ALLSTAR: Attica results 2005-05-27

ATTICA, OH -- Chad Kemenah became the first repeat winner of the season Friday night at Attica Raceway Park in the Haulmark All Star sprint car 40 lap A main feature. He took over the lead when John Ivy dropped by the wayside and led the rest of the distance to add to his series' points lead. The win came in the familiar Harble Motorsports Kistler-powered Eagle Chassis.

"I told the guys at the garage last week it's time we started winning a bunch of these races," a happy Kemenah said in victory lane. He then wished his crew chief and brother Brian Kemenah a happy birthday.

Dean Jacobs and John Ivy started from the front row of the feature, with Ivy cruising easily ahead of the pack with Kemenah running second after starting fourth. When Jeremy Campbell stopped with mechanical problems on lap 12, Ivy went pitside with a flat. As the crew tried to get Ivy back on the track, Kemenah inherited the lead when Ivy failed to restart. Kemenah rocketed out to a big lead over Jacobs, with Mike Linder taking third from Dale Blaney on lap 16. They ran in those positions until a red flew on lap 21 for a Ryan Coniam flip. Coniam was able to replace the top wing and return to the event.

Kemenah led when the green came back out, followed by Jacobs, Linder, Blaney, Rob Chaney and Greg Wilson. From that point on, it was Kemenah's mastery of dense lapped traffic that was the key to the win.

Blaney got past Linder on lap 32 and ran second the rest of the race. A lap 32 yellow gave Blaney his only shot at the leader, but Kemenah was too strong on the restart for Blaney to make a move for the lead. Jacobs ran third until two laps were remaining when Kinser moved under him for third. Jacobs finished fourth ahead of Rob Chaney, 10th starting Greg Wilson, Byron Reed who charged from 20th starting spot to finish seventh, earning the Fisher Performance Hard Charger award. Randy Hannagan, Linder and Danny Smith completed the top ten finishers.

"I knew my only chance to get him (Kemenah) was on that last restart," Blaney said of his runnerup finish in the Jack Elden No. 22.

"I like to run the bottom at Attica," Kelly Kinser said of his charge from 11th to third. "When I went to school they taught me the shortest way around was on the inside. Those other guys were trying to he heroes running around the top."

The Crown Battery heat fell to Byron Reed, the B&B Products heat went to Craig Mintz, the Engler Machine and Tool heat was won by Mike Lutz and the TP Wings heat fell to Kemenah. Kenny Jacobs won the University of Northwestern Ohio B Main and Dean Jacobs captured the Haulmark Dash. Blaney was the Huggins Cams Fast Time qualifier.

Huggins Cams Time Trials: 1. Dale Blaney, Elden 22, 11.892; 2. Kenny Jacobs, Hunter 2, 11.968; 3. Rob Chaney, SC Racing 9x, 11.994; 4. Chad Kemenah, Harble 15k, 12.058; 5. Mark Keegan, Keegan X, 12.104; 6. Chad Blonde, Blonde 5, 12.107; 7. Mike Linder, James 3, 12.154; 8. John Ivy, Carousel 5i, 12.170; 9. Dean Jacobs, Pullins 29, 12.262; 10. Brock Mayes, Brock Mtspts. 11B, 12.295; 11. Greg Wilson, Hampshire 63, 12.393; 12. Kelly Kinser, Kinser 4k, 12.399; 13. Randy Hannagan, THR 1x, 12.441; 14. Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10c, 12.455; 15. Brandon Martin, Martin 11m, 12.534; 16. Danny Smith, Smith 4, 12.543; 17. Jason Dukes, Kirian K, 12.562; 18. David Harrison, Ludwig 10, 12.579; 19. Cody Geldart, Geldart 6, 12.585; 20. Andrew Palker, Palker 57x, 12.592; 21. Byron Reed, B&S 5, 12.623; 22. Craig Mintz, Sabo 8s, 12.643; 23. Mike Lutz, Chiappelli 98, 12.644; 24. Jon Finsel, Finsel F1, 12.690; 25. Mike Brecht, Hammons m20, 12.723; 26. Bruce Robenalt, Robenalt 98, 12.816; 27. Lee Jacobs, Burmeister 16, 12.840; 28. Ed Neumeister, Neumeister 11n, 12.853; 29. Todd Kane, Kane 78, 12.863; 30. Aaron Middaugh, Middaugh 91, 12.940; 31. Ricky Ferkel, Ferkel 0, 12.972; 32. Brian Smith, Riehl 55, 12.991; 33. Barry Ruble, Ruble 63r, 13.020; 34. Shane Helms, Helms 40, 13.035; 35. Bob Bennett, Acme 3, 13.066; 36. Ryan Coniam, Bancon 46, 13.082; 37. Tony Beaber, Toth 3T, 13.158; 38. Nick Patterson, Patterson 33, 13.276; 39. Matt Lucius, Lucius 1a, 13.315; 40. Cody Jacobs, DJR 27, 14.179; 41. Paul May, May 71m, NT; 42. Bobby Clark, Clark 8, NT.

Crown Battery Heat (8 laps): 1. Reed 2. D. Jacobs 3. Hannagan 4. Blaney 5. Dukes 6. Keegan 7. Brecht 8. Kane 9. Ruble 10. Beaber.

B&B Products Heat (8 laps): 1. Mintz 2. Harrison 3. Campbell 4. Blonde 5. Mayes 6. K. Jacobs 7. Helms 8. Robenalt 9. Patterson 10. Middaugh.

Engler Machine & Tool Heat (8 laps): 1. Lutz 2. Geldart 3. Martin 4. Wilson 5. Chaney 6. Linder 7. L. Jacobs 8. Lucius 9. Bennett 10. Ferkel.

TP Wings Heat (8 laps): 1. Kemenah 2. Kinser 3. Palker 4. D. Smith 5. Ivy 6. Finsel 7. May 8. Coniam 9. Neumeister 10. B. Smith 11. C. Jacobs.

Haulmark Dash (4 laps): 1. D. Jacobs 2. Kemenah 3. Mayes 4. Blaney 5. Chaney 6. Ivy.

University of Northwestern Ohio B Main (15 laps): 1. K. Jacobs 2. Linder 3. Coniam 4. Bennett 5. Kane 6. Finsel 7. B. Smith 8. Neumeister 9. Middaugh 10. Ferkel 11. Keegan 12. L. Jacobs 13. Brecht 15. Ruble 15. Patterson 16. C. Jacobs 17. May 18. Robenalt 19. Helms 20. Beaber (DNS) 21. Lucius (DNS).

A Main (40 laps): 1. Chad Kemenah 2. Dale Blaney 3. Kelly Kinser 4. Dean Jacobs 5. Rob Chaney 6. Greg Wilson 7. Byron Reed 8. Randy Hannagan 9. Mike Linder 10. Danny Smith 11. Kenny Jacobs 12. Brock Mayes 13. Brandon Martin 14. Chad Blonde 15. Jason Dukes 16. Craig Mintz 17. David Harrison 18. Cody Geldart 19. Andrew Palker 20. Bob Bennett 21. Lee Jacobs 22. Ryan Coniam 23. Mark Keegan 24. Mike Lutz 25. John Ivy 26. Jeremy Campbell.

Lap Leaders: John Ivy 1-12, Chad Kemenah 13-40.

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