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6/30/04 By Scott Hall HARTFORD, OH – Dale Blaney scored a popular home track win Wednesday night at Sharon Speedway in the Haulmark All Star sprint car 30 lap feature. Round four of the 22nd annual Ohio Speedweek returned to Sharon Speedway after a two year absence and showed Blaney winning his second Speedweek feature of the season in the Andrews Motorsports No. 72 wrenched by George Fisher. It was his eighth career Ohio Speedweek win and he credited his intimate knowledge of the track surface for the winning race setup. “We knew what tire to put on. We had a little harder tire on. I don’t know how many people had that one on. When the track gets like this it seems like a harder tire goes better,” he revealed from victory lane. “We caught traffic good and the car was great all night.”
Lee Jacobs and Kemenah took the green from the front row, with Bobby Clark and Jarod Larson in row two. Jacobs rocketed out to the early lead, followed by Kemenah and Clark. Sixth starting Blaney dove low under Clark for third on lap eight, and his chase of the leaders was on. Meanwhile, Kemenah reeled in Jacobs as the youngster got into lapped traffic. Kemenah pulled right on the back bumper of Jacobs, and on lap 11 dove low off turn two to take over the runnerup spot. Blaney followed Kemenah past Jacobs into second and rode the high groove to catch up to Kemenah. In heavy lapped traffic, Blaney drove high around Kemenah coming off turn four to lead lap 14. From that point on, Blaney stretched his advantage and was never challenged again.
Kemenah held second, with Clark taking third and Jacobs was now fourth. Kelly Kinser was now on the move after starting 18th, and was fifth on lap 20. Kinser was fourth when the only caution of the event appeared on lap 22 for a Jesse Hockett flat tire. Blaney maintained his advantage following the restart, with Kemenah riding home second and Clark finishing third, despite the car tightening up on him at the end. Blaney thought his right rear was going flat at the end, but he was still able to hold on for the win. Kinser crossed fourth with Jacobs fifth. Danny Smith started ninth and finished sixth, followed by Rob Chaney, John Ivy up from 20th, 11th starting Randy Hannagan and Tim Kaeding rounded out the top ten.
“The track got slick and wide and they did a really good job prepping the racetrack,” Kemenah said after finishing second. “You could pass on this track tonight, at least you could race on it.”
The Crown Battery heat fell to Jack Sodeman Jr., the B&B Products heat went to John Ivy, the Engler Machine and Tool heat was won by Randy Hannagan and the TP Wings heat fell to Ed Lynch Jr. Jac Haudenschild won the Outerwears Pre-filters C Main and Phil Gressman won the University of Northwestern Ohio B Main. Rob Chaney captured the Haulmark Dash and Jesse Hockett was the Huggins Cams Fast Time qualifier.
