LIMA, OH (6-29-07) – The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions rolled into Limaland Motorsports Park for the 6th leg of the 25th Annual UNOH Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by RacingJunk.com with only one driver having a shot at the $50,000 bonus money. Dale Blaney opened Ohio Sprint Speedweek with a win at Attica Raceway Park, then showed the huge Fremont crowd why he has won the last 3 out of 4 times he has raced at the “Track That Action Built”. After Fremont, Blaney was the only driver with two wins going into the final two events. If any driver is able to win 4 of the 7 events, he becomes $50,000 richer. Dale Blaney could do it in grand fashion by also picking up another Ohio Sprint Speedweek championship if he should find his way to victory lane on Saturday night.
Kenny “The Mouse” Jacobs would take the initial lead at the drop of the green flag from his front row starting position with pole starter Blaney in tow. Two of the winningest drivers in All Star history showed the capacity crowd why they sit at the top of the rankings. Blaney ran the low side while Jacobs blasted around the top of the ¼ mile bullring. Byron Reed challenged Blaney for second several times, but just couldn’t quite get around Blaney who appeared to be hanging back waiting to pounce.
Blaney would eventually get his shot at Jacobs on a mid-race restart where he drove hard into turn one and rocketed past Jacobs, taking the lead as the crowd jumped to their feet and cheered. Lapped traffic was of no concern to Blaney as he looked like a master of his craft passing backmarkers at will while Reed and Jacobs battled for second place. Reed was finally able to get around the veteran and crossed the line behind Blaney. Shane Stewart, who started 13th, came home fourth with local favorite Phil Gressman rounding out the Top Five.
In heat race action, Mark Keegan, Dale Blaney, Cory Seeling, and Paul May showed the way to the checkered flag. The Outerwears C-main was won by Mike Dunlap. The UNOH B-main was won by Chad Blonde who was the 2006 All Star Rookie of the Year.
The pits were packed with 52 cars at Limaland as the NRA 360 regulars also joined in the mix for the All Star’s annual trip to the fantastic facility owned by the University of Northwestern Ohio. The track was in great shape and the competition level was high as the 25th annual week of events was winding down.
The All Stars travel to Eldora Speedway on Saturday, June 30th as Dale Blaney will make his attempt at the $50,000 bonus money as well as the Speedweek championship.
O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions - Limaland Motorsports Park 6-29-07
Huggins Cams Qualifying
1. 4-Danny Smith, 11.099; 2. 5-Byron Reed, 11.133; 3. 7K-Dean Jacobs, 11.136; 4. 92-Jimmy Stinson, 11.161; 5. 8J-Kenny Jacobs, 11.185; 6. 2-Dale Blaney, 11.194; 7. 24H-Rob Chaney, 11.195; 8. 5B-Chad Blonde, 11.205; 9. 1R-Phil Gressman, 11.205; 10. 28-Brian Paulus, 11.250; 11. 20E-Brian Ellenberger, 11.264; 12. 11B-Brock Mayes, 11.297; 13. 8H-Shane Stewart, 11.334; 14. W20-Greg Wilson, 11.385; 15. M20-Mike Brecht, 11.399; 16. 0-Gus Wasson, 11.400; 17. X-Mark Keegan, 11.414; 18. 22B-Ben Gregg, 11.415; 19. 4M-Jamie Miller, 11.428; 20. 71M-Paul May, 11.450; 21. 98-Bruce Robenalt, 11.465; 22. O9-Craig Mintz, 11.499; 23. 97-Cory Seeling, 11.502; 24. 15C-Chris Andrews, 11.556; 25. 3-Mike Linder, 11.563; 26. 11M-Brandon Martin, 11.576; 27. 6-Bill Rose, 11.589; 28. 35-Ron Blair, 11.624; 29. 34-Luke Hall, 11.653; 30. 6D-Mike Dussel, 11.683; 31. 20AU-Troy Little, 11.752; 32. 11N-Ed Neumeister, 11.753; 33. 37Z-Brian Scott, 11.805; 34. O0-Ryan Grubaugh, 11.865; 35. 48S-Andy Shammo, 11.886; 36. 96AU-Bruce White, 11.914; 37. 16-Lee Stark, 11.958; 38. 57-Mike Dunlap, 12.078; 39. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 12.128; 40. 5W-Jeff Williams, 12.140; 41. 62-Dwain Leiber, 12.158; 42. 69-Scott Curren, 12.177; 43. 9-Kent Wolters, 12.183; 44. 4U-Rick Boughan, 12.271; 45. 82-Mike Miller, 12.279; 46. 17-Jared Horstman, 12.333; 47. 40-Mark Hery, 12.640; 48. 3G-Bob Gehr Jr, 12.761; 49. 7D-David Miller, 13.048; 50. 2X-Brent Gehr, 13.200; 51. O6-Brandy Bower, 13.202; 52. 55-Scott Carter, 99.000;
