Bloomington Speedway results 2003-07-05

BLOOMINGTON, IN (July 5, 2003) - Thousands of cheering race fans wrapped up their Independence Day holiday in grand style last night at Bloomington Speedway. The Giant Ariel Fireworks Display presented each year by Bloomington Power Sports has become so popular, that they would probably draw a big crowd if that was the whole show. However, at Bloomington Speedway, we're all about the best in motorsports. And, that's what we had last night. There were 43 non winged sprint cars, 40 O'Neal Wood Products modifieds, and 29 Tire & Wheel Center super stocks in competition.

For their $10.00 grandstand admission, Bloomington Speedway fans saw 43 qualification runs, 12 heat races, 5 "B" features, 2 dashes, and three big feature events in addition to the fantastic fireworks display. Don't let anything keep this show off of your schedule next season.

SPRINT CARS -

Jon Stanbrough has been on a tear lately; and he continued his winning ways last night on the red clay of Bloomington Speedway. Because of his second place qualification effort, Jon started inside of the third row; however, when the green flag dropped to start the feature event Stanbrough charged into second place behind only polesitter Rick Hayden. Hayden's new car is very fast; but not quite fast enough to stay ahead of Stanbrough. On the eighth circuit, Stanbrough took the point that he would not relinquish. He immediately began to stretch out his lead.

Three time Bloomington Speedway sprint car champion and fast qualifier Derek Scheffel had considerable difficulty getting past Hayden; and, by the time he took second he had lost considerable track position to Stanbrough. Scheffel started closing the gap a little; but he was probably going to need a yellow flag if he was to have an opportunity to take the win. He got the yellow on lap 20 when Brian Gerster rolled to a stop outside of turn 4; but Stanbrough was able to hold on for the win; and Scheffel had to settle for second.

Dick Gaines II started ninth and passed points leader Justin Marvel to take fifth on the 12th circuit. He was running on the high side while Tim Spindler was firmly planted on the inside groove; but, on the lap 20 restart Gaines managed to pass Spindler for fourth; and, on the following circuit, he got by Hayden for third where he would finish.

On the white flag lap, Spindler and Jimmy Laser passed Hayden to finish fourth and fifth respectively while Hayden, Justin Marvel, Kenny Carmichael, Scott Hatton, and Kent Christian rounded out the top ten.

In preliminary action Gaines, Stanbrough, Hatton, Christian, and Jon Sciscoe won the heat races while Marvel and Hayden prevailed in the "B" features.

O'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS MODIFIEDS -

Ray Humphrey made another clean sweep in the O'Neal Wood Products modified division in winning his heat, the dash, and the feature with a flag to flag effort. Humphrey and his new car have been so strong this season that he's a favorite for the win every time he rolls off the trailer.

Defending O'Neal Wood Products modified co-champion Matt Boknecht passed Shelby Miles to take second on the sixth lap and held to finish second.

Jeff Bland, Jr. ran another strong race to finish third, while last week's feature winner, Brady Short came from his 13th place starting position a strong fourth. Matt Bex came home fifth.

Shelby Miles pretty much demolished his beautiful #76 at Lincoln Park Speedway last Saturday night; and there was no time to get the car repaired. However, he borrowed the #82 car and drove it to a sixth place finish to stay in the hunt for the championship. Ryan Thomas, Clint DeMoss, Jesse Cramer, and Gary Barrow rounded out the top ten.

In preliminary aciton, Humphrey, Miles, Boknecht, and Thomas won the heat races while Rodney Harris, Jr. and Tim DeMoss prevailed in the "B" features.

The bright spot in the O'Neal Wood Products modified division was the return of John DeMoss to competition. He built a new home over the off season; and that slowed the construction of the new #79d. John was still sorting out the new car last night; but you can bet that he'll be running up front again before long. Welcome back John!

TIRE & WHEEL CENTER SUPER STOCKS -

Last week, Ben DuBois drove the first feature win of his career when he swept the Tire & Wheel Center super stock competition by winning his heat, winning the dash, and leading the feature win. That's a pretty strong performance for a first time winner. How does a racer back up a performance like that? He does the same thing again the next time out.

