Schlenk Back On Top At Oakshade

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May 20 Release

Schlenk Back On Top At Oakshade


Defending Oakshade Raceway Late Model Champion Rusty Schlenk finally found his way back to victory lane for the first time this season on Saturday night.

Schlenk started on the pole of the 25-lap feature event and had to fend off some early pressure from Matt Miller. Then, on lap eight, Miller slowed to a stop at the end of the backstretch which drew one of the many cautions in the race. As soon as the yellow flag waved, Miller darted back to the pits and was able to rejoin competition at the back of the field as they were about to go back to green.

Caution flags continued to keep the field tight the remainder of the race, but Schlenk held off Andrew Reaume to pick up the checkered flag. It was the second runner up finish in as many weeks for Reaume. Matt Miller worked his way back up through the field for an impressive third place finish. Devin Shiels finished fourth with Mike Bores improving eight spots from his starting position to cross the finish line in fifth.

Bruce Stuart led the first couple of laps in the UMP Sportsman feature event until Tim Line took it away on lap three. The two drivers continued battling for the lead with last week’s feature winner, Bob Gregory, joining in to make it a three-car battle. Stuart reclaimed the lead for on lap nine, but Line got back by a lap later and went on to keep both Stuart and Gregory behind him at the finish. It was the second feature win of the year for the defending Oakshade UMP Sportsman track champion. Stuart finished second just ahead of Gregory. Mike Jessen was fourth with Joe Smith fifth.

Jeff Foks tried to pull away from all the competition with the lead in the UMP Bomber A Main, but a slew of caution periods kept canceling out any lead Foks managed to build.

A scary looking incident brought out the red flag on lap four when Donovan Paskan, Gary Schaffer and Roscoe Stetten tangled coming off turn four launching Schaffer’s car up and over onto his roof. Schaffer climbed out uninjured.

A green-white-checkered two-lap race to the finish was set up after the last caution period as the time limit for the race had expired. Foks was able to hold off Terry Rushlow for the win. Jeff Geis started 20th and got by Adam Noonan in those final laps to finish third. Finishing in fifth behind Noonan was Chris Sands who also started at the tail of the field in 22nd.

“Sparky Marky” Gillingham looked to be on his way to his second Hornet division feature win of the year leading the entire way to the white flag. Coming off turn two on the final lap, Gillingham slipped off the pace allowing both Drew Smith and William Cundick to get by before coming back up to speed. Smith went on to pick up his second consecutive Hornet feature win with Cundick second. Gillingham settled for third followed by Josh Froelich and Cody Laney. Taylor Dippman had a strong top five run going until she crashed into the wall coming off turn two on the final lap which knocked her back to a 10th place finish.

In more UMP Bomber action, Greg Whitehead led the first five laps of the B Main until both Dave “Gumby” Golembiewski Jr. and Curt Lancaster got by for the top two positions. Golembiewski and Lancaster battled side by side for the lead at the white flag, but a late race caution set up a one lap dash to the finish with a single file restart. Golembiewski held off Lancaster to pick up his first feature win at Oakshade Raceway. Lancaster settled for second followed by Rick Dixon, Richard Riffe and Greg Whitehead.

Father/son dual Steve and Derek Morris dominated action in the new UMP Sports Compact class at Oakshade taking the top two positions in both the heat and feature events. Steve Morris led early, but Derek took over the top spot soon after on his way to his third consecutive feature win of the year. Steve Morris took second. Stephanie Miller held off Logan Hough to finish third with Regan Ford rounding out the top five finishers.

Saturday, May 26 marks the first American Late Model Series show of the season at Oakshade Raceway paying $2,000 to the winner. UMP Sportsmen, UMP Bombers, Hornets and UMP Sport Compacts will fill out the rest of the evenings racing with gates opening at 4pm and racing at 7pm.



