Clay County Speedway Comments For July 24,2010 Options

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well... I will try this again.... had it done once and it came up error occured..........grrrrrrrr

I had made up my mind that I was going to try and deal with the heat and head to Clay County saturday night...but after having a garage sale during the day I was reconsidering.... it was 97 %.......
My daughter Amy and grandaughter Kayla is here for a visit and they were wanting to go... and I really wanted to go too.... I wanted to see my old friends and also pick up a Clay County Tee Shirt...

Well we headed for the track around 5:30... on the way we took short cut thru the country... we were going thru Bogota when I could not beleive my eyes.... there stood Don Kohl in front of his house..... I had to stop... it had been ages since I had seen him.... he was a team member of Kinder's but since getting married this year we hae not seen him around..... I told him how much we missed him but certainly was happy for him....

First thing I did when I got to the track was buy my CLAY COUNTY TEE SHIRT.... they are very sharp looking... I especially love mine... it has "cjsdirttrackracing.com on both the front and the back....
THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU MICHAEL.... this is the first time my site has been on a shirt..... lovin it....

We then went and sit up our seats.... I headed to the announcer's booth to see Jaylen Anne.... she is the beautiful daughter of Jerrica (Jones) the scorekeeper at CCS and the grandaughter of Jay Jone.... she is so cute.... Jerrica told me that Jaylen had a rough time making her entrance into the world... so glad that everything turned out ok... while giving birth Jerrica had an asthma attack which did not help... not a good experience with your first child birth...but as you look at the two of them together you can see Jerrica thinks it was all worth it.....

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The #51 Bible fans were sitting in front of us.... Phil sure has a cute daughter and two very cute grandkids..... soon Phil came to the bleachers to see his family and I got the chance to get an interview with him..... Phil is a young 57.. said he started racing at age 51 and he really enjoys it... make sure you read his interview...


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Rick Scott, the #25 hornet driver came up to say hello... I always enjoy it when the drivers will take time to come to the grandstand to say hello.... I very much appreciate it.... thankyou... Was nice talking with Rick...


It was getting close to racing time and it felt like the R word..... but... all we got was a little lightning off in the west and then...wow... a very welcomed change in the temperature... it felt like it dropped 20 degrees.... was wonderful and made the night a whole lot more enjoyable....

I like the way Jim Norton, the announcer for CCS, mingles with the crowd... He mentioned people by names and joked around with the fans... made them feel more connected to the events of the night.... keep it up Jim.....



The flagman Dan Shipman did a really goo job as well..




Michael Fox carried the flag tonight while the National Anthem was being played


There were not many cars tonight but the ones that were there are very loyal Clay County supporters and the track appreciates you very much....
We are in very rough times right now for all.... the tracks are suffering as well as the drivers and also the fans.... money is geting tight....
Clay County is having low car counts as well as low fan support... but....they sure are not alone....
At least two tracks that I have been to this year have closed their doors, drivers that I have watched over the years are selling out because it is getting to hard to stay above the red.... fans have stopped traveling as far to go racing and also go once a weekend where they may have went two or three nights week.... times are hard for all of us right now... it has to get better....
I just hope these smaller tacks can survive because if we lose them it hurts all of us.....

I had a good time at Clay County...but then.... I always do.... nice to see familiar faces....

There may have been a low car count but they gave us a show and entertained us.... thankyou very much....
Please keep supporting Clay County and the Burmeisters.....
I know personally that Michael is busting his butt to do what he can to keep this track going for his family, for his drivers and for us fans..... I thank YOU Michael.....
I learned that Michael is gonna be a daddy again.... him and his lovely wife will welcome a new little Burmeister this February.....they have a little boy so I am hoping they get a little girl...

I was suppose to meet with Michael after the races to talk with him about the everyday schedule of keeping a racetrack going but with the threat of a storm coming... I decided it was best I head home.... I am looking forward to talking with Michael... think what he has to tell us will shock a lot of people in just how much there is to getting ready for a race on the weekend.... soon Michael...


Here are the results to the racing:

modifieds...8 cars

heat one

94 Kelby Simmons..........66 Michael Fox

1 Larry Anderson............11r Ed Roley

37 Derrick Patton.........2X Jay Jones

32K Kris Wilson...........6B Baldwin

finish:
1..Larry Anderson driving the #1 that Chris Moore drove
2..Kelby Simmons
3..Michael Fox
4..Ed Roley
5..Baldwin
6..Jay Jones
7..Kris Wilson
8..Derrick Patton

MODIFIED FEATURE.......................

