Live Updates from Thunderhill Raceway, 5/9/09

[NickHolt]

Been in the pits getting some interviews with the ASA A-line Super Stocks. I've missed several heat races, but here are the Unofficial results so far..

 

Thunder Stock Heat 1

 

1 92 Jason Stanley 8

2 58 Patrick Burow 8

3 14 Joey Tshoerner 8

4 49 Wayne Walton 8

5 37 Dell Harris 8

6 07 James Huff 8

7 88 Eric Robbins 8

8 22 Anthony Gordon -

9 7 Patrick White

 

Thunder Stocks Heat two

 

1 4 Gary Chancellor 8

2 16 Mason Teague 8

3 8 David Sevilla, Jr. 8 5

4 83 Paul Lipp 8

5 3 Nathan Robbins 8

6 31 Geoff Rabb 8

7 66 Leonard Flores 7

8 49 Wayne Walton 7

 

NasKart

 

1 29 Marty Kreis 8

2 24 Chris Terry 8

3 71 Mike Steinman 8

4 55 Travis Roberts 8

5 17 Richard Gonzales 8

6 5 Lyndon Kirk 8

7 07 Megan Smith 8

8 18 Mike Hackett 8 8

9 77 Andy Taylor 8

10 8 Steve Pepper 8

11 12 Frank Mena 8

12 88 Kayleb Kreis 5

 

Not too sure about the Pro Sedan heats Mike Merrell and Tom Johnson were the heat winners.

[NickHolt]

First ASA- A-line Super Stock heat race up.. 8 laps

 

Duane Toyne jumps out to take a big lead as the pack tries to get by Robert Mayberry.. Doug Ayers gets by on lap 5 and is followed through by Allen Alexander. JC Pilcher at the rear.

 

Toyne, Ayers, Alexander, Mayberry and Pilcher and Bubba Gustafson at the flag. Toyne looks tough tonight.

 

Unofficial Results

 

1 48 Duane Toyne 8

2 02 Doug Ayers 8

3 80 Allen Alexander 8

4 21 Robert Mayberry 8

5 15 JC Pilcher 8

6 33 Bubba Gustafson 8

 

 

Second ASA A-line Super Stock heat up next. Greg Rohmer and Tracy Tschoerner on the front row. Chase Stapp and Shawn Paul Lehman in row two. Points leader Clint LaFont and Marvin Buck at the rear.

 

Rohmer out first. Lehman gets hung out and drops to fifth. Tracy Tschoerner into second but Chase Stapp gets by on the second lap with a clean pass to the inside. LaFont and Lehman get by Tschoerner a lap later.

 

Front four cars nose to tail as LaFont tries Stap while Lehman waits for a bobble up front.

 

It's Rohmer, Stapp, LaFont, Lehman, Tschoerner and Buck at the checkered.

 

Unofficial Results

 

1 51 Greg Rohmer 8

2 99 Chase Stapp 8

3 3 Clint LaFont 8

4 28 Shawn Paul Lehman 8

5 11 Tracy Tschoener 8

6 54 Mrvin Buck 8

[NickHolt]

Grand Stocks up next for their 1st heat race.

 

Steven Stanley and Art Ganss on the front row. .. Marcia Moore and Brandon Gaither in row two,

Michael Weaver and James Laljer in three, Lauren Alexander at the rear.

 

Weaver gets a huge start and goes almost into the infield as he takes every car except Ganss... but he beats and bangs , goes into the grass, and a into the grass again and then almost off the top side in turn one... what a show that man is putting on for the fans.

 

Finally Weaver tries the outside again and got way sideways trying to stay on the track, spins in turn two to bring out the yellow.

 

Up front it's Ganss, Gaither, Moore, Lauren Alexander, Stanley and Laljer.

 

On the next lap Gaither gets under Ganss in turn one and makes it stick after a body part or two get torn up a bit...

 

Gaither, Ganss, Moore, Alexander, Stanely the top five.

 

Unofficial Results

 

1 8 Brandon Gaither 8

2 12 Art Ganss 8

3 91 Marcia Moore 8

4 21 Lloyd Alexander 8

5 77 Steven Stanley 8

6 23 James Laljer 8 1

7 81 Michael Weaver 5

 

Heat number two has Chris Trevino and Floyd Reed up front. Kenny Wright and Kris Wilson in row two. Layton Carroll and Russell Vickery in the last row.

