Friday, July 23, 2021
By Brian Liskai
ATTICA, Ohio – Cale Conley held off Trey Jacobs to score his second career 410 sprint car win at Attica Raceway Park Friday, July 23 on Baumann Auto Group/NAPA Auto Parts/Advanced Drainage Systems Night. Conley’s margin of victory was only .084 seconds over current Attica point leader Jacobs.
Conley, from Vienna, West Virginia, led all 30 laps of the Callie’s Performance Products 410 Sprint A-main, but Jacobs made things very entertaining the final six laps. The victory was worth $4,000 thanks to Spanky’s Pizza of Carey, Ohio.
“I saw him coming. That was way too close of a victory to be comfortable about. I’m still a little bit puckered up after that. I was up here for that front row challenge and I knew I wanted to start out front here. There’s too many good cars here. I said if anyone could start at the back and come up front it would be that 3J car of Jacobs and sure enough there he was at the end. I’m really happy to hold him off because he’s pretty solid on the bottom and the top was getting pretty thin. The car was great thanks to Brian and Stacie Kemenah…this thing was really fun to drive. I’m grateful to be here,” said Conley beside his Ravici Racing/The PM Company/Brilex LLC/Precision Garage Door backed #3c.
With his third place finish Craig Mintz gained valuable points on All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products 410 Attica Fremont Championship Series Presented by the Baumann Auto Group point leader DJ Foos who charged from 14th to a sixth place finish.
Fremont, Ohio’s Paul Weaver, defending and five time Attica 305 champion, took the lead of the 25 lap Fremont Fence 305 Sprint A-main on lap 13, survived a caution with four laps to go and drove to his fifth win of the season. It was the 61st of his career in the division and 64th overall Attica win (three 410 victories) to lead all drivers in career wins in the history of Attica Raceway Park.
“That wasn’t fun….that was a workout. I’ve got the identical set-up…I put the same set-up on it when we went to Portsmouth, Atomic, Wayne County. I know what the car’s going to do. It might not win all the time but it’s comfortable. I have to thank Bob Hampshire for one hell of a motor, Kenny Greber kind of come on board and helped me a little bit with some parts, Pam and Steve Brown of B&B Drain Services, M&L Excavating and Dave Rice,” said Weaver.
Weaver, the 2020 NAPA Auto Parts of Bryan 305 AFCS Presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales champion, padded his lead in the AFCS points with the victory.
Prior to the 410 A-main, Rich Farmer of NAPA Auto Parts offered a $10,000 to pole-sitter Chris Andrews to go to the tail and come back and win. Andrews unfortunately crashed out of the A-main on lap 13.
So the front row of the feature saw Conley and Ricky Peterson charge to the green with Conley gaining the advantage as Peterson got locked in a tremendous battle with Stuart Brubaker for second while Jacobs and Craig Mintz stayed within striking distance. A caution for debris on lap six wiped out a substantial lead for Conley as Brubaker had moved into second over Peterson, Jacobs, Mintz and Cole Macedo.
A couple of cautions prior to the half-way point kept the field close, wiping out big leads for Conley while Brubaker, Peterson and Jacobs battled extremely hard for second. With eight laps to go Conley’s lead has dissipated as Brubaker, Jacobs and Peterson closed. Unfortunately for Peterson his great run came to an end when he slammed into the front stretch wall with just six laps to go.
On the restart Conley took off but in a few laps Jacobs, utilizing the low line, closed and was racing inside the leader when a caution flew with just three laps remaining. Again Conley got an excellent restart on the high side of the track but Jacobs closed quickly on the bottom and as they charged to the checkers Jacobs was beside Conley who took the very close win. Mintz, Brubaker and Macedo rounded out the top five.
Steve Rando grabbed the early lead of the 305 A-main over Kyle Peters, Seth Schneider, Logan Riehl and Weaver. Rando built a big lead but a couple of cautions early on kept he field close as Schneider took second on lap four with Weaver into third. Weaver grabbed second on lap eight and immediately closed on Rando, driving under him to take the lead on lap 13.
Weaver pulled away steadily as Rando ran unchallenged in second while Schneider, Riehl and Jamie Miller battled for third. A final caution with four laps to go gave Rando one final chance but Weaver was too strong and drove to the win with Miller, Schneider and Matt Foos rounding out the top five.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, July 30 with the 410 sprints, late models and 305 sprints in action.
