Sunoco American Late Model Series
Attica Raceway Park
April 26, 2013
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Henry Outduels VanWormer For ALMS Win at Attica Raceway Park

by Brian Liskai
ATTICA, OH (April 26) - After an edge-of-your-seat, race-long duel with Jeep VanWormer, Ada, Ohio’s Jon Henry was able to pull away on a couple of late race restarts to take the Sunoco American Late Model Series win at Attica Raceway Park on True Value of Woodville/Merrill Lynch/Columbus Equipment Night.

The 30-lap late model main featured a tremendous battle the entire distance between Henry, Brian Ruhlman, Jeep Van Wormer and a charging Matt Miller who stormed from his 18th starting spot to be a contender at the end.

Ryan Markham and defending ALMS champion Brian Ruhlman would bring the field to the green in the 30-lap late model event with Ruhlman grabbing the lead. Henry, who started 7th, would drive into third by lap two and blast into second on lap three. On lap four, Henry would race inside Ruhlman to take the lead with VanWormer, running third. A caution on lap five for Ryan Missler and John Mayes Jr. would bunch the field up with the running order Henry, Ruhlman, VanWormer, Brandon Thirlby, Markham and Cody Scott.

When the green flew Henry would pull away slightly as Ruhlman and VanWormer raced door to door for second. VanWormer would finally gain the advantage by lap eight and slowly closed on Henry. By lap 12, VanWormer raced to Henry’s outside and the duo raced that way over the next four laps until VanWormer took the lead on the high side on lap 17.

With nine laps to go, Henry moved off the bottom and drove to the outside of VanWormer who was hung up trying to get through lapped traffic. The caution would fly for Chris Keller with Henry leading VanWormer, Ruhlman, Thirlby, Rusty Schlenk and 18th starter Matt Miller. When the green came back out, Henry would pull away slightly as both Miller and Schlenk drove around Thirlby. With five laps to go, Miller had caught VanWormer as they battled for second, allowing Henry to pull away.

Henry took the checkers about three car lengths ahead of VanWormer, Miller, Schlenk and Ruhlman.

“I earned that one tonight. I tell you what, this is emotional for me. I have a lot of people supporting me and one individual in particular, Darrell Kirsch…I wanted to win one for him,” said Henry Beside his Mean 15 – individuals and businesses that sponsored his #15 this season. “It’s tough…I’ve been thinking about him and I’m thinking about Kent Robinson, a fellow racer who lost his dad today. I raced that race for them.”

Henry said it was “heart” that got him to victory lane. “I just got up on the wheel and said I’m not letting this one slip away…I let the last one slip away, I’m racing my tushy off,” he said. “You’d better be elbows up when Jeep’s around. I knew what I had to do to win this race and it was either wreck or win. I have to thank my dad, John; he busts his ass for me.”

Henry thanked his “Mean 15” sponsors of Fultz Fabrications, Henry Farms, Mike and Sheila Keller, Truman Quarter horses, Lehman & Lehman, Norada Lanes, Associated Plastic, Home Savings and Loan, William H. Bass Trucking, Ron Spencer Real Estate, Jim Weber Motorsports, Automated Transport, In Memory of Darrell Kirsch, Re-Deck of Northwest Ohio, and Fremont Speedway.

Attica Raceway Park - 4/26/2013
True Value of Woodville/ Merrill Lynch/ Columbus Equipment Night

Sunoco American Late Model Series (40 Cars)

Heat 1 - Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 5M-Ryan Markham[1] ; 2. 92-Cody Scott[3] ; 3. 1N-Casey Noonan[4] ; 4. 36-Matt Irey[7] ; 5. 27-Ken Hahn[5] ; 6. 45-Kevin Reeve[2] ; 7. 15B-Mike Bores[9] ; 8. 98-Tim Sabo[6] ; 9. 30-Nate Potts[8] ; 10. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr.[10]

Heat 2 - Summit Racing Equipment (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 49-Brian Ruhlman[2] ; 2. OO-Chris Keller[7] ; 3. 69-John Mayes Jr.[3] ; 4. 21-Larry Kingseed[5] ; 5. 11-Ryan Sutter[9] ; 6. 48-John Bores[10] ; 7. 26-Sid Danals[1] ; 8. 77-Coby Bartram[4] ; 9. 12-Bobby Michaels[6] ; 10. RH21-Gregg Haskell[8]

Heat 3 - Ultra Shield Race Products (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. M14-Brandon Thirlby[3] ; 2. 15-Jon Henry[8] ; 3. 50Y-Ryan Missler[9] ; 4. 27S-Eric Spangler[1] ; 5. 75-Dusty Moore[4] ; 6. 50-Scott Phillips[2] ; 7. 88-Andy Reaume[6] ; 8. 15A-Phil Ausra[10] ; 9. 56-B.J. Gregory[7] ; 10. 6M-Dona Marcoullier[5]

Heat 4 - Bell Racing Products (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 55V-Jeep VanWormer[7] ; 2. 91-Rusty Schlenk[4] ; 3. 1C-Wayne Chinn[3] ; 4. 51-Devin Shiels[6] ; 5. 1-Jeff Babcock[9] ; 6. 99-Steve Sabo[1] ; 7. O3-Jim Gingery[5] ; 8. 66-Bobby Hutchins[8] ; 9. 3-Matt Miller[10] ; 10. 5J-Josh Haynes[2]

B-Main #1 - Computer Man Inc. (12 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 27-Ken Hahn[1] ; 2. 15B-Mike Bores[5] ; 3. 11-Ryan Sutter[2] ; 4. 40-Wayne Maffett Jr.[11] ; 5. 48-John Bores[4] ; 6. 98-Tim Sabo[7] ; 7. 45-Kevin Reeve[3] ; 8. 77-Coby Bartram[8] ; 9. 12-Bobby Michaels[10]

