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Brian Liskai
ATTICA, Ohio (June 20) - Any dirt track race driver will tell you spending time on the road, competing night in and night out against stiff competition prepares you mentally for any situation or race series. Such was the case for Whitehouse, Ohio's Matt Miller, who captured the Sunoco American Late Model victory at Attica Raceway Park Friday on Pepsi/ Bazell Race Fuels/ True Value of Woodville Night.
Miller drove under Ronnie Perrin Jr. on the seventh lap and held off late race challenges from Dusty Moore for his second career Attica victory.
"You learn how to run hard on a consistent basis when you're out on the road competing against the guys we've raced against," said Miller beside his M&W Auto Body/McCullough Industries backed #7. "This is the most we've run with these guys (ALMS) in awhile...all that time has finally paid off."
In the 30-lap late model main, Perrin jumped into the early lead but quickly had his hands full with Doug Drown, Jerry Bowersock and Miller. Following two quick cautions on laps three and four, Perrin again moved out front, but it was short-lived, as Miller, who started fourth, drove under for the lead exiting turn two on lap 7.
As the race went green the rest of the way, Miller's only challenge was lapped machines. The car on the move was Moore, who started 7th and was fourth by lap six and after a great battle with Bowersock, moved into second on lap 11. He closed to Miller's bumper in heavy traffic by lap 19. However, Miller was able to work his way through the crowd of cars and pulled away for the win. Moore, a fast-closing Rusty Seaver (up from 13th), Rusty Schlenk and Drown rounded out the top five.
"The car was too tight on the bottom and that hurt me in traffic. I had to search around for a better groove..again, that's where that experience pays off," said Miller.
Sunoco ALMS Late Models
Heat 1 - Tin Lizzy Collision (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 12D-Doug Drown; 2. 20J-Jerry Bowersock; 3. 29-Rocky Owens; 4. 18S-Rusty Seaver; 5. 12-Michael Stiltner; 6. 3R-Chuck Rolle (R); 7. 12C-Bill Clapp Jr.; 8. 12H-Jeff McCoy
Heat 2 - Ultra Shield Race Products (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 11-Rusty Schlenk; 2. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham; 4. 5H-Ernie Haynes; 5. 1-Jim Fleming; 6. 1M-John Mayes Jr.; 7. 83-Noah Wagner (R); 8. 9C-Troy Cattarene; 9. B4U-Brad Eitnear
Heat 3 - Bell Racing (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 7-Matt Miller; 2. 40-Dusty Moore; 3. 49-Brian Ruhlman; 4. X3-Dan Wallace; 5. 23C-Jeremy Canada; 6. 1N-Casey Noonan; 7. 88D-Larry Kingseed; 8. 50-Ryan Missler; 9. 117-Kevin Reeve
Heat 4 - Friendship Food Stores (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. OJ-Ronnie Perrine Jr.; 2. 34-Ky Harper; 3. 77-Steve Kester; 4. 53-Hillard Miller; 5. 84-Tim Sabo; 6. 48-John Bores; 7. 23V-Ryan Vanderven; 8. 45-Mike Marteney
B1-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main
1. B4U-Brad Eitnear; 2. 12-Michael Stiltner; 3. 9C-Troy Cattarene; 4. 83-Noah Wagner (R); 5. 12C-Bill Clapp Jr.; 6. 3R-Chuck Rolle (R); 7. 12H-Jeff McCoy; 8. 1M-John Mayes Jr.; . 15B-Mike Bores
B2-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main
1. 1N-Casey Noonan; 2. 23C-Jeremy Canada; 3. 88D-Larry Kingseed; 4. 48-John Bores; 5. 45-Mike Marteney; 6. 23V-Ryan Vanderven; 7. 84-Tim Sabo; 8. 117-Kevin Reeve
A-Main Starting Position [#]
1. 7-Matt Miller[4]; 2. 40-Dusty Moore[7]; 3. 18S-Rusty Seaver[13]; 4. 11-Rusty Schlenk[3]; 5. 12D-Doug Drown[2]; 6. 20J-Jerry Bowersock[5]; 7. OJ-Ronnie Perrine Jr.[1]; 8. X3-Dan Wallace[15]; 9. 53-Hillard Miller[16]; 10. 1N-Casey Noonan[18]; 11. 5M-Ryan Markham[10]; 12. 49-Brian Ruhlman[11]; 13. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[6]; 14. 29-Rocky Owens[9]; 15. 23C-Jeremy Canada[20]; 16. 12-Michael Stiltner[19]; 17. 77-Steve Kester[12]; 18. 5H-Ernie Haynes[14]; 19. B4U-Brad Eitnear[17]; 20. 23V-Ryan Vanderven[22]; 21. 9C-Troy Cattarene[21]; 22. 34-Ky Harper[8]
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