Fall Nationals: Friday – Eldora Speedway

Race Story

KYLE STRICKLER, JOSH RICE, NICK HOFFMAN & DAVID MIELKE WIN FRIDAY FEATURES AT ELDORA

Competitors from 13 States and Two Canadian Provinces Finally Get On Track At Allstar Performance Fall Nationals

ROSSBURG, Ohio (October 6, 2017) – After steady rains forced the cancelation of Thursday’s opening night of the Allstar Performance Fall Nationals, and day-long showers cast doubts about day two of the program, the UMP Modified competitors may have got on to the high-banks of Eldora Speedway a little later than scheduled, but they thrilled with high-speeds and fantastic racing in eight heat races and four feature events on Friday night.

Kyle Strickler (Mooresville, North Carolina), Josh Rice (Verona, Kentucky), Nick Hoffman (Mooreville, North Carolina) and David Mielke (Gladwin, Michigan) all made return visits to Eldora’s famed victory stage earning $2,000 for their efforts.

Strickler notched his third career win at Eldora in dominating fashion, taking the lead from Nathon Loney (Danville) on lap three and leading the remainder of the first 20 lap feature event. Loney held on to finish in the runner-up spot ahead of Ray Bollinger (Kewanee, Illinois), David Stremme (Mooresville, Illinois) and Kenny Wallace (Imperial, Missouri).

“We weren’t even going to come here this weekend but after last night was rained out we decided to make the trip today,” Strickler said.

Rice (Verona, Kentucky) started fifth and moved up two positions when contenders Jacob Hawkins (Fairmont, West Virginia) and Joel Dick (Leamington, Ontario) dropped out under the race’s only caution flag. Rice then battled with Jesse Wisecarver (Zanesville) through most of the event, before taking the lead on lap 16 to pick up his second career Eldora win.

Wisecarver held on for second-place ahead of Dylan Woodling (Warsaw, Indiana), Justin Haley (Winamac, Indiana) and Josh Harris (Utica, Kentucky).

Hoffman’s night ended far better than it started. He suffered mechanical issues during his qualifying run and had to start at the back of his heat race. The 2012 UMP Nationals champion rallied from there. He won his heat race after starting tenth and started sixth in the main event.

Hoffman worked his way forward at the drop of the green flag and took the lead from Evan Taylor (Saltsburg, Pennsylvania) on lap seven, and then led the final 13 laps to pick up his fifth career Eldora win.

Taylor finished in second-place, while Jerry Bowersock (Wapakoneta) took one more step toward another Eldora track championship with a solid third-place finish. Chad Bauer (Highland, Illinois) finished in fourth-place, while Troy Johnson (Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania) completed the top-five.

The most competitive feature event was the 20-lap finale which saw Michigan drivers Curt Spalding (Watervliet, Michigan) and Mielke battle for the top spot. Mielke, finally took command on lap 17 and held off Spalding for his second career win at the high-banked, one-half mile oval.

Ryan Sutter (Coldwater) capped a strong night with a third-place finish in the nightcap ahead of Taylor Cook (Huntersville, North Carolina) and Tyler Nicely (Owensboro, Kentucky).

Heat races were won by Strickler, Trent Young (Crofton, Kentucky), Hawkins, Dick, Hoffman, E. Taylor, Jonathan Taylor (Saltsburg, Pennsylvania) and Mielke.

K.C. Burdette (Parkersburg, West Virginia) was the overall fast qualifier with a lap of 17.355 seconds.

Unofficially, the pole cars for the four tournament-style qualifying races on Saturday will be: 1) Mielke (998 pts); 2) Cook (996 pts); 3) Rice (973 pts) and; 4) Haley (972 pts– tie broken by fastest lap).

The Allstar Performance Fall Nationals wraps up tonight (Saturday) when the UMP Late Models join the action. Both the Modifieds and the Late Models feature events have a $5,000 winner’s prize. Racing is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Tickets for the Allstar Performance Fall Nationals are still just $20 on Saturday. Children (12 and younger) admitted free to General Admission seating for all events. Advance tickets and event information is available online at www.EldoraSpeedway.com or by calling the Speedway Box Office at (937) 338-3815.

