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David Gravel Steals Brad Doty Classic Win From Tim Shaffer at Attica

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David Gravel Steals Brad Doty Classic Win From Tim Shaffer at Attica Gravel Sets New Career-High in Wins With 10th Victory Story By: Clayton Johns/World of Outlaws Photos By: Harry Meeks/RacersGuide.com ATTICA, OH - July 11, 2017 - Tim Shaffer dominated the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Brad Doty Classic at Attica Raceway Park, but David Gravel's late surge allowed him to take over the point coming to the white flag and lead the final two laps to steal the victory on Tuesday night. It was Gravel's 10th win of the season, setting a new career-high season wins…

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Doty’s Day: Outlaws Head to Attica for One-of-a- Kind Event

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Doty's Day: Outlaws Head to Attica for One-of-a- Kind Event Attica Raceway Park to host prestige Brad Doty Classic on July 11 Story By: Colby Gornewicz/WoO Photos By: Dave Kovacs and Alex & Helen Bruce/RacersGuide.com CONCORD, N.C. - June 21, 2017 - In the Sprint Car racing world, there are several names that automatically jump out as icons of the sport; Brad Doty is one of those names. When the drivers chasing the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series schedule fill out their calendar for the year, the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic at Attica Raceway Park jumps off…

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Spencer Bayston Claims First-Ever Arctic Cat All Star Victory

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Spencer Bayston holds back Cole Duncan and Tim Shaffer to claim first-ever Arctic Cat All Star victory during HD Supply Spring Nationals Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / ALL STAR SERIES MEDIA Photos By: PAUL ARCH / RACERSGUIDE.COM ATTICA, OH - April 16, 2017 - For Lebenon, Indiana’s Spencer Bayston, it took just 15 winged sprint car starts to park himself in victory lane, earning the HD Supply Spring Nationals finale victory worth $5,000 over a stout Arctic Cat All Star field at Attica Raceway Park. Bayston, pilot of the Kevin Swindell-owned/Swindell Speed Lab/No. 39, outperformed 46 other Arctic Cat All…

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Reed, Drown, Ryan, Foos wear Attica Raceway Park crowns

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Reed, Drown, Ryan, Foos wear Attica Raceway Park crowns By Brian Liskai ATTICA, Ohio – Attica Raceway Park capped off an exciting 2015 season during the traditional awards banquet Friday where $63,000 in point fund money was handed out to 40 competitors in the four weekly divisions. Also, during the awards ceremony former sprint car driver and television race broadcaster Brad Doty was on hand to talk about the move of the Brad Doty Classic back to the Attica – where the event started in 1989 as a way to raise funds for Doty who had been injured…

Brad Doty Classic comes home to Attica Raceway Park in 2016

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Brad Doty Classic comes home to Attica Raceway Park in 2016 ATTICA, Ohio – The Brad Doty Classic has become one of the “must win” races on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series schedule and rightly so. While also honoring one of the best drivers who ever strapped in a sprint car, the event has also created some of the best racing highlights in the sports history since its inception in 1989 at Attica Raceway Park (fans remember local racer Alvin Roepke screaming “Holy moly, I won the Doty,” in victory lane at Attica in 2002). And…

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Sheldon Haudenschild Wins “Attica Ambush” Finale at Attica Raceway Park Worth $5,000

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Photo from Left to Right: UNOH All Star podium at Attica on September 5 - Chad Kemenah (2nd), Sheldon Haudenschild (1st), Cody Darrah (3rd) - ARP Photo Credit) [xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Sheldon Haudenschild Wins “Attica Ambush” Finale at Attica Raceway Park Worth $5,000 Labor Day Weekend Swing Ends at Wayne County on Sunday Evening Contact: Tyler Altmeyer - All Star Circuit of Champions altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915 Attica, Ohio (September 5, 2015) - Wooster, Ohio’s Sheldon Haudenschild continued his breakout season on Saturday night, September 5, with a $5,000 victory at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio. It was Haudenschild’s…

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Cody Darrah Wins Night One of “Attica Ambush” at Attica Raceway Park UNOH All Star Action Continues Later This Evening Back at “A.R.P.”