Crown Battery Heat Race 1
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 8H-Shane Stewart; 3. 4-Danny Smith; 4. 1R-Phil Gressman; 5. 8J-Kenny Jacobs; 6. 3-Mike Linder; 7. 34-Luke Hall; 8. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 9. 62-Dwain Leiber; 10. 82-Mike Miller; 11. 37Z-Brian Scott; 12. 16-Lee Stark; 13. 7D-David Miller;
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat Race 2
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 28-Brian Paulus; 3. W20-Greg Wilson; 4. 11M-Brandon Martin; 5. 5-Byron Reed; 6. 6D-Mike Dussel; 7. 22B-Ben Gregg; 8. 57-Mike Dunlap; 9. 17-Jared Horstman; 10. O0-Ryan Grubaugh; 11. 69-Scott Curren; 12. 2X-Brent Gehr; 13. O9-Craig Mintz;
Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race 3
1. 97-Cory Seeling; 2. M20-Mike Brecht; 3. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 4. 24H-Rob Chaney; 5. 7K-Dean Jacobs; 6. 4M-Jamie Miller; 7. 6-Bill Rose; 8. 20AU-Troy Little; 9. 48S-Andy Shammo; 10. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 11. 9-Kent Wolters; 12. 40-Mark Hery; 13. O6-Brandy Bower;
Taylor Wings Heat Race 4
1. 71M-Paul May; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews; 4. 92-Jimmy Stinson; 5. 0-Gus Wasson; 6. 35-Ron Blair; 7. 4U-Rick Boughan; 8. 96AU-Bruce White; 9. 5W-Jeff Williams; 10. 3G-Bob Gehr Jr; 11. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 12. 5B-Chad Blonde; 13. 55-Scott Carter;
Hoserville Ohio All Star Dash
1. 8J-Kenny Jacobs; 2. 2-Dale Blaney; 3. 4-Danny Smith; 4. 24H-Rob Chaney; 5. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 6. 92-Jimmy Stinson;
Outerwears C-main
1. 57-Mike Dunlap; 2. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 3. 82-Mike Miller; 4. 5W-Jeff Williams; 5. 4U-Rick Boughan; 6. 17-Jared Horstman; 7. 62-Dwain Leiber; 8. 40-Mark Hery; 9. 9-Kent Wolters; 10. 69-Scott Curren; 11. 3G-Bob Gehr Jr; 12. 7D-David Miller; 13. 2X-Brent Gehr; 14. O6-Brandy Bower; 15. 16-Lee Stark; 16. 55-Scott Carter;
University of Northwest Ohio B-main
1. 5B-Chad Blonde; 2. 22B-Ben Gregg; 3. 4M-Jamie Miller; 4. 3-Mike Linder; 5. 20AU-Troy Little; 6. 6D-Mike Dussel; 7. 6-Bill Rose; 8. 96AU-Bruce White; 9. 35-Ron Blair; 10. 37Z-Brian Scott; 11. 48S-Andy Shammo; 12. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 13. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 14. O0-Ryan Grubaugh; 15. 57-Mike Dunlap; 16. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 17. 16-Lee Stark; 18. 34-Luke Hall; 19. 82-Mike Miller; 20. 5W-Jeff Williams;
MSD Ignition A-main Starting Position [#]
1. 2-Dale Blaney[1]; 2. 5-Byron Reed[5]; 3. 8J-Kenny Jacobs[2]; 4. 8H-Shane Stewart[13]; 5. 1R-Phil Gressman[8]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson[14]; 7. 7K-Dean Jacobs[4]; 8. 4-Danny Smith[6]; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews[22]; 10. 5B-Chad Blonde[11]; 11. 92-Jimmy Stinson[3]; 12. 11M-Brandon Martin[24]; 13. 3-Mike Linder[23]; 14. 28-Brian Paulus[9]; 15. 24H-Rob Chaney[7]; 16. 11B-Brock Mayes[12]; 17. 4M-Jamie Miller[19]; 18. 71M-Paul May[20]; 19. 22B-Ben Gregg[18]; 20. 20E-Brian Ellenberger[10]; 21. X-Mark Keegan[17]; 22. M20-Mike Brecht[15]; 23. 0-Gus Wasson[16]; 24. 97-Cory Seeling[21]
Kenny “The Mouse” Jacobs would take the initial lead at the drop of the green flag from his front row starting position with pole starter Blaney in tow. Two of the winningest drivers in All Star history showed the capacity crowd why they sit at the top of the rankings. Blaney ran the low side while Jacobs blasted around the top of the ¼ mile bullring. Byron Reed challenged Blaney for second several times, but just couldn’t quite get around Blaney who appeared to be hanging back waiting to pounce.
