Large Crowd Enjoys Fantastic Racing and Largest Fireworks Show in Eldora History on Beautiful Spring Evening
ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 21, 2016) – Nathon Loney won the UMP Modified race, while Earnie Woodard and Jordan Conover split the Eldora Stock Car events on an evening that saw some fantastic racing on Aaron’s Family Fireworks Night at Eldora Speedway.
Cars were three and four wide for most of the night that kept the large crowd on their feet at the historic half-mile clay oval.
Woodard, from Georgetown, Kentucky, moved past early leader Jeremey Creech with six laps to go and went on the win the first A-Feature of the Eldora Stock cars. Despite a late restart with two laps to go, he held on for the victory.
It was his first victory at Eldora since 2011.
“I was looking at the trophies this morning and it’s been five years and a week since I won here,” said Woodard. “We built a new car and this is my fifth or sixth time in it. The engine was great, too. The car feels good.”
Paul Pardo, from New Paris, Ohio, finished second after starting eighth. Conover was third, while Rob Trent and Creech rounded out the top-five. Conover and Trent are from the state of Ohio, while Creech hails from Richmond, Indiana.
In the second A-Main, the lead lap cars were inverted, which meant Woodard started 18th in the 24 car field. And the start was crazy as Eddie Shaner, who started ninth, took the lead at the end of the second lap as the faster cars attempted to make their way to the front. Several cars went four abreast to gain position.
Andy Goode, from Greenville, Ohio, then took the lead midway, but was passed by Conover who started back in 16th. With three laps to go, Conover, Frank Paladino and Donnie Jeschke were three wide all going for the lead.
But Conover was able to hold them off as Paladino, who started 12th, finished second, while Jeschke finished third. Chris Douglas, from Lima Ohio, was fourth, while Trent was fifth.
It was Conover’s first ever win at Eldora.
“I can’t believe it right now,” said Conover. “It’s been a goal for four years to be on this stage. We’ve had bad luck and then worse luck. We have a new car and in our third race, we’re up here now. I kept one eye behind me and one eye ten cars ahead of me and we were able to get it done.”
The biggest wreck of the night occurred midway through the race and involved Jeff Matheny, Jarrod Klay and Pardo as they all collided on the backstretch. All were uninjured.
Loney started second in the UMP Modified A-Main and battling Brian Post side-by-side most of the way to secure the win. Loney, from Danville, Ohio, scored his first win at Eldora Speedway.
“It’s crazy man,” Loney said. “It’s every man’s dream to win here and it happened. I’ve only been racing seven years now and now I can quit racing. I’m happy.”
Post, from Spencerville, Ohio was second, while Pennsylvania’s Jonathan Taylor was third after starting ninth. Zach Schroeder, from Leipsic, Ohio, was fourth, while Jeff Koz, who started 17th, finished fifth.
The night ended with the largest fireworks show in Eldora history, which received an enthusiastic ovation from the large crowd on hand.
The racing continues on Sunday, May 29 with the Miller Lite presents the Johnny Appleseed Classic, featuring the Sunoco American Late Models, NRA Sprint Invaders, DIRTcar UMP Modifieds & Eldora Stocks.
The gates open at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) with hot laps at 6 p.m. and racing starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the box office, at www.eldoraspeedway.com or by calling (937) 338-3815.
