Texas Thunder + Sou. States Midget results 4/12/08

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Southern States Midgets Association(unofficial)

1. 54 E Evan Pardo

2. 9 Doug McCune

3. 54 Aaron Kirk

4. 15 Danny Burke

5. 39 Brandon Moellier

6. 33 Glen Devore

7. 2 Jerrod Ponder

8. 18 Bud Carroll

9. o Johnny Murdock

10. 98 Kenny Sharpless

77 Matt DeWitt---DNS

74 Marshall Pina---DNS

 

 

Heat winners, 54e Evan Pardo, 77 Matt DeWitt

 

 

Dodge Country IMCA Modifieds

1. 707 P J Egbert

2. 47 Benji Kirkpatrick

3. 15 Andrew Simmerman

4. 357 Brian Killingsworth

5. 52 Ken Old

6. 19 George E. Lamphere Jr.

7. 247 Bill Lecompte

8.49 Lee Chasse

9.21 Allan Essenburg

10.37 Ben Ketteman

11.78 Trevor Egbert

12.00 Jason Hoffman

13.9 William P. McGuire

14.C4 Cham Savage Jr.

15.63 Hardy Henerson

16.35 Wayne Walker

17.82 Rick Green

18.23Greg Atwood

19.107 David Goode

20.93 Jacob Dunn

21.7J Jason Batt

22.44 Allen Waltermire

23.28 Neil Floyd

24.7 J D Shleis

 

Heat winners, 47 Benji Kirkpatrick, 717 P J Egbert, 21 Allen Essenberg

 

 

Danny's Transmission IMCA Southern Sportmods

1. 45t Eric Tomlinson

2. 1 Keith White

3. 224 Mike McDougal

4. 23x Greg Atwood

5. 10 Mike Autrey

6. 83K Kenny Ware

7. 48 Mitch Tierney

8. 9 Olin Dillard

9. 23 Shad Stevens

10. 36 Tim Froster

11. 14 Gary Thomas

12.107 David Goode,Jr

13.05 Ryan Anderson

 

 

Heat winners, 83K Kenny Ware, 1 Keith White

 

 

Dan Corbin & Associates IMCA Stock Cars

1. 3m Jason Bogard

2. 24D David Dunn

3. 107 Michael Walter

4. 23 Shad Stevens

5. 712 Colton Monroe

6. 8 Buck Owens

7. 98 Peter Delevan

8. 44x Joe O'Brien

9. 31 Chuck Hatfield

10. 43 Jesse James Cox jr.

11.9J Jason Batt

 

 

 

12.124 Ronnie Ellis Jr.

13. 27 Joseph Charnock

14.38 Daniel B. Shiper

15.84x Eric Jones

 

Heat winners, 38 Daniel Shipler, 107 Michael Walter

 

 

Cleo Bay Honda Street Stocks

1. 84x Eric Jones

2. 0 Tim Carman Jr

3. 21 Chris Florio

4. 489 Anthony Olken

5. 35 Chris Wilkison

6. 007 Chuckee Nourse

7.555 Joey Craig

8. 4 Ken Plonsky

9.40 Albert Wininger, Jr.

10.22W Justin Wierenga

11.19R Dean Silva

12.2 Kevin Ashley

13.96V Richard Valentine

14.88 Brain Mendenhall

15.83 Dennis Simmons

16.30 Bobby Norton

17.09 Chuck Hatfield

18.3 Clint Williams

19.17 Ty Hawkey

148 Ryan Anderson---DNS

63 Danny Dunn---DNS

Heat winners, 489 Anthony Otken, 83 Dennis Simmons, 17 Ty Hawkey

 

 

