281 Speedway results/recaps

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17 cars started the IMCA Modified 20 lap main with Jasen Hammond and Jochum Schievink on row one. On the initial start, Raymond Barnes spun from third, with J David Merrell spinning to the infield as the pack scattered to miss Barnes. Before the green could fly, Jack Baggerly rolled to a stop with flat left rear. Finally under green Schievink got the early lead, with Rick McDaniel moving up into fourth from his eighth place start. As Schievink and Hammond battled for the lead, McDaniel moved into third and quickly closed on the lead duo. By lap 5 the top three were nose to tail, while Barnes and JD Merrell were working their way back up. McDaniel took a look inside Hammond on lap 8, but fell back in line.

As the crossed flags were shown it was still Schievink holding the point, with Hammond, McDaniel, James Huddleston and Kevin Switzer in the top five. As the top three eased away McDaniel got by Hammond for second on lap 12. McDaniel closed back up on Schievink quickly as the leaders caught traffic. Schievink was forced to slow by a lap car and that was all McDaniel needed to dive inside and grab the lead on lap 15. The leaders got a scare the next lap as Jerry Slemmons spun in front of them, but both cleared without contact.

This would set up a four lap shootout to the checkers, between McDaniel, Schievink, Hammond, Huddleston and Switzer. On the restart Hammond got by Schievink, while Huddleston got tapped by Terry Dumas and spun, but continued under power. Dumas and Barnes made contact, with both taking a trip through the infield. With two to go, Hammond was right on McDaniel's bumper. Hammond took a shot low in turns 1-2 on the final lap, but was unable to make the pass. McDaniel took his fifth win in a row to put his RDM Concrete Construction/Cliffs Goodyear Auto Service/Dirt Works Chassis in victory lane.

99 Richard McDaniel

74 Jasen Hammond

30 Jochum Schievink

104 Kevin Switzer

55 Terry Dumas

46 Chuck Crowder

27 Jimmy Mack

40 Raymond Barnes

411 David Merrell

04 James Huddleston

31 Jerry Slemmons

02 Chris Whited

17 Tracy Jerden

05 William Reeves

16 Jack Baggerly

42 J David Merrell

00 Bobby Savage

13x Brandon Byars--DNS--Broke in hot laps

 

Heat 1 Barnes

Heat 2 Schievink

Heat 3 Hammond After a three wide battle on the last lap, with McDaniel and JD Merrell

 

 

 

Duian Pritchett proved lighting can strike twice in the same place! Thus saving himself having to sleep on the trailer floor.

In the IMCA Stock Main, 11 cars started the 15 lap main, with Mike Miles and Thomas Wylie on the front row. As the green flew, Pritchett dove low on the front stretch moving up into second from his third row start, by turn one. Miles and Pritchett then began to pull away, leaving Gary Miller and Steve DeGrote to battle side by side for third.

At the halfway point the top five were Miles, Pritchett, Miller, DeGrote and Dru Pearson. Pritchett kept trying low to get by Miles, with the two running door to door on lap 9. Pritchett finally got the advantage on lap 10 and inched away. Lap traffic gave Miles a chance to close, but once Pritchett cleared, he was pulled away. At the checkers it was Pritchett taking the win by nearly a straightaway in his Arty and Sons Paint & Body/CA's Auto/Brad Transmissions/Toms Auto Glass/Oasis Bar and Grill/Southwest Engines/Advantage Race Car.

22 Duain Pritchett

62 Mike Miles

7 Gary Miller

92 Steve Degrote

9 Dru Pearson

77 Spencer Jasper

001 Robert Bridschge

00 Thomas Wylie

75 Craig Taylor

85 Ken Grant

71 Becky Jerden

In the only heat, Pritchett started dead last and picked off cars one by one, but fell a lap or two short as Miles took the win.

 

A lucky 13 cars started the Hot Stock main, with Pritchett in his back-up car. Once again, he worked his way up through the pack and caught leader, Jeff Hickox. Pritchett pressured Hickox for the lead several times, but fell back in line. A late caution worked to Prichett's advantage as he got along side Hickox as the green and white flew. Pritchett was able to make the last lap pass stick as took his second win of the evening. Pritchett said he had to win the Hot Stock main or his dad was going to make him sleep on floor of the hauler.

122 Duain Pritchett

46 Jeff Hickox

96 James Bailey

11 Kevin Reed

74 John Sliney

13 Melissa Bailey

98 Nelson Townsend

31 Terry Slemmons

192 Peter DeGrote

22 Clarence Hobbs

8 Jerry Slemmons

17 Randal Scott

37 Randy Abbey

Heat 1 Hickox

Heat 2 J. Bailey

 

The Bomber feature got off to rough start, when Matt Gentry rolled the tire off the rim, dug in and rolled over collecting Kevin Merrifield and Mike Burnside. Early leader, Jimmy Burnside spun himself out, leaving Bobby Cox and Matthew Yates to battle for the win. The two put on a good race until Yates got hung up by traffic, allowing Cox to go on to take the win.

74 Bobby Cox

51 Matthew Yates

33 Travis Hicks

2 Marvin Kenley

141 David Tidwell

12 Mike Burnside

6 Steve Forbus

24 Joseph Hunt

77 Jimmy Burnside

10 Jared Morris

8 John Bailey

02 HL Braddy

1 Derrad Dickson

316 David Richey

00 Kevin Merrifield

3 Matt Gentry

76 Marty Henry

22 Willie Kenley

 

Mini Stock

98 Rick Barrett

22 Stephen Renfro

11 Bryan Whitlock

75 Ed Cox

01 George West

21 Chad Sutter

120 Kerenza West

3 Quentin Noel

14 David Flovin

43 Bernie Adler

00 Zach Freeman

111 Isaac Ives

51 Mike Milsap

45 Tanner Reid

 

281 Tornadoes(Jr Mini)

37 Dean Abbey

33 Chad Douglas

87 Kyle Warren

31 Justin Slemmons

88 Steven Abbey

3 Josh Cox

03 Daryl Jerden

7 Ashley Daniels

2 Wesley Reed

77 Khristopher Halcomb

17 Derek Sparks--DNS