rebelracewriter Posted July 19, 2008 Report Posted July 19, 2008 Race for a Cure Night @ I-37 Raceway, 7/18/08 By J M Hallas Pleasanton, Tx.,(July 18th, 2008) After a scheduled weekend off, racing resumed Friday night on the 1/4 mile semi-banked clay oval just south of San Antonio. The night's activities were presented by the American Cancer Society, and the Race for a Cure program. The night's racing card, included the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Southern Sportmods, Super Stock, Street Stocks and Pure Stocks. Capping off the evening's events would be a mechanics race for all the classes, to be held under a full moon. Maybe not the best of night's for the event. The ACS Race Night was the second part of the Inaugural Cancer Society Race Car Expo, that began the previous weekend in Hondo. The group spearheaded by Brenda Wernette, had over 25 sponsors kicking in prizes and gift certificates to be raffled off, with all the proceeds going to Race for a Cure. IMCA Modifieds 1. 8g Greg Dinsmore 2. 87 Lawrence Mikulencak 3. 84 Patrick Kelly 4. 66 Randy Yount 5. 11k Chip Godfredson 6. 125 Jason Borlace 7. 137 Bill Pittaway 8. 12 Bob Lienweber 9. 20 Brian Rye IMCA Modified heat winners, 8g Greg Dinsmore, 87 Lawrence Mikulencak IMCA Southern Sportmods 1. 11b Chip Godfredson 2. 48 Chris Swenson 3. 37 Bill Pittaway 4. 4$ Chris Rye 5. 66 Johnny Torres 6. 22 Rene Mares 7. 771 Barry Codling 8. 11 Chris McLendon 9. 60 Pat Lyon 10. 89 Doug Livingston 11. 88 Mark McGahey 12. 11f Mike Finkel 13. 21g Steve Grantz 14. 94 Allen Torres IMCA SSM heat winners, 11b Chip Godfredson, 94 Allen Torres Super Stocks 1. 58 Moe VanKirk 2. 57 Jed Rollins 3. 7 Richard Bartosh 4. 13 Howie Marcx 4. 14 Gary Hunter 6. 33A Walt Clark 7. 21 Chico Cox 8. 97 Allen Jenkins Super Stock heat winners, 57 Jed Rollins, 58 Moe VanKirk Street Stocks 1. 18 Shawn Moore 2. 51 Donald Lewis 3. 42 Tommy Casey 4. 41 Wade Jones 5. 37 A J Wernette 6. 107.5 Billy Kinneman 7. 6 Craig Crawley 8. 08 Alton Fambro Street Stock heat winners. 51 Donald Lewis, 6 Craig Crawley Pure Stocks 1. 96 Justin Henley 2. 14 Mark Pivarnik 3. 555 Sonny Jones 4. 67 Joe Horne 5. 7x Janel Hilla 6. 22 Brian Terry 7. 8 Dennis Jasik 8. 74 Danny Kasperwicz 9. 23t Brian Terry sr 10. 15 William Cavender 11. 3 Albert Mares 12. 9 Phillip 13. 23 Sean Terry 14. 25 Jo Jo Horne 15. 55 Charlie Henley 16. 7 Danny Schroat 17. 79 George Long jr. 18. 36z Cecil Zimmerman 31j Charlie Buendle---DNS Pure Stock heat winners, 14 Mark Pivarnik, 55 Charlie Henley, 96 Justin Henley Mod/Sportmod Mechanics race 1.66 Lance Gaither 2.89 Jerry Dean 3.8g Jay Hallas 4.125 Buck Borlace 5.? 6.? 7.? 8. ? Quote
NickHolt Posted July 19, 2008 Report Posted July 19, 2008 Third!!! Third??? We pay you all that sponsorship money and the best you can do is third? LOL Way to go, Jay. I bet it was a blast... Nick Quote
8G RACING FAMILY Posted July 19, 2008 Report Posted July 19, 2008 jay did great job it was the most exciting mechanics race i seen....Nick jay asked if you would just forward his checks to my mailing address , dont worry i will make sure he gets it jay was on cloud 9 last night, we were happy to have him in out car GREG AND candace(via candace-greg's on his way to south dakota)this is for him--SEEYAA Quote
SassyCassie14 Posted July 19, 2008 Report Posted July 19, 2008 (edited) Thank you to everyone for coming out and having a great time last night. It was a great night of racing, even with the full moon!!! Also, Thanks to our wonderful trophy girl, Candace Dinsmore. I know the guys appreciate it! Congrats to all of our winner's last night. Pure Stock - 96 Justin Henley - Somerset - Sponsored by: Henley Construction, 24/7 Towing, Hance Auto Parts, C & C Graphics Street Stock - 18 Shawn "Hotshot" Moore - Pipe Creek - Sponsored by: Woodway Cooking Woods, Signs Now, and Dad's Back Pocket Super Stock - 58 Moe "WildMan" VanKirk - Kerrville - Sponsored by: Trey Massie Well Service, Hill Country Happings IMCA Southern Sport Modifieds - 11B Chip Godfredson - Schertz - Sponsored by: Cornerstone Natural Countertops, Burlington Performance & powered by Smiley's Chassis, Parr Performance IMCA Modifieds - 8G Greg Dinsmore - Kerrville - Sponsored by: Sundowner RV, Harris Auto Racing, Azul Margaritas, Bob Harris Enterprises, Big Worm Motorsports Mechanic Race - (Sponsored by: Kelly Custom Graphics, Off the Wall Services, C-D Electric) Street/Super Stocks 1. 