Eldora Speedway
October 27, 2012
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FIRST LEG OF INAUGURAL BLUE COLLAR BASH PRODUCES FIVE WINNERS
Hall, Nuckles, Chamberlain, Hehman and Covey Carry Checkered Flags

ROSSBURG, OH (Oct. 27) – Five down – eleven to go - and the inaugural 16-division Blue Collar Bash will become history at Eldora Speedway. Capturing feature events Saturday evening were Luke Hall (BOSS Non-Winged Sprints), Bryan Nuckles (Legends), Duane Chamberlain (Late Models), Jason Hehman (Oakshade Sportsman) and Mason Covey (UMP Pro Late Model). The remaining 7 classes; Fremont/Attica Trucks, Circle Track/Waynesfield Trucks, 305 Sprints, UMP Sportsman, Chevettes, Compacts and Mini Sprints will complete their program Sunday afternoon when they are joined by the Winged Sprints, Eldora Stocks, Hometrack Stocks and UMP Modifieds in their complete programs.

Second generation driver Sheldon Haudenschild shot from his pole position to run away and hide at the onset of the BOSS A-Feature; but as he began moving in on lapped traffic, the race took on a new look.

Lap by lap, Haudenschild’s advantage dwindled as Luke Hall, Dallas Hewitt and Matt Westfall inched forward.

Multiple times Hall would nose up beside Haudenschild, but when the young sensation would see the nose of Hall’s car, he would get a burst of speed and pull away. Finally, in the closing laps, Hall did a bonsai pass through turns three and four to take the lead that he was to hold to the finish.  

A multi-car crash four laps from the finish momentarily stopped the action, but that didn’t deter Hall. On the restart, he picked up where he had left off and drove to victory over Haudenschild, Hewitt, Westfall and Tony Beaber.

Nuckles, another second generation hot shoe, was on a mission. Taking advantage of his heat race victory, Bryan started on the outside pole and that was the momentum he needed.  A quick burst into the lead on the initial start was aborted with a turn three spin mid-pack.   That brought the field back to a complete restart and Nuckles had to duplicate his efforts; which he did.

The green came out one more time and one more time, Nuckles shot into the lead. He continued a blistering pace, as the field behind him duked it out for position, often three and four wide on the .500 mile clay oval.

A vicious crash involving Nelson Stewart brought out the red flag in the closing laps.   The car was worse for the wear following the multi-time rollover; yet Stewart (father to three-time NASCAR Cup champion Tony Stewart) climbed from the car unscathed.

With the field re-lined, Nuckles picked up where he had left off and cruised to the victory over Robert Stough, Sean McPherson, Matt Erich and Derek Menshew.

In what turned out to be the most competitive feature event of the day, Chamberlain survived a last lap shootout with Jerry Bowersock to take the narrow win.

Brian Ruhlman appeared to have the race in the bag; that was until the halfway point when slight contact with a lapped car found Ruhlman looping it out in front of Chamberlain, Bowersock and Jeff Babcock. The foursome had been running under a literal blanket.

The restart gave the point to Chamberlain, with Babcock and Bowersock in close pursuit.   A last lap caution flag bunched the field for one final charge to the finish.

With the double-file restart, Chamberlain chose the outer lane and that gave him the momentum he needed to carry out the deed. Bowersock crossed the line second, followed by Babcock, Ruhlman and Rob Starkey.

Jason Hehman, a runner with the UMP Sportsman class, chose at the last minute to race with the Oakshade Raceway Sportsman class and he is glad he did.   Despite a 400 pound weight disadvantage, Hehman jumped into the lead at the onset and withheld a wild last lap charge from Richard Patton to take the victory.

Patton charged into turn three on the final circuit and appeared that the momentum could take him into the leader; however, he backed down just enough to avoid contact and settled for runner-up honors. Following them across the line were Paul Pardo, Barney Craig and Billy Ruff.

Covey’s victory in the UMP Pro Late Model class came over Jacob Hawkins.

