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BOESPFLUG STOPS WINDOM’S STREAK TO TAKE “OVAL NATIONALS” NIGHT ONE
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BOESPFLUG STOPS WINDOM'S STREAK TO TAKE "OVAL NATIONALS" NIGHT ONE
Perris, California November 10, 2016 - In what has already been a banner year for Chad Boespflug, the Hanford, California native checked off yet another highlight-reel moment during the 2016 season - a USAC victory in his home state - after winning night one of the 21st Budweiser "Oval Nationals" at Perris Auto Speedway.
In fact, the Thursday Perris triumph marks the fifth different state Boespflug has won in during his five career USAC point-paying victories - Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey, Nebraska and California, not to mention his $60,000 two-night performance at South Dakota's Badlands Motor Speedway in a non-points special event back in August.
Though the box score shows Boespflug leading all 30 laps, it was never quite that easy. Especially so when you have to fend off the hottest sprint car driver in the USA.
Boespflug got the jump at the start, drifting up to the topside to take the lead into turn one ahead of fellow native-Californian Thomas Meseraull. Just four laps in, though, Chris Windom rode the bottom line past Meseraull between turns one and two, then was able to clear him by the midway point of the backstretch to grab second.
On laps seven and eight, Boespflug and Windom engaged in a side-by-side battle for the lead as Ryan Bernal began to surge in the third spot. Bernal would fall out of contention just moments after bursting onto the scene, biking his machine between turns three and four, resulting in a flat left rear tire that brought out the yellow flag.
On the lap eight restart, Boespflug immediately distanced himself from Windom, lifting the left front as he raced down the back straightaway to put a seven car-length gap between first and second.
By lap 12, though, Windom used the extreme bottom on the infield berm to catch and pull even with Boespflug for the lead, but Boespflug hung on by the skin of his teeth to nip Windom at the line to stay at the front by a single car length.
Just after the halfway point, Boespflug hiked the left rear as he bounced through the entrance of turn three and over the cushion, momentarily losing the lead to Windom, the winner of the last three USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car races coming into Thursday's Perris round.
However, good fortune found Boespflug as, simultaneously, a caution fell for a three-car tangle involving Austin Liggett, Hunter Schuerenberg and Danny Faria, Jr. prior to the entire lap being scored. The field reverted to the running order on the last completed lap, which relegated Windom to second behind Boespflug on the lap 16 restart.
The second half of the race was all Boespflug as he left Windom in the distance without encountering an ounce of trouble, save for a kiss of the concrete with his right rear tire at the exit of turn four with seven laps to go, to take his sixth USAC Sprint Car win of the season - fourth points-paying - in his NineEight Motorsports-EZR/Capitol Renegade - Beaver Stripes/Maxim/Claxton.
"I saw Chris (Windom)'s nose there before that first yellow," Boespflug remembers. "I was trying to give it away; I was overdriving it in (turns) three and four and I just had to make sure I hit my marks racing with Chris and Derek (Claxton). They've been so stellar these last couple of weeks. We've been good early on, but we just need to be better in the end. (Crew Chief) Davey Jones and I walked the entire track and got a good setup for what we thought we needed and it worked. I got tighter as the race went on. Usually, we start out too tight, but this time, we got tighter as the race went on which I think was to our advantage. The bottom seemed to go away a little bit, so under the yellows, I tried to pack it in and help kill it as much as I could."
It was Boespflug's first win at Perris and, even though he has plenty of previous experience on the Southern California half-mile, he credits much of his success on Thursday night to the open practice session at the track one night prior.
"Everything we learned happened last night at the open practice," Boespflug admits. "We didn't test for speed; we wanted to make sure we could race and move around on the racetrack and have a car that's drivable for me. I think we found that and everything we learned definitely worked tonight. But, it's pretty special. I raced here for almost an entire year in 2006 back when I lived out here. I'm just so happy to be able to put this on my resume."
Chris Windom scored second in his Baldwin Brothers Racing/Fox Paving - AMSOIL/DRC/Claxton Mopar. The Canton, Illinois driver saw his winning streak come to an end as he attempted to become the first driver since Rick Hood in 1985 to win four-straight USAC National Sprint Car features.
"We had a really good car all night," Windom said. "I was just searching there in the feature. I think we were better than Chad there in the middle of the race. On the restarts, we got a little snug on the right rear. He got too far away from us the first five laps after the (lap 16) restart. I couldn't reel him back in. But, we were fast all night. Derek (Claxton)'s done a great job on this car the last few months. We'd won three in a row and we were hoping to make it four, but we'll take a second on opening night. We have a lot of momentum and a lot of confidence coming into this weekend, so we'll keep plugging away and, hopefully, we can come back and win the one that counts on Saturday."
USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car point leader Brady Bacon took third in the Dynamics, Inc./Mean Green - Lykins Oil/Triple X/Williams Mopar, his season-leading 20th top-five finish in his 39th series start of the season.
"We drew a pretty high pill and had to go out pretty late and didn't quite get the qualifying time we would've liked," Bacon said. "It set us back and we had to start 11th in the feature. It took us awhile to get up through there, but we were fortunate enough to get up to third. I think we might've had something for them if we could've started a little closer to the front. It puts you in a good spot having a good first night. You can't afford to have any problems these first two nights with the way the points work, so I think we're in pretty good shape. We were fast right out of the box tonight!"
Contingency award winners Thursday night at Perris Auto Speedway included Damion Gardner (ProSource/Woodland Auto Display Fast Qualifier), Bud Kaeding (Simpson Race Products/Extreme Mufflers First Heat Winner and KSE Racing Products/BR Motorsports/King Racing Products Hard Charger), Brady Bacon (Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI)/DJ Safety Second Heat Winner), Chad Boespflug (Benic Enterprises/Circle Track Performance Third Heat Winner), Brody Roa (Indy Race Parts/Stand 21 Racer Goes Safer Foundation Fourth Heat Winner), Carson Macedo (Keizer Aluminum Wheels Fifth Heat Winner), Austin Williams (Brown & Miler Racing Solutions Semi Winner) and Jon Stanbrough (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher).
