UNOH SPRINTACULAR CONVERTED TO SPECTACULAR AS 119 SPRINT CARS JAM PIT AREA
Haudenschild (All Stars), Swindell (NRA Sprint Invaders and Bacon (BOSS) Capture Wild Wins
ROSSBURG, OH (October 12) –Jac Haudenschild (All Star Sprints) lived up to his moniker as ‘the wild child’, while Kevin Swindell (NRA Sprint Invaders) threaded a needle that no one else dare try and Brady Bacon (BOSS Sprints)rode the wall for 25 laps Saturday night as 119 Sprint Cars jammed the Eldora Speedway pit area for the UNOH Sprintacular.
After capturing the six-lap dash race, Haudenschild earned himself the pole starting position for the All Stars’ 30-lap season-ending event. With his mastery of the Eldora .500-mile clay oval well chronicled, everyone predicted a yawner.
Haudenschild didn’t let the naysayers down, as he darted into nearly a full straightaway lead over the field.
That lead was minimized when Sam Hafertepe, Jr. and Caleb Helms collided in turn one to bring out the red flag and halt the race. In the melee, Kevin Swindell protected his runner-up positioning by doing a series of spins and narrowly missing the stopped cars. In doing that; however, Swindell suffered some wing damage that virtually took him out of the running.
On the restart, Haudenschild again showed his prowess but lapped traffic soon came into play, and the field inched their way into Haudenschild’s playground. Randy Hannagan was the first to show his cards and narrow the lead. He brought with him Shane Stewart which led to a three-way battle that had the crowd literally on their feet.
With ten laps to go the trio swapped the lead multiple times around the track, pulling the infamous Eldora ‘slide job’ on each other, yet when they would cross the finish line, Haudenschild would manage to inch back out front.
It continued that way right up to the closing laps, as eventual series champion Dale Blaney decided to join the fun; bringing with him Tim Shaffer to set up a wild five car battle to the checkered.
In the waning laps, all five had heavy lapped traffic enter the mix; finding them using the entire 90’ width of Eldora.
Actually tagging the wall coming out of turn four, Haudenschild nosed ahead of Hannagan to take the victory, his ninth career All Star win at Eldora, by .047 seconds over Hannagan. Blaney, who swapped engines after time trials, crossed the line third, followed in close order by Stewart and Shaffer.
Multiple caution periods added to the attrition rate during the NRA night capper, but that didn’t diminish the intensity of the race; particularly up front. Butch Schroeder, who captured the NRA title last month, shot into the early lead and looked to be en route to his fifth career NRA event on the Eldora high banks.
But, enter Kevin Swindell. Fresh from the All Star race, Swindell had insider knowledge on the track conditions, and near the half-way point of the 20-lap chase, reeled in Schroeder.
After Swindell pulled up alongside Schroeder to identify himself as a contender, the defense was on. Schroeder and Swindell slid each other through the turns, and then, with seven laps to go, the pair encroached upon lapped traffic which sent both of them to the low side. Schroeder, in trying to save his lead, went what seemed as low as you could go in turn three. Swindell was convinced there was even more room there and somehow put his car between Schroeder and the inside wall to take the lead he was to hold to the finish.
Schroeder hung on for second, while Chuck Hebing came in as a newcomer and pulled off a strong third place finish. Jared Horstman and Bryan Sebetto completed the top five.
As the winged warriors of speed completed their final laps of the 2013 season at Eldora, the non-winged BOSS (Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series) moved to the track with their 24-car starting field that had been pared down from the 54 entries.
Thinking that the previous two features had set a standard unable to be beat, the non-wingers proved that to be a fallacy. Luke Hall out powered Matt Westfall at the dropping of the green flag on, what was soon to be, a 25-lap non-stop affair.
Westfall never let Hall out of his sight, and waged a wild battle up front that was quickly joined by Bacon. As Westfall and Bacon fought for the runner-up honor, Hall looked to be in clear sailing. However, Westfall and Bacon found themselves getting quicker in their battle and soon perched themselves on Hall’s tail. In a daring, up against the wall move, Bacon swept by both of them on lap nine.
That momentum remained with Bacon as he began to upon up some distance over the field. And, as quick was Bacon became, Chris Windom became even quicker. Buried deep in the field (12th) at the start, Windom had his work cut out for him, but he was relentless in his charge to the front. He disposed of Hall and then challenged Westfall in a battle that he won out with ten laps to go.
He tried to get up to Bacon, but ran out of time and had to settle for runner-up honors, as Westfall hung on to third. Dallas Hewitt and Gary Taylor came on strong in the closing laps to complete the top five.
