Sharon Speedway race report 2001-09-01

HARTFORD, OH - Todd Shaffer outdueled Greg Hodnett Saturday night at Sharon Speedway in the All Star sprint 30-lap 21st annual Sharon Nationals preliminary feature. Shaffer, in Gary and Patty Beam's Wolfweld with a Don Ott engine on Hoosier Tires, earned $5,000.

Shaffer led the first 13 laps before Hodnett got by following a restart. Hodnett then led until Shaffer retook the lead on lap 26 and led the rest of the way.

"The track was a little rough tonight," Shaffer said. "I think Greg caught a rut wrong and I was fortunate to get back by him." Shaffer also described Hodnett's pass of him. "I ran in on the curb and lifted a bit. I should have drove straight across it. I made a mistake and he got by me and then up here I got back by him."

Kelly Kinser started on the ButlerBuilt Hot Seat pole with Shaffer alongside and Rob Chaney and Hodnett comprised row two. Shaffer took the initial lead over Chaney, Hodnett and Kinser in a new Eagle chassis. Shaffer pulled away from Chaney, but Chaney reeled him in as they entered lapped traffic on lap 10. By lap 12, Hodnett was alongside Chaney and took second on lap 13. Following a pair of cautions on laps 13 and 14, Hodnett dove under Shaffer for the lead.

At lap 25, Chaney began fading, allowing Kenny Jacobs to take third with PJ Chesson taking fourth. The next lap, Shaffer drove back by Hodnett and the win was his. Chesson nipped Jacobs at the finish line for third and Jacobs took over the All Star points lead by three points with his finish. Dean Jacobs was fifth with Jimmy Hawley next.

Chaney finished seventh, winning the Team Simpson Racing Lucky Seven award and Lance Dewease in eighth won the $100 TW Metals nightly cash bonus.

The K-T Equipment heat went to Jimmy Hawley, the JB Enterprise Racing Products heat to Kenny Jacobs, the Crown Battery heat to Brian Ellenberger and the Engler Machine & Tool heat fell to P.J. Chesson. Jack Sodeman, Jr. won the Georgia Marketing & Promotions C Main and the B Main went to Ed Lynch, Jr. Andy McKisson captured the Alky Dash for the six slowest qualifiers. Jason Johnson jumped the inside berm and flipped in hot laps, seriously damaging Lanny Row's 41, but he was back for heat action. Travis Rilat hopped Mike Wagner's wheel and flipped on the start of the B Main. Rilat was not injured.

In BRP big block modified tour action, heats went to Kevin Bolland, Tim Doran, Lou Blaney and Les Meyers. The 25-lap feature went to Jim Rasey after Blaney, who led 20 of the first 21 laps, broke. Rasey was followed by Kevin Bolland, Meyers, Dave Murdick, Jeff Schaeffer, Scott Gurdak, Chris Schiffer, Josh Skarzenski, Brian Fink and Kevin Hoffman.

