When I got there the pit area was full of sprints...The only sprint drivers that I know are Jesse Cramer, Brady Short, and Shane Cottle.... was hoping one of them would be there.......two out of three were...
I was so excited to see Jesse and Sabrina...........have not seen them since he left the modifieds to go into a sprint...#12t... AND I got to see that cute little ten month old Chase.............WOW... Jesse sure can't deny him....he is a spitting image of his dad...
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I was also very happy to see Brady Short #36....Was great getting to talk with him again...
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It was very hectic in the pit area and sprints were parked everywhere...not knowing any of them it was really hard to find anyone... some were friendly..others not so much...
I got interviews with Thomas Meseraull #10t, Kyle Krockenberger #7k and his uncle Shawn Krockenberger #21k, Bret Tripplett #7x and a sorta interview with Levi Jones... I also re interviewed both Jesse Cramer and Brady Short.. my previous interviews were when they were in modified.. and then I interviewed a 19 year old..unless he was lying about that too... He told me he was Brian Clauson and someone standing by me told me that was not who he was.... if he was 19..I have interviewed 14 years olds that has more class then he has... I asked him to be honest ..that this was going on the internet... He told me he didn't care... needless to say he was not my favorite to interview...
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I decided I was done getting interviews with the sprints...I talked to some of my friends at the track and got pictures of Tim Feldhake
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and one of Larry Anderson in his new #43a modified.... I got to tell you Larry.... one of the members on this board has only seen you race street stock this year...when you was in the modified he came over and said he could not believe how good you were in that modified for just getting in one a couple of weeks ago..
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And Randy McNeeley was there !!!!!!! Was great seeing him again.... I asked him if he missed racing and he said that he did...He pointed over to a brand new Rhino and told me that was his hornet................man Randy... not sure they would let you race the Rhino.......but we would take you back in a hornet.... I bet you would add some excitement to the already exciting hornets.....
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I walked back to the hornet and street stock area where I ran into Timmy Snelling..... a 19 year old with a lot of class..........I wanted to get a picture of him in his street stock...
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I ran into MJ Wheat's Crew Chief and best friend who was helping Charile Hull tonight...Charlie had bought MJ"s old car..... We talked about MJ and the incident that had happened at DuQuoin.............such a sad situation.... sounds like MJ is looking at some major surgeries in the future...
I tried to find our new member Danno but had no luck.... sorry I did not catch you.... I also tried to get Justin JOnes who was running the #6x last night.. his dad told me he was in the stands.......so missed him......oh.........Happy Birthday Justin..
And Starla Bailey........ I am so sorry that I did not get an interview with you last night....
Was nice to see Carl Welch again... he is a retired open wheel racer from the 50's....
Also "doitnthedirt" Darrell Beard and his grandson Christian was there...Darrell said his grandson at three years old is a great racefan... His favorite sprint driver is John Memmer and Steve Kinzer...His favorite super late model is Bloomer and T Mac..
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I want to give a big thanks to Jim the pr guy at Flora and to Jerrica for helping with names of the drivers .........
Now for the races.......
There were I believe 35 sprints.....4 heats, a B Main with top four going to feature..
In heat one I did not get the numbers of the cars recorded... I know the #95 of Rockwell and the #10t of Meseraull was in this heat...The #95 and #2 of Levi Jones raced hard........the #17jr of Jerry Ruble flipped his car in turn three....they took him off the track in an ambulance......
Levi JOnes wins
In heat two Jesse Cramer and Kyle Cummins start on front row and the #88 of Irwin and the #9 of Thomas on second row, third row was Shawn Krockenberger and #16 of Boyd..last row was Wade and Williams..
finish: Cummins, Jesse Cramer, Thomas, Irwin, Krockenberger,Williams
In heat three the finish was #10, #10, #22 of Gross, #71 of Branson
In heat four the finish was Hud Cone, Wissmiller and Brady Short #36..
In the B-Main the top four went into the feature
top four were: #7x Bret Tripplett....#21k Shawn Krockenberger...#11w Ricky Williams.....#17Jack Gilbert...
The feature
lineup
1..Cummins...Cone
2..Jones...Fitzpatrick
3..Shanks...Cramer
4..Hagen..Wissmiller
5..Meseraull..Thomas
6..Gross...Short
7..Rockwell...Babb
8..Branson..Memmer
9..Tripplett...Krockenberger
10..Williams...Gilbert
The #3c of Cummins shot out into the front and held on for a little while...then the #14 of Cone got into the lead........not to long into the feature the #2 of Levi Jones took the lead and stayed there til the finish...
The finish was LEVI JONES...Hud Cone...Kyle Cummins...I think Fitzpatrick....Brady Short up from 12th and Jesse Cramer....
In the modified division.. There were two heats with 16 cars..
In heat one you had Jesse Snyder and the #00v of Vinnedge on front row..2nd row was Chris Moore and the #G01 of Jeff Greenwood..3rd row was Ed Roley and Jay Jones...on tail was Mike Boylard and the #85 car of Schonert ?
Jesse got out to the front and stayed there til the checker...the #28 of Boylard coming from 7th took 3rd..
finish: Snyder, Moore, Boylard, Vennedge, Greenwood, Roley and Jones
In heat two Duvall and Shaw on front row...2nd row Stryzinski and Anderson 3rd row Simmons and Warner....4th row Krup and Fox...