Budweiser Texas Twisters

Feature #1

1. Matt Fitzgerald

2. 2 Larry Tuerck

3. 72 Tommy Jacobs

4. 12 Aaron White

5. 573 Billy McCloud

6. 351L Douglas Lind

7. 77y Kevin Yagalla

8. 8 Charlie Laidley

9. 829 J D Hardcastle

10. 00 Taylor Fuller

11. 10 Carl Fitzgerald

12. 254 Kent Brown

13. 1900 Amy Lisenbe

14. 353 Noah Wearmouth

15. 20 Jackie Asklock

16.97 Joshua Batt

17. 351 Daniel Rediker

 

Feature #2

1. Gage Fuller

2. 65 Randy Doyle

3. 4 Don Rea

4. 01 Cole Bennet

5. 10A Shane Stevwing

6. 23 Michael Hilliard

7. 217 Larry Dunham

8. 241 Jason Styczynski

9. 404 Nate Cullifer

10. 8c Candace Laidley

11. 37 James Deane

12. 2K Kevin Ashley

13. 2x Jacob Wininger

14. 118 David Holtz

15. 190 T J Yagalla

16. 16 Aaron Headrick

17. 05 Angela Gardner

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Budget Pick-n-Pull Night Texas Thunder Speedway, 4/12/08

By J M Hallas

 

Killeen, Tx., (April 12th, 2008) Budget Pick-n-Pull sponsored the nights activities that included the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Southern Sportmods, IMCA Stock Cars, and Texas Twisters as part of Texas Thunder Speedway's regular program. Tonight's added attraction was the Southern States Midget Association.

 

A long time staple around tracks in the Midwest, the class now somewhat a dying breed, especially in Texas feature the horsepower of a dragster, combined with the weight of a feather. These mainly 4 cylinder dynamo's sail around the track at incredible speeds, thrilling the fans.

 

 

Pardo Posts First Ever SSMA Victory

 

Doug McCune used a good jump at the start of the 15-lap Southern States Midget Association feature race. Heat winer, Evan Pardo moved along and past Brandon Moellier for second and quickly caught McCune for the lead. Pardo got past McCune on the backstretch for the lead on lap 4, while Danny Burke got around Moellier for third.

 

 

Aaron Kirk took fourth from Moellier on lap on lap 5. At halfway it was Pardo, opening up his lead, McCune, Burke, Kirk and Moellier in the top five. Kirk closed in on Burke for third and began to look inside. Kirk and Burke then went three wide splitting a slower car, with Kirk getting the spot. Pardo had nearly a half track lead on McCune as the white as shown and easily ran to the checkers unchallenged to pick up his first ever SSMA feature win.

 

 

Southern States Midgets Association(unofficial)

1. 54E Evan Pardo

2. 9 Doug McCune

3. 54 Aaron Kirk

4. 15 Danny Burke

5. 39 Brandon Moellier

6. 33 Glen Devore

7. 2 Jerrod Ponder

8. 18 Bud Carroll

9. o Johnny Murdock

10. 98 Kenny Sharpless

77 Matt DeWitt---DNS

74 Marshall Pina---DNS

 

 

Heat winners, 54e Evan Pardo, 77 Matt DeWitt

 

 

PJ Puts Another Win in Resume

 

Multi-time track champion, IMCA Modified Rookie f the Year and Regional Champion, P J Egbert added yet another win to his impressive totals. P J Egbert, who started outside row 5, worked his way through the field and got the top spot just before halfway. After a late race caution, P J Egbert had to hold off the challenge of class newcomer, Benji Kirkpatrick to core yet another win.

 

 

Jacob Dunn and Brain Killingsworth paced the full field of 24 cars to green for the 20-lap main event. Killingsworth was first into turn 1 to grab the lead, while Andrew Simmerman got by Ben Ketteman and Dunn for second. P J Egbert started his march to the front early taking spots from Allen Essenburg and Pat McGuire for fifth on lap 1. Simmerman caught Killingsworth on lap 2 and began his challenge. In he pack, McGuire, Kirkpatrick and Trevor Egbert worked their way past Dunn.

