Texas Thunder Speedway 6-8-03

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15 cars started the IMCA Modified A-main, with George Egbert unable to make the call after flipping and doing an endover in his heat race. And he thought the Mid-East was tough. G. Egbert was uninjured in the wreck.

JD Schlies and Chris Renegar paced the field to green, but before one lap was complete, points leader Keith White went Pop/Bang and rolled to a stop on the backstretch. Finally under green Sclies got the early lead with Danny Gribble and John Blann battling side by side for second until Gribble spun.

John Blann got by Schlies to grab the point on lap 3 bringing Glen Allen along to second. Allen and Blann ran side by side for the lead with Allen getting the spot on lap 5. PJ Egberet and Ben Ketteman moved by Blann, while a three wide battle was on for 7th. Blann broke and stopped to bring out a caution on lap 7. As Egbert and Ketteman battled door to door on the restart, Allen was struggling with a deflating left front tire. Egbert closed in and ran wheel to wheel with Allen on lap 8, but Allen held off his charges despite the flat.

As the crossed flags flew it was Allen, Egbert, Kettemen, Hardy Henderson and Allan Essenburg in the top five. Allen and Egbert were again side by side with Egbert securing the top spot on lap 11, as Allen's tire broke completely loose from the wheel. Henderson was also able to get by the ailing car of Allen for second.

Lap 13 saw Essenburg tap Ketteman, who spun to the infield, then pulled out on track and stopped to bring out the yellow. During the yellow Allen pitted from third to reshoe his mount and rejoined to the pack at the tail.On the restart Essenburg got around Henderson for second and quickly hunted down Egbert. Essenburg was all over Egbert's bumper with 5 to go, as he tried to get the top spot. On the final lap the duo ran door to door down the backstretch, but IMCA Rookie of the Year contender, Egbert held him off to put his Big Tex Autoplex/Phils Paint and Body/Cooper and Bright Plumbing/Texas Towing/Snyders Salvage/Zip Car Wash/Excaliber Chassis into victory lane.

707 PJ Egbert

11 Allan Essenburg

63 Hardy Henderson

9 Pat McGuire

2 Chris Renegar

71 Glen Derks

7 JD Schlies

68 Glen Allen

37 Ben Ketteman

52 Ken Old

247 Joey Craig

3b John Blann

27 Danny Gribble

76 Omer Lingo

1 Keith White

70 George Egbert--DNS

 

In the IMCA Stock 15 lap main, 16 cars started with Justin McGehee and Richard Riley on the front row. Points leader Cham Savage spun before a lap was complete, to bring about a restart. Both front row cars pitted during the yellow, to put Trevor Egbert and Allen Waltermire on row one. Just as Egbert got the lead, Mike McDougal spun collecting Derrick Sears, Savage and Jason Bogard.

It wasn't long back under green that Eric Jones and Johnnie McGehee got together to bring out the yellow on lap 3. A lap later Jon Neilson spun to slow the action again, while Sears, Bogard and Savage were moving up to 4th-6th after restarting at the tail. Just before halfway Ju. McGehee spun to bring out another caution.

At the halfway point it was Egbert, Andrew Simmerman, Trace Crawford, Sears and Bogard running in the top five spots. Egbert had built a big lead over A. Simmerman, while Sears and Bogard went three wide around a lap car. Sears was able to get around Crawford for third as the top three were spread out. In the final laps the battle was for fourth between Crawford, Savage and Bogard. As the checkers flew it was Egbert in the Phils Paint and Body/RMC Construction/Big Tex Autoplex/Castrol Oil/E and E Racing/Homemade chassis taking the win. Crawford finished one spot ahead of Savage to close the points race down to just one separating the two.

78 Trevor Egbert

118 Andrew Simmerman

7 Derrick Sears

63c Trace Crawford

4 Cham Savage

3M Jason Bogard

79 JUstin McGehee

27 Johnnie McGehee

424 Mike McDougal

44 Allen Waltermire

84X Eric Jones

51x Jon Neilson

94 Richard Riley

411 Gary Simmerman

24d David Dunn

747 Chris Simmerman

12 Jory Erpenbach---DNS

 

In the 19 car Street Stock feature, Rick Michael got the lead on lap 1, but broke stacking up the field, with David Gricks getting the worst of the deal. Anthony Otken took over the point only to blow up on lap 2.

