NickHolt Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 Thomas Heats Up HOT ‘Bandits Victory Lane; Series Summer Break Underway Elm Mott, TX (07/13/19) - The 360C.I. NCRA Sprint Car Bandits® (SCB) series invaded the 1/4 mile 'bullring' oval of Heart O' Texas Speedway (HOT) on Waco on Friday, July 12th with the running of the “MDA Muscling in the Dirt” night, and when the final checkers waved, Marcus Thomas would take the win with a spot-on wing dance that commemorated the moment. It would also become Thomas’s 4th Series victory of 2019. Click https://youtu.be/9-RqKX0baaA for a video clip of the feature racing action. Don Cook photo The night would start out with three www.KoolTrikes.com heat races that saw the D&W Towing and Recovery #12W of Dale Wester earning the www.FixYourGenerator.com Top Qualifier Award, and collecting $100 for his efforts. Special thanks to Fred Summers of www.FixYourGenerator.com for his continued support of the Sprint Car Bandits series. The feature event would fire off sans Chance McCrary (engine) and Jeb Sessums (drivetrain) with a 4-wide salute to the large appreciative HOT crowd. It also happened to be a very pleasant night at the races with unseasonably comfortable conditions in the mid-80’s. You could also see in the far distance the lightning from Hurricane Barry dancing along the eastern horizon. From his outside front row starting spot, Marcus Thomas would shoot out to an early lead in the 25-lapper, with Jeff Emerson, Dale Wester and Junior Jenkins in tow. A quick caution would restart the field in Delaware format, when points leader Will Eggimann would be sent backwards into oncoming traffic when the green flag waved. Three other cars would be collected that saw light damage, but enough to force three cars out of the event. When the race resumed, Thomas and Emerson pulled away from the field with Wester and Dalton Stevens putting on a great side-by-side battle for third. Emerson caught Thomas in heavy lapped traffic mid-way through the feature but Thomas would quickly make his way by those cars to remain at the point. Another quick caution period saw the racing surface quickly rubbering up across the middle, when the Wester/Stevens side-by-side battle would result in contact with Stevens pancaking the backstretch wall and sliding to a stop outside the corner three entrance. The hard charging Wester would also drop out during the caution flag, putting an end to his solid run. This would set up a shootout for the final four laps, when last week’s SCB winner Claud Estes III would emerge into second from his 5th place starting position to give Marcus Thomas a run for his money. Estes would close within a bumper of Thomas at one point, then Thomas was able to pull away by a 10-car length lead at the checkers. Emerson would finish in an impressive third place – in what was his first-ever Sprint Car Bandits series event. Jeremy Jonas and Daniel Estes would earn their best-ever SCB feature finishes by finishing in 4th and 5th, respectively. The balance of finishing order is posted below. In light of the fact that 2019 is the ‘DARE TO BE DIFFERENT’ tour for the Sprint Car Bandits series, we intentionally planned a Summer Break this season so teams and fans can take in any of a number of huge events up north – without the fear of missing any of the action here. The SCB will resume racing action in two months, with the fall events line-up to be posted in a month or so from now. Besides the ‘Month of Money’ events slated across the Midwest, this Summer Break will also allow for the heat of the summer to take its course, so when we resume Series action, it will take place during much more suitable racing conditions – for both fans and racing surfaces. We’re excited about this new twist to our schedule, as the season is long in Texas, and it gives everyone a