8/1/2014
Kears Speed Shop
Henry Gets First Attica FAST Win
Attica, OH) Cap Henry has watched victory slip through his fingers several times over the years at Attica Raceway Park. On Friday night the Bellevue, Ohio driver wasn’t to be denied as he drove to his first ever 410 sprint victory at the track on Edward Jones of Clyde Night.
When early leader Rob Chaney packed a right rear wheel full of mud, Brandon Martin would inherit the lead in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprint feature. But, Henry, who started fifth, drove the bottom groove to perfection and took the lead on lap six and went on take the win aboard the Genzman Racing #53.
“It felt like a 50-lapper there with five to go. I was holding my breath the last five laps. Man I can’t thank this Genzman team enough. Marilyn, Guy, Jamie…they’ve been working so hard for me. I really screwed up some stuff of theirs during speedweek and Marilyn stuck with me and I can’t thank her enough,” said Henry beside the Ludwig Propane/Level Performance/Crown Battery/Automatic Fire Protection/Jet Express/Handy Grafix/Kear’s Speed Shop/Sonny’s Machine Shop backed sprint car.
“Me and Guy (Myers, crew chief) have been working really hard at it. Last week we were really terrible so I guess we made up for it this week. There’s been a lot of closes and maybes here and to finally be able to check out and get rolling is pretty awesome,” added Henry.
It was the final Kistler Racing Products FAST (Fremont Attica Sprint Title) Championship Series event at Attica for 2014. Byron Reed would cut Chris Andrews’ point lead in half with a strong third place finish as the series heads to Fremont Speedway.
In the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models, Jeff Babcock would take the lead from Mike Bores on lap 11 and drove to his fifth win of the season. Babcock’s 9th career Attica win would also vault him into the track’s point lead.
“We’ve gone back to basics and what we know how to do and that’s helped things out a lot. I actually thought the top was going to be faster tonight but I got rolling on the bottom so I thought I’d just better keep her there. It’s sometimes nice when you can start behind guys and find the fast lane verses starting on the front row and finding out too late,” said Babcock beside his Best Performance Motorsports/Bulk Material Lift.com/Professional Drywall/Craig Miller Trucking backed #1.
When Nate Dussel slipped off the track on the back stretch on lap three, Paul Weaver drove into the lead of the Foster’s Auto Body 305 Sprint feature. Then Weaver narrowly avoided catastrophe with five laps to go as he made hard contact with a lapped car. Weaver would hold off Dussel to take his second win of the season and the 31st of his career at Attica.
“This is the eighth race on that right rear tire. I got into that lapped car and I thought I had a tire going down. The car got real loose the last two laps. I swear they moved the tires in about five feet. The track wasn’t even run in down there where the tires were. If that’s what they want to do I’ll play huggy pole but not every week,” said Weaver beside his Hampshire Engines/Buckeye Mobile Coatings/Fostoria Mod Shop/Weaver Performance Karts and Parts/M&L Excavating/Tender Touch Car Wash/Sunny Farms Landfill backed #1w.
“I have to thank Jamie (Miller) and my wife (Andrea) for setting the car up and Bob Hampshire and Dave Rice and all my sponsors…couldn’t do this without them,” added Weaver.
It was also the last point night for the JLH General Contractor FAST Championship Series for the 305 sprints and with his second place finish Nate Dussel took the point lead by just five markers over John Ivy as that series heads to Fremont Speedway.
For the second straight week the Fremont Fence Dirt Truck feature was a dandy. For the entire 15 laps Kent Brewer, Dan Roepke Jr., Matt Foos and John Ivy battled for the lead. Then, coming to the checkers a lapped truck got side ways in front of the leaders and everyone scrambled trying not to wreck. When the dust settled, Brewer had led every lap to score his second win of the season and the second of his career at Attica.
“The wall and that truck got close on that last lap. Luck was on our side again tonight. It was close the last couple of laps. I heard someone and I thought I’d better nail it and get it going. This is a lot of fun. I have to thank all the guys who help on this thing. Rob Kramer, my wife…if it wasn’t for her helping every week we wouldn’t make it here. I have to thank all my family….my brothers and sisters…everyone that comes to help,” said Brewer of his Fremont Fence/Kent’s Transmissions/Hummel Auto Service backed #8kb.
