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Attica Ohio Speedweek race report 2001-07-01

ATTICA. OH - Byron Reed came on strong late in the race Sunday night at Attica Raceway Park to win the All Star sprint 30-lap Ohio Speedweek opening night feature. He tracked down race-long leader Todd Kane and made the winning pass low coming off turn four to lead the final five circuits.

"Usually in the feature I'm down on the bottom. In the beginning I wasn't getting anywhere and I was starting to get held up in lapped traffic and I just kept trying it and trying it and it started working," Reed recalled, explaining his persistence to stick with Attica's lower groove. "The tire finally came in for me at the end." Reed's machine is owned by his father Sam and is a Maxim with Kistler power.

Jason Johnson started on the ButlerBuilt Hot Seat pole in Jack Elden's No. 22 with Kane alongside in the Ray Pullins No. 29. Chad Kemenah and Kenny Jacobs were in row two ahead of Reed and Rob Chaney. Johnson went low on the start with Kane in the high groove and Kane grabbed the initial lead over Johnson and Jacobs. A Paul Weaver spin on lap five slowed the action, and the red flew on lap seven for a Danny Smith flip in turn three. The restart order was Kane, Johnson, Jacobs, Reed, Chad Kemenah, Chaney, Dean Jacobs and Greg Wilson as Smith was able to make repairs and restart.

Kane led again when the green replaced the red, with Johnson second and Reed taking third from K. Jacobs. Kane pulled away from the rest of the pack as Reed began battling with Johnson. Reed tried the high groove one lap to take a shot at Johnson, but it did not work, so he returned to the bottom of the track. Kane began slipping off the top groove in turn two almost every lap and his lead began to shrink. After the halfway mark, the leaders entered lapped traffic, allowing Johnson and Reed to close on Kane. Reed finally dove under Johnson for second on lap 24, and continued his march to the front, passing Kane for the lead on lap 25 again in the low groove. Chaney also used the low groove to grab second from Kane with just three laps remaining.

"The bottom got really good if you hugged it," Chaney said of his late race march toward the front. "I think I was as fast as Byron, but catching him and passing him was a whole different thing."

Kane was satisfied with third. "I had the lead and I wondered if I should go to the bottom or stay on top. I stayed on top. Then I saw Byron and it was too late to make a move," the pilot of the Pullins Motorsports No. 29 said.

In fourth it was Johnson, with Wilson fifth, and Chad Kemenah sixth. Dean Jacobs finished seventh, winning the Team Simpson Racing Lucky Seven award ahead of Rodney Duncan and Kelly Kinser. Jerrod Hull in tenth earned the $100 TW Metals nightly cash bonus.

The K-T Equipment heat went to Paul Weaver, the JB Enterprise Racing Products heat to Mark Keegan, the Crown Battery heat to Travis Rilat and the Engler Machine & Tool heat fell to Shane Stewart. Chuck Wilson won the Georgia Marketing & Promotions C Main and Boston Reid won the B Main. Byron Reed captured the Haulmark Dash. Rob Chaney's fast time was worth $200 from Ramsey Trucking.

