I am going to write this up in 3 sections......thursday, friday and saturday...
I am putting everything in here....the pictures...the qualifying times...the rundown on the races and my summary of what each driver from this area and the ones I have interviewed did at Eldora... SO KEEP CHECKING BACK....
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October 2nd, 2008 (thursday)..
We left for Eldora around 9:30 a.m. and took are time and enjoyed the scenery...
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The years before when we had went to Eldora we were usually about the third camper there and only a couple of race cars...... To my amazement there were several campers already there and cars already lined up......
We settled in and then headed to the track.... I love this track.... but... I really missed seeing Bernice and seeing Earl riding around on the grader or seeing him in his track running up and down the roads checking security...
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It was very touching to see the statues of Earl and Bernice in the grandstand...
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Walking back to the parking lot I took pictures of the rigs lined up and some of the campers that were already there thursday....
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We ate dinner and then sit back and watched the rigs roll in until it got to dark to see anymore.... we headed to bed....
Full Version: My Comments On Eldora Ump Nationals Oct 3 And 4, 2008
friday, October 3, 2008......
I couldn't wait to get up and get around so I could go outside and see all the rigs that had pulled in thru the night.... we always park in the last row before the road the rigs start lining up on....
I spent my morning taking pictures of the rigs parked in front of us...
This was my favorite rig.......loved the colors: and took plenty of pictures of it
It belonged to DON MIHELICH fron Paw Paw, Mi....
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Okay Okay.... I guess I made my point.... lol.... I really liked this rig...
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and here came Chad Kinder #22s.... he told me he was by himself this weekend..his crew all had to work.... they had just been in Minnesota a couple of weeks before where he destroyed both his cars.... thanks to Don Adams he was able to race at Brownstown last weekend and Don wanted him to race at Eldora.... **Don and his team came and helped Chad this weekend along with my son inlaw on friday and then Tim Holt came up on Saturday to help.... Chad said this was the first time this had ever happened to him.. AND.... a big help to Chad this weekend was ED ROLEY... he helped with driving to Eldora ......***Ed told me that Chad didn't even know how to get to Eldora....he has never had to drive it*** lol. .. and Ed went back n forth between his car and Chad's helping out..... Ed's dad Don Pearcy drove Ed's trailer to Eldora for him and also helped Chad as well........... Chad was fortunate to have so many friends helping him out...
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then came my friends Jeff, Pam and Justin Leka......Jeff Leka is the UMP 2008 National Champion.....
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I couldn't wait to get up and get around so I could go outside and see all the rigs that had pulled in thru the night.... we always park in the last row before the road the rigs start lining up on....
I spent my morning taking pictures of the rigs parked in front of us...
This was my favorite rig.......loved the colors: and took plenty of pictures of it
It belonged to DON MIHELICH fron Paw Paw, Mi....
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Okay Okay.... I guess I made my point.... lol.... I really liked this rig...
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and here came Chad Kinder #22s.... he told me he was by himself this weekend..his crew all had to work.... they had just been in Minnesota a couple of weeks before where he destroyed both his cars.... thanks to Don Adams he was able to race at Brownstown last weekend and Don wanted him to race at Eldora.... **Don and his team came and helped Chad this weekend along with my son inlaw on friday and then Tim Holt came up on Saturday to help.... Chad said this was the first time this had ever happened to him.. AND.... a big help to Chad this weekend was ED ROLEY... he helped with driving to Eldora ......***Ed told me that Chad didn't even know how to get to Eldora....he has never had to drive it*** lol. .. and Ed went back n forth between his car and Chad's helping out..... Ed's dad Don Pearcy drove Ed's trailer to Eldora for him and also helped Chad as well........... Chad was fortunate to have so many friends helping him out...
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then came my friends Jeff, Pam and Justin Leka......Jeff Leka is the UMP 2008 National Champion.....
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Click to view attachmentJoe Pendergrass, St. Peters, Mo
Click to view attachment Mike Spatola, Manhattan, Il
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The rigs were let into the pit area starting at eleven oclock I believe.... Howie and I had bought our pit passes earlier... we ate lunch and headed to the pit area...
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The rigs were let into the pit area starting at eleven oclock I believe.... Howie and I had bought our pit passes earlier... we ate lunch and headed to the pit area...
the years before that I had been to Eldora they would always fill the infield up ..then fill up the over flow on top of the hill..............well....things have changed.... they now only put the late model in the infield and the drivers that do double duty with both late model and modified...............sorry folks..... I never made it into the infield..... if you have been to Eldora you know how far that is to walk.... I decided to stay on the top and do my picture taking and interviews.... so I did not get any late model....... and I missed Scott Orr and Doug Adkins because they were in the infield....
I first went .......of course... to Chad Kinder's pit area to see how he was doing and if he was hungry.......he had told me he was going to be by himself and scant on food..... lol..... he was fine.... Geena took real good care of his hunger pains...
I then went over to the scales to take some pictures...... Chad did not pass inspection and neither did a lot of others..... at this time Chad was still by himself...Donnie Adams had not arrived yet so he was very busy.....
My son inlaw Mike Buddell (miknmic) arrived at around two thirty and went over to see if he could help out some...
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I first went .......of course...
to Chad Kinder's pit area to see how he was doing and if he was hungry.......he had told me he was going to be by himself and scant on food..... lol..... he was fine.... Geena took real good care of his hunger pains...I then went over to the scales to take some pictures...... Chad did not pass inspection and neither did a lot of others..... at this time Chad was still by himself...Donnie Adams had not arrived yet so he was very busy.....
My son inlaw Mike Buddell (miknmic) arrived at around two thirty and went over to see if he could help out some...
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Click to view attachmentBruce Gould III, Milford, Oh
Click to view attachment Kyle Gibbs, Penbroke, Ky
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Click to view attachment Gary Ricketts, Terre Haute, In
Click to view attachment Kent Robinson, Bloomington, In
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Click to view attachment Doug St. Meyers, Redkey, In
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Click to view attachment Matt Westfall, Pleasant Hill, Oh
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Click to view attachment Kyle Gibbs, Penbroke, Ky
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Hot laps started at 5:30 and immediately afterwards qualifying started..
****during hot laps JEFF LEKA blew his engine*****and DENNY SCHWARTZ gave Jeff his car to drive***
FAST QUALIFIER WAS' : MIKE SPATOLA WITH 17.77
2..Jeff Harris....17.895
3..Randle Sweeney..17.947
4..Curt Spalding...17.974
5..Mike Harrison....17.974
6..Matt Aber........18.016
7..Clayton Miller....18.021
8..Darrell Banks.....18.062
9..Kenny Johnson...18.132
10..Brian Ruhlman....18.173
11..Kent Robinson....18.175
12..Scott Orr..........18.199
13..Chad Kinder.......18.222
14..Jess Hartman....18.237
15..Davy Gannt.......18.299
16..Doug Adkins.......18.2991
17..John Demoss......18.322
18..Dean Hoffman.....18.358
19..Jamie Cobb..........18.39
20..Ben Adkins.........18.404
21..Jerry Bowersock...18.408
.....Jacob Hawkins.....18.408
22..Lance Dehm.........18.436
23..Chris Stotts...........18.47
24..Tim Brown.............18.448
25..Rob Pendergrass....18.453
26..Zack Schroeder......18.458
27..Matt Westfall.........18.484
28..Keith Berner...........18.494
29..Lenny Guyton.........18.537
30..Mark Anderson........18.547
31..Clint Shutts............18.604
32..Jeff Babcock...........18.637
33..Derik Groomer..........18.649
34..Terry Hull..............18.651
35..Nick Hoffman...........18.653
36..Paul Bumgardner.......18.676
37..George Calanzano.....18.678
38..Cody Hood...............18.712
39..Bryce Jewell.............18.739
40..Joe Pendergrass........18.758
41..Matt Bex.................18.759
42..Steve Arpin..............18.76
43..Michael Asberry.........18.761
44..Brent Hole................18.783
45..Gary Richard.............18.792
46..Todd Sherman...........18.795
47..Danny Schwartz........18.798
48..Troy Marciniak...........18.827
49..Shon Flannery...........18.844
50..Chad Ruhlman............18.852
51..Justin Matson.............18.853
52..Dave Pinkerton...........18.912
53..Randy Dickman...........18.913
54..Mark Kowarsch............18.92
55..Josh Morton................18.93
56..Brad McLeod...............18.94
57..Ronnie Chance............18.952
58..Chad Oberson..............18.9521
59..Matt Verbeck..............18.955
60..Jimmy Hayden..............18.979
61..Jim Hilligas...................18.981
62..Bob Baldwin...................18.984
63..Doug St. Meyers...........18.985
64..John Brooks..................18.99
65..Rich Robinson,jr..............19.013
66..David Smith..................19.017
67..Jon Henry.....................19.018
68..Shawn Bayliff.................19.026
69..Jess Bittlering.................19.031
70..Kelly Duvall....................19.049
71..Thomas Sigler..................19.052
72..Chad Bauer...................19.082
73..Travis Shoulders.............19.084
74..Tim Richardson................19.087
75..Ed Roley.........................19.107
76..Bob Burch.......................19.11
77..Jamie Kuntz.....................19.114
78..Mike Dirksen....................19.117
79..Nick Katterhenry..............19.173
80..David Treon,jr..................19.174
81..Dennis Wilson..................19.189
82..Bruce Gould III.................19.19
83..Steve Hilliker....................19.191
84..Justin Coulter...................19.201
85..Todd Sander....................19.212
86..Devin Gilpin......................19.214
87..Darrell Lowe......................19.247
88..Mike Neighbors..................19.273
89..Ben Hulse.........................19.298
90..Matt Hamilton....................19.314
91..Ian Keller..........................19.327
92..Kyle Gibbs.........................19.343
93..Anthony Davis....................19.398
94..John Taylor........................19.536
95..Zeke McKenzie....................19.541
96..David Treon,jr.....................19.556
97..Jared Bailey........................19.583
98..Kevan Free.........................19.618
99..Chad Rosenbeck..................19.684
100..Jeff Leka..........................19.738....***was in Denny Schwartz car...rear end went out........
