!!! STANBROUGH COLLECTS ELLIOTTBRAND CASH !!!

CRAMER & SUTLIFF WIN TOO

BLOOMINGTON, IN (April 22, 2006) - Steve Elliott, owner of Elliottbrand, conceived the idea of a a special sprint car feature a couple of years ago while he was designing our slick website. He had pretty well been hooked on sprint car racing while he was designing a website for our first four time sprint car champion Derek Scheffel. Of course Scheffel and his family are strong supporters of Bloomington Speedway; and they sold Elliott. Last night's race was the third edition of the Elliottbrand Clash; and, each year, the event has been bigger and better than the year before.

It's hard to imagine how Steve could top this year's event; but I wouldn't bet against it. Last night's race paid $4000 to win plus lap prize money. That made it probably the richest sprint car race in the state. When you put that kind of money on the line, top competitors will come. Forty two cars unloaded; and there wasn't a slug among them. Cory Kruseman and Damion Gardner flew in from California to run event. Keith Kunz Motorsports also showed up in force with Kruseman, Bryan Clauson, and Darren Hagen. There were quality cars from one end of the pits to the other. However, the Bloomington Speedway regulars were on hand too; and they were intent on keeping the Elliottbrand cash at home. Although they were only partially successful, they certainly gave a good account of themselves.

The scourge of West Coast sprint car racing, Damion "The Demon" Gardner started on the pole beside last week's second place finisher, Jon Stanbrough. Stanbrough put the Steve & Brad Fox owned sprinter in the lead on the first circuit; and it stayed their for all thirty laps of the feature event. Bud Kaeding quickly put the #2 B car in second place but he had nothing for Stanbrough. Daron Clayton held off USAC star Dave Darland and four time Bloomington Speedway sprint car champion Derek Scheffel to finish third.

Last week's feature winner Dick Gaines II came from his 12th place starting position to finish a respectable sixth. Former Bloomington Speedway Rookie of the Year and Ganassi development driver Bryan Clauson finished seventh ahead of fast qualifier Mat Neely USAC/CRA points leader Cory Kruseman, and Kent Christian.

In preliminary action Kent Christian, Cory Kruseman, Dave Darland, Dick Gaines II, and Justin Marvel won the heat races. Jay Drake won the "C" Feature; and Daron Clayton prevailed in the "B" feature.

0'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS MODIFIEDS -

In the O'Neal Wood Product modified feature Ralph Groomer and Ryan Thomas started side by side on the front row with Ray Humphrey and Derek Groomer behind them. When the green flag waved Ralph Groomer jumped into the lead followed by Thomas. When the fourth lap went into the books, Ray Humphrey had moved into second place; and defending O'Neal Wood Products modified champion Jesse Cramer had moved from his seventh place starting position to take fourth. On the seventh lap both Humphrey and Cramer passed Groomer to take the first and second positions.

Cramer passed Humphrey to take the lead on the eleventh circuit. He would lead the tenacious Humphrey the entire distance to the checkered flags. Ralph Groomer, Ryan Thomas, and Matt Boknecht rounded out the top five.

Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks:

Steve Sutliff drew the low pill to earn the right to start on the pole of the Tire & Wheel Center super stock division. And, he made the most of the opportunity by leading the feature event flag to flag. However, it wasn't as easy as that may sound. Jeremy Hines started third right behind Sutliff. Hines kept his battle-scarred mount on Sutliff's back bumper for the entire distance of the feature. He was probably a little faster than Sutliff; but he didn't have enough to get past him. Joe Lucas moved up from his sixth place starting position to finish third. Chris Hillman started and finished fourth; however, Gary Trammell worked his way up to fifth from his tenth place starting position to round out the top five.

In preliminary action, Hines, Winston Howe, and Joe Lucas won the heat races.

COMING EVENTS -

April 28 HARF NIGHT ($5 General Admission for HARF members) -- Sprints - O'Neal Wood Products Modifieds - Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks - General Admission $10 - Pit Admission $20

May 5 Super Oldies 105.5 & 102.5 WQRK & WQRJ Night & Koorsen Protection Service Night -- Sprints - O'Neal Wood Products Modifieds - Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks - General Admission $10 - Pit Admission $20

May 12 WCBK 102.3 Night -- Indiana Dirt Late Model Speedweek - Northern Allstar Late Models ($2500 to win and $300 to start) - Also O'Neal Wood Products modifieds and Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks ($600 to win with proper decals.) - General Admission $15 - Pit Admission $25 - Other Indiana Dirt Late Model Speedweek races - May 9 Thunder Valley Raceway at Salem, May 10 Twin Cities Raceway at Vernon, May 11 Lawrenceburg Speedway, and May 13 Brownstown Speedway

RESULTS:

