Kemenah Slips Past Blaney To Score All Star Win At Eldora
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ROSSBURG, Ohio (October 10, 2015) – Chad Kemenah moved back past Dale Blaney on lap 21 to score a big victory in the All Star Circuit of Champions season finale at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
Kemenah started on the pole and held the lead for the first 14 laps before Blaney, who started third, went low in turn three and moved past Kemenah to take the point.
Kemenah, from Alveda, Ohio, came back on lap 21 though, and took his car high to repass Blaney and take the victory.
“I needed to get back on the fence and get after it,” Kemenah said. “Either win it or wear it. It’s nice to win here and hopefully go win some more as we have more racing we are going to do.”
Blaney, the All Star 2015 champion finished in the runner up spot, while Steve Kinser was third. Tim Shaffer and Rico Abreu rounded out the top five. Abreu worked his way up from 22nd.
There was one big accident on lap 18 when Sheldon Haudenschild caught the outside wall and flipped in Turn 4. He was not injured.
In the winged NRA (National Racing Alliance) Sprint Invaders A-Feature, Kyle Sauder took the lead on lap two and had a big lead, before he attempted to pass a lapped car on the outside in turn one. His car made hard contact with the wall and violently flipped before coming to rest in between turns one and two. He was not injured.
That put Ryan Ruhl, from Coldwater, Michigan, in front and he led the rest of the way winning by 1.5 seconds over Jared Hortsman. Devon Dobie was third, while Randy Hannagan and Tanner Thorson rounded out the top-five.
“I can’t believe it,” Ruhl said. “This is incredible. I can’t explain it. I was impressed just to race here, let alone win a race here. This is awesome.”
In the non-winged BOSS (Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series) Robert Ballou from Rocklin, California mastered Eldora’s cushion. He built a 7.1 second lead when a caution came out due to debris.
When the race restarted, Bryan Clauson moved from third to second, but couldn’t track down Ballou who won by 1.1 seconds.
“We came here a couple of weeks ago for the Four Crown with a new race car and it wasn’t what it supposed to be,” Ballou said. “This thing is about 10 years old and I’ve haven’t run it since 2011. We took all the parts off the other car and this is one hell of a Maxim chassis. We busted our butts to get this thing finished. We got done about 2 pm today.”
Chad Boespflug, Hunter Schuerenberg and Scotty Weir finished third, fourth and fifth.
This was the final race at Eldora in 2015 with the next event being the Championship Awards Banquet in January 2016.
UNOH Sprintacular
October 10, 2015
All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars
Qualifying
1.10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.841; 2.1B-Dale Blaney, 13.032; 3.1ST-Gary Taylor, 13.056; 4.49-Tanner Thorson, 13.060; 5.19M-Brent Marks, 13.087; 6.11-Steve Kinser, 13.099; 7.21-Cap Henry, 13.117; 8.18-Ian Madsen, 13.156; 9.20W-Greg Wilson, 13.191; 10.2L-Logan Forler, 13.198; 11.89-Cody Darrah, 13.223; 12.59-Danny Holtgraver, 13.226; 13.11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.270; 14.17W-Bryan Clauson, 13.271; 15.94-Ryan Smith, 13.279; 16.8-Bryan Sebetto, 13.279; 17.45-Tim Shaffer, 13.282; 18.25-Jack Sodeman, 13.287; 19.25J-Jimmy Seger, 13.353; 20.7W-Logan Wagner, 13.377; 21.