6Time Trials: 1. James Chesson, CRC 22, 15.702; 2. Kenny Jacobs, Jacobs/Honecker 6, 15.729; 3. Greg Hodnett, Apple 12, 15.735; 4. Rob Chaney, Elden 22e, 15.837; 5. Todd Shaffer, Beam 88, 15.907; 6. Kelly Kinser, Kinser 4k, 15.916; 7. Ed Lynch, Jr., Lynch 2L, 15.981; 8. Dean Jacobs, Daugherty 7r, 15.982; 9. Chad Kemenah, Harble 15k, 16.073; 10. Jim Nier, Nier 00, 16.099; 11. Mike Wagner, Wagner 55, 16.150; 12. P.J. Chesson, CRC 76, 16.151; 13. Travis Rilat, Archer U2, 16.155; 14. Chad Hill, Shearer 44, 16.171; 15. Lance Dewease, Harz 88, 16.199; 16. Danny Smith, Baker 4, 16.217; 17. Jimmy Hawley, Crawford C3, 16.217; 18. Phil Gressman, Reidling 9, 16.219; 19. Brian Ellenberger, Ellenberger 20, 16.226; 20. Greg Wilson, Hampshire 63, 16.287; 21. Jarod Larson, Clemson 47, 16.297; 22. Byron Reed, B&S 5, 16.313; 23. Mike Kekich, Kekich 5k, 16.342; 24. Marty Ling, Turrill 16T, 16.355; 25. Scott Bonnell, Bonnell 3, 16.356; 26. Rodney Duncan, Harrison 22, 16.362; 27. Jason Johnson, Row 41, 16.365; 28. Rod George, George 4, 16.541; 29. Barry Ruble, Ruble 63r, 16.548; 30. Bruce Robenalt, Robenalt 98, 16.637; 31. Andy Priest, Priest 21n, 16.640; 32. Jason Jacoby, Jacoby 4J, 16.660; 33. Kevin Schaeffer, Schaeffer 9, 16.771; 34. Goob Schuller, Schuller 61, 16.833; 35. Jamie McKinney, Momentum 95, 16.880; 36. Mike Lutz, Southard 00, 16.892; 37. Rick Wilson, Price 27, 16.910; 38. Jack Sodeman, Jr., S&S 23Jr, 16.981; 39. Mike Marano II, M&M 34, 17.150; 40. Andy McKisson, McKisson 0, 17.247; 41. C. W. Harshman, Harshman 53, 17.313; 42. Gary Rankin, Rankin 16, 17.652; 43. Buddy Cochran, Cochran 30, 18.994; 44. Shelia Rankin, Rankin 6, 20.913; 45. Chad Jones, Ashworth 92, 28.977; 46. Butch Beasley, Beasley 1B, NT; 47. Gale Ruth, Ruth 1x, NT; 48. Tommy Burns, Burns 7c, NT; 49. Bruce Raquet, Raquet 90, NT; 50. Robert VanTassel, VanTassel 49d.

K-T Equipment Rental Heat (8 laps): 1. Hawley 2. Shaffer 3. Kemenah 4. J. Chesson 5. Larson 6. Schaeffer 7. Ruble 8. Bonnell 9. Rilat 10. R. Wilson 11. Jones.

JB Enterprise Racing Products Heat (8 laps): 1. K. Jacobs 2. Reed 3. Kinser 4. Gressman 5. Nier 6. Sodeman 7. Hill 8. Duncan 9. Ruth 10. Robenalt 11. G. Rankin 12. Schuller.

Crown Battery Heat (8 laps): 1. Ellenberger 2. Kekich 3. Dewease 4. Hodnett 5. Johnson 6. Wagner 7. Cochran 8. Lynch 9. Priest 10. Marano 11. McKinney 12. Beasley.

Engler Machine & Tool Heat (8 laps): 1. P.J. Chesson 2. D. Jacobs 3. Chaney 4. G. Wilson 5. George 6. Lutz 7. Ling 8. McKisson 9. S. Rankin 10. Jacoby 11. Smith.

Alky Dash (4 laps): 1. McKisson 2. Cochran 3. G. Rankin 4. Jones 5. S. Rankin 6. Sodeman.

Georgia Marketing & Promotions C Main (10 laps): 1. Sodeman 2. R. Wilson 3. McKisson 4. Marano 5. Jones 6. Cochran 7. Ruth 8. S. Rankin 9. G. Rankin 10. Beasley.

B Main (12 laps): 1. Lynch 2. Smith 3. Duncan 4. Lutz 5. Bonnell 6. Ruble 7. Jones 8. Ling 9. R. Wilson 10. Robenalt 11. Hill 12. Schaeffer 13. McKisson 14. Sodeman 15. Marano 16. McKinney 17. Wagner 18. Rilat.

A Main (30 laps): 1. Todd Shaffer 2. Greg Hodnett 3. PJ Chesson 4. Kenny Jacobs 5. Dean Jacobs 6. Jimmy Hawley 7. Rob Chaney 8. Lance Dewease 9. Jarod Larson 10. Chad Kemenah 11. Kelly Kinser 12. Jim Nier 13. Danny Smith 14. James Chesson 15. Mike Lutz 16. Greg Wilson 17. Mike Kekich 18. Byron Reed 19. Ed Lynch Jr. 20. Jason Johnson 21. Marty Ling 22. Brian Ellenberger 23. Rodney Duncan 24. Mike Wagner 25. Phil Gressman 26. Rod George.