chance to retool, go on vacations or check out other racing events – whether near, or far. Thanks again to the great crowds that have attended Sprint Car Bandits events this season across the Metroplex region, the strong support of 77 different drivers, our sponsors, series workers, track workers & officials – and we look forward to seeing you all again after our Summer Break when racing action fires back up later in September! In the meantime, if you’d like to get your brand new Fierce 15 driver t-shirts, the new online store atwww.SprintCarBandits.com is open and orders get shipped regularly. Reminder, that proceeds from Fierce 15 driver apparel benefits each individual driver that is a part of the program, so please show your support by grabbing one when you can...and your support will help drivers better funded throughout the season. Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for the latest in series news and where the DARE TO BE DIFFERENT Tour is headed to next. You can also reach the SCB on Facebook, at www.Facebook.com/SprintCarBandits. If your track is interested in hosting the Sprint Car Bandits, please email SprintCarBandits@outlook.com as soon as possible. This schedule is subject to change, so please visit the series website prior to traveling. New dates will be published when they become available. Feature Results - Heart O' Texas Speedway (HOT) Friday, July 12th “MDA Muscling in the Dirt” night: 15t – Marcus Thomas 74e – Claud Estes III 35 – Jeff Emerson 5j – Jeremy Jonas 72 – Daniel Estes 99b – Blake Mallory 23 – Junior Jenkins 97 – Reagan Reed 17x – Micah Baccus 27 – Kodey Keimig 12w – Dale Wester (Top Qualifier) 99x – Dalton Stevens 71 – Colby Estes 77w – Will Eggimann 118 – Scott Evans 74 – DJ Estes 64 – Mark Zoeller 01j – Jeb Sessums (DNS) 13m – Chance McCrary (DNS) Sprint Car Bandits Series Points Standings going into Summer Break (as of 7/13/19): Position Car # Driver Name Total Points 1 77w Will Eggimann 1305 2 12w Dale Wester 1267 3 23j Junior Jenkins 1133 4 74e Claud Estes III 1070 5 71 Colby Estes 962 6 45b Casey Burkham 869 7 2 Michael Day 865 8 15t Marcus Thomas 844 9 118 Scott Evans 830 10 13m Chance McCrary 827 11 74 DJ Estes 770 12 20 Chad Wilson 769 13 27 Kodey Keimig 693 14 72 Daniel Estes 637 15 99x Dalton Stevens 614 16 21 Michelle Melton 591 17 02 Cody Freeman 545 18 80 Josh Hawkins 544 19 47 Chipper Wood 510 20 41m Steve McMackin 424 21 64 Mark Zoeller 418 22 33 Michael Merrell 392 23 10 Bryan Debrick 371 24 4 Austin Mundie 369 25 01j Jeb Sessums 342 26 2h Tommy Hall 328 27 44 Jason Howell 315 28 5J Jeremy Jonas 305 29 v8 Robert Vetter 300 30 76 Zane Lawrence 254 31 99b Blake Mallory 238 32 8a Koty Adams 218 33 17x Micah Baccus 215 34 5r John Ricketts 208 35 57 Chase Parson 190 36 79V Ryan Hall 185 37 04 Kyle Jones 184 38 55 Brad Queen 159 39 45 John Carney II 150 40 17W Harli White 142 41 26 Jacob Harris 142 42 1X Tim Crawley 135 43 12 Trey Schmidt 135 44 35 Jeff Emerson 135 45 48 Cody Stacy 130 46 49 Justin Fifield 125 47 2w Dustyn Welch 125 48 b51 Johnny Brown 122 49 9Z Taylor Courtney 119 50 91 Craig Oates 119 51 3 Willie Reed 116 52 97 Reagan Reed 116 53 92 Jordan Weaver 113 54 9tx Brad Wesp 113 55 8A Alan Myers 110 56 22L Kent Lewis Sr. 106 57 83 Jett Hays 106 58 17w Brad Welborn 104 59 07 Bobby Middleton 104 60 57C Chris Schmelzle 102 61 17 Channin Tankersley 100 62 16 Cody Tankersley 100 63 18 Logan Scherb 98 64 18L Dillon Laden 96 65 82c Christian Kinnison 92 66 10C Jeremy Campbell 92 67 41 Josh Harner 90 68 35 Chris Hinson 88 69 4b Austin Burkham 65 70 4t6 Russ Fletcher 65 71 15 Michael Colaluca 65 72 9 Bobby Breen 65 73 52 JD Fry 65 74 79 Charlie McDonald 65 75 12.5 James Griffin 65 76 5X Tyson Hall 65 77 22X Steven Shebester 65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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