2023 Baltes Classic – Eldora Speedway

Race Story

WEISS TAKES BALTES CLASSIC VICTORY

Ricky Weiss turned in an impressive performance in the Baltes Classic on Sunday night by leading all 30 laps in the Late Model Feature and earning a $5,000 payday in the process. Jeff Koz outdueled Brian Ruhlman in a fierce Modified main event. In the Super Stocks division, Jeremy Creech was declared the winner after Tyler Dietz’s car did not pass post-race inspection.

Race Results

Event Box Score

Late Models – Qualifying
1. OO-Richard Stephens, 15.656; 2. 4-Travis Stemler, 15.684; 3. 12-Jason Jameson, 15.705; 4. 68-Adam Stricker, 15.935; 5. 15-James Rice, 16.034; 6. 4T-Tripp Gerrald, 16.109; 7. 5M-Zach Milbee, 16.355; 8. 48-Timothy Lance, 16.425; 9. 29-Clint Keenen, 16.475; 10. S21-Seth Daniels, 16.543; 11. 111-Steven Roberts, 16.623; 12. 31-Kye Blight, 16.651; 13. 53-Hillard Miller, 16.989; 14. 11C-Rachel Carpenter, 17.273; 15. 39-Mike Hildebrand, 17.407; 16. 9-Nick Hoffman, 17.526; 17. P3-Jeff Robertson, 18.104; 18. 22F-Nick Fenner, 18.287; 19. C4-Freddie Carpenter, 99.991; 20. W1-Cory Workman, 99.992; 21. 7-Ricky Weiss, 15.585; 22. 5N-Dustin Nobbe, 15.651; 23. 66C-Matt Cosner, 15.743; 24. 55G-Kody Evans, 15.827; 25. 1N-Casey Noonan, 15.866; 26. 21N-Logan Nickerson, 15.910; 27. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 15.935; 28. 95J-Jerry Bowersock, 16.016; 29. 11-Josh Rice, 16.060; 30. 28-Tyler Carpenter, 16.156; 31. 99J-Donald Jeschke, 16.192; 32. 71R-Rod Conley, 16.200; 33. 8-Rob Anderzack, 16.399; 34. 9R-Curtis Roberts, 16.483; 35. 6-Tyler Nicely, 16.539; 36. 63-Terry Rushlow, 16.657; 37. 79-Bill Lewis, 16.822; 38. 81M-Matthew Melvin, 17.770; 39. 17-David Ellis, 18.762

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 12-Jason Jameson[3]; 2. 15-James Rice[2]; 3. 5M-Zach Milbee[1]; 4. OO-Richard Stephens[4]; 5. 111-Steven Roberts[6]; 6. 39-Mike Hildebrand[8]; 7. C4-Freddie Carpenter[10]; 8. 53-Hillard Miller[7]; 9. P3-Jeff Robertson[9]; 10. 29-Clint Keenen[5]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 48-Timothy Lance[1]; 2. 4T-Tripp Gerrald[2]; 3. 31-Kye Blight[6]; 4. 68-Adam Stricker[3]; 5. 4-Travis Stemler[4]; 6. S21-Seth Daniels[5]; 7. 9-Nick Hoffman[8]; 8. 11C-Rachel Carpenter[7]; 9. W1-Cory Workman[10]; 10. 22F-Nick Fenner[9]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[1]; 2. 7-Ricky Weiss[4]; 3. 1N-Casey Noonan[2]; 4. 66C-Matt Cosner[3]; 5. 11-Josh Rice[5]; 6. 6-Tyler Nicely[8]; 7. 99J-Donald Jeschke[6]; 8. 8-Rob Anderzack[7]; 9. 17-David Ellis[10]; 10. 79-Bill Lewis[9]

Heat #4 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 21N-Logan Nickerson[2]; 2. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[4]; 3. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[1]; 4. 55G-Kody Evans[3]; 5. 28-Tyler Carpenter[5]; 6. 71R-Rod Conley[6]; 7. 9R-Curtis Roberts[7]; 8. 81M-Matthew Melvin[9]; 9. 63-Terry Rushlow[8]

