T.J. Buffenbarger, OWENDALE, Mich. (July 10, 2010) – Dain Naida won Saturday night’s Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP feature at Owendale Speedway during Super Race Day. Naida started on the outside of the front row and held onto the lead through several late race restarts for the victory. The win was Naida’s first of the season in ASCS SOD competition this season and second during his 2010 campaign.

“This is the first time my son has ever been at the track when I won a race,” said Naida while holding four year old son Darren. “My crew chief Dan McCarron made all of the right calls and the car was really hooked up in the feature.”

Jim Goetgeluck and Naida shared the front row for the 25-lap feature. Naida jumped into the lead early while Ryan Grubaugh and Louie Carufel swapped second place back several times during the first half of the feature.

While the first fourteen laps clicked off with no interruption, Naida had to wait through multiple cautions during the second half of the feature, including a multiple car accident involved Robert Huisken, Gavin Hunyady, Ben Rutan, Tank Brakenberry, and others.

Naida was able to pull away during each restart and held off a last lap challenge from Ryan Grubaugh, in which Grubaugh slid out of the groove and lost several positions. Carufel claimed the runner up spot with Davey Brown, Huisken, and Tim Champlin rounding out the top five.

Grubaugh and Hunyady won heat race events while Naida also won the fast car dash.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results
Saturday July 11th, 2010
Owendale Speedway – Owendale, MI
Heat Races (Top 16 in passing points transfer to the “A” Feature)

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 2. 6n – Dain Naida, 3. 14 – Ryan Davis, 4. 23 – Ben Rutan, 5. 8 – Tim Champlin, 6. 29s – Marques Huffer, 7. 22t – Tank Brakenberry, 8. 49t – Gregg Dalman

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 2. 47x – Louie Carufel, 3. 10x – Davey Brown, 4. 41 – Jim Goetgeluck, 5. 46 – Robert Huisken, 6. 70 – Jim Lingar, 7. 2t – Ralph Brakenberry. DNS: 89 – Chris Pobanz.

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 6n – Dain Naida, 2. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 23 – Ben Rutan, 4. 187 – Gavin Hunyady

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz “A” Main Event

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 6n – Dain Naida, 2. 47x – Louie Carufel, 3. 10x – Davey Brown, 4. 46 – Robert Huisken, 5. 8 – Tim Champlin, 6. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 7. 41 – Jim Goetgeluck, 8. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 9. 23 – Ben Rutan, 10. 22t – Tank Brakenberry, 11. 70 – Jim Lingar, 12. 89 – Chris Pobanz, 13. 14 – Ryan Davis, 14. 29s – Marques Huffer, 15. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 16. 2T – Ralph Brakenberry

Lap Leaders: Naida 1-25

Hard Charger: Huisken & Champlin (+5)

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Points (Top Ten): 1. (tie) Ryan Grubaugh and Dain Naida 1,411, 3. Gregg Dalman 1,345, 4. Ben Rutan 1,308, 5. Gavin Hunyady 1,201, 6. Dustin Daggett 1,115, 7. Robert Huisken 1,000, 8. Aaron Shaffer 790, 9. Darren Long 668, 10. Brett Mann 645.

Note to competitors. To clear up any confusion from earlier this week, round #1 of the MAHLE / Clevite Short Track Challenge is THIS week at Owendale Speedway. Sorry for any confusion over the STC schedule.

From Tommy Goudge (July 3, 2010) –

Dalman and Justin Martin started on the front row of the feature, and Dalman quickly took command out front. The first caution flag flew before five laps were in the books, as Mitchell Brown spun to a stop in turn four after contact with Gavin Hunyady. Darren Long dropped out of the race during the caution period, forfeiting his spot in the top three.

Dalman, Daggett, and Martin broke away from the field when the green came back out, but only a handful of laps were completed before Dain Naida brought out the caution on lap eight. Naida was done for the night with broken parts in the front end.

Dalman continued to hold the lead as the race went green for a longer period, but Daggett was making up ground in the outside groove. Daggett was patient and made the winning move on the outside in turn 4 on lap 17.

One final caution for debris with 3 laps left gave the rest of the field on last shot, but Daggett was not to be denied. Dalman finished second, followed by Martin, Grubaugh, and Ben Rutan. Heat races were claimed by Kyle Patrick and Rutan.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
South Buxton Raceway – Merlin, ONT.

