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Chad Blonde Wins Hartford King Engine Bearings KoM Battle


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PAW PAW, MI (July 15, 2017) – Chad Blonde picked up his fourth Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP feature win of 2017 Friday night. It was his second King Engine Bearings King of Michigan series win at Hartford Motor Speedway and gives him a commanding lead in the KoM points.

Shawn Valenti took the lead over pole-sitter Linden Jones at the start of the feature from the outside front row before Mark Aldrich took over second. Then leading SOD sprint car rookie Andrew Scheid climbed the wall in turn three as the leaders completed lap one; with his car staying upright, Scheid slid along the top of the wall before dropping off the back of the wall and coming to a stop with what appeared to be nothing more than two bent front radius rods. Before another lap could be completed, Robert Huisken and D. J. Lamance tangled in turn three with Huisken flipping hard. Both drivers were okay, but their cars sustained heavy damage.

Back under green, Valenti held a small lead over Aldrich until Ryan Ruhl took over second on lap 5, and a lap later, Blonde moved into third from his seventh starting spot. Blonde took second place on lap 7, then a caution for Austin Nemire’s shredded left rear tire on lap ten gave the leaders a clear track. A crowd-pleasing battle followed, as Blonde pulled alongside Valenti twice, but Valenti found his groove and began opening up his lead. However, the leaders got into traffic again on lap fifteen. Valenti struggled with lapped cars and on lap 19, Blonde took the lead and drove away. Ryan Ruhl charged into second on lap twenty-one as Valenti continued to have trouble in heavy traffic. Blonde then cruised to a fifteen car-length over Ruhl and Valenti.

26 cars were on hand for the second of four King Engine Bearings King of Michigan races at Hartford Motor Speedway

Qualifying - Lane Automotive/MSD Ignition Fast Masters (fast qualifiers) $50 each

Group

Time

#

Driver

Engler Machine & Tool Heat

15.139

0

Steve Irwin

COMP Cams Heat

14.652

7

Shawn Valenti

RockAuto.com Heat

14.864

5b

Chad Blonde

Heat Races – Winners $100 each

Engler Machine & Tool Heat #1

 

#

Driver

Contingency

1

1a

Mark Aldrich

2

0

Steve Irwin

Kistler Racing Products

3

19J

Linden Jones

Racing Optics

4

20A

Andy Chehowski

5

18

D. J. Lamance

6

47

Robert Bulloch

DNF

71H

Ryan Grubaugh

DNF

27B

Boston Mead

DNS

8

Justin Ward

 

COMP Cams Heat #2

 

#

Driver

Contingency

1

7

Shawn Valenti

2

49t

Gregg Dalman

Allstar Performance

3

71

Ryan Ruhl

Racing Optics

4

2+

Brian Smith

5

77z

Zane Devault

6

46

Robert Huisken

7

10J

Chris Jones

DNS

11

Trey Smith

DNS

12

Chris Gurley

 

RockAuto.com Heat #3

 

#

Driver

Contingency

1

5b

Chad Blonde

2

41

Thomas Schinderle

Kistler Racing Products

3

77

Andrew Scheid

Racing Optics

4

16

Austin Nemire

5

6

Tyler Bearden

6

70

Eli Lakin

7

89

Chris Pobanz

8

19

Brett Mann

Feature

#

Driver

Start

Contingencies

1

5b

Chad Blonde

7

Rod End Supply

2

71

Ryan Ruhl

8

Rod End Supply

3

7

Shawn Valenti

2

Rod End Supply

4

49t

Gregg Dalman

3

Schoenfeld Headers

5

0

Steve Irwin

5

ATL Racing Fuel Cells

6

41

Thomas Schinderle

9

7

2+

Brian Smith

11

Allstar Performance

8

77z

Zane Devault

14

9

1a

Mark Aldrich

4

King Racing Products

10

20A

Andy Chehowski

10

11

27B

Boston Mead

19

Keizer Aluminum Wheels

12

19J

Linden Jones

1

13

10J

Chris Jones

18

 

14

6

Tyler Bearden

15

15

47

Robert Bulloch

16

 

16

12

Chris Gurley

20

17

16

Austin Nemire

12

 

18

18

D. J. Lamance

13

19

46

Robert Huisken

17

 

20

70

Eli Lakin

21

21

77

Andrew Scheid

6

 

KSE Racing Products Hard Charger – Boston Mead (+8)

BR Motorsports Contingency (feature top 10 draw) – Shawn Valenti

DMI (Diversified Machine) Contingency (feature 12-16 draw) – Chris Jones

Perfit Corporation Lucky Dog – Eli Lakin

For more information about Engine Pro go to www.enginepro.com. For more information about ARP, go to www.arp-bolts.com. The full 2017 Sprints on Dirt schedule, rules, current news, and other information are available at www.sprintsondirt.com.

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