101..John McCaul......................19.762
102..Josh Greber.......................19.771
103..Michael Brown....................19.83
104..Kasey Schrock...................19.902
......Jeff Stanton.......................19.902
105..Jeremy Powley...................19.951
106..Jeremy Rayburn..................19.958
107..Christopher Anstead............20.042
108..Tony Molner.......................20.186
109..Shane Unger......................20.235
110..Billy Palmer........................20.361
111..Gary Ricketts.....................20.407
112..Donny Huber......................20.503
113..Mike Hohlbein.....................20.598
114..Scott Ricketts....................21.106
115..Brandon Morrow..99.91
116..Tommie Seets,jr..99.99
117..Mark Hotovy..99.1
118..Josh Morrow..99.1
119..Chad Thornhill..99.1
120..Jeff Sommers..99.2
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Hot laps started at 5:30 and immediately afterwards qualifying started..
****during hot laps JEFF LEKA blew his engine*****and DENNY SCHWARTZ gave Jeff his car to drive***
FAST QUALIFIER WAS' : MIKE SPATOLA WITH 17.77
2..Jeff Harris....17.895
3..Randle Sweeney..17.947
4..Curt Spalding...17.974
5..Mike Harrison....17.974
6..Matt Aber........18.016
7..Clayton Miller....18.021
8..Darrell Banks.....18.062
9..Kenny Johnson...18.132
10..Brian Ruhlman....18.173
11..Kent Robinson....18.175
12..Scott Orr..........18.199
13..Chad Kinder.......18.222
14..Jess Hartman....18.237
15..Davy Gannt.......18.299
16..Doug Adkins.......18.2991
17..John Demoss......18.322
18..Dean Hoffman.....18.358
19..Jamie Cobb..........18.39
20..Ben Adkins.........18.404
21..Jerry Bowersock...18.408
.....Jacob Hawkins.....18.408
22..Lance Dehm.........18.436
23..Chris Stotts...........18.47
24..Tim Brown.............18.448
25..Rob Pendergrass....18.453
26..Zack Schroeder......18.458
27..Matt Westfall.........18.484
28..Keith Berner...........18.494
29..Lenny Guyton.........18.537
30..Mark Anderson........18.547
31..Clint Shutts............18.604
32..Jeff Babcock...........18.637
33..Derik Groomer..........18.649
34..Terry Hull..............18.651
35..Nick Hoffman...........18.653
36..Paul Bumgardner.......18.676
37..George Calanzano.....18.678
38..Cody Hood...............18.712
39..Bryce Jewell.............18.739
40..Joe Pendergrass........18.758
41..Matt Bex.................18.759
42..Steve Arpin..............18.76
43..Michael Asberry.........18.761
44..Brent Hole................18.783
45..Gary Richard.............18.792
46..Todd Sherman...........18.795
47..Danny Schwartz........18.798
48..Troy Marciniak...........18.827
49..Shon Flannery...........18.844
50..Chad Ruhlman............18.852
51..Justin Matson.............18.853
52..Dave Pinkerton...........18.912
53..Randy Dickman...........18.913
54..Mark Kowarsch............18.92
55..Josh Morton................18.93
56..Brad McLeod...............18.94
57..Ronnie Chance............18.952
58..Chad Oberson..............18.9521
59..Matt Verbeck..............18.955
60..Jimmy Hayden..............18.979
61..Jim Hilligas...................18.981
62..Bob Baldwin...................18.984
63..Doug St. Meyers...........18.985
64..John Brooks..................18.99
65..Rich Robinson,jr..............19.013
66..David Smith..................19.017
67..Jon Henry.....................19.018
68..Shawn Bayliff.................19.026
69..Jess Bittlering.................19.031
70..Kelly Duvall....................19.049
71..Thomas Sigler..................19.052
72..Chad Bauer...................19.082
73..Travis Shoulders.............19.084
74..Tim Richardson................19.087
75..Ed Roley.........................19.107
76..Bob Burch.......................19.11
77..Jamie Kuntz.....................19.114
78..Mike Dirksen....................19.117
79..Nick Katterhenry..............19.173
80..David Treon,jr..................19.174
81..Dennis Wilson..................19.189
82..Bruce Gould III.................19.19
83..Steve Hilliker....................19.191
84..Justin Coulter...................19.201
85..Todd Sander....................19.212
86..Devin Gilpin......................19.214
87..Darrell Lowe......................19.247
88..Mike Neighbors..................19.273
89..Ben Hulse.........................19.298
90..Matt Hamilton....................19.314
91..Ian Keller..........................19.327
92..Kyle Gibbs.........................19.343
93..Anthony Davis....................19.398
94..John Taylor........................19.536
95..Zeke McKenzie....................19.541
96..David Treon,jr.....................19.556
97..Jared Bailey........................19.583
98..Kevan Free.........................19.618
99..Chad Rosenbeck..................19.684
100..Jeff Leka..........................19.738....***was in Denny Schwartz car...rear end went out........
101..John McCaul......................19.762
102..Josh Greber.......................19.771
103..Michael Brown....................19.83
104..Kasey Schrock...................19.902
......Jeff Stanton.......................19.902
105..Jeremy Powley...................19.951
106..Jeremy Rayburn..................19.958
107..Christopher Anstead............20.042
108..Tony Molner.......................20.186
109..Shane Unger......................20.235
110..Billy Palmer........................20.361
111..Gary Ricketts.....................20.407
112..Donny Huber......................20.503
113..Mike Hohlbein.....................20.598
114..Scott Ricketts....................21.106
115..Brandon Morrow..99.91
116..Tommie Seets,jr..99.99
117..Mark Hotovy..99.1
118..Josh Morrow..99.1
119..Chad Thornhill..99.1
120..Jeff Sommers..99.2
They did hot laps, qualifying and the heats on friday night........
There were 123 modifieds... 8 heats...taking top two to feature.... winners of each heat to draw for starting position......
Heat one:
John Demoss and Chad Kinder
Randle Sweeney and Jeff Harris
Dean Hoffman and Ben Adkins
Jerry Bowesock and Zach Schroeder
Matt Verbeck and Jim Hilligas,Jr
Kelly Duvall and Steven Hilliker
Mike Neighbors and Jeremy Powley
Brandon Morrow and Jeff Leka
Jeff Leka did not come out in the heat...he had blown his engine..would be coming out in the heat that Denny Schwartz would have been in racing the #21s..
In this heat the first caution came out before a lap was in for the #21 of Hilliker, the #3 of Harris, the #16 of Powley and the #4x of Hilligas...it happened right in front of the grandstand.... the #4x of Hilligas flipped violently several times and landed on its lid...it was a relief to see him getting out of the car on his own accord....the #3 of Harris also received a lot of damage...both cars were taken off the track by wrecker...
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The #79 of John Demoss shot out to the lead with Kinder in second ....but here comes the #182 of Sweeney who passed Kinder and then took the lead.... on the checkered flag lap Sweeney went up in smoke but coasted across the finish line for the win..
Sweeney and Demoss to the feature.....Adkins, Kinder, Schroeder, Hilliker, Duvall, Verbeck,Powley, Hoffman, Bowesock, Harris dnf, Hilligas dnf,
Heat two
Hartman and Banks
Aber and Spalding
Brown and Pendergrass
Asberry and Matson
Morton and Shoulders
Roley and Katterhenry
GouldIII and Ricketts
Seets,jr
On the start the #66 of Brown, the #30 of Gould and the #1 of Seets all crash..the #30 and the #1 were hooked together ..both stayed on track..before restart the #70 of Aber pulls off....the #2b of Banks is out in front with the #1 of Spalding on his tail, then Asberry , then Hartman, then Roley...
2nd caution comes out for the #15 of Katterhenry and #166 of Shoulders who came to a stop in turn two...
On the white flag lap the leader Darryl Banks starts smoking and pulls off giving the lead to Curt Spalding.................when Spalding went over the scales he was DQ'ed for weighing light......... ..so the two going to feature are Michael Asberry and Jess Hartman........then it was Ed Roley, Matson, Gould, Rob Pendergrass, Brown, Shoulders,Morton, Katterhenry, S Ricketts..dnf Banks, Aber, Seets...dq'ed Spaulding...
