VERMILLION COUNTY SPEEDWAY
DANVILLE, ILLINOIS
JUNE 13, 2009

Wow is all I can say.... I can't believe they got that race in.... we left Robinson at around two oclock and headed for Danville.... right around Georgetown we hit a downpour...very hard rain.... I called Joe Jeffries and he said the sun was shining and radar looked good..... Terre Haute was getting rain and had canceled their race...
Well...he was right... it was not raining at the track... I went pitside and went to talk with Heather Thomas and Ryan, builder of the Diamond Chassi......as Heather says "nothing shines like a diamond"....

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Heather took my camera and gave it to her mom and told her to take a picture of her and I....she said CJ you never have pictures of you ..............and lol...now you can see why...
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As we were talking Heather said, uh either I just spit on myself or..................well she didn't spit on herself..... it started with light rain and then got steady.... I headed to the pitgate... I figured we would be heading home..... as I was walking in the rain and getting soaked someone yelled "you know what they say about people not coming in out of the rain......you wouldn't know anything about that would you Lloyd Dunlap ??
As I was walking to the pitgate I saw Chad Kinder sitting on road outside of gate ...cars kept pulling in ...Ed Roley pulled in.... my hubby brought the car up by the gate and we sit there to see what was going to happen.........IT QUIT RAINING !!!!
The rigs started pulling in..... it was muddy!!! I saw Jason Lakey slipping and sliding and trying to pull into a grassy spot but couldnt make it...
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I saw Jeff Leka sliding around too but he made it safely to a spot.... Kinder pulled straight in and parked by the tree by the pit bleachers....
I had wanted to get some interviews of the winged sprint drivers but it was so slippery I was afraid to walk around much in the pit.... I was very wet and I didn't want to had mud to my butt....

I did however catch Bob Pierce for an interview and trust me... I certainly will not do him justice....Click to view attachment


I interviewed the #63 of Steve Keenen
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and the #8 of Levi Kissinger...

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Steve Keenen told me he was fifty years old...that was hard to believe...he is a very young 50...was nice to meet him..
And Levi Kissinger... I am so glad I found him.... he told me he was coming and I wanted to make sure I found him.... I met both his mom and dad......... I took a picture of all three of them and it came out blurry..... so sorry mom.... that would have been a good picture... was really glad to meet all of you....
I had been told Pam and Jeff Leka was there and I walked the whole pit area...which is huge...and never found them.... they were parked up by the gate.... I had a nice time talking with Pam and crew...........and thankyou very much Pam for the Leka Shirt... I love it !!!! I never did get to see Jeff....Jeff was running his son Jeffrey's #20 tonight...
As I was heading back to the grandstands the track still looked pretty shaky,,,they called for a drivers meeting....that sounded good....
I saw three cars pull out: Denny Schwartz #21s, Scott Weber #4j and Ed Roley #11....
I think it was around nine oclock before the hot laps started...then qualifying..
now the racing starts...........
I will ad the results to race below

Winged Sprints:
qualifying:
they had two laps .. i am putting best of two...

10v MATT VANDERVERE.....14.085
39W ALEX SHANKS....12.883
42 CORY BRUNS....13.663
83 JIM MOUGHAN....13.152
44 A J BRUNS....12.755
6 BILL ROSE......12.437
38 BRAD GREER ....12.381 *****sixteen years old**
40 ANDY HUSTON....13.522
12 JERROD HULL....13.157
51 KALEY GIHARST ...12.669
7M GEOFF DODGE ...12.524
1X RANDY HENNIGAN....12.250.....................'FAST TIME'
99 JIM DAVIES......13.255
65..JORDAN GOLDSBERRY....12.653
4K KODY KINSER.....12.344 ******twenty years old
5H PATRICK HAYNES ....12.803
22T MIRANDA THROCKMUTON...12.617..........she is only seventeen...and wow...what a driver.... if she had not been taken out in the feature early on ..."who knows"....she is one tough little driver....