14 David Boggs 2. 27 Jim Knudtson 3. 41 Kuris Opiela 4. 37 Wayne Wernette 5. 57 ??? 6. 7 John Bartosh 7. 08 Bubba Sowder 8. 107.5 ??? 18 Shane Moore - DNS 6 Garfield Shanklin - DNS Pure Stocks 1. 555 Kyle Legg 2. 23t Jacob Gonzales 3. 3 Gary Crum 4. 96 Ellis Tracy 5. 14 Monty Moentnish 74k Joe Gonzales - DNS 25 Gerald McCall - DNS 67 James Myers - DNS Sport Mods/Mods 1. 66 Lance Gaither 2. 89 Jerry Dean 3. 8g JM Hallas 4. 22 Joshua Mares 5. 11B ? 6. 37 Edward Perez 7. 11k Justin 8. 125 Buck Borlace 9. 4$ David Grobe Edited July 21, 2008 by cassy14 Quote
SassyCassie14 Posted July 19, 2008 Report Posted July 19, 2008 There were 2 DQ's last night in the pure stock class 2. 14 Mark Pivarnik (failed tech) 4. 67 Joe Horne (mechanical problems & didn't go to tech) Quote
rebelracewriter Posted July 19, 2008 Author Report Posted July 19, 2008 Race for a Cure Night @ I-37 Raceway, 7/18/08 By J M Hallas Pleasanton, Tx.,(July 18th, 2008) After a scheduled weekend off, racing resumed Friday night on the 1/4 mile semi-banked clay oval just south of San Antonio. The night's activities were presented by the American Cancer Society, and the Race for a Cure program. The night's racing card, included the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Southern Sportmods, Super Stock, Street Stocks and Pure Stocks. Capping off the evening's events would be a mechanics race for all the classes, to be held under a full moon. Maybe not the best of night's for the event. The ACS Race Night was the second part of the Inaugural Cancer Society Race Car Expo, that began the previous weekend in Hondo. The group spearheaded by Brenda Wernette, had over 25 sponsors kicking in prizes and gift certificates to be raffled off, with all the proceeds going to Race for a Cure. Dinsmore Dominates Modified Main Kerrville's Greg Dinsmore once again put a whoopin' on the IMCA Modified field in the A-main event. Dinsmore made a quick move from sixth to second on the start, then got by early leader Patrick Kelly. Veteran Corpus Christi hotshoe, Lawrence Mikulencak was never able to get close enough to mount a serious challenge as Dinsmore ran off to the checkers. As green waved on the 20-lap IMCA Modified main, Kelly beat polesitter Jason Borlace into turn 1, with Dinsmore up to second and Mikulencak moving from eighth to fourth. Mikulencak then got by Borlace for third followed by Randy Yount for fourth. Dinsmore was just beginning to challenge Kelly for the lead when caution came out for Brian Rye stopped on the back stretch. On the restart, Dinsmore took the high groove going into turn 1 and was able to get by Kelly for the top spot on lap 3. Mikulencak was next to get past Kelly on lap 3, but Dinsmore had already began to check out. In the pack, Bill Pittaway and Borlace ran side by side for fifth. Chip Godfredson soon joined that duo and picked off sixth from Pittaway on lap 7, then Borlace for fifth a lap later. Coming to the crossed flags it was Dinsmore pulling away to nearly a full straightaway lead over Mikulencak, Kelly, Yount and Godfredson who continued to battle for fifth. By lap 15, the top three had spread out with large gaps between each. Godfredson was able to shake off Borlace and Pittaway. Dinsmore's only real challenge was trying to hold on to a tricky, dry slick track in the final laps. With two to go, Dinsmore came up on the slower car of Bob Lienweber, the only thing to slow him down. Dinsmore in the Team Brain Freeze, Azul Margaritas, Sundowner RV Repair, Lowery Plumbing, racetechinfo.com, Southern Spirits, Jeff's Performance, Harris Chassis, didn't press the issue as with a big lead, easily grabbed the victory. “The car is in such a groove here,” replied Dinsmore. “We've got the set up dialed in here and the car about drives itself. My crew does a good job helping me keep up with the changes we do on it. I can just about jump in, get on the throttle and it goes. “I kept watching and listening for Lawrence(Mikulencak). Any time he shows up at he track you know he's going to be right there. He has tons of experience on tracks all over, is fast no matter where he runs and you know that he'll race you clean. I knew we both starting near the rear, so I needed to make my move to the front early.” IMCA Modifieds 1. 