 

 

The yellow waved on lap 4 after Jason Batt and Cham Savage made heavy contact on the front stretch, putting Batt on the trailer and Savage to the hot pits for repairs. On the restart, P J Egbert blasted past Ketteman and Simmerman for second, with Kirkpatrick moving up to fourth. P J Egbert tried to duck inside Killingsworth on lap 5, while Kirkpatrick got by Simmerman for third. Killingsworth and P J Egbert were side by side on lap 6, as P J Egbert eased into the lead on lap 7.

 

 

Kirkpatrick, Simmerman and Ketteman followed as Killingsworth got out of the groove on the soft high side. P J Egbert then began to inch away, while Ketteman and Simmerman ran wheel to wheel for third. At the crossed flags it was P J Egbert, Kirkpatrick, Simmerman, Ketteman and Killingsworth running the top five. Kirkpatrick closed the gap on P J Egbert, and tried a move in turn 1 that didn't work causing him to loose ground and letting Ketteman close on him.

 

 

Defending track champ, McGuire spun with a low tire in turn 3 to bring out a caution and erase P J Egbert's big lead. On the restart, Killingsworth, T. Egbert and Jason Hoffman tangled in turn 4 to bring the yellow quickly back out. Once back to green, Kirkpatrick hung on to P J Egbert' rear bumper, while Arlen Essenburg got a huge jump moving up numerous spots. On the last lap Kirkpatrick tried on last “win it or wear it” move that came up short giving P J Egbert clear sailing to the checkers in the D&D Cabinetry, Phil's Motorsports, Pro Image Signs & Graphics, Greg May Honda, Connell Chevrolet, Lingo's Race Engines, Trevor's Escort Service, Hoffman Chassis.

 

“It's pretty much like the same routine every weekend” said Egbert. “ We probably need to rename the track after me. The car works real well here and I've probably got more laps around here than anyone, except maybe Ken Old. I just love going fast, and that's what I try to do every weekend.”

 

“We going to give it a shot at chasing the National and Regional points titles and see how it goes. However it ends up is how it ends up.”

 

“If the opportunity came about to move up or maybe go pavement racing I would do it. As far as our budget goes this is about it for us. We've never looked into anything else.”

 

 

Dodge Country IMCA Modifieds

1. 707 P J Egbert

2. 47 Benji Kirkpatrick

3. 15 Andrew Simmerman

4. 357 Brian Killingsworth

5. 52 Ken Old

6. 19 George E. Lamphere Jr.

7. 247 Bill Lecompte

8. 49 Lee Chasse

9. 21 Allan Essenburg

10. 37 Ben Ketteman

11. 78 Trevor Egbert

12. 00 Jason Hoffman

13. 9 William P. McGuire

14. C4 Cham Savage Jr.

15. 63 Hardy Henderson

16. 35 Wayne Walker

17. 82 Rick Green

18. 23Greg Atwood

19. 107 David Goode

20. 93 Jacob Dunn

21. 7J Jason Batt

22. 44 Allen Waltermire

23. 28 Neil Floyd

24. 7 J D Schleis

 

Heat winners, 47 Benji Kirkpatrick, 717 P J Egbert, 21 Allen Essenburg

 

 

Tomlinson Tears to Sportmod Trophy

 

Polesitter, Mike Autrey beat Tim Foster into turn 1 for the lead of the IMCA Southern Sportmod main, with Mitch Tierney, Mike McDougal and Kenny Ware three wide for second. McDougal got spot and closed in on Autrey while Ware and Eric Tomlinson got by Tierney. Ware, using the high side, took second briefly from McDougal on lap 3. McDougal retook the spot, with Tomlinson getting along side Ware for third.

 

 

Ware then charged back getting the best of McDougal, then Autrey to grab the point on lap 6. McDougal took over second as Autrey began to fade with a flat tire. Just as the battle for the lead heated up with Ware, McDougal and Tomlinson three abreast for the top spot, yellow flew for debris on the front stretch. Once back to green, Tomlinson dove inside Ware, and after quick side by side run, Tomlinson snagged the lead on lap 9.