Heat Races (Top 8 in passing points redrew for feature starting spots)

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 33k – Kyle Patrick, 2. 3g – Darren Long, 3. 7m – Justin Martin, 4. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 5. 6n – Dain Naida, 6. 1a – John Riegling, 7. 67 – Chris Durand.

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 23r – Ben Rutan, 2. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 5 – Keith Dempster, 5. 10 – Mitchell Brown, 6. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 7. 77x – Jamie Collard.

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 3g – Darren Long, 2. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 33k – Kyle Patrick.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP “A” Main Event

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 3. 7m – Justin Martin, 4. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 5. 23r – Ben Rutan, 6. 5 – Keith Dempster, 7. 33k – Kyle Patrick, 8. 77x – Jamie Collard, 9. 1a – John Riegling, 10. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 11. 67 – Chris Durand, 12. 6n – Dain Naida, 13. 3g – Darren Long, 14. 10 – Mitchell Brown.

Hard Charger: Jamie Collard (+6)

Tommy Goudge, OHSWEKEN, Ont. (July 2, 2010) – Dustin Daggett and his crew brought a brand new car to Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night in search of the $3,000 Northern Summer Nationals winner’s cheque.

When the dust settled, Daggett was indeed standing in Engine Pro Racing victory lane after winning both his heat race and qualifying race, and leading every lap of the twenty-five lap feature.

Dustin Daggett and Glenn Styres started the twenty-five lap feature on the front row, and Daggett was on a mission right from the beginning. Tom Huppunen moved up from fifth to second on the first lap, and held the runner-up spot behind Daggett for the first ten laps until the caution flew for Kyle Moffit’s spin in turn two.

The green flag came back out with five lapped machines between leader Daggett and the rest of the field. Glenn Styres moved back to second after falling to fourth behind Ryan Grubaugh earlier in the race, while Huppunen was starting to have problems under the hood of his #12c.

Daggett was out front by a substantial margin as the race wound down to its conclusion, while the rest of the top ten spots were up for grabs. Only five laps were left to complete when twenty-third starter Bryan Howland made it into the top ten. Howland was up to seventh when the caution and then red flew for Moffit in turn four after contact with Daggett. Moffit emerged from his damaged machine uninjured, but was done for the night. Tom Huppunen also took the #12c to the pit area, ending his bid for a repeat Summer Nationals triumph.

All eyes were on Daggett, whose right rear tire had made contact with Moffit. Daggett was not to be denied his seventh career feature win at Ohsweken though, and got the win by almost four and a half seconds over Styres, Grubaugh, Dave Dykstra, and Bobby Breen. Hard charger Howland got sixth, followed by Mike Ling, Jared Zimbardi, Dain Naida, and Jim Huppunen.

“I was kind of wondering if that right rear was going to stay up,” said Daggett in victory lane. “It did get a little low on that red (flag), and the car was really tight those last couple laps, but it held up long enough.”

“I just gotta say thanks to my whole crew,” continued Daggett. “This is a brand new car. We put it together last week, and first night out on it, it seems to be a really good one.”

The track was much more slick and dry than it has been for other Daggett wins, and he commented on it after the race:

“Last year’s Canadian Nationals really made me mad, because we just went backwards in that and the car was junk,” said Daggett. “We got a different shock package for here this year, and it seems to be working out really well – the car was fast tonight.”

Heat races for the fifty-one car field were claimed by Kyle Moffit, Dain Naida, Glenn Styres, Dustin Daggett, Mike Ling, and Gregg Dalman. Qualifying race wins went to Daggett, Bobby Breen, Kevin Job, and Ryan Grubaugh, while Bryan Howland and Bubba Broderick got “B” MAIN race victories.

“NORTHERN SUMMER NATIONALS”
CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING SPRINT CARS,
SOUTHERN ONTARIO SPRINTS,
ASCS SPRINTS ON DIRT,
AND ASCS PATRIOTS
HEAT RACES (8 laps each)

BS&B RADIATOR HEAT RACE #1
1. 7 Kyle Moffit (South Dayton, NY), 2. 12c Tom Huppunen (Fenwick), 3. 84 Tyler Rand (Consecon), 4. 5b Bubba Broderick (Brookfield, CT), 5. 30 Adam West (Ridgetown), 6. 3 Wayne Ashton (Kitchener), 7. 66 Frank Baranowski (Mount Hope), 8. 57 Doug Bowman (London), 9. 9j Jim Munsie (Pickering). Time – 1:52.971.