You're surprised when a driver like Kevin Briscoe, Ray Humphrey, Matt Boknecht, or Lee Hobbs turns in back to back performances like this; but for a driver to score his first two feature wins this way is really something special. Mike Cawood kept DuBois in range; but DuBois was clearly in control. Cawood would have to settle for second.

Danny Harris came from his seventh place starting position to finish third followed by Jeremy Hines and Terry Arthur.

Defending Tire & Wheel Center super stock champion Greg Kendall sixth; and Mickey Hines, Chris Deweese, Kevin Arthur, and Troy Clark rounded out the top ten.

DuBois, Cawood, and Kendall won the heat races while Jack Frye led the dash flag to flag.

RESULTS:

Qualifications: 1. Derek Scheffel, 21s, 11.788; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 57, 11.805; 3. Tim Spindler, 31 , 11.863; 4. Jimmy Laser, 8L, 11.881; 5. Shane Hollingsworth, 21H, 11.902; 6. Bobby Stines, 88, 11.955; 7. Rick Hayden, 5H, 11.971; 8. Justin Marvel, 47, 11.984; 9. Kevin Briscoe, 21R, 12.001; 10. Jon Sciscoe, 7x, 12.026; 11. Dick Gaines II, 70, 12.094; 12. Bill Baker, 99, 12.115; 13. Kris Deckard, 97, 12.182; 14. Jared Fox, 56, 12.194; 15. Kevin Chambers, 18, 12.206; 16. Kenny Carmichael, 92, 12.219; 17. Dave Peperak, 77x, 12.239; 18. Brian Gerster, 77, 12.242; 19. Tim Creech II, 31c, 12.265; 20. A.J. Anderson, 34, 12.284; 21. Mike Hunnicutt, 12H, 12.342; 22. Ryan Howard, 9, 12.343; 23. Scott Hatton, 15x, 12.344; 24. Kent Christian, 1c, 12.347; 25. Josh Cunningham, 6s, 12.354; 26. Glenn Scott, 33, 12.428; 27. Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 92c, 12.428; 28. Hud Cone, 91, 12.450; 29. Steve Rone, 9R, 12.474; 30. Jake Scott, 22, 12.626, 31. Jay Scott, 55, 12.626, 32. Mike Hagemier, 17H, 12.651, 33. Dean Franklin, 42, 12.654, 34. Eric Davis, 96, 12.677, 35. Mitch Cunningham, 63, 12.704, 36. Scott Martin, 25, 12.772, 37. Rick Waltman, 11W, 12.940, 38. Nick Johnson, 15, 13.160, 39. J.L. Brewer, 14, 13.265, 40. Mike Slater, 3s, 12.473, 41. Danny Pollock, 24, 13.633, 42. Derek Davidson, 17B, 13.843, 43. Sean Walden, 7, NT

AUTO HEAVEN AUTO PARTS HEAT 1: 1.(4) Dick Gaines II, 2.(6) Derek Scheffel, 3.(3) Kenny Carmichael, 4.(2) Mike Hunnicutt, 5.(7) Jay Scott, 6.(5) Bobby Stines, 7.(8) Scott Martin, 8.(1) Glenn Scott, 9.(90) Danny Pollock

PAUL D. BAUGH LAW OFFICE HEAT 2: 1.(6) Jon Stanbrough, 2.(1) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 3.(4) Bill Baker, 4.(3) Dave Peperak, 5.(8) Rick Waltman, 6.(7) Mike Hagemier, 7.(2) Ryan Howard, 8.(5) Rick Hayden

WALNUT STREET AUTO SALES/CAMPUS RENTAL HEAT 3: 1.(2) Scott Hatton, 2.(6) Tim Spindler, 3.(3) Brian Gerster, 4.(5) Justin Marvel, 5.(1) Hud Cone, 6.(4) Kris Deckard, 7.(7) Dean Franklin, 8.(9) Sean Walden, 9.(8) Nick Johnson

INTERSTATE BATTERY HEAT 4: 1.(2) Kent Christian, 2.(6) Jimmy Laser, 3.(4) Jared Fox, 4.(9) Derek Davidson, 5.(3) Tim Creech II, 6.(7) Eric Davis 7.(1) Steve Rone, 8.(5) Kevin Briscoe

HEAT 5: 1.(5) Jon Sciscoe, 2.(6) Shane Hollingsworth, 3.(3) A.J. Anderson, 4.(2) Josh Cunningham, 5.(4) Kevin Chambers, 6.(7) Mitch Cunningham, 7.(1) Jake Scott, 8.(8) Mike Slater

