Tyler Courtney Leads Every Lap of Attica Spring Nationals Finale to Secure Weekend Sweep
ATTICA, Ohio (April 16, 2022) – The lights were on, but it was all “Sunshine” this weekend at the home of “Ohio’s Finest Racing,” as Tyler Courtney, ace of the Clauson Marshall Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 7BC, earned his second victory in as many days at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio, officially sweeping the Core & Main Spring Nationals with another $6,000 triumph on Saturday evening, April 16. Blasting ahead from the outside-pole position, Sunshine led all 30 circuits of the weekend finale, surviving a pair of red flag stoppages, as well as numerous waves of heavy traffic, to secure the 11th Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory of his young career.
Impressive enough, Courtney’s final margin of victory reached nearly four seconds, outrunning fellow All Star Circuit of Champions competitor and Angola, Indiana, native, Zeb Wise, to the final checkers, followed by Ohio hotshot, Cole Duncan, Rudeen Racing’s Cory Eliason, and “Hunter Percent” Hunter Schuerenberg.
“It was kinda tricky tonight. The wind changed directions on us a few times and it made it hard to not want to blow off the top of the race track. Determining where the lap cars were going to go made it tricky, too,” Courtney said in victory lane, who is chasing a second consecutive All Star title in 2022. “Jake and all the boys have been working their tails off all winter. To start our All Star title defense with two wins, and putting this NOS Energy Drink car where it belongs, is a really good feeling. Hopefully, this is momentum we can carry into the summer.”
Wise, commencing his third season as an All Star full-timer, started from the pole position for the 30-lap contest, and although Courtney was able to snag the point at the drop of the green, the former Rayce Rudeen Foundation Race champion hung tough and did all that he could to keep the Clauson Marshall Racing entry within reach.
“I feel like the ‘7’ was better than us, especially through one and two,” Wise explained. “He could roll the top a lot better than I could. At times, it was hard to see getting into one so I just took my time getting through lapped traffic. When Tyler would get by a lapped car, the lapped car would switch lanes because they knew that was the faster way, so it made it tricky to get by them. Everyone on this car belongs back here on the podium. This feels really good after some disappointment last night.”
UP NEXT:
The Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will continue their 2022 campaign with a three-race swing through Central Pennsylvania on Thursday through Saturday, April 21-23. Series regulars and the infamous Pennsylvania Posse will collide in visits to Bloomsburg Fair Raceway, Williams Grove Speedway, and Port Royal Speedway in respective fashion headlined with Port Royal’s annual Keith Kauffman Classic awarding $10,000-to-win. The visits to Bloomsburg and Williams Grove will award $6,000 each.
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Contingency Awards/Results: Attica Raceway Park | April 16, 2022:
Event: Core & Main Spring Nationals
Kistler Racing Products Pill Draw | Entries: 46
Nunzi’s Advertising Hot Laps: Tyler Courtney | 13.328
Dixie Vodka Fast Qualifier: Cole Macedo | 13.961
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #1 Winner: Byron Reed
Competition Suspension Inc Heat #2 Winner: Bill Balog
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #3 Winner: Cory Eliason
Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: Tyler Courtney
Kistler Racing Products Heat #5 Winner: Cole Duncan
Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash Winner: Zeb Wise
Classic Ink USA B-Main Winner: Cale Conley
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Kevin Thomas Jr.
Tezos A-Main Winner: Tyler Courtney (3)
Hercules Tires A-Main Hard Charger: Greg Wilson (+13)
Carquest Perseverance Award: Justin Peck
Qualifying
Group (A)
55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 14.001; 2. 5-Byron Reed, 14.005; 3. 101-Cale Thomas, 14.006; 4. 99-Skylar Gee, 14.065; 5. 3C-Cale Conley, 14.121; 6. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 14.355; 7. O7-Bradley Howard, 14.407; 8. 8M-TJ Michael, 14.613; 9. 14H-Zane DeVault, 14.673; 10. 33W-Caleb Griffith, 14.691
Group (B)
18-Cole Macedo, 13.961; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 14.137; 3. 4-Cap Henry, 14.268; 4. 11-Parker Price Miller, 14.345; 5. O9-Craig Mintz, 14.359; 6. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr., 14.401; 7. 23-Chris Andrews, 14.437; 8. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 14.564; 9. O1-Anthony D’Alessio, 14.667
Group (C)
7-Scott Bogucki, 14.058; 2. 26-Cory Eliason, 14.386; 3. 97-Greg Wilson, 14.559; 4. 28-Tim Shaffer, 14.612; 5. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 14.701; 6. 8-Zach Ames, 14.901; 7. 12C-Kyle Capodice, 15.103; 8. 2-Ricky Peterson, 15.149; 9. 4A-Bradley Ashford, 16.357
Group (D)