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Cody Darrah Wins Night One of “Attica Ambush” at Attica Raceway Park UNOH All Star Action Continues Later This Evening Back at “A.R.P.” Contact: Tyler Altmeyer - All Star Circuit of Champions altmeyer119@gmail.com / 724-954-4915 Attica, Ohio (September 4, 2015) - Red Lion, Pennsylvania’s Cody Darrah led all but the opening lap of UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions feature competition on Friday evening, September 4, at Attica Raceway Park, securing the $3,000 spoils to help kick-off the “Attica Ambush” weekend in Attica, Ohio. For Darrah, it was a fourth-career UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions victory and…

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Bloomquist Wins Attica; Gets Hat-Trick

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Bloomquist Wins Attica; Gets Hat-Trick ATTICA, OH (September 4, 2015) - Scott Bloomquist took the lead on lap ten from Steve Casebolt and then led the rest of the way for his third consecutive series win on Friday night at Attica Raceway Park. He was the third different leader of the race, going to victory lane for the 553rd time in his Hall-of-Fame career. Bloomquist all tops the all-time win list on the LOLMDS tour with 59 victories. Casebolt finished second followed by Don O'Neal, Jimmy Owens, and Earl Pearson Jr. "We are running extremely well right now.…

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Brubaker earns 4th 410 win of year at Attica; Reed wears track crown

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Brubaker earns 4th 410 win of year at Attica; Reed wears track crown ATTICA, Ohio – Byron Reed can do something no other sprint car driver has done the past seven seasons. The Monclova, Ohio sprint car driver could possibly win two track championships and a series title all in the same year. Reed would finish second to Stuart Brubaker in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprint feature Friday at Attica Raceway Park to wrap up his 7th track championship on Kistler Racing Products/Ohio Logistics Night. It’s Reed’s first title since 2010 and is worth $10,000. He recently…

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Richards Opens Three-Race World of Outlaws Late Model Series Weekend With First-Career Atomic Speedway Victory

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] Three-Time Series Champion Scores Seventh WoO LMS Victory of 2015 and His Third Triumph in Past Four Series Events CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - Aug. 21, 2015 - Josh Richards kept his recent World of Outlaws Late Model Series hot streak rolling Friday night with a convincing victory during the first of the national tour's back-to-back nights of racing at Atomic Speedway. Richards, the three-time WoO LMS champion from Shinnston, W.Va., overtook race-long leader Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., on lap 26 of Friday's 40-lap race at the 3/8-mile oval and drove his Valvoline-sponsored Rocket Chassis house car to…

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Reed takes advantage of Andrews’s last lap woes for 1st Attica win of 2015

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] ATTICA, Ohio – Byron Reed has had races taken from him on the last lap and has won races on the last lap. For Reed it was the later on Friday in dramatic fashion at Attica Raceway Park on NBC Toledo WNWO Channel 24 Night. Chris Andrews seemed to have the race in hand as he and Reed raced to the checkers of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprint feature. But, Tyler Gunn spun in turn four right in front of Andrews who had to check up and Reed scooted by on the bottom to collect his…

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Mintz gets 1st win of year at Attica FAST finale

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By Brian Liskai Attica, Ohio – It’s often said in dirt track racing it takes a lot of things falling your way to end up in victory lane. Such was the case for Gibsonburg’s Craig Mintz on Friday at AtticaRaceway Park on Edward Jones of Clyde/Mike Neill Financial Advisor Night. The two time track champion benefitted from a good pill draw to start on the pole of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprint feature, and then the caution flags fell at opportune times as he led all 30 laps for his first win of the season at Attica.…

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Henry gets FAST Attica win; Owens earns exciting ALMS victory; Clark gets 2nd 305 win in a row; Foos tames trucks

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Posts-Ad"] ATTICA, Ohio – Cap Henry is making things exciting in the drive to the Kistler Racing Products Fremont Attica Sprint Title (FAST) Championship Series Presented by KS Sales and Service title. The Bellevue, Ohio driver led all 30 laps at Attica Raceway Park Friday to garner his second win of the season at the track and tighten the point battle for the $10,000 Kistler Cup. Henry came into the night second in the FAST standings, only 40 points behind two times series champion Byron Reed. He would gain very valuable points as Reed would finish fourth. With…

