IMCA Texas Nationals Stock classes

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The IMCA Stock car field was pared down to the top 24 qualifiers out of the 73 cars signed in. Tim Pyle and JW Johnson paced the field to green, with the duo staying locked together on lao one. Pyle got the lead on lap two, but Duain Pritchett and Kevin Sustaire were quickly moving up from their fourth and fifth row starts. Pritchett and Sustaire both used the high line to move up to fourth and fifth. Pritchett got along side Johnson on lap 5 for third, as the top six settled into single file. Ty Bailey brought out the yellow on lap 7 with a spin. Pritchett again used the high groove on the restart,to pull along side Brian Bishnow for second, while Sustaire and Travis Evans battled for fifth.

Lap 9 saw Pyle and Pritchett wheel to wheel for the lead, with Pritchett getting the slight advantage. Caution flew again just at halfway, when Brandon Ellison spun causing the pack to scatter, with Philip Houston getting punted and spun in the stack up. The top five spots were held by Pritchett, Pyle, Evans, Bishnow and Sustaire as the race went back to green. Pritchett jumped way out, as Bishnow and Sustaire got by Evans for third and fourth.

Lap 13 saw Sustaire and Bishnow side by side third. The next lap Sustaire moved along side Pyle for second, as Pritchett continued to add to his lead. The final yellow came out on lap 16 when Mark Mohon and Ellison got together in turn four. On the Restart Sustaire hung on to Pritchett's bumper, literally, as gave the leader a few taps. In the final lap Sustaire tried one shot low but unable to get around as Pritchett in his Arty Paint & Body/Southwest Engines/Oasis Bar & Grill/Adavantage Race Car grabbed the victory.

 

221 Duain Pritchett

87 Kevin Sustaire

4 Travis Evans

34 Tim Pyle

125 Brian Bishnow

021 Jason Gore

07 JW Johnson

144 Jeff Turner

33 Rafe Williams

8 Tommy Davis Sr

99 Jeff Crane

13 Shannon Parsons

170 Trevor Egbert

18 Dustin Locke

54 Dan Day

90 Brandon Ellison

51 Ty Bailey

71 Philip Houston

27 Michael Wofford

19 Michael Sheen

211 Mark Mohon

69 Raymond King

92 Steve DeGrote

14 Michael Yancey

 

24 of the 31 IMCA Hobby Stocks started the A-main with Joey Patterson and the only Ford in the field, Alvin Emery on row one. They stayed side by side on lap one, with three and four battles in the pack. Patterson secured the lead on lap two, but Randell Jones moved along side on lap 4. The next two laps the duo stayed door to door, until caution slowed the action on lap 6, when Kelly Brown stopped on track. Jones led the field back to green and got a good restart, only to have caution fly again for Charles Garza and Buddy Baker, who got together and spun. On the restart, Chris Meyers got inside Patterson for second, and quickly closed on the leader at halfway.

The top five at the mid point were Jones, Meyers, Paul Martin, Patterson and Frank Lackey. Meyers grabbed the point from Jones on lap 12, as Patterson then spun to bring out the final yellow. Jones tried the outside on the restart but was unable to get the lead back. Jerry West moved around Martin for third on lap 14, but Martin was able to get the spot back on lap 18. Meyers(N.Mex.) was able to grab the checkers in his JR Motorsports/AMSOIL/B & H/Chevy, but lose his motor to a claim.

 

Hobby Stock

 

7 Chris Meyers

27 Randell Jones

23 Paul Martin

9 Jerry West

22 Willie Kenley

41 Frank Lackey

13 Alvin Emery III

11 Justin Grogg

690 Richard Collins

57 Paul Sechrist

6 Randy Stout

97 Bo Anglin

24 Ben Raines

88 Quentin Clark

161 Triston Sikes

86 Everett Keel

77 Joey Patterson

38 Allen Montgomery

17 Chris Ater

00 John Harris

171 Charles Garza

14 Kelly Brown

122 Buddy Baker

33 Sam Ousley

 

Meyers had his motor bought by Ater.

Martin had his motor bought by Montgomery

 

Bomber

44 Tommy Jenkins

171 Johnny Trammell

010 Gary Blackwell

182 R Sheppard III

18 Jeff Hauser

99 James Cochran

173 Kevin Holenberger---DNS

74 David Price---DNS