Heat three
Cobb and Orr
B Ruhlman and C Miller
Westfall and Guyton
Hoffman and Catanzano
Hood and Hayden
Richardson and Burch
Kuntz and Davis
Jeff Leka in #21s car
The #88 of Orr gets out in the lead and stays there til the checker flag...on lap six Cody Hood pulled off.....I have no cautions recorded for this heat....Scott Orr and Clayton Miller head to feature.....Ruhlman, Westfall, Leka, Catanzano, Cobb, Guyton, Burch, Hoffman, Richardson, Kuntz, Davis, Hayden,.........Hood dnf
Jeff Leka in Schwartz's car having to start on the tail came all the way from 15th to 5th...
Heat four
Sherman and M Anderson
Johnson and Spatola
Da Schwartz and Marciniak
Dickman and Kowarsch
McLeod and Sigler
Coulter and Taylor
Greber and Ricketts
Hotovy
This was a wild event !! The #hc1 came flying up through the bunch...he got into the #01 of Sherman but both kept going....next lap Sherman hit the wall pretty good but he kept going......the #43 had got out to an early lead with Spatola on his tail, at one point it was Anderson, Spatola, Schwartz, Johnson, Sherman, Marciniak, Kowarsch, Dickman and Sigler...... on the last lap the #hc1 gets sideways and takes out the top running cars letting the #21d of Danny Schwartz to fall into the lead and the #01 of Todd Sherman following for 2nd.....then Spatola, Dickman, Johnson, Marciniak, Coulter, Sigler, Kowarsch, McLeod, Greber, Taylor, Ricketts, Hotovy and Mark Anderson..
Heat five...
Bumgardner and Berner
Dehm and Kent Robinson
Jewell and J Pendergrass
Hole and C Ruhlman
Pinerton and Jon Henry
Ritchie and D Treon,jr
Bailey and Free
Molnar
On the very first lap the #18 of Jon Henry pulls off track... the #54 of Bumgardner got out to an early lead with the #1 of Dehm on his tail and then Robinson.... by lap five Kent got by the #1......a caution comes out for the #89 of Molnar who stops in turn four...now it is Bumgardner, Robinson , Dehm and Chad Ruhlman...by lap 7 Kent had reeled in #54......in lap 8 Bumgardner spins in turn two...
Kent Robinson and Lance Dehm to the feature......Berner, C Ruhlman, J Pendergrass, Pinkerton, Jewell, Hole, Ritchie, Bailey, Bumgardner, Free, Treon, Molnar, and Jon Henry..
Heat six
Flannery and Richard
Bex and Harrison
Bittlering and Bauer
Dirksen and Lowe
Hulse and Gibbs
Rosenbeck and Schrock
Palmer and Huber
J Morrow
A caution comes out for the #38 of Huber who spins in two.....a caution comes out for the #28 of Rosenbeck who spins in three..he pulls off...
The #38 brings out another caution when he spins again...
The #24 of Mike Harrison got out to an early lead and he was FLYING.... he was out in front by a good margin...... on the white flag lap the #36 of Billy Palmer hits the wall in turn one and stopped on track.... when Mike got to the checkered flag the flagman was waving the checker and the yellow but Mike had so much momentum going he did not get shut down in time.... he almost cleared Palmer but caught the back fender or tire causing Harrison to go airborne and flipping over but landing on his wheels......he was okay....they had to pull his car to the scales with the wrecker.....
Mike Harrison and Matt Bex to the feature............Richard, Flannery, Bauer, Bitterling, Gibbs, Lowe, Schrock, Hulse, Huber, Palmer, Morrow, Rosenbeck, Dirksen...
Heat seven
Baldwin and Shutts
D Adkins and Gannt
D Smith and Bayliff
Wilson and Sanders
Hamilton and M Brown
Stanton and Anstead
Unger and Hohlbein
Thornhill and Sommers
cuation one come out for the #05 of Smith who spins in four before a lap is in..the #96 of Thornhill spins trying to keep from hitting him..
a yellow car starts smoking and could have pulled off but kept going and stops on track...no laps are in yet....
In lap four the #88 of Anstead pulls off...another caution comes out in lap 7...
caution 4 comes out for the #12 of Bayliff who spins in front of grandstand.. with 8 laps in...
Doug Adkins had got out to the lead and stayed there til finish... he and Clint Shutts go to feature.........Gannt, Wilson, Sanders, Smith, Hamilton, M. Brown, Unger, Bayliff, Hohlbein, Stanton, Baldwin, Thornhill, Anstead, Sommers.
Heat eight
Groomer and Babcock
Stotts and Hawkins
Hull and Arpin
Chance and Oberson
St. Meyers and Brooks
Robinson,Jr and Gilpin
Keller and McKenzie
McCaul and Rayburn
I have no cautions recorded for this race...
Two going to feature is the eighteen year old Jacob Hawkins and Jeff Babcock.....Stotts, Arpin, Groomer, Brooks, Hull, Oberson, Gilpin, Robinson,jr, Chance , St. Meyers, Keller , McCaul, McKenzie and Rayburn...
after the race we headed back to the camper to eat...and write up my notes... my son inlaw was going to drive home but decided to stay the night......it was killing him..he had prior commitments for saturday and had to leave...
In the grandstand they had a dj and I hear it was pretty fun over there.....I hear someone was doing some pole dancing
....crap I missed it again JB .. 
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There were 123 modifieds... 8 heats...taking top two to feature.... winners of each heat to draw for starting position......
Heat one:
John Demoss and Chad Kinder
Randle Sweeney and Jeff Harris
Dean Hoffman and Ben Adkins
Jerry Bowesock and Zach Schroeder
Matt Verbeck and Jim Hilligas,Jr
Kelly Duvall and Steven Hilliker
Mike Neighbors and Jeremy Powley
Brandon Morrow and Jeff Leka
Jeff Leka did not come out in the heat...he had blown his engine..would be coming out in the heat that Denny Schwartz would have been in racing the #21s..
In this heat the first caution came out before a lap was in for the #21 of Hilliker, the #3 of Harris, the #16 of Powley and the #4x of Hilligas...it happened right in front of the grandstand.... the #4x of Hilligas flipped violently several times and landed on its lid...it was a relief to see him getting out of the car on his own accord....the #3 of Harris also received a lot of damage...both cars were taken off the track by wrecker...
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The #79 of John Demoss shot out to the lead with Kinder in second ....but here comes the #182 of Sweeney who passed Kinder and then took the lead.... on the checkered flag lap Sweeney went up in smoke but coasted across the finish line for the win..
Sweeney and Demoss to the feature.....Adkins, Kinder, Schroeder, Hilliker, Duvall, Verbeck,Powley, Hoffman, Bowesock, Harris dnf, Hilligas dnf,
Heat two
Hartman and Banks
Aber and Spalding
Brown and Pendergrass
Asberry and Matson
Morton and Shoulders
Roley and Katterhenry
GouldIII and Ricketts
Seets,jr
On the start the #66 of Brown, the #30 of Gould and the #1 of Seets all crash..the #30 and the #1 were hooked together ..both stayed on track..before restart the #70 of Aber pulls off....the #2b of Banks is out in front with the #1 of Spalding on his tail, then Asberry , then Hartman, then Roley...
2nd caution comes out for the #15 of Katterhenry and #166 of Shoulders who came to a stop in turn two...
On the white flag lap the leader Darryl Banks starts smoking and pulls off giving the lead to Curt Spalding.................when Spalding went over the scales he was DQ'ed for weighing light......... ..so the two going to feature are Michael Asberry and Jess Hartman........then it was Ed Roley, Matson, Gould, Rob Pendergrass, Brown, Shoulders,Morton, Katterhenry, S Ricketts..dnf Banks, Aber, Seets...dq'ed Spaulding...
Heat three
Cobb and Orr
B Ruhlman and C Miller
Westfall and Guyton
Hoffman and Catanzano
Hood and Hayden
Richardson and Burch
Kuntz and Davis
Jeff Leka in #21s car
The #88 of Orr gets out in the lead and stays there til the checker flag...on lap six Cody Hood pulled off.....I have no cautions recorded for this heat....Scott Orr and Clayton Miller head to feature.....Ruhlman, Westfall, Leka, Catanzano, Cobb, Guyton, Burch, Hoffman, Richardson, Kuntz, Davis, Hayden,.........Hood dnf
Jeff Leka in Schwartz's car having to start on the tail came all the way from 15th to 5th...
Heat four
Sherman and M Anderson
Johnson and Spatola
Da Schwartz and Marciniak
Dickman and Kowarsch
McLeod and Sigler
Coulter and Taylor
Greber and Ricketts
Hotovy
This was a wild event !! The #hc1 came flying up through the bunch...he got into the #01 of Sherman but both kept going....next lap Sherman hit the wall pretty good but he kept going......the #43 had got out to an early lead with Spatola on his tail, at one point it was Anderson, Spatola, Schwartz, Johnson, Sherman, Marciniak, Kowarsch, Dickman and Sigler...... on the last lap the #hc1 gets sideways and takes out the top running cars letting the #21d of Danny Schwartz to fall into the lead and the #01 of Todd Sherman following for 2nd.....then Spatola, Dickman, Johnson, Marciniak, Coulter, Sigler, Kowarsch, McLeod, Greber, Taylor, Ricketts, Hotovy and Mark Anderson..
Heat five...