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USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: November 10, 2016 - Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway - 21st Budweiser "Oval Nationals" presented by All Coast Construction
PROSOURCE/WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.249; 2. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-16.313; 3. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-16.333; 4. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-16.407; 5. Thomas Meseraull, 42x, Bates-16.413; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.437; 7. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.459; 8. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-16.514; 9. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.576; 10. Carson Macedo, 42, Cheney-16.609; 11. Joe Stornetta, 3T, Finkenbinder-16.634; 12. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-16.658; 13. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 1, Ballou-16.712; 14. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.727; 15. Danny Faria, Jr., 17v, Faria-16.788; 16. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.796; 17. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-16.814; 18. Mike Spencer, 4s, Gansen-16.828; 19. Josh Hodges, 17, McGhee-16.837; 20. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.838; 21. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-16.847; 22. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-16.850; 23. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-16.860; 24. Logan Williams, 5w, Jory-16.898; 25. Hunter Schuerenberg, 19, Underwood-16.959; 26. Bud Kaeding, 16, Martin-16.973; 27. Aaron Farney, 17GP, Dutcher-17.020; 28. Max Adams, 5m, Adams-17.147; 29. Kyle Edwards, 39E, Edwards-17.192; 30. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.218; 31. Matt Mitchell, 21A, Burkhart-17.245; 32. Troy Rutherford, 11x, Bellegante-17.284; 33. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.287; 34. Colton Slack, 3F, Finkenbinder-17.324; 35. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-17.331; 36. Verne Sweeney, 98v, Tracy-17.429; 37. Cody Majors, 81x, Watt-17.453; 38. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-17.609; 39. Tommy Malcolm, 5x, Napier-17.656; 40. Eddie Tafoya, 51T, Tafoya-17.708; 41. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.899; 42. Randy Waitman, Y69, Waitman-17.911; 43. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-17.958; 44. Anthony Lopiccolo, 36, Springstead-18.099.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS/EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Stockon, 3. Gardner, 4. Vander Weerd, 5. Stornetta, 6. A. Williams, 7. Mitchell, 8. Bender, 9. Sweeney. 2:53.79
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI)/DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Leary, 3. Darland, 4. Farney, 5. Swanson, 6. Chapple, 7. Rutherford (#11 Rutherford), 8. Waitman, 9. Majors. 2:52.36
BENIC ENTERPRISES/CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boespflug, 2. Thomas, 3. Windom, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Spencer, 6. Adams, 7. Gansen, 8. Colston, 9. Ellertson. 2:51.09
INDY RACE PARTS/STAND 21 RACER GOES SAFER FOUNDATION FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Bernal, 3. Johnson, 4. L. Williams, 5. Hodges, 6. Malcolm, 7. Slack, 8. Edwards, 9. Lopiccolo. NT
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Macedo, 2. Meseraull, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Faria, 5. Liggett, 6. Mellenberndt, 7. Tafoya, 8. C.Williams. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SEMI: (12 laps) 1. A. Williams, 2. Swanson, 3. Hodges, 4. Liggett, 5. Chapple, 6. Rutherford, 7. Malcolm, 8. Edwards, 9. Slack, 10. Majors, 11. Gansen, 12. Sweeney, 13. Lopiccolo, 14. Stornetta, 15. Bender, 16. Colston, 17. Adams, 18. Mitchell, 19. Tafoya, 20. Spencer, 21. Mellenberndt, 22. Ellertson. NT
BILL PRATT FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chad Boespflug, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Carson Macedo, 8. R.J. Johnson, 9. Richard Vander Weerd, 10. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 11. Bud Kaeding, 12. Brody Roa, 13. Jon Stanbrough, 14. C.J. Leary, 15. Josh Hodges, 16. Thomas Meseraull, 17. Chase Stockon, 18. Ryan Bernal, 19. Jake Swanson, 20. Logan Williams, 21. Aaron Farney, 22. Danny Faria, Jr., 23. Max Adams, 24. Chris Gansen, 25. Hunter Schuerenberg, 26. Austin Liggett. NT
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**Mellenberndt and Stornetta flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Boespflug.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS/BR MOTORSPORTS/KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Bud Kaeding (23rd to 11th)
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Bacon-2546, 2-Stockon-2253, 3-Darland-2125, 4-Meseraull-2101, 5-Windom-2090, 6-Boespflug-2076, 7-Leary-1953, 8-Robert Ballou-1919, 9-Farney-1350, 10-Thomas-1324.
NEW USAC/CRA AMSOIL SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-D. Gardner-1516, 2-Vander Weerd-1336, 3-Swanson-1248, 4-Roa-1217, 5-A. Williams-1190, 6-Spencer-1003, 7-Adams-892, 8-L. Williams-772, 9-C. Williams-739, 10-Gansen-688.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: November 11-12 - Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway - 21st Annual Budweiser "Oval Nationals"
BACON BESTS SOUTHWEST SPRINTS IN ARIZONA; R.J. JOHNSON WINS 4TH SERIES TITLE
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BACON BESTS SOUTHWEST SPRINTS IN ARIZONA; R.J. JOHNSON WINS 4TH SERIES TITLE
Queen Creek, Arizona November 5, 2016 - Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma scored the feature victory in Saturday night's "Western World" USAC Southwest Sprint Car season finale at Arizona Speedway.
Bacon, driving his Keith Ford/Walker Filtration Systems - Sun Valley AG Transport/Spike/Nogrady, exchanged the lead with early race leader Ryan Bernal on three separate occasions, taking the lead for good with 18 laps to go, then pulling away for the victory over R.J. Johnson, Chris Windom, Ryan Bernal and Shon Deskins.
Meanwhile, Johnson was crowned as USAC Southwest Sprint Car champion for the fourth consecutive year by 131 points over Charles Davis, Jr., Matt Rossi, Mike Martin and Tye Mihocko.
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USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: November 5, 2016 - Queen Creek, Arizona - Arizona Speedway - "49th Annual Western World Championships"
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shon Deskins (#20 SDR), 2. Chris Windom (#5X Baldwin), 3. Aaron Farney (#17GP Dutcher), 4. Dennis Gile (#13G Gile), 5. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 6. Stevie Sussex (#21AZ Burkhart), 7. Jason Grady (#45 Grady), 8. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michael), 2. Ryan Bernal (#56 Phulps), 3. Zach Madrid (#98Z Madrid), 4. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 5. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 6. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle), 7. Ryan Stolz (#56X Stolz). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 2. Brady Bacon (#73 Ford), 3. Brady Short (#19A Underwood), 4. C.J. Leary (#30 Leary), 5. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 6. Josh Grady (#12J Grady), 7. Asa Kesterson (#18 Kesterson). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brian Hosford (#22B Weber), 2. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 3. Clinton Boyles (#77 JHR), 4. Josh Hodges (#74X Hodges), 5. Matt Lundy (#98 Lundy), 6. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 7. Rob Lindsey (#23 Lindsey). NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Sussex, 2. Mihocko, 3. Curtis, 4. Ogle, 5. Reinbold, 6. Lundy, 7. Jo.Grady, 8. Ja.Grady, 9. Lindsey, 10. Stolz, 11. Kesterson, 12. St. James. NT
ALSO AT TRACK: Tanner Grau (#34 Team AZ)
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Shon Deskins, 6. Matt Rossi, 7. Josh Hodges, 8. C.J. Leary, 9. Charles Davis Jr., 10. Stevie Sussex, 11. Mike Martin, 12. Brady Short, 13. Tye Mihocko, 14. Tom Ogle, 15. Aaron Farney, 16. Andy Reinbold, 17. Matt Lundy, 18. Chris Bonneau, 19. Michael Curtis, 20. Zach Madrid, 21. Brian Hosford, 22. Clinton Boyles. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Bernal, Laps 4-10 Bacon, Lap 11 Bernal, Laps 12-30 Bacon.
