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Eldora
Speedway...
Craig,
Kramer & Winks capture Family Fun Night wins
Huge Crowd
Cheers Craig As A Tow Truck Pulls Him to Victory Lane
ROSSBURG,
OH
(Aug. 11) – Barney Craig’s victory lap, following his sixth Stock Car
feature
win of the season, was likely his most unforgettable. The rear end of
Craig’s
No. 71C gave out after racing through the final turn; but the division
points
leader had enough of a lead to coast across the finish line for the
win. A tow
truck slowly pulled him down the front stretch in front of a cheering
crowd as
Craig enthusiastically saluted back on Office Depot Family Fun Night.
Joey
Kramer (UMP Modifieds) and Rob Winks (Midwest Mini Sprint Association)
also
celebrated victories on Eldora’s historic victory lane stage.
Craig, who
started third, inherited the lead with nine laps left in the 15-lap
feature
when something broke on race leader Rob Trent’s ride. As Trent’s car
roared
down the backstretch something went awry, forcing his car to turn right
and
slam into the wall. He straightened it out before his car again turned
right
and slammed the wall to end his night. Craig set sail after that. He
now leads
the Stock division by eight points over Shawn Phillippi.
“When it
started letting go, all I could think of was a drive shaft (coming)
inside the
car – I had one do that five years ago,” Craig said of feeling the car
shake.
“It stayed out. … It’s an unbelievable year.”
In a tight
Modified points race, Kramer left Eldora with the top spot after his
fourth
victory this season. Rob Williams, Ryan Sutter, Kramer and Matt
Westfall all
entered Saturday’s action separated by just one point with Williams and
Sutter
tied for first and Kramer and Westfall in second.
Kramer
started in the pole position, but trailed Doug Adkins and Scott
Bowersock
through the early laps of the 18-lap feature. Adkins was shuffled back
when he
hit the wall coming out of the second turn with 13 laps left. Kramer
worked his
way around Bowersock with eight to go and held on. Williams finished
third,
Westfall fourth and Sutter – who started 22nd – charged to
sixth.
Kramer –-
who said the car rocketed on restarts but was a struggle to drive
otherwise --
now leads Williams by two points, Westfall by four points and Sutter by
five.
“This thing
was pushing like a dump truck. It was awful. I really had to break the
car
loose,” Kramer said. “I’m tired, I had to work for that. There’s
nothing better
in dirt track racing than standing on this stage … after you win a
feature at
Eldora Speedway.”
Winks, who
has raced at Eldora in both Sprints and Stocks, won the MMSA victory in
the
series’ inaugural visit to Eldora. He started second but led the first
lap of
the 15-lap feature after racing past pole-sitter Brandon Whited. Winks
caught
up to traffic with four laps to go and pulled off a daring two-car pass
in
Turns 3-4 to put distance between him and runner-up Aaron Farney.
“I probably
have more track time than anyone else (in this division at Eldora), but
when
the car runs good … it’s all due to the people helping me,” Winks said.
“It’s a
lot of fun.”
Eldora
Speedway returns to action with the fifth annual WIX Filters Baltes
Classic on
Sunday, Sept. 2, featuring the Sunoco American Late Models, UMP DIRTcar
Modifieds and the Eldora Stocks. Tickets and campsites for the Baltes
Classic,
World 100 (Sept. 7 & 8), Four Crown Nationals (Sept. 21
& 22) and the
UMP DIRTcar National Championships for Late Models and Modifieds (Oct.
5 &
6) are available through the speedway box office (937)
338-3815 or
online 24 hours a day at www.EldoraSpeedway.com. Fans can
also like Eldora Speedway
at Facebook.com/EldoraSpeedway and follow on Twitter: @EldoraSpeedway.
Midwest Mini Sprint Association |
| HEAT
1 - 1. 24L-Lee Underwood [4]; 2. A1-Nick Roberts [6]; 3.
1X-Scott Bradley [1]; 4. 40-Tyler Flynn [8]; 5. 4K-Kevin Roberts [2];
6. 86-Andy Bradley [5]; 7. 1H-Anthony Hass [9]; 8. 38-Jacob Will [7];
9. 44-Tyler Ransbottom [3]; |
| HEAT
2 - 1. 15-Aaron Farney [2]; 2. 31-Greg Nicholas [9]; 3.