Race Results

UMP DIRTcar Late Model
HEAT 1 – 1. 1J-Jeff Babcock [1]; 2. 49-Brian Ruhlman [5]; 3. 20JB-Jerry Bowersock [2]; 4. 21JT-Jacob Hawkins [7]; 5. XX-Richard Patton [4]; 6. 44C-Mason Covet [3]; 7. B4-Billy Ruff [6];
HEAT 2 – 1. 20C-Duane Chamberlain [3]; 2. 15A-Phil Ausra [4]; 3. 4S-Rob Starkey [2]; 4. 3G-Brian Gray [5]; 5. 12P-Chad Poorman [6]; 6. 77B-Adam Bowman [DNS];
A FEATURE – 1. 20C-Duane Chamberlain [3]; 2. 20JB-Jerry Bowersock [6]; 3. 1J-Jeff Babcock [5]; 4. 49-Brian Ruhlman [1]; 5. 4S-Rob Starkey [4]; 6. 3G-Brian Gray [8]; 7. 15A-Phil Ausra [2]; 8. 44C-Mason Covet [11]; 9. 33-Don Gordon [14]; 10. 21JT-Jacob Hawkins [7]; 11. XX-Richard Patton [9]; 12. 12P-Chad Poorman [10]; 13. B4-Billy Ruff [13]; 14. 77B-Adam Bowman [DNS]; 15. RH21-Gregg Haskell [DNS];

UMP DIRTcar MODIFIED
HEAT 1 – 1. 31J-John Brooks [2]; 2. 03-Cory Seeling [8]; 3. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [1]; 4. 5MC-Dave Mcwilliams [10]; 5. 55M-Justin Matson [9]; 6. 22-Danny Dehner [5]; 7. 1-Scott Williams [7]; 8. 42G-Justin Gregory [4]; 9. 509-Kevin Copher [6]; 10. 28P-Nick Price [DNS];
HEAT 2 – 1. 15-Nick Katterhenry [1]; 2. 47-Collin Thirlby [7]; 3. 49-Brian Ruhlman [6]; 4. 20W-Matt Westfall [9]; 5. 0-Brent Hole [5]; 6. T5X-Doug Hewitt Jr [2]; 7. 36-Brandon Vaughan [8]; 8. 8W-George Wollam [DNS]; 9. M1G-Matt Twining [DNS];
HEAT 3 – 1. 20JB-Jeff Babcock [2]; 2. 65-Todd Sherman [5]; 3. 17-Brandon Ramsey [1]; 4. 21M-Donnie Miller [3]; 5. 1K-Keith Smith [8]; 6. 67-Eddie Shaner [6]; 7. 29-Mark Kowarsch [9]; 8. 43-Brent Gregory [7]; 9. 10H-Brad Hess [4];
B FEATURES – 1. 22-Danny Dehner [1]; 2. T5X-Doug Hewitt Jr [2]; 3. 67-Eddie Shaner [3]; 4. 1-Scott Williams [4]; 5. 29-Mark Kowarsch [6]; 6. 42G-Justin Gregory [7]; 7. 43-Brent Gregory [9];
A FEATURE – 1. 49-Brian Ruhlman [8]; 2. 20JB-Jeff Babcock [4]; 3. 65-Todd Sherman [1]; 4. 0-Brent Hole [14]; 5. 55M-Justin Matson [13]; 6. 1K-Keith Smith [15]; 7. 22-Danny Dehner [16]; 8. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [7]; 9. 29-Mark Kowarsch [20]; 10. 20W-Matt Westfall [11]; 11. 67-Eddie Shaner [18]; 12. 1-Scott Williams [19]; 13. 21M-Donnie Miller [12]; 14. 42G-Justin Gregory [21]; 15. T5X-Doug Hewitt Jr [17]; 16. 5MC-Dave Mcwilliams [10]; 17. 03-Cory Seeling [3]; 18. 47-Collin Thirlby [2]; 19. 15-Nick Katterhenry [5]; 20. 43-Brent Gregory [22]; 21. 17-Brandon Ramsey [9]; 22. 31J-John Brooks [DNS];

