Shown in victory lane with race winner, Tim Shaffer, Danny Holtgraver finished second last night at Mercer Raceway Park with the All-Star Circuit of Champions! This was Holtgraver’s second runner-up finish with the series in the past 3 weeks!
Evan City, Pennsylvania native and Fully Injected teammate, Brandon Spithaler, finished tenth last night at Mercer Raceway Park with the All-Star Circuit of Champions. Spithaler earned a victory at the Mercer 3/8’s oval on ‘opening night’ back in early April!
Fully Injected’s Scott Priester finished 15th last night at Mercer Raceway Park with the All-Star Circuit of Champions! It was Scott’s first start with the All-Stars in 2012. The Rimersburg native recently earned at runner-up finish during weekly competition at the Mercer oval!
Adam Kekich finished 17th last night at Mercer Raceway Park in Mercer, Pennsylvania with the All-Star Circuit of Champions. The Hermitage, PA native is now two-for-two in qualifying for All-Star events at the Mercer bullring. Kekich is a weekly competitor at the 3/8’s mile oval.
Rod George was caught up in an early race accident at Mercer Raceway Park last evening. George got sideways collecting another car, forcing the familiar ‘CIII’ to retire from the event. George was scored 20th in the All-Star Circuit of Champions main event.
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Mercer Raceway Park – 5/12/2012
All Star Circuit of Champions (29 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 89G-David Gravel, 13.779
2. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 13.857
3. 3-Pete Miller III, 13.927
4. 94-Rob Chaney, 13.934
5. 24-Brian Steinman, 13.996
6. 83-Tim Shaffer, 14.005
7. 7-Eric Williams, 14.006
8. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr., 14.064
9. O8-Dan Kuriger, 14.083
10. 54-Cap Henry, 14.096
11. 2-Dale Blaney, 14.125
12. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 14.139
13. 15-Scott Priester, 14.164
14. 45-Paul McMahan, 14.220
15. 23-Jimmy Light, 14.276
16. 8-Bob Felmlee, 14.299
17. O-Lee Jacobs, 14.370
18. 10-Carl Bowser, 14.425
19. CIII-Rod George, 14.426
20. 4-Danny Smith, 14.474
21. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.498
22. 30-Daryl Stimeling, 14.502
23. 13-Brandon Matus, 14.557
24. 5K-Adam Kekich, 14.637
25. 12-Jared Ridge, 14.724
26. 49-Bob Howard, 14.768
27. 81-Craig Folmar, 14.779
28. 66-Chris Best, 15.027
29. 33-Brent Matus, 15.240
Heat 1 – Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 8-Bob Felmlee[1]
2. 54-Cap Henry[3]
3. 15-Scott Priester[2]
4. 89G-David Gravel[6]
5. 94-Rob Chaney[5]
6. CIII-Rod George[7]
7. 7-Eric Williams[4]
8. 30-Daryl Stimeling[8]
9. 66-Chris Best[10]
10. 12-Jared Ridge[9]
Heat 2 – All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 45-Paul McMahan[2]
2. O-Lee Jacobs[1]
3. 2-Dale Blaney[3]
4. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.[4]
5. 4-Danny Smith[7]
6. D4-Danny Holtgraver[6]
7. 13-Brandon Matus[8]
8. 49-Bob Howard[9]
9. 24-Brian Steinman[5]
10. 33-Brent Matus[10]
Heat 3 – Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 10-Carl Bowser[1]
2. 83-Tim Shaffer[5]
3. O8-Dan Kuriger[4]
4. 23-Jimmy Light[2]
5. 22-Brandon Spithaler[3]
6. 3-Pete Miller III[6]
7. 5K-Adam Kekich[8]
8. W20-Greg Wilson[7]
9. 81-Craig Folmar[9]
Dash – Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[3]
2. 94-Rob Chaney[2]
3. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.[4]
4. D4-Danny Holtgraver[6]
5. 3-Pete Miller III[1]
6. 89G-David Gravel[5]
B-Main – MSD Ignition (12 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 24-Brian Steinman[1]
2. W20-Greg Wilson[3]
3. 7-Eric Williams[2]
4. 5K-Adam Kekich[6]
5. 49-Bob Howard[8]
6. 66-Chris Best[10]
7. 13-Brandon Matus[5]
8. 12-Jared Ridge[7]
9. 81-Craig Folmar[9]
10. 33-Brent Matus[11]
A-Main – University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps)
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[1]
2. D4-Danny Holtgraver[4]
3. 2-Dale Blaney[9]
4. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.[3]
5. 54-Cap Henry[8]
6. 8-Bob Felmlee[16]
7. 94-Rob Chaney[2]
8. 45-Paul McMahan[14]
9. W20-Greg Wilson[21]
10. 22-Brandon Spithaler[10]
11. 23-Jimmy Light[15]
12. 4-Danny Smith[20]
13. 3-Pete Miller III[5]
14. O-Lee Jacobs[17]
15. 15-Scott Priester[13]
16. 7-Eric Williams[12]
17. 5K-Adam Kekich[22]
18. 66-Chris Best[24]
19. O8-Dan Kuriger[7]
20. CIII-Rod George[19]
21. 24-Brian Steinman[11]
22. 49-Bob Howard[23]
23. 10-Carl Bowser[18]
24. 89G-David Gravel[6]
Hard Charger: W20-Greg Wilson[+12]