Anderson.....Simmons
Fox............Roley
Baldwin.....Jones
Wilson......Patton

Larry Anderson pulled out to the lead on the start with Michael Fox and Kelby Simmons in hot pursuit..
early in the race the #6B of Baldwin and the #2x of Jay Jones pulls off the track...
it is Anderson, Fox, Simmons, Roley, Wilson and Patton
First caution comes out for the #32 who lost is in turn 2 .. on restart Michael Fox gets the jump on Larry Anderson and takes the lead... another caution comes out for the #37 of Derrick Patton who lost it between turns 3 and 4...
on restart it is Fox, Anderson, Simmons, Roley, Wilson and Patton...... Larry Anderson starts sliding back and then pulls off the track...someone said it looked as if he had a flat tire.... hate to see a car go out like that... Anderson was looking real strong....
Michael was flying with Simmons trying to gain on him... Ed Roley started slipping back and he pulls off the track...with five laps to go the #37 of Patton pulls off...
crossing the line for the checker was Fox then Simmons then Wilson
1..Michael Fox
2..Kelby Simmons
3..Kris Wilson
4..Derrick Patton dnf
5..Ed Roley dnf
6..Larry Anderson dnf
7..Jay Jones dnf
8..Baldwin dnf





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STREET STOCK........5 CARS

#77 Greg Deddrick........79 Scott Dunlap
#01 ..........................51 Phil Bible
43x

On the drop of the green flag Scottie Dunlap took off and never looked back... he was flyin.....

The #01 I was told was a team car from Fayette County.... a Team Car is where there are two drivers... one does the steering and the other does the gears and brakes ....(I think.... if I am wrong on this tell me)

finish:
1..Scott Dunlap
2..Greg Deddrick
3..Phil Bible............who I got an interview with tonight
4..#01
5.. #43x dnf

FEATURE..

Dunlap...............Deddrick

Bible.................01

43x dns...........8 Mosely

Scott Dunlap took the lead on the start but not without the #77 of Deddrick giving him a run for his money.....then the #79 started pulling away...
The #08 of Mosely started at the tail but started slipping up thru the field.. the #77 and the #8 were having their own race..they made some contact and Mosely almost lost it but pulled thru and kept going...
caution came out for the #51 of Phil Bible who spins between 3 and 4...
The #79 of Scottie Dunlap had a half straight away lead on the other cars....
the #8 and #77 were racing hard....
the #01 pulls off................

finish...
1..Scott Dunlap
2..Mike Mosely
3..Greg Deddrick
4..Phil Bible
5..#01 dnf

#43x dns


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HORNETS....15 cars

heat 1..

27 Justin Jones.............J250

35 Lynn Lash.............71 Jimmie Bone, jr

3.............................25 Rick Scott

Took no time for the #71 of Bone to get to the front..... he held on to take the win.... the #J250 and the #3 pulled off the track before finish..

finish..
1..Jimmie Bone,jr
2..Justin Jones
3..Lynn Lash
4..Rick Scott

heat 2

T2 James Payne............#5x
#50............................#33
#98NR Justin Nolan

finish
1.. #5x
2..#T2 Payne
3..98NR Norton
4..#50
5..#33

FEATURE....

Bone,jr...............5x
Justin Jones.......Payne
Lash.................Norton
Scott...............#50
#3..................#33

The #71 of Jimmie Bone, jr got out to the lead and stayed there to the finish..... he was looking good....
running order was Bone, 8x, Payne, Justin Jones, Norton, Lash, 60, Scott

the #33 and the #27 of Justin Jones pulls off the track....

Jimmie started lapping and I got confused on the line up ... I wrote them down as they crossed the line...not sure which are lap cars..

1....Jimmie Bone, jr

2..James Payne

..Rick Scott............lap car
#3
Justin Norton
5X
Lynn Lash
#50


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There were not many cars there ...but the cars that were entertained us..... thankyou ....

Was good to see all of you again... thanks Rick Scott for stopping by to say hello and to Phil Bible who graciouslly allowed me to interview him...very much appreciated.... I enjoyed watching those two cute grandkids of yours.

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