Winged Sprints
HEAT 1 – 1. 4-Danny Smith [1]; 2. 84-Jimmy Stinson [6]; 3. 2-Kyle Sauder [5]; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]; 5. 82-Mike Miller [2]; 6. 56R-Ryan Myers [8]; 7. 22D-Joshua Davis [4]; 8. 92-Sam Ashworth [3];
HEAT 2 – 1. 71-Shane Stewart [5]; 2. 25-Chris Myers [4]; 3. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [3]; 4. 00-Jim Nier [6]; 5. 5T-Travis Philo [7]; 6. 5B-Adam Anderson [1]; 7. 4D-Davin Smith [2];
HEAT 3 – 1. 35-Ron Blair [6]; 2. 2S-Nathan Skaggs [7]; 3. 11D-Bryce Dickson [3]; 4. 3F-Rick Fraley [4]; 5. 56-Wayne Garrett [5]; 6. 15-Bra Ndon Ferguson [1];
A FEATURE – 1. 71-Shane Stewart [7]; 2. 84-Jimmy Stinson [5]; 3. 2-Kyle Sauder [2]; 4. 4-Danny Smith [8]; 5. 35-Ron Blair [6]; 6. 00-Jim Nier [11]; 7. 5T-Travis Philo [14]; 8. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [1]; 9. 56R-Ryan Myers [16]; 10. 1-Steve Irwin [21]; 11. 25-Chris Myers [4]; 12. 2S-Nathan Skaggs [3]; 13. 22D-Joshua Davis [19]; 14. 4D-Davin Smith [20]; 15. 92-Sam Ashworth [22]; 16. 5B-Adam Anderson [17]; 17. 11D-Bryce Dickson [9]; 18. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [10]; 19. 82-Mike Miller [13]; 20. 56-Wayne Garrett [15]; 21. 3F-Rick Fraley [DNS]; 22. 15-Bra Ndon Ferguson [DNS];

Hometrack Stock Cars
HEAT 1 – 1. 11DG-Dave Golembiewski Jr [6]; 2. 37S-Robbie Sternberg [5]; 3. 83S-Josh Steinberg [7]; 4. 7-Mark Wooten [2]; 5. 2J-Ed Johnson [4]; 6. X75-Troy Cook [1]; 7. J7-John Jones [3];
HEAT 2 – 1. 71C-Barney Craig [5]; 2. 63R-Terry Rushlow [6]; 3. 12-Garry Domoe [1]; 4. 00-Bryan Martin [3]; 5. 5K-Karl Spoores [2]; 6. 2-Nick Bowers [4];
A FEATURE – 1. 71C-Barney Craig [5]; 2. 37S-Robbie Sternberg [4]; 3. 63R-Terry Rushlow [3]; 4. 83S-Josh Steinberg [2]; 5. 11DG-Dave Golembiewski Jr [6]; 6. 12-Garry Domoe [1]; 7. 00-Bryan Martin [8]; 8. 5K-Karl Spoores [10]; 9. X75-Troy Cook [11]; 10. 7-Mark Wooten [7]; 11. J7-John Jones [13]; 12. 2-Nick Bowers [12]; 13. 2J-Ed Johnson [9];

Oakshade Sportsman
HEAT – 1. 37-Jason Hehman [3]; 2. B4-Billy Ruff [1]; 3. XX-Richard Patton [7]; 4. 410-Paul Pardo [6]; 5. 66B-Jim Bailey [9]; 6. 71C-Barney Craig [12]; 7. 29-Randy Franks [5]; 8. 63R-Terry Rushlow [8]; 9. 11DG-Dave Golembiewski Jr [4]; 10. 10H-Ryan Huddleston [10]; 11. 2-Jake Leitzman [2]; 12. 00-Bryan Martin [DNS];
A FEATURE – 1. 37-Jason Hehman [1]; 2. XX-Richard Patton [3]; 3. 410-Paul Pardo [4]; 4. 71C-Barney Craig [6]; 5. B4-Billy Ruff [2]; 6. 66B-Jim Bailey [5]; 7. 11DG-Dave Golembiewski Jr [9]; 8. 63R-Terry Rushlow [8]; 9. 2-Jake Leitzman [11]; 10. 10H-Ryan Huddleston [10]; 11. 00-Bryan Martin [12]; 12. 29-Randy Franks [DNS];

