By: Ron Burt
Henry, Schlenk and Miller Victorious
Friday, March 14th Attica Raceway Park opened for the 2025 racing season. At 3PM when the track opened there was a line of fans from the ticket windows out into the parking lot as race fans from all over the Tri-state flocked to get good seats.
Henry, from Republic Ohio, picked up where he left off last year. The three time and defending Attica Raceway Park 410 sprint champion, took the lead from Craig Mintz on lap eight and then held off several challenges from Mintz in traffic to score the opening night win. Dan McCarron led the first two laps of Callie’s Performance Products 410 Sprint A-main before fourth starter Mintz blasted by to take the lead. Henry, who started eighth, moved into second on lap seven and under Mintz for the lead, exiting turn four to complete lap eight. Henry fought through heavy lapped traffic on lap 13 and that allowed both Mintz and DJ Foos to close. Henry and Mintz nearly touched several times over the next hand full of laps until the only caution of the 30-lap affair fell on lap 14 for a stalled Chris Andrews who had charged from eighth to ninth.
Despite a clear track, Henry could not shake Mintz as the two continued to battle through lapped traffic, with just eight laps to go. Henry finally found the high line and pulled away for his 21st career 410 sprint win at Attica, placing him in a tie with Chad Kemenah for fourth on the division’s all-time win list. Mintz, Foos, McCarron and Bryan Sebetto rounded out the top five.
McClure, Ohio’s Rusty Schlenk dominated the 25-lap Dirt Nerds Podcast UMP Late Model feature at Attica Raceway Park. The 3 time National UMP Champion led from the drop of the green and built up sizeable leads with the feature’s only caution on lap three the only thing that slowed him down. It was Schlenk’s 46th career late model win at Attica, as he sits atop the all-time win list at the track. Devin Shiels, Casey Noonan, Ryan Markham and Collin Shipley rounded out the top five.
Jamie Miller also picked right up where he left off after the 2024 season which saw him win six features in the Fremont Fence 305 Sprints at Attica. Miller, a five time and defending Attica 305 sprint track champion, took the lead from Blayne Keckler on lap 12 and survived the 25-lap feature’s only yellow with just six laps to go, to score his 46th career division win, placing him second on the all-time win list. Seth Schneider got a last lap pass of Keckler to finish second with Brandon Moore and Kasey Ziebold rounding out the top five. Attica Raceway Park will be back in action Friday, March 21 (rain date of Saturday, March 22) with the 410 and 305 sprints and late models in action.
Saturday, we attended the 3 day Race Car and Future Stars Show in Piqua, Ohio. Racing fans weren’t disappointed. Every space in the former mall was filled with race cars, dirt and asphalt. You can see pictures from the show on our Facebook page, Ohio Sports Blitz. I was able to speak to several drivers and get interviews for upcoming newspaper columns. Until next week, keep your wheels down. Ron out!
