By: Ron Burt
Attica Raceway Park Opens
Northwest Ohio loves the 410-winged sprints, and their opening night feature was a nail-bitter. Bryce Lucius was the 2023 national 410 rookie of the year and recently celebrated his 17th birthday, ran in the top 3 the entire feature. Lucius took advantage of a late race mechanical issue for Cale Thomas and led the final two laps to score his first career 410 sprint feature win to open the 2024 season. Nate Dussel led the first 22 laps of the 30-lap affair before Thomas took over, leading until lap 28 when Lucius drove into the lead and got the win. The top five in the Callies Performance Products 410 Sprints feature were 1st Bryce Lucius, 2nd Cale Thomas, Nate Dussel, 4th Max Stambaugh, and 5th Skylar Gee.
UMP Late Model feature saw Todd Brennan jump into an early lead but Ionia, Michigan’s Travis Stemler powered into the top spot-on lap eight, utilizing lapped traffic for the pass. Stemler was able to pull away for his second career Attica win over Rusty Schlenk, Devin Shiels, John Lee, and Ryan Markham.
The 25-lap Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature also came down to the closing laps. Dustin Stroup led the first 22 laps, but bouncing in a rut on the track allowed the four time and defending Attica track champion Jamie Miller to grab the lead and drive to his 40th career Attica win. Stroup, Shawn Valenti, Steve Rando, and Seth Schneider rounded out the top five.
In USAC News
The 2024 USAC Midget National Championship season officially begins on April 26-27 at Kokomo Speedway. Saturated grounds forced cancellation of last Friday’s Jim Hurtubise Classic at Terre Haute Speedway. The USAC Sprint cars went to Red Hill Raceway Saturday, April 6. Logan Seavey will enter this weekend as USAC National Sprint Car point leader. He has a 38-point lead over C.J. Leary who won last week at Paragon Speedway in Brownstown, IN. USAC has been announced as the official sanctioning body of the newest endurance racing series in 2024. The 4-event Porsche Motorsport North America championship includes three 60-minute races & a single 6-hour race in its inaugural season.
Great Lakes Super Sprint News
April will be a busy month for the 360 Great Lakes Super Sprints. The year starts at Waynesfield Raceway Park, near Lima, on Saturday, April 13. On Saturday, April 19th they will be at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, MI. They finish the month with two race nights at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, TN on the 26th and 27th. This track is Southeast of Nashville. The GLSS will be racing against the USCS based out of Georgia. Look for great 360 racing and bragging rights for North vs South! Until next week, keep your wheels down. Ron out! ohiosportsblitz@yahoo.com
