Sarge Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Another great night at Texas Thunder Speedway! For immediate release Contact Pat Wilson 254-290-6262 pwilson1@hot.rr.com http://www.texasthunder.com By Bill “Sarge” Masom Killeen, Tx On a night sponsored by Cintas, the racing was great. The great crowd on hand saw a couple of first time winners. The gals got into the act, with a Cottman Transmissions Mini Stock Powder Puff Derby, sponsored by Key West Tanning. And two more Budweiser Racing Texas Twisters left the track with their new owners. as a claimer became claimee. First up were the Cottman Transmissions Mini Stocks Eleven of the four cylinder cars took to the track for fifteen laps of racing action. Orie Shipler would get the early lead, but PJ Egbert, driving his little brother's car would work his way from his ninth starting spot and took over the lead on lap six. Egbert checked out, but the racing was great behind him, as O. Shipler managed to hang on to second over David Stewart and his son, Daniel Shipler. Travis Zwiefelhofer rounded out the top five. Egbert won his class and track leading ninth win of the year. Cottman Transmissions Mini Stocks 1.712 PJ Egbert 2.39 Orie Shipler 3.5 David Stewart 4.38 Daniel Shipler 5.20 Travis Zwiefelhofer 6.1 Mike Autrey 7.202 Julie "Kelly" Zwiefelhofer 8.44 Rickey Reid 9.14 Ronnie Ellis Jr 10.43 Joseph Gregoire 11.7 Justin McCullough The Kwik Kar Oil & Lube Street Stocks were next up, with seventeen cars contesting fifteen laps. Points leader Albert Wininger Jr would get his class leading sixth win of the year. He had to race hard for it from his eleventh starting spot. Wininger Jr took the lead on lap seven from Scott Wilson. “Dashing” Dave Meadows made a race out of it though, as those two battled through heavy lapped traffic. Defending track champion, Robert Simmerman, had more bad luck, as he lost a wheel in a crash in turn two on lap six with Carl Boettcher. Simmerman would not be able to continue. Wininger Jr took the win just a car length over Meadows. Kwik Kar Oil & Lube Street Stocks 1.40 Albert Wininger, Jr 2.74 Dave Meadows 3.63 Danny Dunn 4.17 Ty Hawkey 5.26 Scott Wilson 6.20 Trevor Sparkman 7.9 Carl Boettcher 8.05 Ryan Anderson 9.82 Lee Chasse 10.27 Tim Fasano 11.36x Lisa Parent 12.1 Robert Simmerman 13.84 Wayne Neff 14.00 Joe Fuller 15.19r Dean Silva 16.7 Jeremy Adkins 17.96 Paul Kohl Eight of the Hertz Rent A Car I. M. C. A. Southern SportMods took to the track for their fifteen laps of feature racing. It would be Eric Tomlinson netting his first win of the year, ahead of Shad Stevens, Pat McGuire, Billy White, and Kenny Young. McGuire and Stevens had a terrific fight for second, as Tomlinson streaked away, winning by fifteen car lengths. It took just two laps for Tomlinson to capture the top spot from his fourth stating position. Hertz Rent A Car I. M. C. A. Southern SportMods 1.45t Eric Tomlinson 2.231 Shad Stevens 3.91 Pat McGuire 4.17w Billy White 5.83 Kenny Ware 6.14 Chuck Schoenfeld 7.107 David Goode 8.11w Kevin West Five Kwik Kar Oil & Lube Jr Mini Stocks took to the track for ten laps of racing. Ryan Ellis lead the field early until lap two when Colten Monroe, a seven time winner took the lead from his fifth fourth starting spot. Monroe would pull away from the field, until on lap eight, when a huge fire ball erupted under Monroe's car, and he pulled into the infield to have what was left of the engine extinguised. Ellis took back over the lead and was chased to the line by Joseph Charnock. This was Ellis' first win this year. Kwik Kar Oil & Lube Jr Mini Stocks 1.14e Ryan Ellis 2.22 Joseph Chamock 3.7 Brandon Campos 4.14 Clayton Harzog 5.712 Colton Monroe The Budweiser Racing Texas Twisters were up next for fifteen laps of racing. Thirteen of the cars that race, not race cars, lined up to do battle. It was announced that both the first and second place cars had been claimed. It didn't matter, as the drivers put on a heck of show anyway. On the start they were five wide down the front stretch, and then only four wide in turn two for the lead. Howard Twardokus got the lead from his fifth starting spot and was able to hold it the rest of the way, but not without a fight. First points leader, Gary White. would do battle with Twardokus, and then it was Larry Tuerck. Tuerck was in position to have his third car claimed, but lost a wheel in turn four and retired from the race. A huge race was going on behind Twardokus, with Jessie Call and Brian Mendenhall duking it out for second. Mendenhall got the spot, but lost his car. Twardokus won by ten car lengths over Mendenhall. Both Twardokus and Mendenhall had their cars claimed fro $500. They both