8g Greg Dinsmore 2. 87 Lawrence Mikulencak 3. 84 Patrick Kelly 4. 66 Randy Yount 5. 11k Chip Godfredson 6. 125 Jason Borlace 7. 137 Bill Pittaway 8. 12 Bob Lienweber 9. 20 Brian Rye IMCA Modified heat winners, 8g Greg Dinsmore, 87 Lawrence Mikulencak Godfredson Grabs Gold in Sportmod Main For Chip Godfredson, a former Sprint Car ace, the learning curve for IMCA Southern Sportmods has been steep and rapid. After a two and half year hiatus from racing Godfredson showed he still had the touch as found his way to Victory Lane in only his fourth time in the car. Godfredson got by early leader Doug Livingston, then held off always hard-charging Chris Swenson for his first SSM win. Livingston jumped out front at the start of the 14-car, 20-lap IMCA SSM main. Godfredson got by Barry Codling on lap 1 for second with Allen Torres following to third. Codling would spin on lap 2 after contact with Swenson to bring out a yellow. On the restart Godfredson got along side Livingston for the lead. A. Torres saw his night end early when he broke and pulled to the infield from third. Godfredson had just gotten by Livingston when yellow waved again for a spin by Rene Mares. Once back to green, Godfredson ducked inside Livingston and got the lead going down the back stretch. Swenson then got by Livingston, with Bill Pittaway taking fourth from Chris McLendon. As Godfredson and Swenson inched away, Steve Grantz, Chris Rye, Johnny Torres and McLendon were nearly four wide for fifth. Pittaway moved on Livingston running side by side on lap 7, while J. Torres won he fight for fifth. Coming to halfway, Godfredson had Swenson on his bumper, literally, while Livingston and Pittaway continued to scrap for third and J. Torres fifth. Mark McGahey brought out yellow on lap 11 when he looped it in turn 2. On the restart the top six stayed nose to tail until lap 12 when Livingston, Pittaway and J. Torres went three wide for third. J. Torres got won that fight after Livingston slipped high. Pittaway and Chris Rye were able to get past Livingston on lap 14 for fourth and fifth. Godfredson had just started to put some distance on Swenson when caution came out for a spin by McLendon on lap 15. When green waved again, Godfredson got a god jump on Swenson easing away by three car lengths. In the final laps Godfredson increased that margin, while J. Torres got sideways on the last lap losing two spots. At the checkers it was Godfredson in Cornerstone Natural Countertops, Burlington Performance powered Smileys Chassis grabbing his inaugural checkers. “Well, I'm doing a better job of driving now,” commented Godfredson “Derry(Burlington), the car owner, is doing a good job changing stuff on it. I'm getting more and more comfortable in it. It's mainly the crew's hard work. Driving is the easier part.” “It's taken me a couple races to learn that nothing the same between driving these and Sprints. They drive completely different, turn in the corners different and come off different. Nothing is the same. I've had to adjust how I drive.” “The Mod and Sportmod are owned by two different people and the deals to drive them just both came together about the same time. So we figured if we have to be here racing, we might as well run both cars.” IMCA Southern Sportmods 1. 11b Chip Godfredson 2. 48 Chris Swenson 3. 37 Bill Pittaway 4. 4$ Chris Rye 5. 66 Johnny Torres 6. 22 Rene Mares 7. 771 Barry Codling 8. 11 Chris McLendon 9. 60 Pat Lyon 10. 89 Doug Livingston 11. 88 Mark McGahey 12. 11f Mike Finkel 13. 21g Steve Grantz 14. 94 Allen Torres IMCA SSM heat winners, 11b Chip Godfredson, 94 Allen Torres Richard Bartosh led the early laps of the Super Stock feature while Moe VanKirk and Jed Rollins worked their way up. On lap 6 it was three wide for the lead with VanKirk coming out with the top spot on lap 7. The races only caution waved when newcomer, Allen Jenkins slapped the turn 3 tire barrier. After the restart Rollins, Bartosh and Howie Marcx battled for second until Marcx faded. Rollins and Bartosh put a great door to door battle for the last five laps changing the spot nearly corner for corner. This gave VanKirk the chance to open up a lead on the duet and take the win by a comfortable margin. Super Stocks 1. 