ATTICA, Ohio – Cloverdale, Ohio’s Jared Horstman dominated the return of 360ci sprint car racing to Attica Raceway Park Friday night, May 12. He took the lead in the Great Lakes Super Sprints (GLSS)/K&L Ready Mix National Racing Alliance (NRA) feature on lap three and, despite a caution with two laps to go, easily earned his first victory at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant on Underground Utilities Inc. Night.
It was Horstman’s third win of 2017 and his second GLSS win in a row as he took the season opener at I-96 Raceway in Michigan last Friday. It marked the first time 360ci sprint cars have competed at Attica Raceway Park since 2013.
“I put this thing on the cushion and just let it eat. I know that’s the fast way around this place. The few laps we made earlier this year here helped out. We kept the fuel load light and with all those cautions I was kind of getting worried about that. I said I wanted to park it on the horse track and we did. The most features I’ve ever won in a season was nine. The way this car is going we are going for 10 or more this year,” said Horstman beside his M&W Construction; Ottoville Lumber Co.; Kountry Kennels; K&L Ready Mix; Dale’s Concrete; Schnipke Brothers Tire; Miller Precision; Vorst Paving; Miller Construction; Hume Supply; Elida Depot; Troy Rampe Construction backed #17.
In the 360ci sprint feature Devon Dobie and Kyle Sauder led the field to green but a Gregg Dalman spin would necessitate another start. On the second attempt Mike Burkin lost a wheel and Noah Dunlap spun. The third try for a start was the charm as Sauder grabbed the lead over Dobie, Horstman, Chase Ridenour, Dustin Daggett, Phil Gressman and Nate Dussel. Horstman drove into second on lap two and immediately pressured Sauder for the lead, grabbing the top spot on lap three.
Butch Schroeder brought out the caution when he stopped on lap six just as Horstman was entering lapped traffic. When the green appeared Horstman drove away while Sauder ran comfortably in second with Dobie third and a great battle for fourth between Daggett, Ridenour and Gressman. Dunlap spun on lap nine to wipe out Horstman’s big advantage. Once again when the green flew Horstman drove away.
Horstman blasted into lapped traffic with 10 laps to go but Sauder and Dobie could not close. The leader made a daring move on lap 19, splitting two lapped cars in turns three and four to maintain his big advantage while Sauder and Dobie battled for second and Ridenour and Daggett continuing their battle for fourth. Brady Locke brought out the final caution with just two laps to go, once again erasing a huge Horstman lead.
On the restart Horstman pulled away while Dobie slipped off the track in turn two, allowing Sauder to ride comfortably in second. Horstman took the checkers over Sauder, Ridenour, Daggett and Gressman.
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Attica Raceway Park
Underground Utilities Inc. Night
Starting position[*]
GLSS/NRA 360 Sprints -
Qualifying
1.28-Phil Gressman, 13.590; 2.2S-Kyle Sauder, 13.626; 3.9-Jordan Ryan, 13.696; 4.17-Jared Horstman, 13.718; 5.16B-Max Stambaugh, 13.777; 6.6S-Nate Dussel, 13.788; 7.B20-Butch Schroeder, 13.804; 8.11R-Chase Ridenour, 13.808; 9.20B-Cody Bova, 13.821; 10.85-Dustin Daggett, 13.860; 11.11-Tim Allison, 13.881; 12.23-Devon Dobie, 13.923; 13.15-Brandon Ferguson, 13.948; 14.18-Todd Heuerman, 14.032; 15.49T-Gregg Dalman, 14.089; 16.57-Noah Dunlap, 14.280; 17.6-Sean Hosey, 14.320; 18.11H-Shawn Hubler, 14.549; 19.5W-Jeff Williams, 14.670; 20.48-Mike Burkin, 15.139; 21.4-Brady Locke, 15.468; 22.3T-Ralph Brakenberry, 15.609; 23.20I-Matt Foos, 99.980;
Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
- 85-Dustin Daggett[1] ; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[3] ; 3. 28-Phil Gressman[4] ; 4. B20-Butch Schroeder[2] ; 5. 15-Brandon Ferguson[5] ; 6. 5W-Jeff Williams[7] ; 7. 57-Noah Dunlap[6] ; 8. 3T-Ralph Brakenberry[8]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
- 2S-Kyle Sauder[4] ; 2. 11R-Chase Ridenour[2] ; 3. 11-Tim Allison[1] ; 4. 16B-Max Stambaugh[3] ; 5. 18-Todd Heuerman[5] ; 6. 6-Sean Hosey[6] ; 7. 48-Mike Burkin[7]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
- 6S-Nate Dussel[3] ; 2. 23-Devon Dobie[1] ; 3. 20B-Cody Bova[2] ; 4. 9-Jordan Ryan[4] ; 5. 49T-Gregg Dalman[5] ; 6. 11H-Shawn Hubler[6] ; 7. 4-Brady Locke[7]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
- 17-Jared Horstman[4] ; 2. 2S-Kyle Sauder[2] ; 3. 11R-Chase Ridenour[3] ; 4. 85-Dustin Daggett[6] ; 5. 28-Phil Gressman[7] ; 6. 20B-Cody Bova[9] ; 7. 6S-Nate Dussel[5] ; 8. 9-Jordan Ryan[12] ; 9. 23-Devon Dobie[1] ; 10. 11-Tim Allison[8] ; 11. 18-Todd Heuerman[14] ; 12. 49T-Gregg Dalman[15] ; 13. B20-Butch Schroeder[10] ; 14. 5W-Jeff Williams[16] ; 15. 15-Brandon Ferguson[13] ; 16. 4-Brady Locke[21] ; 17. 57-Noah Dunlap[19] ; 18. 3T-Ralph Brakenberry[22] ; 19. 6-Sean Hosey[17] ; 20. 48-Mike Burkin[20] ; 21. 16B-Max Stambaugh[11]
Hard Charger: 4-Brady Locke +5
The next GLSS race will be May 26th at Limaland Raceway Park and May 27th at Waynesfield Raceway, co-sanctioned with NRA Sprint Invaders.
- Barry Marlow on May 13, 2017
- Article Date: 5/12/2017 by Brian Liskai