Race Story

Saldana, Hannagan and Phillips Grab Final Eldora Victories of 2017

Joey Saldana turned in one of the most impressive performances of the season on Saturday night as he lapped up to 8th place and won the All Star Circuit of Champions Feature by 7.2 seconds over Hunter Schuerenberg, Travis Philo, Rob Chaney and Carson Macedo. Randy Hannagan (NRA Sprints) and Chris Phillips (Non-Wing Sprints) also looked strong in their respective divisions as they picked up victories. Full story to come…


Race Results

Event Box Score

All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars

Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 17-Caleb Helms[2] ; 2. 44-Trey Starks[4] ; 3. C1-Clay Riney[1] ; 4. 59N-Bryan Nuckles[3] ; 5. 22B-Ryan Broughton[5] ; 6. 22-Brandon Spithaler[7] ; 7. 13-Brandon Matus[6] ; 8. 27-Brad Lamberson[8]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah[3] ; 2. 49-Shawn Dancer[1] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 4. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg[4] ; 5. 1080-Jordan Mackinson[6] ; 6. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[5] ; 7. 33-Brent Matus[8] ; 8. 71-Aryton Olsen[7]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps)
1. 71X-Joey Saldana[4] ; 2. 83-Rob Chaney[3] ; 3. 51-John Garrin[1] ; 4. 53W-Bill Wirth[5] ; 5. 71M-Paul May[2] ; 6. 95-Hunter Mackinson[6] ; 7. 45T-Bob Tucker[8] ; 8. 35-Travis Esh[7] ; 9. 08-Brandon Conkel[9]

Heat 4 – (8 Laps)
1. 3G-Carson Macedo[3] ; 2. 59-Ryan Smith[4] ; 3. 7K-Cale Conley[2] ; 4. 81-Lee Jacobs[6] ; 5. 33M-Max Stambaugh[8] ; 6. 45-Trevor Baker[1] ; 7. 16-Ryan Ruhl[5] ; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron[7] ; 9. 83X-Adam Cruea[9]

Dash 1 – (4 Laps)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 2. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg[1] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 4. 44-Trey Starks[3] ; 5. 49-Shawn Dancer[5]

Dash 2 – (4 Laps)
1. 71X-Joey Saldana[2] ; 2. 59-Ryan Smith[1] ; 3. 83-Rob Chaney[4] ; 4. 3G-Carson Macedo[3] ; 5. 17-Caleb Helms[5]

B-Feature – (12 Laps)
1. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[1] ; 2. 13-Brandon Matus[2] ; 3. 16-Ryan Ruhl[5] ; 4. 45-Trevor Baker[4] ; 5. 22-Brandon Spithaler[3] ; 6. 22M-Dan McCarron[9] ; 7. 27-Brad Lamberson[8] ; 8. 95-Hunter Mackinson[6] ; 9. 71-Aryton Olsen[7] ; 10. 83X-Adam Cruea[11] ; 11. 08-Brandon Conkel[14] ; 12. 45T-Bob Tucker[12] ; 13. 33-Brent Matus[13]

A-Feature – (25 Laps)
1. 71X-Joey Saldana[2] ; 2. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg[3] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 4. 83-Rob Chaney[6] ; 5. 3G-Carson Macedo[8] ; 6. 10H-Chad Kemenah[5] ; 7. 59-Ryan Smith[4] ; 8. 81-Lee Jacobs[16] ; 9. 17-Caleb Helms[10] ; 10. 33M-Max Stambaugh[20] ; 11. 44-Trey Starks[7] ; 12. 49-Shawn Dancer[9] ; 13. 7K-Cale Conley[12] ; 14. 51-John Garrin[13] ; 15. 22B-Ryan Broughton[17] ; 16. 16-Ryan Ruhl[23] ; 17. 59N-Bryan Nuckles[14] ; 18. 53W-Bill Wirth[15] ; 19. C1-Clay Riney[11] ; 20. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[21] ; 21. 71M-Paul May[18] ; 22. 13-Brandon Matus[22] ; 23. 95-Hunter Mackinson[26] ; 24. 1080-Jordan Mackinson[19] ; 25. 22-Brandon Spithaler[25] ; 26. 45-Trevor Baker[24]