Race Results

Event Box Score

DIRTcar Modifieds – 87 cars

Qualifying
1.44KC-KC Burdette, 17.355; 2.87-David Mielke, 17.401; 3.21C-Taylor Cook, 17.424; 4.12-Rick Aukland, 17.533; 5.99-Justin Haley, 17.539; 6.21S-Danny Schwartz, 17.561; 7.16-Jeff Koz, 17.578; 8.18-Ryan Sutter, 17.607; 9.19B-Chad Bauer, 17.611; 10.13H-Jacob Hawkins, 17.722; 11.5-Jonathan Taylor, 17.723; 12.95J-Jerry Bowersock, 17.735; 13.11-Josh Rice, 17.750; 14.35S-David Stremme, 17.757; 15.36L-Jamie Lomax, 17.768; 16.20M-Josh Morton, 17.771; 17.90-Jason Beaulieu, 17.772; 18.24-Zeke McKenzie, 17.795; 19.111-Curt Spalding, 17.823; 20.7-Evan Taylor, 17.828; 21.3W-Dylan Woodling, 17.834; 22.25N-Tyler Nicely, 17.836; 23.36W-Kenny Wallace, 17.848; 24.28B-Jason Brookover, 17.856; 25.22-Josh Harris, 17.860; 26.10Y-Trent Young, 17.863; 27.101-Jesse Wisecarver, 17.863; 28.25w-Allen Weisser, 17.914; 29.77B-Ray Bollinger, 17.928; 30.91-Derrick Ramey, 17.932; 31.09D-Joel Dick, 17.948; 32.51G-Brandon Green, 17.977; 33.52-Weasel Phlipot, 17.981; 34.01R-Branden Rassell, 18.001; 35.8-Kyle Strickler, 18.004; 36.12C-Jeff Curl, 18.011; 37.10L-Nathon Loney, 18.033; 38.71-Will Norris, 18.040; 39.2J-Troy Johnson, 18.052; 40.36-Brandon Vaughan, 18.063; 41.01-Earnie Woodard, 18.092; 42.1S-Blake Spalding, 18.101; 43.5X-Tim Richardson, 18.118; 44.67GS-Garret Stewart, 18.171; 45.4L-Mike Learman, 18.175; 46.71DD-Dan Davies, 18.206; 47.22T-Tony Anderson, 18.208; 48.11H-Mike Hohlbein, 18.219; 49.13-Andy Galgoci, 18.287; 50.15-Jamie Carter, 18.309; 51.11R-Ed Roley, 18.324; 52.7C-Jordan Conover, 18.361; 53.6B-David Baldwin, 18.414; 54.27-Frank Paladino, 18.436; 55.1-Scott Williams, 18.475; 56.69JR-Jimmy Farris, 18.502; 57.C7-Casey Fritz, 18.508; 58.11J-Jared Spalding, 18.512; 59.11N-Gene Nicholas, 18.529; 60.19X-Cody Bauer, 18.576; 61.33-Mike Gemmer, 18.683; 62.K9-Will Krup, 18.692; 63.8L-Jimmy Lennex Jr., 18.710; 64.67-Warren Shingleton, 18.720; 65.28D-Jeff Deckard, 18.737; 66.29-Danny Moore, 18.780; 67.28-Mark Beard, 18.854; 68.25-Bud Watson, 18.860; 69.71D-Anthony Davis, 18.873; 70.20K-Bill Keeler, 18.891; 71.1R-Rob Williams, 18.901; 72.2M-David Mitchell, 18.963; 73.47B-Joe Brosseau, 18.964; 74.55-Alyssa Rowe, 18.980; 75.98P-Patrick Lajeunesse, 19.141; 76.74-Lenny Guyton, 19.197; 77.4G-Bill Griffith, 19.732; 78.36S-Adam Schaeff, 20.216; 79.44-Scott Boyd, 20.734; 80.76-Brad Smith, 99.991; 81.21-Sean Monaghan, 99.992; 82.17-Nicole Spalding, 99.993; 83.4-Jon Henry, 99.994; 84.115-Mike Knepley, 99.995; 85.2-Nick Hoffman, 99.996; 86.89-Rodney Morgan, 99.997; 87.51-RJ Otto, 99.998;

Heat 1, Group A – (10 Laps)
1. 8-Kyle Strickler[5] ; 2. 71DD-Dan Davies[4] ; 3. 35S-David Stremme[6] ; 4. K9-Will Krup[3] ; 5. 28D-Jeff Deckard[2] ; 6. 28-Mark Beard[1] ; 7. 47B-Joe Brosseau[8] ; 8. 2M-David Mitchell[7] ; 9. 21-Sean Monaghan[11] ; 10. 76-Brad Smith[10] ; 11. 74-Lenny Guyton[9]

