rebelracewriter Posted September 18, 2010 Report Posted September 18, 2010 (edited) U.S. National Dirt Track Championships @ Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, 9/17-18/10 By J M Hallas Ft. Worth, Tx.,(Sept. 17Th, 2010) Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track added another big event this years schedule on the 4/10 mile, semi-baked dirt track hosting the inaugural U.S. National Dirt Track Championships. Over 200 Modifieds and Limited Modifieds, from six states signed in for qualifying night, with around 50 SUPR Late Model due for the Saturday night finale. Modifieds and Limited Modified qualified through a series of heat races taking the top 16 in passing points, C-mains and B-mains transferring the top four from each. The nights A-qualifiers would lock in the top eight for Saturday Nights championship events, with a Pole Dash determining those eight starting spots. Daniel Dominates Modified Main Devil Bowl Speedway regular Patrick Daniel chased down early leader Mike Dillard near midway then dove underneath for the lead on lap 10. From there Daniel was able to pull away as others battled in the pack for the final locked in spot in Saturday's big A-main paying $3,000 to win. As green waved on the 24-car, 15-lap A-qualifier Dillard and Jason Armstrong stayed side by side, with four and five racing in the pack. Dillard secured the top spot on lap1 when yellow waved for debris. Dillard got a good restart with Armstrong and Daniel side by side for second. Daniel got the spot leaving Armstrong in a three-car battle with Brad Doherty and Stormy Scott for third. Daniel began slowly cutting into Dillard's advantage with Tim Clonch taking fifth from Doherty and Steve Whiteaker jr. following to sixth. Daniel showed Dillard the nose in turn 3 on the eighth lap ad again one lap later. Daniel used the bottom coming off turn 4 to sneak past Dillard for the lead on lap 10. In the pack Whiteaker, Colby Smith, Doherty and Chris Henigan were scrapping it out for the final transfer spot. Once clear of Dillard, Daniel was able to put some distance on the field, with Smith getting sixth from Whiteaker. As the laps wound down, Daniel increased his advantage over Dillard with Clonch getting fourth from Armstrong. At the checkers it was Daniel piloting the J&L Utility Service, American Brake & Clutch, Taylor Rental, Extreme Graphics, 1st Glass, Darby Diesel Repair, GRT Chassis taking the win with a comfortable margin on Dillard. Modifieds(Top 8 locked in for Saturday) 75 Patrick Daniel, Wills Point 66x Mike Dillard, Allen 18 Tim Clonch, Quinlan 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M. 57 Jason Armstrong, Marshall 01 Colby Smith, Greenville 189 Steve Whiteaker jr., Corpus Christi 16 Chris Henigan, Marshall 410 Brad Doherty, Ennis 12t Tyler Townsend, Longview 5r Morgan Bagley, Ft. Worth 12d Scott Drake, Webb City, Mo. 12 Johnny Bone jr., Pea Ridge, Ark. 32 Kevin Clement, Bonham 88xx Bobby Malchus, Red Oak 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M. 24 Sean Jones, Mansfield 121E Bobby Ruffin, Crandall 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian 3 Sam Cox, Flower Mound 9H Shane Hebert, Lafayette, La. 15x Jared Webb, McKinney 02x BJ Robinson, Shreveport, La. 