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Dale Blaney picks up win #67 with the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions. Lee Jacobs takes 2nd for the third time in a row. Mintz led 44 of the 50 laps, finishes 3rd.

Results and story to follow.

Fremont Speedway (09-06-08)
O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions
Qualifying - Kistler Engines
1. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.349; 2. 5B-Chad Blonde, 12.461; 3. 59-Lee Jacobs, 12.462; 4. 1X-Randy Hannagan, 12.523; 5. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.585; 6. 27-Scott Euler, 12.586; 7. 7K-Blake Feese, 12.605; 8. 24H-Rob Chaney, 12.627; 9. 83A-Tim Shaffer, 12.655; 10. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.662; 11. 60-Jody Keegan, 12.685; 12. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr., 12.706; 13. 75-Dean Jacobs, 12.709; 14. 22-Cole Duncan, 12.722; 15. 6-Mike Dussell, 12.728; 16. 15C-Chris Andrews, 12.730; 17. O2-Brian Smith, 12.753; 18. 12-Caleb Griffith, 12.753; 19. 20E-Brian Ellenberger, 12.807; 20. 55-John Ivy, 12.837; 21. 11N-Ed Neumeister, 12.837; 22. 30C-Lance Dewease, 12.851; 23. 11B-Brock Mayes, 12.870; 24. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.871; 25. 9X-Phil Gressman, 12.890; 26. 16X-Bryan Sebetto, 12.945; 27. 312-Mike Linder, 12.960; 28. 8-Mike Lutz, 12.962; 29. O-Brandon Wimmer, 12.963; 30. 11M-Brandon Martin, 12.993; 31. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.998; 32. X-Mark Keegan, 13.068; 33. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 13.085; 34. 10-Dave Harrison, 13.088; 35. 1XL-Matt Linder, 13.092; 36. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.133; 37. B20-Butch Schroeder, 13.141; 38. 16-Lee Stark, 13.161; 39. 56-Ryan Myers, 13.166; 40. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 13.232; 41. O4-Cap Henry, 13.417; 42. 91-Aaron Middaugh, 13.454; 43. 48-Mike Burkin, 13.477; 44. 47-Caleb Helms, 13.608; 45. 10S-Roger Shammo, 13.632; 46. 11-Josh Harrison, 13.883; 47. 15-A.J. Sleek, 14.025; 48. 14-Willie Keegan, 14.195; 49. 26-Cody White, 14.248

Heat 1 - All Pro Heads (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 83A-Tim Shaffer; 2. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 3. 2-Dale Blaney; 4. O2-Brian Smith; 5. 5R-Byron Reed; 6. O-Brandon Wimmer; 7. 75-Dean Jacobs; 8. B20-Butch Schroeder; 9. O4-Cap Henry; 10. D4-Danny Holtgraver; 11. 10S-Roger Shammo; 12. 26-Cody White; 13. 9X-Phil Gressman

Heat 2 - Engler Machine & Tool (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 30C-Lance Dewease; 2. 12-Caleb Griffith; 3. O9-Craig Mintz; 4. 11M-Brandon Martin; 5. 22-Cole Duncan; 6. 10-Dave Harrison; 7. 16X-Bryan Sebetto; 8. 27-Scott Euler; 9. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 10. 11-Josh Harrison; 11. 5B-Chad Blonde; 12. 16-Lee Stark

Heat 3 - Hoosier Tire (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 11B-Brock Mayes; 2. 6-Mike Dussell; 3. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 4. 59-Lee Jacobs; 5. 312-Mike Linder; 6. 60-Jody Keegan; 7. 1XL-Matt Linder; 8. 48-Mike Burkin; 9. 15-A.J. Sleek; 10. 5T-Travis Philo; 11. 7K-Blake Feese; 12. 56-Ryan Myers

Heat 4 - Hank's Performance Products (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. W20-Greg Wilson; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews; 3. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr.; 4. 24H-Rob Chaney; 5. 55-John Ivy; 6. X-Mark Keegan; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 9. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 10. 14-Willie Keegan; 11. 47-Caleb Helms; 12. 8-Mike Lutz

Dash - O'Reilly Auto Parts
1. 83A-Tim Shaffer; 2. 2-Dale Blaney; 3. 24H-Rob Chaney; 4. 59-Lee Jacobs; 5. 15C-Chris Andrews; 6. O9-Craig Mintz

