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cj22carcar

Sep 4 2006, 06:36 PM

Boy... what a long day it turned out to be..... I am still exhausted....

We left the house at ten a.m............ arrived at Lawrenceburg right around 2:30 P.M. our time....
My daughter Amy and granddaughter Kayla came down for the weekend and went with us to the races...I left them and headed for the pit area........
I ran into Pam and Jeff Leka at the pit gate and talked with them for a while...... Rob Fuqua's Crew Chief came by and said hello.............I went by Fuqua's pit area and took some pictures... Rob said from the race saturday night he had a hole in his header........

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I next went by the #31c of Craig Conyer...they were busy working so I did not stop to say hello.... I did however get to talk with Craig after the race was over........ in his heat he had got nearly wiped out...the whole side of his car had almost been ripped off and other side was bent in..... I tried taking pictures of it but they did not turn out very good.... will put them on and maybe you can get an idea what it looked like

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Next I went by Brent Mullins pit area to see the new hauler that they had just bought..... all I gotta say is WOW.......how nice......has slide outs too.....

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I then went to see Team #22......these guys are crazy !!!

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also visiting Team #22 were Mike Holt and his fiance Joie....was really nice to see them...they are planning a wedding in November............. They are also the owners of a restaurant that is located between Oblong and Robinson.........about 5 miles west of Robinson....... it is called the MIDWAY DELI and will be called I believe she said MIDWAY DELI AND STEAK HOUSE........... I have been there ...........GOOD FOOD !!!!

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I got interviews with J.D. Largent #D1 and his car owner Danny Eichler...Danny is an icon of racing ..

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Matt Bex #31...Josh Scott #11js...Tony Anderson #22T...Brandon W. Dierlam #BW3 and Brad Wieck #BB1

Next I ran into two of my very favoirte people....Jesse and Sabrina Cramer.... they are such sweet kids ..
They are building a new home and expect to be in it if all goes well by next week......."best wishes to the two of you with your new home"

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Going to Lawrenceburg I had a few names I wanted to look up...........one was Ray Humpfrey....again I missed him...he choose to race at Danville........Kyle Logue....he was there on saturday but blew his engine and went home..... I tried to make contact with Jeff Harris but everytime I went to his area he was not there... I finally did find Brad Wieck but not by his car... I did not get a picture of Him.... He was with his daughters Baylie and Brooklynn........what cute kids....that baby never stopped smiling....

I had a great time going from one pit area to another meeting new drivers and running into some from previous races such as another of my favorite Lee Hobbs

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and at Jeff Leka's pit area where his son was helping out in the pit area

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I am going to add my summary of the races now and then I will add some more pictures...

cj22carcar

Sep 4 2006, 08:58 PM

I counted 112 modifieds...

They made six heats with about 18 in each one......then they had an E, a D , a C and two B Mains..

There were a lot of drivers there that I did not know and a lot of double numbers

In heat #1 the names I recognized were Brent Glastetter, Jeff Bland,jr , Dan Hamstra, Joey Kramer, Gabe Menser , Robbie Gullion and Russell Childress........first caution came out for the #23 who had started on front row outside... he had to go to tail....*** they have a rule.... no matter who is at fault...the one to stop on the track goes to the tail........ caution two comes out for the #6w who spins out.... the #55 pulls off... caution three comes out for the #70 of Fliehman and the #30 of Gould......caution four comes out for the #34 of Gullion...he goes off the track.........next caution comes out for the X...ends with Hamstra coming up from 8th to win and Kramer who started tenth takes second and Bland,jr takes 3rd....they go to the A Main....Gabe Menser crossed over fifth...........he will go to a B Main....

In heat #2..names I knew were John DeMoss, Tim Eddelman, Brady Short, Denny Schwartz, Lee Hobbs//
caution one came out for the #51......caution two came out for the #12....caution three was for the #71....ended with John DeMoss taking the checker and Eddelman 2nd and Denny Schwartz coming from tail to take 3rd...........Lee Hobbs missed going to feature by one spot

In heat #3 you found David Spille...Craig Conyer...Brad Wieck...Mugavin...Groomer...Gary Bland..Josh Scott......
caution one came out for the #11 of Josh Scott.....Craig Conyer pulled off at this time with a lot of sheet metal damage to his left side and also some damage to right side...**Josh Scott was sent off track for not having on driving gloves......was not allowed to return til the next caution...caution two came out for the #6H when he got sideways and then a yellow car rammed into him...I did not catch the number..both cars went off the track....the #31c of Conyer and the #11 of Scott both returned to the track......the number #55 brings out the third caution... ends with Todd Sherman winning...Brad Wieck 2nd and Spille 3rd.....Beem missed going to feature by one spot...

In heat #4 I did not know any of the drivers..........a caution came out right at the start when the #25 jumped the start......**they don't give you a second chance......first mishap..you go to the tail.....caution came out for the #119 for a spin....next caution came out for #30 and #119...next caution for the #52 who spins.... Caution for the #4 who spins........winner is Chris Streeval...Wheatley 2nd and Herbert 3rd.. Rick Curtain missed going to feature by one spot..