Troy Kingan and Rob Chaney would bring the field to the green for the 30-lap 410 sprint feature. Chaney would bolt into the lead over Brandon Martin, Henry, Chris Andrews, Stuart Williams and Kingan. With two laps in Chaney had built up a sizeable lead over Martin, Henry, Andrews, Williams, Byron Reed and Dean Jacobs.
Action would grind to a halt on lap three as Jody Keegan, Brian Nuckles and Kingan tangled with Keegan ending up on his side. During the red flag, Chaney would push to the work area with a right rear wheel packed with mud. On the restart Andrew Palker would hit the cone on the front stretch bringing out the yellow and moving him back two positions.
When the green flew again Martin lead Henry, Andrews, Reed and Jacobs. Henry would race to the outside of Martin on lap six to take the lead. Henry pulled away as the leaders raced into lapped traffic by lap 10 with Martin in second while Reed got by Andrews for third as Jacobs and Craig Mintz closed.
At the half-way point Henry’s lead was beginning to evaporate as he worked through traffic allowing Martin to close with Reed, Jacobs, Mintz, Andrews and Travis Philo in pursuit. Chaney would stop on the track on lap 17 to bring out the final caution of the race. With a clear track on the restart Henry would pull away from Martin ad he had his hands full with Reed and Jacobs. Jacobs would move into third on lap 19 and closed quickly on Martin, taking the runner-up spot on lap 20.
Things got a little more interesting with four laps to go when Henry was mired in heavy lapped traffic with Jacobs closing while Reed, Mintz, Martin, Andrews and Philo giving chase. Henry would be patient in traffic and drove to the win over Jacobs, Reed, Mintz and Martin.Qualifying - Kistler Engines
- 9X-Rob Chaney, 12.499; 2. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.583; 3. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 12.643; 4. 40DD-Caleb Griffith, 12.671; 5. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.680; 6. 53-Cap Henry, 12.709; 7. 16-Chris Andrews, 12.764; 8. 11X-Brandon Martin, 12.788; 9. 21-Travis Philo, 12.804; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.817; 11. 45L-Brian Lay, 12.837; 12. 9-Dean Jacobs, 12.846; 13. 57X-Andrew Palker, 12.953; 14. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.116; 15. 60-Jody Keegan, 13.206; 16. 59-Bryan Nuckles, 13.464; 17. 7-Troy Kingan, 13.642; 18. 7M-Critter Malone, 13.715; 19. 96AU-Bruce White, 13.866; 20. 55-DJ Foos, 99.990
Heat 1 - Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps - Top 7 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
- 53-Cap Henry[3] ; 2. 11X-Brandon Martin[1] ; 3. 16-Chris Andrews[2] ; 4. 21-Travis Philo[5] ; 5. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[4] ; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[7] ; 7. 45L-Brian Lay[6]
Heat 2 - Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps - Top 7 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
- 9X-Rob Chaney[4] ; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1] ; 3. 46AU-Stuart Williams[2] ; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[3] ; 5. 57X-Andrew Palker[5] ; 6. 60-Jody Keegan[6] ; 7. 96AU-Bruce White[7]
Heat 3 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps - Top 7 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
- 5R-Byron Reed[4] ; 2. 9-Dean Jacobs[3] ; 3. 7-Troy Kingan[1] ; 4. 7M-Critter Malone[5] ; 5. 59-Bryan Nuckles[2]
A-Main - (30 Laps)
- 53-Cap Henry[5]; 2. 9-Dean Jacobs[9]; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[8]; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[11]; 5. 11X-Brandon Martin[4]; 6. 16-Chris Andrews[6]; 7. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[13]; 8. 21-Travis Philo[10]; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7]; 10. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[16]; 11. 57X-Andrew Palker[14]; 12. 7M-Critter Malone[12]; 13. 45L-Brian Lay[18]; 14. 60-Jody Keegan[17]; 15. 59-Bryan Nuckles[15]; 16. 46AU-Stuart Williams[3]; 17. 9X-Rob Chaney[2]; 18. 7-Troy Kingan[1]; 19. 96AU-Bruce White[19]
Hard Charger: 9-Dean Jacobs[+7]
Last Updated ( Monday, 11 August 2014 )
Submitted By: ANN TUSING