LATE MODELS - A MAIN




Finish

Start

Car

Driver

Hometown

Points



1

1

91 S

Rusty Schlenk

Weston , Oh

95.00




2

8

88

Andrew Reaume

Blenheim , On

90.00




3

3

3 M

Matt Miller

, Oh

85.00




4

7

51 S

Devin Shiels

Adrian , Mi

80.00




5

13

15 B

Mike Bores

-

75.00




6

6

1 N

Casey Noonan

Sylvania , Oh

73.00




7

14

117

Kevin Reeve

Hanover , Mi

71.00




8

5

15JH

Jon Henry

Ada , Mi

69.00




9

9

50 Y

Ryan Missler

Bellevue , Oh

67.00




10

20

01

Zac Davis

Adrian , Mi

65.00




11

19

7 H

Cody Houston

Bryan , Oh

63.00




12

11

77 K

Steve Kester

Holland , Oh

61.00




13

17

74D

Craig Dippman

Oregon , Oh

59.00




14

18

75

Dusty Moore

Swanton , Oh

57.00




15

15

4 US

Jim Scout

Addison , Mi

55.00




16

2

8 A

Rob Anderzack

Metamora , Oh

53.00




17

10

34 H

Ky Harper

Wauseon , Oh

51.00




18

4

35

Ron Miller

Lambertville , Mi

49.00




19

16

34 V

Alan Vochaska

-

47.00




20

12

28 S

Rody Schroyer

Ottawa Lake, Mi

45.00




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SPORTSMAN - A MAIN




Finish

Start

Car

Driver

Hometown

Points



1

2

41 X

Tim Line

Monclova , Oh

95.00




2

1

79 S

Bruce Stuart

Adrian , Mi

90.00




3

7

65

Bob Gregory

Swanton , Oh

85.00




4

6

52 X

Mike Jessen

Berkey , Oh

80.00




5

3

71JS

Joe Smith

Sylvania , Oh

75.00




6

5

64

Chane Stuckey

Toledo , Oh

73.00




7

4

71

Rusty Smith

Luckey , Oh

71.00




8

10

D 1

Joe Derbeck

Lamberville , Mi

69.00




9

8

49ML

Matt Lindsey

Adrian , Mi

67.00




10

9

77 X

Bob Krumm

Sylvania , O

65.00




11

11

77 F

James Fox

Adrian , Mi

63.00




12

18

46

Chris Williams

Grand Rapids, Oh

61.00




13

21

29W

Roger Weirich

Tecumseh , Mi

59.00




14

12

29

Randy Franks

Alvordton , Oh

57.00




15

16

52 K

Ryan Kimball

Bellevue , Oh

55.00




16

22

8 M

Scott Mills

Hudson , Mi

53.00




17

13

12 B

Kyle Turley

Riga , Mi

51.00




18

14

XX

Richard Patton

Toledo , Oh

49.00




19

17

88 H

Gary Houston

Delta , Oh

47.00




20

24

4 F

Tim Fisher

Blissfield , Mi

25.00

DNS



21

23

12 M

Brad Mills

Monroe , Mi

25.00

DNS



22

15

77 EB

Eric Bradner

Metamora , Oh

25.00

DNS



23

19

88 G

Jamie Grochowski

Toledo , Oh

25.00

DNS



24

20

96

John Laney

Pioneer , Oh

25.00

DNS



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BOMBERS - A MAIN




Finish

Start

Car

Driver

Hometown

Points



1

2

70 F

Jeff Foks

Holland , Oh

115.00




2

1

63 R

Terry Rushlow

Holland , Oh

113.00




3

20

10G

Jeff Geis

Wauseon , Oh

111.00




4

8

00N

Adam Noonan

Toledo , Oh

109.00




5

22

E5 S

Chris Sands

Morenci , Mi

107.00




6

9

05

Dean Taylor

Sylvania , Oh

105.00




7

5

66 R

Jim Remley

Toledo , Oh

103.00




8

10

79 D

Chris Dachenhaus

Napoleon , Oh

101.00




9

17

316

Teri-lynn Murphy

Holland , Oh

99.00




10

12

21 S

Roscoe Stetten

Adrian , Mi

97.00




11

15

15 L

Kyle Light

Mcclure , Oh

95.00




12

16

21 G

Mike Grames

Osseo , Mi

94.00




13

18

60 P

Dan Plath

Grand Rapids, Oh

93.00




14

3

NU22

Steve Morris

Sylvania , Oh

92.00




15

13

22 T

Tony Tolles

Deshler , Oh

91.00




16

6

12 G

Garry Domoe

Toledo , Oh

90.00




17

14

34 S

Gregg Detray

Swanton , Oh

89.00




18

21

7 S

Charles Stuckey

Toledo , Oh

88.00




19

11

711A

Amy Bernard

Toledo , Oh

87.00




20

19

81 C

Perry Cox

Sand Creek, Mi

86.00




21

7

96 P

Donovan Paskan

Clayton , Mi

86.00




22

4

OZ

Gary Schaffer

, Oh

86.00




23

23

00 S

Satch Crispen

Bowling Green, Oh

25.00

DNS



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HORNET - A MAIN




Finish

Start

Car

Driver

Hometown

Points



1

4

71

Drew Smith

Sylvania , Oh

115.00




2

5

11 C

William Cundick

Toledo , O

113.00




3

2

5 G

Mark Gillingham

Liberty Center, Oh

111.00




4

1

914

Josh Froelich

Napoleon , Oh

109.00




5

6

93

Cody Laney

Hicksville , Oh

107.00




6

11

32

Brandon Myers

Morenci , Mi

105.00




7

12

29

Breanna Franks

Alvordton , Oh

103.00




8

8

99 M

Kevin Murday

Adrian , Mi

101.00




9

9

13

Cara Robinett

Delta , Oh

99.00




10

3

74 TD

Taylor Dippman

Oregon , Oh

97.00




11

10

15 Z

Andrea Zavala

Toledo , Oh

95.00




12

7

98 W

Maverick Wright

Delta , Oh

94.00




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Compacts - A MAIN




Finish

Start

Car

Driver

Hometown

Points



1

6

2

Derek Morris

Sylvania , Oh

115.00




2

5

49

Steve Morris

Sylvania , Oh

113.00




3

4

5

Stephanne Miller

-

111.00




4

3

5 H

Logan Hough

Wauseon , Oh

109.00




5

1

33 F

Regan Ford

Wauseon , Oh

107.00




6

2

71RF

Randy Fowler

Toledo , Oh

105.00




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