Eldora

HAUDENSCHILD HOLDS TRUE TO ‘WILD CHILD’ MONIKER WITH ELDORA ALL STAR WIN
Wooster, OH Veteran Captures 8th All Star Win in Leg #2 of Ohio Sprint Speedweek as Sutter & Craig Shine

ROSSBURG, OH (June 22) – By no means is he a kid anymore, but his moniker remains ‘the Wild Child’ and Jac Haudenschild lived up to those expectations with a classic Eldora Speedway run Saturday night. For the 55-year old Wooster, OH native, it was his 8th career UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car victory on the famed .500-mile clay oval and it came in leg #2 of the annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek.

Completing the tripleheader program as feature winners were Ryan Sutter in his first UMP DIRTcar Modified trip to the stage and Barney Craig for his fourth Stock Car win of the season.


Haudenschild played out the ‘spoiler’ role, as his determined rim-riding run denied Tim Shaffer his first-ever All Star win at Eldora. Shaffer, the defending and four-time All Star champion captured the pole starting berth for the 30-lap A-Feature event by virtue of his victory in the Dash event earlier in the night.

As the green flag unfurled over the lightning quick field, Shaffer shot out as if fired from a cannon. Within three laps he had built up a comfortable six car length lead; yet Haudenschild had him in sight. Riding up against the outer wall, Haudenschild moved from fourth to second before the completion of the first lap, and as his momentum built him, he began to narrow the distance.

By the sixth circuit, the blistering pace found the leaders approaching lapped traffic and that played right into the hand of Haudenschild. Before the seventh lap could be completed, Haudenschild had moved to the front and that was his position to protect throughout the remainder of the chase.

That protection held up through a pair of caution flags that had bunched up the field. One of the yellow flag periods was for Brandon Wimmer who tagged the third turn wall after finding a groove that was moving him forward quickly from his 8th place starting position.

Also on the move was current point leader Dale Blaney who started the race in 11th spot, but by lap 20 was up to third and joined a spirited battle with Brad Sweet, Randy Hannagan and his brother, Dave Blaney.

Things really heated up in the waning laps, as the gap that Haudenschild had built up narrowed down to a matter of a few car lengths. Shaffer, sensing his first Eldora All Star win, zeroed in on Haudenschild, but time ran out and had to settle for runner-up honors, with Sweet nosing out Dale Blaney for third. Hannagan crossed the line in fifth position, with Dave Blaney sixth.

Normally a nemesis, a rash of caution flags proved to be an ally to Sutter, who turned a solid effort. A 15-minute time placed on the event expired as a result of the numerous yellow flags, with a strong running Sutter out in front.

It was doubtful that anyone had anything for the determined young charger had the race gone the distance. Aaron Orr tried every trick in the book to outsmart Sutter, as did eventual third-place finisher Brandon Vaughan. But with every restart, Sutter was able to maintain his groove and drove a smart race knowing that the clock was ticking in his favor.

Following those three across the line were Zach Schroeder and Jerry Bowersock. With Sutter’s victory, it marked the fifth different winner this season, tying a 1996 fete as the most consecutive run of different winners in a season.

Paul Pardo shot into the early lead of the Stock Car finale, knowing that defending champion Craig was not too far behind him. Craig didn’t disappoint Pardo in his expectations of a battle, as within a matter of three laps the duo was engaged in a battle of supremacy. That lasted until the half-way point, at which time Craig slid into the lead he was to hold to the finish. Pardo hung on for second, while Dean Pitts turned in his best performance of the year to finish third. Jordan Conover and Shawn Phillippi completed the top five.

Eldora’s focus on Sprint Car racing now carries over to the 30th annual Kings Royal weekend, set for the weekend of July 12 and 13. Tickets and campsites for the event, as well as all of the other remaining events on the 60th season of racing at Eldora, can be purchased online at www.EldoraSpeedway.com
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Event: OHIO SPRINT SPEEDWEEK
Date: June 22, 2013