In heat #5 you had Brent Mullins, Jesse Cramer, Rob Fuqua, Jason Lakey, Jeff Leka, Mike Marlar, Matt Boknecht, Tim Dierlam..*** talk about a stacked heat....
Mullins got out in front early on and didn't take long for Cramer to make it to 2nd.. Rob Fuqua held on to 3rd for a while and then here came that Leka guy

all the way from 18th !!!! There was only one caution in the race involving the #00 of Donohoo and the #B79.... then on checker lap the #47 car spins and comes around and hits Jesse.... Jesse did not stop thank goodness...Jesse was running in 2nd place..I thought they would just end the heat with the checker flag...but no.... they had to take another lap to earn the checker.... Brent Mullins crossed first, Cramer second and Leka third....Fugua who had ran a really good race crossed over 4th missing the transfer spot....

In heat six you had Brent Glastetter......Greg Johnson (late model driver)...Gary Bland...Chad Kinder....Danny Schwartz....Groomer...Smallwood....
Greg Johnson got into the lead early on with Smallwood and Kinder in hot pursuit...first caution came out for #37...it was Johnson, Smallwood and Kinder.... caution comes out again for the #37..he goes off the track...with six laps in it is still Johnson, Smallwood and Kinder then Schwartz and then Glastetter..caution comes out for Groomer who spins.........another caution comes out for the #717 of Fields and the #20 ..........Kinder gets around Smallwood....Cjad took the lead from Greg Johnson and a caution came out before a completed lap for the #20f ...Chad goes back to 2nd....by the checker flag it was Chad Kinder...Greg Johnson...Danny Schwartz........The #2 crossed 4th....

The winners of the heats went out for the Dash...lineup was.....
Hamstra.....Kinder
Sherman...Mullins
Streeval...DeMoss
Dash went off without a hitch................Kinder taking first...Hamstra second..Mullins third...DeMoss fourth ..Streeval fifth and Sherman sixth....

In the E Main transfers were J.D. Francis and Brent Glastetter

In the D Main there was a caution right at start for a pile up of the #7, #21, r1 and 11...the #21 went off the track... Caution comes out for the #51 of Brickert for spinning out while he was leading..to the tail he goes...... Tommy Bailey takes over the lead with Griffis 2nd.... caution two comes out for the #71 who spins after being in 3rd place..... caution comes out for the #75....Tommy Bailey takes the win with Griffis taking 2nd...#37 3rd, Glastetter 4th....Davis 5th and Lilly 6th..

In the C Main...caution came out for the #14c of Rick Curtain and Tommy Bailey....to the tail....another caution comes out....... third caution comes out on restart for the #15 of Branscum who was leading at the time of his spinout.....by checker flag it was Larry Moreland, Sr....#32 of Davis, #82 of Neihaus...#257 of Mike Marlar, #4 of Lee and the #11x of Tommy Bailey.... Tim Dierlam crossed over seventh missing a transfer spot....

B Main #1........three to A Main............winners are Lee Hobbs....Gary Beem and Roger Williams..
B Main #2......winners are Matt Boknecht....Danny Schwartz and Smallwood...

FEATURE.....100 laps
line up
Kinder/Hamstra
Mullins/DeMoss
Streeval/Sherman
Kramer/Eddelman
Wieck/Wheatley
Cramer/Johnson
Bland/ Denny Schwartz
Spille/Herbert
Leka/Denny Schwartz
Hobbs/Boknecht
Beem/Danny Schwartz
Williams/Smallwood

Right at the start Dan Hamstra got out to the lead.... it was Hamstra, Kinder, Mullins, DeMoss, Wieck, and Streeval...
Hamstra laps the #65 of Sherman... Kramer has moved up to take 5th..............and here comes Denny Schwartz....He kept chiping away one by one..... Hamstra...Kinder...Schwartz...Mullins...DeMoss...Johnson..Sreeval..Kramer
Schwartz gets around Kinder and then starts going after Hamstra.... Chad is trying to hold off DeMoss.....Mullins is next and then Johnson
Schwartz takes the lead.....Hamstra, Kinder, DeMoss, Mullins, Johnson, Streeval, Kramer and Danny Schwartz up from 18th...
before the 50 mile lap Denny had lapped eight cars Hamstra had lapped five cars ....at this time DeMoss had got around Kinder..... after Kinder was Johnson...Mullins, Danny Schwartz....
On restart after 50 laps it was...Denny Schwartz, Hamstra, DeMoss, Kinder, Mullins, Johnson, Danny Schwartz, Leka, Kramer, Spille, Cramer, Streeval, a lap down was Matt Boknecht, Eddelman, Hobbs, Williams, Beem, Wheatley, Burdette, Wieck, Williams,........Sherman and Bland are out...
The race went the first fifty laps caution free.....
Second half there was a spin by the #0 of Greg Johnson... a caution came out for the #30 of Streeval....last caution came for the #0 of Johnson who spins again...
On the last lap or two the #79d of John DeMoss got around Dan Hamstra for second.....
ended with
Schwartz, DeMoss, Hamstra, Kinder, Danny Schwartz, Leka, Cramer, Spille, Mullins, Johnson, Streeal, Kramer, Boknecht, Smallwood, Beem Eddelman, Hobbs, Williams, Burdette, Wieck, Wheatley, Herbert, Sherman and Bland,jr...

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