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All Star Sprint Ohio Speedweek Results - Attica Raceway Park- Sun. 6/30/02 By Scott Hall ATTICA, OH - It was a great duel between Greg Wilson and Kenny Jacobs Sunday night at Attica Raceway Park in the opener of the 20th annual Arizona Sport Shirt All Star Ohio Sprint Speedweek. The 30-lap feature paid $5,000 to Wilson for his second career Ohio Speedweek win and was run in front of a capacity crowd. Chad Kemenah took the runner-up spot with only two laps remaining and Jacobs ended up third. "We were getting a little tight," Wilson recalled in victory lane after taking a Polish victory lap. "But our American Racers get a hold of that rubber really well. I knew if we didn't mess up too bad we'd be alright. We put a new engine in today and the guys at the shop gave me a heck of a race car."
Wilson's familiar No. 63 Maxim is owned by Bob Hampshire with sponsorship from Barfield's Gift Fruits and Lima Auto Mall. Jacobs started on the pole with Wilson alongside for Rick Foley's green flag and Jacobs grabbed the early lead over Wilson and Butch Schroeder. Kemenah kept the pressure on Schroeder, and got past him for third on lap four. Then a red flag flew for Paul McMahan, who got sideways and was hit by Rodney Duncan, with Sean Chaney sliding into the accident, which blocked the track. Wilson dove low under Jacobs to take over the lead following the restart, with Kemenah third, and Dean Jacobs and Schroeder trading fourth seemingly every lap.
Wilson was running the cushion of Attica's surface, with Jacobs running low in turns one and two, and high in three and four. By the half-way point, Wilson still led Jacobs, Kemenah, D. Jacobs, Kelly Kinser and Schroeder. The leaders now approached lapped traffic, and Jacobs pulled along side Wilson but could not get by on lap 16. Kemenah joined the battle, staying glued right on the back bumper of Jacobs. Four circuits later, Jacobs went low in turns three and four and slid in front of Wilson to get the lead, but he held that spot for only one lap before Wilson got the lead back.
"I got by him, "Jacobs related afterward. "But I did the stupid thing of staying on the bottom of one and two and it started laying rubber down and I never knew it until Chad went by me. I really drove kind of a stupid race," he concluded with a grin. Once Wilson was back on top the race was all his, and Kemenah took over second on lap 29, finishing there. "I was just waiting," said Kemenah of his race strategy. "Greg was just a little better than we were tonight," the pilot of Jim Harble's Eagle Chassis concluded.
After K. Jacobs in third was Schroeder, Jeff Shepard up from eighth starting spot, D. Jacobs, who lost out to Shepard right at the end, Dale Blaney in the Andrews Racing No. 72, Mark Keegan, Danny Smith and Kinser. The Crown Battery heat fell to Kelly Kinser, the B&B Products heat went to John Ivy, the Engler Machine and Tool heat was won by Phil Gressman and the TP Wings heat fell to Dean Jacobs. Western Pa. driver Brian Woodhall won the Georgia Marketing & Promotions C Main and Danny Smith won the United Aluminum Window Sales & Consulting B Main while Wilson captured the Haulmark Dash. Rob Chaney's fast time was worth $100 from Burns Electric.