Brian Shaw took command of this heat leading by a margin over Kelly Duvall ..Larry Anderson was giving Duvall a run for his money being on his bumper most the way..
finish: Shaw, Duvall, Anderson, Fox, Stryzinski, Simmons , Warner and Kruk
In the feature:
1.Snyder and Shaw
2..Moore and Duvall
3..Boylard and Anderson
4..Greenwood and Simmons
5..Fox and Roley
6..Vinnedge and Stryzinski
7..Jones and Warner
8..Schonert and Kruk
This was a very exciting race.....The #1s of Shaw and the #1m of Chris Moore put us on the edge of the seat.... Moore got out to the lead...a caution is brought out by the #33 of Kruk.. on restart Moore gets to the front with Shaw all over him..close behind was the #x of Snyder and here comes Anderson, Boylard and Duvall... the #33 pulls off.........the #888 pulls off
**Jesse Snyder brings out a caution when he smashes into the wall in turn one... he had lost a tire..... I did not find out til after the races were over that the loose tire went through the window of Michael Fox and as of last night they knew he had a broken finger but thought his hand may be broken as well... Said he was lucky ..it could have snapped his neck... HOPE YOU ARE OK MICHAEL!!!..
on restart Moore, Shaw, Duvall, Anderson, Boylard, Greenwood, Roley, Jones, Warner, Stryzinski, Schonert...
caution out for the #47 of Stryzinski who spins in turn two...
the #55 of Jay Jones pulls off............the #1s of Brian Shaw gets into the lead... really good side by side driving.....Moore gets the lead and stays there til the finish.. was a very exciting race..
finish: Moore, Shaw, Duvall, Anderson, Boylard, Greenwood, Roley, Fox, Warner, Stryzinski, Schonert, Jones, Snyder, Simmons, Krup
In the street stock there were 13 cars..two heats
heat one was Simmons and Hull on front row, 2nd row was Koontz and Maisel, 3rd row was Dugger and Bible... the #11L of Lodeke did not start...
The #94 of Simmons gets sideways after leading and drops to 4th..the #88 of Dugger goes from last row up to 2nd place...
finish: Maisel, Dugger, Simmons, Bible, Koontz, and Hull
heat two Rinehart and Snelling on front row, 2nd row Hilliard and Feldhake, 3rd row was Dunlap and Anderson
finish: Hilliard, Rinehart, Dunlap, Snelling, Feldhake, Anderson
feature lineup
Maisel and Hilliard
Dugger and Rinehart
Simmons and Dunlap
Bible and Snelling
Koontz and Feldhake
Hull and Anderson
first caution was brought out by Timmy Snelling who loops in in turn two..
top five in running order: Hilliard, Maisel, Simmons, Dugger and Rinehart
next caution comes out for the #88 of Dugger who loops it in turn 3.. a official in the infield stops the #43 of Hull who's car is really smoking...goes off the track..
with 19 laps to go it is Hilliard, Simmons, Maisel, Dunlap, Dugger and Feldhake..
next caution comes out when the #94 of Simmons loops it in turn two...
now its Hilliard, Maisel, Dunlap, Feldhake, Anderson, Dugger, Rinehart, Koontz, Snelling, Simmons
on the restart the #79 of Dunlap shoots up past the #41m car of Maisel for second spot...
the #4 of Hilliard makes a misbobble and the #79 of Dunlap cashes in taking the lead...
at halfway mark it is Dunlap, Maisel, Hilliard, Feldhake, Rinehart..
Rinehart spins in three
With five laps to go the #41m of Maisel is challenging Dunlap for that first spot..they are racing side by side but then Dunlap gets back to lead...
finish....Dunlap, Hillard, Feldhake, Maisel, Anderson , Snelling, Dugger, Rinehart, Simmons, Koontz, Bible, Hull
Was a good race..............
In the hornets there were 20 hornets.....three heats and also a dash for cash
heat one ......top three to dash for cash are Heath Sharp , Morrison and Blair..
Heat two....top three to dash are David Wright, Sandifer, and Cole
heat three..top three to dash are Rob Timmons, Rusty Snyder, and Mobley
The dash for cash was won by HEATH SHARP.....$200 sponsored by Steve McKneely..
In the feature the #0 of Heath Sharp was a scratch... The #B0 car driven by modified driver Rob Timmons started on the pole....he got out to the lead and stayed there til the end....
Cole brings out a caution when he loops it..
the #360 of Chuck Bell comes to a stop on the front stretch but gets off enough they do not bring out a caution...car #41 of Dobson brings out a caution for stopping on track....on restart the #54 of Morrison slows on track bringing out a caution...the #41 almost crashes...the #J250 and #21 crashes in turn 4...
A bad crash happens in turn three when Rusty Snyder hits the wall hard turning upside down... the #25 of Scott coming around hits the #79..thankgoodness he gets out of the car and is ok...
the J250 pulls off..
The #88 of David Wright gave the #B0 a run for his money but the Bo stayed in the lead
finish: Timmons,Wright, Lybarger,Sandifer, Blair, Mobley, Jones, Lash, Scott, Dobson, Bailey, Wright, Slane, Snyder, Morrison, Bell, Cole, Webster