heat one:
40 HUSTON ...83 MOUGHAN
44 AJ BRUNS 22 THROCKMUTON
3B GREER 1X HENNIGAN
the #83 gets out to the lead on lap one and stays there to the finish...the #44 of Bruns pulled off track before finish
finish: MOUGHAN..THROCKMUTON...HENNIGAN..HUSTON...AJ BRUN
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heat two
42 CORY BRUNS 12 HULL
5H HAYNES 65 GOLDSBERRY
6 ROSE 4K KINSER
finsih : HULL, BRUNS, GOLDSBERRY, KINSER, HAYNES, ROSE
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heat three:
10v VANDERVERE 99 DAVIES
39W SHANKS 51 GIHARST...DNS
7M DODGE
the 10 hits the wall in turn 4 very hard...not too happy with the #7m...10 is taken off track..
finish: DAVIES, DODGE, SHANKS,
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6 LAP DASH
65 GOLDSBERRY 22T THROCKMUTON
7M DODGE 6 ROSE
3B GREER 4K KINSER
the #22 of Miranda got out to the lead and never looked back..very impressive ..
finish: Throckmuton, Rose, Goldsberry,Dodge, Greer, Kinser
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feature:
1,,BILLY ROSE (3)
2..RANDY HENNIGAN (6)*** at the start of this race the #1x got into the #22t..they had to go to the tail.....he came all the way back up the field to finish 2nd...wow.
3..Geoff Dodge (2)
4..Jordan Goldsberry (7)
5..Kody Kinser (5)
6..Andy Huston (14)
7..Jerrod Hull (12)
8..Jim Moughan (11)
9..Patrick Haynes (9)
10..Miranda Throckmuton (1) back from the tail
11..Kaley Giharst (17) started on the tail
12..Jim Davies (13)
13..Alex Shanks (10)

my husband had the #1x picked to win this race... he might have if he had not connected with the #22t at the start of the race sending both to the tail... I had the #22 picked to win....

this was a fast and furious race.... I don't remember seeing winged sprints race before...
at the start of race #10v of Vandervere out of Chicago, Illinois got into the wall in front of the grandstand flipping him violently...was good to see him get out of the car...
total restart....
on start the #7m gets out to the lead over #22t... the #6 of Rose gets by #22..
a caution comes out for the #22t and the #1x who makes connection in turn three..both to tail...
the #42 of Cory Bruns pulls off the track before restart....
running order: Dodge, Rose, Greer, Kinser, Goldsberry, Haynes, AJ Bruns,Hull,Shanks, Moughan,Giharst,Huston, Davies , Hennigan, Throckmuton..
on restart the #6 of Billy Rose takes the lead over Dodge....
caution on restart for the #44 of AJ Bruns who crash hard in front of grandstand...he is also okay.... thankgoodness...
next caution comes out for the #39 of Shanks stopping on track when he spins out...
next caution came out for the #3b of Greer when he spins in turn four after running in 3rd...he stayed out for a couple of more laps then pulled to the pit area....

Was a very exciting race other then the flips..... the #1x was really outstanding coming from the tail back up to take 2nd...
And Miranda.........we are going to hear a lot from you I am sure....very very impressive driver !!!!
And way to go Billy Rose....great job...

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modifieds.................
wow...what a race.... and yes I am very excited because my favorite driver Chad Kinder won..... he was on a rail for sure....

modifieds qualified .....one lap..... FAST QUALIFIER : CHAD KINDER 15.793

#40 TIM REYNOLDS.....16.674
42j JUSTIN GREGORY....16.566
01 DON KIGER.................17.011
04 ROBERT ALBRIGHT........18.738
P51 DERRICK HUFFORD.......16.720
62 RANDY SHUMAN.........16.868
44 ROGER CARY.............17.095
39 KEVIN GUMMERE.........17.724
63 STEVE KEENEN...........17.973
8 LEVI KISSINGER............18.828
J16 JASON LAKEY............16.477
4 RICK HUFFORD..............16.995
7DT DOUG TAYLOR............17.118
T9 RYAN THOMAS............16.277
22s CHAD KINDER.............15.793 *****FAST TIME
23C B J McCAMMON.........15.802
20 JEFF LEKA..................16.523 ***racing his son's car
45m WES McCLARA..........16.442
18M MATT HUDDLESTON....17.109
144 RYAN CARY...............16.378
88S. ALAN STIPP...............18.341
15J JIMMY HAYDEN............17.115