 

 

McDougal and Ware were now wheel to wheel for second as current points leader and former track champ, Keith White and Greg Atwood ran side by side for fourth. White continued his charge getting by Ware for third on lap 10, followed by Atwood and Shad Stevens.

 

 

David Goode jr spun on lap 11 with a flat bring out a caution and rebunching the field. On green, White edged around McDougal for second as the top three got away clean. Atwood joined the trio with two to go, as White closed in on Tomlinson. As the white flag waved, White made a deep dive into turn 1 on Tomlinson, but came up short with Tomlinson holding on for the win in the BG Products, Nightmare Grafix, Greens Automatic Transmissions, Holt Cat of Waco, Outlaw Race Engines sponsored SSM.

 

 

Danny's Transmission IMCA Southern Sportmods

1. 45t Eric Tomlinson

2. 1 Keith White

3. 224 Mike McDougal

4. 23x Greg Atwood

5. 10 Mike Autrey

6. 83K Kenny Ware

7. 48 Mitch Tierney

8. 9 Olin Dillard

9. 23 Shad Stevens

10. 36 Tim Foster

11. 14 Gary Thomas

12. 107 David Goode,Jr

13. 05 Ryan Anderson

 

 

Heat winners, 83K Kenny Ware, 1 Keith White

 

 

Bogard Best in I-Stock Bash

 

The 15-car, 15-lap IMCA Stock Car main saw new father, Jason Batt grab the lead from the outside front row, with two and three wide racing in the pack. On lap 1 Daniel Shipler and Peter Delevan were side by side for second, while Michael Walter, Ronnie Ellis jr and Jason Bogard ran three wide for fourth. Shipler got the spot on lap 2 followed by Bogard and Walter on lap 3. Lap 4 saw Shipler spin trying to hold off Bogard and Walter at the same time Eric Jones had his motor expire on the back stretch.

 

 

On the restart, Ellis looked inside in turn 1 , but a spin by Joseph Charnock brought the field back under yellow. Ellis tried to repeat his move on the restart, but had problems and pulled off. Walter then began a challenge on Batt looking inside on lap 6. Walter got inside Batt on lap 7 with Walter getting by at the line. Batt tried a crossover move and dive under Walter, but Batt got into the side of Walter breaking the right front suspension and allowing Bogard to sneak by into the lead.

 

 

Bogard, David Dunn and Shad Stevens now ran nose to tail for the top spot n lap10. Stevens took a side trip through the infield on lap 11, with Walter moving up to third. Coming to the white flag, Bogard had a slight five-car margin over Dunn and was able to grab the victory in the Smith Construction, Cullen Dixon Trucking sponsored I-Stock

 

 

Dan Corbin & Associates IMCA Stock Cars

1. 3m Jason Bogard

2. 24D David Dunn

3. 107 Michael Walter

4. 23 Shad Stevens

5. 712 Colton Monroe

6. 8 Buck Owens

7. 98 Peter Delevan

8. 44x Joe O'Brien

9. 31 Chuck Hatfield

10. 43 Jesse James Cox jr.

11. 9J Jason Batt

12. 124 Ronnie Ellis Jr.

13. 27 Joseph Charnock

14. 38 Daniel B. Shipler

15. 84x Eric Jones

 

Heat winners, 38 Daniel Shipler, 107 Michael Walter

 

 

 

Dennis Simmons out-raced Joey Craig into turn 1 for the lead of the 19-car, 15-lap Street Stock feature. Eric Jones moved from mid pack to second, with Anthony Otken and Ty Hawkey getting by Craig for third and fourth. Jones caught Simmons for the lead on lap 5, while, point leader, Chris Florio and Tim Carmen jr. got past Craig, headed to the front.