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Date: October 12, 2013
All Star Sprint
TIME TRIALS – 1. 22-Cole Duncan [13.172]; 2. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [13.153]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [13.197]; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney [13.218]; 5. 71-Kevin Swindell [13.246]; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs [13.369]; 7. 13-Mark Dobmeier [13.334]; 8. 51-Roger Campbell [14.230]; 9. 3G-Shane Stewart [13.305]; 10. 15-Brandon Ferguson [13.884]; 11. 22S-Brandon Spithaler [99.999]; 12. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [13.186]; 13. 57X-Andrew Palker [13.583]; 14. M1-Mark Smith [13.530]; 15. 7K-Justin Henderson [13.391]; 16. 9W-Lucas Wolfe [13.319]; 17. 2-Dale Blaney [13.237]; 18. 11N-Randy Hannagan [13.281]; 19. 71M-Paul May [13.622]; 20. 15MH-Mitch Harble [13.518]; 21. 33-Brent Matus [14.420]; 22. 00-Jim Nier [13.470]; 23. 6N-Cody Gardner [14.706]; 24. 5T-Travis Philo [13.764]; 25. 13M- Brandon Matus [14.092]; 26. 2S-Nathan Skaggs [13.648]; 27. 59J-Kirk Jeffries [14.497]; 28. 80-Trey Gustin [14.935]; 29. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild [13.565]; 30. 35-Ron Blair [13.806]; 31. 24H-Brandon Wimmer [13.390]; 32. 83-Tim Shaffer [13.382]; 33. 97-Dean Jacobs [99.999]; 34. 59-Jac Haudenschild [13.032]; 35. 99-Brady Bacon [13.480]; 36. 55-Trey Starks [13.443]; 37. 40-Caleb Helms [13.569]; 38. 54-Cap Henry [14.135];
HEAT 1 – 1. 59-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs [3]; 3. 18-Ian Madsen [5]; 4. 11N-Randy Hannagan [4]; 5. 55-Trey Starks [2]; 6. 71M-Paul May [7]; 7. 22S-Brandon Spithaler [DNF]; 8. 33-Brent Matus [DNF]; 9. M1-Mark Smith [DNS]; 10. 15-Brandon Ferguson [DNS];
HEAT 2 – 1. 83-Tim Shaffer [3]; 2. 3G-Shane Stewart [4]; 3. 00-Jim Nier [2]; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney [5]; 5. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 6. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [6]; 7. 2S-Nathan Skaggs [7]; 8. 13M- Brandon Matus [8]; 9. 59J-Kirk Jeffries [DNS];
HEAT 3 – 1. 40-Caleb Helms [1]; 2. 99-Brady Bacon [2]; 3. 9W-Lucas Wolfe [4]; 4. 24H-Brandon Wimmer [3]; 5. 2-Dale Blaney [5]; 6. 22-Cole Duncan [6]; 7. 5T-Travis Philo [7]; 8. 6N-Cody Gardner [DNF]; 9. 54-Cap Henry [DNS];
HEAT 4 – 1. 15MH-Mitch Harble [2]; 2. 57X-Andrew Palker [1]; 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier [4]; 4. 71-Kevin Swindell [5]; 5. 7K-Justin Henderson [3]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [6]; 7. 80-Trey Gustin [9]; 8. 51-Roger Campbell [8]; 9. 35-Ron Blair [7];
DASH – 1. 59-Jac Haudenschild [4]; 2. 71-Kevin Swindell [2]; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan [1]; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney [6]; 5. 18-Ian Madsen [5]; 6. 2-Dale Blaney [DNF];
B-FEATURE – 1. 22-Cole Duncan [2]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [3]; 3. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [1]; 4. M1-Mark Smith [4]; 5. 71M-Paul May [5]; 6. 80-Trey Gustin [16]; 7. 5T-Travis Philo [7]; 8. 51-Roger Campbell [12]; 9. 33-Brent Matus [13]; 10. 6N-Cody Gardner [15]; 11. 13M- Brandon Matus [DNF]; 12. 2S-Nathan Skaggs [DNF]; 13. 15-Brandon Ferguson [DNS]; 14. 22S-Brandon Spithaler [DNS]; 15. 35-Ron Blair [DNS]; 16. 54-Cap Henry [DNS]; 17. 59J-Kirk Jeffries [DNS];
