rebelracewriter Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Ryan Bard Memorial, Southern Challenge @ Abilene Speedway 10/17-19 By JM Hallas Abilene, Tx.,(Oct. 17th, 2014) Abilene Speedway played host to the 2014 version of Southern Challenge honoring Ryan Bard, a young driver who tragically lost his life after an accident and fire. Drivers from across the mid-south converged on the 1/4 mile, high-banked red clay oval in search of the $75,000 in prize money offered. Four of the IMCA classes are featured over the three-day weekend (Modifieds, Southern Sportmods, I-Stock and Hobby Stock) as well as the ASW Street Stocks and Factory Stocks. Saturday and Sunday will also see the Texas State Young Guns, Jr. Mini Stock Championship. Friday night the IMCA Modifieds, running for $3,000 on Sunday, will qualify five to Sunday Big A-main and five to the Big B-main. Everyone else redraws for Saturday adding five and five again to Sundays show. The IMCA Southern Sportmods, I-Stocks and Hobby Stocks will run a similar procedure, depending on car count. The SSM's winner pockets $2,500, while the I-Stock victory takes home $2,000 and Hobby Stocks $1,000. The ASW Street Stocks and Factory Stocks run for $1,500. Alvarado Awarded Modified Win Ricky Alvarado(Delta, Colo.) was awarded the IMCA Modified feature win after Kevin Sustaire was unable to pass post-race tech(valve spring retainers). Sustaire, who lead all twenty laps flag to flag, had Alvarado in pursuit but unable to stay within striking distance throughout the race. Driving in Tommy Fain's Hanner Super Center, Abilene Race Rads, God is Awesome Racing, Air1, five1seven Designs, crate powered, CAM Chassis, Alvarado quickly dove in behind Sustaire at the start. Coming to the checkers Alvarado had Toby Herring on his tail. IMCA Modifieds(top five inside row Sunday Big A-main, 6-10 to Big-B-main) 1 Ricky Alvarado, 11 Toby Herring, 72 Charles Brewer, 911 Josh McGaha, 44 Fred Wojtek, 49 Vince Ogle, 28 Cory Davis, 717 GW Egbert, 85 Neal Flowers, 87 Jerry Harpole, 113 David Goode jr., 81 Gary Silucci, 80 Raymond McSpadden, 444 Joe Spillman, 137 Mark Patterson, 02 David Davis, 52 John Gober, 83 Chad Estes, 37 Ben Ketteman, 20 Mike McCarthy, 71 Kevin Sustaire---DQ(tech) IMCA Modified B-mains(top 5 to A-main) B-main 1; 28 Cory Davis, 85 Neal Flowers, 80 Raymond McSpadden, 81 Gary Salucci, 113 David Goode jr, 423 Will Poston, 117 Jimmy Tidwell, 82 Donald Thatch, 691 Mary Hogue B-main 2; 44 Fred Wojtek, 717 GW Egbert, 20 Mike McCarthy, 87 Jerry Harpole, 02 David Davis, 200 Dean Demming, 126 Richard Walp, 51 Thomas Walp, 69 Danny Hogue, 26 Allen Bradley, 13 Jerry Frydrych B-main 3; 911 Josh McGaha, 52 John Gober, 37 Ben Ketteman, 83 Chad Estes, 137 Mark Patterson, 56 Justin Cass, 35 Caleb Stone, 371 Donald Banker, 9 Danton Odell, 184 Chance Brown IMCA Heats(winner to A-main) Heat 1; 72 Charles Brewer, 80d Raymond McSpadden, 81 Gary Salucci, 691 Mary Hogue, 36 Steve Owens, 31 Doyle Massa, 27 Josh Woelfel---dns Heat 2; 11 Toby Herring, 85 Neal Flowers, 28 Cory Davis, 423 Will Poston, 113 David Goode jr, 82 Donald Thatch, 117 Jimmy Tidwell Heat 3; 444 Joe Spillman, 26 Allen Bradlety, 13 Jerry Frydrych, 200 Dean Demming, 69 Danny Hogue, 126 Richard Walp, 23 Mikel