BEST WESTERN CAIRN CROFT HOTEL HEAT RACE #2
1. 6n Dain Naida (Tecumseh, MI), 2. 51 Bryan Howland (Auburn, NY), 3. 12 Tim Kelly (Rockstream, NY), 4. 5m Brad Malloy (Niagara Falls), 5. 5 Keith Dempster (Alton), 6. 49 Todd Hoddick (Cheektowaga, NY), 7. 1a John Riegling (Chatham), 8. 96 Shane Butler (London), 9. 67 Chris Durand (Port Stanley). No Time.

GRISDALE RACING PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #3
1. 0 Glenn Styres (Ohsweken), 2. 71 Travis Cunningham (Grimsby), 3. 9 Bobby Breen (Savannah, NY), 4. 21 Don Adamczyk (Williamsville, NY), 5. 10 Mitchell Brown (Brantford), 6. 187 Gavin Hunyady (Fenton, MI), 7. 94 Stan Zanchin (Fort Erie), 8. 30g Stevin Goldner (Aylmer), 9. 2 Brad Lodge (Stouffville). No Time.

AWESOME RACEWEAR HEAT RACE #4
1. 2m Dustin Daggett (Portland, MI), 2. 7m Justin Martin (Shedden), 3. 90 James Evans (Beamsville), 4. 3g Darren Long (Elida, OH), 5. 81 Derek Jonathan (Lewiston, NY), 6. 11 Jamie Turner (Caistor Centre), 7. 31 John Burbridge, Jr. (St. Williams), 8. 10c Bob Crawford (Sutton) DNS. Time – 1:57.737.

ENGINE PRO HEAT RACE #5
1. 7x Mike Ling (Mount Brydges), 2. 77x Jamie Collard (Burford), 3. 21x Kevin Job (Campbellville), 4. 01 Mikey Kruchka (Hamilton), 5. 14h Jim Huppunen (Fenwick), 6. 80 Chris Steele (Vineland), 7. 23 Steve Garry (Dundas), 8. 45x Doug Banks (Inverary). No Time.

TRIPLE “X” HEAT RACE #6
1. 49t Gregg Dalman (Bellvue, MI), 2. 5d Dave Dykstra (Port Colborne), 3. 8 Blake Breen (Savannah, NY), 4. 00 Ryan Grubaugh (St. Johns, MI), 5. 35 Jared Zimbardi (Salamanca, NY), 6. 23r Ben Rutan (Jerome, MI), 7. 33k Kyle Patrick (Tilbury), 8. 79 Dick Mahoney (Newmarket) DNF. Time – 1:58.974.

QUALIFYING RACES

(10 laps – Top 22 in combined heat/qualifier passing points
transfer to A-Main, Top 8 redraw for feature starting spots)

HOOSIER QUALIFIER #1
1. 2m Dustin Daggett, 2. 7x Mike Ling, 3. 3g Darren Long, 4. 49t Gregg Dalman, 5. 7m Justin Martin, 6. 21 Don Adamczyk, 7. 81 Derek Jonathan, 8. 49 Todd Hoddick, 9. 94 Stan Zanchin, 10. 77x Jamie Collard, 11. 79 Dick Mahoney, 12. 80 Chris Steele DNF, 13. 10c Bob Crawford DNS. Time – 2:29.704.

CORR/PAK QUALIFIER #2
1. 9 Bobby Breen, 2. 5b Bubba Broderick, 3. 8 Blake Breen, 4. 14h Jim Huppunen, 5. 23r Ben Rutan, 6. 90 James Evans, 7. 23 Steve Garry, 8. 5b Bubba Broderick, 9. 9j Jim Munsie, 10. 30 Adam West, 11. 31 John Burbridge, Jr., 12. 66 Frank Baranowski DNF, 13. 51 Bryan Howland DNF. No Time.

