Smith Knows The Way At K-C
Veteran Racer Leads Every Lap
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Veteran racer Danny Smith has K-C Raceway figured out, and he proved it in dominating Saturday night’s All Star Circuit of Champions sprint-car event at the three-eighths-mile oval.
Smith, who had won the last two weekly races at the track, led throughout in earning his second All Star triumph of the season.
Greg Wilson raced Smith hard the entire way but just couldn’t get around the veteran in lapped traffic.
Fast-qualifier Dale Blaney, Craig Mintz and Rob Chaney rounded out the top five.
The summary:
Fast time: Dale Blaney, 12.060 second s(32 cars).
First Heat: Dean Jacobs, Dale Blaney, Keith Baxter, Brian Ellenberger, Paul May, J.R. Stewart, Randy Fink, Adam Strausser.
Second Heat: Jesse Hockett, Brian Paulus, Rob Chaney, Eddie Slone, Nick Naber, Aaron Higgins, Brandy Bower, Kirk Jeffries.
Third Heat: Danny Smith, Ron Blair, Mike Brecht, Brandon Martin, Ed Neumeister, Jimmy Stinson, Mark Imler, Josh Davis.
Fourth Heat: Greg Wilson, Ben Gregg, Craig Mintz, Brock Mayes, Bill Rose, Dave Dickson, George Hawkins, Spud Gustin.
Dash: Wilson, Chaney, Smith, Mayes, May, Blaney.
B Main: Stinson, Dickson, Stewart, Strausser, Imler, Higgins, Jeffries, Gustin, Fink, Bower, Hawkins, Davis.
Feature: Smith, Wilson, Blaney, Mintz, Chaney, Paulus, May, Stinson, Naber, Mayes, Rose, Jacobs, Baxter, Ellenberger, Hockett, Brecht, Martin, Gregg, Strausser, Slone, Neumeister, Blair, Dickson, Stewart.