All Star Circuit of Champions
Friday
SARVER, Pa. - Tim Shaffer picked right up where he left off - winning sprint-car races.
After having won sprint-car racing's biggest jewel - the Knoxville Nationals - Shaffer took a few weeks off from racing, but returned to the cockpit to win his 12th O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions feature of the season Friday night at Lernerville Speedway.
It was Shaffer's 31st victoryread more
OSKALOOSA, Iowa - When a flat left-rear tire slowed leader Tyler Walker with four laps remaining, Sammy Swindell inherited the lead and raced to his second-consecutive Front Row Challenge triumph Aug. 9 at Southern Iowa Speedway.
Swindell earned $10,000 for the event, which was promoted by Terry McCarl and sanctioned by the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions.
Joey Saldana, who won the King ofread more
Aug. 4
RISING CITY, Neb. - Tim Shaffer romped to his ninth O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions sprint-car triumph of the season Aug. 4 at Butler County Motorplex.
It was Shaffer's third victory in the last three All Star races during the group's annual Thunder Through the Plains Midwestern Tour.
Starting outside the front row, the defending series champion and point leader, held off 18-year-oldread more
BRANDON, S.D. - Tim Shaffer set the fast time and started on the pole en route to leading all 30 laps of Sunday night's O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions event at Huset's Speedway.
It was the finale of three nights of racing at the three-eighths-mile dirt track and was Shaffer's second triumph in as many nights. It was also the eighth All Star victory of the season for the defendingread more
BRANDON, S.D. - Tim Kaeding predicted it would happen. The previous night a third place run gave him the confidence a win was just around the corner.
It came Friday at Huset's Speedway during the first of three straight nights of racing at the three-eighths-mile oval with the O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions.
Kaeding took the lead from Huset's regular Gregg Bakker on lap two andread more
WEST FARGO, N.D. - With a day off from the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series tour, Donny Schatz flew home to North Dakota and won Thursday night's debut appearance of the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions at Red River Valley Speedway.
Schatz started ninth on the grid and worked his way to the front on the three-eighths-mile oval, holding off defending All Star champion Tim Shaffer for whatread more
FRANKLIN, Pa. - Tim Shaffer picked up his sixth O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions victory this year in dominant fashion Sunday night at Tri-City Speedway.
Shaffer, the defending series champion, led all 30 laps and held off challenges from Stevie Smith and Dale Blaney to post his first career victory at Tri-City Speedway aboard the No. 83 sprint car owned by Aaron Call and Janet Holbrook.
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VERNON, N.Y. - Fred Rahmer and Greg Wilson put on a classic duel, trading the lead back and forth through all 30 laps of the O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions feature at Utica-Rome Speedway July 13.
And when Tim Shaffer entered the fray with three laps to go, the crowd was on its feet. When the checkered flag waved, Rahmer had earned his second series victory of the season and theread more
MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. - Brad Sweet is living his dream of driving a race car for a living thanks to Kasey Kahne.
Sweet dominated Saturday night's O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions feature at West Virginia Motor Speedway, setting a blistering pace in the series'return to the five-eighths-mile dirt track.
"Hats off to the guys. They gave me an awesome car tonight," said the driver of the No. 49read more
WAVERLY, Ohio - Dale Blaney drove to his fourth O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions victory this season Saturday night at K-C Raceway.
Blaney, aboard George Fisher's Ti22 Performance Parts No. 2, jumped into the lead from the front row after two failed attempts to start the 30-lap feature. Blaney used the top groove to his advantage while defending series champion Tim Shaffer movedread more
June 21
ORRVILLE, Ohio - Dale Blaney led all 30 laps of the June 21 Ohio Sprint Speedweek feature at Wayne County Speedway to post his 75th O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions victory.
It was Blaney's second-straight Speedweek triumph in the first four races of the nine-event series.
"It was just our night," he explained. "We qualified well and got to start up front and that was the key. Thisread more
FREMONT, Ohio - In arguably the best feature of the nine-straight nights comprising the 28th annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek, defending O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions titlist Tim Shaffer blasted around Stevie Smith on lap 45 and won the $10,000 payday Saturday at Fremont Speedway.
For Shaffer it was his third victory during speedweek and it came on his 43rd birthday. It is hisread more
HARTFORD, Ohio - Tim Shaffer claimed his second victory of Ohio Sprint Speedweek in round seven of the nine-race series Thursday night at Sharon Speedway.
Driving Aaron Call's No. 83 prepared by Brian Kemenah, Shaffer took the lead from Tyler Walker on a lap-12 restart and paced the remainder of the 30-lap O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions feature on the three-eighths-mile dirt track.
Drivingread more
WAYNESFIELD, Ohio - Brad Sweet has been splitting up his season among several different types of race cars. Wednesday night at Waynesfield Motorsports Park he showed his skills in a winged sprint car, topping round six of the Ohio Sprint Speedweek sanctioned by the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions.
Wheeling Kasey Kahne's No. 49, Sweet worked his way from fourth on the grid and into the leadread more
MILLERSBURG, Ohio - Rob Chaney passed David Gravel exiting turn four coming to the checkered flag to win the 40-lap Ohio Sprint Speedweek feature June 22 at Hilltop Speedway, leaving the huge hometown crowd at Hilltop Speedway abuzz.