heat one:
KINDER RYAN CARY
LEKA D HUFFORD
KIGER HAYDEN
KEENEN KISSINGER
Chad got out to the lead and stayed there from green to checker... no cautions..he looked very smooth....
finish: Kinder, Cary, Hufford, Leka, Hayden, Kiger, Kissinger, Keenen
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heat two
McCammon McClara
Gregory Shuman
Rog Cary Taylor
Stipp
one caution in this heat when the #88 comes to stop in turn two..... BJ took control of this heat also leading from green to checker... he had 2nd fast time in qualifing...
and McClara who looked really strong on tuesday was having some issues in heat..he was 2nd, then held 3rd and then just kept fading...one of my friends Gennie Bare said the car was not sounding right...hope it is nothing serious Wes..
he did not come out in the feature...
finish: McCammon, Shuman, Taylor, Gregory, McClara, Stipp, Roger Cary
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heat three
THOMAS LAKEY
REYNOLDS R HUFFORD
HUDDLESTON GUMMERE
ALBRIGHT
the #04 goes up on the burm but comes back on..no caution..
the #4 gets into the tail of the #04 causing them to come to a stop on track...
both to tail...
Tim Reynolds hit the wall hard in turn four...he pulls off track.....
As in the other two heats Lakey got to the lead and led all laps...
finish: Lakey, Thomas, Huddleston, Hufford, Gummere...

In the feature the #45m of Wes McClara was a scratch...the #20 of Jeff Leka chose to go to tail when slated to start 10th..
line up
Kinder... .... McCammon
Lakey.... .... Ry Cary
Shuman.........Thomas
D Hufford.......Taylor
Huddleston....R Hufford
Gregory........kiger
Hayden.........Reynolds
Gummere.....Rog Cary
Stipp..........Keenen
Kissinger....Albright
Leka

Chad Kinder got out to the lead and stayed there from green to checker ....he almost got into lap traffic a couple of times and cautions saved him...but finally did make his way into traffic... he got by the #63 of Keenen who held his line ...
the 23c of BJ was in second and he stayed there as well..
The #T9 of Ryan Thomas pulled off right at the beginning of the race... .. hate to see that happen...
the #01 of Don Kiger brings out the first caution when he spun in turn two..he has to go to tail..
running order: kinder, mccammon, lakey, ry cary, shuman, taylor, d hufford, gregory, reynolds, huddleston, r hufford, hayden rog cary, gummere, kissinger, keenen, stipp , albright, leka...
nest caution comes out when the #144 spins out and collects the #40r of Reynolds who drives up over the back of Cary....the #42 of Gregory gets caught up in it as well...both the #42 and the #40 pulls off the track.....
Leka pulls off before the restart....
the 4 of Rick Hufford pulls out as well...
running order : KINDER, McCAMMON, LAKEY, TAYLOR, D HUFFORD, ROG CARY, GUMMERE, HAYDEN, HUDDLESTON, KISSINGER, STIPP, KEENEN, ANLBRIGHT, KIGER, RY CARY....
with ten laps in the #39 of Gummere spins bringing out a caution....
with fourteen laps in the #88 of Stipp spins collecting the #01 of Kiger..Kiger pulls off track...
with sixteen laps I believe in the #15j of Jimmy Hayden pulls off the track...he has been having his share of mechanical problems...
when the #8 passed the grandstands his car was pretty beat up ...somewhere along the line I missed that....
finish:
1..CHAD KINDER #22s
2..B J McCAMMON #23C
3..JASON LAKEY #J16
4..DOUG TAYLOR #7DT
5..DERRICK HUFFORD #P51
6..MATT HUDDLESTON #18M
7..ROGER CARY #44
8..LEVI KISSINGER #8
9..RYAN CARY #144
10..STEVE KEENEN #63

Was unbelieveable they got this race on .........great job by the track...
I am sure there will be complaints..but.... they shouldn't..... was a long night....the fans stayed til the end.......drivers put on a great show.........
Thankyou Joe Spiker,,,,Joe Jeffries .... and all the crew that got that track raceable...