Blaney would eventually get his shot at Jacobs on a mid-race restart where he drove hard into turn one and rocketed past Jacobs, taking the lead as the crowd jumped to their feet and cheered. Lapped traffic was of no concern to Blaney as he looked like a master of his craft passing backmarkers at will while Reed and Jacobs battled for second place. Reed was finally able to get around the veteran and crossed the line behind Blaney. Shane Stewart, who started 13th, came home fourth with local favorite Phil Gressman rounding out the Top Five.
In heat race action, Mark Keegan, Dale Blaney, Cory Seeling, and Paul May showed the way to the checkered flag. The Outerwears C-main was won by Mike Dunlap. The UNOH B-main was won by Chad Blonde who was the 2006 All Star Rookie of the Year.
The pits were packed with 52 cars at Limaland as the NRA 360 regulars also joined in the mix for the All Star’s annual trip to the fantastic facility owned by the University of Northwestern Ohio. The track was in great shape and the competition level was high as the 25th annual week of events was winding down.
The All Stars travel to Eldora Speedway on Saturday, June 30th as Dale Blaney will make his attempt at the $50,000 bonus money as well as the Speedweek championship.
O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions - Limaland Motorsports Park 6-29-07
Huggins Cams Qualifying
1. 4-Danny Smith, 11.099; 2. 5-Byron Reed, 11.133; 3. 7K-Dean Jacobs, 11.136; 4. 92-Jimmy Stinson, 11.161; 5. 8J-Kenny Jacobs, 11.185; 6. 2-Dale Blaney, 11.194; 7. 24H-Rob Chaney, 11.195; 8. 5B-Chad Blonde, 11.205; 9. 1R-Phil Gressman, 11.205; 10. 28-Brian Paulus, 11.250; 11. 20E-Brian Ellenberger, 11.264; 12. 11B-Brock Mayes, 11.297; 13. 8H-Shane Stewart, 11.334; 14. W20-Greg Wilson, 11.385; 15. M20-Mike Brecht, 11.399; 16. 0-Gus Wasson, 11.400; 17. X-Mark Keegan, 11.414; 18. 22B-Ben Gregg, 11.415; 19. 4M-Jamie Miller, 11.428; 20. 71M-Paul May, 11.450; 21. 98-Bruce Robenalt, 11.465; 22. O9-Craig Mintz, 11.499; 23. 97-Cory Seeling, 11.502; 24. 15C-Chris Andrews, 11.556; 25. 3-Mike Linder, 11.563; 26. 11M-Brandon Martin, 11.576; 27. 6-Bill Rose, 11.589; 28. 35-Ron Blair, 11.624; 29. 34-Luke Hall, 11.653; 30. 6D-Mike Dussel, 11.683; 31. 20AU-Troy Little, 11.752; 32. 11N-Ed Neumeister, 11.753; 33. 37Z-Brian Scott, 11.805; 34. O0-Ryan Grubaugh, 11.865; 35. 48S-Andy Shammo, 11.886; 36. 96AU-Bruce White, 11.914; 37. 16-Lee Stark, 11.958; 38. 57-Mike Dunlap, 12.078; 39. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 12.128; 40. 5W-Jeff Williams, 12.140; 41. 62-Dwain Leiber, 12.158; 42. 69-Scott Curren, 12.177; 43. 9-Kent Wolters, 12.183; 44. 4U-Rick Boughan, 12.271; 45. 82-Mike Miller, 12.279; 46. 17-Jared Horstman, 12.333; 47. 40-Mark Hery, 12.640; 48. 3G-Bob Gehr Jr, 12.761; 49. 7D-David Miller, 13.048; 50. 2X-Brent Gehr, 13.200; 51. O6-Brandy Bower, 13.202; 52. 55-Scott Carter, 99.000;
Crown Battery Heat Race 1