All Star Sprint
TIME TRIALS – 1. 9X-Rob Chaney [13.727]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [13.234]; 3. 59-Jac Haudenschild [13.342]; 4. 2-Dale Blaney [13.401]; 5. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [13.403]; 6. 54-Cap Henry [13.421]; 7. 83-Tim Shaffer [13.488]; 8. 10-Dave Blaney [13.638]; 9. 00-Jim Nier [13.645]; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart [13.661]; 11. 11N-Randy Hannagan [13.669]; 12. 9W-Brandon Wimmer [13.674]; 13. 24H-Bryan Sebetto [13.678]; 14. 40T-Gary Taylor [13.682]; 15. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild [13.735]; 16. 97-Dean Jacobs [13.783]; 17. 27-Paige Polyak [13.793]; 18. 7K-Cole Duncan [13.808]; 19. 40-Caleb Helms [13.818]; 20. W20-Greg Wilson [13.833]; 21. 4-Danny Smith [13.846]; 22. 5T-Travis Philo [13.848]; 23. 53-D.j. Foos [13.880]; 24. 0-Justin Henderson [13.896]; 25. 9Z-Duane Zablocki [13.942]; 26. 46AU-Stuart Williams [13.954]; 27. 80-Trey Gustin [14.019]; 28. 15H-Mitch Harble [14.033]; 29. 15W-Adam Wilt [14.035]; 30. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [14.051]; 31. 35B-Stuart Brubaker [14.213]; 32. 1A-Jacob Allen [14.361]; 33. 5-Jordon Harble [15.006]; 34. 96AU-Bruce White [15.349]; 35. T29-Robin Dawkins [15.398];

HEAT 1 – 1. 4-Danny Smith [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 3. 54-Cap Henry [5]; 4. 27-Paige Polyak [2]; 5. 40T-Gary Taylor [3]; 6. 15W-Adam Wilt [8]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki [7]; 9. 5-Jordon Harble [9];

HEAT 2 – 1. 5T-Travis Philo [1]; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer [5]; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan [4]; 4. 9X-Rob Chaney [3]; 5. 59-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 6. 7K-Cole Duncan [2]; 7. 46AU-Stuart Williams [7]; 8. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [8]; 9. 96AU-Bruce White [9];

HEAT 3 – 1. 40-Caleb Helms [2]; 2. 9W-Brandon Wimmer [4]; 3. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 4. 10-Dave Blaney [5]; 5. 53-D.j. Foos [1]; 6. 2-Dale Blaney [6]; 7. 35B-Stuart Brubaker [8]; 8. 80-Trey Gustin [7]; 9. T29-Robin Dawkins [DNF];

HEAT 4 – 1. W20-Greg Wilson [2]; 2. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [6]; 3. 24H-Bryan Sebetto [4]; 4. 97-Dean Jacobs [3]; 5. 0-Justin Henderson [1]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [8]; 7. 15H-Mitch Harble [7]; 8. 00-Jim Nier [DNF];

DASH – 1. 83-Tim Shaffer [3]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 3. 10-Dave Blaney [5]; 4. 59-Jac Haudenschild [4]; 5. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [1]; 6. 54-Cap Henry [2];

B-FEATURE – 1. 2-Dale Blaney [3]; 2. 00-Jim Nier [12]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 4. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [10]; 5. 7K-Cole Duncan [2]; 6. 15W-Adam Wilt [1]; 7. 15H-Mitch Harble [8]; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki [9]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 10. 80-Trey Gustin [11]; 11. 46AU-Stuart Williams [6]; 12. 5-Jordon Harble [13]; 13. 96AU-Bruce White [14]; 14. 35B-Stuart Brubaker [DNF]; 15. T29-Robin Dawkins [DNS];

A FEATURE – 1. 59-Jac Haudenschild [4]; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer [1]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 4. 2-Dale Blaney [11]; 5. 11N-Randy Hannagan [7]; 6. 10-Dave Blaney [3]; 7. 45H-Danny Holtgraver [5]; 8. 9X-Rob Chaney [14]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [19]; 10. 40T-Gary Taylor [10]; 11. 40-Caleb Helms [18]; 12. 27-Paige Polyak [17]; 13. 97-Dean Jacobs [16]; 14. 9W-Brandon Wimmer [8]; 15. 53-D.j. Foos [22]; 16. 5T-Travis Philo [21]; 17. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [24]; 18. 4-Danny Smith [20]; 19. 24H-Bryan Sebetto [DNF]; 20. 54-Cap Henry [DNF]; 21. 0-Justin Henderson [DNF]; 22. 33M-Sheldon Haudenschild [DNF]; 23. 1S-Logan Schuchart [DNF]; 24. 00-Jim Nier [DNF];