A FEATURE – 1. 59-Jac Haudenschild [1]; 2. 11N-Randy Hannagan [3]; 3. 2-Dale Blaney [6]; 4. 3G-Shane Stewart [7]; 5. 83-Tim Shaffer [14]; 6. 9X-Rob Chaney [4]; 7. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [11]; 8. 9W-Lucas Wolfe [8]; 9. 18-Ian Madsen [5]; 10. 71-Kevin Swindell [2]; 11. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild [22]; 12. 81-Lee Jacobs [10]; 13. 22-Cole Duncan [12]; 14. 24H-Brandon Wimmer [15]; 15. 55-Trey Starks [17]; 16. 99-Brady Bacon [19]; 17. 13-Mark Dobmeier [9]; 18. M1-Mark Smith [21]; 19. 57X-Andrew Palker [24]; 20. 7K-Justin Henderson [16]; 21. 00-Jim Nier [18]; 22. 15MH-Mitch Harble [20]; 23. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [13]; 24. 40-Caleb Helms [23];
NRA Sprint
TIME TRIALS – 1. 22H-Randy Hannagan [14.141]; 2. 22D-Brady Bacon [14.268]; 3. B20-Butch Schroeder [14.278]; 4. 45-Chuck Hebing [14.287]; 5. 49-Shawn Dancer [14.311]; 6. 17-Jared Horstman [14.328]; 7. 71-Kevin Swindell [14.339]; 8. 2MD-Dustin Daggett [14.347]; 9. 16-Ryan Ruhl [14.376]; 10. 11-Tim Allison [14.411]; 11. M1-Mark Smith [14.459]; 12. 29-Shane Stewart [14.470]; 13. 7C-Hud Horton [14.506]; 14. 35-Ron Blair [14.582]; 15. 2MS-Bryan Sebetto [14.583]; 16. 27-Beau Stewart [14.601]; 17. 6S-Max Stambaugh [14.642]; 18. 12R-Nick Roberts [14.658]; 19. 220Z-Aaron Shaffer [14.805]; 20. 6-Tim Shaffer [14.844]; 21. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [14.863]; 22. 9W-Lucas Wolfe [14.943]; 23. 23-Devon Dobie [15.167]; 24. 23P-Nick Patterson [15.167]; 25. 19-Jimmy Snead [15.213]; 26. 10S-Jay Steinebach [15.591]; 27. 1A-Mark Aldrich [15.687]; 28. 10J-Cj Jones [16.151]; 29. 2W-Chad Mcinturff [99.999];
HEAT 1 – 1. 16-Ryan Ruhl [4]; 2. 27-Beau Stewart [2]; 3. 22H-Randy Hannagan [6]; 4. 49-Shawn Dancer [5]; 5. 6-Tim Shaffer [1]; 6. 7C-Hud Horton [3]; 7. 19-Jimmy Snead [7]; 8. 2W-Chad Mcinturff [8];
HEAT 2 – 1. 11-Tim Allison [4]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman [5]; 3. 22D-Brady Bacon [6]; 4. 6S-Max Stambaugh [2]; 5. 35-Ron Blair [3]; 6. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [1]; 7. 10S-Jay Steinebach [7];
HEAT 3 – 1. 71-Kevin Swindell [5]; 2. B20-Butch Schroeder [6]; 3. 12R-Nick Roberts [2]; 4. 2MS-Bryan Sebetto [3]; 5. 1A-Mark Aldrich [7]; 6. M1-Mark Smith [DNF]; 7. 9W-Lucas Wolfe [DNS];
HEAT 4 – 1. 23-Devon Dobie [3]; 2. 29-Shane Stewart [4]; 3. 2MD-Dustin Daggett [5]; 4. 45-Chuck Hebing [6]; 5. 23P-Nick Patterson [1]; 6. 10J-Cj Jones [7]; 7. 220Z-Aaron Shaffer [DNF];
B-FEATURE – 1. M1-Mark Smith [1]; 2. 7C-Hud Horton [2]; 3. 35-Ron Blair [3]; 4. 6-Tim Shaffer [5]; 5. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [6]; 6. 23P-Nick Patterson [8]; 7. 19-Jimmy Snead [9]; 8. 10S-Jay Steinebach [10]; 9. 10J-Cj Jones [12]; 10. 1A-Mark Aldrich [11]; 11. 2W-Chad Mcinturff [13]; 12. 220Z-Aaron Shaffer [4]; 13. 9W-Lucas Wolfe [DNS];