Time Trials: 1. Rob Chaney, Courtad 9x, 12.196; 2. Byron Reed, B&S 5, 12.206; 3. Kenny Jacobs, Jacobs/Honecker 6, 12.283; 4. Chad Kemenah, Harble 15k, 12.332; 5. Phil Gressman, Reidling 9, 12.347; 6. Todd Kane, Pullins 29, 12.407; 7. Jason Johnson, Elden 22e, 12.595; 8. Rodney Duncan, Harrison 22, 12.607; 9. Mike Wagner, Wagner 55, 12.646; 10. Danny Smith, Baker 4, 12.698; 11. Dean Jacobs, Daugherty 7r, 12.720; 12. Boston Reid, Keppel/Devine 9, 12.793; 13. Greg Wilson, Hampshire 63, 12.804; 14. John Wisbon, Burmeister 16, 13.042; 15. Jerrod Hull, Webb 51, 13.138; 16. Shane Stewart, Holbrook 8h, 13.144; 17. Paul Weaver, Nickles 31, 13.154; 18. Mark Keegan, Steinbrick 92, 13.214; 19. Kelly Kinser, Kinser 4k, 13.218; 20. Mike Hogan, Hogan 75, 13.239; 21. Todd Kelley, Kelley 21, 13.279; 22. Chris Knopp, Neiderer 10n, 13.287; 23. Travis Rilat, Archer U2, 13.307; 24. Jim Dayton, Dayton 2x, 13.312; 25. John Ivy, Carousel 20, 13.325; 26. Tyler Walker, Ashworth 92, 13.340; 27. Todd Heller, Heller 14h, 13.358; 28. Jody Keegan, Keegan K60, 13.389; 29. Alvin Roepke, Roepke/Ford 99, 13.524; 30. Eric Hysong, Andrews 72, 13.553; 31. Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11k, 13.554; 32. Ricky Ferkel, Ferkel 0, 13.649; 33. Jason Courtney, Courtney 9c, 13.664; 34. John Hawk, Seeling 97, 13.781; 35. Barry Ruble, Ruble 63r, 13.788; 36. J.B. Scarborough, Scarborough 24, 13.879; 37. James Fisher, Fisher 17, 14.192; 38. Chad Levingston, Levingston 74L, 14.203; 39. Andrew Palker, Palker 57x, 14.412; 40. Bruce Robenalt, Robenalt 98, 14.611; 41. Chuck Wilson, Wilson/Jones 55, 14.973; 42. John Toth III, Savoy 96, 15.031; 43. Kent Wolters, K&L 12, 15.957; 44. Jon Webb, Webb 7w, 16.978; 45. Billy Pauch, J&M 55, no time. K-T Equipment Rental Heat (10 laps): 1. Weaver 2. Chaney 3. G. Wilson 4. Ivy 5. Wagner 6. Kelley 7. Roepke 8. Courtney 9. C. Wilson 10. Fisher 11. Gressman. JB Enterprise Racing Products Heat (10 laps): 1. M. Keegan 2. Knopp 3. Wisbon 4. Smith 5. Reed 6. Walker 7. Kane 8. Levingston 9. Hawk 10. Toth 11. Hysong (DNS). Crown Battery Heat (10 laps): 1. Rilat 2. Johnson 3. D. Jacobs 4. K. Jacobs 5. Hull 6. Kelly Kinser 7. Heller 8. Kraig Kinser 9. Ruble 10. Wolters 11. Palker. Engler Machine & Tool Heat (10 laps): 1. Stewart 2. Dayton 3. Hogan 4. Duncan 5. Kemenah 6. Pauch 7. Reid 8. Ferkel 9. Scarborough 10. Robenalt 11. J. Keegan 12. Webb. Haulmark Dash (4 laps): 1. Reed 2. K. Jacobs 3. Johnson 4. Chaney 5. Kemenah 6. Duncan. Georgia Marketing & Promotions C Main (12 laps): 1. C. Wilson 2. Hysong 3. Palker 4. Wolters 5. Robenalt 6. Webb 7. Levingston. B Main (15 laps): 1. Reid 2. Kane 3. Kelly Kinser 4. Roepke 5. Heller 6. Gressman 7. Walker 8. Kraig Kinser 9. Hysong 10. J. Keegan 11. Hawk 12. Fisher 13. Palker 14. Ruble 15. Scarborough 16. Courtney 17. Kelley 18. C. Wilson 19. Wolters 20. Ferkel - DNS. A Main (30 laps): 1. Byron Reed 2. Rob Chaney 3. Todd Kane 4. Jason Johnson 5. Greg Wilson 6. Chad Kemenah 7. Dean Jacobs 8. Rodney Duncan 9. Kelly Kinser 10. Jerrod Hull 11. Mike Wagner 12. Boston Reid 13. John Ivy 14. Alvin Roepke 15. Kenny Jacobs 16. Danny Smith 17. Mike Hogan 18. Shane Stewart 19. John Wisbon 20. Chris Knopp 21. Travis Rilat 22. Jim Dayton 23. Mark Keegan 24. Paul Weaver. All Star Sprint Points: 1. Chad Kemenah 1484 2. Kenny Jacobs 1441 3. Danny Smith 1409 4. Greg Wilson 1405 5. Rodney Duncan 1402 6. Jason Johnson 1380 7. Dean Jacobs 1365 8. Travis Rilat 1345 9. Jerrod Hull 1300 10. Mike Wagner 1147. -www.allstarsprint.com-