We decided to go to Vermillon County on friday and set our camper up...
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it was very interesting being there a day early and see what goes on at the track....
We got there right around two oclock.... Joe Jeffries was already there ..last weekend the speakers went out and they were being repaired.... I seen a bundle of wood at the bottom of the bleachers and seen where they had replaced the planks going up to the grandstand....
The water truck was already on the track..and... it is the biggest water truck I have seen at a track........ they worked the track all day...
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I was not surprised to see that we were the only camper there on friday but was surprised that only one more pulled in on saturday.... there were a couple of tents and a van that parked under a tree where i am sure the people slept all night....
It cost us $15 a night to camp with electric...it is free if you don't hook up to electricity...we could not use our air conditioner ...thankgoodness we had a couple of fans..... friday was really hot....
Friday night it quieted down and we relaxed...we watched deer come up in the field not far from us and there were two horses that just run loose on the grounds... my hubby was out petting them but when i came out with my camera they stayed their distance..
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Friday night it had cooled down really nice and made it nice for sleeping...
Saturday did not seem quite as hot...but was humid..... and with my husband you always know the weather bulletins
......Joe Jeffries and his girlfriend came by the camper ... he had picked up the trophies...
wow....was really nice.......
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Joe introduced me to STEVE RUETIMANN....Joe Spiker's right hand man....
The more people I meet affliated to this track the better I like it.... He is super nice..
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also while Joe was at the camper I got to meet the PR guy for Vermillion County
Roger Hughes and his wife:
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Around four I headed to the pit area to get some interviews.. it had cooled down a little bit.... while I was in the pit area Mark, Gennie, Kelsie and Jenna Bare and Howie's brother and sister inlaw Dennis and Connie all met at the camper and had some lunch..
In the pit area I interviewed crate late model drivers RANDY SHUMAN #62; JIM BAILEY #66B; AND BOBBY PIERCE #32...mocified drivers: JIMMY HAYDEN #15J AND BRIAN HAYDEN #2H...
I had a good time in the pit area meeting up with some drivers I had not seen in a while ...
Cute little Heather Thomas came over to say hello...she is a doll.. She and Ryan she told me had a bad experience at Bloomington friday night....knowing Heather I think she will get to the bottom of it and get it straightened out.........
While talking with her........her step dad Jimmy Hayden and her mom Karen was pulling their rig in.... that is when I grabbed the opportunity to interview Jimmy... What a great guy to interview .. I could have stayed there forever and talked with them.....
I did stay there a long time... lol.... well.... I see where Heather gets her looks... her mom ...Right next to Jimmy was Brian Hayden...... boy those Hayden's have a long history in racing from generation to generation.......
I went over by Bobby Pierce and talked with Angie.... she went and got him so I could do an interview.... I asked her if she got nervous with Bobby being only 12 and already racing in a crate late model.... She said yes somewhat but not really...She has total confidence in Bobby... she said he is not easily intimidated..... I told her he sure did have big shoes to fill and she said yes he sure did but feels that if anyone could accomplish that it would be Bobby.....When I interviewed Bobby I asked him what his goal in racing was... He told me to win the World 100..... I really think he will do it too....
After winning back to back wins in the crate late model I knew I wanted to interview this guy : RANDY SHUMAN.... he not only was running a crate he was also running his modified..... glad I got to meet him...
I saw Dennis Waggle walking and went to talk with him...he was talking to his girlfriend Stephanie on his cell so I took off.....seen Kinder and Team #22 driving by while talking with Jimmy Hayden...
Well... it was time to head to the grandstand....we always sit at top by the announcer's booth... someone hollared at me and it was Chris Nunn, the announcer from Brownstown.. I had him and his girlfriend sit with our group.... he kept giving me a hard time about my driver CHAD KINDER..... he likes to tease me....
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The racing was great...track was awesome...
The Sprint count was a little low this weekend but there was a big race at Lawrenceburg on saturday and a big race at Haubstadt on sunday... there were two heats.... the #34 of AJ Anderson won heat one and Korey Weyant won the second...
The feature was pretty fast and furious...the #34 of Anderson got out to the leade with Korey Weyant, Fitzpatrick and Cone in pursuit...
The #42 of Scott Hampton flipped his sprint going into turn one...it flipped several times and looked really bad...but he was okay...second caution came out for the #95 of Tommy Rockwell when he went over the burm...he pulled off track..
now the #7 of Hud Cone is leading with Anderson and Weyant....
the #34 of Anderson went over the burm on back straight away..he pulls off track after being in second...now its Cone, Weyant andAltig.....next caution comes out for the #24 of Landon Simon who gets black flagged....he was losing some kind of liquid on the track...
...it is Cone, Weyant, Fitzpatrick, Altig, Triplett,Spencer.........
another caution comes out for the #10 of Fitzpatrick who goes over the burm...
the #7 of Cone and the #99 of Weyant are going at it side by side...the #7 goes over the burm on back stretch and the #99 of Weyant takes the lead...