HARD CHARGER: Josh Hodges (15th to 7th)
FINAL USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Johnson-1,470, 2-Davis-1,339, 3-Rossi-1,166, 4-Martin-1,160, 5-Mihocko-1,020, 6-Gile-927, 7-Sussex-897, 8-Hosford-820, 9-Bonneau-799, 10-Reinbold-787.
WINDOM WRAPS UP DOMINANT WESTERN WORLD WEEKEND IN ARIZONA SPEEDWAY VICTORY LANE
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WINDOM WRAPS UP DOMINANT WESTERN WORLD WEEKEND IN ARIZONA SPEEDWAY VICTORY LANE
Queen Creek, Arizona November 5, 2016 - After two straight nights of domination in the Valley of the Sun, Chris Windom may very well be hotter than the surface of the sun at this moment.
One night after claiming victories in both the 410 and 360 sprint car features in his Baldwin Brothers Racing/Fox Paving - AMSOIL/Maxim/Claxton Mopar, the Canton, Illinois native finished off his incredible weekend by winning Saturday night's USAC AMSOIL National/CRA Sprint Car "Western World Championships" finale for his third feature victory in the last two nights at Arizona Speedway.
With his October victory at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track, Windom became the first driver to win three USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car features in a row this season and the first to pull off the hat trick since Robert Ballou during Eastern Storm in June of 2015.
"This has been an awesome weekend," Windom exclaimed. "(Crew Chief) Derek (Claxton) and Billy (Grace) have been busting their butts to keep two cars going. To not finish outside the top-three all weekend is a pretty big feat. It would've been cool to win all four, but I'm not going to complain with three firsts and a third. We're all gelling well together; My crew chiefs and I just work really well together. We just have a lot of confidence right now. When you come to the track knowing you have a really good shot at winning, it just seems to get easier every night."
At the drop of the green flag for the 30-lap feature, outside front row starter Damion Gardner swung wide to gain traction on the cushion, but pole sitter Windom was still able to beat Gardner to turn one, sliding up in front of the four-time USAC/CRA champ to take the point.
Just after completion of lap one, the roles became reversed as Gardner dove to the bottom in turn one to successfully slide job Windom to retake the top spot exiting turn two. However, Windom reset and came right back at Gardner entering turn three, briefly overtaking Gardner for the lead as he drifted up to the outside guardrail. Gardner countered, sprinting downhill off the banking to reclaim the number one spot again at the stripe.
In contrast to the previous night's heavy, hammer down racing surface, the cushion on Saturday night's racetrack was pushed a car width higher, thus presenting the opportunity for a slider-fest in the early going and, after settling in for the next couple of circuits, Windom threw his machinery sideways at the bottom of the first turn, beating Gardner to the cushion between turns one and two. As Gardner checked up, Windom bolted away out front. Gardner thought about making the same response one lap later, but wasn't quite close enough to pull the trigger and, instead, fell into line behind Windom.
Windom instantly established a continuously increasing lead over Gardner and the rest of the 24-car field by the 13th lap as he found himself maneuvering around lapped traffic. Simultaneously, the car of Matt Rossi began to slow in turn two. Max Adams piled in, resulting in him flipping over on the topside of the racetrack. Adams was uninjured as was his racecar, which allowed him to restart the race from the tail of the field with 17 laps remaining.
Continuing the trend from one night earlier, Windom flexed his muscles on the ensuing restart where he advanced his lead to nearly three-quarters of a second just one lap following the restart and, one lap later, stopped the watch at an interval of 1.15 second between himself and Gardner.
The battle for second suddenly became the race to witness as Brady Bacon hawked Gardner for the runner-up spot, but when Bacon stumbled atop the turn two cushion on the 20th lap, Gardner made his getaway and began setting sail for Windom.
The closing gap between the two appeared to be a classic desert mirage as it looked as though each time Gardner got one step (and one car length) closer to the leader, Windom would respond by ripping past a lapped car of his own to maintain the buffer zone between himself and Gardner.
With just four laps remaining, Windom closed the door on any remote possibility that Gardner would be able to run him down. Windom got a two-for-one deal by simultaneously sliding past lappers C.J. Leary and R.J. Johnson entering turn one that gave birth to an insurmountable advantage that Gardner would not overcome.
In a repeat podium sight from one night earlier, Windom was followed to the line by Damion Gardner, who was the only driver to lead race laps (4) other than Windom. Bacon, Dave Darland and Chase Stockon filled out the remainder of the top-five.
Concord, California's Gardner earned a second straight runner-up finish in his Mark Alexander/Scott Sales Company - Weld Racing/Spike/J & D that provided him with a seemingly untouchable 158-point lead in the USAC/CRA standings entering the series' final three series races of the season in conjunction with USAC's National Sprint Cars on Nov. 10-11-12 at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway's 21st Budweiser "Oval Nationals."
"When the national guys come to town, we want to run good," Gardner explained. "I think the 4-car can go anywhere pretty much. I think we can go anywhere and run up front with anyone. Not to say we would dominate, but when you run up front, you're going to win some. Windom was really fast all weekend and I'm trying figure out how they get around the cushion so good. His car was working really nice on the top, just like it normally does. I got a little work to do to figure out how to get around this joint. We were fast all weekend; that's about all you can ask. It was a good weekend; we just needed a little bit more to keep up with them."
USAC National Sprint Car point leader Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma virtually put a lock on his second career series title Saturday night with a third-place run in his Dynamics, Inc./Mean Green - Lykins Oil/Triple X/Williams Mopar.
"We were running on seven cylinders from the time we pushed off at the start of the feature," Bacon admitted. "It puts you in a weird spot knowing your motor's not running 100 percent; it's really hard to throw a bomb on a guy and not know if it's going to be there when you step on it and could wind up taking you both out. You race a little different because it's always in the back of your mind and it kind of puts you a half step back. I might have had a car capable of winning if we could've raced a little different, but it just puts you in a bad spot when you have something like that weighing on your mind."