58 Moe VanKirk 2. 57 Jed Rollins 3. 7 Richard Bartosh 4. 13 Howie Marcx 4. 14 Gary Hunter 6. 33A Walt Clark 7. 21 Chico Cox 8. 97 Allen Jenkins Super Stock heat winners, 57 Jed Rollins, 58 Moe VanKirk After sending his car airborne in heat race action, Shawn Moore rebounded in the feature giving his new bride the perfect wedding present, a feature win. OK, so maybe not the ideal gift. Moore got the lead at the drop of the green and was quickly challenged by Craig Crawley. The lead duo ran side by side for several laps, until yellow waved on lap 7 for a spin by A J Wernette. Back to green flag racing Crawley continued to pressure Moore for the lead until Donald Lewis got by Crawley on lap 10 using the high side. Crawley's night ended when his motor expired on lap 12. Wade Jones then moved in on Lewis to battle for second. This gave Moore the opportunity to put some distance on the two and snag the checkers. Street Stocks 1. 18 Shawn Moore 2. 51 Donald Lewis 3. 42 Tommy Casey 4. 41 Wade Jones 5. 37 A J Wernette 6. 107.5 Billy Kinneman 7. 6 Craig Crawley 8. 08 Alton Fambro Street Stock heat winners. 51 Donald Lewis, 6 Craig Crawley It was a familiar sight in the Pure Stock feature, with Justin Henley wasting no time moving up the front and taking he lead on lap 3. J. Henley continued his domination of the class pulling away to a full straightaway lead despite numerous cautions and restarts. J. Henley's most serious challenge came after a lap 15 restart when Mark Pivarnik gave it his shot, but was unable to find a way around the young hotshoe. J. Henley would then pull away in the final laps for yet another victory. Pure Stocks 1. 96 Justin Henley 2. 14 Mark Pivarnik 3. 555 Sonny Jones 4. 67 Joe Horne 5. 7x Janel Hilla 6. 22 Brian Terry 7. 8 Dennis Jasik 8. 74 Danny Kasperwicz 9. 23t Brian Terry sr 10. 15 William Cavender 11. 3 Albert Mares 12. 9 Phillip 13. 23 Sean Terry 14. 25 Jo Jo Horne 15. 55 Charlie Henley 16. 7 Danny Schroat 17. 79 George Long jr. 18. 36z Cecil Zimmerman 31j Charlie Buendle---DNS Pure Stock heat winners, 14 Mark Pivarnik, 55 Charlie Henley, 96 Justin Henley Back in the day, up north the twice yearly Mechanics races would be a chance for guys that worked on the cars, with little to no experience, the chance to go out and have some fun. Oh how times have changed! The newer versions of these specialty races seem to have more and more “ringers” in the fields. Not that I'm complaining, because I fall somewhere in between with experience. In the combined Modified/Sportmod Mechanics race, I started row two outside in Greg Dinsmore's car. Before the green was waved I was motioned to the infield spotter. Sadly, after all the harping I've done on safety, I have to admit, the window net was never latched. Shame on me! Once the green waved I stayed on the bumper of $4 and watched as Joshua Mares and Lance Giather pulled ahead. In turn 3 I tried to drive under $4 and came up short. Jerry Dean blasted by me on the straight as we completed lap 1. Who was that guy, I thought. Not wanting to get left behind, I again ducked under $4 in turn 3. About the time I thought, cool I'm getting by, Mares comes spinning down the track in front of me. I closed my eyes, said a quick prayer, eased to the right and hoped 4$ would see me coming. Whew, no contact..... The yellow came and I caught up behind Gaither and Dean for the restart. Once back to green I tried to hang with the two leaders, but had a bad push off turn 2, then would get loose off turn 4. I tried a couple different lines, with limited results. The final laps went by quickly, too fast as I saw the white wave, nowhere near the two front runners. As the checkers flew I breathed a somewhat disappointed sigh, but relieved the car suffered no damage. Greg was pleased with my results, probably more that I avoided crashing into the car spinning in front of me. But