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 8H-Shane Stewart; 3. 4-Danny Smith; 4. 1R-Phil Gressman; 5. 8J-Kenny Jacobs; 6. 3-Mike Linder; 7. 34-Luke Hall; 8. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 9. 62-Dwain Leiber; 10. 82-Mike Miller; 11. 37Z-Brian Scott; 12. 16-Lee Stark; 13. 7D-David Miller;
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat Race 2
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 28-Brian Paulus; 3. W20-Greg Wilson; 4. 11M-Brandon Martin; 5. 5-Byron Reed; 6. 6D-Mike Dussel; 7. 22B-Ben Gregg; 8. 57-Mike Dunlap; 9. 17-Jared Horstman; 10. O0-Ryan Grubaugh; 11. 69-Scott Curren; 12. 2X-Brent Gehr; 13. O9-Craig Mintz;
Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race 3
1. 97-Cory Seeling; 2. M20-Mike Brecht; 3. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 4. 24H-Rob Chaney; 5. 7K-Dean Jacobs; 6. 4M-Jamie Miller; 7. 6-Bill Rose; 8. 20AU-Troy Little; 9. 48S-Andy Shammo; 10. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 11. 9-Kent Wolters; 12. 40-Mark Hery; 13. O6-Brandy Bower;
Taylor Wings Heat Race 4
1. 71M-Paul May; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews; 4. 92-Jimmy Stinson; 5. 0-Gus Wasson; 6. 35-Ron Blair; 7. 4U-Rick Boughan; 8. 96AU-Bruce White; 9. 5W-Jeff Williams; 10. 3G-Bob Gehr Jr; 11. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 12. 5B-Chad Blonde; 13. 55-Scott Carter;
Hoserville Ohio All Star Dash
1. 8J-Kenny Jacobs; 2. 2-Dale Blaney; 3. 4-Danny Smith; 4. 24H-Rob Chaney; 5. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 6. 92-Jimmy Stinson;
Outerwears C-main
1. 57-Mike Dunlap; 2. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 3. 82-Mike Miller; 4. 5W-Jeff Williams; 5. 4U-Rick Boughan; 6. 17-Jared Horstman; 7. 62-Dwain Leiber; 8. 40-Mark Hery; 9. 9-Kent Wolters; 10. 69-Scott Curren; 11. 3G-Bob Gehr Jr; 12. 7D-David Miller; 13. 2X-Brent Gehr; 14. O6-Brandy Bower; 15. 16-Lee Stark; 16. 55-Scott Carter;
University of Northwest Ohio B-main
1. 5B-Chad Blonde; 2. 22B-Ben Gregg; 3. 4M-Jamie Miller; 4. 3-Mike Linder; 5. 20AU-Troy Little; 6. 6D-Mike Dussel; 7. 6-Bill Rose; 8. 96AU-Bruce White; 9. 35-Ron Blair; 10. 37Z-Brian Scott; 11. 48S-Andy Shammo; 12. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 13. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 14. O0-Ryan Grubaugh; 15. 57-Mike Dunlap; 16. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 17. 16-Lee Stark; 18. 34-Luke Hall; 19. 82-Mike Miller; 20. 5W-Jeff Williams;
MSD Ignition A-main Starting Position [#]
1. 2-Dale Blaney[1]; 2. 5-Byron Reed[5]; 3. 8J-Kenny Jacobs[2]; 4. 8H-Shane Stewart[13]; 5. 1R-Phil Gressman[8]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson[14]; 7. 7K-Dean Jacobs[4]; 8. 4-Danny Smith[6]; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews[22]; 10. 5B-Chad Blonde[11]; 11. 92-Jimmy Stinson[3]; 12. 11M-Brandon Martin[24]; 13. 3-Mike Linder[23]; 14. 28-Brian Paulus[9]; 15. 24H-Rob Chaney[7]; 16. 11B-Brock Mayes[12]; 17. 4M-Jamie Miller[19]; 18. 71M-Paul May[20]; 19. 22B-Ben Gregg[18]; 20. 20E-Brian Ellenberger[10]; 21. X-Mark Keegan[17]; 22. M20-Mike Brecht[15]; 23. 0-Gus Wasson[16]; 24. 97-Cory Seeling[21]