JB Salvage B FEATURE #1: 1.(2) Justin Marvel, 2.(3) Kevin Chambers, 3.(9) Dean Franklin, 4.(1) Bobby Stinesl, 5.(7) Steve Rone, 6.(4) Tim Creech II, 7.(13) Sean Walden, 8.(3) Ryan Howard, 9.(11) Rick Waltman, 10.(8) Jay Scott, 11.(10) Mitch Cunningham, 12.(12) Mike Slater, 13.(6) Glenn Scott

JB Salvage B FEATURE #2: 1.(1) Rick Hayden, 2.(4) Mike Hunnicutt, 3.(6) Hud Cone, 4.(3) Dave Peperak, 5.(5) Josh Cunningham, 6.(8) Mike Hagemier, 7.(13) Derek Davidson, 8.(11) Nick Johnson, 9.(10) Scott Martin, 10.(2) Kris Deckard, 11.(12) Danny Pollock, 12.(7) Jake Scott, 13.(9) Eric Davis

ROOTS RV FEATURE: 1.(5) 57 Jon Stanbrough, 2.(6) 21s Derek Scheffel, 3.(9) 70 Dick Gaines II, 4.(4) 31 Tim Spindler, 5.(3) 8L Jimmy Laser, 6.(1) 5H Rick Hayder, 7.(7) 47 Justin Marvel, 8.(13) 92 Kenny Carmichael, 9.(17) 15x Scott Hatton, 10.(18) 1c Kent Christian, 11.(2) 21H Shane Hollingsworth, 12.(16) 12H Mike Hunnicutt, 13.(20) 91 Hud Cone, 14.(12) 18 Kevin Chambers, 15.(14) 77 Brian Gerster, 16.(11) 56 Jared Fox, 17.(19) 92c Kenny Carmichael, Jr. 18.(8) 7x Jon Sciscoe, 19.(10) 99 Bill Baker, 20.(21) 42 Dean Franklin; 21.(15) A.J. Anderson

O'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS

COLOR TYME HEAT 1: 1.(9) Ray Humphrey, 2.(1) Jeff Bland, Jr., 3.(8) Jesse Cramer, 4.(4) Brady Short, 5.(6) Brandon Short, 6.(3) Justin Hillenburg, 7.(7) J.P. Karpowicz, 8.(5) Briaqn Campbell, 9.(2) Brad Fleetwood, 10.(10) Jerry Davis

EXTREME PERFORMANCE HEAT 2: 1.(4) Ryan Thomas, 2.(8) Matt Bex, 3.(10) Clint DeMosst, 4.(1) Sam Lee, 5.(2) Bryan Yeatman 6.(6) Darin Beaner, 7.(7) Rodney Harris, Jr., 8.(5) Eddie Lake, 9.(3) Larry Banks, 10.(9) John DeMoss

CURRY GMC TRUCK HEAT 3: 1.(6) Shelby Miles, 2.(2) Robert Smith, 3.(7) Nathan Voorhies, 4.(9) Lonnie Cassity, 5.(5) Travis Fleetwood, 6.(10) Tim DeMoss, 7.(4) Travis Gault, 8.(3) Jimmy Sizemore, 9.(1) Wendell Wisley, 10.(8) David Bumgardner

HEAT 4: 1.(7) Matt Boknecht, 2.(9) Gary Barrow, 3.(2) Jason Knight, 4.(6) J.P. Hume, 5.(3) Greg Lee, 6.(8) Greg Deckard, 7.(10) Webb Lee, 8.(4) Justin Hobson, 9.(1) Steve Carpenter, 10.(5) Curtis Dubois

BLACKWELL LIMESTONE DASH FOR CASH: 1.(1) Ray Humphrey, 2.(3) Shelby Miles, 3.(4) Matt Boknecht, 4.(2) Ryan Thomas

BELL'S EXHAUST SHOPS "B" Feature #1: 1.(6) Rodney Harris, Jr., 2.(11) Jerry Davis, 3.(2) Brian Yeatman, 4.(12) John DeMoss, 5.(9) Brad Fleetwood, 6.(1) Brandon Short, 7.(3) Justin Hillenburg, 8.(8) Eddie Lake, 9.(5) J.P. Karpowicz, 10.(4) Darin Beaner