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.397; 22.81-Lee Jacobs, 13.417; 23.24-Rico Abreu, 13.422; 24.60-Kory Crabtree, 13.428; 25.13M-Brandon Matus, 13.431; 26.19-Chris Andrews, 13.438; 27.4H-Tracy Hines, 13.460; 28.9X-Cole Duncan, 13.468; 29.57X-Andrew Palker, 13.479; 30.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.495; 31.4-Danny Smith, 13.495; 32.59N-Bryan Nuckles, 13.496; 33.49D-Shawn Dancer, 13.561; 34.71M-Paul May, 13.575; 35.7C-Caleb Armstrong, 13.589; 36.22B-Ryan Broughton, 13.630; 37.6-Bill Rose, 13.643; 38.38-Jared Horstman, 13.732; 39.16X-Ryan Ruhl, 13.806; 40.11R-Chase Ridenour, 13.970; 41.53W-Bill Wirth, 13.977; 42.85-Mike Terry, 14.736;
Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 2. 11-Steve Kinser[2] ; 3. 25-Jack Sodeman[1] ; 4. 49-Tanner Thorson[3] ; 5. 9X-Cole Duncan[6] ; 6. 4-Danny Smith[8] ; 7. 38-Jared Horstman[9] ; 8. 13M-Brandon Matus[5] ; 9. 57X-Andrew Palker[7]
Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps)
1. 59-Danny Holtgraver[2] ; 2. 8-Bryan Sebetto[1] ; 3. 89-Cody Darrah[3] ; 4. 2L-Logan Forler[4] ; 5. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[5] ; 6. 4H-Tracy Hines[6] ; 7. 22B-Ryan Broughton[7] ; 8. 53W-Bill Wirth[8] ; 9. 85-Mike Terry[9]
Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps)
1. 7W-Logan Wagner[1] ; 2. 21-Cap Henry[4] ; 3. 17W-Bryan Clauson[3] ; 4. 25J-Jimmy Seger[2] ; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs[5] ; 6. 60-Kory Crabtree[6] ; 7. 49D-Shawn Dancer[8] ; 8. 59N-Bryan Nuckles[7]
Heat 4, Group D – (8 Laps)
1. 20W-Greg Wilson[2] ; 2. 1ST-Gary Taylor[4] ; 3. 94-Ryan Smith[1] ; 4. 18-Ian Madsen[3] ; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6] ; 6. 16X-Ryan Ruhl[7] ; 7. 19-Chris Andrews[5] ; 8. 11R-Chase Ridenour[8]
Heat 5, Group E – (8 Laps)
1. 45-Tim Shaffer[1] ; 2. 19M-Brent Marks[3] ; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan[2] ; 4. 1B-Dale Blaney[4] ; 5. 71M-Paul May[6] ; 6. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[7] ; 7. 24-Rico Abreu[5]
Dash – (6 Laps)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah[1] ; 2. 11-Steve Kinser[3] ; 3. 1B-Dale Blaney[10] ; 4. 45-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 5. 7W-Logan Wagner[2] ; 6. 8-Bryan Sebetto[5] ; 7. 20W-Greg Wilson[7] ; 8. 21-Cap Henry[9] ; 9. 19M-Brent Marks[8] ; 10. 49-Tanner Thorson[6] ; 11. 1ST-Gary Taylor[12] ; 12. 59-Danny Holtgraver[11]
B-Main – (12 Laps)
1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[1] ; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[3] ; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs[2] ; 4. 19-Chris Andrews[6] ; 5. 60-Kory Crabtree[4] ; 6. 9X-Cole Duncan[8] ; 7. 16X-Ryan Ruhl[19] ; 8. 13M-Brandon Matus[5] ; 9. 4H-Tracy Hines[7] ; 10. 57X-Andrew Palker[9] ; 11. 35-Stuart Brubaker[10] ; 12. 71M-Paul May[14] ; 13. 22B-Ryan Broughton[16] ; 14. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[15] ; 15. 38-Jared Horstman[18] ; 16. 49D-Shawn Dancer[13] ; 17. 11R-Chase Ridenour[20] ; 18. 85-Mike Terry[22] ; 19. 53W-Bill Wirth[21] ; 20. 6-Bill Rose[17] ; 21. 59N-Bryan Nuckles[12]