Contingency award winners Saturday night at Arizona Speedway included Chad Boespflug (ProSource/Woodland Auto Display Fast Qualifier), Jon Stanbrough (Simpson Race Products/Extreme Mufflers First Heat Winner and Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher), Chris Windom (Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI)/DJ Safety Second Heat Winner), C.J. Leary (Benic Enterprises/Circle Track Performance/Keizer Aluminum Wheels Third Heat Winner), Ryan Bernal (Indy Race Parts/Stand 21 Racer Goes Safer Foundation Fourth Heat Winner & KSE Racing Products/BR Motorsports/King Racing Products Hard Charger) and Carson Macedo (Brown & Miler Racing Solutions Semi Winner),
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USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: November 5, 2016 - Queen Creek, Arizona - Arizona Speedway - 49th "Western World Championships"
PROSOURCE/WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-14.625 (New Track Record); 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 20, Nolen-14.922; 3. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.961; 4. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-15.004; 5. Carson Macedo, 42, Cheney-15.051; 6. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-15.071; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 1, Ballou-15.082; 8. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-15.079; 9. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-15.092; 10. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-15.123; 11. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.128; 12. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-15.223; 13. Max Adams, 5m, Adams-15.242; 14. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-15.243; 15. Josh Hodges, 17, McGhee-15.306; 16. Michael Curtis, 45c, Turner/Wheeler-15.323; 17. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-15.367; 18. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-15.354; 19. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.417; 20. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-15.418; 21. Mike Spencer, 4s, Gansen-15.427; 22. Thomas Meseraull, 9x, SC-15.468; 23. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.476; 24. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.495; 25. Ronnie Gardner, 12, Allen-15.522; 26. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-15.530; 27. Stevie Sussex, 21AZ, Burkhart-15.556; 28. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-15.633; 29. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-15.690; 30. Aaron Farney, 17GP, Dutcher-15.737; 31. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.781; 32. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-15.928; 33. Logan Williams, 5x, Jory-16.000.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS/EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. D. Gardner, 3. Boespflug, 4. Spencer, 5. Macedo, 6. Adams, 7. Gansen, 8. R. Gardner, 9. L. Williams. 2:07.60
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI)/DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Meseraull, 3. Johnson, 4. Coons, 5. Swanson, 6. Rossi, 7. Farney. 2:09.79
BENIC ENTERPRISES/CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE/KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Bacon, 3. Vander Weerd, 4. Hodges, 5. Darland, 6. C. Williams, 7. A. Williams, 8. Sussex. 2:06.54
INDY RACE PARTS/STAND 21 RACER GOES SAFER FOUNDATION FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Roa, 3. Stockon, 4. Martin, 5. Thomas, 6. Ellertson, 7. Chapple, 8. Curtis. 2:05.61 (New Track Record)
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Macedo, 2. Rossi, 3. Darland, 4. Thomas, 5. Swanson, 6. Adams, 7. Chapple, 8. R. Gardner, 9. C. Williams, 10. Mellenberndt, 11. Ellertson, 12. L. Williams, 13. Curtis, 14. Farney, 15. Gansen, 16. A. Williams. 3:17.83
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Chase Stockon, 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 7. Jerry Coons, Jr., 8. Ryan Bernal, 9. Carson Macedo, 10. Josh Hodges, 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 12. Chad Boespflug, 13. Jon Stanbrough, 14. C.J. Leary, 15. R.J. Johnson, 16. Brody Roa, 17. Thomas Meseraull, 18. Jake Swanson, 19. Max Adams, 20. Mike Spencer, 21. Matt Rossi, 22. Mike Martin, 23. Cody Williams, 24. Austin Williams. NT
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**Adams flipped on lap 13 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Windom, Laps 2-5 D. Gardner, Laps 6-30 Windom.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS/BR MOTORSPORTS/KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Ryan Bernal (18th to 8th)
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Bacon-2474, 2-Stockon-2217, 3-Meseraull-2061, 4-Darland-2059, 5-Windom-2013, 6-Boespflug-1998, 7-Robert Ballou-1919, 8-Leary-1911, 9-Farney-1322, 10-Thomas-1274.
NEW USAC/CRA AMSOIL SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-D. Gardner-1443, 2-Vander Weerd-1285, 3-Swanson-1220, 4-Roa-1170, 5-A. Williams-1127, 6-Spencer-993, 7-Adams-869, 8-L. Williams-744, 9-C. Williams-729, 10-Gansen-665.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: November 10-11-12 - Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway - 21st Annual Budweiser "Oval Nationals"
WINDOM SWEEPS BOTH ENDS OF WESTERN WORLD NIGHT #1 AT ARIZONA SPEEDWAY
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WINDOM SWEEPS BOTH ENDS OF WESTERN WORLD NIGHT #1 AT ARIZONA SPEEDWAY
Queen Creek, Arizona November 4, 2016 - The unstoppable force that has been Chris Windom over the past three and a half months was unleashed in the southwest Friday night as the Canton, Illinois driver swept both the USAC AMSOIL National/CRA and Southwest Sprint Car features on night number one of the 49th Annual "Western World Championships" at Arizona Speedway.
After taking the checkered flag in the USAC Southwest feature earlier in the night, Windom lined up fourth in the 30-lap USAC National/CRA Sprint Car feature. Quickly, though, Windom worked his way to the front past early race leader and three-time USAC Western States Midget champ Ronnie Gardner on lap five after outpacing him with a run off turn two to grab the top spot as the pair hit turn three.
One lap later, Thomas Meseraull followed suit as he slipped by Ronnie Gardner for second with a similar move off turn four.
Torrential rains that washed-out Thursday night's practice provided a heavy and lightning fast racetrack for competitors Friday night, but nobody was as fast as Windom as he extended his lead just before halfway.
Windom had his advantage wiped away due to separate yellows for the turned around car of Jeremy Ellertson and the slowing car of Dave Darland, who was running fifth. Yet, the slowdown for Windom was only temporary as, on each restart, Windom got the jump and immediately distanced himself from second-running Meseraull.
With five to go, Damion Gardner began to make a charge at Meseraull for the second position. Damion was close enough to poke his nose under Meseraull on multiple occasions getting into turns one and three, but to no avail.
By that point, though, the race for the win slowly dissipated into the desert horizon as Windom now held a three-quarter straightaway lead that he wouldn't relinquish, as he drove to a three-second victory.
On the final corner of the last lap, Gardner blasted around the outside of Meseraull to grab the runner-up spot. Meseraull took third ahead of Brady Bacon and Jerry Coons, Jr.
Windom extended his streak of top-6 finishes in USAC National "points-paying" events that began on July 17 while also becoming the first driver since Bud Kaeding (Terre Haute, Ind. in 2001) to win multiple USAC-sanctioned Sprint Car features in a single night in his Baldwin Brothers Racing/Fox Paving - AMSOIL/Maxim/Claxton Mopar.
"That was in true Bryan Clauson fashion right there," Windom exclaimed. "This is pretty cool to come out here and win both of these races. I can't say enough about (Crew Chief) Derek Claxton, with all the work he and Billy put into these cars that allow us to come out here and do this. Both of our cars were bad fast all night. The track was heavy and hammer down tonight with all the rain they had yesterday. I'm sure we'll have different track conditions tomorrow. Hopefully we can come out here and sweep the whole weekend."
While Windom has been the hottest National Sprint Car driver of late, the hottest driver in USAC/CRA over the past couple of months has been Concord, California's Damion Gardner, who lengthened his series point lead by taking second in his Mark Alexander/Scott Sales Company - Weld Racing/Spike/J & D.
"The car was really good," Gardner said. "I got to thank Steve and Mark (Alexander) and all the guys on the crew who work really hard. We put some good pieces together for these end-of-the-year races. I'm not going to say we couldn't pass because we were passing cars all night. We had the right amount of power, we just ran out of laps. We were coming through the field and just had a really, really good car. I couldn't be more proud of these guys on the crew."