OUTHOUSE IMAGE AND DESIGN QUALIFIER #3
1. 21x Kevin Job, 2. 12c Tom Huppunen, 3. 35 Jared Zimbardi, 4. 7 Kyle Moffit, 5. 84 Tyler Rand, 6. 33k Kyle Patrick, 7. 5 Keith Dempster, 8. 01 Mikey Kruchka, 9. 11 Jamie Turner, 10. 187 Gavin Hunyady, 11. 57 Doug Bowman, 12. 67 Chris Durand, 13. 45x Doug Banks. No Time.

ARROW EXPRESS QUALIFIER #4
1. 00 Ryan Grubaugh, 2. 0 Glenn Styres, 3. 71 Travis Cunningham, 4. 6n Dain Naida, 5. 12 Tim Kelly, 6. 10 Mitchell Brown, 7. 5m Brad Malloy, 8. 1a John Riegling, 9. 96 Shane Butler, 10. 3 Wayne Ashton, 11. 2 Brad Lodge, 12. 30g Stevin Goldner DNF. No Time.

“B” MAIN RACES
(10 laps – Top 2 in each transfer to A-Feature)

VILLAGE PIZZA “B” MAIN #1 (10 laps – Top 2 transfer to A-Feature)
1. 51 Bryan Howland, 2. 5m Brad Malloy, 3. 10 Mitchell Brown, 4. 30 Adam West, 5. 49 Todd Hoddick, 6. 33k Kyle Patrick, 7. 187 Gavin Hunyady, 8. 57 Doug Bowman, 9. 3 Wayne Ashton, 10. 96 Shane Butler, 11. 45x Doug Banks, 12. 30g Stevin Goldner, 13. 01 Mikey Kruchka DNS, 14. 66 Frank Baranowski DNS, 15. 10c Bob Crawford DNS, . No Time.

VILLAGE CAFÉ’ “B” MAIN #2 (10 laps – Top 2 transfer to A-Feature)
1. 5b Bubba Broderick, 2. 11 Jamie Turner, 3. 5 Keith Dempster, 4. 23 Steve Garry, 5. 9j Jim Munsie, 6. 81 Derek Jonathan, 7. 79 Dick Mahoney, 8. 94 Stan Zanchin, 9. 2 Brad Lodge, 10. 67 Chris Durand, 11. 1a John Riegling DNF, 12. 77x Jamie Collard DNF, 13. 31 John Burbridge, Jr. DNF, 14. 80 Chris Steele DNS. No Time.

JONES-BROWN NORTHERN SUMMER NATIONALS

A-FEATURE (25 laps)

Position. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 2m Dustin Daggett (1)
2. 0 Glenn Styres (2)
3. 00 Ryan Grubaugh (6)
4. 5d Dave Dykstra (8)
5. 9 Bobby Breen (4)
6. 51 Bryan Howland (23)
7. 7x Mike Ling (3)
8. 35 Jared Zimbardi (13)
9. 6n Dain Naida (9)
10. 14h Jim Huppunen (16)
11. 71 Travis Cunningham (15)
12. 8 Blake Breen (12)
13. 49t Gregg Dalman (10)
14. 23r Ben Rutan (21)
15. 21x Kevin Job (7)
16. 12 Tim Kelly (19)
17. 21 Don Adamczyk (22)
18. 5b Bubba Broderick (24)
19. 7m Justin Martin (17)
20. 90 James Evans (20)
21. 5m Brad Malloy (25)
22. 84 Tyler Rand (18)
23. 11 Jamie Turner (26)
24. 12c Tom Huppunen DNF (5)
25. 7 Kyle Moffit DNF (14)
26. 3g Darren Long DNF (11)
No Time

ASCS Patriot Points (Top Ten): 1. Jared Zimbardi 1,131, 2. Bryan Howland 1,088, 3. Bubba Broderick 1,041, 4. Don Adamczyk 1,037, 5. Tim Kelly 1,032, 6. Vern Wasson 708, 7. Bobby Breen 683, 8. Kyle Moffit 566, 9. Scott Bonnell 552, 10. Gary Troutman 546.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Points (Top Ten): 1. Ryan Grubaugh 1,159, 2. Dain Naida 1,155, 3. Gregg Dalman 1,103, 4. Ben Rutan 1,070, 5. Gavin Hunyady 975, 6. Dustin Daggett 965, 7. Robert Huisken 870, 8. Aaron Shaffer 790, 9. Brett Mann 645, 10. (tie) Darren Long and Ryan Ruhl 564.