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Christopher
Bell Scores Sprint Car Win at Eldora
Matt Miller, Joey Kramer and Barney Craig Also Post Victories During
Johnny Appleseed Classic
ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 29, 2016) – Christopher Bell started sixth and shot
to the lead like from a cannon on his way to win the NRA Sprint
Invaders portion of the Johnny Appleseed Classic by Miller Lite Sunday
night at Eldora Speedway.
Bell, who won last year’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at
Eldora, made all the right moves through traffic to defeat Rico Abreu.
Both are full-time in the Truck Series.
“I love this place,” said Bell, who hails from Norman, Oklahoma. “This
is my favorite track. It’s always good to beat Rico. We were teammates
for a long time and now we get to race each other a lot everywhere we
go. We’ve both made this pavement transition together.”
Abreu, from St. Helena, California, was second, while Randy Hannagan,
Butch Schroeder and Kyle Sauder rounded out the top-five.
Matt Miller, from Waterville, Ohio, came out of “retirement” and won
the Sunoco American Late Model A-Feature. It was the fifth time in the
last six years he has won on Memorial Day weekend at Eldora.
“The track conditions are the way we like it,” said Miller, who started
11th. “I haven’t raced in a while – I raced last week – but we had a
little rust on the driver. I had a horrendous restart in a heat race
there. The car was phenomenal and we put the right tires on. It was a
matter of being smart and not putting ourselves in a bad positon. I
love racing here and I love racing in front of the fans here.”
The strong performance by the 2005 Dirt Late Model Dream winner and
Rick DeLong team puts them amongst the favorites for the 22nd running
of the $100,000-to-win Dirt Late Model Dream Weekend in just 10 days
time.
Richmond, Indiana’s Duane Chamberlain led early, but he suffered
mechanical issues while leading with 13 laps to go.
Veteran Jeff Babcock, from Wayne, Ohio, finished second after starting
10th. Joe Godsey was third, while Scott James and Rusty Schlenk rounded
out the top-five.
Joey Kramer started second and led all 20 laps of Sunday UMP Modified
division race.
“I wasn’t sure how much of a lead I had,” Kramer said. “I’m glad the
one caution came out because of the lapped traffic. I didn’t know where
to go. The car was pretty good. It was nice to get a win tonight.”
Kramer scored his 150th career feature win at Eldora in 2012, his 200th
last Thursday at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Mile in Indianapolis but
considers victory lane at Eldora to be the ultimate honor for a dirt
track racer.
Jeff Koz, from Lima, Ohio, was second, with Michigan’s Brian Ruhlman,
Brandon Ramsey and Brian Post placing in the top-five.
Barney Craig, from Cridersville, Ohio, managed to hold off successive
slide jobs by Chris Douglas, form Lima, Ohio, to win the Eldora stock
car race. Paul Pardo was third with Jordan Conover coming home fourth.
Pole sitter Rob Trent finished fifth.
“I love this place,” Craig said. “We had a good race car. Thank the
fans for coming out. My mother always liked this place.”
The next event on the schedule is the 22nd annual Dirt Late Model Dream
by Ferris Mowers on June 9-10-11 kicking off with #NationalEarlDay on
Thursday, June 9th. Tickets can be purchased by calling (937) 338-3815
or going towww.EldoraSpeedway.com. They are also available at the box
office during normal business hours.
