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FREMONT, OH (5-27-12)By Brian Liskai – Dale Blaney says his job is easy driving the Ti22 Performance #2 sprint car. He made it look easy Sunday at Fremont Speedway, cruising to the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions $10,000 payday to make it a clean sweep of the two-day show at The Track That Action Built.
“George and Troy and Bobby and Junior make my life easy. This car has been operating phenomenally all year…back to where we were in about 08. I finally started racing a little better and the car’s a little better. Everybody is working so good together…we just want to race every day,” said Blaney of his fourth All Star win of 2012.
“This car is phenomenal. Any where we’ve gone this year it’s been really, really good. George (Fisher) designs them things and Barry Jackson makes them. If we can duplicate that exact car every time I’ll take it. We’re going to Lawrenceburg tomorrow to race against the Outlaws, but I’m looking forward to our next trip to Central Pennsylvania. I think we’ve got a car good enough to go win out there at Williams Grove and Lincoln. I just have to go out there and do it. I’ve never won a race at either place…I just have to go get it done,” added Blaney in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.
It was Blaney’s 14th career win at Fremont and his 9th UNOH All Star win at the track, which has now hosted 101 series events in its 61 year history. Blaney now has 88 career UNOH All Star wins, just 10 behind all-time series winner Kenny Jacobs. Blaney is only one victory away from tying Jack Hewitt for the most All Star wins at Fremont.
For local driver Bryan Sebetto, Sunday’s second place run was a bit of redemption from Saturday night when he admittedly made a bad move causing Brandon Martin to flip.
“Dale was just flat better than us tonight. We had nothing for him. We had a second place car. I’m happy to run second to Dale when he’s that quick…he’s a class act and one of the best out here,” said Sebetto beside his Hammer Pallets, Gressman Powersports, JLH General Contractor, Crown Battery, Meggitt’s Powdercoating, Big D’s Pizza backed #24h.
“With the exception of all the drama last night, it was a good weekend. We made it on the front stretch both nights. It’s not what we wanted…we wanted wins, But we got top threes both nights and we will take that. The guys worked their butts off on the car with Aaron, Timmy P., Guhn, Randy and Gibbs.”
There’s just something about a 50 lap race at Fremont that seems to bring out the best in Greg Wilson. He would storm from his 10th starting spot to a third place finish.
“I told somebody earlier make these things 100…we’ll put on a hell of a show for the fans. I want to thank all the fans for coming out this weekend. The team worked hard and made a big turnaround from last night. I have to thank Veryl Warnimont for doing this thing, DNC Hydraulics, Ohio Logistics and Hercules Tires. What a turn around from last night. We wanted to crawl under a rock and stay there. We came out tonight and ran good. Brian Kemenah and the guys did an awesome job. We changed some stuff today and it’s great to be standing on the front stretch,” said Wilson.
Bryan Sebetto and Kyle Larson would bring the field of 24 to the green with Sebetto gaining the advantage while Paul McMahan, Blaney, Craig Mintz and David Gravel in tow. Broc Martin would spin after two laps were scored with the running order Sebetto, Larson, Blaney, Mintz, McMahan, Gravel and Stevie Smith. On the restart, Martin would spin again and go pitside.
On the ensuing restart, Blaney would drive into second and quickly closed on Sebetto. With Sebetto running the top ledge and Blaney in the middle, they pulled away from Larson, Mintz, McMahan, Smith and Wilson. On lap eight, Blaney would drive under Sebetto and slide up in front exiting turn four to take the lead.
Blaney would catch the rear of the field on lap 13 and as they raced side by side it allowed Sebetto to close slightly. Larson continued to run third with Mintz, McMahan and Wilson in pursuit. Just as Blaney crossed the finish line to complete the half-way point, the caution would fly for a David Gravel spin.
On the ensuing restart Blaney had three lapped cars separating himself from Sebetto. That allowed Blaney to rocket away. Sebetto would steadily pick his way around the lapped cars while Wilson blasted from fifth to third by lap 27. Blaney would again catch the back of the pack by lap 32 and again they were racing each other hard, holding up the leader’s progress. Blaney’s patience would pay off as he picked them off one by one, putting more and more of the field between himself and Sebetto.
With 10 laps to go, Blaney held a commanding lead while Sebetto now had his hands full with Wilson with Mintz, Tim Shaffer and Smith in tow. With two laps to go Wilson raced inside Sebetto for second but did a 360 spin in turn four. Wilson would maintain third.
Blaney would pull away for the win with Sebetto, Wilson, Mintz and Shaffer rounding out the top five.
The UNOH All Stars have a week off before embarking on a grueling month of racing. It all kicks off with a trip to Pennsylvania where the All Stars have never defeated the PA Posse. First up is Williams Grove Speedway on Friday, June 8, then on to Lincoln Speedway on Saturday and up to Utica Rome Speedway on Sunday. Then there a bit of a break before the 30th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek featuring 9 straight nights of racing across the Buckeye State.
