Tim Shaffer

Tim Shaffer has committed to the Renegade Sprints and will race with the series at Attica Raceway Park five times next season. (Jeremy Elliott | jelliott@pennlive.com)

There has been a slight power-shift in the battle between the All Star Circuit of Champions and the upstart Renegade Sprint series.

Courtesy of Attica Raceway Park.

A few weeks ago, the All Stars released a tentative schedule that had five shows taking place at Attica. The one-third facility announced Friday that those dates were being given to the rival Renegade series.

The Renegades will be at Attica Raceway Park April 3-4 for the Sprint Nationals, July 19 and Sept. 4-5.

"The feedback we were getting from fans, drivers and car owners was that there is more interest in the Renegades," track promoter John Bores said. "We have committed to them. It seemed like the best fit for us."

It was a surprising move.

Attica has been one of two strongholds for Guy Webb's All Stars over the years, hosting in the neighborhood of five events a season. The more notable dates were Ohio Speed Week and a two-day Labor Day show.

Not this year. With the departure of Attica from the All Star schedule, you have to wonder how many other tracks will follow and what happens to speed week.

"I don't know how it will work out," Bores said. "I think there will be a speed week. I'm sure tracks want to have it.

"I haven't talked to any other tracks. I'm assuming there will be a speed week, I just don't know who will run it."

It's been a rough week for Webb and the All Stars.

Jacksonville Speedway dropped the All Stars off a co-sanctioned event with MOWA and the National Sprint League on the heels of perceived negative comments towards Renegade drivers by Webb in a Area Auto Racing News story.

The loss of Attica Raceway Park leaves an even bigger hole on an All Star slate that is now under 45 races.

"This is my 10th year at the track, and we've had the All Stars since I've been there," Bores said. "We did OK with the All Stars, that's why we kept bringing them back.

"It was a business deal. We talked to the All Stars, but we didn't have a contract with them. We had to make a choice, and we made a commitment to the Renegades."

Continued Bores, "I have talked with the All Stars since the decision. It was short and brief. It just appears that the [Renegades] have a better following of drivers and better support from fans and owners."