Attica Raceway Park
Friday, July 23, 2021
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410 Sprints – JF Construction
Qualifying
1.3J-Trey Jacobs, 12.712; 2.18-Cole Macedo, 12.738; 3.23-Chris Andrews, 12.882; 4.5T-Travis Philo, 12.901; 5.09-Craig Mintz, 12.904; 6.33W-Caleb Griffith, 12.938; 7.16-DJ Foos, 12.941; 8.2-Ricky Peterson, 13.094; 9.11N-Harli White, 13.120; 10.3C-Cale Conley, 13.137; 11.29W-Stuart Brubaker, 13.162; 12.1-Nate Dussel, 13.163; 13.27S-John Ivy, 13.288; 14.97-Greg Wilson, 13.361; 15.2L-Landon LaLonde, 13.440; 16.55-Alex Bowman, 13.451; 17.14R-Sean Rayhall, 13.544; 18.29-Zeth Sabo, 13.545; 19.12G-Corbin Gurley, 13.546; 20.22-Conner Leoffler, 13.650; 21.12-Kyle Capodice, 13.688; 22.38-Leyton Wagner, 13.865; 23.40I-Mark Imler, 14.002; 24.15-Mitch Harble, 99.999;
Crown Battery Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[1] ; 2. 29W-Stuart Brubaker[2] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[4] ; 4. 11N-Harli White[3] ; 5. 97-Greg Wilson[5] ; 6. 55-Alex Bowman[6] ; 7. 12G-Corbin Gurley[7] ; 8. 22-Conner Leoffler[8]
Terry Henricks Ford Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 23-Chris Andrews[2] ; 2. 2-Ricky Peterson[1] ; 3. 18-Cole Macedo[3] ; 4. 3J-Trey Jacobs[4] ; 5. 2L-Landon LaLonde[6] ; 6. 27S-John Ivy[5] ; 7. 38-Leyton Wagner[7] ; 8. 40I-Mark Imler[8]
Liuna Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 09-Craig Mintz[4] ; 2. 3C-Cale Conley[1] ; 3. 33W-Caleb Griffith[3] ; 4. 14R-Sean Rayhall[5] ; 5. 16-DJ Foos[2] ; 6. 29-Zeth Sabo[6] ; 7. 12-Kyle Capodice[7] ; 8. 15-Mitch Harble[8]
Engler Machine & Tool B-Main 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 27S-John Ivy[2] ; 2. 55-Alex Bowman[1] ; 3. 12-Kyle Capodice[6] ; 4. 29-Zeth Sabo[3] ; 5. 38-Leyton Wagner[5] ; 6. 12G-Corbin Gurley[4] ; 7. 15-Mitch Harble[9] ; 8. 40I-Mark Imler[8] ; 9. 22-Conner Leoffler[7]
Hoosier Tire A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 3C-Cale Conley[1] ; 2. 3J-Trey Jacobs[4] ; 3. 09-Craig Mintz[6] ; 4. 29W-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 5. 18-Cole Macedo[8] ; 6. 16-DJ Foos[14] ; 7. 5T-Travis Philo[5] ; 8. 97-Greg Wilson[12] ; 9. 33W-Caleb Griffith[9] ; 10. 29-Zeth Sabo[18] ; 11. 11N-Harli White[10] ; 12. 14R-Sean Rayhall[11] ; 13. 12-Kyle Capodice[17] ; 14. 2L-Landon LaLonde[13] ; 15. 1-Nate Dussel[7] ; 16. 55-Alex Bowman[16] ; 17. 2-Ricky Peterson[2] ; 18. 27S-John Ivy[15] ; 19. 23-Chris Andrews[20] ; 20. 38-Leyton Wagner[19]
305 Sprints – JF Construction
Qualifying
1.9R-Logan Riehl, 13.674; 2.1W-Paul Weaver, 13.822; 3.X-Mike Keegan, 13.861; 4.26-Jamie Miller, 13.910; 5.12F-Matt Foos, 13.916; 6.5M-Mike Moore, 13.951; 7.61-Tyler Shullick, 13.955; 8.10X-Dustin Stroup, 13.971; 9.19R-Steve Rando, 13.980; 10.5K-Kasey Jedrzejek, 13.988; 11.Z10-Chris Verda, 14.013; 12.7M-Brandon Moore, 14.019; 13.3F-Wade Fraley, 14.023; 14.