BOSS Non-Winged Sprint Cars
HEAT 1 – 1. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [4]; 2. 1-Luke Hall [2]; 3. 32M-Derek Hastings [1]; 4. 1X-Kurt Gross [8]; 5. 23S-Kyle Simon [3]; 6. 21H-Tyler Hewitt [6]; 7. 74-Tony Main [5]; 8. 57B-Brandon Spithaler [9]; 9. 82M-Mike Miller [7];
HEAT 2 – 1. 3T-Tony Beaber [2]; 2. 54-Matt Westfall [6]; 3. 10-Aric Gentry [7]; 4. 41-Landon Simon [5]; 5. 5B-Adam Anderson [1]; 6. 37-Dustin Smith [8]; 7. 52-Mark Silva [3]; 8. 70-Aj Martin [4];
HEAT 3 – 1. 59J-Kirk Jeffries [2]; 2. 14-Chad Wilson [4]; 3. 2-Mike Galajda [3]; 4. 91X-Aaron Middaugh [6]; 5. 31-Chuck Wilson [7]; 6. 8-Lewie Christian [1]; 7. 83-Adam Cruea [8]; 8. 2K-Kevin Klatte [5];
HEAT 4 – 1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [6]; 2. 1-Steve Irwin [2]; 3. 82-Nick Landon [3]; 4. 19-Joe Bares [8]; 5. 3-Donnie Gentry [4]; 6. 44-Jason Soudrette [5]; 7. 42-John Race [7]; 8. 6-Scotty Weir [1];
B FEATURES – 1. 37-Dustin Smith [2]; 2. 44-Jason Soudrette [4]; 3. 57B-Brandon Spithaler [9]; 4. 82M-Mike Miller [13]; 5. 74-Tony Main [5]; 6. 83-Adam Cruea [7]; 7. 21H-Tyler Hewitt [1]; 8. 2K-Kevin Klatte [11]; 9. 52-Mark Silva [6]; 10. 42-John Race [8]; 11. 8-Lewie Christian [3]; 12. 6-Scotty Weir [12]; 13. 70-Aj Martin [DNS];
A FEATURE – 1. 1-Luke Hall [5]; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [1]; 3. 2M-Dallas Hewitt [4]; 4. 54-Matt Westfall [3]; 5. 3T-Tony Beaber [6]; 6. 1-Steve Irwin [8]; 7. 37-Dustin Smith [21]; 8. 10-Aric Gentry [10]; 9. 14-Chad Wilson [2]; 10. 2-Mike Galajda [11]; 11. 19-Joe Bares [16]; 12. 31-Chuck Wilson [19]; 13. 59J-Kirk Jeffries [7]; 14. 3-Donnie Gentry [20]; 15. 44-Jason Soudrette [22]; 16. 32M-Derek Hastings [9]; 17. 57B-Brandon Spithaler [23]; 18. 23S-Kyle Simon [17]; 19. 1X-Kurt Gross [13]; 20. 41-Landon Simon [14]; 21. 5B-Adam Anderson [18]; 22. 91X-Aaron Middaugh [15]; 23. 82-Nick Landon [12]; 24. 82M-Mike Miller [DNS];