10-Zeb Wise, 14.208; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 14.351; 3. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 14.763; 4. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 14.781; 5. 25R-Jordan Ryan, 14.798; 6. 4X-Danny Smith, 14.951; 7. 1-Nate Dussel, 14.974; 8. 83M-Broc Martin, 15.308; 9. 19-Chris Windom, 15.482
Group (E)
5T-Travis Philo, 14.459; 2. 16-DJ Foos, 14.765; 3. 22C-Cole Duncan, 14.911; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 14.964; 5. 13-Justin Peck, 15.063; 6. 29-Zeth Sabo, 15.134; 7. 12G-Corbin Gurley, 15.174; 8. 14-Chad Kemenah, 15.184; 9. 5J-Jake Hesson, 15.249
Heat 1 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
5-Byron Reed [1]; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [4]; 3. 101-Cale Thomas [2]; 4. 99-Skylar Gee [3]; 5. 22-Brandon Spithaler [6]; 6. 3C-Cale Conley [5]; 7. O7-Bradley Howard [7]; 8. 8M-TJ Michael [8]; 9. 14H-Zane DeVault [9]; 10. 33W-Caleb Griffith [10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
17B-Bill Balog [1]; 2. 11-Parker Price Miller [3]; 3. 4-Cap Henry [2]; 4. O9-Craig Mintz [5]; 5. 18-Cole Macedo [4]; 6. 23-Chris Andrews [7]; 7. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr. [6]; 8. 14R-Sean Rayhall [8]; 9. O1-Anthony D’Alessio [9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
26-Cory Eliason [1]; 2. 28-Tim Shaffer [3]; 3. 8-Zach Ames [6]; 4. 7-Scott Bogucki [4]; 5. 97-Greg Wilson [2]; 6. 71H-Max Stambaugh [5]; 7. 12C-Kyle Capodice [7]; 8. 2-Ricky Peterson [8]; 9. 4A-Bradley Ashford [9]
Heat 4 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
7BC-Tyler Courtney [1]; 2. 10-Zeb Wise [4]; 3. 3J-Trey Jacobs [2]; 4. 1-Nate Dussel [7]; 5. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [3]; 6. 4X-Danny Smith [6]; 7. 19-Chris Windom [9]; 8. 83M-Broc Martin [8]; 9. 25R-Jordan Ryan [5]
Heat 5 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
22C-Cole Duncan [2]; 2. 16-DJ Foos [1]; 3. 5T-Travis Philo [4]; 4. 13-Justin Peck [5]; 5. 29-Zeth Sabo [6]; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker [3]; 7. 14-Chad Kemenah [8]; 8. 5J-Jake Hesson [9]; 9. 12G-Corbin Gurley [7]
Dash (6 Laps)
10-Zeb Wise [2]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [3]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog [4]; 4. 22C-Cole Duncan [6]; 5. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [8]; 6. 26-Cory Eliason [7]; 7. 7-Scott Bogucki [1]; 8. 5T-Travis Philo [5]; 9. 5-Byron Reed [10]; 10. 4-Cap Henry [9]
C-main (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer
14R-Sean Rayhall [1]; 2. 8M-TJ Michael [2]; 3. 2-Ricky Peterson [3]; 4. O1-Anthony D’Alessio [6]; 5. 12G-Corbin Gurley [9]; 6. 14H-Zane DeVault [7]; 7. 5J-Jake Hesson [4]
B-main (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
3C-Cale Conley [2]; 2. 18-Cole Macedo [1]; 3. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [5]; 4. 97-Greg Wilson [4]; 5. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr. [11]; 6. 22-Brandon Spithaler [3]; 7. 29-Zeth Sabo [6]; 8. 19-Chris Windom [15]; 9. 23-Chris Andrews [7]; 10. 8M-TJ Michael [17]; 11. O7-Bradley Howard [12]; 12. 12C-Kyle Capodice [13]; 13. 71H-Max Stambaugh [8]; 14. 35-Stuart Brubaker [10]; 15. 4X-Danny Smith [9]; 16. 14R-Sean Rayhall [16]; 17. 14-Chad Kemenah [14]
A-main (30 Laps)
7BC-Tyler Courtney [2]; 2. 10-Zeb Wise [1]; 3. 22C-Cole Duncan [4]; 4. 26-Cory Eliason [6]; 5. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [5]; 6. 4-Cap Henry [10]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog [3]; 8. 16-DJ Foos [13]; 9. 13-Justin Peck [20]; 10. 11-Parker Price Miller [11]; 11. 97-Greg Wilson [24]; 12. 28-Tim Shaffer [12]; 13. 18-Cole Macedo [22]; 14. 99-Skylar Gee [17]; 15. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [23]; 16. 101-Cale Thomas [14]; 17. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr. [25]; 18. O9-Craig Mintz [18]; 19. 1-Nate Dussel [19]; 20. 19-Chris Windom [26]; 21. 7-Scott Bogucki [7]; 22. 8-Zach Ames [16]; 23. 3J-Trey Jacobs [15]; 24. 5T-Travis Philo [8]; 25. 5-Byron Reed [9]; 26. 3C-Cale Conley [21] Lap Leaders: Tyler Courtney (1-30)
2022 All Star Circuit of Champions Winners:
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 14): Tyler Courtney
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 15): Cory Eliason
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 15): Tyler Courtney (2)
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 16): Tyler Courtney (3)
2022 All Star Dixie Fast Timers:
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 14): Alex Bowman | 12.932
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 15): Danny Dietrich | 12.747
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 15): Brady Bacon | 13.239
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 16): Cole Macedo | 13.961
2022 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (as of April 16):
Tyler Courtney – 300
Bill Balog – 274
Cap Henry – 274
Hunter Schuerenberg – 274
Parker Price-Miller – 270
Cory Eliason – 270
Zeb Wise – 266
Justin Peck – 264
Scott Bogucki – 250
Kevin Thomas Jr. -242
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