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NRA Sprint Invaders

Qualifying
1.85-Dustin Daggett, 14.730; 2.20B-Butch Schroeder, 14.761; 3.23D-Devon Dobie, 14.861; 4.2-Kyle Sauder, 14.892; 5.49-Shawn Dancer, 14.927; 6.1M-Mark Smith, 14.929; 7.22H-Randy Hannagan, 14.973; 8.49S-Mallie Shuster, 15.033; 9.47X-Dylan Westbrook, 15.126; 10.12T-Chad Kemenah, 15.148; 11.35R-Ron Blair, 15.151; 12.C-4-Jim Shuster, 15.195; 13.16-Ryan Ruhl, 15.208; 14.29-Jason Shultz, 15.231; 15.11-Tim Allison, 15.329; 16.11N-Ed Neumeister, 15.388; 17.33W-Michael Walter, 15.389; 18.20BB-Cody Bova, 15.455; 19.11R-Chase Ridenour, 15.465; 20.49J-Linden Jones, 15.504; 21.49K-Scott Kreutter, 15.537; 22.5-Andy Teunessen, 15.542; 23.1-10-Jake Brown, 15.570; 24.02-Brandon Long, 15.597; 25.28-Phil Gressman, 15.600; 26.5W-Jeff Williams, 15.706; 27.5WC-Ryan Coniam, 15.715; 28.27-Jared Lamberson, 15.946; 29.22D-Aaron Robnolte, 15.980; 30.1X-Scott Hunter, 16.047; 31.15-Brandon Ferguson, 16.563; 32.7B-Trevor Berry, 17.781; 33.21M-Chris Olding, 18.705; 34.17-Jared Horstman, 99.991;

Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 29-Jason Shultz[1] ; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[2] ; 3. 49-Shawn Dancer[3] ; 4. 85-Dustin Daggett[4] ; 5. 12T-Chad Kemenah[5] ; 6. 49K-Scott Kreutter[6] ; 7. 28-Phil Gressman[7] ; 8. 22D-Aaron Robnolte[8] ; 9. 21M-Chris Olding[9]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 11-Tim Allison[1] ; 2. 20B-Butch Schroeder[4] ; 3. 35R-Ron Blair[2] ; 4. 1M-Mark Smith[3] ; 5. 17-Jared Horstman[9] ; 6. 5-Andy Teunessen[6] ; 7. 5W-Jeff Williams[7] ; 8. 20BB-Cody Bova[5] ; 9. 1X-Scott Hunter[8]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps)
1. 22H-Randy Hannagan[3] ; 2. 11N-Ed Neumeister[1] ; 3. 1-10-Jake Brown[6] ; 4. 5WC-Ryan Coniam[7] ; 5. 23D-Devon Dobie[4] ; 6. 11R-Chase Ridenour[5] ; 7. C-4-Jim Shuster[2] ; 8. 15-Brandon Ferguson[8]

Heat 4 – (8 Laps)
1. 33W-Michael Walter[1] ; 2. 2-Kyle Sauder[4] ; 3. 16-Ryan Ruhl[2] ; 4. 49S-Mallie Shuster[3] ; 5. 02-Brandon Long[6] ; 6. 49J-Linden Jones[5] ; 7. 27-Jared Lamberson[7] ; 8. 7B-Trevor Berry[8]

B-Feature 1 – (10 Laps)
1. 17-Jared Horstman[2] ; 2. 12T-Chad Kemenah[1] ; 3. 5-Andy Teunessen[4] ; 4. 49K-Scott Kreutter[3] ; 5. 28-Phil Gressman[5] ; 6. 5W-Jeff Williams[6] ; 7. 20BB-Cody Bova[8] ; 8. 1X-Scott Hunter[10] ; 9. 22D-Aaron Robnolte[7] ; 10. 21M-Chris Olding[9]

B-Feature 2 – (10 Laps)
1. 23D-Devon Dobie[1] ; 2. 02-Brandon Long[2] ; 3. 49J-Linden Jones[4] ; 4. 11R-Chase Ridenour[3] ; 5. C-4-Jim Shuster[5] ; 6. 27-Jared Lamberson[6] ; 7. 7B-Trevor Berry[8] ; 8. 15-Brandon Ferguson[7]