05R Rod Slack, Ft. Worth Modified heats(Top 16 in passing points) Heat #1 410 Brad Doherty 66x Mike Dillard 15x Jared Webb 21b Jason Borlace 100 Jeff Rowland 14 Kelly Lockey 21 Chris Cole 103 Eddie Prator 33 Thomas Nunley 22 Michael Price 151 Tommy Williams jr Heat #2 12T Tyler Townsend 01 Colby Smith 5t Randy Timms 12 Johnny Bone jr 23m Jimmy Day 18s Cody Smith 7 Kelly Gorham 30h Buddy Honnicker 15m Kenneth Martin 7jr Chad Ewell 62 Mike Miles Heat #3 24 Sean Jones 02 BJ Robinson 5 Wes Armstrong 121 Bobby Ruffin 110 Jeremy Ishmael 7h Greg Hughes 60 Jason Ilich 721 Joe Gomez 02 Greg Corbin 81 Danny Caldwell 00 Darrell Dawson---DQ(Did not Tech) Heat #4 2s Stormy Scott 12d Scott Drake 29 Thomas Blackwell 88xx Bobby Malchus 45t Eric Tomlinson 07x Kenny Mudd 8j Dustin Hyde 33x Brad Pannell 02j Jeff Honeycutt 86j Travis Johnson 96x Johnny Sheets Heat #5 57 Jason Armstrong 05 Rod Slack 96 Michael Knighton 51 Brett Frazer 39 Rick McCommas 7m Steve Maughan 74j Jason Hammond 753 Jack Franklin 35L Charlie Luttmer 18E TJ Evans Heat #6 17p Travis Penrod 75 Patrick Daniel 9 Shane Hebert 571 Billy Brierton 78 Billy Jack Brutchin 17 Trevor Lane 76 Jesse Manning 90 Tommy Fain 7c Brian Parker Heat #7 22 Derek Perkins 5r Morgan Bagley 3 Sam Cox 07 Jason Hilliard 117 Toby Herring 8x Dusty Robbins 751Rusty Trevathan 15 Tristan Dycus 121 David Winslett 21d Ed Dunn Heat #8 111 Bumper Jones 16 Chris Henigan 10 George White 20 Terry Pritchett 5x Danny Veal j41 Monte Bolton 6 Dillon Pike 8H Jason Hughes c1 Eoin Dunn 87 John Webb Heat 9 30 Chase Allen 66 Greg Burt 88xxx Clyde Dunn 6d Rick Duke 12h Chris Huckaby 9r Jimmy Ray 8 Dennie Gieber 68 Brandon Watson 04 Joshua Hembey 44 Trent Crawford Heat #10 89 Steve Whiteaker jr 18 Tim Clonch 32 Kevin Clement 5g Keith Green 9 Shane Killingsworth 1$ Ronnie Sigman p53 Brandon McElroy 22s Scott Hilburn 55 Nelson Allridge 56 Troy Taylor Modified C-Mains C-Main #1 81 Danny Caldwell 14 Kelly Lockey 17 Trevor Lane 7c Brian Parker 60 Jason Ilich 151x Tommy Williams jr 00 Darrell Dawson 103 Eddie Prator 02j Jeff Honeycutt 721 Joe Gomez 18E TJ Evans 33 Thomas Nunley F22 Derek Perkins 21 Chris Cole 6 Dillon Pike 07x Kenny Mudd---DQ(Tech) 121 David Winslett---dns c1 Eoin Dunn---dns 7jr Chad Ewell---dns 02 Greg Corbin--dns 6h Josh Hughes---dns 1$ Ronnie Sigman---dns 44 Trent Crawford---dns 68 Brandon Watson---dns C-Main #2 30h Buddy Honicker 7m Steve Maughan 8j Dustin Hyde 76 Jesse Manning 56 Troy Taylor 90 Tommy Fain 22s Scott Hilburn 22 Michael Price 04 Joshua Hembey 62 Mike Miles 7H Greg Hughes 15m Keith Martin 21d Ed Dunn 8H Jason Hughes 33x Brad Pannell 7 Kelly Gorham 86j Travis Johnson 35L Charlie Luttmer 87 John Webb 55 Nelson Allridge p53 Brandon McElroy---DQ(Tech) 96x Johnny Sheets---dns 89x Glenn Leuschner---dns Modified B-Mains B-Main #1 16 Chris Henigan 111 Bumper Jones 32 Kevin Clement 121E Bobby Ruffin 18s Cody Smith 9k Shane Killingsworth 45t Eric Tomlinson 81 Danny Caldwell 21b Jason Borlace 8x Dusty Robbins j41 Monte Bolton 17 Trevor Lane 14 Kelly Lockey 88xxx Clyde Dunn 20 Terry Pritchett 7c Brian Parker 96 Michael Knighton 23m Jimmy Day 6d Rick Duke 5t Randy Timms 66 Greg Burt 9r Jimmy Ray 15 Tristan Dycus 51 Brett Frazier B-Main #2 12 Johnny Bone jr 9 Shane Hebert 