Johnny Appleseed Classic by Miller Lite
Sunday, May 29, 2016
NRA Sprint Invaders
Qualifying
1.77xx-Christopher Bell, 14.345; 2.22H-Randy Hannagan, 14.452;
3.20B-Butch Schroeder, 14.465; 4.24-Rico Abreu, 14.509; 5.23-Devon
Dobie, 14.510; 6.2-Kyle Sauder, 14.613; 7.85-Dustin Daggett, 14.628;
8.17-Jared Horstman, 14.695; 9.35-Ron Blair, 14.712; 10.49-Shawn
Dancer, 14.758; 11.16-Ryan Ruhl, 14.762; 12.11-Tim Allison, 14.795;
13.10-Mitch Brown, 14.831; 14.22R-Kevin Roberts Jr., 14.841; 15.5M-Max
Stambaugh, 14.880; 16.28-Phil Gressman, 14.882; 17.30-Hud Horton,
14.909; 18.6S-JR Stewart, 14.920; 19.23G-Joe Geibe, 15.052;
20.11R-Chase Ridenour, 15.149; 21.27-Brad Lamberson, 15.158;
22.5W-Jeff Williams, 15.178; 23.49T-Gregg Dalman, 15.314;
24.33M-Matt Westfall, 15.397; 25.67-Chris Durand, 15.596; 26.3-Kyle
Locke, 16.235; 27.10P-Jim Perricone, 16.280; 28.12R-Nick Roberts,
16.310; 29.77x-Alex Hill, 16.405; 30.6-Sean Hosey, 16.720; 31.ID=51694-
, 19.166; 32.18-DJ Lamance, 19.166; 33.10J-Jared DeLong, 99.991;
34.91L-Alexis Adgate, 99.992;
Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 77xx-Christopher Bell[4] ; 2. 35-Ron Blair[2] ; 3. 10-Mitch Brown[1]
; 4. 23-Devon Dobie[3] ; 5. 27-Brad Lamberson[6] ; 6. 30-Hud Horton[5]
; 7. 77x-Alex Hill[8] ; 8. 91L-Alexis Adgate[9]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 49-Shawn Dancer[2] ; 2. 22H-Randy Hannagan[4] ; 3. 2-Kyle Sauder[3]
; 4. 6S-JR Stewart[5] ; 5. 5W-Jeff Williams[6] ; 6. 22R-Kevin
Roberts Jr.[1] ; 7. 3-Kyle Locke[7] ; 8. 6-Sean Hosey[8]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 5M-Max Stambaugh[1] ; 2. 16-Ryan Ruhl[2] ; 3. 20B-Butch Schroeder[4]
; 4. 85-Dustin Daggett[3] ; 5. 49T-Gregg Dalman[6] ; 6. 10P-Jim
Perricone[7] ; 7. 23G-Joe Geibe[5] ; 8. 18-DJ Lamance[8]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps)
1. 24-Rico Abreu[4] ; 2. 11-Tim Allison[2] ; 3. 17-Jared Horstman[3] ;
4. 33M-Matt Westfall[6] ; 5. 28-Phil Gressman[1] ; 6. 11R-Chase
Ridenour[5] ; 7. 10J-Jared DeLong[8]
B-Feature - (10 Laps)
1. 28-Phil Gressman[2] ; 2. 11R-Chase Ridenour[5] ; 3. 30-Hud Horton[3]
; 4. 27-Brad Lamberson[6] ; 5. 5W-Jeff Williams[7] ; 6. 22R-Kevin
Roberts Jr.[1] ; 7. 49T-Gregg Dalman[8] ; 8. 23G-Joe Geibe[4] ; 9.
77x-Alex Hill[13] ; 10. 10J-Jared DeLong[16] ; 11. 10P-Jim
Perricone[11] ; 12. 3-Kyle Locke[10] ; 13. 12R-Nick Roberts[12] ; 14.
6-Sean Hosey[14] ; 15. 91L-Alexis Adgate[17] ; 16. 67-Chris Durand[9] ;
17. 18-DJ Lamance[15]
A-Feature - (20 Laps)
1. 77xx-Christopher Bell[6] ; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[3] ; 3. 22H-Randy
Hannagan[5] ; 4. 20B-Butch Schroeder[4] ; 5. 2-Kyle Sauder[1] ; 6.
85-Dustin Daggett[7] ; 7. 17-Jared Horstman[8] ; 8. 23-Devon Dobie[2] ;
9. 10-Mitch Brown[13] ; 10. 35-Ron Blair[9] ; 11. 5M-Max Stambaugh[14]
; 12. 49-Shawn Dancer[10] ; 13. 16-Ryan Ruhl[11] ; 14. 33M-Matt
Westfall[16] ; 15. 11-Tim Allison[12] ; 16. 11R-Chase Ridenour[18] ;
17. 27-Brad Lamberson[20] ; 18. 30-Hud Horton[19] ; 19. 6S-JR
Stewart[15] ; 20. 28-Phil Gressman[17]
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Sunoco American Late Models
Qualifying
1.3-Matt Miller, 16.082; 2.97-Michael Chilton, 16.093; 3.21-Robby
Hensley, 16.145; 4.15J-Scott James, 16.165; 5.11RS-Rusty Schlenk,
16.167; 6.5N-Dustin Nobbe, 16.228; 7.95-Jerry Bowersock, 16.238;
8.15-Jon Henry, 16.303; 9.20C-Duane Chamberlain, 16.373; 10.21B-Rich
