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Eldora Speedway
Pardo, Trent
Split Eldora Stock Car Double-Feature
Ruhlman Rules the Modifieds; Morris Wins Vores Compact Series Event
ROSSBURG, Ohio (April 23, 2016) – Paul Pardo nearly won five
consecutive Eldora stock car A-Main’s.
He scored his fourth straight win in the first A-Main at Eldora
Speedway’s Saturday Night Speedfest and finished runner-up to Rob Trent
in the second A-Feature.
In the first A-Main, it appeared as though his winning streak was going
to end as Earnie Woodard, from Georgetown, Kentucky, had built up a
large lead from his starting position outside the front row.
But a caution came out with six laps to go and Pardo, from New Paris,
Ohio restarted second and slid below Woodard and barely cleared him
exiting turn two.
Despite two more cautions, Pardo held on to win his fourth straight
victory beating Woodard. Pardo, who started sixth, won the double
feature last August and scored a victory in last week’s season opener.
“I can’t believe it,” Pardo said. “We have a great car. My crew does so
well. I have one heck of a hot rod underneath me. All I do is drive it.”
Jordan Conover, who started seventh, finished third, while Donnie
Jeschke and Frank Paladino rounded out the top-five of the first A-Main.
With the field inverted in the second A-Main, Pardo started 18th and
patiently worked his way up to sixth when a caution flew midway through
the race. On the restart he quickly moved up to second and was
giving chase when a caution came out with two laps to go.
Pardo made a valiant charge toward first, but couldn’t get around Trent.
“That’s a pretty tough job (to hold off Pardo),” Trent said. “We just
laid on the gas and were able to stay out in front him.”
Conover finished third again, while Paladino finished fourth after
starting 14th. Casey Barr was fifth.
In the UMP Modified division, Brian Ruhlman held off Jonathan Taylor on
a mid-race restart and a late charge by Jeff Koz to win A-Main. It was
his 34th victory at Eldora.
“It was really good,” said Ruhlman, who started on pole and hails from
Clark Lake, Michigan. “We found some stuff at Volusia (Florida) and
this place is very similar. I had a lot of fun tonight.”
Koz, from Lima, Ohio, was second, while Taylor, Andy Bibler and Joel
Dick rounded out the top five.
Matthew Morris, who started eighth took the lead from pole-sitter Chris
Jennings in turn one on lap seven and led the rest of the way to win
the Vores Compact Series.
“This is my first race in this series,” Morris said. “I travel around a
lot to dirt tracks. This is a dream and a bucket list item. It’s been
circled on my calendar since they put it on there.”
Jake Steraka, who started sixth, finished second, while Justin Brown
was third. Jennings was fourth, while David Yoder ended up fifth.
The racing at Eldora continues on Friday and Saturday May 6-7 with the
#LetsRaceTwo Doubleheader Weekend featuring the World of Outlaws
Craftsman Sprint Car Series and the USAC National Sprint Cars.
Admission gates will open at 2 p.m. (EDT), with hot laps 6 p.m. and a
complete racing program beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be
bought at www.EldoraSpeedway.com, by phone at (937) 338-3815 or at the
box office at the race track. It’s $28 for adults and kids 12 and under
are free.
The complete schedule for Eldora’s 63nd consecutive season, including
ticket and campsite information, is available at www.EldoraSpeedway.com.
Saturday Night SpeedFest
April 23, 2016
DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
Heat 1 (8 Laps)
1. 5-Jonathan Taylor[2] ; 2. 16-Jeff Koz[1] ; 3. 1-Scott Williams[6] ;
4. 09D-Joel Dick[5] ; 5. 4L-Mike Learman[3] ; 6. 17-Brandon
Ramsey[7] ; 7. 26-Jared Spalding[8] ; 8. 18-Ryan Sutter[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps)
1. 49-Brian Ruhlman[7] ; 2. 7-Evan Taylor[1] ; 3. 10-Scott Bowersock[2]
; 4. 12-Jeremy Rayburn[5] ; 5. 21M-Donnie Miller[6] ; 6. 11H-Mike
Hohlbein[4] ; 7. 555-Justin Coulter[3] ; 8. 88-Scott Orr[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps)
1. 34X-Andy Bibler[3] ; 2. 45P-Brian Post[5] ; 3. 5X-Tim Richardson[7]
; 4. 71D-Anthony Davis[2] ; 5. 188-Aaron Orr[8] ; 6. 05-David Smith[4]
; 7. 58P-Jim Post[1] ; 8. 21-Drew Charlson[6]
A-Feature (20 Laps)
1. 49-Brian Ruhlman[1] ; 2. 16-Jeff Koz[4] ; 3. 5-Jonathan Taylor[2] ;
4. 34X-Andy Bibler[3] ; 5. 09D-Joel Dick[10] ; 6. 45P-Brian Post[6] ;
7. 7-Evan Taylor[5] ; 8. 1-Scott Williams[7] ; 9. 12-Jeremy Rayburn[11]
; 10. 4L-Mike Learman[13] ; 11. 05-David Smith[18] ; 12. 5X-Tim
Richardson[9] ; 13. 188-Aaron Orr[15] ; 14. 71D-Anthony Davis[12] ; 15.