88xx Bobby Malchus 05 Rod Slack 5 Wes Armstrong 110 Jeremy Ishmael 5g Keith Green 8 Dennie Gieber 30H Buddy Honnicker 07 Jason Hilliard 7m Steve Maughan 74j Jason Hammond 12H Chris Huckaby 100 Jeff Rowland 29b Thomas Blackwell 117 Toby Herring 78 Billy Jack Brutchin 571 Billy Brierton 8j Dustin Hyde 10 George White 39 Rick McCommas 76 Jesse Manning 17p Travis Penrod---DQ(Tech) Taylor Triumphant for Limited Modified Qualifiers Hometown hero Troy Taylor found himself in a familiar spot, leading a feature on a dirt tack. Taylor, a past Modified winner on the TMS Dirt Track and coming off a qualifying win at the IMCA Southern Sportmod Nationals two weeks ago easily out-distanced the 24-car field for Limited Modified A-qualifier victory. Taylor got big jump as the green flag flew on th 15-lap event leading by turn 1 with Jimmy Criswell III and Billy Melton wheel to wheel for second. Melton was finally able to complete the pass on Criswell on lap 3, while Trevor Lane, Keith Martin and Shane Hebert battled for fifth. Criswell and Melton resumed their side by side fight, as Taylor was motoring away. Yellow waved on lap 5 when Sean Jones broke and stopped in turn 1. Taylor got a good restart, but in the pack Tim Clonch and RJ Stroman tangled in turn 4 ending both their nights. Taylor again got clear from the field on green with Melton and Criswell back at it for second with Hebert taking fourth from Jason Troutman. In the slug fest for the transfer spot, Matt Mueller got past Lane and Martin for sixth. As Melton and Criswell continued to run side by side, Hebert ran them down and took third on lap 7. Hebert then picked off Criswell on lap 8, but Taylor was in the wind. No one had anything for Taylor in the Tru-Color Refinishing, D&D Auto Parts, Swenson Racing Shocks, In-n-Out Beer Barn, Wells Racing Engines, HOT Chassis as he took the checkers with a big lead over Hebert Limited Modifieds(Top 8 locked in for Saturday) 56 Troy Taylor, Ft. Worth 9 Shane Hebert, Lafayette, La. 10m Billy Melton, Longview 56x Jimmy Criswell III, Cedarhill 1* Jason Troutman, Sunnyville 86j Travis Johnson, Enid, Okla. 38 Matt Mueller, Stamford 17 Trevor Lane, Cleburne z71 Terry Pritchett, Palmer 1 David Ashley, Zachary, La. 69 Derick Grigsby, Marshall 49 Chris Cleveland, Dallas A1 Heath Wilson, Farmerville, La. 85 Keith Martin, Ft. Worth 54R Matthew Thompson, Shreveport, La. 12w Gary Fox, Haslet 5 Steve Crane, Whitehouse T2 Todd Short, Denison 77 Tyler Fain, Abilene 42R Ross McCartney, Lahoma, Okla. v8 Robert Vetter, Wolfe City 18 Tim Clonch, Quinlan 94 Sean Jones, Mansfield Limited Modified heats(Top 16 in passing points) Heat #1 Z71 Terry Pritchett 86j Travis Johnson 49 Chris Cleveland 10g Mike Goodson 1x Ronny Gould 6volt Cody Harger 146 Tom Earl 88h Justin North 54R David Redmon 24 Dennie Gieber 125 Brian Brooks 18t Terry Osburn Heat #2 69 Derick Grigsby 56x Jimmy Criswell III 11x Brent York 124 Jake Upchurch 05R Rod Slack 13 Robert Taylor 95 James Welborn 10 Dustin Robinson 26 Dean Abbey 22t Tommy Goodman 188x Derek Rashall Heat #3 127 Tommy McKinley 85 Keith Martin 42r Ross McCartney T2 Todd Short 103 JC Howell jr 22p Ronald Pilkington 47x Landon Maddox 23b Justin Broome 21 Taylor Boaze 44 Brent Jones 6x Jeff Weems