 

Reed and Trevino go side by side for a couple of laps with Wright following Trevino who is very loose in turn four.. hang on Chris!.. and he does to retain the lead. Until lap four when Wright gets him on the outside and Layton Carroll goes too.

 

Carroll gets a flat tire. Pits.

 

Up front Wright hangs on to the lead over Vickery who has his hands full of Reed..

 

Reed gets by to take over second. So it's Wright, Reed, Vickery at the checkered.

 

Unofficial Results

 

1 68 Kenny Wright 8

2 65 Floyd Reed 8

3 44 Russell Vickery 8

4 7 Kris Wilson 8

5 03 Chris Trevino 8

6 58 Layton Carroll 6

[NickHolt]

A very touching Mother's Day tribute as the drivers introduced their Moms and gave them a beautiful rose or two.

 

The Thunder Stock 30-lap feature up next. 17 Cars on the grid for driver introductions.

 

Greg Rohmer and Geoff Rabb in the first row. Jason Stanley and Nathan Robbins up in row 2.Joey Jenkins and Gary Chancellor in row 3, Eric Robbins and Mason Teague in row 4. Del Harris and Paul Lipp in row 5.

 

Stanley our first followed by Joey Jenkins and Joey Tschoerner up quickly. Teague and Chancellor fight for fourth.

 

Joey Tschoerner takes over second at the end of lap three. Mason Teague tries the outside of Jenkins and can't make it stick, but next lap Teague goes to the inside to get the third spot.

 

Meanwhile Tschoerner is moving in on Stanley as Teague tries to make up several car lengths to shoot for the leaders.

 

CHancellor passes Jenkins on lap 12 to take over fourth.

 

Stanley and Tschoener now in lapped traffic at halfway as Mason Teague closes up a bit since he's running all alone. Every lap Teague makes up some ground.

 

By lap 22 it's a three way battle for the lead. Chancellor about a half lap back in fourth.

 

With five to go the top three are getting after it big time... Stanley slips a bit in four.. gathers it back up and retains the lead.

 

Great battle for fourth with Chancellor, Jenkins, ANthony Gordon who started deal last.

 

Caution for a spin in turn four.

 

Stanley smoothly out first with Tschoerner and Teague all playing bumper tag. ... Tschoerner gives a big Hello in 1-2 on the last lap but no harm.. and Stanley wins by a half car length with Teague right there with them. Chancellor fourth and Jenkins fifth after their race-long battle for position.

 

Unofficial Results

 

1 92 Jason Stanley 30

2 14 Joey Tshoerner 30

3 16 Mason Teague 30

4 4 Gary Chancellor 30

5 56 Joey Jenkins 30

6 22 Anthony Gordon 30

7 37 Dell Harris 30

8 31 Geoff Rabb 29

9 88 Eric Robbins 29

10 8 David Sevilla, Jr. 26

11 58 Patrick Burow 25

12 3 Nathan Robbins 24

13 07 James Huff 23

14 49 Wayne Walton 18

15 66 Leonard Flores 9

16 83 Paul Lipp 4

17 7 Patrick White 1

[NickHolt]

NasKarts go 20 laps for their feature.

 

Marty Kreis on the pole. Chris Terry outside and these two out first with Terry grabbing the lead early. Mike Steinman in third with Richard Gonzales and Lyndon Kirk the top five early.

 

Terry opens a small lead over Travis Roberts who moved into second quickly.

 

By lap 7 the top three have broken away Terry, Roberts, Steinman.

 

Next three car pack has Kreis, Lyndon Kirk and Gonzales...

 

Competition yellow at lap 10...

 

The top four take the green with Terry on the point. Travis Roberts and Steinman and Kreis in this group who have opened up a good gap back to Kirk.

 

Steinman takes over second and Kreis takes over third as the top group begin to dice it up a bit.

 

Roberts falls back a bit and looses the draft. Terry now takes off to leave Steinman and Kreis to fight for second.

 

At the checkered its Terry, Steinman Kreis and Kayleb Kreis the top four. Great action.