San Jose, California's Thomas Meseraull is one five drivers this season to win features in both the USAC National Sprint Car division as well as the CRA. On Friday night, he rounded out the podium with a third-place finish in his SC Racing/Flag City Machine - C.A. Kustoms/Hawk/Fisher.
"I got lucky," Meseraull admitted. "I started up front. Usually, you don't start that close to the front after qualifying 11th quickest. It was one groove early on, but the track was super fast for the feature. I was running second the whole feature and if Damion was going to squeeze around me on the outside, so be it. Sure enough, he did. I had fans that handed me $100 bills tonight. I towed this car out here myself. Stan Courtad owns the car and Don Whitney loaned me a truck and bought me some shocks. It was just kind of a collaboration of all my friends, so I'm really pumped to be up here."
Contingency award winners Saturday night at the Terre Haute Action Track included Chad Boespflug (ProSource/Woodland Auto Display Fast Qualifier and Brown & Miler Racing Solutions Semi Winner), Carson Macedo (Simpson Race Products/Extreme Mufflers First Heat Winner), Ryan Bernal (Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI)/DJ Safety Second Heat Winner and KSE Racing Products/BR Motorsports/King Racing Products Hard Charger), Jon Stanbrough (Benic Enterprises/Circle Track Performance/Keizer Aluminum Wheels Third Heat Winner and Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher) and Stevie Sussex (Indy Race Parts/Stand 21 Racer Goes Safer Foundation Fourth Heat Winner)
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USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: November 4, 2016 - Queen Creek, Arizona - Arizona Speedway - 49th "Western World Championships"
PROSOURCE/WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-14.806; 2. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.828; 3. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-14.875; 4. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-14.955; 5. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-14.956; 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 1, Ballou-14.972; 7. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-15.029; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 20, Nolen-15.117; 9. Mike Spencer, 4s, Gansen-15.163; 10. Ronnie Gardner, 12, Allen-15.186; 11. Thomas Meseraull, 9x, SC-15.191; 12. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.195; 13. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.200; 14. Michael Curtis, 45c, Turner/Wheeler-15.228; 15. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-15.257; 16. Max Adams, 5m, Adams-15.305; 17. Carson Macedo, 42, Cheney-15.320; 18. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.330; 19. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-15.350; 20. Stevie Sussex, 21AZ, Burkhart-15.362; 21. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-15.392; 22. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-15.409; 23. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-15.420; 24. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.451; 25. Josh Hodges, 17, McGhee-15.455; 26. Brady Short, 19s, Underwood-15.491; 27. Aaron Farney, 17GP, Dutcher-15.505; 28. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-15.523; 29. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-15.631; 30. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-15.654; 31. Logan Williams, 5x, Jory-15.696; 32. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.734; 33. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-15.869; 34. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-NT
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS/EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Macedo, 2. Chapple, 3. Roa, 4. Windom, 5. Boespflug, 6. Spencer, 7. Hodges, 8. Gansen, 9. Ellertson. 2:07.13
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI)/DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Vander Weerd, 3. Bacon, 4. R. Gardner, 5. Thomas, 6. Curtis, 7. Short, 8. Rossi, 9. Mellenberndt. 2:09.80
BENIC ENTERPRISES/CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE/KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Johnson, 3. Meseraull, 4. Darland, 5. Swanson, 6. Farney, 7. Stockon, 8. L. Williams. 2:06.22
INDY RACE PARTS/STAND 21 RACER GOES SAFER FOUNDATION FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sussex, 2. C. Williams, 3. D. Gardner, 4. Adams, 5. Coons, 6. Leary, 7. A. Williams. 2:06.43
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Boespflug, 2. Stockon, 3. Coons, 4. A. Williams, 5. Swanson, 6. Spencer, 7. Hodges, 8. Curtis, 9. Short, 10. Leary, 11. Farney, 12. Gansen, 13. L. Williams, 14. Mellenberndt, 15. Ellertson, 16. Thomas. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Thomas Meseraull, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Jerry Coons, Jr., 6. Ronnie Gardner, 7. Chad Boespflug, 8. Chase Stockon, 9. Brody Roa, 10. Jake Swanson, 11. Richard Vander Weerd, 12. Austin Williams, 13. Jon Stanbrough, 14. Ryan Bernal, 15. R.J. Johnson, 16. Carson Macedo, 17. Mike Spencer, 18. Isaac Chapple, 19. Aaron Farney, 20. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 21. Max Adams, 22. Cody Williams, 23. Chris Gansen, 24. Jeremy Ellertson, 25. Dave Darland, 26. Stevie Sussex. NT
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**Farney flipped during qualifying.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 R. Gardner, Laps 5-30 Windom.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS/BR MOTORSPORTS/KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Ryan Bernal (20th to 14th)
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Bacon-2399, 2-Stockon-2150, 3-Meseraull-2025, 4-Darland-1996, 5-Boespflug-1947, 6-Windom-1935, 7-Robert Ballou-1919, 8-Leary-1868, 9-Farney-1312, 10-Max McGhee-1264.
NEW USAC/CRA AMSOIL SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-D. Gardner-1369, 2-Vander Weerd-1224, 3-Swanson-1192, 4-Roa-1132, 5-A. Williams-1104, 6-Spencer-965, 7-Adams-843, 8-L. Williams-734, 9-C. Williams-706, 10-Gansen-655.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: November 5 - Queen Creek, AZ - Arizona Speedway - "49th Western World Championships"
WINDOM WRANGLES FIRST USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT WIN AT ARIZONA SPEEDWAY
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WINDOM WRANGLES FIRST USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT WIN AT ARIZONA SPEEDWAY
Queen Creek, Arizona November 4, 2016 - Chris Windom of Canton, Illinois scored the first of his two victories on Friday night in the USAC Southwest Sprint Car feature on night one of the 49th "Western World Championships" at Arizona Speedway.
Windom survived a late race charge from Brady Bacon to take the victory, though the victory did not come all that easy. Windom pulled out to a large lead by the midway point of the feature, but as he negotiated lapped traffic, Bacon rapidly reeled him in.
With seven laps remaining, Bacon not only caught Windom, he took him for the lead out of the fourth corner.
However, Bacon's lead would be short-lived as, just moments later, he skated up the track at the entrance of turn one, just enough to allow Windom to capitalize and slip back by on the bottom.
After a caution with three laps to go for the stopped car of series point leader R.J. Johnson, lapped traffic would no longer factor into the finish as Windom had a clear track in front of him for the final sprint.
Windom zipped away on the ensuing restart, although, Bacon was able to close in on the final lap to finish just 0.171 of a second behind Windom, who collected his first career USAC Southwest Sprint Car victory and piloted the Baldwin Brothers car to a prelim night victory in the Southwest Sprint portion of the program at the "Western World" for the second consecutive year.
