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Shaffer wraps up All Star season with Lawrenceburg win

LAWRENCEBURG, IN (10-9-10) By Brian Liskai – Tim Shaffer put an exclamation point on his unbelievable 2010 season, winning the Hoosier Fall Classic at Lawrenceburg Speedway Saturday, Oct. 9. Shaffer, who had already wrapped up his second straight O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions title, took the lead on lap 24 and went on to score his 16th series feature and 21st overall victory of 2010.

“This year has just been a fantastic year, it seems like everything is going right. But tonight…I’ll tell you they made me earn it tonight,” said Shaffer beside his Aaron Call, Janet Holbrook owned machine.

“We just kept getting better and better…we were a little too tight early which is we wanted to be. Brian (Kemenah, crew chief) and the guys did a great job with this car…it just kept getting faster through the night,” continued Shaffer beside his VRP Shocks, Kistler Engines, J&J Racing, Kistler Racing Products backed #83.

“This is the best year I’ve ever had…it’s been so much fun It’s just amazing when you put a great team together what you can do,” concluded Shaffer. “I hate to see this year coming to an end.”

Bill Balog and Cale Conley paced the field to the green in the 30-lap feature, with Conley grabbing the lead. The action would grind to a half after one lap when David Gravel and Shaffer banged wheels on the back stretch resulting in Gravel getting upside down. On the restart Conley would continue to lead over Balog, Shaffer, Kyle Sauder and Cole Duncan.

The leaders would find the back of the field by lap eight on the fast 3/8th mile and it became a three car battle between Conley, Balog and Shaffer. Balog would duck under Conley for the lead on lap 9 as Sauder drove to the outside of Shaffer for third and would take second a lap later. The caution would fly on lap 11 for a stalled Brandon Wimmer. Balog had a lapped machine between himself and Sauder with Shaffer third, Conley and Dale Blaney rounding out the top five.

On the restart Ronnie Blair made contact with another car and stopped with a broken front end. That brought out a red flag fuel stop with the running order Balog, Sauder, Shaffer, Conley, Blaney and Duncan. On the ensuing restart, Sauder would blast to the outside of Balog to take the lead, with Shaffer stalking in third and Blaney grabbing fourth.

The final caution would fly on lap 17 for a Caleb Helms spin. On the restart, Shaffer began to make his move, driving under Balog for second. Sauder continued to drive against the cushion as Shaffer held steady around the bottom and slowly began to reel the leader in as Balog ran third and Blaney in fourth. The car on the move was Dean Jacobs, as the Seeling team had put together a new J&J chassis and he had worked his way from his 20th starting spot to fifth with 10 laps to go.

As the Sauder raced into heavy lapped traffic, Shaffer continued to make up ground. Shaffer shot under Sauder exiting turn two on lap 24 for the lead. Shaffer would continue to pick his way through traffic while Sauder road comfortably in second and Balog third. Meanwhile Blaney and Jacobs waged a tremendous battle for fourth with Jacobs gaining the position on lap 26.

Shaffer would go on to the victory over Sauder, Balog, Jacobs and Blaney. However, Balog failed to go to the scales after the feature and was disqualified, giving Jacobs third.

For Sauder, who had taken several years off of racing and came back in June, it continued a strong comeback.

“If it was a 25 lap race I think we might have had it. Hats off to Tim, he’s had a great year. To run second to him is nothing to hang my head about,” said Sauder beside his Dave Jessup racing machine.

“I’ve got to thank Dave Jessup, Rick Comer, Triple A, Bob Someral Tire, Brookville Auto Parts…everybody on the car for giving me a chance to come back to racing and the good Lord for giving me the talent to run up front as much as I do and to come back the way I did,” continued Sauder.

For Jacobs the race from the back to the front was something he has become accustomed to this summer.

