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CARMARGO, Il (8-31-10) By Brian Liskai. – The stars of the O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champion Sprint Cars, grabbed all the headlines during the 50th Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals. Now, they will be heading to the historic Lernerville Speedway Friday, Sept. 3 and for the traditional Attica Ambush at Attica Raceway Park on Saturday, Sept. 4.
Knoxville champion and defending All Star champion and current point leader Tim Shaffer, two-time All Star champion Greg Wilson, Knoxville Nationals Rookie of the Year and Ohio Speedweek champion David Gravel, All Star rookies Cap Henry and Jared Ridge and veteran Bill Rose and more will take on Lernerville champion Danny Holtgraver, local legend Ed Lynch Jr. and others like Bob Felmlee, Carl Bowser, Andy Priest, and possibly some of the famed PA Posse members.
The last time the All Stars competed at the fast half-mile, three-time All Star champion Dale Blaney defeated Shaffer, a former Lernerville track champion, in an exciting race. Shaffer caught Blaney on the white flag lap, executed a slide job in turn two with Blaney pulling back around down the back stretch. Shaffer tried another move in the final two turns, but Blaney drive back by for his 74th career All Star victory.
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Then it’s off to the high banks of Attica Raceway Park on Saturday where the local drivers will challenge the All Stars. It marks the last race of the 2010 season at Attica.
The last time the All Stars visited Attica Raceway Park was to open the Ohio Sprint Speedweek. Byron Reed, who recently picked up his sixth Attica track title, scored the victory over 12-time Attica champion Mark Keegan and Dean Jacobs who also recorded a victory at “Ohio’s Finest” speedplant in 2010.
Reed also defeated the All Stars at Attica earlier in the year at the traditional Sprint Nationals.
Stevie Smith took the Attica Ambush win in 2009 while Dale Blaney picked up the victory in 2008.
The All Star drivers will also have their hands full with Craig Mintz, Bryan Sebetto, and Rob Chaney and Lee Jacobs who have recorded Attica wins in 2010.
For times and prices go to www.atticaracewaypark.com
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The All Stars are one of the premier sprint car sanctioning bodies in the USA. It is owned by Illinois businessman, and now in their 30th year of operation, the All Stars take pride in their reputation of providing highly competitive, fair, exciting racing for outlaw sprint cars with many different winners in a year. About 400 drivers participate in All Star races yearly in front of an average of 5,000 spectators per event. Currently 40+ races are scheduled in numerous states, such as Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Nebraska, West Virginia, and Kansas. 
Ohio Sprint Speedweek proves to be one of the most competitive weeks in racing during the 2010 All Star season. Tough battles happened in the 2010 Ohio Sprint Speedweek season, as it included nine straight nights of racing action in the buckeye state, it challenged the best of the best, but young David Gravel- DDR Motorsports was crowned the 2010 champion.