A-Main – (30 Laps)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah[1] ; 2. 1B-Dale Blaney[3] ; 3. 11-Steve Kinser[2] ; 4. 45-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 5. 24-Rico Abreu[22] ; 6. 20W-Greg Wilson[7] ; 7. 7W-Logan Wagner[5] ; 8. 21-Cap Henry[8] ; 9. 89-Cody Darrah[14] ; 10. 59-Danny Holtgraver[12] ; 11. 1ST-Gary Taylor[11] ; 12. 8-Bryan Sebetto[6] ; 13. 19M-Brent Marks[9] ; 14. 17W-Bryan Clauson[15] ; 15. 94-Ryan Smith[16] ; 16. 11N-Randy Hannagan[17] ; 17. 49-Tanner Thorson[10] ; 18. 18-Ian Madsen[20] ; 19. 81-Lee Jacobs[23] ; 20. 25J-Jimmy Seger[19] ; 21. 57X-Andrew Palker[26] ; 22. 19-Chris Andrews[24] ; 23. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[21] ; 24. 2L-Logan Forler[18] ; 25. 4-Danny Smith[25] ; 26. 25-Jack Sodeman[13]
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NRA Sprint Invaders
Qualifying
1.20B-Butch Schroeder, 14.241; 2.16-Ryan Ruhl, 14.260; 3.77X-Tanner Thorson, 14.281; 4.6S-Greg Wilson, 14.383; 5.35R-Ron Blair, 14.424; 6.83-Kyle Sauder, 14.437; 7.23-Devon Dobie, 14.467; 8.11N-Ed Neumeister, 14.481; 9.30-Hud Horton, 14.499; 10.10-Mitch Brown, 14.519; 11.22R-Kevin Roberts Jr., 14.540; 12.18-Todd Heuerman, 14.565; 13.12R-Nick Roberts, 14.577; 14.00-Jim Neir, 14.586; 15.10J-CJ Jones, 14.610; 16.11-Tim Allison, 14.633; 17.17-Jared Horstman, 14.641; 18.31-Andy Teunessen, 14.656; 19.49-Shawn Dancer, 14.665; 20.77-Dain Naida, 14.672; 21.28H-Phil Gressman, 14.679; 22.33M-Max Stambaugh, 14.680; 23.15-Brandon Ferguson, 14.819; 24.16B-Dakota Busche, 14.846; 25.23G-Joe Geibe, 15.085; 26.2CK-Kenny Long, 15.129; 27.11G-Luke Griffith, 15.156; 28.22H-Randy Hannagan, 99.991;
Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 20B-Butch Schroeder[6] ; 2. 11-Tim Allison[1] ; 3. 12R-Nick Roberts[2] ; 4. 33M-Max Stambaugh[8] ; 5. 23-Devon Dobie[4] ; 6. 6S-Greg Wilson[5] ; 7. 22H-Randy Hannagan[10] ; 8. 49-Shawn Dancer[7] ; 9. 10-Mitch Brown[3] ; 10. 23G-Joe Geibe[9]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 17-Jared Horstman[1] ; 2. 00-Jim Neir[2] ; 3. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr.[3] ; 4. 16-Ryan Ruhl[6] ; 5. 11N-Ed Neumeister[4] ; 6. 15-Brandon Ferguson[8] ; 7. 35R-Ron Blair[5] ; 8. 77-Dain Naida[7] ; 9. 2CK-Kenny Long[9]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps)
1. 83-Kyle Sauder[5] ; 2. 77X-Tanner Thorson[6] ; 3. 31-Andy Teunessen[1] ; 4. 18-Todd Heuerman[3] ; 5. 28H-Phil Gressman[7] ; 6. 30-Hud Horton[4] ; 7. 16B-Dakota Busche[8] ; 8. 11G-Luke Griffith[9] ; 9. 10J-CJ Jones[2]
B-Main (10 Laps)
1. 35R-Ron Blair[2] ; 2. 6S-Greg Wilson[1] ; 3. 49-Shawn Dancer[6] ; 4. 10-Mitch Brown[4] ; 5. 22H-Randy Hannagan[13] ; 6. 30-Hud Horton[3] ; 7. 15-Brandon Ferguson[8] ; 8. 11G-Luke Griffith[12] ; 9. 77-Dain Naida[7] ; 10. 16B-Dakota Busche[9] ; 11. 10J-CJ Jones[5]
A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 16-Ryan Ruhl[5] ; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[12] ; 3. 23-Devon Dobie[2] ; 4. 22H-Randy Hannagan[20] ; 5. 77X-Tanner Thorson[4] ; 6. 20B-Butch Schroeder[6] ; 7. 6S-Greg Wilson[17] ; 8. 11N-Ed Neumeister[1] ; 9. 18-Todd Heuerman[8] ; 10. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr.[7] ; 11. 35R-Ron Blair[16] ; 12. 11-Tim Allison[11] ; 13. 33M-Max Stambaugh[15] ; 14. 49-Shawn Dancer[18] ; 15. 10-Mitch Brown[19] ; 16. 12R-Nick Roberts[9] ; 17. 31-Andy Teunessen[13] ; 18. 00-Jim Neir[10] ; 19. 83-Kyle Sauder[3] ; 20. 28H-Phil Gressman[14]
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BOSS Sprint Cars
Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[2] ; 2. 21S-Dallas Hewitt[4] ; 3. 7-Bryan Clauson[9] ; 4. 11S-Hunter Schuerenberg[10] ; 5. 9X-Gary Taylor[6] ; 6. 0-Steve Irwin[7] ; 7. 96-Riley VanHise[1] ; 8. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[5] ; 9. 26-Justin Owen[3]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 12-Robert Ballou[10] ; 2. 14c-Cooper Clouse[1] ; 3. 9N-Luke Hall[8] ; 4. 22S-Landon Simon[6] ; 5. 53-Steve Little[3] ; 6. 14W-Chad Wilson[2] ; 7. 18-Bob Distol[9] ; 8. 31-Chuck Wilson[4] ; 9. 7M-Brandon Moore[7]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps)
1. 74-JT Stapp[2] ; 2. 17-Max McGhee[4] ; 3. 4F-Michael Fischesser[3] ; 4. 71B-Stratton Briggs[1] ; 5. 32-Jarrett Abrams[6] ; 6. 19-Joe Bares[7] ; 7. 59J-Kirk Jefferies[9] ; 8. 3-Joe Butera[5] ; 9. 71-Dwayne Spille[8]
Heat 4 – (8 Laps)
1. 23E-Tyler Courtney[2] ; 2. 77-Dustin Smith[1] ; 3. 320-Bill Rose[6] ; 4. 2M-Brandon Spithaler[9] ; 5. 5J-Joss Moffit[5] ; 6. 23S-Kyle Simon[3] ; 7. 11A-David Applegate[4] ; 8. 21H-Travis Hery[7] ; 9. 44-Dickie Gaines[8]
Heat 5 – (8 Laps)
1. 18W-Scotty Weir[4] ; 2. 29-Logan Jarrett[8] ; 3. 18A-Jarett Andretti[7] ; 4. 4T-Josh Turner[2] ; 5. 15-Brandon Whited[5] ; 6. 11B-Travis Berryhill[3] ; 7. 13M-Brandon Matus[6] ; 8. 32M-Mike Miller[9] ; 9. 5-Bob McMillin[1]
Heat 6 – (8 Laps)
1. 46-Cody Gardner[1] ; 2. 57-Chad Boespflug[3] ; 3. 69R-Todd Kane[4] ; 4. 08-Andy Feil[2] ; 5. 17N-Nick Bilbee[8] ; 6. 12X-Kent Wolters[7] ; 7. 10S-Joy Steineback[5] ; 8. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[6] ; 9. 97J-Andy Fike[9]
B-Main 1 (12 Laps)
1. 11S-Hunter Schuerenberg[1] ; 2. 9X-Gary Taylor[4] ; 3. 15-Brandon Whited[6] ; 4. 0-Steve Irwin[7] ; 5. 11B-Travis Berryhill[9] ; 6. 13M-Brandon Matus[12] ; 7. 71B-Stratton Briggs[2] ; 8. 32M-Mike Miller[15] ; 9. 32-Jarrett Abrams[5] ; 10. 59J-Kirk Jefferies[11] ; 11. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[13] ; 12. 96-Riley VanHise[10] ; 13. 26-Justin Owen[16] ; 14. 97-Scott Hardman[19] ; 15. 5-Bob McMillin[18] ; 16. 71-Dwayne Spille[17] ; 17. 3-Joe Butera[14] ; 18. 19-Joe Bares[8] ; 19. 4T-Josh Turner[3]
B-Main 2 (12 Laps)
1. 22S-Landon Simon[1] ; 2. 2M-Brandon Spithaler[2] ; 3. 17N-Nick Bilbee[6] ; 4. 08-Andy Feil[3] ; 5. 53-Steve Little[4] ; 6. 44-Dickie Gaines[17] ; 7. 14W-Chad Wilson[7] ; 8. 23S-Kyle Simon[8] ; 9. 7M-Brandon Moore[16] ; 10. 10S-Joy Steineback[12] ; 11. 18-Bob Distol[10] ; 12. 91X-Aaron Middaugh[15] ; 13. 11A-David Applegate[11] ; 14. 21H-Travis Hery[14] ; 15. 97J-Andy Fike[18] ; 16. 5J-Joss Moffit[5] ; 17. 31-Chuck Wilson[13] ; 18. 12X-Kent Wolters[9] ; 19. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[19]
A-Main (25 Laps)
1. 12-Robert Ballou[3] ; 2. 7-Bryan Clauson[13] ; 3. 57-Chad Boespflug[10] ; 4. 11S-Hunter Schuerenberg[19] ; 5. 18W-Scotty Weir[12] ; 6. 23E-Tyler Courtney[8] ; 7. 21S-Dallas Hewitt[6] ; 8. 46-Cody Gardner[11] ; 9. 69R-Todd Kane[18] ; 10. 29-Logan Jarrett[4] ; 11. 15-Brandon Whited[23] ; 12. 320-Bill Rose[16] ; 13. 77-Dustin Smith[2] ; 14. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[1] ; 15. 9X-Gary Taylor[21] ; 16. 17-Max McGhee[9] ; 17. 18A-Jarett Andretti[17] ; 18. 4F-Michael Fischesser[15] ; 19. 17N-Nick Bilbee[24] ; 20. 2M-Brandon Spithaler[22] ; 21. 74-JT Stapp[7] ; 22. 9N-Luke Hall[14] ; 23. 14c-Cooper Clouse[5] ; 24. 22S-Landon Simon[20]
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