American Late Model Series
Eldora Speedway
May 29, 2016
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by Joe Cowley
ROSSBURG, OH (May 29) - Matt Miller, from Waterville, Ohio, came out of “retirement” and won the Sunoco American Late Model A-Feature. It was the fifth time in the last six years he has won on Memorial Day weekend at Eldora.

“The track conditions are the way we like it,” said Miller, who started 11th. “I haven’t raced in a while – I raced last week – but we had a little rust on the driver. I had a horrendous restart in a heat race there. The car was phenomenal and we put the right tires on. It was a matter of being smart and not putting ourselves in a bad positon. I love racing here and I love racing in front of the fans here.”

The strong performance by the 2005 Dirt Late Model Dream winner and Rick DeLong team puts them amongst the favorites for the 22nd running of the $100,000-to-win Dirt Late Model Dream Weekend in just 10 days time.

Richmond, Indiana’s Duane Chamberlain led early, but he suffered mechanical issues while leading with 13 laps to go.

Veteran Jeff Babcock, from Wayne, Ohio, finished second after starting 10th. Joe Godsey was third, while Scott James and Rusty Schlenk rounded out the top-five.

Sunoco American Late Models

Qualifying
1.3-Matt Miller, 16.082; 2.97-Michael Chilton, 16.093; 3.21-Robby Hensley, 16.145; 4.15J-Scott James, 16.165; 5.11RS-Rusty Schlenk, 16.167; 6.5N-Dustin Nobbe, 16.228; 7.95-Jerry Bowersock, 16.238; 8.15-Jon Henry, 16.303; 9.20C-Duane Chamberlain, 16.373; 10.21B-Rich Bell, 16.416; 11.49-Brian Ruhlman, 16.417; 12.1N-Casey Noonan, 16.428; 13.7R-Kent Robinson, 16.436; 14.14V-Joe Godsey, 16.468; 15.7B-Jeff Babcock, 16.513; 16.31-Nick Latham, 16.761; 17.12-Jason Jameson, 16.764; 18.4G-Kody Evans, 16.931; 19.32-Chad Stapleton, 17.084; 20.2D-Curtis Deisenroth, 17.155; 21.8-Rob Anderzack, 17.224; 22.9N-Ted Nobbe, 17.274; 23.4-Jason  Playter, 18.111; 24.5*-Bryant Dickinson, 19.073; 25.P3-Jeff Robertson, 19.588; 26.0B-Brian O'Brien, 20.629; 27.79-Nick Kurtz, 99.991; 28.M14-Brandon Thirlby, 99.992;

Heat 1, Group A -  (8 Laps)
1. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[1] ; 2. 15-Jon Henry[2] ; 3. 97-Michael Chilton[4] ; 4. 7B-Jeff Babcock[7] ; 5. 21B-Rich Bell[5] ; 6. 7R-Kent Robinson[6] ; 7. 31-Nick Latham[8] ; 8. 79-Nick Kurtz[10] ; 9. 12-Jason Jameson[9] ; 10. 95-Jerry Bowersock[3]

Heat 2, Group B -  (8 Laps)
1. 14V-Joe Godsey[1] ; 2. 49-Brian Ruhlman[2] ; 3. 21-Robby Hensley[3] ; 4. 3-Matt Miller[4] ; 5. 8-Rob Anderzack[6] ; 6. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[5] ; 7. 4-Jason  Playter[7] ; 8. 0B-Brian O'Brien[9] ; 9. P3-Jeff Robertson[8]

Heat 3, Group C -  (8 Laps)
1. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[2] ; 2. 11RS-Rusty Schlenk[3] ; 3. 32-Chad Stapleton[6] ; 4. 4G-Kody Evans[5] ; 5. 1N-Casey Noonan[1] ; 6. 9N-Ted Nobbe[7] ; 7. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[8] ; 8. 15J-Scott James[4]

B-Feature  -  (10 Laps)
1. 7R-Kent Robinson[1] ; 2. 15J-Scott James[9] ; 3. 31-Nick Latham[4] ; 4. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[2] ; 5. 9N-Ted Nobbe[3] ; 6. 4-Jason  Playter[5] ; 7. 79-Nick Kurtz[7] ; 8. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[6] ; 9. 0B-Brian O'Brien[8]

A-Feature  -  (25 Laps)
1. 3-Matt Miller[11] ; 2. 7B-Jeff Babcock[10] ; 3. 14V-Joe Godsey[2] ; 4. 15J-Scott James[17] ; 5. 11RS-Rusty Schlenk[6] ; 6. 97-Michael Chilton[7] ; 7. 21B-Rich Bell[13] ; 8. 7R-Kent Robinson[16] ; 9. 49-Brian Ruhlman[5] ; 10. 31-Nick Latham[18] ; 11. 32-Chad Stapleton[9] ; 12. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[3] ; 13. 9N-Ted Nobbe[20] ; 14. 8-Rob Anderzack[14] ; 15. 4-Jason  Playter[21] ; 16. 1N-Casey Noonan[15] ; 17. 15-Jon Henry[4] ; 18. 4G-Kody Evans[12] ; 19. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[1] ; 20. 21-Robby Hensley[8] ; 21. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[19]