3T-Ricky Taylor [5]; 4. 12-Michael Roehling [8]; 5. 5-Jeremy Perdue
[1]; 6. 2-Chad Mcinturff [7]; 7. 6T-Michael Thompson [4]; 8. 00-Micheal
Holterbran [3]; 9. H50-Craig Stower [DNS]; |
| HEAT
3 - 1. 55-Rob Winks [3]; 2. 28-Brandon Whited [4]; 3.
22RX-Kevin Roberts Jr [5]; 4. 22R-Reed Salony [1]; 5. 71B-Beau Binder
[6]; 6. 71-Nathan Mensendiek [7]; 7. 4-Chris Smalley [8]; 8. 3E-Alex
Watson [2]; 9. 25-Colin Parken [DNS]; |
| A
FEATURE - 1. 55-Rob Winks [2]; 2. 15-Aaron Farney [6]; 3.
28-Brandon Whited [1]; 4. A1-Nick Roberts [3]; 5. 22RX-Kevin Roberts Jr
[9]; 6. 24L-Lee Underwood [5]; 7. 22R-Reed Salony [12]; 8. 31-Greg
Nicholas [4]; 9. 71B-Beau Binder [15]; 10. 40-Tyler Flynn [10]; 11.
71-Nathan Mensendiek [18]; 12. 1X-Scott Bradley [7]; 13. 6T-Michael
Thompson [20]; 14. 1H-Anthony Hass [19]; 15. 3E-Alex Watson [24]; 16.
5-Jeremy Perdue [14]; 17. 4K-Kevin Roberts [13]; 18. 3T-Ricky Taylor
[8]; 19. 00-Micheal Holterbran [23]; 20. 12-Michael Roehling [11]; 21.
86-Andy Bradley [16]; 22. 25-Colin Parken [27]; 23. 2-Chad Mcinturff
[DNS]; 24. 4-Chris Smalley [DNS]; 25. 38-Jacob Will [DNS]; 26. 44-Tyler
Ransbottom [DNS]; 27. H50-Craig Stower [DNS]; |
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UMP DIRTcar MODIFIED |
| HEAT
1 - 1. 5JB-Jerry Bowersock [7]; 2. 77-Joey Kramer [8]; 3.
45P-Brian Post [1]; 4. 6-Steven Pena [4]; 5. 29-Mark Kowarsch [6]; 6.
21M-Donnie Miller [3]; 7. 5X-Tim Richardson [9]; 8. 10H-Brad Hess [5];
9. 31R-Tim Rayburn [2]; |
| HEAT
2 - 1. 10-Scott Bowersock [4]; 2. 20W-Matt Westfall [3]; 3.
15-Nick Katterhenry [6]; 4. 00N-Dwight Niehoff [2]; 5. 03-Cory Seeling
[9]; 6. 12-Jeremy Rayburn [8]; 7. 0-Brent Hole [7]; 8. 79-Shane Unger
[1]; 9. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [5]; |
| HEAT
3 - 1. 11-Rob Williams [5]; 2. 2H-Brian Hayden [9]; 3.
188-Aaron Orr [4]; 4. 36-Brandon Vaughan [1]; 5. 00-Dave Daugherty [7];
6. 2-Jason Kinney [6]; 7. 88-Scott Orr [3]; 8. 225-Jesse Bitterling
[8]; 9. 5-Jonathan Taylor [2]; |
| HEAT
4 - 1. 7A-Doug Adkins [1]; 2. 1-Scott Williams [3]; 3.
20JB-Jeff Babcock [8]; 4. 01-Ryan Odette [2]; 5. 7-Evan Taylor [4]; 6.
18-Ryan Sutter [5]; 7. 05-David Smith [6]; 8. 26-Mike Dirksen [7]; 9.