Bumgardner and Berner
Dehm and Kent Robinson
Jewell and J Pendergrass
Hole and C Ruhlman
Pinerton and Jon Henry
Ritchie and D Treon,jr
Bailey and Free
Molnar
On the very first lap the #18 of Jon Henry pulls off track... the #54 of Bumgardner got out to an early lead with the #1 of Dehm on his tail and then Robinson.... by lap five Kent got by the #1......a caution comes out for the #89 of Molnar who stops in turn four...now it is Bumgardner, Robinson , Dehm and Chad Ruhlman...by lap 7 Kent had reeled in #54......in lap 8 Bumgardner spins in turn two...
Kent Robinson and Lance Dehm to the feature......Berner, C Ruhlman, J Pendergrass, Pinkerton, Jewell, Hole, Ritchie, Bailey, Bumgardner, Free, Treon, Molnar, and Jon Henry..
Heat six
Flannery and Richard
Bex and Harrison
Bittlering and Bauer
Dirksen and Lowe
Hulse and Gibbs
Rosenbeck and Schrock
Palmer and Huber
J Morrow
A caution comes out for the #38 of Huber who spins in two.....a caution comes out for the #28 of Rosenbeck who spins in three..he pulls off...
The #38 brings out another caution when he spins again...
The #24 of Mike Harrison got out to an early lead and he was FLYING.... he was out in front by a good margin...... on the white flag lap the #36 of Billy Palmer hits the wall in turn one and stopped on track.... when Mike got to the checkered flag the flagman was waving the checker and the yellow but Mike had so much momentum going he did not get shut down in time.... he almost cleared Palmer but caught the back fender or tire causing Harrison to go airborne and flipping over but landing on his wheels......he was okay....they had to pull his car to the scales with the wrecker.....
Mike Harrison and Matt Bex to the feature............Richard, Flannery, Bauer, Bitterling, Gibbs, Lowe, Schrock, Hulse, Huber, Palmer, Morrow, Rosenbeck, Dirksen...
Heat seven
Baldwin and Shutts
D Adkins and Gannt
D Smith and Bayliff
Wilson and Sanders
Hamilton and M Brown
Stanton and Anstead
Unger and Hohlbein
Thornhill and Sommers
cuation one come out for the #05 of Smith who spins in four before a lap is in..the #96 of Thornhill spins trying to keep from hitting him..
a yellow car starts smoking and could have pulled off but kept going and stops on track...no laps are in yet....
In lap four the #88 of Anstead pulls off...another caution comes out in lap 7...
caution 4 comes out for the #12 of Bayliff who spins in front of grandstand.. with 8 laps in...
Doug Adkins had got out to the lead and stayed there til finish... he and Clint Shutts go to feature.........Gannt, Wilson, Sanders, Smith, Hamilton, M. Brown, Unger, Bayliff, Hohlbein, Stanton, Baldwin, Thornhill, Anstead, Sommers.
Heat eight
Groomer and Babcock
Stotts and Hawkins
Hull and Arpin
Chance and Oberson
St. Meyers and Brooks
Robinson,Jr and Gilpin
Keller and McKenzie
McCaul and Rayburn
I have no cautions recorded for this race...
Two going to feature is the eighteen year old Jacob Hawkins and Jeff Babcock.....Stotts, Arpin, Groomer, Brooks, Hull, Oberson, Gilpin, Robinson,jr, Chance , St. Meyers, Keller , McCaul, McKenzie and Rayburn...
after the race we headed back to the camper to eat...and write up my notes... my son inlaw was going to drive home but decided to stay the night......it was killing him..he had prior commitments for saturday and had to leave...
In the grandstand they had a dj and I hear it was pretty fun over there.....I hear someone was doing some pole dancing
....crap I missed it again JB .. ..
Saturday, Oct 4, 2008..
No one was getting around real early in the parking lot but I guess a lot was going on in the pit area....
We were parked next to some fans of Mike Harrison... they told my husband that the #24 crew had worked on his car til 4 a.m..........but........it is ready to race.....
I talked with one of the crew of the #3 Jeff Harris bunch.... they had a lot of work to do on their car as well.... saturday morning Jeff left to go watch his son's baseball game... I kept going back trying to catch him for an interview but never did....
Chad Kinder and his new temporary #22 crew had been working on his car as well..... Chad said he had no traction in his heat and the brakes seemed to be dragging...they worked all morning on the car and found the problem......AND you could see that when he went out for the consi and the feature....
Last night Pam Leka came to tell me that their 2008 National Champion tee shirts came in..... they are sharp !!!!!!
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We decided to head to the pit area around one pm... ran into Tim Holt and his wife...we talked with them til the pit gates opened...
I got interviews with BRUCE GOULD III #30, BLAINE ABER #81 LATE MODEL, #70P MODIFIED; MATT ABER #70P; MIKE ASBERRY #360; RONNIE CHANCE #7s; KENNY JOHNSON #HC1; JESS HARTMAN #5 and one of the college boys with the #01 and #1 University of Ohio cars SCHUYLER NAHRE who runs the #22 modified.... I will get them on as soon as I can...
While in the pit area I learned that Kent Robinson offered his back up car to Denny Schwartz so that he could race.... Kent had first offered it to Jeff Leka but Denny had already offered his to Jeff....... so .... both Jeff Leka and Denny Schwartz would be going into a consi...
Before the RACE OF CHAMPIONS they brought out the 2008 UMP CHAMPION OF MODIFIEDS " JEFF LEKA" AND THE 2008 UMP CHAMPION OF LATE MODELS "DENNIS ERB"
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and I am so sorry Dennis Erb fans..my pictures of Dennis were blurry....
and awarded MIKE SPATOLA a check for $1000 for being fast qualifier
Line up for the Race of Champions:
Leka and Sweeney
Robinson and Adkins
Spatola and Henry
Bex and McCaul
Miller and Seets
Gilpin and Shoulders
Jewel and Cobb
Sherman
Randle Sweeney pulled out to the lead from the start.....Leka, Henry, Adkins, Robinson, Spatola, Miller...
after two laps in Kent Robinson pulled off...
The #182 of Randle Sweeney and the #18 of Jon Henry were putting on an exciting battle for first racing side by side for several laps....
The #89 of Spato pulled off....
now it is Sweeney, Henry, Leka, Seets, Adkins.......
and all of a sudden the #182 went up in smoke again giving the lead to Jon Henry..
Finish: Henry, Leka, Seets, Adkins, Gilpin, Shoulders, McCain, Cobb..
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No one was getting around real early in the parking lot but I guess a lot was going on in the pit area....
We were parked next to some fans of Mike Harrison... they told my husband that the #24 crew had worked on his car til 4 a.m..........but........it is ready to race.....
I talked with one of the crew of the #3 Jeff Harris bunch.... they had a lot of work to do on their car as well.... saturday morning Jeff left to go watch his son's baseball game... I kept going back trying to catch him for an interview but never did....
Chad Kinder and his new temporary #22 crew had been working on his car as well..... Chad said he had no traction in his heat and the brakes seemed to be dragging...they worked all morning on the car and found the problem......AND you could see that when he went out for the consi and the feature....
Last night Pam Leka came to tell me that their 2008 National Champion tee shirts came in..... they are sharp !!!!!!
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We decided to head to the pit area around one pm... ran into Tim Holt and his wife...we talked with them til the pit gates opened...
I got interviews with BRUCE GOULD III #30, BLAINE ABER #81 LATE MODEL, #70P MODIFIED; MATT ABER #70P; MIKE ASBERRY #360; RONNIE CHANCE #7s; KENNY JOHNSON #HC1; JESS HARTMAN #5 and one of the college boys with the #01 and #1 University of Ohio cars SCHUYLER NAHRE who runs the #22 modified.... I will get them on as soon as I can...
While in the pit area I learned that Kent Robinson offered his back up car to Denny Schwartz so that he could race.... Kent had first offered it to Jeff Leka but Denny had already offered his to Jeff....... so .... both Jeff Leka and Denny Schwartz would be going into a consi...
Before the RACE OF CHAMPIONS they brought out the 2008 UMP CHAMPION OF MODIFIEDS " JEFF LEKA" AND THE 2008 UMP CHAMPION OF LATE MODELS "DENNIS ERB"
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and I am so sorry Dennis Erb fans..my pictures of Dennis were blurry....
and awarded MIKE SPATOLA a check for $1000 for being fast qualifier
Line up for the Race of Champions:
Leka and Sweeney
Robinson and Adkins
Spatola and Henry
Bex and McCaul
Miller and Seets
Gilpin and Shoulders
Jewel and Cobb
Sherman
Randle Sweeney pulled out to the lead from the start.....Leka, Henry, Adkins, Robinson, Spatola, Miller...
after two laps in Kent Robinson pulled off...
The #182 of Randle Sweeney and the #18 of Jon Henry were putting on an exciting battle for first racing side by side for several laps....
The #89 of Spato pulled off....
now it is Sweeney, Henry, Leka, Seets, Adkins.......
and all of a sudden the #182 went up in smoke again giving the lead to Jon Henry..
Finish: Henry, Leka, Seets, Adkins, Gilpin, Shoulders, McCain, Cobb..