Huggins Cams Time Trials: 1. Jesse Hockett, VKCC 75, 12.971; 2. Dale Blaney, Andrews 72, 12.997; 3. Mike Wagner, Wagner 55, 13.022; 4. Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10c, 13.102; 5. Jarod Larson, Clemson 47, 13.138; 6. Bobby Clark, Clark 8, 13.144; 7. Chad Kemenah, Harble 15k, 13.200; 8. Lee Jacobs, Burmeister 16, 13.222; 9. Danny Smith, Smith 4, 13.234; 10. Rob Chaney, SC Racing 9x, 13.245; 11. Randy Hannagan, THR 1x, 13.254; 12. Scott Bonnell, Bonnell 3, 13.255; 13. Dean Jacobs, DJR 27, 13.267; 14. Phil Gressman, Robenalt 98, 13.268; 15. Brock Mayes, Mayes 11B, 13.277; 16. Tim Kaeding, Roth 83jr, 13.291; 17. Chad Hill, Shearer 44, 13.300; 18. Jon Agan, Agan 4J, 13.318; 19. Barry Ruble, Ruble 63r, 13.329; 20. Kelly Kinser, Kinser 4k, 13.334; 21. Jack Sodeman, Jr., S&S 23Jr, 13.337; 22. John Ivy, Carousel 20, 13.355; 23. Mike Kekich, Kekich 5k, 13.373; 24. Ed Lynch, Jr., Lynch 2L, 13.405; 25. Ryan Coniam, Grove 70, 13.406; 26. Tim Hunter, Hunter 2, 13.426; 27. Byron Reed, B&S 5, 13.435; 28. Jan Howard, Howard 46, 13.438; 29. Bill Rose, Rose 6, 13.439; 30. Robbie Farr, J&M 55, 13.501; 31. David Harrison, Ludwig 10, 13.516; 32. Greg Wilson, Hampshire 63, 13.579; 33. Andrew Palker, Palker 57x, 13.638; 34. Mike Lutz, Chiappelli 98, 13.656; 35. Rob Eyler, Eyler 5a, 13.673; 36. Eddie Lynch, Lynch 29, 13.713; 37. Keith Baxter, Baxter 1B, 13.765; 38. Jac Haudenschild, Miller 6m, 13.792; 39. Andy McKisson, McKisson 0, 13.947; 40. Kurt Winker, Kirian K, 13.979; 41. Paul May, May 71m, 13.989; 42. Jimmy Weller III, ZIP 23, 14.013; 43. Bob Lime, Lime 91, 14.688; 44. Aaron Middaugh, Middaugh 91, 14.775; 45. Scott Groves, Groves X1, 14.862; 46. Paul Kish, Kish 30c, 17.407; 47. Butch Beasley, Beasley 1, NT.
Crown Battery Heat (8 laps): 1. Sodeman 2. D. Jacobs 3. Hill 4. Smith 5. Larson 6. Coniam 7. Hockett 8. Palker 9. Rose 10. May 11. Baxter 12. Groves.
B&B Products Heat (8 laps): 1. Ivy 2. Chaney 3. Agan 4. Clark 5. Blaney 6. Gressman 7. Farr 8. Lutz 9. Haudenschild 10. Weller 11. Hunter.
Engler Machine & Tool Heat (8 laps): 1. Hannagan 2. Kekich 3. Kemenah 4. Mayes 5. Wagner 6. Reed 7. McKisson 8. Eyler 9. Lime 10. Harrison 11. Ruble 12. Kish.
TP Wings Heat (8 laps): 1. Lynch Jr. 2. Kaeding 3. Kinser 4. L. Jacobs 5. Howard 6. Wilson 7. Campbell 8. Winker 9. Bonnell 10. Lynch 11. Middaugh.
Haulmark Dash (4 laps): 1. Chaney 2. Kemenah 3. Blaney 4. Smith.
Outerwears Pre-filters C Main (10 laps): 1. Haudenschild 2. Winker 3. Baxter 4. Weller 5. McKisson 6. Lime 7. May 8. Groves 9. Kish 10. Middaugh.
University of Northwestern Ohio B Main (12 laps): 1. Gressman 2. Campbell 3. Hockett 4. Coniam 5. Rose 6. Reed 7. Farr 8. Hunter 9. Harrison 10. Winker 11. Wilson 12. Baxter 13. Haudenschild 14. Ruble 15. Palker 16. Eyler 17. Eddie Lynch 18. Bonnell 19. Lutz 20. Weller.
Haulmark A Main (30 laps): 1. Dale Blaney 2. Chad Kemenah 3. Bobby Clark 4. Kelly Kinser 5. Lee Jacobs 6. Danny Smith 7. Rob Chaney 8. John Ivy 9. Randy Hannagan 10. Tim Kaeding 11. Dean Jacobs 12. Mike Wagner 13. Phil Gressman 14. Jeremy Campbell 15. Jesse Hockett 16. Ed Lynch Jr. 17. Ryan Coniam 18. Jack Sodeman Jr. 19. Mike Kekich 20. Jarod Larson 21. Brock Mayes 22. Chad Hill 23. Jan Howard 24. Jon Agan. Lap Leaders: Lee Jacobs 1-10, Chad Kemenah 11-13, Dale Blaney 14-30.