B-Main #2 - Computer Man Inc. (12 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 3-Matt Miller[10] ; 2. 75-Dusty Moore[1] ; 3. 6M-Dona Marcoullier[11] ; 4. 1-Jeff Babcock[2] ; 5. 88-Andy Reaume[5] ; 6. 50-Scott Phillips[3] ; 7. 15A-Phil Ausra[7] ; 8. 56-B.J. Gregory[9] ; 9. 5J-Josh Haynes[12] ; 10. 99-Steve Sabo[4] ; 11. O3-Jim Gingery[6]

A-Main - (30 Laps)
1. 15-Jon Henry[7]; 2. 55V-Jeep VanWormer[4]; 3. 3-Matt Miller[18]; 4. 91-Rusty Schlenk[8]; 5. 49-Brian Ruhlman[2]; 6. M14-Brandon Thirlby[3]; 7. 1C-Wayne Chinn[12]; 8. 92-Cody Scott[5]; 9. 1N-Casey Noonan[9]; 10. 5M-Ryan Markham[1]; 11. 75-Dusty Moore[20]; 12. 51-Devin Shiels[16]; 13. 36-Matt Irey[13]; 14. 15B-Mike Bores[19]; 15. 15A-Phil Ausra[22]; 16. 21-Larry Kingseed[14]; 17. OO-Chris Keller[6]; 18. 27S-Eric Spangler[15]; 19. 50Y-Ryan Missler[11]; 20. 69-John Mayes Jr.[10]; 21. 27-Ken Hahn[17]; 22. 1-Jeff Babcock[21]

Hard Charger: 3-Matt Miller[+15]


O'Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints (29 Cars)

Heat 1 - Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 9X-Brandon Martin[3] ; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[8] ; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[4] ; 4. 55-Brad Bowman[5] ; 5. 81-Greg Dallman[7] ; 6. 10X-Dustin Stroupe[6] ; 7. 69-Scott Curren[1] ; 8. 39M-Matt Merrill[2]

Heat 2 - Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. W20-Greg Wilson[1] ; 2. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[4] ; 3. 14H-Todd Heller[2] ; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7] ; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[3] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[5] ; 7. 23D-Devon Dobie[6]

Heat 3 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 22-Cole Duncan[3] ; 2. 97-Phil Gressman[1] ; 3. 2+-Brian Smith[7] ; 4. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[6] ; 5. 27P-Paige Polyak[5] ; 6. 53-DJ Foos[2] ; 7. 29-Kyle Sauder[4]

Heat 4 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 9-Dean Jacobs[2] ; 2. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[6] ; 3. 46AU-Stuart Williams[1] ; 4. 45L-Brian Lay[3] ; 5. 23-Jimmy Light[5] ; 6. 16-Chris Andrews[7] ; 7. 11N-Ed Neumeister[4]

B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 23-Jimmy Light[4] ; 2. 16-Chris Andrews[8] ; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[2] ; 4. 5T-Travis Philo[6] ; 5. 29-Kyle Sauder[11] ; 6. 53-DJ Foos[7] ; 7. 39M-Matt Merrill[13] ; 8. 10X-Dustin Stroupe[5] ; 9. 11N-Ed Neumeister[12] ; 10. 23D-Devon Dobie[10] ; 11. 81-Greg Dallman[1] ; 12. 69-Scott Curren[9] ; 13. 27P-Paige Polyak[3]

A-Main - (30 Laps)
1. 2+-Brian Smith[4]; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[6]; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[2]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson[11]; 5. 14H-Todd Heller[8]; 6. 55-Brad Bowman[13]; 7. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[12]; 8. 9-Dean Jacobs[3]; 9. 22-Cole Duncan[5]; 10. 9X-Brandon Martin[10]; 11. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[19]; 12. 5T-Travis Philo[20]; 13. 97-Phil Gressman[1]; 14. 16-Chris Andrews[18]; 15. 46AU-Stuart Williams[7]; 16. 23-Jimmy Light[17]; 17. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[9]; 18. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[15]; 19. 35-Stuart Brubaker[14]; 20. 45L-Brian Lay[16]

Hard Charger: 9Z-Duane Zablocki[+8]


Foster Auto Body 305 Sprints (18 Cars)

Heat 1 - Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 2. 68G-Tyler Gunn[4] ; 3. 6-Dustin Dinan[5] ; 4. 13D-Jeremy Duposki[8] ; 5. 5R-Jordan Ryan[3] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[9] ; 7. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[6] ; 8. 34-Eric Duposki[1]

Heat 2 - Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 22M-Dan McCarron[1] ; 2. 9-Jimmy Colvin[3] ; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[4] ; 4. 1W-Paul Weaver[9] ; 5. 83X-Nate Reeser[8] ; 6. 8J-Jess Stiger[5] ; 7. 22D-Dan Hammond[2] ; 8. 26-Bill Griffith[7] ; 9. 2-Ricky Peterson[6]

B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 560-Ross Moore[1]

A-Main - (25 Laps)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[8]; 2. 6-Dustin Dinan[2]; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[12]; 4. 5R-Jordan Ryan[7]; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron[4]; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn[6]; 7. 13D-Jeremy Duposki[3]; 8. 22D-Dan Hammond[14]; 9. 2-Ricky Peterson[17]; 10. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[13]; 11. 83X-Nate Reeser[9]; 12. 34-Eric Duposki[15]; 13. 9-Jimmy Colvin[11]; 14. 1W-Paul Weaver[1]; 15. 8J-Jess Stiger[10]; 16. 36-Seth Schneider[5]; 17. 26-Bill Griffith[16]

Hard Charger: 25-Jason Keckler[+9]