15.8M-TJ Michael, 12.076; 16.51B-Joe B. Miller, 12.079; 17.29-Joey Moughan, 12.079; 18.22-Bret Tripplett, 12.080; 19.1M-Jim Moughan, 12.157; 20.11K-Kraig Kinser, 12.219; 21.77U-Chris Urish, 12.230; 22.65-Jordan Goldesberry, 12.244; 23.60-Kory Crabtree, 12.293; 24.4K-Kody Kinser, 12.332; 25.95-Hunter Mackison, 12.390; 26.52F-Logan Faucon, 12.517; 27.6B-Andy Baugh, 12.587; 28.23D-Trey Datweiler, 12.631; 29.10-Dustin Homan, 12.808; 30.10s-Jeremy Standridge, 13.140; 31.49H-Bradley Howard, 13.167; 32.9X-Paul Nienhiser, 99.990;
Heat 1, Group A – (10 Laps)
1. 21-Cap Henry[2] ; 2. 57X-Andrew Palker[3] ; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4] ; 4. 44-AJ Bruns[5] ; 5. 42-Cory Bruns[1] ; 6. 23D-Trey Datweiler[6] ; 7. 10-Dustin Homan[7]
Heat 2, Group B – (10 Laps)
1. 51B-Joe B. Miller[2] ; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs[3] ; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5] ; 4. 2-Parker Price-Miller[4] ; 5. 77U-Chris Urish[1] ; 6. 49H-Bradley Howard[8] ; 7. 6B-Andy Baugh[7] ; 8. 52F-Logan Faucon[6]
Heat 3, Group C – (10 Laps)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 2. 70-Danny Holtgraver[2] ; 3. 12-Jerrod Hull[1] ; 4. 22-Bret Tripplett[5] ; 5. 95-Hunter Mackison[7] ; 6. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[3] ; 7. 1M-Jim Moughan[6] ; 8. 10s-Jeremy Standridge[8]
Heat 4, Group D – (10 Laps)
1. 11K-Kraig Kinser[6] ; 2. 1-Dale Blaney[4] ; 3. 60-Kory Crabtree[7] ; 4. 40-Caleb Helms[3] ; 5. 8M-TJ Michael[1] ; 6. 4K-Kody Kinser[8] ; 7. 29-Joey Moughan[5] ; 8. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg[2]
Dash 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 2-Parker Price-Miller[2] ; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[6] ; 4. 81-Lee Jacobs[1] ; 5. 70-Danny Holtgraver[5] ; 6. 57X-Andrew Palker[7] ; 7. 21-Cap Henry[3] ; 8. 1-Dale Blaney[8]
B-Main 1 – (14 Laps)
7C-Caleb Armstrong[1] ; 2. 23D-Trey Datweiler[8] ; 3. 1M-Jim Moughan[4] ; 4. 4K-Kody Kinser[5] ; 5. 29-Joey Moughan[3] ; 6. 49H-Bradley Howard[11] ; 7. 6B-Andy Baugh[7] ; 8. 10s-Jeremy Standridge[10] ; 9. 10-Dustin Homan[9] ; 10. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg[2] ; 11. 52F-Logan Faucon[6]
A-Main 1 – (35 Laps)
1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2] ; 2. 2-Parker Price-Miller[1] ; 3. 70-Danny Holtgraver[5] ; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah[3] ; 5. 12-Jerrod Hull[12] ; 6. 1-Dale Blaney[8] ; 7. 21-Cap Henry[7] ; 8. 22-Bret Tripplett[15] ; 9. 11K-Kraig Kinser[10] ; 10. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[21] ; 11. 51B-Joe B. Miller[9] ; 12. 1M-Jim Moughan[23] ; 13. 60-Kory Crabtree[13] ; 14. 40-Caleb Helms[16] ; 15. 77U-Chris Urish[18] ; 16. 81-Lee Jacobs[4] ; 17. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[11] ; 18. 8M-TJ Michael[20] ; 19. 42-Cory Bruns[17] ; 20. 57X-Andrew Palker[6] ; 21. 44-AJ Bruns[14] ; 22. 23D-Trey Datweiler[22] ; 23. 95-Hunter Mackison[19] ; 24. 4K-Kody Kinser[24]
Ecotech Midgets