Bacon took second behind Windom while Tom Ogle, Matt Rossi and Ryan Bernal rounded out the top-five.
The USAC Southwest Sprint Car season finale takes place Saturday night, Nov. 5 on the second night of the "Western World" at Arizona Speedway.
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USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: November 4, 2016 - Queen Creek, Arizona - Arizona Speedway - "49th Annual Western World Championships"
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 2. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 3. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michael), 4. C.J. Leary (#30 Leary), 5. Ryan Bernal (#56 Phulps), 6. Jason Grady (#45 Grady), 7. Josh Grady (#12J Grady), 8. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clinton Boyles (#77 JHR), 2. Shon Deskins (#20 SDR), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 4. Brian Hosford (#22B Weber), 5. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 6. Dennis Gile (#13G Gile), 7. Zach Madrid (#98Z Madrid), 8. Asa Kesterson (#18 Kesterson). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 2. Matt Lundy (#98 Lundy), 3. Brady Bacon (#73 Ford), 4. Tanner Grau (#34 Team AZ), 5. Brent Yarnal (#29B Yarnal), 6. Ryan Stolz (#56X Stolz), 7. Landon Cling (#54 Cling), 8. Rob Lindsey (#23 Lindsey). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle), 2. Chris Windom (#5X Baldwin), 3. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 4. Stevie Sussex (#21AZ Burkhart), 5. Josh Hodges (#74X Hodges), 6. Aaron Farney (#17GP Dutcher), 7. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James). NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Hodges, 3. Ja.Grady, 4. Farney, 5. Bonneau, 6. Madrid, 7. Gile, 8. Curtis, 9. Jo.Grady, 10. Lindsey, 11. St. James, 12. Stolz, 13. Yarnal, 14. Cling, 15. Kesterson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Tom Ogle, 4. Matt Rossi, 5. Ryan Bernal, 6. Andy Reinbold, 7. Mike Martin, 8. Charles Davis Jr, 9. Brian Hosford, 10. Matt Lundy, 11. Tye Mihocko, 12. C.J. Leary, 13. Jason Grady, 14. Aaron Farney, 15. Josh Hodges, 16. Chris Bonneau, 17. R.J. Johnson, 18. Tanner Grau, 19. Zach Madrid, 20. Clinton Boyles, 21. Stevie Sussex, 22. Shon Deskins. NT
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**Cling flipped during the third heat and the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Windom, Lap 24 Bacon, Laps 25-30 Windom.
HARD CHARGER: Ryan Bernal (13th to 5th)
NEW USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-1,390, 2-Davis-1,289, 3-Martin-1,114, 4-Rossi-1,104, 5-Mihocko-980, 6-Gile-912, 7-Sussex-850, 8-Hosford-785, 9-Bonneau-760, 10-Reinbold-755.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE: November 5, 2016 - Queen Creek, Arizona - Arizona Speedway - "49th Annual Western World Championships"
ACCORD SPEEDWAY NEWS
Posted by: | CommentsAccord, NY- Great Racing And Lots Of Fun Highlight Halloween Havoc At Accord Speedway
By: Steve Pados, Accord Speedway Media
The bright colors of the fall foliage were displayed throughout the area as the sun rays were shining early on at the Accord Speedway grounds on Saturday. The later afternoon weather turned chilly as the day wore on but it did not deter from the excitement or the enthusiasm of the combatants or the great crowd on hand as the Accord Speedway closed the curtain on their regular season with the running of the second annual Halloween Havoc event. The Palmer Family completed their sixteenth successful season of ownership and promotion of their pristine quarter mile facility nestled in the foothills of Ulster County in New York State. The multi-faceted show brought out 120 race car entries of all makes and sizes with both male and female driving stars seeking to close out the season in a fender banging blaze of glory. The event was sponsored by the John J Liggan Insurance Agency located in Rosendale, New York. Special assistance came from Marty and his Upstate Auto Group, located in Germantown, New York. Many special activities for the children in the Halloween themed event throughout the day took away the sting in the air and the exciting action on the track provided the fans with a day they can remember for some time to come.
When all was said and done, Craig "Hollywood" Mitchell was tricked up and rocking with his Freedom Plains sponsored hot rod as he captured the United Pump and Tank "Run What Ya Brung" division headliner. Connecticut ace Chris Lynch was spot on and richer for the experience as he worked his way through the field the field in the fifty lap Healey Brothers Group Sportsman event that paid $1,000.00 to win. The Arkel Motors Pure Stock division feature found Bob Sleight in championship form as the 2016 track champion wired the field as he drove to victory in the biggest payday of the season for the affordable racing division. Doug Norrie took no prisoners as he drove to daylight early in the combination POWRi Outlaw Midget/Lightning Sprint event at the speedway and came away with an impressive win. First time Garden State invader Rich Mellor captured the Northeast Wingless Sprint Car event with a wire to wire win. Dave Donovan started deep in the 38-car field and came storming through the filed to take over the point before the halfway marks and cruised to victory to capture the Emmanuel's Marketplace Fireball Four Cylinder 50-lap Enduro finale.
The carnival-like atmosphere brought out a great crowd with plenty of children adorned in their Halloween attire. In a great gesture from the Palmer Family, the costume clad kids were all treated to a participation trophy and were further treated to some excellent candy treats administered from the drivers, fans and Accord staff during their Halloween parade through the grandstand area. Miss Accord Speedway, Michelle Campbell led the costume parade. Xavier McNeal, Kayla Ronk, Connor Maylan and Haylee Henneberry were the lucky recipients of bicycles donated by Upstate Auto. The Rich Roosa Family entertained the crowd with hayrides that traversed through the speedway grounds including the pit area so they could see the teams readying their racers for the day's events. "Uncle" Mike Hansen from WRWD 107.3 Radio joined in for the day's fun activities. Michael Hatzistergos provided the balloon sculpturing and pumpkin painting were some of the fun things to do at the speedway.
The "Run What Ya Brung" event proved to be interesting and entertaining as a nice field of unorthodox hot rods filled the pit area. Craig Mitchell scorched the track upon his arrival at Accord and it carried throughout the day as took the lead at the start of the event and was uncontested in his excellent drive to victory. Behind him was where the action was as up to six drivers all raced for runner-up honors. Mark Pullen ran an excellent race and held off all comers as he secured second place in his best run of the season. Danny Tyler was third in a hard fought battle with Randy Green finishing fourth and Kenny Ferrier racing to fifth in his conventional race car. Jimmy Becker was sixth with Richard Smith, Kevin Krom, Dillon Steuer, Brian Nelson and Dave Demorest following.
The Arkel Motors Pure Stock affair put the full fendered drivers to the ultimate test with a long distance event. Bob Sleight wasted no time in establishing the point and only the restarts brought the field in behind him as he owned the speedway from start to finish. Ryan Brockner ran an excellent race and came on strong to finish second. Former track champion Chris Streeter returned to action and finished up in third place with Livy Johnson fourth and steady Chris Kanuk completing the top five. Tom Southard, Curt Ayers, newcomer Zach Seyerlein, the returning Bob palmer and Harry Bachman completed the top ten.