Time Trials: 1. Rob Chaney, Pullins 29, 11.756; 2. Mark Keegan, Steinbrick 92, 11.892; 3. Butch Schroeder, Courtad 9x, 11.893; 4. Dean Jacobs, Baker 34, 11.896; 5. Chad Kemenah, Harble 15k, 11.920; 6. Greg Wilson, Hampshire 63, 11.956; 7. Kenny Jacobs, Jacobs 6, 12.061; 8. Jeff Shepard, Ashworth 92, 12.093; 9. Kelly Kinser, Kinser 4k, 12.115; 10. Byron Reed, B&S 5, 12.121; 11. Dale Blaney, Andrews 72b, 12.126; 12. Paul McMahan, Johnson U2, 12.292; 13. Shawn Chaney, Chaney 27c, 12.314; 14. Danny Smith, Webb 51, 12.319; 15. Phil Gressman, Miller 2, 12.333; 16. Mike Wagner, Wagner 55, 12.414; 17. Bill Rose, Rose 6B, 12.474; 18. John Ivy, Carousel 20, 12.505; 19. Jason Dukes, JT 3, 12.557; 20. David Harrison, Harrison 44, 12.568; 21. Brandon Martin, Martin 11m, 12.615; 22. Joe Gaerte, Gaerte 3G, 12.633; 23. Rodney Duncan, Harrison 22, 12.806; 24. Eric Hysong, Andrews 72h, 12.893; 25. Todd Kane, Kane 78, 12.916; 26. Chad Blonde, Blonde 5, 12.941; 27. Alvin Roepke, Roepke/Ford 99, 12.974; 28. Shane Stewart, Holbrook 8h, 13.026; 29. Chris Knopp, Neiderer 10n, 13.083; 30. Tim Hunter, Hunter 2H, 13.152; 31. Barry Ruble, Ruble 63r, 13.224; 32. Jody Keegan, Keegan K60, 13.241; 33. Bob Distel, Distel 18, 13.342; 34. Mike Hogan, Hogan 75, 13.376; 35. Nick Naber, Jarrell 22, 13.409; 36. Jason Dolick, Grove 10, 13.557; 37. Brian Woodhall, Woodhall 8b, 13.562; 38. Ed Neumeister, Neumeister 11n, 13.585; 39. Jim Dayton, Dayton 2x, 13.661; 40. Jeremy Keegan, Keegan 24, 13.902; 41. Chuck Waddell, Waddell 22, 13.943; 42. Chad Levingston, Levingston 74, 14.182; 43. Jason Courtney, Courtney 9c, 14.310; 44. Bruce Robenalt, Robenalt 98, 14.658; 45. Jeremy Durst, Durst K24, 14.777.
Crown Battery Heat (10 laps): 1. Kinser 2. Kemenah 3. R. Chaney 4. Knopp 5. Rose 6. Kane 7. Woodhall 8. Distel 9. Waddell 10. Durst 11. S. Chaney 12. Martin.
B&B Products Heat (10 laps): 1. Ivy 2. Gaerte 3. M. Keegan 4. Reed 5. Wilson 6. Smith 7. Hunter 8. Blonde 9. Hogan 10. Neumeister 11. Levingston.
Engler Machine & Tool Heat (10 laps): 1. Gressman 2. Blaney 3. Duncan 4. Roepke 5. K. Jacobs 6. Schroeder 7. Dayton 8. Naber 9. Dukes 10. Ruble 11. Courtney.
TP Wings Heat (10 laps): 1. D. Jacobs 2. Stewart 3. McMahan 4. Shepard 5. Hysong 6. Wagner 7. Robenalt 8. Jo. Keegan 9. Dolick 10. Harrison 11. Je. Keegan.
Haulmark Dash (4 laps): 1. Wilson 2. D. Jacobs 3. K. Jacobs 4. Kemenah 5. M. Keegan 6. R. Chaney.
Georgia Marketing & Promotions C Main (10 laps): 1. Woodhall 2. Neumeister 3. Robenalt 4. Durst 5. Waddell 6. Levingston 7. Dayton. United Aluminum Window Sales & Consulting
B Main (12 laps): 1. Smith 2. Schroeder 3. S. Chaney 4. Jo. Keegan 5. Wagner 6. Distel 7. Woodhall 8. Blonde 9. Dolick 10. Naber 11. Ruble 12. Durst 13. Harrison 14. Hogan 15. Robenalt 16. Dukes 17. Kane 18. Hunter 19. Martin 20. Neumeister.
A Main (30 laps): 1. Greg Wilson 2. Chad Kemenah 3. Kenny Jacobs 4. Butch Schroeder 5. Jeff Shepard 6. Dean Jacobs 7. Dale Blaney 8. Mark Keegan 9. Danny Smith 10. Kelly Kinser 11. Rob Chaney 12. Alvin Roepke 13. Byron Reed 14. Joe Gaerte 15. Phil Gressman 16. Shane Stewart 17. Jody Keegan 18. Bill Rose 19. Eric Hysong 20. John Ivy 21. Chris Knopp 22. Paul McMahan 23. Rodney Duncan 24. Sean Chaney.
Lap Leaders: Kenny Jacobs 1-4, Greg Wilson 5-20, Jacobs 21, Wilson 22-30. -www.allstarsprint.com-
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