“We’re not happy with our early effort tonight…it’s been that way a lot this year. It’s not the fault of the race car…we got a new car and it’s really nice. I just didn’t race it qualifying where it needed to be and the result was a bad qualifying time. But, we got it good when it counted so we’re happy with third,” said Jacobs beside his Midwest Towing and Recovery, NAPA Truck and Auto Center backed #97.

“With this new J&J and Paul Kistler working on the engines and with Joe and Matt working on the thing and getting what we need I think the wins are going to come,” added Jacobs. “This really gives us a good incentive to start over again next year. It just keeps getting better and better with this deal. I’m really looking forward to next year and getting out and winning some races. Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 83-Tim Shaffer, 11.965; 2. 89G-David Gravel, 12.019; 3. 6F-Bob Felmlee, 12.036; 4. 4-Cole Duncan, 12.054; 5. 3C-Cale Conley, 12.089; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.092; 7. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.101; 8. 7K-Kyle Sauder, 12.197; 9. 53-Phil Gressman, 12.229; 10. 35-Ronnie Blair, 12.238; 11. 7C-Tim Hunter, 12.288; 12. 6-Bill Rose, 12.342; 13. O4-Cap Henry, 12.420; 14. 47-Caleb Helms, 12.455; 15. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.456; 16. 12-Jared Ridge, 12.526; 17. 4K-Kody Kinser, 12.530; 18. O-Brandon Wimmer, 12.560; 19. 5-Byron Reed, 12.590; 20. 97-Dean Jacobs, 12.606; 21. 60C-Kory Crabtree, 12.872; 22. 99-Tom Busch, 12.902; 23. 2+-Brian Smith, 13.092; 24. 28H-Hud Horton, 13.149; 25. 5V-Matt Vandervere, 13.473

Heat 1 - MSD Ignition (8 Laps - Top 10 Transfer)

1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer; 3. 12-Jared Ridge; 4. 35-Ronnie Blair; 5. 4-Cole Duncan; 6. 5-Byron Reed; 7. 99-Tom Busch; 8. 5V-Matt Vandervere; 9. O4-Cap Henry

Heat 2 - Kear's Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 10 Transfer)

1. 7C-Tim Hunter; 2. 7K-Kyle Sauder; 3. 4K-Kody Kinser; 4. 47-Caleb Helms; 5. 89G-David Gravel; 6. 3C-Cale Conley; 7. 97-Dean Jacobs; 8. 2+-Brian Smith

Dash - Rubbn' Repair (6 Laps - Top - Transfer)

1. 6F-Bob Felmlee; 2. 89G-David Gravel; 3. 3C-Cale Conley; 4. 83-Tim Shaffer; 5. W20-Greg Wilson; 6. 6-Bill Rose

B-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (12 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)

1. 6F-Bob Felmlee; 2. 17B-Bill Balog; 3. 53-Phil Gressman; 4. 6-Bill Rose; 5. W20-Greg Wilson; 6. O-Brandon Wimmer; 7. 60C-Kory Crabtree; 8. 28H-Hud Horton

A-Main - O'Reilly Auto Parts (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position

1. 83-Tim Shaffer[6]; 2. 7K-Kyle Sauder[8]; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs[20]; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[7]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[15]; 6. 3C-Cale Conley[2]; 7. 4K-Kody Kinser[17]; 8. 53-Phil Gressman[9]; 9. 5-Byron Reed[19]; 10. 6F-Bob Felmlee[4]; 11. 6-Bill Rose[12]; 12. 7C-Tim Hunter[11]; 13. 12-Jared Ridge[16]; 14. 28H-Hud Horton[24]; 15. 47-Caleb Helms[14]; 16. 2+-Brian Smith[23]; 17. 99-Tom Busch[22]; 18. 4-Cole Duncan[5]; 19. 35-Ronnie Blair[10]; 20. O-Brandon Wimmer[18]; 21. 60C-Kory Crabtree[21]; 22. 5V-Matt Vandervere[25]; 23. 89G-David Gravel[3]; 24. O4-Cap Henry[13]; 25. 17B-Bill Balog[1]

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