UMP DIRTcar MODIFIED
HEAT 1 – 1. 15-Nick Katterhenry [1]; 2. 45P-Brian Post [2]; 3. 18-Ryan Sutter [4]; 4. 1-Steve Billenstein [7]; 5. 0A-Derrick Austin [8]; 6. 21T-Tom Treon [6]; 7. 21M-Donnie Miller [3]; 8. 45T-Cody Timmerman [DNF];

HEAT 2 – 1. 5XB-Jerry Bowersock [2]; 2. 188-Aaron Orr [4]; 3. 36-Brandon Vaughan [1]; 4. 0-Brent Hole [6]; 5. 4J-David Treon, Jr [3]; 6. 31J-John Brooks [7]; 7. 26-Mike Dirksen [5]; 8. 5X-Tim Richardson [DNF];

HEAT 3 – 1. 23J-Jon Henry [1]; 2. 55S-Zach Schroeder [3]; 3. 20-Josh Morton [2]; 4. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [4]; 5. 11W-Scott Williams [7]; 6. 67-Eddie Shaner [DNF]; 7. 79-Shane Unger [DNS];

A FEATURE – 1. 18-Ryan Sutter [2]; 2. 188-Aaron Orr [4]; 3. 36-Brandon Vaughan [1]; 4. 55S-Zach Schroeder [3]; 5. 5XB-Jerry Bowersock [7]; 6. 23J-Jon Henry [6]; 7. 20-Josh Morton [9]; 8. 11W-Scott Williams [15]; 9. 4J-David Treon, Jr [14]; 10. 0A-Derrick Austin [13]; 11. 15-Nick Katterhenry [8]; 12. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [12]; 13. 31J-John Brooks [17]; 14. 21M-Donnie Miller [19]; 15. 21T-Tom Treon [16]; 16. 1-Steve Billenstein [10]; 17. 67-Eddie Shaner [18]; 18. 79-Shane Unger [21]; 19. 5X-Tim Richardson [23]; 20. 45P-Brian Post [DNF]; 21. 26-Mike Dirksen [DNF]; 22. 45T-Cody Timmerman [DNF]; 23. 0-Brent Hole [DNF];

STOCK CAR
HEAT 1 – 1. 410-Paul Pardo [3]; 2. 7-Jordan Conover [5]; 3. 7D-Dan Wooten [1]; 4. 61-Rob Trent [7]; 5. 23-Casey Barr [4]; 6. 5G-Anthony Goode [6]; 7. 82-Chris Douglas [DNF];

HEAT 2 – 1. 71C-Barney Craig [3]; 2. 00-Dean Pitts [1]; 3. 01-Earnie Woodard [5]; 4. 8C-Brad Conover [4]; 5. 17-Jeremy Creech [6]; 6. 36-Adam Schaeff [2]; 7. 49-Eric Sandlin [DNF];

HEAT 3 – 1. 20-Shawn Phillippi [2]; 2. 19-Wayne Williams [4]; 3. 6-Emily Gade [6]; 4. 27-Frank Paladino [5]; 5. 58-Alex Peace [1]; 6. 1W-Mark Wooten [DNF]; 7. 65-Rodney Lacey [DQ];

A FEATURE – 1. 71C-Barney Craig [3]; 2. 410-Paul Pardo [4]; 3. 00-Dean Pitts [5]; 4. 7-Jordan Conover [1]; 5. 20-Shawn Phillippi [2]; 6. 01-Earnie Woodard [8]; 7. 61-Rob Trent [10]; 8. 17-Jeremy Creech [14]; 9. 82-Chris Douglas [19]; 10. 7D-Dan Wooten [7]; 11. 27-Frank Paladino [12]; 12. 49-Eric Sandlin [20]; 13. 8C-Brad Conover [11]; 14. 65-Rodney Lacey [21]; 15. 23-Casey Barr [13]; 16. 6-Emily Gade [DNF]; 17. 58-Alex Peace [15]; 18. 36-Adam Schaeff [DNF]; 19. 1W-Mark Wooten [DNF]; 20. 5G-Anthony Goode [DNF]; 21. 19-Wayne Williams [DNF];