A-Feature  – (25 Laps)
1. 22H-Randy Hannagan[4] ; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[5] ; 3. 29-Jason Shultz[8] ; 4. 2-Kyle Sauder[1] ; 5. 1M-Mark Smith[14] ; 6. 20B-Butch Schroeder[7] ; 7. 11N-Ed Neumeister[3] ; 8. 11-Tim Allison[2] ; 9. 16-Ryan Ruhl[12] ; 10. 33W-Michael Walter[6] ; 11. 85-Dustin Daggett[13] ; 12. 5WC-Ryan Coniam[15] ; 13. 35R-Ron Blair[10] ; 14. 17-Jared Horstman[17] ; 15. 49-Shawn Dancer[9] ; 16. 23D-Devon Dobie[18] ; 17. 12T-Chad Kemenah[19] ; 18. 49K-Scott Kreutter[23] ; 19. 11R-Chase Ridenour[24] ; 20. 02-Brandon Long[20] ; 21. 1-10-Jake Brown[11] ; 22. 5-Andy Teunessen[21] ; 23. 49S-Mallie Shuster[16] ; 24. 49J-Linden Jones[22]

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Non Wing Sprint Cars 

Qualifying
1.18-Dallas Hewitt, 18.222; 2.6R-Bill Rose, 18.431; 3.77-Dustin Smith, 18.487; 4.24-Landon Simon, 18.625; 5.6-Chris Phillips, 18.659; 6.59J-Kirk Jeffries, 18.665; 7.24L-Lee Underwood, 18.675; 8.54-Matt Westfall, 18.821; 9.14-Chad Wilson, 18.870; 10.17-Nick Bilbee, 18.909; 11.27-Beau Stewart, 18.970; 12.44-Michael Fischesser, 18.980; 13.24X-Casey Shuman, 19.025; 14.53-Steve Little, 19.196; 15.0-Steve Irwin, 19.258; 16.23S-Kyle Simon, 19.286; 17.44D-Joe Liguori, 19.419; 18.87-Paul Dues, 19.420; 19.0C-Chris Vandewiele, 19.446; 20.96-Riley VanHise, 19.555; 21.19-Matt Cooley, 19.556; 22.5M-Mike Moore, 19.834; 23.1M-Brandon Moore, 19.969; 24.71C-Barney Craig, 20.385; 25.99e-Gage Etgen, 99.991;

Heat 1 – (8 Laps)
1. 18-Dallas Hewitt[6] ; 2. 24X-Casey Shuman[2] ; 3. 17-Nick Bilbee[3] ; 4. 24L-Lee Underwood[4] ; 5. 24-Landon Simon[5] ; 6. 23S-Kyle Simon[1] ; 7. 5M-Mike Moore[8] ; 8. 0C-Chris Vandewiele[7]

Heat 2 – (8 Laps)
1. 44D-Joe Liguori[1] ; 2. 54-Matt Westfall[4] ; 3. 6R-Bill Rose[6] ; 4. 6-Chris Phillips[5] ; 5. 27-Beau Stewart[3] ; 6. 53-Steve Little[2] ; 7. 96-Riley VanHise[7] ; 8. 1M-Brandon Moore[8]

Heat 3 – (8 Laps)
1. 44-Michael Fischesser[3] ; 2. 77-Dustin Smith[6] ; 3. 0-Steve Irwin[2] ; 4. 14-Chad Wilson[4] ; 5. 19-Matt Cooley[7] ; 6. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[5] ; 7. 87-Paul Dues[1] ; 8. 71C-Barney Craig[8]

A-Feature  – (25 Laps)
1. 6-Chris Phillips[2] ; 2. 44-Michael Fischesser[11] ; 3. 17-Nick Bilbee[9] ; 4. 6R-Bill Rose[5] ; 5. 54-Matt Westfall[7] ; 6. 23S-Kyle Simon[16] ; 7. 24L-Lee Underwood[1] ; 8. 24-Landon Simon[3] ; 9. 18-Dallas Hewitt[6] ; 10. 44D-Joe Liguori[14] ; 11. 27-Beau Stewart[10] ; 12. 87-Paul Dues[21] ; 13. 77-Dustin Smith[4] ; 14. 19-Matt Cooley[15] ; 15. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[18] ; 16. 0-Steve Irwin[13] ; 17. 96-Riley VanHise[20] ; 18. 53-Steve Little[17] ; 19. 14-Chad Wilson[8] ; 20. 5M-Mike Moore[19] ; 21. 71C-Barney Craig[24] ; 22. 1M-Brandon Moore[23] ; 23. 24X-Casey Shuman[12] ; 24. 0C-Chris Vandewiele[22]


Photos

Images from the Event

Courtesy Campbell Photos


Videos

Video Highlights From The Event

2017 Eldora Speedway Finale | Highlights


Bonus: Full Stream

 

As a token of appreciation for the great fan support throughout the 2017 season, Eldora streamed the Saturday night season finale free of charge of Facebook. The archive of that stream can be found below. Please note: for quick playback purposes, only the SD version of the video is available on-demand via Facebook.