Heat 2, Group B – (10 Laps)
1. 10Y-Trent Young[4] ; 2. 51G-Brandon Green[2] ; 3. 10L-Nathon Loney[1] ; 4. 77B-Ray Bollinger[3] ; 5. 90-Jason Beaulieu[6] ; 6. 36W-Kenny Wallace[5] ; 7. 71-Will Norris[7] ; 8. 11R-Ed Roley[8] ; 9. 27-Frank Paladino[9] ; 10. 33-Mike Gemmer[10] ; 11. 25-Bud Watson[11]

Heat 3, Group C – (10 Laps)
1. 13H-Jacob Hawkins[6] ; 2. 11-Josh Rice[5] ; 3. 3W-Dylan Woodling[4] ; 4. 4L-Mike Learman[1] ; 5. 1-Scott Williams[7] ; 6. 8L-Jimmy Lennex Jr.[9] ; 7. 36S-Adam Schaeff[10] ; 8. 1S-Blake Spalding[2] ; 9. 36-Brandon Vaughan[3] ; 10. C7-Casey Fritz[8]

Heat 4, Group D – (10 Laps)
1. 09D-Joel Dick[2] ; 2. 101-Jesse Wisecarver[3] ; 3. 22-Josh Harris[4] ; 4. 99-Justin Haley[5] ; 5. 11J-Jared Spalding[7] ; 6. 22T-Tony Anderson[1] ; 7. 98P-Patrick Lajeunesse[10] ; 8. 1R-Rob Williams[9] ; 9. 4-Jon Henry[11] ; 10. 29-Danny Moore[8]

Heat 5, Group E – (10 Laps)
1. 2-Nick Hoffman[11] ; 2. 7C-Jordan Conover[1] ; 3. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[5] ; 4. 2J-Troy Johnson[3] ; 5. 19B-Chad Bauer[6] ; 6. 67GS-Garret Stewart[2] ; 7. 25w-Allen Weisser[4] ; 8. 11N-Gene Nicholas[8] ; 9. 55-Alyssa Rowe[9] ; 10. 115-Mike Knepley[10]

Heat 6, Group F – (10 Laps)
1. 7-Evan Taylor[6] ; 2. 12C-Jeff Curl[4] ; 3. 13-Andy Galgoci[1] ; 4. 28B-Jason Brookover[5] ; 5. 01-Earnie Woodard[3] ; 6. 71D-Anthony Davis[10] ; 7. 89-Rodney Morgan[11] ; 8. 67-Warren Shingleton[9] ; 9. 19X-Cody Bauer[8] ; 10. 11H-Mike Hohlbein[2]

Heat 7, Group G – (10 Laps)
1. 5-Jonathan Taylor[3] ; 2. 111-Curt Spalding[1] ; 3. 44KC-KC Burdette[6] ; 4. 21C-Taylor Cook[5] ; 5. 24-Zeke McKenzie[2] ; 6. 91-Derrick Ramey[7] ; 7. 15-Jamie Carter[10] ; 8. 01R-Branden Rassell[8] ; 9. 20K-Bill Keeler[11] ; 10. 16-Jeff Koz[4] ; 11. 5X-Tim Richardson[9]

Heat 8, Group H – (10 Laps)
1. 87-David Mielke[6] ; 2. 25N-Tyler Nicely[1] ; 3. 18-Ryan Sutter[4] ; 4. 21S-Danny Schwartz[5] ; 5. 20M-Josh Morton[2] ; 6. 36L-Jamie Lomax[3] ; 7. 44-Scott Boyd[9]

Feature 1 – (20 Laps)
1. 8-Kyle Strickler[3] ; 2. 10L-Nathon Loney[2] ; 3. 77B-Ray Bollinger[8] ; 4. 35S-David Stremme[6] ; 5. 36W-Kenny Wallace[12] ; 6. 51G-Brandon Green[4] ; 7. K9-Will Krup[7] ; 8. 71DD-Dan Davies[1] ; 9. 71-Will Norris[14] ; 10. 28-Mark Beard[11] ; 11. 2M-David Mitchell[15] ; 12. 27-Frank Paladino[18] ; 13. 21-Sean Monaghan[17] ; 14. 47B-Joe Brosseau[13] ; 15. 33-Mike Gemmer[20] ; 16. 28D-Jeff Deckard[9] ; 17. 90-Jason Beaulieu[10] ; 18. 11R-Ed Roley[16] ; 19. 10Y-Trent Young[5] ; 20. 74-Lenny Guyton[21]