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CRATE LATE MODEL....
there were 17 crates in attendance.....Bobby Pierce Godsey AND Jay Schlueler scratched for the night..

heat one
JEREMY HINES.....SCOTT TIDWELL
TIM RIVERS........KYLE MADISON
RANDY SHUMAN....ROGER CARY
DONALD SMILEY...JOHN GILSTRAP
caution comes out for the #62 of Shuman and the #46 of Rivers when they get together in turn three...
before restart the #44 pulls off
The #49 of Jeremy Hines is leading by over half a track.... he catches lap traffic..passes the #38 and the #32s...
finish: Hines, Madison, Rivers, Shuman , Gilstrap...
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heat two
Raney.....Burton
Jordan.....Rick Hines
Henderson..Wilson
not sure with this heat....I know Marvin Burton won..

feature:
1..JEREMY HINES #49
2..MARVIN BURTON #12
3..KYLE MADISON #23
4..ROGER CARY #44
5..DAVID HENDERSON #H28
there were a lot of crashes in this race
on start the #19 of Wilson gets into the front grandstand wall collecting several cars..I saw Shuman and Cary involved...
the #49 of Rick Hines pulls off...
running order: Hines, Burton, Madison, Cary, Tidwell, Henderson, Jordan...***this is all that is left on track....**
the 38 spins in turn two on restart..... the 11 goes off
the 38 pulls off....
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STREET STOCK... 14 cars.. two heats
heat one
MICHAEL HOPE.....SCOTT DUNLAP
SCOTT TIDWELL...ALMANZA
MICHAEL DAUGHTY...STEVE EVANS
KEATON STREEVAL
Scott Dunlap takes the lead on green and stays there thru the checker...the #12j of Almanza gets into the wall on the start ..he pulls out before finish...
the #22h of Hope pulls off before finish...Dunlap was ahead by half a track..
finish: DUNLAP, STREEVAL, DAUGHTERY, EVANS

heat two
ROLLINS....SIMMONS
LAHEY...McNEESE
JOHNSON...VAUGHN
TIDWELL
finish: SIMMONS, ROLLINS, LAHEY, VAUGHN, McNEESE, JOHNSON, TIDWELL

FEATURE
1..SIMMONS
2..STREEVAL
3..ROLLINS
4..LAHEY
5..DAUGHTERY
6..VAUGHN
7..McNEESE
8..JOHNSON
9..TIDWELL
10..DUNLAP....who spun on last lap after getting back to front runners
on the start of this race the Z of Simmons got into the back of Dunlap who had got out into the lead causing him to lose control of his car.. he hit the waill in front of the grandstands bringing out the caution.... Dunlap got his car fired back up without help and continued.. he had to tag the tail...
the 22h of Hope pulls off the track....
the #14j goes up on burm but comes back without bringing out a caution...
The Z stayed in the lead to finish.... the #79 car had pulled his way back up to 6th and on last lap tried to increase his position and spun out....
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PURE STOCKS....13 CARS..TWO HEATS..
heat one
KERST.....EICHORN
DIEU....VAPELT
BUYNO....PARSONS
WASSON
finish: Kerst, Buyno, Dieu, Parsons, Vapelt, Wasson, Eichorn

heat two
MILLER....TURNER
WES PARSON....DOWERS
G PARSON,JR....MITCHELL
on start the J586 of Parsons,jr starts smoking really bad...he was up to 4th and had to pull out
finish: Turner, Dowers, Mitchell, Miller, Wes Parsons....

feature:
1..WILLIE KERST
2..JOHN TURNER
3..ROBERT DIEU
4..JAMES BUYNO
5..WES PARSONS
6..TIM MILLER
7..JOHN VANPELT
8..JACK DOWERS
the #121 brought out the first caution when he spun in turn 2
the #00 of Walter Parsons pulls off track..
the #77 of Tony Mitchell starts over heating after running in third..has to pull off...
on checkered lap before crossing line the #13 of Wes Parsons catches on fire and comes to stop..
the #88 hits the wall crossing line....

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