Tim Shaffer drove a sprint car painted in memory of Trevor Baker to victory at Attica Raceway Park on Friday. (Photo by Mike Campbell)
ATTICA, Ohio — Just over a week ago, Ohio sprinter Trevor Baker — whose cheerful personality made him many friends in the racing community — lost his life in a car accident in Florida.
Tim Shaffer and his car owner Bryan Grove paid tribute to Baker Friday at Attica Raceway Park as the Hall of Famer driver put No. 45 on the winning lane to start the Attica Ambush.
Because Grove made his sprint car look like Baker’s to honor the Shreve, Ohio driver, many felt Baker’s presence at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant, including Shaffer.
“The yellow flag helped me. I had to move around in lapped traffic and ended up playing around with the wing. I put it on the high side where Trevor loved to run…he was definitely with us tonight. So cool for Bryan Grove to honor Trevor. This one’s for the Baker family,” Shaffer said.
It was Shaffer’s 20th career Attica win and placed the four-time All-Star Champion fifth on the all-time 410 sprint win list at the track. T
Despite leading all 30 laps for the $5,000 payday, it wasn’t easy as traffic allowed Jordan Ryan to close and challenge midway before a lap 18 warning gave Shaffer a clear lane. Shaffer drove away to victory with DJ Foos rounding Ryan on the white flag lap for a second place finish while Ryan, Trey Jacobs and 12th starter Ricky Peterson rounded out the top five.
With second place at Foos, the defending All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group champion finishes the game on Cole Macedo.
The 30-lap feature of the Sunoco American Late Model Series was a dandy as four to five cars fought for top spot for most of the track before Ryan Missler of Bellevue, Ohio secured his second win of the season at Attica, and it was US$5,000 -worth dollars.
Defending champion and three-time track champion Devin Shiels led the first 12 laps before Markham passed and pulled away from a massive battle for second place that involved Shiels, Devin Moran, Missler and Collin Shipley. A booking on lap 21 put Shiels, Missler and Moran right on Markham’s rear bumper. Three laps later, Markham had engine problems and pitted to hand the lead to Missler. Moran moved into second with four to go and was closing in on Missler, but the five-time Attica Champion fought through traffic to claim his 18th career Attica win over Moran, Shiels, Mike Bores and Shipley .
Just like the previous week, the Fremont Fence 305 Sprint Feature came right through to the final corner of the final lap. Last week it was Kasey Jedrzejek who snatched the dramatic victory. This Friday, it was veteran Paul Weaver, riding under Jedrzejek, who came to the lady to steal his fourth win of the season and the 68th of his career in the division. The win was worth $1,500.
The win gives Weaver a little more breathing room in his quest to win his third straight NAPA of Bryan AFCS presents Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales title.
The end:
Feature (30 rounds): 1. 45-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 2. 16 DJ Foos[1] ; 3. 25R-Jordan Ryan[3] ; 4. 3J-Trey Jacobs[4] ; 5. 2-Ricky Peterson[12] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[11] ; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6] ; 8. 29-Zeth Sabo[8] ; 9. 49X-Cale Thomas[21] ; 10. 68G-Tyler Gunn[10] ; 11. 18- Cole Macedo[9] ; 12. 47 B.C. B.C.—Emerson Axson[19] ; 13. 5-Byron reed[15] ; 14. 2+ Brian Smith[16] ; 15. 16C-Tylar Rankin[5] ; 16. 7N-Darin Naida[13] ; 17. 42-Boston Met[22] ; 18. 11N-Ayrton Olsen[20] ; 19. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[18] ; 20. 23-Chris Andrews[7] ; 21. 99-Skyler Gee[17] ; 22. 70-Henry Malcuit[14]
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