by Bryan Autello (419) 266.2897 (info@allstarsprint.com)

August 31, 2007 Sarver, Pennsylvania) The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions made their second and final appearance of 2007 at Western PA’s Lernerville Speedway to complete Round One of the Fall Brawl weekend.

There were 33 local stars and All Stars lining the pit ready to duke it out on the famed half-mile. Local heavy hitters Rod George, Ed Lynch and Kevin Sheaffer were ready to defend their turf but it was PA native Stevie Smith (now residing in Oklahoma) who made his way to the checkered flag.

Rob Chaney and Scott Priester started on the front row and Chaney jumped to the early lead as the track grew slicker with each lap. Byron Reed challenged Chaney early but Dale Blaney was on a mission to the front and eventually got past Reed and powered past Chaney on the outside to take the lead.

As the rest of the field bumped and banged through the turns and ran three-wide down the straightaways, ninth-starting Stevie Smith quietly worked his way toward the front. Working the low groove paid off as he caught the leader and dove under him in turn two. Blaney chased him hard but Smith prevailed.

"In my mind," Stevie said, "I wanted to win this race, but didn’t think it was possible. These guys were all going so good tonight. I don’t expect to do this every night. We just got better through the night and made some changes for the feature. I got passed by somebody who got down there underneath me. I figured if he can do it, then I can do it and that’s probably what won us the race," said Smith in reference to the moisture on the bottom of turn two.

The battle was hot and heavy for sixth and seventh-place with Greg Wilson fighting Danny Smith for crucial points toward the championship. Wilson came in 34 points behind Smith and fought tooth and nail to gain a couple by finishing one spot ahead of Smith. Both drivers bumped wheels all around the speedway for several laps as Wilson held off multiple charges by Smith. The two traded positions a number of times in the closing laps of the non-stop 35-lap event. With just a handful of races left, Smith is trying to hang on for his first ever championship.

All Stars travel to Attica Raceway Park for Round Two of the Fall Brawl on Saturday, September 1. The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions “America’s Series Since 1970” is at 215 West Main Street in Camargo, IL 61919. Phone (217) 832.2308 or visit www.allstarsprint.com.

Huggins Cams qualifications) 1 Mike Lutz 15.319; 2 Ed Lynch Jr 15.353; 3 Brian Ellenberger 15.416; 4 Bob Felmlee 15.505; 5 Todd Bauer 15.584; 6 Byron Reed 15.586; 7 Chad Blonde 15.588; 8 Scott Priester 15.692; 9 Rob Chaney 15.871; 10 Brian Paulus 15.880; 11 Dale Blaney 15.926; 12 Kevin Schaeffer 15.942; 13 Stevie Smith 15.972; 14 Charlie Holben 15.973; 15 Greg Wilson 16.003; 16 Rod George 16.021; 17 Craig Mintz 16.036; 18 Danny Smith 16.092; 19 Carl Bowser 16.181; 20 Caleb Griffith 16.196; 21 Andy McKisson 16.231; 22 Brent Matus 16.249; 23 Scott Bonnell 16.361; 24 Ryan Myers 16.417; 25 Jason Pisani 16.560; 26 Brandon Martin 16.573; 27 Brock Mayes 16.705; 28 Dan Shetler 16.806; 29 Arnie Kent 16.891; 30 Paul May 16.965; 31 Danny Holtgraver 17.135; 32 Joe Butera 18.254; 33 Bill Kiley 22.807.

Crown Battery Heat 1) 1 Mintz; 2 McKisson; 3 S.Smith; 4 Chaney; 5 Lutz. DNQ 6 Kent; 7 Bauer; 8 Pisani; 9 Kiley

Hoosier Heat 2) 1 D.Smith; 2 Holben; 3 Matus; 4 Lynch; 5 Reed. DNQ 6 Paulus; 7 Martin; 8 May

Engler Machine & Tool Heat 3) 1 Blaney; 2 Bonnell; 3 Bowser; 4 Wilson; 5 Mayes. DNQ 6 Ellenberger; 7 Holtgraver; 8 Blonde

Taylor Wings Heat 4) 1 George; 2 Priester; 3 Griffith; 4 Schaeffer; 5 Felmlee. DNQ 6 Shetler; 7 Myers; 8 Butera

Dash) Blaney; Wilson; Mintz; Chaney; D.Smith; Reed

University of Northwest Ohio B-main) 1 Chad Blonde; 2 Brian Paulus; 3 Paul May; 4 Arnie Kent; 5 Brandon Martin. DNQ 6 Brian Ellenberger 20, 7 Danny Holtgraver D4, 8 Jason Pisani 51, 9 Dan Shetler (Chiapelli 98), 10 William Kiley 4k, 11 Todd Bauer 45, 12 Joe Butera (Matus 33), 13 Ryan Myers (Garrett 56)

MSD Ignition A-main [start] 1 Stevie Smith 19 [9]; 2 Dale Blaney 2 [7]; 3 Byron Reed 5r [3]; 4 Chad Blonde 5 [11]; 5 Rob Chaney 24h [1]; 6 Greg Wilson W20 [13]; 7 Danny Smith 4 [16]; 8 Mike Lutz 15 [6]; 9 Craig Mintz 09 [15]; 10 Bob Felmlee 6 [4]; 11 Brian Paulus 28 [12]; 12 Kevin Schaeffer 9 [8]; 13 Scott Priester 11x [2]; 14 Andy McKisson 0 [19]; 15 Brock Mayes 11b [22]; 16 Carl Bowser 10 [17]; 17 Rod George 4 [14]; 18 Brandon Martin 11m [25]; 19 Brent Matus 33 [20]; 20 Charlie Holben 42 [10]; 21 Ed Lynch Jr 2L [5]; 22 Scott Bonnell 3 [21]; 23 Paul May 71m [24]; 24 Dan Shetler 98 [26]; 25 Caleb Griffith 12 [18]; 26 Arnie Kent 18 [23] All Star 410w