Blaney Regains All Star Points Lead Following Pair of Podiums in Ohio
Story By: SHAWN MILLER / INSIDELINE MEDIA
Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM
ORRVILLE, Ohio- September 8, 2016- Dale Blaney scored a pair of third-place results last weekend to give him four consecutive podium finishes with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions.
Blaney and the Mainstream Holdings, Inc. sponsored CH Motorsports team now holds an eight-point lead in the All Star championship standings with five points-paying races remaining this season.
“We’ve been running really good,” he said. “We’ve been in the hunt every night. I think we’ve been in the dash every night since Knoxville last month. We’re qualifying well and running well and that’s what it’s going to take to win a championship. If we could finish third every night the rest of the year we’ll probably be on top at the end.”
Last weekend began on Saturday at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio, where Blaney qualified fourth quickest overall and third in his group to open the Dirt Classic Ohio event. He then won a heat race to lock into the dash.
“Qualifying fourth was ok,” he said. “We got fortunate and were in the right spot on the front row of a heat. We had a little motor problem the last three or four laps, but we hung on. We had to change the motor after the heat race. The night went pretty fast. We got that thing changed and started up and the dash was rolling. We won it and that put us on the pole for the A.”
Blaney’s dash victory gave him the pole position for the main event.
“We didn’t have much time to concentrate and think about what we wanted to do with the race car,” he said. “The track had a few rough spots in turn three. It was just different all around. Sheldon (Haudenschild) led early. He did a 360 and kept going. I led for four or five laps. Byron (Reed) passed me and then we had a yellow. Sheldon drove back to the front and passed us both.
To start first and run third was disappointing, but it was a good night for us.”
The weekend concluded on Sunday at Wayne County Speedway, where Blaney timed in second quickest, advanced to third place in a heat race and maneuvered to second place in the dash to start the feature on the outside of the front row.
“I fell to third on the first lap and then ran second for a long time,” he said. “In traffic late Cole Duncan got by me. We’ll take another third place.”
Blaney will take his All Star points lead into Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pa., for the Tuscarora 50 this Friday and Saturday.
QUICK RESULTS –
Sept. 3 – Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio – Qualifying: 4; Heat race: 1 (2); Dash: 1 (1); Feature: 3 (1).
Sept. 4 – Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, Ohio – Qualifying: 2; Heat race: 3 (4); Dash: 2 (4); Feature: 3 (2).
SEASON STATS –
59 races, 8 wins, 32 top fives, 46 top 10s, 51 top 15s, 53 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday and Saturday at Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pa., for the Tuscarora 50 with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions
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