Texas Thunder Spwy 4-26-03

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20 cars started the IMCA modified 20 lap main, led to green by David Smith and Randy Yount on the front row. D. Smith grabbed the lead on lap 1, with Glen Allen jumping into third from his third row start. Smith's lead was short-lived as he went high on the back stretch. Pat McGuire made a bonzai move in turn three for the lead until D. Smith and Chris Renegar. But Mcguire pushed up the track allowing Renegar to get the lead on lap 2. The red came out on lap 3 when Ben Ketteman clipped the back of Allen, turned hard right and sailed over the turn three hill. The car flipped, ending up on it's roof, fortunately Ketteman was uninjured, but last weeks winning car was heavily damaged. Under red, leader Renegar was pushed to the pits giving the lead to Allen on the restart. On the restart Keith White half-spun, collecting Danny Gribble and Joey Smith. McGuire using the low side was able to get the point on lap 4, with Gribble and Joey Craig getting together for another caution. Back under green, White And McGuire ran side by side, with White eventually getting the top spot on lap 5. Greg Atwood moved in to challenge McGuire snagging second on lap 8. Allan Essenburg charged up from his rear pack start to take third away from McGuire on lap 10.

At Halfway it was White, Atwood, McGuire, Essenburg and Allen running in the top five positions. Lap 11 saw the final caution fly when J. Smith spun into the pit the pit wall. Rookie contender PJ Egbert, using the high groove, was sailing up after starting dead last. Lap 13 had Egbert, Essenburg and Mcguire three wide for third. Egbert completed the passes on lap 16, and went on a charge in search of the leaders. White and Atwood had built a fairly good lead as they ran nose to tail on the low side. Egbert was only able to close to a couple lengths as the Tomastik team cars took the white flag. As the checkers flew it was White, last years track champ and current points leader, driving the Accent Plumbing/Unique Drywall/Spyder Signs/Tomastik Motorsports/Qwik Chassis to the winners circle.

 

With the absence of Bill "Sarge" Mason due to illness, I got to make my TTS announcing debut!! Hope I didn't mess anyones name up, though knowing many of the drivers made it alot easier. Hey Sarge, Pat paid me .08 Cents and a Dr. Pepper, isn't that about twice as much as he pays you? LMAO Thanx to Big Joe for making me comfortable up there, glad I could help ya out in a pinch. Had a great time!

 

1 Keith White

23 Greg Atwood

707 PJ Egbert

9 Pat McGuire

11 Allan Essenburg

68 Glen Allen

27 Danny Gribble

63/86 Hardy Henderson

3B John Blann

30 Joey Smith

71 Glen Derks

000 Max Helms

66 Randy Yount

703 David Smith

247 Joey Craig

52 Ken Old

2 Chris Renegar

37 Ben Ketteman

A+ Adrian Jez

174 Mickey Helms

 

In IMCA stocks, PJ Egbert got the lead as polesitter Richard Riley slid high in turn three. Egbert then began to put a whoopin' on the field. At halfway it was Egbert, Derrick Sears, Mike McDougal, Jim Garner and points leader, Cham Savage in the top five spots. The only yellow came on lap 8 when Gary Simmerman stopped on the back stretch with a flat tire. Egbert, in the Smith Construction/Phils Paint and Body/Auto Body Parts/Chevy, again ran away from the field in the final laps to take the win.

170 PJ Egbert

424 Mike McDougal

4 Cham Savage

99 Jim Garner

7 Derrick Sears

63c Trace Crawford

27 Johnnie McGehee

411 Gary Simmerman

94 Richard Riley

44 Allen Waltermire

9/97 Jason Batt

747 Chris Simmerman

84x Eric Jones

118 Andrew Simmerman-DNS

 

 

Street Stock

Polesitter Tim Carmen jr. got the lead on green and looked like the possible winner. After a couple cautions early for spins, the action got a little heavy. While battling for the top spots Robert Simmerman and David Gricks made a little contact, Gricks got sideways trying to get back Around Simmerman and was finished off by Chris Moore, who had nowhere to go. Under caution Gricks gave Simmerman some "green paint", and was black flagged for rough driving. Back under green Carmen jr. continued to hold the point until he blew up on lap 10 spinning to stop in turn 1, Jeff Currier spun and almost tagged Carmen's car. Floyd Pruitt inherited the lead and went on to take the checkers in his Bell Pawn/Big Tex/Chevy Camaro, his third win of the season. Simmermans second place finish put him in a tie for the points lead with Mike Waller.

34 Floyd Pruitt

21 Robert Simmerman

12 Scott Cooper

20 Chris Moore

00 Mike Waller

1 Ty Hawkey

66 Frank Torres

65 Jeff Currier

39c Tim Carmen Sr.

97 Brian Fuller

98 TL Bright

42 Nathan Billingsly

0 Tim Carmen Jr.

44 Shalako Ogdon

28 David Gricks

84 Wayne Neff

17 Rick Michael

91 Joe Fuller

89 Anthony Otken

 

Thunder Stock #1

Lee Williams got out to a big lead early while the pack battled three wide behind him. Jeff Medlock and Danny Dunn made their way up through the pack and used lap traffic to close on Williams, making it a three car race for the win. At the checkers it was Williams taking his first ever win, in only his 5th night out.

8x Lee Williams

44 Jeff Medlock

63 Danny Dunn

8 John Cook

20 Trevor Sparkman

42 Joshua Lafrance

77 Jeremy Adkins

15 Terri Dillard

16 Brian Fuller

6 Patti Hamiln

30 Bobby Norton

48 Kelvin Sears

3 Robin Rasmussen

14 Jason Bernal

Thunder #2

Charles Boecker grabbed the lead on lap 1, then ran door to door with Michael Legore, with Legore getting the spot on lap 2. Legore's hopes for the win went up in smoke as me blew up on lap 3. This handed the lead back to Boecker, but Jesse James Cox jr was closing quickly. As the top two caught traffic they went three wide past a lap car, with Cox getting the advantage. Points leader, Cox went on to grab the victory.

43 Jesse James Cox jr

47 Charles Boecker

99 James Cochran

38 Tracey Cole

10 David Cowen

70+ Juanita Craig

66 Terri Garvin

00 Danny Colburn

10x Stacey Plough

69 Michael Legore

24d David Dunn

12 Mike Cowen

22w Justin Wierenga

 

Mini Stock

At the start of the mini main, Kenny Ware put a slide job on the front row starters to get the lead. Guy Frederick moved up from his last place start, to challenge for the lead. Frederick tried a "win it or wear it" move, from third, bouncing off K. Ware, spinning and getting T-boned by Larry Ware. K. Ware was able to hold off Pete Perry to get his first win of the year in his Ware Racing Pinto.

83 Larry Ware

74 Pete Perry

77 Larry Ware

00 Jason Hoffman

81 Michael Crandall

8 Guy Frederick

2 Chris Nutting

31 Michael Bratcher

32T Bill Siegman

38 Daniel Shipler

43 Jesse James Cox jr.