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Brubaker holds off Reed for 1st 410 Attica win

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[xyz-ihs snippet="Horizontal-Google-Banner-Series"] ATTICA, Ohio – Gibsonburg, Ohio’s Stuart Brubaker held off a charging Byron Reed to score his first ever 410 sprint win at Attica Raceway Park Friday on Baumann Auto Group/Burns Electric Night. It was an emotional win in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints for Brubaker as the man who gave him the ride – Sonny Burmeister – passed away this past winter. “This is amazing. I have THE best bunch of guys to work with. This one here is for Sonny. We lost Sonny this past winter. When he hired me he was in the nursing home…he…

Dale Blaney Takes Opening Night of Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket at Attica Raceway Park

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Dale Blaney Takes Opening Night of Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket at Attica Raceway Park ‘The Lowrider’ In Command of Speedweek Point Race By Tyler Altmeyer - All Star Circuit of Champions Contact: altmeyer119@gmail.com Attica, Ohio (June 19th, 2015) - Defending UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions titleholder Dale Blaney kicked off the 33rd Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket with a victory at the Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio. For Blaney, it was his fourth UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions victory of the 2015 season, and is now the official point leader of…

Blaney starts Ohio Speedweek title defense with win at Attica

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Blaney starts Ohio Speedweek title defense with win at Attica FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 20, 2015 Contact: Brian Liskai Liskai2x@roadrunner.com By Brian Liskai ATTICA, Ohio – This time last year Dale Blaney had only recorded one University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions win. Then Ohio Sprint Speedweek rolled around and “The Low Rider” went on a tear that would propel him to an unprecedented fifth series championship. Well, this year heading into the 33rd Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek Presented by Cometic Gasket at Attica Raceway Park, Blaney already had three UNOH All Star wins. He added…

Races rained out for Attica’s Mid-Season Championship….Ohio Speedweek next up

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Photo Courtesty Elaine & Jim Collum of Action Photos ATTICA, Ohio – Heavy thunderstorms hit the area late Friday afternoon, causing the cancellation of the Burns Electric/Ohio Logistics Mid-Season Championship at Attica Raceway Park. Next up will be the opener of the 33rd Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek Presented by Cometic Gasket featuring the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions on Friday, June 19. The Ohio Cat/UBS Financial Services Night event kicks off nine straight nights of racing across Ohio. Five time All Star champion Dale Blaney will be the driver to beat. The Low…

Kemenah rebounds for impressive Attica FAST win

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ATTICA, Ohio – A week ago Chad Kemenah had a rough night at Attica Raceway Park against the World of Outlaws. While he and his Hunter Racing team had their hopes up for a good night, misfortune haunted them all night. But the team put that behind them and focused on the next race. It paid off. The Alvada, Ohio driver passed Dean Jacobs on lap 7 and then picked his way through traffic to score his 21st career 410 sprint win at Attica on Croghan Colonial Bank/Tiffin Paper Company Night. “I can’t remember that far back…when we last won…

Blaney holds home turf against the World of Outlaws at Attica

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ATTICA, Ohio – Dale Blaney defended home turf for the second straight year against the World of Outlaws Friday at Attica Raceway Park. The Hartford, Ohio driver drove around Cody Darrah on a restart with 25 laps to go and went on to score the $10,000 Kistler Engines Classic. For Blaney it is his 22nd career win at Attica, and he becomes the first back-to-back World of Outlaws winner at the track since Steve Kinser accomplished the feat in 1990 and 1991. Blaney has won three of his 10 career World of Outlaw victories at Attica. Blaney became the…

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Can Ohio sweep podium again against the World of Outlaws?

