Chad Blonde takes SOD Butler Bash Friday

ERIE, MI (August 4, 2018) – Chad Blonde (Litchfield, Michigan) drove his Krieger Racing Engines powered Maxim to victory Friday night for the Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP win on the first night of the two-night 5^th annual Butler Bash at Butler Speedway.

The luck of the draw was on Blonde’s side when the King Engine Bearings Kids Feature Draw put him on the pole for the feature. Mastering a track that challenged many drivers, he led from start to finish for the victory by almost a quarter of a lap over eighth-starter Ryan Ruhl (Coldwater, Michigan) and Boston Mead (Onsted, Michigan).

Jay Steinebach (Hudsonville, Michigan) charged from the second starting position to lead through turn two on lap one before Blonde motored by on the backstretch. Mead and Shawn Valenti (Fostoria, Ohio) looked like they might be able to challenge the leader, but it was Ruhl who was Blonde’s only serious threat.

Butler regular John Turner (Osseo, Michigan) had overall fast time and won the COMP Cams heat race. Mead, also a Butler regular took the Engler Machine & Tool heat.

Qualifying – Lane Automotive/MSD Ignition Fast Masters (fast qualifiers) $50 each

Group	Time	#	Driver
Engler Machine & Tool Heat	13.587	5B	Chad Blonde
COMP Cams Heat	13.434	4T	Josh Turner

Heat Races

Engler Machine & Tool Heat #1
	#	Driver	Contingency
1	27B	Boston Mead
2	10s	Jay Steinebach
3	5b	Chad Blonde	Benic Enterprises
4	7X	Nic Rogers	Racing Optics
5	27K	Brad Wickham
6	8	Justin Ward
7	29	Daryl Shaffer
8	52	Zac Broughman
9	1a	AJ Aldrich

COMP Cams Heat #2
	#	Driver	Contingency
1	4T	Josh Turner
2	0	Ricky Ferkel
3	7	Shawn Valenti	Benic Enterprises
4	71H	Ryan Ruhl	Racing Optics
5	39	Tylar Rankin
6	24+	Mike Schumacher
7	5QB	Quentin Blonde

Feature

	#	Driver	Awards	Contingencies
1	5b	Chad Blonde		Rod End Supply
2	71H	Ryan Ruhl	Jim Coffey & Son	Rod End Supply
3	27B	Boston Mead		Rod End Supply
4	7	Shawn Valenti		Schoenfeld Headers
5	5QB	Quentin Blonde		ATL Racing Fuel Cells
6	4T	Josh Turner		Allstar Performance
7	10s	Jay Steinebach
8	0	Ricky Ferkel
9	7X	Nic Rogers
10	8	Justin Ward
11	29	Daryl Shaffer		Keizer Aluminum Wheels
12	24+	Mike Schumacher
13	39	Tylar Rankin
14	52	Zac Broughman
15	1a	AJ Aldrich
16	27K	Brad Wickham
17	8W	Josh Ward

KSE Racing Products Hard Charger – Quentin Blonde (+9)
BR Motorsports Contingency (feature top 10 draw) – Boston Mead
DMI (Diversified Machine) Contingency (feature 12-16 draw) – Tylar Rankin
Perfit Corporation Lucky Dog – Jay Steinebach
Allstar Performance Better Luck Next Time – Josh Ward

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