Post by LMR on 05/24/15 at 11:15pm
Eldora Speedway
May 24, 2015
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Miller Scores Big Late Model Win in Johnny Appleseed Classic at Eldora
ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 24, 2015) – Matt Miller raced both high and low to fight through traffic to best Matt Westfall and win the Sunoco American Late Model Series (ALMS) race Sunday at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
Miller, from Waterville, Ohio, had the car to beat, but it wasn’t easy as he battled though lapped traffic with Westfall chasing him down in the 25-lap feature. Westfall passed him briefly in turn one with a classic Eldora slide job when Miller hit traffic late in the race, but Miller managed to swap the favor down on the backstretch on the same lap.
“This is awesome,” Miller said. “This is only our third race of the year. It’s nice to rebound. Matt (Westfall) is a heck of a wheelman. I knew he would put the pressure on. We hit some lapped traffic, but we got up on the wheel too. This is a good warm up for the Dream in two weeks.”
The next event at Eldora Speedway is the 21st annual Dirt Late Model Dream Weekend presented by Ferris Commercial Mowers on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 4, 5 and 6.
The Dirt Late Model Dream, sanctioned by DIRTcar, is the richest dirt late model race in the world with $100,000 going to the winner of Saturday night’s 100-lap feature event. A total purse of $306,625 is available for the three nights of racing, including $214,875 available on Saturday.
Johnny Appleseed Classic
May 24, 2015
Sunoco American Late Models – 35 cars
Qualifying
1.54-Matt Westfall, 16.056; 2.20-Duane Chamberlain, 16.823; 3.5H-Jeremy Hines, 16.825; 4.83-Scott James, 16.834; 5.11S-Rusty Schlenk, 16.970; 6.11-Josh Rice, 16.970; 7.240-Doug Drown, 17.005; 8.3-Matt Miller, 17.035; 9.31-Nick Latham, 17.066; 10.88-Andrew Reaume, 17.173; 11.24-Ryan Unzicker, 17.181; 12.5N-Dustin Nobbe, 17.210; 13.75-John Gill, 17.256; 14.95J-Jerry Bowersock, 17.278; 15.77-Steve Kester, 17.441; 16.49-Brian Ruhlman, 17.590; 17.M14-Brandon Thirlby, 17.640; 18.11R-James Rice, 17.833; 19.1N-Casey Noonan, 17.934; 20.9N-Ted Nobbe, 18.248; 21.21B-Rich Bell, 18.309; 22.3G-Brian Gray, 18.459; 23.34-Herb Reich, 18.474; 24.15A-Phil Ausra, 18.533; 25.75F-Colton Flinner, 18.816; 26.13-Andy Galgoci, 18.973; 27.76-Butch Kruckeberg, 19.216; 28.23V-Ryan VanderVeen, 19.369; 29.8-Rob Anderzack, 19.402; 30.6B-David Baldwin, 19.856; 31.42-Bob Mayer, 20.490; 32.79-Shane Unger, 99.991; 33.32-Chad Stapleton, 99.992; 34.1G-Devin Gilpin, 99.993; 35.2D-Curtis Delsenroth, 99.993;
Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 54-Matt Westfall[4] ; 2. 31-Nick Latham[2] ; 3. 5H-Jeremy Hines[3] ; 4. M14-Brandon Thirlby[8] ; 5. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[1] ; 6. 3G-Brian Gray[6] ; 7. 15A-Phil Ausra[7] ; 8. 77-Steve Kester[5]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 24-Ryan Unzicker[2] ; 2. 83-Scott James[4] ; 3. 11-Josh Rice[1] ; 4. 240-Doug Drown[3] ; 5. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[5] ; 6. 32-Chad Stapleton[8] ; 7. 23V-Ryan VanderVeen[6] ; 8. 6B-David Baldwin[7]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 88-Andrew Reaume[2] ; 2. 20-Duane Chamberlain[4] ; 3. 75-John Gill[1] ; 4. 11S-Rusty Schlenk[3] ; 5. 49-Brian Ruhlman[5] ; 6. 1N-Casey Noonan[6] ; 7. 21B-Rich Bell[7] ; 8. 13-Andy Galgoci[8] ; 9. 42-Bob Mayer[9]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps)
1. 3-Matt Miller[4] ; 2. 11R-James Rice[3] ; 3. 76-Butch Kruckeberg[6] ; 4. 34-Herb Reich[1] ; 5. 9N-Ted Nobbe[2] ; 6. 8-Rob Anderzack[7] ; 7. 75F-Colton Flinner[5] ; 8. 1G-Devin Gilpin[8]
B-Main - (8 Laps)
1. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[2] ; 2. 49-Brian Ruhlman[3] ; 3. 32-Chad Stapleton[6] ; 4. 1N-Casey Noonan[7] ; 5. 23V-Ryan VanderVeen[10] ; 6. 21B-Rich Bell[11] ; 7. 9N-Ted Nobbe[4] ; 8. 77-Steve Kester[13] ; 9. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[1] ; 10. 3G-Brian Gray[5] ; 11. 15A-Phil Ausra[9] ; 12. 8-Rob Anderzack[8] ; 13. 13-Andy Galgoci[15] ; 14. 42-Bob Mayer[19] ; 15. 6B-David Baldwin[14]
A-Main - (25 Laps)
1. 3-Matt Miller[1] ; 2. 54-Matt Westfall[4] ; 3. 31-Nick Latham[5] ; 4. 11-Josh Rice[10] ; 5. 20-Duane Chamberlain[7] ; 6. 11R-James Rice[8] ; 7. 75-John Gill[11] ; 8. 49-Brian Ruhlman[18] ; 9. 11S-Rusty Schlenk[15] ; 10. 32-Chad Stapleton[19] ; 11. 240-Doug Drown[14] ; 12. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[17] ; 13. 23V-Ryan VanderVeen[21] ; 14. M14-Brandon Thirlby[13] ; 15. 1N-Casey Noonan[20] ; 16. 34-Herb Reich[16] ; 17. 21B-Rich Bell[22] ; 18. 24-Ryan Unzicker[3] ; 19. 83-Scott James[6] ; 20. 88-Andrew Reaume[2] ; 21. 5H-Jeremy Hines[9] ; 22. 76-Butch Kruckeberg[12]
Event Photos courtesy of Jim Denhamer
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