BELL'S EXHAUST SHOPS "B" FEATURE #2: 1.(3) Tim DeMoss, 2.(1) Travis Fleetwood, 3.(4) Greg Deckard, 4.(2) Greg Lee, 5.(8) Justin Hobson, 6.(9) Steve Carpenter, 7.(5) Travis Gault, 8.(7) Jimmy Sizemore, 9.(6) Webb Lee

BLACK LUMBER MODIFIED FEATURE: 1.(1) 75s Ray Humphrey, 2.(3) 22 Matt Boknecht, 3.(5) 38 Jeff Bland, Jr., 4.(13) 36 Brady Short, 5.(6) 31 Matt Bex, 6.(2) 82 Shelby Miles, 7.(4) T9 Ryan Thomas, 8.(10) 78c Clint DeMoss, 9.(9) 12T Jesse Cramer, 10.(8) 14 Gary Barrow, 11.(16) 5H J.P. Humer, 12.(7) 12R Robert Smith, 13.(14) 55x Sam Lee, 14.(11) 4T Nathan Voorhies, 15.(15) 1 Lonnie Cassity, 16.(19) 22 Jerry Davis, 17.(12) 92 Jason Knight, 18.(18) 66T Tim DeMoss, 19.(17) 9H Rodney Harris, Jr.,. 20.(20) 96 Travis Fleetwood

TIRE & WHEEL CENTER SUPER STOCKS:

MCCAMMON TREE SERVICE HEAT 1: 1.(1) Ben DuBois, 2.(3) Chris Hillman, 3.(6) Danny Harris, 4.(2) Mickey Hines, 5.(5) Ralph Groomer, 6.(10) Jack Frye, 7.(7) Chris Deweese, 8.(9) Steve Hollars, 9.(8) Jim Pfieffer, Sr., 10.(4) Bobby Davis

RAINTREE MUFFLER HEAT 2: 1.(1) Mike Cawood, 2.(7) Rick Wolsifer, 3.(9) Terry Arthur, 4.(2) Matt Ross, 5.(3) Mike Jones, 6.(5) Jeremy Pennington, 7.(6) Steve Godsey, 8.(10) Jeremy Stierwalds, 9.(4) Anthony Walker, 10.(8) Gerald Gault

WILD BIRDS UNLIMITED HEAT 3: 1.(2) Greg Kendall, 2.(7) Jeremy Hines, 3.(4) Gerald Todd, 4.(5) Kevin Arthur, 5.(3) Mel Bigham, 6.(6) Randy Howe, 7.(1) David Lawson, 8.(9) Deb Friesner, 9.(8) Troy Clark

Dash for Cash: 1.(1) Ben DuBois, 2.(2) Mike Cawood, 3.(3) Greg Kendall

TOM CHERRY MUFFLER B Feature: 1.(1) Jack Fryer, 2.(3) Randy Howe, 3.(4) Chris Deweese, 4.(12) Troy Clark, 5.(2) Jeremy Pennington, 6.(11) Anthony Walker, 7.(8) Jeremy Stierwalt, 8.(5) Steve Godsey, 9.(7) Steve Hollars, 10.(6) David Lawson, 11.(10) Jim Pfieffer, Sr., 12.(14) Gerald Gault

TIRE & WHEEL CENTER SUPER STOCK FEATURE: 1.(1) 55 Ben DuBois, 2.(2) 12 Mike Cawood, 3.(7) 19 Danny Harris, 4.(6) 5H Jeremy Hines, 5.(8) 5 Terry Arthur, 6.(3) 44 Greg Kendall, 7.(10) 43 Mickey Hines, 8.(18) 19 Danny Harris, 9.(12) 74 Kevin Arthur, 10.(19) 13c Troy Clark, 11.(5) 31 Rick Wolsifer, 12.(9) 51T Gerald Todd, 13.(14) 70 Mike Jones, 14.(20) 20 Jeremy Pennington, 15.(11) 69 Matt Ross, 16.(13) 48 Ralph Groomer, 17.(15) 49B Mel Bigham, 18.(16) 2 Jack Frye, 19.(17) 43x Randy Howe, 20.(4) 11 Chris Hillman

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