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 14.054; 15.97-Kyle Peters, 14.083; 16.3M-Logan Mongeau, 14.085; 17.22-Justin Lusk, 14.094; 18.20I-Kelsey Ivy, 14.099; 19.32-Bryce Lucius, 14.190; 20.21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 14.195; 21.36-Seth Schneider, 14.198; 22.96J-Stuart Williams, 14.247; 23.3X-Brandon Riehl, 14.279; 24.5JR-Jim McGrath Jr., 14.311; 25.5-Kody Brewer, 14.329; 26.6-Jimmie Ward Jr, 14.416; 27.51-Garrett Craine, 14.432; 28.77X-Jamin Kindred, 14.797; 29.13-Jeremy Duposki, 14.883; 30.98-Bruce Robenalt, 16.253; 31.86-Zack Miller, 16.257; 32.2-Brenden Torok, 99.999;
Crown Battery Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 19R-Steve Rando[2] ; 2. 97-Kyle Peters[6] ; 3. 12F-Matt Foos[3] ; 4. 9R-Logan Riehl[4] ; 5. 7M-Brandon Moore[5] ; 6. 32-Bryce Lucius[7] ; 7. Z10-Chris Verda[1] ; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[8]
Kear's Speed Shop Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 61-Tyler Shullick[1] ; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[3] ; 3. 96J-Stuart Williams[4] ; 4. 5M-Mike Moore[2] ; 5. 5K-Kasey Jedrzejek[5] ; 6. 5JR-Jim McGrath Jr.[7] ; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[6] ; 8. 6-Jimmie Ward Jr[8]
Rohr Total Lawn Care Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 2. X-Mike Keegan[4] ; 3. 22-Justin Lusk[2] ; 4. 5-Kody Brewer[6] ; 5. 3X-Brandon Riehl[5] ; 6. 51-Garrett Craine[7] ; 7. 3M-Logan Mongeau[3] ; 8. 86-Zack Miller[8]
Fremont Fence Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps)
1. 3F-Wade Fraley[2] ; 2. X15-Kasey Ziebold[1] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[4] ; 4. 10X-Dustin Stroup[3] ; 5. 13-Jeremy Duposki[6] ; 6. 77X-Jamin Kindred[5] ; 7. 98-Bruce Robenalt[7] ; 8. 2-Brenden Torok[8]
MLP Lawn Care B-Main 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 3X-Brandon Riehl[2] ; 2. 7M-Brandon Moore[1] ; 3. 32-Bryce Lucius[3] ; 4. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[7] ; 5. Z10-Chris Verda[5] ; 6. 3M-Logan Mongeau[6] ; 7. 86-Zack Miller[8] ; 8. 51-Garrett Craine[4]
Hoosier Tire Midwest B-Main 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 5K-Kasey Jedrzejek[1] ; 2. 5JR-Jim McGrath Jr.[3] ; 3. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[5] ; 4. 13-Jeremy Duposki[2] ; 5. 6-Jimmie Ward Jr[7] ; 6. 77X-Jamin Kindred[4] ; 7. 98-Bruce Robenalt[6] ; 8. 2-Brenden Torok[8]
JF Construction A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[5] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[1] ; 3. 26-Jamie Miller[9] ; 4. 36-Seth Schneider[3] ; 5. 12F-Matt Foos[11] ; 6. 10X-Dustin Stroup[16] ; 7. 9R-Logan Riehl[6] ; 8. X15-Kasey Ziebold[4] ; 9. 96J-Stuart Williams[12] ; 10. X-Mike Keegan[8] ; 11. 22-Justin Lusk[13] ; 12. 5K-Kasey Jedrzejek[18] ; 13. 7M-Brandon Moore[19] ; 14. 5JR-Jim McGrath Jr.[20] ; 15. 61-Tyler Shullick[10] ; 16. 32-Bryce Lucius[21] ; 17. 5-Kody Brewer[15] ; 18. 5M-Mike Moore[14] ; 19. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[22] ; 20. 3X-Brandon Riehl[17] ; 21. 97-Kyle Peters[2] ; 22. 3F-Wade Fraley[7]