B-Feature #1 – (10)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]; 2. S21-Seth Daniels[2]; 3. 39-Mike Hildebrand[1]; 4. W1-Cory Workman[8]; 5. 11C-Rachel Carpenter[6]; 6. P3-Jeff Robertson[7]; 7. 22F-Nick Fenner[10]; 8. 53-Hillard Miller[5]

B-Feature #2 – (10)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 71R-Rod Conley[2]; 2. 6-Tyler Nicely[1]; 3. 9R-Curtis Roberts[4]; 4. 8-Rob Anderzack[5]; 5. 99J-Donald Jeschke[3]; 6. 63-Terry Rushlow[8]; 7. 81M-Matthew Melvin[6]

A-Feature – (30)Laps
1. 7-Ricky Weiss[2]; 2. 4T-Tripp Gerrald[4]; 3. 21N-Logan Nickerson[1]; 4. 12-Jason Jameson[3]; 5. 31-Kye Blight[10]; 6. 15-James Rice[6]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[7]; 8. 28-Tyler Carpenter[20]; 9. 4-Travis Stemler[18]; 10. 66C-Matt Cosner[15]; 11. S21-Seth Daniels[23]; 12. 68-Adam Stricker[14]; 13. 48-Timothy Lance[5]; 14. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[8]; 15. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[12]; 16. 5M-Zach Milbee[9]; 17. 71R-Rod Conley[22]; 18. 111-Steven Roberts[17]; 19. 11-Josh Rice[19]; 20. 9-Nick Hoffman[21]; 21. 55G-Kody Evans[16]; 22. 6-Tyler Nicely[24]; 23. 1N-Casey Noonan[11]; 24. OO-Richard Stephens[13]

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Modifieds – Qualifying
1. 21C-Andrew Charlson, 17.249; 2. 49-Brian Ruhlman, 17.316; 3. B4-Scottie Williams, 17.406; 4. 41-Brad Goff, 17.537; 5. 11R-Jeremy Rayburn, 17.571; 6. 35-David Stremme, 17.577; 7. O5-Dalton Smith, 17.813; 8. 777-Trevor Neville, 17.851; 9. 10-Nathan Loney, 17.916; 10. 32-Chad Roush, 17.926; 11. 463-Daniel Sanchez, 18.081; 12. 5X-Jerry Bowersock, 18.130; 13. 114-Clayton Bryant, 18.150; 14. 3H-Jason Hollon, 18.297; 15. 188-Aaron Orr, 18.418; 16. 54-Zachary Hawk, 18.435; 17. 8-David Pinkerton, 18.478; 18. S8-Jordan Stotts, 18.745; 19. 7C-Zachary Carr, 18.867; 20. 36S-Adam Schaeff, 19.356; 21. 11G-Kevin Grilliot, 19.545; 22. 12S-Brad Stone, 99.991; 23. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum, 17.216; 24. 3W-Dylan Woodling, 17.402; 25. 7-Evan Taylor, 17.426; 26. 18-Ryan Sutter, 17.465; 27. 16-Jeff Koz, 17.487; 28. 52-Weasel Phlipot, 17.506; 29. 5-Jonathan Taylor, 17.536; 30. 18K-Brandon Kinzer, 17.612; 31. 14-Dalton Lane, 17.759; 32. 34X-Shane O’Connor, 17.850; 33. 43J-Jacob Hall, 17.872; 34. 22T-Tony Anderson, 17.981; 35. 80-Cole Sink, 18.079; 36. 88-Scott Orr, 18.127; 37. 11W-Tommy Wallace, 18.463; 38. 10H-Brad Hess, 18.816; 39. K4-Christopher Kruetzkamp, 18.938; 40. 4-Jason Kinney, 18.991; 41. 11-Shawn Donahue, 19.144; 42. 33W-Bryan Wombolt, 19.294; 43. 4M-Dustin Moore, 19.988; 44. 17-Nick Snell, 99.992