SPRINT CARS

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mat Neely 11.381, 2. Derek Scheffel 11.434, 3. Daron Clayton 11.558, 4. Bud Kaeding 11.609, 5. Jon Stanbrough 11.634, 6. Damion Gardner 11.706, 7. Kevin Chambers 11.719, 8. Dave Darland 11.743, 9. Jared Fox 11.746, 10. Jay Drake 11.836, 11. Kent Christian 11.849, 12. Bryan Clauson 11.874, 13. Kevin Briscoe 11.903, 14. Dick Gaines II 11.930, 15. Justin Marvel 11.989, 16. Derek O'Dell 11.992, 17. Darren Hagen 12.011, 18. Bobby Stines 12.026, 19. Chris Babcock 12.040, 20. Jon Sciscoe 12.069, 21. Brent Beauchamp 12.090, 22. Cory Kruseman 12.122, 23. Mitch Cunningham 12.159, 24. Jeremy Campbell 12.198, 25. Shane Hollingsworth 12.199, 26. Eric Smith 12.217, 27. Kenny Carmichael, Jr. 12.232, 28. Josh Cunningham 12.293, 29. Brady Short 12.408, 30. Steve Rone 12.427, 31. Arin McIntosh 12.546, 32. Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 12.559, 33. Broc Burton 12.701, 34. Brett Burdette 12.870, 35. Jack Farmer 12.988. 36. Mike Weber 13.177, 37. Dakoda Armstrong 13.313, 38. Jim Mills 13.341, 39. A.J. Martin 13.477, 40. Joe Gilbert 14.238, 41. Danny Holtsclaw No Time, 42. Levi Jones No Time

AUTO HEAVEN AUTO PARTS HEAT 1: 1.(4) Kent Christian, 2.(3) Derek O'Dell, 3.(6) Mat Neely, 4.(5) Damion Gardner, 5.(7) Arin McIntosh, 6.(1) Eric Smith, 7.(8) Mike Weber, 8.(2) Brent Beauchamp, 9.(9) Danny Holtsclaw

PAUL D. BAUGH LAW OFFICE HEAT 2: 1.(2) Cory Kruseman, 2.(3) Darren Hagen, 3.(4) Bryan Clauson, 4.(6) Derek Scheffel, 5.(1) Kenny Carmichael, 6.(5) Kevin Chambers, 7.(8) Dakoda Armstrong, 8.(7) Kenny Carmichael

WALNUT STREET AUTO SALES/CAMPUS RENTAL HEAT 3: 1.(5) Dave Darland, 2.(4) Kevin Briscoe, 3.(2) Mitch Cunningham, 4.(6) Daron Clayton, 5.(7) Broc Burton, 6.(8) Jim Mills, 7.(3) Bobby Stines, 8.(1) Josh Cunningham

CRYSTAL PURE WATER HEAT 4: 1.(4) Dick Gaines II, 2.(1) Brady Short, 3.(6) Bud Kaeding, 4.(5) Jared Fox, 5.(2) Jeremy Campbell, 6.(3) Chris Babcock, 7.(7) Brett Burdette, 8.(8) A.J. Martin

HEAT 5: 1.(4) Justin Marvel, 2.(6) Jon Stanbrough, 3.(3) Jon Sciscoe, 4.(2) Shane Hollingsworth, 5.(1) Steve Rone, 6.(8) Joe Gilbert, 7.(7) Jack Farmer, 8.(5) Jay Drake

"C" Feature: 1.(1) Jay Drake, 2.(3) Brent Beauchamp, 3.(2) Bobby Stines, 4.(5) Kenny Carmichael, 5.(9) Dakoda Armstrong, 6.(6) Brett Burdette, 7.(8) Mike Weber

JB SALVAGE "B" FEATURE #1: 1.(2) Daron Clayton, 2.(1) Derek Scheffel, 3.(5) Jared Fox, 4.(3) Damion Gardner, 5.(10) Jeremy Campbell, 6.(9) Brent Beauchamp, 7.(11) Shane Hollingsworth, 8.(8) Chris Babcock, 9.(16) Kenny Carmichael, 10.(13) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 11.(17) Bobby Stines, 12.(18) Dakoda Armstrong, 13.(12) Eric Smith, 14.(15) Arin McIntosh, 15.(19) Jim Mills, 16.(4) Kevin Chambers, 17.(6) Jay Drake, 18.(14) Steve Rone, 19.(20) Joe Gilbert

ROOTS RV FEATURE: 1.(2) 53 Jon Stanbrough, 2.(3) 2B Bud Kaeding, 3.(4) 92x Daron Clayton, 4.(7) 11x Dave Darland, 5.(5) 9s Derek Scheffel, 6.(12) 21x Dick Gaines II, 7.(10) 67 Bryan Clauson, 8.(1) 10T Damion Gardner, 9.(17) 67k Cory Kruseman, 10.(9) 4m Kent Christian, 11.(6) 10 Mat Neely, 12.(15) 71 Darren Hagen, 13.(16) 7 Jon Sciscoe, 14.(14) 11d Derek O'Dell, 15.(8) 56 Jared Fox, 16.(13) 12 Justin Marvel, 17.(18) 17c Mitch Cunningham, 18.(11) 5 Kevin Briscoe, 19.(19) 10c Jeremy Campbell, 20.(20) 36 Brady Short Lap Leaders: Jon Stanbrough (1-30)