Bell, 16.416; 11.49-Brian Ruhlman, 16.417; 12.1N-Casey Noonan, 16.428;
13.7R-Kent Robinson, 16.436; 14.14V-Joe Godsey, 16.468; 15.7B-Jeff
Babcock, 16.513; 16.31-Nick Latham, 16.761; 17.12-Jason Jameson,
16.764; 18.4G-Kody Evans, 16.931; 19.32-Chad Stapleton, 17.084;
20.2D-Curtis Deisenroth, 17.155; 21.8-Rob Anderzack, 17.224; 22.9N-Ted
Nobbe, 17.274; 23.4-Jason Playter, 18.111; 24.5*-Bryant
Dickinson, 19.073; 25.P3-Jeff Robertson, 19.588; 26.0B-Brian O'Brien,
20.629; 27.79-Nick Kurtz, 99.991; 28.M14-Brandon Thirlby, 99.992;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[1] ; 2. 15-Jon Henry[2] ; 3. 97-Michael
Chilton[4] ; 4. 7B-Jeff Babcock[7] ; 5. 21B-Rich Bell[5] ; 6. 7R-Kent
Robinson[6] ; 7. 31-Nick Latham[8] ; 8. 79-Nick Kurtz[10] ; 9. 12-Jason
Jameson[9] ; 10. 95-Jerry Bowersock[3]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 14V-Joe Godsey[1] ; 2. 49-Brian Ruhlman[2] ; 3. 21-Robby Hensley[3]
; 4. 3-Matt Miller[4] ; 5. 8-Rob Anderzack[6] ; 6. 2D-Curtis
Deisenroth[5] ; 7. 4-Jason Playter[7] ; 8. 0B-Brian O'Brien[9] ;
9. P3-Jeff Robertson[8]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[2] ; 2. 11RS-Rusty Schlenk[3] ; 3. 32-Chad
Stapleton[6] ; 4. 4G-Kody Evans[5] ; 5. 1N-Casey Noonan[1] ; 6. 9N-Ted
Nobbe[7] ; 7. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[8] ; 8. 15J-Scott James[4]
B-Feature - (10 Laps)
1. 7R-Kent Robinson[1] ; 2. 15J-Scott James[9] ; 3. 31-Nick Latham[4] ;
4. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[2] ; 5. 9N-Ted Nobbe[3] ; 6. 4-Jason
Playter[5] ; 7. 79-Nick Kurtz[7] ; 8. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[6] ; 9.
0B-Brian O'Brien[8]
A-Feature - (25 Laps)
1. 3-Matt Miller[11] ; 2. 7B-Jeff Babcock[10] ; 3. 14V-Joe Godsey[2] ;
4. 15J-Scott James[17] ; 5. 11RS-Rusty Schlenk[6] ; 6. 97-Michael
Chilton[7] ; 7. 21B-Rich Bell[13] ; 8. 7R-Kent Robinson[16] ; 9.
49-Brian Ruhlman[5] ; 10. 31-Nick Latham[18] ; 11. 32-Chad Stapleton[9]
; 12. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[3] ; 13. 9N-Ted Nobbe[20] ; 14. 8-Rob
Anderzack[14] ; 15. 4-Jason Playter[21] ; 16. 1N-Casey Noonan[15]
; 17. 15-Jon Henry[4] ; 18. 4G-Kody Evans[12] ; 19. 20C-Duane
Chamberlain[1] ; 20. 21-Robby Hensley[8] ; 21. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[19]
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Eldora Stock Cars
Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 7-Jordan Conover[1] ; 2. 82-Chris Douglas[4] ; 3. 8-Gary Rahe[2] ;
4. 17-Jeremy Creech[6] ; 5. 91-Ed Hounshell[8] ; 6. 09-Dane Arvin[5] ;
7. 67W-Andy Welch[3] ; 8. 54-Dan Wooten[7]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 71C-Barney Craig[4] ; 2. 410-Paul Pardo[1] ; 3. 27-Frank Paladino[7]
; 4. 01-Earnie Woodard[3] ; 5. 23-Casey Barr[5] ; 6. 19-Wayne
Williams[6] ; 7. 5G-Anthony Goode[8]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 61-Rob Trent[1] ; 2. 17H-Red Harvey Jr.[5] ; 3. 55-Brandon Archey[2]
; 4. 11-T.J Smith[7] ; 5. 01X-Erik Skaggs[6] ; 6. 99J-Donnie Jeschke[3]
; 7. 1W-Mark Wooten[4]
A-Feature - (15 Laps)
1. 71C-Barney Craig[2] ; 2. 82-Chris Douglas[4] ; 3. 410-Paul Pardo[5]
; 4. 7-Jordan Conover[3] ; 5. 61-Rob Trent[1] ; 6. 27-Frank Paladino[8]
; 7. 8-Gary Rahe[7] ; 8. 17H-Red Harvey Jr.[6] ; 9. 23-Casey Barr[14] ;
10. 99J-Donnie Jeschke[18] ; 11. 01-Earnie Woodard[11] ; 12. 55-Brandon
Archey[9] ; 13. 91-Ed Hounshell[13] ; 14. 17-Jeremy Creech[10] ; 15.