Circle Track-Waynesfield Trucks
HEAT 1 – 1. 1S-Mike Sawmiller [1]; 2. 37-Roy Miller [2]; 3. 77-Tom Garlick [8]; 4. 17-John Large [7]; 5. 52-Dennis Wood [3]; 6. 14-Mitch Caskey [9]; 7. 7D-Devin Carl [6]; 8. 22-Aaron Myers [4]; 9. 71-Troy Campbell [5];
HEAT 2 – 1. 10-Rolly Heyder Jr [5]; 2. 33-Michael Hicks [1]; 3. 58-Jerry Gardner [6]; 4. 2-Chet Collmar [2]; 5. 24-Joe Carl [7]; 6. 4-Dennis Garrett [3]; 7. 88-Sue Myers [4]; 8. 12-Rebkah Brannon [9]; 9. 69-Ron Tousley [DNS];
HEAT 3 – 1. C01-Logan Yelton [7]; 2. 60-Jerry Sawmiller [6]; 3. 71H-Chris Hicks [3]; 4. 1*-Erik Wolleson [8]; 5. 77J-Jason Cox [4]; 6. 43-Daniel Crowder [5]; 7. 84-Jesse Gilley [1]; 8. 23-Kenneth Osborne Jr [2]; 9. 16-Logan Brannon [9];
A FEATURE – 1. 1S-Mike Sawmiller [1]; 2. 60-Jerry Sawmiller [6]; 3. 1*-Erik Wolleson [12]; 4. 52-Dennis Wood [13]; 5. 71-Troy Campbell [25]; 6. 37-Roy Miller [4]; 7. 33-Michael Hicks [5]; 8. 7D-Devin Carl [19]; 9. 2-Chet Collmar [11]; 10. 17-John Large [10]; 11. 84-Jesse Gilley [21]; 12. 4-Dennis Garrett [17]; 13. 16-Logan Brannon [27]; 14. 10-Rolly Heyder Jr [2]; 15. 22-Aaron Myers [22]; 16. 24-Joe Carl [14]; 17. C01-Logan Yelton [3]; 18. 71H-Chris Hicks [9]; 19. 77-Tom Garlick [7]; 20. 43-Daniel Crowder [18]; 21. 25G-Gabe Twining [28]; 22. 77J-Jason Cox [15]; 23. 58-Jerry Gardner [8]; 24. 23-Kenneth Osborne Jr [24]; 25. 88-Sue Myers [20]; 26. 12-Rebkah Brannon [23]; 27. 14-Mitch Caskey [DNS]; 28. 69-Ron Tousley [DNS];

305 Winged Sprint Cars
HEAT – 1. 8J-Jess Stiger [2]; 2. 27-Paige Polyak [4]; 3. 13D-Jeremy Duposki [3]; 4. 4M-Jamie Miller [5]; 5. 3F-Dean Kester [1];
A FEATURE – 1. 27-Paige Polyak [2]; 2. 8J-Jess Stiger [1]; 3. 4M-Jamie Miller [4]; 4. 13D-Jeremy Duposki [3]; 5. 3F-Dean Kester [5];

Hometrack Chevettes
HEAT – 1. 2-Josh Francis [3]; 2. 78-Miles Tarvin [4]; 3. 22-Rusty Yarger [5]; 4. 24-Sean Jones [6]; 5. 2JR-Brittany Francis [1]; 6. 1-Jim Hunt [2];
A FEATURE – 1. 22-Rusty Yarger [3]; 2. 2-Josh Francis [1]; 3. 24-Sean Jones [4]; 4. 2JR-Brittany Francis [5]; 5. 1-Jim Hunt [6]; 6. 78-Miles Tarvin [2];

Fremont-Attica Trucks
HEAT – 1. 01-Art Ball [1]; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer [2]; 3. 17-Bob Dibble [5]; 4. 52-Tim Schatzinger [4];
A FEATURE – 1. 01-Art Ball [1]; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer [2]; 3. 17-Bob Dibble [3]; 4. 52-Tim Schatzinger [4];

UMP Sport compacts/FWD 4 Cyl
HEAT – 1. S18-Jodan Iiams [2]; 2. 1-Dale Puckett [3]; 3. 29-Randy Franks [1]; 4. 5-Nicole Baltes [4];
A FEATURE – 1. 1-Dale Puckett [2]; 2. S18-Jodan Iiams [1]; 3. 5-Nicole Baltes [4]; 4. 29-Randy Franks [3];

UMP Sportsman/Indiana Super Stocks
HEAT – 1. P3-Steve Peeden [2]; 2. 2-Jake Leitzman [5]; 3. 37-Jason Hehman [7]; 4. 63R-Terry Rushlow [3]; 5. 66B-Jim Bailey [1]; 6. 10H-Ryan Huddleston [9]; 7. 7-Mark Wooten [4]; 8. 00-Bryan Martin [6]; 9. 44J-Jamie Pardue [8];
A FEATURE – 1. 37-Jason Hehman [3]; 2. P3-Steve Peeden [1]; 3. 2-Jake Leitzman [2]; 4. 66B-Jim Bailey [5]; 5. 63R-Terry Rushlow [4]; 6. 10H-Ryan Huddleston [6]; 7. 00-Bryan Martin [8]; 8. 7-Mark Wooten [7]; 9. 44J-Jamie Pardue [DNS];

