2018 Last Call – Eldora Speedway

Race Story

BELL WINS IN WOO WHILE RUHLMAN GOES LAST TO FIRST IN MODIFIEDS

(Courtesy DIRTcar PR)
ROSSBURG, OH — Oct. 14, 2018 — The DIRTcar Modifieds were a part of “Last Call For Them All” at Eldora Speedway (OH) on Sunday, October 14. The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series headlined what was the third and final day of the “Best Of Both Worlds” race weekend at the ½ (0.500) mile high-banked dirt oval as over the previous two days, the DIRTcar Super Late Models were racing in the rescheduled 48th annual World 100.

As for the final day of the weekend at the track located east of the Indiana/Ohio state line in Rossburg, OH, the DIRTcar Modifieds were also deciding their 2018 Track Champion and it would be Jonathan Taylor taking advantage of points leader, Jacob Hawkins’ misfortune with two laps to go while leading. Taylor finished third and clinched the 2018 Track Championship by just a single point over Hawkins who limped home in 12th.

In the Feature, Brian Ruhlman, who started last (19th) inherited the lead after Hawkins and the second-place car of Josh Morton slammed into a stalled car in turn three, damaging both machines. This gave the lead to Ruhlman who made no mistake in winning his third Feature of the year in his #49 Ruhlman Racecars / Rocket by Ruhlman / Rhyne Competition Engines entry.

Brian Gray and Scott Williams led the field to the Green Flag to start the 20-Lap Season Championship Feature for the DIRTcar Modifieds. After a caution before a lap was completed, the field restarted with Gray taking the early lead. Hawkins, who started seventh, worked his way up to second and began challenging Gray for the race lead. On lap 12, Hawkins grabbed the lead and brought Josh Morton with him.

With two laps to go, a stalled car in turn three was in the direct path of the race leaders who had nowhere to go and slammed into the side of the car, damaging both machines. Ruhlman would take over the top spot and made no mistake the rest of the way to give the 48-year-old veteran from Clarklake, MI his third Feature Win of the season at Eldora and 37th of his career, in a Modified, at the track, tops all-time.

Gray finished second over Jonathan Taylor who clinched his first career Track Championship with the final podium finishing position. His brother, Evan Taylor was fourth over Williams who completed the top five. Dylan Woodling was sixth from 12th as Weasel Philpot, 2016 Track Champion, Jeff Koz from 14th, Mike Hohlbein from 17th and Joel Dick wrapped up the top 10.

Race Results

Event Box Score

World of Outlaws

Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 71-Giovanni Scelzi, 12.778; 2. 18-Ian Madsen, 12.831; 3. 71P-Parker Price-Miller, 12.872; 4. 2-Shane Stewart, 12.877; 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.926; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 12.934; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe, 12.98; 8. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 12.987; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.999; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.062; 11. 39-Spencer Bayston, 13.065; 12. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.163; 13. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 13.209; 14. G1-Max Stambaugh, 13.222; 15. 71H-Randy Hannagan, 13.238; 16. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.271; 17. 97-Caleb Helms, 13.454; 18. 11N-Cap Henry, 13.467; 19. 22M-Dan McCarron, 13.602; 20. 42-Ty Tilton, 13.863

Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 41-Carson Macedo, 12.899; 2. 14B-Christopher Bell, 12.928; 3. 71X-Joey Saldana, 12.944; 4. 19-Brent Marks, 12.996; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.997; 6. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.012; 7. 4-Brock Zearfoss, 13.026; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.038; 9. 19P-Paige Polyak, 13.054; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.06; 11. 21-Brian Brown, 13.072; 12. 5-David Gravel, 13.077; 13. 81-Chad Kemenah, 13.151; 14. 12N-Cole Duncan, 13.19; 15. 83-Cory Eliason, 13.202; 16. 99-Brady Bacon, 13.206; 17. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg, 13.228; 18. O2-Brandon Long, 13.441; 19. 16-Ryan Ruhl, 13.602; 20. 11K-Kraig Kinser, NT

Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [3]; 3. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [1]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [5]; 5. 39-Spencer Bayston [6]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe [4]; 7. 71H-Randy Hannagan [8]; 8. 97-Caleb Helms [9]; 9. 22M-Dan McCarron [10]; 10. 49D-Shawn Dancer [7]

Heat #2 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [4]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [1]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel [3]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [2]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 6. 11N-Cap Henry [9]; 7. G1-Max Stambaugh [7]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [5]; 9. 5T-Travis Philo [8]; 10. 42-Ty Tilton [10]

Heat #3 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 41-Carson Macedo [1]; 2. 71X-Joey Saldana [2]; 3. 4-Brock Zearfoss [4]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [6]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3]; 6. 81-Chad Kemenah [7]; 7. 83-Cory Eliason [8]; 8. 19P-Paige Polyak [5]; 9. 16-Ryan Ruhl [10]; 10. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [9]

Heat #4 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 14B-Christopher Bell [1]; 2. W20-Greg Wilson [3]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [2]; 4. 5-David Gravel [6]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 7. 99-Brady Bacon [8]; 8. 12N-Cole Duncan [7]; 9. O2-Brandon Long [9]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [10]