 

Unofficial Results

 

1 24 Chris Terry 20

2 71 Mike Steinman 20

3 29 Marty Kreis 20

4 55 Travis Roberts 20

5 88 Kayleb Kreis 20

6 07 Megan Smith 20

7 17 Richard Gonzales 20

8 18 Mike Hackett 20

9 5 Lyndon Kirk 20

10 12 Frank Mena 20

11 8 Steve Pepper 19

12 77 Andy Taylor 17

[NickHolt]

Four SportMods take the green for their 20 lapper.

 

Don Painter out quickly as Rusty Head takes over in second. Shawn Paul Lehman and Johnny Lewallen fight for third.

 

Painter stretches out the lead a bit with Lewallen a few car lengths back. Lehman into third and soon catches Lewallen as Head fades a bit.

 

On the ninth circuit Leman takes advantage as Lewallen drifts high in turn four. Lehman catches Painter on the 12 th lap and the battle begins for the lead. As they race hard up front the yellow flies for a "competition yellow."

 

Painter gets a good jump on the restart and quickly opens up a three car length gap.. But it doesn't take Lehman long to get back to knock on Painter's rear bumper on lap 16.

 

The threesome all right there together as the checkered flies. Painter, Lehman and Lewallen.

 

Unofficial Results

 

1 10D Don Painter 20

2 28 Shawn Paul Lehman 20

3 27 Johnny Lewallen 20

4 68 Rusty Head 14

[KISS_Racing]

Great job J-Stay.... Keep it up.... Patience grasshopper!!!!!!!!

[NickHolt]

Texas Pro Sedans up next for a 20-lap feature.

 

On the pole is Mike Merrell with Tom Johnson to the outside. Mike Knotts and Sergio Hexsel, Tory Christopher and Lalo Leal, Rick Dawdy, Harry Osburn...

 

Merrell gets a great jump at the green, but some of the rest of the field gets all tangled up coming down the front straight. Mike Knotts, Kevin Hallman and Tory Christopher getting the worst of the melee.

 

Looks like everyone except Hallman will be able to continue for their complete restart.

 

Merrell out first again with Johnson roaring to the outside... maybe too fast as he almost grabs the front straight and spins a couple of 360's to bring out the yellow.

 

Christopher pits. Johnson to the rear. Top three of Merrell, Hexsel and Leal take off leaving the rest of the field a quarter-lap... Johnson moves up quickly and almost crashes into the Osburn car trying to make up ground.

 

The top three stay pretty much nose to tail, but Merrell seems to be able to scoot ahead as the laps click off. Meanwhile, Merrell got caught up in traffic and is now almost 3/4-lap behind. the leader.

 

Merrell now has several car lengths on Hexsel and Leal who is glued to Hexsel's bumper. Suddenly Hexsel dives to the inside parks it in the infield.

 

Leal starts smoking badly and pulls into the infield. Looks like there may be fluid on the track as several cars spin to bring out the yellow.

 

With all the attrition it's hard to tell who's now in second. May be JJ Osburn or Harry Osburn or perhaps Bryant Dulin...

 

Merrell out first with Bryant Dulin - who inherited second - in second. The caution gave Tom Johnson a great chance to make up ground and he's in third with 2 laps to go.

 

Merrell checks out as Johnson catches Dulin with one to go.

 

Merrell wins followed by Dulin and Johnson. Not sure after that.

[NickHolt]

ASA A-Line Super Stocks up for their feature - a forty lapper.

 

Duane Toyne and Greg Rhomer on the front row. JC Pilcher and Tracy Tschoerner in row two, Wait.. Rohmner can't fire his car. Tschoerner moves up to take his spot. Chase Stapp moves up to start fourth, Doug Ayers and Shawn Paul Lehman in row three, Clint LaFont and Marvin Buck in row four.

 

Toyne jumps out first as the field stacks up behind Pilcher. The outside row moves up as Pilcher gets loose in four on the first lap.

 

Tschoerner, Stapp, Lehman, Ayers and LaFont soon settle in and start their run for Toyne.

 

Tschoerner falls back from Toyne as Stapp tries the outside giving Lehman an opening which he takes and comes out in second after Tschoerner moved up to get in front of Stapp.

 

Toyne has a good lead over Leman by lap 10 as Ayers and Stapp battle for third. Meanwhile LaFont is having trouble getting by Tschoerner as the leader encounters lapped traffic.

 

Not much changes as the laps click down.. but on lap 17 Ayers gets very loose coming off four but shuts the door on Stapp quickly.