said I was first in class of drivers with limited dirt experience. Hard pill to swallow, but I've always said a good night of racing is when you still can drive it on the trailer afterwards. Buck(Borlace) joked with me that I was no drivin'.....well, you know the rest, and that he had several chances to dump me. I explained to him my problems being loose in one corner and tight at the other end. It fell on deaf ears! Abraham Mares told me I should stick to writing, something I'm better at. Though he did compliment me for not T-boning his relatives car when it spun. Mod/Sportmod Mechanics race 1.66 Lance Gaither 2.89 Jerry Dean 3.8g Jay Hallas 4.22 Joshua Mares 5.11b Ron Sprayue 6.3 Edward Perez 7.11k Justin Randol 8.125 Buck Borlace 9.4$ David Grobe Quote
rebelracewriter Posted July 20, 2008 Author Report Posted July 20, 2008 Thanx Cassie for finishing up with the rest of the machanics race results and DQ's. The corrected story is on the front news page...... I was playing hell trying to get internet service and just wanted to get something posted.....Friday night I stayed at the rest stop on I-10 near Luling.....their WiFi sucks......kept getting booted off....then in Edna I was having to drive down road to a neighboring motel with WiFi, park out front and scarf their service.... PS....either I'm getting old or a Mustang is NOT the best place to try to sleep Quote
RACENRANDY Posted July 21, 2008 Report Posted July 21, 2008 Congrats Lance on the win, it was good to see my car win a race. Something I haven't been able to do for loooooooooooong time. Reb you did good but you looked mauvalas! It was a good race, although I was a little nervous. Congrats to all the winners Shawn it was good to see you win one. Chip good job and Greg congrats once again. Quote
Danielsen Motorsports Posted July 21, 2008 Report Posted July 21, 2008 (edited) Dang Reb we had a couch in our hotel you could of snaked up on. Them cars arn't so comfy! Edited July 21, 2008 by Danielsen Motorsports Quote
rebelracewriter Posted July 21, 2008 Author Report Posted July 21, 2008 Dang Reb we had a couch in our hotel you could of snaked up on. Them cars arn't so comfy! D'OH!! Now you tell me.....LOL Thanx for the offer Robert, I'll keep that in mind next trip. Even a couch is FAR better than the front seat of a Mustang....Being laid off I just don't have the cash to do the things the way I used to. Even with the help Greg/Candace give me for I-37 write-ups, Monty gives me for TRP write-ups and the track paying me for announcing, I still had to squeeze those pennies...If I had got a room both nights, it.. plus gas, food would have used up what I made and I would have broke about even....if I had driven back to Kerrville to my own bed, then to Edna it would have been the same amount(plus the extra driving time)......that never was a problem before, but I have to watch my outflow right now. There's another item in that equation too.....but I won't even bother going into that one..... Quote
RACENRANDY Posted July 21, 2008 Report Posted July 21, 2008 Sorry,forgot to mention Moe Vankirk. WTG Moe ! Quote
SassyCassie14 Posted July 21, 2008 Report Posted July 21, 2008 I just got a call from Chip Godfredson (winner of the IMCA Sport Mod Race) saying that one of his sponsors was left out by accident. He feels bad about it. Chip would also like to thank Parr Performance as well. Thank You and he won't forgot it next time! Great job Chip. Nicely done. Quote
Woodwayracing18 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Posted July 22, 2008 Congrats Lance on the win, it was good to see my car win a race. Something I haven't been able to do for loooooooooooong time. Reb you did good but you looked mauvalas! It was a good race, although I was a little nervous. Congrats to all the winners Shawn it was good to see you win one. Chip good job and Greg congrats once again. thats randy it felt reallllllly good thank you Randy it feels really good Shawn '' Hotshot '' Moore #18 Quote
tay Posted July 22, 2008 Report Posted July 22, 2008 Randy, Lance wanted to say thank you for letting him drive your car. He had a great time. Quote
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