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 11R-Jeremy Rayburn[2]; 2. B4-Scottie Williams[3]; 3. 10-Nathan Loney[5]; 4. 21C-Andrew Charlson[4]; 5. 114-Clayton Bryant[7]; 6. 463-Daniel Sanchez[6]; 7. 11G-Kevin Grilliot[11]; 8. 188-Aaron Orr[8]; 9. 8-David Pinkerton[9]; 10. 7C-Zachary Carr[10]; 11. O5-Dalton Smith[1]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 49-Brian Ruhlman[4]; 2. 41-Brad Goff[3]; 3. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[6]; 4. 32-Chad Roush[5]; 5. 54-Zachary Hawk[8]; 6. 777-Trevor Neville[1]; 7. 3H-Jason Hollon[7]; 8. 36S-Adam Schaeff[10]; 9. S8-Jordan Stotts[9]; 10. 35-David Stremme[2]; 11. 12S-Brad Stone[11]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 5-Jonathan Taylor[1]; 2. 16-Jeff Koz[2]; 3. 7-Evan Taylor[3]; 4. 14-Dalton Lane[5]; 5. 43J-Jacob Hall[6]; 6. 11-Shawn Donahue[10]; 7. K4-Christopher Kruetzkamp[9]; 8. 4M-Dustin Moore[11]; 9. 80-Cole Sink[7]; 10. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum[4]; 11. 11W-Tommy Wallace[8]

Heat #4 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 18K-Brandon Kinzer[1]; 2. 18-Ryan Sutter[3]; 3. 3W-Dylan Woodling[4]; 4. 52-Weasel Phlipot[2]; 5. 34X-Shane O’Connor[5]; 6. 88-Scott Orr[7]; 7. 22T-Tony Anderson[6]; 8. 17-Nick Snell[11]; 9. 10H-Brad Hess[8]; 10. 33W-Bryan Wombolt[10]; 11. 4-Jason Kinney[9]

B-Feature #1 – (8)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 777-Trevor Neville[2]; 2. 463-Daniel Sanchez[1]; 3. 3H-Jason Hollon[4]; 4. 8-David Pinkerton[7]; 5. 188-Aaron Orr[5]; 6. 36S-Adam Schaeff[6]; 7. 7C-Zachary Carr[9]; 8. 11G-Kevin Grilliot[3]; 9. S8-Jordan Stotts[8]; 10. O5-Dalton Smith[11]

B-Feature #2 – (8)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum[9]; 2. 17-Nick Snell[6]; 3. 88-Scott Orr[2]; 4. 11W-Tommy Wallace[11]; 5. 10H-Brad Hess[8]; 6. 80-Cole Sink[7]; 7. K4-Christopher Kruetzkamp[3]; 8. 4-Jason Kinney[12]; 9. 22T-Tony Anderson[4]; 10. 11-Shawn Donahue[1]; 11. 4M-Dustin Moore[5]

A-Feature – (20)Laps
1. 16-Jeff Koz[3]; 2. 18K-Brandon Kinzer[8]; 3. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum[22]; 4. 5-Jonathan Taylor[5]; 5. 21C-Andrew Charlson[13]; 6. 3W-Dylan Woodling[12]; 7. 7-Evan Taylor[11]; 8. B4-Scottie Williams[4]; 9. 41-Brad Goff[7]; 10. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[10]; 11. 43J-Jacob Hall[19]; 12. 14-Dalton Lane[15]; 13. 32-Chad Roush[14]; 14. 17-Nick Snell[24]; 15. 777-Trevor Neville[21]; 16. 114-Clayton Bryant[17]; 17. 18-Ryan Sutter[1]; 18. 49-Brian Ruhlman[2]; 19. 10-Nathan Loney[9]; 20. 54-Zachary Hawk[18]; 21. 52-Weasel Phlipot[16]; 22. 11R-Jeremy Rayburn[6]; 23. 34X-Shane O’Connor[20]; 24. 463-Daniel Sanchez[23]