Powers---DNS Heat 4; 171 Kevin Sustaire, 44 Fred Wojtek, 717 GW Egbert, 02 David Davis, 87 Jerry Harpole, 20 Mike McCarthy, 51 Thomas Walp Heat 5; 49 Vince Ogle, 83 Chad Estes, 184 Chance Brown, 9 Danton Odell, 371 Donald Banker, 18 Zach Melot, 56 Justin Cass Heat 6; 1 Ricky Alvarado, 911 Josh McGaha, 37 Ben Ketteman', 52 John Gober, 35 Caleb Stone, 137 Mark Patterson Crabtree Conquers Sportmods with Sweep Robby Crabtree(Abilene) scored a convincing win the the 20-lap, 20-car IMCA Southern Sportmod feature. Trevor Egbert grabbed the early lead while Crabtree fell in line fourth on the start. Quickly using track experience to his advantage, Crabtree got past Egbert for the top spot on lap 3. Gabe Tucker got second from Egbert near halfway and only got close to Crabtree under yellow. Crabtree got clear of Tucker while Justin Shaw, Egbert and Bradley Poor ran three wide for third. At the checkers it was Crabtree in the CrabTree Motorsports,TransOil, Subic, Howells, Cowboy Pump Service, Fletchers Custom Engines, IRP Chassis. IMCA Southern Sportmods(top five inside row Sunday Big A-main, 6-10 to Big-B-main) 118 Robby Crabtree, 95 Gabe Tucker, 55 Justin Shaw, 83 Trevor Egbert, 48 Bradley Poor, 491 Kyle Wisdom, 88 Doug Easterling, 37 Jeffery Abbey, 4 Kenneth Graves, 31 Michael Martin, 25 Terry Owen, 77 Tyler Fain, 30 David Sanford, 81 Scot Raney, 766 Shane Priddy, 91 Trevor Raney, 777 Lodi Mitchell, 117Michael Maraschick, 10 Dustin Robinson, 15 Brandon Ross IMCA SSM B-mains(top 3 to A-main) B-main 1; 4 Kenneth Graves, 81 Scot Raney, 91 Trevor Raney, 62 Tim McDonald, 68 Frank Groves, 113 Sarah Goode, 181 Tim Ridgeway, 20 Charlie Underwood, 32 Billie Bivens, 74 Danny Rister, 101 Clint Pelzel B-main 2; 31 Michael Martin, 766 Shane Priddy, 77 Tyler Fain, 70 George Egbert III, 169 Raymond King, 40 Garett Rawls, 69 Bret Young, 811 Landon Parsley, 9 Danny Patterson, 19 Jake White, 41 Chad Hughes, 27 Terry Schroeder B-main 3; 25 Terry Owen, 30 David Sanford, 117 Michael Maraschick, 951 Steve Hayes, 42 Tommy Phillips, 92 Damon Hammond, 18 Douglas Gillespie, 318 Scotty Cook, 132 Rodger Pierce, 13 Bret Bush, 16 Eddie Ledbetter, 911 Steve Roijas B-main 4; 37 Jeffery Abbey, 10 Dustin Robinson, 777 Lodi Mitchell, 80 Mike Easterwood, 7 Junior Dosher, 311 Brian Heard, 17 Brannon Davis, 1 Michael Galan, 3 Koty Kowaleski, 14 Brandon Smith, 07 Allen Williams IMCA SSM heats(winner to A-main) Heat 1; 118 Robbie Crabtree, 68 Frank Groves, 81 Scot Raney, 62 Tim McDonald, 181 tim Ridgeway, 74 Danny Rister, 113 Sarah Goode Heat 2; 95 Gabe Tucker, 101 Clint Pelzel, 4 Kenneth Graves, 91 Trevor Raney, 20 Charlie Underwood, 71 Johnny Torres, 32 Billie Bivens Heat 3; 491 Kyle Wisdom, 31 Michael Martin, 77 Tyler Fain, 169 Raymond King, 40 Garett Rawls, 41 Chad Hughes, 27 Terry Schroeder Heat 4; 48 Bradley Poor, 766 Shane Priddy, 70 George Egbert III, 811 Landon Parsley, 69 Bret Young, 19 Jake White, 9 Danny Patterson Heat 5; 83 Trevor Egbert, 25 Terry Owen, 30 David Sanford, 951 Steve Hayes, 132 Rodger Pierce, 318 Scotty Cook, 18 Douglas Gillespie Heat 6; 88 Doug Easterling, 117 Michael Maraschick, 92 Damon Hammond, 42 Tommy Phillips, 911 Steve Rojas, 16 Eddie Ledbetter, 13 Bret Bush Heat 7 55 Justin Shaw, 7 Junior Dosher, 17 Brannon Davis, 