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Attica, Ohio – Last year the sprint car stars of the Buckeye State defended their home turf against the invading World of Outlaw teams when they came to Attica Raceway Park. The big question this year is can it happen again when “The Greatest Show on Dirt” comes to Attica on Friday, May 29th? Last year “The Low Rider” Dale Blaney took the Kistler Engines Classic over former Attica track champion Craig Mintz who came from his 13th starting position, and another former track champion Dean Jacobs, who led the first 29 laps. Blaney joined Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz…

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Cap Henry Breaks into FAST Win Column at Attica

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Attica, Ohio – Cap Henry has had a fast sprint car all season. For one reason or another – bad qualifying run or bad pill draw or some other little problem saw him have to pass a lot of cars during a night of racing only to be kept from victory lane. That all changed Friday on American Powersports Night at Attica Raceway Park. The Bellevue, Ohio driver blasted under Dale Blaney on the second lap of the feature and then held off a late race challenge to capture the win in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 410 sprint feature.…

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Plenty of incentives for Attica stars to defend turf against World of Outlaws

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Plenty of incentives for Attica stars to defend turf against World of Outlaws ATTICA, Ohio – When the World of Outlaws Sprint Series invades Attica Raceway Park on Friday, May 29th not only will the Attica stars be gunning for the $10,000 top prize in the 40 lap Kistler Engines Classic they will also be racing for some big bonus money. Any driver in the top 20 in the weekly Attica point standings after May 15th will be eligible for the following cash and contingency bonus’s of over an additional $10,000: The bonus program will be if anyone…

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Weaver takes the loot in 305 Engine Builders Challenge at Attica

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Weaver takes the loot in 305 Engine Builders Challenge at Attica Drown gets 2nd late model victory; Roepke back in truck win column FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 8, 2015 Contact: Brian Liskai Liskai2x@roadrunner.com By Brian Liskai Attica, Ohio – Paul Weaver didn’t like how his season started. So, the Fremont, Ohio veteran put together a different 305 sprint car and it paid off as he led all 30 laps for the $1,200 pay day at Attica Raceway Park Friday in the Engine Builders’ Challenge presented by Level Performance and Gressman Powersports. “I just knew I wasn’t getting off the…

Dean Jacobs rockets to 2nd Attica win

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Dean Jacobs rockets to 2nd Attica win Ryan Markham gets wild late model victory; Jordan Ryan earns 4th straight 305 sprint win FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 1, 2015 Contact: Brian Liskai Liskai2x@roadrunner.com By Brian Liskai ATTICA, Ohio – Dean Jacobs has been very close to winning the $10,000 Kistler Racing Products Fremont Attica Sprint Title (FAST) Championship Series and it has made him even more determined to hoist one of those Kistler Cups. The Wooster, Ohio driver is off to a FAST start toward that goal as he drove to his second series win of the season in the…

Parker Price Miller earns first UNOH All Star win at Wayne County

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Parker Price Miller earns first UNOH All Star win at Wayne County By Brian Liskai ORRVILLE, Ohio (Saturday, April 18, 2015) – Just a week ago Parker Price Miller, 16, would record his first ever 410 sprint win. The 16-year-old would make it two in a row and would claim his first ever University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions victory at the Wayne County Speedway Saturday, April 18th. The UNOH All Stars have held two point races to open this season and both have been claimed by drivers recording their first ever series wins. Ryan Smith claimed…

Irey takes back-up car to first Attica late model win

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Attica, Ohio (Friday, April 10, 2015) – Matt Irey thought he might be done racing for awhile after blowing his good engine on opening night last week at Attica Raceway Park. But, the Mansfield, Ohio driver retrieved his back-up car he had loaned to a fellow racer and held off several spirited challenges to score his first career UMP late model victory on Bazell Race Fuels Night. “This is actually my back-up car. I was letting Dave Hornikel drive it last week and in the heat race last week I blew my new motor so I put everything on…

Attica Group Qualifying and Scales Procedures Detailed

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ATTICA, Ohio – When racing resumes at Attica Raceway Park on Friday, April 10 on Bazell Race Fuels Night the UMP late models and 305 sprints will use the group qualifying format (listed at www.atticaracewaypark.com) which is listed above the line-up boards at the pit tower. Attica’s weekly weight rule and scales procedures will be as follows: -The top 3 finishers in the A-main in the 410 sprints, UMP late models and 305 sprints must go to the scales. The weight rule requirements and information is on the track’s website in the rules section under each division and will be…

