rebelracewriter Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 ERIE, MI (July 23, 2017) – Joe Swanson won a hard fought battle with Jay Steinebach to win Saturday’s Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP Driven Racing Oil Battlegrounds Bash at Butler Motor Speedway.Swanson (Etna Green, Indiana) started from the pole, but a lap one red for a Shebly Bilton and Andy Chehowski crash on the back straightaway, and a quick caution for Tyler Bearden’s spin halted action quickly. Once back under green, Swanson took the lead over Tim Evilsizer. Boston Mead took 2nd on lap 7, then Steinebach took the spot on the next lap. Steinebach was getting faster as Swanson battled traffic and on lap 16 he shot by the leader and opened up a small lead. On lap 18 the caution flew for Tyler Rankin’s spin. Steinebach held the lead in spite of heavy pressure from Swanson through lap 22 when the caution came out for Doug Zimmerman’s spin. Swanson charged into 1st on lap 23 and led the final 2 laps to win the epic battle. COMP Cams heat race winner Boston Mead suffered a broken rocker arm at the end of his heat race and SOD point leader suffered the same fate while leading the Engler Machine & Tool heat. While it looked like both drivers were done for the night, they borrowed the parts needed to run the feature and their perseverance paid off. Mead started 3rd and finished 4th. Irwin started 22nd and charged to a 6th place finish, easily winning the KSE Hard Charger Award. Doug Zimmerman led the 27-car field in qualifying with a 13.272 lap. The SOD program was completed with typical SOD efficiency through the combined efforts of SOD competitors and Butler Motor Speedway officials. Qualifying - Lane Automotive/MSD Ignition Fast Masters (fast qualifiers) $50 each Group Time # Driver Engler Machine & Tool Heat 13.337 16 Ryan Ruhl COMP Cams Heat 13.272 19Z Doug Zimmerman RockAuto.com Heat 14.008 10S Jay Steinebach Heat Races – Winners $100 each Engler Machine & Tool Heat #1 # Driver Contingency 1 16 Ryan Ruhl 2 4T Josh Turner Kistler Racing Products 3 1a Mark Aldrich Racing Optics 4 7Z Zach Hampton 5 20A Andy Chehowski 6 27K Ryan Kirkendall 7 58 Tony Bures 8 0 Steve Irwin 9 5QB Quentin Blonde COMP Cams Heat #2 # Driver Contingency 1 27B Boston Mead 2 5B Chad Blonde Allstar Performance 3 7J Joe Swanson Racing Optics 4 19Z Doug Zimmerman 5 49T Gregg Dalman 6 10J Chris Jones 7 39 Tyler Rankin 8 6 Tyler Bearden 9 91L Lexi Adgate RockAuto.com Heat #3 # Driver Contingency 1 41 Thomas Schinderle 2 10s Jay Steinebach Kistler Racing Products 3 9E Tim Evilsizer Racing Optics 4 27 Shelby Bilton 5 21T Troy Chehowski 6 8 Justin Ward 7 47 Robert Bulloch 8 3G John Gurley DNS 52 Zac Broughman Feature # Driver Start Contingencies 1 7J Joe Swanson 1 Rod End Supply 2 10s Jay Steinebach 4 Rod End Supply 3 16 Ryan Ruhl 5 Rod End Supply 4 27B Boston Mead 3 Schoenfeld Headers 5 41 Thomas Schinderle 8 ATL Racing Fuel Cells 6 0 Steve Irwin 22 7 4T Josh Turner 6 Allstar Performance 8 5B Chad Blonde 9 9 1a Mark Aldrich 7 King Racing Products 10 19Z Doug Zimmerman 11 11 49T Gregg Dalman 14 Keizer Aluminum Wheels 12 7Z Zach Hampton 10 13 9E Tim Evilsizer 2 14 21T Troy Chehowski 15 15 10J Chris Jones 17 16 8 Justin Ward 18 17 27K Ryan Kirkendall 16 18 58 Tony Bures 19 19 47 Robert Bulloch 21 20 39 Tyler Rankin 20 21 6 Tyler Bearden 23 22 27 Shelby Bilton 12 23 20A Andy Chehowski 13 KSE Racing Products Hard Charger – Steve Irwin (+16) BR Motorsports Contingency (feature top 10 draw) – Mark Aldrich DMI (Diversified Machine) Contingency (feature 12-16 draw) – Chris Jones Perfit Corporation Lucky Dog – Zach Hampton Get to know Driven Racing Oil at For more information about Butler Motor Speedway, go to www.butlerspeedway.net. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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