21M-Donnie Miller[14] ; 16. 58P-Jim Post[21] ; 17. 11H-Mike
Hohlbein[17] ; 18. 21-Drew Charlson[24] ; 19. 10-Scott Bowersock[8] ;
20. 17-Brandon Ramsey[16]
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Eldora Stock Cars
Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 00D-David Daughtery[3] ; 2. 55-Brandon Archey[2] ; 3. 97-Shaun
Smith[5] ; 4. 8-Gary Rahe[8] ; 5. 17J-Jarrod Klay[1] ; 6. 5T-Dwayne
Treon[7] ; 7. 00-Corey Wooten[6] ; 8. 19-Wayne Williams[4]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 01-Earnie Woodard[5] ; 2. 410-Paul Pardo[1] ; 3. 17H-Red Harvey
Jr.[2] ; 4. 69-Rob Trent[8] ; 5. 91-Ed Hounshell[3] ; 6. 00P-Dean
Pitts[7] ; 7. 20-Robbie Phlipot[6] ; 8. 01X-Erik Skaggs[4]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 99J-Donnie Jeschke[4] ; 2. 7-Jordan Conover[1] ; 3. 71C-Barney
Craig[2] ; 4. 99-Andy King[8] ; 5. 36-Adam Schaeff[3] ; 6. 11-T.J
Smith[6] ; 7. 54-Dan Wooten[7] ; 8. 1 OFF-Kenny Brady[5]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps)
1. 27-Frank Paladino[1] ; 2. 82-Chris Douglas[3] ; 3. 23-Casey Barr[2]
; 4. 47-John Leach[4] ; 5. 14T-Doug Tiemann[6] ; 6. 14M-Corey
Million[5] ; 7. 17-Jeremy Creech[7]
B-Feature- (8 Laps)
1. 17J-Jarrod Klay[1] ; 2. 91-Ed Hounshell[2] ; 3. 11-T.J Smith[7] ; 4.
14T-Doug Tiemann[4] ; 5. 17-Jeremy Creech[12] ; 6. 00P-Dean Pitts[6] ;
7. 36-Adam Schaeff[3] ; 8. 54-Dan Wooten[11] ; 9. 00-Corey Wooten[9] ;
10. 19-Wayne Williams[13] ; 11. 20-Robbie Phlipot[10] ; 12. 01X-Erik
Skaggs[14] ; 13. 1 OFF-Kenny Brady[15] ; 14. 14M-Corey Million[8]
A-Feature 1 - (15 Laps)
1. 410-Paul Pardo[6] ; 2. 01-Earnie Woodard[2] ; 3. 7-Jordan Conover[7]
; 4. 99J-Donnie Jeschke[1] ; 5. 27-Frank Paladino[4] ; 6. 71C-Barney
Craig[11] ; 7. 82-Chris Douglas[8] ; 8. 00D-David Daughtery[3] ; 9.
8-Gary Rahe[13] ; 10. 17-Jeremy Creech[21] ; 11. 69-Rob Trent[14] ; 12.
23-Casey Barr[12] ; 13. 55-Brandon Archey[5] ; 14. 91-Ed Hounshell[18]
; 15. 11-T.J Smith[19] ; 16. 00P-Dean Pitts[22] ; 17. 47-John Leach[16]
; 18. 36-Adam Schaeff[23] ; 19. 17J-Jarrod Klay[17] ; 20. 99-Andy
King[15] ; 21. 14T-Doug Tiemann[20] ; 22. 54-Dan Wooten[24] ; 23.