O'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS MODIFIEDS

SERVPRO OF MONROE COUNTY 1: 1.(2) Derek Groomer, 2.(4) Ryan Thomas, 3.(9) Jesse Cramer, 4.(5) Kent Robinson, 5.(10) Greg Deckard, 6.(3) J.D. Roberts, 7.(8) Lonnie Cassity, 8.(6) Bradley Sterrett, 9.(7) Matt Hamilton, 10.(1) Kyle Woolard

SOUTHSIDE STORAGE HEAT 2: 1.(1) Ralph Groomer, 2.(2) Rob Brickert, 3.(4) Clint DeMoss, 4.(9) John DeMoss, 5.(8) Jeff Bland, Jr., 6.(3) Donnie Parsons, 7.(7) Ron Fedor, 8.(10) Bennie Smith, Jr., 9.(5) Richie Lex, 10.(6) Nathan Voorhies

MONROE COUNTY PIZZA DEPT. HEAT 3: 1.(2) Matt Boknecht, 2.(1) Ray Humphrey, 3.(3) Matt Bex, 4.(6) Jared Bailey, 5.(9) J.P. Hume, 6.(7) Chad Combs, 7.(5) David Lawson, 8.(4) Rodney Harris, Jr., 9.(8) Shelby Miles

BELL'S EXHAUST SHOPS "B" Feature: 1.(1) J.D, Roberts, 2.(5) Ron Fedor, 3.(9) Rodney Harris, Jr., 4.(2) Donnie Parsons, 5.(11) Richie Lex, 6.(14) Nathan Voorhies, 7.(4) Lonnie Cassity, 8.(7) Bradley Sterrett, 9.(10) Matt Hamilton

BLACK LUMBER MODIFIED FEATURE: 1.(7) 12T Jesse Cramer, 2.(3) 1H Ray Humphrey, 3.(1) 48 Ralph Groomer, 4.(2) T9 Ryan Thomas, 5.(6) 22 Matt Boknecht, 6.(8) 78c Clint DeMoss, 7.(10) 7R Kent Robinson, 8.(9) 31 Matt Bex, 9.(16) 90 J.D. Roberts, 10.(14) 38s Jeff Bland, Jr., 11.(13) 5 Greg Deckard, 12.(12) 24 Jared Bailey, 13.(15) 16 J.P. Hume, 14.(20) 7L Richie Lex, 15.(4) 48d Derek Groomer, 16.(5) 51 Rob Brickert, 17.(11) 79d John DeMoss, 18.(18) 9H Rodney Harris, Jr., 19.(19) 19 Donnie Parsons, 20.(17) Ron Fedor Lap Leaders: Ralph Groomer (1-6), Ray Humphrey (7-10), Jesse Cramer (11-25)

TIRE & WHEEL CENTER SUPER STOCKS:

TREE EXPERT TREE SERVICE HEAT 1: 1.(1) Jeremy Hines, 2.(5) Greg Ault, 3.(7) Greg Kendall, 4.(6) Gary Trammell, 5.(4) Travis Howe, 6.(2) Jimmy Saunders, 7.(3) Anthony Walker

PERFORMANCE CONCRETE PUMPING HEAT 2: 1.(2) Winston Howe, 2.(4) Chris Hillman, 3.(6) Ben DuBois, 4.(5) Steve Hollars, 5.(7) Kevin Arthur, 6.(1) Travis Todd

AVERS PIZZA HEAT 3: 1.(1) Joe Lucas, 2.(2) Steve Sutliff, 3.(5) Gerald Todd, 4.(3) Jack Frye, 5.(7) Chris Deweese, 6.(4) Josh Burton, 7.(6) Troy Clark

K & S ROLLOFF SUPER STOCK FEATURE: 1.(1) 14s Steve Sutliff, 2.(3) 5H Jeremy Hines, 3.(6) 3J Joe Lucas, 4.(4) 11 Chris Hillman, 5.(10) 57 Gary Trammell, 6.(5) 81 Winston Howe, 7.(15) 21 Chris Deweese, 8.(7) 44 Greg Kendall, 9.(8) 55 Ben DuBois, 10.(10) 1A Greg Ault, 11.(12) 2 Jack Frye, 12.(13) 0 Travis Howe, 13.(21) 27A Greg Amick, 14.(14) 74 Kevin Arthur, 15.(18) 04 Josh Burton, 16.(11) 18 Steve Hollars, 17.(16) 00 Jimmy Saunders, 18.(17) T15 Travis Todd, 19.(9) 51T Gerald Todd Lap Leaders: Steve Sutliff (1-25)