Finish: Korey Weyant....Gary Altig...Hud Cone...Josh Spencer...Triplett..Simon..Branson..Goodnight..Bland...Nimee...Christian...Harri
s...Budde..Fitpatrick..Anderson...Rockwell...Hampton...Nieft...Wissmiller...
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In the modified there were four heats.... heat one Chad Kinder won..heat two was Roger Cary...heat three was Steve Picou....heat four was Tres Mehler......
In heat one:
#39 Gummere..................#14 Randy Shuman
#22s ChadKinder..............#23c BJ McCamon
#19 Marty Oneal...............#40r Tim Reynolds
#18m Matt Huddleston......#87 David Shain
#97 Marvin Burton
the first caution comes out on start when the #87 of David Shain goes over the burm..he takes it to the pit...
the #B97 of Marvin Burton pulls off the track...BJ McCamon pulls off the track two laps before finish.. Chad Kinder #22s led from start to finish....
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Finish: Chad Kinder (3) Marty Oneal (5) Randy Shuman (2) and Matt Huddleston (7)
heat two
#44Roger Cary............#P51 Derek Hufford
#11 Kyle Logue...........#48 Derek Groomer
#14 Chris Streeval......#16j Jason Lakey
#45 Wes McClara.......#10hl mark Auler
#04 Robert Albright
Right at the start the #p51 of Hufford gets sideways collecting three or four cars ( #04;#10 and #45).. Hufford got a lot of front end damage and had to pull off the track...Albright had to leave track as well...the #10 of Auler had his door ripped off and had to pull off as well...McClara stayed out... new lineup:
Cary...Groomer
Logue...Lakey
Streeval...McClara
Hufford
Finish: Roger Cary (1) Derek Groomer (2) Kyle Logue (3) and Jason Lakey (4)
heat three
#144 Ryan Cary...........#0x Steve Picou
#01 Don Kiger.............#24 Brian Hayden
#s8 Chris Stotts..........#24 Jim Ransom
#500 Steve Adams......#15j Jimmy Hayden
#lg Devin Gilpin
Jimmy Hayden pulls off track after a couple of laps....
Gilpin starts smoking and pulls off track with two laps to go...
Finish: Steve Picou (2) Ryan Cary (1) Don Kiger (3) and Jim Ransom (6)
heat four
#3 Tres Mehler..............#24 Jared Bailey
#98..............................#31 Matt Bex
#29 Barker...................#T9 Ryan Thomas
#21 Brad Barrow.............#79d John Demoss
#32 Rick Corbin
finish: Tres Mehler (1) Jared Bailey (2) Matt Bex (4) and John Demoss (8)
B Main 1............two to feature
1..Tim Reynolds
2..BJ McCamon
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3..Wes McClara
B Main 2..........
1..Ryan Thomas
2..Chris Stotts
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3..Brian Hayden
Feature
Kinder...Cary
Picou....Mehler
Oneal..Groomer
Ry Cary...Bailey
Shuman...Logue
Kiger...Bex
Huddleston...Lakey
Ransom...Demoss
Reynolds...Thomas
McCamon...Stotts
Chad Kinder got out to the lead with Roger Cary right on his tail... Cary gets out in front..... Kinder back out in front... Kinder and Cary put on quite a show but midway thru Chad Kinder started pulling away by a slight margin
running order was Kinder, Cary, Mehler, Picou, Thomas Ry Cary, Bailey, Logue, Kiger Groomer.....
cauton comes out for the #23c of McCamon who spis in four
running order was: Kinder, Cary, Mehler, Picou, Oneal, Ry Cary, Logue, Bailey, Kiger, Groomer, Lakey, Bex, Demoss, Thomas, Reynolds, Stotts, Huddleston, Ransom and Shuman.....
caution comes out for the #144 of Ryan Cary and the #19 of Marty Oneal who crash in front of grandstand...both go off track...
finish: CHAD KINDER....Roger Cary..Tres Mehler...Steve Picou...Logue..Bailey..Kiger..Lakey..Bex...Groomer...J Demoss...Reynolds..Thomas..Huddleston..Stotts..Ransom..Shuman..Oneal..McCamon...
The top two had option to take the money or a provisional for sunday's big race...if the front two did not take it the 3 and 4 placers would get opportunity...
1..Chad Kinder.... took the money
2..Roger Cary.....took provisional***
3..Tres Mehler...took the money
4..Steve Picou...took the money..................
Crate late model ...there was 12 cars there.... one heat...winner was Jeremy HInes
Feature: Jeremy HInes...Shuman...Rivers...Pierce...Cary..Sonderoth...Schlueter..Madison...Bailey
..Jordan..Henderson...Eveland....
Street Stock
Feature:
Ed Lahey...Scott Dunlap..Lee..McCarty...Fields...Simmons... Streeval...Severs...McNeese..Bumgardner
Pure Stock
Feature:
Dowers..Buyno...G Parson,Jr...Graves..F Parson...Mitchell...Dieu...MIller...Johnson..Wes Parson
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great night of racing.....
will write about David Richardson Memorial tomorrow......