Schrader adds victory at Limaland

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LIMA — Missouri native Ken Schrader, the first man to win races in each of NASCAR’s three major divisions, added a Limaland Motorsports Park victory to his impressive resume, capturing the ultra-competitive 20-lap K&N UMP Modified feature in front of a standing room only crowd. The win came during a special promotion, Meet The Drivers Night, that was highlighted by the appearance of Schrader and fellow big league NASCAR driver Kenny Wallace. Both Schrader and Wallace were participants in various programs with students at the University of Northwestern Ohio earlier in the week

At the start, Schrader used his preferred outside front row starting position to storm into the lead, holding off pole starting Terry Hull through the opening lap. Hull, the all-time winningest driver in the division at the track and current championship point’s leader, quickly decided that he wouldn’t be able to pass Schrader at the top of the track, so he hugged the bottom for virtually the entire event. “I tried some things on the bottom, but Kenny (Schrader) was just too good,” said Hull, the eventual race runner-up.

The race saw four caution flags which allowed Hull, Kenny Wallace and defending track champion Todd Sherman to engage in some close competitive action, with Schrader remaining in control at the front of the field. “I’ve raced with Terry (Hull) before and when I realized I was sharing the front row with him, I knew this would become a little rough,” noted Schrader, who ultimately went flag-to-flag in the lead. “I was kind of committed to the top. I popped the front end a couple of times and messed up. The nice part was I knew the fellow I was racing against wasn’t going to run into me. It was a lot of fun and the track was excellent top to bottom.”

Both of the other feature races were dominated by Randy Hannagan and Jeff Koz. In each instance it marked a third consecutive win. Hannagan notched his conquest in the Engine Pro NRA Sprint Invaders 25-lap event. He took the lead from pole starter Butch Schroeder on lap number five and was never threatened, despite five caution periods and an eventual white flag restart for the finish.

“My guys from Yoakam Motorsports gave me another great race car,” stated Hannagan, after his fourth win of the season at the track and sixth in the past two campaigns. The veteran Schroeder was battling former track champion JR Stewart and the two produced a heated side-by-side contest that was settled at the finish line with Stewart, making his 2012 debut, grabbing the runner-up position behind Hannagan.

In the 15-lap Budweiser Thunderstocks feature, Lima’s Jeff Koz took full advantage of his outside front row starting position. He passed pole starter Craig Dippman on lap number two and skillfully held off veteran Tony Anderson through the duration of the event to record his third consecutive win this season and fifth all-time at Limaland Motorsports Park.

“Hard to believe I’ve won three in a row,” Koz calmly stated. “My sponsors and team make this possible.” Anderson, still seeking his first win of the season, posted his sixth top 5 finish, while point’s leader Shawn Valenti crossed the finish line in the third position behind Koz and runner-up Anderson.

Limaland Motorsports Park returns to action on Friday, June 15, for the 11th Annual Keysor Memorial Race featuring the Budweiser Thunderstocks. The Elwer Fence Sprints and K & N UMP Modifieds will also compete. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. with hot laps beginning at 6:30 p.m. Racing starts promptly at 7:30 p.m.

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Limaland Motorsports Park – 6/8/2012

K & N Modifieds

Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 7 Transfer)

1. 40-Terry Hull; 2. 36-Kenny Wallace; 3. L5-Casey Luedeke; 4. F16-Jake Reufer;

5. 1-Kody Weisner; 6. 93-Tyler Stump; 7. O1-Ryan O’Dette

Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 7 Transfer)

1. 9-Kenny Schrader; 2. O3-Cory Seeling; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson; 4. 47-Nick Rosselit;

5. 18N-Derrick Noffsinger; 6. 19B-Brandon Ordway; 7. 22B-Andy Bibler

Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 7 Transfer)

1. 65-Todd Sherman; 2. 28-Chad Rosenbeck; 3. 33-Clint Reagle; 4. 20K-Bill Keeler;

5. 19-Ryan Ordway; 6. 55M-Justin Matson

A-Main – (20 Laps) [#]-Starting Position

1. 9-Kenny Schrader[2]; 2. 40-Terry Hull[1]; 3. 36-Kenny Wallace[4];