A FEATURE – 1. 71-Kevin Swindell [7]; 2. B20-Butch Schroeder [4]; 3. 45-Chuck Hebing [3]; 4. 17-Jared Horstman [1]; 5. 2MS-Bryan Sebetto [12]; 6. M1-Mark Smith [17]; 7. 6S-Max Stambaugh [15]; 8. 7C-Hud Horton [18]; 9. 35-Ron Blair [19]; 10. 11-Tim Allison [10]; 11. 6-Tim Shaffer [20]; 12. 23-Devon Dobie [13]; 13. 2MD-Dustin Daggett [8]; 14. 29-Shane Stewart [11]; 15. 12R-Nick Roberts [16]; 16. 49-Shawn Dancer [2]; 17. 22H-Randy Hannagan [6]; 18. 16-Ryan Ruhl [9]; 19. 22D-Brady Bacon [5]; 20. 27-Beau Stewart [14];
BOSS Non-Winged Sprint Cars
HEAT 1 – 1. 04-Drew Abel [1]; 2. 19-Joe Bares [7]; 3. 74M-Tony Main [2]; 4. 15-Brandon Whited [4]; 5. 11X-David Applegate [3]; 6. 48-Mike Burkin [10]; 7. 21-Travis Hery [6]; 8. 4G-Bill Griffith [9]; 9. 5-Bob Mcmillin [8]; 10. 13- Brandon Matus [DNS];
HEAT 2 – 1. 14-Dallas Hewitt [1]; 2. 27-Justin Grant [5]; 3. 11-Chris Windom [10]; 4. 59J-Kirk Jeffries [3]; 5. 91X-Aaron Middaugh [6]; 6. 82-Nick Landon [4]; 7. 3J-Tony Beaber [11]; 8. 97X-Tyler Hewitt [7]; 9. 32M-Derek Hastings [8]; 10. 4-Michael Fischesser [9]; 11. 9X-Mike Brecht [DNS];
HEAT 3 – 1. 18-Jarett Andretti [3]; 2. 0-Steve Irwin [8]; 3. 83-Adam Cruea [5]; 4. 17B-Brett Burdette [6]; 5. 2K-Kevin Klatte [9]; 6. 71C-Barney Craig [11]; 7. 13D-Jeremy Duposki [1]; 8. 22W-Mike Weber [2]; 9. 63-Huston Hewitt [DNF]; 10. 1M-Mike Moore [DNF]; 11. 33-Brent Matus [DNS];
HEAT 4 – 1. 54-Matt Westfall [2]; 2. 12-Kody Swanson [3]; 3. 40-Gary Taylor [9]; 4. 82M-Mike Miller [6]; 5. 41-Thomas Meseraull [5]; 6. 48X-Dustin Smith [8]; 7. 7P-Brandon Moore [DNF]; 8. 5S-Mark Silva [DNF]; 9. 5M-Kent Wolters [DNF]; 10. 20-Steve Thomas [DNF];
HEAT 5 – 1. 9-Brady Bacon [7]; 2. 9N-Luke Hall [1]; 3. 31-Chuck Wilson [3]; 4. 57B-Brandon Spithaler [10]; 5. 24M-Adam Miller [4]; 6. 74-Jt Stapp [8]; 7. 71-Dwayne Spille [6]; 8. 10S-Roger Shammo [2]; 9. 8-Lewie Christian [9]; 10. 32-Garrett Abrams [DNS];
B-FEATURE 1 – 1. 48X-Dustin Smith [5]; 2. 24M-Adam Miller [3]; 3. 82-Nick Landon [4]; 4. 97X-Tyler Hewitt [9]; 5. 7P-Brandon Moore [10]; 6. 2K-Kevin Klatte [2]; 7. 11X-David Applegate [1]; 8. 21-Travis Hery [6]; 9. 13D-Jeremy Duposki [7]; 10. 5-Bob Mcmillin [11]; 11. 1M-Mike Moore [12]; 12. 8-Lewie Christian [13]; 13. 33-Brent Matus [14]; 14. 71-Dwayne Spille [8];
B-FEATURE 2 – 1. 41-Thomas Meseraull [2]; 2. 3J-Tony Beaber [6]; 3. 4-Michael Fischesser [13]; 4. 91X-Aaron Middaugh [1]; 5. 48-Mike Burkin [3]; 6. 32M-Derek Hastings [11]; 7. 74-Jt Stapp [5]; 8. 10S-Roger Shammo [10]; 9. 22W-Mike Weber [9]; 10. 5S-Mark Silva [DNF]; 11. 71C-Barney Craig [DNF]; 12. 13- Brandon Matus [DNF]; 13. 4G-Bill Griffith [DNF];
A FEATURE -1. 9-Brady Bacon(8) 2. 11-Chris Windom [12]; 3. 54-Matt Westfall [4]; 4. 14-Dallas Hewitt [10]; 5. 40-Gary Taylor [14]; 6. 27-Justin Grant [1]; 7. 9N-Luke Hall [2]; 8. 18-Jarett Andretti [6]; 9. 15-Brandon Whited [16]; 10. 12-Kody Swanson [7]; 11. 83-Adam Cruea [13]; 12. 41-Thomas Meseraull [22]; 13. 59J-Kirk Jeffries [17]; 14. 82M-Mike Miller [19]; 15. 0-Steve Irwin [5]; 16. 74M-Tony Main [11]; 17. 3J-Tony Beaber [24]; 18. 57B-Brandon Spithaler [20]; 19. 19-Joe Bares [9]; 20. 31-Chuck Wilson [15]; 21. 24M-Adam Miller [23]; 22. 04-Drew Abel [3]; 23. 17B-Brett Burdette [18]; 24. 48X-Dustin Smith [21];