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LATE MODEL HEATS: 69 cars....six heats
fast qualifier: Jason Feger 16.007
Heat one:
Bowersock and Kloos
C Ruhlman and Ross
Walden and Thompson
Deisnroth and Spangler
Reeb and Bevard
Smith
caution comes out for the #7 and the #27 who crash in turn four..complete restart....
the 20 pulled off.....
finish: Michael Kloos, Ross, Walden, Bowersock, Thompson, Bevard, Reeb, Deisnroth,Smith, Spangler, C Ruhlman
Heat two:
Reaume and Hawkins
Matt Miller and Jeep Vanwormer
Hotovy and Logue
Flanary and Kevin Cole
Anderson and Maffett,Jr
Thrush
finish: Jared Hawkins, Reaume, Matt Miller, VanWormer, Flanary, Logue, Cole, Hotovey, Maffett, Thrush and Anderson
Heat three:
Schlenk and Billy Faust
Ben Adkins and Jason Feger
McBride and Delong
Hilliker and Neiser
McNeal and Longfellow
Baker and Jason Riggs
the #92b of Faust jumps out to early lead.... a caution comes out for the #81 of Riggs who hits the wall in turn four on lap 2...
the #11 of Schlenk has taken the lead....
caution comes out for the #18 of Longefellow who spins in four
another caution comes out for a spinned car.
the #77 of McBride who was in 5th place pulls off on restart...
the #18 of Longefellow pulls out on white flag lap...
finish: Rusty Schlenk, Faust, Feger, Delong, Adkins, Neiser, McNeal, Hilliker, Riggs, Longfellow, McBride, Baker...
Heat four:
Hedrick and Hensley
Brian Ruhlman and Spalding
Moore and Eitnear
Weidner and Shult
Sprague and Ehlert
Bill Hahn and Scott
A caution comes out on the start for the #25 of Ehlert, the #7 of Weidner and the #4u Eitnear...four laps are in...
The #0 of Hedrick and the #21 of Hensley and the #49 of Ruhlman put on quite a show ..they were neck to neck.. Hedrick is out in front with Ruhlman taking over 2nd.. the #16 gets around #21 and so does the #1...
the B4u pulls off
finish: Hedrick, Ruhlman, Scott, Spalding, Hensley, Moore, Sprague, Weidner,Ehlert, Shult, Eitniear, Hahn
Heat five:
Henry and Toczek
Chamberlain and Rice
Beyers and Ken Hahn
Lawhorn and Todd
Thirlby and Harden
Corbitt and Cortman
On the start a caution came out for the #1b of Rice who spins in turn four...had a little help from the #1 of Henry...
The #1c of Chamberlain gets in the lead with Henry behind him
a caution comes out for the #77 of Cortman who spins in four
the #52 of Harden pulled off
Next caution comes out for the #b1 of Rice who hits the wall in turn one...the #13 of Todd slides up and stops righ next to him trying to avoid him...the #b1 of Rice pulled off...
finish: Jon Henry, Chamberlain, Toczek, Beyers, K Hahn, Thirlby, Cortman, Todd, Rice, Norbitt, Harden, Lawhorn
Heat six:
Perrine and Vanderveen
Orr and Erb
Gordon and Brett Reaume
Mihelich and Gallagher
Ferguson and Stedinger
Korte and T Treon
the #23 of Vanderveen who was leading at the time hit the wall on the back stretch .he had led for three laps...Erb who was in second now takes the lead, then Korte, Perrine, Stedinger, Orr, Reaume and Gallagher...
the #28 of Erb and the #00 of Korte were really going at it but Erb held him off for the win
finish: Erb, Korte, Perrine, Steidinger, Orr, Gallagher, Vanderveen, Reaume, Ferguson, Mihelich, Gordon and Treon...
B Mian one for late model
finish Jeep VanWormer, Bowersock, Flanary, Logue, Cole, Maffett,jr, Chad Ruhlman, Hotovy, Bevard, Thrush, Reeb, Spangler, Thompson, Deisnroth, Smith, Anderson
B Main 2..
in this race the #25 hit the wall really hard in turn one and almost went over the wall...luckily he was not hurt but car was pretty messed up...
finish: DeLong, Spalding, Hensley, Weidner, Shult, Neiser, Hilliker,
B Main three
finish Wes Stedinger,Beyers, Orr, Ken Hahn,
Feature:
Dennis Erb, Matt Miller, Jeep VanWormer, Billy Faust, Jason Feger, Aaron Scott, Chris Ross, Hedrick, Kloos, B. Ruhlman, DeLong, Spalding, Adkins, Henry, Bowersock, Schlenk, Reaume, Perrine, Walden, Hawkins,
**** Randy Korte had been catching the #28 of Erb and with about one or two laps to go Korte went up in smoke and had to pull off...
fast qualifier: Jason Feger 16.007
Heat one:
Bowersock and Kloos
C Ruhlman and Ross
Walden and Thompson
Deisnroth and Spangler
Reeb and Bevard
Smith
caution comes out for the #7 and the #27 who crash in turn four..complete restart....
the 20 pulled off.....
finish: Michael Kloos, Ross, Walden, Bowersock, Thompson, Bevard, Reeb, Deisnroth,Smith, Spangler, C Ruhlman
Heat two:
Reaume and Hawkins
Matt Miller and Jeep Vanwormer
Hotovy and Logue
Flanary and Kevin Cole
Anderson and Maffett,Jr
Thrush
finish: Jared Hawkins, Reaume, Matt Miller, VanWormer, Flanary, Logue, Cole, Hotovey, Maffett, Thrush and Anderson
Heat three:
Schlenk and Billy Faust
Ben Adkins and Jason Feger
McBride and Delong
Hilliker and Neiser
McNeal and Longfellow
Baker and Jason Riggs
the #92b of Faust jumps out to early lead.... a caution comes out for the #81 of Riggs who hits the wall in turn four on lap 2...
the #11 of Schlenk has taken the lead....
caution comes out for the #18 of Longefellow who spins in four
another caution comes out for a spinned car.
the #77 of McBride who was in 5th place pulls off on restart...
the #18 of Longefellow pulls out on white flag lap...
finish: Rusty Schlenk, Faust, Feger, Delong, Adkins, Neiser, McNeal, Hilliker, Riggs, Longfellow, McBride, Baker...
Heat four:
Hedrick and Hensley
Brian Ruhlman and Spalding
Moore and Eitnear
Weidner and Shult
Sprague and Ehlert
Bill Hahn and Scott
A caution comes out on the start for the #25 of Ehlert, the #7 of Weidner and the #4u Eitnear...four laps are in...
The #0 of Hedrick and the #21 of Hensley and the #49 of Ruhlman put on quite a show ..they were neck to neck.. Hedrick is out in front with Ruhlman taking over 2nd.. the #16 gets around #21 and so does the #1...
the B4u pulls off
finish: Hedrick, Ruhlman, Scott, Spalding, Hensley, Moore, Sprague, Weidner,Ehlert, Shult, Eitniear, Hahn
Heat five:
Henry and Toczek
Chamberlain and Rice
Beyers and Ken Hahn
Lawhorn and Todd
Thirlby and Harden
Corbitt and Cortman
On the start a caution came out for the #1b of Rice who spins in turn four...had a little help from the #1 of Henry...
The #1c of Chamberlain gets in the lead with Henry behind him
a caution comes out for the #77 of Cortman who spins in four
the #52 of Harden pulled off
Next caution comes out for the #b1 of Rice who hits the wall in turn one...the #13 of Todd slides up and stops righ next to him trying to avoid him...the #b1 of Rice pulled off...
finish: Jon Henry, Chamberlain, Toczek, Beyers, K Hahn, Thirlby, Cortman, Todd, Rice, Norbitt, Harden, Lawhorn
Heat six:
Perrine and Vanderveen
Orr and Erb
Gordon and Brett Reaume
Mihelich and Gallagher
Ferguson and Stedinger
Korte and T Treon
the #23 of Vanderveen who was leading at the time hit the wall on the back stretch .he had led for three laps...Erb who was in second now takes the lead, then Korte, Perrine, Stedinger, Orr, Reaume and Gallagher...
the #28 of Erb and the #00 of Korte were really going at it but Erb held him off for the win
finish: Erb, Korte, Perrine, Steidinger, Orr, Gallagher, Vanderveen, Reaume, Ferguson, Mihelich, Gordon and Treon...
B Mian one for late model
finish Jeep VanWormer, Bowersock, Flanary, Logue, Cole, Maffett,jr, Chad Ruhlman, Hotovy, Bevard, Thrush, Reeb, Spangler, Thompson, Deisnroth, Smith, Anderson
B Main 2..
in this race the #25 hit the wall really hard in turn one and almost went over the wall...luckily he was not hurt but car was pretty messed up...
finish: DeLong, Spalding, Hensley, Weidner, Shult, Neiser, Hilliker,
B Main three
finish Wes Stedinger,Beyers, Orr, Ken Hahn,
Feature:
Dennis Erb, Matt Miller, Jeep VanWormer, Billy Faust, Jason Feger, Aaron Scott, Chris Ross, Hedrick, Kloos, B. Ruhlman, DeLong, Spalding, Adkins, Henry, Bowersock, Schlenk, Reaume, Perrine, Walden, Hawkins,
**** Randy Korte had been catching the #28 of Erb and with about one or two laps to go Korte went up in smoke and had to pull off...
