Limaland season gets under way

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Lima News
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LIMA — Limaland Motorsports Park began its 82nd year of racing action Friday night, and the 20th under the direction of the University of Northwestern Ohio.

Some 81 cars in three divisions filled the pit area, with No. 7c Jordan Conover picking up the win in the Budweiser Thunderstocks, No. 17 Jared Horstman winning the K&L Ready Mix NRA Sprint Invaders A Main, and No. 16 Jeff Koz dominating the K&N Filters UMP Modified feature.

Starting off the night was the McDonalds Dash For Cash. The K&N Filters UMP Modifieds of No. 3W Dylan Woodling, No. 16 Jeff Koz, No. 65 Todd Sherman, and defending points champion No. 22T Tony Anderson raced in the five-lap dash. Koz wasted no time getting to the front and grabbing the $100 win.

In the Bud Thunderstocks, No. J1 Jeff Matheny led the first three laps before heavy smoke and fluids began coming out of his machine, causing him to be black flagged and ending his feature. Lima’s Justin Long in the No. 26 inherited the lead after a caution for No. 27s Cody Sanders. The lead was short lived as Conover powered by after the restart on lap 4. Long’s night would end on lap 6 with a flat left front tire, sending him to the pit area. The caution flag ib lap 12 and 1, bunched the field up and made for great racing for second on back as Conover powered away each time and grabbed the win.

The K&L Ready Mix NRA Sprint Invaders were next up with their first event under the new ownership of Ron Hammons, and co-sanctioned with the Great Lake Super Sprints. The intial start saw caution fly as No. 10J Jarrod Delong made contact with the backstretch wall and came to a stop. On the complete restart, No. B20 Butch Schroeder grabbed the early lead and tried to set sail, but lapped traffic allowed No. 17 Jared Horstman to get by on lap 5 and never look back. Caution waved on lap 17 for a spin by No. 11R Chase Ridenour, allowing the fied to bunch up one final time, but Horstman was just too strong, and would win.

The final A Main of the night featured the K&N Filters UMP Modifieds. Defending track champion No. 22T Tony Anderson led the field to green alongside No. 95J Jerry Bowersock. Caution waved right away for a pileup on the back straightaway, with No. 5s Clint Reagle taking a heavy hit and ending his night, along with No. 71 Will Norris. Koz powered to the lead on the complete restart and was never seriously challenged.

Limaland Motorsports Park is back in action on Friday night when S&S Volvo presents the “Spring Fling.” In action will be the K&L Ready Mix NRA Sprint Invaders, along with the K&N Filters UMP Modifieds, and the Budweiser Thunderstocks. For complete details and Limaland’s full schedule, visit Limaland.com.

Special to The Lima News

Friday night results

Smith Boughan Season Opening Shootout

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K&L Ready Mix NRA Sprints

A-Main – (25 Laps): 1. 17-Jared Horstman [4]; 2. 22H-Randy Hannagan [2]; 3. B20-Butch Schroeder [1]; 4. 2-Kyle Sauder [6]; 5. 18H-Todd Heuerman [8]; 6. 16B-Max Stambaugh [12]; 7. 23-Devon Dobie [11]; 8. 49D-Shawn Dancer [14]; 9. 11-Tim Allison [16]; 10. 6S-Jr Stewart [7]; 11. 49-Gregg Dalman [19]; 12. 35-Ronnie Blair [3]; 13. 28-Phil Gressman [10]; 14. 19J-Linden Jones [18]; 15. 57-Mike Dunlap [15]; 16. 5W-Jeff Williams [20]; 17. 11R-Chase Ridenour [13]; 18. 6H-Sean Hosey [23]; 19. 7Z-Zachary Hampton [17]; 20. 37-Noah Dunlap [22]; 21. 85-Dustin Daggett [9]; 22. 3T-Ralph Brakenberry [21]; 23. 10J-Jarrod Delong [5]; 24. 15-Brandon Ferguson [24]

Bud Thunderstocks

A-Main – (15 Laps): 1. 7C-Jordan Conover [2]; 2. 82-Chris Douglas [4]; 3. 89-Tony Anderson [7]; 4. 7-Dan Wooten [5]; 5. 463-Daniel Sanchez [9]; 6. 1-Justin Hamilton [13]; 7. O1-Dalton Bayer [11]; 8. 27-Frank Paladino [8]; 9. 11D-Bob Daugherty [16]; 10. 99-Andy King [12]; 11. OO-Brenden Rassel [6]; 12. 88-Bryan Martin [10]; 13. 26-Justin Long [1]; 14. 27S-Cody Sanders [14]; 15. J1-Jeff Matheny [3]; 16. 42M-Conner East [17]

K&N Filters UMP Modifieds

B-Main No. 1 – (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer): 1. 11-Jared Spalding; 2. 1-Blake Spalding; 3. 87-David Mielke; 4. 11H-Mike Hohlbein; 5. 13-Andy Galgoci; 6. 27-Frank Paladino; 7. 24C-Neal Carter; 8. 32-Scott Boyd Jr; 9. 6-Bj Gregory; 10. 9C-Troy Cattarene; 11. 4G-Bill Griffith; 12. 19-Ryan Ordway

B-Main No. 2 – (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer): 1. 166-Travis Shoulders; 2. L5-Casey Luedeke; 3. 4-Mike Learman; 4. 69-Tommy Beezley; 5. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth; 6. 17N-Dillion Nusbaum; 7. 20K-Bill Keeler; 8. 36-Kelly Bowlby; 9. 1X-Jj Butler; 10. 33-Jordan Conover

A-Main – (20 Laps): 1. 16-Jeff Koz [3]; 2. 95J-Jerry Bowersock [2]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson [1]; 4. 10-Nathon Loney [6]; 5. 65-Todd Sherman [8]; 6. 17T-Michael Tarlton [12]; 7. 3W-Dylan Woodling [15]; 8. T5X-Bub Roberts [9]; 9. L5-Casey Luedeke [20]; 10. 18-Randy Lines [4]; 11. 19B-Brandon Ordway [14]; 12. 53-Hillard Miller [7]; 13. 1-Blake Spalding [19]; 14. 2B-Darryl Banks [10]; 15. 111-Curt Spalding [16]; 16. 11-Jared Spalding [17]; 17. 166-Travis Shoulders [18]; 18. 34X-Andy Bibler [5]; 19. 71-Will Norris [13]; 20. 5S-Clint Reagle [11]

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