 

Toyne now has 10 car lengths on Lehman as Ayers and Stapp battle another 10 car lengths back.

 

On lap 24 Toyne suddenly slows and moves to the high side. Looks like there may be some fluid on the track, but no yellow as Lehman and scoots by... but just about everyone is slipping and sliding around... yellow flies.. before a lap is complete so Toyne gets his first place back.

 

It's Toyne, Lehman, Stapp, Ayers and Tschoerner the top five with LaFont still trying to get by Tschoerner.

 

Lehman gets to the inside and Toyne and Crazyhorse go side by side for a lap or two. Stapp looks inside as well and both Lehman and Stapp get by Toyne.

 

With 10 to go it's the top six cars nose to tail with Lehman showing the way, then Stapp, Toyne, Ayers, Tschoerner, LaFont....

 

Toyne goes high and he gets freight trained by Tschoerner.

 

With five to go, Lehman still hangs on to the lead as Stapp is giving him fits. Ayers a car length behind. Now LaFont finally gets by Tschoerner to grab fourth.

 

Stapp gives Lehman a tap in 3-4 . No harm no foul. Ayers now moves to Stapps bumper

 

At the flag it's the top four nose to tail with Lehman, Stapp, Ayers and LaFont. Tschoerner fifth.

 

Phew.. Very nice race. Lots of action in this one.

 

Eric and I are headed down to the pits to get an interview with Shawn Paul and maybe with Chase Stapp. I want to find out about that love tap from Stapp late in the race...

 

Unofficial Results

 

1 28 Shawn Paul Lehman 40

2 99 Chase Stapp 40

3 02 Doug Ayers 40

4 3 Clint LaFont 40

5 11 Tracy Tschoener 40

6 21 Jake Kruger 40

7 15 JC Pilcher 39

8 48 Duane Toyne 36

9 33 Bubba Gustafson 21

10 54 Mrvin Buck 20

11 80 Allen Alexander 0

12 51 Greg Rohmer 0

[NickHolt]

Grand Stock feature up next

 

Art Ganss and Chris Trevino on the front row. Marcia Moore and Floyd Reed in two. Brandon Gaither and Kenny Wright in row 3.

 

Jake Kruger in Lauren Alexander's Grand Stock.

 

First start has Kruger jumping the start big time.. yellow.. Kruger to the rear.

 

Ganss and Moore out first. Brandon Gaither spins but keeps going down the back straight. No yellow.

 

Reed up to third as the pack bumps and bashes behind the front three. Wright breaks free first aling with Michael Weaver and Layton Carroll.

 

Gaither spins on lap four in turn 1-2 and the yellow flies.

 

Ganss, Moore, Reed, Wright, Weaver, Carroll and Trevino up front for the restart on lap four.

 

Ganss out smoothly with Moore right there. Wright gets by Reed and starts to work on Moore.

 

Reed and Wright go side by side with Reed the victor in this particular battle.

 

Up front Ganss moves out with Reed and Moore a few car lengths back. Michael Weaver...Opps

 

Reed takes a wild ride through the infield and loses lots of positions.

 

So.. it's Ganss, Moore, Weaver, Carroll, Russell Vickery and Trevino.

 

At lap 13 Brandon Gaither loops it in turn two to bring out another caution flag.

 

Ganss, Moore, Weaver, Carroll, Vickery and Trevino the top six as they take the green.

 

Carroll makes a great move to get by both Weaver and Moore to take over second and sets sail for Ganss.

 

Reed moves back into fourth as Trevino, Moore and Vickery bang around for position.

 

On lap 20 Carroll takes the lead after a major bumper hit going into three and a major brake check in return from Ganss.. Carroll pulls under the braking Ganns and takes the lead.

 

Carroll now takes off and hids from Ganss who holds on to take second over Weaver and Reed.

 

Lots of action in this one.

 

Unofficial Results

 

1 58 Layton Carroll 25

2 12 Art Ganss 25

3 81 Michael Weaver 25

4 65 Floyd Reed 25

5 44 Russell Vickery 25

6 7 Kris Wilson 25

7 03 Chris Trevino 25

8 91 Marcia Moore 25

9 21 Jake Kruger 25

10 8 Brandon Gaither 25

11 77 Steven Stanley 24

12 68 Kenny Wright 23

13 23 James Laljer 11