Attica Raceway Park
April 13, 2012
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Henry finds Late Model victory lane at Attica Raceway Park

by Brian Liskai
ATTICA, OH (April 13) - In the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Model feature, fourth place starter Jon Henry drove under Ryan Missler for the lead on lap three and looked like he was going to cruise to the win. However, 11th place starter Matt Miller was rim-riding in the Rick DeLong #3 and raced to Henry’s outside with five laps to go. The pair raced side-by-side until Miller slipped over the cushion in turn two with three laps to go, falling back to third. Henry would not budge off the bottom on route to his 10th career Attica victory.

“I could hear someone back there and told myself it’s time to get up on the wheel. Thank goodness he slipped up there or I might have been in trouble,” said Henry beside his Fultz Fabrication backed machine. “We are starting to get this new Rocket figured out. We changed a lot on this from last week.”

“I have to thank all my sponsors, including the 2012 Dirty Dozen. These 12 people stepped up to help us this year and if weren’t for them this would be about impossible to do. I want to thank the JLH Contractor, William H. Bass Trucking, Reproductive Assistance, Truman Quarter Horses, Re-Deck of Northwest Ohio, Home Savings and Loan, Mike and Sheila Keller, Ron Spencer Real Estate, Automated Transport, Lehman & Lehman, Norada Lanes and APC,” added Henry.

In the 25-lap late model main, Ryan Missler grabbed the lead at the drop of the green, but outside front row starter Chester Elliott spun to necessitate a complete restart. Again when the green flew, Missler bolted into the lead with Henry, Scott Phillips, Chris Ross, Mike Bores, Ryan Markham and Ky Harper in tow. Henry would drive under Missler for the lead on the third lap as the caution flew when John Bores and Phillips spun in separate incidents. On the restart Henry would pull away while Mike Bores followed his tire tracks into second with Missler fighting with Harper, Markham and a charging Matt Miller for third.

Harper would take third on lap seven and blasted past Bores for second a lap later. Henry was steadily pulling away as Harper tried to hold off Bores and Miller. Miller, using the top of the track, would drive around Bores for third on lap 14 and quickly closed on Harper. Henry, meanwhile, had caught the back of the pack and they were racing three wide in front of him, allowing Harper and Miller to rapidly close. However, Dan Wallace would stop in turn one on lap 15 to bring out the yellow flag. The good news for Henry was he now had a clear track…the bad news was he had a hungry Harper and Miller on his rear bumper.

On the restart, Miller would drive to Harper’s outside and would take the runner-up spot on lap 17. Miller would then start to eat into Henry’s lead and by lap 20, was racing to the leader’s outside. Henry and Miller raced side-by-side over the next two laps until Miller slipped over the cushion in turn two, allowing Henry to get away and Harper to slide back into second. Henry would cruise to the win over Harper, Miller, Mike Bores and Missler.

Summit Racing Equipment Late Models (30 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 - Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O1-Justin Chance[1] ; 2. 50Y-Ryan Missler[3] ; 3. 48-John Bores[4] ; 4. 5M-Ryan Markham[9] ; 5. X3-Dan Wallace[8] ; 6. O6-Kyle Perry[5] ; 7. 27-Ken Hahn[10] ; 8. 23C-Jeremy Canada [6] ; 9. 99-Steve Sabo[7] ; 10. 74-Craig Dippman[2]

Heat 2 - Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 15-Jon Henry[1] ; 2. 3-Matt Miller[2] ; 3. 34-Ky Harper[6] ; 4. 51-Devin Shiels[3] ; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed[9] ; 6. 36-Matt Irey[10] ; 7. 42K-Bob Mayer[5] ; 8. 99M-John Mayes Jr.[7] ; 9. 12M-Wayne Miller[8] ; 10. RH21-Gregg Haskell[4]

Heat 3 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 18R-Chris Ross[2] ; 2. 15B-Mike Bores[1] ; 3. 50-Scott Phillips[5] ; 4. 9X-Chester Elliott[4] ; 5. B4U-Chris Keller[9] ; 6. 5H-Ernie Haynes[6] ; 7. 56-B.J. Gregory[8] ; 8. 92-Hiram Bachman[7] ; 9. 316-Tim Murphey[3] ; 10. 77X-Bob Krumm[10]

B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 36-Matt Irey[2] ; 2. 27-Ken Hahn[4] ; 3. 23C-Jeremy Canada [7] ; 4. 99M-John Mayes Jr.[8] ; 5. O6-Kyle Perry[1] ; 6. 56-B.J. Gregory[6] ; 7. 99-Steve Sabo[10] ; 8. 42K-Bob Mayer[5] ; 9. 74-Craig Dippman[13] ; 10. 92-Hiram Bachman[9] ; 11. 316-Tim Murphey[12] ; 12. 5H-Ernie Haynes[3] ; 13. 12M-Wayne Miller[11] ; 14. 77X-Bob Krumm[15]

A-Main - (25 Laps)
1. 15-Jon Henry[6]; 2. 34-Ky Harper[7]; 3. 3-Matt Miller[11]; 4. 15B-Mike Bores[5]; 5. 50Y-Ryan Missler[4]; 6. 18R-Chris Ross[3]; 7. 5M-Ryan Markham[8]; 8. 51-Devin Shiels[10]; 9. 36-Matt Irey[16]; 10. 21-Larry Kingseed[14]; 11. 48-John Bores[9]; 12. 50-Scott Phillips[1]; 13. 99M-John Mayes Jr.[19]; 14. O6-Kyle Perry[20]; 15. 27-Ken Hahn[17]; 16. B4U-Chris Keller[15]; 17. O1-Justin Chance[12]; 18. X3-Dan Wallace[13]; 19. 23C-Jeremy Canada [18]; 20. 9X-Chester Elliott[2]

Hard Charger: 3-Matt Miller[+8]