Eldora Stock Cars
Qualifying 1.410-Paul Pardo, 20.126; 2.01-Earnie Woodard, 20.181; 3.7-Jordan Conover, 20.358; 4.27-Frank Paladino, 20.434; 5.J1-Jeff Matheny, 20.456; 6.69-Rob Trent, 20.581; 7.91-Ed Hounshell, 20.654; 8.67-Eddie Shaner, 20.703; 9.17-Jeremy Creech, 20.734; 10.5G-Anthony Goode, 20.960; 11.82-Chris Douglas, 21.013; 12.55-Brandon Archey, 21.062; 13.17H-Red Harvey Jr., 21.297; 14.99J-Donnie Jeschke, 21.356; 15.99-Andy King, 21.365; 16.71C-Barney Craig, 21.409; 17.17J-Jarrod Klay, 21.527; 18.14-Ronnie Bloomfield, 21.568; 19.36-Adam Schaeff, 21.670; 20.20-Robbie Phlipot, 21.693; 21.8-Gary Rahe, 21.761; 22.23-Casey Barr, 21.966; 23.47-John Leach, 22.264; 24.01X-Erik Skaggs, 22.266; 25.11-T.J Smith, 22.506; 26.19-Wayne Williams, 22.597; 27.54-Dan Wooten, 22.636; 28.5T-Dwayne Treon, 23.290; 29.14M-Corey Million, 23.303; 30.1 OFF-Kenny Brady, 23.415; 31.1W-Mark Wooten, 23.498; 32.2-Raymond Richardson , 24.291; 33.00-Corey Wooten, 24.955;
Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1. 410-Paul Pardo[8] ; 2. 17H-Red Harvey Jr.[5] ; 3. 8-Gary Rahe[3] ; 4. 17-Jeremy Creech[6] ; 5. 11-T.J Smith[2] ; 6. 17J-Jarrod Klay[4] ; 7. 00-Corey Wooten[9] ; 8. 14M-Corey Million[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1. 01-Earnie Woodard[8] ; 2. 69-Rob Trent[7] ; 3. 99J-Donnie Jeschke[5] ; 4. 23-Casey Barr[3] ; 5. 5G-Anthony Goode[6] ; 6. 14-Ronnie Bloomfield[4] ; 7. 19-Wayne Williams[2] ; 8. 1 OFF-Kenny Brady[1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps) 1. 82-Chris Douglas[6] ; 2. 7-Jordan Conover[8] ; 3. 91-Ed Hounshell[7] ; 4. 54-Dan Wooten[2] ; 5. 36-Adam Schaeff[4] ; 6. 99-Andy King[5] ; 7. 47-John Leach[3] ; 8. 1W-Mark Wooten[1]
Heat 4 (8 Laps) 1. 27-Frank Paladino[8] ; 2. 67-Eddie Shaner[7] ; 3. 71C-Barney Craig[5] ; 4. 55-Brandon Archey[6] ; 5. 01X-Erik Skaggs[3] ; 6. 5T-Dwayne Treon[2] ; 7. 20-Robbie Phlipot[4]
B-Feature (80 Laps) 1. J1-Jeff Matheny[1] ; 2. 17J-Jarrod Klay[4] ; 3. 1W-Mark Wooten[14] ; 4. 14-Ronnie Bloomfield[5] ; 5. 5G-Anthony Goode[2] ; 6. 19-Wayne Williams[10] ; 7. 5T-Dwayne Treon[11] ; 8. 01X-Erik Skaggs[17] ; 9. 11-T.J Smith[9] ; 10. 00-Corey Wooten[16] ; 11. 99-Andy King[3] ; 12. 36-Adam Schaeff[6] ; 13. 1 OFF-Kenny Brady[13] ; 14. 14M-Corey Million[12]
A-Feature 1 (15 Laps) 1. 01-Earnie Woodard[7] ; 2. 410-Paul Pardo[8] ; 3. 7-Jordan Conover[6] ; 4. 69-Rob Trent[4] ; 5. 17-Jeremy Creech[1] ; 6. 17H-Red Harvey Jr.[11] ; 7. 27-Frank Paladino[5] ; 8. 82-Chris Douglas[9] ; 9. J1-Jeff Matheny[17] ; 10. 67-Eddie Shaner[2] ; 11. 91-Ed Hounshell[3] ; 12. 99J-Donnie Jeschke[12] ; 13. 8-Gary Rahe[14] ; 14. 5G-Anthony Goode[21] ; 15. 17J-Jarrod Klay[18] ; 16. 1W-Mark Wooten[19] ; 17. 14-Ronnie Bloomfield[20] ; 18. 19-Wayne Williams[22] ; 19. 5T-Dwayne Treon[23] ; 20. 71C-Barney Craig[13] ; 21. 55-Brandon Archey[10] ; 22. 23-Casey Barr[15] ; 23. 54-Dan Wooten[16] ; 24. 01X-Erik Skaggs[24]