MODIFIED 25 LAP FEATURE:
1 : DANNY SCHWARTZ #21D / MICHAEL HARRISON #24
2 : DOUG ADKINS #7 / RANDLE SWEENEY #182
3 : KENT ROBINSON #7R / JACOB HAWKINS #20
4 : MICHAEL ASBERRY #360 / SCOTT ORR #88
5 : JEFF BABCOCK #52 / CLINT SHUTTS #135
6 : MATT BEX #31 / LANCE DEHM #D1
7 : TODD SHERMAN #01 / CLAYTON MILLER #15
8 : JESS HARTMAN #5 / JOHN DEMOSS #79D
9 : STEVE ARPIN #00EH / KEITH BERNER #20
10: KENNY JOHNSON #HC1 / CHAD KINDER #09
11: CHRIS STOTTS #s8 / CHAD RUHLMAN #20
12..BRIAN RUHLMAN #49 / ED ROLEY #11R
13..JEFF LEKA #21s / MIKE SPATOLA #1
14..JEFF HARRIS #3 / CURT SPALDING #1
Michael Harrison was totally in charge of this race... He got out in front and stayed there all 25 laps and was not really challenged for the lead...
The #21d of Danny Schwartz must have pulled out pretty early in race because I don't have him recorded in any of my lap scores...
Lap 3 to 15 it was Harrison, Hawkins, Robinson, Adkins, Asberry, Orr and Bex...
by lap 15 the #360 of Michael Asberry slows on the track and pulls off..the running order now is Harrison, Hawkins, Robinson with the #00 of Arpin coming up from 17th...
at lap 20 the #21s of Jeff Leka pulled off.....
running order now is Harrison, Hawkins, Robinson, Arpin, Adkins, Orr, Bex and the #09 of Chad Kinder coming up through the crowd from 20th....
The #52 of Babcock pulls off
finish
1..Mike Harrison #24..(2)
2..Jacob Hawkins #20..(6)
3..Steve Arpin #00eh..(17)
4..Kent Robinson #7r (5)
5..Scott Orr #88 (8)
6..Doug Adkins #7 (3)
7..Matt Bex #31 (11)
8..Chad Kinder #09 (20)
9..Clayton Miller #15 (14)
10..Lance Dehm #1d (12)
11..Chris Stotts #s8 (21)
12..Chad Ruhlman #20 (22)
13..Mike Spatola #1 (26)
14..Keith Berner #18 (18)
15..Kenny Johnson #hc1 (19)
16..Clint Shults #135 (10)
17..Jess Hartman #5 (15)
18..Brian Ruhlman #49 (23)
19..Ed Roley #11 (24)........Ed hit the wall on last lap of race..not sure where he was at before that...but higher up then 19th...
20..Jeff Harris #3 (27)
21..Todd Sherman #01 (13)
22..John Demoss #79d (16)
23..Jeff Babcock #52 (9)
24..Jeff Leka #21s (25)
25..Michael Asberry #360 (7)
26..Curt Spalding #1 (28)
27..Danny Schwartz #21d (1)
28..Randle Sweeney #182 (4)
1 : DANNY SCHWARTZ #21D / MICHAEL HARRISON #24
2 : DOUG ADKINS #7 / RANDLE SWEENEY #182
3 : KENT ROBINSON #7R / JACOB HAWKINS #20
4 : MICHAEL ASBERRY #360 / SCOTT ORR #88
5 : JEFF BABCOCK #52 / CLINT SHUTTS #135
6 : MATT BEX #31 / LANCE DEHM #D1
7 : TODD SHERMAN #01 / CLAYTON MILLER #15
8 : JESS HARTMAN #5 / JOHN DEMOSS #79D
9 : STEVE ARPIN #00EH / KEITH BERNER #20
10: KENNY JOHNSON #HC1 / CHAD KINDER #09
11: CHRIS STOTTS #s8 / CHAD RUHLMAN #20
12..BRIAN RUHLMAN #49 / ED ROLEY #11R
13..JEFF LEKA #21s / MIKE SPATOLA #1
14..JEFF HARRIS #3 / CURT SPALDING #1
Michael Harrison was totally in charge of this race... He got out in front and stayed there all 25 laps and was not really challenged for the lead...
The #21d of Danny Schwartz must have pulled out pretty early in race because I don't have him recorded in any of my lap scores...
Lap 3 to 15 it was Harrison, Hawkins, Robinson, Adkins, Asberry, Orr and Bex...
by lap 15 the #360 of Michael Asberry slows on the track and pulls off..the running order now is Harrison, Hawkins, Robinson with the #00 of Arpin coming up from 17th...
at lap 20 the #21s of Jeff Leka pulled off.....
running order now is Harrison, Hawkins, Robinson, Arpin, Adkins, Orr, Bex and the #09 of Chad Kinder coming up through the crowd from 20th....
The #52 of Babcock pulls off
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1..Mike Harrison #24..(2)
2..Jacob Hawkins #20..(6)
3..Steve Arpin #00eh..(17)
4..Kent Robinson #7r (5)
5..Scott Orr #88 (8)
6..Doug Adkins #7 (3)
7..Matt Bex #31 (11)
8..Chad Kinder #09 (20)
9..Clayton Miller #15 (14)
10..Lance Dehm #1d (12)
11..Chris Stotts #s8 (21)
12..Chad Ruhlman #20 (22)
13..Mike Spatola #1 (26)
14..Keith Berner #18 (18)
15..Kenny Johnson #hc1 (19)
16..Clint Shults #135 (10)
17..Jess Hartman #5 (15)
18..Brian Ruhlman #49 (23)
19..Ed Roley #11 (24)........Ed hit the wall on last lap of race..not sure where he was at before that...but higher up then 19th...
20..Jeff Harris #3 (27)
21..Todd Sherman #01 (13)
22..John Demoss #79d (16)
23..Jeff Babcock #52 (9)
24..Jeff Leka #21s (25)
25..Michael Asberry #360 (7)
26..Curt Spalding #1 (28)
27..Danny Schwartz #21d (1)
28..Randle Sweeney #182 (4)
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higlighted in RED are the top ten in ump points
1...MIKE HARRISON......#24 of Highland, Illinois....qualified 4th with 17.974.....he was in Heat six...started 4th and took first *****after winning the heat he was involved in a really bad accident ..the #36 of Billy Palmer had hit the wall in turn two on white flag lap....Mike was flying when he came past the flagstand where the flagman threw the checker with the caution...he could not get shut down fast enough and almost missed the #36 but clipped the backend causing him to go airborne and flip his car....he was pulled to the scale by wrecker........he worked til early morning hours to get the car ready for the feature...He started outside front row next to Danny Schwartz.....Harrison got out in front and never looked back.......Great job Mike....
heat: 1st
feature: lst
2..JACOB HAWKINS....#20 out of Fairmount, WV.. he is 18 years old....qualified14th with 18.408....he was in the eighth heat..started 4th and finished 1st.... in the feature he started 6th and finished 2nd....
heat: lst
feature: 2nd
3..STEVE ARPIN...#00EH out of Ft. Francis, Ont......he qualified 42nd....he was in the eighth heat...he started 6th and finished 4th...he had to go in B-Main 4 wher he took a first......he started the feature 17th and finished 3rd......
heat: 4th
B-Main 4: 1st
feature: 3rd
4..KENT ROBINSON...#7r out of Bloomington, In....he qualified 11th with18.175..he was in heat five...started 4th and finished 1st.....he started the feature in 5th and finished 4th.....................Kent was 5th in UMP points but after this weekend probably moved up...
heat: 1st
feature: 4th
UMP......5th
5..SCOTT ORR.. #88 out of Columbia City, Indiana...he qualified 12th with 18.199....he was in heat three...he started outside front row and finished first.. in the feature he started 8th and finished 5th..
heat lst
feature: 5th
6..DOUG ADKINS.... #7 out of West Portsmouth, Ohio....he qualified 16th with 18.2991..he was in heat seven...he started 3rd and took first...in the feature he started 3rd and finished 6th......at time of Eldora he was 7th in UMP points.....
heat: 1st
feature: 6th
UMP......7th
7th..MATT BEX...#31 out of Avoca, Indiana....he qualified 41st with 18.759..he was in heat six...he started 3rd and finished 2nd....he started the feature 11th and finished 7th..
he is 14th in UMP points
heat: 2nd
feature: 7th
UMP: 14th
8..CHAD KINDER #22s running the lightning house car #09...he is out of Newton, Illinois...he qualified 13th with 18.222....he was in heat one outside front row....finished 4th.....he said he had no traction and felt the brake was dragging...they had a busy night and early morning trying to find what the problem was...and...they found it... he had to go into B-Main 1.......he started 3rd and finished by a straight away in lst.....started the feature way back in 20th position and finished with a real strong 8th...
heat: 4th
B-Main 1: 1st
feature: 8th
9..CLAYTON MILLER...#15 out of Elkton, Ky... he qualified 7th with 18.021..he was in heat three...he started in 4th and finished 2nd....he started the feature in 14th and finished 9th...Clayton is 19th in UMP points
heat: 2nd
feature 9th
UMP 19th
10..LANCE DEHM #D1...out of Chatsworth, Illinois..he qualified 22nd with 18.436.. he was in heat five..he started 3rd and finishe 2nd...started feature 12th and finished 10th..
heat: 2nd
feature: 10th
11..CHRIS STOTTS..#s8 ..out of Shade, Ohio...he qualified 23rd with 18.47... he was in heat eight..started 3rd and finished 3rd....he was in B-Main 4..he took 2nd..started feature in 21st spot and finished with 11th..
