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Sunday, March 27, 2005 All Stars ready for Attica Spring Nationals April 15-16
 by Race Author
CAMARGO, Ill. -– The Haulmark All Star Circuit of Champions sprint cars are preparing for their first Ohio visits of the season Friday and Saturday night April 15-16 at Attica Raceway Park. Defending Attica Spring Nationals champion Chad Kemenah is looking for a repeat of his 2004 triumph.
In an event that pits the touring All Star regulars against the tough Ohio weekly racers, several of the Attica regulars have defeated the All Stars in the past. Locals Mark Keegan, Bob Teeple, Butch Schroeder and Byron Reed have all come home atop the All Star field in the Spring Nationals.
Drivers expected to compete for the All Star title this season include Chad Kemenah, Danny Smith, Greg Wilson, Jeremy Campbell, Brock Mayes, Paul May, Phil Gressman, Bill Rose, Barry Ruble, Dean Jacobs, Dale Blaney, Jac Haudenschild, Cody Geldart, Mike Brecht, Mike Lutz, Tony Elliott and Randy Hannagan. A host of Attica regulars will also be on hand to challenge the touring stars.
With a full All Star sprint car program on tap each night, Friday’s card also features limited late models and Saturday’s event also shows the 305 sprint car class on the card. Prior Spring National feature winners include Frankie Kerr (1992, 1994, 1998), Keegan (1993, 1994), Dale Blaney (1995), Joey Saldana (1995), Teeple (1996), Danny Smith (1996), Gary Wright (1997), Schroeder (1997), Jeff Shepard (1998, 2002), Craig Dollansky (2000), Reed (2001), Wilson (2002, 2003) and Kemenah (2003, 2004).
For more information visit www.allstarsprint.com or call 217-352-9221. Attica Spring Nationals Champions: 1992 – Frankie Kerr, Frankie Kerr 1993 – Mark Keegan 1994 – Mark Keegan, Frankie Kerr 1995 – Dale Blaney, Joey Saldana 1996 – Bobby Teeple, Danny Smith 1997 – Gary Wright, Butch Schroeder 1998 – Jeff Shepard, Frankie Kerr 1999 – Kenny Jacobs 2000 – Craig Dollansky 2001 – Byron Reed 2002 – Greg Wilson, Jeff Shepard 2003 – Chad Kemenah, Greg Wilson 2004 – Chad Kemenah
All Star Track Facts
Events Number: 5-6 Track: Attica Raceway Park Size: 1/3 mile high banked dirt oval Location: Attica, Ohio .25 mile east of SR 4 on US 224, then north .25 mile on Venice, then east .1 mile on Lemmon at the fairgrounds Race Date: April 15-16 Web Site: www.atticaracewaypark.com Track Phone: 419-426-8911 Prior All Star races held: 1 9/4/89 Steve Kinser 2 4/8/90 Steve Siegel 3 6/15/90 Steve Siegel 4 7/4/90 Sammy Swindell 5 9/3/90 Dave Blaney 6 5/3/91 Bobby Allen 7 7/3/91 Sammy Swindell 8 9/2/91 Sammy Swindell 9 5/15/92 Frankie Kerr 10 5/16/92 Frankie Kerr 11 7/1/92 Terry Shepherd 12 9/7/92 Mark Keegan 13 4/10/93 Mark Keegan 14 7/7/93 Gary Wright 15 8/6/93 Kelly Kinser 16 9/6/93 Joey Saldana 17 4/22/94 Mark Keegan 18 4/23/94 Frankie Kerr 19 7/6/94 Frankie Kerr 20 9/5/94 Frankie Kerr 21 4/21/95 Dale Blaney 22 4/22/95 Joey Saldana 23 5/19/95 Dale Blaney 24 7/8/95 Mark Keegan 25 8/4/95 Randy Kinser 26 9/4/95 Mark Kinser 27 4/20/96 Bob Teeple 28 4/20/96 Danny Smith 29 5/17/96 Dale Blaney 30 7/6/96 Frankie Kerr 31 7/18/96 Dale Blaney 32 9/2/96 Kevin Gobrecht 33 4/18/97 Gary Wright 34 4/19/97 Butch Schroeder 35 5/23/97 Frankie Kerr 36 7/5/97 Joey Saldana 37 7/17/97 Tyler Walker 38 9/1/97 Terry Mccarl 39 4/17/98 Jeff Shepard 40 4/18/98 Frankie Kerr 41 5/15/98 Keith Kauffman 42 7/4/98 Dean Jacobs 43 7/16/98 Jeff Shepard 44 9/7/98 Jeff Shepard 45 5/14/99 Jeff Shepard 46 6/18/99 Kenny Jacobs 47 7/3/99 Kenny Jacobs 48 7/14/99 Butch Schroeder 49 9/6/99 Joey Saldana 50 4/15/00 Craig Dollansky 51 5/12/00 Kenny Jacobs 52 6/25/00 Jeff Shepard 53 7/12/00 Kelly Kinser 54 9/4/00 Chad Kemenah 55 4/21/01 Byron Reed 56 6/22/01 Rob Chaney 57 7/1/01 Byron Reed 58 8/25/01 Kenny Jacobs 59 9/3/01 Danny Smith 60 4/19/02 Greg Wilson 61 4/20/02 Jeff Shepard 62 6/14/02 Kelly Kinser 63 6/30/02 Greg Wilson 64 8/31/02 Alvin Roepke 65 9/1/02 Greg Wilson 66 4/11/03 Chad Kemenah 67 4/12/03 Greg Wilson 68 6/29/03 Chad Kemenah 69 8/30/03 Greg Wilson 70 4/16/04 Chad Kemenah 71 5/28/05 Dale Blaney 72 6/27/05 Dale Blaney
Other 2005 Attica All Star race dates: May 27 & June 26
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