indicate that they will be back, albeit in brand new cars. It was kind of ironic that Mendenhall got claimed, as he was the gentleman to make the first ever claim in the class. So the claimer became the claimee. Budweiser Racing Texas Twisters 1.223 Howard Twardokus 2.88 Brian Mendenhall 3.20 Jesse Call 4.3 Mike Sadler 5.71 Chris Florio 6.1 Gary White 7.12 Aaron White 8.107.3 Nasty Nate 9.37 James Deane 10.2 Larry Tuerck 11.829 JD Hardcastle 12.171 Robert Embry 13.7 Jared Bouchie The Corbin & Associates, Atty's I. M. C. A. Stock Car race was a fantastic one, as the twelve drivers raced all fifteen laps under green. They mixed it up right at the drop of that green flag, going three wide into turn one, then four wide in turn two, and getting back to just three wide in turn three. It was Gary “Stormin” Norman with the early lead, followed by Benji Kirkpatrick, Eric Jones, Anthony Otken and Ron Simpson. Norman would keep the lead for two laps until Kirkpatrick took over the top spot in turn one. The racing stayed exciting behind Kirkpatric, as Norman, Otken and Jones were battling three wide for second on lap nine. They would do it again on lap eleven. Jones would get the second spot, but couldn't run down Kirkpatric, who went on to record his fourth win on the year. Corbin & Associates, Atty's I. M. C. A. Stock Cars 1.47 Benji Kirkpatrick 2.84x Eric Jones 3.44 Ron Simpson 4.09 Gary "Storming" Norman 5.93 Jacob Dunn 6.79x Anthony Otken 7.23 Shad Stevens 8.8 Vernon "Buck" Owens 9.43 Jessie James Cox Jr 10.3 Robin Rasmussen 11.318 Scott Bowles 12.51j Jon Nelson Another race went flag to flag, as fifteen Dodge Country I. M. C. A. Modifieds went caution free for twenty laps. Wesley Hamilton lead the early going, but it was Danny Gribble making moves early to get into contention. Gribble, who started eight, would get alongside Hamilton on the back stretch on lap six. The two dueled for a lap until finally Gribble took the top spot in turn four on lap seven. Gribble would go to to post his first win of the season, ahead of PJ Egbert and Pat McGuire. Dodge Country I. M. C. A. Modifieds 1.27 Danny Gribble 2.707 PJ Egbert 3.9 Pat McGuire 4.15 Andrew Simmerman 5.98j Jarrod Jennings 6.52 Ken Old 7.24 Gary Simmerman 8.39 Paul Mullins 9.118 Steven Carter 10.19 George Lamphere Jr 11.11 Wesley Hamilton 12.49 William Prattie 13.66 Chuck Bayles 14.44 Allen Waltermire 15.247 Bill Lecompte Last, but not least, it was the girls time to drive, as eight Key West Tanning Mini Stock Powder Puff competitors took to the track for ten laps. Marilyn Holden in David Stewarts ride took the lead and never looked back, cruising to the win. Julie Zwiefelhofer, driving her daughter's car was second, with Marcy Brown in Daniel Shipler's turck in third. Key West Tanning Mini Stock Powder Puff Derby 1.5 Marilyn Holden 2.202 Julie Zwiefelhofer 3.38 Marcy Brown 4.39 Patty Aquiningoc 5.7 Misty DeShazo 6.20 Ruth Startzel 7.22 Vicky Blankenship 8.1 Kaycie White Join us next week as Norton Automotive sponsors the nights events. It will be all seven of our regular classes racing that night. Don't forget about the “Hoosier Daddy” contest on July 15th. This is a competition open to pit crews. They will be tossing a Hoosier race tire,and the furtherest toss wins a cash prize, and the “Hoosier Daddy” crown for a year. Gates open at 6:00 PM and racing starts at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $10 for Adults, $3 for kids 6-12 and kids under 6 are free. Season passes are available as well. New for fans this year is the ability to purchase their tickets online with a credit card. Just go to the Texas Thunder Speedway web site, and click on the “Buy and Print Tickets” button. Also you can use your Visa or Master Card in the tracks souvenir and concession stands. For all track information, weather, directions, and to purchase your tickets, go to http://www.texasthunder.com. Texas Thunder Speedway is a 1/4 mile semi-banked oval dirt track. Races Every Saturday Night March through September! With Seven SUPER EXCITING classes of cars to entertain the entire family. Featured classes include; Dodge Country IMCA Modifieds, Corbin & Associates, Attys IMCA Stock Cars, Hertz IMCA SportMods, Kwik Kar Oil & Lube Street Stocks, Cottman Transmissions Mini Stocks, Jr Mini Stocks & Budweiser Racing Texas Twisters. Special Events designed especially for the kids as well as Powder Puff Races, Pit Crew Tire Contest and our all time crowd pleaser, the Demolition Derby. Come join the fun, at Texas Thunder Speedway Bill "Sarge" Masom Texas Thunder Speedway PR/Media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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