Feature 2 – (20 Laps)
1. 11-Josh Rice[5] ; 2. 101-Jesse Wisecarver[2] ; 3. 3W-Dylan Woodling[4] ; 4. 99-Justin Haley[8] ; 5. 22-Josh Harris[3] ; 6. 4L-Mike Learman[7] ; 7. 11J-Jared Spalding[10] ; 8. 8L-Jimmy Lennex Jr.[11] ; 9. 36-Brandon Vaughan[17] ; 10. 1S-Blake Spalding[15] ; 11. 98P-Patrick Lajeunesse[14] ; 12. 36S-Adam Schaeff[13] ; 13. 22T-Tony Anderson[12] ; 14. 29-Danny Moore[20] ; 15. 13H-Jacob Hawkins[6] ; 16. 09D-Joel Dick[1] ; 17. 1-Scott Williams[9]

Feature 3 – (20 Laps)
1. 2-Nick Hoffman[6] ; 2. 7-Evan Taylor[1] ; 3. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[5] ; 4. 19B-Chad Bauer[9] ; 5. 2J-Troy Johnson[7] ; 6. 67GS-Garret Stewart[11] ; 7. 19X-Cody Bauer[18] ; 8. 25w-Allen Weisser[13] ; 9. 01-Earnie Woodard[10] ; 10. 28B-Jason Brookover[8] ; 11. 11N-Gene Nicholas[15] ; 12. 69JR-Jimmy Farris[22] ; 13. 67-Warren Shingleton[16] ; 14. 55-Alyssa Rowe[17] ; 15. 7C-Jordan Conover[2] ; 16. 12C-Jeff Curl[4] ; 17. 71D-Anthony Davis[12] ; 18. 13-Andy Galgoci[3] ; 19. 89-Rodney Morgan[14] ; 20. 115-Mike Knepley[19]

Feature 4 – (20 Laps)
1. 87-David Mielke[5] ; 2. 111-Curt Spalding[1] ; 3. 18-Ryan Sutter[4] ; 4. 21C-Taylor Cook[7] ; 5. 25N-Tyler Nicely[2] ; 6. 91-Derrick Ramey[11] ; 7. 15-Jamie Carter[13] ; 8. 36L-Jamie Lomax[12] ; 9. 01R-Branden Rassell[15] ; 10. 20K-Bill Keeler[17] ; 11. 24-Zeke McKenzie[9] ; 12. 44-Scott Boyd[14] ; 13. 21S-Danny Schwartz[8] ; 14. 5-Jonathan Taylor[3] ; 15. 44KC-KC Burdette[6] ; 16. 4G-Bill Griffith[18] ; 17. 20M-Josh Morton[10]