Nathen Billingsley took his turn up front on lap 3. Robert Simmerman got inside Billingsley on a restart to grab the lead as the top three of Simmerman, Billingsley and Floyd Pruitt pulled away from the field.

At the mid point it Simmerman, Billingsley, Pruitt, Mike Walter and Tim Carmen jr. Just after halfway Simmerman and Billingsley hooked bumpers while fighting to get past a lap car, with Pruitt seizing the opportunity to shoot by for the top spot. On the restart Pruitt got a big jump on the field and ran off to huge advantage to take his fifth win of the season in his CMC Machine/Custom Signs/Big Tex/Bell Pawn/Phils Paint and Body/Camero.

34 Floyd Pruitt

00 Mike Walter

20 Chris Moore

0 Tim Carmen jr

1 TY Hawkey

97 Brian Fuller

45 Jimmy Lambert

42 Nathan Billingsley

12 Scott Cooper

08 John Mercer

21 Robert Simmerman

96 Charlie Henley

66x Randy Guzman

84 Wayne Neff

89 Anthony Otken

7 Chuck Bayles

17 Rick Michael

28 David Gricks

65 Jeff Currier

44 Shalako Ogdon---DNS

11 Bobby Owen--DNS

 

In the first Thunder Stock main, Jeremy Adkins and James Cochran swapped the lead early until Jesse James Cox jr took over. Cox was pressured by Trevor Sparkman until red flew when Cochran pounded the front stretch wall head-on. Cochran was shaken and had to removed by paramedics, but after spending time in the ambulance was able to get back on his feet. Cox went on to grab the victory and get the points lead by one point over Jeff Medlock.

43 Jesse James Cox jr

20 Trevor Sparkman

77 Jeremy Adkind

66 Terri Garvin

6 Patti Hamiln

70+ Jaunita Criag

99 James Cochran

79 Stephen Wusterhausen

48E Ronnie Ellis

22w Justin Wierenga

113 Andy Blaisdell

02 Robert Garcia

112 Carl McConnell

8x Lee Williams

48 Kelvin Sears--DNS

 

Thunder Stock Main 2 saw Danny Colburn get out to a big lead, with a three wide scrap for third between Jeff Medlock, Robin Rasmussen and Corey Stepan. Colburn lost his lead to caution, which allowed Danny Dunn to get along side on the restart. Colburn held off that challenge, and a second try by Dunn on lap 9. Dunn gave it the ol' college try on the final lap but spun himself out, sliding backwards across the start/finish line to finish third.

00 Danny Colburn

44 Jeff Medlock

63 Danny Dunn

3 Robin Rasmussen

21 Walt Moore

30 Bobby Norton

15 Terri Dillard

25 Tim Goodman

42 Joshua LaFrance

9 Ray Hamm

32 Tracey Cole

10 David Cowen

85 Corey Stepan

8 John Cook

4 Jim Hamil---DNS

 

In the Mini Stock feature Pete Perry led until halfway when Shad Stevens took over. Points leader Larry Ware slammed the turn 4 pit wall extremely hard to bring out another red. Ware was briefly knocked out and in severe pain when paramedics got to him. The jaws of life had to called in to extricate Ware from his car. Ware was transported to Fort Hood Hospital with possible broken ribs and neck pain. Rob Churchill inherited the lead when Stevens pulled out. Churchill held off birthday boy Guy Frederick to take the win.

3R Rob Churchill

8 Guy Frederick

74 Pete Perry

8x Glen Allen

81 Michael Crandell

43 Joseph Gregoire

32 Marilyn Holden

2 Chris Nutting

23 Shad Stevens

00 Jason Hoffman

32T Bill Siegman

77 Larry Ware

38 Daniel Shipler

 

The powder puff race for the Street Stock/I-Stocks had crowd and sentimental favorite, Suzie Garner get the lead early in her late husbands car. Crystal Moore was able to get the lead and go on to take her fourth powder puff win in a row.