Joey Bonetti took the lead at the start of the Sportsman fifty lapper after a first lap melee took some prisoners. Bonetti was pressured from the start by Stan Vishinski, Tighe Sherlock and Milton Mann. Making tracks of their own found Chris Lynch (13th), Brandon McGill (14th) and Danny Tyler (12th) moving quickly through the field. Chris Lynch was smooth as silk as his J&M Auto Repair sponsored hot rod was good whatever channel on the raceway he drove too. Lynch made his winning pass of Bonetti on lap-17 and led the rest of the way in claiming a great win at the speedway. McGill's solid second place finish went down the drain as he was found light at the scales and disqualified moving Danny Tyler into second in a great ride in the Mike DuBois owned racer. Joey Bonetti was third in a great run while Ryan Avery made the long tow down from New Hampshire and made the trip worthwhile as he drove from 22nd starting spot to finish fourth. Steady Leo Fotopolous completed the top five. Stan Vishinski, Milton Mann, Dave Demorest, the returning "Tommy Gun" Tommy Johnson and Nick Plumstead completed the to ten.
Jeff Champagne grabbed the lead at the start of the POWRi Outlaw Midget event that would be halted in turn three as Doug Norrie pulled a slider to grab the lead only to have Champagne run over his right rear wheel and send him into a series of flips. Champagne was unhurt in the incident. On the restart it was all Doug Norrie as he distanced himself from the field to go and capture the win. Keystone State ace Rohan Beasley made his first trip to the speedway a good one as he was a solid runner-up with Justin Phillips pushing him right to the checkered flag. Shilo Boyce, former track champion Peter Dance, Ricky Stone and Shea Montgomery completing the field.
Rich Mellor enjoyed his first ever trip to the Accord Speedway as the Wrightstown, New Jersey wheelman jumped out front at the start of the event and led all the way to capture the Northeast Wingless Sprint battle. Eric Jennings was second with Bobby Butler, Heidi Hedin, "Big" Al Cheney and 2016 track champion Jesse James Bartleson following.
The Emmanuel's Marketplace Fireball 4-Cylinder Enduro bombers began their event with a wild pile-up on the backstretch. While it didn't stop the event, negotiating the area made for some fancy maneuvering from all competitors. Early leader George Zeininger was slowed by a faulty sneaker and fell of the pace allowing Jeff DeGroat the lead. Dave Donovan began in 34th position but was hell bent for leather as he raced through the competition. Donovan finally caught DeGroat and the two traded off the lead for a few laps but DeGroat fell out of the event and Donovan was on a rail as he raced away through and around the field for the popular win. Joe Morris ran steady throughout and came away with runner-up honors while Johnny Bankich was a late addition to the field and came from scratch position to finish third in another great drive.
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The fun-filled day at the Accord Speedway brought out a great crowd, a great group of competitors and despite the chilly challenges from Mother Nature proved to be a great day for all racing fans and drivers concerned. The crazy and outlandishly painted enduro cars provided a nice diversion from the grounding pounding full size race cars and the bumping and grinding of the on track competition provided for a delightful fall day in the Catskill Mountains. The fun and the entertainment value of the low-cost divisions has proven to be a tremendous opportunity for the budget minded competitors to enjoy their love of racing without having to dip so deeply into their pockets. Jim Bleau with his "Halloween adorned" and bright colored lights-on hot rod earned the best appearing theme based racer and earned a pie from the good folks at Grandma Anne's pies. All winners also received a pie in the Lucas Oil Products Victory Lane.
Miss Accord Speedway Michelle Campbell braved the cold weather as she greeted the winners in the Lucas Oil Products Victory Lane with her big smile and a few shivers as the temperatures dipped quickly as the sun disappeared.
Heat race winners included Jared LaBagh, Stan Vishinski, Tighe Sherlock and Joey Bonetti in the Sportsman. Run What Ya Brung heat winners included Craig Mitchell and Mark Pullen. Pure Stock heats were captured by Steve Williams and Bob Sleight. Eric Jennings captured the lone NEWS Sprint heat. Peter Dance and Jeff Champagne were the heat race winners for the POWRi Midgets.
The Chefs in the Accord kitchen were not to be outdone as a variety of hand-crafted sandwiches, chicken noodle soup, fried ravioli and churros proved to be big hits and the food lines were kept busy all day with the fans really digging into the great cuisine offered by the speedway chefs. By the end of the racing activity most of the cuisine filled many hungry bellies at the speedway.
A big thanks to John J Liggan and his Insurance Agency for their annual sponsorship of the event. For more information regarding Liggan Insurance, check them out at their website: info@liggan.com.
Also a big thanks to Marty at Upstate Auto for his sponsorship of the bike raffle. For additional information regarding Upstate Auto, go to their website at: www.upstateautoinc.com Also a big thank you to the Kerhonsken Diner for some sponsorship help for the event.
To all of the fans wishing to purchase a DVD of the Halloween Havoc events, contact Tom Czaban at: 518-250-0001. Those wishing to purchase pictures can contact Bobby Armbruster at: 201-323-2913 or through email at: barmbr6493@aol.com.
RESULTS:
United Pump & Tank Modifieds: "Run What Ya Brung" Craig Mitchell, Mark Pullen, Danny Tyler, Randy Green, Kenny Ferrier, Jimmy Becker, Richard Smith, Kevin Krom, Dillon Steuer, Brian Nelson, Dave Demorest, Brandon McGill
Healey Brother Sportsman: (50 Laps) Chris Lynch, Danny Tyler, Joe Bonetti, Ryan Avery, Leo Fotopolous, Stan Vishinski IV, Milton Mann, Dave Demorest, Tommy Johnson, Nick Plumstead, Tyler Johnston, Jared LaBagh, Walt Hammond, Jim Kraus, Lenny Helmich, Mike Bull, Aaron Weaver, Frank Dorry Jr, John Aumick, Kyle Van Duser, Brad Horton, Jamie Yannone, Tighe Sherlock, Bobby DeLeon, Ralph Ronk, Jim Introne, Connor Otten, Brandon McGill (DQ)
Arkel Motors Pure Stocks: Bob Sleight, Ryan Brockner, Chris Streeter, Livy Kohnson, Chris Kanuk, Tim Southard, Curt Ayers, Zach Severlien, Bob Palmer, Harry Bachman, Steve Williams, Gary Ronk, Johnny Miracle, John Cole Jr, Jim Smith, Mike DuBois Jr, Eric Austin
Northeast Wingless Sprint Cars: Rich Mellor, Eric Jennings, Bobby Butler, Heidi Hedin, Al Cheney, Jesse James Bartleson
POWRi Outlaw Midgets/Lightning Sprints: Doug Norrie, Rohan Beasley, Justin Phillips, Shilo Boyce, Peter Dance, Ricky Stone, Shea Montgomery, DJ Moniz, Frank Malec, Duby Woodruff, Jeff Champagne, Nate Furman, Jimmy Jo (DNS), Adam Pierson (DNS)
Emmanuel's Marketplace Fireball 4-Cylinders: (50 Laps) Dave Donovan, Joe Morris, Johnny Bankich (Best Theme Appearing Car) Jim Bleau
Racing fans are encouraged to begin making plans for the Annual "Gobbler" spectacular coming to the speedway on November 26th. Modifieds, Sportsman and Pure Stocks will be in action for the Saturday event. More details regarding the event will follow shortly.