Sears Craftsman Dash (6 Laps): 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer; 2. 71P-Parker Price-Miller; 3. 18-Ian Madsen; 4. 41-Carson Macedo; 5. 14B-Christopher Bell; 6. 71X-Joey Saldana; 7. W20-Greg Wilson; 8. 15-Donny Schatz

C-Main (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer: 1. 99-Brady Bacon [2][-]; 2. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [4][-]; 3. 5T-Travis Philo [1][$150]; 4. 11N-Cap Henry [5][$150]; 5. 97-Caleb Helms [3][$150]; 6. O2-Brandon Long [6][$125]; 7. 16-Ryan Ruhl [8][$125]; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron [7][$125]; 9. 42-Ty Tilton [9][$125]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [10][$125]

Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe [1][-]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman [2][-]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen [3][-]; 4. 81-Chad Kemenah [6][-]; 5. 83-Cory Eliason [10][$300]; 6. 12N-Cole Duncan [8][$250]; 7. G1-Max Stambaugh [7][$225]; 8. 71H-Randy Hannagan [9][$200]; 9. 49D-Shawn Dancer [5][$200]; 10. 99-Brady Bacon [11][$200]; 11. 19P-Paige Polyak [4][$200]; 12. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg [12][$200]

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 14B-Christopher Bell [5][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [8][$5,500]; 3. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [2][$3,200]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo [4][$2,800]; 5. 18-Ian Madsen [3][$2,500]; 6. 19-Brent Marks [12][$2,300]; 7. 71X-Joey Saldana [6][$2,200]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [18][$2,100]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [20][$2,050]; 10. 4-Brock Zearfoss [10][$2,000]; 11. 2-Shane Stewart [15][$1,500]; 12. 21-Brian Brown [14][$1,200]; 13. 49-Brad Sweet [13][$1,100]; 14. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [9][$1,050]; 15. W20-Greg Wilson [7][$1,000]; 16. 39-Spencer Bayston [17][$900]; 17. 5-David Gravel [16][$800]; 18. 9-Daryn Pittman [22][$800]; 19. 7S-Jason Sides [19][$800]; 20. 81-Chad Kemenah [24][$800]; 21. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1][$800]; 22. 87-Aaron Reutzel [11][$800]; 23. 15H-Sam Hafertepe [21][$800]; 24. 1A-Jacob Allen [23][$800]; Lap Leaders: Parker Price-Miller 1-13, Christopher Bell 14-30; KSE Hard Charger Award: 1S-Logan Schuchart[+11]

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DIRTcar Modifieds

Qualifying
1. 49-Brian Ruhlman, 17.212; 2. 7T-Evan Taylor, 17.399; 3. 13H-Jacob Hawkins, 17.529; 4. 95J-Jerry Bowersock, 17.561; 5. 20M-Josh Morton, 17.622; 6. 3W-Dylan Woodling, 17.671; 7. 52-Weasel Phlipot, 17.694; 8. 18-Ryan Sutter, 17.787; 9. O9D-Joel Dick, 17.972; 10. 36-Brandon Vaughan, 18.039; 11. 5X-Tim Richardson, 18.046; 12. 1-Scott Williams, 18.048; 13. 3G-Brian Gray, 18.095; 14. 5-Jonathan Taylor, 18.099; 15. 7C-Jordan Conover, 18.102; 16. 16-Jeff Koz, 18.116; 17. 74-Lenny Guyton, 18.177; 18. 188-Scott Orr, 18.328; 19. 11H-Mike Hohlbein, 18.775

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 10 Transfer
1. 20M-Josh Morton[4]; 2. 13H-Jacob Hawkins[5]; 3. 3G-Brian Gray[7]; 4. O9D-Joel Dick[2]; 5. 52-Weasel Phlipot[3]; 6. 5X-Tim Richardson[1]; 7. 7C-Jordan Conover[8]; 8. 74-Lenny Guyton[9]; 9. 11H-Mike Hohlbein[10]; 10. 49-Brian Ruhlman[6]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 10 Transfer
1. 7T-Evan Taylor[6]; 2. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[5]; 3. 1-Scott Williams[1]; 4. 18-Ryan Sutter[3]; 5. 5-Jonathan Taylor[7]; 6. 3W-Dylan Woodling[4]; 7. 16-Jeff Koz[8]; 8. 36-Brandon Vaughan[2]; 9. 188-Scott Orr[9]

A-Feature – (20)Laps
1. 49-Brian Ruhlman[19]; 2. 3G-Brian Gray[1]; 3. 5-Jonathan Taylor[10]; 4. 7T-Evan Taylor[8]; 5. 1-Scott Williams[2]; 6. 3W-Dylan Woodling[12]; 7. 52-Weasel Phlipot[9]; 8. 16-Jeff Koz[14]; 9. 11H-Mike Hohlbein[17]; 10. O9D-Joel Dick[3]; 11. 36-Brandon Vaughan[16]; 12. 13H-Jacob Hawkins[7]; 13. 188-Scott Orr[18]; 14. 74-Lenny Guyton[15]; 15. 18-Ryan Sutter[4]; 16. 20M-Josh Morton[5]; 17. 5X-Tim Richardson[11]; 18. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[6]; 19. 7C-Jordan Conover[13]

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