Attica Raceway Park Opens 2024 Season; Lucius, Stemler, Miller Pick Up Feature Wins
Unfamiliar faces graced Attica Raceway Park victory lane in the two premier divisions during the season opener Friday night, while a veteran picked up yet another 305 Sprint Car feature win.
17-year-old Bryce Lucius snagged the lead away from Cale Thomas with two laps to go to earn his first-career 410 Sprint Car feature win. Thomas had driven from ninth to the lead in lapped traffic, but a late bobble in one and two allowed Lucius to get by him and steal the win.
“I felt like we were pretty good through the dirty air and it seemed like he was struggling. He went through the middle and got cut off by lapped cars and after that we were able to pass him in three just like that,” said Lucius. “After that, it was about making the car as wide as I can.”
A past winner at Attica in 305 competition, getting his first 410 win at the 1/3-mile was special. It now gives his team decisions to make after a big points night to start out the season.
“It’s definitely pretty cool. It’s a track that I’ve been coming to for a few years now. It’s a lot more special to get it in the 410’s. We’ll have to figure out where we’re at with points for Attica and Fremont, we might have to stick around here after that.”
In the Late Model feature, it was Michigan’s Travis Stemler making the trip south and taking the win from the local contingent. He lost a couple spots early in the feature before he found the bottom groove, taking the lead in short order and running away with the win.
“The first couple laps I hit some holes and messed up and lost a couple spots. I was kind of disappointed in myself and then I found that bottom groove,” Stemler stated. It caught me a couple times but then we were able to key in on it and just drove with it.”
It was the second Attica feature win for Stemler, who has made the season opener a consistent stop on his schedule in recent years.
“Back when I came here with Phillips Racing in 2017 I just loved this place. It’s been a place that I’ve come close to winning at a couple times. There’s nothing like heading to Attica in March to kick off the racing season. It’s a track that reminds me of I-96 Speedway a little bit, just a little bit smaller.”
While it was two relatively new faces in 410 Sprint Car and Late Model victory lane, it was multi-time track champion Jamie Miller picking up 305 Sprint Car feature win No.40 with a late pass on Dustin Stroup.
Attica Raceway Park will be back in action next Friday night with all three weekly divisions.
Friday, March 29, 2024
410 Sprints – Callie’s Performance Products
Qualifying
1.99-Skylar Gee, 13.088; 2.23-Cale Thomas, 13.090; 3.1-Nate Dussel, 13.139; 4.70-Henry Malcuit, 13.144; 5.4-Zane DeVault, 13.170; 6.15C-Chris Andrews, 13.204; 7.9-Trey Jacobs, 13.209; 8.11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 13.224; 9.22S-Brandon Spithaler, 13.224; 10.32-Bryce Lucius, 13.242; 11.32l-Bryce Lucius, 13.242; 12.09-Craig Mintz, 13.249; 13.22-Cole Duncan, 13.284; 14.22G-Riley Goodno, 13.284; 15.7N-Darin Naida, 13.334; 16.29-Zeth Sabo, 13.346; 17.5-Kody Brewer, 13.446; 18.10SR-Keith Sheffer Jr, 13.453; 19.15-Mitch Harble, 13.471; 20.33W-Cap Henry, 13.483; 21.W20-Greg Wilson, 13.532; 22.7DK-Dylan Kingan, 13.536; 23.X-Mike Keegan, 13.562; 24.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.562; 25.91-Tyler Gunn, 13.577; 26.15K-Creed Kemenah, 13.585; 27.21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 13.588; 28.16-DJ Foos, 13.592; 29.19-TJ Michael, 13.617; 30.20B-Cody Bova, 13.683; 31.8s-Brayton Phillips, 13.743; 32.16C-Tylar Rankin, 13.755; 33.14-Sean Rayhall, 13.811; 34.88N-Frank Neill, 13.853; 35.0-Glenn Styles, 13.875; 36.71H-Max Stambaugh, 13.938; 37.2-Ricky Peterson, 13.969; 38.98-Robert Robenalt, 14.435; 39.75-Jerry Dahms, 15.713;
Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps)
1. X-Mike Keegan[2] ; 2. 10SR-Keith Sheffer Jr[4] ; 3. 71H-Max Stambaugh[9] ; 4. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[1] ; 5. 20B-Cody Bova[6] ; 6. 15K-Creed Kemenah[5] ; 7. 0-Glenn Styles[8] ; 8. 2-Ricky Peterson[10] ; 9. 15-Mitch Harble[3] ; 10. 75-Jerry Dahms[7]
Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps)
1. 7N-Darin Naida[1] ; 2. 70-Henry Malcuit[4] ; 3. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[2] ; 4. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[5] ; 5. 4-Zane DeVault[3] ; 6. 19-TJ Michael[9] ; 7. 16C-Tylar Rankin[10] ; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[8] ; 9. 5-Kody Brewer[6] ; 10. 33W-Cap Henry[7]
Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps)
1. 09-Craig Mintz[1] ; 2. 1-Nate Dussel[2] ; 3. 23-Cale Thomas[3] ; 4. 99-Skylar Gee[4] ; 5. 91-Tyler Gunn[7] ; 6. 29-Zeth Sabo[5] ; 7. 14-Sean Rayhall[9] ; 8. 8s-Brayton Phillips[8] ; 9. W20-Greg Wilson[6]
Heat 4, Group D – (8 Laps)
1. 32-Bryce Lucius[2] ; 2. 9-Trey Jacobs[3] ; 3. 22G-Riley Goodno[1] ; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6] ; 5. 16-DJ Foos[7] ; 6. 22-Cole Duncan[5] ; 7. 88N-Frank Neill[8] ; 8. 98-Robert Robenalt[9] ; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews[4]
B-Main 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 15K-Creed Kemenah[3] ; 2. 91-Tyler Gunn[2] ; 3. 29-Zeth Sabo[4] ; 4. 14-Sean Rayhall[6] ; 5. 20B-Cody Bova[1] ; 6. 2-Ricky Peterson[7] ; 7. 0-Glenn Styles[5] ; 8. 15-Mitch Harble[9] ; 9. 75-Jerry Dahms[11] ; 10. W20-Greg Wilson[10] ; 11. 8s-Brayton Phillips[8]
B-Main 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 19-TJ Michael[3] ; 2. 16-DJ Foos[2] ; 3. 22-Cole Duncan[4] ; 4. 33W-Cap Henry[11] ; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[7] ; 6. 5-Kody Brewer[9] ; 7. 16C-Tylar Rankin[5] ; 8. 88N-Frank Neill[6] ; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews[10] ; 10. 98-Robert Robenalt[8] ; 11. 4-Zane DeVault[1]
A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 32-Bryce Lucius[3] ; 2. 23-Cale Thomas[9] ; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[1] ; 4. 71H-Max Stambaugh[11] ; 5. 99-Skylar Gee[4] ; 6. 9-Trey Jacobs[8] ; 7. 19-TJ Michael[18] ; 8. 91-Tyler Gunn[19] ; 9. 09-Craig Mintz[2] ; 10. 10SR-Keith Sheffer Jr[10] ; 11. 22G-Riley Goodno[13] ; 12. 7N-Darin Naida[6] ; 13. 35-Stuart Brubaker[16] ; 14. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[15] ; 15. 16-DJ Foos[20] ; 16. 15K-Creed Kemenah[17] ; 17. X-Mike Keegan[5] ; 18. 70-Henry Malcuit[7] ; 19. 29-Zeth Sabo[21] ; 20. 22-Cole Duncan[22] ; 21. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[14] ; 22. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[12]
305 Sprints – Fremont Fence Co.
Qualifying
1.26-Jamie Miller, 13.786; 2.28-Shawn Valenti, 13.850; 3.5DD-Dustin Dinan, 13.927; 4.49i-John Ivy, 13.932; 5.319-Steven Watts, 13.942; 6.3X-Blayne Keckler, 13.973; 7.1W-Paul Weaver, 14.000; 8.5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr., 14.036; 9.5M-Mike Moore, 14.069; 10.36-Seth Schneider, 14.119; 11.2-Brenden Torok, 14.219; 12.63-Randy Ruble, 14.224; 13.19R-Steve Rando, 14.276; 14.3M-Logan Mongeau, 14.281; 15.10TS-Tyler Schiets, 14.297; 16.12X-Dustin Stroup, 14.340; 17.0-Bradley Bateson, 14.346; 18.7M-Brandon Moore, 14.406; 19.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 14.447; 20.78-Austin Black, 14.451; 21.29-Rich Farmer, 14.601; 22.8K-Zach Kramer, 14.618; 23.18-Ben Watson, 14.672; 24.12-Dylan Watson, 14.768; 25.2S-Jackson Sebetto, 14.921; 26.25G-Nolan Grove, 99.999;
Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps)
1. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[2] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 3. 49i-John Ivy[4] ; 4. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 5. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[6] ; 6. 0-Bradley Bateson[7] ; 7. 63-Randy Ruble[5] ; 8. 8K-Zach Kramer[9] ; 9. 29-Rich Farmer[8]
Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps)
1. 3X-Blayne Keckler[1] ; 2. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[3] ; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[6] ; 4. 28-Shawn Valenti[4] ; 5. 2-Brenden Torok[5] ; 6. 319-Steven Watts[2] ; 7. X15-Kasey Ziebold[7] ; 8. 12-Dylan Watson[8] ; 9. 25G-Nolan Grove[9]
Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps)
1. 12X-Dustin Stroup[1] ; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 3. 7M-Brandon Moore[5] ; 4. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[8] ; 5. 3M-Logan Mongeau[2] ; 6. 78-Austin Black[6] ; 7. 18-Ben Watson[7] ; 8. 5M-Mike Moore[3]
B-Main 1 – (10 Laps)
1. 0-Bradley Bateson[1] ; 2. 319-Steven Watts[2] ; 3. X15-Kasey Ziebold[5] ; 4. 78-Austin Black[3] ; 5. 8K-Zach Kramer[7] ; 6. 12-Dylan Watson[8] ; 7. 29-Rich Farmer[10] ; 8. 18-Ben Watson[6] ; 9. 5M-Mike Moore[9] ; 10. 63-Randy Ruble[4] ; 11. 25G-Nolan Grove[11]
A-Main 1 – (0 Laps)
1. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 2. 12X-Dustin Stroup[1] ; 3. 28-Shawn Valenti[6] ; 4. 19R-Steve Rando[9] ; 5. 36-Seth Schneider[2] ; 6. 1W-Paul Weaver[11] ; 7. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[5] ; 8. 49i-John Ivy[7] ; 9. 7M-Brandon Moore[10] ; 10. 3X-Blayne Keckler[3] ; 11. 2-Brenden Torok[14] ; 12. 8K-Zach Kramer[20] ; 13. 78-Austin Black[19] ; 14. X15-Kasey Ziebold[18] ; 15. 0-Bradley Bateson[16] ; 16. 3M-Logan Mongeau[15] ; 17. 319-Steven Watts[17] ; 18. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[12] ; 19. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[13] ; 20. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[8]
Late Models – Dirt Nerds Podcast
Qualifying
1.14-JR Gentry, 14.481; 2.1*-Kyle Moore, 14.624; 3.5L-John Lee, 14.624; 4.20B-Todd Brennan, 14.666; 5.51-Devin Shiels, 14.792; 6.91-Rusty Schlenk, 14.809; 7.92-Justin Chance, 14.835; 8.94-Mike Bores, 14.894; 9.27S-Eric Spangler, 14.948; 10.5M-Ryan Markham, 15.174; 11.5m- , 15.174; 12.41-Mike VanDermark, 15.242; 13.4-Travis Stemler, 15.316; 14.46-Colin Shipley, 15.361; 15.79-Nick Kurtz, 15.431; 16.1A-Jake Hooker, 15.439; 17.28-Kent Brewer, 15.661; 18.19M-Carter Murday, 15.705; 19.44-Scott Boyd, 15.739; 20.11-Austin Gibson, 15.854; 21.69R-Doug Baird, 15.900;
Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps)
1. 1*-Kyle Moore[3] ; 2. 5M-Ryan Markham[1] ; 3. 41-Mike VanDermark[5] ; 4. 14-JR Gentry[4] ; 5. 19M-Carter Murday[7] ; 6. 79-Nick Kurtz[6] ; 7. 94-Mike Bores[2]
Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps)
1. 91-Rusty Schlenk[1] ; 2. 20B-Todd Brennan[3] ; 3. 5L-John Lee[4] ; 4. 51-Devin Shiels[2] ; 5. 27S-Eric Spangler[5] ; 6. 11-Austin Gibson[6] ; 7. 69R-Doug Baird[7]
Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps)
1. 4-Travis Stemler[3] ; 2. 46-Colin Shipley[2] ; 3. 44-Scott Boyd[6] ; 4. 28-Kent Brewer[5] ; 5. 92-Justin Chance[4] ; 6. 1A-Jake Hooker[1]
A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 4-Travis Stemler[2] ; 2. 91-Rusty Schlenk[8] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[11] ; 4. 5L-John Lee[7] ; 5. 5M-Ryan Markham[6] ; 6. 1*-Kyle Moore[5] ; 7. 27S-Eric Spangler[14] ; 8. 41-Mike VanDermark[9] ; 9. 19M-Carter Murday[13] ; 10. 92-Justin Chance[15] ; 11. 79-Nick Kurtz[16] ; 12. 44-Scott Boyd[10] ; 13. 11-Austin Gibson[17] ; 14. 20B-Todd Brennan[1] ; 15. 28-Kent Brewer[12] ; 16. 69R-Doug Baird[19] ; 17. 14-JR Gentry[4] ; 18. 46-Colin Shipley[3] ; 19. 94-Mike Bores[18]
Story - Koty Geyer
Photos - Koty Geyer