Crate Late Models
A FEATURE – 1. 44M-Mason Covey [2]; 2. 21JT-Jacob Hawkins [1]; 3. 77-Adam Bowman [DNS];

Midwest Mini Sprint Association
HEAT – 1. 28H-Rod Henning [1]; 2. 15-Aaron Farney [4]; 3. 22W-Mike Weber [3]; 4. 1W-Gene Wills [2]; 5. X-Todd Wills [5]; 6. 15S-Mark Smith [6];
A FEATURE – 1. 28H-Rod Henning [1]; 2. 15-Aaron Farney [2]; 3. X-Todd Wills [5]; 4. 15S-Mark Smith [6]; 5. 1W-Gene Wills [4]; 6. 22W-Mike Weber [DNS];

Legends
HEAT 1 – 1. 15H-Harlon Leppo [4]; 2. 07-Robert Stough [9]; 3. 38-Richard Miller [1]; 4. 11-Darrell Brown [6]; 5. X-Tommy Klein [8]; 6. 39-Stephen Duderstadt [7]; 7. 77-Warren Ropp [11]; 8. 02-Drew Higginson [3]; 9. 21R-Ben Rouster [2]; 10. 21-Allison Schoch [5]; 11. 8M-Steve Morgan [10];
HEAT 2 – 1. 59-Bryan Nuckles [1]; 2. 13-Sean Mcpherson [4]; 3. 91M-Derek Minshew [2]; 4. 44G-Scott Gobrecht [3]; 5. 5-Randy Clark [9]; 6. X2-David Bennett [5]; 7. 90-Scott Spidle [6]; 8. 92-Tony Monge [11]; 9. 44-Nelson Stewart [7]; 10. 85-Chad Earnst [10]; 11. 66-Kyle Baugh [8];
A FEATURE – 1. 59-Bryan Nuckles [2]; 2. 07-Robert Stough [3]; 3. 13-Sean Mcpherson [4]; 4. 1-Matt Erich [23]; 5. 91M-Derek Minshew [6]; 6. 15H-Harlon Leppo [1]; 7. 11-Darrell Brown [7]; 8. 38-Richard Miller [5]; 9. X-Tommy Klein [9]; 10. 66-Kyle Baugh [22]; 11. 85-Chad Earnst [20]; 12. 39-Stephen Duderstadt [11]; 13. 44-Nelson Stewart [18]; 14. 77-Warren Ropp [13]; 15. 90-Scott Spidle [14]; 16. 21R-Ben Rouster [17]; 17. 5-Randy Clark [10]; 18. 21-Allison Schoch [19]; 19. 8M-Steve Morgan [21]; 20. X2-David Bennett [12]; 21. 44G-Scott Gobrecht [8]; 22. 92-Tony Monge [16]; 23. 02-Drew Higginson [15];

Stock Cars
HEAT 1 – 1. 410-Paul Pardo [2]; 2. 71C-Barney Craig [5]; 3. 7T-Rob Trent [6]; 4. 55G-Anthony Goode [4]; 5. 96-Donovan Paskan [1]; 6. 99F-Jameson Faller [3]; 7. J7-John Jones [7];
HEAT 2 – 1. 36-Adam Schaeff [6]; 2. 2-Nick Bowers [5]; 3. 7W-Mark Wooten [4]; 4. 00AN-Adam Noonan [1]; 5. 23S-Warren Shingleton [3]; 6. 12G-Garry Domoe [2];
A FEATURE – 1. 71C-Barney Craig [4]; 2. 55G-Anthony Goode [7]; 3. 7W-Mark Wooten [1]; 4. 12G-Garry Domoe [12]; 5. 36-Adam Schaeff [5]; 6. 96-Donovan Paskan [9]; 7. 00AN-Adam Noonan [8]; 8. 2-Nick Bowers [3]; 9. 7T-Rob Trent [2]; 10. 23S-Warren Shingleton [10]; 11. J7-John Jones [13]; 12. 99F-Jameson Faller [11]; 13. 410-Paul Pardo [DNS];