heat: 3rd
B-Main 4: 2nd
feature: 11th
12..CHAD RUHLMAN #20...out of Bemus Point, NY...he qualified 50th with 18.852...he was in heat five where he started in 8th spot..he finished 4th.... he went into B-Main 3 and took a 2nd....started the feature 22nd and finished 12th...
heat: 8th
B Main 3: 2nd
feature: 12th
13,,MIKE SPATOLA..#89...out of Manhatten, Illinois...he qualified with FAST TIME of 17.77 earning him a $1000.... he was in heat four..was in th spot and finished 3rd...he was in B Main 2 which he dnf....he got a provisional to start the feature... he started feature 26th in #1 car and made it up to 13th....
at the time of the Eldora race he was in 6th place..
heat: 3rd
b main: dnf
feature on a provisional took 13th
14..KEITH BERNER #18 FROM mILLERSBURG, oHIO... qualified 28th with 18.494
was in heat five where he started 2nd and finished 3rd....was in b main 3 where he took first...started the feature 18th and finished 14...
heat: 3rd
b main.. 1st
feature: 14
15..KENNY JOHNSON #hc1..from Washington, WV...he qualified 9th with 18.132..was in heat four where he started 3rd and finished 5th...I would hate to count the times he hit the wall... he went into b main2 which he won... put him 19th in the feature where he finished 15th..
heat: 5th
b main: 1st
feature: 15th
16..CLINT SHULTS #135 from Prestonsburg, Ky...he qualified 31st with 18.604...he was in heat seven...started front row outside and finished in 2nd spot....started feature 10th and finished 16th....
heat: 2nd
feature: 16th
17..JESS HARTMAN #5...from Zanesville, Ohio...he qualified 14th with 18.237..he was in heat two where he started on the pole..he finished 2nd....he started 15th in feature and finished 17th...
heat: 2nd
feature 17th
18..BRIAN RUHLMAN #49 from Clarklake, Mi...he qualified 10th with 18.173...he was in heat three where he started 3rd and finished 3rd....was in b main 2 where he finished 2nd...started feature 23rd and finished 18th..
heat 3rd
b main 2: 2nd
feature: 18th
19..ED ROLEY..#11 from Mattoon, Illinois...he qualified 75th with 19.107...he said the car was really tight and not running well...after looking it over they found the PR Shock was leaking....he said HE OWED Jeff Leka a big thanks for letting him borrow a shock..he was in heat two..he started 11th and finished 3rd... he was b main 1 and finished 2nd...started him 24th in feature..... I am not sure where he was running but on the checkered flag lap he hit the wall in three and got passed by several cars...."bummer"..he was really doing good...
heat: 3rd
b main 1 : 2nd
feature: 19th
20..JEFF HARRIS...#3...from Bridgetown, Ohio qualified 2nd fastest with 17.947..he was in heat one....boy....talk about bad luck !!! Before a lap was in he got involved in an accident with Hilliker, Hilligas, and Powley...Harris and Hilligas got the worse of the deal..it destroyed the #4x car but Harris's sustained a lot of damage and they had a lot of work ahead of them to get it ready for saturday....he came out in the b main and finished 20th....but he did get a provisional and started 27th in the feature...I am most certain if this guy had not been involved in a wreck we would have seen his name at the top...
heat : dnf
bmain: 20th
feature: 20th
21..TODD SHERMAN #65 racing the University of Ohio car #01...Todd is from Churubusco, Indiana..he qualified 46th with 18.795....he was in heat four..he started on the pole and finished 2nd..... he started the feature in 13th and finished 21st..
he is 10th in UMP points at race time....
heat: 2nd
feature: 21st
UMP: 10th
22..JOHN DEMOSS #79D...from Bloomington, Indiana...he qualified 17th with 18.322..he was in heat one.. he started on the pole and finished 2nd....in the feature he started 16th and finished 22nd...
he was 12th in UMP points at time of race
heat: 2nd
feature: 22nd
UMP: 12th
23..JEFF BABCOCK..#52....from Wayne, Ohio...he qualified 32nd with 18.637...he was in heat eight...started outside front row and finished 2nd...he started the feature in 9th position and finished with 23rd...
24..JEFF LEKA #3L running the #21s from Buffalo, Illinois....talk about a rough weekend....he went out for hot laps and had engine issues..... had no backup engine...
Denny Schwartz who only had one car with him gave his car to Jeff to race ...Jeff goes out to qualify in Denny's car and it starts slowing up..he qualified 100th with a time of 19.738..... Pam came up to the bleacher area and told me that the rear end went out on the #21s............****can you believe the luck***.....well.... they took the rear end off of the #3L car and put it on the #21s car.....Jeff was in heat three... he started 15th spot and made his way up to 5th....man if there had only been a couple of more laps!!!
This put Jeff in B Main 2........he finished 3rd..
He got a provisional and started the feature in #25th spot....by lap 20 Jeff Leka pulled off the track....Jeff Leka had a great 2008 year !!! He is our 2008 UMP Modified Champ and had that title won before ever coming to Eldora... His accomplishments this year include UMP ILLINOIS STATE CHAMP; UMP NORTHERN REGIONAL CHAMPION; MONSTER MIDWEST TOUR CHAMPION; FARMER CITY RACEWAY TRACK CHAMPION; LINCOLN SPEEDWAY TRACK CHAMPION; MODIFIED WORLD 100 WINNER; AND BIG DAWG 100 WINNER...////////" GREAT JOB LEKA !!!!!!
heat: 5th
b main: 3rd
feature: 24th
UMP.......NO# 1...
25..MICHAEL ASBERRY #360 from Crossville, Tn...he qualified 43rd with 18.761...he was in heat two..he started in 7th and finished in first....he started the feature in 7th spot and finished 25th....
heat: 1st
feature: 25th
26..CURT SPAULDING #1P..from Hartford, Mi.... he qualified 4th with 17.974...he was in heat two starting 4th..... he took lst in this heat after the #2b pulled off after being the leader....when the #1P crossed the scales he was DQ'ed for being light......bummer...
he started the feature 28th and finished 26th...
heat: dq'ed
feature: 26th
27..DANNY SCHWARTZ...#21D....from Ashmore, Illinois....he qualified 47th with 18.798..he was in heat four....he started 5th and finished with first ...he started the feature on the pole...... he pulled out in the very early stages of the race...
he is 25th in UMP points
heat: 1st
feature: 27th
UMP: 25th...........
28..RANDLE SWEENEY #182 from Clifty, Ky....he qualified 3rd with 17.947....
this was just not the year for the top two ump point leaders... Leka had motor problems and so did Randle..... it is one thing to be taken out of a race because of a mistake you make but when it is due to car failure that is hard.....
Randle was in heat one...he started 3rd.... he got into the lead midway and stayed there crossing over the finish line with a blown engine..... his family was sitting behind me and his daughter said that Randle had a backup engine.... whew we thought....
Randle was in the Race of The Champs...he started on the front row....he had to pull out of this race with engine issues...... OH NO......
Well much to our surprise Randle pulled out for the feature.. he was starting second row outside....he pulled out early on..
Terrible for the two top racers to have such bad luck at Eldora....
heat: 1st
feature: 28th
UMP: 2nd....
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Denny Schwartz who is 11th in UMP points unselfishly gave his car to Jeff Leka so that he could race when Leka's engine blew up...
Then Kent Robinson came to Denny's aid offering him his backup car....Denny went out in the b-main and was involved in a collision in first lap..... he stayed in but did not make it to feature.....
1...MIKE HARRISON......#24 of Highland, Illinois....qualified 4th with 17.974.....he was in Heat six...started 4th and took first *****after winning the heat he was involved in a really bad accident ..the #36 of Billy Palmer had hit the wall in turn two on white flag lap....Mike was flying when he came past the flagstand where the flagman threw the checker with the caution...he could not get shut down fast enough and almost missed the #36 but clipped the backend causing him to go airborne and flip his car....he was pulled to the scale by wrecker........he worked til early morning hours to get the car ready for the feature...He started outside front row next to Danny Schwartz.....Harrison got out in front and never looked back.......Great job Mike....
heat: 1st
feature: lst
2..JACOB HAWKINS....#20 out of Fairmount, WV.. he is 18 years old....qualified14th with 18.408....he was in the eighth heat..started 4th and finished 1st.... in the feature he started 6th and finished 2nd....
heat: lst
feature: 2nd
3..STEVE ARPIN...#00EH out of Ft. Francis, Ont......he qualified 42nd....he was in the eighth heat...he started 6th and finished 4th...he had to go in B-Main 4 wher he took a first......he started the feature 17th and finished 3rd......
heat: 4th
B-Main 4: 1st
feature: 3rd
4..KENT ROBINSON...#7r out of Bloomington, In....he qualified 11th with18.175..he was in heat five...started 4th and finished 1st.....he started the feature in 5th and finished 4th.....................Kent was 5th in UMP points but after this weekend probably moved up...
heat: 1st
feature: 4th
UMP......5th
5..SCOTT ORR.. #88 out of Columbia City, Indiana...he qualified 12th with 18.199....he was in heat three...he started outside front row and finished first.. in the feature he started 8th and finished 5th..