Rosewood Machine and Tool Precision Move of the Race: Brian Ruhlman

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Stocks – Qualifying
1. OO-Tyler Dietz, 18.264; 2. 17-Jeremy Creech, 18.425; 3. 28-Shaun Smith, 18.653; 4. 74D-Craig Dippman, 18.911; 5. 22T-Tony Anderson, 19.087; 6. 171-Robert Pardo, 19.243; 7. 8-Adam Lantz, 19.279; 8. 91-Rob Trent, 19.287; 9. 87-Andy Welch, 19.327; 10. 25-Nick Bowers, 19.342; 11. 28V-Shawn Valenti, 19.393; 12. J1-Jeff Matheny, 19.553; 13. 17J-Jarrod Klay, 19.684; 14. 4G-Justin Gamber, 19.743; 15. 55-Forest Bennett, 19.785; 16. J2-Frank Paladino, 19.829; 17. O1-Earnie Woodard, 19.832; 18. R8-Logan Kirkman, 19.841; 19. 95-Gary Rahe, 19.850; 20. 14-Ronnie Bloomfield, 19.996; 21. OOP-Dean Pitts, 20.090; 22. B4U-Brad Eitniear, 20.226; 23. 6-Bradley Enssle, 20.255; 24. 07D-Daniel Dippman, 20.570; 25. 1W-Mark Wooten, 20.802; 26. 7-Daniel Wooten, 21.210

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 10 Transfer
1. OO-Tyler Dietz[4]; 2. 74D-Craig Dippman[3]; 3. 25-Nick Bowers[1]; 4. 8-Adam Lantz[2]; 5. 17J-Jarrod Klay[5]; 6. B4U-Brad Eitniear[8]; 7. J2-Frank Paladino[6]; 8. 95-Gary Rahe[7]; 9. 1W-Mark Wooten[9]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 10 Transfer
1. 17-Jeremy Creech[4]; 2. 28V-Shawn Valenti[1]; 3. 91-Rob Trent[2]; 4. O1-Earnie Woodard[6]; 5. 22T-Tony Anderson[3]; 6. 6-Bradley Enssle[8]; 7. 14-Ronnie Bloomfield[7]; 8. 7-Daniel Wooten[9]; 9. 4G-Justin Gamber[5]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 10 Transfer
1. 28-Shaun Smith[4]; 2. J1-Jeff Matheny[1]; 3. 87-Andy Welch[2]; 4. 171-Robert Pardo[3]; 5. R8-Logan Kirkman[6]; 6. 07D-Daniel Dippman[8]; 7. OOP-Dean Pitts[7]; 8. 55-Forest Bennett[5]

A-Feature – (15)Laps
1. 17-Jeremy Creech[6]; 2. 74D-Craig Dippman[3]; 3. J1-Jeff Matheny[2]; 4. 28V-Shawn Valenti[5]; 5. 91-Rob Trent[8]; 6. 17J-Jarrod Klay[13]; 7. O1-Earnie Woodard[11]; 8. 25-Nick Bowers[7]; 9. 22T-Tony Anderson[14]; 10. 8-Adam Lantz[10]; 11. 171-Robert Pardo[12]; 12. 28-Shaun Smith[4]; 13. J2-Frank Paladino[19]; 14. 14-Ronnie Bloomfield[20]; 15. 6-Bradley Enssle[17]; 16. 07D-Daniel Dippman[18]; 17. 55-Forest Bennett[24]; 18. R8-Logan Kirkman[15]; 19. 95-Gary Rahe[22]; 20. B4U-Brad Eitniear[16]; 21. 7-Daniel Wooten[23]; 22. 87-Andy Welch[9]; 23. OOP-Dean Pitts[21]; 24. 4G-Justin Gamber[26]; 25. 1W-Mark Wooten[25]; 26. OO-Tyler Dietz[1]

Rosewood Machine and Tool Precision Move of the Race: Ronnie Bloomfield

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