rebelracewriter Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 A total of 86 IMCA Stocks and 40 IMCA Hobby Stocks from 6 states signed in over the three days in search of the 20 spots available for Sunday's Big A-mains. Through a slightly different qualifying procedures this year, similar to the modifieds, the field was trimmed down to best 20 cars in each class. Tim Clonch and Jeff Turner lead the 20 car, 20lap IMCA Stock A-main to green. Clonch and Turner stayed side by side into turn 1, but Clonch came out first as Turner fell to fourth. Turner lost another spot to Jeff Anderson on lap 2, but regained the position on lap 3. Chad Estes stayed on Clonch's bumper followed by Chad Dalan. The caution came out on lap 4 for a spin by Trey Jarrel to slow the pace. Clonch got a small lead on the restart, but Estes closed right back in quickly. Turner got by Dalan for third on lap 6 as the top four had a big gap back to Anderson, Mike Nichols, National Champion Duain Pritchett, Brandon Ellison and Doug Lorenz. Lap 9 saw both Nichols and Pritchett get around Anderson for fifth and sixth. At halfway the top five were Clonch, Estes, Dalan, Turner and Nichols, with Estes still dogging Clonch for the lead. Estes took a look inside Clonch on lap 12 but fell back in line, unable to make the pass. Turner was still trying to get by Dalan, who had a good gap back to Nichols and Pritchett. With five to go, Clonch and Estes had nearly 1/2 striaghtaway lead over Dalan and Turner, with Nichols and Pritchett closing quickly. With two to go, Clonch got some breathing room on Estes, one whole car length. As the white flew, Dalan slid high and fell back from fourth to sixth, with no brakes. As the checkers flew it was Clonch in the Cottons Racing Engines/Brads Transmissions/Smileys car taking the hard cearned victory. IMCA Stocks 1 Tim Clonch, Quinlin Tx 2 Chad Estes, Troy Tx 3 Jeff Turner, Seagoville Tx 4 Duain Pritchett, Combine Tx 5 Mike Nichols, Harlan Iowa 6 Chad Dalan, Overton Nebr 7 Jeff Anderson, Atlantic Iowa 8 Brandon Ellison, Denton Tx 9 Doug Lorenz, Harker Heights Tx 10 Jason Batt, Temple Tx 11 Thomas Earl, Alvarado Tx 12 JW Johnson, Abilene Tx 13 Tim Pyle, Midland Tx 14 Allen Bradley, Farmington NM 15 Raymond King, Mesquite Tx 16 Jason Shoenberger, Russell Kan 17 Tosha McNeil, Denton Tx 18 Richard Brown, Dallas Tx 19 Dustin Locke, Eunice NM 20 Trey Jarrel, Hobbs NM Chad Dalan claimed Tim Clonch Jason Schoenberger claimed Chad Estes The 20 lap IMCA Hobby Stock A-main started with Tim Pyle and Chris Ater on the front row. Pyle grabbed the lead as the green flew and began to pull away. Bill Richars and Ater ran side by side for second, with Richards getting the position on lap 3. Jerry West closed in on Ater, as Joey Patterson and Chris Meyers were door to door for fifth. By lap 5 Pyle was still edging ahead of Richards, with West making the pass on Ater for third. Patterson and Meyers were again wheel to whell on lap 7, with Meyers finally getting past. Just before halfway, Pyle got into the back of a lap car and faded rapidly, giving the top spot to Richards. At halfway the top five were Richards, West, Ater, Meyers and Patterson, with Richards having 1/2 straightaway lead. Meyers ran down Ater and grabbed third on lap 15. Richards dodged lap traffic and gave up a little distance to West, who closed to within four car lengths. The races only caution came on lap 17, when Mitch Calvert and Willie Kenley got tangled at the bottom of turns 1-2. The top three moved ahead on the restart, with Meyers getting around West for second with two to go. Richards would go on to put his Midwest Motorsports/Neilson Automotive/The Dorphinhaus car into the winners circle. IMCA Hobby 1 Bill Richards, Coon Rapids Iowa 2 Chris Meyers, Eunice NM 3 Jerry West, Ft Worth Tx 4 Joey Patterson, Cleburne Tx 5 Randy Stout, Ft Worth Tx 6 Chris Ater, Haltom Tx 7 Michael Hulsey, Keller Tx 8 Triston Sikes, Eunice NM 9 Mitch Calvert, San Angelo Tx 10 Randell Jones, Weatherford Tx 11 Dillon Smith, Waco Tx 12 Jesse Miller, Duncanville Tx 13 Allen Montgomery, North Richland Hills Tx 14 David Watkins, Haltom City Tx 15 Paul Martin, Abilene Tx 16 Scott Pyle, Midland Tx 17 Willie Kenley, Tolar Tx 18 Alvin Emery III, Alvarado Tx 19 Paul Sechrist, Sunset Tx 20 George Norton, Weatherford Tx Randell Jones claimed Chris Meyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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