heat lst
feature: 5th
6..DOUG ADKINS.... #7 out of West Portsmouth, Ohio....he qualified 16th with 18.2991..he was in heat seven...he started 3rd and took first...in the feature he started 3rd and finished 6th......at time of Eldora he was 7th in UMP points.....
heat: 1st
feature: 6th
UMP......7th
7th..MATT BEX...#31 out of Avoca, Indiana....he qualified 41st with 18.759..he was in heat six...he started 3rd and finished 2nd....he started the feature 11th and finished 7th..
he is 14th in UMP points
heat: 2nd
feature: 7th
UMP: 14th
8..CHAD KINDER #22s running the lightning house car #09...he is out of Newton, Illinois...he qualified 13th with 18.222....he was in heat one outside front row....finished 4th.....he said he had no traction and felt the brake was dragging...they had a busy night and early morning trying to find what the problem was...and...they found it... he had to go into B-Main 1.......he started 3rd and finished by a straight away in lst.....started the feature way back in 20th position and finished with a real strong 8th...
heat: 4th
B-Main 1: 1st
feature: 8th
9..CLAYTON MILLER...#15 out of Elkton, Ky... he qualified 7th with 18.021..he was in heat three...he started in 4th and finished 2nd....he started the feature in 14th and finished 9th...Clayton is 19th in UMP points
heat: 2nd
feature 9th
UMP 19th
10..LANCE DEHM #D1...out of Chatsworth, Illinois..he qualified 22nd with 18.436.. he was in heat five..he started 3rd and finishe 2nd...started feature 12th and finished 10th..
heat: 2nd
feature: 10th
11..CHRIS STOTTS..#s8 ..out of Shade, Ohio...he qualified 23rd with 18.47... he was in heat eight..started 3rd and finished 3rd....he was in B-Main 4..he took 2nd..started feature in 21st spot and finished with 11th..
heat: 3rd
B-Main 4: 2nd
feature: 11th
12..CHAD RUHLMAN #20...out of Bemus Point, NY...he qualified 50th with 18.852...he was in heat five where he started in 8th spot..he finished 4th.... he went into B-Main 3 and took a 2nd....started the feature 22nd and finished 12th...
heat: 8th
B Main 3: 2nd
feature: 12th
13,,MIKE SPATOLA..#89...out of Manhatten, Illinois...he qualified with FAST TIME of 17.77 earning him a $1000.... he was in heat four..was in th spot and finished 3rd...he was in B Main 2 which he dnf....he got a provisional to start the feature... he started feature 26th in #1 car and made it up to 13th....
at the time of the Eldora race he was in 6th place..
heat: 3rd
b main: dnf
feature on a provisional took 13th
14..KEITH BERNER #18 FROM mILLERSBURG, oHIO... qualified 28th with 18.494
was in heat five where he started 2nd and finished 3rd....was in b main 3 where he took first...started the feature 18th and finished 14...
heat: 3rd
b main.. 1st
feature: 14
15..KENNY JOHNSON #hc1..from Washington, WV...he qualified 9th with 18.132..was in heat four where he started 3rd and finished 5th...I would hate to count the times he hit the wall... he went into b main2 which he won... put him 19th in the feature where he finished 15th..
heat: 5th
b main: 1st
feature: 15th
16..CLINT SHULTS #135 from Prestonsburg, Ky...he qualified 31st with 18.604...he was in heat seven...started front row outside and finished in 2nd spot....started feature 10th and finished 16th....
heat: 2nd
feature: 16th
17..JESS HARTMAN #5...from Zanesville, Ohio...he qualified 14th with 18.237..he was in heat two where he started on the pole..he finished 2nd....he started 15th in feature and finished 17th...
heat: 2nd
feature 17th
18..BRIAN RUHLMAN #49 from Clarklake, Mi...he qualified 10th with 18.173...he was in heat three where he started 3rd and finished 3rd....was in b main 2 where he finished 2nd...started feature 23rd and finished 18th..
heat 3rd
b main 2: 2nd
feature: 18th
19..ED ROLEY..#11 from Mattoon, Illinois...he qualified 75th with 19.107...he said the car was really tight and not running well...after looking it over they found the PR Shock was leaking....he said HE OWED Jeff Leka a big thanks for letting him borrow a shock..he was in heat two..he started 11th and finished 3rd... he was b main 1 and finished 2nd...started him 24th in feature..... I am not sure where he was running but on the checkered flag lap he hit the wall in three and got passed by several cars...."bummer"..he was really doing good...
heat: 3rd
b main 1 : 2nd
feature: 19th
20..JEFF HARRIS...#3...from Bridgetown, Ohio qualified 2nd fastest with 17.947..he was in heat one....boy....talk about bad luck !!! Before a lap was in he got involved in an accident with Hilliker, Hilligas, and Powley...Harris and Hilligas got the worse of the deal..it destroyed the #4x car but Harris's sustained a lot of damage and they had a lot of work ahead of them to get it ready for saturday....he came out in the b main and finished 20th....but he did get a provisional and started 27th in the feature...I am most certain if this guy had not been involved in a wreck we would have seen his name at the top...
heat : dnf
bmain: 20th
feature: 20th
21..TODD SHERMAN #65 racing the University of Ohio car #01...Todd is from Churubusco, Indiana..he qualified 46th with 18.795....he was in heat four..he started on the pole and finished 2nd..... he started the feature in 13th and finished 21st..
he is 10th in UMP points at race time....
heat: 2nd
feature: 21st
UMP: 10th
22..JOHN DEMOSS #79D...from Bloomington, Indiana...he qualified 17th with 18.322..he was in heat one.. he started on the pole and finished 2nd....in the feature he started 16th and finished 22nd...
he was 12th in UMP points at time of race
heat: 2nd
feature: 22nd
UMP: 12th
23..JEFF BABCOCK..#52....from Wayne, Ohio...he qualified 32nd with 18.637...he was in heat eight...started outside front row and finished 2nd...he started the feature in 9th position and finished with 23rd...
24..JEFF LEKA #3L running the #21s from Buffalo, Illinois....talk about a rough weekend....he went out for hot laps and had engine issues..... had no backup engine...
Denny Schwartz who only had one car with him gave his car to Jeff to race ...Jeff goes out to qualify in Denny's car and it starts slowing up..he qualified 100th with a time of 19.738..... Pam came up to the bleacher area and told me that the rear end went out on the #21s............****can you believe the luck***.....well.... they took the rear end off of the #3L car and put it on the #21s car.....Jeff was in heat three... he started 15th spot and made his way up to 5th....man if there had only been a couple of more laps!!!
This put Jeff in B Main 2........he finished 3rd..
He got a provisional and started the feature in #25th spot....by lap 20 Jeff Leka pulled off the track....Jeff Leka had a great 2008 year !!! He is our 2008 UMP Modified Champ and had that title won before ever coming to Eldora... His accomplishments this year include UMP ILLINOIS STATE CHAMP; UMP NORTHERN REGIONAL CHAMPION; MONSTER MIDWEST TOUR CHAMPION; FARMER CITY RACEWAY TRACK CHAMPION; LINCOLN SPEEDWAY TRACK CHAMPION; MODIFIED WORLD 100 WINNER; AND BIG DAWG 100 WINNER...////////" GREAT JOB LEKA !!!!!!
heat: 5th
b main: 3rd
feature: 24th
UMP.......NO# 1...
25..MICHAEL ASBERRY #360 from Crossville, Tn...he qualified 43rd with 18.761...he was in heat two..he started in 7th and finished in first....he started the feature in 7th spot and finished 25th....
heat: 1st
feature: 25th
26..CURT SPAULDING #1P..from Hartford, Mi.... he qualified 4th with 17.974...he was in heat two starting 4th..... he took lst in this heat after the #2b pulled off after being the leader....when the #1P crossed the scales he was DQ'ed for being light......bummer...
he started the feature 28th and finished 26th...
heat: dq'ed
feature: 26th
27..DANNY SCHWARTZ...#21D....from Ashmore, Illinois....he qualified 47th with 18.798..he was in heat four....he started 5th and finished with first ...he started the feature on the pole...... he pulled out in the very early stages of the race...
he is 25th in UMP points
heat: 1st
feature: 27th
UMP: 25th...........
28..RANDLE SWEENEY #182 from Clifty, Ky....he qualified 3rd with 17.947....
this was just not the year for the top two ump point leaders... Leka had motor problems and so did Randle..... it is one thing to be taken out of a race because of a mistake you make but when it is due to car failure that is hard.....
Randle was in heat one...he started 3rd.... he got into the lead midway and stayed there crossing over the finish line with a blown engine..... his family was sitting behind me and his daughter said that Randle had a backup engine.... whew we thought....
Randle was in the Race of The Champs...he started on the front row....he had to pull out of this race with engine issues...... OH NO......
Well much to our surprise Randle pulled out for the feature.. he was starting second row outside....he pulled out early on..
Terrible for the two top racers to have such bad luck at Eldora....
heat: 1st
feature: 28th
UMP: 2nd....
....................
Denny Schwartz who is 11th in UMP points unselfishly gave his car to Jeff Leka so that he could race when Leka's engine blew up...
Then Kent Robinson came to Denny's aid offering him his backup car....Denny went out in the b-main and was involved in a collision in first lap..... he stayed in but did not make it to feature.....
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