A-Feature 2 (15 Laps) 1. 7-Jordan Conover[16] ; 2. 27-Frank Paladino[12] ; 3. 99J-Donnie Jeschke[7] ; 4. 82-Chris Douglas[11] ; 5. 69-Rob Trent[15] ; 6. 67-Eddie Shaner[9] ; 7. 17H-Red Harvey Jr.[13] ; 8. 5G-Anthony Goode[5] ; 9. 17-Jeremy Creech[14] ; 10. 91-Ed Hounshell[8] ; 11. 01-Earnie Woodard[18] ; 12. 11-T.J Smith[23] ; 13. 55-Brandon Archey[21] ; 14. 1W-Mark Wooten[3] ; 15. 19-Wayne Williams[1] ; 16. 71C-Barney Craig[20] ; 17. 54-Dan Wooten[22] ; 18. 14-Ronnie Bloomfield[2] ; 19. J1-Jeff Matheny[10] ; 20. 410-Paul Pardo[17] ; 21. 17J-Jarrod Klay[4] ; 22. 5T-Dwayne Treon[19] ; 23. 36-Adam Schaeff[24]
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DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
Qualifying 1.09D-Joel Dick, 17.745; 2.7-Evan Taylor, 17.976; 3.16-Jeff Koz, 18.054; 4.26-Jared Spalding, 18.095; 5.5-Jonathan Taylor, 18.183; 6.4L-Mike Learman, 18.206; 7.36-Brandon Vaughan, 18.312; 8.55S-Zach Schroeder, 18.313; 9.45P-Brian Post, 18.333; 10.10L-Nathon Loney, 18.370; 11.0%-Derrick Austin, 18.398; 12.34X-Andy Bibler, 18.429; 13.10-Scott Bowersock, 18.441; 14.1-Scott Williams, 18.473; 15.5X-Tim Richardson, 18.546; 16.18-Ryan Sutter, 18.608; 17.35-Jeremy Hayes, 18.629; 18.58P-Jim Post, 18.657; 19.10H-Brad Hess, 18.712; 20.21-Drew Charlson, 18.788; 21.71D-Anthony Davis, 18.871; 22.20M-Josh Morton, 18.924; 23.12-Jeremy Rayburn, 18.960; 24.11H-Mike Hohlbein, 19.079; 25.52-Weasel Phlipot, 99.999;
Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1. 10-Scott Bowersock[4] ; 2. 10H-Brad Hess[2] ; 3. 36-Brandon Vaughan[6] ; 4. 10L-Nathon Loney[5] ; 5. 09D-Joel Dick[8] ; 6. 18-Ryan Sutter[3] ; 7. 20M-Josh Morton[1] ; 8. 26-Jared Spalding[7] ; 9. 52-Weasel Phlipot[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1. 5-Jonathan Taylor[7] ; 2. 12-Jeremy Rayburn[1] ; 3. 1-Scott Williams[4] ; 4. 35-Jeremy Hayes[3] ; 5. 55S-Zach Schroeder[6] ; 6. 0%-Derrick Austin[5] ; 7. 21-Drew Charlson[2] ; 8. 7-Evan Taylor[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps) 1. 45P-Brian Post[6] ; 2. 11H-Mike Hohlbein[1] ; 3. 4L-Mike Learman[7] ; 4. 5X-Tim Richardson[4] ; 5. 71D-Anthony Davis[2] ; 6. 16-Jeff Koz[8] ; 7. 58P-Jim Post[3] ; 8. 34X-Andy Bibler[5]
A-Feature (20 Laps) 1. 10L-Nathon Loney[2] ; 2. 45P-Brian Post[3] ; 3. 5-Jonathan Taylor[7] ; 4. 55S-Zach Schroeder[4] ; 5. 16-Jeff Koz[17] ; 6. 10-Scott Bowersock[1] ; 7. 09D-Joel Dick[8] ; 8. 4L-Mike Learman[6] ; 9. 1-Scott Williams[9] ; 10. 36-Brandon Vaughan[5] ; 11. 12-Jeremy Rayburn[14] ; 12. 10H-Brad Hess[12] ; 13. 11H-Mike Hohlbein[15] ; 14. 0%-Derrick Austin[19] ; 15. 5X-Tim Richardson[10] ; 16. 58P-Jim Post[22] ; 17. 71D-Anthony Davis[13] ; 18. 20M-Josh Morton[24] ; 19. 34X-Andy Bibler[20] ; 20. 21-Drew Charlson[23] ; 21. 35-Jeremy Hayes[11]
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