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 6B-Andy Baugh[2]; 2. 30T-Tyler Vantoll[5]; 3. 2-Austin Archdale[10]; 4. 7X-Mitchell Davis[12]; 5. 7B-Dave Baugh[14]; 6. 7-Adam Taylor[6]; 7. 51R-Gedd Ross[28]; 8. 10C-Max Pozsgai[17]; 9. 21-Bob Shreffler[21]; 10. 01-Travis Pence[7]; 11. 3-Jordan Caskey[24]; 12. 51-Brent Burrows[29]; 13. O-Doug Orseske[20]; 14. 0A-Hunter Lane[1]; 15. 0-Johnny Murdock[13]; 16. 11-Brandon Smith[23]; 17. 10R-Jack Routson[25]; 18. 92-Beau Burnett[9]; 19. 40-Chase McDermand[11]; 20. 3S-John Springer[16]; 21. 70-Pete Palazzolo[15]; 22. 24-Scott Koerner[19]; 23. 15M-Shane Morgan[22]; 24. C7-Mike Cusack[18]; 25. 1-Aaron Schuck[4]; 26. 38-Craig Dori[8]; 27. 10B-Patrick Bruns[3]; (DNS) 13-Dennis Warren; (DNS) 0B-Joe Rinne
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6B-Andy Baugh[1]; 2. 1-Aaron Schuck[2]; 3. 2-Austin Archdale[3]; 4. 7X-Mitchell Davis[4]; 5. 0-Johnny Murdock[5]; 6. 24-Scott Koerner[6]; 7. 10C-Max Pozsgai[7]; 8. 15M-Shane Morgan[8]; 9. 3-Jordan Caskey[9]; 10. 51R-Gedd Ross[10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10B-Patrick Bruns[2]; 2. 30T-Tyler Vantoll[5]; 3. 7-Adam Taylor[8]; 4. 7B-Dave Baugh[3]; 5. 40-Chase McDermand[9]; 6. 70-Pete Palazzolo[10]; 7. 21-Bob Shreffler[7]; 8. 11-Brandon Smith[6]; 9. 10R-Jack Routson[1]; 10. 51-Brent Burrows[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 0A-Hunter Lane[3]; 2. 01-Travis Pence[2]; 3. 92-Beau Burnett[4]; 4. 38-Craig Dori[5]; 5. 3S-John Springer[6]; 6. O-Doug Orseske[1]; 7. C7-Mike Cusack[7]; 8. 13-Dennis Warren[8]; 9. 0B-Joe Rinne[9]
Pro Late Model
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 96-Cory Daugherty[1]; 2. B1-Nick Bauman[2]; 3. 38J-Jake Little[3]; 4. 4Q-Brian Lynn[4]; 5. 6-Jose Parga; 6. 33H-Roben Huffman[6]; 7. 24T-Matt Taylor[7]; 8. 11E-Brandon Eskew[5]; 9. 25-Dakota Ewing; 10. 17H-Matt Beadles; 11. 7Z-Michael Maestus[13]; 12. 05G-Gary Graham[12]; 13. 21-J.R. Maple[10]; 14. 9M-Melissa Hansmeyer[11]; 15. 1M-Andy Minett[9]; 16. 32M-Cody Maguire[8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11E-Brandon Eskew[2]; 2. 33H-Roben Huffman[3]; 3. 24T-Matt Taylor[5]; 4. 32M-Cody Maguire[6]; 5. 9M-Melissa Hansmeyer[4]; 6. 05G-Gary Graham[7]; 7. 7Z-Michael Maestus[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 96-Cory Daugherty[4]; 2. 38J-Jake Little[5]; 3. 4Q-Brian Lynn[3]; 4. 1M-Andy Minett[1]; 5. 21-J.R. Maple[2]; 6. B1-Nick Bauman[6]
UMP Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14-Brian Lynn[2]; 2. 36-Kenny Wallace[1]; 3. 25W-Allen Weisser[3]; 4. 72A-Austin Lynn[6]; 5. 77-Ray Bollinger[5]; 6. 10K-Kelly Kovski[4]; 7. 10-Curt Rhodes[7]; 8. 16-Nick Lueth[13]; 9. 83B-Nathan Balensiefen[11]; 10. 32B-TD Burger[14]; 11. 22-Ryan Blakeman[8]; 12. 5-Cody Spirling[15]; 13. 14C-Alan Crowder[17]; 14. 98-Shawn Vaughn[16]; 15. (DNF) 11-Zach Rhodes[9]; 16. (DNF) 32-Donovan Lodge[10]; 17. (DNF) 29-Chris Osborne Jr[12]; 18. (DNF) 10A-Kenny Morris[18]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Brian Lynn[1]; 2. 25W-Allen Weisser[2]; 3. 72A-Austin Lynn[3]; 4. 77-Ray Bollinger[4]; 5. 11-Zach Rhodes[5]; 6. 83B-Nathan Balensiefen[6]; 7. 32B-TD Burger[7]; 8. 5-Cody Spirling[8]; 9. 14C-Alan Crowder[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Kenny Wallace[1]; 2. 10K-Kelly Kovski[2]; 3. 10-Curt Rhodes[3]; 4. 22-Ryan Blakeman[4]; 5. 32-Donovan Lodge[5]; 6. 29-Chris Osborne Jr[6]; 7. 16-Nick Lueth[7]; 8. 98-Shawn Vaughn[8]; 9. 10A-Kenny Morris[9]