311 Brian Heard, 14 Brandon Smith, 1 Michael Galan, 3 Koty Kowalewski---BF Heat 8; 15 Brandon Ross, 37 Jeffery Abbey, 10 Dustin Robinson, 777 Lodi Mitchell, 80 Mike Easterwood, 07 Allen Williams, 111 Jerry Harpole III Battered Batt Survives for I-Stock Honors Despite getting clipped by a lapped car, Jason Batt(Harker Heights) was able to hold off Matt Guillaume and David Phillips in the 20-lap I-Stock feature. It took three tries to get the 20-car field under green with Batt getting out front. Batt was chased down by Phillips who got out front on lap 12 using the middle groove. Batt Battled back to get the lead again on lap 15, but got clipped by the spinning car of Malcolm Kill. After being checked for safety, Batt continued in the lead with IMCA Stock Car national runner up, Guillaume on his tail. With the bumper cover flying behind him, Batt kept Guillaume in his wake to capture the victory in the Hoffman Fabrication, Teresa Garvin CPA, Brazos Roofing, EQ Heads, Garvin Machine Shop, Victory Chassis. IMCA Stock Cars(top five inside row Sunday Big A-main, 6-10 to Big-B-main) 9 Jason Batt, 50 Matt Guillaume, 07 Dennis Bissonette, 18 David Phillips, 7 David Goode jr., 812 Robert Barnett, 28 Cory Davis, 69 Kirk Martin, 49 Vince Ogle, 65 Colby Demming, 83 Chad Estes, 771Shane Priddy, 131 Mark Lord, 71 Ronnie Christopher, 95 Robby Edwards, 88 Malcolm Kill, 221 Tyler Muirhead, 11 Bud Ohliger, 63 Michael Tennison, 711 Michael Therwhanger IMCA Stock Car B-main(top 3 to A-main) B-main 1; 28 Cory Davis, 49 Vince Ogle, 71 Ronnie Christopher, 25 John Armstrong, 77 Traci Johnson-Jennings, 6 Charles Brown, 777 Tobie Talk, 125 Donny Baker, 20 Cody Kays, 441 Danny Pattat, 169 Hunter Russell B-main 2; 50 Matt Guillaume, 11 Bud Ohliger, 83 Chad Estes, 118 Brandon Hood, 237 Jordan Latham, 22 Billy Wade, 116 Damon Hammond, 283 Terry Wojtek, 14 Joe O'Bryan, 177 Travis Graves, 62 JD Davis B-main 3; 771 Shane Priddy, 69 Kirk Martin, 95 Robby Edwards, 02 Bo Briley, 10 Levi Ely, 713 Alex Bannowsky, 48 LP O'Neal, 111 Justin Thomas, 01 Jake Miles, 183 Robert Garrett B-main 4; 65 Colby Demmin g, 88 Malcolm Kill, 221 Tyler Muirhead, 55 Mart Wampler, 56 Lance Shaw, 12 Robert Barnett, 164 Don Phillips, 1 Willie Free, 33 Bill Poindexter, 43 Scotty Cook IMCA Stock Car heats(winner to A-main) Heat 1; 812 Robert Barnett, 28 Cory Davis, 777 Toby Talk, 49 Vince Ogle, 25 John Armstrong, 6 Charles Brown, 59 Travis Sutherlin Heat 2; 63 Michael Tennison, 169 Hunter Russell, 71 Ronnie Christopher, 77 Traci Johnson-Jennings, 125 Donny Baker, 441 Danny Pattat, 20 Cody Kays Heat 3; 9 Jason Batt, 50 Matt Guillaume, 237 Jordan Lathram, 116 Damon Hammond, 14 Joe O'Bryan, 22 Billy Wade, 62 JD Davis Heat 4; 18 David Phillips, 83 Chad Estes, 177 Travis Graves, 11 Bud Ohlinger, 118 Brandon Hood, 283 Terry Wojtek Heat 5; 711 Michael Therwhanger, 771 Shane Priddy, 69 Kirk Martin', 48 LP O'Neal, 713 Alex Bannowsky, 111 Justin Thomas Heat 6; 07 Dennis Bissonette, 95 Robby Edwards, 02 Bo Briley, 10 Levi Ely, 183 Robert Garrett, 01 Jack Miles Heat 7; 7 David Goode jr., 65 Colby Demming, 12 Robert Barnett, 43 Scotty Cook, 33 Bill Poindexter, 164 Don Phillips Heat 8; 131 Mark Lord, 88 Malcolm Kill, 56 Lance Shaw, 221 Tyler Muirhead, 55 Mart Wampler, 1 