Blaney Gets By Chaney Late To Take UNOH All Star Win At Attica
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ATTICA, Ohio (Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014) – Dale Blaney gave his daughter Leah a fantastic 19th birthday present Saturday at Attica Raceway Park – a victory.
The Hartford, Ohio driver got by Rob Chaney with five laps to go and went on to score his 13th University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions feature win of 2014 to close out the track’s season on Baumann Auto Group Night. The previous night the Tony Kennedy owned team had experimented with a different chassis and decided to put another car together for Saturday’s event and it paid off.
The victory is the second most All Star wins in a season for Blaney – he won 17 in 1996 – and runs his career total to an amazing 112 with the series. The victory was the fourth win of 2014 at Attica for “The Low Rider” and runs his career total to 21 at the track to move into third on the track’s all-time win list. Blaney leads all drivers in UNOH All Star wins at Attica with 15 victories.
“I was as good as what he was (Chaney)…it’s hard being behind a guy. He was kind of running where I wanted to in one and two and three and four he was taking up some ground. He had a really good car. It’s bitter sweat for me. He’s my best buddy out here. We talk all the time. He’s been going really, really, really good. I can see he has a lot of confidence. I love to win races…he’s going win a lot here. Those guys are going pretty good,” said Blaney beside his Kennedy Cattle/Penske Shocks/Ti22 Performance/GF1 Chassis/Tom’s Sewer and Septic Service backed #14k.
“We switched cars from last night…put this one together. I just didn’t feel comfortable with the other one. I told George (Fisher, crew chief) after the race ‘my car is back.’ Awful proud of all the guys. Tony is putting together a great team. We’ve had unbelievable success in his first year as an owner. Just looking forward to the rest of the races. Looking forward to getting back to Fremont in a couple of weeks…looking forward to some outlaw races. George has this thing dialed in,” added Blaney.
For Millersburg, Ohio’s Rob Chaney, running second after leading 23 of the 40 laps was bittersweet as well. He looked like he had the race in hand when the caution flew with seven laps to go and Blaney pounced soon after.
“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed. I’m happy to run second. We got beat by the heavy weight champ. If you give him (Blaney) that many opportunities he’s going to find a way and he did. He does what he does to everybody…to outlaws…it doesn’t matter, he finds a way,” said Chaney beside his Stan Cortad Racing #9x.
“Our guys have worked real hard. We struggled really badly early in the year and we have this car rolling now and have a lot of confidence in it,” added Chaney.
Lockbourne, Ohio’s Cole Duncan would get by Byron Reed the final two laps to score the third place finish.
“I screwed up early and let some guys get by me and it really cost us there for awhile. Nobody had anything for Dale. Him and George had that thing rolling from the drop of the green so you have to congratulate them. It feels good to come back and get third after we struggled so badly last night,” said Duncan of his Motorcity Auto Transport/Wolfden Products/Industrial Special Powder Coating/Gressman Powersports backed #22.
Duncan and Chaney would bring the field to green for the 40-lap All Star feature with Chaney gaining the upper hand with Cap Henry sliding into second and Duncan back to third. Henry would immediately challenge Chaney for the lead on lap two when the caution flew for a Caleb Armstrong spin in turn four.
On the restart Chaney would lead Henry, Duncan, Blaney, Danny Holtgraver, Sheldon Haudenschild, Randy Hannagan and Byron Reed. Henry would blast under Chaney in turns three and four to grab the lead on lap six with Blaney driving around Duncan for third a lap later.
The caution flew again on lap 11…unfortunately it was for leader Henry who spun in turn two. That handed the lead back to Chaney with Blaney, Sheldon Haudenschild, Duncan, Reed, Holtgraver and Reed in tow. When the green flew Blaney immediately put pressure on Chaney as Sheldon Haudenschild, Reed and Duncan put on a fantastic battle for third.
Henry would spin again on lap 14 to bring out the caution and he would retire to the pits. On the restart Chaney was able to pull away slightly from Blaney with Sheldon Haudenschild, Reed, Holtgraver, Duncan, Hannagan and Chris Andrews giving chase.
At the half-way point Blaney began closing again on Chaney with Haudenschild, Reed, Holtgraver and Duncan still battling for third. The leaders would encounter lapped traffic on lap 23, as Haudenschild slipped over the banking in turn two allowing Reed, Holtgraver and Duncan to get by.
With 15 laps to go, Chaney and Blaney were battling for the lead while Reed, Holtgraver and Duncan did the same for third. Just as things were heating up, Andrew Palker would stop on the back stretch bringing out the yellow. On the ensuing restart Holtgraver, who picked up the win the previous night, would stop with mechanical issues, ending his night.
When the green flew the battle between Chaney and Blaney continued with Reed, Duncan, Haudenschild and Andrews in pursuit. As the laps ticked off, it appeared Chaney had just enough to hold off Blaney. But, Hannagan would spin with seven laps left, giving Blaney the shot he needed.
On the restart Chaney and Blaney raced side by side with Blaney driving into the lead with five laps to go. Once in the lead Blaney pulled away from Chaney for the victory. Duncan would get around Reed on the white flag lap to take third with Reed and Andrews rounding out the top five.