4. F16-Jake Reufer[10]; 5. 65-Todd Sherman[3]; 6. 1-Kody Weisner[13];

7. 22T-Tony Anderson[8]; 8. 93-Tyler Stump[16]; 9. 22B-Andy Bibler[20];

10. O3-Cory Seeling[5]; 11. 33-Clint Reagle[9]; 12. O1-Ryan O’Dette[19];

13. 55M-Justin Matson[18]; 14. 20K-Bill Keeler[12]; 15. 47-Nick Rosselit[11];

16. 18N-Derrick Noffsinger[14]; 17. 19-Ryan Ordway[15]; 18. 28-Chad Rosenbeck[6]; 19. L5-Casey Luedeke[7]

NRA Sprints

Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)

1. 17-Jared Horstman; 2. 7K-Kyle Sauder; 3. 6S-Jr Stewart; 4. B20-Butch Schroeder;

5. 7-Darren Long; 6. 2M-Dallas Hewitt; 7. 22D-Dennis Yoakam; 8. 23M-Jack Miller;

9. 27B-Brad Lamberson

Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)

1. 11-Tim Allison; 2. 22H-Randy Hannagan; 3. 28H-Hud Horton; 4. 22-Ben Rutan;

5. 4J-Bob Gehr; 6. 34-Jimmy Sneed; 7. 10J-Jarrod Delong; 8. 2-Brent Gehr

Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)

1. 49-Shawn Dancer; 2. 18-Todd Heuerman; 3. 35-Ron Blair; 4. 27-Beau Stewart;

5. 5M-Max Stambaugh; 6. 23-Devon Dobie; 7. 4U-Rick Boughan; 8. 49T-Gregg Dalman

B-Main – (10 Laps – Top 5 Transfer)

1. 2M-Dallas Hewitt; 2. 22D-Dennis Yoakam; 3. 49T-Gregg Dalman;

4. 23-Devon Dobie; 5. 10J-Jarrod Delong; 6. 4U-Rick Boughan; 7. 34-Jimmy Sneed;

8. 2-Brent Gehr; 9. 27B-Brad Lamberson; 10. 23M-Jack Miller

A-Main – (25 Laps) [#]-Starting Position

1. 22H-Randy Hannagan[6]; 2. 6S-Jr Stewart[4]; 3. B20-Butch Schroeder[1];

4. 28H-Hud Horton[3]; 5. 7K-Kyle Sauder[7]; 6. 18-Todd Heuerman[5];

7. 11-Tim Allison[9]; 8. 5M-Max Stambaugh[15]; 9. 22-Ben Rutan[11];

10. 49T-Gregg Dalman[18]; 11. 22D-Dennis Yoakam[17]; 12. 35-Ron Blair[2];

13. 7-Darren Long[13]; 14. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[16]; 15. 27-Beau Stewart[12];

16. 4J-Bob Gehr[14]; 17. 23-Devon Dobie[19]; 18. 49-Shawn Dancer[8];

19. 17-Jared Horstman[10]; 20. 10J-Jarrod Delong[20]

Bud Thunderstockstocks

Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 9 Transfer)

1. 16-Jeff Koz; 2. 82-Chris Douglas; 3. 57S-Billy Siferd; 4. 99-Andy King;

5. 327-Randy Crossley; 6. 27-Frank Paladino; 7. 2-Mitchell Opatik;

8. 89-Keith Shockency; 9. 45-Kyle Bronson

Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 9 Transfer)

1. 74D-Craig Dippman; 2. 22T-Tony Anderson; 3. 7B-Shawn Valenti;

4. O1-Joel Ortberg; 5. OOM-Bryan Martin; 6. OO-Josh Sutter; 7. 1-Austin Frankart;

8. 93-Zach Gustafson

A-Main

1. 16-Jeff Koz[2]  2. 22T-Tony Anderson[4]  3. 7B-Shawn Valenti[6]

4. 2-Mitchell Opatik[13]  5. O1-Joel Ortberg[8]  6. 74D-Craig Dippman[1]

7. 27-Frank Paladino[11]  8. 327-Randy Crossley[9]  9. 89-Keith Shockency[15]

10. OO-Josh Sutter[12]  11. 45-Kyle Bronson[17]  12. 82-Chris Douglas[3]

13. 99-Andy King[7]  14. OOM-Bryan Martin[10]  15. 57S-Billy Siferd[5]