Willie Free Roller Rocks for Hobby Stock Win Andy Roller(Waco) took the top spot in the 15-car IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Roller and Jeremy Oliver put on thrilling lead swapping battle through the latter stages of the 20 lapper. Oliver got the point from early leader Chase Parson and was quickly caught by roller, who started mid-pack. Using the high side, Roller got along side Oliver on lap 14 and got the nose out front on lap 15. Oliver kept the pressure on getting back past on lap 18. The two were door to door as the white flag waved with Roller, still up top, getting out front on the back stretch and then held Oliver to the checkers in the Hammock Racing, J&J Carbs, Howards Automatic Transmissions, Berta Bodies, Ben Boat Repair, Southwest Maintenance, KLB Trucking, A&J Custom Paint, Demon Decals, Lambs Muffler, Charger Chassis. IMCA Hobby Stocks(top five inside row Sunday Big A-main, 6-10 to Big-B-main) 63 Andy Roller, 82 Jeremy Oliver, 22 Cody Stone, 0 Rodney Sparks, 57 Chase Parsons, 42 April Phillips, 20 Scotty Brown, 124 Ryan Wilkerson, 01 Shawn Miles, 24 Stephen Adams, 144 Damian Snyder, 44 Kendall Rea, 13 Wayne Chadwell, 72 Ronnie Gregory, 5 Gerald Spalding---BF, 12 Westin Abbey ---DNS, 38 Brandon Gaddis---DNS IMCA Hobby Stock heats(top 5 redraw) Heat 1; 82 Jeremy Oliver, 20 Scotty Brown, 57 Chase Parson, 24 Stephen Adams, 12 Westin Abbey, 42 April Phillips, 144 Damian Snyder, 38 Brandon Gaddis---DQ(tech), 22 Cody Stone----DQ(tech) Heat 2; 124 Ryan Wilkerson, 5 Gerald Spaulding, 63 Andy Roller, 0 Rodney Sparks, 44 Kendall Rea, 13 Wayne Chadwell, 01 Shawn Miles, 72 Ronnie Gregory---DQ(tech) Colyer Captures Street Stock Scramble Abilene's Joe Colyer grabbed the victory in the 19-car Street Stock/Factory feature in a slam-bang affair. Jayson Garner was out front first but gave way to Chase Neill on lap 4. Colyer worked his way past Neill on lap 6 for the top spot. As the lead group ran up on traffic, Kory Ritchie spun and collected Neill and Garner with Dalton Riley ending up on an infield tire, eliminating second through fourth. Once back to racing Colyer got away while LP O'Neal and Jonathan Wright scrapped it out for second. O'Neal finally secured the spot and got a break with a late caution to close on Colyer. Colyer was able to hold O'Neal off the final few circuits for the win. ASW Street Stock/Factory Stock(top five inside row Sunday Big A-main, 6-10 to Big-B-main) 21 Joe Colyer, 48 LP O'Neal, 98 Jonathan Wright, 64 Brian Comer, 28 Jayson Garner, 2 Phil Beasley, 325 Robert Hall, 106 Dalton Riley, 123 Erreck Rogers, 14 Chad Chance, 212 Cody Wright, 115 Keith Buford, 83 William McNeely, 1 Chase Neill, 23 Kory Ritchie, 011 Chris Pippin, 19 Stan Sanders, 51 John Brown, 11 Kevin Meyer ASW SS/FS heats(top 4 to redraw) Heat 1; 21 Joe Colyer, 1 Chase Neill, 79 Joshua Jackson, 106 Dalton Riley, 2 Phil Beasley, 325 Robert Hall, 19 Stan Sanders---BF Heat 2; 98 Jonathon Wright, 48 LP O'Neal, 28 Jayson Garner, 14 Chad Chance, 23 Kory Ritchie, 11 Kevin Meyer Heat 3; 83 William McNeely, 64 Brian Comer, 212 Cody Wright, 123 Erreck Rogers, 115 Keith Buford, 011 Chris Pippin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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