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(Attica, OH) -
April 16th, 2010 - While the cold temperatures and wind made for a
chilly night Friday on True Value of Woodville Night at Attica Raceway
Park Friday, the action on the track was very hot as Wooster, Ohio’s
Doug Drown held off Rusty Schlenk, Jeep Van Wormer and Steve Casebolt to
claim the opening feature win of the 2010 Sunoco American Late Model
Series.
For the first 26
laps of the 30-lap late model feature it was Drown and Ryan Missler who
swapped the lead, then sixth starter Schlenk got involved along with
10th starter VanWormer as they diced it out in lapped traffic. When the
checkered flag flew, Drown held off Schlenk and VanWormer the last three
laps for the win, his third career victory at “Ohio’s Finest Racing”
venue.
“Ryan went with 20s and I went with 30s and I’m thinking ‘okay it’s
early on’…he did a great job and obviously Rusty coming through there
and when I saw him I thought ‘here we go.’ I thought it was over and he
was going to slide in front of me because I was losing all the bite..all
the traction in the turns when I didn’t stay up top but we came through
one way or another. I can’t say enough about my guys…we’re having a good
time this year and having more fun and obviously we’re getting better
results,” said Drown beside his Wooster Blass, D.J Directional Serices,
Malcuit Racin Engines backed #12.
In the late model feature, after a couple of bad starts that saw
multi-car yellows, Missler, the defending Attica champion, bolted into
the lead from his pole-starting spot with Drown, Ryan Markham, Jeremy
Canada and Schlenk in tow. Missler, Drown and Markham would race nose to
tail as Schlenk moved into four on lap 3 in the non-stop affair. Missler
would use the extreme high side of the track to pull into lapped traffic
by lap nine, as Drown would close with Markham comfortably in third with
Schlenk, Steve Casebolt and Van Wormer waging a great race for fourth.
Missler would methodically work his way through traffic, as Drown
remained in striking distance while Markham had his hands full with
Schlenk and VanWormer for third. Missler would chose the bottom to deal
with traffic exiting turn two, and Drown pounced on the opportunity to
drive to the outside and take the lead on lap 15. Missler wasn’t ready
to give up, as he raced side-by-side with Drown in lapped traffic as
Schlenk, VanWormer and Casebolt waited for a mistake. You could cover
the top five with a napkin over the next few laps, and now Drown had to
deal with traffic, as Missler raced side-by-side with him until sliding
off the high side of turn two on lap 26.
Now Schlenk, the opening night feature winner at ARP, would pressure
Drown, who patiently followed lapped traffic on the high side. Several
times Schlenk would pull along side of Drown, with Van Wormer right on
both of their rear bumpers. With two laps to go, Drown was able to get a
little bit of clear track and he held his line to score the win over
Schlenk, VanWormer, Missler and Casebolt.
“I learned from Ryan in lapped traffic…he was the first one there and he
dove down low and I thought “I’ve got him.’ I learned a lesson there by
his mistake…wasn’t really a mistake…when you’re leading you have to do
what you have to do. They were just as fast as us so you have to stay in
line as long as possible. I got into the one car which I apologize
for…but it’s going for the win and you’re in lapped traffic three wide
and you have to do what you have to do,” said Drown.
Sunoco American Late Model Series
Heat 1 - Ultra Schield Race Products (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. C9-Steve Casebolt; 2. 23C-Jeremy Canada; 3. B4U-Brad Entiear; 4.
1C-Wayne Chinn; 5. 1-Jeff Babcock; 6. 95J-Jerry Bowersocks; 7. 11-Keith
Berner; 8. WD40-Dusty Moore; 9. 15A-Phil Ausra; 10. 55T-Tom Ordway; 11.
2D-Curtis Deisenroth
Heat 2 - Bell Racing (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 5M-Ryan Markham; 2. 50Y-Ryan Missler; 3. 55V-Jeep Vanwormer; 4.
7-Matt Miller; 5. 9R-Curtis Roberts; 6. 13-Junior Hotovy; 7. 49-Brian
Ruhlman; 8. 23V-Ryan Vanderveen; 9. 27-Ken Hahn; 10. 60-Dale Glassford
Heat 3 - Friendship Food Stores (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 12D-Doug Drown; 2. 91-Rusty Schlenk; 3. 15-Jon Henry; 4. 16-Shawn
Negangard; 5. 1N-Casey Noonan; 6. 84-Tim Sabo; 7. 99-Steve Sabo; 8.
12-Michael Stiltner II; 9. 12M-Bobby Michaels; 10. 49L-Matt Lindsey
Heat 4 - Tin Lizzy Collision (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 21-Larry Kingseed; 2. 22-Greg Oakes; 3. 3-Rick Delong; 4. 15B-Mike
Bores; 5. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 6. X3-Dan Wallace; 7. 51-Devin Schiels; 8.
40-Wayne Maffett Jr.; 9. 48-John Bores; 10. 30-Nate Potts
B-Main #1 - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 2 Transfer)
1. 9R-Curtis Roberts; 2. 1-Jeff Babcock; 3. 49-Brian Ruhlman; 4.
13-Junior Hotovy; 5. 11-Keith Berner; 6. 15A-Phil Ausra; 7. 95J-Jerry
Bowersocks; 8. WD40-Dusty Moore; 9. 23V-Ryan Vanderveen; 10. 55T-Tom
Ordway; 11. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 12. 27-Ken Hahn; 13. 60-Dale Glassford
B-Main #2 - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 2 Transfer)
1. 1N-Casey Noonan; 2. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 3. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr.; 4.
X3-Dan Wallace; 5. 12-Michael Stiltner II; 6. 84-Tim Sabo; 7. 99-Steve
Sabo; 8. 49L-Matt Lindsey; 9. 48-John Bores; 10. 51-Devin Schiels; 11.
12M-Bobby Michaels; 12. 30-Nate Potts
A-Main - (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 12D-Doug Drown[2]; 2. 91-Rusty Schlenk[6]; 3. 55V-Jeep Vanwormer[10];
4. 50Y-Ryan Missler[1]; 5. C9-Steve Casebolt[8]; 6. 15-Jon Henry[11]; 7.
5M-Ryan Markham[4]; 8. 1C-Wayne Chinn[13]; 9. 7-Matt Miller[14]; 10.
9R-Curtis Roberts[17]; 11. 23C-Jeremy Canada[3]; 12. 1N-Casey
Noonan[18]; 13. 49-Brian Ruhlman[21]; 14. B4U-Brad Entiear[9]; 15.
1-Jeff Babcock[19]; 16. 5H-Ernie Haynes[20]; 17. 23V-Ryan
Vanderveen[22]; 18. 21-Larry Kingseed[7]; 19. 16-Shawn Negangard[15];
20. 3-Rick Delong[12]; 21. 15B-Mike Bores[16]; 22. 22-Greg Oakes[5] |