19-Wayne Williams[17] ; 16. 09-Dane Arvin[16] ; 17. 11-T.J Smith[12] ;
18. 5G-Anthony Goode[20] ; 19. 67W-Andy Welch[19] ; 20. 01X-Erik
Skaggs[15] ; 21. 54-Dan Wooten[22]
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DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 16-Jeff Koz[2] ; 2. 36-Brandon Vaughan[5] ; 3. 7-Evan Taylor[7] ; 4.
1H-John Holt[6] ; 5. 09D-Joel Dick[4] ; 6. 4L-Mike Learman[10] ; 7.
10-Scott Bowersock[11] ; 8. 10L-Nathon Loney[8] ; 9. 58P-Jim Post[9] ;
10. 15-Greg Dunaway[1] ; 11. 71D-Anthony Davis[3]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 17-Brandon Ramsey[1] ; 2. 49-Brian Ruhlman[5] ; 3. 18-Ryan
Sutter[4] ; 4. 19-Rick Corbin[9] ; 5. 34X-Andy Bibler[7] ; 6. 75-David
Smith[10] ; 7. 55S-Zach Schroeder[6] ; 8. 118-Jimmy Haager[11] ; 9.
MG1-Matt Twining[2] ; 10. 79-Kory Maurice[8] ; 11. 0%-Derrick Austin[3]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 77-Joey Kramer[6] ; 2. 18M-David McWilliams[2] ; 3. 1-Scott
Williams[3] ; 4. 45P-Brian Post[4] ; 5. 5-Jonathan Taylor[5] ; 6.
11H-Mike Hohlbein[8] ; 7. 11PH-Pete Holt[10] ; 8. 22T-Tony Anderson[9]
; 9. 1F-Jerry Fifield[7] ; 10. 12-Jeremy Rayburn[1]
B-Feature - (8 Laps)
1. 75-David Smith[2] ; 2. 10-Scott Bowersock[4] ; 3. 11H-Mike
Hohlbein[3] ; 4. 11PH-Pete Holt[6] ; 5. 10L-Nathon Loney[7] ; 6.
55S-Zach Schroeder[5] ; 7. 12-Jeremy Rayburn[15] ; 8. 4L-Mike
Learman[1] ; 9. 118-Jimmy Haager[8] ; 10. 0%-Derrick Austin[17] ; 11.
79-Kory Maurice[14] ; 12. 1F-Jerry Fifield[12] ; 13. 58P-Jim Post[10] ;
14. MG1-Matt Twining[11] ; 15. 15-Greg Dunaway[13] ; 16. 22T-Tony
Anderson[9]
A-Feature - (20 Laps)
1. 77-Joey Kramer[2] ; 2. 16-Jeff Koz[4] ; 3. 49-Brian Ruhlman[5] ; 4.
17-Brandon Ramsey[3] ; 5. 45P-Brian Post[12] ; 6. 36-Brandon
Vaughan[1] ; 7. 7-Evan Taylor[7] ; 8. 18-Ryan Sutter[8] ; 9. 1H-John
Holt[10] ; 10. 10-Scott Bowersock[17] ; 11. 09D-Joel Dick[13] ; 12.
19-Rick Corbin[11] ; 13. 5-Jonathan Taylor[15] ; 14. 11H-Mike
Hohlbein[18] ; 15. 34X-Andy Bibler[14] ; 16. 4L-Mike Learman[23] ; 17.
10L-Nathon Loney[20] ; 18. 12-Jeremy Rayburn[22] ; 19. 1-Scott
Williams[9] ; 20. 118-Jimmy Haager[24] ; 21. 18M-David McWilliams[6] ;
22. 75-David Smith[16] ; 23. 55S-Zach Schroeder[21] ; 24. 11PH-Pete
Holt[19]
About Eldora Speedway:
Since carved from a cornfield in the natural amphitheater that existed
between the Eldora Ballroom and the Wabash River by bandleader Earl
Baltes in 1954, Eldora Speedway has grown to be a frontrunner in
motorsports growth and stability. Baltes chose to sell the legendary
high-banked clay oval to motorsports entrepreneur and NASCAR, IndyCar
and USAC champion Tony Stewart in 2004. Celebrating its 63rd
season in 2016, Eldora hosts the biggest events in short-track racing
including the 22nd annual Dirt Late Model Dream by Ferris Mowers; the
33rd annual Kings Royal Weekend; the Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race; and the 46thannual World 100.
The complete schedule for Eldora’s 63rd consecutive season, including
ticket and campsite information, is available at www.EldoraSpeedway.com
and can be requested by phone at (937) 338-3815. Fans can get
behind-the-scenes access of Eldora Speedway by following
@EldoraSpeedway on Twitter, hitting ‘Like’ at
www.facebook.com/EldoraSpeedway and on
www.youtube.com/EldoraSpeedwayInc.
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