 

 

Jones got around Simmons for the lead on lap 7, while Otken, Hawkey and Carmen tried three wide for third. Simmons night ended on lap 9 when he went up in smoke and rolled to a stop to bring out a yellow. On the restart, Hawkey got by Otken, but in the pack Albert Wininger jr got turned around after contact with Dean Silva. When green waved again, Hawkey repeated his move with Carmen getting along side Otken. The two ran door to door on lap 10, before Carmen grabbed the spot.

 

 

With Jones easing away up front, Florio moved in on Otken , taking the position on lap 12. In the final laps, Hawkey and Carmen battled for the runner-up spot with the duo side by side with one to go. At the checkers it was Jones in the Danny's Transmissions, Garmins Automotive car taking the win.

 

 

Cleo Bay Honda Street Stocks

1. 84x Eric Jones

2. 0 Tim Carman Jr

3. 21 Chris Florio

4. 489 Anthony Otken

5. 35 Chris Wilkinson

6. 007 Chuckee Nourse

7.555 Joey Craig

8. 4 Ken Plonsky

9. 40 Albert Wininger, Jr.

10 .22W Justin Wierenga

11. 19R Dean Silva

12. 2 Kevin Ashley

13. 96V Richard Valentine

14. 88 Brain Mendenhall

15. 83 Dennis Simmons

16. 30 Bobby Norton

17. 09 Chuck Hatfield

18. 3 Clint Williams

19. 17 Ty Hawkey--Tech

148 Ryan Anderson---DNS

63 Danny Dunn---DNS

 

Heat winners, 489 Anthony Otken, 83 Dennis Simmons, 17 Ty Hawkey

 

 

 

Kent Brown was the early leader in Texas Twister race number 1, with a four wide battle for second. Noah Wearmouth took over the lead on lap 2 as the top four put distance on the pack. Matt Fitzgerald moved by Brown, then Wearmouth to get the point on lap 7. From there Fitzgerald edged away from the field to take the victory.

 

 

Budweiser Texas Twisters

Feature #1

1. 77 Matt Fitzgerald

2. 2 Larry Tuerck

3. 72 Tommy Jacobs

4. 12 Aaron White

5. 573 Billy McCloud

6. 351L Douglas Lind

7. 77y Kevin Yagalla

8. 8 Charlie Laidley

9. 829 J D Hardcastle

10. 00 Taylor Fuller

11. 10 Carl Fitzgerald

12. 254 Kent Brown

13. 1900 Amy Lisenbe

14. 353 Noah Wearmouth

15. 20 Jackie Ashlock

16.97 Joshua Batt

17. 351 Daniel Rediker

 

 

James Deane got the lead at the start of Texas Twister race number 2 but Shane Stevwing got sent over the back stretch hill to bring about a complete restart. Deane again jumped into the lead, but broke, handing the lead to Jason Styczynski. Randy Doyle worked his way through the field and got past Styczynski for the point on lap 6, with Gage Fuller moving into second. Doyle and Fuller then put on a good battle for the win, with Fuller completing the pass on the last to snag the trophy.

 

 

Feature #2

1. 91 Gage Fuller

2. 65 Randy Doyle

3. 4 Don Rea

4. 01 Cole Bennett

5. 10A Shane Stevwing

6. 23 Michael Hilliard

7. 217 Larry Dunham

8. 241 Jason Styczynski

9. 404 Nate Cullifer

10. 8c Candace Laidley

11. 37 James Deane

12. 2K Kevin Ashley

13. 2x Jacob Wininger

14. 118 David Holtz

15. 190 T J Yagalla

16. 16 Aaron Headrick

17. 05 Angela Gardner

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Noticed a new name in the Midgets ranks; #18 Bud Carroll.

Bud was a long time ARTS truck racer.

 

That series has about 24 drivers registered this year, most are in Houston.

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Noticed a new name in the Midgets ranks; #18 Bud Carroll.

Bud was a long time ARTS truck racer.

 

That series has about 24 drivers registered this year, most are in Houston.

 

yea i know bud, let me tell you, he could drive the s*** out of his race truck, especially in houston.