ATTICA, Ohio — Travis Philo was so close to a win at Attica Raceway Park a couple of weeks ago.
The Bowling Green, Ohio, driver wasn’t going to let another opportunity slip through his fingers as he led all 30 laps Friday, working traffic to perfection to score his first win of 2022 on Advanced Drainage Solutions/Steinle Chevrolet-Buick/NAPA Auto Parts Night.
The victory was the eight of his career at Attica, though it wasn’t easy as Craig Mintz and Trey Jacobs challenged at the midway point of the race. Philo’s chassis was just repaired Monday after a crash the previous weekend.
Jacobs third place finish coupled with Cole Macedo’s eighth-place fun should propel the Jacobs to the track’s point lead as he looks to repeat as champion.
Also, defending All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Bauman Auto Group defending champion D.J. Foos would come home fourth to close the gap on Macedo for that title.
“We had a really good car. AJ, my dad, Kayden, Carly, my uncle Dave is here…we’ve been having a stretch of bad luck. We tore up a car at Eldora and we’ve run a lot of seconds and thirds this year. Finally nice to get the job done. This is AJ (Havens) and I and Kayden’s first win together. I don’t like starting on the front row….you’re kinda expected to win those races but I just had a good car. I was trying to pedal the car a little bit so I didn’t catch the lapped cars and the cautions fell at the right time. I got the wing back and it worked out pretty good,” said Philo.
Ryan Markham led all 25 laps of the Dirt Nerds Podcast/Propane.com UMP Late Model feature to claim his second straight victory at Attica. It is the 21st of his career at the track to sit third for the division’s all-time win list. It wasn’t easy for Markham as several restarts Casey Noonan challenged to his inside. But once Markham got his momentum on the high side he pulled away.
When Jamie Miller slid off the track with 11 laps to go, Matt Foos was there to pounce in the Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature. Foos, a former Attica dirt truck champion, held off several challenges from Kasey Jedrzejek and worked his way perfectly through heavy lapped traffic for his 2nd win of the season at Attica and the sixth of his career in the division.
Foos’ victory in the non-stop feature got him a little closer to Paul Weaver (finished fourth) and Miller (finished third) in the chase for the title of the NAPA of Bryan Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales.
The finish:
- 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 2. 09-Craig Mintz[1] ; 3. 3J-Trey Jacobs[4] ; 4. 16-DJ Foos[3] ; 5. 25R-Jordan Ryan[16] ; 6. 33W-Caleb Griffith[6] ; 7. 99-Skyler Gee[10] ; 8. 18-Cole Macedo[5] ; 9. 68G-Tyler Gunn[13] ; 10. 5-Byron Reed[17] ; 11. 23-Chris Andrews[14] ; 12. 14H-Zane DeVault[12] ; 13. 97-Greg Wilson[15] ; 14. 84-Cale Stinson[18] ; 15. 8M-TJ Michael[19] ; 16. 101-Lachlan McHugh[7] ; 17. 35-Stuart Brubaker[9] ; 18. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[20] ; 19. 29-Zeth Sabo[8] ; 20. 14R-Sean Rayhall[11]