97-Shaun Smith[9] ; 24. 17H-Red Harvey Jr.[10]
A-Feature 2 - (15 Laps)
1. 69-Rob Trent[7] ; 2. 410-Paul Pardo[17] ; 3. 7-Jordan Conover[15] ;
4. 27-Frank Paladino[13] ; 5. 23-Casey Barr[6] ; 6. 01-Earnie
Woodard[14] ; 7. 99J-Donnie Jeschke[12] ; 8. 11-T.J Smith[3] ; 9.
8-Gary Rahe[9] ; 10. 54-Dan Wooten[18] ; 11. 00D-David Daughtery[10] ;
12. 55-Brandon Archey[5] ; 13. 17J-Jarrod Klay[19] ; 14. 20-Robbie
Phlipot[23] ; 17. 36-Adam Schaeff[16] ; 18. 19-Wayne Williams[24] ; 19.
82-Chris Douglas[11] ; 20. 17H-Red Harvey Jr.[20] ; 21. 47-John
Leach[1] ; 23. 00-Corey Wooten[22] ; 24. 00P-Dean Pitts[2]
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Vores Compacts
Qualifying
1.97M-Matthew Morris, 23.714; 2.95-David Yoder, 23.740; 3.25S-Jake
Steraka, 23.943; 4.69-Jeff Isabell, 24.271; 5.00-Dan Smith, 24.924;
6.9-Justin Brown, 25.189; 7.24T-Aaron Teegarten, 25.208;
8.6-Chris Jennings, 25.363; 9.31-JR Vester, 25.404; 10.91R-Brian
Slavey, 25.422; 11.15-Andy Jennings, 25.521; 12.7C-Ron Masters, 25.528;
13.0-Tom Gassar, 25.886; 14.58-Tim Dilg, 26.466; 15.18-Gary
Eaton, 26.543; 16.18B-Brogan Reinklau, 26.564; 17.10-Cody Shumaker,
26.754; 18.07-Steve Vore, 26.938; 19.64-Donald VanValkelenberg,
27.174; 20.53-J.R. Leemaster, 29.691; 21.27-Bo Hoelscher, 34.641;
Heat 1 (8 Laps)
1. 97M-Matthew Morris[11] ; 2. 6-Chris Jennings[4] ; 3. 95-David
Yoder[10] ; 4. 25S-Jake Steraka[9] ; 5. 00-Dan Smith[7] ; 6. 9-Justin
Brown[6] ; 7. 15-Andy Jennings[1] ; 8. 91R-Brian Slavey[2] ; 9.
24T-Aaron Teegarten[5] ; 10. 69-Jeff Isabell[8] ; 11. 31-JR Vester[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps)
1. 18-Gary Eaton[7] ; 2. 0-Tom Gassar[9] ; 3. 18B-Brogan
Reinklau[6] ; 4. 07-Steve Vore[4] ; 5. 7C-Ron Masters[10] ; 6. 58-Tim
Dilg[8] ; 7. 10-Cody Shumaker[5] ; 8. 64-Donald
VanValkelenberg[3] ; 9. 53-J.R. Leemaster[2] ; 10. 27-Bo Hoelscher[1]
A-Feature (8 Laps)
1. 97M-Matthew Morris[8] ; 2. 25S-Jake Steraka[6] ; 3. 9-Justin
Brown[3] ; 4. 6-Chris Jennings[1] ; 5. 95-David Yoder[7] ; 6.
7C-Ron Masters[12] ; 7. 18-Gary Eaton[15] ; 8. 15-Andy
Jennings[11] ; 9. 58-Tim Dilg[14] ; 10. 00-Dan Smith[4] ; 11. 31-JR
Vester[9] ; 12. 91R-Brian Slavey[10] ; 13. 18B-Brogan Reinklau[16] ;
14. 53-J.R. Leemaster[20] ; 15. 69-Jeff Isabell[5] ; 16. 24T-Aaron
Teegarten[2] ; 17. 10-Cody Shumaker[17] ; 18. 07-Steve Vore[18] ; 19.
64-Donald VanValkelenberg[19] ; 20. 27-Bo Hoelscher[21]
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