Ryan Smith opens UNOH All Star point season with Attica win

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Ryan Smith opens UNOH All Star point season with Attica win By Brian Liskai ATTICA, Ohio (Saturday, April 4, 2015) - Ryan Smith of Kunkletown, Pennsylvania set out to experience different tracks in 2015. Well it paid off in a big way Saturday as the "Kunkletown Kid" led all 40 laps to record his first University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions victory during the 24th Annual HD Supply/Construction Equipment and Supply Spring Nationals at Attica Raceway Park. The win not only opened the season for Attica but was also the first point race for Tony Stewart's new…

UNOH All Stars set to open Attica season and series point run

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ATTICA, Ohio – The new University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions will invade Attica Raceway Park to open “Ohio’s Finest Racing” venue’s 2015 season in the 24th Annual HD Supply Spring Nationals on Friday and Saturday, April 3 and 4. The nation’s oldest winged sprint car touring series has competed at Attica 104 times in the track’s history and will visit the track five times in 2015. It will be the first point’s race for the All Stars though they held five non-points races in Florida during February which saw Kerry Madsen claim three wins with…

Attica cancels, season opener moved to HD Supply Spring Nationals

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ATTICA, Ohio – The calendar says spring is here. Someone forgot to tell Mother Nature. Very cold temperatures have prompted Attica Raceway Park to pull the plug on the season opener scheduled for Friday, March 27. The track will not utilize the scheduled rain date of Saturday. “Temperatures are forecasted to be a high in the low 30s and lows in the low 20s both days. We don’t want to subject the fans or put the race teams and their equipment in peril,” said Rex LeJeune, Director of Operations at ARP. The season opener will now be the…

Attica institutes ‘Lucky Dog’ and ‘Mulligan’ rules

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ATTICA, Ohio – In short track racing it used to be once you were lapped it was nearly impossible to gain any positions throughout the rest of the race. That will change at AtticaRaceway Park in 2015. A new rule this season will be the “Lucky Dog” honor. Lapped cars will still be required to go to the tail on a yellow or red flag. However in the A-main only, the lapped cars will receive one Lucky Dog – they will be put back on the lead lap one time providing they did not bring out that yellow or…

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Big Money, Big Shows on Tap at Attica Raceway Park in 2015

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ATTICA, Ohio – The 2015 racing season at Attica Raceway Park is shaping up to be the biggest in the track’s 27 year history with BIGGER shows and BIGGER payouts; enough to lure the top dirt track drivers in the United States. “This is the 10th year that I’ve been Attica Raceway Park’s promoter. I wanted to celebrate and thank all the race teams and wonderful fans who have supported this track and me for so long. This schedule does ALL of that,” said John Bores, ARP Promoter. “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant will payout over $675,000 in prize…

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Reserved Seats for Attica WoO Show, Season Passes Available

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ATTICA, Ohio – The 2015 racing season is only 76 days away at Attica Raceway Park – March 27 opens “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant 28th racing season. Fans can now purchase their reserved seats for the Friday, May 29th Kistler Engines Classic featuring the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series. Tickets are $32 each (add $2 per ticket if using a credit card). The middle grandstands sections D, E, F and G – top six rows – are reserved seating (a seating chart is available at www.atticaracewaypark.com in the track info section). Also, season passes are available for all…

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Attica Raceway Park Crowns 2014 Champions

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Attica Raceway Park Crowns 2014 Champions By Brian Liskai ATTICA, Ohio (Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014) – Attica Raceway Park crowned four first time track champions during the season-ending banquet Saturday. Caleb Griffith, who is a former Attica 305 track champion, captured his first 410 sprint track title while Jeff Babcock won his first Attica late model title. Jordan Ryan became the second youngest track champion – ironically Griffith is the track’s youngest champion when he claimed the 305 title at the age of 15 – took the 305 sprint championship while Shawn Valenti took the track title in the dirt…