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Fremont Speedway - 5/27/2012
UNOH All Star 410 Sprints (35 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 2-Dale Blaney , 13.229; 2. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.297; 3. 24H-Bryan Sebetto, 13.322; 4. 1K-Kyle Larson, 13.339; 5. 89G-David Gravel, 13.360; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.365; 7. 45-Paul McMahan, 13.389; 8. 83M-Broc Martin, 13.389; 9. 55-Brad Bowman, 13.415; 10. 3-Pete Miller III , 13.440; 11. 19-Stevie Smith, 13.456; 12. 14K-Cole Duncan, 13.482; 13. 54-Cap Henry, 13.492; 14. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.496; 15. 83-Tim Shaffer, 13.497; 16. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.529; 17. 53-Phil Gressman, 13.533; 18. 40-Caleb Helms, 13.560; 19. 16-Chris Andrews, 13.575; 20. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.593; 21. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 13.659; 22. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.676; 23. 12-Jared Ridge, 13.698; 24. 4-Danny Smith, 13.719; 25. 5K-Adam Kekich, 13.763; 26. 60K-Jody Keegan, 13.796; 27. 97-Dean Jacobs, 13.803; 28. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr. , 13.809; 29. 44W-Austin Wheatley, 13.835; 30. O-Lee Jacobs, 13.859; 31. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.871; 32. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 14.034; 33. 5T-Travis Philo, 14.152; 34. 14-Chad Wilson, 14.262; 35. 2+-Brian Smith, 15.300
Kear’s Speed Shop Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 53-Phil Gressman[2] ; 2. 54-Cap Henry[3] ; 3. 2-Dale Blaney [6] ; 4. D4-Danny Holtgraver[1] ; 5. 89G-David Gravel[5] ; 6. 44W-Austin Wheatley[8] ; 7. 5T-Travis Philo[9] ; 8. 5K-Adam Kekich[7] ; 9. 55-Brad Bowman[4]
All Pro Aluminum Heads Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 40-Caleb Helms[2] ; 2. W20-Greg Wilson[3] ; 3. 14H-Todd Heller[1] ; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[6] ; 5. O-Lee Jacobs[8] ; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[5] ; 7. 3-Pete Miller III [4] ; 8. 60K-Jody Keegan[7] ; 9. 14-Chad Wilson[9]
Dragon Race Fuels Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 16-Chris Andrews[2] ; 2. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[6] ; 3. 45-Paul McMahan[5] ; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 5. 19-Stevie Smith[4] ; 6. 12-Jared Ridge[1] ; 7. 46AU-Stuart Williams[8] ; 8. 97-Dean Jacobs[7] ; 9. 2+-Brian Smith[9]
Kinsler Fuel Injection Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 4-Danny Smith[1] ; 2. 3L-Mike Linder[3] ; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[2] ; 4. 14K-Cole Duncan[4] ; 5. 1K-Kyle Larson[6] ; 6. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr. [7] ; 7. 83M-Broc Martin[5] ; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[8]
Dash – Outerwear’s Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature
1. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[2] ; 2. 1K-Kyle Larson[1] ; 3. O9-Craig Mintz[3] ; 4. 45-Paul McMahan[4] ; 5. 89G-David Gravel[6] ; 6. 2-Dale Blaney [5]
B-Main – MSD Ignitions (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1] ; 2. 55-Brad Bowman[3] ; 3. 83M-Broc Martin[2] ; 4. 97-Dean Jacobs[8] ; 5. 44W-Austin Wheatley[10] ; 6. 3-Pete Miller III [4] ; 7. 5K-Adam Kekich[6] ; 8. 60K-Jody Keegan[7] ; 9. 5T-Travis Philo[13] ; 10. 12-Jared Ridge[5] ; 11. 35-Stuart Brubaker[12] ; 12. 14-Chad Wilson[14] ; 13. 46AU-Stuart Williams[11] ; 14. 2+-Brian Smith[15] ; 15. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr. [9]
UNOH A-Main - (50 Laps)
1. 2-Dale Blaney [6]; 2. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[1]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson[10]; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[3]; 5. 83-Tim Shaffer[14]; 6. 19-Stevie Smith[7]; 7. D4-Danny Holtgraver[20]; 8. 1K-Kyle Larson[2]; 9. 89G-David Gravel[5]; 10. 45-Paul McMahan[4]; 11. 54-Cap Henry[9]; 12. 55-Brad Bowman[13]; 13. 16-Chris Andrews[18]; 14. 14K-Cole Duncan[8]; 15. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[11]; 16. 3L-Mike Linder[15]; 17. 53-Phil Gressman[16]; 18. 4-Danny Smith[22]; 19. 14H-Todd Heller[21]; 20. 97-Dean Jacobs[23]; 21. 40-Caleb Helms[17]; 22. O-Lee Jacobs[24]; 23. 5R-Byron Reed[19]; 24. 83M-Broc Martin[12]
Hard Charger: D4-Danny Holtgraver[+13] |
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