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Attica Raceway Park – 8/30/2014
UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions (36 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.641; 2. 53-Cap Henry, 12.773; 3. 9X-Rob Chaney, 12.865; 4. 10H-Danny Holtgraver, 12.910; 5. 22-Cole Duncan, 12.960; 6. 16-Chris Andrews, 12.990; 7. 24H-Brandon Wimmer, 12.994; 8. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.004; 9. 98H-Dave Blaney, 13.027; 10. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.055; 11. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.061; 12. 14K-Dale Blaney, 13.073; 13. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.107; 14. 83M-Broc Martin, 13.109; 15. 7C-Caleb Armstrong, 13.118; 16. 40DD-Caleb Griffith, 13.139; 17. 57X-Andrew Palker, 13.160; 18. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.167; 19. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 13.172; 20. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.190; 21. 51-Roger Campbell, 13.191; 22. 6M-Max Stambaugh, 13.207; 23. 9-Dean Jacobs, 13.209; 24. 4-Danny Smith, 13.255; 25. 27-Chad Kemenah, 13.292; 26. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.312; 27. 9W-Jac Haudenschild, 13.376; 28. 55F-Taylor Ferns, 13.413; 29. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.434; 30. 45-Tim Shaffer, 13.438; 31. 81-Lee Jacobs, 13.538; 32. 8M-TJ Michael, 13.570; 33. 40I-Mark Imler, 13.616; 34. 11X-Brandon Martin, 13.619; 35. 22B-Ryan Broughton, 13.941; 36. 11-Ed Neumeister, 14.599
Heat 1 – Kear’s Speed Shop (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 6M-Max Stambaugh[1] ; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[2] ; 3. 83M-Broc Martin[3] ; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4] ; 5. 22-Cole Duncan[5] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[7] ; 7. 45-Tim Shaffer[8] ; 8. 40-Caleb Helms[6] ; 9. 11X-Brandon Martin[9]
Heat 2 – All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 9-Dean Jacobs[1] ; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs[8] ; 3. 53-Cap Henry[6] ; 4. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[3] ; 5. 9W-Jac Haudenschild[7] ; 6. 1ST-Gary Taylor[2] ; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[4] ; 8. 51-Roger Campbell[9] ; 9. 16-Chris Andrews[5]
Heat 3 – Dragon Racing Fuels (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 98H-Dave Blaney[2] ; 2. 14K-Dale Blaney[4] ; 3. 4-Danny Smith[1] ; 4. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[5] ; 5. 9X-Rob Chaney[6] ; 6. 55F-Taylor Ferns[7] ; 7. 22B-Ryan Broughton[9] ; 8. 8M-TJ Michael[8] ; 9. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[3]
Heat 4 – Kinsler Fuel Injection (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 57X-Andrew Palker[3] ; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[4] ; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan[5] ; 4. 10H-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[2] ; 6. O9-Craig Mintz[7] ; 7. 40I-Mark Imler[8] ; 8. 11-Ed Neumeister[9]
B-Main – MSD Ignitions (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[7] ; 2. 16-Chris Andrews[2] ; 3. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[4] ; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[9] ; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[3] ; 6. 11X-Brandon Martin[13] ; 7. 27-Chad Kemenah[6] ; 8. 55F-Taylor Ferns[8] ; 9. 1ST-Gary Taylor[5] ; 10. 22B-Ryan Broughton[15] ; 11. 40I-Mark Imler[12] ; 12. 51-Roger Campbell[14] ; 13. 11-Ed Neumeister[16] ; 14. 45-Tim Shaffer[-] ; 15. 40-Caleb Helms[1]
Holiday Inn Express of Tiffin Dash (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature)
1. 22-Cole Duncan [2]; 2. 9x-Rob Chaney [1]; 3. 53-Cap Henry [3]; 4. 10H-Danny Holtgraver [5]; 5. 24H-Brandon Wimmer [4]; 6. 11n-Randy Hannagan [6]
UNOH A-Main – (40 Laps)
1. 14K-Dale Blaney[8]; 2. 9X-Rob Chaney[2]; 3. 22-Cole Duncan[1]; 4. 5r-Byron Reed[9]; 5. 16-Chris Andrews[11]; 6. 24h-Brandon Wimmer[5]; 7. 40dd-Caleb Griffith[13]; 8. 9w-Jac Haudenschild[22]; 9. w20-Greg Wilson[17]; 10. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[7]; 11. 9-Dean Jacobs[19]; 12. o9-Craig Mintz[23]; 13. 81-Lee Jacobs[24]; 14. 98h-Dave Blaney[16]; 15. 11n-Randy Hannagan[6]; 16. 35-Stuart Brubaker[15]; 17. 5t-Travis Philo[21]; 18. 7c-Caleb Armstrong[12]; 19. 10h-Danny Holtgraver[4]; 20. 57X-Andrew Palker[14]; 21. 4-Danny Smith[20]; 22. 6M-Max Stambaugh[18]; 23. 83M-Broc Martin[10]; 24. 53-Cap Henry[3]
Hard Charger: 9w-Jac Haudenschild[+14]
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