Heat #4 V8 Robert Vetter A1 Heath Wilson 12w Gary Fox 731 Michael Martin 22 Trey Robinson 86v Paul Vines 21b Josh Brock 75 Kyle Nelson 5c Chris Cogburn 34 Travis Robinson 33 Pepper Kuykendall Heat #5 1* Jason Troutman x33 Rusty Geter 9k Mike Kressley 9 Shane Hebert D11 David Hennan 23m Jimmy Day 148 Justin Blackburn 99x Matt Winnett 3d Ray Doyon III 8 Tommy Davis 5A Joshua Beckham Heat #6 17 Trevor Lane 42 Todd Decker 81 Levy Galmor 7m Danny Morris 71m Jason Gore 25x Tony Staats 14m GW Hessong 121 Brandon Ruffin 14 Jarod Lesley 46 Paul Torres 340 Mark Smith--DQ(Tech) Heat #7 38 Matt Mueller 10m Billy Melton 77 Tyler Fain 2w Paul White 3j Jesse James 44t Jeff Turner 114 Michael Newhard 76 AJ McCollom 25m Robert McCoy 99 Jerry Lewis jr 47 Ken Boatman Heat #8 188 RJ Stroman 18 Tim Clonch 94 Sean Jones 69m Cory Grigsby 175H Max Helms 210 Sam Cox 30 Billy Brutchin 38E Ed Fowler 175 Anthony Boatman 3H Jason Hood 5j Dillon Burks Heat #9 711 Michael Daniels 5t Randy Timms 54 Matthew Thompson 55 Ricky Burk 88L Todd Barrett 75w Wally Beaty u81 Rudas Galmor 37m Bubba Meeks 55g Todd Green 84 Tom Lorenz 1 David Ashley---DQ(Tech) Heat 10 56 Troy Taylor 23 Justin White 5 Steve Crane 64 David Ferguson 77x Chase Brewer 02 Brian Short 1b Grant Brown 7 Jonathon Clayton 13b Clint Bates 78 Rodney White 25 Shane Hartline--DQ(Tech) Limited Modified C-Mains(Top 4 to B-main) C-Main #1 26 Dean Abbey 7 Jonathon Clayton 1 David Ashley x33 Rusty Geter 24 Dennie Gieber 38e Ed Fowler 175 Anthony Boatman 84 Tom Lorenz 127 Tommy McKinley 8n Justin North 76 AJ McCollom 9k Mike Kressley 25x Tony Staats 10 Dustin Robinson 125 Brian Brooks 25m Robert McCoy 47x Landon Maddox 75 Kyle Nelson 55g Todd Green 30 Billy Brutchin 14 Jarod Lesley 5a Joshua Beckham 47 Ken Boatman 6x Jeff Weems---dns 114 Michael Newhard---dns 99 Jerry Lewis jr.--dns 18t Terry Osborn---dns C-Main #2 18 Tim Clonch 6volt Cody Harger 99x Matt Winnett 3d Ray Doyon III 340 Mark Smith 5c Chris Cogburn 14m GW Hessong 22t Tommy Goodman 3H Jason Hood u81 Rudas Galmor 188x Derek Rashall 7m Bubba Meeks 33 Pepper Kuykendall 44t Jeff Turner 95 James Welborn 34 Travis Robinson 54r David Redmon 5j Dillon Burks 02 Brian Short 21 Taylor Boaze 46 Paul Torres 121 Brandon Ruffin 8 Tommy Davis 44 Brent Jones---dns 78 Rodney White---dns 25 Shane Hartline---dns Limited Modified B-Mains(Top 4 to A-main) B-Main #1 1 David Ashley A1 Heath Wilson 77 Tyler Fain T2 Todd Short 42 Todd Decker 210 Sam Cox 10g Mike Goodman 26 Dean Abbey 731 Michael Martin 86v Paul Vines D11 David Hennan 3j Jesse James 75w Wally Beaty 148 Justin Blackburn 88l Todd Barrett 23 Justin White 77x Chase Brewer 1x Ronny Gould x33 Rusty Geter 81 Levy Galmor 5t Randy Timms 64 David Ferguson 23b Justin Broome 7 Jonathon Clayton B-Main #2 86j Travis Johnson 94 Sean Jones 49 Chris Cleveland 18 Tim Clonch 103 JC Howell jr 2w Paul White 124 Jake Upchurch 175 Max Helms 71m Jason Gore 7m Danny Morris 55 Ricky Burk 11x Brent York 146 Tom Earl 99x Matt Winnett 711 Michael Daniels 13 Robert Taylor 21b Josh Brock 22 Trey Robinson 3d Ray Doyon III 6volt Cody Harger 22p Ronald Pilkington 05R Rod Slack 69m Cory Grigsby 23m Jimmy Day Edited September 18, 2010 by rebelracewriter Quote
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