Photos

Images from the Event

Courtesy Jim Denhamer and Terry Murray

Videos

Video Highlights From The Event

#AllstarFallNattys | Friday

Mod Points

Fall Nationals Modified Points

after Friday racing program

Pl.	Car #	Driver	Total Pts.	Pts. Back	Qual	Heat	Main
1	87	David Mielke	998		298	200	500
2	21C	Taylor Cook	976	-22	296	192	488
3	11	Josh Rice	973	-25	276	197	500
4	99	Justin Haley	972	-26	292	192	488
4	18	Ryan Sutter	972	-26	286	194	492
6	95J	Jerry Bowersock	964	-34	278	194	492
7	19B	Chad Bauer	962	-36	284	190	488
8	7	Evan Taylor	958	-40	262	200	496
9	111	Curt Spalding	957	-41	264	197	496
10	35S	David Stremme	956	-42	274	194	488
11	3W	Dylan Woodling	946	-52	260	194	492
12	101	Jesse Wisecarver	941	-57	248	197	496
13	25N	Tyler Nicely	939	-59	258	197	484
14	44KC	KC Burdette	938	-60	300	194	444
15	21S	Danny Schwartz	934	-64	290	192	452
16	36L	Jamie Lomax	932	-66	272	188	472
16	8	Kyle Strickler	932	-66	232	200	500
18	22	Josh Harris	930	-68	252	194	484
19	5	Jonathan Taylor	928	-70	280	200	448
19	36W	Kenny Wallace	928	-70	256	188	484
19	77B	Ray Bollinger	928	-70	244	192	492
22	13H	Jacob Hawkins	926	-72	282	200	444
23	10L	Nathon Loney	918	-80	228	194	496
24	24	Zeke McKenzie	916	-82	266	190	460
25	51G	Brandon Green	915	-83	238	197	480
26	28B	Jason Brookover	910	-88	254	192	464
26	91	Derrick Ramey	910	-88	242	188	480
28	25w	Allen Weisser	904	-94	246	186	472
29	2J	Troy Johnson	900	-98	224	192	484
30	20M	Josh Morton	896	-102	270	190	436
31	90	Jason Beaulieu	894	-104	268	190	436
32	01R	Branden Rassell	886	-112	234	184	468
33	4L	Mike Learman	884	-114	212	192	480
34	67GS	Garret Stewart	882	-116	214	188	480
35	09D	Joel Dick	880	-118	240	200	440
35	71	Will Norris	880	-118	226	186	468
37	71DD	Dan Davies	879	-119	210	197	472
38	10Y	Trent Young	878	-120	250	200	428
38	1	Earnie Woodard	878	-120	220	190	468
40	36	Brandon Vaughan	872	-126	222	182	468
41	12C	Jeff Curl	867	-131	230	197	440
42	1S	Blake Spalding	866	-132	218	184	464
43	15	Jamie Carter	864	-134	202	186	476
44	11J	Jared Spalding	852	-146	186	190	476
45	22T	Tony Anderson	848	-150	208	188	452
46	K9	Will Krup	846	-152	178	192	476
47	19X	Cody Bauer	840	-158	182	182	476
48	7C	Jordan Conover	839	-159	198	197	444
49	2	Nick Hoffman	838	-160	138	200	500
50	8L	Jimmy Lennex Jr.	836	-162	176	188	472
51	27	Frank Paladino	832	-166	194	182	456
52	13	Andy Galgoci	830	-168	204	194	432
53	11N	Gene Nicholas	828	-170	184	184	460
54	28	Mark Beard	820	-178	168	188	464
55	1	Scott Williams	818	-180	192	190	436
56	11R	Ed Roley	816	-182	200	184	432
57	67	Warren Shingleton	810	-188	174	184	452
58	20K	Bill Keeler	808	-190	162	182	464
59	33	Mike Gemmer	804	-194	180	180	444
60	28D	Jeff Deckard	802	-196	172	190	440
60	2M	David Mitchell	802	-196	158	184	460
62	29	Danny Moore	798	-200	170	180	448
62	98P	Patrick Lajeunesse	798	-200	152	186	460
64	47B	Joe Brosseau	790	-208	156	186	448
65	71D	Anthony Davis	788	-210	164	188	436
65	36S	Adam Schaeff	788	-210	146	186	456
67	44	Scott Boyd	786	-212	144	186	456
68	55	Alyssa Rowe	784	-214	154	182	448
69	74	Lenny Guyton	752	-246	150	178	424
70	89	Rodney Morgan	750	-248	136	186	428
71	115	Mike Knepley	744	-254	140	180	424
72	69JR	Jimmy Farris	646	-352	190		456
73	21	Sean Monaghan	634	-364		182	452
74	4G	Bill Griffith	588	-410	148		440
75	16	Jeff Koz	468	-530	288	180
76	5X	Tim Richardson	394	-604	216	178
77	11H	Mike Hohlbein	386	-612	206	180
78	C7	Casey Fritz	368	-630	188	180
79	25	Bud Watson	344	-654	166	178
79	1R	Rob Williams	344	-654	160	184
81	4	Jon Henry	324	-674	142	182
82	51	RJ Otto	314	-684	128	186
83	12	Rick Aukland	294	-704	294
84	52	Weasel Phlipot	236	-762	236
85	6B	David Baldwin	196	-802	196
86	76	Brad Smith	180	-818		180
87	17	Nicole Spalding		-998

Lap Charts

Lap Times And Scoring Chart

Lap chart PDF documents can be viewed below. The charts show running order, lap times and charge (+/-) for each lap crossing and each car.

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