Bob Buffenbarger/Cody Morris

LIMA, OHIO (5/25/2012) Randy Hannagan opened the three day Memorial Day weekend Ohio swing for the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP/NRA with an exciting win at Limaland Motorsports Park on a warm Friday night. Chasing Hannagan was Shane Stewart, Ben Rutan, Jared Horstman and Hud Horton.

At the drop of the green of the 25 lap main event, pole sitter Dallas Hewitt led the initial circuit with Hannagan (also on the front row) and Ben Rutan soon were engaged in a three wide slide job swapping affair with Hewitt maintaining the lead and Rutan taking 2nd early on.

Lap 8 saw Hannagan make his make move as he took the lead but Rutan was keeping the pressure on and bringing Shane Stewart aboard the 3G, along with him. Also, 14th starting Jared Horstman was charging through the field taking over 4th.

By the 15th circuit Hannagan was beginning to stretch his lead while Rutan and Stewart were still staging a duel for 2nd place with Horstman in pursuit. A caution with 4 laps remaining closed the field up but when the green waved, Hannagan was up to the task and took the checkers with Stewart and Rutan following.

The five heat races were captured by Kyle Sauder, Dennis Yoakam, Hud Horton, Shane Stewart and Luke Hall. Three B mains were required due to the large car count and they were won by Tim Allison, Darren Long and Dustin Daggett. The first B main saw Greg Wheeler take a hard flip in turn two. Wheeler was not hurt.

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Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results
Friday May 25, 2012
Limaland Motorsports Park – Lima, Oh.

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 22H-Randy Hannagan[2]; 2. 3g-Shane Stewart[6]; 3. 22-Ben Rutan[4]; 4. 17-Jared Horstman[13]; 5. 28H-James (Hud) Horton[7]; 6. 11-Tim Allison[16]; 7. 40-Caleb Helms[10]; 8. 00-Ryan Grubaugh[11]; 9. 49t-Gregg Dalman[19]; 10. 49-Shawn Dancer[20]; 11. 2m-Dallas Hewitt[1]; 12. 34H-Luke Hall[5]; 13. 5m-Max Stambaugh[14]; 14. 7K-Kyle Sauder[9]; 15. 27k-Mark Aldrich[12]; 16. 7-Darren Long[17]; 17. 22D-Dennis Yoakam[8]; 18. 16-Ryan Ruhl[15]; 19. 35-Ron Blair[21]; 20. 4-Josh Turner[3]; 21. 2MD-Dustin Daggett[18]
B Feature 1
(10 Laps): 1. 11-Tim Allison; 2. 49t-Gregg Dalman; 3. 18-Todd Heuerman; 4. 46-Robert Huisken; 5. 31-Andy Teunessen; 6. 10-Jason Blonde; 7. B20-Butch Schroeder; 8. 4J-Bob Gehr; 9. 23m-Jack Miller; 10. 16c-Greg Wheeler
Top 2 advance to A Feature

B Feature 2
(10 Laps): 1. 7-Darren Long; 2. 49-Shawn Dancer; 3. 27-Beau Stewart; 4. 10J-Jarrod DeLong; 5. F37-Kyle Moffit; 6. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 7. 34-Jimmy Snead; 8. 2-Brent Gehr; 9. 50B-Mike Burns; 10. 12-Kent Wolters
Top 2 advance to A Feature

B Feature 3
(10 Laps): 1. 2MD-Dustin Daggett; 2. 35-Ron Blair; 3. 3w-Brett Mann; 4. 27B-Brad Lamberson; 5. 2G-Joe Geibe; 6. 70-Jim Lingar; 7. 4s-Eric Smith; 8. 23-Devin Dobie; 9. 82-Mike Miller; 10. 98J-Jonathan Kettlewell
Top 2 advance to A Feature

Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 7K-Kyle Sauder; 2. 22-Ben Rutan; 3. 00-Ryan Grubaugh; 4. 46-Robert Huisken; 5. 23-Devin Dobie; 6. F37-Kyle Moffit; 7. 4J-Bob Gehr; 8. 27B-Brad Lamberson; 9. 10J-Jarrod DeLong

Heat 2
(8 Laps): 1. 22D-Dennis Yoakam; 2. 4-Josh Turner; 3. 27k-Mark Aldrich; 4. 34-Jimmy Snead; 5. 31-Andy Teunessen; 6. 82-Mike Miller; 7. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 8. 10-Jason Blonde; DNS 98J-Jonathan Kettlewell

Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 28H-James (Hud) Horton; 2. 22H-Randy Hannagan; 3. 17-Jared Horstman; 4. 2MD-Dustin Daggett; 5. 27-Beau Stewart; 6. B20-Butch Schroeder; 7. 35-Ron Blair; 8. 49-Shawn Dancer; 9. 18-Todd Heuerman

Heat 4
(8 Laps): 1. 3g-Shane Stewart; 2. 2m-Dallas Hewitt; 3. 5m-Max Stambaugh; 4. 11-Tim Allison; 5. 3w-Brett Mann; 6. 7-Darren Long; 7. 16c-Greg Wheeler; 8. 2G-Joe Geibe; 9. 12-Kent Wolters

Heat 5
(8 Laps): 1. 34H-Luke Hall; 2. 40-Caleb Helms; 3. 16-Ryan Ruhl; 4. 50B-Mike Burns; 5. 49t-Gregg Dalman; 6. 70-Jim Lingar; 7. 2-Brent Gehr; 8. 23m-Jack Miller; 9. 4s-Eric Smith

*NOTE – Registered members of the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP will receive series’ points based on the final rundown of registered SOD drivers only. Please check back to the SOD section of www.ascsracing.com for updated point standings later in the Memorial Holiday Weekend.

