By Brian Liskai

(Attica, OH) The possibilities of who might show up to compete at the traditional HD Supply Spring Nationals at Attica Raceway Park on Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9 has fans across the Midwest eagerly anticipating the event that will kick off the O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions’ Ohio Region.
 
Some of the drivers are a given, like two-time and defending All Star champion and winner of the 2010 Knoxville Nationals Tim Shaffer. The Steel City Outlaw already has a win with the All Stars at Ocala, Florida, and after his run at Attica’s season opener on April 1 – from 12th starting spot to a fourth place and closing finish – he certainly has to be considered the driver to beat. There’s also two time series’ champion Greg Wilson, who owns wins in the Spring Nationals in 2002, 2003 and 2006, and three-time All Star champion Dale Blaney, who has taken Spring National victories in 1995, 2007 and 2009. Add 2010 Ohio Sprint Speedweek champion David Gravel, who has started the season strong with several top five runs, including against the World of Outlaws, and 2010 All Star Rookie of the Year Cap Henry, and the excitement grows.
 
Then there’s the tough Attica weekly competitors including six-time track champion Byron Reed, who claimed two All Star wins at the track in 2010 and owns Spring Nationals victories in 2001 and last year. Add Dean Jacobs, who took the track’s opening night feature win, Phil Gressman, who ran consistent top fives against the All Stars in 2010, Craig Mintz, another top five competitor when the All Stars come to town, a veteran like Danny Smith (a 1996 and 2005 Spring Nationals winner) and young guns such as Kyle Sauder, Kevin Lee, Cole Duncan, Brandon Martin and Bryan Sebetto, and the recipe for an epic battle thickens.