7/10/2007 Eldora Summer Sizzler Results

Darren was fast, but had to settle for 6th place behind NASCAR star Kasey Kahne and ahead of NASCAR drivers Dave Blaney and crowd favorite Tony Stewart.

Race Results:

Fast Time: Gary Fast 14.791

Heat 1: Greg Wilson, Tim Allison, Kevin Huntley, Gary Fast, Dave Blaney, Cory Seeling, Tony Stewart, Kent Wolters, Steve Erwin, Bob Gehr, Dave Miller, Bob Carman

Heat 2: Phil Gressman, Mike Brecht, Lucas Wolfe, Kasey Kahne, Dustin Daggett, Mike Miller, Mike Dussell, Dennis Yoakam, Ryan Myers, Chad Wilson, Randy Fusi, Mike Dunlap

Heat 3: Ron Blair, Dale Blaney, Darren Long, Dwain Leiber, Jared Horstman, Luke Hall, Scott Carter, Mark Hery, Bud Kaeding, Rick Boughan, Adam Main, Brent Gehr

B-Main: Luke Hall, Cory Seeling, Tony Stewart, Mike Miller, Bud Kaeding, Kent Wolters, Mike Dussell, Scott Carter, Steve Erwin, Chad Wilson, Mark Hery, Bob Gehr, Randy Fusi, Brent Gehr, Bob Carman, Dave Miller, Dennis Yoakam, Rick Boughan, Ryan Myers, Adam Main, Mike Dunlap

25-lap A-Main: 1)Lucas Wolfe 2)Dale Blaney 3)Greg Wilson 4)Kasey Kahne 5)Dustin Daggett 6)Darren Long 7)Mike Brecht 8)Dave Blaney 9)Gary Fast 10)Mike Dussell 11)Kevin Huntley 12)Tony Stewart 13)Phil Gressman 14)Bud Kaeding 15)Jared Horstman 16)Tim Allison 17)Kent Wolters 18)Dwain Leiber 19)Mike Miller 20)Cory Seeling 21)Ron Blair 22)Luke Hall 23)Dennis Yoakam

Race Recap:

ROSSBURG, OH (July 10) -- If you can consider Lucas Wolfe an outsider, the score on the Old Spice Summer Sizzler has been reduced to 2 -1 in favor of the National Racing Alliance (NRA) Sprint Invaders following Wednesday’s spectacular run. Wolfe earned $2,000 for his seven minute run, equating to $285 per minute. Prior to Wednesday, the NRA regulars had dominated the event, with Darren Long and Tim Allison the previous winners.

The Old Spice Summer Sizzler concept pits NASCAR stars Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne and Dave Blaney against the NRA faithful in a full points meet. Whle the trio has struggled somewhat over the years to create strong showings, Wednesday’s competition allowed them to showcase their talents in a ‘return to their roots’. All three have extensive open wheel history behind them.
Dale Blaney, Dave’s younger brother, shot into the early lead of the 25-lap chase and appeared enroute to a duplication of an earlier victory this season, on Eldora’s one-half mile clay oval. As he sped to the early lead, Darren Long, Dave Blaney and Kahne were in hot pursuit.
With all eyes focused on that front running foursome, Wolfe was creating his own fireworks.
After starting in 8th spot, he slipped back a few notches before stepping up his program and finding a fast lane along the bottom groove.
Equally quick was Dustin Dagget, as he moved into the top five by lap four. He picked off Dave Blaney on lap 8 for third, then disposed of Long on lap 10 to move into contention for the lead. But, at the same his momentum kicked in, so did Wolfe’s.
On lap 11, Wolfe drop kicked Dave Blaney to fifth, two laps later did the same to Long and then reeled in Dagget. It took him but two laps to move Dagget back to third, and with lapped traffic ahead, Wolfe pulled up alongside Dale Blaney for a classic three lap chase that had the crowd in a frenzy.
With seven laps to go, Wolfe pulled into the lead he was to hold to the finish, despite a valiant last lap effort by Dale Blaney. Wolfe’s margin of victory was less than two car lengths.
Finishing behind them were Greg Wilson in another strong run, followed by Kahne and Daggett.
Dave Blaney finished 8th and Stewart advanced from 20th to finish 12th.