Attention race teams. Sprints on Dirt officials will not be carrying tires for the Memorial Day Ohio tour. Officials will have tires for purchase at the Hartford/Cherry weekend.

Check the photos from Crystal by Randy Ellen and some from MudclodBob also.

Check out the highlights from the season opening race courtesy of High Vista Video.

By T.J. Buffenbarger

Crystal, MI – (April 28, 2012) – Darren Long made the long drive from Elida, Ohio worthwhile by picking up the feature win to kick off the 2012 Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP season at Crystal Motor Speedway. Long started on the pole and led every lap in route to his first victory of the 2012 season driving his family owned Gaerte powered KPC chassis.

“I knew my motor would take off really well, and the car was driving really well. On the restarts I was able to pull the wing back to drive off the corner better,” said Long. “I was trying to be real patent through the lapped traffic. I have to thank my guys that work on my team; they are doing a great job.”

Long and Brett Mann started on the front row for the 25-lap feature event. After the first start was negated by Brad Lamberson and Steve Irwin spinning off the third corner, Long got the jump at the start with Dustin Daggett moving past Brett Mann for second. Long and Daggett pulled away from the rest of the field while eight starting Jared Horstman started moving through the field into the top five by lap four.

By lap seven Long began to encounter slower traffic and allowed Daggett to close in to challenge for the lead. On lap 12 Long got held up by a slower car and allowed Daggett to pull up to his back bumper. One lap later though Long moved by two lapped cars crossing outside to inside that ended up blocking Daggett and allowed Long to open up some breathing room.

On lap 14 that advantage was erased by a pair of cautions. The first for Andy Chehowski spinning in front of the leaders in turn two, then one lap later for Dain Naida’s spin off of turn four. This allowed Daggett to move around the lapped cars between himself and Long for the restart. Long was up for the challenge though and pulled away from Daggett to open up a half straightaway lead.

Further back in the field Gregg Dalman mounted a late race charge from 13th starting position into the top five. Dalman then was able to move Ruhl and Horstman to advance to the third position with five laps to go.

Up front it was all Long blasting through the lapped traffic to take the victory over Daggett, Dalman, Horstman, and Ruhl.

Daggett, Long, Chehowski, and Mann won heat race events, Lambertson won the Brodix cylinder heads dash, and Naida won the Engine Pro B-Main Event. Chehowski also picked up a cash bonus for his name being drawn for the Engine Pro Lucky Dog Prize.

The next event for the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP series takes place Friday May 25th at Limaland Motorsports Park in Lima, Ohio.
Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP
Crystal Motor Speedway – Crystal, MI
Saturday April 28th, 2012

Heat Race Events (Top 16 in passing points advanced to the “A” Feature)

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 2M – Dustin Daggett, 2. 10 – Steve Irwin, 3. 16 – Ryan Ruhl, 4. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 5. 16c – Greg Wheeler, 6. 07 – Dain Naida, 7. 36 – Nate Bostrum, 8. 4 – Eric Smith

Allstar Performance Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 7 – Darren Long, 2. 17 – Jared Horstman, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 46 – Robert Huisken, 5. 70 – Jim Lingar, 6. 49 – Sean Dancer, 7. 81L – Keith Love (Love did not go to the scales after the race)

Butlerbuilt Racing Seats Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 20A – Andy Chehowski, 2. 27B – Lambertson, 3. 31 – Andy Teunessen, 4. 81 – John Gall, 5. 50 – Mike Burns, 6. 21 – Matt Lumbert. DNS: 8 – Tim Champlin

Hoosier Tires Heat Race #4 (8 Laps): 1. 3w – Brett Mann, 2. 5 – Keith Dempster, 3. 88 – Mike Daggett, 4. 14 – Ben Rutan, 5. 10S – Jay Steinebach, 6. 29s – Marques Huffer, 7. 2 – Joe Geibe.

Brodix Cylinder Heads Fast Car Dash (4 Laps): 1. 27 – Brad Lambertson, 2. 10 – Steve Irwin, 3. 16 – Ryan Ruhl, 4. 31 – Andy Teunessen. (Determined starting positions 9-12 for the “A” Feature)

Engine Pro “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 07x – Dain Naida, 2. 16c – Greg Wheeler, 3. 14 – Ben Rutan, 4. 29s – Marques Huffer, 5. 10s – Jay Steinebach, 6. 81L – Keith Love, 7. 8 – Tim Champlin, 8. 70 – Jim Lingar, 9. 2G – Joe Geibe, 10. 36 – Nate Bostrum, 11. 4 – Eric Smith, 12. 21 – Matt Lumbert. DNS: 49 – Sean Dancer (Top four finishers advanced to the “A” Feature)

“A” Feature (25-Laps): 1. 7 – Darren Long, 2. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 17 – Jared Horstman, 5. 16 – Ryan Ruhl, 6. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 7. 88 – Mike Daggett, 8. 3w – Brett Mann, 9. 5 – Keith Dempster, 10. 46 – Robert Huisken, 11. 20A – Andy Chehowski, 12. 27 – Brad Lambertson, 13. 10 – Steve Irwin, 14. 31 – Andy Teunessen, 15. 16c – Greg Wheeler, 16. 81 – John Gall, 17. 50 – Mike Burner, 18. 14 – Ben Rutan, 19. 07x – Dain Naida, 20. 29s – Marques Huffer.

Lap Leaders: Long 1-25

Engine Pro Lucky Dog: Andy Chehowski