28-Shaun Smith [DNS]; |
| B
FEATURES 1 - 1. 00-Dave Daugherty [2]; 2. 29-Mark Kowarsch
[1]; 3. 2-Jason Kinney [4]; 4. 21M-Donnie Miller [3]; 5. 10H-Brad Hess
[7]; 6. 5-Jonathan Taylor [10]; 7. 5X-Tim Richardson [5]; 8. 88-Scott
Orr [6]; 9. 31R-Tim Rayburn [DNS]; 10. 225-Jesse Bitterling [DNS]; |
| B
FEATURES 2 - 1. 03-Cory Seeling [1]; 2. 12-Jeremy Rayburn [3];
3. 18-Ryan Sutter [4]; 4. 7-Evan Taylor [2]; 5. 05-David Smith [6]; 6.
26-Mike Dirksen [8]; 7. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [9]; 8. 0-Brent Hole [5];
9. 79-Shane Unger [7]; 10. 28-Shaun Smith [DNS]; |
| A
FEATURE - 1. 77-Joey Kramer [1]; 2. 5JB-Jerry Bowersock [5];
3. 11-Rob Williams [3]; 4. 20W-Matt Westfall [6]; 5. 12-Jeremy Rayburn
[20]; 6. 18-Ryan Sutter [22]; 7. 00N-Dwight Niehoff [14]; 8. 7A-Doug
Adkins [2]; 9. 6-Steven Pena [13]; 10. 188-Aaron Orr [11]; 11. 01-Ryan
Odette [16]; 12. 1-Scott Williams [8]; 13. 45P-Brian Post [9]; 14.
00-Dave Daugherty [17]; 15. 15-Nick Katterhenry [10]; 16. 10-Scott
Bowersock [4]; 17. 29-Mark Kowarsch [19]; 18. 7-Evan Taylor [24]; 19.
2H-Brian Hayden [7]; 20. 2-Jason Kinney [21]; 21. 03-Cory Seeling [18];
22. 36-Brandon Vaughan [15]; 23. 21M-Donnie Miller [23]; 24. 20JB-Jeff
Babcock [12]; |
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STOCK CAR |
| HEAT
1 - 1. 99-Andy King [6]; 2. M1-Jeremy Creech [2]; 3. 00-Dean
Pitts [7]; 4. 2-Nick Bowers [5]; 5. 5G-Anthony Goode [8]; 6. 65-Rodney
Lacey [3]; 7. 55-Bradley Caudill [4]; 8. 01-Earnie Woodard [1]; |
| HEAT
2 - 1. 410-Paul Pardo [2]; 2. 3-Rob Trent [7]; 3. 20-Shawn
Phillipi [4]; 4. 23-Casey Barr [1]; 5. 08-Todd Gross [6]; 6. 1-Brad
Kemp [3]; 7. 17W-Dan Wooten [5]; 8. 7W-Mark Wooten [8]; |
| HEAT
3 - 1. 71C-Barney Craig [1]; 2. 19-Wayne Williams [2]; 3.
36-Adam Schaeff [4]; 4. 01O-Joel Ortberg [3]; 5. 5-Ricky Rae Dillon
[5]; 6. 7-Jordan Conover [6]; 7. 52T-Cody Timmerman [7]; |
| A
FEATURE - 1. 71C-Barney Craig [3]; 2. M1-Jeremy Creech [2]; 3.
20-Shawn Phillipi [8]; 4. 99-Andy King [5]; 5. 36-Adam Schaeff [9]; 6.
01-Earnie Woodard [22]; 7. 01O-Joel Ortberg [12]; 8. 23-Casey Barr
[11]; 9. 55-Bradley Caudill [19]; 10. 7-Jordan Conover [18]; 11. 1-Brad
Kemp [17]; 12. 19-Wayne Williams [6]; 13. 65-Rodney Lacey [16]; 14.
7W-Mark Wooten [23]; 15. 5G-Anthony Goode [13]; 16. 3-Rob Trent [1];
17. 52T-Cody Timmerman [21]; 18. 410-Paul Pardo [4]; 19. 00-Dean Pitts
[7]; 20. 2-Nick Bowers [10]; 21. 5-Ricky Rae Dillon [15]; 22. 08-Todd
Gross [14]; 23. 17W-Dan Wooten [DNS]; |
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