For further updates and information regarding all of the news and additions to the Accord Speedway, log on to their well documented website at: http://accordspeedway.com or call the speedway hotline at: 845 626 3478.
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A TRAIL OF DIRT LEADS RIGHT TO OUR DOOR
KRAUSE SWEEPS SPOOKY MOD 50’S AT WALL SATURDAY
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KRAUSE SWEEPS SPOOKY MOD 50’S AT WALL SATURDAY
WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. Andrew Krause fought off both heavy competition and mechanical trouble Saturday and won both 50 lap main events for the Downs Ford Modified stock cars during the annual “Spooky Spectacular” at Wall Stadium Speedway. The Holmdel resident, who finished third in regular season points that concluded on October 15, now has five wins this season.
In the first 50-lapper Krause fought off Howell’s Jimmy Blewett most of the way. When Blewett had late race trouble that forced him to drop from the race, Justin Gumley of Howell, New Egypt’s Jason Hearne, Timmy Solomito of Long Island and Howell’s Eric Mauriello all frantically swapped second through fifth spots before setting into the top five finishing spots in that order.
In addition to battling the competition in that first race Krause also battled a sour engine that ran on just six cylinders late in the event. Two broken rocker arms were repaired before the second race.
In that second Modified 50-lapper Solomito was Krause’s early challenger before the top runners started to swap positions in the second half of the race. Mauriello charged into second just past halfway while Zack Alspach of Willingboro raced home for third. Brick’s Shawna Ingraham and Gumley completed the top five.
“The car ran pretty good in the first race for only running on six cylinders near the end,” Krause said. “It was sounding like a diesel! Tom Martino and my crew fixed two broken rocker arms between races and it ran great in the second race! My family and my crew make this all possible.
“Right now Halloween is my favorite holiday!”
The O’Shea’s Auto Repair Factory Stocks ran a pair of 30-lap feature races with newly crowned champion Joe Mongeau of Brick winning the first over Bayville’s Elliott Wohl. Ron Booth of Eatontown, Manchester’s Scott Riggleman and Whitey Miller of Jamesburg completed the top five.
Booth came back to win the second Factory Stock 30-lapper after taking the lead on lap five. Riggleman, Mongeau, Howell’s Richie Byrne and Wohl were second through fifth.
Tyler Truex of Mayetta won the 40-lapper for the Snap On Sportsman cars. Blake Barney of Jackson was the runner-up while Manasquan’s Kenny Van Wickle, Howell’s Kevin Davison and Ray Fattaruso of Brick wrapped up the top five.
West Milford’s Mike Alcaro won the 30-lapper for the Green Flag Driving Experience Legend Cars while Long Island’s Richie Davidowitz was second. Newly crowned champ Louie Keraitis of Toms River, Allan Pedersen and Peter Bruno were third through fifth.
The annual “Turkey Derby” will wrap up the 2016 season during the daylight hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend. In preparation for the “Turkey Derby,” practice sessions are planned for November 12 and November 19. Once the “Turkey Derby” is contested all attention will be focused on the 2017 season, which will begin with practice sessions starting on April 15.
Wall Stadium is located on Route 34 in Wall Township, N.J., just one mile north of Garden State Parkway exit 98 and Interstate 195 exit 35B. The speedway hotline number is 732-681-6400, the website is wallspeedwayracing.com and email address is CKMotorsports@aol.com.
1ST MODIFIED FEATURE – 50 Laps – 1. ANDREW KRAUSE, HOWELL, 2. Justin Gumley, 3. Jason Hearne, 4. Timmy Solomito, 5. Eric Mauriello, 6. Kevin Davison, 7. Rob Hyer, 8. Kenny Van Wickle, 9. Ryan Cottrell, 10. Trevor Alspach, 11. Chad Churilla, 12. Jimmy Blewett, 13. Chris Reynolds, 14. Shawna Ingraham, 15. Ken Matlach, 16. Zack Alspach, 17. Jack Ely, 18. Derek Hopkinson, 19. Chas Okerson, 20. Jon Meyer
2ND MODIFIED FEATURE – 50 Laps – ANDREW KRAUSE, HOLMDEL, 2. Mauriello, 3. Zack Alspach, 4. Ingraham, 5. Gumley, 6. Solomito, 7. Ely, 8. Davison, 9. Okerson, 10. Van Wickle, 11. Reynolds, 12. Cottrell, 13. Trevor Alspach, 14. Blewett, 15. Hearne, 16. Hyer, 17. Churilla, 18. Matlach
1ST FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 30 Laps – 1. JOE MONGEAU, BRICK, 2. Elliott Wohl, 3. Ron Booth, 4. Scott Riggleman, 5. Whitey Miller, 6. Richie Byrne, 7. Rick Siddons, 8. John Carpenter, 9. Tony Bartone, 10. Matt Badessa, 11. Bob Haberstick, 12. Tim Majek, 13. Alex Fox, 14. Vince Isabella, 15. Mike Montano, 16. Chris Felber
2ND FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 30 Laps – 1. RON BOOTH, EATONTOWN, 2. Riggleman, 3. Mongeau, 4. Byrne, 5. Wohl, 6. Miller, 7. Montano, 8. Siddons, 9. Carpenter, 10. John Bowers, 11. Majek, 12. Fox, 13. Isabella
SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 40 Laps – 1. TYLER TRUEX, MAYETTA, 2. Blake Barney, 3. Kenny Van Wickle, 4. Kevin Davison, 5. Ray Fattarusso, 6. Rob Silver, 7. Jon Laureigh, 8. Robert Sutphin, 9. Roland DeMartino, 10. Dave Bailey, 11. Matt Langbein, 12. Todd Dige, 13. Chris Owsik
LEGEND CARS FEATURE – 30 Laps – 1. MIKE ALCARO, WEST MILFORD, 2. Richie Davidowitz, 3. Louie Keraitis, 4. Allan Pedersen, 5. Peter Bruno, 6. Nick Van Wickle, 7. Gillian Kirkpatrick, 8. Jerry Curran, 9. Chris Gall, 10. Tom Stavola, 11. Jon Parson, 12. Wally Davidowitz, 13. Roger Nickerson, 14. Art Marrero, 15. Lowbed Johnson, 16. Steve Woytysiak