"I didn't even know I won," Chaney said. "When I passed Tim Shaffer (on lap 32 of the 40-lap affair for third), I knew I was close to the front. This is awesome to doread more
ORRVILLE, Ohio - Dale Blaney posted his second-consecutive Ohio Sprint Speedweek victory Monday night at Wayne County Speedway.
Starting outside the front row in George Fisher's No. 2, Blaney was the dominant force throughout the 30-lap O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions feature on the three-eighths-mile oval.
With a victory Sunday at Millstream Speedway, Blaney has won twice in theread more
Friday
ATTICA, Ohio - All looked lost for Byron Reed when he slid off the track while leading late in the race. But redemption was just around the corner when leader Tim Shaffer ran out of fuel with five laps remaining, handing Reed the lead.
From there he went on to win the opener for Ohio Sprint Speedweek and post his second O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions victory of the seasonread more
ATTICA, Ohio - Sprint-car driver Danny Smith was injured in a horrific crash during qualifying for the opener of O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions Ohio Sprint Speedweek at Attica Raceway Park Friday evening.
Smith, a native of Danville, Ind., entered turn three during his qualifying lap at the third-mile clay oval and hit the berm, collapsing the lower panel on the right side of his sprintread more
ATTICA, Ohio - Ohio Sprint Speedweek has become a tradition unlike any others.
Fans plan their vacations around the event and race teams spend months preparing for it. The 28th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek featuring the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions, which includes nine straight nights of racing across the Buckeye State and offers more than $241,000 in prize money, will begin Friday atread more
ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. - Brian Montieth has made a habit of winning big races this season.
Early Sunday morning, he added another one to his collection as he beat Brian Leppo and the invading All Star Circuit of Champions in the 30-lap $5,000-to-win O'Reilly Auto Parts feature.
Third-starting Montieth passed outside fron-trow starter and race-long leader Leppo on the backstretch of lap 10 while navigatingread more
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - Who won?
That was the question the big crowd and the drivers were asking at Williams Grove Speedway Friday night.
Timing and scoring showed Stevie Smith beat his brother-in-law Brian Leppo by .002 seconds for his 16th-career O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions sprint-car victory.
"It's a great night to win," said Smith. "Brian deserves a lot of credit. When you'reread more
FONDA, N.Y. - Daryn Pittman bettered rival Tyler Walker and local heroine Jessica Zemken to capture the previously rain-delayed O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions sprint-car feature Thursday night at Fonda Speedway.
When Zemken won her heat and the dash, then pulled the pole for the 30-lap feature, the partisan crowd expected she'd wax the filed. What they didn't count on was the heated rivalryread more
GRANBY, Quebec - Defending O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions titlist Tim Shaffer raced to victory in Monday night's first All Star event at the Autodrome Granby and the first in Quebec.
Shaffer started sixth and steadily worked his way to the front of the 22-car field. Driving Aaron Call's No. 83, Shaffer took the checkered flag ahead of New York traveler Jessica Zemken, wheeling Tonyread more
SARVER, Pa. - Tim Shaffer threw everything at Dale Blaney Friday night at Lernerville Speedway, including slide jobs the final two circuits.
But Blaney, a former Lernerville track champion and three-time All Star champion, held him off to claim the O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions sprint-car victory at the half-mile oval.
Blaney drove the Ti22 Performance Parts/George Fisher Racingread more
FREMONT, Ohio - Bryan Sebetto drove the race of his young life.
The 27-year-old Fremont, Ohio, driver held off former Outlaws driver and defending All Star champion Tim Shaffer over the last 14 laps to claim his first O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions victory Saturday night at Fremont Speedway.
Shaffer had actually gotten by Sebetto on lap 35, but a caution for a blown left-rear tireread more
ATTICA, Ohio - Byron Reed won Saturday night's HD Supply Spring Nationals for the All Star Circuit of Champions sprint cars at Attica Raceway Park.
Jody Keegan took the lead at the green flag, while Reed followed in second ahead of Cap Henry and Dale Blaney.
After a yellow flag on the second lap, Keegan continued to lead until he went over the turn-four cushion and brought out the yellow flag.
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Here's a look at Saturday's major short-track results:
Byron Reed held of sprint-car veterans Dale Blaney, Tim Shaffer, Danny Smith and Rob Chaney in Saturday's O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions HD Supply Spring Nationals at Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park.
Zach Chappell topped Brady Bacon and a fast-closing Jesse Hockett to win Saturday night's Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series presented by K&Nread more
Race 8: March 19
BULLS GAP, Tenn. - Joey Saldana won his second-consecutive World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event at Volunteer Speedway, though it had been three years since the last time the series visited the four-tenths-mile dirt track.
Saldana was challenged throughout the race by 20-time World of Outlaws champion Steve Kinser and used a strong restart with five laps remaining to seal theread more
GIBSONTON, Fla. - Mark Smith inherited the lead on lap 24 and held on to win a crash-filled All Star Circuit of Champions feature Thursday night at East Bay Raceway Park.
Smith was running third when Terry McCarl and Tim Shaffer got together and crashed while racing for the lead in turn two following a restart.
Smith, of Tower City, Pa., was the new leader with former All Star champion Dale Blaneyread more
GIBSONTON, Fla. - Mark Smith inherited the lead on lap 24 and held on to win a crash-filled All Star Circuit of Champions feature Thursday night at East Bay Raceway Park.
Smith was running third when Terry McCarl and Tim Shaffer got together and crashed while racing for the lead in turn two following a restart.
Smith, of Tower City, Pa., was the new leader with former All Star champion Dale Blaneyread more
