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Haudenschild hold to true ‘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 atwww.EldoraSpeedway.com
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];
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