C-main - Outerwears Racing Accessories (12 laps, top 2 transfer to B-Main)
1. B20-Butch Schroeder; 2. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 3. O4-Cap Henry; 4. 16-Lee Stark; 5. 56-Ryan Myers; 6. 15-A.J. Sleek; 7. 48-Mike Burkin; 8. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 9. 14-Willie Keegan; 10. 11-Josh Harrison; 11. 47-Caleb Helms; 12. 10S-Roger Shammo

B-main - University of Northwestern Ohio (15 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 2. 60-Jody Keegan; 3. 75-Dean Jacobs; 4. 16X-Bryan Sebetto; 5. 5B-Chad Blonde; 6. 7K-Blake Feese; 7. O-Brandon Wimmer; 8. 10-Dave Harrison; 9. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 10. 27-Scott Euler; 11. 9X-Phil Gressman; 12. B20-Butch Schroeder; 13. 8-Mike Lutz; 14. D4-Danny Holtgraver; 15. 5T-Travis Philo; 16. X-Mark Keegan; 17. 14H-Todd Heller; 18. 1XL-Matt Linder

A-main - MSD Ignition, 50 laps, Starting Position [#]
1. 2-Dale Blaney[6]; 2. 59-Lee Jacobs[3]; 3. O9-Craig Mintz[2]; 4. 1X-Randy Hannagan[11]; 5. 83A-Tim Shaffer[1]; 6. 24H-Rob Chaney[4]; 7. 5R-Byron Reed[5]; 8. 30C-Lance Dewease[19]; 9. O2-Brian Smith[14]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson[21]; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews[10]; 12. 11M-Brandon Martin[24]; 13. 6-Mike Dussell[9]; 14. 16X-Bryan Sebetto[22]; 15. 22-Cole Duncan[8]; 16. 11B-Brock Mayes[20]; 17. 55-John Ivy[17]; 18. 12-Caleb Griffith[15]; 19. 20E-Brian Ellenberger[16]; 20. 60-Jody Keegan[12]; 21. 75-Dean Jacobs[13]; 22. 312-Mike Linder[23]; 23. 11N-Ed Neumeister[18]; 24. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr.[7]

Blaney Conquers 50-Lap Prelude to a Championship at Fremont Speedway

For the 67^th time in his career, Dale Blaney walked off the track with the top check in O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions competition. This time it was a monster 50-lap affair at the famed Fremont Speedway in Fremont, Ohio.

Dubbed, "The Prelude to a Championship," series point leader Dale Blaney, in the George Fisher owned/wrenched #2 took command of the 50 lap affair on circuit number 44 over Craig Mintz. Mintz, riding in his familiar #09 machine jumped out to an early advantage of the 24 car feature event from his pole position. Earlier on in the evening's program, during the Dash event, Mintz's car caught fire and halted action for response and cleanup efforts.

The feature event saw 6 caution flags during action. Current runner-up in points, Lance Dewease would bring out the first one on lap 17, but still finish the night in 8^th. Brandon Martin proved once again why he is one of the most exciting drivers to watch on the track as he was the evening's hard charger improving 12 spots from his 24^th place start.

Lee Jacobs gave everything he could to improve upon his previous 2 runner-up spots in competition in his #59 sprinter staying within arms reach all night from his 3^rd place starting spot. Jacobs would finish 2^nd in the event with Mintz rounding out the podium.

Heat race winners on the night were; Tim Shaffer (Heat 1), Lance Dewease (Heat 2), Brock Mayes (Heat 3), and Greg Wilson (Heat 4). The night's C-Main winner would go to Butch Schroeder with the B-Main belonging to Randy "The Hurricane" Hannagan. Quick Time on the night belonged to Dale Blaney and Tim Shaffer picked up the O'Reilly Auto Parts Dash event.

With just 2 more nights of racing left, Dale Blaney still holds command for the $50,000 championship bounty over Lance Dewease. The series will conclude their 2008 season next weekend at Lawrenceburg Speedway in Lawrenceburg, Indiana during the Hoosier Fall Classic presented by Miamitown Auto Parts. The event scheduled for September 12^th will pay $3,000 to the winner with the event slated for September 13^th paying $10,000 to win. Each car on both nights are guaranteed to walk home with no less than $150.00 each night.

On the web: www.allstarsprints.com, www.midwestallstarseries.com, www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com.

I will never be able to understand how such a little guy can driver a sprinter that well.;)

Congrats again to Mr. Blaney and the 2-man team!!!!

I am lucky enough to work at one of the best tracks 
anywhere.